Salty Horse Ranch

Position
Salty Horse Ranch, located in Monroe, NC. We are in need of a person. First choice would be a border that wants to work off their board. We are in need of about eight hours of help per week basically a couple of shifts just so that you’re familiar with the farm all the time.
***Probably ought to be somebody that isn’t big on showing since we need you to cover on the weekends that we are out of town.
*** must be comfortable with stallions and foals, young training horses, large warmbloods and horses that are on stall
rest.
*** first priority would be given to somebody that would like to board their horse here because that would allow you to be intimately familiar with how the farm works as things change daily.
***We are not a “boarding facility” we specialize in medical rehab, full training and breeding as well as our own competition horses. As far as disciplines… we do it all… dressage, ranch, hunters, jumpers, Liberty, groundwork
***pay will be $20/hr, we can be flexible for weekly hours but will not be able to be flexible for our vacations and showing.
Please DM if interested.

After running hard and preparing for (and winning 🥇) the Region 1 Youth Team Dressage Challenge for the past week and 14 hours of windshield time that resulted in us getting back around 1 o’clock yesterday, we are back at it today. Being a trainer is hard but I wouldn’t choose another job. It means taking one set of horses to a horse show, trying to manage your barn while you are hours away, returning home and then getting up the very next morning to catch up on the Horses that stayed home that you are now behind on.
Although about five years ago I said I was semi retiring, I seem to keep running hard 😂
It’s now 10:45 AM and with the help of my girls we have managed to get seven horses done this morning !!! In the summer we try to get started around 6:30 AM although I was a little behind this morning and what hasn’t been done is stalls getting cleaned 😝 now back to start my lessons and Veterinary appointments for medical Horses!
**** the picture is of our whiteboard that changes approximately 17 times through every day!!! but I use it to keep myself and my clients in the know! 

We are definitely running at full speed ahead these days! This past weekend we made a trip to the USDF show at the Camden Equine Park … we did not get many pictures or videos because from 5 o’clock in the morning until two or 3 o’clock in the afternoon we did not stop! Somebody was always in the ring or sometimes I had one student in each ring 😂
The horses were great, this was the first dressage show of the year so there was definitely a bit of knocking the dust off and finding opportunities.
 Carson and Frank did well in their first level tests and Carson received the last score she needed at first level towards her bronze medal!!! Wahoo 🎉 and they dipped their toe into second level! And they are qualified for finals in the DSE!
Charlee and Boone had some great moments and some struggles but still came home as reserve champion in the national dressage pony cup class ♥️
Carter and Doc did well  with a clean sweep of all of their first level classes. They are now qualified for the dressage seat equitation finals. Doc was also high Point AQHA horse for the show and we got to bring home a fantastic basket of Ezium products!  thank you very much too Teena Middleton for going above and beyond and making sure that the AQHA horses are recognized. 
Kim and Wyn braved going down their first USDF center line this weekend and I could not be more proud of them! You guys have come a long way in the past year and you have a great and bright future ahead!
Roosewelt had a great show and was the best and most patient of the whole group! Getting pulled in and out of his stall, gotten on and off, held by who ever was closest 😂 maybe I should have let Charlee ride him instead or Boone! but we felt it was best to not push it on the harder footing with a recovering abscess. Rosey is owned and bred by Angie Mirarchi and he has a full competition schedule this year ahead of him! 
Junior (Cool Enough) owned and bred by Georgia Coyle made is USDF debut and did well at Second Level, winning two out of his three classes. Our trot work certainly had its difficulties but by his last test on Sunday (second level test 3) the judge commented on his amazing Canter work and he received several 8’s 😊 
After the long weekend all of the horses that went got a full MagnaWave session including feet, legs and body! Thank you very much Chelsea for coming yesterday and treating all the boys!
Thank you Carol and everybody from SCDCTA for the tireless work you put into the show!