Dante is a 16.1 chestnut gelding. He has been at Summer Wind for many years and has been a favorite of many many riders. He has shown Hunters and Eventing, and has proven himself in both disciplines.  He has foxhunted and loves to go on trail.    He loves his work, what ever that would be on any given day.  He is easy to deal with on the ground, and has been a definate asset to our lesson program.

LEO loves to jump. He has always been our lead horse on the event fields. He will go out there and jump any cross country jump, and the other horses will follow him. He has a wonderful smooth canter and trot, and loves to go out on trail to the park!

Kirby has been on the farm 18 or his 20 years.  We got him the year we opened for our daughter Katie.  He is the sweetest horse and has a very kind eye and face.  He is super comfortable and can give our riders a little challenge.  He has been a favorite of the farm.  We saved him from who knows what fate when he was just a colt and he has never forgotten that. 

We had a horse a few years back, named Oscar, who was a white arab gelding.  He was so wonderful that we went looking for another.  We were lucky enough to find another white arab gelding, and we named him Felix after the Odd Couple.  Felix has done it all.  Eventing, hunter shows, trail riding, lessons.  He loves his job and his tail swiched back and forth happily the whole time he is working.  He can take a beginner and show them how it is done!  Sometime soon we need to go find us another Felix! 

Roo is an favorite of our beginner riders.  Even some of the advanced kids love to ride him.  He is as sweet as they get....He came to us not knowing how to jump, but quickly learned to jump. 

He was a favorite for the riders in the Pony Club horseshow/halloween party held in October. 

Belle is a gorgeous white quarter horse.  She has the smoothest canter and is a favorite for going out on trail rides to the park.  We have taken her to weddings for the bride to ride up to the groom, and for the groom to ride to the bride.....  But her favorite thing is still being here on the farm with her kids! 

Toby is a favorite of the ladies in the barn.  He gives everyone confidence.  He loves to show.  He is great with beginners and advanced riders.  He can do it all, and is very flashy for the show ring. 

Let me not forget the horses that have been our friends from years gone past.  Some have crossed the rainbow bridge, some have been retired and have new families.  Students of Summer Wind will remember the good times we had with Black Jack, Murphy, Missy, Chica, Oscar, Happy, Dusty. 

Black Jack is living in Sandusky with a wonderful lady.  He is giving much happiness to his new owner.  Happy still lives with Mitch and is turning 33 this year.  He looks great.  He has lost his eyesite in one eye, but still gets around and is very happy at Mitch's.  Oscar and Dusty are  living on a great farm in Aurora.  They have acres of pasture.  When we dropped them off there I think they thought they had gone to Heaven with all the grass there was to munch on.

Murphy went to the same farm as Black Jack in Sandusky.  We got a sad email last fall that he had passed over the Rainbow Bridge.  He had several wonderful years there at the farm and I was very grateful that they loved him as much as we did.  We lost Missy last year too.  It was a very sad day here at Summer Wind.  She was the first school horse bought just for the business.  Clay and Missy spent a lot of time together at pony rides and hundreds of little children thought of Missy as "their" pony. 

MISSY

OSCAR, FELIX, AND CHICA

BLACK JACK AND DANTE