The Texas Khanate

Sahir will be 3 years old in 12 days and he celebrated early by having a sarcoid removed from his neck at Gulf Coast Large Animal Clinic this morning.

He was a very good baby despite his love for finding new ways to accrue vet bills.

Rihanna is a 17 year mustang mare that’s only had a job for about 8 months, and thinks having one now is ridiculous. But she likes ear scratches and cookies so she keeps clocking in.
She’s brave: the type that wants to sprawl her legs and look at something or just try to decide if she can eat it.
Definitely more whoa than go, but she’s got lovely gaits when warmed up.
She’s solid at walk and trot. A little heavy on the steering if you struggle to ride the outside shoulder, but she’s softening up with each ride. She’s got about ten canters under saddle as of this week. She’s willing, easy to push into it, but is still learning to coordinate all those legs and a rider. All she needs there is time and fitness.
No buck or shenanigans from this girl. That’s too much work. Her only quirk is that she wants to be asked politely. If you bug her or try to bully her, she objects with a tiny kick out or putting on the brakes. A firm leg with a quick release gets a good response.
I’d say she’s ready for a confident novice today: someone who won’t take it personally when Ri gets tired or confused and leaves the parking brake on for a minute.
She’s a great kid: honest, forgiving, easy to bribe, learns quickly, honestly quite athletic.
As a horse in her late teens, Ri has some stiffness in her hind end. I give her half a tab of equiox before work days and a good warm up. The same stiffness means she likes breaks and patience when trimming the hind, but she’s still very easy to work with.
Ri’s ideal home is with someone who wants to take things easy and just enjoy her gentle, personable personality. She loves a good noodle around ba****ck in a halter with lots of snack breaks. She’ll gamely climb a mountain of gravel and walk over strange obstacles and try to eat weird things you introduce to her. A two day dressage clinic with hour long, intense sessions was a bit much for her taste, but she tried and learned a lot!
Ri goes English and western though a solid 70% of her riding experience is simply ba****ck. She’s carried a bit but isn’t used to one yet. She’ll do leg yields, turns on the fore, and answer a half halt in a sidepull. Though not particularly tall, her big body easily takes up the leg of a taller rider.

Contact Habitat for Horses if you want to meet her!

Magnus and our final student for the weekend. All of our riders did fantastic!

You could be here and doing this! We have a few spots left for the Mounted Archery Experience at The Texas Viking Festival

The Khanate horses have arrived! The Texas Viking Festival

Exciting News!

This weekend we will be offering sessions for our Try Mounted Archery Experience at The Texas Viking Festival !

We will begin each session with instruction on thumb release asiatic archery - one of the traditional methods of horseback archery. Once you're comfortable with that release, we will head over to the horse field across from the Great Hall and meet your warhorse.

You will be led down the field, and given the opportunity to launch arrows from horseback under a safe, coached environment.

Each session costs $125, and all necessary equipment is provided.

This your saga-worthy opportunity to try something epic and get some photos in your best garb on a majestic steed.

Sessions are available at 1pm and 2pm on Saturday and Sunday. Message us here with questions or to register!

(Must be over 18 and sober during your experience time)

We will not have the horses out at The Texas Viking Festival this weekend.

The one eyed war horse, Clever Grl, has taken an injury and is staying in an equine veterinary hospital. Her prognosis is good, but recovery will take some time.

We will update about the final weekend in a few days.

We have merch!!! Pins are $5 and horsehair tassels are $10

The black hair is from Alpo who retired 2 years ago, and the silver/black hair is from Nemmy who has not performed at the show.

Catch us at 2 pm today at The Texas Viking Festival or come by the booth in the forest with Garcia Primitives , Witch and Crow , and The Longbow Shop at Sherwood Forest Faire