Tailwind Equestrian

11/01/2025

We do have limited availability for school horse lessons (based on rider level), as well as limited openings for haul in hunter/jumper coaching. Contact us for hunter/jumper training.

10/30/2025

Family and friends of riders are welcome!! This is a family affair! The more the merrier!!!

09/24/2025

The NEW HORSE SMELL was very strong in the arena for last night’s lessons.
Congratulations to Maddy on the addition of Ever After (Flynn) to your story line. We are all so excited to watch this tale of adventure and fun unfold!
Thanks to Kyle Willms and Rita Condon at Willowcrest Equestrian for introducing us to this gem of a horse.
Stay tuned for more NEW HORSE NEWS!

08/02/2025

07/05/2025

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Caribbean Kruize was bred, raised and meticulously developed by Tailwind Equestrian’s trainers Evelyn and Donna Ferguson. We could not be prouder of the horse he has become!

03/22/2025

Many thanks to my Tailwind Community for the amazing gift basket and the Skip/ Door Dash gift cards. Your thoughtfulness truely warms my heart and reminds me what I am working toward. I am so looking forward to getting back to the barn and seeing my Tailwindians everyday.

03/14/2025

Tailwind Equestrian is proud to introduce Evelyn Ferguson, Equestrian Canada Registered Coach. Evelyn is excited about the 2025 show season with the Tailwind Equestrian athletes. She is also accepting horses to her training and showing program. Feel free to reach out for more details.

03/05/2025

Tailwind Equestrian Head Coach Donna Ferguson, Equestrian Canada Certified Coach since 1996.

12/13/2024

Attention Tailwindians! Check out the sale at Country Outpost Junction.

12/04/2024

The Tailwind Equestrian Long Table Christmas Dinner was a great success! Much fun was had by all! Thanks to all who attended!

11/06/2024

The following states my opinion. Not your opinion, mine. You don’t have to agree with me.

No Stirrups November is a Mistake

In my opinion No Stirrups November is a hyped up excuse to use alliteration (a literary term defined as; the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.) as training inspiration.
My reasons that No Stirrups November is a mistake and should not be used as standard practise are as follows;

1) No stirrup work should be included in daily riding not just 30 days out of the year.

2) No stirrups work, in my opinion, should be done only after the horses back and other muscle groups are warmed up sufficiently. Therefore, riders, trainers, and coaches who remove stirrups from saddles November 1st are, in my opinion, subjecting horses to potential discomfort and or injury. In my opinion, only truly expert riders should ride entirely without stirrups.

3) Thirty consecutive days of intense no stirrup work may be greatly beneficial to the rider, however, in my opinion, this type of work imposed on a horse may have the opposite effect. Unless the rider is proficient at controlling leg, hand and seat, in my opinion, more than five to ten minutes of no stirrups work can be literal torture to the horse. In my opinion, slowly building up no stirrup sessions as each rider becomes more and more proficient is the best way to protect the horse.

4) Jumping without stirrups, in my opinion, should only be undertaken by advanced riders. Obvious safety reasons come to mind, but again the comfort of the horse is of great concern in this situation. The horse’s mouth and back come under great duress in normal jumping situations, particularly with less than advanced riders on their backs. Taking the rider’s stirrups away only exacerbates this potential for trauma.

Listen, I’m not gonna call PETA or the SPCA if I find out you took your stirrups off your saddle on November 1st. I’m just speaking from years of experience as a coach and trainer. Horses are my livelihood, and I love them. I would never subject my dear, dear schools or lease horses, to thirty days of mouth grabbing, back smashing torture. Nor would I do it to my client’s horses.

I firmly believe that no stirrup work in an important part of developing a rider and should be implemented in every riding program, just not for thirty days exclusively.