JumpStart Training

08/15/2025

Luke & Chance
August 14, 2025

08/15/2025

Luke & Chance at Bridle Trails State Park
August 14, 2025

08/15/2025

Sometimes the best summer training ride for the 🐎 thoroughbreds is a trail ride out in the woods. ☀️🪾🍃
Luke started out pretty jazzed 🎉 and he was excited to be at the show. After a short arena session, a chance to check out his surroundings which were quite peaceful and bringing him back down to rideable levels we headed out and he got pretty electric ⚡️ again jigging into the start box. We started out on a pretty short step and had to take some pauses to try to get a stretch but he started out having trouble keeping up with his friend with such a slow step (or run!). His veteran buddy Chance was such a good guide for the baby who just kept walking along telling him through horse sense everything was fine and this was all that was going to happen. Luke started breathing and unlocking fairly quickly and realized it wasn’t so bad not having to be all bound up. Enjoyed a little playtime in the second arena and got them moving a little more before heading back out which he maintained a nice, relaxed neck with a big stride and no problem keeping up. He was a pretty happy boy with everything he was faced with
Sometimes there’s no better training for your red head training horse than getting them off the property for a little walk in the park and some hills with their best buddies

08/05/2025

June Bug 🪲 has a friend 🫎 he wanted me to meet 🦌

07/29/2025

“Dreams are not always realistic, but goals can be possible if you think deeply about how to reach them. Dreaming is fun, but goals are difficult and challenging. It’s not enough to say I want to do something. If you are serious about it, you must think clearly about what is necessary to achieve it. If you consistently do the little things, there is no limit to what you can achieve.”

-Ichiro Suzuki

2025 Hall of Fame Class ⚾️
“…I knew if I stuck to my beliefs about preparation, I could overcome the doubts. Even my own.”

07/18/2025

Grey horses are so much fun 🛁

06/18/2025

Our horses 💖 our wonderful care team.

Just another day with Seth, Pecos, and Brendan—boots in the dirt and horses in good hands 🙌🏻
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04/21/2025

These two princesses know how to have a prosperous Easter 🦄🌈🐎🌸

04/14/2025

The Ravenswood Farm pony, Mr Nickerson “Bailey” and I did a thing this weekend. The “Buckle up! Ranch Horse Schooling Show” at was the perfect first outing of the season and to do some pony schooling and Bailey was a gem.

Another discipline to check off the list and add to .training tally of cross training ventures. It is just good foundation horsemanship and back to my 4-H days! Lots of fun; Can’t wait to do more like this and get my students involved!

04/14/2025

The Ravenswood Farm pony, Mr Nickerson “Bailey” and I did a thing this weekend. The “Buckle up! Ranch Horse Schooling Show” at Washington State Horse Park was the perfect first outing of the season and to do some pony schooling and Bailey was a gem.

Another discipline to check off the list and add to JumpStart Training’s tally of cross training ventures. It is just good foundation horsemanship and back to my 4-H days! Lots of fun; Can’t wait to do more like this and get my students involved!

03/24/2025

☀️USHJA Recognized Riding Academy Spotlight☀️
JumpStart Training
📍Issaquah, Washington
✅ JumpStart develops customized programs for every student. We stress the importance of horsemanship, athleticism, and working on that special partnership between horse and rider. We pride ourselves on having confident, happy horses and students in a comfortable environment where both the safety of students and the welfare of horses comes first.

Learn more about USHJA RRA's at ushja.org/RidingAcademy.

03/24/2025

This was such a great opportunity for my students to learn more constructive and productive ways to work with their partners with some simple but assorted exercises. Stella loves Open Stride Equine Therapy and said she had fun helping