Fly season! Yes, it is here. Every year I read articles and blogs about what to do to protect horses from flies. Here are several of the tips I have found to be the most helpful. In our 24-horse training barn we see horses of all types, ages, breeds. This also means they all have different types of […]
Guest post from VIP Rider Heather Blitz, 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Reserve & Team Gold Medal WEG Don’t mistake the prompt to relax as a prompt to become limp. Many riders are told to relax in their lessons, but instead make the mistake of then becoming limp. Unfortunately, limp muscles won’t help when trying to stabilize […]
Guest article from Dr. Peter Claydon, Endurance Rider This VERY shocking pink halter was recently awarded to Jaazi (AKA “Islandian Jaazi” ) for his second place finish in the Best Condition standings for all of 2014 among Pacific South endurance horses! Last weekend he and another horse, “King,” tied for first place at the 50-mile Montana […]
Etiquette conventional requirements as to social behavior; proprieties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion. a prescribed or accepted code of usage in matters of ceremony, as at a court or in official or other formal observances. the code of ethical behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other Calling Ourselves to Task In this world that I love – spending our days with our horses, earning our living with our horses and amidst all that goes with them – I feel like this world, always a dream world to me, is becoming more of a mirror […]
Grand Meadows VIP rider and Pan American U.S. Dressage Team Gold Medalist Heather Blitz partnered with Oak Hill Ranch’s seven-year-old Danish Warmblood Approved Stallion Ripline (Hotline x Blue Hors Cavan) in back-to-back wins at the HITS Saugerties Show, May 16 to 17, 2015. Blitz, who is based in Medfield, MA during the summer, has been showing […]
