Wildwood Horsemanship

10/29/2024

We are parting ways with one of our wade saddles! This is a Ray hunt model built by Trails End Saddle Shop on a Dale Harwood tree.
Asking 9000 obo. Please pm us for more information!

10/04/2024

Hi everyone!
Wildwood has these two LOVELY geldings for sale. Hoping to find them both good homes. They are both such sweet boys and I would love for them to have their own person. ❤️ Please pm for info!

For ⛵️
⭐️ Pennyrile⭐️
5yo 16.1 bay TB gelding.
“Riley” is a kind youngster ready to find his person. Riley was restarted as a 3yo old and brought along carefully learning ground work and correct flatwork basics.
He has been to many clinics and schooling shows off property and is the same horse as he is at home. He requires zero prep and happily goes into the ring and does his job. He has shown up to 2’6 with plenty of jump to go higher. He has three comfortable gaits and will WTC on a loose rein.
Hacks out quietly alone or with others and has even worked cattle!
If you’re looking for a quiet gentle youngster to bring along, Riley is your guy. Would be suitable for an adult amateur or junior to bring along.
Low ✋’s.
Please pm for more info!

⭐️Shot of Bourbon⭐️
“Woodford”
16.2 3yo Bay TB gelding

Woodford is an unraced gelding ready to go any direction.
Has been started lightly over fences and has proven to be brave and honest to the jumps. We have put him over small colorful boxes and logs and he jumps every time.
Woodford is a quiet and uncomplicated ride and has hacked all over the property by himself. He comes out the same horse each day.
He did his first schooling show this summer where he competed in the very green hunters. He’s got plenty of stride to get down the lines. We feel he would make a beautiful hunter.
Low ✋’s.
Please pm for more info!

03/26/2024

Sonneteer, Pennyrile and Sam I Am had a successful show this weekend! Thank you to our friends at Hunter’s Edge for having us! 🐴

12/24/2023

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all of us at Wildwood Horsemanship!! 🐴🎄❤️💚

10/29/2023

Thank you to Hunters Edge for having us at their Halloween horse show! It was a fun and successful outing for Glitter and Elena, and a great experience for Bobby Sock’s first horse show! 🐴 🎃

09/07/2023

Thank you Far Hills Farm for hosting another wonderful clinic! Melanie and Alicia had a fun weekend teaching students so interested in good horsemanship! 🐴 Alicia Byberg-Landman FHF Training and Sales

08/20/2023

I was honored to be one of Emily Kitching‘s interviewees. She is doing a series of talks with authors of books she sells on her website. She has such a wonderful magazine called the Eclectic Horseman, which is full of articles by great Horsemen! Enjoy!
-Melanie

Join me for a visit with Melanie Smith Taylor about her book "Riding with Life - Lessons from the Horse" written with Jamie Caton. Melanie is renowned horsew...

06/23/2023

Exciting day at the farm testing out our new Blue Infinite saddle from Voltaire Design! Not only is it incredibly comfortable, but it fits our wide range of horses. Sonnet was the first to test it out, and he approved! Thank you team Voltaire for fitting Katrina and the horses for this beautiful saddle! 🐴🙌🏻 ⬜️🟫🟦

04/20/2023

This past weekend Alicia and Melanie had a great time teaching a clinic at Old Barrington Farm, a hunter jumper stable just outside of Chicago. Thank you Sarah Winter, and Amelia and Joyce Mccardle for organizing it and sharing your students. It was fun to introduce groundwork to their riders and show them how to incorporate it into their every day riding and jumping!

04/04/2023

Melanie recently did a interview with Ben Cunningham and Joe McDonald on their podcast On The Move. Joe and Ben are followers of Buck Brannaman horsemanship and enjoy having casual conversations with people in the horse industry. You can listen to them on Apple Podcast or Spotify! 🐎

03/29/2023

Winslow’s Glow up! 🤩(swipe ➡️ to see where he started)
This horse has a heart of gold. Its been fun and rewarding to see his body change over the years with his rider Katrina. Elena has started to ride him now and grow a partnership while Katrina is riding the younger ones. 🐎⭐️💛 Katrina Matz-Teel Elena Smith

03/08/2023

Melanie and Katrina had a spectacular weekend in Wellington attending the CSIO4* Nations Cup and Show Jumping Hall of Fame induction gala. Melanie, along with others members of SJHF, gathered to honor this years inductees Linda Allen and Anthony D’Ambrosio!

Pictured Left to Right: (Top Row) Norman Dello Joio, David Distler, Steve Stephens, Peter Doubleday, Michael Matz, Robert Ridland, Anthony D’Ambrosio, Linda Allen
(Bottom Row) Beezie Madden, Anne Kursinski, Melanie Smith Taylor, Mary Chapot, Leslie Howard, Margie Engle