When and why did you become a professional trainer?
I started training professionally and giving some small clinics when I was in college, pursuing a degree in agricultural business management. It was a good way to keep up with my …
I started training professionally and giving some small clinics when I was in college, pursuing a degree in agricultural business management. It was a good way to keep up with my …
His family was rocked by the doctor’s news. Husband, father and grandfather, Laurie Silvera was not likely to come out of his 17-day unconsciousness, suffering from complications from the digestive disease diverticulitis.
It was early in 2009 and Silvera, then …
Wise Dan was perfect on Canadian soil and to many he was considered the perfect racehorse – fast, brave and a graded stakes winner on three surfaces. The champion chestnut had an unquenchable will to win.
Through 32 career starts, …
April Wayenberg was a horse-crazy eight-year-old when she was given an orphan foal to care for and raise. With palomino colouring, four white stockings, a white blaze and blue eyes, the colt named Baby Blaze and April became inseparable.
More …
When I was teenager, I dreamed of getting a foal from my riding horse. I pored over magazines trying to find the perfect mate for my sport horse mare Carla Candida (aka Karrie). I finally chose a handsome bay Thoroughbred …
With 109 years of farming, ranching, developing horses and making the Canadian prairies home, history runs deep at the family-run Rocking Heart Ranch (RHR), located near Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta.
But, says Marc Garner of his family’s legacy, “Quite …
Thousands of eyes gaze upon my slender frame as I jump the rails into a sandy show ring in St. Catharines, Ontario, in 1973. I’m clutching four tools in my hands and have four horse shoe nails in my shorts …
A little mare named Reckless served in the US Marine Corps – an unusual job for a horse, but in this case it was the perfect job for a very unusual horse. She stood around 14.1 hands (technically a pony) …
The Canadian Cowgirls are a precision riding drill team known for their ability to engage audiences while performing intricate patterns set to music. Led by captain Terry Jenkins, they have been making headlines with increasing frequency.
The idea of starting …
When I was a kid, my dad used to take us to the local fall fair every year. It wasn’t much of a fair – it was kind of small, and the “thrill rides” really weren’t all that thrilling after …
The ball is hit with a resounding thwack! and eight players, mallets held high in the air, turn their horses in unison and gallop down the pitch towards the ball which has settled in the short-cropped grass in the middle …
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Guess the Equestrian related term in six tries.
The letter F is in the word and in the correct spot.
The letter O is in the word but in the wrong spot.
The letter Z is not in the word in any spot.