Woodstock Acres Riding Stable

16/08/2024

SCHEDULE YOUR TEST RIDE WITH ANIA TODAY!
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13/08/2024

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 🎊

26/07/2024

Kate Mcdonald’s 3yo dutch WB “Ricochet” learning to be a fine young lad!

24/07/2024

A fantastic and sometimes very exciting week at HITS on the Hudson. I am so proud of all my riders and horses and all the progress they have made. And who would think when you are discussing all the possible things that could go wrong on course a near collision with a deer would be one of them. What a picture it makes though!

01/07/2024

Just a reminder that there are no riding lessons this week. Happy Independence day!

27/06/2024

We are having a great horsemanship week. Trying lots of new things and making new friends. Thank you Dr. Wilkenson for teaching the campers about dental care for our horses!

19/05/2024

We couldn’t make it to the show but we had a fantastic practice instead!

15/05/2024

Scarlett and Fin!

14/05/2024

Welcome to Trainer Tuesday! Each week we ask trainers a question and gather their answers for you. These trainers have a range of experience, backgrounds, and focus points of their programs, so the answers have as much variation as you would expect and also probably much more similarity. This week....

03/05/2024

A great ride so support a beautiful land trust.

02/05/2024

These are the best kids riding boots!

We love this kid's field boot because it offers the style and class of competing brands but at the fraction of the cost. Perfect for a kid with a growing foot! The Sofia boot collection is a synergy of classic style along with modern materials. The foot of the boot is made from full-grain cow leathe...

07/04/2024

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This video was after a month of no rides. Great broodmare! 12.3 9yo registered Welsh Pony “Glenhaven Lyrical”

05/04/2024

Just a few summer horsemanship sessions left!
June 24-28
Aug 5-9
Aug 12-16(full)
These weeks have openings. Beginners are welcome!

25/03/2024

Backseat drivers...LOL :)

24/03/2024

Happy 30th birthday to Lily! Looking fabulous 😎 many happy returns ❤️

20/03/2024

You need a Digby.

Let me explain. You may think you need a Totilas, or a Rothschild, or a Stroller, or a Frederik the Great, or a Secretariat grandson, or whatever else matches your particular fancy...but you don't. You need a Digby.

You might have the ambition to sit that enormous trot, or jump those grand prix fences at speed. But you also have the adult amateur's physique we glean from working a desk job and riding one hour a day, from managing a household and children, from dealing the banalities of life.

A young, hot, fancy horse requires time, effort and know how. Either you're going to put it in, or you're going to pay someone else to do it for you, and most likely the latter. Or, worst case scenario you do neither and you end up winning a no-expenses-paid trip to the emergency room.

So, if you want to enjoy your riding, you want a pet you can visit, who enjoys your company, who you can pamper, and relax with.... you need a Digby.

Digby, in reality here at LOTW, is our older school master. He can tote a complete beginner around the trails one day, and teach a lesson on flying changes the next. Digby is fit, educated, and bomb proof.

Is Digby maintenance free? He sure isn't. He gets equioxx, extra senior and alfalfa feed, a hoof supplement, and everything is soaked... He's a senior, and he needs the kind of care and maintenance his body requires. Is he perfectly sound? Well, maybe not on a cold day, without a proper warm up. But he is strong and comfortable in his work.

Digby is the kind of horse where you could go on vacation for two weeks, come back, throw a saddle on, and walk on a hack alone, at dusk, on the loosest of reins. You could stick him in a trailer and head to a schooling show or off to a state park he'd never seen before and be safe at either venue.

So please, when you're looking for your next partner, do not buy the horse you aspire to. Do not buy the horse that's going to give you crippling anxiety, or a fast track to bankruptcy when you combine his price, training bills and your hospital bills. Buy an older horse, that needs and deserves the relationship you can offer. Buy the horse you need - not the potential you hope to be able to ride. You and horse will both be happier in the long run. I know the people who most need it will not take this advice. But it bears repeating anyhow.

Here is Digby out foxhunting at Opening Meet, at age 23.

02/03/2024

Barn friends are forever ❤️

29/02/2024

BY LORI MCMULLEN As both the parent of a rider and a rider myself, horses are an integral part of my relationship with my twelve-year old daughter, Emily. Some of our most honest conversations happen while sitting in traffic on the way home from the barn, and some of our funniest moments together ar...

13/02/2024

Lessons are canceled for today. Please stay home and stay safe while we care for the horses and clean up the snow!

06/02/2024

https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/equine-physio-speaks-up-young-horses-doing-too-much-too-soon-849472?fbclid=IwAR3OKGF51-OAJu-qa_EBz-FEp-jTQZYtLXTKJNCMsHtv8aV0TA1vctXJDnY_aem_ARaOIE4WCnXI-XsR8OHD4Kq2Tu3DEjiH8WMOKmh6SS8XzlmjiqOYGvmULG7cmd0lhhE

A veterinary physio who says she has had enough of seeing horses started too early, pushed too quickly and breaking down injured too young has spoken out in hopes of educating owners. Zoe King of Performance Veterinary Physiotherapy posted on social media with the phrase “for crying out loud”, a...

26/01/2024

Several half leases on farm available. Lease includes a weekly lesson. These are privately owned horses with show experience. Many opportunities to show trail ride and participate in clinics. Full off farm paid leases available as well. Located in Woodstock directly on the Windham Land Trust. Indoor and lit outdoor arenas.

14/01/2024

😂😂 get out your big coats my friends!

14/12/2023

Horse appreciation day❤️❤️❤️