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Equine

On June 13, 1893, nine rugged rural Nebraska cowboys began a 1,000 mile race from Chadron to Chicago which put northwestern Nebraska on the map for the world. The race was delayed to straighten directives. When they began it was at a walk or slow... more...
  03/04/2010 9:15am
February 23

• Spicer Arena Open Riding, 5- 9 p.m., Eaton, Colo., (970) 396-4805 or www.SpicerArena.com.

February 24

• Burns Ranch Arena Team Roping Practice, 6:30 p.m., Akron, Colo., (970) 554-0170.

February 25-28
  02/22/2010 3:05pm
You have read elsewhere in the Fence Post about the outstanding weather that this year's National Western Stock Show enjoyed, that attendance was down just 1.5 percent from 2009 and everything was just great. Well, that carried through the last weekend...
  02/16/2010 1:34pm
February 16

• Spicer Arena Open Riding, 5- 9 p.m., Eaton, Colo., (970) 396-4805 or www.SpicerArena.com.

• Horsetooth Horseplay Group, Ft. Collins, Colo., (970) 481-9150 or www.meetup.com/HorsetoothHorseplay.

February 17
  02/16/2010 11:50am
February 2

• Spicer Arena Open Riding, 5- 9 p.m., Eaton, Colo., (970) 396-4805 or www.SpicerArena.com.

February 3

• Parker Elizabeth Riding Club Trail Riding Group, 7:30 p.m., Horse Park, Parker, Colo., (303) 646-0295.
  02/01/2010 9:32am
Belgians are touted as “The Draft Horse Breed Supreme.” Springhill Farm of Dalton, Ohio, has bred and developed a stable of Belgians befitting the breed.
  01/29/2010 7:26am
It was a clean sweep for Mike Major of Fowler, Colo., at the Ranch Horse Versatility events at the National Western Stock Show. Not only did Major win his second consecutive AQHA World Championship riding Smart Whiskey Doc, but he also won the first...
  01/25/2010 9:27am
Applause thundered throughout the National Western Stock Show's (NWSS) Equestrian Center, engulfing every participant of the $15,000 Dodge Invitational Freestyle Reining competition in high-decibel enthusiasm.
  01/25/2010 11:30am
January 18

• Galloway Show, 3 p.m., NWSS Yards, Denver, Colo., (970) 785-6033 or www.theDDRanch.com.

January 22
  01/18/2010 10:04am
January 11

• NWSS VRH Shows, NWSS Complex, Denver, Colo., (303) 299-5525 or www.NationalWestern.com.

January 12

• Rappel's Arena Team Roping Practice/Jackpot, Gill, Colo., (970) 590-2008.
  01/18/2010 10:03am
The 2010 Horsin' Around conference, scheduled Feb. 6-7, 2010, will feature three presenters to give participants tips for better exhibiting training their horses.
  01/12/2010 12:46pm
ON THE PLAINS — In the faces of Betty and Bonnie you can actually see the love when he approaches.

And, as he walks up to them, it's obvious Gene Hilty loves his two girls, also.
  01/13/2010 5:54am
The word agnostic means fighting, submission and escape attempts. When we turn a new horse into a group of new horses, by nature they must establish a pecking order. That is they decide the dominance hierarchy. Often times severe fighting can take place...
  01/12/2010 2:53pm
FORT COLLINS — Gary Carpenter, executive director of the American Quarter Horse Association Foundation, has been named the outreach and industry liaison director for the Colorado State University equine sciences program.
  01/12/2010 10:46am
Every day they watch the colts kick over their food pan, or frolic with the Corgi puppies, Bill and Ted, it's a reminder that this year has been an excellent — and constantly surprising — adventure.
  12/28/2009 10:50am
It was a windy but sunny Sunday afternoon, Dec. 13. No below zero wind chills or snow falling, as had been the case for many days during the preceding two weeks.
  12/22/2009 9:02am
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