Freestyle Farm

07/16/2024

Upan, 34 years old and more than a little bit swaybacked. But still going strong 💖

06/10/2024

Old coots of the orchard, Tanzi (25) and Winston (26) 🍎🍑

02/19/2024

Many congrats to Fay Lewis for winning your 3/3 classes both days at the Haras Hacienda show this weekend on your very very good boy Cobalto! First time competing at this test, and already qualified for regionals. After beginning your dressage showing career just over 6 months ago, you’ve earned your USDF Bronze Medal and have the fourth level scores toward your silver… lots of hard work you should be proud of!
Also, thank you for the opportunity to ride your exceptionally talented boy, Fraggle. The future is bright with that special boy! (Fraggle pictured, since I had no pics of Cobalto this weekend).

12/29/2023

09/09/2023

Congratulations to Fay Lewis! 🥂🍾
On her fabulous boy, Cobalto, she achieved her USDF Bronze Medal in only her third ever dressage show! 💞🦄

06/09/2023

Three little squeaky babies 🥰

04/27/2023

Cobalto, a good boy owned by Fay Lewis, in his first time out at I-1 received the FEI high score award at Haras Spring dressage show. 💞

03/17/2023

Fun day at the mailbox! 🙂
USDF debuted a new collection
of rider medals in 2023. 🏅

05/03/2022

04/22/2022

Some visitors in Upan and Zeo’s pasture this morning.

02/08/2022

Seeing everyone posting these today,, I’ll do it too 🎉

10/07/2021

Bodi and Nando wish all the horses competing at regionals this weekend the best rides ever!
They’re very much enjoying their new jobs in grounds maintenance 😂

07/29/2021

😍🥈🇺🇸
https://www.today.com/video/silver-medalists-in-dressage-and-women-s-trap-shooting-talk-to-today-117582405733?fbclid=IwAR3G4rS-qwE_wyxpPpmDBoDfbpNIstUDSVHJzGZUQ9cc6lXrPUr04cqzeyI

Teammates Adrienne Lyle, Steffen Peters and Sabine Schut-Kery join the 3rd Hour of TODAY live from Tokyo to talk about bringing home silver in the equestrian dressage team Grand Prix special at the Olympics, along with Kayle Browning, who won the silver medal in women’s trap shooting. “All I was...

04/05/2021

Happy Birthday Lexie, 30 years old today! 🥳 🎈
1991 TB gelding, he raced only once as a 3yo, so he must not have been too fast!
He had a second career as a Pony Club horse with Rachel Birkes, then went on to teach Kendall Raisbeck, rounding out his first 15 years. He has spent his second 15 years full time in the lawn business 🥰

03/17/2021

☘️It’s greening up for St Patty’s Day☘️

02/22/2021

What a week! A recap, for family and friends:
I don’t have many fun snow photos, because frankly there was just too much to do, to stop and smell the snowfall (unless you’re a farm dog...)
We were without power for 49 hours, in temps as low as 9*. Being on wells, that also meant no water. I’d stored the obligatory water in the bathtubs, and stored hundreds of gallons of water in barrels and buckets in the barn wash stalls, in case of power/water loss. All pipes were wrapped and drained, heat lamps were in the insulated well houses, etc. I felt prepared. Just not for such a lengthy power outage! I had a submersible water bucket heater at the ready, but with no power that was useless. But two propane crawfish boilers were put into action to thaw water and ice round the clock, and so all of the horses were kept well-hydrated throughout the ordeal!
Saturday morning at 9am, the temperature finally rose above freezing, and the great pipe thaw began. Turns out even completely wrapped pipes that are mostly drained don’t do well in those temperatures, and we had many breaks to fix. Thankfully we keep a good stockpile of PVC pipes and fittings on hand, and we were able to fix most everything. The hardware stores were black-Friday crazy, as I found out when looking for CPVC to repair hot water lines. (Stores completely bare, they’re saying maybe Thursday...) Other than that, we just have two copper pipe breaks remaining, one in the house and one in the apartment. I was able to do a temporary fix with some rubber and some pipe clamps, but copper pipe fixing is above my abilities and pay grade. So we are on the long wait list for a proper plumber.
Big thanks to Clint and Garrett for bringing out a second crawfish pot and extra propane jugs! And to Raul for continuing to keep the horses fed on schedule and well bedded as usual, despite the cold dark conditions!
All in all, we got through it ok. So many friends have collapsed ceilings and wet floors and furniture, and are even still without water.
The sun is out, it will be 70* today, and I’m about to head outside and get the horses back to their usual work schedule.
(Ahh, and hurricane season is just over a month away!)

01/15/2021

❄️ 31 year old Upan enjoying the weather ❄️ 😂
(With his 28 year old girlfriend, Legacy)

11/19/2020

Nice fall day for a trail ride 🍁🍂
Erin Sutton Moberley Alicia Boutan

08/31/2020

Zeo (Ferro x Pavanne) vs the sprinkler. 😂

08/23/2020

Congratulations to Christine McCarter and Peaches! (Irish Sporthorse mare by Braveheart RID)They achieved their USDF Silver medal today, in just one year. (Bronze medal last year!)
🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂🎉🥂
Christine McCarter Debbie Fullilove

07/15/2020

Tanzi and Winston. First things first when put out the pasture gate. Every single morning. 💞

04/25/2020

Gigi and Evelyn, socially distant 👍

03/07/2020

Bodi’s still got game 😍

10/02/2019

RIP sweet, beautiful Pavanne, 5/03/97-10/01/19 (KWPN by ValBlanc out of Mossleigh Vali) 💗
Thank you for being such a wonderful mom to your two boys. Zeowyn ('04 KWPN by Ferro) awarded first premium foal and winner of his foal keuring, and Donovan Z ('08 Irish Sporthorse by Braveheart RID).
The farm won't be the same without you

06/30/2019

“Upan, as long as you’ve still got teeth at 30, you can still be my friend” 😊

04/25/2019

03/19/2019

Alicia and Bob on a springtime stroll 🍀

03/11/2019

Fresh footing today

11/19/2018

Congratulations Linda, on the arrival of your new Canadian boy, Pairadox Fella! He’s such a sweetheart! 💖

10/16/2018

Two months after getting a brand new hip, Alicia Boutan is back in the saddle!