Strausbaugh Performance Horses

12/08/2024

Docs Checkin fire aka Hazel 🐉 pulled her first rodeo check this weekend at the Ninilchik State Fair Rodeo💗
It was a tight race, top 3 girls all ran 16.3’s. Love this mare to pieces, she is a true athlete and I will be honored if I can truly bring out her full potential. Thankful for the support team behind us.

Matanuska Telephone Association
Platinum Performance
Redmond Equine
Formula 1 Equine
Neil Strausbaugh

07/06/2024

On the road for a great weekend. Look at that draw sheet for the Jr Rodeo & Alaska High School Rodeo Association contestants. Pretty proud of all these kids, we have a solid group headed down from the valley. Good luck to all contestants, wishing all safe travels.

Big thanks to all our sponsors to make these rodeos possible.

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CW Tack and Western Wear
Platinum Performance
Redmond Equine
Formula 1 Equine
Strausbaugh Performance Horses

16/05/2024

A few spots are still available. Let’s grow the sport of goat tying in Alaska💗

CW Tack and Western Wear
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Alaska High School Rodeo Association

Goat tying Clinic! 🐐
If you are interested in joining Jr High or High School rodeo this year you will want to attend this. Even Rodeo Alaska’s Junior rodeo has goat tying now. Come learn from Alaska’s best. Both Mackenzie Betts and Kailyn Beauvais finished first and second last season and the year before. This year we will get to see them compete at nationals. Bring your horse for this event, we will work on all the pieces then put them together. If people are up for a buy in jackpot at the end we could do that $5-$10 buy in. We can split it 1st and 2nd money.

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Platinum Performance
Redmond Equine
Formula 1 Equine

13/05/2024

Goat tying Clinic! 🐐
If you are interested in joining Jr High or High School rodeo this year you will want to attend this. Even Rodeo Alaska’s Junior rodeo has goat tying now. Come learn from Alaska’s best. Both Mackenzie Betts and Kailyn Beauvais finished first and second last season and the year before. This year we will get to see them compete at nationals. Bring your horse for this event, we will work on all the pieces then put them together. If people are up for a buy in jackpot at the end we could do that $5-$10 buy in. We can split it 1st and 2nd money.

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Platinum Performance
Redmond Equine
Formula 1 Equine

02/05/2024

For anyone that might we interested in joining the Jr High or High School Rodeo team. Come on out Friday night for questions & answers. Starts at 4pm, you can do a $50 buy in for ONLY Friday for ground roping & goat tying work (no horses). Kailyn Beauvais & Mackenzie Betts will be there to work with girls in tying goats or roping a calf for breakaway. If you are attending the clinic the buy in for goats is only $20

We will also have Stephen Primera & Rodolfo Primera joining us to assist in the roping. We will have plenty of instructors Friday night for lots of hands on ground work.

Big thank you all our sponsors for this event.
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Stacey Allen - State Farm Insurance Agent
Strausbaugh Performance Horses
CW Tack and Western Wear
RODEO ALASKA

01/05/2024

Big shout out to Stacey Allen - State Farm Insurance Agent for sponsoring lunch for one of our camp days. Give her a call for all your insurance needs!

Camp attendees, watch your email for remaining details for this weekend. Can’t wait to see y’all and get started, this is always such a fun weekend for all of us💗

Only accepting 12 into the clinic this year and we are already over half full with deposits received.

6th Annual Rodeo 🏕️
Let’s kick off the summer with a fun filled weekend of learning new techniques to push you to the next level.
Getting this out a little later then I typically do cause a girl has been busy with other priorities 😝🙈

Note: I am aware this is the same weekend that 907 is doing their thing. My dates have been set and publicly posted before they posted their clinic. I just hadn’t had my flyer finished up. I already had to push it back a weekend, due the banquet being scheduled on the same weekend.

10/02/2024

Only 3 spots remaining. Get your spot, this clinic keeps getting better and better each year. Beginners or advanced riders welcomed. I train and build on fundamentals, building a foundation for success. When the wheels fall off as they always will in any speed event we need to be able to go back to the foundation.

Consistency is key, if your not showing up and being intentional your progression won’t happen like you wish.

Only accepting 12 into the clinic this year and we are already over half full with deposits received.

6th Annual Rodeo 🏕️
Let’s kick off the summer with a fun filled weekend of learning new techniques to push you to the next level.
Getting this out a little later then I typically do cause a girl has been busy with other priorities 😝🙈

Note: I am aware this is the same weekend that 907 is doing their thing. My dates have been set and publicly posted before they posted their clinic. I just hadn’t had my flyer finished up. I already had to push it back a weekend, due the banquet being scheduled on the same weekend.

09/02/2024

Alaska High School Rodeo Association 2024 Schedule is out ✨

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Platinum Performance
Redmond Equine

30/01/2024

Only accepting 12 into the clinic this year and we are already over half full with deposits received.

6th Annual Rodeo 🏕️
Let’s kick off the summer with a fun filled weekend of learning new techniques to push you to the next level.
Getting this out a little later then I typically do cause a girl has been busy with other priorities 😝🙈

Note: I am aware this is the same weekend that 907 is doing their thing. My dates have been set and publicly posted before they posted their clinic. I just hadn’t had my flyer finished up. I already had to push it back a weekend, due the banquet being scheduled on the same weekend.

29/01/2024

Here is some great information to help you with your bits and to understand them in further depth. Always be learning to better your communication with your horse! 💜

Happy Monday!

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩

𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 & 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱

The shank of a bit is the portion below the mouthpiece. The weight, length, and curvature—often called “𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙥”—all play into how a shank will react to a riders’ hand.

“A bigger sweep on a shank means it’s going to react slower when pulled on,” - Justin Briggs

A straighter shank will give the opposite effect, connecting with a horse’s mouth sooner.

The same is true when it comes to length of the shank too, since 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧. A short shank will take less pulling to get a reaction while a longer shank will take more pulling.

Looking for easy explanations to help you understand commonly used bit terms? We asked pros like the Briggs and Troy Flaharty, of Troy Flaharty Bits and Spurs to break it down.

Read 𝘽𝙞𝙩 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩 1: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝘽𝙞𝙩 ➡ https://bit.ly/3Sia4ET
OR if you'd rather watch a full playlist with Flaharty, head over to Ride TV and watch the full Flaharty Bit Clinic here. ➡ https://bit.ly/3Szl0zg

15/01/2024

Stay tuned for The 6th Annual Rodeo Camp details to be released. It had to get pushed back one weekend due to the 907/Rodeo banquet. We are scheduled for May 3-5 details will be out soon 😉

26/12/2023

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
Let their be light 🌄

28/09/2023

Come join us this Saturday for a good time☺️

Mark your Calendars! We all dread the end of the season as it’s winding down. Let’s make one last attempt to enjoy our summer, come out for some fun games followed by a 4D race.

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28/08/2023

Alaska State Fair Rodeo is a wrap! Saturday Mother Nature didn’t cooperate as planned and the rodeo got cancelled for the first time in over 30 years. I would like to thank RODEO ALASKA for thinking about our equine athletes safety. 🙏

I was thankful to get to swing a leg over Deshka to Breakaway and she worked as good as ever for me, love that mare to pieces. 🤍🤎I roped him just out of the box and it popped off🫣😖

Biscuit got the calls for barrels, he tried his little heart out for me but a little body soreness got him. He is just coming into shape and two runs in a weekend he didn’t appreciate 🤣
This is always one of my most favorite rodeos but it’s always bittersweet cause it’s the last rodeo of the season.

I would like to thank all my sponsors and support team that keep me going all season long. I wouldn’t do what I do without each and everyone of you 🙏🔥

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25/08/2023

Mark your Calendars! We all dread the end of the season as it’s winding down. Let’s make one last attempt to enjoy our summer, come out for some fun games followed by a 4D race.

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21/08/2023

Timed Event Challenge at the Alaska State Fair did not disappoint. Team Strausbaugh killed it taking home all the breakaway money for the weekend. While the rest pulled checks in the barrel race🤍💯
The smiles on these kids faces when it all comes together is priceless and the reason I do what I do. Keep on keeping on girls, your going places😘stohl10 907





Big Thanks to the team behind me that keeps me going down the road!

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14/08/2023

Ninilchik Fair Rodeo down! Tough luck for me this weekend but Shylee had a great weekend winning the Barrels and Poles in the Jr Rodeo, and took All Around Cowgirl. She did the rescue race in the main rodeo and ended up third with her friend Kaylee competing against the adults even🤍🥰​​​​​​​​
For Jr High Rodeo she ended up 2nd in barrels, first in poles, first in goat tying, and just hardly missed in the breakaway. ​​​​​​​​
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03/05/2023

Last week I spent the week in Oklahoma at the Better barrel Races Futurity and the Ruby buckle Futurity. We picked up my new puppy, watched over 4K runs of the best jockeys in the barrel racing industry, made new friends while connecting with old friends. This was something I have been wanting to do for some time and finally made it happen. I will cherish this trip forever and planning another trip already, in the meantime preparation is still underway to prepare my new Futurity mare to make it down to these races soon enough.

Don’t ever allow small minded people to hold you back, set you goals high where they scare you. If you have no clue how your going to do something do it anyways, start the journey, you will get there🤍✨

Thanks Kendra Marvin for helping plant this seed for me

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Platinum Performance
Redmond Equine
Formula 1 Noni Corporate Page
Strausbaugh Performance Horses
Better Barrel Races
Ruby Buckle
Joy Wargo
Ashley Schafer
Chery Pinkston

07/04/2023

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06/04/2023

You have been assigned this mountain to show others it can be moved⛰️​​​​​​​​
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10/02/2023

Some great advice I received from a great leader in my life was “row your own boat.”​​​​​​​​
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Don’t allow others to distract you or derail your focus 🧘‍♀️ stay committed to YOU!​​​​​​​​
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09/02/2023

“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.”- Franklin D Roosevelt ​​​​​​​​
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02/02/2023

Why be original when you can be extra🐴💁🏻‍♀️
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28/01/2023

My dream team❣️​​​​​​​​
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25/01/2023

If you correct your mind, the rest of the world will fall into place-Lao Tzu​​​​​​​​
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This goes hand in hand with training horses, you can’t train a horse through understanding if your mind isn’t in a good spot. You’ll end up causing frustration within your horses 🐴 ​​​​​​​​
Spend a few minutes to get your head right before getting on each horse😊️​​​​​​​​
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24/01/2023

Go checkout the new facelift to the website done by yours truly
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Www.strausbaughperformancehorses.com🥂
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20/01/2023

Sometimes suddenly you just know it’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings​​​​​​​​
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Even if she’s a fire breathing 🐉 ​​​​​​​​
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Tame the wild dragon😂​​​​​​​​
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14/01/2023

Some fun photos of that got this summer. Making me really miss summer, it can’t come quick enough🥰💜


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12/01/2023

If you’ve considered me as your trainer please read☺️​​​​​​​​
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With the new year under way, it’s a great time to reevaluate goals, achievements, and focus on the things that will get us to our end goals, while helping others along the way. ​​​​​​​​
As we all know there is no growth without a little discomfort with changes but they are necessary.🥰​​​​​​​​
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That being said I will be taking a very limited amount of horses in for training each month, and strictly taking in horses that are looking to enter the performance horse arena. ​​​​​​​​
I am adding seasoning barrel horses & consignment as something I will offer. Consignments horses will be the only exception to the 60 day minimum for each horse scheduled into my program.​​​​​​​​
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I’m putting more focus into building a barrel horse program to help grow the sport of barrel racing throughout the state of Alaska. ​​​​​​​​
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As for lessons, I’m taking in a limited number of clients and kids that attend Rodeo Camp in 2023 will have top priority. (Details on camp will be posted soon) Lessons will be in group format with a max of 6 people. Lesson will last anywhere from 1.5-2 (depending on the drills) and scheduled Mondays and Tuesdays only. ​​​​​​​​
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Any evaluations on horses will be held the second Thursday of every month starting in April, haul ins only. ​​​​​​​​
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I’ve been so grateful to the people who have trusted me as your trainer and believe in my program, every year I am having to turn away horses as I just can’t take them all. I’m hoping these changes will help that as I’m steering towards a more unique path. ​​​​​​​​
I’d love to help you make your future champion, if you’re looking for a barrel horse/rope horse trainer, don’t hesitate to Dm/Pm me. ​​​​​​​​
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My website is being updated to reflect a few price changes as well, it should be completed within the next few weeks​​​​​​​​
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I look forward to working with you in the months to come👍

11/01/2023

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I apologize I have been absent for a bit! Just after Christmas we completely disconnected as a family to enjoy the beach life in Maui. It was sure great to live on island time for 10 days 🏖️👙​​​​​​​​
We are back and getting back in the swing of things, stay tuned for upcoming changes for the 2023 season. Lots happening with very limited availability so you’ll want to act fast if you want in on any services I offer in 2023. ​​​​​​​​
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