I’ve been dragged, kicking and screaming, into the world of social media. I didn’t want to be. I held to my Luddite principles for as long as I could bear it, and I still can’t abide the term “social media”, …
Miscellaneous
Kylie Jensen dreams a little wilder than most. Her ambition to tame and train wild horses was born after being given a link to the film Wild Horse, Wild Ride by her instructor, Tony McKee, at the Remuda Horseman Program, …
The ‘klaxon’ horn blares loudly, sending 24 horses, four drivers and eight riders into instant motion as they navigate the figure-eight around two barrels and then straighten out onto the track in what has become known as the ‘half mile …
As such, a whole worldwide food transportation system is evolving, involving huge logistical operations from ground-to-air.
Fate is a strange thing. It’s a word used to describe events or occurrences in people’s lives when they feel like something was unavoidably meant to happen – pre-determined even. Fate is supposedly the universe’s way of ensuring that things …
In any place of business, there are about 1,000 decisions a day, which need to be made to ensure the success of the overall operation. Somebody has to decide how much chicken to drop at the KFC (the answer is …
It is almost 600 kilometres north from the sound of galloping racehorses at Hastings Park to Williams Lake, British Columbia but for Madelene Doyle, a horse racing fanatic, involvement in the sport had always been a lifetime away.
Tucked away …
Aside from his name – Mickey Blue Eyes – little was known of his history, but by the looks of him, it wasn’t hard to fill in some of the blanks.
I have spent the past two weeks trying to move a kidney stone through my ureter. If you’ve never had a kidney stone, I recommend that you don’t bother with it. I’ve had five, and that’s only counting the ones …
Some see them as pests to be managed, while others fight to protect their free-roaming way of life. Learn more about the plight of our wild horses.
I was looking at my horse trailer the other day, parked in the yard, doing nothing. It cost me as much as a car and gets used less than once a week – and less than that in the winter, …
There is something so charming about a country wedding. And for horse-lovers especially, getting married against a backdrop of big sky and sprawling fields, in the presence of friends and family – both two- and four-legged – is particularly appealing.…
Humour columnist Doug Breen considers the way horses must feel about the strange things we do to them, from tacking up to trailering.
“Your present is in the picture,” read the homemade birthday card from my grown daughter, Elizabeth. “The pony, not the man.”
In this article humour columnist Doug Breen pokes fun at the parents who see horse camp as nothing more than daycare for tweens.
