RAE Equestrian LLC

01/25/2023

🐎 You've been working hard as a groom because you love looking after horses, your knowledge is increasing and finally your boss gives you what you feel ready for: more responsibility.

There's one area that sometimes doesn't get thought about when training grooms to become yard managers... people management.

🤝How do you adapt when you take on a new role with more responsibility?

1️⃣ Communicate- with both your boss and your team. Be clear about what you want and need from both sides, and remember to praise staff when things go well.

2️⃣ Ask for help if you need it. You may not be used to doing rotas or communicating with owners, so don't be afraid to ask for support when you're learning new skills.

3️⃣ Learn to delegate. When you take on more responsibility you will not have time to do all the little jobs you used to do, so learn what tasks require your personal attention and which you can delegate.

The IGA supports all FEI level grooms, at any stage of their career. Join today for only 15 euros https://internationalgrooms.org/signup

📸© FEI/Richard Juilliart

08/12/2022

ANNOUNCEMENT!
RAE Equestrian will be open to scheduling lessons in SEPTEMBER in the greater Charleston, SC area! More details to come soon, but if you are interested please DM or comment below!

06/18/2022

06/18/2022

12/14/2021

For years, Andrea Kutsch filled stadiums with spectators as she demonstrated remarkable transformations in “problem horses” using the Natural Horsemanship training methods she’d learned from leaders in the field. But something was bothering her—a feeling that had been with her since her chil...

11/25/2021

Why soak feeds? 💧

The natural diet of horses is grazing. Fresh forage is 70 – 80% water, so horses actually eat a lot of water. Even on very wet grazing, they still need to drink as well, as the food needs to be mixed with plenty of fluid to get through the small intestine’s 20 metres or so and numerous curves. In this part of the gut, the food (now called ingestate) is around 90% fluid. When a horse eats hay for instance, which is only 10 – 13% water, the horse has to chew a lot and this releases saliva which helps to add fluid to the mix. Water for the saliva comes from the blood, which in turn will draw on reserves in the large intestine, which needs to be replaced by drinking. Many horses dunk their hay in the water container, which is actually very sensible of them, albeit annoying for us as it will need cleaning out every day.

Dried, pelleted feeds are 10% water. Different feeds absorb different amounts of water – forages will take up 2.5 times their volume of water and beet pulp, 5 times. Straw is not very absorbent, taking up a lot less water and is one reason why it is not a favoured feed and has a reputation for causing impaction colic.

We always suggest pelleted feeds are offered soaked. This restores their natural hydration, increases bulk and slows eating rate. It aids digestion and can help reduce the chance of choke. Horses choke because they did not chew the food sufficiently. If a horse chokes, we need to look at what went wrong for the horse. Hungry and greedy horses may bolt their food and fail to chew it sufficiently. Young horses who are teething may fail to chew properly and horses with dental issues just cannot chew well. Even with good dental care, the teeth will start to let the horse down at some point from the late teens on and by the time they are 30 it is inevitable that the molars are worn out and will start to fall out if this hasn’t already happened.

We are accustomed to soaking beet pulp and rightly so. It is not difficult to soak feeds and enables very valuable and nutritious forage feeds to be offered safely to all horses, good chewers or not.

Soaked feeds are very palatable but need to be fresh. Feed within 12 hours of adding the water. Use an amount of water that suits your horse. Some love a soup, others prefer more of a crumble texture. You can use warm water to speed the process along and offering a warm feed is appreciated by many horses in the winter. Don’t let the requirement for soaking put you off feeding the very best forages to your horses.

11/17/2021

The SCHJA Annual Meeting will be held after the banquet on Friday, December 3 and is open to all members!

Do not forget to purchase banquet tickets! This is the last week they will be available so we can provide a number to our caterers.

Our slate of officers for 2022 is:
President: Katrina Hutto
VP: Nikki Graham
Recording Secretary: Rachel Zimmerman
Treasurer: Beth Bauknight

We would also like to welcome our new board members for 2022, Jennifer Barker and Sam Sammataro!

11/16/2021

Let your child have a bad ride.
I know you want to protect them from the hardships of this world.
I know you want to give them success and good experiences.
I know you don't want to see them get hurt. To see them fall. To see them fail.
But, hear me out, let your child have a bad ride.

Let them cry the tears of frustration.
Let them shake the sand out from the inside of their riding pants.
Let them face the fear building inside of them.
Let them step back on again.

Yes, let your child have a bad ride.
Let them hate the horse that challenges them.
Let them learn what fight and passion and ambition mean.
Let them realize that when they refuse to quit the horse will take the time to listen.

Grant them the joy of realizing that they are connecting with another living being.
Grant them the joy of realizing that they, although they are small, can be powerful.
Grant them the joy of seeing their hard work pay off, through the days of tears can come a love unspeakable.

Yes, let your child have a bad ride.
Afterall, life will grant us plenty of them.

*not my words or picture, but I loved them so much I just had to share.*

11/09/2021

10/23/2021

BY MACKENZIE FITCH I began my equitation career last summer, riding with Troy Hendricks and Emily Corkhill at Kimber-View Stables in Glenmore, PA. Together we made a clear plan for the 2021 finals, the first being the NCEA.  The NCEA Final is made up of three components: over fences, flat, and a br...

08/02/2021

Wishing everyone good luck!! We will miss being there and cheering on all of our friends!

07/21/2021

Looks like a cool grouping of courses

06/24/2021

06/19/2021

Derby Mania is underway! Congratulations on some impressive riding by Courtney, Ann Frances, Finley, and Maria!
Even Mia the flying Whippet won the dog jumping contest!!

06/09/2021

Reminder!

06/06/2021

We had a great Saturday at Camden Hunter Jumper Series horse show South Carolina Equine Park, Your Camden Showgrounds! Thank you everyone for a wonderful show! So great to see Courtney Johnson Truluck back in the show ring and Ann Frances with TC, as well as having Maria show Chico! Great ribbons in the Low Hunters for Courtney, Ann Frances swept the Children’s Hunters for champio, as well as 6th in the Open Derby and Maria was reserve champion in the Performance Hunters.

Fun day showing today! Congrats to .mcwhite.hackney (Reserve in the Performance Hunters) & (champion in the Children’s Hunters & 6th in The Hunter Derby)

05/29/2021

ISO a groom for the Harmon Classics Derby Mania show in Tryon June 17-20. Will need help Thursday-Sunday and potentially on Wednesday. Message for more information or if interested, thanks!

04/13/2021

The RAE Equestrian team had a successful show in Camden this weekend! Finley had a great weekend showing Louie in the WTC and Crossrails divisions, where they proved the progress they have made together and walked away with some great ribbons both days of the show. We were so glad to have Peden join us this weekend aboard Wally, and the new pair worked wonderfully together as they won all of their over fences classes and were Champions in Short Stirrup on Saturday! Ann Frances aboard TC and Maria on Chico had great trips in the Performance Hunter division on Saturday, and capped the day off with top 12 finishes in the Palmetto Hunter Derby. Big congratulations to Maria for bringing home the top spot among the Junior/Amateur riders! Each continued their successes on Sunday, with Maria finishing with 2 thirds over fences in a competitive Performance division and Anne Frances closing out the show for the team with a win over fences in the Children’s. Congratulations to all!!

03/31/2021

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03/29/2021

"If you want to do something badly enough, you will work hard to get past that {making a mistake}. There are days and even weeks that things haven't worked out and I get sort of down in the dumps but I always want to climb out because I love this."

🎤 Legendary Betty Oare talks to Tonya Johnston, Mental Skills Coach about how she works past mistakes and talks about her amazing life with horses. Listen in 🎧 https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2019/05/04/plaidcast-123-tonya-johnstons-inside-your-ride-with-betty-oare/

03/20/2021

Announcing White Horses, LLC Summer Collegiate Camps

information & sign up can be found:
www.whitehorsesllc.com/camps
Registration opens: March 27, 2021

Ages: 14-18

*our camps are open to all and any entrants, limited only by numbers, age, level, and/ or gender*
😺😺

03/11/2021

Let’s get some good numbers in the National Derby and Medals! I’d love to support these horse shows!!
Stable View

02/19/2021

Congratulations to Herr Chico and Maria Hackney on their USHJA National Hunter Derby WIN! Thanks to for your help an also congrats to on your win in the Maclay on Saturday! PC: Meghan Benge Photography

02/18/2021

“It’s important to me that we don’t hold anyone up at the ring. When you bring that many to a horse show, it’s your obligation to run it smoothly. Otherwise, you shouldn’t bring that many. Likewise, when you’re taking your customers to the ring, it’s your obligation to give them your attention, effort and time when you’re there.”

By Andre Dignelli “If we take a lot of kids to a horse show, in a lot of different rings, I’m embarrassed if we ever hold up a ring or keep someone waiting- I don’t want to be that guy. The fact that I bring a lot of horses to the horse show should not […]

02/14/2021

Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at RAE Equestrian (and Chico!). 🥰💗

02/02/2021

We had an awesome show at Highfields this last weekend! Finley and Louie made their debut in the Crossrails and got great ribbons! Ann Frances and TC were champion in the Children’s Hunters winning the hack, in addition to their first and second placings in the over fences classes! Everyone did so well on Saturday we decided to scratch Sunday and celebrate Mia’s 13th birthday! 😂 (and maybe avoid the rain as well..)

01/20/2021

Sweet Cheeks officially has a sales ad.

https://bigeq.com/horse/listing/herr-chico-belgian-warmblood-equitation-33233/

Does your client need a horse with experience in all three rings, as well as presence that will be sure to grab everyone’s attention? This flashy chestnut, 17.3hh imported Belgian Warmblood gelding is exactly that! Chico has taken his current owner all the way to national medal finals as a junior ...