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📣COMMITMENT ALERT📣 We are excited to welcome Catherine Goeckel to our team this fall. We are sure she will be a great ad...
04/17/2026

📣COMMITMENT ALERT📣
We are excited to welcome Catherine Goeckel to our team this fall. We are sure she will be a great addition! Go eagles🦅

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📣 COMMITMENT ALERT 📣 We are excited to have Josen Perry joining us in the fall. We believe she will make a great additio...
04/08/2026

📣 COMMITMENT ALERT 📣
We are excited to have Josen Perry joining us in the fall. We believe she will make a great addition to the team! Go eagles 🦅

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📣 COMMITMENT ALERT 📣We are excited to be welcoming Katherine Schuetter this fall. We think she will be an excellent addi...
04/01/2026

📣 COMMITMENT ALERT 📣
We are excited to be welcoming Katherine Schuetter this fall. We think she will be an excellent addition the team! Go eagles 🦅

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Are you interested in joining the Midway Hunt Seat Team? 🦅Join us for Equine Preview Day at Midway University! This even...
03/31/2026

Are you interested in joining the Midway Hunt Seat Team? 🦅

Join us for Equine Preview Day at Midway University! This event is all about exploring our equine program - with a chance to also connect with our Hunt Seat Team along the way.

Whether you’re interested in riding at the collegiate level, pursuing a major in equine studies, or both- this is the perfect place to start!

📆April 18, 2026
🔗 Learn more & sign up: https://events.midway.edu/2026/04/spring-equine-preview-day.html

03/30/2026

Riders often equate effectiveness with effort. If the horse is strong, we hold tighter. If the horse is quick, we pull harder. If something feels uncertain, we reach for the reins first.

“You have to add your hands last,” Carleton Brooks writes. That single sentence reframes how many riders approach control. Hands are not the first solution—they are the final refinement.

Riders are constantly trying to look smooth or subtle, but Brooks points out that even that can become counterproductive. “Or, the rider may carry their hands too low, sometimes trying to be ‘smooth’ or ‘subtle’ or ‘stay out of the way,’ which can become detrimental to the horse being light, forward and balanced.”

Quiet does not mean passive. Soft does not mean absent. Effective hands are supported by a stable body and an engaged leg.

It’s instinct. The reins feel like the steering wheel and the brakes. They’re visible. They’re immediate.

But if your reins are slack and you suddenly pull, Brooks is clear about the result: “If your reins are droopy or slack, your pull becomes a jerk.” A jerk creates resistance. Resistance creates heaviness. Heaviness leads to more pulling.

It becomes a cycle.

Instead, Brooks emphasizes preparation before contact. When slowing down, he advises riders to “try slowly letting out a big breath and settling in.” You are making a suggestion with your body before your hands ever enter the conversation.

📎 Continue reading this article at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2026/03/26/quiet-hands-effective-aids-the-art-of-invisible-riding/
📸 © The Plaid Horse

⭐️Reese Dorsey took the top spot at zones in the Individual Intermediate Flat to punch her ticket to IHSA Nationals! We ...
03/29/2026

⭐️Reese Dorsey took the top spot at zones in the Individual Intermediate Flat to punch her ticket to IHSA Nationals! We are exited to see her perform at Tryon!

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🏆 ZONES RECAP We had a great time in Michigan competing at Zone 6 Finals! Highlights include: 🥇Reese Dorsey - 1st Interm...
03/29/2026

🏆 ZONES RECAP
We had a great time in Michigan competing at Zone 6 Finals! Highlights include:

🥇Reese Dorsey - 1st Intermdiate Flat
🥉Reese Dorsey - 3rd Intermediate Over Fences
🥉Finley Sheffel - 3rd Intermediate Flat
🏅Mary Helen Hickey - 4th Limit Over Fences
🏅Finley Scheffel - 5th Intermediate Over Fences
🏅Ann Graves - 6th Introductory

Grateful for our partnership with Ogilvy Equestrian - we appreciate their support in keeping our horses comfortable in t...
03/27/2026

Grateful for our partnership with Ogilvy Equestrian - we appreciate their support in keeping our horses comfortable in top quality saddle pads! 🌟💙

Our 4 qualifiers are heading to Michigan this weekend to compete in Zone 6 Finals. Wish them luck! 🦅 |
03/27/2026

Our 4 qualifiers are heading to Michigan this weekend to compete in Zone 6 Finals. Wish them luck! 🦅

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📣COMMITMENT ALERT📣 We are excited to announce that Kierra Wismar will be joining us this fall. We believe she will be a ...
03/19/2026

📣COMMITMENT ALERT📣
We are excited to announce that Kierra Wismar will be joining us this fall. We believe she will be a great addition to our team! Go eagles 🦅

REGIONALS RECAP 🏆 The eagles were on fire today ending the day with 4 zone qualifiers and a total of 6 qualified rides! ...
03/15/2026

REGIONALS RECAP 🏆
The eagles were on fire today ending the day with 4 zone qualifiers and a total of 6 qualified rides! Manny, Nova and Phinn were all fantastic and earned themselves some blue ribbons as well ⭐️

Results include:
🥇Finley Scheffel - 1st Intermediate Over Fences
🥈Reese Dorsey - 2nd Intermediate Over Fences
🥉Riley Whelan - 3rd Intermdiate Over Fences

🥈Mary Helen Hickey - 2nd Limit Over Fences

🥇Finley Scheffel - 1st Intermediate Flat
🥈Reese Dorsey - 2nd Intermediate Flat

🥇Ann Graves - 1st Introductory

🏅Cassie Doucette - 5th Limit Flat
🏅Jojo Rodriguez- 6th Limit Flat

🏅Ella Hutcherson - 4th Novice Flat

Thank you for hosting a great show!

Our regional qualifier lineup for this Saturday! Let’s go eagles 🏆🦅
03/11/2026

Our regional qualifier lineup for this Saturday! Let’s go eagles 🏆🦅

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Midway, KY
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