Meet the Staff!
We would like to formally introduce you to all of our horses who take part in teaching and training us humans to ride and care for them!
Urban Delight, better known as Felisha is a 27 year old registered Quarter Horse. Felisha has been around longer than Secret Pride Stables itself! As my first horse and "teacher" she has been an important part of my riding career since she became mine in 1994. Now Felisha keeps busy teaching our youngsters how to ride and enjoy horses!
Felisha's daughter Juniper Breeze was sired by a Lipizzan Stallion Favory II Materia I. Now 13 years old June is Ms. Jacinda's personal horse and isn't used much in the lesson program other than sometimes demonstrating the gaits of the horse and form over jumps!
Say the Obvious, called Cash after the dollar sign on his forehead is a farm favorite! Cash has been a Secret Pride resident since the age of three (now nine). His incredibly calm and patient dispostion enables him to teach beginners of all ages.
Black Bonnie (lydia), a registered North American Spotted Draft, is our gentle giant here at the farm. She helps teach the dressage basics to our milestone students!
Journey our 6 year old pony, is back. He's just returned from "horsey college" and is currently settling back in!
Vega an OTTB (off the track Thoroughbred) stays busy working on dressage and hunters. Though not currently in the lesson program he certainly wins the hearts of some of our students!
Sweet Sugar Thistle (Avry) is our fancy painted horse. With one blue eye and one brown he catches a lot of attention and has quite the personality! Avry is great at teaching riders to canter and taking them over their first jumps. He is also working on progressing in his dressage training.
Noelle is turning into quite the lovely jumper and enjoys showing off her big strides and extended trot! Noelle is currently working Intro Level Dressage and has made it to some rated shows this past summer!
Galaxy is enjoying things right now, she is busy teaching our advanced beginners at the walk and trot and our intermediate students are working her over courses!
Setter is developing nicely as a school horse. Ridden by our intermediate riders and up - he is truly a pleasure to ride!
Tiki is a wonderful appendix QH gelding who loves to have his face rubbed and eat treats! He's wonderful at teaching riders of all levels how to ride with his push button personality. He is a great pleasure horse and is suitable for teaching beginners to jump as well as being pretty handy in the dressage ring!
Meet Wiggle Room! A 11 yr. old TB mare from upstate New York. She is one of our two newest girls and is excited to be a part of our herd! She is currently working on getting involved in a regular riding routine and is wonderful for walk, trot, canter. Soon we will have her progressing in some intro to dressage training and little jumps. We look forward to showing her at our on farm series this spring!
A new face - Meet Ruby! Ruby has had her teeth floated and is ready to get into a more consistent program! She has been doing some round pen work to help her establish a bond and respect with her handlers. Once this is established we will continue her undersaddle work!
Gold Ensign - Premonition - "Remi"
March 3rd, 1999 - June 9th, 2011
“ I think she came into your life to inspire you on your path to do something greater...but she wasn't meant to be a part of it, just to show you the way. “
~M.T~
Remi, you will be greatly missed, such a great spirit ~ You just needed more room to soar
I miss her soft face sloping down to her perfect little muzzle, her tall shoulder, her freckled body, her gentle eyes, her developing neck muscle, her short thick tail, her elegant frame when she was on the bit, her deep corners, her cute self waiting to be let out of her stall, her weaving, her love for all horses, her love for all people even though the ones she knew before us didn't know how to treat her, the silver in her mane, the bump in her hoof that finally grew out and got trimmed off, her whinnies and nickers, feeding her grain, watching her eat it and knowing how pleased she was to have it, her determination in getting her legs right at the canter, how good she looked in her dressage bridle, how much she loved us, feeding her treats, her soft lips, seeing her, and knowing she was just a walk through the barn yard away....~ J.P
Words can't fathom what I am feeling. I didn't say this at the funeral service cause I know it never be spoken without me breaking down. I still remember that day when I first met her. She was beaten up, tumbled around, and starved. She was worth the wait at midnight and coming home at 4 in the morning. After being a broodmare, nobody saw her potential but we did. Months later she was back on her feet looking beautiful. We had her riding beautifully as a dressage horse. She had potential to advance even with a bad knee. We had our good days and bad days riding her but eventually everybody who was around her forgave her in the end. We took her to WinAway for a dressage show and even though she made errors and was not top of the placements, we still loved her. Even I when I was suddenly placed rode her in the schooling show, loved her. She looked like a giraffe and acted like back to square one, she was still special. She made everyone laugh with her klutz personality. Even when she got out and flooded the barn. When I walked with her for the last time on her final night here on Earth, it was peace. She was allowed to visit her friends even Captain, Fairlane, Sallie Anne, Setter, and Vanille knew what was happening. In fact I bet the whole back barns horses knew. That following morning was the hardest things I ever experienced. She was not alone. Jacinda and I sat with her as she passed. Words cannot fathom what we felt when she left us. Today, I wore what I wore that day when I first met her. I hope I will meet her again when my time has come. Perhaps we could finish our goals. Horses are like us, they mourn and we grieve with them but eventually we have to put them back up on their hooves to move on. But we can't do that when we are still in the grieving process. It's our time to move on as soon it hits midnight tonight. Each and everyone of us will take our own time to move forward and still remember her. To my beautiful girl, I wish we had more time together with you. I love you and I miss you. Enjoy the bountiful green grass. And remember, don't eat too much you will get a belly ache.
"You know, everyone thought we found this broken down horse and fixed her up. But the truth is she fixed us. And in a way, we fixed each other too." ~ C.J.
Thank you for reading up on our beloved equines, they hope to see you soon!
© 2012 Secret Pride Stables LLC
I miss her soft face sloping down to her perfect little muzzle, her tall shoulder, her freckled body, her gentle eyes, her developing neck muscle, her short thick tail, her elegant frame when she was on the bit, her deep corners, her cute self waiting to be let out of her stall, her weaving, her love for all horses, her love for all people even though the ones she knew before us didn't know how to treat her, the silver in her mane, the bump in her hoof that finally grew out and got trimmed off, her whinnies and nickers, feeding her grain, watching her eat it and knowing how pleased she was to have it, her determination in getting her legs right at the canter, how good she looked in her dressage bridle, how much she loved us, feeding her treats, her soft lips, seeing her, and knowing she was just a walk through the barn yard away....~ J.P
Words can't fathom what I am feeling. I didn't say this at the funeral service cause I know it never be spoken without me breaking down. I still remember that day when I first met her. She was beaten up, tumbled around, and starved. She was worth the wait at midnight and coming home at 4 in the morning. After being a broodmare, nobody saw her potential but we did. Months later she was back on her feet looking beautiful. We had her riding beautifully as a dressage horse. She had potential to advance even with a bad knee. We had our good days and bad days riding her but eventually everybody who was around her forgave her in the end. We took her to WinAway for a dressage show and even though she made errors and was not top of the placements, we still loved her. Even I when I was suddenly placed rode her in the schooling show, loved her. She looked like a giraffe and acted like back to square one, she was still special. She made everyone laugh with her klutz personality. Even when she got out and flooded the barn. When I walked with her for the last time on her final night here on Earth, it was peace. She was allowed to visit her friends even Captain, Fairlane, Sallie Anne, Setter, and Vanille knew what was happening. In fact I bet the whole back barns horses knew. That following morning was the hardest things I ever experienced. She was not alone. Jacinda and I sat with her as she passed. Words cannot fathom what we felt when she left us. Today, I wore what I wore that day when I first met her. I hope I will meet her again when my time has come. Perhaps we could finish our goals. Horses are like us, they mourn and we grieve with them but eventually we have to put them back up on their hooves to move on. But we can't do that when we are still in the grieving process. It's our time to move on as soon it hits midnight tonight. Each and everyone of us will take our own time to move forward and still remember her. To my beautiful girl, I wish we had more time together with you. I love you and I miss you. Enjoy the bountiful green grass. And remember, don't eat too much you will get a belly ache.
"You know, everyone thought we found this broken down horse and fixed her up. But the truth is she fixed us. And in a way, we fixed each other too." ~ C.J.
Thank you for reading up on our beloved equines, they hope to see you soon!
© 2012 Secret Pride Stables LLC