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Focused on Practical Horsemanship for any riding discipline, facil

Let’s get 👻 SPOOKY 👻 yall!If you’ve been wanting to dip your toes into obstacle sports, here’s a great opportunity to gi...
09/10/2026

Let’s get 👻 SPOOKY 👻 yall!

If you’ve been wanting to dip your toes into obstacle sports, here’s a great opportunity to give it a try with Horsemen Of Texas at Carroll Stables.

🎃 Oct 3: Obstacle Clinics
Morning - bring on the newbies and green horses! Combination of ground work and ridden work to help introduce obstacles in a fun positive way.
Afternoon - let’s work on adding style for extra points and fixing trouble spots with individual coaching.
Private message or text me to snag your spot!

🎃 Oct 4: AHCA Obstacle Challenge
Pre registration link will be available soon. Walk thru at 9am, then we start with Green Horse 1 at 10am. Halloween themed course!
💥 this is a STAND ALONE show outside of the regular HOT high point season - no HOT points. AHCA points earned go toward your 2027 National points ranking.
💥 perfect chance for 2027 Green Horse 1, In Hand 1 and Novice riders to get good notes and homework to take back to their trainers to work on over the fall break and come back strong for the beginning of the HOT 2027 high point season.

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Also… save the date for Oct 31!
Carroll Stables annual Halloween Playday
Flyer coming soon. Low cost, lots of fun, mystery event style speed event day with costume contest.

When you bring you OWN trailer to stay with you at boot camp bc you’re a real hard head about loading 😅Welcome, Corona! ...
08/10/2026

When you bring you OWN trailer to stay with you at boot camp bc you’re a real hard head about loading 😅

Welcome, Corona! Thanks Jon and Emma for trusting me with your boy.

Among other things, Corona will be working on becoming BEST FRIENDS with HIS trailer during his stay.

Step 1. Dinners and Breakfast are served IN the trailer. As he gets more used to this routine it will be moved further up into the trailer to encourage him to explore it without any human argument involved.

I’ve only ever had one that didn’t come around to things from this tactic (Troubadour - but that was a whole other can of worms). Majority of the time, taking the argument out of the equation lets a certified hard head decide a difficult task really isn’t so dramatic when given the option to make it their own idea.

Happy 4th of July from Frances and the herd of misfits here at Black Cat Mules!
07/04/2026

Happy 4th of July from Frances and the herd of misfits here at Black Cat Mules!

Update: SOLD!Congratulations and happy trails to Athena and her new family 🎉 looking forward to seeing this sweet girl g...
04/29/2026

Update: SOLD!
Congratulations and happy trails to Athena and her new family 🎉 looking forward to seeing this sweet girl get her groove back in a home where she’s really going to shine with leadline kiddos to love her to pieces and adults that appreciate her for who she is ❤️

🦄 Unicorn seeking a new family! 🦄

Athena is a 17yr old grade QH mare, gentle and sweet natured. She’s here for physical fitness and to help her find her happy ending. She has spent the last year in rehab care after being taken in by a friend of mine who got her out of a rough situation.

Over the past year she has been seen by dentist, vets, body workers and farrier to get her in full health and feeling great. Her front feet are still a work in progress - per vet and farrier eval, there’s nothing structurally wrong, she just grows differently between her front feet shapes.
Travels fine at all speeds despite it, but has been out of riding shape for a while. Can feel a little stiff on the front end after loping in deep sand, but walks it off just fine.

She had not been ridden in at least a year prior to coming here and so far she’s done everything asked of her like she has had no time off at all. Super laid back and hasn’t indicated an ounce of spookiness. Not “fancy” with a lot of buttons but she’s got a yes ma’am personality, very point and shoot and enjoys attention. Going good in a plain o-ring, appreciates a looser rein.

Have not measured her, but I’d say she’s about 14.3hh. Built plenty stout and stocky. Would make a good addition to a lesson or therapy program or be a nice easy-going trail horse. Could also see her being a starter for a lead line kiddo that can grow into independent riding with this gal.

Loads great, easy to catch, enjoys a bath, polite handling her feet, coggins and vaxs just renewed, ready to roll.

From what her current owner has been able to find out about Athea’s past- she has done parades (including fort bend fair parade) and been a go-to beginner safe spare in her previous home.

Message me to discuss and set up a time to come meet her.

Mid/low 🥕, 🥕🥕🥕
Fairchilds, TX happyg k s gs

Black Cat Mules & More is now booking outside horses and mules into Summer of 2026! (Got a couple spots left for the sp...
02/25/2026

Black Cat Mules & More is now booking outside horses and mules into Summer of 2026! (Got a couple spots left for the spring - next available spot opens up on MARCH 16!)

If you’ve been wanting to send your horse or mule over to fix problem behaviors, get a little tune up, add finishing and finesse or have a youngster started under saddle with a solid foundation, send me a message so we can start discussing training plans and packages/pricing. Rates vary based on which program will best suit the needs and goals of you and your critter.

30 day minimum on all client horses and mules
60-90 days not required, but highly encouraged to plan for when it comes to c**t starts, but that depends on what level of start you’re wanting vs where your youngster is at mentally and physically.

I will answer inquiries in the order that they come in, text is best: 281-723-3662

UPDATE: the March 16 check-in has been claimed. Still building out the summer calendar. Hit me up before we’re booking into the fall months!

How the heck did I come up with the name?Well, you see I’ve got a problem with not being able to turn away a stray cat i...
02/18/2026

How the heck did I come up with the name?

Well, you see I’ve got a problem with not being able to turn away a stray cat in need. I rarely get any animals on purpose. However, I PURPOSELY got myself a solid black long hair polydactyl kitten. Mr Echo was a holy terror and did NOT make a good apartment cat. So I brought him out to my mom’s place at Carroll Stables where he lived the high life for the rest of his days. My dad made a smart remark that if i brought home any more black cats we would have to change the name of the place to Black Cat Ranch.

I had also just bought Frances and was looking at a lot of “such and such Mule Co.” pages for insight into the long eared brain, and thinking about making a freeze brand one day.

A little while later my friend Mariah and I were brainstorming brand ideas. She came up with Shootin M for her photography page and suggested Circle M mules (like when they get rank you just circle ‘em mules till they quit their s**t lol)

I’m also a big fan of fireworks. Particularly BLACK CAT FIRECRACKERS 🧨

And so became the 💣 brand. It’s a Circle M with a cherry bomb fuse off the top. Some people have called it the bomb proof brand. I’ve always corrected that… it’s more of a warning label lol All my animals are quirky in some way. They might be bomb proof today and have a short fuse tomorrow. But after years of continued learning for both myself and my personal critters, that brand has become a badge of honor that is difficult to earn.

All our personal animals have a job and role in helping the young horses and mules as well as the older ones with problem behaviors find comfort in a herd environment, and our herd is always ready to welcome new personalities into their ever-shifting totem pole. Just call em the bomb squad I guess, because the whole herd helps with different pieces of my training process.

Here is the original black cat logo that Cathy put together for me years ago.

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If you’re wanting to send a young horse or mule for c**t starting, got one that needs a refreshed tune up, or got a heathen on your hands that needs help working thru problem behaviors, send me a message and let’get a plan together and get your critter on the list. (And if we have already chatted some, wouldnt be a bad idea to touch base - my January was ROUGH yall. Try having poison ivy on your entire face for a month 😅🫣)

So far this year is shaping up to be a really good one… baby barrel horses, furthering my education in bridle horses, dabbling in some cattle work, making time to compete in AHCA, EXCA, and maybe some ranch horse shows sprinkled on top.

Monica Runge
Trainer, Coach, Clinician
Black Cat Mules & More
The home of Practical Horsemanship

03/06/2025

Ok but is your horse crop duster broke? 😜
One of the many advantages of our location is the wide variety of things our personal and client animals get to experience.

Nothing like a fresh stack of locally grown fertilized Bermuda. I might be itchy for the rest of the day but happy critt...
03/03/2025

Nothing like a fresh stack of locally grown fertilized Bermuda. I might be itchy for the rest of the day but happy critters are worth it.

01/31/2025

This is your annual reminder to check your horses for fungal skin problems caused by moisture and mud. I am not a vet. This is not medical advice. But this is what I do for my horses and mules during the Southeast TX wet season. .

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