Bar DC Horses

05/25/2026

04/28/2026

Champions of the Pro/Am/Novice Penning in Tucson, Arizona. Congratulations to:

Dusty Wigemyr
Chelsea Wigemyr
Vicki Grey

This was a Ride with the Pros auction class The team was bought by:

Jeff Cole and Gerry Desilets

LS Performance Horses
Jared Lesh Cowhorses
Matt Stevens Performance Horses
Bandit Hat Cinch Co.
Hoof Grip Livestock Flooring
Lazy J Are

04/28/2026

Fresh air, big country, long-trotting miles!

04/04/2026

Stay in your lane.

Don’t worry about whether your horse is bred well enough or your rig is big enough.

Train what you have to the best of their ability, and go have fun running barrels.

You can always sell and trade up to the next one later—but don’t forget to enjoy where you are right now.

www.betweenthereins.us

02/27/2026

We couldn’t agree more!!

“I bought them so we could grow together.”

If I hear this one more time, I might actually puke.

This is hands-down one of the worst decisions you can make — for your kids, for yourself, and for the horse.

Pairing inexperience with inexperience is not romantic. It’s not wholesome. It’s not a journey.
It’s dangerous.

That’s like asking your toddler to teach another toddler algebra.
Best of luck. 🍿

A green horse requires timing, feel, correct cues, and precise pressure-and-release.
An inexperienced rider or horse owner does not have those things yet — and that’s not an insult, it’s reality.

That horse has:
• no idea what you’re asking
• no idea where the release is
• no idea which answer is correct

So now it’s the blind leading the blind.

We see it constantly.
People bring horses to us and say, “Well, I wanted to start them myself.”
Cool. And now we get to fix the holes.

Here’s the part no one talks about:
When it goes sideways, we are the ones on the line.

We either:
1️⃣ fix problems that never needed to exist (and put ourselves at risk), or
2️⃣ try to prepare a horse in 60 days so you can take it home and not die

And when it doesn’t work?
Guess who gets blamed.

Not the person who bought a green horse with no business owning one —
but the trainer who touched it last.

So here’s the blunt truth:
👉 Buy the older, experienced horse.
👉 Take a million lessons.
👉 Learn the feel. Learn the timing. Learn the skills.
👉 Go to a professional.

What you should not do is buy a horse that’s learning while you’re also learning, when neither of you knows what the right answer feels like.

That’s not “growing together.”
That’s gambling with lives.

02/22/2026

Feel Cannot Be Taught

You can teach mechanics.
You can teach position.
You can teach patterns and drills.

But you cannot teach feel.

Feel is not a clinic note.
It’s not a YouTube video.
It’s not something someone can explain into you.

It’s something you earn.

It’s developed in the saddle when you start noticing the smallest changes:
• The shift in a rib cage
• The brace before it shows up
• The moment a horse thinks about leaning
• The difference between resistance and confusion

Feel is timing.
It’s pressure and release within a split second.
It’s knowing when to stay quiet instead of doing more.

Two riders can sit on the same horse and have two completely different conversations because feel lives in the hands, the seat, the body… not in the lesson plan.

And the only way to develop it?

Ride.

Ride when it’s boring.
Ride when nothing dramatic is happening.
Ride enough that you start noticing things before they become problems.

Feel isn’t something someone gives you.
It’s something you build.
Wild Hearts Photography

02/15/2026