06/30/2025
COPIED AND PASTED**!
You want your kid to move up in horses ?
BUY OR LEASE and here is why !
Our lesson horses are here for you to learn the basics and get confidence.
The skills your kid learns when they only ride two days a week is similar to just being a passenger on a super well trained horse.
If a child is learning to jump on lesson horses there is a small window only for this .
They get the confidence and need to move onto their own horses as we cant have our lesson (older) horses jumping hard and a lot- they are the stepping stone to riding - they can’t be jumped and ridden harder .
When you first learn to ride you are just learning to hold onto the saintly lesson horses we provide.
Once you know the basics well it’s time to purchase or lease your own.
They need hours in the saddle -
Hours to practice
Hours to make mistakes and learn to ride on their own in between lessons.
When kids don’t have their own horse, they are competing with the other lesson students over their favourite lesson horse. They have a hard time sharing the love they feel for that animal as they don’t get personal time with it.
Let them be proud and let them have one of their own horses that they call their own, and they learn to be confident in themselves with their own horse that no one else rides
My daughter is six years old and she has her own pony that no one else can ride. Why because it makes her feel confident and proud that she takes care of her horse and he neighs for her every single time she comes to see him. He knows who she is and he Pines for her only every single day.
The horse to buy -
They NEED a horse picked specifically picked out by the trainer to match their personality and ability.
Your trainer knows your child or yourself as a new rider .Yes, there are many cheap horses out there. But it takes YEARS of everyday riding to create a safe horse, and not every horse has the personality or will to want to do the job you want them to do … so pay the commission and ask a trainer to match you .
Why do we have to buy so many different horses ?
If you are learning to ride, you need a horse that basically sleeps and they are a kick ride, which means something that you have to push to go. Once you become more confident,stable and athletic, you learn the cues and the stability to become a confident rider that could ride different abilities.
I say to my clients it’s like buying shoes that fit.
This sport will have to continue to buy or lease different horses as the children or clients move up the Levels just as if you were buying shoes that fit….
If you choose to be the parent the tries to buy the pair of shoes that are three sizes too big the child can’t compete in those shoes at that time and they will begin to get frustrated,hurt, and likely quit .
Why do we have to pay commission to buy a horse ?
The trainer that you hire has spent countless hours, training, horses and clients their entire life . For example myself I can walk into a field of horses, watch them run around and just in moments, I could tell you who is hurt who has the best movement who has the kindest eye who is the most curious and who wants to have a job.
The trainer that you hire will help you with the vet checks and will be the middle person with the other trainer. They will know if your horse, the horse that you were looking at is lame, hurt, or athletic, or kind enough to do the job that you were looking for.
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It may be an expensive sport, but boy am I so grateful that this is what I love to do. I am outside and physical. I am with animals❤️
