The Balanced Horse Project

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.

10/15/2025

The seller probably thought they had two suckers on the hook. No X-rays needed . I drew the STEP CHECK lines, on the horse's coat. Frank noted the flinch pattern.
We both nodded and made an offer on a higher grade reiner.
The seller’s story was simple:
A bad day in the trailer; had
cast and pinned this young horse for several hours. The crooked frame had not been solved after 2 years of vet work, corrective shoeing, chiropractic care, and therapy.

All though the horse was top of the line, the last buyer walked away after the vet inspection failed.
Just look at those hips. Yikes!

But then, there’s us.
We specialize in problem solving.
Actually we unwind crooked horses based on the IP from years of research. Now we have a dependable training program based on STEP RHT, a regenerative training philosophy.

Below are the results from STEP 1 & 2.
We just completed STEP 3 last week, and when the horse returns from pasture, we’ll share the final photo to complete the story.

Through the biomechanics of balance and the motion of the horse, the hip and hind leg angles are correcting towards level.
As that happens, the pinch points at the mid barrel and base of the withers concentrate to outline the trauma pattern. We are using training exercises to stablize and align the spine.

STEP 3 will decompress the topline and release the tension moving forward through the front body.

We’re hoping the natural action of grazing after completing STEP 3 will unravel the body and lock in symmetry. We will be happy to see any improvement.

So far so good.
We are looking forward to the stress test phase to ensure the horse can succeed in Ranch Riding or a breeding program.

10/14/2025

The False Poll:

Breaking Engagement Before It Begins.

I have a horse who has always struggled to truly transfer weight to the hindquarters.

He resists by running backwards.
He, lifts his head through transitions, and although his chest looks better than most and his back stays straight something is wrong because his hips are uneven.

Then there is his mouthiness. To me it signals aniexty... nervousness. So what have I missed when resetting his body symmetry?

Then my eye caught it when he was ridden.

His poll was locked.
That may explain a lot.

It’s been that way before I bought him. Hence the frustration of several trainers who love his potential but just couldn't encourage his commitment.

Everything made sense:
he is compensating for a locked poll.
This is a very influential lever point in the core dynamics of equine balance.

It impacts:
Dental occlusion
Facial muscles
Neck development
Lumbar muscles
Angel of the flank and hind legs
One side flexion.
Weak transitions
Hollowed back
Volunteering to come behind the vertical without rein contact.
And more.

I took this photo to illustrate how he offers to curl behind the vertical to balance the lope.

Can you spot the locked poll and the false breakover in his neck?

It’s amazing how many horses present with the same issue.
Some will be over flexed while others ars inverted.The relationship between the skull and the first two vertebrae are very important.

If you look closely, you’ll see it:
a flatness behind the ears, followed by a bulge before the midpoint of the neck, then a flat muscle that finally transitions into a flowing curve.
There are other landmarks, but let’s start with what’s easiest to see.
In this case, the horse is locked at C2.

If you find trigger points at the poll, the troat latch grove and the brachial attachments at the base of that neck, don't rule out a lock poll.

My horse was doing his best to please the rider. When he started ovef curling naturally behind the vertical while the rider openned the rein and drove forward instantly the false poll was observed.

After each ride, I apply STEP Re-check system to help his body restore after being stressed. The problem has been addressed.

It will be interesting to see if he starts to show his potential.

If your horse shows similar patterns, reach out to a DC, Osteopath, or Cranial-Sacral therapist.
And if the issue doesn’t resolve, remember, you have a resource here.

10/12/2025

I love watching horses run, buck, and leap across the field.
Their strength and agility reflect pure joy and the embodiment of self-control.

At liberty the spirit is free to explore it's skills. I marvel at the agility when they power up and let go.

Every horse carries a bucket of joy within. How could we ever restrict that?

I’ve been gifted with the skills to help horses find balance and correct their struggles. In return, they offer understanding and respect.

That’s where the magic begins.

Our training programs should allow
horses to fall in love with the rider, to love their career or performance. And to come from the heart and to keep their partners safe.

Maybe, just maybe, when we see horses so free, we'llrealize how important it is to free ourselves..

Photo.
BHP- Sexy 6's

10/11/2025

Holding each other up , that’s the gift of love.
It doesn’t end the pain,
but it helps us rise above.

Can the trauma truly end?
Yes... absolutely.

Go back ,
back to the beginning,
before the break,
before the twist,
when body and life moved as one,
in balance.

Balance... that’s the key.
Between horse and rider, it breathes as symmetry.

It’s the bridge that heals what time forgot,
restoring peace where pain once fought.

When form aligns, the fear grows still
and energy flows where it always will.

That’s when the world turns soft again,
and horse and rider simply blend...
into the beauty of the ride. 🕊️

Photo: Luewin on 66

10/07/2025

What Happens When a Horse’s Hoof Strikes the Ground?

I’ll let the other experts share their views, on the biomechanics,
but allow me to offer the biophysics of horsemanship.

This field of science offers a point of view that has been known since the 1960's. It changed my approach because it explains what truly happens inside the horse’s body.
When trainers step away from the biochemical industry their horses
achieve deeper, more sustainable results.

It all begins with energy.
Without energy, the horse cannot move, digest food, grow hair or hooves,
or regenerate tissue.
Without energy, the body cannot grow or sustain itself.

That, to me, is important.

When bone is placed under pressure,
it generates a natural electrical current called piezoelectricity.
This means the skeleton itself is part of a free-energy system. We ride
a living circuit that needs to connect to the earth.

Like lightning completing a universal circuit,
the horse’s skeletonal bioelectric charge seeks to ground through the hoof.
Every hoof strike completes a discharge of negative charge and the uptake of positive charge needed to support regeneration of the body's living circuit.
When the hoof fails to meet the ground properly,
the grounded circuit can't prevent the build up of acid and heat.
Tissue break down has a relationship with the grounding through the foot. The same applies to people. Research "Earthing or Grounding."
A grounded hoof accelerates the regeneration of the body.

This is where my work begins.
This is one reason why horses in our STEP training program need to be barefoot.

Over the past 25 years, I’ve expanded on the research of
Dr. Robert Becker and Dr. Bassett—pioneers who demonstrated
how electric and magnetic fields influence tissue regeneration.
Their discoveries were made in laboratories.
My work decoded how to activate those same bioelectric reactions naturally—
through movement, pressure, and balanced equine form.

I am an unacknowledged researcher who found a way for horse trainers
to employ biophysics to develop sustainable, pain-free horses.
Through The Balanced Horse Project and
STEP Restorative Horse Training,
we have empirically confirmed that energy can be guided through the horse to engage structure to regenerate form and function.

This isn’t alternative science—it’s research once funded by the US government. The results using physics were surpressed by the AMA, American Medical Association.

After documenting my results, I understand why. It offers a
future where trainers use nature itself
to produce sound, balanced, high-performance horses
while protecting the safety of the rider.

It’s disheartening to see horsemanship still taught through
outdated biochemical models that ignore the body’s true design.
But that’s why I keep sharing—
because the real science of horsemanship isn’t synthetic.
It’s already written in the body.
We just have to learn to read it.

Photo.
Is this horse able to ground while on the rubber mat?

10/02/2025

Mr Monty's Magic trick.
The magic starts with the magican 1200 miles away. A cell phone, an assistant and a curious audience.
The trick isn't what you expect.
The results are real.
The question is;
"Do you believe it!"

09/30/2025

✨ Patience. Curiosity. Trust. ✨
That’s what it took to give a broken high-performance reiner a reason to keep trying.

For two years he carefully protected a twisted knee. His athletic rebellion caused professional riders to hand him off and pass him around. He was labelled a rebel because he refused to step into the show ring.

He was black balled.

So I took him on.

Five months in our wholistic training program, and his front feet now match and point the same direction. His trot and lope flow with courage, soundness, and balance. His stallion ego is back, making him curious, playful, self assured.

Now my nerves are tingling.
Will he hold up?

Wednesday he heads to a career trainer, to face the stress of conditioning. If he is ready our mission will be accomplished. .

The most exciting part?
For the first time in his career this horse will have a chance to show what he can do.it's a good feeling when pride, returns to a horse.

09/29/2025

It's Gunny's play day.
The mares are next door.
Gunny has a chance to shine for the Babes.

In reality he is a very patient caring horse under saddle.
He carries my old bones around the fields. He is a great 3 year old.
I'm grateful for his love for the rider because my 70+ hip creates a struggle to get my leg over the saddle. He leans in and braces to help pull me into place.

He is a clown in the paddock.
He turns around the tree like his grandsire Nu Check to Cash on a barrel.

Run Gunny Run.
Show off for your mares.
That's why his name is GUNNASHINE FOR BABES.

09/27/2025

The farm is quiet these days. Most of the remote STEP training horses have unraveled their knots and stepped into balance. Perfect! Now life will be easier for them and their riders

Yesterday, Frank and I turned to our horses, Sam, 66 and Gunny. I was drawn to an idea, one of those sparks that feels half-mad, half-revealed truth. What if the base of the neck in performance horses could be naturally liberated by levelling the frontquarters. Could the rhythm of the front legs of downhill horses be drawn into a better position to decompress the shoulders and neck?

I’ve learned to trust those whispers. My eyes fall on patterns of chaos etched in a horse’s conformation. So we ask the horse, " Is this what you need?" If they agree, we create a frame where posture and pressure arise not from us, but from the horse’s own movement. This awakens the hidden symmetry buried inside.

Then we wait.
And as the waiting deepens, the horse reorganizes itself. The dysfunction unravels. Chaos softens back into harmony.

Gunny’s answer was growth. He was supposed to be a 14.2–15 hand Quarter Horse, he now measures 15.2 and still reaching. His once-narrow chest is widening. This week his muscles seem to have doubled. His hooves are straight with matching angles. He is building himself anew.

Maybe there is wisdom in the stillness. In quiet seasons, we have time to notice the miracle of change, and the joy horses weave back into our lives.

09/26/2025

Update:

Canadian Food Inspection Agency has control over the ostriches while the courts review the case. They are proceeding to kill the birds using deliberate neglect. Meanwhile Katie and family have offered to feed tge flock. The agency have arrested them to stop possible intervention.

And Canadians have staggered into helpless because they saw what happened to supporters of the Truckers who peacefully gathered in Ottawa.

Do not go silently into the night!
MAake the CRIF prove their science.

Original post:
The farm is called Universal Ostrich Farms, located in Edgewood, British Columbia.
The farm has been raising ostriches for over 30 years.

In December 2024, an outbreak of avian influenza (bird flu) was detected at the farm, and about 69 birds died.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued an order to cull (euthanize) about 400 remaining ostriches, citing disease‐control measures.

The farm has been fighting legally against that order. The case has gone through Federal Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, and there is an attempt to bring it to the Supreme Court.

The farm argued that the CFIA’s blanket policy of killing all potentially exposed birds doesn’t take into account unique species biology (ostriches are not chickens or turkeys).

They claim the ostriches recovered naturally and now carry antibodies, which could provide valuable data for avian flu research.

The legal team also argued the cull would cause irreparable harm, wiping out over 30 years of breeding and research.

On September 24, 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada granted an interim stay on the cull order, temporarily halting the ex*****on of the mandate while the court considers whether to hear the appeal.

The CFIA retains legal control of the property and the birds during this stay, even though the culling is paused.

There is substantial public attention, protests, and controversy over whether the birds have developed immunity and whether the cull is justified.

Dr McCollough the developer of the PCR testing states the test is not an accurate diagnostic tool for disease. The birds owners are blocked from retesting the flock by the Canadian Government.

As of this week native band has intervened to protect the birds based on land rights.

My goal is to bring awareness to the poor jusgement designed to impare the growth of knowledge regarding imminity and to assist animal owners and farmers security, globally.

Share and follow Katie's journey to save her flock and farm.

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09/23/2025

The Road of Regeneration

The past two weeks have carried a strange rhythm. First the OTTB went lame at the trainers. We trailered him home. A miracle, he off loaded completely sound.

Tiglon, the 26 yr old DDFT... (which was actually a misaligned fetlock at P3 joint) left for home on Sunday, and somewhere between here and there, fate intervened. I believe the trailer ride forced him to stand correctly which unlocked his P3 joint. Taadaa. A huge ball of stress was released.

My skills start a process. The horse defines the final results. The journey presents the observer with guilt and stress because there is a sense of helplessness. It is hard. We always want to help. From years of experience I know interventions STOP the natural progression.

It is humbling when nature steps in to take over what humans struggle to achieve. So I wait and support using natural resources until the horse deals with the physical/emotion trauma which then follows with regeneration.

The burden lifted not only from Tiglon’s body, but from Frank, me and Jenifer. After Tiglon arrived back home within 24 hours he was standing square with the inflamation reducing.

We set the spark, but the reset belongs to the horse and to the direction life guides him.

This is the essence of trust: to wait, to release control, and to honor the process empowered by Love.

So congratulations, Oh Great Tiglon. You now travel the true road of regeneration.

And to Jennifer — thank you. Your patience as Tiglon unraveled himself was a rare kind of faith. You bore witness to the struggle, and you stood firm. That trust is what allowed the impossible to become real.

We ask for what seems beyond reach. We surrender the outcome to the wisdom of nature and the horse.
And the universe, God and Creator always provide the answers.