Odyssey Equestrian

06/13/2023

Show photos from the show! Huge thanks to and .cowgirl.photographer for these 🥰 Cali was a good girl despite me being nervous and the weather being dramatically colder than it has been! Next time we will improve but I’m still happy with what we completed this time ❤️

05/30/2023

Riding is great, but so is laying in the grass with your horse nearby to ground yourself 💞 Love you Cali 🦄

05/11/2023

Just heard that my favorite blind mare, Salvus (Latin for safe) has regained some vision in her right eye!!! We weren’t sure if it would be possible to save her eyesight at all, but keeping her out of the sun and daily eye medication treatments are working ❤️ There is hope!

05/11/2023

Of all the horses I have worked with, all the euthanasias I have been there for, this one was the absolute hardest. Light wasn’t even on our radar to save from the loose pen, but when we saw her come in the auction we knew we had to save her. I have never met a horse who was so kind, so loving, and who loved to reach out and groom you, rest her head on you, or just be touching you in any way. Her mind was more human than horse, she just knew things that I’ve never seen in a horse before. She knew what I was feeling, and she comforted me in a way I didn’t know was possible. Her soft knicker, turning her head when I was about to cry, and being adamant that she needed to rest her head on me to help. Im so thankful that was able to save her and grateful for the time we had together, I just wish we could’ve had years and years of time instead of a week. Rest in peace, sweet girl ❤️🌈

03/06/2023

Practicing technical lines and Cali was up to the challenge! Always thanking this horse for giving me the best rides 🥰

12/17/2022

4’ with queen Caliente 👑

12/14/2022

Happy horse day 🐴 I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it weren’t for the horses in my life, and the people they’ve led me to. Shoutout to a very special few- Cali, Remi, Peaches, Westie, and Luna 💙

12/07/2022

The best view ❤️

11/28/2022

11/19/2022

Still sneaking in some time with my favorite, a bay OTTB 😍 Ella is a very different ride, and so fun!

10/27/2022

This hits home, I’m so lucky to have had some incredible horses in my time who’ve taught me to be better 💙

To all of the horses I accidentally let down over the years:

Thank you for your patience even though I offered you none from myself.

Thank you for your kindness, even when my kindness towards you was subject to whether or not you listened to my demands.

Thank you for not hurting me, even as I hurt you both unintentionally through inadequate care and more intentionally through how I was taught to train and handle you.

Thank you for your loyalty, though I did not deserve it because I offered you none from myself and gave you little in the way of understanding.

Thank you for weathering the storm that was my care and management so that I could eventually learn to do better by horses and start to make up for what I couldn’t give to you.

I am sorry you had to go through that. I am sorry for the expectations I had of you, when I wasn’t even close to meeting the basic expectations in terms of fair care and treatment to you.

I am sorry for how I hurt you. How I scared you. How I robbed you of any ability to self exercise, interact with other horses and enjoy a good life outside of ridden care.

I am sorry for how I kept many of you in glorified horsey dollhouses, dressing you up in clothes to keep you cozy and warm in your “comfortable” stalls, even though you were anything but comfortable.

I micromanaged you. I controlled your every move. I did it out of good intentions and the belief I was doing the right thing, but it was still wrong.

And, for that, I am sorry.

I am sorry to the horses I let down in my pursuit of becoming a better Equestrian.