Willow Acres Farm

06/11/2026

Shelby on Foxy doing a flat foot walk.

06/11/2026

Ellie on Foxy doing a flat foot walk.

06/11/2026

This week is the Spring Show for the Missouri Fox Trotter breed!! My mom and I took the girls over to watch the show and let Faye do lead line. Shelby got to lead her on Foxy with Granny walking along. My niece and I had cheer duty in the stands. The girls caught the show bug while there and we are now going to gear up to make the fall show. We tried to do this a few years ago but some things came up and our plan fell through. The girls are determined to make it happen this year.

06/04/2026

More work with Cookie. Shelby rode her on the arena being ponied by Granny and MayBay yesterday. Today, we decided to take her out on the trail. I ponies her from MayBay most of the time but wanted to see how she would do for Shelby from Sprinkles. I would say they did just fine! I think Shelby could handle her the whole short loop!

06/02/2026

Cookie has been doing really well for Shelby in the round pen so it is time for her to move on to the arena. Since we do not have one yet, we took Cookie to my parent's farm! Shelby and Cookie are at Granny's Horse Camp. She took Sprinkles too. I joined them today so we could see how Cookie ponies from another horse. MayBay has had lots of practice and is our go to for ponying. We took Cookie to the farm last year as well so she has seen a few of the obstacles with a handler on the ground. She did great going over the ground poles and remembered the bridge. The plan is for Shelby to be riding Cookie on the trails by the end of two weeks. I think the two will hit that goal! Bonnie went with us and got in ever puddle she could find. Now I have to get her dematted...

04/09/2026

As we get closer to lesson time, I am having my kids help me get Sprinkles and Bella tuned up. These two ponies have done many miles of trails and quite a few shows. We sure enjoy them. We also added a new pony to our herd. RJ, Ronnie for Long is our youngest daughter's confidence builder. We have only had him for a week and Faye is already showing improvement. She has been fearful of horses once close to them. She loves them from a distance and wants to get close until the turn their head. Ronnie is small so she feels more comfortable with him.

03/04/2026

We will be offering riding lessons starting in May of 2026! Our current services include:

-Beginner lessons for children ages 4-12
-learning basic horse etiquette
-grooming and tacking up
-walk/trot
-Intermediate lessons for children 6-12
-expanding on previous skills
-riding in a bigger area
-walk/trot/canter

All students will be evaluated for skill level at their first lesson.

All lessons are given in Western tack. Riding helmets and boots are required.

If you would like more information, please feel free to to contact us!

02/08/2026

Winter will be over in a few more weeks and I am more than ready! I am looking forward to nice weather and hoping to add a lot of trail miles Onyx. Shelby is dreaming of smoother rides of Cookie which means Faye can ride Sprinkles on lead. Sawyer is hoping to hit the trails with Moon. TJ says he is riding Ally. And, Liam may put some miles on Bella if everyone else is riding. Come on spring!!

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