A few people in my barn have an animal communicator come out every once in a while. They swear by her. I’ve experienced a lot of unexplainable things in life and so I’m open-minded.

One thing I do believe for sure, though, is that if you leave one of these appointments feeling comforted and with a greater understanding, then that alone can be worth it. And honestly, that’s how I felt.

I had my horse in training with some locally big eventers a few years ago and we struggled a lot. I got multiple concussions. I was told my horse was “probably” neurologic and needed to be on Gabapentin, just in case. One of the trainers told me that “she’s not the horse” for me. And I honestly understand that they were doing the best they could and knew how to do with a barn full of busy competition horses. But I left the barn with a huge hit to my confidence. I never felt like I belonged and ended up dreading going.

When you spend the majority of your time in a space where you don’t feel wanted or appreciated, it can really make your entire life spiral. And for me, it did. I grew to resent everything and everyone. My home life even became shaky.

And the one thing that gnawed on me everyday, long after I left the barn, was, “This horse is not for you.” The horse I sold all my stocks to buy because I was in my mid-30s during COVID and needed to follow a dream. The horse I spent a year prepping to go to Lexington, Kentucky to compete at the Thoroughbred Makeover. The horse I shed a million tears over. The horse I trusted more than any person, despite being a flight animal. The horse who taught me how to really be a leader and who showed me just how brave and resilient I actually am.

That horse?

When the animal communicator told me, unprompted, that we are a perfect match and my horse thinks we’re great together, I cried. So many other things were said during the session, but that was the one that was important.

And that is the one thing I will hold onto.

I will be announcing some other things in the coming days as we move forward into the new year.

Here is the first sticker that is currently available.

More stickers and other exciting things to come as Punk Equestrian gallops into a new era!

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As mentioned before, Willow Bug is heartworm positive. Over the past two months, I’ve had a lot of people in Washington state ask me questions about heartworm disease because they were completely unfamiliar with it. Heartworm disease did not used to be common in the Pacific Northwest because of the climate, but after more animals have been transported t…

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Who am I? I’m Kino McFarland, person of many talents and faces… but most people know me through either my contributions to the horror genre (mainly in film), sideshow, and my work with thoroughbreds.

This is one of my faces.

Who…

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