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Support Oregon Youth and Yearlings Program through Fundraiser by Heather Barnhart     Twenty-two Oregon teens from around the state were selected to participate in this year’s Teens and Oregon Mustangs Youth and Yearling Program. They will have 98 days to gentle their wild mustang before the competition on August 24th, …

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Get Your Barn Ready for Hay

Five Tips to Prepare for and Manage Hay Storage by Laurie Cerny     First cutting is right around the corner in most parts of the country. For most of us this means our barns will need to be ready to store our hay in the next few weeks. There’s nothing …

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What is a Performance Horse?

The Ultimate Performance Horse by Karen Pickering   Greetings! It’s Memorial Day weekend as I write this column. Seems like July is a long way off, especially on a rainy day. I’m anxiously awaiting summertime, but my thoughts today are of the soldiers and law enforcement officers that put their …

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A High Performance Sport

What Kind of Horse Makes a Mounted Shooting Horse?     Any breed of horse or mule can be used as a mounted shooting horse. Some horses take to this sport easily, others do not. But, first things first. Since this is a high performance sport, you need to start with a sound …

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Scoot Your Boots to the 33rd Annual Mule Days!

    Hells Canyon Mule Days will be celebrating mules and muleskinners on the weekend after Labor Day, September 6th, 7th, & 8th. From its humble beginnings in 1981, it has progressed steadily and is the fastest growing mule show in the Northwest. This year’s mule show will be three …

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A Beautiful Mind

Performance is an Inside Job by Catherine Madera   My daughter’s horse, Gunner, is a beautiful example of what he was bred for: speed in the quarter mile. A gaming horse, he loves to run and is built for the job. He’s definitely a performance horse in terms of athletic ability. …

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Playing with Magic

New Film Highlights the Gift of Horses   Emmy Award- winning filmmaker Wayne Ewing’s new film, Playing with Magic, premiered at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival recently and was wonderfully received. Playing with Magic explores how people are miraculously transformed by playing with horses. In the film (based …

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The New Normal

Protect Your Horse with Strategic, not Rotational, De-worming  by R. Paul Schwab, DVM   Recently the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) released their guidelines for parasite control in response to the development of resistance of some species of parasites to our common de-wormers. Their recommendations are based on the following …

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Camping with Your Horse

How to Create a Memorable and Safe Overnight Experience by Robert Eversole   Summer’s here and with it the desire to strike out with our ponies in tow. Camping with stock is an experience that will form life-long memories and is something that most riders dream about doing. In the …

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