Black Magic Farms Friesian Horses

09/02/2025

Tomorrow will be one year since you left us Xena Warrior Princess. 💔😭 I missed you quietly today. No tears, no heaving sobs. Just a soft ache that settled into my bones - when the world goes still. It wasn’t sadness, not exactly, more like the memories of your soft nickers brushing past me, leaving a warmth I couldn’t hold onto. I thought about your gentleness, the way your silly expressions would make me smile, even on the worst days. And for a moment, I wasn’t grieving. I was grateful. Grateful to have known you. To have stood close enough to the light you carried - to feel it. Maybe that’s what love is. Not the clinging, not the despair, but the quiet joy of remembering. You were here. I missed you quietly today. No tears, no sobs, just endless love and a gentle smile. 4/17/99 - 2/10/24

14/01/2025

Poor Lucia had to go to an eye veterinarian today because her left eye has been swollen and irritated. Turns out she had some small black, hard nodules on the inside of her third eyelid that were scratching her cornea. The vet said she had never seen anything like it before (surprise!). They were removed and we have sent them off for pathology. If you want to own a Friesian, be prepared for weird health issues and lots of vet bills!!!

14/12/2024

On this day of the horse, I would like to honor the mares in my life. As most horse people know, mares can be tricky in that they take a long time to bond with you and to trust you as their leader. But once they do, they will ride to hell and back if you ask them. Easabelle - they spicy pepper who has faced so many health obstacles and yet overcomes each of them with her incredible will and determination. Lucia - the grand duchess who trusts me explicitly to take care of her, no matter what the situation, and gives me her best try every time. And finally, Xena - the purple princess who is no longer with me, but who will always hold a big chunk of my heart. She was the one who set the standards for all the girls that came after. The bravest, truest, strongest, kindest mare a human could ever ask for.

01/09/2024

Sunday chores with Braegho... 😆

11/08/2024

Mette Rosencrantz clinic coming up Aug 17th and 18th, 8:30 - 3:00. Auditing is free. Don't miss out on learning from one of the best rider/trainers out there! PM for more details.

11/08/2024

I have had so many "disaster" tests in my life in dressage that I have come to learn that if you can't laugh and simply enjoy the fun of it all then you probably should quit showing. Driving your horse (and yourself) into the ground with excessive training to meet YOUR goal does nothing but damage the bond you have so carefully nurtured.

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03/08/2024

Steffen Peters is an amazing, kind, and talented rider/trainer. He loves Mopsie with all of his heart and the horse feels the same about him. I know, because I have had the honor of watching him in person during his daily training rides at Arroyo Del Mar. Their affection for each other was palpable and you would have to be completely blind not to see it. They would do anything for each other. Steffen is a true embassador of the sport of Dressage and is a shining example of how to do everything right. Sadly, since this unfortunate performance, there have been many horrible things said online, and Steffen has accepted them with grace, as that is the kind of person he is. I am not. To all those sideline critics who are unacquainted with this man or his horse I say this - shut your ignorant, unqualified, unenlightened, petty and just plain stupid mouths - your opinion is not of any value nor wanted. Steffen is, and will always be 10,000 times the horse person you could ever dream of being. Go crawl back under your bridge you trolls.

22/07/2024

We are looking for a part-time groom! Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm. Pay is $75 per day. Duties are grooming, tacking up, untacking, wiping down tack afterward, icing horses legs, etc. Horse experience required, dressage experience a bonus, but not required. Must be dependable! PM for more info. Located in Heber, UT.

11/07/2024

Newer (Serial #3276) used dressage saddle for sale. Trilogy Verago Elite 18" MW. In really great condition. I paid $2800 for it used and only rode in it about two dozen times. Asking $2000 - comes with a brand new Trilogy leather girth (22").

21/06/2024

Super happy with these two at the show last weekend. Lucia and Wyberen both won their classes at Second Level with Wyberen winning high point the first day with a score of 75%! 🥇🎉⭐ It was really hot, 🥵 but the horses gave it their all. Thanks Cassie Benson for doing such a fantastic job with Wyberen.

21/06/2024

Most horses pass from one human to another - some horsemen and women are patient and forgiving, others are rigorous and demanding, others are cruel, others are ignorant.
Horses have to learn how, at the minimum, to stand quietly, walk, trot, canter, gallop, go on trails and maybe jump, to be treated by the vet, all with sense and good manners.
Some horses must learn how to win races, and if they can't do that, they must learn how to jump over strange obstacles without touching them, or do complicated dance like movements, or pull a buggy, or control cattle, or accommodate severely handicapped children and adults in therapy work.
Many horses learn all of these things in the course of a single lifetime. Besides this, they learn to understand and fit into the successive social systems of other horses they meet along the way.
A horse's life is rather like twenty years in foster care, or in and out of prison, while at the same time changing schools over and over and discovering that not only do the other students already have their own social groups, but that what you learned at the old school hasn't much application at the new one.
We do not require as much of any other species, including humans.
That horses frequently excel, and the fact that they exceed the expectations of their owners and trainers in such circumstances, is as much a testament to their intelligence and adaptability as to their relationship skills, their natural generosity and their inborn nature. That they sometimes manifest the same symptoms as abandoned orphans - distress, strange behaviors, anger, fear - is less surprising than that they usually don't.
No one expects a child, or even a dog to develop its intellectual capacities living in a box 23 hours a day and then doing controlled exercises the remaining one. Mammal minds develop through social interaction and stimulation, and when we deny them that, we do irreparable harm.
A horse that seems "stupid", "slow", "stubborn", etc. might just need patience, trust and the chance to learn.
Take care of your horses, treasure them, and for goodness sake let them have time to just BE horses. by Jane Smiley

30/05/2024

I have to admit that a certain man has been very good tolerating the stall rest for the last six weeks for his tendon strain. Ype enjoys wearing the hay from his hay ball. He has lots of toys to occupy his time and he loves talking to the ladies when they come by.
Today was his first day out in his turnout. He was on trazodone for sedation to make sure he wasn't a wild man. Such a light weight for a big guy... 🤣🤣🤣 He was pretty stoned on a very low dose.

20/05/2024

Happy 7th birthday to our little PITA (Princess in training already/ Pain in the ass)🤣 Easabelle! 🦄🌹💥🎉 She has recovered from her surgery and has started back into work. So far the velociraptor 🦖 behavior has disappeared and she seems much happier within her skin. 👏🥳

19/05/2024

This was going to be our year - Ype and I. My best boy in the whole world - ready to hit the dressage shows at PSG with confidence. Unfortunately, a hind tendon sprain while doing tempi's has dashed those dreams this year. 🥺😢 To top it off, I sprain a tendon myself. 😢 While we are two, we are so close that we might as well be one.

He will be 17 years old this year, and I know in my heart that once he heals, he will do whatever I ask of him because of our bond, but I don't know if I am prepared to risk him getting more hurt.

A horse is never just a horse. A horse is pure love. They are goals pursued and dreams shattered. Exhilarating cheers and tears shed. Your worst fears and your greatest joys. They are a mirror to your soul and, if you are very lucky, you become a herd of two - looking out for each other.

03/05/2024

💥🎉🎊💚Happy 16th birthday today to our one and only Braegho! (aka Bugs, Bugsy, Break-in' Braegho, Green Gremlin, Mom's Best Helper). You've been keeping me laughing since the moment you popped out of your momma. 😂😂😂
Stay off the roads everyone, he is legal to drive now! 😱

03/05/2024

The truth is that these two things just cannot ever coexist together: you either love the sport at any cost no matter what or you love the horse. Make your own choice.

04/03/2024

If I could add one more tip to preventing sleep deprivation - PLENTY OF BEDDING!! Too little shavings and/or straw may make it easier for you to do daily cleaning, but you are not doing your horse any favors by not providing a comfortable place to lay down.

18/02/2024

My sweet Xena Kismet, you've been gone for a week and we are all lost here in the barn. The energy is different, and all the other horses seemed confused as to what they are supposed to do, including myself. I never realized before that you were my leader too. How does a herd find their way when they have lost their alpha mare? 🥀💔