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Meet the hardworking horses of Hampton Riding Centre.
Candy
2004 Chestnut Mare
Candy is a very talented mare, owned by HRC. Standing at 15.1 hh, she is perfect for our intermediate and senior riders. She will teach you there is a right way and a wrong way to ask for anything!
Domino
2010 13hh Paint Mare
Domino arrived in October 2018. She is sweet and gentle, and loves her school life!
JD
2012 Quarter Horse / Appaloosa Gelding
JD has a complicated colour. We think he is “Grullo”. He has a sweet disposition and is eager to please. He was a therapeutic horse before moving to Hampton to join the school. He’s a real steady horse and lovely to ride.
Jem
2001 Morgan Gelding
Born in Shediac and owned by the Hampton Riding Centre. Jem is a forward mover and loves to perform well on the flat, show jumping and cross-country.
Max
2003 Clydesdale / Quarter Horse Gelding
Max as in Maximum! Max is big and sweet. He is eager to please as he gets more and more in shape!
Piper
2007 Welsh X Quarter Horse Gelding
Piper is our smallest pony with the BIGGEST attitude. He will teach everyone what ponies are really like!
Pretzel
2018 Thoroughbred Gelding
Pretzel is a bay, 15.3 HH gelding. He came off the racetrack in 2023 and has been in training by Jennifer and Carriane ever since. He’s a willing student of dressage, jumping and cross-country. He has progressed enough to join the school. We can’t wait to see what he can do!
Ranger
2009 Paint Gelding
Ranger is a warm blood quarter horse cross. He is keen and eager to learn new things!
Sandy
2005 15.1 hh Paint Mare
Ridden by many during her time at the Hampton Bible Camp. She moved to Hampton Riding Centre permanently in 2021. We are so excited to have her! She is the favourite of many.
Scooby
2016 15.3 hh Bay Gelding
Scooby is an off the track thoroughbred who loves to jump and is learning to love the flat work too. He has quickly become a favourite amongst our more advanced riders.
Zeus
2011 Thoroughbred Gelding
Zeus is a dark bay, 16.2 HH gelding. He was trained by Jennifer and together have won many ribbons. Now he has joined the school and is already a favourite of our advanced riders.
“Ode to a School Horse”
Way back when, think very hard, of the very first horse you ever rode. The unsung hero upon whose back you timidly, but safely strode.
He toils thru his classes, new riders each trip. New set of signals, a different grip.
They pull on his mouth when they want him to go. Then they hit him a crack for going too slow!
They bounce on his back and wobble all around And are sure it’s “his” fault if they hit the ground!
They lean forward and squeeze heels in his flanks. If he lays back his ears, they call him a “crank”!
They jerk his poor mouth; pull his head to and fro, “Why doesn’t he trot, I told him to go?”
When riders get better, they leave him behind. A better horse they are off to find.
A better horse they’ll never find, Than the dear old school horse they left behind!
Nancy Hammardlund