Hunter Lane Equestrian Center

08/21/2024

Hunter Lane Equestrian Center in Santa Rosa has some rare non-training spaces open. We have three stalls with attached runs, and two paddocks with overhead shelter available for regular boarding (no training contract required). Included with board is three feedings per day of up to total 4 flakes of grass and/or alfalfa, daily mucking. Additional flakes are available for additional charge. Turnout is available for an additional charge. Unrestricted use of all 5 arenas (two indoor) for all boarders, year round. Grooms available to hire for additional care.

References from current farrier and veterinarian are required, as well as first/last deposit upon signing of contract.

Please email [email protected] for more info, or text. Please include your reference contacts for current vet and farrier.
505-803-8027.

03/03/2022

03/01/2022

01/04/2022

I see you out there, and I love you for every sacrifice you have made.
I've mentioned it before--I adore shooting elderly horses. Not so much for the actual horse--i love the grumpy dudes and dudettes who are stingey with their ears, of course--but my absolute adoration comes from the people behind every single grey hair. Every single dropped back. Every single ridge in a carefully managed foot.
I see you, old horse owners. I see the promise you made your old friend--that he'd never leave your side again, that he'd never have to worry about a next owner. That he'd never load on a trailer bound for the unknown.
I see the expense it takes in dollars and worry. The careful diet you obsess over, the careful turnout buddies and just the right pasture with the perfectly not-too-big rolling pit.
I see you beaming at your old horse--proud and happy they are still proud and happy, despite not having sat on their backs for sometimes decades.
I see you-sometimes barely scraping by with two horses, sometimes barely scraping by with one. I see what you've done--the bills you've paid month after month because your old friend is still happy to live.
I see the joy your old friend brings you when he tilts his head just this way, and the way he stands just inches from your hair-both of you breathing one another in.
I see your impending heartbreak for the day you may have to make that final decision. I see your internal struggle--is he happy? Is he ok? Am I keeping him around for him or me?
I see your tears thinking about that day, and the tears of joy reliving his youth.
To everyone with an old horse, I see you, and I respect and love you. 💕

12/16/2021

“I’ve been doing it this way for years!”

When folks justify their skills by saying they’ve been doing it for years, decades, their whole life, etc., I grieve the lost years of potential progress.

I don’t train horses the same way I did 10 years ago. I don’t even train the same way I did 2 years ago. My path is littered with abandoned methods, tools, and paradigms. And though I have a rather successful track record helping horses rehabilitate and develop, I am constantly searching for ways to do it better.

I also find that the horses I encounter today as a whole seem softer, smarter, and more balanced than the horses of my past. For that I thank my own dedication to growth as a horsewoman… not some mystical force that has graced me with better horses.

It excites me to imagine the level of horsemanship we may all find 10 years from now if we commit ourselves to a path forward instead of a stagnant satisfaction with current methods that have been “working fine for years”.

12/10/2021

As we all know, a busy lifestyle makes it easier for us to rush in and out of the barn. Read about taking your time in the barn and appreciating the time spent on the crosswise.

12/04/2021

Yes, indeed!