Paramount ARC

11/12/2025

😍 Northern lights at the farm tonight (ok, now the northern weather can take a hike!)

11/12/2025

This Veteran’s Day, and every day, we are thankful for all of those who have served and those who continue to serve our country. We are grateful to be connected to so many incredible Veterans, including our volunteer Ms Janet pictured here! Her incredible spirit uplifts everyone she works with! From volunteers, to lesson parents, to siblings, to riders, we recognize, honor, and appreciate each and every one of you and your service!

11/11/2025

Because it’s not *just* a pony ride and we aren’t *just* a riding program… today we picked from a dozen donuts. Depending on the color of the “frosting”, we practiced our two point over poles, our steering through cones, or making circles. Then, after each donut, we practiced counting, sequencing, and comparing numbers by organizing our donuts in order on the line. Did our student know we were working on our riding skills AND our math skills? Of course- kids don’t miss anything! But was it way more fun than doing a worksheet?! I think so! I love the opportunity to support academic goals during our riding lessons (remember, I spent 9 years teaching math and language arts)! Can I help your student be more successful? Let’s chat!

Special thanks to for inspiring this activity with your cute donut set!

11/10/2025

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11/09/2025

We had a great show day at Holly’s Oak Equestrian! I am SO PROUD of all our riders!! Our horses were fantastic too!

Hats off to for a super well organized show! All of the competitors were friendly and encouraging, and all the volunteers and staff running the show were helpful and kind- it was exactly the kind of atmosphere that makes for a great experience for our riders and their families!

Huge thank you to for getting our horses and tack there and back safely! We appreciate the opportunity to bring more horses and riders than our little trailer allows!

Another enormous thank you to for being the best partner in the Paramount chaos I could ever ask for- for flawlessly stepping in to help my riders warm up, tack up, or whatever else needed done when you also had a rider to support too!

I’ll make a highlight video later, but my heart is just bursting with gratitude and being so proud of all our riders, and I needed to share it with all our fans! 💞

11/08/2025

We are heading to Holly’s Oak Equestrian today for a horse show! Here are the ride times for our students if you’d like to come cheer them on! 💞

11/07/2025

🥳 Wow!!! Way to go Panke family!!! ❤️

Overall Winner !!!
Congratulations to Bubbles and Paramount ARC for their Creative Rub-a-dub-dub 3 peeps ina tub !!!
Seriously, Love the loufa !!!

11/07/2025

This is so cool you guys!! We won in 3 categories!!! ❤️

11/07/2025

Sometimes we all need to just pause and have a moment of quiet with our friends ❤️

11/06/2025

Some upcoming dates to note ☺️

Ride times for Saturday’s show should be posted tomorrow by 12 over on Holly Oak’s Page! We will let you know as soon as we know!

If you’re traveling for the holidays, please be sure to let us know more than 24 hours in advance to avoid last minute cancellation fees. Also please remember we follow the 24 hour fever and puke free rule- if you wouldn’t send them to school, don’t send them to ride 🤢 We want to keep our volunteers, other riders, and staff healthy!

11/04/2025

In Ohio, we used to go see the blimp hanger as kids on our way to get Stricklands ice cream 🤤 with my grandparents. Then when I taught at Lake, they would frequently fly by on their way to and from their hanger in Suffield. It always makes me smile the one or two times we see them fly by here- it’s like a little visit from home ❤️ (and, who doesn’t like the opportunity to use the word dirigible 🤣)

11/03/2025

🫠 Man, we have been going THROUGH IT over here. I’m sure you all know about the rezoning and the just incredible defeat I’ve been feeling over not being able to get the county to see things from our perspective. Maybe you didn’t know also that in the midst of that, Tony’s company went through a cooperate downsizing and his position was eliminated. In the background I’ve also got Odie’s hoof saga, Roany’s ongoing lameness, a government shut down which is affecting some paperwork we need processed, and a million other day to day stresses of keeping this farm and program going. There’s a lot of uncertainty looming around us right now, and just to be really honest- it’s hard. If you could be extra intentional about lifting us up in prayer right now, I would be grateful because really that’s all I’ve got to lean on right now. Really specifically, pray for a clear path for Tony that leads to stability for our family and the farm, for us to make wise and thoughtful decisions regarding our horses vet appointments tomorrow, and for that piece of paper in the govt office to pop up as a priority for someone this week. In the meantime, if you know someone looking for a great sales or marketing person, I know a guy 🫶🏻