dailyprompt – Ivy's Glide Gait

January 26, 2023January 26, 2023 Ivy Starnes

What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?

I really enjoy painting. I got started doing watercolor a few years ago and have really enjoyed it. I love and hate the fact that you can paint loose and you can’t totally control the results. These are some of my favorite ones from the last couple of years.

I have been working with my 7 year old gelding trying for the last 4 yrs to get him to relax and gait. I met you at the Midwest Horse Fair. After watching some of your U tube videos I went out and rode like you’d explained. In 2 days he has slowed down, relaxed… Continue reading I got a calmer horse in 2 days!

― I got a calmer horse in 2 days!

Hi Ivy, I wrote to you a while ago about my rescue RMH that was pacing. I am proud to report that he is now happily gaiting thanks to your videos and instructions. It took a while but it worked!! Tons of poles, tons of transitions back to walk and starting over again… but it… Continue reading It took a while, but it worked!!!

― It took a while, but it worked!!!

My daughter and I love your website Her horse is a 15 year old Spotted saddle horse and he is ALL pace. Your site makes soo much more sense to us than others. We were very familiar with the pace and thought he was gaiting properly, but I kept telling her she looks to bouncy… Continue reading It just makes so much sense!

― It just makes so much sense!

Ivy, Thank you so much for putting yourself out there, for saying its about relaxation, And explaining how to work towards getting a nice gait. It has made a total difference with my little step pacing mare. If I had kept going to the instructor I was, we would still NOT be getting a rack.… Continue reading Relaxation was the key!

― Relaxation was the key!

I am very impressed with Ivy’s information that is available at her website to help us all with our horses…particularly the gaited horses as I am a new owner of a TWH mare that is step pacing instead of doing a running walk. From her videos, I could easily see and hear the difference in… Continue reading Ivy’s methods really helped a new horse owner

― Ivy’s methods really helped a new horse owner

According to Facebook, I’ve known about you for 1 year today. The perfect time to say Thank You! Your dvd’s, and videos have helped me so much! George & I have made a lot of progress this summer.Just wanted you to know how very much we appreciate you and how much you have helped us!… Continue reading DVDs and videos really helped!

― DVDs and videos really helped!

Your communication style with people and with horses is just lovely! I’m a relatively new rider and I’m a new owner. I got my first horse almost two years ago. I was beginning to feel quite discouraged before finding your videos. I’ve taken your lessons to heart and have been doing groundwork with my Tennessee… Continue reading Susan

― Susan

Awesome trainer and can explain things in a way you can understand, which is very important.

― Bayron

I got my first gaited horse a year and a half ago- a young Rocky. He didn’t know how to gait that perfect 4 beat gait, and I didn’t know how to train him. I took one of Ivy’s 3 day clinics and by the third day he was gaiting. Now he gaits like a… Continue reading Angie

― Angie

Had an awesome experience last weekend at a Clinic in Va.Ivy was able to show each of us what our horse needed. And now have new tools to get my boy gaiting.Would highly recommend her. Not just for learning to gait, but to communicate with your horse in general.

― Pamela