Kūpono Horsemanship

12/04/2024

Wally and I had a successful first outing back after a year of not competing! It certainly wasn’t a competitive showing, but for that much time off, I’m quite happy with how things went overall. Wally was certainly bold and raring to go, which made the novice a little more exciting than it maybe should’ve been 😅 but it was pretty nice to see him feeling SO GOOD to be back!
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Now time for lots of outings to dressage and jumper shows over the winter so we’re ready for more come the new year 💪🏽🤩
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This was also our first competition in our beautiful Boekelo from and AS WELL as our EasyShoe Speeds and we could not have been happier with either! I felt so secure throughout all of Wally’s exuberance 😜 and we had plenty of traction, even at the end of these shoes’ second cycle!

11/26/2024

Perfect guy for a quick XC school before we head to Pine Top Thanksgiving HT this weekend 🥳

11/17/2024

Had a stellar jump school on this guy today and it feels real good to have him back in the swing of things 💪🏽
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I’m loving how solid I feel in my Boekelo, fit perfectly by 💚
We’re at the end of our second cycle in these EasyCare Inc. Protective Hoofwear EasyShoe Speeds and still have great traction!

11/16/2024

Three perfect working horses got the job done yesterday getting all our momma cows up for their vet check before calving season starts in a couple months 🐮
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All three of these horses did a full days work on wet, slippery ground in glue-on composite shoes! We’re about four weeks into the cycle on these shoes, one pair being on its second cycle of use, and we had great traction, great hold, and super comfortable, confident horses all day long. It’s not easy to be a legitimate working ranch horse, but these guys love their job and we do what we can to give them all the tools to get it done💪🏽
Thank you, EasyCare, for being a big part of that!

10/30/2024

It has been quite the long learning experience helping Wally get healthier feet to stand on and I’m so glad to see him be so much more comfortable!
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It has been almost exactly six months since North Georgia Hoofcare started working on him and I applied our first pair of Versa Grip Glues (second slide), sizes 118 (RF) and 122 (LF) and it’s been all uphill from there.
He’s now in their Speed model in a size 126 with significantly healthier hoof growth and angles. You can even see the line, especially on his white foot, where the two different growth patterns meet, the old 🤢, and the new 🤩
I can’t thank our trimmer, Casey, and EasyCare enough for how much improvement I finally get to see in my horse! And we of course can’t overlook great nutrition from and Custom Equine Nutrition along with the irreplaceable forage, freedom, and friends!
It’s been a long time coming and I look forward to see him in another six months when he’s grown a whole new, better hoof!

10/17/2024

Fall is here and that means perfect weather for working horses ALL DAY🥳 we got nearly every horse on the property worked yesterday including getting 2-year-old Andalusian filly, Adora, out for her first jaunt around the property!
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This is such an important step in our process of getting colts ready to start, getting them out with a solid horse like River to let them see things on the farm and broaden their horizons. The bigger you can make a horse’s world, the less surprising it will be each time they see a little more of it!

10/14/2024

We had the privilege of spending the weekend with Buck Brannaman at the beginning of the month and it feels like an understatement to say it was inspiring time well spent.
I took Iris, our project pony, in the morning Foundation and ride Kathleen’s River in the afternoon Horsemanship.
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It was great to get Iris out into a busy environment to see how she handled it all (like a pro, being the answer), but better yet, it was three days of getting to focus on timing and feel with no interruptions both on the ground with her and under saddle with River. Iris made some great improvements and I got to learn some new (old) ways of helping her unstick her feet and gain some better understanding. River and I got some great lightness going between us, and I got to really hone the timing of my cues.
It really was invaluable time and I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to ride with such a horseman.

09/14/2024

Gathering cows in the rain is pretty fun when you have a buddy as great as River 🩵 thanks to Kathleen Beckham, I get to learn a lot from this guy
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We both stayed comfortable despite the drizzle and slick footing thanks to and
River is feeling good in his full set, in the EasyShoe Performance up front and EasyShoe Race behind and we’re thrilled to be finding a setup that’s working so well for him!
Ethos Equine and Kathleen Beckham

09/11/2024

Here at Molena Horse & Cattle Co and Ethos Equine we’re all about being efficient in our fitness work 😉Really what that means is having some great saddle horses and more importantly horses that lead super duper well!Does your horse lead as well as Jack and Iris?

09/09/2024

Wally’s in for a bit of a change of pace for a while but he sure makes a handsome ranch horse 😍

09/02/2024

08/08/2024

Wally said “I heard you and Kathleen talking about neck extension, watch this” 😜👏🏽
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I’ve struggled to introduce neck extension to Wally for a LONG time, but changing my idea of contact to a more cohesive approach offered up a conversation through contact rather than demands. Within five minutes Wally was offering things he hadn’t offered over two years. Changing the way you think can do wonders!

08/03/2024

It’s been such a privilege seeing this horse change, slowly over the years, both mentally and physically. Wally was kind of a late bloomer, the first photo being from 2021, at his first little arena eventing experience when he was 5 years old. The second photo was this past Monday and now, as an 8 year old, nearly a hand taller, several girth sizes bigger, it seems he’s finally grown into himself and it was certainly worth the wait 🩵A lot of Purina feed, some great supplements, thinking outside of the shoeing box with EasyCare Inc. Protective Hoofwear, plenty of good horsemanship, and miles of terrain covered, go in to getting where we’re going 🤩

07/29/2024

Wally and I went out for our first cross country school some November today. He felt like he hadn’t missed a day other than a peak at the water, it felt so great to be back at it with my main man💪🏽 he felt excellent in his Speed Metal Trac composite shoes, great traction with just small grass points, even after all the rain we’ve had!
First jump in our new Boekelo, loving it more every ride!

07/23/2024

A fabulous early morning trot/canter was made even better by making it the first ride in our new Boekelo jump saddle 🤩 huge thanks to for helping Wally and I find the perfect fit for us!

07/15/2024

Wally is feeling great and getting fit for some big outings in the next month! He’s been in our first set of Speed Metal Trac composite shoes for about 3 weeks now and we are LOVING them. He’s hard at work growing some way healthier new hoof wall now that he has the support he needs from EasyCare!
We’ve been doing a lot of flat work out in the fields and they offer such great traction that I haven’t even used the stud holes yet. We’re waiting on one more very exciting delivery and then we’ll be out on cross country again, studded up and putting these shoes through their paces, so I’ll be reporting back!
Also peep one of the OG bonnet making an appearance for this morning’s ride 😝 I’ve had this one for years and it still washes up great even on this sweaty monster!

07/11/2024

We’ll make a ranch hand out of you yet, Ricky Bobby 🥰