Hidden Oaks Horses

08/27/2024

Not too late to sign up for our Fabulous Hidden Oaks Horses Annual Labor Day Retreat!
Feel free to contact us for more info - we make it fun and easy to experience our gorgeous get-away location & have fun learning. We also have one beginner friendly horse & an FEI horse available, if you can’t bring your own.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/rtheqJ2FcsW8DQa6/?

05/08/2024

Congrats to all our athletes - So exciting!
Go 🇺🇸

Bonjour, Paris. 👋

The following combinations have been selected to the U.S. Dressage Team Olympic Short List for continued observation ahead of team selection for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games:

🇺🇸 Katherine Bateson-Chandler (Wellington, Fla) and Haute Couture (Connaisseur x Destiney) owned by Jennifer Huber and Katherine Bateson-Chandler
🇺🇸 Anna Buffini (Rancho Sante Fe, Calif.) and her own Fiontini (Fassbinder x Rapitala)
🇺🇸 Adrienne Lyle (Wellington, Fla) and Helix (Apache x Zeester T) owned by Zen Elite Equestrian Center
🇺🇸 Adrienne Lyle (Wellington, Fla.) and Lars Van De Hoenderheide (Negro x Taaika) owned by Zen Elite Equestrian Center
🇺🇸 Anna Marek (Dunnellon, Fla.) and Fire Fly (Briar Junior x Arieka) owned by Janet Simile
🇺🇸 Marcus Orlob (Loxahatchee, Fla.) and Jane (Desperado x Zandra) owned by Alice Tarjan
🇺🇸 Endel Ots (Wellington, Fla.) and Zen Elite’s Bohemian (Bordeaux x Sunshine) owned by Zen Elite Equestrian Center
🇺🇸 Steffen Peters (San Diego, Calif.) and Suppenkasper (Spielberg x Upanoeska) owned by Four Winds Farm and Akiko Yamazaki

05/08/2024

I’ll be offering coaching at the schooling show this Sat! Experience the fun & educational benefits of attending a show with the full support of a coach for guidance, confidence building, & improving competition results.
Special Discounted Schooling show rates:
$75/day & Youth $50/day.
Just send me a dm to sign up!

05/04/2024

Hey everyone! Remember to sign up for our Annual Mother’s Day Schooling Show! In-person for locals and virtual entries accepted from those farther away! All proceeds go towards our local ODS chapter! DM me if you have any questions about how to get signed up!

04/25/2024

With competition season gearing up, we’ll be sharing some showing tips:

DRESSAGE TRIVIA:

Do you know the answer to this "CORNER CONUNDRUM?" 🤔

How deep are you supposed to ride into your corners?

The answer is, it depends, and here's why:👇

Information is VAGUE out there! But according to the USEF Rule Book, “Corners should be ridden as one-quarter of a volte appropriate to the level of the test (10 meters at training-First Levels, 8 meters at Second-Fourth Levels and 6 meters above Fourth Level).”
[USEF Rule Book DR109]

But in reality, it depends on the development of both the horse and the rider. And in my humble opinion, this is the BEST answer. 🙌
It is far better to ride a good corner that will help support you and your horse for the next movement than to try to jam yourself into a black hole 😉

So definitely strive for the USEF guidelines, but only go as deep as you and your horse can without disturbing the rhythm, balance, and harmony.

01/23/2024

Great info & visuals! Take a moment to really study

01/17/2024

Hey everyone!

In honor of the cold snap (hopefully) breaking this weekend, our barn is hosting a Winter Playday! We have a fully insulated indoor arena (not heated but it always stays well above freezing and our footing isn’t frozen at least!) and will be offering complimentary hot beverages and snacks. Plenty of places to sit- come and hang out!

We’d love to do this every Saturday, with a different educational theme, throughout the winter to give people a chance to ride indoors at least once a week and meet with other horsey people for some wintertime fun- it can be SO hard to stay motivated so we want to help with that!

$75/horse, $10 for anyone that just wants to come and hang and watch, we have lots of seating and blankets! If you have any kiddos that want to participate, we have a horse they can borrow and kids get a 50% off discount both participating and watching.

Starting at 10 am Saturday the 20th in Joseph. Comment or PM me to reserve a spot! This is for ALL breeds, disciplines and experience levels both horse and rider. This week we’re focusing on groundwork like lunging, long-lining and free jumping! Our horses have had a couple weeks off and need some groundwork before we get back to riding them 😆 🐉 Come join us!

09/19/2023

Memorial Tribute to our most beloved Matriarch Mare:
🩵 Willow 🩵
2003-2023
Beautiful in body & spirit - Willow graced us & her offspring with her intelligent, kind, & regal presence - coaching all her babies to be respectful & loving of their humans and to truly take pride in being Riding Horses.
In addition to having success in the Dressage ring, She gifted the world with 9 beautiful babies: Escapade, Fantazia, Galliant, J’Adorra, Legacy, Nico, Pandorra’s Royale, Robin Hood, and this year’s baby, Talos.
I’m sorry you won’t see your last baby grown & won’t get to enjoy watching over us all during a long retirement.
We will miss you Momma Willow, but your legacy lives on through your life’s Grace. Thank you, my friend for being a major part of my life.
Peace & loving spirit be with you…