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Archive of posts filed under the HARBOR SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE category.

My philosophy …..

July 20, 2015 “In order to train the riders the horses bodies need to be released/organised/ strengthened/activated. At Brek-n-Ridge, we believe in our training methods because….”to have the largest impact upon performance in the least amount of training time, the horses’ core must be made stronger, because if it is weak and/or misaligned, no progress can […]

It’s the families that help grow dressage and show jumping sports

I recently received a letter from an Arizona family thanking Brek-n-Ridge Farm  for supporting the Stepping Stones series of equestrian events in Northern Michigan. The letter was written by a grandfather of a young rider at Black Star Farms and he was writing to thank us for being involved as sponsors of the Stepping Stones […]

Memi Pearsall talks about Dressage and Brek-n-Ridge Students -2014 – Win at Dressage and Jumping

Memi Pearsall is a 17 year old and from Richmond, Virginia. Her mother is Robin Johnson of Virginia and Harbor Springs, Mi. She has been riding since she was 7 years old and she started riding in Virginia and continued to Chatham Hall, an all girls boarding school in southern Virginia. At Chatham Hall she […]

Lesson Horses for Sale

September  2014   Dear Friends, In 2010 when Kate and I opened Brek-n-Ridge Farm in Harbor Springs, Michigan we wanted to create a stable where adults and children could come to take lessons and learn to ride dressage. We have accomplished that goal and more, and in the four years we have accumulated these amazing […]

Brek-n-Ridge rider Champion in Traverse City By the Bay Horse Show

  PRESS RELEASE: AUGUST 3, 2014 LOCAL GIRL BECOMES CHAMPION HUNTER RIDER AND HAILS FROM BREK-N-RIDGE FARM Harbor Springs and Wequetonsing’s summer resident fourteen year old Mary Otto of St. Louis, Mo. and daughter of Mary and Bob Otto of took part in Traverse City’s own Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival. The equestrian […]