Westphalen Farms

06/30/2025

The crew at Westphalen Farms showed at Lotus Show Stables all weekend!

Ryann Westphalen and Nicky Boulton’s A Touch of Sunshine won champion in the 2’0 hopeful hunters, placing first in 3 of the classes. This was an exciting moment, as it was “Fliss’” first horse show!

Nora Stashefski and her Rugged Remixdoesit placed 4th and 6th in a very large and competitive 2’3 hopeful hunter division

Hannah Girnius and her Cover Girl earned third places in the low children’s pony division.

Carsyn Westphalen and Adore Me were reserve champion in the Short Stirrup Equitation, earning first place in both flat classes.

Abbie Boulton competed Never Grow Up in the Short Stirrup Equitation, working hard as they adjusted to a new, bigger ring. Great riding Abbie!

Katherine Brown and her Millificent rode to reserve champion in the .80-.85 division

Estella Clevenger and Donnatella competed in .90-.95 and 1.0m classes, earning all second places.

Awesome job guys !

06/28/2025

A little late posting, but just a quick shoutout to Nora and Rugged Remix Doesit for a job well done at Duncraven a few weeks ago! They braved the cold and windy day, getting some great ribbons, including a win in the hack!

Ryann and Millificent popped into the jumper ring for a couple schooling rounds.

Our day ended early due to awful weather conditions !

06/12/2025

Earlier this month we had a great day as usual at Lotus Show Stables !
The horses were wonderful, and everyone rode great!

05/18/2025

Another great weekend showing at Lotus Show Stables!

Shannon Powell and Forever Oz had their best rounds yet in the low children’s hunters, bringing home some great ribbons ! Sadly we forgot to take pics 😅

Lilah Sawford made her short stirrup equitation debut with Daddy Said Yes, earning top ribbons in a large competitive group.

Estella Clevenger and Donnatella rode to champion In the .90’s with 3 awesome rounds !

Great job everyone!

05/11/2025

We have been so busy that we missed out on quite a few social media posts over the last few months!!

Our team had a great time at the Garden State Horse Show to kick off our busy show season! This was a show of many firsts, as all of our students moved up a level!

Shannon Powell and Forever Oz made their debut in the low children’s hunters, putting in some great rounds as she stepped up to a new division.

Hannah Girnius and her pony Cover Girl collected all third places in their low children’s pony equitation debut!

Katie Brown and her young horse Millificent had 3 fantastic rounds in the .80 jumpers. We were all wowed by Millie’s great efforts!

Nicky Boulton and her young horse Fliss did a ticketed schooling and did not disappoint . Can’t wait to get this lovely mare in the show ring!

Proud trainer looking forward to the rest of 2025!

04/28/2025

Spring morning snuggles

11/17/2024

Yay! Another great day at Lotus Show Stables!

Serafina and Shannon Powell were Champion in the 2’3 hunters in a large competitive group!
Rugged Remixdoesit and Nora Stashefski followed close behind taking reserve champion!

Hannah Gurnius and her pony Cover Girl were champion in the Short Stirrup equitation.

Avery Westphalen made her mini stirrup debut on our precious unicorn Daddy Said Yes, earning good ribbons! Proud mom over here!

Congrats everyone!

10/27/2024

On farm lease opportunities available, as clients have moved up!
Full and partial lease options on horses and ponies! All our leases are in a “care lease” format and are expenses only leases.
-2’3 packer with auto everything, always jumps. Perfect confidence builder.
-2 Short/mini stirrup extraordinaires
-Pleasure/low level dressage types- perfect for adult ammy!
We have the best barn family with a fun and supportive environment. Opportunity to attend local and away shows, but not required!

10/19/2024

Another great day at Lotus Show Stables!

Nora and Rugged RemixDoesIt were reserve champion in the 2’3 hunters!

Carsyn Westphalen was reserve champion in the short stirrup equitation her first time showing Sir Bobbington! She also was awarded series Reserve Champion for the same division!

Hannah and Melissa Girnius had a fantastic first horse show on their new horse Cover Girl!

Abbie Boulton was Champion in mini stirrup and reserve champion in mini stirrup hunters with Never Grow Up!

We ended with a super fun costume class celebrating Christmas just a little early!

10/04/2024

Thank you Someday Stables for this awesome pony! Looking forward to a year of Carsyn and Bobby!

Congratulations to the new lessors of Sir Bobbington! We hope you have a great year with this awesome pony! Thank you for the great match!

09/30/2024

What a fantastic day at The Ridge at Riverview horse show and Breast Cancer Benefit.

Nora and Rugged RemixDoesIt topped the 2’0 hunter derby out of 20+ competitors and got 2nd in the warmup! On top of this, they received the award for “Best Turned Out Horse” at the show.

Carsyn Westphalen and “Daddy Said Yes” made their Hunter Derby debut! This was a great learning experience (especially learning difficult courses), and gave us so much to aspire to!

Katie Brown and Millificent competed at the Ridge yesterday in the teeny tiny jumpers. This was a big milestone for the pair since it was their first show ! Millie had a blast, was super brave, and was up for the challenge!

Congrats to all!

08/12/2024

SOLD

Chaska-
5 yr old registered spotted half draft mare. About 16 hands, big bodied. Very sweet. Owned since a baby and broke by my mom (who is in her 60’s).

She has received more of a formal education this past year with pro rides from both dressage and hunter/jumper trainers.

Recently shown under an amateur in Dressage Intro A and B scoring a 66.563 and 67.5 at her very first show!

Understands basic lateral work, moves well off the leg, and is learning to ride into connection in the hand. Very balanced canter for a horse her size and age.

She jumps a course of fences around 2’3 and willingly has gone over everything put in front of her. She is still figuring out her technique, but is very game. She has a very good/quick simple lead change.

Trail ridden extensively, but can be a bit more excited on the trails.

Low 5’s starting with a 2️⃣