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Infinity Horsemanship Using a balanced approach, Stephanie helps humans develop a partnership with their horses. We owe it to our horses to seek a better understanding every day.

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BRING BACK LONG-FORM LEARNING!Social media rewards brevity. Short reels... quick cuts... hooky captions... My style has ...
09/05/2026

BRING BACK LONG-FORM LEARNING!

Social media rewards brevity. Short reels... quick cuts... hooky captions...

My style has never really fit in here. I've been told I write too much (even after I've consolidated down to adhere to word count requirements). I regularly receive (and ignore) the warning from Instagram that "reels over 3 minutes won't be recommended to new audiences".

But the reality of learning doesn't fit into a collection of social media highlights.

Students who only see their mentors through curated social media content are at risk of believing that once you reach a high enough level to be teaching others, that the struggles, fumbling, questioning, experimenting, and errors are over. It broadens the separation between student and teacher because the student experiences all of that first hand... but then only sees the teacher's polished end-results, moments where the horse perfectly represented what they were teaching, and edits that cut out the ugly bits. It makes the student feel like there's something uniquely missing in them.

Teachers who only receive feedback on their curated social media content can start believing their own guise of infalliability. Or perhaps worse yet, they can begin operating in fear of not constantly living up to the perfection they've put forth. This fear cripples growth.

So enjoy the highlights... but always keep in mind that they are only a small fraction of reality. And if you truly want to improve your own skills, don't expect to be able to subsist on reels alone.

If you don't have the patience to watch a video of a full-length training session, you probably won't have the patience to practice the same things with a live horse in front of you. If the details and nuance demonstrated in long-form teaching bores you, then you probably won't get excited when the horse in front of you makes the same subtle positive changes.

I want to bring back long-form learning. So while social media limits what I put out, there is a space where I share full-length, uncut training sessions on a regular basis. Watch me fumble, make mistakes, and get excited about seemingly invisible progress. Because that is the truth.

The truth of what you're missing in your horsemanship journey... probably isn't the big concepts that are plastered on Facebook. It's probably the details that are too boring to go viral.

If you're interested in tuning into the details and truly investing in your own journey, comment DETAILS below and I'll send you a coupon code for a free month to the Infinity Collective.

(📷 by Steve Hostetler Photography )

09/05/2026

At a glance, this is a mediocre clip of a beginner liberty team doing basic maneuvers...

But what's actually so cool about it is that this is not a liberty team and I've never taught Finn (the black horse) to do any of this.

I was just trying to play with Cheetah and Finn made it impossible to leave him out. You can see him just join right into the flow, completely on his own. 😄

Finn was never supposed to be my horse. I adopted him to train for a few months for an adoption event, and every step of the way he has made it so clear that not only does he WANT to be part of my herd, but he refuses to be ignored.

I didn't even bring him to the arena. He just followed closely behind when I fetched Cheetah. I figured he'd graze nearby while I played with her... but that is not what Finn has in mind.

Sometimes you make plans... other times the plans just find you. I'm so excited to see where this goes. ♡

People ask me all the time where they can get a "Bonnie" of their own... well here's your chance! We got Bonnie from Sto...
08/24/2026

People ask me all the time where they can get a "Bonnie" of their own... well here's your chance!

We got Bonnie from Stonedragon Ranch Fell Ponies last August and she has been the absolute best addition to our family. So gentle and careful with Alice, so intelligent and easy to train, and overall very light and agile for how stout she is.

This gelding is out of the same dam as Bonnie, and by the same stud as our Cosmo.

Fell Ponies are a rare breed, and only a couple dozen foals come around the US market each year.

At the airport waiting to fly back to Iceland and thought I'd share this photo I took from last year of these two Icelan...
08/13/2026

At the airport waiting to fly back to Iceland and thought I'd share this photo I took from last year of these two Icelandic mares and foals from Kjartansstaðir Farm...

Can you guess which foal belongs to which mare??

Grateful to Steve Hostetler Photography for capturing some of these fun moments from the Wild Horse Summit. Gertie was a...
08/10/2026

Grateful to Steve Hostetler Photography for capturing some of these fun moments from the Wild Horse Summit. Gertie was a lovely dance partner and I enjoyed the opportunity to have these conversations with her. ♡

Today concluded the Wild Horse Summit at The Wild Horse Refuge and unfortunately Gertie (and most of the other babies) ...
08/08/2026

Today concluded the Wild Horse Summit at The Wild Horse Refuge and unfortunately Gertie (and most of the other babies) did not find adopters. They'll be ok, as thankfully they'll go back to Wild Hearts Haven where Taryn Hillman and others will ensure they find good homes in their own time.

But I always feel a little conflicted at the end of a short journey with a new Mustang. I know that it's just scratching the surface to interact with a horse over a few days and hope they go off and have a nice life.

And though I don't have the facility space or time to take Gertie home and train her myself, I do want to offer the help that I can to any adopters of the horses from this event.

In my experience, most Mustangs don't end up in bad situations because of malicious actors. They end up in bad situations when well-intended people reach the end of their skills and resources. So my goal is to share what I've learned over 20 years of training Mustangs, to help people sort through their own experiences on their own.

So anyone who attended the Wild Horse Summit can enjoy their first month of my Online Academy for free. Additionally, I would like to extend 3 free virtual lessons to each adopter of these babies, whether they adopt them tomorrow or next year.

As George Brauneis said in his own offering of support, we can help build a bridge between the horse and their future partner, then step aside. ♡

08/07/2026

Reflections from Day 1 & 2 at the Wild Horse Summit at The Wild Horse Refuge ...

It's such a common trope today: "Start from a place of connection..." but connection isn't a starting point. The act of BUILDING connection is the foundation of relationships. ConnectING is an action and a choice that you make within every moment of every interaction with another being. But you don't *start* with a connection.

Connection...bond...trust...relationship are results of communication and attunement. You build a connection through conversation and developing a language with another individual (human, or animal).

The reason this is important for me to emphasize is because I see so many folks get stuck before even getting started because they don't feel like the horse is connected, so they are afraid to ask any questions.

This little horse I've drawn certainly is in that boat. She's not one that is actively seeking a conversation. She's confident in herself, easily bored, and could take or leave me at this stage. If I sat and waited for some magical connection before doing anything else, I very well could be waiting forever. So instead, I start asking her little questions... telling her a little about myself... seeing what kind of language we share, and what vocabulary we can each learn so that we can both communicate more effectively with one another.

Imagine sitting across the table from a stranger. How do you build a friendship? By starting a conversation. A proper two-way conversation where you listen as well as share.

So, start from a place of attunement... pay close mind to your partner's thoughts, concerns, and attention. And shape the conversation from there. Choose the action of *connectING*... and know that the strength of that connection in a functional relationship is as flexible, flowing, life of its own.

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