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10/06/2025

10/03/2025

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08/30/2025

✨The American Saddlebred Horse and Breeders Association is proud to spotlight the Home For Life program!✨

Home for Life is a free service that allows a breeder, previous owner, or current owner of an American Saddlebred or Half Saddlebred to register a horse with our database. A banner is featured on the horse’s registry page on saddlebred.com, which gives the horse’s current owner an indication that a safe landing is available in the event the horse ends up in a distressing situation. There are currently around 150 horses recorded with the Home For Life program, and we hope to reach 200 horses by the end of this year! The registration process is easy, with an online and printable form available for owners and breeders to access.

What you need to register your horse with Home For Life:
⭐️ Horse’s registered name
⭐️ Horse’s registration number
⭐️ Applicant’s name, home address, email, and phone number

Online Form (must be logged in and a member of ASHBA):
https://www.saddlebred.com/registry/HomeforLife

Printable Form:
https://www.saddlebred.com/application/files/1616/8441/4582/home-for-life-2023.pdf

The printable form can be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to our office.

07/22/2025

"The best riders don't just ride – they study their horses and make the effort to understand them." - Ariat Athlete and 4x Olympian Boyd Martin

07/14/2025

https://madbarn.com/equine-heat-index/

Check the Equine Heat Index Tool before riding your horse to stay safe and prevent heat stress. Use our temperature chart to check when it's too hot to ride.

07/01/2025

💥 You don’t need talent to ride like a pro. You need these 10 tips. 💥

This list isn’t about natural ability 👀 It’s about what you choose to do every time you step in the ring 🐴💡 Judges notice effort 💪 We notice awareness 👁️ We notice who shows up prepared, focused, and coachable 🎯

Talent helps, sure… but these 10 things?
They’ll make you look talented before you ever win a ribbon 🏅
They’re the difference between just showing and showing up 🔥

Save it 💾 Share it 📲 And if you’re still cutting every turn… reread #6 😉🎬

06/23/2025

06/19/2025

Always, always pat your horse. 🐴💖
No matter the ride.
No matter the ribbon.
No matter what the judge did or didn’t see. 👀

Because your horse showed up for you.
Because they don’t know the score.
Because they’re not here for the trophy, they’re here for you. 🏆❤️

The connection matters.
The gratitude matters.
Loving the horse more than the sport always matters. 🙏

From center ring, we notice the riders who stay connected. Who reach down in the lineup and say thank you. Who don’t let a disappointing result erase the effort their horse gave.

Those are the riders you remember — in the best way!🌟

06/19/2025

Research shows that the gut and brain are connected by a nerve called the vagus nerve. When the gut is unhappy, it can directly affect the brain. In fact, scientists have linked imbalanced gut microbes in humans to mental health issues like depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, and many more. Google "dysbiosis" to dig deeper.

The same gut–brain connection applies to horses. When a horse's gut microbial population is out of balance, it can lead to a variety of issues, including:
Poor body condition
Loss of appetite or picky eating
Poor performance
Ulcers
Loose stool
Colic
Weakened immune system
High anxiety or nervousness

A healthy gut supports a healthy horse—inside and out.

5 practical tips for maintaining a healthy gut in horses:

Prioritize forage first (bonus points for including a variety of forage species)
Feed consistently (avoid abrupt changes)
Support with pre, pro, and post-biotics
Avoid over-feeding grain
Minimize stress (stable routine, turnout time, social interaction, etc)

06/16/2025

Athlete: Coach, I feel stuck. I’ve been training for weeks and I don’t see any real improvement. What am I doing wrong?

Coach: Probably nothing. You're just in the middle.

Athlete: The middle?

Coach: The part where progress feels invisible. Where work piles up, but results stay quiet.

Athlete: So what do I do?

Coach: Keep going.

Athlete: That’s it?

Coach: That’s everything. Most people quit in the middle not because it’s hard, but because it’s quiet.

Athlete: But what if I never see progress?

Coach: You will. But not when you expect it. The body adapts slowly. The mind even slower. Think of it like water dripping on stone it looks like nothing, until one day, there's a groove.

Athlete: It just feels like I’m spinning my wheels.

Coach: That’s how every champion feels right before the breakthrough. Every run, every set, every choice it compounds. Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not working.

Athlete: So I just trust the process?

Coach: Trust yourself. Consistency is the real miracle. Anyone can show up once. Few show up daily.

Athlete: What if I don’t have what it takes?

Coach: You don’t have to have it. You build it run by run, day by day.

06/07/2025

Credit: Klaus Balkenhol

06/03/2025

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