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12/05/2024

Session 6 is over and that’s a wrap for this years Trail clinic, so much learned and far more to digest than I can place in one post but grateful as every to Sovereign Quarter Horses & Tim Kimura for making it happen ❤️

12/05/2024

Session 5 completed ✔️
“Seek perfection but find excellence along the way” Tim Kimura

11/05/2024

Session 3 is over. Lots more worked on with Tim Kimura

19/03/2024

You know what time it is…
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17/03/2024

Happy Birthday Paddy. 11 came by in a flash!

07/03/2024

Hard decision to make but with current and upcoming bookings I’ve not got time for having 2 personal horses so unfortunately Clara is needing to find a new home 😞 Not looking for big money (mid 4s) PM me for more details

11/01/2024

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Tell me I’m not wrong🤔😂😂

15/12/2023

𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜

At age 55, having worked since the day of his inception, he could easily apply for early retirement. But no one is having that. He’s still just as relevant as he was the day he stepped into gainful employment at AQHA.

The Mixer Horse, painted in oil by esteemed artist Orren Mixer in 1968, has remained a timeless icon of the Association. If you’ve had any dealings whatsoever with AQHA or if you’re even a casual fan of stock horses, you’ve seen and admired him. Orren’s interpretation of the ideal American Quarter Horse has long been a fixture on apparel, trophies, stationery, children’s activity books, posters, bumper stickers, credit cards…you name it. And it’s for good reason.

“When you look at that painting, that horse can do anything,” says AQHA Past President Frank Merrill. Learn more about the Mixer Horse, as well as his likeness in bronze, the Dogwood Horse, sculpted by Mehl Lawson in the November-December issue of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 ➡️ http://www.aqha.com/qhj

07/12/2023

We have the best customers. Thank you so much for this surprise turning up in the office 🥰❤️❤️

06/12/2023

Let us know your score 🤔

03/12/2023

Almost done. Think it’s time tonight. Now for a little 🥃 😁

Louise Roe
Alan Payne
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03/12/2023

It’s a bit early for a spring clean but why not start😂




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03/12/2023

This is absolutely to the point. Well written Ben Atkinson

“Ben do you ever have horses who just won’t respond to signals? Who aren’t interested in learning?” 🤔

I get variations of this question on an almost daily basis. Every time I read it I can feel inside me the same sense of being lost iv found myself burdened with many times over the years.

Let’s make things clear from the start
Your horses isn’t stupid
Your horse isn’t lazy
Your horse isn’t disobedient
Your horse isn’t stubborn

Your horse is lost.

If I choose to educate you on some obscure topic and after a number of lessons you’re still baffled, confused and lost. The burden of responsibility is on me. The teacher.

There is no difference when it comes to horses.

To me every horse is a riddle. A complex weave of emotion, learned habits and instincts. By choosing to have a horse in our life and in doing so deciding to subject that horse to our interference in their life we have a responsibility to untangle the weave.

Like a parent to a child it is our responsibility to educate our horse on the world they live in, how to act and how to have confidence in doing so.

When we hit a sticking point on our journey we must not give up. For these sticking points are our opportunity for growth.

No exercise is so small it can not be broken down further. There is always a way to simplify and slow down to allow a horse to gain confidence and competence with a certain signal or cue before we recombine the different signals to ask for more difficult manoeuvres with greater ease.

We have five forms of communication when working liberty horses. Five ways to give signals to our horse.

I call them the five senses of liberty

1. Tactile cues
2. Visual cues
3. Verbal cues
4. Foot work
5. Body language

Imagine each of the above as a dial that can be turned from 0 to 10.

Whenever we are asking a horse for a movement and getting no response think “which of the five am I using? And how could I utilise the others I am not?”

The aim is always to have all five dials at 1 or 2. Opposed to having tactile cues ( touch ) at level 10 and everything else at 0.

When we allow our self to rely purely on our tactile cues we become nothing more than a floating whip.

We can combine these multiple ways to communicate with biomechanics to position the horses head, neck and other body parts in a way to make the easiest next move for the horse the movement we are looking for.

No horse is stupid, stubborn or lazy.

They just need more help to gain confidence in the meanings of the signals you offer them ❤️

Think of every signal we have to communicate with our horses as a word in a language we are creating together. The more words in the language the more complete the conversation we can have.

Your horse isn’t ignorant. They just need help understanding some of the “new words” you’re teaching them 🙏

Photography credit to E J Lazenby Photography

02/12/2023

Worse ways to spend a Saturday evening. Just a shame not to be watching in person

01/12/2023

Thankful for my walker on a day like today. Letting this wild bunch go for a post work leg stretch ❤️

Louise Roe
Alan Payne
Rachel Hall
Helen Payne
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30/11/2023

We’ve all been here😂😂😂


Louise Roe
Alan Payne

29/11/2023

A beautiful moment on a much less Baltic day❤️







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28/11/2023

Trail time for Beau. Definitely getting his rhythm back on point ❤️💪🏼 Payne Performance Horses Louise Roe Corehead farm Horses & Ponies Louise Roe Alan Payne

25/11/2023

Louise and Lana, definitely on track for next season💪🏼❤️

24/11/2023

Attunement time with Max







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