About the Performance Pony Company

The Performance Pony Company was founded in 2015 when the founder, Camarie Roorda, realized the need for smaller sizes, more options and better quality tack and bits for ponies. She had been producing clinics and giving lessons at her home facility in Deep River, IA when she realized the lack of communication between ponies and their riders caused by poor tack. With a love for children and equine animals, she needed a solution that would help her teach, ponies understand, and riders enjoy and learn.

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Today, the Performance Pony Company is home to the world's largest selection of western pony bits and tack. She is consistently adding new products and sizes to support the market's growing needs. 

 

As the company has grown, Camarie has incorporated the "Pony Pro Team & Program". The Pony Pro's consist of 50 pony riders across the country who represent the Performance Pony Company and participate in monthly meetings & challenges. Through the program, riders gain skills and confidence that will carry on throughout their lives. 

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Camarie continues to train horses and compete in rodeo events. She, her husband and their growing family also farm corn and soybeans, background cattle in their feedlot and have a tractor repair shop in central Iowa. 

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"I would never have imagined this is the life I would be living. I thank God everyday for placing this need in my hands. Without him, none of this would have happened or be possible. Whenever you feel him open doors for you, walk through them. You won't regret it!" - Camarie Roorda