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Paragon Stables is a luxury equestrian facility offering premier show horse training and elite riding instruction by top instructors.

Come ride with us at Paragon Stables and “strive to be a model of excellence” in all you do. Located in sunny Palmetto, Florida, Paragon Stables offers lessons to tiny-tots, young children, teens, and adults. From the first time rider, to World Champions! We have the experienced instructors, the horses, the facility, and an excellent location which will offer a safe, fun, rewarding riding experience.

05/30/2026

is off to a great start at the Florida State Fairgrounds this weekend! Congratulations to WC No Woman No Cry and owner, Savannah Fedi, on a blue ribbon ride tonight! We loved seeing these two back in the ring, figuring out how to work as a team to put on the best show possible!

Come on out and watch the fun! More of our performance riders and some of our academy team ride tomorrow morning starting at 10am!

Savannah Fedi

05/28/2026

☀️🐴 The countdown is over… the Summer Fun Horse Show is THIS weekend! Join us at the Florida State Fairgrounds for an amazing weekend filled with talented riders, beautiful horses, fun competition, and unforgettable memories.

We are so proud of all of our riders and horses who have worked hard preparing for this show — now it’s time to shine! ✨ Be sure to screenshot the schedule, come support our riders, and get ready for a fun-filled weekend in the TECO Arena.

See you at the horse show! 💙

05/27/2026

T-minus ONE day until summer ☀️🐴

We are soaking up every last ride of the school year before school is out and summer officially begins! Featured here is lesson student Haven and our beloved lesson horse Abby — the sweetest duo and the perfect reminder of why we love what we do so much. We are looking forward to a summer full of fun, kids in the barn, and lots of saddle time! 💛

05/26/2026

Congratulations to Sam and Tony on the selection of Goodhart’s True Enough! Here’s to new beginnings, and making amazing memories together. Thank you so much to the Tuttle Family and everyone at Grey Ridge for making this possible!

Sam, we can’t wait to see you in the ring, welcome to the Mare Club! 💙🐴✨

05/25/2026

was spent celebrating one of ’s seniors, Virginia! Virginia grew up through our lesson program, and began showing as an academy rider. For the past few seasons, she has been paired with Diane’s Charm, aka Annie! Annie and Virginia are a match made in heaven, and look forward to their next show next weekend!

We are so proud of all that Virginia has accomplished, and know she will have an amazing time at her new school, The University of South Florida!

Virginia, we love you, your kind heart, and how you make us laugh! Congratulations, and, go bulls! 💚🤘

05/19/2026

❄️ Northern Chill, aka “Buck,” and rider Eli Fuskova are ready to take on their next show at the Summer Fun Horse Show next week! ❄️

Fresh off an incredible Reserve Championship win at Citrus Cup last month, this team is coming in strong and ready to keep the momentum going. Be sure to watch them compete in the Junior Exhibitor Show Pleasure class as they take on another exciting show! Come on out to the Florida State Fairgrounds May 29-31 to cheer them on! 💙

Good luck, Buck and Eli! 🌟🐴

05/13/2026

☀️ The countdown to summer is ON ☀️

Ripley can hardly wait for the barn to be full of kids, horse show prep, ba****ck rides, and summer memories all summer long! 🐴💙

Also, check out how amazing Miss Groovy looks on this big guy! She’s following in her mom and sister’s footsteps, and is on the way to becoming a beautiful show rider! 🥰🌟

05/11/2026

As riding instructors we spend a lot of time managing the gap between what new students expect riding to be and what it actually is. Most of that gap could be narrowed significantly with one honest conversation before the first lesson ever happens. So here is everything I wish every new student and every new riding family walked in already knowing...

1. Riding is harder than it looks
This is the one that surprises people most. Watching a good rider looks effortless but it is not effortless. It is years of muscle memory, feel, balance, and body awareness built through consistent work over a long time. Your first lessons will feel awkward and uncoordinated and that is completely normal. Every rider you have ever admired felt exactly the way you feel right now when they were starting out.

2. The horse is not a bicycle
It is a living animal with its own personality, its own opinions, and its own good days and bad days. It does not always do what you ask the first time and that is not always your fault but it is always your responsibility to figure out the communication. Learning to work with a horse rather than on top of one is one of the most valuable things riding teaches and it starts from the very first lesson.

3. Progress is not linear
Some weeks you will feel like you have jumped forward three levels. Other weeks you will feel like you have forgotten everything you learned last month. Both are completely normal parts of learning to ride. The students who improve consistently are not the ones who never have bad lessons but they are the ones who show up anyway and keep working through the frustrating ones.

4. One lesson a week is a start but not a program
A single lesson per week gives you exposure to riding. Two lessons per week builds skill significantly faster. The riders who progress quickest are the ones who ride consistently and frequently enough that their muscles and nervous system have time to develop real memory around what correct feels like. If budget allows for more than one lesson per week it is worth it.

5. Your position will feel wrong before it feels right
Correct position in the saddle feels deeply unnatural to most people at first. Heels down feels like you are pushing your foot through the floor. Sitting tall feels like you are leaning back. An independent hand feels like you are doing nothing. Trust the process and trust your instructor. The things that feel strange now become automatic eventually but only if you commit to doing them correctly rather than defaulting back to what feels comfortable.

6. The time around the lesson matters as much as the lesson itself
Grooming your horse before you ride. Learning to tack up correctly. Understanding how to read your horse's body language in the cross ties. This is not the boring part before the real lesson begins. This is horsemanship and it makes you a better rider than an hour in the saddle alone ever will.

7. Bad rides happen to every rider at every level
Including the ones you look up to most. A bad lesson does not mean you are not cut out for this, it just means you are learning something hard and doing it on the back of a living animal that is also having a day. Come back next week and it will be different.
Your instructor is on your side.

8. Every correction we give is in service of your progress and your safety
We are not pointing out what is wrong to make you feel bad but we are pointing out what needs to change so you can get where you want to go faster and more safely. The students who improve fastest are the ones who hear a correction as information rather than criticism and apply it without taking it personally.

9. Riding changes you in ways you will not expect
The patience it builds, the confidence that comes from communicating with an animal ten times your size and being understood. The resilience that develops from falling short of a goal and coming back for it anyway. The community you find at the barn. None of that shows up in the first lesson or even the tenth but it will show up at one point. For most riders it becomes one of the most significant things in their life and not just what they do on Tuesday afternoons but part of who they are.

If you are a riding instructor share this with every new family who walks through your gate. If you are a new student or a parent of one - welcome. You picked something genuinely worth doing!

What do you wish someone had told you before your very first riding lesson?

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the incredible moms of Paragon Stables! 🤍

Thank you for the early mornings, the drives to the barn, the long horse show days, the endless support, and the love you pour into your children and our barn family. Whether you’ve been cheering from the rail for years or are just beginning the journey, you are such an important part of what makes Paragon so special.

Today we celebrate you and all that you do. Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at Paragon Stables! 🐴🌷

05/09/2026

Gucci, GALORE!!! This girl was crowned the Reserve Grand Champion Junior Park Pleasure horse at the Asheville Saddlebreds Classic Horse Show! 🌟💙

There are no words to describe how incredible she is… stunning, kind, willing to please, and loves to put on a show! Congratulations to loving owner, and amazing trainer, ! “GG” is destined for greatness! 👑 💫

Thank you for the pictures, National Horseman Saddle Horse Report WIN Magazine by RT Hudgins

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1200 79th Street E
Palmetto, FL
34221

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