Jade Meadows Training

03/06/2025

This is also called using the least amount of pressure necessary...

02/26/2025

02/14/2025

Timber over the Table
He is such a confident, dependable and fun ride!
Pure sunshine and joy!

02/13/2025

Sharing some AL wisdom today for those looking to work on lead change exercises.. remember everything we do with a horse is a building block for the next level. This horse knows softness, flexing, moving off his leg and side passing, moving his hip over.. all just to work on an exercise to build to smooth clean lead changes. It's a process!

02/09/2025

Last week, building moved in and set (office, supplies and show tack storage)! Today.. building and horse trailer pressure washed after church this morning! We are just ticking along here at Jade Meadows Training! We are open and ready to take care of your equine partner or help you foster that partnership to the next level and we are right here in Howey in the Hills! Call for an appointment and come check us out!

02/02/2025

I love this so much

Two VASTLY different seats.
 The forward seat and the deep seat both absolutely have their places! But what you don’t want to do is smoosh the two together!
There is no in between- you either want to have a shorter stirrup, a very deep heel, and a tight “sandbag leg”, or you want to sit deep and heavy and plug in those seat bones with a long draped leg.
The Forward seat gets its security from the mid-thigh down. I compare it to those inflatable clowns 🤡🥊with the sand in the bottom that kids box- no matter what you do to those suckers they pop right back upright again because all the weight is in the bottom!!! That’s what it feels like in a secure forward seat.
In a good deep seat, your lower leg, just dangles. Heck, you could get cut off at the knees and it not change much, because your security comes from your glutes and core! In the deep seat, it is so important that your hips move with the horse, and that your core stabilizes your spine.

Both of these pictures are me and I’m riding the same horse.

01/31/2025

Good morning to all! Ready to work some babies this Beautiful morning!

01/28/2025

Amen..

01/12/2025

Horses must be seasoned ... that generally takes a stronger rider to get that Seasoning and confidence building done. Don't skip the steps and expect the same horse off property as on property. We can help get those horses seasoned. Someone told me I was brave for taking one of my babies to a ranch clinic on his 19th ride... He'd already been hauled to several places and been out in the world seeing new places. It's part of the job! We can help you get your horse seasoned. I haul out to different places to ride and train often! Let's us help you make that confident partner!

01/11/2025

My beautiful little 17 hand baby boy Diesel in Tennessee! Someone doesn't like the snow!

01/11/2025

I'm sure this applies to horse riding as well.. there are so many things to juggle while riding... for upper level riders, you are thinking about what your right hand is doing, what your left hand is doing, your right leg, left leg, the weight in which stirrup, seat bones.. where are they.. how are you sitting, how are you in your back, heels, eyes, where is the horse in their gate, which foot is on the ground or up.. where's the shoulder, haunches, how many strides to the next jump and so many other things.. at speed.. you get my point..
Find your thing and exercise.. move your body! For the health of body, mind and soul!

01/02/2025

Good morning and happy new year!