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Wild Roots Horsemanship, LLC CESMT. WRH specializes in c**t starting and offsite trail riding.

10/08/2026

The more variety, the more effective 🔥

Exercise programs look complicated on social media. We’ve all seen the beautiful, big horse trotting over 5728482 poles perfectly positioned in the impeccable arena. It’s awesome to watch! It’s also not the reality for many of us and it tends to intimidate people into thinking they can’t create their own exercises.

But you CAN! Because everyone, regardless of your set up, can do one simple trick that encourages a baseline of fitness: VARIETY. Exercise that gets our horses to use several different muscle groups in one session is extremely effective in getting our horses fit. And this variety can look like so many things - ground to lifted poles, straights to circles, purposeful transitions (walk to stop, stop to trot, walk to trot), flat ground to sloped ground.

We don’t have to do complicated; we just have to do something. That’s my exercise mantra and I’m sticking to it.

Way to show ‘em how it’s done, Jiji 💪🏻

‼️ AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION ‼️ Shiloh is a registered QH in Pelzer, SC looking for his next adventure! He is 8 years ...
09/23/2026

‼️ AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION ‼️

Shiloh is a registered QH in Pelzer, SC looking for his next adventure! He is 8 years old, sticks 15.3hh, and as talented as he is handsome. Currently in training with Wild Roots Horsemanship, LLC, Shiloh will be looking to complete a 25 mile endurance ride at the end of October. The best way to learn if Shiloh could be your next partner? Schedule a visit with WRH! Until then…

The Highlights:
☀️ Barefoot
☀️ Very easy to catch
☀️ Easy to lead, groom, and handle
☀️ Stands for vet/ farrier
☀️ Stands hard-tied; crossties
☀️ Stands for bathing
☀️ UTD on shots + teeth + coggins + massage
☀️ Not buddy sour
☀️ Can pasture with mares or geldings
☀️ Experience in giving lessons, trail, endurance, and some intro dressage
☀️ Excellent for ground work - lunging + ground driving
☀️ Yes, the tail is real! We can prove it 🤪

The Quirks:
📍 Happiest when receiving chiropractic + body work regularly.
📍 Loads and rides in trailers very well; does appreciate a slow introduction to the unknown (prefers to sniff around before walking right on).
📍 Currently growing out a toe crack (being maintained daily with Durasole + Hoof Clay).

Asking 🥕🥕,🥕🥕🥕 starting with 1️⃣3️⃣
PPE welcome at buyer’s expense.
New videos being taken while in training - older videos available now upon request.

09/10/2026

Howie demos just what we’re looking for when we ask for proper engagement over poles 😇

If I were to ask you, “What bounce do you want to see in the horse over pole patterns?” would you know where to point? When you work your kiddo, do you know where to watch?

There’s no shame in admitting you don’t really know what to look for beyond a horse just getting over the poles without tripping into oblivion. That’s certainly where it starts! Rhythm first - everything else follows. But…the horse’s body gives us clues as to how they’re handling the physical challenge we’ve placed in front of them and from there we can figure out how to help increase correct posture and encourage proper movement.

And so, I watch the *drumroll please* NECK! I start at the poll and as the horse goes around I track all the way down to where the neck meets the shoulder. There’s a fancy muscle that lives there called the cervical trapezius. It’s primary functions? Lifting + supporting the neck, assisting in raising the shoulder, and stabilizing the entire top line during movement. So, I watch this muscle - if it’s tight I know that we are holding tension in the top line; if it’s bouncy and loose even over the poles I know we are pushing from the hind as opposed to pulling from the front and our top line is freed up to balance posture. This means no compensation through the withers and shoulders.

Watch as Howie comes around - see the bounce? 👀 That’s one happy cervical trapezius! And that means Howie is not cheating the exercise but instead engaging with it so he can build correct muscle.

Good work, Howard 👏🏻

If your massage therapist’s hands don’t look like this did they even really massage? 🤔One of the most common things I he...
09/05/2026

If your massage therapist’s hands don’t look like this did they even really massage? 🤔

One of the most common things I hear from owners during a massage is, “Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry I didn’t realize how dirty my horse was!” My response? This is just proof that I’m doing my job; NOT a sign that you don’t groom well enough.

Massage is a natural way to bring oils to the surface of the skin. And with the oil comes the dirt. You can groom all day long - I can massage for five minutes and get more dirt out than you will. It’s not a personal thing…it’s just a massage thing! As we massage, we stimulate small glands called sebaceous glands. That’s just a super fancy way of saying “oil-producing glands”. The glands are stimulated, the oils inside release and rise, and they condition the skin to create that shiny effect that we all know and love (and groom so relentlessly for). They also make your therapist’s hands a dirt magnet and that’s ok!

If your therapist leaves looking like this? It’s a compliment to our work. It’s a lil massage masterpiece not something to apologize over. Your horse isn’t dirty - your massage therapist is just…an artist 🤪

‼️ TRAINING AVAILABILITY ‼️Here’s your chance to have a REAL professional train your kiddo! Ok, technically Sprout just ...
09/02/2026

‼️ TRAINING AVAILABILITY ‼️

Here’s your chance to have a REAL professional train your kiddo! Ok, technically Sprout just watches ME train but still…

WRH has one spot for mid-September that has opened up for a 30 or 60 day training.

We are currently accepting:
📌 C**t Starting
📌 Trail Training (including hauling offsite weekly)
📌 Fitness Training and/or Exercise Rehab

Programs include:
🔅 Full Board + Training (including hay, grain, fly prevention, electrolytes, and free-choice shelter)
🔅 Weekly Onsite Lessons with Owners
🔅 Body Work Add-Ons (sports massage + red light)
🔅 Nutritional Evaluation + Plan Add-Ons

Connect with us to secure your spot!

📲 803.604.6053
📧 [email protected]
📍Pelzer, SC

09/01/2026

By the time somebody asks me, “When should I start working with my foal?” my answer usually is, “Yesterday.” 🙃

Don’t wait. From the moment they are Earthside, these foals are able and willing to learn and we should be there to teach them. They are not born knowing how to navigate a human world or relationship; they need us to help them learn and the earlier we do the better off they are.

The key to a successful learning environment for a baby? Short and sweet sessions (think 15-30 minutes); one goal at a time (think about getting just one foot to do one thing); LOTS of breaks + scritches; Mama near by and calm. It’s not about big breakthroughs with the littles - it’s about small victories and tiny tries that build consistently into a soft, responsive, and confident kiddo.

Teach them young; thank me when they’re old. Good boy, Teddy 👏🏻

08/25/2026

If healthy fascia makes your whole morning? You may be an equine nerd 😆

I think sometimes we get really wrapped up in highlighting the signs of pain, imbalance, weakness, compensation, etc. I know as a body worker myself I spend the majority of my days in critique mode; looking for and pointing out signs that something is not quite right. It comes from a good place…we want to identify the problem so we can solve it. But sometimes we get tunnel vision.

So, I find it just as important to remember to look for and point out the signs that something is right. We have to train our eyes to notice the good just as much as we notice the bad. And Liam here is an example of some really happy cervical connective tissue! The telltale sign? That smoooooooth glide of Liam’s skin as I move my thumb. Notice how low the effects run from the top of his neck to the bottom. His tissue feels elastic not rigid; slides easily without sticking in any places. And then of course that face. No one can deny a relaxed eye 🤣

Makes for a very happy massage therapist and an even happier owner.

📌
Liam received a deep tissue massage + red light therapy - a power combo for a power kiddo 👏🏻

07/31/2026

This is Boone. This is Boone riding on the road back to the barn from the trail. This is where Boone used to jig alllllllllllll the way home. This is now where Boone walks steady and calm. This is Boone learning to rely on Boone.

Your horse should walk back to the barn like Boone. And if they don’t? You need to ask WHY. And then you need to help your horse from there. Because it is very rarely as simple as “barn sour”. Often times, there’s a deeper insecurity or lack of regulation or missing piece in the foundation. Whatever it may be, once it’s properly addressed a horse can become quite content with the ebb and flow of challenges, quite happy in their independence, and quite confident in being curious. And suddenly back to the barn doesn’t really feel so important to them.

Good work, Booney Tunes 🤪

Juno wants to remind everyone that rest is just as important as work - make time for both 💪🏻😴
07/22/2026

Juno wants to remind everyone that rest is just as important as work - make time for both 💪🏻😴

06/24/2026

Moose and I reporting for duty to remind you that “just trail riding” doesn’t “just happen” - it’s a learned skill that gets better with practice 😎

This is one of my absolute favorite exercises for the trail kiddos. I put them on as loose of a rein as possible (one that if I lifted my reins I’d immediately have connection but if I keep my hand lowered the bit is totally quiet) and I challenge myself to use only my eye line, seat, and then, very last, leg to guide us through the batch of trees. In a perfect world, I’d be able to simply look in the direction I want my horses feet to go and shift my seat to gently push them over, under, or to the side of any trail obstacle. That perfect world starts here in the practice world.

Nice job, Moose 🫎

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118 Chapman Grove Road
Pelzer, SC
29669

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:15pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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