NOCO Equine

10/27/2025

🎃 thank you, from the bottom of our heart, for all who came out today and participated in our halloween party!!

10/23/2025

😴 cloudy mornings are tough ☺️

10/23/2025

🫣I mean, they’re not wrong though 🥹

🤣😂😂

10/16/2025

Halloween is coming 🎃 and Samson loves me 🤭

10/15/2025

👇this! I had a behavior professor at CSU that once said, ‘horses see ghosts on windy days.’ There is simply no better way to put it. 💨

🌬️ Why Windy Days Can Make Riding Instructors (and Horses) Nervous

If the horses seem extra jumpy on windy days… they’re not just being dramatic. There’s real science behind it.

Wind actually wipes out several of a horse’s key senses, leaving them feeling far more vulnerable than usual.
As a prey animal, that’s a big deal.

👀 Sight – Horses are wired to notice flickers of movement. On windy days, everything moves, leaves, tarps, grass which keeping their visual alarm system constantly triggered.

👂 Sound – Horses rely on hearing to stay safe, but wind not only creates new noises but the wind itself creates a white noise that can put them on edge as they have a harder time recognizing and pinpointing sounds.

👃 Smell – Their powerful sense of smell helps them detect danger from far away. Wind scrambles scents, making it impossible to tell what’s nearby or far off or what direction it's coming from.

✋Touch - We know horses react to a tiny fly landing on their skin, so their is no reason to believe that the wind wouldn't create extra stimuli all over the horse's body for their mind to process. And I think we can all agree a cold wind is that much more irritating. Plus, be sure to consider if you have any equipment like dangling stirrup leather, quarter sheets, or long jackets that the wind moves providing inconsistent touch.

So next time you’re teaching or riding on a blustery day, remember, the horses are not being overdramatic or misbehaving. They’re trying to do their job the best they can while half their senses are being scrambled.

I know that if half of my senses were scrambled, I would be on edge too!

So on those windy days, be patient, slow things down, and give them a little extra grace and teach your riders the why behind those wild windy days.

🌬️ What is one “windy day skill” that would be good to teach a rider?

10/14/2025

✨ New Lesson Helmet ✨
We’re so excited to announce that our lesson program just got upgraded with a brand-new Troxel helmet featuring MIPS technology! 🤩

What’s MIPS? It stands for Multi-Directional Impact Protection System — a fancy way of saying extra protection for your brain if you take an unexpected “dismount.” 😉🧠💛 You only get one brain, after all!

This helmet features the safest technology available. I ride in this helmet myself, I have one for each of my kids, and its the one I always recommend to anyone helmet shopping. As a mom, the dial fit and removable, washable liner are also must-haves for growing kids.

🛍🎁 Looking to get your own? I provided links to the two I recommend in the comments below 👇

🤗 And because I'm a huge helmet promotor, regardless of whether you're out on the trail, sailing over a jump or racing around a barrel, I worked with Troxel Helmets to get a promo code just for you! Use code TRACY10 at checkout for a special discount from Troxel Helmets!

10/14/2025

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10/11/2025

There are many parts of running a boarding facility that I enjoy. In fact, I’d venture to say most of them keep me up late at night dreaming and wake me up early in the morning already reaching for my boots.

This is not one of them 🕷️ send help 😳

10/09/2025

UPDATE: this pen is now full 🤗

We have a unique boarding opportunity opening in November 👀

I’m relocating where I keep my personal horses on the property, which means this full 100x100 dry-lot paddock will become available 🤩 the paddock houses 4 horses with a private shelter, automatic waterer, and free choice grass hay. It’s cleaned daily and conveniely located right up front!

These spots don’t come around very often - and particularly not multiple spots in the same paddock. If you’re interested, reach out to us!

10/06/2025

POV: you’re a green-broke three year old babysitting a beginner rider out in the field with just a halter. Della is made of pure gold 🌟

Troxel Helmets

10/03/2025

‼️we have a rare opportunity: 2 stalls opening November first ‼️

These don’t come along often and fill quickly! Who wants to get their horses inside before winter and take advantage of our fully lit indoor, heated wash stalls and temperature controlled tack room?!