Barb Wire Project

11/04/2025

Class begins this week, additional ones will follow.

11/04/2025

We are running Orientation class begins this week. If you’re interested in horse riding, hanging out with horses or any classes at the barn this is the place to begin. Contact for more
Details! (231) 225-1227

09/22/2025

Fall classes are forming now!

fall program flyer, contact for more details

09/22/2025

07/29/2025

Sure do…

06/14/2025

Spring has sprung and summer has begun! Summer
Program
Posting this week here for classes 🩷

06/14/2025

Great job!!

06/14/2025

Congratulations to
Several of
Our students who rode the Fremont equestrian team the were reserve champions district 9 c division!!

03/18/2025

Spring classes are forming now…

03/07/2025

Many riders today have missed the basics because they went straight into a specialized instruction program. They have trouble keeping their feet under them, they brace their body, they can't quietly sit in a moving balance, they often fall onto the neck when their horse rebalances.

I could make a very long list of today's common riding flaws. Still these unstable riders call themselves eventers, show Bunters, barrel racers, or dressage riders. They are none of these. They are poor half baked riders pretending to be something they have not worked to become.

The US Cavalry trained recruits, many of whom had never ridden before, to become versatile and effective riders over the course of months, not years with the basics. They did training exercises in Troops of 32 men or sometimes with Regiments of hundreds of men. I recently wrote about the Army jumping lanes used to train groups. Here is another tool the Cavalry used to teach horsemanship.

The top picture and the bottom middle picture are of "schooling fields". They are on small areas of land approximately 2 acres or 2,000 sq meters. They have terrain changes and footing changes, including water where possible and a varied assortment of obstacles including ditches, slides, fences, logs, drops and more.

Everyone complains that "There is no land to ride anymore." But this is because they buy into today's specialized riding mindset. They believe things like they can't teach eventing without a cross country course. The Army used small schooling fields to train soldiers for the battlefield. Someone told me that one remains at Fort Sill TX.

Therefore, if the US Cavalry could produce skilled, effective riders using tools like jumping lanes and schooling fields on small plots of land, why can't you? Or why don't you?

*other small area training tools -
Jumping Lane
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Pig Pen
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03/07/2025

When the buyer asks if the pony is kid safe? Depends on the kid...
📸 Tom Sinnott