Mamba, the stallion, a horse being a horse

29/04/2025

I do feel so 💞

29/04/2025

Yes 💔🙏🏻💔

The Kentucky Derby is not a celebration — it’s a spectacle built on suffering. 💔🏇

At Churchill Downs, the home of the Kentucky Derby, 20 horses were killed last year. In 2023, 31 horses lost their lives — including Chloe’s Dream and Freezing Point, who died on Derby Day. Behind the glamour lies a brutal industry in which horses are abused and killed for profit and "entertainment."

As the Kentucky Derby approaches, we urge you: don’t watch, don’t attend, and don’t bet. Speak up. Educate others. Be a voice for the voiceless.

Boycott the Kentucky Derby. End horseracing. 🚫

29/04/2025

Yes...And not just for riding, but for simply staying with horses too 💗

Horsemanship goes far beyond the physical cues we give in the saddle. Horses are incredibly sensitive to energy, intention, and emotion, they feel what we’re thinking before we even act. This quote reminds us that riding isn’t just about heels down, hands steady, or seat deep. It’s about showing up mentally present, emotionally calm, and energetically clear 💛

When your thoughts are focused, your aids become softer. When your mind is calm, your horse mirrors that stillness. True connection happens when you ride with feel, not force.

Take this to the arena: before you ask your horse to respond physically, check in with your own mind. What are you communicating - even in silence?🫶🏼

29/04/2025

It's always so worth sharing again...
Nature is amazingly beautiful, simply perfect in any detail 🥰

Picture source: Dogs, Cats & Horses on FB

29/04/2025

So many times 😄
Who else?

Picture source unknown

29/04/2025

This is the Serreta, another "tool" being used to train and ride horses, typically in Spanish Countries, where you can buy it cheap even at some gas stations...
I included a horrible picture randomly from the web in the first comment about its use, for whoever may want to see it and this time I truly cannot find the right words to comment this...
If that's something considered acceptable to use on a horse...well, I really don't know what else to say 💔

29/04/2025

So true.
For children and for all animals too, horses fully included ❤️

28/04/2025

Beautiful 💖

15 Fascinating Facts About the Horse's Heart and Its Emotional Connection with Humans:

The heart of an average adult horse weighs about 4–5 kg — nearly 10 times heavier than a human heart.

A horse's resting heart rate is around 28–40 beats per minute, but it can rise up to 240 during stress or intense activity.

The horse's heart is incredibly powerful — it can pump over 60 liters of blood per minute during running.

Human emotions can affect a horse's heart rate. Studies show that horses "read" human moods and mirror them.

During calm interaction, the heart rates of the human and horse can synchronize — a phenomenon known as bioelectrical resonance.

Horses sense a person's presence even before physical contact — their heart reacts to energy changes nearby.

A horse's heart generates a strong electromagnetic field, capable of transmitting emotional signals to other horses and even people.

Horses have a highly developed parasympathetic system, allowing them to calm down quickly in a safe environment.

A handler’s anxiety or fear can trigger stress in the horse — even if no real threat is present.

During cuddling or quiet companionship, a horse’s heartbeat slows down — a clear sign of trust.

Young horses experience emotional “storms” more frequently — much like humans, their hearts and nervous systems are still developing.

Trauma can leave an "emotional imprint" on a horse's heartbeat, even long after physical recovery.

Horses have the ability for emotional healing — kind and caring human contact can stabilize their heartbeat.

The horse’s heart is often seen as a symbol of deep intuition — horses can "feel" intentions before a word is spoken.

Scientific studies confirm that the emotional bond between human and horse is not a myth — it's a real physiological interaction of hearts, which can even have healing effects.

28/04/2025

A Paddock Is Not Turnout

This one really gets to me.

“I give my horse turnout every day,” they say—then show me a paddock about the same size as the stall.

I get it. Space can be limited. I live in one of those areas too. That’s exactly why I tracked my own small rental property—to create real turnout.

But here’s the hard truth: a paddock does not meet the physical or psychological needs of a 1,000+ lb prey animal. So how did this become normal?

Most people would never dream of keeping a dog in a kennel for 22–23 hours a day. Yet somehow, it’s acceptable for a horse?

So what can you do if you can’t change your horse’s boarding situation?

First: acknowledge that your horse’s needs aren’t being met. And that means adjusting your expectations. You can’t blame them for expressing discomfort, frustration, or unwanted behaviours in this environment.

Instead, focus on doing what is possible.

That might mean committing to getting your horse out every day—not to lunge them or chase them around a pen, but simply to allow them to move. Freely. Naturally. Like a normal animal going for a walk.

If true turnout or pasture time is available—great. If not, get creative. Every bit of movement matters.

Ensure they have access to 24/7 forage. Use small-hole hay nets if you’re managing weight, but don’t let them go hours without food. Long gaps between feedings create stress, and stress leads to dysfunction.

Offer enrichment. Provide novelty. Give them something to interact with—something that mimics natural exploration and problem-solving.

And if you can modify the paddock, even just a little? Do it. Move the water to the opposite side. Add visual barriers or structures to encourage more movement. Small changes add up.

But if none of this is possible—if the environment truly can’t meet your horse’s basic needs—then it’s time to re-evaluate. It may be inconvenient to move. But their welfare has to come first.

And finally: please don’t get another horse if you can’t meet these fundamental needs. This isn’t just about ownership, it is about ethical stewardship of a sentient being.

Yes, even if they’re a show horse.

28/04/2025

As with all my animals, he, my horse, is simply a life partner for me.
And I know to be going definitely against the flow, in a world where the horse instead has to necessarily be used for something as a tool in order to have a value.
But me I don't love the equestrian sports being made primarily for the human benefits, me I just love the animal.
And I always want all my animals to be serene about their own life being lived as much as possible in accordance with their species needs, consequently I would never force them to carry out any activities that they do not enjoy just for my own personal amusement.
Since I was a kid I just want the dogs I've always had to live serene and stress free, to have a good relationship with me and to feel good simply being whoever they are: beloved dogs.
And so now for him too, Mamba, my hard-headed, wild-spirited stallion, I want exactly the same, I want him to live serene and stress free, to have a good relationship with me and to feel good simply being whoever he is: a beloved horse.
Especially after having been at war with the whole world for years to the point to have become aggressive and dangerous, while now he shares with me a very special and exclusive relationship and he's at last a serene horse.
A horse who lives outside 24/7 in the company of other horses, who spends his days grazing, playing, napping under a tree...simply whatever he just feels like doing, and who goes for a walk in the nature every day with his human companion.
Yes, it is equally true for all living beings: mutual trust, respect and understanding are the basis of any real friendship being truly worth of this name and being destined to last for life ❤

28/04/2025

Oh yes...horses just being horses ☺️❤️

Picture credit: happyhorsecartoons.com

28/04/2025

Absolutely...they do deserve it ❤️

It’s actually 6,000 years of service and not in their favor!

It is time that horses reach ‘pet’ status.
Who is with me?

Ps: chapeau to whoever made this meme 😊👏

28/04/2025

Humans are linear thinkers. They are always looking to quantify, categorize, label and make black and white conclusions.

Horses live in a sensory world, outside of the world of words. To be good with horses, we can’t box up, categorize and label their thinking- we have to enter their experience. This is the only way to truly connect- everything else is making a human experience for a horse. Some get by, but many can’t be reached without the language being congruent.

Don’t make a human out of a horse - they can’t think, see or act like us. They are their own, beautiful, unique being- and we owe them the respect to understand as best we can how they perceive things.