Starting Point Equestrian, Pittsboro NC

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Proudly embracing beginner students and filling the gaps in the education of more established riders who are looking for deeper connections (within the Sport Horse disciplines). (We stopped publishing our number due to the crazy amount of robo-calls we were receiving.) :)

05/22/2026

starting her lesson horse internship. 🤩

05/20/2026

continuing her lesson horse education. Getting used to crazy beginner leggies. 🍗 🦵🏼😁

05/20/2026
working on her school-horse learners permit. 😁 From driving horse to riding horse.
05/20/2026

working on her school-horse learners permit. 😁 From driving horse to riding horse.

I just created a post on this page about my mustang, and then I saw this. 💓🐴
05/20/2026

I just created a post on this page about my mustang, and then I saw this. 💓🐴

05/20/2026

I have done a bad job of posting about , and even a sadder job at doing much with her this past year.

This past April has been 2 years since I got her and she's now 5. She's tame. I can get her to go with me around the farm, brush her, put a saddle on her, and I think 🤔 maaaaybe this counts as a first ride on her? I dunno. I think it counts. I'll take it.

But I still don't think I can TELL her to do much of anything. She has self confidence and can handle herself. I have no desire to ever go to a battle of wills with her. Many "trainers" preach you have to make a horse respect you, come hell or high water.

And I've been there, it was part of my early education riding Western Pleasure show horses as a kid.

But what do you create with that mindset? An empty shell of a once sentient being that is now lifeless? A anxious reactive nervous mess? Or a pi**ed off individual?

Does it matter? Because you probably won't have a partner, you'll just be good at coercive control.

I'd rather find a common language with her and get her buy-in on 80% of the things I'd ever want to do with her, and only pull out the bossy card for the 20% of the things she truly has to endure (veterinarian treatment, avoiding a more dire consequence such as getting hurt, etc.).

She has a right to say no, and I have a responsibility to refine my dialogue and ask better questions.

~Kaye

03/11/2026

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817 Jay Shambley Road
Pittsboro, NC
27312

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