Phoenix Equestrian

12/07/2025

In my program, we do not use steroids for joint therapy. Our brilliant vet always recommends other resources. Yes, they are more expensive but you're much safer. You get what you pay for 🤷🏼‍♀️ on another note, it is very frequent that when I do consultations for clients, their horse's medical records show yearly or frequent use of steroids for joint pathology. Sad....

Insulin dysregulation, often underdiagnosed in sport horses, may increase the risk of developing laminitis after intra-articular injections of corticosteroids.

12/07/2025

Scooby's 1st setup trim. Lots of toe to bring back but in good time. Biweekly adjustments will speed up progression and he should have a completely new set of hooves in a couple months. Due to severe thrush, I had to be very conservative so as not to make him sore.

12/07/2025

So much to feel, so little to say (1:11).

New beginnings.... 🙏

11/29/2025

The lame ones, the quirky ones everybody's shortcuts couldn't solve, the ones that arent big enough, not well bred enough, the ones that "won't load".... our successes are often times built upon other's failures. "One man's trash is another man's treasure."

11/28/2025

Whiskey Thief....

A 14 yr old Belgian WB that I acquired as a rehabilitation project. Sometimes I pull shoes and the horse never misses a beat with supportive trims every 2-3 weeks. Other times, the damages are so severe that the typical 24-48 months rehabilitation rings true. Whiskey was not sound upon intake 2 yrs ago and had been on stall rest for 90 days. In 30 days he took his first sound steps after Solemate Pad Application and treatment for severe thrush with Artimud. There are times when I wonder if Im making any progress with him at all and then I look back to compare his hooves from day 1 to today's. It may not be finished but he is better today than he was then ❤️

11/27/2025

Goliath got a beautiful new bridle today made by Lumiere ✨️ I have been particularly impressed with their products and several of our horses now wear their incredibly comfortable, ergonomic bridles ❤️

11/27/2025

In respect to horse riding, riding and training are not mutually exclusive. This why at Phoenix Equestrian our training program focuses on educating our riders on how to become the best trainers that they can be. Because every moment we are in the saddle, we are training our horses.

11/26/2025

The Phoenix Equestrian Show Team will start attending UDJC shows as of January 2026. This is a welcome much needed change in this industry and my program supports it ❤️

11/25/2025

Let them carry you

A horse in self-carriage carries the rider.
A horse in wrong balance is carried by the rider.

When a horse truly moves in balance, the rider feels light, connected, and supported from behind not heavy in the hand or tense in the body.

But when the balance is wrong, the rider ends up holding, lifting, managing… carrying the horse instead of being carried.

True self-carriage isn’t created by holding the frame with the hand.

It comes from riding the energy from back to front, allowing the horse to find his own balance, his own posture, his own way of carrying you.

Do you recognize the difference between these two feelings?

11/25/2025

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11/24/2025

When it goes from THAT 🫣 to THIS ❤️ in 3 trims. Maeve's boney column alignment is more correct and we no longer see the puffy inflamed coronary band.

11/24/2025

A good frame isn’t something you put on a horse.

It’s something the horse grows into when the balance is right.

When the rider creates activity from behind, keeps the body supple, and allows the horse to find the connection, the neck frame appears naturally.

No pulling. No shaping. No forcing.

A horse in self-carriage carries himself, and that’s when the frame becomes real, not manufactured.

💭 Be honest: are you creating a frame with your hand, or allowing one to appear through balance?

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