Chasing Laurels - CHA Certified Riding Instruction, Boarding, & Training.

04/24/2026

Just a reminder! There are no lessons or barn day at the ranch tomorrow! We will be conducting Girl Scout Clinics all day! Whoo Hoo!! 🐴♥️🐴

04/13/2026

Now scheduling for summer riding lessons and day camps! 🐴♥️🐴

04/09/2026

03/17/2026

May you have:
No frost on your spuds,
No worms on your cabbage.
And if you inherit a donkey,
May she be in foal.

03/16/2026

81° for our first day of Spring Break Day Camp on Friday! 🎉

02/09/2026

1/2 Price on Girl Scout horse badge clinics & events!
Plus, Receive a 3rd free adult attendee for ANY future clinic! Just share this post, then go to the Chasing Laurels Page post and comment shared with a screen shot of the sharing. Clinics include the Pet Badge (horse themed), Horseback riding badge, Animal Observer Badge (animals on the ranch), Brownie Bit 'n' Bridle Badge, & Bridging events.

01/31/2026

Chasing Laurels is celebrating Girl Scout Cookie Time! Troops who register/reserve a Badge Clinic or celebration (for the future) get 1/2 off!
Some of the available dates will be posted in comments. Special ends february 9th.
Anyone wanting to purchase cookies, please don't hesitate to comment here so we can support our Girl Scouts! 🙂 🍪
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01/18/2026

Snowball says, “Nothing to see here!”
🤣🥰🙈🥰

01/09/2026

Winter is not over yet….

If you find an equestrian on their side this winter, please turn them the right way up and power them with tea.
No, seriously. This is not a joke. This is a health and safety advisory.

Winter equestrians are a fragile species. We can usually be found frozen in gateways, wedged against stable doors, or lying horizontally in a muddy field questioning our life choices. If discovered, do not panic. Simply follow the steps below.

First, check for signs of life.
Are they muttering about mud, frozen taps, or why they didn’t take up knitting? Good. They’re still with us.

Next, carefully rotate them upright. Winter riders tend to tip over due to excess layers, stiff joints, and boots filled with mud that now weigh approximately the same as a small car. Use correct lifting technique. Bend your knees. Protect your back. This person has already ruined theirs.

Once upright, immediately administer tea.
Not lukewarm tea. Not herbal nonsense. Proper, builders’, strong-enough-to-stand-a-spoon-up tea. Bonus points if it’s delivered in a battered yard mug that smells faintly of hay and regret.

Do not ask how they are.
They will say “fine” while their eye twitches and their soul quietly leaves their body.
Expect them to be wearing:
• Seven layers, none of which are actually warm
• Gloves that are somehow both soaking wet and frozen solid
• An expression of pure regret

They may appear grumpy. This is normal. Winter equestrians have been up since dawn, defrosting buckets with kettles, chipping ice like they’re auditioning for a mining job, and explaining to non-horse people that no, the horse cannot “just stay inside today”.
They are tired.
They are cold.
They smell faintly of horse and despair.

Under no circumstances should you suggest:
• “At least it’s not raining”
• “You chose this life”
• “Horses are just pets”

If the equestrian starts laughing for no reason, crying into their tea, or talking about selling everything and moving to Spain, this is also normal. Continue tea application until coherence returns.

Once revived, they will stand up, pull their hat down, sigh deeply, and go straight back out into the cold to do it all again. Because despite everything — the mud, the ice, the numb toes, and the emotional damage — they love it.

And if you find them on their side again tomorrow?
Turn right ways up.
Apply tea.
Repeat until spring. ☕🐴

01/04/2026

So proud of Molly and Lilly. Pastel birthday pony. 🥰

12/23/2025

Looking for a last minute Christmas Gift or something for the children to do during winter break?
🐴❤️🐴

12/06/2025

Today! Tiffany, our awesome instructor, and writer of the Elvis the pony books is at The Sagewood 204 east first Ave, Indianola! 10% off purchases if you tell her the word “Blue”, it’s on Chase!! 🤣