Warhorse Education Programs at the Tipping Point Recently, we shared the experiences of young people whose lives were changed at LOPE. I hope you enjoyed reading about their learning journey (so sincerely expressed in their own words). But none of those stories would be possible without the warhorses. These incredible track athletes are the “professors” [...]
Youth Education Programs at the Tipping Point Recently, we posted our Poised for Impact goals for 2020. LOPE is at an exciting tipping point! For years, we’ve been slowly building innovative education programs for teens and warhorses. We’ve seen over and over again how their lives change together – by helping, teaching and learning from [...]
SORRY — THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT LOPE is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting a private screening of the documentary Cowboys at 7pm on Thursday, December 5 at Sky Cinemas in Austin. The private event will include free beverages and popcorn, plus a special talk after the movie. Tickets are $25 each. [...]
Jewel has been a LOPE intern since the summer. Here’s a wonderful quote from her mother about the LOPE internship: “My daughter was given the opportunity to become a LOPE Intern for this past summer and jumped at the chance. While I knew she loved having the additional time with horses and looked forward with [...]
Youth and Warhorse Education Programs at the Tipping Point Big changes start with small steps. Each small step builds on the next one. Progress seems slow. Then suddenly momentum takes over — and everything snowballs into bigger results. This is happening now at LOPE. For years, we’ve been slowly building programs for warhorses and youth [...]
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By Cassie Argento-Bird Cassie worked with Oro during June, July and August. Here is her summary of the many things Oro taught her. Sacroiliac and Hindquarter Weakness Until this summer I had never worked with any horse that had a SI weakness — so I really enjoyed being able to be apart of Oro’s journey [...]
By Jewel New Jewel is currently a horsemanship intern at LOPE. LOPE hosted a clinic with Linda Hoover last month. I was able to participate in this clinic, and I was quickly drawn to Linda’s style and philosophy, as were many of the other students who had not worked with her before. There were classical [...]
Due to popular demand, LOPE is ready to expand our internship education program! LOPE wants to offer several new internships for both the summer and fall semesters. We’ve set a goal to raise $15,000 by June 30 to double our intern opportunities to deserving youth, teens and college students interested in veterinary and horse industry [...]
The LOPE barn needs some repairs and upgrades by November! LOPE always has rehab horses and older racing warriors during the winter months. Last year, our barn was constantly full due to horses in need of stall rest as well as inclement weather (sleet, below freezing temps). Our barn was so heavily used that it [...]
Flavor is our permanent rehab horse babysitter and herd boss. He has many old sports injuries from his long racing career. Because of that, Flavor is retired from riding. But we noticed he was getting sad watching his herd buddies get worked in the round pen. So we brought him up this morning to do some simple ground work. What is so incredibly endearing about Flavor is that he LOVES to be saddled! He feels very important with tack on. So we saddle him at the end of the session - as his reward for well done ground work. Lynn led him around the round pen, as if he was in the saddling paddock at the track again. Then Daelynn took his “win” photo. Flavor strutted back to his pasture like he just won the Derby. #flavor #ottb #warhorse #supercute #muchloved #bigheart #workethic #sweetguy
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