Founded in 1995, The Northwest Horse Source has evolved from a regional print publication into a trusted digital media network serving horse owners and enthusiasts across the country. With strong roots in the Pacific Northwest, our reach now extends into Colorado and continues to grow nationwide—providing meaningful visibility, reliable resources, and authentic connections within the horse community.
The Horse Source Team
Karen Pickering
Karen Pickering’s lifelong passion for horses began at an early age and set the course for what would become a 30+ year career in the horse industry. What started as a simple newsletter in 1995 has evolved into a multi-platform digital media network serving thousands of horse owners each month.
With a background that blends horsemanship, business, and publishing, Karen has built The Horse Source brand on relationships, trust, and a deep understanding of the equine community. From the early days of print to today’s digital landscape, she has remained hands-on in every aspect of the business.
Karen continues to lead the evolution of the Horse Source Network, staying true to its regional roots while expanding its reach to serve horse owners and businesses nationwide.
Kim Roe
Kim grew up riding on the family ranch and competed in Western rail classes, trail horse, reining, working cow, and hunter/jumper. She trained her first horse for money at 12 years old, starting a pony for a neighbor.
Kim has been a professional dressage instructor in Washington state for over 30 years, training hundreds of horses and students through the levels. In recent years Kim has become involved in Working Equitation and is a small ‘r’ Working Equitation judge with WE United.
Kim is the editor of the Northwest Horse Source Magazine, and also a writer, photographer, and poet. She owns and manages Blue Gate Farm in Deming, Washington where she continues to be passionate about helping horses and riders in many disciplines.
Randy Bourland
Art Director for both Northwest and Colorado Horse Source Magazine.
Randy’s background is Graphic Arts and Communications. He’s been on the team since 2006.
Doug DeVries
Doug supports our web-related activities including hosting, search engine optimization, web development, and troubleshooting. With over 20 years of rich experience in managing and hosting a wide variety of websites including dozens of equine-related websites, he is a trusted source for all things web development and website hosting.
Mark Pickering
Husband, repairman, a little bookkeeping, and travel companion.
Nicole Sorbo
Nicole has a life-long love and respect for horses, having grown up with horses, training, trail riding and competing since a very young age. Nicole’s professional strengths lie in social media and reputation management, website management and a wide variety of administrative business support skills. She worked for The Northwest Horse Source for several years in the past and recently joined our team again, working for both the Northwest and Colorado Horse Source Magazines. Nicole lives near Colorado Springs and spends a majority of her free time in the beautiful Colorado parks and trails, with Prairie, her beloved husky mix.
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Want to know more about the history of The Northwest Horse Source? Read our 10th anniversary story. And our 20th anniversary story.
American Horse Publications, the premier association for the equine publishing industry, has recognized NWHS for General Excellence at their annual awards program multiple years.
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