Bridge Acres Stable

We are beyond proud of our incredible riders and horses and their accomplishments this weekend at the Brass Ring show at Devon🌟
Islee and Mikey earned a 5th place over fences with a great round in the shortest stirrup division out of 13 awesome little riders!
Olivia and Regal reunited and were unstoppable as champions in the Short Stirrup Hunter and also won the Short Stirrup Classic out of 18!
Sophia and Fleur showed both days and got ribbons in all 3 classes of the junior modified out of 20 horses and reserve champion of the junior equitation division out of 25 lovely riders! Sophia was also 5th in the 2’6 Brass Ring Medal
Avery and Mickey rode to 2nd in the young hunters, Reserve champion in the junior modified division out of 20, and a 3rd and 6th over fences in a competitive Baby Green division of 32 horses!
Special thanks to the parents and families for their incredible support of all of the riders-go team! 🏆🦄🌟

Our next Bridge Acres show on Saturday July 25 is a double points show - you will earn double points for Colonial Classic and our show series! Please sign up now on horseshowing.com or our website bridgeacresstable.com.

We hope that everyone is safe and survived the crazy storm! There are lots of trees and branches down at the farm and no power but we are just so thankful that all of the horses are ok. The driveway is blocked by trees for now/ we will keep you updated but horses are getting taken care of and everyone will get some turnout time today!

Bridge Acres is looking for weekend help - must have experience/references handling horses, turnout(this includes looking them over for shoes, cuts, checking eyes etc) stalls, feeding, sweeping and all of the things that come with horse care. Please contact Kristin 610-637-3624
Or Casey 610-842-8502 for info

We are looking forward to the Brass Ring Show at the Devon show grounds July 11&12! Wishing all of our riders the best of luck and so much fun🦄🏆

Sophia and Fleur🌟
Islee and Mikey🌟
Olivia and Regal🌟
Avery and Mickey🌟

As a trainer I see this every day. Parents doing the grooming and the
tacking/untacking etc. This is not helping your child! Let them do all of this- how else will they appreciate horses and all of the things that come along with them?

You drove forty-five minutes each way. You packed the snacks. You wrote the check. And now you are standing at the rail watching your child stare at the horse while simultaneously watching a video on their phone, half present in a place that deserves their full attention, Parker Worthington writes.

Sound familiar?

The barn is one of the last genuinely analog experiences available to a child these days, and that is not an accident… It’s a feature. Horses do not respond to distracted riders. They do not care about follower counts. They demand presence, patience, and the kind of slow, attentive observation that is increasingly rare in the life of a ten-year-old who has been raised in a world of instant feedback and infinite scroll. Here is how you, as the adult in the car, can help make the most of this irreplaceable time.

1. Take the Phone the Moment They Hop Out of the Car

Not later. Not after they check one more thing. The moment the car door opens and the barn smell hits, the phone goes into your bag. Do this cheerfully, consistently, and without negotiation. Replace it with an analog dial watch — a real one, with hands, that they have to actually read — so they can track their lesson time and their chores without being tethered to a screen. The watch is not punishment. It is a tool that teaches them to orient themselves in time without a device doing the thinking for them. It also makes them feel enormously grown-up, which, at ten, is most of the battle.

2. Teach Them to Arrive Early and Walk Around

The thirty minutes before a lesson are not downtime. They are the lesson before the lesson. Teach your child to arrive early, walk through the barn quietly, look at the horses, notice which ones seem energetic and which seem settled, check the water buckets, observe the general atmosphere. This habit builds the kind of ambient awareness that separates a rider from someone who merely sits on a horse.

3. Let Them Carry Things

A ten-year-old can carry a saddle. They can carry a grooming bucket, a water bucket, a hay net, a stack of wraps. Let them. Do not carry things for your child at the barn unless they are genuinely too heavy or there is a safety reason to intervene. The physical experience of caring for a horse, including the weight of the tack and the logistics of the grooming kit, is part of the education. Children who are carried through barn chores grow up to be riders who don’t understand why things take as long as they do.

📎 Read more tips at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2026/06/21/ten-things-you-can-do-to-actually-help-your-ten-year-old-at-the-barn/
📸 © Heather N. Photography

Ten Things You Can Do to Actually Help Your Ten-Year-Old at the Barn - The Plaid Horse Magazine BY PARKER WORTHINGTON You drove forty-five minutes each way. You packed the snacks. You wrote the check. And now you are standing at the rail watching your child stare at the horse while simultaneously watching a video on their phone, half present in a place that deserves their full attention. Sound...

We are so incredibly proud of all of our riders and horses- what a great June show it was!
Thank you to everyone that came and enjoyed the food truck, belt lady, and ice cream truck☀️🍦🍔
See you in July!

We are ready for you to spend the day with us tomorrow for our June show. We can’t wait to see you! 🐎 🐎

We are so excited to have Sarah from Lancaster Equine Massage at the show Saturday!
Stop by for a mini session for your favorite equine friend 🦄