Palm Creek Farm LLC

06/02/2023

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05/21/2023

05/12/2023

Maddie and Willow 🦄🦄🦄

05/05/2023

“You simplify it for the young horse – go forward, come back. It is not with the leg, it is not with the spur, but with the angle of the body – the balance – more than anything else.
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2021/03/ernst-hoyos-talks-about-balance/

Ernst Hoyos, Master trainer from the Spanish Riding School tells us:
“You simplify it for the young horse – go forward, come back. It is not with the leg, it is not with the spur, but with the angle of the body – the balance – more than anything else.
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2021/03/ernst-hoyos-talks-about-balance/

04/21/2023

Love this commentary by Karen O’Connor on her super pony Teddy.

04/21/2023

Never forget it’s a dance🩰

Carl Hester talks about his philosophy:
“If you can create what we try to create, without heavy hands, without hanging onto the rein, if you can do it with self-carriage, then it looks beautiful. It’s this word, expression, which is a dangerous word because once you put expression into it, like heightened suspension and things like that, then if you have got the wrong rider, or a rider who doesn’t ride with an independent seat, then they use their hands and that’s when you get that horrible looking, jerky dressage.”
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2019/09/carl-hester-talks-his-horses-his-training-and-more/

04/21/2023

So True 🦄🦄🦄

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.

These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

📸: Brianne Connolly

03/09/2023

Ingrid and Reiner Klimke tell us:
“In our experience natural crookedness is eliminated only by systematic schooling using serpentines, lengthening the stride on the open section of the circle and riding figures of eight to improve suppleness on both sides of the horse. When we are training our horses they respond best with the following principles; we drive with the inside aids into the outside supporting aids on a circle and on all curved lines. For example, in working trot on a circle left, the left (inside) leg drives the horse into the quietly supportive outside rein, so the horse takes the contact and therefore softens to the inside rein. The horse often snorts when he is loosened and softened this way… The horse will gradually become straighter on the left rein once we achieve a contact with the right (outside) rein. The same goes on the right rein for when the left rein is the outside rein. A softly giving inside rein ensures a contact with the outside rein, enabling the horse to be ridden forwards.”
For lots more Klimke wisdom go to www.horsemagazine.com

02/24/2023

It really is an ongoing conversation with every stride. We want our horses sharp and quick so we must be sharp and quick -Meg

02/24/2023

Yes! I see this all the time. We want our horses to accept our aids yet also be “hot” off our leg. To achieve this you need varying levels of sharpness. My go to is calf squeeze, heel tap, whip. -Meg

02/16/2023

Yes 🦄

When you school your horse, always think of riding him from “back to front.” That means you are creating energy in the horse’s hindquarters and receiving that power in an elastic contact.

The horse should work freely and willingly forward through his back to SEEK your hand.

For more help with this, check out this post - https://howtodressage.com/dressage-theory/back-to-front/

02/11/2023

So true! 🦄🦄🦄

How will ditching the blocks on your saddle improve your entire life?

👉 You’ll be more physically fit and flexible because you’ll rely on your own body instead of the latest/greatest/magical tack/saddle/block/seatbelt.
👉 You won’t have back/knee/ankle pain because you’ll be able to place your body in the most comfortable position for your own unique anatomy.
👉 Because it is impossible to sit in a fork or chair seat without blocks, you will naturally have a balanced seat.
👉 You will be easy for your horse to carry because you will sit over the strongest part of his back and next to his COG.
👉 Your legs will hang at the girth, so you can bend the horse with just your leg (no more yanking on the inside rein!).
👉 You’ll be able to recognize small issues quickly, enabling you to correct them before they become major problems/lameness/time off/expensive vet bills.
👉 Your body will become more centered and symmetric, which will create straightness and lightness in your horse.
👉 There will be no need to buy different saddles because the blocks get in the way/push you off balance/look like tumors.
👉 You will feel much more secure as you’ll be able to wrap your ENTIRE leg around the horse’s barrel (your horse will like this too).
👉 You will become dramatically stronger, more flexible, and symmetric.
👉 Your horse will enjoy his work even more as you become more balanced, flexible, symmetric, and stable.
👉 As you and your horse become stronger, more flexible, and symmetric, you will both be less likely to sustain injury due to compensatory patterns.

If your saddle’s design allows, ditch the blocks and see what people are raving about.

02/04/2023

Yes! Riders have to hold themselves in balance, move with the horse, and give clear quick aids…. which is not easy to do… but the best feeling in the world is when you are in balance with your horse! 🦄💪🦄

What is self carriage? It’s not just for the horse, it’s for the rider too, Dr Andrew McLean explains:
“How much contact is too much? To explore this we need to see it from the horse’s point of view. Mouths are very sensitive organs, and even more so for a discriminative grazer such as the horse.
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2021/09/self-carriage-is-essential-for-all-riders-and-horses/

02/04/2023

I love this stallion. He has a proven track record and produces beautiful babies.

DEVON HEIR
2001 Elite Imported Hanoverian Stallion
By: De Niro x Rubinstein x Argentan