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Do you drive a horse trailer? Ummm Yes, most of us with horses do! But did you know that most of us are driving under the wrong license?
A Class 5 is limited to 4600 kg or about 10,000 pounds - that’s the total weight of your trailer and cargo that includes the horses.
Typically if you haul even a two horse LQ or more than three horses or sometimes just three big horses and a steel trailer you will be over this limit. If you’re in an accident with the wrong license, your insurance may be in jeopardy.
Yesterday I completed my Class 3 with endorsement 20 meaning now I am licensed to drive heavy trailer. The endorsement 20 means I have not certified to use air brakes.
Check your regulations don’t get caught with your hand in the cookie jar when you’re having a bad day.

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Riding in Your 60s, 70s… and Beyond

There is a particular look people give you when you tell them you still ride. It’s subtle, but it’s there. A slight tilt of the head. A small pause before they answer. “Oh… that’s wonderful,” they say, with that careful tone people use when they’re trying to be encouraging but also quietly calculating your age. Wonderful. As if riding past sixty is some charming hobby like knitting or watercolor, rather than the deeply physical, deeply emotional, occasionally humbling pursuit it has always been.

Let me tell you something honestly. You are not too old to ride. You are simply too wise to ride the way you did at twenty-five. And that is not a limitation — it is an evolution.

When I was younger, falling off was practically part of the curriculum. You bounced. You brushed the dirt off. You got back on before anyone could form an opinion. Your body forgave you in ways you didn’t even notice. In your thirties, you might evaluate the dirt before remounting. In your forties, you checked alignment. By your fifties, you checked your insurance. And somewhere in your sixties, you realize that falling off is no longer a casual inconvenience; it’s a negotiation with gravity that carries consequences.

That awareness changes how you ride — and, quite frankly, it makes you better.

In your twenties, you ride to prove something. You want to prove you’re brave, talented, competitive, and capable. There’s an edge to it. A drive. In your sixties and seventies, that edge softens into something far more powerful: intention. You no longer need to win arguments with your horse. You want to understand them. You don’t need to demonstrate toughness. You want harmony. That shift from proving to partnering is subtle, but READ ON - On the Ranch With LInda https://members.happyhorsehappylife.com/posts/on-the-ranch-with-linda-riding-in-your-60s-70s…-and-beyond

Nyell Kysershoff - here with Kylie - imported in 2024 with 2 other special horses. Aragon K is now in an eventing program and Morgan aka Candy Man is a pony hunter in FL.
Nyell was the one I had to bring home just because he jumps a 12 every time. He is sweet as pie and loves his humans. This year we play with what will be his forte?!

Thank you Lisa Schultz for hosting a great working equitation clinic this weekend conducted by André Ganc Classical Riding

Whether or not you are interested in Working Equitation competition the Ease of Handling Obstacles serve as a fantastic way to create purpose to your ride.
Riding with purpose is not only provides immediate feedback for rhythm, straightness, balance, impulsion BUT most importantly reduces stress for both rider and horse AND allows for FUN and opportunities to reinforce your horse for the behaviours you are striving to achieve.

Just a bit of farm humour 😉

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Proud to be a sponsor of a great event that shows the homework put in by these young riders.

Welcome to Friday at the BCHJA Fall Finale! We’re looking forward to kicking off our CET Regional Finals, as well as more FEI competition from the Thunderbird Arena. ✨🧡

Congratulations to for putting on a great clinic and show this weekend.
Great going to the new executive
on pushing Working Equitation in our area to the next level.
Many kudos to the tireless volunteers!
Thank you to both clinicians and judge Sarah Bradley and Pam Vust
provided excellent feedback and support to competitors, show organizers, and volunteers so everyone had opportunities to learn about the fun sport of Working Equitation. I really enjoyed reconnecting with lots of horse friends and very proud of my Miss Ava (Keepsake) for doing a lovely job for me - love her to bits!

This is why… we should ALWAYS require a current negative coggins test before a horse moves in - even if not required as in moving to Canada from another country.
This is a worry…. Hopefully - there’s no more cases.

Equine Infectious Anemia | Equine Disease Communication Center Equine infectious anemia (EIA) is a potentially fatal blood-borne infectious viral disease that produces a persistent infection among equids nearly worldwide.

Laura Grant’s Glenwood Training is now on

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