Blackberry Ridge Farm is located in Greeneville, Tennessee. We take great joy and pride in breeding and raising Irish Draught and Irish Draught Sport horses.
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Operating as usual
A beautiful day for @tennesseevalleyhunt first summer trail-ride!
Thank you Deidra for a delicious lunch! A treat for everyone! And thank you to our great horses for being so fabulous! ❤️🦊🦄
#ridetheWAVE #walmartwyatt #bigboybates #ThegoodGaurdian
So proud of our first Grand, Finley and her pony Johnny Angel! Reserve-Champ at Tryon last weekend! Keep up the hard work Finley!
🤣 but seriously, can’t wait to host the @tennesseevalleyhunt summer trail-ride tomorrow!
Everyone is welcome!
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
There’s something to say about this generation of people. They are people that work hard. They are people who pull together. They are people that will inconvience themselves for the betterment of their friend and neighbor for a job that needs done. Bobby Jones and Mike Keller are those people. Farm owner/oncologist/hay hauler, Tracy Dobbs was in this over 60 hay-crew too! (Nothing like bailing hay on your Holiday weekend!😝)
Thankful for hardworking, honorable, and loyal people left in this world. ❤️
Sherrie Jones Tracy Dobbs Debbie Dobbs
A big Thank You to Bonni McDonald
and @luxus_equestrian for A Blackberry Ridge Farm field trip! Olivia Berrier and Gaurdian had an amazing lesson!! ❤️🦄
Still chipping away at changes:
This “pony track” has been a vision for a while now. It’s finally here!!! Still monitoring them closely, but this thing is going to be a LIFE CHANGER for them and we couldn’t be happier about it! #ponylife #neemsandshady
Get the Macha Breeze line while you can! 🦄❤️
This will be Macha Breeze’s last season standing for breeding, he is very fertile and got 90% of his mares in foal last year. At 25 Mac is melanoma free , can be hacked in a halter & consistently produces very nice babies that owners tend to keep for a lifetime. If you’re looking for a truly old line, classic, versatile draft stallion, Mac is your man. He is prepotent in throwing his topline, correct legs, big feet, and wonderful temperament. If you are lucky enough to be chosen as one of the limited mares he will book to, consider yourself very fortunate as he will enjoy his well deserved retirement from Breeding after this season🦄⭐️⭐️
Learn more about Mac on our website-
https://www.startingpointfarm.com/macha-breeze-rid
we will also have a beautiful 3yr old ID gelding coming available by Mac, so stay tuned!
BRF recap:
End of November, our farm staff completely changed. December 3rd, Debbie had hip surgery. All the while, we found Gaurdian in the middle of all this. Although we must admit, not the BEST timing, After several talks with @melaniehammer, Gaurdian is bought and sent to his new crazy owner (aka US). 🤣
After months of having him and getting to know him… today was the day we have ALL been waiting for. The day Debbie and Gaurdian got to really connect. I mean, who buys a horse and then has to wait 4 months to ride it?!?! Talk about anticipation!!!!!!! 🤣❤️🦄 it was everything and then some!
Gaurdian, you keep proving that you live up to your name and ALL the hype!!! ❤️🎉🦄
We are so proud to call you ours forever. ❤️❤️
So cool! 🦊🥇❤️
BRF hosted closing meet for @tennesseevalleyhunt yesterday and it was a windy one! Fun was had by all!
Granddaughter Finley (very unexpectedly) brought home the prestigious end-of-year award “keenest fox-hunter”and BRF staff, Olivia received her colors! ❤️🎉
But Today- we all slather on the Vaseline and treat our wind burn 🤣❤️🧴
One of these days we will get to throw a party where the weather behaves. 🤞🏼😝
Spring has sprung. 😳
Believe it or not- Shades still has PLENTY of hair left! 🤣❤️🐻
As her Grandparents, We couldn’t be more proud of our oldest Grand for winning Grand champion at her first rated show one day and fox hunting the next! Keep up the hard work Finley!
When your Huntsman is sick, it’s trail ride day! Sunny skies and a great group today at Berry Hill!
❤️🥰❤️🦄
Gaurdian: noun.
A defender, a protector, a keeper.
We have searched, searched, and searched some more.
3+ years. Thousands of ads, thousands of horses. Then came this guy. His owner @melaniehammer debated selling, but something told her to post that day. We messaged and something spoke to her about what we said. She had 74+
People message about him, but something spoke to her about US.
I believe in the stars aligning, fate, and all that. I also believe Debbie deserves this more than anyone I know. He’s here. He has somehow lucked into the best owner… for the rest of his life.
Gaurdian, we feel just as lucky to have found you, sweet soul. Can’t wait to watch the both of you grow together!
#meanttobe #bringonhuntseason
Debbie Dobbs
🎄 Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄
There is never a convenient time for change, but the changes we have in store in the next month or so - we could NOT be MORE excited about. Here’s to the way things are flowing next 🎉🎉 #teambrf
We are so excited to show you our new farm logo! We hope you love it as much as we do! #blackberryridgefarm
Basically 🤣
We had a wonderful time having TVH today. We Viewed a beautiful black coyote as well as a tan. And as usual, Hounds were amazing. 🦊❤️
Pictured above is Debbie and handsome Chatham. ❤️🦄
**SOLD**
We are so excited for Wesley and the Carmichael family! We can’t wait to watch the two of you grow together!
Welcome to the farm Wesley! Congratulations Anna on your new horse! Can’t wait to get started with this pair 🌟 🐴 🌟
BRF’s Good Time Charlie (#forsale) coming home with a Reserve Champion at Chatt Hills this weekend! 🤩
Thank you to @ambaileyy1 for all you do and We couldn’t be prouder of you both!! 🎉
For all my non-horsey friends: Adrienne Lyle is the top US Equestrian at the Tokyo Olympics. She is also very much a "home grown" horsewoman - she trains her own animals from the ground up and then gets professional coaching after a certain level. This takes years and years of dedicated effort. For her first horse, a few years ago, she even served as her own groom and stable hand in the beginning. So this rider has my heart behind her. The pictures below were her first ride into the Toyko Olympic stadium to acclimate her horse to the venue. Note the horse is in the simplest of bridles - a plain ol' snaffle bit. While a much more sophisticated bridle is used in competition, what these photos tell me is Ms. Lyle trusts her ginormous, powerful riding partner AND - far more importantly - HE trusts HER. This animal has just flown halfway around the world, is stabled in a new place, in a new time zone, with horses he does not know, being asked to work in an entirely new venue, and just 'all the things.' And yet here he is, calm as a cucumber, in a plain snaffle bridle. THIS is true horsewomanship, y'all, and I hope every person who loves animals will watch Ms. Lyle and support her in her bid to bring home the Gold. #SheEARNSHerMedals
A visitor during coffee this morning. He’s enjoying his summer off from @tennesseevalleyhunt visits. ❤️ see you 10/23 big guy.
When you finish school and your lessons for the day and are just loving that barn life ❤️❤️.
Big boy Charlie getting his workout in! #GoodtimeCharlie
Rise and shine. 🙌🏽 What a beautiful way to start the day. Listen closely, the turkeys think so too! 😉🦃❤️ #nofilter
Here’s to a fabulous (and memorable!) closing meet for TVH! Can’t wait until next year! 🦊🐴❤️
Rise and grind. 🦄☕️💗
Everyone be sure to follow us on Instagram! 🎉🎉 more to come on that!
Welcome home Wyatt! 🎉🎉 We can’t wait to spoil you and make many memories!! You’ve won us over already!! ❤️
**WESLEY**
2015 16.1+h, Rheinland Pfalz Saar gelding. Attractive, Athletic, talented- Warmblood prospect. Fantastic jump and good movement- suitable for show hunters, eventing, dressage, or jumpers.
Located in Greeneville, TN
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https://youtu.be/79RMsCFtRgs
Brisk ride on Shady Bear today! Thankful to have our new fleece helmet/face covers on days like these!! 🥶❄️
A great drizzly morning view from the office this morning! ❤️🦌🦌🦌🦌❤️
“Riding is a privilege and horsemanship all around is an essential part of this. There is no age where your child is "too young" to help sweep, clean bridles, and fill water buckets.”
565 Delta Valley Rd
Greeneville, TN
37745
Blackberry Ridge Farm, in Greeneville, Tennessee, is a professional partnership dedicated to preserving and promoting the traditional Irish Draught and producing top quality sporthorses. Its home is Tracy and Debbie Dobbs' beautiful 300+ acre farm, just an hour northeast of Knoxville. Tracy and Debbie Dobbs have invested significant thought, time and effort into the creation of a premier facility to meet training, breeding, foaling, schooling and competitive needs. The main barn houses stallions and accommodates broodmares with a foaling wing, designed particularly to accommodate any special needs mares or foals and a modern breeding facility and lab. Currently there is an all-weather dressage arena, grass show jumping arena, miles of trails and an indoor arena directly off the main barn. Blackberry Ridge is home to some of the most prestigious bloodlines of the Irish Draught global herd. Blackberry Ridge currently stands three purebred STALLIONS and standing deceased Banks Fee Daniel via frozen semen.
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