High Point Farm

12/16/2024

Our home dressage IEA show of the year was a blast (of fun and cold 🥶😅) this weekend! Highlights include:
🎄Emily grew in her confidence and improved on those tricky 20m circles
🎄Allison brought her scores up from last show, demonstrating a better understanding of the dressage arena
🎄Anna Perry showed how much her confidence has grown as a rider and competitor with some great rides even on a completely new horse
🎄One of our middle school riders rode Cody to an improved dressage test score and also gained more confidence in the show arena
🎄Rachel earned first in both her DSE’s, and scored a whopping 80% on her test!
🎄Barbie rode the always amazing Guardian in her test and got to be a bit fancy with much improved accuracy and confidence. She also placed second in her DSE class
🎄Amy and Wilma scored a 78 in their test for their first time out in a real competition, and a third in her DSE class
🎄Jena made huge strides in her dressage land competition skills, especially in the accuracy of her test
🎄our Middle School Team placed 3rd on Sunday

Thank you so much to everyone on the team, as well as huntseat team members and all the other volunteers in general; it’s a lot of work to put together and run a show, and we definitely couldn’t have done it without you all!

Thank you to everyone who came and competed as well, both new faces and some familiar. It was a joy to watch you having fun and doing well on all of our special horses. We love hearing that you love them as much as we do!

12/12/2024

Sadly didnt get picts of everyone that participated. We all agree that Lindsey Parker of https://www.lpdressage.com/ offered us a wonderful clinic. She WILL be back!

12/09/2024

Our IEA huntseat team enjoyed a (very cold 🥶) fun horse show weekend out at Southern Sky Farm, hosted by .stables and

Each of our riders had good draws and even better learning opportunities throughout the weekend. Highlights include our Middle School Team winning reserve champion on Saturday, and 2 of our riders, Addison and Emily, qualifying for Regionals today! Great job to all of our riders, and as usual, shout out to the amazing horses in our huntseat region ❤️

12/08/2024

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12/08/2024

SEC Champions 🐶

12/06/2024

Guilty

12/04/2024

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12/04/2024

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The following is an actual, verbatim quote from an 84 year old mother to her 61 year old daughter----

"We are waiting for you to outgrow this "horse thing."

That has been asked and stated, in various ways, by countless parents and other "concerned" people to carriers of the "horse affliction" for decades, probably for centuries, perhaps for millenniums,

They are still waiting----------------------------------------

12/01/2024

“When through painstaking refinement of a small movement I had the improved feeling, I could translate it onto other parts of the form, and suddenly everything would start flowing at a higher level. The key was to recognize that the principles making one simple technique tick were the same fundamentals that fueled the whole expansive system of Tai Chi Chuan.”
-The Art of Learning, Josh Waitzkin

If you want to be a great rider, not just a passenger that pushes buttons, you must work on refining the most basic aids and the smallest requests. That is when you and the horse become one in harmonious flow.

*The Art of Learning is a fantastic read. It’s a wonderful exploration into how Josh became a 21 National Championship title holder and 7 World Championship title holder in both chess and Tai Chi Chuan.

11/30/2024

Today was the first post-Thanksgiving trail ride and potluck that we have done in many years, and we had a great turnout! High Point is thankful for our farmily, and we enjoyed spending the day with everyone! If you have any other photos, feel free to add them in the comments!

11/30/2024

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy this day of reflecting on gratitude regardless of your situation. We are grateful for wonderful farmily, horses, trainers and workers. 🦃

11/27/2024

This is why we love her so!

As we gather to give thanks, I'm filled with gratitude for the opportunity to share my passion for horsemanship. To witness a horse, free and spirited, is a beautiful sight. It inspires me to strive for that same elegance and freedom under saddle. By understanding the horse's biomechanics and utilizing the lightest of aids, we can guide them towards a harmonious partnership. It's a privilege to help horses and riders achieve their full potential, and I'm thankful for every moment of this journey.

11/27/2024

This concept creates true contact that can collect. When done correctly, it keeps the center of balance in the middle of the horse rather than tipping over the chest which ultimately allows the freedom for the horse to sit behind and push off the ground up front.
PS This takes time!!!!!!

11/27/2024

Yes! Yes! YES!

In recent months dressage has faced increased scrutiny, both from within and from outside of the horse world, and the Fédération Equestre Internationale recently held a special meeting to kick off in-depth discussions about the challenges currently impacting the discipline. We asked three particip...