Fine Print Farms

Fine Print Farms Fine Print Farms is an Equestrian (English and Western) Destination in the Texas Hill Country. HORSE BOARDING
Need to board your horses? PM us to discuss.

Currently, we have slots open for pasture boarding. Each pasture is over a quarter of an acre. Horses are matched in pastures by compatibility -- normally three horses per pasture. PM us to submit your request. Cost is $550 / month / horse. We provide free-choice coastal, and grain twice a day (approx. 9 am and 6 pm). Alfalfa is available for an additional cost. Special grain requirements and supp

lements can be discussed. TRAINING -- DRESSAGE & WESTERN
Looking for training? We are offering Training for riders of all ages. We have young energetic trainers who are excellent riders and have good experience. PM us if you are interested. TRAINING / EXERCISE HORSES
Can't ride that often? We can provide daily training and exercise for your horse -- through both ground work or riding. HAUL-IN SERVICE
Looking for a great place to ride? We also allow daily haul-in service by appointment. Cost is $25 / horse / day, plus an additional $10 trainer fee / rider / day. Experience woods, trails, open fields, a quarter mile gallop track, and hills. AMENITIES
Current Amenities include:
• 60’ x 80’ sand arena marked for dressage
• 80’x100’ lighted sand arena
• 150’x 200’ dirt arena
• Limited Cross Country Jumps
• Large boarding pastures (1/4 an acre each)
• 100 acres open riding (great footing)
• External Trainers are welcome for a fee ($10 trainer fee / rider / day)
• Round Pen
• Quarter Mile Gallop Track
•Hill Training Area
• Wash Racks and Hitching Posts
•TheraPlate

08/30/2024

There are several basic principles that you can follow in structuring the training of your horse in each ride, as well as longterm, through the years. Training should always revolve around refining the basics, such as improving the horse’s body awareness, coordination, balance, straightness, suppleness, permeability, the quality of the gaits, and eventually impulsion and collection.

Dressage movements are on the one hand gymnastic tools that help the rider to improve these basics, and on the other hand they allow the rider to gauge to what extent the horse has mastered these basics, where there is need for improvement, where there may be holes in the training, and deficits in the horse’s body awareness or understanding.

08/30/2024

PPID originates from loss of dopaminergic neurons in the hypothalamus. Some functions of the hypothalamus are also affected and cause the increased thirst/urination, altered shedding and poor temperature control. In winter, horses may show abnormal sweating or unusual sensitivity to cold. Watch your horse carefully and clip or blanket as needed.

05/13/2024

Most behaviors don’t come “out of the blue,” whether good or bad behaviors. Every behavior involves factors like environment, handling, diet, lifestyle, preparation and observation, management, and more.

For every good behavior, there are lots of factors carefully taken into account to set up the horse for success.

For every “bad” behavior, there are many factors missed.

It takes willingness on a person’s part to learn to observe expression and learn to set up situations for success. Every day I watch horses get scolded, smacked or punished in some way for a behavior that was entirely preventable- a person missed the horses’ expression, failed to set the horse up for success or support in any way, and then scolded after it was all said and done.

It’s easy to say a horse needs to work on their behavior.

It’s much harder to say, “what did I miss? Why did he do that? What can I do to set it up so he doesn’t need to again?”

UPDATE: EMAIL CHANGE AND PHONE NUMBER ADDED. Have been being told the emails are bouncing back. If you haven’t heard fro...
04/29/2024

UPDATE: EMAIL CHANGE AND PHONE NUMBER ADDED. Have been being told the emails are bouncing back. If you haven’t heard from me please email or text. Thank you!

HORSE CAMP 2024

Beginner- Intermediate
Ages 5-13

July 8-12
July 22-26
August 5-9

$600/ for full 5 day week

To sign up please email:
[email protected]

Or text :
(210)727-7752

Beginner camps are a great place for beginners to start their horse journey safely and correctly!!!

In addition to daily riding the campers will learn:
* Safe practices around horses
*Being aware of emotions and being present around their horse
* Safely haltering and leading
* Learning different slip knot techniques
* Correctly saddling and bridling
* Grooming techniques
* Learning the correct names for the parts of a horse
* How to recognize health problems in horses
* Basic horse first aid
* Basic equine nutrition
* Correct names for colors and breeds
* Learning parts of the saddle and bridle
* Equine professional demonstrations
* How to properly take care of your tack
* Bathing and washing manes and tails
* And much more!!

All students are required to wear jeans and closed toed shoes. Once you have paid deposit I will email you a liability release that will need to be brought with students first day of camp. Pack a sack lunch and plenty of water!

HORSE CAMP 2024 Beginner- Intermediate Ages 5-13 July 8-12July 22-26August 5-9$600/ for full 5 day week To sign up pleas...
04/21/2024

HORSE CAMP 2024

Beginner- Intermediate
Ages 5-13

July 8-12
July 22-26
August 5-9

$600/ for full 5 day week

To sign up please email:
[email protected]

Or text :
(210)727-7752

Beginner camps are a great place for beginners to start their horse journey safely and correctly!!!

In addition to daily riding the campers will learn:
* Safe practices around horses
*Being aware of emotions and being present around their horse
* Safely haltering and leading
* Learning different slip knot techniques
* Correctly saddling and bridling
* Grooming techniques
* Learning the correct names for the parts of a horse
* How to recognize health problems in horses
* Basic horse first aid
* Basic equine nutrition
* Correct names for colors and breeds
* Learning parts of the saddle and bridle
* Equine professional demonstrations
* How to properly take care of your tack
* Bathing and washing manes and tails
* And much more!!

All students are required to wear jeans and closed toed shoes. Once you have paid deposit I will email you a liability release that will need to be brought with students first day of camp. Pack a sack lunch and plenty of water!

We feed and carry excel products at our barn and everyone looks and feels fantastic!
04/17/2024

We feed and carry excel products at our barn and everyone looks and feels fantastic!

04/17/2024

HAVE A 5PM SLOT OPEN FOR A LESSON TOMORROW. PRIVATE OR GROUP.

Can’t get enough of this view!!!! Come on out trail riding! The weather is perfect, the grass is green and the views are...
03/28/2024

Can’t get enough of this view!!!!

Come on out trail riding! The weather is perfect, the grass is green and the views are amazing ❤️

(210)727-7752 to book today!

We have all shapes and sizes of paints 🥰
03/22/2024

We have all shapes and sizes of paints 🥰

Great tool to have for your equine partner!
03/21/2024

Great tool to have for your equine partner!

Empower your horse to find its own footing and confidence, deepening the trust between you with SURE FOOT!
Shop now:
https://shop.surefootequine.com/

Had a really busy, and fun week of trail rides during spring break!!! Message me to book we have openings on Fridays and...
03/17/2024

Had a really busy, and fun week of trail rides during spring break!!! Message me to book we have openings on Fridays and Saturdays!

03/12/2024

Owning a horse is a choice—a privilege. Behind every healthy and happy horse stands a team of dedicated professionals, who are often complained about because their services cost money.

Let's remember, their expertise is not a luxury; it's a necessity. It's not about making horse ownership affordable; it's about providing the best care possible.

Appreciate the value they bring to your horse's life.

Owning horses is a choice - your choice!

All the horses here at the farm get Mad Barn Omneity everyday!
03/10/2024

All the horses here at the farm get Mad Barn Omneity everyday!

Our cornerstone product, Omneity Premix has been expertly formulated to provide the ultimate mineral and vitamin nutrition for your horse. The granulated mixture contains 100% organic trace minerals, B-vitamins, amino acids, digestive enzymes and yeast. These nutrients work together to improve hoof

Fine Print Farms and Winding Branch Ranch working together to help horses in need. If ANYONE needs help with transport, ...
03/09/2024

Fine Print Farms and Winding Branch Ranch working together to help horses in need. If ANYONE needs help with transport, nutrition, or any type of CARE for your horse PLEASE reach out. We WANT to help every horse thrive 🥰

SPRING BREAK WEEK March 11-15 We have ALL DAY avaibility for trail rides! SPECIAL $55 PER PERSON! Max 4 people per group...
03/08/2024

SPRING BREAK WEEK
March 11-15

We have ALL DAY avaibility for trail rides! SPECIAL $55 PER PERSON!
Max 4 people per group.

Go for a ride now while it’s green, and not scorching hot!

CALL OR TEXT TO BOOK!
(210)727-7752

03/03/2024

This is an absolute must read for every horse owner and especially those with younger horses!
People can certainly debate and argue over different training techniques and styles but we can not argue the science.

"Owners and trainers need to realize there's a definite, easy-to-remember schedule of fusion - and then make their decision as to when to ride the horse based on that rather than on the external appearance of the horse.
For there are some breeds of horse - the Quarter Horse is the premier among these - which have been bred in such a manner as to LOOK mature long before they actually ARE mature. This puts these horses in jeopardy from people who are either ignorant of the closure schedule, or more interested in their own schedule (for futurities or other competitions) than they are in the welfare of the animal.

The process of fusion goes from the bottom up. In other words, the
lower down toward the hoofs you look, the earlier the growth plates will have fused; and the higher up toward the animal's back you look, the later. The growth plate at the top of the coffin bone (the most distal bone of the limb) is fused at birth. What this means is that the coffin bones get no TALLER after birth (they get much larger around, though, by another mechanism). That's the first one. In order after that:

2. Short pastern - top & bottom between birth and 6 mos.
3. Long pastern - top & bottom between 6 mos. And 1 yr.
4. Cannon bone - top & bottom between 8 mos. And 1.5 yrs.
5. Small bones of knee - top & bottom on each, between 1.5 and 2.5 yrs.
6. Bottom of radius-ulna - between 2 and 2.5 yrs.
7. Weight-bearing portion of glenoid notch at top of radius - between 2.5 and 3 yrs.
8. Humerus - top & bottom, between 3 and 3.5 yrs.
9. Scapula - glenoid or bottom (weight-bearing) portion - between 3.5 and 4 yrs.
10. Hindlimb - lower portions same as forelimb
11. Hock - this joint is "late" for as low down as it is; growth plates on the tibial & fibular tarsals don't fuse until the animal is four (so
the hocks are a known "weak point" - even the 18th-century literature warns against driving young horses in plow or other deep or sticky footing, or jumping them up into a heavy load, for danger of spraining their hocks)
12. Tibia - top & bottom, between 2.5 and 3 yrs.
13. Femur - bottom, between 3 and 3.5 yrs.; neck, between 3.5 and 4 yrs.; major and 3rd trochanters, between 3 and 3.5 yrs.
14. Pelvis - growth plates on the points of hip, peak of croup (tubera sacrale), and points of buttock (tuber ischii), between 3 and 4 yrs.

and what do you think is last? The vertebral column, of course. A
normal horse has 32 vertebrae between the back of the skull and the root of the dock, and there are several growth plates on each one, the most important of which is the one capping the centrum.

These do not fuse until the horse is at least 5 1/2 years old (and this figure applies to a small-sized, scrubby, range-raised mare. The taller your horse and the longer its neck, the later full fusion will occur. And for a male - is this a surprise? -- You add six months. So, for example, a 17-hand TB or Saddlebred or WB gelding may not be fully mature until his 8th year - something that
owners of such individuals have often told me that they "suspected" ).

The lateness of vertebral "closure" is most significant for two
reasons.
One: in no limb are there 32 growth plates!
Two: The growth plates in the limbs are (more or less) oriented perpendicular to the stress of the load passing through them, while those of the vertebral chain are oriented parallel to weight placed upon the horse's back.

Bottom line: you can sprain a horse's back (i.e., displace the
vertebral growth plates) a lot more easily than you can sprain those located in the limbs.

And here's another little fact: within the chain of vertebrae, the
last to fully "close" are those at the base of the animal's neck
(that's why the long-necked individual may go past 6 yrs. to achieve
full maturity). So you also have to be careful - very careful - not to
yank the neck around on your young horse, or get him in any situation where he strains his neck."

Dr. Deb Bennett

ABOUT DR. DEB: Deb Bennett, Ph.D., is a 1984 graduate of the University of Kansas, and until 1992 was with the Smithsonian Institution. She is known as an authority on the classification, evolution, anatomy, and biomechanics of fossil and living horses. Her research interests include the history of domestication and world bloodlines and breeds. She teaches unique anatomy short-courses and horsemanship clinics designed to be enjoyable to riders of all breeds and disciplines, and all levels of skill.

Internationally known for her scientific approach to conformation analysis, "Dr. Deb" has made a career out of conveying a kind of "X-ray vision" for bone structure to breeders and buyers. Her background in biomechanics helps her clearly explain how conformation relates to performance ability. Dr. Deb's clinics often feature real bones and interesting biomechanical models.

HAPPY SUNDAY! Don’t forgot we have a spot open for boarding!Cubeit Hay Co.Mad Barn USACustom Equine Nutrition, LLCM5 Hay...
02/26/2024

HAPPY SUNDAY!

Don’t forgot we have a spot open for boarding!

Cubeit Hay Co.
Mad Barn USA
Custom Equine Nutrition, LLC
M5 Hay Farm

FRIENDS. FORAGE. FREEDOM. 💗🌾🐎
02/22/2024

FRIENDS. FORAGE. FREEDOM. 💗🌾🐎

🔆THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN! 💥We have one spot that just opened for pasture boarding! $600/month - paddock has two shelters and...
02/21/2024

🔆THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN! 💥

We have one spot that just opened for pasture boarding! $600/month - paddock has two shelters and is in with two laid back geldings!

Message me or call/text (210)727-7752 for additional information!

HAPPY PRESIDENTS DAY 🔆Enjoy this picture of barrel lessons during golden hour 🔆We have some beginner riding lesson openi...
02/19/2024

HAPPY PRESIDENTS DAY

🔆Enjoy this picture of barrel lessons during golden hour 🔆

We have some beginner riding lesson openings - MONDAY AT 6pm!

BARREL/POLE lesson I have a spot open
-Wednesday at 6:30
-Thursdays at 6pm

MESSAGE TO BOOK AND ADDITIONAL INFO ABOUT OUR PROGRAM

Fun fact!
02/16/2024

Fun fact!

Did you know we offer breeding and foaling out services? We have large mare and foal stalls that include;Cameras FansHea...
02/15/2024

Did you know we offer breeding and foaling out services?

We have large mare and foal stalls that include;
Cameras
Fans
Heater
Free choice coastal and alfalfa
Large pasture turnout
Alfalfa/timothy pellets with mineral and extras as needed
Equilume mask as needed
*Foal Alert Sytem coming soon*

Repro vet is 15 minutes away and on call vet tech 24/7!

After foaling can get your mare back in foal!

Message/call/text Mariah at (210)727-7752 about pricing and availability!

02/14/2024

Laminitis…. a pain in the neck?
Laminitis causes a change in the nerves themselves as they respond to the stress of the laminitic event. During a laminitis event the nerves in the last cervical vertebrae of the neck, situated deep within the shoulder blade of the horse, are changed and actually suffer damage rather than just becoming inflamed, which makes the pain of laminitis difficult to control. The injury to the sensory nerves can be a reason why laminitis pain becomes chronic, with the horse suffering from repeated bouts of lameness even after the original bout of laminitis has been resolved. The nerve injury also causes a change in the behaviour of horses causing them to become withdrawn and spend a longer time at the back of the box.
Herbs offer a good alternative to bute as many can reduce nociceptive pain, the best nerve pain relieving plants are those containing high levels of triterpenes and quinovic acid glycosides such as turmeric and rosemary.
Offering a cocktail of anti-oxidant plants helps to alleviate the damage of laminitis as it affects many structures including the circulation, hoof tissue as well as the unmyelinated nerves.
Jones, E., Viñuela-Fernandez, I., Eager, R. A., Delaney, A., Anderson, H., Patel, A., ... & Fleetwood-Walker, S. M. (2007). Neuropathic changes in equine laminitis pain. Pain, 132(3), 321-331.

UPDATED: SPOTS FILLEDWe NEVER have pasture board spots open up—The end of February we will have 2 spots opening up.  $60...
01/30/2024

UPDATED: SPOTS FILLED

We NEVER have pasture board spots open up—
The end of February we will have 2 spots opening up. $600/month includes :

-Free choice coastal hay
-Cubeit alfalfa cubes and Bluebonnet feeds 2X a day
-Mineral tubs
- 40 acres pasture turnout 2-3 times a week
- free trailer parking
- Worming quarterly
- Private tack lockers
- 2 arenas (one with lights) and round pen
-Trails
-Gallop track
-Wash Rack
&
MUCH MORE

Call/Text (210)727-7752 to schedule a tour

This might be fine up north, but San Antonio isn't able to deal with this.
02/15/2021

This might be fine up north, but San Antonio isn't able to deal with this.

Beautiful evening after a gorgeous day at Fine Print Farms!Have you signed up for English or Western Riding lessons?
01/23/2021

Beautiful evening after a gorgeous day at Fine Print Farms!

Have you signed up for English or Western Riding lessons?

Address

285 Obst Road
Bulverde, TX
78163

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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