Stony Glen Stables

08/09/2024

Thank you rain always welcome in August!!!!

08/04/2024

We lost another treasure today…. Taught so many kids and was such a sweet heart! Old lesson ponies worth their weight in gold! Run fee sweet girl! Chloe- Ever So Clever 1995-2024

08/04/2024

We had fun little night show last night! Thanks for everyone who came out! Wish we could teach at 9 pm every day!!! lol 😂

07/29/2024

Stony Glen Stables is very excited to welcome home our new assistant trainer!
Taylor Holmquest Young will be joining our team starting August 1st 2024.

Taylor went to Oklahoma State University receiving a B.S in Animal Science with an Equine Enterprise Management certificate. Once this degree was completed, she pursued an M.S in Agricultural Education, to gain more skills and relay this knowledge back to the community.

Taylor has grown up in the hunter/Jumper world showing in pony finals, Large Jr. hunters, jumpers, National Derbies, and equitation medal classes. Taylor participated USHJA Emerging Athlete Program as well as qualified for the Taylor Harris and Pessoa Equitation finals. She has trained numerous horses and pony from unbroke to make overs and has ridden with legendary instructors and clinicians Such as George Morris, Julie Winkle, Mike McCormick, and Jeff cook.

Taylor will be huge asset to our barn, and we are truly looking forward to her brining a fresh eye and success to our program!

07/26/2024

Hey Barn friends we have a saddle for sale!
Brand : Antares
Year : 2018
Seat size : 16.5"
Color : Brown
Flap size : 1 N
Finishing : Full Grain Calf
Model : Connexion
Discipline : Hunter/Jumper/All purpose
Serial # : 18 0 108

Excellent condition, full soft grain calf that's broken in just right. Perfect for the petite hunter/jumper rider! Fits fat ponies well!

From the manufactures site:
The Connexion horse saddle is made with a new generation of tree in reinforced laminated beech wood. It’s providing increased shock absorption across the horse’s back and giving more freedom to the spinal cord, for more mobility. Arches strength lab tests.
The softness of the selected French leather combined with the panels design offers a perfect comfort to the horse and the rider.

07/05/2024

It’s our 30th anniversary!! If you have a picture you would like to share we would love to see them!!!

06/28/2024

Fun morning lessons!

06/27/2024

Congratulations to Natalie Prescott for recieving the Taylor Harris scholarship at EAP earlier this month! We are so very proud of her!! And thank you to USHJA for putting on a great clinic!

06/08/2024

Great way to start the weekend! Natalie and chance won the USHjA outreach derby and Layal and Shilling were 2nd! Way to go ladies!!

05/26/2024

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05/26/2024

That was a very scary night but we are all ok! Thanks for checking in!

05/13/2024

Congratulations to our riders in Tyler this past weekend! Calvin and Victoria were champion of the .60 and .70 jumpers! Ainsley and Bear tried jumpers for the first time and really had a blast! Bailey and Gigi were reserve of .70 and swept the .80 for a champion! Noddle went on his first field trip and schooled everything great did one class before the rain and can hoe with a pretty red ribbon! Haven and Peanut got their groove back winning two of their welsh classes and reserve champion of the 18"! Liv and slate were champion of the 2' Open and reserves of the low welsh pony division and Gem and Gem were serve champion of the maiden hunters and champion of the welsh short stirrup! Really proud of all the girls Sunday was wet and gross but we stuck it out and had a great show!!

04/15/2024

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!

Bottom line is be TEACHABLE, listen and retain some information take advantage of every ride and RIDE! As much as you can! There are NO sports you can better at while you are at the mall…. Come ride your horse! And then if you have some time ask who else you can ride… parents stop rushing your kids out of the barn these are living creatures that need to be taken care of… Plan carpools there are tons of people that live around each other work it out! But we need to do better, care more and practice!

04/07/2024

03/26/2024

A little behind but we would like welcome Frannie to the barn! Can't wait to her and Abby get to know each other and thrive this year!

03/26/2024

Please join us for the Stony Glen DHJSC show! Jumpers April 6, Hunters and Equitation April 7th! All classes are recognized by USHJA Outreach! for more information message us!

03/19/2024

We had such a great weekend in Waco! Tons of first shows for new pairs and great results! 2 champions, 7 reserves high point TB hunter and jumper and so much fun! So proud of all the girls!

03/11/2024

So excited to get this show season on the road!!!

02/26/2024

Summer Camp Dates are open!

02/09/2024

Well as shocking as this might seem we are raining dating our show for this weekend! New date coming later today!!!

02/02/2024

01/26/2024

Winter Warm up Fun Show! email [email protected] for more information

01/21/2024

DHJSC is very excited to Announce we will be hosting the USHJA Outreach Festival this summer! We hope everyone can join us as we are going to make this a very special show!

01/20/2024

SUMMER CAMP DATES ARE UP AND ENROLLMENT IS OPEN!

Stony Glen Summer Camps are separated into ability levels for maximum learning and improvement. We keep all our camps small with tons of “one on one” attention.

01/14/2024

So proud of all these girls and the hard work they put in this year!

01/14/2024

Congratulations to Bailey Tekin our sportsmanship award winner!

01/07/2024

Kids went to the movies while the parents had our annual horse show meeting!

12/18/2023

Super fun little
Christmas party!! Thanks to everyone who came!

12/10/2023

Super fun Christmas Show! Beautiful Day!! Thanks to everyone for coming out!