Picasso's Masterpiece: The Barock Pinto Hair Man - Stallion At Stud

25/04/2025

Happy Birthday Picasso!!! Seems like yesterday you were just a foal and today you're 16! Pictures are being judged as a foal in Denmark, showing, and at home.

19/04/2025

A lot of people in the horse community already know about the company that Jorge and I started named Thorn Ridge®. I’m posting here today because we have some announcements that we think the equine community will be interested in.

I have always done important things with Thorn Ridge® on dates that were significant to our family and the business. So today, on Jorge’s birthday (Happy Birthday in Heaven honey!) I have a few big announcements about Thorn Ridge® that I would like to share. We have a new website with better functionality and layout, we have lowered our prices throughout the store, we have added new products and discontinued others, and we have partnered with new companies to bring a wider variety of products to our customers. Some of you may know that I’ve designed book covers for years, so now I’ve turned my creativity to designing graphic tees and am adding new ones all of the time. We also have new product lines that I haven’t gotten on the website yet (I’m still designing the labels) but they’ll be up there in about a week.

The biggest news is about our horse products that we manufacture, which I have a waiting list for, and are the Thorn Ridge Ranch® hoof oil and grooming cream, both of which I developed for specific reasons for our horses and our business Top Hat Friesians. So here’s what happened with those. The State of Florida didn’t have any requirements for manufacturing animal grooming products but told me I had to contact the FDA to make sure they didn’t have any requirements that I needed to meet before bringing the product out to the public. So I contacted the FDA, and they wouldn’t let me sell the product until they made a decision, so I had to take them off of the website. Last week I finally received their decision after almost a year and a half of correspondence and waiting, and the hoof oil has been classified as an “Animal Grooming Aid” and the cream, which is now renamed to “Zozo’s Grooming Cream” after my mare Zoey, which it was developed for, was classified as a “Medical Device for Animal Use” and I’m allowed to sell both products. Yay! I’ll be taking pre-orders for both of these products once I add those classifications to the labels. Once the products are ready, it will switch from pre-orders to regular ordering.

I have also partnered with both a manufacturer and supplier to bring a full line of horse and barn products for our customers who followed us from Top Hat Friesians. We will also add other animal products (dogs, cats, etc) down the road. All of these products are under the Thorn Ridge Ranch® division of our company and we’re adding new products daily. We just finalized this last week as well, and it’s going to take a little bit to get everything listed on our website.

So all of this is exciting news for our company. We’re also expanding into wholesale so if you’d like to carry our products in your retail store, check out the wholesale section of our website. Thanks for reading and we hope you decide to take a look around! I think Jorge would be very happy with all of these announcements.

https://ThornRidge.com

Melissa

Thorn Ridge® is a retailer with a country store appeal. We carry handmade soap, bath products including beard oils, colognes and perfumes in Signature Scents that we created, fashion items, jewelry & much more. Thorn Ridge Ranch® makes equine products. Live life to the fullest and carry Thorn Ridg...

29/03/2024

I'm reducing our herd size because it's just a lot for me to handle by myself. In order to move our foundation mares I've lowered the prices for Bonita, Nikita, and Madonna. Please visit our website for complete details at https://tophatfriesians.com/salebarn.htm Thank you.

Top Hat Friesians & Barock Pintos specializes in KPWN Barock Pinto horses. We are also a Friesian breeder in good standing with the Friesian Horse Association of North America (FHANA) and the KFPS. We offer quality Friesian and Barock Pinto Friesian Warmbloods for sale. Barock Pinto Importer and Fri...

02/07/2023

Bonita, Nikita & Madonna are still available to forever, loving homes that will give them a job. Bonita and Nikita were sold but sadly the new owner passed away before they shipped so they're available again. Please visit our sales page for all of the details on each mare by clicking the image below:

Top Hat Friesians & Barock Pintos specializes in KPWN Barock Pinto horses. We are also a Friesian breeder in good standing with the Friesian Horse Association of North America (FHANA) and the KFPS. We offer quality Friesian and Barock Pinto Friesian Warmbloods for sale. Barock Pinto Importer and Fri...