THE YARD SPORT HORSE CENTER, LLC
WELLINGTON, FLORIDA

CHRONICLE OF THE HORSE 7.18.2017 Article by Jennifer Keeler Photographed at The YARD Sport Horse Center, Wellington, FL • He’s always on his best behavior and enjoys having company. “He has his circle of horsey friends who are part of his herd, and he loves hanging out with them. You’d never know he’s a stallion—he’s laidback like that and very quiet in the barn. At shows he likes to look around and nicker at others, but that’s all he does. He’s just saying ‘hi’. And sometimes when we enter the arena, he’ll whinny once to announce his arrival,” Jorst said with a laugh. “It’s the strangest thing—it’s like you have to start over from scratch every single day. Eventually it does seem that a little bit will carry forward, but it’s not like other horses where they seem to grasp the lesson and move forward at a logical progression. With Nintendo, you start right back at the beginning every single time. In the beginning, it was very frustrating for me because I thought we were doing something wrong. But know I know that it’s just the way he is, and we work with it.” The YARD Sport Horse Center We offer our Boarders a “home away from home” during Show Season. We understand the stress & challenge of world-class training & competition and do all we can to provide a well-built and well-maintained facility for your equine athletes. The YARD Sport Horse Center is a 5-acre farm conveniently located in Little Ranches, close to all equestrian competitions as well as tack shops, groceries, banks, etc. We offer 28 large & airy stalls and our main barn is constructed of CBS/stucco with concrete & matted aisles, industrial fans, auto fly spray in each 12×12 stall, every stall has a door & a window, 3 air conditioned tack rooms, full bath with shower, fridge & microwave, hot & cold wash racks, grooming racks, ring, GGT dressage arena with oversized mirrors, judge’s stand and observation pergola, 6 grass paddocks all with new hot-wire and miles of hacking trails. We have easy in- easy out parking for your horse trailers & our Staff does all your horse laundry (saddle pads & blankets) FREE of charge on a daily basis. We also offer complimentary horse weighing for Boarders on our hyper-accurate digital weighbridge. I live at The YARD and am fully committed to running a facility worthy of Wellington’s world-class equestrian reputation. We hope you will consider making The YARD your base of operation during this coming Show Season. Although she went on to spend many years in hiatus from the horse world raising her family and growing businesses in Nashville & New York City, Ann returned to her oldest passion in 2008. Settling in Alpharetta, GA she started training in dressage and purchased DAVIDOR (Davignon/Donnerhall), a senior Grand Prix level Hanoverian breeding stallion, who, with his Trainer, was the 2008 USDF Reserve Champion Intermediare I Region 3. DAVIDOR passed away in 2012. is a sculpture that was commissioned of Leonardo da Vinci in 1482 by Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro, but not completed. It was intended to be the largest equestrian statue in the world, a monument to the duke’s father Francesco. Leonardo did extensive preparatory work for it, but produced only a clay model, which was destroyed by French soldiers when they invaded Milan in 1499, interrupting the project. 500 years later, in 1999, after Leonardo’s surviving design materials were used as the basis by a coalition of artists and private & corporate sponsors, the completed gigantic bronze horse was gifted to the city of Milan by the United States and has become a top sightseeing stop for international visitors to Italy. In late 2012, Ann bought a farm in Wellington, FL, the home of the Winter Equestrian Festival and a world center of high-level, international equestrian competition. She undertook a massive renovation in January of 2013 of the 28-stall barn, the land and the house she now calls home. The YARD Sport Horse Center is the beginning of a multi-phase development that focuses on the care and training of upper-level sport horses. Ann’s business philosophy is simple: work with the best and learn from them while they work. The YARD Sport Horse Center The YARD Sport Horse Center The YARD Sport Horse Center