FYI for training, rehab and those hauling in for Trista. Prices will be increased. We fail in the 101+ miles. Good afternoon! After long...

Today one of our cows that just calved was bellowing like she had lost her calf. Buzzards were circling. I needed to leave in 20 minutes...

Let me start off by saying that I do not sell horses for a living. When I price a horse, that is the price. I HATE negotiating. I do...

One of the hardest part of the horse business for me is taking educated risks. I don’t like risks. Which mares to breed? Which foals to sell? Which foals to hold back? This requires me looking into my crystal ball to try and predict the future. If I had not bred one of my favorite mares 20 years ago to our stallion that we just purchased, I would not have Aspen. If I hadn’t frozen semen 20yrs ago, I wouldn’t still be making money on Cooke County ETC or getting foals. If I w

May Master Zoom 5/21, 7pm cst

Horses learn when they feel safe. Your horse won’t feel safe if they are receiving a lot of mixed signals from you. Some ways we create mixed signals for our horses:

Fine Print Farm March 2025 part two

I really have not been handling life well in the last 7 days. Having my best canine friend diagnosed with a second cancer that is...

The devil is in the details. It does little good to practice exercises poorly. If I told you to practice right turns and you were given no other details, you might be happy as long as you horse moves to the right when you ask. You might not even pay attention to which leg they are turning around or which way their trunk is rotating. So your right turn may be extremely poor.

It’s all connected. That bulging left you feel under saddle is also your horse sucking in behind you while you are leading them. It’s shrinking the circle lunging left track and dragging you out of the circle right track. Evading left getting in the trailer? Yep, same problem.

April Master Zoom Recording

Favorite Things Friday

Everyone wants the horse that can do anything:

Simple things you can do with your horse that will have a positive impact on posture and relationship.

April Master Zoom

I enjoy teaching at Fine Print Farm. Mariah has created a horse friendly facility that is education centered.

Favorite Things Friday

I had a really tough ride on a young horse yesterday. Nothing went correctly. She was emotional. My timing seemed off. I probably didn’t...

Why do you still take lessons? Don’t you know how to ride your horse yet?

When we ride our horses there are two nervous systems involving, yours and your horse’s. Your horse has the nervous system of a prey animal. Often times if they are stressed that comes with react first and think later. That reaction in turn sends our nervous system into defense mode. We often make big, rapid movements in our “fight for survival”. Unfortunately, this reinforces the horse’s nervous system reaction about their perceived perilous situation. Alas, the chain react