Foal Training
Foal and Young Horse Training
We are proud of our highly successful and proven handling and training program for our foals and young horses which has resulted in well adjusted and behaved youngsters who are well on their way to developing the skills they need to become future riding partners and show horses!
All Miari, youngsters are handled regularly from birth. Additionally, throughout their life at Miari, they will have received regular feet trimming, vaccinations, teeth floating, carefully monitored high quality and nutritionally balanced feed, and regular deworming. They will have been registered with a European juried registry, and probably have shown at a testing, and perhaps some in hand sport horse shows, as well.
Foals are handled minimum twice a day for the first 5-7 months of their lives. They will have been taught to lead and to be shown in hand, clipped, bathed, accept spray bottles, be vacuumed and groomed, loaded in the trailer and taught to back out, walked over poles and tarps, and to have their feet and legs handled. They will be used to both being in a stall, and to turnout and socialization with other youngsters and mares. They will have also spent a few nights away from home with their moms to learn about traveling and feeling comfortable in a new place.
Yearlings will be used to living outside in a group pasture situation where they can frolic and be horses. They will continue regular handling, practice more trailer loading and unloading, and will additionally have been taught how to tie. They may also do some showing in hand.
Three year olds will be started lightly at the start of their 3yr old year, learning to longe, accept tack, stand while being mounted, and to be ridden in the walk, trot and canter under saddle in the indoor and outdoor arenas.
3 to 4 year olds: Depending upon their individual rates of physical and emotional maturity, the youngsters may be turned back out to further develop. When they mature, they will be brought in to review their previous under saddle lessons and to begin getting in shape to start progressing towards their future under saddle careers. They will be taught to go through a jump chute. They will be worked 2-3 times a week lightly, and may be shown some under saddle in before finding their new homes.


