The Courage and Will to Live of Cow 9035
An EC Blog by Loyning Angus: Something pretty amazing happened today. One of my very favorite cows, 9035, never came off the winter range. The last time I saw her was sometime around Thanksgiving. She had just vanished without a trace. I spent the better part of a day hunting for her on a couple […]
Raising A Horse Girl Written by Kara LaBrie @ourfitchfarm Recipe for raising a “horse girl” ……. You bring them home from the hospital and instead of keeping them home you let them breathe in the smell of horses every chance you get…. Then at a few months old you prop them up in […]
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By Megan Arszman for Tough1.com Horses and the Solar Eclipse If you’re a fan of our social media, you may have seen our annual April Fool’s Day post. In case you didn’t, it looked a little something like this: JT International, the parent company of Tough1, is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, and if you’re a […]
Continue reading …I Try – An EC Blog by Jessica Straus Boppe
March 20, 2024 Comments Off on I Try – An EC Blog by Jessica Straus Boppe
I think we are all feeling the loss of two young professionals. Beneath the smiles, the pictures with tricolors, and the palpable excitement, there often lies much that remains unspoken. I’ve experienced my fair share of highs and lows. A month ago, events left me pretty down. Lately, I’m stoked for what’s to come! Life […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – The Hamstring, aka “The Glitch”
February 22, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – The Hamstring, aka “The Glitch”
By Ashton Brandt Author Ashton Brandt was given a freshman writing assignment to write about a life changing event but with a twist (hence the title, The Glitch). She wrote the story of her heart horse, Zip, tearing his hamstring last year prior to the Pinto World Championship Show, but she allowed Zip to tell […]
Continue reading …EC Blog – To All the Students We’ve Loved Before
February 13, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog – To All the Students We’ve Loved Before
EC Blog by Cecily Clark and Matt Brown of East West Training Stables in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania To all the students we’ve loved before (past and present), There’s a lot we’ve worked on together over the years, and many lessons we hope you’ve learned as our students. Many technical, many philosophical, and many that […]
Continue reading …EC Blog: Understanding Why Sharing Screenshotted Images Equals Theft
February 7, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog: Understanding Why Sharing Screenshotted Images Equals Theft
From Kelsey Keathly of Norfleet Marketing & Photography Hey y’all! Let’s talk about something near & dear to my heart: sharing screenshot images from a horse show. If you’ve never worked as a horse show photographer, you may not truly understand everything that goes into the job, and why we say that you cannot […]
Continue reading …The King is Gone – Hagans Sugarman 1997-2024
January 28, 2024 Comments Off on The King is Gone – Hagans Sugarman 1997-2024
Considered to be Andrea Fappani’s breakthrough horse, Hagans Sugarman was the first horse Fappani won the NHRA futurity with in 2000 in the Intermediate Open Division. After that, he became an all around show horse, a rodeo queen horse, and above all, a family horse. Thank you to Sarah Mapp Cullins for his tribute. By Sarah Mapp […]
Continue reading …EC Blog: (Never want to) Own A Pony Experience Day
January 25, 2024 Comments Off on EC Blog: (Never want to) Own A Pony Experience Day
From Jamie Wright Equestrian: Here at Jamie Wright Equestrian we know that horses are an expensive business and therefore we have developed our ‘own a pony experience day’ for parents who want to put their children off ever wanting to go near a pony again. Own a pony experience days are generally held in the […]
Continue reading …6 Ways to Discern AI Horse Images from Real Equine Photos
January 24, 2024 Comments Off on 6 Ways to Discern AI Horse Images from Real Equine Photos
By Shelley Paulson of Shelley Paulson Photography In the past month, I’ve been disappointed to see several posts and ads by reputable equine brands using AI-generated images. Very believable AI-generated images. In one case, I know the brand has a policy against using AI media and wasn’t aware the image was fake, but more and […]
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