Talbot Run Equestrian Center

Talbot Run Equestrian Center Talbot Run Equestrian Center - a Maryland Horse Discovery Center welcomes you to one of Carroll County, Maryland’s premier stables.

Talbot Run Equestrian Center - a Maryland Horse Discovery Center - welcomes you to one of Carroll County, Maryland’s premier riding, lesson and horse boarding stables. Talbot Run has been chosen to be an approved Maryland Equine Experience Center – a great place to meet and learn more about horses. Talbot Run Equestrian Center is situated on 147 acres in beautiful Mount Airy, Maryland easily acces

sible from Frederick, Westminster, Eldersburg, Damascus, Sykesville and Columbia. At Talbot Run, our goal is to provide safe and happy opportunities for horse enthusiasts of all ages and levels to practice and develop their riding skills. We invite you to come and visit Talbot Run Equestrian Center and check out our program. We offer a discounted trial and evaluation lesson. Call 301-648-7602 and talk to Ann to schedule an appointment or with any questions about Talbot Run.

This is what we have been saying...!   Please share with your kids and help them become better riders!
02/28/2025

This is what we have been saying...! Please share with your kids and help them become better riders!

All I Want To Do Is Jump

I ran a fairly large lesson program for almost 20 years. This is a statement I have heard over and over, both in my lesson barn days and from colleagues today.

All I want to do is jump.

There are a few problems with this. Let's start with the horse. I love the old horseman's saying " horses only have so many jumps in them ". Is that 100, 1000 before it becomes lame.... No one knows....but horses certainly weigh a lot and the concussion landing on those small little legs is significant. Horses also get bored, burned out....and let's face it...sour.
Respect for the horse . The riders job is to do the best thing for the horse. Most horses only need jumped a few days a week. That means if a lesson horse works 5 days a week, only 2 of those are jumping days. 3 of those are purely flatwork or hacking.

Riders : most of jumping well has NOTHING to do with jumping. Riders need to work on pace, transitions, straightness, their position, effectiveness of aids, balance, ability to change positions smoothly ( from 2 point to sitting etc ) and so much more.

So if you are one of those students who Just Wants To Jump , please replace that with "I want to be an effective rider and horseman or woman . I want to do what is best for the horse "

And instructors who cave to this plea from students
Only YOU can set the CULTURE of your barn. Talk frequently about horsemanship and doing right by the animals.

02/25/2025
2025 annual Pony Club awards banquet at Laurel Race Track -a great group of riders and a wonderful barn family   Thank y...
02/25/2025

2025 annual Pony Club awards banquet at Laurel Race Track -a great group of riders and a wonderful barn family Thank you for another fantastic year of your kids and horses!

Congratulations to Lilia Macy Hannah and Robin on being accepted as trainers for this years Retired Racehorse Project Ma...
02/21/2025

Congratulations to Lilia Macy Hannah and Robin on being accepted as trainers for this years Retired Racehorse Project Makeover Follow their journey as they retrain this years RRP horses-so far Young Turk and Timmy with another to come soon!

Barn Day 2025   Our Pony Club Cs presented a hands on barn day including bits and tack blanketing boots bandaging rally ...
02/16/2025

Barn Day 2025 Our Pony Club Cs presented a hands on barn day including bits and tack blanketing boots bandaging rally kits stall and feedroom set up and trailer loading to help prep our Ds for the show season ! Lots of great leadership and learning!

02/13/2025
Talbot Run Equestrian Center would like to invite all home school families in our area to come and celebrate horses with...
02/13/2025

Talbot Run Equestrian Center would like to invite all home school families in our area to come and celebrate horses with us! Come and have a wonderful time meeting our lesson horses and learning about horses and our program. Talbot Run is a family owned and operated facility in beautiful Mount Airy, MD on 147 acres. Our facility includes a large barn with an attached indoor riding arena, an outdoor ring and miles of trails and fields to enjoy with our equine friends. We are family oriented and offer weekly riding lesson program packages, we are an approved United States Pony Cub Riding Center and several show teams (JEL, NCAEL and IEA) compete in equitation, dressage, show jumping and eventing.
We will be offering two daytime opportunities for homeschoolers to come and learn more about horses and our program on March 13 and March 20 12-1:30 pm. You will have the opportunity to learn to groom and tack a horse, make a horse treat and experience a mini -riding lesson. We are discounting the cost of this introductory experience to $20 per rider. Spaces are limited so please reserve your time slot with Ann at [email protected] or call 301-648 – 7602. We are looking forward to meeting you! For more info about Talbot Run – check out our website at tabotrun.com.

02/11/2025

Cancelling lessons tonight due to cold and snow! Stay warm! Summer is coming

Congratulations to our JEL team, their families and Coach Michelle for their first place win at our home show today at T...
02/02/2025

Congratulations to our JEL team, their families and Coach Michelle for their first place win at our home show today at TREC. It was a well run smooth show ands the ponies were perfect Thanks to our judge Ms Alison Fisher, Ms Robin, and our Pony Club helpers for making it a great day!

Strider and Sophia celebrating their win!
01/24/2025

Strider and Sophia celebrating their win!

Many thanks to all our staff who have been covering the horse care in this cold weather-filling tubs,deicing buckets, tu...
01/22/2025

Many thanks to all our staff who have been covering the horse care in this cold weather-filling tubs,deicing buckets, turn in and out, putting out round bales and checking the horses! We appreciate all the volunteers who have come out and helped! Spring is coming Ing!

It's pony club quiz season! Love seeing our C members sharing their knowledge it's our Ds!
01/22/2025

It's pony club quiz season! Love seeing our C members sharing their knowledge it's our Ds!

All lessons are cancelled Monday and Tuesday due to the extreme cold.   The horses are dreaming of summer:)  See you lat...
01/20/2025

All lessons are cancelled Monday and Tuesday due to the extreme cold. The horses are dreaming of summer:) See you later in the week!

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