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Cover Story: EquiAgent and the Equestrian Real Estate Academy

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Photo by Beth Piper Photography

New Course and Designation Creates Opportunity for Real Estate Professionals Equestrians belong to a unique club. We have more in common with one another than not. Our shared love of the horse and our passion for riding, training, and competing brings us together and bonds us. Horse people know what’s …

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Editor’s Postcard: All the Beautiful Horses

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Exo & Kim. Photo Courtesy Kim Roe

Receiving Comfort from Special Friends Long Gone Throughout my life I’ve mined my imagination when I need to escape stressful situations. I use this skill to transport myself to a happy place and time. Memory is my greatest tool as I close my eyes, breathe, and think of some places …

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Trainer’s Corner: Is Your Horse Supple?

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Photo by Kim Roe

Signs, Symptoms, and Solutions for Improving Your Horse’s Flexibility Riding a horse who has achieved a high degree of suppleness gives a wonderful feeling to its rider. A supple horse moves fluidly and freely over the ground. Its hind legs reach well under its body while bending the joints of …

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Small Farm Makeover: How to Use and Build Temporary Fencing

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This temporary fence incorporates small wood posts and half-inch poly tape to keep overweight horses off a lush hay field. It helps discourage wildlife too. Photo by Kim Roe

Portable, Short-Term Fences Help Manage Equine Properties It’s important to begin a discussion about temporary fencing by saying that this type of fence should only be used inside the perimeters of solid, safe, permanent fencing.  Temporary fencing is a good way to divide pastures quickly and easily. It’s a way …

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Cover Story: Heather Gastelum is Passionate About Empowering Women 

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Photo by Ali Briggs Photography

Cowgirl Capable Retreats Blend Horsemanship with Firearms Training Heather Gastelum loves helping women and girls become confident and capable. These are qualities that were passed down to her by both her grandmothers. Heather was raised to be strong, use her voice, and think for herself. She was taught to solve …

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Editor’s Postcard: Chores Don’t End When You’re Under the Weather

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Photo by Kim Roe

Horse Care Helps Me Go On I have the flu. I’m feeling sorry for myself, which I suppose is expected under the circumstances. But I’m especially snappy because it’s winter and I run a boarding barn and make my living giving riding lessons.  I’ve canceled lessons for the week, which …

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Cover Story: Annual Northwest Horse Fair & Expo Returns to Albany, Oregon March 21–23

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Road to the Horse Winner Mike Major Headlines Educational Lineup Compiled by Kim Roe The Northwest Horse Fair & Expo, a yearly celebration of the horse in the Pacific Northwest since 1999, returns March 21-23, 2025, to the Linn County Fair & Expo Center in Albany, Oregon.  The Northwest Horse …

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Editor’s Postcard: Connections to the Past

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Photo by Kim Roe

Treasured Tools of the Trade On my farm I rely on mechanical and electronic equipment every day to keep the place running. My tractor, arena drag, coffee pot, wheelbarrow and manure fork, and the computer I’m typing on will all eventually wear out and break. Honestly, though, I have little …

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Editor’s Postcard: Letting Dreams Go

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Gus with his dam at five months old. Photo by Kim Roe.

A Grim Diagnosis for a Beloved Horse In last month’s column I wrote about my 7-year-old gelding, Gus, and his struggle to stay sound. Slightly lame over the summer with an undiagnosed injury to his left hind, he then bowed a tendon in his right hind in October. I rested …

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Trainer’s Corner: Happy Foot Work

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Shift the horse’s weight to the opposite leg before attempting to pick up their foot. Photo Courtesy Kim Roe.

Four Tips for Handling Your Horse’s Feet without Stress Imagine how it feels for a prey animal like a horse to have their foot held and manipulated by a predator species like a human. It’s truly amazing they ever let us touch their feet! If we come to the horse …

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