Raynham Stables

08/09/2024

2024/2025 Lesson Registration!

Hey Raynham Riders!

Did everyone watch the Olympics?? Wasn't the riding incredible! Did it motivate you to want to improve your riding? I know it inspired me!

The summer is flying by and the fall lesson availability form has been posted! If you took the summer off, we can't wait to see you back in the saddle!

Please let us know if you have any questions!

https://raynhamstables.com/20242025-lesson-registration.html

06/21/2024

It was HOT this week! Thank you so much to all our clients for prioritizing the health and safety of our horses and riders this week by switching to unmounted horsemanship lessons. Thank you so much to for putting together such excellent lessons - everyone learned a ton! Everyone loved learning about taking horse temps, pulse, and respiration rates, how to bandage, feeding programs, taking apart and putting together bridles, and more!

06/05/2024

THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who helped at our 15th Annual Volunteer Day. Your help is so greatly appreciated! We tackled many projects and are so impressed with everything we accomplished - SO MUCH weed-eating, trees trimmed/cut down, loft reorganized, bleachers repaired and stained, picnic tables repaired and painted, gardens cleaned up & flowers planted, new stall partitions built in the driveshed, mirrors cleaned in the arenas, lost & found items gathered & put in the tack up area, tack-up area and boarder tack room tidied, and more! We can't thank everyone enough - the farm looks fabulous, and we couldn't have done it without all your help!

Congratulations to the winners of the free lessons from our volunteer raffle: Arianna DiBattista & Martha Kornobis! Please email the office and Amy will help schedule your lesson.

06/01/2024

We are all set up for volunteer day! 9 AM to 4 PM but any help is appreciated, you do not need to stay all day! We have a pizza lunch and prizes for volunteers as well!

03/19/2024

Congratulations to Lauren Davies and Eric GS for their 3rd place finish at their first competition together! They are having a blast and learning a ton down in Ocala! ❤️🎉

03/15/2024

02/21/2024

MAKE-UP SPOT!

There is a make-up lesson spot tomorrow at 7:30pm with Alyssa!

Let us know if you would like to book the time,

Nikki

02/16/2024

MAKE-UP LESSON SPOTS!

Hey Raynham Riders!

Don't forget to schedule any outstanding make-up lessons prior to the end of the session! We have some last-minute openings for this weekend.

Saturday:
9:30am - Adv Beg/Novice Group, Youth/Adult - Dawn
12:30pm - Adv Beg/Novice Group - Youth - Dawn

Sunday:
12:30pm - Novice Group, Teen - Olivia

Please send an email to [email protected] if you would like to book one of these spots!

Nikki

12/13/2023

Do any riders need a make-up before the end of the session?

Gabby has a couple spots tonight!
- 6pm, advanced beginner/novice, youth
- 7pm, advanced beginner/novice, teen

Please send an email to book as it is too late to book through the scheduler!

Nikki

12/03/2023

Congrats to Keira and Hercules! 🎉❤️

11/17/2023

Need a make-up lesson? There is a spot with Gabby this Sunday @ 12:30pm!

You can book through the scheduler or send us an email!

Nikki

11/14/2023

Hey Raynham Riders!

We have an opening for a private lesson tonight at 5pm with Gabby if anyone needs a makeup!

Nikki

08/29/2023

TENTATIVE FALL SCHEDULE POSTED

Hey Raynham Riders!

Below is the TENTATIVE fall lesson schedule. Again, my apologies for the delay, it was quite the juggling act to fit everyone in! Please check the schedule and fill out this form by the end of the day tomorrow to confirm your lesson time or let us know if there is an issue: https://forms.gle/XJ8gTzfqnWWR88Mn6

Nikki

Here is a link to the Google Sheet with the schedule so you can search for your name: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QaH8DLYxUfpy_w8JPy0ia50RtJmeGpl_idsLuCWrJCg/edit?usp=sharing
http://raynhamstables.blogspot.com/2023/08/tentative-fall-lesson-schedule.html

Hey Raynham Riders! We did our absolute best to make a schedule that worked but we did have to give some riders a time they did not request and we're not perfect, so we may have made some errors. Please fill out the form below by 9pm on Wednesday. August 30th so we can make the necessary adjustments...

08/28/2023

Hey Raynham Riders,

I apologize for the delay in getting the fall lesson schedule posted, it's been an unusually busy few weeks. I hope to have something posted by the end of the day today, but I do have to teach this afternoon/evening, so it might be tomorrow.

Thank you for your patience,

Nikki

07/03/2023

Let your children fall in love with horses.

Let them learn the value of hard work, that good things take time and effort.

Let them learn how to fall, how to pick themselves up, dust themselves off and get back in the saddle.

Let them learn discipline and dedication, that even though it's raining, cold or snowing, horses still need to be cared for and when you make a commitment, you stick to it.

Let them learn how to cope with heartbreak and loss, that life can be fleeting and fragile and that sometimes the right decisions are not always the easy ones.

Let them learn that there will always be someone with more, but that hard work can get you just as far, even if it takes a little longer.

Let them learn than happiness does not always come from the most expensive extravagant things, but sometimes from the little, seemingly insignificant moments.

Let them learn that no matter how un-attainable a dream may seem that passion (and a bit more leg) can go a long way.

Let your children fall in love with horses, because they will learn lessons in the saddle that no school could ever teach.

06/29/2023

Georgie has been a beloved and successful member of the show program at Raynham Stables for many years. He is a 2005, 13.3hh registered Welsh cross (registered name Gillonna’s Prince George). Unfortunately, we do not have a rider for him this year and have decided he deserves to spend the rest of his career with one person. He has competed successfully at Training and 1st level with multiple riders over the past 7 years, with scores up to the low 70s. He has been Training and 1st level champion at Palgrave many times, including year-end Jr. 1st Level Champion in 2022. He has smooth, easy-to-sit gaits, is currently barefoot and living outdoors, and is a very easy keeper! Since Georgie has not lived in a stall for many years, he now weaves when we occasionally put him in a stall. It may dissipate if he lived indoors consistently as he was fine in a stall prior to living outdoors. He has been in consistent work and is ready to go out and show this season.

https://youtu.be/7uePBUdPQng

06/22/2023

Snack time for Sharky after a successful outing to for a jumper school with

06/21/2023

Summer Lessons!

Hey Raynham Riders!

Thank you for your patience while we created the summer lesson schedule. We have sent it out via email - please check your junk mail if you have not received it. Once we have it finalized, we will get it entered into the scheduler and then open up any remaining spots for pay-as-you-go lessons.

Please let us know if you have any questions!

Hey Raynham Riders, It's been insanely busy at the barn for the past few weeks (months, years, forever?!?) and we want to thank you for your...

06/19/2023

Raynham had a busy weekend at not one but TWO shows - Caledon Dressage and Cherrylane Equestrian Centre Inc. Horse Trials! We had a total of 18 horses and riders competing this weekend 🤯 More photos to come!