Hidden Hollow Stable and Farm

06/12/2024

05/31/2024

Magical night

05/30/2024

Beautiful Aladdin and Kelly

04/06/2024

03/21/2024

“You do nothing with your horse.”

Sometimes the horse needs to be doing nothing.

Sometimes they need the pressure of timelines and goals taken off completely.

Sometimes they need to just be enjoyed as a pasture puff, living life just being a horse and being groomed and doted on, with no expectation,

Sometimes “doing nothing” is the ticket to getting the horse to a point mentally and physically where they are capable of doing “something.”

Sometimes horses are happiest just “doing nothing” forever and they don’t owe us labour.

It can and should be normalized to enjoy your horse simply being a horse.

So, “doing nothing” isn’t really “doing nothing,” it’s giving your horse the time and space they need to decompress.

And, contrary to how it sounds, it can actually be doing an awful lot to rehabilitate your horse and heal their mind and body

So, here’s to the equestrians who are currently “doing nothing” with their horses.

I’m sure your horse appreciates you for giving them the time they need.

12/18/2023

Lester was such an awesome horse to be around, to ride and to watch!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️

11/15/2023

Sounds perfect 😆
credits: Camp Corrals

10/20/2023

09/03/2023

Had to share this with all my horse friends!
Very interesting read and so true🤠

5 Things Your Horse Will Always Remember!

Horses have an exceptional level of awareness meaning that they can understand situations much more deeply than other animals. They are so attentive that they can pick on other people's emotions through body language, voice, or just the general vibe you give off. This type of awareness can lead to much more intense experiences for horses. Here are some experiences your horse will remember forever!

1. Places

Horses have quasi photographic memory, meaning that they can remember places very clearly. It can be positive or negative, depending on the experience they had in a particular place. Imagine your horse witnessed a very traumatic event. Most likely he will never forget the place or event and move away from that area. If your horse seems hesitating to go somewhere, listen to him, comfort him and trust him, he knows what he's doing!

2. People

As horses have an almost photographic memory, it’s no surprise that they remember people by their faces. Show them the picture of someone they know and they will probably react. Horses can even recognize people after years of being apart! But their memory goes far beyond our general appearance. Horses can read our facial expressions and remember them for later, too.

As part of the study, horses were shown pictures of people with happy or sad expressions. After meeting these people in person (with neutral expressions), the horses reacted based on the original expression they had memorized in the photos. If you meet a horse for the first time, then you have to make a very good impression on him!

3. Emotions

Besides places and people, horses have an innate ability to recognize human emotions. Horses have a tendency to perceive body language, even the most subtle, which helps them determine a person's feelings. If we are feeling stressed, sad or angry, our physical appearance tends to reflect this. Same goes when we feel happy or excited! Horses don't just read emotions, they also remember a person based on the last emotion they felt from their last interaction. This is a useful strategy for horses to avoid any possible aggressive encounters.

4. The other horses

Humans aren't the only ones who can leave an indelible imprint on a horse! Horses can remember and recognise other horses from their social network. Whether it takes a few years or decades, one horse will never forget its relationship with another. This doesn't mean as much they will pair up with each other if they ever get together. One horse will only react to another if the bond they had was particularly strong. If he knows a horse from a previous encounter, he may treat it differently than others.

Other important bonds between horses, like the one that unites a mare and her foal, are known to last a lifetime. As horses also remember smells, this can help a mare recognize her baby, even years after separation.

5. The words

Horses are able to understand words much deeper than we thought, but not in the traditional sense we give words. They understand the words by tone, height and length of the voice. Words with fewer syllables tend to stick better to horses. They can tell when someone is insulting them and when someone is complimenting them. Don't underestimate their intelligence, because there's a good chance they're listening very attentively to every word you utter.

Horses are incredibly gifted animals, and should be treated as such! Having an idea of the memories horses hold with them forever will allow you to understand and communicate with them even more deeply. Whatever the experience, good or bad, you can be sure your horse has felt it fully. Do your best to give them a good memory, and they will surely do the same.

08/23/2023

One more week of our Summer Horsemanship program. Come for a day (4 hours) Be awesome on a horse!!! Ages 5 and up. www.hiddenhollowstable.com, please email or call 781-217-1010

Hidden Hollow Farm is a family owned 18 acre farm on the Pembroke/Duxbury line. We offer boarding,

07/28/2023

Paris 2024 – The countdown is on! 🇫🇷🥇

Paris 2024 marks exactly a century since equestrian sport at the Olympic Games came under the jurisdiction of the FEI. The Games of the ###III Olympiad will see equestrian competition held at the Palace of Versailles, once home to the kings and queens of France and developed to majestic proportions by the “Sun King” Louis XIV.

Following the Jumping Team's recent success in Valkenswaard, Australia 🇦🇺 now has teams qualified in all three Olympic disciplines...

Read more: http://www.equestrianlife.com.au/articles/Paris-2024-The-countdown-is-on

📷 Paris 2024

07/12/2023

Belmont!

07/12/2023

Pembroke, minutes from route 3. We still have openings in our Summer Horsemanship program. Ages 5 and up. Full and 1/2 day sessions. Please visit www.hiddenhollowstable.com summer page. Learn to ride, games on horseback, yoga, hikes, crafts and a horse show on Friday! Please email [email protected] or call 781-217-1010 for more information

05/04/2023

If I have taught you or your child, for Teacher Appreciation Week, I'd love for my former students / parents/ guardians to REPLY to this post and tell me how you are doing / what you are up to (school, job, family, etc..)! Or a funny story from our time together! Or all of the above! Even if you know /think that I know all about it - I want to hear from you! (I stole this from another teacher friend! Feel free to steal this, teachers, for I have seen some very cool stuff posted!)

03/28/2023

From A Parent:
One of my friends asked, "Why do you pay so much money for your kids to ride horses?" Well, I have a confession to make. I don't pay for my kids to ride horses. Personally, I couldn't care less about the horses.
So, if I'm not paying for them to ride, what am I paying for?
• I pay for those moments when my kids become so tired they want to quit but don't.
• I pay for those days when my kids come home from school and are "too tired" to go to the barn, but they go anyway.
• I pay for my kids to learn to be disciplined.
• I pay for my kids to learn to take care of their body.
• I pay for my kids to learn to work with others and to be good teammates.
• I pay for my kids to learn to make and accomplish goals.
• I pay for my kids to learn that it takes hours and hours and hours and hours of hard work and practice to create a champion, and that success does not happen overnight.
• I pay for the opportunity my kids have and will have to make life-long friendships.
• I pay so that my kids can be in the arena instead of in front of a screen.
I could go on but, in short, I don't pay for horse riding. I pay for the opportunities that horse riding provides my kids with to develop attributes that will serve them well throughout their lives and give them the opportunity to bless the lives of others. From what I have seen so far, I think it is a great investment!😍❤😍

03/10/2023

Mary’s new horse!!! Welcome to the family Belmont!!! We love you already!

01/23/2023

Recipe for raising a “horse girl”…….

You bring them home from the hospital and instead of keeping them home you let them breathe in the smell of horses every chance you get….

Then at a few months old you prop them up in the saddle and hold them there to just sit in the saddle….

When they are 3 they say they can’t pick up the horse’s hoof …you help them but then tell them they need to finish themselves…..

You let them lead the 23 yr old faithful gelding because leading the big horse makes them feel so proud….

At 4 yrs old you teach them that the horse depends on them for water, hay, grain….Dinner might be almost ready in the house, but ponies eat first …..

At 5 years old, when she falls off for the first time, you check to make sure nothings broken, wipe her tears, then you give her a leg up and tell her to get it done, because you KNOW she’s a great rider…..

At 10 years old when she doesn’t place in her class at the horse show and she’s falling apart, you ask her if her horse worked hard for her, and then you tell her that to her horse she is #1, and to keep riding, because her horse depends on her……

At 12 years old she comes home from school and tells you another kid said something mean at school to someone she knows. She then tells you she told that kid to shut their mouth and keep it to themselves…. Then she walked off with the kid that was being made fun of……

At 13 years old her friends at the barn are as close as siblings……they support her in her wins and her falls…..the barn has created relationships that are thicker than blood….

At 15 years old her first “boyfriend” breaks up with her ….. you can tell she is upset so you both head to the barn. She wraps her arms around her horse’s neck, breathes him in, and the tears flow. But you can see that resolve emerge when she’s cantering around the ring…. She tells you her horse is better than that boy any day.

You heard others say over the years…..

“Horses are too expensive!”
“She’s going to get sick from all the germs.”
“She’s going to fall off and get hurt.”
“She spends too much time at the barn.”

When she is a young woman and leaves your home, off on her next adventure, you head out to the barn. You thank her horses, you breathe them in, you wrap your arms around them because ….

Horses helped you to create a confident, self-assured, responsible, kind, nurturing, outdoors-loving, tough as nails, throws her shoulders back and stands tall, strong woman.

To all the parents raising “horse girls” keep going, you are giving them more than just riding lessons…..

01/10/2023

01/10/2023

Snow this morning, fiery sky from last week!

12/15/2022

Always my sidekick- Allie

10/26/2022

Awesome Birthday party!! Snuggles and christmas spirit!!!

10/14/2022

Some super cute kids and horses!!!

09/08/2022

Christmas spirit.

09/07/2022

Kids love cake.