Instuctor and trainer of River Run Sport Horses

01/31/2025

The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them.

11/28/2024

Gymnastic Lines---A discussion

One definition---there are no doubt others---“A gymnastic line is a series of fences set at predetermined distances to attempt to obtain predetermined results.”

For example, you might start with something as basic as trotting poles, roughly 4 ½ feet apart, A trotting bounce will be around 9-10 feet for an average horse. A trotting one stride will be 18-19 feet for an average horse, a two stride might be 29-33 feet.

So you might set a bounce to a one stride to a one stride to a two stride, and the distances might be 9-18-19-31, or something like that. You have to watch what is happening and adjust accordingly.
The biggest problem with using gymnastic lines is that setting them up and adjusting them is a LOT of work, constant measuring, hauling standards and rails, changing, resetting, and so forth.

The way someone gets confident with doing all of this? You have to LIVE in a jumping arena. You must know distances. You must have an accurate stride. You must be watchful. You can totally mess up a horse if you get it wrong---You can even cause a wreck. So if you want to become a good fence setter, you must make a commitment, and if you are not willing to become educated, leave it to those who know more than you.

A slightly shorter interior distance might get a horse to land, rock back, and get his front end up faster, whereas a longer distance doesn’t challenge the use of his his knees as much. You just have to live it to learn it, A few will, but many won’t. that simple.

11/11/2024

Greg Best, USA, riding Gem Twist

Gem Twist is the only horse to have won the “American Grand Prix Association Horse of the Year” three times. As well as this, he brought home two silver medals in 1988 and the “World’s Best Horse” title at the 1990 Equestrian Games.

He was an incredible show jumper, combining spectacular style with scope and speed. He won more than $800,000 in prize money and attracted purchase offers of $2.5 million. Gem’s Twist’s sire was Good Twist, ridden by Frank Chapot, when he was captain of the U.S. Equestrian Team. Good Twist was quick on the course.

Gem Twist inherited his sire’s speed, combining it with size and scope that made him capable of jumping anything a course designer could build.

08/11/2024

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02/27/2023

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12/01/2022

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11/30/2022

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10/31/2022

The endangered mexican alligator Lizard

08/27/2019

Starting in Sept. A few available stalls for quality horses and ponies to be on a consignment sale program. Marketing and customer service are offered. Horses are in a daily program to be represented at their best. Feeding for the individual for their health. Only the best care given . So contact us soon. [email protected]. Hunter/ jumper and fancy ponies.

08/20/2019

Find out what causes white line disease and how you can help treat and manage the disease from equine podiatrist Dr. Scott Fleming. Listen now!