29/11/2025
We love getting updates from our alumni…This one comes from Sundance (now known as Geralt of Rivia) “It’s been a wonderful year working with Geralt of Rivia and I cannot imagine him not in my life, I love him so much. He's taken to ridden work remarkably well and is now currently the easiest horse I work with. I started him really slowly last fall and really just worked on connection through ground-work, sitting on him in the round pen, and most importantly letting him settle into his new home over the winter. In the spring I started ponying him on my trails with my other horses and practiced a lot of mounting and dismounting in the woods. Over the summer I brought him to Fryeburg to watch the Pine Tree Endurance Ride and be a buddy horse for my three other competition horses. This fall I really started putting some miles on him on my trails both solo and in a group and I brought him to Katahintin Woods and Waters National Monument for a 3 day camping trip where he eased into walk, trot, and canter on trail like a pro. He has a beautiful rocking horse canter that feels like a horse with way more experience. He's been to several group rides and he even attended his first clinic last week doing groundwork with Tik Maynard at Unexpected Farm. He has taken to all the new things in stride and indeed I can even ride him at ease in my woods solo on a windy day during hunting season. He is the chillest Arabian I have ever owned, I should have named him after the Dude in the The Big Lebowski! But I think he'll grow into his new given name as my monster slayer as we have a long and exciting future of endurance racing and I know we're going to have so much fun together. You can follow his journey into endurance next year on facebook or instagram or by checking out our website www.ironledgefarm.com”
Geralt’s mom, Jessie Dowling, has a passion for endurance riding and is working on bringing more attention to the sport here in Maine and beyond. She is currently working towards competing in the Gaucho Derby and previously competed in the Mongol Derby. A link to a fundraiser to help get her to the Gaucho Derby can be found on her page. We wish Jessie the best of luck in her upcoming adventure and cannot wait to see what Geralt accomplishes in the future!
