Leg Up Equestrian Enterprises

10/21/2026

Loving these crisp autumn days at the barn 🍂

📸 Richard Booth

Mya Bellamy Katie McGachy

10/20/2026

10/18/2026

Unfortunately I was not able to go to the SARI night last night but I just wanted to give a big shout out to all the" Leg Up Equestrian Gray Ridge Riders " ( Ann Dare, Ann Pigeon, Annabelle Linkiewicz, Elana Burke, Jennifer Auger, Katie McGachy, Kayla Londini, Patty Hayman, Stephanie Haskell and Tracey Lipp ) who all worked hard to enable our TEAM to once again get top honors!!!! CONGRATULATIONS! Also top 3 individuals Ann Dare, Jennifer Auger and Stephanie Haskell 😍...WELL DONE LADIES!!! Till next year happy trails / riding to all our students and ALL the participants at SARI ( Special Ability Riding Institute )

10/17/2026

The horse is a social animal and social contact is essential for its welfare.

If a horse is stabled, it helps a lot to see other horses but, more importantly, touch and groom them as well. The global consciousness of the importance of the social needs of horses is increasing.

From mounted police units to racing, very slowly people are beginning to realise that when horses can touch and groom each other, even across a stable wall, there are positive welfare and health benefits for the horse, and benefits for trainers because such horses are more mentally secure and more tractable.

If it simply is not possible to have another horse as a companion, then as a last resort even another species such as a sheep may possibly help, however there are very strong limitations in cross-species housing because of species-specific aspects of the animal’s evolved ethogram.

Isolation is very bad for horses and also contributes to both oral and locomotory stereotypies such as crib-biting and fence-walking.

An excerpt from Modern Horse Training: Equitation Science Principles & Practice, Volume 1 by Andrew McLean

10/17/2026

Another way of thinking open your chest and get taller from your mid section....:)

10/17/2026

Now we talked about THIS!!:)