We are Bob and Gail, along with Brandon, who is twelve years old, and an ever-changing herd of horses. Between all of us riders, we have over 90 years of experience with horses, and that includes 7 years of riding for Brandon. Gail started riding in her twenties, and we won’t say how long ago that was. Picture on left she is "clowning around", and is still clowning -professionally! (www.OopsClowning.com) Bob got on his first horse in 1953. Our farm is 30 acres in Carlisle, PA USA. Today everyone wants to know what kind of barn you have. Is it a show barn? A this barn, or a that barn? When pressed for an answer, we say we are a horse sports barn.

We like equine athletes. Whether it is fox hunting, rodeo, polo, eventing, team penning, endurance riding or any of the equine sports, we like it. Over the years we have done a lot with horses and that has given us the ability to find some of the common denominators in equine athletes. Bob is fond of saying things like, “Polo, played well, is dressage at 30 mile per hour.“ Gail has come to enjoy gaited horses for their comfort and ability to cover ground. We train jumpers and polo horses, and our cross country course is a great way to start jumpers. We even train every one of our polo horses to jump. It lightens them up, and develops their
timing and balance.

When we came to Carlisle we decided to build a cross country jumping course, partly out of pure enjoyment, and partly because there was not a course near by. We have been building the cross country course since moving here seven years ago. The course is built to have the feel of the older more natural courses, with stone, timber, earth, and lumber jumps, and winding gallops in the woods. At this point there are more than fifty jumps ranging from small schooling obstacles, to a few serious banks, ditches and fences.

We designed the course for training young horses and testing mature trained horses. It is not intended as a competition course, but rather for training horses. Riders who visit find the course well above the level of the average "back yard" course. The course is almost two miles long with varied terrain, open gallops. Much of it is cut through oak and pine woods. In the next phase we will be building a substantial water jump.

We also operate a tack and equipment website www.equineequip.com. Our goal with the website is to provide the best value for the best price in horse equipment. We realize that most riders are trying to get the most for their money, and still get safe, useful, and lasting items. We literally look all over the world for products that meet this criteria.

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