Arondel Equestrian Center

03/28/2025

Mid 70s means bugs. Poor Idarado is already in his fly gear...dogwood are pretty tho!

03/28/2025

The horses enjoying a couple days of beautiful spring weather

03/19/2025

They're so cute! Snack time girls. 🥰

03/19/2025

Fields are getting green! Benifit of being in the field by the road is drive by mints. :) Plus time for everyone to come inside away from another stormy night.... 🤞just some nice rain for some more green and 🌷!

03/10/2025

Nap time! The horses are loving the warm sunny spring weather.

03/06/2025

Love this! You know you live in a horse centered city when.... 😀 The whole area is getting ready for Keenland Spring meet! April 4th thru 25th. Then that rolls right into The Kentucky 3 Day Event. Spring is coming and we are ready!

You know you're in Lexington when the Keeneland starting gate gets a police es**rt through town! Visit LEX Keeneland

02/25/2025

Enjoying this gift of a day! Sunny and *maybe* hitting 60! 🤞it dries up some of the flooding rains and snow we have all had. for this day.

02/18/2025

Horse farms and all agriculture is what we are about. Just the cutest commercials from the past Super Bowl inspired by a true story. Love what you do and share your joy with others.

TRUE STORY LINK
https://youtu.be/vg2E-wb5dSE?si=GTdBEiorUM5-VzY-

FULL LENGTH COMMERCIAL LINK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmzklpZFNiE

One little potato. One big dream.

02/04/2025

Everything you ever wanted to know about Intra-articular Approaches to Osteoarthritis (joint injections). This recorded webinar provides the current best practices, when, why and sometimes why not to do injections.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ntCBarJW-4
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Oct 18, 2024
Presented by Dr. Lisa Fortier, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, and recorded on Tuesday, October 15th via Zoom.

Intra-articular injections in horses are commonly performed with a multitude of justifications including the perceived source of pain, stiffness, poor performance, routine maintenance, radiographic changes, effusion, or post-operative care. There are numerous products available for injection including corticosteroids, autologous biologics, and polyacrylamide hydrogels, with new products constantly emerging for consideration. To determine which product to use when, it is important to have a current understanding of osteoarthritis (OA).

It has been known for decades that osteoarthritis is an inflammatory disease and therefore mediated by the immune system. OA is not an auto-immune disease like rheumatic arthritis, but there is clear involvement of immune in the initiation and perpetuation of OA. Inflammation in the joint follows that classic cascade of injury/inflammation with primarily neutrophil involvement, followed by cell proliferation and matrix remodeling during tissue formation with an influx of macrophages and monocytes, and finally cell differentiation with tissue remodeling with a predominance of T cells. All of this happens at the level of the synovial membrane where the inflammatory cells originate and infiltrate the joint fluid. Cartilage is an innocent bystander.

Therefore, medications/products for intra-articular use should target immune cells in the joint capsule or synovial fluid. Finally, all phases of inflammation are important; the goal is not to eliminate inflammation, but to ensure that the joint passes through each phase and doesn’t linger in any one phase which would lead to prolonged inflammation, tissue disorganization and scarring with loss of function. Categories of joint medications will be discussed from the lens of OA in an inflammatory disease of the joint capsule.

Presented by Dr. Lisa Fortier, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, and recorded on Tuesday, October 15th via Zoom. Intra-articular injections ...

01/28/2025

Few of the horses say Spring is in the air and are getting a jump start on shedding. Such over achievers! 😀 Hopefully single digits are behind us!

01/25/2025

Floofy beautiful spunky Idarado's *offical* 29th thoroughbred birthday was Jan 1st. Lucky duck, gets 2 birthdays. Much love Idarado from all your humans!

01/22/2025

Meal Prep for our wonderful horses. They. Love. It! Soaked Tribute Equine Nutrition feed with added soaked beet pulp makes a delicious warm meal on a VERY cold night.

Soaking your horses existing meals is a great way to increase the amount of water your horse consumes. Plus when your teeth are older, it makes it easier for them to eat. One of the benefits of having a boutique sized facility is being able to provide warm soaked meals - every meal. Every horse.

It looks like the January Mega Winter for Kentucky is coming to a close and we are on a temperature upswing....stay tuned for mud week...😐

Be safe and stay warm! ❄

01/18/2025

Sluuurpy sounds of winter breakfast fills my heart. 🥰 Everyone is on wet soaked feeds all year, but in the winter meals are a bit *extra*.

01/17/2025

Equine Tendon making HUGE strides (🥰) in equine tendon health. Orthotics in equines with their tendon boot and UTC scans are next level. ***They will be back in Ocala and Wellington in a couple of weeks if you want to level up your horse's game. ***

Orthotics in equines allows for controlled movement to held decrease tendon adhesions. Long used in human health, orthotics for horses fit and function have improved and expanded their reach to allow for greater availability and feasibility.

01/10/2025

It's a weekly snow thing. 😐Kentucky has decided to have a proper winter this year complete with lasr week 6" snow, 1" ice, more snow, thunder snow (yes, that is a thing!), ice fog (another new one!) and more snow tomorrow. Horses are bundled up and ready. We spent some time driving the rtv around the paddocks to give them little trails Their meals were already soaked with added salt which gets about a gallon of water in them with their meals. So...hello winter. 🙂 I always said 25 degrees and snow is better than 35 degrees and rain+mud! Humans are bundled and staying warm too. All farm work in the cold adds so. Much. Time. And effort. But...we love the horses and will make it work! Happy January all!

12/17/2024

Probably have a million photos of the morning fog and will probably take a million more. The scene never ever gets old. May your views bring you a peace.

12/17/2024

Beyond fog and instead a full on misty morning. Fitch and Idarado on the trot hunt thru the mist for Christmas goodies. 😀

11/28/2024

Beautiful brisk day in Kentuky. Tummies are full. Friends abound. Snuggled in their blankets. May your day be filled with friends, family and food! Happy Thanksgiving!