Stoneleigh Equine

11/02/2025

Through the winter we should rough out our horses. Give them time to be a horse; get scruffy and hairy and muddy and emotionally let down from the stress of riding, showing and travelling. This increases longevity, emotional bonding and happier, healthier horses.

However, we can should still be around our horses, learn and grow as horseman. We recently took this fantastic online course through Horses Inside Out. This online massage course for horse owners is a step by step guide that will give you the confidence and skills to massage your horse with soft tissue techniques that really make a difference to equine comfort, health and performance.

Learning massage for your horse can help to improve mobility, suppleness, flexibility and posture as well as helping with mental relaxation and contentment.

​Massage is a superb opportunity to develop the bond between you and your horse. Check out the link and consider, we are 10/10 recommending to all our owners in the barn and anyone looking to make their horses more comfortable and stay active in the winter months! Also a great use of time if your horse is out for injury or recovery of any sort!

This online massage course for horse owners with Gillian Higgins is a step by step guide that will give you the confidence and skills to massage your horse with soft tissue techniques that really make a difference to equine comfort, health and performance. Learning massage for your horse can help to...

08/02/2025

We went to visit one of our racehorse project graduates this morning farms’ winter dressage show. Our horse Talked Out aka Red rechristened Rio looked amazing! We are so proud of his new owners hard-work, love and care.

27/01/2025

Bless the constant barn dogs always watching over .rogue.lily and shenanigans. Amazed and thrilled when we walk back in from the fields of the “big dogs” alive and in one piece! Photo credit to .spring.farm.md

11/01/2025

After an unexpectedly eventful day… (our well pump simply quit today) we soldiered on and kept to our plans to hold our first meeting of the silent book club. Hosted by .rogue.lily &

To our test group it was a 💯 success!! The template - tasty nibbles, signature cocktail, wine, light conversation, followed by uninterrupted reading time spread throughout the cozy fire-sided farm house. We enjoyed great food, lovely wine, cozy reading spaces, snoozing dogs at our feet.

Incredible way to end a chaotic day with a great group of people!

06/01/2025

Next to frozen mud season it’s our second favorite, snow and ice weather🐴❄️🧊🥶!! Here are some cute farm snow photos anyway.

To our clients present and future, the farm is prepped and we are ready. We have plenty of hay, fresh water, electrolytes, dry stalls, extra blankets if needed and we have planned for power outages should that happen. The horses are safe and warm. So are the cats, dogs and humans!!

Please do not try and come to the farm today .rogue.lily aka Amber Baughman-Markley is under the weather and not able to plow or blow the driveway and walkways yet. If you have any concerns contact us, stay safe.

06/12/2024

The road to anything truly worth having is often steep, but the view when you get there….
The farm this year has been worth all the early morning rises and late night chore finishes. The light alone has been truly spectacular. That view though!

27/11/2024

These brushes are a lifesaver in the muddy months! If you do not already have one in your kit grab one while they are on sale!!

18/07/2024

They are rolling!! The Advanced Saddle Fitting Course on Fitting from the Riders Perspective and we are thrilled to be facilitating this amazing group from the North American Saddlery School!

We are having the group out for the next two days, current clients please be aware we will be using the riding arenas both afternoons. As the weather has finally broken and its cooler plan around those times please!

05/06/2024

While I’m very grateful to the Parkway Neurosurgeons for repairing my spine, I’m not all that thrilled to be digging so many holes on the farm this year. Or mourning with friends and loved ones over so many passings of beloved animal family members.
Today we lost Swanie, the last badass barn cat that was around when my mom was alive. This cat kicked ass and took names and no s**t from mouse, rat, cat, dog, horse or person! Right , how many summers did you brush her against her will, 😂?
To all my clients that learned to sit light, keep their heels down, eyes up and kick because Sawnie aka Danger Cat was skulking on or under fences, you are welcome. This bad ass cat did it all and lived her best barn cat life. We will miss her sweet and sassy face! (She left us with the useless Ginger Brother Ninjas in her place of seniority in the barn!)
To all our friends and family who’ve lost precious four legged lately, we are sorry for your loss from all of us .

27/04/2024

Welcome our newest & youngest student to our crazy horse loving family…. Asha! See Asha and Buster aka the best unicorn rainbow pony ever at their first lesson yesterday!! We think we may have hooked another one…..

13/04/2024

It’s a busy week at the farm with the North American Saddlery School running their spring sessions!!

26/02/2024

“Hi I just wanted to reach out to Amber to thank her for coming to take care of the saddle. I know it was quite a drive but I truly appreciate it. I’m attaching a picture of Orlando too. Thanks and have a good weekend!”
-Lisa

Last week I got out saddle fitting, it was a horrendous weather day and 585 miles on the road but to get such lovely messages the next day, ☺️. It is always a pleasure to make horses and riders lives balanced and better.