Boarder's Corner:

Please sweep your grooming area after you are finished and place your horse's little "presents" in a muck bucket- which should be dumped after you are through with your horse!

Would you like a name plate for your horse's stall?  Please leave the information with Rose or Joanne.  

Remember to properly cool your horses down in the COLD weather.  Be sure that your horse is not breathing hard before bringing them in.  Be sure to towel dry them if they get sweaty.  Wool coolers are for sale in the tack store.  Please leave the barn's for the lesson horses!

During dry weather, moisturizing your horse's feet is very important.

Not sure where the trails are?  Set up a lesson to learn where the trails are!

Being courteous and always "heads-up" in the ring is a "MUST" that everyone must master.

There's room for everyone! The indoor and the outdoor rings are open. Please use either of the rings.

Passing left shoulder to left shoulder is a good rule of thumb (just like driving in a car!).

Calling where you are going (inside or outside) of another rider is something that must be practiced. When passing to the "inside" of the ring, call "INSIDE!". When passing to the "outside" of the ring, call "OUTSIDE!".

Try to remember not to stop on the outside track (near the fence). Riders and horses that are working should stay to the outside, and riders who are walking or standing to adjust girths, stirrups, etc. should be in the center of the ring.

And always stopping your horse at the gate to talk to friends makes a bad habit for your horse in the future. Horses always love to go back to the barn. That's where they eat, sleep, etc. They LOVE the barn, so don't let them stop near the gate all the time.

On that same note, it's a good idea to face your horse towards the road while mounting and dismounting. If a noisy truck comes by, they see it as they hear it and don't care too much. If faced away from the noise, it could scare the horse. And never face towards the barn to mount / dismount for the reason above!

While dismounting, always take both feet out of the stirrups. Don't leave one foot in and "step" down. If your foot gets caught in the stirrup, and you lose your balance and fall, your foot is stuck in the stirrup and your horse may start to walk off with you.

Don't forget that your horses need a proper warm up and cool down when you work them. At least one time around in each direction at the walk before you trot, and don't forget to double check your girth!

Be sure to trot your horse for ten minutes in each direction before attempting to canter or lope. This ensures that your horse will not pull a muscle or be too quick.

If jumping or trotting over ground poles, be sure that your placement of the poles is correct for your horse's length of stride. Every horse is different, and if you ask your horse to trot over poles that are not properly spaced, you may trip, step on the poles, or your horse may jump all the poles! 

If you wish to use ground poles but are unsure of the spacing, setting up a half hour lesson with an instructor on the "How To's" of jumping and ground poles might be a good idea!

While cooling your horse down, five to ten minutes depending on how hard the horse worked should be sufficient. Make sure the horse is not breathing hard or hot and sweaty.

While lessons are taking place, the only people permitted "on foot" in the ring are instructors.

If parents must assist their children in mounting, please do so and then watch from outside the ring. This is for safety reasons.

If there are no lessons taking place, parents are welcome in the ring, but please be careful!

If you must be in the ring with your child, please utilize a ring that is not being used for lessons.

Thank You for your Cooperation!