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ABOUT CADENCE FARM!
Our business has a strong foundation in trail and distance riding, encompassing 24 years of growth and change in positive directions. I can appreciate the butterflies our children feel when they touch their first horse or take their first riding lesson. To this day, I get goose bumps riding a horse that’s on her game. The thrill is alive and well, growing and changing like the seasons. My introduction to becoming a real horse woman started at a therapeutic riding academy. Sebastian Riding Associates, INC. allowed me to work my way up from volunteer to instructor. Horses are healers, and in my 11 years at this academy I have seen beautiful things. Smiles from autistic children, strength returning to stroke victims. From wheelchair to horse, two lifeless legs immediately become four with strength and power. With this freedom comes a willing vessel, filling that void. Little did I know that I too had a void and would go from instructor to client. My personal struggles with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Chiari Malformation are substantially decreased because of my riding. It gives me purpose and shows my children that despite having a painful disability, they can go on to live happy and fulfilling lives. Horses are keeping my body from shutting down. For that, I am grateful. After graduating Nursing school I immediately got a job, an apartment and a Morab. He wasn’t the right horse for the show ring and I wasn’t a schooled rider, so it’s understandable why he and I never placed well in hunter/jumper shows. Feeling like a failure and tremendously disappointed, I made the decision to get out of horses and go back to school. Slowly and unexpectedly, endurance riding found me. My horse sold to a woman, Lisa, who asked me to trailer him to her facility and in return I could participate in her Arabian horse club’s overnight ride to a lodge. From that experience, I found a lifelong friend in Lisa, and learned from this group of trail riders that there was a sport that involved competition on a trail! These wonderful, welcoming people rode the living daylights out of me that weekend! My butt was sore and I was tired. This “new” sport intrigued me. Armed with only a fistful of knowledge, gone were the show clothes and on went the Lycra tights. My saddles, bridles, bits, everything, had changed. My motto seemed to be “I do it best because I do it twice!” And so, through trial and error I worked my way to the right equipment, the right horse, etc. Many purchases could have been better if I had known what questions to ask. The transition from pleasure trail rider to distance rider had begun. I tried a 25 mile Competitive Trail Ride (ctr) on my new horse and swore I’d never do 50. Well, 25 turned into 50, and 50 turned into 100. There was no going back. As a nurse in Labor and Delivery, I was very confident and capable. Somehow that confidence and skill wasn’t reflected in how I was living my life outside of the hospital. Distance riding placed me in situations that challenged me to step up to the plate and move outside of my comfort zone. Learning to rely on myself and my horse was gradually changing me, transforming me. It was my horse and I against the elements, transportation snags, etc. No longer did I feel like I was stagnating, I was evolving! Cadence Farm is the positive result of my change and growth. With it, comes the understanding that this process never stops. You can be assured that as a company, Cadence Farm has its finger on the pulse of this equine driven community and has the experience and knowledge to guide the novice in the right direction and to provide the experts with the services they need. Communication lines will remain open to suggestions, questions, requests, and ideas that will make your experience with Cadence Farm a comfortable one. |
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CADENCE FARM / Amy and John Cieri
168 Limerick Center Road • Royersford, PA 19468 •• |
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