Aeon Dressage

02/26/2026

Taking the human for a walk for her mental health… lol he’s such a good boy ♥️ Dezi also entertained my mental health today. More of the same tomorrow. 🫠

02/21/2026

02/17/2026

Year of the Fire Horse aka Red Mare ♥️ wishing for warmer weather and spring!!

02/16/2026

My extra co-worker for the day ♥️

02/15/2026

Sunday ponder 💭

Don’t confuse simple with easy.
They are not the same.

Simple is not easy.

I hear this constantly in lessons. Riders want the solution to a problem and usually the solution is simple.

Horse falling onto the left shoulder?
The answer is exercises and aids that shift the weight off that shoulder and simply not riding the horse in that imbalance.

Simple.
But definitely not easy.

Because applying simple solutions well takes:

Time and skill
Learning to feel when the solution is needed, how to apply it, and what it feels like when it works.

Consistency
Want your horse to stand still after mounting?
Then you do not ride off until they stand quietly. Every time. Even when you are late.

Want a light contact?
Then do not ride in heaviness. Ever. Even when you are tired, even when you’re “just hacking”.

Attention to detail
Got your horse responding to the leg? Great.
Want piaffe one day? You will revisit that basic response again and again to refine the impulsion and desire to go.

Progress comes from refining simple things to new levels, not skipping ahead to complicated ones.

Riders often expect simple work to feel effortless.
In reality, it demands more awareness and effort than doing complicated things without the foundations.

A straight, balanced walk.
Transitions without holding or pushing.
Hands and legs that resist the urge to fix.

Learning to do simple things is rarely easy.

What is the simple thing you are working on right now that feels impossibly hard? Tell me below👇 I will share mine in the comments too.

02/11/2026

02/11/2026

The many shades of Dez & Margarita ♥️ and Dougie Fresh.

02/07/2026

You know your horses move correctly when they generate the least amount of dust in the indoor. ♥️ Dougie & Dezi both were excellent tonight.

02/04/2026

Between yesterday and today, three horses got worked!! Dez, Delphi & Dougie Fresh, who was quite fresh!!

01/31/2026

♥️

01/30/2026

My tundra baby ♥️

01/26/2026

Dezi was practicing her tests on her indoor recess time. Lira is a professional snow pone now and I think Dougie would like to live somewhere slightly warmer 🤣 HUGE THANK YOU to Anna, Amy & Jim for taking care of my horses in this ungodly weather.