Colorado Horse Source Magazine’s November/December Issue 2023 IS HERE!
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Cover Story: Colorado Horse Source 2023 Senior Horse Essay Contest Winners!
It was a joy to read the essays and see the photos submitted to our Senior Horse Essay Contest this year. It was very difficult, as usual, to choose the winners. In the end, I chose those who most closely followed the submission guidelines and whose words and photos best …
Trainer’s Corner: My Journey with “Journey” the Mustang – Part 4
Competition Day and Beyond At the end of our last article, I’d been out of town judging shows and wishing I had more time to prepare my mustang, Journey, for the upcoming Mustang Mania Trainers Challenge (see the July/August issue). These mustang competitions demand a solid, trusting relationship between horse …
Trainer’s Corner: My journey with “Journey” the Mustang – Part 3
Competitions and Opportunities Highlight Mustangs’ Qualities At the end of the last article, I’d finally saddled Journey, my formerly wild mustang who I was preparing for a 90-day competition, with a full-sized saddle after starting him with a kid’s saddle. Then life happened, and I had to be gone for …
L.A. City Council Poised to Ban Rodeo
Important Update Concerning The Los Angeles Rodeo Ban L.A. City Councilman, Bob Blumenfield Flip Flops Again On His Misguided Mission To Ban Rodeo. Since 2020, Councilman Blumenfield has led the animal-extremist-backed attack on Western heritage. He flip-flopped all along the way. But now, his intentions are perfectly clear. What started …
DURANGO® BOOTS CONTINUES 12-YEAR CONTRIBUTION TO BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
Durango®’s Pink Ribbon Boot Aims to Give Cancer the Boot One Pair at a Time Nelsonville, OH (October 25, 2023) – Durango® Boots, a division of Rocky Brands™, Inc. and leading Western boot brand, will donate a percent per pair of Pink Ribbon Boots to the Stefanie Spielman Fund for …
Local Youth Earn National Championship
Youth from across the country competed at the U.S. Arabian & Half-Arabian National Championship Youth Judging Contest in Tulsa, Okla. last week and the junior team representing the Colorado Arabian Horse Club (CAHC)/Region VIII Arabian Horse Association were named National Champions. The CAHC senior team earned a third-place finish while …
Trail Savvy: Why Use Hoof Boots?
Unveiling the Truth Behind Equine Footwear Hoof boots—we’ve all heard of them, and it’s a love-or-hate relationship for most. I tried boots from four manufacturers a few years ago and promptly returned to traditional steel shoes. Steel has worked for me for years. Other than a few sprung shoes, failures …
Editor’s Postcard: Highs and the Lows
The Benefits of Horse Ownership Go Beyond Riding Today I walked my far fields, skirted the woods my husband and I planted decades ago, and soaked in a few moments of one of the last sunny days of the year. The grass was damp from a recent rain, but the …