Sierra Woods Farm

03/23/2025

As we gear up for summer show season, this is a great article for parents to read! While ribbons are always exciting, the best part about competing with your horse is the growth made as a team 🦄❤️

Photo: Abi Kelley gives her horse, Ishana III an appreciative hug after a great round in the Low Junior Jumpers. By Kirstie Dobbs and Hailey Johns What’s the first question that you ask a young rider when they return home from a horse show? Is it, “How did you ride?” Or, is it, “How did […...

03/12/2025

We are thrilled to have these two experts coming out for an educational event! This event is open to anyone, so make sure you mark your calendar and tell your friends! 🎉

Did you know that as your horse ages or their workloads change, their saddle fit needs can change dramatically?

Saddle fit is an integral part of our equine partners wellbeing, yet many of us aren’t too sure where to start when it comes to examining saddle fit. Join us for an educational event to learn more. Anyone and everyone is welcome!

Highlights:
• Dr. Lydia Mudd will be discussing the intricacies of the equine back anatomy and physiology
• Dr. Mudd will share how saddle fit impacts performance, health, and contributes to injury
• Gina Pletch, an independent saddle fitter, will perform a saddle fitting demo.
• As an independent fitter, Gina can work with all brands of saddles. Brand reps are taught to work with their brand, Gina was trained independently to learn in depth about the anatomy of the horse and ideal saddle fit
• Dr. Mudd and Gina will discuss how their fields overlap and how we can work together to ensure our horses are pain free
• Dr. Mudd and Gina will host a Q&A

We are so excited for this event! Please use the sign up genius link below to RSVP!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044CA5AF22A6FD0-55429963-april (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044CA5AF22A6FD0-55429963-april)

02/18/2025

We had a great week at WEC Winter Classic 10!

🎉Rush Hour and Catherine Walz had great trips in the Low Children’s Hunter and Low Children’s Equitation, they finished 5th in the Low Children’s Hunter Classic.
Rush Hour was also champion in the USHJA 3’. ‘Cruz’ is available for lease or sale, PM for more information.

🎉Notre Montrachet and Amy Ochoa put in lovely rounds in the 2’9”, ribboning over fences out of a large crowd of 20+ competitors.

🎉Virgo and Gracie Guenthner made their adult amateur debut, they put in beautiful rounds and even finished 2nd in one of their over fences! Virgo also finished 1st and 2nd in two of his 3’3” performance rounds out of 15+ competitors and ended 12th in the USHJA 3’ Open Derby.

🎉Chinchilla and Margaret White made their 3’ hunter derby debut with a great round! These two had top finishes in the 3’ Children’s Equitation and the Children’s Hunter. They finished 9th in the Children’s Hunter Classic. Chinchilla was also 2nd and 3rd out of 30+ competitors.

🎉Corallo J and Amy Ochoa put in solid rounds in the 3’3” performance, ribboning in the over fences out of 18+ competitors.

It was a great week with some exceptional horses and riders!

*If you are looking for a large green pony on a budget, or your next 3’+ equitation horse, PM us.*

02/07/2025

Check out our summer camp schedule! Make sure to sign up asap, camps fill up fast!

02/04/2025

We had a great time at WEC Classic #6!

Kathy Shoemaker and Corbally Marty moved up to the 2’3”, laid down the best trips of their lives, and ended up reserve champion in the non pro 2’3” division!

Ashley Arend and Orchard Hill Chocolatier had great trips in the baby greens and low adults. “Freddy” is eligible green, and for sale! PM us or Amy Ochoa for more info!

Amy Ochoa had great trips and ribbons on both Corallo J and Notre Montrachet.

It was a great week, great job everyone!

01/06/2025

We had a great time at the Indiana Hunter Jumper Association banquet celebrating the 2024 season! In addition to riding awards, two of our riders, Kathy Shoemaker and Banu Heydarpour, were nominated for IHJA Sportsmanship awards. We are lucky to have such a great team. We are excited to see where 2025 takes all of these talented riders 🎉

12/26/2024

Chilly celebrating the best way - glitter at WEC 😍 Merry Christmas!

Happy holidays from our World Equestrian Center family to yours! 🎁

12/18/2024

12/16/2024

We had an incredible time at WEC winter classic 2! We even celebrated with some glitter and our incredible braider Jen Davis did some super holiday themed braids. It was so fun!

Banu Heydarpour and Callaghan put down incredible rounds at Banu’s first rated show. They ended up reserve champion in the limit hunter and 9th in the classic!

Maggie White and Chinchilla successfully moved up to the 3’, they were champion in the Children’s Equitation and had lovely children’s Hunter rounds!

Marlowe Martin and Abby Dabby Doo were reserve champion in the small pony hunter, Abby is ready for 2025 pony finals already!

Charlotte Mould rode Kathy Shoemaker’s Corbally Marty in the Low Children’s and Intermediate Children’s eq, the pair had great rounds and finished in the ribbons in large classes. Charlotte and Dewy also had a great round in the non-pro derby, they were bumped from the handy by only 1 point!

Claire Williams and Motor City got back into the show ring together and had great rounds in the low adult hunters. They finished 9th in the low adult hunter classic!

Catherine Walz and Catching Fire had a great time at Catherine’s first rated show! They had a first place finish in the intermediate children’s eq fences, and multiple second and third place finishes in the low children’s hunter! They finished 8th in the low children’s classic.

Grace Schubert and Strawberry had a fantastic show, finishing 1st in the 0.80 Intermediate Jr/Ams on Friday, 2nd on Saturday, and 3rd in the classic on Sunday!

Boris De Bruz and Ava Auvil did great in the 0.90 Novice Jr/Ams, the pair finished first on Friday thanks to their impressive speed and tidy tracks.

Leah Sousa and Corallo J had lovely consistent rounds in the Low Adults and finished 3rd in the classic!

Allison Staub and Promise van de Watering had great rounds in the low adult hunters, they were 12th in the Classic! Promise van de Watering also had lovely trips in the USHJA 2’6” with Amy Ochoa.

Orchard Hill Chocolatier and Ashley Arend made progress together in the baby greens!

Gracie Guenthner’s horse Virgo had great rounds in the 3’3” performance, ribboning in large classes!

It was a great week!

12/02/2024

Join IHJA today to be a member for the 2025 show year!

IHJA Members, today is December 1st - the 2025 horseshow year has officially begun! IHJA membership does NOT auto renew, you must join and sign up your horse if you wish to receive points for the 2025 show year.

If you compete at a show this month, you must be a member of IHJA before the end of the horseshow on Sunday if you want points from that particular show to count towards your 2025 year end total.

Don’t wait, join today at in-hja.org/join.php and ensure all of your points count for this year. We are excited for another great year of IHJA!

11/29/2024

The IHJA Banquet is approaching, Jan 4 2025! Please be sure to RSVP by Dec 1, 2024. If you have not received your invite in the mail, please email [email protected] to get information emailed!

Additionally, we will be looking for items for our silent auction and raffle! If you know of any donors or have a donation, please reach out to a board member or email the IHJA secretary!

11/18/2024

a bit late, but we celebrated Halloween at WEC! It was a great week in October, great job everyone!

09/29/2024

It was a great weekend learning from TJ LeBlanc of Fox Ridge Farms! TJ brings years of experience and expertise, it is always an incredible time when he is here. Thank you TJ, and thank you Amy for putting this weekend together.

09/24/2024

We had a great time at Lamplight Equestrian Center last week! Great job everyone 🎉🙌🦄

09/05/2024

Yesterday we lost Beau to a very fast moving and rapidly progressing colic. We will miss this incredibly sweet horse, he was one of a kind.

Hug your horse extra tight today, every day is a gift with them ❤️🦄 Huge thank you to Janssen Vet Clinic for the incredible care Beau received yesterday. We are grateful for all of the doctors and techs that work so hard to help our horses.

09/03/2024

Congratulations to Claire Williams on the purchase of Cadbury! We are excited to see these two in action 🙌🤩🎉

08/28/2024

Happy birthday to our head trainer Amy Tilson Ochoa! We are so lucky to know you! 🎉🙌

08/17/2024

Marlowe Martin and Abby Dabby Doo conquered their first pony finals! This pair ended up 25th in a fences class, and 49th overall out of 123 competitors!

So proud of these two 🥹🥰 We can’t wait to watch what the future holds for this special young rider, she’s off to do some great things! Go get em Marlowe! 🤩🎉