JAKS Stables

09/13/2025

We are so excited to host this benefit concert Oct 11th! Get your tickets today https://motorcomusic.com/event/rock-for-a-reason-featuring-josey-scott/

09/09/2025

In case anyone’s wondering- Moose is alive and well and still growing. 🫣😆

09/02/2025

🌾🐴 Passing It On 🐴🌾
One of the best parts of JAKS isn’t just the riding …it’s the way our barn family looks out for each other.
Here, one of our older, more experienced students is showing our youngsters how to stuff hay nets as they gets ready for their first big horse show. 💪✨
At JAKS, we believe horsemanship is about more than time in the saddle. It’s about learning responsibility, teamwork, and supporting the next rider coming up behind you. ❤️
We couldn’t be prouder of the way our students step up to teach, guide, and encourage each other. This is what makes our barn special.

09/02/2025

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08/28/2025

🚨 Durham, NC — We’re bringing the fire for a cause!

On October 11th, 2025, join us & special guest Davis88 at Motorco Music Hall for Rock For A Reason.
A night of powerful rock and giving back.

💥 All proceeds benefit Operation Anchor and their disaster relief efforts.
🎟️ Get your tickets here 👉 https://motorcomusic.com/event/rock-for-a-reason-featuring-josey-scott/

👉 Let’s pack the house and rock for a reason together!

08/27/2025

Defensive riding is no longer generally taught. You can still find eventing instructors who teach it, but defensive riding is for all riding. The top images are of Brazilian show jumper Nelson Pessoa in 1970, a Silver and Gold Olympic Medal winner. Back then all riders rode defensively because it was practical and safe.

After the 70s, when the military instructors were gone, how horses were supposed to be ridden changed from practical to being about appearances with poses and other superficial techniques that are potentially dangerous.

The images below show the use of the "C" position, a staple of military horsemanship. Because horses can trip, stumble or collapse on landing a jump, riders, at the top or apex of a jump, move their feet ahead of the girth so as to be able to counter the forward inertia in their body when and if a horse slows or stops quickly in a bad landing.

If the rider's goal is to please a judge by leaning on their horse's neck over a jump, moving their legs forward ahead of the girth for the landing becomes impossible. This is one reason why riding for appearances is dangerous. Furthermore, because today's off balance forward, up on the neck crest release has become the standard jumping position, dangerous poses can be seen everywhere, including in fox hunts today.

Defensive riding is for -

Training young horses

Retraining older difficult horses

Riding young untrained horses

Riding horses you don't know

Riding challenging terrain

Going over or through obstacles

Or any other time you feel that an extra degree of safety might be a good idea. Defensive riding is not just for eventing and jumping.

08/23/2025

Woohoo! 😆 Come see Josey Scott Band at 1st Annual Rock for a Reason Benefit Concert !! Tickets on sale now for early bird prices.
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08/20/2025

🔥 In 10 years, people will ask: “Were you there when Josey Scott came back?”

Most will say no. A few will proudly say yes.

📅 October 11, 2025
📍 Motorco Music Hall, Durham, NC

Your ticket supports Operation Anchor’s recovery efforts.

🎟 Rock history. Real impact.

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08/17/2025

What a fun weekend! We completed the final show for the cross state series this weekend, and our kiddos came home with some loot.

Norah- WT champion
Cailyn - WT reserve champion
Ashley- Adult reserve champion
Savannah- Youth champion
Ellie Mae- Peewee reserve champion

Kate, Gia, and Cassie also had some really great classes and placed well over the weekend! We are proud of everyone.

Jaks also came in 3rd overall in the battle of the barns competition!

Congrats all!