Smith Horse Company

04/28/2024

Kyra Koester & Megga Machine

🏆 CHAMPIONS🏆
Level 1 East
L1 Amateur Horsemanship

Hard work, dedication, and trust in the process pays off!!!! We could not be any more proud!

02/28/2024

⚙️⚙️⚙️We would like to congratulate the Koester family on their purchase of Megga Machine aka Fletcher under the guidance of Colton Smith!! We are sad to see him go but excited to cheer on this new team!!! ⚙️⚙️⚙️

Thank you Linn Wyatt for trusting in my program and all you have done💖💖

01/13/2024

12/12/2023

Home from an amazing trip, and more ready than ever to get back in the saddle, doing what I love.

The first half of this trip was our final session with the NSBA - National Snaffle Bit Association Tomorrows Horseman program, and our class graduation. I cannot express enough thanks to both NSBA and the sponsors who make this program possible. NSBA is truly invested in each and every person in this class, and knowing that they stand behind me and my future as a professional is so humbling. I have walked away from this past two years with valuable knowledge, new mentors, and many new friends. To NSBA - THANK YOU for your investment in the young professionals in our industry! Elise Sheard Chad Horkey Stephanie Lynn

Obviously we couldn’t go to Vegas for all work and no play during the best time of the year. Thanks Bobby Smith for hooking us up with incredible seats at the NFR! We hit Cowboy Christmas, a few great restaurants, and explored the strip.

But it’s good to be home! Bring on 2024!
Smith Horse Company

10/05/2023

Join us on Saturday at Kankakee County Humane Foundation Mini Golf Fundraiser for the Pets at Adventure Commons!

10/05/2023

Our crew is Columbus bound and ready for the Congress! Good Luck to each of these teams over the next few weeks!

🚀 Special NI Know It & Kyra Koester and Colton
🌀 A Certain Revolution & Quinn Kats
💋 Why Don’t U Kiss This & Briley Berns
🛞 Slo Ryde & Colton Smith

07/06/2023

Thank you to Instride Edition for this great write up!

Colton Smith and Special N I Know It Illinois professional trainer Colton Smith is a firm believer that each horse he trains must be able to do its job in its sleep, in order to be a solid citizen for its rider. And so his program is built on a lot of muscle memory and repetition. “I spend a lot o...

05/22/2023

☀️ BLUE SKY CIRCUIT ☀️
We had a great time showing in Michigan this past week! This show has been good to us in the past, and didn’t disappoint! Here’s the highlights:

🎉 Flat Out Good Time & Kyle Brenner 🎉
🏆 CHAMPIONS 4&Under Non Pro Pleasure
{This was Rip’s first time shown}

🚀 Special N I Know It & Kyra Koester 🚀
🏆 CHAMPIONS Non Pro Pleasure
🏆 RESERVE Trail Challenge w/ Colton
🥇 Circuit Champion Amateur Trail

🚨 Hesa Flatliner & Taren Ewing 🚨
2,2,3,4 in the Rookie Am Horsemanship
{Their first time showing this class!}
2,2,2,2,2,2,4,5 Rookie Am Pleasure

🌀 A Certain Revolution & Quinn Kats 🌀
🥇 Circuit Champion L1 Youth WR
Wins in the L1 Youth Trail
Top Placings in Horsemanship and Eq

A big thanks to Tom and Dominique Powers and MQHA for putting on a great show! M

05/10/2023

📢 Coming in 2024 📢

No Doubt I’m Lazy x Special N I Know It

MadeFourIt x Special N I Know It

We’re pretty excited to have both Recip mares checked in foal with baby Rockets! 🚀
Kyra Koester Kraig Koester Val Smith Colton Smith

04/29/2023

🚀 It was another great day for Kyra Koester and Special N I Know It! 🚀

After approximately 100 runs (a split, a semi final and rail work)they walked away with a 4th Place finish in the L1 Amateur Horsemanship! These two are knocking it out of the park! Below is the video of her pattern in the semi finals.
Kyra Koester Colton Smith Kraig Koester

04/27/2023

🏆🏆 CHAMPIONS 🏆🏆
L1 Amateur Western Pleasure
Kyra Koester & Special N I Know It

Huge CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 from the entire barn family at Smith Horse Company! We are so proud, so excited, and have plenty of Scooby Snacks waiting for Rocket when she gets home!!!

04/25/2023

We started out the AQHA Level 1 Championships with a bang!

Kyra Koester & Special N I Know It
Level 1 Amateur Western Riding
🏆Champion in the NSBA
🏅5th in the AQHA
🥈2nd in the Jackpot

Congratulations Kyra!!!
Kyra Koester Kraig Koester
Colton Smith Shelby Watson Koester

04/17/2023

Congratulations to Stephanie Morgan and Denise Morgan on their purchase of “Whoz Sleepin Around”! We can’t wait to start this mare’s all around career!
Huge thank you to Gil Galyean Quarter Horses for being so wonderful to work with, and to the Blackburn family for making this wonderful mare available!

04/17/2023

We’re back from a great week spent in Cloverdale at the Indiana Youth Show. The weather was beyond beautiful, the show was well run, and we had a lot of new teams/horses along for the ride! Congratulations to our team on a great show!

🌀 A Certain Revolution and Quinn Kats 🌀
Wins in the L1 Youth Trail and L1 Youth Horsemanship

😴 She’s Oh So Lazy and Bella Joos 😴
Wins in the Rookie Youth WP, top placings in the L1 Youth and 13&Under WP

🚀 Special NI Know It & Colton 🚀
Owned by Kyra Koester
Wins in the L2 Sr Trail, top placings in the Sr WP
** Great rides for Team Goodfellas in the Trainer Challenge

🚨Hesa Flatliner & Colton 🚨
Owned By Taren Ewing
Placings in the L1 Open WP

Thanks to An Equine Production, Indiana Quarter Horse Association, and C Bar C for another awesome show!

04/02/2023

📢 Congratulations to Lorrie Scorer and her trainer Amy Freeman-Suess, on their purchase of CAUGHTCHA RED HANDED! 📢

We’re excited to see you grow together as a team, and watch you accomplish your goals! A huge THANK YOU to Austin Gooding for helping to connect us with Lorrie, and assisting in such a smooth sale. We wish them the best as they start their new adventure!

03/19/2023

Congratulations to Stephanie Morgan and UF Parked At The Bar!

Illinois Quarter Horse Association Year End:
🏆 All Around Amateur 🏆
🥇Champion Amateur Equitation
🥇Champion Amateur HUS
🥇Champion Amateur Performance Halter
🥇Champion L1 Amateur Horsemanship

What a way to close out 2022 for Stephanie and “Parker”! We could not be more proud!

03/17/2023

Feelin lucky on this st party’s day! Thank you!!

03/09/2023

🚀Congratulations are in order for Kyra Koester and Special N I Know It! After only 6 months showing together, they closed out 2022 on a high note!

🏆 NSBA Year End Awards 🏆
Top 5 L1 Amateur Western Pleasure
Top 5 L1 Amateur Western Horsemanship