Hideaway Acres

09/07/2026

Just a little holiday weekend loft clean out sale!

16.5(?) DK Freedom Dressage Saddle

16.5 Wintec AP Saddle
17 Wintec Wide Saddle with CAIR
18 Wintec Wide Saddle

16 Western Oak Leaf Roping Saddle
17.5 Big Horn Synthetic Trail Saddle
14 Western Saddle w/ Floral Tooling
15 Lime Green Barrel Saddle
14 Purple Patterned Suede Barrel Saddle

Teal 48-50 Mini Pony Heavyweight Blankets, two never worn

Make me an offer!

09/04/2026

❌ Weeds
❌ Puddles
❌ Mud

It needs a big planter in the left side! What should we plant in it?

🙏🙌👏 Alex Andrews for her construction skillz!

09/04/2026

Thank you Stacia Strong for spending the day with us and helping us see both the holes and the progress that we were missing! No one does this alone and we are grateful to have you on our team! 💓

Thank you Olivia Testa and Cannoli for helping bring it together!

08/28/2026

It’s the last day of our Hello, Horse half day beginner summer camp and I think we are doing something right.

I try to teach the skills and then step back to let them carry out tasks independently: problem solving, good struggle, real self-efficacy and real confidence.

The kids are grooming Sparky as a team while I’m really just another fly on the wall listening to the chatter.

They are negotiating who goes next, which section to groom, which brush to use. But mostly, they are talking about Sparky:

Debating about what his blinks, wiggles, and expression changes mean. Gently arguing about what he’s thinking and feeling.

We are on the right track towards a future of safe, empathetic equestrians with a solid foundation, kind leadership and real connection.

#❤️🐴

08/12/2026

07/25/2026

Hear, hear!



I’m reminded of the early 2000s when I absolutely tore through the 20+ volumes of the Heartland book series as a young rider.

I can credit it (along with Considering the Horse, Mark Rashid) with helping to form the bedrock of my holistic horsemanship philosophy by introducing me to the idea of wellness centered alternative therapies like TTouch with Linda Tellington-Jones.

07/21/2026

Your neck bone’s connected to your foot bone… Bringing awareness to the chains of fascia opens new opportunities to make changes in your riding!

FMI check out Rider Biomechanics by Mary Wanless!

07/03/2026

Cold shower for Rosto after we snuck in an early ride!

07/01/2026

I’m seeing more and more coaches talking about rider biomechanics and I LOVE it!

(Positively Dressage was at Chelsea Canedy’s just this last weekend!)

“Push your two pack forward” “Like holding a credit card at the back of your armpit” “Keep the bar level”

I love this stuff! But why does it matter!?

Yesterday we launched our unmounted rider biomechanics summer class by answering that question!

Beneath the traditional dressage training scale is the often unseen horsemanship training pyramid.

You may have heard “Regulate then Educate”.

But there is a middle piece: ORGANIZE!

Regulate >> Organize >> Educate

An organized rider organizes their horse.
An organized horse hears an aid more clearly.

We have a few spots left in our Tuesday morning class where we experiment with how to organize off-horse where there’s no pressure for perfection!