Petrey Horsemanship LLC

09/24/2024

04/22/2024

Actor was the best behaved boy at his first show with Elena in the stirrups! He didn’t bat an eye at the commotion or thunderstorms coming down on the indoor at all and earned himself a second place ribbon in a competitive division! Well done Elena and Actor!

04/22/2024

New student Richy had a great first ride on his first day of class last week 😊

04/09/2024

SOLD
“ Jack Jack” is a 14 hh, 3 year old BLM mustang Gelding that is looking for his next home! We took this horse in as a bit of a charity case last year and has come a long way. He’s been a bit on the back burner last year being one of our own lol, but we’ve been pretty consistent with him this last month. I’d say he has a total of about 45-50 rides.

He’s been a really cool little mustang, never offered a single buck under saddle. My teenage working students have been able to help start him and bring him along because of all this. He is walk trot canter in both an English and western saddle and will start popping over cross rails and what not soon. His price will increase as his training does. He also has been ridden out solo and in a group. He likes to trail ride. Good with all our goofy dogs.

Jack Jack stands tied to be groomed, good for the farrier to trim him, and is good about loading in a trailer. He’s gonna make someone a fun partner to finish. With all this being said he will require continued consistency to be great and is NOT your child’s first pony 😂

We will require an excellent home for him and nothing less. I have a ton of video available to SERIOUS inquiries! We are currently asking low/mid fours. Please message me for more info, it’s rare to find one of these guys on the market that are young and also broke 😂 Located in McKinney TX

03/29/2024

Another mini clinic at Willow Farm today !

03/14/2024

This fresian filly, living her absolute best life after her groundwork session the other day 😂

03/14/2024

Actor with assistant trainer Elena - Actor is a typical OTTB who had typical ex race horse issues, now canters relaxed and happy on a loose rein.

12/13/2023

It’s been a pleasure having Sarah as an intern here this school year, and we are excited to hold more opportunities like this for the highschoolers at Richardson ISD!

Please read their full article on us here 😊

11/13/2023

Howie is looking for a home for the Holidays! He is the CUTEST pony mule in all of Dallas, aswell as the sweetest 😊❤️. He ties, leads, loads and picks up all his feet! He loves cookies and brushing! Come see him with us in McKinney and fill out your application at https://www.mulerescue.org/adopt

09/14/2023

COWBOY DRESSAGE OF TEXAS
Thoughts from Jack Brainard - Sept 2015

America’s western horse world is finally awakening to the fact that there is more to correctly training a horse than seeing how fast you can rope a steer by his horns, or how far you can slide a horse on his hind feet, or how quickly a horse can maneuver around a triangular set of barrels. There must be more to it than this intense, competitive money winning complex we are faced with in the today’s horse world.
In this age of specialized competition many of true horse training principles have been ignored or lost. It is how quick we can get the horse to a money earning date. Since the biggest prize money is for 3 year olds they are pushed to extremes and their breakdown, unsoundness rate is horrible, even disgraceful.
With Dressage principles finally coming to light in the Western horse world, horsemen are beginning to see its value. It took a long time, and we are still only at its beginning, but we can see this positive change already. Why? It is because old world dressage principles have been proven for at least 300 years, and these principles are the true basis for anything we do on a horse. No matter if it is working a cow, doing a 20 ft. slide, chasing around the barrels, or jumping a five foot oxer, the horse will be improved if he has been schooled with dressage principles strongly included in his basic training.
It is still hard to convince a western trainer or horseman that shoulder in, haunches in, half pass, pirouettes, collection, tempe changes etc. is the answer to success doing anything on a horse, but we are gaining.
Hopefully with this new impetus on dressage principles we are going to see a new concept beginning to evolve that will include competition in a different manner. It will be based on levels of the horse and riders skills. Better yet, forget about the competition. Everyone knows that to ride a well broke horse, doing anything, is a fun, pleasurable experience. The real challenge is being able to develop this kind of horse. Nothing gives you greater sense of achievement, accomplishment, or satisfaction and fun than training a well broke horse.
This in Cowboy Dressage is our goal, our reasoning, and our belief in our non- compensation work, time, and effort in bringing our concept to fruition.
Eitan Beth-Halachmy is surely the true founder of Cowboy Dressage. He proved its worth years ago with his demonstrations on a fabulous black horse called Holiday Compadre. No one on a western horse could even start to duplicate his moves. He left his audiences spellbound and it surely wasn’t because he learned watching western horse trainers. Dressage was the background, and he like me is still trying to prove its worth in everything we do on a western horse.

09/12/2023

New lil mini on the block😍

09/07/2023

2 year old Flos Luxore bred by Fallon Taylor, owned by the Pamponilia’s . He was an absolute walk in the park for his first ride and first session yesterday 🙂

09/01/2023

08/31/2023

Rider spots open in Horsemanship 1 and Horsemanship 2. H2 will include cow work. Both classes are $680 each with a small cattle fee for H2.

08/31/2023

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08/27/2023

Onyx

08/25/2023

Postcard from Charm, adopted this year in Texas! “Charm has gotten taller. A wee bit. She really looks great! Daisy did such a great job working with Charm while out at their place. I can tell by how we can handle her when she’s waiting patiently in a halter and lead rope. She’s a real beauty. Sweetheart too. She keeps the old boys on their toes.”

07/30/2023

Clinic at Willow Farm today in Heath TX!!! Didn’t get a lot of pictures because I was having so much fun! Thank you Sara Dickinson and her squad for having me 🙂