Full service Show Barn offering Horse Riding & Driving Lessons for Kids and Adults, Training & Sales Saddle Seat, Hunter Seat, and Western.
KEC offers Lessons, Training, Boarding, Leasing, Sales, and Showing.Although we specialize in the American Saddlebred horse, we are open to all breeds and disciplines. Check out our website for more information!
20/12/2024
🎉 Amelia Nibe had a very Special Christmas Surprise waiting for her with a Big Bow around his neck 🎁 !
Congratulations to the Nibe Family on the purchase of Heartland by Design!
Thank you to previous owners and trainers Nick Kinsinger & Lauren Brannon of Blue Meadow Farm. We couldn't be more excited for this new team in #2025! A big shoutout to everyone who came to make the surprise unforgettable.
04/12/2024
🎄🐴 Looking for the perfect CHRISTMAS gift? Look no further! 🎄 At Keith Equestrian Center, we believe experiences are the best gifts that create lasting memories!
This holiday season, treat your loved ones to:
✨ Riding Lesson Gift Certificates
✨ CHRISTMAS CAMP - 1 DAY for just $150
✨ 10% OFF a year of monthly lessons or training
✨ Show and lesson horses available for sale or lease
🌟 We are so proud of this incredible team! 🎉 In their first year together, they achieved their American Royal goal and brought home their National Championship Roses! Bentley set the bar high in 2024, with big goals, the challenge of a new, 5-year-old horse, but they got it done!. 🐴💪 Way to go! Keep reaching for the stars! ⭐️
27/11/2024
A Huge Congratulations to new owner Jessica Lin and receiving trainer Wingswept Farm, KY. We will be your biggest fans!
26/11/2024
Sales Report: Now Available For Your Consideration – Monster Man Dan
17/11/2024
🌹Perfectly Imperfect and Bentley Kool 🌹
American Royal National Championship
Show Pleasure 13 & Under Champion
17/11/2024
🎉 What an amazing week at the American Royal! Mackenzie Kool finished the week strong for us with another Reserve Champion Ribbon! 🌟 Huge shoutout to Mak and her partner Nuttin But Sunshine & Whiskey, for earning Reserve Champion in the UPHA WT Qualifier 2025 and taking Top Ten in the UPHA WT Final.
We're on our way home now, celebrating a truly successful and wonderful Royal! What a way to close out the 2024 show season. 🏆💖
15/11/2024
🎉 They did it! Bentley Kool and Perfectly Imperfect are the Show Pleasure 13 & Under National Champions! 🏆 I couldn't be any prouder of this amazing team. What a class🌟❤️ #
15/11/2024
🎉🏆 Huge congratulations to Dr. Beth Doggett and Temper Rarely Nuts for bringing home the Reserve Championship Ribbon in the Mo/KA/IA 5-Gaited Amateur/Junior Exhibitor Championship! Your hard work and dedication truly paid off! 🐴💖
Way to go, Beth! 🌟👏
14/11/2024
🌟 The Kool kids did it again! What an incredible day we had yesterday at the American Royal! 🌟
Monster Man Dan and Mackenzie Kool shined as Reserve Champion Show Pleasure WT in their Qualifier with just a single appearance! What a ride they had together ❤️ In a big group, this dynamic duo looked like a million bucks! Way to go, team!
And let’s not forget Perfectly Imperfect and Bentley Kool, who snagged 3rd out of 15! They delivered a standout performance, making spectacular passes one after another. They navigated a tough class like absolute bosses! Woohoo! 🎉👏
13/11/2024
🎉 We’ve officially kicked off the American Royal week, our favorite show of the year! The excitement is in the air, the show has been sold out, and I can't wait to see what the rest of the week has in store! 🐴✨
⭐️Perfectly Imperfect and Bentley Kool took Reserve Champion in the Mo-Kan-IA Show Pleasure Junior Exhibitor Qualifier! Wohoo!!!
⭐️A Touch of Wonder and Samantha Thomas were an exciting third in the super competitive Show Pleasure 18-38 Qualifier! This pair was phenomenal 😍!
⭐️Temper Rarely Nuts and Dr. Beth Doggett had a perfect ride to take 4th in the Mo-Kan-IA Open Five-Gaited Am/Juvenile Qualifier! This is their first time on the green shavings. Way to go, Beth!
⭐️Calling Dr. Love looked outstanding in his second class ever and took 7th in Park pleasure 3 year old.
28/10/2024
We had a wonderful show this weekend at the IASA Octoberfest Horse Show! It was a big success for our riders and horses. So many great rides/drives. We are bringing home lots of Blue Ribbons and Top Placings. I am so proud of our riders and horses! 💜
We are now looking forward to the American Royal in two weeks!
23/10/2024
KEC is now hiring! Send your resume and inquiry to [email protected]
Keith Equestrian Center is looking for a full or part time stall cleaner and groom. Duties include, but not limited to: feeding, stall cleaning, farm chores. Monday- Friday, and some Saturdays. Flexible hours available.
*Must have previous horse experience.
*Must have reliable transportation
*Must be over 18 years old.
Offered For Your Consideration and priced to sell.
He's Smokin Joe SAF- This beautiful bay junior horse by Joe Fabulous was a winner in the park pleasure division as a three year old at several shows last year. He has been successful this year in the country pleasure division with an amateur rider and two different 13 year olds. He has plenty of motion for the show pleasure division, but has the perfect country pleasure manners. He wears his double bridle easily and is great to show. Easy at home and at shows. A great buy and will win a lot of Blues for his rider. Show video available.
06/10/2024
We can’t say enough great things about Dan. He just took a catch rider to an S&B Pleasure Equitation Medallion 13 & Under ribbon with two great patterns, at only 3! Here is your chance at an affordable, proven, young equitation/ pleasure horse.
Chess piece headset, teacup canter, the best brains, and top ribbons at all levels of shows. It doesn't get much better.
Contact Kelsi at 641 777-2252 to schedule an appointment!
23/09/2024
We are bringing a great selection of Sale horses that will be available this week to try at St. Louis Charity. Send me a message or call at 641 777-2252 if you would like to set up an appointment.
12/09/2024
Late to post, but I had to share all the pictures from our very successful IaAHA Fall Classic/ IA Futurity Show Labor Day weekend. We brought a big group of horses and academy riders with several new debuts. I am so proud of the great rides and ribbons won by each rider and horse. Way to go!
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A Touch of Wonder is ready for St. Louis, look for him in the Junior Park Pleasure Division! This big guy has had wins all year and is already proven with an amateur rider. He is ready to Win for you!
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A Touch of Wonder- Picture perfect every step he takes. I am simply amazed by the talent and honesty of this horse. #Juniorhorse #ParkorPleasure
HS Daydream's Masterpiece x Sedgefield's A Touch of Grace (Harlem Town x Our Charming Lady)
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🇺🇸 Happy 4th of July 🎆 We are Thankful and Grateful to be able to do live in a free country and do work that we love.
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Monster Man Dan- Is ready to debut this week in the 3 year old UPHA Park Pleasure Classic at the Des Moines Springfest.
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Our Story
Keith Equestrian Center is a family owned and operated equestrian facility in the beautiful rolling countryside of Southeast Iowa. Our mission is to develop and showcase the unique abilities of the American Saddlebred and the people who love them. We believe in offering excellent care and attention to every person and equine that comes to KEC, with a commitment to safety, and a desire to represent Christian principles within our beloved equestrian world.
KEC offers English & Western Riding Lessons, Training, Boarding, Leasing, Sales, and Showing. Although we specialize in the American Saddlebred horse, we are open to all breeds and disciplines.
We welcome all to KEC whether Adult or Child, from beginner to advanced, and for competition or recreation. We take pride in having something for everyone
Kelsi Keith-Rusch is the Owner/Trainer/Instructor of Keith Equestrian Center. She got her start training horses young. She has started and finished over 60+ horses. With many more having been in training with her. "I love starting a young horse and putting a foundation on them so that in any discipline that horse will be successful. It is a blessing to be a part of a horse's life and to see them blossom with training."
Kelsi also enjoys teaching students, from beginner riders to advanced show ring competitors. Her students have had much success in the show ring. Her love for teaching led her to graduate with a Bachelors in Secondary Education Business/Science from Buena Vista University. She also attended two years at William Woods University Prior where she studied Equestrian Science.