We are setting up for our fall Versatility Fun Day here at Hawk Farms and Sidney Hawk Equine horse park. It looks like weather will be nice so look for Indoor and Outdoor Obstacles and Confidence props to be set up. Great opportunity for 4-H Groups and individuals wanting to try out some confidence obstacles to better develop your partnership...
I know it's late in the season, but we finally got a drink machine in service. We set the prices at Pepsi's minimum recommended price, so it's less then at our local fuel station. As you can see, there is a nice selection of beverages in 20 oz. bottles. We are hoping to eventually upgrade to a card reader, but for now it is coin and paper currency....
It certainly took longer than expected, but the new drive through parking area is now ready for usage. This additional parking area could hold up to 10 more truck and trailer combinations. The new south driveway another 3 combination rigs and with just a little creative parking as many as 20 with access to a 10-acre hay field that will...
New arena sign going into production, more on this in a few days.
The Sidney Hawk Equine Horse Park has been very busy the last few weeks. Click the photos to get a feel for how things are coming together. Crazy stuff... like the utility towers out of the blue got a new coat of paint, they came through and repaved our road. The obstacles in the confidence course are coming along nicely....
Sidney and Tj won big this weekend at the Central Ohio Reining Horse Association competition held at University of Findlay this past weekend running the NRHA, Nation Reining Horse Associations new Pattern 17 and 18. Sidney got to spend some quality time with one of her favorite coaches Jesse Westfall, shown below. She also scored top 3 in a first...
Sidney's win at Equine Affair's, "Versatile Horse and Rider" competition, she won some great perks from some of the sponsors of the competition as well. One such perk... A beautiful painting of Tj by Rachael P. The painting is done and now on display at our house. It is absolutely amazing.
The 35,000 squ/ft Outdoor, Crofut Arena at Sidney Hawk Equine is now useable. Not done, but useable. It may take the rest of the summer to get all the little things done we have planned, but Sidney and several of her friends have been using it daily.
For the time being, there will not be a calendar for booking...
It has been our goal here at Hawk Farm's since we started Sidney Hawk Equine, that we would try and use as many local vendors as possible. Swiss Valley Fencing in Sugarcreek, Ohio provided an excellent installation of the white vinyl fence around our outdoor arena. Custom designing special transition posts for our four-board max safety fence along...
The "Sidney Hawk Equine" Horse Park Sign's original rubberized coating did not hold up. The white just kept getting yellower and started to peel off. We started searching for an alternative. Des Eck Welding, the shop who provides our stall wall brackets mentioned their kin ran a powder coating business. Didn't take long "Chubbs Powder Coating",...
