Magic Hat Sport Horses

12/01/2023

YES!!!!!!!

❓ Are you ready to enrich your youngster's learning journey during this crucial developmental phase?

👀 See "Advice Note 7: Weaning to 2 Years Old" for more information https://www.britishhorsefoundation.org.uk/from-inception-to-2-years-old?page=40 -lnejiq5q

Ensure your young horse experiences minimal stress (avoiding confinement, social isolation, dietary restriction, and lack of choice/enrichment) for optimal cognitive development. Cultivate a rich learning environment to boost memory, learning, and cognitive behaviours. Though time-consuming, the investment pays off as your horse matures and meets increasing expectations. Try exploring effective online training programs to streamline your youngster's training.


Photo credit: Kirsty Helmsen

05/16/2023

Loved riding this horse

We found this old photo in a closet cleaning endeavor yesterday---

It was a horse by Loyal Pal named Ocean Bay that we bought from Mimi Leslie. The rider is Rachel Parker.

There is something to be learned from this, though, more than just seeing a nice jumping picture.

Many horses have more ability and more scope than we realize. Until or unless we actually ask them to show what they have, we do not know.

Not to say that we should just crank up the heights and spreads, but if we bring them step by step, no telling what we may find. (Or find what they don't have----)

02/28/2023

I know my body would appreciate this, but my mind is not convinced

01/15/2023

Just hanging out after having months off. Don’t mind me waving with the phone at the very end.

11/12/2022

Good luck to all the competitors at the Young Rider Eventing Championships!!!!

07/11/2022

Miss you. 😢💔

Source : Unknown

07/08/2022

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06/17/2022

~BB

06/11/2022

What a cutie!!!

05/28/2022

Funniest thing I’ve seen on Facebook in a long time 😂😂 Wish I could give the author credit but have no idea who wrote it.

THE REAL RULES OF DRESSAGE

1. If you really want to get better at dressage, take it up at an earlier age - and grow an extra 3 inches of leg.

2. A dressage test is a test of your skill against another competitor's luck.

3. Dressage is about achieving a harmonious working relationship with your horse, whose only idea of harmony is eating grass in a field with his buddies.

4. If you want to end a drought or dry spell, wear a new jacket and hat to an outdoor arena.

5. Untalented, difficult, aggressive horses have robust health, good hocks and long lives.

6. Talented tractable horses are accident prone and have OCD lesions.

7. You will ride the best test of your entire life just prior to being disqualified for not wearing your gloves.

8. Never keep more than 300 separate thoughts in your head before a test.

9. Never keep less than another 300 separate thoughts in your head during a test.

10. Horses do not improve their paces because you are wearing expensive German breeches.

11. If you chose a disco theme for your dressage to music test then the judge will be more than 90 years of age and Swiss.

12. The less skilled the rider, the more likely they are to share their critique of your test.

13. If you are considering the services of a horse clairvoyant to help you with training then you have reached the point of total desperation - try the German breeches.

14.Your horse has never heard of Podhajsky, let alone read the book.

15. No matter how badly you ride a test, it is always possible to ride a worse one.

16. If it ain't broke, try shifting your position and it will be.

17. Judges only suffer from temporary blindness (or kindness) when they are judging someone else's test.

18. If you fall off your horse in the arena you will have paid to have the test videoed.

19. If you are feeling confident before a show then three of the USET dressage team will turn up to give their young horses some "experience."

20. Your horse will perform its best piaffe ever when you ask for extended canter.

22. Since runs of bad competitions come in groups of three, the fourth competition is actually the beginning of the next group of three.

23. No one cheats at dressage because no one has worked out how to do it.

24. It is surprisingly easy to end a test with a perfect square halt once you have scored a four for every other movement.

25. The result of an expensive lesson from a top pro is that you will stop believing in that tiny piece of innate ability that was holding your riding together.

26. Remember when buying a dressage horse advertised as "needs experienced competitive rider" this really means "needs the skills of Isabelle Werth just to stay on board."

27. If you think your test was better than someone else's, it probably wasn't.

28. If you pay 60,000 for an imported WB, you will be beaten in First Level 4 by a Quarter Horse.

29. Clinics given by someone with an interesting accent are not necessarily superior to those given by the homegirl.

30. If you go to the expense of raising an expensive WB foal, he will have a talent for jumping and no walk worth talking about.

05/19/2022

05/06/2022

04/15/2022

Happy 3rd Birthday to the super sexy Cosmic Ocean!!!!! My first homebred. I’ll probably never forgive myself for letting this one go.

04/05/2022

A great photo of some of the most legendary C-Line Holsteiner stallions in Germany.

Cassini ll - Corrado l - Cassini l - Calato

12/23/2021

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10/11/2021

The storied tradition of Eventing at iconic Fair Hill continues with the inaugural international event - the “Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill”.   You don’t have to be an expert to enjoy the exciting competition, beautiful countryside, and family fun.  Circle your calendar for this event, Octob...