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When is the Best Time for a Child to Start Riding Independently? In every child’s life, magic moments arrive when courage and self-confidence trigger the next stage of growth. Each little boy or girl travels his or her own path, taking risks and expanding the boundaries of security whenever they’re …
in Westcliffe Colorado, September 28, 29, 30 & October 1, 2023 Westcliffe, CO – The EQUUS Film & Arts Fest, along with their educational program The Mustang Summit, will gallop into Westcliffe, Colorado in September as part of the initiative to expand the Mustang education of the horse loving general …
Real Estate, Development, and the Fight for Our Farms By Taryn King We’re all feeling it— the rising costs of hay, finding and keeping good help, and boarding barns shuttering their doors. Our industry is in flux and we’re feeling the pressure. From inflation and the rising cost of labor …
Fitness that Fits a Horse-Crazy Lifestyle By Laura Crump Anderson Riders often neglect their own needs to ensure their horses’ are met. Countless dollars go toward massages, chiropractic work, and other therapies that keep our equines performing their best. We carefully schedule their training programs to achieve peak fitness at …
Following the groundbreaking success in 2022, the International Liberty Horse Association is proud to announce the return of the highly anticipated Liberty Festival for 2023! This exciting event celebrates the incredible bond between horse and human through the art of liberty horsemanship. The festival will take place at the world-class …
A Tool for the Wilderness You’ve seen the old lumberjack photographs—two men in plaid holding opposite ends of a huge, long saw steadily working on a tree trunk of colossal diameter. The tool these men used is the crosscut saw. Today you can find these vintage tools displayed as décor …
From BLM Holding to Accepting a Saddle In my first article in this series, I introduced you to Journey, my 4-year-old (formerly) wild mustang. I chose him by looking through photos of available mustangs for a 90-day mustang competition where competitors gentle and then ride wild horses. I brought Journey …
Lynn Palm and The Dressage Foundation (TDF) are pleased to announce that five grants for Western dressage riders will be awarded from TDF’s Lynn Palm Western Dressage Fund this year. This Fund was established in 2019 to initially provide grants for Western dressage educational events and was expanded in 2021 …
Recent Travel Brings Joy in Seeing Everyone at the Expos I hadn’t attended an expo since March 2020 when I visited the Washington State Horse Expo for our sister publication, The Northwest Horse Source (NWHS). We were living in Washington and soon after Covid hit, the remaining expos were canceled. …
By Eleanor M Kellon, VMD and Kathleen M. Gustafson, PhD The only carbohydrate fractions that matter are those that increase insulin. Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC), non-fiber carbohydrates (NFC), ethanol soluble carbohydrates (ESC), water soluble carbohydrates (WSC)—it all really comes down to hydrolyzable carbohydrates for metabolically challenged horses. Hydrolyzable carbohydrates (HC) are …
