Gilroy Hills Equestrian Center

01/15/2025

Pearl is coming along so good thanks to Annie! Great job ladies 🙂

12/17/2024

This made me snort laugh! 🤣

It’s us!! Every last one of us 🤣🤣🤣🤷‍♀️

12/16/2024

I didn't write this but thought it was so true.
some non pros and pros have been debating the issues within the equine industry. I think all points are interesting to consider. If we can learn from both sides, we could work towards growing an even stronger industry and thus fan base!

In a recent poll taken by 75 horse trainers online, there were some interesting and sometimes entertaining situations that were not discipline specific. The trainers could answer anonymously and were given the opportunity to add their own polling questions if they chose. Certainly many of these would be applicable to any business owner, but it was enlightening to see how many had shared the same situations.

97% of trainers have hid in the bathroom at a horse show to escape the drama between clients.

79% have considered selling body parts instead of training horses.

63% have had a spouse or significant other leave the relationship while they were at a horse show and 72% of those broke up over a text message. Most of them cited “priority of horses over the relationship* as a main contributor to the split.

100% have received non emergency texts from clients between the hours of 1 am and 6am.

81% of trainers have forgone a commission or finders fee on at least one horse in order to have the client be able to afford the horse.

75% of trainers have had clients with past due training fees over $5000 at some point in the last 3 years.

100% of trainers have customers that they consider closer than family members

80% of trainers said if they could afford to train horses for free, they would.

87% of trainers who consume alcohol say that their consumption increases “significantly” from August to November.

99% of trainers have felt pressured to attend shows that they did not have planned only to lose money when they didn't have enough horses showing to pay the expenses involved.

98% of trainers have had at least one client who they've had to ask to leave due to bringing an unhealthy atmosphere to the existing group

12/12/2024

Why is it so hard to open your hips and drop weight into your heels at the same time??
Muscle chains and neural pathways!
Typically when humans walk, jog, skip,or jump, the three major joints of our leg close at the same time and open at the same time.
When we open the hip, the knee and ankle tend to want to open also. If we close the angle of our ankle, the knee and hip tend to want to close as well.
When beginners learn to sit the gaits, two of the most common problems is the heels riding upwards, and the student leaning forward… all the joints tend to want to close!
And when students do get a deep seat, they often struggle to keep their heels down. When the hip joint is open and relaxed, the ankle tends to want to be opened and relaxed also. As soon as the rider puts weight into the ankle, it creates tension, pops the seat bones up off of the horse, and causes riders to lean forward.

This is why I tend to go back-and-forth between teaching a good seat and teaching a good leg…. And it’s often quite a while before riders can do both at the same time!

12/12/2024

Rebecca working hard on her horse Quinn!

12/10/2024

12/02/2024

It’s a hay bale Christmas tree!!

12/02/2024

Christmas Images at
Dogs, Cats & Horses on FB 🎄

Artist: Persis Clayton Weirs

12/02/2024

Morgan was home for the holiday! I love the relationship Morgan and Bella have! They are so sweet together!

11/28/2024

How inspiring is this, 70 year old lady riding dressage on her 30 year old horse together they are 100 years old! Just beautiful!

'A friend of mine started talking about something cal
led a Century Club Ride that could be done at the Michigan State University Dressage Club Fall Schooling Show. Since Jack is now 30 and
I am 70, we qualified. I braided, clipped, and made Jack presentable for competition. It was my great pleasure to once again enter at A, halt at X, and share with him this last dressage test. We won Training Level Test 1 with a score of 70%. We concluded our show careers with the judge's kind words - "A pleasure to watch. Thank you." I consider our Century Club ride a gift from Jack. Through the years he has given me so much. He has taken me places I never thought I would go, literally and figuratively. We have made many wonderful memories and friends in our 24 years together.'

11/28/2024

Beautiful Gypsy Vanner Horses!

11/28/2024

How many times has this happened to you? 😅

11/28/2024

"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."~Immanuel Kant

"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐨𝐚𝐥" 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐱

11/28/2024

The sunshine after the rain is always so wonderful! We have been doing horsemanship lessons until our arena was ready to go again. We have some of the best horses to help teach these little ones. God bless our lesson horses! Im so thankful for all of our horses and clients.