Ridge Creek Farm

Such a beautiful December day at the farm.

It is a perfect day for horse baths at the farm. The Red one is all shiney now. #OTTB #RedMachine

STORY OF THE DAY: "Am I a good rider?" she asked, pensively, sat upon her 14.2 cob, covered in poo stains that she couldn’t quite get out before her lesson, tha...t she had persuaded her mum to buy a year ago for just 400 as he wasn’t wanted any more. "Why do you ask that?" her instructor replied, for she knew how this young girl felt - her eyes often lingered somewhere in between her horse's ears or the other side of the school when teaching. "Because I want to be one." Her instructor pondered on this for a good few minutes, whilst reassuring the nervous cob in front, and then said: "A good rider is not someone who buys flashy horses and competes every Saturday and makes it to the top within a year. A good rider is not someone who jumps the highest jumps or owns the fastest horse. A good rider isn’t made just because they’ve been riding since they were 3. A good rider is not someone who can move their forward horse forward... No.......... A good rider is that pony clubber you see fall off every time she gets on something new, yet still gets back on with a smile on her face. A good rider is that girl who cries in the tack room because of how her horse behaved and how hard it’s been to cope watching everyone else be successful, but to her it seems like she is the only one failing, yet still rewards her horse with a treat and a smile because at least he was better than last time. A good rider is the boy with the angel horse, yet doesn’t claim any of its successes for himself. 'It was all him,' he would say, 'I just sat to it.’ A good rider listens. A good rider is soft. A good rider makes sure the horse is always happy, As a matter of fact, a good rider often has nothing to do with the riding. If you love it, and you try, and you try again, even when you fall off and it was your fault, even when people point because your seat isn’t quite as deep as they’d prefer, if you never give up, that’s what makes a good rider." by Daisy Henderson

Wear a helmet, every. single. time.

Maggie came to the farm 4 years ago as a horse crazy 12 year old girl because her grandmother thought it would be fun to let her have a Birthday lesson. (In all fairness we did try to warn them). Now 4 years later she is such a huge part of our little place and is now a horse crazy 16 year old who for the last 2 1/2 years has helped here by working in the rain, heat and cold so she could lease the pony she had her first lesson on. I am so proud of her. This is true determination and grit. Happy Sweet 16, Maggie. We love you. Rachel Trust