# Zeppelin Farms

> Zeppelin Farms is a hunter, jumper, and equitation training barn based at 21 Mile Ranch in Agoura Hills, California, founded in 2018 by McKenna Skelton and run with trainer and rider Julia Rossow.

Zeppelin Farms is a hunter/jumper and equitation training barn in Agoura Hills, California,
founded in 2018. It is based at 21 Mile Ranch, a Spanish-style
equestrian facility in the Santa Monica Mountains roughly ten minutes from Westlake
Village, Calabasas, and Malibu. The program coaches juniors, amateurs, and professionals
from first competitions through national medal finals, develops and sells horses, and
provides full-service care and boarding.

## Key facts

- Name: Zeppelin Farms
- Founded: 2018 by McKenna Skelton
- Disciplines: hunters, equitation, jumpers
- Facility: 21 Mile Ranch — 2972 Triunfo Cyn Rd, Agoura Hills, CA 91301
- Coordinates: 34.1436, -118.7845
- Email: zeppelin.farms1@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeppelinfarms/
- Serving: Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Calabasas, Malibu, Thousand Oaks, Hidden Hills, Los Angeles, Ventura County
- Website: https://www.zeppelinfarms.com

## People

- McKenna Skelton — Founder & Trainer. Raised in Westlake Village, CA; trained with Mike
  Edrick and Nick Karazissis Jr.; founded Zeppelin Farms in 2018. Coaches
  juniors to medal finals including Capital Challenge and Maclay. Campaigns the Grand Prix
  horse Daytona Du Sud in partnership with Double S Farms.
- Julia Rossow — Trainer & Rider, partner. Nationally recognized hunter rider with National
  and WCHR year-end championships in the Green and Performance Hunter divisions; won the
  WCHR Developing Pro Challenge in 2020.

## Services

- Training & lessons — programs tailored to each horse and rider.
- Show coaching — year-round, with schedules curated per horse and rider.
- Horse sales & development — scouting, producing, and matching horse and rider; investment
  horse portfolio management.
- Client care & boarding — full service at 21 Mile Ranch: grooming, horse
  management, and administrative management.

## Facility

21 Mile Ranch offers a private 20-horse barn, a large outdoor arena, an indoor
arena, turnouts, and trails.

## Where the barn competes

West Coast circuits:
- Pacific Ridge — Los Angeles Equestrian Center, Burbank, CA
- The Oaks — Blenheim EquiSports, San Juan Capistrano, CA
- Paso Robles Horse Show — Paso Robles Event Center, Paso Robles, CA
- HITS Del Mar — Del Mar Horsepark, Del Mar, CA
- Desert International Horse Park — Desert International Horse Park, Thermal, CA

Indoors (traveling east for championships): Capital Challenge, Harrisburg, Washington,
The National — along with medal finals, derby finals, and young riders.

## Competitive record

- 2026 — Winner, $5,000 1.20m Jr/Am Classic — Pacific Ridge — Camille O'Brien & Calle Junior
- 2026 — Second, $10,000 1.15m Jr/Am Classic — Pacific Ridge — Camille O'Brien & Calle Junior
- 2026 — Winner, $10,000 1.40m Open Classic — HITS Del Mar — Kalea Iuliano & Arlecchino Du Solei Z
- 2026 — Winner, $5,000 Memorial Tab Hunter Derby — Julia Rossow & Cherry Hill
- 2025 · 2026 — $25,000 DIHP Under Saddle Championship — Julia Rossow
- 2025 — ASPCA Maclay Medal Finals — Camille O'Brien & Kalea Iuliano
- 2024 — NHS Medal Finals — Emerson Moody & Raffaella Eldridge
- 2024 — LAHJA Gold Medal Final Champions — Keira Duran & Wizard Z
- 2023 — Team Silver & Individual Bronze, USHJA Zone Jumper Championships — Tatum Rasmussen
- 2022 — $15,000 Leading Hunter National Hunter Derby Rider — Julia Rossow
- 2021 — LAHJA Stirrup Cup Medal — Stella Rumanes & Goodnight Moon
- 2020 — Champion, San Fernando 17/U Junior Medal Final — Caden Jacobs & Quality Silva
- 2020 — WCHR Developing Pro Championship — Julia Rossow

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.zeppelinfarms.com): Home — the program at a glance
- [/about](https://www.zeppelinfarms.com/about): The trainers: McKenna Skelton and Julia Rossow, plus the competitive record
- [/program](https://www.zeppelinfarms.com/program): Training, show coaching, sales and development, client care
- [/facility](https://www.zeppelinfarms.com/facility): 21 Mile Ranch — the home barn in Agoura Hills
- [/shows](https://www.zeppelinfarms.com/shows): The circuits the barn competes on, West Coast and indoors
- [/contact](https://www.zeppelinfarms.com/contact): Inquiries

## Contact

Email zeppelin.farms1@gmail.com, or use the form at https://www.zeppelinfarms.com/contact, for training, sales, and boarding
inquiries.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-03
Canonical source: https://www.zeppelinfarms.com