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Raleigh Equine Services, 10227 Sheridan Road, New Lothrop, MI (2024)

01/05/2024

“Life’s not about expecting, hoping and wishing. It’s about doing, being and becoming.” - Unknown

🙌 Fri-yay

01/05/2024

What a cold, but beautiful sun shining day we had 🙌

Happy Thursday

01/04/2024

The secret sauce is compassion, lets marinate on that for a bit ❤️

01/01/2024

“I spent most of my life believing that I never did enough, when in truth, I was doing far too much.

It was just for the wrong people.” - Kalen Dion

I saw this quote last night for the first time, but man, it hit me like a ton of bricks.

In this horse business, especially, I always felt like I was never doing enough and wished that sleep wasn’t a necessity. I could get so much more accomplished!

All I’ve ever done is grind and hustle to make everyone else happy. But do you know what the problem was? I wasn’t happy. I was pouring from an empty cup for YEARS.

2023 taught me to take my life back and put my mental health first. I cut multiple cords. I learned to say ‘no.’ I take time off. I do what’s best for me and my family.

My cup is finally full again and the quality of what I pour into everyone else is so much better than before because I’m not drained in every way.

Do what’s right for you and watch every aspect of your life change for the better!

Happy 2024! Let’s do this! 💪

01/01/2024

May you be proud of the work you do, the person you are and the difference you make. 💖

Happy New Years 🥂🙌

❤️Eric & Jasmine ❤️

12/30/2023

The emotions running through of this little girl.
Truly… your name suits you perfect 😍
🙌

12/30/2023

❤️🙌 this!

12/29/2023

I challenge you…

Surround yourself with people who build each other up.

These are people who see a need and help.

They offer encouragement and support.

Surround yourself with people who dream fantastic dreams and make them their reality.

These are the kind of people who don’t laugh when you tell them your dreams. Instead, they cheer you on and they’re ready to help if you need them.

❤️

12/27/2023

As this year is coming to a close, I think about what a huge learning experience it’s been for me and how much I’ve grown.

I wanted to recap on my most valuable lessons and reminders of 2023 in hopes that maybe one of them will remind you that you’re not alone.

My 23 Random Thoughts For 2023:

1. Four quarters is better than 100 pennies.
This year I dwindled my horse business down a bit more to focus on some projects and allow my school horses to begin their retirements. I also needed some “space” to gain mental clarity and plan where I go next with my career. It’s the happiest I’ve ever been in my business.

2. Those people who give you anxiety. Trust your gut. Cut the cord. Your mental health is most important. Don’t look back, those people or how they made you feel probably won’t change.

3. As a professional, you fall in love a little with each student. Even if your gut says to let go, the “break up” stings because you have a heart. Intuition is paramount though.

4. People will talk about you and people will think you’re someone that you’re not. Not your loss. However, listeners should think about where or who they get their information from. This is where that horse’s mouth quote comes in.

5. People will love you. People will hate you. And none of it will have anything to do with you. It’s usually about how you make them feel - whole, better, jealous, etc.

6. You’re not a tree. You’re not stuck. Keep learning. Growing. Changing. Evolving. Reading.

7. If it interests you, at least learn more about it. You don’t have to do it, whatever “it” is.

8. Everyone has something to teach you. It’s up to you to decide what to do with that information.

9. Every ride - relaxation is top priority or everything else is mediocre.

10. Horse’s health > horse show. Every. Single. Time.

11. I will always go at the horse’s pace and we live in an instant gratification world - juggling that makes my job draining. Why rush horses? Especially young horses and horses in the early stages of training. There have been so many who come to me with health issues that need to be addressed before training can truly begin. The horse comes first. Always.

12. Take care of your physical and mental health in order to be a better rider.

13. The expensive saddle pads do hold up longer and most fit better. You have my permission to splurge. 😜

14. Support small businesses, especially your friends.

15. Don’t take or keep clients who are persistent about receiving discounts. They’re paying for the years, not the hour.

16. Do what you can to take days off and/or go on vacation. It’s YOUR life. Live it.

17. Whatever that quote is about loving your career so much that you don’t need a vacation from it - it’s garbage. You need memories. You need time with your family and friends. You need to adventure and explore. This world has so much beauty to show us.

18. Food is medicine, for us and our animals. If your horse needs the supplements, buy them. Feed doesn’t always contain every vitamin, nutrient or herb that that specific horse needs.

19. Just buy the dang horse. What’s money anyway? 😆

20. It’s okay if plans change. It means something better than you originally planned is coming your way. Flexible methods. Firm goals.

21. I’m not a fan of social media (refer to #4), but I’m so grateful for the safe haven this page has become. I hope to meet more of you in person in 2024.

22. Live. Your. Life! Help the people who appreciate you. Ride. Horse show. Spend tons of time with family. Grow. Have fun. Do what makes you happy.

23. Be unapologetically you.

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

What a blessing to be in this life ❤️

Wishing you all a wonderful safe day 🙏🏼

12/24/2023

8 Things To Do To Change Your Life In The New Year:

1. Gratitude. Stop complaining and instead appreciate how lucky you are every day. Writing it down helps, too.
2. Don’t be afraid to be alone. Embrace that time and use it to reinvent yourself.
3. Cut ties with the people who do not bring positive energy to your life.
4. Turn off the TV and limit time on the Internet.
5. Pick something you want to learn or a skill you want to cultivate and put all of your effort into developing it.
6. Commit to your goals and never look back.
7. Sweat every day. It’ll boost your mood. Even better if you’re doing it outside.
8. Fail forward. Learn from every mistake you make.

12/22/2023

Who doesn’t love pony rides days before Christmas 🎅 🎄

12/22/2023

Merry Christmas from the Raleigh gang! I’m so proud of the growth from this years kiddos! Here are some of our crew ❤️🎄

12/21/2023

Baby boo learning the bit. ❤️
This little Filly is a heart warming baby.
She’s long lining both directions. W.t.c
She line drives. She’s been saddled numerous times. She’s been around moving cars , tarps and literally life. I love this little girl. I can’t wait to see how far she comes along next month

12/17/2023

With the new year rapidly approaching, I’ve been making my plans, setting goals and reflecting on this past year.

While doing so, something that keeps popping into my mind is my life’s purpose. I want everything that I do and everything that I touch to align with my life’s purpose. I will not be lead astray again.

At first, I kept coming up with these bland, superficial feeling answers - helping others, teaching others to be better horsemen/women. Those are all important, but not powerful enough of a legacy to leave behind.

Last night it hit me…

My purpose is to be a voice for those who don’t have one.

Showing, Riding, as we know means “training,” but it’s so much more than that. It’s a journey, a partnership, a love, a dance, a sport and an art.

I’m here to help change the narrative.

Because if you do it right, our 4 legged partners will enjoy the dance, too. Heck, my horses will chase me down just to be with me and do something fun - and yes, “work” is fun to them. We don’t drill, every day is different and there’s always a trail ride.

That’s the way it should be.

It’s time for a change.

12/16/2023

“Without the horse none of this would be possible. We owe them our lives. They give us so much and they only ask for basic kindness in return...We need to remember to never take this privilege of living and working with horses for granted. To never lose our appreciation for what they have given us throughout the history of time and to be sure that their relevance in our society does not fade away. This is our greatest responsibility as equestrians.” - McLain Ward

12/15/2023

“Good horses take time. Not the passing by kind of time. The intentional, hard work, sweat and tears kind. Trust the process and put in the work.” - Michael Lyons

🎄🎅

12/14/2023

6 things to always remember:

1. Everything takes time.
2. Other people are not the answer to your happiness.
3. Grow and never stop working on yourself.
4. Change is inevitable.
5. Your mistakes don’t define you.
6. You are beautiful and powerful and capable of more than you know.

📸 Hocking Hills Ohio 🩶

12/14/2023

Things are different around our farm than most places. It's magical. It's even been compared to a fairytale. We're really low key. We have fun. We don't rush, but we set goals. Happiness and health are top priority. When you’re here you’re family ! You and your horse matter. And I'm so grateful for the opportunity to help so many.

🥰

12/13/2023

Happy National horse day to my two 🥰

🩶 Ally
🩶Wesley

12/13/2023

Prioritize what matters to YOU - not to others.
You'll never feel fulfilled if you live trying to meet someone else's expectations or trying to keep up with the Joneses or latest Instagram fads. Instead, channel your efforts and energy toward what truly matters to you.
That may be your family, passions, or learning something new - we're all different. Only you can determine what's most important to your happiness and sense of purpose in life.
Remember, this is YOUR life. Enjoy your journey.

🩶

12/12/2023

❤️

12/12/2023

”You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.” - Unknown
😍🩶❤️

12/10/2023

There will be a lot of days you don't want to do the work. Do it anyway.
Don't look for motivation. Be disciplined instead.
Do the hard s**t. Be proud of yourself.
Be better today than you were yesterday. Be better tomorrow than you are today.

12/08/2023

"The greatest project you'll ever work on, is yourself.
A constant, never ending evolution, growth should be mandatory year on year, spirituality, mentally, physically, financially."

. Checking out her new outfit 😍

12/07/2023

Just be kind. Please, just be kind this holiday season. Have an extra moment of grace, understanding and love. Smile. Be compassionate. Step up. Hold the door for others, literally and figuratively. Choose kindness above irritation. One simple act can send a ripple further than you might think. So just be patient. Just love and be kind.

🌻 Jasmine 🩶

12/07/2023

“A horse can feel a fly land on his back. Imagine all he is feeling from you. Every emotion. Every thought. You can bet if you’re thinking it, they’re feeling it.” | Yellowstone

But first …..Fist bumps

12/04/2023

❤️ who doesn’t love ground work ?!! Seriously these gems did a fantastic job today

12/03/2023

We have some times open up ❤️ pm for details

12/03/2023

I want to take a minute to thank those of you have have reached out to me inquiring about lessons and clinics. I am so excited to have the opportunity to work with so many of you!

Unfortunately, at this time, I am unable to travel for clinics..Leaving home for long proved to be way too overwhelming and distracting. Sadly, it will have to wait.

However, I am always available for trailer in or drop in lessons. If you need a gift idea for the holidays, I am happy to do gift certificates, as well. I do all ages so adults please reach out too.

At this time, my barn is full, for boarding until spring with a trainee goes home

Again, thank you to each and every one of you and please don’t hesitate to reach out if I can help you in any way.

Happy Sunday!

12/02/2023

I wanted to kind of flip the coin on my post

A few months ago (of course, now I can’t find it) I read a quote that was something like, “Not all money is good money.”

That is SO true in business, especially in the horse industry.

Believe me, I get it. Been there, done that when you feel like you have to take every client that comes your way. But there is “dirty money” from clients.

How can you tell?

These are the clients who you recommend that they seek treatment for their obviously uncomfortable horse, but they refuse a veterinary or other relevant professional’s help and insist on making the painful horse work anyway.

These are the clients who knowingly ride in ill fitting tack and expect their horses to be machines and perform

These are also clients who do not respect you, your other clients, the horses, your facility, etc. They are bad for your mental health and your business.

This list could go on, but you get the jist.

You don’t want to be associated with these types of people; this is not good money. You can’t help people who don’t see a problem with their actions.

I have quit my fair share of these people because they would not accept my help or recommendations for their horse. I have even pulled students off of my school horses mid-lesson and sent them packing for getting after my horse for their mistake.

I, for one, will never take part in harming an animal or putting any human in danger.

Believe it or not, this has earned me some haters, especially locally.

I’d rather be hated for doing what’s right, than loved for ever doing any harm.

❤️

12/01/2023

It is such an honor to be a trainer 🤍 this little beauty is a long ways from home and finally arrived last night.

Meet Truly 💙 she is here to learn everything! From ground up to saddle. Stay tuned for updates on this little beauty and watch her grow

12/01/2023

“Learn from each and every horse you ride. Every horse has something to teach you, and sometimes you don’t realize what that lesson is until years later!” – Carl Hester

Couldn’t agree more 🤍 didn’t get a lot of pictures this week. This week we reflected on our feet and how to ask the horse to move off of them

11/30/2023

I haven’t really had much time to write lately. I usually have posts for this page scheduled out a week or so in advance…and I’ve got nothin’ written down. It’s all in my head. 🫠

But you see, that’s because of all the time we spend caring for each individual horse. We don’t have an assembly line. We’re family owned and operated. Each horse gets nose kisses and a leg hug from my toddlers daily. I only have 9-10 horses on my farm. And honestly, lately, I’ve debated building on 2 or 3 more stalls to help more horses, but there’s only so much time to go around.

This Operation X/Helgstrand thing has rocked the dressage world, maybe even the horse world. I don’t really know, I’m in my own bubble over here.

It’s hard to watch, I can’t watch the videos. I know what it is, I know the abuse is out there. I’ve seen it with my own eyes. I’ve left horse shows when management did nothing about blatant abuse in the warm up rings. I’ve quit countless clients. I quit my very first job when I was 16 because of it. Heck, I don’t frequent horse shows because I’m so accustomed to fixing and helping abused horses that I can typically recognize it, even when things are going well, in the moment.

But even to me, who has seen it, recognizes it, has horses who are forever scarred from it, I have been blown away by the increasing amount of rough handling, aggressive riding and lack of empathy for the horse that I’ve learned about this past week. I feel grateful to be in this bubble of mine, but so sad that so many have lost track of why we do this in the first place.

It’s time for a change though, for the love of the horse. It’s time for us as consumers - of training, lessons, horse purchases, etc. to stop supporting these individuals. If we see something that’s wrong, we stand up for what is right and take our money elsewhere. Those businesses cannot exist without financial support. And that comes from the consumers and sponsors.

The horse first.

The journey second.

Anything else is just gravy.

Just my 2 cents. For whatever it’s worth.

🌻

11/28/2023

These are too good not to share:

• Know that you as the rider are indeed the problem …and also the solution!
• Be happy with your horse, just as he is, while also striving to help him be better.
• Love and appreciate yourself just as you are, while also working to improve your habits, and be your best self.
• Understand simultaneously that your goals do not have an expiration date, but yet life is short so you need to get on it!
• Be firm and clear with your aids, but also soft and kind and forgiving.
• Work on basics, yet try new things.

It’s all a balancing act. Breathe. You’ve got this.

- Rudy Horsemanship

📸 Miss Bailey 30 days into training

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