SureFire Horsemanship, LLC

05/04/2025

Roy was a good boy

We’ve got just at 100- well 99 days to turn this young man into the best horse he can be, in every way.
I really like his size.
He’ll be fat and shiny and under saddle in no time. He’s so much more chill after we got on the road, he loaded very well.

He will be for sale-we’ll be going back to Spring Valley Farm August 16 if anyone would like to travel, visit, watch
I may take another horse and rent a cabin

05/04/2025

I’ll have a LOVELY Thoroughbred for sale. $3800 with EVERYTHING up to date
4H horse (for intermediate students)
Trail horse
18 years old grand sire is Storm Cat
15.3hh

With the whole country thinking about Thoroughbreds and racing today, we thought it would be fun to highlight everything this amazing breed is capable of achieving 🌟 off the racetrack! 🌟Do you own a Thoroughbred? What do you do with yours? Share a photo 👇 and let's start a thread all about the amazing Thoroughbred.

Pictured: Julia Mazzarella and Nine Lives, a then-16 year old Thoroughbred mare, competing in the 2022 OH VHRC.

05/03/2025

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"Frosty was born on my ranch (2005), he’s by a thoroughbred stallion, whose father won the Kentucky Derby, and out of a Cow-horse breed AQHA mare. I started him as a 2 year old and as a 4 year old, he only had 60 rides, never a buck or had any nonsense about him. He was my first white rat that I never put a Snaffle bit on; I only rode him in the Hackamore until we progressed into the two-rein and the spade bit.

No one else had ridden him until he was straight up in the bridle, as a 7 year old, except me.

He definitely has as much courage, try, and confidence, as any horse I’ve ever had. He’s all business, a team player, a special forces horse. He’s never been spooky, but he will point out a rabbit wiggling its ear under a sagebrush a quarter mile away, (just incase I wanted to know). He’d be a valuable horse to have on the frontier, I would never get ambushed, and he’d point out hidden stock or game before I could even see them.
He’s a get you there and back and do any task along the way, long strided for an all day comfortable ride. I only had him in the show pen and roping arena a few times, it was way to small for him, but in the round corral starting colts or a branding, he’s on autopilot. He knows his job and does it well." Martin Black

05/03/2025

Roooooyyyy

He’s CUTE not nearly as tall as I thought (14.3-15) but STACKED
He’s going to be thick beautiful boy

Headed back from the beautiful Spring Valley Farm

05/03/2025

Headed to get Roy now!

05/03/2025

The Nuchal Ligament - one of the most important structures in the horse's body

It's a strong, elastic, rope-like ligament that is made from fibrous material with a relatively poor blood supply. It runs from the poll to the top of the spinous processes at the withers.

The nuchal ligament has several major functions, including:
🔹 Helping to support the weight of the head and neck, holding it in position
🔹 Acting as an energy saving device for reducing the amount of muscular effort needed to support the head and neck
🔹 Allowing the head and neck to be raised & lowered
🔹 Restraining and stabilising the movement of the spinous processes at the highest point of the withers
🔹 Maintaining the correct alignment of the cervical vetebrae

The nuchal ligament has 2 parts
1. The funicular part - 2 parallel cords that run along the nuchal crest from the occipital bone to the top of the spinous processes at the withers.
2. The lamellar part - made up of finger-like projections that run from the funicular cord to the tops of the cervical neck vertebrae below it.

The nuchal ligament continues as the supraspinous ligament, linking the tops of each vertebral spinous process from the withers to the end of the sacrum.

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05/03/2025

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05/03/2025

Scout had his first real training session here today, though we’ve done bits and pieces over the last couple days. When we started working together, he was a little lit up—excited, anxious, unsure. So instead of diving in, I gave him a full day to just settle, watch, and decompress. Sometimes the best work starts by doing nothing.Since then, he’s had two turnout days in a row with Max. I’m glad to see them buddying up. Funny enough, these are the only two days they’ve actually spent together since their initial session. Scout can be a little tough to catch when his wheels are turning, so both days were spent simply reading him, waiting, and seeing if he’d offer to connect. With a few treats and some patience, he came up each time. That curiosity is there—it’s quiet, but strong.He’s incredibly sensitive to body language (which is both a gift and a challenge). I have to be so mindful of what I project—he reads tension like a book. But I love how quick he is to recover if something spooks him. He thinks, not panics, and that matters a lot.I wish I’d had the camera rolling from the moment we stepped into the arena today—there was some nice liberty work right off the bat that really showed his natural draw and drive. He’s pretty balanced mentally and physically, which I explain more in the video. When things go right, working with him is like watching paint dry—in the best possible way. Calm, quiet, unremarkable—and exactly what I’m aiming for.Today we worked on soft flexion, giving to the rope, and picking up his front feet. Tomorrow I’ll saddle him up. He’s still slowly adjusting to the group of geldings here (there are five others), but he’s settling in. I like this horse. He’s got feel, he’s got curiosity, and I think with time he’s going to be a good one.Pay attention to the rope in the video—specifically, the tension (or lack thereof). That’s where the conversation lives. Want to see the rest of this session and more? Real live training start to finish? Request to join the group

05/03/2025

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