Barnwood Stables

01/04/2025

Not horse related, but still something we can appreciate 😱

12/24/2024

Thank you to everyone that came out to this years Barnwood Stables Holiday Camps! Merry Christmas and we will see you all next year! 🎄🥳🎁🐴

12/11/2024

I was definitely the eager beaver. As well as several others on the list and it has paid off!

How do you get to ride lots of different horses?

Good question.

1. Be born mega rich, buy em and ride em.
2. Be a barn rat. Ride anything that won`t hurt you too badly.
3. Never say "not today, thanks" if you are offered a ride on any horse. Your key word is "yes", followed by "thank you."
4.Work to become good enough so that people want you to ride their horses.
5. Like the guys in Top Gun, when they walked into the bar full of young women "YES! A target rich environment!" Hang where there are lots of horses, not where there aren`t any.
6.Learn the Yiddish expression, "No for an answer I already got." Ask if you can ride extra horses. Maybe they say no. You`re no worse off than if you hadn`t asked.
7. Don`t be a lazy toad. If your barn owner offers to trade extra riding for weekend stall cleaning, be the kid who says "yes", and let your worthless friends sleep in and miss out.
8.Get a horse job, and be the eager beaver. Many horse owners are not truly horse riders, and they are often looking for a way to weasel out of riding today. Be there to pick up the ride.
9. Think of other ways.

(When Russ Fawcett (directly behind me) asked if I wanted to ride Iron Cloud out in Jackson, Wyoming, I said "yes please", and "thank you.")

12/11/2024

Sister’s head shake in the alley❤️ and the first barrel 🤩 just wow!!

12/10/2024

Rodeo Royalty right here! 🔥🔥🔥

Hailey Kinsel and DM Sissy Hayday, aka “Sister,” are on fire, winning the first three rounds of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and racking up earnings of more than $111,000. Not bad for three days’ work!

Let’s take a look at the genetics behind the powerhouse palomino. Sister, bred by Dillon Mundorf of Three Rivers, Texas, is a 2011 daughter of the Royal Shake Em mare Royal Sissy Irish. Royal Shake Em was an AQHA Superior racehorse, bred by American Quarter Horse Hall of Famer Walter Merrick.

Sister’s top side is rodeo royalty. Her sire is PC Frenchmans Hayday, known as “Dinero,” who took barrel racer Sherry Cervi to the NFR in 2005 before swapping events to become a top heel horse. Dinero, a son of American Quarter Horse Hall of Famer Sun Frost, is a full brother to French Flash Hawk, a five-time pro rodeo Horse of the Year.

Sister herself was named the AQHA-Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Barrel Horse of the Year in 2018, and this year tied for second in the Nutrena Horse of the Year voting, presented by AQHA.

📸 Roseanna Sales Photography

12/03/2024

🙌Know what you know!

In 2024 there are those who will see a horse being led with a chain over its nose who will instantly have a melt down.

Any true horse person will know that there are situations where you can lead a horse with virtually zero restraint, and be safe, and other times when the horse could easily leap, pull away from you, and let loose with a double barreled kick that could kill you.

Being rough for rough’s sake is totally different from being safe, and while some may think otherwise, those are people who have never led a high as a kite horse on a chilly windy day in from the paddock.

There’s much good in having a be kind to horses attitude, but there is also a huge degree of misunderstanding by those who are not hands on horse people.

12/03/2024

12/01/2024

We have just a few spots left in our Christmas Camp December 23-24. This makes a great gift or experience for your little one this holiday season. Sign up today!🎁🐴

11/13/2024

Did serpentine’s out in the big arena today. Stella got all her changes everytime💖

11/06/2024

This is lookin’ goooood America
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11/04/2024

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11/02/2024

This is the BEST way to get your littles into our year around program. Its a wonderful Christmas gift 🎁 🌲 🤶 🍁. Limited spots available!

10/19/2024

I was shopping deals for next years Palooza. Who thinks this would be a good idea for the entrance into livestock pen/blair witch obstacle? 🤣

09/27/2024

Morning rides with Stella🥰