Taking it off: Untacking your Horse

Horsemanship Level 1: Untacking After your ride, the work’s not done.  All that tack has to come off and your horse needs to be groomed again.  The next part of our Horsemanship Level 1 checklist is  Untack & clean bit Once more we’ll join Ali & Noah, for a great video: Although quite complete for…

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Jump into Summer: Riding Classes for Everyone

Whether you're just starting out, or wanting to take your riding to the next level there's a course to jumpstart your summer riding at Cornwall Ridge Farm!  Saturday afternoon / evening classes start June 1st and include the return of our ever-popular Jumping Level 3 and Level 4+.  As well we have a Riding 1-2…

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Another Tacky Post: tacking up your horse

Now that we know the names of all those pieces of leather and metal that make up a horse’s tack, we need to know how to put them on correctly. Tack up (may be assisted) ‘May be assisted’ means that for Horsemanship level 1 you should know the correct method of tacking up.  If you…

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On the Right Tack: parts of the saddle and bridle

As with points of the horse, the nomenclature of the saddle and bridle varies from the obscure to the obvious.  Item number 6 on the Horsemanship 1 test is: Identify simple parts of saddle and bridle Parts of the English Saddle and Bridle While it may seem a nuisance to memorize these terms, it is…

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Mounted Combat from the Comfort of Home

Half a year in and we are loving our wonderful new facilities at Cornwall Ridge Farm!  However, we realize not everyone can make it out to beautiful Langley BC to train with us in person.  Which is why we are planning to start making some of our course content available online.  I've got tonnes of…

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The Well-Groomed Horse

Horsemanship Level 1: Grooming Grooming the horse is one of the most important skill sets a rider needs to have.  It allows you to check your horse for injuries, helps increase the circulation to his skin and muscles, prevents chafing from dirt under the tack, improves his appearance, and provides valuable bonding time. As you…

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Top 10 Reasons to Hook your Kid on Horses

As the weather improves and the end of the school year gets closer you may be looking for ways to get your kids out and moving.  Here are ten great reasons to enroll them in riding lessons. Physical exercise. Riding, grooming, mucking out stalls, and hauling bales of hay is hard work!  Your child will…

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The Quick Release Knot

Horsemanship Level 1: The Quick Release Knot The quick release knot is item #4 on your Horsemanship Level 1 checklist. There are several methods of tying a quick release knot, and your instructor will teach you the most simple way.  For your assessment we don’t mind which one you use as long as it tightens…

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Follow the Leader: the horse in hand

Horsemanship Level 1: Leading a Horse Having caught and haltered your horse, the next step is: Lead horse out of stall or paddock, lead at the walk There is a surprising lack of good videos on this very simple topic.  The best I found was this: The handler in this video is careful to walk…

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Off side! Navigating your way around a horse

It's been about seven years since the first Horsemanship Level 1 blogs, so its time for an update.  Even if you already have your Horsemanship 1 it is worthwhile reviewing this material, as subsequent levels are all built upon this foundation. The first item on the Level 1 checklist is: identify colour, near and off side, and twenty simple parts of the horse.

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Shoot an Arrow, Swing a Sword ... from Horseback!

Whether you dream of being an Amazon warrior, a knight in shining armour, or swift horse archer of the Steppes, we have a program to help you scratch that itch through Academie Duello's Mounted Combat program at Cornwall Ridge Farm.

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Mounted Combat Intensive Returning in April

Fans of horses and swords rejoice!  We are running another Mounted Combat Intensive from April 8th through 12th, 2019.  This 50-hour program offers you the chance to immerse yourself in a full week of mounted combat arts both in and out of the saddle.  Throughout the week you will learn the foundation of our approach to…

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Flying Changes Ahead: What's New for 2019 in the Mounted Combat Program

Happy New Year! There are big changes in the Mounted Combat program this year.  Perhaps the most significant is that the program is moving from being a direct part of the Vancouver school, and to becoming a separate satellite school situated at Cornwall Ridge Farm. This won't have a huge affect on the classes themselves,…

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Christmas Carosella is Coming!

As most of you know we skipped Carosella in September due to the fact we were busy moving the Mounted Combat Program from Richmond to our new digs at Cornwall Ridge Farm in Langley.  So as not to let 2018 pass us by without our annual celebration of all things horsey and swordy, we are…

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