Horse Reads

Feed and Farm Care

Stoking The Fire

Just as we enjoy turning up our thermostat or gathering around the fireplace to keep warm, your horse relies on a fire within to avoid Jack Frost nipping at their nose. To help visualize the importance of each dietary component, let’s explain them and how they work together, just like a crackling fire. In this…

Horse Connections

“Graceful Horses”

Over time, I have also come to experience amazing, mystical moments of healing while surrounded by the energy of horses, and my understanding has expanded, it is how I learned about Patrick Buffalo and his ‘Manaciso Healing with Horses’ program.

All Out Apprentices

Zac Cadogan, Shyla Morin, Tanis Johnson, and Eva Fisher are the four newest graduates of the Racetrack Program, Exercise Rider, offered at Olds College of Agriculture and Technology. Each of these inspiring young adults has determination as they approach the starting gate of a career and future of possibility and opportunity. Getting here, however, required…

Drifter’s Mysterious Mountain Adventure

A 29 year-old horse is lost and then found after 11 weeks in Alberta’s backcountry

November 1, 20240Comments

Horse Health

Introduction to Equine Kinesiology Taping

Kinesiology is the study of motion. How can motion be studied and/or helped if the tape being used is restricting movement? Enter in kinesiology tape, a flexible tape made up of a stretchy weaved fabric that has a heat-activated adhesive.

November 1, 20240Comments

Horse Connections

A Magical Encounter on Maskwacis Land

Over time, I have also come to experience amazing, mystical moments of healing while surrounded by the energy of horses, and my understanding has expanded, it is how I learned about Patrick Buffalo and his ‘Manaciso Healing with Horses’ program.

November 1, 20240Comments

Out & About

White Table Event

The Vernon District Riding Club recently hosted a successful White Table Event, blending elegance and community spirit to raise funds for the club’s ongoing operations and sudden infrastructure improvements required.

R.J. Bennett

R.J. & Lois Bennett were inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2016, they were recognized with the E.P. Taylor Award of Merit. They are considered the most successful horse breeders in British Columbia’s history. R.J. and Lois Bennet were immersed in the breeding and racing industry for more than…

October 1, 20240Comments

Volunteering It’s a Family Affair

This year we have discovered how, as volunteers, at shows, and other equine-related events we can play an important role in the success of the horse industry.

October 1, 20240Comments