Manor Hill Farm

Manor Hill Farm Manor Hill Farm is a private, family run Horse Boarding Facility located in Chester Springs- Spring City, PA.

Manor Hill Farm is horse boarding facility located in Chester Springs, Pa on 40 acres. Amenities: (10) 12x12 stalls, automatic heated water, fans, infrared heated wash stalls, heated tack room, heated and climate controlled tack room, 5 grooming bays, 2 wash stalls, private turnout, outdoor sand arena with lights, 60' round pen, bathroom with washing machine, personal storage, trailer parking, dre

ssage, mounted games, and jump supplies.
*Boutique boarding available to the seasoned rider.
-accepting wait list boarders March of 2023.

It is a snow trax kind of day! If you don’t own a pair of ice picks for your boots- you are missing out. It’s like being...
12/27/2025

It is a snow trax kind of day! If you don’t own a pair of ice picks for your boots- you are missing out. It’s like being able to walk on water! The frozen kind. They work great- just walked no problem uphill on a sheet of ice. No broken hips, concussions or swollen wrists this year. I’m wearing my holy boots. Winning…

12/25/2025

Happy holidays and Merry Christmas from our farm to yours! May all your horses be healthy and well. May you all have gotten new saddles and sleighs. May your goals come true for the year to come and may all this years wishes have been granted and done.
Ask any horse lover what they wanted for Christmas- a pony, a pony, ask any them… it never came.
The pony is too big to fit in the sleigh- but lots of treats this year… the big guy will bring. Lots of love, hope, and a job well done.

Enjoy your day, our horses are, I told their parents to stay away. The horses can frolic or sleep, roll in hay, lots of things to do with their day off to play. They will get their dinner, and a special treat, lots of love, nuzzles and whispers… Im sure tomorrow the parents are coming to make sure they are ok!
They are- don’t worry. Liz wanted the farm to herself today. My one gift I enjoy the most on Christmas Day. Peace, wellness and happiness is my wish for all. From our farm to yours, I hope you have a merry day.

Our first real snow! A winter wonderland. Needless to say- we are closed today while we plow the driveways.
12/14/2025

Our first real snow! A winter wonderland. Needless to say- we are closed today while we plow the driveways.

Parenting: Today, I gave up my one free moment to take my daughter Christmas shopping so that two horses got done by the...
12/13/2025

Parenting:
Today, I gave up my one free moment to take my daughter Christmas shopping so that two horses got done by the farrier.

She is super angry at me because I told her that it would have to be another day. It was my fun idea to go. I had a free moment and it quickly got cancelled with a last minute text. What a mistake it was to bring up a cute idea the day before.

I dont go out at night, and I… just don’t want to do it now. I have rules in winter. My window closed of happy times which is normally during my energy time of early morning- mid afternoon. I have zero mental energy left after a day with horses in winter. I’m left with no fun. I’m cold, tired, hungry, and just… burnt out. The last thing I want to do is go shopping. I get the winter blues, and the minute the sun leaves I feel like death. Im barely alive- add on the holiday seasons and you might as well just kill me. Im running on fumes.

I get blamed a lot- I have no free time for my kids or family. We never spend time together unless it’s driving to sports. The last time we had a vacation was last january. Not complaining thats just how our life has always been with this business, the minute you get a break you run for time with family. Finding help is hard.

The farmer/ trade life- this is normal. They dont have luxuries either. When I sit in the barn waiting for most of our proffesionals to be done, often times they bring their own kids with them just to spend time with them, help and work. Or…because they dont have a caregiver. These kids work hard, they move the minute their parent says to get something, they are polite and courteous and often times they just watch without speaking unless spoken to.

It’s part of the trade. Working kids are different from the others. The odd part I noticed is that the working kids don’t talk to each other. They just go about focusing on their parents and trades.

It’s a hard way of living. Those kids give up a lot to follow in their parents footsteps. Mine rode her pony today ba****ck, helped bring in horses, fed the horses and blanketed and groomed, cleaned tack and cleaned up. She is still sad she didn’t get to be a real kid that gets to shop. I don’t blame her. I hate me too.

Some days are hard. Is the sacrifice worth it? These kids are wired different, because their parents work 7 days a week without a day off. How many of them will be just like us, or get fed up and hate us one day for it?
I’m tired and hungry… with a grouchy kid.

Some days- I really wish things were different. Maybe tomorrow instead… is what they hear everyday.
These kids are living the dream. Are they? I guess it depends on who their parents are.

It’s the little moments in winter that make you feel like a winner. It turns out my winter boots are too small and with ...
12/09/2025

It’s the little moments in winter that make you feel like a winner. It turns out my winter boots are too small and with the additional socks my toes were rubbing and I had blisters. I have been wearing my husbands boots instead which are huge! My toes stay warm and I don’t have blisters anymore. Do I look like a clown? You betcha but this simple hack of wearing things that are a few sizes larger actually work.

Wearing rubber latex gloves under my gloves also help, especially when cleaning out the water buckets. Plastic bags in boots make it easy to get them on and off and also help insulate. Hand warmers in pockets for when your finger tips get too cold also a win.

Frozen buckets? Leave them upside down in the sun while mucking and the ice will pop out leaving a beautiful ice sculpture.

Afraid that your horses don’t love you anymore? Make them some hot tea with beet pulp and alfalfa pellets. They drink it faster than you can shot gun a beer. It’s like a frat party for horses.

It’s the little things. Clean unfrozen running water, horses munching on hay, watching them sleep in the fields warming themselves up in the sun, no wind, no ice, arenas that arent frozen, and air that smells like snow and campfire from all the homes nearby. These are my favorite winter days. Soon we can add to it with ba****ck rides in fresh snow.
Stay positive!
Im ok with winter as long as the sun is out, and nothing is broken or injured.
It’s going to be a great day.

12/05/2025

The cool part about having a horse barn and caring for animals is it makes you mentally, emotionally and physically strong. It changes you.

Winters are tough and frustrating. You battle extreme cold, ice, frozen hoses, broken heaters, frozen arenas, dead truck batteries, dirty or destroyed blankets, increasing hay, feed, electricity prices, sore aching muscles and joints, frozen fingers, and sometimes bored and ferrel horses. No matter how you feel the work must get done.

You may have spent everyday in the saddle, working to compete each month and have to come to terms that the only option is to go south to continue on your dream or find an indoor arena. The overwhelming frustration of going 60 miles an hour to being parked in a frozen tundra is agonizing.

There are so many options to continue but they all have hurdles and expenses. How do you keep up with all the birds that flew south?

There is a virus going around that is extremely contagious to horses. Shows are being cancelled and public indoors and barns are in quarantine. It’s just one thing after another of life throwing wrenches in the wheels.

At the end of the day it’s grit and determination that divides the warriors from the princesses. Ba****ck blanket trail rides, once a week lessons at a facility with an indoor arena, reading educational books, taking online clinics, listening to podcasts, researching new techniques, and improving no matter what. Saving money for future events, or travel. There is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Stay warm, and if you are working in the dark, filling water buckets, mucking stalls, caring for your horses even when you cant ride, hauling hay, and still riding in this cold weather. I see you. Welcome to the warrior team.
We just need to conquer another 105 more days till we are back in the fast lane. What doesnt kill us makes us true horseman.

Happy Thanksgiving! The horses get a day off today while the turkeys get wrangled.
11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving! The horses get a day off today while the turkeys get wrangled.

11/24/2025

Morning Coffee and Reflection: Keyboard Warriors, Facts, and Opinions.

Today, at 5 am, I opened my social media page with coffee in hand and came across a thought-provoking post. A big red post asked: seeking suggestions for an alternative professional for my horse, excluding ###, posted by an anonymous user.

As I read through the comments, I found a few suggestions for professionals in that area, but mostly, anonymous users provided hurtful and damaging reviews of the excluded business. I am familiar with the business being reviewed, and I was shocked to see numerous negative opinions. As I read the reviews, it made me question all the times we had used their services. This indeed was detrimental to their reputation. The comments were mostly opinions or situations where the service provided did not yield the desired outcome.

The reviews were one-sided, lacking concrete evidence. What if the person who posted that comment was not telling the whole truth? Often, there are two sides to a story, and without critical information for that diagnosis, it is impossible to determine the validity of the claim. The horse owner is not a professional in that field and may have had multiple variables affecting the outcome, which is sometimes the case. For example, they may not have been able to afford a proper diagnosis and instead relied on an educated guess. Regardless, the damage is done.

People are quick to believe keyboard reviews and will rally in solidarity, especially now that anonymity is an option. When individuals exercise their right to free speech, they should be cautious. If their statement is 100% fact-based with proof, that is acceptable. However, if it is not entirely true and harmful to the business, and the business has evidence that the statement is false, it constitutes online defamation.

The business can take screenshots of the comments made by any user and take them to court.

The moral of the story is to be mindful of what you say on the internet. Do you have evidence that your statement is factual? What is your ultimate goal? Is your comment intended to harm or slander a business, or is it simply an opinion stemming from a negative experience, meant to help others avoid similar situations?

The most constructive comment is a positive one. If you do not have anything nice to say, it is best to keep it private. If you genuinely believe a business has made a mistake or has caused harm, gather evidence and take responsibility for your statement. Be prepared to defend it, especially if you end up in court. It is essential to understand the difference between slander, libel, and defamation before posting any negative comments online.

(Thankfully- The post was removed later this morning seeing as it never should have been posted in that format)

Back in the old days: One saddle went on many horses. Now, we have saddles with wider gullets and flocked panels that fi...
11/21/2025

Back in the old days:
One saddle went on many horses. Now, we have saddles with wider gullets and flocked panels that fit the horses withers and back like a glove. I still cringe at how many narrow saddles I put on wide ponies not realizing that fit matters. Back in the old days saddle sores were common and I just didn’t know about fit. Fast forward to now and we have custom saddles. It improved my kids chair seat, put her in the correct position and our pony can effortlessly jump and has shoulder movement for flying lead changes. Her back is never sore and she never bucks after a jump.
Now, the same is true for bridles. We went to a bridle and bit expert and it was an eye opening experience. We have been trying to find a bridle that fits our large pony. She’s in between pony and cob size. The cheek pieces are usually too small or too big putting the buckle in the wrong spot. The brow band is either too tight or too big. The crown piece pushes against the back of her ears creating poll pressure. We have tried anatomical bridles- with difficulty finding a crown piece with a cut out for the ear in the correct position.
I was telling my friend about this last night and she casually mentions… oh we had the same problem! Try this bridle.
We put the bridle on grace and it fit perfectly. Grace went around without a head tilt. Her head didnt bob, she engaged onto the bit and she was straight coming down the center line.
All that searching and in an instant all of our problems were fixed. It was the bridle and bit the whole time.
She also used the same expert we did. As we wait for our new bridle to come I just thought I would share.
Yes- it might cost a little more. Is it worth it? Absolutely yes. I much rather watch a pony focus on their job instead of thinking… ouch, ouch… ugh.
Imagine if you had to walk around in shoes that were too small or a helmet that was so tight it gave you a headache.
Times have changed and now we have tack that caters to the horse. I guarantee that if you have well fitting tack your horse will thank you.
So many of us learned the slow way. The best results come from a happy comfortable horse.

I would say it is our birthday. Four years ago today our design and dream was being assembled. (The barn was born) How t...
11/11/2025

I would say it is our birthday.
Four years ago today our design and dream was being assembled. (The barn was born) How time flies. Even then, I knew exactly what it would look like today.
Now, we are on phase two of construction- clearing another 2 acres. Crazy ideas and designs while seeing past the eye sores is what I excel at.
There is nothing more pleasing than seeing the vision come alive. Trust the process and soon you will see, the crazy lady had an idea and made it into something real. Oh boy oh boy- whatever will that dirt lot someday be? Time will tell. We have all winter and then I will let you see.

11/10/2025

Fun facts of the day: grey horses are the worst.
Did you know? That if a horse has white markings or is a flea bitten grey or a dapple grey color they most likely will always use p**p as a pillow or a mattress. This is a fact. They dont like standing out against the colors of nature or looking clean and beautiful. They are embarrassed by their striking good looks.

Another fact- if you give them a bath or try to get the stains out- they will find this to be disrespectful and will try their hardest to turn back into a “green goblin bay”. That is their preferred look. It’s their way of blending in with the herd.

I believe they feel a great urgency to fit in and will camouflage themselves with the manure pit. Perhaps they have chameleon dna. They both can quickly change their appearance.

In no way do greys enjoy feeling clean- or looking clean- or smelling like a horse. They enjoy the repulsed look on their owners faces- that’s how they know they are in fact… back to being a green goblin. They laugh while you scrub them, knowing full well- that you are an idiot who is wasting your time.

My advice to anyone that doesn’t like to inhale urine or p**p dust, or scrub a 1200lb animal on a daily basis. Buy a bay or a black horse. Their coats don’t stain green and yellow.
You’re welcome.

11/06/2025

Rant: behind the scenes
We have been so incredibly busy. Not only are we riding our own horses we are learning to ride the neighbors pony club ponies. Huge shout out to Debbie for giving us an amazing opportunity.

Ava is competing at Fair Hill on Saturday and it has taken a great deal of effort and determination to learn the ropes on a new to her pony. Grace has earned her stripes and gets a mini break from competing this one.

We have learned so many new things working out of a different barn. This private barn has all the bells and whistles. Everything is neat and organized, labeled, the stalls are prestine, the horses are pampered, the washing machine is running constantly with boots, saddle pads and towels. We get one on one lessons on horsmanship and learning something new each day.

It has been a wonderful experience to be held to this level of care, cleanliness and organization. The tack is prestine and cleaned after every ride. The bridles are wrapped and hung. There is even a gourmet hot chocolate bar which Ava has become slightly addicted to. The floors get swept into a vacuum system. There is an entire other room with labeled tupper wear containers filled with clean labeled blankets. Everything is clean, scrubbed and organized.

When everyone is trained to clean up and take pride in their belongings it shows.
There is something about the little things.

I am sensitive to mess. I notice cobwebs growing in the corners, or dirt on floors, muddy wash stalls. I notice muddy horses that havent been groomed, tails with dread locks, goopy eyes, and chipped feet.
Im not perfect but am a bit OCD. The best barns notice all the little things. They dont have to be pretty or have all the best gadgets. I mostly always look at water tubs, if a barn has gross water or moldy hay thats a huge red flag for me.

The things that really matter is being aware and noticing. Notice injuries, water, hay and feed intake, lameness, weight loss, respiration, sweating, a loose shoe, a missing shoe, swelling, temperment, attitude, general well being, or any sort of change to the horse. Those are the best barns- if they dont care I dont want to be there. (Of course, I have missed a few of these things over the years and then beat myself up for days afterwards. Nobody is perfect but Im trying to train my brain to see all of it on inspection)

Running a barn seems dreamy and romantic. You can have the prettiest barn but all that really matters is the health and well being of the horse.

Everything can change in an instant and some days you kind of wish your hot chocolate bar was a martini bar. Nothing is perfect and something always happens no matter how hard you tried to bubble wrap your horse. It’s all about how fast you noticed.

Design matters. Safe fencing, good footing, places to store your hay and feed without mold, ventilation in stalls, back up electricity and water in case of emergency, fire extinguishers and an exit stategy… these are all things that prevent future problems. It’s constant upkeep and maintenance.

The list is endless. Having all those things plus a beautiful, peaceful barn is epic.
We are constantly upgrading and taking notes from some of the best pony club barns in the area. The bar is high!
We have been so busy raising the bar so the things we see… others can enjoy too.

The future looks fun- we are looking forward to one day being able to give back all the things we learned along the way.
If you aren’t learning you aren’t growing.

At this barn we do everything with a purpose and a reason. So much thought has gone into this journey and now we are on our next leg of the journey. Stay tuned to see what our next big reveal will be!

Address

2966 Flowing Springs Road
Spring City, PA
19475

Opening Hours

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

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+14845743925

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