Finca Cavali

12/12/2025

Every morning is a new beginning and every morning gives us a reason to be happy and thankful! And Decar feels the same way too as he checks out this idyllic setting. Finca Cavali is magical and we are blessed to be here

17/11/2025

This is our favorite pasture at the finca. When we were looking for a property, we were looking for a place that would suit our horses. We wanted to be in the mountains where it is not so hot for them, but with a bunch of flat land and slightly sloping hills where they can do what they love most, gallop and be silly, but still be safe and not get hurt. This property fit the bill perfectly. Between the different pastures, paths and jungle trails we can go on a 2 hour ride or walk with the boys and never have to leave the property. Heaven!!!
We are thinking about putting a cross country obstacle course in this pasture. I know the horses would love it.

21/07/2025

UPDATE: FINALLY DELIVERED! After an unexpected delay waiting for the controller for the electric brakes and the tire pressure monitoring system to arrive from the US (we brought all the specialized equipment in from the US - brakes, electrical etc), I finally picked up the trailer in July and brought it to the Finca where we had constructed a secure “garage” for it - trailer loading trials with the boys under way! Here are some pix, but we have since added a dual wireless camera system for back up and live view of the interior when the horses are loaded - and an alarm system for when the trailer is parked and unattended!

THE NEW TRAILER IS ALMOST COMPLETE! We have designed and are having custom built here in San Isidro de el General our new trailer. We have over-sized the trailer to meet the needs of our OTTBs and beefed everything up to handle the local roads and hilly terrain - also it has open side areas (think Stock/Combo trailers) to handle the climate better and keep the horses cool. It has been a 4 month project which is finally coming to an end, and we can’t wait! Then we will have to introduce it to Proud and Decar which could present a few challenges (based on past history), before we can finally take them down to the beaches. ONWARDS and UPWARDS!

19/05/2023

Oh yes - best vacation ever - thanks guys!🥰

My summer plans 🤠

03/04/2023

Our Banana plants just keep on giving.... a whole lot of bananas missing in this pic as the horses apparently got first dibs!

01/02/2023

The Stables Guards - who dat dere? A cool summer morning at the Finca

21/12/2022

PROUD's NEW JOGGING SHOES: We have now finally transitioned our boys to barefoot and Proud's new ACTIVE JOGGING SHOES arrived yesterday (these are from Equine Fusion in Norway). These are the new version of the EQUINE FUSION All Terrain Jogging Shoe which we have used before and the new design looks terrific, very easy to put on and take off, and very confortable and secure. Also, because Proud has a Hi-Low condition up front which we used to correct with a wedge inserted behind his shoe, we are able to use a 3 deg. wedge insert tailor made for this jogging shoe, which we will insert in his left (low side) boot - also adding to the cushioning effect. Decar has Easy Care Sneakers at the moment, which fit him very well, but I suspect we will also transition him over to the Equine Fusion boot. As we did before before, we got them from Jenny Edwards at All Natural Horse Care ([email protected]) who was so helpful in making sure we got the correct fit for Proud. So with summer finally here the boys will soon be on their way again hitting the trails - Pura Vida!

06/12/2022

Summer is Arriving: So great that the Rainy Season is coming to an end and we are entering summer .... finally and not a moment too soon. Proud and Decar are already making the most of it

17/11/2022

Proud and Decar enjoying being turned out in one of our new fenced pastures