Rise Up Horse and Pony Ranch

12/23/2022

Enjoy your rest my black beauties! Black Rose the big draft cross mare and Black Pearl. Best buddies, look alike, sweet ladies. I am glad I could be your last home, your rest. Enjoy the care now of the Goddess Epona. Run pain free in her fields.
Twenty also was sent with the girls. May his afterlife be beautiful.
Bye my loves.

12/01/2022

When you pay for a lesson or training, you aren’t buying an hour of my time.

You’re paying for thousands of hours of sweat, struggle, success and tears. You’re buying injuries, mistakes, and revelations. You’re buying nights awake thinking about a horse or student I need to help more. You’re buying hours of hauling hay, mucking stalls and grooming, of carefully checking your horse over like It was my own.

You’re paying for my further education, because I still take lessons as frequently as possible. You’re paying for my care, concern, over dinner conversation, and you inevitably become a central part of my life.

You can’t put a price on education, or personal development, or the bliss of finally being “with” a horse. Thank you for sharing with me, teaching me, and letting me teach you, while I put food on my table and hay in my barn with the most fulfilling job ever. ❤️

Beautifully written by the eloquent
Amy Skinner!

03/16/2022

Located in Hereford AZ

The weather is Perfect for riding and learning about horses and horse care! We have several openings now available! A few students moved on to higher levels and some had to move.
$35 an hour. No age limits. Riding lessons, pony ride or photo shoot, problem solving, assistance and search for your new horse, selling your horse.

We teach the basics up to intermediate. From grooming, riding with balance, respect for the horse and ones self, confidence building. Our goal is to provide the rider with a solid foundation in the start of their riding so that they can go on to any other discipline with knowledge. We teach both western and English. Strong foundation in basic dressage. Yes! Both disciplines use the basics of dressage.

We offer one time rides for fun and pictures. Have horses available for photo shoots. If the requires the horse to have a spa day ( lots of work for me)for professional shots, $50 for first hour, $25 an hour for any thing past the initial hour.
$35 hour for kids to sit and get a few pictures. If multiple kids we can talk about price. Especially if adding a short ride for each kid.

We will also come to you for lessons on your horse for problem solving. Problem with your riding or problems with the horse. If we cannot help we will not charge more than fuel costs. And will advise you who and where to go. This will include fuel cost or you can come to us hauling in.

Match maker!!!
Assistance in purchase or selling of horses. We will go with you to be a second set of eyes and test ride. Price depends on distance. There is an upfront fee for starting the hunt of the dream horse for you. We make the calls, search all the adds and deal with the seller, arrange the pre purchase exam with a vet local to the horse. ( paid by interested buyer) All you do is show up and try the horse.
In selling your horse. We do all the advertising. Set up appointments and deal with potential clients. An up front cost for all the advertising and then a percentage of final sale.

05/16/2021

Weather is getting super nice for riding or just a fun ride! We offer beginner and up lessons on our horses or can come to you for a lesson on yours. Multi discipline with a focus on a solid foundation, we want you to go on to higher lever coaches! Some problem solving as well. Be it a ground handling issue, behaviour or riding. We offer a course in basic horse care! Kids and adults!
All ages, even lead about for the really little ones! Great opportunity for some photos too!
Located in Hereford AZ. 25 an hour, package deals available.
Pm for details.

05/06/2021

You need a solid foundation. Correct balance. And even experienced riders do well to go back to basics now and then. It's not obsolete. Even the champion horse needs the basics done. It builds confidence and so much more! You never stop learning!

When a top athlete in some other sport looks at horseback riding---

(Until they actually get on---)

Quote: "How hard can it be?? The horse does all the work."

Over many decades I have watched countless good skiers, soccer players, football players, you name it athletes, get on and flail and flounder.

More often than not, they don't last long enough to become more at ease, never mind highly competent. Perhaps because of frustration?

In some ways, being too good in another sport may be a handicap, in the sense that those successful people may have a heightened sense of their own proficiency, and get actually angry when they fail to find swift proficiency---???

This can also hold true for adult beginners who have been heads of corporations, lawyers, doctors, well respected professionals---Horses can be mighty humbling---hahahahah

05/03/2021

Weather is getting super nice for riding! We offer lessons on our horses or can come to you for a lesson in yours. Multi discipline with a focus on a solid foundation. Some problem solving as well. Be it a ground handling issue, behaviour or riding.
All ages, even lead about for the really little ones! Great opportunity for some photos too!
Located in Hereford AZ.

05/03/2021

Kayden with a very special equine... Twenty. He loves the attention.