Kaley enjoying riding Tina!

Kids and Ponies are a great combination here at Hammock Farms Ponies! Whether you are attending one of our "PONIES AT PARTIES" gatherings or your child is enrolled in one of our 6 week HORSEMENSHIP WORKSHOPS we are all about safely having a great time learning about and being around horses and ponies. All our Parties and Workshops are designed by Jean White a USDF Certified Trainer and Intructor. With 27 years of professional experience in teaching riders and training horses, Jean can provide a successful, safe, and fun outing for your child or childrens group. Our Children's Trainer, Joanna Compton Mys, enjoys working with beginners and bringing them along in a fun and educational atmosphere. Our two hour PONIES AT PARTIES are designed for groups of children that would like to experience being around and on a pony during a celebration. We have fun "decorating" the ponies with a prize to the best! We have complete facilites for the ponies and the parties! Our workshops are designed for the beginning horsemen to learn in a safe and fun enviroment beginning with learning to halter, lead, and groom in INTRODUCTION TO HORSEMENSHIP to riding off lead and attending horse shows in our NOVICE RIDER classes. For more information about the programs offered here at Hammock Farms Ponies please call Jean at 352-232-1606.

Check out these coming three year olds! From our own breeding program (Tegan Tina and Lascaux Calypso) these young geldings are proof that our excellent breeding + good training = a whole lot of fun (and winnings) for pony and owner! Tegan Tywyn and Tegan Camdyn are for sale!

Here at Hammock Farm we specialize in young horses. Our services include FOALING OUT MARES AND RAISING YOUNG STOCK. We provide large foaling stalls with closed circut TV. Deep straw bedding in clean stalls. Water intake is monitored closely and mares are fed an excellent nutritionally complete feed program designed to minimize any orthopedic, OCD, and club footed problems. We have knowledgable hoof care and vet professionals that have educated themselves especially on the care and prevention of problems associated with mares and their foals. Our maximum foaling number is 8 mares. This enables us to give each mare and foal all the attention that they need. As soon as your foal hits the ground we begin his socialization. All foals are handled twice a day. By the time the foals are weaned they are leading, standing tied next to their dams for grooming, hoof cleaning, and hoseing. After weaning the foals participate in our weaning social program. They learn good manners on the lead. How to deal with scary stuff like umbrellas, tarps, bags, walking through tight places, etc. Weanlings also continue their trailer loading skills that they started with their dams. As the weanling approches his first birthday he will participate in local field trips. All our foals are allowed 18 to 20 hours of turnout to build strong bones, sound bodies, and sound minds. 4 to 6 hours per day is spent in a stall to develop their ease at being alone, provide a comfy nest for a good nap, and re-inforce good manners at feeding time. Foals and broodmares are fed at least three times each day and they never go more then a few hours without something to munch on so as to prevent ulcers, spikes in blood sugar, colics, and laminitis. De-worming and vaccinations are done on schedule. Our goal is for you to have a calm, strong, sound and athletic young horse.

Wilson

We are very happy to announce that our Welsh Section C Pony Stallion Wilson has won the Florida State Champion Single Driving Pony! This award was an accumulation of points from the Florida State Fair Driving Show (where Wilson won BOTH the Single Pony Pleasure Championship AND the Single Pony ADT Championship)and Gloria Austin Driving Show. Congratulations to Wilson and his expert driver Bob Giles!