Watkins Equine Sports Services

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Special project today brought the whole team together! 😎

Massage. Thermoscan. TrueRelief. Cryotherapy. Four ways we help your horse feel better, all in one place. 🙌🏼 What questions do you have about any of these? Ask us in the comments 👇🐴 😊

❓ Did you know a horse has over 500 individual muscles working together just to carry a rider, graze, and swish flies all at once? 🤯 That’s a lot of places for tension to hide - and hands find it long before eyes ever could. 🐴

Meet our newest client! 🦿 She has worked on thousands of horses without a single incident - but on Monday she was taken out by a pool noodle horse. 😂 Yep, the boss broke her ankle and the only silver lining is she had just gotten her toes done and honestly they look great peeking out of that surgical cast. The pool noodle horse is fine. She is not.

We’re a little short-handed this summer so please be patient with us - we promise she’s more graceful with actual horses. 🙏❤️‍🩹

🎉 MARTY & MEL DID IT! 🎉

We are SO proud of Melissa Antolini and our beloved Marty the Mascot for an amazing weekend in the show ring!

This dynamic duo WON their qualifier in 3 Gaited Park Amateur AND came back to claim 3rd in the 3 Gaited Park Open Championship! 🥇🥉

Congratulations Melissa and Marty - we are so proud of you both! 🐴✨

What if you could reduce pain and inflammation in under 10 minutes - with zero sedation and zero needles? 😳

That’s our TrueRelief system. It works through pulsed direct current, targeting inflammation, pain, and even wound healing - without your horse feeling a thing.

Science is wild sometimes. Would you try this on your horse? 👇🐴

🙌🏼 Massage is more than relaxation. Skilled bodywork helps improve circulation, support lymphatic drainage, reduce muscle guarding, and restore healthier movement patterns throughout the body.

💪🏼 Horses compensate incredibly well, often long before lameness is visible. Tightness through the neck, shoulders, back, or hind end can quietly affect stride length, posture, performance, and even behavior under saddle.

ℹ️ This is why hands-on assessment matters. Every session gives us information about how the horse is using its body, where tension is building, and what areas may need extra support before small issues become bigger ones.