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They are from SmartPak! They are the lace up Ada boots. I love them!

He really is the best. He's got his quirks and some weird phobias, but he is a real people pleaser and tries so hard ❤️

It's 60'x120', to match the specs of a small dressage arena. I don't know the exact type of sand blend, but my contractor chose it specifically for dressage. I can send you his contact if you'd like!

@@ColleenNolanTran Thats ok. No problem. Thank you!

😂😂 I am pretty tall lol

Thank you!

There was definitely a designated lunging pad, but the business of the ring varied throughout the day without a clear pattern that I could tell! I just did a quick lunge with my 2021 horse before realizing it was not having the desired impact lol (he normally settled easily on the lunge and he got very wild lunging here). When I was in the ring it was very busy, but like 5 minutes after I left it was empty lol I didn't lunge my 2022 horse at all. If you have questions about where to find the lunging pad, you should email the secretary!

@@ColleenNolanTran Thank you!!!

yay! Good luck on your journey together :)

It's the perfect name for a pony 😂

I have a used stubben 1894 that fits my narrower horses/horses that haven't built a lot of top line! I also have a wider dressage saddle for Cricket now that he's filled out with more top line. What type of saddle fitting problems have you had? I haven't run into too much trouble with my guys, it feels like I am harder to fit than they are lol

You'll have to read the rulebook for your specific discipline. I compete in dressage, and you can use side reins, but the lunge line needs to be clipped directly to the bit and not run through the girth. www.usef.org/forms-pubs/F3p8pgrWgAo/dr-dressage-division www.usef.org/compete/resources-forms/rules-regulations/rulebook

@@ColleenNolanTran I've been binging your videos. Really like your training philosophies, and we are similar. I'm working towards the makeover this year but still not 100% sure if I'll get there or not. Thank you!!

Thank you! Good luck!! I hope you make it. I think both years I had major doubts about whether I could make it during the summer 🙈 I'm pretty sure making it to the makeover for me was 50% luck and 50% skill 😂

I got mine on Etsy, but the shop I used isn't selling them anymore. Maybe see if a local handyman can build one for you!

Standardbreds are lovely horses with quiet and trainable temperaments, but I would say it really depends on the individual horse, what your experience is and what you're looking to do with them! Standardbreds are often big movers and many times completely unstarted for riding after their racing careers, so it really depends!

@@ColleenNolanTran thank you

@@ColleenNolanTran there's an adoption program near me. They work with them after racing. Then adopt them out.

That's a very valid question! I do think he gets anxious when he loses his balance, which causes him to speed up, which makes him lose his balance, which makes him get anxious. Kind of a vicious cycle. I like to ask him to slow down because letting him open his stride without fixing the balance doesn't help his anxiety - slowing him down and rebalancing him does. But I do know your point, especially with a hotter or anxious type horse, you have to be careful about bottling the anxiety and make sure they have an outlet! Good luck with your guy :)

@@ColleenNolanTran thank you! Best of luck with yours as well. With horses, they always give you a challenge to learn how to best support them. I feel like I am just at the beginning of my own journey still but it feels good to know there is so much potential for learning and growth. As long as people are open to learning what their horse needs/how to support them, the sky is the limit for what they can do together. Its a beautiful thing :)

This is such a great question! It's a little difficult to answer without the full picture of what exactly he is doing when he is anxious and how disruptive it is. If it never rises beyond "annoying" behavior (the whinnying kind of gets my blood pressure up, but its harmless) I'd just ignore it! Make sure you're talking to him as you go, maybe start asking him for what I call "thinking exercises". So for my horses, I usually hack on a loose rein, but if they start asking anxious, we'll start doing some lateral work at the walk. So I ask them to come on the bit and leg yield around. Another thing you can do is give them a specific task like circling around trees or stepping over branches. Anything to slow them down and make them think! Last tip - try going just a smidge outside of your horses comfort zone at a time and slowly expanding their area of confidence. Dealing with anxiety/barn sour/buddy sour behavior is so hard! Good luck!

Thank you so much for all the tips! I also just watched your leg yield video so I will be teaching him that as well. 🥰

​@@gubrn4171 good luck! Let me know if you have any questions ☺️

It's so hard! I'm just trying to help but it's not helpful lol

Yes, of course!

@@ColleenNolanTran Thank you!

I had my husband film this one because my pivo wouldn't work 🙈, but I usually use a pivo or a GoPro! I do have two other standardbreds who are pacers. I don't think I have any videos on how I introduced the canter, but it really depends on the horse!

Probably 70'x60' or so? It's very small, just big enough to do a 20m circle

It's FQHB. I'm definitely not a western saddle fitting expert, but it fits with a thicker pad!

He was a trotter! My other standardbreds are pacers 🙂

Fredo kind of came that way - I'd only had him a few weeks when I took this video. My other stb, cricket was hard to catch, but now he comes when called after many years and a lot of patience. I call them in to feed 2x a day, and sometimes more often if I need to get them out of the way, so I'm calling them over for food or another thing they like way more often than I do to ride!

Thank you for your reply! So its all up to the horse in the end, I was confused because the horses I had (for a lease) before I got Luna would come any time after a call! Thank you and love watching your videos! ❤️

Thank you! I have 4 horses right now. My 2 personal standardbreds, Cricket and Tomcat. Alfredo is my retraining project at the moment and my OTTB Cheddar who was supposed to be a resale horse, but didn't want to leave me 😂

And I'm not sure I remember how I learned to braid! I think I must have looked it up several years ago and then I've just practiced many, many, many times 😂

@@ColleenNolanTran 😂

@@ColleenNolanTran Aw, I love their names!

Thank you! There's always another show 🥰 at least I still got to enjoy my horse

Thank you! I didn't grow up doing horses so my mom is not horsey, but she's the best ❤️

Good luck with your mare! Yes he does flick his head around a little bit. My other stbs have all grown out of it with time and consistency, so I'm sure the same thing will happen with him! He's still just figuring out the contact

Thank you! 🥰

Most of my horses are shod, so I use my Cavallo entry level boots. I actually had them on hand for when my horses pull shoes, and had been putting them on Fredo until his feet toughen up or I decide to put shoes on him. I actually forgot to put them on for this ride though and I'm not sure they'd be the best option for out on the trails. For my bit, I just have him in a basic double jointed snaffle. My other standardbred has a slightly fussier mouth, he goes in a nathe.

You know as soon as you claim they can do something, suddenly they cannot do it anymore. Not Fredo though! 😂 He only makes me look like a fool by doing things that I said he can't

@@ColleenNolanTran lmao!! He is such a good boy

It's a sundowner!

He's really such a good egg 🥰

He's the best!