Many breeds compete successfully at eventing such as the Andalusian stallion, Duende xxxiii Bella, the Dutch warmblood, Bond, the Danish Warmblood and Fella an American Quarter Horse. All are athletes which excel in all three disciplines. When looking for your next event prospect consider their mind and athletic ability together. I always take a confident [...]
I had the pleasure of making Rex Peterson’s acquaintance when I asked him if he would be the Head Wrangler for Appaloosa, a film I was getting ready to direct and act in with Viggo Mortensen. Viggo had recommended Rex highly and I soon found out why. His knowledge , respect, and love for horses [...]
Brownie is an impressive looking 9 year old Friesan/Quarter Horse with beautiful elastic gaits. He scores in the low 30′s in dressage and is a bold confident jumper. He is fun to ride cross country, on trails and he won his first Judged Trail Ride at the New Jersey Horse Park, where he had to [...]
Belladora placed second place in the 3 Year Old Materiale class at Devon Dressage. She scored 71.5%, losing by only .0199% point. Bella has been under saddle for 3 months at Windrock Farm, Amenia, NY by Rex Peterson and Cari Swanson. The training method for all the young horses is the same, the judge Anne [...]
Outstanding young horse for eventing. This 6 year old, 15.3 hand American Warmblood gelding is an elastic supple mover, loves to jump anything, very easy to ride and fun to work with. McCoy is schooling first level dressage, has excellent lateral foundation training, is a bold jumper, hacks out cross country leading the way through [...]
Kestrel jumps through the water easily this year, after schooling the water complex many times and Joa learning to ride to it correctly, Kestrel has no problem with the water. This element of the course often causes problems for riders because they do not take the time to school it properly or learn to approach [...]
Start getting your horses fit with long trot sets. Use the snow to help with your horses fitness. You always need to work on good footing so take care to avoid the icy hard ground. Also use the hills to build your horses heart rate up slowly. Start with 5 minute intervals trotting and build [...]
Rex Peterson designed this German Martingale after finding it impossible to find one on the market without all the rings in each rein. His unique design is easy to use with a simple method of adjustment using conway buckles. These 3/4″ harness leather reins come in English style connected with a buckle or Western style [...]
Imported Andalusian from Spain is the perfect gentleman. Duende which means Gobelin, is a lovely horse with excellent ground manners and tons of fun to ride. He loves riding out cross country, as well as working his movements in the ring. Anyone can learn a great deal from this amazing soul.
Cassie is a 12 year old, 17 hand mare who loves to event. She is a fun horse to be around, has excellent gaits and is ready to take a confident rider around any training course and move up to Prelim. Cassie is a special horse with tremendous talent and heart to be your next [...]