Livery Training Stables

08/16/2024

08/15/2024

Uhh huh. Now get back on !

08/15/2024

Agreed

08/15/2024

I have this saddle for sale…15 inch seat very little wear message me for details

08/05/2024

Yes!!

“Too many kids have been taught that the goal of showing is to win. Here’s the truth, the goal of showing is to be a better person, a better horseman, a better communicator, a better worker, and to enjoy being a kid who loves their horse. You’ll never get this time back… so enjoy it win or lose.”

07/27/2024

Enjoy your ride!

A small stab in the heart is what you feel when you put up the day's riding list and you see riders sinking heavily in their shoulders when reading which horse they are assigned for the lesson. A small stab in the heart for that horse that for an hour will carry around a rider who has already decided that he does not like his horse. A small stab in the heart for the horse that did not choose the rider himself but still does his best, lesson after lesson.

Riding is a privilege and something you have chosen to do. If you chose to ride at a riding school, your instructor assumes that you actually want to learn how to ride. The instructor's highest wish is that you get good at it.

Often there is a plan and a thought as to why you are assigned to that exact horse. Before you mount up next time, ask yourself "what can this horse teach me today?" All horses have something to give, a feeling or a new tool in the box.

The art is actually in being able to get a lazy horse to move forward, to get an uncertain horse to gain confidence, a naughty horse to focus or a tense horse to be released. It takes work. If you think a horse is boring, it's more likely that you don't ride the horse as well as you think! It's not easy to be confronted with your own shortcomings, but it is in that very situation that you get the chance to truly grow as a rider.

The excuse that "it's not my kind of horse" is actually a really bad excuse. A good rider can ride any kind of horse. A good rider has trained many hours on different types of horses to become a good rider. A good rider can find and manage the gold nuggets in every horse.

If we absolutely want to ride, it is our duty to strive to do it as best as possible, even if it's only for fun. We owe it to every horse that carries us upon it's back.

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07/16/2024

AND three more. Good job Natalie and Zee!! Whoop whoop!

07/14/2024

Pretty

Birthday cake for a horse lover

07/09/2024

So true!!

Loving a horse is inherently risky. They'll never be here long enough. And so, far too often, I meet people who keep a little wall around their hearts, protecting themselves from falling "too in love" with their equine friends.

It's not done intentionally. It's not a conscious decision to shield themselves from the intense connection and intimacy that comes with the horse-human partnership.

But when we really stop in a moment of connection with a horse, our hearts start to swell. The emotions come flooding in. We feel, for a moment, that our entire soul exists outside of our bodies. And, for most of us, the innate response is to shy away. To change the subject. To pat their neck twice and then move on to the next thing.

When was the last time you stood next to a horse and simply rested your hand on their neck? Truly just stood there in a beautiful moment in time that exists only for the two of you?

When I ask people to do this, they typically last about 5 seconds and then they start moving their hand... or they turn away... or they look around. It's so hard for people to stay truly present in that moment because the emotions that come flooding to the surface are overwhelming. They're powerful.

It's this beautiful, soul-encompassing intensity that makes you realize just how much of yourself you've given to this fragile, yet powerful, animal standing before you.

It makes you feel things you haven't felt in years. Levels of love and connection that you didn't know existed. True, heartfelt, all-consuming intimacy.

Loving a horse is inherently risky. Yet, I've never met a single person who says, after their horse leaves his/her body, "Wow, I wish I would have loved him less."

Instead, they always say:

"I wish I would have spent more time just being there. Smelling her. Listening to her chew her hay. I wish I would have spent more time in those small moments."

So, my advice for you? Love them. Fully.

Let it happen. Let it all in. Get lost in those moments when your heart starts to swell and the tears start to fall. Choose to embrace the feeling.

This is what it's all about. This is the magical thing that exists between horses and humans. 🫶🏻

06/29/2024

Getting excited !! We are READY!

06/22/2024

Come join the fun and be with the horses. One more slot available or bring your own horse!

06/17/2024

Hi all! Time for LIVERY’S 4th of JULY JESUS and HORSEMANSHIP CAMP! Our dates this year are the 2 nd thru the 5 th of July. Hours are 8-1 ea. day with lots of fun things planned. I have one more horse available or bring your own! Call or text for more details.

06/13/2024

05/26/2024

A Good Day!

Sounds like a good day to me! 🤣🤣

04/30/2024

Had a great day at the NMQHA fun show this weekend! Congrats to Elodie bringing her horse Boon to her first show! “I Love it!” She said. She is so proud of her little guy learning his job.
Elyssa came back from Alaska to lease Chex. She rode him
for the first time at the show. Looks like it might be a winning pair. Thank you Marek family for the opportunity.
Amari did a nice job with Libby. Libby has a lot to teach these kids and was a super partner for Amari. Thank you Ashley Mossman for giving us the opportunity to have Libby teach more kids to ride. Watch for these guys showing this summer!