How much do you know about your horse’s gait? Do you know why it’s important to know? Look no further! In the next two posts we’ll be exploring the horse’s gait and how it applies to you as an educated rider & owner. Merrick Miller Photography First off, I want to make sure
“The hardest thing about riding is the ground.” -Unknown Please note- this helmet should be adjusted more tightly! It’s inevitable. Anyone who rides horses regularly is going to come off at some point. Equestrians joke that they’re “unplanned dismounts.” Falling off is no big deal for some people, but for others it can
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” -Benjamin Franklin How much do you know about your horse? Would you be able to tell if something was wrong? Being well informed and educated is important for responsible and safe horse ownership and management. We must KNOW about horse behaviors so we can tell when
“Collection is not compression: it is the balance where everything is easy for the horse to do.” -Dominique Barbier More Leg. Always more leg. If you’re training a horse and something isn’t coming together right, the solution is more often than not, “add more leg!” You’ll hear Sam say this at least once in almost
Horses are phenomenal teachers. From our very first ride to our very last, every time we swing our leg over that saddle they have something to tell us. Before we even get ON, they teach us so much by simply being around them. At first, you may think all you’re learning are skills related to
Horse show season is upon us yet again and we are back in full swing! Samantha Walker Performance Horses just wrapped up two days of showing at the POA Southwest Regional Show hosted at Chaparosa Ranch. Our riders had a great time and the ponies were their wonderful selves! From an outsiders perspective, all you
Hi all! It’s Samantha’s assistant, Rebekah Bukowski here. Funny story, you might recall a post Sam wrote awhile back (May 2017!) about getting back into the swing of blogging. Well…. Yeah. That didn’t quite happen! As I’m sure most of you know, business for Samantha Walker Performance Horses has been steadily increasing in the last year
Our November Student of the Month is Kaydin Pfeiffer! Kaydin has been riding with us for about a year and a half now! She was leasing Cowboy for most of that time and came so far on him! She had just started learning how to jump over the summer and she was a natural! She
Our August student of the month is Nora Peloke! Nora has been riding with me for almost two years now and she is so much fun to work with! She started as a bit of a timid rider but jumped in with both feet and was flying around on my lesson ponies in no time!
There are so many articles, books and videos out there now based on the idea of having a soft feel with your horse. It’s definitely a very important topic, finding that soft feel and gaining a connection with your horse is basically all of what we want as riders. It’s everything we work around and
