Open House at Knollwood Farm

Knollwood Farms at 2800 Oakwood Road in Hartland is hosting
an open house on Saturday September 21 from 11 AM to 3 PM.  Visitors will be able to watch riding lessons
in progress and meet the staff of instructors in their successful riding
school.  Come out and meet the school
horses, take a free mini lesson, paint a pony,  enjoy refreshments, and tour our beautiful
facility.  Private riding lessons will be
in progress from 11 to 2:30. Open house visitors will then be able to watch a
beginner group lesson at 2:30.

Knollwood Farm LTD, now in its fourth decade, is one of the
country's most respected horse farms, excelling in training American Saddlebred
horses and developing riders through one of the nation's largest and most
honored lesson programs. Knollwood Farm was established in 1978 by Scott Matton
in Grafton, Wisconsin. Scott, a second-generation
horseman, grew up in the horse business, riding and training American
Saddlebred horses all of his life. He was joined by his wife, Carol in 1987. In
1992, Knollwood relocated to its current location, a historic farm located at 2800 Oakwood Road
in Hartland, Wisconsin. Knollwood's Hartland location is
situated among century old oak trees on 16 acres in Southeastern
Wisconsin's beautiful lake country.

The Mattons have gained the respect of the industry by
turning out many world champion riders and horses, including Sarah Thordsen of
Brookfield, Wisconsin, and Nick Maupin of 
Sussex,Wisconsin 2001 and 2011 winners of the exclusive triple crown of
saddle seat equitation, and Kelsey Nicole Smith of Delafield, Wisconsin, 2005
saddle seat equitation World’s Grand Champion. Most recently, Ainsley Budzinski
of Mukwonago won the UPHA National Championship for walk and trot saddle seat
equitation in 2012, and won the national championship UPHA Pleasure Challenge
Cup for riders 13 and under in early September 2013. In addition, Scott is an accredited
USEF Large R Judge; he has judged major shows in the U.S.A. and South Africa.

In addition to their world class training operation,
Knollwood's Nancy Turner, along with Ann Wilt, has developed one of the
country's largest and most successful riding schools.  The Knollwood Riding
School has a philosophy
of getting everyday people of all ages riding all different types of horses.
That goal is enabled by Knollwood's remarkable stable of two dozen school
horses of all breeds and sizes. The Knollwood
Riding School
allows riders to enter the horse world affordably and simply enjoy riding while
learning the valuable lessons of equitation and horsemanship, along with the
joy and appreciation of interacting with a horse.

For those who enjoy competition but can't afford or aren’t
ready to buy their own horse, Knollwood offers the affordable option of academy
showing. Knollwood's academy showing program includes a broad schedule of home
and away from barn horse shows. Youth and adults are able to show on Knollwood's
own beautiful and well trained horses. Academy showing teaches students how to
compete, along with valuable life lessons such as sportsmanship, focus,
confidence and handling criticism gracefully.