Happy National Day of the Horse to these magnificent animals. I feel so incredibly blessed to be able to do something I love so much! These horses are a gift and we owe it to them to give them our all and learn, read and understand them.
Dana's Mini Clinics | Episode 40
🐴 If the head and neck have to rock up and down to balance the horse, then that horse isn’t really lifting through their back and body. In a good lope off they should lift through their loin, step up behind, lift up and go.
In this video we are working on body balance…
A good lope off transition needs: 1. Position 2. Lift 3. Impulsion
In order to get those 👆🏼 you need to be aware of your horses body.
If I feel my horse losing their balance in their stops or being on their front end, I will draw them to the ground. This isn’t high stress. It’s like going to the gym, this is her maintenance work. This is helping her to be the best mare she can be. I am helping her skill level but I’m also strengthening, lifting, stretching her body to do it and I’m helping her accept my cues.
This exercise will build her skill level, build her balance, build her strength.
I don’t care what event you do… This exercise will help your horse lope off like a CHAMPION. 🏆
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Dana's Mini Clinics | Episode 39
🐴 How many of you have needed a better lope off transition with your horse? I’m telling you transitions are so important no matter what event you do.
To teach your horse to correctly lope off... I want to go over 3️⃣ factors in this video that are involved in the lope off.
A good lope off transition will improve your score in every single event that you do, it'll improve your score in any event and it'll improve your ride.
Even though I am on a Pleasure horse here, we do the same transitions for our All Around Horses, Ranch Horses and our Reining Horses.
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He's Got It Goin On | AQHA
🎄 Gus would be the most handsome gift with a red ribbon around his neck 🎁
Here is Gus, ridden by an eleven year old - packing her around and being the good boy that he is! He would be a spectacular small fry horse in addition to the many things that Gus can offer to someone! 🙏🏼
💙 HES GOT IT GOIN ON aka "Gus" 💪🏼
2016 15.3+ AQHA Bay Gelding
Winnies Willy x One Cylinder Short
🏆 2x Congress Champion
🏆2024 Reserve World Champion at the AQHA Youth World
🏆2023 + 2024 Top 15 at the AQHA Youth World in the L2 Finals
🏆2023 + 2024 Top 15 at the AQHA Youth World in the L3 Finals
🏆2024 Bronze Champion at the L1 West Championship Show
🏆 Multiple Circuit Champion and/or Reserve Circuit Champion at every major show
... all in Western Pleasure
Someone will be so lucky to have the opportunity to ride this special horse. He has been amazing in my program and has been an amazing show partner for Sydnee and taken her so far, won many awards with her and has been Circuit or Reserve Circuit at every major show.
Gus is VERY competitive in the Western Pleasure pen but his talent doesn't stop there. He shows great potential for the All Around events and is beautiful over the trail poles with so much NATURAL talent.
Just take a look for yourself in these videos.
He will be an open caliber All Around horse and a big time contender and have a lot of wins for someone.
We would LOVE to keep this special boy in my program.
This horse will take you far and be a great show partner! 🦄
📍 Temecula, CA.
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This is Matthew's fourth or fifth ride (only because we have been gone so much). But this guy has NO go! He wants to go nowhere, kicks back and goes slow. He has so much lift and cadence and has a big, soft, lope.
We are so excited about him!!
ITJUSTCOMEZNATURAL aka "Matthew"
2021 Chestnut Stallion
Sire: Invested Dimension
Dam: Mystique Chip [ Producer of: Top 4 AQHA world show in Jr Trail! NSBA Earnings of $4,700 and Top 10 in Junior & Am Western Pleasure and multiple Futurity Champions] (Sired by: Zips Chocolate Chip x Out of: Hotroddin Rhonda by Radical Rodder)
I sure do love this one 😍😍
💐 Good N EZ aka “Thumper” 🐇
2024 AQHA/APHA Chestnut Filly
Dimensions Got Style x KM On The Rocks (Out of: So Good I’m EZ who is a full sister to WHATSCOOKNGOODLOOKIN | By: The Rock)
She is a 10 jogger and loper. She is very docile, and beautiful to look at. I love that these Legened babies are seeming to have more “woah than go”. That is NEVER a bad thing! 🎉
What a fun project this one will be!
He is so fun to work with, has so much try and is extremely smart. It’s always so nice having babies that WANT to learn and are QUICK learner!
He is pretty laid back and doesn’t have much go!
He will excel and be a great one! Could easily see him doing a lot of events!
⭐️Gold Strikke aka "Striker"⭐️
2024 Palomino Colt
Dimensions Got Style x Customized N Krymsun (Out of: CUSTOMIZEDANDNVESTED • has produced an APHA Reserve World Champion in Western Pleasure, AQHA Congress Masters two-year-old Western Pleasure Top 10, AQHA Regional Top Ten awards, International high point winner and multiple AQHA point earners and NSBA money earners. l By: One Hot Krymsun)
📍 Temecula, CA
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Dana Hokana | Montana Clinic
I am so excited to be here in one of my favorite places! 🏔️
We are gearing up and excited to have an absolutely WONDERFUL clinic. There will be great teaching and new milestones that each rider will experience with their horse and become more one with their horse all while building their relationship with their horse through my KEY fundamental foundations to building a better horse that I will be teaching! 🔑
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💙 ID THESE BLUE EYES aka "Blue Eyes"💙
2018 AQHA Sorrel Mare, APHA eligible
Invested Dimension x Zipassably The Best
This mare is fancy fancy fancy! We adore her. She is kind, big bodied and just a solid horse. She is a great loper, slow jogger and can extend out huge. She stands around 15.2 Hands. She is currently bare foot and very sound.
She would make a great ranch horse or all around horse, plus she would be a good trail riding horse. She is confident and quiet. She is smooth to sit and has great cadence at each gait. She is a very kind mare and loves attention. She is good minded, we hauled her to a show and she saw a mass amount of cows, the road noises, the bridge and didn’t have a care in the world for it at all.
Blue Eyes is a special one, she has the confirmation to be in the top placing of the confirmation classes and the movement to take you to the top in the ranch event classes.
This mare is world caliber!!
📍 Temecula, CA.
Dana Hokana FB Live with Equine Omega's Kathleen Downs + Jennifer Wier
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