Pollard Stables

09/18/2024

My thought while riding today. 🦄
Does everyone talk to their horse while riding?
My talk usually starts with “DON’T…”🤨
And finishes with “SWEET Jesus “ 🙏🏻

08/05/2024

🩷

Make Them Carry Their Saddle

A father of a darling girl and I were talking last week and he said that he wanted his daughter to ride more and not have to do the work part of the catching, grooming, and saddling. I smiled as I explained.

Riding horses is a combination of strength, timing, and balance. Kids in this country are physically weak (unless they are actively involved with weight training and physical conditioning 4+ times a week.)

When you walk out to the field, you are clearing your stress from being under fluorescent lights all day; feeling the sun soak into your bones. As your body moves on uneven surfaces, it strengthens your legs and core.

When you groom your horse (especially currying), you are toning your arms and stabilizing your core.

When you carry your saddle, your arms, chest, and back are doing isolated strengthening work.

Being near horses, calms and makes you tune into the splendor of these empathetic animals.

When you ride at a posting trot, it’s equivalent to a slow jog calorie burn wise.

After a lesson, the riders are physically tired and mentally quiet and balanced.

Horses feel your heart beat and mirror your emotions back.

Riding large and somewhat unpredictable animals makes you resilient and pushes your expectations.

Working with horses is so much more than learning how to ride.

So parents, make your children carry their saddles. Don’t do the hard parts for them, as long term it actually hurts them. To advance with their riding, they must get stronger. You can help by doing the high parts.

I love having you all at the farm, and am so grateful to get to share these fascinating animals with you.

Hannah Campbell Zapletal

06/01/2024

Show up for the Paints 🥰

Paynt Points, an innovative competition incentive program from APHA that’s designed to help grow shows and directly reward exhibitors, will launch January 1, 2025. The program proposal was passed by … Continued

05/02/2024

04/06/2024

Time to shop

03/25/2024

What!?!

03/25/2024

Hello my horse peeps
Year long testimonial:
Every year we have a lovely vet come to the barn and assess and vaccinate our horses for the upcoming show season.
Last year was expensive.
Ulcers - gastoguard and sucralfate, omeprazole
SI joint - shock wave
Regular teeth float and annual vaccines
28 day scope, more sucralfate.
Phenylbutazone and Dexamethasone for pain management.
Needless to say, a pricey spring (what we do for our horses). I showed all summer and then in the fall, a girls trip to the Thanksgiving show, we were introduced to the Bemer blanket. We paid and borrowed it a few times throughout the weekend. Our horses went from stiff and sore to placing in classes. We were sold. We bought the Bemer horse blanket set (great financing option). It was used all fall and winter, 3-4 times a week for 15 minutes each time.
The vet was coming for spring check ups, we were nervous. We really hoped our investment would make a difference.
There was no change in feed or riding or any additional stresses AND no ulcers, no SI joint issues, no inflammation and an annual bill of just vaccinations. I contribute it to Bemer. That was the change we made.
If you are interested in trying our Bemer or purchasing one for yourself, contact me

01/14/2024

We are pleased to present our yearly FAQ guide for AQHA rules. We encourage you to snap this as a photo on your phone or tablet for quick reference. At no point should this replace the full rulebook. But we often pull this up for a quick guide. Even our office, looks up rules at each show to be able to accurately guide our exhibitors.

12/21/2023

Checks n Lace
28 years old and still rocking the bod.
This mare was one of my hardest sales. She should have been a redhead. So sensitive to all emotions, quickly letting you know when you needed to get your own sh@! In touch. At 28, still trail riding and teaching others to ride. ❤️

12/08/2023

My dream place in Texas.

Barndominium Style 4,491 Sq Ft. 3-Bedroom 2-Story Shouse. Take a peek: https://buff.ly/49SXWlL

10/31/2023

- When my instructor repeats to me: ′′Straighten your shoulders and open your chest!” He’s not just teaching me how to stand up. He's teaching me that in life we should always walk straight and face problems head on.

- When my instructor asks me to lower my legs and keep them close to the horse, he teaches me that in life we do not allow distractions and that little is enough to deviate from his path.

- When my instructor tells me "Too much hand, don't hang on to the reins! "He teaches me to give and not to take, with the greatest respect of others.

- When he yells and repeats endlessly: "Look forward in the direction you want to go!” He teaches me the importance of setting goals and never losing sight of them to achieve them.

- When I ask to move up or do more and my instructor says I'm not ready, he teaches me that in life you must always respect your rhythm and never skip the steps.

- When I fall and get back up, I learn that there are always setbacks, times when we back up, but the important thing is to get up more determined than before.

- If I hold my breath during a ride and he jokingly tells me "breathe! You are purple!” I understand that you have to let your emotions flow in order to get rid of them.

- When at the end of the course I am happy with the work done and my instructor says to me′ ′Well done, thank your teacher′′ I know he is not referring to himself but to my horse.

- Now you, you who are watching a rider pass in the saddle, keep saying that riding is not a sport because it is the horse that does everything. I agree. Horse riding is not a sport. It is a life lesson.

09/25/2023

SOLD
Selling: 2009 Bison
2 horse slant - step up
Weekender package
Toilet
Shower
Fridge
Microwave
Cooktop
2 propane tanks
New tires and rims
Awning
Can be pulled with a 1/2 ton
Serious enquires
More pictures with request
$21,000

08/17/2023

Current situation.

06/20/2023

Too cute!

06/03/2023

Lol

🤣❤️

06/02/2023

One indoor stall available for board.
Individual feed program
Changing blankets, boots, deworming, medicating, wound care.
No indoor arena.
Outdoor sand ring.
Large paddocks
call or text 8072766522

05/31/2023

From Day one, Dream Upon a Star, aka Clair, was as saucy as can be. She kept me humble, and taught me respect for many things.
RIP ”my red headed bit$&”. Until we ride again 💕
April 21/03 - May 31/23