Jory Hill Stables

08/12/2024

Dressage at Lake Oswego Hunt August 3-4
High score day one Pico WLP and Tracy Graham with 74.3%
High Score day two Nora Lane and Orions Mintaka with 70.9%
Not pictured Pico WLP owned by Kristi and Ellie Ostroff and Jaci owned by Christine Yanik. Hopefully more photos to follow 😉

08/03/2024

We are off to a great start at Dressage at Lake Oswego Hunt Club. First class of the day a 1-2-3 sweep led by Pico and Tracy Graham with a very impressive 74%. Kaley Fougt and Davinci took second and Nora Lane with Orion’s Mintonka 3rd.

07/09/2024

We had a fantastic weekend attending the Jeremy Steinberg clinic at Pirouette Enterprises. It was a little warm 🥵but the horses all did great.

07/05/2024

05/02/2024

Happy Birthday Orion!🎈🎁🎂

Happy late Birthday Nora

Sweet 16 🥳1️⃣6️⃣🥳

04/11/2024

We’ve been busy! In January Tracy and Kaley attended the Jeremy Steinberg Clinic at Pirouette Enterprises. It was the perfect way to kick off the new year.
February was the first show of 2024 , the LOEC/TBEA Dancing Hearts Show at Clip Clop Farm Tracy Graham and Pico (Kristi and Ellie Ostroff owners) won both of their classes and Champion for their division. Pico also broke the magic 70% mark all at his very first show! Nora Lane and Orion won both of their classes and Champion for their division. Kennedy Addabbo and Piper won a first and a second and Reserve Champion for their division. Jennifer Carroll and Cara Mia won a first and a second and Reserve Champion for their division. Kaley Fought and Davinci won a first and a second place.
In March we attended the St Patrick’s Day Show at SilverTail Farm. The weather was a bit challenging but in spite of that Jennifer Carroll and Cara Mia and Kaley Fought and Davinci won all their tests and Kaley scored a massive 75% for Training Test 2!

11/18/2023

All about our horses 😅
credits: Pinterest

10/12/2023

Good training includes building expectation in a horse. Once we get a horse to have positive expectations, then we can begin to build anticipation about what comes next. When you get a horse to that point, you have a better horse. Anticipation follows expectation in the horse's learning process.

Most horses I ride for people have low expectations of a rider. Some have none. Either they have not been ridden enough or they have been ridden by passengers. Not long ago an owner asked me to ride her pasture pets. Neither one even expected to be ridden, although they were "riding horses". One of them acted like I was imposing on them. The more I asked of the horse, the more the horse treated me like an unwelcome guest. The other Horse got annoyed and threw one evasion at me after another.

It doesn't have to be that way. You can turn a well trained horse out for a season or two, and when you start riding them again, their expectation of their job should still be there if it was established in training. For example, we pull polo horses out of the field in April to tune them up for the season, play them June to September and turn them back out until the next April. That is six months of intense work and six months off. They expect to work at their job for six months. The April and May tune up is to get them back to the level of anticipation in the game. They keep their expectation while turned out and we tune the anticipation every season.

Sadly, most horses today expect a passenger at best. That is a very low level of expectation. And because passenger riders ride a horse like they are sitting in the backseat of a car, those horses space out, look around, forget where their feet are and become somewhat dangerous because they have such low expectations of a rider. And that's because no one ever gave them a real horse job. They have been made into something more like a bus with a route than a riding horse.

Establishing expectation begins at the barn. When the horse is tied to be groomed and saddled, the need to expect to stand still. The same is true when they are mounted. They should expect to move off from being mounted in a straight line in a steady walk. They need, and this is important, to expect to be ready for a wide range of possible commands from the rider. This is fundamental, yet most horses I ride for people today are not at this level.

You are not your horse's "mom". You are their boss at work. There are all kinds of bosses. Be a good boss that expects good work.

10/10/2023

Karma is headed to Texas. We will miss her, but know how happy Carolyn Moir is going to be. Safe travels Karma!

10/07/2023

Hendrik and Tracy Graham
Heart of the Valley 2023

09/08/2023

An Oregon horse trainer with a problematic history is sparking significant outrage after a self-recorded video made its way online-- showing what many are saying is a clear act of animal abuse involving a horse.

09/08/2023

***CORRECTION*** The location of occurrence is 9322 Smith Rd SE, Aumsville, OR, and not the 9200 address previously listed.
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On September 4th, 2023, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of animal abuse in the 9200 block of Smith Rd SE, outside of Aumsville. The complaint reportedly involved a video capturing a female, by the name of Geneva BOSTON, Hitting a horse repeatedly with a whip. Deputies investigated this incident and ultimately arrested BOSTON for the crime of Aggravated Animal Abuse, and she was lodged at the Marion County Jail.

The Sheriff’s Office would like to hear from anyone with any additional information regarding BOSTON’S involvement in this investigation as well as any similar situations regarding the abuse of animals. Please contact Detective Jeremy Schwab at 503-930-6294 and or by email at [email protected]

09/04/2023

Shop this must see collection of equestrian supplies!

07/13/2023

We're excited to launch the brand new and totally free Stable Stars US Equestrian Kids Club! 🐴🤩

Complete with a full stable of educational games and activities, Stable Stars is ready to bring the joy of horse sports to your entire family.

To register your child, follow these simple steps at https://members.usef.org/kids-club:

1) Sign in to your US Equestrian account
2) Go to your US Equestrian Dashboard
3) Click the US Equestrian Stable Stars tile
4) Enter your child’s first name(s) and birth year(s) and hit submit
5) Check your email for your welcome materials and print their official Stable Stars US Equestrian Kids Club certificate!

07/07/2023

Hendrik and Tracy Graham Summer Solstice Show June 2023

06/25/2023

A week late posting, but Summer Solstice at Silver Tail Farm was a big success. Kaley (Kaleym Dressage) and Davinci (Leo) won all 4 of their classes and had a high score of 76% Hendrik and Tracy Graham had 3 1sts and a 2nd out of 4 classes. Jaci and Tracy Graham placed 2nd to Henry in both of their classes. Professional photos from the show will be posted soon.

05/21/2023

Karma is 20 years old today. Happy Birthday!🎈🎉🎊

04/15/2023

The upper arena will be closed tomorrow April 16 for maintenance.

04/01/2023

Hendrik/Tracy Graham
St Patrick’s Day Show March 18 Second Level Test 1 First Place 73.857%

04/01/2023

The St Patrick’s Day Show at Silver Tail Farm was so much fun, and we had great weather. Scores ranged from 65.7% to 73.9%, a great start to our show season!

02/24/2023

Beautiful but cold! All lessons are cancelled due to the extreme cold. The ponies are enjoying a day off!