Upstate Equine, LLC.

29/10/2024

Hunter Pace is on at FENCE!

Come out November 3rd and pace the beautiful course surrounded by the fall foliage.

https://www.fence.org/equestrian-center/hunter-pace

13/10/2024

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This season, we are thrilled to introduce 𝗭𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲’𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁—an exciting new initiative designed to uplift and support the dressage community! Each month, we will select one exceptional dressage rider to receive a 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 $2,000 grant. This grant can be used toward show entries, clinic participation, or lesson fees to support and enhance your equestrian education and support your showing career!⁣
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Together, we can make this your most meaningful and rewarding season yet —take the next step and reach new heights in your dressage journey!⁣

13/10/2024

10/10/2024

Scheduling October 14th:

Anderson, Clemson, Pendleton, Easley, Piedmont

Call 803-410-3262 to get on the appointment list!

07/10/2024

07/10/2024

I want to send out a message of gratitude to everyone who has reached out to our area in this time of need.

We are slowly able to reschedule appointments, finish work on saddlery repairs to get those saddles back to their owners, and add in new appointments as our internet connection allows us to communicate between the massive clean up and safety efforts we are doing as well.

The spotty coverage for our email and phone has been frustrating and I appreciate your patience in my getting back to you between cleaning up our own property and assisting with the community needs for safety and essentials for our neighbors.
If you have reached out and haven't heard back, please feel free to reach out again and expect a day or two for reply during this time. Thank you for patience.

Our farm has power and water back on, praise the Lord, and if you are local and in need, please call or text me if you need assistance. 803-410-3262

For saddle owners and consignees-your saddles are safe and no harm done from the storm- our saddle shop was spared and everything is safely stored. I will be in touch this week with each of you to reassure and discuss repair pick up dates, etc.

Thank you all, the equestrian community shows time and time again how strong we are when we come together to help our fellow horseman and their equine family. Love to you all.

-Emily with Upstate Equine, LLC

02/10/2024

28/09/2024

We are rescheduling all appointments until further notice in light of the catastrophic flooding, power outages, & road closures in our area.
Please be patient as we contact you for reschedules. Our phone service is intermittent as this time.
Thank you, stay safe.

26/09/2024

FENCE is accepting equines evacuating from Hurricane Helene.

There is no charge for the stall. Must bring all supplies/ needs for the horse during the stay. Shavings are required.

Please feel free to contact us via email [email protected] or Facebook messenger for the fastest response.

11/09/2024

05/09/2024

Flocking and fitting.

25/08/2024

05/08/2024

Tuesday Night Schooling - - August 6th & August 20th

We’ll set up the jumps: a fully decorated course in one ring, in another ring, various sets of gymnastic exercises and cross-rails then the last ring will hold a trail obstacle course.

We have skinnies, walls and a roll-top and a Liverpool to school. (Watch for ducks!)

Jump height: as you request. We start at 2 feet for the course, smaller for gymnastics.

Come and play with us - it’s $20 / horse for the evening.

Bring a good Coggins test, please and your helmet.

4:00 pm - dark. Check-in at announcer’s stand between rings.

Jumping not required! Bring your young or inexperienced horse and just hang out this out. Come dressed English, Western or ba****ck; it’s all good.

Our Volunteer dinners are sponsored by Foothills Compost Removal again this year. If you can’t bring a horse, help us out and we’ll go get sandwiches from the Hare & Hound!

Information: [email protected] or 828-859-9021

05/08/2024

FENCE is accepting equines evacuating from Hurricane Debby.

There is no charge for the stall. Must bring all supplies/ needs for the horse during the stay. Shavings are required.

Please feel free to contact us via email [email protected] or Facebook messenger for the fastest response.

04/08/2024

Tails tell a story

I thought I would add a little more in

Often tails are forgotten when we look at the horse we may pull them, or use them as an access point for other parts of the horse but often tails and how they sit in line with the rest of the body can indicate other things which may be happening

Anatomy

The tailbones are called the COCCYGEAL and on average there are 15-18 bones which begin at the end of the sacral bone, the first two are located internally and often the little triangle above the tail will indicate where these are or by moving the tail up and down you can usually feel where the sacrum begins as this is not as mobile as the tailbones
The tail can move up and down and side to side, it has muscles which can help with posture (slow twitch) and movement (fast twitch).
Even though there is no spinal cord here it still contains many nerves and also many soft tissue connections which reach further forward along the horse
Tails are great for communication we can tell alot by the tails movement and not just when riding, fly swatting and balance
If we look at the connection between the big ligaments that are effective between the tail and sacroiliac joints then we often find restriction in either will have an effect on the other and also a more global effect

A tail should feel like there is some resistance then relax when we work on it a bit like goldilocks and the three bears it should not feel to rigid nor to relaxed it should be just right 😁

I think of the tail as a rudder of the ship its used for balance, can indicate how your horse is feeling and we often only think of diagonals with a compensation pattern a straight line from right to left or vice versa when often when we look its usually a zig zag pattern as the horse tries to find a more normal pattern throughout the body sort of trying to right itself at each junction and more often than not if we have a tail off to one side the zig zag pattern of compensation will end up with the head favouring the same side that the tail is sat

Tail off to one side

Often this usually happens way before your therapist comes to work with your horse and its already a deep established pattern throughout your horses body, remember the tail and sacrum are interlinked so usually I come across this if the horse has had some strain around the pelvic area, maybe the horse had a slip or a fall as a youngster and that is why it is so hard to correct it as its usually been a long standing issue and a pattern is ingrained into the body, it's now the horses normal crooked tails are still not well documented as to the whys
So it's important if you see your youngster slip in the field to get it checked, often the bony landmarks hit the ground and you can see its all connected and mostly what I see is the Tuber Coxae that is most affected is the nearside and most tails I see are always favouring to the left side

Tail rigid and stiff

Again for me this may be an indicator that the horse is trying not to move things too much in this area think of the rudder of the ship if it is stuck in one position often intricate movements are hard, the horse is usually ok in straight lines but may struggle with schooling moves, again do not just think of the tail as a single entity you have to think of the connections and muscles in the tail can have connections further up the back

Clamped down tail

This is usually the polar opposite of the rigid tail but again is the horse trying to keep the area as still as possible often the engine is switched off in these horses so they often struggle to power their hind end as the easiest way I explain it to clients is pull your knickers up your bum and then try to run, it's not so easy

Different breeds will have different tail carriages, and different personalities will have different tail carriages as well but we must remember the tail is an indicator of the mobility of your horses spine, and the health of the soft tissue, a non-moving tail is trying to protect an area and like I say we come in much later so there may be no pain but a restriction and it's important we do the work in small parts to allow the horse to adjust and reset

We also have to think of the huge fascial sheets across the horse and the effects of fascial restrictions and patterns throughout the body remember we have to work on the whole horse even if we think it’s a hind end or front end or middle part of the horse for the connections of the tail go much further than the tail bones, think of the top of the tail in a little fascial pop sock

We often only think of steering is a front-end issue but if the rudder fails then the steering will never be right the tail should be able to move with the body counterbalancing the body and we have to work with what we have in front of us, often the owners have done all the vet checks and we are just trying to bring more balance to the body without it having to work so hard

31/07/2024

Julio Mendoza Loor, who resides in North Carolina with his family, competed for his native Ecuador in today’s Grand Prix, but right alongside his Ecuadorian flag lapel pin and matching helmet in his country’s colors were his USDF medal lapel pins!

Julio’s many American friends and supporters are rooting for him at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, his first Olympics. He is riding his 2023 Pan American Games individual gold-medal partner Jewel’s Goldstrike, with whom he also won the 4* Grand Prix Freestyle at Aachen earlier this month.

Today the pair had a solid first Olympic effort, with a few mistakes in the Grand Prix test for a score of 70.839%.

Photo by Jennifer O. Bryant

30/07/2024

Attention Trainers:

Our cross country course is open for schooling 7 days a week.

Requirements to school:

- Must provide a copy of your trainer insurance

- Must fill out a liability form

- Must call Tracie to schedule a time

Tracie can be reached by phone or email.

828-859-9021

[email protected]