Hylee Training

05/31/2026

I'm trying to source more horses, but before I do, I want to know what people are actually looking for.

Over the last few months we've sold everything from older lesson horses to versatile all-around horses, and every sale seems to generate a dozen new conversations.

Are you looking for a horse now? Planning to buy in the next year? Looking for a confidence horse, trail horse, youth horse, or ranch horse?

I've put together a short Horse Wish List to help me better understand what riders are looking for.

If you have a few minutes, I'd love your input.

🔗 https://hyleetraining.com/2026/05/29/horse-wish-list/

I'm not building a waiting list or making any promises. I simply want to make better decisions about the horses we buy, train, and market in the future.

05/30/2026

Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of posts saying things like:
“If you can’t start a horse in 30 days, you’re not a trainer.”

Honestly, I think as an industry we should probably spend more time supporting good horsemen and less time trying to tear each other down.

Are there people hanging a shingle out that probably shouldn’t be training horses yet? Sure. That absolutely exists.

But there are also a LOT of excellent trainers who focus on different areas of the industry.

Some specialize in starting colts.
Some ride broke horses and tune performance horses.
Some focus on futurities.
Some build lesson horses.
Some specialize in problem horses, ranch horses, youth horses, or amateur horses.

Not every good trainer has the exact same program, timeline, or specialty.

At the end of the day, good horsemanship should still come back to the horse:

Is the horse improving?
Is the horse staying confident?
Is the foundation getting stronger?
Is the training creating a better long-term outcome?

There’s room in this industry for different approaches, different strengths, and different specialties.

Good trainers should be pushing each other to improve — not constantly trying to prove someone else “isn’t good enough.”

05/29/2026

Some horses are hard to replace. Enzo has been one of those horses.

Quiet, useful, talented, and broke enough to go do a real job. He’s packed around little kids in lessons, hauled across Western Canada, worked as a rodeo judge horse at the PG Rodeo, shown in ranch riding and reining, trail ridden out alone, ponied colts, dragged things, and quietly handled whatever was asked of him.

He rides one handed, stays level headed, and is the kind that makes people feel confident sitting on him. Gorgeous, useful, and broke is a pretty hard combination to beat.

By HF Mobster, AQHA registered, and APHA eligible.

We’re excited to announce that Enzo will be headed to the Elite Invitational Horse Sale this June in Rimbey AB

Watch for more videos over the next few weeks as we get him ready for sale day. 👀

05/28/2026

Judges POV of Ranch Trail class in the Yukon

05/28/2026

EDITED: SOLD in 3 mins to a client on our email list!

Freckles 🌟

If you’ve been searching for a fancy imported warmblood… this is not your guy.

BUT if you’ve been searching for a solid little Appaloosa pony that has spent years packing around kids, dragging things, riding out alone, tolerating human nonsense, and generally acting like a dependable citizen… keep reading.

Freckles is a 19 year old grade Appaloosa gelding standing 14 hands tall and sound as a dollar. He has been used as a lesson horse for the past few years and has experience with all kinds of riders. He rides out alone, isn’t spooky, and is the kind that would rather quietly do his job than create drama.

He’s not a fancy show pony and he’s not trying to win the futurities. He IS the kind that gets ridden, loved, brushed by kids, and asked to do a little bit of everything.

✔ Safe for kids
✔ Drags things
✔ Trail rides
✔ Used in a lesson program
✔ Easy to have around
✔ More whoa than go

Freckles would love a family of his own where he can keep being useful and appreciated.

📍Prince George, BC
💰4,500 CAD
🎥 https://youtu.be/qD7L34XqMME
📩[email protected] for more information

05/27/2026

7 animals yesterday. It was a LONNNG vet day filled with lots of learning and lots questions answered. A big thank you to Dr. Kelley of Westwinds Mobile Veterinary Services for being game for all of the crazy:)

05/27/2026

05/27/2026

One of the biggest mistakes people make with young horses is riding until the horse is tired instead of riding until the horse understands.

A mentally overwhelmed horse might stop fighting… but that doesn’t mean they actually learned anything.

When I’m starting colts, I’m constantly asking:

Did they understand the answer?
Did they soften mentally?
Did they leave the session more confident?

Sometimes the best rides are actually the short ones.

The goal isn’t just to survive the ride.
The goal is to build a horse that stays confident, trainable, and thinking through pressure long term.

That’s where good starts matter.

05/26/2026

Mental toughness is not being fearless.

It’s retraining your brain to do hard things even when they’re uncomfortable, frustrating, inconvenient, or mentally exhausting.

Every time you avoid something difficult, your brain learns avoidance.
Every time you face it anyway, your brain learns capability.

That applies in riding too.

Fixing your position.
Holding your horse accountable.
Riding through frustration.
Staying consistent.
Doing the boring basics again and again.

Confidence is rarely something you magically “find.”
Most of the time, it’s built through repetition, consistency, and proving to yourself that you can handle hard things.

Your horse learns from repetition.
So does your brain.

05/25/2026

Located in Prince George, BC