D&D Farms LLC

02/03/2025

“Theorem” (AKA: Thea)

🔹15.3hh 9yo OTTB Mare
🔹Sweet, Cuddly & Athletic
🔹Sound Barefoot
🔹Good ground manners
🔹Good in mixed herd
🔹Good for vet and farrier
🔹Clips, Cross ties and baths
🔹She now self loads and is quiet to haul, backs off nicely!
🔹Lunges and good in the round pen
🔹Stands at the mounting block
🔹Brave and not spooky
🔹 UTD on shots, Coggins, teeth
🔹 She is forward and athletic, not for a timid person. Needs advanced rider.
🔹 Great in a stall, but also doesn’t mind being out 24/7 either. She’s a pretty flexible girl and easy to get along with people or other horses!
🔹 Thea is good around dogs & kids!

She has been slowly coming back into work the last month from an injury which she is cleared for full work and has been sound through the entire injury and process.

I used to own this horse years ago and she was very talented. In the past, she’s jumped over 3ft, has schooled XC, been used in a few lessons and went on a few trail rides. She was a barn favorite! I would even use her on the ground for camps and she stood for hours!

This girl needs an experienced person to bring her back into work and give her the time she needs. She is such a sweetheart and loves cuddling and getting scratched! She’s overall very easy to handle and be around!

We have not ridden her yet since coming back into work, but anyone who’s experienced and wants to come try her is more than welcome to!

She is priced accordingly! Looking to find her the right partner, so not selling to someone just for a quick flip!

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02/01/2025

Lazy Meadows Horse Ranch

01/30/2025

01/22/2025

01/17/2025

How cold is too cold to ride?

Let’s start with your horse’s respiratory tract. The horse’s respiratory tract is designed to warm and humidify air by the time air reaches the lungs. Intense exercise (anything more than a walk) speeds up and deepens breaths so that air is not as warm or humid when it reaches the lungs which can cause damage to the lower respiratory tracts. It has been discovered in multiple studies that respiratory tracts in horses can become damaged by breathing cold air starting around 23 degrees Fahrenheit, damage to lower respiratory tracts was found 48 hours after exercise, including elevated white blood cell counts and inflammatory proteins as well as narrowing of the tracts.

Moving on to your horse’s cardiovascular system (heart). The cardiovascular system react to cold by increasing the blood pressure and heart rate. It also reduces the amount of blood that flows closest to the skin in order to preserve core body temperature. The reduced blood flow to the skin can lead to frostbite. This lack of blood leads to the eventual freezing and death of skin tissue in the affected areas. Again, it is probably wise to reduce the intensity of your ride so that your horse’s heart does not have to work so hard.

And last but not least your horse’s muscles and joints. Muscles take longer to warm up in the cold weather and arthritic joints may ache and need more time to loosen up. During exercise in the cold, your horse’s muscles require more energy at a faster rate in order for them to function as they would under less extreme conditions. The cold temperature effects the temperature of your horse’s muscles greatly affecting the muscles’ ability to contract. This can leave muscles more vulnerable to fatigue and strains, as cold muscles are less elastic and don’t absorb shock or impact as well as warm muscles. Cold muscles are also less responsive to signals from the nervous system so movements are less coordinated.

So in conclusion it is best to avoid exercise (trotting, cantering and jumping) when temperatures are under 20 degrees F, stick with walking and make sure to properly cool your horse down.

01/13/2025

Sherry 🐴

My heart is so heavy these days. Especially after loosing my mare, Sherry. She was such a special horse that God blessed me with. She gave me so much confidence in the saddle and my training abilities and I’m so thankful for every time I got to swing a leg over her back. She taught so many of my students so much over the years. We were so lucky to have her in our lives.

Horses leave hoof prints on our hearts forever 💔

01/05/2025

Some winter photos of the last two months at the barn 🐴❤️

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12/19/2024

FROM A PARENT:
One of my friends asked "Why do you pay so much money for your kids to ride horses?" Well I have a confession to make, I don't pay for my kids to ride horses. Personally, I couldn't care less about the horses.

So, if I am not paying for them to ride, what am I paying for?

- I pay for those moments when my kids become so tired they want to quit but don't.

- I pay for those days when my kids come home from school and are "too tired" to go the barn but go anyway.

- I pay for my kids to learn to be disciplined.

- I pay for my kids to learn to take care of their body.

- I pay for my kids to learn to work with others and to be good team mates.

- I pay for my kids to learn to deal with disappointment, when they don't get that score they'd hoped for, but still have to work hard in the grading.

- I pay for my kids to learn to make and accomplish goals.

- I pay for my kids to learn that it takes hours and hours and hours and hours of hard work and practice to create a champion, and that success does not happen overnight.

- I pay for the opportunity my kids have and will have to make life-long friendships.

- I pay so that my kids can be in the arena instead of in front of a screen...
..I could go on but, to be short, I don't pay for horse riding, I pay for the opportunities that horse riding provides my kids with to develop attributes that will serve them well throughout their lives and give them the opportunity to bless the lives of others. From what I have seen so far I think it is a great investment!