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Up, Up and Away

It was a gorgeously sunny and warm day for my weekly ride. It was nice enough I was able to ride outside in just a t-shirt for the first time this season. It should have come as no surprise then …

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The Name Game

Bill and I received an email recently from Colleen Archer who is writing an article for a horse magazine. The question in the article was: can a horse pick out the correct item without human body language directing the horse?…

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Painted Pan Am Horses

Here are some GREAT photos taken today at the Caledon Horse Park in nearby Palgrave (site of many horse events for the 2015 Pan-Am Games) of the fibreglass horses. Liz Martin took the photographs while her mother, Carrie, and I …

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Zeloso’s Rear

. When I look at that left hind hoof with perhaps a smidgeon of the toe on the ground…most of Zeloso’s weight is being carried by the RIGHT hind. Or, perhaps, his weight (like his body) is lifting upwards and &h

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The Idea of Riding Clubs Sings!

Back seven years or so I was just wrapping up five years of writing a weekly newspaper equestrian column. I wrote about shelters in Chinook wind country, trick riding and ranch kids, saddle-fitters, bit makers, outfitters and probably darned near