Koerner Farm

Koerner Farm Certified instructor: 50 years experience. Offering beginner through advanced instruction.

21/09/2023

Looking for a special individual in an apprentice/working student type situation who loves horses,loves learning about them, and who is serious about improving their riding and horse management skills.
Ideally this person should have prior experience handling horses and be very dependable. There is also the possibility of board on your horse and housing on property; to the right person this could be a rewarding and educational experience.
Please private message me with a brief description of yourself, your goals, any questions you might have, and your phone number.

11/04/2023

"Only way that horses win is if you sit there and spend time with 'em. Show 'em that you're tryin' to help 'em. Love 'em. Talk to 'em. Get to know 'em. That's what you gotta do. You love 'em and they'll love you, too. People might call me crazy, but that's the way it is. I been on the racetrack 34 years, and I ain't never gonna give up. I think they'll take me to my grave with a pitchfork in my hand and a rub rag in my back pocket."

Secretariat and his beloved groom Mr. Eddie Sweat.

11/04/2023

George Morris tells us:
“The classicists from Xenophon through the Renaissance to France, to Italy, to Germany, they were brilliant. Imagine people inventing the impression of impulsion, the exactness of straightness, imagine inventing half pass, piaffe, passage, all the classical movements that make the horse better to ride."
Read more from George much more wisdom for all riders:
https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2018/01/george-morris-jumping-past-and-present/

12/03/2023

In German, there is a saying: “Reiten lernt man nur durch Fegen”, which translates as “Riding is only learned by sweeping”. I have often thought about this saying.

Wherever there are horses, there is a lot of work to be done: Cleaning, sweeping, brushing, feeding, repairing…It’s not only the fun sides of pushing yourself off the ground and into the saddle. Learning to ride takes commitment and discipline, and we might have to do a lot of things which are not very glorious. Sweeping teaches us humility and keeps us grounded.

For me, this saying is also about apprenticeship. You start at the bottom, you sweep, you get off your high horse and you become open to learn. You admit to yourself that you don’t know everything. Sweeping is good for our ego. If you are an apprentice, the master can afford be honest to you. You don’t pay for lessons and s/he has nothing to loose if s/he scares you off. And that kind of honesty we need if we want to develop.

When we do chores around the barn, we also have the chance to develop a more natural kind of relationship with our horses, or with horses in general. We are not directly focused on them and can observe how they interact and what they are doing.

Sweeping is also my zen practice. Whatever my troubles are, I usually feel better after the morning chores at the barn are done.

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