Magnolia Ridge Training Center

⭐️AVAILABLE FOR LEASE⭐️
8 years old🔹16hh🔹KWPN
Nikki 22 is a competitive 1.25m mare looking for an intermediate/confident rider to continue her winning ways. She is careful, quick and brave with experience up to 1.30m. Although she was imported earlier this year, she is a quick learner and loves to please. Nikki also has the potential to become a USET or International Derby horse. Please contact for more information

🔥Spokane Fire Equestrian Relief Effort🔥

Equestrian trainers, clients and horse owners of all backgrounds have been left with nothing after the Spokane fires engulfed their stables and homes. We are collecting items for donation to aid in the recovery of these survivors. We are collecting whatever you can spare. No donation is too small or large, hoof picks to saddles and everything in between is greatly appreciated.

MOST REQUESTED ITEMS
fly spray
fly masks
fly sheets
lunge lines
lunge whips
bell and splint boots

Please arrange pick up with us or drop off at Two Step Stables in Redmond by Monday at 5pm.

If you don't have anything to donate please consider supporting those effected by the Spokane Fires through GoFundMe:
https://gofund.me/70bd1e63f

Thank you in advance for your generosity 🤍

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ISO:
Full Time Groom for home stable
$750/week + housing.
6 days a week,8:30-5:30

Well said 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Don Stewart has trained hundreds of riders over his long and storied career—many of whom have gone on to dominate top hunter, jumper, and equitation rings. His longevity in the sport isn’t just about talent; it’s about his ability to evolve without abandoning the values that got him started.

“I think there’s a big difference in how we brought riders up 30 years ago,” Stewart said. “But I’m not here to say one way is better. I think we have to take the best of both.”

One of the biggest shifts Stewart has seen is in how young riders approach the barn and the sport as a whole.

“We used to be there all day, every day,” he recalled. “We cleaned stalls, we swept aisles, we watched every lesson whether we were riding or not. That’s how we learned.”

That “barn rat” mentality, Stewart believes, created a deeper level of horsemanship. “There’s something to be said for just being in the barn,” he said. “You can learn as much listening to a lesson as you can riding in one.”

Still, he understands that times have changed. “Kids today are busy. They’ve got school, they’ve got other responsibilities. I get it. But I do think we lose something when horses are just another activity on the schedule.”

📎 Continue reading this article at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2025/07/23/what-never-goes-out-of-style-don-stewarts-take-on-riding-respect-and-results/

Ibrahim and Julia Hodges in the 1.0m Open at the Early Summer Classic

Nikki 22 and Jacque 🥇in the 1.15m Open at Early Summer Classic

Dapples for Days and Pamela Lloyd on their way to Long Stirrup Hunter Reserve Champion at the Early Summer Classic

Heartfelt congratulations to Stable Growth PNW and the Dalal family on the acquisition of Nikki 22 💙💚 Thank you to Unison Sport Horses and Amy Belisle for connecting us to this fabulous mare.