Country Woods Stables

04/16/2025

🚀Bellaire🚀 USEF 5693712

Our little lightening queen (affectionately known as “Bug”) will be coming available for in-barn Lease this August 2025. This is a unique opportunity to lease a very special, winning jumper with a record that speaks for itself.

2010 Canadian Warmblood mare by Banderas. Impressive record to 1.35 at Tbird, Spruce, WEF. Since being imported to the USA in 2021 she has earned a multitude of Championships on the West Coast from the .90’s to the Low Junior Jumpers 🏆

This mare is all heart. Brave, careful, with nice blood, and lovely on the ground. A wonderful competitive partner, ready to teach a new child and take straight to the winners circle. Owner is off to college. Beautiful private facility and reasonable rates. Please inquire for Lease price. 925.302.3193

04/13/2025

We love seeing our beloved Brownie Bear being his adorable self and thriving in his new home in Florida 🧸🌴 Miss seeing his sweet face in the barn 🤎

04/12/2025

Equitation Rocky is just so 🤤🤤🤤

Pictured here winning the CPHA 3’6 Junior Medal with his girl Stella Fryer 🥇🩵 🫶🏽

04/11/2025

Queen Fergie went double clear in last week’s 1.30 Welcome and had just one rider rail in the $15,000 Sac Spring Grand Prix 🚀🚀

We want to congratulate Presley Orzen on her next chapter signing on with JH Sporthorses! We are thrilled for this wonderful opportunity to work for one of the best in the sport! Always grateful for her dedication to our little team and commitment to keeping our horses and riders so happy and successful 🩵🩵🐴🐴 We’ll be cheering for her on the road!!

04/10/2025

Madagascar was cute as a button during Sac Spring 💛🦁 Thank you to Stella & Hannah for the lovely riding!

🥇🥈 USHJA 2’ with Stella
🥈🥈🥉 Greens with Hannah

He is enjoying a couple of weeks of rest & 🌱🌱 before we head back to Sonoma Horse Park 🔜

04/09/2025

Champagne Flight🥂 and owner/rider Isabella had an exceptional week moving up into the 3’ ring with amazing results along the way. They started off the week with🔝 ribbons in the 2’9 hunters receiving🥈 in the hack and finishing 🥈 in the PCHA Horsemanship Medal out of 13 👏👏
On Sunday they stepped seamlessly into the 3’ Children’s laying down a score of 83 to take 🥉. We are thrilled & excited for the rest of this year stepping onto a bigger stage, the future is bright for these two 😎

Thank you to Isabella & the Garcia family for sharing Toast with Hannah Hutter on Saturday. Big Congrats to Hannah on your win in the THIS medal, a beautiful ride and a well deserved win🥇🩵

04/08/2025

Cornet Flight ✈️ owned & shown by Lily Maier had a 🔝 week with significant growth, successfully moving up to the meters with excellent results. They laid down several clear rounds, and finished top 8 in the 1.00 Jr/Am Jumper Classic! 🔥👏

We are so proud of this pair and their remarkable progress, and love to see them forging a strong partnership. Bring on SHP Spring Classic! 🔜

04/06/2025

Our hearts are bursting with pride ❤️‍🔥 Olive & the cutest genius Ollivander had an outstanding week finishing 1.0m Jr/Am Champions & blazing into 🥉in Sunday’s Jr/Am Classic!!

📷 Julia B Photography West Palms Events

04/05/2025

What a night ✨✨✨

Rock Hill, owned & ridden by 14 yr old Stella Fryer laid down two flawless rounds to win the USHJA National Jr/Am Hunter Derby. Taking all the high options, this stunning pair received scores of 87 & 88 in the Handy, earning them the top spot in a field of 36.

This followed their earlier win today in the 3’6 CPHA Junior Medal. We could not be more proud of this dream team 🩵🩵🏆

Thank you West Palms Events Julia B Photography and of course Presley Orzen for your development of this incredible horse and for all of your help training this talented team.

04/04/2025

Olive Thompson and her partner Ollivander are off to a spectacular start here at Sac Spring Classic 💥 They took the Win in today’s 1.0m Jr/Am Speed and were 🥈 in yesterdays 1.0m power & speed in a field of 16! So proud & excited for this unstoppable duo 🔥🔥

03/30/2025

When one picture is worth a thousand words…..

There are not enough words to express the accolades deserved watching Megan & her lovely partner Oscar take on so many “firsts” during Desert Circuit X 🌴

These two stepped into the Grand Eq ring for the first time, laying down some beautiful & consistent rounds over technical tracks, their first time jumping the Liverpool, their first triple combo, and their first CPHA Style of Riding in Jumper 2! They did it all with grit and with grace, embracing each challenge with determination and the best sportsmanship. We are endlessly proud of these two and excited for what’s next back in NorCal at Sonoma Horse Park Spring Classic 🔜🌟

Tracy Adduci Laird

03/27/2025

Throwing it back to NWC week II ~ Izzy Garcia & her new partner Champagne Flight made their first show debut together one to remember!

🏆 Low child/adult Hunter Champions
🥇 under saddle
🥇 Low child/adult Hunter Classic
7th in their first PCHA Horsemanship Medal

We are so proud of this duo and cant wait to see what the rest of the season has in store for them 🤩

03/22/2025

Photo: Abi Kelley gives her horse, Ishana III an appreciative hug after a great round in the Low Junior Jumpers. By Kirstie Dobbs and Hailey Johns What’s the first question that you ask a young rider when they return home from a horse show? Is it, “How did you ride?” Or, is it, “How did […...

03/21/2025

Love this 🤎💚

🥰 Raise Her in the Barn

Put your daughter in the barn, where the air smells of hay and hard work, where the lessons are unspoken but will be deeply understood.

Let her find her footing in the dust and dirt,
learning that balance isn’t just for the saddle but for life itself.

Watch as she earns trust from something bigger than herself, as she discovers that patience isn’t passive...it’s the quiet persistence of trying again and again.

Let her feel the weight of responsibility
with every flake of hay she tosses, every bucket she fills, every wound she tends with her tiny gentle hands.

Put your daughter in the barn, where she’ll learn that effort matters more than luck, that showing up every day builds more than muscle...it builds character.

Let her see that respect is earned, not demanded, that failure isn’t final, and that sometimes the best lessons come from falling off and getting back on.

Give her a place where she can be strong and soft, bold and kind, independent yet deeply connected.

Let the barn shape her, and when the world calls her forward, you’ll see a woman who knows who she is, because she was raised in the barn.

💕©2025 Michelle Knutson | Born In The Barn | All rights reserved!

03/19/2025

Lyon’s first Desert Circuit is a wrap 👏🌴

With Hannah in the irons he earned numerous top placings in the small/med children’s ponies & the child Eq, along with earning 🥈 in the USHJA under saddle for two consecutive weeks. Thank you Hannah & Devi for your beautiful rides, and to Christa for your assistance these past two weeks. It takes a village, and we are truly grateful 🫶🏽

The future is bright for this little ⭐️