Desert Sun Training

01/03/2025

Ride times are now finalized for the Jeremy Steinberg Clinic! 🎉
What you need to do
Check your ride time:
Visit the https://wix.to/LdbOT3t to view the schedule or download the ride time chart directly to your phone for easy reference.
Complete the Liability Release Form (if you haven’t already):
It’s crucial that all participants submit their Liability Release Form before the event. If you haven’t completed it yet, please follow the link in the email to fill it out as soon as possible.
Thank you for your cooperation. We can’t wait to see you at the event!

12/08/2024

So proud of the progress Stephanie has made with Lexi!!

Congratulations to Stephanie Hackett and Lexus, owned by Cassandra Majeski, on your Starter Rider championship! Kick On🙌

12/01/2024

Finally got around to completely reorganizing the tack room! For those of you that know, know it was getting to be a mess!! Now everything has a labeled spot that is easy to find!! Just a couple more saddle racks to hang and it’s done! Before and after pics!

11/26/2024

So proud of Rylee, coming back from college to win on Royce this last weekend!!

Congratulations Rylee Runyon, riding Nonchalant, for your Open Beginner Novice win!

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11/23/2024

Not a busy day at all for us here at SAzEA’s Fall Horse trials!! Had some great schooling rounds yesterday so hopefully that carries over into today!

11/18/2024

🚨 Attention Southern Arizona Equestrians! 🚨

We’re excited to announce that Jeremy Steinberg is returning to Tucson for an exclusive clinic hosted by Desert Sun Training! 🐴✨

Mark your calendars for January 4th & 5th, 2025 at Raven Ranch – this is an opportunity you won’t want to miss!
Whether you're riding or auditing, this is your chance to gain invaluable insights from professional rider and trainer Jeremy Steinberg.

🔹 Clinic Details:
🔹Rides: 45-60 minutes each 12 rides on Saturday | 10 rides on Sunday
🔹Limited spots available—don’t wait to reserve your place! 🏇💨
🔹Auditors: Audio will be provided so you can listen in and learn too!

This is an amazing opportunity to elevate your skills in a supportive, fun environment. Whether you’re riding or auditing, you’ll leave with new knowledge and inspiration to take your riding to the next level!

💥 Spots will fill up fast—reserve yours today! 💥
👉 Reserve your spot today at https://wix.to/cbblrDJ

We can’t wait to see you there! 🙌

11/03/2024

We had a great time schooling at the fairgrounds today! Thank you SAzEA for keeping the course open one extra week!! And to top it off, had a brilliant sunset to send us home!

10/28/2024

What a great show we had yesterday! Thank you to everyone that came out to ride or help, couldn’t have done it without you! As always, I forgot to get pictures throughout the show, so if you got any send them my way or post them here for me! I will publish scores this week for everyone. And I look forward to next year! Please if you didn’t vote for next years dates, take a look at the picture below and let me know which dates work for you!

10/25/2024

Ride Times - DST - Dressage Schooling Show

Oct 27, 2024 9:00am

10/24/2024

REMINDER! The dressage show this Sunday is filling up! Entries close tonight (10/23)!

10/21/2024

Reminder! Entries for the annual Halloween dressage schooling show are due on Wednesday!! Get your entries in on my website at desert-sun-training.com!! Come join the fun, and wear a costume for the costume contest!!

At Desert Sun Training, we invite you to embark on a transformative equestrian journey under the guidance of our skilled trainer, Casi Majeski. Nestled against the backdrop of the desert sun, our facility specializes in three core disciplines: Dressage, Show Jumping, and Eventing.

10/19/2024

What a great horse trials we had last weekend at Isaacks Ranch in Las Cruces, NM! We came home with a bunch of ribbons, and multiple riders/horses earning qualifying rides for the AECs in 2025 in the starter, beginner novice and novice divisions!

Stephanie rode in her first horse trials on Lexi, and was able to fight past her own mental demons to complete with just a few rider errors. The first one is in the books, so next show will be even better and I’m sure she will come home with a ribbon!

Jess took Jazz to her first event, and did great with only adding a rail to her dressage score! Oh, and ended 3rd in the Starter division, and have a qualifying ride for the AECs! I’m certain they will qualify, and look forward to improving their dressage a bit so they can come home with a 1st or 2nd in November.

James and his gelding Vivo cruised around Starter, no problems except a rail in stadium (with James being sicker than a dog that day!). These two have come so far, and have earned that token 2nd place finish to get into the AECs and just need one more event to fully qualify!

Samy was unfortunately not feeling well enough to be able to show Baila, so she passed the ride onto me. And Baila was a superstar, winning her first ever event! For a mare that didn’t have steering a year ago, didn’t know how to jump, and up until this show had never cantered a course, I couldn’t have asked for better! One rail from a 30 dressage score was wonderful!

Rylee “came back” from college to join us for her first event at Beginner Novice on Royce. They improved on all their scores from July, even with the move up in level! Walking away with a well earned 7th place!

Shannon ride Bounce in her first Novice level event, and really had no issues except slightly slow on XC, going home with a 7th place finish. Bounce just has taken everything in stride and is so unphased by the jumps, he will have no issues with the move up in level. Just need to work on smoothing things out and letting him come forward now.

And the biggest accomplishment of the weekend came from Grace and Bubba… this was Grace’s second ever event and first one on Bubba (who doesn’t have a good track record at events 😂). And I think we have found the magic combination, as these two danced around dressage and flew around XC to end at 4th after an unfortunate rail in stadium. One more with a qualifying ride towards AECs.

Lastly, Tesoro and I went back at it after Kentucky, showing novice and ending up a close 2nd, only tenths of a point behind first, and earning the only clear round in stadium in Novice! He is my little jumping potato, and he tries his heart out. We ended on our best dressage score yet, and just need one more event to qualify for AECs again.

10/19/2024

10/12/2024

Way behind on posts but I’m gonna try to catch up…. Last weekend we went to Freedom Run’s Hunter/jumper schooling show with a group!

Samy with Baila made it thru their first ever show! Placing a 6th in the 2’ jumpers.

Jess showed Jazz at her first show, doing the 2’3” jumpers and placing 2 and 5th.

Stephanie showed Lexi in the 2’3” jumpers, unfortunately ended up without a ribbon in a big class because we weren’t close enough to optimum time.

Payton showed at her first ever jumping show at the 2’ and 2’3” jumpers on Finesse, ending up with 2 seconds and a 6th.

Dri showed Lulu at 2’3 and 2’6” jumpers placing 1, 6, 4 and 2 respectively. They were super stars going around the course! Oh, and they took home reserve champion.

Kelsey joined us on her mare Nugget, her first jumping show doing the 2’3” and 2’6” jumpers, winning 1, 4, 6 and 3 respectively. Also ending up reserve champion!!

Sarah showed Sera at 2’6 jumpers and unfortunately had some nervousness but it was a growing experience.

Makayla showed Booker in the 2’6 hunters taking home a 2 and 4th with some lovely hunter rounds at Bookers first show!

Grace showed Bubba at 2’6-2’9” and 2’9-3’ jumpers and rocked it! They cruised around placing two firsts and a second and winning champion.

Shannon showed Bounce at 2’9-3’ easily placing 1 and 4th and taking home reserve champion!

What a show!! So proud of everyone going out and kicking butt!!