Haas Quarter Horses

04/11/2015

I couldn't have asked for a much better ride on this guy tonight!! ❤️ - with Haas Quarter Horses

03/29/2015

:: Diego! Not bad for our first ride in over a month!

03/29/2015

:: We made it through our first parade! Daisy settled in and did just fine behind the mules :)

03/10/2015

"Our shared language is not really a language, per say, but a set of cues -- a touch of the left or right heel, a shift of weight on the knee, a squeeze of hand on rein ... This is the central mystery of riding a horse: this third-language subterfuge we clever apes have to employ to communicate with a fellow mammal who is capable of reading us at a deeper and simpler level than we can read ourselves."
- Susanna Frost

02/13/2015

"Adjust your presentation, feel of the horse so that the horse can feel of you, set the horse up to succeed, go with the horse so that the horse can pick up your feel and then go with you, make the right thing obvious to your horse from the start........and finally, blend with your horse." - Bill Dorrance.

01/14/2015

Very sad news! Mike is a great farrier and super nice guy! Wishing him a speedy recovery! The horses and I are thinking of you, Mike!

10/29/2014

Diego :)

10/03/2014

Poor, beautiful babies! I wish I could take a couple!

09/18/2014

Winning is what you do when no one is handing out ribbons. It's not all bling and braids. Cool video about the hard work behind the scenes that goes into sho...

09/06/2014

Truth.

"We don't expect the child to write his name the first day or two in school. As soon as he learns to sit down in class and listen to the teacher, he is not immediately expected to write his name.....but we expect immediate learning from a horse. We expect the horse to go from kindergarten to the eighth grade, to high school, to college without enough time, preparation, or consideration for his thoughts and feelings. We often don't even get him into a learning frame-of-mind before we begin to train him. We don't even have him relaxed and confident, where he can sit down in class and just listen. We skip all that preparation because we are so superior, or neglectful, or lazy. Because we haven't prepared ourselves to recognize the horse's feelings." - Ray Hunt

08/18/2014

Both horses made me proud at the show yesterday! I can't wait for the next one!

07/12/2014

Saddled up and ready to ride!! It's a beautiful day!

06/28/2014

:: Diego - he knows he's cute!

06/05/2014

I'd like to think he is reflecting on our awesome ride! And maybe about how much he likes his new bit :)