Springfield Riding Club

Etre heureux à cheval, c'est être entre terre et ciel, à une hauteur qui n'existe pas. (Jérôme Garcin) Photo : Benoit Lemaire / Cadre noir Ifce

Henry taking Bueno round the Show jumps Unaware of last minute fence dodging !!!!!! #shetlandpony... #cheekypony #buenopony See more

New ARIAT Westchester dressage tall boots. $175. Size: 7.5 B. Calf size: Regular. Height: Medium. Leather. Never worn. Comfortable. Clean. Zippers work great. (Message me with questions. I can ship. Buyer pays shipping).

Every once in a while we go off the Route 66 theme of our page. This is a photo of the Beatles in 1964 crossing the Eleven Point River, Missouri with their mana...ger Brian Epstein in the rear. This is historically the time the Beatles hung out to rest in the Missouri Ozarks. They had made an unplanned trip for the exhausted band after a 25-stop U.S. tour met by hysterical fans and screaming crowds in every city, the suddenly famous rock band took a day’s stopover at their Fort Worth-based charter pilot, Reed Pigman's Ozark Mountains ranch in Alton, Missouri. Only a handful of boys in Walnut Ridge, Ark., were on hand to see George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr get off an American Flyers Airline Lockheed Electra and transfer for the trip to the ranch near Alton, Mo. But word got out, and fans from as far away as St. Louis gathered both at the ranch gate and at the airport for their departure. See more

Must read: "A lot of equestrian entrepreneurs started their businesses as a hobby. But they never learned entrepreneurship."

Luna is available to one lucky rider in search of a step-up horse / babysitter into the 3’+ jumper ring.PM for details on this wonderful mare.

Lesson students - THIS WEEK is the first week of November lessons because we have off the week of Thanksgiving. Get your payments for November in ASAP.

Dr. Loula w/Christian County Vet will be here next Monday for Teeth. Please sign up on the board if your horse needs their teeth done before the winter cold sets in.

Entries are open for our show this Saturday! We will be offering the extended class list that we had last time, the saddleseat and native costume classes can be... found at the end of the list on the online form. We will also be having a fun Halloween costume contest! We can't wait to see you at the show! https://docs.google.com//1rCbLgLe2XBZT2NyX90C1EI9oSF/edit See more

I am a lesson horse. I am a horse that isn’t as recognized as the top hunter jumpers, the best western pleasure horse, or the 1D barrel horse, I am a lesson ho...rse. I am the backbone of the foundation to do all of those things. I am a lesson horse. I am not loved by one person. I am loved by several people. I don’t have my person, I have my people. I am a lesson horse. I will teach your child and yourself more than just to ride. I will bring your child out of their shell. I will teach your child about life. I will be yours and their shoulder to cry on. I am a lesson horse. I will bring my family the joy of teaching kids. I will bring my families business growth. I am so loved by my family, even if they don’t express it everyday. My family allows others to show me love and enjoy me. I am a lesson horse. At the end of your childs’ journey on a lesson horse, they will out grow me. They will find one that jumps higher, a horse that is show quality, a horse much faster than me. But, I will never outgrow being a lesson horse. I will be the one that loved your child and helped your child grow into the rider and person they are. I am a lesson horse. At the end of my time as a lesson horse; I will be covered in grey hair. Each grey hair came from each hour I spent as a lesson horse. I will be in a field of green grass, I will be taken care of as I was when I was a lesson horse. I will watch your child from across the pasture love her new horse. But, I will love your child more than any horse can. I will be the backbone of the business, the family, and your child. Don’t forget about me, I am a lesson horse. I am a lesson horse. *stolen from a friend *

How many times do our students hear us say "loosen your wrists...?"

Our students are celebrating a lot of wins this summer. Congratulations Abby on your 2nd dressage show!

Congrats Aislie on a great start with your new horse!

And she’s up! Congratulations Mailyn on your first hunter blue!

Schooling show candids...

Great rides at the Hope Acres schooling show Lindsay! You’ve come a long way this year.

We had a real treat today, a beautiful native costume class sponsored by The Equestrian Center in honor of the late Mary Kaye Murray.

So proud of our jumpers at the Hope Acres schooling show today!

Lesson students and parents: This is the week to get payments in for September lessons.