Business Insurance For Business Activities
July 17, 2024 Comments Off on Business Insurance For Business Activities
Some riding instructors, boarding stable owners, and horse trainers have full-time “day jobs” but carry out their equine businesses on the side.
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A steadfast love for their horses, their trainer, the Paint Horse, and above all, each other, results in a recipe for success for the Raykovich and Chelwick “Fam” of Premier Performance Horses. By Delores Kuhlwein Time and time again in the horse industry, we hear exhibitors declare their barns become their family. In the case […]
Continue reading …There Are Pranks, And Then There Are Epic Pranks!
July 15, 2024 Comments Off on There Are Pranks, And Then There Are Epic Pranks!
Horse people are the best people! Not only do they engage in hardworking endeavors that keep our industry moving forward, but they also engage in epic pranks in the spirt of fun.
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Meredith Senterfit Edmondson, 90, died of natural causes on January 6, 2024 at her home, Edmondson Farm, in Nokomis, Florida, where she had operated a horse breeding and show management business since 1980.
Continue reading …Rose Veldman Aces the US Adaptive Golf Open
July 12, 2024 Comments Off on Rose Veldman Aces the US Adaptive Golf Open
By Delores Kuhlwein Rose Veldman was ten years old, living in a Haitian orphanage, when the 2010 Haiti earthquake struck. Though terror reigned in the orphanage during the 7.0 quake, Rose chose to rescue a three-year-old girl on the fourth floor of the building. As she made her escape, the building collapsed, crushing Rose’s legs. […]
Continue reading …Caroline, Jack and Ella Kate Herman
July 11, 2024 Comments Off on Caroline, Jack and Ella Kate Herman
Combine three teenagers, six horses, a healthy dose of competitive spirit–and don’t forget the stress of a big horse show–and what do you get? It sounds like what follows should be a punchline, but this is the busy reality the Herman family lives as they prepare for the AQHYA World Show which is held in Oklahoma City this August.
Continue reading …How To…DIY Dyeing – Dyeing Leather Tack
July 11, 2024 Comments Off on How To…DIY Dyeing – Dyeing Leather Tack
Some of the brightest stars in horse show arena have the tiniest of details to thank for their jaw-dropping first impressions. In this piece, we go behind the scenes to share a trick of the trade: using dye to inexpensively enhance different aspects of your horse show turnout.
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 […]
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The mother-daughter relationship can be complex, but for the Smith family, their love for the horse conquers all – even one of the most daunting classes: pleasure driving. By Delores Kuhlwein “In you, I see the best parts of me.”- unknown. It’s not your everyday occurrence to behold a youth competing in an open driving […]
Continue reading …Fresh Start: Retraining The “Problem Horse”
July 9, 2024 Comments Off on Fresh Start: Retraining The “Problem Horse”
There’s an old saying that there are no problem horses, only problem riders. Nevertheless, having a mount that rears, bites, and kicks isn’t ideal, regardless of how it came to have those behavioral issues.
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