Winding Hill Stables

Are you looking for an activity that promotes exercise, camaraderie, sportsmanship and responsibility? Consider horseback riding lessons. Call our office for more information. 631-923-0191. Windinghillstables.com

Our first lesson of the day walking up to the ring with Winnie. Waiting for Ms. Christy.

Our first lesson for the day.

We Wanted to take a moment and thank everyone for sharing a beautiful Sunday with us. It was truly a happy horse show day!!! All our horses and ponies were on their best behavior and all our riders couldn't have made us prouder! Regardless of the color of the ribbon every rider truly displayed good sportsmanship. There is always room for improvement and every judge is going to see something different. Next show will be 11/01 and we will have in-house trick or treating and candy exchange as well as our 5th annual costume contest and parade! Hope to see you all there.

Halloween fun at the farm! Such a fun afternoon with the kids and the ponies!

Good morning. Getting ready for a busy day of lessons.

Good luck to Ava, Paige and Julia competing at Hidden Pond today.

Joanna and Lola had an awesome lesson this morning! So glad to have her back for the winter! Keep up the good work!

Nothing better then a freshly graded ring.

Happy Horse Show Day. Good luck to all competing at Winding Hill Stables.

Happy Horse Show day. Good luck to all of our riders competing at Thomas School Horse Show.

We have a visitor at the farm.

I was scared today. I was scared to get on, scared to walk out the yard because I had a bad ride the day before. One bad ride, and it made me scared. I didn’t... know why. I’ve had 1000 bad rides. I’ve had 1000 falls. I’ve broken bones and bruised my pride on countless occasions, but today I was scared. Why? Because confidence is fragile. It takes months and years to build and seconds to lose and yet we are so careless with it. When we get on a horse, we wear a hat to protect our head. We wear body protectors, gloves, boots... We pay so much attention to protecting ourselves physically, we forget that our minds are not invincible, and our confidence certainly is not. Your bank of confidence needs regular deposits, not just from others... but from you. Self confidence is the most valuable currency in life. When you go to get on, and you hesitate, you falter and you start to ask yourself can I do this?, chances are, your account is almost empty. Every time you laugh and say oh no, I’m no good or so and so is 10x better than me, you make a withdrawal from that account, and before you know it, your account is empty and you’re scared to get on. But every time you say I’m really pleased with how that went or I think I rode that really well, your balance increases. We need to learn to give ourselves a break, pat ourselves on the back and allow ourselves to feel proud of where we are - after all, most of the time we’ve worked bloody hard to get there! Recognising your strengths is just as important as recognising your weaknesses. Never allow yourself or anyone else to empty that account. Confidence is valuable, don’t bankrupt yourself.

We are growing again. We are looking for a riding instructor to teach on Sunday’s. Interested? PM us.

Happy Horse Show day. Good luck to all that are participating in the Winding Hill Stables Schooling Show.

Good luck at Long Island Classic Horse Show at Oldfield Farm Jacqui, Ava and Julia!

For all those that showed today, if you would like pictures they can be purchased from Jill Fanuzzi, our official Horse Show photographer.For all those that showed today, if you would like pictures they can be purchased from Jill Fanuzzi, our official Horse Show photographer.

Happy Horse Show day. Good luck to all riding in the Winding Hill Stables Horse Show.

Great day for all of our riders showing at Princeton. Congratulations to all.