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Historic Potato House for rent in Harbor Springs, Michigan

HISTORIC POTATO HOUSE 4 Bedroom | Vacation | 8 Guests | 4 Bedrooms| 2 Baths
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231-526-9671 makayla@grahammgt.com 163 E. Main, Harbor Springs MI 49740 Property Description: The home sits on a working horse farm and is surrounded by pastures and resident horses. Brek-n-Ridge […]

Harry & Snowman comes to Harbor Springs, Michigan!

PRESS RELEASE FROM KARIN REID OFFIELD AND BREK-N-RIDGE FARM HARBOR SPRINGS, MICHIGAN DECEMBER 9, 2017  DEAR FRIENDS, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE that Karin Reid Offield of Brek-n-Ridge Farm teams up with the Little Traverse Bay Humane Society and the Snowman Rescue Fund charities to premiere the screening of her award-winning documentary film Harry & […]

Harbor Spring’s Brek-n-Ridge Farm’s Historic Potato House now ready for rentals!

                                    AN INVITATION TO COME RIDE WITH US AND STAY ON THE FARM!   HISTORIC POTATO HOUSE 4 Bedroom | Vacation | 8 Guests | 4 Bedrooms| 2 Baths Check availability for training and lessons. 231-242-0012 Please leave […]

The Best Horse Farms for sale in Harbor Springs, Michigan start here…..

The sales tour begins at Brek-n-Ridge Farm, located just outside of Harbor Springs at the Entrance to the Tunnel of Trees and home to the old Potato House, once a barn in it’s hay day.

Merry Christmas, Love Karin and Lingh

Dressage Training in the Winter with Karin Reid Offield in Michigan

Many thanks to IMAGINE -LIVE  – WORK  – PLAY  EMMET COUNTY, MICHIGAN

Karin’s Lesson Horses for Sale – Need Great Homes

  September  2014 Dear Friends, In 2010 when Kate and I opened Brek-n-Ridge Farm in Harbor Springs, Michigan we wanted to create a stable where adults and children could come to take lessons and learn to ride dressage. We have accomplished that goal and more, and in the four years we have accumulated these amazing […]

Western Dressage Training at Brek-n-Ridge Farm

Trailer in, or use one of our schoolmasters for lessons…….safe reliable horses and safe reliable instruction. Press Release:  September 2014– Expand Your Knowledge about Dressage and Increase your Performance Scores. Become comfortable in the saddle. WESTERN DRESSAGE INSTRUCTION Clinic at Brek-n-Ridge Farm in Harbor Springs, Michigan – even if you do not plan to compete! […]

Goodbye to Polo for 2014 season in Bliss, Michigan – near Harbor Springs

The final game was held on August 10th this summer and what a day it was !  Not too warm – it was perfectly perfect. A huge crowd gathered for the 11 am and 3 pm games.  Here are a few photos to wet your whistles and get you all ready for polo season 2015 […]

Working student wanted! SEE AD BELOW

INTRODUCING KARIN’S 2014 WORKING STUDENT Memi Pearsall is a 17 year old and from Richmond, Virginia. Her mother is Robin Johnson of Virginia and Harbor Springs, Mi. She has been riding since she was 7 years old and she started riding in Virginia and continued to Chatham Hall, an all girls boarding school in southern […]

The Search for the NEXT AMERICAN EQUESTRIAN STAR – letter

Hi Karin, I just wanted to take a moment and tell you my daughter and I watched all the episodes of THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT AMERICAN EQUESTRIAN STAR  video’s, all 5 episodes tonight. It was wonderful to watch and learn and take it all in. It is truly great for a young rider, especially, to […]

Brek-n-Ridge Farm – How we spent the summer! Part ONE

  The 2013 Horse Show Circuit for Brek-n-Ridge Riders Included Shows in Harbor Springs, Suttons Bay, Bay Harbor and at Blackstar Farms Working student Rachel Hughs, last summer’s assistant for Karin, arrived back in town from lower Mi. for full time work at Brek-n-Ridge. She got down to business in May and competed Brek-n-Ridge’s ANNIE […]

SUMMER OF 2013, Brek-n-Ridge Farm and GreenLeaf Trust

2013 Summer at Brek-n-Ridge Farm began with a Bang Instruction provided by law enforcement and equine professionals, Pam and Dan Weston, using Natural Horsemanship methods took place June 5th. As Mounted Police officers, Pam and Dan have trained horses for numerous police agencies and private individuals. With over 30 years of experience riding and training […]

Polo at Bliss – Updated 2013 July

The first Bliss Polo practice will be:   Please call the Bliss Store 1-231-537-4411 to confirm the game times! Pick up your 2013 Bliss Polo gear this summer at the general store! Stop by Brek-n-Ridge Farm on your way home to inquire about Riding Lessons.  Wednesday July 3 at 5pm Friday July 5 at 11am […]

WHAT IT MEANS TO TEACH….A letter from a riding student many years ago….

WHAT IT MEANS TO TEACH…..I received this note this morning from a former riding student in Sedona. The first time i met Karin i thought she was funny-she was wearing suspenders after all. She taught me how to ride from the very beginning (i was 11) the first time she had me canter in the […]

a nice story from a Lingh fan, owner of Lotza Lingh…..the beginning!

I am back to work at my computer after a long overdue trip and a crazy busy summer of teaching riding at Brek-n-Ridge Farm. For months I hardly ever wrote on the computer, never seeming to have enough time.  It’s quiet now, the students have returned home and our days now are more our own, […]

Horseback Riding School in Harbor Springs, Michigan

Summer 2012 Dear Karin, Here is the testimonial I promised. Over the last year I have been working with Karin. I was coming off of a horse that had some dangerous tendencies. Karin, along with my trainer Janine Holmes at Serenity Farms in Grand Rapids, Michigan, helped me to regain my confidence. I had developed […]

Karin Flint and her Flintfields Horse Park – two hours from Harbor Springs, Michigan

Cambridge Who’s Who Names Karin W. Flint Professional of the Yearin Property Management and Development Karin Flint’s unyielding passion for horses has resulted in a successfully satifying career that now spans 20 years     Traverse City, MI, January 26, 2012 /Cambridge Who’s Who/ — Karin W. Flint, Owner & Developer of Flintfields Horse Park, has been named a […]

Dressage Clinic’s in Grand Rapids at Serenity Farms – May 4-5

Serenity Farm – First Stop in the ADA’s Winter Clinic Series By Janine Holmes On January 20 and 21, Serenity Farm proudly hosted Karin Reid-Offield as the clinician for the first clinic in the ADA Winter Clinic Series. Karin is a regular clinician at Serenity Farm and so the line-up of riders consisted of some […]