About Us
The Trainer
Serah Vogus has had a lifetime of experience with hunters, jumpers, equitation, and ponies. Serah has trained with Olympian Carlos Milthaler as well as worked for Leading Jumper Owner/Trainer Andrea King and top Grand Prix rider Aaron Vale. She regularly participates in the Chicago George Morris clinic and works closely with Diane Carney.
Serah and the Millcreek team travel to Premier shows across the country competing in a myriad of classes ranging from the baby greens to international hunter derbies to Grand Prix. She has brought clients to the top levels of the sport including the prestigious ASPCA Maclay Finals, International Hunter Derby Finals, and Zone 5 Children's Jumper Championships.
The Facility
We offer full service boarding for the discerning horse owner. We provide all day turnout on lush grass fields 365 days a year. Our board includes deeply straw bedded stalls cleaned every single day, turnout, blanketing, three meals per day, and medication/supplement administration as needed.
Our facility is fully heated! We have 14x14 all matted stalls, an indoor hot walker, an automatic fly spray system, tack rooms, wash stalls and large, breezy aisles. The farm has a 52' x 160' indoor arena and a 95' x 225' outdoor arena that are maintained daily. We also have trails on the property as well as a grass jumping field.
We are conveniently located just minutes off of I-94 in Antioch, Illinois. We are easily accessible from Milwaukee, downtown Chicago, Grayslake, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Gurnee, and Libertyville.
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The Program
We offer a customized training program designed to help each horse and rider team achieve their goals. Our program revolves around the horse. Our horses are turned out daily for long periods of time and allowed to live like horses. We believe this aids not only their mental soundness but their physical soundness. Unhappy horses cannot be successful horses. We have found that turnout and socialization keeps horses happy and willing to work which helps them reach their full potential. We emphasize a whole body approach to health and soundness for our horses. We utilize custom nutrition programs, top veterinarians and chiropractors, and therapies like the Theraplate and Magnawave to keep our high performing equine athletes at their best.
We strive to create well rounded riders with a solid base in horsemanship. We truly believe in the importance of the well rounded equestrian, one who excels in the ring and is knowledgeable behind the scenes as well. We pride ourselves on being a source of growth for horses and riders.
We offer full training for horses and riders, lessons on school horses, and in barn leases. We utilize group lessons to bring camaraderie to the barn as well as an opportunity to learn from others. Lessons are taught like clinics from start to finish with an emphasis on proper flatwork and position. Students are challenged and engaged in the understanding of not only riding but equine behavior as well. The more you understand horses, the better you will be able to communicate with them and think like them.
Riders are encouraged to really know and understand horses and what it takes to care for them and keep them healthy and performing at their best. Trail rides, hacks out in the grass are always encouraged.
Our show team travels to Premier shows across the country including the World Equestrian Center, the Kentucky Horse Park, Flintfields Horse Park (Traverse City), Balmoral Park, Lamplight Equestrian Center and more.
