Cornerstone Farm

01/07/2024

We have been using Hay Chix nets for 10 years. Wow! 😱 These have been a game changer for us.

We will be at the Tack Swap At Kirkwood Iowa's Largest Tack Swap on January 27th to help you change your game with our selection of Hay Chix nets. Stop wasting time, hay, and money and start getting up to 94% use of your bale.

01/06/2024

Each piece of tack and equipment we use on our horse effects our horses. It's important to be aware of this and how your horse is responding to the equipment you use.

If you would like help with this, our instructors will be happy to help you. Check out our Horse Evaluation or even a Horsemanship Lesson on our website.
www.cornerstonefarms.org

01/04/2024

Many of our clinic attendees receive a copy of 'The Ten Minute Horseman' from the Eclectic Horseman when they come. This article goes right along with it, and in fact, we just had this discussion with Tom Mowery earlier this week.

How to train with minimal time:

I’m of the mind that quality, consistent work ten minutes here and there is far better than an hour or two on the weekend. Everybody’s schedules are crazy, everybody has stuff going on, and probably everybody feels guilty all the time for what they’re not doing.

I have a busy life too. It can be hard to prioritize my own horses, but I’ve had several teachers essentially grab me by my shirt collar and emphasize with gusto how important my own horses training is- and so I present to you my secret plan for short sessions with quality

1- have a plan going in. I don’t mean decide exactly what you’re gonna do, because life happens and you have to work with the horse you have in front of you. But have a plan to give this session your all- to be 110% present for ten, fifteen minutes. No distractions. And calm. If you shoot for 110%, you might hit 70%, and that would be a great success. Get your head on straight, then go in to the pasture.

2- focus on quality in everything. How much care can you invest in putting the halter on? How did your horse feel? How nicely did they lead? How much attention can you give to brushing in a way your horse likes? How well did they stand at the mounting block, how much attention to detail did you give picking up their feet with softness? These things matter, and add up.

3- focus on being smooth and rhythmic. The more I can get me and my horse moving in a smooth, rhythmic way, the sooner the distractions fall away, the sooner my horse breathes and calms, the sooner every thing gets awesome. So get that rhythm!

4- if things go wrong, as they can do, backtrack to something easy. Spend your time building successes, so find something you can do well and quit on without eating up your whole evening being frustrated.

5- be happy with less. Don’t expect flying changes in ten minutes- be happy with breathing, be happy with standing still, be happy with moving nicely, be happy with moving at all. If you have minimal time, your expectations should fit the bill: small and simple, and learn to get happy with less. Resist the urge to do it one more time, keep that greed monster away and accept what is fair to accept.

Photo by Jasmine Cope

01/01/2024

12/24/2023

The cross is lit again!

12/21/2023

Sigh...

12/21/2023

Beginner riders want to work on intermediate things.
Intermediate riders want to work on advanced things.
Advanced riders want to work on the basics.

12/20/2023

A little Christmas chuckle for you all. Merry Christmas! 🌲 🐎 😆

12/17/2023

We promote dressage in its purists form. This is why we support and promote Cowboy Dressage Enthusiasts of Iowa and we are once again hosting a Cowboy Dressage Clinic with Melanie Smith-Breidt. Check out the event page on our website. www.cornerstonefarms.org

12/17/2023

Happy Sunday 🙏🏼

📸 144 Visuals

12/17/2023

Consider having Jozlyn Lee of Esquisit Equine work on your horses. She has a lot to offer.

Message me if you are wanting to get your horse on the schedule. 🙂

12/16/2023

Ledership = discipline which creates sucess in all areas of life, even horsemanship

“I have to have discipline.
If I'm a schoolteacher, I have to have discipline; otherwise, the children will run me out of the classroom. Or I can’t teach them, because they are walking around the classroom looking out the window and they aren’t paying any attention.
I don’t have to have a club or a gun to do that.

So it’s got to come from us to the horse.
And what is your responsibility? It’s no different than raising a child.

So this horse is running over you, walking on you, doing things you don’t want.
Why would you let him do that?
Who is the instructor?
Who is the teacher?
Who is taking care of this outfit?

All you are doing is offering this horse a good deal, no different than you would offer it to me. I have to run this outfit or it’s going to run me. If I'm not running that company or keeping that ship on course, I'm going to run it into the ground or run it into another ship. So I have a responsibility". - Ray Hunt.

From an article 'Words of Wisdom from Ray Hunt' from Eclectic Horseman - http://www.eclectic-horseman.com/content/view/314/

Image of Ray is by Julie Baldocchi.

12/15/2023

Riding goals:

The best Buck quote ever !

"Until you can walk, trot, canter AND gallop on a loose rein with direction and purpose collection is a JOKE. It's not collection, it's containment for an insecure rider. Containment and paranoia. It's pulling and holding and you're just calling it collection to sound noble." -Buck.

12/15/2023

Good morning from Cornerstone Farm.
The sky is spectacular this morning.

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims His handiwork.
Psalm 19:1

12/13/2023

If you know, you know. Even with the snaps snapped "correctly" they can still catch.

12/08/2023

The Winter Newsletter is now available.

Winter is upon us, check out what we have going on

12/03/2023

We are His house, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus the chief Cornerstone.
Ephesians 2:20

12/02/2023

Did you know there’s a prayer called the “I don’t know” prayer? It’s very spiritual. You just go off somewhere quiet and hidden and you walk right up to the heart of God and you say, “I don’t know.”

I don’t know where to go from here. I don’t know what is happening. I don’t know how to process this. I don’t know what to do with these emotions. I don’t know how to handle this situation.

It covers a lot of I don’t knows.

And then with whatever dusty little sand grain of faith you have, you say, “But You know.”

And you leave it there.

God most certainly hears that prayer.

Original author
Maggie Paulus

11/25/2023

Hay Chix Clearnace! 30% off retail
12x24 Free Up Feeder with Half-Bale Slow Feed net
2 available
Retail: $110.00
Sale: $77.00
Stop out today between 9am and noon or message to purchase.

Brand new in box. IA sales tax may apply. Shipping available. Message us to purchase.

11/25/2023

Hay Chix Clearance! 30% off retail
Retail: $37.00
Sale Price: $25.90
2 Half-Bale nets available
Stop out between 9am and noo today or message us to purchase.

We have two Half-Bale nets that sustained some discoloration of the hardware. They are new, never been opened, the snaps are just discolored. Does not affect their use in any way. Colors available are as shown in second picture: 1-Oat (sold), 2-Chromed Rose (discontinued). IA sales tax may apply. Shipping available.

11/25/2023

Hay Chix Clearnace! 30% off retail
24x24 Free Up Feeder Frame and Hardware ONLY
1 available
Retail: $80.00
Sale: $56.00
Stop out today between 9am and noon or message to purchase.

Brand new in box. IA sales tax may apply. Shipping available.

11/25/2023

Large Bale Nets are IN STOCK!
20% OFF TODAY ONLY. Stop out today to start saving hay, money, and time.
Available:
6' Large Stock 2 1/2" openings $215.00 Sale Price: $172.00
6' Original Heavy Duty 1 3/4" openings $349.00 Sale Price: $279.20

Sale applies to IN STOCk nets only. Stop out today from 9am to Noon or message to purchase. Shipping available.

All other IN STOCK nets 20% off as well!
Half bale nets
Quarter bale nets
2 Strand full bale nets
Patch Kits and Repair twine

11/24/2023

SOLD!
Hay Chix Clearnace! 30% off retail
24x24 Free Up Feeder with Half-Bale Slow Feed
1 available
Retail: $145.00
Sale Price: $101.50
Stop out today between 9am and 6pm or message to purchase.

Brand new in box. IA sales tax may apply. Shipping available.