Education & Events - Blue Skies Horse Stables

Hurricane Preparation for Horse Barns

Posted by Michael Hubbard
On September 1, 2019
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As an owner of a horse barn, hurricane preparation is an annual occurrence, but we have a great checklist to share with other horse barn owners, or just horse owners who may never have experienced a storm like this. Every year, normally in September and October, North Carolina comes under the threat of a hurricane […]

Horse Boarding and Horseback Riding around Raleigh

Posted by Michael Hubbard
On March 9, 2016
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When looking for a Horse Boarding barn, either just for casual horseback riding, trail riding – or for hunter jumper show barns or eventing barns – I’ve found there are very few resources locally that can help with the search. I will try and update this post to identify any area horse farms I can […]

The Art of Mane Pulling: Class Offering

Posted by Michael Hubbard
On March 4, 2016
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Blue Skies Stables is happy to announce our first educational offering of the season, The Art of Mane Pulling with Stacy Borelli! Stacy will be offering up some knowledge increasing workshops at Blue Skies Stables, starting out with this basic horse care workshop. Learn the Difference between shortening and thinning the mane and how to […]

Horse Barns and Boarding in a Storm

Posted by Michael Hubbard
On February 29, 2016
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Seriously? One month into opening the horse barn and I’m talking about another emergency preparation for horse owners? I had heard the stories about how difficult running your own horse barn was – but most of what I had heard about were the difficult boarders (none at our barn of course!), not preparing for every […]

Preparing Your Horse Barn for Ice and Snow Storms

Posted by Michael Hubbard
On January 24, 2016
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So here I am, 8 days into owning our own horse barn – and I’m sipping hot chocolate to the sound of the generator purring outside my window… At 5:21 pm on Friday, our power went out – that’s exactly 25 hours ago – but no worries – Duke Progress Energy estimates we’ll have power […]

Choosing the Right Horse Feed

Posted by Michael Hubbard
On November 25, 2015
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As we’ve ventured into this equestrian world, we’ve learned there is no shortage of advice when it comes to what to feed your horse… Every major brand of feed comes complete with their own nutritionist, and every feed has a comparable competitor. If I’ve learned nothing else – it’s that the trainer and the rider […]