Oak Lawn Arabians

01/24/2024

This is too funny!! 🤣

01/23/2024

Happy Birthday to our newest little filly!!!
By our senior stallion, CT Saint Patrick and out of one of our finest mares, AM Power of Faith. Mom and baby are doing well.

12/22/2023

12/20/2023

AM Power of Faith is due next month.

09/18/2023

I think this is one of the best explanations of a leg yield I have ever read.

To help move your horse sideways in leg-yield, imagine you are an ice skater …

You push off with one leg toward your other foot, stepping and putting your weight to the side, like an inside foot to an ice skater. Also, you cannot collapse at the waist, or you would fall.

Ruth Hogan-Poulsen has earned her USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medals as well as her Freestyle Gold Bar. All of these awards are with top Honors of Distinction. Her students have won top honors in the USDF Year-End, Horse of the Year and All Breed awards. She has been designing competitive musical freestyles for decades, which have been performed in all levels all over the world. She splits her time between Vermont and Florida.

🎨: Sandy Rabinowitz

09/08/2023

Look at that cute Al-Marah Arabian and the fantastic things that they can do! Not only are they pretty but they are athletic, too!

https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/what-a-dish-arab-pony-jumps-successfully-from-breed-circuit-to-pony-finals/?fbclid=IwAR37NaPr0yXrhNwUoChzkjeIfw537-rkp2TASor60TxusvMwR54cHa6NVeA

When Josie Drummond sat down with her mom and trainer last season to discuss her 2023 goals, she offered an unexpected idea: Why not aim for USEF Pony Finals? 

03/28/2023

Love each and every one of our mares!!!

03/28/2023

It is just a winner of a day for important things to remember as a steward of this amazing breed!!!

03/28/2023

This is so important for the physical & mental health including the longevity of a horse!!!

“No horse on earth, of any breed, at any time, is or has ever been mature before the age of six (plus or minus six months). So, for example, the
Quarter Horse is not an “early maturing” breed – and neither is the Arabian a “slow maturing” breed. As far as their skeletons go, they are the same.

This information comes, I know, as a shock to many people who think
starting their c**t or filly under saddle at age two is what they ought to be doing. This begs discussion of (1) what I mean by “mature” and (2) what I mean by “starting." - Deb Bennett, Ph.D

Controversial statement? Maybe. The article written by Deb Bennett that this quote is from is well worth the read and puts to bed a lot of prevalent "growth myths" of the horse world.

http://www.equinestudies.org/ranger_2008/ranger_piece_2008_pdf1.pdf