Arizen Acres LLC

09/13/2024

McCauley's Feeds is part of our secret sauce to transitioning horses from “race fit” to sport horse strong! ♥️🐎♥️

08/21/2024

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📸: Taylor Storey

07/04/2024

Some great moments of Kai from the MSEDA Dressage at the Park show captured by the amazing Lisa Dean! Proud of how far he’s come in these last 6 months of his post-track training.

🐎 New Vocations 2023 Graduate - Louisiana
✨ Back on Track USA Ambassador
🐎 Retired Racehorse Project 2024 hopeful

06/30/2024

Kai had a hugely successful weekend at the MSEDA at the Park show! It was his first time out at Training Level, and he won all his classes and earned two T.I.P. High Point Awards. It was incredibly hot and we were all exhausted but it was a great weekend despite the heat and humidity.

Training 1 - 66.731% and 65.769%
Intro C - 69.000% and 66.000%, T.I.P. High Point x2

Looking forward to seeing how he develops the rest of the season in preparation for the 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover! ♥️🐎♥️

06/11/2024

Kai (JC: No Ka Oi) is showing promise in his post-track dressage training in preparation for the 2024 Retired Racehorse Project ! Winning his class and earning a TIP High Point award at Intro at the KDA 37th Annual Dressage Show at the Kentucky Horse Park.

📸 photos: Lisa Dean
🪡 embroidery: THW Monograms
✨ Back on Track USA Ambassador
🐎 New Vocations Grad

06/10/2024

Vaccaro (JC: Mixmaker) having some amazing moments at the KDA Spring Warm Up.

📸 photos: Lisa Dean
🪡 embroidery: THW Monograms
🐎 Back on Track USA Ambassador

05/27/2024

The chestnut had a great weekend at the KDA Spring show. Both boys were true professionals the entire weekend, even though Vaccaro hadn’t been out since 2022 and Kai had never been to a rated show, or one as busy as this one.

While the scoring was a disappointment all weekend, Vaccaro had some lovely moments at 2-3. Even with some unfortunate mistakes on his riders part, he held his own in the ring. I’m proud of him for earning TIP High Point for 2nd-4th Level. Our highlight was scoring an 8 on our medium canter and our left turn on the haunches!

Kai handled the busy environment with a bit of tension but maintained his composure all weekend. He scored a 70 at Intro B on his first test of the weekend and also brought home his first blue ribbon and TIP High Point Award for Intro.

Incredibly proud of my boys for taking on this challenging sport and rising up to the task.

05/01/2024

Excited to officially welcome Illogical Love (Lily) owned by Erin D. to Arizen Acres! Lily is a gorgeous 5yo OTTB who has quickly settled right in at the farm. Lily has been enjoying some time off but will be getting in riding shape soon!

04/10/2024

Spring blooms at the farm ♥️🐎♥️

04/07/2024

Congratulations Taylor and Sterling on a great show at the KDA Early Spring Show earning a 64% at his first time out at T-3 and putting in a solid effort for his first time out at 1-1! So proud! ♥️🐎♥️

03/28/2024

Sterling was a rock star at Paul Frazer this past weekend! Excited to see how he progresses this summer show season. ♥️🐎♥️

03/27/2024

Fully believe in lateral work as part of an OTTBs retraining process!

Lateral work isn’t typically a part of most Thoroughbreds’ training when they’re on the track, but it’s a critical step in developing them for second careers. When starting a green Thoroughbred for that second career, the basics of flatwork and lateral work will be the foundation of all that is to come in any discipline: steering, stopping, slowing down or speeding up, and moving off of pressure in multiple directions.

Read Alison O'Dwyer's typical process for introducing the basics in the free RRP Education Library: https://bit.ly/3vjv4Uj

02/24/2024

Thank you Antebellum Farm for hosting a great schooling opportunity! Other than the huge temp drops 🥶 , Sterling and I had a great time!

02/15/2024

Excited to announce our official acceptance for the Retired Racehorse Project 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover!

01/28/2024

Sterling had a great learning experience for his first time through the jump chute today!

01/14/2024

Exciting news! Our application has officially been submitted for the 2024 ! We’re anxiously awaiting trainer acceptance announcements in February! Here’s to another great year training Thoroughbreds! ♥️🐎♥️

There are eleven days left to submit your application for the 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium! Applications close at 5 PM EST on January 19 -- hop to it if you're planning on participating in the biggest movement in Thoroughbred aftercare this October! We can't wait to meet the class of 2024.

Start your application now at https://www.therrp.org/my-account/makeover/ .

(Late applications will be accepted after January 19 but will be subject to a late fee.)

01/05/2024

Sterling is turning into quite the jumper. Excited to see where his winter training takes him!

12/08/2023

magic is happening 🥰 he may be sporting his winter woolies but Kai is starting to round out bit by bit!

12/02/2023

It’s December, and Kai officially starts training as our 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover hopeful! 🐎🐎🐎

11/13/2023

Happy horses enjoying a snooze in the morning sun 😴

10/29/2023

Sterling placed 5th of a class of 14 at the Octoberfest CT this weekend! What a great event for green horses. We both had a blast! 🎃

10/20/2023

Congratulations Silver Spur for finishing 8th overall of over 80 competitors in dressage at the 2023 Thoroughbred Makeover!

09/06/2023

What a beautiful sunrise this morning on the farm!

09/05/2023

Aloha to the newest addition to , No Ka Oi! “Kai” is a 2017 TB who last raced 7/31/23. His name means “the best” in Hawaiian and his barn name Kai means “the sea” in Hawaiian. The plan for Kai is to keep him eligible for the 2024 , which will give him time for some much needed weight gain and let down. Thank you for transitioning such wonderful horses! This guy is going to be special!

08/29/2023

Thank you THW Monograms for the amazing embroidery work!

08/20/2023

Sterling’s final entry for the 2023 Thoroughbred Makeover and Makeover Marketplace listing is complete! He still has a few shows on the calendar to get prepared before the Makeover, but October will be here before we know it!

07/30/2023

Show photos are in! Sterling had some lovely moments at the KDA Summer Classic last weekend.

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07/30/2023

Just…WOW! Silver Spur certainly knows how to work the camera. And knows how to get that winning shot!

07/25/2023

Silver Spur successfully navigated the busy show environment at the KDA Summer Classic at the Kentucky Horse Park this weekend!

07/18/2023

Luna loves keeping watch over the farm.