Double D Ranch - Horse Breeding / Training

Parker Neuen, Blaze and Bella Seta relaxing in the backyard...

One morning in October, a few years ago, I walked out on to our porch and saw "this"...

Bear, one of our black lab / bassett hounds making friends with Johnny B Good...

Our KWPN North American Champion Mare, Perfect Luck (Princess) and her foal, Eiscapade (Tara) run in the afternoon sun... We also used this photo on the back of our horse trailer...

Just kinda a cool photo, huh?

At the 2009 KWPN Dutch Warmblood Keuring, our wonderful mare, Perfect Luck (Princess), took home the award of North American Champion Hunter Mare...

No matter what kind of day we have, Tucker, our golden lab, offers unconditional love...

Johnny B Good, when he was a little dude, with Mom: Bay B Bonanza...

Bella Seta, our TB broodmare, enjoys seeing herself on the side of our trailer so much that she rolls... and rolls... and rolls... and rolls...

Eye K-Andy (Crockett), one of our Popeye K babies, at his very first KWPN Dutch Warmblood Keuring...

Summer storms are common in the southeast... We caught this bolt of lightning at just the right time one afternoon...

Donna opens Bay B Bonanza up after coming out of the 3rd barrel...

Eye K-Andy (Popeye K) takes his first drink of Mom's (Perfect Luck) milk.. and it appears that he still has it all over his mouth...

Parker gets a free ride from Dad...

This is the west side of our barn... When we built out our barn, one thing was for sure from day one... NO NAILS... Only screws will hold this barn together...

Donna takes her hunter mare, Perfect Luck (Princess) over a jump in the upper riding ring...

Our wonderful friend, Page Runels, rides our Palomino mare, Enternal Sassafras (Sassy)...

Lee and Dad split firewood for the upcoming winter...

Our dear friend, Jo Roberts, co-owner of West Georgia Riding Academy (Roopville, GA), stopped by to watch a dressage exhibition and clinic that we held summer of 2010...

We had the pleasure of meeting trainer / TV host Chris Cox at The Road to the Horse in Nashville, TN

Don spent nights and weekend during 2006 converting a 62 acre cattle farm into a 62 acre horse farm... This included building a 7 stall barn, tack room and wash stall...

Donna loves her barn!!!

Lee Neuen, Victoria Leighton, Tyler Leighton and Taylor Leighton defend our eastern border...

OK, this is Babys Gotta Dance (Lucy), Don's QH mare with her foal... This photo fits Lucy's personality perfectly! Never a dull moment with this bomb proof mare...

Our great friend and schoolmate of Lee, Lauren Steward, comes over from time to time to ride... Her she is on one of our schooling horses, gelding Buck...

Donna's cousin Michelle Leighton, an excellent horsewoman, came to visit and ride... Here she is with one of our mares Bay B Bonanza...

Parker is probably irritated that Dad is taking his photo, but he sure is a handsome young man...

Donna and her fantastic son Tom...

How can ONE woman (yes, that would be Donna), who only has ONE butt, need so many saddles????

Yes, that is snow in Georgia... We actually woke up to a white Christmas in 2010...

Donna's son, Tom, "busts-a-cap" with a .357... Pretty cool photo huh? Yes, Double D Ranch proudly supports the NRA...

Lee's football head coach, Joe Steward, stopped by for a ride after a day of hunting... Babys Gotta Dance (Lucy) was the perfect horse for the head coach... Thankfully, Lucy was well behaved or Lee would have had to run extra sprints after practice!

Who would have thought?? Former Fox News Babe, Donna Fiducia, drives a Ford F-350 diesel dually!! Our trailer was wrapped by one of our great sponsors Adnormous Graphics... Call Mark Rowe at Adnormous Graphics to wrap your trailer... 770-333-2790...

Bay B Bonanza spends a little quality time with Parker...

Donna with her wonderful friend Page Runels take a break in the upper riding ring... Donna is riding Bay B Bonanza and Page is riding Eternal Sassafras...

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Our dear friend Anne Turk, performs during a dressage exhibition / clinic that we held during the summer of 2010...

Blaze, one of our "children", is obviously bored...

Parker and Donna check out "something" after a summer rain...

After cutting pastures, Lee takes a break... on TOP of the tractor...

Don will talk politics with anyone that will listen... Here he discusses how devastating Cap & Trade will be with Cara Bella K (Popeye K)... Cara, a receptive student, is pondering her "hay futures"...

Perfect Luck (Princess)

Our wonderful friend, Tina Petillo, New Jersey USDF 4th Level Dressage Champion, tries her hand at barrel racing on "Buck"...

What a great photo of Donna giving Cara Bella K (Popeye K) a smooch...

Our wonderful friend, Amira Davis, works with Babys Gotta Dance (Lucy) in the ring...

Anne Turk endured extreme heat and humidity to spend the entire day working with students as well as performing during a dressage clinic / exhibition we hosted during 2010... What an inspiration Anne Tuck is to us!

Bay B Bonanza...

Donna works Bay B Bonanza with long lines in the upper ring... Gotta love the socks!!

Lee shows his trick riding skills as he stands in the saddle with our barrel horse, Miss Phantom Chigger (Sugar)...

Donna's niece, Donna Fiducia, came to visit Double D Ranch... Donna's aunt, Donna Fiducia, was thrilled to have Donna Fiducia, come to visit Donna Fiducia's farm and spend a few days enjoying the country life... We think Donna Fiducia, Donna's niece, should move to Georgia and become a nurse... A nurse who could care for Donna Fiducia, Donna's aunt, when she becomes old and frail...

Don battled (stupidly, we might add) 30 MPH winds in a cherry picker hanging, wiring and aiming the arena lighting...

Donna on one of our very few days of snow... It snows just enough for us to enjoy... then it goes away... Every year, Donna comments how much she DOESN'T miss the snow in New Jersey...

Lee will drive anything... Trucks, 4 Wheelers, Cars, Motorcycles, Lawnmowers, and Tractors... Anything to burn up fuel... Fortunately, we can utilize his driving skills and cut pastures at the same time...

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There are people you just don't mess with... Mean Joe Green, Mike Tyson, Mixed Martial Arts Fighters, Hulk Hogan, US Marines, Navy Seals, and our dear friend Jo Roberts... This little lady can shoot a squirrel running up a tree from 75 feet with a pistol... All we do is say "Yes Ma'am"... Don is amazed that Jo has just shot and killed a horse fly from 30 feet away! Amazing... simply amazing!

Parker patiently waits for Babys Gotta Dance's (Lucy) foal to trust him...

We miss her so much... 92 years young in this photo, "Vi" and Donna with Vi's best friend "Tigger"

Once the barn was built, a new project was started... Building Jumps... and jumps... and jumps... and rails... and more jumps... and more rails... and roll tops... and more jumps... and more rails... and another roll top... and more jumps...

This is where Don draws the line... Picking up rocks from a 100 x 200 riding arena before filling it with stone dust... well, this and hanging sheet rock... well, this, hanging sheet rock, and installing wallpaper... Don really hates picking up thousands of little rocks... But thankfully Donna insisted it be done... Our riding rings are AWESOME and stone free!

Our "celebrity" mare, Perfect Luck (Princess)... 2009 KWPN North American Hunter Mare Champion...

We opted to grade two riding arenas... The Upper Ring (pictured here) is used for lessons and riding... The Lower Ring is used for ground work, round pen work, and hotwalker training... Bulldozers showed up and within days, we had... dirt... lots of dirt...

The lower ring required an enormous amount of earth to be moved...

Until Donna moved to Georgia, she rode English and concentrated on the Hunter / Jumper world... Within six months, she was barrel racing... The need for speed got her!

Parker is obviously debating one of two thoughts... 1) that was a big bite! or 2) this is mine, do I really want to share?

Don lets Eiscapade decide for herself that the halter is nothing to be afraid of...

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Donna's wonderful friend Betsy Gramer, from New Jersey, came to spend a little time "in the country"...

Linda Hake (trainer) and Mary Curran, who purchased Trendsetter from us, are not only colleagues, but wonderful friends... This photo was taken in Michigan when we delivered Trendsetter to Mary in the spring of 2010... We sure miss him, but he has a wonderful home with Mary...

Webster's Dictionary defines "pain" as... Don riding in Donna's dressage saddle...

Donna on Bay B Bonanza, one of our mares that is currently in barrel racing training...