Griffin Hollow Stables

11/28/2025

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11/27/2025

Great advice!!

11/26/2025

So incredibly proud of these former GHS riders on their college equestrian team accomplishments 💓 both of these young ladies hold very special places in our hearts here and we can't wait to see what the future holds for them both in and out of the ring🥹❤️🐎

11/25/2025

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Accurate thoughts from .co 😆

11/19/2025

Stay vigilant, there are a lot of equine diseases spreading across the country(and in Canada) currently. Strangles, Equine Herpesviris including EHM, Vesicular stomatitis to name a few. Biosecurity is your first line of defense to keep your barn safer.
For in depth biosecurity information visit
https://aaep.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AAEP-General-Biosecurity-Guidelines_1.pdf

11/17/2025

We are having a little barn party Saturday at 2pm if anyone wants to join us!? Brandy is going to talk to us about the products from Tribute, play some games, have some pizza n some fun! 😊

10/27/2025

We have a couple weekly lesson spots available for November! Please shoot us a message for availability, FCFS.
Lessons are required weekly ($220-275 at $55 each), an hour long each, generally one on one, both English and Western offered. Over 20 years teaching experience & 15 years MIHA coaching experience. Helmets provided and fully insured.

10/24/2025

Ask Dr. Holly Helbig what she worries most about for the future of the sport, and her answer isn’t about judging systems, prize money, or even veterinary shortages. It’s about kids.

“We’ve done this to them,” she said during a recent Plaidcast In Person event. “We’ve tacked up for them, been their grooms, enabled them. They aren’t getting the hours it takes to build intuition around horses.”

That loss of hands-on time—the small, daily habits that teach empathy and awareness—has become one of Helbig’s biggest concerns. And as both a veterinarian and professional trainer, she’s seen how taking those opportunities away doesn’t just change young riders; it changes the horses too.

Helbig describes herself as a “horse-crazy girl, not from a horse family.” She didn’t grow up surrounded by resources, but she found a way to make it work. “My parents went through bankruptcy,” she said. “Being a kid, not coming from a ton of money, I had to be scrappy.”

That scrappiness, she believes, is part of what shaped her success. “I didn’t have the money to pay a braider or a bunch of grooms,” she said. “You just jump in and do what you have to do. At the end of the day, I wouldn’t trade it. My relationship with that horse was stronger because of all the time I spent with him.”

Today, she worries that many young riders aren’t getting those same opportunities. “I think we’ve created a generation that can ride beautifully,” she said, “but hasn’t had the chance to really know horses.”

In her own training program, Helbig made sure her students stayed involved in every aspect of horse care. “My kids tacked for themselves at the horse show,” she said. “We had grooms, but they tacked for themselves.”

When something medical came up, she used it as a teaching moment. “Whenever anything happened in the barn, I’d scoop all the kids up and say, ‘Come look at this. What is it? Look at this ultrasound. Let’s look at this x-ray together.’”

Those experiences, she said, taught her students to see horses as living, breathing partners—not just show animals. “They learned to pay attention, to notice things, and to ask questions. That’s what builds confidence.”

📎 Continue reading this article at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2025/10/22/let-the-kids-tack-up-why-the-next-generation-needs-more-time-in-the-barn/
📸 Lauren Mauldin / The Plaid Horse

10/19/2025

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