About

The Farm

Star Gazer Farm is a PEI century farm that was originally a dairy farm. In 2010 Jackie and Eric purchased the acreage and converted the property into a horse farm. The 120' long dairy barn now contains horse stalls, a tack room, a feed room, and pens for our chickens. In 2018 we added a new barn which contains two foaling stalls and a run-in shelter for broodmares and foals. In 2022 we purchased an adjacent property with a 50' x 100' warehouse.

There is 80' by 150' outdoor sand riding ring, five paddocks, and two large pastures. All paddocks have board fencing, and pastures fences are made with 3-4 strands of electric wire.

We are within walking distance to the Confederation Trail, Scales Pond Trails, Walls Heritage Road, and only a ten minute drive to some of PEI's most beautiful south shore beaches.

Quality of life for our animals is of top most importance to us. We believe in providing our horses which as much turnout time as possible while also taking into consideration their comfort in regards to severe weather and insects. Ample quality forage and clean water is available 24/7, and we provide all of our horses with a high quality vitamin and mineral mix to promote optimal health and development.

The main focus of our farm is breeding Hanoverian and Rhineland horses for the competitive amateur rider. We believe strongly in the concept of creating "easy" horses; meaning horses who have both the temperament and intelligence to be a joy to train, but also the athletic ability and conformation to find the physical work they are asked to perform effortless. We have selected only stallions and mare with dual purpose pedigrees to allow future owners of our horses the flexibility to compete in multiple disciplines, and because we believe a truly athletic and well conformed sport horse should be versatile.

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Jackie Harlow

Owner/Barn & Breeding Manager

Jackie has over 30 years of horse experience in both Western and English riding. In 1998 she completed her Level 1 Western Coaching Certification with Equine Canada, but soon after found her true passion within the English disciplines, specifically Dressage. Before graduating from the University of PEI with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology she worked for many years as a riding instructor, trail guide, horse trainer, groom, and stable manager at various stables.

She now works full time as a 4-H Specialist for the western region of PEI, and part time as a Youth Addiction Worker for the PEI Department of Health. When not at work Jackie spends most of her time with her partner, Eric Ford, caring for the horses of Star Gazer Farm. Jackie is passionate about breeding horses and spends more hours than she probably should learning about bloodlines, conformation, genetics, etc. Her other loves include animals of all kinds, reading, photography, all areas of academic study, and hiking and swimming with her dogs, Kevin and Linda.

Eric Ford

Owner/Foal Cuddler

Eric became a horse enthusiast after meeting Jackie, who introduced him to the horse world... whether he wished it or not. ;-) He now has over 18 years of experience working with horses. He is co-owner of Star Gazer Farm where his has several important roles: ring side therapist, foal cuddling expert, blanket mender, builder/fixer of all things, pony spoiler, guy who knows what the "thingy" in the "what-cha-ma-call-it" does, and more! Recently he has been honing his skill as handler for the foals and mares at inspections. Eric's true passion is for playing paint ball, and he also enjoys drawing, graphic design, and computer animation. He works for Castle Building Centre and has his own small design business, 1duck Designs. He is always a great sport to help out whenever and however he can.

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a.k.a. Kevin

Kevin is the true star of the farm. He is recognized almost everywhere he goes, but never minds the attention. He enjoys kissing the horses on their noses and takes his job of dog proofing the foals very seriously. Some of his favourite activities include seagull chasing, swimming, sleeping in, toy hoarding, and snuggling. We are just crazy about Dalmatians and we are head over heels for Kevin.