High Standard Stables

06/17/2025

It was so special being invited to watch two of my students perform at an open mic last week before they headed home to Florida! Not only are these two great at riding but they sure did a wonderful job singing! Miss them already and can’t wait til they are back in town again!

06/16/2025

Super late posting… but this sweet lady had a trip scheduled for Ireland and we worked hard to get her riding ready for jumping and xc and to get fit for her long rides everyday while she was there. I love teaching her and she has come such a long ways from her first lesson.
Then to get these texts and pics from her while she was in Ireland meant the world!
I’m so blessed to be able to teach and I love what I do, then to get texts like these sure do really put a smile on my face. 🙂
Thanks Tracy for representing HSS so well and wearing your awesome jacket!!!

06/15/2025

After a very wet and rainy week the weather turned out perfect for our barn show! This group of riders did an amazing job showing off what they have been learning! From in hand trail, to trail, equitation classes, and some fun games to end the day with, everyone did a fantastic job! Huge congratulations to everyone!!!

06/15/2025

What an absolute amazing beginner camp! The weather made it tough to get much riding in but we snuck a super fast trail ride when it was lightly raining and everyone was a great sport knowing the ride time would be short and we all got drenched but had so much fun. Our second day it thunderstormed the entire time and we stayed in the barn learning about horses, horse care, gaits and how horses move, learning safety about what to do and not to do, and we got to celebrate one of the campers birthday! I was so impressed with their great attitudes when the weather didn’t cooperate with riding. We definitely had a blast every day and they learned a lot! Thankfully weather cooperated our last day and we got in a lot of ride time to prepare for the barn show!
So thankful for the opportunity to teach and spend time with these amazing kids! And a huge thank you to our helpers for helping with so many different things throughout camp!

Can’t wait to see these campers back for lessons soon!

06/15/2025

What a great time we had at the NETXDC dressage show last Saturday. We had several new riders to the world of dressage and this show was the perfect place for them to start!
It was a super long day but full of fun and solid tests. I was blown away at how well everyone did! They have been working super hard to prepare and it paid off!

Congrats to

Ashton and Sunshine taking champion in both her in hand and classical riding divisions.

Marishka and Rodgers taking champion of her division.

Ray and Sully taking reserve champion for his division.

Tracy and Rodgers taking champion of her division.

I am beyond proud of these riders! What an absolutely perfect day hanging out with such a fantastic group!

it was a blast doing in hand with sunshine to get him in the arena for his first away show with us. He walked in like he had been there before. Such a great guy and so happy to have him in the lesson program. Sunshine took the bronze medal for our open division.

Strider also had his first show doing just in hand. His ground manners have come a very long ways and it took him a bit to settle but I loved seeing his last couple tests come together. He even managed to take the reserve of our open division.

Looking forward to taking this group to this show again in November and seeing all the progress they have made between now and then!

Congrats again! So proud of y’all!

06/11/2025

Our barn show the day after camp was a ton of fun! Everyone did a fantastic job and I always love seeing how versatile these riders are from equitation classes , showmanship, trail, hunters, jumpers, and ending the show with some games. Congrats to everyone on amazing riding and great sportsmanship cheering on everyone!
Also congrats to Addy who took champion and Madi and Ashton tied for reserve! Congrats y’all!

06/11/2025

What an amazing horse camp last week! Everyday flew by way too fast! These campers had a packed week learning all about horse care including getting to watch and ask lots of questions about teeth floats and farrier work! Huge thanks to Huston Equine Dental and Tanner Swinson our farrier for coming out and bringing a great learning experience for these campers!
Everyone got a lot of experience riding different horses and preparing for the horse show they got to learnn how to work withth a foal and teach basic handling. Vet care and show prep were also favorite topics too And the one day we got rained out we got to make a field trip to see all that’s involved in buying horse supplies and of course stopped for ice cream. These campers were so much fun to be around. It was a fun group and everyone in the group traveled from a long ways to make it to this camp from 15 hours away in Florida, and our closest camper came from 4 hours away. I’m so thankful for everyone making a huge effort to be at the camp and I had an absolute blast with this group!
Be sure to check out our camp photo album for all the fun pics from the week!

06/11/2025

06/11/2025

Very late positing, but huge welcome to this mother daughter team who did a great job at their first lesson! Can’t wait to have them back soon. :)

05/25/2025

What a delight to see this sweet lady yesterday when she was finally able to make the trip out to visit! I hadn’t seen her since January when her ankle started to bother her during her very busy schedule of marching band, cheerleading, and riding lessons. Needing to take a long break from everything to try and let it heal and she still ended up needing surgery and is now doing PT! I’m so proud of her for pushing through this very long 4 month trial and I sure can’t wait to have her back for riding lessons soon! You’ve got this, Sienna! Keep up the hard work taking of yourself. It won’t be long now before you get to ride again and i get to see you at the barn a lot more often!!! Yahoo!

Of course Legacy was super excited to meet her too and wanted a selfie with us. 😉

05/24/2025

It was an honor to be able to attend one of my students graduation! Congratulations Marishka, I’m so proud of you!!! You have been such a delight to teach and watch grow into an amazing rider! So glad you have the summer with us still to be able to ride and show before you head off to college!