Amazing Grace Farm

Amazing Grace Farm Created with a dream and a vision in 2013. Cleared six acres of woods to make green pastures…

True or on ground work 🥰
08/31/2025

True or on ground work 🥰

08/23/2025
08/08/2025

🦠 A recent case of the highly infectious equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM) has been confirmed in Sussex County, NJ. Per the NJ Dept of Ag, a 20-year-old mare developed acute clinical signs on August 03, 2025, and was subsequently humanely euthanized. One week prior, another horse on the property presented with similar neurological signs and was humanely euthanized, without diagnostic testing. The property is quarantined.

📖 What is EHV-1?

Equine Herpes Virus type-1 (EHV-1) is a virus that causes respiratory disease, abortion, neonatal death, and neurologic disease. EHV can cause Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the neurologic form of herpes.

🤧How is it spread?

EHV-1 is primarily spread by direct horse-to-horse contact by respiratory secretions. However, indirect contact with contaminated equipment and personnel can spread the virus. Following infection, horses may become latent carriers and the virus may be reactivated after stress such as travel and exercise, or high doses of corticosteroids. The incubation period ranges from two to 10 days.

🩺What are the symptoms of EHV-1?

Common symptoms include fever, coughing, lethargy, nasal discharge, and inappetance. Symptoms of the neurologic form include ataxia (incoordination), weakness, difficulty standing, recumbency, loss of tail tone, and difficulty urinating.

😷How can you protect your horse?

While vaccination can decrease clinical signs and shedding, it does not protect against the neurologic strain.

While at a show, avoid nose-to-nose contact with horses from other barns, and don’t share equipment such as buckets, wheelbarrows, and pitchforks. Wash your hands frequently, and take extra precautions if working with multiple groups of horses.

🌡️ Consider taking your horse's temperature twice a day when traveling. Temperatures greater than 101.5 or any signs of illness should be reported to your veterinarian immediately.

🧬How is EHV-1 diagnosed?

The virus is detected in nasal swabs and blood samples by PCR testing. At Rhinebeck Equine, we offer in-house rapid EHV-1 PCR testing on nasal swabs. Results are available in ~60 minutes.

Round three of barn swallows, unfortunately, the second round didn’t make it with the extreme heat, !🥵These three amigos...
07/30/2025

Round three of barn swallows, unfortunately, the second round didn’t make it with the extreme heat, !🥵
These three amigos are almost ready to fly!

07/14/2025

Maintenance, part of the farm life 😉😊

07/07/2025

Makes sense 😉

Just some pics from around the farm 🙏🏻🥰
07/07/2025

Just some pics from around the farm 🙏🏻🥰

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It started with a dream and a vision...in 1981 after graduating Centenary college’s equine science program, teaching boys with dyslexia to ride in NY, landing a job teaching riding and training horses in Tiverton, then taking some time out to raise a family and follow my husband’s career path along the east coast, came back to my most favorite state, RI!

After searching for a farm to call home with no luck, we made a decision to create our own in West Greenwich. After finding our home with 9 acres, cleared acres of trees, excavated land and with much research and planning in barns, arenas, fencing; “Amazing Grace”, (my dad’s favorite hymn) was created in his honor in 2013.