Centerline, The English Riding Academy

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from Centerline. Looking forward to 2025 hopefully filled with new memories, challenges, experiences and a whole lot of learning & growth! So thankful for my ‘squad’. You guys make showing up every day easy and fun. ♥️

03/12/2024

Don’t forget… barn Xmas party:

Saturday Dec 7
4-6:30pm.

Potluck! Bring a yummy treat! 🥘

And don’t forget your ornaments!! 😈

25/11/2024

Mark your calendars!!

Saturday December 7th is the annual Barn Holiday Party!

Bring your favorite food or treat. And don’t forget your ornaments!! 😈

15/11/2024

Save the date!

Annual Centerline Holiday Party Saturday December 7. More details to follow, but the much anticipated ‘ornament game’ will be happening!! Who will get Nemo this year? 🐠 😈

30/10/2024

Barn work party this Sunday November 3. 🍁

10 am until …. The more people that come lend a hand, the sooner we are done.

Pizza and drinks provided 🍕 🥤

See everyone there!!

27/10/2024

Centerline Squad represented at the schooling show at T90. Everyone was amazing. Costumes were on point 🎃👻🎃

18/10/2024

Reminder: if you use the wash rack, you MUST clean up after your horse. That means sweeping up (even if you don’t think it needs it … IT NEEDS IT!)

💫 Golden Rule 💫

Leave an area better than you found it!

If we all take the time to ensure the barn is tidy, we all benefit from it…and your horses benefit the most! ♥️🦄

17/10/2024

Due to the large amount of rain ☔️ predicted for our area this coming weekend, we are going to postpone the barn work party to Sunday November 3rd, which will hopefully be a bit dryer.

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

12/10/2024

One Lily to another 💕

06/10/2024

Hi everyone! It’s that time of year again where we tidy up the barn. After a long show season, it’s time we put a little attention into our ‘home’.

The clean up will be Sunday October 20th starting at 10am. We will provide lunch 🍕

This barn clean up is mandatory for all boarders, and those leasing horses. I would also REALLY appreciate lesson students chipping in as well. We all benefit from a tidy barn — and your ponies appreciate it even more ♥️

Moms and dads…we would love for you to attend as well. With everyone pitching in, and giving the barn some of your time and hard work, helps keep operating costs down.

Looking forward to seeing everyone out there. 🍁🐴🧹

27/08/2024

We are headed to the WA State Horse park to compete at the EIHT this weekend. No lessons Wednesday August 28th - Monday September 2nd. Wishing everyone a safe and fun holiday weekend.

23/08/2024

The Blue Crew 💙💙💙

30/07/2024

Mr. Perfect enjoying some R&R after a fun weekend jumper day. Old man’s still got it 😉 Even his poo stains are heart-like ♥️

09/07/2024

Centerline Summer Camp!

Monday August 12- Friday August 16th.

9-3pm daily.

Learn all about horses. How to care for them, what to expect when going to a show and how to prepare, etc. and with riding sprinkled in 😉 The list is endless.

Sign up today! Spots are limited.

29/06/2024

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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.

📝 Kimberley Reynolds

📸 Max & Maxwell: Equestrian Photography

10/02/2024

Gorgeous day today. Rainbow 🌈 was just icing on the cake 🎂 ♥️