Bascule Farm LLC

11/13/2024

CONGRATULATIONS to our students Kristin C on Pistol for winning the FADS year end award AA at training level, and to Adrienne K on Lisa Vs Dr. Footworks for their high score AA at First level!
Also super happy for Kelley H on her first two scores on her way to her Bronze Medal…at her first rates show!

11/05/2024

Super proud of Steph for piloting Frankie to FODS at Maryland last weekend! Brought all the skills together and rode beautifully on all three phases to finish second! Congratulations!!!

11/04/2024

Five-star eventer Lillian Heard Wood talks about retiring LCC Barnaby, handling disappointment and celebrating personal successes.

11/01/2024

When your instructors got the memo! Bella Cox and Chris Knuth showing off their unplanned matching riding wear! Love these smiling faces!

10/26/2024

Throw back to 2021 when we started Twon (Firenze) and TTwo (Fawkes) under saddle with Shelby and Cassie in the irons. Such fun rescuing them as long yearlings and teaching them to trust humans. May they have long healthy lives teaching others!

10/23/2024

Currently proposed projects and ones coming soon

10/08/2024

Alois Podhajsky, former director of the Spanish Riding School, wrote his classic memoir and he titled it "My Horses, My Teachers" for a reason. The number and variation of horses that someone encounters has a lot to do with their level of horsemanship. We learn from the horses as our teachers.

Cavalrymen encountered a lot of horses. Army posts during the cavalry days had hundreds of horses of all kinds. Some had over 1,000 equines when you count the mules and drafts. It was from these huge herds that military horsemanship standards were developed over centuries by horsemen who spent most of their waking hours with horses.

One very important lesson came out of this military context, horses need predictability from humans. This is why the Army manuals contain rules for virtually everything that has to do with horses. There was a right way to do everything on a US Cavalry Post and if a Trooper didn't do it in that one correct way, he was corrected.

My first instructor, a cavalryman, taught his students the one correct way to do everything from how to hang up a bridle to how to groom and saddle a horse. We learned the Army way to tie a horse, the way to put on a halter, walk a horse through a gate, how to mount, dismount, apply the aids, water, feed, turnout, everything. Most importantly, we learned the correct terms of horsemanship. We all spoke the same language that eliminated confusion.

Today we see horse owners and riders all "doing it their own way". When I question them as to why, the answer is always the same, "It's how I like to do it", never considering how the horses might respond to this lack of predictability from riders with anxiety.

People defend their idiosyncrasies with, "He's my horse and he has a forever home with me, so he knows me and how I do things." They do not consider that they might become ill, or divorced, lose their job, etc. and the horse would have to go through a stressful adjustment period with one more human who "does their way". I see this at lesson barns where a horse might be ridden by several different riders each day, each one with their own way of doing things. Those horses shut down.

If you don't know a standard, read a British Horse Society or Pony Club manual for a start or a cavalry manual. Be aware of how horses respond, not just to you but to the unpredictable differences each human imposes on horses. Let the horses be your teachers.

10/02/2024

There are many wonderful groups helping those severely impacted by Hurricane Helene. Please consider donating to help those in dire need. This is one organization doing something many can’t…reaching those who are the most remote/isolated. Pray for ETN/WNC/GA/FL. The death toll continues to rise…

09/27/2024

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09/23/2024

NEW HORSE FOR PART LEASE! Tito is uber sweet but sensitive paint gelding. He is super comfortable and suitable for a confident teen or adult looking to flat or jump. He is eager to please and will do anything for a forehead scratch! Contact trainer Eliza to arrange a chance to try him!

Part leases are 2 or 3 days/week and include one weekend day. All leases are ON property only. For more info check out our web site at www.basculefarm.com/leases

09/23/2024

Three 2024 Celestial Ranger babies left! The AHS/ARS reps were so impressed with the whole foal crop. Comments like: He stamped all of them, they're cookie cutters! They all have a great hind end, beautiful walks and elegant refined heads. Each one improved on the mares.

CATANGA HS: 6-29-24 buckskin Hanov filly with a star. Dam: ALASTASIA (Alabaster/Popocat/Wie Weltmeyer)

CELETTE HS: 5-30-24 buckskin Hanov filly. Dam: COLETTE HTF (Contucci/Royal Prince/Parabol)

CYPHER HS: 6-2-24 smokey black Hanov c**t. Dam: SKYLAR SONG (Sam Steele/Wellesley/Magic). TOP FOAL RIBBON!

PM me if interested in any of them...I'm happy to keep them though till we can sit on them! Breeder's HEAVEN here!

09/22/2024

Congratulations to student Amelia Rivera on her own “Andy” in today’s inner school hunter/ Eq show! After 2 short months of knowing each other this great team had amazing rounds to earn a reserved champion in their FIRST show!

We don’t just specialize in eventing. Assistant trainer Bella also coaches hunters and eq and has started taking students/ horses to hunter shows.