Baxter Black: Feedlot Heroes

…bat wings for a while Or do California daywork in the old vaquero style. I get my western magazines, shoot, I keep’em by my chair And I read’em after lunchin’,…

Postcard: Devon Horse Show 2006

…don’t have sense enough to,” he smiled, looking forward to winning again in 2007, when the horse will be a three-year-old. A western class at Devon? | © 2006 by…

Apalousey Trail Ride Hatley Ranch, Deary, Idaho

…pitched, riders gathered in the dining area to enjoy an eclectic mix of fresh native floral arrangements, antique tack, and Western-oriented coffee-table books. Crowning the tables were well-thumbed copies of…

Recognize the Signs of Equine Neurological Disorders

…tie him safely, don’t tie him. Mosquitoes transmit viral diseases, such as West Nile Virus and Eastern and Western encephalomyelitis, through bites. | ? Joseph Berger/Bugwood.org Viral Threats Several viral…

Burt to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

…effort to secure the approval of reining as the FEI’s first western discipline, Burt has served on the USEF Reining and High Performance Reining Committees. However, Burt’s participation within horse…

Dude Ranch Vacations

…with two German friends stationed temporarily in Boston. Petra and Reinhard rode western-style in Tuscany, Italy, once, but ?this is something we would like to do in America because it…

How to Beat Show Nerves

In the July 2009 issue of Horse & Rider magazine, Team Horse & Rider’s Carol Metcalf gives our reader a six-point strategy to keep her show nerves under control. As…

Turn On The Lights

I confess. I’m an avid reader, a self-help junkie, and a bit of a pack rat. And sometimes I turn my self-help fervency on my horses, Trace and Rio. So as…