Brittany Lee Performance Horses

03/25/2026

03/22/2026

❤️Sold❤️

Stella is a 3-year-old AQHA mare standing 14.3hh with a solid start and an exceptional disposition. She is incredibly quiet, level-headed, and easy to be around—truly an “old soul” that takes everything in stride.

Stella is great on the trails and hauls well, settling in easily no matter where you take her. She has been lightly shown and has also been introduced to cattle, showing natural interest and willingness to work.

She confidently handles obstacles such as water crossings, bridges, ropes, and dragging logs—nothing seems to faze her.

Priced in the 5 figures.

02/16/2026

Tack Clean Out!
Buyer pays shipping. Will Add items throughout the week!

01/21/2026

I stumbled upon this picture from several years back. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this one still gives me a good laugh. What looks like my c**t calmly and bravely standing on the teeter-totter bridge is actually quite the opposite.

We spent a long while parked in that exact spot, gently rocking back and forth. He stepped up with full confidence, only to realize moments later that this situation wasn’t at all what he had imagined. I couldn’t tell you how long we stayed there—it felt like days as everyone watched on—but that moment taught me something important.

Courage doesn’t always mean charging forward without hesitation. Sometimes it means pausing, feeling unsure, and staying put until you figure things out. Progress isn’t always fast or graceful, but patience and persistence will carry you through—even when the bridge moves beneath your feet.

01/14/2026

A Spoiled Horse

As a trainer I’ve recognized for years that training a spoiled horse feels like fighting a cancer of the mind. It’s incredibly rewarding once the spoiled mind has been healed. We just hope it’s not re-infected by the original behavior shaper. 🫣

I’ve finally gathered enough information about spoiled horses, it’s time to do a deep dive!! We’re about to talk about: how they are created, how to spot them, and how to fix them! This is about to be one of my favorite writings I’ve ever released. 🙌🏼

Cause
Spoiled is not about kindness, treats, and comfort. Spoiling is:
RELIEF WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY! 🤯

A spoiled horse is:
▫️ Protected from pressure
▫️ Rescued from discomfort
▫️ Rarely asked to adapt

They don’t learn:
▫️ Emotional regulation
▫️ Cause and effect
▫️ How to try through confusion

What They Look Like
Low resilience + high entitlement + fragile nervous system.

They often look confident or bold, but internally they are:
▫️ Easily overwhelmed
▫️ Easily offended
▫️ Easily shut down or explosive

The mentality they carry:
👶🏼 “I shouldn’t have to.”
👶🏼 “This feels unfair.”
👶🏼 “Someone else will fix this.”

Nervous system response:
▫️ Low tolerance for frustration
▫️ High reactivity to pressure
▫️ Poor recovery after stress

They never learned how to stay mentally present when things got hard.

Typical spoiled horse behaviors:
🐴 Won’t stand tied
🐴 Pushy in personal space
🐴 Explosive over small corrections
🐴 Selectively obedient
🐴 Lazy until suddenly reactive
🐴 Refuses before it tries
🐴 Melts down over small things
🐴 Shuts off instead of working through confusion

Horses do not do these things because they are “bad”, they do them because they never learned how to COPE.

Spoiled horses are anxious and not confident. Reasons being:
▫️ They often overreact
▫️ They don’t trust their own ability
▫️ They rely on others to regulate their world

At times they may appear dominant, lazy, or entitled. But under all that is crippling fear and a huge lack of confidence. This is where their dramatic spooking comes from when their comfort bubble is popped.

How To Fix Them
The three biggest things that WILL
NOT WORK to fix a spoiled horse:
❌ More pressure suddenly
❌ More softness
❌ Inconsistency

What WILL WORK to fix a spoiled horse:
💚 Predictable structure
- We need to offer our horses consistent training with the same rules and clear expectations.
💚 Gradual discomfort
- They need small manageable challenges with no rescuing. They need to feel the frustration and learn to think through it.
💚 Teaching the effort ➡️ relief connection
- Trying = Relief
- Avoiding = Work
💚 Emotional neutrality (from trainer)
- Our part: no anger, no pleading and no guilt. 🙅🏻‍♂️

Calm, boring, consistency is what will rewire your spoiled horse into your ultimate partner. 💪🏼

What you’ll get:
🐴 Calm under pressure
🐴 Confidence with understanding
🐴 Willing and not reactive
🐴 Trust in you as a leader

Good trainers aren’t just training movement. They’re training nervous systems. The more you understand about a spoiled mind the more you can avoid or even fix it. FYI humans experience it much the same way. 😉

11/15/2025

Big congratulations to Adelyn and Sliding Spook! They’re taking home a gorgeous saddle pad, generously donated by Biff Barrier, for achieving the highest combined score in Novice Youth Ranchmanship the last SERHA show of the season!

10/31/2025

Pending

Scout – 8-Year-Old Haflinger Mare

Scout is an 8-year-old Haflinger mare who’s as sweet and steady as they come. She’s safe, quiet, and a true pleasure to have around the farm. Scout doesn’t have much interest in life in the fast lane — she’s happiest taking things slow and steady, making her a great fit for a family with kids or a therapeutic riding program.

We were told upon purchase that she also drives, though we haven’t personally hitched her.

Scout is easy to handle, good-minded, and enjoys attention. If you’re looking for a dependable, gentle mare to add to your program or family, Scout could be the perfect match.

Priced in the mid four figures.

10/27/2025

Pillow Talkin — courage, grit, and endless try. Every run, he gives everything he’s got. I’m beyond thankful to share this journey with a horse like him.

10/27/2025

DF Malices Chico — learning, growing, and still climbing! 🩵

10/23/2025

Having fun in the freestyle reining at SERHA show with DF Malices Chico.

10/20/2025

I’m incredibly proud of these cowgirls!
We had a fantastic weekend at the Southeast Ranch Horse Show and these girls truly shined. They brought creativity and heart to the arena with their freestyle reining routines—complete with costumes, custom patterns, and ideas they dreamed up entirely on their own.

Sure, those big ideas may have required a little sewing, contracting, and heavy lifting from friends and family, but in true cowgirl fashion—they made it happen. Way to go, ladies! 🐴✨

The youth freestyle was steep competition with 19 creative and talented riders! The Once-Ler (Ava) and The Lorax (Mister Smoken Diesel) pulled out a 3rd place finish!

More to come from this weekend!