A Thrilling New Year's Greeting ~

 Just having a little fun waiting for 2014 !  OYY Sharona and her new daughter OYY Billie Jean - who recently had surgery for a dentigerous cyst...  we were calling her Fraken-pony for a few weeks - but you can see she is healing nicely.  Enjoy the ridiculous video and laugh !



Dolling up for New Year's on PhotoPeach

All Work and No Play ???

Not at Top O' The Hill Farm !  We work hard - and expect the horses to apply themselves also.. but there is always time for play ! After all the rains we received, the brook looked like the perfect location for some recreation.

We saddled up Tall Trees Sassie and
OYY Beltane's Lady Jane for a refreshing 'swim' in the brook.   These two had a blast and their riders got just as wet as the horses as you will see.

Jane and me -- Jane is a super lesson horse and such a delightful mount ... I love riding her.

Start out in the more shallow parts. So cooling on such a hot day !

well -- you get the picture -- we all had

F-U-N !!

Just recently, Tall Trees Sassie has made her way to the sales list. She is an outstanding lesson horse -- taking on some challenging riders that many other horses would not be capable of handling. She is also a wonderful steady able bodied lesson horse and a fun forward mount for trail and/or road trips.  It's time for her to move on to owning her own person. She will so enjoy the change in lifestyle -- getting out on the trail with her rider more often.

What a stellar western and/or english mount she will make for either family or single owner.  Here is her page on the web site.   

So -- while a good work ethic is important and I require it as an important genetic component in my horses ~  PLAYTIME is so very essential too !

Find time to enjoy your day ~ hopefully in the saddle

Hard Work Pays Off ~

What a devoted team
these two are !!

So proud ~
















For the First time in the history of CSI, there were 4 USDF All Breeds awarded.  One of those champs is
The Mighty Quinn ~ from Top O' The Hill Farm breeding.
  1st place- Stefanie Rossetti- riding Mighty Quinn- median score 64.516..

Stefanie is committed to her horse and her riding - she's in the saddle all winter preparing and this
pays off at the shows !


NEDA Dressage Fall Festival 2012 candids © Carien Schippers ( photo to the right)

Is this beautiful ?? 

Excellent scores  are not an accident -- just as quality horses are not either ..  Good breeding and dedicated up-bringing produce part of a winning team such as this one.

This lovely boy has many relatives here on the farm ready to move on to their future homes -

whether as trusty trail mounts or successful show horses.  One of whom is a farm favorite --
OYY Queen Jane Approximately. She has been on and off the sales list forever -- always on the fence about parting with her. She's been backed finally and is back on the list for sale to a rider looking for a sweet, loving Champion American Curly to take to shows and bring home the ribbons... 

 This colt - born 
March 9th of this year - 
is also headed for definite success

Sired by BCF Splash Dancer 
Dam - OYY Ravishing Ahmet
( dam to OYY Elektra) 

OYY Splash Dancing Freestyle ~

This boy was 11.2 hands at birth

at 2 months he measured just a hair over 12 hands !  a handsome, well mannered colt, with size and movement !  What a stupendous stallion prospect.

But - part of what goes into producing talented winners like The Mighty Quinn and those others mentioned has nothing to do with the curly quadrupeds... 

  Much of my farm days are taken up by working my way down my many lists.  When I get to the point where almost all the items are crossed off -- then I celebrate ... and make a new list !  maneuvering around weather patterns and any other interruptions... farm maintenance mostly  boils down to ..

just putting one foot in front of the other and getting stuff done so we can get to the
RIDE part of life  ~


Enjoy YOUR ride !!