Be Prepared for Your Next Horse Camping Trip

Some helpful tips to make your trip more enjoyable (Originally published June 2013) by Karen Pickering It’s time to get out and enjoy the great northwest so we’ve put together some helpful tips in preparation for your camping or horse show weekend. I just returned from a weekend of horse …

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Tack for Showing at Mountain Trail and AQHA Trail Challenge

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Dress for Success on Show Day   by Mark Bolender The new discipline of mountain trail displays what is to be the ideal mountain trail horse. This horse should show good forward movement which is confident, bold, and safe.  The horse also should give the impression that it can cover …

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The Well Fitted Horse

Six Common Tack Misuses and Maladjustments by Allison Trimble, Willfully Guided Horsemanship   In my travels as a clinician, I get to meet a lot of wonderful people and their equine friends. It is a new experience for me to be outside of the performance horse world and I really …

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The Great Alaska Horse Expo

Top-notch Northwest Clinicians to Present in ‘The Last Frontier’ by Catherine Madera     June 28-30 the small town of Ninilchik, Alaska, located on the Kenai Peninsula, will welcome northwest clinicians Allison Trimble, Kimberly Barber, and Kade Mills for three days of instruction during the Great Alaska Horse Expo. The …

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Get to Know the Western Washington Mounted Shooters

Attend an Event in 2013!     What is cowboy mounted shooting? It is the fastest growing family equestrian sport in the nation! Mounted contestants compete in this fast action timed event using two .45 caliber single action revolvers each loaded with five rounds of specially prepared blank ammunition. The …

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Disagreeably Speaking

On Horses, Tack, and the Almighty Opinion by Catherine Madera     The above photo is the curb bit I used on my childhood horse, a spunky Arabian named Sunfire. As I recall, I rode Sunny two-handed much of the time in this humdinger of a leverage bit. I did …

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Construct Easy Seating for Your Arena

by Alayne Blickle, Horses for Clean Water     Our horse property, Sweet Pepper Ranch, is a guest ranch and horse motel. That means we need to have certain amenities in place and are always shopping around for low-cost, effective ideas for making our place more useable. These simple, low-cost …

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Your Tack and What it Means to You

Making Purchases that Have Lasting Value by Karen Pickering   Does your horse gear have special meaning to you or is strictly a tool you use to ride or control your horse? Do you recall where you purchased your first saddle or bridle? What are your priorities when purchasing tack? …

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Riding Well Grounded

Understanding a Horse’s “Mind’s Eye” by Marilyn Pineda, Fire Mountain Trail Course   It’s just a puddle, dummy!” Most horses in the Pacific Northwest have heard this at one time or another. Meanwhile, the horse is thinking, “Is that watery hole going to swallow me up?” Understanding how horses see – …

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Don’t Miss The Classic!

Yearly WRHA Show May 31-June 2 in Monroe, WA   WRHA kicked off the show season with a huge Spring Fling and Derby the weekend of April 12 – 14 at Appleatchee Riding Club in Wenatchee, sponsored by Woodley Ranch. 53 paid warm-ups in a half day, and 510 entries …

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