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| Horse Rescue and Evacuation on the Trail |
| When your horse suffers a serious fall on the trail, Large Animal Rescue workers jump into action. Here's a behind-the-scene look. |
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It was a warm, sunny
California afternoon. Christina and Pat were horseback riding a narrow, rugged backcountry horse
trail in the mountains surrounded by steep ravines, and a thick forest of
redwood and bay trees. Suddenly, a retaining wall at the trail’s edge gave way,
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| Trail Riding at Shalimar Farm, Cass, West Virginia |
Like most trail riders, I spend long, cold winter nights poring
over issues of The Trail Rider to plan my rides for
when the weather breaks. One article in particular, taped to my "to visit
sometime" refrigerator list, was on Shalimar Farm in West Virginia.
What really caught... | read |
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| The Haflinger Horse |
| The modern-day Haflinger Horse was christened in 1874, named for
the Tyrolean village of Hafling, then an Austrian territory, but today located
within Italy’s northern boundaries. At that time, a refined mountain mare, bred
to a proud Half-Arabian stallion, produced a colt named Folie.... | read |
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| Craig Cameron's Top Trail Tips |
Cowboys are known for many things; practicality and common sense
are at the top of the list.
Thanks to a lifetime of ranching and rodeoing and conducting
clinics for more than two decades, Craig Cameron is known by many as the
"cowboy’s clinician." He’s also spent... | read |
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| Hart of a Champion |
| Becky Hart was born loving horses and started riding lessons
shortly after she started kindergarten. For the past 30 years, her passion has
been endurance riding, and she’s become one of the top competitors — not just in
this country, but in the world. Many times, Hart has... | read |
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| An Equine Affaire to Remember |
| We all have a responsibility to continually learn about our horses,
including their anatomy, behavior, and care. To further our education, we can
turn to books, magazines, and now the Internet. However, I believe that there’s
no better way to learn than to attend equine expos, seminars,... | read |
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| Urban Riding |
| Along with cows, pigs,
and chickens, the horse is generally regarded as a classic rural animal. A quick
trip to the country will confirm this fact. Horses are everywhere out here. But
like hillbillies and grassy knolls, horses occasionally appear in urban... | read |
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