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03/19/2024

BALOUJOIE's 1st born
"DCF BALOU MOON"
2023, USHJA Zone 7, HOTY,
Hunter Breeding 2yr Old

03/15/2024

BALOUJOIE:
Thank you to Sarah Mechlin Duhon for piloting Mr. B. to this 2023 HOTY
Award. Stay tuned for 2024.

12/19/2023

HAPPY DANCE FARM
Wishes Happy Holidays to all our friends and family.

12/06/2023

Season's Greetings from
Happy Dance Farm

11/27/2023

This beautiful poem by Paul Mellon is perfect

THOROUGHBREDS
An original poem by Paul Mellon
The day my final race is run
And, win or lose, the sinking sun
Tells me it's time to quit the track
And gracefully hang up my tack,
I'll thank the Lord the life I've led
Was always near a Thoroughbred.

I've had my share of falls and knocks
Pursuing the elusive fox.
I've heard the stirring cry of hounds
From Melton to the Sussex Downs.
Each spring I ride a hundred miles
(My tail bright red, my face all smiles).

And I have seen the thrilling pace
Of many a cutthroat steeplechase
And watched with breath and mind
suspended
until a classic race has ended.
For those high days can end in pain,
Or in a bottle of champagne.

So if the downward course is steep
Where smoke and flames and devils leap
I'll hope I'm on a hellish steed
Running his heart out with no need
For voice or spurs or flailing whip
To guarantee he gets the trip.

But if about the sixteenth pole
God should have mercy on my soul,
I hope He'll raise me to the clouds
Above the grandstand and the crowds
And there I'll take my ease, and wait
Behind the pearly starting gate.

And long before I break God's bread
Or buy a halo for my head
Or sink into a starry bed
Or say the prayers I should have said
Before the donuts, rolls, or coffees,
I'll find the secretary's office.

In my first interview, of course,
I'll ask St. Peter for a horse.
He'll lead me down the heavenly sheds
Past miles and miles of Thoroughbreds
And say,"Since you've escaped Old Nick ...
They're on the house; just take your pick".

So when old Gabriel's golden horn
Echoes from cloud to cloud each morn
And "It is post time" rings out clear
I will be ready with my gear;
My horse and I will not be late
(Though I'll be slightly overweight).

Then free from every mortal sin
(Including Butazolidin!)
We'll gallop through celestial fields
Where neither mist nor mud conceals
The graceful movements of the horse,
The wide and green and endless course.

Though some may think and I'll agree
That only God can make a tree,
Before God thought of trees, it's said,
His mind was on the Thoroughbred.

10/21/2023

Fall Skies over Happy Dance Farm.

10/06/2023

Winter's on its way!!!
First fire of the Season.

09/29/2023

"BALOURINA"
Baloujoie/Maybe Next Year
Top Foal-Site Champion- Hanoverian Inspection-US Tour
Marquis Farm
Big thanks to:
Marquis Farm Owners: Alex Nafzger and Mark Brooks
Judge: Anna Von Holton Jungheit
Photograph: Margie Skiljan
Hander/Owner: Tom Neese

05/15/2023

Somewhere over the rainbow
You'll find:
Happy Dance Farm!!!

04/27/2023

Welcome "BALOURINA", (BALOUJOIE/Maybe Next Year).
Happy Dance Farm's newest member!!!

04/05/2023

CONGRATULATIONS to Alyssa Becker, Olathe, KS,. for the purchase of Scorpiona... As Happy Dance Farm's first born homebred, we look forward to following their journey together.

04/04/2023

CONGRATULATIONS to Anna Payne, Ham Lake, MN, for the purchase of "EROWYNNE". Hard to let "Missy” go. Could not have found a better match for my precious girl. Looking forward to following their future adventures.

03/18/2023

2022 Snapshot
"SCANDALERO"
2016, Homebred, Holsteiner Gelding
Zone 7 HOTY: Adult Jumper-Low
Missouri Hunter Jumper Org: Multiple HOTY Championships

03/10/2023

Updated: New "Testimonial" Page

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02/06/2023

“Full Moon Rising”
East view from Happy Dance Farm…

01/17/2023

Our precious EROWYNNE.
Champion Low/High Child/Adult Jumper:
Meet Me In STL III
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v539x0tSN3M

12/24/2022

Happy Dance Farm wishes all our friends a wonderful Holiday Season!!!

12/12/2022

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07/13/2022

Full Moon Rising over "Happy Dance Farm"

07/01/2022

Lamplight, 2022 Spring Spectacular III.
Sarah Mechlin Duhon on "BALOUJOIE".
Winning ride. 3' Green Hunter over fences.

03/14/2022

Missouri Hunter Jumper Organization's 2021 Year End Awards. Scandalero and Erowynne had a very good year.

03/07/2022

Thank-you Sam Pfleging for this lovely drawing capturing Happy Dance Farm's weekend at The Flying Fox Horse Show. This says it all with and both Tom Steffie caught in action!!!