Angel Rock Farm

11/26/2024

What a fantastic day with our jolly Santa, the playful Grinch, five adorable ponies, and the lovable Sammy - all of whom happily posed for photos with Angel Rock students, families, and friends.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended and generously donated to the Food Bank, helping support families during these challenging times.🎅🐴🎁

11/21/2024

Tell our government officials to stop the cull and ensure our beautiful wildies are protected.
Say no to a cull. Say no to contraception.
Email Todd Loewen and Danielle Smith
and ask them to stop taking our horses and reducing their chance of survival as a wild species.
Todd Loewen
[email protected]
Danielle Smith
[email protected]

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11/21/2024

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11/20/2024

URGENT:
Please write to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and tell her government to get their Hands Off Our Wild Horses. Her email address is: [email protected]

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11/20/2024

An ever-growing hoof is evolutions gift to the horse.

11/17/2024

Dearest friends and colleagues, we wanted to let you know that Dr. Miller passed away peacefully this morning at his home, surrounded by his family and holding onto the reins of his favorite mule. Horses were just one of his passions; he loved and lived life to the very fullest, up until the end, and he will be greatly missed. Thank you for your support and friendship, and please join us in ensuring his legacy continues. We will be announcing two equine memorial scholarships in his honor in the near future. With love, Debby, Mark, and Laurel

11/17/2024

"Horses bring out the playful spirit in us all, reminding us to enjoy the simple things in life."
Anonymous

11/16/2024

11/11/2024

The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire.

- Sharon Ralls Lemon

11/07/2024

More Halloween fun on the farm 🎃👻

11/05/2024

🚫 Stirrup November Continued - All about feet...

If you only read this one post about learning to do sitting trot better, this is the one. It can be an absolute game changer.

Have a look at the photo below. Would you squash my fingers when you ride? If the answer is yes, you have too much weight in your stirrups.

Why is having too much weight in your stirrups detrimental to sitting the trot, or canter for that matter? Try this experiment at halt in your saddle. You can even start to get a sense of this right now in your chair. Consciously push your weight into the stirrup(or floor) and feel how your glutes and hamstrings contract, popping you up. You may have been doing this for so long it’s difficult at first to feel the contraction. Go back and forth between pushing down into the stirrup and just resting your foot. Really sense into what changes in your underneath when you push down into the stirrup.

Additionally, notice how this pushing into the stirrup jams up the joints of the ankle, knee and hip. All of which must stay soft and mobile if we are to sit the trot effectively. I can guarantee you, if you put too much weight in your feet and it is not diagnosed by yourself or your coach, you will bounce unnecessarily when using your stirrups. This is one of the primary reasons no stirrup work makes you feel like you're sitting better and more connected to your horse.

In my travels, I see many riders put excessive weight into their stirrups in hopes of helping themselves follow their horses movement in all the gaits: rising and sitting trot and canter.

Begin noticing how pushing in your stirrups disconnects you from the saddle and your horses back. It's a big deal. Not using your stirrups, sadly, will not help you learn to ride with them and ‘foot light’ is often the fix.❤️

More on 'feet' tomorrow...

11/01/2024

10/28/2024

One touch is all it takes to get a girl to fall in love with a horse ❤