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Prepare to Ride Your Horse Bridle-less using Neck Rope
Is your horse well-trained, and you're ready to add a neck rope to your riding regimen, in preparation to go bridle-less? Clinician Julie Goodnight recommends riding with a neck rope and your bridle to know you have control before you do bridle-less
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Previously Wild Mustangs Show Competitive Edge
Fifty-nine previously wild Mustangs competed in three divisions at the Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Extreme Mustang Makeover October 21-23 to show the trainability of Mustangs. Wild American Mustangs previously untouched by humans began training for the compe
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Proponents Work to Save Texas Donkeys
Starting in south-east Texas, representatives of the Wild Horse Freedom Federation are taking a trailer full of donkeys across the entire width of Texas to make a stand for the wild burros being shot in the world famous Big Bend State Park by the Texas
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Purina Supports A Home for Every Horse
During the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, PurinaMills, LLC announced its pledge to donate $125,000 in feed to American Horse Councilâs Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC). The donation will support A Home for Every Horse, a program dedicated to finding home
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Quarter Horses and Riders at Their Best
National Championships (RSNC) hosted the 2012 Merial RSNC National Finals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds July 3-8, 2012 in conjunction with Battle in The Saddle. This outstanding event accommodated 6,056 teams, and had payout
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Queen and Monty Roberts to Honor Horse Trainers
On the 24th of June, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is scheduled to award several persons recommended by famed horse gentler Monty Roberts for their pioneering efforts to encourage violence-free training in South America where extremely harsh tradit
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Queen to Celebrate Horses During Diamond Jubilee
The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II is an international celebration marking the 60th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the thrones of seven countries. The 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations will center on an extended weekend from
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Race Horse Deaths Caused by Bigger Purses?
On average, 24 horses die each week at racetracks across America. Many are inexpensive horses racing with little regulatory protection in pursuit of bigger and bigger prizes. These deaths often go unexamined, the bodies shipped to rendering plants and lan
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Radiographic and Throat Abnormalities in Yearling Horses
Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital will host an educational forum on July 18 at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavilion, Saratoga Springs, New York. An expert veterinary panel will present radiographic images of joints and endoscopic videos of throats in sales yearl
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Rags-to-Riches Horse Rescue Adoptions
What do John D. Rockefeller, Oprah Winfrey, and J. K. Rowling have in common with the stars of Equine Extravaganzaâs Horse Rescue Initiativeâs newest competition? They all have a compelling Rags-to-Riches story.