Showcase Training Stables

12/17/2025

12/15/2025

Another fun awards recognition and holiday celebration 🐎🎅🏼🎄thank you all for coming to join us!! Congratulations to Suttyn for the most fall offs of the year, Sorya for the most improved student rider, Kiera for the most improved rider/owner award, Michelle for the best groomer award and Owen for receiving the Bill Campbell horsemanship award!! Keep up the good work! Looking forward to see what everyone will accomplish in 2026!!

12/14/2025

They are saints 😍

The quiet lessons horses teach us...

Horses teach us so many lessons—
but the ones that stay with us the longest
are the quiet ones.
The ones learned not in the arena,
not through ribbons or perfect rides,
but in the ordinary moments
where you don’t even realize you’re being changed.

Horses teach you patience.
Real patience—
the kind that doesn’t hurry a nervous horse,
the kind that breathes instead of bristles,
the kind that understands
trust cannot be rushed.

They teach you presence.
To be fully where your feet are.
Because horses don’t care about yesterday’s mistakes
or tomorrow’s to-do list—
they care about the energy you bring them right now.
They remind you to slow down,
to soften your shoulders,
to quiet your mind
so your heart can finally speak.

Horses teach you honesty.
They reflect who you are in the moment—
your frustration,
your fear,
your joy,
your intention.
You can’t lie to a horse.
You can’t pretend.
You can’t hide behind a mask.
They teach you to show up
as your truest self
because that is the version they trust.

They teach you courage—
not the loud kind
with applause and adrenaline,
but the quiet kind
that happens the moment after you fall,
when you stand back up
even though your hands are shaking.
They teach you that bravery
doesn’t always feel like strength—
sometimes it feels like vulnerability.
Sometimes it feels like trying again
when your heart is still bruised.

Horses teach you consistency.
How showing up matters
even on the days you’re tired,
even on the days life feels overwhelming.
You learn that the little things—
a soft brush stroke,
a walk in the pasture,
a gentle hand—
add up to something sacred.

They teach you compassion.
How to understand without words,
how to listen without judgment,
how to offer comfort
simply by being near.
A horse will lean into you
on the days you feel empty,
not asking you to explain your pain—
just choosing to stand with you through it.

And somewhere along the way,
without even realizing it,
you begin to carry these lessons
into the rest of your life.

You speak softer.
You breathe deeper.
You forgive quicker.
You notice things—
small things—
that matter more than people realize.

You become someone
who loves with steadiness,
who listens with intention,
who sees the world
through a lens of patience and understanding.

These are the quiet lessons horses teach us—
lessons learned in dusty aisles,
in sunset rides,
in the stillness of a warm muzzle against your chest.

Lessons you didn’t know you needed.
Lessons you carry long after the ride is over.
Lessons that shape the person you become.

Because the truth is this:
A horse doesn’t just train your hands.
They train your heart.

And those quiet lessons?
They stay with you for a lifetime.

What lessons have horses taught you?

12/10/2025

A letter from your horse...

If I could speak to you in a language you understood,
I would start by saying thank you.

Thank you for choosing me…
even on the days when I wasn’t easy,
when my fear looked like stubbornness,
and my confusion looked like attitude.
You loved me through all of it.

If I could tell you what I feel,
you’d know how much your presence calms me.
How I hear your footsteps before I see you
and my heart settles…
because I know I am safe.

You’d know that every soft touch,
every scratch in my favorite spot,
every slow breath you take beside me
means more than you could ever imagine.

You think I carry you...
but you carry me, too.
In your voice,
in your patience,
in the gentle way you forgive me
when I make mistakes.

If I could tell you,
you’d know I notice everything:
the way you linger a little longer on hard days,
the way your shoulders relax when you bury your face in my neck,
the way your heartbeat softens
when you whisper secrets you tell no one else.

I want you to know I listen.
I understand you in ways words can’t explain.
I know when you're hurting…
and I try to stand a little closer.

If I could speak,
I’d tell you I remember the moments you think were small —
the treats tucked in your pocket,
the slow cool-down walks,
the promise you made to always show up.
Horses don’t forget love like that.
We hold it quietly,
deeply,
forever.

And if I could tell you only one thing,
it would be this:

You are my person.
My safe place.
My comfort.
My home.

I may not have the words to say it,
but every nicker,
every soft breath,
every time I lower my head into your hands…
I am telling you:
I love you, too.

12/07/2025

Don’t forget to RSVP for the pot luck next Sunday Dec 14. Please let Gretchen know if you are able to come and what you will be bringing.

Please join us for our holiday party Sunday Dec 14 @ 11. It will be potluck style and round Robbin gift exchange.. sign up with Gretchen 🎅🏼🐎🎄

11/29/2025

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11/26/2025

Happy 13th birthday Mary!! Enjoy your day!! 🥳🐎🍰💃🏻Lisa Jennings Gehrke

11/22/2025

Congratulations Danniel Kathleen Hayworth for your big wins today!!! 🐎🙌🏻 5 buckles and all the fabulous blues !!!

11/17/2025

Please join us for our holiday party Sunday Dec 14 @ 11. It will be potluck style and round Robbin gift exchange.. sign up with Gretchen 🎅🏼🐎🎄