LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Seventeen professional stables
in eastern Pennsylvania will open
their doors to the public for two
days. Saturday and Sunday,
March 28 and 29, during the sixth
annual Pennsylvania Horse Farms
Open House.
The event, which is free, is a
chance for would-be equestrians
to visit some of Pennsylvania’s
most beautiful horse farms, to
learn about breeds of horses,
styles of riding, and breeding,
raising, caring for and training
horses, and to explore the many
opportunities for becoming in
volved with horses right in their
own backyards. The tour, pro
duced by Pennsylvania Eques
trian, is free and self-guided, and
individuals travel from stable to
stable at their own pace in their
own cars. Hours are 10 to 4 on
Saturday, noon to 4 on Sunday.
With more than 174,000 horses,
Pennsylvania ranks fourth in the
US far ahead of Kentucky—in
generation of income from the
horse industry. Pennsylvanians
spend nearly two-thirds of a bil
lion dollars annually on their hors
es. and most of that is spent in the
southeastern quadrant of the state,
where the Open House is centered.
The stables participating in the
Open House include breeds, disci
plines, and activities that bridged
the spectrum of Pennsylvania’s
horse industry. Nationally-known
show stables, breeding farms, a
riding club and horse show
grounds, a clinic devoted to
equine veterinary care, and fami
ly-run boarding operations are
among the stables welcoming visi
tors for tours, demonstrations,
education and fun. The one thing
all have in common is that they of
fer services to the equestrian pub
lic.
Nearly anything that can be
done with a horse will be de-
ARMPPA Sets
Two Meetings
The American Raw Milk Pro
ducers Pricing Association has
announced two informational
meetings for the third week in
March, both to start at 12 noon.
On Monday, March 16, a meet
ing will be held at the Springville
Fire Hall, Springville. Springville
is located approximately halfway
between Tunkhannock and Mon
trose on Route 29. In case of snow,
the meeting will be held Thursday,
March 19.
On Wednesday, March 18, a
meeting will be held at the Wya
lusing Fire Hall, Wyalusing. Wya
lusing Fire Hall is located off
Route 6 on the street next to the
Dandy Mini Mart. In case at snow
the meeting will be Friday, March
20.
Officials will explain the associ
ation and answer any questions.
For more information contact
ARMPPA at 1-888-276-7720.
Pennsylvani
monstrated during the open house.
Reining, dressage, cutting, hunt
seat and saddle seat equitation,
jumping, western pleasure, show
manship, yoga on horseback, and
driving demonstrations are among
those scheduled by participating
farms. In addition, horse shoeing,
braiding, equine massage and
chiropractic, nutrition, and foal
imprinting will be demonstrated,
and tack shops, equine artists and
jewelers and other vendors will
have displays, A musical quadrille
composed of both able-boddied
and handicapped riders will per
form at one stable, another will
have a foxhunting exhibit featur
ing the hounds. Master of Fox
hounds and members of the
128-year-old Kimberton Hunt At
some stables visitors can take a
pony ride or carriage ride, at
others visitors who reserve in ad
vance can try a short introductory
riding lesson. One stable will have
games for children, another a pet
ting zoo. The majority of stables
will have horses for sale and many
will have young foals for visitors
to meet
Breeds of horses represented
range from the common thor
oughbred, quarter horse. Paint
Palomino, American Saddlebred,
Arabian, and warmblood, to the
exotic Thoroughdales, a new
registry of thoroughbrcd/Clydes
dale crosses used mainly for
jumping; Lusitanos, a breed native
to Portugal bred for bull-fighting;
and Gaited Mountain Horses, stur
dy, easy riding mounts native to
the Appalachian foothills rtf North
Carolina and Kentucky.
Many stables offer refresh-
Pennsylvania Horse Farms Open House, 1998 Participating Stables
.ancaster Count
Jon Douglas Stable at Manor View Farm, 2124 Gamber Road, Washington Boro, PA 17582
(717) 871-0424 Training, lessons, American Saddlebred and Morgan horses
Brownstonc Farm 290 Dead End Road. Liotz, PA 17543 (717) 626-4162 Boarding, hunt and
stock seat lessons, quarter horses
Foal's Paradise Farm, 531 Springville Rd, Ephrata, PA 17522 (717) 733-0181 Breeding Dutch
Warmbloods, boarding and training for dressage horses
Windy Hill Farm, 737 Webster Hill Road, Lititz, PA 17543 (717)627-1210 Breeding and sales
of Palomino quarter horses, English and western lessons, boarding and training
Red Rose Paint Farm, 1132 Pieffcr Hill Road, Stevens, PA 17578 (717)336-4146 Lessons,
breeding, sales of registered Paint horses
Foxficld Farm, 230 Hobonan Road, Reinholds, PA 17569 (717) 484-2250 Hunter/jumper,
e\entmg, dressage, thoroughbreds, warmbloods
Lebanon Count
Penn Paddock Equine Center, 360 Palmyra-Bellcgrovc Rd, Annville, PA 17003 (717) 838-6689
Equine veterinary hospital and surgical facility
Oak Crest Arabians, 901 North College St, (Route 501), Myerstown, PA 17067 (717) 866-
5558 Breeding and sales of registered Arabian horses
Quentin Riding Club, Routes 72 and 419, Quentin, PA (717) 273-7811 Showgrounds is home
to sixteen major horse shows each year, also a private club with boarding facilities for members
tucks Counl
Beau Chevaux Farm, 90 Eagle Road, Newtown, PA 18940 (215)860-8533 Boarding, training,
English and western lessons
Equestrian Education, Inc 1185 Hohcong Road, PincvrUc, PA 18946 (215)598-8693 English
lessons, training for eventing and dressage, thoroughbreds, boarding
Interagro Farm, 1353 Holicong Road, New Hope. PA 18938 (215)794-9076 Brazilian breeder
of Lusitano horses
jerks Counl
Abbott’s Quarter Horses. 193 Pine Forge Rd, Boycrtown, PA 19572 (610) 326-2842 Quarter
horse breeding and sales
Spnnghill Farm, 973 Shenkel Road, Potlstown, PA 19465 (610) 326-8077 Boarding, training,
dressage, hunt seat and eventing lessons, foxhunting
lontgomerv Coi
Fun-E Farm, Inc, at Montgomery County 4-H Center, Route 113, Creamery, PA (610) 584-
1356
Perrv Countv
Windy Ridge Acres, RR 5 Box 595, Newport, PA 17074 (717) 444-2555 Trail nding, training,
boarding, hunt seat and western lessons, sales, breeding Thoroughdale horses
Dauohtn Counl
Double-D Stables, 1265 Mapledale Road, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 (717) 367-2053 Breeding
and sales of registered Paint horses, foal impnoting
a Horse Farms Open Doors To Visitors
Complete information and
maps are published with this arti
cle. Prospective visitors can write
Pennsylvania Equestrian at P.O.
Box 8412, Lancaster, PA 17604,
phone (717) 898-5874, fax (717)
898-1458 or e-mail
PAEquest@ad.com.
ments. Some are provided by the
local 4-H or youth group raising
money for attending horse shows.
One stable has its own coffee
shop, another will feature a cap
puccino bar.
Sic of the stables are in Lancas
ter County, three each are in Leba
non and Bucks counties, two in
Berks County, and one each is in
Dauphin, Montgomery, and Perry
counties.
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