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  • Right Equipment For Ground Training

    Right Equipment For Ground Training By: Lynn Palm In a previous article I stressed the importance of location when conducting ground training lessons with any horse. If you follow the progression I gave you to introduce each new ground training lesson, you will be giving your horse the best opportunity to learn. If your horse…

  • Bureau Of Land Management Wild Horse And Burros Roundup

    Bureau Of Land Management Wild Horse And Burros Roundup Animal groups team up with cattlemen to depopulate wild horses and burros from the west. By: Wayne Pacelle Wild horses and burros face unprecedented mass removal from our public lands in the West. A key Senate committee appropriated tens of millions in new monies for the…

  • Fear Essay

    Fear Essay I have a friend who has a lifetime of horse experience, including showing at a national level. She has returned to horses after a hiatus, buying a nice, solid, older horse. A good citizen type of horse. However, she has a crippling fear of picking up her horse’s hind feet to clean them.…

  • The Songwriter And The Mustang

    The Songwriter And The Mustang By: Peter Prince The story began in the summer of 2017 where the forests of Maine hid a little bass pond where I’ve enjoyed fishing for over 40 years. We met local folks Dana and Colleen Hartford there for the first time some nine years earlier. As dairy farmers, they…

  • Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch

    Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch The Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch is a world-renowned animal sanctuary in Murchison, Texas founded in 1979 by author and animal advocate Cleveland Amory. In 2005 the board of directors of The Fund for Animals voted unanimously to memorialize its late, great founder by renaming its flagship animal sanctuary in…

  • Southwest Florida Horse Rescue Organization

    Southwest Florida Horse Rescue Organization By: Tina Garrett From the early stages of childhood I’ve always had a connection with horses. Growing up in foster care my only comfort was animals. When the day came that I was sent to a new foster home, then discovered they had a pony, I became aware of just…

  • Cowboy And Cole

    Cowboy And Cole By: A Proud Mom My son Cole is 8 years old now. Though still a beginner at riding, his goal is to win the local Cowboy Classic class this year on his current horse, Spirit… they have a lot of work ahead of them to pull that off, as Spirit is still…

  • Troxell Helmets For Extreme Equestrian Athletes

    Troxell Helmets For Extreme Equestrian Athletes Troxel LLC, the worldwide leader in ASTM/SEI-certified equestrian helmets has announced that they’ve released a new line of next generation helmets designed for the serious equestrian athlete. The TX and World Champion Barrel Racer, Fallon Taylor signature FTX helmets not only look aggressive, but are designed specifically for hard-core…

  • Challenges Facing a Female Farrier

    Challenges Facing a Female Farrier Interviews Equestrians – Podcasts for Equestrians Ottawa, Ontario: Laura Kelland-May of Podcasts for Equestrians invited female farrier Jess Paveley of Hufeisen Shoeing Company into the studio to discuss some of the challenges she has faced being a female farrier, as well as equitation tips. The twenty minute interview focused on…