Dancing Horse Farm's Facilities
40 acre farm. Indoor arena shown at far right, gray square in center is a dry lot. Gray rectangle to left is small dressage arena. Circle bottom left is 70' lunging arena, Corner shown to right is full-size outdoor arena. Curved "road" is 1/2 mile oval track. Aerial photography by DHF client Janet Riccardella.
Dancing Horse Farm has over 40 acres with Nelson automatic waterers; four-board wood fenced pastures; dry-lots with all-weather footing; a 1/2 mile oval racetrack for practicing tempis or cooling out your horse; 61 stalls, most 12x14, all recently re-floored with gravel bases and rubber mats, with corner feeders and yoke gates; a 75' x 200' indoor arena with T-111 slanted kick walls, eve lights and three rows of high powered metal halide lights, as well as over 125 linear feet of 6-foot-tall mirrors and a top-of-the-line surround-sound system for clinics and musical freestyle rides. A climate-controlled observation room with a powder room and snack and drink vending machines overlooks the indoor. The indoor arena also allows ample room for participant riders and up to 100 auditors for DHF's Educational Events.
Other DHF amenities: a heated and air conditioned classroom; clean, modern powder rooms in each barn; two wash stalls per barn with hot and cold water; two well-lit grooming stalls per barn; a 70' custom-made steel slant-wall lunging arena; two outdoor arenas with excellent, well-maintained footing, one 100' x 240' (full competition size), one 70' x 190'; staff apartments in each barn for apprentices and working students, so horses are under observation 24/7. Each barn has a tack room with one roomy, enclosed locker per stall for the boarders' tack and equipment. Each tack room is equipped with a utility sink, saddle rack and bridle hook for tack cleaning, and a washer and dryer for horse laundry. Each stall has a blanket bar and its own light and power outlet so it's easy to plug in heated water buckets or fans.
An expansion program is ongoing. We plan to fence in portions of the infield as pastures (the automatic waterers are already in place); build a climate-controlled classroom in Barn 3 with a kitchenette; convert part of the storage area attached to Barn 3 into a small indoor arena for beginner riders; build some cross-country jumps.
DHF is proud to have received EQUIP grants for several of our improvements (the dry lot and small outdoor arena with all-weather footing). We strive to make the best possible use of our resources and to use green technology as much as possible. Our suggestion box is always open, and your suggestion may earn you some DHF Bucks, so if you have ideas, please share them!
Other DHF amenities: a heated and air conditioned classroom; clean, modern powder rooms in each barn; two wash stalls per barn with hot and cold water; two well-lit grooming stalls per barn; a 70' custom-made steel slant-wall lunging arena; two outdoor arenas with excellent, well-maintained footing, one 100' x 240' (full competition size), one 70' x 190'; staff apartments in each barn for apprentices and working students, so horses are under observation 24/7. Each barn has a tack room with one roomy, enclosed locker per stall for the boarders' tack and equipment. Each tack room is equipped with a utility sink, saddle rack and bridle hook for tack cleaning, and a washer and dryer for horse laundry. Each stall has a blanket bar and its own light and power outlet so it's easy to plug in heated water buckets or fans.
An expansion program is ongoing. We plan to fence in portions of the infield as pastures (the automatic waterers are already in place); build a climate-controlled classroom in Barn 3 with a kitchenette; convert part of the storage area attached to Barn 3 into a small indoor arena for beginner riders; build some cross-country jumps.
DHF is proud to have received EQUIP grants for several of our improvements (the dry lot and small outdoor arena with all-weather footing). We strive to make the best possible use of our resources and to use green technology as much as possible. Our suggestion box is always open, and your suggestion may earn you some DHF Bucks, so if you have ideas, please share them!
70' wide lunging arena is out of frame to the left. From left, pasture, small dressage arena, turnout for barn 3, barn 3, 2, 1, indoor arena, 1/2 mile oval track between barns and large outdoor. DHF President and head Dressage trainer Jen Truett is teaching a class in the large arena here. Aerial photography by DHF client Janet Riccardella.
Heated observation room, also the Show Secretary's office during shows. There's a powder room inside, as well as DHF logowear, snacks and drinks available for sale.
16' wide blacktop aisles, 12x12 or 12x14 stalls with a light, electrical outlet, blanket bar, feed box and bucket hangers with each stall.
Indoor Arena - Note mirrors all along the right hand (long) wall, also at the far end along the short wall. The wall behind the camera also has mirrors.
Outdoor arena with observation deck to right, jumps inside and judge's box at far end.
New outdoor arena is small dressage arena size. Barn in background will be a small indoor attached to barn 3
Newly remodeled Barn 3 will include stalls, a classroom and is attached to what will become a small indoor arena.
DHF has a 1/2 mile oval training track, perfect for tempis or for cooling out your horse.
