Cassie Shumate Performance Horses Welcomes You
Welcome to our Equestrian Center, specializing in Hunters, AQHA, APHA, ApHA Hunters and All-Round Horses. The place where you can learn new skills, meet new friends and feel accomplished, every single day. Take a look at our facility and read about our teachers and get in touch to find out more.
Our Facility
Are You Ready?
Boarding
We are full-service horse boarding barn specializing in lessons, training, and boarding. With all horse receiving top quality care, grain coastal and alfalfa hay. Spacious 12x16 stalls, large pastures and private turn out paddocks. We compete at local and world championship competitions. So we have program that will fit your needs! The owner and resident trainer boasts 20+ years of experience in training horses and teaching riders.
Lessons
As one of our most popular offerings. We have multiple instructors offering private lessons during the day and after school group lessons. These groups lessons help riders with ring etiquettes and familiar them with horse show atmosphere. We recommend signing up for lessons as early as possible as it tends to fill up quickly. If you’re unsure about lessons and have questions, simply reach out.
Horse Shows
We travel to local CTHJA, CTSSA, CAQHA, TPHA shows along with A rated hunter shows, NSBA Worlds, Quarter Horse Congress,AQHYA Worlds, APHA and ApHA world shows
Salado Elite Riders IEA Team
Open to riders in grades 4-12.
Horse and tack assembled for all competitions by Host Team(s).
2 Hunt Seat Classes Offered – Equitation on the Flat and Over Fences.
4 Ability Levels for Equitation on the Flat: Beginner, Novice, Intermediate and Open.
Flat classes may include patterns for upper levels.
3 Ability Levels for Over Fences: Novice, Intermediate and Open.
4th or 5th grade riders can now be POINT RIDERS on middle school (Futures) teams and compete in any eligible division level.
Over fences classes include cross-rails, 2’ and 2’6” jumps.
ASTM/SEI Helmets are mandatory for all Hunt Seat riders.
Zone and National Scholarship Awards available.
Competition season 2023-24: August 1 – April 30.
The
2024 IEA Hunt Seat National Finals will be held in late April 25-28, 2024
at the Tryon International Equestrian Center in Mill Spring, NC.
Camps
Horse Camp Kids five and up welcome Camp. These are a fun well-rounded camp with tons of horse related activities, arts and crafts and of course horseback riding. All the kids will learn all the basics of taking care of horses and be able to ride a horse unassisted by the end of camp. We will offer groups for more advanced riders also nobody will feel left out! Please text or call to sign up 412-956-0132
If you need more information, please get in touch with our team today.
About Our Equestrian Center
Learning Has No Bounds
Cassie Shumate Performance Horses was created out of a strong passion, a shared vision and a ceaseless commitment to making learning easy and accessible. Since opening in 2006, we’ve had the opportunity to help countless students acquire foundational skills, develop new techniques and confidently move forward in their learning journey.
Known as the best Equestrian Center in the Salado area, we provide a wide range of opportunities to support students from all backgrounds and levels. Contact us with questions or to learn more!
Cassie Shumate Performance Horses News
Whether you’re a current student of Cassie Shumate Performance Horses or visiting us for the first time, this section can provide helpful information for you. Take a look below and check back often for the latest updates.
Cassie Shumate Performance Horses Instructor Spotlight
10 Tips for this spring
1. Take advantage of spring sunshine and daylight saving time to go on longer rides.
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2. Stress less! Get in the saddle, or brush away your worries with a soothing grooming session.
3. Schedule some lessons to get back into the riding groove.
4. If you spent a little too much time on the couch this winter, it’s time to get fit to ride. Get inspired with HorseChannel’s Guide to Equestrian Fitness.
5. Organize a trail ride with some friends. Pack lunches and venture into nature. (Tailor your ride to accommodate your horses’ fitness levels in the early season.)
6. If trail riding is your thing, look for new trails to ride, or consider giving sports such as competitive trail, endurance or mounted orienteering a try (www.natrc.org; www.aerc.org; www.nacmo.org).
7. Check for last-minute deals on that riding vacation you’ve been dreaming of.
8. Plan your show season, whether it’s a few local shows or a fully loaded circuit. Note the closing dates for entries and start working toward your competition goals.
9. Try on your show clothes from last season, and make sure everything fits and is in good repair.
10. Take a minute to lean over the fence rail and admire your horse in springtime!
Horse Show Must Haves
Sterling Essential Leather Cleaner –This gets tack cleaner than any thing I have ever used doesn’t destroy my hands and the smell is amazing. This is my go to cleaner for shows (and all the time) to get my tack spotless!
Mrs. Pastures’s Cookies–Only for
The best ponies
Giant Water bottle from Camelbak –
This 32 oz one is my favorite for a number of reasons. 1. Sturdy. 2. Lid keeps drinking part free from dirt and horse hair. 3. It keeps water cold for long periods.
Electrolytes to keep you horses hydrated and healthy
Family Business
Only the Best
Being a 3rd generation Horse woman running a horse business is just natural to me. My mother Teri Swanson was a very successful horse trainer winning and training multiple world championships in multiple different breeds and disciplines. Her business was Box T Performance Horses… Keeping her Name in the Business as Box T as The Home of Cassie Shumate Performance Horses and Salado Elite Riders.
I’m very blessed to have my husband and daughter help with the business.My daughter Jaycee shows and competes on the IEA Team
