Emilio Vega Horse Training

15/08/2024

11/07/2024

11/07/2024

It’s been a summer full of Ain’t Seen Nothin Yet babies.
 We have six of them in right now getting started and they are so talented!
Pretty excited to get on ours this fall and get them going💛

24/06/2024

Ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｂｏｏｋｉｎｇ ｏｕｔ ｔｏ September 2025.

$1350/ 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 for fillies or geldings, $1750 for studs. $200 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩

60 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙. No exceptions.

23/02/2024

Here are our tips on bringing your c**t in for the first part of their training and setting them up for a successful future.

~Bring them in fat and good body condition. We will send them back if they come in with their ribs showing or are underweight or poor body condition. It is stressful for them to get started, and they will lose weight. They are growing, and their bodies are changing, so this is the time to keep them happy mentally and physically. It is our job to build confident and comfortable c**ts! If they feel good, they will typically want to please. If they come in skinny and underweight, and we go to starting them, they will get ulcers, they will get thin, and they will NOT enjoy their job.

~Trim the c**t's feet at a minimum. We do not require shoes, but we prefer that their feet have been trimmed within one week of them coming in. It is not our farriers job to get your c**t use to this and he wont do it. Work with them and get their feet done.

~Get their teeth done, wolf teeth extracted and floated.

~Studs take a ton more time, so we charge more for them. Most have no business owning a stud and we feel very strongly about this. On that note, most don't make it as a stud so if you truly love the horse, cut it!

~Take the time to take your c**ts to the vet and get a baseline set of x-rays on their knees and hocks at a minimum. Letting their joints close and your c**t mature a little more will benefit them in the long run. Knowing if they have an OCD or chip prior to starting them can make or break your horse. This also gives you a baseline as to where your c**t is physically and can prevent many issues down the line.

~If you feel your c**t is not mature enough or big enough to start, chances are it is not. Please don't be afraid to reach out to us a few months before your c**t comes in to chat and discuss these types of things. We want your c**t to be successful, and holding off on starting them because they are too small is very important for your equine athlete's longevity. A lot of future soundness problems can be prevented by being patient and allowing your c**t to mature.

~ We always prefer them to come in just halter broke, able to pick up their feet and back up on a trailer. Leave the rest to Emilio.

~DO NOT SPOIL THEM. Those are our least favorite.

~If you can access a sale prep and conditioning program that is affordable for you, do it before bringing them to us to start under saddle or reach out to Shea and she can offer her advice on getting one ready. We have been swimming and conditioning all of our 2-year-olds for 60 days before starting them under saddle, and we have been so happy with the outcome. They get bathed daily when we swim them, get good feed and nutrition, and are fit and confident when Em starts them in the round pen. They are happy, and they are confident. Prior to this they really don't get touched. They are left to grow and be horses.

~Please do not call us one week in and expect a video. Come watch your c**ts. We want you to see what we are feeling and doing with them. We always like to get 2-3 weeks in on one before you come so we can show you what we are accomplishing.

~Our typical feed program for all of our personal 2-year-olds consists of this.
Free choice grass hay, and alfalfa pellets.
Free choice access to the Omega Elite Horse Lic Tubs.
***(These are additional cost to the owner)
7-10 lbs of Woodys Sales Prep Grain, 1 tsp of baking soda,
1 scoop of Forco, 1 pump of GutX ***(These are additional cost to the owner)
Routine worming. We rotate our wormers seasonally between
Ivermectin, Quest Plus, Dectomax, Synanthic Suspension.


~Vaccinate your c**ts before they come. We require a minimum of the 5-way vaccine to include strangles. We typically give Prestige 5 + WNV Equine Vaccine and the strangles vaccine to all of our 2-year-olds. We are not vets, and we will NOT administer this for you, so do it before they come.

~Lastly, if you ever have questions, call and ask.

We hope to help you successfully set them up for a confident and great start under saddle. The foundation is the key to the future, and, if you do it correctly and don't skip steps, you always have an excellent base to come back to. Things will fall apart, and ensuring your c**t has a good foundation is the key to working past those setbacks.

Emilio & Shea Vega
Emilio Vega Horse

23/02/2024

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C**t Starting Expectations Round Table

21/02/2024

2024 Rates
Mares or geldings are 1350/month
Studs $1750/month

06/02/2024

Currently, we are booking to February 2025. If you are needing a c**t on the books, please get with us.

27/12/2023

We are now offering several different feeds and alfalfa pellets at the S Lazy H Arena for sale to the public. I will carry a few brands in stock and do the rest custom orders.

We have our next order going in end of this week for premium alfalfa pellets. They come in 50 # bags or 200 # totes.
2000 # totes run $585
50 # bags are $17/bag

22/12/2023

𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳.

16/08/2023

This c**t is big and so kind. He can go in any direction.

16/08/2023

SOLD

16/08/2023

Another fantastic filly out of one of our great mares and by Ragged Charm.

16/08/2023

Take advantage of this fantastic filly.

01/08/2023

We are now booking into March-May of 2024.

We are limiting booking in 2024 so please get with Shea if you want to secure your training spot now. 970-485-3664

2024 Rates will be $1350/month

24/06/2023

🇺🇸❤️❣️💙𝒲𝒾𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒸𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝒻𝒻 𝒶 𝐻𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒮𝒜𝐹𝐸 4𝓉𝒽 𝑜𝒻 𝒥𝓊𝓁𝓎!

𝑩𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔. 𝑯𝒖𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍!

𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝐵𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒜𝓂𝑒𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶!💙❣️❤️🇺🇸

02/05/2023

We feel so strongly about the nutrition our horses get that we are happy to offer all of our clients the option to have these tubs in with your horses while they are here in training. It is an additional cost to you above our training fee but you will not be disappointed. I just received a pallet in so please reach out if you would like to implement this into your horses daily regimen.
All of ours are on these and we have now fed them for the last 10 years.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Contains Flaxseed and Flaxseed oil as sources of omega-3 fatty acids.

B-Vitamin Enrichment
Contains added biotin, riboflavin, and thiamine.

Energy Dense
High levels of fat and digestible carbohydrates in a form that promotes consistent intakes.

Electrolytes
A great source of key electrolytes, including sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium.

Trace Element Sources
Mixture of inorganic and organic zinc, manganese, & copper for improved mineral absorption and optimization of hindgut digestion.

Yeast Concentrate
Diamond-V XPC yeast concentrate included as an added source of B-vitamins and other nutrients.

Antioxidants
Enriched with vitamins A and C and natural flaxseed lignans and molasses melanoidins as antioxidants.

30/03/2023

Come learn from one of the best in the industry at a premier facility.
June - August

28/03/2023

Very nice mare from our program ready to go!

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29/01/2023

~a broke horse~

In my line of work as a c**t starter and problem solver I often find myself in discussions about what it takes to make a broke horse, the conversation usually varies a little bit discipline to discipline. If you talk to people on the western side of things, usually you’ll hear things like Miles and wet, saddle, blankets, get out and work cattle and on the English side of things it’s all about schooling and programs repetition and consistency

Here’s my take on what goes into building a brave, confident horse that will find success in any discipline.

• whatever you do find ways to make your horse feel successful every time you work with him
• Don’t get stuck focusing on what’s going wrong instead build on whatever positives you have pretty soon there will be a lot less negatives
• Work on yourself, often times I hear people complain about what their horse is doing wrong, but they fail to see how they could improve physically mentally or emotionally to better support the horse or be a stronger leader
• Exposure, Horses will get schooled and educated in an arena, but it’s only when we also expose those horses to new and different things that they truly start to become broke, haul your horses, let them see new places let them do different things, especially that are outside of their normal day to day life.
• Don’t coddle your horses, this doesn’t work with kids, horses or dogs, and coddled horse is not a strong, confident horse
• Not everything that is new is better, study the old masters of Horsemanship. Many times we try to reinvent the wheel, but the foundations of our sport seem to always stay relevant, be a student.
• it doesn’t matter what discipline you ride, balance and rhythm never cease to be important, teach your horse, how to best use himself challenge your horses to better use themselves
• It’s about partnership, not a dictator ship. Nobody likes a task, master, especially a horse. We strive to build a relationship that will eventually become a partnership that has to start somewhere positive.
• If your horse is heavy on his forehand, or braced up throughout his body, the things we ask them to do are going to be challenging to the point that it will become discouraging for the horse to even try. It’s our responsibility to make sure our horse is prepared for what we want to teach them next.
• Find a way to challenge your horse every day, but at the same time, I don’t abandon him or throw him to the wolves what may seem like a challenge to your horse needs to also be something that you know he is capable of doing, and then set it up and allow it to happen, thereby building his confidence
• For thousands of years horses have been ridden into battle things that we perceive as scary or allow our horses to be afraid of would have those warhorses of old, turning in their graves, remember, each, and every horse we ride has come from a line of warhorses at some point in time it’s our job to help them be courageous.
• Time, spend time with your horses don’t just put a foot in the stirrup get on put them through the paces get off and walk away. Spend time sit on your horse talk to a friend drink a beer do different things be that weird person who’s always hanging out with their horse your horse will be the better for it in the end.
• And quit making excuses, I see riders making excuses for the horses and themselves. Constantly, we end up building a stout fence around the possibility of growth in advancement, because of these excuses quit doing it.
• Horses are incredibly resilient and adaptable animals, we need to remember this, and when we do we need to not be afraid to ask for a little more from our horse, often times we fall into a pattern of complacency and boredom, because we are afraid to ask for a little bit more.
• Utilize the best equipment you can afford, I would rather ride a beat up, handmade saddle, then a new, shiny saddle that came out of a factory, I owe it to my horse to put the best possible gear on them.
• And finally, don’t forget being that little kid who is so ate up with a love for horses that even cleaning a stall was a gift, don’t forget what it was like to crave to be around them every minute and I see this, especially for the trainers out there, because sometimes once this becomes a job, we forget that part of it we forget what First motivated us to take this path in life. We are so blessed to get to have horses in our lives. Let’s go out there each and every day and make a commitment to make our horses be as broke and successful as possible, it’s our job and responsibility to the horse to educate them as well as we can.
I believe that if we can be conscious of all these points in our day-to-day life, that this is the recipe to building greatness in a horse, God gives us the raw materials, all wrapped up and hide hair and hooves it’s our job to bring out that huge heart and let that horse realize his full potential.
Shared from an unknown author. Could not agree more.

10/01/2023

Ｗｅ ａｒｅ ｂｏｏｋｉｎｇ ｏｕｔ ｔｏ February 2025.

$1350/ 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 for fillies or geldings, $1700 for studs. $200 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙩

60 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙. No exceptions.

31/08/2022

Effective 9/1/2022 our rates will increase to $1300/month for mares and geldings and $1700 for studs to cover the current increase in hay and inflation. We certainly hate to do this and hope that all of our loyal customers understand.