Luna
Luna - 4 year old barrel/pole horse prospect is finally coming along. Ive been camping on her all week!!! She is still pretty green due to being on the backburner but she is powerful, smart and progressing quick. I am working allot on conditioning her and building up her top line by getting her hiney underneath herself with fluid forward motion, softness and relaxation. I love training a good little quick cowhorse but I also love helping some of these big running bred colts to travel level and underneath themselves in my warm up/conditioning exersises. So many times you come accross one that you know will be a perfect candidate for kissing spine if you allow them to travel around under saddle with their backs hollowed out and stiff. You see it allot in the rodeo world with young horses noses up, back hollow & high anxiety. Its so good to condition the young horse's body away from the pattern in and outside the arena its allot of long trotting straight lines, transitions, softness, backing up a hill while staying level in the early ages of their career while working towards a self carriage with relaxation. A relaxed horse (not lazy) is a confident horse. When you can get their mind sound...it really helps with keeping their body's sound also. Love Luna, she is going to be a good one. It feel so good to finally have time to be consistent with her!!! #conditioningthebarrelhorse #Soundhorses #Solidfoundation Elsabe Hausauer
Our Aint Seen Nothin yet Colt
Day1: Kenzley working with her ASNY stud colt. This will be her 1st colt she ever started. I remember crawling on my 1st colt when I was about her age (13). Over the years i have helped many people start their own colts but what a blessing to be able to help my daughter to train one from scratch all on her own!!! Bear did so good & so did Kenzley. She has to "take him through the barrels & poles" to show him what his future would look like haha. Thank you Sandy Lowery ftom Nebraska for raising such good minded colts!!!
His sire Aint Seen Nothin Yet who is by the Great, Frenchmans Guy out of Smart N Famous, SI 89 by Dash Ta Fame. He crossed the 3 million mark as a sire & 7 of those babies have won over $100K. He has become on of the most sought after stallions in the the US. Multiple 1D Money Earning & Arena Record, Pro Rodeo, Futurity Winning, Slot Race Producing Sire!
His dam Codys Driftin Lena was one of the best all-around mares in the state of Nebraska. This mare took her rider to the Nebraska State High School rodeo finals three years in barrels, poles, and breakaway. She was an outstanding team roping mare before coming to Nebraska. The mare qualified for the National High School rodeo in barrels and also qualified three years in the LIttle Britches Rodeo national finals in all three events. She was 1D in barrels. She also stayed sound throughout her career and sounds like one of those "once in a life time kind of horses".
We are very excited for this colt's future!!
#buildingsolidfoundation
#coltstartingaremyfavorite
Bulls are turned out & happy to be on tall grass & with their cows. The rain sure has done a phenomenal job on pasture grazing!!'
Visitor at my ranch last night north of Halliday!!!! 🫎
1st Baldy for the year!!! #2024calving
Poly vs metal
Thankful for colt friendly bale feeders! Love my poly feeder. He got himself in a pickle but luckily got himself out of it again!!! Whats your favorite bale feeder?
Once I pass my horses to my kiddos I try to check in on them once a week to make sure they stay tuned up and broke after rodeos. This one gets a little rusty but he remains such a good boy with a willing frame of mind & won my 6 yr old her 1st saddle this year.... however ALL OF THEM needs adult tune up once in a while to make sure competing & riding is a pleasant experience for everyone .... #isitsummeryet #trainingformykids #brokerodeohorses
Josh Lyons Legacy Clinic - Twin Buttes Fairgrounds
The 8 days of having Josh Lyons/Lyons Legacy for a trainers clinic in North Dakota has come to an end & I finally got time to sit down & thank everyone for coming & for being such a great group of riders. It was so fun to watch the improvements & my heart was full watching everyone enjoying Josh's teaching as much as I do. He is absolutely incredible and so is his whole family!!!
I cant thank you all enough for lending a hand in the kitchen as well as cleaning up the stalls so good. Everyone pitched in and it truly felt like we were all a big family. Thank you to one of my best friends, Julie for all your help with groceries & precooked meals you are truly amazing and many riders said it felt like a thanksgiving meal. Thank you to my mom for all your help to with the kiddos and in the kitchen.
I cant thank the Twin Buttes Fairgrounds & MHA nation enough for opening up their beautiful facility to us & for being so welcoming to everyone especially Tara Fredericks who helped making this possible. We really appreciate you & cant wait for our next one in Twin Buttes Nov 14 - 22 of 2024!!!
I want to thank you Alisha Anderson from Breakthrough horsemanship for taking notes to share with everyone. You are so professional and represent Lyons Legacy so well. Thank you also to another Lyons legacy student, Josh Carmel for hauling Boon for us and bringing him safely to ND so I could see him again.
Thank you Lyons Legacy for once again for doing an AMAZING clinic in ND & for letting me see my best boy No Better Cat (Boon). I love you all so much!!! Josh had a bad cold through part of this clinic but never skipped a beat. He loves every single one of you and it was absolutely amazing seeing the excitement he gets when he sees a rider getting it.
Thank you thank you thank you is not even enough!
*more pictures coming soon
Josh Lyons/Lyons Legacy
Josh Lyons Jana Lyons
Julie Kuennen Elsie Visser
Elsabe Hausauer
Twin Buttes Fairgrounds
Tara Fredericks
Nothing like a little bit of loping & playing in the misting rain with Maui. I could play with this dude all day. He is fun, quirky & he keeps me in shape. He also lopes way better than me but at least I'm not scared of tractors!🤪🤪🤪Matthew Twenty Two#TRdualRey #cowhorse
Two very different styles of horses but I love that she learns from both. Della(her barrel/pole horse) likes to keep her body straight, likes to run. You don't have to push very hard. Lena (her break away roping/Goat tying horse) likes to roll back or wrap around the barrels...she is ratey & push style. Although Lena's main job is roping & goat tying we still like to keep her tuned up for a back up horse!!! #VersatileHorses
Never to young to do groundwork...but 1st train your kids horse to be broke & mentally sound so they train your kiddo more than what your kiddo train them. It takes years to develop feel and timing for training horses. When the kids are young they don't quite have the feel & timing yet. Putting them on a green horse don't work. At this age the horse trains to your kiddo more than what your kiddo or any trainer or parent ever will!!!
✔️ If you don't want your kiddos to pull on the reins, train your kids horse to not pull on your kiddo!!!
✔️ If you want your kiddo to learn how to steer/guide a horse, put them on a horse who guides really well!!!
✔️If you want to teach your kiddo how to teach a horse to stop, teach your kids horse to stop/back up really well!!!
✔️Last put not least, if you want to teach your kiddo to do groundwork, make sure your kids horse is really good on the ground & pays attention to whoever is holding that lead rope!!!
#startThemYoungButStartWithTheHorseFirst
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* Good job to my youngest kiddo (age 6) for being so coachable and always wanting to learn more. She asked me to record her so she can watch it also!!!
- Elsabe Hausauer
Been awhile since I share a video of Luna...My 3 yr old fill whom my youngest daughter claim as her future barrel/pole bending Junior high rodeo horse.
Its been awhile because I have not had time to ride her lately but nevertheless she is progressing. She is such a big filly, but sweet, sensitive, kind with a tiny splash of opinions.
This fall she will get more consistent rides.
#MrIlluminatorGranddaughter #rockinpjperformancehorses
#3yearold #16RidesTotal
Elsabe Hausauer
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