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Jeff Sanders showing how to correctly fit the hackamore and two rein on Steve's horse Gandalf

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31/12/2022

“I can’t talk right now; I have 16 hands between my legs.” Fifteen years on and I still remember the moment my boss spouted out that gem. She was a woman working in a man’s world and she assured me it is good practice to throw the men off-kilter from time to time, which I …

26/12/2022

Why do some geldings act like stallions? Such behavior can cause trouble in the barn or out in pasture. Learn what to watch for and tips for safely managing a “studdy” gelding.

24/12/2022

Do you know how to give your horse a double-whammy reward? Both positive and negative reinforcement at the same time? […]

17/12/2022

Moments that feel like you’ve waited a lifetime for…

With the conclusion of each years Futurity, means it’s time to get started with the next group of up comers.

14 years ago when we got married and decided that this would be our profession of choice, we sat goals for ourselves and our program, the same as most young couples do.
One of our biggest dreams outside of all the accolades, was training and winning on horses that would later go on to produce and that we could continue to be part of them through their offspring..

This particular filly to us represents a career long dream that is finally coming into fruition..

Her sire is one of our all time favorite stallions, that means so much to our family, CR Gotcha Covered. Her mother was extremely special to us as well, even though our time with her was short due to circumstances..CR Tuff Boo Bear.
All of these years later and we were graciously able to purchase an egg out of Boo Bear in early 2020.
This filly, BOOJEE, is the result.
A fresh start and new dreams begin at the end of every year for us….
We can say with confidence that we are looking forward to the foreseeable future for our program and for the future of Gotcha as a sire..
Thank you to those who continue to believe in us…
What an adventure that lies ahead…..✨

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See what horses have been winning in Las Vegas, and what horses the barrel racers plan use to use in Round 5 of NFR barrel racing.

15/12/2022

Anyone can wait, but it's how you wait that counts.

14/12/2022
14/12/2022

WHY YOU SHOULD TIE YOUR HORSE UP - By Clinton Anderson

Tying a horse up for long periods of time accomplishes many important things in your training. I have a little saying, "End each training session by tying your horse up to the ‘Tree or Post of Knowledge.’" When you tie your horse up after a training session, it teaches him not only respect and patience, but it also gives him a chance to think about and absorb what you have just taught him. The very last thing you want to do after a training session is get off your horse, take him back to the barn, unsaddle him, hose him off and put him in his stall to eat. This puts his focus more on getting back to the barn and eating than on thinking about his job. If you get into the habit of tying your horse up for two to three hours after you ride him, he won’t be in such a hurry to get back to the barn. Some people will read that and think that I’m being cruel to the horse. But I have to ask, "What’s the difference between a horse standing still in a stall or a horse standing still on a Patience Pole? The difference to me is that if he’s standing tied to a pole, he could be thinking about you and what you’ve just taught him, but I guarantee that in the stall he’s not thinking about you at all.
Teaching Your Horse to Stand Tied

Step One: Teaching Your Horse to Lead
Teaching your horse to tie safely requires that you first teach him two skills: to give to pressure and to ground tie. Giving to pressure is covered in our article, Teaching Your Horse to Lead. The goal is to teach your horse that when you pull against him, he should go with the pressure. As prey animals, horses instinctively do the opposite—they pull against pressure. But tying requires that a horse accept restraint without panic. It requires that, instead of pulling against the tie, the horse move toward it. Therefore, the first step in teaching your horse to tie is to teach him to lead properly—to give to pressure from all sides. Your horse should give to pressure:
• Forward, as when he’s pulling back against a tie and the pressure is at his poll
• Backward, as when someone is pulling his head toward his chest
• Left, both from the chin ring and the side ring of his halter
• Right, both from the chin ring and the side ring of his halter
• Down, as when he raises his head and is pulling up on the tie
To determine if your horse will follow pressure, take hold of his lead and calmly pull down until you get a reaction from him. If his reaction is anything but to move his head toward the pressure—if instead he does something such as jerk, rear or pull back—you should follow the steps in Teaching Your Horse to Lead until he’s accomplished at leading and following pressure. At that point, he should reliably give to pressure in all directions.
Read more: http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/horse-behavior/teaching-your-horse-stand-tied

09/12/2022

This is an absolute must read for every horse owner and especially those with younger horses!
People can certainly debate and argue over different training techniques and styles but we can not argue the science.

"Owners and trainers need to realize there's a definite, easy-to-remember schedule of fusion - and then make their decision as to when to ride the horse based on that rather than on the external appearance of the horse.
For there are some breeds of horse - the Quarter Horse is the premier among these - which have been bred in such a manner as to LOOK mature long before they actually ARE mature. This puts these horses in jeopardy from people who are either ignorant of the closure schedule, or more interested in their own schedule (for futurities or other competitions) than they are in the welfare of the animal.

The process of fusion goes from the bottom up. In other words, the
lower down toward the hoofs you look, the earlier the growth plates will have fused; and the higher up toward the animal's back you look, the later. The growth plate at the top of the coffin bone (the most distal bone of the limb) is fused at birth. What this means is that the coffin bones get no TALLER after birth (they get much larger around, though, by another mechanism). That's the first one. In order after that:

2. Short pastern - top & bottom between birth and 6 mos.
3. Long pastern - top & bottom between 6 mos. And 1 yr.
4. Cannon bone - top & bottom between 8 mos. And 1.5 yrs.
5. Small bones of knee - top & bottom on each, between 1.5 and 2.5 yrs.
6. Bottom of radius-ulna - between 2 and 2.5 yrs.
7. Weight-bearing portion of glenoid notch at top of radius - between 2.5 and 3 yrs.
8. Humerus - top & bottom, between 3 and 3.5 yrs.
9. Scapula - glenoid or bottom (weight-bearing) portion - between 3.5 and 4 yrs.
10. Hindlimb - lower portions same as forelimb
11. Hock - this joint is "late" for as low down as it is; growth plates on the tibial & fibular tarsals don't fuse until the animal is four (so
the hocks are a known "weak point" - even the 18th-century literature warns against driving young horses in plow or other deep or sticky footing, or jumping them up into a heavy load, for danger of spraining their hocks)
12. Tibia - top & bottom, between 2.5 and 3 yrs.
13. Femur - bottom, between 3 and 3.5 yrs.; neck, between 3.5 and 4 yrs.; major and 3rd trochanters, between 3 and 3.5 yrs.
14. Pelvis - growth plates on the points of hip, peak of croup (tubera sacrale), and points of buttock (tuber ischii), between 3 and 4 yrs.

and what do you think is last? The vertebral column, of course. A
normal horse has 32 vertebrae between the back of the skull and the root of the dock, and there are several growth plates on each one, the most important of which is the one capping the centrum.

These do not fuse until the horse is at least 5 1/2 years old (and this figure applies to a small-sized, scrubby, range-raised mare. The taller your horse and the longer its neck, the later full fusion will occur. And for a male - is this a surprise? -- You add six months. So, for example, a 17-hand TB or Saddlebred or WB gelding may not be fully mature until his 8th year - something that
owners of such individuals have often told me that they "suspected" ).

The lateness of vertebral "closure" is most significant for two
reasons.
One: in no limb are there 32 growth plates!
Two: The growth plates in the limbs are (more or less) oriented perpendicular to the stress of the load passing through them, while those of the vertebral chain are oriented parallel to weight placed upon the horse's back.

Bottom line: you can sprain a horse's back (i.e., displace the
vertebral growth plates) a lot more easily than you can sprain those located in the limbs.

And here's another little fact: within the chain of vertebrae, the
last to fully "close" are those at the base of the animal's neck
(that's why the long-necked individual may go past 6 yrs. to achieve
full maturity). So you also have to be careful - very careful - not to
yank the neck around on your young horse, or get him in any situation where he strains his neck."

Dr. Deb Bennett

ABOUT DR. DEB: Deb Bennett, Ph.D., is a 1984 graduate of the University of Kansas, and until 1992 was with the Smithsonian Institution. She is known as an authority on the classification, evolution, anatomy, and biomechanics of fossil and living horses. Her research interests include the history of domestication and world bloodlines and breeds. She teaches unique anatomy short-courses and horsemanship clinics designed to be enjoyable to riders of all breeds and disciplines, and all levels of skill.

Internationally known for her scientific approach to conformation analysis, "Dr. Deb" has made a career out of conveying a kind of "X-ray vision" for bone structure to breeders and buyers. Her background in biomechanics helps her clearly explain how conformation relates to performance ability. Dr. Deb's clinics often feature real bones and interesting biomechanical models.

07/12/2022

Starting colts isn’t just about getting them riding around. You’re setting them up mentally for the rest of their lives. You’re teaching them to love their job or hate it, enjoy it or dread it. We get too caught up in visual progress and forget that it’s our job to develop them mentally as well. Some horses are born good minded, and some are trained to be good minded. Your agenda for them is their life so make sure you let them enjoy it. 📸: Daci Baker NRS Vitalize - Amaferm Equine

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