Pine Trails Ranch

14/07/2025

What a nice idea!

🌟 Join us for Seniors & Special Friends Day at the Yolo County Fair! 🌟
📅 Date: Thursday, August 14 ⏰ Time: 9 :30a.m. - 12 p.m.
We're excited to host a special day for our seniors and friends who enjoy a more relaxed experience. This morning is designed to offer a calmer environment with less sensory input, perfect for those who want to take it easy and enjoy the fair at a slower pace.
Come out and enjoy all the fun and festivities in a comfortable setting. We can't wait to see you there! 🎡🎠

13/07/2025

Hey everyone! We have a very good deal on the city beginner camp this week. There is one spot left for just $390 you can get a spot in the beginner camp that is 8 to 2:30 Monday through Friday this week! Contact Michelle asap!

06/07/2025

The sitting trot we all try to achieve.

03/07/2025

Pine Trails Ranch is have a Fourth of July special for summer camp. Message in the next 5 days to get $20 off a week of camp! We have spaces in beginner, advanced beginner, and low intermediate level. See our web page for the complete schedule for summer. Ptranch.com. The only local horse camp running continuously since 1992. Please share.

01/07/2025

So true. And our students constantly impress me with the lovely and successful people they become!

Happy Monday. ☕️

01/07/2025

We want to introduce Niko to the Pine Trails family. He needed a job and his wonderful caretaker ( I didn't get her permission to share her name, so we could call her Niko's angel) thought he might enjoy our barn. We are so happy to have this gentle giant in our barn. He has great training and experience to help us teach our riders.

30/06/2025

A graphic to better help your understanding.

During a give and retake, you release your contact for two or three strides by pushing your hands toward your horse’s bit and showing a visible loop in your reins. (You can ride it by yielding forward both reins together or just the inside rein in isolation.)

Your horse should not change his way of going before, during, or after the movement.

The give and retake tests your horse’s contact, self-carriage, and balance. If your horse is too reliant on your reins for balance, or if force has been used to get him 'on the bit,' you will not be able to ride this exercise correctly.

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Find out more about the give and retake here - https://howtodressage.com/article/ride-give-retake-reins/

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Illustrations created and copyrighted by How To Dressage, and may not be reproduced in any form without prior permission.

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29/06/2025

The show is already well under way and our students are riding terrific and the horses giving their all!

29/06/2025

Give it a try.

29/06/2025

A long day but so many good rides. Great job students!

27/06/2025

We are attending the Splash hunter jumper at Brookside this weekend. Come cheer for our students if you are out near Elk Grove. They are working hard. Michelle is working 14 hour days trying to keep up the schedule and help students compete. Please remember to cancel lessons 36 hours ahead! Thanks everyone for your help and support!