Baskin Farm

11/28/2024

From our family to yours, wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving 🍁

11/13/2024

Baskin Farm had a great week at Archway Fall Classic.
The future looks bright for these new partnerships…..

⭐️Caitlyn Calijan and Shore Thing had a stand out first show together, with it also being Caitlyn’s first time in the 2’6. Multiple class wins culminating in championship in the Low Children’s Hunters and Reserve Champion in the Modified Children/Adult Hunters.

⭐️Amelia Broughton and Apollo had an impressive first show together with it also being her first time stepping up to the 2’3. Winning 3 out of the 4 jumping classes to earn Champion in the Intermediate Children’s/Adult Equitation and Reserve Champion in the Intermediate Child/Adult Hunters.

⭐️Harper Graves and Herr Drosselmeyer had a very successful first show stepping up to the 2’6 as class winners and bring in home Reserve Champion in the Low Children’s Hunters.

⭐️Lindsey Graves and Ballendro started out their week strong winning the 3’ Derby and continued steady to end up Reserve Champion in the Adult Amateur Hunters.

⭐️Sadie Graves and Say Hello continued their winning ways bringing home Champion in the Short Stirrup Hunters.

⭐️Winter Fanetti and Bouchard had another consistent show culminating in Reserve Champion of the Sm/Med Pony Hunters.

⭐️Winter Fanetti and Lemoncello are continuing to develop their partnership ending up as a class winner in the Small/Med Pony Hunters.

⭐️McKenzie Graves and Addition had constant rounds all week with multiple top 3 finishes and a class win in the Junior Hunters as well as a 7th place finish in the 3’ Derby.

⭐️Eloise Lurk and Batman VDL moved into the hunter ring this week, winning the THIS Medal and having solid rounds in the Children’s Hunters.

⭐️Lindsey Graves took the reins back on Graal Du Leon with nice consistent rounds finishing top 3 in multiple classes in the Adult Amateur Hunters.

Thank you to Moi and Jaime for all of your hard work at the show this week!

11/08/2024

November has been a tough month so far at Baskin. We lost two of our senior citizens.
Citizen Kayne, “Cid”, became a member of the Huels family 12 years ago. He started both Emmaline and Nora on their show careers and once they moved on, their mom Holly took the reins. Cid, in his 20s, and Holly swept the Masters division their first time out. Cid, you will be greatly missed, but we will always cherish the years we had together.❤️
Additionally, Fawkes was one of our favorite school horses. He started so many beginner riders and loved competing at local shows. He got to enjoy the last two years roaming free around the property with his friend and fellow retiree Chief. At 28 years of age, it was time to say goodbye.
From the entire Baskin Farm family, we thank both horses for being part of our lives. You will always be loved and forever be missed.❤️

10/30/2024

Congratulations to all of our riders at the Baskin Farm Academy Show! We had an amazing day, ending with the popular costume class.
A huge thank you goes out to former Baskin Farm employee, Eduardo Herrera and his food truck Takozz! The food was fantastic!
The show ran extremely smoothly due to all of the help we had throughout the day, especially in the early morning hours! Thank you to you all!!!

10/24/2024

Please come join us for the Annual Baskin Farm Halloween Academy Show!
Show will begin at 9:00am Sunday, October 27 finishing with the ever popular costume class!
This year we will have a food truck on site- “Takozz”. Coffee, breakfast and lunch with a real Mexican flavor!

10/22/2024

Meeting Goals- Forming New Partnerships- Lifelong Memories…

Belated congratulations post for WEC Fall Classic 2 and 3:
⭐️Deidre Donnelly/ Hoxynula N and Quest LTA set the pace for the fall with both horses earning Championships in the 1.0 Amateur Owner and Novice Jumper Divisions.
⭐️Haley Hacala/ Castelina had very successful shows bringing home both Champion and Reserve Champion in the 1.0 Amateur Jumpers
⭐️Camryn Merlo/ Qualipso Du Compte De Delham and Twist Des Forets earned multiple Championships in the 1.0 Junior Jumpers.
⭐️Katy Hinkley and Chanaika PS continue their progress with solid rounds in the .70 and .80 jumpers.
⭐️Winter Fanetti/ Lemoncello and Bouchard qualified for the 2025 USEF Pony Finals finishing Champion and Reserve in the Small Pony Hunters.
⭐️Harper Graves/ Herr Drosselmeyer excelled in the Short Stirrup Hunters with a Reserve Championship.
⭐️Sadie Graves/ Say Hello brought home Reserve Champion in the Short Stirrup Equitation.
⭐️Lindsey Graves/ Ballendro had a class win and was 2nd in the Adult Amateur Classic.
⭐️McKenzie Graves/ Addition continued in the 3’3 Junior Hunters and Equitation. They finished 6th in the Junior Hunter Classic
⭐️Allison Elder/ Costos brought home a first place finish in the Adult Amateur Hunters, finishing 3rd in the Classic.
⭐️Maddie Tull/ Dalmore stepped up to the 3’3 Junior Hunters and Equitation with great success. Winning the THIS Medal.
⭐️Sabina Holtzman’s Kashmir had a great 2 weeks in the 3’ Green with multiple class wins.
⭐️Sabina Holtzman’s Happy Dance was Reserve Champion 3’3 Performance, finished 6th in the USHJA National Derby the first week and 11th the second week.

Big thank you to Tyler, Moi and Chilo for all of your hard work behind the scenes.

10/20/2024

The Baskin Farm logo wear store is now open! Scan the QR code below to see what’s new! The store will only be open until Monday, October 28 so don’t waste any time shopping!

10/07/2024

Congratulations to Callie and the entire Southern Arches Team!

09/25/2024

Belated congratulations and appreciation post for one of our favorite shows of the year. The St. Louis National Charity Horse Show!!
Congratulations to:
⭐️Lindsey Graves /Ballendro were Champion in the Adult Amateur 18-49 and 3rd in the Classic.
⭐️McKenzie Graves/ Addition brought home Reserve Champion in the Younger 3’3 Large Junior Hunters, qualifying for the 2025 USEF Junior Hunter Finals.
⭐️Claire Mundy/La Belle Luna earned multiple class wins in the Low Children’s Hunter finishing with 3rd in the Classic.
⭐️Allison Elder/Costos received great ribbons in the Adult Amateur 18-49 Hunters and were 5th in the Classic.
⭐️Maddie Tull with her new partner Dalmore finished with great results in the 12-14 Equitation and the Younger Children’s.
⭐️Sadie Graves/Say Hello brought home multiple class wins in the Short Stirrup Equitation and finished 1st in the classic.
⭐️Harper Graves and her new horse Herr Drosselmeyer had a great start with excellent results in Short Stirrup.
⭐️Camryn Merlo/Qualipso Du Compte De Delham finished 2nd in the 1.0 Jr/AO Classic. This new partnership is beginning to come together.
⭐️Deidre Donnelly/Hoxynula N and Quest LTA recently began their partnerships with consistent results in the Novice Jumper and great ribbons in the 1.0 Amateur Owner Division respectively.
⭐️Brittney Greiss/ Ice Blue HDH returned to the show ring with a great finish in the Intermediate Jumpers.
⭐️Haley Hacala/Castelina brought home a 3rd place finish in the 1.0 Amateur Jumpers.
⭐️Winter Fanetti and Lemoncello recently began their partnership in the Small Pony Hunters. They finished class winners and 3rd in the Classic.
⭐️Winter Fanetti/Bouchard continue to be a consistent team finishing with great results in the Pony Hunters and 5th in the Classic.
⭐️Winter Fanetti/Good Love had great results in the Small/ Medium Children’s Ponies finishing 2nd in the Classic.
⭐️Diana Miller with Say Hello made their horse show debut in the Leadline bringing home a 1st place finish. We can’t wait to see where this will take you.

Much appreciation to all of our staff behind the scenes that keep everything running smoothly: Tyler, Moi, Victor, Jamie, Claire, Patti, Becca and Julie.

A HUGE thank you goes out to Sarah Jackson and the rest of the St. Louis Charity Team for making this year a great show!

09/03/2024

Please note the change in date for the Happenstance show that was originally planned September 21 and 22.

OCTOBER 5TH & 6TH seems perfect for our final show of the year! So we are postponing our September show until then. Please change your calendar from Sept. 21 & 22 to our NEW DATE OCT. 5TH & 6TH. Can’t wait to see everyone then!

08/08/2024

We had a fantastic day 2 at Pony Finals yesterday. Both girls did an excellent job in the model and under saddle! There are 122 Small Ponies this year!
⭐️Caitlyn Calijan and Lemoncello finished 3rd overall in the Small Pony Model!
⭐️Winter McKenzie Fanetti and Bouchard finished 26th
The over fences begins today at 12:20. Winter will go 50th today, and Caitlyn goes 111th!
Best of luck to these hard working young ladies!

08/07/2024

Day 1 at Pony Finals started with attending the USHJA Pony Model Clinic this morning. A big thank you to Bill Schaub and all of the other clinicians who shared their knowledge with everyone.
After riding the ponies, we went up to watch the Medium Pony Model and Under Saddles just to get a feel for how the day will run.
A late afternoon graze followed by the USEF Welcome Party wrapped up our day.
Caitlyn and Winter start competing tomorrow at 6:45am with the Small Pony Model and Under Saddle. The live feed for Pony Finals can be found on clipmyhorse.tv

Best of luck on a great day tomorrow!

08/06/2024

USEF Pony Finals is here!!! These young ladies have put in a lot of hard work to get here! Best of luck to you both on an AMAZING week!
⭐️Caitlyn Calijan and Lemoncello: Small Pony Division
⭐️Winter McKenzie Fanetti and Bouchard: Small Pony Division

07/31/2024

Baskin Farm had a great 3 weeks in Traverse City at GLEF!!

Ballendro and Lindsey Graves came out of the gate strong finishing up Champion in the middle section of the Adult Hunters week 1 along with many other top finishes week 2.

Graal Du Leon and Lindsey Graves were Reserve Champion week 1 in the middle Adult Hunters. Week 2 he switched gears and partnered with Natalie Jayne for the equitation finishing 4th in the Ariat medal, top 10 in the NHS and Reserve Champion in the Adult Equitation Division.

DiCaprio and Lynn Shuter ended their time with Champion in the Sec A Low Adult Hunters.

La Belle Luna and Claire Mundy had consistent rounds culminating in being a class winner in the Low Children’s Equitation and earning Reserve Champion week 3 in the Low Children’s Hunters.

Kashmir and Sabina Holtzman ended up with multiple class wins in the Low Adult Hunters.

Happy Dance and Sam Mueller were class winners in the very competitive Younger Adult Hunters and finished 4th in the Adult Classic week 3!

Millennium Cruiser and Sophie Fendler had very consistent rounds in the younger 3’3” AO’s and ended up 8th week 2 in the Jr/Ao National derby!

Belle Aire and Amelia Stange finished up week 1 with great ribbons on the Low Childrens Hunters and Equitation!

Addition and McKenzie Graves had consistent rounds with great ribbons in the Younger Children’s Hunters

Say Hello and Sadie Graves had a great show together with multiple ribbons in the Short Stirrup Hunters and ended up Reserve Champion week 2 in the Short Stirrup Equitation!

One in a Minion and Harper Graves had consistent rounds all 3 weeks with nice ribbons in the Short Stirrup Hunters and Equitation divisions!

Dalmore and Maddie Tull are having a strong start to their new partnership with nice rounds and ribbons in the Younger Children’s Hunters and Equitation classes.

Good Love and Winter Fanetti were class winners in the Small/Medium Children’s Hunter Pony division.

Bouchard and Winter Fanetti had consistent rounds in the Small Pony Hunters finishing in the ribbons!

Lemoncello and Caitlyn Calijan also had very nice rounds in the Small Pony Hunters finishing 2nd in a very competitive under saddle!

Twist des Forets and Camryn Merlo had excellent rounds in the 1.0m Jr jumpers ending their time with a 4th in the Classic weeks 2 and 3!

Qualipso du Comte de Dalhem and Camryn Merlo are continuing to get to know each other with nice rounds in the 1.0m Jr jumpers

Katy Hinkley paired up with Davos de Libri Z for their 3 weeks with nice rounds in the 1.0m AO jumpers culminating with 9th in the classic week 3!

Hoxynula-N and Deidre Donnelly had very consistent rounds finishing in the ribbons in the 1.0m AO jumpers.

Quest LTA and Deidre Donnelly also had super consistent rounds and finishing in the ribbons in the 1.0m AO jumpers.

All of this wouldn’t be possible without our super hardworking team behind the scenes! A huge thank you to Victor and Moi, Tyler Hoeken, Hailey Butler, Lilli Cissna and Claire Mundy!!

Also a big thank you to the Graves/Williams families for hosting the crab boil! It was a night of a lot of fun on and off the water!

07/26/2024

We had a great weekend at the Happenstance Farm Show.
⭐️Lilli Cissna made her horse show debut with No Fly Zone in the Academy Hunters. With multiple first place ribbons, they finished Reserve Champion Friday and Saturday and Champion on Sunday.
⭐️In their first show together, Kaitlyn Crawford and Loverboy had a great weekend in the Academy Hunters.
⭐️Martha Kaufman and Wingman were Reserve Champion in the Ground Pole Hunters.
⭐️Evelyn Stephens and Kid Stuff earned a Reserve Championship in the Crossrail Hunters on Friday and Saturday. A Championship ribbon on Sunday finished a great weekend!
⭐️Gigi Pratt and At Ease had multiple class wins in the Crossrail Hunters.
⭐️ Nora Lurk and Happy Talk had a great weekend in the Crossrail Hunters. With multiple first place ribbons they finished the weekend Reserve Champion.
⭐️With top ribbons in the Ground Pole Hunters, Vivien Lurk and Google were Champion Friday and Saturday and Reserve Champion Sunday.
⭐️Eloise Lurk and Batman VDL had a great weekend in the Novice Ch/Ad Jumpers finishing Champion on Friday and Reserve Champion Saturday and Sunday.

Thank you to Ellen, Kate and the entire Happenstance Team on a fantastic weekend! Look for the sign up for the August show in the school horse barn.

07/22/2024

Many of you have been asking about the Olympic schedule for equestrian events. Here is a full list so you don’t miss a thing!
Best of luck to Team USA 🇺🇸

07/18/2024

This is something we strongly believe in. Please take a moment to read the importance of not spraying your horse in the face while giving a bath.

We all see it too often, and maybe you do it yourself: spraying a horse in the face. Although we know there’s not only one correct way when it comes to horses and their care, about one thing we from HorseGrooms are adamant: spraying a horse in the face with a hose often leads to much discomfort and unhappiness for the horse. Stable manager Nanci Snyder discusses other ways to clean a horse’s face, with empathy and horsemanship.

Click the link to read the article: https://horsegrooms.com/dont-spray-your-horse-in-the-face/

Let us know in the comments what you think about spraying a horse in the face!

📷 Shelley Paulson Photography

07/01/2024

Safe travels to all! Next stop…..Traverse City!