|
Royal Equus Farm
Owned by Lucy Meyer and Jay Meyer D.V.M
Contact Lucy Meyer 512-971-0358 Lmeyer0001@aol.com

Sonntagskind day 18 under saddle!!
Lucy's story
Born in Houston Texas, Lucy Has been riding since age 6. Lucy
Started riding Western at camp in West Texas barrel racing on
a horse named Smoky Joe, at 10 she moved on the the polo club
in Houston, riding hunter / Jumpers. With many horses needing
to be schooled, she rode 6-8 horses a day in the summer. Lucy
showed heavenly in the A circuit under Chris and Shane George,
a great combination of skills. Shane would school you and get
you riding perfect and Chris would come in and fix your equitation
so you could not be beat. Lucy was 13 and under equitation Champion
for region 9. Texas, Louisiana , Oklahoma and Arkansas. After
this success Lucy went off to boarding school were she soon found
a way to ride as a sport. At a barn in Litchfield Connecticut
is were she got the chance to ride a thoroughbred stallion named
Spike.The only horse at the barn no one else would ride, This
was a definite challenge, as she was used to riding quite well
behaved Show Hunters. Lucy was always up for a challenge. In no
time this Breeding stallion, who spent the first few weeks on
his hind legs, was learning to be a well behaved Hunter with an
occasional pace event. They had a blast. Off to College, Marriage
and a first child,Lucy lost track of riding. One day while Amber
her daughter was playing with friends, Lucy came across a field
full of foals, Falling in love with one, she visited daily. One
thing led to another and soon Lucy had 2 mares foaling, A husband
in Vet School " Thank God" and 2 very young children.
soon 2 horses turned to 6, A big shocker to a husband who knew
very little about Lucy's wild love for horse. After leaving Ft
Collins CO and moving to Texas to a 287 Acer ranch, it just seemed
logical that she needed more horses for all that land. The breeding
program took off, the love for young horses turned in to starting
them under saddle. Lucy soon found out every horse sent off to
the trainer came home with one issue or another. Knowing the horses
so well Lucy decided to start her horses on her own. This has
led to much success. She can tell you it is not a walk in the
park to start horse with no outside help. Learning from her mistakes,
as we all make them, she has found a very good way to start young
horse, Now very successful at bringing alone the young horses,
Lucy has fallen in love with the Stallions. Fal Turro was the
second stallion after Spike at age 14. Fal Turro is the most well
behaved stallion. Super easy to ride, she would trust him with
anyone. Thinking it is just luck, to have such a wonderfully kind
gentile Stallion, She only hopped the 2 younger Stallion prospects
would be 1/2 as kind as Fal Turro. An unexpected illness took
her super Rubinstein colt Rubinmeyer. She was left with only one
colt to start, the Sandro Hit colt, Sonntagskind. As roomer has
is the Sandro Hits are very hot and can be hard to ride. Starting
Her Sandro Ht she closed her eyes and asked Rubinmeyer to keep
his friend on the ground. He was a star. Day 8&9 they rode
out in the huge 100 acer field alone. Standing
out in the field surrounded by over 200 round bails, brought back
memories of the first stallion spike at age 14. This Sandro Hit
is a super Star. With Rubin watching from above, Sonntag has good
eyes on him. Lucy will continue to start all of her young horse.
The key is trust and respect. The young horse trust and
respect their care taker, I am their care taker. I love them and
they trust and respect me, I trust and respect them. Lucy Meyer
|