news and events

We just found out this year that Windy had a POA baby.Evergreen Satin Spirit, who was owned for by Mary Munroe of Howe Island.

Her children are:

LP L'il Dickens - 14.1 hands , bright bay. Many times schooling Hunter and Jumper Champion at 2'6", successful Trillium Pony Hack and Large Pony Hunter Competitor in 2007, 2008, 2009, QSLB Senior Year End walk/trot Champion with a few high scores in 2010, 2nd in Pre-entry at Touch A Rainbow in his only event to date.

LP Ladybug - 13 hands, marbleized bay roan. Lovely dressage, eventing, hunter pony with little competition miles but has boldly jumped pre-training fields at Hawkridge.

LP Nick Of Time - bay roan Pre-entry Ontario OHTA Champion in 2008. Active in Pony Club.

LP Winter Solstice - 12.2 hands, bright bay. In training to be trillium/A-circuit small hunter pony. Has competed in dressage once. Will do dressage this season as he is only 4 years old. Already has his leads and rhythm.

Chris Irwin Demonstration April 27- Got a lot of spectators, despite the bad weather, and everyone seemed excited about the presentation.

Chris Irwin Horsemanship Clinic - MAY 1 & 2- Went FANTASTICALLY WELL! We had horses from New Jersey, Barrie, Sterling and Ottawa.

Selena O'Hanlon Clinic September 26, 2009

A great day and good learning opportunity was had by all!

Group 2- (l-r) Jasmine, Anna, Selena, Breeze, Mari, Camilla, Kathleen.

Favourite photo of the day: An unstoppable force (Selena) meets an immovable object (1850 lb. Jerome) :-)

Raspberry Ridge Farms is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a Selena O'Hanlon Clinic (member of the Canadian Olympic Eventing Team) on Saturday, September 26.

Cross-Country Fun! We have some who've jumped before and some who are just beginning, but everyone has had great success and improvement over the last few weeks. Here are a few of our riders....

L-R: Kerriann and Gandalf, Kathleen and Onyx, Nicole and Thunder, Gen and Nikki, Monika and Spice, Anna and Jasmine, Alli and Firefly.

L-R: Kathleen/Onyx, Lauren/Shebazz, Cassandra/Logan, Anna/Jasmine, Nicole/Thunder, Kathleen/Onyx Mari/Breeze

Selena O'Hanlon Clinic at Greyridge Stables August 30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOkDzVY4zR8 -Five of our horses and riders.

Adrianna's Birthday July 24th

Adianna turns 12! Centre Kathleen, then left and clockwise: Cassandra, Mari, Brooke, Anna, Maya, Genevieve!

Jumping Horses to 3'

L-R: Bailey and baby Coco (not jumping), Nicole and Thunder, Mari and Breeze, Anna and Onyx, Mari and Breeze, Anna and Calli.

Jumping Ponies to 2'9"

L-R: Allie and Fly x 3, Cassandra and Shebazz, Allie and Fly x 2, Gen and Torrent.

Camp starts and we have Fun and Games

The initial footing goes in, and then we are RIDING in the new arena! After a few more weeks, the final footing will be installed.

April 27, 2009

The arena and stable construction continues. Posts and beams for the stalls are in as is the stable ceiling.

Belgian/Appaloosa mare Freyja, who was bred to a Thoroughbred stallion, gave birth April 24th to baby boy Declan (shown at two days old). Human mom Dr. Kyla got to spend a few days with them before going to Ottawa to write her final physician's exams.

March 27, 2009

Work progresses on the arena. It is now completely enclosed with a roof and four walls and the stable floor is poured, wheel barrowed, and finished by hand.

March 10, 2009

Work continues on the arena and we had a lovely day for winter lessons. Shown (l-r) are Keturah and Nikki, and Erica and Jasmine.

February 7, 2009

One of our signature elms died this past year and branches began to fall, posing a danger to riders on the south side of the farm. The tree was taken down one snowy day. The base of the main tree was 4 ' in diameter. The tree had two smaller offshoots, but the remaining stump was approximately 6 ' across (see Diva sitting pretty).

December 31, 2008

We sadly inform you of the death of our faithful companion of 14+ years. Sherlock, you are already missed. He arrived after hunting season and appeared to be an older dog then, so we really don't have any idea of his age, except that he was certainly over 16. Hundreds of visitors, riders and campers will remember him for his quiet greeting and a lick when they arrived at the farm. He knew where to sit to get the most pats from parents during their children's lessons, and where to lie during summer camp lunches in the shade to get the little ones to sit around him and stroke him while he slept. As a younger dog, he was the fearsome chaser of coyotes, and seemed not content until he had given them 10,000 or so "WOOFs" every night from the top of the ridge.

December 29, 2008

After two days of rain and wind, most of the snow is gone and we had a beautiful hack.

Morgan is on Torrent, Meredith is on Onyx, Kaylyn is on Nikki, Cassandra is on Gandalf, Emily is on Abby, and Liam is on Zeus.

December 18, 2008

View of arena with structural beams in place.

Arena Update, December 10, 2008

View of foundation facing north. Note the dividing footing at the southern portion of the structure delineating the stable at the south of the arena.

View from south looking north-west.

View from south looking south-west to include the access road between the barn/arena and the existing outdoor riding ring.

View from north looking south-west.

For more arena pictures, scroll down.

December 4-2008 - We have three new horses this winter:

Jazzmine- Registered name "Thiswinsforwiz" 18 year old Thoroughbred schoolmaster mare. Has done xc and jumped to 4', 3 1/2 feet in competition. Quiet but forward. Black, 16.1 hands Bred to Watch Me, registered Oldenburg Grand Prix dressage stallion.

Freyja- 16.2 hands Belgian/Appaloosa. Chestnut, 6 years old. Quiet but green. Freyja has now been sold to Kyla, who fell in love with her immediately and insisted on buying her!

Coco- Two-year old Thoroughbred filly. 15.2 hands and growing. Very, very elegant dark bay . Raced three times at Woodbine, but apparently not fed well. Quiet and going well under saddle, but needs very light exercise only this winter so that she can grow and gain weight. She is very thin, and looks more like a yearling, but has already started to gain weight, even in the first week.

Check out the Kids Fun and Learn Pages - hours of fun and learning, from games to puzzles to printable educational articles.

BARN/ARENA PROJECT:

Our future arena 60' x 120' by Allied Steel	Site preparation begins. May 2008

New 30 m x 60 m grass dressage ring!	We have a big pile of dirt and a hole in the ground!
		Arial photo of the site of our new arena/barn prior to excavation. There will be a viewing area which will look out onto the existing sand ring and into the the new arena. The existing stadium area has been moved and expanded to accommodate the new building.

Summer 2008
We are also pleased to announce that we are adding a 60' x 120' indoor riding arena and 10 14 x 10' box stalls to our facility. (see photos below and above) We also have added new jumps to our cross-country course and are in the process of giving it a complete makeover. We have a complete entry level course and pre-training course and have two training level jumps with more, including improvements to our Irish bank and water obstacles in the works May and June 2008. (see photos below) Below is a recent schooling session over our cross-country course by six young riders. Two of the horses and two riders had never jumper cross-country before and all did a fantastic job! (see photos below)