Dunham Woods Farm

04/05/2026

Still hand. Soft arm.

04/04/2026

🏇🏻Sunday, April 12 at 2:30pm, Dunham Woods Farm is excited to present a Saddle Seminar and Discussion with our rep Hayley!🏇🏻
📣📣ALL RIDERS WELCOME! Horse owners, riding school students, IEA Team, Show Team— let’s go!!!✨🚨
DWF has partnered with Arion Sellier and we’re excited for the future with this top quality product! Join us for a saddle chat and demo! Must RSVP and reserve your spot. Email or text/voice with questions.

04/04/2026

🏇🏻🌷Dunham Woods School Show!🌷🏇🏻
Join us for our show season kick off!
Paper entries available or use our QR code for easy online entry!

03/27/2026

📣Spring Break Workshops!📣
💐🏇🏻Still time to sign up. 🏇🏻💐
Join us for some fun and educational workshops!
•Basics of Course Design•
•Intro to clipping and mane care•
Email us with any questions!
All IEA Team and working students are encouraged to sign up!

03/25/2026

Present yourself in and out of the show ring professionally, properly fitted, minimalistic and clean. You don’t have to have the best gear. Just take care of it and present it properly. 🙌🏼🏇🏻

I always stress the importance of preparation, but there are many facets to that, Heritage Farm 's Andre Dignelli writes. The physical and mental aspects are certainly paramount, but the details in presentation can never be overlooked.

I often get asked about my show ring “dos and don’ts,” and I think it’s important to know how to edit. You don’t need to have the latest and greatest breeches and show coat. It’s more important that what you do have fits properly. If you have all the right gear and it’s not fitting well, you might as well not have the right gear.

If the saddle pad is not fitting properly, if the martingale is hanging with a dangerously low loop, if your show coat is wrinkled and not properly fitted—these are things that draw the eye to something negative. Nothing should distract from your riding, from the round in the ring. That starts with the rider.

What are some of our pet peeves at Heritage?

A horse with a “mohawk” makes me crazy. The bridle path should be properly trimmed before coming to the horse show.

I don’t believe that glitter has a place in the equitation ring. This include helmets with too much adornment and dangly, distracting jewelry.

In addition to an ill-fitting saddle pad, a saddle pad in the wrong color (including one that has faded or been stained or bleached in the wash) should only be used for schooling at home. The same goes for fleece girths and girth covers.

Leather straps on a bridle should be properly placed in keepers.

When it comes to front boots for your horse, you should have a set of both schooling and show boots. I personally prefer leather boots—without bulky fleece—for the equitation ring. At Heritage, we developed our own leather front boot that is minimalistic, classically styled and protective.

Untucked shirts and wispy hair hanging out of a hairnet.

Dirty boots. Boot polishing is absolutely part of our program at Heritage.

Being late. It costs absolutely nothing to be on time, and it is guaranteed to put you ahead.

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03/20/2026

Dunham Woods Farm Spring Break Workshops!Registration open!
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03/19/2026

Great week back at Ledges A Winter Series!
🥇LEVITARE swept his divisions with .nathan in the irons.
INDIGO INK earned reserve champion with Alyssa in the USHJA hunters. Stella stepped up a division to the low child and had great prizes!
BALTIMORE and Claire had a great first A show together stepping up@to the novice children’s and lows! Great prizes for this pair against top competition. Alyssa rose Jett in the USHJA hunters and got some nice ribbons.
Way to go team! Thank you to for very well run and welcoming horse show!
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03/06/2026

We’re so excited to officially introduce our Barn of the Month Contest! 🐴✨

Each month, one lucky barn will be chosen at random to be crowned our Barn of the Month!

The winning barn will receive a complete grooming kit; perfect for keeping their horses looking and feeling their best. Everyone who votes for the winning barn will be entered for a chance to win a $50 Saddlers Row gift card. One lucky voter will be chosen at random!

Voting is allowed once per day, and the more you vote, the greater the chance your favorite barn has to win!

Voting must be done in store, and the contest will run all month long. Stop in, cast your vote, and support your barn! We can’t wait to celebrate one of our amazing local barns! 💙

02/14/2026

🏇🏻🎉Congratulations to this weekend at regionals! You’ve worked hard- now let’s get after it! Good luck everyone!
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02/13/2026

Join us for our next installment of the Dunham Woods Farm workshop series! Registration is now open! IEA riders and working students- you should be signing up! Open to all levels of rider.
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01/17/2026

Congratulations to on a successful last regular season horse show!
Several qualified and all had personal bests! Great rides and great sportsmanship!✨🏇🏻🏅

01/06/2026