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Congratulations to May Trophy Circuit Winners and Mark Your Calenders for July 13/14 Our summer is in full swing and we wrapped up our May Trophy Circuit with the highest entries in several years. We thank each and every one of you who attended. Also exciting was the great audience, …

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Beat the Heat

Help Your Horse Cope with Hot Weather by Laurie A. Cerny   The heat of summer can take its toll on horses. Rising temperatures and high humidity not only make it uncomfortable they also add stress, especially to equine seniors and horses with respiratory problems. There are several things horse …

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Performance Horse Care: Then and Now

Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital Celebrates 50 Years of Excellence by James Bryant, DVM, Diplomate ACVS     Pilchuck Veterinary Hospital has entered its 50th year of service to the western Washington equine community. In that time, veterinary medicine has come a long way in how we diagnose, treat and manage our …

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Riding Well Grounded

One Step at a Time by Marilyn Pineda, Fire Mountain Trail Course   I was watching a Buck Brannaman DVD a while back and he made the comment that working with our horse is like a dance. He was talking about being one-on-one with the horse, with you as the leader …

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ABHA Launches the Century Club

Putting the Fun in Fundraising! The Century Club is a fun horseback riding opportunity  for everyone who loves to ride, as well as a fund raising activity for the ABHA organization. Here’s how it works: Each rider commits to ride 100 miles, or ride 100 hours on their horse within …

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Buy, Adopt, or Rescue?

How to Choose an Equine Partner by Raye Lochert     Picking the right horse is a practice in realism. Too often people choose a horse based on color, breed, bloodlines, or just because “they’re so darn cute.” While I have been guilty of all these things in the past there is …

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Rising from the Ashes

Helping Horses and Children Grow Together by Allison Trimble, Willfully Guided Horsemanship   There are many things I am passionate about, but none so much as the care and development of horses and children. Recently I had an opportunity to combine the two.  The Washington State Livestock Coalition is an …

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Northwest News: Teens and Oregon Mustangs Poker Ride

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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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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