Pine Haven Stables & Riding Academy

02/15/2025

02/14/2025

02/08/2025

Meet Winnie! She’s one of our star lesson horses! She’s an American Saddlebred and the favorite of so many our riders. She helped us have a beautiful day of lessons today at Pine Haven🌲❤️

01/28/2025

This chart was super helpful! Do you have a favorite facial marking? 

01/23/2025

01/23/2025

Helga thinks snow turn out time is stupid.

01/22/2025

Snow day in Glynn County!

01/03/2025

The fundamental difference between you and your role model is the way they apply their aids vs the way you do.

Yes you can argue they have more experience, natural feel, talent, whatever you want to call it - but all of that culminates in how an aid is applied.
Broken down into two key areas, the timing of when an aid is used and the amount of pressure applied.

The best riders in the world can apply an aid at the exact moment it’s needed, and are able to manage the pressure of the aid to *only what is required.

Generally the 3 common mistakes are:
1️⃣ Too slow to apply an aid - the run out that’s already happened or the mistake that’s already been made.
2️⃣ Over pressurise - a busy rider that results in a numb, unhappy or unresponsive horse.
3️⃣ Under pressurise - usually stemming from being afraid of the above, but in the process does not correctly train their horses.

Usually the word pressure has negative connotations, but it should only be negative if there is too much of it.
A leg aid is a pressure, but if it is too slow or under pressurised it’s not helpful. Using your rein to create a contact is a pressure, but if it’s over pressurised it’s unnecessary.

👉🏻It’s important to be fast to add a pressure, but even faster to release it.

01/03/2025

January Pony Camp was so fun! How do I not have photos of the goats getting ALL the love? Don’t miss our next one on President’s Day (Feb 17)!