Iron Gate Farm

21/03/2025

SUMMER HORSE DAY CAMP!!!
AGES 6 AND UP
BEGINNERS THROUGH ADVANCED RIDERS
1:1 CAMPER TO CAMP COUNSELOR RATIO
10 DAYS LEFT FOR A $100 DISCOUNT FOR IGF RIDERS THAT REGISTER BY 3/31!!!
($50 EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT FOR NON-IRONGATE FARM RIDERS EXPIRES ALSO ON MARCH 31ST)
THERE ARE STILL A FEW OPENINGS LEFT!
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CALL / TEXT 610-762-8295
TEXT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO THAT NUMBER FOR CAMP INFORMATION AND AN ENROLLMENT FORM

20/03/2025

Today's Educational Post for our Riders.
Enjoy!

If your elbows get behind the seams in your pants, your reins are too long! This is something every new rider should learn. Allowing your reins to get too long diminishes your control of your horse and very often it tightens your body. This body bracing starts in the elbows and spreads until your entire body is braced against your horse. Bracing to this degree completely breaks the rider's unity with their horse, which undermines the entire riding experience for both the rider and the horse.

Good riders are constantly adjusting their rein length to maintain Following Hands in every gait and over every kind of terrain.

Following Hands post -

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When you maintain Following Hands, you have very relaxed elbows to the point that your horse is "carrying" your hands and arms gently in his mouth. This is "passive contact". There is a short passive contact video about doing this correctly on my YouTube channel

This is how to adjust your reins when they are too long -
Step 1: When elbows get behind the seam in your breeches, grab both reins in one hand ahead of the saddle.
Step 2: Extend your other hand forward ahead of your hand that is holding both reins and grab one rein away from the other hand. At this point your reins are in separate hands and they are uneven.
Step 3: Slide both hands carefully backward to make your hands even at a correct rein length.

This rein length adjustment should be practiced often until it can be accomplished in one quick seamless motion of 1,2,3. When the rein length adjustment is completed, relax your hands and elbows in order to regain proper contact with your horse's mouth, which allows you to establish a high degree of unity. In unity the horse is "carrying" the weight of our hands and arms as we let the horse move our arms. The typical rein pressure that the horse experiences when "carrying" your arms and hands is about 2 1/2 pounds, which in the video is measured by a tension scale.

Check out my new YouTube channel. The link to my channel is in the ABOUT section of this page, or you can go to YouTube and put in the search line. Sorry for the inconvenience. Facebook shuts down the reach of any post with a YouTube link in it because they compete with Google in the video and reel space.

17/03/2025

🌄💚💚💚 HAPPY ST PATTY'S DAY EVERYONE! 🍀🍀🍀

16/03/2025

ATTN ALL IGF RIDERS!
RE: SCHEDULING, IF YOU WANT A SPECIFIC DAY, TIME, INSTRUCTOR, HORSE/PONY, SCHEDULE YOUR LESSONS ASAP AS FAR IN ADVANCE AS POSSIBLE! THANKS! 🤠🐴🧡

12/03/2025

ONLY 20 DAYS LEFT FOR THE $100 OFF CAMP DISCOUNT FOR IRON GATE FARM RIDERS !

12/03/2025

Do you love planning events!? Love volunteering? Especially when it is Horse-Related Events!!? WE ARE IN NEED OF EVENT PLANNERS! Please HELP! We need help with planning and organizing SHOWS, SHOW COMMITTEE MEETINGS, SPECIAL EVENTS such as Year End Award Ceremonies, Working Student Intern/Camp Counselor/Instructor Appreciation Dinner, Birthday Parties Here, and other special events. Contact us: Call, Text or pm.
WE ARE ALSO IN NEED OF A SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIALIST and are searching for someone who loves to photograph, video shoot, video edit, and update social media accounts. This is a paid part time position.
WE ARE ALSO IN NEED OF AN ADDITIONAL ENGLISH RIDING INSTRUCTOR. See our ad on INDEED or Contact Jody for details. 610-762-8295

12/03/2025

Thank you so much to our Instructors and Riders who wished me a Happy Birthday!

10/03/2025

Our Director, Jody, is OUT OF THE OFFICE today. 🥳

04/03/2025

04/03/2025

True dressage is not about control, it's about communication. It's not about forcing a horse to submit, but guiding them to understand. When we ride with patience, clarity, and fairness, our horses respond with willingness, softness, and trust. The greatest dressage riders don’t overpower their horses; they educate them, creating a harmonious partnership built on mutual respect. 💫🐴✨

28/02/2025

Today's Hilarious Video of the Day

27/02/2025

Our Riders / All Riders,
Please watch
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27/02/2025

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26/02/2025

26/02/2025

2025 Prize List AVAILABLE 🏆

The official Prize List for the 2025 Devon Horse Show and Country Fair is now available online!

Join us May 21 - June 1, 2025 “Where Champions Meet” for THE 129th edition of Devon. Entries coming soon 💙

https://www.devonhorseshow.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-Devon-Prize-List.pdf

26/02/2025

26/02/2025

For the mommies!
Some of the best simple life hacks I've seen