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This beautiful Arabian gelding is 7 years old, 15 hands, with a relaxed walk, floating trot, rocking horse canter. He loves to jump and is easy to handle with excellent ground manners. He has been professionally trained in a program where he works in basic dressage, rides cross country and jumps small courses. This is a talented, athletic horse with a wonderful personality.
Are you looking for a new horse to ride on the trails and enjoy without any worries? This horse is perfect on the trails, bomb proof to cars, dogs, bikes and other obstacles you may encounter riding cross country. Azay is a 16 hand, 10 year old black TB cross who worked on the film “Ruffian” as her double in several scenes with the trainer, Sam Sheppard. He is used to being around a lot of activity and hanging out on the set. He takes care of his rider and he has a wonderful personality. Charming and a gentleman always. The perfect family horse.
Summer is not the same without Wyatt coming for a visit from LA. Travelling across the country from California to New York to visit his cousins Dash and Blitzen. We had a fun week of dogs, baseball, antiquing, corn, riding the famous stallion, RJ, learning to drive the golf cart, collecting eggs from the chickens and eating fresh produce from the farmers market.
Summer is a wonderful time to get out of the ring and ride on the trails. Riding your horse or pony through corn fields is an excellent way to create a bomb proof horse. The corn is growing so fast that in a few weeks it will be impossible to see the Pony and Mini in the corn. Riding cross country gives the rider confidence outside of the ring and improves balance.
It is never too early to start riding. Here is a young rider starting out on Mini Hop, preparing to take her first steps in the saddle. Mini is patient and gentle, the perfect horse to begin a riding career on.
Last week the Sisters from a local retreat on Wethersfield came to meet RJ aka “Hidalgo” perform his many tricks. It was amazing how many of the Sisters have seen the film and were aware of this horse. RJ was a star as usual, being a perfect gentleman for the crowd.
“I Try Harder” or “Sam” is a lovely beginner novice event horse who has won many events. He is kind and easy for the timid rider, a fun horse to learn on and compete. He is a beautiful TB bay, 15 hand gelding looking for a new partner. contact cari@cariswanson to schedule an appointment to ride him.
When the rider is holding the inside rein with too much pressure, the horse is unhappy, uncomfortable and will not move with complete freedom in any gait. A simple effective excercise for the rider is to continually release the inside rein by softening the arm muscles and relaxing the shoulders. The result is impressive with a horse in balance. Note the difference the rider makes in these two images. Try focusing on a creating a soft neck in your horse simply by relaxing in the saddle without throwing away the connection.
Dash enjoying a weekend at the Saratoga Racetrack. Here he is waiting for Joa to ride her class so he can return to the stable for a drink of water and some shade.
The all new, great big, Ona Kiser video of RJ the wonder horse. He is such a stud!
You can visit Ona’s videography website here.