Stabile Di Cavallo

23/06/2025

I have been getting some inquiries about boarding and lessons that we offer here at Stabile di Cavallo. We may have one available stall opening in October of 2025.

Monthly board is $2000 per horse plus training/lessons
This is a full care facility which means we provide, bedding (shavings and pellet) and stalls cleaned daily, Grain (choice of sr equine, Nutrena safe choice, Triple Crown Complete, and Miniature/pony Purina), hay with grass and alfalfa (10% of the horses body weight feed daily), and owners provide supplements that they would like fo rather horse to have.
All boarders have a personal tack locker and use of the entire facility as well as usage of my personal Bemer blankets, red light therapy sets, and any other onsite horse vacs or therapy items.

If you board here you are required to take a lesson weekly. The lessons are $75 per lesson and non refundable. We do not offer lesson horses and welcome haul-in lessons for the same $75 cost.

We are not a public facility and require advance appointments for all visits and lessons. We look forward to seeing you and starting all of our events- both shows and clinics in 2026.

Full training is 4-5 days a week and consist of riding, ground work, and trailer riding and the monthly fee is $1000-1500 depending on what your goals are with your horse.

Owners are required to us our farrier or be present with their own, our vet, and follow our worming and vaccine schedule.

We do show at some dressage events and do offer hauling and coaching for an additional fee. Please inquiry as to the prices and schedule.

19/06/2025

Quite literally the best equine hauling company around.

Light Star Horse Transport, how can we help you?

📞 Call 877-254-5112 to book your local or long distance haul.

16/06/2025

I have not commented or written about a loss that I and my barn family had experienced. I have wanted to give time to reflect on how I feel and how this loss have changed and impacted us all.

My dear friend, confident, gypsy traveler and one truly amazing woman, Myra Street Nelson, Ph.D., a devoted animal scientist, gifted musician, passionate world traveler and beloved friend to many passed away peacefully at her home on 4/23/2025 at the age of 70.

Myra entered my life and farm like a world wind with her kindness, humor, steady friendship with her beautiful friesian sporthorse, Darrin. I have never been a huge fan of friesian, but Myra was so sweet, amazingly kind, and beautiful I literally feel in love with her from the first moment she asked me for help.

Now, she never told me the completely, true story about Darrin and what he had been doing, but she never wavered In her belief that he was special and that he could be an amazing dresage horse. I had my doubts but i could see those moments that make me go, “oh!???”

She made me believe he could be exactly what she thought and she was right. Darrin is exceptionally talented with a lot of spice. His biggest saving grace is he loved Myra and he took care of her every single time she was with him. I witnessed how he would lean into her just to touch her or have her touch him. He would soften when she was near and stop when she sang to him. He was born to be hers and i believe she was meant to find him.

Upon Myra’s diagnosis, we had a lot of conversations about Darrin. We discussed selling him and she was adamant that she wanted him to have a great life and she knew we couldn’t guarantee where he would end up. That is the reality of leaving your horse when you are living with a life ending disease. We talked a lot and i let her know whatever she needed or wanted for Darrin i would make happen.

Not too far into her treatment, Myra asked me to give Darrin a forever home and keep him with me. She asked for Darrin to become a permenent member of my herd and be my horse. I said yes.

I love Myra and by default I love Darrin. He is a piece of her and a testment to her love of that big goofy, black horse that reach over his pen and kissed her at a local auction. He is smart and knew Myra was his and he was meant to be hers.

Everyday i get with him and my other horses Is a gift. And i appreciateate her trust in me to give Darrin the life she wanted for him. I will miss Myra eveyday and she Is always in my thoughts. I tell Darrin everyday she loved him and misses him and i know he misses her too.

🐎
Myra is not gone she is simply ahead of us-
Where love endures and every beloved creature.

30/05/2025

Love this webpage

26/05/2025

Meet Toyland Calzone, aka Ptart. The of the best 2 littles who live at my barn.

Interesting facts about his Falabella horse breed.

The Falabella is a rare Argentinian breed of Miniature Horse that has been kept pure by breeding only pure Falabellas to other pure Falabellas for countless generations. It is known as the first and original Miniature Horse breed, yet the miniature size is secondary to their pure heritage. It is a true purebred due to their unique and historic ancestry, which is one of its greatest attributes. The other is the fact that the Falabella name is known and recognized all over the world. Breed ancestry has been kept pure by the Falabella Farm and by small groups of dedicated breeders who want to preserve their precious heritage. The Falabella is an exquisitely unique horse that has always been rare due to the limited number within its pure ancestry gene pool. Estimates indicate that only a few thousand Falabellas exist in the entire world. The most desirable feature of the Falabella and its primary value is that of its rarity and pure Falabella ancestry. Falabellas are very prestigious to own and are highly prized by those who have them.

FALABELLA HISTORY
Many historic facts and fables have been told of the famous Falabella in books, magazines and equine articles. It was said that the original Argentine little horses were descendants of Andalusian and Spanish Barb horses brought to Argentina by the Spaniards when they first arrived in the 15th century with the intent to conquer Argentina. They were defeated and the horses were left to roam free. Over several more centuries the harsh environment and inbreeding caused a reduction in size and produced naturally small horses.

Back in the 1840s, these small equines were seen within herds near the southern Buenos Aires area by Patrick Newell and he started to build his herd with the smallest he could find. It was from this point that selective breeding was started to develop a true small horse. This was over 150 years ago. Patrick Newell worked with the small horses and his knowledge was passed to his son-in-law, Juan Falabella. Juan shared his knowledge with his son Emilio, who passed it on to his son, Julio Falabella. As Julio worked with his father through his younger years, he gained all the knowledge his father had learned throughout his lifetime.

26/05/2025

When you are special and get a nice hot bath and the heat lamps and lots of mushy at equine…

20/05/2025

On for sure I get a LOT of these…. I’m happy you graduated with that degree but everyone starts at the bottom and does evrythibg. If you are too good to clean stalls and get to know the horses on that level you can be dam sure you arent qualifiedied to ride them.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14JSx9Jxkat/?mibextid=wwXIfr

It’s that time of year again….graduation season.

Each year we see colleges & universities sending newly minted graduates off into the world in search of jobs & career opportunities….& then the posts begin.

“Looking for a position on a farm, I have a degree in XYZ, not looking to clean stalls.”

Sigh.
The horse industry is a funny one for a few reasons: the horses don’t care if you have a degree, the messes still have to be cleaned up, & the more important you become, the more hours you will have to work. Doesn’t seem fair, does it? You know the next part of that statement: life isn’t fair. If you want to own a business, there are a lot of steps between graduation & your final form as a farm owner. Then comes the dirty little secret….

If you’ve made the conscious decision to join the equine industry, there’s a good chance that you’ll end up with a pitchfork in your hand at some point. Nobody is too good to clean stalls, nobody is too educated to clean stalls.

I own the farm, I run the business, I breed & train horses. My degrees are still in the envelope that the University of Kentucky mailed them to me in…15 years ago. They’re not hanging on my wall…but these brand new DuraForks are!

So pick your favorite, & jump in, there’s plenty of work to be done. I call a turquoise one.

17/05/2025

As a barn owner I absolutely know there is a point when the question of closing the barn for boarding comes up.
I have managed my life so my personal horses are covered with my investments and it is reworked yearly to account for increases in just about everything.

Taking boarders/training horses is to be able
To have people around who make the barn more lively, fun and have a great community. Of course, with that comes the unfortunate fact hay prices rise, grain prices go up and just everything seems to go up. It is hard to have that conversation and I hate having it. I don’t even need to make a profit, I just need to break even.

I love what I do and even have a full time job in addition to running my boarding/training facility. Why you ask? Health insurance and a small financial buffer. But mostly, health insurance is super expensive for horse trainers.

This business has challenges but it also has some great people, great horses, and if done correctly, a wonderful barn family.

https://www.chronofhorse.com/article/the-business-of-boarding-horses-balancing-passion-and-profit/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR72z_BqjszKHe7PelCz1Gbr0b0EotIu4hZ0eAZNeLhD5E10a5nsZFT-pU42Zg_aem__dTXUbJVy6h5yHvrqbiXtA

15/02/2025

Good read

26/01/2025

Please
Please
Please!!!!!