Horse Show Kids

08/02/2025

Well, this evening's local show was going to be at an outdoor arena, and it's pouring rain here in the area, so it looks like Georgia and Darling won't be getting to have some fun in the ring tonight after all. They've rescheduled the show for next Friday evening. Georgia's mom has told her that this rainy indoor day when she can't go ride at the barn and she isn't going to get to show makes for a great time to give both her tall boots and her cowboy boots the extra thorough cleaning and polishing up for which they're both overdue.

07/24/2025

G & Darling put in some western work in their lesson today. It's so amazing to see how far Georgia and this fantastic young Paint mare have come together as a team since Georgia's trainer, Leila Hilliard, very wisely paired them up beginning in the first week of January of this year. She knew where Georgia was at that point as a rider, and as Darling's owner/breeder, Leila saw their potential together. And she was so spot-on. They're having a great show season. Leila is also so talented as a trainer at using cross-discipline training (Georgia usually rides and shows Darling in the hunters and hunter equitation) to improve athleticism and encourage mental engagement by making sure that both horse and rider never get bored..

01/13/2025

01/13/2025

This is absolutely fantastic! Kudos to Madison Nirenstein !

01/13/2025

Hi! I'm Katie, and I'm the mom behind Horse Show Kids, both here on Facebook, and also over on Instagram, where you'll find us Instagram/.

I grew up on a farm, very involved in 4-H, riding and showing myself, some western, some saddle seat, and some hunt seat, including showing hunters at the intercollegiate level.

Once I had my first kids in my twenties, I quit having any time for horses altogether until our second child, my oldest daughter Jane became completely pony-obsessed by age four, and she took her first lesson around the time of her fifth birthday.

I spent the next ten extremely fun and fulfilling years as a very active barn and horse show mom, as Jane became an extremely active and successful rider on the local, regional, and A Pony Circuit across the southeast (she was very small for her age, so was able to stay on large ponies an extra long time ) Those were some of the most fun years of my life, and both she and I made friends in the horse world we maintain today. Several of her childhood riding besties have gone on to become some of the top national hunter and show jumper riders and trainers in the country.

My husband Jon and I have five kids, and they are quite widely spaced in age, so our oldest daughter Jane is now in her late 20s, while our youngest, our daughter Georgia, is now fourteen years old. Georgia is just as horse-crazy as her big sister Jane, but got various reasons, she got a much later start with riding. She's now been taking lessons for about twenty months, and is progressing wonderfully.

She competed in very small, local shows in beginner hunter classes on the fiat last summer, and had a terrific time, plus learned a great deal. She's working hard this winter with her trainer on a lovely young Paint mare named Doc's Classic Darling to be ready to move up to considerably more competitive classes with Darling in the show season ahead.

As for me, I'm loving being a barn mom and horse show mom again after a break of a few years. There's nothing I enjoy more than a day at the show grounds supporting my girls as they compete - win or lose. Because either way, we always have fun, and there are always lessons to be learned.

01/13/2025

Fun! You can use temporary hair chalk, which is pony safe, and give your pony a new mane color with funky braids for a short-term new look.

01/13/2025

Here's a terrific and creative pole layout that you can set up in almost any ring or even a pasture set-up to keep your kid or teen engaged and motivated during the doldrums of winter..

Struggling with motivation this time of year? 😴

In our February issue, Susie Berry shares an epic polework layout that can be used for a range of different exercises. This layout can be left out all day - or for several days!

Take a look at the first exercise here, and discover the rest in our February issue - https://www.horseandrideruk.com/the-magazine/issues/february-2025/one-for-all/

01/13/2025

Join Ivy showjumping Troy & Olly at at the CCR equestrian Centre on Saturday where they jumped the stepping stones 75 cm class on Ollie and jumped the 1 m wi...

01/12/2025

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01/11/2025

An Arab mare who was officially recognised as the world’s oldest horse has died aged 36, after a “long and extraordinary” life. Record-holder Echoquette suddenly and unexpectedly” died from acute liver failure at her home in Texas, US, Guinness World Records reported. Although she held the o...

01/11/2025

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Anvil Arabians is available and can accept 15-20 horses at our San Diego location.

If you are in need of a place for your horses, please reach out to Adam Rickart at 763-244-5254.