ALFORTHEHORSE

03/11/2024

How refreshing it was to read this, despite it being a different discipline, it’s the words from the end of his discussion, that are quite similar.

Million dollar reining trainer, 17 times world champion, two times NRHA futurity champion and one of the most respected people in the reining sport, with an international reputation, Craig Johnson has posted to his page on May 29th, 2017 a confession regarding the reining horse sport. Craig writes – “I was asked the other day at an NRHA event by one of the other million dollar riders if I had retired. Umm.”
Craig responds:
“Maybe it’s because I’m no longer willing to do the things I use to, and things I’ve seen, in order to make a horse do what it takes.”
“Maybe I’m not interested until I find a better way. Maybe I’m home experimenting with a better way. Maybe I think we should take longer, wait on horses, and create something that is broke, sound, and happy for years.”
“Maybe I’m not as selfish as I use to be. Maybe I’ve decided it’s more about the horse and what it wants to be rather than what I need it to be.”

“No I haven’t retired, I have evolved.”

25/10/2024

Thank you to everyone who Nominated FOXCRETE in !!! Voting starts now!! Click on link to vote

https://tinyurl.com/FoxCreteBoB

22/10/2024

17” (closer to 17.5”) Coventry Close Contact Saddle with a wide tree (see pictures to reference measurements) and a flatter seat. Great first type saddle and/or one to add to lesson program. Leathers & Irons included. $500 Robertsdale, AL Shipping available at buyers expense, send address for quotes.

16/09/2024

16/09/2024

These guys will be available to be tried in Gulfport September 21-22

16yr young 16.3 1/2h Oldenburg Gelding solid 2’6 auto pilot with auto changes, can do all 3 rings. L / ⛵️

8yr big bodied 16.0 1/2h TB Mare, auto changes with successful show rated miles in the Baby Green. Could go any direction, and has a great step. L / ⛵️
8yr KWPN 17.2h Gelding, ready to go show with quite the upper level potential in the jumpers. At home, he may convince you to even dabble in the derbies. Great personality. ⛵️

5yr 16.3h TB Gelding whose stunning
And will take top placings in whatever route chosen. Has been started o/f, but has had inconsistent training simply due to owner moving/relocating etc. and due to unforeseen circumstances, the owner is forced to basically 🔥 ⛵️. Very intelligent and athletic guy, but will require a horseman and/or training program that will work with him.

Located in Robertsdale, AL videos available upon request .

Please, serious inquiries only.

19/03/2024

SOLD

Cambridge S aka Fig

2016 Imported Westphalian 16h Gelding
Robertsdale, AL- USA

Previous show experience in the .70-.90 jumpers but would make an outstanding child/adult hunter! Has yet to bat his eye at a fence, changes are nearly auto, kick-type ride, super willing and patient, with the cutest personality. Currently back in an exercise/training program, was on the back burner, but won't take much to get him in the ring! Low Cincos, starting with a ✌️.

https://youtu.be/gkQTuDmOs0Q

https://youtu.be/wC3sdCJxz00

05/03/2024

Water smarter today.

05/03/2024

The WEF Weekly featured a Gold Medal Special with Mclain Ward, Laura Kraut and Ben Maher as guests....

27/02/2024

Congratulations to the Kuykendall Family on this guy! Looking forward to seeing the new match in the ring!

High Hopes aka Chanley

16.3h 10yo Gelding - Perfect adult amount, whether a young adult starting cross rails or an amateur getting back into the game, he’s your guy! Record through the 2’9 hunters, but potential for more. Super kick type ride at home, lovely on the flat, easy changes and so much more. Absolute barn favorite and all for finding his next person.

Located in Robertsdale, AL

Trial terms and options available.

USEF #: 5609733

2’6-2’9 Open Hunter O/F Gulfport
https://youtu.be/GKC4JdABlW0?si=OkvPA6C-HuoHLKP8

Open Hunter U/S Gulfport
https://youtu.be/Wp5WsbcqRnA?si=aDWdVfcTpgh4cR9s

*AA’s O/F updated
https://youtu.be/dvMX02SurXY?si=cIG1FrntNqJMQn4D

Jr. Indoor O/F Round
https://youtu.be/W4WRX0B3dao?si=F8cUnOj4WMFN5iJe

Schooling Clips
https://youtu.be/VKfnTB-B2bM?si=PpN-DYwaZ530J6mH

https://youtu.be/uFl5a-qar3k?si=LHHGi_v7og2PiD4G

02/01/2024

17/12/2023

Needing one shipped from Robertsdale, AL to Houston,TX - Amber Nichole ?

05/12/2023

🎄 Christmas giveaway time!!!!!🎄

Please read whole post!

*Be aware of your privacy settings so we can see who all participates and shares our posts!

*We will ➡️ALWAYS⬅️ announce winners through a Facebook ➡️video⬅️ drawing done at the end of the week! (Be aware of grinch’s messaging you! If you receive a comment, it is a false page!)

Week 2 Christmas Giveaway is:

➡️A free spinal manipulation (chiro) evaluation by Dr. Brittany!! ⬅️

If you will *like AND share* our post, your name will be entered in a drawing to win! Happy sharing!

21/11/2023

09/10/2023

Most horses pass from one human to another - some horsemen and women are patient and forgiving, others are rigorous and demanding, others are cruel, others are ignorant.

Horses have to learn how to, at the minimum, walk, trot, canter, gallop, go on trails and maybe jump, to be treated by the vet, all with sense and good manners.

Talented Thoroughbreds must learn how to win races, and if they can't do that, they must learn how to negotiate courses and jump over strange obstacles without touching them, or do complicated dance
like movements or control cattle or accommodate severely handicapped children and adults in therapy work.

Many horses learn all of these things in the course of a single lifetime. Besides this, they learn to understand and fit into the successive social systems of other horses they meet along the way.

A horse's life is rather like twenty years in foster care, or in and out of prison, while at the same time changing schools over and over and discovering that not only do the other students already have their own social groups, but that what you learned at the old school hasn't much application at the new one.

We do not require as much of any other species, including humans.

That horses frequently excel, that they exceed the expectations of their owners and trainers in such circumstances, is as much a testament to their intelligence and adaptability as to their relationship skills or their natural generosity or their inborn nature.

That they sometimes manifest the same symptoms as abandoned orphans - distress, strange behaviors, anger, fear - is less surprising than that they usually don't.

No one expects a child, or even a dog to develop its intellectual capacities living in a box 23 hours a day and then doing controlled exercises the remaining one.

Mammal minds develop through social interaction and stimulation.

A horse that seems "stupid", "slow", "stubborn", etc. might just have not gotten the chance to learn!

-Author, Jane Smiley

Value your horses. After all, as we age, it’s not the materialistic things we refer back on, it’s the relationships made throughout our lifetime that is the most treasured. - A. Lehmann

26/09/2023

Absolutely 💜

08/09/2023

$ Code E-F
Robertsdale, AL
Trial terms, great shipping contacts available

🔥Bernadette ❤️‍🔥
USEF #: 5828213
8yr old ~16h big bodied TB Mare successfully shown in the 2’6 Baby Greens, Derby and with potential to do the 3’0 or more!
Super cool ride, steps easily down the lines, great changes and can hold her own in the hack. A prospect for other disciplines as well.

🔥🔥 S
Lower ✋🏼s P
L with Options

North of Orange Beach/Gulf shores beaches
30Min from Pensacola and Mobile Airports

https://youtu.be/7-Tdy2eehEI - KOHS Gulfport Baby Green O/F
https://youtu.be/m7oH0T69E5U - KOHS Gulfport Baby Green O/F
https://youtu.be/BBgmXQ05GpM - KOHS Gulfport Adult Am O/F
https://youtu.be/YLMz6bwKQZM - WT U/S Adult Lesson
https://youtu.be/dL7NgvnL3PY - Schooling Clip with Jr Rider

30/08/2023