River Birch Farm

10/29/2025

Finished installing the new floor & cabinets in the Tack Room. Working on the Office area now.

06/14/2025

We love hearing from former students and their families. Special shout out to Gavin, who just graduated high school and is joining the military. Be all that you can be, Gavin. Congratulations from all of us at River Birch Farm.

04/03/2025

❤️ There will come a time...When you ride them for the last time.
When you buy their feed and cringe at the price, not knowing it’s the last bag you’ll ever buy.

When you scrub the dirt from beneath your nails, their hair from your clothes...unaware that soon, you’ll miss the mess.

When you text the vet about a mystery lameness, dreading the bill...never realizing it's the final call.

When you clean their sweat from the saddle pad, pick the wads of hair from the washing machine, and don’t think twice about the routine.

When you send their blankets off for repair, frustrated by the baseball sized holes, never imagining they won’t need it next season.

When you cancel a ride because they found the only muddy spot in a ten acre pasture and rolled until they were unrecognizable...just as they always do.

And then, the time will come when you hang up their bridle.
When you clean their halter and tuck it away into a shadowbox, a silent tribute in the hallway.

When you carefully store the tail you sent them to heaven without, waiting to turn it into something that keeps them close.
When you hold onto their worn horseshoes, knowing you’ll never hear them clinking down the barn aisle again.

It never happens the way you expect.
You always think there will be more time.
You’ll wish life had slowed down, just enough for you to be there more, to appreciate them longer.

And then, one morning, you’ll wake up...just as I did...and realize the horse that raised you is tired.
That they need you to be strong one last time.

Maybe, somewhere down the road, another horse will come along and leave their mark upon your heart.

But it won’t be them...they wove themselves into your soul...
And nothing...or no one can take that away.

🩷 Michelle Knutson | Born In The Barn

04/02/2025

❤🐴

04/01/2025

Didn't realize we haven't posted anything in quite some time. It's been a rough winter. We lost Penny in December -- her dropped fetlock condition worsened to the point where we had to put her down. Many thanks to The Oaks for their assistance and guidance through a difficult time.

07/10/2024

This..... Although we do wish it weren't so dang hot...

Absolutely 💞 💯 💞

06/28/2024

That's true 😆
credits: Stable Express

06/24/2024

Every day...

Yes! 😍❤️😍

05/25/2024

Love that sound!! 😊😊😊

04/14/2024

All about our horses 😍😂
credits: eq.problems