Shooting Starr Farm

06/15/2025

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06/03/2025

Just because I’m not riding this season doesn’t mean you don’t have to! 🐎I’m offering my arena and obstacle course for use to the public! Arena includes mounting block, poles, barrels, and cones for your convenience! The obstacle course has roughly 20 obstacles and growing! If you wanna come more than one day in a row and don’t want a trailer, I do offer temporary boarding options and you can even park and leave your trailer! 😉 After you’re done riding you can also opt for halotherapy treatment for your horse! Want lessons with your horse or need a lesson on one of mine? I can accommodate that as well!

06/03/2025

05/30/2025

When you’re trying to teach an OTTB something about life, and they get distracted by shiny black water 😂

04/23/2025

Coming soon!!

03/30/2025

Time is here! Text, call, or message me for your spot and address! Limit to 10 participants a day.
9 spots remaining.

01/13/2025

11/26/2024

Spring is around the corner! Training spots now available! I focus on creating a confident willing partner with an emphasis on the horse human relationship and communication. With time we cover a variety of challenges , from basic manners, c**t starting, OTTB restarts , obstacle course , trails , and introduction to cattle. I can work with “problem” horses but it is case by case basis.

Respect , trust, confident

10/03/2024

09/30/2024

University of Surrey researchers recently found that a thoroughbred's gut bacteria composition at one-month-old may be a good indicator of its future performance.

Gut bacterial diversity at 28 days old was found to be predictive of future athletic performance, with higher bacterial diversity at one month positively associated with better racing performance.

Specifically, higher abundance of Anaeroplasmataceae bacteria was linked to higher official ratings, while increased levels of Bacillaceae at 28 days old were associated with better race placings.

Lower bacterial diversity at 28 days old was associated with increased health risks and foals with lower diversity had a significantly higher risk of developing respiratory disease later in life.

Interestingly, low diversity was also linked to increased risk of soft-tissue and orthopedic issues later in life.

The study also found that antibiotic use in the first month of life had long-term impacts:

- Foals treated with antibiotics in the first 28 days had significantly lower bacterial diversity at that age.

- These foals won significantly lower prize money in their racing careers.

- They also had a significantly higher rate of developing respiratory disease after 6 months of age.

The researchers believe these health impacts may be related to immunological priming in early life, though the exact reasons are not fully understood.

Work is currently underway to develop novel probiotics that will enhance the gut health of foals in early life and to investigate how antibiotics can be used whilst preserving gut health.

University of Surrey. "Bacterial gut diversity improves the athletic performance of racehorses." ScienceDaily, August 2024.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-64657-6

09/29/2024

Fall and Christmas Minis are in the works for October and November!

We'll also start booking for regular Fall and Winter sessions as well.

We are still scouting a location for my Mayfield folks, but for my Murray and Paris peeps, Elaini Sutton is going to be hosting us again this year at Shooting Starr Farm

Current planned dates are as below.
PARIS
Fall Minis - 10/12
Christmas Minis - 11/2

MAYFIELD
Fall Minis - 10/19
Christmas - 11/9

Offically accouncment will be posted next month along with a link to book your time slot!