Standing Oak Ranch

11/04/2024

We had a great time at our Fall Cookout for our riders and their families! The kids got to paint pumpkins, paint horses, do a sack race and a 3 legged race. We also enjoyed roasting hot dogs and making s’mores!

10/29/2024

Ending lessons with a sunset ride

10/23/2024

Great way to end a lesson, going on a ride through the field!

10/22/2024

Some fun with the kids in the costume class at a local fun show!

10/21/2024

The view of comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over the farm.

10/20/2024

Standing Oak Ranch had the honor of bringing our miniature horses to a local preschool for the kids to enjoy learning a little about horses and to visit with the minis. We really enjoy sharing the horses with others and inspiring the next generation of horse lovers!

10/11/2024

Trailride through the field, crossing water, going up and down hills, and learning about rating speed in an open area.

09/20/2024

Sorry for the short notice but we will be canceling tomorrow’s lessons.

08/15/2024

Standing Oak Ranch rider and 4-Her, Danica Street, brought home ribbons during the Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show this week, including placing in a new class and taking home a first place!

Placings:
Mini Division:
- Showmanship Sr: Top 10
- Mini Halter: 1st and the Sash
- Mini Obstacle: 7th
- Mini Driving: 2nd

Speed Division:
- OI Ground Handling: 5th

08/12/2024

Standing Oak Ranch rider and 4-Her, Riley Reynolds made her debut in individual classes at the Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show this week, and brought home some first places! Riley rode our lesson pony Trixie at the show this year.

Placings:
Western Ranch Division:
- Western Dressage W/T: 2nd
- OI Ground Handling: 8th
- W/T Trail: 5th
- W/T Ranch Pleasure: 1st and Neck Sash
- W/T Ranch Horsemanship: 1st and Neck Sash

08/11/2024

Standing Oak Ranch rider and 4-Her, Wyatt Moore, brought home ribbons during the Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show this week, including placing in a new division!

Placings:
Hunter Division:
- Hunter Showmanship Sr: 8th
- Hunter Under Saddle Sr: 4th

Western Ranch Division:
- Showmanship Sr: 19th
- Ranch Pleasure Sr: 10th
- Ranch Riding Sr: 10th
- Ranch Horsemanship Sr: white

08/11/2024

Standing Oak Ranch rider and 4-Her, Lydia Moore, brought home the ribbons during her first Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show this week!
Placings:

Western Ranch Division:
- Showmanship: 11th
- Ranch Pleasure W/J: 3rd
- Ranch Horsemanship W/J: 2nd

08/11/2024

Standing Oak Ranch rider and 4-Her, Sylar Douglass, brought home the ribbons and a belt buckle at the Kentucky State 4-H Horse Show this week!
Placings:
Miniature Division
- Showmanship: 5th
- Hunter Jumper: 3rd
- Jumpers 34” and below: 4th
- Halter Obstacle: 6th
- Pleasure Driving: 2nd

Western Ranch Division:
- Western Dressage: 5th
- Showmanship: 9th
- Trail: 6th
- Ranch Riding: 4th
- Ranch Pleasure: 2nd
- Ranch Horsemanship: 1st and a Buckle!

07/28/2024

Yes! Each horse has a purpose and majority of the time, the horse that is harder for you to ride will teach you the most! Those lazy horses will teach you how to effectively use your legs. Those bouncy horses will teach you balance and control of your body. That naughty pony will teach you how to be firm but not rough. The sensitive horse will teach you how to use small changes and how to quickly release pressure. The “perfect” pony that does its job and takes care of the rider…she teaches you confidence. Then you learn more on other horses and go back to that pony and see what it can really do. Every lesson horse has a purpose. And sometimes those lessons take a while to learn.

For the love of all riding school Ponies and Horses

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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06/15/2024

Someone is learning how to be a big boy! He did a great job wearing a halter!

06/03/2024

He’s growing like a w**d!

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06/01/2024

Hard at work!

06/01/2024

Mr. Bob and Lilly riding together

05/14/2024

Here is a cute picture of the foal to get you through this rainy day!

05/12/2024

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there from all of us at Standing Oak Ranch!

05/11/2024

Our view of the Aurora Borealis tonight. It was so cool to see!

05/02/2024

Allie Ramsey (Allieemm.photography ) snagged some cute snapshots of the c**t tonight while she was out visiting!

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04/21/2024

I was watching Holly on the camera and she was super restless. I called Dad at midnight and he went down to the arena. He was down there for 27 minutes and her water broke.

I woke Sylar and Lilly up and they got to watch the foal be born. From the time we got down to the arena, it took less than 8 minutes for Holly to have the foal. They both said it was worth waking up to watch.

At 12:40, Holly had her first foal. Welcome to the world little one!

04/08/2024

Meeting reminder for 4-H Trailblazers Horse Club tonight! For ages 5-8 Cloverbuds and 9-18 4-H age. 🐴🍀