Black Horse Riding LLC - Katy Spell Horsemanship

Black Horse Riding LLC - Katy Spell Horsemanship When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.
~Winston Churchill Horseback Riding lessons for children and adults.
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Specializing in Fear issues in adults, training your own horse. Teaching the popular new ranch riding sport and understand the classes and scoring.

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In my movie collection alone with National Velvet, and many others.
I love this movie.
I had a black horse growing up and then when I grew up I had two moreโ€ฆ
This is why my business is named what it is.
The ever famous โ€ฆthe Black

๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: The Black Stallion. One of my personal favorite horses on the movie screen. Cass Ole, born March 6, 1969, was National Champion in Arabian Western Pleasure in 1975, National Reserve Champion Arabian Ladies Side Saddle in 1976, and U.S. Top Ten Arabian English Pleasure in both 1975 and 1976. He won over 50 championships and over 20 Reserve Championships in his seven-year show career and was high point winner of the King Saud Trophy of the American Horse Show Association all before his movie debut!

Horse trainers Glen Randall, famous for his training of Roy Rogersโ€™ Trigger, and his sons J.R. and Corky Randall found Cass Ole in San Antonio Texas. After quick negotiations with Oleโ€™s owners, the Cuello family, Ole shipped out to California and then Canada to train for his role, including multiple riding sessions with costar Kelly Reno. Like all movie stars Ole also had โ€œbeauty sessionsโ€ which included dying his white star and white socks black as well as weaving a wig into his mane so that he better resembled the stallion of lore. Ole, upon his ownerโ€™s requests, did not do his own stunts such as the shipwreck scene, so three other horses were also bedazzled to appear identical to Ole on screen. Cass Ole became an instant celebrity after capturing the hearts of audiences in The Black Stallion as well as his reprisal role in The Black Stallion Returns.

In 1980 he won the Humane Society Award for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at the International Horse Show in Washington, D.C. He visited the White House and was present at the Inauguration of President Reagan. He performed before international audiences for the rest of his life with his last performance in Tacoma, Washington. His retirement show was under the direction of professional horse trainer George Gipson of Tenaha, Texas. He stood at stud at his home ranch in Texas, siring over 130 foals. Cass Ole was euthanized on June 29, 1993 after suffering from severe colic but will live on forever in the hearts of all those who beheld him, in life or on the screen, as The Black. (๐•๐ข๐๐ž๐จ ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ)

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Old Hempstead Road
Magnolia, TX
77355

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 12pm

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Horseback Riding lessons for children and adults. Specializing in the beginner rider, young or old, new horse owners who want to learn more.

Katy teaches in the Western Style with a concentration in Western Dressage, Working Equitation and Ranch Riding. There are 4 horses and one Cecilian donkey that live at Black Horse Riding LLC. The name Black Horse comes from Katyโ€™s own horse she had as a child, (see profile pic) and coincidently her main lesson horses are 2 black geldings - Flame and Wilson. There is also Frannie and Bingo who Katy often rides with her students during lessons. Gladys is the matriarchal donkey who seems to keep everyone in line.

Lessons are private unless otherwise approved. Katy believes that working one on one with the person learning to ride will give the attention needed to achieve the best outcome for horse and rider. Katy follows her own proven method that comes from teaching many people to ride over the years. She follows the teachings of Buck Brannaman, Ray Hunt and others who believe in working with your horse as a partner rather than just thinking of it as a horse and making the horse do what you want...the horse should want to do what you want...however, this is something that comes from many years of learning and working on your craft as a horseman.

Katy is married to her husband Mike of 25 years and they have lived in Magnolia Texas since 2003. They have to grown children Maggie and Jack who also like to ride horses and have fun!


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