January 2010
9 posts
To Develop a Classical Dressage Seat.
The following is a a short virtual lesson with Mary.
First visualize yourself up against a carousel pole in fount of your torso. Draw yourself directly up against this pole. When you do this you will find the core strength to sit properly.
Monitor your breathing into the lowest part of the abdomen. Remember irregular movements of the horse will cause improper breathing. This will break your...
1-21-10 Weather Report!
It is a beautiful winter day to ride. The temperature is 50 degrees. It is still light at 4:30 PM! Today was also the first day of midterm exams, Blah. The footing in the ring is soft, No snow!
OMG Diana came to the barn and had a great ride… and studied the WHOLE TIME! XP
Melissa rode too! We got an amazing photo of her riding at twilight.
Oh and by the way we forgot to make a blog...
Winter Weekend at Horsefaire Barn
Thanks for coming to visit us on our virtual weekend open barn tour!
We opened the door quickly to come inside and shut it even quicker because its a little warmer here! The three ladies say hello.
Time for chores! During the winter its really important that horses have plenty of lightly warmed water. During Black Beautys day, this temperature of water was called “chilled”.
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The two Intrepid Riders!
Yes it can be done! This was a below freezing day with a wind chill and it was on the cloudy and damp side, but we are very proud of Melissa and Michelle for coming to their lesson! They are really improving! They are going to be amazing by the time the warm weather comes! They will be moving up!
Horsefaire Has Class
What a beautiful mid winter afternoon. After working with Miami and Ebony we had fun riding! The temperature was around 32 degrees, light wind, a little fluffy snow, and SUNNY! It was fantastic.
Here is Mary dressed in her Ellerslie Oilcloth Riding Coat, isn’t it stunning?!
http://www.ellersliecustomblankets.net/
Here is Anna, appropriately attired for dressage winter schooling! She...
The Nutcracker Performance
Since December 1st all the students practiced a routine from The Nutcracker (Mary has always presented The Nutcracker each Christmas for many years) The day of the performance was a very chilly day (13 Degrees with a wind chill of 5 Degrees). There was quite a bit of blowing snow but it made it very beautiful!
Today, Mara was the student that performed for friends and family. She did a...
An Ebony Merry Christmas Horse Tale
Twas the morning of Christmas and all through the barn was the sight of happy horses smiling on
Ebony was excited with Christmas cheer when a knocking came at the barn door
And who was it? Well Santa Anna of course with gifts galore!
Anna read Ebony her card, even brought her to tears
Smiling and laughing about all the upcoming years
And now the favorite part was at hand, the gift of...