Alamar Equine

Here’s one more for national day of the horse, I can’t forget the one who started it all, Candy an ornery pony of uncertain heritage, a catch colt born from a s...ale barn pony mare, this pony helped me to learn how important it is to get back on after we are thrown, she taught me to be fearless and showed me what it was to be a cowboy, I’m forever thankful for this rotten little pony. She started a legacy for both my brother Kyle Schadt and I. Had it not been for her I’m not sure who I’d be today. See more

Just received my little War horse t-shirt. They are a wonderful small business that included all these goodies along with a very nice personal note!!! Please check them out!!! #littlewarhorse

HOW BROKE OR UNBROKE IS your horse? While visiting with a couple friends the topic of broke came up, what do you consider broke, what defines a broke horse ...regardless of discipline? In my mind there are certain things all horses should be able to do. As we talked about these benchmarks of broke it occurred to me that maybe we should list the things that makes a horse broke or not. Here’s what i have so far, 1. Your horse should be able to be tied to pretty much any stationary object and if need be in a bind even by the bridle reins 2. Whether mounting from the ground or from the mounting block your horse should stand still and not move until asked 3. If your horse walks way ahead or drags behind while you’re leading him or he doesn’t trot off when you jog off your horse is not truly Halter broke. 4. If your horse is not capable of being sent or lead smoothly into a trailer he’s not fully broke 5. If you can’t drop your lead rope and groom and saddle your horse without him running away he’s not really broke. 6. To be considered broke a horse of any discipline should yield laterally to your leg and hand as well as softly back up and move forward with quality and ease. 7. If your horse determines the gait and speed at which you go be it fast or slow he’s not really broke. 8. It doesn’t matter what your horse can accomplish in the show pen if your farrier or vet has to wrestle him to do their job he’s not really broke. 9. If you have to beg your horse for anything he’s not broke 10. If there are places on your horses body he won’t let you handle he’s not fully broke. 11. If you can’t stop your horse with your voice and your seat alone then he’s not truly broke. 12. If you can’t get your horse to drop his head and allow you to softly and quietly bridle or halter him he’s not fully broke. 13. If it takes treats and a lot of running around to catch your horse he’s not really broke. 14. Soft light and willing from his feet to his Withers from his nose to his tail to me if you were lacking in this area your horse is not truly finished or broke. Now I’m sure this list will ruffle some feathers but this is just my opinion and I think if people took the time to check off these boxes before buying a horse there would be fewer bad purchases. If we could strive for these attributes in our horses I feel we would all enjoy our journey just a bit more and be a whole lot safer while on it. I can be the first to admit that even some of my own personal horses lack in some areas of this list and that’s OK because in my mind I know where they need to be and I’m always working toward that goal for me it’s about being aware of what we need from her horses and being willing to invest the time to help get them there. For me this list is really about accountability to ourselves to acknowledge that no matter how many ribbons buckles or trophies our horses win if they lack the basic foundation then they are missing part of the fundamentals that make them truly a bro course I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen top Grand Prix jumpers that take three or four people just to saddle them or put their protective boots on, while it is impressive that they can go out and jump a big track what doesn’t impress me very much is how people can sidestep around rather big holes in a Horses foundation. I would love to hear from each of you that reads this how you define broke in a horse and what are some of the benchmarks you look at?

National day of the horse As far back as I can remember my entire life every day has been Day of the horse, my earliest memories are full of horses and I’m so t...hankful to my family who although we didn’t have much money always found a way to have horses in my life. As a kid I struggled in school getting bullied nearly every day of my life because I was just different. one of the things that was always there for me were horses and the people that came along with them, Men and women who were so kind and generous with their time to help shape and grow a young man. Through horses I learned the true meanings of leadership, kindness, empathy, compassion, forgiveness, trust, patience and how to really love. As a kid horses were an escape for me I was able to live in the movies that I grew up watching, when I was on their backs I was Woodrow call or Augustus McRae or Clint Eastwood or John Wayne or any of the many that inspired me as a kid, no longer was I not cool enough or popular enough nor did it matter that I had the right clothes or not I was simply free when I was on their back. By the time I was in my early teens I knew that my life simply had to have horses in it and that I wanted to be a professional horseman, and so began the journey that I’m still on. along that journey horses of taking me so many places that I never would’ve gone had it not been for their presence in my life it is giving me so many friends that share the same passion that I do and for that I am so thankful because for each of those friends that I have each has touched my life and shaped me for the better. Every wreck I ever had, every mistake I ever made, every time I failed or messed up I have learned and grown from those moments, literally and figuratively just in myself off And put in my foot back in stirrup and put in the leg over the other side and moving forward is just one lesson horses have taught me. All my life I have wanted to help horses and fix horses and make them better and all this time it was Horses that I’ve done that for me. I give thanks every day for the horse for all that he is and all that he isn’t I give thanks that I am able to have something that is so close to perfection in my life something that I aspire to be like, some thing that helps me grow and helps me become better. I’m not sure what I did to deserve it but I am so thankful that God put a passion and love in my heart for a Horses that he has. One day when I am gone from this earth I just hope that people look back on me and can say that he gave all he had to his horses and his horses gave all they had to him.