Ayelet and Roo
The always amazing Roo took Ayelet on her first trail ride where she wasn’t lead by a ground person
It’s a beautiful day for working in the jump field
Ayelet has been wanting to learn to canter since fall. Today seemed like a good day to try. Widget got 2 peppermints from Ayelet for her cooperation
Molly and Tommy
Having a small ring means getting creative with jumping exercises. Molly did a great job with Tommy today
This horse is the coolest. We love the “Slam Dunk” taking a chance on him turned out to be
The last lessons before WEC are wrapping up. Ayelet and Tommy are ready!
We strive to create riders who aren’t just passengers. Anyone can ride a made horse, but the ability to bring along a green horse is a dying art.
Chase still has some show seasons left on his pony Ducky, but he’s been working extremely hard to get his green OTTB, Rye ready to step in the show ring as well.
Molly and Cal
It’s dressage clinic day 1! Molly and Cal are working so hard!
Ayelet and Tommy are gearing up for the mini-stirrup walk trot classes next show
Ayelet and Tommy are gearing up for the mini stirrup classes next show.
Roo is the best girl
Roo is one of the best lesson horses who loves her tiny kiddos
Proud of this rider for overcoming a huge mental block and getting on a “spicy” tb today and having a fantastic ride!
Moose2 is a good boy!
Big thanks to Emily who is loaning us Moose2 (cause we already had a Moose). Less than a week in and he’s been such a rockstar
95% of a jump course is flat work, so today we did a fun exercise in which the kids rode 1/2 of the Intro B dressage test, exited the ring, jumped two fences, then went back into the ring to finish the test.
It doesn’t matter that his future is going to be as a fancy hunter/jumper, as a baby horse he’s going to learn all sorts of skills! Nigel had no qualms about tackling the bridge with a rider.
It’s so nice to have our big guy, Cal, back at it. We’re keeping his lesson load light as we build his fitness back up, but he’s feeling great!
More of gymnastics day with Tommy and Ashton
Gymnastics fun with Bourbon and Andrea Miller
Maeve and Jasper conquered the bridge! Very proud of her patience with him while he figured it out.
Here’s your daily dose of adorable. Ayelet is over being a lead line rider and is working very hard to do some mini stirrup at the July show. Theo is super happy to help her accomplish her goal.
Now that he’s going around so well, and the official decision was made to keep him, so I guess it’s time to introduce the newest lesson horse at CMH/CEC, Kiwi! Kiwi’s name is actually Hawk but it was decided early on that he’s not little, he’s Kiwi Sized, and the nickname stuck.
He’s been around since last summer, and is Muffin’s half brother from Assateague Island, they’re our little wild island ponies, but he’s just now hitting his stride and starting
to be used in lessons.
Molly gave him a FANTASTIC ride yesterday, and he tried so hard for her