Budget Equestrian
DIY projects for barn, tack room and even your home
10 Different DIY Horse Jumps The only good thing about winter is the cold temperatures and shorter days forces me to stay inside and come up with something else to do. And I have stayed busy by updating my horse jumps and building new ones. So I thought I would share with you 10 different …
I’m Selling My Horse Stuff I have been a budget equestrian for as long as I have had horses. When I was a teenager, this was because I didn’t have any money. And when I was a young mother, I still didn’t have any money. And now that my babies are grown, and my husband …
DIY Painting Horse Jump Rails Well here we are deep in the throws of winter. But there is a glimmer of hope, the days are getting longer. Which means, spring will be coming soon! And when spring does finally get here, I want to be ready to work with my horses, and I am trying …
Flowers For Horse Jump Fillers I was searching through my drafts and I found that I forgot to post the flower fillers from the hunter jump that we made a few weeks ago. So instead of not posting it, I thought I would put it out there, just in case you were wondering about adding …
Building Your Own Gates For Horse Jumps So far I have showed you how to build wing standards and tall flower boxes for horse jumps. And because the jump I am building is a hunter style jump, it is only appropriate that we build a gate for this jump. And I have had this jump …
Build Your Own Wing Standards For Horse Jumps If you are building your own horse jumps at home, you will eventually feel the need to build wing standards. Or, maybe it’s just me. But I like to challenge myself, and see just what it is that I can build. And a jump with a pair …
Building Tall Flower Boxes I finally have found the time to get building some pretty big sets of horse jumps, and I am so excited! I have been wanting to build two complete sets of jumps, one hunter course, and one jumper course, for some time now. And I have drawn out a lot …
Fall Riding Essentials For The Adult Rider The season has changed and in Colorado, fall is definitely here. That means it is time to put away the t-shirts and sunshirts and get out the warmer clothing. But I don’t run out and spend a lot of money on new riding clothes every season. I try …
Budget Equestrian Weekly Video Recap Well I was able to get 3 videos up this week, still not 4, but 3 will do. This puts my video count at 287 videos so far on my channel. So close to 300! I think I need to push myself to hit that next milestone. Maybe I will …
#Goals It’s a new month which means I have new goals. I don’t reserve my goals for new years, I continually have goals throughout the year. And maybe it’s because I have more down time during the winter, but this month is no exception to my goals. In fact, I think this month something has …
Checking Your Horses Vital Signs As a nurse, I am very familiar with vital signs. Temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, weight and pain. A lot of times they call pain the fifth vital sign. But for horses, you can’t really check their blood pressure, so as a horse owner you can cross that off your …
How To Use Slobber Straps and Mecate Reins With my venture over to the western style of riding, I decided to use slobber straps and a mecate rein set up for my bridle. I had used them a long time ago when I was really into Clinton Anderson’s method of training and riding. But I …
