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“He Feels Your Heart Pounding Through Them Reins”
The five Indian Relay teams process onto the racetrack and a roar goes up from the grandstand. Eighteen Thoroughbreds are full of fire beneath the hot afternoon sun. Their coats gleam with painted...
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Reflections on the Tragic Loss of Barrel Racer Lara DeWees
There have been many postings on social media regarding a beautiful young barrel racing cowgirl who has finished her earthly ride and is now riding her eternal ride. Miss Lara DeWees was not only a...
View ArticleYou’ve Never Seen Reining Look Like This Before
If you think the sport of reining is just a bunch of cowboys and cowgirls out there showboating on a simulated cattle drive, then you, my friend, are wrong. So, so wrong. The wrongest. Perhaps you just...
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Watch Jason Hiser and Delgado the Mustang Teach This Water Box Who’s Boss
If there’s one thing you’ll probably take away from this video of trainer Jason Hiser and his horse, Delgado, it’s the obvious sense of trust between the two. It’s the kind of horsemanship that would...
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18 Reasons Helmets Are the Worst, According to YouTubers
The quotes are real. The grammar is spotty. And the logic, well, see for yourself… 1. “MY MOM makes me wear a helmet and I’ve been riding for a very long time.” Everyone knows, moms are THE WORST! What...
View ArticleDo YOU have Warrior Thinking?
Tough thinking is not pie-in-the-sky thinking: “I am the greatest rider ever! I can beat anyone, anytime!” Sometimes toughness is wrongly associated with arrogance or ego. This could not be more wrong....
View ArticleThis PBR Prince Tribute Is Exactly What You Need on a Monday
Flint Rasmussen is is the Michael Jung of rodeo clowns. The former high school teacher has been named PRCA Clown of the Year for eight consecutive years and won the Coors “Man in the Can” honors seven...
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3 Ways to Harness The Power of Words
1. Choose “do” words Ella, an amateur rider trying desperately to conquer her nerves before her first competition, knows this phenomenon all too well. “I knew what I had to do, I had to avoid letting...
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The Secret to Great Riding Is Always Found in the Relationship You Have with...
Most problems people have in horseback riding, whether English or Western, are not with their riding—they’re with the quality of the relationship they have with their horse. In order for any...
View ArticleGoing Nine-Oh: Meet Barrel Racer Megan White and “Walter”
As you watch him blaze across the arena and lock eyes on the first barrel, you could easily get the wrong impression about Walter. But pro barrel racer Megan White insists that “fire-breathing dragon...
View ArticleRock ‘n Reining
The blood is thudding in your ears and the stands are packed under the bright lights of the arena as you prepare to take center stage. And you know everyone is here to see a good show. No, this isn’t...
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Four Legs and Six Shooters: Mounted Shooting
It all seemed so innocent at first. A dozen balloons tied to traffic cones scattered about the arena like an inviting carnival game. Suddenly, a gorgeous paint horse emerges from the gate carrying a...
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Schleese Just Made the World’s First Sexist Western Saddle
This one’s for the ladies! And only the ladies. Scheese Saddlery has introduced the world’s first Western saddle designed specifically for women. The Devin, the premier Western Trail/Pleasure Saddle in...
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Quebec’s Wild Rodeo Rides
A Quarter Horse leaps into the rodeo arena, nostrils flared, ears at attention. At the opposite end, a wrangler-clad cowboy pumps himself up, rubbing his hands together and bouncing on his toes....
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Not Just John Wayne Chasing Cows
The cool thing about equestrian sports is that if you love horses, you have a ton of choices—there’s truly a discipline to suit every personality. And more often than not, most of us sample any number...
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Nothing Makes Me Miss Colorado Quite Like the National Western Stock Show
I have lived in the Great Lakes region of the United States for five years now. I traded my Colorado clay-covered cowboy boots for the paddock variety. The wind blowing down from Wyoming is now the...
View ArticleBarrel Racer Amberley Snyder, 10 Years Later…
Horse Network does not publish press releases as a rule. But occasionally one comes across our editorial desk that has a story so poignant it seems a crying shame not to share. This is one of those...
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Life on the PRCA Circuit, According to Tevin Cameron and Treyson Antonick
“I’m walkin’ away with all that they ownThen you’re lyin’, hurtin’ hearin’ someone sayingGive him a hand that’s all that cowboy is taking home.”—Merle Haggard, “Life of a Rodeo Cowboy” The bull was...
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George Strait is Pure Country
A few weeks ago, a friend and I went to Austin, Texas for the weekend so we could go to the Austin City Limits (ACL) music festival. We were excited about both the music and the cowboys. Another...
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