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Long Pines Horses Earn Success on the Ranch and the Arena BY MARIA TIBBETTS
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Mia Lil Pink is joining the broodmare band at Long Pines. She will be paired with Bettin Yer Smart, National Reined Cow Horse Assn.
ia Little Pink has shown she’s good at her job in the arena and on the ranch at Long Pines Land and Livestock, and now she’ll get to try out motherhood.
The seven-year-old mare, a daughter of Shining Lil Nic, won the 2018 Black Hills Stock Show Supreme Versatility Ranch Horse award, and followed that up with the All-Around Horse at the 2018 National Ranch and Stock Horse Alliance (NRSHA) World Championships and third at the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Versatility
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Ranch Horse Championships AllAround Horse. Having earned her AQHA Register of Merit (ROM) when she was six, she now gets to join the broodmare band on the ranch near Buffalo, South Dakota, owned and operated by Larry Licking and Deb Brown. Brown grew up surrounded by camels and donkeys and white horses, as her parents, Glenn and Peggy Brown, managed the Passion Play Ranch in Spearfish, South Dakota. When she was a freshman in high school, she moved with her family to a ranch north of Buffalo in Harding County, South Dakota, that her parents bought from
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TOP: Long Pines’ Mia Lil Pink at the Black Hills Stock Show in 2018, where she was named Supreme Horse. In unprecedented fashion, she won the AQHA Open All-Around Versatility Ranch Horse for both 2017 and 2018. She's trained by Justin Lawrence and shown by both Justin and his daughter Dallie, Alzada, Montana
Brown said she initially looked at reining horses, but realized she needed them to be more than that. The horses that go to the show ring all earn their way on the ranch, which doesn’t own a 4-wheeler. “The working cow horse event fits our lifestyle so much better,” Brown said. “They have to be able to cut, rein and go down the fence.”
RIGHT: In addition to a world championship, Mia Lil Pink has been to the winner’s circle in youth events ridden by Dallie Lawrence, Alzada, Montana.
Walton and Kathleen Thune (Deb’s grandparents). Deb showed hunters and jumpers as a youth, then got back into the horse business when her son, Sterling, was little. She bought a cowy little mare in 1993. Several years later, she discovered Justin Lawrence, a trainer from nearby Alzada, Montana. “I visited with Justin and found a little gelding I thought would make a non-pro horse and sent him to Justin,” Brown said. “Then I started fine-tuning my program with Justin’s help.” 14
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In preparing the horses for the arena, Deb realized they were accomplishing more than she anticipated. “I realized that what I was doing with these horses in the show ring was improving my horses at the ranch. Every horse that comes home from the show ring can go to work on the ranch.” The horses are necessary on the ranch, where they raise registered Irish Black cattle. The ranch Deb lives on now, with her husband Larry, is one they’ve put together over the years, north of Camp Crook, South Dakota. Larry moved to the area with his family from the Sandhills of Nebraska when he was about 16, and has been there ever since.
“It’s in the Long Pines, with forest on one side, all the wonderful trees. There’s some flood irrigation that some amazingly intelligent person came up with the late 1800s and is still working today. It’s the most beautiful place I’ve ever been,” Deb says. The horses that graze in the pine trees and on the adjacent prairie are the result of research, deliberate decisions and years of experience. “I am really known for doing a lot of research on my bloodlines. I watch certain bloodlines as these horses are competing in the arena. I have to find something that’s going to work for me and enhance my program,” Deb said.
Justin and his daughter, Dallie, have shown the mare in both the youth and open classes, and both have taken home numerous awards. Justin also found one of Deb’s stallions, Bettin Yer Smart or “Jayhawk,” a 2007 red roan, as a young prospect. Under Long Pines ownership and Justin’s training, Jayhawk went on to earn nearly $40,000 and a national championship. Jayhawk is out of Smart Little Lena and Bet Yer Boons, a daughter of Peptoboonsmal, and granddaughter of Peppy San Badger and Freckles Playboy. Jayhawk won both the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Open Hackamore
“I do love the research on horses. I’ve always had the belief that if you don’t know where you came from you don’t know where you’re going.” Lawrence is also a key in her successful horse program. “Justin has always been my rock as far as looking for horses,” Deb said. “He has such a keen eye for picking out a young horse that’s going to have a long career. “It’s pedigrees, Justin Lawrence and life experience that have led me to my breeding program.” When Pink came into her life, Deb had decided she wanted a mare out of Shining Lil Nic, a reined cow horse whose own earnings top $163,000 and whose offspring have earned more than $250,000. Lawrence just happened to have a couple mares that fit the bill in training, so she started keeping an eye on them to see how they progressed.
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Championship in Reno and the NRCHA Open Reserve World Champion, with Justin aboard. The stallion has had a lot of success, but was also the reason for one of her most difficult moments in the business.
Snaffle Bit Futurity National Champion Bettin Yer Smart.
“When Justin Lawrence was riding Bettin Yer Smart at the AQHA World Show, he had a barnburning run. I couldn’t make it to the show, so I was watching on the computer. The horse tried to turn the cow and went end-over-end. Jayhawk got up right away, but Justin didn’t. That was the hardest thing I’ve ever seen. I still don’t know how Justin showed him after that. It showed a lot of strength of character and resilience. Every time I watch Justin go down the fence I’m so worried something is going to happen, but I get through it. You have to trust your horse and the rider and any time you throw a cow in as a variable, it’s going to make life interesting.”
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The second stallion they had, Judgemental, out of the leading speed sire Judge Cash and Long Pines broodmare Feature Coup, died in May of this year. Deb’s son, Sterling Brown, was riding the 9-year-old gray stallion to move cattle out of the timber, when a branch punctured a major artery. He died in just a few minutes. Though Deb is involved with every decision regarding her horses and cattle, she no longer rides. She developed vertigo, so when she’s aboard a horse, something like waving grass or running water can throw her balance off. “Sometimes I just tip off my horse,” she says. “I’m not competitive anymore, but I love a good horse.” Sterling is on the ranch, but is what she calls “a horse show dropout.” He still rides horses in the arena, but he prefers the ones
that are supposed to buck. “He’s very tal-
Jayhawk dragging calves 2016 B Every Long Pines horse has to prove their value on the ranch, including National Reined Cow Horse Assn. Snaffle Bit Futurity National Champion Bettin Yer Smart. Here, this Long Pines stallion drags calves at the ranch branding.
ented, but now he rides ranch broncs. He’s very good, but he’s turning my hair gray. I’m hoping at some point I can get him back in the show ring. He’s an incredibly talented rider, but I’m not going to push him to follow my dream. I want him to follow his.”
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The resident horse trainer at the ranch, who starts all the colts, is Joseph Ferguson, a California transplant. “He happens to fit our ranch program just phenomenally,” Deb said. She said both Justin and Joseph are well over 6-foot tall, so she has to make a special note when they publish videos, that their horses are actually normal-sized, they just happen to have very tall riders.
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Just as Deb developed a program all her own for the horses, she and her husband have done the same with their cattle. “We started with Irish Blacks in 2008 and haven’t looked back,” Deb said. “They’ve given us a wonderful moderate-size animal that met all the requirements we had for a good breeding animal and a good carcass animal. In fact, I like those cattle so much, we’ve gone to the registered side and we sell a few bulls every year. Not a lot, because I’m as picky on the cattle side as the horse side. If they’re not good enough to be used on our animals, they don’t get to stay a bull.” Deb is president of the Irish Black Cattle Association. Though Deb is involved in all aspects of the ranch, she spends her week days in Buffalo, where she runs a home health care business she started with her mom about 25 years ago. She is also serving her second term as a Harding County Commissioner and is the current chairman. “My husband is on the ranch full-time. He loves the ranch. He calls me every evening and gives me a report on the horses and the calves and the grass. I think he considers it a slice of heaven out here.” Deb agrees, and is thankful for the opportunities she has in all the different aspects of her life. “I really have a lot of balance in my life. I love my jobs. I consider myself a very blessed person. I wouldn’t be doing any of this if it weren’t for the great help at the ranch and the great staff at home health. That’s why I get to sleep, because I hire people who are incredibly talented.”
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Horses are used every day on Long Pines Land and Livestock. The ranch owns no ATVs. Here, horses are used to sort and ship cattle at sunrise. PHOTO BY DEB BROWN.
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Guys Dash A Latte RIGHT: Cami Bauer Bussmus on Dash. The pair won the Derby Trifecta in 2017.
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rad Wood is building a name in the arena and the sale ring, and it’s based on Dash and Image.
The two stallions that form the foundation of Wood Performance Horses—Guys Dash a Latte, “Dash,” and Frenchmans Image, “Image”—are at home on Wood’s ranch near Devil’s Tower, Wyoming.
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Dash is making a name for himself carrying Cami Bauer around the barrels, winning the Derby Trifecta last year, with the most accumulated points after the Fizz Bomb, Roper Rally and Copper Springs Ranch Derbies. “We’ve got the two stud horses. Frenchmans Image is my old horse and then Guys Dash A Latte is the young horse we’ve been running and showing quite a little lately,” Wood said. Frenchmans Image is a son of Frenchmans Guy, and has been the main producer for Wood
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Performance Horses thus far. “Image” is a 1998 stallion, and has produced nearly 90 foals, according to Wood. “Both of my boys are extreme gentlemen, no matter where they’re at or what they do,” he says. Wood’s interest has always been with his horses. “I went to school at vo-tech down there at Rapid [Western Dakota] for two years for horse training, graduated there, went to work for Bob Jordan down at Harrison, Nebraska for a summer. I spent two years working for Bill and Deb Myers. That’s where I got acquainted with Frenchmans Guy, and got my first stud from then. I basically went out on my own after that, riding and breeding.” He took a
short pause from training to work in the coal mines in Gillette, but returned home to build a training barn and purchase Dash. “We bought him at Bill and Deb’s sale when he was a weanling. Chad [Myers] only had two babies in the sale that year. He was one of them. I went with intentions to buy different, because I’ve already got one Frenchmans Guy stud, so I was looking at the Hot Colors stud. He went for more than I could afford. Dash walked in, and I went, ‘Oh, that’s pretty snazzy.’ I just kept raising my hand until they said he was mine. I about had a heart attack from it, because I’d never paid that much for a baby horse before. Before I ever went out to look at him, I went and paid for him and got the insurance on him.”
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Wood continues to use his knowledge to put the first thirty rides on young horses. He says, “I like to start ’em. They kind of lose their interest after the first thirty days for me. I really like to start a young colt. I started them both and Dash went to Becca [Gilley] for thirty days and Cami took him on from there. Image, I’ve done everything with him.”
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Wood has taken his time with the now-seven-year-old. Wood says that the year he was five was the first year of consistent competition for Dash. “I don’t believe in running our horses as fouryear olds. I hold everything off until they’re five and matured a little more. It’s better on them. I don’t want to cripple them. I’m all about the horse’s benefit, instead of ours.”
Cami Bauer Bussmus, Dash’s trainer and jockey, has been a crucial part of his barrel-racing career. Wood says, “She’s a major part of him—why he’s been so successful. She’s a really good trainer. She puts the horse above
running. Our goal with Dash is to be able to keep going. So many of the futurity people run their legs off and win a lot when they’re four and five, but you never see them again. If she thinks he’s not ready to do something, we won’t do it. I am truly lucky to have Cami running for me.” Dash and Bussmus are known to assist their friends at barrel races. Wood says, “She rides a lot of the time with Becca Gilley, which is his second mom, basically. The two of them have been a major impact on him. Becca’s mare, Chica is pretty gate-sour, but Dash and her get along really good, so every time they run, you’ll see Dash walking Chica into the ring. To be able to do that speaks a lot for his mind. “He’s got such a personality to him, he just goes with the flow. Unless you knew it, you’d never know he’s a stud,” he says. "He collects amazingly, and ships even better,” Wood says. Dash’s oldest foal crop is four years old this year. Wood says, “I’ve kept one to promote him with. The other one is down in Arizona with some good friends of ours. She will
probably never see a barrel pattern. They’re going to take her to the roping pen. Their only downfall on the mare is that she’s too willing to please. If they ask her, she does it.” While Dash is only beginning to make his mark in the Quarter Horse world, Image has already made quite an impact. He says, “His biggest problem was his colts were coming just as Frenchmans Guy was starting to hit it big. For some reason, he was a filly-throwing fool in his younger years, so everyone saw Frenchmans Guy in the bloodlines, and a lot of his fillies went to broodmares. But he has sired several 1D race winners. His horses are coast to coast. You can go out and run in the 1D, walk back in the pen, throw your three-month-old baby on him and lead it around the barrel pattern and do good that way. They’re just a ‘whole family horse’ kind of deal. They really like to please.” Image’s barrel racing career was cut short, due to a tendon injury in a serious fall while barrel racing. Nowadays, Image enjoys dragging calves to the fire and doing cattle work, according to Wood. “I rode him this fall for the first time in a couple years, and he’s just awesome to ride. He’s easy-going and willing to please.”
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Wood has around a dozen broodmares to further his program. He says, “I believe a mare is a really important part of it. However, I also believe that people put too much emphasis on name-brand horses. Some of my mares are just good, old, awesome, using mares who are built right and have the mindset. They might not be out of a world champion, money-earning stud or mare, but they’re awesome mares to work with.”
Honesty is Wood’s policy when it comes to breeding and business. “I pick my horses apart worse than most people would, and I’m not bashful about telling you my horses’ flaws. I’m up front on them,” he says. “I want my customers to be happy with their product, and I try to go above and beyond to keep everyone happy and to work with everyone to get mares settled or colts riding good for them.”
Wood is one to plan for the future, and has already started integrating more racing bloodlines into his program. “We have started picking up several more money-earning race mares. This will be Dash’s biggest year coming up. If everything stays stuck, he will have fifteen mares bred to him.”
In addition to breeding, Wood sells horses each August at the Rancher’s Quarter Horse Breeders Association at the Cadillac Ranch in Belle Fourche. “I usually have between two and six horses there each year,” he says.
He also plans to keep Dash on the barrel-racing pattern. “We tried out for the American once. We’re going to hopefully derby him some more, Good Lord willing.” Wood believes in active campaigning, rather than relying solely on advertisements. He says, “It pays in the long run to have people seeing him out doing good, instead of seeing him on paper.”
Both Guys Dash A Latte and Frenchmans Image have proven themselves, and gained their owner’s faith in their abilities. “I believe wholeheartedly in both of their power to perform and sire. They’ve proven to me already—Dash with just three colt crops on the ground; how willing and able his babies are just blows my mind.”
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17 Colors Determining horse color can take some research
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hile many in the horse business are more interested in the flesh under the hide of a horse, a look at the market proves a lot of buyers care about color.
Brad Wood, owner of Wood’s Performance Horses, has one sorrel stud and one buckskin and has seen color add value. “When they say color doesn’t matter in the breeding world, you can look them in the eye and tell them they’re liars, because color is a huge part.”
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SORREL & CREMELLO
PHOTOS BY SAVANNA SIMMONS.
Sorrels and bays tend to be less popular among buyers, so when choosing a stallion for a mare, many want to plan for the best opportunity for the pair to produce a foal with color. But doing that isn’t easy. The genetics behind horse color aren’t simple. AQHA alone recognizes 17 difference horse coat colors.
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While most of us learned our colors in kindergarten, that box of crayons probably didn’t include perlino, red roan and grullo. That’s where Lisa Covey can help out. Lisa Covey is a coat color specialist at AQHA and hosts a weekly chat on the AQHA Facebook page, where people can ask questions. One of the most common questions she gets is, “What color will this foal be?” She can answer that question with 100 percent certainty only if breeding a sorrel to a sorrel. Since sorrel is recessive, two sorrel parents will always produce sorrel offspring.
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Otherwise, she can give some options for what color the foal will be. The more she knows about the horse’s pedigree and the colors of the parents, the more accurate the evaluation will be. However, there’s always a certain amount that is simply up to chance. “People ask what color the foal might be if they breed their bay mare to a palomino. The possibilities could be sorrel, chestnut, palomino, bay, brown, black, buckskin or even a smoky black,” Covey says. “Some AQHA members who bred black to black don’t understand why they get a sorrel foal. This tells me that neither parent is homozygous for the black gene.” Gray is dominant over all other colors, though the foal is always born another color and turns gray. Gray horses can produce another color if the gray horse
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carries a gene for another color. Gray never skips a generation; a gray horse must have a gray parent. “The same with roan and dun. The roan horse must have a roan parent. The hard part sometimes is trying to determine what color your horse actually is. Someone might purchase a horse that is registered gray, but they don’t know what the base color was,” Covey says. “It helps to know what color the gray parent was as a foal.”
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If the horse was registered as a foal before it turned gray, the original color on the papers can give a clue as to what the other gene might be.
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If the owner is questioning whether the foal will be a bay or chestnut/sorrel, they can check the bare skin under the tail. At birth that skin will be pink on a chestnut/ sorrel, but black on a bay.
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Gray is dominant over all other colors, though the foal is always born another color and turns gray. PHOTO BY HANNAH JOHLMAN.
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Their true colors start coming through when a foal sheds the hair around its muzzle and eyes, Covey says.
was registered and the papers weren’t corrected, or that it wasn’t correctly identified to begin with.
Sometimes breeders have questions about avoiding certain traits, like perlino, cremello or blue eyes. It’s difficult to answer those questions with certainty, but the more information she has, the more accurate answer Covey can provide.
When making an application for registration, include as much information as possible. “For example, if you bred your palomino mare to a red roan stallion and get a palomino roan foal, put that on the application—that the base color is palomino—but in your description state that it carries the roan gene. Sometimes when people fill out the application, they might put palomino on the front, but on the back where it states horse color, I tell them to put palomino roan, since it is possible for that foal to be a palomino roan. When they send photos, I might not see the roan because this is a diluted color,” says Covey.
However, if you’re working strictly from the papers, it’s always a possibility that the horse changed color after it
“When you get your registration certificate, check to make sure everything is correct. I’ve had many members register their horse as a blue roan and then the horse turned gray, and they forget to correct it,” she says.
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If a horse changes colors after it’s registered, it’s important to get the papers corrected so they’re accurate. It’s cheaper to register a foal before it’s 7 months old, but the owner may not know the true color at that point. AQHA allows free changes to a foal’s registration for 12 months following the foaling date or six months following the registration date, whichever is later. After that, modifications to the papers, such as a color change, costs $15. It’s easy to confuse colors, and if you don’t know the fine points that distinguish a dark chestnut and a bay, or a gray and a roan, it could result in an unexpected color down the line.
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In cases where the breeder is trying to achieve a specific color, color testing is helpful. “Some members test their horses and offspring, especially if they are breeding for a certain color such as blue roan,” Covey said. “They may test their mares and certain stallions so they can make sure they are actually breeding blue roan to blue roan, and can have an offspring that is blue roan.” Color tests vary from $25 to $125 or more, depending on what you want to find out.
The difference in color can come down to the color on a horse’s ears, so AQHA offers free help to accurately determine a horse’s color. “This can be confusing for the beginning breeder, so we tell people to contact us with any questions, or take photos to send us. Remember to keep the sunlight behind you when taking the photo. Time of day can also make a difference on the light, and what shade the horse might appear to be.”
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Curt Pate uses a common-sense approach to working with horses, allowing their thoughts to make his job easier and connection with them stronger. PHOTOS BY KATHY HIGGINS PHOTOGRAPHY
Five sure-fire ways to mess up a colt
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o one is exempt from making mistakes while working colts. Not even clinician Curt Pate, while working a gentle colt for the first time in front of an audience of aspiring horsemen at an expo. Pate shares this story to show how easy it is to make a mistake that sets a colt back in his training. It was the first day of three demonstrating “Starting the Young Horse-an introduction and where to start in the round pen” at the Western States Horse Expo in Sacramento, California. Pate pried his saddle from the
duffle bag where it rode from his home state of Montana to the expo in California. He swung it on the fence, and entered the pen to begin his demonstration, eager to get going as he was a little late starting the clinic. In his haste, he made a crucial mistake; he forgot to straighten the kinks in his fenders from its time in the duffle and adjust his cinches to fit the young paint. The soft-eyed paint colt was waiting patiently in the round pen. Pate gingerly swung the saddle on him, but the fiddling with cinches sparked a less-than-ideal situation. The colt jumped out from under the saddle, creating a fear that wasn’t originally there, setting the tone for work ahead— undoing a behavior he had just created.
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Pate explains that with intent and mindfulness, we can err less while starting young minds to be fine mounts. Here are five points Pate recommends avoiding while starting horses.
than a minute by Pate adjusting his cinches and straightening his stirrups. The colt ducked out from under the saddle that should have been cinched tight had Pate not rushed from running late.
1. Procrastinating or rushing
“I took my mind off the colt, and he took his mind off me,” he said. “Next time I will have to go through a lot more to get him saddled and that’s going to carry on right through to my first getting on him. When I swing a leg over, he’s going to be thinking about leaving.”
By failing to prepare his saddle to fit his horse, the work done with the colt prior to Pate working with him—the hours of groundwork, proper handling, and desensitizing just the right amount with a blanket—was lost in less
2. Using improper pressure Believe it or not, you can be too soft, and also too hard. Applying too much pressure, whether in the form of hands or legs, can create braces, a hard mouth, or dull sides, but applying too little pressure results in a horse not reaching back for your feel.
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“There’s a saying in the cattle industry that the only way to work cattle quickly is slowly, and I don’t fully agree with that. I would add that the only way to work cattle quickly is slowly until you figure out what kind of pressure they need,” Pate said. “Start with a little pressure and build it up until you feel what the colt’s pressure is.” A colt may run through given cues if not enough pressure is used and develop further habits that could become fairly dangerous if not enough feel and pressure is applied at the start.
3. Shutting down a crow hop
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This may sound counter-intuitive, but hang tight, figuratively. Ride that crow hop out. A crow hop, by Pate’s definition, is not the same action as bucking, and
Making the mistake of not getting his cinches the proper size, Curt Pate swung his saddle up on this colt, then fiddled with it to get everything fitting properly. This delay in cinching resulted in the colt jumping out from under the saddle, creating a bigger issue when Pate first got on.
Using the proper pressure, not too light or too heavy, gives the horse and opportunity to feel the rider and respond to what is being asked. If a rider is too light and doesn’t have enough contact, the horse fails to learn to respond to requests, and if a rider is too heavy a colt becomes dull and irritated.
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Curt Pate does less groundwork than he used to and does more of his groundwork on the colt’s back. Colts can easily start to escape through their shoulders too much on the ground, whereas on a horse’s back, those small habits can be prevented from forming.
by shutting down crow hopping, you’re also preventing that forward motion. “I used to stop a horse and bend them in a circle, now I don’t. I ride them through it; if you stop the horse, they never go through what’s troubling them,” Pate said. A crow-hopping horse can be recognized by his positioning; his front feet will be in front of his chest, often
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pretty straight and stiff, and his hind legs will be traveling at a faster rate than his fronts. There also won’t be much country covered. A bucking horse is often signified by his front end dropping and more effort by the colt. “If his front end is dropping, I might shut that down. I might want to do something about that,” Pate said. “Colt starting is such an important thing; you’ve got to be a good rider to start a colt or else you’ll take the potential in the future out of him.” Most folks can ride through a colt’s crow hopping if it’s a true crow hop and not a buck.
4. Working excessively from the ground It is mighty easy to get a horse to escape out through his shoulder when working them from the ground, a habit, Pate said, that takes a whole bunch of time to fix from their backs. Consider that while lunging a horse around you, and you are driving him from behind with your lead rope and guiding his head with pressure on the halter, there is nothing to keep the shoulder from leaking to the outside. “I like to get them good enough from the ground, then get on and do my groundwork from their back,” Pate said. “I used to do more groundwork than I do now, but it’s real easy to get them to run through their shoulder which makes it difficult for them to ride straight.”
5. Thinking too much “That sounds strange, but when you start to think too much, by the time you make the decision, the decision is wrong because you’ve acted too late,” Pate said. He encourages deep thinking with horses who await a cue, but when starting a colt, their thoughts and mannerisms can change so quickly that focusing your mind on one small portion can result in missing many other changes in the horse that have flown right by. Pate encourages instead to “go with your gut. You may make a decision to do something that fit the horse a minute ago, so you lay a leg into them, and they’ve thought about bucking. Now you’ve asked them to buck.”
If you’re unable to be a more proactive decision-maker while riding colts, a more seasoned horse may be a better starting point. “I like people to think,” Pate said, “but you’ve got to do it at the right time.” Curt Pate has been conducting demonstrations and clinics on stockmanship, colt starting, horsemanship and safety for several decades nationally and internationally. His principles encourage working and handling livestock sympathetically which, in turn, increases productivity and profit opportunities for producers. He calls Ryegate, Montana, home, and a small grazing operation continually awaits his return from clinics and demonstrations. To learn more, visit curtpatestockmanship.com
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hen Charles Licking was ready to move from his rented farm down by Sumner, Nebraska to his homestead in the Sandhills South of Seneca, Nebraska in 1909, the whole family had to wait for the draft mare to foal. After she did, they set out, the mare, colt and the
stud trailing along behind the wagon. The descendants of those draft horses still run the hills and are used by the family over a hundred years later. The few remaining mares of that bloodline were getting old, so in 2014 they found a stud a stud and bred two old mares. The spring of 2015 came and both mares foaled. The one grew and flourished. The other one was only seen once, the pasture was searched but the colt’s body was never found, apparently cleaned up by coyotes. Again the mares were bred. The dry mare had a beautiful sorrel filly on Father’s Day 2016. Both were kept in the corral for observation. Tuesday morning the foal was weak and by the time they got her to the vet, she had died. They talked about the case with the veterinarians – the mare had plenty of milk and the foal had been healthy. The mare was rebred and blood test done on the both the mare and the stud to rule out possible causes, such as the Rh factor and other blood disorders. Tests came back normal, so in 2017, the moment the mare foaled, both were loaded up and hauled to Stockman’s Vet Clinic in North Platte, Nebraska. The foal was tested and the mare’s milk checked for a possible reaction to the colostrum. Rolland Kramer, DVM, gave the foal IV fluids and antibiotics and sent them home. The pair were closely watched and the foal thrived.
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Apparently the problem causing the previous foals to die was Clostridium enterotoxemia, or “over-eating disease.” The bacteria lives in the soil and can surface more often in foals with mothers who are very heavy milkers, as the more milk a foal has to digest, the higher the possibility of toxic gut bacteria developing.
dehydration, depression, abdominal distention and, often, rapid death. Intensive medical treatment is usually necessary to save the foal. Treatment may include IVs, antibiotic therapy, and oral dose of Clostridium perfringens type C and D antitoxin or plasma among other intravenous medications.
Clostridium perfringens is a bacterial organism that can be fatal to young foals. The affected foals appear healthy at birth, nurse and pass meconium, but within about 36 hours the disease will cause severe abdominal pain or colic, foul smelling and often bloody diarrhea,
According to a paper “Clostridium Enterotoxemia in Foals” published by Colorado State University, Equine Reproduction Laboratory, written by Patrick M. McCue, DVM, PhD, Diplomate American College of Theriogenologists, “Clostridium perfringens Types A and C have the potential to cause a medical condition called enterocolitis in neonatal foals… Type A is commonly found in the environment of horse farms, whereas Type C is less commonly isolated. Stock-horses, including Quarter Horses, have the highest risk of development of Clostridium perfringens enterocolitis in neonatal foals. Other risk factors associated with an increased risk include current and historical presence of other species of livestock on the premises, presence of a floor type in the foaling area that is difficult to clean (i.e. dirt, sand or gravel), and high milk production by the mare.”
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Kramer said, “Diagnosing Clostridium in foals is very rare. Most often a foal dies and the cause is never diagnosed. Once a foal develops diarrhea it is often too late. The Licking foal was the first one I’ve ever been able to treat.” Kramer was intrigued by the problem and has been researching possible treatments. He has connections with the HagyardDavidson-McGee Equine Medical Institute, which has been developing a vaccine for Clostridium in foals. The vaccine comes in two doses that are given
to the mare in the ninth and tenth month of pregnancy. In subsequent years only one dose is needed as long as no doses are missed. This vaccine is an isolate, or autogenous, which is a killed vaccine that has to be approved by the state veterinarian before it can be used, since the vaccine doesn’t have a commercial license. Kramer and the vaccine manufacturer both had to submit forms and information to the Nebraska State Veterinarian who approved the use in the Licking mare for the 2018 breeding season. Both shots have been administered and they are waiting for the foal’s birth.
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MAJORING IN HORSES
University of Montana Western offers natural horsemanship degree ABOVE: Instructor Eric Hoffman works with student Karin Zehm from California in the natural horsemanship program at the University of Montana Western. PHOTO BY SAUL MASTANDREA.
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he equine studies department at UMW is the only university in the United States to offer a bachelor’s degree in natural horsemanship with options in equine management, psychology, science, business and instruction. The courses taught in the equine studies department combine real-world experience with the knowledge of working with a horse’s mind.
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Natural horsemanship instructor Eric Hoffman works with students in the natural horsemanship program at UMW. PHOTO PROVIDED BY UMW.
The program averages about 30 new students per year, with 100 total in the program. More than 70 percent come from outside of Montana.
teach the La Cense method in our classes, which entails methods or techniques in accomplishing our goals with our horses.�
Eric Hoffmann is going on his tenth year as the head horsemanship instructor responsible for overseeing the horsemanship classes in the natural horsemanship degree. He teaches the equine instruction classes and all colt starting courses at UMW, as well as managing the Montana Center for Horsemanship, where the natural horsemanship program calls home.
The website for La Cense Montana, the 88,000-acre working cattle ranch where students put their skills into practice explains the La Cense method:
Hoffmann explains, “To me, natural horsemanship is working with your horse more on a mental side of things by getting that animal to accomplish a job or task in a more willing manner. We use and
Learning natural horsemanship through the La Cense Method was inspired by natural horsemanship masters such as Tom Dorrance, Ray Hunt, and Ronnie Willis. Taking a positive and respectful approach, our trainers gradually build trust, and free the horses to be confident in all they are asked to perform.
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La Cense trainers work to develop instinctive communication and high-level confidence between horse and human, both in the saddle and on the ground. We advance a ‘roadmap’ to mastery of the physical, mental and emotional connections that form the basis of natural horsemanship. By replicating the instinctive language horses use to communicate with each other and to teach their young, La Cense trainers establish an amazingly effective method of communication. We believe horses raised in harmony with their true nature make the best riding companions.
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La Cense Montana is the counterpart to a horse training facility in France, started by entrepreneur William Kriegel. According to www.lacense.com, “A French entrepreneur, William Kriegel spends some of his time in the US, where he develops large-scale industrial projects in the electricity production sector. In 2000, he bought a ranch in Montana, where he raises black Angus cattle under the ‘Natural Ranching’ label and uses the La Cense Method to train horses. The ranch hosts French students from the Ecole la Cense. Alongside the University of Montana Western, William Kriegel
initiated the creation of the first Bachelor of Science in Natural Horsemanship in the USA and created a foundation dedicated to communicating knowledge about training horses.” Students learn foundational and refinement of horsemanship skills and techniques. “When they graduate, our students will be able to problem solve a solution into finding the answer they need not only in regard to horse-related tasks, but towards life,” Hoffmann says. “They are learning a life skill that will help them in the real world.”
Admission to the program goes beyond simply applying to the college. According to the UMW website, in addition to meeting the admission requirements for UMW, prospective students are evaluated by a committee that decides admission based on a combination of academic ability, horsemanship experience, natural horsemanship experience (if any), and student desire for participation in the program. Students must have their own horses for some of the classes, and the horses are boarded at the Montana Center for Horsemanship.
Montana Center for Horsemanship, home to the natural horsemanship program at UMW. PHOTO BY SHELLY KING.
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In the sales-prep class, students work with young horses donated to the program. Those horses are then shown and sold during the Montana Western’s Colt Challenge and Sale, which is slated for March 29-30, 2019. The sale average in 2018 was $4,800. “For the sales prep class our colts that we get come from donors in and out of state,” Hoffman says. “Our donors have been producing and using their horses for years. The criteria for the colts that are donated are that they are raised on the ranch and that they have ranch/ cowhorse bloodlines.” Senior Camas Neville from Idaho grew up on a ranch and has never lost her passion for horses. The 20-year-old is majoring in natural horsemanship with the business option and a minor in instruction. Although she grew up in the saddle, the natural horsemanship training has made her appreciate the nuances of horse training.
“Natural horsemanship is the best way to be able to understand the horse better and make them think it’s more their idea than our idea. It makes the horse more willing and cooperative,” she says. She has brought her own horses to the school as well as worked with donated horses. “The first year I took the natural horsemanship class I was awarded the most improved that year, and that was a great honor,” she says. She has enjoyed the sales prep class where the horse has never been handled before the students start them. “We take them over to La Cense to ride on cows, and by the time we are done with them, you can rope on them and really do a lot with them.” Neville says training horses is a career goal and she is currently doing an internship in Idaho. She will also be heading to the La Cense facility in France in the fall to expand her horsemanship knowledge. “I want to build a good, safe horse that you can rodeo on or do cow work on. I want to promote horses and horse training in a positive way.”
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When she started school, she thought she was handy and knew her way around horses, “but with this course, there is a whole new definition of the word ‘broke.’ I’ve learned so much about horses and how their minds and bodies work, and how I can make something the horse’s idea.” “With horses, you have to keep an open mind and be willing to keep growing and improve yourself as an individual,” she says.
Eric Hoffman has been the head instructor in the natural horsemanship program and managed the Montana Center for Horsemanship for 10 years. PHOTO BY SAUL MASTANDREA.
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erry Greear was ready for a change, and it just so happened that the change included her horses.
The Spearfish, S.D. woman’s youngest child graduated from high school, and Greear was looking for a challenge, something to do to stave off mental apathy, something she had to work towards. That’s when she stumbled across endurance riding. Endurance rides are anywhere from 25 to 100 miles long, taking place in different places around the country, on BLM land, at state and national parks, and providing the opportunity for horse and rider to show their stamina and capacity for endurance while enjoying the company of their mounts and other riders. It’s not a speed race; it’s endurance. Along the route, horses and riders take mandatory stops, in which a veterinarian assesses the horse’s heart rate. As soon as the horse’s heart rate falls to 60 beats per minute, a mandatory rest (usually an hour), starts and the rider and horse must wait before getting back on the trail.
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Kerry Greear and Hawk come into the Robinson Flat during the Tevis Cup, the nation’s most renowned endurance ride, held in California each year. Kerry Greear rides Hawk at a Grand Canyon ride, covering 250 miles in five days, with Hawk winning fastest overall horse.
Kerry Greear loves the bond she has with not only her fellow riders but with her horse. Endurance riding requires the rider to be able to know their horse very well. Kerry Greear loves endurance rides for what it teaches her to do: be in tune with her horse. Winning first is not her goal; she strives to finish and still have something in her horse’s “tank”, if he were to continue.
It’s a combination of knowing how to care for a horse and care for yourself as riders do the endurance rides, Greear said. Endurance riders monitor their horses’ every step, every move, making sure they have what they need and during the mandatory rest to feed and water them and to check for any other problems like tack that might cause a sore. “You (try to) keep the water and feed going,” Greear said, “and keep them moving so they can pump their blood. The key is to not take everything out of their gas tank at the beginning.” It may sound difficult to keep a horse going for an endurance ride, but it doesn’t have to be, Greear said. She gives her horses electrolytes and monitors their recovery. “You have to know your horse. Horses recover pretty quickly when you slow them down a bit. Electrolytes are important, especially with heat or humidity.” She’ll stop and let her horses eat a few bites on the trail. She monitors their heart rate, trying to keep their BPM at 160 or 180, even while cantering. Pacing a horse is also important. Bryan Lutter, an endurance rider from Piedmont, S.D., ran his first race with a Quarter Horse, not the typical breed for endurance rides. “If you over-ride your TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS
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horse, if you’re a wild man who doesn’t worry about his horse, you’re going to get disqualified. The stethoscope doesn’t lie. If you come in too hot and it takes too long to get the heart beat down, you’re done.” During the mandatory rest, it’s the “fastest hour imaginable,” Lutter said. Riders feed and water horses, give them electrolytes, sponge and massage them, and take a bit of time for themselves to eat and drink. Taking care of the rider is nearly as important as taking care of the horse. Greear eats oranges and high-protein snacks like cheese sticks and protein bars. Drinking
water and electrolytes is as important for the humans as for the horse, and staying cool on hot rides is also important. Greear takes a cooling scarf that she dips into water tanks. “Keep something in your stomach,” she said. “Products that give you a quick burst of energy but are easy on the stomach” are good.”
She remembers her very first endurance ride. Considering only her mount, she took exceptional care of her horse but not herself. At the finish line, after finishing in eighth place on a fifty-mile ride, officials encouraged her to show her horse for best conditioning. She couldn’t. “I told them, ‘I’d love to, but I can’t,’ and I threw up azy anch on the vet’s boots.” 59th annuaL QuaRteR hoRSe PRoduction SaLe The conditioning contest is a Saturday, August 18, 2018 • 6:00 PM (MDT) second competition that takes Bowman Auction Market place after the ride. If a horse Bowman, North Dakota comes through the race in excepThe Home of: Reined Cow Horse Winners • Snaffle Bit and Versatility tional shape internally (with a low Winners • World Series of Team Roping and Worldshow heart rate) and externally (with no Qualifiers • Outcross Genetics Pedigrees including Roan Bar, The Flying Saint, Docs Malbec, nicks, cuts or scrapes) that horse Jessie Tivio, and Grays Starlight can be entered in the conditioning Selling broke horses and outstanding ranch and contest. The conditioning contest arena prospects from our 2018 foal crop recognizes the endurance and BLue RoanS • Red RoanS • Bay RoanS strength of the horse. BLackS • BuckSkinS • dunS
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Knowing your horse is crucial, and pacing is important, too. Lutter concentrates on every single hoof-fall and slight change of breathing in his mount, always assessing it. “Do I slow down, do I take advantage of the flat before there is a steep descent? ‘How are you feeling, buddy?’ is a question I am constantly asking my horse.” Gauging your mount and the ride is part of it. “You have to know every single step of your horse, to be efficient, so you don’t burn through your horse.” Anything to make the ride easier for horse and rider is considered, including tack. Greear’s first ride was with her trail ride
saddle, a 35 lb. saddle with a horn, which worked well. As she has advanced in the sport, she uses another saddle designed for endurance rides. Its fenders are light and flexible. Saddle pads are made with Velcro so they can be moved to fit a horse better. Endurance ride saddles weigh from one to fifteen pounds, and are sometimes made of biothane (a polyester coated webbing that makes it more durable and waterproof), instead of leather, so they can be cleaned easily and aren’t damaged when water is thrown on a horse to cool it down.
Endurance riding is just that: endurance. It isn’t always easy, but it is conquerable, Greear said. “I’ve had horrible sores and kept riding for three more days, even though I would just about cry. But you figure out how to deal with it and how to get your mind off it and you just go. It’s called endurance for a reason. If you’re going to quit because you’re cold or you’re a little sick to your stomach, then maybe you’re not cut out for it. The only time I would consider quitting is if my horse was injured.”
Riding from 25 to 50 miles carries special hazards for the rider as well. The rider must feel good or he or she won’t endure. Greear makes sure she is balanced in the saddle and uses Vaseline on any part of her or the horse that might rub: between tack and the horse, on the inseams of her pants or bra straps. Lutter wears slick UnderArmor shorts under his jeans so the seams don’t rub.
The most common breeds for endurance rides are the Arabians and the Morgans. Greear started riding with a Morab (a Morgan-Arabian cross), and Lutter ran his first race on a Quarter Horse. But Greear encourages anyone who is interested to try their horse, if they think it has a capacity for endurance. “What I have found is most people don’t realize how good their horses are. They don’t understand what their horses
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are capable of. People are always amazed, when their horse does a fifty” mile ride. Ranchers shouldn’t discount their horses from endurance riding. “I tell people who check fences and pastures with horses, they’re long trotting and cantering their horses twenty-five, thirty miles a day anyway,” Greear said. “There’s no reason those horses can’t do a fifty and do very well. If a horse has an attitude that he likes being on the trail, likes to see what’s coming up next, if he eats and drinks and if the rider takes good care of him, any breed can do this.” Greear stresses that endurance riders come from a wide variety of backgrounds and places. “I see the $150,000 rigs show up but also the two-horse bumper hitch pulled by an old half-ton pickup,” she said. “Some people live in very fancy living quarter trailers while others pitch a tent. The people who don’t have the money invested in niceties often do better than the others. I see people who have spent $10,000 on a horse, and those riding a rescue or a horse they paid less than $1,000 for. I see mules, stout part-draft horses and thin, sleek Arabians and thoroughbreds. They all have their place. This is not a typical sport where people look the same.” 68
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Lutter loves being in the wide-open and seeing what’s over the next hill. Endurance rides “are in beautiful places, not on section lines,” he said. For Lutter, endurance rides are a glimpse into the past. “To me, (the ride) is the posse. As a kid, I watched every old western I could, read every Louis L’Amour book I could get my hands on. When your horse is pulling back, you realize how hard it was for an outlaw to outride a posse, because his horse wanted to ride with the other horses.” Lutter plans on running the Ft. Meade Remount Endurance Ride at Sturgis, S.D. August 18-19 in Seventh Cavalry Regiment clothing and saddle. He loves the Cavalry and the Indian war era. “I have a tremendous respect” for the time era, he said. He knows he can’t carry the guns and sword that a cavalry soldier would have carried. The uniform consists of wool pants and a jacket, knee-high boots, and a black hat with 7th Cavalry insignia and gold band. He’ll use his Cavalry canteen as well. Winning first isn’t the most important thing for Greear. The American Endurance Ride Conference, the national governing body for endurance riding, has a motto: to finish is to win. For Greear, it’s about doing the best she can with her horse, on that day. She
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strives for her horse to finish and be fit enough to be able to continue the ride, if it were longer. Endurance rides are held all over the nation and range in length from intro level to 100 miles, one day to multiple day events. The pinnacle endurance ride is the Tevis Cup, a one-day 100 mile ride held this year in July in California. Greear has competed in the Tevis Cup a year after beginning the sport, in 2005. She loves the friendships she’s made with other endurance riders, but the bond she has with her horse is special. “I’ve learned a lot about horses. You sort through things and figure things out. I’ve learned a lot more about how to keep my horse going, year after year. I’ve learned the importance of the team concept with my horse, and I know when something isn’t right. Other people say, he looks great, but I know something isn’t quite right. There’s so much joy and satisfaction when you finish a ride. You know you’ve worked as a team.” Greear is the vice-president of the Mountain Region for the AERC. More information about endurance riding can be found at www.aerc.org.
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Bryan Lutter did his first endurance ride in 2017 with Conk, a Quarter Horse from the John and Cherri Knippling Ranch at Gann Valley, S.D. This is his account.
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ast weekend AERC had a two day Endurance Race at Fort Meade/Sturgis area. The race stretched into Black Hills National forest. About 90 horses competed over the weekend between the 25 and the 50 mile races each day. Nearly all of the participants were from out-of-state and several from Europe. Lots of Arabs and Morgans but not a single Quarter Horse. Conk, my Quarter Horse and I elected to run in their 25-mile event on Sunday (opting out of the 50 miler until we understood the sport better). No conditioning the previous couple weeks. My expectations were minimal. The 25 mile race was broke into two separate loops of about 13 and 12 miles respectively. There were three vet checks, where they go over every square inch of the horses. Once at the beginning, once after first loop, and then again after the final Loop. The start time for the 25 miler was 7 a.m. Conk is a very competitive runner and it was too much of a hassle to hold him back from the leaders so I let him run near the front. Eventually the crowd thinned to just three of us. At the end of this loop
the other two riders began to really slow down and actually got off and led their mounts before heading in for our vet check. The reason they did so is because the clock does not stop on your first loop until your horse’s pulse rate falls below 64 beats per minute. I expected to be late getting clocked out. Just for curiosity I had him checked before I pulled his saddle off or even gotten him water. To everyone’s shock except Conk’s, his heart rate was already sub-60. We pulsed-down at 8:50 a.m. So it took us an hour and 50 minutes to go about 12.5 miles. Not terrible, but I knew he had left some time on the table. There is a mandatory one-hour hold period that starts when you pulse-down. So the start time for my second loop was 9:50 a.m. There was a small lady right behind me. Her name was Adrienne. She and her husband raise and train endurance horses in Wisconsin. They were working their way west to deliver her horse to a breeder in California, doing endurance races along the way. She won the first day’s 25 miler by forever and her husband won the 50 mile. They breed Morabs, a Morgan/Arab cross.
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Adrienne knew both loops well, because she ran it the previous day. She knew which water tanks to stop and and which ones to blow past. A smart strategy is to ride past water until the last tank before the grueling mountain pass, which has no water. There was incredible elevation change on this second loop. Because I was in the lead, I had to open gates for the riders to follow. I felt really good about my pace, but I was killing too much time at the wrong tanks and worrying too much about where the trail markers were. Adrienne was fairly close at the apex of a mountain we climbed, and I needed advice on getting down without getting a rock bruise. A rock bruise is instant disqualification, even if it doesn’t slow down the horse. Conk was stalling and her horse was pushing to catch us. Horses like to stick close. I stopped and waited for Adrienne and she gave me lots of little tips on how to cover ground safely. With another horse running with us, Conk was right back to pushing for more speed. It became a function of holding him back. Once we got out of the rock, we performed a slow lope (about 18 mph) every chance we had until we got back to camp. We covered the second loop
in under an hour, which is flat screaming. Now it came down to which horse dropped its heart rate the fastest, the pro’s Arab, or my Quarter Horse. We pulled tack and sponged them down with cold water. There were two vets with their stethoscopes hooked to electronic monitors. The craziest part of this was that whenever her horse looked at my horse, his heart rate would spike. There were about 20 people standing there, wondering how the Quarter Horse would fare. Conk pulsed down below 64 very quickly. The vets swapped horses and double checked. We had won. Adrienne and her husband were so happy for Conk! They are amazing people who taught me a LOT. They immediately high-fived me and took pics of Conk. Somebody said his pulse fell at a rate that was close to some record. Who knows. All I know was I couldn’t hold back the tears. Me and that boy been through a lot and I was so overjoyed that we finally found a sport for him that he really likes. Conk is afraid of cows and is too high strung to do arena events. I have tried them all without luck. Turns out his thing is just having a big heart.
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BY SAVANNA SIMMONS
There’s an app for that, and I don’t mean Appaloosa
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through the app stores and found an app fitting many needs for equine enthusiasts and horsemen, from vet care to boarding and training businesses to riders out on the trails.
Some of the applications are free, others have a fee, but they all offer horse owners a better handle on what’s happening with their equine counterparts.
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With a phone readily at our fingertips, we can easily keep track of our horses’ health, training, records, and more through multitudes of applications.
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Horse Side Vet Guide $4.99 APP DESCRIPTION: Do you have questions about your horse’s health? Search for answers in HSVG, a massive and constantly growing database of equine health info - conveniently available to you “horse side”. HSVG was created by Doug Thal DVM DABVP, a lifelong horseman & veterinarian that has practiced exclusively equine veterinary medicine for over 20 years and is board-certified in equine practice. HSVG provides helpful information about equine health from the moment you notice a problem with your horse - My Observation. It contains practical advice, suggested skills, and questions to discuss with your vet. HSVG is of value in an emergency and non-emergency, and it helps you distinguish between the two. HSVG also contains dozens of high quality instructional videos and other media designed to enable you to become an active participant in ensuring your horse’s good health. However, HSVG is not structured as a simple decision tree that takes you down a singular path based on your input. It is not a substitute for your local equine veterinarian. It does not, and cannot, anticipate and address all the subtle variations and unique circumstances associated with your horse’s health. That is your veterinarian’s job.
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SAVANNA’s thoughts: It seems to never fail, horses are more likely to be injured Sunday afternoon, when the vet bill is exponentially more than on a Tuesday morning. At times, sound advice is all a horse owner needs to decide whether they need to haul their horse in to the vet or could perhaps get by without the vet bill or even hold off another day. The creators of Horse Side Vet Guide advises that horse owners not rely fully on the app to get them through an extreme situation; however, the app could be handy for many people, including 4-H or FFA leaders and agriculture teachers, horse trainers, especially those giving lessons, and curious minds who would like to know more about how equines operate. The app allows users to search observations and match them to possible vet diagnostics, diagnoses, and treatments. Quick references and a classroom section offers users the chance to continually learn more about anatomy, including skeletal and muscular systems.
Equilab, free APP DESCRIPTION: The horse and pony app for equestrian horseback riders that automatically tracks your horse movements. Manage your stable, horses, pony and co-riders, all in one place! Log all your horse exercises, equestrian results, and feedback from your horse trainer. Create an equestrian schedule and horse diary of your horseback riding. Follow your fellow riders and keep track on horses from equestrian competitions, and equipe. Equilab is used by tens of thousands of horseback riders from all disciplines, including dressage, show jumping, eventing, Icelandic ride, and distance. Get valuable insights about your horse training that can be used to optimize your riding results. Make an optimal feed ration and forge equestrian exercises for a sustainable horse development.
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SAVANNA’s thoughts: Equilab is intriguing for one main
reason: it allows users to see the type of work and consistencies while training and exercising horses. It compares right to left ratios as well as time spent within each gait. I’m not sure how accurate it is completely, based on testing of my own, however, I think it’s in the ball park and gives a rider a general idea of how balanced, or not, they may be. Isabelle Behnke has used the app for her paint horse while trail riding. “I’ve just used it to track where I ride and for how long,” she said. “It’s nice because after the ride you can make notes about where you went to, how your horse performed, and other stuff.”
in control, using the natural rhythms of you and the horse. If Ride With Me detects no movement over a period of time, a warning will sound. If you’re okay, one button silences the alarm. If you don’t respond to the warning, then Ride With Me will send a text message to a select group of emergency contacts of your choice. The message includes your GPS coordinates and lets them know that Ride With Me hasn’t detected any movement.
SAVANNA’s thoughts: Ride With Me, offered by SmartPak, the same company that offers innovative feed methods, has a clever app idea. The app is fairly new, so the company needs to work out a few kinks within the app, but I think if users stick with them, there’s large benefit to gain with this app.
Ride With Me, by SmartPak free
Ride With Me uses the phone’s GPS to notify a select few friends and family of the rider if the app detects no movement. For those who ride alone, this can offer peace of mind for the rider’s loved ones and greater confidence for the rider.
APP DESCRIPTION: Ride with me is a horseback riding safety app that gives you peace of mind when riding. Many horseback riding accidents happen when no one is around. If you fall and can’t call for help yourself, Ride With Me is designed to alert your emergency contacts.
The app doesn’t currently work outside of cell service because even if it monitored the riding and falling, emergency contacts couldn’t be notified through texts or email. Ride With Me also seems to be unreliable within a building or arena, which could hopefully be worked through in the future.
When you start your ride with Ride With Me, the app monitors your movement to know that you’re
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You can back up your Horse Keeper data or share it with other Horse Keeper users. To export, simply hit the backup button on the Horses tab, and select the recipient’s email address.
Horse Keeper $2.99 APP DESCRIPTION: How much does my horse weigh? When is her next farrier appointment? When was her last Coggins test? Horse Keeper is designed to make your horse keeping chores manageable and fun. If you own horses, you know how challenging it can be to keep track of all your horses’ needs.
SAVANNA’s thoughts: This app could be very fitting to someone who needs to stay abreast of several horses, through a breeding program or boarding situation, for instance, as well as keeping an eye on the consistencies of an old horse that needs to keep weight on or an overweight pony. Much like CarFax for vehicles, Horse Keeper could be mighty handy for someone who rotates through and sells a horse or two each year to pass along vet information by easily emailing the information straight through the app to a potential buyer. Horse Keeper users could also pass along their horse’s health history to a vet.
Keeping tack of the many care details of your horses is what Horse Keeper is all about. Here is just a sampling of the tracking utility Horse Keeper provides:
The PonyApp, free with optional upgrades and features
Create a fully descriptive entry for each of your horses, including picture, health history, parentage, breed, height, weight, and many other details. The health history page lets you enter professional services such as vaccination, farrier, vital statistics and dentist appointments, and will even remind you when the next service is due.
PonyApp makes managing your horses and businesses a breeze. Whether you’re a rider of a single horse or own a stable with dozens of horses, PonyApp allows you to stay connected and stay organized!
When you weigh your horse (weight calculator included) you can enter dietary notes for each weigh entry. The weigh entries are then sorted in chronological order so you can track weight changes over time.
Create rich profiles for your horses, or search to see if the horses you’re looking for is already on PonyApp. Multiple people and businesses can have access to the same horse, so everyone is always on the same page.
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eam roping is not exactly known lengthy days and nights at home. to the pickup and they would head for as a popular spectator sport; the However, after much encouragement, home! She watched as he loaded his most positive statistic is that it’s she finally relented, packing lunch, horse, but rather than come to her aid, good for a concession stand. It has been diaper bag, extra clothing, and riding he hopped into his pickup and out the BY HEATHER HAMILTON-MAUDE FOR TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS found that more people visit the food along to the roping in White River, gate he went, heading home without his Perhaps the heatafter of thea afternoon which 16 had miles from home. booth at aJuly rodeo while the man or the animal few of these One late or August dayteam yearsroping ago, but whowas hasonly always a strong flight ver- family. or the exhaustion from a long day is on than any an other ad it100262628-01 experiences. my brother and during I were sent hourevent. south I sus fight mentality hang on he sun, Besides, was– if a you nicecan summer day, arena,gathering or the disappointment don’t mean sound demeaning the will up his horseofand of our place totoget the bulls out ofofour youmonths to safetycooped with him, youwas can- in theAfter andtake after up, ifshe losing his dally on unplanned that last rununsaddling made sport,heifers. as I know are probably completing the yearling Asthere in years previous,more we not, that is a personal problem for you. ready for a break. After arriving at the him forgetI that he had not come alone involved in geldings, team roping than rodeo process, began to wonder how long it werecowboys prepared with our enough I also knew that of our two horses, his grounds, she had no problem day. take Fortunately, the committeeman any other event, andto it also involves both was would me to get three bulls sorted hands-down faster, out and blankets my heart that semi-heavy duty panels convert the twofinding an area the to spread turning the lights out lived just a few and women of all you ages, making penmen corral into something could loadit leaped my throat and a into few toys and allatinthe thethought shade ofof out and into the less-than-ideal corral by miles from her andwith offered the to quite popular to many folks. myself. I turned theher twoand horses a bull out of, and the necessary trailer to him being dragged andones me seemed not being the bleachers. The little to children a ride home. see much of the problem solved for me. haul the whole works home. able to do a thing about it, as, simultaneI have learned through hands-on enjoy the picnic lunch she had brought There was my the arcWe arrived, set up, that cinched up and gained As soon as brother, hubby walking arrived in home, along the and situation all was going well,momentum including research, however, many team ously, ing circle horseout hadtomade, picking headed to find the itspring-fed creek in their the with old his Dobbin pasture, and up the impressive husband’s speed. roping. Although there turned ropers difficult to coerce dark and house, it nothorse muchburst of an pieces ofa his tack. In asilent curious, bellering, intoaudience, a run inthere a na- entered middle of half the 600-acre pasture of rolling better to accompany them to these wasHis on him what he hadcircle done.around As were manyand contestants she was It could be due the fact that no-second, thankfullyand a dazed and dawned slobbering and dust-infused hills,ropings. bad cross fences andtoexceptional hurried pickup heifers, to drive acting back as beginning to think the roundto hehim it we canrented. last for As many roper mad Kyle stayed behind oninitial the ground were to ourhisyearling grass we hours eased and intothe a slow, town to retrieve he was for wouldasnever end. As did luckawould have arcit, into tends to lose track time or remember ground-covering trot, of visiting away about watch his gelding beautiful yearlings do. While his thisfamily, did nothing theI immediately headlights ofsaw thethe kindly hercircle husband thethe short round and whether he was when he arrived, his with mood, humor backmade toward barn, which we met which water hole thealone bunch was most like- ing and his precious by this the shade was no longer in the company a spouse or other were ly at,orI looked over and of noticed something onlytime a couple hundred yards away neighbor in the situation, and thecargo. three bulls they available, were tired, and members. for instance, had right to the corral odd.family My brother and Take his saddle were be- a from. It wasthe ankids impressive sightdirty considerYesgraciously folks, thisbrought is a true story. It has fussy, and she was beginning to question couple of friends who ranch in Mellette for us. ginning to slip. ing he was nearly breaking a land speed been quite a few years since that fateful her ownwith sanity for not hanging staying home. County, Dakota. It only took astill fewpartakes minutes in to an corral I beganSouth to say, “Kyle, your saddle is record, a saddle from the day. The husband and pull bulls that year, causing slipping…,” when halfway through the back cinch between his back legs. Pieces I A few hours after the sun had gone occasional team roping, but as far asmuch It seems that several years had passed of tack behind and aswere each know teasing unique thought and a fraction of the way through the regarding missus hasmy yet brother’s to accompany the two olderhim, children since the missus had accompanied her down, rained way of improving our average time for the husband words everything and he team un- landed in the As grass my brother’s color him. sound asleep. she held the fussy baby to one ofgave his way numerous ceremoniously slammed into the uparms, another the task. The saddle required quite a bit in her she notch. saw her husband finally roping events. The reason forground. her lack went more time to repair, only to be sent back I wisely left on my his ticked We of would later learn hisbeen off-side cinch the cinch horseoff andbrother head interest could have the fact that loosen strap had rotted through, quite suddenand went to remove what I expected to to the saddle maker 364 days later for a she had three children under the age of for the trailer. Halleluja! He would soon only a back cinchthe from his horse – you complete rebuild following another bull ly, from mywas vantage point. This spending caused be help her transport sleeping children five and more comfortable an immediate reaction in his horse, Otis, learn when to offer assistance to the hu- incident… who had no idea what the heck was going, This is one of the blog posts from our working horse blog, Cavvy Savvy. You can find it at www.cavvysavvy.com. Follow the Cavvy Savvy of Facebook at www.facebook.com/cavvysavvy. 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August 10
Fetterman Remount Invitational Horse Sale, Douglas, WY
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Copper Spring Ranch Performance Horse Sale, Bozeman, MT
15-18 Wyoming State Fair, Douglas, WY 16-26 Central States Fair, Rapid City, SD
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XL Angus Ranch Female Sale, Casper, WY
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WYO Quarter Horse Sale, Thermopolis, WY
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League of Legends Invitational Quarter Horse Sale at Heart K Ranch, Livingston, MT
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Raymond Sutton Ranch 67th Annual Quarter Horse Production Sale, Gettysburg, SD
12-14 National Red Angus Convention, Watertown, SD 13
Marcy Cattle Co. Sale, Gordon, NE
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Fulton Ranch Quarter Horses Sale, Valentine, NE
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Lazy JS Quarter Horse Sale, Bowman, ND
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Breeders Dynasty Performance Horse Sale at Webb Ranch, Isabel, SD
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Myer Performance Horse Prospect Sale, Spearfish, SD
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Blaine Krogman Family Quarter Horses & Paints Annual Production Sale, Winner Livestock, Winner, SD
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Weber & Company Performance Horse Sale, Valentine, NE
20-21 Newell Ram Show & Sale, Newell, SD
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RQHBA Quarter Horse Sale, Belle Fourche, SD
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Hawks Hereford Dispersal sale, Faith Livestock, Faith, SD
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Hinman Angus Female Sale, Malta, MT
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Churchill Cattle Co. Female Sale, Manhattan, MT
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Ehlke Herefords Production Sale, Townsend, MT
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Faith Livestock Catalog Horse Sale, Faith, SD
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Kimball Livestock LLC, 1st Annual Cataloged Horse Sale, Kimball, SD
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Hoffman Ranch Female Sale, at the ranch, Thedford, NE
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Mohnen Angus Female Sale, at the ranch, White Lake, SD
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Meyer, Lopez, Lauing Quarter Horse Sale, Faith, SD
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Powder River Quarter Horse Sale, Broadus, MT
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Louie Krogman Family Horse Sale, Valentine Livestock, Valentine, NE
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Pitzer Ranch Quarter Horse Sale, Erickson, NE
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Open Box Rafter, Jim & Joni Hunt, Quarter Horse Sale, Rapid City, SD
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Frenchman Quarter Horse sale in conjunction with Open Box Rafter Ranch, Rapid City, SD
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13-15 ND Stockmen’s Assn. Banquet, Bismarck, ND 14
Dakota Breeders Quarter Horse Sale, Mobridge, SD
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Weaver Ranch Quarter Horse Sale, Great Falls, MT
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Sugar Bars Quarter Horse Sale, Sheridan, WY
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Ponca Creek Angus Dispersal Sale, Bonesteel, SD
18-20 MT Angus Tour, Havre MT area.
27-29 SD Stockgrowers Convention & Tradeshow, Rapid City, SD 28-30 Hermanson/Kist Horse Sale, Kist Livestock, Mandan, ND 29
Ruza Quarter Horses Fall Extravaganza Horse Sale, Rapid City, SD
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Green Mountain Angus Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Rygate, MT
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Redland Angus Bull Sale, Buffalo, WY
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Connealy Angus Fall Bull Sale, at the ranch, Whitman, NE
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Black Hills Horse Expo, Rapid City, SD
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R-Math Angus Bull Sale, Glasgow, MT
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Jamison Ranch Performance Horse and Weanling Sale, Quinter, KS
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Vermilion Angus Ranch sale, Billings, MT
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Rice Ranches Annual Production Sale, Harrison, MT
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Ox Bow Angus Female Sale, Wolf Creek, MT
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Coleman Angus & Trexler Ranch Female Sale, Charlo, MT
Stevenson's Diamond Dot Angus bull sale, at the ranch, Hobson, MT
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Split Diamond/Malek Angus Female Sale, Whitehall, MT
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Stevenson Angus Ranch bull sale, at the ranch, Hobson, MT
12-13 Krebs Ranch Cow Herd Dispersal, Gordon, NE
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Mohican West Polled Hereford Sale, Laurel, MT
14-15 Farmers & Ranchers Livestock Fall Classic Catalog Horse Sale & Futurity, Salinas, KS
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Beef Country Genetics Bull Sale, at Midland Bull Test facility, Columbus, MT
13-20 NILE Livestock Show, Bilings MT
28-30 SD Cattlemen’s Assn. Convention, Pierre, SD
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The Berry's Hereford Bull Sale, Cheyenne, WY
15-16 Kalona Draft Horse and Carriage Sale, Kalona, IA
Jamison Herefords Female Production Sale, at the ranch, Quinter, KS
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Pine Coulee Angus Sale, Billings, MT
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Stars of Montana Female Sale, Billings, MT
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J & L Livestock Montana Angus Female Bonanza, PAYS Livestock, Billings, MT
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Strang Herefords Sale, Meeker, CO
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Currant Creek Angus Bull Sale, Roundup, MT
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Pieper Red Angus Fall Production Sale, Hay Springs, NE
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Lonesome River Ranch Sale, Anselmo, NE
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Pyramid Beef Angus & Hereford Sale, St. Onge, SD
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Sonstegard Red Angus, Montevideo, MN
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TK Angus Bull Sale, Valentine, NE
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Indreland Angus Bull Sale, Big Timber, MT
November 1
5 L Red Angus Profit Seeker Bull and Female Sale, Sheridan, MT
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Big Sky Elite Red Angus, Logan, MT
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Campbell Red Angus Commercial Bred Heifer Sale, Mobridge Livestock, Mobridge, SD
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Sitz Angus Sale, Harrison, MT
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KG Angus Bull Sale, Three Forks, MT
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Heart K Ranch Production sale, at the ranch, Lewistown, MT
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Evans Cattle Co. Red Angus Sale, Cozad, NE
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Bieber Fever XIII, at the ranch, Leola, SD
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Diamond D Angus Sale, Valier, MT
Hunt Creek Angus Bull and Replacement Heifer sale, Miles City, MT
9-10 Sinclair Cattle Co. Sale, Buffalo, WY
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Cross Diamond Cattle Co. Red Angus Sale, Bertrand, NE
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Laubach Red Angus Sale, Big Timber, MT
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Shipwheel Cattle Co. Sale, Chinook, MT
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Wyoming Angus Assn. Select Female Sale, Casper, WY
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Gaugler Angus Sale, Judith Gap, MT
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Mytty Angus Ranch Bull Sale, Stevensville, MT
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Largent and Sons Herefords Desert Mart Bull Sale, at the ranch, Kaycee, WY
Sitz Influence Commercial Replacement Female Sale, Dillon, MT
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Carr Angus Sale, Lewistown, MT
15
Montana Ranch Bull and Female Sale, Columbus, MT
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Lazy J Bar Red Angus Sale , Aberdeen, SD
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TR chickS LOvE caSh 2016 Gelding by TR Illumniator Cash DTf TimE TRavELER 2016 Stallion by Dash Ta Fame (si 113 baRSacROSSThEbRiDGE 2016 Mare by Woodbridge (a full-brother to TR Dashing Badger and a Pro Rodeo and 1D money earner) and out of a daughter of Chicks A Blazin (si 107 $28,814 LTE). Consigned by the Thomas Ranch of Harrold, South Dakota. PIF Future Fortunes.
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$290,812 LTE) out of Moon Light Martha, the 2005 Ft Smith Futurity Champion with $88,251 in barrel racing earnings. Dash Ta Fame has barrel progeny earners of $20,291,538. Consigned by Bob and Darian Burt of West Jordan, Utah.
(race progeny earners of $1,960,000) out of Nic Bar Avenges by Dr Nick Bar, sire of 2014 World Champion Barrel Horse Flos Heiress and an EquiStat Top 10 All-time leading Barrel Horse Sire. PIF Future Fortunes and PESI.
e are honored to join some of the top breeders in the country bringing a select group of horses to the Copper Spring Ranch sale this year. Please look them over, ask questions and enjoy your time with us in Bozeman! And starting in 2019 Copper Spring Ranch Sale Graduates will be eligible for the CSR $5000 Futurity Bonus, which will be added to our Open 2D Futurity, May 31–June 1.
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2 Year Olds Offered at cOpper spring ranch august 11 in BOzeman, mOntana
pEachy anD JUicy 2016 Mare by Blazin Jetolena out of
SX Frenchmans Peach (2-time futurity winner, fastest qualilfying time at Ft Smith, derby and rodeo winner). Her sire has $190,000 LTE barrel racing earnings and was named 2003 top barrel horse in the nation. PIF Future Fortunes.
hESa LUcky chaRm 2016 Gelding by Furyofthewind
(AQHA Champion Sire of Brace For Bernal) out of French Gold Charm, who is a futurity money earner of $15,000 and won Reserve World Title in Superhorse circuit, 2009 and 2010. PIF Future Fortunes, PESI, Triple Crown 100.
ThE finaL JUDGEmEnT 2016 Gelding by all-time leading barrel sire Dash Ta Fame (si 113 $290,812 LTE, barrel racing earners of $20+ milllion) out of Judge Me Rapid by Judge Cash (si 110 $115,936 LTE, race earners $1+ million and barrel racing earners of $1.3+ million).
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Cartel (si 93) whose sire is Corona Cartel (si 97 with progeny earners of $54.5+ million) out of Rimes Behind Bars by Rime (si 102 $104,848 LTE). Consigned by Zach & Amber West of New Underwood, South Dakota.
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fLaminG fREnch famE 2016 Mare by Ur One Famous
Rebel out of a Frenchmans Guy/Flaming Jet/Flit Bar mare. Ur One Famous Rebel made the short go every futurity he was entered in and has $42,000 EquiStat earnings. Consigned by Breck and Jana Bean of Fort Hancock, Texas.
DTf anGEL facE 2016 Mare by Dash Ta Fame (si 113 $290,812 LTE) out of Injun Rose who is by Invisible Injun (si 118 $173,092 LTE). All-time leading barrel sire Dash Ta Fame has barrel earners of $20,291,538. Consigned by Bob and Darian Burt of West Jordan, Utah.
opper Spring Ranch is based in the Northern Rocky Mountains of Gallatin County, and has modern indoor and outdoor arenas, two covered stall barns and state-of-the-art RV hookups for our guests. We are located at 601 South Pine Butte Road, Bozeman, Montana 59718. HOSt HOtel iN BelGRADe Front Desk 406/388-7100 HOSt HOtel iN BOzeMAN Front Desk 406/587-5261
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43rd Annual
QH PRODUCTION SALE Saturday, September 1, 2018 • 1:30pm MDT Faith Livestock Commission Co. • Faith, South Dakota
of the Bob & Karen Meyer horses:
Stallions • Mares • Foals To view the Meyer horses, go to: ad 100259630-01
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Sale will also include Performance bred Foals and Saddle horses.
Sires represented: Colonel Frenchman, SNW Northern Frost (Sells), Dare To Be French, Frosted Sunman (Sells), Paddys Best Whiskey, Star Struck Dun It (Sells) and Frenchmans Joaker
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Also consignments from: Glen & Janet Long Archie Hulm Skyler Hulm Ross Potter Lane Lamphere Kurt Holt 96
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