Matt Flarida Reining Horses

08/13/2024

🍀🍀🍀Good luck to these ladies today in TRFAM Rookie 2 Championship!!
✨Tori and Rambo - draw 55
✨Tess and Willie - draw 80

08/12/2024

Wishing Tessa and Willie tomorrow in the Rookie 1 at TRFAM!! 🎰🎲🤠

07/11/2024

Thank you Matt Flarida Reining Horses for donating a 3 LESSON PACKAGE ($225 value) as part of our 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐦 & 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐚. Auction runs 7/12-7/13 at the MRHA Liberty Derby and online (𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣)

To donate auction items, please email us at [email protected] or call/text 734-740-3290

07/10/2024

Dad kicked off the week in Colorado at the Rocky Mountain Reining Horse Association Summer Slide with a win!

Limited Open Champion
Oakay Shining Gun
Owned by Patrice Schreiber
Ridden by Mike Flarida

Big THANK YOU to our class sponsor Cori Hoody Horsemanship. We appreciate your support!

Photo proofs at https://lamellphoto.shootproof.com/gallery/24877160/

07/08/2024

07/07/2024

How you handle your horse while showing can communicate a lot about your expectations and relationship, and it can have long-term effects for future competition. Gain insights on how to keep your horse confident in your guidance and on your team throughout the pattern in this month's issue of the NRHA Reiner Magazine at reini.ng/CheckingIn.

07/04/2024

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07/04/2024

Great article in this month's Reiner!

https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=55500&i=825731&p=54&ver=html5

Tori Watchous Matt Flarida

06/26/2024

🎂🥳Help us wish this special guy a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today!!! And it's 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗚 7️⃣0️⃣!

06/25/2024

𝙎𝙎 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙗𝙮𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙡 ✌️
*Available* in Purcell, OK
A Sparkling Vintage x Good Time Whiz Girl
NRHA/ NRBC nominated
Eligible for the Silver Spurs- Million Dollar Challenge Incentive
See 2nd photo for more information.
This filly is gorgeous, sweet and stacked on her papers.
Call/Text Matt- 419-778-1603 for details.

06/16/2024

Matt Flarida was humbled to learn that his peers voted him as the 2023 NRHA Youth Coach of the Year and recognized this achievement by their attendance at the Buckle Ceremony held during the 2024 NRHA Derby.

06/16/2024

⭐2023 Youth Coach of the Year ⭐

06/09/2024

Help us help our old friend and colleague Eric Priest who lost everything today in the unthinkable barn fire at Brant Performance Horses.
Donate to his recovery and rebuilding if you’re able at https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-erics-recovery-and-rebuilding?attribution_id=sl%3A7abc4236-41d2-4875-a6de-23a5e962cd77&utm_campaign=man_sharesheet_ft&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link

06/08/2024

Our good friends Brandon and Eric are in our thoughts and prayers as they deal with and prepare to recover from this tragedy 💔🙏🏻
We are ready and available to help in any way we can.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-brant-performance-horses-after-devastating-barn-fire?attribution_id=sl:7ffdbfe6-14e2-42dd-afec-2270d3ea399b&utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&fbclid=IwY2xjawDRq0FleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHYRxlQ35FsFfQumdyZVigyc1lH6kbtaFnB9hLPxE63Kb_Hd5ZPJtD12NIw_aem_AcSzAgBlDSzvz0VGucUQVK9q-845Tj7ZTDc7TH1u_mDCuGFl5_ZgsPxHJgtsioi-5Kk3QdhazJDccwOP0hO3P68g

05/15/2024

Blessed to do what we love every day!

04/22/2024

Matt and Waylon are Draw 41 today in the prelims of the NRBC Open Derby! Wishing them all the luck!! 🍀

04/09/2024

The story began with a broken combine traded for an ornery pony mare, named Bridget.

Grandpa loved horses as a teenager, but starting a family at a young age, his life initially went in a different direction. He was employed as a drill press operator and later a sheet metal worker. However, he was always drawn to horses. They got a chance to trade a piece of farm equipment for a pony mare that had a reputation for being quite difficult. He convinced his neighbors to let him keep her in their garage, as they lived in town, and he and my dad took on the task of working with the pony.

Each evening after work and school, Grandpa and Dad would try to teach Bridget ONE thing. Whether it be how to stay tied without terrorizing the neighborhood dragging a toolbox, or how to jump over a row of bicycles strategically blocking the back alley, they poured all their efforts into setting and achieving goals one by one. They even trained her to jump onto the flatbed of a rented flatbed truck, so they could haul her to some small local shows. Everyone in our family eventually got to have their own experiences with Bridget. Dad’s brothers, Clint, Mark and Shawn, followed by myself and my sister, Crystal. To be honest, that pony was almost the reason I DIDN’T want to pursue doing horses.

If it wasn’t for my Grandpa giving all of us that interest that gravitated us to them, none of what we do and have done over the course of the last 50+ years would be possible. Many of you recognize my grandfather as a familiar face over the years at the reining shows, but to me he was so much more.

Not only did he share his love for the horses, but also his approach to anything he was doing. He always taught us to strive for perfection, no matter what the task. Grandpa was always very particular, from how he kept his yard and tools, to how he placed pencils in a drawer. Once, when I was a teenager, he let me help him weld together a metal drag (that I still have and use today). I had never welded before, and was quite proud of my first few passes, that were admittedly not pretty, but sufficient, or at least I thought so… Grandpa told me they would hold, but they were ugly, and proceeded to bust them all off and start over. He engrained in us that we should do work that we were proud to have as a reflection of ourselves in the future. Those welds were ok, but not perfect. And “ok” wasn’t good enough.

I was lucky enough to live next door to my Grandpa and Grandma for the first 16 years of my life and I often find myself looking back on a lot of his insights and ways of thinking. He was a brilliant man. He was the guy who knew what someone was going to do before they even knew. His wisdom fell on all of us, and I feel very lucky to have had him as an influence on who I’ve become.

03/19/2024

Bidding ends tomorrow!!

https://www.32auctions.com/2024BuyAPro

03/12/2024

𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲? 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗕𝘂𝘆-𝗔-𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗡𝗥𝗛𝗔 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗥𝗛𝗔 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝗘𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗼!

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𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝘄𝘄.𝟯𝟮𝗮𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰𝗕𝘂𝘆𝗔𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗥𝗛𝗔

03/10/2024

Experiencing the for the first time or taking lessons with your favorite NRHA professional are possible through the NRHyA - National Reining Horse Youth Association Buy-A-Pro Auction! Check out these four steps to help you place your bids.

03/08/2024

💥Tess started our weekend off with a bang!!💥 She and Willie marked a 71 this morning to tie for the win in the Rookie 1 and TRFAM Qualifier at the OKRHA Ride & Slide
Way to go!!!

03/04/2024

In the spirit of honoring excellence and commitment within our vibrant community, the NRHA proudly presented the distinguished 2023 Professionals of the Year awards.

02/26/2024

Proud and honored to be a part of this group of professionals!

02/22/2024

When does daylight savings start again? 🤔 Golden hour lessons 🌄

02/02/2024

𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤.
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01/20/2024

Proud and grateful to be on the Top Ten L2 Aged Event Open Rider list for 2023! Thank you to our awesome 🅼🅵🆁🅷 clients for trusting in our program!

01/19/2024

𝗙𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗘
Custom Crome x Olena Peppy
😎One of my favorite show horses, bred and raised by my friend Greg Hill, and now owned and retired with friend Ann Quattrocchi
"Crome" earned over 45k, starting out as a 3yr making the Int. Open Futurity finals at Congress and OKC, then going on to compete into his early teens. He earned multiple championships multiple throughout his derby years and was always so fun to show. His big personality in the barn always kept things entertaining too.