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Mystic Canyon Stable, Tiffany's Red Barn Horseback Riding Lessons and Camps! Become a responsible rider and animal steward. www.mysticcanyonstable.com for most current info.

Learn hands-on skills and life lessons like true grit by caring for (brushing, tacking up, untacking) one of our lesson horses/ponies plus riding! Recreational Horseback Riding Lessons, Camps, and Birthdays/Groups at
Mystic Canyon Stable with Tiffany Chiu and Team MCS! RIDING DONE OFFSITE on nearby trails
Riders are welcome to volunteer (groom, tack, feed/muck and care for other critters at the b

arn) before/after their paid riding lessons

LESSONS on the trails
English, Western, Bareback Pad, and BARE Bareback!! Volunteer to learn how to safely handle and care for your mount! for individuals, events, parties and groups (Girl and Boy Scout Troops welcome!)
Ages 3 (potty trained) to adult! SUMMER CAMPS
Campers groom/tack/ride/untack daily 2 days Western reins, 2 days English reins, all days on bareback pad! PLUS learn what and how to feed, parts of and clean tack, horse anatomy, horsemen's terms, how to muck stall, add bedding/shavings, garden, care for cat, rabbit, hens, and more! PONY BIRTHDAY PARTY RIDES (or even do a group lesson for the party activity!)
Saturday afternoons Tiffany brings helpers, helmets and horses/ponies to a local park or your home if nearby barn! If your party has 10 or fewer riders, one pony for an hour is plenty! More riders means more time and/or more ponies:)

GROUPS (Girl/Boy Scout Troops)
Group Lesson options, plus volunteer to learn more skills for badge requirements too

Sings, rides, amazing!:)
13/08/2025

Sings, rides, amazing!:)

So glad we've got sprinklers to cool down under on hot days! Great despooking training, just don't get water in horses e...
13/08/2025

So glad we've got sprinklers to cool down under on hot days! Great despooking training, just don't get water in horses ears, can be uncomfortable, affecting their equilibrium (ever had water stick in your ears!?) or cause an ear infection.

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Great example:)
12/08/2025

Great example:)

Yay for reuniting B and Alex:) Request your final ride with him before 8/18 & come give him lots of love too!
11/08/2025

Yay for reuniting B and Alex:) Request your final ride with him before 8/18 & come give him lots of love too!


Going on now!:) 🇺🇸
09/08/2025

Going on now!:)

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Molly is so smart, she's using her technology to set TWO timers for our red light therapy boots while on 2 horses! We ar...
02/08/2025

Molly is so smart, she's using her technology to set TWO timers for our red light therapy boots while on 2 horses! We are so fortunate to have such great volunteers and riders dedicated to stellar care of our critters:) Thank you for the team effort for the win-win-win!

Great local training opportunity!:)
02/08/2025

Great local training opportunity!:)

THIS SATURDAY - FREE!

Worth watching Linda Parelli share from her experience about her successful programs and evolution in learnings.
02/08/2025

Worth watching Linda Parelli share from her experience about her successful programs and evolution in learnings.

This is it!Today I’m sitting down with Linda Parelli to talk about:🐴 Her incredible rise and reinvention💸 Real financial opportunity in the horse world🔥 W...

01/08/2025

Research conducted by Kienapfel and colleagues (2025) set out to investigate the relationship between head–neck position (HNP) and behavioural indicators of welfare in elite dressage horses.

Their goal was to provide an objective, evidence-based threshold at which flexion during riding becomes problematic for equine welfare, and to clarify the respective roles of vertical and poll angles in this context.

Concurrently, the occurrence of conflict behaviours—such as tail swishing, abnormal oral behaviours, headshaking, and gait irregularities—were quantified by trained observers.

The study used linear mixed-effects models to show that greater head–neck flexion—especially more negative vertical and poll angles—is clearly linked to increased conflict behaviour in dressage horses, with other factors like age, breed, or bit type not significant, though stallions did show more conflict than mares or geldings.

The authors identified that a -7.5° vertical angle (nasal plane behind the vertical) was an evidence-based limit: positions less flexed than -4° can be considered safe, -4° to -7.5° require caution, and beyond -7.5° pose a welfare risk.

Notably, more than 90% of horses examined were ridden behind the vertical, with half of these exceeding the -7.5° threshold, despite regulations.

📖: Kienapfel K, Hartmann E, Preiss B, Bachmann I. Head–Neck Positions in Ridden Horses: Defining Degrees of Flexion and Their Impact on Equine Behavior and Welfare. Int J Equine Sci 2025;4(2):107–124

31/07/2025

Letting go of tug of war

25/07/2025

5/19/25 more frolicking:)

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24/07/2025

Frolicing:)

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