
06/18/2025
Happy 17th birthday to the 👑 🐝
It’s impossible to describe Secret fully. She is larger than life, loud and demanding, dramatic……and the best partner I could ever ask for.
"There's something different about the way a good mare connects with her rider. It's special. Like an unspoken agreement. Once a mare chooses you as her person, it's like she has an instinct to protect you, to fight for you. It's almost as if she takes ownership of you.
I believe the good mares have a deep sense of intuition.
They can read your mind. They know what you're thinking even before you do. The good mares I know breathe fire in the face of challenge and then somehow, miraculously, know to quiet themselves when a timid child is plopped on their back for a pony ride.
They are clever, cunning and calculated, which can be your greatest enemy or your saving grace. The good mares I know do not tolerate egotistical riding. They do not tolerate force. They demand tact, finesse and emotional control. But once you have won a mare's heart, you have won all of her. In exchange for your best-and nothing less
—she will give you everything."
Written by: Lindsay Paulsen