AN INVITATION TO COME RIDE WITH US AND STAY ON THE FARM! HISTORIC POTATO HOUSE 4 Bedroom | Vacation | 8 Guests | 4 Bedrooms| 2 Baths Check availability for training and lessons. 231-242-0012 Please leave […]
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The Best Horse Farms for sale in Harbor Springs, Michigan start here…..
The sales tour begins at Brek-n-Ridge Farm, located just outside of Harbor Springs at the Entrance to the Tunnel of Trees and home to the old Potato House, once a barn in it’s hay day.
Karin’s Lesson Horses for Sale – Need Great Homes
September 2014 Dear Friends, In 2010 when Kate and I opened Brek-n-Ridge Farm in Harbor Springs, Michigan we wanted to create a stable where adults and children could come to take lessons and learn to ride dressage. We have accomplished that goal and more, and in the four years we have accumulated these amazing […]
Western Dressage Training at Brek-n-Ridge Farm
Trailer in, or use one of our schoolmasters for lessons…….safe reliable horses and safe reliable instruction. Press Release: September 2014– Expand Your Knowledge about Dressage and Increase your Performance Scores. Become comfortable in the saddle. WESTERN DRESSAGE INSTRUCTION Clinic at Brek-n-Ridge Farm in Harbor Springs, Michigan – even if you do not plan to compete! […]
Goodbye to Polo for 2014 season in Bliss, Michigan – near Harbor Springs
The final game was held on August 10th this summer and what a day it was ! Not too warm – it was perfectly perfect. A huge crowd gathered for the 11 am and 3 pm games. Here are a few photos to wet your whistles and get you all ready for polo season 2015 […]
Working student wanted! SEE AD BELOW
INTRODUCING KARIN’S 2014 WORKING STUDENT Memi Pearsall is a 17 year old and from Richmond, Virginia. Her mother is Robin Johnson of Virginia and Harbor Springs, Mi. She has been riding since she was 7 years old and she started riding in Virginia and continued to Chatham Hall, an all girls boarding school in southern […]
The Search for the NEXT AMERICAN EQUESTRIAN STAR – letter
Hi Karin, I just wanted to take a moment and tell you my daughter and I watched all the episodes of THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN EQUESTRIAN STAR video’s, all 5 episodes tonight. It was wonderful to watch and learn and take it all in. It is truly great for a young rider, especially, to […]
Brek-n-Ridge Farm – How we spent the summer! Part ONE
The 2013 Horse Show Circuit for Brek-n-Ridge Riders Included Shows in Harbor Springs, Suttons Bay, Bay Harbor and at Blackstar Farms Working student Rachel Hughs, last summer’s assistant for Karin, arrived back in town from lower Mi. for full time work at Brek-n-Ridge. She got down to business in May and competed Brek-n-Ridge’s ANNIE […]
SUMMER OF 2013, Brek-n-Ridge Farm and GreenLeaf Trust
2013 Summer at Brek-n-Ridge Farm began with a Bang Instruction provided by law enforcement and equine professionals, Pam and Dan Weston, using Natural Horsemanship methods took place June 5th. As Mounted Police officers, Pam and Dan have trained horses for numerous police agencies and private individuals. With over 30 years of experience riding and training […]
Polo at Bliss – Updated 2013 July
The first Bliss Polo practice will be: Please call the Bliss Store 1-231-537-4411 to confirm the game times! Pick up your 2013 Bliss Polo gear this summer at the general store! Stop by Brek-n-Ridge Farm on your way home to inquire about Riding Lessons. Wednesday July 3 at 5pm Friday July 5 at 11am […]
THE GENEROUSITY IN THE HORSEWORLD IS OVERWHELMING…..HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD AND IN OUR SPECIAL CORNERS of NORTHERN MICHIGAN!!
Okay- the secret is out! Here is a picture of Hannah and Rusty together. They are SO beautiful together! Would love to do a story about the generosity of Diana Hadsall and her daughter Janelle who donated Rusty to Tapawingo Farms! Rusty DHP has several titles to his credit, including 2009 Open Training Level […]
Teaching Western Dressage in Northern Michigan and on www.horseshow.com – Facts
Trailer in, or use one of our schoolmasters for lessons……. Press Release September 2012 – Expand Your Knowledge about Dressage and Increase your Performance Scores. WESTERN DRESSAGE INSTRUCTION Clinic at Brek-n-Ridge Farm in Harbor Springs, Michigan “The winning difference between first, second and third place in dressage is in the small details,” Offield says, “and those details […]
WHAT IT MEANS TO TEACH….A letter from a riding student many years ago….
WHAT IT MEANS TO TEACH…..I received this note this morning from a former riding student in Sedona. The first time i met Karin i thought she was funny-she was wearing suspenders after all. She taught me how to ride from the very beginning (i was 11) the first time she had me canter in the […]
Horseback Riding School in Harbor Springs, Michigan
Summer 2012 Dear Karin, Here is the testimonial I promised. Over the last year I have been working with Karin. I was coming off of a horse that had some dangerous tendencies. Karin, along with my trainer Janine Holmes at Serenity Farms in Grand Rapids, Michigan, helped me to regain my confidence. I had developed […]
Karin Flint and her Flintfields Horse Park – two hours from Harbor Springs, Michigan
Cambridge Who’s Who Names Karin W. Flint Professional of the Yearin Property Management and Development Karin Flint’s unyielding passion for horses has resulted in a successfully satifying career that now spans 20 years Traverse City, MI, January 26, 2012 /Cambridge Who’s Who/ — Karin W. Flint, Owner & Developer of Flintfields Horse Park, has been named a […]
Polo in Northern Michigan – Let the Games begin !!
The Bliss Michigan Polo Fields are in top shape. They have been fertilized twice and mown down. It has been very dry but the irrigation has been running. Let the games begin! Sunday the 1st of July. They will have all four teams play at 1PM and 3PM in the USPA 8 Goal Players Cup. […]
Carriage Rides for Downtown Harbor Springs !
Carriage Rides in Harbor Springs There’s something new in Harbor Springs this spring, summer and fall! Horse and Carriage Rides throughout the downtown area and FREE rides up on the Bluff overlooking Little Traverse Bay. The idea for the carriage rides came from local stable Brek-n-Ridge Farm’s owner Karin Reid Offield. The Horse and Carriage Rides […]
