Hi, I’m Gooch.
See that truck and trailer? I drive it to different communities to give books to children in need. Oh and I bring my horse with me.
RT so I can get the word out. I’m in N.C.
As one of the Black equestrians this beautiful soul has photographed… As someone who was born into a beautiful Black culture of horse folk…
My only opinion about this whole thing has been this:
Y’all wasting your time arguing when the kids are outside. When the Black horse
I’ve been photographing black equestrians for the last 6 years.
I really will only accept discourse from folks who live below the Bible Belt & or Black folks who are bout that equine/rodeo lifestyle.
I know y’all love the yeehaw agenda but there are Black horse folk like myself fighting every day to keep and/or purchase land.
I can’t even give recommendations to Black owned horse farms bc folks losing land so fast and everything is expensive…
It is actually difficult.
Headed to the other place and the lady called me to make sure I got the correct address. She has two stores and didn’t want me driving to the wrong one. So kind. So kind.
Hey y’all I stopped by a Black owned plant shop ran by a mother & daughter. They are so kind. The plants are beautiful. They opened March 1st & when I said I never knew about it they said that’s been an issue. So please share and change that!
LizzyLu Flowers in Knightdale, NC
“Our Black children need to be surrounded by people who understand their culture.”
That is a mouthful of FACTS!!!
Imagine someone not understanding AAVE and your kid gets in trouble for saying something they didn’t understand?!
Again I say, help me knock out this campaign so
You tell me where Black kids can go and:
- not have to worry about someone fitting their helmet incorrectly
- not hear comments abt how they must be lucky to be dark bc they won’t get burnt by the sun
- learn about the history of Black equestrians
- not policed for how they talk
Giving Ardent kisses this morning!
Black woman with long curly locs & her black horse being silly. He is resting his chin on my shoulder & licking and chewing while I blow kisses at him. My sweet boy.
My equine veterinarian is a Black man. He graduated from Tuskegee 1978.
He tells me all kinds of stories from his experiences as a Black male vet. I’ll share one now.
Photo by Chris Facey
@Cocobuttrshuttr
Horse folk like me are trying to prevent other Black owned horses farms from closing…
I can’t even engage in the conversation bc I’m running up and down the road trying to get my summer camp sponsored & figure out transportation.
@Nom_EATCookie
The child support convos on this app are wild. Child support is based on income, insurance, # of kids & there could be other factors in missing. It’s decided by the court IF the parents cannot agree on a number. You don’t even talk to a judge first. You meet w/ a counselor in
Representation does matter. I received a message that a Black girl decided not to try horseback riding lessons bc, “Black girls don’t ride horses.”
Her sister showed her my page. 😭😭
She’s now taking lessons!
I am Caitlin Gooch. Founder of Saddle Up and Read nonprofit.
We have a mini library of almost every published book featuring Black equestrians. I believe we have a few more books to go before our library is complete.
A RT would be appreciated. I just want ppl to know we exist.
@naomiosaka
Just the other day everyone was happily sharing Kobe’s old videos on mental health.
Today it’s “shut up and do it.”
This rule should be changed in general when it comes to sports. She’s not the first to say this.
My 2nd time seeing
@mychal3ts
this weekend 😭😭
He told me something I didn’t know. he had already been seeing my tweets for a longggg time. ❤️📚🐴
Spread Love Yall!
And y’all I am 11 subscribers away from 1000!! My hard earned money goes to food, my kids, my animals and working to buy my family’s land. Monetizing YouTube is important to me right now so please subscribe!! Thank you!!
@yo_quon
This is funny now that I understand the percentage on the weather app means “it’s raining in __% of that area” and not “it’s __% chance of rain”
I can’t put any effort into what y’all are saying or not saying bc I’m hosting meetings or attending meetings so I can learn more about horses and the needs of my community.
@Nom_EATCookie
the court room. If you can’t agree, then you see the judge. They tell you in advance based on the information provided by both parents, what the child support cost will be. It’s not a surprise. It’s not a number made up by the mom or dad. Not to mention if the parent paying child
@Bitchesmolotte
I was in NC. He was in Cali. We did this for 2 years. We watched a lot of anime haha
Our 1 year anniversary is next month.
So worth it! 🧡🧡🧡
TO ME… I have seen more comments and posts when it could have been ppl sharing alongside with the work folks are doing.
TO ME… Y’all could have said, “while y’all are here, did you know XYZ exist? Let’s support them.”
You will be looking for a while… Unless you come to where I am.
I asked a parent who has been with me since her son was 3, if she would feel comfortable taking him to another farm. This is her response.
But to just criticize and you take zero action to help with anything??? Not even a tag??? Boooo thumbs down.
I’m up 4am-10pm trying to make this work so Black kids can just enjoy horses. No I don’t want to read y’all arguing.
Sn: This appt wasn’t for me, today is actually my 6yrs loc’d!!
I have been doing horse/farm things since I tweeted this. Will be back with final review shortly.
Follow me on IG y’all. If you’re in NC would love to introduce you to horses!!
Baby girl is satisfied with her hair and the service of the second place. Smooth operation. Have no complaints. This was the 2nd location btw!! We did not book with the first. Immediately found someone else. I text my cousin so fast for recs 🤣🤣
I’ll retweet to help get the word out…and donate to your non-profit, Saddle Up and Read. I think what you’re doing is great: Getting kids to fall in love with reading (and horses). Will call with details. Happy birthday, Goooooooch! 🎂🎁
@_SuccessPHul
@diamondsnichole
Hi Grace,
I am the founder of Saddle Up and Read nonprofit. Do you think you can make 50 book marks to go into the bags we are making out of used feed bags for kids in need of books?
I present to you the start of the Color & Learn series
Black Equestrian Coloring Book
Volume One: The Trailblazers
Black equestrian history will not be erased or forgotten. Thank you for al the love & support.
I just let out the biggest scream and started crying. He just walked up!!
Idk where he went but his legs are swollen and back legs scarred up pretty bad. 😭😭😭 thank you everyone for sharing to help my find my Edge.
Trail ride season just started and we have internal issues going on bc of outside factors. We are having to navigate our culture in a way we haven’t before.
I think it’s more important things the energy could be spent on and then we can talk abt the other stuff…
@david8hughes
Hi everyone. I started a nonprofit called Saddle Up and Read. Each day on this app, I realize it was a great decision for the future of literacy. Thank you for your time.
@Nom_EATCookie
support says they want to be more, take a deep breathe, THEY CAN. Y’all think bc your 1 cousin who is actually a deadbeat got put on child support them child support is just evil. 🙄🙃🙃 stop defending things you know nothing about.
@galenawrites
@haszombiesinit
Wendell, NC
I was born and raised right here. The furthest I have gone is to Wilmington, NC. Which is about 3hrs away. And yes, I took horses with me!
@theeprettyvegan
I’m sorry I started hollerin the way they got that dog out the video 😭😂 it’s like the video where the kid was in the way of a proposal 😂😂
I literally cannot keep adding stuff to the wishlist. So please donate to the GoFundMe. RT & share
We NEED more stuff than amazon has.
We want to build an equestrian facility w/library for SUAR.
A safe space for kids to be themselves & read w/horses
I absolutely have something to promote!!
I created a Black Equestrian coloring book series to educate on some of our Black Equestrian History!!
Volume 1 is available now and I do presentations for school! Please do not hesitate to reach out!
Thank you!
I am about to cry. 😭😭 can crying.
Everything I ever wanted as a kid is coming true. I am really loving my dreams. I am so proud of me right me Omg
This is my bookstore. Where kids can get books for free through
@saddleupandread
Respectfully, not right now. 😞
The unfortunate side of ppl learning about trail rides is folks have been shooting and/or fighting at them.
It is insane.
Ppl have died ever since social media found trail rides.
I’m saying this as someone who was born into this culture.
I can do horse girl things with these babies.
I’m tired af and I know everyone is always like “rest and take care of yourself.” I will. I am. I have so much to give and need these resources to give it.
Anyway…
This horse isn’t following my car in the pouring rain for no reason.
So I might know a little about working with horses. But listen to them folks on tiktok who can’t get a horse to do anything without force. 😌
“Are these cowboys real?”
Some of them are! After watching a The Harder They Fall, ppl want to know more abt Black cowboys.
I created a coloring book which includes some of the names you heard in the movie. Mary Fields & Bass Reeves were!
There’s more names for y’all to learn
@CoryTownes
The way we all read that one line the same way. It’s stuff like that. Cannot be explained. Blows my mind bc this one tweet will definitely result in the sales of more weighted blankets. 🤣 get you an affiliate link & flourish.