Let’s welcome 2025 with arms open wide! Our barn is more than just a place—it’s a space where we grow, laugh and learn about the lesson horses that we love and care for. Together, let’s make this a year where every ride brings more than progress—it brings connection to each other.
So, here’s to 2025: a year of unbridled laughter, and making time for what matters most. Here’s to a year of action and intention!
P.S. Whether you’re a seasoned rider or a parent still mastering “barn chic,” we’re thrilled to have you here. Keep an eye out for upcoming events and ways to get involved.
Robin
Goal setting helps us create a roadmap for where we want to go and how we are going to get there. Confidence and self-esteem blossom as we feel that sense of satisfaction and accomplishment that comes from achieving a goal.
Of course, getting started and staying going is the hard part. To help with that, our instructors are offering goal setting sessions that can include the student and parents. Developing as a rider is a process so it’s good to break things down into bite size pieces and build on small successes. Your success is our success, and we wish you the very best! Please let us know how we can best help you. Goal setting can be scheduled with your instructor as time permits.
Robin
January 18
Barn Buddies at 11am - 2pm
At Greenbriar, there are countless small but meaningful tasks that make a huge difference in the lives of our horses and the smooth running of the barn. Often, these little details are overshadowed by more urgent priorities. That’s where our Horse Lovers step in and fill the gaps—they’re mentors, role models, and guides for our students both youth and adults who want to dive deeper into the behind-the- scenes work of horse care.
If you want a meaningful role in the daily operations of the barn or lesson activities, becoming a Barn Buddy is the first step! This program is a wonderful opportunity to build connections within our community. It’s a space where students young and adults can learn from each other. Together, we create a stronger, more supportive barn family!
Barn Buddy Activities: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Snack and Review: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Please sign up on the white board by the Saturday
before to ensure we have a mentor available for you.
Our next session is on January 18th at 11:00 AM.
Don’t forget to bring a snack!
He made me want my own Mountain Pearl, so I decided to have Anna bred to him. When Glider was born, my goodness, we had our hands all over that baby! We just couldn’t get enough of him. He would sleep with his head in your lap. Even now, as a full-grown horse, he is trusting enough to lay his head on you. It weighs a lot more now! During his life at Greenbriar, Glider has been a trail horse, a jumping horse, and a lesson horse. Now he has his own girl! Many of you know Gwen, our resident photographer.
Glider and Clancey are two Irish Sport Horses that were born and raised here at Greenbriar. They are full brothers out of a Thoroughbred mare named Fast Anna and a Registered Irish Draft named Mountain Pearl. They are rarely far from each other in the pasture and a lot of times you can catch them playing with the same “toy”.
Clancey was trained by Geline, she showed him in dressage shows. He has become a wonderful lesson horse now. If you get the chance to ride him, take it!
No pony under the tree again this year? We have something even better! A program for students aged 6-8 years of age to discover what the life of a pony is like. What does it feel like to ride a pony? What does a pony eat? Just how do you take care of a pony? Students will learn the answers to these and many other questions while participating in this fun, hands-on learning program. Imagine the conversation on the car-ride home as your child tells you about what it was like to RIDE A HORSE for the very first time!
Tuition for this program is $440.
Each session is for four weeks and will be held on Saturdays 2:30-4:00pm. This special program will be offered in February and March.
Click below to enroll the horse lover in your life!
Enrollment is limited to 4 students.
Saturday, March 22nd
Join us on a trip to Chicago on a Deluxe Windstar Tour bus and enjoy an afternoon of Medieval fun! This event is open to Greenbriar students and their families. Any students under 10 should be accompanied by an adult.
When you enter the arena, you will be seated in one of six sections that correspond to the Knight of the Realm you will be cheering for. During the tournament, you’ll enjoy a four-course feast, be treated to a spectacular display of equestrian skills, and witness knights jousting and competing in games of skill on horseback. The tournament culminates with incredible sword fights and the crowning of one of the Knights of the Realm as champion!
The two-hour show will include a feast of chicken, corn, garlic bread
and tomato bisque soup along with a dessert and drink. The bus will leave Greenbriar at 9am to arrive in Chicago for the 1:30 show. We expect to be back in Springville about 8pm.
Adult ticket $135
11-18 years $125
10 & under $100
Payment is due by March 1st and is non-refundable.
The summer day camp program is designed to allow students opportunities to learn horse management as well as improve their riding skills. Four areas of information are covered at each level, these include: Riding Skills, Horse Handling Skills, Equipment Knowledge and Horse Health. Each level builds on the knowledge learned in the previous level.
All camps are $420 per week. A $140 deposit is required to reserve space in a camp. Deposits are non-refundable unless cancellation or changes are made 30 days prior to the scheduled camp date.
Summer Camps will start in June!
Camp hours are 8am-12pm M, T, Th & F.
Reserve your camp sessions now to save $40!
Use code SAVE40 at checkout!
PO Box 435 - Springville, IA, 52336
United States
+1 319-854-7115