Cara Stables Horse Boarding & Lessons

10/31/2025

New sand in the indoor today. Should be ready by 1 or 2. Please Text me before you come out.
Sand ring & grass ring are open.

10/31/2025

10/31/2025

Fall lessons at sunset. ❤️
Last ride in the grass ring 🧡
Life is beautiful

10/31/2025

09/04/2025

Save the date
Barn trail ride and bbq at my house Sept 13/14

Trail ride at Sandy McNabb
Sept 27/28

08/31/2025

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08/31/2025

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Seeking brave dreamers... https://bit.ly/MajorMacV

08/30/2025

08/07/2025

Riders should read this…and then read it again. Read it with the intention to understand it and really get it. It will help both rider and horse…

07/27/2025

When you fill your horse's water buckets, especially if you are away from home, do not immerse the nozzle in the water.

This is because hose nozzles can be a major culprit in the spread of diseases.

“We’ve found with strangles that one of the best conduits of disease was a water hose, and you see this all the time at shows, where competitors and grooms use the same hose in a barn,” says Robert C. Stout, DVM. “What better way to move the disease from stall to stall and between horses who never actually come in contact with each other? We had one major strangles outbreak at a racetrack where we could track it right down the barn aisle where the same hose was used to top off water buckets.”

07/27/2025

🐴 The 'Half-Go'

The half halt is one of the least understood concepts in Dressage. Ask 10 different riders... even ask 10 different *trainers*... what it means, and you are likely to get 10 different answers. (Read my explanation of the half halt here.)

In truth, there ARE several different types of half halts. And riders need to have a good understanding of all of them! (Read all about the different types of half halts here.) Riders also need to know which particular type of half halt is needed for *their particular horse* at that particular moment.

The wrong type will not produce the results you are looking for. A very common example that I often see is riders on the more laid back or quiet type of horse thinking that because their horse is not getting strong or heavy, they do not need half halts. And when they are told to half halt, they invariably use the wrong type of half halt for their horse's needs.

Too much "whoa" in the equation of aids actually disengages the lazier type of horse's hind legs, rather than engaging them. This type of horse very often needs *half-goes* instead!

Click on the link below to learn all about the half-go! 👇👇👇

https://www.myvirtualeventingcoach.com/articles/the-half-go-dressage

07/16/2025

Love love love lessons in the grass ring. Grob/ Devils d**e, table top, some slope on the back side, dry ditch and it’s huge !!!
Beautiful blue sky and footing is great.