WEATHER, WORK & REFINEMENT!

WEATHER & WORKING IN THE PROGRAM!

Well, it seems that the weather is NOT cooperating with us at all this season. We have had more rain and snow! Sigh. Super hard to be consistent with our horses right now. Grrrr,

Cearra is in the “Refinement” stage. Because of the weather (and other factors) we are focused on making her already known skills even better. We are asking for a more active “yes, sir!” response when we ask for a maneuver. So far she is meeting the challenge! She did have her first real “season” of the year last week. Our poor geldings never get left alone. Cearra is like the annoying sibling right now. It is kind of funny actually.

Refinement of ALL her ground skills is how we start off each session. Work under saddle focuses on softness, conditioning, control and cues. She is already nice under saddle. We just want to take it to the next level. Collection and vertical flexion is the goal. It is coming along. During the last session we had a great ride. Even got to work around a stroller…which we all know eats horses…and she did great.

We hope to introduce more “intermediate” level skills (at least by our program standards) this week and to begin to market her to potential families on sites such as Dreamhorse, Horseclicks, Bay Area Equestrian Network and other sites. We will ask $4500.00 (OBO) which we feel is VERY fair with her bloodlines and foundation training.

Let’s see what happens.

We have a Golden State Horsemanship practice on Saturday and a Horsemanship Workshop on the 29th. Cearra will be an active part of both sessions which is always good for her development.

Should be a good time.