Huntsover Farms

09/29/2026

Time is flying! It is almost October and the HJAM Banquet Ads, Tickets and Division Sponsorships are due by October 15th. Our Banquet Programs are treasured keepsakes. Please consider a full page ad celebrating your memories this year!

09/27/2026

Beautifully ridden! 👏👏👏

09/27/2026

Listen, Watch and Learn…..

09/27/2026

A rider enters the ring thinking about the course, but the horse may be thinking about something entirely different.

According to neuroscientist and horse trainer Janet Jones, that gap between what matters to the human brain and what matters to the horse brain is one of the most important things riders need to understand.

“The human mind is driven primarily by goals. The horse’s mind is driven by external fear,” Jones writes in her book A Horse’s World. Those two brains may be working together, but they are not processing the same environment in the same way.

Jones explains that horses’ brains are strongly biased toward noticing external distractions, particularly anything new, unexpected, or potentially threatening. That tendency is rooted in survival. “To a horse brain, distractions and surprises can mean the difference between life and death,” Jones said.

A movement outside the ring, an unfamiliar object, a noise from behind, or something that looks different from how it did yesterday may command a horse’s attention in a way that seems completely disproportionate to a rider.

To the human, the object may be irrelevant. To the horse, noticing it is exactly what the brain has been designed to do. That distinction is important because riders can easily interpret a horse’s attention to the environment as a failure to pay attention to them. The horse may not be ignoring the rider at all. The horse may simply be processing the world exactly as a horse does.

Human brains have a different bias. Jones says people tend to focus more heavily on internal goals. We plan, analyze, execute, worry, replay the past, and anticipate the future.

At a horse show, that might mean thinking about the score from yesterday, the distance you missed in the schooling ring, the result you need today, or the instructions your trainer just gave you. Meanwhile, your horse is far more focused on what is happening right now.

“That’s the opposite from the horse’s focus on the external environment and the here and now,” Jones said.

📎 Continue reading this article at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2026/09/23/your-horse-is-paying-attention-to-different-things-than-you-are/
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09/26/2026

Please help HJAM provide the lovely awards for the year-end Banquet with a Division Sponsorship of $100.00.
Your name will be listed in the Program as the Sponsor as well as HJAM being a nonprofit 501(c) so your donation will be tax-deductible.
Thank you for your support of the hard working exhibitors of HJAM!

09/23/2026

09/13/2026

Monica Silver and “Ganorad” jumped their way to the RSV CHAMPIONSHIP in the Amateur 1.00m-1.05m Jumper division at the Tournament of Champions week II! Congratulations, Monica! What a Great two weeks “Irish” and you enjoyed Up North! 🙌

09/13/2026

Michelle Malec and “The Real T” DID IT AGAIN! 🌟🏆🌟 🏆 CHAMPS in the Intermediate Hunter division both weeks at the Tournament of Champions I and II! Congratulations, Michelle! 💪