Classic Touch Stables

12/12/2024

12/12/2024

Great exercise for a lead departure.

12/07/2024

Awesome drill for lead changes from the master Al Dunning.

11/13/2024

10/22/2024

Does anyone remember BMB custom horse blankets? Is that company still in business? Is there anywhere you can order BMB blankets??

10/13/2024

10/13/2024

Great info about how bits work in the horses mouth.

09/01/2024

Never underestimate the importance of the Dam's line!

Read Steve Haskin's initial reflections on Saturday's sensational Travers Stakes, in which all eight starters had one or more of Secretariat's daughters in their pedigree, and enjoy Haskin's in-depth column on the magnificent matriarchs that Big Red sired.

"We have seen the names of Secretariat's daughters Weekend Surprise, Terlingua, and Secrettame in the pedigree of numerous stakes winners and champions over the past decade. Now it is time to tell their story." ~Steve Haskin

Read: https://www.secretariat.com/big-reds-magnificent-matriarchs/

08/31/2024

A tough topic about an even tougher decision.
It would be easier if they just made the decision for us. Laid down to rest one warm fall afternoon surrounded by their herd mates, never to wake again.
Easier also is in the face of dire emergency, where the only choice is clear, the path to quick mercy.
Unfortunately for us as horse owners, there are blessed few who have that decision made for us. Most of the time, it’s up to us to make that last call.
The majority of us are left with the horses who served us well right up until the end, maybe even enjoying years of retirement. When you see them out in the pasture and wonder, “is this the end, or just a bad day? A bad few days?” “Oh – they look perky today, maybe things are looking up. What I thought I had to think, I don’t have to – today. It’s a good day.”
But the writing is on the wall. Their eyes are less bright, their weight hard to keep. Their gait shuffled, surviving, but no longer thriving.
All symptoms of the fact you have the hardest decision of your life to make, and soon. I wish it on no one and grieve the day I have to make the decision I advocate here for; the decision to let them go on a good day.
We are having a blessedly long and beautiful fall, but time is waning if you are only beginning to contemplate whether your trusted partner can face another barren, brutal, frostbitten winter.
You are the only advocate your horse has. His health is and has always been in your hands. In loving him as hard as you have for all these years, I hope you can love him hard enough to let them go on a good day, while there is still time.

07/30/2024

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07/02/2024

I'm looking for referrals for a horse trainer in Texas. Prefer close to Abilene, or Dallas/Ft Worth area (or at least close enough that I can go check on him). Am looking for someone to train and show a young horse in either WP, trail, western riding, etc. Wanting someone who will be quiet and not jerking on their mouth all the time. This is a really well bred gelding and pretty talented. So want to find a quality trainer. Anyone???? (Pic for attention!! One of my foals.)

06/15/2024

Really good info about how to adjust your bit. From one of the best!

05/16/2024

Wonderful old breed of horses.