Happy fall, Y'all!!

Hello Everyone!

We hope you've had a chance to get out and enjoy the beautiful fall colors!

It's been really busy here at Hoofbeat for the last month or so. We have had after school riding lessons for the Madison middle schools for four weeks. Each night we have several different schools that bus students out for an about an hour of riding and an hour of horse science. We've been going on trail rides and enjoying the cool, fall weather.

We also finished up our fall Mother/Daughter Weekends. Thanks to all of the moms, daughters and Hoofbeat staff for spending the weekend with us. We had nice weather - no rain! We enjoyed the trails, some mounted games, campfires, hayrides, arts and crafts, and ground driving everyone's favorite Clydesdale, Pippa!

Our weekends are booked with Boy Scouts earning their merit badges, Able Trek Tours, a Horse Lover's Weekend for girls, and our fall Horse Lover's Day for girls. We also have week night riding programs with girl scout troops. Whew! It's a busy time of year for us!

We've had several people email and ask if we're having any programs for boys as well as girls. Pippa's Christmas Party is open to boys ages 7 to 9 and girls ages 7 to 13. This day program is on December 12th and there is bus service provided from 2 locations. See our website for more info.

There is a new addition to the Hoofbeat herd! Kirby is a really cute pinto that we got a month or so ago. He is already a favorite with the staff and we're pretty sure all of the campers will love him too. He is one of the first horses to come to the gate to say "hi" and he just loves people! Kirby is living with Rex, Dante, Midnight, and Montana in the Middle Pen for now.

Stay tuned for more horse updates and photos!