Dani's Standardbred training

01/25/2025

Hospital besties 👯 🏥

05/06/2024

Raffle time!!!

💰🆘️🆘️ 🐎🐎RAFFLE TIME🐎🐎 🆘️🆘️💰

REAL ROCKER has found himself in a bad place 💔

We have been able to successfully bail him with some help from past connections, Unfortunately, he still has a Long way to go!!

Today we need to raise the quarantine funds, as well as the trailering costs to move him there tomorrow! Time is of the essence and we could REALLY use your help!! 🫶

We are going to shoot for a 🤞 quick "Cash in Hand Raffle! 💰💰💰

15$ per spot! 80 Spots!

$500 cash to Winner! $700 towards Rocker's $1300 quarantine bill!

Etransfers to:

[email protected]

Memo:

Rocker

1 Lisa Van Der Deen ✅️
2 Glide ✅️
3 Wink ✅️
4 Salmon McCrone ✅️
5 Shelley Ainsworth ✅️
6 Rocker
7 Heather Dawn ✅️
8 Rocker
9 Glide ✅️
10 Stephanie Filson✅️
11 Rocker
12 Alison Earl✅️
13 Cynthia Martens Steele ✅️
14 Glide ✅️
15 By Golly Ollie ✅️
16 Natasha Steacy
17 Diane Gordon Watson ✅️
18 Homer Jay ✅️
19 Glide ✅️
20 Lisa Van Der Deen ✅️
21 Nats Little Buddy ✅️
22 Stephanie Filson ✅️
23 Elaine Stutely ✅️
24 Richard Langille ✅️
25 Alison Earl ✅️
26 Tracie Bright ✅️
27 Sarah & James Fequet✅️
28 Robyn Cypher ✅️
29 Leah Somerville ✅️
30 Cynthia Martens Steele ✅️
31 Ang McMillan ✅️
32 Colin Finesse ✅️
33 Chelsea Smith✅️
34 Shelley Ainsworth ✅️
35 Real Rocker ✅️
36 MattyandAngel Varrette ✅️
37 Glide ✅️
38 Dani Belec✅️
39 Carrie Wilson
40 Lisa Van Der Deen ✅️
41 Andre Campbell ✅️
42 Ashley Linkenheld✅️
43 Glide ✅️
44 Kim Campbell✅️
45 Hundred Year View Estate ✅️
46 Sarah & James Fequet✅️
47 Stephanie Filson✅️
48 Salmon McCrone ✅️
49 T.S. Racing Stable✅️
50 Glide ✅️
51 Holly Noel
52 Rocker
53 Laurie Horton ✅️
54 Danielle Wood✅️
55 Glide ✅️
56 Cynthia Martens Steele ✅️
57 Wink ✅️
58 Shelley Ainsworth ✅️
59 Rocker
60 Lisa Van Der Deen ✅️
61 Glide✅️
62 Charlene Cypher ✅️
63 Kim Hulley ✅️
64 Kristyn Phillips ✅️
65 Rocker
66 Real Rocker✅️
67 Rocker
68 Stephanie Filson✅️
69 Natasha Steacy
70 Tracie Bright ✅️
71 Glide ✅️
72 Holly Noel
73 Ang McMillan ✅️
74 Dani Belec✅️
75 Wink ✅️
76 Andre Campbell ✅️
77 Salmon McCrone ✅️
78 Kim Campbell✅️
79 Cynthia Martens Steele ✅️
80 Lisa Van Der Deen✅️

05/06/2024

Real Rocker update!

Bail was secured. Now we need to raise money for his quarantine, vet papers, and shipping back to Ontario!

I really need his past connections to step up here and make some contributions! You know who you are…I don’t want to start tagging you in posts.

I’m also looking for fundraising ideas to help us reach our goal…any ideas, have something or a service to donate? Message me.

New Start has a donation page started for him so all the funds go to one place.

https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/101335

or etransfer to [email protected] with the memo "Rocker"

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02/25/2023

Foam vs wool. I’ve had luck with both

BY BRITTANY BIRD So, you’re shopping for a new saddle, and as you sip your morning coffee while researching different types, you stumble across the foam vs. wool debate.  Some of your friends are all about the sleek, new French brands. Some of your friends won’t stop talking about how great woo...

05/09/2022

Changes are harder for Standies, but here are some tips to help you out.

Executing a flying lead change can take hard work and lots of practice. Follow these 10 horse-training tips that will put you and your horse on the road to success ➡️ www.aqha.com/-/master-the-flying-lead-change

09/02/2021

A few posts back we shared an impromptu snippet from Daphne’s first training/assessment session with Peppy, a 5 year old Paint. Throughout the ride, Daphne refers to the Training Scale, which is something she routinely does while working with horses of all levels.

We’ve put together this graphic to further show how we use the scale as a “logical and systematic progression for training the horse”.

The Training Scale is nothing new and is used extensively in classical dressage. As such we are sure many, if not all of you, have seen this scale (also referred to training pyramid) in one or more of it’s various forms.

But still, we encourage you to frequently review and really KNOW the Training Scale, so take a look and save this post for future reference.

In this graphic we’ve also included some tips that we feel help further explain how and why you can bring these concepts to your rides for greater training success:

✅ Each step is based on the previous one but also helps the neighbouring stage: qualities are both progressive and intermeshed.

✅ Consider these steps the ground rules for developing any horse into a wonderful riding partner who is willing and able to reach their full potential.

✅ Ensure you are able to define each step in a simple and concise phrase, to yourself, in order to best explain them to your horse.

✅ Periodically check in with the Training Scale for all horses regardless of their level to identify possible issues and bring out their best.

So, ingrain these into your memory 😊:

1. Rhythm… The regular, metronome-like footfalls of each correct stride for each gait.

2. Suppleness… Lack of tension both mentally and physically.

3. Contact… Acceptance of the reins and aids equally on both sides.

4. Impulsion… Desire to carry the rider forward with increased power through suppleness.

5. Straightness… Correct body alignment and tracking in good balance.

6. Collection… Ultimate engagement & elasticity, lightness & mobility of the forehand, self-carriage, ease of movements now with cadence.

Ofcourse this is still just an overview, so here’s a reminder that you can find Daphne’s podcast on the Training Scale here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cz5uywCeYzmguGBAmow3h?si=rqZR-mWqQJyaeuSs-crq_g&dl_branch=1

08/18/2021

credits to the original poster and original photograph

06/24/2021

An interesting article about boots and wraps

Researchers investigated the degree to which boots and wraps impair convection cooling—potentially damaging tendon cells—during exercise.