About the Farm
Beaver Meadow Farm is a 170 acre retirement farm providing large pastures for small groups of horses to roam freely in their golden years.
We served as an affiliate farm for the Retired Thoroughbred Foundation for 15 years and the home of Reinbow Riding, a certified handicapped riding program until they outgrew our facility.
We are approved by the US Hunter Jumper Association as a quality retirement farm for their members and are just a quick 40 minute drive to GMHA in Woodstock and to the HITS show grounds in East Dorset.
We are located on a quiet dirt road in the hills of Vermont with miles and miles of beautiful natural trails beginning right behind our barn.
The History
The history of the farm dates back to 1761 when Ichabod Robinson was granted land from Benning Wadsworth. The farm is about a quarter mile from the original path of the Crown Point Road built by the British during the French and Indian Wars, 1759 to connect Lake Champlain and Boston.
The present home was built before 1800, the small barn about 1790, and the main barn, 120 by 36 feet, was built around 1890 on the site of an older barn that had burned down. The three story barn is constructed of 7" x 7" posts and beams with mortise and tenon joints, mostly sawn lumber and a slate roof. The hay mow stores about 6,000 bales. The middle floor has four horse stalls, a drive-in area for loading and equipment storage and a 30 x 37 foot insulated workshop.
The lower level is divided into bays for horse run-in and storage. One bay has a separate warm waterer and serves as an infirmary to give an injured horse privacy and protection.