Hidden Creek Horse Farm, LLC

06/21/2025

Best time of year. 💯 🌅

06/19/2025

06/09/2025

Some heroes wear chaps. We are SO grateful for our farrier!

I thought today: cherish your farrier. (Remember the wise old saying, ‘No hoof; no horse.’) I mean: cherish her because you can’t do without her and she offers you an astonishingly vital service for really not very much money. (The farriers do not swan about in fancy cars or buy castles in Spain.) But I mean more than that. I mean: feel fully grateful for the toughness and steeliness and general determination which people who work daily with half-ton flight animals have to show.

Today, our Wendy, whom we all love, was with us after an injury which involved a kick, a knee, a hamstring, and the bit of the back which I think is called sacrum. It was all so painful that she had to be off for two days, which is unheard of, and she also had to make an emergency appointment with the professional who looks after her body.

But there she was, bang on time, full of expertise and efficiency and experience and all those things I appreciate so keenly.


I asked her, curiously, whether she had to learn to have a different relationship with pain than would normal people. She said yes, that was about right. I also asked whether she hurt all the time. She said, without a trace of drama or self-pity, that this was correct.


Who else does that? I mean: live stoically with job-related pain? Top athletes, perhaps. Maybe some farmers. (I bet they ache, most days.)


But there she comes, always smiling, never complaining, and all the mares adore her, and she is kind and helpful and sympathetic, and we could not begin to live our lives without her.


Are there enough people who get enough credit? The ones who are brave, and strong, and who make life possible for others? I say: not nearly enough credit.


They should get a day, or a parade, or something. A moment when we all tip our hats, and honour their contribution.

06/06/2025

Day 5 was all about learning how horses learn (better with reward of removed pressure, rest, and praise), and putting into practice what we learned in a riding session. Not as many photos today as it was a fun-busy last day, but these kids made substantial, measurable and observable progress this week in many different areas, and we couldn’t be more proud.

Some are planning to return next week for Jr. Stablehand camp 2 (which is always a good sign they had fun while learning!) and we still have spots available for others who might want to join!

06/06/2025

Day 4!
Rain didn’t get us down! The campers met our vet yesterday, and today got to watch a farrier trim and shoe some horses!
Some time with a lasso, horse saddle on a barrel, and paint on a Paint, and it was an all around great day!

06/05/2025

Camp day 3: Water day! Water = work and fun.
These guys cleaned chicken waterers, scrubbed feed buckets, learning the term “elbow grease” (see before and after
photos!), suds upped some very non plussed sheep, got to see our awesome vet and tech draw blood from a horse (well, some did), played hide and seek in the barns, a rowdy game of water blaster tag in the woods, and creek stomped until we were almost late for parent pickup! Our core value today was unselfishness/self sacrifice - for animals and people in our lives. A good reminder for all, tbh…

06/04/2025

Life + Camp Jr. Stablehand 1 - Day 2!
We learned about gentle
leading and developing trust; honesty in our relationship with animals and people; mending fences; building forts and fording creeks! Summer days as a kid on the farm… 💯

06/02/2025

Farm + Life Camp Day 1! We had so much fun with the greatest group of kids! So much to do and so little time!

05/30/2025

Only one spot remaining for Jr. Stablehands Camp I this next week! Perfect for boys who love to be busy and learn as they interact with animals and nature! We focus on building confidence and character. Ages 6-10, from 9am-2pm.

It's going to be a blast!

Register here: https://forms.gle/BVWHPhC2gRL3VzsS7

02/19/2025

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02/17/2025

We love our donkeeeeey!!!! 🫏

♥️ Rosemary❤️