Leasing From TRF

Atticus is a 19yo Cleveland Bay Sporthorse who showed in mid/upper level dressage in his youth. An injury and a stint as an older lady’s trail horse later, he’s now a very safe beginner lesson horse with some fancy buttons hiding in there if you can convince him that you know that he knows how to do the things. Atticus is arguably the safest and most tolerant horse we’ve had, and has lovely gaits that students find comfortable and easy to learn on. These days he doesn’t show above WT classes because one canter lead bothers his shoulder, but he still has all his lateral work even up through a somewhat rusty canter half pass.

If you or your child thinks it sounds cool to get to do your Intro tests (or WT division hunter/eq) on a horse who’s done upper level dressage, or you’re a dressage rider who doesn't want to show but would like the chance to play with fun buttons at home, this is absolutely your guy. He’ll putter around at home, pack you around a show, trail ride, give your grandkids pony rides…

At 15.3 and a thicker warmblood, he is sturdy without being intimidatingly tall, and did we mention he’s a kick ride?

Cheeto is probably in his upper teens/maybe early 20s, stands 15.1hh, goes English and Western, and has that stereotypical patient steady older quarter horse in a lesson program demeanor coupled with smooth gaits that are easy on the rider’s body and put nervous beginner students at ease.

We use him for beginner lessons, he was a trail horse in a previous home, and out of the English disciplines we think he would be the most competitive in the hunter ring as his default frame to travel in is longer and lower. He is a newer addition to our program so we haven’t taken him off property yet, but given how he handled his arrival here (which was definitely the first time he’d ever seen an indoor arena or mirrors) we anticipate that he’ll be pretty sensible at shows.

Cheeto is a sweet and patient boy who’ll pack you or your kid around at home, on the trails, or at a schooling show with a pleasant attitude.

Not for riding. Broodmare/recip mare lease only. Happy for her to stay here with her friends while she cooks up your baby for you, but would allow off farm to an approved living situation.

Lizzie is my 7yo 16.0hh upper level dressage prospect, who ended her career before it had hardly started with a pasture accident.

She has presence, power, springy movement, and the type of brain that thrives in upper level tests where movements are coming up fast. Changes and extended gaits come naturally to her, and all lateral work that she got to was picked up in a matter of minutes. Very inquisitive and friendly. She has always been barefoot with great feet.

I have two of her cousins, and my experience is that that line is super smart, super athletic, beautiful movers, and fill out pretty WB-y. Most people guess that Lizzie is a dressage-bred Hanoverian rather than an OTTB! She is the perfect mare to add a touch of refinement to that heavier-built WB stallion you've been drooling over, without compromising on the dressage talent or on maintaining the WB "look".

Around the barn, Lizzie is generally pretty easy to deal with. We take ground manners seriously here, so while she is a young horse with energy she knows that she's expected to be polite! She will lead single, double, and I've even led a group of three or four that included her a few times when I didn't want to make multiple trips to the top field on a hot day! She currently lives out in a herd of mares, but in the past has been stalled at night, has had solo turnout, and has been out in a mixed herd.

We do want to breed her ourselves down the line, but it looks unlikely to happen this year and if she can be doing something productive and supporting herself in the meantime that would be ideal.

Sage is 9 years old and roughly 16 hands. She spent a season absolutely cleaning up in the hunter ring with our students before we found out about an undisclosed old injury with which she should not be jumping. She was already being groomed to be our adult beginner horse’s eventual successor due to her calm and sweet temperament, but she needs more miles before she can truly step into that role, and with her off of jumping lesson duty our lesson string currently has too many flat-only horses and she needs more work than she’s been getting.

She may not be allowed to jump anymore, but she’s one that if you don’t bring home a primary color in the hunter/eq flat (and groundpoles) with her you only have yourself to blame, and now that she’s limited to flatwork we’ve informed her that she’s going to become a lower level dressage schoolmaster too.

Sage also enjoys the trails.

Although we haven’t listed all of them as available, we have lesson horses ranging from 14.0hh to 17.0hh with skill sets that include both dressage and/or jumping, whose schedules can often be arranged to make space for on-site half leases to advanced beginners and up. In rare cases a full lease (on-site only) may be considered.

Half leases include use of the horse three days per week. Pricing varies by horse, and in some cases is as low as simply splitting the cost of the horse’s routine maintenance (all arranged and provided by TRF) with us. Terms of the lease will vary based on the horse, the rider’s experience level, and the rider’s goals, but in most cases the lessee will be required to take weekly lessons with an instructor approved by TRF.

Transportation to shows is available!