Horses Hope & Hustle

08/29/2026

My wish for all of you—- I hope you’re brave enough to try something new 💛

If it’s:
A new hobby
A new business
A new career
A new relationship

Maybe it’s working on new skills, new personal goals or even working to set new boundaries to things/people that exhaust you.

It’s scary to put yourself out there not knowing if you’ll make a fool of yourself or if the choices you’re making are right.
But it’s nothing compared to the regret of not trying.

Plus- you’re probably encourage more people than you realize and that’ll drown out any other negative feedback that comes.

My new this summer was to start roping- and when I tell you it’s been the funnest most annoying thing ever… 😂 but it’s helped me find joy in the saddle again, pushed me to better myself and also gave me a hobby outside of working.
So the moments of blowing stirrups in short rounds and all the other goofy mistakes people have watched me make really are small potatoes to the bigger picture ✌🏼

-Crystal

08/27/2026

It's impossible to fail if you keep showing up. 👊👊
Ft: Episdoe 53 with Trevor & Kaylie Haught of Haught Horses & Livestock

08/26/2026

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟱𝟯– 𝗜𝘁❜𝘀 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗜𝗳 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗽- 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 Trevor & Kaylie Haught of Haught Horses and Livestock✨

There's no shortcut to building a horse training business that lasts — and Trevor and Kaylie Haught of Haught Horses and Livestock in Scottsdale, Arizona are proof of it.

In this episode, Trevor and Kaylie get real about the decade it actually took to get here: quitting a steady paycheck to ride colts for twelve bucks a ride, living in a fifth wheel with no shade in 120-degree heat, and learning the hard way that talent alone doesn't build a full barn — relationships do. We talk about the growing pains nobody warns you about (employees, getting paid, running the business side of a horse business), the moment a near-disaster at a sale in Big Sky turned into one of their most important client relationships, and why they train every horse for who he actually is instead of who they wish he was.

If you've ever wondered whether doing the right thing consistently actually pays off — even when it feels painfully slow — this conversation is your answer.

🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcast & YouTube
🔗 Find Listen Links—> https://horseshopeandhustle.com/podcast

08/25/2026

Let's talk about something practical today — the HHH Business Directory.

I built this because I got tired of watching good horse businesses get buried. You know the ones — the farrier who's booked solid because word of mouth is the only marketing they've ever needed, the trainer who's incredible but has zero online presence, the small tack shop that deserves more traffic than one Facebook post a month gets them.

This industry runs on trust and relationships, not algorithms. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't be easy to find.

The HHH directory is our way of putting genuine horse businesses in front of the people already looking for them — no ad spend required, no chasing the algorithm. Just get listed and let the right people find you.

If that's you — a trainer, hauler, vet, photographer, tack shop, whatever corner of this industry you're in — get listed. It costs you five minutes and it might be the easiest marketing decision you make this year.

Link is in the comments below. Let's get you found. 👇

stay true, stay tough, and keep hustling.

08/24/2026

Fill in the blank: You know you’re a horse person when ___________________ 🐴 👇🏼👇🏼

08/23/2026

This is such a great reminder!

When I was a kid in 1996 I went to my first big jackpot. It was a USTRC affiliate event on July 4th weekend in Monroe, Louisiana. I couldn’t sleep for what felt like weeks leading up to it. I got to rope with my buddy Colby Daughtery who helped me learn to rope. We’d spend almost a year at his house getting it right.

Colby was a few years older and already heeled really good. I thought he was the coolest, so getting a chance to rope with him at a big roping like this was a big deal for me. Especially my first one.

We roped great all day just as planned and had a decent call back in the top 10 to win a check. In the short go my curl came around and hit the steers left shoulder, and I waived it off.

Talk about devastated.

We’d fought to be in that very place all day and just like that I’d let my bud down. I can still remember that feeling today writing this.

You should have a short memory when competing and let it go. I know that today. At the time it took the air of me.

I had failed.

Weeks later our family was at some close friend’s house visiting (kids people used to do this before iPhones ask your parents). Those friends were the Hogans. There weren’t a lot of people in my area that were horsemen at all so the ones I did know I held in high regard. Mr. Jules was one of those guys for me.

He pulled me aside and told me how proud he was of me and how my grandpa would have been proud of me for doing so well in that roping. I dropped my head…I was embarassed. I had to explain to him I’d missed and failed. He shook his head and explained to me there were over 200 teams in that roping and out of all those I made the short round at my first roping. He wasn’t confused at all. He just saw the positive.
That stuck with me.

Sometimes our perceived failure is just that…perceived. We can take the positive away and learn from it…or we can let failure eat you!

If you have the chance to speak life into people. Do it. Build them up, but always be honest about it. What you say has power and it might just stick with a kid decades later and shape the way he views life.

Thank you Mr. Jule, we sure do miss ya down here.

08/23/2026

He is never waiting for a better version of you to show up... And you are NOT too far gone ❤️‍🩹
If you need to hear more --> https://horseshopeandhustle.com/youre-not-too-far-gone/

Church at Rancho Rio

08/21/2026

Happy sale weekend - make sure you're in the know!

⭐️ 𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝟖/𝟐𝟏 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 ⭐️

✦ 8 AM - 1 PM: Sale horse check-in in alley next to sale ring
✦ 9 AM - 5 PM: Buyer registration in upstairs mezzanine area
✦ 11 AM: Sift Exams in the indoor arena (live streamed & open to the public)
🔹 𝟱-𝟳 𝗣𝗠: 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗔
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦! 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦.
✦ 7 PM: Goat roping with food trucks on site - open to all ages!

𝘽𝙐𝙔𝙀𝙍𝙎! Please register to bid online if you haven't already! This will save you and our office staff lots of time on sale day morning 👉 bid.coloradohorsesale.com

𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘓𝘰𝘵 31 "𝘛𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳"

08/21/2026

Looking for good horses?! Look no further than the Colorado Horse Sale happening August 22nd in Eaton, Co.
From well broke riding horses to standout prospects as well as the Back To School kids special this sale has something for everyone!
Join us Friday & Saturday-- Online Bidding available for remote folks as well!

Learn more at --> https://coloradohorsesale.com/auction/august-catalog-sale-ft-back-to-school-kids-horse-special-session/