Tough Luck Trio

10/03/2026

Start your healing journey with us on October 10th.

The beautiful thing about horses is you don’t have to talk and you don’t have to walk your path alone.

Insurance accepted!!

🐴❤️ Sometimes healing doesn’t begin with words. Sometimes it begins beside a horse.

Tough Luck Trio, in collaboration with Conscious Puzzles, is excited to offer our first Introduction to Horsemanship session—an opportunity to experience firsthand why horses can be such powerful partners in healing.

Horses don’t judge. They don’t ask you to explain. They simply meet you where you are.

Through hands-on interaction, participants can build confidence, connection, communication, and emotional awareness, while learning healthy ways to manage stress and develop coping skills.

And you don’t need to know anything about horses. No previous horse experience is necessary. Just come as you are. ❤️

📅 October 10th
⏰ 1:00 P.M.
📍 Trinity B Ranch | Leona Valley
🐴 Only 5 participants per session
❤️ Insurance accepted

For eligibility, registration and additional information, please contact Christine Briones at (323) 252-5069.

You don’t have to walk the journey alone. Sometimes, a horse will walk alongside you. 🐴❤️

10/03/2026

October 10th is right around the corner!

We still have a couple spaces available!

Give us a call and see if your insurance will cover the cost!


Karri Bean
Christine Josephina-Hansen Briones

🐴❤️ Sometimes the best teacher has four legs.

Horses have an incredible way of helping kids discover things within themselves they may not even realize are there—confidence, patience, kindness, courage and connection.

Through hands-on time with horses, kids can learn to communicate in new ways, better understand their emotions, manage stress, build responsibility, and experience the confidence that comes from connecting with a 1,000-pound animal who learns to trust them. ❤️

And sometimes, a horse simply becomes a friend who listens without needing any words at all.

Tough Luck Trio, in collaboration with Conscious Puzzles, invites kids ages 7+ to experience the special connection between kids and horses.

🌟 No horse experience needed—just a willingness to learn, connect and have some fun!

📅 October 10th
⏰ 11:00 A.M.
📍 Trinity B Ranch | Leona Valley
🐴 Only 5 kids per session
❤️ Insurance accepted

For eligibility, registration and more information, contact Christine Briones at (323) 252-5069.

Stronger kids. Brighter tomorrows. And maybe a new four-legged best friend along the way. 🐴❤️

09/13/2026

🐴❤️ Sometimes the best teacher has four legs.

Horses have an incredible way of helping kids discover things within themselves they may not even realize are there—confidence, patience, kindness, courage and connection.

Through hands-on time with horses, kids can learn to communicate in new ways, better understand their emotions, manage stress, build responsibility, and experience the confidence that comes from connecting with a 1,000-pound animal who learns to trust them. ❤️

And sometimes, a horse simply becomes a friend who listens without needing any words at all.

Tough Luck Trio, in collaboration with Conscious Puzzles, invites kids ages 7+ to experience the special connection between kids and horses.

🌟 No horse experience needed—just a willingness to learn, connect and have some fun!

📅 October 10th
⏰ 11:00 A.M.
📍 Trinity B Ranch | Leona Valley
🐴 Only 5 kids per session
❤️ Insurance accepted

For eligibility, registration and more information, contact Christine Briones at (323) 252-5069.

Stronger kids. Brighter tomorrows. And maybe a new four-legged best friend along the way. 🐴❤️

09/13/2026

🐴❤️ Sometimes healing doesn’t begin with words. Sometimes it begins beside a horse.

Tough Luck Trio, in collaboration with Conscious Puzzles, is excited to offer our first Introduction to Horsemanship session—an opportunity to experience firsthand why horses can be such powerful partners in healing.

Horses don’t judge. They don’t ask you to explain. They simply meet you where you are.

Through hands-on interaction, participants can build confidence, connection, communication, and emotional awareness, while learning healthy ways to manage stress and develop coping skills.

And you don’t need to know anything about horses. No previous horse experience is necessary. Just come as you are. ❤️

📅 October 10th
⏰ 1:00 P.M.
📍 Trinity B Ranch | Leona Valley
🐴 Only 5 participants per session
❤️ Insurance accepted

For eligibility, registration and additional information, please contact Christine Briones at (323) 252-5069.

You don’t have to walk the journey alone. Sometimes, a horse will walk alongside you. 🐴❤️

08/31/2026

REEHOMED!!!

MEET MISS GRACIE

At approximately 20 years young, Miss Gracie isn’t looking to win any races — and quite frankly, she’d probably prefer you didn’t ask.

This sweet girl has **more WHOA than GO** and thinks an easy-going trail ride sounds like a perfectly lovely way to spend an afternoon.

Gracie has been out on the trails, doesn’t spook or bolt, and is happiest just taking life at a nice, comfortable pace. She’s also recently had her teeth done and has been seen by the chiropractor.

What we want most for Miss Gracie is simple:

**A soft place to land.**

Someone who isn’t looking for the fastest horse in the barn, but instead appreciates a seasoned girl who would enjoy some leisurely trail rides, lots of love and a home where she can settle in and be someone’s special horse.

For Miss Gracie, **the RIGHT home is far more important than anything else.**

Think you might be her person?

PM us for more information about Miss Gracie. Tough Luck Trio is a 501c (3) Equine Rescue.

08/30/2026

MEET CHRISTINE — TOUGH LUCK TRIO’S CHIEF HOPE WRANGLER

Around here, we believe everyone deserves a second chance — whether you have two legs or four.

Meet Christine Briones, MSW, the incredible heart behind the mental health side of Tough Luck Trio.

Christine is a mental health professional AND animal rescuer with a passion for bringing healing and second chances together. She has spent more than 6 years in the mental health profession, including her work with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for the past 22 years.

She holds a BA in Psychology from American Military University and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from CSUN.

But Christine is definitely not all textbooks and therapy.

She and her husband, Phil, own Trinity B Ranch in beautiful Leona Valley, where they live with their two kids and enough fur-kids to keep life interesting. She rescues animals, makes her own fabulous goat milk skincare line, loves riding her horses and, when she gets the chance, you’ll find her chasing cans on horseback.

In other words… she fits right in around here.

Together with Tough Luck Trio and Conscious Puzzles, Christine is helping us create something very close to our hearts — a place where rescued horses and mental health support come together to help veterans, first responders, families and members of our community heal, reconnect and rise.

Because sometimes the horse that needed a second chance might just help a person find theirs.

We are so excited for you to get to know Christine — our very own Chief Hope Wrangler.

Welcome to the next chapter of Tough Luck Trio.

08/22/2026

This video is an incredible watch.

Our Tough Luck Trio horses have been through it.
Abandoned. Mistreated. Scared. Hungry. Left behind.

They know what it feels like to be afraid.

To lose trust.
To need someone to simply stay. And maybe that’s why they’re so incredible at meeting us in our own broken moments.

They don’t need your story.
They don’t need you to find the words.
They just stand beside you so you don’t have to hurt alone.
Once, someone rescued them. Now, they get to help rescue hearts. ❤️🐴

That is why we created Tough Luck Trio Therapy.

Group therapy session start in October. PM or call for more info: (323) 252-5069

08/22/2026

🐴 WHY HORSES CAN HELP US HEAL

There’s something powerful about being with a horse — and there’s science behind it, too.

Horses are incredibly sensitive to subtle changes in our body language, breathing, movement and emotional state. Because they respond to what’s happening in the moment, working with them can help us become more aware of what our own bodies are telling us.

Research into equine-assisted interventions also suggests that interacting with horses may support stress reduction, emotional regulation, mindfulness and connection.

And our horses bring something else to the relationship. ❤️

They’re rescues.

Many know what it means to experience fear, uncertainty, loss of trust or being left behind. They’re on their own healing journeys, too.

There’s no judgment.
No expectation to have the right words.
Just an opportunity to connect, rebuild trust and heal — together.

Sometimes the first step toward healing doesn’t have to be taken alone. 🐴❤️

Group Therapy Classes begin in October.
📞 Call 323-252-5069 for more information.

Rescue. Restore. Rise.

08/12/2026

❤️Something life-changing is happening at Tough Luck Trio. ❤️

For the past few years, our mission has been about giving animals a second chance.

Now, that mission is growing.

Because sometimes **people need a second chance, too.**

Tough Luck Trio is incredibly proud to begin a new chapter in partnership with **Conscious Puzzles**, bringing licensed equine-assisted mental health services to our community.

A place where professional therapy meets the quiet, healing presence of horses.

A place to reconnect, rebuild and find your footing again.

And most importantly…

**You don't have to take the first step alone.**

Our first program will focus on veterans experiencing PTSD, with plans to expand services for children, families, first responders, caregivers and individuals in our community.

This is more than a new program for Tough Luck Trio.

**It's a new purpose. A new chapter. And we truly believe it's going to change lives.**

🐴 **Rescue. Restore. Rise. Together.**

Stay with us. There's so much more to come. ❤️

06/25/2026

🐴 Sometimes the best therapy doesn't happen in four walls... it happens between two ears.

Just you.
The horse.
The earth.
The breeze.
The moment.

Something incredible happens the instant you swing your leg over a horse.

Your breathing slows.
Your heart begins to match theirs.
The noise of the world gets quieter.

Science tells us horses help regulate our nervous system, lower stress, and bring us back into the present.

Horse people have known it all along.

No matter what you're carrying...
Grief.
Stress.
Anxiety.
Heartache.
The weight of everyday life...

It begins to slip away.

And as you ride toward the setting sun, those worries seem to fall from your shoulders like a heavy jacket you no longer need to wear.

You return home lighter.

More peaceful.

More grounded.

More like yourself again.

This is why we believe horses don't just change lives...

**They help heal them.** ❤️🐴