casner_equestrian_center

07/01/2022

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05/25/2022

05/18/2022

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLER FOR SUMMER. ALL AGES WELCOME! HUNTER/JUMPER-EQUITATION/-HUNTER UNDER SADDLE AND WESTERN PLEASURE. FUN, FAMILY FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE. FOR THE SERIOUS RIDER. SHOWING AVAILABLE. OR JUST LEARN TO RIDE AND CONNECT WITH YOUR HORSE.
MESSAGE US FOR AN INTRO LESSON TO SEE IT WE ARE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. OR CALL 804-397-9144 TO SET UP AN INTRO LESSON FOR YOU AND OR YOU CHILD.
GOD BLESS-LORRI CASNER BASARA

04/21/2022

03/11/2022

So my Besty and Arizona who I went to visit just sent me these pictures her husband took yesterday of the wild horses on the Indian reservation close to where she lives. Unfortunately I didn’t get to see them and neither did she but he was able to capture a few photos even with a baby. Next time I’m going on a wild horse hunt Photography and Heart that is

01/07/2022

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12/23/2021

READ! AND READ AGIAN!

The obsession with a deep heel in flat work….

Have a look at the photo below. Would you squash my fingers when you ride? If the answer is yes, you have too much weight in your stirrups.

Next time you are in your saddle at halt, consciously push your weight into the stirrup and feel how your glutes and hamstrings contract, popping you up. You may have been doing this for so long it’s difficult at first to feel the contraction. Go back and forth between pushing down into the stirrup and just resting your foot. Really sense into what changes in your underneath when you push down into the stirrup.

Additionally, notice how this pushing into the stirrup jams up the joints of the ankle, knee and hip. All of which are required to stay soft and mobile if we are to sit the trot effectively. If too much weight in feet is not diagnosed by yourself or your coach you will bounce unnecessarily when using your stirrups. This is one of the primary reasons for no stirrup work and why you’ll feel like your sitting better and more connected without them.

I see many riders attempting to put their weight into the stirrup in hopes of following all gaits: rising and sitting trot and canter. It will only disconnect you from the saddle and your horses back. However, if we can learn to keep our ‘foot light’ in the stirrup we will have the same success with them as we do without. Not using your stirrups, sadly, will not help you learn to ride with them and ‘foot light’ is often the fix.

‘Heels down’ is something that is shouted by many coaches universally. Unfortunately, it results in many riders pushing their leg forward to appease the coach as often their hamstrings are tight and it’s the only way the heel will go down. Now the foot is jammed forward, removing the ability to follow the movement with a soft ankle and the body alignment of the ear, shoulder, hip, boney knobble of the ankle bone is lost. In this position, the rider is no longer responsible for their own body weight in any gait. The foot jammed forward and lack of proper alignment also makes the rider fall back into the saddle in rising trot with a thump because their feet are no longer under the hip.

Think of the ball of your foot across the pad of your stirrup iron and imagine you are about to dive backwards off of a diving board. It should feel springy and light. You are in a kneeling feeling and the energy comes from the hip socket, down the top of the thigh, out the kneecap and to the ground (not to your foot). Putting a sponge in each stirrup can also help you feel how the foot can stay light and spring-like through the joints of the ankle, knee and hips in sitting trot (and canter). If you don’t have some available, just imagining a sponge under the ball of your foot can have good effect.

If this is new to you, your new conundrum will be losing your stirrups until you can sense your way into feeling just the right amount of weight that will keep your stirrup but not squash my fingers! It is a conundrum worth working through, I assure you. Once this skill is solidified, you won’t panic if you lose a stirrup because you won’t be relying on your stirrups to stand in and balance.

***Thank you to Shannyn Clarke for being my photo model

12/14/2021

Lilah and Aurora This little beauty eight year old OTTB green Over fencesbut very sweet And willing if anybody’s interested lease option available

12/03/2021

Hey guys if you’ve had fun and a good experience out here could you please give me a good review I really appreciate it thanks ahead of time

11/25/2021

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM ALL OF US AT CASNER EQUESTRIAN CENTER
May it be Blessed.

10/08/2021

10/07/2021

Hunter/Jumper/huntseat equitation/hunter under saddle, western pleasure and equine assisted Therapy

09/06/2021

Don’t forget to
Pick up
Hats and shirts when you come out

08/18/2021

We start them young here

08/18/2021

Happy first trail ride

08/18/2021

Aurora and her little buddy

08/14/2021

Remember everyone lesson fees for the month are Due Sept 1st
Always the first of the month!
I gave everyone a break this month to get into the new routine and because of my daddy passing
But from here on out there will be a $25 Late fee for not paying the first of the month
Sorry but I’ve got to have it all in to budget expenses
Thank You for your understanding
❤️Lorri

08/11/2021

07/18/2021

Grandbabies first ride on his pony