I received an email from a friend asking me to vote for her photo taken for a contest for a fund raising calendar that will be sold to benefit the wild horses on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The photos are taken by amateur photographers and there will be a photo selected for the cover and one for each month of the year. I am guessing that the one with the most votes will go on the cover.

This herd of Colonial Spanish Mustangs is being jeopardized by the encroaching…

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I'm working on teaching my 10 year old to lounge for our C2 test. So far he has just worked from a halter and lounge line and is still learning my commands (he is doing w-t and halt so far. The trot is still a working progress). But I'm wondering when i should start working him with side rains on. also i was wondering if anyone had some good tips on how to get him used to them. all advice will be welcomed!!

I took my young horse (above), Cazador (2002 Russian Hanoverian) to his first horse show this past Saturday. He hasn't been off the farm but a handful of times since he was 10 months old and has only been in work for about 3 weeks this year after being started for 30 days last year.... He's big, he's akward still, and his brain is only just catching up to his 17 hand body.

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So I was at a lesson the other day and I had a talk with the instructer and she told me that I should look into getting a bittless bridal. Well as I was thinking there was one thing that kept getting in my way, is a bittless bridal even allowed at a rally? This isn't a hackamore though, it's a bridal that looks almost exactly like a halter and is just bittless. The ranes don't come off and it's leather. I think they should be allowed for those horses who have a more sensative mouth and don't… Continue

Hi everyone!

Chuck is still in the hospital but is making a full recovery!!! They have found a small infection where he had surgery, so he was put back on medication; but they do not think it will cause a problem. He has lost some weight, but they are trying to get it back on. He is still being hand walked many times a day.:) With lots of grain and hay! Thank you for keeping him in your prayers!!