Dream Big Farm

08/08/2024

I have two wonderful horses available for an in barn lease in Goodrich, Michigan.

Hola is a 12 year old, grey, 16.2h Canadian Warmblood mare. She is the perfect horse for beginner walk trot-crossrails. She has excellent ground manner and loves her baths. She has been off property to lots of horse shows and is the same horse. She is the nicest mare and loves people/kids. She also enjoys some trail riding and hacking out in the field. She does require minimal maintenance. Lease only

Grace is a 16 year old, chestnut, 16h Thoroughbred. She is just getting back into work after rehabbing from a nasty bite she got from a pasture mate in the field. She is more of a forward thinking mare and needs someone more advanced who is light in their aids and patient. She would be best fitted for trail riding, and jumping up to 2’3 when fit. She is currently doing WTC and some crossrails. She is very very sweet. She loves to hack out in the field and has gone on a few trail rides including a 9 mile hunter pace. She is also very very sweet. Minimal maintenance required. Lease or S(we will be picky about this as we have owned this horse since she was 2 years old. )

Please pm for lease price and info.

08/04/2024

Attention all campers!!! We have 5 spots left for horse camp. Please contact us ASAP to get your child registered.

07/31/2024

So grateful and humbled at our amazing first “Cowboy Church” that we had on Sunday hosted here at the farm. For all of those who attended, helped me and volunteered their time, thank you so much; it was an amazing evening!! This event had been in the making for a couple years with the assistance of Andrew Conte. He and I prayed hard and felt God leading us to host it but then we had to let God be in control and He was! We had over 100 people, had amazing praise music, had a wonderful DJ volunteer his time, a wonderful message by Pastor Keaton Washburn, 3 people BAPTIZED (which was not planned but such an honor) then finishing with some clean, fun line dancing! God was here in the midst of all of us and His presence was strong!! Congratulations to Cheyenne Yehle, Abby Engel and Jeff Engel for hearing that still small voice from the Holy Spirit and then doing it by following His direction to get baptized no matter where and how that took place! I’m sorry my water trough was soooo small!! lol
It is such a blessing to be able to use a place we love so much to share the word of God in such a fallen world!! Thank you again for all who made this so special!
I truly appreciate and love you all.
Patti Lawrence
Owner of Dream Big Farm

07/23/2024

Christian Dior is a just turning 11 year old Dutch Warmblood gelding. He stands a very solid 17.2/17.3 hands(close to 18 for sure, he’s huge 😂). He is absolutely stunning and his canter is amazing. Spur and stick kind of guy when in a consistent program. Due to a very minor suspensory injury he is just coming back into work. Currently jumping 2’-2’3. He was showing 2’6 with the owners daughter prior to his injury and has done one 3’ schooling show. He just finished his second horse show a couple weeks ago and received great ribbons including a second in the performance hunter flat class.

His owner took her time rehabbing and he received all the best therapies to give him the best chance possible at a great recovery. He is cleared for all work and has absolutely NO limitations. He is still a bit green for his age and I feel would do best with a confident experienced rider working with a trainer who is in a program that is comfortable with his size and big personality. He really enjoys having a person so we are hoping to find that for him. He is a super cool guy, loves his baths, great for the farrier, vet, and trailering. Get him now before we get him going and put more show miles on him. Priced in the low-mid fives starting with a 3️⃣. Located in Goodrich, Michigan.


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07/14/2024

Day two complete at Rattlewood’s horse show. One more day left! It’s been an amazing weekend so far. Super proud of everyone!!🌟

06/29/2024

❤️​ Super excited about our first Dream Big "Cowboy Church" that's planned for July 28th at 6pm. Please take a look at the flyer and spread the word. Two people I want to thank for taking a big part in helping me is Andrew Conte (Paige's dad), this was Andrew's idea and he has helped me organize it as well as Char who is going to Rock out (with Darius help, lol) in leading the Praise & Worship.
Thank you both, now let's see what God does!
Share please!!

06/25/2024

Dealing with another scammer… I’m sure they stole this fb picture but ppl need to get a life🙄

06/21/2024

Great read!

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06/14/2024

Ruby Slipper👠 is a 16 year old registered APHA with a permanent pony card of 14.1 7/8. USEF #5831761 Ruby is a blast to ride and super brave to the jumps. Total super star ⭐️. She is seriously one of the sweetest mares I have worked with and she absolutely loves having a job. She has exceptional ground manners, walks right on a trailer, not spooky, loves to walk the hay field, great for baths, farrier, vet, etc. She is the same horse at home as she is at shows. With that being said she is a bit more forward thinking when it comes to cantering and jumping which is unfortunately why she isn’t a good fit for her current rider. She did just get her hocks done within the past month and wears shoes. She is ready to go!

She is for ⛵️ in the low fives starting with a 2️⃣. Located in Goodrich , MI. No trials.

05/20/2024

I forgot to post these the other night when that crazy storm started rolling in. Mother Nature is amazing! Before and after💕.

05/16/2024

Girls Night was a huge success!!!Literally one of the best nights in a while and everyone’s brackets turned out amazing. To see all the adults and kids just having some old school fun was truly priceless. Amazing evening with amazing people at Dream Big for our first but hopefully not last girls night!!!

05/10/2024

It’s that time of year again! We are excited to be offering our summer camp and looking forward to seeing some friendly faces! Spaces are limited and a non-refundable deposit of $100 is required to hold your child’s spot. We can’t wait to see you all☀️🕶️🐴

04/14/2024

If anyone wants/needs fertilizer feel free to private message me. It’s FREE but you have to pick it up.

03/31/2024

It’s was a beautiful church service this morning! Thankful to have some of our amazing boarders and some of our amazing staff attending church with us. I love my village ❤️.

03/06/2024

What an amazing week we had a WEC Ohio. To say I’m proud of my riders would be an understatement. Looking forward to the 2024 show year more than ever! Lets go team DBF!! Shouting congratulations to all of you! Thank you to everyone who supported our team and to all the parents and spouses for the continued support and help. We really couldn’t do this all without you all. It truly takes a village! Thank you to our sponsors and the

03/05/2024

Update: power back on 😊

Hey everyone. The power is out at the farm right now and is expected back on around 2:00.

Have a great day!

02/28/2024

We made it to WEC yesterday and schooled today. Everyone schooled awesome! Katelyn and Bridget show tomorrow. Good luck ladies and everyone the remainder of the week. First show of 2024!! Here are just a few photos of the many more to come😉

Ps:we are missing Abby and Char in the group picture when we left .

02/09/2024

It was so so pretty yesterday at the farm. The horses and ponies enjoyed being blanketless for the first time in months.

Check out Dream Big Farm's video.

01/13/2024

Anyone coming to the farm today please give us this morning to clear out the driveway. Horses are out and enjoying the fresh snow and their round bales for a bit while their stalls are being cleaned. Thank you! Stay safe everyone.

12/24/2023

Merry Christmas everyone!!! Enjoy your time with family and friends🎄🎅🎄

12/11/2023

Way way late at posting but we had DBF’s annual Christmas party a couple weekends ago and boy oh boy was it fun. Some dancing, lots and lots of laughing and maybe alittle bit of crying(happy tears) all happened that evening😉. To say we are blessed is an understatement. We took a minute to think about our growth during our party. Our first party ever we had maybe 15 people and that included my grandparents, lol. This time we had closer to 60!!!Making it to the 5 year mark has truly been a blessing. Thank you so much to everyone who has been on this journey with us. We love you all and can’t wait to see what 2024 has in store for us all. Keep pushing forward and Dream Big everyone!!! Merry Christmas!!

Also thank you to Charlene Engel at Charlene Sweet Treats for making our adorable center pieces. They were hot cocoa kits and cookie decorating kits. Everyone loved them and they make the perfect gifts for anyone. Message her directly if you would like more info on all the amazing Charlene does.

11/28/2023

Update: sold
Longggg post but Hammy boy is so so worth the read. Who is looking for the sweetest boy ever💙! My loss is your gain. Hammy is a 6 year old 17.3/18h thoroughbred gelding. He has all the chrome you need. Big blaze and 4 pretty much matching socks. He came off the track as a 3.5 year old with only a couple races under his belt. His race name is Cool Justice for those that want to look him up. He is not RRP eligible.

My plan was to do the hunters with him but time keeps getting away from me and I just don’t have the time to start something so green between lessons, showing and working with clients horses. He is super smart and learns quickly when worked consistently. He could truly do whatever you wanted, except speed lol type events. You could try but you probably won’t be super successful, lol. He’s not super sure he wants a job yet and I’m pretty sure a turtle would beat him in a race. But once you get past just a few head tosses and some chomping on the bit he is just lovely. Otherwise he is happy as ever being the best walking horse around or pasture puff😉. Not a mean bone in his body. He loves everyone and everything. He is a total goof ball and just wants to be apart of everything. He has been exposed to sprinklers, tractors, four wheelers, deer, huge cranes, side by sides, golf carts, bikes and could care less about any of it. Including our new barn kitty who likes to rub her body between his giant legs🤦🏼‍♀️

Hammy has the BEST brain of any horse I have ever worked with. He has been this way since coming off the track. We have done multiple confidence clinics, a couple trail rides(including down the road), several field trips to horse shows where we schooled every chance we could. He has gone down to WEC and Bravehorse and was seriously the perfect gentleman . He competed at Bravehorse this summer in a couple crossrail classes and two future hunter classes where he cantered his first courses ever and got a 5th out of 18. It was a last minute entry on Sunday as we didn’t have plans to show just school. He rarely spooks and if he does it’s very mild. He is going to be the total package when someone puts his pieces together. Right now he is still honestly growing and filling out. Some days we can’t put our left foot in front of our right foot but with some consistency he will flourish quickly.

An experienced rider would be best just simply due to size and he’s still green but I really think an intermediate rider working with a trainer, a good riding kid or AA with a trainer could easily bring him along.

He has NO vices, bad stall behaviors, is great for the vet and farrier and pretty much everything. He can be the only horse in the barn or the only horse in a pasture he doesn’t care. Half day turn out, full day turn out it doesn’t matter. I really can’t say enough nice things about this horse. This will be a hard sell for me. He truly has a piece of my heart but I want to see him shine and I don’t think my time will be freeing up anytime soon. He was scoped 2023 and had the best belly of the day per the vet. He did have a minor suspensory strain when I bought him off the track. No tear, more of a bruise. I’m happy to share the vetting with a serious buyer. Absolutely NO limitations if brought along correctly per my vet. Anyone who adds him to their family will be extremely lucky. He’s for ⛵️ at 🔟,🥕🥕🥕 but open to offers to his perfect home(you won’t offend me😉).

Located in Goodrich, Michigan at Dream Big
Farm

11/23/2023

As a reminder the farm is closed today. We hope everyone has a safe and blessed Thanksgiving 🦃 and a wonderful day spent with family and friends!

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11/22/2023

The DBF farm would like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉🎂 🎈 to owner Patti Lawrence. We all love and appreciate everything you do. We hope you take this day for yourself as you deserve it.

Enjoy this video her and her horse Addie attempted last night😂.
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