Chiron Equine

Just because your bay horse doesn't show the dirt, doesn't mean they aren't disgusting How can I tell miss Violet needs a bath?

If you've been following me here or on Instagram for the past few months, you may know that I've been working with some semi-feral ponies for a while Well, one of them had their first ride not long ago! I made a video talking through our first ride and some of the prep work that I did to get us there.... https://youtu.be/imuePqkHohk

Baby horses have a sort of reverse tooth fairy system where in exchange for breakfast they will leave their tooth in the bottom of their feed dish. #babyhorse #loosetooth #losingcaps #officiallythree #3 #maidenvoyage #growingup #chironequine Thanks @myamiakari for finding this this morning!

The kid is really starting to look like a horse! I'm so proud of this filly #love #horsesofinstagram #growingup #maidenvoyage #idsh #baymare #chironequine

I've seen this floating around for the last few days, and I want to add my 2 cents, because, well, this is my page and I can do that. I think it's important that we introduce work to horses in a way that is age appropriate. If you are going to stop reading here, then I'd like the take away to be "waiting longer is better than doing too much too soon". That being said, there is a lot more nuance to consider in this situation....Continue reading

Happy Thoroughbred Birthday!