We Make It Easy

Learn to ride & groom a horse this spring & summer at Garrod Farms Stables in Saratoga. Our ½ day camp is geared for children 8-13 years old with no prior experience. You will learn:
• How to ‘Stop, Start, Steer’ your horse
• Mounting and dismounting
• Proper control and form on the horse
• Trail riding rules & responsibilities
• Grooming, saddling
• Beginning horse psychology
• Safety, safety, safety.
You will have lessons in our covered arena as well as rides on the trails. This is a fun, fact-filled week-long experience with horses. Horses available for more experienced children as well. For more information or to register, contact the City of Saratoga Recreation at 408.868.1249 or visit www.saratoga.ca.us/recreation

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Scene of Alec learning to ride The Black. I barely had to edit the scene because the audio and clips went together so well.

Movie: The Black Stallion

Song: Jake’s First Flight (from the movie Avatar)
Composer: James Horner

I OWN NOTHING IN THIS VIDEO. THE BLACK STALLION AND THE SOUNDTRACK TO AVATAR BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE CREATORS! ALL I CLAIM IS THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE AUDIO AND VIDEO CLIPS.

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It’s that time of year again, Time for Fox Crossing! I love these guys, and they always hold the best shows here! Sadly, luck was not on my side. I showed up early, and ended up waiting around for the better part of the day to get started. I had trudged through the mud so my boots were very slippery. I actually ended up taking a little spill, and even took myself off course first round. I completely missed second round, and third round bay knocked the jump. I was a pretty epic fail, but I can only blame myself and learn from these mistakes. I’m hoping I have a bit more luck when I go back for show 2!

Tell me about your most epic fail involving your horse!

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Save a horse – Ride a Rescue!

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Horse Whisperer

This girl riding the horse is in her 20’s – her dad just died 44 days before this performance. You can hear her dedication to him just before her performance so turn up your speakers a bit. Notice that it is just her and the horse – no bit, no saddle. She just uses signals and verbal cues, she’s mute – as in NOT SPEAKING to the horse, not as a MUTE person. Oh yeah, this isn’t even her horse. She is training it for someone else,
although she obviously has a relationship with this one.

I don’t know how much you know about horseback riding, but when they go fast, her bum isn’t even bouncing off the horse like you will see. Don’t know how she did that.

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http://www.twomblypublishing.com (is where you can find the book “HORSES and PEOPLE MATCHING” for the best online price)…. this is the second test ( so your students won’t memorize the sequence with the sound UP it’s a study guide…with the sound DOWN it’s a TEST !!!

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Learning to Ride – First Lesson of 2012 at Thompsons Horse Centre (Lesson #24 overall), after 3 weeks off over Xmas/NY – feels good to get back into it!
And yeah, there are some moments when I completely suck but its been a while.
Lots of diagonals and figure-eights. I actually did my first walk-canter transition but didnt get it on video.. maybe next time

Me (wearing pink) riding Yooey
Mum (wearing white) riding Viking

Made with Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD 11.0
Dont own music tracks.

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At Carousel Stables, Tim and Judy are now able to ride year round in their ClearSpan indoor arena. This equine building allows them to work their horses everyday, regardless of weather conditions.

To learn more about Equine Riding Arenas visit www.clearspan.com/fabric/structures/cat1a;cs1_equine_stables_riding_arenas.html or call 1.866.643.1010.

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「NO NAME RANCH」
is located in the heart of wild nature of the mountains,
lakes, and rivers in north-east Hokkaido, Okhotsk, Japan.

Since the horse riding in nature is work to keep
their safety,
our motto is the horse breaking should be complete.

We offer only the obedient, and trained horses
which are able to keep rider’s priority,
and to understand their instruction.

We are proud of offering everybody a trail riding
and a wonderful experience in wild nature
that can be experienced only in our
「NO NAME RANCH」 in Hokkaido,Japan

http://www.no-name-ranch.com/

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You can learn horse riding. Much better though is to learn responsibility. In a small German village, the Buddhist horse riding trainer uses the tender Icelandic horses to shows children how to be human.
The film was produced as a part of a project in cultural anthropology “Horse. Culture. Lower Saxony” initialized by the Goettingen University, Germany (2010). It is a student film.

Crew:
Karina Klimenko
Daniel Catinean
Ana Troncoso

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Riding horses with no reins or bridle. This can be done with a cutting horse or barrel racing. Check out boblogantrainig.com to learn more.

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