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In Loving Memory of “Im With You”

January 6, 2023 Comments Off

By Chelsea E Carlson It is hard to find the right words in the face of shock, denial, grief, and loss. Yesterday evening I received a call no one wants to get. In the blink of an eye, and in the day to day monotony, all it takes is for one thing to go slightly […]

EC Blog Post – A Team Worth Believing In

December 15, 2022 Comments Off

By Michelle Prather-Merkley At the beginning of the 2022 NCHA Futurity, Taylor Sheridan, the co-creator of the mega-hit Yellowstone, implored the audience at Will Rogers Coliseum to not let their babies grow up to be plastic surgeons, the world has enough of them. He said we need more cowboys and, as was the case as […]

EC Blog – If a Horse Show Girl Buys A New Felt Hat

December 10, 2022 Comments Off

By Sarah Mapp Cullins, mom to Emily Cullins with My Midas Maserati, pictured above. If a horse show girl buys herself a new felt hat, she will ask her Mama to buy her matching chaps. If you buy her matching chaps, they won’t actually match and you will send them back several times until […]

EC Blog: Join the Club – The Hottest Breeze Loses His Battle With His Club Foot

November 26, 2022 Comments Off

Last time you might have read about Houdini, aka The Hottest Breeze, in August 2021, he had just won a World Championship despite his struggle with his club foot and its complications. Original story from 2021: http://www.equinechronicle.com/how-you-react-when-everything-falls-apart-is-what-defines-a-true-champion/ His owner, Julia Adams, reports that in 2022, that Houdini began to lose ground with his battle with […]

EC Blog Post -From Behind the Mike with Peter Cannizzaro at The APHA/WCHA Halter Million

October 28, 2022 Comments Off

Having a good time here in Fort Worth at the Paint Halter Million show. Wow! Some REALLY quality halter horses!! Fun seeing some of the stallions up close. I’ve been arriving “with the sun” shortly before 7 each day. I had a chance to sit outside a bit this morning, enjoying a little less heat […]

EC Blog – Crumble or Double Down

August 24, 2022 Comments Off

Don’t Quit By Jamie Walters, at Reining By the Bay A few weeks ago, I had the worst ride of my career. Yes, after six years of showing and thinking surely my worst rides were behind me, I hit a dirt-eating, rock-crunching, graveling-licking show ride that makes me cringe to even think about it. It […]

EC Blog – A Tribute to 2022 NSBA Hall of Fame Inductee A Certified Edition

August 16, 2022 Comments Off

By Kristin Martin I wanted to share this letter because my horse was such a huge part in cultivating who I am today. Tonight he was honored by being inducted into the NSBA Hall of Fame. With Brady’s recent relapse we weren’t able to make it to celebrate this incredible achievement with everyone in person. […]

For All The Kids Who Did Not #GetThatGlobe

August 7, 2022 Comments Off

By Michelle Bowman For all the kids who did not #GetThatGlobe, I see you. I was you. I know how incredibly hard you worked to get to the world show. All the shows that it took to qualify to compete. All the practices and preparation to be ready. All the little details that you finessed […]

EC Blog – Bell and Me

July 20, 2022 Comments Off

A short meeting in 1982 between Don Everett and Wayne Bell becomes the birth of the custom flatbed industry and the legendary 40-year history of Western Hauler, Inc. By Don Everett “Niche” is a buzz word those self-starters and entrepreneurs overuse. “Find your niche,” they spout when advising the up-and-comers how to set the world […]

From Oops Baby to Overall High Point Champion

July 15, 2022 Comments Off

By Abbie Luther Everyone loves a feel good story, and this is definitely one of them. Echo is known as the ”oops baby.” A $900 grade Appaloosa pony ended up with your average quarter horse that was not gelded. The barn drew straws on who would call my mother and break the news. 11 […]