Big House Stables

01/09/2025

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10/20/2024

Make the most of it, while you can!

09/14/2024

Harty has amazing Friends here who allowed us to stay overnight at the Water Fall House! Our first night here in Terrebonne Oregon!

08/08/2024

I am ready for the start of my Open Centered Riding Clinic starting this Friday, 5-7 pm with my Interactive Presentation of the 4 basics this Friday evening ! Auditors are welcome $35 a day or $50 whole weekend. Message me with any questions & plan to bring a chair.

07/30/2024

Our Morning surprise ☹️

07/24/2024

My upcoming August 9-11 Open Centered Riding clinic is full!! Room for Auditors only $35 a day or $50 weekend!

07/09/2024

Root Beer on his day off! Thank you Anna !

05/27/2024

2 Centered Riding Clinicians, Judy Cross- Strehlke, Level 4 and Susan Strong Kelley, Level 3, Invite you to join us for
“Part 2 of our Centered Riding Instructors Certification course" We have a great opportunity for some lucky student riders, Openings are for Friday June 21st & Saturday June 22nd.
Student riders get to watch the Instructors course, free lunch and a private lesson with one of our CR Instructor Candidate’s who will be watched over & assisted by the 2 Centered Riding Clinicians above!
All for only $100 a day. You can bring your own horse or use one of Susan’s experienced and fun to ride lesson horses. This is not open for auditors, we are looking for student riders only
Please IM Susan for more information.
www.bighousestables.com

05/10/2024

Horses are a part of our wish fulfillment

Join us for a very special Centered Riding, Inc. Riding Instructor Certification Course & Instructors Update June 20th-23rd

We are looking for some Student riders!

Instructor Judy Cross-Strehlke--a Western and English competitor--was coached by members of the US Olympic Team who also studied extensively with Sally Swift. Judy appreciates the physical challenges facing both horses and riders. Judy is an Advanced Level IV Centered Riding Instructor--One of only 17 equestrians to reach that goal in the US and Europe. She loves her work.
Please contact Susan if you're interested in joining us and learning from this amazing Horsewoman!
www.bighousestables.com
[email protected]
cell phone 585-507-3397

05/02/2024

Denny talks about asking your horse to stretch down. I do this everytime I ride Spirit, our Emotional Egyptian Arabian. This really works!

Training a horse to stretch over its back may have positive side effects in more ways than we may know.

When I went to a Klaus Balkenhol clinic given by NEDA at U-Mass Amherst a few years ago, he had all the horses from the greenest 4 yr old to a grand prix veteran start and end each session stretching as long and low as the rider could get the horse to go, as a means of creating suppleness.

In John Lyons' magazine, "A Perfect Horse" John said that a relaxation cue was teaching a horse to stretch over its topline and reach for the ground.

Lyons said that the first thing a nervous horse does is to raise its head, and if the rider can induce the opposite, it will create a soothing effect.

So take a tip from two great horsemen, coming at the same thing from differing perspectives. Teach your horse to reach for the ground, lowering its head "from the withers" to create both a physical increase in range of motion, as well as an emotional lessening of inner tension.

04/26/2024

Good News we now have Judy Cross-Strehlke taking over the reins on our Centered Riding, Inc. Instructor Certification course😀Part 1 May 17-19, Part 2 June 20-23
Unfortunately our previous Clinician, Sam Morrison, had an accident and is unable to come, we wish her a speedy recovery. Judy comes to rescue us with some amazing Credentials:
Advanced PATH Instructor Evaluator,Mental Health Specialist. Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor Advanced Level, Mentor for PATH Int.Advanced Level IV CR Clinician
Credential Description: Dressage (Intro - 2nd Level), Hunt Seat (Beginner - Adv.), Eventng (Elementary, Training), Western (Beginner, Equitation, Pleasure), Distance Riding (Adv., Endurance, Comp. Trail), Recreational Riding (Beg - Adv.), Therapeutic (Advanced, Coaching)
We have openings for Participants, Student riders and Updating Centered Riding Instructors.
Please contact Susan Kelley for more information
www.bighousestables.com

04/16/2024

This is what the entrance to heaven looks like ❤️

03/21/2024

03/11/2024

Stopping in balance helps keep the horse sound!

"Una transizione discendente perfetta è una delle cose più importanti da imparare in equitazione. Immagina un cavallo che galoppa in libertà senza cavaliere e che fa un alt in non più di tre o quattro falcate. Osserva il suo corpo durante una transizione discendente. Arrotonda la schiena abbassando la testa e l'incollatura. Questo gli permette di portare i posteriori più sotto di sé ad ogni falcata, cosa che inoltre gli permette di far arretrare il peso all'interno del suo corpo.
Questi movimenti assicurano un arresto equilibrato con il peso ben ripartito sui quattro arti. Se, al contrario, avesse infossato la schiena ed alzato la testa - cosa che vediamo spesso quando c'è il cavaliere in sella - sarebbe atterrato pesantemente sugli anteriori, battendoli e forzandoli pesantemente contro il suolo, scaricando poco peso sui posteriori. Questo secondo scenario è una catastrofe che va evitata a qualunque costo con un cavallo montato."

✒ Sally Swift

📖 Centerd Riding

03/06/2024

CENTERED RIDING INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION COURSE

Guest Clinician -Judy Cross- Strehlke Level 4, Centered Riding®
Clinic Date: Part one-May 17-19, Part two-June 20-23
Location: Big House Stables, Geneseo, NY
2 part clinic limited to 6 participants
Participants must have completed an Open Centered Riding Clinic, and have been teaching riding lesson for a year. Wonderful horses will be provided, all disciplines welcome. Please check out our website for more information and contact Susan Kelley, Level 3 CR instructor, for any questions at www.bighousestables.com
“Being a Centered Riding instructor is an odyssey of self-discovery. It demands more than just expertise in riding. We become custodians of the bond between horse and rider. It’s about guiding our students to find their balance, both in the saddle and in their minds. Every lesson is a chance to deepen our understanding of equine behavior, to fine-tune our approach, and to witness the beautiful symphony of horse-human harmony.” Quote from Marie Hammerschmidt, Level 1 instructor in Germany from a recently published article in the Centered Riding, Inc. Newsletter.

Photo below shows both our outdoor and Indoor riding arena's