Flying Change Farm

We have FOUR spots left in our intermediate camp July 20-24! If your child is currently enrolled in our lesson program, or in another local hunt seat lesson program, this is the camp for them! Only for students currently in lessons. Visit our website camp page to sign up!

Summer Camps — Flying Change Farm Summer camp for horseback riding and lessons serving the Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Bixby, and Coweta area.

Happy Father’s Day to the horse dads, and our resident farm dad, Daniel Buffington!

My husband did not grow up dreaming about horses, Jamie Sindell writes.

I am 100 percent certain that nowhere on his list of life goals was “own a horse farm,” “haul horse trailers,” or “worry about how much a bale of hay costs.”

And yet, here we are. Somewhere along the way, he became a farm owner and a horse dad. And not just any horse dad, one of the good ones. Not because he loves horses the way our daughters do. But because he loves my daughters, and he loves me.

I think that’s true of a lot of horse dads. Most of them never planned for this crazy life. They didn’t grow up memorizing bloodlines, watching horse shows, or dreaming about trips to Devon. They certainly didn’t imagine spending weekends in the blazing sun, waiting hours for a class that lasts for two minutes. Yet somehow, they find themselves living the horse life.

They learn how to back trailers. They learn how to catch horses. They learn that horse show schedules are more of a kind-of-sort-of than an actual plan. They learn that a quick stop at the tack store for something small is never actually quick (and never actually cheap).

They learn because someone they love loves horses. And before long, they embrace this life too.

My husband has learned all kinds of things he never planned on learning, and probably never wanted to learn. He owns a horse trailer he never asked for when he would much prefer a fishing boat. He spends weekends, after a long work week, dragging rings, fixing fences, repairing waterers, and tackling a never-ending list of farm projects instead of relaxing. He does night check before bed instead of chilling in front of his favorite show. He knows which horses need extra grain and when it’s time to buy more. He knows which gates don’t latch correctly. Then he buys the new latch and replaces it. None of that was part of the original plan.

He does this because he understands the joy the horses bring his family. He sees the grins on his girls’ faces when they hug their pony. And he is far from alone.

📎 Continue reading this piece at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2026/06/19/heres-to-the-horse-dads/
📸 courtesy of Jamie Sindell

Friday Night Lights is ON tonight June 19! 🌭Come hungry for a burger or hotdog 🍔We are also excited for Just Chillin’ shaved ice to be joining us tonight! Come enjoy the unseasonably cool evening and the best jumper fun at FCF!

Friday Night Lights #2 is this Friday! We have a new, very fun course set and ready! 5pm start since the heat doesn’t look too bad. Remember to enter TODAY for the discounted entry rate! See you Friday!

Lovely course set and ready for our first Friday Night Lights of the summer! (And yes, that’s a CAT JUMP!) Come on out and have a burger and join us tonight!

No rain here, and the jumper show is ON tonight! Regular schooling 2:00-4:00, Itty Bitty schooling 4:00-4:30, 5pm start! We are emailing out a parking map - please park in the back if you will be here for the bigger height classes so that everyone who needs to leave early can do so easily. We are looking forward to a fun evening!

We are only a few days away from our first jumper show of the season, and the weather looks like it just might hold out! If you entered the May 29 show, you are automatically entered in this one. If you’d like to enter, get your entries in by tomorrow for the early discount! Hope to see you there!

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The show scheduled for tonight, May 29, is rescheduled to Friday, JUNE 12 with a current start time of 5pm (subject to change due to heat or number of entries). Schooling will be 1:00-4:30. Hope to see you then!

SHOW UPDATE FOR MAY 29:
Unfortunately even more rain overnight has forced the cancellation of tonight’s Friday Night Lights. We are working on a reschedule date, and will have that posted shortly!

Update regarding this week’s Friday Night Lights:
We did get quite a bit of rain here today but the arena should be good to go! We may need to delay schooling a bit and park trailers in the front pasture instead of the west field. We will reach out later tonight to all those entered and let you know the plan!