McCall Horsemanship

08/15/2025

6 years ago she was the first horse I ever started and since than we’ve shared many firsts together . This horse has been so incredibly special and has taught me more than I could’ve asked for. I hope you love going to be a full time momma. I know you will be loved.

08/14/2025

08/13/2025

Best type of staring contest🤩

📸ab photo co

08/10/2025

◦ Choosing the right horse
Finding the perfect horse is such an exciting prospect, but there are a lot of things to consider before jumping into it. The first thing to note is that you get what you pay for. Soundness, youth, and training are expensive. In order to get a “deal” you are typically sacrificing one of those things.

The most common mistake we see for green/newer riders is sacrificing training to get a better price. Training takes time and resources. A good rule of thumb is your education and your horses should work on a sliding scale. If you are green (working on balancing, walk/trot/canter, learning to ask for maneuvers) then you should be riding a very broke horse. An intermediate rider can begin to work with more intermediate horses.
Our biggest tip is to find someone with a lot of horse knowledge to consult and help you find the perfect fit.

08/03/2025

•Putting the horse first•

This is a topic I am always emphasizing to horse owners, students, and instructors. Honestly most of the time it is inconvenient to out the horse first. It means spending extra money, putting in more time, skipping riding some days, loosing money because the lesson is not a good fit etc. The blessing and the curse of horses is that they cannot speak to us, so it is our job to make sure we are listening and advocating for them. Horses need brain breaks, they need days off, they need play time, and they need to be out of a stall. Our inconveniences can mean our horses happiness.

07/26/2025

•Support people in the horse world•

Nearly everyone in the horse world has been judged for one reason or another. It can be easy to fall into a trap of judging others especially when the stakes are a horse’s well being, but as horseman we have the opportunity to constantly seek to bring people up. Every discipline that I have studied has its pitfalls and strengths. When you take a step back from it all, there are so many opportunities to learn from the people around you and share what you’ve learned.

No matter where you are at, if you continue your education, you will look back someday and be amazed by your growth, so it’s important to remember that everyone starts somewhere.

07/06/2025

Looking for a new address…Ivy is a 2017, quarter horse, mare, 16.1 hh

Would make a great broodmare or casual riding horse. She is truly the sweetest horse I’ve ever worked with, loves to come out and do anything. Ivy does require maintenance; Hock Injections, SI injections and Chiro to keep her sound for consistent work walk trott lope. Her body cannot hold up for hard work but will be perfect for someone wanting to love on her, go on trail and casually ride in the arena. Ivy had a 2023 foal. Takes care of her baby but is not over protective.

Ivy stands for vet and farrier. Needs an advanced rider to keep her tuned up. But easy enough to put beginners on. She loves kiddos and will take care of them always. At the therapeutic riding program she is my choice of horse for low functioning students to handle on the ground. Could be the perfect mom and daughter horse.

She lives in a herd and is in the middle of pecking order.
LOW x,### obo for perfect home

Liberty video
https://youtu.be/2j_cC-3GvEo?si=TcFRfPXU2-II8SyH

Riding video
https://youtu.be/X5Bsn4Zkmqg?si=gsb1w4vCsbA3gIHy

Short lining video
https://youtu.be/LPlWgcPzUmY?si=LqR1iWO3FUo6zvEh

Located in St Charles IL

07/04/2025

Celebrating strength, sacrifice, service, and spirit!

07/01/2025

McCall Horsemanship is starting to accept clients for the Fall and Winter. Our first opening is August.

You can expect to work with us to cater your horse’s training to your goals. Whether you are looking for starting, problem fixing, or refining, we can help take your horse to the next step. In training, you can receive one lesson a week to keep up with your horse’s progress. We prioritize the human’s education along with the horse’s and want to work with you throughout the whole process.

We have studied under a mix of talented performance horse and natural horsemanship trainers. Our goal is to take the best of both and make strong all around horses. We specialize in c**t starting and ranch riding, but have experience in other disciplines English and western as well.

Located at Honey Bridge Ranch in St. Charles IL

Please pm us for more information.

06/05/2025

Another successful Barb Gerbitz clinic.

We are so thankful she continues to come share her knowledge with us and help us build stronger partnerships with our horses.

We are so proud of this group of owners who are continuously trying to do better for their horses.

Again thank you Sue Jaeger for capturing this weekend.

05/21/2025

May WRHA show

I can’t explain how grateful I am for this group.
Thank you for showing up, for your help, for the smiles, the pictures and the support. Couldn’t have made it through with out each of you.

Karly and Duals PlayDun (Cowboy)
-AA Herd Work 10th & 10th
-Sr Horse Boxing 4th & 8th
-Conformation 8th
-Ranchmanship 10th & 10th

Karly and Bentleys Peppy Doc (Bentley)
-Sr Horse Boxing 2nd
-Conformation 10th
-Sr horse Ranch Riding 9th

Karly and One Roan Jewels (Koozie)
-Jr Horse Boxing 1st & 2nd

Jessica and Lacey
-NA trail 2nd & 4th

Jessica and One Roan Jewels (Koozie)
-AMA Conformation 8th

Ashley and The golden Investor (Skyy)
-GAG Boxing 9th & 10th
-GAG Horsemanship 9th & 9th
-GAG Trail 2nd & 2nd
-GAG Conformation 8th & 9th
-Adult Walk Trot 1st
-GAG showmanship 6th & 8th
-GAG Ranchmanship 4th & 6th

JK Peptos Famous (Aspen)
- First Outing

Rafiki
-Happiest Horse

Jean and Apollo
- First show

Paul and camera
-First show photography

Christin and James
-1st place mind readers:)

05/08/2025

2 spots left

We have had the privilege  to work with Barb a lot and it’s an opportunity  you dont want to miss. Barb is a phenomenal teacher and can help you with any struggles you and your horse have, help you gain mutual respect, or just take your horsemanship to the next level. She will meet you and your horse where you are at.