Sublime Sporthorses

03/05/2026

T-minus 3 days until the time change! 🌞

I don’t know about y’all, but I am more than ready for longer days and warmer weather! 🙌🏼

My spring schedule is wide open
Send a message to book with your local osteopath in training 🐎

03/04/2026

Now is the time to get you and your horse’s minds and bodies better aligned for the season!

Regardless of your riding discipline or aspirations my osteopathic approach to bodywork and conditioning can improve your horse’s physical and mental wellbeing.

I am a lifelong equestrian who has had the pleasure to enjoy this sport from both a casual and competitive standpoint. With that experience I’ve been better able to help horses and horse owners of all kinds.

I have been a certified equine massage therapist for 8 years and I am currently studying equine osteopathy at the Vluggen Institute.

Multi horse discounts available for barns and individuals!

No travel fee!

Sublime Sporthorses
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03/03/2026

Check out this post I made back in December!

A good reminder on WHY we should cut soy and other sources of out of our own and our animal’s diets! 🫣

Soy you think you know about nutrition? 👀

Well then let’s talk about why soy should be cut from you and your horses’ diet! ✂️

Soy is a legume that in recent years has become a popular source of nutrition for both humans and animals. Soy is considered a complete protein and is rich in fiber, fats, vitamins and minerals making it seem like a wonderful plant-based source of nutrition…. Or so we’ve been told.

Soy is also rich in phytoestrogens which is a plant estrogen that behave as xenoestrogen.
Xenoestrogen mimics the body’s natural estrogen by binding to estrogen receptors. Because xenoestrogen structurally resembles estrogen it can behave as a weak estrogen OR it can block stronger estrogen from the receptors.

In simple terms xenoestrogen disrupts the entire endocrine (hormone) system. Disruption of the endocrine system is generally bad news.

Let’s go a little deeper… 🕵️‍♀️

Soybean oil is rich in Omega 6 fatty acids (linoleic acid) which can promote inflammation when consumed in excess and without a balanced intake of omega 3 fatty acids (alpha-linoleic acid). Omega 3s and Omega 6s compete with one another for three different enzymes- delta 5, delta 6, and elongase which are necessary for the conversion of these fatty acids into longer chain, unsaturated acids. Once converted they form eicosanoids. These molecules manage inflammation, omega 6 varients being pro-inflammatory while omega 3 variants are anti-inflammatory. The competition for enzymes leads to a bottleneck and while these enzymes tend to prefer omega 3s, the over-abundance of omega 6s from a high soy oil intake overwhelms the system encouraging an inflammatory response within the entire body.

Inflamation releases signaling molecules such as cytokines, prostaglandins, histamine, bradykinin which trigger blood vessels to dilate. Long term inflammation leads to cytokines storms which
damage healthy cells, cause oxidative stress, trigger DNA damage, create internal scarring, and disrupt normal cell functions, leading to chronic disease. Cytokines storms turns the body's defense system against itself, causing systemic breakdown. This systemic breakdown can trigger autoimmune disorders.

In conclusion, the over consumption and abundance of soy products in both the human and animal food industry is leading to long term inflammation within the body which over time leads to ailments such such as heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, dementia, and most of all CANCER. 💀

Want to make a big difference in you and your animal’s health and wellbeing? CUT OUT SOY! 👏🏼

02/02/2026

A great visual example of how the body attempts to rebalance itself when struggling with tension; you can watch the compensatory patterns in real time

01/29/2026

01/27/2026

Starting horse prematurely doesn’t make their skeletal system stronger, it prevents it from finishing it’s development!

01/22/2026

Creative minds are never bored!

One thing a lot of folks struggle with is feeling unsure of what to do with their horse, or bored in the arena or with their routine. I love the outdoors deeply - and would prefer to be out exploring over an arena any day. But, the conversations we have with our horses are only as boring as we make them.

I have spent quite a bit of time in my years of training trying to make do. For a time, I started all my colts outdoors with no roundpen and no arena. This is by no means ideal, but it is what I had access to. I learned to get creative, to utilize the landscape well - every bush, hill, or flat space had a training purpose for me - i taught half halts up the hill. Circles around the shrubs. Flat spaces for upward transitions or straight lines, first canters up the hill. I learned to look for opportunity everywhere.

Now, I generally have access to a round pen an arena, and so my challenge is to go deeper into conversation - to avoid monotony even in the same 20 meter circles or transitions. Every single stride is a unique part of a conversation, and if I stay tuned in, the dialogue is fascinating. But if I tune out, my horse becomes bored, or tuned out himself.

One of the reasons an ongoing education is so important is so you know "what to do." If you find yourself entering the arena with absolutely no idea what to do outside a few routines you normally practice, this will become extremely to both horse and rider. A good education teaches theory and progression as well as feel - so you know when you enter the arena what you'lre looking for, even if you aren't 100% sure how to achieve it all the time - This is where stuff gets interesting and creativity comes into play! Think, and as your horse responds gather information. How much or how little created that? What could the next steps be like if you changed a little something? What figure could help you achieve the desired effect?

The photo below is from the years I had just a front field with a hill and no arena. Here I'm using the shadows from the fence to maintain alignment, and often used these shadows to ride shoulder in without overbending.

Creative minds are never bored! Think outside the box - notice and compare, stay engaged, and don't tune out and go into routine. Every stride is a unique conversation. Be there, and your horse will be there too.

01/14/2026

12/18/2025

Hurry kills Presence.
Worry kills Peace.
Doubt kills Faith.
Ego kills Love.

Now read that right to left.

Have a Blessed Day. 😊

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