Category: What Works For Us

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The Art of Drill Team

Power, Precision and Poetry on Horseback The RCMP Musical Ride executes intricate figures and cavalry drills choreographedto music. The highlight of the Musical Rideis, without a doubt, the Charge. The

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Catching Wild Horses

Not so long ago, it was common to find “wild” horses on western Canadian rangelands. They were horses that had escaped from ranchers, miners and pack trains or had been

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Training for the High Lonesome

Mountain Horses May Save Your Life Roundup cowboys near High River, Alta., ca. 1901. Walter Watt (front row, fifth from left on white horse) was appointed the captain of the

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Channelling Instinct

Cutting Horse Basics Guy Heintz competes on Pepino Boon at the 2000 NCHA Futurity in Forth Worth, Texas Photo by Barb Grazer Cutting as a sport evolved from ranch work

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Practice Makes Perfect

Dale checks the cattle custom grazing on Justabouta Ranch. He is riding One Smart Kid, a half-sister to Another Smart Kid who has earnings over $40,000. Photo by Judy Wood/judywoodartphotography.com

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Round and Round

Going in Circles Pays Big Dividends When You’re Learning to Rope I hope you’ve been putting in some time practising on the roping dummy. If so, it’s probably time to

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