Schmidt Valley Farm

06/10/2022

You scratch my “back”, I’ll scratch yours. 😜

06/08/2022

A Robbin decided to build her nest on our pole organizer in the outdoor….not the most ideal spot. 🤦🏼‍♀️ The first photo was May 29th, the day they started hatching and the second photo was today. They grow so quick! Sometimes it’s the simple things that put a smile on your face. 😊

06/04/2022

Gage loves his pool ~

06/03/2022

05/30/2022

05/29/2022

Ah we definitely have four geldings at the farm who fit these characters…. They could make their own movie as well! 😂😂

05/28/2022

We have three, full-care, pasture board spots available! One spot is open immediately, the other two will be open at the end of June!

Rotated fields for continuous grazing, maintained sheds, and water tanks cleaned weekly! Located in Lowman, NY. Feel free to contact us with any additional questions!

05/27/2022

05/25/2022

Everyone needs a friend to graze with! 🥰

05/20/2022

This 3yr old gelding is here for training with Dan Moltin. He’s just enjoying a nap but his “babysitter”, Hank, is taking his job very seriously! So sweet. 🥺

05/20/2022

Guess which two are the OTTB’s…..

(the two mares STANDING at the end of the video)
I feel like Stella and Pumpernickel are saying “yeah we gave that nonsense up awhile ago” 😜

05/18/2022

Fresh drag 🌟

05/16/2022

Schmidt Valley Farm, located in Lowman NY, will have two stalls available, one at the end of May and one in the middle of June. We will also have one spot available for pasture board, available immediately.

Our barn is equipped with:
•secure feed room
•private tack room
•60 x 120 indoor area
•temperature controlled viewing room and bathroom
•80 x140 fenced in, sand outdoor arena
•Each stall is equipped with individual automatic heated waterers, feed bin, hayrack, and a loafing paddock attached to each stall
•hot and cold water indoor wash rack
•individual and group turn out separated by mares and geldings (weather permitting).

We have a individual feeding program best tailored to your horse and we will happily feed any supplements you provide. We grain 2 x a day and feed first and second cutting timothy grass mix hay 3 x a day.

Our run-in sheds offer a safe shelter, with waterers cleaned weekly, properly managed fields, fly predators in sheds, along with salt and mineral blocks.

Owners live onsite. Please contact with any questions if you would like to join us here at Schmidt Valley Farm.
Cell: 607-738-5177

05/10/2022

Huge thank you to Clearview Excavating for doing the ground work and placing our new run-in shed!! Job completed in one day! 💪🏻

05/09/2022

A job well done for our crew, congratulations to everyone!!

Ari and “Mabel Mae Shine”
Highpoint, Walk Trot 10 and Under, for Saturday and Sunday

Shelly Rozell and “Here For A Good Time”
Highpoint and Reserve Highpoint, Adult English and Western, for Saturday and Sunday

Megan and “Ashely’s Diamond”
Top placings in all their ranch horse classes for the weekend (first time shown)

Emi and “BVA Prince Skippy”
Highpoint, Walk Trot 11-18, for Saturday and Sunday (Emi’s first show ever!)

05/08/2022

Our morning halter is powered by Dunkin’ 💥

05/07/2022

Congratulations to everyone on a very successful first day of showing! Looking forward to tomorrow. 💪🏻

05/06/2022

Busy barn tonight with all the last minute prep and packing. Good luck to everyone showing this weekend! 🦄🏆

05/05/2022

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05/03/2022

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05/01/2022

“Got any treats?”

05/01/2022

Great reminder for everyone who will be showing this season!!

04/29/2022

It’s must be grey horse nap time 😴

04/27/2022

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04/25/2022

Wish I could nap with a snack…

04/25/2022

Who doesn’t love a good body clip? 💪🏻 #showready

Six of our horses/boarders will be attending their first show of the year in two weeks! 🏆🤞🏻

04/22/2022

We have one stall available for full care board! Send us a message if you have any interest/questions!

04/21/2022

Copied from another industry professionals post:
This is a great reminder to anyone who wants to be better. This sport takes hard work and dedication.
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“Instead of questioning your trainer why your kid is not excelling as quickly as others in their riding, maybe look at how much your kid practices. If you’re only willing to commit to two lessons a month for example, that’s 2 hours per every 30 days on average. 2 hours out of 720 hours a month. Now let’s look at a year. 24 hours total. On average your kid then practices 1 day out of 365 days per year... let that sink in.

Our sport is much harder than most and takes a lot of practice and skill, but for some reason people do not look at it this way.

For example when I ran track, we practiced minimum 5 days a week for 2 hours a day. I put the sweat and time in to improve. Chorus - practice daily. Cheerleading - daily. Football - daily.

Now, I also understand our sport is expensive. However, I find it imperative that as a parent you look at these numbers... and before you come complaining “my kid isn’t improving fast enough,” truly look at how much she practices. I am good at what I do, but I can’t work miracles.

I constantly get parents comparing their kid to student “X.” However, student X is out at the barn working for extra ride time on anything I will give them and always ready to put in the work. As trainers we always have horses that need to be hacked. “But I want to jump,” I hear so often and the biggest thing is that these riders don’t realize jumping starts with flat work. Come work in exchange for ride time. Drop your stirrups and practice what we do in our lessons. Make yourself stronger and watch how much quicker you excel. All jumping is is flat work with sticks in the way.

I was a barn rat growing up. I worked my butt off just to get on any horse my trainer would let me. The bratty pony needs a schooling? Done. The wild TB needs a hack? Done. The true and seasoned lesson horse needs a light hack! Perfect! I can work on me.

We need to truly change these mindsets in our industry. Let’s be honest with your expectations.

24 hours - 1 day - out of 365 days. Let that sink in.

Now let’s just add once a week lessons. 4 hours a month - 48 hours a year - 2 days out of 365..”

04/21/2022

Who doesn’t love a good post workout snack?!

04/20/2022

SVF Boarders:
On May 1st, from 10am-1pm the arena will be in use for the 4-H horse evaluations. (If the weather is good, there still will be one arena available) If not, the arena will be back “open” after 1pm. Thanks!

04/19/2022

Okay, that’s enough…🤨

04/17/2022

04/14/2022

How can you not love those good bay geldings? 💖

04/14/2022

Sometimes you catch the cutest things in the early morning, Big watching over his sleeping minis. ❤️