Free Rein Farm

10/17/2025

Happy Fall, from the farm 🍂💛

09/20/2025

If you give your child a pony, they’ll want to ride. You’ll find the best pony you can, then come the hat, the boots, and all the pony things. Soon you’ll be searching for a local stables, and life as you know it will change forever.

Before long, they’ll want to compete. Lazy weekends vanish, traded for early mornings, horseboxes, and endless practices. Your house will be messy, your car dirty, and your weekends spent freezing or roasting on a fold-up chair. All because you gave your child a pony.

But their weekends? They’ll be filled with friends, fun, dirt, confidence, new skills, and pure joy. You’ll watch the first canter, first jump, first rosette, and first win—and beam with pride. Other parents will say congratulations, but you know it’s all them. Right before your eyes, that little kid on a rocking horse becomes a rider chasing a HOYS ticket—or maybe even the Olympics or the NFR.

When you give a child a pony, you give them more than something to ride. You give them a sport, a dream, a family. A place to grow braver, stronger, and more resilient. Memories that last forever.

And you too will find a new family—other parents bound by the same passion. Friendships formed in muddy fields and showgrounds, as well as rodeo grounds.

One day, years from now, they’ll look at a trophy on their shelf, buckles they won and remember. They’ll realize that when you gave them a pony, you gave them a childhood they’ll never forget. And you’ll realize every sacrifice was worth it.

All because you gave your child a pony. 🐴✨

09/16/2025

“Horses make a landscape look beautiful”💕
– Alice Walker

09/04/2025

🐴Free Rein Farm - Saugerties, NY

Are you a horse-lover looking for some extra horse-time?
A newbie who wants to dive into the equine world?
Do you have horse obsessed kids?

Introducing "Saddle-Free Social" at Free Rein Farm - a heartfelt way to spend time with horses who are retired from riding, but still deserve and thrive on all of the attention!

What you'll experience:
- Grooming, grazing, and hands-on, supervised care.
- A relaxed walk in the arena, paddock or pasture.
- A chance to chat about each horse's personality.
- Photo opportunities.
- Time to simply connect with these amazing animals!

Sessions are limited to 6 individuals per session to ensure the most meaningful and high-quality experience for each guest.

*If you have a larger group, or would like to schedule a private session, please contact us and we can accommodate!*

Cost is $125 per session.

Available sessions:
Session 1: Saturdays 10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25 - 3pm-4pm
Session 2: Sundays October 5, 12, 19, 26 - 9am-10am

*Please note that this experience is non-riding.*

Spaces are limited, so reserve your space now www.RideFreeRein.com on our "Programs" page, or contact us with questions!

08/03/2025

Why you never, never, NEVER give Banamine IM! Please have your vet teach you how to administer properly (Orally or IV) in case of an emergency!

This is another case of someone injecting banamine into what was supposed to be the muscular triangle of the neck. Either way, this horse ended up with Clostridium causing gangrene. The only treatment is to open the tissues up to the air with a procedure called a fasciotomy. Banamine otherwise known as flunixin meglumine should never be injected into the muscle, even though the label instructs you to give it intramuscular (IM) or intravenously (IV). This is a rare occurrence, but do you really want to risk, loss of life, loss of future performance, down time for this to heal, let alone have the vet bills? I know you don't, especially when another way is available. Either give it IV if you have been trained how to do this with out hitting an artery, because that is another trainwreck, causing seizures in the horse and any damage from going down in such a violent way. Or use the same injectable dosage and without using a needle on your syringe, just so you don't loose any on the ground, sq**rt about 3 mls in the mouth at 1 minute intervals until the entire dosage has been administered.

08/02/2025

Very lucky to have learned so much during our time @ Frank’s! 🐴

07/24/2025

“Home is where the horse is.”

We have one board space available!

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07/06/2025

Why are horses a release for people?

Horses are a release for people because they strip life back to its simplest, most honest form.
In a world full of noise, emails, deadlines, expectations, horses remind us that real communication isn’t about words. It’s about presence. It’s about energy, intention, awareness.

When you’re with a horse, your words mean nothing, but your actions, your body language, your energy? That’s everything. You can’t fake confidence with a horse. You can’t lie with your posture. You can’t manipulate with charm or excuses. Horses reflect back exactly who you are in that moment, your fear, your calm, your frustration, your peace.

That’s why working with horses is 90% self-reflection. They force you to get quiet. To slow down. To pay attention not only to them, but to yourself. Your breathing, your posture, your thoughts. They draw you out of your head and into your body, into the present.

It takes us back to a time when survival, connection, and trust weren’t built on promises or conversations. They were built on consistency, energy, and respect. Horses remind us how to just be, without the layers of complication life piles on.

That’s why so many people find healing with them. They don’t care about your job, your past, your social status. They care about your energy in this moment, and nothing feels more freeing than being seen for your truest self, without judgment, without words.

📸 With One Line

07/04/2025

Have a safe & happy 4th, everyone! 🇺🇸🐴

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