Sarde Morgans

11/05/2024

Looking for a fun-filled day for your child? Join us for a Barn Day at Anne Benson Stables in Portsmouth, RI! A day of horseback riding, learning horsemanship, arts and crafts, games, and a ton of fun! 🌟

📅 Date: Monday, November 11
🕘 Time: 9:00 - 3:00
💵 Cost: $100 per child

Spaces are limited, so make sure to reserve your spot soon! For more details and to sign up, contact Meg Sherman at (774) 264-0577

Don’t miss out on this awesome day at the barn! 🐴✨

09/19/2024

09/10/2024

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08/05/2024

08/03/2024

Our Olympic Silver Medallists 🇺🇸🥹

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07/31/2024

NEW ENGLAND MORGAN SIGNS CONTRACT WITH THREE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
The New England Morgan Horse Association, Inc. and NEMHA President Carolyn Sebring are proud to announce the signing of an agreement with the Three County Fairgrounds for a 2025-2027 contract. This contract will maintain the New England Morgan Horse Show at the site of the show’s long term home. The NEMHA and the New England Regional Show Committee, along with Show Manager John Lampropoulos and Grounds Manager Phil Plourde are excited to work with the new management of the Three County Fairgrounds. Preparations and improvement plans are already underway for our 86th Anniversary Show in 2025. See you next year—"Always the last full week of July!”

07/19/2024

06/25/2024

When a horse walks, trots and canters its body throws off waves of motion. Some riders get flung around by these concussive forces, some can pretty well be in rhythm with the horse, while the best riders have become so integrated into the motion of the horse that they become almost one flowing entity, like the Centaur of myth and fable.

Having this blending seat and body more than any other skill defines the better riders, so much so that the former multi-gold medal winning USET 3-day coach Jack LeGoff phrased it like this---

“What are the three things that you must have in order to become a good rider?”
1. A good seat
2. A good seat
3. A good seat

Jack wasn’t big on listening to riders in self-praise mode. I have heard him say more than once, “Don’t tell us how good you are. Get on that horse and show us.”

Almost instantly he could spot the fakes from the real deals just by whether or not they were part of the motion or apart from the motion. The seat doesn’t lie. You either bounce or you don’t bounce.

If your body isn’t supple enough and trained enough to merge with those waves of motion thrown off by the moving horse, you are not, by LeGoff’s high standards, a good rider, nor will you be until or unless you learn to blend.

If this seems harsh, too demanding, that’s not LeGoff’s intent. He wasn’t a coddler, rather he was telling a truth as he saw it. You either can sit the gaits or you can’t sit the gaits. Pretty basic and simple as he saw it.