North Tower Horsemanship

24/11/2023

Thankful for another year spent with horses 💜

27/09/2023

Love this little gelding 🥰

Behind my favorite ears this morning 🥰 can’t wait to have him home full time again has done such a great job with him 😍

23/09/2023

Lovely morning spent with a good friend and the best mustangs 🥰

21/09/2023

✨Another new arrival ✨

Welcome to the very handsome Harley! He is with us to get started under saddle for his laid back life as a fun trail horse. Look out for updates!

13/09/2023

I love this ⬇️⬇️

Please stop rewarding bad behavior and babying a 1200 pound animal. We get a lot of horses in training where people give you a long list of “behaviors” that they are justifying as playful and not disrespectful.. When in fact they are disrespectful.

Cookies and sedation are the two biggest enemies in this world. Stop sedating your horse for every stressful situation THEY WILL NEVER LEARN. Sedation is a helpful tool under circumstances, but not under “my horse gets nervous for the farrier” “there was fireworks” Desensitize your horse and teach it right from wrong, it is disrespectful..

It is not cute when your horse puts its open mouth on your arm trying to ask for a treat. It is not cute when your horse is pawing to china in a cross tie because it has no patience. Sadly, it is the humans fault NOT the horses. Too many horses have now been turned dangerous with a bad reputation becasue that is what a human once taught that horse was acceptable.

When I’m working a horse in the round pen, or saddling, or just grooming I want that horse to look at me as a teammate, NOT as a vending machine. Pockets full of treats to head in to “work” your horse is not achieving anything other than making yourself look like a life size carrot. After your workout, there is nothing wrong with a treat to reward a successful day, but don’t revolve your exercise around it.

As a community we need to be better. The saying “they just don’t make them like that anymore” is wrong in the horse world, they do make them like that and they are being ruined in the wrong hands..

04/08/2023

😍 Now that’s a trot 😍

Thanks to for piloting Bella in these photos.

02/07/2023

The hiatus is over and we are accepting training boarders again! We welcomed Bella to the herd a couple weeks ago for more miles, and she’s already become a farm favorite ❤️

25/12/2022

Merry Christmas! 🎄

We look forward to another great year spent surrounded by wonderful horses 😊

24/11/2022

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

Beyond thankful for the horses I had the opportunity to work with this year 😊

05/11/2022

✨Mal Update✨

My first time standing on a horse’s back and it just so happened to be with the best 3 yr old out there…after ONE month under saddle! 💕

02/11/2022

Nothing better than developing a young horse with a spectacular sunset in the background 😍

19/10/2022

Working hard or hardly working?

30/09/2022

A little late with this post, but welcome to our newest training boarder, O’Malley! Mal is a gentle giant with tons of try. I look forward to having him on the farm for a few months 😊

28/09/2022

So thankful for all the work Megan did to gentle this amazing mustang when she first got to the Bluegrass! Nikita has come so far since and I look forward to spending many years with her 🥰

Just look at Nikita. She has one of the most chill personalities I've come across yet in a mustang, and yet she's the only one I've had to rope to touch. Funny :) No stranger danger and packs around beginners, and will be in the show ring in the next year or two ;) Steph has done a great job continuing her training.

04/09/2022

✨Before & After ✨

Training boarder, Nouveau, headed back home this week, and boy are we going to miss her!

To honor her graduation from our c**t starting program, here is a before and after of her progress.

The first picture was taken August 4th, the second and third pictures were taken August 27th! 😍

19/08/2022

😍 The cutest mustang 😍

Just some shots of Kita and Ashley killing it last night!

27/07/2022

✨ Lola Update ✨

Lots of firsts this past weekend! First time off property and first time exposed to obstacles. Lola was pure class…so level-headed. You’d never know she was only 3 years old 🥰

And of course, a huge shout out to Kita and Ashley Renee Pollard for being the best babysitters! 💕

26/06/2022

The first touch with Nouveau. 💕

Even though most of my training boarders are domesticated, I still love the first touch with each of them. Trust is so important for a bond to thrive and for education to begin. I know that once a horse has made the decision to come into me, choosing to be with me, they are ready to begin their journey.