Azalea May Stables, 470 Mane Ranch Circle, Montevallo, AL (2025)

06/20/2025

Farm life keeps us on our toes—especially with the senior crew.
Earlier this morning, May found herself in the middle of a scuffle—likely with one of our other senior boys. She’s sore and showing significant swelling and tenderness near her left hip, but thankfully, she’s still weight-bearing and alert.

We’re treating her with anti-inflammatories (Bute), cold hosing, and ice therapy to reduce pain and manage swelling. At this time, we don’t suspect a fracture—just bruising and possible strain from a fall or impact.

May is being closely monitored for any changes in movement, behavior, or appetite. She’s a tough girl with a long history of resilience—but caring for aging animals is never easy. It’s one of the most challenging, yet meaningful, parts of what we do here. 💛

06/16/2025

🍉 “Treat Yo’ Neigh-bor” — Summer Snacks for Horses

Summer treat lineup:
🥕 Carrot popsicles
🍉 Watermelon wedges (hold the rind, please)
🍎 Frozen apple cubes

Because your horse deserves a snack that says: “You survived fly spray season like a champ.”

06/15/2025

🌞 “Sip Happens” — Hydration Reminder

Make sure your horses have access to cool, clean water 24/7.
Toss in a salt block and some frozen apple slices if you’re feeling fancy. 💅

Hydration is the foundation of all that fabulous galloping.

06/14/2025

☀️🐴 TOO HOT TO TROT: SUMMER EDITION 🐴☀️
Your horse isn’t lazy. It’s 98 degrees and they’re practically wearing a fur coat.

Here’s how to keep your equine queens and kings from turning into hot potatoes:

💧 WATER, WATER, WATER –
Fresh, clean, and not boiling like tea. Bonus points for buckets large enough for dramatic splashing.

🧊 Electrolytes –
Because sometimes your horse sweats like they owe someone money.
Add to water, grain, or even make a fancy frozen treat if you’re extra.

🌳 SHADE & FANS –
A stall fan is basically a personal assistant in the summer.
Don’t make them sunbathe against their will. This isn’t Cabo.

🚿 Cool Showers –
Spa day vibes. Just avoid soaking the saddle area before a ride unless you like bucking bronco cosplay.

🕐 Ride Smart –
Early morning or sunset rides only. Midday workouts are cancelled due to heat, humidity, and horse drama.

🐎 Bonus tip: If you don’t want to be outside in that outfit, your horse definitely doesn’t.

06/09/2025

🐴🦟 FLY GEAR FASHION WEEK IS HERE 🦟🐴
Because sometimes bug spray just isn’t enough… and your horse deserves to slay the summer runway 🪩

🧢 Fly Mask –
The ultimate bug-blocking sunglasses.
Bonus: doubles as a do not disturb sign for social horses.

🧥 Fly Sheet –
It’s not a blanket. It’s armor.
Breathable, light, and dramatically flappy in the wind for extra drama.

👢 Fly Boots –
Because flies shouldn’t turn your horse’s legs into dance floors.
Save the stomping for sass, not bugs.

🧼 Ear Bonnets –
Ideal for the delicate flower horse.
Bonus: Makes them look like medieval war horses, which is cool.

💁‍♀️ Optional but Iconic: Fly Collar or Neck Guard –
Perfect for the fashion-forward horse that says “I’m protected and mysterious.”

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🦟 Protect their vibe. Respect the outfit.
🛡️ Spray is good. Gear is better. Combine both and win the war.

06/08/2025

🐴✨ DIY FLY SPRAY: “Buzz Off, Brenda!” Edition ✨🐴

Because even your horse deserves a spa day with attitude.

🧪 Mix this in a spray bottle:
• 2 cups apple cider vinegar (flies hate it, horses tolerate it)
• 1 cup water
• 1 tbsp dish soap (helps it stick it to the man — aka flies)
• 10 drops eucalyptus essential oil 🪵
• 10 drops citronella oil 🌿
• 5 drops peppermint oil ❄️ (smells minty fresh, flies disagree violently)

Shake well. Avoid eyes and drama. Spray on like a loving, slightly overbearing horse parent.
Not for cats, Karen. This is a horse thing.

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🛒 Retail Options: “Big Guns for Little Bugs” Edition. Below are our top fly spray options!
#1. Pyranha Wipe N’ Spray
– Smells like success and citronella. Works like your horse owes it money.
#2. Absorbine UltraShield EX (or Gold)
– Kills flies, mosquitoes, AND your excuses.
3. Bronco Equine Spray
– Budget-friendly. Gets the job done without a spa price tag.
– Your horse might not rave about it on Yelp, but they’ll stop breakdancing in the pasture.
4. Farnam Endure
– Clings to your horse like a needy ex — rain, sweat, or shine.
– Long-lasting. Basically, the glitter of fly sprays.

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Hashtag it up:

06/08/2025

🪰🐴 FLY SPRAY SEASON IS HERE 🐴🪰
Your horse isn’t breakdancing in the pasture — they’re dodging aerial attacks from flies like they’re in a medieval joust.

✨ Be a hero. Spray the bug juice.
Because nothing says “I love you” like NOT letting your horse get eaten alive by tiny sky gremlins.

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04/19/2025

Interested in trying Seminole? If you are local to Shelby County or surrounding counties message me about doing a free feed trial with Seminole Dynasport for 5 weeks!

04/09/2025

A little Seminole feed before and after. Echo arrived at our farm in need of a few groceries. In just one week her coat went from dull to gleeming. She has now been on Seminole for 8 months. She looks like a different horse! Her coat is dark, shiney, dapples are showing up, AND her feet are FANTASTIC!

Echo is fed 3 pounds of Seminole Exacta 14 each day.

*Please note this is in no way shaming the farm Echo was previously boarded at. Horses can be finicky and finding the right feeding routine can be hard.

04/06/2025

Normal lamellae are distinct structures, they look white (epidermal lamellae) and red ( dermal lamellae). They literally lock together and there are also strong fibres running from the inside of the capsule and attaching to the coffin bone.

Healthy lamellae are shown on the first photo.

The second photo, scrutinise it.
Write down all the differences you see. Then let’s go through them together and work out what is happening. They look similar but they are very much the opposite!

Just to help you - the laminar bond is pretty flexible and it accounts for quite a large % of energy dissipation at each foot fall.

With flexibility comes stretch. Laminae can stretch and stretch far too much for too long.
This is typical in diet/insulin related laminitis.

Stretching still causes problems jn the foot. It’s the precursor to ripping so the termed stretched white line is inportant to understand. It’s one of the things we can see in the living horse.

Blood flecks in the white line are other warning signs.

Tomorrow I’ll go through the similarities and differences in these 2 photos and help you understand.

Folks, I understand that many of you are pretty well qualified to understand my posts but the folk I’m wanting to help are those new on their hoofcare journey. So let’s help them with their learning.

And also help me!

Let’s learn together.

In this case I am focussed on newish onset, diet related insulin related laminitis.

Not concussion, not supporting limb, not chronic.

Id be very grateful if you would consider sharing my post thank you. We need horse owners to be educated on laminitis

Thanks my sponsors that are listed in the comments. The slice was taken like a stack of pennies.

03/31/2025

We love our stall mat clips made by Baillargeon Fabrication, LLC!

03/16/2025

The tags survived the storm. Danes tag was not closed all the way - so a little water got in it but it is still able to be read clearly.
10/10 for these as emergency tags.

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