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Summertime at Windrock Farm, the kids have a blast driving the golf cart, playing baseball, riding the ponies, and playing assorted other games with each other.  The weather has been perfect with an occasional summer storm blowing through to cool the air.  Wyatt takes the wheel to give is friends a tour of the farm.

The Millbrook Horse Trials took place last weekend where Joa rode Kestrel in the Junior Novice Division to finish 13th.  Following her progress over the weekend was her entourage of her fans from Windrock Farm with the Comet, Cupid, Dash and Freja.

The most recent clinic featured many different breeds of horses with a range of issues to deal with.  Here is Duende, an Andalusian Stallion with Rex working on finding the Spanish walk in him.  It seemed logical that someone had trained him to do this years ago, but along the way he stopped performing it.  Rex worked with him and found the movement quickly.

Rex also worked on loading horses in their trailers, teaching horses to bow,  worked with horses that spooked and started several young horses under saddle.  If you are interested in attending an upcoming clinic with your horse, contact cari@cariswanson.com for new dates.

Joa Sigsbee jumping Kestrel at the recent Horse Trials at Fitches Corner in Millbrook, New York.  The weekend was beautiful with the largest turnout in the 15 years of the event. Kestrel was a star galloping across country on a beautiful day.