Why Am I Here Again? A Heartfelt Amateur Blog
April 23, 2023 Comments Off on Why Am I Here Again? A Heartfelt Amateur Blog
By Wendy Brown This ridiculously expensive, time sucking hobby is NOT for the faint of heart. It will take a toll on your skin and bones. It will damage your bank account and potentially take you away from family who may begin to wonder if you love your horse more than them. It will test […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – Things Your Riding Instructor Wants You to Know
April 4, 2023 Comments Off on EC Blog – Things Your Riding Instructor Wants You to Know
EC Blog – Things Your Riding Instructor Wants You to Know Author Unknown* This sport is hard. You don’t get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don’t, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot […]
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By Jamie Walters I’d like to tell you a story …. About a month ago, I decided to show my former reiner, a very hairy, fledgling rope horse, Flash (Sail On Vintage) in the Ranch Riding class at the Sun Circuit AQHA Horse Show in Scottsdale, Arizona. He had never done any of the maneuvers […]
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Accidents happen in a second, but the effects can be forever. By Susan Marie Stidham, DVM The end of a long and hard week, and only now can I write about it. Wednesday, I answered a hysterical phone call about a highway accident involving a horse trailer. Some of you may have seen Linda […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – Don’t Over Complicate It…
February 15, 2023 Comments Off on EC Blog – Don’t Over Complicate It…
By Pistol Lilly Ranch Tack Shop Don’t over complicate it…. There was a time when you were just happy to ride, happy to be in the company of horses. It didn’t matter if you could execute a perfect lead change or jump double clear rounds. You were just happy to have two feet in the […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – What Would I Do Without Horses?
February 13, 2023 Comments Off on EC Blog – What Would I Do Without Horses?
By Valerie Payne Smith People who don’t have horses sometimes say to me, “Horses sure are beautiful, but why do you have all these animals that demand so much of your time and your finances? It seems you live at the barn. You could probably have a spare room at the vet clinic with as […]
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By Amy Grohoski-Morris “Why do you allow your daughter to ride horses when it’s so expensive and time consuming? I wouldn’t do it.” I wish I had a dime for every time someone has asked me this question over the past 9 years. I’d probably be able to pay off a month of training […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – How Do Horse Lovers Persevere?
January 21, 2023 Comments Off on EC Blog – How Do Horse Lovers Persevere?
By Delores Kuhlwein, Online Editor The last couple of weeks have been rough. We shared more equine obituary news than I could digest. Early this week, I was thinking how grateful I was to have “better news” to share, and then it hit me that people were still suffering from last week’s sad news. I […]
Continue reading …A Loving Tribute to All Time Vandal
January 12, 2023 Comments Off on A Loving Tribute to All Time Vandal
By Lauren Maupin This isn’t something I ever thought I would be writing. Maybe in 20 years when he was old and grey, but here I am. It is with absolute devastation that I have to announce that due to an unforeseen complication coming out of a routine procedure Graffiti had to be humanely euthanized. I […]
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By Emily Tuma of 17 Hands Fit This guy is my best bud. He can be a literal pain in my Butt (like I still have the hematoma or scar tissue from our incident in May that probably will be there for life) but goodness, I love him so much. We […]
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