Flint Ridge Farm

10/24/2024

Ride times for Saturday's show! It's a big day!

Everyone, please check in with the show secretary as soon as you arrive. Also, check in with the ring stewards ASAP so they do not have to go looking for you.
We will do our best to stay on time!

10/19/2024

Ribbons for Halloween show are in!! Entries close Monday!

09/24/2024

Entry form for Halloween Show!!!!

Email [email protected] with questions or to get a copy of the form!

09/19/2024

Schedule for the show this Saturday!

09/13/2024

Entries for the Memorial Show close on Monday!!!

08/24/2024

Page 2 of the entry form for Sepember!!

08/24/2024

September 21st Schooling show entry form!
Email [email protected] if you would like an email copy of the form.

Hope to see you all there!

07/08/2024

06/23/2024

Another gem….

06/21/2024

Come join us!!! It’s been AGES since I’ve done yoga, anyone thinking they can’t, we’ll just come try with me! It’s always fun and feels wonderful!

06/02/2024

Hi all! Cali Wharton was at the show taking some photos yesterday. Reach out to her to see if she has any that you would like!

And THANK YOU everyone for coming and dealing with the rain! It really ended up being a great day.

Most if all, thank you to the volunteers! I hope all of you know that without them, there would be no shows at FRF. Thank you so much!

05/29/2024

Hi all! We will have Bart's Burgers and Brats at the show on Saturday!!! If we could get some counts ahead of time, that would be amazing! Future show forms will have a box to check if you are interested in food or not, we want to be sure we do not run out, or have a ton left!
Respond here or email [email protected]
Thank you!

05/28/2024

Hi all!! Since yesterday was Memorial Day we will accept entries through today. I meant to post earlier. We must have the fees via PayPal or Venmo by today though to consider the entry and not charge a late fee.
See you all Saturday!

05/20/2024

If anyone needs an entry form for the June 1st show, please email [email protected].
Look forward to seeing you all there!
(The picture is trying to cool temps off for the day!)

05/06/2024

50 years ago this coming September, Victor Dakin halted on the centerline at the World Championship 3 -day event held at Burghley, in England.

The following day he would have to trot at a brisk 240 meters per minute for 25 minutes on Phase A.

Then he would have to gallop on Phase B, steeplechase, for 5 ½ minutes at 690 meters per minute.

Then he would have to trot on Phase C for 43 ½ minutes.

Then he would have a ten minute rest break while being checked for soundness by a vet panel.

Then he would gallop on Phase D, cross country, for 13 ½ minutes.

Out of a total elapsed time of trotting and galloping of one hour and 27 ½ minutes, 19 minutes of that would be at a gallop with a required average speed of 605 meters a minute.

Think about that as it has to do with the type of training and the type of horse needed for that sport?

04/05/2024

Hello all!!
Jim Graham will be teaching dressage and jumping clinics at the farm on April 11th, and again May 18th-19th. Contact me if you are interested in a clinic ride, [email protected].

04/01/2024

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Things your riding instructor wants you to know:
1. This sport is hard. You don't get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don't, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.

2. You're going to ride horses you don't want to ride. If you're teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…

3. You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then your not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..

4. This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don't get good by riding every once in awhile….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themsevles opportunity to practice.

5. EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN'T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to...

6. Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn't always fun.....but if you (or your rider) are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it's time to take a break. The horses already know you don't want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.

7. You'll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That's why ground lessons are important, too. If you're skipping ground lessons (or the part of your lesson that takes place on the ground), you're missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground with horses than you do in the saddle.

8. Ask questions and communicate. If you're wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.

9. We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.

Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults (golf and skiing are the others). People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.

*thank you to whoever wrote this! Not my words, but certainly a shared sentiment!