Marjorie & Richard Gilmore are the owners of Wellgreen Farm located in Downs, Illinois.  They are pictured here with their youngest son, Adam (age 19) and the parents of Ryan Gilmore (age 23). The farm's name (Wellgreen) came from Marjorie's great grandfather, who in the early 1900's, named his own farm located in Sparland, Illinois, Wellgreen Stock Farm, after the area in Scotland, where his family originated from.  The name was then adopted by her parents, James S. & Clarabel S. Riddell, but later changed, to Riddell Polled Herefords which is still owned and operated today by Mrs. Riddell (we lost our Dad a few years ago), their two sons Bill & Jim and grandson Jay in Marshall County, Illinois.  The name Wellgreen Farm was re-founded in 1992, this time in McLean County by Marjorie and her husband Richard, Downs to establish a high standard in the Equestrian industry with an emphasis on quality and safety.  Marjorie started riding at the age of 9 years, with her father. He used horses to drive cattle in and out of the pasture. Marjorie has many memorable times, learning to ride with him. It wasn't until 1992 that Marjorie started focusing on expanding her knowledge of horses and she went on to educate herself in the skills of equine management, conformation, horsemanship, equitation, showing, and optimum horse care.  

In 2001, Marjorie decided to expand the equestrian program and formed Wellgreen Farm Adventures on Horseback; a program which offers professional adult and children's riding lessons, our very popular horse leasing program (horse ownership without horse ownership), boarding, challenging trail rides, parties for both businesses and children or adults, children's camps (including a Christian camp each summer), horsemanship classes, equitation classes, natural horsemanship training programs, the basics of riding, groundworking exercises and more.  Marj. is listed with the Centrillo Council to assist Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts earn their horsemanship merit badges.  At Wellgreen Farm, they take pride in providing top quality, well bred horses, that receive the highest standard of care.  We have hand selected the riding horses for temperment, conformation, ability and performance. Wellgreen Farm also incorporates into their programs the Paso Fino horses that are known for their smooth, natural gait and bonding nature. Marjorie has shown the Paso Fino horses competitively, winning first place in Paso Fino Performance at the Illinois State Fair and demonstrating her Paso Fino at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Library Fund Raiser. She has shown competitively at numerous high level AQHA, IQHA, IBHA, ABRA, PFHA Midwest Classic, Illinois State Fair, county fairs and more in WP, HUS, Performance, Pleasure, Halter, Showmanship, Equitation, Horsemanship, and all around classes.  She has helped several of her students who lease learn to show as well. 

On July 21st, 2009, Marjorie and Richard hosted and certified with the Richard Shrake Clinic.  Marjorie certified in the Richard Shrake Clinic, along with 12 other people and horses on Resistance Free Training. She also certified under a 10 day Clinton Anderson Clinic as well in Milstad, Illinois..

Marjorie is a certified instructor with North American Riding for the Handicapped Association (NARHA), which she earned in October of 2004.

Wellgreen Farm (Marjorie & her students) have competed successfully at AQHA, IBHA, ABRA, IQHA, Youth Charity, Midwest Classic, Illinois State Fair, McLean County Fair, local fun shows and local county fairs in disciplines of Hunter Under Saddle, Showmanship, Western Pleasure, Halter, Equitation, Showmanship, Horsemanship, English, Barrels, Poles, Games, Jumping, Trail, Paso Fino Gaited Performance and Pleasure Classes. 

Two of our horses attended Findlay University in Findlay, Ohio for their western pleasure equestrian program and we have placed several of our horses in good homes across the country. 

Following is a horse that Richard and Marjorie raised on their farm. This mare has numerous Register of Merits in about every discipline, and over 600 points to her name and was Reserve Grand Champion in All Around at the World Show and 5th at the World  in Open.

. She is the mother of a filly born May 28, 2009 out of ER Hot Chex.

............I'll be waiting for you!