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Lake Fork Stables is a 501c3 nonprofit. Home to Riders Up! Providing Free and Discounted Riding Lesson to East Texas Kids. Lake Fork Stables is home to Riders Up!
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and a horse boarding facility located near Lake Fork in Yantis, Texas. Lake Fork Stables is owned by Troy & Valerie Mellema. Valerie has a BS in Equine Business from West Texas A&M University.

11/08/2024

Next Friday we will say our final goodbye to Mistic. Feel free to join us Sunday at 2pm to pamper and take pictures. Old age has caught up with him and he is having moments of mental decline that has led to his overall health and wellness to decline significantly. While he has his moments, he spends most of the day lost and we feel it is best to let him go now before he begins to suffer. He has given me 10 amazing years and was my first horse after a long break from riding. He has given first rides to many kids and adults. He had his quirks, but he made you a better horseman because of them.

11/07/2024

Grace and Fernando are getting better every week!

10/30/2024

Transformation time! Harry Trotter

Harry came to us as a small thin stallion with a long mane. Now he is a sweet gelding who is a jumper, tail rider, great with kids, and is in good shape. He does both English and Western and is used in lessons regularly.

10/30/2024

Last Thursday was our last Horses 101 for Homeschoolers class! We had a great 8 weeks of learning about horses and doing groundwork.

10/29/2024

A meeting of the minds this morning 😂

10/26/2024

Tonight’s the night!

10/23/2024

Grace’s first canter on Fernando! The look on her face at the end is priceless!

10/22/2024

You know you’re doing something right when your horse flat out changes colors! This is a true ! May to October on Bluebonnet Omega Force and just recently added Miller Hay Sales alfalfa pellets. Maverick is looking fantastic!🤩

10/20/2024

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Sunday - Funday!

10/19/2024

Moose and Maverick got PEMF machine therapy time today!

10/18/2024

Val is at the Crossroads this morning (Shamrock Gas Station) selling Queen of Hearts tickets this morning!

10/17/2024

Hi everyone! 🌟 You can support Riders Up by sending Stars - they help us earn money to support the kids and horses.

Whenever you see the Stars icon, you can send me Stars!

10/17/2024

Come see me today for your raffle tickets! We will be drawing our second winner tomorrow. Current jackpot is $1600!

Val will be at The Yantis Cafe from 9am to 2pm today with Queen of Hearts Raffle Tickets! Come get some breakfast or lunch and buy those tickets! Our second drawing is tomorrow at 7pm and the current jackpot is $1600!

If you can't make it in person, you can always buy online at https://www.ridersup.org/buy-raffle-tickets

10/16/2024

First trail ride for Moose and Harry in the books! They both did very well. We were very happy with them. They trailered both ways like champs. They aren’t the best of friends but they liked each other more at the end.

We did learn that Harry doesn’t like cows with horns. Pointy cows are scary and, unfortunately there’s a cow gauntlet that you have to walk through on the trail. 😂

Moose said no to riding over bridges to start with, but was much braver on the way back. In fact anything he wasn’t sure about, he just quietly turned around like “Sorry, it’s time to go back home!” 😂

10/16/2024

Apparently it’s . Here’s our barn crew.

10/16/2024

Natalie had a beautiful sunset during her lesson tonight!

10/15/2024

Quigley has come so far! In the past year he has gone from being nervous to even stand around the barn to jumping 2 feet! Allysha has done a fantastic job building his confidence.

10/12/2024

PEMF Therapy for the win! Barney came to us with this ugly old scar from an old injury. The look of it was driving us crazy though, so we've been regularly applying Dumor Wound Cream from Tractor Supply Co. combined with about 5 minutes of PEMF therapy on it after every ride and it is now nearly healed! The difference in less than a month was amazing!

Address

270 CR 1880
Yantis, TX
75497

Telephone

+19033663052

Website

http://www.ridersup.org/

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Grace and Fernando are getting better every week!

Grace’s first canter on Fernando! The look on her face at the end is priceless!

These cats are so weird! 🤣 #barncats #barnlife

Harry is still available for adoption! He is 15 hands and 5 years old. He has been used for lessons, summer camps and trail rides! Contact us to learn more about this tiny Thoroughbred! #ottb #adoptme

Hi everyone! 🌟 You can support Riders Up by sending Stars - they help us earn money to support the kids and horses. Whenever you see the Stars icon, you can send me Stars! #StarsEverywhere

First trail ride for Moose and Harry in the books! They both did very well. We were very happy with them. They trailered both ways like champs. They aren’t the best of friends but they liked each other more at the end. We did learn that Harry doesn’t like cows with horns. Pointy cows are scary and, unfortunately there’s a cow gauntlet that you have to walk through on the trail. 😂 Moose said no to riding over bridges to start with, but was much braver on the way back. In fact anything he wasn’t sure about, he just quietly turned around like “Sorry, it’s time to go back home!” 😂 #ottb

Quigley has come so far! In the past year he has gone from being nervous to even stand around the barn to jumping 2 feet! Allysha has done a fantastic job building his confidence. #ottb #retiredracehorse

Riding lesson fun with Ava and Naomi!🐴 #retiredracehorses #LakeFork #HorseLoversUnite #retiredracehorse #DonateForChange #equinetherapy #ridersup #thoroughbred #horses #Donate #OTTB #therapyhorses #horseriding #donate #Moose

Morgan's first time ever in English, already posting at the Trot and cantering! Super proud. #equinetherapy #helpingothers #retiredracehorse #TBaftercare #horseriding #horses #therapyhorses #LakeForkStables #LakeFork #ridersup #thoroughbred #ottb #DonateForChangre

Norah and Maverick are working so well together!

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Our Mission

Lake Fork Stables, a 501(c)3 public charity, is home to the Riders Up! Youth Mentorship Program, which offers free and reduced rate riding lessons to East Texas kids. We offer English and Western riding lessons to people of all ages as well as horseback riding experiences. All proceeds from paid riding lessons, horseback riding excursion and boarding go to support the horses and the Riders Up! Program. If you’d like to donate for just the price of a coffee, you can via ko-fi.com/ridersup. Every little bit helps!

Lake Fork Stables is owned by Troy & Valerie Mellema. Valerie has a BS in Equine Business from West Texas A&M University. She has been riding since the age of 5 with a short 7 year break after graduating college and starting a business. She then got back in the saddle in 2012 and a few years later Lake Fork Stables was built.