My plan for my riding horses for the rest of 2026

Putting this out here for accountability and I love to track things so here is my plan for the horses!

Mabel plan:

• Halter training

  • Need to get target for positive reinforcement training with food for this

• Trailer loading

  • Park trailer in field and start feeding dinner closer and closer

• Fly spray/ointments

  • More positive reinforcement training

• Send out to my trainer for actual training w/a rider on board!

  

  Mabel (Quarter horse mule is my guess)

Carolina plan:

• Teeth done

• Back traced for saddle fitting

• (we need western and English saddle)

• Bit figured out

• Flatwork for strength and adjustability

• Hacking around the farm to get her used to riding off WITHOUT Mabel

  

  Carolina (Hanoverian)

  I will most likely have someone put a few schooling rides on her or send her with Mabel for 30 days to get a professional opinion and better game plan of what we need to be working on. For now I feel more than capable of putting in the initial work and getting a baseline with her.
  

• Murphy

  • Saddle fit re-checked

  • Buy some jumps and measure them out

  • Enter some sort of show this year!

  • Trailer out alone to green river for a fun, chill day

    

    IDK why I have like 0 good pictures of Murphy lately where he's not wearing a saddle lol