Once Chance Fancy

As an outstanding ten year old mare by Trinket's Traveler, Fancy has enjoyed an outstanding show career. In 2003 she was the UMH and KMSHA Reserve High Point Classic Mare. She also won the prestigious Al Prewitt Memorial Award. In BOTH 2003 and 2004, Fancy was crowned the UMH and KMSHA Open Amateur Classic Pleasure High Point Award recipient as well as being the Open Amateur Classic Pleasure World Champion. Along with an impressive show record, Fancy is at home performing with the Mountain Rhythm Riders Drill Team or traveling over the trails of Vermont, Kentucky, or Tennessee. She left the show ring behind in 2005.

Fancy has another beautiful chocolate foal by World Grand Champion Merry Go Blue. He was gaiting in the field at only one day old. We will enjoy watching this youngster grow and follow in the steps of his superb parents and his big brother. She’ll be bred back to Merry Go Blue again this year.

See her 2008 foal. See her 2007 foal. 

Lawson's Pepper

When the family first acquired Lawson's Pepper, little did we realize what an impact she would have on our lives. All we really wanted was a horse for our girls to ride. Pepper soon became one of the family. She could be ridden in the summer, turned out to pasture in the winter, and be saddled up again and ridden in the spring without missing a beat. The girls could ride her bareback with a halter and she would gait every step. After pasture breeding to Dock, she surprised them one misty morning with our first foal, Dock's Dusty Pepper. What a super horse Dusty was to work with - especially for the newbies that the Lawson's were at that time. Pepper has gone on to produce many outstanding foals such as Sargent Pepper, Summer Spirit, D. P. Tanner, and Johnny Dancer (better known as J.D). Her influence has led us from the one horse farm we were to the thirty horse training facility we have now. 

Pepper had a beautiful colt in 2007 by Merry Go Blue. He is strong and athletic. This spring 2008, she is expecting another Merry Go Blue baby. After watching these babies, we can’t wait to see how they go under saddle.

See her 2007 Colt sired by Merry Go Blue

Holiday

From the time we purchased Holiday from Fonzie Graham, she has produced nothing but winners for Stoner Ridge Farm. You may remember Flashy Feature, Mid-Summer's Night, and New Addition. One of her most well known foals, of course, has been the memorable New Addition mare - winner of five UMH and KMSHA High Point awards for 2003. Legendary Lady has returned to the show scene and was presented in trail and amateur classes in 2005 and 2007. Her foals gait from birth and possess all the qualities desired in our Mountain Horses - gentle disposition, willing attitude, and that fabulous four beat gait. She is the dam of two time Sam Tuttle winner, Legendary Lady. Holiday is in foal to SRF’s Silver Sundown again this year. We loved last year’s filly by Silver so we bred her back to him again. Congratulations to Susie Kline on her purchase of Silver Sienna, Holiday’s 2007 foal.

Fry's Sundown

Sired by the legendary Choco Dock, Sundown has proven to be a great addition to the Stoner Ridge Farm mare line-up. The 15 year-old, seal brown mare has produced several outstanding offspring by a variety of stallions. 
Her 2003 filly, Strike it Rich, by Silverheels Jake, was the 2005 World Champion Junior Trail Obstacle Champion. She is an impressive black filly. Her 2005 foal, a black stud colt, is by Mr. Pacific and has excellent conformation and moves well. We are looking forward to watching him grow and develop this summer.

Her 2006 foal was born March 3rd, a cute little chocolate filly by Toco's Last Chance. It looks like she'll be a great conformation horse. Sundown is open for the 2008 season but will be bred to Dock’s Mr. Sandman in the spring.

Mid-Summer's Night

A pretty black mare, ten year-old Summer is out of Holiday by Pete. She has had several very nice foals which all have been chocolate or black. Her three year-old filly, She's Got Curves by Sonny's Smokey Mountain, will be started later in the summer. Everyone is anxious to see how she goes. The combination of Summer's ancestry - Dock and Buddy Roe lines and Smokey's parentage - Sonny and Choco lines should be a great cross for fluid, flexible movement. Summer is expecting a Merry Go Blue baby in the spring.