DeLuca Equine, LLC

11/28/2025

Happy Thanksgiving!! Blessings are all around us. So much to be thankful for! 🧡

09/30/2025

Well in keeping with my last crazy laugh video, I caught another (far less unhinged 🤣) giggle on camera today! I was playing with the boys at liberty and happened to teach Argo how to stand up my arena cones. He thought that trick was impressive enough to opt out of the trotting portion of things, but angel Waylon was right there with me. I started to laugh at the combo of how cute he looked jogging up to me, how Argo couldn’t totally miss out on things and started walking faster, and how awkward it felt to try to video while I was running backward and shaking the phone all over. Then the ear prick when I said “good boy” threw me right over the edge! 😂 It’s so important to have fun when we are working with our horses!!

09/09/2025

Last night I had THE most perfectly imperfect, dumpster fire of a trail ride with my two boys. (And even got some video evidence! Apologies for my psycho laugh!)

One of my absolute favorite things to do in this life is to ride Waylon and pony Argo, and hit the trails. I have been doing this since Argo was a yearling, and I credit the countless miles we’ve logged as the single most influential thing I’ve done to help shape him into the incredibly good minded horse he is today. Waylon is good at many things but he is exceptional as a pony horse, and he is a perfect mentor for Argo. Now that Argo is 5, it is fascinating to see him morphing into a near clone of Waylon in his confidence, calmness, and quiet yet curious demeanor. Our time together in the woods, through the opens fields, and meandering down the trails fills my cup and is some of my most peaceful and renewing time spent.

My trail ride yesterday, however, seemed to be a continual progression of freak occurrences, all of which could have been a pretty big issue. Within the span of an hour we:

- had Argo’s saddle get hung up on a latch resulting in him being briefly immobilized and the stirrup getting ripped off

- came across a porcupine crossing our path

- had a family of 8 deer jump out in front of us and continue to pour out of the woods one after another in a long single file line

- treed some turkeys who (very noisily) flew up directly overhead

- set off a strangely loud trail camera

- lost a bridle due to a very benign head shake (video included and lesson learned: don’t put the bridle on over the fly mask when you’re being lazy and trying to save time)

- briefly contemplated riding back bridleless but instead put said bridle back on without dismounting (luckily no one was there to watch me struggle but alas I got it done!)

Any one of those things could have turned our peaceful ride into a dangerous situation, but my boys handled them absolutely perfectly. They were all things I could have never practiced ahead of time, but yet I have prepared for them in the sense that I have taught my horses how to handle pressure. It doesn’t matter if the pressure comes from a turkey or a flying deer or me hanging on their neck like a spider monkey trying to re-bridle. The answer is always the same: stay calm, look to me for the answer, yield and relax.

I also think it’s important that my initial, knee-jerk reaction to each one of those occurrences was to laugh. I come by that naturally, but that reaction vs a panic reaction also comes from the confidence I have in my horses and in the mental preparation we have done before I ever set foot in the stirrup. I swear that my sense of humor rubs off on my horses and they learn how to take a joke.

I am so thankful that we were collectively able to laugh off each event and move on, but that would not have happened if my horses weren’t prepared. It is our job to give our horses the tools and experiences that will set them up for success in this human world, and to model the energy that we want them to emulate. Last night was such a validating, lovely, and funny testament to the trust and relationship I’ve been able to build with my boys over the years, and I am eternally grateful for my once-in-a-lifetime horses. 🦄💕🦄

08/30/2025

As summer starts to wind down, I am trying to soak up every second of these stunning days! 💕 Reading on my deck has been a favorite activity lately, and Luna is getting in some light yoga practice. 🤣 Some of the herd is out grazing in the sun, and everything feels peaceful. So grateful for moments like these. 🙏🏻

08/28/2025

I am always blown away by the cookies that Eversweet Cookie Studio creates for me! The only thing sweeter than a horse, is a horse on a pink cookie!! 🦄💕🌸

08/18/2025

What a fantastic time we had as part of the CCE Farm Tour on Saturday! We loved seeing old friends and sharing the facility with all those who stopped in. The absolute best part was having so many DeLuca Equine clients come with their horses and provide the most beautiful demonstration of what we strive to do here - provide a peaceful and enriching environment for happy horses and happy humans!! We are grateful everyday for the incredible farm family we have here, and this weekend was such a soul filling example of just how blessed we are! ♥️

08/14/2025

Coming up!! 💕🎉🦄

Only 3 days until the 2025 Saratoga County Horse Farm Tour! Join us on Saturday August 16th from 12 to 4pm to see some of the horse farms that make the Saratoga County equine industry so amazing!
The next farm on our list is DeLuca Equine, LLC. DeLuca Equine LLC is the boutique training, teaching, and sales operation of Liz DeLuca. Located in Galway, NY, the farm is situated on over 60 acres and is designed to be a center for horsemanship and psychology based training, equipped with indoor and outdoor arenas, an obstacle course, and a vast trail system. The property is home to a small herd of horses ranging from miniatures to Quarter Horses, warmbloods, and Gypsy Vanners.
For more information or questions please reach out to CCE Saratoga County at 518-885-8995!

08/05/2025

We are so excited to be a part of this year’s Saratoga County Horse Farm Tour presented by CCE Equine! ✨

The Farm Tour is a free, self-driven tour open to the public and is designed to provide community access to selected horse farms within Saratoga County. In total, 7 wonderful farms are participating ranging from thoroughbred breeding operations to therapeutic organizations, to boarding and training facilities.

Each farm will be open to the public on Saturday, August 16th from 12:00pm to 4:00pm.

We are excited to open the doors to our facility and to introduce you to our small but mighty herd.

We’d love to have you stop in and say hello! 💕

07/28/2025

Every now and then the most perfect horse-filled weekend manifests itself! ✨

It was the most enjoyable whirlwind that started with a visit from my dear friend Wendy, the woman who has made all of my (and many of my clients’) Gypsy Vanner ownership dreams a reality.

Then it was up to Vermont where so many of my clients were competing at various shows with phenomenal results. I was able to make a quick stop in at GMHA with a great group, and it is always inspiring to witness people chasing their dreams.

Then I headed back in time for the Versatile Horse Competition at the Saratoga County Fair. Waylon was a SUPER STAR and it’s amazing to me how much more I fall in love with that horse even after 13 years of partnership. Three of my regular clients also competed and handled their horses with such calm leadership, empathy, patience, and generosity - and the horses reciprocated in folds. So many people complimented on how beautifully the horses were handled, and that means SO much more to me than any ribbon - although we all came home with some of those, too!

Then Sunday morning a friend and I loaded up 3 of my unicorns and headed out for a morning of wonderful dressage lessons.

I topped off the festivities watching another friend compete in a polo match, and it is always such a humbling reminder of the sheer power and athleticism of these amazing animals.

As I did night chores yesterday, I couldn’t help but be overwhelmed with gratitude. I am blessed beyond measure to share my life with horses, and I am even more fortunate that those horses have brought to me the best friends and barn family I could have ever dreamed of.

It is my favorite thing in the world to see humans and horses enjoying each other, regardless of what discipline or activities we choose to do together. At the center of it all, the most important thing for me is how both the horse and the human feels. When we are in alignment and bringing out the best in each other, then truly anything is possible. 💕

07/21/2025

Princess Pixie and I just can’t get enough of this beautiful weather today! 🙌🏼💕🎉☀️I hope you get to enjoy it with a horse 🦄 - and maybe a little leopard print, too!

07/16/2025

This is the photo that sparked me to make the most impulsive decision of my life

I tend to be a big overthinker, and one of the top things that I am trying to work on this year is increasing the speed of my decision-making. I unintentionally have let myself slip into a habit of over analyzing my ideas to death, resulting in a paralysis of action and stopping new ideas and initiatives in their tracks. But I am now using Martin Luther King’s famous quote “you don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step” as a guide post in my life.

However, during the Covid fall of 2020, I apparently didn’t even need to see the corner of a stair tread. I just needed to see this sweet angel stick his tongue out on a screenshot, and I was instantly ready to bet it all.

I came across an ad for this foal on social media due to my obsession with his sire, Cabardino. For months I had been on the search for my dream warmblood. The search started out as looking for a four year old hunter that was lightly started, but when that pool seemed to have too many zeros attached to the price tag, I expanded it to a three year old that I could start myself. Not finding much luck there either, I eased the criteria a bit more and figured well, I could always do a two year old and just wait on him a bit. But that was as young as I was going to go. I had just gone on a multi-state road trip looking at a few nice horses, but none gave me “the feeling,” so I kept looking.

And that’s when God - and the Facebook algorithm - stepped in. I came across a photo of a weanling (nothing under 2 Liz!) in Canada (borders are closed Liz!) and the spark was lit. Devoid of all rationale or practicality, but “the feeling” was there.

I asked for video and was sent a cute clip of him in the pasture, and that’s how I captured this screenshot. It was one of the rare moments in my life where a decision was made instantly. No overanalyzing. No talking myself out of it. A done deal. I fell in love right there and I purchased him. I couldn’t go look at him because of the border closure, I had never bought a horse internationally, I had never spent that much money on a personal horse, I had never taken such a big gamble. But none of that mattered.

It is truly amazing what happens when you take that first leap, without worrying about everything that will follow. Argo was delivered to me on my 30th birthday, and will forever be the best present I ever bought for myself. As I actively work to become a bit less analytical and a bit more “feely,” this face is a daily reminder that impulsive decisions can actually be some of the best decisions of your life 🦄