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Table of Contents Trainer Spotlight ..............................p. 6
Winter water....................................p. 43
Frenchmans Guy: Black Hills Gold.....................................................p. 10
Winter care of older horses.......p. 48
By Nicole Michaels
S Ranch Legacy..............................p. 14 By Bailee Murnion
Durbin Creek Ranch.....................p. 18 By Nicole Michaels
Blueberry .........................................p. 22
STUD HORSE PROVIDES PART OF THE SOLUTION AS NFR TRAINER FACES OPEN HEART SURGERY By Nicole Michaels
Rooting for Rootie.........................p. 26 By Carrie Stadheim
Big hearts..........................................p. 32
By Heather Smith Thomas By Heather Smith Thomas
Get a grip..........................................p. 54 By Laura Nelson
Veterinarian relies on alternative methods for treating moon blindness...........................................p. 57 By Amanda Radke
Keep it clean....................................p. 60 By Carrie Stadheim
Riding with Buck Brannaman............................p. 64 By Jenn Zeller
By Maria Tussing
One Smooth Ride..........................p. 38 By Bailee Murnion
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TRAINER SPOTLIGHT
Shadd Parkinson
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hadd Parkinson has always been a horse guy.
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He started out in the walk/trot and the lead line classes.
“Her name was Playgirl Clay by Freckles Shadd’s wife McKenzie, daughter of cutting Playboy, I ended up winning the AQHYA in horse trainer Al Dunning is an AQHA world cowhorse in 1997 and reining in 1998.” champion cutter and his 4-year-old daughter Gracie enjoys riding her pony Trail Mix. A Later, Shadd was showing a newer horse baby girl will join the family this spring. who was “acting naughty” at a Montana show, when he learned that the trainer in the stall next to him had trained the mare, Dempseys Fritzy Lady. Sheldon Soderberg of Red Deer, Alberta, and Shadd became fast friends, and the Montana kid began to spend time in the summer riding with the experienced trainer.
He remembers competing in horsemanship, pleasure, English riding competitions and much more.
Morgan Lybbert, Todd Crawford and Don Murphy were later mentors in the young trainer’s life.
Shadd vividly recalls the first time he saw a reining competition. “I told my mom I wanted to do that. She said I had to do good in the other events so I practiced hard and did well.” Shadd’s folks ponied up and got him a reining horse when he was 14 or 15.
Shadd showed as an amateur for a year, then went to work for trainer John Slack of Scottsdale, Arizona, as the Parkinson family had moved to Prescott, Arizona by this time.
Growing up in the Missoula, Montana, area, Shadd was riding and competing in horse shows at a young age. His father taught him the basics about horses and riding. A good horsewoman down the road helped tweak his foundational skills.
The horse turned out to be much more then he bargained for. Not only was she successful in the reining pen, with Shadd at the helm but she turned out to be a skilled cowhorse too.
Career Highlights
By 2001, Shadd was training on his own and now enjoys training horses for roping, reining, cutting and cowhorse competitions at his own Bella Vista ranch near Scottsdale. The working cowhorse discipline is his favorite.
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Frenchmans Guy BLACK HILLS GOLD
Famous palomino Frenchmans Guy anchors Myers breeding program By Nicole Michaels
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hen Frenchmans Guy has a blond moment, he forgets how to lose.
The leading living sire for the last decade with $8 million in offspring winnings is still standing at stud in St. Onge, South Dakota, along with his own son, A Smooth Guy. The palomino horse started his career as a competitive arena athlete on the barrel futurity, derby, PRCA and amateur rodeo circuits. He was sired by all-around performance stallion Sun Frost and backed by the heralded Casey’s Ladylove mare family. Futurity, 4D, and rodeo are still seeing a lot of his golden moments, and they start with Myers Training stables in the Black Hills. His best colts will have the stallion’s long, free stride, his speed, good mind, and all of his heart and try. Owners Deb and Bill Myers are top breeders of arena performance and rodeo champions. They are highly successful, named top breeders by Future Fortunes for 2014 and remain busy industry leaders in breeding, training, and sales. This time of year, A Smooth Guy is being ridden in roping by Bill Myers at a second home in Arizona, and Frenchmans Guy is sizing up his band of mares that run in a pasture down hill from his comfortable paddock in St. Onge. Ranch manager Loriann Linder says the 27-year-old stud acts like a much younger horse.
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Frenchmans Guy
“He doesn’t know his age,” Linder says. “But he does seem to know The Myers have been working with horses for four decades, getting when someone is coming to see him. He loves to have his picture their start in the racing industry. taken.” Before they purchased Frenchmans Guy they had always owned With so many years in the spotlight, it’s not hard to imagine the horses with his maternal bloodlines . They found those horses excelled. horse knows how to show off. Today they stay busy with an embryo program, shipped semen sales Offspring from stallions at the Myers Ranch will be eligible for fu- matched to qualified mares, private treaty sales and a production sale turities and breeder incentive programs and should perform well in all every other year. disciplines, but are perhaps best known for barrel and rodeo sports. Frozen semen will make it possible to breed a mare to Frenchmans Going into the 2014 National Finals Rodeo, Guys Six Pack To Guy after he has passed away, but as he ages, the supply of semen will Go was number eight in the world in barrel racing, with more than likely taper off. $93,000 in winnings ridden by Christine Laughlin and owned by Kath“I tell people if you want to breed to him, you need to get ahold of us leen Collier. Steer wrestler Bray Armes had already won over $69,000 now and get your mare qualified,” Linder says. on French Wonder, making the horse number six in the world. The fee to breed to Frenchmans Guy is $6,000, but his offspring have Over the border in Canada, Vegaspeed finished the year with almost been known to average three of four times his stud fee in winnings. $38,000 in earnings, number two in the Canadian Finals Rodeo in Other studs start their breeding at $1,500. barrels. A Smooth Guy, a 2005 buckskin stallion, passes on his conformation, movement, and mind more consistently than any stallion they 12 • TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS • STALLION SHOWCASE • 2015
have ever owned, say the Myers. He is out of the mare Docs Movida, producer of many barrel futurity champions. His first offspring are all 100 percent money earners, but there is only a handful of them, Linder says. A standout is the 2013 Future Fortunes Open Freshman Sire Champion. A third stud at the facility, Cowboy’s Cartel, a 2007 brown stallion that goes back to Dash for Cash, is described as a “cowboy’s” race horse. His first two crops netted $2.8 million.
A Smooth Guy
Striking sorrel Hot Colours is deceased, but his semen is still available. He sired race and barrel winners in excess of $2.7 million. Born in 1988, he ran mostly at Ruidoso Downs, beating some well-known horses in stakes and allowance races. The Myers feel they have a band of mares that complements their stallions and keeps the breeding program moving forward. They look for a foundation of good bone, straight legs, substance, and good minds with plenty of run and cow. There are no particular bloodlines that they favor. Complacency is not a word they live by, always pushing towards the next goal.
Cowboys Cartel
Sons Chad, Billy, Brandon and Brady are part of the business and have been all along. The Myers started out breaking colts and race prospects in Fort Pierre, South Dakota. They spent eight years in the racing industry, training Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds. That experience taught them the importance of conformation, heart and breeding As the family grew, racing got left behind but they continued to break colts, put more handle on arena horses, train rope and barrel horses. They have seen the horse market specialize and barrel horse bloodlines come into their own. Bids of $30,000 are commonplace at their production sale of two year olds, a sale that’s been going strong for 15 years. It’s one time that offspring of Frenchmans Guy are offered to the public.
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Legacy
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By Bailee Murnion
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outh of Billings, Montana lies the rough terrain encompassed by Big Horn County. The Pryor Mountains sprawl across the picturesque Montana landscape where one of the largest ranches in the United States operates. The true American cowboy heritage is thriving on the familyowned S Ranch. Established over sixty years ago, the S Ranch operates on 200,000+ acres between Pryor and St. Xavier where they run a 5,000 head cow/calf operation. The
Scott family’s primary business is their commercial herd of Black Angus cattle, however their legacy of breeding and using American Quarter Horses has gained them recognition worldwide. The S Ranch is a “cowboy outfit,” where horses are depended upon for accomplishing the work needed in running a large cattle operation. All of the ranch work is done on ranch-raised horses. What makes the S Ranch horses unique is that they are used and proven
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on the ranch before they are considered for breeding. Nearly every broodmare was once used as a ranch horse or arena performance horse before she proved herself worthy to produce foals. Over the years, Scott horses have achieved success in all areas of competition. S Ranch foals have proven themselves as cutting horses, working cow horses, reining horses, barrel racing horses, rope horses and ranch horses. The Scotts are best known for two of their prominent sires that left a lasting legacy
on AQHA performance bloodlines: Doc O Dynamite and Paddys Irish Whiskey. In 2007, the S Ranch was awarded the AQHA Best Remuda Award, an award that honors American Quarter Horse ranches that continue the traditions of the past.
SCOTTS’ HERITAGE
The S Ranch’s roots in raising cattle and horses dates back to the 1800s, when the Scotts, who were of English and Welsh decent, were some of the original settlers in Texas. The Montana division of the S Ranch was founded in 1948 by John R. Scott, Jr. The Texas native, who was an accomplished roper, had a passion for ranching and raising horses. The 25 year old cowboy was looking to run cattle in Montana, hoping to leave droughtinflicted Texas. While competing at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo, young Scott heard about the grass that was stirrup deep and the water that ran for miles in the Big Sky country. He decided to travel to Montana and see the country for himself. John was enthused with the captivating scenery and satisfactory ranching conditions. It was then John decided Montana was where he wanted to plant his roots. John’s father and brothers agreed to partner on three ranches in Eastern Montana, along the Powder River. John then shipped 800 head of cattle and 25 head of horses from south Texas to the rugged territory of Montana by train and the S Ranch was established. It was there John raised his family, built up his cow herd and started breeding Quarter Horses. When John Scott retired and returned to the Texas ranch, his son, Jim Bode Scott took over the reins of the Montana operation, along with his family, who still operate the ranch today. Jim, along with his wife, Marcie, daughters Sarah Scott-Verhelst (husband, KC and daughters Paisley and Quill); Hannah Scott and son, Bode Caleb Scott continue the legacy of the S Ranch.
THE S RANCH HORSES
John Scott had an appreciation for a good ranch horse. He strived to breed a horse with ample athleticism and adequate cow sense. “Horses were number one in my dad’s life,” said John’s son, Jim. “My dad was a cowboy. He was out riding ‘em before he started breeding ‘em.” John did not base his breeding program on registration papers alone,
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The S Ranch is a “cowboy outfit,” where horses are depended upon for accomplishing the work needed in running a large cattle operation. instead he selected his breeding stock from riding, training and competing on the horses he was breeding and raising. John’s goal was to breed the best of the best mares to the best studs. The remuda on the Scott ranch traced back to the old foundation bloodlines of the King Ranch, including Peppy and Old Sorrel. The ranch’s breeding program began in 1925 when John Scott Sr. purchased ten daughters of Hickory Bill which would supply the West Texas remuda, as well as the Montana ranches. Over the years, John Scott Jr. selected top sires for his mares including the Haythorn owned sire, Eddie 40. Scott believed that the Eddie 40 sired colts were some of their best, exhibiting the traits that every cowboy needed: a lot of cow, and a heart that wouldn’t quit. John continued raising horses while ranching in Montana, yet he was actively searching for another good herd sire. In 1980, John Scott purchased a bay yearling stud colt named Doc O Dynamite. Sired by the legendary Doc O Lena, Doc O Dynamite’s dam was the Gay Bar King daughter, Gay Bar Dixie. “My dad paid
$80,000 for Doc O Dynamite and we thought he was nuts,” laughed Jim. “That was an unheard-of amount of money for a rancher to pay for a yearling back in those days, but dad saw something special in that colt.” John’s intuition was right. The bay stud that is now deceased is an Equistat All Time Leading sire of performance horses. “Dynamite’s” siring accomplishments produced winners in every aspect of performance horse competition, with his offspring earning over $1 million. Dynamite also sired the horses that carried the Scott family to numerous accomplishments in the rodeo arena. “The Dynamites were just outstanding horses that could do anything,” recalled Jim. “They were easy to get along with, compared to the horses we had been riding.” Anyone that rodeoed in the Montana circuit in the 80s and 90s could recall the amazing mare named Docs Fine Sis that carried Jim to a Montana Circuit Calf Roping championship and two Montana Circuit Calf Roping Horse of the Year titles. The Doc O
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Dynamite daughter they called “Sissy” was getting her start in the cutting pen as a two year old at the Texas ranch when Jim was visiting and first saw the mare in action. “She was something special,” recalled Jim. “She was just a natural. Dad thought about selling her but she got over looked because she was a mare.” During her training in Texas, a stud accidently got to Sissy and bred her. “We thought she was bred so dad stopped her training and turned her out in the brush. When she came back in that spring she didn’t have a colt on her. I figured dad would start her back in the cutting pen but instead he gave her to me,” explained Jim. And the rest is history. Jim rode Sissy to numerous PRCA championships in calf roping during their career together. Sissy was still at the top of her game when injuries forced her to retire at 18 years old. Unfortunately the mare never produced any offspring. “She was too good to breed,” said Jim. “She was my main horse, so I couldn’t give her a year off to carry a foal.” Keeping the success of Scott raised Doc O Dynamite calf roping horses in the family, Jim’s son; Caleb has also won the Montana Circuit Horse of the Year honors on his gelding, Time For Dynamite. Doc O Dynamite’s
most well-known barrel racing son was Easy Does It Doc that carried Rachael Myllymaki to numerous NFR qualifications and over $200,000 in barrel racing earnings. Doc O Dynamite passed his great siring capabilities on to his sons as well. “We feel that the best siring son of Dynamite is a stud named Doc O Montana,” said Sarah Verhelst. The bay stud owned by Jay Murnion has produced many great rope horses over the years. “We still haul four to six mares to Doc O Montana every year,” said Sarah. The Scotts’ legacy did not end with Doc O Dynamite. In 1992, John Scott purchased another bay stud prospect named Paddys Irish Whiskey. The Peppy San Badger sired bay stud was out of the National Cutting Horse Association Hall of Fame member Doc’s Starlight, who was a NCHA World Champion as well as a NCHA Finals Champion. Whiskey earned over $12,000 in NCHA earnings, while his offspring have won well over $1 million in earnings. “That was the magic cross,” said Jim. “We bred all of our Doc O Dynamite daughters to Paddys Irish Whiskey which resulted in some darn good horses.” Paddys Irish Whiskey never stood to outside mares during his time at the S Ranch. In 2000, Paddys Irish
Whiskey was the high seller at the S Ranch’s dispersal sale. The 6666’s ranch purchased the stallion for $560,000. Scotts retained breeding’s on Whiskey and still have his sons and daughters in their cavvy. Today, the S Ranch still strives to breed the using kind of Quarter Horses. The ranch runs between 200-250 horses, with about 20 broodmares. While they only have a handful of Doc O Dynamite daughters left in their broodmare string, the ranch is turning their focus to their newest herd sire, Picks Secret, a 6-yearold son of Sixes Pick out of a Special Leader daughter. “We had been looking for another herd sire for about two years,” said Sarah. “We liked this horse since he has the perfect mix of cow and run in his pedigree.” Picks Secret is earning his keep as a ranch horse but also has been hauled to the bright lights of the PBR events where Sarah’s husband, KC Verhelst ropes bulls on the stud. His first crop of foals will be two years olds in the spring. Over the past 60 years, the way in which work is done on the ranch has not changed much. The ranch has four to six full-time employees who assist with the cattle operation. Nearly every task on the ranch is done
Jim Bode Scott calf ropes at the PRCA rodeo in Wolf Point, Montana, on his mare, Sissy. Sissy is the kind of using horse the Scotts strive to breed.
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Corn’s role in beef’s future By Loretta Sorensen for Tri-State Livestock News While falling corn prices can’t hurt livestock owners, this is not your grandfather’s cattle market and lowered grain prices won’t have the same effect on today’s market that they would have even five years ago. Shrinking cow herds, high calf prices, a growing range of feed options and uncertainties of the politics surrounding beef production will all play a role in how beef production will move forward. Kansas State University Associate Professor of Economics, Glynn Tonsor, says eventual expansion of beef production is likely to be one change resulting from the lower prices. But it won’t happen overnight. “Given the biological lag, expectations are that pork
Lemmons says new legislation not likely in 2014 By Amanda Radke for Tri-State Livestock News The weather isn’t the only thing that’s cold these days. The farm bill has cooled to icy temperatures, and many farmers and ranchers are in limbo about how to plan their operations for the upcoming year without certainty of a safety net. Tim Lemmons, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Extension educator, presented an update on the farm bill at the 2013 AG-ceptional Women’s Conference in Norfolk, Neb, on Nov. 22. His comments answered some burning questions about the state of the farm bill and what producers need to know. “If there is no action on the farm bill, we will revert to the last permanent legislation; this is because of the Agriculture Adjustment Act of 1938 and 1949” Lemmons explained. “This would mean a loss of direct payments (DP) and counter-cyclical payments (CCP). Once commodity quotas go into place, the USDA Secretary of Agriculture decides how many acres of each crop are grown and dishes those out to the states to allocate to the farmers in direct payments. He also decides on a permanent price sup-
port for given crops either by loan, purchase or other operation.” Currently, the farm bill is in a two-year extension of the 2008 farm bill, until a Senate and House proposal can be passed for a new farm bill to be instated. “2014 is an election year, and very few decisions are made during an election year,” he added. “Currently, there is an existing price safety net through marketing loans and loan deficiency payments (ML/LDP), as well as DP and CCP. A trigger price occurs when the marketing year average for a particular commodity falls below a predetermined value. The marketing year for 2012 began on Sept. 1, 2012, and continued until Aug. 31, 2013. The marketing year for 2013 begins
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on Sept. 1, 2013, and continues to Aug. 31, 2014.” One thing to keep in mind is 84 percent of the farm bill goes to the nutrition bill; 7 percent to crop insurance; 4 perent to commodity; and 5 percent to conservation, Lemmons explained. “Currently, the 2014-2023 baseline for commodities is $58.8 billion; the House proposal (HR1947) will cut
Over a half million dollars from producers, auction barns, local businesses and concerned folks from one side of the country to the other will be added to pot to help ranchers blasted by storm “Atlas.” What started as a $35,000 gift from First Interstate Bank turned into $520,000 in support of relief efforts for ranchers affected by the early October storm that killed tens of thousands of head of cattle, sheep and horses across Western South Dakota and neighboring states.
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horseback. S Ranch horses run in the Pryor Mountains where they learn to survive the brutally cold Montana winters. The Scotts still sell a select few well-broke horses at private treaty off the ranch. “We start them as 2-yearolds, then turn them out until their 3-yearold year, ride them a little bit more and then they start earning their keep as hard working ranch horses when they are 4-year-olds,” explained Sarah. “Good withers and black feet is a requirement for our horses. The country that we ride in is so rough that a horse has
to have good black feet that won’t crack, and solid withers to withstand the riding that we put on them.” “Ranches such as S Ranch have contributed to our nation’s greatness and helped build the American Quarter Horse Association into what it is today,” said former AQHA executive director, Bill Brewer. The western heritage of ranching and raising good horses and black cattle in Montana will no doubt continue through the next generation of the Scott family.
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KIDS, COLTS, AND COMPETITIVE BLOODLINES KEEP DURBIN CREEK RANCH GOING STRONG By Nichole Michaels
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ot every stallion program has kids of all ages at the heart of it.
colts are tough and gentle enough to make kids horses.
But that’s the way things work at Durbin Creek Ranch Registered Quarter Horses, where family ties drive daily operations and that always means including the kids.
Junior stallions have a few colts on the ground and they show promise. DCR Speedy Fair or "'Speedy" is “Brownie’s son. Gila Drift was raised by John Balkenbush of the Sunshine Ranch in Conrad Montana, and the stud is prized for his cowiness, as is TKM Kusterwood.
Several families call the Thermopolis, Wyoming ranch home, and five studs anchor the breeding program. The Durbin Creek Ranch bull sale in February will feature the ranch’s first auction of a few started horses as the family business enters a new phase of production. Don’t let pretty fool you: These prospects come from tough stock, bred, raised, trained and ridden by folks who know what it means to get a job done horseback. “We are ranchers for a living,” says Hannah Agar, “So we look for a horse that is heavy boned enough to handle being used all day and athletic enough to perform in the arena as well.”
“Because we look for heavy bone and athleticism,” Hannah says, “the Driftwood bred horses have always stood out to us. War Concho is the line of Driftwood that we have chosen and they have worked fantastic for being able to travel the distances that we need a horse to go. By crossing them on Sun Frost horses we have found they are a wonderful performance horse as well.”
The closed breeding program features 25 broodmares and remains goal-oriented. In addition to the production sale, the couple has taken over hosting monthly team brandings at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds, events that help work and advertise their horses. “In the past we have sold horses through private treaty so we have sold horses of every age,” Hannah says. “This year we will be selling only started horses at auction, but in the future we may sell some younger horses including stallion and brood mare prospects.” Mares are pasture-bred, turned out on meadow or in the high country. Green pastures are surrounded by sandstone rims. Forest shades the herd at 8,000 feet.
Today’s ranch operations include a registered Hereford herd, a commercial red Angus herd, a feedlot, and a sister ranch in Oregon. Hannah and husband Jake, both Oregon natives, are the contacts for the horse program in Wyoming. Growing up where eastern Oregon meets the Idaho border on the breaks of Hells Canyon meant riding in terrain that is steep and sometimes rocky, and working through summers that are humid and hot. Says Hannah: “We came from just north of where most people consider buckaroo country. We don't really call ourselves one thing or another. We just try to get the job done and do it well.” Senior stallions are an own son of Sun Frost and one of the highest percentage War Concho horses alive today. PC Wades Frost or “Wade” sires colts that are classy and easy to work with. LZM Brown Conchos or "Brownie" is a line-bred War Concho stallion whose STALLION SHOWCASE • 2015 • TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS • 19
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There is work being done on corrals, and two paneled arenas may hold future events.
- our horses seem to do quite well as rope and barrel horses.”
Jake competed in rodeo in high school and Hannah has shown horses since the age of six.
Everyone rides, but Jake and Hannah, along with Bruce Agar, Jake’s father, usually doing the matching of studs to mares.
Bringing up the next generations is a focus, and competition doesn’t overshadow making a living at home. “Ranching must come first,” Hannah says, “and a ranch horse is what we strive to raise first and foremost, but we also hope to be competitive in our area showing our horses and we hope to continue to connect with other competitors. We do target the rodeo crowd
And everyone hopes they are building a legacy. “We love what we do,” Hannah says. “Spending time with our families and children and our horses and the ranching life is the greatest blessing we could ask for. We hope to share the love for this life with our children so they can have a future that is as blessed as ours is today.”
The Agar family works together to get the job done. Adults, l-r: Wyatt, Joey, Mary, Bruce, Jake, Hannah. Kids, l-r: Cooper, Taylor, Rylee, Tylee
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Jake teaches this son of PC Wades Frost how to track a steer.
Hannah runs a DCR Speedy Fair daughter, DCR Speedy Twist around the barrels. The “does it all” mare is a ranch horse that Hannah’s almost-2-year-old daughter can ride.
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BLUEBERRY
STUD HORSE PROVIDES PART OF THE SOLUTION AS NFR TRAINER RECOVERS FROM OPEN HEART SURGERY 22 • TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS • STALLION SHOWCASE • 2015
By Nicole Michaels
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ust north of the Red River in Grandfield, Oklahoma, somebody’s picking berries and they are a little bittersweet this year.
The stallion Blueberry—bred, raised, trained, and marketed by Miller Performance Horses—has colts on the ground and there’s some extra pressure in 2015 for them to sell and perform well. Marty Miller had open heart surgery Jan. 12. Since he rides, trains and shoes for a living, he is going to have to take some time off. This year’s colt sales will generate needed income for the family. Miller has trained six calf horses that made it to the National Finals Rodeo, all in the last seven years. That includes Fantaz Popular Resortfigure-- “Deputy”-- ridden by 12-time PRCA all-around champion Trevor Brazile. As for the Miller breeding program, which includes a half-brother to Brazile’s horse, it should put some nice barrel and roping prospects out there for purchase. While the name on his papers at AQHA is just “Blueberry,” some of the other names on his pedigree include Doc Bar, Poco Lena, Jet Deck and King. His offspring are substantial, level horses with good dispositions, says Marty’s partner and wife, Felicia Miller, a barrel racer and trainer. “Blueberry’s babies seem to all have his gentle disposition and have all been easy to break,” she says. His oldest offspring are coming three year olds, and there are more on the way. At two hours old, Blueberry followed Millers’ great-niece, Caydance Wilson around the barnyard. Then three years old, it was her birthday and she named him after her favorite My Little Pony character. Now 15 hands and 1,100 pounds, the sixyear-old horse has stayed gentle enough for anyone to ride but also has the makings of a champion. “When Blueberry was born,” Felicia says, “he had what his sire didn't: Speed. He did have everything else, including the best disposition and brain you could want in a horse.”
The Miller family makes their home on 113 acres in a patchwork quilt of green trees and red dirt farmland, in a network of rural roads just off US 70. They run a complete training facility with three barns. The Millers have risen to challenges before. Not only are they lifelong competitors – their blended family includes Marty’s daughter who was paralyzed in a car accident but leads a full life, including some riding, and a god child they adopted. The girl’s mother, a close friend of Felicia’s, died from cancer. When you make your home in the last settled territory in Oklahoma, in a community that has known the boom and bust of the oil industry, taking the good with the bad is just in your blood. The Millers met at the race track in high school, doing rodeo together through college. They both earned scholarships and went on to work in the horse industry. They each married other people and later divorced, and have now been married to each other for twelve years. Blueberry is their top stud for now, a good all-around type horse. “We run barrels, poles, head and rope calves on him. I use him to teach little kids to ride, and our daughter, who is a quadriplegic, can ride him.” The younger stallion, Rodeo Resort, a half brother to Brazile’s horse, has two colts on the ground that are sold, but more on the way. “We have big plans for this horse,” Miller says. Marty usually has a waiting list to train calf horses, and Felicia is a successful trainer in her own right, having sold her last good barrel horse for $100,000 after earning $50,000 in prize money off the horse. Blueberry’s stud fee is $750. Rodeo Resort can be booked for $1,000. Although the next few months things look a little uncertain, Felicia is keeping positive and shaking that blueberry bush. “It's gonna be all OK,” she says, with her Oklahoma drawl. “I have lots of Blueberry babies.”
Marty Miller’s Spotlight Horses Miller trained 2008 NFR Horse of the Year in tie down roping. Hickoryote Sue, also known as “Destiny,” was ridden by Matt Shiozawa, a cowboy from Chubbuck, Idaho. He is a two time reserve world champion. Shiozawa also competed on Miller-trained Loretta Flynn, or “Alotta.” His third Miller horse is Powder River Playgirl. Powder River Playgirl, also known as “Domino” is a half sister to Loretta Flynn. She is in foal to Blueberry. Fantaz Popular Resort or “Deputy” is owned and ridden by Trevor Brazile of Decatur, Texas. This is the Miller-trained horse that carried Brazile through all ten rounds of the 2013 NFR, earning $94,000 with a third place finish in calf roping and second in the average as well as the coveted allaround title. Popular Lil Lena, also known as “Squirrel” was ridden by Monty Lewis, a Hereford, Texas cowboy and a tiedown roping champion. This Miller horse is a full brother to Fantaz Popular Resort. Adam Gray, a Wichita Falls, Texas cowboy who finished sixth in the world in tie down roping in 2012, rode Millertrained horse Cletus, and in news reports says this is the horse that made him feel ready to rodeo.
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North Dakota woman riding a dark horse becomes first from her state to run in WNFR By Carrie Stadheim
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hen her dad came home with two colts, Britany (Fleck) Diaz picked the black one.
year and planned to take a colt-breaking class so she gladly accepted the small black filly as her own.
class at Dawson Community College in Glendive, Montana, where she spent her first two years after high school.
“My dad brought two colts home from the sale and he asked me which one I wanted. I picked Rootie because she was black and I love black horses,” she said.
While the two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo competitor from Solen, North Dakota, participated in youth rodeos and high school rodeo – even going as far as the National High School Finals Rodeo in barrels and poles two different times – she never believed she’d be the first North Dakota woman running the barrels at the super bowl of rodeo.
Then Diaz moved to Chadron, Nebraska, to finish her schooling, and brought energetic Rootie along, but the mare didn’t stay.
Mr. Fleck spent $800 on the filly. Together Diaz and Rootie have won nearly $400,000, just on the professional circuit and qualified twice for the Wrangler National Finals, ending the 2014 season fifth place in the world in barrel racing. Diaz said it has been 14 years since her dad traveled to a horse sale hosted by Glen Ullin, North Dakota, breeders Joann and the late Leslie Roth, and returned home with two weanlings. She was headed to college the next
“It is every little girl’s dream to make it to the NFR but it didn’t seem like it was realistically possible. I didn’t have the horse on that level. It takes a special horse and after a while on Rootie, I realized I had the horse, it’s a cool thing when you realize that.” Diaz said she stuck with her plan of breaking Rootie to ride as a part of her horse-training
“She was always kind of a handful so I sent her back home and we bred her. I didn’t have any intentions of running barrels on her, I was just playing around with her. She had a colt as a 4-year-old, as a 5-year-old, then I took her to back to Chadron,” she said. While she was competing in college rodeos on a mare named Annie, Diaz decided to try Rootie on the barrels. “She took to it really quick. I took her to some jackpots and she was outrunning my college mare.”
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Rootie runs hard under any conditions. Hard ground, mud and unusual arena sizes are no match for her tenacity.
The fact that the small black mare was good enough for the big leagues still hadn’t become a reality for Diaz. During the week she held down a communications coordinator position with Northland Financial, a bank in Bismarck. On the weekends she’d become a rodeo cowgirl again, running Rootie around the barrel pattern at local rodeos. But then something broke loose. And it was a four-legged fury. In 2008 Diaz won the all-around in the North Dakota Rodeo Association and the Northwest Ranch Cowboys Association. The pair took first place in barrels in the NDRA and were runners up in the NRCA. “That year I had a friend talk me into buying a pro permit (required to enter rodeos sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association), we filled our permit at North Platte, (Nebraska) right away,” she said. By winning $1,300 and filling her permit, Diaz was able to enter any professional rodeo. It was at this point Diaz “realized what she had” in Rootie. Diaz qualified for the Badlands Circuit Finals barrel racing after competing in only about half the circuit rodeos.
Card in hand, Diaz then entered some of the bigger winter rodeos with significant payouts. In 2009 she and Rootie captured the barrel racing and horse the of the year titles in the circuit. After some nudging from her friend and fellow barrel racer Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs, South Dakota, Diaz headed south, where winter rodeos are as common as iced-over water tanks in North Dakota in January. “Lisa encouraged me to go with her to Texas. I traveled with her part of that winter and it went better than I expected,” Diaz said. She’s thankful Lockhart recognized Rootie’s talent, and that she helped Diaz realize it as well. “She gave me the confidence I needed to go to the big winter rodeos,” Diaz said. She appreciated her superiors at the bank for their patience that season. “They gave me the go-ahead to try it. They knew it was something I’d always wanted to do.” “I was paying all of my own student loans, my own vehicles, my own rent,” Diaz said. Attempting to achieve top-15-in-the-worldstatus so she could compete at the WNFR just didn’t seem possible. But soon a fun part-time hobby became a profession and a passion. “I was able to quit
my job at the bank and have been fortunate enough to rodeo full time. I’ve been able to pay my bills with it,” she said. And then some. When the 10-day 2014 WNFR wrapped up Dec. 13, Diaz went home $51,643.62 richer. Her year-end earnings totaled $154,590.33. “This year was probably the best year we’ve had,” Diaz said. She and Rootie also made it to the WNFR in 2011, and ended the year number 14 in the world. In 2012 Rootie broke the arena record in Greeley, Colorado, the biggest fourth of July rodeo in that state – running a 16.94 in a “big pen,” according to Diaz. But this year Rootie seemed unstoppable. “Through the whole year, she made the short go in every rodeo I entered except one.” Diaz said her competition strategy has changed since the early days and she now enters only those rodeos where she and Rootie have won money. “She started this year off really strong, winning third in San Antonio. She did awesome in Houston, won the Colorado Versus the World in Denver, she did well in Omaha again, won a bunch of the big ones in Canada, she won Mitchell, South Dakota, Canby,
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Britany and her saddle-bronc-riding husband Isaac divide their time between North Dakota and Texas, while hitting the rodeos hard most of the year.
Oregon. She has just been awesome all year. She’s a very good horse. She tries hard every time.” Diaz points out the Rootie isn’t a filly anymore – she’ll be 15 this year. “I figure she’ll let me know when she’s ready (to retire).”
the remainder of the time. Diaz appreciates loves the mud. She’s just pretty consistent all the backing she’s received from her home the way around.” state. “It’s amazing how much support I have After realizing the special skills Rootie posfrom North Dakota.” sessed, Diaz did some research and learned Diaz said she’s training some younger that Dasher Dude – Rootie’s registered name horses but doesn’t know if she has another – shares a family tree with some other fast one as good as Rootie in her arsenal. “There and talented horses. “The stud she’s out of is are a lot of nice horses out there but it takes a running bred,” she explained of Rootie’s sire, great horse to make it in the rodeo world. It’s Texas High Dasher, a Dash for Cash grandson. a lot different than jackpotting on the week- Another daughter of Texas High Dasher won ends, they have to be able to adjust to different the Columbia River circuit barrel racing in the ground, constant hauling, I’m pretty fortunate past. “They are all really fast and nice horses,” that I’ve had one that got me that far.” she said, of Texas High Dasher’s offspring.
Because her husband is also a professional rodeo athlete, Diaz travels with him through the winter, then usually heads down the road by herself in the summer. Isaac Diaz, a saddle bronc rider, is able to fly to a number of rodeos through the summer while Britany and Rootie – traveling with a pickup and trailer – can’t hit as many. “We see each other during those months but we don’t really travel together. Rootie isn’t picky about arenas, and Diaz “Rootie is just a great horse. She is still a You have to look at it as a business thing,” she said she feels fortunate that her mare runs well handful. She’s tough and gritty, and that is explained. both inside and outside. “She’s consistent. She probably what makes her as good as she is.” The couple calls Texas home for about half the year, and they live way up in North Dakota
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im Hufford’s goal used to be to have one of the horses she’d bred make it to the National Finals Rodeo. Now, as a PRCA team roper is eyeing the 2015 NFR and riding one of her horses in the team roping, she finds she has to amend her goal. “I never specified that it had to be a barrel horse, but now I have to be more specific,” she says.
her first barrel horse after she returned to the well for me. I always enjoyed running mares family ranch in southeast Montana. With the because I thought they had so much heart.” guidance of Mary Ketchum, a barrel racer, Kim ran barrels until she got married in rancher, horse trainer and Montana Cowboy 1999, when she took a year off to help on the Hall of Fame inductee, Kim chose a mare. ranch and plan for the wedding. In 2001, Kim “Mary helped me with everything to do with and her husband, Chris, had their first son, horses. She told me ‘If you have a mare you al- who was born with health issues. In 2002 their ways have a future in the horse business,’ Kim second son was born, and he is autistic, so Barrel racing has been her passion since said. “That ended up working out extremely Kim wasn’t able to take her barrel horses down she left college at Arizona State. She bought the road anymore. 32 • TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS • STALLION SHOWCASE • 2015
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“That is how our breeding program began,” Kim said. “I am so thankful that Mary Ketchum had inspired me to run mares as opposed to geldings because then I was able to turn around and start using those mares for breeding and I didn’t have to get rid of my horses.” It didn’t take Kim long to figure out that her breeding program was a permanent business, so she was going to need a stud.
Their first stud purchase was Go Buck Jet, a 1995 buckskin tracing his roots back to Jet Deck and Senor Bill. He’s still part of the family, with his first crop of colts being eight years old now, and solid in the performance fields.
“As we continued on into the program I knew we needed to get some own sons of some big name stallions. That’s when we bought Orions Fame, an own son of Dash Ta Fame.”
As her brood mare band grew, Kim added Cash Treats Flame, a gray stallion, to her business. He is a grandson of Fire Water Flit, with Depth Charge and Dash for Cash also on his pedigree.
His first foals were born in 2014. “We’re extremely thrilled with them and have been fortunate to place them in some good homes throughout the U.S. I’m so looking forward to seeing what they get accomplished.”
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In 2014 another big event for Hufford me is finding the mares that people want colts Horses was the addition of Yellow Sonofabull, out of.” a palomino that is an own son of Bully Bullion “Pedigree is obviously very important. Pediand a Shesa French Flirt, an own daughter of gree doesn’t necessarily win barrel races, but it Frenchmans Guy. sells horses. I do have some mares in my pro“I was looking for a Bully Bullion mare and gram that don’t have much for pedigree, but I fell into this stud. I couldn’t be more excited they’re mares that I ran, or ran their moms and to have him in our program. I can hardly wait I know they’re exceptional mares.” for next season to see his babies,” Kim said. Her observation has been that the foals Those babies will be born in 2016. tend to pick up the disposition of the mares While Kim has carefully built her stallion more than the stallions because they spend program, she’s been equally attentive to her more time with the mares, so she pays close mares. “I think the most important thing for
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attention to the behavior of the mares she is considering buying. “I like horses that are fast, but I also like horses that are able to chase a cow and watch a cow and ride out in a pasture and move cattle. I think that’s something all horses should be able to do,” Kim said. Another important point for her is their footing. It doesn’t matter how fast a horse is if it stumbles in the arena. All of Kim’s horses run in the big country of southeast Montana, where they learn to
navigate hills with big rocks and deep creeks. “They just learn how to travel. They travel great in open country and are savvy in the arena. I think how they were raised and the exposure they have as baby colts is more important than bloodlines. I’d much rather ride a sure-footed horse that can stand up in any kind of ground than have to pick and choose which arenas to run in. It’s safer for the horse and the human.” Kim is always on the lookout for new mares to add to her program, with her main objective being to complement her studs’
bloodlines. “I’m always visiting with people about different crosses and what they think of them. There are definitely crosses that work and crosses that don’t.” On her brood mare wish list right now are own daughters of Frenchmans Guy and Dash Ta Fame, and a Dash for Perks mare. Though she has Dash Ta Fame blood in Orions Fame, she’d like a daughter to breed to Bully Bullion. For economic reasons she usually looks for mares that have finished their performance days, often because of an injury.
The family’s whole life doesn’t revolve around three barrels, though. Kim’s husband, Chris, owns a construction company that does dirtwork in the oil and gas fields in southeast Montana. Kim still works on the family ranch, raising cattle and crops. Their sons, Bryce, 13 and Nathan, 12 are both involved with horses in different ways. Bryce is roping now, so they’re starting to keep some rope horses in the program. Nathan, who is autistic, seems to have a different bond with the horses, she says. “It’s interesting
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to see the connection between him and the horses in our program.” She tells a story of Nathan making his way into the broodmare band, not necessarily the safest place because of the “bossiness” of the mares toward each other. “Those mares were so calm. He was petting their noses. It was a good experience for all of us to see him go through that.” Kim says her sons would be able to travel if she wanted to do that. With pastures full of mares and babies, though, she’s not considering that possibility.
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n the northwestern corner of South Dakota lives one of the toughest barrel racing mares in the country. Known for her grittiness and longevity, Jessica Routier’s “Smoothie” is a classic. Together, this dynamic duo captured wins during their early years dominating the Wisconsin High School Rodeo Association, to now leading an assault on
the professional rodeo circuit. The partnership of Routier and Smoothie has lasted 17 years and the 20-year-old Smoothie just keeps getting better with age.
to dominate year after year, showing no signs of slowing down in the near future. Though Smoothie might not have the head turning color or jaw dropping pedigree, her ability to run in any size of arena on ever-changing For most barrel horses going down the road ground conditions and Routier’s incredible at a professional level, 20 years old is "over jockeying skills, has made the pair one of the the hill." Someone forgot to mention that to toughest teams going down the road for the Smoothie, as the cow-bred mare continues
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"From day one, she knew how to run barrels," said Routier. "I never had to drill her or correct mistakes when I was first running her, she just always knew her job."
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last 17 years. Together, they have amassed over $200,000 in lifetime earnings, numerous National High School rodeo qualifications and state championships, three Great Plains regional barrel racing championships, two Great Plains all around championships, one National Intercollegiate Barrel Racing title, five qualifications to the Great Lakes Circuit Finals, six qualifications to the Badlands Circuit Finals, four qualifications to the Dodge National Circuit Finals, a circuit championship and numerous Horse of the Year honors. Well known clinician and horseman Ray Hunt once said, "A horse knows. They know when you know. But they also know when you don't know." Undeniably, Routier and Smoothie know each other better than most professional athletes know their teammates. "Smoothie has been with me through all of it. She's stuck with me through high school, college, marriage and three pregnancies," Routier said. When horse-crazy little girls fantasize about chasing their barrel racing dreams with their equine partner, they hope to have the perfect bond. That unbreakable bond that many hope for was formed between a 13-year-old pintsized brunette and a stocky, blaze-faced sorrel mare when their collaboration began.
Montfort, Wisconsin was home to Jessica (Mueller) Routier, where she grew up rodeoing and riding cutting horses, which her parents, Jon and Shelley Mueller, trained. She found success in almost every event in junior rodeo. However, a legacy was in the making when Shelley acquired a three-year-old double-bred Doc Bar mare named Especials Smoothie. Sired by the Doc Bar son, Especial and out of Docs Lil Smoothie, by Smooth Herman, Smoothie was originally sent to the Mueller family from a friend in Texas to resell. Jessica started riding Smoothie, who had approximately 30 days of training when they acquired her, and was competing on the mare within a year. "From day one, she knew how to run barrels," said Routier. "I never had to drill her or correct mistakes when I was first running her, she just always knew her job. I have never switched bits on her in all the years I ran her. She has always run in the same bridle." By the summer of Smoothie's four year old year Jessica was running poles and barrels on her, as well as using her in the breakaway roping. Smoothie made her first trip to the National High School Finals Rodeo in Springfield, Illinois where Jessica ran her in one round of the pole bending. Although
she qualified for the finals on a different horse, Smoothie rode along on the trip to experience the sights and sounds. "She started to get a potbelly that summer and as much as I rode her, she wouldn't lose any weight," Jessica recalled. "We wormed her repeatedly but she just kept gaining weight and we couldn't figure out why." In September, Smoothie surprised the Muellers when she foaled a sorrel stud colt that Jessica appropriately named "Special." "We had no idea that she was bred," Jessica laughed. Although Special's sire is unknown, he went on to serve as a backup horse to his infamous dam. Not to be out done by his mother, Special carried Jessica to qualifications in the NRCA and SDRA associations and also pulled checks at several pro rodeos. In 2001, Smoothie got the call to be Jessica's main mount. She won two high school state championships that summer and qualified for the National High School Finals in both pole bending and breakaway roping. Ironically, Smoothie and Jessica never qualified to the high school national finals in the barrel racing. "She didn't really shine in the barrels until my freshman year of college," Jessica said. And shine she did. The Black Hills of South Dakota drew the Wisconsin raised high school rodeo standout
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to accept a rodeo scholarship and attend National American University in Rapid City, where she majored in business. While rodeoing under the direction of NAU rodeo coach Glen Lammers, the pair would go on to win the Great Plains region barrel racing title in 2002, 2004 and 2005. Smoothie also helped Jessica capture two regional all around titles in 2002 and 2003 when she served double duty as Jessica's number one breakaway roping and barrel racing mount. It was in 2003 when Jessica's favorite memory and Smoothie's greatest accomplishment came in the form of a barrel racing championship at the College National Finals Rodeo. "She always shines in little indoor pens where the ground might be a little hard and the music might be a little loud," said Jessica. "The CNFR was her perfect setup." With a National Championship saddle in her trailer, Jessica and Smoothie set out on the rodeo road and began their professional rodeo career. "Winning the CNFR was one of my greatest memories on Smoothie, because after that we hit the road and went out west for the pro rodeos that summer," Jessica said. "Every friend I've ever had from every phase of my life knows Smoothie, because she's been with me through all of it."
replace her desire to be number one." Even with all of their accomplishments, Jessica said she does have her quirks. "She can be kind of naughty," Jessica laughed. "For the first five years that I rode her, I always tried to make her stand still when I got on her. I finally gave up, knowing that was a battle I was never going to win. She also has a tendency to bite my traveling partners unannounced!" Overlooking the few quirks that she has, Jessica believes that her heart and willingness have contributed to her longevity in the rodeo arena. "I still let her be a horse," Jessica said when explaining how she cares for Smoothie. "I never try to confine her to a stall, she's always in the pasture
grazing and I think that keeps her happy and still running strong at her age." Right now, Smoothie is on a short break from the winter rodeos while Jessica is expecting twin girls in early May. Don't expect the duo to take a year off from their winning ways. Jessica plans to once again hit the Badlands circuit rodeos throughout the summer and is shooting for another qualification to the circuit finals. When asked when she will retire Smoothie, Jessica smiles and replies "when she tells me she's done." Smoothie has no doubt left an indelible mark on Routier's career. Though Jessica has trained and competed on many other horses throughout the years, none will replace to the infamous Smoothie.
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Jessica continued barrel racing after graduating from NAU in 2005 with a Master's degree in Business. In 2007, she married Riley Routier and moved to the Routier ranch south of Buffalo, South Dakota, where they run a commercial herd of black Angus cows and raise their two children, Braden, 9, and Payton, 7. Braden and Payton are active in the family ranch, where the majority of their cattle work is done horseback. Jessica enjoys spending her time training futurity horses and is counting down the days until she can swing a leg over Smoothie's latest offspring. By way of embryo transfers, Smoothie produced two foals in 2013 while still competing. Sired by the Corona Cartel son, High On Corona, the two foals, a filly and a stud colt, are registered as Hot Corona Smoothie and Cold Corona Smoothie. Jessica is anxiously awaiting their full sibling, also being carried by a donor mare, to be born this spring. Smoothie's legacy will live on through her foals. She has already proven that she produces colts that will take after her hard turning, barrel hunting capability. "One of Smoothie's greatest strengths is her desire to please you," Jessica said. "No amount of athleticism can
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orses drink less water when weather is wet and/or cold, but they still need a certain amount for proper body function. If they are shortchanged, or don’t drink enough because the water is very cold - or frozen for most of the day they become dehydrated which can lead to impaction. Dr. Bruce Connally, was a field service veterinarian at Colorado State University and is now in private equine sports medicine practice in Longmont, Colorado. He grew up
near Sundance, Wyoming, and has plenty of experience with cold winters. “My dad was a ranch cowboy. I grew up on several ranches around Wyoming and was riding half day circles with my dad before I went to first grade. I wasn’t tough enough to last the whole day,” says Connally. Wild horses, and many ranch horses in northern climates and higher elevations, live on snow in the winter, he said. “It doesn’t always work as well as we’d like it to, but it works. The problem with depending on snow
is that sometimes it’s hard for the horses to get enough volume. They may have to work pretty hard at it to get enough, which means they may become a little dehydrated,” he says. “Horses also have to generate body heat in order to melt and warm the snow they eat, which increases their caloric needs. It costs a little more energy for horses to live on snow— or even very cold water, because they have to
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Keeping water open all day can help give your horse time to drink enough, and reduce the chances of dehydration and impaction. warm it to body temperature, too–but they usually manage all right unless the weather gets really cold,” he explains.
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Horses do best on snow when at pasture, grazing more or less continually, nibbling a little snow as they graze. This gives them a continuous supply of moisture through the grazing day. It’s harder for them to get an adequate amount if they are being fed one or two meals of hay daily, eating the food more quickly and not having adequate moisture to go with it. If they don’t get enough moisture, they won’t eat as much. “Many horses that are just on snow for water, unless they have good feed, tend to lose weight. If it becomes very cold, it becomes a calorie issue, but a lot of horses winter out and do pretty well on snow,” he explains. “People who have horses in stables will never understand using snow as a water source, and those of us who grew up on ranches will always know that it works, but it does have limitations under certain conditions,” says Connally. Many owners wonder how much water a horse actually needs in winter. “This is a tricky question. It varies greatly on the circumstances. It depends on diet, temperature, and the horse’s activity. They need a lot less water in winter than they do in summer, because they are not losing fluid to sweating, unless they are being worked hard in the winter,” he says. “They still lose moisture through their breath, and through urine and manure, so they always need to drink enough water to flush wastes from the body. It’s common for the typical 1,000-pound relatively inactive horse to survive on five gallons of water per day during winter.
impacted. “Sometimes impaction is related to inadequate water, and sometimes related to feed quality. If horses have to eat really coarse hay that is almost like straw, we see more incidence of impaction colic because they just can’t break it down enough. We rarely see impaction colic in horses that are on alfalfa hay. They may suffer other issues, but not usually impactions,” Connally explains. “There are always a few people who decide their horse isn’t drinking enough water in winter, so they either pour salt on the feed, or give the horse a lot of electrolytes in the water, and forget to offer some plain fresh water alongside it. If you only provide electrolytes without plain water in addition, you may reduce the horse’s water consumption, he won’t drink the salty water if he doesn’t like the taste of the electrolytes. You can actually do more harm than good. Salt on the feed is probably ok and it will make the horse drink more water, but don’t put too much salt on the feed or the horse will eat less of the feed, too. It’s best to keep things simple.”
Horses eating hay on a daily basis are more likely to require daily water too. Grazing horses might consume enough snow to meet their needs.
Some horses have a higher requirement and some will drink a little less. When it gets colder, they all drink less, even if the water is warm and readily available,” he says. They do, however, drink a little more total quantity through the day if the water is warm than if it is ice-cold. “On a cold night they won’t drink at all. There are studies that show horses drink quite a bit less in a 24-hour period if the water is cold - drinking through a hole chopped in the ice on creek for example - than they do warm water. They can survive on cold water, and do all right, but they will drink more quantity if it’s warm,” Connally says. Water quality is also important. Quality is usually adequate if it is coming from a tank or well, he said, but suggested being cautious of surface water, which can be contaminated. In extremely cold weather, it’s wise to provide warmed water. “Not only are horses willing to drink more, but they also need to drink more to get rid of body wastes—because
hopefully they are eating more feed to provide energy for body heat,” he says. “If you are feeding a high protein hay like alfalfa, the horse’s body has to break down and flush out the extra protein it doesn’t need. He is producing body heat as he metabolizes the protein and uses it as energy, so he must be able to create enough urine to get rid of that extra ammonia. Horses on alfalfa hay always require more water than horses on grass hay,” he explains. “One thing some clients worry about in winter is when they notice a patch of orange where their horse urinated in the snow. This is nothing to worry about. It’s just some of the porphyrins (organic compounds) coming through from the feed. It’s not blood or it would be red. It’s just some of the wastes being taken out via the urine, from the alfalfa hay,” he says. Of more concern would be a horse not drinking enough in winter and becoming
Horses drink most of their water early in the day, when they are eating their hay, or nibble snow throughout the day if they are grazing. They drink the most water as they are eating or when finishing up the hay meal. “They’ll eat for an hour or two and then go to water. If you only have one time of day you can offer water to them, that’s the best time; they’ll drink the most,” he says. Even if the horse is short of water, he won’t drink much during a cold night. If you feed and water your horse when you come home from work in the evening, the horse may not get much benefit from the water; he’ll let it freeze. “Some people try to remedy this by providing warm or hot water in the evenings. But the interesting thing is that hot water can freeze faster than cold water. I have several clients who take a bucket of hot water out there at night for their horses, thinking they’ll have water longer, but it doesn’t work that way. If you haul warm water out there and the horse drinks it right away, that’s fine. But don’t expect it to last longer through the night without freezing.”
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Easing joint pain and feeding sufficiently will help keep older horses relatively comfortable through the cold winter months.
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Winter Care of Older Horses By Heather Smith Thomas
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inter can be tough on the elderly. Horses that is.
Older horses that maintain weight through the summer and fall could lose weight during cold weather, or become stiff and miserable because the cold accentuates arthritis pain. Senior horses generally need a little extra care, according to Dr. Bruce Connally, a sports medicine veterinarian at Longmont, Colorado. “They are not as efficient in their digestion, so they will probably require either more feed or better quality feed, such as better quality
protein,” he explains. Teeth are often an issue with the older horse. He can’t chew forages as well as he used to and may have trouble eating hay. “They need their teeth working so they can break down the feed and have a better chance at digesting it,” he adds. It pays to keep up with dental checks for the older horse and attend to any issues that might interfere with proper chewing.
about as well as a young horse, in cold weather, in general. But once in a while I see an older horse with Cushings that constantly sweats, and that’s not a good thing in the winter.”
“Every now and then you’ll see one of these horses that is always a little bit wet, and it’s because sweating is one of the side effects of Cushings in some horses. Those individuals really need to be treating for Cushings. Otherwise they get pretty cold in the winter.” Cushings horses tend to have a long hair coat and it “In some aspects old horses do as well as never dries. any horse. If they have a good hair coat and good feet they can probably manage in winter
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According to horse health journals, Cushings horses can be lethargic, experience laminitis and go through a change in body conformation - muscle wasting and rounded abdomen or “potbelly.” Cushings, also known as Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction or PPID, Cushing’s Disease is a dysfunction of the pituitary gland. It is most common in older horses (18 – 23 years). Since it is sometimes associated with insulin resistance, Cushing’s can be confused with another condition called Equine Metabolic Syndrome. “If horses are out on winter pasture, any time the older horse has to travel through deep snow or do a lot of pawing for grass, he will tire more quickly than a younger horse. If the horses are not having to fight through deep snow, it’s usually not an issue, but if they are having to work for a living, digging for food, the older horse needs some help,” says Connally. You may have to bring him in from the pasture and feed him some easier meals. Many people feed more grain in cold weather, but hay is a much better winter feed. “It warms them more than grain, because of the heat of digestion/fermentation in the hindgut. They get more heat just from digesting the hay, and not much heat when digesting grain.” If they don’t have enough fiber in their diet, they start chewing the fences. This problem occurs when a horse has bad teeth can can’t chew the hay he needs for keeping warm.
Many owners use senior feeds for older horses, partly because they contain a high level of nutrients and partly because they are easier to chew than hay. “You have to realize, however, that some of the senior pellets are fairly moist, especially if they are beet-pulp based,” he says. And some people add warm water to the feed to make more of a mash so it’s easier for the horse to eat if he has bad teeth. “The problem with feeding these products in cold weather, if the horse doesn’t consume all of it immediately, is that it freezes solid like a rock. Then the horse can’t eat it at all, especially if he has compromised teeth. If a person is feeding the horse indoors where it’s warmer, or the horse eats it quickly, they are fine. But if you just put a bunch of feed out for him in the cold and expect him to eat on it through the day, it may freeze solid and he can’t eat it. You’ll see tubs of feed out there that the horse just doesn’t seem to finish up,” explains Connally. The cold also seems to bring on more joint pain in the older horse, just like arthritis in humans. Sometimes a joint supplement helps, but it’s hard to know if they actually contain what the label says. “There are some recent studies that show chondroitin and glucosamine can decrease mild arthritis pain in mild arthritis, so this might be one strategy to use, but you have to make sure you get the right amount of glucosamine and chondroitin.
I went to a seminar not long ago, and they talked about testing a bunch of horse products—and found they had anywhere from 10 percent to 220 percent of the glucosamine listed on the label!” he says. “The product containing only 10 percent will do nothing beneficial for your horse, and who knows why anyone would put in 220 percent of what they said on the label?” Connally said this indicated inconsistency and a lack of batch testing “If you can get a good quality joint supplement, the glucosamine and chondroitin may help those older horses, but if you are using one of the generic type supplements you really don’t know what you are getting,” he explains. The same issue has been raised in human supplements, he said. “Some of the human products didn’t actually have any glucosamine in them, and a lot of them didn’t have anywhere near the amount the label said. You have to find a company you can trust before you spend money on these products,” Connnally says. If a horse has serious arthritis issues in the winter, the joint supplements may not give enough relief. “In these cases a person might use something like bute or some other oral anti-inflammatory preparation to ease joint pain. They work nicely and are fairly safe to use in old horses.”
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Feeding good quality hay is more important than feeding large amounts of grain. Nibbling on hay will help keep a horse warm.
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A person can go to joint injections of cortisone if necessary, if using pills or pastes every day is difficult. “We have to be a little careful using much cortisone in Cushings horses, however, because there is always risk for laminitis in those individuals,” he says. “Easing joint pain in the older horse is not that much different from treating an athletic horse. We just have to control his pain so he can function.” Otherwise he won’t be moving around enough, and won’t do very well, because pain is a stress. A few older horses stock up during cold weather, mainly because they are less active because of the joint pain. Swelling accumulates, especially in the hind limbs, due to poor circulation. If his hind leg joints hurt so much he is uncomfortable taking a stretched stance to urinate, he will have other issues,” as well. Some owners worry about kidney problems in the older horse. “I rarely ever diagnose it, however. I know the potential is there, and it could certainly be a problem for some older horses, but I just don’t see very many cases. In some situations, however, when a horse is doing poorly, the decision is made to just put him down rather than do a lot of extensive
diagnostics and treatments. We sometimes going a little longer and get them all the way miss a few problems by simply humanely eu- through into spring,” says Connally. thanizing some horses rather than becoming “The wild horses often go into winter fat— aggressive on diagnosis and treatment,” says getting up to a body score of about 6 in the Connally. fall—and come out in the spring as a 2 or 3, “It seems that when a horse gets to a certain but the reserve they had going into winter was point of misery, it’s just kinder to let him go. what made the difference of their survival. If It’s the right choice in many situations.” Winter we take an older horse into winter as a 4.5 or a is tough on many older horses, especially if it’s 5 body condition, which is about all we can get very cold or damp. on some of them, that horse may not make it through to spring without a lot of extra pam“All too often an older horse gives out in late pering with good feed and blanketing on the winter. He’s been making his way, doing ok in cold nights,” he says. the summer, maybe a little thin, but doing ok. Then the weather gets cold and he has to creBlankets can be helpful but must be used ate more body heat to stay alive, handle the ice correctly. “In the winter a lot of people use and snow to walk around on, and it all adds blankets on their horses. If they manage blanan extra burden to that horse. It is remark- kets well, this can help the older horse. But if able how many old horses make it until about you just put a blanket on in September and March, and then they have just exceeded their take it off in May you have made a big mislimit; they’ve used up all their reserves and take,” he said. The horse must have some time don’t have any strength left.” Often when the without the blanket every day to dry off. He weather starts to warm the green grass starts, suggests blanketing at night and removing an older, thin horse gives out. “That’s when during the day. “If a horse has too much blanwe often lose them. They make it through the ket on a sunny afternoon he’ll be sweating, and winter and die in the spring. wet under that blanket—and you’ve created a problem for the cold night.” The best care for “We need to be increasing their care even the older horse is diligent attention to feed, going into winter, so we can maybe keep them water and comfort.
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Tips on caring for your horses’ hoof health and safety with ‘sharp shoeing’ in winter months
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hey may come with ‘four-wheel drive’ standard, but horses could still use a little help getting a grip when winter months set in. Farriers recommend sharp shoeing techniques to add safety for horse and rider when snow and ice are underfoot. “Sharp shoeing was invented in the first place to prevent horses from falling down, slipping, and hurting the horse or the rider,” Doug Butler, PhD, said. Butler runs the Butler Professional Farrier’s School in Crawford,
By Laura Nelson Neb., and is the author of “The Principles of Bryce Kawasaki, director of the Montana Horseshoeing.” State University farrier science program in Bozeman, Mont., said he typically applies the While sharp shoeing got its name from the borium spots on each heel, plus an additional sharp studs or caulks driven into the shoes for one to two on the toe if needed, after the shoes traction – “basically, like cleats on a football are formed. The borium spots may be forged shoe,” Butler explained – the most common or welded on the shoes and are more durable technique used by farriers today to help horses than the shoes themselves, he said. get a grip on icy conditions involves the application of borium – a super-hard tungsten Depending on the horses’ use and applicacarbide material – to regular shoes. tions, farriers may layer on varying heights of the borium spots. For pavement or lighter
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One shoe with popper pad and drive-in studs and one with rim antisnowball pad and forge borium.
Photo by Bryce Kawasaki
use, one-fourth to three-eighths inch spots will typically do the job – and up to a one-half inch for pasture use in tougher terrain or for feeding and stock use. “It provides a lot of traction on ice especially,” Butler said, noting that the borium application is the course he takes with his own horses. “That borium is so hard it will actually scratch glass, so that’s a lot of grab.” That provides a great amount of traction in slick conditions, but is likely overkill for
general conditions in warmer months, the farriers said. Kawasaki advised that a horse who is prone to kicking at others should be kept separately while sharp-shod – “the traction can be quite aggressive and do more damage than just a shoe,” he said. They’re typically applied around freeze-up, depending on the location and year – and carry the same lifecycle of regular shoes. In the winter months, when hoof growth slows slightly, a normal shoeing cycle may be extended from six to eight weeks to 10, Kawasaki
said, but not beyond that, especially if paired with anti-snowball pads. The pads – either the full “popper” pad that covers the entire bottom of the foot and has a concave bubble in the middle, or the rim pad that fits the inner perimeter of the shoe – are designed to keep snow, mud and frozen muck from compacting in the sole and frog. The popper pads, too, should last the entirety of a shoe cycle, but should not be extended.
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“Because it covers the entire bottom of the or ice nails – which then may be threaded for foot, the foot doesn’t get aired out and it can screw-in studs. get kind of nasty under there,” Kawasaki said. “The advantage of the screw-in type is, you “So make sure you’re getting those changed can take them out when it’s not snowy or icy, and cleaned out.” so it doesn’t tear up the streets, then put them To prevent infection under the pad, Butler back in when the snow and ice re-appears,” said an antiseptic packing can be applied be- Butler said, adding that technique is most tween the pad and the foot. He also advised common for carriage or buggy road use. Kakeeping a close eye on the length of time and wasaki added the screw-in studs are also popcondition of winter shoes with additional ular with performance and jumping horses traction on them, whether the borium pads, that need additional traction coming into or traditional spikes and screws, or a combina- out of jumps or obstacles. tion of both, are used. But the bottom line for outdoor winter use “Make sure those shoes are changed fre- is just to find the right fit for your horse, your quently and kept tight,” Butler said. “If they use and your environment to allow your horse have traction device on them, they can be so traction and security, the farriers agreed. strong, and get so much grab, that it puts ex“The sharp shoeing is foremost about safety tra stress on those nails.” For that, he said, he for the horse and rider both,” Kawasaki said. sometimes adds clips to stabilize the shoe on the foot and take a bit of the pressure off the “The best advice you can get is from your shoe nails. own farrier. He knows your horses, knows your use – you need to ask your farrier what While borium has become the most comhe or she suggests for this application and see mon technique, the original namesakes of the how it works for you,” Butler said. “But when sharp shoeing techniques are still in use, too. we use these animals in the ways we use them, Drive-in studs and screw-in studs may also it’s our job to take good care of them and keep be applied for additional traction in winter them safe. Sharp shoeing was invented to keep months as well. This traditional technique has the horse from slipping or falling down and the blacksmith drilling holes in the shaped hurting himself or the rider. And trust me, shoe for the studs – also called corks, caulks that’s not a place you want to be.”
More farrier tips for the frigid months: Watch the wear: Even though hoof growth slows in the winter months, it’s a critical time to watch for sore feet and keep hooves clean and in good shape. If your horse is out to pasture still, he’ll be pawing through the snow to look for grass. “They’ll be pawing through snow and wear their hooves off to next to nothing sometimes and get real tender, sore,” Kawasaki said. Or, if they’re in closer quarters and more down time in the winter months, boredom may set in, and they’ll paw at a frozen molasses lick tub until their hooves are sore. Keep them conditioned: A horse in good shape through the winter will be ready to work come spring, Kawasaki said. “That is just vital to soundness and wellbeing,” he said. “Sometimes, we leap on them and expect them to charge up a mountain come spring, but they have to stay in good shape even when the days are short and it’s cold.” “The most important thing is to keep feed in front of them all the time,” Butler added. “As long as a horse is eating, he’s generating body heat, and he can withstand some really tough temperatures.”
Photo by Bryce Kawasaki
Left to right: screw in studs, forge borium, drive in studs.
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Remember the farrier: Watch the weather forecast when you go to schedule foot work in the colder months, especially if they’ll be working outside. And that’s not just for the farrier’s comfort – “If it’s cold, cold out, their feet are definitely more sensitive when you start pounding on them,” Kawasaki said. “That’s a jolt to them, so try to work when it’s at least 20 above, if you can.”
Veterinarian relies on alternative methods for treating moon blindness
understood, resulting in more effective diagnosis, treatment, and healing. ERU is the most common cause of blindness in horses, although it doesn’t always cause blindness.
By Amanda Radke
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ision is an important function for any horse, and anytime the eyes are at risk, it’s a cause for concern for the horse owner. A mare with an irritated, red, and tearing eye could indicate a myriad of problems, one of which could be periodic opthalmia, more commonly referred to as equine recurrent uveitis (ERU). In it’s simplest term -- moon blindness. “The term moon blindness causes some confusion because the problem doesn’t occur just at night,” said Teresa Roster, DVM, veterinarian and owner of Windhorse Veterinary Clinic in Spencer, South Dakota.
One of the symptoms of moon blindness can be a sensitivity to light. The symptom can be treated with equine “shades,” like the ones 6-year-old barrel horse, Cricket sports. Photo by Mandi Westbrook.
One of the oldest diseases on record, horse owners originally believed that the symptoms of moon blindness were caused by the cycles of the moon, thus the name. ERU has been plaguing horses around the world for centuries, but in last decade, it has become better
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Knowing what to look for and addressing the issue quickly are keys to making sure ERU doesn’t result in permanent blindness. “The symptoms of ERU are similar to irritation from a foreign body in the eye, as well as any other eye infection such as a coronary ulcer,” said Roster. “The eye is going to be teary, cloudy, red, and puffy. The eyelid might have muscle spasms, causing the eye to stay tightly closed. There might be some clear ocular discharge, and the eyelids might be swollen. The horse might be unwilling to leave the barn as she develops photophobia.” Teresa Roster, DVM, owner of Windhorse Veterinary Clinic in Spencer, S.D., practices acupuncture on horses to treat everything from moon blindness to back problems. Courtesy photo.
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Other symptoms included scarring, excessive squinting or blinking, eye rubbing, head shaking, loss of balance, irritability, constricted pupils, and in really advanced ERU, detachment of the retina, calcification of the cornea, cataracts, atrophy of the eye, eventual blindness in one or both eyes. “Any time the eye is hurting, I consider that an emergency,” said Roster. “The sooner we can see it, the better. Vision can be lost very quickly if we don’t correctly assess the problem and treat it in a timely manner. ERU is not something to ignore as it can cause blindness.” Roster encourages owners to bring the horse in immediately for examination and diagnosis. “Once at the clinic, I sedate the horse and inspect the eye very closely,” she said. “We are going to look for foreign bodies, scratches, or anything else that might be causing the symptoms. In the past, if your horse was diagnosed with moon blindness, you could pretty much count on the animal going blind. Today, there are several methods of treatment.” There are a few different options for treatment of ERU. In acute situations, some veterinarians opt to remove the eye entirely, but Roster aims for a less invasive method of addressing the issue. “The most common form of treatment is a round of oral antibiotics, Banamine, and some steroids, but over the years I’ve formulated a less aggressive and invasive type of treatment. Although moon blindness is somewhat rare around here, the horses I have treated have responded well to Chinese herbs, offered in both an oral product and as an eye drop. The great thing about these prescription herbs -- Boyunsan are the eye drops and Haliotis Formula is the oral product -- is that owners can keep a refill at home and apply anytime they are
seeing symptoms in the horse. Although it doesn’t eliminate ERU, it does help stop some of the symptoms.” Roster has been in practice since 1993, but her interest in alternative methods of treatment was sparked when she wanted to naturally alleviate some arthritic pain in her aging farm dog. In 2000, she studied acupuncture at the Colorado Veterinary School, and it has helped both aging dogs and horses live out their years with less pain and more mobility. In 2007, she added Chinese medicine to her practice, saying it was something she never dreamed of doing when she first started veterinary work but believes both types of medicine have their place as options for naturally treating animals. In cases of ERU, Roster says the herbal treatment clears the heat, brightens the eye, detoxifies, activates the blood, relieves stagnation, and heals from a different level than antibiotics. “Chinese herbs work on a constitutional level,” she explained. “If the horse has an infection, antibiotics will specifically target the bacteria, while the herbs will help the entire body function better, so the horse can ward off that bacteria in the first place. In difficult cases, I’ll add acupuncture to treatment as well, but most people find results in the drops and oral herbs.” Roster said the herbs come in a powder form, and the directions instruct the owner to puff a bit into each eye as necessary. She formulates the herbs into an eye drop as it’s a more practical method of application. She has seen immediate relief on some the horses she has treated, with some symptoms alleviating within 10-15 minutes of first treatment. “Our goal is to preserve ocular function and reduce inflammation,” she said. “I try to do this in the least invasive methods possible. Once diagnosed and treated, the best case scenario for owners is to be diligent of flareups and treating as soon as possible to avoid more damage to the eye.” Flare-ups are bound to occur, and with each episode, the damage accumulates. For Roster’s clients, they typically ask for a refill on the herbal treatments once each year, and the drops help to keep the symptoms and resulting damage at bay.
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Dr. Reid cleans the fornix, checking for a “bean." Courtesy photo.
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f horses could talk, they could tell us “A calf horse for example may quit stopping what is wrong. as hard, a reining horse might be wringing his tail. I’ve seen them show signs of colic and Since horses don’t speak human, it roll repeatedly in a belly-down manner.” Reid is the humans’ job to follow clues and said a “bean” isn’t always the problem but that figure out what is bothering their four-legged keeping the sheath clean, including removal of friend. beans, is crucial to male horse health. A gelding might be balking at jobs he nor“A horse might act like he has a sore back, mally enjoys, urinating more or less frequently and we’ll check him out all over, with no diagthan normal, displaying colic signs like rollnosis. That same horse after regular care and ing, kicking at his belly or experiencing swellremoving a large bean goes back to working. ing around his sheath. This isn’t the usual scenario but a bean has reWhile a number of issues can contribute to sulted in issues that may seem completely uneach of these symptoms, one common prob- related,” said Reid. lem is a waxy buildup in the sheath, often reHorses can show other signs of “beans” ferred to as a “bean.” like urinating often but in small amounts, Dr. Robert Reid, a Crawford, Nebraska, vet- or spraying when urinating, similar to water erinarian said he’s seen horses display a num- coming out of a garden hose while a person’s ber of different signs caused by pain from a thumb is over it. “bean.” The round or bean-shaped mass can Reid said geldings in an arena or corral setclose off the end of the urethra, causing painting could be more prone to “beans” because ful or difficult urination or even preventing it. 60 • TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS • STALLION SHOWCASE • 2015
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they are exposed to more dust, manure, hay and other debris than pastured or wild horses. Stallions should be checked and cleaned on a regular basis as well, but might be less likely to develop “beans” because the penis is extended more often, Reid said. And a stallion running with mares will clean his sheath during the breeding process.
Cleaning a gelding’s sheath every six to twelve months is important, Reid said. “A lot of people don’t realize that it is something they need to address regularly like trimming feet, vaccinations, deworming and other regular care they give their horses.” Oil glands, located within the sheath, produce the secretion that mixes with dust and dirt to produce what is referred to as smegma.
Waxy buildup on the sheath should be removed every 6-12 months. Warm soapy water can help with cleaning but must be rinsed thoroughly. Courtesy photo.
The smegma can irritate the horse, particularly if it remains in the sheath for an extended period of time. Infection can also occur, causing further discomfort. While he performs a lot of cleanings, often in an effort to resolve a horse’s pain, Reid said anyone can do the procedure. He points out that dark colored debris, such as mud, flaky dried-skin-like matter and other smegma should be cleaned off too, but is not the same thing as the tan-colored-“bean” that, if it exists, will be found in the cavity called the fornix at the end of the penis. “A lot of people don’t even know the fornix exists so they don’t know to go after that bean,” Reid said. Reid gathers a bucket of warm water, some latex gloves, a soft rag or towel and a jug of dishsoap before he begins. Dishsoap or other mild detergent, Reid said, will help break down the buildup within the sheath. Dr. Reid also said there are commercially available cleaners but finds that regular dishsoap serves just fine. A small amount of soap in the water and on the hands will also work as a lubricant when extending the horse’s penis.
Tranquilizers help to calm the horse and certain drugs will encourage the horse to extend but many times it is necessary to reach within the sheath and to extract the penis. By grasping just behind the glans (the bulbous portion at the end of the penis) the sheath can be pushed back and penis exteriorized, said Reid. Within the end of the glans is where the urethra (where the urine is expelled from the body) has its external opening. “You can get ahold of the glans and pull it out gently,” he said, “The glans or end should feel soft and spongy. If you gently squeeze the glans you may feel a firm small mass within the tissue – this is the bean inside the urethral sinus or fornix . This is where the soap will work as a lubricant. Slide your finger into the fornix and go the entire circumference around the urethra and remove the bean or beans.” The “bean” will usually be the size of a pea, but can become very large. Sometimes in those cases, a veterinarian’s assistance, including a tranquilizer, may be necessary to sedate the horse. Reid has removed beans just smaller than a golf ball. “A bean of this size will occlude the end of the urethra and
prevent urination,” he said. Once the bean has been removed and the sheath free from debris Reid uses a bucket of fresh water and a clean wet rag inserted into the sheath to flush out any of the soap residue. Reid said about 30 to 40 percent of horses allow him to work on them while standing quietly. The rest require some degree of sedation. He recommends that anyone attempting to remove a “bean” at home first consult a veterinarian for safety and hygiene reasons. And observe caution first and foremost. “People just need to be careful. He might kick. Let them know you’re reaching toward a very sensitive area instead of startling him,” he suggests.
“Beans" vary in size but this is one of the larger ones Dr. Reid has removed from a gelding. Courtesy photo.
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Riding with Buck Brannaman By Jenn Zeller
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would like to consider myself a professional horseman. But the truth is, I’m merely on the journey. It’s true that I get to spend my days horseback, but just because someone makes a living doing something, doesn’t mean they’re as good at it now, as they will be in 10 years, or even 20. There’s always something new to learn when it comes to riding and teaching horses. I know people that train horses for a living that could care less about the horse, and even less about whether or not they’re considered a horseman. That’s
not me. To me, horsemanship is about the human taking responsibility for the horse. It’s about timing. Softness. Feel. Foot Cadence. Balance. Harmony. You learn to realize that any shortcoming in the horse’s performance is your fault. It’s about looking at things from the horse’s perspective. So how is it, that someone like me (who has made a living horseback, and rides daily), chooses which clinics to attend and why? Why have I been riding with Buck since 2010? Why
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will I continue to ride with him once a year as long as my health, my checkbook, and my schedule permit? Because horsemanship is a life-long journey. Some people might consider me to be a horseman, but I pale in comparison to Mr. Brannaman. Thankfully, Buck is wise enough, dedicated enough and kind enough to share his knowledge with the world. And I do mean the world! He spends about 40 weeks a year on the road, so chances are
I like to look at whether or not that clinician is pushy, jerks, snatches, or is less than subtle about the cues they give the horse. •
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Does what they say make sense from an equine physiological perspective?
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Can your horse comfortably do what’s being asked and have it make sense to them?
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Does logic prevail in this maneuver?
there’s a clinic near you! And if you’ve never been to a Buck Brannaman Clinic, I would highly recommend it- with the caveat that they’re not for everyone. They’re not for the weak-hearted, the easily offended, the impatient, or anyone who isn’t ready to take full responsibility for their weaknesses.
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So who is Buck Brannaman? In the words of journalist Tom Brokaw“[he] is part guru, part psychologist and all cowboy. He is a nineteenth-century man in a twenty-first century world…”
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He isn’t just your ordinary, run of the mill horseman/clinician and to me he certainly stands taller than anyone you see on RFD Tv. Not that there aren’t some handy folks on that channel. But there’s a difference between mechanics and feel. You can see it in his horses. You can see it in him. He is an author, was an advisor in the movie “The Horse Whisperer”, and was featured in the award-winning documentary, “Buck”. He’s a master at reading the horse’s mind, body and soul and he is able not only to communicate that effectively to the horse, he’s able to help you, as a student, learn to think, learn
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to communicate, and learn to take responsi- professional horsemen (even other clinicians), bility for your horse’s shortcomings. to the greenest of the green riders, the world around. He, is a student of horsemanship that goes above and beyond most, by studying classical There isn’t one thing he does best- he is a dressage all the way to the early masters such master of communication with horse and ridas Xenophon (as close to that classical dres- er. By choice he’s one of the less commercialsage as we’ll get today is the modern Bridle ized clinicians of the “Natural Horsemanship” Horse). He’s played polo, rides with George movement, and if you were to ask me I’d say Morris (world renowned jumping horse train- he’s the only one that you need follow. I have er), helps dressage riders Olympic Level Com- reasons for that, which we’ll delve into as we petitors, buckaroos (who cowboy for a living), get further along in these discussions.
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Kist Livestock Auction Company............................................... 28
Assman Implement........................................................................ 17
Larson Family Ranch..................................................................... 58
Bale Buddy Manufacturing, Inc................................................... 19
Lauing Mill Iron L Ranch............................................................. 30
Butte Co Equipment...................................................................... 25
Lindskov Implement...................................................................... 51
Carls Trailers................................................................................... 40
Mailloux Quarter Horses.............................................................. 50
CHS Nutrition................................................................................. 24
Miller Robison Performance Horses.......................................... 71
D/J Saddlery..................................................................................... 69
Montana Equine Directory........................................................... 41
Dry Well Ranch.............................................................................. 31
Myers Training Stables..................................................Back Cover
Duba Trailer Customizing & Sales, Inc...................................... 35
Premier Equipment........................................................................ 55
Durbin Creek Ranch...................................................................... 62
RangeMate......................................................................................... 8
Flat Creek Saddle Shop.................................................................. 36
Rays Western Wear.......................................................................... 7
Ford Ranch........................................................................................ 2
Reindl Quarter Horse ................................................................... 57
Fulton Performance Horses........................... Inside Front Cover
River Island Ranch......................................................................... 47
Haugen Ranch.................................................... Inside Back Cover
Sampson Family Ranch................................................................. 72
Henry 88 Ranch.............................................................................. 42
Schaer Quarter Horses.................................................................. 35
Hersruds of Sturgis......................................................................... 59
Sugar Bars Legacy Horse Sale....................................................... 70
Hewitt Land Company................................................................. 46
Tri-State Livestock News................................................. 52, 65, 70
High Plains Genetics........................................................................ 3
Walz Performance Horses.............................................................. 1
Hutchison Western........................................................................ 37
West River Industries.................................................................... 69
Jenner Equipment.......................................................................... 44
Whitcher Performance Horses...................................................... 4
Johnson Stables............................................................................... 66
Willrodt Motors.............................................................................. 20
Kennedy Implement...................................................................... 53
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SADDLE WOES: The Off-Side Cinch Strap BY HEATHER HAMILTON-MAUDE FOR TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS One late July or August day years ago, my brother and I were sent an hour south of our place to get the bulls out of our yearling heifers. As in years previous, we were prepared with our geldings, enough semi-heavy duty panels to convert the twopen corral into something you could load a bull out of, and the necessary trailer to haul the whole works home. We arrived, set up, cinched up and headed to the spring-fed creek in the middle of the 600-acre pasture of rolling hills, bad cross fences and exceptional grass we rented. As we eased into a slow, ground-covering trot, visiting away about which water hole the bunch was most likely at, I looked over and noticed something odd. My brother and his saddle were beginning to slip. I began to say, “Kyle, your saddle is slipping…,” when halfway through the thought and a fraction of the way through the words everything gave way and he unceremoniously slammed into the ground. We would later learn his off-side cinch strap had rotted through, quite suddenly, from my vantage point. This caused an immediate reaction in his horse, Otis, who had no idea what the heck was going,
but who has always had a strong flight versus fight mentality – if you can hang on he will take you to safety with him, if you cannot, that is a personal problem for you. I also knew that of our two horses, his was hands-down the faster, and my heart leaped into my throat at the thought of him being dragged and me not being able to do a thing about it, as, simultaneously, the situation gained momentum with impressive speed. His horse burst into a run in a nano-second, and thankfully a dazed and mad Kyle stayed behind on the ground to watch as his gelding did a beautiful arcing circle back toward the barn, which we were only a couple hundred yards away from. It was an impressive sight considering he was nearly breaking a land speed record, with a saddle hanging from the back cinch between his back legs. Pieces of tack rained behind him, and as each landed in the grass my brother’s color went up another notch. I wisely left my ticked off brother and went to remove what I expected to be only a back cinch from his horse – you learn when to offer assistance to the hu-
man or the animal after a few of these experiences. After gathering up his horse and completing the unplanned unsaddling process, I began to wonder how long it would take me to get three bulls sorted out and into the less-than-ideal corral by myself. I turned with the two horses to see much of the problem solved for me. There was my brother, walking in the arcing circle his horse had made, picking up pieces of his tack. In a curious, bellering, slobbering and dust-infused circle around him were our yearling heifers, acting as yearlings do. While this did nothing for his mood, I immediately saw the humor in the situation, and the three bulls they had graciously brought right to the corral for us. It only took a few minutes to corral and pull bulls that year, causing much teasing regarding my brother’s unique way of improving our average time for the task. The saddle required quite a bit more time to repair, only to be sent back to the saddle maker 364 days later for a complete rebuild following another bull incident…
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