Sunflower Horsemanship

09/01/2026

Dress your best and come win a riding lesson with me!

🎃🐴 HALLOWEEN WEEKEND AT THE BLUEGRASS MUSTANG MAKEOVER! 🐴🎃

Looking for something fun and different to do with the family Halloween weekend? Come spend October 30-31 with us at the Bluegrass Mustang Makeover at the Henry County Fairgrounds in Eminence, KY!

Watch talented trainers showcase the incredible transformations of previously wild mustangs, shop vendors, grab some food, and enjoy plenty of family-friendly fall fun!

🍂 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 8am-6pm
Come watch our mustangs and trainers compete in:
🐴 Handling & Conditioning
🐴 Trail

🎃 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 (8am to 6pm)
Along with our mustang competition and freestyle performances, we’re celebrating Halloween!

🍬 Trick or Treating - 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Bring the kids and collect treats throughout the event!

🎃 Pumpkin Carving Contest - 12:00 PM
Bring your pumpkin ALREADY carved!
Adult and Youth divisions judged separately.

👻 Costume Contest - 12:45 PM
Adult and Youth divisions judged separately.

🏆 Contest winners receive:
• A trophy
• Bragging rights
• A FREE riding lesson at Sunflower Horsemanship in La Grange, KY!

Saturday also includes freestyle performances, awards, and our live mustang auction!

📅 October 30-31, 2026
📍 Henry County Fairgrounds
1106 Castle Hwy
Eminence, KY 40019

Whether you’re a horse person or you’ve never been around a mustang in your life, come out and experience something different this Halloween weekend. Wild horses, costumes, pumpkins, candy, and a whole lot of fun for the family. 🎃🐴🍬

We can’t wait to see you!

09/01/2026

Due to the extreme heat, all horses will be in stalls with their fans for the next week. They will be turned out over night (where applicable). Stallions will rotate overnights in the stallion turnout. Ungentled mustangs will remain in their assigned pens.

Training sessions will be kept short and during AM/PM only.

Stay cool this week. 🥵

Heres a photo of Peach for attention😍

08/27/2026

Couldn’t be happier with how confidently Tomahawk is starting to handle the weird stuff. Do it first, snort at it later 🥰🤣

17hh 13yro Little Owyhee mustang gelding, available soon-ish!

08/26/2026

Why yes I am using the recently gentled mustang as a pack pony.

08/25/2026

Don't they all look absolutely THRILLED about the farrier today😅

08/24/2026

Not Scooter showing English and winning 1st in Adult Pleasure and Adult Equitation 🥰🤣

No better photos because im horrible at remembering to ask people to take photos/videos of my rides 🙃

08/21/2026

It's hot, so everyone gets a watery mash 🥵

08/18/2026

One thing I find really interesting when I have a mixed herd of mustangs and domestic born horses together is how often they seem to sort themselves out.

Not every single time, of course, but more often than not I’ll look out in the pasture and the mustangs have buddied up with the mustangs, while the domestics are hanging with the domestics.

Same pasture. Same resources. Plenty of opportunity to choose whoever they want…and somehow they still seem to recognize that familiarity in one another.

I don’t know that I’d ever call it a hard rule, because horses will absolutely form friendships with whoever they click with, but after seeing it happen over and over with different groups, I think it’s pretty fascinating.

These two pictures are a perfect example. All 6 of these horses live together and still they split into two groups. Yes, they will all hang out together too but these are their preferred groups.

Has anyone else with mixed herds noticed the same thing?

08/15/2026

🥇 1ST PLACE - PRO DIVISION! 🥇

Scooter and I took home 1st in the Pro Division at Country Tough Trail Versatility today, and I seriously could not be happier with this horse. ❤️

This is a stallion who spent the last year breeding at a stallion station and came back to me with very little recent riding time. Today was only his 7th ride back.

Seven rides.

And he walked into a new environment, handled everything I asked of him, kept his brain, and absolutely showed up for me. I'm so proud of how he behaved and the kind of horse he proved himself to be today.

There’s something really special about a stallion who can go from the breeding shed back to being a riding horse, haul somewhere, compete, and act like he has a job to do.

So proud of you, Scooter. 🖤🤠

1st Place Pro Division - Country Tough Trail Versatility 🏆

Edited to add some photos of the CUTEST welcoming committee ever.

08/14/2026

We’re so excited to welcome Improve Equine as a Prize Sponsor for the 2026 Bluegrass Mustang Makeover! ❤️🐴

Support from businesses like Improve Equine helps us give our competitors even more to work toward and makes this first-year event that much more special.

We’re incredibly grateful to have them supporting our trainers, our mustangs, and the mission behind the Bluegrass Mustang Makeover.

Thank you, Improve Equine, for being part of it! ❤️