Commonwealth Farm

11/30/2025

Brrrr 🥶 ❄️

10/04/2025

Good luck to our Commonwealth Equestrian team at their first IEA show of the season in Zionsville, IN!

10/01/2025

Our neighbor down the road does incredible work! Please consider sponsoring a pony or making any donation you can! Her payment options are on her page! ❤️

09/22/2025

09/20/2025

Good luck to the University of Illinois Huntseat team at their first show of the year hosted by Indiana University at H&H Stables in Zionsville, IN!

They’ve been hard at work at our farm the last few weeks in preparation for this show and we wish them the best!

09/16/2025

Someone asked me the other day, “What do we get from horses? I mean, chickens give us eggs. Cows give us milk. What do horses do?”

It made me hesitate for a second. Then I just had to smile. Because the answer isn’t something you can measure in dozens or dollars. This was my reply, “Horses are therapy. They give us a mane to bury our face in on hard days. They teach their riders confidence. They push us to be patient, humble, brave. They strengthen us mentally and physically.“

What we get from horses is so much more than an egg. It’s something deeper. something we carry with us for the rest of our lives.

09/05/2025

So true!! Happy Friday!!

Happy Friday!

08/11/2025

WORKING STUDENT POSITION

The fall semester is right around the corner!

We are again looking for help feeding, watering, turning in/out, and cleaning stalls starting as soon as possible. We are a hunter/jumper barn that offers stall board as well as a lesson and show program. We are home to the UIUC English (Huntseat) Equestrian Team and the Commonwealth Farm IEA team. We have a fantastic string of lesson horses as well as some private boarders. We are looking for someone who already has horse experience and is willing to learn how we operate. We have openings for evening feeding shifts as well as stall cleaning to gain hours towards lessons or money off board as we have a few stalls open currently.

This position is a great way to ride and work with horses in high school, college, or graduate/professional school while on a tight budget!

*MUST HAVE YOUR OWN TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE FARM*

Please PM us and comment that you did so, including your horse/riding experience and time availability in your message.

08/08/2025

08/07/2025

Hard to believe the school year is just around the corner! Come join our IEA Team!

07/29/2025

On a brighter side of why we do this…we had a GREAT time at the Skyview Farm & Wellspring Riding Academy, Inc. show on July 13!

Cat FH and her own her horse, Mac, & Alex G and his own horse, Stuart, all had great rounds in the jumpers!

Amelia S and Bitsy had beautiful rounds in the hunters!

And Charlotte H and Bitsy had their lead line debut together!

It was hot but well worth it!