2015 Special Holiday Hours
As the year winds down to a close we have some special holiday hours available for lessons. We’ll be open every day from 10am to 6pm during these weeks with the…
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Southern Heritage Horse Show
Last Saturday we had a great time at the horse show! I’m am SO proud of all of my students, they each got a ribbon and did an excellent job.Thanks…
Bye Bye Summer
The weather is finally starting to turn from nice and warm to cool and chilly 🙁 I don’t know about you but I’m not ready for Summer to end! This…
Fall Pot Luck 2015
Thanks for everyone who came to our first fall pot luck and making it a big success! The back patio was finished just in time for everyone to enjoy the…
Please RSVP!
Please RSVP if you’re coming to the fall pot luck on the 19th so we can make enough hotdogs and hamburgers. Don’t forget to bring a dish to share. We’ll…
Horse Treat Recipe
This is a fun and easy horse treat recipe that you can make with just a little bit of sweet feed. The horses love them and they smell delicious! This…
New Flower Beds
Although we didn’t have lessons this weekend we got lots of stuff done in the meantime! Not to mention we’ve had lots of animal visitors this week from frogs to…
Horse Fair 8/29/15
Emma and I won a clinic with advanced eventing clinician Mary Schwentker on August 29th, 2015 at the Fauquier Fair grounds. Come watch the fun demonstrations and see us…
Phelps Wildlife Management Area
If you haven’t been trail riding at Phelps before and you live in Northern Virginia then it’s a place you have to add to your list. Phelps has thousands of…
4 Step Run-In Cleaning
Here’s a fast and easy way to clean your run-in shed with just a rake, wheelbarrow and some elbow grease. This takes me about 10 minutes to do a 12…
Fall Pot Luck – Sept 19th
Mark your calendars! We’ll be having a fall pot luck at 12noon on September 19th. We’ll provide hamburgers and hotdogs so all you need to do is bring a side…
Mike Wasson Memorial Service
Sadly on July 6th we lost a really amazing man that we had only just started to get to know and yet he already felt like a lifelong friend. Mike…
Fun in the Sun
While the weather has been hot lately it hasn’t stopped us from braving the sun, going to local horse shows and having lots of fun. The horses have been enjoying…
Boost Your Confidence
Everyone at some point in their life runs into a task or situation that makes them feel uncomfortable and they lose confidence in themselves. Let’s look at ways we can…
Coloring Contest
I’m giving away $100 in horse.com gift cards and all you have to do is enter my coloring contest on our online game for White Oak Stables. Our game is…
Farm Sign Landscaping
Our farm sign got some nice new landscaping and lighting. It looks amazing, kuddos to our landscaper Mike, you did an excellent job and we love it!
An Old Horse Doesn’t Mean A Quiet Horse
I see it all the time on the Internet, someone is looking for a beginner friendly horse and the first recommendation people give them is “get an older horse.” Well…
How to Properly Mount a Horse
For most equestrians you would think that getting into and out of the saddle was a no-brainer — wrong! I don’t know how many posts I see on Facebook with…
4H Games Day
Yesterday one of my friends at Capstone Farm who has a local 4H group asked if they could borrow Abbott for their games day. Of course I said yes! Abbott…
Bad Riding Habits
Honest Horse Riding did a survey of riders to ask them what they felt their worst riding habits were. The results are interesting. Which of these bad habits do you…
Midland Outlaws Trail Ride
This past weekend I did a 12 mile trail ride with the Midlands Outlaw Trail Riding group. They host overnight camping trail rides up and down the east coast and…
How To Fix Rocky Pastures
One of the biggest challenges of our property is that it slopes downhill the entire way. Therefore when we cleared it and before it had been seeded we had several…
Beginner Rider Arena Exercises
Here are some of the exercises I use with beginner riders. They start off easy with walk and halt transitions then add steering into the mix. When they’re ready to…
Shiny Horses
Soo I recently lost about 3 months of posts from the blog when the database crashed. Please bear with me as I try to recover some of it over the…
Double Standards Weigh In
So I know this is a sensitive subject but it’s an important one too. I’m not here today to debate rider weight limits or the 20% – 30% rule or even…
Technical Difficulties
Unfortunately our website crashed last night and we lost a lot of content. Please bear with us while we get things back in order.
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