About Us
Built By a Horseperson, for Horsepeople
There's no hired help, no partner doing the work. Just me.
I've been riding for over 50 years. My first pony, a Shetland, usually just walked over the "jumps" I built by stacking bits of downed branches with broom handle rails. Sometimes she'd jump, and as a kid I lived for those moments.
My dad helped me build a birdhouse when I was 5. It wasn't exactly cavaletti, but it was a start.
Add a lifetime of curiosity, interest in design, appreciation of folk art, a willingness to try new things... and you'll find Schooling Essentials.
Meet the Herd
John Bigbootee'
Ex-Amish Standardbred/Percheron cross, rescued from a pipeline pen in Texas in December 2022
King Pegasus (Connolly)
OTTB, Fusaichi Pegasus son, taken in when dealer threatened to put him down.
Colonel Lovett (Lyle)
Ex-Amish off-track Standardbred, rescued from the pipeline June 2024
Tipsy
Welsh X pony taken in when her family had to move across the country.