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Silva: Two Strategies for Better Riding

Editor’s Note: Best Horse Practices Summit presenter Katrin Silva grew up riding dressage in Germany before moving to the United States at age 19 to learn to ride Western. She’s been riding both disciplines for the last 20 years and is a regular guest columnist […]

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Making Black Friday Matter

As you, Dear Readers, know, here at Cayuse Communications we’re not much into the selly-sell. Sure, we have a growing library of great books. But beyond that, we’d rather share the love and point readers to gear, products, and services we respect and admire. We […]

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Resistance Can Be Beautiful

Editor’s Note: Amy Skinner is a regular guest columnist and has been a horse gal since age six. She has presented twice at the Best Horse Practices Summit and is the author of To Catch a Horse: Finding the Heart of your Horsemanship. She rides […]

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Mr. Baker’s Biscuits

Mr. Baker was a longtime therapy horse at Riding To The Top Therapeutic Riding Center in Windham, Maine. This recipe, sent from executive director Sarah Bronson, is dedicated to the lovely, hard-working late gelding. Recipe for Mr. Baker’s Biscuits horse treats 4 cups grated carrots […]

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Horsewoman Considers ‘Death to Self’

Editor’s Note: Nicole Grady, together with her partner, Justin Reichert, put on the Outside Circle Show, a raucous, celebratory, two-day show of musically gifted, working cowboys at the Star Hotel in Elko., around the same time as the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering every year. The pair annually […]

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Witness to a Miracle

Editor’s Note: Trish Lemke is the founder of Joy Rides. She leads horse riding excursions around the world and is a certified Martha Beck life coach. Lemke lives in Durango, Colorado, with her family and horses. She is part of  Camp Cayuse, a program in […]

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Amy Skinner’s Weeklong Intensive Class reviewed

Nicole Churilla is a Best Horse Practices Summit steering committee member. She trains and teaches horsemanship and riding in Ohio. Nicole recently attended a weeklong, intensive class offered by Amy Skinner in Rougemont, North Carolina. Watch trailer for Amy’s BHPS 2018 presentation with Katrin Silva. […]

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When is the When, Part I

Editor’s Note: I wrote this piece years ago, while I was living in Maine and owned Phoenix, a broodmare Paint originally from Massachusetts. With winter coming, we thought it would be an important conversation to have with our readers as they may be contemplating the […]

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When is the When, Part II

Editor’s Note: I wrote this piece years ago, while I was living in Maine and owned Phoenix, a broodmare Paint originally from Massachusetts. With winter coming, we thought it would be an important conversation to have with our readers as they may be contemplating the […]

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Fall & Holiday Reviews

We’re back at it, reviewing a wide range of gear and accessories we think will appeal to your horse riding needs and wants. Check out this season’s offerings. This list will grow, develop, and subdivide as we approach the holidays, so visit again to find […]

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