Light Reign Stables

09/17/2024

It's Safety Awareness Week. Nearly every shop and manufacturers have helmets on sale.

Put. One. On.
Every. Ride. Every. Time.
Why? BECAUSE YOU ARE LOVED!!

09/16/2024

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08/13/2024

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07/12/2024

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07/07/2024

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06/21/2024

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“I don’t have much interest in competing, so why should I bother to struggle and practice to become a better rider?”

Good question, and maybe the answer is as simple as this---“It only matters if it matters to you.”

If you are content with the way you currently ride, and if it isn’t messing up your horse, go for it.

But if you feel that there are knowledge gaps or skill-set deficiencies that you’d like to improve upon, read more, study more, watch better riders more, think about what you are learning, take some lessons, broaden your horizons.

Competing is not the end-all reason why anyone might want to become a good rider. Some want to be good riders for the basic satisfaction of being good riders.

06/14/2024

Hey friends! We are going to offer spaces in our indoor arena, if enough interest, for the Lincoln Way Buy Way Sales, Aug 8, 9 and 10th. All under cover, sell tack or household stuff. If interested let me know!

05/22/2024

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04/25/2024

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DRESSAGE TRIVIA:

Do you know the answer to this "CORNER CONUNDRUM?" 🤔

How deep are you supposed to ride into your corners?

The answer is, it depends, and here's why:👇

Information is VAGUE out there! But according to the USEF Rule Book, “Corners should be ridden as one-quarter of a volte appropriate to the level of the test (10 meters at training-First Levels, 8 meters at Second-Fourth Levels and 6 meters above Fourth Level).”
[USEF Rule Book DR109]

But in reality, it depends on the development of both the horse and the rider. And in my humble opinion, this is the BEST answer. 🙌
It is far better to ride a good corner that will help support you and your horse for the next movement than to try to jam yourself into a black hole 😉

So definitely strive for the USEF guidelines, but only go as deep as you and your horse can without disturbing the rhythm, balance, and harmony.

04/01/2024

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03/30/2024

This is why ringbone is such a horrible diagnosis.

We know a hoof rehabilitation farrier who began her in depth studies and apprenticeships because she lost her mare to ringbone from a lifetime of improper trim set ups in the hooves.

Ringbone is an issue that is mainly occurring because of a lack of knowledgeable (or timely) hoof care.

As the owner, it is Your job to educate yourself on what a well functioning hoof and leg alignment looks like.

While conformation, genetics, and the horse's daily use are also factors, how the horse's foot lands is super important to the long term soundness of the animal.

“Severe ringbone and side bone”
- JB Hoof Care

03/30/2024

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The guest column of this week is by Angelika Fromming, retired international dressage judge, and Hannes Müller, former head of the German Riding School in Warendorf and chair of the German Professional Riders Association. Both are highly esteemed clinicians.

02/26/2024

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Sometimes my team and I are really rolling, with lots of horses and humans showing and getting somewhere and grinding it out. Other times, the youngsters are all youngstering, and I didn’t book a lot of clinics in January and February because the weather usually stinks, and we’re mostly just log...

02/21/2024

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It's Warm-Up Wednesday here at Dressage Hub and today we have an extra bit of surprise and delight. We found footage of Dr Reiner Klimke schooling in Aachen ...

02/19/2024