Take the Lead Horsemanship

08/21/2026

If you need me, I’ll be in Vegas today!! I found a shoe, a cone, a fly boot, and a neck collar in the pasture. 🤣🐴

08/17/2026

I forget what day we’re on. At this point it’s officially survival mode.

08/15/2026

Went to a fun show today and got some good practice in.
Mel showed in her second show of the year. Sydney had her first time out with her new boy. Good day! Now we sleep.

08/13/2026

YES!! YES!! 💯
This is what we talk about in lessons all the time!!!! Direct that energy no matter what discipline!!

This is the same horse. Same day. Different rider. 🤠

No, this horse isn’t collected in the ‘after’ picture.
But neither is he in the ‘before’. 😉

The difference is the direction of the energy.

✅ In the after picture, the energy is moving in a direction from which correct collection can eventually develop.
❌ In the before picture, it can’t.

Because riding a horse from front to back does NOT keep him “together.”

Being connected comes from the horse’s own body not from the rider’s hands. ✊🏻

💡 Your job is to guide the energy through the body, not to hold the body together.

A horse moving correctly from back to front will ALWAYS move 👉🏻 towards his nose 👃🏻 . Even when becoming more “closed.” ✅

The moment you bring the nose👃🏻 back 👈🏻, he can no longer follow it. ❌

And that can NEVER be correct riding technique…😉

08/11/2026

Can these storms be done please?!

08/10/2026

Congrats to our riders at their dressage show this weekend. Looks like they had a great time out!

08/06/2026

Very cool visual of the internal hoof at work!! 😳

08/03/2026

Congratulations Olivia on her purchase of Solano’s Smart Lil!
Look for them this coming year in western dressage and ranch events.

07/26/2026

Our musical freestyle riders. Such clever performances out of everyone!!

07/23/2026

Hmmm just a little suspicious. The blue fly boot on the OUtSIDE of the paddock. 🤔