Four Schools Farm, LLC

Four Schools Farm, LLC Boutique training farm offering world-class care for eventing horses and show jumpers. Attention to detail, quality, productive training environment.

Owned and operated by Richard Picken and Joanie Morris, who between them have more than 40 years experience at the highest levels of eventing and show jumping riding, grooming and managing. Between them they have worked for Ian Millar, Phillip Dutton, Graham Fletcher and Mark Weissbecker. Richard's current list of clients include: Phillip Dutton, Boyd Martin, Ryan Wood, Lillian Heard, Meghan O'Don

oghue and many other top eventers. Each horse is treated as an individual at Four Schools Farm and given the path it needs to succeed in whatever discipline is most appropriate. Boarding and training are both available, we maintain a productive, professional environment of like-minded people and help them achieve their goals. We specialize in producing Thoroughbreds into sport horses and always have horses of all ages and experience for sale.

Good friend selling my favorite brand. A bay TB gelding that looks the business!
01/27/2023

Good friend selling my favorite brand. A bay TB gelding that looks the business!

05/17/2022

Most recently third in a very competitive 1.30m class at Kentucky Spring - Kyra is ready to win all summer for you. She’s a 14yo Canadian WB, light in the contact, careful and and very fast. She can be fresh so not for a timid or inexperienced rider. Would look good in the U25 Grand Prix with someone on a budget. She can be fresh so not suited to a timid or inexperienced rider. Easy to have around and care for, minimal management required. Reasonably priced to a good situation. Please call/text 484-459-2045

Boyd Martin is coming to teach cross country lessons in Lexington on May 28th! We have a few spots available and are wor...
05/07/2022

Boyd Martin is coming to teach cross country lessons in Lexington on May 28th! We have a few spots available and are working around May Daze times for those with horses competing at the park. Send me a message 484-459-2045 if you are interested!

05/05/2022

Transitive Property has come along really well in his training but unfortunately we’ve got to sell him! Ryan is an easy 4yo Thoroughbred with plenty of jump, he’s a good mover and has a great brain. He’s brave and careful. 16.1 hands - easy on the ground. A good riding kid could make him up or he would be a great investment for a professional. More video available. Reasonably priced, good situation a must.

Very happy to be home after a busy and successful Aiken season. Thanks to everyone who keeps the show on the road and fo...
04/06/2022

Very happy to be home after a busy and successful Aiken season. Thanks to everyone who keeps the show on the road and for the support that makes it possible 🤩

Alex Baugh Morgan Kempe Colin Gaffney Maddie Hale Grace Dilger Courtenay Turner Michelle Almojuela Koppin Excel Equine Forestier sellier AirLite USA Animal Bedding Haygain Lucky Braids for Top Turnout

03/21/2022

Very proud of Courtenay Turner and Flying Private ✈️ for conquering some pesky water demons this spring and bossing it around the Modified at Pine Top Eventing.🥉 finish was well deserved 👏

Catching up on the last few events… plenty of prizes were won and clear rounds jumped. Pine Top’s cross country never di...
03/14/2022

Catching up on the last few events… plenty of prizes were won and clear rounds jumped. Pine Top’s cross country never disappoints and both February events had fantastic courses to stretch the horses’ legs at their first events of the year.

Highlights included:

Cinzano Z and Maddie Hale winning a Prelim division.
BayMax finishing 5th with Colin Gaffney in the Prelim.
MHS Fernhill Finale doing his first advanced with Alex Baugh.
Mr Candyman cruised his way 6th in the Intermediate.
Courtenay Turner and Flying Private finished 6th in the Training.
Michelle Almojuela Koppin and Calcourt Valley had two top four finishes in the Prelim and Intermediate respectively.
Betterthanexpected (below - photo courtesy of Liz Crawley Photo) jumped great rounds demonstrating his appreciation for finally getting to go to a party at the second Pine Top. He finished 6th in the Prelim 😈.

At Jumping Branch, Alex and Galicia were 5th in the training, Grace Dilger and Redfield Electric Avenue had a super outing minus a costly spook 👻 at the coffin.

We head back to Pine Top this weekend with some Training and Modified horses, and then to the Carolina Horse Park for one of our favorite events!

😅 I think we are all caught up. Thanks to Excel Equine Forestier sellier Haygain Lucky Braids for Top Turnout and AirLite USA Animal Bedding for making the horses look and feel like 💰 💰

03/14/2022

Transitive Property
(Not This Time x Mizzen Mast)
2018 Thoroughbred Gelding
Raced once July 2021

“Ryan” is quiet enough for a Junior or A/A to produce but talented enough for a professional to bring up the levels. He’s the same on and off the farm, unaffected by atmosphere.

He’s been correctly restarted in a program that has produced a number of upper level horses off the track. He’s easy to ride on the flat, a good mover and very brave and careful in his jumping.

He’s green but very willing and will be a fun horse to continue to produce.

He’s easy to have around and he’s a pleasure to hack out and handle. He’s good to clip, easy to load on the trailer, he stands for the farrier (front shoes only), etc.

Motivated sellers as we are short on room when we head back to Kentucky at the end of March. He’s in Aiken until then.

Three wins at our favorite jumping venue to close out the Aiken Horse Park Foundation season. Alex Baugh Michelle Almoju...
03/11/2022

Three wins at our favorite jumping venue to close out the Aiken Horse Park Foundation season. Alex Baugh Michelle Almojuela Koppin Courtenay Turner Maddie Hale 🤩🙌🌟. Thanks to Tara Stoker Bostwick, Kate Boggan and the entire team at Bruce's Field for making Tuesdays the best day of the week all winter!

Congratulations to the winners of our We had to cut our winter schooling series a bit shorter than usual in order to begin construction on our new and barns, but we had so much fun running a little Add Back Jumper show for the last Tuesday of the year! Thanks to all who came out this season! We'll see you in 2023!
🏆 Intermediate -
🏆 Prelim - Courtenay Turner
🏆 Modified - Emily Watson
🏆 Training -
🏆 Novice - .llopez
🏆 Beginner Novice -

We love this event and are excited to be involved. Also check out the weather for this weekend in Aiken 😎☀️☀️😎
02/27/2022

We love this event and are excited to be involved. Also check out the weather for this weekend in Aiken 😎☀️☀️😎

Thank you for your support of 2022 $50,000 Grand-Prix Eventing Festival at Bruce's Field Presented by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services March 4 & 5, 2022 Bruce's Field 931 Powderhouse Rd Aike

02/09/2022

❗Reminder to ALL FEI Athletes❗

Effective Jan. 1, 2022
1. Take and enter, via the FEI Horse App, two daily temperature readings for every Horse that will attend an FEI Event for the three days leading up to the arrival
- If you plan to arrive at the Event on the Thursday, you must enter the temperatures for the three preceding days (Mon. Tue., and Wed.).
2. Submit the Horse Health FEI Self-Certification Form for all Horses attending an FEI Event, via the FEI Horse App, the day before or day of arrival at an FEI Event
3. Take and enter two daily temperature readings for each Horse while at an FEI Event, via the FEI Horse App, from arrival to departure

❌ Failure to do so after two warnings can lead to non-compliance sanctions ❌

A big win at one of our favorite venues. Congrats to all involved 🚀
02/07/2022

A big win at one of our favorite venues. Congrats to all involved 🚀

Maggie May is big time 🤗
02/04/2022

Maggie May is big time 🤗

Does anybody else have a horse that seems to gain energy the longer they are ridden? Yesterday I decided to ride my thoroughbred down the entire dirt road I live on, which is three miles

01/25/2022
We made the homepage on Eventing Nation! 🥶😁 🥶😁 https://eventingnation.com/goeventing-grams-of-the-week-lets-get-it-start...
01/23/2022

We made the homepage on Eventing Nation! 🥶😁 🥶😁 https://eventingnation.com/goeventing-grams-of-the-week-lets-get-it-started-in-here/

Just missing a couple of the crew, but happy to be in Aiken with a great team at Stable View.

Excel Equine Lucky Braids for Top Turnout Forestier sellier AirLite USA Animal Bedding Haygain

It’s that time! Time to dust off the show britches, do your pre-dressage prayer ritual, and get out eventing! The season in the U.S. has begun and we’re getting back into full swing — judging

There are a couple of spots left to ride with Phillip Dutton while he's in Aiken on Tuesday, January 25th. Please send m...
01/23/2022

There are a couple of spots left to ride with Phillip Dutton while he's in Aiken on Tuesday, January 25th. Please send me a message if you are interested. Training level and up.

01/18/2022
Friday: “we need some cavelettis” Sends message to Jamie GornallMonday:
01/18/2022

Friday: “we need some cavelettis”
Sends message to Jamie Gornall
Monday:

We’ve sent our own horses to Altorac Farm when they need a break and couldn’t be happier with how they are cared for. Th...
01/13/2022

We’ve sent our own horses to Altorac Farm when they need a break and couldn’t be happier with how they are cared for. They’re now opening their doors for business and have brought Sara Holtz on board to make this operation one of the best: https://altoracfarm.com
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - highly recommend

We are all settled in at Stable View for the winter. Lucky to be at such an amazing facility sharing with great riders a...
01/04/2022

We are all settled in at Stable View for the winter. Lucky to be at such an amazing facility sharing with great riders and friends. Looking forward to the 2022 season. Thanks to everyone who helped move the whole crew as it was no small feat 💪

While packing our  AirLite USA Animal Bedding and Excel Equine feed for our trip to Aiken, Maggie was being exceedingly ...
12/31/2021

While packing our AirLite USA Animal Bedding and Excel Equine feed for our trip to Aiken, Maggie was being exceedingly helpful 🤦‍♀️

Wishing you all a Happy and safe Christmas.  Love from Four Schools and all of his friends 🎄🎁 🎅
12/25/2021

Wishing you all a Happy and safe Christmas. Love from Four Schools and all of his friends 🎄🎁 🎅

Tori Baugh on Galicia and Richard on his 3yo Democratic Norms former racehorse were all smiles while out for a sunny ☀️ ...
12/24/2021

Tori Baugh on Galicia and Richard on his 3yo Democratic Norms former racehorse were all smiles while out for a sunny ☀️ cruise on Christmas Eve Eve 🎄

Gala 🦄 and Angus 🐮 are two new additions to the farm and Angus was having his first spin in a western saddle 🤠 - Richard now will only respond to “Howdy Parter”.

Huge congratulations to Alex Baugh for picking up the 2021 RevitaVet Young Rider of the Year honors at the United States...
12/12/2021

Huge congratulations to Alex Baugh for picking up the 2021 RevitaVet Young Rider of the Year honors at the United States Eventing Association, Inc. (USEA) Annual Meeting. This time last year she was barely off crutches after breaking her leg. She’s worked really hard, hit the deck, got back up, won, lost and never stopped learning (or laughing). We are proud to have her and her cast of equine characters at the farm and looking forward to 2022 with the whole Four Schools Farm team
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Thank you to everyone who checked on us this morning. We are all safe and sound (and very soggy) here at the farm. We ar...
12/11/2021

Thank you to everyone who checked on us this morning. We are all safe and sound (and very soggy) here at the farm. We are so sad to hear about the devastation in Western Kentucky and will find ways to help those impacted. Tornadoes (twice) in December is not part of the plan.

Quick appreciation post to our favorite feed company Excel Equine. While our horses are fat and furry at the moment, Exc...
12/10/2021

Quick appreciation post to our favorite feed company Excel Equine. While our horses are fat and furry at the moment, Excel keeps them in optimal condition year round. Check out the shine on Admiral at his first 2*L in May **not pictured - a lot of bucking and squealing** 😈

We love how well our horses look and feel thanks to Excel without having to feed huge amounts of grain 😋

Proud to be ambassadors here at Four Schools Farm

Wishing everyone a very happy thanksgiving. We are thankful for every single one of these turkeys 🦃 😊who make what we do...
11/25/2021

Wishing everyone a very happy thanksgiving. We are thankful for every single one of these turkeys 🦃 😊who make what we do so cool. Thanks for your support, especially this year ❤️

Colin Gaffney Alex Baugh Courtenay Turner Kelly Baugh Jeni Gaffney Dvm Christine Haugh Turner Michelle Almojuela Koppin Haygain Excel Equine AirLite USA Animal Bedding Forestier sellier Midlantic Ltd. The Dutta Corporation Horseware Phillip Dutton Eventing Reese Koffler-Stanfield Boyd Martin East-West Equine Sports Medicine Sports Medicine Associates of Chester County (SMACC) Victor Frisco

We love working with Excel Equine and our horses love their products. Our horses look and feel great. We are grateful fo...
11/23/2021

We love working with Excel Equine and our horses love their products. Our horses look and feel great. We are grateful for your support!

Congratulations to Excel Equine® rider Joanie Morris of Four Schools Farm, LLC for her performance at the Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort International 3-Day Event! We are proud to have you as ambassadors.

Some results might have less stars next to them than others but they make our days and weeks so worth it! We sold Air Li...
11/22/2021

Some results might have less stars next to them than others but they make our days and weeks so worth it! We sold Air Lift to California over the summer just a couple of months after he finished racing and he just won his first event! We always knew he was special and we are so so proud of him and Emma Oatman. Thanks to Richard Valentine for trusting us with him and to Gina Economou for making the match

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400 Iron Works Road
Paris, KY
40361

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm
Sunday 8am - 5pm

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+18592290000

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