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OUT FRONT
Welcome to Ho rs e s A l l
Horse training
r eade rs speak
Talking
back
The dunce of the class
Getting humbled by trying new things with Bacardi
TWO-BITS FROM A
TWO-BIT COWBOY
Craig Couillard - Editor
I
’ve been feeling like a real dunce lately.
Ever felt like the village idiot?
For those of you that follow my column, you recall that my New Year’s resolution was to get off the couch and get more
time in the saddle.
This past winter I took in a couple of
Extreme Cowboy sessions at Okotoks Ag
Society.
Then I signed up for a six-week clinic
on Tuesday nights with champion cutter and working cow horse trainer Vance
Kaglea.
Now I’ve been riding for nearly 30 years,
and have had lots of real life experience in
the saddle. Not too much from clinics and
such… mostly trial and error… and observing the guys I rode with.
I was feeling pretty good about my skill
set as a basic trail rider but thought, “I can
always learn more.”
I took my 12-year-old AQHA sorrel
mare, Bacardi to the first Extreme Cowboy
course, thinking she has seen it all up in
the Rocky Mountains with me. Wrong!
That was my first dunce experience. I
was shocked that she balked at some of the
obstacles, even some of the more simple
ones.
But that was nothing compared to my
first few working cow horse classes with
Vance. I took in the same mare and we
were totally out of our element. I was
definitely the dunce of the class… hands
down.
It’s not that Vance or any of the other
participants made me feel that way.
Bacardi and I are just so far behind.
Most of them are riding horses that a
professional trainer has put a solid foundation on so it’s more them catching up to
the level of their horses. For me, I need to
learn it first before I can expect Bacardi to
get it.
Vance has been great about working
with me. He sometimes he gives me my
own exercises to do while the others do
more advanced maneuvers. But I have to
say it’s like getting wax crayons to colour
with while the rest get to use paint.
I have to remind myself about the
encouragement that Psychologist and
regular Horses All contributors April Clay
gives us about not comparing ourselves to
other participants, and staying focused on
what I need to do.
The first night I was overwhelmed…
literally. Many of the students have been
with Vance for other sessions. I had a hard
time understanding the instructions, let
alone trying to accomplish the tasks.
Natural arc. Reverse arc. Double reverse
arc. Spins. Gait transition. Lead changes.
Inside rein, inside leg. Outside rein, inside
leg. Whoa means back. That’s just a partial list.
The next week I brought along a little
note book and started taking notes… lots
of notes. That’s helped.
Each week I feel Bacardi and me moving forward. I’m trying to unlearn 10 years
of bad habits with her, learn better techniques, and then try and teach her these
new cues. We are definitely a work in progress but I like the direction we are going.
I recently read a quote by Buck Brannaman in the May, 2013 issue of Western Horseman that sums it up for me, “All
you have to do is try a couple of things
that you’re not very good at with a horse.
That’ll humble you up pretty quick.”
There was a little positive affirmation
moment when my wife Kim and I rode on
the 2nd Annual Blackfoot Trail Ride for
Cancer on the Siksika Nation. I’ve done
all the work on Kim’s gelding up in the
mountains but he hadn’t been ridden for
six months. Thankfully I had real faith
that there wouldn’t be any problems… and
there wasn’t. He was the same trustworthy horse as he was last year, and the year
before that.
So like Buck said, a little humbling now
and then is good for us. I figure my fragile
ego can endure some more so I’ve signed
up for another six-weeks of humbling
with Vance. Maybe I can get rid of the
dunce hat and earn a gold star.
That’s my two-bits for this month.
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In the field
Snapshots from our field editors
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Horses All Account Manager Crystal McPeak (fourth from left)
watched Legacys A Streakin sprint to a first place finish in the
Markell Bonus Challenge at Rocky Mountain Turf in Lethbridge,
Alberta on May 12. Legacys A Streakin is owned by Ed Borgstrom
and trained by Laurie Ferguson. Lethbridge, Edmonton, and Grande
Prairie regularly play host to Alberta Quarter Horse Racing. 
Mandy Blais from N.A.G. Bags proudly wears the
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Saskatchewan Equine Expo. PHOTO: Natalie Sorkilmo
Photo: Coady Photo
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Horses All Team Leader Tom
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help his staff man the booth at
The Mane Event.
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Karen Mix from K & K Livestock (r) enjoys a rare
quiet moment to visit with Horses All Account
Manager Natalie Sorkilmo at The Mane Event in
Red Deer.
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Editor Craig Couillard and his wife Kim had the
privilege to ride in the 2nd Annual Blackfoot Memorial
Trail Ride Against Cancer in May. Both lost their
fathers to cancer. The setting was beautiful along the
Bow River on the Siksika Nation east of Calgary. Tribal
elders told stories along the trail. A barbeque with
entertainment and native dancing followed. Event
Organizer Lavina Crossguns presented a print to
Horses All for being a sponsor.
BEHIND THE COVER
Front cover photographer
Laura Trubbie from the collection
of photographs in Life is Art by
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profiles
Stories from People who Live, Work and Compete with Horses
journalism
R eflections
Dianne Finstad
remembers
Dwayne Erickson was inducted into both the
Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame, and the
Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. He was a two-time
winner of the Profession Rodeo Cowboys
Association Media Award for Excellence in Print
Journalism, the only Canadian to have been
presented with the honour.
Dwayne Erickson
Rodeo’s greatest reporter
Veteran writer helped build the sport through his dedication to the rodeo family
By Dianne Finstad
Red Deer, Alta.
T
he sport of rodeo has lost a
champion. No, he didn’t ride
bulls, rope calves, or ever
spur a bronc.
But Dwayne Erickson was a
champion in bringing rodeo athletes to the general public in a way
unmatched in the game. Words were
his rope. He could lasso the facts,
and tie up a captivating tale in a
flash.
The legendary Calgary sportswriter watched rodeo history for
half a century, captured it, and
brought it to life on the page. His
passion for the sport, the competitors, and the drama they faced both
in and out of the arena, was clearly
evident.
Erickson passed away April 22 in
a Calgary hospice after a brief battle
with cancer, at the age of 75.
The rodeo world feels the loss of
his presence and his pen deeply.
For his dedication covering the
sport, Erickson was honoured as
a Pioneer of Rodeo by the Calgary
Stampede. He’d been inducted into
both the Canadian Pro Rodeo Hall
of Fame, and the Alberta Sports Hall
of Fame. He was a two-time winner
of the Profession Rodeo Cowboys
Association Media Award for Excellence in Print Journalism. The last
award came just this past December
in Las Vegas. Erickson is the only
Canadian to have been presented
with the honour.
Over his years as a reporter, he
worked for the Calgary and Edmonton Journals, The Sun in both cities,
the Winnipeg Free Press, CBC-TV,
Canadian Pro Rodeo News, and ProRodeo Sports News.
The talented writer often recalled
his introduction to the sport which
was to become his life passion. Erickson had come to Alberta in 1957
from his home in Prince George,
B.C., to work for the Edmonton Journal.
“My sports editor at the Journal
told me I had to go cover a rodeo,”
remembered Erickson. “I told him I
didn’t know the back end of a horse
from the front. He told me if I didn’t
go, I’d be looking for a job. So off I
went.”
What a journey that assignment
began! Erickson logged a long and
productive ride covering the sport,
with volumes of columns introducing readers to the heroes of the
game, and what ‘the cowboy way’
really meant.
He covered the Canadian Finals
Rodeo for the first time in 1979,
his first Calgary Stampede in 1982,
and wrote from the National Finals
Rodeo for decades. He fought to
keep rodeo high profile in the sports
page.
One year, to get to know what the
road warriors of rodeo really went
through, he signed on as a driver,
and left right after the Calgary Stampede with a trio of bull riders. He
lasted with them over 9,000 miles
in 11 days, stopping briefly at places
ranging from Estevan, Saskatchewan to Salinas, California; Swan
River, Manitoba to Cheyenne, Wyoming. That was also the year Lane
Frost was killed in the bull riding.
He was there that performance, and
having to write that story made for
one of the toughest days on the job.
Erickson cared deeply about the
“I’m sure he knew more stats about myself than
I do. He was always checking up on us... it was
like he was right there rodeoing with you.”
— Curtis Cassidy
subjects he covered. It was more
than just a paycheque to Erickson.
He became an integral part of the
rodeo family. That’s why contestants
will miss him so much.
In the days since his passing,
many shared their thoughts. World
Champion barrel racer Lindsay Sears
wrote on the Facebook tribute page:
“He was responsible for introducing us to the rodeo fans, he put our
names in black and white and put
us out there for the world to read
about and enabled the Canadian
rodeo fans to follow our careers. His
passing has left us with a hole in our
hearts and a blank page at the Calgary Herald, where he has written
thousands of articles about the budding careers of Canadian rodeo athletes.”
Eight-time Canadian saddle bronc
champion Rod Hay called Erickson’s passing a big loss for rodeo. He
recalled to CFCW Rodeo Reporter
Tim Ellis his very first interview
with Dwayne.
“I remember it exactly. It was just
after I’d won Houston in my rookie
year, and the first Canadian rodeo I
was at after that was Medicine Hat.
He got a hold of me and we went into
one of the dressing rooms and sat
down. I thought ‘Boy, I’ve made the
big time now. I’m talking to Dwayne
Erickson!’”
Hay and several other competi-
It wasn’t just contestants
Dwayne Erickson left his mark
on. This is one of those rare
occasions where there’s a need
to step outside the reporter’s
safe box.
Dwayne’s impact on my own
rodeo reporting work was large,
and I’m very grateful to have
worked alongside him over the
years.
Dwayne’s knowledge of
statistics, numbers, names and
history still amazes me. I was
fascinated by how he could
make entire new revelations
out of the numbers, like career
earnings, or new records.
As well, his attention to
detail was always a reminder
to me while watching a rodeo
with him. What colour was that
calf that just got tied in 7.2
seconds? Which way did that
horse circle out of the chutes?
Yes, that bull did change directions three times. I’d better
write that down too!! And later,
reading his latest masterpieces,
those nuances would be woven
into the report, adding colour,
character and accuracy.
I considered it a real career
milestone when Dwayne would
allow a couple of us to join him
in the sacred winner’s interview
session, which was normally his
lone court exclusively. And if
we happened to ask a question
that might pull out a nugget he
found useful, that was worth
celebrating.
One of my favourite
memories will always be the
glint in his eye when he’d shut
off his little cassette recorder
(with a jubilant click) to end
an interview. ‘Thanks bud, got
what I need,’ he’d say to the
contestant, and you knew there
was another great story ready
to jump off his keyboard.
tors commented that if they saw
Erickson’s number come up on their
phone, they knew it must mean
they’d been doing good.
Donalda’s Cassidy family got
plenty of ink over the years, whether
it was father Greg, sons Curtis and
Cody, or their great horse Willy.
Curtis Cassidy pointed out Erickson
was one of the very few reporters to
cover the sport year round, keeping
tabs on Canadians at U.S. rodeos.
“He knew his stats,” added Curtis Cassidy. “I’m sure he knew more
stats about myself than I do. He was
always checking up on us, and knew
every rodeo secretary. It was like he
was right there rodeoing with you.”
Dwayne Erickson may not have
ridden a horse. But in the world of
rodeo, he was a true cowboy, and he
was a champion.
Dianne Finstad, called ‘Kid’ by Erickson,
has covered rodeo and agriculture stories
for 30 years, on radio, television and
in print. She knows the rodeo trail will
be much different without Erickson’s
presence in print, but will remember his
writing inspiration always.
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PROFILES
BULL RIDING
Blade Young
Bull rider, husband, father, rancher and pick up man
HOOKED ON BULLS
Profiles on the PBR
By Ted Stovin
Calgary, Alta.
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Blade Young waits to jump into action at the Bridge City Chrysler/LA Towing PBR
Challenge in Lethbridge this past March. PHOTO: WENDY SLOBODA
t’s not often when a person
gets involved with the sport
of rodeo that they ever leave
the arena completely or ‘get out
of the circle’ if you will.
This couldn’t be more true for
former bull rider, turned pick
up man Blade Young of Tyvan,
Sask.
A f te r g o i n g to s c h o o l o n
rodeo scholarships in the
United States, winning the Permit Award in his first year, and
qualifying for the Canadian
Finals Rodeo in Bull Riding on
three separate occasions, Blade
was well established in his
rodeo career.
As with most bull riders,
the actual bull riding part isn’t
something one can do for very
long.
“I had quite a few years there
where I made my living rodeoing. Now I’m making my liv-
ing ranching and rodeo is my
hobby,” Blade said modestly.
Blade’s family and business,
Young Land and Cattle Ltd. are
now what weigh the most on
his decisions in and out of the
arena.
“My wife Becky is expecting
again here this summer.”
Their two boys, Grady (seven)
and Davis (three) are growing
up in their father’s footsteps.
“Typical boys,” Young explains
proudly. “They are definitely bull
rider and rodeo crazy kids. They
like dirt bikes, hockey, ranching
and everything.
“As far as ranchin’ goes, the
best way to sum it up is we’re
pretty busy.
“Ten years ago we had 300
cows or less. Now we’ve got
3,000. I think that’s probably
the biggest reason why I quite
riding bulls. It wasn’t the priority. I was too busy,” Young
recalls.
When it comes down to it
though, being busy for Blade
isn’t going to change any time
soon.
“It doesn’t matter what I do, I’m
always gonna’ be busy. Rodeoing
and picking up are my way to get
away. Some people go to the lake, I
go to the rodeos.
“If I don’t take the time to shut
things down, I’ll never enjoy life.
It’s probably one of the reasons
I’ve always stuck with rodeo,”
Blade said.
Moving from a bull rider to a
pick up man has certainly meant
many adjustments for Young.
“I’m pretty picky about my
horses… I go through a lot in
a year. I’m always riding them
and go through what I like. I’ve
got five pick up horses right
now that I wouldn’t be afraid to
take anywhere in the world. You
know I think they are that good.
Of course they are mine though
and I’m higher on them. I take a
lot of pride in my horses.
“If you rope poorly, it can be
overlooked if you’re riding something pretty decent. If you’re
riding an old sway back nag, and
rope poorly, then you really look
bad,” he joked.
Although there have been
changes over the last 10 years,
rodeo, horses and ranching are
still the family’s core foundation.
“It’s definitely been a huge challenge making everything work.
We’ve had some growing pains.”
Growing pains, or the
weather… like this past winter.
“We wintered 3,200 cows
through the worst winter imaginable. Now finally the ground is
green and we survived, so we did
something right.”
Throughout the summer of
2013, you will see the Young
family at nearly all of Jason
Davidson’s 3D Bullriding events,
a number of Jim Lawrence’s
Prime Time Rodeos and Roughstock events within the CCA,
and a number of others throughout the year.
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HORSES ALL • JUNE 2013
P
ROFILES
Entertainer
Denver Daines
it’s a family tradition
Canadian singer, song writer, saddle bronc rider
Where to see him
June 15, 2013 @ 10 p.m.
Daines Ranch Rodeo
Innisfail, Alta. - Daines Ranch
June 21-22, 2013 @ 1 p.m.
Jack Anderson Charity Car
Auction - Olds, Alta.
Olds Hockey Arena
July 11, 2013 @ 11 a.m.
Chestermere Lake Breakfast
Chestermere, Alta.
July 17, 2013 @ 11 a.m.
Westerner Community Event
Red Deer, Alta. - Westerner Park
July 19, 2013 @ 9 p.m.
World Plowing Match
Olds, Alta. - Olds College
Denver Daines, shown here at the Strathmore rodeo, qualified for the CFR in
2012. Photo: Mike Copeman
IN IT TO WIN IT
Competitor profile
By Luke Creasy
Brownsfield, Alta.
31-year-old Denver Daines, son of
Ivan and Katie, was raised on the
family farm just east of Innisfail,
Alberta. Riding saddle bronc is in his
blood — his dad, his cousins Duane
and Kyle, and his uncle Jack all rode.
But Denver doesn’t fit in quietly as
just another bronc rider in the family. He has a voice to be heard as he
branches into the music market.
Daines’ sound is a mixture of modern country with an edgy, soft rock.
Plus he writes his own music.
Balancing the two careers is no
easy task however. “The key to managing both… well it’s extremely difficult. Ideally when you can book a
gig in the same place as your rodeo,
it’s great. Ride your bronc and go play
after. When you have bookings elsewhere, you can’t really do both, it’s
one or the other,” explains Daines.
“Right now I book gigs as often
as I can, and rodeo when I’m not
booked,” said Daines.
In a way they seem more like dueling careers, very similar in their
travel and time requirements.
“The difference between rodeo
and singing is I bring a lot more gear
with me to a gig than I do to ride a
bronc. I pack all my own equipment
and set it up myself. I get there about
an hour before and take a bit of time
after the gig too,” Daines’ chuckles.
“Chris LeDoux managed both
rodeo and singing (winning the
World Bareback Riding championship in 1976), but he did things different than I am. Chris sold homerecorded eight-tracks at rodeos,
whereas I’m booking gigs and going a
more conventional route.”
“The ideal kind of gig is riding
then singing for the same crowd
after. Wild Wood, Alta. (Rod Hay’s
bronc riding event) has been that
way most of the last few years and
that works out great.”
Daines understands the dedication each endeavor requires, “24/7
music would mean no rodeo,” and
with his passion for music and the
passing of time he knows it’ll come
to that. He lives with the realization
he can’t rodeo as hard as most riders,
“With my gigs I won’t be going to 42
rodeos (basically all Canadian Pro
Rodeos).”
Daines, having made the CFR in
2012 (largely in part to his win in
Ponoka), has it in his mind to “go to
the big ones and make ‘em count.”
“Rodeoing for much longer is
looking slim, so I want to give it all
I’ve got. I’d like to make CFR one
more time before I’m done. Finish
strong… end on an up-note before
music becomes full priority.”
With his music’s growing success,
he’s not the least bit preemptive in
When not riding broncs, Daines is putting on even more miles playing at various
gigs across western Canada. Occasionally he’s able to ride and sing at the same
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assuming he will turn musician fulltime.
“I released two singles this year,
‘Tennessee Night’ and ‘My Time To
Shine.’ They are currently receiving
air play across Canada. I plan on hitting the studio soon with some new
tunes that I have written over the
winter.”
When asked of his goals or ambitions in music, Daines humbly
shrugged off the idea of a CCMA
award, “A CCMA award would be
great but as of yet, that’s a long
shot, there’s tons of Canadian talent.”
“Living such a diverse life gives me
lots to write about, that’s for sure.
I’m pretty lucky, there’s many guys
who would love to rodeo and sing
as a profession. The only downfall
is it’s hard to do both but I’m gonna
rodeo and sing as long as I can cause I
believe that’s what God intended me
to do and I wouldn’t have it any other
way.”
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up, the difference between cowboy
to singer is eight seconds.”
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SHOW JUMPING
Meet Jon Garner:
Spruce Meadows
Competitions Manager
Every second counts when managing seven outdoor rings
I DID IT MY WAY
Personal Profile
By Wendy Dudley
Priddis, Alta.
T
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wenty-five years ago, Jon
Garner drove up the treelined lane to Spruce Meadows, believing he had found the
Disneyland of show jumping. The
grounds were immaculate, the
horses were magnificent, the rings
were outstanding.
Today, Garner is the venue’s
competitions manager, in charge of
making sure events run like clockwork. Not an easy task when there
are seven outdoor rings, 16 tournaments, and more than 16,000
rounds of jumping a year.
“In the beginning it was pretty
overwhelming. You’re chasing
problems. But now, if my radio is
not going off, it’s a good thing.”
The frenzy comes in summer,
with a major outdoor tournament
held every week in June through
to the North American in July,
followed by the Masters in September. Garner has to break down
every hour of the day, predicting
finish times based on the number and quality of entries in each
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With some riders competing
in classes that are running at the
same time, the tricky part is juggling the order-of-go to accommodate a rider hustling between
rings. Riders must attend awards
presentations. If they do not show
up, they forfeit their prizes.
And then there is the uncooperative weather. Spruce Meadows
receives regular reports, giving
a heads-up if there is a lighting
storm on the way or winds that
could get nasty. Seconds can then
be shaved by having riders enter
the ring as soon as the previous
entry has jumped the last obstacle.
Nothing could be worse than the
year Garner took over the job in
2005. It was a monsoon summer,
when riders for the first and only
time to date refused to mount up
for the Nations Cup because of the
slick conditions. “It was baptism by
water. I really wondered what I had
got myself into,” Garner recalled.
Live television adds to the pressure cooker, when tenths of seconds are measured to ensure
events finish on time, with the
winner’s anthem over before the
top of the hour.
Garner begins drafting schedules as soon as the entry deadline
passes. For the National Tournament, which runs June 5-9, he has
six weeks from the mid-April deadline. He studies the time allowed
for each event and the calibre of
entries, estimating from previous
years how many are likely to make
the jump-off.
“And sometimes I just go on feel.
I know what the numbers say, but I
also know what my gut says.” And
being a sport, there’s always a wild
card, he noted. “There’s always that
unknown.”
When it comes to the complexity of the course, he’s the go-to-guy
for complaints. “Riders are more
likely to come to me than go to
the course designer,” he said. “And
the funny thing is, I get more com-
plaints when the sun shines. If it’s
raining, everyone just wants to get
out there and get it over with.”
Some issues may be legitimate,
but there are riders who will try to
alter their place in the order to gain
an advantage, Garner said. However, most riders know Garner,
a former jumper, does not suffer
fools gladly.
“If my radio is not
going off, it’s a
good thing.”
 JON GARNER
There’s a reason he was chosen
for the job, recalled Spruce Meadows president Linda Southern. “We
knew he would do well because of
his strong discipline.”
Garner has a military background, first coming to Spruce
Meadows as a member of the
King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery and ceremonial unit of the
British army. He grew up showing
and jumping in rural England, later
joining the troop as a way to stay
involved with horses.
It was love at first sight when he
witnessed the splendor of Spruce
Meadows. He returned to work as
a rider and trainer, and was eventually promoted to competitions
manager. Riders respect him for
his knowledge of the sport, and
for the past three years, the North
American Rider’s Group has named
Spruce Meadows the top show
jumping venue.
The facility has a reputation for
running a tight ship, and demanding mannerly protocol.
“The Spruce Meadows brand
means something,” Garner said.
“And part of my job is to ensure it
stays. I may no longer be part of
the sport as a jumper, but I’m part
of something that is pretty cool.”
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giving back
Billie Heggie:
Wife, mother-to-be,
humanitarian
Cowboys for Kingdom House has raised $50,000 to build new orphanage
WOMEN OF THE WEST
Personal profile
By Cindy Bablitz
Calgary, Alta.
W
omen of the west were
rugged pioneers every
bit as much as they
were the soft touch that brought
a measure of civility and comfort
to an otherwise wild territory. Billie Heggie, founder of Cowboys for
Kingdom House, defines Woman
of the West as well as any we’ve
featured in Horses All.
“I’ve been raised around horses
my whole life. My dad was a horse
trainer, so when I was born we
lived were my dad trained horses
for a living,” Billie says.
She covered all the usual suspects for lifelong horsewomen —
4-H, rodeo, horse shows. “Really, every horse activity, we
did it. I would get home on the
school bus, go inside, change my
clothes and be right back outside,
cleaning the stables or organizing the tack room or training or
riding. That’s been my life. And I
was the Alberta high school rodeo
queen in 1998 in my Grade 12
year, though I was such a tomboy,
I was the last person who thought
I’d win. I only entered because I
was cajoled into it. They didn’t
have enough contestants that year
to make the competition run. I
entered thinking I was just helping out the event organizers,” Billie laughs, remembering.
Little did Billie know how much
that helping spirit would one day
come to frame her life. After graduating high school and college,
Billie actually went on to conduct
a rather mainstream life, even
finding employment as an insurance agent, and found her high
school rodeo days a fond memory,
but no longer an active part of her
life. Until, visiting her friend Niki
Flundra at a rodeo in Pincher
Creek, she ran into an old steer
wrestling friend, Jessie Heggie
with whom she used to rodeo in
high school. The pair were married last October. However, far from being a ‘and
the rest was history’ story, Billie’s
return to the world of horses and
rodeo has a heartful twist, hearkening back to her helping nature.
Shortly after starting her job
Billie Heggie has been to Zambia four
times. She’s shown here with Idah,
a young girl diagnosed with Down
Syndrome. She is now sponsored into
the Father’s Heart program and going
to a special needs school.
Billie Heggie married her former high school rodeo team member and CFR qualifier, Jessie Heggie in October, 2012. They
are expecting their first child this summer.
in the insurance services industry, Billie launched her own home
based business as an independent consultant with Arbonne.
She set a personal goal to earn
the company bonus of a new Mercedes Benz within a year... and
within a year, she was driving that
Mercedes. It was at a leadership
retreat in Oklahoma City in January 2009 where things got really
interesting for Billie.
“I found myself on stage with 24
other women agreeing to go Africa
in service to helping orphaned
children in Zambia,” Billie remembers.
In a room of hundreds of
women, motivational speaker
Bruce Wilkinson challenged the
unsuspecting room to meet the
dream of another Arbonne top
income earner, who’d earlier mentioned to him a rather unformed
idea involving a future vision of
accompanying 25 women to a mission project in Zambia, an African
nation with more than a million
orphaned children. Billie says she suddenly found
herself standing up and joining a
gathering of other women agreeing to meet the random challenge... a bold, unconsidered and
unconsulted move she says was
quite out of character for her. However, when the milling
had subsided and the numbers
of women standing on stage
synchronistically numbered 25
exactly, Billie knew she was experiencing something special.
Fast forward four trips to Zambia with Texas-based Family
Legacy and dozens of orphaned
children rescued and sponsored
directly through Billie’s hand in
leadership and support, when
inspiration and synchronicity
struck again.
“I was feeling an urge to go
back, but something in me was
feeling pulled instead to stay
home and raise funds to help
build a house in Zambia to home
another 12 orphans,” Billie says.
In the meantime, she’d also
been wondering if there was a way
to unite the three worlds in which
she found herself: her world of
rodeo now at the forefront with
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Then she had a dream and a
vision, and the inspiration for
a fundraising event she dubbed
Cowboys for Kingdom House was
born. On the day she and her Kingdom House business partner,
(Tammy Yount, an Arbonne colleague based out of Tennessee
whose ferrier husband is also in
rodeo) launched the website that
would serve as the fundraising
hub for the venture, Billie found
out she was pregnant with her
first child. Her earlier intuition
about switching gears from pursuing a fifth trip to Zambia to a more
home-centered approach to support became yet one more note of
synchronicity in 32-year-old Billie’s life.
About half of the $100,000
needed to build Kingdom House
has already been raised and Billie
expects to raise the balance in the
next three months.
Billie Heggie is one of the
youngest Women of the West
we’ve featured in Horses All, and
we think we haven’t heard the last
of this true pioneering woman.
HOW TO HELP
If you’d like to support Billie’s
fundraising for Kingdom
House to home orphans in
Zambia, surf to www.buildingkingdomhouse.com to see how you can help.
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Road to recovery
Lee Graves opts for stem cell transplant
Two-time world champion steer wrestler uses cutting edge technology to heal injured ankle
I DID IT MY WAY
Personal Profile
By Luke Creasy
Brownfield, Alta.
L
ast season Dr. Tandy Freeman
told Calgary steer wrestler
Lee Graves, “This is as good
as we can do right now,” referring
to a surgery that Lee explained as,
“they’d have to cut the ankle joint in
half, then take a bone graft from my
hip to put in place. There would be
metal and screws put in as well.”
It would be major surgery, with
considerable recovery time.
“It sounded like it would be painful and lead to a lot of arthritis. So
I decided to try another avenue,”
said Graves, referring to stem cell
research.
“Lindsay (Sears) had used stem
cells on her horses, and it had
worked, so I looked into it’s use
on humans. I figured I’d give stem
cell research a chance, and if it
didn’t work, I’d try the more invasive, conventional surgery.”
Graves used Centeo Schultz out
of Denver, Colorado for his stem
cell experimentation, taking a
trip down to the Cayman Islands
to partake in the infusion.
Graves described the process,
“They take a 6cc culture of bone
to grow the stem cells, then you
come back a month later to get the
cells injected in. It wasn’t immediately noticeable. But I had the
procedure in May, and by July I
felt a huge difference. The key to
the use of stem cells is giving them
time to mend the joint.” “My ankle
was at about 20 to 25 per cent.
After stem cell, I wouldn’t say it’s
perfect, but I’d say 95 per cent.
“Before I took action on the
ankle I was limping without
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even noticing it. I was in an airport, and caught a glimpse of my
reflection walking when I noticed
it. It took a conscious effort to
walk normal.”
He finally he put two and two
together making the connection
to his performance. “All 2011
season it just didn’t feel right,
it hurt all the time. That year I
missed the Finals, was 26th at
year end. That’s when I decided
to get it looked at. I got an
MRI and found there was OCD
(Osteochondr itis dissecans).
Impact or compression breaks,
like those frequent in the hard
hitting steer wrestling event,
cause OCD which is a hole in the
joint with subsequent pain.”
“Lots of top high-end athletes
use the same stem cell center and
the technology to get over injuries. It isn’t an officially recognized form of treatment yet, so
there aren’t many articles or medical journals on the subject, but it’s
the real deal,” Graves said, proudly
endorsing the technology.
However, a wreck at a friend’s
place had Graves in rough shape
shortly after he noticed his ankle
feeling better. Graves broke two
ribs, his scapula (shoulder), and
partially collapsed a lung. “That
set me back,” Graves said, “I
could have died though,” he said,
thankful to have simply received
a setback instead.
“I’ll be 42 this May, so I know
I have to work that much harder
at it, put in that extra effort. I
haven’t been to many, and won
a bit (approximately $5,000 in
four rodeos), but I know I can do
better. I’ve stuck to a strict regiment, going to the gym, doing
lots of squats, lunges, weights,
etc.”
“I know at 42 I have a limited
window of competition left,
but I remember watching Butch
Meyers set the Steer Wrestling
NFR average in ’97 at age 53,
so I always keep that in mind,”
Graves said in good humor.
“I don’t crave the miles anymore, but I still want to compete
and be competitive. I hate going
to rodeos and not putting in the
winning effort. I wouldn’t rodeo
just to rodeo. It’s tough when
you know how to be competitive
but aren’t due to injury or other
reasons.”
“You’ve got to make hay while
the sun shines. If I wasn’t so well
mounted, if I didn’t have Jessie, I’d be done rodeoing. I know
if I can be even near his level of
competitive, I’ll be alright.”
Lee Gr aves
Career Highlights
• Joined PRCA: 1994
• PRCA Career Earnings:
$1,548,587
• World Titles Won: Two (2005,
2009)
• Wrangler NFR average titles:
Two (2005, 2009)
• WNFR Qualifications: 10 (199799, 2001-02, 2004-07, 2009)
• 2009: Won Round 4 of the
Wrangler National Finals
Rodeo with a time of 3.5
seconds and Round 5 in 3.4
seconds; placed in six additional rounds en route to winning the NFR average in 45.1
seconds and his second world
championship. Broke steer
wrestling earnings records for
both the NFR ($130,458) and a
single season ($251,031).
• 2005: Won his first PRCA world
title and set a PRCA singleseason earnings record with
$206,415. He placed in nine
consecutive rounds, tying a
record for steer wrestlers.
• 2005: Won his record fifth
Canadian title; finished the
year ranked second in the allaround world standings with
$211,696
• 1998: Won the Calgary
(Alberta) Stampede
• Graves’ horse, Rocks Eye
Opener “Jessie,” won the
AQHA/PRCA Steer Wrestling
Horse of the Year Award in
2007 and 2009
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College star
Nicole Briggs:
Rodeo Queen, contestant,
university student
One of the busiest young cowgirls in Canadian rodeo
YOUNG GUNS
Up and coming stars
By Ted Stovin
Calgary, Alta.
T
o say that Nicole Briggs
loves rodeo would be an
understatement. Yet she
works ten times harder at everything else she does in order to
make time for rodeo.
“I’ve pretty much thrown myself
into a million things this year.
By the time spring hit I was like,
‘holy man this is ridiculous.’ I
did not expect it to be that crazy.
I couldn’t waste any time this
past semester,” Briggs said from
her home near Sherwood Park,
Alberta.
Between her full university class
load, college rodeos and her duties
as Miss Rodeo Airdrie, there
wasn’t time for anything else, let
alone much rest.
“I’d come home and sleep, then
get up and go to school. After school
I’d head to Airdrie for queen events
and then go to college rodeos on
the weekends. Sometimes I’d do
all three in the same time,” Nicole
explained.
It sounds like a hurricane sort of
spring which started to take its toll.
“After my second last exam, I
kind of wasn’t feeling good when I
came home. I wasn’t doing well with
studying for my last final, which was
the next day. I didn’t feel good so I
drove myself to the hospital and sat
there for like seven hours,” Briggs
explained, and it wasn’t over yet.
“They took blood and found I had
an infection so they kept me over
night. I found out I had appendicitis
that next day, had surgery by noon,
and was home by six.“
Now healthy, Nicole was well
enough to write her last final about a
week later.
“I had an extra week to study but
that didn’t really help. I was more
stressing out on it than anything.”
With vet school in her sights, her
studies are far from over.
She’s not done either being a
rodeo queen. Once Nicole is finished her reign as Miss Rodeo
Airdrie at the end of June, her
focus changes towards a new title,
Miss Rodeo Canada.
“It’s been a great experience. I’ve
loved it. I’m glad I went down to
Airdrie,” Nicole mentioned.
“After being the Alberta High
School Rodeo Queen in 2008, I
thought running for Miss Rodeo
Canada would be a cool experience.
Soon it’ll be November and I’ll be like
‘that went by so quick.’
“I’m pretty excited for it. I’m going
to treat it as another competition
and see what the experience brings.”
For most, running for the Miss
Rodeo Canada Crown means holding off on school for the year. But for
Nicole, it meant finding a way to con-
tinue her studies. A couple conversations helped her come up with a plan
that allows her to do so.
“I’m going to go and follow Dr.
Charles Briggs and his equine practice. If it goes well, I’ll do that for the
second semester too. “
When asked about her desire to
be a promoter of rodeo as a queen,
Briggs said, “I like being around
people and interacting with them.
It’s always good to get new fans and
get people interested. Getting to
talk to people about rodeo, that’s my
favourite part, I love it.”
Even though she might not have
much for spare time, she wouldn’t
have it any other way.
“I might as well have fun doing
all of this while I can so I don’t
think back wish I would have done
it different.”
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ready for her quest to win Miss Rodeo Canada 2014. photo: Covy Moore
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Cutting hor ses
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Tinker Bell Hickory
Show pen star now champion broodmare, producing
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The tough and
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Airdrie, Alta.
W
hen people see Kevin and Donna Genz at cutting events, one thing comes to mind — their
broodmare Tinker Bell Hickory.
“They don’t remember my name or my wife’s name,
but they know Tinker Bell!” Kevin says, laughing.
Kevin has been raising performance horses for over 30
years, and he and his wife Donna currently operate KG
Performance Horses in Duffield, Alberta.
In May of 2008, they attended Carl Gerwien’s Lifetime
Sale in Nanton, Alberta.
“We had researched all of Carl’s horses and decided
there was only one mare we wanted to buy,” says Kevin.
“That was Tinker Bell Hickory, his best broodmare, Canada’s number one producer of cutting horses, NCHA and
Equi-Stat money earners. At that time she had $186,594
in produce earnings.”
Tinker Bell is a 1992 beautiful bay by Doc’s Hickory
and out of Oak N Quixote.
Tinker Bell Hickory is still Canada’s leading NCHA
Money Producer now with $290,866 and growing. She is
also the No. 1 on Equi-Stat’s list for Canada’s Top Cutting
Dams with an excess of $313,998 in production. Tinker
Bell herself was a multiple Champion with Cutting Lifetime Earnings of $24,596.
There is no denying that Tinker Bell’s offspring are
talented but what makes her even more unique as a star
broodmare is that these top seven cutters have been sired
by seven different stallions.
“The difference between a good and a great broodmare
is a great one will produce multiple Champions out of different Stallions from different bloodlines,” says Kevin.
Her seven offspring have an average Equi-Stat Earnings of $44,856 each. The 1999 gelding, Smartest Little
Oak, earned $105,918.76 and 2007 gelding Mia Smart
Donna Genz holding Tinker Bell Hickory at Manion Ranch in
Texas in 2012.
Quejana is owned and shown by Carl. His earnings are
over $75,926 so far.
“Not only is she a champion cutter and leading cutting dam, her personality is probably her best feature,”
says Kevin. “So much so that Donna has nicknamed her
our ‘Queen.’ She is the kindest gentle willing mare you
will ever find. Her only quirk is when she gets nervous
she flips her bottom lip up and down.”
Tinker Bell has travelled full circle, from being bred
and raised by Patrick Fitzgerald of Paoli, Oklahoma,
then later Carl Gerwien purchased her as a long yearling
in 1993 at the NCHA Futurity Sale. Now, she enjoys the
pampered life, residing down in sunny Texas at Manion
Ranch where she continues to produce future champions through recipient mares.
Kevin comments, “In 2012 ESMS On The Brazos was
successful in getting three embryo transfers. In 2013,
Tinker Bell Hickory X Smooth As A Cat had a bay rabicano filly on February 16 from one recipient mare and
on March 2 she had a sorrel flashy colt from a second
recipient mare. We are anxiously waiting for mid-April
and a Tinker Bell Hickory X One Time Pepto recipient
mare to foal. In 2014 we are looking forward to two
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A BREED APART
Horse breeder profile
By Robyn Moore
Airdrie, Alta.
S
uzanne Spierenburg had
never heard of the Canadian Horse when she was
introduced to them by Alfred
Cartier. She rode his stallion, Fox, in Spruce Meadows’
Battle of the Breeds and was
astounded at his jumping skills.
“He was a real handful but
he had the highest score of
any horse there in jumping,”
Suzanne comments.
It was enough to get her
hooked. Suzanne started training
Alfred’s young stock and eventually she and her husband Ron
purchased three fillies and a stallion from him.
Since 1997, Willow View Canadians has been proudly producing
Canadians near Rocky Mountain
House, Alberta. That initial herd
of four horses has grown into 30
horses today, with about 25 of
them being Canadians.
“They were so easy to sell to
begin with. A lot of people really
liked them,” Suzanne comments.
Fifteen years ago they were considered a rare breed.
However, the economy, and
the horse market included, has
challenged breeders for the
last five years. “Any breeder
of any breed, everyone is having a hard time making ends
meet,” she says.
Suzanne has noticed that
most customers want bombproof eight-year-olds and they
don’t want to pay very much for
them. But a tremendous amount
of work goes in to training wellbroke eight-year-olds, as well as
a great deal of money in feed and
upkeep in what Suzanne considers “a labour of love.”
As a result, Willow View
Canadians has changed their
business plan and has been
breeding fewer horses recently.
They currently have 12 horses
for sale with two foals being
born this year. “If I can’t sell
them, I’m not raising more,”
Suzanne laughs. “As a responsible breeder, every horse I breed
can come back to me.”
Suzanne is well-known for
training and preparing her
youngsters for sale so they are
equipped for anything with
their new owner. “I expose them
to a lot of things,” she says.
This exposure includes
bombproofing, trailer loading,
standing tied, having blankets
thrown over their backs, regular hoof trimming, ground
driving, tarps, and umbrellas.
“I start them when they hit
the ground. We do our own version of imprint training which
involves touching everyone,
everyday. I want to be one of
the herd and I want them to be
as comfortable with me as they
are with their mom.”
Canadians live up to their
nickname as ‘The Little Iron
Horse.’ “They are so hardy
and tough, no coddling is
involved,” she comments.
Willow View Canadians has
around 300 acres with plenty
of shelter for the majority
of her horses to roam during
the winter “living like they
should.”
Willow View Canadians
continues to expose the breed
to the public at events like
Spruce Meadows’s Battle of
the Breeds, demonstrations at
The Mane Event, drill teams,
pack trips and parades. Her
horses display versatility and
compete in all disciplines,
ranging from eventing to
endurance riding to competitive trail.
“They are such a nice breed
to work with; they just warm
your heart.”
Robyn Moore is the Manager of Horse
Industry Association of Alberta. If
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OUR WAY OF LIFE
Making a living with horses
By Robyn Moore
Airdrie, Alta.
B
ack in 1921, it might have
been known as “the local store
around the corner” to many
farmers and ranchers. But times
have changed, and so has Calgary.
Fairplay Stores was an integral
part of the retail scene in Calgary
back then, and it remains just as
integral to this day. It currently operates two stores on Kensington Road:
one sells pet products under the
name Fairplay Stores. and The Horse
Store caters specifically to horses.
George Bjarnason started working for his brother-in-law at Fairplay
Stores in the late 1950’s, eventually
purchasing the store for himself in
1973. His wife and four children
were involved working in the store,
which, up until 1980, resided on the
corner of Memorial Drive and 10th
Street in a big old brick building
known as the Ross block.
When Fairplay Stores moved to
its current location in Kensington,
The Horse Store was born. “Our
poor father, George Bjarnason was
hounded by his horse crazy daughters into expanding our horse supply area in Fairplay,” says Christine
Nurse, George’s daughter and the
current owner of both stores.
“My father
being a sound
businessman
and politically
fair Dad, sold the
company to me at
fair market value.”
— Christine Nurse
“ E ve n t u a l l y w e co nv i n ce d
him to order some tack and saddlery items which contributed
to an increased horse enthusiast customer base. When a store
bay opened a few doors down
from Fairplay, our father leased
it and put his daughters to work
Current owner Christine Nurse (far right) is proud of her long-term and experienced
staff L to R Alison Whitehouse, Laurie Pettifer, and 26-year veteran Michelle Della Costa.
opening and running The Horse
Store.”
George was actively involved in
the company until the late 1990’s
when he sold it to Christine. “My
father being a sound businessman and politically fair dad, sold
the company to me at fair market
value. It wouldn’t have been fair
to my siblings if he had passed
it down to me when they all had
worked in the stores as well. It
was a great opportunity for me as
my parents continued to work in
the stores and I was able to draw
off of their experience, and business and common senses.”
Over the last 20 years, many horse
stores have opened in Calgary’s city
limits, only to close shortly after. But
The Horse Store has been a mainstay
of the Calgary horse scene.
“Many horse owners work in
the downtown core so we find
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store during their lunch hour to
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Giftware including Breyer
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One to watch
Katelyn Carter
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training, trick riding, and breeding
YOUNG GUNS
Up and coming stars
By Cindy Bablitz
Calgary, Alta.
C
“
razy visions” have led this
young gun trick trainer on
some wild rides. Well, that
and a few good connections, some
lucky timing, and a whole lot of
sheer determination.
Katelyn Carter revived her
mom’s love for horses when, at
seven, she declared she wanted to
take riding lessons. Linda Carter
was a show jumping competitor in
her homeland of England, but had
fallen away from the equestrian
world when she moved to Canada
in 1979. So when Katelyn showed her
early interest in horses, the “Yes”
was prompt. Within a couple years,
the pair purchased their first Arabian Saddlebred cross, and within
a couple more years the herd grew
to four. “From there we just snowballed,”
Katelyn laughs, though you could
say that what started as a snowball became something of an avalanche, taking this 18 year old on
a momentum that’s showing no
signs of stopping.
A quick move to Lamont where
the family built an arena and barn
nurtured Katelyn’s growing passion for all things horse and by the
time she was 15, with the growing
support of her family, she launched
her first breeding experiment.
“I got it into my head that I
wanted to make a half Arabian,
Katelyn is shown here cantering with her three mares from the original Dream Team..
half Quarter Horse buckskin colt,”
Katelyn remembers.
“My parents were thinking I’m
absolutely nuts.”
She leased a purebred mare
from family friend Bob Williams
and had semen from a cremolo
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Dakota... and got her Arabiancross buckskin. That “perfect buckskin colt” is
now four years old and Katelyn’s
trained him to walk on his hind
legs, a foreshadowing of the trick
riding and training for which
she’s now becoming known.
In the meanwhile, impressed
with her chutzpah, Bob offered
Katelyn a barter for the lease:
she was invited to train one of
his stallions, BG Firefly and to
her success, he further invited
her to show BG in the next season. Fifteen year old Katelyn and
five year old BG Firefly took two
championships, a reserve champion and a top five at the Region
17 Championships in Langley,
B.C. in 2008.
“That’s what really started it,”
Katelyn says.
or ropes or anything. I wanted to
have them all ride three abreast,
with me riding the middle horse.
It was a crazy idea, but I did it.”
One of the trio — a Quarter
Horse dun filly — later earned
Katelyn her first year’s university
costs when a sponsor proposed to
buy her... if Katelyn could train a
few more tricks into her.
“I said give me two weeks, and
I’ll teach her to bow and rear.”
Katelyn’s just finishing up her
second year at the University of
Alberta and is working toward
her Bachelor of Science and Psychology. But her love for horses,
and her emerging talent for trick
riding and training is as strong
as ever. She holds the distinct honour
of owning the only purebred Arabian sabino Stallion in Canada
right now. That horse, Khenny,
along with another partbred Arabian stallion, BG Firefly, joined
Katelyn at the 2011 Nationals in
Brandon, Manitoba, winning top
ten across the board, with neither
horse failing to place in every
class they entered.
Trick riding and training for
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“As soon as I see it on TV or
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bareback, and they all rear and
lay down for me.”
Katelyn’s showing true promise
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— Katelyn Carter “The next year, when I was
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Literacy progra m
Reading, ’riting and Arabians
Gary Millar’s horses are the perfect teacher with innovative program
OUR WAY OF LIFE
Making a living with horses
By Heather Grovet
Galahad, Alta.
G
ary Millar loves reading.
He also loves his Arabian
horses. So when Millar
attended an Arabian Horse meeting
at Denver, Colorado in 2006, one of
the presenters caught his attention.
“Two fellows talked about a successful reading program they had
developed using the Black Stallion
books,” Millar says. “I liked the idea,
so in 2007 I did a trial run with my
bay Arabian stallion, Trifon. It was a
huge success, so that was the beginning of the Arabian Horse Reading
Literacy Project.”
“Trifon is the CEO of our program,” Millar says with a grin.
“Yes, he’s a stallion but he’s very
safe around children, and he’s very
expressive and intuitive. Here’s how
it works.”
“First, I make arrangements with
a teacher to come to their school,”
Millar explains. “When I get there,
I leave Trifon behind in the trailer
while I go to the classroom. I hang
up an enormous poster of Trifon
on their classroom wall and talk
about horses. I show them how a
horse’s eyes are positioned to see
in all directions, and how their ears
can move to hear well. I also talk
about books, and how much I enjoy
them.”
“Then we go outside, and I unload
Trifon,” Millar continues. “One at
a time the children pet Trifon on
the neck, and spend a moment
with him, then they are handed a
book. Grade one students get Walter Farley’s book Little Black, a Pony
and grade two students get Little
Black goes to the Circus. Preschoolers are given a book we made at our
farm, using photos of Sox, an Arabian gelding. I challenge the kids
to practice reading the book to the
horse poster in their classroom, and
remind them they’re coming to my
farm in a few weeks to read to a real,
live horse.”
“Six weeks later the class comes
to the farm,” Millar says. “I meet
them at the bus and explain the
barn rules — no running and no
screaming. Then we divide into
small groups and go to barn where
we have four stations, each with a
real horse and various props.”
At one station, children learn a
horse’s body parts. At another they
are taught how to groom a horse,
and how to measure its weight
and height. Each activity is fun
and unique, thanks to the horses
who tolerate small hands goodnaturedly.
But the highlight of the visit is
the chance to read out loud to a
horse.
“At first they’re a bit scared,
standing by such a big animal while
holding up their book,” Millar says.
“But someone holds the horse quietly while they begin. We have one
rule. There is no prompting. If the
child doesn’t know a word, they
need to just carry on. They may
stumble over words when they
start, but soon the horse blows in
their ear or nibbles on a page. Often
kids start reading better than they
ever have before. I’ve had teachers cry when they see a poor reader
begin to relax and enjoy the experience.”
When asked why the reading program works, Millar doesn’t hesitate.
“Horses are non-judgemental and
accepting,” he says. “And the kids
are exhilarated and enjoy themselves. Our program doesn’t teach
children to read, what it does is
motivate them to read.”
“I know we make a difference,”
Gary Millar finds children respond to his equine-based literacy program because
the horses are patient, kind, and non-judgemental.
Millar concludes. “Horses like Sox
and Trifon are like Justin Bieber to
these kids. Some children keep their
horse poster on their wall for years.
And children will often tell me ‘Mr.
Millar, this has been the best day
of my life.’ That makes everything
worthwhile.”
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WESTERN ART
CALGARY STAMPEDE
Kicking off another 100 years
Artists and artisans featured at annual western heritage event
By Cindy Bablitz
Calgary, Alta.
O
ne of the Calgary Stampede’s biggest drawing
cards is actually a cornucopia of artistic inspiration ranging
from outstanding works of art to
exciting culinary demonstration.
Susan Tomilson, chair of the
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“Together we put on the Western Art Show and the Western
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The Western Art Show is actually an umbrella show for five different art venues. And the Western
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“The Western Art Show gives
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The Artists’ Studios this year
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pieces are sold there by committee
volunteers. Daily from 2 p.m. - 8
p.m., Artist Insites feature a selection of artists in a venue for the
Gallery artists to speak about their
art to the public.
The Western Photo Gallery and
competition presents limited edition fine art photography for sale.
A continuous digital loop projected on a screen in this area will
be showing all entries in the competition. The Photographers Corner, scheduled daily from 2 p.m. - 7
p.m., gives gallery photographers
the opportunity to interact with
Stampede guests.
The Artist Ranch Project is a
contemporary artist-in-residence
program.
“Artists are taken to a historic
Nicole Hudye won first place in the Rural division in the Grade 12 Art Scholarship competition with ‘Wildfire’.
Far left: Doug Levitt, winner
of our 2013 Outstanding
Artistic Achievement
Award, painted ‘Many
Shots’ (circa 1919). Above:
Michael Perks created his
own unique ‘Perspective’.
Left: ‘Keeping Watch’ by
Mark Farand is an abstract
reminder of a familiar
but largely demolished
landmark on the Canadian
prairies.
ranch and produce artwork based
on this experience, which is then
available for sale in the Artist
Ranch area,” explains Susan.
This year’s five artists-in-residence visited the John Scott Ranch
in Longview last September.
The much anticipated and lively
Western Art Auction happens this
year on Thursday July 11, 2013.
This year’s auction has 93 pieces
up for bidding, including the original artwork upon which the 2014
Stampede poster will be created,
a Jack King and a Roland Gissing.
Harley Brown has contributed a
piece that funds a $2,000 annual
scholarship to ACAD.
“The auction evening starts at
4:45 p.m. with the Quick Draw/
Quick Finish event where 12 artists will complete a piece live at
the event, with these pieces then
entered in the auction,” Susan says.
The proceeds from the Quick
Draw/Quick Finish go to sponsor
the Western Art Showcase’s Grade
12 Art Scholarship program.
“Each year we give away $10,500
to city and rural southern Alberta
grade 12 students.”
In the Western Lifestyle Show,
the Dueling Chefs Competition
remains a popular favourite.
“Last year it was standing room
only at the finale, and this year will
be no different with chefs from
such high end resort hotels participating,” Susan warns.
The Creative Arts and Crafts
Competition takes in over 500
entries and daily from 11 a.m. to
8 p.m. in The Cabin. Local craft
guilds will be giving inspiring demonstrations.
“We have a huge variety of entertainment appearing on the Window on the West stage, including
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Florida is eagerly anticipating the 2013 Calgary Stampede’s Cowboy Up Challenge (July
6-8). She’s also dreading the event.
But why such varying emotions?
The dreading part comes from
the long trip Pinson will have to
make to compete. “According to
the internet, the drive from Florida
to Calgary will take over 42 hours,”
Pinson says with a sigh. “In fact,
when I was invited to compete at
the Stampede in 2009, I regretfully
said ‘no.’ I just couldn’t wrap my
head around such a long trip with
my horse.”
But here’s where the eager anticipation comes in. “My horse and I
have won two Extreme Trail nonpro World Championships,” Pinson
says. “And competing at the Calgary
Stampede has always been on my
bucket list. When we were invited
again this year, I just couldn’t resist.
It scares me a bit because I’ll have to
compete against the world’s best —
many who are professionals — but
it’s a great honour and I’m really
excited for the opportunity.”
Pinson will be competing on an
eleven-year-old black Tennessee
Walker stallion named Skyjacker’s
Mountain High (Tuff). “People are
always surprised to discover Tennessee Walkers can do really well
in this event,” Pinson says. “No one
thinks the breed can run, but Tuff is
actually quite fast. At most events
our speed is in the top three. He can
really get out there and move, but
by nature he’s lazy and quiet. That
works perfectly for Cowboy Up.
Tuff will run wide open, and then
stop and ground tie. A lot of other
horses have a difficult time turning
that speed on and off.”
Pinson was introduced to Tennessee Walkers as a child. “When
I was little all I talked about was
horses, horses and horses,” Pinson
laughs. “When I was eight I found
a rescue horse that was in our family’s budget. My parents finally
agreed we could get him. That rescue horse turned out to be part
Tennessee Walker, and I just stayed
with the breed.”
Tuff was bred and raised by Pinson. “I was there at his birth, and
we have a real bond,” the woman
explains. “Initially I showed Tuff
at Tennessee Walker shows. He
earned a Supreme Versatility Championship with high points in a wide
variety of events such as barrels,
poles, jumping, driving and trail.
Eventually we needed to do something new, and that’s when we
started on extreme trail. Tuff really
trusts that I’ll take care of him, and
“People are always
surprised to
discover Tennessee
Walkers can do
really well in this
event.”
— Tracy Pinson
he’s fearless around the obstacles.
That makes me fearless, too.”
Pinson admits there are a few
challenges to competing in extreme
trail on a non-traditional breed.
“Tuff doesn’t stop and spin as well
as many Quarter Horses,” Pinson
says. “But he can do the reining
manoeuvres acceptably, even if it
isn’t his real strength. And that’s
okay, I have a few weak areas, too.
For example, I’m not very good at
roping, but I’m taking lessons from
a local cowboy so I can get the job
done when necessary!”
“I’d really encourage people to
take the time to watch Cowboy
Up at this year’s Stampede,” Pinson concludes. “If the spectators
know anything at all about horses,
they’ll really appreciate the bond
we have with our mounts. They do
things for us that most other horses
wouldn’t even consider.”
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Top events done up in bronze
Calgary Stampede offers unique and memorable prizes to their rodeo champions
By Heather Grovet
Galahad, Alta.
T
he Calgary Stampede is
one of the few rodeos that
awards unique bronze statues to the winners of each rodeo
and chuckwagon event. These
statues are event specific, in other
words, the top barrel racer will take
home a statue featuring barrel racing, and the top bull rider will be
awarded a statue showing a cowboy
astride a bucking bull. But where
do these personalized statues come
from?
To answer that question, we spoke
to Catherine Laycraft, the Stampede’s Rodeo Program Co-ordinator,
who explained the process.
“Every five years the Stampede
hosts a competition to help us
select suitable bronzes,” Laycraft
says. “We have a list of 21 categories which include rodeo events,
novice rodeo events, showmanship
awards, chuckwagon categories
and even an award for the champion bucking stock contractor.
Artists submit their statues, often
made in clay or wax since bronze is
very expensive to produce.”
Every 5 years sculptors are invited to submit a clay or wax sculpture for consideration by the Calgary Stampede.
Laycraft estimates there were
over 175 entries at their most
recent competition in October
2012. Entries came from all across
Canada and the United States, with
statues produced in a wide variety
of sizes, depending upon the event
featured.
“The chuckwagons tend to be
our biggest statues,” Laycraft
explains. “Chuckwagon statues
can be three feet long, and weight
several hundred pounds. Many of
the other event statues are smaller,
some being only six to 10 inches
high.”
The Stampedes uses the same
statue for five years, and then
hosts another competition to
select new works of art.
“We will award one statue per
event each year for five years,
unless we have a tie,” Laycraft says.
“If there is ever a tie, we provide
statues for each winner. We also
keep a statue for the Stampede’s
permanent collection, and we give
one to the sponsor of the event.”
Sandy Farr from The Bronze
Shop at Didsbury, Alberta has
entered statues at several of the
Calgary Stampede’s competitions.
Much to her excitement, her sub-
mission “Where it all begins” was
used as the champion barrel racer
trophy from 2003-07.
“The actual contest is a threeday process with a reception the
last day,” Farr says. “It was jawdropping when they announced
I had won! I can die any day now
because I’ve done something like
that!”
For the October 2012 competition, Farr submitted a chuckwagon
statue. “I’d estimate it took me five
years to complete this sculpture,
doing a little bit at a time between
working in our dairy barn,” Farr
laughs. “You’d be amazed at how
much work there is creating a
statue like this. One of my big jobs
was measuring an actual chuckwagon so I could get everything
accurate and to scale. I paid attention to all the details; the chains
and the harness, the expression on
the driver’s and outriders’ faces,
the tent poles and the little springs
on the wagon.”
“If it wasn’t for the Calgary
Stampede, I probably wouldn’t
have a business,” Farr says. “Competing successfully there really
brings artist recognition.”
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magine you wake up this morning and decide
you’d like to try steer wrestling at the Calgary
Stampede. No, you’ve never participated in the
sport before, but you do own a fast horse, so how
tough can it be? Can you just pay your dues and enter
the Stampede?
Barry McGrath, rodeo administrator, explains the process that gets rodeo hopefuls to the Stampede. “For novice events such as novice saddle bronc or junior steer riding, the Stampede will accept entries from anyone as long
as they’re already competing,” McGrath says. “But for our
regular timed and rough stock events, contestants must
qualify to enter. In other words, contestants are invited
to compete.”
The formula for how riders qualify is somewhat complicated and varies from event to event, but in a nutshell
it goes like this.
Each event will invite twenty contestants. One rider
will be the 2012 Calgary Stampede Champion, then
many events ask their 2012 Tour Champion. Then
depending upon the event, the top four to 10 contestants
at various levels are invited.
For example, if you’re a bull rider, the top nine contestants from the Professional Bull Riders Built Ford Tough
Series (their top event) are invited.
Lastly, all the events except bull riding and ladies barrel
racing have several spots left open for their committees
to select contestants at their discretion. The rodeo committee may invite a talented competitor who was injured
for part of the year, so hasn’t placed quite as well as normal. Or the committee may choose to invite a past Stampede Champion.
“Anyone that’s invited will be able to compete at the
top level of their sport,” McGrath says firmly.
So I guess you and I won’t be steer wrestling this year.
But Cody Cassidy of Donalda, Alta., will be. 2013 will
be the eighth year that Cassidy has qualified for the Cal-
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gary Stampede in steer wrestling. “I qualified this year by
being in the top five in Canada,” Cassidy says.
“The Stampede is a great rodeo and always a highlight of
my year. Last year I didn’t have a good steer at Calgary, and
ended up fifth overall. I would have liked to be in the top
four, but even then I earned about $17,000 at the Stampede.
And that’s a pretty nice paycheque to help pay our bills!”
Cassidy competed at the Stampede in 2012 on Casper, a
14-year-old grey AQHA gelding.
“Casper is a great horse at the Stampede because Calgary
has a short score,” Cassidy explains. “To do well in steer
wrestling at the Stampede you need a horse that’s quick
across the line, and that’s Casper’s strength. But he isn’t
the easiest horse to ride. Casper has a short fuse and you
really need to know how to handle him. Sometimes he’ll
rear in the box, but he’s a real powerful horse and fast.”
“There’s more to steer wrestling than first meets the
eye,” Cassidy says. “You can be certain that any horse and
rider that competes at Calgary has had a lot of time and
experience behind them.”
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TEAM PENNING
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Team penning can be the ultimate family sport
By Heather Grovet
Galahad, Atla.
R
ussell Armstrong of Armstrong, B.C. really enjoys
team penning. One of the
things that he likes best about the
sport is the family atmosphere,
where you often find husbands and
wives penning together, or father
and son combinations. Armstrong
has experienced this family connection for himself.
“I started penning when I was 12
or 13 years old,” Armstrong says.
“My dad was already competing
at the sport, and asked me to ride
with him. There were a lot of other
kids penning at the time, and I really
enjoyed it. Now I’m an adult and I’m
still penning, and my dad, who just
turned 70, still competes as well.
Oh, and my twin brothers, Justin
and Graham also pen.”
Last year Armstrong competed at
the Calgary Stampede’s Centennial,
hoping to earn a Vic Bennett trophy
saddle. Things didn’t go exactly as
he’d planned.
“I competed in several classes
at the 2012 Stampede and we had
some great runs,” he says. “In the 14
class my team placed second, which
was a thrill, but Justin and Graham
were on the team that won, so they
each earned a Centennial trophy
saddle. I was competing in the Open
class the next day, so hoped to earn
a saddle there, but once again we
placed second. Don’t get me wrong;
second is great, but I never did bring
home one of those trophy saddles.
And that’s too bad because I’ll be
over 120 years old at the Stampede’s
bicentennial!”
“The Stampede is one of those
shows that you really want to win,”
Armstrong continues. “It has the
best payout of any Canadian show,
and it has a lot of prestige. The big
boys from across the border often
come to the Stampede to pen, and
I enjoy competing against them.
When I tell my friends I did really
well at another penning competition, they just yawn. But when I say
I did well at the Stampede, everyone
pays attention.”
Armstrong competes on his
15-year-old Quarter Horse mare,
Russell Armstrong finished second in two classes at the 2012 Centennial Calgary Stampede, just missing out on a coveted
Centennial saddle by Vic Bennett.
Mary who was purchased from
Dave Burton, a professional team
penner located in Washington.
“Mary is a short little thing, but
she knows how to do her job,”
Armstrong says. “She can really
drive a cow up the arena. I get
along with her well, but at times
she can be a challenge and a real
handful. When she was younger,
I couldn’t even get her in the
arena for a while. Now she’s easier to handle, but she still gets
all charged up after our run; she
vibrates and spins around. But all
horses have their quirks, and it’s
up to their riders to learn how to
manage those things.”
“Team penning is a sport that
spectators can really enjoy,” Armstrong explains. “It’s fast, but it’s
something everyone can do. There
are people competing at all levels
— Open Class, 14 Class, 10 Class
and 7 Class. The action is easy to
follow — three guys are getting a
cow out of the herd. Sometimes it
goes well, and sometimes it doesn’t.
In fact, some people cheer for the
cows. They think it’s hilarious when
everything goes wrong, and in team
penning things can go wrong in a
hurry.”
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hat’s it like to compete
against your spouse at
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Terri and Bart Holowath of Cayley,
Alta. state they enjoy competing
against each other, but they also
quickly add that what’s said in the
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Terri Holowath grew up on a
ranch near Medicine Hat, and team
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was itty-bitty,” she says. “I roped for
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Eleven years ago, Holowath
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sorrel AQHA gelding from Lindy
Barron. “Chiclet has kept me competing in cow horse,” Holowath
says. “He’s been my teacher for
many years. You can put anyone on
Chiclet, and he does his job. A lot
of trainers have successfully shown
him, and he taught my step-son
how to ride. He’s small, athletic and
talented, and really excels in cow
work.”
Holowath admits that Chiclet
does have some quirks. “He sees a
lot of boogers,” Holowath laughs.
“He can go past the same pile of
shavings twenty times a day, and
then suddenly he sees something
dangerous there. That can make
the Stampede a bit challenging
at times. At the Stampede there
are lots of scary things for a horse
to look at; wagons, bands, signs
and flags. But Chiclet always overcomes those things, and in the
arena he’s fine. Quite a few cow
horses are like that. The thing that
Bart Holowath may compete this year at the Calgary Stampede on a young horse if
he progresses enough.
“I always want
Bart to do well.
But I also want to
beat him!”
— Terri Holowath
makes them so good at their job —
being observant and watchful —
can easily over stimulate them. You
just learn to deal with that.”
Bart Holowath also grew up
ranching and team roping. When
Former Medicine Hat cowgirl Terri Holowath competes on Pickachiclet (Chiclet), a
sorrel AQHA gelding she purchased from Lindy Barron.
the couple started dating, Bart
would come to cow horse competitions and sit in the stands to
watch. “Bart quickly decided he’d
rather ride than be a spectator,”
Holowath explains. “We bought
him a four-year-old Quarter Horse,
Precision Dee, and soon Bart was
also competing in cow horse.”
“I always want Bart to do well,”
Holowath continues. “But I also
want to beat him! But it’s always
in fun, and I’m really glad we compete together. Many of our shows
are in Alberta, but we also travel
with the horses to Idaho, Texas and
California. That’s our vacation. We
work our butts off together, but I
wouldn’t want to spend our holidays sitting around at the beach,
anyhow. This is what we love.”
This year Terri Holowath will
show Chiclet again at the Stampede (July 12-14), but she isn’t certain if Bart will be competing there
or not.
“Bart’s riding a young horse, and
he’d have to compete against the
professionals in the Limited Age
classes,” she said. “So we’ll have to
see what he decides. But the Stampede is always special to us. They’re
building a new arena because the
existing one is fairly small, but
there isn’t another arena in the
world that draws such big crowds
to the cow horse competitions, and
that includes the World Show in
Texas. Calgary is a fun place to ride,
and I hope to keep doing this for
many more years.”
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CALGARY STAMPEDE
TOPIC
Cutting horse trainer Doug Reinhardt
Busy preparing his and client’s horses for the Calgary Stampede
Heather Grovet
Galahad, Alta.
P
rofessional cutting trainer
Doug Reinhardt of Irricana,
Alta., will ride 16 or 17
horses after breakfast today.
Some will be two-year-olds, just
starting their training, but already
working cattle. Others will be
broke show horses that have had
a short break after their last show,
and now are being brought back up
for the next competition.
“We’re off to Vegas in June,”
Reinhardt says. “And then of
course we’ll be heading to the
2013 Calgary Stampede (July
7-8).”
Reinhardt will ride two horses at
the Stampede, but at this moment
isn’t positive which ones he’ll end
up mounted on. “Most likely I’ll
ride Never Ray Cat, a seven-yearold Quarter Horse chestnut stallion,” he says thoughtfully. “I’ve
worked with Never Ray since he
was two, and he’s a talented little
horse. He’s smart, strong and a big
stopper. That doesn’t mean he’s
perfect — sometimes he can be
a bit inconsistent — but he’s still
done well for us.”
Riding stallions is nothing new
for Reinhardt, who states he treats
Never Ray like any other horse. “In
the show pen you’d never know
he was a stallion,” Reinhardt says.
“But there are some challenges of
competing on a stallion. Never
Ray can be a real pain in the neck
in the trailer. He’s always got to
check who’s besides him, and
sometimes he’ll even kick the
trailer a time or two. But he isn’t
mean, that’s just how it is with
stallions.”
A number of Reinhardt’s clients will also ride at the Stampede.
“People of all ages can compete
in cutting successfully,” he says.
“My daughter Emma is 16, and
hopefully she’ll be riding at the
Stampede. And many of our clients are 40 to 60 years of age; why
there are even a few riders that
compete into their 70s. A good
cutting horse can look after the
rider. Yes, you still need to know
what you’re doing, but a good
pony makes a big difference.”
Reinhardt grew up on the farm
near Strathmore, and took Equine
Sciences in Olds as young man.
After graduating he worked for
cutting horse trainer Roger Heinz.
“It took me a while to get my
own cutting training business
started,” Reinhardt says. “You
really have to prove yourself
before anyone will hire you to
train their horses. I owned some
cutters of my own, and showed
them. I had a really nice horse,
Docs Of Summer, which kinda got
me started in the cutting world.
I had some success with her, and
when I sold her she did really well
for her new owners, too. Now
she’s in her twenties and retired.
But she had one foal, and now he’s
competing in cutting.”
Reinhardt encourages spectators to take the time to watch
some cutting this year. “Cutting is
the only equestrian sport I know
of where you must turn the horse
loose,” he says. “You put your
hand down, and the horse is on
his own. It’s amazing what these
horses can do.”
“People of all ages
can compete in
cutting successfully.
My daughter Emma
is 16… there are
even a few riders
that compete into
their 70s.”
 DOUG REINHARDT
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CALGARY STAMPEDE
CHUCKWAGON RAC I N G
Fathers and sons
at the Stampede
Racing chuckwagons is not your
typical father-son activity
By Heather Grovet
Galahad, Alta.
T
he relationship between
fathers and sons can be a
complicated in any family,
so what happens when you add
chuckwagon racing to the mixture?
Kelly and Mark Sutherland,
and Brian and Jamie Laboucane
share their experiences as fathers
and sons who compete against
each other on the track.
Kelly Sutherland has had a
lengthy career racing chuckwagons, starting in 1968. He is a
12-time Calgary Stampede GMC
Rangeland Derby Champion and
a 12-time World Chuckwagon
Champion. Kelly is married to
Debbie, and has three children,
Tara, Mark and Mandi, and seven
grandchildren.
“Most drivers shut down their
race careers when they’re 50 or
55 years old,” Kelly explains.
“But I’m still racing, and much of
that is because of Mark. We train
together and we travel together.
There is a lot of hard work to racing chuckwagons, especially the
packing up and moving, but since
my family is there to help, I’m
able to compete longer than a lot
of guys.”
“Not everyone is able to spend
six months a year working with
their son in the sport they love,”
Kelly says. “For me these years
have truly been a chance to spend
the summers with my family,
which includes my grandkids.
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Kelly and Mark Sutherland are one of several father-son drivers that compete head-to-head each chuckwagon season.
and he’s starting as an outrider. I
really enjoy spending time on the
track with him.”
Mark Sutherland started outriding in 1987, and began com-
peting as a driver in 1993. He’s
married to wife, Dina, and has
two children, Kiera, and Dayton.
“Chuckwagons is all I ever knew,”
Mark says. “Even at a young age I
knew I wanted to drive, although
Dad was always cool about the
idea. He’d had a lot of success
through the years, but he knew
the life wasn’t easy.”
“Having Kelly Sutherland as a
father is a bit like having Wayne
Gretzky as a father,” Mark continues. “Gretzky wasn’t just
a hockey player, he was number one. One of my life goals
was to beat my father fair and
square, racing chuckwagons. Not
because he’s my rival, but as a
sense of pride.”
“But even though we’re competitive, we also help each
other,” Mark says. “In 2010 we
were getting ready to compete
for the Tour Championship,
and Dad told me which horses
he was going to use for that
specific race. I knew who we’d
be running against, and I told
him ‘Dad, you can’t use those
horses, you need to go for the
engine at this race.’ (Meaning
he needed to get off to a fast
start.) I wanted to beat Dad, but
I also wanted to give him honest advice. I ended up winning
that race, but I did it honestly,
and that’s the only way either
of us would want it. It goes both
ways, at Ponoka that same year
he beat me by 1/1000 of a second.”
Brian Laboucane began racing chuckwagons in 1970. He
and his wife, Brenda, have three
children, Kimberley, Carmen and
Jamie. Jamie travels, trains and
competes with Brian, and both
Kimberly and Carmen are married to chuckwagon men.
“Chuckwagon
racing
has
always been a family thing for
us,” Brian says. “Brenda and I
think it’s wonderful that our
children are all following in our
footsteps. There is a lot of hard
work in the sport, but often
we will have three generations
working together.”
“There are many advantages
to working with extended family,” Brian continues. “Jamie and
“In most
professional
sports, the father
is away much of
the time, flying
from one game
to another. In
those families the
children aren’t
involved in their
father’s sport.
But it’s different
in chuckwagon
racing.”
 JAMIE LABOUCANE
I are able to swap horses if we
have one that looks like it would
work better for the other person.
And we’re able to share expensive equipment such as our horse
exerciser.”
“The first time Jamie raced
against me, he was nervous,”
Brian says. “But he’s over that
now. We’re proud of him; we’re
proud of all our children and our
grandchildren.”
Jamie, who first raced as a
driver in 2006, agrees there are
more benefits competing against
his father than disadvantages.
“In most professional sports the
father is away much of the time,
flying from one game to another,”
Jamie says. “In those families the
children aren’t involved in their
father’s sport. But it’s different
in chuckwagon racing. We always
had Dad alongside us. We worked
hard, but he also taught us everything he knew.”
“Chuckwagon drivers aren’t
allowed to compete after they
turn 65,” Jamie says. “Dad is
almost there, and then I’ll be
on my own. I’ll miss competing
against him, but I’ll be prepared.
I’m very active in our barn, and
lately do much of the training
and doctoring. I know that Dad
is passing those skills on to me.”
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INSPIRATIONS
Inspired by People and Horses
WESTERN ART
By Cindy Bablitz
Calgary, Alta.
H
Paul Van Ginkel
Not your typical western artist
orses All
has featured many
western and equine
artists over the years,
many of whom have
translated years of
living on ranches and
with horses into stunning, collectible works
of art.
Fine artist Paul Van
Paul Van Ginkel
Ginkel — who specializes in painting lively
representational western iconic images in oil —
isn’t like that. At least, not altogether like that.
He didn’t grow up on a farm or ranch and he
doesn’t own a horse. And he never has. He just
loves them, and he loves the western ethos, and
he loves the flamboyance of the First Nations
cultural regalia, a whole lot.
So much so, he’s produced some 2,000 pieces
in his career, capturing the heart, sweat and soul
of the living western historic and contemporary
culture, prolifically creating some 70 new pieces
every year.
“I just find horses so incredibly passionate and
beautiful,” Paul says.
“I attended my first Calgary Stampede when I
was 13 years old and over the 30 years I’ve been
painting, I’ve studied horses and the icons of
western imagery: I’m moved by it. Being an artist
is about instinct and trusting your intuition...
connecting with your gut and knowing what
you love! You don’t need to own your subject to
become intimate with it.”
Indeed. Paul’s paintings are intimate. They
invite you in to consider the subject, to paint if
you will, your own story.
“I never want to give the whole thing away.
When people ask what’s behind the painting,
I won’t be elusive, they deserve some information... but I think when I create something that
moves someone... the story of the painting
becomes as much about the story the viewer
brings to the experience of viewing it, of connecting with it in some way.”
This heartfelt devotion to the creative and
future life of Paul’s paintings has made him a
devotee to the marketing of his own work. For
the last seven years, he’s been exclusively self representing his work in some 18 exhibitions from
his former home and home based studio in Calgary. In April, he and his wife Kristin opened the
Van Ginkel Art Gallery in the heart of Calgary’s
historic Inglewood.
“I like the business side of art,” says Paul and
then, eloquently, “I love the art of business. And
I do consider myself a small business owner: I
manufacture, sell, package and deliver a product.
My product is art.”
For 15 consecutive years — from 1991 to
2005 — Paul was a featured artist in the Calgary
Stampede’s Western Art Showcase, and for 25
years, (the first in 1986) has had pieces sold in the
Stampede’s Western Art Auction.
In fact, Paul’s tenure with the Stampede has the
auspicious hallmark of him being the very first
artist to produce a fine art piece for the Calgary
Stampede annual poster, unveiled and auctioned
in 2006 for the 2007 Stampede.
“It’s the cowboy drinking a cup of coffee, a universal, very clean, serene image and my hope was
that it would conjure up wonderful memories for
hundreds of thousands of viewers. I’m so proud
and honoured to have been the first to start a new
Stampede tradition,” Paul says.
SEE MORE OF PAUL’S WORK
A small sampling of Paul Van Ginkel’s incredible western-themed art: Top: Crossing the Line, Above left: Unbounded, above
right: Horsing Around, above: Smoke Break.
For more information on Paul’s fine art, surf to
www.paulvanginkel.com or mosey to the
Van Ginkel Art Gallery now open in Calgary’s
Inglewood.
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Photograp hy
The Life is Art
Stunning new photography book showcases ranching in Alberta
By Amie Peck,
Cochrane, Alta.
J
oAnne Meeker was a cowgirl
at heart from the get go. “I
always dreamed of riding my
black and white paint across the
range,” she says. “We would be at a
full gallop chasing cows with a hoot
and a holler!”
She was also destined to be an
artist from an early age, becoming
an exceptionally talented painter
and sculptor.
While the horse didn’t become a
reality until she was an adult, due
to her father’s career as a military
pilot resulting in frequent moves,
Meeker was excited to be living her
dream.
It was then that her true artistic
passion was realized — showcasing
the western lifestyle. With the eye
of a painter, her medium now utilizes a camera for fine art photography.
Her latest project is a book titled
The Life is Art — A Photographic
Journey of Ranching in Western
Alberta. The book portrays life on
a working cattle ranch just west of
Calgary. Through stunning photographs and inspirational quotes,
it explores the beauty of the landscape, the relationship between
people and livestock, and the lifestyle rooted in deep traditions.
“I think every artist has a desire
to leave something behind,”
explains Meeker. “This book is a
chance for me to show the art of
being modern day cowboys and
cowgirls.”
Meeker has been showcasing her
fine art photography for a decade
at events such as the San Antonio
Stock Show and the Calgary Stampede. She won “Best of Show, Artisan” at the Calgary Stampede in
2009, a first for a photographer.
Although she currently resides
in Wyoming, Meeker has always
felt drawn to Alberta.
“I love the people here,” Meeker
says fondly, “and the landscape,
from the prairies to the mountains,
feels like home. For someone whose
passion is capturing the art of western lifestyle in breathtaking locations, Alberta is the perfect place.”
A unique feature of the book is
that it includes ten, 11x14 removable art prints. These are sized for
easy framing and display.
Meeker shot images for the
book every couple weeks in the
fall and winter of 2012. “Within
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INSPIRATIONS
R H YMES FROM THE RANGE
My Father’s Horses
a short time frame, you go from
intensely beautiful fall colours in
the aspen trees, to a couple feet
of snow of the ground!”
However, life on a ranch isn’t
all hard work. “I’m a photographer who likes to shoot in
the background,” Meeker says.
Shooting from behind the scenes,
she is able to capture the authenticity of a real working ranch and
the unexpected moments that
take place.
“I was shooting the ranch’s
second day of pregnancy checking their cows,” Meeker explains.
“It was such a cold day, with
temperatures dropping rapidly — boatloads of snow coming down and high winds.” One
of the women from the ranch
drew a happy face in the snow on
the rump of a black horse. “It is
such a surprising image because
even though it looks like such
a dreary day, these ranchers
are doing something they love,
something so fun for a living, it
just makes you happy.”
By DW Groethe
It must’ve been a day for peace and reverie
when my father took his pencil in his hand
and scribed upon his notebook all the horses that he’d had
when growin’ up in west Dakota land.
I can see him sittin’, thoughtful, soft smile in his eyes,
as the ponies pranced before him, once again.
Then he jotted each one down with a slow and careful hand,
sometimes, horses can count right up with kin.
Tobe, Frank and Muggins, Daisy I and Daisy II,
(his mem’ry felt a breeze that stirred their manes).
Charlie, Chub an’ Pearl found their way up to the front
and back once more upon the dusty plains.
Prince I and II and Mike come lopin’ lightly into view,
he penned their mem’ries gentle on the page...
a-waitin’ and a-thinking, he was missin’ just a few,
when Queen an’ May neared, nickerin’ thru the sage.
Finally, down the coulee, come Thunder, Buck an’ Bill,
a-flying like the wind an’ they was one.
Then he eased back in his chair contemplatin’ all that’s there,
his gathrin’ of the old bunch was all done.
Yeah, it must’ve been a day of peace an’ reverie,
in his office, at a desk of metal gray,
when the ol’ man made a tally, a-gatherin’ up his cavvy,
one last time, a-fore they slipped away.
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Prairie Marie is all the rage in
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if founder and creative artist
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say about it, it’s only a matter of
time before the trend catches on
internationally.
Prairie Marie brow bands are
in principle an incredibly simple
idea. The innovation and inspiration of the designs and marketing plans this Milo, Alberta
cowgirl has already developed
are anything but.
“I’ve always been a wanna-be
artist,” says this inspired woman
who in her first year of business
has already created a dizzying
array of artistic models of brow
bands designed to slide directly
onto your horse’s pre-existing
bridle.
After years of hand beading
necklaces and earrings incorporating precious and semiprecious stones — for people
— Marie invited a few close
equestrian friends for dinner
and tossed out an idea she’d
been mustering for a while.
“I put the question to them —
if I created something for your
horse that was with these same
stones and designs... would you
purchase them... and it was a
unanimous yes,” Marie tells.
“So since then, I’ve been working 24/7 to design and engineer
the brow bands so they would be
universally interchangeable with
even the oldest bridle you have
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Horses are beautiful already, but
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horses wearing them.
And the thoughtfulness of
Prairie Marie’s designs doesn’t
end there. Her true love for the
beauty and power in stones
and crystals inspired Marie to
research the purported healing
power of the stones, and now the
brow bands incorporating them
come with a small card featuring
the information.
That’s not to say all Prairie
Marie designs are girly. Some
of them are downright cowboy.
Like the leather bands sewn with
keepers filled with empty 9 mm
luger bullets, or one featuring
beads made from coyote vertebrae.
“I’ll also do anything custom,”
says Marie.
“Clubs and associations are
already giving me orders. They
make excellent prizes or awards.”
“I always wanted to do that
thing you always hear: find
something you love and making
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found the most beautiful combination of all my loves!”
Where to buy it
Watch for Prairie Marie at the next horse trade show, and online,
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BOOK REVIEW
WILLING PARTNERS:
Insight on Stockmanship
TIME TO CHILL
Book and movie reviews
By Peter Campbell
Reviewed by Wendy Dudley, Priddis, Alta.
“Horses have no use for clocks; time limits are purely for the benefit of people.”
— Peter Campbell, horse clinician
I
f you want to control your horse,
then you have to control its feet.
This is an oft-repeated gem
throughout horse trainer Peter
Campbell’s book, Willing Partners:
Insight on Stockmanship (The Frontier Project Inc., hardcover, US$50).
While knowing how to properly
train a horse to a hackamore, snaffle or spade bit is a must, the reins
are not what moves a horse. “The
reins hook to the feet,” Campbell
writes. Directing the feet is crucial
to keeping a horse sensitive rather
than resistant.
Raised in Banff, Alta., Campbell
honed his skills from a life spent
in the saddle. He’s worked for outfitters, and trained horses for the
park services on the Ya-Ha-Tinda
Ranch. He also toiled with cattle
on B.C.’s Gang Ranch and Alberta’s
Wineglass Ranch near Cochrane.
Along with wife Trina, Campbell
now owns the Hat Creek Ranch, a
horse and cattle outfit near Wheatland, Wyoming.
A well-known clinician who
learned much of his trade from legendary horsemen Tom Dorrance
and Ray Hunt, Campbell has not
written a how-to book. Rather, Willing Partners is rooted in philosophy,
offering guidelines on how to best
communicate with your horse.
However, simply stating that
a horse must be aware of its feet
makes it sound easier than it is,
especially for the inexperienced
rider. Reading it and doing it are
two different things.
Before I began training my mule,
I read Ray Hunt’s Think Harmony
With Horses and Tom Dorrance’s
True Unity, but what they wrote
didn’t sink in until I attended a Ray
Hunt clinic. There’s nothing like
experiencing instruction in-person to appreciate the philosophy
behind the action.
Still, Campbell’s book serves
up a precious menu of thoughts,
some of them worthy of posting
in your barn as daily axioms.
For example, he dispels the
theory that miles and wet saddle
blankets make for good horses.
As he points out, “if you’re working at the wrong thing through
all those hours and miles, a
horse will simply get tougher and
tighter.”
Also, don’t bore your horse
with too much groundwork or
repetition in the round pen. Once
he’s learned something, move
on. “Make it a learning process,
not a wearing process,” Campbell
writes.
And when it comes to bits, there’s
no such thing as a hard-mouthed
horse, he says. “Hard-minded, yes,
but not hard-mouthed… it’s not
what you put on his head; it’s what
you put in his mind.” Reaching for a
bigger bit won’t fix anything.
Training horses on cattle is also
a process best achieved by breaking
it down and offering relief between
bringing the cow out, turning it
around, and driving it back.
As Campbell notes, the more you
work with horses, the more they will
put your ego in check, and teach you
just how little you know.
If you’re willing to pay up the $50,
Campbell’s advice will help you honour your horse — the fundamental
foundation of his training.
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HORSE, HEALTH & HOME
Inside and Outside Your Stable
training
Herd
bound
horses
How to switch it around
so that your horse is
more comfortable with
you than the herd
By Glenn Stewart
Baldonnel, B.C.
W
hen we asked what people wanted to
have articles written about, the most
requested was about herd bound horses.
I have heard this issue come up in conversation
many times over the years.
Some people can’t get out of their yard unless
there is another horse along. Some can’t get anywhere unless a certain horse comes along. Others
can get out of the yard but the horse whinnies the
whole time they are away. “Why can’t I ride my
horse away from the herd?”
The answer is the horse is more comfortable,
trusting, secure, interested, and feels safer with
the herd than with the rider. We need to switch this
around so that the horse feels these things with us
instead.
A herd bound horse has a lot of anxiety and usually carries more issues than just being herd bound.
Some of the other issues that might show up are
hard to load, spooky on the trail, argues about
going forward, kicks out or rears, trouble being tied
unless other horses are near, nervous if the wind
blows, and hard to handle in general when they are
away from the herd.
This occurs because the horse does
not view us as the leader and someone
that they feel is captain of the ship. Their
leader is in the field back at the ranch.
The quickest way I’ve used to be able
to get on any horse and ride off into
the sunset is to earn their trust, confidence and respect. The better you
get at these skills, the faster you will
be riding anywhere you want on any
horse calmly without the whinnying.
Not only does your horse forget
about being herd bound, everything
improves. When the horse sees you as
a leader, they go when and where you
want willingly, enjoying the outing as
much as you do.
It doesn’t take long with the right
skills to become the leader that the
horse is willing to follow and trust. It
only takes two or three sessions with
your horse to get it to where it will go
out on a trail and ride willingly away
from the herd.
In the meantime, there are some
other things you can do that will help.
Slowly separate the herd bound
horse from horses it’s used to living
with. Split one group into two groups
or introduce one new horse to another
and have them learn to live with a
horse or horses they don’t know.
Separating a horse out of the herd
and area it has been living in, and moving it to another area or pen without
any of its pasture mates can be very
stressful for the horse.
They can get pretty worked up.
They can pace back and forth in the
pen hardly eating or drinking, losing
weight daily. So the more gradual that
we can make the transition, the safer
and less chance injuries will occur.
Moving the horse from the herd
helps somewhat with the herd bound
issue, however it doesn’t get the horse
to see the rider as the leader.
The worst example of herd bound
horses I’ve witnessed was a bunch of
Warmblood horses I was starting in
the US that were destined for a jumping career. Many were getting to be six,
seven, even eight years of age.
The older they were, the worse they
were because every year that goes by,
the worries became more real and
ingrained in their minds.
The horses were very sheltered from
everyday things that go on around a
ranch. The more we protect and shelter horses, the more issues you can
expect them to have.
If a tree moved in the wind, these
horses would run sideways for a hundred yards trying to get back to their
pens. No horse could be tied, and
horses had to be moved from the area
if there was going to be a noise in the
barn.
Not only does your
horse forget about
being herd bound,
everything improves.
When the horse sees
you as a leader, they
go when and where
you want willingly,
enjoying the outing
as much as you do.
This kind of thinking causes horses
to get worse instead of better. When
a horse is exposed to something new,
they may get agitated, anxious, worried. Open their worlds to the possible
things that may go on and it will go a
long way to more positive behaviours
in our horses.
I will mention again that your
horse needs to see you as a leader and
that does not happen only by exposing them to things. We need to know
how to earn their respect and build
their confidence in a way that horses
respond to and understand. The
higher the level in these areas, the less
trouble we will have with our horses.
Stage 1 of my Master Horsemanship DVD series is a good place to
These are a bunch of our ranch horses, none of them are herd bound but they sure do enjoy each others company. photo: Dixie Stewart
start. There are seven patterns on the
ground that transfer into the saddle.
There are seven elements in the saddle that are directly tied to the seven
patterns on the ground so one is
always encouraging and building the
other. There is no confusion from the
horse’s point of view because we are
not changing the messages when we
get on or off.
The more these elements are used
with your horse, the more they will be
done correctly. With some consistency,
your will eventually get confident,
respectful, and understanding horses.
We must have control of the horse’s
feet. To some, that means they can
make their horse stand still by hanging
onto the bottom of the halter.
To me that looks like the horse has
made the person stand still, because
he can’t move without the horse moving because he has to hold the horse
by the chin hairs. What happens next
is the horse starts moving the person,
because if the person doesn’t move
they will get stepped on.
In this scenario, the horse is learning the opposite of confidence, respect
and understanding because they are in
charge, doing the leading.
We need to be able to have our
horses stand or lead, go slow or fast,
beside us, behind us, away from us,
and either side of us... whether our feet
are moving or not. One step or many,
forwards or backwards, forequarters
or hind, responsive and soft without a
tight lead.
These skills are proof that many
good things are starting to get established and the horse is beginning to
see you as a leader. Enjoy your horses
and the wonderful opportunity they
give us to learn.
Glenn Stewart travels extensively
conducting clinics, demonstrations, and colt
starting sessions, and also offers Camps
and a 3-month Horsemanship Course at
his home The Horse Ranch in northern B.C.
More information by calling 1 877 728 8987
or visiting www.thehorseranch.com
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Sport s Psyc holo gy
Top three ways to combat competitive stress
April Clay provides easy to understand strategies to beat down negative energy
RIDING OUT OF MY MIND
Equestrian sport psychology
By April Clay, Psychologist
Calgary, Alberta
I
t’s show season… always a
stressful time. Here’s my top
three tips to help beat down
the negative energy and symptoms that goes with stress.
1. Brain re-boot:
When we’re stressed, many of the
body’s functions naturally speed
up to meet the challenge. It’s part
of a built-in safety mechanism
called the flight or fight response.
This alarm response can come
in handy when faced with a charging tiger but not so much with the
competitive environment. It’s hard
to think when your body is vibrating so hard your knees are knocking.
The re-boot strategy involves
assisting your body to drop it down
a few notches. The first step is to
stop, literally, in your tracks. Take
a deep breath that feels like it is
reaching the tips of your toes, and
then slowly let it out.
For the next few minutes, simply slow everything down. Walk
slowly, talk slowly, and think
slowly. Then tell yourself where to
put your focus, give yourself direction.
The more you practice this strategy, the more effective it will be
when you really need it.
Think of this kind of re-boot as
similar to the kind you give your
computer at times. You do this
when your computer has become
overloaded and freezes. Perhaps
because it has too many windows
open and not enough energy to
deal with all the tasks.
Sound familiar? It is analogous
to what happens to the brain
under stress. Too many thoughts
to track and execute. The brain reboot can help you clear the decks
and then decide what it is that is
important for you to be focused
on.
2. Choose a neutral focus:
First, let’s define what constitutes a ‘hot focus’. Simply, it is
a place you put your mind that
turns on the heat and makes you
feel uncomfortable.
It varies from person to person, but generally involves a
focus on scary thoughts or sensations in your body. It’s kind of
like staying tuned in to your very
own horror channel.
Fortunately, you can change
channels if you practice. The
channel you want to be watching
should involve something nonanxiety provoking.
For example, if you are like
many other athletes, perhaps you
attend too much to who is watching. You scan the warm-up area
looking for fellow competitors
and imagine what they are thinking about you.
Pretty soon you have concocted
an entire story about how and
what they think. And you lose
track of your focus, and you begin
to make mistakes.
But instead of fixing them, you
just add to your story about how
these other athletes are judging
you. Not especially helpful is it?
Jordan, an amateur rider who
has long battled the tendency to
be tuned into this anxiety channel now employs this strategy:
“I notice I am noticing other
riders and starting to worry
about what they may be thinking.
And then I say to myself something like ‘hmm, interesting. But
look at that beautiful tree, how
nice it is. I wonder what kind it
is.’ In general, I just choose something really mundane but happy
and I keep talking to myself about
it in my head. I find it really
works for me, as eventually I just
forget about the people there.
They become like props in a play
and what I am focusing on comes
to the forefront.”
3. Assume a physically
confident position:
As anyone well knows, our body
language tends to change when
we’re stressed.
If, while feeling in the grip of
anxiety, someone were to suddenly
hold a mirror up to you, chances
are you could spot the difference. A
worried look, slumped shoulders,
uncertain gestures or even rapid
movement. Much like a frightened
animal, you become smaller and do
not wish to be seen.
One way to help yourself is
to change what’s in that mirror.
Either you literally check in with a
real mirror, and re-set your facial
expression and your posture or you
imagine a mirror in your mind and
do the same.
Fortunately, the body has memories to draw on of different positions. There are associations built
up in your mind that relate body
photo: thinkstock
to mood. Not to mention research
that proves a shift in posture does
change the direction of your hormones, beginning to lower your
cortisol (stress hormone) and
increase your testosterone.
So if you’re not feeling confident, use your body to help get you
there. Changing your body’s posi-
tion can help you get in touch with
other aspects of your confident
self.
Smile and stretch your spine
and watch your mood lighten. Sit
deep in the tack with a firm weight
in your heels and notice how your
brain starts to move off in a different direction.
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Going down hill s
Taking the back cinch serious
Terri McKinney explains why she flanks horses for the mountains
BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELS
Trail riding tips and information
By Terri McKinney
Kingman, Alta.
I
hope this article finds you planning your trip or your just getting back from the hills!
No, we are not at the Calgary
Stampede, so why do we flank all
of our horses to go into the mountains?
This month I want to explain
the benefits of this simple training tool we have used for years.
It’s important because I see so
many pictures of trail riders in the
mountains with a huge gap in the
back cinch. That will only cause a
wreck in the bog with a possible
leg going through or your saddle
will slip.
We round pen each horse first
and gain leadership, trust and
have pure communication before
we ever flank them. I talk them
through what instinct tells them
to do otherwise. This is prepping them for our
pack saddles as we don’t use
britchen. We pack old school and
use our back cinch to hold our
loads in place.
We stimulate this in the round
pen in a safe zone but it is more
than the thought of ‘just flanking’
a horse. It’s horsemanship and living in the mountains. So before that back cinch grabs
your pack string in the flank and
the rodeo starts, let’s go back to
the why we flank? The answer is in
the sheep trail going down…
Benefits of flanking
• You desensitize the flank area
for a pack horse without a
britchen.
• You can rope or drag logs and
when the back cinch gets real
tight in the flank, you will be
safe.
• If your back cinch gets loose
on a long ride and a branch or
shrub gets caught in your back
cinch, your horse is already
desensitized.
• If your keeper between cinches
breaks without you knowing
it and your back cinch hits the
flank, you won’t get piled.
• If you get up on the sheep trails
at 7,500 feet and have no trail
to come down (or get lost and
have to take a steep trail not
travelled), you can undo the
keeper between your cinches
and use the back cinch in the
flank instead of a crouper to
keep your saddle from going
over the head. I have plucked
many riders off when the saddle
was going over.
Helpful hints
for riding downhill
• Do your homework at home
with a snug back cinch.
• When you practice, don’t go
straight down the hill. Zig-zig
is the easiest way for a horse
and lets him feel his way down.
His weight should be on his
hind end.
• Sit in the saddle to balance your
horse and don’t become a heavy
burden to him. Lean back to get
off his front end.
• No tie downs and don’t be heavy
on the face... give him his mouth
so he can look for his footing.
• Judge your hill, take the best and
least steep part of it. Gauge your
route from the top and leave
room for each horse.
• Don’t EVER let your horse eat
while on the trail. If your horse is
looking for food, he is NOT looking for his footing. This is key
when you get to hills. When your
horse drops his head on a steep
trail, you are looking at nothing
more than your saddle horn. It
becomes real then! NO EATING
unless it is on your terms.
• Don’t let him rush down a hill that
will get you both into trouble.
• If you choose to get off your
horse to lead them down a steep
hill... prepare at home for a horse
to give you space so you don’t get
run over in this situation.
• Invest in a crouper as another
choice but again, do your homework at home and let you horse
wear it before you go.
Enjoy your summer of riding out
west, be safe and enjoy the fire! See
you next time and may your trails
be clear, your pack string safe and
your camp just around the corner.
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McKinney and their daughter south west
of Rocky Mountain House Alberta in the
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Training tip s
Fundamentals for the BIG STOP
Kade Mills breaks down three fundamentals to putting a proper stop on your horse
GET A GRIP
Ask the trainers
By Kade Mills
Innisfail, Alta.
T
here are three different ways
to stop your horse. We can
stop from the reins, from
the word “whoa,” and lastly from
our seat and pushing in our stirrups.
Teaching our horse all three ways will
ensure a great stop.
I have always been taught the key
to teaching a horse to stop is a soft
and smooth back up. First I teach
him to give his face and give me a few
steps back then I will start to engage
his body using my legs.
It takes time to teach our horses
to add speed in the back up but is a
great tool to keep them soft. I always
use the order face, body, then speed.
They must yield all three to have
a complete back up and stop. Once
they understand the timed release,
we can teach each one individually.
If we first start with the face, it
allows us to pull on them to engage
the body and move their feet. If they
are stiff in the face, they will have
trouble understanding the pressure
we need to add to engage their feet.
Once they understand the pressure we add to engage their feet, they
will learn through timed release to
follow that feel and bring speed to
the back up.
Then we can start to apply it
through his gates from a walk to the
lope. When I ask for the stop, I am
drawing my hands back slow and letting the horse decide when to stop.
Backing him up following the stop is
how we teach him to sit down.
If your horse starts to stop on its
front end, we can move the shoulders around in a spin to free them up
on the front end.
Try to always start that back up
or that spin slow after a stop, and
then start to engage his body. If we
let them find their stop in the beginning, it will build confidence in the
stop that will really help maintain it.
The ‘big stop’ for Kade Mills starts with the face, allowing him to pull on them to
engage the body and move their feet.
Next comes the word “Whoa”, and once that is accomplished, Kade moves onto
stopping with his seat and pushing on his stirrups.
If done right, the result should be the big stop that everybody loves...including your
horse.
Now we start teaching them to
stop from the word. Before we can
start, we must be able to ride along
the rail on a loose rein and guide
around.
Once we have them on a loose rein
on the rail and not leaning, we can
start introducing them to the word.
Without changing our body, we
calmly say the word. If they do not try
and stop, we can give them a moment
and then pick up and roll them back
into the rail. This exercise is best done
at a jog or a trot to start with.
The time from the word to the correction is very important. We don’t
want them to be scared or reactive to
the word or the stops become hit or
miss.
The reason we roll them back into
the rail is to get them sitting down
on their hind end. At first the horse
will pick up on the pattern of hearing
the word “whoa” and sitting down to
roll back.
Once we get a good commitment to sit down, we simply do not
roll them back, lean down and pet
them for a good reward. Once I see
effort and understanding in a horse,
I reward them by allowing them to
walk out of it and clear the screen
a little before we ask them to try it
again.
Now we can move on to the most
advanced, stopping from our seat
and pushing in our stirrups. Be sure
we are confident on all of our previous steps to make this manoeuvre
much easier to introduce to your
horse.
We will begin the same way as we
did with the reins, and the backup.
From a stand, sit down in your saddle and slowly push pressure in to
your stirrups. If your horse starts to
respond by putting his head down or
taking a step back release.
If he is not responding, keep that
pressure in your stirrups and start
to bump one leg then the other very
lightly. If they try to go forward
slowly pick up and apply light pressure until he backs up soft.
Keep using this exercise until
he responds from the seat and the
pressure in your stirrups and then
through pressure and well timed
release we can perfect it. Again we
will slowly apply it through the gates
walk to lope and use the same steps.
It’s very important not to discipline our horse in the stop. We must
wait until we have them backing up
and use how fast we back up as the
discipline.
Disciplining horses in the stop
can discourage them from stopping
properly with their hind end engaged
and shoulders up.
Another common problem is riders with quick, heavy hands pulling
them in the ground abruptly. This is
a sure way of causing a horse to lean
on the bit and anticipate the jerk as
well as resenting the stop.
It also causes their body to
tense and puts them at risk for
injury. Using the three drills I have
explained will help keep our horses
loose and feeling good in their stops.
With these three tools, we can
start to develop the big stopping
horse we all love to ride.
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HEAVY HORSES
Anything special I need to know
about my heavy/draft horse?
Keep it simple. Heavy horses have distinctive dietary needs for sound health
HORSE HEALTH
Expert advice
By Carol Shwetz
H
eavy horse often implies a
draft bred horse, yet any
horse of a body weight
over 550 kg (1,200 pounds),
exceeding 15 hands classifies
as a “heavy” horse. These large
creatures share similar statures
and genial personalities, as well
as tendencies towards common
health matters, heightened nutritional concerns, and metabolic
differences, not as widespread in
light horse types.
Some of these horses are very
large weighing upwards of 1,000
kg (2,200 pounds) and standing over 18 hands tall. It is this
physical largeness that gives rise
to their distinctive needs necessary for thriving.
Heavy horses are ‘easykeepers,’ requiring simple diets of
12 to 23 kg (25 to 50 pounds)
of quality grasses and grass hay
daily. Overnutrition and lack
of exercise quickly escalate into
obesity, laminitis and metabolic
dysfunctions. The most common metabolic dysfunction of
the heavy horse is a sensitivity
to high carbohydrate diets. Their
muscles are metabolically unable
to process starches and sugars
as fuel sources. The most widely
accepted term for this condition
is Equine Polysaccharide Storage
Myopathy (EPSM).
CONFUSING DISORDER
Considerable confusion surrounds
this disorder due to its varied presentation. Muscle weakness
and damage occurs with exercise.
Symptoms may include mild to
severe muscle pain, muscular stiffness and cramping, trembling,
hindlimb lameness/weakness, performance troubles, recumbency,
and discoloured urine. Azoturia,
tying up, and Monday morning
disease are likely various presentations of EPSM.
Diagnosis is based on elevated
muscle enzymes and muscle biopsies. There is no cure for EPSM.
Afflicted horses respond remarkably to dietary modifications
which limit starches, primarily by
eliminating grains and sweet feed.
If extra calories are required, fat
is added to the diet. Clinical signs
are further alleviated through
consistent daily exercise and
proper conditioning.
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Yo u n g s te r s a re p a r t i c u l a r l y
prone to developmental bone
diseases and ar thritis when
pushed too hard nutritionally or
when lacking mineral support.
DEGENERATIVE JOINT
DISEASES
The increased concussion of carrying extra weight can lead to
higher incidence of degenerative
joint diseases, such as high-low
ringbone. As well, proper hoof
care is necessary to provide a
solid foundation that effectively
carries and supports a large
body.
Two neuromuscular disorders
seen more frequently in heavy
horses is stringhalt and shivers.
Both diseases result in abnormal
movement of the hind limbs and
their causes remain speculative.
With stringhalt one or both hind
legs flex higher and faster than
usual when the horse moves. It
can vary from a mild spasm to
a condition so severe that the
horse kicks his belly.
SYMPTOMS
Shivers is distinguished by
symptoms of unexpected shaking and trembling of the hindquarters and tail. Symptoms
intensify with backing up. Most
of these horses struggle when
asked to pick up their hind feet.
Symptoms worsen with stress or
excitement.
Chronic progressive lymphedema (CPL) is a disease identified in Shires, Clydesdales, Belgians and Gypsy Vanners. It is a
progressive swelling, thickening
and eventually fibrosis of the
lower limbs. The thick feathers
characteristic of these breeds
are suspected to play a role in
its development. It is often mistaken for pastern dermatitis or
scratches yet it does not respond
to conventional therapy. Studies
are currently underway to determine the hereditary component
of this disease.
Junctional Epidermal Bullosa
is a hereditary disease unique
to the Belgian breed. It is a dev-
astating disease of the neonate
in which the skin is very fragile,
rubbing off, peeling and blistering with pressure. Affected foals
die within a few weeks of birth
or are euthanized as soon as
diagnosis is made.
The defective gene is a recessive trait requiring one copy
from the dam and one copy from
the sire to produce an affected
foal. A genetic test is available to
determine if a horse is a carrier
of the mutated gene.
REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS
Reproduction appears to be
a more delicate matter in the
heavy horse, once again likely
due to sheer size. Draft/heavy
mares tend to be more susceptible to retained placentas, dystocia, and inadequate uterine
clearance. These complications
are exacerbated with mineral
imbalance, lack of exercise and
overnutrition.
Ne w b o r n fo a l s f re q u e n t l y
require nursing care as they may
be slow, clumsy risers and lack a
strong nursing drive. Twinning
is overall more common than
in light horse breeds. Stallions
tend to be ‘late bloomers’ requiring ample time to mature both
behaviourally and physically.
As with other horses, medications such as antibiotics,
dewormers, and pain relievers
are given on a body weight basis.
Vaccines are administered as per
horse. Sedatives and tranquilizers have a more profound effect
on draft breeds requiring substantially lower doses to achieve
effect. General anesthetic is
problematic with complications
inherent in managing a large,
recumbent animal.
A final nuance of the heavy or
draft horse is their life expectanc y which is typically 18
to 24 years. In comparison,
their lighter-bred cousins are
expected to live up to a decade
longer.
Carol Shwetz is a veterinarian
specializing in equine practice at
Westlock, Alberta.
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HERBAL REMEDIES
BELOW IS A GOOD CHART TO REFER TO:
The nerve to symptom relationship
Reading your horse’s body through symptoms
ALTERNATIVE METHODS
Going natural
By Julie MacKinnon
Laodas-Way Healing
O
ften there is little thought put towards other parts
of a horse’s body when he/she is lame or showing an
obvious injury. Most of us think if they are lame on
the left hind, the left hock or stifle or hip is the issue. It can go
as far as calling it a disease of that leg if it persists for over two
months.
It is the easiest to assume and the hardest to figure what the
truth of any issue with our horse because they are just as complex as us.
In reality, your horse’s sore hind end may come from a
restricted rib or a irritated occiput (base of skull) and C1 (1st
neck vertebrae) or maybe even a bad hoof trim on the front
end.” These are just naming a few key pieces and possibilities.
The major question is what nerve is causing the issue and
how has the body responded.
You can reference the chart to start uncovering you pieces
to the puzzle. The thing to keep in mind is that nerves work in
two directions.
First, is the nerve responding to stimuli at the end of the
nerve, or two, is the nerve triggering because of the origin
being irritated in some way. For instance:
Nerve End: Hoof
Nerve Origin: Lumbar 1
Symptom: Pain
Cause: Bowel Restricted
(low back/1st vertebrae)
OR
Cause: Abscess
Symptom: Pinched Low back
and Pain
So next time you look at your horses lameness or injury, ask
yourself is the body causing this or is the injury the cause. This
will help you identify your treatment plan.
In the above scenario, if the abscess was the cause, then you
can treat that by opening and cleaning it with anti-bacterial
tea tree and peppermint in a natural salt soak to draw the
infection out.
On the other hand, if the cause was the restricted bowel, you
could worm your horse with a tube of wormer or use cinnamon
powder. If the bowel is just full, using mineral oil and lime juice
concentrate at 1/2 cup each for three to four days will do the
trick to loosen the compacted bowel on most horses.
It is a much more efficient and money saving endeavor to
treat the cause not the symptom. What nerve is related should
be your number one question in any injury or body healing.
Nerve Base
Occiput
Neck-C1
Neck-C2
Neck-C3
Neck-C4
Neck-C5
Neck-C6
Neck-C7
Back-T1
Back-T2
Back-T3
Back-T4
Back-T5
Back-T6
Back-T7
Back-T8
Back-T9
Back-T10
Back-T11
Back-T12
Back-T13
Back-T14
Back-T15
Back-T16
Back-T17
Back-T18
Back-L1
Back-L2
Back-L3
Back-L4
Back-L5
Back-L6
Sacrum
Tail-Coccyx
Body Part or Area
pituitary, brain
eyes, heart
face, shoulders, diaphragm
neck, diaphragm
upper arm, neck
shoulder, fetlock
elbows, feet
head, thyroid, feet
knees up, lungs
head, elbows
neck, upper forelegs
head, heart
neck, chest
heart, lungs
neck, heart, liver
esophagus, circulation front legs
liver, upper forelegs
stomach, spleen, duodenum
pancreas, jejunum
stomach, spleen, adrenal
spleen, adrenal
stomach, reproductive, sm. intestine
sm. Intestine, colon
kidneys, reproductive
bladder, kidney, intestines
bladder, lg. intestine
abdomen, lg. intestine
reproductive, legs, lg. intestine
uterus, ovaries, legs
uterus, lumbar muscles
buttock, legs
buttocks, legs, feet
buttocks, bladder, reproductive
rectum, tail
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Events and News of Note
TRAIL RIDING
Exploring lunar
landscapes in
TURKEY
Darley Newman rides
through villages largely
unchanged for centuries
By Darley Newman
Bethseda, Maryland
I
n ancient times, the name Cappadocia meant ‘the land of
beautiful horses’ and the finest
horses were raised in this part of
Central Turkey.
As part of my job as the host of
the PBS series Equitrekking, I travel
the world riding horses with local
people. At lot of times, I see a place
once, but don’t have the opportunity to go back. I made it a point
to venture back to Cappadocia for
a second time to ride their strong
Barb-Arab horses because I had to
see more.
My local guide and now friend,
Ahmet Diler, a horse guide, rug
trader, hotelier, tour operator and
entrepreneur grew up in Avanos,
the old pottery center where we
based ourselves. Not only does
Ahmet know everyone, his passion
for Turkey’s history endeared me
to Cappadocia on my first visit, and
was once again as we took off at a
canter towards the old Greek city of
Mustafapasa.
Meandering among the lunar
landscapes of the Üzengi Valley,
I could easily imagine what life
was like here hundreds of years
ago, because things here haven’t
changed so much.
Passing through the valley,
our horses clip clopped through
streams and over rocky passes. Our
horses took the sometimes challenging rocky terrain with stride,
much more surefooted than I would
have been through narrow valleys
of fairy chimneys.
We passed a few hikers, some of
whom had traveled from far away
to reach the mineral waters which
lay ahead which Ahmet explained
are reputed to have some medicinal properties. I was glad to be on
horseback once again as I saw locals
and a few Japanese tourists rolling
up their pants and wading along in
their shoes.
Everywhere I travel I ride diverse
horse breeds whose tack is also different. Here in Turkey, I was riding
on soft sheepskin covered saddles
Ahmet had acquired in Kyrgyzstan.
These saddles are similar to an
Top: Darley’s group explores the Üzengi Valley, above: riding through a historical Byzantine village.
American Western saddle in that
they have a horn that sticks up in
the front, the kind cowboys might
use to rope a steer, but the Kyrgyz
saddles have a taller tree, so you sit
higher off the horses’ back. I had to
get used to sitting so high, as that
meant I had less contact with my
horse’s sides.
As primarily an English-style
rider, I use my reins and legs to
communicate with my horse. It was
a good thing Incion, the nine-yearold white steed I was riding, was
both well trained and kind, allowing
me to make a few mistakes in leading as we traveled.
Riding along towards Mustafpasa, we stopped several times to
examine something new. Ahmet
pointed out a series of cubbyholes
carved high into the cliffs above
called dovecotes. These pigeon
houses were usually carved near
a water source, like the nearby
natural springs. They were meant
to attract pigeons to nest. Locals
would and still do collect the droppings and use them as fertilizer for
their vineyards and crops.
By the late afternoon, we had
reached the old Greek village of
Mustafapasa and its stone houses
with carved facades, rock-cut
churches and Ottoman style architecture. The village dates back to
Byzantine times, and much like
it was then, the people here are
mostly self-sustainable. They farm
and trade as they have for hundreds
of years. I was amazed that I could ride a
horse from one village to the next
on my Cappadocia riding vacation, getting lost amid the whites,
pinks and browns of the bizarre
rock formations called fairy chimneys, which rise up in the shape
of towers and undulate like ocean
waves, looking altogether different
depending on your location.
IF YOU GO:
For more information on
exploring Turkey on horseback,
or other horse vacations, go to
www.equitrekkingtravel.com
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APPENINGS
Spruce Meadows
Ian Millar to stable a string of
new horses at Spruce Meadows
Olympian’s horse Dixson has ties to legendary Big Ben
Wo r l d sh ow j ump in g
NEWS
Keeping you in the loop
Spruce Meadows lands a leg of the ROLEX Grand Slam
By Wendy Dudley
Priddis, Alta.
W
hether working cowboys
or show jumpers, horsemen will tell you that
they’re lucky to find that one great
horse whose accomplishments will
be remembered long after it’s gone
to the big pasture in the sky.
For Canada’s Olympic and veteran show jumper Ian Millar, it will
always be Big Ben, the 17.3 hand
Belgian-bred Warmblood that left
his mark in the winner’s circles and
in fan’s hearts. He and Millar collected more than 50 major Grand
Prix and derby titles, including two
consecutive World Cup Championships in 1988 and 1989.
Big Ben passed away in 1999 from
colic, but his name lives on in the
Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, sharing the honour with only one other
horse — thoroughbred racing legend
Northern Dancer. There’s a bronze
statue of him in Perth, Ont., and in
1999 he was featured on a Canada
Post stamp. He is buried overlooking
Millar’s farm near Perth.
“I know of no other horse with
as much ability, and for such a big
horse, he’s so agile,” famed British show jumper Michael Whitaker once said of Big Ben. “He just
knows a big occasion and he rises to
it. That goes with all the top horses.
A normal horse will fall apart at the
big event; the good horse comes
through and gets better.”
It’s unfair to compare a new horse
to an equine legend, but riders
never stop searching, silently hoping that they will find the same athleticism, but more importantly, the
same heart and attitude.
This year, Millar is introducing a
new string of mounts to the Spruce
Meadows jumping venue, and in
his barn is Dixson, a 10-year-old
gelding that has ties back to Big
Ben. Dixson was previously ridden
by Belgium’s Ignace Philips and his
wife Jane Richard.
“He definitely has the potential
to be an international horse,” said
Millar, shortly after Susan and Ariel
Grange of Lothlorien Farm in Caledon, Ont., purchased the horse for
him.
“He’s careful. He has lots of scope.
He’s naturally fast. He’s everything
you look for in a modern show
jumper,” Millar said. “And he has a
fantastic character. He really tries to
please his rider.” Dixson was bred at
Belgium’s van Hooydonk farm, the
same breeders of Big Ben.
Dixson’s grandmother, Anna, is
a full sister to Big Ben. “I’ve noticed
similarities between them,” Millar said. “Big Ben was very smart
about how he used his legs. He had
that special ability to judge where
the rails are in order to avoid them.
Dixson has those qualities as well.”
Ian Millar is always searching for a new
horse like his legendary Big Ben. He
was a huge horse, but had everything
it takes to be a champion. Here, Big
Ben enjoys a post-jumping cool down. Photo: Wendy Dudley
As proof, Dixson went double-clear
in the Nations Cup held in March in
Wellington, Fla., helping the Canadians win a silver medal.
In addition to Dixson, Millar
also added Baranus, a nine-yearold gelding, to his barn. Previously
ridden by Dutch jumper Eric van
der Vlueten, Baranus has already
proved himself in the Grand Prix
ring. He was purchased for Millar
by Charles Fipke, an accomplished
racehorse breeder and owner.
“We couldn’t be more pleased
with (Baranus). He’s everything we
want him to be so far,” Millar said.
“He’s a stunning horse, he has a
lovely character, he’s got beautiful
technique. I’m very excited about
this partnership.”
Millar will also be jumping his
2012 Olympics mount and diva
steed, Star Power. “It’s certainly
going to be a busy year,” he said.
This is the 45th year in a row that
Millar has been named to the Canadian Equestrian Team.
Of course Olympian Eric Lamaze
will be returning to Spruce Meadows
with his string of new horses, including Wang Chung, a Dutch Warmblood that carried him to several top
rankings this past winter. The stallion was Lamaze’s choice of mounts
in the Nations Cup in Wellington.
And always a fan favourite, American Olympian Beezie Madden will
be thrilling crowds on board her
superstar horse Simon. The pair
won the prestigious World Cup in
April, against reigning Olympic gold
champion Steve Guerdat on Nino.
Show schedule The Spruce Meadows summer calendar begins with the
National Tournament, running
June 5-9, followed by the
Continental (June 13-16), the
Canada One (June 26-30). The
North American runs July 3-7,
the Pan American from July
11-14, closing with the Masters,
Sept. 4-8.
By Wendy Dudley, Priddis, Alta. · The Spruce Meadows’ $1 million CN International Grand Prix held during
the Masters, one of the richest show jumping events in
the world, has the world’s top riders rubbing their hands
in glee.
Calendars are being marked with a must-be-there, as
the stakes are now huge, thanks to a new event called
the Rolex Grand Slam of Showjumping.
“You’re going to see many great riders making
their way back to Calgary (in September),” said
Canada’s Olympic show jumper Eric Lamaze. “It’s
going to raise the level of our sport, and the quality
of our horses. A lot of riders will base their schedules
around the Grand Slam.”
The new event will consist of the world’s three most
prestigious classes: the Spruce Meadows Grand Prix,
along with the Grand Prix in Aachen and Geneva. Total
prize money in the three Rolex Grand Prix classes is 2.5
million Euros (Spruce Meadows and Aachen have one
million Euros apiece, and Geneva has 500,000 Euros).
Now comes the Grand Slam: any rider winning
three shows in a row receives one million Euros on
top of the prize money of each show. A bonus of
500,000 Euros will be pocketed by a rider winning
two of the shows in succession, and there’s a bonus
of 250,000 Euros for claiming any two of the three
Grand Prix titles. The same horse does not have to be
ridden in all three events.
The Grand Slam elevates the sport to a whole new
level, said Lamaze who claimed the Spruce Meadows’
$1 million Grand Prix in 2007 and 2011. “The weekend
of the (Spruce Meadows) Masters is the Super Bowl of
show jumping, with the Nations Cup on Saturday and
Canadian Eric Lamaze is one of only three jumpers to
ever win all three Grand Prixs. He predicts the added
‘bonus money’ will bring the world’s best jumpers to
The Masters this September at Spruce Meadows. photo: Wendy Dudley
the Grand Prix on Sunday. These days are the hardest
of show jumping. It’s a knowledgeable crowd there,
and Calgary is a unique experience that brings the best
out of every rider.”
Winning all three Grand Prixs in the same year is an
incredible feat, but not beyond the ability of top riders,
said Spruce Meadows president Linda Southern. “It’s
difficult to do, but it is obtainable. Three riders have done
it,” she said, referring to Germany’s Ludger Beerbaum,
Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa and Canada’s Eric Lamaze.
“And there are so many top riders and horses now,”
she added. “It’s an honour to have Spruce Meadows be
included with Aachen and Geneva.”
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APPENINGS
Equine s how
Ha pp enings
Nanton
Equine Event
Alberta Donkey and Mule hosts all equines, all disciplines in June
GOING DOWN THE TRAIL
Places and events of interest
By Alice Todd
I
f you missed this event last
year, please do not make the
same mistake again. The members of the Alberta Donkey and
Mule Club welcome all equines to
the second annual Nanton Equine
Event, June 15-16 at the Nanton
Ag Grounds.
This event is open to all
equines. Donkey’s, horses and
mules are all welcome to participate. It is a weekend when all
equines can play and complete in
the same sandbox so to speak.
There are classes for all
equines, for all ages, and for all
disciplines. There are western
and English riding, dressage,
gymkhana, and driving. Entry
fees are very reasonable.
A feature event on Saturday
is the Farm Team Competition.
Come and watch as these teams
compete doing farm chores in
precision and against the clock.
In addition there will be some
Combined Driving events.
The 2013 show will also see the
Canadian Cowboy Challenge joining forces with ADMC to offer a
CCC competition. CCC also has
events for all ages of riders from
‘shooting sprouts’ to ‘older than
dirt’ age groups.
The show also invites vendors
to bring their wares and operate a booth at the grounds. Plus,
if you have an animal for sale,
there is opportunity to advertise
it at this show.
Stick around for the catered
supper on Saturday night and
the silent/live auction. This auction is to help keep the entry
fees down so all can afford to
come and have fun.
The show features excellent
judges and announcers with
impressive backgrounds for
this event:
Ryan Smith is returning as a
judge this year. He is in demand
as a judge and emcee and, as a
fourth generation rancher, has
spent a lifetime in the ranch
horse world as well as in the
show and competition ring. He
has trained and competed at
many levels from 4-H right up to
professional. Ryan has a AQHA
breeding facility standing some
top studs and his own auction
company. Ryan is wonderful
with youth as well as the seasoned rider and will offer feedback to contestants.
Cheryl Fotheringham is a
trainer as well as a coach and
judge. Cheryl can’t remember a
time where horses did not have
some impact or importance in
her life. Driving became a main
stay of her life approximately
16 years ago when some friends
invited her out to watch a Bill
Long driving clinic. She is a Certified — EquineCanada Driving
Coach. As well, she is the past
Chair for Coaching for Driving
for Drive Canada and Equine
Canada. She was a key person
in developing the new Code of
Ethics for Equine Canada and
in developing a Drive Canada —
Learn to Show program. Cheryl
has judged as many competitions and enjoys working with
youth, and has a strong background with 4-H groups.
Russ Finlay has been announcing for many years and understands how mules and donkeys
work as well as their people.
Being a professional announcer,
he announces at horse shows,
rodeos and anywhere there’s
action! With his quick wit and
sense of humour, he keeps
everyone in stitches. A successful dog trainer, Russ trains all
breeds of dogs throughout the
year to herd sheep or cattle along
with giving stock dog demonstrations.
If you go
Call Alice Todd for more
information 403-646-2624.
Information is also available
on their website www.
albertadonkeyandmule.com
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Horse plowing
demonstrations
part of
World Plowing
Event in Olds
Alberta teamsters will show how early
farming was done on the Prairies
GOING DOWN THE TRAIL
Places and events of interest
By Dianne Finstad
Red Deer, Alta.
H
orsepower of all kinds
will be featured at
the 60th World Plowing Championships in Olds,
Alberta, July 19-20 as part of
the Centennial Celebrations
for Olds College.
The main event will see
60 competitors from up to
30 countries seeing who can
plow the best plot with their
competition tractors.
But while the tractors are
the main show, organizers
are pleased to also have some
heavy horses displaying their
plowing power in demonstrations during the festivities.
Percheron enthusiast Fred
McDiarmid, along with his
fellow hitching partner Tom
Wraight, have agreed to bring
their horses and plows to Olds.
Hitching up eight horses is
no simple matter, but these
two have it mastered.
“Tom is 83 now. On his
farm when he was a kid they
used horses, and all the
oldtimers know how to
hitch,” said McDiarmid. “It
takes practice for sure, especially co-ordinating all the
lines.”
At Olds, all the common
horse plows will be demonstrated, including the sulky
plow, the walking plow, the
two furrow gang plow, and
the three furrow one. Ted
and Justin Bruner will also
be bringing their horses for
the demos, while Dale Befus
and Alber ta Carriage will
be showing a new evener
setup, which uses four horses
abreast.
“We’re losing teamsters at
a fast rate,” McDiarmid commented. “We’d sure like to
get the lines into the hands
of some beg inning teamsters. That’s a real mandate
fo r o u r W i l d R o s e D ra f t
Horse Club. I’ve been trying to have a little one day
school around here for driving,
because I’m trying to cut back.”
For more details, head to
www.worldplowing2013.com.
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STANDOFF RODEO
Wild and wooly Indian Relay Race
Standoff Rodeo offers spectators a family friendly, unique event
By Heather Grovet
Galahad, Alta.
R
odeo enthusiasts looking for something out of the
ordinary will want to attend
the Indian Rodeo Cowboy Association event at Standoff, Alberta, July
18-21. This four-day rodeo features
a wide variety of events for First
Nation cowboys of all ages.
Winston Bruised Head explains
the format. “We have all the regular
events, both rough stock and timed,”
he says. “But we also go out of the
way to include youth and seniors in
our rodeo. One day will be our Junior
Rodeo, similar to a Little Britches
Rodeo, where we’ll have calf roping, team roping, cow riding, mutton bustin’, tiny mites barrel racing
and other classes for those eighteen
and under. We want to keep our kids
busy, and not just sitting around in
the bleachers.”
speed is important, control is also
extremely important. If you lose a
horse you’re disqualified, so being
fast isn’t the only thing that counts.”
Horses are often decorated with
native symbols, but most riders and
muggers come in their everyday,
working clothes.
“At some U.S. rodeos the contestants must wear traditional Native
clothing,” Bruised Head says. “This is
our fourth year of hosting the Indian
Relay Races, and we’re still in the
planning stages, so eventually the
rules may change.”
A powwow is held nearby during
the rodeo week. “We have traditional
dancing with classes for children,
adults and seniors,” Bruised Head
says. “We also have a hand game
tournament, a Native guessing game
we enjoy. There will be concession
booths, some selling traditional
foods and others carrying typical
midway snacks.”
IF YOU GO
The Indian Relay Race runs all
four days with the finals on
Sunday. For more information
contact Winston Bruised Head
at 403-315-2540.
Standoff Rodeo offers spectators a family friendly, unique event.
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“We also have classes to help keep
Grandpa competing,” Bruised Head
continues. “Often the grandparents
are traveling the rodeo circuits with
their children and grandchildren, so
we offer them senior classes where
they can compete against others
their ages.”
One unique event at the Standoff Rodeo is the Indian Relay Race,
where teams of four horses, one
jockey and three muggers compete.
This race has been described as one
of rodeo’s most colourful and crowd
pleasing equine event.
“The Indian Relay Race has
become incredibly popular in the
United States but is just making its
way here to Canada,” Bruised Head
says. “The races have a standing
start, with jockeys mounted bareback on the first horse. Each mugger
holds another horse at the side of the
track. The jockey races the first horse
around the track, and then in front
of the grandstand they exchange
horses. This is where things get
exciting; as you can imagine the
waiting horses can get pretty wound
up as the others gallop towards
them, and it takes real skill to jump
off one horse and then leap onto
another.”
Horses of any breed are allowed
to compete, with Thoroughbreds
and Quarter Horses being popular
choices.
“Last year we had a family team
that used mustangs from Suffield,”
Bruised Head says. “People weren’t
expecting them to do as well as the
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Rodeo action
Exciting additions to Ponoka Stampede
Several new features for popular July 1st western showcase including $40,000 PBR event
By Dianne Finstad
Red Deer, Alta.
I
t’s no easy task to keep up with
an ever changing world and still
hang on to the best of tradition, but it’s a priority for the Ponoka
Stampede. The soon to be 77-year-old
event is proud of its past, but always
building towards a bigger and better
future.
Canada’s largest seven-day Stampede gets even larger this year with
the addition of an extra day of action,
bringing the Jace Harty Memorial
Bull Riding into the fold, and boosting
its profile. The event has been held for
a decade in the area, just prior to the
official Stampede festivities, to honor
the memory of the local bull rider who
died in a vehicle accident.
“The family asked if it could be
turned over to the Ponoka Stampede,” explains Ponoka Stampede
Association member Blair Vold. “We
agreed, and decided to make it the
biggest PBR event in Canada. There
will be $40,000 in added prize money,
and it will make our Stampede Week
eight days now.”
Because it’s a PBR Canadian Touring Pro stop, and the only event
going on at the time, organizers
expect to attract some of the big
names on the PBR Tour as well.
With more than a dozen contractors lined up, the top bulls in North
America will be featured.
“It’s the most money ever put up
in Canada, so it will be first class,”
assured Vold. “The Harty family
is still involved, but this takes the
event to another level.”
“We’re even building a ‘shark
cage’ so two lucky fans can win a
chance to watch with a camera man
from the middle of the arena when
the bulls are bucking!”
CPRA Unofficial
Rodeo Standings
Including: Stavely Indoor Pro Rodeo
SADDLE BRONC
1 GEIGER RYLAN (3) DUCHESS AB . . . . . . . 3,793.94
2 KELTS SAM (3) MILLARVILLE AB . . . . . . . 1,837.42
3 BUTTERFIELD LUKE (2) PONOKA AB . . . . 1,777.73
4 FLUNDRA DUSTIN (3) PINCHER CREEK AB 1,636.36
5 COX CLINTON (3) PEACE RIVER AB . . . . . 1,442.05
6 BROWN JAKE (4) ECKVILLE AB . . . . . . . . 1,193.42
7 MESTON JUSTIN (3) TEES AB . . . . . . . . . 1,062.58
8 BERRY JIM (4) ROCKY MTN HOUSE AB . . . . 944.79
9 GREEN LAYTON (2) MEETING CREEK AB . . . 752.75
10 THOMSON KYLE (3) LUNDBRECK AB. . . . . 619.84
LADIES BARREL RACING
1 LECLERCQ RENE (3) HOLDEN AB . . . . . .
2 MATHER STEFFANIE (4) MEDICINE HAT AB.
3 BUFF GAYLENE (3) WESTWOLD BC . . . . .
4 BLANCHARD SYDNI (1) ALBUQUERQUE NM
5 SUITOR LACI (3) DUCHESS AB . . . . . . . .
6 SHAW SHELLEE (4) CARDSTON AB . . . . .
7 ANDERSON LISA (4) BOZEMAN MT . . . . .
8 DAINES SYDNEY (4) INNISFAIL AB. . . . . .
9 THIESSEN MELISSA (4) STETTLER AB . . .
10 BYRNE LAUREN (4) OKOTOKS AB . . . . .
BAREBACK
1 LAIT MATT (3) SEVEN PERSONS AB . . . . 2,313.90
2 VOLD JAKE (2) PONOKA AB . . . . . . . . . . 2,264.64
3 BUNNEY CLAYTON (4) CESSFORD AB . . . 1,781.39
4 BOWERS KYLE (4) BROOKS AB . . . . . . . . 1,452.87
5 MCPHEE DUSTAN (1) HANLEY SK . . . . . . 1,400.22
6 SOLBERG MICHAEL (2) SUNNYNOOK AB . 1,346.64
7 MARSHALL KY (4) BOWDEN AB . . . . . . . . . 941.22
8 LANGEVIN KEVIN (1) BONNYVILLE AB . . . . . 882.28
9 TAYPOTAT TY (1) REGINA SK . . . . . . . . . . . . 775.13
10 VEZAIN JR (1) COWLEY WY . . . . . . . . . . . . 775.13
TR HEELER
1 WHYTE KLAY (4) AIRDRIE AB. . . . . . . . . . 2,497.11
2 JOHNSON CHAD (4) DEL BONITA AB . . . . 2,443.77
3 FLEWELLING TYREL (4) LACOMBE AB . . . 2,172.33
4 MCCARROLL BRETT (4) CAMROSE AB . . 1,351.25
5 WILSON RILEY (3) CARDSTON AB . . . . . . 1,351.25
6 LUCAS KYLE (3) CARSTAIRS AB . . . . . . . 1,175.00
7 ROSS ROCKY (4) BOTHA AB . . . . . . . . . . 1,066.08
8 BONNETT KEELY (4) PONOKA AB . . . . . . 1,066.08
9 DALLYN ROCKY (4) NANTON AB . . . . . . . . . 866.21
10 FAWCETT MATT (4) STETTLER AB . . . . . . . 822.5
BULL RIDING
1 TURNER STEVEN (4) COCHRANE AB . . . . 5,300.26
2 WATERSON COREY (2) STRATHMORE AB 4,685.35
3 MEZEI DEVON (4) BIG VALLEY AB . . . . . . 4,448.19
4 GIRLETZ TANNER (3) CEREAL AB . . . . . . 3,701.46
5 BROOKS BEAU (4) NANTON AB . . . . . . . . 2,802.14
6 BUTTAR DAKOTA (4) KINDERSLEY SK . . . 2,667.43
7 PANKEWITZ TYLER (3) PONOKA AB . . . . . 2,601.97
8 THOMSON TYLER (1) BLACK DIAMOND AB 2,522.10
9 PATTEN TY (2) BUCK LAKE AB . . . . . . . . 2,385.25
10 SCHIFFNER SCOTT (3) STRATHMORE AB1,680.93
TR HEADER
1 ROBSON JEFF (4) AIRDRIE AB. . . . . . . . . 2,497.11
2 CONWAY NOLAN (4) CUT BANK MT . . . . 2,443.76
3 BUSS BRETT (4) PONOKA AB . . . . . . . . . 2,172.35
4 LOUIS JACKSON (3) STRATHMORE AB . . 1,351.25
5 BUHLER CLINT (4) OKOTOKS AB . . . . . . . 1,351.25
6 BEVANS COLE (4) MAGRATH AB . . . . . . . 1,175.00
7 LILLICO MARTY (4) STETTLER AB . . . . . . 1,066.08
8 JONES TREVOR (4) PONOKA AB . . . . . . . 1,066.08
9 MCFADDEN ROLAND (3) VULCAN AB . . . . . 866.21
10 THIESSEN STEVEN (1) STETTLER AB . . . . . 822.5
TIE-DOWN ROPING
1 PEROZAK MACE (2) KIPP AB . . . . . . . . . .
2 CORNET STACY (4) BRANT AB . . . . . . . .
3 KELLER SHAY (4) ROCKGLEN SK . . . . . .
4 FINNERTY JESSE (4) DUCHESS AB . . . . .
5 BALDWIN NATE (1) BLACKFOOT ID . . . . .
6 CASSIDY CURTIS (4) DONALDA AB . . . . .
7 BIRD LOGAN (4) NANTON AB . . . . . . . . .
8 POLE MURRAY (3) ERSKINE AB . . . . . . . .
9 SMITH RANDY (4) PINCHER CREEK AB . .
10 BUTTERFIELD CURTIS (3) STETTLER AB
2,641.87
2,090.55
1,428.80
1,407.34
1,358.30
1,312.95
1,312.95
1,275.58
1,206.96
1,109.20
NOVICE SADDLE BRONC
1 LOWRY QUILLAN MILLARVILLE AB . . . . . . . 282.27
2 GRATTON DANIEL SUNDRE AB . . . . . . . . . . 240.56
3 MCKENZIE KALE ROCKY MTN HOUSE AB . . 237.65
4 RANGEN JOEL ECKVILLE AB . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135.8
STEER WRESTLING
1 ROWORTH DAYTON (4) CZAR AB . . . . . .
2 CONWAY NOLAN (4) CUT BANK MT . . . .
3 GRAVES LEE (1) CALGARY AB . . . . . . . . .
4 GUENTHNER JUSTIN (2) VERMILION AB .
5 BEIERBACH WILLIAM (2) MAPLE CREEK SK
6 WALKER DUSTIN (3) VANSCOY SK . . . . .
7 BUTTERFIELD BROCK (4) PONOKA AB . .
8 THOMSON KYLE (4) LUNDBRECK AB. . . .
9 MILLER JUSTIN (2) Cessford AB . . . . . . .
10 CASSIDY CODY (4) DONALDA AB . . . . .
3,038.32
2,398.18
2,291.72
2,273.39
2,270.10
1,992.80
1,974.00
1,693.88
1,677.90
1,381.80
3,136.30
2,750.76
2,023.34
1,890.11
1,885.17
1,833.71
1,833.30
1,611.98
1,571.40
1,497.03
STEER RIDING
1 FAUCHER CONNOR CALGARY AB . . . . . . 1,173.70
2 SCHMIDT KAGEN BARRHEAD AB . . . . . . . . 994.25
3 BROWN CAMERON CREMONA AB . . . . . . . . 363.75
4 BERRETH OWEN AIRDRIE AB . . . . . . . . . . . 356.48
5 HAY DAWSON WILDWOOD AB. . . . . . . . . . . 356.48
PERMIT
1 LECLERCQ RENE HOLDEN AB . . . . . . . . . 3,136.30
2 SMITH BLAIR WIMBORNE AB . . . . . . . . . 2,705.32
3 STEMO JACOB CALGARY AB . . . . . . . . . 1,848.81
ROOKIE
1 LECLERCQ RENE HOLDEN AB . . . . . . . . . 3,136.30
2 MILLER JUSTIN Cessford AB . . . . . . . . . 1,677.90
3 COX CLINTON PEACE RIVER AB . . . . . . . 1,442.05
The PBR Bull Riding event goes
Monday June 24th, at 6:30, at the
Ponoka Stampede grounds.
Being on the busy July first weekend means some stiff competition
when it comes to booking entertainers, but Vold and the Stampede
Association are excited about this
year’s featured artist Wynonna
Judd, who will sing on the Thursday night; with the Nitty Gritty Dirt
Band entertaining after the Tuesday evening rodeo performance.
“You wouldn’t believe how fast
the Wynonna tickets are selling,”
exclaimed Vold. “And the Dirt Band
really fits in with what we like, and
what our crowd wants.”
Renowned Mexican Charro Jerry
Diaz and his wife Staci will be back
as an infield act, and the nearby Calnash Ag Event Centre means the
North American Mounted Shooters
can hold their championship, with
top competitors showing their skills
in front of the Stampede grandstand audience.
The always hilarious CrAsh Cooper will bring his stilts and quick
wit, to be the barrel man for the
rodeo, but his artistic talents are
also being showcased in another
new feature for the Stampede.
“We’ve decided to do an original
artist poster every year, featuring
one of the champions or history
of the Ponoka Stampede,” said
Vold. “This year, Ash Cooper is the
artist, and Rod Hay is the ‘poster
boy!’ Rod is a three-time (saddle
bronc) champion at Ponoka, and
he’ll be here on the Saturday to
sign the poster, before it’s auctioned off in Sunday’s art auction.
Then we’ll be selling one hundred
photo: thinkstock
prints, to raise money for the Tom
Butterfield Scholarship Fund.”
With over $600,000 up for
grabs, Ponoka remains one of the
top ten paying pro rodeos in all of
North America, and the richest
one of the July 1-4 run. Capped
off with the rodeo Showdown, and
the Tommy Dorchester $50,000
Dash for Cash with the WPCA
wagons, it’s going to again be
another history-making event.
“Rodeo changes all the time, so
we need to keep a fresh flavour,
but stay with tradition,” added
Blair Vold, who is part of several
families which have been involved
with the Ponoka Stampede since
the beginning.
It’s a blend contestants appreciate, and are always commending. Their votes helped the
Ponoka Stampede earn the prestigious PRCA Remuda Award in
December for the best stock at a
rodeo.
“That was a big feather in our
hat, and something we’ve very
proud of,” smiled Vold.
The 77th annual Ponoka
Stampede is June 24th-July 1.
(www.ponokastampede.com).
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Trail rides
Ride Alberta’s best kept secret
Writing On Stone’s trail ride offers unique scenery and history
GOING DOWN THE TRAIL
Places and events of interest
By Heather Grovet
Galahad, Alta.
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he summer trail ride at
Writing On Stone Park is
one of Alberta’s best kept
secrets,” organizer Earl Westergreen says with conviction. “People
travel from all across Canada to ride
with us, and many of them return
year after year to enjoy the area’s
unique scenery and history.”
Writing On Stone Park is famous
for its rock formations, hoodoos
and towering cliffs. But the area is
more than beautiful scenery; it’s
been designated as a World Heritage Site due to the wealth of Native
artifacts which include petroglyphs
(rock carvings) and pictographs
(rock paintings), tipi rings and a
medicine wheel.
Writing On Stone also features a
North-West Police outpost reconstructed on its original site.
This year the four-day ride runs
from June 29 to July 2 with registration on Friday the 28th. “We
begin and end each day at Writing On Stone’s Rodeo Grounds,”
Westergreen explains.
“In the 1880s
the North West
Police set up an
outpost in that
area to attempt to
curtail the liquor
trade. There is
something about
riding there that
fills me with awe.”
trail is the Police Point Ride,”
Westergreen says. “In the 1880s
the North West Police set up an
outpost in that area to attempt to
curtail the liquor trade. There is
something about riding there that
fills me with awe.”
The ride is suitable for horses of
every breed, size and shape. “We’ve
had a young girl do the entire ride
mounted on a Miniature Horse,”
Westergreen says. “That little horse
managed just fine, and even crossed
the river right beside me. Each
day’s ride lasts five to six hours, and
at some point we stop to eat our
bagged lunch along the way. You
don’t have to be the most talented
or fit to ride with us, but you do
need to bring a broke horse.”
The ride appeals to families, so
you can expect to find riders of
every age. “We’ve had quite a few
children that were good little riders
come with us,” Westergreen says.
“And we also have seniors ride into
their 80s. This will be my 16th year
on the Writing On Stone ride, and
I hope to do it for many more years
in the future. This ride is my dream
holiday.”
For further information contact
Earl Westergreen at earl@sagebrushtrailrides.com.
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Chinook Pleasure Driving Club
Canadian Standardbred Network
In the foreground is mini gelding Stevie with his owner Rachel MacQueen. In the centre with the bow is
Karin Hynes with her mini x Welsh gelding Gibsons. Amanda Preston is in the back sitting on José. The Chinook Pleasure Driving Club is comprised of members from the Central Alberta area,
from Carstairs to Red Deer, east of Olds and west to Sundre and Rocky Mtn. House. Members
enjoy activities such as cutter rallies in the winter, pleasure drives in the summer months,
clinics and lessons, and a competition hosted by the Club in July. Emphasis is placed on safety,
education, and enjoyment. Upcoming Events include: June 15 Fun Driving Day at Fulton’s
Farm, west of Bowden; July 20-21, Pleasure Driving Show at Fulton’s Farm, west of Bowden. For
more information, please contact Patty Carley (Secretary) at 403-346-2146, or pcarley@telus.
net. Or visit the Alberta Carriage Driving Club website: www.albertadriving-acda.ca.
Stone bridge Driving Club
A view from the gallery showing arena set up with
desensitizing obstacles.
On the snowy weekend of April
6 and 7, members and twelve
equines from minis to a Percheron
X benefited from a Desensitizing
Clinic at the Saddle Up estates
arena near Torrington. Some of
the fears that were overcome
were flapping tarps hanging from
the rafters, umbrellas, noise makers such as tambourines, flapping
flags and plastic raincoats. By the
end of the weekend most horses
would happily walk through six
tires, across a patch of crunchy
empty water bottles and under a
tarpaulin while dragging a rope
of milk jugs and carrying brightly
coloured pool noodles!!
Chinook Team Penning Association
Canmark Roofing #10 Class winners: Laurie McIntosh, Darryl
Bruce, Corinne Smith
Willow Creek Ag. Society produced their usual smoothly-run,
two day show April 20 - 21 at
the Claresholm Agriplex. Road
trips are always a great experience — extra time for socializing and meeting new members!
Unusually, the weekend proved
to be a bit of a surprise for seven
riders… they hit the dirt while
in hot pursuit of their wily cow!
Thankfully, none of the involuntary dismounts resulted in
an injury, except to some egos
when the word got around. Full
results and the winners’ pictures
from each day are available on
chinookpenning.com.
Alberta Ranch Horse Versatility
A few Standardbred enthusiasts around the Edmonton area came together and recognized
the need for an organization for the promotion and networking of Standardbreds off the race
track. Not a placement program but a resource, a place for horses and people to find each
other and information regarding retraining, feeding programs, etc. Thus the Canadian Standardbred Network was formed. On April 5 and 6, a trick-horse clinic was hosted for the benefit
of the Canadian Standardbred Network. Amanda Preston and Caylyn Walker created Horseplay and Harmony, a clinic series based on responsible trick-horse training that they launched
with this event. Amanda’s horse José was their demo horse and enjoyed helping handlers
learn training and handling techniques for many tricks including target training, smile, wave,
and even bow and lay down. José and Amanda already have dates booked throughout
Alberta to teach more clinics this summer. Alberta Friesian Horse Association
The Alberta Friesian Horse
Association (AFHA) is very
active in a number of major
events here in Alberta. The
members pictured above
did a demonstration of the
versatility of the Friesian
horse last year at the
Calgary Stampede. Left to
right are Kenton Miller, Wim
Floryn, Janneke Poot, and
Annie Muilwijk. This year
the AFHA will be making
more great presentations of the Friesian horse and wowing the crowds, as always. We will be
participating in several major events which will be posted here. Many have already started to
get our Friesians ready for the annual keuring (judging) to be held on September 20 at Bosch
Stables in Red Deer. We are planning to hold demonstrations, fun games on horseback, and
the usual crazy antics dreamed up by certain members. For more info: www.afha.ca.
Wild Rose Draft Horse Association
The Double S Clydesdale Six Horse Hitch from Tillamook, Oregon at the 2012 Central Alberta Draft
Horse Classic (Olds).
Draft horse breeders in Alberta face a busy schedule. June 1 -2 the Wild Rose Draft Horse Field
Day will be held at Double Tree Village west of Spruce View. Visit 25 historic buildings and the
Double Tree Museum. Watch Belgians, Clydesdales and Percherons plough, cultivate and seed
a neighbouring field. Enjoy a roast beef supper Saturday; then join the jam session around the
campfire. June 29, 30 and July 1 attend the 2013 Central Alberta Draft Horse Classic in Olds.
North America’s top Belgian, Clydesdale, Percheron and Shire horses will be at the Show. Attend
the Calgary Stampede Heavy Horse Show July 5-8 in the Saddledome and Big Top. The rousing
music of Calgary’s Philharmonic Orchestra accompanies the performance classes. Join a capacity
crowd at noon, July 7 for the exciting World Six Horse Hitch Championship. The supreme breed
champions and Best of Show are crowned Monday morning in the Saddledome, the champion
teams in the Big Top that afternoon. Visit www.wrdha.com for more info.
Tennessee Walking Horse Association
Brandi Enger riding A Little High competes in the Ranch Cutting portion of an Alberta Ranch
Horse Versatility Competition. Ranch Horse Versatility includes five events: Ranch Trail, Ranch
Riding, Ranch Cutting, Working Ranch Horse, and Ranch Conformation. Upcoming ARHVA
shows include: June 22 in Cochrane and July 6 in Thorsby. For a full list events, visit their new
website at http://www.arhva.com/ or Like them on Facebook under Alberta Ranch Horse
Versatility Association. President Rachelle Laitila at 403-597-7276.
In April, the Tennessee Walking Horse Association of
Western Canada hosted a Spring Fling Dinner and
Dance. This was a great way to shake off those winter
blues and connect with our members before show
season gets underway. We have four association shows
scheduled with a fifth to be added in October. In June
we have two great clinics lined up, the first being the
Gaited Experience, featuring Barbara Civils and Jared
Carrier, the second clinic will introduce members to
extreme trail obstacles. Visit our website at www.
twhawc.com for more information.
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Innovation
Gift in action at U. of C.
New laser technology introduced to Veterinary Medicine
By Gloria Visser-Niven
T
he University of Calgary
Faculty
of
Veterinary
Medicine (UCVM) now
has a state-of-the-art surgical
laser thanks to a generous gift of
$20,000 from the Equine Foundation of Canada (EFC), which
contributed to the overall costs of
the technology.
The Dornier Diode Laser was
unveiled in early March to a
group of UCVM clinicians, veterinarians from the Distributed
Veterinary Teaching Hospital
(DVTH) and members of the
Equine Foundation of Canada
executive.
“It is very gratifying to see how
the money that was provided to the
college is spent to help the welfare
of horses and learning for veterinarians,” said Eldon Bienert, President,
Equine Foundation of Canada.
The Dornier Diode laser will
accommodate a number of surgical
applications for both equine and
small animals. Laser surgery is minimally invasive therefore it reduces
or eliminates the need for anesthesia and also reduces pain and the
chance of infection.
“It is an excellent complimentary tool to the Dynamic Respiratory Scope (DRS), which allows
us to diagnose upper airway
and throat problems that occur
during exercise,” said Renaud
Leguillete, Associate Professor
(Equine Internal Medicine) and
acting department head, Veterinary Clinical and Daignostic
Sciences (VCDS). “The laser will
act like a high precision scalpel
through the end of the endoscope and can therefore treat
these conditions without the
use of general anesthesia. This
results in a shorter recovery
time for the patient.”
“Laser surgery was previously
not an option for treating horses in
Alberta,” added Leguillette “We are
now able to provide state-of-the-art
diagnostic and treatment options to
performance horses throughout the
province in collaboration with our
distributed veterinary teaching
hospitals.”
As a clinical faculty member,
Dr. Leguillette provides clinical
expertise at Moore Equine in
Balzac, Alberta, which is a part-
ner in the UCVM distributed
veterinary teaching hospital.
“On behalf of our students and
clinicians, I would like to extend my
sincere thanks to the Equine Foundation of Canada for their generous
donation,” said Leguillette.
Show jump ing
Start your summer
at Spruce Meadows
More than just show jumping at family-friendly events
By Lisa Murphy
Spruce Meadows
M
any Spruce Meadows
fans will recall that the
2012 ‘Masters’ Tournament was scarcely over when —
the very next day — all the turf
came off the International Ring
and new sod and footing was laid.
While this was done to ensure
the best footing for our equine
athletes, it was a bit shocking to
see and a huge leap of faith that
when the tarps went down, tucking the course in for winter, that
the footing would be ready for
competitions in the spring.
Well, the tarps came off May 2,
2013 and the emerald green turf
was a joy to see! We look forward
to a great season of sport on fabulous footing!
Opening day of the Spruce
Meadows ‘National’ Tournament
is the starting gate of the Spruce
Meadows FEI season of interna-
tional sport. Horses (over 1,000)
from Canada, the U.S., Mexico,
and overseas have arrived to vie
for more than $1 million in prize
money. Wow! Whoever thought
that would have been possible 38
years ago when Spruce Meadows
hosted its first tournament?
Spruce Meadows is evolving
with the changes of the sport,
offering a six week tour in the
2013 Summer Series featuring
four 5* CSIs and one 4*CSI-W
including three World Cup Qualifiers. We are excited to offer
to North American Teams the
Furusiyya FEI Nations’ Cup Jumping Qualifier in the ‘Continental’
Tournament with Canada, Mexico
and the United States being able to
enter a qualifying and a developmental team. These additions will
enhance the exciting and breathtaking sport this summer!
Spruce Meadows has seen such
growth over the years, not only
in the facilities and competition
rings but also in the myriad of
things to do and see while visiting
the grounds! From jugglers to face
painters, pony rides and Prairie
Dogs to Family Fun Night, shopping and show jumping — there is
so much to see and do for a family
day out. Admission is priced with
young families in mind; only $5
per person with children 12 and
under and seniors admitted free.
The ‘National’ features the
Show Your Colours community
challenge, where clubs and community groups come out to cheer
on the action in the International
Ring on Saturday June 8th.
It is also the launch of the everpopular CN/ Sun Media Name
the Foal! Entries can be made
on-line at Spruce Meadows.com
or on the grounds; ballots can be
picked up at the Sun Room and
deposited in ballot boxes located
throughout the property. Entries
close July 31 — get your name
selections in before the deadline
Alberta Donkey and Mule Club
Our Demo team of mules at the Mane Event in Red
Deer this spring were in fine form! Terry Aris and
his well-trained four up of mules performed figure
8’s, tight circles and maneuvers while Les Sjorgren
and his versatile mule Katie did spins and sliding
stops to the delight of the crowds. Sixteen year old
Nicole Kroetsch and her huge 17.2 hd warmblood
mule Doug also thrilled the audience with jumping
demonstrations, with saddle and without! Nicole’s
ability to vault onto Doug bareback was also a show
stopper. Sue Wensink and her agile mule Squidge,
rounded out the team and even turned out in costume for the final demo. June 15 - 16 we invite ALL
BREEDS to our second annual ALL EQUINE SHOW
at the Ag. Grounds at Nanton, Alta. For a class list or
information on more of our events, go to our
www.albertadonkeyandmule.com.
and enter for your chance to win
a trip to Spruce Meadows for the
Masters. See full contest details
at sprucemeadows.com.
A new and exciting opportunity for riders and stables:
Jump to It! Offers a full set of
schooling jumps to the individual or barn that enters 25
friends or family in the draw at
the RBC Capital Markets Cup
on Friday evening or the Nexen
Cup on Sunday. The draw will
be done at the completion of
each of those competitions.
Look for contest details at
sprucemeadows.com.
Whether you have a couple
of hours or a whole day to fill
Spruce Meadows has something
for you. Consider this your invitation to come and check us out!
Canadian Friesian Horse Association
The Canadian Friesian
Horse Association is
organizing an inspection
tour from Aug 23 - Sept
4, 2013. Inspection sites
will be located in Ontario,
Saskatchewan, Alberta,
and British Columbia. More
Inspection Sites may be
added. Contact us if you
are interested in having
your horses inspected.
Inspection Tour is open to
all breeds. For more Info,
phone: 780-675-5927 www.
canadianfriesianhorse.ca.
Visit us
online
for more
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and local
horse
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JUNE
5-8 Fort St. John, B.C.
Natural Horsemanship with
Glenn Stewart. Stage 3/4 Camp.
For details, contact Dixie:
1-877-728-8987, email: Dixie@
thehorseranch.com or visit: www.
thehorseranch.com
10-13 Fort St. John, B.C.
Natural Horsemanship with
Glenn Stewart. Advanced Stage
3/4 Camp. For details, contact
Dixie: 1-877-728-8987, email:
Dixie@thehorseranch.com or visit:
www.thehorseranch.com
15-16 Hazelton, B.C.
Horsemanship Clinic with certified Chris Irwin trainer Birgit
Stutz at the Kispiox Valley Rodeo
Grounds. For details, contact
Julia: 250-842-5193 or visit:
www.fallingstarranch.ca
22-25 Fort St. John, B.C.
Natural Horsemanship with
Glenn Stewart. Stage 1 Camp.
For details, contact Dixie:
1-877-728-8987, email: Dixie@
thehorseranch.com or visit: www.
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EQUINE EVENTS
JUNE
May 29-June 2
Grande Prairie, Alta.
World Professional Chuckwagons
at the Grande Prairie Stompede.
For details, visit: www.halfmileofhell.com
6-9 Saskatoon, Sask.
World Professional Chuckwagons
at the Saskatoon World Chuckwagon Races. For details, visit:
www.halfmileofhell.com
13-16 Medicine Hat, Alta.
World Professional Chuckwagons
at the Medicine Hat Exhibition &
Stampede. For details, visit: www.
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20-23 High River, Alta.
World Professional Chuckwagons
at the Guy Weadick Days. For
details, visit: www.halfmileofhell.
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26-July 1 Ponoka, Alta.
World Professional Chuckwagons
at the Ponoka Stampede. For
details, visit: www.halfmileofhell.
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LaDue
Ladies Lunch
SALES
JUNE
9 Empress, Alta.
Longmuir Family QH Production Sale with Invited Guests.
Preview 1 p.m., Sale 3 p.m. For
details, contact Sheila Howe: 403565-3858 or email: rshehowe@
telusplanet.net
22-23 Billings, Montana
Billings Livestock Auction Summer Catalog Sale. Featuring Team
Penning Horses and Buckskins.
For details, visit: www.billingslivestock.com
SHOWS &
COMPETITIONS
JUNE
5-9 Calgary, Alta.
Spruce Meadows Nationals. For
details, visit: www.sprucemeadows.com
6-9 Calgary, Alta.
Rocky Mountain Show Jumping
Summer Welcome. For details,
visit: www.rmshowjumping.com
Crystal Ballroom | Fairmont Palliser Hotel
Lunch | Live Auction | Fashion Show
Special Guest & Keynote Speaker
Captain Riel “Guns” Erickson
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
3rd Annual La Due Ladies Lunch
Celebrate the Spirit of the Cowgirl
2013 Lunch tickets now available
Start your Stampede with the best party of the season and join us as we salute the indomitable
Flores La Due and celebrate those young women who follow in her footsteps. Visit our website to
purchase your tickets online, today. Limited tickets are available and this party always sells out.
Individual tickets are $100.
Full tables are $800.
Want to be seated with friends?
When buying your tickets, be sure to include the names of those
ladies you would like to be seated with under "Order Notes"
See you July 4th!
ladueladieslunch.ca
7-9 Brandon, Man.
Brandon Summer Fair Quarter
Horse Show. For details, visit:
www.brandonfairs.com
13-16 Calgary, Alta.
Rocky Mountain Show Jumping
June Classic I. For details, visit:
www.rmshowjumping.com
13-16 Calgary, Alta.
Spruce Meadows Continental. For
details, visit: www.sprucemeadows.com
15 Lipton, Sask.
Saskatchewan Long Riders 15
mile Competitive Trail Ride, 30
mile Limited Distance Ride and
50 mile Endurance Ride at the
Lipton Riding Club. For details,
contact Tracy Vollman: 306-5356999 or email: tvollman@myaccess.com
15-16 Nanton, Alta.
Alberta Donkey & Mule Equine
Show. Open to donkeys, mules
and horses. For details, contact
Alice Todd: 403-646-2624 or visist: www.albertadonkeyandmule.
com
16 Battleford, Sask.
Hidden MeadowsRanch Summer
Opener Hunter/Jumper Show. EC
Bronze, SHF Heritage Classic and
Priaire Cup Classes. For details,
visit: www.hiddenmeadowsranch.
com
20-23 Calgary, Alta.
Rocky Mountain Show Jumping
June Classic II. For details, visit:
www.rmshowjumping.com
25-30 Calgary, Alta.
Spruce Meadows Canada One. For
details, visit: www.sprucemeadows.com
WESTERN
PERFORMANCE
JUNE
7-9 Red Deer, Alta.
Reining Alberta Spring Classic at
Westerner Park. For details, visit:
www.reiningalberta.net
8 Coombs, B.C.
Island Barrel Racing at the
Coombs Rodeo Grounds. For
details, visit: www.islandbarrelracing.webs.ca
11-12 Dawson Creek, B.C.
Peace River Cutting Horse Association Show. For details, email:
prchahorse@yahoo.ca
22-23 Port Alberni, B.C.
Island Barrel Racing at the Port
Alberni Fairgrounds. For details,
visit: www.islandbarrelracing.
webs.ca
28-29 Brooks, Alta.
Silver Sage Barrel Racing Futurity
& Derby. For details, visit: www.
canadianbarrelfuturities.com
28-30 Ponoka, Alta.
Ponoka Stampede Team Sorting &
Penning Jackpot. Entry deadline June 21. For details, email:
brcowhorse@cciwireless.ca
28-30 Williams Lake, B.C.
Williams Lake Stampede Ranch
Challenge. For details, visit: www.
williamslakestampede.com
29-30 Nanton, Alta.
Reining Alberta South Branch
Show Circuit at Silver Slate Arena.
For details, visit: www.reiningalberta.net
27-30 Calgary, Alta.
Rocky Mountain Show Jumping /
CADA Dressage CDI . For details,
visit: www.rmshowjumping.com
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APPENINGS
Hall of Fame
B.C. cowboys
enter Hall of Fame
Eight new inductees honoured for their
contributions
I DID IT MY WAY
Personal Profile
By Mark McMillan
Meadow Springs Ranch, B.C.
B
.C.’s early history was carved
out of the wilderness by thousands of hard working and
often forgotten cowboys. The B.C.
Cowboy Hall of Fame was started
by, and maintained by the B.C. Cowboy Heritage Society to capture the
memories of these living legends and
share their stories.
A complete list of inductees, with
a photo and bio of each can be found
at www.bcchs.com as well as nomination information. Memorabilia from
many of the inductees can be seen
in the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin in Williams Lake, home of the
B.C. Cowboy Hall of Fame.
2013 saw eight new inductees —
four in Kamloops and four in Williams Lake. Friday night, March 8
the first four were recognized on the
main stage at the Kamloops Cowboy
Festival. The Pozzobon Family were
inducted in the Family category,
Pooley Ranch as a Century Ranch,
Steve “Hyde” Archachan as a Working Cowboy, and Mike Puhallo in
Artistic Achievements.
The second four inductees were
inducted on Sunday, April 21 at the
Williams Lake Indoor Rodeo, after
a reception at the Museum of the
Cariboo Chilcotin in Williams Lake.
Archie Williams was inducted for
Competitive Achievements, Frank
Teer as a Ranching Pioneer, John
Dodd as a working Cowboy, and
Larry Ramstad as both Horseman,
and Working Cowboy.
Here’s a very brief characterization of each:
Sammy Pozzobon was born in
Kamloops 1927 and it wasn’t long
before he got the rodeo bug. They
ranched just outside of Kamloops in
the Pemberton Range where Sammy’s kids and grandkids all helped
out and most competed in rodeo
throughout the years making the
Pozzobon family a perfect fit in the
Family category.
Will Pooley settled at Nicola in
the early 1870s. His cousin Jim
Pooley followed and discovered and
homesteaded the current day ranch
around 1900. Today grandson Mark
Pooley runs the ranch and is in the
planning stages of passing it on to
his kids which makes Pooley Ranch
an obvious Century Ranch.
Stephen Mark Archachan, a.k.a.
Steven, a.k.a. Hyde was born May 5,
1934 at Quilchena Creek in a willow
bush. He began his first job at age 16
in 1950 at the Guichon Ranch. Now
63 years later he is still cowboying
at the Guichon Ranch as well as the
Lauder Ranch. Hyde was inducted in
the Working Cowboy category.
One of Mike Puhallo’s first jobs
was cowboying at the Douglas Lake
Ranch and Mike spent many years
riding. As well as a working cowboy, he was instrumental in starting
the B.C. Cowboy Hall of Fame, and
spent many years as president of
the B.C. Cowboy Heritage Society.
Best known as a cowboy poet, Mike
was inducted for Artistic Achievements.
Archie Williams was born and
raised on the Bonaparte Reserve
in Cache Creek and spent most of
his life as a working cowboy, farrier, horse trainer, and roping clinician. He was chosen by his peers as
a pick-up man at the first Canadian
Finals Rodeo. He is still competing
in team roping and fits the Competitive Achievements category
perfectly.
In 1963, Frank Teer carved out
a road, a house, barns and corrals
in the Houston area of B.C. after a
few years of cowboying in the Cariboo and Chicotin. In 1970 he added
another 640 acres to the ranch where
The inductees surrounded by rodeo royalty including Miss Rodeo Canada. Inductees L to R: Dale Teer (Frank’s son), Archie Williams, Larry Ramstad, and Mike Dodd (John’s son). PHOTO: Mark McMillan
he raised cattle and horses. Frank
retired at 70 and turned the ranch
over to his daughters. Frank Teer was
inducted as a Ranching Pioneer.
John Dodd was born in Spuzzum,
B.C., 1915 and went on his own as a
ranch hand at an early age. He cowboyed for many ranches over the
years including the Gang Ranch,
Circle S Ranch, and Chilco Ranch.
Over the years he was known to
help many youngsters with problem
horses. His greatest joy was riding
the open range and he was inducted
as a Working Cowboy.
A cowboy and ranch hand that
got a reputation very quickly as
being someone that had the skills
of management, Larry Ramstad
brought a few suffering ranches to
success. His latest job, for the past
23 years, is managing the mighty
Gang Ranch. It was in rough shape
when he moved there but everything has been rebuilt and the
ranch is doing well. Larry might
be a manager but one of his main
offices is in the saddle, making him
a great fit as Working Cowboy.
Seeing cowboys like these
inducted into the B.C. Cowboy Hall
of Fame makes the B.C. Cowboy
Heritage Society proud of the fact
that its preserving memories of
the folks that helped make B.C. the
province that it is today.
history
Facts about the
B.C. Cowboy Hall
of Fame
Steven “Hyde” Archachan is being
presented with his plaques by BC’s
Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable
Judith Guichon.
Tom Curtis from the Museum of the
Cariboo Chilcotin presents the induction plaque to Larry Ramstad. Archie
Williams looks on.
• The B.C. Cowboy Hall of
Fame was started in 1998.
• Over 100 recipients have
been inducted into the B.C.
Cowboy Hall of Fame to date
• To qualify, inductees must
have spent the majority of
their cowboy career in B.C.
• First and foremost nominees
must be working cowboys or
ranchers.
• A nominee may be nominated in one or more of the
following five categories:
Horseman, Working Cowboy,
Family, Competitive Achievements, Artistic Achievements, Ranching Pioneer,
and Century Ranch.
• Anyone can nominate a
cowboy if they have a seconder. The nomination form
is available on-line (www.
bcchs.com).
• The Museum of the Cariboo
Chilcotin in Williams Lake
is home to the B.C. Cowboy
Hall of Fame.
New equine pro duc t
New therapy improves cellular function
Passes electricity through a set of copper coils inside an applicator
M
ediconsult® is a global
company that develops
and distributes innovative products in the field of complementary and alternative medicine. At present they have the
world’s most advanced technology in Pulsed Electromagnetic
Field Therapy (PEMF) called the
iMRS: Intelligent Magnetic Resonance Stimulation. Over the past
two decades, this technology has
been proven and is now being
introduced to the animal world
as the iMRS fauna, a no-touch
technology for large animals.
Intelligent Magnetic Resonance Stimulation has been professionally used in the veterinary
field for decades as a supporting
and accompanying modality
with a wide range of health
conditions.
An
additional
growing application spectrum
includes race and show horses
as well as livestock in the agricultural area.
What are Pulsed
Electromagnetic Fields?
A PEMF is a magnetic field that
is produced by passing electricity through a set of copper coils
inside an applicator (area mat,
leggings or probe). A large and
dynamic magnetic field is created which is able to penetrate
through the entire body, creating
a cascade of effects within the
body at a cellular level. Because
it is a dynamic field, the body is
unlikely to become accustomed
to the magnetic field, making
even long-term treatments genuinely effective.
How do PEMF’s work?
PEMFs are electromagnetic
fields that use frequencies within
the biological window of the cell.
When we are exposed to beneficial, health-enhancing frequencies, electrical and chemical processes in the cells and
tissues are stimulated. PEMFs
are designed to support cellular
energy, improving cellular health
and function and will address ailments at the root cause — the
cell.
With the help of a precisely
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membrane potential of each cell.
Metabolism will be improved and
energy production optimized.
Animals have a high metabolic
rate and their response to PEMFs
is dramatic. There are vast arrays
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What are the areas of
application with the
iMRS fauna?
• Performance enhancement
• Support of healing processes
• Prevention
• Improvement of regeneration
and relaxation
• Activation of metabolic processes and overall vitality
• Compliments and supports
other treatment modalities
in a wide range of conditions
• Deepening of breathing
What does the iMRS
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• Two large area applicators
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each) can be mounted in a
box stall or horse trailer;
• Two leg applicators;
• Control unit with SD card
that is upgradeable;
• iGuide with 37 conditions
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June 19 - 21, 2013
Evraz Place, Regina, SK, Canada
LIvestock centre
Industry showcase
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Canada’s Largest Tradeshow:
Morrand Industries
Paysen Livestock Equipment Inc.
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InnovatIons
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A preview of the companies that will be
introducing innovations at this years show;
Paul Brisebois
Arena 6, 60200
Moly MFG., Inc./Silencer
Stampede Sales LLC/Good Water Machine Show
Hi-Hog Farm & Ranch Equipment Ltd.
Hi-Qual Engineered Structures
Clean Seed Capital Group
Arena 6, 60125, 60127, 60129, 60224 - 600229,
60225A, 60227A, 60229A
Dutch Openers
Credit Union Event Plex, 70212, 70214, 70216,
70218
Rea’s Welding/Real Industries
Tuff Livestock
Target Cattle Concepts - Pnew Dart
A & J Livestock - North Star Livestock Equipment
Canadian Cattle Identification Agency
Haukaas Manufacturing Ltd.
Outside Lot D, 8528
HES Manufacturing
Arena 6, 60214, 60216
Hypro Spray Group
Credit Union Event Plex, 70528, 70530
semInar
JTL Industries Ltd.
Outside Lot E, 8208
Location: Arena 1
Time: 10:00 am Wednesday & Friday
Title: How Grain Farmers Can Work a WIN-WIN with Their Cattle
Producer Neighbors
Description:A discussion of how cattle producers are workign with grain
Power Pin Inc.
Arena 6, 60101
Renterra Inc.
Arena 6, 60202
RentThisLand Ltd.
Arena 6, 60103
Yanush Enterprises
Outside Lot L, 6204
Seed Master
Outside Lot M 9492
Tri Star Farm Services Ltd
Lot L, 6100 & Arena 6, 60204
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