Monique Horsemanship

10/17/2025

10/04/2025

You are invited!

🎃 Spooky Scary Stuff Clinic

📍 Lazy Sum B Bar Ranch

📅 October 25th | 1:00–4:00 PM

💵 $275Emily and Monique will be hosting this fun, Halloween-themed clinic. Desensitize your horse while having a blast! Learn how to use spooky objects to improve your horse’s ability to handle new and unexpected situations.
✨ Extras:
Costume contest 🎭
Games & prizes 🏆
Raffle 🎟️
Snacks & drinks 🍂
Spots are limited—don’t miss out on one of our most popular fall clinics!

🔥 And back by popular demand — our fan favorite!
🤠 Roping Night returns November 1st!
No horse needed. Perfect for anyone who wants to learn to swing a rope and get the basics down in a fun, low-pressure setting.

Check out our event on Saturday, Oct 25, 2025.

Click here for event details from Monique Horsemanship!

10/03/2025

Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water - zen proverb

A lot of people come looking for help for an issue with their horse. I have a solution in mind, but I often have to be creative in how I go about it if important skill sets are missing from the rider-

For example: an inverted horse struggles with transitions, popping their head up and hollowing out their back. I can give the rider tools to manage it now- but the problem will persist until the rider learns how to sit to prevent or guide the movement into a better balance through their seat. As long as the rider is bumping around like a canoe on rough waves, they will be perpetuating the problem, or at the very least unable to help.

That’s the problem with teaching: it could take a long time to create an educated seat enough to ride this particular horse. Most will get frustrated and bored and move on from this tedious and unpopular work.

But, giving an immediate fix to this problem without addressing the root perpetuates this thinking: a rider seeking a fix without looking internally and working from there.

What most riders need is hours of learning to sit tactfully and follow and absorb the horses motion. Learning to pick up their reins with tact without their seat stopping. Using their leg without gripping or scrunching. Breathing in the saddle deeply as a habit. Picking up and dropping stirrups repeatedly so you aren’t dependent on them for balance.

Who wants to do all this chopping wood and carrying water? Any serious rider devoted to the wellbeing of their horses back. But people are pretty good at mental gymnastics- it’s fun to find a program with great marketing that bypasses learning these crucial skills. Learn to lower or raise your horses head artificially and you can easily cover symptoms - push buttons, throw treats around every two feet of your arena to keep the horse moving, or whatever the program entails - and you never really have to learn to ride or problem solve.

10/02/2025

✨ Food for Thought ✨

I’m not here to come after boarding barns, but I want to share a perspective that might make you think a little differently about what we label as “stressful” for our horses.

Do you get frustrated if your horse isn’t fed exactly on time, or if the routine feels a little off? That’s a human problem we’ve put on our horses. Walk down the aisle of a barn that runs on strict schedules, and at feeding or turnout times you’ll see the energy spike—horses banging, calling, pawing, because they know the routine to the minute.

What’s really happening? We’ve recreated Pavlov’s study over and over again at barns everywhere. Horses have been conditioned to anticipate feeding and turnout, and that anticipation often creates more anxiety than actual change ever would.

At our barn, it looks different. Horses have access to food nearly all the time. We don’t feed at exact times or keep a rigid turnout schedule. Horses might move stalls, go in a herd one day and in a different spot the next. There’s no “set” routine, and you know what? The horses are more peaceful.

It’s usually the people who find this stressful, not the horses. The horses adapt, relax, and learn not to anticipate chaos around a schedule.

Sometimes, we need to let go of the comfort we find in rigid structure and start noticing what actually creates peace for our horses. 🐴💭

09/30/2025

Is your leg off? 🐎
Before asking your horse for something new, check yourself—do you have a nagging leg still on? If there’s no release, no peace, and no moment of being left alone, what’s the incentive for your horse to try?

Less nagging ➝ more try.

09/29/2025

🎃 Spooky Scary Clinic 👻
📅 October 25th
🕐 1:00 – 4:00 PM
💲 $275

Join Emily and Monique for a Halloween-themed clinic that’s both fun and educational!

✨ What to Expect:
• Desensitize your horse with spooky, silly, and seasonal props
• Learn how to turn “scary things” into confidence-building opportunities
• Build your horse’s ability to stay calm in new situations


🎭 Costume Contest – show off your creativity!
🎲 Games & Prizes
🎟️ Raffle
🍪 Snacks & Drinks Provided

Send to anyone who might want to come

09/28/2025

✨ Feel, Timing & Balance ✨

Today I had the pleasure of teaching a Feel, Timing & Balance Clinic at Lazy Sum B Bar Ranch, and I wanted to share a few key takeaways from our session:

👉 Feel = How you ask (your pressure, energy, body language, or aid).
👉 Timing = When you ask (the exact moment you apply or release).
👉 Balance = What keeps the horse confident, soft, and responsive.

Poor timing disrupts rhythm, creates tension, and causes dullness. Good timing preserves balance and trust. Horses don’t become dull by nature—we create dullness with inconsistent timing or by asking without awareness.

A few golden reminders from today:
• Where you release is where you reward.
• The phases of every step matter: lift, drop, plant. You can only affect a foot during the lift phase.
• Don’t rush your timing when you don’t get an answer—faster isn’t better.
• Match your energy to the horse: sensitive horses need whisper-light feel, dull horses need clarity and fairness.
• Awareness is leadership—if you’re with your horse, you’re always teaching, even when “just standing.”

We also tied this into the dressage training pyramid, half halts, and how suppleness and rhythm come from our timing, not just the horse’s body.

💡 Favorite quote of the day:
“Good timing puts feel back in your horse.”

Thank you to everyone who came out—your horses will thank you for sharpening your timing and awareness. 🐴💫

09/27/2025

09/26/2025

❄️ Make this fall and winter count for you and your horse!

At Lazy Sum B Bar Ranch, we are proud to offer two professional training programs built to bring out the best in every horse — whether you’re looking to advance your skills or build a solid foundation for you and your horse, we are here to help! With multiple arenas, including a HUGH indoor, there are no excuses to not ride all winter long!

🐴 C**t Starting
🐴 Ground Work
🐴 Horsemanship
🐴 Performance, Versatility, and Cow Horse
🐴 Trail and Obstacle
🐴 Dressage
🐴 Positive and Supportive Lessons

Our programs offer consistent, structured training with clear progress goals. This is a supportive barn that values both performance and the wellbeing of every horse!

Spots are limited — Reach out to Emily or Monique to learn more!

lazysumbbarranch.com/training

Monique Horsemanship
Emily Menegatti

09/25/2025

09/25/2025