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I pull a 4 horse with living quarters and usually, actually almost always, I’m only hauling one horse. I know, why have a 4 horse when you’re only hauling one? Because.... you just never know what you might pick up along the way in your travels. I’ve hauled motorcycles, bought cool pieces of antique furniture, even a wood cook stove before, not to mention an extra horse or two that got picked up along the way.

I just hauled a mare and colt with me to Ohio for a friend. Before picking up the mare the obvious had to be done. All the re-arranging of my “normal existence” was incredibly disturbed, moving feed, buckets, lawn chairs, etc. out of the 4th stall to make room for and adjust hauling a mare, foal and stallion in the same trailer. Room had to be made and making room is not always convenient is it? But for the sake of benefits, it must be done.

Nothing gets “added” without room being made. Your life is all comfortable with just you in your house.....and a disturbing thing happens.....you fall in love and decide this is the ONE you want to spend the rest of your life with.

All of a sudden, your cozy, built around you existence is in disarray! Someone else is moving in. Your bathroom is NOT “yours” anymore! You have to make room! Oh you COULD refuse for the sake of your unperturbed existence, but then look at what you’d lose!

It’s exactly like this where the Lord is concerned. Do you want something from Him...help, healing, wisdom, strength, favor? Whatever it is that you desire, room must be made for it. You might ask, what could it be that I need to do to make room? You will know as you walk it out.... each instance will be different....but you will discover that you “make room” for every upgrade you get from Him. For instance, when I was tying goats as the only way I

knew to be able to rodeo, after having some minor successes, God began speaking to me about laying down rodeo as it was an idol in my heart. It was the only thing I had and being asked to lay it down hit me like a death sentence. I sure didn’t obey immediately or with joy, but I eventually did what God asked..... not even being able to imagine in my wildest dreams what He eventually would do for me! Two years after laying down the biggest thing I could imagine doing and God supernaturally opens up to me an invitation to the NFR and my entire life is CHANGED as a result. I am convinced, had I held on to my ideas, I would NEVER have experienced HIS! There was also a time, years ago when God asked us to give all our vehicles away. Not all at once, but over about a 3 month period, we gave every rig we had away to people He told us to give them to. What happened after that crazy act of risky obedience? A few months later, out of nowhere, we were literally given a 180 acre ranch!

Sometimes people don’t get what they want or need from God because they simply don’t “make room” for Him to be able to bless them! There’s a well known verse in Luke 2 that says, Jesus was laid in a manger because there was no room for them in the Inn. Where was the King? Where room had been made for Him! It matters not how humble it is..... wherever room is made for Him.....He will come!

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Dates: Summer Horse Camps rd (Ages June 19th – 23 6 – 12) th th Dates: June 26 – 30 (Ages 13 +) Date: June 19th – 23rd (Ages 6 – 12) th June 17 (Saturday) June 26th – 30th (Ages 13 +) Location: Location: Meridian Equine Education Center Meridian Equine Education Center 7930 Lebanon Road 7930 Lebanon Road Location: Location: Lebanon, Equine TN 37090 Lebanon, 37090 Meridian Education Center MeridianTNEquine Education Center 7930 Lebanon Road 7930 Lebanon Road Lebanon, TN 37090 Lebanon, TN 37090 For more information on these events and others throughout the year, please visit our website. www.MeridianEquine.com

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RE-THINKING My Old Advice With Richard Winters

Horsemanship is a journey. If you’re getting better, I believe that you’re evolving, changing and modifying your techniques as you make progress. So, at the risk of totally confusing you, I want to revisit the idea of disengaging the hindquarters and the one-rein stop.

No one has emphasized, worked on or talked about disengaging the hindquarters more than me. It’s been the foundation of how I start my colts and an important concept that I want every rider in my clinics to understand. I tell riders, “If your horse is going to buck you off, run away with you or spook out from underneath you, they have to engage their hindquarters to do it. If you can readily disengage their hindquarters then you can take their power away and shut down what would otherwise be a volatile situation.”

Okay. That is all true. However, I think that perhaps I have been over emphasizing this concept to the neglect of some things that are equally or perhaps even more important. My daughter Sarah, who is a very accomplished rider in the National Reined Cow Horse Association, made a comment in a presentation recently that resonated with me. She said, “By design, disengaging the hindquarters puts a horse in an unathletic frame. That’s not what I’m trying to teach my cow horses. I want my young horses to shift their weight to the hind-end and move their front end around. That’s what a performance horse needs to do in 90% of all its maneuvers.”

Recently I was with Sarah and watched her riding some very young, green horses. Where I would be using a lot of inside rein and inside leg to rock their hindquarters around, Sarah was using a direct rein and bumping with her outside leg to ask her colts to move their front end.

That’s something that I might not have done for another month! Now she had me thinking.

Disengaging the hindquarters puts my horse in an unathletic frame.

All right, are you now totally confused? Don’t feel bad. I’m trying to sort it all out myself. I tell my clients, “Everything is right sometimes. Just not everything is right all the time.

“What am I going to do differently? A little less indirect rein and inside leg and a little more direct rein and outside leg to bring my horse’s front end around.

If you get in a bad spot and feel like you are getting ready to die go ahead and disengage the hindquarters.

It just might save your life. Beyond that, ask yourself, “What is the muscle memory that I am instilling in my young horse?” Is it an athletic frame with weight shifted to the hind-end? Or are we teaching our horses to continually put themselves in an unathletic frame, through disengagement. Now go sort it out. That’s what I’m going to do. I’m headed to the barn right now!

Quite some time ago I watched a very talented clinician go down the fence to stop a cow in a Reined Cow Horse competition. When he turned the cow on the fence, his horse did not keep his hind-end in the ground. Rather, the horse disengaged his hindquarters, swapped ends and then was late coming out of the turn. Perhaps part of the problem was the over emphasis of disengagement throughout the young horse’s training. The horse’s first thought and “go to” maneuver was not a turn on the hindquarters. Rather it was disengagement and loss of power which resulted in a less than athletic move.

I’m not suggesting you throw away the idea of a one-rein stop or disengaging the hindquarters. It’s certainly still has its place and it is an important concept to understand. However, horsemanship is all about balance and priorities. I remember hearing a great horseman say; “I don’t want to have to train him twice. I want to teach my colts the right thing the first time.” By disengaging my colt’s so much in the beginning, I had to then go back and “retrain” them to move their front end.

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Training The Hard To Load Horse To Get On A Pedestal Teaching the horse to go on the box or the pedestal deals with many different behaviors. Including the forward cue, backwards cue, step to the left, step to the right, to pick up each individual foot and whoa. Usually this exercise will take you about 25 sessions to completely train the horse. I have found that once I trained a horse to get on and off the pedestal I seldom have a problem with loading the horse. This does not include anxiety, or previous injuries that the horse may have encountered.

However you make the box it should be very safe and free of any debris that might concern your horse, such as a slippery surface or wobbly box. First I put a carrot or some food on the box so the horse doesn’t think about the box as being a scary object.

Once the horse walks up to the box, I make them stand square before it, then I back them off of it. Then I ask him to come up again and then back him off it once more.

I do this 5 to 10 times depending on the horse’s acceptance of the box. All the while you will be working the horse to stay in a straight line. It is not permitted to circle around the box, ever. Once the horse will calmly walk up to the box and stand square.

“Give him the answer” reach down and pick up his left front leg and place it on the box. Your horse should already know how to do this for the Farrier. After a second, or two, ask the horse to back off the box. Then approach the box again using the forward cue and maintaining a Straightforward heading. Then I reach down and pick up his left front foot again, place it on the box, pause and then release him off. Remember the release cue is just as important as the cue in. After the horse knows you’re going to pick up his foot and place it on the box I reach down and just nudge the horses foot with my hand, maybe squeeze his tendon for him to pick up his leg and then tap the back of his leg to cue him to put it on the box. This is what I call, “helping the horse 14

find the answer.” Once the horse knows the answer he will walk right up and place his foot on the box. Once he does that then you know it’s ok to start cueing him with the whip. The second foot is usually pretty easy, but don’t force it. If all I get is one foot the first day but it was a lot of progress for the horse I would be happy. Every horse is going to be different. Once the horse steps up with two feet I’ll pause for a few seconds and then release him. Don’t get greedy.

Now for the hind legs. You want the front legs to be placed all the way towards the front of the box, to make room for his hind legs as well.

I know what you’re thinking, what if my horse goes up to the box and easily puts his front two feet on and willingly wants to put his back feet on too? Don’t do it. You have not trained the front feet to go on and off the box yet. Remember a horse has 4 feet, every foot must be trained: “on” “placed” and “off.” I have skipped steps before in my training and it comes back to haunt me.

When I don’t skip steps it tends to be faster.

Now start training the horse to approach or shorten his stride with his back legs, but not allowing him to step with his front legs.

A horse naturally wants to do this. That is one of the reasons why I back the horse off so many times before I ask for the back legs.

To get the back leg on, I place the front feet towards the front of the box, then I reach down and touch the horses back leg with the whip, reaching my hand towards his leg, then I pick up his leg and place it on the box. Note, whenever I pick up the back leg I touch it first with the whip and scratch his leg with the whip, then I slide my hand to his leg, still touching him with the whip like a violin. This will help avoid getting kicked.

I then pick up his left foot and place it on the box. Once he will hold it on the box for a couple seconds I release him and back him off. I do this over and over until he gets it. Once he understands I want his back leg on the box, I can start to cue him with the

whip. If you hit the horse too hard he will kick, if you don’t hit him hard enough he will stare at you and laugh. LOL. This part of the exercise requires patience from you.

Sometimes I’ve let a horse stand three legged on a box for what seemed to be 10 minutes. Sometimes if I wait long enough the horse will just automatically step up, other times I’ve tried to push the issue or force the horse and the horse jumps off.

If the horse is standing with three legs on the box and puts the majority of his weight on the three legs and just barely steps up but puts his back right leg on the ground again, reward/release him immediately. He’s almost there. It is difficult, if not impossible to reach his back right with your hand and pick it up. There are two places I tap the horse: The back right leg when it’s time for him to pick it up and place it on the box, and I also use the whip to tap him on his doc.

Sometimes this encourages the horse to stand up/put weight on all four. I will also use a carrot at this point, not just for a treat, but as a tool to distract the horse from jumping off the box as soon as he’s on.

In final, this is not exactly how I teach a horse to load in the trailer. But once your horse has mastered the behaviors it takes to correctly get on a pedestal, not only can these behaviors be easily translated to stepping up into the trailer, but it also gives you more control over your horse’s body and he will have a better understanding of what you are asking.

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Western Dressage:

PREPARING FOR YOUR TEST

By Lynn Palm

When it comes to practicing your dressage test, you can use a “call person” or memorize the test. The choice is yours.

The length of a dressage test can be very intimidating to remember, but I think it is always better to memorize the test.

One good thing to know is that when competing a dressage test, if you forget or go off pattern, you will not be disqualified. You will receive a 2-point penalty and be allowed to regain your correct spot and continue. You will receive a normal score and can still place at the show. Of course, you really don’t want to go off pattern during competition, as it can be disturbing to your test.

A call person can serve as extra support during your test.

Having a call person may help you concentrate more on your horse and your performance. When you have shown the test a few times, you will feel more comfortable with the test and be able to complete it without a call person.

Here are my tips and suggestions on how to learn dressage tests: 1. Learn the test by reading the test and following it on a blank dressage ring.

2. Using an erasable pen, draw the test on the laminated blank dressage ring. Draw each component one by one.

The dressage test books that we have will also let you see each component so you can really learn how to be accurate when riding the figures and transitions.

3. Walk the test on the ground in the dressage arena.

4. If you are starting to compete or need to improve your scores, you need to have more accuracy in your figures and transitions. When you are at the show and the ring is closed to horses, inquire with the show secretary and see if you can walk your test in the arena. This is a great time to gain confidence, confirm your memorization, and be more accurate when riding the test.

5. You can also use your vision and recite the test looking at the dressage arena. I also start the test over if I come

to a spot where I forget what comes next or make a mistake. This is also good to do when you take a break in the warm up ring and when you have your boots wiped off prior to entering the ring.

Tips when you use a caller: 1. Practice at home with the caller you are going to use in the ring.

2. Make sure the caller knows you and your horse and that their voice is one that you can recognize and hear.

3. When you practice with your caller, make sure the caller does not call the components too soon or too late. If so, practice until the caller gets the timing right for each component.

4. Make sure your caller will go to E or B with the wind behind their back if the test takes place outside in the weather.

5. The caller can be of great help, or they can mess you up. You have to practice with the caller, and be sure that the caller is very experienced with the test.

A caller can be a great confidence boost. If you feel more comfortable with a caller, use one. Whichever method you choose, good luck and have fun! To help you prepare and practice, I have wonderful laminated Dressage Test books that are a perfect tool to learn the tests. You can purchase any level from us by visiting our website.

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JUNE 9-10 - TN United Professional Horseman Association Janet Crampton 423-284-3677; 9AM TriState Exhibition Center; Cleveland Tn; tristateexhibitioncenter.com

JUNE 10-11 - TN Cross Plains, TN. Carr’s Wild Horse & Burro Center. Meet The Mustang. Education, demonstration, & adoption.

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JUNE 9-11 - TN New Market, TN. River Glen June HT. Info: www.river-glen.com June 10 - GA Rolling Hills Saddle Club Wills Park Equestrian Center, Alpharetta, GA Hunter, Jumper, Western, Running, and Classes for Riders with Special Needs All arenas start at 8 a.m. www.rollinghillssc.org

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JUNE 6-10 - TN Germantown, TN. Germantown Charity Horse Show www.americandrivingsociety.org

JUNE 10 - TN Oakfield TN. Oakfield Saddle Club 343 Oakfield Rd. West Tn Barrel Horse Association, Melinda Darnell 901-475-4335

JUNE 10-11 - TN Morristown, TN. Jx2 Team Roping World Series. www.jx2events.com

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JULY 29 - TN Tri-State Dressage Benefit Show Tri-State Exhibition Center Cleveland, TN www.tristateexhibitioncenter.com

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JUNE 16-17 - TN Meg Ford Show; Agricenter Showplace Arena 7777 Walnut Grove Rd., Memphis, TN www.agricenter.org/showplace Jamie White 731-693-6315; 901-378-7470 JUNE 16-18 - TN Southeast Regional POA Show Tennessee Miller Coliseum MTSU Murfreesboro, TN www.mtsu.edu/tmc

JUNE 17 - TN Stewart County Riding Club, Dover TN Open Show Series; Jackpot Speed Races 931.221.2998 StewartCountyRidingClub.com JUN. 17 - AL Tuscaloosa, AL. Wesminster Farm Show. www.alabamahunterjumpers.org June 21-25 - GA Atlanta Summer Classic II Bob Bell, 843-768-5503 Georgia International Horse Park

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Summer Riding Thoughts

June 20th marks the first day of summer.

The many joys of this wonderful season go far beyond the smell of pine in the air as you ride down a shaded path. I’m especially looking forward to long days in the saddle leading pack string in a wilderness area.

My plans haven’t been finalized just yet, but it’ll be either hauling trail crew supplies in Montana’s Bob Marshall complex or Washington’s Pasayten Wilderness. I hope that you’ve been more diligent about planning your trips than I, but if you are also still considering areas to ride and camp you can find ideas at www.TrailMeister.com .It’s the largest and only accurate horse trail and camp in the world.

While we’re planning our summer trips it’s also important to consider a few of the potential problems of hot weather riding.

Heat exhaustion, and heat stroke, along with their complications can be debilitating and even life threatening for you and your horse if not recognized and treated properly.

The terms “Heat Exhaustion” and “Heat Stroke” refer to the conditions that summer’s heat makes worse, and especially we’re working beyond our fitness level.

Heat exhaustion is a situation where the horse is dehydrated and exhausted from overheating. A horse suffering from Heat Exhaustion is very tired and very hot, but with treatment should recover without incident. A far more serious condition is Heat Stroke which is a total collapse, and far more life threatening. A horse in heat stroke is in imminent danger of dying.

One of the main ways that a horse cools himself is by sweating and using evaporation to get rid of body heat. If the horse runs out of fluid due to excessive sweating, dehydration has occurred and a dehydrated horse is at higher risk of heat stroke because he can no longer cool himself by sweating.

Learning to identify the signs of dehydration will help you to keep the situation in hand.

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of the symptoms of dehydration. Your conditioning. Keeping your horse in shape veterinarian wants to teach you more. Ask through the off season will help him adjust him or her. more easily to summer’s temperatures and • A horse’s gums should be a healthy pink increased physical demands. Keep that in color. If the mouth and gums are dry, mind next winter. brick red or very pale he is showing the Heat and humidity are the hallmarks of signs of dehydration. summer. But what is too hot to ride? A quick • While you’re looking at his gums you tool to help you determine when conditions can also check the capillary refill time may be likely to result in a heat related illness by pressing your finger on the gums. If is the Heat Stress Index test. This test is the spot doesn’t return to the original simply the sum of the temperature and the color within a second or two he may be relative humidity. If that number exceeds dehydrated.

150, riders should exercise caution and • Another symptom is a loss of skin consider postponing activities involving long elasticity. If you pinch the skin on the or intense exercise when the sum nears 180. neck between your fingers and release, Summer’s temperatures present special the tent of skin should snap back into problems for equines and not only when place. If it takes more than 2-3 seconds they are working. Horses traveling in to return the horse is dehydrated. The enclosed trailers are also subject to excessive longer it takes the worse the condition heat. Anything that inhibits a horse’s ability is. to cool itself can lead to problems.

• A dehydrated horse’s heart rate will also OLD WIVES’ TALES increase as his body attempts to push While we’re on the topic of treating more blood to the surface for cooling, heat stress let’s dispel some common but has less fluid to work with. misconceptions with studies conducted What we can do if the worst happens and during the 1996 Olympics where it was both our mounts do overheat? very hot and very humid.

Rest, Water, and Relief are the biggest “Never let a hot horse drink more than things that we can do to help our mounts one or two swallows of water at a time.” and they’re the same things that we’d do for Although allowing a hot horse to consume ourselves. These solutions can include: unrestricted amounts of water may lead • Rest him in the shade to minimize any to problems such as colic due to hyperadditional heat gain from the sun and distension of the stomach, it should be to help maximize heat loss from cool remembered that a typical horse’s stomach breezes. can hold between 2 and 4 gallons of fluid • Douse him with cool water. The water without being distended. One or two sips of will absorb the excess body heat and water at a time is overly restrictive for a hot can be scraped off with a sweat scraper horse. to remove the heat.

“Never give cold water to a hot horse • Let the horse voluntarily drink 2 to 3 - either inside or out.” - To help a heatgallons of water at a time separated by stressed horse’s core body temperature 10- to 15-minute intervals until the horse cool down, you can speed the evaporative is no longer thirsty. process by moving him to a shaded area and If rest, water, and cooling strategies don’t dousing his entire body with cold water. You relieve the horse’s stress it’s time to call your can draw a lot of heat veterinarian. out of horse with NOTE: It’s not just our horses. Heat cold water applied exhaustion affects humans as well as in large volumes all equines. Our symptoms include feeling over the exercising lightheaded, nausea, and a rapid heartbeat. muscles of the horse, If a rider is experiencing these symptoms, and horse will not tie get them out of the sun. Loosen their up afterwards. clothing and have them drink water. Don’t let them “ride it out.” Heat exhaustion is easily remedied, but if left untreated, it can Robert Eversole; Trail Meister Owner and advance to life-threatening heat stroke.

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Front tackroom complete with hooks & racks, keeps all your stuff together & tidy! Full 7’6” tall, with over 10’ of stall space. This nice champagne unit starts at $26,153.00 or about $275/month

Sundowner Rancher Express- This value minded all-aluminum stock trailer features a full aluminum floor, cut gate, rear swing with slider, storage area in nose, and 2 escape doors. Priced & built to move you along. Torsion axles, radial tires, and more. 16’ at $12,834 and 20’ for $14,709; 16’ Bumper $10,490.00

Sundowner Horizon 8010. You’ve loved the Sundowner quality for decades. This trailer does not disappoint. With full extrusions, all shop built doors, and a rich interior. Power EVERYTHING! A great layout in your home away from home. Discounted to $57,698 or about $520 per month

on Hwy 231 between Murfreesboro & Shelbyville TN

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Sundowner Mini-Stock With 2 pen set up, rack on top, and a front storage compartment this trailer hauls your smaller stock great and is easy to get around with. Come see it for yourself.

As equipped- $5,515.00

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