It has been just over twelve hours since seventeen-year-old Sabrina Janis left the dry, desert warmth of Scottsdale, Arizona to return home to the frigid winter of Massachusetts.
Continue reading …When your full brother is one of the most decorated Western Pleasure horses of all time (A Certain Vino), it comes as no surprise that you too have an incredible amount of athleticism and charisma.
Continue reading …AQHA Most Valuable Professional of the Year in 2015, Leslie Lange had a childhood that most in the horse world would envy. While citified and suburban Americans spend millions of dollars each year at guest ranches to have the true Western experience, this champion horsewoman actually lived it. Growing up as one of seven children on a cattle ranch in Woody Creek, Colorado on the western slope near Aspen, Leslie was in the saddle at the age of two. Her father trained and sold horses, so they were an integral part of her life from day one. She recalls, “My Dad gave riding lessons to a group of women every week, and I remember sitting there, watching those lessons, and just absorbing so much through that experience.”
Continue reading …What is a Right of First Refusal? RISKS AND OPTIONS FOR ACTION! Equine-related contracts sometimes include a “right of first refusal” clause that restricts how a horse can be re-sold.
Continue reading …Hormonal Problems in Show Mares and Ways to Minimize Unwanted Behavior
Continue reading …If, like Doctor Doolittle, you’ve ever found yourself wondering if it’s possible to talk to your horse, you’re not in strange company. The Equine Chronicle listened in, so to speak, as a few top exhibitors chatted with their equine partners through trained animal communicators.
Continue reading …Click here to read the complete article 156 – March/April, 2017 By Alison Foster Rock My Motion, the 15-hand bay gelding by Appaloosa stallion, Hot Chocolate Chip, and out of She’s Radical, by AQHA stallion Radical Rodder, is rocking the horse show circuit. “Tex” is a Western Pleasure hotshot. He won his first major accolade […]
Continue reading …For those who have grown up around horses, the question of why parents would want to get their children involved in the world of competitive horse showing seems like a silly one.
Continue reading …White line disease is the common term for a progressive infection and subsequent separation of the hoof wall—with the wall coming loose from the foot.
Continue reading …… Sources define a professional simply as “one who earns a living for their occupation,” …By definition, an amateur is “a person who engages in a pursuit or activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit.”
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