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CHA Region One Awards – Sapphire is Horse of the Year

August 5, 2021July 27, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) promotes excellence in safety and education by certifying riding instructors, accrediting equine facilities, producing educational conferences, and publishing educational resources, go to www.CHA.Horse for more information. Each year we recognize an instructor and a school horse that have been nominated by the staff and students that …

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Teton Ridge Presents The Run For A Million

August 5, 2021July 23, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

Teton Ridge, a newly-formed Western lifestyle brand announces its partnership with Taylor Sheridan and its participation in the 2021 Run For A Million as presenting sponsor. Teton Ridge has partnered with Sheridan to support the richest event in the history of reining, as fifteen riders compete for a purse of $1 million. …

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House Lawmakers Introduce H-2B Reform Bill

July 20, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

This summer, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, led by Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), introduced the “H-2B Returning Worker Exception Act of 2021” (H.R. 3897). This bill would reform the outdated H-2B guest worker program by exempting “returning workers” from the federal government’s stringent cap of 66,000 workers per year. …

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Book Review – Anne Kursinski’s Riding and Jumping Clinic

July 17, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

Olympian Anne Kursinski’s acclaimed book on riding horses over fences delivers on-target counsel and the kind of sophisticated, quality instruction you can only get in top barns around the world. Let this medal-winning international competitor show you “how it’s done” with step-by-step descriptions of 20 exercises to improve your position, …

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Jockey Eduardo Gutiérrez Sosa dies in Oregon racing accident

July 15, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

Photo courtesy of Grants Pass Downs 2019

Author: Horse Racing Nation staff Eduardo Gutiérrez Sosa, a journeyman jockey who rode more than 2,500 starts at small tracks around the Pacific Northwest and nearby states, died in a racing accident Wednesday evening in central Oregon. Taking part in the annual Crooked River Roundup in Prineville, Gutiérrez was …

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Oregon’s IP-13 Would Destroy Oregon’s Livestock Industry

July 8, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

The Oregon Horse Council is part of a coalition of livestock associations and leaders from across Oregon working to fight this petition. From the Oregon Farm Bureau: By Mary Anne Cooper, OFB Vice President of Public Policy 5/5/2021 I have been fielding a lot of questions from members about a …

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National Conference: Of Horse, Human and Nature, September 9-11, 2021 in Dillon, Montana

July 8, 2021July 5, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

The Montana Center for Horsemanship, in partnership with University of Montana, Western, is hosting the first national Natural Horsemanship Conference, Of Horse, Human, and Nature, focused on natural horsemanship education in the 21st century September 9–11 in Dillon, Montana. This conference will bring to Montana leading names, speakers, presenters, and experts …

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The Wild Beauty Foundation – Filmmakers Use Passion to Protect Wild Horses

August 5, 2021July 1, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

Ghost with Black Beauty star and WBF Ambassador Mackenzie Foy (left) and filmmaker and WBF Founder and President Ashley Avis (right).

Article by Wild Beauty Foundation Staff In 2018, Los Angeles based writer and director Ashley Avis was tasked with creating the modern-day reimagining of Black Beauty for the silver screen. The film, which would later be acquired by Disney, would change the course of her life forever. An equestrian since …

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Going Bitless in the Show Ring – Moving Past Fear with a Quirky Gypsy Mare

July 1, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

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Article by Jerica Pender “I never planned on going bitless. In fact, the idea scared me initially,” shares Kristina Lotz. In 2007 she was bucked off a horse she was trying out and the fall broke her pelvis in three places. In addition to the physical trauma, the mental trauma …

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CHA Region One Awards – Lisa Tremain Earns Instructor of the Year

June 30, 2021 by Northwest Horse Source

Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) promotes excellence in safety and education by certifying riding instructors, accrediting equine facilities, producing educational conferences, and publishing educational resources, go to www.CHA.Horse for more information. Each year we recognize an instructor and a school horse who have been nominated by the staff and students that …

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