O’Grady Equine

28/01/2024

Check out this beautiful boy Styx, I have had this lovely boy for 7 weeks and this was his first outing and off property ride with me, after being sat on a handful of times I have had the pleasure of finishing off the starting process with this lovely boy. His owner did such a fantastic job of preparing Styx for being started he’s been an absolute pleasure to work with everyday 💕

14/11/2023

Now this, this is what we are about 🙌🏻👌🏻🫶🏻

CELEBRATE YOUR OWN WINS.

It’s important to run your own race, ride your own class, lope your own warm up and celebrate your own wins. Whether there are 60 or 600 entries, everyone wants to win, but ultimately, everyone has to show up to even be one step closer to winning.

And winning doesn’t look the same for everyone and that is OKAY.

Some days winning is that your horse is sound after months of time off.
Some days winning is that your sick horse perked up and whinnied at you when you walked in the barn.
Some days winning is that you drove yourself to the horse show.
Some days winning is that your horse walked into warm up.
Some days winning is that you left three barrels standing or didn’t go off course.

Rarely ever is “winning” actually WINNING and a lot of wins happen outside of the arena.

Celebrate all of those wins because you worked your tail off and you earned them!

When you treat and rehab a horse for a year and you finally get to haul them to a show, that’s a win, an hard-earned one.

When you finally hit one lead change out of four, that’s a win.

When you make it through the trail course without a DQ, that’s a win.

When your ulcer prone, anxiety ridden SELF, keeps lunch down at the show, that’s a win.

Don’t compare your win to the person who took home the blue ribbon, because you never know, that may be just what they needed to not sell out on their dreams. Congratulate them after you congratulate yourself.

It is so easy to get caught up in the idea of “winning” that we lose sight of our own goals, how far we have come, what we have conquered, and the wins that we let slip by us because they weren’t a declared WIN on paper.

Easier said than done, I know. So in case you haven’t heard it or in case you haven’t told yourself lately,
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN!!! ❤️

Tweaked and modified by Jeremy Anglin, full credit to unknown author.

10/09/2023

Starting to sell all my horse gear in preparation for our big trip, send me a message if you want anything info a price in comments ✌️🐎

20/08/2023

Great news, the beautiful coco has found her new home, after only being advertised for 2 days the first person to see her took her home, just goes to show what a lovely mare she is!! We hope coco and her new owners have a wonderful future together full of fun and adventures! 🥰🦄💕

17/08/2023

If anyone is looking for a lovely quarter horse mare Coco is looking for her future home, she has been In work with me for 6 weeks now, she’s a very sweet mare who has been a pleasure to work with. See comments for info and send me a message if you think she might be your next 🦄!

02/06/2023

Meet silver, she is a TB filly who has begun her training with us this week, she is being started under saddle to prepare for her career as a race horse. This is a snippet of her 3rd session, starting to join up, some desensitising and intro to getting her first bridle on.

02/06/2023

Great news! Ardmore aka Carl has found his forever home after only being with us for 4 short weeks of retraining. Carl had about 18 months off after retiring from racing unfortunately due to a tendon injury, he has been super well behaved since coming back into work after such a long time off and has found his forever home with the lovely kemp 💕 these two are going to have a lot of fun together! 💕

27/05/2023

My lovely little Sansa 💜

25/05/2023

Pumpkin is looking forward to being someone’s next supper star, send me a message if you’re interested, he will be officially advertised over the next couple of days ⭐️

13/05/2023

The beautiful Kiralui.
Another great photo and edit by Hidden Moments Photography 💜

12/05/2023

Lovely photos of Tara who has just started her retraining after not handling the pressures of racing. She will do one month of schooling before looking for her forever home. Thanks Hidden Moments Photography for the 📸💕

27/04/2023

Maddy progress, from first ride to arena work this week. 🌸

16/04/2023

Lil Ahsoka is looking for her forever home. She is 2yr old tb filly who has been lightly started under saddle, due to being slightly vertically challenged (atm 13.2hh) we’re not sure if she has a future in racing, so if anyone is looking for a small tb to bring on send me a message! This is about 15th ride under saddle and her first go at doing any circle work out in the open. She has never had a buck or done anything naughty since being started and she is a forward going confident young girl who seems to really enjoy her work! Complete blank canvas for someone to go on with! If anyone is interested in this young girl please DM me, open to all offers 😊

08/04/2023

This is our newest arrival Pumpkin, he is here to be started under saddle and this is a little bit of our first session together. He’s a friendly guy and I think we’re both going to enjoy the next few weeks working together!

08/04/2023

Meet Maddy she is an Anglo mare who is here to be started under saddle, this is her 2nd week with us, today was her first day in the big saddle and first time feeling my weight on her, she’s a sweet and sensitive girl so we’re taking things slowly so she feels comfortable throughout the process! 💜

08/04/2023

Delilah progress, she’s has moved to ridden work in the arena and this is about her 10th ride, she found it quite hard to concentrate and relax in the arena for her first few rides but is settling in and starting to relax nicely now 😌

26/03/2023

Delilah’s 3rd ride, next step will be moving to the arena to get out of the heavy sand and work on some of the finer details now she’s relaxed and safe with me onboard 😌

17/03/2023

What a cruisey dude Alan is! This is only about his 10th ride OTT being so big he finds circle work a little tricky but is definitely trying his very best to please, whoever ends up taking this boy home is going to have so much fun with him! side note, can’t wait to see how well he goes when someone whose legs reach past the saddle blanket gets onboard 😅 🦵🏻🦵🏻

14/03/2023

If anyone is looking for their next super star!

17hh 5yr old TB gelding looking for his forever home.
Since retiring from racing he has had a 3month let down in the paddock and is now ready to go on with.
Alan is a gentle giant and any one who meets Alan falls in love with his big goofy personality.
He has been back in work for two weeks and with his laid back attitude is adapting to life after racing extremely well. He has a big beautiful movement, he is bold, honest and not fazed by dogs, cows, bikes & tractors around the farm.
Although he has only had two weeks of schooling off of the track as a race horse he was a lovely ride carrying himself nicely with a lovely soft mouth. Alan had his first trip to the beach last week and loved it.
We think Alan will excel in either an eventing or showing home but would willingly give anything a go.
Alan is very sweet and has no dirt in him, however as he is fresh off the track we are looking for someone with a reasonable amount of experience to take him on to ensure he can shine in whatever future discipline he ends up In.
Alan is good to do everything with, he hard ties and self loads on the float, his only vice is he is unfortunately a wind-sucker, however this is controlled with a collar.
$5000, Located in serpentine.

09/03/2023

Meet Delilah, she is a 3yr old Fresian x Trakehner filly who is with us to be started under saddle, this is some of the stuff she is starting to learn for her first week.

22/04/2022

Acasia is due to come back into work soon, here is a video of some of her firsts during her breaking prep with us last year!

07/04/2022

Autumn progress.. introduction to poles at liberty (and puddles 😆) ridden work getting better, still working out her canter leads, had a slight meltdown down when I believe a leaf fell down and hit her on the nose, which she found very offensive 😅 and finished her session off with the first look at a float. She’ll be having her first look at the track over the next few days!!

31/03/2022

Today Autumn had her first ride out of the round yard and in the arena, she can be quite explosive In her reactions if she gets spooked and it was a windy day so we did a lot of transitions and exercises around the cones to keep her concentrating on me. Keeping her focused on lots of turns and changes of rein prevents her having the time to worry and look at things that may spook her!

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