01/31/2026
Empathy is Resistance. Strength Is Protection.
Horsemanship in North America did not begin with modern borders.
It comes from Indigenous peoples and from Mexican vaquero culture, whose knowledge of horses, riding, roping, archery, and land stewardship shaped what later became cowboy and cowgirl traditions.
Mounted skills are living history. They were passed down through generations of people who lived, worked, migrated, and adapted long before today’s political lines were drawn.
The modern equine world still relies deeply on immigrant knowledge, labor, and care.
Our barns, farms, and horses are supported every day by people whose contributions matter.
We do not support dehumanization or fear-based retorict by ICE or any institution.
We do support dignity, historical truth, and the understanding that horses have always connected cultures rather than divided them.
The horse does not recognize borders.
Neither does skill, heritage, or humanity.
We stand with people not politics.
