Bit & Spur Training

10/27/2025

Well rodeos are finished for this year! Brought this big guy home for a refresher course for a family and now he is looking for his new home!!!

Once this rainy weather quits and now that we have a little more time, I will be measuring out and staking out the arena. Lots of leveling will need done and some stump removals but promise it will be worth it!! Hoping to reopen program this spring!!

There will be new waivers to sign and I have some rules per se, to implement this year with horses and hauling. Not that I want too but I need to make sure everyone understands what it takes for me to haul and how much effort. I don’t mind hauling!! Do not get that wrong!! I just need to make sure everything stays fair for everyone!!

Stay warm and dry out there!!

10/18/2025

Got a quick ride in the kiddo before our last crazy rodeo weekend.

Weekends will open back so I can get focused on getting arena ready and put in!

10/07/2025

🧡Emmie on Rio (grey)🧡

🖤Payton on Codi (bay)🖤

These girls did AWESOME!!!! Keep it up!! Proud of you both!! 👏👏👏👏

Also: peep at those smiles 😁😁

10/06/2025

Welp that was the last regular rodeo for the season!! In two weeks we will have finals!!! Holy cow!!

Emmie rode Rio in barrels and poles, did an AMAZING job staying in control! Just finals to go and I just know they will finish this season out strong!! 💪🏼 Keep doing work kiddo!!

Payton rode Codi in their first comp together and did outstanding!! Few bobbles but it’s expected when you finally get to start going faster, nothing she couldn’t handle! 😊

Wes and T had a bit of a moment during flags (maybe naps are important like mom says) but rest of their events went well! He has been staying somewhat consistent with his times, someday he may go faster than a trot 🤣 They’ll get there!

10/03/2025

Almost done with rodeo season 🥵🥵

Two rodeos left- one regular and then finals!!!

It’s been crazy, although fun, but definitely crazy. Once done with this season I can really focus on getting arena stuff done so by spring we can fully open! I’ve had many people message me and unfortunately it’s just been too busy to really do anything 😞

I do appreciate everyone being patient with me as we are trying to navigate this busy schedule and get it where we are available for lessons again!! 🩵🖤🩵🖤🩵

Until then, enjoy this video of our “funny farm” moment!

FYI: Mushu learned we don’t bite horns because horns are connected to weird stinky animal 😂🤣 gotta protect his grain from being eaten by those unruly things!! I think he secretly hates them now

09/22/2025

This time of year is 😍😍

🍁 🍂 Horses in a foggy morning rodeo is the best view 🍁🍂

09/09/2025

Boy oh boy have we been busy! Last Sunday was our 4th GHYR and boy was it a good one!

Starters, Sunday morning after unloading and stacking the goat hay, we had to make a goat stall in trailer because the trailer we normally would use has an issue with the axle we need to fix. No problem! Slant plus plywood screwed in (thank you Trevor! Best hubby ever!!) equals…. boom! Goat slant! 🫳🎤 💥

Then we spent most of the day at the arena working the ground to dry it out and prep for the rodeo. These guys work their tails off to get the ground where is needs to be for those riders! 🩵

Wes, oh my goodness this kid, he TROTTED every pattern AND broke into a lope for a few strides (I might have had a slight momma panic moment, but I held it in!) on Tequila! 😱 I was informed by him he is “giving Cope back to me for T is now his”. 😑 You know what, that’s fine because when I see Wesson smiling and having fun, it’s worth giving her up 🩵🖤🩵🖤🩵

Have had quite a few riders use our horses and they have all been doing great!!! I cannot be more proud of them jumping on and just going with it! School and other events have had a few miss a few rodeos (which is fine!!) but when they do ride, oh my goodness my voice is gone by the end due to hollering of “YES!!! GO!!! YOU GOT IT!!!! YEEEEESSSSSS!!!!! GO! GO! GOOOO!!!!”. I do lean out the window of crows nest for this and pray the microphone doesn’t pick me up 😂 I will not apologize for encouraging kids to do their best!!

I love the smiles, the giggles, and the laughter I hear from them! I don’t care if they walk, trot, or lope patterns. I only care they are having fun while learning to do it correctly, but most of all:

~Learning they are very capable of doing things they didn’t think they could do~

08/20/2025

School season is starting! We are wishing everyone a great year!!

Been a very busy summer and we are still busy as we just started our youth rodeo season. Our third one will be the Sunday! Which currently we have 3 horses being borrowed for these rodeos: Mushu, Rio, and Codi. Wes normally rides Copenhagen but he is out with an injury still. Healing great though! However, Wes will still have to use Tequila this weekend to give Cope the proper time to heal. Surprisingly, Wesson isn’t upset about it lol 😂

Side note: We do plan on still getting arena up this fall, been having set backs with the tractor unfortunately. Once fixed we should be able to double down on open weekends and get things going!! 😊

For now, enjoy a picture of the ladies! Can you guess who is who??

08/15/2025

Welp he stole another one 😂

Due to Cope and Mushu thinking they both are top males and having a male bravato mentalities, I removed them from the mares which apparently made the boys mad. Mushu ran Cope over the top of the fence at the beginning of the week, however thankfully it’s nothing severe! Few scratches and sore. But just in case he can’t be used this weekend for Wesson’s youth rodeo, we tried out Mushu and Tequila. Rio and Codi the normal back ups already have multiple riders for the rodeo, they were out as an option.

Mushu does great for him in the small pens but he is little ready to go in the open. He has learned how fium events are and gets a little excited, so Wes expressed he was little concerned about being able to keep him slow. So we switched to Tequila, and for those who know this mare, this was a HUGE thing for me!!

Were we nervous? Yes!
Did it take long for Wes to tell me let’s go to the open area? Nope.
Did my big motor girl melt for my kid and be extremely cautious with him? Yes!
Did he inform me he likes her and felt better in control on her than Mushu? Yup.
Is Cope his favorite still? Oh hands down!

Tequila has ALWAYS had a thing for Wes since he was a baby, so I shouldn’t have been surprised when she was like “oh man mom, he is on me! Don’t go far from me and slow it the ONLY option!” Yes they did trot a bit BUT I told him he is perfectly fine just walking for all I care! Be in control and do the pattern correctly, thats what matters besides being comfortable and having fun! Once Cope is healed most definitely Wes will end up back on him, they are perfect together! But it’s always good to have back ups and even better knowing we have those back ups. Especially ones I never thought I’d see my kiddo on, but I am truly grateful that they are solid broke and trustworthy for moments like this.

Good horses are easy to find, but horses with the mentality for kids and switching gears from adult to kid, those are PRICELESS!! And to think I was considering selling her due to lack of riding, not happening now! 😂 Here’s to me not freaking out and losing my sanity this weekend as I watch my baby possibly have to compete on my biggest, strongest horse! (She’s living up to why her name is Tequila, I may need it for my nerves 😂🤣)

07/27/2025

Appreciation post!!

Huge and I mean HUGE thank you to all those who helped me!!!

Rayna (handler, helping kids on and off)
Becky (waivers and money handling)
Whitney (handler, helping kids on and off)
Natalie (handler)
Addison (handler)
Emmie (handler)
Brody (helping with kids)
Sammie (for watching my kiddo, the tent)
Trevor (for loading/unloading panels, set up)
Joanna and Chuck - brome bales for horses

Everyone stepped up and helped with kiddos and taking care of horses!! You guys are so stinking amazing!! I could not have done this without anyone of you 🩵🩵🩵 it was definitely a hot 4 days but every one of you stuck it out with me! I cannot thank you all enough!!!!

Also need to pay huge thank you to the horses:
Mushu and Tequila for being there all week!
Rio, Copenhagen, Codi for each being there two days a piece!
Without these horse we wouldn’t have been able to do this. They have definitely earned their week long vacation!

Huge thank you to the Pratt County Fair for having us back! We love doing this and enjoy it! Even if it’s 100+ degrees out 😂 The smiles those kids have makes it all worth it!! It was another amazing year!

I truly cannot thank everyone enough!!

07/27/2025

07/27/2025

Thank you Pratt County Fair for having us!!

The smiles from the kids are always worth it!

Here are a few pictures from this year’s fair!