"I first spoke with Kay and Bo about acquiring a pony in the early fall of 2009. I had a client looking, so we arranged to have my client stop and try him on their way back from a family vacation. They fell in love with The Woodlands, Kay, Bo and the pony during their two day stay at the farm and a week later the grey medium gelding arrived and they named him Woodlands Stevie Ray, he had never jumped a course, been ridden by a child and had no lead change.

My daughter Kelby and I began working with him. Eighteen months later he took his novice rider to her 1st Pony Finals placing 2nd over fences and third over all in the medium green ponies . He was then sold and went on to win the regular medium pony division 3 times along with many other wins. I tell this story because this emphasizes what Woodlands ponies are all about.

These ponies are bred and handled to not only be top pony hunters that can and will win anywhere, they are also made for children to ride. They are beautiful, safe, kind and most importantly they love to do their job.

I have stayed with Kay and Bo at the farm many times since we acquired our 1st Woodlands pony, since then I have worked with at least 10 of their wonderful ponies. There’s not enough space to convey the hours and hours per day, year after year that both Kay and Bo have dedicated to developing these wonderful ponies. Going to their farm is a magical experience, seeing Kay and Bo out in the fields calling their “babies“ and seeing the ponies all come up and surround them,crowding in, is incredibly moving.

Bo’s intelligent and thoughtful breeding program has brought their ponies to the top of the pony hunter world. The admiration I have for these two people and what they have accomplished with just the two of them doing 95% of the work while also raising 5 children knows no bounds. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to share just how remarkable these two people and their program are!

"We searched all over for three years in order to find the perfect pony for me. My trainer suggested we go to Pony Finals in 2013 to try all of the ponies that would be there throughout the country. We rode ponies left and right until we stumbled upon Woodlands True Love. While she was a nice pony, we were looking for a medium pony instead of a large for me at that point in my life. Her sister, Woodlands Love Story was brought out next and it was as if it was a match made in Heaven. I rode her in a thunderstorm and she didn’t care. The next day I rode her and it was overcast and 75. She was the same pony all the way around. It was the start of what now is our forever love story as she is retired with me at home."