Alicia Swinton Equestrian

12/04/2024

Written by Amy Skinner "When you pay for a lesson or training, you aren’t buying an hour of my time. You’re paying for thousands of hours of sweat, struggle, success and tears. You’re buying injuries, mistakes, and revelations. You’re buying nights awake thinking about a horse or student I need to help more, thinking about what could be bothering a certain horse. Searching on the internet about possible medical causes for certain behaviours. You’re paying for the time i spend updating owners late at night about how their horse is doing. For the emotional toll it sometimes takes on a trainer when an owner is dealing with big emotions. You’re buying hours of hauling hay, mucking stalls and grooming, of carefully checking your horse over like It was my own. You’re paying for my further education, because i still take lessons as frequently as possible. You’re paying for my care, concern, over dinner conversation, and you inevitably become a central part of my life.
You can’t put a price on education, or personal development, or the bliss of finally being “with” a horse. Thank you for sharing with me, teaching me, and letting me teach you, while I put food on my table and hay in my barn with the most fulfilling job ever. "❤️

11/07/2024

This! "Delete, block, unfollow for your own mental health"
Can't agree more that the path less taken in taking your time with the horses.🩷

I think that one of the most unhealthy things that we do as a society, and especially in the horse industry, is compare ourselves, our lives and our progress to the next guy.

I’m guilty. I used to do it, too.

I used to think my horse was “behind” because I was focused on the basics - stretching, transitions, straightness, building confidence, growing our relationship, etc. And other horses the same age were pumping out upper level movements like they were going to the Olympics as 6 year olds.

Let me tell you, all that liberty work, cross training, hacking, stretching, etc. that I did (and still do) was well worth it. My horse is stronger - physically, mentally and emotionally. She’s solid, confident and only getting better by the day. Those tests movements are not a problem.

Enjoy the journey with your horse.

I don’t know what the other guy is doing anymore.

It’s none of my business.

Delete, block, unfollow - for your own mental health.

🌻 Cara

📸 Max & Maxwell: Equestrian Photography

09/04/2024

Great show! Thank you!

Photo! Looks like Team Alicia Swinton had a good run at Pacific Equestrian Center Show #5!

High Points:

Eventing: 76.563 USEA Eventing, Beginner Novice Test B - Alyssa Fenstermaker on Furst Romantic

Open: 70.441 FEI Prix St. Georges - Natalya Slipchenko on Fortunatto EDI

AA: 70.571 USEF Second Level, Test 1 - Michelle Pappone-Beedy on Louisa

Western: 73.333 WDAA Level 1 Test 2 - Lucia Dizon on CFF I Told You So

Please add any photos to this post from Show #5!!!

08/18/2024

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Shoutout to Artistic Equine Studios 📷 magic🥰

07/02/2024

Is it just me, or does this picture make my horse look big?😅....
Touché rocking the combination at Twin Rivers!