Herding Horses

Equine Stories

  • Bureau Of Land Management Wild Horse And Burros Roundup

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    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

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    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

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    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…

  • Southwest Florida Horse Rescue Organization

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    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

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    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…

  • Hurricane Harvey Makes TX Horses Refugees in CO

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    Hurricane Harvey Makes TX Horses Refugees in CO On a late September Sunday morning at barely 1AM, sixteen miniature horses emerged from a trailer to glimpse their new surroundings.  It had been a long, sixteen-hour journey direct from the Houston SPCA’s equine facility in Hempstead, Texas to the Harmony Equine Center in Franktown, Colorado, part…

  • Ochoa, Part 2

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    4 years later on the same ranch where he was born. He has brought pride, peace, and blessings to a family who understands hard work and the value of friendships. Read part one in our October issue, the story of how one horse became a legend in quarter horse racing. Below is part two, the…

  • Ochoa, The Untold Story, Part 1

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    Ochoa, The Untold Story, Part 1 The richest quarter horse in history has come full circle, from humble beginnings in 2009 to quiet retirement just 4 years later on the same ranch where he was born. He has brought pride, peace, and blessings to a family who understands hard work and the value of friendships.…