Woodstock Acres Riding Stable

31/12/2024

I was able to teach my first lesson since my accident November 17th. It felt amazing to be back in the barn! Thank you so much to all of my boarders and students and especially my barn help for keeping things going while I healed. I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful group of people here. I have had lots of time, which I normally wouldn’t have to come up with ways to improve our program. 2025 is going to be a great year! Things to look forward to: an improved show team to offer showing experience and opportunities.(There will be adult classes for this too!) A Jr horsemanship program for our younger horse obsessed students who always want to know, and do more. 3 of our own home horse shows with a special finals show at the end of the season. We are also starting a 4-H club! We will continue to run our summer horse program weeks, as well as attending away horse shows. I am very excited to get back to work.
Happy 2025 everyone!

19/11/2024

I will be spending some quality time with my cat the next few weeks. Thank you for everyone who has reached out to offer help and wishes for a speedy recovery. I had a fall Sunday that resulted in a leg fracture that needed a few pins and some broken ribs. I am feeling better but will be off my feet for a few weeks. Lessons will continue as usual with my trusted assistant Chaney!
I would like to add how important it is to always wear your helmet. This fall happened at a walk on a trusted horse. My helmet saved me from what could have been a disastrous head injury.
I love you all and will see you soon! ❤️
Rebecca

16/11/2024

Two of our most adorable kids and most adorable ponies❤️

19/10/2024

19/10/2024

18/10/2024

Enjoying New England Equitation! Such a fun show surrounded by the most beautiful horses and riders 🦄

03/10/2024

PLEASE HELP! PLEASE SHARE this post
This is a non horse post. My aunt lives in Asheville NC. This is a picture of across the street at her home. She is on the executive Board of Directors of MANNA, the North Carolina food bank. It is similar to TEEG or Connecticut food share. Their building and all their supplies were taken by the flood. The town is destroyed. There is no power, no fuel and almost no access. We have all seen the devastation and all wonder what can be done to help. This is the link to MANNA’s donation site. Every bit of what is donated will go directly to the place it is needed most! Many do not even have clean water to drink. If you really want to help, please, please donate so the food bank can get back up and running ❤️
https://www.mannafoodbank.org/

21/09/2024

Don’t let the rain deter you from coming to our open house. We ride INSIDE on a day like today. Meet the horses, enter our great raffles learn about correct equipment fit and horse care, and of course pony ride fundraiser!!!!

09/09/2024

Congratulations!
Kate and Fin on your first hunter derby!
Ania and Felix on their return to the show ring and some really great jumping rounds!
Archie and Penny on their big improvements, and champion in their division and a very brave warm up in the field!
Chaney and Merlin on a “strong” schooling adventure ( great riding Chaney!!)
Maya and Token and their fabulous WT classes!
Definitely putting the Pines Derby Day on the calendar for next year!

19/08/2024

Well….. they don’t get any closer than this 🙀

18/08/2024

A small stab in the heart is what you feel when you put up the day's riding list and you see riders sinking heavily in their shoulders when reading which horse they are assigned for the lesson. A small stab in the heart for that horse that for an hour will carry around a rider who has already decided that he does not like his horse. A small stab in the heart for the horse that did not choose the rider himself but still does his best, lesson after lesson.

Riding is a privilege and something you have chosen to do. If you chose to ride at a riding school, your instructor assumes that you actually want to learn how to ride. The instructor's highest wish is that you get good at it.

Often there is a plan and a thought as to why you are assigned to that exact horse. Before you mount up next time, ask yourself "what can this horse teach me today?" All horses have something to give, a feeling or a new tool in the box.

The art is actually in being able to get a lazy horse to move forward, to get an uncertain horse to gain confidence, a naughty horse to focus or a tense horse to be released. It takes work. If you think a horse is boring, it's more likely that you don't ride the horse as well as you think! It's not easy to be confronted with your own shortcomings, but it is in that very situation that you get the chance to truly grow as a rider.

The excuse that "it's not my kind of horse" is actually a really bad excuse. A good rider can ride any kind of horse. A good rider has trained many hours on different types of horses to become a good rider. A good rider can find and manage the gold nuggets in every horse.

If we absolutely want to ride, it is our duty to strive to do it as best as possible, even if it's only for fun. We owe it to every horse that carries us upon it's back.

Copied and shared with love for all of our horses, ponies and riders 🐎❤🐎

16/08/2024

SCHEDULE YOUR TEST RIDE WITH ANIA TODAY!
https://www.countysaddlery.com/findarep.php

12/08/2024

Woodstock Acres graduate, Actions Runway Man “Thunder “ rocked it with his new child! Champion two days in a row in Vermont. Congratulations 🎊