ColoMont Horse Training and Riding Instruction

06/12/2024

Proud of this new duo
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06/07/2024

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Things your riding instructor wants you to know:
1. This sport is hard. You don't get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don't, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.

2. You're going to ride horses you don't want to ride. If you're teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…

3. You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then your not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..

4. This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don't get good by riding every once in awhile….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themsevles opportunity to practice.

5. EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN'T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to...

6. Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn't always fun.....but if you (or your rider) are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it's time to take a break. The horses already know you don't want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.

7. You'll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That's why ground lessons are important, too. If you're skipping ground lessons (or the part of your lesson that takes place on the ground), you're missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground with horses than you do in the saddle.

8. Ask questions and communicate. If you're wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.

9. We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.

Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults (golf and skiing are the others). People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.

*thank you to whoever wrote this! Not my words, but certainly a shared sentiment!

06/04/2024

Had a fun weekend in Jacksonville at the FRHA Penny Pincher Reining Show. Everyone had excellent rides. Congratulations to our class champions, as well as a thank you to Matthew Durham for the awesome pictures!

🏆 Edith Elder & Guns N Jewels Rookie Pro Champion

🏆 Kaylee Lovell & Whizn On My Footwork Youth 14-18 Champion

🏆 Jack Dollar & Ruby Red Pine Rookie PrimeTime Champion

06/03/2024

The ColoMont crew had a great time showing with the Florida Reining Horse Association this last year. Thank you for hosting such spectacular shows!

🏆 Edith Elder & Gun N Jewels Rookie Pro Champion

🏆 Kadyn Elder & Smart Sara Sails Top Limited Non Pro Reserve Champion

🏆 Jennifer Pearce & Whimpy Whiz Kid Rookie L1 3rd Overall

🏆 Kadyn Elder & Smart Sara Sails Top Rookie L1 5th Overall

🏆Jennifer Pearce & Whimpy Whiz Kid Rookie L2 Reserve Champion

🏆 Jack Dollar & Ruby Red Pine Rookie Prime Time 3rd Overall

🏆 Kadyn Elder & Smart Sara Sails Top Youth 14-18 Champion

🏆 Kaylee Lovell & Whizn On My Footwork Youth 14-18 4th Overall

🏆 Jennifer Pearce & Whimpy Whiz Kid Green L1 Champion

🏆 Jennifer Pearce & Whimpy Whiz Kid Green L2 Champion

06/02/2024

The ColoMont Youth Crew did awesome this past season! I’m so proud of these young ladies for all the hard work they put in to get to this point. We are proud to be “All In” for the 2024 AQHYA World Show. Congratulations to all these Nationally Qualified riders!

⛱️ Brooke Durham and Cute Face Dunnit

- Working Western Rail
- L2 Ranch Trail

⭐️ Kadyn Elder and Lil Foxy Roxy

- Working Western Rail
- L3 14-18 Ranch Riding
- L3 Ranch Trail

☀️ Sophia Scoville and No Better Remedy

- Working Western Rail
- L3 / L2 Ranch Trail
- L2 13U Ranch Riding

🌊 Kadyn Elder and Smart Sara Sails Top

- Working Western Rail
- L3 14-18 Ranch Riding
- L3 Ranch Trail

🌴 Campbell Hahn and Wallas Tinker Whiz

- L3 / L2 13U Ranch Riding
- L3 / L2 13U Reining
- L2 Ranch Trail
- Working Western Rail

🐚 Kaylee Lovell and Whizn On My Footwork

- L3 / L2 14-18 Reining
- L2 14-18 Ranch Riding
- L2 Ranch Trail
- Working Western Rail

05/21/2024

Gunpowder Man (Stewie) is sweet fun 6 yr old AQHA/APHA gelding, has been shown in Ranch riding, Ranch Trail, Ranch Rail and Reining by a youth. He is very good in Ranch Riding and excellent in Ranch Trail. , Good out of the arena riding too. easy to be around in your pocket kinda guy. wash clip loads easy peazy. He is your typical 14.3 H gelding, fun to be around and easy to love.

Video at Gunpowder
https://youtu.be/Ca9rrJN3dPg

04/27/2024

The Farnam AQHA and Adequan Select World Shows, held in November in Oklahoma City, is the championship show for American Quarter Horses competing in amateur, Select and open divisions.

04/26/2024

02/12/2024

It’s a porch cleaning and sitting rain day

02/09/2024

Yep, this is it❤️ The entire barn is in therapy

Saturday morning cartoons!

12/18/2023

Getting some sunshine on the arena and some new fence too! It going to look better

11/11/2023

FRIDAY HDRHA TRI STATE SHOWDOWN WINNERS
Amateur Ranch Riding: Heavy Duty Time & Sarah Locker
Youth Ranch Riding: Smart Sara Sails Top & Kadyn Elder
Open Ranch Riding: Smart Sara Sails Top & Kadyn Elder
Novice Horse NP 1: Gunna Be Rich & Jessica Keller
Novice Horse NP 2: Gunna Be Rich & Jessica Keller
Novice Horse Open 1: Electric N Trashy & Chris Hull
Novice Horse Open 2: Busy Whiz My Shining & Chris Hull
Rookie 1: Wimpy Whiz Kiz & Jennifer Pearce
Rookie 2: Wimpy Whiz Kiz & Jennifer Pearce
Primetime Rookie: Boon Bedazzled & Connie Hester
Rookie Professional: Guns N Jewels & Edith Elder
Limited Open: Codedwithspecial DNA & Robert Montgomery
Intermediate Open: Codedwithspecial DNA & Robert Montgomery
Open: Guns And Badges & Chris Hull
Furniture of Dalton Open Derby L2: Guns And Badges & Chris Hull
Furniture of Dalton Open Derby L4: Guns And Badges & Chris Hull

THANK YOU to our Friday class sponsors- Patty Henry with Southwestern Consulting, Tazikis, and Furniture of Dalton!

11/11/2023

Saturday Tri State Showdown Class Champions
Amateur Ranch Riding: Woody Be A Chic & Christina Gilham
Youth Ranch Riding: Wallas Tinker Whiz & Campbell Hahn / Whizn On My Footwork & Kaylee Lovell
Open Ranch Riding: Jameens Lil Gun BPH & Bill Thomas Jr.
Green 1: Wallas Tinker Whiz & Campbell Hahn
Green 2: Wimpy Whiz Kid & Jennifer Pearce
Star H Insurance Green Shootout: Whizn On My Footwork & Kaylee Lovell
Youth 13&Under: Cute Face Dunnit & Brooke Durham
Youth 14-18: Smart Sara Sails Top & Kadyn Elder
Non Pro: Snips Shining Gun & Jessicah Keller
Intermediate Non Pro: Little Su Whizzing & Elizabeth Montgomery / Xtra Voodoo Charm & Tracy Hunter
Limited Non Pro: Wimpy Whiz Kid & Jennifer Pearce / Little Su Whizzing & Elizabeth Montgomery / Xtra Voodoo Charm & Tracy Hunter / Dunnit In The Night & Daniel Hunter
Primetime Non Pro: Boon Bedazzled & Connie Hester / Little Su Whizzing & Elizabeth Montgomery / Xtra Voodoo Charm & Tracy Hunter
Masters Non Pro: Little Su Whizzing & Elizabeth Montgomery
Furniture of Dalton Non Pro Derby L4: Snips Shining Gun & Jessicah Keller
Furniture of Dalton Non Pro Derby L2: Dunnit In The Night & Daniel Hunter

THANK YOU Saturday class sponsors- Chattanooga Concrete and Roofing Co, Jennifer Pearce, Edith Elder, Star H Insurance, and Furniture of Dalton

11/06/2023

Mark your calendars! We'll see you all back in January!

11/01/2023

Very interesting article, looking at sale horses through pictures? How easily it can be manipulated. Usually the feet are hidden in the grass.

Incorrectly taken hoof photographs can lead to terribly wrong conclusions.

It has been over a year since I've created this article, but the problem is still up to date.

I believe it's equally important to learn how to take hoof pictures in a proper, repeatable way as it is to learn how to recognize the ways in which photos may distort reality - to at least be able to know when not to believe them.

https://thehoofarchitect.blogspot.com/2022/09/why-do-photos-lie-and-how-not-to-get.html

08/27/2023

Storm update… Like any tropical disturbance.. definitive answers are hard to come by.. We have been in touch with the facility and like most Floridians think, this should be a quick moving system that passes through sometime Wednesday. Looks like day time travel Tuesday is good.
We are expecting some rain and some wind. Most thunderstorms produce more action than we expect from this.. By Thursday, it will be nothing but a memory.
That being said, if Tuesday travel becomes any issue we will restructure our paid warm ups as best we can to provide everyone ample ride time before the show starts Thursday even if that includes moving start times back. If anything changes, we will be sure to reach out to everyone. UNTIL YOU HEAR OTHERWISE…THE SHOW IS ON!! We are open for business!!
If you would like to come early, we can reach out to the facility and get an early arrival set up for Monday.

08/20/2023

08/13/2023

The first NRHA Affiliate Regional Championship (ARC) of 2023 begins in less than 10 days! And if competing at the Adequan® North American Affiliate Championships (NAAC) during the NRHA Futurity is on your goal list for 2023, then finding an ARC is a must. NRHA is thrilled to sponsor the trophies at each of these events and can't wait to root you on as you begin your journey to the NAAC.

East Central: Murfreesboro, Tennessee: August 17–20
South Central: Tulsa, Oklahoma: August 25–September 3
Eastern Canada: Bacancour, Quebec, Canada: August 30–September 3
Southeast: Jacksonville, Florida: August 31–September 3
Northeast: Logan Township, New Jersey: September 7—10
Western Canada: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada: September 7–10
Northwest: Nampa, Idaho: September 30–October 7
Southwest: Scottsdale, Arizona: October 5–8
North Central: Lincoln, Nebraska: October 12–15
Mexico: TBD

08/04/2023

Looking for Barn help 3-5 days a week. 3.5 -4 hours per day.

07/30/2023

Always remember you
are braver than you
believe, stronger than you
seem, and smarter than
you think.

07/09/2023

Youth Ranch Riding and Trail Boot Camp is complete. Tons of video and scoring. Great team work and laughs. These girls are ready to make the big trip to worlds at the end of the Month. So proud of the work they put in this week. I’m sure it will pay off soon. We will post the Show schedule soon

06/10/2023

Ready to move?

06/06/2023

Things your riding instructor wants you to know:
1. This sport is hard. You don't get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don't, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.

2. You're going to ride horses you don't want to ride. If you're teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…

3. You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then your not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..

4. This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don't get good by riding every once in awhile….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themsevles opportunity to practice.

5. EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN'T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to...

6. Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn't always fun.....but if you (or your rider) are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it's time to take a break. The horses already know you don't want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.

7. You'll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That's why ground lessons are important, too. If you're skipping ground lessons (or the part of your lesson that takes place on the ground), you're missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground with horses than you do in the saddle.

8. Ask questions and communicate. If you're wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.

9. We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.

Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults (golf and skiing are the others). People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.

*thank you to whoever wrote this! Not my words, but certainly a shared sentiment!

06/05/2023

Good weekend showing in Jacksonville. Proud of the crew, lots of fun and camaraderie. Jen/Ruger scoring a 71 in the Rookie. Jack schooled Hickory to rein in her circling energy,speed up those spins and clean patterns. Jordan/Diesel conquering nerves and pattern transitions. Copper needed a couple laid back patterns to gain her confidence. Kadyn/Topsy brought home $ and new Romel reins winning the Ranch Riding. Ruger/Edie winning $ and spur straps placing third. Jack/Hickory tying for fifth. A good weekend accomplishing what we needed to get done.

09/21/2022

😜Putting some serious slide marks down this morning!!!! 🤪🤪🤪

09/16/2022

Love this mare, Copper (aka moody Judy)Guns N Jewels. she gave me good rides this weekend. Thank you Rita Scallan

09/13/2022

Great weekend, a lot of good patterns ran by this team. Good clean rounds were rewarded with wins and good placings. So proud of all you.

09/06/2022

https://worldequestriancenter.com/the-championship-show-2022-cancelled/

Ocala, FL – September 2, 2022 – World Equestrian Center – Ocala has elected to cancel The Championship Show 2022 all-around western competition due to lack of entries. The National Snaffle Bit Association (NSBA) event was scheduled for September 29 – October 16 and offered $1.5 million in ca...