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Safely Handle Horses That Rear by Cinton Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 6
Farriers of Idaho Guild Holds Education Clinics by Madison Seamans, MS DVM . . . Pg 10
A Girl’s Endurance Riding Dreams Come True by Riley McHenry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 14
Past Performance Is No Guarantee by Julie Goodnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 16
Business Directory / Clubs List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 18
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Around the Region
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Be sure you mark these “don’t-miss”
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July 8 - 10 . . . Montana Festival of the Horse . . . . . . Missoula, MT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
July 29 - 30 . . Extreme Mustang Makeover . . . . . . . Nampa, ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Aug 9 - 13 . . . Jerome County Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerome, ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Aug 18 - 20 . . Cassia County Fair & Rodeo . . . . . . . . Burley, ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Aug 26 - 28 . . Clinton Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugene, OR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Aug 26 - 28 . . Nevada Stallion Stakes/Elko Cty Fair Elko, NV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Sept 3 - 4 . . . . PRQHBA Sale & Futurity . . . . . . . . . . . Broadus, MT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Sept 22 - 25 . . Nevada County Draft Horse Classic . . Grass Valley, CA . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
JUNE 4 – 5
DRIVE IN THE PARK
DRIVING FESTIVAL
Ford Idaho Horse Park
Nampa, ID
The Treasure Valley Whips
Carriage Driving Club will be
holding their American Driving Society, Inc. (ADS) sanctioned Horse Driving Trial and
Combined Test.
The Snake River Rangers
are holding a Rifle Raffle, to
be drawn June 12, during the
awards ceremony, with all proceeds going to charity
For more information
call (208) 939-0785 or visit
showsecretary@jumpers-appaloosas.net
JULY 8 – 9
CAMAS COUNT Y
RODEO
C Me Later Arena
Fairfield, ID
The Camas County Rodeo
is an ICA/IMPRA co-sanctioned event that has offered
an average of $4,800 in added
money each year.
The Camas County Rodeo has grown and improved
each and every year. Generous
contributions from corporate
sponsors and community mem-
July, 2016
Get ready to Rodeo! Four
performances of invitational
championship rodeo and a finals championship Shoot Out
on Saturday night. The best
athletes in rodeo are competing
for top prize money in bareback
riding, steer wrestling, team
roping, saddle bronc riding, tiedown roping, barrel racing, and
bull riding. It’s edge of your seat
excitement from the first event
to the last!
For more information, visit
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JULY 16
2nd ANNUAL COMPETITIVE TRAIL RIDE
Windigo / Box Canyon
Mink Creek Recreation Area
Caribou National Forrest
Pocatello, ID
Eight mile course with 8
obstacle challenges. Sponsored
by Portneuf River Back Country Horsemen
For more information, call
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JULY 19 - JULY 23
101st ANNUAL
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miss event for Southern Idaho. Nampa, ID
One of the top 10 regular
You can share in the enthusiasm for the rodeo by becoming season professional rodeos in
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port will be greatly appreciated bronc riding, saddle bronc ridby the Rodeo Committee and ing, bull riding, steer wrestling,
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JULY 13 – 16
76th PIKES PEAK OR BUST
RODEO DAYS
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JULY 28 - 30
FAMOUS PRESTON
NIGHT RODEO
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Preston, ID
Over 80 Years of Tradition. Recognized as the first
night rodeo in the world! Days
and Nights filled with Rodeo
Events, Sidewalk Sales, Parades
every day, Carnival, and much
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JULY 29 - 30
EXTREME MUSTANG
MAKEOVER
Ford Idaho Horse Park
Nampa, ID
This wild horse training
competition will offer two divisions: Youth, ages 8-17, can
compete with a mustang they
adopt in-hand, and adults, ages
18 and over, will ride their assigned mustang in preliminary
classes to compete for a spot in
the top-10 freestyle finals.
This event will award
$25,000 in cash and prizes. All
adult mustangs will be available
for adoption after the event.
All events are free except
for Sat. evening. Tickets may
be purchased in advance or
on¬site. Kids 5 and under are
Free. call 512¬869¬3225. We
look forward to seeing you
there.
For more information, call
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July, 2016
Making the Difference
By Ed McNelis
A little piece of dirt has made
a huge difference in the history of
our state and to the citizens of our
communities. Idaho is perhaps
the best place to live in the world.
If not the best it certainly is one of
the best. The pioneers who settled
this state and the rich rural history
have made much of the difference.
Our heritage is tied to the land
and that has made all the difference.
Teaching, coaching and mentoring the young people has been
the success of great people since
the beginning of time. Each generation had the responsibility to
grow, educate and develop the next
generation to insure the success
of our communities and country.
Civic clubs, fraternal organizations, VFW, Granges, riding clubs
and like organizations focused on
youth and developed youth programs. The development of FFA,
4H and scouting programs created a large part of the frame work
for youth development.
The wonderful part of these
programs was the huge success
they achieved and how they developed individuals and communities. Wonderful volunteer
leaders facilitated the programs,
communities supported them and
the youth themselves led them.
Older youth took the responsibility for leading and developing their
younger counterparts and insured
they learned and were prepared to
lead the next group of young people coming into the program. No
one was left out or alone and there
was always a steady hand ready to
help and guide. All this made a
huge difference in the development of each generation and provided the glue and support system
for our youth to grow and succeed.
The urbanization of our state,
break down of family structures,
economic pressures and governmental involvement create huge
pressures on these essential programs and the way of life they
develop. These essential programs
are needed more today than ever
before yet they are less appreciated or understood. They are being
crowded out and lost.
These programs are not lobbying and asking for money or
special treatment. They are such
a part of our communities and
way of life that we tend to take
them for granted and assume they
are okay and will always be there.
Funding is being pulled away and
support is being lost daily both
because of government actions,
shrinking of understanding and
loss of economic support from
communities. The voice for these
programs has never been loud because of their huge success and involvement of a large cross section
of our population.
Our legislature, County
Commissioners, Fair Boards and
citizens of this state need to take
note and action. These volunteer
leaders and youth need attention
and support. The huge success
of these programs in the past has
created a population of bright self
sufficient citizens. These citizens
formed a solid base for our communities and businesses in a way
that no other programs can do.
The erosion of these programs will
have huge long lasting impacts on
our states and communities.
Today there are counties considering turning their fair grounds
into trailer parks and other programs. Counties should be improving and adding to these open
spaces and preserving them for
the future use of their youth and
citizens. The legislature is made
up of individuals from communities across our state for a purpose. These legislators need to
get involved with their counties
and communities and insure that
4H, FFA and other youth development programs are getting the
attention and funding needed to
continue building great citizens
into the future. The volunteer
leaders across this state are some
of the most essential citizens in
our state. Our success is deeply
related to their work with our
youth and communities.
Each day the challenges
faced by our state and communities grow. We lock up more land
and squeeze our youth down to
smaller spaces and less exposure
to life experiences. There is a tendency for those we elect to forget
how essential it is to provide grass
root support so these programs
can survive. Our legislature is
still composed of many who have
benefited from the wonderful
development programs and understand the huge need to insure
their growth and survival into the
future.
We are running out of time,
loosing volunteer leaders and
turning away youth who are our
future. It is time we join hands
and fix this before it is too late.
Those little pieces of dirt, known
as our County Fairgrounds could
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July, 2016
Safely Handle Horses That Rear
By Clinton Anderson
Rearing is a very dangerous
situation for both horse and rider,
and if left uncorrected is a problem
that only gets worse. Here are
three tips to handle a horse that
rears.
#1 Go back to basics.
Horses that rear can generally be put into two groups:
Rearing out of fear (he’s hot and
nervous and using the reactive
side of his brain) or rearing out of
disrespect (he doesn’t want to do
something). Whatever the cause
of rearing is, it’s a clear sign that
you have not earned your horse’s
respect. You need to work with
him on the ground, earning his
trust and establishing yourself as
the leader in your partnership.
After working with hundreds of
horses over the years, I’ve found
that a week or two of consistent
groundwork usually cures rearing
before you get back in the saddle. Why? Because the horse’s
respect is earned on the ground
by moving his feet, he’s using the
thinking side of his brain and he
is no longer fearful.
#2 Change his perspective.
If your horse is rearing because he doesn’t want to go
somewhere, use a little reverse
psychology on him. Instead of
thinking, “How can I make the
horse move?” Think, “How can
I make it uncomfortable for
him not to go in the direction I
want?” You’ll do that by working
the horse wherever he wants to
be and letting him rest and relax
where you want him to be.
If the horse wants to rear
when you ride him away from
the barn, work him hard at the
barn. Using one rein to direct
him, hustle his feet. Ride him in
serpentines, canter circles, practice rollbacks … how you move
the horse’s feet isn’t important as
long as you hustle his feet and are
asking him to change directions.
The more times a horse changes
directions, the more he has to
think and pay attention to you.
After hustling his feet at the
barn, rest him as far away from
the barn as he’ll go. Initially,
you may not be able to get him
far away from the barn. That’s
normal. It’s something you have
to gradually build on with repetition.
#3 Regain control.
Do not make the situation
worse by pulling back on both
reins to try to stop the horse from
rearing. The more you pull back
on the reins and say, “Don’t go!”
the more upset and nervous the
horse will get.
The best way to gain immediate control of the situation is
to yield his hindquarters. When
a horse crosses his back legs over
one another, it takes away his balance. Without balance, the horse
can’t stand on his hind legs and
rear. Think of yielding the horse’s
hindquarters like pushing the
clutch in on a car, you’re taking
the power away from the horse.
Yielding the hindquarters also
gets the horse to stop thinking
about being disrespectful or fearful and makes him concentrate
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July, 2016
Saddle Up for the Pendleton Round-Up
September is a bittersweet month for most families as they eagerly soak up
the last days of summer,
squeezing in those last minute outdoor trips and prep for
back to school season. While
many are winding down, rodeo fans from across the nation will be packing up their
boots and heading to Eastern
Oregon for the highly-anticipated Pendleton Round-Up.
A quiet, quaint town of the
Old West, Pendleton and
its townsfolk saddle up for
the festivities, which draws
more than 50,000 visitors
each year.
If you’ve ever been to
Pendleton during RoundUp week, you understand
the magnitude of this event.
The streets come alive as
downtown transforms into
a week-long wild-west celebration. Main street shuts
down and transforms into
carnival grounds – overflowing with vendors, live music
and activities – ready to
serve families and visitors of
all ages. Boot-strapped fans
donned in wide-brimmed hats
fill the grand stands to cheer
on cowboys and cowgirls as
they rope calves and barrel
race down the Green Mile.
For the die-hard fans and
the athletes who compete,
the rodeo isn’t just a sporting
event – it’s a way of life.
“Pendleton is, simply,
a magical place during
Round-Up week,” says Bill
Levy, president of Pendleton
Round-Up. “Brimming with
bucking bronco shows and
our famous Westward Ho!
Parade, Pendleton RoundUp brings the Old West to
life bridging traditions of
times past with our modern
lifestyles.”
Round-Up week kicks off
on Saturday, Sept. 10 with
the Dress-Up parade followed
by the signature outdoor
concert featuring the worldrenowned country singer Lee
Brice, who will take the stage
at Happy Canyon Arena. On
Monday and Tuesday, crowds
will gather for steer roping,
barrel racing slack, and the
Banner Bank Professional
Bull Riders Classic (PBR)
featuring three bullfighters from Bullfighters Only
for a two-night special. The
main rodeo events begin on
Wednesday afternoon and
continue through Saturday
evening. There is no shortage
of activities in between rodeo
events, either. With activities
including the famous Cowboy
Breakfast, Native American
beauty pageants, Hall of
Fame Barbeque, and celebra-
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tion of Happy Canyon’s 100th
anniversary, visitors can
expect to have a jam-packed
schedule.
The Pendleton Round-Up
is also offering something
new this year to visitors interested in experiencing the
rodeo in comfort and style
– The 1910 Room. Guests of
the new VIP area can watch
rodeo events in luxurious
comfort and style while enjoying gourmet food, decadent desserts and top-notch
service. The 1910 Room will
feature five Western-inspired
gourmet dishes with handselected wine pairings from
Portland Chef Max Germano
of TeSoAria including grilled
pork chops smothered in a
blackberry and Pendleton
Whiskey barbecue sauce,
and s’mores with home-made
marshmallows and a dark
chocolate chili torte. But,
what kind of rodeo would it be
without a bar? Alongside the
scrumptious food selections,
fans can wet their whistle at
the brand new Watering Hole.
While Pendleton Round-Up
is known for its electrifying
Let’er Buck Room, home to
Oregon’s longest bar, this
Watering Hole will spotlight
local mixologists serving up
a series of elevated cocktails
and drinks for guests to imbibe throughout the day.
Pendleton Round-Up is
one for the bucket list and you
won’t want to miss out on this
year’s festivities!
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July, 2016
Farriers of Idaho Guild Holds Educational Clinics
By Madison Seamans, MS DVM
Of all the problems facing
horse and rider, few are more
challenging than lameness. It’s
the equine equivalent of a flat
tire, ranging in severity from a
minor bruise to a career-ending
fracture—and the horse can’t
tell us where it hurts! Limping or stumbling horses aren’t
clumsy, they are responding to
pain. The altered gait and posture are responses to unpleasant
sensory nerve stimulation. This
is an intricate alarm system
that not only alerts us to the
presence of potentially harmful
stimuli, but triggers immediate
action to evade it. Pick up a
hot horse shoe to remind yourself just how fast the reaction
is! There is a complex system in
place to deliver a simple message: “don’t do that!”
Although the horse cannot
can’t tell us what hurts, they
can show us by a change in gait.
Some cases are obvious. If the
horse is not bearing weight on
one limb, well, duh! But others are very difficult to sort
out. Some patients may find
it challenging to take a lead, or
turn one direction, or back up.
Anything out of the ordinary
can indicate something painful. In some cases, the signs
may be as subtle as the horse
habitually stands with one foot
placed more forward than the
other, instead of “square”. Gastric ulcers, back pain related to
a lower limb lameness, trau-
matic nerve damage—the list
goes on--can all be the source
of gait alterations. Gait anomalies alone will seldom direct us
to the origin of pain. In most
cases, it would be impossible to
tell “it’s in his shoulder” without much deeper investigation.
The trot will show us abnormalities more readily than
any other gait. “He’s only lame
at the trot”, is a misnomer—the
pain doesn’t go away with a gait
change--it’s just easier to see at
the trot. What we are looking
for is the lack of symmetry. The
trot is a two beat, symmetrical
gait, so the horses’ head naturally nods downward slightly
with each stride. If one has
a forelimb problem, the head
goes down farther and longer
when the sound foot strikes
the ground because the horse is
more comfortable, thus willing
to put more weight on the less
painful side. I use a little poem
similar to the “posting” mantra: “rise and fall with the foot
on the wall”. “The head goes
down with the sound foot on
the ground”. Conversely, the
head goes up slightly when the
sore foot strikes the ground, but
this is usually more difficult to
detect. Hind limb problems are
much less common than those
on the front end, and can be
much more difficult to figure
out. In these cases, it can be
the hip that goes more downward on the sound side, or the
head nod on the opposite side,
or none at all!
In order to accurately assess the gait of the horse, a
controlled environment is necessary. A round pen with firm
footing is ideal, but a long line
is fine, if the horse is cooperative. Footing is critical. A deep,
sandy area cushions the landing
and can hide some profound
lameness, so a firm footing is
preferable. The extra weight of
a saddle and rider can exacerbate some very subtle lameness
thus making it easier to detect.
It is important to observe the
horse at a consistent pace, trotting in one direction for at least
a minute or two. Tight circles,
fifty feet or less, are more telling than larger circles.
After we determine which
leg is involved, the detective
skills become a bit more complicated.
Diagnostic nerve
blocks can provide very useful
information. The concept is
to remove sensory input from
a relatively specific location by
injecting local anesthetic agents
next to a nerve. The operative
term is “next to” the nerve. (If
your dentist has ever actually
hit the nerve he was trying to
get “next” to, you surely noticed
a sensation similar to kissing
an electric fence. This stimulus
should be avoided in the horse!)
If this improves the horses’ gait
significantly, BINGO, we have
found the likely source of pain.
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really sharp near a painful location and he is supposed to
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put. For example, the local anesthetic used by dentists don’t
just “block” the tooth in question. After such an injection,
half of my face is usually numb
within a few minutes. Even
a small amount of anesthetic
injected next to the nerve on
the lower limb of a horse can
remove sensation from a large
area very quickly. Therefore,
timing, a cooperative patient,
and a good understanding of
equine anatomy and physiology are all necessary in diagnosing lameness. It ain’t as easy
as it looks!
Once the source of pain is
identified, diagnostic imaging
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identify pathology. Once the
problem is characterized, treatment can be initiated. Shoeing
packages, anti-inflammatory
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Developing a Soft, Willing, Relaxed Relationship:
Part III
comfortable flex through the
ribcage as allowed by the skeleton structure.
Atlas, Neck, Shoulders,
By Alice Trindle, T&T Horsemanship
What a wonderful joy it is
to be in perfect balance with
your horse. That sweet spot
where all the elements of movement, along with a positive
attitude, come to a state of harmony. It is an incredible feeling
and one that hopefully we are
riding to achieve. In this series
of articles, we have been exploring the importance of suppling,
flexing, and relaxing our horses
and truly achieving that state
of perfect equilibrium together
with our horse.
To review, we have been examining some flexing positions
of the head and neck, applied
with a mindfulness to how the
skeleton and muscles move, to
ultimately supple and relax the
horse. Two suppling positions
have been suggested:
Position No. 1, which primarily
relaxes at the poll down through
the first cervical vertebrae and
Position No. 2 which carried
this relaxation in the TMJ on
down the neck to achieve a
nice stretch through the entire
neck structure. Now let’s carry
this a little further to begin a
inside rein position. Draw the
energy up towards the armpit of
your outside arm. (Example: If
you are flexing to the left, you
The result of the “massage” is
a soft, willing attitude and a
posture with the poll as the
highest point. When you lift
even slightly on the reins the
horse gets light and looks for
his massage!
and Ribcage: For the Human:
Begin by flexing and suppling
with Position No. 1 and then
add in Position No. 2. Next,
drop the shoulder in the direction you are looking, and feel
the lengthening in the opposite
ribcage. Note that you still have
the wrinkles in your jowl, in
neck, and now some wrinkles
or flexing in your ribcage. It
feels GOOD from your atlas,
clear down through your back
to your tailbone!
Application & Positioning for
the Horse – (Massage Position
No. 3) – As always, start with
Position No. 1, add in the outside rein and suppling of the
neck with Position No. 2, and
next make an adjustment in the
see a wrinkle in the left jowl,
and in the left shoulder area,
and your left rein moves from
up and forward to a trajectory
towards your right armpit.) A
little more leg may need to be
applied to keep the forward
motion. You want to feel the
shoulder rising up, not diving
down on to your hands. The
ears of the horse should remain
relatively level, not tipping forward with the jaw tipping back
towards your boot. The idea is
to develop a soft self-carriage,
with the poll and shoulders
lifting upwards, and the energy
coming from behind. Be very
conscientious about your goals
here. Remember you are giving a massage, and flexing and
Photos above: Enca and Tilly in Position No. 3, flexing around the leg, poll up,
shoulders up, soft reins . Photo courtesy of Alice Trindle, T&T Horsemanship.
lengthening muscles a little
more with each position. Be
careful not to just drop the feeling on the reins.
It may take you a little time
and work to get good at giving
yourself and then your horse
a wonderful massage, but can
you imagine how much you
would look forward to riding if
every time it was proceeded by
a muscle massage? As you get
more proficient, you will notice
that your horse gets lighter
when you pick up on the reins.
Soon when the calf of your leg
comes in contact, your horse will
lift his poll and shoulders, find
his driving force, and prepare a
soft-feel. He will be ready to go
to work with a smile on his face
knowing your hands are there to
give a massage!
Please Note: There are many
great additional warm-up and
suppling exercises that I recommend to prepare yourself and your
horse for a safe and fun day of riding. Visit the website at: www.
tnthorsemanship.com/articles
for “articles and Tip for the Ride
videos. Other references:
• Betsy Steiner’s Equilates Program at: www.equilates.com
• Gymnastic Exercises for Horses, The Classical Way by Eleanor
Russell
• Lessons in Lightness, by Mark
Russell
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The Way of Horses
Equine Vaccination Reactions
reaction to a vaccination:
• Antigen: these are modified
or inactivated viruses, bacteria or
parts of these organisms in the
vaccine that trigger production
of antibodies. The body may
respond to the presence of the
antigen by sending chemicals
By Eleanor Blazer
to fight the substance, resulting
“Do you give your own vac- in inflammation. The inflammation causes the symptoms of
cinations?”
It’s a question I get asked swelling, redness, warmth and
frequently, and the answer is, pain at the injection site. These
unwanted reactions should
“No”.
I could, but if I call my vet subside in a day or two. Your
at 7 am on a Sunday morning veterinarian may recommend
with an emergency, she will be light exercise, icing the area, or
more receptive to coming out administering a non-steroidal
if she knows me and my horse. anti-inflammatory product.
In addition to that, I have • Adjuvant: these are subsomeone in my corner in case stances that are added to the
of adverse reactions to the vac- vaccine to enhance the immune
system’s response to the antigen.
cinations.
Doctors and veterinarians Different vaccine manufacturers
use vaccines to induce im- use different adjuvants, so trying
munity to specific diseases. a different supplier may help
Unfortunately, vaccinations can avoid reactions, if the adjuvant
occasionally cause unwanted is the cause.
reactions. These reactions can • Medium: the material used
be as mild as a slight tenderness to grow the antigen may cause a
or swelling at the injection site, reaction in sensitive individuals.
to the severe reaction of collapse For example, in humans who
are allergic to eggs, an allergic
or death.
Duane Chappell, D.V.M., response will be triggered if a
Merck Animal Health, explains vaccine component was grown
what may be the cause for a in eggs.
• Physical: the technique
used, and/or the location of
the vaccination can trigger a
reaction. Intramuscular (IM)
vaccines need to be given deep
into the muscle. The use of a one
inch needle will not deposit the
vaccine deep enough (in an average-sized horse), allowing the
substance to seep between the
skin and muscle. This will trigger an inflammatory response.
The use of a 1.5 inch needle is
considered best for administering IM vaccines to adult horses.
It is imperative that a new
sterile needle and syringe is
used for each vaccination. This
is more important than cleaning
the area. Studies have shown
cleaning the area with alcohol
has little effect. Should you want
to clean the area, the steps are:
shave the hair, scrub with an antiseptic soap, which must remain
on the site for two minutes, and
then rinse with alcohol.
The administration of the
vaccine must not be near nerves,
bones, ligaments or blood vessels. Horses with a history of
getting a sore neck after a vaccination may receive vaccines
in the buttocks. This will allow
them to be able to lower their
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July, 2016
A Girl’s Endurance Riding Dreams Have Come True
By Riley McHenry
I fell in love with horses
when I was 7. I went to a threeday horse camp over Labor
Day weekend near our home in
Carson City, Nevada, and I was
hooked. I learned to ride (on an
English saddle), tack, and muck
out stalls. Kim Chappell, the
trainer, was a wonderful teacher.
I’m dyslexic and get my lefts and
rights mixed up so she would use
different terms like “inside ring”
and “outside ring” to help me understand the direction.
That was the beginning of
my obsession about horses. Now
I love anything “horsey” including movies, books, and my model
collection.
As usual, in June of 2015 my
family went to the Carson Valley Days Parade, and we talked
to the AERC parade group.
They were at the parade as part
of their training for the 2016
Rose Parade. I got really excited
and wanted to join the riders.
My dad had lots of questions
about endurance riding, and after the parade called the American Endurance Ride Conference
office and asked if they knew of
a sponsor for a 10-year old girl.
They gave him the name of Karen Chaton from Gardnerville,
Nevada.
I began going on rides with
Karen on her horse Pro Bono D,
a 19-year old Arabian gelding
that has been an endurance horse
for 10 years. Bo is a great horse
with so much power and spirit.
I have learned many things from
Karen. She taught me that the
horse always comes first.
When we do an endurance
ride, I must first make sure Bo
is fed and well hydrated before I
feed myself. She also taught me
how to put on hoof boots and do
a proper vet check with Bo. The
vet check is a big deal. I have to
be able to communicate with the
vet on Bo’s condition at the beginning, middle, and end of each
ride.
My first ride was 30 miles at
the Red Rock Rumble in October. And of course it had to rain;
it never rains in Nevada. We had
trouble in one small section following the ribbons so we got off
trail but soon got back on. This is
when Karen gave me the job of
being co-navigator. Now it was
my job to always look for the ribbons and to make sure we didn’t
miss them, or miss any turns.
Karen felt I was ready for a
50-mile ride in the High Desert
Ride. There was a storm of all
storms, windy and raining. We
rode through two Nevada state
parks, Lake Lahontan and Fort
Churchill, and through a forest
of golden cottonwoods along a
dry riverbed.
My next 50 was Gold Rush
Shuffle. The night before the
ride, on our way there, my dad
and I got lost, and since he does
not have a cell phone, we were
wandering around in the outskirts of Auburn in the dark. Finally, after hours of looking, we
found the camp. The next day, it
was freezing at the start, but it
warmed up throughout the day
and it was a very pretty ride.
At the Twenty Mule Team
ride in Ridgecrest, California, it
was very hot, and I made a mistake and didn’t eat enough or
stay hydrated so I was exhausted
after the ride. A big snake rattled
at Karen’s horse Chief, but he let
Bo and me walk right by without
any problem. It scared Karen and
me more than the horses.
Rides of March was my next
50 mile ride. That ride was a different story. I had learned my
lesson and drank and ate plenty.
We saw the strangest thing in
the middle of the desert - a rusted old submarine.
At the Nevada Derby in
early April, I rode Bo on Sunday. There were a lot of hills.
I had to dismount to walk Bo
down the steep, rocky hills. We
rode to Duck Hill and then to
Carson City. At the vet check, I
got a compliment from the vet
who said I had a good “trot-out”
which made me happy with myself.
In addition to our endurance
rides, I helped to get Bo ready for
the Rose Parade in January. We
rode in two parades: the Nevada
Day Parade (I was dressed up in
Arabian garb) and the Veterans’
Day Parade in Virginia City. We
also practiced for many weeks in
the large arenas at the Douglas
Country Fairgrounds, with the
rest of our parade group.
My family has been very
supportive of my new sport.
They drive me to my rides, stay at
camp during the long days while
I’m on the trail, and cheer me on.
They are very proud of me. I have
ridden 250 miles in less than a
year and I am fifth in the point
standings for the juniors. My
next goal is to complete a 100mile ride.
I have had some exciting
adventures riding Bo. I love en-
durance riding, and I hope to
continue to ride with Karen for
many more rides.
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Court of Appeals Reverses Tax Court Decision
about the financial aspects of
the horse-racing business. In
1999, he bought two horses for
$1000 each, and in the first year
netted $18,000 in purses. He
built a horse track on a farm and
increased his stock of race horses
to 10, plus a breeding stallion.
By John Alan Cohan, Attorney at Law In addition, Mr. Roberts passed
the state’s licensed-trainer test
In a remarkable decision, the and obtained his horse-training
7th Circuit Court of Appeals license.
In 2005, Mr. Roberts acreversed a Tax Court opinion
dealing with a Thoroughbred quired a larger property and
racehorse owner’s activities. The invested in improvements for
case, Roberts v. Commissioner, the training of racehorses. He
concluded that the taxpayer’s trained the horses himself. He
horse racing activities were en- lobbied the Indiana legislature
tered into for profit. The Court on behalf of horse racing, pushcharacterized the Tax Court de- ing for legislation to permit slot
cision as untenable, in that it in machines at racetracks, which
effect concluded that a business’s ended up being enacted. He
start-up costs were not deduct- took on leadership roles in two
ible business expenses and that professional horse-racing asevery business starts as a hobby sociations.
Mr. Roberts spent upwards
and becomes a business only
when it achieves a certain level of 12 hours per day working
of profitability. The 7th Circuit with the horses on race days
opinion was an embarrassment and about eight hours a day on
not only for the IRS, but for other days.
During the years at issue,
the Tax Court judge in the case,
Mr.
Roberts’
expenses signifiJudge Elizabeth C. Paris.
The taxpayer, Merrill Rob- cantly exceeded his earnings.
erts, was a successful owner and The Tax Court held that Mr.
operator of restaurants, bars and Roberts’ activity was a hobby
nightclubs in Indianapolis. In in 2005 and 2006, but that it
the ‘90s he began withdrawing became a bona fide business
from the business, becoming a in 2007. Accordingly, the Tax
consultant instead, and learned Court held that Mr. Roberts’
business expense deductions for
2005 and 2006 were denied.
The Tax Court, which was
reversed by the 7th Circuit, held
that Mr. Roberts’ activity in
2005 and 2006 was a hobby, and
became a business in 2007. The
7th Circuit said that the activity evolved from his decision in
2005 to build a larger training
facility, and to make substantial
improvements to the property:
“The Tax Court’s finding that
his land purchase and improvements were irrelevant to the
issue or profit motive until he
began using the new facilities is
unsupported and an offense to
common sense.” The 7th Circuit
added, “The judge seems not to
have understood that the decision to build the facility, and its
construction, are also indications
of a profit motive.”
The 7th Circuit found the
Tax Court’s opinion confusing
and contradictory. The 7th Circuit characterized the IRS regulations on the horse industry as
“goofy,” and commented that the
Tax Court would be better off if,
rather than “wading through” the
factors in the IRS Regulations,
that before deciding, “the court
must listen to the owner’s protestations of business motive.”
Most of the hobby loss
cases that end up in Tax Court
involve losses of large sums of
money year after year that the
taxpayer deducts from other
conventional sources of income.
Sometimes the Tax Court will
fail to properly evaluate the taxpayer’s genuine intention to be
engaged in an activity for profit.
In some instances the taxpayer
fails to introduce evidence of
significant changes in operation,
adoption of new techniques, or
abandonment of unprofitable
methods.
It is extremely rare for a
hobby loss case to be appealed
to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which rarely reverses the
Tax Court. It is not only an
expensive undertaking, but also
takes a long time. The Tax Court
handed down the Roberts decision in April, 2014, and the 7th
Circuit issued its ruling in April,
2016, two years later.
John Alan Cohan is an attorney representing people in
federal and state tax disputes, IRS
appeals, and Tax Court litigation,
and is a long-standing author of a
legal advice column published in
numerous sporting magazines. In
addition, he advises organizations
on compliance with newly enacted
laws and regulations. John is also
author of the book, Turn Your
Hobby Into A Business -- The
Right Way. He can be reached
at: (310) 278-0203, or email
at johnalancohan@aol.com. His
website is JohnAlanCohan.com.
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July, 2016
Past Performance is No Guarantee
By Julie Goodnight
Anyone who has ever invested in the stock market has
seen this disclaimer: Past performance is no guarantee of future
success. Yet when we invest our
resources into a well-trained
horse, we expect a guarantee
that the way he is today, in his
current reality, is the way he will
be a month or a year from now.
I wish I had a dollar for
every person that has told me
that the horse they bought was
misrepresented to them by the
seller in some nefarious way,
“Surely, he must have been
drugged when I rode him before
purchase!” The horse was perfect
at the trainer’s barn then a “different horse” as soon as the check
cleared and the trailer parked at
his new home—or so the new
owner believes. The truth is,
a horse’s training can unravel
quickly when he is mishandled
or when his life-circumstances
change—like when he’s in a new
home, around new humans, in
a new herd, getting used to a
new training regime. These are
considerable stressors for a horse
and he’ll act much different in
the new setting. If a horse was
in a regimented training barn
or with a trainer and suddenly
doesn’t have to obey rules, he
may challenge the new order and
act up in the new setting.
“Anti-training,” or teaching
the horse the wrong thing, is
quite easy to do. And since horses are extremely fast-learning
animals, he can learn the wrong
thing the very first time you
make the mistake. A common
example is circling a horse when
he throws a fit about leaving
the barnyard. The moment you
turn him toward the barn, you
have reinforced his fit. It doesn’t
matter that you circle back away
because he knows how to fix
that, he just throws another fit
so you’ll circle him again. Even
a well-trained horse can be antitrained in short order.
I would like to say that it is
easy to un-train a horse, but the
truth is, you cannot unlearn information. Once a horse knows
something about you (that you
won’t enforce the rules, you will
not discipline him even when he
deserves it, you won’t make him
work if he threatens you, you
won’t push if you get scared), he
knows it. The only thing you can
do is change you.
Dodger’s Challenge
I remember selling one of
our horses to a good friend, a
number of years ago (and we
are still friends). Dodger was
an admittedly quirky horse--although a very well-trained ranch
horse—an experienced pro in all
Julie and her friend Lucy’s horse, Dodger. This well-trained horse challenged his new owner but did not come “untrained.”
Photo by Heidi Melocco, whole-picture.com.
matters of ranching. He lived
13 years as a working horse on
a big ranch in Texas, then two
years on my ranch, then we sold
him and he was taken to live in
the city of Denver (an old part
where horses were still allowed).
Poor Dodger thought he had
landed on another planet and
was understandably nervous in
his new urban setting. But what
happened on the first day there,
set some serious unraveling in
motion.
Dodger was not happy in
his new box stall and when she
went to get him out the next
morning to head to turnout, he
plowed right over the top of his
new owner-- forcing her out of
his way. How she handled that
moment was critical to setting
the tone of their brand new
relationship. Instead of scolding
him and backing him up and
insisting that he remember his
manners and be respectful and
patient, she felt sorry for him
(“he was nervous in his new
home”). She decided to overlook
his momentary indiscretion. But
the next day, he did the exact
same thing (of course), since apparently the rules in this strange
new place were different than
what he had known all of his
life. Soon, he was pushing all
sorts of boundaries and making
up his own rules.
When I called a week later
to see how my old horse was getting along with his new owner, I
was appalled to hear how badly
he was behaving! Turns out
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Continued from page 13.
Continued from page 16.
Vaccination Reactions
Past Performance...
one thing led to another and
in just a few days this perfectly
mannered horse had become an
ill-mannered pig on the ground.
We talked it through and I told
her what to do to fix it. In short
order, Dodger turned back into
the horse he knew how to be.
What horses want most is
the safety and the comfort that
the herd provides them. Life
in the herd involves respecting
authority, following rules and
routines, earning the acceptance
of the leader and being treated
fairly. Well-trained horses in
particular, tend to be handled
in a strict regimen and worked
daily, living up to the high expectations of the trainer. Horses
crave and worship leadership,
so going from a strong leader
to a passive one is a change any
horse would notice. You cannot
buy respect from a horse and you
cannot buy a relationship with a
horse; you can only earn it.
Adjustment Time
Horses in transition to a
new owner and a new home,
need time to adjust to and get
comfortable with their new
surroundings and new handlers.
It is unreasonable to expect all
horses to perform at the same
level in a new place with a new
rider. But it is important to
start your new relationship off
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with structure and to build your
horse’s respect and trust.
All my friend had to do was
scold Dodger and spend 10 minutes doing some groundwork to
remind the horse that he had
rules to follow and authority to
respect. And that if he acts the
way he is trained to act, things
will be safe and predictable
for him. Right away Dodger
snapped out of his bad manners
and after taking the time she
needed to establish a meaningful
relationship with the horse, one
he could trust, he reverted back
to his old trained self.
When starting a new relationship with a horse build a
relationship based on trust, respect and authority. This is easily
gained through round pen and
lead line work from the ground,
if you follow a systematic approach like I outline in my From
the Ground Up series. If you
don’t know how to do effective
ground work, get help; enlist
the services of a trainer. If you
buy a well-trained horse, it is
probably worth getting lessons
from the trainer, to protect your
investment.
The best trainer in the world
can train a horse to do almost
anything for him, but he cannot train him to do it for you.
You have to build your own
relationship with the horse,
learn his cues, make your expectationsclear to him and then
lead in a way that makes him
want to follow you. That may
take an hour or a month or a
year—that depends on you, not
on the horse’s past performance.
You and only you are responsible for the investments
you make and past performance
is no guarantee of future success.
But if you are smart, aware, take
responsibility and give guidance,
your investment should grow.
Treat any new relationship with
your horse as a serious investment; be smart and accept responsibility for your own actions
and make sure your investment
is growing.
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heads to eat and drink. The
top of the rump is not recommended, as it will not allow
drainage should an abscess develop. Beware of getting kicked
if the buttocks are the chosen
location. If you are considering
giving your own vaccinations,
have your veterinarian show
you the proper location and
technique.
• Movement: excessive movement of the horse while the needle is being inserted, and after
it is place, can result in trauma
to the area.
• Multiple Vaccinations: exposing the horse to several
antigens, adjuvants, media and
injection sites at the same time
increases the odds of having a
reaction. Using combination
vaccines, or administering vaccines 10-14 days apart may be
beneficial.
* Strangles Vaccine Contamination: when giving the intranasal live strangles vaccine, care
must be taken that it does not
contaminate the intramuscular
injection sites. If the live strangles antigen gets taken into the
muscle at the time of an IM
injection, a severe local reaction will result. Contamination
is possible if the horse snorts
post-vaccination, allowing the
live bacteria antigen to come in
contact with the veterinarian’s
hands or skin surface of the
horse.
The intranasal live strangles
vaccine should be administered
on a different day than the
intramuscular vaccines. A
common protocol is to give the
intranasal strangles vaccine AFTER all IM vaccines have been
administered to every horse at
the facility.
This helps eliminate the
risk of the live strangles bacteria
antigen from being “injected”
intramuscularly via the IM
needle. • Active Disease: if a disease
is already on the premises at the
time of vaccinations.
Dr. Chappell goes on to say,
“Adverse reactions to vaccinations are not always predictable,
and just as in people, are an
inherent and assumed risk associated with vaccinations. Prevention is always better for the
horse because many diseases do
not respond well to treatment
and can be life threatening.”
Talk to your veterinarian,
and review each horse’s vaccination requirements. Your veterinarian will assess the horse’s age,
use, travel, housing, location and
risk of exposure. It’s the perfect
time for your veterinarian to get
to know your horse.
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By Don Blazer
Only under very special circumstances or in a fit of sentimental foolishness would a man
refuse to put a price on a horse.
Samuel D. Riddle might have
been guided by both.
He had a colt he’d paid $5000
for as a yearling, yet he turned
down William T. Waggoner’s offer of $500,000.
And when the Ft. Worth
Texan offered $1 million, Riddle
turned that down, too, and when
Waggoner handed Riddle a blank
check, Riddle refused it, saying,
“The colt is not for sale.”
Riddle may be the only
horseman in history who did the
right thing by not selling.
Certainly he was correct in
saying you can’t put a price on a
legend.
And he should have known.
He owned one.
The colt he refused to sell in
1920 was recognized as the standard by which all other race horses,
at that time, were measured.
You see, as a three-year old,
the colt held North American
race records at one mile, a mile
and one-eighth, and a mile and
five lengths.
It’s true all the records have
been broken, but not by horses
running on the same type of
tracks or with steel racing shoes.
Today’s race tracks are faster than
the tracks of the ‘20’s, and steel
shoes are much heavier than the
aluminum plates used today.
This emerging legend not
only set the records, but he did it
carrying weight. Today’s two-year
olds seldom carry more than 122
pounds, but on six occasions, this
cold carried 130 pounds. Once,
as a three-year old, he carried 138
pounds on a heavy track. He won
easily. As a matter of fact, most
of his victories were easy. His
margins ranged from one length
to 100 lengths.
He ran so well that challengers were hard to find. More than
once he ran in races which turned
out to be matches, even though
they weren’t planned that way, and
he did win the only real match
race arranged for him.
In 21 career races, he lost only
once, and that was to a horse he
defeated on four other occasions.
The loss was described by most
racing experts as due to a bad ride
and poor racing luck.
The big chestnut was a giant in his day in more ways than
one. When mature, he measured
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16.1 and five-eighths inches, and
weighed 1,100 pounds while in
race training. After retiring to
stud, his weight went up to 1,300
pounds. His heart-girth measured 71 and three-quarters inches,
and his stride was estimated, although never officially measured,
at between 25 and 28 feet.
He was a kind, but never
quiet, horse. He was tense, excitable, and quite playful. One of his
favorite games was to snatch the
hat off his exercise boy and then
trot around his stall challenging
the boy to recover the hat.
His nervousness was evi-
denced by one bad habit. While
lying in his stall, supposedly resting, he would chew on his hooves.
When humans do this, we call it
“biting our nails”.
At stud, he was more than
outstanding. He was the first
horse, ever, to command a fee of
$5,000. He sired 379 registered
foals, most by less than spectacular mares, but even so, more than
half were race winners. Two of
his sons won the Kentucky Derby,
and one won the Triple Crown
(War Admiral).
Our legend didn’t run in the
Kentucky Derby, but he did win
the Preakness and the Belmont
Stakes.
He stood at stud for more
than 20 years, and he had thousands and thousands of friends
and visitors.
He was foaled on March 29,
1917, and he died at the age of 30,
on November 1, 1947.
He was known to the racing public as “Big Red”. He
was described by his long-time
groom, Will Harbut, who died
shortly before the champion, as
“de moistest hoss dat ever was.”
His legendary name is in the
record books as Man O’ War.
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