Happy Holidays!
I hope your holidays were as fun and filled with loved ones as mine were. Although things did get a bit hectic at time I enjoyed spending time with friends…
2014
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Spruced Up Tack Room
Who said your tack room had to be drab or dreary? Make it just as designer chic as you would inside your house! Thanks to a wonderful Christmas gift from…
Horse Training Scale
Rhythm Maintaining a steady, rhythmic pace. Suppleness Stretching through the neck, back and down into the bit. Contact Accepting contact of the bit, development of self carriage. Impulse The amount…
Beautiful Sunrise
We had a really beautiful sunrise this morning and I thought I would share it. As you can see the fencing of our big pasture is all finished as well….
Happy Thanksgiving
We had most of the family over for the first Thanksgiving on the farm. The day before was also our first snow on the farm so it was nice and…
To Blanket or Not To Blanket?
While some people are not a fan of blanketing horses since they don’t wear blankets in the wild, those of us who show our horses often feel differently about it….
Lots Of Fencing
The Centaur flex fencing for our big pasture is underway, yay! Special thanks to our fencing contractors who are braving the cold weather of the polar vortex to get the…
Rose Family Photo Shoot
These lovely pictures are from the Rose family photo shoot we had on the farm earlier last month. Thank you Sam and Shawn and Grayson for letting us share your…
Full Speed Ahead
Lots of upcoming changes at the farm! We have official approval to create some nice trails on our neighbors 44 wooded acres around us. That should give us a mile…
New Arrivals
This month we had several arrivals at our farm. Grayson, Shawn and Samantha showed up for a fall photo shoot and a glam the dress session with Alex Chalkley Photography….
Fall At The Farm
The weather has been beautiful lately. Our fall decorations are going up and one of our flower beds is ready for landscaping. Things are really shaping up on the farm…
Farm Sign Design
The design for our new farm sign is all done and work is in progress! This beauty is coming all the way from Ontario Canada and is custom cut, carved…
Fauquier Fair Winner
My wonderfully talented Aunt and our official birthday party cake decorator took home Best In Show and a slew of blue ribbons at the Fauquier fair this past week. We…
Freshly Painted
Our painter came out today and did a fabulous job painting the barn with Behr barn and fence paints. His crew’s work was absolutely immaculate and I couldn’t be more…
Busy Weekend
Things are really moving along! We had a busy weekend but we’re nearly ready for the horses to come home. The hay has been delivered and the tack room is…
Pasture Cleanup & Fencing
I spent the weekend with my cousin working on cleaning up the sacrifice pasture for the horse’s arrival in a little over a month. We picked up lots of root…
Stormy Skies
We’ve had some nasty storms lately but the grass in the pastures is nice and green right now.
Types of Leg Aids
I generally split the use of your legs aids into five different categories. There are three different positions for your leg: at the girth, slightly in front of the girth,…
Overcoming Your Fears
Enjoy this three part series of videos on how to identify your fears, determine your comfort zone and finally make a plan to address your fears.
Importance of Riding Position
How you sit on a horse is the foundation of riding and plays an important role in how well you can ride a horse. Having a proper, balanced seat is…
5 Lower Leg Exercises
Do you have a tendency to fall forwards onto your horse’s neck? Maybe you have the opposite problem and you feel like you can’t get your butt out of your…
Buying vs Leasing A Horse
As a parent of a horse-crazed child who wants to take the next step in their child’s riding experience the big question is always lease or buy? What are the…