Willow Ridge Farm Of Woodstock, LLC

11/25/2024

UPHA Professionals - please consider voting for Akira Derringer GCH for the Morgan Park Harness Open Division. This charismatic stallion has taken the top spot in harness at all the major shows in 2023 and 2024. This beautiful, typey, four cornered park harness horse defines the division!!!

11/21/2024

Congratulations Merriehill Justify on your GCH ACHIEVEMENT!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

11/12/2024

10/24/2024

Lot 194 at the Superior Morgan horse sale; Valley Acres Isabella. Junior champion mare at this year’s Jubilee Regional Horse Show. This beautiful coming two year old filly by JW Standing Tall would make a great addition to anyone’s show string.

10/24/2024

Lot 85. Rustic V’s Fourteencartgold. Very flashy and sporty coming four year old mare by WC Jake Ryan . Would make great prospect or future broodmare. Check out Cara at the Superior Morgan horse sale.

10/24/2024

Rustic V’s Thunder Rolls. Big stretchy coming two year old gelding by world champion EKL Shakedown. Look for him at the superior sale lot 258.

10/13/2024

Red River Valley Enterprises congratulates Andrea Wiesner on the acquisition of RRVE Louis Vuitton (Dressed Up GCH X Indian Creek Belle Vista) !!!! Louis will finish out under direction of Mallory Stacey Sciaraffa and Blackwelder!!! We love our Black Willow relationship and cannot wait to see what the future holds for this up and coming star in the hunter division !!!

10/13/2024

What a way to finish out the final Grand National in Norick Arena!!! VDM Intense was third in the ladies park saddle World Championship. We are so proud of this horse and Brenna who have worked so hard to get so far in a short time !!! We cannot wait to see what the future holds!!!

Thank you to all our horses and clients for making this an amazing week to remember!!!!

10/12/2024

We had an exciting end to our Saturday morning ing session as Kacie Sylvester made the top three in walk And trot classic equitation for riders 10 and 11 years old. What an outstanding way to close out her first year at Grand Nationals!!!

RRVE Miss Independent finished in the top ten in a highly competitive 2 year old pleasure driving World Championship. We look forward to what the future holds for this daughter of Akira Derringer GCH.

10/12/2024

Friday afternoon picked up where the morning left off!

HS Northern Gem and Linda Church put in their best drive to date for a top ten finish in a nice junior classic pleasure driving WC class. We will turn the page and close the chapter on her junior years.

Evie and Saralin Rex Harrison put in a beautiful ride to claim the reserve world championship in the hunter pleasure 14 and 15 year old class!!!! This dynamic team has picked up where they left off in the 13 and under ranks. We are so proud of them!

On to tonight, where nothing from Willow Ridge will be showing, but you can be sure Meredithe Bodner will be front and center cheering on her beloved Merriehill After Hours in his retirement ceremony. Tune in as Whitney gets to lead Puck one more time!!!

10/11/2024

What a great way to kick off Friday morning !!! VVE Crimsom King was named Futurity Yearling Gelding World Champion!! This handsome son of Akira Derringer has a promising future ahead for owners Royalty Morgans LLC !!!!

10/11/2024

Thursdays edition of the 24 Morgan Grand National found our riders and drivers on high gear for their World Championship classes.

Evelyn Pererson put on a flawless performance in her hunt equitation WC. This girl has worked so hard this week to improve her rail and perfect her patterns. She did just that in her championship and her instructors are proud.

Akira Derringer GCH made it two years in a row as the grand National Champion in the youth park harness division, this year by unanimous decision!

Merriehill Justify CH took Meredithe Bodnar for her first spotlight victory pass as the ladies park harness Reserve World Champion!! In just their second year together, this team has earned a first place vote in the ladies park harness WC both years!!!

Onto the weekend and the final days in the historic Norrick arena! We are making beautiful Morgan memories !!!

10/10/2024

Wednesday saw us headed into the first of our world championships!!!

FCM Prince of Rock N Roll continues to give Kirsi Kula a great experience in her first appearance at Grand Nationals! We are excited to keep building this team for 2025!!!

Sarde’s Swagger and Kacie Sylvester continue to make improvements and learn new lessons with each of their performances here at Grand National !!! We look forward to her final WC in the equitation division.

It’s been an emotional return to the ring for VDM Intense. Just seeing this leg waving red horse back in the ring is the blue ribbon!!!! Brenna McCracken made a great ride to earn the 4th place finish in a beautiful ladies park saddle grand National!!!

Onto Championship weekend with our celebration of the Morgan horse !!

10/09/2024

2024 found our Youth Park Saddle team back in the winners circle tonight, this year as the Reserve World Champions. We are so proud of this incredible stallion and his girl Sylvia Peterson!!!

We are headed into the the second half of Grand National and we cannot wait to keep on celebrating this wonderful breed.

10/08/2024

What a night on the Ridge!!!!

RRVE Miss Independent put in a beautiful go to earn a top ribbon in the Futurity Two Year old Pleasure driving World Championship. This flashy daughter of Akira Derringer GCH has a bright future ahead of her.

Merriehill Justify CH repeated his 2023 Reserve Grand National Championship in the ladies park harness division with Meredithe Bodnar on the lines, 2024 with a first place vote!!!

We love celebrating the Morgan Horse this weekend will continue throughout the week!!!

10/07/2024

Monday Morning was action packed for the girls of willow Ridge !!!

In the performance arena, Kacie Sylvester had a great performance with Sarde’s Swagger. This team has new improvements and new homework going into their championships!!!

Evelyn Peterson and her long time partner Saralin Rex Harrison GCH are no strangers to the pressure of OKC. With a near perfect performance, they were named Reserve Grand National Champions and even garnered a 1st place vote!!!

We will be back in the Coliseum for this evening’s performance.

10/07/2024

Our Sunday was filled with personal bests from our riders and drivers!!

Evelyn Peterson put in a poised ride for her AMHA gold medal preliminary. While we didn’t make the cut, we are so proud of her love of equitation and dedication to improving her skills and taking on a new challenge!!

Kirsi Kula stepped aboard Prince of Rock N Roll GCH and put in her best show ride to date!!! Kirsi is a determined rider who has grown before our eyes!!! She came with a goal to qualify for her championship and she did just that!!!

HS Northern Gem was consistent and steady with owner/driver Linda Church who navigated a large class of junior horses like a pro!

Congratulations to all of our teams! We are looking forward to the rest of the week !!!

10/06/2024

This evening the Peterson Girls brought their A games as they showed at the same time in two different arenas !!

Evelyn Peterson took a third in the hunter equitation for the 14 year olds after a beautiful ride.

Sylvia Peterson and Akira Derringer GCH returned to the winners circle for a second year in a row to be named Grand National Champion Youth Park Saddle.

Onto Sunday !!!!!