Company Profile
Carousel Farm is located on 52
acres in Ashtabula County in northeastern corner of Ohio. The
business is owned & operated by Evelyn 'Rusty' Hobbs; and officially
opened doors in 1997. Carousel Farm specializes in the
breeding of Dutch Warmblood ‘Sport Horses’. Horses that
are athletic in style & conformation
with the breeding to perform competitively at all equestrian
sports; e.g., dressage, jumping, eventing. With fresh & frozen
semen availability, access to nationally & internationally recognized
stallions is limitless. Mares are bred to stallions with a focus
on a KWPN
breeding standard that constantly evolves. The standard
defines the qualities of the ideal 'modern' sport horse.
Carousel Farm has earned some modest success having bred 100% premium grade horses
since 1997;
several having received national recognition. Good research,
knowledge of influential bloodlines, tools and industry trends
have all contributed to our breeding successes.
Business Philosophy
Our approach to the business at
Carousel Farm is simple but distinguishable. Carousel Farm is
a firm believer in 'Quality In & Quality Out'. Respect for
the animal is at the core of our business beliefs. Being a
small breeding operation, we raise a limited number of foals
per year which allows our personal involvement in every aspect
of their daily activities and training. All foals are
imprinted at birth, handled daily and begin a comprehensive
training program. Purina Mills provides the sound nutritional
plan and, with good veterinary care, foals leave our barn
healthy, happy, vice-free and capable of beginning a
productive sport or pleasure career.
Biographies
Rusty Thomas-Hobbs is
President and a founder of Carousel Farm. She was born and
raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA and has had a
lifetime of experience with horses. Rusty has been riding
since the age of four after her father introduced her to thoroughbreds at Calumet Farm. She also received several years
of formal dressage training in Bitburg, Germany between 1979
and 1980.
Rusty received a technical
degree from Lincoln Technical Institute in 1984 and promptly began her
career with Xerox Corporation. In 2005 and after
nineteen years
with Xerox, Rusty made a transition to IKON which is now Ricoh.
Aside from managing farm
operations, Rusty spends her spare time on personal missions;
primarily, rescuing stray, abused and/or abandoned cats in
Northeast Ohio. Donations are gladly accepted.
Mike Hobbs is a co-founder of
Carousel Farm and helped 'kick-off'
operations. He grew up in Painesville, OH and was involvement with horses
as a youth, as well. His family owned & raced Standardbred
pacers in Ohio and West Virginia from 1969 through
1976.
Mike retired in 2005 from a
twenty-five year telecommunications/IT career. He
spent
seven years with the U.S. military, and eighteen years working for several
local & long distance
service providers in positions ranging from field engineer to director. Mike
attended Macon Junior College and Drexel University
with studies in computer science.
Email contact information:
rusty@carouselfarm.net,
mike@carouselfarm.net
