This morning I have Winter Break Camp on my mind—kids will be out of school in a week or less and they will be out here at the barn. Here at the LEC we looking at Winter Camp slightly different than we look at Summer Camp. First it is cooler outside! Which can actually be […]
I was just giving a 11 year old her first lesson. She tried hard and her mom was very nice—and most importantly, they’re coming back next week. While we were practicing turning the horse in and out of a simple cone pattern, I got to thinking. Here in Kentucky, there are several riding stables within […]
Today I got a phone call with an interest in the annual Riding Instructor’s Workshop (which by the way has been scheduled for March 4-6, 2016!). They want to start a lesson program at their current facility and they told me they want to “do it right”. I got to thinking about this “doing it […]
Every instructor has been there—two of our best and favorite lesson ponies are off the lesson list for a couple of weeks—our little Morgan, Webster must’ve had a disagreement with one of his pasture buddies and he got the brunt of it. Webster’s been “off duty” while his neck heals up. And then our best […]
Well I don’t want anyone to say I wasn’t trying hard enough. Tuesday was my birthday. Tuesday is one of the days I have all my instructors in and teaching. So I thought I’d go out and beat the bushes looking for a horse or so for some clients (one actively looking for a horse, […]
If you’ve read some earlier posts, you will remember the LEC is now located in a former rodeo arena. While we’re not hosting rodeos, we do still get the American Quarter Horse Association’s monthly magazine. Which I do find interesting to read. In this month’s issue is a note from the AQHA’s Executive Vice President, […]
Just last week I was writing about the upcoming slow season for the LEC. Little did I know that we would have our first snow day a week even before Thanksgiving. Now for us Kentuckians, this is real strange. It might hit freezing before the big turkey day—but even that’s pretty unusual. So I’m starting […]
I’ll admit it I’m a FaceBook Stalker. I am usually on someone’s FaceBook—at least a few times a week. It’s not as weird as you may think. I’m no stalking people—I’m stalking their barns. I’m a Barn FaceBook Stalker! By checking out what other instructors are doing I get new ideas and new inspiration. The […]
Three years ago at the first ever Riding Instructor’s WorkShop Annual Seminar, a very young lady, I don’t remember exactly how old she was—but I know she hadn’t yet graduated from high school—joined our group of instructors. I knew her dad and stepmom from showing on the southern circuit, but I had never met her. […]
You know we forget—we forget! How Amazing! It is to ride a horse! How Amazing! It is to touch a horse! We forget what the barn smells like, We forget how terrifying it is to climb on the back of a creature that keeps wiggling, shifting his feet, maybe even sneezing. . . This is […]
