The Benestar Ranch LLC

11/27/2024

🦃Wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving eve

❄️As usual we have some fantastic sales and announcements coming for Black Friday! Follow our page and keep and eye out for the specials

🎉They are first come first paid and limited!

📸 Stephanie with our young C**t Atlas von Benestar ⭐️

11/27/2024

As we enter Thanksgiving week in the US, many of your vets will be out of town or spending much needed time with their families.

It’s times like these that horse owners need to practice preventative caregiving.

During this holiday time, as an emergency only vet, I recommend the following:

- Don’t deworm your horse right now.

- Don’t start a new feed right now.

- Don’t get a new round bale of coastal hay right now if you’ve let the last one go to dust (give small amounts at a time or mix with a stemmy hay until they’ve had their fill, then give the round bale).

- Don’t change schedules.

- Don’t vaccinate your horse right now, especially if you have a known reactor.

- Don’t be in a rush and fail to soak your feed for long enough (choke risk) - especially if you’re late to feed due to holiday errands/get togethers.

- If you have visitors, limit treats. Ensure gates are closed. Make sure feed doors and bins locked.

There is already a shortage of equine vets - and the few we do have will likely be out of town or trying to enjoy the holiday.

Let’s all have a very Happy Thanksgiving. And let’s let our vets stay home with family!

Remember: Proper Preparation Prevents Postponed Potlucks! 😂🥴

11/25/2024

If you are a member or considering
I encourage you to be a part of the change.

New leadership, new opportunities

We can make this a fabulous group like it was intended

Courtney Milledge would appreciate your vote as a board member and supports more youth, amateur and family friendly Friesian programs

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11/23/2024

A short haul complete in the smaller rig!

This 1,314 mile trip involved two pick ups in VA and one drop off in GA. Both horses were comfortable in the cooler climate, well watered, and amply fed.

This trip also took us directly through Appomattox Courthouse Park 😁 which we viewed from the road as we passed through it.

A big shoutout to the Benestar Riding Academy for loaning the BSC again.

11/23/2024

Knowledge and preparation are KEY to keeping your horse healthy all year round.

Winter brings a lot of challenges so be prepared

While there are several different types of colic, impaction colic is the type most often seen during winter months. Decreased water consumption is assessed to be the number one factor contributing to impaction colic. In simple terms, impaction colic is caused by a blockage that forms in the large co...

11/20/2024

Another long, long haul complete!

This 6,145 mile haul included two active race horses from The Belmont Park (one of the Triple Crown locations) in Elmont, NY within Long Island and an eventual visit to the Navy Seal/UDT Museum in Ft Pierce, FL (while we had NO HORSES on an empty trip back) where its initial members began training to clear ship mines and beach obstacles for WWII–a task they mainly completed in a pair of swim trunks, mask, and fins while carrying only a knife.

The museum houses the actual lifeboat that Captain Phillips used to get the Somali Pirates off of his ship and where they were eventually killed (as shown by the pics of broken windows). It also had a piece from the World Trade Center, a mock-up from the Osama Bin Laden raid along with a couple momentos, sand from several of the invasion beaches from D-Day, a very large Mark V operations ship along with several other different boats, mini subs, and land craft; a formerly used Blackhawk UH-60, and a plethora of other items from various operations and wars from WII to present day. It also had several commemorative items from those who died from their more well-known operations such as those who died in Operation Red Wings (as seen in the movie Lone Survivor), Operation Anaconda (the book Robert’s Ridge), the assault on the Embassy in Benghazi, Libya (as seen in 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi), Chris Kyle (American Sniper), the Battle of Mogadishu ( as seen in Blackhawk Down), and many, many others. As a kid who grew up completely obsessed with everything to do with The Teams, it was pretty awesome to finally visit the museum.

This trip began with pick ups in NC and SC; swept up through PA and OH; headed east to stops in VT, NYC and Upstate NY; meandered through NJ, DE, DC, CT, ME, WV, and VA; and eventually headed south to nearly the tip of FL.

All horses were comfortable, well-watered, and amply fed. We also had an inspection from a small precocious goat on one farm. Lol.

11/11/2024

Thank you veterans for the sacrifice you make and have made to serve and protect us.

We thank you!

11/06/2024

Why pay for new medium-heavy duty truck parts when you can purchase reliable and reasonably priced rebuilt and used ones?

We luckily found Casey’s early this year and we’ve used them twice. I happily drive 1,306 miles roundtrip from South Carolina to Buffalo, NY to personally retrieve parts because I’ve learned that they have the best and most reasonably priced used and rebuilt parts this side of the Mississippi (and likely the country). EVERYONE from the owner and his wife to the parts pullers and counter staff is amiable, pleasant, knowledgeable, resourceful, and just easy to deal with. You don’t feel like you’re being robbed when you use this company and you feel like it’s just a good place to visit. If they can’t answer a technical question (which is beyond rare) they quickly get the answer while you’re onsite. I don’t use anyone else for medium to heavy duty applications!

Buying and Selling Medium and Heavy duty trucks and parts

11/05/2024

Another long haul complete!

This one began in Macon, GA and swept up to the Canadian border in upstate NY. It travelled through and had stops in NH, MA, PA, DE, DC, NJ, VA, WV, NC, and ended with 3 drops in SC.

All horses remained comfortable in both cold and warm climates, well watered, and sufficiently fed.