Fancy

Fancy has been part of the family for 22 years. Megan acquired her when she was 11 years old and they have been riding partners ever since. Megan says, “It was the best money I ever spent.”

Fancy is a Welch/Quarter Horse pony who has competed in Hunter/Jumper, Eventing, Dressage, and Ranch Sorting. She also enjoys helping out at the occasional cattle branding. Though Fancy can be spirited, she is very gentle and loves it when students are soft and slow with her. Fancy embraces her job as a school horse and is a great teacher.

Aida

Aida is a quarter horse cross mare that has been a school horse pretty much her whole life. She has a momma-bear nature that makes her a natural teacher. Aida came to us out of a riding school program in Littelton, CO. Since joining the school horse program at Classical Horsemanship she has learned to relax and be more balanced in her work. She has a very sweet nature that makes her a forgiving teacher.

Aida enjoys her job as a teacher and always takes very good care of her riders. Even though she is great with beginners, she isn’t affraid to show her sass and strut her stuff when a skilled rider is on her.

Aquina

Aquina came to us through a student that was having trouble keeping her sound in training. We loved her so much that we purchased her from this student to be part of our school horse team. Her sweet temperament and love for people has made her take to the position quickly. With classical horsemanship training Aquina is learning to find her own balance as she is no longer being interfered with by riders and this has allowed her strength to increase greatly.

For now she is working on building strength in her piaffe, half pass, canter and simple transitions. We know that she will be a great teacher of high level work as she builds strength. Aquina is now in her forever home where we will forever enjoy her big mouse ears, the songs she sings while being worked, and her big heart that makes her try so hard.

Moon is a young thoroughbred that fell into our lap after using one of our previous school horses, Sonny, suddenly. Even though we were not expecting to get a new horse so soon we thought it was a sign that the “Moon” would come after the “Sun.” Between that and his sweet demenor, he quickly stole our hearts.

Moon was broke to race but never actually raced. When he came to us his feet were in bad shape and was very underweight. Since being with us he is back to a healthy weight and his hooves are growing out in better condition. Moon is not fully ready for his role as a school horse as he is still learning to be a balanced riding horse. He is showing a lot of promise though, being levelheaded and calmly packing around any rider we put on his back. Even though he is still green, we still use him for certain lessons, and he is showing much promise to be a wonderful long-term equine teacher at Classical Horsemanship.

Dan

Dan is owned by assistant trainer Madisson Weiss, who is nice enough to share this wonderful guy with students. Here is their story:

A few years ago, Maddie worked for an old western horse trainer and was assigned a young red colt through the sales program.  She quickly fell in love with the 2-year-old and came up with the name Dan (Dan the man, Lt Dan, Daniel) Maddie knew this young horse was so reliable and confident for his age. She would take him through creeks, ditches, rope, and move cattle no problem. A month or so later she decided to have him before anyone else could. Now with Maddie, Dan continued to do ranch work until she moved him to Classical Horsemanship in 2021. Where he is now an excellent school horse. At only 6 years of age, he has taught several students from all ages. His gentle demeanor and old soul steal the hearts of many. Who knew a ranch horse could teach higher level dressage work at such a young age? Dan's versatility makes a big impact and will continue to so through the program.