Dawn Gilbert Show Horses, LLC

10/20/2025

For your viewing enjoyment-

Watch these two put on a veritable masterclass.... stride. adjustability. pure athleticism. oh..... and he's a TB. 😉

Rewatch Monica Spencer's double clear round around Pierre Le Goupil's new track!

10/19/2025

Farm dogs.

They are more than staff...
Sometimes they are closer than family.

As farm dog gigs go, a horse farm might be the cushiest, but they are just as interwoven into the fabric of one as anywhere else.

No matter what- pet or worker- it's damn hard watching them get old.

10/19/2025

Congratulations, kiddo!! Do I know him? No. No I do not, but I LOVE this montage. Watch his horse's expression (first of all, his horse HAS expression. So damn nice to see!).
(*yep, Im about to do that bad personification thing here*)

It goes from : "Whaa? ! Why? Why all the bouncing?!!"

To.. "Oh! We're happy! Yayyy! We're happy! I'm happy you're happy...keep scritching" 😜

10/18/2025

Good As Dun

2024 AQHA gelding. Loving how this guy is shaping up

10/17/2025

😍😍😍 THIS. This makes me so happy to be able to functionally use the north facing doors. 10 years without a horse going in or out (safely. We maybe tried it for a bit. Honestly, good schooling for loading into step up trailer. Not worth the wear and tear on the ground outside and the potential wear on the horses, however) in that direction. This has been a contributing reason to my over 6 million steps a year, and the excessive wear on my indoor arena footing. Do you know how damaging beating a path through the middle of that daily is? 15 horses out. 15 horses in. Every. Single. Day.

Nevermind the PRINCIPLE REASON(S) of helping with erosion; that if let go another 20 years (being generous there) probably would have rendered the building useless, and in controlling the water shed from the roof on that side will allow us to eventually put in an outdoor arena where the paddock on the right in the pic is.

Next up... gutters, and new, more useful, doors!

Every training dime, every dollar from every sale, goes back into building the dream. That's the beauty- and the pain- of being self employed.

10/16/2025

New phone... who dis?

10/16/2025

Today's fun in dental land-
(Or, "why we prefer sedated dentistry")

Picture 1, taken in 2015. Extra tooth (teeth because matching on other side), a assumed wolf tooth, tight (no motion) and apparently causing no issues, so we opted to leave them.

Picture 2, today 2025 (horse is back after 9.5 years). They obviously grew and had motion, likely causing some of the texture issues he had while eating, and were obviously NOT wolf teeth..... so out they had to come.

HUGE THANK YOU to the best vet, Dr. Megan A.M. Cox, who may never come back to do teeth here.. at least not until I sage the barn and give her a new stall to do dentals in. 🤣🤣 (scroll our page for other crazy dental days 😳)

10/15/2025

Important read

Once considered cutting-edge, shockwave therapy has quickly become a go-to tool for equine performance care due to its ability to ease pain and accelerate healing.

But as its popularity has surged, so have concerns about how—and when—it’s being used. That growing attention recently led AQHA’s Animal Welfare Commission to introduce a new competition rule aimed at protecting both horses and the integrity of the sport.

In this article, we’ll break down how shockwave therapy affects a horse’s body, what prompted AQHA’s recent rule change, and why certain exceptions exist—featuring insights from a seasoned veterinarian and a member of the AQHA Animal Welfare Commission.

Click here: https://www.equinechronicle.com/new-aqha-shockwave-rule/

10/14/2025

Ladies and gentlemen... i thought I had a Ranch/Dressage horse. I was wrong.

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