Reaching Strides Equestrian Centre

11/14/2025

Spongey loves his new mom
❤️

11/13/2025

Interesting

Western student startup StableInsights aims to give horse owners real-time readings of their animals health with smart tech blanket.

11/12/2025

Winter program on the go today. Learning about parts of the horse and why it’s so important and how it folds into horse health etc. great crew of enthusiastic kiddos.

11/12/2025

For sale, two 4’ by 5’ bale condoms. They’re the ones with the larger net. Each has one hole in them, I usually just tie with baler twine. $250 each for anyone interested. They’re so much easier to use than the other nets out there. Just flip it over and push it down and voila you’re done!! Give a shout if interested!

11/10/2025

So much this!!!!

They call it “aura farming”. . .

You’ve probably seen that phrase floating around online lately. It’s the kind of thing people say as a joke. Like a lot of things in life, we laugh because it’s funny and we laugh because it’s true.

In the world of horses, it’s especially true.

Let me share a recent example.

Amy was teaching a groundwork lesson. The horse she used was a veteran; quiet, honest, knows exactly what to do. Perfect beginner horse. The student is brand-new.

To demonstrate the lunging exercise, Amy sends the horse out onto the circle. The rope feeds out, the horse finds the circle, energetic and easy departure. Then she hands the line to the beginner.

Same cues.
Same steps.
Same rope.
Same horse.

Different aura.

The student lifts her hand, tries to send the horse off — and the horse just melts toward her, leaning in, crowding her space.

The student is confused. She can’t get the horse to move away.

Now she’s having to use a TON more pressure and even s***k the horse to get it to move, when all Amy needed was finger point.

Why?

It’s not a question of strength. It’s not even a question of technique.

It’s presence.

Every cell in the student’s body was saying “please” and “oh nonono oh gawd don’t mess this up. . . instead of “GO.”

And the horse heard it loud and clear.

Communication always resides underneath the physical aid or cue. The cue is just the punctuation mark at the end of the sentence your body’s already been writing.

Before you move, before you speak, before the rope tightens — the horse has already read your posture, your focus, your intention.

When your thoughts, eyes, and body point in the same direction, that’s when the horse believes you.

We call this “congruency” — total alignment of belief, intention, and action.

Call it leadership, or communication, or presence, or attunement, or convergence, or concillience, or whatever term you want to use.

Call it “aura”, even.

But it’s the oldest communication technology on Earth.

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11/07/2025

lol

11/07/2025

Grear story eoth a Happy ending. Wtg everyone involved

A donkey from Nova Scotia is receiving care at the Atlantic Veterinary College at UPEI after high winds at the Confederation Bridge almost prevented his owners from getting him to the Island.

11/06/2025

Our Handsome boy Legacy doing ever so fabulous in his new home with his humans ❤️

11/05/2025

A great read.

Ever wonder why foals have legs that are long and gangly?

All foals look like they have very long, gangly legs compared to their bodies because they’re born with legs that are already close to adult length.

This is an evolutionary survival adaptation because foals need to run within hours of birth.

In the wild, predators target the young first. Being able to stand, walk, and keep up with the band quickly is crucial.

Long legs give them more stride length, better ability to follow the herd, and a height advantage so they can see over grass and terrain.

Legs also reach near-adult length early. A foal’s legs are about 80–90% of their adult length at birth.

Their body, neck, and head still have a lot of growing to do, so the legs appear extra long and spindly.

I've always wondered.......and this photo is a great example.

11/05/2025

And that’s a wrap for our first RSEC winter program session. This crew was awesome and learned a ton. Today’s talk was on horse health care and how to recognize if there’s a problem that needs to be addressed by a vet. What an awesome first day we had. ❤️🤠✌🏼