The Horse Perspective Blog

Picking a trainer for your OTTB

How to pick a trainer for your Off Track Thoroughbred. Here are 5 points to consider! ONEIt’s really important that you can be involved with your horses training. Look for someone who is close by that can come to you.  Often sending your horse away, means that you don’t have any ability to supervise or…

When you get an Appaloosa instead of a Thoroughbred

When you have a Thoroughbred sized mounting block and a normal sized horse This was the only Appaloosa that I ever got to know personally. We adopted him out then his owner, a younger woman, passed from cancer. It was so incredibly sad. He came back here and adopted out again and has found his…

Ride with your mind

In the end it often comes down to – if the rider doesn’t think its s big deal- often the horse doesn’t either Getting on Cash the very first time He was so big and I’m super short. Add in a bareback pad and there’s no way. I didn’t own a mounting block so I…