Sirius Horses

08/20/2024

Local horse community!
If you’re interested in supporting the Vernon District Riding Club now’s the time!!
This is looking to be a super event with great food, entertainment and an opportunity to spend time with your horsey friends!!
Buy your tickets soon though as I’m sure the event will be a hit!!

A most magical evening with horses, dining and live music! Dress in WHITE and experience the Okanagan's most unique event. ONLY 100 TICKETS!

08/13/2024

When your mom tells you everyday your a gift and then she wraps you like a present 😍😍

05/26/2024

Great first day at the VDRC dressage show

02/01/2024

Hey all!
I have a few clients dressage saddles for sale!
All are in excellent condition and maintained by a certified fitter!
They all need to go so make us an offer!
17.5 extra wide Regal dressage monoflap. Super wide gullet for the larger horses.
In amazing condition and recently reflocked! Asking 2500obo

17.5 NSC Annika monoflap dressage saddle. M/W tree with a 4 finger gullet. In excellent condition. Asking 2750 obo

17.5 M/W Regal monoflap. Solid 4 finger channel. Also in excellent condition.
Asking 2200 obo
Can snap photos for interested parties.
All saddles are in Armstrong BC and are available for local trials.
Open to offers on quick, painless sales!

04/06/2023

Almost perfect ❤️❤️🤌🤌

09/05/2021

Sooooo nice 😍😍

Tack rooms. It’s where we throw our piles of tack and stacked up saddle pads that need washing. There’s usually a barn cat or a corgi curled up by the window, and at least one pair of muddy boots by the door and a half-used tube of GastroGard sitting on a windowsill. They’re an incredibly […...

07/17/2021

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The saddest thing I’ve ever seen…
Is a woman on a horse
that does not believe she is good enough to be there.

Do not compare yourself. There is only this moment, this horse. Your hands, seat, voice and leg, define the parameters of the entire world for this horse.

What anyone else is doing, or has ever done, does NOT matter.
Whomever it is that you look up to — or feel less than —
Is in turn, looking up to another rider, wishing to aspire to that level. So be content where you are… You are blessed!

YOU are your only competition… Just be better today than you were yesterday. Try hard for this horse you ride and try hard for yourself. Most of all, enjoy this time; Every moment. Every stride. Every cue that is answered with a response.

Cherish this partnership…
Know, that you are exactly where you are supposed to be…

--Amye

Photo credit Lee Willis

06/20/2021

05/16/2021

Written by a lady I adore and hold on the highest esteem 🤩🤩

“The horse’s hindquarters are his engine. The horse must learn to carry himself from his hind legs, push himself forward and be active.” -Mette Rosencrantz

Read all about the horse's hindquarters in this week's e-newsletter: https://bit.ly/2RQEdPK

Photo credit: Amy Dragoo

04/21/2021

03/25/2021

01/08/2021

**Huge giveaway!!!**
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Goodluck everyone!!!

01/07/2021

Before backing your youngster please read -

A horse ages roughly 3 times faster than a human.

So a 90 year old human is a 30 year old horse. Both very old, usually arthritic, don’t have many of their original teeth left, and very likely retired and enjoying the finer things in life.

A 25 year old horse is a 75 year old human. Still works so far.

A 20 year old horse is a 60 year old human. At that point where the body doesn’t work like it use to but the brain is all there and wants to be active.

A 13 year old horse is a 39 year old human. Middle aged, prime of their life where their knowledge and physical ability are about equal.

So let’s get down to the babies and work our way up.

A 3 year old horse is a 9 year old child. A child. Not ready for work by a long stretch. We have moved past sending children down the mines.

A 4 year old horse is a 12 year old child. Often will do odd jobs for pocket money, maybe a paper round, mowing lawns etc. Basically a 4 yo horse can start a bit of light work to earn their keep.

A 5 year old horse is a 15 year old teenager. Think they know it all, cocky, and ready to up their work and responsibilities. Still quite weak and not fully developed so shouldn’t be at their physical limit but can start building strength.

A 6 year old horse is an 18 year old human. An adult. Ready to work hard.

Pushing your youngster too hard too young will result in failure of many body parts. Joints, tendons, ligaments as well as their brains. Waiting one year at the beginning can give a horse another 10 years of useful working life. Be patient with your pride and joy!

Written by Vicky Fowler

01/05/2021

Absolutely accurate

Before backing your youngster please read -

A horse ages roughly 3 times faster than a human.

So a 90 year old human is a 30 year old horse. Both very old, usually arthritic, don’t have many of their original teeth left, and very likely retired and enjoying the finer things in life.

A 25 year old horse is a 75 year old human. Still works so far.

A 20 year old horse is a 60 year old human. At that point where the body doesn’t work like it use to but the brain is all there and wants to be active.

A 13 year old horse is a 39 year old human. Middle aged, prime of their life where their knowledge and physical ability are about equal.

So let’s get down to the babies and work our way up.

A 3 year old horse is a 9 year old child. A child. Not ready for work by a long stretch. We have moved past sending children down the mines.

A 4 year old horse is a 12 year old child. Often will do odd jobs for pocket money, maybe a paper round, mowing lawns etc. Basically a 4 yo horse can start a bit of light work to earn their keep.

A 5 year old horse is a 15 year old teenager. Think they know it all, cocky, and ready to up their work and responsibilities. Still quite weak and not fully developed so shouldn’t be at their physical limit but can start building strength.

A 6 year old horse is an 18 year old human. An adult. Ready to work hard.

Pushing your youngster too hard too young will result in failure of many body parts. Joints, tendons, ligaments as well as their brains. Waiting one year at the beginning can give a horse another 10 years of useful working life. Be patient with your pride and joy!

Written by Vicky Fowler



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12/29/2020

Take the time. You have to go slow to go quickly!!

12/27/2020

Denny is always right

10/13/2020

Show up 🙂

10/05/2020

THE RULES OF DRESSAGE:

A dressage test is a test of your skill against another competitor's luck.

Dressage is about achieving a harmonious working relationship with your horse, whose only idea of harmony is eating grass in the field.

If you want to end a drought or dry spell, wear a new jacket and top hat to an outdoor arena.

Untalented, difficult, aggressive horses have robust health and long lives.
Talented, tractable horses are accident-prone.

You will ride the best test of your entire life just prior to being disqualified for not wearing gloves.

Horses do not improve their paces because you are wearing expensive German breeches.

If you chose a disco theme for your Freestyle test, then the judge will not be less than 90 years of age.

The less skilled the rider, the more likely they are to share their ideas and advice on riding a test.

If you are considering the services of a horse clairvoyant to help you with training, then you have reached the point of total desperation - try German breeches instead.

If you fall off your horse in the arena you will have paid to have the test videoed.

If you are feeling confident before a show, then three of the Canadian Dressage team and one leading Eventer will turn up to give their young horses some "experience."

Your horse will perform its best piaffe ever when you ask for extended canter in the test.

No one cheats at Dressage because no one has worked out how to.

It is surprisingly easy to end a test with a perfect square halt once you have scored a four for every other movement.

08/16/2020

Happens all the time

This happens a lot, especially with those rehab cases. I promise, we care ❤️

07/20/2020

Now that’s ‘real’ horsepower 🔥🔥

07/11/2020

Good read

06/24/2020

06/16/2020

Most dressage riders know the Pyramid of Training based on the German Scale that outlines the training progression of the horse. It outlines the basic areas that create the foundation for the training of the dressage horse. The training progression of the rider is often a bit of a mystery however. L...

06/02/2020

For all of you working on this right now 🙂

In this photo, Elizabeth Ball is preparing the horse for a corner. The positioning precedes the bending. The neck is well bent inward, with the poll dropping deeper, yet sustained as the highest point of the horse’s anatomy. The rider’s aids prevent the outside shoulder from escaping, and compress the haunches inward enough to prevent them from falling off the line. In short, correct bending is an act of “straightening,” because it is based on precise spinal alignment that promotes the evenness of strides, so the hind legs continue toward their corresponding forehands.

Note that the rider’s ankle is flexed, her upper leg is deep and adhesive, and her lower leg is flexed into the stirrup. Her elbows are pressed down from the shoulders, which are rotated back and down, and her hands are together.
Dressage Principle Illuminated, page 108

05/26/2020

My clients will understand the timing of this article 😉😉

05/24/2020

A lovely tribute

To my friend
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Today is your 20th birthday
You got a lot of congratulations from all over the world and I'm pretty sure you got a lot of hugs and many carrots.
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Your birthday is a day full of bitter-sweet memories.
You weren't only this outstanding stallion I was proud to ride, with which I broke world records and won championships.
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Our bond was much more than a person can ask for.
You were my friend, my horse in a lifetime.
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Together with you I experienced the highest highs and the lowest low.
As time passed wounds healed.
But my love for you will last forever.
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So happy birthday my dear old friend.
So thankful and proud of you and your genious offspring.
❤️
-- Edward --
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Picture © Arnd Bronkhorst Photography

05/19/2020

Cannot stress this enough!!!

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It is said that you can win a dressage test on the short side. I agree. There is no actual mark for the short side. However the short side is where the judge gets a really good look at the frame and paces and the short side is where the rider can really prepare for all the movements. Good preparatio...