The Balanced Horse Project

11/18/2025

Ok… this is really inspiring.

Could horse trainer hold the mystery of Time?

Rooster’s old cold bullet-wound scar tissue is melting, and the muscle tissue is actually restoring after STEP RHT Sequence 2.

All we’ve done is simple groundwork to unwind his twisted body.
Most people focus directly on the point of injury, but our philosophy is completely different.

I see the body as a series of tuning forks, each one conducting a range of frequencies or energy. When these frequencies are in harmony, they activate the self-righting reflex that exists in all living things.

When a horse is injured, crooked, or built on weak conformation, this reflex switches off because the tuning forks are bent or distorted.
But when STEP turns the system back on, the side effects look a lot like reversing physical time. It returns to restoring the horse to its primary design objective. Symmetry.

Any life trauma injury or triggers dissolve. They are frequently replaced with new tissue. The action is powered by Nature.

Rooster is an excellent example.

We didn’t treat the bullet wounds.
We didn’t touch the neck or spine.
We simply focused on leveling and balancing his whole body.

This activated the Reset Reflex, and the coherent movements he offered at liberty. Within hours the corrections began. It's automatic.
No force, no manipulation, no targeted treatment.

It’s my belief that our ancestors witnessed this same self-righting ability but didn’t have the language to explain it. They simply knew equine conformation should be balanced and horse training could improve symmetry.

Rooster's the wound site healed years ago.

The trauma pattern remained.

Using balance as the foundation for training, the scars and trauma are dissolving while new tissue restores the neck in relationship to the natural energy frequencies moving through it.

The horse restores himself because STEP RHT engaged the internal source of balance, not just the symptom of trauma.

Photos show restoration over 7 days and 2 training sessions.

This is why horse training needs to be updated. Today we use behavior modification and pain management while body symmetry and balance are shelved

When trainers understand the body’s natural reset mechanisms, can prevent so many problems and produce horses that are stronger, safer, and more complete, we become the TIME LORDS OF THE HORSE.

11/17/2025

Life has a rhythm, like breathing.
It reflects through everything we touch.
I see it in the horses that move through our barn.

I skipped posting for a few weeks. Our schedule has been wild.

Bates arrived from Ohio and did a short version of STEP Reset before heading to a new reining trainer in Texas. His owner noticed the change immediately:
“My horse can relax!”
Those emotional and physical shifts are everything.

Then Jackson came in for a few weeks. We worked together to level his body and decompress his front quarter. Reining can really compress the body and trigger old birth trauma patterns, that’s when you start seeing a horse push through the bridle, become one-sided, or fall into injury.

Fortunately, more people are becoming aware. They’re choosing to let us reset the horse so it can move forward with balance, wellness, and better performance.

We hauled Jackson back to his trainer, and on the way home, picked up my horse 6’s for X-rays and a dental check.
He still had sharp edges left from his last dentist, but his joint X-rays came back clean and that’s huge. When I bought him, his right leg rotated almost 40 degrees. He was crashing out of reiner training. I bought him and applied STEP RHT. His self-straightening, though the knee has been impressive. Reducing the stress in the joint started with centering and levelling the body. The exrays now show perfect joint alignment.

Yes… I’m excited.

For the past 60 days, I’ve been rebuilding his body and checking in with the trainer. After 60 days of stress-testing, he’s strong, balanced, and improving.
We’re going to trial him at a show.
Fingers crossed he enjoys showing off.

Meanwhile, Rooster, the rescue with the two bullet scars, has decided to let us into his life. His story is something else. We’ve handled him more like a mustang, and it’s paid off.

Yesterday he completed STEP 2 of the training sequence. He was grateful, yet shocked.
The internal shifting through his barrel, hips, and withers made him freeze. The sensation pulled his awareness inward. His emotional debate paused long enough for him to realize that pain… could dissolve.

Yes.

It’s not about the show ring or having the “best” horse.
It’s about bringing peace to their souls.
Maybe that’s what’s missing these days.

Touching the soul, and having it share its peace with us.
Maybe that’s why I can’t stop doing this work.
It brings moments of stillness into human chaos.

11/14/2025

The Royal Princess Anne, my name sake rode at the Montreal Olympics 1976, in front of my aunt who was a judge for Jumping and Eventing.

Princess Anne (The Princess R.oyal) riding her horse Goodwill. This photograph was likely taken during preparations for the equestrian three-day event at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games

11/12/2025

Lost Opportunity: The Price of Ignoring Natural Immunity

We just lost an opportunity to change lives and to truly understand the power of natural immunity.

After 35 years of selective breeding, a line of ostriches carrying rare immune resilience traits was about to enter the labs to help create new, naturally derived health products.

But then, foreign interests captured the courts, the government, the media, and law enforcement.
Plans for U.S. intervention to bring the ostriches south for medical research and development were blocked. MAHA would have a foundation for returning vaccine and drug production back from China, strengthens health independence.

As an animal owner and farmer, I’m left wondering:
Are we really this blind to the path toward health freedom?
Yhe Universal Ostrich Farms’ 350+ birds where not correctly trsted for disease. The owners were force to watch their animals be abused while the legal system failed to hear logical evidence. In the dead of night over 700 shoots were fired wounding many who were left to cry while they died. Some were lucky and dead instantly when bullets peirced their heads.

Deatho without dignity — while the world pretends this is progress?

If the WHO and other global organizations can justify culling animals bred for resilience, what’s next?
Will they kill the Mustang, the Brumby, or the Florida Cracker horse — simply because of their natural immunity and genetic independence?

Before you scroll on, please look into the story of the British Columbia ostrich cull and consider what it reveals about how animals are treated when profit, patents, and politics outweigh compassion and science.

Then, ask yourself:
How many animals worldwide are bred, experimented on, and euthanized each year — so we can “benefit” from the results?
At what cost to truth, balance, and life itself are we willing to surrender?

-References for Readers to Research

1. BC Ostrich Farm Culling (2024) – Search YouTube for independent coverage using keywords like “Universal Ostrich Farm culling BC” and “ostrich immunity research Canada.”

2. Ostrich Antibodies in Medical Research – Learn how ostrich IgY antibodies are being studied for antiviral and immune therapies. (Try channels focusing on independent biotech or natural medicine.)

3. Selective Breeding for Natural Immunity – Explore reports on animal genetic diversity and resilience in immune response.

4. Ethics of Animal Research – WHO and NIH discussions on humane treatment and global bioethics in laboratory programs.

5. Wild Horse Culls & Natural Immunity – Independent documentaries on the mustang, brumby, and cracker horse as examples of resilience through natural selection.

🎥 Independent YouTube Sources to Explore

“Universal Ostrich Farm BC – The Untold Story”

“Ostrich Immunity and the War on Natural Health”

“Animals, Ethics, and the Global Lab System”

“Mustangs and Natural Immunity: Lessons from the Wild”

(Search these exact titles or keywords on YouTube to find independent creators covering the topic.)

The BC Ostrich farm - Thoughts from the backroads Some thoughts on what's happened in the last few days at the BC Ostrich farm, with the CFIA and the RCMP b...

11/10/2025

A Horse Learning to Feel Safe Again

Have you ever laid your hand on a horse’s withers and felt the bones crunch beneath your fingers?

What if those sounds weren’t just from tension — but from memories?
Could old bullet wounds to the neck change the way a horse carries himself, or even how he learns to trust?

This is the question behind our newest case in STEP Restorative Training we have a horse whose body still remembers pain.

He trusts his owners deeply. But imagine being left in a strange place, surrounded by unfamiliar people who keep talking about “trust,” when every stranger you’ve ever met has caused pain or applied force.

This first week of STEP RHT has been about listening, not fixing.
We’ve completed STEP 1 of his training sequence.
Capturing clear “before” images wasn’t possible. Nerves and fear stopped him from standing beside the wall.

But something far more important happened:

After STEP 1, he stood square beside the wall when asked.

That moment might sound small, but it’s monumental. It means he gave permission.

And that’s where true healing begins.

This will be a slow process, guided by patience and presence.
Because horses, all horses deserve to feel safe.

11/05/2025

The darkness swallows another horse.
The trailer gate shut, and the taillights glowed under the moon, all the way to Texas.

I’ve done my job. Time to start another one.

Whether or not the idea of leveling and straightening a young performance horse makes sense, both the trainer and the rider will feel the difference.And the horse feels safe and commits to the work

My skills lift the horse off the forehand, untwists the hips, and frees that stubborn right shoulder making the horse easy to ride.

You can drop the reins and create collection by controlling the hindquarters. That’s how we should be riding.But it's hard to achieve on a downhill horse.

When the Buckle is earned, and the horse’s quality is impossible to ignore, someone will figure it out… and look me up to ask me to balance thier horse.

I'm not famous, just experienced and very good at my job.

🐎

11/05/2025

Oh once upon a time.

11/02/2025

I Chose to Learn from Horses

Not from books. Not from courses.

There are certainly easier ways to learn and progress. But if I had taken another route, an entire world of. STEP RHT would remained hidden. What horses revealed to me could never have come from a classroom or a textbook.

Through them, I’ve learned how to rebirth equine body symmetry to prevent injury and solve training problems.

Each mistake, each challenge, each breakthrough has become part of that education. That’s why I share not just the successes, but also the stumbles along the way. Every year, a horse arrives who tests the limits of what I know and pushes me to grow even further.

Last January, I purchased a horse I’d known since he was weaned. He was the perfect candidate to show how my training program aides the development of above-average conformation. His growth pattern was following the same path I’d seen in 278 other young horses.

I watched his sales video, and was shocked. His neck and wither configuration were clearly causing problems. That should NOT be happening.

You could see it in his body: tension, resistance, the readiness to buck, and the impossibility of true collection.
So... I bought him.
Go ahead and laugh.
But I could see his potential.

At three years old, Gunnie still hadn’t grown into his feet. His chest was narrow and not expanding.He had a pencil neck. Someone even said, “He has a turkey butt and genetically, he should have a massive chest.”

Why he didn’t have a chest was a mystery.

Under saddle, he’s the lightest, most comfortable, dependable and kind horse to ride. But no matter what I did, I couldn’t free his chest to widen or strengthen the topline of the neck.

He improved through the body like a normal QH.. The frontquarter are long and runny like a yearling TB.
What the heck???!.

I’d never been so disappointed in a STEP RHT result. Go figure it had to be my own horse who became the anomaly.

But good things come to those who wait.

One day, the story of Gunnie's near death experience surfaced. He had nearly killed himself when his teeth hooked around a stirrup and he levered with his neck to get free.

Suddenly, everything made sense.
His narrow front quarters, his weak chest and neck and the tension I saw in the sales video stem from the event.

I'm forever thankful to have this information. If I hadn’t learned about his near-death experience, it might have taken years to uncover the cause.Now we can modify STEP RHT to produce better results.

Genes are amazing resources that most trainers overlook.
They determine bone length, body symmetry, color, and blood type—but they do not create conformation.

From my investigations, conformation is the expression of trauma that creates compensational balance which cause the body to twist. All horses modify their posture to avoid pain caused by trauma. This overrides the genes blueprint for symmetry.
Cancel the trauma, and the genes can express the true equine form as symmetry. If we trained with this philosophy, we’d produce far better horses. But that's not the point of this article.

Even though Gunnie appeared level and symmetrical, he still carried hidden trauma. Learning the truth caused me to I examine his undercarriage. My fingers reached between his front legs, and sweet Gunnie winced. I thought about anatomy and discuss the findings with Frank.

Frank lifted Gunnie's leg and check for a rib end that might have shifted off the costochondral joint of the breastbone.

Sure enough he found it. Gunnie winced again as Frank performed his magic.

When the foot touched the ground, Gunnie dropped his head, extended his neck like a dog following a scent.
He stood there, breathing deeply as if he was a foal breathing for the very first time.

Could his near-death experience have twisted a rib and collapsed his chest expansion? Or was it unresolved birth trauma?
Could this discovery help other horse owners recognize and resolve conformation weaknesses at their source?

Here I go again, learning from a horse.

I’ll be tracking Gunnie’s progress closely. With the bone now realigned, the trauma should be released and his genes can finally send out stem cells to complete the development of an above-average horse.

10/30/2025

Fall has finally made its presence known.
Last night’s temps dipped into the 40s, and with five performance horses in for restorative work, having help around the barn has been a blessing.

We live in a time where technology is replacing people. Machines are taking over jobs once done by hand and heart. When the work disappears, what happens to the people? How do they find meaning again?

Well, that happened to Mike.
When his tech job ended, we offered him one here. He went from knowing nothing about horses to helping run the barn.

As a former computer network designer, he’s discovered that the critical thinking, problem-solving, and science involved in caring for horses is far more complex than he ever imagined. It’s even changed the way he sees farmers.

He was amazed to learn how 16 hours of light can stop winter hair growth or regulate a mare’s cycle. Now, he’s learning the art of layering blankets, day and night, to keep the show horses’ coats sleek and shiny.

He reminds me of The Karate Kid.
Wax on, wax off.
Blankets on, blankets off.
Lights on, lights off.

For someone who came from suits and jets to quiet nights under the stars and the unconditional presence of horses, this is a transformation. Mike is becoming a groom, and he’s realizing that caring for horses carries serious responsibility and even deeper rewards.

I joked about adding more stalls, and he panicked:
“I can’t care for all those horses!”
I promised I wouldn’t do that to him.

But guess what?
Mike wants to learn to ride.

The income may be less, but the quality of life; the peace, the purpose, the sense of accomplishment, is greater than ever.

When fate throws you for a loop, you can fall on your fear… or stand up and embrace life.

Working with horses is a world more people should experience.

10/29/2025

🐎 Why horse training is done in STEP's.

My job as a STEP Horse Trainer is simple:
It's to create a level, balanced horse so the show trainer can introduce skills to support a sustainable career. If I can refine the horse body symmetry, these trainer can save time because the horse is confident and athletically balanced.

It’s hard to wrap your head around a new idea, so let’s use this image to make sense of what STEP RHT (Self-Tuning Equine Posture – Restoration; Horsemanship Training) really does.

Imagine a boat tied to a dock.
Three people sit in the bow.
Two on the left, one behind them on the right.
The boat tilts left, the bow sinks down.

The stern lifts. The propeller angles out behind verse down.
Now the thrust drives the bow even deeper into the water.
(That’s your “downhill” "strung out behind" horse — heavy in front, stiff on one side, struggling to engage the hind.)

Now those same passengers move to the middle.They sit side by side.
The bow rises. The stern settles.
The boat glides forward easily and safely.
(That’s your level, centered horse; balanced, willing, and effortless to ride.)

Finally, the passengers step off.
The boat floats level on its own.
(That’s the horse’s natural self-righting reflex. That's what STEP RHT reawakens.)

But here’s the missing truth:
Most horses can’t engage that self-righting reflex
because of a twist imprinted by birth trauma.

I invented a training system that supports this natural reaction. It's
a step that has been absent in starting horses across all disciplines.

When I balance a horse through STEP RHT,
the rider finds themselves in the middle of the boat — horse, with
no resistance, no fight. It forms a flow state for partnership to develop.

What many call “behavior”
is often caused by imbalance.
What is call injury is prevented when STEP activates the self righting reflex .

My job is to lift the downhill horse into level posture,
restoring buoyancy, trust, and freedom of movement.
From that place, training becomes easy.

Ignore balance, and the work gets hard, time consuming,
with limited gains and too often… injury.

Are you curious if your horse might be “listing at the dock”?

Everything in Nature strives to achieve balance. That’s where STEP makes the difference.

10/22/2025

Lame and foundered.
to
being Sound!

The symmetry found in the chest will always echo through the development of the feet.

Can the body restore itself?
Absolutely.

Katie is living proof.

Her owner's commitment has been validated. Mission accomplished.

Distance was never the problem thanks to a remote horse training program backed by the research of
the Balanced Horse Project. The mission to consistently activate the self-righting reflex, regardless of the conformation of the horse regardless of the distance between the trainer and horse, has helped horses like Katie.

The goal to own and ride sound, balanced horses is growing as people discover this unique program.

10/20/2025

The cheat.
The short cut.
The quick fix.
The manufacturing of illusions.

It's like lying.

It catches up with you when you least expected. The results create problems expense embarassment and lost achievements.

So why bother?

Just do it right the first time.

It's hard lesson for some to learn.

And some never will.