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Archive for November, 2007

The Only Stock Trailer

By GHC • Nov 6th, 2007 • Category: Guest Bloggers, Riding Advice

by barrel racer, age 15
Have you ever pulled into a rodeo, or any horse event, and been the only person pulling a stock trailer or riding a grade horse? Well I have, and I can tell you those huge aluminum trailers with living quarters that give the people more space than the horses can be [...]



Barbaro: We Loved Him and Now We Miss Him

By GHC • Nov 3rd, 2007 • Category: International Horse, Showing and Sport, by Syd

by Syd, age 12
We loved him. We willed him to get better. And most of all we miss him.
Who is he? He is Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner. He should have been the 2006 Triple Crown winner if it had not been for that fateful day of the Preakness. What was it that made [...]



Meet the Welsh Mountain Ponies

By GHC • Nov 1st, 2007 • Category: International Horse, Junior Blogger Archives

by Cassie, age 11
Welsh Mountain Ponies are a cute and social breed of pony. They are native to the Black Mountains of Breconshire and, unlike many breeds of wild horses, under no threat of endangerment in the wild. They are often taken off the mountains at a young age and then brought to a European [...]