Equinox Equestrian Center

08/15/2024

From all of us here at Equinox Equestrian Center, best of luck to Marianna Yeager and Famtijn owned by Kami Landy at the 2024 FEI Driving World Championship for Single Horses. We're so very proud of you making the US National Team.

06/18/2024

Save the Date! Saturday, October 12, 2024 is our Fall Schooling Show. It will be HDT with an option for competitors to do CT. We're still working on the details with a possible clinic on Friday before the show. Watch this page!

04/29/2024

Bobbie WHitman, Kathryn Powell, Diane Chalmers Russell, Shauna Cantwell, Kristal Ray, thanks for coming out to drive! It was great seeing you have such a good time-- and it's really great for me to learn about organizing (not my best skill set...) while watching you learn more about driving from Robert Giles and Gary Yeager. Volunteers Cathy Franks, Leslie Robinson, Patti Laugal Rozensky, Marjas Becker, Storm Julia Marie Talmadge, Rob Williams, Jason Ziems, Sabrina Warner and Loraine Gruber, Kent Brush, Jeff Ray, Marianna Yeager with Sadie and Paisley- it truly takes about twice as many volunteers as competitors. Without all your hard work, any show would not be possible! Catiana De Vannes, thanks for being the brains of the operation!
Tell your friends! And we will look forward to seeing you in the Fall.

04/22/2024

We've extended the deadline for our Spring Show registration to Wednesday April 24, 2024!

Online registration and payment through paypal is here: https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/?page_id=590
If you prefer to use the hard copy forms, please let us know in the comments that you are coming. The hard copy registration form is here:
https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/.../EEC-Entry-Form-v...
Don't forget to download and sign the liability waivers.
https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/?page_id=619
Volunteer sign up can be found here:
https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/?page_id=633

04/17/2024

Don't forget! Our Spring Show is on April 28!

There are two ways to register for our 2024 Spring School Show on April 28, 2024: through our online registration form or you can print out pdf forms and mail them in.
Online registration and payment through paypal is here: https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/?page_id=590
The hard copy registration form is here:
https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/.../EEC-Entry-Form-v...
Don't forget to download and sign the liability waivers.
https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/?page_id=619
Volunteer sign up can be found here:
https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/?page_id=633

04/06/2024

There are two ways to register for our 2024 Spring School Show on April 28, 2024: through our online registration form or you can print out pdf forms and mail them in.

Online registration and payment through paypal is here: https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/?page_id=590

The hard copy registration form is here:
https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/EEC-Entry-Form-v.-1.pdf

Don't forget to download and sign the liability waivers.
https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/?page_id=619

Volunteer sign up can be found here:
https://equinoxequestriancenter.com/?page_id=633

04/01/2024

Equinox Equestrian Center Spring Schooling Show
www.equinoxequestriancenter.com
April 28, 2024
HDT Event
Entries Open: March 29, 2024 Close: April 22, 2024
Equinox Equestrian Center
22507 NW County Road 1493; Alachua, FL 32615
Divisions: Training, Preliminary, Intermediate, Advanced by Request
Classes: Pony, Horse
Turnouts: Single, Pairs, and Teams
No Special Qualifications
Show Manager and Contact: Kami Landy
email: [email protected]
Phone: 305-781-3882
www.equinoxequestriancenter.com

Tentative Schedule:
Open for trailer in from 2:00 – 8:00 PM Saturday April 27, 2024
Cones Course Open to walk 4:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM – dressage
Cones Course after dressage
Lunch
Poker Drive in the woods followed by obstacle course on grass includes the mound
Dressage Test: All levels: ADS B test; Footing: Grass, all rings 40m X 80m
Cones: standardized settings for cones
Arena/warmup footing: Fiber arena and grass area
Negative Coggins REQUIRED

Awards Offered:
1st-6th for each division,
best dressage for each division,
best poker hand,
best obstacle course, scored on obedience, horsemanship, and time,
sportsmanship,

For more information and to register: www.equinoxequestriancenter.com

03/14/2024

An equine veterinarian shares her perspective on why horses crib and how to best manage a cribber.

02/27/2024

Horse lunging exercises will use and develop the right muscles, which will make a difference to the horse's way of going when you ride them

01/26/2024

Two experts describe this degenerative suspensory ligament condition in horses and what new information researchers are learning about it.

01/24/2024

Not only is the clinic a wonderful opportunity for continuing education, the hosts, Oldfields School, are looking for sponsors. It's a great way boost a marvelous horsemanship program while getting your name out there. Please contact me, or Oldfields School Riding with leads, suggestions or offers.

🎉🎉 We are hosting an incredible 10 days of education here at Oldfields this Spring! Come learn from the best in the industry! All riders, coaches and trainers are encouraged to participate.
Email Amy Phillips with any questions: [email protected]

https://www.oldfieldsschool.org/our-osprogram/signature-programs/riding/clinic-registration/registration

01/15/2024

❄️🥶❄️The C͓̽o͓̽l͓̽d͓̽ is coming! Ok maybe not snow, but for us Floridians, and our horses, it's going to be pretty darn cold. Here's a few tips to avoid seeing us for unwanted emergencies:
❶ Extra hay. Give everyone an extra flake or two of alfalfa or peanut hay. Adding extra coastal or tifton is likely to cause a colic. Adding alfalfa or peanut will help l**e that GI tract to prevent impactions.
❷ Extra salt. Add two tablespoons of plain table salt to every meal. This will help your horse remember to drink extra water.
❸ Blankets. Only if your horse is used to wearing one! Most horses will stay warm enough if they have a winter coat. Adding extra hay will also help them generate more heat.
❹ Water. Remember to check for iced over water troughs. We don't normally have to deal with such nonsense here in Florida so our horses don't know they can break through that cold, hard stuff.
Together we can get through these ridiculous temperatures and be back to proper flip flop weather!

10/25/2023

Beautiful and deadly, and full of seed pods right about now. Pull it up aggressively, don’t mow!

10/14/2023

Hi folks!
Order of go for the CT at Equinox Equestrian Center tomorrow is:

Patti Laugal Rozensky9:00
Paisley Kramer 9:10
Diane Russel 9:20
Carolyn Gaedtke 9:30
Bobbie WHitman 9:40
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Ten minute break
Katherine Powell 10:00
Morgan Pevonka 10:10
Jaime Leier 10:20
Ethan Yeager 10:30
Kami Landy (if I’m free) 10:40
Wanda Funk 10:50
Linda Evans 11:00

Wheel measure before dressage, go straight to cones after.

Lunch break until 1:00

Same order for derby

09/13/2023

So here’s a question to ask ourselves before we get angry at our horse----“How much damage control do I want to have to do?”

Think about it---We have many reasons to lose our temper at horses because training horses is extremely time consuming and it requires the patience of a saint, which most of us are not.

So something that we want the horse to do, the horse is not doing to our satisfaction. Now the real reason might be all sorts of things, poor fitting tack, improper preparation, poor riding from us, whatever, but it doesn’t FEEL like that, not at this moment. It feels as though the horse is willfully being a pain in the ass.

And so the temptation is HUGE to respond by getting rough, by drilling, by getting frustrated, we have all been there, I suspect.

BUT---And here’s the gigantic “but”----But if we DO lose it with the horse, whatever the problem was that made us get annoyed or angry in the first place is going to get worse. Count on it. The “lesson” we think we are teaching our horse, not to be “bad” is absolutely going to backfire. The horse did not know why he was getting rammed around. All it will do is scare him and confuse him, so now we have to undo the harm we did to even get back to the place we were before we lost our temper.

We have to do damage control, and the worst thing about it is that WE did the damage.

Hard? You bet. One of the hardest things about riding horses is self control. It is the ONE vital piece that so often keeps an otherwise good trainer from reaching full potential---.

09/08/2023

09/08/2023

Still trying to figure out how to post the entry form here, sorry.

Here's the Omnibus style information page for our Fall 2023 show:

Equinox Equestrian Center Schooling Show

Name of Event: Equinox Equestrian Center Fall 2023 Schooling Show
Type of Event: CT/Derby
Name of Location: Equinox Equestrian Center
Location Address: 22507 NW County Rd 1493 Alachua Florida 32615
Entry Form: Event specific Method of Entry: Mail/Email
Event Date: October 15, 2023 Entries Open: September 1, 2023 Close: October 9, 2023
Divisions: Training, Preliminary, Intermediate. Advanced by request
Classes: VSE/Small Pony, Pony, Horse
Turnouts: Singles, Pairs and Teams
Special Qualifications: None
Show Manager/Organizer Name and Contact: Kami Landy [email protected] (305)781-3882
Mail entries to: EEC Show Manager c/o Kami Landy 22507 NW County Rd 1493 Alachua FL 32615
Prize List (Y/N) No
page: Equinox Equestrian Center Alachua. Facebook. Com
Judge: Jacob Arnold Course Design: Gary M Yeager
Vet: Springhill Equine (352)472-1620 EMS:
Entry Fee: $75.00 Stabling: $25.00 Stall Deposit: No
Bedding: One bag provided. More for $8.00 Payment by: Check or PayPal. Check payable to Equinox Equestrian Center or Kami Landy, PayPal to Kami Landy
Tentative Schedule: Open for trailer in from 2:00- 8:00 Friday Oct. 13 and 4:00-8:00 Saturday Oct. 14
Social events: Competitor meeting/party at 5:30 on Friday. Bonfire pot luck at 8:30.
Briefing: 7:00 PM on Friday and Saturday, Clinic on Saturday.
Cones open to walk Saturday 6:PM.
Dressage: Starts at 9:00 AM on Sunday.
Cones: immediately following dressage
Derby: Starts at 1:00 on Sunday
Dressage Tests and ring size: Footing: Grass, all rings 40m x 80m
Training: ADS Test B Prelim: ADS Test B Intermediate: ADS TestB
Derby: Standard width, all divisions run gates A-D
Division: VSE/Small Cones:Standardized
Terrain: Dressage mostly flat/slightly sloping, grass. Derby on artificial footing
Cones Settings (Check for Yes): Min. Clearance [ ] Standardized Settings [x]
Cones (Check for Yes): Competition in 2 Phases: [ x ]
Arena/Warm-up Footing: Fiber arena and Grass area
Vet/Health Requirements:NegativeCoggins
Misc. Show Info:Full Refund on scratched entry prior to closing
Stabling Info: Limited number of 10 x 10 portable stalls under pole barn by covered arena
Awards Offered: 1st-6th for each class, Champion and Reserve per division, sportsmanship, most valuable volunteer
Food on Grounds: hors d'oeuvres Friday night, Food Truck Saturday (tacos, burgers, salads)
Hotels Nearby: Hampton Inn and Suites [email protected], Holiday Inn Express 1-386-5186777 [email protected] , America's Best Value Inn 16100 NW US Highway 441, Alachua, FL 32615386-462-3251
Camping: Limited camping in pasture near trailer parking, no hookups.
Directions: Exit 399 on I 75, S. Through Alachua, L onto 235, stay right at fork, L onto 121 through LaCrosse, Rt onto CR 1493 across from Dollar General, Site is 1.4 miles, on the right.

08/13/2023

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06/22/2023

Jennifer Marriott Kramer, Gary Yeager, Tuxie Brannen, this looks like very helpful information.

The University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

05/29/2023

Best description I've seen for how these work.

The Loer horsefly trap catches horseflies by deceiving the female horseflies. The black ball is heated by the sun and gently moves back and forth. The horsefly is attracted by this moving heat source, and mistakes the black ball for prey. It lands on the ball, stings and then flies upwards (towards....

05/23/2023

A recipe for soundness...

Ok, not really, there's no such thing. But here's my best attempt. I have some students shopping for young horses, and I've sold some super nice horses recently, and everyone is trying to figure out the best crystal ball that will tell them if their future horse will stay sound in the long term. Spoiler alert - no one (not even the fanciest vet) can tell you that. Horses are horses, and they do incredibly dumb things to hurt themselves all the time. But here's what I advise my students:

1. Turn your horse out. Motion is lotion, and horses who move around as much as possible, on varied terrain, are going to be stronger and have more resilience than horses bubble wrapped and kept inside.
2. Buy the best conformation you can. The horse doesn't need to win all the breed shows, but certain conformation problems are a deal breaker for me - long sloping pasterns, super straight hocks and stifles, super long backs, crooked legs. You're just asking for problems down the road. No horse is perfect, and even those who are close can go lame, but set yourself up for success. Good basic conformation is MORE important than fancy movement.
2. Buy a horse with good feet. "No hoof no horse" is not just some old timey adage. If you are dealing with a horse with super thin soles or walls, chroically slung under heels, negative palmar angles, or a high/low problem, you will be dealing with lameness more often.
3. Hire a good farrier. To go along with the last point, your horse's feet need to be in the best shape possible. I'm not getting into it with the barefoot vs. corrective shoeing people. I'll just say try to find the best farrier you can. Ask the vets, ask people who have horses with beautiful feet at the shows, whatever you can. And be good to that farrier!!
4. Ride on decent footing. Notice I didn't say expensive footing! Super deep, super hard, slippery or uneven are no nos. A nicely mowed field that's decently flat is better than a pretty looking arena that is way too deep.
5. Give your horse good nutrition. Especially with young, growing horses - keeping them healthy but NOT fat is important. Work with your vet to design a program that gives your horse enough vitamins, minerals, protein and fat. Making a horse super fat and shiny might look nice for pictures, but that is not a kind thing to do for their long term health. On the other hand, not feeding a horse enough can have seriously negative consequences for their development as well.
6. Get tack that fits and then focus on something else. Yes, you need a saddle, bridle and bit that fit your horse. But you probably don't need to spend half your life savings on it, and have it adjusted 4 times a year by a wizard from Europe. Make sure your saddle is balanced, doesn't pinch, and isn't making your horse's back sore (or you sore) and then move on. All the fancy pads, newest ergonomic designs, latest in bit technology etc are mostly just marketing.
7. Stick with a regular training program. Horses who sit around doing nothing are likely to get stiff, overweight and lack muscle. Horses who are overworked are likely to damage joints and soft tissue. 3-4 days a week is a great goal to aim for. More is not always better, and if you have to give your horse an extended period off, please be mindful as you bring them back into fitness and don't push it just so you can get to a show.
8. Come up with a long term plan with your vet. Most vets would love to see your horse for a once a year "wellness exam." This does not need to be terribly expensive, but just an overall soundness check where the two of you are able to plan out the best course of action for your horse. Depending on age and level of work, this could include supplements, injections, body work, etc. But allow your vet to have a baseline and get to know your horse BEFORE there is a problem!

These are not necessarily in order of importance. Just my rambling thoughts. What I did NOT include is x-raying every joint in the body, all manner of drugs, supplements, fancy equipment, bloodlines, etc. I'm not putting any of that stuff down, but sticking to tried and true basics will do you better in the long term than jumping on the latest bandwagon.

03/27/2023

Having horses living out has all sorts of hazards. They can get kicked. They can roll and get caught next to a fence. They can run and slip and fall. They can get loose and get on a road.
There are so many risks.

BUT----Having horses confined has just as many risks, just different ones.

Many studies have shown that indoor risks are probably worse than outdoor risks, because thousands of years of evolution created a species that lived in groups and wandered freely.

Still, either way has plenty to worry about----