Savage Performance Horses

06/16/2024

Gosh what a fun show! Were we totally prepared NO! We made last minute decision to try it after Lacie suffered an abscess & it paid off. We had a fun relaxing show! Thank you POA.

06/15/2024

Showmanship & Halter are hard classes 🩷

06/15/2024

Congratulations Jaelyn 10th @ World show in showmanship 🩵🩷 So proud of her.

06/15/2024

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06/04/2024

Please Share!! Really nice horse! Come see him and make them an offer!!

🔹🔸2011 AQHA Palomino Gelding🔸🔹
Hesalot of Cash

🔸No bad habits no vices
🔹Clips & easy to deworm
🔸Stands for vet & Farrier
🔹Cross ties
🔸Nice smooth jog
🔹Trail / Ranch Horse
🔸 15.1 hands
🔹Current on all cares

Really the perfect horse for an intermediate rider & he’s blonde. No rear bite or buck. This gelding is owned by my 70+ year old neighbor. They have trail rode him extensively in Ohio, TN, IL & Indiana. Before that he was on a 50 acre ranch checking fence & playing with cows. Side-passes & has a really nice handle on him with lots of buttons. Please PM for more information. Mid- 4 figures Good home a must. Located in Frankton, IN. Videos in comments.

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/hesalot+of+cash

05/22/2024

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04/08/2024

Marlee is ready to ride! 2yo POA filly. 🔥 Ima Hot Impulsion 🔥
✔️Easy to catch
✔️Easy to bath
✔️Stands well for farrier
✔️Fly Spray
✔️Loads & backs off
✔️Has been shown & has points
✔️Stalls or pasture
✔️Low pecking order
✔️Not spooky
✔️Current on all cares
✔️Color Tested
✔️Stands for Vac n Blow (Loud)
✔️Saddled has not been ridden

04/07/2024

Good info

03/23/2024

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03/15/2024

02/24/2024

02/06/2024

Who needs a massage therapist 🤠

Updated 2024 information

01/13/2024

I promise she loves me 🤣

01/10/2024

💯🤠

“Farm work doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t make you anything. It reveals you.

There’s gym strong and then there’s farm strong. They’re mutually exclusive.

The toughest women you’ll ever meet spend their days on a farm.

There are more uses for twine than you can possibly imagine. You can tie up a hole in a slow feeder, fashion a tail strap for a horse’s blanket, mend a broken fence and use it as a belt.

“Well that certainly didn’t go as planned,” is one thing you’ll say quite a bit.

Control is a mere illusion. The thought that you have any, at any given time, is utterly false.

Sometimes sleep is a luxury. So are lunch and dinner. And brushing your hair.

If you’ve never felt your obliques contract, then you’ve never tried stopping an overly full wheelbarrow of horse manure from tipping over sideways. Trust me, you’ll find muscles that you never knew existed on the human skeleton to prevent this from happening.

When one of the animals is ill, you’ll go to heroic lengths to minimize their discomfort.
When you lose one of them, even though you know that day is inevitable, you still feel sadness, angst and emotional pain from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. And it’s a heaviness that lingers even though you must regroup and press on.

You’ll cry a lot. But you’ll never live more fully. You’ll remain present no matter what because you must. There is no other option.

You’ll ask for so many miracles and hold out hope until the very last.

You will, at least once, face-plant in the manure pile.

You’ll find yourself saying things like, “we have maybe twenty minutes of daylight left to git ‘er done” whilst gazing up at a nonspecific place in the sky.

You’ll become weirdly obsessive about the weather.

You’ll go out in public wearing filthy clothes and smelling of dirt, sweat and p**p. People will look at you sideways and krinkle their noses but you won’t care.

Your entire day can derail within ten seconds of the rising sun.

You can wash your coveralls. They won’t look any cleaner, but they will smell much nicer.

Farm work is difficult in its simplicity.

You’ll always notice just how beautiful sunrises and sunsets really are.

Should you ever have the opportunity to work on a farm, take the chance! You will never do anything more satisfying in your entire life.

Well, that about sums it up, folks!” - unknown author

So true. All of it.
Cheers, Christina - Handley Acres Metal Creations

12/23/2023

#29 for sure….

12/18/2023

Gosh this is true right Kerri Marsh

This 👏🏼

12/10/2023

This!

Things your riding instructor wants you to know:

1. This sport is hard. You don't get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don't, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.

2. You're going to ride horses you don't want to ride. If you're teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…

3. You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then you’re not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..

4. This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don't get good by riding every once in awhile….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themsevles opportunity to practice.

5. EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN'T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to...

6. Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn't always fun.....but if you are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it's time to take a break. The horses already know you don't want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.

7. You'll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That's why ground lessons are important, too. If you're skipping ground lessons, you're missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground with horses than you do in the saddle.

8. Ask questions and communicate. If you're wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.

9. We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.

Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults. People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.

We didn’t write this, but it’s right on point! 👍

11/16/2023

Just read this and can’t agree more:

Horses need horsemen. It's that simple. I get asked the same questions over and over again and nobody gets it. “What level rider is this horse suitable for?” I'll tell you, the best one he can get, the best horseman who is willing to buy him. The horse will only ever be as good as the rider. It doesn't matter if he is trained to jump hoops of fire; you're going to bring him down to your level in no time. Your kid doesn't need a $15,000 horse if he hasn’t already had $15,000 worth of lessons. You can't buy a violin that will gift you the skill of playing. It's the same for horses. There is no magic horse; only a love for the animal and a commitment to learning.

Most of you are so unfair and demanding of the horse, you miss the forest for the trees. "I want a horse who rides out alone!!" Well, guess what? You better be ready to spend a year developing that relationship, that bond, that trust. He is not a bike; you can't buy trust.

“I want a horse who can sit and be the same after time off.” Well friend, this is a commitment to a relationship, not a classic car you take out of the garage twice a year. You can't buy what you’re looking for.

"I want a horse my kids can ride.” You better be ready to teach your kids how to be horsemen, because if the horse has to do it, you'll likely see the inside of an ambulance or a morgue.

You can't buy trust. You cannot buy what comes with building a relationship with an animal over years of dedication.

11/08/2023

Gosh. Great job vets ❤️

11/03/2023

I'll be in the barn.
When people have come to visit over the years
they commonly hear from me "I'll be in the barn."
When life gets hard I'll be in the barn.
When things are just right I'll be in the barn.
When the sun shines
The rain falls
Or snow covers the ground
I'll be in the barn.
If things seem to be falling apart or if I'm
celebrating the simple things, I'll be in the barn.
When I'm looking for answers or trying to clear my mind, I'll be in the barn.
When I'm looking for myself, I'll be in the barn.
If I'm working or trying to relax, I'll be in the barn.
Even when I'm not in the barn my mind drifts there, I find myself thinking about being in the barn...
It's where I keep my riches
All my wins and my failures
Every one of my hopes, dreams, hardships and
memories.
You can find them all in the barn, buried in the hay, hiding under a halter, spilling out of the feed bins,or glimmering with dust in the evening light.
I may be covered in dust, dirt, feed, hair, and hay, smell of sweat and manure, and sometimes there may be blood or tears but I'll be there. I'll be in the barn.
So if your wondering where to find me, I'll be in the barn. If I'm not there I promise I'm on my way.

Author Unknown

10/29/2023

This is a good one 🤠

10/22/2023

🐢 ❤️

09/24/2023

Just sayin lol

09/15/2023

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09/14/2023

Cowperson Tack Bridle. Used in good condition $125