HA120601

Inspired by People and Horses

$2.50 | Volume 35 · Issue 6 | June 2012 | www.horsesall.com

SPECIAL FEATURE:

Calgary Stampede Centennial Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow / 16-29

Olympic Hopefuls at Spruce Meadows / 30 Top 10 Charity Rides / 8

PLUS:

Angel Express Riding Across Canada / 11

Tails: Three Horses, One Legend / 27

Where is Jason Davidson?

Swanky Shanks

Bullfighter still busy / 7

Inspired creations / 9

T2203

Trailer Picture T2092

Trailer Picture T2092

$88,000+ $1,000 credit on new Ford F-Series $88,000+ $1,000 Truck!

NEW 2012 SOONER GOOSENECK credit on new 2009 SOONER 3 HORSE Ford F-Series SARATOGA 4 Truck! NEW WITH 4’ dressing HORSE room, 7’4” inside height, 2009 SOONER padded stall A dividers, Aluminum 15\’ SHORT frame SARATOGA 4 HORSE WITH WALL SIERRA $INTERIOR A 15\’ SHORT WITH WALLOUT SIERRA SLIDE

Mackenzie Porter, Rising Star Shining bright in movies and music / 5

$70,121+ $1,000 credit on new Ford F-Series Truck! 2012 SOONER LEGACY SEL 413 LIVING QUAR$70,121+ $1,000 credit on new Ford TER W/BUNKS BEDS WITH T2205 F-Series Truck! 2012 SOONER PREMIER EDITION PACKAGE. Trailer Picture LEGACY SEL 413 LIVING QUAR- 2012 SOONER LEGACY SEL 413 ALL ALUMINUM CONSTRUCTER W/BUNKS BEDS WITH T2210 TION WITH SINGLE PIECE PREMIER EDITION PACKAGE. Living quarter w/bunks Trailer beds with premier Picture ROOF ALL ALUMINUM ALUMINUM CONSTRUCTION WITH SINGLE PIECE ALUMINUM ROOF

62,330 $41,883+ $1,000 credit on new Ford

22,999

Publication Mail Agreement 40069240

INTERIOR WITH SLIDE OUT

your your sourcesource for newfor andnew and used trailers used trailers in Western your source for new andin Western Canada Canadain Western used trailers

$

Trailer Picture T2205 Trailer Picture T2205

Canada

www.camclarktrailers.com www.camclarktrailers.com

www.camclarktrailers.com

edition package. All aluminum construction with drop downs on buttT2210 side.

F-Series Truck!

$41,883+ $1,000 credit3 on new Ford NEW 2012 EXISS HORSE LIVNEW 2012 EXISSF-Series 3 HORSE Truck!

ING QUARTER LIVING NEWQUARTER 2012 EXISS 3 HORSE LIVQUARTER MODELING 7308 LQ 3 HORSE WITH Model 7308 3 horse with 8’ ALL ALUMI8’lqSHORT WALL 7308 LQ 3 HORSE WITH short wall MODEL all aluminum construction NUM CONSTRUCTION 8’ SHORT WALL ALL ALUMINUM CONSTRUCTION

36,999

$

T2210

CAM CLARK TRAILERS Bay 1, 925 Veterans Blvd NE CLARK TRAILERS CAM CAM CLARK TRAILERS AB T4A 2G6 BayVeterans 1,Airdrie, 925 Veterans Blvd Bay 1, 925 Blvd NE NE tel: 1-403-948-6660 Airdrie, AB T4A 2G6 Airdrie, AB1-888-948-6660 T4A 2G6 toll tel:free: 1-403-948-6660 tel: 1-403-948-6660 toll free: 1-888-948-6660 toll free: 1-888-948-6660

Central Alberta

c i s s a l C

DRAFT HORSE

JUNE 30-JULY 2, 2012

Olds Alberta

Saturday, June 30 9:00 a.m. Gelding Halter Classes 11:00 a.m. Junior Halter Show 1:00 p.m. Super Team Competition 4:00 p.m. Draft Horse Hitch Show/Mutton Bustin’ Four Horse Hitch, Junior Team Driving, Junior Cart, Six Horse Hitch Jackpot,Celebrity Team Driving

SEE THE POWER, FEEL THE THUNDER!

• Draft Horse Halter and Hitch Show • Draft Horse Pull • Super Team Competition • Wagon Rides • Kids Activities • Mutton Bustin • Stock Dogs

Sunday, July 1 9:00 a.m. Percheron Halter Classes 11:00 a.m. Shire Halter Classes 1:00 p.m. Heavy Horse Pull 4:00 p.m. Draft Horse Hitch Show/Mutton Bustin’ Six Horse Hitch Championship, Heavy Draft Team, Ladies Cart, Team of Registered Mares

Monday, July 2

$5.00/person, $20.00/family - 5 and under free

9:00 a.m. Clydesdale Halter Classes 11:00 a.m. Belgian Halter Classes 1:00 p.m. Best of Show 3:00 p.m. Draft Horse Hitch Show Unicorn, Mare Cart, Men’s Cart, Light Team, Mystery Riding Class

Olds Agricultural Society 403-556-3770 office@oldsagsociety.com www.albertadrafthorseclassic.com

Lot # 54 “Me And Lena”, Seller, Tyler Darroch, Estevan, Sask.

Sold for $7,500 and went to John Swales of Millarville, AB.

THE LARGEST AND MOST ATTENDED HORSE SALE IN CANADA! Friday, Sept. 28th/2012 at 6pm at the Westerner Ex Grounds in Red Deer, AB. Held during the Canadian Supreme Show and Trade Fair Sept. 23rd to 29th.

■ Selling approx. 60 head of top selected Cutting, Reining and Barrel prospects, Broodmares, and well broke Ranch Horses.

■ Excellent facilities for video displays and promotion.

■ Internet and major publications advertising ■ Large sale ring to accommodate cutting and reining demonstrations.

■ Lot number preference for Canadian Supreme offspring Now accepting consignments for the 2012 sale. Sale deadline July 30th.

Contact Elaine Speight at (403) 845-2541 for your consignments.

Lot # 50 “MP Chrome Catt”, Seller, Mighty Peace Performance Horses, St. Isidore, AB. (High Selling Horse of Sale) Sold for $10,800 to Bill Jani of Calgary, AB.

Lot # 36 “Pistols Cash Effort”, Seller, Darrel and Judy Doran, Rocky Mtn. House, AB. Sold for $6,300 and went to Krystal Moren of Wetaskiwin, AB. Lot # 14 “Hum Me A Bar” Seller, Wil Speight, Rocky Mtn House, AB. (Bridless work) Purchased by Kirstin York of Sylvan Lake, AB.

Early Listings and Sale Catalogue at www.thewesternhorsesale.com 2

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

CONTENTS

Volume 35 • Number 6 • June 2012

www.horsesall.com 5

Editor: Craig Couillard craig.couillard@fbcpublishing.com (403) 200-1019

7

8

9

Field Editor Crystal McPeak crystal@fbcpublishing.com (403) 360-3210 Field Editor Natalie Sorkilmo natalie.sorkilmo@fbcpublishing.com (403) 608-2238

5th generation rancher’s daughter stars in Horses of McBride

Sales Account Manager Crystal McPeak crystal@fbcpublishing.com (866) 385-3669 (toll free)

Former bullfighter carves out several new careers

11

10 great charity trail rides this year

12

Swanky Shanks creates sole and pursenality

13

30

Sales Account Manager Natalie Sorkilmo natalie.sorkilmo@fbcpublishing.com (403) 608-2238 Special Projects – Glacier Ag Media Tom Mumby glacieragproducts@shaw.ca (780) 459-5464 Publisher: Bob Willcox bob@fbcpublishing.com

The Angel Express: riding across Canada this summer

18

This month’s contributors: Terri McKinney, Cindy Bablitz, April Clay, Wendy Dudley, Heather Grovet, Todd Kimberley, Robyn Moore, Catherine NantelPhilibert, Amie Peck, Carol Shwetz, Glenn Stewart, Carol Upton and Judy Wardrope.

Published Monthly by: Farm Business Communications 1666 Dublin Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3H 0H1

First ever longears show coming to southern Alberta

Californian cowgirl to Cowboy Up on her mule

20

RCMP Musical Ride: A special guest at the Calgary Stampede

Advertising Deadline Second Monday of the month prior to publication date.

Associations.......................... 32 Backcountry Travels ............. 13 Behind the cover.................. 3 A Breed Apart ....................... 10 Calendar of Events ............... 34 Classifieds ............................. 36 Doing it my way .................. 11 Eye on the Industry ............. 33 From the field ...................... 4

Make cheques payable to Horses All. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities.

Published Monthly by Farm Business Communications ISSN 0225-4913

US Postmasters HORSES ALL (ISSN 0745-7294) is published monthly for $62.00 per year by Farm Business Communications. c/o U.S. Agent, Transborder Mail, 4708 Caldwell Road E, Edgewood, WA, 98372-9221.

Periodicals Postage Paid at Puyallup, WA, and additional mailing offices.

U.S. POSTMASTER: Send address changes (cover only) to Horses All c/o Transborder Mail PO Box 6016, Federal Way, WA. 98063-6016, U.S.A. None of the material, written or artistic, may be reprinted or used in any way without the specific permission of the editor. The opinions and statements expressed in the articles and advertisements found in Horses All are not necessarily those of the staff or owners. Therefore, HORSES ALL will not be responsible for those opinions or statements included in the articles or advertisements.

However, the staff and owners of HORSES ALL would appreciate written notice of false advertising. The publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertising.

While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of material published, no responsibility will be assumed for advertising received by telephone and in no case will liability be assumed for greater than the cost of the advertising when errors or omissions have occurred.

HORSES ALL may not be held responsible for the loss or damage of any photographs, drawings, logos, manuscripts, etc., that are sent or brought to the office.

Notice of Copyright Full, complete and sole copyright in any advertisement or editorial content bought or produced by HORSES ALL is vested in and belongs to HORSES ALL. No copyright material may be reproduced in any form with out the prior written consent of HORSES ALL. Horses All does not accept unsolicited manuscripts.

Those received will not be returned.

Spruce Meadows sets the stage for Olympic jumpers

27

Tails: Three Horses, One Legend

28

Kick up your heals with Centennial Stampede boots

DEPARTMENTS

Subscription Rates (includes GST) 1-800-665-0502 One Year: $28.67 Three years: $63.59 One Year Overseas & US: $62.00

Canadian Postmasters Return undeliverable Canadian addresses (covers only)to Circulation Dept., P.O. Box 9800, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3K7.

Return undeliverable US & foreign addresses (covers only) to Circulation Dept., P.O. Box 9800, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3K7.

Packing for riding in the mountains

Get a Grip ............................ 35 Going Down the Trail .... 8/12 Horse Health ........................ 11 Horse Heroes ........................ 6 In it to Win it....................... 30 Inspirations .......................... 9 Looking Back........................ 33 Our Way of Life.................... 28 Riding out of your Mind ..... 14

Rhymes of the range ............ 4 Talking Back ......................... 4 The Mercantile ..................... 15 Two-Bit Cowboy .................. 4 Time to Chill ........................ 6 Where are they now? ........... 7 Young Guns.......................... 5

FLORES LADUE Behind the cover Front cover artist profile

By Cindy Bablitz

T

his might be a first for Horses All: featuring artwork on our front cover created by an artist who has never sold a single piece of her work. At least, not yet.

And this debut offering — a stunning 40” x 40” oil on masonite figuring the inimitable Flores LaDue — is the kind of premiere movie scripts are made of. Simply named, Flores LaDue is an elaborate re-telling of a historical photograph artist Ruth Vickers found in the Glenbow Museum archives.

“Part of being an artist is recognizing an image that appeals to you... seeing the connections in your mind’s eye with other stories you know,” says Ruth.

“I knew the minute I saw this image that this was an important person I wanted to paint. You can even see in Prince’s eye, (the horse Flores is riding in the featured piece), that horse… he knew he was carrying someone special.”

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

Flores LaDue, born Grace Maud Bensel, ran away in her teens from the Sioux reservation in Minnesota where she was raised to join a traveling Wild West show.

She was feisty — at less than five feet tall, she could lasso five galloping horses at one time and eventually retired undefeated as the World’s Champion Lady Fancy Roper — and her trick riding caught the eye of itinerant rodeo cowboy Guy Weadick.

The pair were married and traveled extensively throughout North America and Europe before Flores became the lesser known inspiration behind the beginning of the Calgary Stampede. Though her husband is oft-recognized with the founder’s credit of what went on to become one of the world’s most famous rodeo exhibitions, Flores herself remained relatively unsung.

There’s a little Flores LaDue in Ruth Vickers.

“I don’t have a name for myself because I’ve been doing other things, like raising my

six children on my own.

One of the reasons I was taken with painting Flores is because, like other women of her era who blazed their own paths of adventure, not only did she forge out into one of the few jobs where she could get paid decently — though still not the same as men doing the same thing — but she was clearly having a good time!”

Ruth’s Flores LaDue is being featured in the live auction of this year’s LaDue Ladies Lunch — an annual fundraising event celebrating the spirit of women of the west by sponsoring young adult female rodeo athletes. This year’s lunch is being held July 5 in the Mustang Room at Stampede Park’s BMO Centre.

Watch the August issue of Horses All for a more indepth look at this talented artist, feisty in her own right.

Meanwhile, for tickets and more information on the 2012 LaDue Ladies Lunch, surf to www.ladueladieslunch.ca. To view more of Ruth Vickers work, check out www.cargocollective.com/ruthvickersartist. 

3

He’s only a Grade Two-bits from a two-bit cowboy

He grazes alone not far from the rest That sorrel that is my old friend For trails that we’ve blazed I s’pose I am blessed More than I comprehend

Craig Couillard – Editor

T

Cowboy poetry

Our path came together when he was just three He knew not of leather or rope Wild like an elk, so regal and free A future of promise and hope Soon it was clear he was better than most Standing alert in the pen Eyeing the rails four and nine to the post He knew he could clear four and ten Some say it’s me who gentled his soul And suppled him soft on the bit But he was the one with savvy I stole And a heart that didn’t know quit

And thankfully he did. I’ve travelled quite a bit across North America in my various careers, and everybody has either heard of the Calgary Stampede and wants to attend some year, or have been to it and are quick to share their stories.

Speaking of stories, you have the chance to share your favourite Calgary Stampede memory. Just go to our Facebook page and post it on our wall. You could win a beautiful water color by western artist Gena Lacoste.

As I write this column from our Two-Bit Ranch southwest of Calgary, I look out across my rail fence at the Bar Pipe Ranch to the west which is still owned by the AE Cross family.

If I let my imagination run for a bit, I can see the Big 4 mounted on their horses in the fall of 1912, leisurely riding across the foothills of the Rockies.

The cattle are grazing, leaves are in full colour. They chat quietly about the success of their first frontier show.

I wonder if they knew the legacy they would leave that would become the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.

If only walls could talk!

A big thanks to Aimee Benoit at the Calgary Stampede for sending me the old photographs. 

Pickin’ our way through a dangerous canyon When tracks just vanished from sight I couldn’t have found a better companion In sunshine or dead of night A master of get when the going got rough When the bottom dropped out of the trail He’d scramble beyond a rocky scree bluff And get me back safe without fail We’ve jingled the trails way up to the pass The Palliser, Nigel and Jobe Past rivers and glaciers to alpine lush grass Where heaven is here on the globe Determine to carry his head regimental Though time is no longer his friend Watching him age gets me half sentimental ‘Cause soon I know it will end So he’ll live out his days just grazing alone But we will remember back then Of alpine adventures that we have both known And places we’ll not see again Chorus He hasn’t a title, he’s only a grade And I reckon that he’s gettin’ old But bloodlines don’t matter whatever the shade If veins are flowin’ with gold.

Bj Smith is an experienced horse trainer, riding coach, packer and guide, and is routinely found in the summer guiding groups of wilderness travellers on the trails of the Canadian Rockies. He is equally handy on stage; this awardwinning cowboy poet has performed in the U.S., on cruise ships, at every cowboy festival in Canada and is the past president of the Alberta Cowboy Poetry Association. “In every cowboy’s life,” says Bj, “if he’s lucky, there may be one good horse. I was blessed with the horse I named Aaron, and wrote about him in Only a Grade.” www.BjSmith.ca

THINKSTOCK.COM

he Calgary Stampede. 100 years old. If only walls could talk!

Can you imagine that night in 1912 when Guy Weadick walked into a downtown Calgary Hotel to meet with the Big 4 (shown right, in 1924 with the Prince of Wales in the centre)?

This wasn’t just any four businessmen. This was the Big 4 — Calgary royalty… visionary pioneers that helped to build Alberta.

For sure the meeting would have been at one of the better hotels. Dining room blue with smoke. Good intelligent conversation. Possibly some laughter. Maybe it was at the Palliser Hotel which is still one of Calgary’s finest.

Maybe these men had a beer or two brewed by AE Cross at his Calgary Brewing and Malting Company. Quite possibly they had a steak from a steer raised on George Lane’s Bar U Ranch that was processed at Pat Burns’s meatpacking plant. Alberta MLA Archie McLean would have been supportive to help promote his fledgling province.

Strange partners in some respects these Big 4. McLean and Lane were both Liberal MLA’s at one point in their lives. Cross was a Conservative MLA. Burns was a Conservative in the Canadian Senate.

Two Liberals. Two Conservatives. Yet they were able to set aside their political differences to not only develop the first ever Calgary Stampede but finance it as well. The common bond? Horses… and the western way of life.

And then there was Guy Weadick (shown right, with his wife Flores LaDue in the mid-1920’s). Wild west performers on the vaudeville circuit across North America and Europe.

They blow into Calgary 100 years ago and Guy announces he wants to run a frontier show. He must have been some gutsy salesman to not only sit down with the Big 4, but also close the deal.

Rhymes from the Range

By Bj Smith

From the field Talking back Reader feedback – Send yours to: craig.couillard@fbcpublishing.com

T

hanks to the advertisement in Horses All, the crowd in attendance at the Wild Rose Heavy Horse Sale was record in number. The Sale was held in the Calouri Pavilion on the Olds fairgrounds. The Sale was a roaring success. — Bruce Roy via e-mail

I

just wanted to take the time and shoot you an email expressing my enjoyment of reading Horses All since you became Editor. A few months ago my farmer dad passed me the “paper” that got delivered in his mailbox. He figured I had re-subscribed to the farm address. I hadn’t. But the beautiful artwork on the cover and the stories inside have got me interested again. I look forward to reading Horses All again. I even checked out the latest edition online. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to bringing Horses All back to the people on the farms and ranches. — Christine Sweet via e-mail

I

have my first gig that is a direct result of my little ad in Horses All. It comes with a nice fee and when I asked how she found me (word of mouth, Alberta Showcase, website) she quickly replied, “Horses All!” — Doris Daley

I

got my Morning Glory print in the mail yesterday and it is absolutely gorgeous!! I am thrilled! Thank you again from the bottom of my heart!”˜ — Pam Hadden Burns via Facebook

T

hank you for drawing my name at the Mane Event. Alicia’s print arrived safe and sound yesterday. I simply love it. My husband and I have subscribed to the Horses All paper for many years and still enjoy all the articles. — Helen Neal via e-mail

I

picked up a copy of Horses All at the Mane Event last weekend after not seeing the magazine for about a year. Great job with all of the changes. I loved the format, layout and content and I’m looking forward to my oneyear subscription! — Teresa van Bryce via e-mail

4

Snapshots from our Field Editors

T

he 20th Annual Ponoka Stampede Western Art & Gift Show goes Friday June 29 Monday July 2nd in the arena complex north of the Stampede Grandstand. Art Auction is July 1 st at 4:00 p.m. in the Stagecoach Saloon. Free Admission.

C

ongratulations to Helen Neal of Calgary on winning Morning Glory, the great piece of art featured on our March cover and showcased at The Mane Event. After discussing the overwhelming response we had to her work, Alicia Quist kindly donated a stretched canvas print to also be given away. Congratulation to our Facebook supporter, Pam Hadden Burns! If you wish to purchase one of the 85 numbered and hand-signed copies of this limited edition print, Alicia has offered to provide our supporters with a Horses All special of only $89 for an 11x14 Giclee fine art print. Contact Alicia through her website to order your copy today www.backroadshighriver.com

T T L T

he ARCHA is putting on a working cow horse show in Claresholm on June 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. Take a drive and check out this great sport.

he Alberta Cutting Horse Association is also showing in Claresholm on June 15-17. ooking for something a bit different? Visit Rocky Mountain Show Jumping near Calgary for their Classic I on June 7th - 10th. And the Classic II the following weekend!

he 52nd Annual Innisfail Professional Rodeo will be held June 14 - 17, 2012 at the Daines Rodeo grounds located four miles north of Innisfail, Alberta. Innisfail has been voted the top rodeo committee in Canada in professional rodeo of the larger rodeos, nine out of the last 14 years.

D

idsbury Horse Show celebrates its 50th Anniversary, July 6 - 8. It’s an AEF approved competition, offering approximately 116 classes including the Jeopardy Challenge for competitors who desire that extra test to their horsemanship abilities. Further information regarding information on the show, please contact the Didsbury Agricultural Society: (403)335-4494 or didsagso@telus.net www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

Young guns Up and coming stars

By Cindy Bablitz

T

here’s no Hollywood in 22-year-old MacKenzie Porter, but there’s plenty of MacKenzie Porter in Hollywood And Nashville And Vancouver And Medicine Hat. This young gun, now living in Vancouver — Canada’s moviemaking mecca — is homegrown from Alberta soil, born and raised on a fifth generation horse ranchturned cattle ranch-turned bison ranch near Medicine Hat. This month, she finishes filming her third feature length movie so far in 2012, and is on her way back to Nashville where she’s recording her debut album. Her first single is set to be released this summer.

At last year’s Calgary Stampede, MacKenzie opened for country music’s performing artist Kenny Chesney, and in August, at Ottawa’s Capital Hoedown, (touted as the largest country music festival in North America) she again shared the stage with Chesney along with other country greats including Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Sara Evans, Doc Walker, Rascal Flats and others performing for some 18,000 fans — her biggest live audience to date.

And you kind of get the feeling a lot of MacKenzie’s accomplishments will be heralded for what they are, to date, as the humble momentum in this young performing artist’s career seems to be only gaining.

“My grandma is a really great piano player, and she sings too.

My dad and uncle were in a family band. And my mom used to play piano as well. My whole family really... my two siblings and my two cousins... were all involved heavily in the arts. My parents just wanted us to experience of lot of cultural stuff: we traveled a lot. Still, I don’t think they expected me to have a career in music or acting,” says MacKenzie, with characteristic humility.

MacKenzie’s brother Kalan Porter was crowned season two’s Canadian Idol in 2004. To say this is one talented family is an understatement. But, beneath the talent is an innocent sweetness, a modest, unassuming undercurrent and it’s here where MacKenzie credits her rural roots for a foundation she leans on in a business that isn’t known for its gentility.

“Being in the entertainment industry can be really difficult because you’re either not working — so you can get really discouraged — or you’re working so much it’s easy to get over-confident with all the attention,” she says.

“I come from a small town and my family is really close.

In my low times, my entire family, my grandparents, aunts, uncles, Kalan and Kelsey and of course my parents are really encouraging. And then, in the times I am working, they keep me grounded, so my ego stays in check. I really couldn’t ask for more.”

Supporting the talent and passion of the young Porters

Fifth generation rancher’s daughter stars in Horses of McBride MacKenzie Porter shining bright in movies and music has always been a family affair.

Once, mom, dad and MacKenzie drove six hours from their ranch in southern Alberta to the province’s capital for an audition in Edmonton.

“I literally was in the audition room for maybe 45 seconds before the director cut me off, waving his hand, saying, ‘That’s all. I don’t want to see anymore.’

And off we drove, six hours back home.”

She got that gig — Christmas in Wonderland — filmed almost entirely in West Edmonton Mall. It had MacKenzie rubbing shoulders with such famed names as Chris Kattan, Carmen Electra and Patrick Swayze — the last feature length film in which Swayze appeared before his untimely death from pancreatic cancer in 2009.

At the time of our interview MacKenzie had just wrapped on a true story feature film called Horses of McBride starring Aidan Quinn.

“I learned so much about how to be professional in this business from Aidan! He’s a fantastic, fantastic actor and person... the nicest, most down to earth guy,” MacKenzie gushes.

Though she grew up on horseback as a part of her daily life, and did her time in 4H, when she

photo credit: submitted

ready to be announced. Keep watching this young gun — she’s set to fire.

To learn more about MacKenzie and for news about her upcoming film and performing artist appearances, surf to www. mackenzieporter.ca. t

“My family is really close… (they) are really encouraging… and they keep me grounded” — MacKenzie Porter

photo credit: submitted

won the part of daughter Nicki Davidson in Horses of McBride, she started riding lessons to freshen up her skills.

“When you’re acting, there are so many things you have to think about, so the last thing I wanted was to have to think about looking comfortable, or feeling scared. I wanted to look like I knew what I was doing on horseback; it was surprising how easy it was to get back into the rhythm of riding,” MacKenzie says.

The Horses of McBride tells the true story of a pair of abandoned horses that were saved from starvation after being trapped for months in the snow on a high mountain in B.C. through the winter of 2008. In a serendipity of art imitating life, one of the horses featured in the film was actually a rescue horse, thin and near starving when hired to the set, but healthy and gaining weight throughout the shoot, and adopted out to a caring home soon after.

The film is currently set to air on CTV near Christmas.

For now, MacKenzie is looking forward to performing her original music, opening for country artist Craig Morgan at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede on July 28... and at another show currently in negotiations but not quite

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

Manage your Pasture & Enhance your Real Estate

For Happy Healthy Horses Photo: Courtesy of White House Stables, Victoria, BC “Thoroughbred Colt & Mare”

Large Selection of 110v.

Battery & Solar Fence Controllers Versatile 110v. or 12v.

Battery operated

Huge Selection of Portable Posts in 4 ft & 5 ft high, White, Green & Black

The Good Looking Combination Which Lasts!

After many years of fighting with wood fencing and electric with poor conductivity on our previous properties, we decided to do it right and get some help from the Pros.

We recently installed a combination of four rail FLEX FENCE and ELECTRIC TAPE in my paddocks purchased from Ferris Fencing.

1.5” Wide White, Brown & Black 3/4” Wide White and 4” Wide White ElectroTape Rail

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY FENCE!

M. M., Nanoose Bay, British Columbia Bayco & Super Grunt Electric

HorseRail • PonyRail • HorseCote HotCote • No-Climb • Diamond Mesh Complete ElectroRope & Tape Systems

BI-POLAR & FENCE RETURN SYSTEMS TO COMBAT POOR GROUNDING CONDITIONS

Also supplying General Farm, Electric Nets and Wildlife Exclusion

FERRIS FENCING

TOLL FREE: 1-800-665-3307 Tel: (250) 757-9677 • Fax: (250) 757-9670 • Toll Free: 1-800-665-3307 Email: info@ferrisfencing.com • www.ferrisfencing.com

TEL: (250) 757-9677 • FAX: (250) 757-9670 INFO@FERRISFENCING.COM • WWW.FERRISFENCING.COM

The Ferris Fault Finder

FERRIS FENCING the original from Pakton Australia • Check your electric fence install fast

Tel: (250) 757-9677 • Fax: (250) 757-9670 • Toll Free: 1-800-665-3307 • Easy to use Email: info@ferrisfencing.com • www.ferrisfencing.com

• Rugged, waterproof, inexpensive • Proven for over 15 years

5

Horse heroes Profiles of exceptional horses

By Robyn Moore

H

“

appy birthday dear Zip… Happy birthday to you,” a chorus of 30 people finish singing, not to a person, but to a horse.

Zip Code, an Appaloosa gelding, celebrated his 30th birthday on March 21 at the weekly penning practice at the Thompson Training Centre in Millarville, Alberta.

His owner, Debbie Thompson, ordered him a special carrot cake with the words “Happy 30th Birthday Zip” and a picture of an Appaloosa in a beautiful flowered field. Zip celebrated his birthday on the same night as one of Debbie’s granddaughters, Kate, who turned five.

Debbie and her grandchildren cleaned him up for his birthday, “which was hard that time of the year,” Debbie comments. Zip was muddy and starting to show his age by shedding out in patches.

Sparkly ribbons were braided into his mane so he was “dressed” for the occasion.

The weekly penning practice celebrates everyone’s birthday with cake, but this was a special celebration for a special horse.

“Thirty years is a long time ago,” Debbie reminds me when I ask for digital images of Zip competing when he was younger. Of course, digital cameras weren’t around then to

Champion penning horse celebrates 30th birthday Zip has carried many riders to numerous championships capture Zip when he started out in the show ring.

Zip foaled March 21, 1982 in Claresholm, Alberta. This Thompson Family home-bred gelding was sired by Zip’s Top Crop, a three time Canadian National champion halter stallion and his dam is Bright Pearl by Spittin Image. That same year, he won the Alberta weanling halter futurity.

Debbie raised him and started him and he was shown in halter, western and English pleasure, hunter hack, reining, working cow horse, western riding, jumping, barrel racing, pole bending as well as the youth walk trot classes and showmanship.

Zip did every event in a show.

“He loves to work, loves to work cows, “says Debbie. “He really likes speed events.”

In 1989, he won the Canadian National Super Horse Award.

That same year, he started team penning. “He took to penning,” Debbie comments. His speed combined with love of chasing cows made him the ideal penning horse. That year, he won high point youth nine and under being ridden by Debbie’s daughter Amy Thompson.

In team penning, he was shown throughout multiple decades by multiple riders: Debbie, her husband Bryan, their daughter Amy, son Chris, and son-in-law Steve. Debbie says, “We have won many, many championships and

PHOTO CREDIT: SUBMITTED

Zip is still has enough zip for Debbie Thompson’s granddaughter Ashley.

awards through the years at the regional and national level with Zip.” Lillian Dalton, who attended Zip’s 30th birthday party commented, “We have a 28 year old gelding, Randy, Its A Salty Summer, (bred by Ian Tyson from his Docs Summer Wages stud).

Zip Code and Randy have travelled down the road and stood

side by side at many a penning event over the last 20 years so he is pretty special to us too.”

Although he was officially retired five years ago, he still has a strong work ethic. Debbie comments, “[He] is happy to give granddaughters Ashley and Kate a fun ride every once in a while! Zip is kind and gentle with a competitive attitude

and still has lots of energy when being worked!”  If you have or know of a horse hero, tell us why, send us a photo and each month we’ll feature a horse that stands out from the herd. Robyn Moore is the Manager of Horse Industry Association of Alberta, email rmoore@albertahorseindustry.ca

Sponsor of Horse Heroes

Time to chill Book and movie reviews

Goodnight’s Guide to Great Trail Riding A How-to for You and Your Horse

by Julie Goodnight with Heidi Nyland Melocco Reviewed by Carol M. Upton

A

“

ll who ride should consider themselves athletes, including those who trail ride, for there is no such thing as just trail riding.

The phrase shouldn’t allow you to know less about horses or riding techniques than any other rider,” says Julie Goodnight In spring, thoughts turn to getting your horse out on the trails and that’s where a must-have resource like Goodnight’s Guide to Great Trail Riding comes in. This is a handbook for trail riders of all levels, divided into two excellent sections: Trail Riding Skills, and Training Techniques to Refine the Trail Horse.

Goodnight has a reputation for her common sense, upbeat approach aimed at the average rider. She has learned a great deal in 50 years of working with horses and her work is backlit by three lessons she shares often: Never say never.

Never say always.

Plan for the worst-case scenario

6

We can all use refreshers on the basics, but this book goes beyond that to detailed chapters on stopping anxious behaviour, retraining the spooky horse, crossing water with confidence, and ponying other horses safely down the trail. The lessons are graced with beautiful photos from award-winning photographer Heidi Nyland Melocco and chapters include a rider Q&A and sidebars summarizing key points of each lesson.

This book will definitely enrich your trail riding experience, helping you to stay safe and have fun with your horse in the great outdoors.

Soft Cover, 2011, $29.95 ISBN: 9-781-929164-56-1 Available on Amazon Julie Goodnight resides in Colorado and is an internationally respected trainer and clinician. She teaches riders to excel in whichever equestrian sport they choose and is renowned for her award-winning television show airing weekly on RFD-TV—Horse Master with Julie Goodnight.Visit Julie at: http:// juliegoodnight.com/

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

Where are they now?

Former bullfighter carves out several new careers Jason Davidson — promoter, agent, breeder, family man

By Cindy Bablitz

J

ason Davidson was a professional’s professional. In rodeo circles, Jason was the bullfighting yin to the bullrider’s yang: all the Who’s Who in rodeo circuits from Vegas to the Calgary Stampede knew his name. Until, at the ripe old age of 30, he retired.

Now, parlaying his success as a bullfighter into success as a producer of bullriding events, Jason Davidson is still the professional’s professional.

Jason is just one of those charismatic winners whose charm, wit, determination and driving motivation propel him again and again to the top of his game, whatever that may be. And, currently, he has plenty of game.

He’s the Saskatchewan and Manitoba sales rep for Wrangler Jeans. He’s an agent representing up-and-coming professional hockey athletes (our interview was interrupted with a call from the NHL’s New York Rangers scout about two draft picks Jason represents).

He’s co-owner with wife Twyla of 3D Bullriding, a production company that’s become one of Canada’s premiere go-to sources for professional development and management of bullriding events from coast to coast, including south of the border.

He’s a breeder, with partner Blaine Fyson, of bucking bull stock.

He’s one of bullfighting’s most decorated retired professionals with accolades from all the major bullriding events in North America including the Canadian Finals Rodeo, (CFR) the Canadian Professional Bull Riders (CPB) Finals, the Calgary Stampede and the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

And, perhaps his greatest source of pride — he’s dad to daughter Jordan, 18, sons Jackson, 6 and Sutton, 3, and husband to wife Twyla.

“The landscape of my career would not be what it is without her support. She’s very involved with the bullriding production; I depend on her a lot. When I’m on the road — and that’s too many days for my liking — she’s there with me in one

photo credit: submitted

Jason Davidson winning the Wrangler Bullfight Competition in Cloverdale, BC in 1996.

way or another, on a daily basis,” Jason beams of his wife. “We’re in this together, that’s for sure.”

Jason was hardly the sparkle in his parents’ eyes when he declared, at 12, that he wanted to pursue a career in the “glamourous looking occupation” of bull fighting.

“Mom and dad were dead set against it,” he laughs. “I was told at a young age, ‘You’ll never make a living in the rodeo business,’” he remembers.

“But I’m stubborn, and I wanted to be like my hero Ryan Byrne, with his trademark pink shirt and gloves, and I wanted to be at that Canadian Finals Rodeo. I look around me now and everything I have is because of rodeo. I started fighting bulls in 1992, and over the next decade I proved myself with some of the fiercest animals in the business in front of some of the best bullriders in the business.”

No one will accuse Jason of being a shrinking violet, but part of his charm is the largesse of his gratitude to the mentors, partners, colleagues and heroes who inspired

photo credit: submitted

Jason with his wife, Twyla, and two of their children, Jackson and Sutton.

him, encouraged him, opened doors for him and sat beside him while he amused himself in what he calls “the most selfish career out there.”

“Professional bullriders and pro bullfighters, we’re our own boss. We enter the rodeos we want, when we want, and if we don’t feel like going, we don’t. We put ourselves in harm’s way a lot... and a lot of time we do so with no regard for what our loved ones obviously must be feeling while we’re competing. It’s not easy on them. I mean, every time the gate opens, there’s a huge risk for serious, serious injury... or worse.”

Jason speaks from the experience of a man who knows how to cherish life, and the beloved ones in it. He credits his friend and business partner T.J. Baird for a lot of his success. He credits his Wrangler sponsors for supporting him during his pro bullfighting career and then giving him a job fresh out of his retirement, “which was the opportunity of a lifetime.”

He credits the Roy brothers, Matt and

Aaron for giving him a shot at agency, a move that opened the door to meeting Brad Devine and Jeff Helperl who furthered his career as a pro athlete agent.

“Oh, we’ve had some discussions around the kitchen table... I know my plate is full,” Jason says with a wry grin. “But I’ve got great people surrounding me: there’d be no Jason Davidson without the people who helped me along the way. I’ve got simply the best crew in Canada — people I can count on and trust.

“I remember looking at Ryan Byrne’s business card, a long time ago. He had printed on there, ‘Quality counts.’ That stuck with me, and it’s a motto that still governs my thoughts and actions in everything I do.”

We feature Jason Davidson this month in our column, Where Are They Now? And, the answer is for this rising star, “Where he always was... shining brightly at the top of his game.”

To learn more, surf to www.3dbullriding. com. t

INNISFAIL

AUCTION MARKET HORSE SALES

52nd Annual Innisfail Professional Rodeo 5 Performances

Thursday June 7 Tack @ 5 pm Horses @ 7 pm

JUNE 14-17, 2012

Thursday June 21 Tack @ 5 pm Horses @ 7 pm

REGULAR CATTLE SALES

at the Daines Ranch Rodeo grounds located 4 miles north of Innisfail, Alberta

on Wednesdays For your convenience Call Us To Book Ahead

4504 - 42 Street • Innisfail, Alberta T4G 1P6

1-800-710-3166 Ph: (403) 227-3166 • Fax: (403) 227-2202

www.innisfailauctionmarket.com

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

7

Going down the trail Places and events of interest

By Amie Peck 1. Alberta Wish Trail Ride The fourth annual Alberta Wish Trail Ride will be on August 18, 2012, at the Little Elbow Campground west of Bragg Creek. There are three trails to choose from and experienced trail bosses to lead each group. The day ends with supper, entertainment, a silent auction and great prizes to be won including a saddle. New this year is a second trail ride, September 8, 2012 at Reesor Ranch in Cypress Hills. All proceeds go to Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada, a non-profit organization dedicated to fulfilling a wish for children with life threatening illnesses.

Email: info@albertawishride.ca Website: www.albertawishride.ca

2. Heart Strings and Saddle Strings This one day ride takes place Sept.

8 on various private ranch lands in Alberta’s picturesque foothills west of Longview, Alta. Groups of ten participants each are hosted by a guide and wrangler through the six hour ride, with a stop for lunch on the trail. The morning is a two hour relaxed ride, while the afternoon trail presents more demanding challenges. The evening boasts a BBQ dinner, entertainment, native dancers and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit the Foothills Fetal Alcohol Association, providing support to all those affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.

Email: fasdanna@telus.net Contact: 403-652-4776 Website: http://www.foothillsfas. com/index.html

3. The Amazing Backcountry Race This annual trail ride, held in the scenic backcountry of Alberta, runs continuously from June 25 to September 5, 2012. Individuals

10 great charity trail rides this year Bring your own horse, raise some money, have some fun or teams on horseback search for 16 hidden caches in various locations, assisted by directions and a GPS. The extended timeline allows participants to plan a day trip or camping weekend ride whenever is most convenient. There are activities and photos to be taken at every hidden cache with some fantastic prizes to be won. Proceeds from the event are donated to STARS, a helicopter air ambulance that provides safe and rapid medical transportation for the critically ill or injured.

Email: amazingbackcountry@gmail. com Website: www.abcrace.com

4. Innisfail Trail Ride The community of Innisfail is dusting off their boots once again for the fight against cancer. The 25th annual ride will be held on September 9, 2012, departing from the Daines Rodeo Grounds in Innisfail, Alta. After a complimentary breakfast, the ride will proceed 12-16 kilometres along the scenic Red Deer Valley. Participants are treated to a delicious dinner upon their arrival back. Camping is available. Proceeds benefit the Central Alberta Cancer Centre, which ensures Albertans have access to the best treatment and patient care possible while being close to home.

Website: http://albertacancer.ca/ innisfailtrailride2012

5. Equine Foundation of Canada Trail Ride There are two locations for this fundraising trail ride, the first being in southern Alberta (exact location to be decided) on August 10-12, 2012. Riders have the chance to ride three days in a row, through some challenging terrain, while witnessing amazing views of the mountains and foothills. Camping is available and there is an awards

ceremony in the evening. The date for the second location, in Leduc, Alta., is in the works. Proceeds go to the Equine Foundation of Canada, which provides funding to the five Canadian Veterinarian Universities to advance academic learning.

Email: cbwatson@telusplanet.net Contact: (403) 378-4323 Website: http://www.equinefoun dation.ca/Upcoming/default.htm

6. Rainbow Society of Alberta Trail Ride The 21st annual trail ride is set for August 19, 2012 at the Cooking Lake — Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area in Sherwood Park, Alta.

There are two riding trails of 10 km or 24 km in length for participants to choose from. Free breakfast and lunch will be provided for all riders with pledges. This ride benefits the Rainbow Society of Alberta which grants wishes for Alberta children with chronic or life threatening illnesses. Through their charity trail ride, the Rainbow Society hopes to fund two to three wishes per year for deserving children.

Email: hollyp@rainbowsociety.ab.ca Contact: 780-469-3306 Website: www.rainbowsociety.ab.ca/ edmonton/pageFive.asp

7. Friends of the Bar U Trail Ride This day ride into the historic grazing lands of the Bar U Ranch will be held on August 4, 2012 in Longview, Alta. Everyone is welcome to bring their horse, or for the non riders, take a seat in the horse drawn wagon and come along for the fun. The Friends of the Bar U work to promote understanding of the historical significance of ranching, ranching practises and this prestigious Alberta landmark. Benefits from the ride go towards preserving the Bar U — one of the first, and

photo credit: bill bruce

Riders enjoy the beautiful weather and breath-taking scenery during the 2011 Alberta Wish Trail Ride.

most successful, large scale cattle ranches in Canadian history.

Email: baru.info@pc.gc.ca Contact: 403-395-3330 Website: www.friendsofthebaru.ca

8. Wild Pink Yonder Trail Ride This is definitely the “pinkest” trail ride! Starting August 11 in Medicine Hat and running through September 2, 2012 the ride takes place through various locations in southern and central Alberta, ending in Edmonton. The trail includes 27 stops along the way, in communities that get involved by raising money and literally painting the town pink! Participants are encouraged to join the ride whenever, and for however long they wish. The interactive online map displays where the ride will be on various dates. Proceeds benefit the Alberta Cancer Foundation for breast cancer research, treatment and education.

Email: jane@wildpinkyonder.com Contact: 780) 363-0003 Website: http://www.wildpink yonder.com/

9. Alberta Equestrian Federation Wild Rose Ride The first annual fundraising trail ride is set for September 22, 2012

in West Bragg Creek, Kananaskis Country. Participants are encouraged to either ride or drive their horses during this one day event, where you will be able to visit with old friends and even meet new ones. The day promises to be one full of adventure and fun, perfect for the whole family, and to experience the amazing fall colours in the backcountry. The ride benefits AEF programs such as scholarships and youth initiatives.

We b s i t e : h t t p : / / w w w. a l b e r t a equestrian.com

10. Millarville Trail Ride The 20th annual ride will take place September 23, 2012 in the foothills of the Rockies, west of Turner Valley at the High Noon Ranch. There are three possible rides to participate in; the Long ride in 4-1/2 hours, the Short ride in two hours or the Hunt Club ride. The day starts off with breakfast in the morning and is followed by a BBQ dinner and both a live and silent auction. All proceeds are donated to STARS air ambulance, an important cause for all equestrians, especially those who ride regularly in the back country.

Email: Ruthann@ylwrose.net Contact: 403-516-2763 Website: www.rideforstars.com

MEDICINE HAT EXHIBITION & STAMPEDE HORSE SHOW

JULY 20TH - 22ND, 2012 • Dressage • Show Jumping • English & Western Classes See web site for details & entry form

Or call (403) 527-1234 Toll Free 1-888-mhrodeo www.mhstampede.com 8

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

Inspirations Artist profile

Swanky Shanks creates sole and pursenality Innovative Calgarian puts innovative twist on recycling

By Cindy Bablitz

I

n an age when the word recycling has become a political statement, it’s refreshing to discover a recycling project that’s as much about the beauty of the end product as it is about the sentimentality of the process.

Artisan Heather Kyle happened upon the idea for what would grow into Swanky Shanks during a time she was doing some recycling of her own life.

“I was going through a divorce and I was visiting my cousin in Winnipeg when I saw this wee purse made from recycled boot parts, a string and a button in an eclectic little shop downtown. I thought of my beloved cowboy boot collection back home — at the time I had about 60 pairs — and figured I could save a few dollars on an impulse buy if I just repurposed a pair of my own boots that I didn’t wear much anymore.”

At first, Heather’s thrift and creativity were intended simply for her own enjoyment.

“But every time I made a purse from my own boots, and wore it out, someone wanted to buy it. I just loved making them, and soon realized I’d stumbled upon an idea that I could build on.”

“My favourite projects are the purses I get to create from the boots of my customers themselves.”

— Heather Kyle

photo credit: submitted

Swanky Shanks turned into a full time business — giving pursenality to lost soles.

Even Heather’s background in advertising sales has been recycled into the transferable skills she uses to dream up taglines and marketing opportunities.

Swanky Shanks purses are soled, er, sold, exclusively online.

Heather hopes to one day open her own retail bootique location: she’s already designed the front counter, a stitched up replica of, yup, a cowboy boot purse.

For now, the thrill is in the chase. Swanky Shanks gives Heather an outlet for her creative Pisces heart and her savvy western fashion flair; her quest

Heather Kyle, owner and inspiration behind Swanky Shanks.

has her finding raw materials at garage sales, thrift stores and friends closets.

“But hands down my favourite projects are the purses I get to create from the boots of my customers themselves. One lady wanted to give the boots she wore on her wedding day for her daughter to wear on her wedding day... but her size nine boots didn’t fit her daughter’s size five feet, so she had me make a purse from them as a wedding gift instead. I’ve made a number of purses for women from their deceased husband’s cowboy boots. I get to hear and

be a part of the most touching stories.”

One collector of Heather’s inspirational creations had a son who was killed in Vietnam in 1968. When he was a little boy, he used to bring her red roses, and when he died, she planted roses at his gravesite.

“When I found a pair of cowboy boots embellished with red roses, I knew just who I was making my next purse for,” says Heather. “It’s all about the art and sole,” quips Heather, as unstoppably clever with slogans as she is with creating wearable art.

“My designs are for people who can appreciate one-of-akind creations. My customers keep telling me, my purses belong in an art gallery, not in an accessory store. But I love the whole western culture and lifestyle, and I love the way my creations have connected me even more to western spirited people who really live from the heart... I want people to wear and use my designs.” t To learn more about Heather and her Swanky Shanks, surf to www.swankyshanks.com.

New From Glenn Stewart

Master Horsemanship Series: Part 1

6-DVD Set • includes Stages Program 1-5 and a BONUS DVD

The Master Horsemanship Series Part 1 is six DVDs full of information, techniques, and patterns used by Glenn at The Horse Ranch. Glenn shares years of experience used with thousands of horses and people resulting in extraordinary horse-human relationships.

$489 ORDER TODAY!

Call us Toll Free: 1-877-728 8987 or email us at info@thehorseranch.com

Visit our Online Store for more Dvd’s, horsemanship equipment, clothing and more!

Halters & Hackamores

DVDs

Reins

Clothing & Gear

Lines, Sticks & Flags

www.naturalhorsemanshipequipment.com Tack Kits

Also from The Horse Ranch:

•Sale Horses • Colt Starting • Stallions Horse Development • Working Student Program

www.thehorseranch.com

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

9

A breed apart Horse breeder profile

By Robyn Moore

W

indy Coulee Canadian Horses is situated on 160 acres of native grassland, 50 of which has been reclaimed in beautiful Pincher Creek, Alta. Heidi Eijgel has lived on the picturesque farm with her husband David Glass since 1996.

When the time came to buy some land, they wanted to seek out native grassland that they could protect. “Native prairie grassland outperforms tame grasses as a year-round forage giving our horse herd an advantage. Drought tolerant, diverse and tasty, the mixed grass prairie of SW Alberta is our secret ingredient to raising healthy and strong Canadian horses,” says Heidi.

Native grasslands go hand-inhand with the national horse: the Canadian. Heidi had horses since the age of 10 and her intention had always been to raise Canadians. So, in 1992, she bought a Canadian yearling from Quebec.

Du Coteau Lalou Annabelle, or just Annabelle for short, was the inspiration behind what is now Windy Coulee Canadian Horses.

And the farm has been getting quite a bit of publicity lately.

In August 2011, two of Heidi’s home-bred horses were sold to the Calgary Police Service Mounted Unit. It wasn’t until December when the announcement was made and the Calgary Police asked

New ‘Top Cops’ born and raised in SW Alberta Windy Coulee home to unique Canadian horses the public to vote on new names for the new mounts.

In January, five year old Windy Coulee Kamouraska Stryder and seven year old Windy Coulee Dawn Pippin were re-named Ranger and Rio, respectively.

Heidi comments, “As a breeder of Canadian Horses, I could not imagine a better career for a horse.

I am thrilled they are going to be working partners for the officers in the mounted unit.”

Both close to 16 hands high and black, they are fitting right into the Mounted Unit. Rio is described as a gentleman and Ranger as fluid, athletic and magical.

It is no surprise that the two horses were picked for the Mounted Unit since Heidi likes to do everything possible with her horses from dressage, to jumping, to driving, to trail riding.

“I don’t force my horses into a pigeonhole,” Heidi says, “I find what they like to do.”

Besides being the breeder of the new recruits, Heidi also wants to be known as a responsible land steward. “It’s not about making money or winning horse shows…

although I do like to compete! It’s about taking care of the horses and taking care of the land,” comments Heidi.

Heidi is also passionate about sharing her knowledge of horses and the land. Every year for the past four years, she hosts summer students from all over the world as a part of Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms Canada (WWOOF Canada).

Quite often, the students come to her with little to no horse knowledge, but they leave with plenty. Less experienced riders always ride Luna, the mount all her guests start off on. “He’s so trustworthy and smart. He wouldn’t hurt anyone,” Heidi says.

Other volunteers arrive with plenty of riding experience. Heidi remembers one engineering student who was a circus performer from France that came to Canada to learn English. She took him up to Waterton National Parks to trail ride. Heidi glanced back at him down the trail to find him juggling on horseback. He rode Pippin (now known as Rio) for the

whole month, and they got along very well, juggling and all!

In comparison to many breeders, Windy Coulee Canadian Horses is a smaller operation, with only 10 Canadians on the farm. They do not keep stallions, instead they match up their mares with stallions from other breeders. However, there are significantly less Canadian horses than other breeds.

“It’s nice to do something well than just breed on a large scale,” Heidi says. “It is our goal to raise

and sell experienced older horses.

That takes a lot more time and effort, but it is worth it when our horses are matched with the right human partners, and go on to have great careers.” t Robyn Moore is the Manager of Horse Industry Association of Alberta.

If you own or know of an exceptional horse breeding operation, email rmoore@albertahorseindustry.ca, and we’ll chose one that stands out from the herd to feature each month.

“I am thrilled they are going to be working partners for the officers in the mounted unit.”

— Heidi Eijgel

Sponsor of A Breed Apart photo credit: heidi eijgel

Du Coteau Lalou Annabelle with her foal Windy Coulee Kamouraska Stryder in 2006. Stryder was purchased in 2011 by the Canadian Police Service Mounted Unit10/03/12 and re-named Ranger in a1 city-wide contest.

1/6_10,16X15,25 17:41 Page

NOW IN

!A

CANADA

216 Main St. Cochrane, AB

403-932-2121

revolution in horse fencing!

• Ladies Western Boutique (Clothing and Jewelery) • Menswear coming soon • Custom Leather Furniture • Home Decor • Pendleton Blankets & Dinner ware • Pendleton Apparel Coming soon And much, much, more!

10

HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric tape needs no grounding so it's Canada’s safe, all-season fencing solution.

Ask for our free manual on our website

www.horseguard-canada.ca www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

The Angel Express: riding across Canada this summer

I did it my way Personal profile

By Judy Wardrope

I

t is rare indeed when a person gets to see a dream come true, but on May 9, one day after his 60th birthday, Alick B r o o k e ’s 3 0 - y e a r d r e a m became a reality as he set out from Edmonton and headed for Halifax aboard the mighty Zeus.

“I had this idea about 30 years ago when I thought about what to do when I retired. I spent 39 years with the provincial government of Alberta, mostly in Child Services,” says Brooke, adding, “I thought that since I was going to be in the saddle, I might as well do some good at the same time, to raise awareness about the victims of child abuse.

One in three girls and one in six boys suffer some form of abuse.

“Through The Angel Express (a registered not-forprofit organization) we hope to help victims by supporting Little Warriors (a registered charity) in their efforts to provide psychological care and fund a ranch that will be open to about 40 children at a time from across the country where horses will be part of the program.”

Brooke and Zeus are joined on their mission by retired bronc and bull rider Guy Bourassa, originally from Quebec,

27,995

$

31,900

$

Expert advice

2012 - 3 horse, 8’ short wall c/w full LQ, A/C, furnace, awning, power jack, stereo & more $27,900 or $268.50/mo STK#1841

All AlUMinUM

42,900

$

4-hoRSe

Discharge of the placenta generally occurs within an hour of foaling

By Dr. Carol Shwetz

T

he birth of a foal is a remarkable event that must unfold in an expedient manner.

Expulsion of the fetal membranes or placenta is a seemingly less glamourous event than the arrival of the newborn foal, yet its well-timed release is equally important to the thriving foal.

Discharge of the placenta is an extension of labour and fetal membranes retained beyond eight hours of foaling pose a serious concern to the mare’s health.

The incidence of retained placenta in mares is two to 10 per cent. It is more common in draft horse breeds and is more likely to occur following a difficult birth or abortion. These scenarios results in uterine fatigue and inability of the uterus to complete its involution process. Strong uterine contractions are responsible for shrinking the uterine lumen and release of the placenta.

When involution is incomplete, bacteria, inflammatory fluids, and toxins accumulate within the uterine cavity. It is important to note that retention is a much more serious affliction in mares than cattle.

Generally, discharge of the placenta occurs within an hour of the

39,995

$

62,500

$

3-hoRSe

WoW!

1/2 Ton ToWABle

1/2 TON TOWABLE

$$$$$$$$

Horse health

with his two Quarter Horses, Chip and Cheyenne.

“I met Alick’s daughter in 1993, when I was still chasing the rodeo dream… and he became a father figure for me. I started to train Zeus, and now I’m tagging along on the ride to make sure Alick and Zeus both come back,” says Bourassa, who will photo credit: submitted turn 47 on the return Brooke and Zeus (left) head out across journey.

Canada with Bourassa and Cheyenne After two years of on The Angel Express. planning, organizing The bonus is that the proand encouragement — plus the inevitable trials and tribu- verbial gentle giant, a now lations — the Angel Express eight-year-old Zeus, loves chilhit the road. “This is the hard- dren, which seems appropriate est thing I have ever done. I given their mission.

Brooke says, “We want think the ride is going to be people to know that they can the easy part,” says Brooke.

Naturally, one wants to come and join us. There will know how someone picks a be a printable pledge form on 19-hand Shire as a mount for the website and we would welcome organized groups and such an expedition.

Brooke explains, “I picked non-disruptive riders to join Zeus as a three-year-old us. Local groups can approach because we made a connec- us about joining and if there tion as soon as I saw him. It is are any local events where hard to explain, but it just felt they would like us to appear, right and he told me we could we would be happy to try and do this. Sounds crazy doesn’t accommodate that too.”

Follow their progress online it? I was looking for a strong horse with stamina, one that at www.theangelexpress.com, would make a statement and offer support, sign a pledge had a gentle, loving heart. The form, provide a place to set up minute I saw Zeus I knew he portable corrals overnight, or was the one and he just hap- suggest access to hay, and so on. t pened to be a shire.”

“pRiCe iS noT a TYpe-o”

Retained placenta in mares

2012 - Weighs only 6500 lbs., 7’ wide aluminum, 3-H Q, 8’ short wall, $31,900 AGAIN, PRICE IS NOT A TYPE-O!! STK#1442

foal’s birth. Most often diagnosis of a retained placenta is easy, for the placenta is hanging from the vulva three hours beyond foaling. Initially knotting or tying the hanging placenta prevents the mare from stepping on and tearing it causing further complications.

The gentle weight of the hanging placenta and gravity are a mare’s ally.

Between three and eight hours postfoaling, small doses of oxytocin can be given intramuscularly to the mare.

This hormonal treatment stimulates purposeful rhythmic contractions of the uterine muscle. Signs of mild colic may be observed following injection.

If this occurs walking can soothe the mare’s discomfort.

Although it may be tempting to just pull on the hanging placenta and remove it, complications such as uterine involution, uterine prolapse, uterine hemorrhage or incomplete removal of membranes will likely result. Retention of partial membranes can be equally harmful to the mare.

Examination of the placenta with an experienced eye is suggested following all foalings to ensure its complete removal. Occasionally the placenta may partially fall away leaving a piece of the placenta in the uterus.

In this case, the characteristic hanging placenta does not exist, however symptoms of illness follow three to seven days post foaling. The mare will become febrile, depressed, and inappetent. Since her milk production often drops, the foal will appear hungry and fail to thrive. Prompt veterinary attention is recommended. t

65,500

$

All AlUMinUM 2012 - L.Q., 10 short wall, c/w slide out, A/C 15,000, hay rack, managers, spare, hydraulic jack, power awning, gravel guard & more!

NO ONE BEATS THIS PRICE!

2012 Bison 8314TN Traveller - Entertainment centre, fireplace, slide-our, awning, eating bar and more! STK#C2002167

2012 GORGEOUS - Slide out, 4 horse, full 16’ LQ, entertainment centre, dinette & much more! Great for family fun! STK#1849

noBoDY BeATS oUR pRiCeS!!

22,500

9,750

$

$

2012 Featherlite 8533-4H00 All aluminum, 4 horse, front tack, saddle racks, drop down windows and more!

STK# BC1210176

BUilT FeATheRliTe ToUGh!

2012 Featherlite. 2 horse, straight and angle haul, rubber mats, 8 year structural warranty, 7’ high aluminum, side, rear doors. STK#121425

16,900

$

2012 Featherlite 3 horse, aluminum, anglehaul, drop down windows.

STK# CC122794

UNBEATABLE SELECTION ON FEATHERLITE

13,900

$$$$$$$$

17,900

$

$

2013 Featherlite 8117-0020 20’ long, All aluminum, Spare tire complete, one centre gate and more! starburst “Unbeatable Price” Stock # DC125028

2012 Logan Coach Warm Blood 2H., rear ramp, straight haul, 7’ 6” tall.

STK# C2472194

AlUMinUM FlooR

YOUR LQ & HORSE SUPERSTORE! You can now visit allandale.com from your smartphone!

TOO! AND RVS

WoW!

57,800

$

ABSOLUTELY NO OPTIONS MISSED

49,900

$

ABSolUTe BloWoUT pRiCe!

13,800

$

1/2 TON TOWABLE

19,000

$

BUnK BeD MoDel

72,900

$

2012 Road Warrior RW 400 Triple slide, 14’ garage. solid surface countertops, full body paint, decorative interior.

STK# CE246176

2012 Infinity 3250RL Triple slide, free standing dinette, leather recliners, sold surface countertops, entertainment centre and more! STK#CC661177

2012 Ridgeline RL34RLT Triple slide, entertainment centre, free standing dinette, awning, fireplace and much more!

STK#C1074467

1.866.346.3148 Red Deer, AB

2012 Salem Cruiselite 22RBXL Black appliances, spacious, sleeps 4, pass through storage and more! STK#BR399821

2012 Coleman CTS274BH Modern interior, black appliances, 1/2 ton towable, spacious, awning, stabilizer jacks and more!

STK#D209470

Shop online: www.allandale.com for new & pre-owned trailers

We BUY USeD TRAileRS FoR CASh! JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

11

Going down the trail

Interested in a mule or donkey? Check out this Nanton show to find out more

Places and events of interest

By Wendy Dudley

A

First ever longears show coming to southern Alberta

strong-willed horse may be too much for Dylan Todd, but when it comes to handling Sunny the donkey, the six-year-old hasn’t a worry in the world.

“She leads her around like a dog,” said Dylan’s grandmother Alice Todd, who is organizing the town of Nanton’s first-ever mule, donkey and horse show. The twoday affair, June 16-17, will include English, Western and gymkhana events, as well as driving and fun classes, such as log pulling, chore competition, and coon jumping.

Dylan comes by her love for longears naturally. Grandmother Alice grew up riding and driving Shetland ponies on the family farm at Fort Macleod, but always wanted a donkey. Her father, however, said there was no way he wanted anything more ornery than him on the property But those who own donkeys and mules know their stereotyped stubbornness is actually a cautious attitude that can keep their riders out of trouble. “They won’t put you into a lot of harm,” said Ron, Alice’s husband who rides their mule Mandy. “You can force a horse to do something, but you will never force a donkey or mule to do something it doesn’t feel is safe.”

About four years ago, the Todds welcomed Sunny and her son

Larry into the pastures on their home just west of Nanton. Then came Mandy the mule, and another donkey, a gelding called Gus. To prepare for the June show, Dylan has been teaching Sunny, 10, to coon jump, an event unique to longears. It involves the handler instructing the donkey to jump from a standstill over a raised rail.

It powers itself over the jump by using its strong haunches, and is a feat a horse can’t do because of its different structure.

If trained properly, a mule can do anything a horse can do — and often better, brag those who own them.

While it is a rarity to see a mule or donkey perform in an equine show in Canada, it is common in the U.S. where donkey and mule shows are held across the country.

In 2008, Team Mule beat out 13 horse breeds to win the Battle of the Breeds at Spruce Meadows in Calgary.

Training a mule or donkey takes patience, but if the rider and longears get along, it is a close and loyal bond. “If a mule or donkey takes to you, that’s great, but if they don’t, there’s no making them like you,” laughed Ron Both mules and donkeys are known for their soundness and endurance. They require less feed than a horse, as they have lower metabolisms. But their toughness does not mean they can be neglected. Their feet require regu-

K&K

lar trimming, and they also can quickly gain weight if fed too much. Native to desert habitats, they can easily founder on lush grass, and do not always exhibit symptoms, such as lameness.

When it comes to riding, mules are known for their smooth gait, as they move forward as opposed to their weight shifting side-to-side.

That is one reason why outfitters often pack on mules, as their forward momentum doesn’t tend to shift a load.

Generally, they are less flighty than a horse, and usually prefer to face what is bothering them, rather than flee.

Because donkeys and most mules do not have a good set of withers, saddles must include a crupper or britching. “Otherwise you end up sliding forward and coming off between their ears,” said Alice, speaking from experience Sunny and Larry have made their rounds in southern Alberta, appearing in shopping malls, and as part of the annual nativity scene held at Calgary’s Heritage Park. They have also been used in demonstrations at the Calgary Stampede and Spruce Meadows, and have competed at the annual donkey and mule show held in Tees, Alta., on the third weekend in August.

Never before has a longears show been staged in Nanton, yet there are plenty of donkeys and

PHOTO CREDIT: WENDY DUDLEY

Dylan Todd, 6, leads Sunny over a solid platform, something she will be expected to do in a trail class, one of the events in the first-ever donkey, mule and horse show to be held in Nanton in June.

mules in the area, said Ron. “People just don’t do anything with them. We’re hoping this show will show that you can do more with them than just pat them and rub their ears.”

The event, held by the Alberta Donkey and Mule Club, will include an area set up for sale of equines, tack, carts and buggies.

Everyone is encouraged to come out, since meeting a donkey

can change your life, said Alice.

“There is just something about them. They make me smile, and everyone who sees them ends up smiling.” And when it comes to mules, added Ron. “Well, you just can’t beat their character.”

For more information on this Open Equine Show, contact show chair Alice Todd at 403-6462624, or email ratodd@xplornet. com. 

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO MADE OUR EQUINE DAYS & MANE EVENT A GREAT SUCCESS

&

Livestock Co.

Calgary

“5 Star

GREAT SELECTION OF SHOW SADDLES!

Quality & Customer Service...”

Ken & Karen Mix

EXCLUSIVE STORE FOR VIC BENNETT ROO HIDE, PRO CUTTER, & Biogel

August 3rd - 6th

Leon Harrel Clinic

(Watch for Dates & Details)

PROUD SPONSORS FOR:

4-H Clubs • PQHB• CTCPA • CATPA • OAS • CCHA • Canadian Supreme• ACHA • Superstakes • ARCHA • WHP McKnight Blvd.

R.R. 265

KEN AND KAREN MIX “Coffee’s Always On” • Toll Free 1.877.934.5835 • Fax 403-901-1119

www.kklivestock.com

12

HWY 9

403-934-5835 or 403-651-4625

Mon - Fri 11-7 • Sat 10-5 • Sun 12-4

TWP 250

Calgary

Boundary Road

NEW - Shavings 9 cubic feet only $4.95/bag NEW - Fly Armor now in stock!

UPCOMING EVENTS

K&K Trans Canada HWY Strathmore

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

Backcountry Travels Trail riding tips

By Terri McKinney

O

kay… it’s June and we have planned our trip to the mountains this summer. If not, you should sharpen your pencil and get that date down… wink, wink.

Now… what to pack?

Let’s start with your gear. It doesn’t matter if you plan a trip in June or August or even October, you can’t predict the mountain weather… trust me. We live out west from the end of May to November each year. I have worn snow pants in August to shorts on an elk hunt in November.

Remember when riding in the mountains, climbing to higher altitudes can be cool or windy.

Packing a warm coat and always a slicker will ensure you will stay warm, whether you’re camping in the back country in your trailer or going on a pack trip.

I usually wear a tank/undershirt, long shirt and vest. I wear my cowboy scarf to keep warm and it can also double as a sling. On my belt I have my leather man and straight knife. In the pocket of my vest I have my hobo knife (a knife/fork combo), gum, and chapstick.

I wear two socks and my high tops boots with spurs. I wear my long chaps with leather gloves in my pockets. My western hat and sunglass’s finish my outfit.

Now let’s get packing our gear bag!

For a five to seven day pack trip, layering is the key, but much of this is applicable to a day trip as well! Pack a couple light shirts, couple long sleeved shirts (mohair is my favourite because it is light but warm and easy to wash in the river), and a couple of sweaters with one being wool. Wool has simply become a favourite of mine because it can take some rain and always warm.

Socks and underwear — take LOTS. Dry feet are so important because once your feet get cold, you body follows. I have tried many different socks but find a light pair of normal socks and then a pair of mohair to be the best combo and wear them all summer.

I pack a couple pair of jeans and one set of long undies (two piece suit). My husband Chuck goes with the one piece as they can double as sleeping gear. Again the mohair long underwear is my favourite.

Bathing suit and towel. Personal stuff — make sure all your soap, toothpaste, TP and shampoo is perfume free and biodegradable.

You won’t need a ton of personal items for a five day trip.

A toque is important for sleeping to keep you warm. I keep my toque and sleeping wear right in my sleeping bag and not in my gear bag.

Pack a garbage bag for your dirty cloths.

Camp shoes or water shoes are great for when you’re getting water from the river or taking a quick dip. The rocks can be sharp and you can avoid this with water shoes. It is also nice to give your feet a break from your boots around the fire.

If you have room and the weather looks a bit ugly, muck boots should be on the list.

A luxury is insulated bib cov-

Packing for riding in the mountains eralls. We started packing them in a few years back for sitting around the fire in early spring or late fall. I have a gear list on our website as do many other outfitters to give you an idea.

Now get a good durable and waterproof gear bag, and pack only what you need, especially if you’re packing out.

Pack a good slicker on your saddle. I really like the Kixs and Bucks because it covers me and the saddle but I make sure to wear my woolie under it to stay warm if some dampness comes through.

In my slicker pockets I have my neoprene paddle gloves so when I put them on I can replace my leather gloves with my water proof gloves. These gloves are a must on cold rainy days to keep your hands working your reins.

I put an extra hoodie inside my slicker so it stays warm and

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

dry. On the front of my saddle, I tie on a light winder breaker or a down vest.

So whether your day riding or packing in, I hope this can help you with your packing. See you next time and may your trails be clear, your pack string safe, and your camp just around the corner.  Terri outfits with her husband Chuck McKinney & their daughter south west of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta in the Bighorn Backcountry. They teach horsemanship clinic’s, do packing demo’s, train horses in the mountains, and offer trail rides and pack trips. They hold Canada’s ONLY Working Mountain Horse Competition & Select Sale each fall. Check them out for more info www.wilddeuce.com , email her at outfitting@wilddeuce.com or call Terri at 780-679-8451.

Western Working Horse Sale 9th Annual

Saturday, July 28th 2012 Showcase at 11 a.m. Sale to follow

Claresholm Agriplex Claresholm, AB

THIS IS A PREMIER ALBERTA HORSE SALE! The Western Working Horse Sale showcases real talent and training in Canadian horses. Consigned horses will be minimum 3 years old & broke to ride, and have up to 3 minutes during the showcase to demonstrate.

This format will allow buyers to gain a better overall feeling for the horse than traditional auction.

This is a different kind of horse sale – one where you, as a buyer or a seller, can get the best of both private sale and public auction!

• Cattle will be available • A limited number of horses will be accepted • Ron Anderson on pedigrees

Contact us with information on horses you wish to be considered for the sale.

Sale Conducted by: Ryan Smith, Auctioneer Champion Auctions.

403-634-0042

championauctions@gmail.com

www.championauctions.ca 13

Riding out of my mind Equestrian sport psychology

By April Clay

C

onsider your mind to be like a computer.

The words that you use form a script that in turn directs an action. If you don’t choose your words carefully, you may be susceptible to a “virus of the mind.”

Now unfortunately, you may not know you are in the grip of a virus, it’s not like a sign will pop

The Power of Words Test our new words to help in your training and competition up and say, “your mind has performed an illegal operation, please dismount.” Instead, you will likely notice a decline in both the quality and satisfaction of your learning or performance.

So what to do? It’s all in the programming. Being responsible and aware of the scripts you chose and employ in the course of your riding. There are ways to help you boost your word and riding power.

CHOOSE “DO” WORDS There is a famous bit of research that underscores the importance of being deliberate and conscious about where we choose to focus our minds.

Virginia Psychologist Daniel Wegner put his research subjects in a room with a tape recorder and asked them to talk about whatever they liked. There was only one rule: they were not to think about a white bear.

Hi-Hog Farm & Ranch Equipment Ltd. 1974

2012

The Outstanding Brand

Wegner found that subjects mentioned the bear very often, despite numerous attempts and tricks to keep the image from their mind. His research informs us that the thoughts we most want to keep from ourselves have a nasty habit of growing in strength the harder we try to keep them at bay.

Ella, an amateur rider trying desperately to conquer her nerves before her first competition, knows this phenomenon all too well. “I knew what I had to do. I had to avoid letting my nervousness affect my body so my horse wouldn’t feel it. So I kept repeating to myself, ‘don’t grab, don’t stiffen.’ But the harder I tried, the more I seemed to do what I didn’t want to do. Pretty soon my body was buzzing with tension.”

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”

— NORMAN VINCENT PEALE Proudly Made In

CANADA

Beautiful, safe, solid and secure. One piece welded box stall frames.

y Rock

Mountain

Foothills

Parkland

round pens, portable corrals, portable stalls, tie stalls, blanket hangers & more

1-800-661-7002

www.hihog.com

WANTED SPECTATORS DEAD OR ALIVE • YOUNG OR OLD

Why does the “white bear syndrome” occur? It is still unclear; one theory is that the suppressed thought is not fully processed so it keeps resurfacing — kind of like a ball pushed beneath the water’s surface. Another is that our brains simply cannot process what “don’t” looks like. So when you say to yourself “don’t be nervous and freeze,” your mind struggles to imagine what you want. It does some gymnastics and gyrations trying to conceive of what you mean, and in the meantime your head gets filled with images of “nervous” and “freeze.”

To counteract this effect, choose “do words” instead of don’ts. If you want relaxation, think of words like ‘loose,’ ‘fluid’ or ‘supple.’ You can also develop short, directive phrases that inform your focus, like ‘soft hands,’ ‘feeling body’ or ‘eyes forward,’ ‘receive in relaxation.’

As an exercise, think of all the times in your riding you tell yourself not to do something.

Write all the statements out so you can see them clearly. Now take each one and turn the statement into “do language.”

Make sure they are clear and concise, before taking your next step of consciously applying the statements the next time that situation presents itself. If you persist in this, you will likely notice a difference in both your tension levels and attitude.

LOOK FOR MEANING Ultimately, what gives the words or phrases you choose in your riding real punch is their meaning. Not their overall meaning, but their meaning to you specifically. You might think the word “relax” is a great key word to use in competition but it fails to loosen your tense muscles. Your friend uses the phrase “soft is supple, supple is soft” but it leaves you cold.

How can you find your own words?

It’s definitely a trial and error process. You often have to try them on, see them in action, to assess their impact on your personal psyche. Key words and phrases are just that: keys. They open doors to past experiences and feeling states. You know how easy it is for people that know you well to find your sensitive buttons? Well, you can just as easily find the buttons within yourself that bring forward good things about your riding.

Dressage rider Joanne relies on two key words that hold a lot of meaning for her: ride and soften. She uses them when she feels her horse becoming powerful and herself losing the connection. They may seem like everyday words to others, but to her they are large and powerful in her mind, like directions in capital letters.

To ensure your programming success, assess what kind of outcome you want, then test to see what kind of resonance the words hold for you. If you want levity, then does the phrase or word make you laugh inside or out? If you want power, do the words make your adrenaline soar? Your body will tell you what words or combination works. If you want to do something, what word or set of words best contains directions for your mind? You might want to stick to verbs that describe action. 

Wild West Classic Peruvian Paso Horse Show Double Regional Show Claresholm, Alberta July 13-15th 2012 Claresholm Agriplex

Contact: Cathie Taggart: email:ctaggart@telus.net phone(250)546-3704 or Earl Moker: email:lmoker@xplornet.com phone:(403)343-2814 PHOTO CREDIT: THINKSTOCK.COM

There are ways to help you boost your word-and-riding power to help you into the winner’s circle.

14

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

Going in Style

the

PRE SE NTE D B Y

Irvines – Miss Me Paris Deco Boot Cut  This romantic dark washed jean has major fading and whiskering throughout. The jeans boast silver hardware and pockets decorated with a swirling paris deco, embroidered in silver with small crystal accents. These boot cut jeans are sure to suit your purpose whether at the barn or out on the town. Find them at Irvine Tack and Trailer in Crossfeild and in Okotoks for $139.95 www.irvines.ca

Frontier Western Shop – Q-Baby by Wrangler – These Cowgirl cut

jeans are trademarked as the ultimate riding jeans, and easily live up to their claim. Comfort meets beauty with stretch denim, flat seams for added comfort and a no gap waistband that keeps your shirt tucked in. They say you'll never want to ride in another pair of jeans, so put them to the test!

Available at Frontier Western Wear for $49.95 www.westernshop.com

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

Giddy Up Western Wear – These Stetson 1120’s -  These tough and

comfortable jeans for men continue to prove themselves. As a slim fit jean with a mid rise they fit slimmer through the thigh and leg. They boast a bootleg opening, 5 pocket styling, Stetson branded buttons, rivets and zippers. With the blasting details and signature ticking stripe pocketing you’re sure to attract looks while riding in comfort. Find your pair at Giddy Up Western Wear for $44.95

Welsh’s Saddlery & Western Wear Following in the footsteps of the Green Label, Cinch presents ‘the Dooley’ featuring the same great fitted hip and thigh. This updated jean has a lower rise waist and inside waistband embroidery. The five pocket jean is 100% cotton denim, and has double stitched reinforced seams where needed to ensure durability for any occasion.

The boot cut leg and hand sanding brings out the style in today's modern man.

Find these jeans at Welsh’s Saddlery & Western Wear for $69.99 www.shopwelshs.com



Weis Western Wear – Aaliya Jeans by Buffalo These unique Skinny

fit jeans will definitely be a show stopper if you are rocking them at the Stampede. These jeans have a regular rise and comes in white bleached denim with rich gold branded hardware and sexy gold zippers at the ankles. Try on a pair at Weis Western Wear and take them home for $108.00 www.weiswesternwear.com

15

JUNE 2012

Presents…

CALGARY

stAmpede

· speCIAL AnnIveRsARY nnIveRsARY FeAtURe ·

YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW:

The Calgary Stampede Rodeo Many changes over the last 100 years but still firmly rooted in Guy Weadick’s original vision

By Catherine Nantel-Philibert

I

n September 1912, Calgary hosted the first ever Calgary Stampede. The brainchild of Guy Weadick, a New York native with a nostalgic streak for the Old West, the Stampede was advertised as “A Carnival of Cowboy Sports Open to the World” and the “Greatest Frontier Days’ Celebration Ever Attempted.” Weadick invited cowboys and cowgirls from everywhere in Canada, the United States and Mexico to demonstrate their skills and compete for a $20,000 prize purse.

The event was intended to commemorate the founding of the continental west. A century later, the Calgary Stampede continues to preserve and promote Western heritage and values within the local, national and international community.

Although the principles and values of the Stampede Rodeo have remained unchanged for a century, its events and format have evolved.

From its inception, the Stampede sought to attract the best cowboys and cowgirls to its Rodeo. In 1912 however, rodeo was not a regulated sport. Glen

Mikkelsen, author of A Spurring Soul: A Tenderfoot’s Guide to the Calgary Stampede Rodeo explains, “There were no rodeo associations, no memberships and no standardized rules. To entice the West’s top ropers and riders, Weadick used his charisma and prize money.”

As Guy Weadick once said, “Here’s the money. Now come and get it.”

A century later, big prize money still plays a role in attracting top riders. In 2006, aggressive changes were made to attract the best talent to the Stampede Rodeo, including $1 million in

prizes on Showdown Sunday and a new “tournament style” rodeo format.

“The Calgary Stampede is the richest outdoor rodeo in the world and we plan to keep it that way,” says Keith Marrington, director, Rodeo and Chuckwagons, Calgary Stampede. “We will always have the best of the best at the Stampede.”

In the tournament style rodeo format, contestants are first divided into two pools. It’s a new rodeo every day as these talented contestants compete for $105,000 in prize money ($17,500 per event). The top four in each pool automatically advance to Showdown Sunday.

The remaining six competitors in both pools compete on Wild Card Saturday, with the top two in each event advancing to Showdown Sunday.

The Calgary Stampede was the first rodeo in the world to adopt this innovative selection process. The San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo and Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo have since adopted the tournament model.

In 2006 as part of the changes to the rodeo format, the Stampede Rodeo began featuring six pro rodeo events — saddle bronc riding, bareback riding, tie-down roping, steer wrestling, ladies barrel racing and bull riding. These six events make for a much more compact rodeo than the 1912 Stampede rodeo which featured 17 events in its program including fancy and trick riding, steer roping, relay races, wild horse riding, steer bulldogging and one of the world’s first bareback riding competitions.

Bucking stock, an integral part of the rodeo, has also evolved over the past century from untamed horses and known outlaws to specially bred athletes.

In 1961, the Stampede began its Born to Buck breeding program to enhance the quality of bucking horses owned by the Calgary Stampede. The Calgary Stampede is one of the few rodeos with a registered brand of its own. Over five hundred horses live at the Stampede Ranch near Hanna, Alberta, 200 of which will participate in the Stampede Rodeo.

The tournament style installed in 2006 wasn’t the only precedent set by the Calgary Stampede. In 1927, the Stampede Rodeo reduced ride times to 10 seconds in an effort to prolong the health and career of its stock. This was a novel idea at the time and represented a significant change from previous rodeos where horses where ridden until they stopped bucking (approximately 40 seconds). In 1972, this time was reduced to eight seconds, a ride time that still remains effective today.

Today, women continue to play an important role in the Calgary Stampede Rodeo just as they did in 1912. During the first Stampede, women participated in multiple rodeo events including the rough stock events. Post WWII however, rough stock events were reserved for men. Today, women participate in ladies barrel racing, one of the most popular Stampede Rodeo events.

The Calgary Stampede Rodeo has evolved significantly over the last century but its objective remains unchanged. In 1912, the Stampede instilled within the region, an appreciation for the ways of the Old West and a respect for its hard working and talented riders. Today, it plays an integral role within the community, preserving Canada’s western heritage and values. 

“The Calgary Stampede is the richest outdoor rodeo in the world and we plan to keep it that way.”

— KEITH MARRINGTON

16

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

R E COG N IZE D P R OG R A MS

Looking for a career as an Equine or Canine Body Worker?

Look no further than Hoof and Paw Body Workers in Canada!

Home of the International Equinology and Caninology programs you can formulate your own education with a choice of multiple classes or specialties while studying with industry leading professionals!

All graduates are eligible to become members of the IEBWA and able to get group liability insurance discount.

Already have a practice? – contact us about continuing education or IEBWA Membership!

Date 2012

Course # & Location

Course Name

Course Level

Instructor

Early Registration: Register BEFORE…

Regular Rate:

June 1 to 8, 2012

CN3000 Calgary, AB

Canine Massage Certification

CCBW

Beverly Adams

April 1, 2012 – $1725

$1975

September 6 to 8, 2012

EQ1110 Clinton, ON

Equine Myo-Fascial Release Level II

EEBW – MFR

Ruth Mitchell-Golladay

July 6, 2012 - $1250

$1350

September 19 to 27, 2012

EQ900 Clinton, ON

Anatomy Discovery Workshop

EEBW II

Debranne Pattillo

July 10, 2012 - $1395

$1495

October 8 to 14, 2012

EQ810 Calgary, AB

Equine Acupressure Level II

EEBW – ACU

Diana Thompson

August 8, 2012 - $1250

$1350

October 23 - 31, 2012

EQ100 Clinton, ON

Equine Body Worker Certification

EEBW

Tina Watkins

August 34, 2012 - $1975

$2195

October 24 to 31, 2012

CN3000 Clinton, ON

Canine Massage Certification

CCBW

Beverly Adams

April 1, 2012 – $1725

$1975

November 11 to 19, 2012

EQ900 Calgary, AB

Anatomy Discovery Workshop

EEBW II

Debranne Pattillo

September 11, 2012 - $1395

$1495

November 22 to 30, 2012

EQ100 Calgary, AB

Equine Body Worker Certification

EEBW

Tina Watkins

September 22, 2012 - $1975

$2195

To see our Full 2012 Class Schedule please visit our website:

www.hoofnpaws.ca

Tel: (403) 556-0716 Email: info@hoofnpaws.ca

2011 Leisure Travel Van Free Spirit - If you’ve ever

wanted a Mercedes, now’s the time! New for 2011, the Free Spirit has been built on a Mercedes Benz Sprinter 3500 dual rear wheel chassis, Unlike many other Class B Vans in the industry, the Free Spirit offers a self-contained bathroom, We’ve taken full advantage of the Free Spirit’s 75 interior height, allowing ample space for you to move around, while at the same time providing you with generous storage in the stylishly designed curved cabinetry. features include - 188 HP @ 3,800 RPM, 325 lbft @ 1,400 RPM, Hitch - Trailer Hitch Receiver - 500/5000 lb, Captain Chairs - Ultraleather c/w Storage Pocket , Radio - In-Dash AM/FM/CD/DVD Player/GPS Navigation/ Bluetooth/Rear View Camera, Satellite Radio Prewire - including Antenna, Chestnut Cherry Finished Curved Interior Cabinetry w/ Positive Locking Upper Cabinets. Plus many more great features. $101,881.00 + Taxes

Hoof and Paw Body Workers Ltd. Home of Equinology and Caninology Canada

Introducing the 100th anniversary Indianapolis 500 special edition Dynaquest XL with matching stacker trailer. Hand crafted durable cabinetry. Custom Corian counters, 55’ Led entertainment system with full surround sound, Ceramic tile flooring, Luxury bathroom features large radius shower with skylight, Girard power awning, electric cook top, Dyna power package that includes 8KW generator, auto gen start, 3KW inverter, and battery package, 20,000 LBS tow hitch, keyless entry, fully automatic leveling system upgrade, electric and water power reel, in motion satellite dome / GPS, 32 bedroom tv and 46 exterior wall mounted tv, On demand tankless hot water system. Please call your motorized specialist at High River Autoplex & RV for more details! $414,000.00 + Taxes

Look at this completely custom super C Motorhome. As western Canada’s only Dynamax dealer we would like to present the all new 2012 34’ Dynaquest. With the powerful 350 Hp Cummins this coach will tow 20,000 LBS, having two slides gives the open feel of home. Some more features include Girard power awning, ceramic tile, Dyna power package giving you a bigger gen set and a bigger inverter, BOSE surround sound . On the roof there is Two 15K BTU A/C units also the in motion dome satellite with GPS. Don’t miss out on your chance to own a beauty like this. See your motorized specialists at the High River Autoplex & RV. $290,600.00 + taxes

Top of the line Sundowner 4 Horse slant load, Rear Tack, Tack Hay Room, True hardwood throughout, Hand Forged Hardware, Remote Power Awning, Enclosed Roof Hay Rack, Ostrich Hide Like Roof, Rear Ramp, Side Storage Ramp, Gen Set, Two 40lb LPG, Pre-Wired for Horse Camera and Rear Back Up Camera, Hydraulic Front Jack, Drop-down Head Doors with Sliding Windows per Stall with Aluminum Drop Down Face-guards, Feed Mangers, Encased Roof Vent Per Horse Stall. $88,500.00 + taxes

Local & Toll Free: 1 (888) 565-0493 102-24 Street South east High River, AB T1V 0B3 JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

2006 Bison Aluma Sport 380SE - Nice trailer in good condition, three horse angle with collapsible tack room, two doors at the rear and one man door in your third stall, large storage compartments on driver side over the axles and a hay rack on the roof. In the living area there is a slide w couch in it, stove, microwave fridge and a sink in the galley. Bathroom has a stand up shower, toilet, create a breeze fan and storage. this trailer has a stereo, roof mounted air conditioning and lots of closets in the bedroom. $36,600.00 + taxes

www.autoplexrv.com 17

CALGARY STAmpEdE

Californian cowgirl to Cowboy Up on her mule Extreme cowboy race will feature top competitors from across north America

By Heather Grovet

C

a l g a r y S t a m p e d e ’s Cowboy Up Challenge will host twelve of the world’s top contestants who will travel from across Canada and the United States to attend.

But one face you might not have pictured at this year’s Cowboy Up is an equine with a unique set of ears — Eli the mule!

Eli and rider, Obbie Schlom, have recently been adding a bit of extra interest to extreme racing.

It’s entertaining to watch the mule compete, but he’s equally fun in the hitching ring, where he sits on his butt, lays down on command, and acts as a roping dummy and hat rack! But how did such an untypical pair become involved in Cowboy Up? “When I was a child my mother refused to buy me a pony,” Schlom explains. “But she did get me a donkey. When I outgrew it, I started with mules. As an adult I worked on the race track and dabbled in disciplines such as hunter/jumper. But there was always something about mules that kept drawing me back.”

Schlom first met Eli when a family friend brought the young animal to her facility in California to be boarded. “Eli and I got off on the wrong foot when I started training him,” Schlom admits.

“I don’t think Eli liked me, and I just figured he was another average mule. But within a month things began to change. Once Eli

trusted me there wasn’t anything he wouldn’t do if I asked. He was barely broke and working obstacles like a pro.”

Many mules struggle with reining manoeuvres, but these aren’t difficult for seven-year-old Eli. “Eli’s lead changes are fantastic, and he can spin and slide with the best of them,” Schlom says. “His dam was a Doc Bar AQHA mare from cutting bloodlines, so maybe that’s what makes the difference.

“… he can jump like a deer, either into the back of my truck, or over a more typical obstacle.”

— OBBIE SCHLOM

And there are advantages to riding a mule that people might not realize at first. Eli is incredibly careful with his feet in tight areas. I can get him to pick up one foot at a time by simply shifting my weight in the saddle, and that’s essential on narrow bridges. And he can jump like a deer, either into the back of my truck, or over a more typical obstacle.”

When asked what Eli likes most in life, Schlom doesn’t hesitate.

“He loves attention,” she says. “Eli

thinks he’s God’s gift to people!

He’s also crazy over Mrs. Pasture’s horse cookies — he’d probably do a back flip for one!”

But Eli also has some dislikes.

“He doesn’t care for dark water boxes,” Schlom says. “And pool noodles can worry him a bit, too.

If he ever flicks an ear, I know to pay attention! But in general he’s very good over the challenging obstacles. We practice on a bridge lying on a mattress, I’ve roped off him, and he’s pulled a cart and other crazy objects. At competitions he might hesitate, but he’ll always do what I ask.”

Eli also dislikes dogs, which isn’t unusual for most mules and donkeys. But one unusual dislike is Eli’s opinion of zebras. “I just have to train everything I come in contact with,” Schlom laughs. “For example, I have some roping steers at my place, and there is one specific steer I’m riding and teaching to lay down. Then there’s my oneyear-old zebra that I’m working with. Zebras have a well deserved reputation as being tough, but I’m finding ways around that. I can now pony the zebra off Eli, but if they’re turned in together Eli gets quite aggressive with the zebra.”

Eli and Schlom will be traveling to Calgary with Robin Bond, another Californian Cowboy Up Challenge competitor. “I’m hoping I’ll be able to watch the rodeo,” Schlom says. “I’ve always dreamed of going to the Calgary Stampede, but I never imagined I’d do it with a mule like Eli!” 

Obbie Schlom competes on her mule Eli at an Extreme Cowboy Race.

SAVE ON NATURAL FLY AND MOSQUITO REPELLENTS!

F

Equi-Spa Peppermint Summer Protection

EQyss Canadian Marigold Horse Spray

$5.99 off regular price on any of these

Working Hats – Don Weller

natural sprays upon presentation of this coupon. not valid with any other offers.

Hat Materials

SPECIALTY HatS

Expires July 15, 2012

T

53339 Highway 21 Sherwood Park AB Canada T8A-4V1

on makes using the made in g, cutting, crown-

ANNIVERSARY FEATURE

H

53339 Highway 21 Sherwood Park AB Canada T8A-4V1

18

h

Don Weller - The ArTisT

orses and drawing were early passions for internationally renowned artist Don Weller. Growing up in Pullman, Washington, he drew constantly when he wasn’t riding horses.

He graduated from Washington State University with a degree in

Supershield Green All Natural Horse Spray

2612 Kensington Road NW Calgary

403-270-7700 info@horsestore.com

Phone: 780.719.2740 doubledcustomhats@albertacom.com www.doubledcustomhats.com Whether for working, rodeoing, or an evening on the town, your custom hat will have the distinctive mark of quality, style, and comfort to make you look the best you can. With Double D, your hat is your choice. Hats may be designed in a combination of

EcoLicious Leave Me Be All Natural Fly Spray

2

26 25 24 23

27

1

The Horse Store Follow us on Facebook 3

4

5

Colors www.horsesall.com

6 7

| JUNE 2012

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

19

ANNIVERSARY FEATURE

CALGARY STAmpEdE

RCMP Musical Ride: A special guest at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo Special breeding program and auction supports quality horses

By Catherine Nantel-Philibert

Musical Ride breeds its own horses and has been doing so since 1939.

The breeding program, which is curhis Centennial year, the Calgary Stampede welcomes a special rently located at the Remount Detachment guest to the Rodeo — 64 guests in Pakenham, Ontario, boasts a 140 hectare to be more precise. The Royal farm. This year, it is expecting 17 new foals.

Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) will per- Of these young foals, approximately 10 of form their spectacular 25 minute musical them will move on to the RCMP’s Rockcliffe ride to open the Rodeo every day of the Park Equestrian Centre in Ottawa, Ontario Stampede July 6 to 15. The RCMP Musical to begin 2-1/2 years of training at age three.

The horses that don’t make it to RockRide, which is performed by 32 riders and 32 horses, consists of intricate figures and cav- cliffe due to color, size or temperament are alry drills choreographed to music. Though auctioned at the RCMP Foundation Horse the Musical Ride has been a guest at the Auction — an essential source of income for Calgary Stampede on numerous occasions, the RCMP’s breeding program.

John Phillips has worked with the RCMP this is the first time that it will open the Musical Ride for 35 years and has been the Stampede Rodeo for all ten days.

RCMP’s Musical Ride “The RCMP has Farm Manager since played an impor2001. He explains, tant role through“Developing a horse out Alberta since breeding program as a 1874,” explains “RCMP has played a vital role government organizaKeith Marrington, tion can be very difdirector, Rodeo and in developing the culture of ficult — we operate Chuckwagons at the within fixed budgets.

Calgary Stampede.

Alberta just as much as the Thanks to the estab“Today, over 2,600 lishment of the biRCMP officers serve cowboy and cowgirl.” annual RCMP Horse throughout the provAuction in 1995, we ince. These men and — KEITH MARRINGTON are able to purchase women have played quality semen from a vital role in develall over the world. oping the culture of This really wouldn’t Alberta just as much as the cowboy and cowgirl. We are proud be possible without the revenue generated that the RCMP Musical Ride accepted our by the auction.”

For decades, the RCMP Musical Ride bred invitation to perform throughout the Stama Thoroughbred cross. The Thoroughbred pede Rodeo.”

Every year, between the months of May produced a breed with great stamina and and October, the Musical Ride tours the willingness to work. Over the years howevnational and international stage performing er, it became apparent that the Thoroughat forty to fifty locations. Though the Musi- bred bloodline was a bit too “hot” for the cal Ride has gained worldwide notoriety Musical Ride’s horsemen, the majority of most viewers do not know that the RCMP whom have limited riding experience. Over

T

the past two decades, the RCMP Musical Ride has gradually brought in warm blood lines into its breeding program to produce a calmer and easier horse to ride.

The Calgary Stampede which boasts a breeding program of its own appreciates the RCMP Musical Ride’s passion for topperforming horses and is pleased to host the

Dynamint Equine Leg & Muscle Rub • natural • non toxic • healing • soothing • effective

• pleasant minty odour • won’t irritate open wounds • reduces swelling • non-greasy

• absorbs quickly • non-testable • non-burning • non-blistering

Provita-Equiband-Aid An antibacterial spray plaster for horses containing Tea-tree Oil. Tea-tree oil is a natural antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral essential oil which, when contained in Equiband-Aid, forms a flexible, breathable film which seals out water, dirt and bacteria, lasting up to 2 days.

This spray plaster covers the affected area like a second skin and allows natural healing.

When to use: Should be sprayed topically onto hooves and all skin types (except face) where required.

Once dry the product will form a transparent protective film.

Available in a 500 ml handy-grip trigger spray bottle (non-aerosol)

“I have 3 million friends… Where’s your horse?”

“Exorsect”

performing group as a daily guest at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo.

The RCMP Musical Ride can be seen from July 6-15 during the Calgary Stampede Rodeo. The RCMP will also have a location on the Park where the public will have the opportunity to meet RCMP members, both two and four-legged. 

PHOTO CREDIT: CALGARY STAMPEDE

LIGHT SPEED Introducing a Brand New Line of all Aluminum Horse Trailers

2 Horse with drop down windows Starting at

Trailers

$13,200

Portable Horse Corals

2 Horse Starting at

You won’t believe how easy this portable horse corral is! The panels easily attach together with steel pins. No need to mount difficult brackets to your trailer or take up a slot inside to transport. This temporary corral is the strongest, most affordable, and best designed corral on the market!

$8,100

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT OUR OTHER LINES INCLUDING DUMP TRAILERS, BUMPER PULLS AND GOOSENECKS

Introducing Exorsect’s award winning technology!

Why does it work?

I’ve tried so-called Natural Products before. Exorsect does not kill flies and flying insects, the unique formula of Exorsect makes the insect’s environment so unpleasant that the insects would prefer to be anywhere else but in your stable or on your horses.

National Distributor: Canadian Centurion 1-800-361-3860 Local: Janian Imports (604) 462-9238 Manufactured by: Integrated Bio Systems Inc., 34282 Manufacturers Way, Abbotsford, BC V2S 7M1 Phone: 1-877-501-5003 • Fax: 604-852-9016 • E-Mail: intbiosys@shaw.ca

Check out our Web site: www.integratedbiosys.com 20

Ph: (403) 936-5430 Follow us on

LSTrailers and

www.lightspeedtrailers.com www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

3D BULLRIDING INC. June 15-16 July 21 August 10 August 16 October 6

S CONGRATULATIONDE CALGARY STAMPE ON YOUR TH

100 YEAR

Wanham Bull Riding Extravaganza - Wanham, AB Manor PBR – Manor SK Brad Phipps Memorial – Lashburn SK Curtis Leschyshyn Invitational - Langham SK Lloydminster PBR Challenge – Lloydminster SK

www.3dbullriding.com

306.821.7911 jd@3dbullriding.com

THANKS TO 3D EVENT SPONSORS

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

21

CALGARY STAmpEdE

ANNIVERSARY FEATURE

Granny Jackie to compete in working cow horse event Top field expected to compete at Calgary Stampede

By Heather Grovet

W

orking cowhorse is one of Alberta’s most exciting and challenging equine sports, requiring a brave, talented and versatile horse and rider capable of performing a reining pattern, plus cow work.

It might not be the place you’d expect to see a grandmother competing, but this year’s working cow horse event at the Calgary Stampede July 13 and 15 will find Jackie Miller competing with a big grin on her face.

“I didn’t compete in any horse event until I was in my forties!”

Miller laughs. “And it all started because my son had a good mare that he wasn’t using. I bred the mare to Pepinics Master, a local Quarter Horse, and she produced a nice filly we named Pepinics Fancy (Lucy). When Lucy was two she started training, and competed with the trainer the following year. I started showing her in working cowhorse Nonpro events six years ago with the help of my patient trainers.

At first we had our struggles, but we’ve steadily made progress.”

Progress is an understatement.

This winter Miller and her bay mare qualified for the National Reined Cow Horse World Show, held at San Angelo, Texas. The pair ended as Reserve Champion in the Intermediate Non-Pro Bridle horse, and split third and fourth in Novice Non-Pro Bridle. “My grandchil-

“I love riding at the Stampede, there is so much excitement with the large audience cheering.”

— JACKIE MILLER

PHOTO CREDIT: PRIMO MORALES

Jackie Miller on a championship run at the National Reined Cow Horse World Show in San Angelo, Texas earlier this year.

dren would phone and say ‘Go Granny Jackie, go!’” Miller laughs.

“And I was so proud of Lucy. She loved those big pens and just ate up those tough cows.”

Miller and Lucy competed in the 2011 Stampede’s competition with mixed success. “We had an excellent first run in our cow work, scoring 74,” Miller says.

“But I made a pilot error in our reining portion, and because of that we received a zero. I guess you could call it a ‘Grandma moment’ but we’re not going to let such moments stop us from competing again this year. I love riding at the Stampede, there is

so much excitement with the large audience cheering when things go well, and groaning when a mistake happens. And because it’s the Centennial, we might even have the chance to earn a trophy saddle!”

Committee chairman, Hans Kollewyn, explains about the Centennial trophy saddles produced this year. “Our committee has a lot of enthusiasm and excitement about the Centennial,” he says. “We feel it’s a very special year. With that in mind, we’ve commissioned Alberta saddlemaker Vic Bennett to produce hand-made, limited edition

Equine & Equestrian Facility Insurance for Albertans

Shaw Insurance Agencies LTD

1.866.980.9803 admin@shawinsurance.ca

www.shawinsurance.ca 22

trophy saddles with the Calgary Stampede Centennial brand for working cow horse, team penning and cutting. We’ll be awarding three saddles for working cow horse; one for Open bridle, one for Open hackamore, and the last for Non-pro bridle.”

Lucy is now ten years old and requires different preparation than that needed by a younger horse.

“Lucy is a high energy horse, but she’s really broke,” Miller says.

“She knows her job, and I have a lot of trust and confidence in her. But Lucy finds riding in circles boring, so my main goal is to

keep her fit and sound in different ways. If we’re competing at a local show, I normally will long trot her three to five miles across the fields at home and then haul to the show. That way I just have to warm up her mind and muscles, and then we’re ready to work.”

That doesn’t mean Miller’s job as a rider is easy. “I’ve taught 4-H for years,” Miller says. “This year I have four of my 4-H group showing in working cow horse events.

I can say ‘I didn’t spend ten hours circling cows, I spent hundreds of hours!’ And it’s the truth. There is no substitute for practice.” 

Bring the whole family to Canadian National Miniature Horse Show

By Heather Grovet

O

ne equine event that’s certain to put a smile on your face is the Canadian National Miniature Horse Show held in conjunction with the Calgary Stampede. This show demonstrates the talent and usefulness of the miniature horse, with a full spectrum of classes including halter, driving and performance.

“Our family got involved with miniature horses years ago after watching the show at the Calgary Stampede,” Louise Locke says.

“Our daughter, Kim, was only 10 years old, and she fell passionately in love with the minis that day.

She begged and begged for one of her own. I had regular sized horses, but thought maybe a mini would be a good start for Kim, so we purchased a young gelding from a neighbor. Well, Kim is now thirtyfour-years-old, and she still has that gelding. He’s twenty-six, and his name is Circle J Buster Bo. Kim has shown that horse every single year since we’ve bought him, and he’s done a lot of winning in various classes. In fact, last year they went to Texas, and they ended up World Champion in Obstacle Driving!”

Locke explains that the Stampede show has a large number of classes. “There is a multitude of halter classes, of course,” she says.

“But we also have four different type of driving classes. The Roadster driving class mimics sulky racing, with the ponies having a lot of

PHOTO CREDIT: CALGARY STAMPEDE

speed and style. The Single Pleasure driving class is very elegant, with the miniatures moving with high action similar to a Hackney.

Then there is the Country Pleasure driving class, where the miniatures move somewhat like an Arabian or Saddlebred. And lastly there is the Classic Pleasure driving classes, where they’re in a more relaxed and lower frame.”

“We also have any class that you could imagine at a regular breed show,” Locke continues.

“We’ll have showmanship, obstacle driving classes, hunter and jumper in-hand classes and inhand trail. For the youth there are fun classes such as costume, and even barrel racing, where the horses are driven around the pattern!

We have prize money, plus there are the much coveted Stampede belt buckles for our grand champions.”

“I’m still a big horse person, but I’m also captivated by miniatures,” Locke concludes. “They’re real horses; they’re cute, versatile and intelligent. Lots of people that show with us have regular sized horses and miniatures, and say they’re both a lot of fun. Come watch our show, and you’ll see what we mean.” 

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

BAR T5 TRAILERS

12ft x 5.5 H Galvanated Corral Panels $

TRAILERS - TRACTORS - WESTERN TACK RODEO GEAR - LIVESTOCK SUPPLIES - FEED PANELS - FENCING - GIFTWARE - BOOTS & BELTS

112.95 each

Check Out The Stampede Of Savings Bar T5 is a proud partner of the Calgary Stampede and would like to congratulate them on there 100 year Anniversary.

Here’s to many more years of continued support and success.

Farrier Stand $74.95

NOW IN STOCK All Team Ropes $5.00 off with redemption of this AD Expires. 7/1/12

2 Step Moutning Blocks $57.95

DC-6E Dura Cart 6 Cubic Foot $148.95 3 Tier Saddle Stands $125.00

403-931-2212 JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

S125 25 Gal Water Tank $129.95

HCW100 100 Gal Stock Tank $132.95

Located on the Cowboy Trail 10 Miles S.W. of Calgary on Hwy #22 at 274th Ave

www.bart5trailers.com

60ft x 5.5 ft High Galvanized Round Pen Package

1875.00

$

FULL SERVICE SHOP & RENTALS

Now Servicing RV’s, Construction Trailers, Horse Trailers, Goosenecks & 5th Wheels 23

CALGARY STAmpEdE

ANNIVERSARY FEATURE

A cut above the rest at this year’s Stampede 40-year veteran Texan among a top notch field of cutters

By Heather Grovet

C

hubby Turner, professional cutting horse trainer from Texas, warns new students at his clinics to avoid getting on that first cutting horse. “I tell them, don’t do it!” he says. “I tell them cutting is addicting, just like drugs!

Once they start, they’ll never be able to quit.”

Turner speaks from experience.

When Turner was twelve years old his father purchased an older cut-

ting horse. “I brought Dad lunch one day, and he said ‘Why don’t you get on that horse and try cutting?’ But I didn’t want to. You see, I was thinking of being a calf roper, and I thought cutting was a sissy sport. But I got on the horse, and after we cut one calf, I was hooked.

Now I’m 64 years old, and I’m still living for the sport!”

Turner will be competing on a number of different horses at this year’s Calgary Stampede, which is part of a circuit called Mercuria/ NCHA World Series of Cutting.

e our Celebrate COME ON OUT AND

125 Anniversary! th

JULY 25TH TO 28TH 2012 CPRA PRO RODEO

July 26th, 27th & 28th

PHOTO CREDIT: CALGARY STAMPEDE

Chubby Turner and Dual R Smokin getting it done in the cutting arena.

One of the horses he will riding is a seven-year-old sorrel Quarter Horse stallion named Dual R Smokin.

“This horse belongs to Daniel Jaeggi from Switzerland,” Turner explains. “We purchased the stallion in 2010 because we really liked the way he works. He has a unique way about him; the way he crouches, the way he looks at a cow. He’s a pretty special horse. I’ll be riding him in the Open classes, and Jaeggi’s daughter will ride him in Non-pro.”

“I love horses no matter what discipline,” Turner continues.

“But there is something special about the cutting horse. It’s the only sport where you ride with your hands down, and the horse has to perform on natural instinct. He’s doing it all on his own, much the same way a Border collie does his job. I tell people that when you ride a cutting horse, you get to be a cowboy for a short time. This is the discipline that’s most like being a real, old

time cowboy, and it’s what keeps me going.”

2012 is the Stampede’s Centennial, and this brings some real perks to Turner and the other contestants. “We have commissioned Vic Bennett to produce hand-made trophy saddles for cutting, working cow horse and team penning,” Hans Kollewyn, committee chairman explains. “These saddles are works of art, and carry the Calgary Stampede Centennial brand. There will be three saddles awarded to our top cutting competitors.”

The Centennial brings several other additions to the event, which runs July 10-12 in the Big Top. “Cutting will have a colour commentator as well as their regular announcer this year,” Kollewyn says. “The colour commentator will talk while each pair works, explaining what the judge is looking for and pointing out highlights of each run. This will give the public a chance to gain a better understanding of how cutting is judged.”

“And just for the fun of it, we’re going to have a cake posse,” Kollewyn continues. “The general public will then have a chance to mingle with our competitors while enjoying one of our special Centennial cakes.”

Chubby Turner looks forward to experiencing the Stampede’s Centennial. “I always love the Stampede,” he says. “So the Centennial should be amazing. We have some great rodeos here in Texas, but Calgary is special. It’s an incredible experience to be there, mounted on a good horse.”

“When I was in my 20s I thought a 64-year-old was ancient,” Turner concludes. “I imagined I’d be in a rocking chair at that age. But I don’t have time to go to a rocking chair right now!

Cutting helps keep me young; it keeps my mind and body going. It isn’t work, it’s my life. And I intend to keep coming to the Calgary Stampede for many more years, even though I don’t get much sleep once I get there!” 

NIGHT SHOWS

Wed., July 25th – Dierks Bentley Thurs., July 26th – Big & Rich Sat., July 28th – Craig Morgan SPONSORED BY

The giants are back, pulling and dancing to music

By Heather Grovet

PO Box 1298, 2055 - 21st Avenue SE Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7N1 (403) 527-1234 Fax (403) 529-6553 Cell (403) 952-8810

www.mhstampede.com 24

“The Stampede’s Heavy Horse Pull is a unique taste of rural life,” Agriculture Program Co-ordinator Navada Phipps says. “You won’t see the same type of draft horses here as you will see at a heavy horse conformation show. We’ll have Percherons, Belgians and Clydesdales, but they are from bloodlines specifically bred to pull.

They’re hard-working, gritty animals with impressive power and real pride in their job.”

“Many of our teams come from Alberta and Saskatchewan,” Phipps says. “But we also get teams from eastern Canada and the states.

First place in each category earns $3,000, and we pay generously all the way down to tenth place. Plus to honour this year’s centennial we’re instituting a perpetual trophy.”

All of the Stampede’s agricultural areas will have extra pageantry and decor thanks to the Centennial. “Both adults and children should find these displays interesting,” Phipps continues.

“We’ll even have an actor in 1912 costume talking about draft horses, and the work they do.”

“Heavy horse pulls can be very addicting,” Phipps continues.

“Several years ago we had a family from Ontario come to the Stampede and watch the pulls. They were so enthusiastic they went home, and became involved in the sport. This year they will be bringing two teams — Frank Peters will drive a lightweight team, and

his wife, Libby, will handle a middleweight team. They even have relatives from Australia coming to cheer them on!”

As has been the case since 1999, the World Six Horse Hitch Championship will be stepping out in the Saddledome at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 8 to specifically selected music courtesy of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. World class horses, drivers, and musicians — it’s a real crowd favourite. 

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

RR 8-30-14 Lethbridge, Alberta T1J 4P4

403) 360-0114

Call Today! (

Toll Free: (855) 320-9889 • www.green-meadows.ca

ALL CIRCLE J TRAILERS ARE 7’ WIDE AND 7’ TALL 7’6” MODELS AVAILABLE BRONCO

RUNABOUT

LARIAT

walk-in tack room, swing-out saddle rack, carpet, lots of extra’s.

All-aluminum! Light weight.

Tow with an SUV!

Big trailer for big horses at a budget price!

Loaded tackroom!

$11,500 2 Horse $13,100 3 Horse

Great Price! $9,250 2 Horse $10,900 3 Horse

$11,180 2 Horse

Available in 3 horse also Available in stock combo model

Drop-down windows, separate grills.

LIGHTNING 7

MIRAGE

MUSTANG

LOADED, all-aluminum trailer.

Big stalls!

Two-tone aluminum skin, steel frame, big stalls!

Stock combo - Available in steel and aluminum.

$11,900 2 Horse $14,380 3 Horse

14’ $7,520

Only $13,500 $15,900 3 Horse

J:\DRAWINGS\2010-2011 MODEL CHANGE\CHARGER NEW 2012 FLOORPLANS\CX9 SALES.dwg, 5/2/2012 3:51:31 PM

Available in 2 horse straight haul and 2, 3, and 4 horse gooseneck

1 468

44

1 394

1 394

42'-7"

16’ $7,900 Available in aluminum, and with front tack (swinging divider)

Available with rear collapsible tack

J:\DRAWINGS\2010-2011 MODEL CHANGE\BIGHORN\STANDARD UNITS\B8X16\OTA B8X16 16in MANGER SALES.dwg, 5/2/2012 4:43:56 PM

34'-6"

12’ $7,130

C29 CHARGER 2 HORSE SHOWN C39 CHARGER 3 HORSE AVAILABLE C49 CHARGER 4 HORSE AVAILABLE C59 CHARGER 5 HORSE AVAILABLE

ALL-ALUMINUM, TOP-QUALITY TRAILERS 1 472

1" 17'-12

1" 28'-04

1 394

1 394

9'-33 4"

8'-5"

40

6'-9"

8' 8'-5"

J:\DRAWINGS\2010-2011 MODEL CHANGE\CHARGER NEW 2012 FLOORPLANS\CX7 SALES.dwg, 5/2/2012 3:48:28 PM

C8215SE CHARGER 2 HORSE AVAILABLE C8315SE CHARGER 3 HORSE AVAILABLE C8415SE CHARGER 4 HORSE SHOWN C27 CHARGER

41' 32'-5"

1" 15'-02

1 394 1 474

433 4

1 394

1 394

96

101

2 HORSE AVAILABLE C37 CHARGER 3 HORSE SHOWN C47 CHARGER 4 HORSE AVAILABLE C57 CHARGER 5 HORSE C29 CHARGER AVAILABLE

2 H Lakota Bumperpull L.Q. with 2 H gooseneck with 9’ shortwall and dinette 4 H with 9’ s.w. and slide out dinette 11’ shortwall: 28'-113 4" $34,900 4821$44,765 introductory offer!

1 394 1 1 394 1" 384 7'-04 $25,900 Introductory sale!

9'

4 H Bighorn 16’ shortwall with 12’ slide: sleeps six! LOADED!

9'-4"

9'

19

J:\DRAWINGS\2010-2011 MODEL CHANGE\CHARGER NEW 2012 FLOORPLANS\CX9 SALES.dwg, 5/2/2012 4:02:04 PM

1 372

19

$75,800

1 592

1" 23'-82

8'-5"

593 4 373 4

19

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING MODEL(S): B8416 BIGHORN IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF LAKOTA. ANY REPRODUCTION IN PART OR IN WHOLE WITHOUT TITLE: FLOORPLAN DATE: 01.06.12 THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF LAKOTA IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. FILE: 2012 MODEL YEAR

Rev. Rev.

DWG #: B8X16 SCALE: N/A

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF LAKOTA. ANY REPRODUCTION IN PART OR IN WHOLE WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF LAKOTA IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

6'-9"

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL

BY:KERM

* SHEET: 1 OF 1

REV

**/**/**

* DESCRIPTION

DATE

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF LAKOTA TRAILERS. ANY REPRODUCTION IN PART OR IN WHOLE WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF LAKOTA TRAILERS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

Rev. Rev.

C39

LAKOTA TRAILERS

N.T.S

02/17/11

*

LAKOTA TRAILERS

*

**/**/**

*

REV

TITLE: FLOORPLAN DATE: 12.03.09 FILE: DWG #: SCALE: N/A

DATE

DESCRIPTION

SHEET: 1 OF 1

*

$35,475

34'-63 4"

1 OF 1

9'

8'-5"

1 472

1 394 1 394

1 394

9'-33 4"

1 394

19 6'-9"

SLIDEOUT NOT AVAILABLE IN THIS MODEL

4 H with 15’ s.w. and slide. Sleeps six! *

9'

*

03/29/11

*

LAKOTA TRAILERS

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL

**/**/**

DESCRIPTION

DATE

1 372

19

*

KERM

2 HORSE AVAILABLE C39 CHARGER 3 HORSE AVAILABLE 1 592 CHARGER 1 C49 372 4 HORSE SHOWN C59 CHARGER 5 HORSE AVAILABLE

$57,400

*

REV

C8315SE CHARGER

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF LAKOTA TRAILERS. ANY REPRODUCTION IN PART OR IN WHOLE WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF LAKOTA TRAILERS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

BY: KERM

3 H gooseneck with 7’ shortwall

CX9 SALE KERM

MODEL(S): C211BPSE (CHUT)

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF LAKOTA TRAILERS. ANY REPRODUCTION IN PART OR IN WHOLE WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF LAKOTA TRAILERS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

KERM N.T.S

PROPRIETARY AND CONFIDENTIAL

* REV

**/**/**

* DESCRIPTION

DATE

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DRAWING IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF LAKOTA TRAILERS. ANY REPRODUCTION IN PART OR IN WHOLE WITHOUT THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF LAKOTA TRAILERS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

IRVINE TACK & TRAILERS IS READY TO HELP YOU SADDLE UP & DRESS IN STYLE FOR THE CALGARY STAMPEDE’S CENTENNIAL

Featuring Priefert 60 ft’ Round Pen $1795

Irvine Cutters

This round pen is economical, versatile, easy to set up, light enough to be truly portable, and tall enough to discourage jumping providing a safe environment to work your animals.

AFFORDABLE SHOW CLOTHING

WE’RE EASY TO FIND: EXIT 305 CROSSFIELD

DIRECTIONS: Take Exit 305, off the QE2, 3 Km East, 2 km North.

Just minutes off the QE2.

Lots of truck & trailer parking available.

Fiesta Blouse LTD

FREE SHIPPING CANADA-WIDE!

Girl’s Stacy Blouse OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK: MON. - SAT. 9-9, SUN. 9-7

ON-SITE CAMPING AVAILABLE

Tel: (403) 946-4246 or 1-877-946-9494

Shop online: www.irvines.ca

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

LA

1 592

25

C49 CX9 SALE KERM N.T.S

02/17/11

*

LAKOTA TRAILE

CALGARY STAmpEdE

ANNIVERSARY FEATURE

Team penners to compete for custom Vic Bennett saddles Calgary Stampede has one of the largest payouts in North America

By Heather Grovet

T

eam penning is a fast paced event, requiring horses capable of galloping, turning and spinning at a moment’s notice.

“But when I get to a team penning competition and warm up my horse, Travelin Bandit (Rio), he’s incredibly lazy,” penner Sal Howell says. “In fact, sometimes it seems as though he can barely put one foot in front of another!

But when a cow is put in front of Rio he comes to life. Rio’s 15 now, but he still needs a proper

warm up or I might have problems when we get to work, especially at Calgary where there’s always the possibility of extra excitement such as the midway, fireworks or mini chuckwagons!”

Howell began team penning in 1997 after competing in Working Cow Horse events on Rio. “Rio actually started out as a cutting horse,” she explains. “After we purchased him, we began to teach him reining maneuvers and fence work. Rio was part of my education into the cow horse world, we both learned together.

At first Rio was too cowy for me,

Figured out how to maximize my yield - online.

Your business depends on the internet.

You can depend on Xplornet.

These days, a fast, reliable Internet connection is a must for most every business. Xplornet offers wireless business Internet connectivity across Canada, including many places where wireline service is unavailable. And we offer peace of mind, through our reliable network, which leverages the latest technologies, like 4G. With Xplornet’s Business Internet Solutions, your business is connected.

• Choose from a range of business-grade paCkages, with speeds up to 5mbps.1 • 24/7/365 toll-free Canadian Customer serviCe, and priority teChniCal support if you ever need help at your loCation.

• 30-day money baCk guarantee.2 • 4g business plans starting from just $74.99 / month.3

HigH-Speed internet

For All oF Canada 1 Actual speed online may vary with your technical configuration, Internet traffic, server and other factors. All packages are subject to traffic management. For complete details visit xplornet.com. 2For complete details of Xplornet’s 30-day money-back guarantee, visit xplornet.com. 3Xplornet’s network uses 3G technology in some areas and 4G technology in other areas. Plans and pricing vary by region. Call or visit xplornet.com for details.

26

his moves were explosive and I had problems handling them. But as he settled he became a really good example of a versatile horse.

Cow horse and team penning are similar, but cow horse requires the mounts be very precise and correct, while penning’s main criteria is a horse that’s fast. It’s great when a horse can do both.”

The Calgary Stampede rewards horses and riders capable of competing in more than one event with an award called the “Elite Western Rider”. To qualify riders need to compete in at least two of the three Western disciplines; penning, cutting and cow horse. The overall highest placing rider takes home a custom made buckle. “The first year we had the Elite Western Rider award, it went to someone who rode in all three disciplines,” committee chairman Hans Kollewyn explains.

“The rider was a non-pro who was a good rider on good horses. We love to reward people capable of that task.”

Kollewyn estimates 600 penning teams will compete at the two days of qualifying runs held at Okotoks before the Stampede.

“We have four different classes — Open Class, 14 Class, 10 Class and 7 Class — and the top twenty teams in each class will advance to the finals being held in the Saddledome July 6-9. A different class will compete each day, and the top placings will be awarded right then and there.

People like to see who wins, and this schedule allows that to happen.”

Many of the Stampede’s team penners are local Albertans, but teams also come from across North America to compete. The stakes are high with the top teams going home with $15,000 to $20,000 with an estimated total payout of $200,000 in four days.

“And because this is our Centennial, we have a special incentive for our teams,” Kollewyn continues. “We have commissioned saddlemaker Vic Bennett to create limited edition, handmade trophy saddles. Team penning will be awarding a total of 12 saddles to their top competitors.”

“The trophy saddles are a real buzz in the penning world,” Howell admits. “Vic Bennett saddles are known to be perfect, very prestigious. To win a custom made Vic Bennett Centennial saddle would be incredible. These are very substantial gifts and people will want to keep them forever.”

Both Howell and Kollewyn feel team penning is a great spectator sport. “Team penning is timed,” Howell says. “That means the audience can easily follow the action, and understand who wins. The sport is very fast paced, and it’s fun, exciting and engaging. We all ride to win, but even just qualifying for the Calgary Stampede is a thrill.” 

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

CALGARY STAmpEdE

ANNIVERSARY FEATURE

Tails: Three Horses, One Legend Liberty horse show promises a triumphant story combined with outstanding horsemanship

By Todd Kimberley

F

or the first time in history, the Calgary Stampede will be presenting a homegrown Enmax Corral show this summer with Tails: Three Horses, One Legend.

This epic equine production promises to be an optical stunner — with three magnificent horses as the stars of the show, and insiders drawing comparisons to the Cirque du Soleil and Cavalia.

However, Dan Finley predicts that Stampede audiences will also find that Tails: Three Horses, One Legend possesses a rather stirring script.

“The most important component about Tails, for us, is the actual story,” says Finley, the president and Chief Operating Officer of Stampede Entertainment Inc. “We’ve been focused on not just creating a variety show, like many other shows out there that involve horses or animals in general.

“The other productions introduce a very loose story after they’ve decided what acts are going to be involved. Our goal was to develop the story, build it, train it, and present it,” adds Finley. “We’ve taken a very different approach — like you would in putting on a musical theatre production, or a new play.”

Tails traces the journey of three horses on the Western frontier that became separated, forming bonds with people from various walks of life — First Nations inhabitants, ranchers, and rodeo stars.

Ultimately, these three magnificent beasts are reunited at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers in 1912, as they bring their human companions together to create the very first Calgary Stampede.

Tails: Three Horses, One Legend, a 50-minute production, will be staged three times a day during the Stampede’s Centennial celebrations from July 6 through 15, at 12 p.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

“Because of the story we’ve created, we feel this will take on a whole new life. It’s about the West, and it’s about some of the historical events that took place at the turn of the 20th century,” says Finley. “We’re following three horses’ lives, and looking at it through a lens from a hundred years ago.”

Finley and the Calgary Stampede crew are thrilled to have veteran First Nations actor, singer, and songwriter Tom Jackson headlining the Tails cast.

Trick riders Sally Bishop, Madison MacDonald, and Rae Lynn Armstrong, stuntman/actor Dwayne Wiley, and internationally acclaimed horseman Thomas Garcilazo will also be putting the equine talent through their paces.

Also contributing to the dazzling stage show will be singer Matt Masters, three-time world champion hoop dancer Alex Wells, a troupe of First Nations dancers, and First Nations drummers the Siouxpranos.

The resumes of the Tails development team are equally impres-

sive. Set designer Robert Kovach, from New York City, has worked on Broadway and further afield, and has been involved in country music concert productions.

Composer Alec Harrison, of Calgary, wrote some of the score for the opening ceremonies at the 2010 FIFA World Cup of soccer in South Africa, and is also involved on an ongoing basis with the National Football League’s Monday Night Football broadcasts.

And artistic director Michael Barnard, who holds the same position in Arizona with the Phoenix Theatre, has earned his chops with the likes of Disney and Universal Studios.

The real stars of Tails, of course, are the horses. The team chose three visually distinct looks for the

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

show — an Appaloosa for the First Nations storyline, a Palomino for the cowboy-showmanship thread, and a bay for the working-ranching angle.

The horses were selected in the fall of 2011, and training has been ongoing ever since.

“The majority of the work we’re doing, in preparation for this show, is training. We’re training from scratch when it comes to the skills of the horses,” says Finley. “We don’t want to divulge too much, but the animals are going through liberty training as well as bareback and bridleless training.

“Each one of the horses will have special skills, as well. The workhorse will be pulling a plough in the show, so it’ll go

PHOTO CREDIT: CALGARY STAMPEDE

through draft-horse training, for example,” he adds. “Their training will be specific to their role in the production — their life’s destiny.”

The biggest challenges involved in staging Tails? “I’m not sure if we’re through them or not,” replies Finley with a laugh. “Working with animals, putting them into a theatrical production, always has its challenges. The care

of the animals is the most important thing to us.

“We’ve wanted to do some kind of equine celebration show for many years, bringing together two of the components the Stampede is well known for — theatrical entertainment and animals, specifically equine,” he adds. “With the Centennial anniversary coming up, we decided this was the time to do it.” 

27

CALGARY STAmpEdE Our way of life Making a living with horses

By Wendy Dudley

I

t’s too late to order a Calgary Stampede Centennial saddle (the Vic Bennett saddles sold out ages ago) but how about a new pair of kickers, custommade to celebrate the Calgary Stampede’s 100th anniversary?

These aren’t just another set of boots to collect dust in the closet.

And you will definitely want to tuck your pant legs in, so as to show off the Stampede detailing.

“They would be great as a dress boot or a collectible. They come with a Western walking heel, but I don’t think you would want to use them as a (ranch) working boot,

Kick up your heals with Centennial Stampede boots Alberta Boot teams up with the Calgary Stampede with commemorative boots because they’re so nice. They are a going-to-town boot, and a conversation piece,” said Ben Gerwing, vice-president of Alberta Boot, the Calgary company making the stylish footwear. “They’re going to be neat to own, because there won’t be any of us around to see the 200th Stampede.”

Each pair boasts full quill ostrich vamps, kangaroo shafts, and full leather lining and soles.

A bucking bronc and rider are embroidered on the shaft, and the dog ear tabs feature the CS brand.

The bronc rider is fashioned after a design that appeared on a century-old Calgary Stampede blanket. If they wish, buyers can

forgo the bronc rider and have the Stampede’s embroidered centennial dates and logo featured on the front vamp. Otherwise, the bronc is on the front, with the dates and logo on the back.

The shaft can be ordered in either dark chocolate brown or black, with various ostrich colours available for the vamps. The boots retail for $1300.

The Alberta Boot Company has been

outfitting working cowboys and celebrity cowpokes for years, designing boots for such film stars as Brad Pitt, Robert Duvall, and Kevin Costner as well as athletes, public figures and Royalty. It PHOTO CREDIT: CALGARY STAMPEDE

The Alberta Boot Company will custom-make a pair of Calgary Stampede centennial boots.

The shafts are kangaroo and the vamps are ostrich.

Presents

CPRA Unofficial Rodeo Standings Up to & including Stavely, AB As of May 14, 2012

28

ANNIVERSARY FEATURE

SADDLE BRONC 1 BERRY JIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,296 .54 2 FLUNDRA DUSTIN . . . . . . . . . .2,122 .54 3 MACKENZIE RYAN . . . . . . . . . .1,602 .89 4 THOMSON KYLE . . . . . . . . . . .1,241 .24 5 GEIGER RYLAN . . . . . . . . . . . .1,241 .24 6 HARDEN JOSH . . . . . . . . . . . .1,214 .28 7 KJOS DELANO . . . . . . . . . . . .1,173 .55 8 BUTTERFIELD LUKE . . . . . . . .1,098 .86 9 NITSCHKE DALLAS . . . . . . . . . . 721 .92 10 LOWRY CLEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693 .45

STEER WRESTLING 1 NICKOLSON TRACE . . . . . . . . .3,295 .64 2 CONWAY RIAN . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,118 .98 3 HEGGIE JESSIE . . . . . . . . . . . .1,923 .86 4 CASSIDY CODY . . . . . . . . . . . .1,878 .12 5 CHURCHILL LINN . . . . . . . . . . .1,704 .40 6 LAWES CASEY . . . . . . . . . . . .1,704 .40 7 WEBB JONNY . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,665 .68 8 GUENTHNER JUSTIN . . . . . . . .1,643 .34 9 HARDEN JEREMY . . . . . . . . . .1,578 .26 10 HAYS JD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,421 .28

BAREBACK 1 LAIT MATT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,510 .34 2 CREASY LUKE . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,339 .57 3 SOLBERG MICHAEL . . . . . . . . .2,319 .57 4 BOWERS KYLE . . . . . . . . . . . .1,686 .47 5 BUNNEY CLAYTON . . . . . . . . .1,578 .70 6 LANGEVIN KEVIN . . . . . . . . . . .1,567 .15 7 TAYPOTAT TY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 .23 8 LAVALLEY DUSTY . . . . . . . . . . . 450 .51 9 RANDLE CHAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 .51 10 PHIPPS DENNY . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 .93

LADIES BARREL RACING 1 BUFF GAYLENE . . . . . . . . . . . .3,456 .82 2 BYRNE LAUREN . . . . . . . . . . . .3,193 .88 3 HANSEN ADEL . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,011 .77 4 SHAW CRYSTAL . . . . . . . . . . .2,231 .91 5 ROBERTS CRANNA . . . . . . . . .1,874 .09 6 NASH RAMONA . . . . . . . . . . . .1,822 .90 7 SMITH NINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,751 .39 8 DAINES SYDNEY . . . . . . . . . . .1,696 .23 9 DAINES CHERYL . . . . . . . . . . .1,599 .14 10 CSABAY NANCY . . . . . . . . . .1,460 .53

BULL RIDING 1 TURNER JODY . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,360 .33 2 TURNER STEVEN . . . . . . . . . . .4,723 .72 3 SCHIFFNER SCOTT . . . . . . . . .4,228 .36 4 LAMBERT ZANE . . . . . . . . . . .3,147 .17 5 GIRLETZ TANNER . . . . . . . . . .3,045 .70 6 LOZIER KYLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,824 .72 7 GERMAN KYLE . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,650 .04 8 BOWERS ROBERT . . . . . . . . . .2,077 .02 9 PANKEWITZ TYLER . . . . . . . . .2,042 .74 10 COLLINS COLE . . . . . . . . . . .1,804 .85

TR HEELER 1 BUHLER JEREMY . . . . . . . . . .2,122 .14 2 FLEWELLING TYREL . . . . . . . .2,032 .51 3 SCHREINER KEVIN . . . . . . . . . .1,308 .61 4 ROBERTSON MATT . . . . . . . . .1,232 .45 5 DALLYN ROCKY . . . . . . . . . . . .1,017 .31 6 RICHARD RHEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 .94 7 ROBERTSON JOHN . . . . . . . . . . 910 .94 8 WILSON RILEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 .94 9 BOOTH TRAVIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 .54 10 JOHNSON CHAD . . . . . . . . . . . 631 .74

TIE-DOWN ROPING 1 WARREN RILEY . . . . . . . . . . . .2,500 .59 2 JOHNSON CHAD . . . . . . . . . . .2,206 .84 3 BUTTERFIELD CURTIS . . . . . . .2,099 .57 4 DEPAOLI STEELE . . . . . . . . . . .1,686 .58 5 MILLER TY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,513 .62 6 MOORE CLAYTON . . . . . . . . . .1,512 .93 7 FINNERTY JESSE . . . . . . . . . . .1,508 .71 8 BIRD LOGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,246 .60 9 CASSIDY CURTIS . . . . . . . . . . .1,144 .92 10 DUBLANKO ERIK . . . . . . . . . .1,118 .76

TR HEADER 1 BUHLER CLINT . . . . . . . . . . . .2,122 .14 2 SCHMIDT KOLTON . . . . . . . . . .2,032 .52 3 MCFADDEN ROLAND . . . . . . . .1,928 .26 4 SMITH RANDY . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,308 .62 5 KOBOLD MILES . . . . . . . . . . . .1,232 .45 6 BEVANS COLE . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,226 .70 7 ULLERY CLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 .94 8 SIMPSON LEVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 .94 9 MADDOX CLINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 .55 10 THIESSEN STEVEN . . . . . . . . . 631 .75

NOVICE SADDLE BRONC 1 NEELY COLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416 .13 2 GREEN LAYTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 .3 3 DILLMAN BRANDEN . . . . . . . . . . 151 .32 STEER RIDING 1 THOMSON K’S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949 .39 2 SMELTZER GRIFFIN . . . . . . . . . . 938 .47 3 BARRASS CHANCE . . . . . . . . . . . 800 .25 4 BIEVER LOGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 .87 5 ROBBINS COY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 .18 6 FAUCHER CONNOR . . . . . . . . . . . 341 .93 7 SCHMIDT KAGEN . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 .92 8 FUCHS GUNNAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 .53 9 HAY DAWSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 .96 PERMIT 1 LUCAS KYLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,880 .94 2 GREEN LAYTON . . . . . . . . . . . .1,173 .55 3 TROTZ COOPER . . . . . . . . . . . .1,166 .54 4 COX CLINTON . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,008 .66 5 GALLOWAY JESSA . . . . . . . . . . . 989 .94 6 PETERSON DAKOTA . . . . . . . . . . 876 .88 ROOKIE 1 WARREN RILEY . . . . . . . . . . . .2,500 .59 2 LAWES CASEY . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,704 .40 3 WEBB JONNY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,665 .68 4 TURCATO TYLER . . . . . . . . . . . .1,321 .82 5 BIRD LOGAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,246 .60 6 PEROZAK MACE . . . . . . . . . . . .1,006 .74

provided the boots for newlyweds Will and Kate on their Royal tour last year through Canada. And boots that had to be historically correct were fashioned for the movies The Unforgiven, Open Range, Monte Walsh and Brokeback Mountain.

“We get people contacting us wanting the same pair of boots worn by Jake Gyllenhaal or Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, or people from overseas want a pair like the Mounties,” Gerwing said.

The country’s RCMP also sports boots made by the company — the Strathcona High-Brown Police Boot.

As Alberta’s only manufacturer of western boots, the company makes the footwear on site at its store in southwest Calgary. Theirs is quite the story.

In 1963, Clem Gerwing moved his family, including six children, from his Saskatchewan farm to Calgary. Five years later, he purchased a wholesale footwear company, never believing the path it would take. After 10 years of selling Quebec, Mexican and American-made boots, he began making them himself, thus the dawn of the Alberta Boot Company.

Son Tim eventually joined, becoming general manager and now third-generation Ben (Tim’s son) oversees daily operations.

“I’ve grown up with boots my whole life. I’ve learned how to do everything, from making them to marketing them,” said Ben whose greatest satisfaction comes from having someone walk in who has been saving up for a special pair of boots. “We have people coming in, getting their first pair at age 60, and someone else getting their first pair at 15.”

One of the greatest thrills was having country singer Paul Brandt drop in unexpectedly and sit down among customers to play a few tunes. “He even mentions Alberta Boot in one of his songs.” Brandt placed a rush order for boots in 2007 when he was hosting the Canadian Country Music Awards.

And the strangest request? “A guy came in and asked if we could make a pair from his Dalmatian dog that had died. We said no!”

About 200 steps are required to make a pair of boots, and the company’s factory staff of 12 make about 10,000 pairs a year.

Prices range anywhere from $260 (non-exotic, such as cowhide) to $1,700 (exotics, such as snakeskin, alligator and lizard). To order the Calgary Stampede centennial boots, call Alberta Boot at 403263-4623.

Other custom-made Calgary Stampede Centennial commemorative items include handcrafted engraved silver buckles featuring a bronc and rider in 10K gold

by Longview silversmith Scott Hardy for $2600 and $2950 (403261-0127); and a pure beaver felt Smithbilt hat for $1500, featuring a silver Centennial hat buckle, and your name and special edition number on the inside leather band (403-244-9131). 

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

CALGARY STAmpEdE

Chuckwagon Focus

ANNIVERSARY FEATURE

100 YEARS OF THE HALF MILE

CHUCKWAGON HISTORY

Horsemanship and Driving Ability

By Billy Melville

F

rom their start in 1923, the world famous chuckwagon races have been an integral part of the Calgary Stampede ever since. To be a champion chuckwagon driver takes a great deal of dedication, horsemanship and driving ability. Arguably the greatest demonstration of these characteristics took place in 1947 at the 25th running of the GMC Rangeland Derby.

It was a time when chuckwagon drivers were allowed to drive more than one chuckwagon at the Calgary Stampede chuckwagon races, so cowboys who had gained the reputation of being top rate skinners were very much in demand and found themselves driving more than one chuckwagon outfit.

One such cowboy was a giant of a man from Bowness, Alberta by the name of Ronnie Glass. Glass, who had shown an extraordinary ability to drive horses at an early age, drove at the rangeland derby for the first time in 1931 at the tender age of 15 as a replacement driver for Charlie “Dad” Moore. He went on to win his first Calgary Championship in 1941 driving for Charlie Lundseth of Bowden, and his second championship in 1946 driving for Johnnie Phelan of Red Deer. By the time the 25th running of the GMC Rangeland Derby came around, Ronnie Glass had established

Arguably the most dominant performance by any one person at a Rangeland Derby was in 1947 when Ronnie Glass (showed above driving the Johnnie Phelan outfit), drove 3 wagons into the top ten in the same year. A protest by the other drivers had the Calgary Stampede change the rule that an individual could only drive one wagon starting in 1948 and ironically enough Ronnie Glass did not compete at the Rangeland Derby that year. He did come back in 1949 and won his 4th career Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Championship.

himself as both a master horseman and the quintessential chuckwagon driver. So in 1947, Ronnie Glass found himself driving three chuckwagon outfits at the Calgary Stampede — one for J.S. Armstrong of Elnora, one for Allan O’Bray of Stettler, and one for defending champion Johnnie Phelan of Red Deer.

On opening night, Ronnie Glass made history by winning all three heats that he competed in. Despite two seconds in outrider penalties, he took the top

time of the night with the Johnnie Phelan outfit, and drove the Armstrong and O’Bray outfits inside the top 10 as well. As unlikely as it might have been to win all three races in a single night, history repeated itself on night two when Ronnie Glass again won all three heats he competed in, took the top time of the night with the Johnnie Phelan outfit, and again placed both the O’Bray and Armstrong outfits inside the top 10 for the night.

Over next three nights, Ronnie Glass took top time for the night each and every night, but this time with the Allan O’Bray outfit from Stettler. With one run to go, it was apparent that Ronnie Glass would win his third career Calgar y Stampede Rangeland Derby championship as he sat first overall with the Allan O’Bray outfit and second overall with the defending champion Johnnie Phelan outfit, and was nearly

THIS YEAR’S DRIVERS www.ghostpine.com Tel: 403-291-9238 Email: info@ghostpine.com

3640 Macleod Trail South, Calgary, AB Tel: 403-243-8000 www.heningertoyota.com Proud to cheer on the Chick Wagon!

ADDITIONAL DRIVERS LIST Manteo is a Calgary based company concentrating and providing security, networking and storage solutions for businesses world-wide www.manteo.com

Treaty Seven First Nation www.tsuutina.ca We are proud to support Colt Costgrave

Kirk Sutherland

John Walters

Reg Johnstone

Colt Costgrave

DOB: 9-Sep-56 Driving Since: 1976 Hometown: Grand Prairie, AB

DOB: 29-Mar-63 Driving Since: 2009 Hometown: Delburne, AB

DOB: 18-Jul-48 Driving Since: 1976 Hometown: Bashaw, AB

DOB: 4-Nov-78 Driving Since: 1997 Hometown: Hand Hills, AB

H&E Oilfield Services Ltd. are proud sponsors of Obrey Motowylo and wish him the best of luck in the upcoming season!

Proud to support BJ Carey as he drives for the win!

Wishing Grant Profit & Team all the best in Calgary 2012

Proud sponsor of Logan Gorst’s wagon. Cheering you on every stride of the track! www.rigsat.com

Obrey Motowylo

BJ Carey

Grant Profit

Logan Gorst

DOB: 1-Jul-72 Driving Since: 2004 Hometown: Bluffton, AB

DOB: 06-Jan-80 Driving Since: 2007 Hometown: St. Walburg, SK

DOB: 23-Sep-54 Driving Since:1986 Hometown: Cochrane, AB

DOB: 18-Apr-82 Driving Since: 2008 Hometown: Meadow Lake, SK

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

five seconds ahead of Orville Strandquist and Jack Higgins — his nearest competitors for the 1947 Rangeland Derby Championship.

On night six, Slim Fenton of Cochrane took the top time of the final night, thus ending Ronnie Glass’ string of five consecutive first place runs.

But Ronnie Glass, along with outriders Charlie Chick, Bill Collins, Elmer Rollinson, and Orville Strandquist, captured the overall Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby Championship for the second consecutive year with the Johnnie Phelan outfit. Glass also drove the Alan O’Bray outfit to third place overall, and the J.S. Armstrong outfit to eighth place overall, in what is arguably the greatest performance by any single chuckwagon driver in the history of the game.

His dominance of the 1947 races, combined with some grumbling from some of the other drivers, prompted the Calgary Stampede to change its rules in 1948 limiting an individual to driving just one chuckwagon outfit at the Rangeland Derby. Ironically enough, Ronnie Glass was unable to compete at the 1948 Calgary Stampede Rangeland Derby, but when he returned in 1949, he captured his fourth career Calgary championship with the Johnnie Phelan outfit from Red Deer. 

Kelly Sutherland Buddy Bensmiller Gary Gorst Luke Tournier Jason Glass Chad Harden Jerry Bremner Hugh Sinclair Vern Nolin Kurt Bensmiller Troy Dorchester Rick Fraser Mark Sutherland Tim Haroldson Shane Nolin Brian Laboucane Jamie Laboucane Rae Croteau Jr. Doug Irvine Layne MacGillivray Wayne Knight Roger Moore Cliff Cunningham Ray Mitsuing Troy Flad Mike Vigen Codey McCurrach Devin Mitsuing

29

In it to win It Competitor profile

By Wendy Dudley

S

o who will be off to London to jump in the Olympics?

That’s the big question at play throughout June during the Spruce Meadows tournaments, as riders will be under observation by officials who will name the team by the end of the month.

The way things are shaping up, several riders from the team that won 2008 Olympic silver may be returning to the Games — namely, Ian Millar, Eric Lamaze and Jill Henselwood.

If Millar is chosen — and it is expected he will be — the 65-yearold will make Olympic history.

This will be his 10th Olympiad, the most Games any athlete in the world has every competed in.

Individual Olympic gold medal champion Eric Lamaze is also considered a shoo-in, as he has acquired some strong horsepower in the months following the tragic death of Hickstead, his 2008 Olympic mount.

The riders’ final effort to be London-bound will make for an exciting spectacle, beginning with the Spruce Meadows’ National Tournament, which runs June 6-10, followed by the Continental Tournament, June 14-17.

“With Canada and the USA looking to defend Olympic medals in London, and naming their respective teams here at Spruce Meadows, it will be an interesting start to the season,” said Ian Allison, Spruce Meadows senior vice-president.

The Olympic teams, he said, are expected to be announced June 16, so to assist with meeting nomination deadlines, the CN Performance World Cup has been moved from its regular Sunday date to Sat. June 16th.

“Leading the list of terrific Canadian storylines this season will be the start of the Eric Lamaze era without Hickstead. It’s safe to say, like Big Ben, there will not be another. But Eric, like Ian, is resilient and continues to play at the top with some lovely horses.”

While there are 22 riders vying for a spot, the current odds are favouring Lamaze, Millar, Henselwood, Tiffany Foster, and Yann Candele. The latter four — chosen to compete for Canada on the preOlympic European tour in May —

Spruce Meadows sets the stage for Olympic jumpers Ian Miller could set record if chosen for his 10th Olympiad came second in the Nation’s Cup in Lummen, Belgium. Four riders plus an alternate will be headed to the Games in London, where show jumping will be held Aug. 4-9.

Alberta’s Lisa Carlsen and her gelding La Boom may also be in the running, as they were alternates in Europe, and Carlsen has Olympics, World Cup and Pan Am Games experience.

In the meantime, watch for Millar to be fine-tuning Star Power, his Dutch-bred gelding that he rode to second place earlier this year in a $500,000 Grand Prix that was considered to be the toughest event of the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla. The two also turned in two clear rounds in the Lummen Nation’s Cup. The biggest question regarding Lamaze pertains to which horse he will choose from his stable of Olympic hopefuls. Earlier this year, he suggested the top three would be Derly Chin de Muze and the experienced Grand Prix horses Verdi and Luikka.

Ireland’s Shane Breen rode Luikka in the BMO Nation’s Cup and CN International Grand Prix at the 2011 Spruce Meadows’ Masters. Verdi also is used to big courses, having been ridden

by Dutch jumper Stephanie van den Brink. However, Derly Chin turned in two clean rounds in the Nation’s Cup in Wellington, and in May proved she could handle strong European competition by jumping to third place in the Grand Prix at Antwerp, Belgium.

Jill Henselwood will be sorting out whether to go with George or IV Ever. IV Ever was in the winner’s circle on the winter circuit in Thermal, Calif., and even when he didn’t win, he was turning in fault-free rounds. George, however, has won some major Grand Prixs and was her mount in Lummen for Canada’s second-place finish in the Nation’s Cup. And what a year it has been for Tiffany Foster, originally from Langley, B.C., and now working with Lamaze. She made her Nation’s Cup debut for Canada at last year’s Spruce Meadows’ Masters, and then went on to be a member of the winning Canadian team in the Buenos Aires

photo credit: wendy dudley

Eric Lamaze jumps Derly Chin de Muze in the warm-up ring at Spruce Meadows. The Belgian Warmblood mare appears to be the favoured of the three horses he is considering for the London Olympics. Team hopefuls are under observation during the Spruce Meadows National and Continental Tournaments.

Nation’s Cup in November. She has declared Southwind and Victor, but her pick right now seems to be Victor. She piloted the Dutch Warmblood gelding in the Nation’s Cup in Florida, helping the team place third, and rode him again in Lummen.

Like Lamaze, she also has been training in Europe where the competition involves the world’s top riders. “The purpose of having a base in Europe is to give Tiffany the best experience and the best exposure,” said Lamaze who trained in Europe as part of his 2008 Olympic plan. “That is where the sport is played at the highest level.”

Yann Candele, a member of the Canadian team at the 2010 World Championships, has seven horses declared, but seems to be leaning towards Carlotta Singular la Magnifica, on whom he won a 2012 Grand Prix in Florida and recently rode as part of the team in Europe.

Among others seeking a berth are Karen Cudmore, Chris Pratt and John Pearce who enjoyed a successful early start this year, with his 16-year-old gelding Chi-

anto jumping clear in most of his events on the California circuit.

Closer to home, Calgary’s Jonathan Asselin is hoping to visit London, atop either Showgirl or Makavoy. Asselin was the alternate rider for the 2008 Olympic team, and a member of the 2000 Olympic team. He also rode in the 2011 Pan Am Games, placing ninth individually on Showgirl.

He then rode Makavoy as part of the winning Nation’s Cup team in Buenos Aires. t

“With Canada and the USA looking to defend Olympic medals in London, and naming their respective teams here at Spruce Meadows, it will be an interesting start to the season.”

— Ian Allison

30

photo credit: wendy dudley photo credit: wendy dudley

Canada’s Ian Millar and Star Power are expected to earn a ticket to the London Olympics. If so, Millar will make history as having participated in 10 Olympic Games, the most ever by any athlete in the world. The two will be competing during the Spruce Meadows National Tournament, one of the observation trials for the selection committee.

Tiffany Foster, originally from Langley, B.C., has had a sterling year, and most recently was part of the Canadian team jumping in Europe where it placed second in the Nation’s Cup in May in Belgium. Watch for her to be named to the Olympic team, having made her debut representing Canada in the Nation’s Cup last September at Spruce Meadows. She has two horses declared for the Games, Southwind and Victor.

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

31

Association News Chinook Carriage Driving Club

Performance Standardbreds

Trail Riding Alberta Conference

The Chinook Carriage Driving Club emphasizes education, safety, and fun. Activities include cutter rallies , ride n’ drives, speaker presentations, and clinics. We also host a Pleasure Driving Show each summer — this year’s show is July 21/22 near Bowden. New members, and especially those interested in learning to drive, are always welcome. Meetings are held monthly. For more information, please contact Melany Moore at 403.638.2972, or melanymoore60@yahoo.com.”

PHOTO CREDIT: SUBMITTED

In late April, our demo contingent of Holly Howard on Sometime Royal, Charlene Barry on Westosterone and Kelly Stasiuk on Prime Time Scooter (left to right above), along with Billy Rickles driven by Kathy Sunberg and harness racer Easeonby Hanover driven by Chelsea Chase showed off the versatility of the Standardbred at The Mane Event in Red Deer. For the complete story on another successful outing for Performance Standardbreds, check out our website: www.p-standardbreds.org.

Ruth Perkins riding Angel of Haarlem at the Rattlesnake Roundup. Ruth has overcome debilitating illnesses to compete in Trail Riding Alberta Conference and Alberta Equestrian Federation events. Watch for a complete story on Ruth and her amazing journey in a future issue of Horses All. For more information on how to join TRAC or find out about upcoming events, go to their website at www.trailriding.ca

Chinook Team Penning Association

Alberta Donky and Mule Club

Welsh Pony & Cob Society of Alberta

Willow Creek Ag. Society at Claresholm, Alta. April 22 …ahhh Spring penning... warming up outside... sitting in the sun visiting at the trailers... and giving your horse the first bath of the season. $1000.00 added to the pot each day to fatten the winners’ cheques! To see which teams took home the loot each day, visit chinookpenning.com/standings. In Photo: Devin Antony, Jen Robson, Kirk Cottrell - Mill Store Open Class & Pajak Engineering Ltd. Open Class winners www.chinookpenning.com

Mark Snell from Saskatchewan prepares his mammoth jack donkey for his first ride at the series of Jerry Tindell Clinics recently hosted by the Alberta Donkey and Mule Club in May. All stock went through a series of lessons and checks before participants mounted them for the first time. For those of you that want to see more mules and donkeys in action, be sure to attend our new All Equine Show held in Nanton, AB. June 16 & 17. For more information and entry forms check out www.albertadonkeyandmule.com

Canadian Pinto Association

Canadian Curly Horse Association

Pajon’s Royal Cameo Ring, Sec B mare. Interested in knowing more about the Welsh Pony and Cobs? Please check out our informative web site at www.albertawelsh.com PHOTO CREDIT: BRIERWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

World Professional Chuckwagon Assoc.

World Champion Auctioneer Danny Skeels (R) almost pulled of a new record high for the Ponoka Stampede’s Chuckwagon Canvas Auction. Skeels is hard at work auctioning off 2008 Ponoka Stampede Champion Doug Irvine (L). The sale fell just short of a half million dollars. www.halfmileofhell.com

CPRA — Stavely Indoor Rodeo

The Canadian Pinto Association accepts for registration all draft horses and light horses with over 50 square inches of white in eligible areas and at least one parent already registered with a recognized breed registry. Ponies and miniatures require only 25 square inches of white and do not require a registered parent. Registration is as inexpensive as $20 for a foal registered by a member before September 30 of the year it is born. Contact registrar@canadianpinto.com for more information. www.canadianpinto.com

The Canadian Curly Horse Association was created to bring fellow Curly Horse owners together for fellowship, fun and learning. And to share our knowledge of the Curly Horse origins, characteristics and hypo-allergenic qualities. The Curly Horse is a durable, sturdy, sensible saddle-type horse occurring in all sizes, types and colours. They have a curlier coat in the winter, ringlet mane, and are hypoallergenic for many allergy sufferers. For more information visit our website ww.curlyhorse.ca

Miss Rodeo Stavely Kaitlan Schlosser accepting the Ladies Barrel Racing buckle for Adel Hansen from Horses All Field Reporter, Crystal McPeak. Adel clocked in at 13.675 to earn $1979. www.rodeocanada.com

32

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

Bar U Ranch owner helped start the Calgary Stampede

BC Cowboy Hall of Fame inducts new members

Bar U Ranch owner George Lane was a cattleman but recognized the need for promotion, and to provide the marketplace with what it needed.

To augment his beef trade, Lane established the largest Percheron stud of its kind in the world to provide power for the prairie plows.

In 1912, Lane was President of the Alberta Horse Breeders Association and said the contests Images from yesteryear to be held at the first Stampede would be worth “a half a million dollars” in advertising and “bring a class of moneyed men to Alberta who have never

By Michael McLean been here before and do not know the livestock possibilities of the province”. n the spring of 1912, Alberta It was Lane that met with Guy Weadick in a learned of a special event to be Calgary hotel room and then convinced the other held that fall. The brainchild of ‘Big 4’ founders Archie Mclean, Pat Burns and AE American showman Guy Weadick, the Bar U Ranch owner George Lane was a Cross to fund the Stampede. The legacy of this old Calgary Stampede was to be a ‘one-off’ visionary cattleman cattlemen’s vision has left us with not only the event.

Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth but a multimilThe Foothills of southern Alberta in and horseman, and one lion dollar horse industry. the early years of the twentieth century of the original financial Today as the Calgary Stampede is set to celebrate was in a state of flux that would soon backers of the Calgary Stampede along with a centennial, the Bar U Ranch is still here as well. It be accelerated by the Great War. Archie Mclean, Pat too has withstood the years and is now heralded as One of the last big cattle drives Burns and AE Cross. the only National Historic Site in the country that consisting of 2000 head was about to photo credit: bar u ranch commemorates the importance of ranching to the embark that summer from the Waldevelopment of Canada. rond Range in ‘Happy Valley’ where Take some time this summer and discover the connecHighway 22 (the Cowboy Trail) now joins Calgary to the tions of then and now between the Bar U and the Calgary Crowsnest Pass. An era was ending but it was the vision of Stampede. http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ab/baru/index. one man that helped to establish Weadick’s extravaganza as aspx t an event that would endure for a century and beyond.

By Mark McMillan

Looking back

I

2012 Wild Rose Draft Horse Sale Results wild rose draft horse association

Andy Copeland early in his career at Dawson Creek. He was recently inducted into the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame, and to celebrate he climbed on a saddle bronc at age 63 at the Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo. photo credit: submitted • Andy Copeland – for a second induction History was made this day at the BCRA Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo.

Fort St John cowboy, 63-year old Andy Copeland (coming 64 next month) was inducted into the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame with three others. The big excitement though was not the induction but rather the fact that Andy rode a bronc the same day that he was inducted - and not an exhibition ride that we had hoped to see, no ... Andy actually entered the rodeo! So we can now say he’s been 48 years in rodeo ... so far!

Complete biographies and photos of each of the above, as well as all past inductees, can be found on the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame archives page at www.bcchs.com. t

Are your horses registered with Premises Identification (PID)? It’s the law!

www.wrdha.com

By Bruce Roy

A

remarkable run at the Wild Rose Draft Horse Sale set the trade alight. Held at Olds, Alberta, May 4-5, prices took a leap.

Twice teams sold for a top call of $8,000, while a $5,000 bid was the sale high. Equipment, harness, collars, hames, tugs, tack, etc., had no shortage of buyers. The trade exploded when Eddie Freitag’s 204 lb. anvil was under the hammer. The winning bid for this anvil, which is one of a kind, was $525.

Yet again Fred & Janet McDiarmid, McDiarmid Auctions of Veteran, Alberta, managed the sale. Their efforts ensured the sale’s success. Respected draft horse breeders themselves, they were assisted by Tom Wraight whose knowledge of horse drawn equipment, equipment, harness, harness parts, tack, etc., has no equal in Western Canada. Sadly, this was the 83-year-old horseman’s last year to tag consignments. Tom’s presence centre-ring will be missed by the many horsemen who have sought his advice over the past years.

Guest auctioneer, David Carson, Carson Farms & Auction of Listowel, Ontario, was in great voice. He made it known the Toronto Maple Leafs had let him down so often, six team members were booked to carry his coffin when he passes on. However, Carson was in great health sale day. After the third horse was sold, he informed officials on the block, “We are going to have a horse sale!”

The sale topper was Lucasia Vincent, a 3-year-old Percheron stallion. Morris Kolody of Bonnyville, Alberta, paid $5,000 for the stylish, grey stallion. Turned out in great fettle, Dick Ames, Ames Percher-

T

he two 2012 induction ceremonies went very smoothly — the first one was at the Kamloops Cowboy Festival with Dave Longworth as MC. It was held during the Friday evening feature show at the Calvary Community Church. The following were the inductees: • Joe LeBourdais – Competitive Achievements • Deanfield Ranch – Century Ranch • Gordon Parke – Ranching Pioneer • Andy Copeland – Competitive Achievements The second ceremony was in Williams Lake at their Indoor Rodeo on Sunday April 22nd. Mark McMillan did the MC duties. Prior to the ceremony, the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin in Williams Lake put on a wonderful get-together for the Hall of Fame inductees and their families.

As usual there was tons of food and everyone had a great time. There were many stories shared by the inductees and a lot of catch-up was done between families and friends.

The Museum is the home of the BC Cowboy Hall of Fame so everyone had a chance to check out the displays of memorabilia, especially saddles, from other past Hall of Fame inductees. A little after noon the attendees left the museum for a short walk to take in the 1:00 rodeo performance. The 2012 inductees in Williams Lake were: • Johnny Wilson – Ranching Pioneer • Walters Family – Family as Ranching Pioneeers • Norman Granberg – Working Cowboy

Jock & Major, the Belgian geldings Tyke Tataryn, Lacombe, Alberta, purchased for $8,000 from Joyce Marchant & Lindsay Blackburn, Salmon Arm, British Columbia. photo credit: submitted ons of Jordan, Minnesota, owns his sire, Lucasia Bud Jr. His dam, Lucasia Lexius, is a South Valley Lincoln mare. Bred and consigned

by Wayne Lucas & Sons, Lucasia Ranch of Claresholm, Alberta, Lucasia Vincent is a bloodbank of today’s Percheron genetics.

Tyke Tataryn of Lacombe, Alberta, paid $8,000 for Jock and Major. A matched pair of Belgian geldings, they were consigned by Lindsay Blackburn & Joyce Marchant of Salmon Arm, British Columbia. Big, upstanding horses, the sorrel team was driven centre-ring, which was appreciated by the prospective buyers ringside. The crowd present applauded when Carson brought his hammer down.

Avonlea Queen and Windswept Destiny sold for $8,000. Driven centre-ring by Tom Wraight, David Bailey of Calgary, Alberta consigned this matched team of black Percheron mares. Their new owner, L.T. Clarke of Gadsby, Alberta had his eye on the team at the Sale Preview. Quiet and well mannered, this veteran team drew a flurry of bids.

Blake Beelby, a teenager from Bluffton, Alberta pocketed $7,200 for his Percheron team. Purchased as colts

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

when Beelby joined the province’s Halter and Harness Heavy Horse 4-H Club, John Kippens of Neerlandia, Alberta purchased the paired geldings. Driven in multiple hitches on the Beelby farm, this traffic safe pair have been on countless trail rides in the foothills.

Bidding for Lucasia Spartan, a black 6-year-old Percheron stalled at $2,700.

Undaunted, Carson called for a $3,000 bid if Brett Lucas mounted the gelding and stood on his hip centre-ring. When the runner-up nodded his agreement, the crowd offered him their applause.

Then Carson called for a $3,200 bid if Brett Lucas walked under his horse.

Yet again the crowd applauded. Morris Kolody of Bonnyville, Alberta bought the horse. Home-bred Lucasia Spartan was consigned by Wayne Lucas & Sons.

Bob Lewis, the Wild Rose Draft Horse Association’s enthusiastic president, like the popular secretary, Barb Stephenson, were over the moon at the Sale’s end. So were countless members who freely volunteered their time and effort. The horses sold at the 2012 Wild Rose Draft Horse Sale averaged a solid $1,952. Clearance was a near total. t

www.albertahorseindustry.ca

By Robyn Moore Reminder about West Hawk Lake Zoning Initiative Spring is here and people are itching to hook up that trailer. If your plans have you travelling East with horses, you should be aware of the West Hawk Lake Zoning Initiative.

The West Hawk Lake Zoning Initiative is part of Canadian Animal Health Coalition (CAHC) initiatives focused on emergency preparedness for the livestock industry in Canada. The control site is located on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Manitoba-Ontario border.

The WHL Zone control site is open 24/7 — 365 and is designed to monitor and control Canadian livestock movements, including horse transportation. Currently, the program is voluntary but participation is appreciated.

The data collected is critical to disease management. The more comprehensive the data is, the more likely the CAHC will be able to identify all premises that may be affected during a disease outbreak.

The control site staff members ask for the location where the animals were loaded onto the trailer and their destination, information about any stops

in between for feed and water, and the license plate of the container or trailer.

If you are able to provide a provincial Premises Identification (PID) number and a Legal Land Description, they will be able to make an electronic version of the crossing that can be posted on the database (housed within CCIA) for your reference. Information collected at the control site is only accessed in an emergency.

Common Questions about Equine Traceability in Alberta

HIAA spent most of April at two events in Alberta: Aggie Days in Calgary and Mane Event in Red Deer. We had many people ask us questions about Premises Identification (PID).

It has been law since January 1, 2009 to have a PID as part of the Animal Health Act. The PID program is being established in order to track the location of animals in case of an animal disease occurrence, a public health related emergency, or an emergency such as a natural disaster affecting animals and people.

Horse owners who keep horses on their property, as well as horse owners who board their horses, are required to register for a PID. If you have questions about Premises Identification, please visit an Agriculture and Rural Development Office near you or contact the Ag-Info Centre at 310-FARM (3276) or online at www. agriculture.alberta.ca/premises An Equine Traceability fact sheet can be found on our website at www. albertahorseindustry.ca under the “Projects” tab. t

33

Calendar of Events Send your announcements by email to ltkdbell@yahoo.ca and we’ll include your event or announcement free!

The Month Ahead: Frontier Days Cutting Horse Show

June 30 - july 1 dc.west@sasktel.net

Clinics & Seminars 31-June 3 Fort St. John, BC Natural Horsemanship with Glenn Stewart, Stage 2 Camp. For details, contact Dixie: 1-877-728-8987, email: Dixie@thehorseranch.com or visit: www.thehorseranch.com 1-3 Innisfail, AB Vance Kaglea Working Cow Horse Clinic. $550 for 3 days. For details, contact Caitlin Gammie: 4037151118 or email: Caitlin_s_gammie@ hotmail.com 1-20 Rewater, AB Colt Starting Internship with Mike Goyins. For details, contact Mike: 406-439-3030 or visit: www.mikegoyins.com 2-3 Intensive Hoof Trimming Course with Lane Moore. $300/person or $500/couple. For details, contact Margie Moore: 403-844-5438 or email: es17564@telus.net 2-3 Saskatoon, SK Bill Kaven Western Pleasure clinic. For details, contact Leanna Brunelle: 306652-3552 or email: leannebrunelle@ hotmail.com 2-3 Kitscoty, AB Groundwork & Riding clinic with Yolanda Garnier. For details, visit: www. discoveryhorsemanship.net 2-3 Cochrane, AB Horsemanship with Brent Trout. All

breeds, all disciplines. For details, contact Dawn Freeth: 403-851-9886 or email: scrawny10162@hotmail. com 6-17 Kamloops, BC Apprenticeship Camp with Doug Mills. For details, email: doug@dougmills.com or visit: www.dougmillshorsemanship.com 6-9 Fort St. John, BC Glenn Stewart Natural Horsemanship Camp, Stage 3 & 4. For details, contact Dixie Stewart: 877-728-8987, email: Dixie@thehorseranch.com or visit: www.thehorseranch.com 7-9 Spruce Grove, AB Jonathan Field Course 1 Clinic: Leadership on the Ground and While Riding. For details, contact Tamara Chmilar: 780-720-5198, email: tamara_chmilar@hotmail.com or visit: www.jonathanfield.net 8-11 Beaverlodge, AB Round Penning and On-Line Ground Work with Nettie Barr. For details, contact Six-Barr Ranch: 780354-3401, email: six-rch@telus.net or visit: www.canadiannaturalhorsemanship.com 8-11 Cochrane, AB Foundation Horsemanship, Horsemanship 1 & Colt Starting with Peter Campbell. For details, contact Sharon Crawford: 403-246-6205, email: scrawford@blg.com or visit: www.petercampbellhorsemanship.com 11-14 Fort St. John, BC Glenn Stewart Natural Horsemanship Camp, Stage 3 & 4 Advanced. For de-

tails, contact Dixie Stewart: 877-7288987, email: Dixie@thehorseranch. com or visit: www.thehorseranch. com 15-16 Red Deer, AB HorseSense Gaited Horse Clinic with Dennis Quilliams. For details, contact Dennis or Karen Quilliams: 403-3485636, email: dkhorses2009@live.com or visit: www.horsesensedk.com 16-19 Fort St. John, BC Glenn Stewart Natural Horsemanship Foundation Camp, Stage 1. For details, contact Dixie Stewart: 877728-8987, email: Dixie@thehorseranch.com or visit: www.thehorseranch.com 16-17 Redwater, AB Troubleshooting Horsemanship with Mike Goyins. For details, contact Tami Gigian: 780-736-3595, email: blair_gigian@hotmail.com or visit: www.mikegoyins.com 17-August 4 McBride, BC Blue Creek’s Trail Riding/Packing/ Training with Stan Walchuk Jr. For details, visit: www.bcoutfitter.com 21-24 Beaverlodge, AB Round Penning and On-Line Ground Work with Nettie Barr. For details, contact Six-Barr Ranch: 780354-3401, email: six-rch@telus.net or visit: www.canadiannaturalhorsemanship.com 21-25 Merritt, BC Jonathan Field Horsemanship Course 2 Camp. For details, contact Angie: 888-533-4353, email: info@ jonathanfield.net or visit: www.jonathanfield.net 22-24 Revelstoke, BC Training Thru Trust with Doug Mills.

For details, visit: www.dougmillshorsemanship.com 22-25 Russell, MB Horsemanship & Colt Starting with Peter Campbell. For details, contact Richard & Jill Witty: 204-773-3371, email: rvfarms@mac.com or visit: www.petercampbellhorsemanship. com 22-24 Norquay, SK Kevin Pole Reining & Cowhorse Clinic. For details, contact Wendy Naclia: 306-594-2421, email: bwnaclia@yourlink.ca 22-26 Thorsby, AB Parelli Experience 2012 with Don Halladay. For details, contact Don: 403-844-7940, email: info@donhalladay.com or visit: www.toddowens. com 22-24 Dawson Creek, BC Vaquero Horsemanship with Richard Caldwell. For details, contact Dustin Kaiser: buckaroo1986@hotmail.com or visit: www.vaquerohorseman.com

NORTH FORK RIOT 2008 Registered Gypsy Vanner Sire: Little Lob Dam: Clononeen Miss Pio

23-24 Calgary, AB Advanced Driving Clinic with Dale Befus. For details, contact Alberta Carriage Supply: 403-934-9537, email: dbefus@tangoalberta.com or visit: www.albertacarriagesupply.com

For More Info Contact

23-24 Ardrossan, AB Kelly Kaminski Barrel Racing Clinic.

For details, contact Candace: 780717-5099 or email: cweder@telus.net

2012 Stud Fee $800

CLEARWATER ARENA LOCATED AT ELHAMBRA, AB

PHONE: DOUG OR SHARI

403-729-3110 34

23-24 Edmonton, AB Trick Training with Jackie Johnson.

For details, contact Chelsey Depeel: 780-968-8705, email: chels@depeel. com or visit: www.horseclinic.ca

28-July 2 Merritt, BC Jonathan Field Horsemanship Course 3 Camp. For details, contact Angie: 888-533-4353, email: info@ jonathanfield.net or visit: www.jonathanfield.net

29 Calgary, AB Putting Your Horses to Work with Lynn Miller. For details, contact Alberta Carraige Supply: 403-934-9537, email: dbefus@tangoalberta.com or visit: www.albertacarraigesupply.com 29-July 1 Sundre, AB Vaquero Horsemanship with Richard Caldwell. For details, contact Chelsea Cunningham: 403-638-9155, email: Chelsea@cowkid.ca or visit: www.vaquerohorseman.com 30-July 1 Stavely, AB I’ve Always Wanted to Try That…

Flattop Horsemanship with Marty Gardner. For details, contact Yvonne Macdonald: 403-549-0044, email: flattophorsemanship@platinum.ca or visit: www.flattophorsemanship. com

EQUINE EVENTS JUNE 31-June 3 Leduc, AB Leduc Rodeo. For details, visit: www. rodeocanada.com

Shows & Competitions JUNE 31-June 3 Ponoka, AB Quarter Horse Assocaiton of Alberta Chinook Quarter Horse Circuit. For details, visit: www.qhaa.com 1-3 Ponoka, AB Quarter Horse Association of Alberta Show. For details, visit: www.qhaa. com 7-10 Calgary, AB Rocky Mountain Show Jumping June Classic I. For details, visit: www.rmshowjumping.com 14-17 Calgary, AB Rocky Mountain Show Jumping June Classic II. For details, visit: www.rmshowjumping.com 16-17 Nanton, AB Equi-Opportunity Show. Classes for donkeys, mules & horses. For details, contact Alice Todd: 403-646-2624 or visit: www.albertadonakeyandmule. com

1-2 Wildwood, AB Wildwood Rodeo. For details, visit: www.rodeocanada.com

26-July 2 Calgary, AB Rocky Mountain Show Jumping/ CADA Dressage CDI. For details, visit: www.rmshowjumping.com

1-3 Calgary, AB Calgary Stampede 4-H on Parade. For details, visit: www.calgarystampede. com/ag

Western Performance

2-3 Hand Hills, AB Hand Hills Rodeo. For details, visit: www.rodeocanada.com 8-9 Brooks, AB Brooks Rodeo. For details, visit: www. rodeocanada.com 8-10 Lea Park, AB Lea Park Rodeo. For details, visit: www.rodeocanada.com 8-10 Rocky Mountain House, AB Rocky Mountain Rodeo. For details, visit: www.rodeocanada.com 14-17 Innisfail, AB Innisfail Rodeo. For details, visit: www.rodeocanada.com 16 Coronation, AB Coronation Rodeo. For details, visit: www.rodeocanada.com 16 Edmonton, AB Alberta Equestrian Awareness Society 7th Annual Ride for the Cure of Cancer at Blackfoot Provincial Park.

21-24 Wainwright, AB Wainwright Rodeo. For details, visit: www.rodeocanada.com 21-24 High River, AB High River Rodeo. For details, visit: www.rodeocanada.com 22-24 Sundre, AB Sundre Rodeo. For details, visit: www. rodeocanada.com 26-July 2 Ponoka, AB Ponoka Rodeo. For details, visit: www. rodeocanada.com 27-July 1 Airdrie, AB Airdrie Rodeo. For details, visit: www. rodeocanada.com 29-July 2 Williams Lake, BC Williams Lake Rodeo. For details, visit: www.rodeocanada.com

SALES

JUNE 1-3 Claresholm, AB Claresholm NCHA Days. For details, visit: www.acha.ca 2 Newbrook, AB Reining Alberta North Branch Show.

For details, visit: www.reiningalberta. net 2-3 Dawson Creek, BC Peace River Cutting Horse Show. For details, visit: northernhorse.com/prcha 2-3 Ft. Qu’Appelle, SK NCHA Weekend. For details, contact Colleen West: 306-699-2323 or email: dc.west@sasktel.net 8-10 Red Deer, AB Reining Alberta Spring Classic. For details, visit: www.reiningalberta.net 15-17 Claresholm, AB Alberta Cutting Horse Show. For details, visit: www.acha.ca 16 Brooks, AB Ranch Horse Versatility Show at Silver Sage Arena. For details, visit: http:// sites.google.com/site/albertaranchhorseversatility/events/upcomingevents-for-2012 16 Moose Jaw, SK SRHA Versatility Ranch Horse Competition. For details, visit: www.sqha. org 22-24 Claresholm, AB Alberta Reined Cowhorse Association Show. For details, visit: www.albertareinedcowhorse.com 23-24 Reining Alberta South Branch Show at Prairie Mountain Ranch. For details, visit: www.reiningalberta.net 30-July 1 Swift Current, SK Frontier Days Cutting Horse Show.

For details, contact Colleen West: 306-699-2323 or email: dc.west@sasktel.net

JUNE 23-24 Billings, MT Billings Livestock Auction “Summer Catalog Sale” featuring Team Penning Horses and Buckskins. For details, visit: www.billingslivestock.com

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

Colt Starting Part 4 Get a grip

First Ride, Then Guide

Ask the trainers

Glenn Stewart Natural Horsemanship

By Glenn Stewart

S

ome of you are saying: “Finally, it’s time to ride!” and others would still like to spend more time on the ground. As far as these articles go, it’s time to talk about the first ride on your young horse. If you are just now joining us there are three articles written earlier that have got us to this point in starting a young horse.

We have been preparing the horse by building his confidence, earning his respect and using techniques or a language that the horse understands. Our horses are backing up, yielding their forequarters and hindquarters, moving sideways, circling when we ask, soft on the lead line, jumping barrels on line, carrying and walking over tarps, comfortable with a flag being rubbed all over them or waved around them in front, behind, over top and underneath.

They are not scared of us on the ground or on their backs. They have gotten used to the feel of the saddle and move as freely with it on or off. It might seem like quite a list of things to have working well but it doesn’t take long and what you are doing is putting a foundation on the horse. Something you can build on now and in the future.

There is always more that can be done before taking the first ride but this seems to work well for me.

There is one more thing that I’m not sure if I mentioned and that is having your horse easily and softly bending his head and neck right and left from the ground. Having him able to be soft in this area and not move his feet tells me that there isn’t any brace when I ask for that particular movement. A horse with a stiff neck and braced jaw is not a good sign.

Another check I like to do is slap the saddle with my hand, shake the stirrups, reach over and shake the off side stirrup which are all good preflight checks.

If all is calm I step up in the saddle and step down, then repeat the same on the other side. When

I’m standing in the stirrup I will reach over and rub the off side and the hindquarters where your foot might touch one day when you are mounting or dismounting.

The horse should be standing calmly for this and then I will swing my leg over and settle into the saddle. Be sure not to slam down in the saddle — they will get hard to mount. Then get off and lead them forward or circle them if they seem to be tight and then get on again once they look relaxed.

The next step is to encourage them to move. Some want to move and others can get a bit sticky. I find the ones that want to move are my preference. I get them moving and allow them to get used to having a passenger.

Where he goes doesn’t matter.

All I’m interested in at this point is to get some walk, trot, and canter established. Once I have the horse understanding how to go up and back down in the three gaits is when I would carefully and slowly start to guide them in where they are going.

Too much guiding too early takes away the forward in a horse.

It is very hard to do much with a horse when the natural desire to go forward has been taken away.

They need to be comfortable to move their feet so you can do something with the feet. People spending days, weeks and in some cases months walking and trotting and not cantering really is not a great idea.

After they are moving freely and I have guided them by having them follow their nose, I generally make sure my lateral flexion works from the saddle and start making it better. I want the horse to know and not forget that I’m in the saddle. (They actually can, and then get startled).

I never want to sneak a ride by sitting there quietly. I try and stay active, moving, rubbing anything I can reach, slapping my leg, swinging my legs — basically introducing him to things from the saddle.

As soon as possible I want to ride with the flag and tarp making sure that they can handle all kinds of commotion from the saddle.

Riding out of your mind

equestrian sport psychology services

April Clay, M.Ed., Registered Psychologist Seminars and Consultation in Equine Sport Psychology • Individual or group sessions • Keynotes • On the ground or mounted • Email consultations

The perfect topic for your next association meeting!

Call or email to find out more: 403.283.5525 april@ridingoutofyourmind.com www.ridingoutofyourmind.com JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

We already showed them from the ground and have them very comfortable with these things so from the saddle shouldn’t be too much to ask.

I want to be able to progress to cantering with the flag or tarp waving and the colt is relaxed and understanding. The braver your young horse is the more easily they will be able to learn all the new things that will be required of them.

Somewhere in the first ride after the forward movement is understood I will maybe once or twice ask for a step backwards on the first ride. Picking up the reins and closing one finger at a time very slowly with very little pressure and waiting for the horse to find his way off the halter or rope hackamore.

I guess I didn’t mention that, I’m in no hurry to get a bit in the horse’s mouth. I save the mouth and stay out of it until I feel they have a real understanding of all the other things they are learning.

The mouth is one of the most sensitive parts on a horse and is easily hurt or troubled.

I haven’t started a colt in 15 years with a bit. Many do and there sure isn’t anything wrong with it…I prefer not to. I think of the bit as a tool for refinement and at this point there isn’t anything to refine yet. If you get a walk, trot, canter with your young horse plus turns, lateral flexion, backup and some flag and tarp action from the saddle that would be a great session for the first ride and he would be ready for the day off to think about it all.

The next day I would do all my ground exercises again much of it with the saddle on. I go through my steps for mounting, then the riding where I allow the colt to just get moving and then the guiding exercises as well as the flag and tarp.

photo credit: submitted

Glenn Stewart competes on Day 2 at the 2012 Road to the Horse in Murfreesboro, TN.

Everyday I’m creating more depth to their confidence, respect and understanding. You will find that the exercises are quicker and easier each day with a more relaxed horse. Anything that you have been doing on the ground with your horse such as sending them over barrels or walking over a tarp, you can start to ask them to do while you’re in the saddle.

Around the third or fourth ride I will start to ask for them to go sideways from the saddle by turning my toe out pushing with one leg and opening the other. I use my Horseman’s stick from the saddle with rhythmic pressure to support what my leg or rein is asking. This is done very much like we did on the ground with their nose to the fence and only a step or two at first and then more as they understand.

Also every time I pick up the rein on the halter I look for, wait for, and encourage softness before the maneuver. Always offering and helping them learn to follow a feel with their nose, neck, ribs, hips and shoulders.

There is nothing softer than a young horse started correctly and it is always fun and enjoyable to see how soft and willing you can teach them to be. It is ours to have and ours to lose. I was talking

with someone the other day and I remarked, “To me starting a young horse is kind of like getting clean piece of paper to draw a picture on.

As I draw my picture I hope after each day it becomes clearer and easy to make out. The paper is thin and the pencil is sharp so I must be very careful not to accidently poke a hole in it. I don’t want a picture that has holes in it that I had to patch up.” Have fun and a safe ride.

To see the first articles in this series please visit www.thehorse 2ranch.com/articles/ t Glenn Stewart travels extensively conducting clinics, demonstrations, and colt starting sessions, and also offers Camps and a 3 month Horsemanship Course at his home The Horse Ranch, as well as the Horsemanship Learning Adventure Series. He rides 30-60 client horses per year, including young horses, restarts, challenging horses, and foundation training. Glenn is a former Champion of the Cowboy Up Challenge at the Calgary Stampede and was chosen as one of the Canadian representatives in the 2012 Road to the Horse, the World Championship of Colt Starting in Murfreesboro, TN. More information by calling 1 877 728 8987 or visiting www.thehorseranch.com

SLOW FEEDING HAY NETS FOR HORSES ON THE GO! ★ Use the hanging net size for all your trailering, showing and camping needs. ★ your hay is in the bag! not on the floor ★ Helps aid digestion in our horses, DURING more stressful times.

Our Nets are Vet Used, Recommended and Approved!

250-308-6208 www.slowfeeder.com slowhayfeeders@live.ca

35

Classifieds To place an ad call toll free 1.866.385.3669 | email: crystal@fbcpublishing.com Advertising rAtes & informAtion Regular Classified • M inimum charge — $8.25 per week for first 25 words or less and an additional 33 cents per word for every word over 25. GST is extra. $1.50 billing charge is added to billed ads only.

• Terms: Payment due upon receipt of invoice.

• 10% discount for prepaid ads. If phoning in your ad you must pay with VISA or MasterCard to qualify for discount.

• Prepayment Bonus: Prepay for 3 weeks and get a bonus of 2 weeks;

sADDles

Tributes/Memoriums Announcements Antiques for Sale Antiques Wanted Arenas Clothing: Western & Specialty Wear Collectibles Driving Equine Services Equine Breeders

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Display Classified • A dvertising copy deviating in any way from the regular classified style will be considered display and charged at the display rate of $30.10 per column inch ($2.15 per agate line).

tRAileRs

INDEX

• M inimum charge $30.10 per week.

• Illustrations and logos are allowed with full border.

• Advertising rates are flat with no discount for frequency of insertion or volume of space used.

• Terms: Payment due upon receipt of invoice.

• Price quoted does not include GST.

bonus weeks run consecutively and cannot be used separately from original ad; additions and changes accepted only during first 3 weeks.

• Your complete name and address must be submitted to our office before publication. (This information will be kept confidential and will not appear in the ad unless requested.)

Equine Clinics Equine Consignment Equine Massage Horse Boarding Horse Hauling/Transport Horse Trader Horse Trailers Stallions at Stud Tack/Saddles Trainer Services English Trainers Western Trainers Various Equine Services Marketplace

sPeCiAlty WeAR Horse Auctions Sales Horses American Saddlebred Appaloosa Arabian Belgian Canadian Clydsedale Draft Donkeys Haflinger Miniature Morgan Mules

ANNOUNCEMENTS

PETER CAMPBELL HORSEMANSHIP CLINIC At Eagle Hill Equine, Olds, AB June 28th – July 1st THREE EXCITING CLASSES: Horsemanship, Cattle Working, Colt Starting

For more details: Kim Baerg: 403-996-3105 or Megan Campbell: 403-818-5879 eaglehillequine@live.ca • www.petercampbellhorsemanship.com • www.eaglehillequine.com

Wild West Classic Peruvian Paso Horse Show Double Regional Show Claresholm, Alberta July 13-15th 2012 • Claresholm Agriplex

Advertising Deadline – NOON on the Wednesday following 10th day of the month for publication.

bReeDeRs

COlleCtibles Welsh Various Horses For Sale Horses Wanted Real Estate Acreages/Hobby Farms Community Calendar Community Calendar – BC Community Calendar – AB Community Calendar – SK Community Calendar – MB Careers Help Wanted Employment Wanted

Norweign Ford Paint Palomino Percheron Peruvian Pinto Ponies Quarter Horse Shetland Sport Horses Standardbred Tennessee Walker Thoroughbred Warmblood

EQUINE MASSAGE

EQUINE MASSAGE

A natural, drug-free, non-invasive way to help with pain, diseases & general well being.

The iMRS Fauna replicates the natural magnetic field of the earth, making it one of the most effective, robust & portable systems iMRS Fauna assists to: • Improve performance • Speed up recovery • Promote bone healing • Prevent injury • Increase circulation • and more Please contact B.J. Lafond at 780-293-3193 for more information.

Holly Johnson-Schultz, EEBW (780) 984-3648 www.wildhorseequinemassage.com Wildhorse127@gmail.com

www.mediconsult.ca HORSE TRAILERS

HORSE TRAILERS

www.rafterdiamondk.com | 780-449-0749

RDK Chex N Dun

Contact: Cathie Taggart: email: ctaggart@telus.net ph: (250)546-3704 or Earl Moker: email: lmoker@xplornet.com ph: (403)343-2814

COLLECTIBLES

EQUINE MASSAGE Certified Equine Massage Therapy

iMRS Fauna for Equine Health

WANTED SPECTATORS DEAD OR ALIVE YOUNG OR OLD

All classified ads are non-commissionable.

MORE SELECTION MORE OFTEN MORE OVER DEALS... 43,000

COLLECTIBLES Whata Lethal Weapon

Red E Impression

PIECES OF AG EQUIPMENT!

Find it fast at 3 Versatile Stallions

xx

Western Frontier Artist

january 2010

Ruth Vickers

Artist | Muralist | Commissions Website: ruthvickersartist.com Email: ruthvickersartist@gmail.com

36

A

Producing talented versatile offspring; HYPP N/N Champion Bloodlines, Champion Producers Offspring available for sale www.horsesall.com Sharper Image - Photography Colt starting, boarding & rehab training also available

www.horsesall.com

The latest equine news, events and more at

.com

january 2010

Subscribe to Horses All! $27.30 for 1 yearxx $60.56 for 3 years (taxes included)

1-800-665-0502

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

HORSE TRAILERS

HORSE TRAILERS

2012 EXISS

Your Source for new and used trailers in Western Canada

Stock #T2218

MARKETPLACE

MARKETPLACE

NEw TO CaNada! Fluidity™ is a palatable oral paste that will outperform Adequan® I.M. and Legend® for joint care in Equine athletes. Using Natural ingredients Fluidity helps rebuild joints & cartilage

The Fluidity Advantage

CAM CLARK TRAILERS Bay 1, 925 Veterans Blvd NE Airdrie, AB T4A 2G6 Tel: 1-403-948-6660 Toll Free: 1-888-948-6660

• Outperforms Adequan & Legend in joint care!!

• Replaces the need for joint injections!!

• Safe for both mares & bleeders!

• Palatable to even the fussiest horse!

www.camclarktrailers.com

Our customers have experienced that Fluidity™ provides both short & long-term relief for their horses, & Fluidity™ reduces inflammation from day one improving stride length, overall freedom of movement & performance Oxy-Gen®.offers horses a dependable source of safe, legal, all-natural products that are the industry’s finest & have helped make Oxy-Gen® a barnyard name.

2218 STOCK 2012 EXISS EVENT STOCK 20’ GOOSENECK MODEL STK 20 $14,971

866-571-7537

TACK/SADDLES

VARIOUS EQUINE SERVICES

GEORGE’S HARNESS & SADDLERY

Innovative PRODUCTS...

When PERFORMANCE Counts

HARNESSES MADE RIGHT HERE FOR 35 YEARS “Quality for you & your horse” Our customers ask for all types of harness Leather, leather-Nylon, Biothane & Granite

Anivac Animal Bathing Systems Pure Oxygen Accel Surface Cleaner Happy Horse Hay Steamers RejuvGelz The Best Magnetic Bandages

www.oxy-genca.com

parks nnovations

at Marsh Haven Farm

www.marshhavenfarm.com

Box 29 Ryley, AB, Canada 780-663-3611

VARIOUS EQUINE SERVICES

Subscribe to Horses All! $27.30 for 1 year $60.56 for 3 years

ArenA rAscAl PrO • sOIl MOIst

#1 Ground Groomer Canada Wide

SPARKS INNOVATIONS Allan & Joyce sparks • rr#2, Innisfail, AB t4G 1t7 Fax: 403-227-2421

403•227•2241 FOR SALE CROSSBRED COLTS 2 coming two year old Clydesdale x Hackney colts.

Excellent bone, temperament, feet & movement. Should finish over 16HH. Both are bay with white faces & 4 white legs. Both come from excellent bloodlines - same sire & closely related mares. They are capable of any discipline, with a wealth of strength & grace. Very athletic.

Pleasure to be around.

Call Marilyn at 780-464-0679 | Email: hackneycross@gmail.com

(taxes included)

1-800-665-0502 VARIOUS EQUINE SERVICES

VARIOUS EQUINE SERVICES

BAR T5 TRAILERS 20FT GN Cimarron, Stock Combo, Inc Cowboy Package and Spare Tire

2 H Maverick Light BP All Alum.

$19,995 Now $18,995

9795

$

403-931-2212

www.bart5trailers.com

VARIOUS EQUINE SERVICES

VARIOUS EQUINE SERVICES

WELCOME TO THE BACK COUNTRY

Home of North America’s Only WORKING MOUNTAIN HORSE Challenge and Select Sale

Saddle Bags Chaps. Rifle Scabbards.

Pack Saddles & Riggings.

Pokiak Pack Boxes.

New & Used Saddles Collector Saddles Show bridles & breast collars, spurs, ropes, bits, etc...

Book now for winter saddle repairs, cleaning and restringing.

Dealer for the TR3™Rake

www.sparksinnovations.ca

www.georgesharnessandsaddlery.com harnsad@mcsnet.ca Morley Knudslien 2nd generation saddlemaker Jason Lusk 19 yrs Harnessmaker

MARKETPLACE

Doris Daley

Fine western entertainment for conventions, campfires and everything in between.

“Doris’s poetry blazes with brilliant wit and sparkles with an infectious love of the west.

On stage and on the page, she represents the best of the best in cowboy poetry today.”

Place an ad in our classified section by calling: Crystal at 1-866-385-3669

The largest online selection of ag equipment and machinery.

Thousands of searchable, local and national listings added every week… 4O3V,0ER 00

PIECES OF AG EQUIPMENT!

— Margo Metegrano, www.cowboypoetry.com

Bookings/info: www.dorisdaley.com

Find it fast at

How to find the ag equipment you need... OVER Start here.

43,000 PIECES OF A EQUIPMENT G !

Chuck & Terry McKinney

Phone: 780-679-8451 www.wilddeuce.com outfitting@wilddeuce.com

• Mountain Pack Trips • Clinics • Day Rides • Demos • Horse Training • Sales • Cattle Drives JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

Find it fast at 37

MARKETPLACE

MARKETPLACE

1/6_10,16X15,25

1/8_10,16X8,5725

10/03/12

10/03/12

NOW IN

17:41

HORSES FOR SALE

Page 1

Richard Cooper 403-601-6007

!A

Asking

4,500 OBO

$

Arevolution revolution !A horse Arevolution revolution Ain revolution in horse revolution in in horse horse ! horseinfencing! in horse fencing! !fencing! ! !A fencing! fencing! fencing!

A revolution Arevolution revolution A revolution in in horse horseinin horse horse ! fencing! ! ! fencing!fencing! ! fencing!

A revolution 1/6_10,16X15,25

1/8_10,16X8,5725

10/03/12

10/03/12

NOW IN

17:41

Page 1

17:38

1/6_10,16X15,25

Page 1/8_10,16X8,5725 1

!A

1/6_10,16X15,25

10/03/12

17:41

CANADA

10/03/12

10/03/12

17:41

NOW IN

Page 1

10/03/12

17:38

1360 sq ft bungalow (1960). Recently renovated with 3 bed/1 bath up. Finished basement with large family room and additional bed/bath, office. 60 x 120 indoor riding arena with attached insulated barn with 4 box stalls, tack room, washroom and viewing area. 2 shelters (24x56), hay shed (30x60) 4 water bowls, electric fence/ cross fenced, additional buildings. (306) 773-1601.

Page 1

NOW IN

CANADA

CANADA

CANADA

17:38

Page 1

NOW IN

NOW IN

799,000.00

$

Page 1

10/03/12

NADA

1/8_10,16X8,5725 10/03/12 17:38 Page 1 1/8_10,16X8,5725 10/03/12 17:38 Page 1/8_10,16X8,5725 1

Page 1

17:38

CA 1/8_10,16X8,5725

CANADA

NOW IN

CANADA

ACREAGES/HOBBY FARMS

GREAT Home, Great LOC, Lots of LAND, BIG SHOP!

ATTENTION HORSE LOVERS! 8.55 ACRES

HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric

75x150 INDOOR ARENA with attached 10 BOX STALL BARN Serviced with water, washroom, tack rooms, power and heating Close to private K-12 Unlimited lesson GREAT Home, Greatschool.

LOC, Lots of LAND, BIGprogram SHOP! potential Newly renovated home.

Hardwood, neutral colors, newer windows Minutes to OLDS COLLEGE and OLDS GOLF COURSE LIVE THE DREAM TODAY! Free Recorded Info 1-800-663-3249 ID#7799

HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric HorseGuard Bi-Polarno electric St. Albert Farm. grounding soThis beautifully upgraded 3549 sq ft tape needs no grounding tapetape so needsneeds no grounding so home w/att’d heated double garage features granite 1/8_10,16X8,5725 10/03/12 17:38 Page 1 it's Canada’s safe, all-season countertops, 5 pce ens w/jacuzzi tub, 4 fireplaces, it's Canada’s safe, all-season it's Canada’s safe, all-season hot tub, gazebo, 4 season sun room, hardwood and fencing solution.

OW Nfencing fencing solution.

IN solution. ceramic tile flooring. All set up for horses with 59’x40’ WIN W IN Ask for our free manual on our website

O N NO Ask AAfree manual on our website ADour Nfor CA A NAD CANAD Ask for our free manual onCA our website

OW barnIN with radiant heat, 120’x60’ metal clad Nhorse

DA indoor riding arena, corrals, shelters and outdoor A ANarena.

Criding Professionally landscaped when the HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric needs no grounding so it's needs no grounding so it's house was built so now features gorgeous mature www.horseguard-canada.ca tape needs no grounding so tapeCanada’s needs no grounding tapeCanada’s so needs no grounding so HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric tape safe, all-season safe, all-season trees and shrubs. The property and buildings have HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric it's safe, fencing solution. solution. it's Canada’s Canada’s safe, all-season all-season it's fencing Canada’s safe, all-season needs no grounding so it's been meticulously maintained and upgraded and fencing solution. show like new. tape needs no grounding soAll of this on 5.36 acres just a few Canada’s safe, all-season fencing solution. solution.

OW IN Nfencing Ask for our free manual on our website www.horseguard-canada.ca www.horseguard-canada.ca minutes NW of St. Albert, only a quarter mile off www.horseguard-canada.ca www.horseguard-canada.ca HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric tape HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric tape

in horse fencing!

Ask for our free manual on our website

$749,000

Ask for our free manual on our website

! Canada’s safe, all-season it's pavement. Owner may be willing to lease more land. www.horseguard-canada.ca $1,399,900 Glenn Fisher, Remax Real Estate, each HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric tape www.horseguard-canada.ca www.horseguard-canada.ca HorseGuard Bi-Polar electric fencing solution. office independently owned and operated. (780) 939needs no grounding so it's www.horseguard-canada.ca Ask for our free manual on our website

ACREAGES/HOBBY FARMS

HORSE PROPERTY. 60 acres, 6 mi from Swift Current SK.

9 yr old Grey Arab Cross 15.1 Rides & Drives.

Placed 2nd in International CDE 2011.

Would make a great endurance horse.

Page 1

17:38

ACREAGES/HOBBY FARMS

Ask on our website A free manual ADour Nfor fencing solution.

CA

Ask for our free manual on our website

For more information 2005 FULLY DEVELOPEDcontact 1526Dione sq. ft.

5 Bdr/3Bath, Irwin at 403-483-9208 Attached Garage, WALKOUT Basement, In Floor

$749,000 tapeCanada’s needs no grounding Ask so for our free manual on our website 1111 safe, all-season Heat, Fireplace, Large Heated SHOP with 2 Piece solution.

2005 FULLY DEVELOPED 1526 sq. ft. 5 Bdr/3Bath, it's fencing Canada’s safe, all-season Southeast Arizona Farm 220-Acre SE ArizonaGREAT horse Home, Great LOC, Lots of LAND, BIG SHOP! Bath & Upper Mez., 152 Acres, Attached Corrals,Garage, 2nd Serviced WALKOUT Basement, In Floor farm (50 acres irrigated pasture, 160 acre native fencing solution.

GREAT Home, Great LOC, Lots of LAND, BIG SHOP! www.horseguard-canada.ca Heat, Fireplace, Large Heated SHOP with 2 Piece www.horseguard-canada.ca House of Real Estate

Ask for our free manual on our website

Ask for our free manual on our website

www.horseguard-canada.ca

Slow Feeding Hay Nets

Horses, ponies, llamas, sheep, exotics & more slowfeeder.com ~ slowhayfeeders@live.ca Questions? Call Us ~ 250-308-6208

grass pasture) fenced and cross-fenced w/diamond mesh, smooth wire. Nelson auto-waterers in each cell. Easy I-10 access. Beautiful setting at 4300’ elevation with views of surrounding mountains. Class 1 soils, 3 excellent wells with new pumps and center pivot, 1 acre stocked pond, new shop, older home, all utilities. $550,000 lmharris@att.net

HELP WANTED

Site. 1 mile off pavement, 25 min W of Sylvan Lake.

Bath & Upper Mez., 152 Acres, Corrals, 2nd Serviced NESTLED in TREES, YOUR DREAM PLACE, Site. 1 mile off pavement, 25 min W of Sylvan Lake.

LAKEFRONT LOT Wonderfully Treed, Season 2005 4Home onGated 152 Acres Trees & Pasture, LAKEFRONT LOT Wonderfully 4 Season Community, 5 GOLF Courses close, Sandy Beach, FULLY DEV. 1526 Sq. Treed, Ft. with AttchGated Garage, Community, 5 GOLF Courses close, Sandy Beach, BOAT Dock, Clubhouse w/POOL, Hot Tub, WALKOUT Basement, InFloor Heat, Fireplace, BOAT Dock, Clubhouse w/POOL, Hot Tub, Playground & Walking Paths. Heated Playground & Walking Paths.

SHOP with 2 Pc Bth., 4 Stall Barn, $139,000 Corrals, Outdoor Arena, 2nd Serviced Site, 1 $749,000 Mi off Pavemnt, W of Sylvan Lake.

$139,000

403-357-9010 403-357-9010

NEED EXTRA HANDS DURING BUSY SEASONS? 2005 FULLY DEVELOPED 1526 sq. ft. 5 Bdr/3Bath, International AgriVenture trainees fill gaps on Attached your Garage, WALKOUT Basement, In Floor equine, ranch, farm or horticultural operation. Trainees Heat, Fireplace, Large Heated SHOP with 2 Piece aged 18-30 spend 7-9 months hosted and employed by Upper Mez., 152 Acres, Corrals, 2nd Serviced Bath & your family. Canadians aged 18-30 are also encouraged Site. 1 mile off pavement, 25 min W of Sylvan Lake. to apply for placements in Europe, UK, Australia and

DORI WESTIN

DORI WESTIN DORI WESTIN GET the BEST GETthe theBEST BEST in the inWEST the WEST GET

New Zealand. www.agriventure.com 1-888-598-4415 LAKEFRONT

PINTO

PINTO

CANADIAN PINTO HORSE ASSOCIATION

Registering Canadian Pinto Horses & Ponies – Since 1963 Color Your World With A Pinto!!

A Colorful Organization Where People are the foundation of our success...& Friends are made for Life WHY WAIT CALL TODAY Your horse may qualify for Registration (ONE Registered Lighthorse Parent Sire or Dam)

in the WEST 403-357-9010 • www.DoriWestin.com

Gated LOT Wonderfully Treed, 4 Season 12-00882.indd

Community, 5 GOLF Courses close, Sandy Beach, Olds College School of Agriculture has an opportunity BOAT Dock, Clubhouse w/POOL, Hot Tub, for a Regular Full-Time Instructional Assistant to provide HELP WANTED Paths. & Walking Playground 12-00882.indd 1 support in the Equine Science Program. The anticipated start date is July 2012. Responsibilities include assisting instructors with hands-on courses in breeding (especially stallion handling), ground training, horse husbandry and driving, par-ticipating in the six month breeding and foaling DORI WESTIN pro-gram, and helping to maintain the equine facilities and the tack and equipment inventory. The successful candiGET the BEST date will also be involved with recruit-ment and retention in the WEST within the Equine Science program in terms of maintaining a Facebook information page and an employment opportunities site. Please forward a resume quoting competition 27/03/12 #12063A by June 10, 2012. For further information on this 1 12-00882.indd and other employment opportunities, please visit our website at www.oldscollege.ca/employment.

1

27/03/12 10:11 AM

HELP WANTED

$139,000

27/03/12 10:11 AM

403-357-9010 ANIMAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

Stay up to date!

Sign-up for Horses All Enews!

Equine news and events via email.

Go to www.horsesall.com for details.

2 year diploma since 1974.

Training with large & small animals!!

On-site working farm. aht@gprc.ab.ca 1-888-999-7882 Fairview, AB 10:11 AM

Is your ag equipment search more like a needle in a haystack search?

Is your ag equipment search more like a needle in a haystack search?

Canadian Pinto Horse Association 26117 Hwy. 16A, Acheson, AB Canada T7X 5A2 Ph/Fax. 780-470-3786 www.canadianpinto.com | E-mail: info@canadianpinto.com

OVER 4O3V,0E0R0 43,000 38

PIECES OF AG EQUIPMENT!

Find it fast at

PIECES OF AG EQUIPMENT!

Find it fast at

www.gprc.ab.ca

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012

Like the new Canada’s Farm Progress Show Facebook page for a chance to win 2 TICKETS TO BRYAN ADAMS!

June 20 - 22, 2012

Evraz Place, Regina, SK, Canada

lIvestock centre

DaIly scheDule

2012

10 am to noon: Cattle Chute demonstrations

fcc InnovatIons

A preview of the companies that will be introducing innovations at this years show;

1 pm: Seminar Title: Working Together to Advance Traceability Description: Updates on the traceability program – including: •PID in Canada, •The national tag retention trial underway, •RFID tag and reader technology, and •The Cattle Implementation Plan.

Presented by Kevin Smith Producer Support Rep South/East Sask.

Canadian Cattle Identification Agency

Grain Bags Arena 3, booths 30212,30214,30216,30218 Hypro Spray Group Event Plex, booth 7075 Intelligent Agricultural Solutions (IAS) Arena 3, booth 30224 IntraGrain Technologies Inc. Arena 3, booth 30121

2 pm: Seminar Title: Improved Profitability through Livestock Management.

This presentation will show producers how to maximize returns within their herds by better managing those herds and providing alternative marketing opportunities.

Presented by Jen Gutfriend Livestock Advisor

M. Devloo Mfg. Ltd. Arena 3, booth 30220 Michel’s Industries Arena 3, booth 30222 Monarch Trailer Factory Arena 3, booth 30107, 30109 Putman Const. Ltd Arena 3, booth 30123

3 pm: Seminar (Friday only) Title: Future of the PFRA Presented by Alan Parkinson Senior Advisor Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agri-Environmental Adaptation and Practice Change Directorate

QVB Enterprises Inc. Arena 3, booth 30115 Salmon River Innovations Arena 3, booth 30206 Sunny Brook Welding & Machine Shop Ltd. Arena 3, booth 30125

3 pm-5 pm: Cattle chute demonstrations

Tri Star Farm Services Outside Lot L, lot 6100,6101,6102,6103,6104 Tri Star Farm Services /Botterwill Sales Outside Lot L, lot 6106, 6105

Canada’s Farm Progress Show A shuttle service consisting of 20 Chevrolet vehicles will be serving the Farm Progress Show guests and exhibitors. The presenting sponsor: STAYINREGINA. COM will provide the first-class complimentary Shuttle Service to guests who stay in a Regina Hotel Association (RHA) member hotel.

The daily service operates from 7am - 10am and from 4pm - 7pm. Shuttle drivers are familiar with show events and tourist attractions in and around Regina. Guests are encouraged to ask their drivers for information, maps and directions. To book the STAYINREGINA.COM Shuttle Service, please contact your hotel front desk.

In celebration of our 35th Anniversary we have teamed up with Polar Spas, who have donated a as our gate prize.

HOT TUB

Ballots available at the gate.

A Production Productionofof

r aitni ngg3355yyee a r s C eCl eelberbat s ooff pprroog gr ersess s

JUNE 2012 | www.horsesall.com

www.myfarmshow.com www.myfarmshow.com 39

CAM CLARK TRAILERS Your source for new and used trailers in Western Canada!

2012 Exiss Event CXT 20 2 Horse Slant

2012 Exiss 4 Horse Gooseneck

T2119

2012 Sooner 3 Horse Gooseneck

T2198

2013 Sooner Living Quarter 13’ SW, Bunk Beds

2012 Exiss Event STC 200 Gooseneck T2208

T2205

T2203

YOUR PRICE: $11,900

YOUR PRICE: $20,995

YOUR PRICE: $22,999

YOUR PRICE: $62,330

YOUR PRICE: $16,999

2012 Exiss 3 Horse 7308LQ Living Quarter

2012 Exiss 6816 Stock 16’ Gooseneck

2012 Exiss Event STK20 Gooseneck

2012 Exiss STC66BP 16’ Stock Combo

2012 Exiss Event STC24

T2220

T2221

T2210

T2218

T2217

YOUR PRICE: $36,999

YOUR PRICE: $13,883

YOUR PRICE: $13,999

YOUR PRICE: $12,999

YOUR PRICE: $17,999

2012 Exiss 3 Horse Slant Load

2012 Exiss 6200 ST 2 Horse Gooseneck

2012 Exiss Stock 24’ Gooseneck STK24

2012 Exiss Stock 24’ Gooseneck STK24

2013 Exiss 2 Horse Straight

T2227

T2226

YOUR PRICE: $17,999

T2228

YOUR PRICE: $16,999

2012 Exiss 8 Horse Polo Trailer T2235

YOUR PRICE: $39,999

YOUR PRICE: $16,999

2012 Exiss 10 Horse Polo Trailer

2008 Cherokee 4 Horse Living Quarter Slideout T2092A

YOUR PRICE: $55,999 CAM CLARK FORD 5.00X15.250 000027383r1 4C

YOUR PRICE: $15,999 2013 Exiss 4 Horse Living Quarter

T2238

YOUR PRICE: $41,999

Pre Owned SPECIALS!

YOUR PRICE: $16,999

2013 Exiss Stock 14’8” Living Quarter

T2236

T2234

T2231

T2239

YOUR PRICE: $39,999

YOUR PRICE: $38,999

2008 Sooner 4 Horse Head to Head

2005 Sooner 17’ SW, Mud Room T1162

C1203

YOUR PRICE: $30,999

YOUR PRICE: $46,999

WWW.CAMCLARKTRAILERS.COM

1-403-948-6660 • 1-888-948-6660 • Bay 1, 925 Veterans Blvd NE, Airdrie, AB T4A 2G6

40

www.horsesall.com | JUNE 2012