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Archive for February, 2007

Horses and Big Apples

By LeadMare • Feb 28th, 2007 • Category: International Horse, Odds & Ends

GREETINGS FROM NEW YORK CITY! Today we paid a visit to the Claremont Riding Academy, located close to Central Park in Manhattan’s upper west side.
Claremont is a National Historical Site built in 1892, the only remaining riding stable in Manhattan. The multistory barn is connected by ramps, with horses kept in stalls in the basement [...]



Blog Bytes

By LeadMare • Feb 24th, 2007 • Category: Odds & Ends, Web Sites

I HEART BLOGS because they’re generally one person’s unfiltered perspective. There are fewer bosses, editors, advertisers or other outside influences to taint the writer’s viewpoint. And readers can interact with the author by offering comments, questions and insight to round out the view. The world is filled with amazing talent (especially horse girls) and blogs [...]



No Cliquer Training

By LeadMare • Feb 15th, 2007 • Category: LeadMare Tales

You may be familiar with Clicker Training, a technique that uses auditory cues and positive reinforcement for training horses, dogs, cats and other animals. I haven’t tried this method, but it looks really interesting.
This past week while reading another story submission that touches on the subject of barn cliques, I got to thinking — why [...]



Horse Girls Unite — Vote for Templeton!

By LeadMare • Feb 14th, 2007 • Category: GHC News, Music

UPDATE: Templeton and Jane have made it to Round 3 - GO HORSE GIRLS!! See below for updated voting instructions!
EXCITING NEWS!! Our friend Templeton Thompson is a finalist in Country Music Television’s “Music City Madness” video contest! Templeton’s video is called “A Horse That Can Fly,” co-starring her beautiful Quarter Horse mare Jane! The [...]



INTERACTIVE VIEW: Templeton Thompson

By LeadMare • Feb 9th, 2007 • Category: Interactive View, Music

Welcome to the first ever Interactive View, an interactive interview where YOU ask the questions. Start by reading the brief intro below.
INTRODUCTION
Meet Templeton Thompson, a life-long horse girl and super-talented Nashville singer/songwriter.
Templeton has written songs recorded by country superstars and included on movie soundtracks. She’s recorded three CDs of her own and travels around the [...]



GirlsHorseClub.com News | February 2007

By LeadMare • Feb 9th, 2007 • Category: GHC News

FEBRUARY 2007
Dear Members,
Change is good and change can be hard, but change is a sign that life is trotting along. As they say — if nothing ever changed, there’d be no butterflies.
At Girls Horse Club, we’re always evolving to create positive change for everyone in our herd. So while some of life’s changes may have [...]