Wacker Performance Horses, LLC

Wacker Performance Horses, LLC Beautiful horse facility in Beavercreek, OR. Western & English riding lessons, Summer Camps & Horse

☀️Summer Shows ☀️
05/05/2026

☀️Summer Shows ☀️

Grace Duyn came home from college for Spring Break and took Dodger to a show and won another buckle! These two never mis...
03/31/2026

Grace Duyn came home from college for Spring Break and took Dodger to a show and won another buckle! These two never miss a beat no matter how much time apart 🩷

We finished off the CBRC (Canby Barrel Race Club) series with the sudden death race! Paetin & Daisy won the 5D Open aver...
03/20/2026

We finished off the CBRC (Canby Barrel Race Club) series with the sudden death race! Paetin & Daisy won the 5D Open average for the weekend and received a $2,800 certificate for a new saddle! She also won cash with her runs, 4D Youth Champion (buckle) and 10th overall in the open for the series! What an amazing weekend for this new team! Ariyah joined the CBRC at the end of season and with only a short time riding Tee ended up winning Reserve Champion in the 5D Open for sudden death weekend! Callie & Doll ran clean all season and ended up 3rd overall for youth. Harleigh & Mike won checks and so did Addie & Spike! Alexis & Trig ran a new PR on that pattern of a 15.0! Great job girls!!

First OFEA Schooling show of the year! Congratulations to our high point winners!🏆English Reserve Champion 10 & under- Z...
03/20/2026

First OFEA Schooling show of the year! Congratulations to our high point winners!

🏆English Reserve Champion 10 & under- Zoe Brenner
🏆English Reserve Champion 13 & under- Lennon Appling
🏆English Champion Novice- Brookelyn Weis
🏆English Reserve Champion Novice- Senna Weis
🏆Western Reserve Champion 10 & under- Zoe Brenner
🏆Western Reserve Champion 13 & under- Cora Lowe
🏆Western Champion Novice Rider & Reserve Champion Novice Horse- Brookelyn Weis
🏆Western Reserve Champion Novice Rider- Senna Weis

🌟Jammin in January Gaming Show🌟🔥Fast Time Birangle- Alexis Thompson & Harleigh O’Leary 🔥Fast Time Canadian Flags- Callie...
03/06/2026

🌟Jammin in January Gaming Show🌟

🔥Fast Time Birangle- Alexis Thompson & Harleigh O’Leary
🔥Fast Time Canadian Flags- Callie Arnold, Harleigh O’Leary, Lilly Zuber, Esther Hoffmann- Miramontes
🔥Fast Time Keyhole- Hazel Deters
🔥Fast Time Barrels & Poles- Lilly Zuber

🌟High Points
Grade 1st-5th
#3- Zoe Brenner
#4- Abby Carson

Grade 6th- 8th
Reserve Champion- Hazel Deters
#3- Ariyah Tjaden

Grades 9th-12th
Reserve Champion- Lilly Zuber
#3- Callie Arnold
#4- Harleigh O’Leary
#5 (tie) Paetin Archer

🐂 Sorting with Matt this thursday at 6pm. $55. I have a few openings! Text me if you want to sign up 503-784-2802
03/02/2026

🐂 Sorting with Matt this thursday at 6pm. $55. I have a few openings! Text me if you want to sign up 503-784-2802

First Performance show of 2026 was the TRV Crazy Ribbon schooling show in McMinnville! What a huge turnout! We didn’t le...
02/27/2026

First Performance show of 2026 was the TRV Crazy Ribbon schooling show in McMinnville! What a huge turnout! We didn’t leave the show until after 11 pm! Some of the classes had 30 riders! Congratulations to our High Point Top 5 winners!
🏆 Hi Point 10 & under- Zoe Brenner
🏆 Reserve Hi Point 13 & under- Senna Weis
🏆 #4 Hi Point 13 & under-LennonAppling
🏆 Reserve Hi Point 14-17- Brooklyn Weis
🏆 #5 Hi Point 14-17- Chloie Strausbaugh

Ava T, Ava K, Sophia, Chloie, Ashlyn & Brooklyn all had some great go’s in the OHSET pattern classes! This was Senna’s first show english which she had only tried riding it right before the show! Cora had her first show on Willie and she had only started riding him the week prior! Great job girls 🩷🐴

02/03/2026

In many barns today, school horses are quietly disappearing. Rising costs, time constraints, and liability concerns have made them feel impractical. Some feel it’s an outdated model in a sport increasingly driven by private ownership and full-service programs. But at Belleame Farm in Ohio, trainer Jennifer Edwards has held on to her lesson horses. And the riders who have come through her program, some of whom have gone on to compete at the highest levels, offer a compelling argument for why.

“We still want that atmosphere in the barn,” Edwards says. “We want the school horses.”

For Edwards, school horses are the foundation of how riders learn, how families enter the sport, and how long-term horsemanship is built.

Edwards and her husband, Rob, have run Belleame Farm together for more than four decades. They teach every lesson themselves. They travel with their students to horse shows. And from the beginning, they have insisted that riders start where learning is clearest and pressure is lowest.

“We never, ever push anybody to buy a horse,” Edwards says. “That’s not our program. That’s not what we want to be.”

Instead, children begin on school horses—good ones. Horses capable of going to horse shows, being competitive, and teaching riders how to ride rather than how to manage an investment. Riders are allowed to progress at their own pace, to decide whether the sport truly speaks to them before families are asked to make major financial commitments.

📎 Continue reading this article at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2026/02/03/why-school-horses-matter-even-at-the-highest-levels-of-the-sport/

These girls were recognized at the OFEA Year awards banquet! Ariyah Tjaden and her new POA TS Impulsive Spice were named...
02/02/2026

These girls were recognized at the OFEA Year awards banquet! Ariyah Tjaden and her new POA TS Impulsive Spice were named the #1 Overall Champion for OFEA for 2025 their very first year together! Congratulations to everyone! A tremendous amount of time and hard work went in to this. Now on to setting new goals for 2026!

A few of our Pony Tails members competed in the 4H Horse Bowl competition for Clackamas County! Senior team with Chloie ...
02/02/2026

A few of our Pony Tails members competed in the 4H Horse Bowl competition for Clackamas County! Senior team with Chloie & Evelyn placed 3rd, Evelyn placed 4th individually. Our junior team which consisted of Lennon, Abby & Cora placed 2nd. Individually Abby placed 3rd, Cora 5th, Lennon 9th. Great job girls for trying something new 🍀🐴

Clackamas County 4H Horse Judging & Hippology Contests! Congrats to our Seniors & Intermediates for qualifying for State...
01/17/2026

Clackamas County 4H Horse Judging & Hippology Contests! Congrats to our Seniors & Intermediates for qualifying for State! 5 out of the 6 competed for the first time ever. Way to get out there & try something new!

Seniors:
Evelyn Grzemkowski- Champion in both!
Chloie Strausbaugh- Reserve Champion & 4th

Intermediates:
Brooklyn Davis- 4th & 6th

Juniors:
Zoe- 10th
Lennon- 8th & 10th
Abby-5th & 5th

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21353 S Levi Road
Beaver Creek, OR
97004

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