Trinity Appaloosa Farm

08/21/2024

Jabberwocky 🍄 is loaded up and off on his next adventure, heading home to his people! Godspeed little guy! We hope you like it up north!

08/19/2024

We have been tracking the progression of the
Equine Juvenile Spinocerebellar Ataxia (EJSCA) test results that have been made public and, while we do not have any of the suspect lines in our program, we have begun testing as well. Our two Appaloosa stallions that will be standing for 2025, R Secrets R Gold Dun and Medallionaire, as well as our upcoming junior stallion, Twisted Revenge, are all clear through their own testing or parental testing for JSA. We will also be testing Hexenbiest for the peace of mind of mare owners and have already started working through our mare program. So far, we are all negative.

For 2025, we will be requiring any AQHA mares, and any ApHC, ASHDA, or Stonewall mares which are descendants of Freckles Pl***oy to be tested EJSCA N/N. And, any mares that, despite being registered or Approved with our breed books, have recent unknown lineage must also be EJSCA N/N. While it is believed that single copy foals are without any symptoms whatsoever, we do not wish for this defect to be bred forward in foals from our stallions. We encourage mare owners to do their due diligence in testing their mares, especially those which might have a murky pedigree, even if that mare is considered a 'purebred' of a non-stock horse breed. There are plenty of ways to get unknown pedigrees into modern registries, and we know for a fact that stock horse breeding has found its way into a lot of composite breeds that claim to have none at all.

📸 of Twisted Revenge, 2023 8panel NN ApHC bay dun snowcap c**t.

08/16/2024

With the sudden loss of our stupendous ASHDA Hall of Fame mare, Hexenhammer, we want to ensure her legacy, and to allow anyone who admired our incredible girl to have a piece of her in their own stables. For 2025, we will be offering discounted breedings to ASHDA Registered and Approved mares to her son Hexenbiest.

Beast carries the blood of six ASHDA Hall of Fame horses, including his stupendous mother, a 'purple' pedigree of many of the greats in the breed's founding lines. He is no slouch in the show ring, with SIX Conformation Jr. Stallions and Stallions wins from the time he was a weanling. At this time, he is UNDEFEATED. He has also been a part of his dam's undefeated Produce of Dam wins. Beast is a multi Grand or Res Grand Champion in Conformation as well.

Beast is 16.1hh, 7panel NN and is EE aa LPLP. He cannot produce a red foal and will ALWAYS produce LP. At this time, he is the only LPLP stallion in the Main Book of the breed, and the highest percentage draft LPLP between both books.

Beast is a maternal half brother to last year's Futurity Grand Champion, Hexenherz, and a full sibling to multi grand champion gelding, Hexennacht.

If your mare is not currently ASHDA Approved or Registered, there is still time to do so, but it must be completed by the time the contract is signed to get the discount. We will also consider quality, genetically tested, non-grey registered ApHC, Stonewall Sport Horse, AQHA, Arabian, and TB mares that can produce advanceable Heritage foals.

Additional discounts available to ASHDA Registered or Approved mares which have a high powered show record, or have produced foals which do.

We will not cross to registered ASHDA E-Designation mares to avoid inbreeding.

08/15/2024

We not only have an amazing array of horses, but somehow we got ourselves into farm birds
It started with chickens, then guineas, then ducks and geese and now peacocks. With the help of a borrowed incubator and some broody hens we've got a bunch of cute Maran chicks and Muscovey ducklings, including some rare dilutes! We bought the pied peacocks, hoping for a mating pair.

Lydia, the red frizzle, is raising her adopted Muscovies.

Daphne, the white hen is raising adopted Marans.

Pied peacocks will be white and colored when adults.

08/14/2024

Two days ago was probably the worst day of my life as a horse owner. My perfect mare had a terrible stroke, and we had to make the decision to let her go.

München was what most horses, and most people, could never measure up to. Unrelentingly kind, funny, smart, talented. She produced four amazing foals for me. She brought blue ribbons to me and to everyone else I let show her. She brought happiness to everyone lucky enough to even meet her.

When she was inducted into the ASHDA Hall of Fame, I opted to get her silver halter plates instead of a trophy, so anyone who met her in the future at events would know she what she'd accomplished. But, she never got to wear them. It is going to be one of my great regrets that I didn't get more pictures with her, and instead that most of the best documented moments with her are me letting others have the spotlight.

I am lucky to have her son, my stallion, Beast. I can only hope that in his career as a sire, he will give me a filly that is even half as incredible as his mother. Thankfully, it's very easy to see her influence in all of her foals and grandfoals. They all have her sense of humor, her beauty, her incredible ability, her smarts. Anyone who has one of her descendants owns a piece of one of the most marvelous of horses.

May we be reunited someday, some way.

Hexenhammer, "München"
Amigo's Black Ice x First Thunder's Keyu

Dam to
Hexennacht, 2016 black gelding
Hexenbiest, 2018 black stallion
Hexenstern, 2020 grulla stallion
Hexenherz, 2022 bay mare

Granddam to

Hexenbestie, 2022 black gelding
Sugarbush Smokeshow, 2024 bay filly

And hopefully many more to come.

April 20th, 2006 - August 11th, 2024

07/31/2024

Bron Stark talking about the Sugarbush Harlequin Draft horse. Great podcast and explanation about the breeds origin.

In today's episode we hear from the American Sugarbush Harlequin Draft Association!

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07/31/2024

Another post in our Bit and Bridle Education Series

Doubling down on double bridles.

People in the group and elsewhere often make comments about how photos are a moment in time and the rider or horse should not be judged. This cropped photo came from a moment in time, BUT I went and found a video that showed this bit placement wasn't just a moment. It was like this a whole lot of time.

The horse's ears are up and he's moving forward, despite there being quite a set of brakes engaged on him. He's got some tension indicators over his eyes and around his muzzle which event groupies will excuse, but more than that he has some serious lip stretch that needs to be discussed.

The red line is where his lip line SHOULD be. It's where the lip lines up when there is no pressure.
The blue line is where this horse's premolars are, so that snaffle is hitting the premolars.
The green lines show how far the snaffle, weymouth mouthpiece and shank have moved from where they should be, because this shank is well past the 45 degrees that should be the maximum rotation. The weymouth mouthpiece is pulled at least 2-3 inches off the lip line, which means it has an immense amount of pressure and the tongue is probably compressed down onto the bars, which are digging upward with their knife sharp edges.
The snaffle is so far back from the lip line that it's in the premolars and displacing the lip flaps completely. It's dug into the tongue, because the tongue has no where else to go with this much pressure on it.
The yellow circle shows that the weymouth mouthpiece, curbchain and snaffle mouthpiece are sandwiched together in full contact.
It's like a stack of metal that goes weymouth mouthpiece, curb chain, snaffle mouthpiece, premolar.

This horse is not happy, he's tolerant. Based on shank length and rotation he's got about 35 pounds of pressure on his mouth and he's continuing to work despite how much it must hurt. This is what the show industry teaches horses; To just power through despite immense pounds of pressure on their mouth or nose.

I've ridden in full double bridles since the 80s. I've showed with them in saddleseat, dressage, even jumping. I used to think they could be used with finesse and kindness, but now I no longer think this way.
Several things have changed in the past 5 decades, both with my viewpoints and how people show. When I started showing almost all double bridles used very low port weymouths and small or medium bridoons. Both bits would be smooth and the main focus would be on the snaffle rein. It was not done to pull the bridoon into the premolars and there was a lot of care to keep the curbchain from being crunched between the two bits. Having a weymouth rotate past 45 degrees is just bad riding. It's poor adjustment and heavy pressure.

Saddleseat went to the dark side first, especially with the Saddlebreds. They now use slow twist, twisted wire, even gag bridoons combined with their high ported or twisted wire weymouths. It is horrible to see these bridoons handled with a martingale rein. The lip stretch was terrible and you often see scarring. There is no reason to do this, Saddlebreds are smart, willing horses and don't need to be abused to show off. Saddleseat Arabians are now following in their hoofprints, with the bits being just as bad and just as abusive.

Dressage has clearly gone down the trail to hell. I now see full sized snaffles, even bauchers used with double bridles. Two full sized bits should NEVER occupy the same space. EVER. And two purchases should also never be in the same space, smacking against each other, trapping curbchains, hitting the premolars inside and out. And to add to the horror there will be a flash noseband shoving it all together, which thankfully the horse in this photo does not have to suffer. With the heavy hands and blue tongues we now see in dressage it's clear that the day of the double bridle has ended. The power to compel a horse by force needs to be taken away.

We know that the bridle is the last part of collection. That the seat and legs should be controlling the roundness and lift. The bridle only helps inform the half halt and stop and it should not take two fricking bits to do it. If you can't rate or whoa a horse with a snaffle then you have no business doing dressage above 3rd level any way.
Horses that are considered top animals, from Totalis and Valegro to Salenero and Blue Hors Matiné all showed excessive signs of stress, lugging, prancy movement and wore tight nosebands and crap bit combinations. You don't see it on Reiner Klimke's horses or the other greats of the past. Their tension and mistakes truly were moments in time, not several minutes in a video.

I genuinely think it's time for the dressage industry to rethink their use of double bridles and set standards in place for the size of the snaffle rings, definitely remove bauchers as acceptable for double bridles and start giving demerits for over rotation of the shank and the mouthpieces pinching the curbchain. The tack we use to show in needs to be reevaluated now that we understand horse anatomy better and can see inside the skin and how the bits actually affect the bones, nerves and blood vessels. Personally I'm going to retire my double bridles. My horses don't need them, I can accomplish everything I want with a snaffle or a mild pelham if I really feel the need for two reins. I hope one day the industry will follow suit.

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07/30/2024

There has been some talk recently in groups about how Appaloosas could never compete at the Olympic level. These people simply don't know their history!

BROADCAST NEWS was a New Zealand bred Appaloosa gelding by Timel Tell, an imported racebred Appaloosa stallion and out of a TB mare. He was competed by Vicky Latta at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, winning a Team Bronze. The same horse shown by Mark Todd won the 1997 European Championship, and won a team gold and individual silver at the 1998 World Equestrian Games.

He may have not had spots, but he was still a part of our breed, and went to the highest level of competition, his solid coat allowing him to pass by 'undercover' with the TBs.

Photo of Vicky Latta and Broadcast News at the 1996 Olympics, completing their dressage portion.

07/23/2024

We need a little naming help!

Our incredible and stalwart frizzle hen from Red Earth Farmstead has outdone herself and hatched 5 muscovy ducklings so far!

All of our ducks besides our drake, Aloysius, have names that start with 'D'! Our current ducks are: Della, Delilah, Doreen, Delbert, Delta, and Darmani, and we have also already used Durwood and Doris (and no Daffy, Donald, or Daisy!) Put your suggestions in the comments below!

07/23/2024

Here they come! The beautiful pasture mare herd! You may recognize a few of these beautiful big ladies!

07/20/2024

Congratulations to Sharon and family on their purchase of COOLEST REVENGE, 2023 grulla blanket gelding by Heza Docolida.

"Stede" will be staying in VA and we are so excited to watch him grow and blossom with his new family!

With his sale, we are SOLD OUT of any Appaloosa youngsters until next year and only have a 5 year old Percheron mare and a 2024 Sugarbush Harlequin Draft filly left available.

07/19/2024

It's dangerous to go alone, take this! 🧚‍♀️

Our first duckling of the year has arrived. Hopefully, we'll be seeing some more beautiful muscovies soon!

07/17/2024

Puff🐉may look sweet, but she's also a BIG mover! This little girl has her father, and grandmother's, beautiful trot, uphill canter, and huge walk. Whether she is blazing down the trail, or rocking the ring, we know those fantastic gaits will carry her, and her future partner, well! Contact us for more information on this incredible colored Sugarbush Draft filly!

07/16/2024

Today is the Celebration of the Horse. We have had dozens of horses over the years, all worthy of celebration, but one is the true foundation of our entire program.

Colida Flyin' Star aka "Cost". A son of the legendary Colida, the sire of many of our foals. Gentle enough for the smallest rider, but powerful enough to jump the moon.

When we look at horses like Rocket, Paris, Bijoux, even our Sugarbushes descended from him like Leia, Ahsoka, and Asta, we often catch glimpses of his patience, his kind heart, and, of course, his beauty.

Cost was everything a stallion should be and more. So far, we have reached three generations away from Cost in our program, and in the near future, we hope to see another generation beyond that!

07/13/2024

We are very sorry to announce that former ApHC President Frank Larrabee passed away July 7th, 2024. Frank was an iconic figure in Appaloosa history. He served multiple terms as President, and with his wife Melanie Larrabee, ran Larrabee Appaloosas in New Mexico. Their farm produced many World and National Champions in multiple disciplines. Frank was instrumental in promoting the Appaloosa internationally and promoting spotted horses all over the world. Frank was also a great musician and singer, and even had a small acting career. He will be missed.

07/13/2024

We hope everyone is handling the heat! We're all about the sunscreen and hose offs here!

Our breeding season has wrapped. Now comes the waiting!

07/04/2024

If it ain't free, we don't want any part of it 🇺🇲👊

We hope everyone has a good day with family and friends. Reflect on your freedoms and always strive to bring more of them where they are needed!

Have a Happy 4th of July, and don't blow your fingers off with illegal fireworks 🎉

📸 by Emily LaFountain

07/03/2024

Hard to believe Jolly 🏴‍☠️ was ever this small! But he's STILL that sassy!

06/28/2024

Wrinkles, Teeth and Gag Bits
The horse’s skull is one of the most used, and also most abused part of any animal. Most horse owners seem to understand the importance of dentistry and chewing, but seem to immediately forget the structure of the skull the second they start picking out bits. We sit there happily chewing gum, flopping our tongue around under our arched palate, comfortable with our lips unstretched and our throat unblocked, and somehow we think our horses have these same things, but they don’t.
The first thing you need to know is that the horse’s palate is low, grooved and touches the tongue at every point along the tongue’s length until it reaches the very back of the mouth. There is no arched roof of the mouth, yet we put bits in there that are in constant contact with the tongue and palate at all times, especially with big ports or thick cannons.
Unlike us, whose lips will usually comfortably stretch to our premolars, the horse’s lips are NOT meant to do that. In fact, they aren’t meant to stretch to the premolars at all, but through ignorance and cruelty that is where most riders, and certainly any gag bit users, stretch the lips to, sometimes just by pulling up wrinkles. The wrinkle issue is one that is debated from the beginning of horse history to now. We SHOULD know that the bit is supposed to sit in the mouth with a relaxed lip, over the formosa holes in the skull. If the bit is higher than that it starts to intrude into a space where the action of the bit can mean it hits the teeth, and once the bit is in the teeth you’ve lost fair communication with the horse. I’ve been popped in the mouth and had teeth chipped and it is painful and sends a vibration clear back into your ear bones. Imagine having a bit do that every time you’re ridden? Is it any wonder horses hate to be bridled? Imagine how your teeth would feel with metal clanking against them while you’re trying to jump, turn a barrel, spin or even teach a small person to ride. It would be maddening. Of course the enablers and those that refuse to learn about horse anatomy pretend the horse LOVES his bit. He LOVES the attention. He LOVES competing. Horses do NOT love bits, they tolerate them. They don’t LOVE competition. They have no concept of competition beyond food or herd placement. They don’t understand ribbons, buckles or money. They don’t care about your need to compete. So while you are out stroking your ego you need to keep in mind that hurting your horse is unfair and counter to being a good competitor.
The bit at rest should be at the edge of the lip, over or slightly above the formosa holes and neither digging into the tongue nor poking the palate. It should allow for the lift of the bit to not cause the mouthpiece to hit the premolar. If you pull up one wrinkle you move the bit over a ¼ an inch, 2 wrinkles and you’re over a ½ inch closer to the premolars, by the time you reach 3 wrinkles you’re so close to the premolars that even the regular lift of the bit can put the bit against the teeth. This is why any gag action is detrimental to fair communication with the horse. Sadly I see a lot of gag bits, even at the highest level of competition, starting out with multiple wrinkles on the lips while the gag is at rest, with the mouthpiece at the bottom of the cheek ring. If there is a wrinkle before the bit even moves, then the moment it climbs up the cheek piece it’s heading for the premolars. It’s simple physics. It doesn’t matter how much the rider likes the bit, or how well the horse performs in it, the physics show that it’s hitting the teeth. Once the bit hits the teeth the head wants to go up to get away from it. That’s the problem with gags, they were invented for driving horses to get their heads up and make them look spirited. At some point a rider decided they had a lot of control with a painful bit and they became a staple for polo and jumpers, with the caveat that they required standing martingales or draw reins to pull the head back down, because while gags create poll pressure, the fact is that the lip stretch up is far more painful than the poll pressure down, so that is what the horse is going to react to. It takes some hard conditioning to get a horse to drop his head with gag pressure. Nowadays it is so common to see flash, figure 8 and grackle style nosebands that most people don’t think about the impact they have on the bit and anatomy, especially used with gag bits, where they can actually pinh the lip between the bit and the noseband. Below the bit noseband use has increased 100 fold since I started riding 50 years ago, because the bits have gotten worse and gag bit use is at an all time high.
Gag bit users, whether basic gags like draw gags or ring gags to the elaborate combo gags from Mylers to celebrity barrel racing contraptions, seem to have a disconnect between how gag bits work and their horse’s anatomy. You can’t change how a horse’s skull is made. Whether it’s a draft, light horse or mini horse their skulls all have the same components. The muscles and tissues that covers the skulls are the same too. You can’t change the fact the lip hangs down past the premolars and then gag bits stretch the lips up over the premolars. Some of the more horrible and exotic gag bits, such as the Jarret or No Hit Bits will stretch the lips clear back to the molars, as numerous photos show. It’s appalling that people ignore basic equine anatomy to satisfy their need for control and awards.
When you are bridling your horse be aware of where the lip edge is in relation to the premolars. Make sure your bit comfortably fits this space. Be aware of how the tongue meets the palate and avoid very thick bits, as these can impact the upper bars, since the tongue does not serve as a cushion for the upper bars. Don’t pull up wrinkles that immediately create bit and poll pressure. You are trapping the head between pressure applied to two opposing nerve sets. Think of it this way, if you wear a comfortable hat it just sits on your head. If you wear a very tight hat it hurts your head all the way around. As someone that grew up showing when big hair and big western hats were a thing I can tell you that the bobby pins and paper towels used to make a hat fit tighter so it didn’t blow off your head could leave you with serious dents in your forehead and headaches by the end of the show. Don’t do it to your horse. Don’t trap his head and make every moment of wearing a bridle uncomfortable. Don’t use bits that stretch the lips into the premolars. Most of all, don’t lie to your horse and yourself about what abusive bits do. They hurt. They use leverage and pulley action to allow humans to use light pressure on the hand to create horrible pressure in the mouth.
And when you add components to these bits, like abrasive twisted wire or ports or stiff nosebands, then you are increasing the pain and losing communication. No one works well when fearful of pain. You are outing your incompetence as a trainer by using equipment that has such a huge amount of force it can stretch the lips past their nature point and into the teeth. Don’t accept the lies and misinformation from the people selling these travesties. They cannot refute the physics or the anatomy, they can only give false information. Physics work in a specific line of leverage. It does not jump over components in order to make another piece work first. Once the rein moves it makes the next closest component move, this is usually the mouthpiece. There is not any bit made now that has a mouthpiece and a noseband where the rein is attached below the mouthpiece and the noseband moves first. It is physically impossible do not believe the hype.
Be mindful of your horse’s anatomy and his bit. You are far better off stepping back and going to a milder bit to correct problems than bitting up. Once you employ a pulley to compel obedience you have already failed as a horse trainer. Simple is better and simple is fairer. Communicate, don’t compel.

06/28/2024

If anyone is looking for a very nice ASHDA stallion prospect, this guy is super nicely bred and registered in the Heritage category. Next year, he can be submitted for Approval. Sired by 3x ASHDA Grand Champion stallion, He'za Big O Texas Star aka Roo, the sire of our stupendous Swann from last year, and out of a daughter of ASHDA Hall of Fame Mare, Sugarbush O Rosamunde. He has seven ASHDA Hall of Fame inductees in his pedigree including Rascal, Godiva, Harley Quinne and more!

At this time, he's the only registered fewspot stallion in the breed as well. We'd love to see this guy in a stallion home, because we might have some girlfriends for him in the future! Be sure to reach out to his owners if you are interested in him!

06/27/2024

Moves like this from the very beginning are few and far between! Puff🐉 is looking so fabulous. We think she will make someone an incredible dressage partner one day, or perhaps their very own war horse!

PM for more information, and don't forget our Summer Special is still on 🌞

06/27/2024

It is hot and horrible here, but there's hopefully a break in the weather coming our way. Cross your fingers for rain 🌧 ☔️

Pictured is our ApHC junior stallion, Medallionaire aka "Rocket"!

06/19/2024

The recent decisions of FEI to ban the Myler Combo Gag is one we 100% support. Combo gags are not kind bits, they are not soft bits. They are beartraps that flood the horse by hitting every pressure point and they shut the horse down. Think of it as a huge twitch for the whole head. They have lever and pulley action and depending on the mouthpiece can be quite vicious to the lips and tongue. The number of people endorsing these horrible bits is alarming. You will never see then used by those creating Bridled Horses or true horsemen. They are the tool of the uneducated and the people who want short cuts. I explained how it works in my Bit Group and decided to make a public post to refute the misinformation, because even Myler is saying things that absolutely defy the physics of the bit.

The first thing anyone needs to know is the order of actions.
1) Rein
2) Shank
3) Mouthpiece, gag action so it climbs
4) Poll pressure as it rotates
5) noseband/curbstrap which works due to offset loops, mush like twisting a stick in a rope to tighten it. There is no separate movement between noseband and curbstrap, as the point the shank rotates far enough to engage it the whole thing tightens like a loop around the nose and it does not loosen until the shank rotates back to an upright position. This means that anyone keeping constant pressure is throttling the nose and chin.

Looking at this bit it has several actions, and levels of pressure. Even on the highest ring it engages all the parts of the bit. It has no real "snaffle" setting, because the rein's friction will still drag the top ring and make the shank rotate.

The yellow is the mildest setting. Attached to the high ring it pulls back, slightly up, engages the nose and pulls the chin strap straight in. There is poll pressure but it is not as intense as with the other settings.

The blue is the medium setting. It engages the mouthpiece, but now makes it climb until it hits the stop, and then it still climbs a little because it's now a full fledged curb. The curb strap pulls in and slightly downward as the noseband engages. Poll pressure is increased.

The red is the harshest. The leverage is intense because of the shank length.. The gag action will slide until it hits the stop and then react like a long shanked bit. The curb strap will dig in and down as the noseband tightened. Poll pressure is extreme.

ALL levels will produce the bit pulling up and back into the tongue. If the mouthpiece is abrasive it's going to cause the tongue to wrinkle up behind it. The lips will be stretched through the gag action and curb action. The noseband will pull in across the facial nerves.

The reason some horses seem to calm down with these bits is because they act like a giant twitch. They pretty much hit every nerve on the horse's head and it creates an endorphin release.

Edited to add: The order of actions, which are vastly different than Myler describes. Common sense shows that pressure CANNOT jump up the shank, skip the mouthpiece and work the noseband first. It is impossible and shows the gullibility of the people buying this crap. The noseband/curbstrap loops create friction and slow release, which means the horse gets no reward for behaving as they don't loosen until the shank is fully dropped. These bits stay "on" with the lightest of contact.

It's good they were banned. I wish FEI would ban all Combo Bits.

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06/17/2024

We don't often promote rescues, because most of them are scams. But we know Tori and have witnessed the good work she does for over a decade. She is changing lives, for the ponies and the people. If you can help please do so, if you can't afford a donation please share to spread the word.

Tori runs an equine rescue in Indonesia and has run into issues protecting their horses that required hiring a lawyer, and an expensive and lengthy legal proceeding. Due to the delicate nature of the situation, we cannot provide much more information butwe have vetted this person and their rescue.

The link below is to a gofundme for legal fees. Even if you cannot donate, please bump this post for visibility.

Hi, my name is Kelly and I'm raising funds to help Tori Taylor with legal fees. Tori lives on Gili… Kelly Goldie needs your support for Tori Taylor Legal Fees

06/17/2024

All grown up! 2019 gelding, Colida's Renown is looking so handsome! He is a Ripley son out of Glory, and he is a TANK! Thank you so much for the update, Bunnie!

If you want a youngster that will grow up this handsome, his younger paternal half-brother is available and is probably the last foal that will ever be available to the public sired by Ripley. Don't miss out!