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Press Release – New Jersey Extreme Mustang Makeover

Posted on July 18, 2013 by suzanne

Next Level HorsemanshipTM – Suzanne Myers and three NLHTM Interns, Molly Fetter, Nate Peck and Cassie Beaulieu will be competing in the Extreme Mustang Makeover at Dream Park in Gloucester County, New Jersey on August 2-4.

The formerly wild Mustangs were picked up in April at a location in VA and began their training with Suzanne and the Interns soon thereafter.  We have to “gentle” the horses first because they are really untouchable when they arrive from the holding facilities.  This process is very tedious and requires a lot of time and patience – it can’t be rushed.   Once we gain the horse’s trust a dialogue begins and a whole new world opens up.  They become Partners and accept NLHTM Training with ease.  It is truly amazing to see how far the horses have come in just three short months.

The NLHTM trained Mustangs are looking good for the competition and have been a joy to work with.  The Interns have had an immeasurable experience putting their newly gained NLHTM Training Techniques to work on the formerly wild horses and are finalizing their routines for the freestyle competition at the event.

If you can join us at the Dream Park we would love to see you there!

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NLH Welcomes Priefert Manufacturing as a National Sponsor

Posted on May 15, 2013 by suzanne

 

NEXT LEVEL HORSEMANSHIP™ WELCOMES
PRIEFERT MANUFACTURING AS A NATIONAL SPONSOR

It is with great pleasure that we can announce that NLHTM and Priefert Manufacturing have aligned to work together to promote learning and training in the horse industry!  NLHTM uses the Priefert PPT12  panels for our round pen to train horses of all breeds and we find it to be especially durable for gentling and training the wild mustangs we work with.  NLHTM uses only the best equipment for training horses and Priefert has the quality we need to stand up to everyday use. Everyone should have at least one round pen!  Find out how you can get one at Priefert.com.

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Out and About

Posted on January 7, 2013 by suzanne

In December, Suzanne and NLHTM intern Anna Jacob traveled to Chicago to have a little fun with Mario Contreras, head trainer and stable manager for the Medieval Times Castle there.  Mario also trains out of Indian Hill Stables just outside of Chicago and Suzanne worked with him there on high school maneuvers with his Andalusian Stallions.  Mario is well versed in the Baroque Horse, recognized for his training abilities by various associations and recently by Dressage Today as one of the country’s leading dressage trainers.

Mario was a gracious host and gave Suzanne and Anna back stage passes to the stables at Medieval Times and front row seats for the dinner theater to witness first hand the spectacular events that unfold from all of the behind the scenes efforts.  You can learn more about the Medieval Times show by visiting their website .

At Indian Hills Stables, Suzanne had fun working on Piaffe, Passage, Spanish Walk and Working Equitation with Mario and the magnificent Andalusians.  Working Equitation is a competition sanctioned by the International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association (IALHA) and something that Suzanne will be competing in with her Andalusian Celio when he is ready.  Suzanne is also training Piaffe with Celio now and had a lot of fun riding the maneuvers on Mario’s horses.

As part of the NLHTM Internship experience students get to travel with Suzanne when she works with other professional trainers in the industry.  These experiences are unique for the students and give them the opportunity to solidify what they learn about training in the NLHTM Program.  Learn more about internship opportunities at NLH.

Visit Suzanne on Facebook to see a complete album of her visit with Mario.

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Posted on August 28, 2012 by suzanne

Things are getting back to normal around here.  With all the commotion of the recent Extreme Mustang Makeover in NJ behind us, we are all settling back into our routines at Next Level HorsemanshipTM.  There’s still enough going on to keep us all busy, of course, but the 14 hour days we put in gentling and polishing our training maneuvers on our mustangs pre-competition are over.  Zephyr and Denali are enjoying a slower pace of life now and are mostly just munching on hay and pasture, and going out for trail rides. They’ll get some well deserved R & R and slowly return to training to improve their skills even more. I look forward to teaching Zephyr so much in the days to come.

As the summer starts to come to a close and all the students return to school, I can’t help but wonder where all the time went! How is it already the end of August?  Wait, I already graduated?! I don’t have to go back to class with everybody else?  Turns out what they say is true-college does go by in the blink of an eye. But then again, all time does if we’re not careful enough to appreciate each moment.  In the spirit of appreciating all that we have, I want to make a proposition to everybody.  With the cooler days of fall quickly approaching, go out and ride your horses, spend time with your equine partners- and maybe coax your human partners to jump on a horse too.  Who knows, maybe they will discover a new-found passion in horsemanship.~Anna

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Catching Up

Posted on August 26, 2012 by suzanne

It has been a long time since I’ve written my last blog. Since then we have been to multiple events and done so many things.

In June NLH took a trip down to Fort Worth, TX to do some training demonstrations at the AmerEquine Festival of the Horse event. This was the first year that the Festival was held, and hopefully there will be many more to come. We had a good time, got to meet new people, make some new contacts, and see some old faces. Later that month I went to Pony Club camp for 5 days, which was a blast. I got to hang out with my friends, and have fun with my horses. I took Jack, one of our mustangs and he was a champ that whole time! He loves to jump, and he did so good for not being away from the farm in a while. Then that Monday we went cross country schooling with Jack which was also very fun. I also took my Quarter Horse mare Jamie to Pony Club camp and played polocrosse with her. For those of you who don’t know what polocrosse is, it’s basically lacrosse on horseback.

In July, we went to a SVRA reining show. My mom and I took our reining horses Cisco, Red, and Kahula, and another horse Nugget. Over all we did pretty good. I was really proud of the horses, and what they accomplished that weekend. They are all coming along pretty well with everything. I really enjoy going to any type of show, also it’s a great way for your horses to get away from home and see all sorts of different things. Also, even though its not an event, we hauled some of our horses out to Rock Springs, where Ag Progress days are held. We went there, because the girls with their mustangs needed to get out in a bigger arena and practice some things like flying lead changes, and such.

In August we went to the mustang challenge on the 10-12th, at the Dream Park, in Gloucester County NJ. That’s where Sarah and Anna competed with their 90 day mustangs, and I was asked to come do a freestyle with my mustang, Jacuzzi that I previously got Reserve Grand Champion on when he was a yearling and I was 9yrs old. We performed for the crowd while they were tabulating the scores for the freestyle finals for the competitors. It was amazing to perform in front of so many people – I’m so proud of Jacuzzi. He never lets me down – ever! You can watch our run on the website videos if you want to!

In October I will be competing in the All American Quarter Horse Congress, Cinch Freestyle Reining with my Quarter Horse Red! Stay tuned for details!

Well thanks for listening, best of wishes to all from NLH!

~Brooke

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