Snowdonia Farms Equestrian Center

03/28/2024

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03/21/2024

Hi is anyone available to scribe for me as I’m apprenticing dressage on sat at Texas rose horse park 8 am to 2.30 pm ring one ?
Please share I’ll pay for their time
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03/19/2024

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01/30/2024

I’ll be in Ocala Feb 8-21 and available for training rides and lessons , coaching at Rocking Horse and Ocala 1 . My cell is (281) 460-9107

01/06/2024

Here are the rules and classes for our upcoming YHSS shows March 30 and June 22 . Please call me if you have questions 😊

*Note to Competitors: Trailer in: If the host permits it, horses competing at the YHS can be trailered in (do not have to purchase a stall). Horses will have to be attended at all times. No...

01/03/2024

Who is interested in a jump chute clinic Jan 21 at Snowdonia Sport Horse Complex Sunday starting at 10 am and $120 per session?

08/23/2023

01/15/2023

It’s a beautiful day here at Pine hill and we are proud to be one of the sponsors for the year end championships for STEA ( previously GHCTA) congrats to all the competitors 👏❤️🎉🏆🥇🥈🥉

09/04/2022

Totally agree and Lucas Damm is so good at this and as a team we really focus on the ground work ! It’s a lost art and everyone is in A hurry for ribbons and awards ! . Like the horse cares about that 🤪 they try to do what we say and a lot don’t come close to the same language

08/31/2022

Totally 💯 agree ! Keep knowledge, fun and care in the equation

There were plenty of things that I was willing to do with a horse 30-40 years that I wouldn’t ask today, and it’s not because I’ve gotten more “chicken.”

What I gradually have come to believe, and it took me too long to get there, is that horse sports are created by humans and for humans, and the horses are simply the vehicles by which humans measure success or failure.

I don’t feel that it’s a negative thing to ask horses to be athletes, as long as we train them over enough time to allow them to develop the strength and fitness to run and jump without undue stress, or to climb mountains without being pressed to exhaustion, but the problem is “escalation.”

It comes down to the way super obsessed humans buy into the Olympic motto, “citius, altius, fortius” (faster, higher, stronger), and how humans, in that quest for all sorts of things, fame, glory, recognition, money, make it harder and harder for the horses.

There’s a story going around about a famous USA team rider who made the comment before some big event, “I am either going to win this thing, or flip my horse trying.”

We train horses to trust that what we ask them to do isn’t going to hurt them, but then some of us, either by accident or through frenzy to win, betray the trust, and it seems to me that any sport that a human has designed, some other humans can modify in ways that protect the horses while still being testing enough to allocate first prize, second prize, and so on.

But this will take leadership. I don’t think the current human athletes will buy into making it what they might think of as “easier.” The Kool-Aid is flowing too strongly through their veins. They are too hungry, too driven, at the height of their competitive powers, to think through the rights and wrongs brought to the horses they ride. If they did, they’d speak up after so many fatalities and crippling injuries, but they don’t.

Saner heads have to create saner parameters of success and failure, but I don’t see the humans in leadership positions taking much of a possibly unpopular stand.

Remember how humans fought automotive seat belts? How they fought batting helmets, hockey face masks, protective riding helmets? The same tendency exists about horse safety. It isn’t going to be an easy fix with a simple solution.

08/28/2022

Snowdonia Farms will have a few openings for full training board starting this fall . Take advantage of this opportunity with very experienced trainers in dressage and Eventing and starting young horses . Great location and easy access with covered arena . Super care and nutrition programs to care for your equine partners . 24/7 on site care with experience of 40 plus years and British Horse Society education certified . We are a very friendly barn so please don’t hesitate to call for a visit and discuss your goals and your horses requirements! 281-460-9107
We want yo help you and your horses in a happy, healthy and fun environment !

08/15/2022

Still a chance to sign up a few slots left !

Vaulting enjoys an ancient heritage, described as one of the oldest known forms of equestrian sport. Included acrobatic displays performed on cantering horses. Learn perform acrobatic and dance like maneuvers on horseback.

07/27/2022

In this 1 Day course with Jamie Laird – A Clinton Anderson Method Ambassador, you will learn: Yield hindquarters, Yield forequarters, Lunge for Respect 1 & 2, Circle Drive, Back Up using 4 methods By end of day, you will be able to: Communicate with your horse via body language, Establish respect ...

04/12/2022

The final results of the FEH & YEH held at Pine Hill on 4/10/22 can now be found on our website. Thank you

https://www.snowdoniafarms.com/show_reults.html

04/02/2022

New rules for 3 yr olds at championships

2022 USEA FEH and YEH Championship Judges Announced

10/12/2021

Fast Facts: FEH Central Championships

10/11/2021

The Next Generation is Named at the 2021 USEA FEH Central Championships

10/09/2021

Such a fabulous day here at Haras Hacienda with the USEA FEH CENTRAL QUALIFIER AND CHAMPIONSHIP and awesome in hand and jump chute clinic given by Martin Douzant!! ⭐️⭐️🏆🏆🤩🤩
Here are the fabulous prizes donated by our sponsors