Events & Show Services

Upcoming Events at FarmHill
It is our pleasure to host special events to expand the training options for boarders and other equestrians in our local area.

Schooling Shows at FarmHill
Are you wondering if FarmHill will be offering schooling shows in 2021? So are we! Check back in early Spring for an update.

Show Services
The following show support services are available to all riders and students at FarmHill. Please remember that there is no obligation for you to use any of these services, even if you are attending a show as part of a FarmHill group. We fully respect and support the fact that some of you may prefer the do-it-yourself approach with any or all elements of showing. We offer these services only because we have them available at FarmHill, and we want to make every FarmHill rider’s show experience as enjoyable as possible!

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

Introductory Preparation
Tack Cleaning
Show Grooming
Equine Treatments
Show Braiding
Show Hauling
Show Stall Services
Show Coaching
Acclimating Your Horse to a Show
Show Rides

Many of these show services are provided by our barn manager, Milaela Kuiper. Other show service providers are working as independent contractors, employed directly by the individuals who wish to contract for their services. Additional services that are not listed below may also be arranged by you directly with the provider. Contact any of the listed providers directly if you are interested in obtaining a specific service for a show that you will be attending:

Introductory Preparation for Showing:
Service provided by Mikaela

Oversee/verify your show entry forms
Oversee/verify your show tack
Oversee/verify your show apparel
Oversee/verify your show equipment

(NOTE: For additional help with assembling your show equipment, please see the U.S. Eventing Association's Event Checklist. It is far more comprehensive than most of us need, but it will give you a good place to start, and you can simply delete, with your trainer’s help, the equipment you don’t need.)

Tack Cleaning Service (for show-ready tack):
Service provided by Mikaela

Show Grooming Package:
Service provided by Mikaela

Show-clipping your horse before the show (note that this does not mean a full clip, but rather whiskers, bridle path, ears, etc…to be arranged with provider)
Bathing your horse before the show
Basic grooming of your horse at the show (not including braiding)

Equine Treatments at the Show (wrapping, ice boots, etc):
Service provided by Mikaela

Show Braiding Services:
Service provided by Mikaela

Placement and stripping of a full set of button or hunt braids
Placement and stripping of a French braid woven with yarn
Placement and stripping of a tail braid (jump shows only)

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Show Hauling (round trip with load):
Service provided by Mikaela

Show Stall Services:
Service provided by Mikaela

Tack stall included at the show
Hauling hay and stall equipment (buckets and hooks) to the show
Setting up your horse’s stall at the show
Cleaning your horse’s stall at the show
Feeding/watering your horse at the show
Blanketing your horse at the show
Early and late stall checks at the show

(Please note that most shows require you to buy any extra bedding you will need, and this will not be included in our fee because each horse uses a different amount of bedding, and owners tend to want different amounts of bedding for shows.)

Show Coaching Services at the Showground:
Service provided by Suzan, Mikaela

Coaching all of your warm-up rides
Reading all of your dressage tests (unless your coach is coaching another rider’s warm-up, in which case a substitute reader will be found ahead of time)
Debriefing with you after each of your rides

Show Acclimation for your Horse (calming, walking, lunging, etc.):
Service provided by Mikaela

Show Rides (includes warm-up, but you tack up and down):
Service provided by Mikaela