The Paw-fect Balance: Managing Dogs at Horse Shows
By Skye Mize, WhoaZone Equine: Horse shows are bustling events that combine the elegance of equestrian sport with the camaraderie of exhibitors, spectators, and vendors. For many exhibitors, bringing along a beloved dog is part of the experience. However, horse show producers must carefully consider the liabilities and challenges that arise when dogs are part of […]
EC Blog – (Never Want to) Own a Pony Experience Day
December 10, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – (Never Want to) Own a Pony Experience Day
There’s a video circulating on social media right now from MyBreeches.com of the pony chaos that ensued when one pony in a riding group decides to buck the system, and the rest follow suit! https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1E7h9nNA9T/ This naughty pony mayhem inspired a repost of this hysterical blog by Jamie Wright Equestrian: Here at Jamie Wright Equestrian […]
Continue reading …Appreciate Your Trainer – An EC Blog by Sophie King of Carson Training Center
December 3, 2024 Comments Off on Appreciate Your Trainer – An EC Blog by Sophie King of Carson Training Center
By Sophie King I started riding at Carson Training Center with my trainers, John and Tye Carson, three years ago. When I started riding there, I was so shy, and I didn’t really like to talk. I remember Tye telling me one day after my lessons, “You know you can talk right?” That next week […]
Continue reading …A Weekend at the All American Quarter Horse Congress
October 25, 2024 Comments Off on A Weekend at the All American Quarter Horse Congress
By EllaMae Reiff , DTN Content Editor Copyright (2024) DTN, LLC. Used with permission. COLUMBUS, Ohio (DTN) — There’s nothing quite like the crisp fall air mixed with the unmistakable excitement of the All American Quarter Horse Congress. Held in Columbus, Ohio, this event is the largest single-breed horse show in the world, and this […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – Sometimes the Billet Breaks
August 28, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – Sometimes the Billet Breaks
Sometimes the billet breaks. It was her first rodeo. And the billet broke, the saddle came off, and she bit the dust. Literally. When your ten year old dreams about racing barrels in a real rodeo, you don’t tell her she can’t enter the hometown roundup when it rolls around. You might know without a […]
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By EC Writer Elizabeth Arnold: When was the last time you rode your horse just for the pure joy and thrill of it? No goal to accomplish, no problem to fix, no skill to master. Just you and your horse under the sky and on top of the ground. We talk so often […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – Proud Owners of the Paul Horn Numbered 1 Bronze
August 20, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – Proud Owners of the Paul Horn Numbered 1 Bronze
An EC Blog by Shannon Rafacz: Do you remember the first show you went to, and you looked at all of the prizes and awards that you “might” win? A saddle maybe? Maybe a belt buckle? Well, for me, I was 12 and it was a trophy. I was at the NRHA futurity and with […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – To The Horse Who Came Next
July 10, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – To The Horse Who Came Next
By Julia S. Adams, Goldun Custom Creations “To the horse who came next: You enter a freshly bedded, ready-made stall with all the fixings, not knowing it still bears the name plate of the horse that lived there before you. You wear hand-me-down halters, fly masks, blankets, and items with writing on them that that horse […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – Grateful To Be Part of This World
July 7, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – Grateful To Be Part of This World
This weekend, Lindsey McCracken of Houston, Texas, learned she and her horse, Its Hubbout Time, earned the 2024 APHA World Show Reserve All-Around Amateur Solid Paint-Bred title! The DIY Amateur and her mom, Anne McCracken, had taken the 2016 buckskin solid gelding by Hubba Hubba Huntin and out of Pepsis Carmel Queen to the 2024 […]
Continue reading …An EC Blog by Kathleen Beckham – Inconvenienced
June 20, 2024 Comments Off on An EC Blog by Kathleen Beckham – Inconvenienced
By Kathleen Beckham of Ethos Equine: Years ago, I had a baby horse, and when he was about 18 months old, I had the opportunity to have an equine chiropractor work on him. He was wiggly and squirrelly, and I apologized to the chiropractor for that. “That’s okay,” she said, “Little babies haven’t learned how to […]
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