Bascule Farm LLC

03/24/2025

Rotwing baby nap time comes to mind…

This would be my horse.

03/22/2025

🥰 Raise Her in the Barn

Put your daughter in the barn, where the air smells of hay and hard work, where the lessons are unspoken but will be deeply understood.

Let her find her footing in the dust and dirt,
learning that balance isn’t just for the saddle but for life itself.

Watch as she earns trust from something bigger than herself, as she discovers that patience isn’t passive...it’s the quiet persistence of trying again and again.

Let her feel the weight of responsibility
with every flake of hay she tosses, every bucket she fills, every wound she tends with her tiny gentle hands.

Put your daughter in the barn, where she’ll learn that effort matters more than luck, that showing up every day builds more than muscle...it builds character.

Let her see that respect is earned, not demanded, that failure isn’t final, and that sometimes the best lessons come from falling off and getting back on.

Give her a place where she can be strong and soft, bold and kind, independent yet deeply connected.

Let the barn shape her, and when the world calls her forward, you’ll see a woman who knows who she is, because she was raised in the barn.

💕©2025 Michelle Knutson | Born In The Barn | All rights reserved!

03/13/2025

03/12/2025

ISO Groom for 2 weeks Monday March 24 through Friday April 4th. (Off weekends)
Good Hourly pay, 12-4:30pm. Grooming, Tacking, untacking, tack cleaning, saddle pad laundry for our Eventing trainer. Possibility to extend and become more permanent team member if it works out. Right now just need the commitment for 2 weeks. Easy horses, lots of backup help to give you guidance. PM if interested in giving us a help out!

03/11/2025

Derby day 2 recap!
Trainer Chris took two riders to Loch Moy on Sunday, and it was an AWESOME afternoon! Catherine and Bowie had an amazing go in the starter division, showing off all their hard work from this winter to finish in second! Bowie got all the pats after their round. Sophie also rode her golden boy Casino in the BN for his first ever outing over fences, and he was a star! You would have thought he’s been doing this his whole life!
The day was filled with smiles all around, and everyone is so excited to get rolling this season!
Thank you to Loch Moy (and all the volunteers who make it happen!) for a great weekend!

03/08/2025

Trainer Eliza took a group to the Loch Moy Go Green Derby today, and the bay boys (and girl) were stars! Amelia and Koz were fast and clear in the intro, Gigi and Prada WON the starter (girl power!! 🥇💪🏼), and Anna and Honza showed off the improvements in rideability they’ve been honing this winter.
A super fun day filled with great horses, great people, and great riding! Trainer Chris will be back there tomorrow for day 2 with another group!

03/04/2025

We have 12 rides available so enter if you want to ride @ our Bascule Indoor dressage show!

Come in out of the cold and practice with Warm up & tests indoors! Positive judges are scheduled to give a little help post first ride (mini fix-a-test). Ribbons to 8th. Hard surface parking. If driving conditions are expected to be hazardous, we will email by Thursday PM if cancelling. Full Refunds...

03/02/2025

Got to teach my first jump lesson in several weeks with the two super Resident students Grace and Tess! They got to do little jump schools on the broodmares Seabring and Meadow! So much fun being part of the great riding and training!

02/20/2025

Is this what they mean by “x halt salute?” 🫡
Warmer temps next week means more silly hacks with friends - we can’t wait! Tag your hacking buddy!

02/17/2025

NEXT UP: A March Dressage Show on the 15th!

Come in out of the cold and practice with Warm up & tests indoors! Positive judges are scheduled to give a little help post first ride (mini fix-a-test). Ribbons to 8th. Hard surface parking. If driving conditions are expected to be hazardous, we will email by Thursday PM if cancelling. Full Refunds...

02/13/2025

Quiet training…how our horses prefer it..

Such a simple, simple reality---

Let’s say that a rider wants a horse to move away from leg pressure, basically some sort of leg yield.

And the rider kicks the horse, and the horse moves right over. BUT---the horse is now slightly nervous from the kick.

OR---the rider nudges the horse, and maybe the horse doesn’t instantly move over. So the rider nudges until the horse responds by moving over, at which point the rider has made the point, but has done so BELOW the horse’s anxiety threshold.

The second method may take a little longer, may not seem as effective, at least not right this second, but a horse quietly trained, just using this leg yielding as one example, will generally be more accepting of the training than one which is waiting for some sort of sharper more abrupt signal to do something.

The quiet trainer versus the other way, figure out which you would prefer if you were a horse.

02/10/2025

Space available at Bascule Farm!

02/04/2025

Danny will be here Sunday Feb 9th if anyone local needs to get on the schedule or is just interested in talking to him/watching master at work!

On the road agian...
Danny will be doing fittings next week( Feb 8th-14th.) DK will be coming to SC, MD, FL as well as CA the following week.
If anyone requires service or sales please reach out asap. You can contact Danny directly 403 615 5435 call or text. Send a short text or leave a voicemail and he will get back to you asap.