Joey hopes all his friends are staying cool like him! 😎 🥵 🔥 🪭
Beautiful morning at the farm!
Thank you to one of our volunteers, Connie who captured this serene screen of happy horses grazing this morning at the farm.
GiGi is either trying to help clean up the dishes after dinner, or she is asking for a refill. .. which do you think!?
“Snow Much Fun” was had today by the horses. They sure know how to play hard in the snow!
We are so thankful to the creative and generous marketing team at Volvo Construction Equipment North America - Shippensburg office. They selected to support Reins of Rhythm Riding & Horsemanship with their amazing light display at the annual Volvo Lights exhibit in December. Their team got 2nd place, with the help of all of you voting for them, which resulted in Reins of Rhythm getting a donation of $500! Thank you to each member of the team who took part in this, selected Reins of Rhythm and voted in support!
(photo of their display in the comments)
The Reins of Rhythm herd is here to say, don't let wet weather stall your play - you just have to get creative!
Wet pastures that prevent exercise and turn out time call for some creative means of play time for the ponies! Exercise is important for the horse's health - some of them need encouragement for movement for metabolic reasons, others need mental exercise to prevent boredom.
The herd hopes everyone had a Merry Christmas!
December may have been a very wet month but that sure didn't stop the Reins of Rhythm herd from having lots of Christmas fun, exercise, and putting the many riding skills developed over the past year into practice with activities and interactive learning with their friends.
Thank you to all our friends, supporters, and volunteers who helped bring joy and smiles to so many hearts and faces the past year!
It may be 🥶 outside… but we have warm hands and warm hearts at Reins of Rhythm! What could be better to warm us up than horse hugs and hot cocoa on horse back!
First Week of December means Christmas fun begins! We started by decorating the ponies and warmed up with so Candy Cane Stretches. These stretches help riders test their balance in the saddle and see how far they can go, as well as getting a good stretch before they ride! And of course we can’t leave out the horses from getting a good stretch and a candy care treat. For our riding skills activity we bought out the Christmas tree to test riders balance in jumping position all while keeping their horses straight ahead! We’ve already had so much fun this holiday season, stay turned for more Christmas fun 🎄
Around Reins of Rhythm we like to have a lot of fun while we learn about horses and riding! These are just a few of the fun thing riders and horses got to do in November! Riders got to create masterpieces with their horses by getting the horses to use their art skills, and one of our riders got very creative on how to get Easter to keep walking ,what’s better than a carrot on a stick in Easters world😁
One of the ways that help rider gain lots of skills and confidence is through playing games. Mounted Games were originally created by Prince Philip as a competition for children unable to afford expensive, well-bred ponies. These games teach determination, riding skills, being a good team player, and strengthen the horses and rider bond. Our riders and horses did such a great job demonstrating all these things while having lots of fun
A Recap of all the fun No Stirrup November fun that our riders and horses got into! Riding without stirrups is a great way for riders to work on important skills in riding, such as balance and confidence without relying on their stirrups! And of course we made it lots of fun along the way with Bingo that gave different exercises to give riders challenges to do without their stirrups and to win a bingo spot,and No Stirrup Selfies which always bring lots of smiles😊
Advice from Easter
On a beautiful, sunny and warm November day Easter advises you enjoy it all to the last drop!
Rose has had a very busy fall! Making smiles near and far, Rose sure knows how to do it all.
Easter has been having a busy fall too! She is the expert at funny faces, the fastest apple eater in apple bobbing races, frequently appearing as a unicorn, and a steady mount for the "search and rescue" missions led by young riders!
