MacDonald Dressage

Well, it's (hopefully) the end of a rainy weekend. Hope next week has better riding weather! #Rainday #noridingtoday

Well, the rain was supposed to be all day. Then it was supposed to be overnight. Then it randomly showed up after noon... now we're soaked. #rainday #noridingtoday

Let the countdown begin to the end of our show season... We had a blast at the New Horizons Schooling Show! We had riders ride new tests, show new partners and earn qualifying scores! Way to go team! #horseshows #dressagequarterhorse #dressageforeveryhorse #horseshowgoals

Looks like no lessons today. Stay home and study some dressage tests!

Headed into the week just dancing away. Way to go Zorro! #lessonhorse #lessonhorsesarethebest #blessedarethelessonhorses #gorideyourhorse

It's that time of year... dramatic baby weaning time of year! #foals2023 #babyhorse #azteca #babyhorsesofinstagram #babyhorsetraining

WDAA World Show 2023, Day 2 Good job team! I'm so proud of all of our horses and riders! #wdaaworldshow #westerndressage #wdaa #aqhadressage #palomino #palominosofinstagram

What is this wet stuff? First measurable rain since the 4th of July! #letitrain #rainday

I guess 85 feels cool after weeks of 100.... #palominosofinstagram #palomino #palominohorse #horseplay

Finally! Our first summer storm! #texasstorms #texassummer #rainday

So... no one wants to see a horse covered in blood. Even more confusing when there are no visible wounds. He bit his lip, yall. And gave me a heart attack. #horseaccidentssuck #horseaccident #horseinjury #walkingvetbills

Baby Spam! When Mom has to work off some of that baby weight and get back to being a riding horse... but you find this dressage stuff a little boring and feel the need to add some jazz hands! #babyhorsesofinstagram #aztecahorse #Azteca #babyhorse #foals2023 #arenatime

We're just about sick of all this rain! But on the bright side, the rain has paused for a bit so everyone gets to go outside for a bit! #rainraingoaway #rainday #thatreallyescalatedquickly #horses #noridingtoday

We had a surprise this week! Ears of The Week goes to first time mom Ten Times Tina for having the perfect foal on April Fools Day. Merengue is an Azteca filly by Andalusian stallion D'Oro. Well Done, Tina! You're doing great! #babyhorsesofinstagram #newfoal #aztecahorse #Azteca #quarterhorse #quarterhorsesofinstagram #broodmare

Ears of The Week: Shadow! 5 year old fresian X Shadow attended his first overnight show, as a non compete. And he nailed it! He was a superstar for the hauling, new stalls, being around strange horses and enjoying the horse show atmosphere! What a good boy! #earsoftheweek #goodboy #traininghorses #fresianhorse #fresiancross #younghorses #younghorsetraining #showhorse

Another fun show on the books! Great job team! #dressageforeveryhorse #dressageshow #dressageforeveryone

Ears of The Week: Poptart, 2017 AQHA mare Poptart had her first solo rides this week, even venturing out on the trails! Her rides had high winds and running horses in the pasture, but this sane little mare just got to work. Atta girl! #earsoftheweek #redroan #AQHA #aqhaproud #aqhadressage #younghorsetraining #younghorses #roansofinstagram

Ears of The Week: 🍋 Lemon Fizz! Aka Fizzy 🍋 This was her first time loading and she took a 4 hour round trip, where she quietly at her hay net. What a good baby horse! #babyhorsebootcamp #firsttimetraveler #trailerloading #halfwelsh #palomino #palominosofinstagram #pony

New Feature: MacDonald Dressage's Ears of The Week To show case the most outstanding or memorable horse of the past week. This week, we honor Queso, for the absolutely unbelievable feat of pulling a cart in the KISD Rodeo parade and grand entry. When this year started, Queso had never seen a cart, and here he is in a parade and the high octane rodeo atmosphere. What a super star!

It's cold, wet, icky Texas Winter weather. It's easy enough to get your horse fix, even out of the saddle. Who needs a groundhog to tell us spring is on its way? #springiscoming #sheddingseason #palominosofinstagram #palomino #palominohorse #horsehairdontcare #haireverywhere #brushyourhorse #horse #horses