Signature Quarter Horses & Creations

02/02/2025

🐴🎉Our Peewees had a great kick off show at the Florida Panhandle Saddle Club show!🐴🎉
⭐️Kendall and Rodeo -2nd in barrels, 1st in poles, 2nd in arena race.
⭐️Shelby and Soxie 2nd in Texas barrels & 4th in arena race.

01/27/2025

Why $50 to $80 for a Riding Lesson is the Bargain of a Lifetime! 🐴

At first glance, $50 to $80 might seem like a lot for a riding lesson. After all, it’s just 30 minutes or an hour on a horse, right? But here’s the kicker: that price doesn’t even begin to cover the full value of what you’re getting.

Let me break it down for you:

When you pay for a riding lesson, you’re not just paying for the time spent in the saddle. You’re paying for decades of knowledge, years of training, and an entire operation dedicated to creating a safe, fun, and rewarding experience.

You’re paying for an incredible partnership between horse and human—something most people only dream of experiencing.

You’re paying for the *generations of knowledge and skill* that went into breeding or selecting a safe, reliable horse—a horse that can teach a beginner to steer or build confidence in an intermediate rider.

You’re paying for the *thousands of hours* that trainers and instructors spent educating that horse, putting on the miles, and teaching it to be patient, forgiving, and downright saintly.

You’re paying for the tack: saddles, bridles, bits, saddle pads, girths, and all the fittings—carefully selected for comfort, fit, and durability. You’re also paying for the endless supply of grooming tools, from curry combs to hoof picks to detangling spray.

You’re paying for feed: hay, grain, supplements, and the occasional treat. You’re paying for veterinary care, including vaccines, deworming, dental work, and emergency visits. Don’t forget the farrier—someone has to keep those hooves in tip-top shape.

You’re paying for the blankets: rain sheets, winter rugs, coolers—whatever is needed to keep the horses happy and healthy in every season. You’re paying for the halters, lead ropes, and fly masks that keep them comfortable and safe.

You’re paying for the facilities: the arena footing, jumps, fences, barn, and tack room. You’re also paying for the equipment that maintains it all—tractors, ring drags, hoses, water buckets, muck rakes, shovels, and the never-ending repair bills that come with running a stable.

You’re paying for the labor: the early mornings and late nights, the endless stall mucking, the feeding, and the hauling of hay bales. You’re paying for the nights someone walks a colicky horse until the vet arrives.

You’re also paying for the *risk*: every time a lesson horse takes a rider, there’s a chance they could end up hurt or permanently lame. These horses are worth their weight in gold, and it’s my job to keep them safe, healthy, and happy. That’s why they’re only worked a certain amount, jump sparingly, and have strict limits on their workload.

So when you hear, “$50 to $80 for a lesson,” what you’re really getting is the result of years of dedication, hard work, and care. You’re getting a piece of a much larger puzzle—the kind of puzzle that most people don’t see but that makes those 30 or 60 minutes possible.

It’s not “just a lesson.” It’s a lifetime of expertise and a whole village behind it.

I am grateful to my team and the incredible horses for all they bring to people’s experiences. 💙💛

If you are looking for a riding facility here are some tips 📣

1. Do your due diligence before selecting just any facility for you or your child to ride at

2. If it doesn’t feel safe, trust your gut!

3. Any given day, someone wakes up and decides to become an instructor bc they have horses and want to make a buck. Unfortunately, most of them have a little to no prior experience.

4. Instructors/trainers should have references and insurance! This is a business at the end of the day and everyone should be protected.

5. Accept the word NO. Trainers have lesson horses and your best interest at heart. They are not trying to hold you or your horse back to be mean. The amount of students we have received from other programs that are riding or surviving beyond their capabilities is horrifying. What may take you one week may take another rider a month. Everyone needs to go at their own pace to do it properly and safely, This is not a race but something to enjoy at your own pace 🤠

12/15/2024

You ever think about how much time you spend at the barn doing the little things? All the extra time it takes to do repairs, sweep, feed, pour grain, turn horses in and out, cleaning water buckets and filling them, blankets on and off…the list goes on. So much is happening behind what you see.
“You don't get paid for the hour, you get paid for the value you bring to the hour.” – Jim Rohn.

12/07/2024

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.

11/28/2024

If anyone is without today, there is one box of a Thanksgiving dinner (heat and eat) in the fridge at the farm. Have dinner on us!

11/26/2024

How much is board? This is the question we’ve been asked lately ALOT! So 2025 rates are:
$725 for board. But it includes quality hay(alfalfa or perennial peanut), quality feed (Seminole) based on what your horse needs, stalls with shavings cleaned daily, daily turn out (and we have grass), fly spray and fly control, monthly wormer(why monthly, because if they are eating off the ground, they get parasites), lights on timers in a fully enclosed barn, wash rack with hot water, round pen, riding area with lights. Our farrier comes every 5 weeks ($40) for a trim. So here is how you save boarding with us minimal vet bills. You will have a coggins annually ($55 including farm call), vaccines (3 times per year they range from $25 to $55 depending on the booster). Dental exams a few times a year, if your horse needs a dental it runs $255, massage chiropractor a few times per year (if needed $90). We do offer split rates for weekly, 1st and 15th or monthly.

11/20/2024

Farm work doesn’t take breaks on rainy days. Your grass gets a littler greener and you dream a little bigger.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from our farm to you!

10/26/2024

These two had a blast today at the Gadsden Horsemens Association show today. The best things in life are the people we love, the places we've been, and the memories we've made along the way!

10/08/2024

We are located in the Panhandle about 35 minutes South of I-10. If you need help, reach out, we have several resources on stand by to assist with livestock placement.

10/05/2024

Feels like Fall today in Blountstown at the Florida Panhandle Saddle Club show.

09/15/2024

Some days you just need a good horse and friends.

08/30/2024

Another reason we ONLY feed Seminole Feed! Thank you Southern Outfitters Trading Post for top quality grain!!

Providing the World’s Best manufacturing standards for your equine friends in every bag.
Because trust matters❤️

07/27/2024

We love seeing Google reviews! Except from the people who've never even been to the farm! We can't wait to see what the future has in store for sweet Haley!

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July!!! Stay safe.