Simply Equine Solutions

06/18/2026

So rewarding! If you are interested, please reach out!❤️❤️❤️

🆘‼️ We are in URGENT need of volunteers for our Tuesday shifts! 📣📣

We are 100% volunteer run and desperately need help on Tuesdays for our daily horse care shifts. If you are interested and available, please review the steps on our website here: https://www.afterthehomestretchaz.org/volunteer

Daily Horse Care Chores include:
💚 Hay nets are filled with 3 flakes of hay (see detailed instructions below)
💚 Pellets and supplement buckets are prepared for each horse based on their own specific nutritional needs
💙 Water buckets are cleaned and filled
💛 Stalls are mucked
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Two Shifts Each Day:
Morning shift 7:30 AM
Afternoon shift 3:30 PM
365 Days A Year – Rain or Shine
​Shifts usually take 2 to 3 hours to complete.

➡️ Please note: Training will be provided. No horse experience needed.
​➡️ Volunteers must commit to at least one shift per week

06/15/2026

Yes!!!🙌🏻 we are so excited about this event and future events.

06/14/2026

Feed doesn’t just build weight. 🏋🏼 It builds chemistry. 🧪

The wrong feeding approach can leave a horse feeling inflamed, stressed, tense, reactive, or unable to settle.

The right support can help them feel safer in their body, clearer in their mind, and more capable of learning and trusting.

Mindset 🧘🏻‍♀️. Nervous system 🧘🏽‍♂️. Body 👤. You can’t separate them.

When we stop looking at symptoms individually and start looking at the whole horse, everything changes.

Want to learn more about supporting OTTBs from the inside out?

Reach out or follow along for more on holistic transition support.

06/11/2026

People often separate feed from behavior. But the horse’s body doesn’t.

What goes into the gut affects inflammation. Inflammation affects the nervous system.

The nervous system affects behavior, tension, focus, and recovery.

That “spooky,” reactive, anxious, or shut-down horse may not just be a training issue. The body could be screaming for support.

It’s all connected.

Need help understanding where to start with your OTTB’s transition, nutrition, or nervous system support?
Send me a message.💌

06/07/2026

A new OTTB doesn’t need a shopping cart full of supplements on Day 1.
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They need:
✓ Time
✓ Observation
✓ Consistency
✓ Nervous system support
✓ A feeding plan that matches their needs
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Not every horse needs what the last horse needed.
And believe it or not, sometimes the best thing we can do is stop trying to “fix” them immediately and start learning who they are first.
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It's all CONNECTED!
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06/04/2026

👉🏼 The gut remembers the track.

OTTBs come off high-octane feeding programs designed for performance, not nervous system recovery.

Then they’re immediately pushed into a very different routine with more supplements, more calories, and more stimulation.

Weight gain doesn’t always mean health.
A shiny coat doesn’t always mean regulation.

❗️Feeding should support letdown, not just appearance ❗️

🐎 It's all CONNECTED! 🐎

05/31/2026

In my family, food is love. You've got a problem, here's a sandwich. You just moved and don't know where to begin? Here's some pasta, feel better!

I use that analogy because we often do something similar with horses. One of the biggest mistakes I see with new OTTB owners is throwing supplements at them before anyone has stopped to ask why they might need them in the first place.

They are in a new environment, with new or different stressors, new feed, and new expectations. We wonder why their nervous system struggles; food plays a BIG part in the overall picture.

Sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do first is pause, observe, and let the horse tell you what they actually need or don't need.

Keep it simple in the beginning and let them adjust to their new way of life before you start throwing supplements at them.

05/28/2026

There’s a stage with OTTBs that almost nobody talks about.
The in-between...Not the track anymore, and not settled into their new life yet either.

We are excited and want to know the "plan" and the answers.

“What supplements should I add?”
“What training program should I start?”
“How fast can we get going?”

I beg you...Please don't rush this stage, this is where trust is built.
Where curiosity matters more than control and where observation matters more than assumptions. Keep it simple in the first days, weeks, and months.

The horses who transition the best are often the ones given space to decompress, express themselves, and slowly show us who they are underneath survival mode.

Sometimes the most important work isn’t training at all. It’s learning how to listen in the middle of the unknown.

05/24/2026

Your energy matters more to your horse than you think.

Back when I was competing in 3-Day Eventing, we had separate schooling days for dressage, stadium, and cross country. I remember some stadium days where everything just flowed...I could see every distance, my horse and I felt completely connected, and it was like we were moving as one.

And then there were the opposite days… where I couldn’t find a distance to save my life. 😅

Looking back now, I can almost guarantee those “off” days had less to do with skill… and more to do with the state I was bringing into the ride.

Because horses feel ALL of it, our TENSION, STRESS, MENTAL CLUTTER, and our CALM.

Even now, I have to check myself at the gate before working with a horse. How am I showing up today?

This is one reason I’ve been exploring flower essences more deeply for both myself and the horses, especially with the beloved OTTB's.

Unlike essential oils that work through scent and the limbic system, flower essences work more energetically through the acupuncture meridians, helping shift emotional patterns, tension, and mental state.

Sometimes changing the energy you bring changes the entire interaction. ✨

Comment 🌸 FLOWERS 🌸 for more insight into using essences for you and your horse.

05/21/2026

One of the first signs a horse is truly settling in…is curiosity.
Not obedience. Not stillness. Not “doing everything right.”
👀 CURIOSITY 👀

Looking around. Engaging. Exploring. And what I think is most important is having opinions.

A shut-down horse doesn’t ask questions. They wait until they can no longer hold it in.

So when I see a horse start to reach out, investigate their environment, and interact without being asked...that's when I get excited! That's when I know something has shifted.

I know they’re no longer just coping…they’re participating! That's when we should be jumping up and down, applauding the horse for coming out of hibernation! 🙌

Curiosity is where connection begins and is the starting point of building that bond.

What’s something small your horse does that shows they’re starting to open up?

**Comment below, I would love to hear your experiences!