About me
I’m Caroline Wackerhagen.
I’ve been riding horses since I was six years old, and I never found a reason to stop. For five straight years I showed at all-around western shows, and I loved every part of it — the early mornings, the grooming, the nerves before a class, and the ride itself.
All-around means a little bit of everything, and that’s what I liked about it. It’s also why I’m glad to teach a total beginner: there isn’t a part of horses I’d rather skip past.
These days I teach at Fox Briar Farm in Gray Court, SC, one rider at a time, at whatever pace feels right for you.
Why horses
I see God in horses, constantly.
I’m a Christian, and horses are one of the clearest places I meet Him. An animal that size choosing to be gentle with a nervous beginner. Trust that can’t be forced, only offered. A horse that reads your mood before you’ve said a word.
It happens in the quiet too — early light in the barn, a horse breathing slow next to you, nothing else going on. That’s where the teaching part of a lesson really starts.
“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.”
If any of that sounds like what you’re looking for, come sit on a horse.
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