TruBlu Equestrian

04/24/2025

Suzie Q has found her forever home locally. We are so thrilled to have facilitated this perfection connection - it was meant to be.

Suzie - it has been an honor and a pleasure.

03/25/2025

Proudly offering "Waylon" Ramblin' Man - 5y/o 14.1hh AQHA-cross - Extraordinary Hunter/Jumper & Dressage Prospect

Waylon is very bright and way ahead of schedule - he absorbs knowledge like a sponge! Super athletic with fabulous gaits and a great mind to boot, he is jumping full courses, offers green lead changes, and is beginning to school First and Second Level concepts like counter-canter, shoulder-in, and canter-walk. He also hacks out and is always on his best behavior. Everything feels very natural for him.

Capable such that a professional could show and take up the levels, trainable such that an AA or JR/YR in a program could excel with him quickly.

From a small, boutique, classical riding-based, family-operated program.

Reasonably listed. Milford, MI. Contact CJ Carpenter (586)322-2102

See full listing: https://trubluequestrian.com/waylon-ramblin-man

Flatwork video: https://youtu.be/4A778vQyod4?si=GVCPNu2fmOwnMOun

Jumping video: https://youtu.be/UDPdI8bc43Q?si=hdwNzrZwO1sp8naQ

Lead changes: https://youtu.be/Vzw7zfHxRNY?si=5dtco8kj-gZHCmF7

Outdoor grooming: https://youtu.be/jZEtgnbWqPc?si=V6eNxeMdoUhlZ7mO

Mission Statement/Philosophy: https://trubluequestrian.com/philosophy-and-mission-statement

Sales Policies: https://trubluequestrian.com/sales-policies-1

03/18/2025

We have tons of video of Suzie Q linked on our website.

03/18/2025

Sneak peak of "WAYLON" aka RAMBLIN' MAN - our adorable red-roan 5y/o QH-cross - hitting trubluequestrian.com SOON!

03/18/2025

Being both a rider and an artist - I have noticed a relationship between the Art of Horsemanship and other art forms:

You must never try to copy your neighbor.

Even if you manage to exactly recreate another artist's work - you will not achieve the same soul behind the work. You will not make the same mistakes, your hands have different anatomies, your voice has unique characteristics. Your influences and life experiences are different. Their work is so powerful because they weren't thinking about how they wanted their art to look/sound/feel - they were just doing it in the moment and allowing it to flow - mistakes and all.

Your horse's mind & body and your mind & body are unique. You both have unique anatomy, fears, desires, strengths, thoughts, injuries, experiences, chemical balance, malformations.... and the chemistry between you is unique.

Yes - a certain "frame" might be trendy. A particular brand of saddle/bridle/bit might be popular. A certain training aid might be well-established in your discipline. A particular person might be famous, a training system might be widespread, one part of the industry might be more powerful than the other.

But the single thing that will get you to where you want to go without never-ending tension, injuries, spooking, pain, changing this, changing that, is:

Listen to your horse.

Notice when he feels relaxed. Notice where he holds his tension. Try different things and experiment with techniques. Poke and prod around. Challenge him and don't look for perfection. Give him some freedom. Break up patterns and routine. Laugh at him. Turn inward and find where your weaknesses are.

Just do it. Don't try to make it "look" a certain way. Experiment and reward positive actions.

Enjoy the ride.

03/16/2025

03/14/2025

03/14/2025

Suzie Q is now listed on Mane Street Market

03/13/2025

Just received word that Ringo is doing great in his new home.

03/12/2025

Mr. Waylon has successfully been working on leg yields, shoulder-in, sitting trot, and canter-walk transitions. Offering clean changes in ground work. Extremely impressed with this 5 y/o - he is brilliant beyond words. Unbelievably light and balanced. He will be listed in the next 10 days - keep your eyes peeled! He will make a lucky rider very, very happy!

03/10/2025

For your consideration: “Suzie” Suzie Q - 13y/o 14hh B&W Pinto Sportpony - Dressage Queen - Hunter Packer - Happy Hacker

Ride a dressage test, cruise around a course, hack out with your friends - this mare has done it all - she’s even worked cows! Sporty and flashy, but safe and honest.

Suzie loves to be cuddled on, she’s easy to handle, and she has simple, straightforward buttons. Zero maintenance, no shoes, no special diet, and no special treatment. Clips, loads, bathes.

Milford, MI. Contact CJ Carpenter (586)322-2102

See full listing: https://trubluequestrian.com/suzie-suzie-q

Riding video: https://youtu.be/ZBCmRGl4rzI?si=1POvrQkInav23IcD

Jumping video: https://youtu.be/3ExD2o05mf8?si=nYtcnAjKSzxjGvYN

Hacking video: https://youtube.com/shorts/6qyc7DenUTQ?si=k8TqP6FNv2j4lGHp

Mission Statement/Philosophy: https://trubluequestrian.com/philosophy-and-mission-statement

Sales Policies: https://trubluequestrian.com/sales-policies-1

03/08/2025

Newest TruBlu pony “Waylon” is settling in nicely! 5y/o red roan QH-cross // mid-level dressage prospect

03/07/2025

Congratulations to Phyllis N. on her purchase of "Barrett" Have a Cigar, our baroque liver chestnut mustang out of the Stinking Water HMA.

To celebrate, TruBlu Equestrian has donated to American Wild Horse Conservation, an organization focused on keeping American wild horses safely wild and integrated into the North American ecosystems. We hope that for many years to come, we can watch wild horses roam free. Barrett is a fabulous example of an animal produced by our wild herds.

Check out Barrett's listing here, and keep an eye out for more great horses coming soon to the TruBlu program: https://trubluequestrian.com/barrett-have-a-cigar

03/06/2025

Proudly offering "Suzie" Suzie Q - 13y/o 14hh B&W Pinto Sportpony

Suzie is versatile, brave, willing, flashy, and sweet. Currently in a classical dressage and jumping program, she has miles of varied experience. She is suited for lower-level dressage, children’s hunter/jumper, western dressage, and lower-level eventing, making her a great candidate for petite riders looking to progress in multiple disciplines.

Rhythmical, uphill gaits and a sweet, in-your-pocket personality. No maintenance or speciality management required.

For a detailed overview, photos, FAQs, 🥕 and more - see official listing here: https://trubluequestrian.com/suzie-suzie-q

(Contact information available through website. PMs and comments are easily lost.)

Riding video: https://youtu.be/ZBCmRGl4rzI?si=onvC8ruqYk6wx3hj

Additional riding video, jumping video, liberty and lunging video coming soon.

Sales policies: https://trubluequestrian.com/sales-policies-1

Philosophy and Mission Statement: https://trubluequestrian.com/philosophy-and-mission-statement

03/28/2024

Having some springtime fun with Donna Marie Bromm’s Friesian/Dale gelding, Dublin. Cardio and balance work this month.

03/09/2024

Both horse and rider should develop extensive emotional regulation and self-soothing skills.

Often, I will see pairs where neither horse nor rider will know how to simply allow emotions to flow right through them without physically reacting to them. These pairs are often seemingly pitted against each other - never able to actually just enjoy their time together.

The biggest breakthroughs don't come from a change of bit, footing, breeches, or any other "fix." The times I've seen pairs "click" is when the rider initiates emotional regulation and space to "breathe." Moments of release and quietly turning inward must be found before moving forward.

02/28/2024

Excerpt from the journal of CJ Carpenter:

"You can solve almost all the problems you have with your horse's basic locomotion by conquering it in the walk first.

Walk is the most natural gait for a horse, and the one they spend the most time in by far. Because it is also the slowest gait, with the slowest footfalls, it is easier for both horse and rider to process information and problem solve. There is no moment of suspension in the walk, so balance issues are much easier to solve when you're both not worried about where to put body parts while you're hanging in the air.

Keep the walk pure and strengthen the walk. Return to the walk constantly during your journey, and continue to improve it. Above all - Forward First!"

02/26/2024

Excerpt from the journal of CJ Carpenter:

"In the end, the horses will always know if we are hiding something. They will sense anything we are trying to conceal. They are prey animals, and they naturally hate 'black holes.'

So if you are feeling sad, anxious, scared, miserable, weak, etc. when you get on - don't try to hide it. Lay it all out on the table. Be honest with what you're working with that day. Tell the horse - with your intention and your breath - what are you are feeling and why. Horses are amazing co-regulators if you let them be. You can help each other this way.

Throw out the idea of stoicism and clean professionalism - the horse doesn't understand that language. They speak in the Language of Energy only."