Brenda Paradis/Diamond B

08/13/2024

What you are is Gods Gift to You ✝️
Cowgirl Life with Horses 💕

Diamond B Equestrian Center 🐴

08/13/2024

What you are is Gods Gift to you. ✝️ Cowgirl Life with Horses💕

Diamond B Equestrian Center🐴

07/27/2024

I have a couple spots open for Summer Riding Academy next week. Message me to book a spot! Hurry time is running out.

07/04/2024

05/06/2024

SUMMER RIDING ACADEMIES
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Offering Foundational Horsemanship from the ground up. Ground work, Communication, and Riding through educational and fun activities with horses.

Cost:
$395
$10 Awards Fee
$35 each Night (More info below).

$100 Nonrefundable Deposit

Balance Must be paid at Drop off on the First Day.

They have the Option of staying for evening training sessions (preferred for more training time and includes dinner). It is also an option to stay overnight Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday of their Riding Academy week.

If Not staying overnight, they can be picked up and dropped off each day.

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Below are drop off/pick up times per day if Not staying overnight. (If Pick up or drop off times need to be different, let me know and I will try to accommodate as much as possible). 🤠

Monday
9-6 (Orientation, lunch, riding/training).
Tuesday
9-3
Wednesday
9-3
Thursday
9-6
Freestyle Show is at 6:00pm Thursday evening for family and friends to come watch. The Awards Ceremony will be directly after the show. After the show and awards, the kids will help take care of the horses and are free to go home. Expect to potentially be here 2-3 hours. Bring lawn chairs for seating at the show. I also recommend sunglasses/hats (in case we do the show at the outdoor round pen). 😎

Each rider needs to have 2 songs picked out for options of which she/he will perform their freestyle ride to, at the show. We will choose which song during Orientation. The song needs to have a variation in tempo - some parts slow, some parts faster, in order to showcase a variety of movements and skills for the show. Throughout the week I will be helping to choreograph their individual Freestyle routines to be performed at the show .

I am looking forward to having the riding time with your child 🤠

ALL riders are REQUIRED to bring extra changes of clothes for each day throughout the week, as well as rubber boots for chores and catching horses. (Regardless of them sleeping over or not).

FULL PAYMENT of the Riding Academy Fees is to be made when you drop your rider off on MONDAY MORNING, along with All paperwork printed and signed. *Payment can be made via Cash (Preferred), Check, or Venmo.

ALL RIDERS need to bring lunch, 2 quart refillable water jug (no water bottles), snacks, and drinks for Each Day. If your child is sleeping over, then he/she also needs to bring breakfast food, along with their daily lunches, lots of snacks, and drinks. (More Info on Registration Form).

SHOW DRESS CODE!

If your rider is Not using a costume for their Freestyle Performance, they MUST HAVE A SEPARATE Set Of CLOTHING that is to be WORN ONLY FOR THE SHOW.

If you know at this time, please confirm whom will be staying overnight and which nights. If your child is just participating in the day but decides to stay for the evening training session, with a late evening pick up time (Depending on the evening); They are more than welcome to participate (recommended) at $35 per evening regardless if your child sleeps here at the Diamond B Equestrian Center overnight or not. Evening sessions include dinner as well as, including but not limited to additional riding and/or training time, glow ride, observing scheduled lessons, as well as other fun horse activities with old and new friends.

Let me know which week is best and I'll send more details/info regarding the week. 🤠

Message me for Registration/Medical Forms and additional instructions. 214-766-0660.

I will also have some opportunities for Single Day Riding Academies at different times throughout the summer, as scheduling allows. Those are $95 per day, bring lunch, and have 2 goals in mind for the day.

02/18/2024

Don’t let the “stories” you tell yourself hinder what God has in store for you.

Model Credit - Big D (Domino)

09/19/2023

Client’s, Students, Family and Friends, you are invited to the Diamond B Equestrian Center's Annual Fall Party, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13th.

It is in Celebration of Fall as a Thank You to all of you. I will also be Celebrating my 18th Year of business here! 🤠

Family fun, kids are invited and you're welcome to bring guests. Bring lawn chairs for seating.

You're also welcome to bring your own horses. The front arena and covered arena will be open for riding.

BYOB - alcohol is allowed. Please drink responsibly and don't drive if you've had too much. You can sober up in the summer bunk room.

If you have musical talents, please feel free to bring an instrument and play/sing around the bonfire after the solo musician is off stage…… Love the jam sessions. 🥰

There will be live Music and Food - It is a Pot Luck Dinner. If you can bring a dish, please let me know what it is - appetizers, main course, salad, or dessert.

Please RSVP by October 10th. Thank you all and I hope to see you here! :)

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7:00-9:00 Live Music
7:30 Pot Luck Dinner
O’dark thirty - Bonfire (musical jam session welcome).

09/19/2023

01/25/2023

The only power there is, is contained within each moment. It is the power of your presence… Let your presence be a gift.



Model Credits: Teal Kirkpatrick and Pistol Pete

11/14/2022

Mallory on Wesson, finishing a great ride at her lesson Sunday.

Wesson looking handsome with his 28th Birthday right around the corner ! 😍

11/07/2022

Sophia’s Check Winning Run at Regions 4 Rodeo Sunday

11/07/2022

At Hopkins County Civic Center - Sulphur Springs - With Sophia Shipman this weekend at Regions 4 Rodeos, Saturday and Sunday.

It was a weekend of bumps and beuises with lessons learned but she finished off the weekend with a clean run on the Barrels at 14.7, which put her in 6th place, earning her first check ($91) in this association! 👏🤠

I am super proud of her work and determination, progress in consistency of her runs and efforts to make small improvements each time she runs.

Her Pole horse was still out of the game for this weekend but hopefully he’ll be back up to par for the next rodeo. Sophia has done a good job bringing Dinero along as her back -up Pole horse. He’s not ready to clock money earning times but with diligence, patience, consistency, and more training, they have the potential to pull a check in Poles too

Congratulations Sophia! 🔥😍 love this TEAM!

10/30/2022

Awards Banquet tonight at Ridin’ High Cowboy Church for their Playday Series.

Emery Baldwin 5th overall in the 9-12 age group. It was her first Playday Series to compete on her horse Cupid. It’s awesome that she and her partner won a buckle, saddle blanket, breast collar, personalized throw blanket and a number of other goodies that will be put to good use throughout the remainder of the year.

Sophia Shipman 2nd in the 13-17 age group. She did great on her horses Dakota and Dinero. She won a buckle, a backpack full of useful goodies, a personalized throw blanket, as well as a tack set including a headstall and matching over-n-under.

Both girls accomplished a lot and learned a lot throughout the playday season. Thank you to RHCC for providing the opportunity for these girls to compete in an environment that they can learn and grow in, while improving their skills and working towards their goals.

Congratulations to Sophia and Emery! I am proud of you. We look forward to next season here! 🤠🐴💕

10/22/2022

The sister of a new rider, at one of my Summer Riding Academies this year, chose to write about my Summer Program here at the Diamond B Equestrian Center, for a college paper she wrote.

I was honored and excited to share some of my story with the young lady and decided to share with you as my clients and friends, as well. Maybe my students will enjoy it too.

1. What’s my purpose in creating the camp/riding academy?

* I strive to provide a positive, fun, and challenging way to help kids improve their horsemanship and riding skills, as well as over-all knowledge of horses while experiencing the pure beauty of what horses have to offer.

2. What do I hope to teach kids?

* I hope to teach them how to be better horsemen, have an understanding of the biomechanics of riding to be a better rider, how to better communicate with the horse by understanding how they communicate to each of them.

* While participating in training activities throughout the academy, horses also help the kids improve their listening skills, focus, and communication skills, as well as many other life skills.

3. What’s the date that I started the program?

* Summer of 2007

4. How do I determine the price?

* I try to find a middle ground of what the market rate is so that they appreciate the value of my program, while staying affordable for more families.

5. What is my experience with horses?

* I learned a lot from my grandparents, while growing up and started training horses for the public as a teenager. I was also lucky enough to have parents that supported my dreams and goals, and were willing to be “horse poor”.

* After high school I went on to college, earning a Riding Masters V from Meredith Manor International Equestrian Center. Once graduated, I worked for a number of different trainers in various disciplines for several years. I also worked a couple office jobs to improve my marketing/sales/communication skills, to better prepare myself for owning, running, and marketing my own business.

* I started my own business training horses and teaching riders in 2003. I have been self-employed in the horse industry since.

6. Am I passionate about the camps/academies?
* Absolutely YES

7. Do I allow electronics?

* The riders have very limited access, generally only before bed, sometimes during lunch break.

8. Why?

* Several reasons why:
It’s a constant distraction which is a safety issue around horses.

* I also feel strongly, that it’s important for them to have the opportunity to engage in conversations with each other, to interact in person, and be truly “present” in the moment. This not only helps them to “detox” from social media but helps to build social skills by communicating in person, while building new and old friendships.

9. Is there a general schedule that is followed in creating the camp/academy?

* Yes. The 1st day is focused on orientation so they have an understanding of what they are working towards, as well as discussing individual goals they wish to accomplish.

* The rest of the week is tailored to help each rider accomplish their goals, along with training exercises to improve their balance, riding/handling skills, and overall knowledge of horses.

* At the end of the week, I m.c. and host a Freestyle Show which the kids compete in to showcase their accomplishments for their family and friends, earning medals and ribbons to take home.

* In the short time that I have with the young riders, through the passion of horses and Gods Blessings, I hope to have a positive impact that lasts a lifetime for each and every one of them. 💕

10/21/2022

Body * Mind * Spirit

Be Truly Present and Feel the Breath of Heaven as it brings Peace to your Soul.

10/21/2022

When you choose courage in the face of fear, you defy the things that hold you back from greatness.

*Model Credit - Domino - 3 year old Appaloosa gelding, owned by Victoria Flores