New Private Lesson Schedule

This spring and summer we will be having no lessonso n Monday so we are beginning to phase that in this week.

Private Lessons times May 9, 2011 are as follows
Tuesday 4-6 private lessons
Wednesday 3:30-4:30 private lessons
Thursday 3:30-5:30 private lessons
Friday 3:30-4:30 private lessons

Private lessons usually are in the indoor arena and no other riding is allowed during a private lesson. If the weather is wonderful, additional riding can be in the outdoor and private lessons are not bothered. Private lessons may choose to come and ride in the outdoor but that doesn't affect others riding in the outdoor arena since it's a nice large area. 

This is Elizabeth riding BFG (Big Friendly Giant) the new lesson horse. He loves little girls. 

Thursday night will be family night at the farm.  After 6:00 p.m. we will be welcoming families to come out for additional riding time, supervisesed in the outdoor arena for games, fun stuff and fellowship around the campfire, on the swingset or just enjoying the country air.  Kids will be more than welcome to ride, family can ride also if they have their waiver signed. When it's dusk we will light the fire and enjoy s'mores, hot dogs and pizza pockets.

Spring Riding

New lesson Horse

Elizabeth is all smiles after the lesson on Cody. He was a perfect gentlemen and obeyed instantly. Baihley now has to have longer lesson plans because he's so well trained!!!!

Cody will be our new lesson horse; Cody's former owner was legally blind and an older gentlemen. Cody is easy going, gentle and has a nice slow trot and lope.

Our horses

Socks- Baihley's gaming Horse

Charlie did well at the State Horse Show; now he is teaching others to ride.

Toby- Timeless Eternal who is Baihley's new show horse

Gizmo and Darla- POA ponies

Spring

It's a muddy mess here and with the 2 buildings being taken down we have a mess in the horse pasture as it used to be. The fences have been moved; we now have three pastures with the horses in them. One pasture is for boarders, and the others with the lesson and home horses.
Lessons are as follows for the spring-time.
Mondays 4:30-5:30  beginner lessons
Tuesdays 4-6 private lessons
Wednesday  3:30-5:00 after school riding
Thursday 3:30-4:30 after school riding
                4:30-5:30 private lessons

Those are the only scheduled conflicts in the indoor arena. When it warms up, dries up and the outdoor arena is ride-able, riders can ride during lessons in the arena not occupied with lessons.
All tack and equipment is scattered between the sheds, arena's, shop and house during construction.  Ask if you need something and can't find it.  Also, be careful walking in the mud when walking horses back and forth to the arena's and pastures.  The horses have taken the back-hoe noise and tin being tore off the room, not to mention thunderstorms and lightning hasn't bothered any of them; well we weren't out in the middle of the storms asking a lot of questions. 
Check the Young Riders Face book for information dealing with 4-H.   And yes, we are sorry about the mud, the mud dreadlocks on their tales and unique designs on their bodies. It will get better.

Spring/Mud

We have spring and mud here at the farm. That hasn't bothered the girls at all. We now have Cola and Saffy here. Cola loves to flirt with Socks. They have a new lean to in the pasture but no one seems to care about it at all. We will be moving fences once the ground thaws out and then they will discover they can't go into the old barn. 
We got lots of great deals at the Farmington Tack sale. We have lessons three nights a week now and will be starting day lessons when it gets into April.

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www.mncowboyministries.org
We are proud supporters of this ministry; a way to be Jesus hand and feet everywhere the horse community is where we live. Pray for the effectiveness of the leader, the ripple effect and that people come to know Jesus through this ministry.