HP Horsemanship

04/21/2022

A little update on what’s been going on, and hopefully back to regular updates 🤞😅

About 2 weeks ago when I came down to Florida for the weekend I decided to bring Quinn to a local show, I haven’t ridden Quinn in over a year about last under saddle show was back in the beginning of 2020. Even though she got a little tired towards the end of the show and even got spooked by some attack moss 😅 we placed top 3 in all of our classes!

Last weekend I made my official move back home to Florida and Nora came with me! I had such and amazing time living in Alabama for the last year and I have learned so much and I’m looking forward to using the knowledge I have learned to train my current horses and new ones I get in.

My first week back and I have already worked with two new wild ones!
The first one is a 9 year old DG mare now named maple
And the second one is a 5 year old Eagle, NV gelding now named Mendler.

Green Horse Organics
Ridge Creek Tack

11/12/2021

I’ve been horrible at posting updates as usual but Nora has been progressing really well!

We officially have one week until the 2021 AL TIP Challenge starts. I’m lucky that I don’t have to travel anywhere for this challenge as it is here in AL.

I have been a gelding person for the last couple of years and I’ve had my heart set in wanting a gelding, but I’ve fallen in love with this mare and her personality ❤️

She is getting groomed and ready for the show thanks to Green Horse Organics and her halters for the show came in from Ridge Creek Tack and her polos came in from Polos Over Bros!

09/01/2021

Nora has been learning lots of new things this week! The past couple of days I have just been working on her moving forward, learning to lunge and changes of direction. Today we got some forward leading ( she likes to just take a couple of steps at a time, but we will work to getting more) and worked on re- haltering which she did really well with!

08/27/2021

Nora and I made our way to Alabama this morning and she settled in really well! I was able to walk right up to her in our session this evening and rub both sides of her and she reached out and wanted me to scratch her face ( and I might have found her itchy spot! 😅)

She also got her mane brushed out and detangled and all braided❤️

Green Horse Organics
Ridge Creek Tack
Mustang Heritage Foundation

08/22/2021

Introducing my draw for the 2021 Alabama TIP challenge!

A 4 yr old sorrel mare from the Paisley Desert HMA in Oregon. Looking forward to see what the two of us can accomplish together, and prepare the best we can to compete in November.

Going to actually try and keep updates posted on this mare.

Green Horse Organics
Ridge Creek Tack
MNP Photography
Mustang Heritage Foundation

08/20/2021

I’m finally back to social media! 😅🤦‍♀️ long post ahead…

I had some health issues and decided to take a break from social media while I dealt with them, but I am doing good and ready to be back to posting!

I finished the makeover with Adelaide, and we finished 8th overall for my first adult competition! And she found an amazing home in north Florida!

I found a new love for Western dressage, and thanks to Mirka I was able to compete in the international western dressage show and had so much fun filming my tests.

Now I am starting my journey with a new challenge horse.. I am competing for the second time in the 2021 Alabama tip challenge, and I pick up my draw tomorrow!

I’m going to do a giveaway with whoever gets the closest guess to what my pick is: color, age, gender, state and or hma..

04/29/2021

I’m still doing bad about posting updates, but we are making amazing progress, we have walk trot undersaddle, and just started to canter. This mare is so amazing and is so patient with me when I am nervous to do something.

Adelaide will be available through the virtual auction during the KY EMM in June, if you would like any more information or pictures/videos about her please message me!

04/18/2021

I’ve been horrible at posting updates on Adelaide but she is doing amazing!!

Last weekend Adelaide attended her first ( and my second) Double Dan Horsemanship clinic here at Southern Cross Ranch. She did so good and we learned so much. Thanks to Mirka we already had a start on liberty and the clinic helped us learn more and how to progress! She has about 10 rides on her now ( only 2 have been undersaddle and the rest of them ba****ck) all rides have been in the arena, and she is so calm and comfortable riding in there even with other horses circling her and riding and doing things on all sides of her. I’m super proud of the progress we are making together! I also got her another new halter from Double Dan 😅 and she is just so pretty in purple ❤️

Also last month I competed in my first International Liberty Horse Association virtual show with one of Mirka’s horses Stormy, we competed in the novice lead line class and novice liberty class where we got 1st in lead line and 3rd in liberty.

Mustang Heritage Foundation
Extreme Mustang Makeover

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04/07/2021

This girl is looking so good!😍 and her new Ridge Creek Tack halter came and it looks so good on her!!
And getting her all groomed up thanks to Green Horse Organics!

04/01/2021

Adelaide update!

This mare is doing really well with training, she is still a little nervous at times but she tries her hardest for me!

We have been working on two line driving, backing up, yielding her hindquarters, flexing, and wearing the saddle. And yesterday I was able to lay over her for the first time!

Adelaide’s favorite thing to do after each session is going for walks around the property and on the trails. And found out that she really likes water.

03/16/2021

I’ve been horrible on posting updates on Adelaide 🤦‍♀️ but she is doing really good in training! With the help of Mirka Crew, Adelaide and I are learning new skills everyday.
We are working on large circles and turning them into small drawing circles and getting her closer, one line butt ropes yields, and two line driving. This mare is super smart and catches onto new things quickly.

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03/10/2021

Had a great session with this mare this morning!

This mare is officially tag free, and is finally named.

No longer known as tag #9944, and is now known as Adelaide!

03/04/2021

Well here she is... meet tag #9944, a 4 yr old mare from the Stewart Creek HMA in Wyoming. This mare has a really nice build to her ( and those of you that know me know that I’m not a huge fan of grays, so this mare must be special)

I am super excited for this journey with her, and for the entire 100 days I will be in Alabama training and learning from Mirka Crew! I can’t wait to learn as much as possible, and for all this mare will teach me!

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Ridge Creek Tack
Polos Over Bros
MNP Photography

03/03/2021

Super excited to finally announce ( now that I have my horse) I have been accepted into the 2021 KY Extreme Mustang Makeover. This will be my first adult EMM and I will have to ride in this makeover in the 100 day training period. I am super excited about my pick ( and it’s exactly what I told myself I didn’t want but it’s super cute!)

So any guesses which one of these is my draw?

02/23/2021

https://youtu.be/KEOa8dZY1IE

Becker’s journey video to the 2021 Alabama TIP Challenge is officially posted on YouTube! I think this has been my favorite journey to go back and watch. This little gelding certainly was not the easiest mustang I’ve had but once he knew what I was asking of him he kept getting better and better! And I love that I can visit him and his new mom as they don’t live to far away❤️

Thank you to my amazing sponsors!
Green Horse Organics for keeping him looking shiny throughout the makeover period - use code HPRICEGHO for a discount!
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Polos Over Bros always helping me get the best polos to match my freestyle theme - use code haleigh21 for a discount!
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Becker is a yearling BLM mustang gelding from the Green Mountain HMA in Wyoming. Becker came to me in November of 2020. For this competition we got to choose...

02/17/2021

So I realized I never posted or introduced this mare so.... officially introducing Bombshell. This pretty girl is a 6 yr old from the Devils Garden HMA in California. She is owned by a friend of mine. I picked her up a little over two weeks ago. She is here for some training, and she was suppose to be pregnant, and would foal here and then once the baby is weaned she would go back and I would keep the baby. This mare is super sweet and so easy going. So I decided to have the vet out today to see if we could get an answer to if she was pregnant or not.
So two weeks out of the wild this mare got an ultrasound, and the vet confirmed she is bred and is in around her third trimester!

Not sure who the stallion was but the DG herd has a lot of coloration patterns ( strawberry roan, blue roan, bay roan, bay, black, sorrel and more!)

Any guesses on what the color of this baby will be?