Hawkins Equine LLC

Hawkins Equine LLC Boutique, personalized training for hunters and jumpers. Boutique, personalized training program. Every horse is carefully and compassionately managed.

Riding is instructive, personalized and fun.

02/04/2025
Once again, the wonderfully talented of will be at the ranch for our monthly clinic. Continuing education is very muc...
02/03/2025

Once again, the wonderfully talented of will be at the ranch for our monthly clinic. Continuing education is very much the heart of our program and I’m blessed to be in a position to offer riding spots to the community. Message for details, Jo is out Feb 22nd. Auditors are welcome!

Saturday course building day.
02/01/2025

Saturday course building day.

is our favorite barn rat!
02/01/2025

is our favorite barn rat!

02/01/2025
and I living out our pony kid dreams! Welcome Jo! A large pony! Finally! I can die happy!
01/30/2025

and I living out our pony kid dreams! Welcome Jo! A large pony! Finally! I can die happy!

“Do not forget your humanity.”
01/28/2025

“Do not forget your humanity.”

At Hawkins Equine, we are building horsemen. Horsemen are empathetic, they are extremely hard-working, they are team p...
01/28/2025

At Hawkins Equine, we are building horsemen. Horsemen are empathetic, they are extremely hard-working, they are team players, they have grit and they are humble. Horsemen are problem-solvers and animal lovers. It was so rewarding to see the girls step up the past weekend. We are lucky to have such a fabulous show series in our backyard and thankful to , and .events for putting on affordable shows that build confidence for our team of riders and horses. Looking forward to 2025!

Early morning with Oppie.
01/25/2025

Early morning with Oppie.

Saddle up, cowboy!
01/24/2025

Saddle up, cowboy!

Bourbon and books! (With some knitting thrown in) our book club meeting Feb 2nd. got the ball rolling! 4 pm at the Haw...
01/21/2025

Bourbon and books! (With some knitting thrown in) our book club meeting Feb 2nd. got the ball rolling! 4 pm at the Hawkins Household. Message for details, everyone is welcome!

Congrats Dylan on her new pony!
01/19/2025

Congrats Dylan on her new pony!

As gorgeous as ever! Sara heads off to her retirement in a few more weeks and many many are nudging me to breed her. I ...
01/17/2025

As gorgeous as ever! Sara heads off to her retirement in a few more weeks and many many are nudging me to breed her. I made a mistake when I earlier calculated her age and it gets me thinking, how incredible would Sara prime be!

His current riders have moved up, Mr. Pickles is looking either for a half lease (two lessons a week) or a special kid f...
01/13/2025

His current riders have moved up, Mr. Pickles is looking either for a half lease (two lessons a week) or a special kid for one day a week. He is the cross rail king but has recently been running around cows and trail riding. Message for details.

My heart aches for California equestrians who are living the hell of emergency evacuations. It reminded me that we need ...
01/13/2025

My heart aches for California equestrians who are living the hell of emergency evacuations. It reminded me that we need to be prepared! This Friday we will be doing a groundwork troubleshooting clinic for young horses and problem loaders. I can’t stress enough the need for daily practice of ground work and ground manners so we can best prepare our horses for the worst. Message for details. I also make farm calls!

So thankful for Luke, JBS, Shawn who stepped up so Betty and I could go chase our dreams.
01/11/2025

So thankful for Luke, JBS, Shawn who stepped up so Betty and I could go chase our dreams.

My little mini me wanted to wish me luck as Betty and I travel to Seattle this weekend to ride with Jeff Cook.
01/10/2025

My little mini me wanted to wish me luck as Betty and I travel to Seattle this weekend to ride with Jeff Cook.

It’s official 501c3 waiting submitted for approval! HE is ELATED to partner with and to offer riding and scholarship o...
01/06/2025

It’s official 501c3 waiting submitted for approval! HE is ELATED to partner with and to offer riding and scholarship opportunities for kids underrepresented in the equestrian community. They both are two of the creators of the 8second rodeo, wholly invested in informing our cultural consciousness of the deep tradition of black rodeo. It was amazing to see so many athletes from all over the country in downtown Portland. And I am excited to have kids at the ranch, slipping on some boots and making their own history. A more detailed post can be found on the blog but to sum it up: my heart is full. I am humbled that I am in a position that can give back to a community that has supported me for so long and I am full of love for these horses that offer so much opportunity for growth and development, both as athletes but as community members, fathers, mothers and friends. Love our community, love what we have built and love where 2025 is taking us all!

Instagram found me longwinded. More details on:
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Address

1613 NE 259th Street
Ridgefield, WA
98642

Opening Hours

Monday 2pm - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 7pm

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+15034756236

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Another jumper on his way to hunter stardom! An early start today, getting babies worked, lessons started before a trip to @heirloomequestriancenter for a few riders to have a fun time at jumper night. Home at 6 pm so I can get some sleep before my lesson. A whirlwind, but happy ponies make it worth it.

My crew are the guinea pigs for our groundwork clinics. As our show program has doubled, it is impossible for me to be as hands on with every horse. I am adamant that each horse will be cared and considered as I do for my own. I don’t believe lunging does anything then stress joints and ligiments in a show venue’s worst footing so we are making sure everyone has a move that they can safely do with their horse to click into the horses thinking brain. The hind quarter and shoulder yield are invaluable exercises to create suppleness, work through tension and get a horse soft to the aids.

Friday at 3 kicks off our final jump camp for the season: Groundwork and Flatwork for Relaxation, Confidence and Suppleness. If you have a horse that would like to work on trailering or ground work and see how the exercises relate to three staples of flatwork: turn on the fore, turn on the haunch and shoulder in, we have one more space available. Borrow a horse or bring yours! Message for details.

Today was incredible. Betty and I have put in the flatwork and it is really starting to show. This has been a whirlwind of a weekend but I’m blessed to have spent the weekend @lawrence.presmcb , the incredible @brickroadfarms , Jeff and all of the really kind and welcoming crew of @legacy_hj .

My god this mare. So many incredible moments but the obsessed with how smooth the direct three and the bending four.

New lease opportunities at HE. Receive all of the advantages of horse ownership like show opportunities, clinic opportunities and upper level jumping without any of the initial overhead or long term commitment. Lease a 1.10 jumper, .70 jumper, a 3’ hunter or a cross rail pony! Message for details!

Those flatwork gains!

Looking forward to Saturday’s clinic with @4teamlionheart. We set at 8 and our first group begins at 9 am. Come audit! As for our community giveback, we awarded three clinic spots to three deserving young riders! Congrats to the three winners of our drawing!

Baby horses.

Enough break in the rain for ponies to do pony things.

You asked and I’m happy to keep them coming (theory throughly applies to the liberal art oh so many degrees side of my life). A lot of people asked me how much long and low work I do, and really that depends. There were days with Betty that it took all of my ride time to get her to accept my hand and not hide behind it. With some of the babies my entire ride for weeks /months are without contact. In this ride in particular Betty and I started with groundwork, walking yielding her hind quarter and then it only takes 10 minutes or so before she is trotting and cantering around somewhat loose. If she is really tense I might canter without contact BEFORE trotting as I did here so that when I come back to trotting she has some swing through her back. There is way too much emphasis on a round neck shape. Here I’m elated that we are out of shape, even hella elevated but I have been working on elevating her pole so I can be assured that her booty is down. All of this in a rubber, french link snaffle. I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish this without putting so many stretchy rides in the good ride bank so that she wasn’t tight and running away from my aids. What I love about long and loose work is that the horse stretches and mimics the position of happily grazing, low pole position is strong dopamine hits that keep their brain relaxed and soft. A horse can go fast and be thoughtful and that is what I’m aiming for and with her pole elevated it is correctly balanced with on her hocks that upper level movements like shoulder in, counter canter is really easy. Almost too easy, she is balanced for it.

Friday at 9 am, we did what PNW does best: rain rides. @juliebartonsmith , @smask34 and @rascaltraining thought I was kidding but there is no better way for natural impulsion.

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Boutique, personalized training program. Every horse is carefully and compassionately managed and every lesson is meticulous, organized and fun! Come join the Hawkins Equine Team!