Silver Spurs Horsemanship

05/31/2026

05/31/2026

Willow is really making me work! She stands great for the pad and saddle to be put on her from either side. She has majorly struggled with anything on her belly and especially being cinched up. She’s a big girl and definitely knows how to throw her weight around. We’ve done a bath and getting her used to belly scratches and brushing, used a rope with a cinch to actually get her used to the cinch again without the saddle, and today we got her saddled again! She went from bucking with me reaching for the cinch to actually being saddled - so she did not do amazing, but we’re definitely gaining!! 🤞

05/31/2026

Welcome Boone and Smoothie! Boone is on the left, a 2 year old stud, and Smoothie is on the right, a 2 year old gelding. Boone is here to be started and Smoothie is here first for ground work and we’ll see what we think and if he’s ready to be started too. Smoothie is more watchy and we might decide to just get him used to the world a little more first and start him later. They’re both a little nervous but they seem super sweet!

05/26/2026

I got some great pictures today!! I was going to ride Cowboy today but he decided cows are terrifying 😅. The neighbor has some pastured next to the round pen we use and we have to walk through them to get out and about. We worked on him paying attention to me and some willing forward before the rain hit and he did MUCH better on our way back in!

05/26/2026

Got a really nice ride on this pretty girl today! Sally and I rode past some cows, had some birds fly up by us, rode by some heavy equipment, and opened and closed lots of gates. She was a little watchy the whole ride but nothing specifically made her spook. She did smash my leg pretty good coming through a gate so we’ll definitely work on that too! I’m hoping this lady just needs lots of miles and exposure to stop the crazy spookiness she’s giving her owner 🤞

05/26/2026

Got some shoes pulled and trimmed up this sweet guy yesterday 🤗

05/26/2026

Cowboy is ON IT with his transitions!! He’s so soft off my legs and as soon as I give an “easy” he’s slowing down. He’s got an amazing soft stop too! This guy is so much fun to ride 🫶

05/26/2026

From some baby bucking at the beginning of her time here to some solid relaxed loping with Cassie! I’m finally sometimes starting to get brave with my videoing while I’m riding😂

05/26/2026

The ponies are liking the big pens and already have taken care of all the grass! 😂

05/22/2026

I have some minor clean up work to do, but I have 2 pens finished!! They’re almost twice as big as my current pens - so I’m super excited about these. So thankful for the help I got!!