About Julia
This month we’re introducing one of the people who keeps the farm going every day. Julia is an unsung hero who has been part of Stepaside story before the farm even existed. DID YOU ALWAYS KNOW YOU’D WORK WITH HORSES?…
Wendy Cholbi
Getting the babies ready for the track
Every year we bring in a new batch of babies—thoroughbred horses, that is—and get them ready for the track It’s hard to describe just how much work it is to take these energetic young animals from fearful to confident. This…
Stepaside Farm update: September 2018
The good news is that I love our cows as much as ever. Here’s me, mugging with Sweet Pea. Sweet Pea is a teenager if I ever met one. She’s got no job. Not going to school. No calf in…
Calves, skunks, and mud: Stepaside Farm update
NO REGRETS Sometimes when you buy a place you think, I should never have bought it. Not this one. For as hard as we’ve been working to get the ranch ready, I still love this property. NOT A SKUNK We’ve…
Our retirees at Stepaside Farm
Although we always have young racehorses coming and going on our farm, we have a small herd of retirees living at Stepaside on comfortable pensions. You see, some people race their horses until they can’t run anymore, but that’s just…
Putting in water
If you want to put cows on land, you need water. Simple enough. Except it’s not. You would not believe the amount of work we’re doing to get the ranch property ready. To provide water on the ranch, our setup…
All uphill: Winter ranch work at Stepaside Farm
IMPROVING THE NEW RANCH PROPERTY We’re working on the new road on the ranch property up the hill and putting in a new processing area for the cows. We’ve got a great level space for it. Instead of a mechanical…