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Julie goodnight Held a clinic this weekend which her pictures can be seen on the Green Photo site-link located to the right side of this pg. Congrades to everyone that went!

A fun filled week of horse and horse related activities. Visit www.norcohorseweek.com

The City of Norco has weekday events now! Along with horseweek coming up-all students are encuraged to particapate. Lesson horses can be used for a event(paying students only). See the Citys web site for details.

http://www.norco.ca.us/depts/parks_recreation_n_community_services/special_events/equestrian_events_n_rodeos.asp

Chris is coming to the City of Industry on the 14th and 15th of April!

http://www.chris-cox.com/schedule.php

The Tour Stop events at the City of Industry Expo Center will be begin at 9 am each day ----

doors should be open between 7:30 and 8:00 am.  Members of Ride the Journey Team get in

about 30 minutes earlier.  It is FREE – so go and enjoy!  A list of events and times are on our

website at www.chris-cox.com for both Saturday and Sunday.   Help us spread the word that

Chris is coming and its FREE!!! 

 

May 4-5th Juilie goodnight will be in Norco! Spectator Tickets are $50 for both day-

http://juliegoodnight.com/clinics/norco.html

Spring is trying to make its way here are the day light is lasting longer. We now are back to afternoon lesson times, 3-dusk. we still have morning lessons @ 9am and weekend lessons allday.
Plz allow for 24hrs when calling for a time slot as we are also coming up on show season.

Giddy-Up for Life
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Ingalls Park
Sign Ups @ 11:00am, Ride @ 12:00 pm
100% of proceeds will go to the
American Cancer Society

It is that time of yr when it gets dark early and rains allot.  Our doors are still open but with new hrs. during the weekday-morning lessons only from 7-10 weekends are daylight hrs 7-4. no lesson on raining day-

I'm hosting a obstacle course clinic on sunday. It will be held at Rancho Santiago Obstacle Course! Come join  us for only $20 from 12-4.

Dallas and i will be walking in the parade with NHA-stop by and see us!

We have extended our promo price -Only $20 for lessons

Thanks to everyone that helped and adopted this wonderful mustangs! See https://www.extrememustangmakeover.com/ for more information

RFD.TV is coming to Norco! They will be filming Best of america show here on the 6th-8th of May! Come out and ride or go to the clinics and you may make the show. For more information visit the city of norco website

It is that time of year again and Norco Horse Week starts tonight and goes to the 17th. We will be in the Parade on saturday for the NHA-hope to see everyone there! for more info on the fun activities of horse week -www.norco.ca.com

There are two great events for horse nad dogs on April 10th. CSHA has a trail trail relay for life and Bark for life will be held at pike peaks park in norco. see the links below-We will be at both events and hope to see you there.

 

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pg=entry&fr_id=34978

http://www.trailtrials.com/11Flyer4-10-11.pdf

Steve Holt of Holts Horse Help is putting together a fundamentals clinic...Fundamental exercises are needed before moving the horse ahead to more advanced maneuvers. These are exercises when you need to refresh the horse or to correct the horse. Great body controlled exercises, teaching the rider about balance, hands, reins and legs. This clinic introduces suppleing techniques, backing, steering, neck reining, control, spins and stops. This is a great way to learn new techniques and help polish know ones. For more infomation please vist Steves web site www.holtshorsehelp.com

Current students with out horses may use the ranch horses if they wise to particapate.

Come and see the Pomona Equine Affaire Feb 3-11th at the Fairplex! North America’s Premiere Equine Expositions & Equestrian Gatherings! We will be there at the Ride and Tie booth-so stop bye and say HI!

Right now all lessons are $20!  Ages 9-up. Bring your own horse or ride the ranch horse! All lesson are done one on one! We work with problem horses as well.

Did you know... Saddle Trees come in either: Narrow, Medium or Wide widths?

The tree width must be wide enough for the horse’s shoulders to rotate freely under the tree. But too often we see a saddle with a tree width that is too narrow for a particular horse. Not only can your horse’s shoulders not move freely under such a saddle, but the saddle can be driven forward on top of his shoulders as he is being ridden. This will result in all of the problems we’ve already discussed in previous saddle fit tips.

If the tree width is too wide, while the horse is being ridden, the entire saddle may rock from side to side, or the back half of the saddle may twist to one side or the other.

Why do saddle makers and saddle fitters consider both tree width and tree angle when fitting a saddle to a particular horse? Tree width and tree angle need to be adjusted together. If the width of your saddle’s tree is correct for your horse, but the angle is incorrect, the saddle will not fit your horse. Adding flocking to or removing flocking from the vertical panels of the saddle will not solve the problem. And at times both the width and angle of the saddle’s tree are incorrect for a particular horse. As we discussed in Saddle Fit Tip # 8 – Tree Angle, this can cause permanent, long-term damage to your horse.

A properly fitted saddle will have a tree that is wide enough and an angle that is correctly adjusted so as to avoid hitting the spinalis muscle. This is also a reflex point that inhibits or completely stops forward movement. When a stallion breeds a mare, he bites her on this reflex point so that she stands still, hollows her back, and rotates her pelvis open. In order to locate your horse’s spinalis muscle, draw a line 4” down from the base of your horse’s withers, and then draw a horizontal line back. The saddle must stay off of that triangle. For more info  visit schleese on youtube-http://www.youtube.com/mjpschleese

Should Western riders know how to post the trot or is it just for English riding?

To me, it makes no difference whatsoever whether you ride English or Western; if you are riding the long trot you should be able to post and posting is a very fundamental skill. If your horse is so incredibly smooth gaited that you can comfortably sit the extended trot, then you are very lucky and probably a very good rider. But I ask for everyone to post the trot at some point to see if someone doesn't know how to do it or uses poor technique (posting off the stirrup instead of off the thigh). Before the end of the day, they will learn how to post because it is an important skill for a rider and it would be silly to think that Western riders don't need this skill.
 
Think about it, if you had 20 miles of fence line to ride today, would you do it at the sitting trot? When you need to cover ground on a horse over long distances, the long trot is the most efficient gait to ride and posting is easiest for both you and your horse. Besides, posting is a fundamental skill and  building block for more advanced skills-you wouldn't want to leave a block out of your foundation.

for more information see Julie Goodnight news letter for july

ACTHA EVENT

if you are looking for the pictures of the ACTHA ride Surf & Truf-see links: Greens_Photos