Confidence Creation with Horses & Beyond
I love helping horse lovers discover and create their own confidence and courage – with the consequences of lasting positive change in their lives.
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The Great Mystery of the Horse-Human Connection
by Nicole Miller I fell in love with horses the way most young girls fall in love with horses — through movies, cartoons, horse figurines and even a wooden rocking horse. I couldn’t get enough. Every company picnic, I’d spend all day on the pony rides. Needless to say, my dad knew this wasn’t a
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Farriers, Hoof Care & Your Horse: Q&A with Bryan Farcus
“A hoof pick a day can keep the doctor away.” by Keith Templeton Keith Templeton edits The Farrier
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What is a farrier?
by Keith Templeton Keith Templeton edits The Farrier Guide for Education and Employment, a resource for farriers that
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The Humane Movement Goes to Hollywood to Protect Horses
by Kristin Berkery At the turn of the 20th century, horses were often viewed as unfeeling, disposable animals.
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The Head and Not The Heart: An Interview with Natalie Reinert
“Our lives as horsepeople are exciting and sorrowful and wonderful and tragic on a daily basis, and I want to write about that.” — Natalie Keller Reinert Natalie Keller Reinert is the author of the novella The Head and Not The Heart, a story about a young woman who experiences loss and romantic confusion in
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What is a Curly?
by Kristin Berkery Most horses’ coats become wild and woolly in the winter, but not Curly horses. Starting in the fall, most Curlies grow a winter coat of luxurious curls or waves covering their bodies. The coat sheds in the warmer months leaving smooth or wavy hair behind, and in some cases, they may even
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Celebrities & Horses: William Shatner, Queen Elizabeth II & Patrick Swayze
by Kristin Berkery Sussim osim nissim — translated from Hebrew, “horses make miracles.” William Shatner During the 1983 filming of a T.J. Hooker episode at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, William Shatner noticed a black Saddlebred stallion he couldn’t stop thinking about. The horse, Sultan’s Great Day, was a coal-black son of the legendary Supreme
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What is an OTTB?
An OTTB is a brave soul, an animal with movement in his bones, an athlete of tremendous power;
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The Akhal Teke: Desert Horse To Olympic Champion and Back Again
by Kristin Berkery >> Download the complete 1,400-word article for Kindle Excerpt: This summer marks 52 years since
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The Wild Horses of Chernobyl
In a weird twist, the worst man-made disaster in history has provided a new home for endangered Przewalski’s
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What is Il Palio?
by Kristin Berkery The winner is the horse that crosses the finish line first, regardless of whether it has a rider. Held twice every summer, Il Palio di Siena is the wildest horse race in modern times. The jockeys ride bareback on mixed breed horses they may be unfamiliar with at blinding speeds through dirt-covered
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