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The Horse You Never Knew

The Changing Needs of Aging Horses by Kelley Jewell   Owning a senior horse is sort of like investing in your first young prospect. Instead of researching training methods, however, spend some time investigating the nutritional deficiencies in the hay and grass in your area so you know what your …

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Senior Horse Photo Essay Winners

Celebrating Two Super Seniors This year we changed things up by making our annual contest a photo essay. The best photo essays tell a story in pictures and we all know a picture is “worth a thousand words.” With that in mind, here’s a few thousand words of priceless images. …

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Riding Well Grounded

Calm Persistence Avoids a Battle by Marilyn Pineda   We recently held a play day on a beautiful weekend in October here on our Fire Mountain Trail Course.  Twenty-one riders turned out, ranging in ages from 3 to 85, and represented many levels of experience. The play day was fashioned …

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Roses in December

Norwegian Fjord Horses from the Northwest Headed to the Rose Parade! by Teressa Moen Kandianis There are quite a few Norwegian Fjord Horses in the Pacific Northwest –on both the wet and the dry side. Over the years, these horses have become more frequent competitors in dressage, eventing, western, and …

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Pressure Proof Your Riding

July 2014

How to Deal with the Unexpected by Daniel Stewart   The way we respond to delays, mistakes, missed opportunities and unexpected changes is called our challenge response and how we react to them often determines how successful we’ll be. While we can’t always plan for these challenges, we can certainly …

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Pressure Proof Your Riding

Regaining Confidence After a Fall by Daniel Stewart     Christina asks: “I had a pretty bad fall recently and I can’t stop thinking about it. Is there anything I can do to get my confidence back?” This is one of the most common questions I receive and chances are …

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Bitless Bridles

How to Make and Use Inexpensive Bit-Free Bridles by Lisa Preston       Create a variety of inexpensive, reliable, custom-fit bitless bridles in the colors you choose. This 104 page manual includes step-by-step instructions for more than a dozen bridles, halters, and other handmade tack. Available from Alpine Publications …

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Back in the Saddle and Learning to Fly

How Horses Helped Heal a Catastrophic Brain Injury by Mauri Clarke and Christine Fitzgerald     In January 2011, Talbot Clarke was enjoying her sophomore year at Santa Clara University in California when life changed in an instant. The 20-year-old was struck by a car and thrown more than 30 …

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