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The Western Cowboy
In the State of Texas the Western Cowboy can be found home on the range. But can you really find a true western cowboy in the state of Texas? At one time you could find real cowboys in Texas but that time was over one hundred years ago.

Up unt ...
Author: Tom Strayhorn
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Horseracing: Basic form reading checklist/Betting guide
Horseracing: Basic form reading checklist/Betting guide

This is a basic form reading checklist, most of you will already have your own techniques, but hopefully it may help you take some cash from the bookies in the future.

If you are l ...
Author: PuntersRealm
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New Horse Classified Website Making a Big Splash
HorseandRiderMatch.com, a new horse classified website, is causing quite a stir among the horse community with its ground-breaking new way to go about providing horse resources.

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Managing Horse Pasture
A major part of a horse's diet is hay or pasture. A horse weighing 1000 pounds will eat about 500 pounds each month. A horse needs roughly 28 acres of non-irrigated, dryland pasture a year if that is the only source of forage. However, a pasture that ...
Author: Randall Holman
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Pet Drug Patches
The use of transdermal patches within human medicine is very popular for people who may want to quit smoking, relieve pain and even to replace hormones. Can these drug patches work for our pets?

Transdermal drugs for animals are very similar t ...
Author: Mark Woodcock
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Utah Quarter Horse Association Takes Quarter Horse Racing Online
Salt Lake City, Utah – The Utah Quarter Horse Association is running horses where they have never been before, on the World Wide Web. Starting on April 30th and continuing throughout the race meet in Utah, the UQHA will be broadcasting all races thro ...
Author: Debbie Labelle
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Horses In My Back Yard

Horses In My Back Yard

by Jody Hudson, with Extensive Collaboration From Chris Hudson

HORSE LOVERS: During my thirty years of selling rural land, I have frequently found that folks want some acreage so that they can own and ride horse ...
Author: Jody Hudson
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How I Get More Training Done On My Horses In 1/2 The Time

Here's a simple way... to help your horse learn twice as fast.

We are all pressed for time, seems there is just not enough of it. There is the job, family duties, maybe social events, all competing for our time. Our horse is ignored and we e ...
Author: Dale Anderson
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Testy Horses and the Art of Speed Waiting

"What are you waiting for?" said Nelson, looking at me impatiently. "Well? Go on. Get saddled up!"

I was eighteen years old and had just entered my first rodeo. However, the horse I expected to ride in a roping competition had taken ill. The ...
Author: Steve Brunkhorst
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The Secret That Keeps Horses Trainable!

As you likely know already, horses have at least 10 times our strength. If they also had our intelligence, they would probably be riding us humans. Fortunately, horses cannot reason like human beings and therefore will never have superior intellig ...
Author: Andy Curry
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Camping and Outdoor Activities: Get Involved with Nature
Camping mixed with outdoor activity is a great way to get ourselves involved with nature. National Parks can provide an excellent backdrop for some of your outdoor activities. Activities such as hiking, fishing, cycling, horseback riding, white water ...
Author: Valerie Giles
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Riding and Rafting the Rockies at the Rawah Ranch
Riding and Rafting The Rockies with Rawah Ranch
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Author: Cymber Quinn
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I Knew Her For An Eternity
As my horse galloped ever faster along the beach I pulled back on the reigns to slow him down. But it seemed as if something unforseen was quiding the horse. As I pulled the reigns back even harder my horse bolted into the air throwing me to the grou ...
Author: Tim Mack
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Utah Quarter Horse Association Kicks Off Horse Race Season with Fun for the Family
Salt Lake City, Utah – Get ready to make tracks to the Laurel Brown Equestrian Park in South Jordan to witness the fastest sport on earth. The Utah Quarter Horse Association (UQHA) prepares to kick off its 2005 racing season with five race days in Ut ...
Author: Billy Peterson
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How To Use Smart Horse Training To Stop Your Horse From Bucking
It can be enormously frightening to be on a bucking horse. If you're a novice rider, a bucking horse can almost force you to give up the "owning a horse" dream. But it doesn't have to be that way.

I've read where people who can ride a bucking ...
Author: Andy Curry
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Horse Training: Who's Way Is The Right Way?
© 2004 Andy Curry
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The more I listen to others, read books on the subject, look at different articles, and watch and listen to tapes, the more I discover how different people claim their methods of horse training ...
Author: Andy Curry
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Horse Training For Napping Horses
© 2004 Andy Curry
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If you ever rode a horse that would stop and refuse to go forward then you would know how absolutely annoying it is.

Why do they stop? Because that's their reaction to a worrisome or unpleasant ...
Author: Andy Curry
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How To Use Leading Your Horse To Get Control And Response
I’ve been around many people who try to lead a horse by controlling their head with a lead rope. They end up pulling or jerking the lead rope and the horse will typically pull back or push around the person with the lead rope.

Ultimately, you ...
Author: Andy Curry
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How To Use Horse Training Thinking To Solve Dang Near Any Problem With A Horse!
Horse training can be a relatively mysterious subject to people who have not studied it. Even more mysterious is a behavioral problem a horse has that causes his owner stress and frustration.

What many horse owners don't understand is often th ...
Author: Andy Curry
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The Top 3 Tricks Horse Owners Can Use To Unspoil A Barn Sour Horse
It’s been weeks since you went riding. Now you have time to ride this afternoon and there ain’t no one gonna stop you. Excited, you saddle up your horse and get on him. You get about 50 feet from the barn and your horse turns around and goes back – a ...
Author: Andy Curry
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