Claddagh Farm

12/06/2022

Filling water buckets and I look up to see this happy face!

11/24/2022

From these turkeys to all of you, please have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving!

10/14/2022

Bald Eagle in the paddock outside my kitchen window. Wow!

06/19/2022

Happy Father's Day to all!

05/30/2022

Today and every day we honor your sacrifice. Thank you.

05/15/2022

Chablis is demure in her fashionable spring hat.

04/01/2022

Feel Good Sunday: Video~Ukrainian woman rescues her horse from near Kyiv

I have so much admiration for this lady. She rescued her senior, retired horse from Ukraine, moving him through Poland to Estonia. A horse's value isn't based on awards. 💚

Leading the horse out of the stables on a sunny day in Kalnikow, a small village in Poland near the Ukrainian border, Iefimova said she drove to Ukraine two weeks ago to rescue it from harm’s…

02/21/2022

I don't always have help cleaning the tank but when I do, rest assured personal space does not exist.

01/03/2022

So this happened...

01/03/2022

This is why I do what I do. Senior horses are incredibly special and so are their people. 💚

I see you out there, and I love you for every sacrifice you have made.
I've mentioned it before--I adore shooting elderly horses. Not so much for the actual horse--i love the grumpy dudes and dudettes who are stingey with their ears, of course--but my absolute adoration comes from the people behind every single grey hair. Every single dropped back. Every single ridge in a carefully managed foot.
I see you, old horse owners. I see the promise you made your old friend--that he'd never leave your side again, that he'd never have to worry about a next owner. That he'd never load on a trailer bound for the unknown.
I see the expense it takes in dollars and worry. The careful diet you obsess over, the careful turnout buddies and just the right pasture with the perfectly not-too-big rolling pit.
I see you beaming at your old horse--proud and happy they are still proud and happy, despite not having sat on their backs for sometimes decades.
I see you-sometimes barely scraping by with two horses, sometimes barely scraping by with one. I see what you've done--the bills you've paid month after month because your old friend is still happy to live.
I see the joy your old friend brings you when he tilts his head just this way, and the way he stands just inches from your hair-both of you breathing one another in.
I see your impending heartbreak for the day you may have to make that final decision. I see your internal struggle--is he happy? Is he ok? Am I keeping him around for him or me?
I see your tears thinking about that day, and the tears of joy reliving his youth.
To everyone with an old horse, I see you, and I respect and love you. 💕

01/01/2022

It's here, it's here, wishing everyone an amazing 2022! Thank you for making 2021 so wonderful.

12/29/2021

See the Quirky New Hotel Where Tourists Can Stay With Horses

When in Cumbria...

From £250 a night, horse lovers can stay in a decked out stable. Viral new horse hotel lets guest sleep and eat right next to horses.

12/25/2021

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy Christmas!

12/01/2021

Exercise Balls Predict Good Horseback Riding Skills – The Horse

Excellent article about hip flexibility. Working with a stability ball is great for improving riding, no horse required.

But the ability to roll the pelvis, not balance, is the key, researchers found.

11/25/2021

Thank you to all of our wonderful friends, students, and boarders for making 2021 an amazing year in spite of all the madness in the world. We are so grateful for each and every one of you and look forward to an exciting 2022!

11/11/2021

To all who served, thank you!

10/16/2021

Horse Plays Hairdresser With Woman's Ponytail

No scrunchie for you! I love how careful he is.

08/22/2021

Perfect Pete,34, beats the odds to qualify for Pony Club regional championships - Horse & Hound

Senior doesn't mean shelved. Show 'em how it's done, Perfect Pete!

A 12.2hh gelding who has beaten the odds to return to work is heading to Pony Club regional championships this weekend at the age of 34. “Perfect Pete”, as he is known, and Mathilda Kirkman will be representing the East Sussex branch at the grassroots regional dressage championships, at Horsehea...

08/05/2021

Would you be able to mount without the girth attached to your saddle? This is the ultimate test to determine whether you are pushing up from the mounting block or pulling on the saddle to leverage yourself up.

Mounting.

Mounting is something not many riders tend to think about, other than the side in which they mount. However, mounting alone can be the cause of many issues with the back, and can even twist the saddle tree.

The photo is the rib of a horse who was consistently mounted from the ground.

Even when mounting from a block or elevated surface, if you constantly pull on the pommel or are too low that you're having to push off the stirrup, you risk causing injury to your horse that is so easily avoided.

07/28/2021

Hot Blossom Music Festival — Wollam Gardens

Our wonderful neighbors are hosting a music festival you won't want to miss.

Welcome to the Hot Blossom Music Festival, August 14, 2021!!!

07/20/2021

This! This is the beauty of my world. Young and old sharing our passion as friends.

07/06/2021

Tell us you're spoiled, without telling us you're spoiled.

06/20/2021

Happy Father's Day!

06/09/2021

Haha, so true!

05/31/2021

Thank you for your service, dedication, and sacrifice. We are eternally grateful.

05/22/2021

Peso posing in his favorite chapeau.

05/14/2021

Psst, want to know a secret? ❤

04/08/2021

Guilty!

04/01/2021

Husband Claims Barn Is a ‘Thinly Disguised Cult,’ Wife Ensnared

💯 Either you get it or you don't.

AUSTIN, TEXAS—Court documents reveal that a Cedar Park man filed for co-conservatorship of his wife claiming she had been brainwashed by a cult masquerading as the Hidden Fields riding stable in East Austin. Don Asmus told the court on Tuesday that his wife is “no longer in her right mind and re...

03/17/2021

Happy St. Patrick's day! I Are you doing anything special to mark the occasion?

03/10/2021

This is great advice and can be equally applied to horses.

03/01/2021

Please enjoy these photos from a Russian Ladies' Hunt, complete with elegant side-saddle and sleigh participants, oh and the sighthounds, aka Borzoi.

02/26/2021

After the snow melts. ❄

02/01/2021

Chablis looks pretty pleased with herself this snowy day. She loves her toasty blankie!

01/24/2021

Our neighbors.

01/22/2021

Always happy to have the gentleman from Vermont audit our lesson.

01/10/2021

Our farm sign was taken last night. As a small business,this hurts so much.

01/02/2021

This made me giggle.