Windy Fox Farm, A lifelong Dream
Windy Fox Farm was born when I was five. I went to watch one of my Aunt’s horse back riding lessons and decided then and there that riding was what I wanted to do. My mom, a Lab Director at the time for the Illinois State Police Crime Labs, told five year old me that “it was against the law” for five year olds to ride and that I had to wait until I was seven. Two LONG years later and I started taking western riding lessons. There began my obsession. My christmas list consisted of “barn, hay, grain, saddle, pony”. I wrote to the children’s magazine for horses “Young Rider” to get a pen pal where I told them I wanted to own a farm with all kinds of animals and grow pumpkins and christmas trees. I’m pretty sure I said I also wanted a cow and a pig, so at least I’m over that now.
After college I started riding other people’s horses after my full time job as a receptionist in a doctor’s office. The office job lasted about a year before I was asked to be an assistant trainer at a facility in Manhattan, KS. I was an assistant for three months before being the head trainer. I grew the lesson program from 5 riders to over 20, filled the boarding stable and had us on a wait list. I did a LOT more showing at this time. Then I moved to a facility where I traveled to all the big shows, and prepped and groomed. I rode the sales horses at home. Finally I moved back to a barn I was riding western at through college and started a full fledged riding academy, The Stables at Brush Creek. I taught english and western lessons, started and coached an english and western Interscholastic Equestrian Association Team (the western team went to nationals two years in a row), helped coach the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association western club team for KSU, and had my own show team, training horses and personal horses.
In 2017 my husband was offered a job at Wichita State University, and we decided we were moving! So The Stables at Brush Creek became Windy Fox Farm and I finally owned my own place! We moved with two dogs, one cat, and three horses. Now we have 8 horses (of our own), 2 dogs, 3 cats, 12 chickens, 5 ducks, 2 goats and 1 rabbit and two kiddos!
A family friendly farm just outside of Wichita KS specializing in training, lessons and sales of horses. We do both english and western disciplines.
