Acorn Hill Farm

Acorn Hill Farm Acorn Hill Farm is a hunter/jumper facility in Madison, Virginia.
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AHF is operated by Robin Sweely, a highly experienced Grand Prix Rider, competitor, breeder and trainer with more than 30 years of experience.

ISO: Full Time stay at home groom! Competitive pay and housing on site in a lovely 2 bedroom apartment.Join our fun team...
06/18/2024

ISO: Full Time stay at home groom! Competitive pay and housing on site in a lovely 2 bedroom apartment.

Join our fun team and have the opportunity to learn from an accomplished former Nations Cup rider at a top Hunter/Jumper show barn! Nice client group of all adult ladies.

5 days a week, 7am-430pm.

Job duties include: bringing in and turning out, grooming and tacking up, clipping, bandaging, blanketing, administering medication, giving grain/hay, cleaning stalls and other general barn chores, some lifting required. Must be comfortable handling well-mannered retired stallions.

Must be legal to work in the US.

EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED, pay is commensurate with experience. Please DM or send resume' to [email protected].

www.acornhillfarm.com

179 Acorn Hill Dr
Madison, VA 22727

Acorn Hill Farm ventured to the 2024 Upperville Horse & C**t show this past week. Allison Smith and her horse Cooley Sky...
06/07/2024

Acorn Hill Farm ventured to the 2024 Upperville Horse & C**t show this past week. Allison Smith and her horse Cooley Skyline had some amazing courses even moving up at the show. Sasha Reinhold and her horse Sir Frost competed in the thoroughbred jumpers with some solid rounds earning themselves a move up as well. All came home with ribbons in some very large classes.

Fabulous start to Upperville with three clear rounds during the Jump 4 Fun show on Sunday.
06/03/2024

Fabulous start to Upperville with three clear rounds during the Jump 4 Fun show on Sunday.

04/30/2024

We love our grass jump field!

A few shots from HITS Commonwealth Horse Park HITS Horse Shows Day 1!
04/17/2024

A few shots from HITS Commonwealth Horse Park HITS Horse Shows Day 1!

RENTED2bdrm / 1bath / 700sq ft apartment located on our beautiful hunter/jumper horse farm in Madison, VA!$1250 unfurnis...
01/25/2024

RENTED

2bdrm / 1bath / 700sq ft apartment located on our beautiful hunter/jumper horse farm in Madison, VA!

$1250 unfurnished / $1350 furnished

Lots of natural light, large porch
Shared laundry with 1 adjacent apartment
Utilities and cable included, chance to work off part of rent!

Up to 2 well behaved neutered dogs allowed with a $100 pet deposit

12/14/2023

Wow, I had no idea about the origin story of Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer! If you aren't familiar with it either, read below:

As the holiday season of 1938 came to Chicago, Bob May wasn’t feeling much comfort or joy. A 34-year-old ad writer for Montgomery Ward, May was exhausted and nearly broke. His wife, Evelyn, was bedridden, on the losing end of a two-year battle with cancer. This left Bob to look after their four-year old-daughter, Barbara.

One night, Barbara asked her father, “Why isn’t my mommy like everybody else’s mommy?” As he struggled to answer his daughter’s question, Bob remembered the pain of his own childhood. A small, sickly boy, he was constantly picked on and called names. But he wanted to give his daughter hope, and show her that being different was nothing to be ashamed of. More than that, he wanted her to know that he loved her and would always take care of her. So he began to spin a tale about a reindeer with a bright red nose who found a special place on Santa’s team. Barbara loved the story so much that she made her father tell it every night before bedtime. As he did, it grew more elaborate. Because he couldn’t afford to buy his daughter a gift for Christmas, Bob decided to turn the story into a homemade picture book.

In early December, Bob’s wife died. Though he was heartbroken, he kept working on the book for his daughter. A few days before Christmas, he reluctantly attended a company party at Montgomery Ward. His co-workers encouraged him to share the story he’d written. After he read it, there was a standing ovation. Everyone wanted copies of their own. Montgomery Ward bought the rights to the book from their debt-ridden employee. Over the next six years, at Christmas, they gave away six million copies of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer to shoppers. Every major publishing house in the country was making offers to obtain the book. In an incredible display of good will, the head of the department store returned all rights to Bob May. Four years later, Rudolph had made him into a millionaire.

Now remarried with a growing family, May felt blessed by his good fortune. But there was more to come. His brother-in-law, a successful songwriter named Johnny Marks; set the uplifting story to music. The song was pitched to artists from Bing Crosby on down. They all passed. Finally, Marks approached Gene Autry. The cowboy star had scored a holiday hit with “Here Comes Santa Claus” a few years before. Like the others, Autry wasn’t impressed with the song about the misfit reindeer. Marks begged him to give it a second listen. Autry played it for his wife, Ina. She was so touched by the line “They wouldn’t let poor Rudolph play in any reindeer games” that she insisted her husband record the tune.

Within a few years, it had become the second best-selling Christmas song ever, right behind “White Christmas.” Since then, Rudolph has come to life in; TV specials, cartoons, movies, toys, games, coloring books, greeting cards and even a Ringling Bros. circus act. The little red-nosed reindeer dreamed up by Bob May and immortalized in song by Johnny Marks has come to symbolize Christmas as much as Santa Claus, evergreen trees and presents. As the last line of the song says, “He’ll go down in history.”

12/06/2023

Phantom from Colby’s Crew Rescue fast becoming a barn favorite! Everyone loves this little guy!

12/03/2023
We are now accepting applications for a Full Time (housing included for the right candidate!) Groom position!Join our fu...
12/01/2023

We are now accepting applications for a Full Time (housing included for the right candidate!) Groom position!

Join our fun team and have the opportunity to learn from an accomplished former Nations Cup rider at a top Hunter/Jumper show barn!

Full Time: 5 1/2 days a week. Opportunity to travel to local shows. Housing Available!

Job duties include: bringing in and turning out, grooming and tacking up, clipping, bandaging, blanketing, administering medication, giving grain/hay, cleaning stalls and other general barn chores, some lifting required. Must be comfortable handling well-mannered retired stallions.

Must have reliable transportation. Must be legal to work in the US.

EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED, pay is commensurate with experience. Please DM or send resume' to [email protected].

www.acornhillfarm.com

179 Acorn Hill Dr
Madison, VA 22727

Acorn Hill Farm in Madison, Virginia, is a full service hunter/jumper facility owned and operated by the Sweely family. Robin Sweely is a highly experienced Grand Prix rider, competitor, and trainer. With more than thirty years of experience that encompasses horses and riders of all levels, Robin ....

11/30/2023
11/23/2023
Riding the Coattails aka “Kash” 2016 17.1hh Reg. Appendix gelding. Has spent the last two years in pro training being br...
10/26/2023

Riding the Coattails aka “Kash”

2016 17.1hh Reg. Appendix gelding. Has spent the last two years in pro training being brought along slowly and correctly. Kash debuted on the show scene this year and in his first two rated shows had top placing in large classes. Currently showing in the 2’6” hunters, scope and step easily for 3’+. Doesn’t need to see the jumps. Clean changes. Happily jumps logs and other natural obstacles in the field, good on trails also. Kash has the best brain and a puppy dog personality. Very brave and willing. Fun and easy all around horse can finish in any direction! 30k.

https://youtu.be/8Y53G1rv7n0?si=D3N_F9c3EUqhzNoS

USEF # 5842183
AQHA # 5756763

Available at Acorn Hill Farm in Madison, VA.

We are now accepting applications for Full Time (housing for the right candidate!) AND Part Time Groom positions!Join ou...
10/02/2023

We are now accepting applications for Full Time (housing for the right candidate!) AND Part Time Groom positions!

Join our fun team and have the opportunity to learn from an accomplished former Nations Cup rider at a top Hunter/Jumper show barn!

Full Time: 5 1/2 days a week. Opportunity to travel to local shows. Housing Available!

Part Time: Flexible schedule, 2-4 days a week 7am-5pm or half days 7am-12pm or 12-5pm. Some weekends.

Job duties include: bringing in and turning out, grooming and tacking up, clipping, bandaging, blanketing, administering medication, giving grain/hay, cleaning stalls and other general barn chores, some lifting required. Must be comfortable handling well-mannered retired stallions.

Must have reliable transportation. Must be legal to work in the US.

EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED, pay is commensurate with experience. Please DM or send resume' to [email protected].

www.acornhillfarm.com

179 Acorn Hill Dr
Madison, VA 22727

Acorn Hill Farm in Madison, Virginia, is a full service hunter/jumper facility owned and operated by the Sweely family. Robin Sweely is a highly experienced Grand Prix rider, competitor, and trainer. With more than thirty years of experience that encompasses horses and riders of all levels, Robin ....

Price Reduced! Proudly offered for sale:“Bella” - 2010 15.2hh Bay OTTB Mare - Bella retired from the track in 2017 and s...
06/05/2023

Price Reduced! Proudly offered for sale:

“Bella” - 2010 15.2hh Bay OTTB Mare - Bella retired from the track in 2017 and since then has had eventing, dressage and H/J training. She is barefoot with excellent feet and sound with no maintenance or vices. She’s been to a few shows off property and confidently schools up to 3’. Bella is sweet and easy on the ground and enjoys trail riding alone or with others. Has a lead change but is not auto, more of a forward thinker so most suited to an intermediate rider. $5000.

https://youtu.be/Qe8mjEHshyA

https://youtu.be/MCvU8VGebg0

Others available, https://www.acornhillfarm.com/horses-for-sale-1

Proudly offered for sale or lease:“Ladies Man” - 2009 15.2hh Dark Bay TB gelding - Jake is super competitive and up for ...
06/05/2023

Proudly offered for sale or lease:

“Ladies Man” - 2009 15.2hh Dark Bay TB gelding - Jake is super competitive and up for anything! Rated ribbons through 1.0m Adult Jumpers, point and go type! Loves to trail ride and hunter pace also. Great all around fun horse who’s easy to live with and doesn’t need to be in a program. Eligible TIP. Life USEF #5479129. On or off farm lease options available. $15k sale, $5k lease/yr + insurance.

https://youtu.be/p3PoD4CTKDw

https://youtu.be/GnP9GFZ5CQI

Others available, https://www.acornhillfarm.com/horses-for-sale-1

Pleased to offer:3yo 16.1hh Clydesdale TB cross mare. 90 days professional training, WTC started O/F. Cute mover, sweet,...
04/23/2023

Pleased to offer:

3yo 16.1hh Clydesdale TB cross mare. 90 days professional training, WTC started O/F. Cute mover, sweet, quiet and very willing. Lovely prospect to take in any direction. 35k. Located at Acorn Hill Farm in Madison, Va.

https://youtu.be/jGmk7LKHpRs

We are searching for a part time groom or working student to start immediately! Join our fun team and have the opportuni...
12/21/2022

We are searching for a part time groom or working student to start immediately! Join our fun team and have the opportunity to learn from an accomplished former Nations Cup rider at a top Hunter/Jumper show barn!

Flexible schedule. Three or four days a week 7am-4:30pm or 7am-12pm. Every other weekend.

Job duties include: bringing in and turning out, grooming and tacking up, clipping, bandaging, blanketing, administering medication, giving grain/hay, cleaning stalls and other general barn chores, some lifting required. Must be comfortable handling well-mannered retired stallions.

Must have reliable transportation. Must be legal to work in the US.

EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED, pay is commensurate with experience. Please DM or send resume' to [email protected].

www.acornhillfarm.com

179 Acorn Hill Dr
Madison, VA 22727

Acorn Hill Farm in Madison, Virginia, is a full service hunter/jumper facility owned and operated by the Sweely family. Robin Sweely is a highly experienced Grand Prix rider, competitor, and trainer. With more than thirty years of experience that encompasses horses and riders of all levels, Robin ....

09/22/2022

Acorn hill is ready for fall. Thank you Nancy Doody

Pleased to announce that we are now offering up to 10 stalls available for layover board. $50/night includes shavings. P...
09/05/2022

Pleased to announce that we are now offering up to 10 stalls available for layover board. $50/night includes shavings. Proof of vaccination and current coggins required. Msg for availability!

Training Board**: All Full Board services included plus a minimum of 4 pro rides, lessons or combination thereof per week. Also includes tack up, grooming, bathing, tack cleaning, mane pulling and leg/ear/face trimming. Must commit to 4 pro rides, lessons or combination thereof per week for at lea.....

HEART Equine Ambulance is now hiring drivers and attendees!HEART Equine Ambulance travels to top hunter/jumper shows aro...
07/29/2022

HEART Equine Ambulance is now hiring drivers and attendees!

HEART Equine Ambulance travels to top hunter/jumper shows around the country providing emergency transportation services for injured or ill horses.

Truck and trailer driving experience a plus, horse experience a plus, rescue training provided.
Please attach or include resume below.

Travel required. Good pay and flexible schedule. All expenses and travel paid. Overtime.

Must be able to commit to 1 or 2 weeks at a time, locations and weeks flexible. Based out of Acorn Hill Farm in Madison, Va.

HEART Equine Ambulance Humane Equine Aid and Rapid Transport Equestrian Horse Show Vet

Let the birthday celebration begin
07/24/2022

Let the birthday celebration begin

The 118th Annual Keswick Horse Show hilights:Sasha and Frosty crowned Champion in the Take2 TB jumpers!Molly claimed a 2...
05/23/2022

The 118th Annual Keswick Horse Show hilights:

Sasha and Frosty crowned Champion in the Take2 TB jumpers!
Molly claimed a 2nd with Harper and a 4th with Aiden in big classes! Great job girls!

Ribbons galore at the first week of HITS Horse Shows Culpeper! Sasha and Frosty secured a 2nd in the .90m and did well i...
04/27/2022

Ribbons galore at the first week of HITS Horse Shows Culpeper! Sasha and Frosty secured a 2nd in the .90m and did well in their move up to the 1.0m. Molly claimed a 2nd with Harper in the Low Adults and had a great showing with Aiden in their first 1.10m! Skylar and Jake won 3rd in the Low Adult Classic. Ross and Red finished 2nd in the 1.0m. Robin piloted Joyce’s Tequila to great ribbons in his first outing as a hunter in the Performance division. Robin and Stephanie’s young horse Balou Blitz ribboned in every class in the .90m and 1.0m and Joann had a triumphant return to the show ring bringing home good ribbons after a 7 year hiatus on her baby horse Maverick. Well done team AHF! Stephanie Steiff Joyce Sims Skylar Coates Robin Sweely

A great Sunday afternoon with friends and good wine
03/20/2022

A great Sunday afternoon with friends and good wine

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