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Willfully Guided: Mare Watch 2025

May 15, 2025 by Allison Trimble

Foals are on the Way! There’s something about spring in the Pacific Northwest that feels different than anywhere else. The days start getting longer, the mud starts drying up (eventually), and there’s a buzz of anticipation that seems to hang in the air. At my house, spring means one thing: …

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Trail Savvy: The Shared Responsibility of Everyone on Board

May 13, 2025 by Robert Eversole

Photo Courtesy Robert Eversole

Trail Access for Equestrians Depends on the Stewardship of Horse People Flying from clinic to clinic, I spend more time in the air than I’d like to admit. This past weekend, as I settled into my seat and watched the pre-flight safety briefing, a particular phrase caught my attention: “The shared …

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Cover Story: EquiAgent and the Equestrian Real Estate Academy

May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 by Kim Roe

Photo by Beth Piper Photography

New Course and Designation Creates Opportunity for Real Estate Professionals Equestrians belong to a unique club. We have more in common with one another than not. Our shared love of the horse and our passion for riding, training, and competing brings us together and bonds us. Horse people know what’s …

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New & Noteworthy: Book of Barn Hacks Makes Life Easier Around the Barn

April 28, 2025 by Northwest Horse Source

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Riders of a Certain Age™ is excited to announce the release of The Riders of a Certain Age Book of Barn Hacks. This 120-page, digest-sized book is filled with over 1000 ideas to make life easier around the barn and better for your horses. It focuses on practical techniques for …

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Trail Savvy: More Than Miles

April 25, 2025 by Robert Eversole

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An Education in Packing and Precision Ed Haefliger called me in 2009, shortly after I started writing a column on trail riding and camping with horses. I was still finding my footing as a writer and, if I’m honest, I felt a mix of excitement and imposter syndrome—I didn’t even …

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Media Barn: New in Books – The Dutchess of Chadwick

April 23, 2025 by Nikki Alvin-Smith

Cover Artwork: From original oil on canvas painting “Waves Apart” by artist Nikki Alvin-Smith

Grand Prix Dressage Competitor Writes Novel Professional writer and Grand Prix dressage competitor Nikki Alvin-Smith is pleased to share news of her latest creative work, The Dutchess of Chadwick. “This is a new avenue for me—a tree-lined one replete with parasols, paramours and passion set in the Gilded Age, with …

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Editor’s Postcard: All the Beautiful Horses

April 21, 2025 by Kim Roe

Exo & Kim. Photo Courtesy Kim Roe

Receiving Comfort from Special Friends Long Gone Throughout my life I’ve mined my imagination when I need to escape stressful situations. I use this skill to transport myself to a happy place and time. Memory is my greatest tool as I close my eyes, breathe, and think of some places …

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Trainer’s Corner: Is Your Horse Supple?

April 17, 2025 by Kim Roe

Photo by Kim Roe

Signs, Symptoms, and Solutions for Improving Your Horse’s Flexibility Riding a horse who has achieved a high degree of suppleness gives a wonderful feeling to its rider. A supple horse moves fluidly and freely over the ground. Its hind legs reach well under its body while bending the joints of …

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Business Profile: Lazaris Sport Horses

April 15, 2025April 15, 2025 by Northwest Horse Source

Photo by Julia Ann Photography

Celeste Lazaris Helps Clients See, Connect, and Relieve their Horse’s Pain Why did you get started in business? Horses saved my life as a kid, and I wanted to spend my life looking for ways to give back to them. What is your history with horses? I worked with troubled …

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New & Noteworthy: $20,000 in Student Scholarships Offered by Purina Animal Nutrition

April 12, 2025 by Northwest Horse Source

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Purina Animal Nutrition, along with the Land O’Lakes Foundation, has reopened its annual scholarship program designed to assist students with experience in livestock production and animal stewardship in pursuing their passions and furthering their education. Scholarship funds aim to support incoming and current college or vocational students involved in animal agriculture. …

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