Epona Mustangs

01/12/2026

Frodo Baggins getting one last practice in at a ranch horse show this weekend. He is getting pretty handy. I can’t believe it is now less than two weeks until we leave for the Mustang Magic!

I’m making an effort to revisit and catch up on his training series. I’ve just done a recap of the last month he spent in Florida and his journey to Texas with me. Check out his series on Youtube for an inside look at his early days and the progress he’s made since then.

01/08/2026

Frodo and I had a great lesson with the other day preparing for the Mustang Magic! We learned a lot and are now in the final stages of preparation for the show. Can’t believe it is in just two weeks!

Frodo will be available Jan 24th at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo during the auction. Reach out to me if you are interested in learning more about him.

12/31/2025

I have a new face to introduce on here!

Everyone meet Sokka. He is a 3 year old gelding from the Twin Peaks, CA HMA. He is a goofy boy who has been quite entertaining to train thus far. You can’t leave anything on the ground or he will be picking it up and playing within seconds 😆 A few weeks in and he is haltered and leading out of his pen, started work on picking up front feet and desensitizing to training tools. I have been taking it slow with him because while he is so sweet he has a few more walls to let down and trust to develop before he is ready for the next gentling steps.

I picked up Sokka hoping to train him for next year’s Mustang Classic and Challenge, and hearing the news of the events’ cancellation didn’t change my plans for him much. I will still continue to train him and start him under saddle so he is ready for a new home. As always the #1 goal is to bring mustangs out of holding and into loving homes ❤️

12/29/2025

What are you waiting for?!
Entries close in 5️⃣ days for the Sunshine State Mustang Show!!!
This is the first show I have ever hosted (alongside !), and I’m so excited for it! The show runs from January 9th to the 11th in Newberry Florida. We have over 70 mustangs that will be there… 10+ vendors… 55 classes… it’s going to be an exciting weekend.
This show is open to any BLM mustang or b***o! Please send me a message if you’d like the list of classes or the link to enter now ☀️

12/28/2025

12/28/2025

Watch the progression of a green horse learning how to jump! This was Frodo’s first time being ridden english as we have been preparing for the Mustang Magic, but it’s good to switch it up and try something new. We start with trotting poles, something Frodo knows how to do very well by now, then progress to trotting and cantering a small cross rail. He felt very game at this point so we tried a vertical and then a small oxer. He also popped over another vertical with some brush underneath. I was so proud of him! I knew he is athletic and likes to take on new obstacles, but I was still quite impressed with his talent and bravery. If you’re looking for a horse with a lot of try and the ability to go english or western while looking fancy either way, Frodo is your guy. Reach out to me if you are interested in learning more about him.

12/27/2025

PLEASE share and keep an eye out - my sister’s’ tack was stolen that is vital to her business.

12/20/2025

Gemma is a lovely warmblood mare I have the pleasure of training over the winter. Prince has finally found a horse that towers over him 😂 But she is a sweet as can be and loves to learn. She is working on her groundwork skills at the moment and has accomplished lunging, saddling, ground driving, wearing the tarp, going over obstacles, and ponying. She’s a quick learner and has been very enjoyable to train!

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12/11/2025

Frodo’s first show under saddle in the middle of November, keeping it simple with some walk trot classes. He was a little spooked by the indoor arena at first and some activity going on outside of it, but he started to settle in and understand that he was safe. He was far more confident in our second class, which was exactly my goal- to help him to feel safer every time he goes in. I sadly didn’t get his outdoor trail course on video as I was alone at this show and relying on nice strangers to film my rounds 😆 This was in mid November before news of the EHV outbreak. I am catching up on some updates.

Frodo will be competing in the Mustang Magic at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo this January. He will be available via auction at the competition, but I encourage interested bidders to reach out to me to learn more about him!

11/24/2025

It’s hard to put into words how profound Vero’s emotional transformation has been and how much it has meant to me. From a horse who was so afraid he would charge and kick out of fear, to a sweet and trusting companion who follows me around the pasture asking for attention and a horse I can trust to keep me safe and try his best in everything we do. For his full story, I have all of his posts under his hashtag and videos of his training in my channel. But if you’ve been following us from the beginning you know started his training and she gave him to me when I needed a horse for the Classic. So he already had a great foundation but with his amount of fear I knew it was still going to be a challenge. I had to push myself— I was more afraid to ride him than any of my previous mustangs. He had *all* the groundwork done and more to prepare him, but he could still be reactive when something startled him.

In the end he did more than make it to the show, he placed top 10 and was even able to learn a new discipline in a short time afterward. We had our sights set on EXCA finals and while it didn’t work out timing wise for us to compete, I’m so proud of this horse and glad I was in the position to keep him.

I don’t typically keep my mustangs- I have to make room to help the next one- it takes a very special mustang and Vero has a lot of talent waiting to be fully realized. So he will be sticking around ❤️ He’s getting a well deserved winter vacation and will start eventing again in the spring.

Full video of his one year journey is out on youtube now, this is just the highlights. You can also watch his entire training series from when I first started working with him to the competition on my channel, with context behind every single clip and all the roadblocks we faced along the way.

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