Keenan Performance Horses

31/08/2025

“Realizing and honoring a horse’s mental or physical limits is sometimes labeled “weakness”. I have passed on training weak or genetically disadvantaged horses past the basics, and been accused of “quitting” on them.

No, I just won’t be a party to their destruction.

Top professionals in my industry in the USA fail many, many horses per year for the horses’ own good. It saves them from mental or physical breakdown. Pushing horses too much isn’t good for anybody.

For us trainers, it frees up our time to work on horses who will progress to our standards and who we arent worried will hit a wall in full-time training.

Saying no isn’t a declaration that a horse isn’t good enough, it’s a statement that you won’t risk breakage for a result.“ - kk

📸 BRV Creative

22/08/2025

Just a notice - all services will be suspended for the month of September while Kelly tries to have a little time off and even out her horse trainer tan. Thank you for your understanding!

17/08/2025

100% - it’s not weakness to set attainable goals. You don’t have to be at the finish line to be happy.

17/08/2025

12/08/2025

😅🫣🤷‍♀️

11/08/2025

You’re going to feel personally targeted, aren’t you?

Such a great demonstration though 👍👏👏👏

11/08/2025

☀️ OPEN SUMMER WEEKENDS!!! ☀️

The following 2026 summer weekends (and a few stray Saturdays) are now open for bookings. Please send a PM if you’d like to arrange a club or private booking. Happy training!!!! xx 🤠

15 Nov 2025

13-14 Dec 2025
20 Dec 2025
27-28 Dec 2025

17 Jan 2026
24-25 Jan 2026

7-8 Feb 2026
21-22 Feb 2026

28 Feb-1 Mar 2026
7-8 Mar 2026
28-29 Mar 2026

10/08/2025

Not where have they all gone. I know many. Just calling attention to them ❤️

Where have all the good riders gone?

Not the flashy ones. Not the ones buying their way to the top or chasing likes.
I mean the ones who feel the horse.
Who ride with softness, but have grit.
Who know when to push and when to wait.
The riders who know a good halt is just as important as a big jump.
The ones who put the horse first — even when it costs them a ribbon, a round, or a dream.

It feels like we’re losing them to burnout, pressure, politics… or just being overlooked for not fitting the mould.
The world celebrates quick wins. But horses? They celebrate consistency, trust, and time.

So maybe the good riders haven’t gone anywhere.
Maybe they’re quietly doing the work, off-camera, in muddy fields, behind stable doors.
Maybe they’re not loud — but they’re out there.
Riding for the right reasons.

And maybe, just maybe, we need to start celebrating them again.

10/08/2025

THIS. I’ve hit every major win in New Zealand reining so naturally it’s time to compete in more and more events which challenge my understanding of mechanics and test my program. Onwards and outwards and UPWARDS into the next challenges.