Diamond D Acres

12/19/2024

Holiday dress up at barn ❤️🎄🎁

10/06/2024

Fall Gaming show at Orleans county. What a beautiful day to have some horsey fun.

09/22/2024

Last show for the Niagara County series. Many great rides. Abigail Goodrich adult western champion, Zayda Moyle reserve champion adult wt Gymkhana, Grace Goodrich Junior Ranch champion, Monica Thomas reserve champion WTC western, Keira Sidari completed a crossrail course, Alyssa Murray rocked her rides and Emily Smith Flatley had a great weekend. Nice job girls !! So proud of you all 🎉❤️

09/01/2024

Kennedy and My mane squeeze(Lilly) day one.

09/01/2024

Yesterday at the state fair, the weather was not our friend. My junior mounted games team came to win, having polished their horses, themselves, and their riding skills. They were ready! Unfortunately, the event was canceled after the inspection part of the competition. I am so proud of all four girls - Kennedy, Keira, Stevie, and Emily - for working hard to prepare.

08/16/2024

A good rider makes any horse ride well.

A small stab in the heart is what you feel when you put up the day's riding list and you see riders sinking heavily in their shoulders when reading which horse they are assigned for the lesson. A small stab in the heart for that horse that for an hour will carry around a rider who has already decided that he does not like his horse. A small stab in the heart for the horse that did not choose the rider himself but still does his best, lesson after lesson.

Riding is a privilege and something you have chosen to do. If you chose to ride at a riding school, your instructor assumes that you actually want to learn how to ride. The instructor's highest wish is that you get good at it.

Often there is a plan and a thought as to why you are assigned to that exact horse. Before you mount up next time, ask yourself "what can this horse teach me today?" All horses have something to give, a feeling or a new tool in the box.

The art is actually in being able to get a lazy horse to move forward, to get an uncertain horse to gain confidence, a naughty horse to focus or a tense horse to be released. It takes work. If you think a horse is boring, it's more likely that you don't ride the horse as well as you think! It's not easy to be confronted with your own shortcomings, but it is in that very situation that you get the chance to truly grow as a rider.

The excuse that "it's not my kind of horse" is actually a really bad excuse. A good rider can ride any kind of horse. A good rider has trained many hours on different types of horses to become a good rider. A good rider can find and manage the gold nuggets in every horse.

If we absolutely want to ride, it is our duty to strive to do it as best as possible, even if it's only for fun. We owe it to every horse that carries us upon it's back.

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08/04/2024

Combined English and Western show today at Niagara County fair. Riders progressing and achieving their seasonal goals.

08/04/2024

Niagara County fair open gaming show. Some great rides by the Diamond D Riders

07/27/2024

Day 6 of the Orleans County Fair is the Gymkhana. Once again we we so busy keeping things moving I didn’t get too many pictures. Great runs all day long.