Cass and I won our trail trial today! He was fantastic. We did a lot more preparation. Solo trail rides, working on obstacles and the body work that @truetouchequine the day before really helped him! CSHA puts on such amazing events. Now we’re all qualified for state championships in September!!
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Cass is one bass ass horse. We went on some new trails and mostly street paths. He had to deal with a lot of stimuli! The only thing that kinda bothered him was this group of barking dogs that’s rushed the fence and I think It was because one of the dogs had a big dog wheel chair and was mashing around. Cass was like what the hell is that?! But we got past it just fine. He’s an awesome guy I’m lucky to have him with me! 🥰
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Awesome show today with @cppequestrian! Great job to all the riders! You all rocked it! So fun and we beat the rain! 🙌
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My 2 cuties Cass and Siena doing some Cavaletti work the other day. Nice job @felicibop and @kirsten_knopf 🤠
My @cppequestrian team and I have 2 more competitions this season and then 2023/2024 season is a wrap! We are looking forward to more @rideihsa shows next year! 🤞🙏
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This pretty much sums up Bodhi’s horseonality in a nutshell! 😆 He is one silly guy! Very fun to be around, never a dull moment. He’s either being goofy or super cute 🥰
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I taught Posey how to side pass over to me by clucking and raising my hand. She hasn’t done this since September and she just picked it up effortlessly. She is super dialed in and very responsive. I really love working with her and am so happy she’s back. She’s also so loving and beautiful. Special mare that’s for sure 🥰
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Awesome day at the CSHA trail trial yesterday! Cass and Moon were amazing! Cass was so good one of the judges came up and “stole” him from me at the end of the day! 😜
Both boys got a special ribbon only given to a select few horses for outstanding performances. Shout out to Morgan horses!!
Craig and Moon did such an awesome job at their first off property competition and clinic! So proud of this team!!
Cass and I took 3rd place in our division. Cass was awesome but I messed up following the sometimes hard to interpret directions 🤦🏼♀️ I’m happy with how we did and look forward to qualifying for state championships in the fall!!
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Ending our @rideihsa season up at Cal Poly SLO this past weekend. What a beautiful facility to cap off the year! Congratulations to everyone on the team for showing up and doing so well! We won some classes and got top 4 even though we have a smaller team! 👏
Special shoutout to @hannahvanderaa and @kirsten_knopf thanks for coming over to the western side! I see it in your future for next year! 😉
Awesome job and I’ll miss you next year @felicibop! You’ve been a stellar captain!
Congrats to @sarahhh.ashleyyy for meeting your goal of pointing into the canter class!!
See you next year @sara__rearick love your attitude at shows!
Gina, Yislea and Samatha you all rock and I love your hard work and determination! See all of you @cppequestrian for lessons after the rain!
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Took the babies out on trail yesterday with @alicia_bond007. They were so good 😊 encountered rocks, bridges, dogs, cars and took it all in stride. Moon and Mae are some stellar 4 year olds! 😎🤠
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This was from back in May this year. Such a nice ride with my mom, Cass and Silky. We rode up on the outskirts of Yosemite in some snow amidst the pine forest. It was super nice. Myself and my horses are in need of some more relaxing and rejuvenating activities like this! We’ve all been working so much we need a horse vacation! Probably going to need to wait until spring but in the meantime I’ll plan a day to trailer them somewhere different. Looking forward to enjoying some quality time with my hard working co-worker horses!
Getting ready for our first show next weekend @cppequestrian 🤠
I’ve always said that horses are the best bullsh*t detectors. In this clip I talk about the importance of having internal energy and then applying pressure like a leg aid. Unless your whole body is completely committed to what you’re asking horses will generally not respond or not respond the way you had hoped. Learning to become aware, congruent, and consistent are some of the best ways to bettering your horsemanship.
Practicing some no rein contact cantering with Siena yesterday. She has a great even cadence on loose or no contact. Great start for an archery horse! She’s a bit more on the un confident side so may take some doing to get her relaxed about arrows and targets. I’d like to take her to some practices soon and see what she thinks of all the shenanigans. 🤠🎯🐴
Posey and I had quite the little adventure the other day on a hike! Rattlesnake, goats and on the street a huge fire truck came barreling up behind us! Was a lot of simulation for Posey and I gotta say she rebounded from each encounter very well. 😊
Took Mae up the big hill for the first time solo today in the rain! Fun times and she was such a trooper 🤠
The snack routine… done every day without fail rain or shine. These horses eagerly look forward to this time each day. Horse people know horses love their buckets!
So Finn is turning out to be even more of a project than I had anticipated. Recently I decided to try cantering him after his foot seemed to not be bothering him anymore. He had torn a chunk of his foot off before I picked him up.
So I cantered him to the right and he did this weird exaggerated canter like a saddle seat horse where he was going up and down but barley going anywhere. Really he was doing mini rear bucks in a sort of canter motion. Eventually he maintained a somewhat normal canter and I quit for the day.
The next day I tried for the left lead and he took off rearing and bucking and I had to use the rail to stop! I had noticed he wasn’t a fan of taking the bit and seems to be uncomfortable wearing it. Fussy and not that responsive.
I believe this issue is mostly related to his teeth in need of some serious dental care. So I decided to ditch the bit and use a bosal. I worked on him suppling to pressure, bending to stop and stretching over his top line. He seemed to enjoy it!
My plan is to take it easy with him and continue working him like this until his teeth are floated. I want him to know that I recognize his discomfort and to back off asking hard questions particularly ones that may cause pain. This I hope will strengthen our relationship.
I’m learning a lot with him as I do with all the horses I am blessed to be around. My hope is that he will be able to return the favor soon and help me teach others. 🙏🤞
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