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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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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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