Enchanted Hollow Stables

🐴❤️ Still catching up on photos from last week’s Horse Camp (June 8–11, 2026)!

What a wonderful group of young horse enthusiasts we had at the barn. Over four days, campers rode horses, learned horsemanship skills, helped with chores, made new friends, met plenty of farm animals, and created memories that will last long after the dust settles and the boots are put away.

One of my favorite things about camp is watching confidence grow. By the end of the week, kids who arrived a little nervous were leading horses, trying new things, making friends, and leaving with smiles on their faces.

A huge thank you to our campers, families, staff, and camp leaders for making it such a fun and successful week. We loved spending time with all of you and can’t wait to see where your horse adventures take you next!

Now for a few photos from a week filled with horses, sunshine, laughter, learning, muddy boots, and lots of barn memories. ❤️🐴☀️

☀️🐴 A little reminder as we head into summer weather season.

Unfortunately, horses can’t read the forecast, and they depend on us to make good decisions for their health, comfort, and well-being.

Sometimes we go from cool, comfortable temperatures to high heat and humidity overnight or midday. Many people spend most of their day in air conditioned houses, offices, and cars, and may not realize just how hot it can feel outside, especially in a barn or arena when working and being physically active The heat index is a combination of temperature and humidity, and when both climb, conditions can become challenging for horses and riders alike.

This week’s horse camp has been a great example. Some of our camp horses have been sweating while simply standing in the barn being groomed, before they’ve even done any work. Camp kids helping with chores and riding horsed are needing extra breaks for water or even just to sit down and rest. We’ve been trying to spend more time outside in the woods where there is shade and often a little breeze, but now the rain is adding another challenge and requiring us to adjust our plans yet again.

At Enchanted Hollow Stables, the health and safety of our horses and riders always comes first. During periods of extreme heat, high humidity, or rapidly changing weather, we may adjust lesson times, camp activities, trail rides, or riding schedules as needed.

Our campers know that summer often requires a little flexibility. We may ride earlier in the day, later in the day, shorten riding sessions or split them up, take extra water breaks, spend more time cooling horses, or swap in other horse-related activities. We always find ways to have fun, learn, and make memories while keeping everyone safe and comfortable.

The horses are counting on us to be their voice and make good decisions on the days when the weather doesn’t cooperate. No lesson, trail ride, camp activity is ever more important than the well-being of our horses and riders and by being flexible and understanding, everybody can still have a lot of fun and spend lots of time with horses.

Thank you for understanding when Mother Nature requires us to adjust our plans. ❤️

🇺🇸🐴 Let’s Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday with Some Coloring Fun! 🐴🇺🇸

I know we have some pretty talented artists at Enchanted Hollow Stables… and since many of you spend half your life coloring horses anyway, I figured this would be right up your alley. 😂🐴🎨

Before every rodeo, the crowd rises as our nation’s flag enters the arena on horseback—a tradition we’re proud to carry on at the Buffalo PRCA Championship Rodeo. It’s one of my favorite moments of rodeo week and a reminder of the freedoms we enjoy and the people who have served our country. ❤️🤍💙

This year, as America celebrates its 250th birthday, we’re inviting all of our Enchanted Hollow horse kids, rodeo kids, future cowboys, future cowgirls, and horse-loving artists to join in the fun!

🖍️ Print the coloring page.
🎨 Get creative with your colors.
📸 Have a parent snap a photo of your masterpiece.
🐴 Share it and tag Buffalo PRCA Championship Rodeo and Enchanted Hollow Stables.

And while you’re at it, come see us at the rodeo!

Starting Wednesday night at Family Fun Night, Enchanted Hollow Stables will be offering FREE pony rides beginning at 5:00 PM. We’ll be back Thursday, Friday, and Saturday too, and some of your favorite Enchanted Hollow horses will be there helping kids make rodeo memories. 🤍🐴

Whether it’s your first rodeo or you’re one of our regular barn kids, we can’t wait to see you there!

We encourage horse lovers of all ages to join in, so moms, dads, grandparents, siblings, and friends are welcome too! There may even be a few friendly bragging rights involved. 😉

I can’t wait to see your patriotic creations. Whether your horse is purple, pink, spotted, glittery, or looks exactly like your favorite horse at the barn, I want to see what you come up with!

See you at the rodeo!

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Hey everyone! 🤍🐴

With school wrapping up, summer horse camps getting underway, rodeos, fairs, trail rides, and all of the other fun summer activities right around the corner, I’m currently updating the lesson schedule through Labor Day in our scheduling app.

While I’m in there working today and making those updates and changes, the scheduling app and lesson availability will temporarily be unavailable for online booking, so if you log in and don’t see any lessons available, don’t panic! 😊

I’m reorganizing the schedule to accommodate horse camps, special events, horse shows, rodeos, vacations, and our regular lesson program so that everything runs as smoothly as possible throughout the summer.

The updated schedule should be back online later tonight. Thank you for your patience while I get everything sorted out, and I can’t wait for another busy and exciting summer at Enchanted Hollow Stables! ☀️🐴🤍

We have a lot of great things planned, and it’s shaping up to be a fantastic season. Stay tuned! 🌻🐎✨

Pic of Sam and Summer for attention so you don’t scroll on by and also to honor our first-born child since today is her birthday!! 🎂🎉🥳🎈🎁

Last night was our Wranglers 4-H meeting, and it was one of those evenings that reminds me why I love this group so much. 🤍🐴☘️

As we start counting down to what many of us consider the best week of the summer—fair week—there was a lot of planning happening for club activities, trail rides, mini-clinics, volunteer opportunities, and all the fun that comes with a busy horse-filled summer.

One of my favorite parts of the evening was watching our older members step up and help lead. Seeing them answer questions, share ideas, encourage younger members, and help keep things organized is exactly what 4-H is all about. The younger kids get role models to look up to, and the older kids get the opportunity to develop leadership skills they’ll carry with them long after their 4-H years are over.

And because horse people are some of the best problem-solvers on the planet, I have to share a funny moment from the meeting. If you zoom in on the table, you’ll notice our American flag isn’t sitting in its normal holder. That’s because the flag holder broke right before the meeting. Did we panic? Of course not. The club leaders immediately improvised and stuck it in a horse brush instead. 🤣🐴

Honestly, I think that little horse-brush flag stand perfectly sums up the horse community. We may not always have the right tool, but we’ll figure it out, make it work, and probably laugh about it afterward.

4-H teaches so much more than horsemanship. It teaches leadership, responsibility, teamwork, problem-solving, creativity, and how to support one another. Last night was a great reminder that we’re not just preparing for fair week—we’re helping prepare tomorrow’s leaders.

And apparently, tomorrow’s leaders are pretty good at engineering solutions with horse brushes too. 😂🇺🇸🐎💚

One of my favorite things about horses is getting to share them with the next generation. 🤍🐴

On Sunday we had a wonderful group of Girl Scouts at Enchanted Hollow Stables working toward their Horsemanship Badge. The girls learned about horse safety, horse behavior, grooming, tack and equipment, horse care, and the responsibilities that come with caring for these amazing animals.

Of course, there was plenty of hands-on learning and horseback riding too!

It was so much fun watching their confidence grow throughout the day and seeing how excited they were to learn. Congratulations to these hardworking Girl Scouts on earning their Horsemanship Badge—we loved spending the day with you! ☘️🐎💚

THANK YOU to Missy, Kaylee, Macy, Briella, Harper and Bob for helping make the day memorable and fun.

Just a heads up everyone — the projected heat index for tonight around 7 PM is predicted to be around 133, which is getting into the range where we really need to make modifications for both horses and riders. ❤️

Many horses are still shedding winter coats and are not acclimated to the sudden heat and humidity yet, so please pay close attention to how your horse is feeling tonight. If your horse is sweating heavily, breathing hard, acting fatigued, or uncomfortable, please slow things down and give breaks as needed.

This heat can affect riders quickly too, especially younger kids, so please make sure everyone stays hydrated, takes breaks, and listens to their body.

Tonight when 🍀The Wranglers 4-H Club 🍀 members ride together things should be kept light and slow — definitely not the night for hard conditioning, speed work, or pushing horses physically. Walking, slower flatwork, groundwork, working on the trail course and quieter skill work are much better options.

As always, horse and rider safety comes first. 🐴☀️

Just a bunch of hardworking 4-H kids out there yesterday bagging groceries, representing their club, learning life skills, and proving that the future generation is going to be just fine 🤍🍀

Yesterday wasn’t just about groceries. It was about teamwork, confidence, communication, responsibility, community support, and kids learning how to work hard for the things they wanted to accomplish together.

Watching the older kids help the younger ones, seeing them thank customers, hustle, laugh, and support each other honestly made my heart so happy ❤️

A HUGE thank you to the store and staff for supporting local 4-H kids and giving them this opportunity. Community support like this truly matters more than people realize and helps these kids continue learning, growing, showing, competing, and building friendships and memories that will last a lifetime.

And thank you to everyone who stopped, donated, chatted with the kids, or let them bag your groceries yesterday 🍀🐴

Our Wrangler 4-H crew did AMAZING ❤️

THANK YOU to Zoie Poach, our 4-H club president, for planning and organizing the day, Avery for using your creativity and art skills to help promote the fundraiser, and all of our amazing 4-H parents for stepping up to help and support the kids too. It truly takes a village, and yesterday was such a great example of community coming together to support these kids 🤍

❄️ Cold Weather Barn Update ❄️

Just a quick reminder that there will be no horseback riding lessons on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.

With the extreme cold moving in (Minnesota winter really choosing violence this week 🥶), my priority is the comfort and safety of both our horses and our riders. Even with all the layers, these temps make it tough for riders to stay comfortable, and we’re also mindful of not working horses too much during extreme weather—especially with temperature swings from 10° above zero to 20° below.

I’ve been doing frequent pasture checks to make sure horses are acting normally, eating well, and that our automated waters are heating properly and staying ice-free. Everyone looks content and happy out there ✨—lots of hay, full bellies, and that calm “we’re good” energy horses get when their needs are met.

That said, we’re officially in extreme cold-weather barn mode, and the arena will be used for horses that need extra movement and don’t love standing in stalls during this stretch. ✨This is one of those times when flexibility and good horsemanship matter most, and we’re adjusting day by day to keep everyone comfortable.

For those of you who board or lease horses here, I’ll be sharing more specific information and direction in our private GroupMe group, so please keep an eye out there.

Thank you for your understanding, your trust, and for being such a thoughtful, caring barn community. ✨It really does take a village, and I’m grateful for ours.

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