Desert Breds hit the road - to HSMO's Longmeadow Rescue Ranch!

Sarah instructs her students, some riding TRC's lesson horses

Sarah giving a demo ride on stallion DB Khrush

Sarah on DB Khrush

 Missouri Humane Society's Longmeadow Rescue Ranch has initiated a riding program at their facility and have generously invited Sarah Sanders and  the Ride With Excellence program to help them in this effort.  After a demo clinic showing how The Basic Handle can help each rider handle their horse safely and with ease, Sarah has given clinics at Longmeadow in Feb and March this spring.  It's been a huge success! 
Helping Sarah out are the wonderful lesson horses from The Riding Center, (aka Desert Bred Arabians).  Arabians, quarter horses and paints all helping green riders and advanced riders to develop and hone their skills.
Ambassadors from The Riding Center included the arabians DB Bint Dahmah, DB Fame (Friendly), Buttons, and the Paint mare Maya.
Sarah gave demonstration rides on the Desert Bred stallion DB Khrush and the Desert Bred mare DB Fatima.

At left are just a few of the photos from the clinics, all photos courtesy of Lone Oak Photography.

At bottom, is Longmeadow's colt, Twist of Fate (Twister), ridden by Sarah Sanders.  Twister is Twist of Fate, or "Twister", was born to Mama, a Thoroughbred mare that was pregnant and bound for the slaughterhouse when she was rescued from a horrific tractor trailer accident on Interstate 44. His name is fitting because were it not for the tragedy of the accident, Twister would never have been born.

DB Khrush

Students in Sarah's lesson, gelding DB Fame at left

Sarah on HSMO's colt Twister

Winter Video Fun!

Winter might be putting a damper on our riding time, but its a great opportunity to catch up on lots of office work.  Our expert videographers have been busy working their magic with the cameras and editing videos of our horses.  Here's one showing the stallions showing off their talents and skills - from stud colts green under saddle to veteran show horses.  Enjoy!

DB Abayan (Marzooq)

Dedicated to the Lovely DB Abayan (Marzooq) and his mom, Cathy

DB Ibn Jalam

Updated video of stud DB Ibn Jalam.  Sarah has him fine tuned for all her demos in her Ride With Excellence Clinics. 

Photo of the Week

DB El Alazan, a 2005 stallion out of Sharooq Al Shams, a Hamdani mare whose tail female line traces to the mare *Sindidah, bred by the Sa'ud Royal Family, imported to the USA by Connie Cobb.  His sire is DB Nadir, whose tail female line traces to *Turfa, also bred by the Sa'ud Royal Family and imported to the USA by Henry Babson.

Thank you Bobbi Sanders of Lone Oak Photography for the photo!

Kicking Up the Dust at Hunter/Jumper Shows

Riding Center trainer Sarah Sanders with students Britnie and Natalee (and TB Private Bryan and Mikey)

Britnie Mallet on TB Private Bryan

Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses and Arabians, oh my!  It was an equine smorgasboard of riding talent from The Riding Center (aka Desert Bred Arabian Farm) that went to the Fall Hunter/Jumper Shows at Cornerstone Farms.

Coached by Sarah Sanders, these students ranged from first time show novices to 'been there, done that' veterans.  Judging by the beautiful photos (by Bobbi Sanders of Lone Oak Photography - thank you Bobbi!), it was a success!

Left - Britnie Mallet showed TB ex-racer Private Bryan.  Bryan is a stunner and is surely developing a very large fan club.  He is also for sale to a lucky person who is looking for an elegant mover.

Left - Natalee shows her new TB, Mikey in Hunter classes and below

 

Left, Lori Zackrie and her Desert Bred gelding, DB Bolero.

Bolero and Lori have done it all.  After winning several AERC Limited Distance rides, and galloping cross country courses in foxhunting with the Shawnee Foxhunters, Lori is now taking on the Hunter/Jumper world - watch out everybody!

Destin Cylkowski showed her new TB, Radar in the Jumper classes.

 

And Rochelle Weaver shined with her new QH, Fancy.  Before Fancy and Rochelle came together, Fancy spent her early years giving walk/trot/canter lessons and occasional trail rides.  Now with Rochelle in her life, Fancy has become a force to be reckoned with in the Hunter ring.  Some of her curves have melted into muscle and a light glows in her eyes with the new challenges she's found in life.  It's been wonderful watching these two develop their partnership together.

Rochelle and Fancy

 

Rochelle and Fancy sporting their first ribbons of many more in the future to be sure!

Lori and DB Bolero

New Owners for our Desert Breds!

 

Olivia, DB Aramis Agenda and DB Zaina



Olivia and DB Zaina

It's always exciting to see our clients find their perfect matches with our horses, and we're celebrating some great pairings.

Olivia and DB Aramis Agenda at RWE Clinic at Longmeadow Ranch

Olivia and daughter Britnie recently welcomed 3 of our horses into their family.  Olivia has been challenging her young anglo/arab gelding DB Aramis Agenda as she brings him along in the Ride With Excellence program.  She was having so much fun with Aramis, she added another Desert Bred to her mix with the mare DB Zaina.  Don't they all look gorgeous together?

Pictured left is Olivia at a recent demonstration clinic with Sarah Sanders at Longmeadow Rescue Ranch showing how rollbacks are done, on Aramis.


Britnie and DB Bint Yuniya


Don't blink your eyes or you'll miss Olivia's daughter Britnie on her new Desert Bred, DB Bint Yuniya!  Shown at left are Britnie and Yuniya in action at the Longmeadow Demo Clinic.

Another of our anglo/arabians, DB Rising Rhapsody, found her soul mate with Lindsey.  Lindsey loves her versatility and it sounds like she plans on trying every discipline out there with her girl - and with the talents of those two, we're sure there's nothing they can't do!

Jill and DB Dharma

Jill and Keith enjoy trail riding and previously had quarter horses that weren't quite right for them.  Jill found a nice match for her in gelding DB Shetan, and then soon realized she needed a horse with a little more 'go' and found her riding partner in the mare DB Dharma.

Keith and DB Sambuca at the RWE Clinic at Longmeadow Ranch

Similarly, Keith found the anglo/arab DB Sambuca a lovely confident even tempered trail horse that was just the right partner for him.  He and Jill and have been enjoying their new riding buddies with overnight camping trips with them to explore many of the great parks and trails in the area. 

Sheri and AAS Al Hamdani

Sheri has been helping us keeping our horses fit and sharp while she's helped exercise them over the past year.  She discovered one had a special spot in her heart, the gelding AAS Al Hamdani.  Sheri is a veteran endurance rider and is looking forward to many rides with Hamdani.

Congrats to all!