The Buffalo Soldier: An American Horseman will be on exhibit February 18 to April 30 at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo. The exhibits tells the story of the African American soldiers of the 9th and 10th cavalry and their equine partners marching into the unsettled American West, helping build and protect the country we know and love today.

On February 21, 2014 at 7 p.m. the Coach House in Wellington will transform into an elegant cocktail party adorned with white. Guests will wear their best boots and benefit Horses Healing Hearts as they kick off the year with the White, White West Party. Guests will enjoy food, fun, entertainment and exciting silent and live auctions, as well as a raffle with plenty of enticing prizes. Last year, the event raised over $50,000 for Horses Healing Hearts, and attendance nearly doubled from the previous year. The tickets are selling fast, so now is the time to act.

Participants will take part in exercises conducted from the ground that could include observing herd behavior, leading horses, grooming and picking their feet, and moving unrestrained horses through an obstacle course or into an enclosure without touching them.

Volunteering at Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue in Millbrook, New York, saved Serena Thorne. “When I first went to Lucky Orphans, I was just coming out of Crisis intervention from a suicide attempt. When I lost my stepdad a few years back, it broke me emotionally and then I found out that my second knee surgery had failed.”

Anyone can give a teddy bear for Valentine’s Day. This year, give your Paint-loving sweetie something they will really cherish.

Of course, all of us horse lovers thoroughly enjoyed Budweiser’s touching Super Bowl commercial “Puppy Love” featuring an impossibly cute and persistent Golden Retriever. But there’s another commercial floating around that you may not have seen.

The fourth annual “Who Reins Supreme?” featured dressage rider Susie Dutta, show jumpers Nick Dello Joio and Nicole Shahinian-Simpson, and hunter Louise Serio with reining superstars Tim McQuay and Mark Rafacz coaching and competing. The riders split into two teams and all six showed off their Western reining skills to an appreciative crowd in an effort to raise funds for the Equestrian Aid Foundation (EAF).

Just because the last day of the 2014 AZ. Sun Circuit was on Super Bowl Sunday doesn’t mean exhibitors didn’t show their team spirit! Thanks to Kristin Spinning for the great photos. Scroll below to see if you can spot who was wearing the Seahawks trademark blue and green or the Broncos blue and orange for […]