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FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Another Atrocity!
For the better part of ten years now we have had tales of atrocities perpetrated against horses cross our desk at Horseback Magazine. And while we can’t even contemplate what would drive a person to follow the call of the devil inside themselves to hurt a horse, animal abuse still occurs, and it is often in plain sight, even at horse shows. Such was the case at this By Steven Long year’s Reining by the Bay in Woodside, Ca. The cruelty resulted in a reward of $20K being offered as the result of a late July incident – the poisoning of a leading performance horse stallion ridden by Andrea Fappani. The reward was mounted after the crime was discovered in the event’s Grand Prix Barns. The following day, a loop nail was driven into the foot of a top reining futurity stallion. On top of that, a derby champion was let loose from the stall that housed the horse. The reward for these atrocities now stands at $23,500, that could grow as anger mounts and a determination to catch the perps swell. No horses died and reports from California indicate the animals are recovering. Reports of horrors such as this never seem to cease. In our years here at Horseback, there has been a steady stream of stories of equine abuse done simply for the sheer meanness and cruelty for want of a cheap thrill by perpetrators. Presumably such has been the case as long as we have confined equines as easy targets in secured spaces, And all too often as these incidents are reported, the public is horrified, and then the incident is forgotten allowing smart lawyers to secure a plea and a light sentence, and often as not, a fine with no jail time. That is the fault of judges, who seemingly view animal abuse as a minor crime. We assure you, horses suffer terribly, albeit stoically. We’ve witnessed equines in horrible pain, pain so great that tears flowed from their eyes, yet these giant animals were silent – we’re certain that virtually all horse owners have seen the same thing. Thankfully, society takes a dim view of animal cruelty when it is made public. Yet all too often it goes unreported by the press, not because the media is necessary callous, but because they don’t know about an incident. It has long been standard practice in media that when you want to evoke the emotion of readers, newspapers and TV do a shaggy dog story. The same is true of horses. They are a sure fire way to evoke sighs of love and compassion among readers and viewers. So here’s the deal. When you see or hear about animal cruelty, call attention to your local newspaper, radio, or television news organizations. You will find ready and willing listeners. In short, don’t let the perps walk away un-noticed. The glare of a media spotlight can often be as much of a detriment to crime as a jail cell. It’s as easy as dialing 911.
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“Horse Bites is compiled from Press Releases sent to Horseback Magazine. Original reporting is done as circumstances warrant. Content is edited for length & style.” amazing women who are a part of this great institution.” This year will also honor four new cowgirl inductees to the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame family. The 2015 ceremony will recognize:
National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Honoree Reunion to Highlight 40th Induction Anniversary Celebration Ceremony to Honor Four New Inductees Nov. 5 in Fort Worth, Texas Fort Worth, TX - The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame – the only museum in the world dedicated to honoring women of the American West who have displayed extraordinary courage in their trailblazing efforts – will celebrate the annual National Cowgirl Hall of Fame Induction Thursday, Nov. 5, at the Will Rogers Memorial Center Round Up Inn in Fort Worth, Texas. This year’s Induction Luncheon will mark the 40th anniversary of the Hall of Fame and will draw dozens of the over 200 Honorees to the celebration for a special reunion. The Honorees in the Hall of Fame are the legacy of legends. They are artists and writers, champions and competitive performers, entertainers, ranchers (stewards of land and livestock), trailblazers and pioneers. Confirmed Hall of Fame Honorees to be in attendance at this year’s 40th anniversary celebration include television host Pam Minick, photographer Barbara Van Cleve, and artist Donna Howell-Sickles. “The Hall of Fame Honorees are a diverse group of remarkable women united by their lasting contributions to the history of the American West,” said Patricia Riley, Executive Director, National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. “We are excited to bring together the past Honorees and welcome the new inductees as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Hall of Fame and all the
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• Patricia E. Kelly – Connecticut A former U.S. marine, award-winning community leader, and equestrian trailblazer, Patricia E. Kelly has been at the helm of the Hartford, CT-based non-profit organization Ebony Horsewomen, Inc. for the past 30+ years. Initially started in 1984 as a cultural and social enrichment organization for female equestrians, Ebony Horsewomen, Inc. serves over 300 youth annually, creating a safe space for local youth to receive mentorship and personal development. Kelly has been a trained equestrian instructor for over 37 years, as well as a certified Master Urban Riding instructor and Equine Husbandry instructor. She also holds a certification in Equine Assisted Growth, Learning, and Therapy as a Horse Specialist via EAGALA-(Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association). Kelly has been previously recognized for her trailblazing efforts multiple times, most currently as one of CNN’s Top 10 Heroes of 2014 and as one of Aetna’s Champions for Change. • Terri Kelly Moyers – New Mexico Terri Kelly Moyers grew up with the innate desire to be an artist. As a child in Calgary, Alberta, she was always drawing and experimenting with art subjects, specifically depictions of horses. Her work has been displayed at the Forbes Building in New York and at the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles, and is the first exhibition in the new Anne W. Marion Gallery at the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Moyers has received several accolades, including two Frederic Remington Awards and the Nona Jean Hulsey Rumsey Buyer’s Choice Award. In 2012, Moyers was the second woman to receive the Prix de West Purchase Award for her piece La Luz de Fe; it had
been 34 years since Bettina Steinke won it in 1978. • Jane Pattie – Texas Since the publication of her first article in 1958, Jane Pattie has harnessed her passion for the American West as an accomplished freelance writer and photographer who has authored more than 3,000 articles. She has been published in over twenty national and international magazines, including The Quarter Horse Journal, The Paint Horse Journal, Horse & Rider, and Western Horsemen. Her work often focused on iconic cowgirls, such as Mitzi Lucas Riley, Florence Hughes Randolph, and Martha Josey, and the fundamental roles they played in the history of the West. Her work has won multiple awards from organizations such as Western Writers of America, Westerners International, the San Antonio Conservation Society, and the National Cowboy Symposium & Celebration. Aside from writing, Pattie has lived the lifestyle, raising registered Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds in her native Texas until retirement. • Jo Ann Smith – Florida Jo Ann Smith has blazed trails for women and championed family-owned farms in the agricultural industry for decades. A rancher alongside her husband in Florida, Smith saw the need for global marketing efforts for farmers to survive financially in the changing world. In 1985, she became the first female president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the largest agricultural organization in the United States. She was the founding chair of the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, under which she spearheaded and developed the highly successful Beef Checkoff Program. In 1989, she was appointed by President George H. W. Bush as the Assistant Secretary of Marketing and Inspection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. During the 1990s, Smith continued to represent agriculture by serving on corporate boards for Purina Mills, Iowa Beef Producers, and Tyson Foods, Inc., all the while remaining involved in her family’s business. The ceremony will also honor Double D Ranch of Yoakum, Texas, with the Mary Jane Colter Award. This Horsebites- Con’t. on pg.24 www.horsebackmagazine.com
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General... Riding In Groups: Confidence & Strategy Part One By Linda Parelli, Photos by Coco
than actually solve them. Sure, it can be done, but it’s not a good experience for the horse or for future success. And it can be very dangerous. Let’s do the savvy thing and be prepared.
Some horses are great when riding in groups, but others can get quite emotional – defensive, aggressive, impulsive, kicking, charging... not much fun for either of you! Here are some ideas to help you prepare yourself and your horse for a more safe and enjoyable experience, naturally. Confidence I once heard Ray Hunt define confidence as “being prepared for the unthinkable.” I love that! Now the challenge is to think about what the unthinkable would be and prepare for it. I remember many years ago, riding into a nest of bees out on the trails in Colorado. Pat yelled at me: “Gallop!” It is the exact opposite of what I would have done. I was already stopping and trying to swat at the bees landing on my horse. As a result of learning that, it became a regular part of teaching preparation for trail riding in all my courses. We have to be able to think ahead and rehearse in our minds what to do in every kind of situation because we can’t always simulate everything with our horses. Some people and some horses are naturally more confident. They tend to be the left-brain types, but that is not a guarantee. People can lose their nerve for whatever reason, be confident in one situation and not another... same with horses. So it’s important not to make any assumptions – always check things out. Success is all about preparation. When it comes to riding in groups, you have to check both your horse’s confidence and your own. It’s great if your horse is calm and experienced, but even the most quiet horse can start to have trouble if the rider gets tense or panicky. The same goes in the opposite situation, because a confident rider tends to neglect their horse’s needs because they are able to ‘wrestle’ the horse through problems rather
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Strategies Keep it simple. You actually don’t have to go into a public area to practice because, with a bit of forethought and arrangements with friends, you can do it all where you usually ride your horse. Here are the main elements to address in your preparation: 1. Equine Psychology 2. Approach and Retreat 3. Simulations 4. Repetition and Testing 1. Equine Psychology Always try to think about things from your horse’s point of view, because it’s different from a human’s. Horses are herd animals, so when in a group, herd dynamics prevail: who is most dominant, what is the pecking order, where am ‘I’ in the pecking order, if one runs we all run... etc. • Horses that worry about the proximity of others tend to be low in the pecking order. They are defensive, have a big bubble, are prone to kicking and appear aggres- sive when horses step into their personal space, which can be very big. Know that this is not aggressive; it is self defensive behavior. They don’t want to let others get anywhere near them; they
try to avoid battles. Your best approach is to protect your horse’s space by waving the other horses away. Even if you can’t touch them, your horse will feel that you are protecting them and settle down. Use a Carrot Stick or twirl your rope at them. Just be sure not to spook them or scare the rider! • Dominant horses tend to present different challenges. They usually want to go towards the other horses, sniff noses, bite, squeal, strike and have the tendency to charge at them to drive them off. They are willing to fight to assert their dominance. Your best approach is to not let them sniff another horse and keep your distance. What works well is to turn Zone 1 away and get them busy with a task. The more control you have over what your horse is focusing on, the better. Now, having mentioned a couple of strategies, the real secret lies in getting the relationship with you so strong that they don’t even care about the other horses. All they should focus on is you and as long as you are calm and on task, so are they. This means you have to be calm and focused, which may mean not chatting with your friends for a while! The goal is to get your horse calm, connected and responsive to you first. Now, if you don’t have this when by yourself, it will be impossible in the company of others so make sure you are aiming for this every time you play with your horse on the ground or when riding. (Part two continues next month) visit Parelli.com
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have been writing these articles for the Horseback Magazine for a few months now. I was thinking that perhaps you may want to know a little about the person behind the info that is provided in my articles. I wanted to take time in this article to tell you about myself, explain how I have been able to build my horsemanship knowledge and make a life (and living) as a horseman. I grew up on a large farm owned by my grandparents. When I was very young, my siblings and I all got ponies. When I was 4 or 5, my parents would tether my saddled pony in the side yard on a long line and I could go out and climb on whenever I liked. My childhood was spent running ponies across farm fields. When I was 10 or 11, my passion became barrel racing. But my mother liked saddlebreds and required that I show saddle seat. The deal was, if I would show the saddlebreds, I was allowed to go run barrels on the neighbor’s quarter horses. Back then, kids did not argue. In my early teens, I was a kid with very little fear and about as much sense. I would ride about anything that people brought me and somehow, was able to stay on most of the time (God protects the ignorant). Thus, my horse training career began, making the huge sum of $1.00 per day. At about 14, I worked for a man, helping show draft horses at state fairs. At 16 I left home to work full time training horses, going to school during the day, working horses and doing barn work before and after school. My employer bought and sold horses at horse sales. My job was to ride them for 30 to 60 days, doing whatever it took to improve the horse’s value. This type of band aid approach to horse training, filled with
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short cuts, made some horses better and some worse. As a result, I thought horse training was the forced approach. In 1970 I started showing at big quarter horse shows. My first big show, I actually got lost during a trail pattern and excused myself from the ring. My employer was not happy! My next big show was the All American Quarter Horse Congress, which at that time was about 10 days long, unlike the nearly month long event of today. I made amends with my employer by getting second in open trail class that year at Congress. After seven years of training and showing quarter horses and appaloosas, I got the opportunity to work for a thoroughbred farm. Here I broke, trained, ponied and galloped thoroughbred horses. It is hard to describe the thrill of galloping thoroughbreds. Being young and dumb, I thought it was the most fun I’d ever had on horseback.
After three years of working with the thoroughbreds, in 1983, I finally went out on my own and open my training facility. What an eye opener! It was then that I realized how little I really knew about training horses. The same year I went to the Ohio State Fair and was watching an Arab western pleasure class. I watched an older gentleman ride with such finesse that at a walk, trot, canter and hand gallop, this man never moved more than an inch. I will never forget that impression. I thought THAT is how I want to ride. After the class I made it a point to meet this gentleman. That is when I met Mr. Wayne Allen and he became my mentor, whether he wanted to or not. Many years later, Wayne told my wife that I was always driving up his driveway. By making a devoted pest of myself, Wayne Allen taught me more than anyone else. He has since passed away and I will be forever grateful for the knowledge that he shared with me. He was an extraordinary horseman, better than I can ever hope to be. Wayne changed how I rode and trained. He
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taught me that riding is more about your legs and seat, less about your hands and rein pressure. Before I met Wayne I forced horses to learn. Wayne taught me how to allow horses to learn. With his knowledge, my training business was growing, resulting in success on the quarter horse, paint and pinto horse show circuits. In the early 1990’s I became the coach of the English and Western equestrian teams for Ohio Weslyan University and taught their PE riding lesson program. The experience taught me how to teach. My riding philosophies merged with teaching methodologies. It became a natural progression to take my teaching experience to the broader audiences of horse expos. I gave my first clinic at the second Equine Affaire in Dayton, Ohio on my paint stallion, Reckless Obsession. With a variety of experiences, I have been able to build a knowledge base that is not just training horses, but teaching people too. Riding horses is an equation that has to contain both horse and human. I am grateful for all the opportunities I have had which have helped me build the skills to be able to do what I love. Imwww.horsebackmagazine.com
proving the lives of horses by training their people is how I can repay horses for all that they have given me. With the help of my wife Amy, we will continue to teach, train and learn. Thank you and happy riding.
Questions about this or any of our articles can be emailed to us at myers5000@aol.com. Terry Myers is a national clinician and champion horse trainer with a depth of knowledge developed from over 45 years in the horse industry. Myers has been a popular clinician at multiple expos in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more about Myers’ Ride-In-Sync methods as well as clinic and training services/products available, visit Myers at www. tmtrainingcenter.com and on Facebook.
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Barn & Your Official Hobby Farm Tip Sheet!
By: Margaret Pirtle, Lifestyle Editor
5 TIPS
TO UNCLUTTER YOUR BARN 1. Make It Your Height | Adding shelving seems like a no-brainer for storage, but if they are the wrong height - they are useless. If you are short, like me, nothing is worse than a high shelf that needs a step stool to reach. If you are tall, by all means stick the shelves near the ceiling, but what ever your height, shelves are only used and convenient when you can reach them easily. 2. Hang It Up | If you need it, make a whole wall of different size hooks. You will be suprised at how may different things you can hang and get off the floor so you have space to move around. Take advantage of any beams and ceiling space. This is the perfect place for hoses and ropes. 3. Match It | Try and put all items together that belong together. If you have gardening supplies, make sure they are all together on a shelf or group of shelves. You may have some overlapping supplies that can go with one or more groups, but for the most part you will find things quickly this way. 4. Recycle With A Purpose | It may just be a old pallet sitting against the wall, but that old pallet can become a work table . Look at what you have just sitting around and turn it into something useful again. 5. Toss It | “Might use it someday,” are the worst words in the human language for clutter. If you haven’t used it in the last two years - give it away. There is someone out there that needs just what you have. Don’t hang on to stuff that you can’t recycle or that you never use.
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There aren’t many farms that don’t have a dog hanging around and if you’re old enough you probably think that Lassie was the perfect farm dog. But there are other dogs that are really good on a farm. If you still have your heart set on a collie, then you would be best served with a border collie for your farm. They are more agile and quicker to learn than the normal collie and are great around kids and animals. Not many farms I know don’t have rodents hanging around barns and in the fields. If you would like fewer of these critters, then a terrier is probably for you. They love to dig out all kinds of animals that hide where it’s nearly impossible to find them. If you want a dog to help and guard your livestock, then look no further than a Great Pyrenees, Anatolian shepherd, or Akbash. They have been breed for centuries to watch after cattle and sheep. A good dog and a farm just go together and you also get the benefit of having a very good friend.
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HEAR THOSE CLUCKS? That is the sound of chickens who are invading urban backyards, in defiance of zoning laws and HOA’s. What began with the green living group but is now sweeping the nation from soccer mom’s who want fresh eggs to gardeners who want them to keep pests out of their vegetables. The arguments against chickens in the backyard is that they are loud, messy and smell. It is the same argument that can be made against the family dog. Roosters on the other hand are loud and not recommended for any city lot. Fresh is not what you buy at the grocery store. Fresh is when you go into your backyard and pick an egg out of the coop. As the backyard chicken movement spreads, urbanites are finding new ways of experiencing city living, whether their chickens are pets, for eggs or for dinner.
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So You Got Yourself a Ranch!
by Steven Long
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ach year “townies” succumb to the urge to move to the country and become farmers or ranchers. Each year, devastated townies walk into bankruptcy courts having failed in their agrarian hopes and dreams. Making a farm or ranch pay its way takes hard work and loads of savvy. If people born to the land sometimes fail, isn’t it reasonable that people without an agricultural background would fail as well? The answer is yes, and yes – in spades. I grew up on a farm, and farmed myself for a year when my rice farmer father was irreparably injured in a tractor accident. It was the absolute last thing I wanted to do at age 15. Talk about growing up fast. I was faced with not only hard work, long hours, freezing cold and blazing sun, but I was also expected to bring in a profit
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in order to keep a roof over my parent’s head. So for those farmer or rancher wannabes, I’m preaching to you from a well-worn pulpit. Know what you are getting yourself into before you make the jump of leaving a safe job in town to live your rural dream. A good start is figuring out what you want to raise, or grow. Producing food for the nation’s ever hungry belly is never easy, and is frequently heartbreaking. To begin with, how do you obtain the land in the first place if it isn’t inherited? Since most folks don’t have the wherewithal to jump into something that requires acreage, the option of leasing land is attractive. In fact, in rice farming, it is a necessity since that crop depletes nutrients from the soil dramatically and it must be rotated on the substantial acreage required to produce a crop. Like any venture, produc-
tion agriculture requires a business plan – on paper. There is nothing that will make a budding farmer feel smaller than stammering before a smug banker sitting behind a desk in his Sunday go to meeting suit. He is asking you to show him something on paper, when all you have are dreams and a heart filled with hope. With corporate banking today being the norm, the country banker and a handshake are relics of the past. Remember this, and remember it well if you have dreams of living off your land. People who have been in farming and ranching since birth often fail eventually. After that, what do you want to be, a farmer, rancher, or maybe both? A good place to start on the road to financing is the National Institute of Food and Agriculture run by the United States Department of Agriculture. It’s Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program has money available through competitive grants. Another program of USDA is the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. Its purpose is to keep agricultural land used for agriculture - in agriculture. The land must be near available markets for what is to be produced on the land. FRPP may be used by grantees to pay up to half of fair market value for conservation easements. According to the Texas Land Trust Council, a conservation easement is: “…a written agreement between a landowner and the “holder” of the conservation easement under which a landowner voluntarily restricts certain uses of the property to protect www.horsebackmagazine.com www.horsebackmagazine.com
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its natural, productive or cultural features. The holder of the conservation easement must be a governmental entity or a qualified conservation organization. With a conservation easement, the landowner retains legal title to the property and determines the types of land uses to continue and those to restrict. As part of the arrangement, the landowner grants the holder of the conservation easement the right to periodically assess the condition of the property to ensure that it is maintained according to the terms of the legal agreement.”
Other federal programs offering grants include the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. Funds for lands bought under this program must be used for properties that will continue to be used for agricultural purposes. The Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency provides direct and guaranteed loans for family owned ranches and farms. Loans may be amortized for up to 40 years, and it offers direct loans up to $300 K, and loan guarantees up to almost $1,119,000. There are also programs for beginning and minority farmers that help with down payments if they have five percent of the property purchase price. Buying farm or ranchland requires homework long before you sit across the desk of a hardnosed banker. Lesson one is that the bank doesn’t make money unless it makes loans, so you do hold some winning cards. Lesson two is that loans are tough to get unless you have collateral or something of value the bank can seize to recoup its investment if www.horsebackmagazine.com www.horsebackmagazine.com
you don’t make the payments. Is the property sufficient to support the animals or crops you propose to put there? Is the land zoned for agriculture if you are near a town or industrial site? Is your property landlocked? If so, you will need permission to cross another landowner property to get to yours. That permission is called an easement. Is the easement, or permission to cross your neighbor’s property in writing? Is there available water either running through the land or is it available by drilling a well on the property. If zoning is a factor, is it zoned for the crops or agriculture you want to raise there? Your land will likely have a water well, or one will have to be drilled if there isn’t available surface water. Inspect the well and have a water quality test run making sure it is an appropriate distance from any septic system. Have your county agricultural extension agent run a soil analyses, or have him recommend someone who will do that at a reasonable rate. Shop for your banker. The wrong banker can make your life miserable. Make sure the banker you choose knows a bit about what you are proposing to do with the money you want to borrow – preferably a lender who makes rural
loans for property. Farming is increasingly becoming a spectator sport, and even a participatory activity. A prime example of this is Froburg’s Farm of Alvin, Texas. This family owned enterprise has long offered pick your own services at wonderful prices for strawberries in season. The farm has expanded its crops in recent years to include cucumbers, corn, tomatoes, purple hull peas, onions, peppers, potatoes, okra, eggplant, and other veggies. If you have a question, call your county agricultural agent of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service office in your area. There is a good listing of them and their location on the Internet. Just “Google” the search term County Agricultural Agent Texas and you’ll find the office in your locale. August August2015 2015 2 2H HORSEBACK ORSEBACKM MAGAZINE AGAZINE
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Tack Care...
The Best Girth for Summer! all mohair content. The advantage of natural materials like mohair, alpaca, even cotton, is that when inspected under a microscope, or even a magnifying glass, they are not smooth like rayon and polyester. The hair shafts also are not smooth, so the little imperfections in the surfaces help keep them from slipping. Also, natural fibers breathe and absorb moisture, so they help wick away sweat and allow air to get through to help cool your horse. Horseback Magazine’s Synthetic materials don’t breathe, Saddle & Tack Editor especially neoprene. No way would I use friend texted me last month a neoprene girth, especially in summer. I and asked my opinion on know, there are folks been using ‘em for girths. Well, I always have years. Just wrap saran wrap around your an opinion. He asked what waist and go out and work a few hours. was the best material, and Rayon and polyester string girths will I unequivocally answered, “Mohair”. He allow a little air flow, but no grip, and no asked, “What about Alpaca?” I always absorption. like to explore new things, and I told him I also have a few harness leather I wasn’t familiar with alpaca girths, but I girths. I like them really well, but tend assumed it would be much like mohair. to only use them in cooler weather. They Well, son of a gun, he sent me an require a lot of care, as they need to be alpaca girth which I got to try a short time cleaned and oiled regularly. I guess in later. I really like it. According to the label, cooler climes they would be fine anytime. it is 100% alpaca, with stainless roller English riders tend to use leather girths buckles. In comparing it with my mohair almost exclusively. But then, as a rule, girths, I found most of the suppliers of English riders tend to oil their tack pretty mohair girths use a blend, with as little as often. 20% mohair. I do have some older ones We use a lot of wool or wool that I am sure have a much higher, if not lined girths. Pat, my riding instructor POSSLQ (Person of Opposite Sex Sharing Living WELL CARED FOR Quarters), uses STRING GIRTHS wool lined girths RARELY BREAK. on all of her school saddles. They stay in place really well and can be washed in cool water with mild soap. I have several wool felt girths with nylon webbing and double roller buckles that Big Horn used to make for me. I sold them with almost every Big Horn Cordura saddle I sold, which was
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about 75 a year. They are my go to winter girth. In the summer, I want a string girth, usually single layer, 17 strand. Plenty stout for trail riding. If you are roping you can get the wider roper style, but the extra width tends to bunch up behind the horse’s elbows, and can actually help push the saddle back out of position. If you need the weight distribution because of roping, you need to use it, otherwise I prefer the narrower one. I have never seen a well cared for string girth break. There are some old cotton string girths, with plated buckles that can get rotten, but they are cheap to begin with, and I don’t think any caring, self respecting person would use one, simply because the rusty buckles would look like crap. The alpaca girth that my friend sent me is a nice dark brown color. It is a double strand cutter style, that is probably stronger and thicker than I need, but I like it. It was the same price as the mohair blend girth, and the care is the same, wash in cold water with mild soap and air dry. When I had the store in Bandera, there was a guy that brought a lot of alpaca products from Ecuador. The alpaca wool was always soft, and beautiful. I bought wool scarves and socks. I wish I had some of the blankets that we sold. I know for a time, there were people here in the U.S. that were raising alpacas and llamas for wool. They had trouble finding outlets for their wool, unless they were weaving it themselves. Mohair has been on a real slide for several years in this country. I know I’m always harping on bringing industry back to the U.S., but this is a small way we can help some patriotic small business people make a living here. There are some real fine girth makers in the western states, doing bi- and tri-color mohair and alpaca girths, with brass or stainless rings, and shuflys. They are using tack of exceptional beauty and work really well for your horse or mule. Nothing says punchy like a nice tri-color girth!
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every sport there are participants that fall into different categories. The testers simply want to test out the sport to see if it’s a fun activity. These people will partake in the sport for a short while and then stop when it becomes too much effort or when the season changes or when something else catches their eye to try instead. Many people become involved in a sport because they are interested and truly enjoy participating in that particular sport. Typically these participants will continue for several seasons and work fairly hard at improving their skills. They are likely to be in a program where they are coached, practice routinely and compete several times a year. Many will gain some proficiency but few will excel at the competitions. Then there are the avid sportsmen who strive to excel in their sport and put a lot of time and energy into improving their skills. These sportsmen practice rigorously, while studying the finer techniques through instruction and coaching, observation and reading. They usually compete often in their sport and typically do quite well. Out of this group of sportsmen, you will find the “emerging athletes” who not only train hard but are driven in their passion for the sport and have the talent to pursue it to a level of excellence. The United States Hunter Jumper Association recognizes that the young horsemen who fall into this last category are the future of the sport. In the interest of finding these athletes, the USHJA has implemented the Emerging Athletes Program in recent years. With thousands of young riders around the country who aspire
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to an elite level of horsemanship, the EAP has set up a number of regional training clinics around the country to furthering their education. The aim of the Emerging Athletes Task Force is to identify and support young dedicated and talented horsemen in the hunter/ jumper community. While many of these riders may have ambitions to eventually enter the horse industry in some capacity, that goal is certainly not a requirement for them to be accepted into the program. The Task Force is seeking young horsemen with a good working knowledge of horses, dedication to the sport, a good work ethic, enthusiasm and an aptitude that will make them successful as a hunter/jumper horseman. To be eligible to apply for the USHJA EAP Clinics, riders: • must be a current USHJA member in good standing;
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must not have reached their 21st birthday before December 1st of the current competition year; • must be proficient at riding jumper style courses at 1.1 meters or higher; • may not have competed in classes over 1.35 meters prior to March 1 of the current competition year; • and may not have competed in FEI Championship for jumping, including the North American Young Rider Championships.
Each regional training session will accept up to 24 riders. Several sessions are held across the country to accommodate the geographical challenges for riders wishing to participate. The training sessions, held in June, July and August are all presented by top riding clinicians and leading stable managers. During each session a variety of topics
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will be covered to insure the riders are well aware of health and management issues pertaining to proper horse care and grooming. Participants will be required to bring a horse and will have several hours of instruction in flatwork and jumping. Exercises will include jumping a variety of gymnastics, riding related distances and working over courses. Each participant will take a written exam at the session as part of their evaluation. The top riders from each clinic will then be invited to attend the National EAP clinic in November. At the conclusion of the National Clinic, one horseman will be honored as the National USHJA EAP Winner. In order to apply, each rider must fill out an online application, submit three letters of recommendation and complete the Level One Quiz of the Horsemanship Quiz Challenge with a score of 80% or higher by the application deadline. Letters of recommendation must be on the official EAP form and sent directly to USHJA from the author of the letter. Recommendations must come
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from a current trainer familiar with the skills of the applicant. The other two letters can come from adult professionals in the industry such as veterinarians, farriers or barn managers. A USHJA approved talent scout may also write a recommendation. All applications must be turned in with all required recommendations, completed quiz and a $50 fee by the required date. The EAP task Force will review all applications after the deadline and notify the applicants of their status once the review is completed. Each approved applicant will be sent a packet of information. The applicant is responsible for bringing an appropriate horse suitable for jumping 1.1 meters courses, registering for stabling and supplying health documents for the horse. For riders who may not have a suitable horse, Facebook friends might be a good way to connect with someone looking to season a horse and willing to loan it for the clinic. Applicants are also encouraged to submit results of their achievements at 1.1 meters or higher jumper classes and must supply a video link preferably
taken at a competition when they apply. Applicants may only apply to one clinic each year. Past participants are encouraged to apply again for the current year if they still meet eligibility requirements. The 2015 EAP Training Clinics are well underway at this point and the athletes have been selected. This year’s winner is already in the system and preparing to emerge. So start looking around you. Do you know a young athlete waiting to emerge that should start preparing for next year’s program now? Spread the word and encourage someone with the talent and dedication it takes to succeed to apply for a leg up in the training process. For more information on this program, visit ushja.org. Cathy Strobel has over 30 years of experience as a trainer, judge and clinician and can be reached at Southern Breeze Equestrian Center at (281) 431-4868 or www.sbreeze.com
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souri. While ACTHA will host the event they are welcoming all trail horses, organizations and disciplines. An equine event not to be missed, the festival will include 3 competitive trail challenges, 3 arena obstacle challenges, both with exciting ribbons and prizes! Celebrity Trainers will be running free clinics throughout the festival. The first 100 riders to sign up will be chosen as active participants in the clinics while their fellow riders watch on. Additional activities are planned as well, including certified judge’s training, vendors, a barn dance, entertainment, karaoke, cash bingo, camping, great meals and more. Von Holten Ranch, a century farm family since 1906, hosts numerous large-scale equine events and competitions. The ranch boasts miles of scenic trails, electric hookups and covered stalls to rent as well as shower facilities. Complete and update information can be found at www.actha.us/festival ACTHA founder, Carrie Scrima states, “Part of ACTHA’s mission is to honor the Great American Trail Horse. The Great American Trail Horse Festival is the perfect way to celebrate and promote the value in all breeds of trail horses. This is a celebration of the trail horse and everything related to them. Vendors, associations, riders, clubs, all are welcome to come and “tell their story” while enjoying fun, education and fellowship. Not only can members take part in six different competitions over the course of three days, but they have the opportunity to take part in free clinics from some of the best clinicians in the business. Plus of course ca$h, prizes and fun!” For more information on the Great American Trail Horse Festival please visit www.actha.us/festival. Sponsor packages are available as well as limited vendor space. For more information on becoming a sponsor or vendor at the Great American Trail Horse Festival please contact Stephanie Rivers at stephanie@actha.us.
NATIONAL REINING HORSE ASSOCIATION BYLAW AMENDMENTS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER ELECTIONS GO TO THE MEMBERSHIP AUGUST 10!
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma– Starting on August 10, members of the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) will begin voting on important bylaw amendments that appointed task forces and committees have been hard at work developing in order to streamline Association business, create efficiencies within the organizational structure and adopt established best practices of governance. These bylaw amendments are a result of long-term planning sessions initiated in 2014 and are intended to allow NRHA and its elected leaders to better serve the membership throughout the calendar year. NRHA President, Rick Clark commented, “NRHA is constantly looking to improve its services, streamline workflow patterns and enhance opportunities to better assist and better communicate with members. Reviewing our bylaws each year allows us as a membership to ask the question – are we doing the best we can, or is there a better way to conduct business?” Clark further explained how proud he was regarding the positive response received by the membership and is glad NRHA members are always willing to go the extra mile to ensure their Association is as efficient as possible and follows best practices for non-profit boards. In an effort to be more transparent to the membership and to ensure all interested members are properly informed, NRHA has provided a detailed factsheet available to the public at nrha. com/bylawchanges highlighting the proposed amendments and giving very specific examples as to how these amendments will allow NRHA’s leadership to better serve the membership. In addition to making critical changes to the NRHA bylaws, NRHA members will have the opportunity to elect three members to the Executive Committee. For the convenience of the membership, bios on the Executive Committee candidates are available in the member’s only section online. “I am very proud of NRHA’s committees, task forces and staff for taking the extra step this year to inform the membership of the Executive Committee candidates and how making these amendments brings NRHA to today’s association standards by effectively reHorsebites - Con’t. on pg.44 www.horsebackmagazine.com
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By Margaret Pirtle
FEED STORE
was a typical hot summer afternoon in Texas and the only shade in sight was a small narrow porch that ran the length of an old feed store that was covered in signs for products, some that probably aren’t around anymore. But in this small town, with no stoplight, no fastfood places, no visible signs of progress, this store seemed to have weathered years of financial boom or bust. As I opened the front door the first thing I noticed was its smell. A hearty pure farm essence served up with a heavy dose of old floor boards and fresh cut hay. Swine Feed and Sour Mash, Purina Laying Pellets, Star-Pro Dog Food, and shelves of wormers, fly spray and other medicinal items mixed with sacks of all kinds of fertilizer mingle to greet your senses. I took a big whiff, and then like a soothing medicine the smell relaxed me. A smell that can’t be bottled - only experienced. “Be right with you,” I heard from somewhere in the back. ‘No Problem, I answered and for once I didn’t care if anyone showed up or not. I was reading labels and entertaining myself with ideas of maybe raising a chicken or a
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goat if my small pasture didn’t die off this year. A cat, almost the size of a small lamb jumped up on the shelf in front of me. Purring, he politely moved some jars over and settled in for a nap, a spot I figured he had used many times before I had arrived to upset his routine. I stopped at a bulletin board. Any good feed store is a community clearinghouse. Someone was selling purple hull peas for $18 a bushel. There was a picture of a bluetick hound that had gone missing and a local number for a 4-H boy who could do chores around the house and help haul hay. Under the bulletin board was a small wooden table
with legs so spindly they looked like they might collapse if one more canned jar of preserves where placed upon it. There were banana peppers ‘’grown and canned by Mrs. Joanna Swift, $2.75,’’ sugarcane syrup in big two pound cans with pry off lids, and green tomato relish from the ladies auxiliary of The First Baptist Church for “new robes for the choir.” A faint but unmistakable cheep - cheep - cheep came to my attention. I followed the sound down an aisle of pesticides, turned the corner and around a rack of flea/tick collars and dip, until I came to....baby chickens. There weren’t many, maybe fifteen but their yellow fluff brought back great memowww.horsebackmagazine.com
ries of my grandmothers chicken house. All of them in a little group, shoving each other for a place at a trough of cracked corn. Looking to my left I spotted the seeds. Not those little tiny packets of seeds you find in Garden stores or in the local Walmart. These seeds were in big wooden barrels with a scoop and paper bags for dipping your own. All kinds of seeds, from mustards to squash, corn and several different kinds of beans. I ran my hand through the barrel of pole bean seeds and wished I had made that trellis next to the shed where the sun was perfect for growing. Hearing voices out the door that lead to a small attached wear house, I squeezed through sacks of potting soil and made my way out. Two men were cussing the hot dry weather. I imagined that these same two men had cussed the rain in May and June. The small tin room was suffocatingly hot and stacked to the rafters with rolls of barbed wire, chicken wire and hog wire. Lining one side were big round troughs for feeding cattle and washtubs of every size and description. Stretched out on the cobwebbed pine beams were rods and dog pens and an assortment of farm fence metal post. I wandered back into the gratifying coolness of the feed store. I appreciated the farmers who plow the fields and the ranchers who raise the livestock. I appreciate that there are still stores like this around the nation where real folks buy real things that are needed and not just wanted. I wandered back to the front of the store and noticed www.horsebackmagazine.com
that the cat hadn’t moved. Next to me a woman in a soiled shirt appeared out of nowhere “ “Sorry”,”she said “I was unloading some new stuff” she said in a gentle but tired voice. “Find what you needed?” Yes I had, but it wasn’t a product. “Not today, and I have to get going,” I said, but not really wanting to leave. “But I’ll be back,” I said as I left through the door. You can bet that I will be back soon.
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ounting scientific evidence from the veterinary research community continues to support the thesis that Supercoriaitis (“laminitis”) follows from digestive disorder caused by things we give, or force, horses to ingest that are unnatural and harmful. This was the premise of my book, Founder: Prevention and Cure the Natural Way, and nothing to date has changed my mind. Moreover, this outlook is now shared by many other natural hoof care practitioners in the field with whom I am in regular communication. Those of us at the forefront of the natural hoof care revolution also believe that the only effective means of treating and preventing laminitis is to institute natural horsekeeping and hoof care practices. Foremost, this means regulating—naturalizing, to be precise—the horses diet and his feeding behavior. As well, one must also be questioning of and vigilant against the many impediments to natural healing associated with conventional farriery, veterinary, and pharmaceutical treatments. The purpose of this article is to present recent veterinary research that explains in the most simplest of terms the physiological pathway of Supercoriaitis: how we get from dietary distress to a separation of the horse from his feet. This research reinforces what I presented in Founder, but brings new information to light. This article does not explain how the Supercoriatic hoof should be trimmed, a
The Supercoriaitis (Laminitis) Pathway Redefined – Part I of II matter taken up in another bulletin and companion video. The reason for using the new term Supercoriaitis, instead of “laminitis”, is also explained in a separate bulletin. As with all facets of natural hoof care and horsekeeping practices, the exemplary model for preventing and healing Supercoriaitis is the natural lifeway of the wild, free-roaming horse. “DEAD ENDS” ON THE SUPERCORIATIC PATHWAY: As stated, natural hoof care
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practitioners hold that the pathogenesis of Supercoriaitis is rooted in toxicity - commonly dietary toxicity. Other causes are rejected as “dead ends” in the search for causality and accountability. Some of these are worth mentioning here: Cushing’s Syndrome is widely believed by the veterinary community to be a cause of “laminitis”. However, natural hoof care practitioners view Cushing’s to be a metabolic disorder itself wrought by unnatural feeding practices and
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chemical-pharmaceutical pollution. We have seen no convincing evidence that Supercoriaitis follows from Cushing’s. Concussional laminitis, also known as road founder, is held, among others, by the farriery community to be caused by riding the horse over hard (especially hot) surfaces, such as city pavement. But natural hoof care practitioners have been able to correlate all such alleged cases brought to their attention with dietary toxicity; moreover, research shows that the hoof ’s natural architecture is able to withstand ten times the amount of wear and tear associated with domestic horse use. [Note: The horse’s feet, legs, joints, etc., are stressed by riding on pavement for extended periods; use hoof boots to minimize harmful concussional shock and improve traction.] Laminitis is also attributed to horses standing in or drinking cold or icy water after extensive riding. Laminitis researchers have shown conclusively that standing in cold water does www.horsebackmagazine.com
not trigger Supercoriaitis. I have observed personally on many occasions wild horses drinking and standing in cold mountain water after running, and without apparent ill effects to the feet. Cresty neck is another purported cause of laminitis. But this is nonsense. It is a result of obesity and is a symptom of the dietary problem rather than a cause. Obesity is often heralded as a major cause of laminitis. But obesity, like “cresty neck”, follows from unnatural horsekeeping (e.g., lack of sufficient exercise, diet and feeding behavior) practices. Carrying excess body weight does not cause Supercoriaitis, or all pregnant mares would be stricken, which is not the case either in domestic or wild horse populations. However, obese horses on unnatural diets probably are toxic, and, therefore, are Supercoriatic “powder kegs” ready to explode. One also hears, generally among barefoot trimmers (as opposed to natural hoof care practitioners), that
laminitis is caused by horseshoeing, particularly orthopedic shoeing. But there is no evidence for this claim, in my opinion. As a former (20 year) veteran shoer “turned” natural hoof care practitioner, I can’t recall a single instance in which a previously barefoot horse suddenly “foundered” as a consequence of having just been shod. But not to let shoers, or “horseshoe happy” vets, entirely off the hook, there is no doubt in my mind that shoeing predisposes the pre-Supercoriatic hoof to an outbreak, and also impedes or prevents healing once the attack has occurred. Shoeing causes hoof contraction, which compromises circulation and weakens the hoof overall. Orthopedic shoes (e.g., “heart-bars”) in particular irritate the solar corium and P3. Shoeing also creates unnatural lever forces due to excessive growth beneath the shoe, since the capsule does not wear. Commonly, this growth then “migrates” forward into a pathologically deformed “run-under” hoof with Jaime Jackson - Con’t. on pg. 36 August 2015 2
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Hoof Health... Whether you call them ‘laminitis rings’ or ‘stress lines’ or ‘event lines,’ these deep lines circumscribing the hoof walls are classic symptoms of laminitis.
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“curled toes” and severe wall cracks. SUPERCORIAITIS PATHWAY: The Supercoriaitis pathway begins with one or more dietary trigger factors (e.g., sweetened grains and green grass). These upset the horse’s natural digestion, setting off a chain reaction of events that culminate in the destruction of the horse-to-hoof “attachment
mechanisms”. The chart (Figure 1) provides a simplified schematic of the Supercoriaitis pathway: Diet Supercoriaitis (“laminitis”) originates with unnatural diet and unnatural feeding behavior. Diet encompasses anything we give the horse to eat or drink that stresses his digestive tract and results in Supercoriaitis. It may come as a shock to horse owners, but many things that
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we believe or take for granted to be “natural” for horse consumption, are anything but. The most surprising trigger, for sure, is green grass. As of the winter of 2002/2003, researcher Dr. Robert Eustace of the Laminitis Trust (United Kingdom), issued this warning: “It is worth recognizing that while there is much we still don’t understand about the mechanisms whereby an upset in the horse’s
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hindgut can lead to the devastating changes in its feet caused by laminitis, if everyone applied the knowledge we do have, then the incidence of laminitis would be reduced by about 80%. Put simply, allowing horses and ponies unrestricted access to improved pastures is putting them at high risk of developing laminitis.” Other likely dietary triggers are legume grasses and their hays (e.g., Alfalfa and Clover), many grain waste products, vitamin concentrates, and pharmaceutical chemicals laced with sugars or legume concentrates. Feeding behavior that allows or compels the horse to ingest large concentrations of these substances also contributes to the pathophysiology of Supercoriaitis. While eating a small amount of green grass or sweet feed now and then probably won’t trigger a Supercoriatic response in the average horse, allowing the horse to consume small amounts daily, or chow down for an hour or more, may very well cause an attack. So, feeding behavior, like the feed itself, must be scrutinized on the Supercoriaitis pathway. Dietary triggers will begin to wreak havoc on the horse’s digestive system—the prelude to Supercoriaitis. Because the damage taking place early on cannot be seen or otherwise detected by the human eye, the first phase of Supercoriaitis is “silent and deadly”. The pathway starts in the stomach—an organ adapted, according to the wild horse model, to process small quantities of forage over hours and hours of grazing time on relatively sparse rangelands. Most domestic horses, however, are probably already in trouble at this stage, since modern feeding practices tend to concentrate large quantities of toxic feeds in each feeding. As I have explained in Founder, our horses are actually starving because the horse’s digestive organs cannot naturally process the feeds in such short order without becoming toxic. Psychologically, horses are conditioned to “gorge” themselves in order to stave off hunger created by the burgeoning toxicity. It is a vicious cycle, and once the horse’s digestive system becomes hostage to it, the pathway to Supercoriaitis is virtually set in stone. (Continued in the September 2015 edition of Horseback.) (The original article that this column is taken from includes all citations, references and footnotes but due to space limitations, these have been eliminated for the Horseback column.)
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veryone remembers with fondness their first horse, but I would be willing to bet that the horse you hold dear in your memory isn’t actually your first ride. Your first ride probably began at about age three when you finally were old enough to mount the beautiful colored horse that sat at the entrance to the grocery store. It was the horse your mother put a dime in to spend four minutes of a breath taking moment make believing you were Dale Evans or The Lone Ranger. Mechanical horses, while they may have disappeared from the front of most grocery stores are back, and you might be surprised to learn that you can own that memory thanks to Gary Mandarino and Richard Pierson owners of Kiddy Rides USA. From across America they scour the landscape looking for vintage mechanical horses to restore and because of them, a whole new generation of children get to experience the fun of their “first ride”. “Most of these rides were built during the late 1940’s to the early 1960’s” Gary told me. When we receive them, most aren’t working and the paint and
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mechanics need a complete overhaul. But in three or four weeks we have them completely reworked and ready for another child to ride.” It’s not just children who purchase these vintage horses. Adults of all ages want them for many different reasons. From the waiting room of a dentist office, to Hanna-Barbera and Sesame Street, they are in great demand. “We have painted so many for different horse owners to match their favorite ride. Many want to remember a horse from childhood, others just want a horse that can come in the house, “ says Gary. In fact due to a high demand for their horses, they are now producing new replicas of the vintage horses. Heavy duty enough for an adult to ride, and with the option of coin slot or free, these horses even come with a remote control that lets you set the time of the ride. From new bridles and saddles, to custom paint, you can now pick the horse of your dreams. Even in August, I look at these beautiful painted horses and think that these would probably make the most glorious Christmas present ever for a child. But I really think that child is me -remember-
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WENDY CLINE REALTOR/BROKER CLHMS, SRES, ABR, Million Dollar Guild Wendy Cline Properties Keller Williams Memorial
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YOLANDA FUSILIER BROKER Peak Realty 17515 Spring Cypress Rd. Suite # C260 Cypress, TX (O): (979) 921-9530 (C): (713) 417-7567 (E): peak@wt.net (W): www.peakrealty.sbuilder.net
MARY GARBETT BROKER ASSOCIATE Right Time Real Estate LLC at KW Farm & Ranch 950 Corbindale Rd, #100 Houston, TX (C) (713) 213-2420 (O) (713) 470-2055 (E) mary@marygarbett.com (W) www.har.com/marygarbett
DEE ANN BOUDREAUXREALTOR Texas First Real Estate 1116 FM 109 New Ulm, TX (O): (903) 322-3379 (C): (979) 583-7305 (E): deeboudreaux@windstream.net (W): www.texasfirstre.com SPECIALTIES: Residential, Equestrian, Farm/ Ranch, Country Property TERRITORY: Texas
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viewing the configuration of our organization, evaluating the use of technology and taking a fresh approach to the governance structure to conduct business. This is an exciting time for NRHA, and I personally hope all members exercise their right to vote,” added Clark. Both the bylaw amendments and Executive Committee voting are conducted by a third party company via eBallot, so every member will have an equal and fair opportunity to cast their vote between August 10 and September 9, 2015. Any questions surrounding the bylaw amendments, Executive Committee elections or voting process may be answered in the NRHA Handbook or directed to the NRHA Headquarters by calling (405) 946-7400 or by visiting nrha.com.
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it being downtown, and it has always been a very special week,” said Ward, a fan favorite at Washington. “It has always had a great audience for the grand prix and Puissance night traditionally. It is a logistically difficult horse show on many fronts, just like Madison Square Garden was in New York years before, but that is what makes it special. Having it in the heart of the city is what gives it the atmosphere and it is something that you cannot recreate in venues not downtown.” This year’s prize money tops half a million dollars including several special cash bonuses to the leading hunter and jumper riders. WIHS will award $15,000 to the leading International Jumper rider, and a $10,000 bonus and the Juliet Weber Reid Trophy, sponsored by Sleepy P Ranch, will go to the leading International Jumper rider 25 years of age or under. A $5,000 cash bonus will be awarded to the hunter rider accumulating the most points in the professional hunter divisions. In addition, the WIHS Young Jumper Championship Incentive Bonus
Program, which encourages investment in developing young horses, will return with up to $20,000 at play, thanks to SHF Enterprises. The 57th annual Washington International Horse Show will be held October 20-25, 2015, at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Download the 2015 Official WIHS Prize List at www. wihs.org/prize-list/. Entries close Tuesday, September 1, 2015.
FIRST RODEO COWBOY IN CANADA’S SPORTS HALL OF FAME Calgary Alberta -The famous rodeo cowboy, Earl W. Bascom, recently became the first rodeo champion to be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary Alberta. At ceremonies held in the hall of fame museum at Calgary’s Olympic Park, Bascom was bestowed with Canada’s highest sports honor as a “Canadian Sports Legend.” Born in Vernal, Utah in 1906, Horsebites - Con’t. on pg.46 www.horsebackmagazine.com
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but raised in Canada, the late Earl Bascom is known internationally as the “father of modern rodeo” for having helped pioneer the sport of rodeo as it changed from a cowboy’s pastime into an international sport. Bascom is credited with designing and making the modern rodeo bucking chute, the modern rodeo saddle, the modern bareback rigging and modern rodeo riding chaps. Bascom also introduced brahma bull riding as a rodeo event back in 1935, replacing steer riding, and produced the first rodeo held outdoors at night under electric lights. Bascom rodeoed while attending art school at the Brigham Young Univiersity during the 1930’s. Related by family bloodlines to western artists Frederic Remington and Charles Russell, Bascom became an internationally known artist, acclaimed as Canada’s most famous cowboy artist and sculptor. With Bascom’s induction, the sport of rodeo is became the 65th sporting event represented in the museum’s 40,000 square foot facility, where Bascom’s cowboy memorabilia and art work are now on permanent display. “Bascom’s incredible achievements will now be shared with all Canadians in perpetuity,” said Mario Siciliano, president of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, “inspiring generations of Canadians in sports and in life.”
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they are very confident,” explained Beard. “I am honored that Elisabeth and Eirin have entrusted Wyndmont with the horses’ care and training.” Eirin will take time to visit her home country of Norway, and will be returning to the saddle later in the fall. A rising star on the international scene, she hopes to one day represent Norway at the international level. Although she is an amateur Eirin is a
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Brazos Bottom Engineering! Howdy!
Welcome to Cowboy Corner. Those soothsayers of the weather said the rain was going to stop, and the Brazos bottom was going to get hot. Both have happened since our last visit. Won’t have to worry about the windmills freezing tonight, ‘cause it’s hot. The sun gets up hot, and coolin’ off doesn’t really come ‘til almost midnight. Could also use a shower, no frog strangler, but a good ‘ol dust settler. Our pastures could sure use a drink. Last month mentioned using pipe to support cattle panels and gates for cattle panels. Pipe has been the favored ranch material for pens, sheds, and barns for many years. The energy business uses a lot of pipe, and a lot of different kinds of pipe and tubing. As a result a lot of both is often around areas of energy activity like Texas. Also there is a lot of folks around that know how to weld and fabricate pipe. Now before goin’ any further want to tell ya’ll that I am neither a pipe expert or welder. However, have had the pleasure to know both, so am goin’ to share what I’ve learned. First there is pipe and then there is tubing. Tubing is sold based on outside diameter and wall thickness. Example, tubing can be round, rectangular, or square, and gauge indicates wall thickness. So 2 inch, 11 gauge tubing has a wall thickness of .20 or 1/8” (.125”). All 11 gauge tubing whether round, square, or rectangular will have .120” wall. Tubing is great to work with, especially square or rectangular, but hard for me to find used, and new often doesn’t fit my ranch budget. However, the chain link fence industry uses a lot of galvanized tubing in fence sizes and sometimes used material is available. Good thing about fence tubing, is galvanizing, but most new tubing is sold
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with no paint or coating. Tubing is available in various wall thicknesses depending on size. Example, 2” square tubing is available in six different wall thicknesses up to 1/ 4” or .250”. Secondly, pipe is available for ranch projects with lots of selection in size, and new or used condition. Lots of my ranch projects are based on 1 ½” (l.900”) O.D. or 2” (2.375”) O.D. used galvanized pipe. Remember that O.D. means outside diameter and I.D. means inside diameter. Pipe is sold in 21 feet long joints, and by normal pipe size in inches. However, a chart must be used or measurement taken to know the actual pipe dimensions. Standard pipe is called schedule 40 and extra heavy schedule 80, and the difference is the wall thickness and inside diameter. All 2” normal pipe sold is 2 3/8” or 2.375 O.D. Schedule 40 has a 2.067” I.D. and schedule 80 a 1.939” I.D., wall thickness and strength is the difference. All 1 1/2” normal pipe sold is 1.90 O.D. or almost 2” O.D. with inside diameter varying with standard, schedule 40, (1.610”), or extra heavy schedule 80, (1.500”). Six schedules of 1 ½” and 2” pipe are actually made, however, for most of our projects standard or schedule 40 is good to go. All this is important because some type of fastener is needed on the O.D. of the pipe post. Years ago began using muffler clamps. Muffler clamps are available new or used, af-
fordable, come standard with a 5/6” U bolt or heavy duty with a 3/8” U bolt. For 1 ½” pipe posts use 2” clamps, and 2 1/2” clamps for 2” pipe posts. Lots of cattle panels use ½” (.500) or 5/8” (.625) pins for attachment. To use a pipe post, say for a gate, I use a 3/8” pipe coupling, (.675”) I.D. welded to a ½” square bar spacer. The coupling can easily be boared larger, and the spacer makes a little workin’ room. The coupling/bar combination is then welded to the muffler clamp, perpendicular. The attachment is easily moved up and down the pipe post to match the two cattle panel latch pins. For gate hinges on medium duty gates, use 5/8” bolts with two additional attachments as described above. Like to rattlecan paint all parts after welding and cleaning with paint thinner. These muffler clamp panel attachments and hinges using pipe posts have served me well. Like to half a joint of pipe making two 10 ½ feet long posts. Use a screw cap for the threaded end above ground and tie the tops together with wire or small cable and a turnbuckle. To really add strength, tie the tops together with smaller pipe and U bolts. Good luck and start by getting a pipe dimensions chart and decimal equivalents (inches to decimals) chart.
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