Wow, Wow, Wow! Another awesome Dressage weekend!

We are just back from the Lakeland Dressage Association’s Spring Fling Show, and once again have some incredible news to report.   Attending this show were Alex Perry and Snickers, Andrea Knapp and Rosie, and Melody Schubert with R&R Ranch’s Olympic Knight.  Alex made the move permanently to training level and rode T1 and T2.  Her [...]

Congratulations to Andrea on purchasing her first horse!

We have a new horse at the barn and a proud new owner!   Andrea has purchased her first horse, a 10 year old Thoroughbred named “Rosie” (registered name Iron Sneakers).  Rosie is an ex-racehorse with eventing training, but we will be using her for dressage and hunter shows.  Not only will Andrea be riding her, [...]

What a weekend for our dressage riders!

The weekend before last weekend I had two students honored at the year end awards banquet for the Lakeland Dressage Association. If this past weekend was any indication, they are going to have to order more awards for my students!  I had three junior riders at the LDA schooling show on February 7th, and they [...]

R&R Riders are awesome at 4-H show!

I had seven students competing this weekend at the open 4-H show in Plant City.  Alex riding Timely, Britney riding Strawman, Alicia riding Teddy Tinman, Andrea riding Indian Nation, Christine riding Ginger, Jacki riding Nellie, and Courtney riding S’Khemo.  The 4-H shows are typically large events with 12-18 riders in every open class.  As their [...]

Kaila and Alex earn year end awards from Lakeland Dressage Assoc.

February 1,2009 was a big day for Tampa, FL. Not only was it Super Bowl Sunday(being held at our own Raymond James Stadium), but it was also a big day for our local dressage riders.  Lakeland Dressage Association held it’s year end awards banquet honoring competitors and volunteers for their hard work through the 2008 [...]

Congrats to Madi K for earning extra lessons!

Our barn is blessed with a ton of WONDERFUL students, and I’m proud of each and every one, but once in a while students excel and are rewarded with extra time at the barn. Madi K is the latest to get rewarded. Madi made the honor roll recently, and her parents are rewarding her with [...]

1/17 Games Camp was SO much fun!

Last weekend we had our second games camp day at the barn.  This event is like a games show in that the riders compete against each other on horseback in a variety of games such as “ride a buck” (riders have to hold dollar bills under their calves as long as possible – the last [...]

Welcome new students!

We like to welcome three new students to R&R Ranch. Alex, Kaitlyn, and Kelsey all had their first riding lessons last week.  Alex, a good friend of Courtney S’s, has some riding experience on western horses at another farm and  tested out our farm over Christmas break camp. She’s anxious to learn English, and is [...]

Congrats to Andrea on leasing Nation!

The new year starts off with a bang  for one of our students.  Andrea Kestran just joined our split lease program and will be leasing Nation.   Nation, our handsome paint, rides hunter under saddle, does light jumping, and is a champ on trails.  This is Andrea’s first lease, and we know that Nation will [...]

New additions welcomed to the farm

We have several new additions to the ranch including the two new pigs (mentioned in a previous post). This week we received an adorable baby goat to join Petunia in her pen.

At first, Petunia was concerned about her status as “cutest animal ever”, but she has since realized that the goat is a blast to [...]