Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Wednesday 5/4-WELCOME HARTFORD GROUPON SUBSCRIBERS!

Midnight Eclipse, a favorite at Nicholas Villa Stables, Devon Horse Show Country Pleasure Driving Grand Champion







 



                                                                                  Welcome Hartford Groupon Subscribers! Today, Nicholas Villa Stables is running a special offer for a $40 one hour visit to the farm for an unplugged, off the grid, relaxing day with our beautiful American Saddlebred & Morgan horses. We are located just a few miles from Foxwoods Casino, and 20 minutes from the Mohegan Sun Casino, tucked into the North Stonington countryside on a private 150 acre farm full of stone walls and verdant pasture. You will care for the very horse that will be selected for you that day, prepare him for 30 minutes of either riding or driving (your choice) and retire him after your lesson. Appointments are subject to availibility and are available most weeknights and most weekends. You *must* make an appointment for your Groupon after purchase for your lesson. Please call 860-535-1038 or email Sharon at sharon@villastables.com


Thank you for your interest. We also offer riding lessons, summer camps, training, showing, Ladies' Night events, onsite birthday parties, sales and boarding.

A wee NVS competitor shows us how much she loves her equine partner, Laurelledge Moonbeam, aka "Blue"

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Good morning, Groupon customers!

Thank you for your interest in our Groupon offer, being broadcasted today to the Providence and Boston markets. Nicholas Villa Stables is just 2 miles off of the main route (CT Rte 2) to Foxwoods Casino and we welcome you to come participate in a wonderful customized horseback riding and horse care experience brought to you via Groupon!

If you have any questions today about specific requests we will try to accomodate you in any way that we can. Give us a call at 860-535-1038 or email me at info@villastables.com ! Please remember that visitors to the farm are welcome by appointment we'd be happy to give you a tour of our American Saddlebred & Morgan horses and their living quarters at this beautiful pastoral equestrian facility just a few miles from Foxwoods.

Follow Villa Stables on Facebook!   Many thanks, Sharon

Monday, March 28, 2011

Good morning! This late March Monday is brought to you by Jack Frost today, 25 degrees with a stiff breeze. Whatever happened to 'coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb?'

Sharon's editorial paragraphs: Never before has CT looked so forward to Spring after record setting snowfalls and an unforgettable period in February where many many farms lost their roofs due to snow load. We had one part of our roof where cars are parked that has an area of lesser support beams that had to be cleared but were thankful to avoid a worse threat. Thankfully we are on high ground so flooding spared us as well when the inevitable melt came.

Other updates include Nicholas' father feeling well at home, recovering from his health scare this winter. Do you all remember my feral cat we discovered sleeping on top of one of the lesson horses 2 years ago about this time?? I will find the photo of it and update you on her progress in a future blog. If you know me, you know that I love my cats and she has a good story to tell. 


NVS Summer Camp 2011 details are up on the website!
We are in full swing here at the farm. Summer Camp weeks are planned, the dates and paperwork and deposit information is available on our website on the Camp page. http://www.villastables.com/

Nothing like a foal to make it feel like SPRING!
The riding academy is bustling and busy with our wonderful, dedicated students. Once a month our riding pupils have an unmounted lesson on various stable management and horse management themes. This past week we had a field trip to a neighbor's farm to visit his brandy new 4 day old Morgan stud colt by MEM Sambuca! Here is the handsome fella sticking close to his proud Momma.





What a pretty little head ! And a giant bold white star. Welcome to the world future Champion.....


To our delight we witnessed some wonderful foal joy & cavorting under Mom's watchful eye.

SHOW SEASON KICKS OFF!
Best wishes to our show riders at our upcoming competitions, the first of the 2011 show season. We have many new combinations to introduce and are proud of the winter's work of horse and rider. On to the fun, spirit & challenges of exhibiting with our wonderful equine partners!

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 Call the farm today for more information on our lesson & show programs and for pricing. Thanks for visiting our blog & think Spring!





Saturday, March 12, 2011

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Blogging again...........

Hi everyone! So much to blog, and so little time. I am going to back into better blogging habits, and am writing today to tell you about our farm Facebook page which you can "Like!" by traveling here:

Visit Nicholas Villa Stables on Facebook!

I'm glad you have stopped by the farm blog, we wish you all very best wishes for a wonderful 2011 show season! For more information on Villa Stables visit our updated website and Facebook page for all of the news.