LTD Horsemanship

01/13/2025

Magnum Majestica GRK (Magnum Psyche x Crown Kaprika) is a 2010 bay mare. She stands 15.1-15.2 hh.

“Maggie” has primarily been ridden hunter but could make a cute western pleasure prospect as well. She has shown hunter pleasure and was a Region 8 Champion. While we have had little kiddos on her, she would be better suited for an intermediate rider. Possibly an older, more experienced youth. She can be a bit of a hotter mare and does have some quirks that I am more than happy to discuss in further detail. She is currently in training. Located in Ogden, UT. Mid X,###.

01/12/2025

Our baby M&M’s! ❤️

The first points earned in our new Star Program go to Talia Dodd and her Half-Arabian mare, M CATCHIN MY DRIFT (Docs Justa Drifting x Laddies Erin by TU SX Shamrock) in the Cattle Division. Enrollment forms are on the website and you must be signed-up for the Star Program before any points will be counted.

Nice job, Talia!

01/03/2025

Give your horse the best education possible.

I’ve heard it said that in order to survive, horses have to survive in our world and it’s our responsibility to teach them how to do so. Is it fair? No. But is it the truth? Yes.

We all see comments on social media all day long arguing over what’s right, what’s wrong and what’s natural when it comes to horse training and keeping horses. First of all, let’s be honest and admit that everything we do with horses is unnatural right down to vaccines and vet care. But we do it because it’s good for them just like an education is. Knowing how to stand tied, knowing how to be alone, knowing how to be stalled… all are very good skills for a horse to know. That doesn’t mean they need to be kept in a stall, kept alone all the time, etc. But they should know how to handle those situations in addition to basic manners.

I hear a lot of people say they don’t teach their horses X, Y and Z because they never plan on doing X, Y and Z with their horses. They don’t need to know how to load in a trailer because I never go anywhere. I’ll never put them in a stall because I don’t believe in stalls. They want their horses to live as natural as possible. They don’t need to know anything because that stuff isn’t important to them and they plan on keeping the horse forever. Life happens unfortunately, and it happens fast. What if your horse gets sick or injured and requires a stay at the vet clinic? Their buddies can’t stay with them at the clinic. That situation is going to be a lot less stressful when they know how to handle being alone and handle being stalled. What about any other emergency? What if something happens to you? I’m sorry but you cannot guarantee that you can keep a horse their entire life. Horses live a long time and life happens in the blink of an eye. While those skills might not be important to you, if something were to happen to you and now that horse is forced to face the world, those skills are going to be extremely beneficial and give them the best chance possible.

I feel like it’s become kind of an ego thing when people like to state that their horses don’t need to know anything, or that their value isn’t based on their usefulness. That’s great for you. But you are failing to set your horse up for success in the reality of the world we live in. Give them an education and the best one that you can.

01/03/2025

This big guy ❤️. He’s here to hang out with us for a bit for a tune up and to make all of my horses seems like ponies and my tack like pony tack 😂
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12/27/2024

Rest easy our sweet old lady ❤️❤️. Thank you for being the best pony and giving our boys the very best start to their horsemanship journey. You taught them all the basics and took them to their very first horse show 💕. I could trust you wholeheartedly with them and always knew you would take the very best care of them. I’m going to miss your fuzzy face staring at me through the gate when I’m 5 minutes late to feed in the mornings, racing you to the gate when it got left open and you’re trying to make a break for it, escaping to the neighbors yard and all of your shenanigans. You always kept us on our toes and we loved you dearly for it. Thank you so much for raising all of our babies ❤️❤️. I hope you’re running around up there with Snoopy and Junie causing all kinds of chaos ❤️❤️.

12/25/2024

From our family to yours, Merry Christmas everyone ❤️

12/24/2024

Okay but in all honesty she loves to dress up as much as I love to dress her up 😂. She’s the best ❤️
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12/21/2024

Our tentative list of events for 2025. We will definitely not attend all of these events, but they are events that are on our radar that we’re most interested in attending ❤️.

12/12/2024

One of the most important things to learn with horses is when to quit. When things are going well, give them a pat, hop off and loosen the cinch. Be done. It’s my opinion that often times people push horses too much. They’re focused on quantity over quality and it really needs to be the other way around. I’ve received pushback in the past because of this, but it’s something that I stand by. I don’t ride/work horses for a specified amount of time, I prioritize ending on a good note whenever that may be. I don’t care if it’s only 5 minutes into our session. Now that doesn’t mean that every session is that short, but if we’ve been working on something that the horse is struggling with and just not quite clicking, and all of a sudden it clicks, call it quits.

Ellie had the perfect example yesterday. She’s always struggled with her left lead and at this point we believe it to be a training thing rather than a pain thing. I had a plan in mind for our ride yesterday but after trotting around for a few minutes I decided to just go ahead and ask for the lope on the left lead. She picked it up immediately. No fuss or anything. Just casually went into that left lead so beautifully. We loped around a couple times. I asked her to whoa. Hopped off, loosened the cinch and just stood there in the arena for a moment giving her pats. A short positive ride is going to have a lot more benefit and impact than a longer one trying to reach a time quota ❤️.
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12/09/2024

Tried something new and made a loping hack this weekend!
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12/09/2024

How can I pray for you this week?
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12/04/2024

Grabbed all the mares to help me make a tiktok 😂. I have the best mares ❤️❤️.
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12/02/2024

How can I pray for you this week?
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12/02/2024

Teaching lessons ba****ck off the 3 year old ❤️

11/30/2024

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