As covid-19 circulates the world JSS is encouraging social distancing and hoping for the spread of everyone’s HEALTH! We have halted the lesson program but don’t want to halt learning. Online lessons will include 3 videos EACH WEEK consisting of riding tutorials and demos with our various horses. I will Read more…
I’m so proud of how quickly Theo is coming along. This giant boy has taken EVERYTHING in stride. When we first picked him up the trailering experience was miserable. Very resistant to get on, panicked, turned around, tried to go under the divider and was a hot, sweaty mess by Read more…
Last night we got to celebrate Ana Castillo and All The Class (Leo) at the 2019 Silver Heels Riding Club awards banquet! Ana only started riding in September of 2018 but worked her butt off and had a very successful Walk/Trot 2019 show season. Ana and Leo took year-end Third Read more…
Today Jada and I trucked in to a farm in Boscowen for a dressage lesson with Sarah-Jane. We were in a new barn, with new horses and J was DEFINITELY showing off! The first ten minutes or so were quite… entertaining. But she did finally settle down and relax and Read more…
Yesterday, the Sunday before Christmas, we had our first Holiday Horse Decorating Contest! I am blown away by the creativity that these girls had which really helped the horses display their Christmas spirit! There was glitter and garlands and ornaments and lights–even the next morning there were sparkles everywhere! We Read more…
This past week we all practiced our emergency dismount! We had over a foot of snow in the arena so it made for a beautifully cushioned landing. Here are Ana and Lilly showing us theirs.
We are so bummed that we weren’t able to get this indoor arena up before winter but we have a GREAT team lined up to get it built as soon as the ground is thawed in spring! Until then we’ll continue to ride as the weather allows. This set back Read more…
Cindy, one of our nigerian dwarfs, had her first date with a boy….. And she likes him! We’re hoping for kids March 7th. Cindy’s boyfriend is Half Acre Farm YF Simeon, a very sweet and attractive boy! Can’t wait until we have babies on the ground in the spring!
Last year we purchased a 65’x120′ ClearSpan Arena to be set up on 5′ posts with roll-up sides for warmer months. We’ve been planning this for MONTHS and we’re finally starting to see some progress! All materials have been delivered for the foundation, rebar is bent and cut, excavator is Read more…
These past two weeks have been very busy between farrier and chiro appointments for the horses, a busy lesson schedule, crappy weather and making progress on the arena. So Theo had an easy couple of weeks. The few times we did have a chance to play with him and get Read more…