Windover Equestrian

08/21/2024

This!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

08/20/2024

🐎 PONY PAL CLASS ALERT🐎

This program is a non-riding program running September, October, November - Mondays at 4:15pm to 5:15pm. Cost For the 3 month program is $300.00.
Max of 6 participants

This is an excellent program and a great start to your equine journey and will complement a child who is already riding.

We have 3 spots remaining.

Registration is Open
To register please email [email protected]

-friends

08/17/2024

Fall Schedule will be posted August 26th. 🍁🍂🐎

We will have spaces opening up for Training and Lessons. We are working hard to get back to everyone. But please resend your inquires.

Stay Tuned for Winter Board update - Limited Space available

Have a wonderful weekend.

Team Windover. 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎

08/17/2024

Throw back 2021 show

08/16/2024

Praise often.
Praise the smallest try.
A touch, a walk, a break, a gallop, a long rein.
A word filled with friendship and pride.
Nothing builds confidence in horses like the acknowledgement of their good will and efforts to please.

- Manolo Mendez

07/25/2024

School horses truly are gold!!!! Day after day ❤️. Appreciate the horses you get to sit on

A small stab in the heart is what you feel when you put up the day's riding list and you see riders sinking heavily in their shoulders when reading which horse they are assigned for the lesson. A small stab in the heart for that horse that for an hour will carry around a rider who has already decided that he does not like his horse. A small stab in the heart for the horse that did not choose the rider himself but still does his best, lesson after lesson.

Riding is a privilege and something you have chosen to do. If you chose to ride at a riding school, your instructor assumes that you actually want to learn how to ride. The instructor's highest wish is that you get good at it.

Often there is a plan and a thought as to why you are assigned to that exact horse. Before you mount up next time, ask yourself "what can this horse teach me today?" All horses have something to give, a feeling or a new tool in the box.

The art is actually in being able to get a lazy horse to move forward, to get an uncertain horse to gain confidence, a naughty horse to focus or a tense horse to be released. It takes work. If you think a horse is boring, it's more likely that you don't ride the horse as well as you think! It's not easy to be confronted with your own shortcomings, but it is in that very situation that you get the chance to truly grow as a rider.

The excuse that "it's not my kind of horse" is actually a really bad excuse. A good rider can ride any kind of horse. A good rider has trained many hours on different types of horses to become a good rider. A good rider can find and manage the gold nuggets in every horse.

If we absolutely want to ride, it is our duty to strive to do it as best as possible, even if it's only for fun. We owe it to every horse that carries us upon it's back.

Copied and shared with love for all of our horses, ponies and riders 🐎❤🐎

07/24/2024

Please share 🙂

This lovely gelding needs his next person! He is such a gem! Please contact me with any questions. Owner is motivated to sell to the best home!

Redford Givemeapepper - 2018 AQHA Gelding (Riptide)

Rip is an impressive 15.1,

He checks all the boxes to make an incredible teammate. This boy rides thru water, canters thru hundreds of elk and is fine riding in a group or alone. He is a pleasure to flat and has his own engine but holds a lovely rhythm.

He is a simple but fun horse to sit on and always tries his best. He’s sensitive but not reactive. Would make a lovely junior mount looking to move up. He has a smooth very easy canter to ride and jumps all our XC jumps here with ease. He is confident and keen.

Ground manners are lovely, he bathes and clips, and hops right on the trailer. Enjoys attention, grooming and grazing. He is a love bug ❤️

Rip has mainly been ridden English and would excel in the Hunter or jumper ring with his lovely round jump, as he is adjustable.

but could do any direction. He has been ridden thru cows the past two weeks and was totally fine.

Riptide Rocked his first show at Paramount and was unfazed by typical show challenges.

He has been ridden regularly on the trails with loose herd horses and elk and other wildlife.

His changes are 75% on the flat, 95% on course. He rides basic lateral work and is easy put together. He’s a happy guy to work with! The barn peeps adore him!

Currently owned and ridden by an AA. Only reason for selling is work load and family time.

Will remain in professional training 3 days a week until sold.

For Buyers ease we have the following available

✅Basic X-Rays on file
✅ Coggins/Health and Vaccines UTD
✅ Teeth current
✅Insured
✅recent vetting for sale purposes

https://youtu.be/Tszmwtc1eLI?si=dCECH95NvMMgYzZL

https://youtu.be/SG720p3XH60?si=rQeddZWke0obwVEb

https://youtu.be/2Xw9dANCNRg?si=EImaoTtHuQ8ntg-O

Happy to answer any questions and send video

✌🏻0, 🥕🥕🥕 motivated seller to the best match

This lovely boy is for sale. He rides out with friends or by himself and has 0 issues with xc jumps or water! He is a trier and so much fun to ride

07/23/2024

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Fence & Gate Contractor

07/20/2024

Worth the watch 🥲❤️

07/17/2024

The importance of the warm up with Ingrid Klimke:
“I always make sure I do a proper warm up. I make sure my horses are really properly stretching and giving their back, and coming from behind. When you trot over the cavalletti, the hind end is active, they are over the back and soft and swinging. Then they give and stretch into your hand, then you can take them up, have them in front, and have good contact, because the whole body of the horse is loosened up.”
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2021/08/a-warm-up-session-with-ingrid-klimke/

07/06/2024

It’s disheartening and unbelievable to listen to people blame their horses for anything and everything that goes wrong.

06/29/2024

BY REBECCA WALTON In today’s fast paced horse show world, the importance of flatwork can often be lost as riders are consistently going in the ring to win ribbons where the key focus is often speed and carefulness. To develop that speed and accuracy though, riders have to begin with flatwork. That...

06/27/2024

Hello, Everyone!

WOZA! Thank you for all the inquires!

Your inquires/business is important to us and we are working hard to accommodate as many bookings as we can.

For Lessons, we are working on the July schedule and if you have inquired and not heard back, please resend your inquiry. Our lessons spaces are limited for both group and private.

Fall Registration will be available August 1st.

Trail Rides - We are booked solid until after JULY 7th, please reach out if you’d like to book for after that date🐎

Thank you, Everyone and we hope you all have a great weekend!

06/10/2024

We have made the difficult decision for find Muffin his own person. For everyone who been fortunate to ride this lovely boy, knows how amazing he is.

Muffin has been a massive asset to our program, and we will miss him, but we feel he is deserving of his own person.

Muffin 🧁

Muffin is a 2009 15.1 Papered AQHA, Also registered with APHA.

This gentleman is rideable for anyone and has seen it all!

He has experience reining, western/english dressage, showjumping, smaller cross country jumps, rides through water with extensive trail riding.
Happy to be in or out of the ring.
Showing or casual.

Muffin is a snaffle ride, with a steady rhythm like no other. Would pack an ammi or Junior over a Hunter round east peasy!

He has spent the last couple years as a teacher in a lesson program, and has taught riders from leadline to going over their first couple fences or learning to ride their first lateral movement. He has more whoa than go, but dependant on your skill level, if you ask or need him to step up he will.

He is an absolute gem in the barn. He’s seen and done it all. Muffin would wonderfully suited for a junior looking for an all around, very safe mount, or an adult amateur needing a SAFE but versatile team mate.
This boy is a serious confidence builder.

We have loved our time with this horse, and would like to find home a five ⭐️ home.

Asking low fives starting with a 👆

06/05/2024

Multi-medal winning event rider, William Fox-Pitt on training, and it’s for all riders!
“The warm up is so important, there’s a lot of muscle bulk in a horse, they need to be warmed and stretched before you start to put the hard work in. Start to do a bit of counter canter, a few lateral movements, and I always start with the young horses, once he’s trotting around nicely, a leg yield. It’s very simple, quite rewarding, and a very productive exercise that doesn’t require a lot of training.”
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2024/06/eventing-with-william-fox-pitt-part-two/

06/05/2024

Congratulations to Marci and Rylie for riding lovely tests last weekend at a local dressage show.
🐎🎉

/jumper

06/03/2024

The urge to defend yourself-

Your teacher has pointed out some tightness or weakness in your horse, maybe a physical issue that needs more exploration.

There comes the pang of defensiveness, and the urge to explain, rationalize, and defend yourself rushes to the surface- “he gets treated and fed well! He’s much better than he used to be! He can’t have ulcers, he has no stress! I got him like this!”

It’s completely understandable. When someone tells you your horse is hurting, it’s easy to feel judged, or like you’ve poorly cared for your horse.

It’s important to understand, firstly, that horses are complex creatures, that domestic life can take its toll, that there is so much to learn and understand about helping them be truly well.

It’s important to understand that an observation is not an attack, but a pathway forward.

Anyone can miss or not see pain- especially if you’re close to the animal in question. It’s much easier for me to see glaring issues on another persons horse than my own, because daily habituation to their behavior and appearance allow me to draw conclusions of that as a normal baseline.

It’s important to understand that any and every horse can improve physically, mentally and emotionally - and that an observation of a weak point is the pathway to betterment, a door to walk through.

It’s important to understand that blame doesn’t matter, or help. If it’s your fault, so be it, if it’s not, so be it. It doesn’t always require gross negligence for a horse to be in pain- it can happen easily, and happens quite often.

Either way the path forward is in your control only. You are the one offered this information, and you can do something with it, or not.

When you are offered this door, it can be easy to perceive it as a punishment, a judgement, a closing, or an end. The reality is, it’s the only way forward - if one chooses to release defensiveness, fear of judgement, and takes hold of bravery and self discipline, a walk through this door sets you free: free to truly help your horse, and many others.

The doorway to true stewardship allows for a sharp and non critical eye to detail- choosing not to acccept mediocrity as the norm, and not to waste a moment wallowing in self pity, but instead selecting the courage to do what is right over comfort every single time.

It is a hard, but necessary task for the horse person dedicated to growth and to the betterment of horses.

06/02/2024

This!!!! Please don’t expect more from your horse then what you, yourself are willing to put in!

06/01/2024

The days of buying a saddle because it looks nice and appears to be comfortable are over. It “sort of fits” won’t work. Saddle fit is a CRITICAL component for success of your horse. A horse’s body can change over time due to age and fitness level. Just because a saddle fit a few years ago, doesn’t mean it fits now.

This sweet gelding started to develop behavior issues when tacked and ridden. He was grumpy and would stomp his hind legs, kick out backwards, and pin his ears when his withers were touched or a saddle came near him. His owner is very diligent and reached out to us. After his lameness workup, we determined the cause of his issues. His wither was too wide and saddle tree was too narrow. In all fairness, this horse was difficult to fit a saddle to, he’s a stocky little quarter horse. We found a trained saddle fitter and a custom fitting was done. Even following production of his appropriately fitted saddle, his behavior was not normal. He seemed to anticipate pain. We had corrected the cause of the problem but his withers / shoulders still needed treatment in order to break the cycle of pain. Thankfully, his owner was all in, ready to do what was needed to get her horse comfortable again.

We treated his back/ withers and he now wears his new saddle with no issue. The grouchy behavior has stopped. His shoulders now move freely but he’s not able to drive from behind. Why is this? Did you know that proper scapula movement and function is required in order to engage the hind? The front end of a horse carries the majority of the weight. Until it runs like a well oiled machine, it will also affect the hind end propulsion.

Now that his pain is gone, we work to strengthen his shoulders again. After all, it’s been a very long time since those muscles have been used properly. With that comes strengthening of his core. This will then lead to proper hind end propulsion.

Our patient had many of these symptoms. He’s lucky to have such a great owner.

🛑 Sound without tack but choppy when saddled
🛑 Refusal or difficulty lifting and extending front limbs for farrier
🛑 Shifting while tacking up
🛑 Tripping under saddle
🛑 High OR low neck carriage
🛑 Falling off to one side in saddle
🛑 Choppy canter - feels out of balance
🛑 U neck
🛑 Soreness after trimming
🛑 Forelimb lameness that won’t block out
🛑 Pinning of ears, swishing of tail when withers are groomed
🛑 Stands with forelimbs wide or with one foot pointed
🛑 Bulging of rib cage

Do you have a horse that does any of these things? If so, please don’t ignore it. It’s not fair to make a horse work when they are in pain. They tolerate a rider until they can’t. By then, they are very broken and sometimes cannot be fixed. 😞

Don’t forget these important take home points:
1. Not all saddle fitters are the same. Ask for credentials. Find an educated fitter.
2. Everything in the horse’s body is connected. If the form is wrong, the function is also wrong.

⭐️ As always, thank you to Denali Equine for your mentorship as we continue to do better for our patients.

06/01/2024

Manure and Manure Aged Top Soil for Sale.
Can load Saturday and Sunday this wkd
💐 Manure Aged Top soil - 1 yard bucket size $50.00 🌸Manure/Soil 1 yard bucket $25.00

This soil is excellent and everyone has great success planting with it. Pictures from our garden last year 🙌🏻

Call or text 250-417-1250 to book a time - No drop ins pls.

Tons and Tons avalaible.

05/31/2024

05/29/2024

Redford Givemeapepper - 2018 AQHA Gelding (Riptide)

Rip is an impressive 15.1, Blue Roan.

He checks all the boxes to make an incredible teammate. This boy rides thru water, canters thru hundreds of elk and is fine riding in a group or alone.

Ground manners are lovely, bathes and clips, and hops right on the trailer. Enjoys attention, grooming and grazing.

Rip has mainly been ridden English and would excel in the Hunter ring with his lovely round jump, but could do any direction.

Rocked his first show at Paramount

He has been ridden regularly in the trails with loose herd horses and elk and other wildlife.

His changes are 75% on the flat, 95% on course. He schools solid in his flat work and laterial work has been started.

Currently owned and ridden by an AA.
Will remain in professional training 3 days a week until sold.

For Buyers ease

✅Basic X-Rays on file
✅ Coggins/Health and Vaccines UTD
✅ Teeth current
✅Insured
✅recent vetting for sale purposes

https://youtu.be/Tszmwtc1eLI?si=dCECH95NvMMgYzZL

https://youtu.be/SG720p3XH60?si=rQeddZWke0obwVEb

https://youtu.be/2Xw9dANCNRg?si=EImaoTtHuQ8ntg-O

Happy to answer any questions

✌🏻🤚🏻, 🥕 🥕🥕

05/28/2024

Soil for SALE this wkd
Can load - no delivery

Aged manure
Top soil
And middle of the road soil

Text 250-417-1250 to set up a load time