Spring Creek Stables

11/29/2024

With the cold weather starts the colic season. Check out this blanket chart.
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🥶 MAJOR TEMP DROP BEGINNING TONIGHT. With the upcoming drop in temperature starting tonight and through the weekend, we wanted to share this great blanketing guide and help you decide, "to blanket the horses, or to not blanket the horses"!

Also as a reminder, when the temperatures drop, horses tend to not drink as much water. To help avoid any potential colic, we strongly recommend serving up some good ole' "sweet tea" water for your horses, as well as soaking their grain in water! Simply add a solid handful of your sweetest grain to your horse's water buckets, let that marinate, and tada "sweet tea" water! These are great ways to entice them to keep drinking water in colder temps, and continue to stay hydrated. 🌬️❄️☃️

11/28/2024

Winter has arrived. ❄ Here are some great tips! HAPPY RIDING 🐎

11/17/2024

I am very proud of our show team! The Temiskaming Pleasure Horse Club banquet was last night. Here are the results.
Novice Champion - Nora Plouffe
Green Horse Champion - Katherine Willett
Most Improved - Emma Bernstein
Senior Reserve Champion - Ainsley Gilmour
High Point Pony - Ainsley Gilmour and Wabi Brook Meadowlark (aka Curious George)

11/11/2024

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10/25/2024

Congratulations Jada!! Well done 🙂
Proud to be your coach!

10/03/2024

The true makings of a horse woman 😂

10/02/2024

With Great sadness we have to announce the passing of Hope today. "A little bit of Hope" aka Hopie.
She was my friend, partner in crime and co instructor. She loved to do lessons, go for trail rides, team Pen, participate in horse shows and always up for a good game of "What time is it Mr. Wolf". She would make the best faces when being groomed and loved the attention.
We were blessed to have her in our lives for 22 years. I believe she was in her early thirties.
Rest in peace Hopie. I will love you always. 💗

08/27/2024

Well the results are in! Congratulations to everyone on our team!
Nora Tied for Champion Novice
Ainsley Champion Adult
Katherine Champion Green Horse
Emma didnt get Champion but she had her BEST show yet this year. And for that she is a Champion too! ❤ I am very proud of our team.

Sunday, August 25th was our biggest English Performance show of the season!!!

A huge THANK YOU goes out to our fabulous judge Melia Blakely and all my helpers/volunteers.
We just couldn’t do it without our crew!

To all the riders….thank you for your support!!!
The smiles and Thank You’s make all the work worthwhile!

Congratulations to our August Grand and Reserve Champions!

Let the countdown to our last show of the season begin!!

07/23/2024

Great job to everyone on the team! Congratulations Nora on your first Grand Champion!

Our July 2024 Reserve and Champions!!
Thank you to all our competitors for braving the rain in the morning!
If you haven’t received your ribbons from this show or the previous shows please come see us at the booth during the next show!
Hope to see you all in August!

07/20/2024

All students: Just a reminder the Show Team is at a Show today. Lessons are tomorrow, same time. Have a great day!

07/02/2024

Happy Canada Day!

06/29/2024

Learn about this tendon’s complex anatomy and how veterinarians rehab it when injured.

06/23/2024

No lessons today. Great day for the ducks!

06/17/2024

I am very proud of our show team. Everyone rode their best at the show. And the ribbons and smiles prove it. 🙂🐎
Ainsley was Reserve Champion for the Senior Division.

06/14/2024

A great reminder with the warmer weather coming this week. 🙂🏝🏖🐎

Horses can acclimate to hot and humid weather conditions; however, air temperature and relative humidity can affect your horse’s ability to cool themselves.

It is recommended to avoid (or use caution when) riding or exercising a horse when the combined air temperature (in Fahrenheit) and relative humidity (%) surpass 150. For example, if the temperature is predicted to be 92 F with 69% relative humidity, the combination of the two is 161.

When the air temperature + relative humidity is less than 130, horses are very effective at cooling themselves. Between 130 and 150, a horse’s ability to cool themselves is decreased. When the combination is greater than 150, a horse’s ability to cool themselves is greatly reduced, and if the combination is greater than 180, conditions could become fatal if the horse is stressed.

Source: University of Minnesota Equine Extension Program