Black Creek Stables

08/20/2026

09/08/2024

The enormousgiganticterrifyingandinallrespectsuncertain gamble of horse breeding was driven home to me some years ago when I was out riding on fire lane 3 in the Walthour-Moss Foundation in Southern Pines, NC, and I met a man riding a plain looking bay horse.

We both stopped to chat, and he told me that the young gelding that he was sitting on had failed to make it as a race horse, somewhat (understatement of the month) “disappointing” considering how he was bred.

So naturally I asked, “How IS he bred?”

“He’s by Storm Cat,” he answered. “Just another half a million dollars down the drain.”

That’s right---Storm Cat’s stud fee at the time the horse in question had been conceived was a cool $500,000.

High end race horse breeding is neither for the faint of heart nor for those who can’t tolerate risk of financial loss on a major scale.

(Photo---Storm Cat)

https://www.pedigreequery.com/storm+cat

05/17/2024

With Team Wallace – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

05/01/2024

Cute starting.

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Photo by AK Dragoo Photography

04/22/2024

Did you know:
*In the states that I commonly teach in (AL, GA, FL panhandle), there are 936,000 horses
* there are only 3465 Large Animal Vets in the ENTIRE UNITED STATES.
*By 2030 we will need 40,000 equine veterinarians and 133,000 techs to meet the current demands
*We will need 5,300 equine veterinarians added every year to just stay even
*5 out of 100 students will become equine veterinarians
*50% of them will be out of the profession within 5 years

These numbers are not put down here to frighten you. They are here to inspire you to be prepared in the event that you need to be your horse's first responder and handle the unthinkable until emergency medical intervention.

If you are interested in hosting in these three areas, please call or message me anytime. If you can't host, remember we have classes scattered all over Georgia. Tomorrow I will post all of the classes and their registration links.