Huckleberry Lane Farms

22/10/2024

Chachi 🥃

Available for in barn half or full lease only! Safe safe safe horse for any level of rider. From someone doing the walk trot to a someone jumping at the shows. Dress her up for Halloween, take her swimming at the beach? You name it she does it! She also knows how to smile 😃

Message me for more info!

22/10/2024

Oct horse show dump 🎉

09/09/2024

Kimchee 🌶️

A medium pony available for in barn half or full lease. Will also consider out of barn for the right person. Is the king of the walk trot ring! Also a great crossrail to short stirrup pony. No spook, buck, bolt, rear or bite. Currently being used for lunge line lessons. This pony tolerates EVERYTHING.

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09/09/2024

Luna 🌕

Quarter horse/welsh cross pony available for lease. Prefer in barn half or full lease but may be open to out of barn lease to the right person. Will jump any jump from anywhere with no spook! She will go down the trail alone or with others, will swim in the ocean and can even play dress up. Great for beginner kids on the lunge line or kids ready to jump.

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18/08/2024

Horse show spam from Hits Del Mar 🤩

27/07/2024

Say it louder for the people in the back 👏🏼

A small stab in the heart is what you feel when you put up the day's riding list and you see riders sinking heavily in their shoulders when reading which horse they are assigned for the lesson. A small stab in the heart for that horse that for an hour will carry around a rider who has already decided that he does not like his horse. A small stab in the heart for the horse that did not choose the rider himself but still does his best, lesson after lesson.

Riding is a privilege and something you have chosen to do. If you chose to ride at a riding school, your instructor assumes that you actually want to learn how to ride. The instructor's highest wish is that you get good at it.

Often there is a plan and a thought as to why you are assigned to that exact horse. Before you mount up next time, ask yourself "what can this horse teach me today?" All horses have something to give, a feeling or a new tool in the box.

The art is actually in being able to get a lazy horse to move forward, to get an uncertain horse to gain confidence, a naughty horse to focus or a tense horse to be released. It takes work. If you think a horse is boring, it's more likely that you don't ride the horse as well as you think! It's not easy to be confronted with your own shortcomings, but it is in that very situation that you get the chance to truly grow as a rider.

The excuse that "it's not my kind of horse" is actually a really bad excuse. A good rider can ride any kind of horse. A good rider has trained many hours on different types of horses to become a good rider. A good rider can find and manage the gold nuggets in every horse.

If we absolutely want to ride, it is our duty to strive to do it as best as possible, even if it's only for fun. We owe it to every horse that carries us upon it's back.

Copied and shared with love for all of our horses, ponies and riders 🐎❤🐎

06/06/2024

Just some highlights from our last show ❤️

05/04/2024

Happy Birthday Chachi 🥳

25/03/2024

Make sure to check out our Instagram page and check out our lesson horse Iine up 🥳

22/02/2024

More photos from the desert 🌴🌵

07/02/2024

Having a great time out in the desert 🌵

08/01/2024

2023 was a great year 😍. Wishing everyone a happy new year!
We are ready for 2024 💪🏼

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays ❤️🎄🎁

08/12/2023

Offering some holiday discounts into the new year! 🎄🎁🎉

Sign up for a 3 or 6 month lease? Your first month is discounted! Lots of horse and pony options!

Thinking about signing up for lessons? Buy a package of lessons and your first month will be a discounted rate.

Must claim before Jan 1 🥳 New clients only!

16/11/2023

Ever seen a horse swim? If not now you have! It’s such a great low stress workout for them and they actually really enjoy it!

27/10/2023

We have a few openings in our riding school and one spot in our training program!

Message us now before they fill up 🎉

10/10/2023

Things your riding instructor wants you to know:
1. This sport is hard. You don't get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don't, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.
2. You're going to ride horses you don't want to ride. If you're teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…
3. You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then your not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..
4. This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don't get good by riding every once in awhile….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themsevles opportunity to practice.
5. EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN'T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to...
6. Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn't always fun.....but if you (or your rider) are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it's time to take a break. The horses already know you don't want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.
7. You'll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That's why ground lessons are important, too. If you're skipping ground lessons (or the part of your lesson that takes place on the ground), you're missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground with horses than you do in the saddle.
8. Ask questions and communicate. If you're wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.
9. We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.
Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults (golf and skiing are the others). People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.
*thank you to whoever wrote this! Not my words, but certainly a shared sentiment!

09/10/2023

Wow 🤩 What a week at GSDHJA champ show

🏕️Highlights from the week 🏕️

🫎Ava and Patrick Star were fast and clean in the .60 mini Prix and came out with 6th overall! They also put some very good rounds and even got ribbons in the huge .60s classes. They also got reserve champion in hunt teams
🐻Leighton and Cachaca were in the very competitive cross-rails division and did amazing for their second show ever and even got an 8th out of 21 in the derby and reserve champion in hunt teams. She also got champion in the costume class for her Wednesday and cousin it costume!
🦊Monroe and Kimchee always rock the equitation and got a 5th in the eq flat,8th in eq over fences and a 9th in the derby! She also got a reserve champion in the stick horse challenge
🐺Disney and Nyxx had their best show yet. They improved immensely and got all their lead changes! They got a reserve champion in the maiden eq and also got some good ribbons in the long stirrup
🦉 Acelynn and Saydee had their second show together and improved every day. They got an 8th in a the undersaddle and a 10th over fences out of 17!
🦬Aliyah and Kimchee had their first show together and rocked the walk trot. She placed in every class and even got a 3rd over rails and reserve champion in walk trot obedience
🐿️ Elayna and Nyxx also had their first show together and put in some good rounds into the crossrail course division. This was her last a show in this division and got a 9th out of 17 in the eq flat and got reserve champion in hunt teams
🦇 Finn had his best show yet and got 6th in the baby green hunter classic and even put some good rounds into the jumper ring

I am so proud of everyone and all the hard work that was put in to make this happened. Everyone rode so well and really improved. Our show season is done for the year but we can’t wait to take on the circuit again next year 🎉