Classical Equitation

10/31/2024

🎃 Happy Halloween👻! We have Trick AND Treat at Classical Equitation! Riders make their way through a course of spooky and scary obstacles to get to the treat basket at the end 🍬! Lots of fun and lots of learning 💖.

10/27/2024

The crew is going back to the „barn“ ❤️🍁🍂

10/25/2024

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Horses and the Science of Harmony tells the story of Bubby Upton, a rising star in the world of 3-day eventing who suffered a catastrophic spinal injury yet ...

10/19/2024

Auken Winter paddock boots size 13 for sale. Like new condition: $30

10/18/2024

Happy Fall 🍁🍂🍄‍🟫🪶!

10/14/2024

Thankful for…I don’t even know where to start! Life is good, with all it‘s bumps and bruises 🩷.

10/11/2024

So thankful for all the help 😉!!

10/10/2024

Peanut like: „Wait for meeee!!“ 😆

10/09/2024

Important to know!

Two days ago I heard three words that broke my heart.

“We didn’t know.”

And how are you expected to? There are so so many things that can happen and so many people that it’s impossible to reach everyone.

But this post is our fall reminder of Pasture Myopathy. We post it to hopefully save one horse. Maybe more.

In the fall, especially after a big storm, the seed pods from Box Elder trees (Manitoba Maple) are highly toxic to horses.

Be sure to start supplementing hay as our grass begins to go dormant for the season. Clean up fallen branches and leaves.

If anyone has a horse go down, call your vet immediately and don’t forget this could be happening. Move all your other horses away from this pasture.

Symptoms of Pasture Myopathy are stiff walking, black urine, recumbency, respiratory distress and death.

If you have questions about Pasture Myopathy, please get in touch with our office.

- Dr Gillian

10/07/2024

Good night 💚💛🧡❤️🩷

10/02/2024

Equine First Aid course Oct 5th is cancelled!

09/27/2024

What a gorgeous day ☀️🍂!!

09/22/2024

True 😆

About right.
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09/21/2024

📝 Great and well written article about Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) in the Canadian Horse Journal! We‘re proud to be part of the EAL family to change lives through horses ❤️!

09/21/2024

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The movement of your horse’s hind legs can be broken down into the following three phases; thrust, reach, and carry.

Each phase is important and each one impacts the next, e.g. the more weight the horse takes during the carry phase, the more power he can produce in the thrust phase.

This knowledge is useful because it helps you in timing your aids and influencing the horse.

👉 EXAMPLE 1

During a leg-yield, the horse’s inside legs are required to step in front of and across his outside legs.

Therefore, if you apply your inside leg aid at the same precise moment as your horse lifts his inside hind leg (into the reach phase), then you can encourage the horse to step further under and across with that leg.

This will give you a greater degree of crossing during the leg-yield and a more sweeping stride.

👉 EXAMPLE 2

If you want to encourage your horse to take more weight behind, then apply your half-halt just as the horse’s inside hind leg is coming down to the ground (the carry phase).

At this moment, you can encourage your horse’s inside hind leg to take more weight.

👉 EXAMPLE 3

The horse’s canter stride starts with the horse’s outside hind leg. Therefore, to make a smooth transition from trot or walk into canter, apply your canter aids as your horse’s outside hind leg is in the reach phase.

This means that as that hind leg touches the ground (the carry phase), instead of it being another step of trot or walk, it will be the first step of canter.

This also encourages the horse to reach further under with that hind leg, producing a more uphill transition.

Give it a go!

09/20/2024

📢Equine First Aid course is cancelled due to lack of participants.

🚨 Equi-Health First Aid course Saturday Oct 5th🚨

If you are a new horse owner or just want to get more confident in equine first aid this course is for you! Sometimes it takes a while until the Veterinary can be out and it’s good to know how you can help your horse until they arrive.

⏰ 9am - 3pm, at Classical Equitation in Fraserwood (indoor arena)

💰Fee: $159 per participant

👩‍🏫 Instructor: Cari Ann

To sign up or for more information please contact Cari Ann ([email protected]) or Trix at 204-641-4268

09/19/2024

Kiddo has no school, so out we go and hit the trails ❤️