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Horse friends - I have these two bags of milk replacer that I will give to someone if they are in need. The hooligan I h...
06/24/2024

Horse friends - I have these two bags of milk replacer that I will give to someone if they are in need. The hooligan I have it for is now 4 months old and adjusting to a big kid diet! The Ultra 24 is brand new, it has had one scoop taken out of it. The Mares milk plus has 20lbs of powder remaining (it is a $200 bag brand new). Let me know if you or someone you know is needing it. Come pick it up or I will ship if someone wants to pay the shipping on it but have to take both.

Tracy Hargis passed away peacefully on August 30, 2022 at the age of 54. She was born April 21, 1968, in Springfield, Mi...
09/18/2022

Tracy Hargis passed away peacefully on August 30, 2022 at the age of 54.

She was born April 21, 1968, in Springfield, Missouri to Michael and Barbara Sue (Bagnall) Durnin. She married Stephen Hargis on January 22, 1994 in Las Vegas, and they were partners in life for 28 years, having their son, John-Michael, in 1998.

Tracy founded and operated Royal T Ranch and Royal T Rustics. She trained, boarded and bred horses, but most of all was “Mama T” to many young women to whom she taught English equestrian arts over the years. Most of these women are still part of the family. In recent years, Tracy taught herself sola wood flower coloring and arranging, creating numerous beautiful weddings as well as home décor. She also taught herself woodworking and not only refurbished vintage and antique pieces but built pieces herself from old and re-purposed wood.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents Elmer and Susie Bagnall, and Philip and Evelyn Durnin, as well as her uncle Daniel Bagnall. Tracy is survived by her husband Stephen Hargis; son John-Michael Hargis and partner Soraya Cordero; parents Barbara and Michael Durnin; sister Kelly (Jeffrey) Thieme; nephews Adam Thieme and Joseph Thieme; aunts Jane Durnin and Dorothy Bagnall; uncle Kent (Lindsay) Bagnall; cousins Cathy (Mario) Impemba, Hannah Bagnall, Lydia Bagnall (David) Hardin, Brett (Jenny) Impemba, and Daniel (Meggan) Impemba; step-children Jason (Jeanneace) Hargis, Erica Hargis (Monte ) Conner and Marisa Hargis (partner Zak Rzik); step-grandchildren Aidan Conner, Nolen Conner, Mitchel Conner, Zayne Rzik and Mia Rzik as well as many other friends and relatives.

Per Tracy’s wishes, a Celebration of Life will be held at the Royal T Ranch on Saturday,

September 24 at 1:00 pm. Memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Rolla

Animal Shelter.

07/11/2022
07/01/2022

As a trainer/instructor you think about how much your students are learning. What they remember. What makes an impact on them. How they remember you as an instructor. Well today I watched a senior student give a lesson and wow. It’s very humbling to hear your words come out of their mouth. At the same time it’s rewarding and pride filled joy. it is also a great reminder that even if you think they don’t listen or hear you …they do.

Proud moment!

05/30/2022

To help with the timing of your half halt in trot...

Imagine your horse’s hind leg as a spring—coil–release, coil–release. Remember that the only moment you can connect to, and add weight to the hind leg is when it’s on the ground. Half halt on the coil moment and release on the next moment.—Rachel Savaadra

Savaadra is a Grand Prix trainer and instructor based in Livermore, California. She has been on the USDF instructor certification faculty for more than 18 years, teaching workshops for trainers around the country.

Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz

Every time
05/29/2022

Every time

Yep
05/27/2022

Yep

Some people seem to be looking at this the wrong way. Think about it from the other way around. You are a great rider if you want to be told the truth, because you want to know the truth and are willing to do the hard work to improve. YOU will be the one that improves the most. Those that think they already know or don't accept and learn from criticism will not progress, and will remain average.

Read this twice
05/26/2022

Read this twice

The most beautiful evening with the most beautiful view!!
05/09/2022

The most beautiful evening with the most beautiful view!!

Could all of my boarders bring a roll or two of toilet paper tomorrow or the next time they come out?
05/08/2022

Could all of my boarders bring a roll or two of toilet paper tomorrow or the next time they come out?

Foal watch and Oberon is passed out!
04/29/2022

Foal watch and Oberon is passed out!

Yes
04/26/2022

Yes

To improve the position and forward aspect of your hands...

Imagine home base for your hands as a square in front of your saddle that is even with the width and height of your hips. Always keep your hands in the home-base square with the feeling that you are pushing a shopping cart forward.—Melissa Allen

Melissa Allen is a USDF Certified Instructor through the FEI levels and a USDF bronze, silver and gold medalist.

Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz

04/20/2022

Practice.

04/04/2022

We are officially starting lessons this week. If you haven’t secured your ride time shoot me a message. Spots are filling fast

Oooo
03/22/2022

Oooo

The Seat Explained

The seat has two meanings.
One is the specific area of contact that extends from the lumbar
back down to the knee, in other words, whatever moves from the lumbar area down to the
knee is the rider's seat.
But in a broader sense, the rider's seat is everything because its influence is entire, from the top of the head, which should be the highest point, of course, to the bottom of his heel.

The seat should be a cohesive unit that comes to the horse as a communication medium and as a transformation medium, one that is communicating cohesively and as a unit rather than in bits and pieces. I would like to say that even when a teacher gives specific directions to the rider to do something with his arms and with his legs, those directions
influence the rest of the rider. Because the rider is one person, he must communicate as one unit, one seat.

Riders should have balanced, deep, adhesive seats that allow them to make independent aids. Riders who remain adhesive to the saddle and their horses do so because they
understood and they learned that when the horse impacts on the ground the two points of
absorption are in the lumbar back and ankle. Riders who stiffen the ankle paralyse the toe
outward or downward, or push themselves away from the saddle to some degree. Riders
who cannot absorb the horse's movement in the lumbar back will, of course, pop loose of
the saddle and part from it.

Correct riding is done with the abdominal muscles, not with the back.
The rider's lumbar back should always remain relaxed. It should act as a hinge that allows
the pelvic structure to float forward with the horse's motion. The lumbar back allows the rider to remain isometrically toned - not tense -- in his torso while letting the buttocks and thighs remain adhesive to the saddle. The buttocks, the pelvic structure, should not slide on the surface of the saddle. Nor should the buttocks wipe or buff the saddle but rather "stick to it to allow the pelvic structure to surf the “wave" produced by the motion of the horse's back.

In contrast to the loose and supple use of the lumbar back, the torso above it should be
turned into one isometrically toned "cabinet." The rider's “cabinet" is a complex isometric unit.
For its formation, the rider should circle with the points of his shoulder back and down until
both shoulder blades are flat in the trapezius muscle of the back. This action will stabilise the posture of the torso. It will allow the front of the rider to lift the rib cage high, out of the abdominal cavity. It will broaden the chest, straighten the shoulders, stretch the front of the rider, and give him the feeling that the lowest ribs have been lifted, and the waist is more slender.
The rider's upper arms should then hang from his shoulders perpendicular to the
ground. This, importantly, stabilises the arms, hence the hands of the rider because in this
position the upper arms and elbows hang weightlessly. The earth's centre of gravity places
them. The direction of the upper arms and elbows will point to the rider's seat bones, and past them, to the ground. The stability provided by this upper-arm position is at the heart of riding - from the seat to the bridle, rather than wrongly, riding with the hands. For the vertical position of the upper arms is, indeed, responsible for the transferring of the seat's effects to the bridle.

Extract from Dressage Principles Illuminated by Charles de Knuffy p.140

Image:
To understand how to use your lower back to develop an adhesive seat, sit at the edge of a chair, and place
your feet on the floor in line with, and under your hips.
Thrust your pelvis forward so that you lift the back legs of
the chair off the ground. Then rock the chair forward and
backward to various different tilting angles and at different
rhythms without dropping the chair's back legs to the floor.
As you ride the walk, trot, and canter, this action simulates
the movement of an adhesive seat by emulating the pelvic
activity necessary to follow the horse's movement.



Credit Xenophon Equus Centre

03/20/2022

I am currently working on a lesson schedule for this year. If you rode with me last year and wish to continue, please contact me soon. New riders, please have a couple of time options in mind. We will be super full this year. Hoping to start in the next week or so. Stay tuned!

I saw this quote today..”ride the horse you have today”. So many meanings. For me, it is a valuable lesson for all rider...
03/15/2022

I saw this quote today..”ride the horse you have today”. So many meanings. For me, it is a valuable lesson for all riders. We forget that horses have moods (mares😂). All genders included. You can have a great ride one day and the next can be less than perfect. It is important to be able to read the mood of your horse and adjust your riding plan accordingly. Don’t set them up for failure. You can make a good ride with creativity and patience. While we assume all horses should comply with our requests, that is not reality. Remember it is our responsibility to speak horse.

Yep
03/09/2022

Yep

Giddy Up!

Forever Cowgirl♥️

This
03/07/2022

This

To help maintain a long leg that is grounded to the earth...

Imagine there are magnets on the soles of your boots that are attracted to the earth. The strength of this vertical line of positive tension gives the horse a place from which to balance. —Beth Baumert

Illustration by Sandy Rabinowitz

02/21/2022

Please make sure to check your gear this year before a show. I think we are all fine but let’s not wait until the night before a show.

12/16/2021

It doesn’t matter which discipline you ride in, training a horse to perform a flying lead change is essential as you move up the levels of the sport. It can be a tricky game to teach a young horse how to change its lead at the canter. Clear aids and communication is key, and the…

11/21/2021
Good info
09/07/2021

Good info

Learn about the measurements of the large dressage arena and how to apply them to your riding.

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