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The athletic ability and speed of Hijo The Jolla has been proven and plans are for him to enter the barrel pen when he is ready.

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t is said that you can make a fast horse go slower but you can’t make a slow horse

go faster. The horses at Bar BS Ranch, Glenham, South Dakota can all go fast, but with the minds and dispositions that are

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Ranch bred into them, they can also go slow when needed.

Bill and Stephanie Bennis of Bar BS Ranch started raising performance horses in the ‘90s and have concentrated on speed and brains in their program. “Our goal all along has been to cross

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speed on working bloodlines to combine the brains and athletic ability of both sides,” says Bill.

Stephanie

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performance horses that can do anything for whoever rides them.

We want them to be easy horses to work with and do anything you

want to do on a horse. Our horses can go team rope, trail ride, run barrels or be the horse we put the nieces on.”

Versatility is the key in the program and past stallions used have been the foundation of their program with the daughters kept in the broodmare band. Horses like Docs Red Babe, MRH Fancy Money, a son of On The Money Red, and the late Juno Blast Cash

are prominent sires of the mare band and for good reason.

“They sired really solid minds.

Juno was my team roping horse, plus I roped some calves on him, and then Steph started running barrels on him. He hauled like a gelding and was so laid back and easy to be around. Most people didn’t know he was even a stud,” says Bill. Stephanie adds, “I am currently running two horses

that are Juno and MRH Fancy Money cross and they are greatminded horses.”

Besides the home-bred mares, they also have added some straight speed-bred mares in case someone wants to take one of their foals to the racetrack.

The two newest stallions in the Bennis program are pretty exciting individuals as well.

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Dandy Free Sky Kenzie Weber has won over $14,000 on her gelding by Free Company and appreciates the correct conformation, toughness and great attitude of Dandy Free Sky. Photo by Tina Graham, courtesy Kenzie Weber

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Free Company Free Company, s.i. 90, is noted for siring good disposition, conformation and speed. He is a 1998 model with offspring that are excelling on the race track, barrels and team roping.

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After leasing him for a season and liking him so well, they were able to purchase Free Company, a 1998 brown stallion with 14 starts on the track that yielded four wins and five seconds, earnings of $24,105 and a speed index of 90. He is sired by the Dash For Cash son Dis Dudes a Dash s.i. 103 and out of the Racin Free/Tiny’s Gay mare My Daddys Free s.i. 94. He has a packed pedigree throughout, with a veritable Who’s Who of the racing world.

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“He’s a very well-built horse, and really stout made.

I think he stands about 15.3 and he throws big, rugged horses,” says Stephanie. “His foals are goodheaded with really good dispositions and we like how they are put together.”

His offspring have found success in several areas. Just this year two of his 2-year-olds went to the track and placed first and second in the North Dakota Grassroots Futurity at Chippewa

Downs. The winner, a filly, was Royal Cat Cash who was also the fastest qualifier and ran for four straight weekends in June and placed first or second in all four starts, proving the durability and structure of the Free Company line.

Kenzie Weber, New Rockford, North Dakota, has a 12-year-old gelding

by Free Company that she has had great success with in the barrel racing world.

Dandy Free Sky, aka Dan, has over $14,184 in barrel winnings in both W.P.R.A. and jackpots.

After time to let down from the track he was sent to Jane Melby for barrel training. “Dan really went from racetrack to barrels in 30 days. He just loved it and caught on super quick. She had

him the winter before he turned 5 and I got him back and seasoned him,” says Weber.

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several being hauled steadily and with success.

“I think they can just do anything you want to do with them,” says Stephanie Bennis.

The newer stallion at Bar BS Ranch is Hijo The Jolla, a stunning 2009 palomino with a speed index of 97. He is sired

by Streakin la Jolla s.i. 99

who was by Streakin Six and out of the Raise Your Glass mare Bottoms Up. On the mare side he is out of Speed I Zevi s.i.

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of Zevi (TB) and out of the Special Effort mare Special Blond s.i. 97.

“We just bought him last November. I had bought two mares that were bred to him because I really liked his looks.

They were a daughter of Dashing Val and Royal Quick Dash so when I saw they were bred to him I snapped them up!” says Stephanie. “It was through that connection that we found out he was for sale and we didn’t hesitate to buy him.”

Hijo The Jolla is just track broke and Stephanie has been messing with him a bit, saddling him and just getting to know him. “My intent is to get him going on the barrels.

If it takes me two years to get him there, that’s how it will be,” says Stephanie.

“He’s so well-bred and we know he can run and he’s proven that on the track. I’m really looking forward to the two foals by him that will come this spring. We’ll know more about him when we start handling them too.”

At the Bar BS Ranch, they have some young, started horses for sale, plus a small group of yearlings available. Both stallions will also be standing at stud and breeding contracts are available now. Visitors are welcome to come and look at the stallions and the broodmare band any time.

“My intent is to get him going on the barrels. If it takes me two years to get him there, that’s how it will be,” says Stephanie.

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SDP Blue Blood starts passing down championship genes

By Savanna Simmons

e ’s a freak, he’s just good-minded.”

That’s how Matt Koch, of Douglas, Wyoming, describes his stud SDP Blue Blood. The seven-year-old 15.2 hand red roan Quarter Horse stallion has earned several world titles and more than $100,000 in his five years of showing, his most recent win being the AQHA World Senior Cow Horse title.

Koch, along with his wife Brianna, and Darren Miller and Rhoda Rein own SDP Blue Blood, better known as Reno. The Kochs initially partnered with then-employer Haythorn Land & Cattle Co., in Arthur, Nebraska, to purchase the two-year-old at the Snaffle Bit Futurity in Reno, Nevada, in 2010.

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“Matt was kind of looking for some performance horse prospects for Haythorns but we bought him ourselves, and Haythorns ended up partnering on him with us,” Brianna said. “When we left Haythorns, we bought him out and we have now sold our other half and have Blue Blood partners, Darren and Rhoda.”

They took a gamble, Matt said, in buying Reno, not knowing what he might grow up to be.

Brianna said her husband has “a pretty good eye for younger horses and looking past some of their growing faults that some people might really pick out and think that’s going to be a complete hindrance. There was quite a bit more than his skinny little hip ͢

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SDP Blue Blood, with Matt Koch aboard, cuts a cow at the 2013 NRCHA Hackamore Classic. The pair received the title of Intermediate Open Champion.

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Matt started training horses and helping with sales at Wagonhound Land & Livestock in 2013.

Matt said Wagonhound happened to have an opening. “So we came up here and looked at it, and the heated indoor was a big selling point. it just all happened and lucked out; everything fell in line.”

Brianna has a behind-thescenes role at Wagonhound and preparing Matt, Reno, and Wagonhound horses for shows.

“I help do all the chores, stall cleaning, odds and ends stuff that never gets done: washing blankets, refilling spray bottles, et cetera. I make sure everybody’s manes and tails get washed on a regular basis, and I make all the vet appointments,” Brianna said. “Recently, I’ve really gotten into doing the sale photos and videos for the ranch. Then on the show front, I manage all of Matt’s stuff, making sure everybody is entered in the correct classes.”

Whoa… Matt Koch sits deep in his saddle as SDP Blue Blood slides to a stop at the 2013 NRCHA Hackamore Classic. The pair received the title of Intermediate Open Champion.

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As for Reno, he seems to know his job as well.

“You don’t have to train on him a whole lot,” Matt said. “He just wants to get along with whatever you’re doing, whether you’re roping a cow outside or cutting or reining or going down the fence or steer stopping.”

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AQHA World Senior Working Cow Horse Champion, 2013 AQHA Performance Register of Merit, 2012 AQHA World Junior Working Cow Horse Champion, National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) championships, and multiple championships in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Colorado Reined Cow Horse Associations.

Matt’s first major event and championship with Reno was the

2011 NRCHA Level One Futurity after preparing with Miller.

“We got him in the fall of his two-year-old year and he was going pretty good on his cow working stuff, and we got him back to Haythorns and we just used him for fall work,” Matt said. “That winter, Darren helped get him ready and prepared. We went and won the Level One Snaffle Bit Futurity at Reno for my first time showing there, so it’s just been big fun.” ͢

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As for winning the AQHA World Working Cow Horse again, but in a different age category, Matt said it was amazing to win it twice. After being one of 20 to come back from the preliminary round, Matt and Reno were last to compete in the finals of the working cow horse section.

“When I went down there I was like, ‘We’re here, we’ve made the finals, I’m just going to leave it all out here whether it works or not,’ and I mean he kind of took over and away we went,” Matt said.

The pair marked a 447, winning by 12.5 points, a “crazy lead,” Matt said, in working cow horse events. He credits the horse for much of the win.

“He kind of took over in the cow working,” Matt said of Reno. “He was really good in the boxing and let me pick my hand up if I needed to. We had a good first turn, went and got my second turn, and I picked up on him and changed sides on that cow and I didn’t have anything, so I just put my hand back down and I was like, alright,

you’ve got it and he did the rest. It was all him during most of that.”

Brianna said keeping Reno happy has been the biggest key to his success.

“We got him back just a couple months before the World’s Greatest Horseman,” Brianna said, in which they competed in February 2015 and placed sixth, “and Matt put him back on a cow and it’s like he hadn’t forgotten a thing and that kind of let his mind get fresh all over again. It’s just kept him happy.”

Reno stands at stud at Millers and Reins in Watkins, Colorado, during the breeding season, and the rest of the time, “Matt just gets to focus on the training and showing of him,” Brianna said.

Only one filly by Reno is of riding age.

“She’s just like him, moves just like him, acts just like him,” Brianna said. “She is the female version of him. We’ve had a lot of fun with her, laughing at things that she does that Reno did when we first got him.”

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Reno bred more than 20 mares last year.

“We’ve gotten to see a very large handful of the babies down at Darren and Rhoda’s and they’re intelligent and curious.

They want to learn what’s going on and they’ve got the same move that he’s got.”

The Kochs are fond of the big red roan. ͢

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Taking a break from her role readying SDP Blue Blood during shows, Brianna Koch, a Blue Blood Partner, turns a cow aboard Above Da Best Tenino in the Limited Open Bridle Class at the 2013 NRCHA Hackamore Classic. They won the class with 14- points in reined work and a 147 down the fence.

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“He’s just a phenomenal horse,” Brianna said. “He’s wonderful-minded; anybody can get on him and go ride him. He’s always wanted to be trained and helped Matt a lot along the way, just learning how to relax and let a horse be natural.”

The stud’s lines are flooded with Quarter Horse greats, including Haidas Little Pep, Royal Blue Boon, Dual Pep, and Dual Rey.

Reno

Matt Koch, aboard SDP Blue Blood with wife Brianna at his side, celebrates winning the AQHA World Working Cow Horse for a second time in his lifetime. His first win was in 2012 in the Junior Working Cow Horse Class.

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Steals the Thunder Hermis Tall winning on Steals The Thunder, a Ghost Bear horse later sold to a competitor’s team.

GHOST BEAR BREEDS

Photo by Tommy B. Robinson

By Rhonda Sedgwick Stearns

Flying Paints

uropean historians would have you believe lacrosse is America’s first extreme sport. Calvin Ghost Bear of Pine Ridge, South Dakota disagrees. He believes it involved American Indians and horses, in pursuit of life basics amid a thundering herd of buffalo or raging through the heated fury of mounted combat required by another phase of life preservation.

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This ancient heritage of Ghost Bear’s people and the horses they breed, train and ride pulses redblooded through the men, women and equines involved in today’s and tomorrow’s sport of Indian Relay Racing. Encompassing 18 races in 14 towns scattered across 10 states, the competition involves 80 teams comprised of 320 warrior riders atop 240 hotblooded warhorses. Fifteen Nations are represented from the more than 5 million North American

Indians, 49 percent male and 51 percent female. Their unbelievable feats of horsemanship and the speed and beauty of their mounts attracted more than 379,000 fans in 2015, with over 30,000 paying to see the Championship Finals.

Now a Director of the Professional Indian Horse Racing Association (PIHRA), which is working to bring Indian Relay Racing to an even higher level, Ghost Bear can still recall the first such event he witnessed as a young man. “I’m 52 years old now, and it was probably 35 years or more ago,” he says, “at Rosebud.”

Ghost Bear’s family was not involved in the sport at that time, and he could never even have dreamed of his status today as a breeder, promoter, benefactor and facilitator of all types of horse racing in his family, his region, and far beyond.

It’s a rich legacy emblazoned in warpaint, track records and headlines, and it continues to enlarge through the ripple effect of his personal enthusiasm, integrity and benevolence.

“In my earlier years we always had horses,” Ghost Bear affirms.

“We ran in the little fairs and races around here, but never traveled any distance until we got a little older.

Then we were able to participate in races further away. The relay race was something that my friends and family picked up, and I was finally led to it up in Eagle Butte and Rosebud. I never rode in it, or even rode our flat track horses, because I was always too big–not

jockey material,” he grins.

In spite of that, the amount of horse racing savvy and enthusiasm in Ghost Bear’s head and heart is commensurate with his size, and he is a seeker of more. “We began to run our Paint horses locally, over in Fort Pierre. We bought some in Oklahoma, and soon we were beating some of to 70 percent of a foal’s speed the top Quarter Horses running Hermis Tall and Mambo Again (aka Sambo) ready at Fort Pierre,” to run for the Lakota Warpath Indian relay team. he explains. “So Photo by Tommy B. Robinson we went on to Montana and ran there, then took some of our comes from the bottom side, so better horses to run in Colorado, we always ran our mares to prove also on to Oklahoma and Texas. them,” he explains.

We’ve been ‘out there’ with the “A lot of guys ask me why I don’t Paint racing.” run all geldings. They don’t think The evolution into Indian Relay the mares belong on the track, involved some older Ghost Bear and tell me they’re not as tough,” track stars that could run farther. Ghost Bear grins. “I tell ‘em some Ghost Bear knows that trait came of my fastest horses are mares. through the rich Thoroughbred They have good minds. They can blood that’s always infused their be soft and gentle when they need horses and which they have sought to be, but they damned sure know when purchasing and breeding. when it’s time to run, and they “Some were Thoroughbred on the give it all. topside, some on the bottom side.

“We have nine brood mares Some of the best horseman have always contended that 60 percent now and every one has been on ͢

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the track. With the exception of two they’re rated AAA, some are runnin’ speed indexes in the mid 80s. They are bred really well, and we’ve taken those mares back to Thoroughbred studs looking to produce the stamina for longer races,” Ghost Bear explains. “We’ve done a lot of things kind of on the edge and out of the realm of Indian relay, but we’re basically comin’ up with better horses to do the half mile, and we’re continuing that program.”

With infusion of bloodlines like Corona Caliente, that is an understatement.

Another Ghost Bear breeding program quest is perpetuating Paint color patterns to maintain Native American tradition. To Ghost Bear’s knowledge, no other breeders are doing this, but he believes it’s important to historic preservation and the future popularity of the sport.

He’s keeping and enhancing the color without sacrificing speed, and says, “The fun part in doin’ what we do is seeing some of our horses run down the pure Thoroughbreds. And we sold one of the coloreds on a championship team to a fellow competitor.”

That was the flashy Steals The Thunder, bought by Stan Brewer, also a Lakota from the Pine Ridge Reservation. The horse became part of Stan’s “Brew Crew” team, which went on to win the 2015 World Championship in Indian

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DianaVolk’s photo entitled “Winning”. Hermis Tall unleashes an arrow crossing the finish line. PHOTO BY DIANA VOLK

Relay Racing, giving Ghost Bear-bred horses a presence in both 2014 and 2015 World Championship-winning teams.

Ghost Bear sells numerous horses to barrel racers, as well, and they assimilate nicely into the sport. That is a strong testament to the disposition and mentality of Ghost Bear equines, as well as their initial training program and the horsemanship involved.

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bought a horse from Ghost Bear about a year ago. “It was a nice mare we bred, that had won quite a little money on the track for us,” Ghost Bear explains.

Vanzi couldn’t be happier with the 7-year-old mare Signs of Kismet by The Signature, saying, “The first time I rode her, there at his place, was bareback with a halter in a pen of other horses, and she just handled good. I thought, ‘This is a race horse?’”

Vanzi’s sister Whitney started the mare on barrels and Vanzi has continued her training. “She has a solid mind on her, she’s not crazy at all. In fact she’s really quiet and rides out nice, but when you ask her for speed she has it. A couple months ago I helped my family trail cows 15 miles to Ft. Thompson with her and I’ve even started roping on her,” Vanzi says. “Gilbert told me when I bought her she’s always been one that didn’t like to be pushed into anything, so they’d spent hours while training her, just letting her go at her own pace; so she has a good mind and a solid foundation.”

The Ghost Bear family recently lost a good Thoroughbred stallion, but they’re looking forward to the career of Tokola, a Tobiano yearling whose name “basically means warrior” Ghost Bear says.

“He is by a son of Mr. Jess Perry out of one of our Stakes Winning Tobiano mares that won the Yellowstone Downs Paint Derby in 2010. We plan to run him in Oklahoma, the Paint Racing capitol of the world, where purses in a regular maiden race for paints can run $15,000 to $20,000. If Tokola proves himself there, we’ll stand him–probably not in South Dakota,” he explains.

“We’ve thought this thing through, the ‘what-if-it-

does and what-if-it-dont’s’ and we want a good future for him, so we hope to put him where the best mares are available. But we will probably collect him and have frozen semen available more locally through Ty at High Plains Genetics. He’s been great to work with and knows our program and all our mares.”

The G1-winning stallion Mr. Jess Perry by Streakin LaJolla stands at the famed Four Sixes Ranch in Texas as one of only three stallions in AQHA history to sire earners of more than $46 million.

Along with good horses and their breeding, Indian Relay is a ͢ Ghost Bear family enterprise.

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“My son Don ‘Cubby’ Ghost Bear owns the Lakota Warpath team,” Ghost Bear says. “Don and his team do all their own training. A lot of it is here at our place, but they take the 2-year-olds to some races to get them used to all the noise and confusion and excitement so when they begin to race as 3-yearolds they have had a taste of it,” Ghost Bear says. “My brother-in-law Tommy Pourier works with Don, along with Rico Cortez. My nephew Tyler Grass who’s 16 and lives in Pine Ridge is the rider. Rico and Tommy are holders and Don is the mugger.

Lawrence Harvey rider for Lakota Warpath Oglala Lakota Nation (wearing Cavalry cap), races against Ashton Old Elk of Crow Agency Montana.

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Calvin’s wife Arla oversees and coordinates much that is essential to Lakota War Path and their success.

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all the feed for the horses, and making sure everyone has whatever they need when we travel,” Calvin boasts. They travel a lot, as he explains, “We run up to eight Indian Relay races and five flat track races a year, in North and South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. 2016 will probably include tracks in Washington and Minnesota.”

“And my other son Tony Ghost Bear does a lot of the daily feeding and care of the horses at home,” Calvin adds. “He’s a very important part of our team.”

A career highlight came as the team claimed championship status at the 2014 Indian Relay Racing World Championship event. “The mare

Dr. Zoe, out of a son of Dr. Kirk, was our Indian Relay lead horse and for four or five years she always got us into the Championship round.

We might finish fourth, or second, always in the Finals, but never won it until 2014,” Ghost Bear relates. “I said, ‘This is gonna be her last race.

She has nothing more to prove, she’s a champion in my mind – win, lose or draw – so I want to retire her here on the track at Sheridan, Wyoming, at the World Championship race.’ And then we won the Championship!”

“Hermis Tall was our rider up on her in the championship heat,” Ghost Bear recalls. “Some people there came down and gave us a Star Quilt. It was pretty emotional! I said my little prayer for her and gave her a hug, and

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opened up the quilt and spread it over her. Even in all the excitement and after winning the race she just stood there quiet and took her moment of glory and applause and let people take pictures.”

Retired to the broodmare band, Dr. Zoe is currently scheduled to be bred to the AAA Chicks Dash Easy, a South Dakota-bred son of Chicks Beduino. Ghost Bear has big plans for that foal. “Hopefully we will be able to take the baby we get to the flat track,” he says, “and when it is done there, go on into Indian Relay and carry on Dr. Zoe’s legacy.”

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every facet of the game. A tedious process of studying the animals and their behavior and performance comes into play as mounts are selected for each of the three heats to be run. “The way we do things, the start is the most important, requiring a fairly calm horse that you can turn and stand and move and he’s still ready to run and has speed,” Ghost Bear points out. “On the second heat, if it so happens you’re behind at the start you want one that can run a horse down and overcome that deficit. For the last heat it’s the finishing horse that stands but can run with the stamina to catch or maintain the lead all the way.”

Ghost Bear plans and executes not only toward the success of his family’s horses and relay teams, but also for the success of all others involved in his favorite sport. One of his goals as a PIHRA Director

is bigger payoffs, making Indian Relay more lucrative.

“Negotiations are ongoing,” he says, “with some bigger venues in places that’ll pay $60,000 to $80,000 in a weekend. Plans and negotiations are underway to run in Canada at the Calgary Stampede, and there are plans for Emerald Downs in Washington, Canterbury Downs in Minnesota, and more races in Montana.”

On a more local front he says, “My brother and I have sold some younger horses and brood mares for less to local teams.

We’ve discounted breeding rates for our Thoroughbred stallion to get these guys started. We want to help this grow and thrive, and while it’s great to watch your horses win, there’s nothin’ better than seein’ one of your horses that you raised winning for someone else’s team.”

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Chris Laucomer, left, and Boe Simmons tie a steer down during the Load and Tie Event at the WSRRA Finals in Winnemucca, Nevada, in November 2015.

Photo by Mary Williams Hyde

Another

Angle Buckaroo

traditions

As seen through Hyde’s camera lens Mary Williams Hyde Photo by Siri Stevens

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By Savanna Simmons

“I

there

t’s about the people that I photograph.

I’m just out

photographing

them,

they’re the stars.”

Mary Williams Hyde’s passion

Hyde grew up on a large Oregon ranch that has been in the family since 1909. Since leaving the ranch as a young woman, Hyde never agin lived on a ranch, though she visits them frequently to photograph.

is capturing via photographs the

Hyde said photography fills “a

history and traditions embodied

huge sadness my whole life that

by buckaroos.

I haven’t lived on a ranch. I don’t

look like a ranch person, but it’s in my heart and soul. That’s what I grew up doing was riding with old time buckaroos.”

Hyde had three children from a marriage that ended after two-anda-half years. She left when she was ͢ pregnant

Nebraska cowboy Chris Laucomer grimaces as he clings to his rope on a ranch bronc at the WSRRA Finals in Winnemucca, Nevada, in November 2015.

Photo by Mary Williams Hyde

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with the third and took the first job for which she applied, at the Klamath Falls Herald and News. That was 1972.

“I had those three little kids. My mom said you have to go to work, so I applied for and got four dollars and some cents per hour working in the classified department in the local newspaper and worked my way up to ad salesman,” Hyde said.

That job spurred Hyde’s career in photography.

“I had to type my own copy, design my own ads, and take my

own photos,” Hyde said. “My photos were bad, but over a period of time I got pretty good at it.” Since that initial job, Hyde has taken photos commercially and made a living a as a graphic and web designer. In 1990, she started taking buckaroo pictures; it was at that point, she said, “I recognized that I tapped into something that really had a lot of meaning to me. I have been doing Buckaroo Country Photography, but then in 2005, I got really serious about it and I just decided if I was ever going to take these photos I needed to get out there and make myself do it.”

With his foot still in the stirrup, Chris Laucomer tries to free himself from his fallen bronc at the WSRRA Finals in Winnemucca, Nevada, in November 2015.

Photo by Mary Williams Hyde

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Hyde has since built up her reputation at rodeos, ranches, and events throughout the buckaroo territory: parts of Oregon, Nevada, California, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.

“The first rodeo I went to was the Paisley Rose. I took pictures, and then I printed them out and I would come back to the rodeos with the photos in tubs in the back of my pickup,” Hyde said. “It took me four to five years to build trust with the buckaroo ranch community. You don’t just go to the ranches; they don’t invite you

unless they know you, know your work, and that you’ll represent them properly.”

you make a mistake, they’ll catch you and they’ll know that you’re not real.”

Hyde said she spent approximately three years studying buckaroo traditions before photographing.

Hyde said she is very careful not to “publish a photo of a horse’s mouth gaping because the person is going really hard. It’s the end of the world if you’re a real vaquero/ buckaroo horseman.”

“I didn’t want to make any mistakes. I wanted to be sure I understood the bits and the gear and the old traditions,” Hyde said.

“I read a lot and visited with the people who knew the traditions. If

She prefers to photograph those who still follow the buckaroo traditions of training a horse from the hackamore, transitioning to

the two-rein, and finally straight up in the bridle.

“When I am looking at people riding, it’s a real tipoff to me whether they’ve taken the time to bring their horse along if I see them hardly touching the reins,” Hyde said. “For people using their horses all the time, it’s a partnership, you really can’t see all the clues the rider is giving the horse because they’re a team. They can shift their weight or slightly lift the rein or quietly move ͢

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Check in with his teammate, Chris Laucomer slows his pace pulling a steer while Boe Simmons builds his loop during the Load and Tie Event at the WSRRA Finals in Winnemucca, Nevada, in November 2015. The pair are part of the Four Three Land and Cattle/ZX Bar Ranch Team. Photo by Mary Williams Hyde

their hand one way or the other, and the horse is getting work done.”

Hyde’s reputation precedes her into Nebraska.

“That’s a real complement to me if Mary thinks I’m cowboy enough to be in her photos,” said Chris Laucomer, owner of the ZX Bar Ranch north of Scottsbluff, Nebraska. “That’s all I’ve ever wanted to be; that’s what I get up everyday to do, and people get to see what you put your heart and soul into when she captures it in her pictures.”

Laucomer was photographed

by Hyde at the 2015 Western States Ranch Rodeo Finals in Winnemucca, Nevada. He qualified for the finals with his ranch rodeo team: Four Three Land and Cattle/ZX Bar Ranch, as well as individually in the ranch bronc riding.

broncs; they’re my favorites. I fix,

“I like to go and photograph the ranch rodeos. They’re fun but they’re a lot of work,” Hyde said. “I took 23,000 photos at WSRRA Finals. I start editing from the first day and work through, so to give myself a little break I work on the ranch

really matter whether you have

look at, and edit every single one.”

Hyde uses a Nikon D4s as her camera of choice to stop action without graininess in low-light facilities like the Winnemucca Event Center at the WSRRA Finals.

“A lot of people say it doesn’t a good camera or not; that’s not true. It does matter,” Hyde said. “I now have a good camera; I can’t really afford it, and I can’t afford not to have it. It really has taken my photos to a whole new level.”

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Nebraska cowboy Chris Laucomer fights to stay in the middle of his ranch bronc at the WSRRA Finals in Winnemucca, Nevada, in November 2015.

Photo by Mary Williams Hyde

Many indoor photographers use a flash in arenas

Buckaroo Country’s Facebook page boasts more

for stop action. Hyde doesn’t due to the delayed time

than half a million followers. Hyde said many of

between shots with a flash.

her posts top more than one million views; one post

“In ranch bronc riding, the horses aren’t supposed

reached 4.5 million.

to be the jump-and-kick kind; they’re supposed to be

“Facebook has allowed me a way to be social like

younger and wilder. So with flashes, you can only get

I haven’t been able to be before,” Hyde said. “Before

three shots in an eight-second ride,”Hyde said. “You

Facebook any artist who wanted any kind of exposure

may or may not get the best shot. I can take 40 or 50

was dependent upon gallery owners, magazines, or

shots in eight seconds and all of them are sharp and

book publishers. There isn’t a gallery or magazine

in focus.”

who can reach as many people as I can on Facebook.”

Hyde also captures some of her best shots when

Hyde’s

photography

can

be

viewed

on

others may not. “A lot of the really good interesting

BuckarooCountry.SmugMug.com, MaryWilliamsHyde.

stuff happens after the ride is officially over so I keep

ArtistWebsites.com, BuckarooCountry.com and

shooting, and I can pick the best shot at home,” she said.

Facebook.com/BuckarooCountry.

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Modified equipment makes riding possible again

By Ruth Nicolaus

W

h e n Ta y l o r Vroman was able to get back on a horse after a four-wheeler accident left him paralyzed from the chest down, it gave him a new lease on life.

Two years after the Buffalo, South Dakota man had a spinal injury in 1996, at the age of 19, he rode a horse again.

But having his T5 and T6 vertebrae broken was a problem, as he was unable to control his legs.

Vroman, who is 38 years old, had been given a book

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written by a paralyzed saddle maker in Texas, Randy Bird, who built saddles for people with spinal cord injuries.

Vroman hadn’t considered riding again, but the book piqued his interest. The therapist who had given him the book tracked down Bird and got his phone number.

Vroman ended up buying a saddle from Bird, enabling him to get back on a horse and getting a new outlook on life.

The saddle that works well for people with spinal cord injuries has a “chair back” on it – a board straight up from the cantle, offering support, and a “seat belt” – a leather strap to hold the person in place.

The seat belt on Vroman’s saddle is made of leather and extra wide, so it doesn’t pinch or dig in. It closes through a loop and back over itself with Velcro, so it can be pulled tight.

Vroman’s saddle also has extra padding in the cantle and in the seat, providing more cushioning, so sensitive

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Tayor Vroman, Buffalo, South Dakota, drags a calf to the branding fire. Thanks to a modified saddle, the cowboy can ride after he had a four-wheeler accident at the age of nineteen.

All photos courtesy Taylor Vroman

A close-up of Taylor Vroman’s saddle, made by Randy Bird, the first saddle Vroman used after he began riding after his accident.

skin that can’t feel pain doesn’t result in pressure points and skin sores or bruises.

Bird, who owns Bird Saddle Shop in Celeste, Texas, knows all about saddles for paraplegics. Thirty years ago he came home drunk from a club and turned his truck over a mile from the house. He spent nearly a year in the hospital, and as soon as he came home, paralyzed from the chest down, he wanted to ride. “It was a need to ride,” he said. “I just wanted to ride.”

It took about five prototypes, but he finally came up with a saddle that worked, and now has been building them for the past 25 years. Bird Saddle Shop has shipped paraplegic saddles across the globe and to every state in the country.

Getting back on a horse after an injury is important to people, Bird said, and as much mental therapy as physical therapy. “The saddle helps them escape from the problems they have,” he said.

“They can get horseback, go on a trail

ride with their folks. They don’t have to sit on the porch while everybody rides off.” And it provides motivation. “And then they figure if they can ride, maybe then can dress themselves or drive.”

Bird should know, since at one time he was the only paralyzed PRCA contestant, and won Reserve World Champion at the American Paint Horse Association World Show after his accident.

The benefits of horseback riding for spinal cord injuries has also been documented, Bird said. Research has found that riding forces blood up and down the spine in the same way as walking. It also loosens muscles in people with muscle crippling diseases like cerebral palsy. “For a person with knees up at the swells, and that’s as relaxed as they can get, after fifteen minutes of riding, their legs start to relax and go down.”

Vroman’s second saddle is from the Double H Ranch Saddle Shop in Ft. Collins, Colorado, made by a ͢

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father/son team, Mark Howes,

If the cantle is rigid, the rider

who made the saddle, and Shawn

“takes all the concussion of the

Howes, who made the tree at his

horse’s movement,” Mark Howes

shop in Nunn, the LaPorte Saddle

said. The slide leaf springs “give

Tree Co. It has the extended

him more comfort that way.” The

cantle, like the Bird saddle, but it

bottom of the chair back doesn’t

is attached with slide leaf springs

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of the chair, but not too much movement, which would allow the rider to “flop around.” The belt on their saddle for Vroman is similar to a weight lifter’s belt: extra wide so it doesn’t cut into him or restrict circulation. Howes’ saddles also include a Velcro strap over the legs so they don’t move around.

The Howes also modified the tree, making the back part of it with a shell of steel on top. They have designed and built saddles for others with spinal cord injuries.

Vroman rides around the family ranch, helping with branding and moving cattle. But saddles are also modified for a person who rides competitively.

Amberley Snyder broke her T12 vertebrae, located toward the bottom of the spine, in an auto accident in 2009. Four months after the accident, she was back on a horse, and fourteen months after that, she was back to barrel racing. Snyder, a student at Utah State University, does not need the chair back because she has some core strength, but her saddle has a seat belt, straps around her legs, and another strap across her left hip, all to help her stay centered.

Balance is also tricky, she said. “I have to sit horses the right way, and predict their movement so I don’t fall off.”

The seat of her saddle is a Roho cushion – made of air the same kind of cushions found on wheelchair seats, to prevent pressure points and sores.

Snyder, who is in her first year of graduate studies in college, is ranked in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s Rocky Mountain region in the barrel racing. She’s also a breakaway roper, studying school therapy.

The right type of horse is important for those with spinal cord injuries. It can’t be a runaway, Vroman said, but something “calm and gentle that’s not going to have a fit or go crazy or be scared of somebody lifting me up on them, and stuff flopping around, and all the monkeying it takes to get on.” Vroman uses a strap on one stirrup and a buckle on the other stirrup hooked together to keep his legs from moving, and rubber bands his feet into the stirrups. It’s hard to keep his saddle centered, and a horse who has sharp withers helps, so the saddle stays put.

Bird, who team roped before his accident and rides now, said it ͢

Shawn Howes stands with the saddle tree he built for Taylor Vroman in his LaPorte Saddle Tree Shop in Nunn, Colo.

The leaf springs on the back side of the chair back allow a bit more “give” in the saddle for Vroman, taking some of the concussion of the horse’s movement. The saddle and tree were designed

by Mark and Shawn Howes.

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helps when horses are dead-sided. “Nobody wants dead sided horses but me,” he quipped, because when he first rode after his accident, his feet kicked the horse, making the horse run faster. When people with a spinal cord injury begin riding again, the horse realizes the rider isn’t using their legs for commands or control, and one of two things happens, Bird said. “Either (the horse) loves it and goes with it, and you can do anything with them, or they take advantage of you.” Bird has helped people find horses that are suited for spinal cord injuries.

“We want them to succeed.”

After her paralysis, Snyder got back on her barrel horse, even though friends and family told her she shouldn’t. He was in tune with her injury, she said. “The first time we caught him out of the field (when she was in a wheelchair), he walked behind me with his head at my level the whole time.” Now that she is back to competition, he’s almost too “in tune” with her. “He knows something is different, and he knows I can’t kick, so sometimes he doesn’t run as hard as I want him to.” She’s trained a second barrel horse after her accident. “He’s very aware but doesn’t know that he shouldn’t run hard. He tries just as hard even though I can’t kick.”

After the confinement of a wheelchair, being able to ride again is freeing. For Vroman, “it made me be able to be more help (around the family ranch), to be able to feel like I was accomplishing something.”

Being able to ride again has allowed Vroman to “get out and chase some cows and do something normal-like,” he said.

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Merrill Pad and good pad placement.

Between

horse and saddle

Picking a pad that will help your horse be his best

By Lynn Kohr

Ly nn Kohr, a professional barrel and pole horse trainer, asks some of her support professionals for their thoughts on saddle pads.

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or the past several thousand years, people have used some sort of cushion between their saddle and their horse’s back, ranging from a thin blanket, sheepskin on the underneath of

Merrill Wool Contoured Pad made by Three Forks Saddlery.

their saddle to very intricately layered, handmade saddle pads. In today’s world and with our modern equine uses, many saddle padding choices are available Miles Fortner is a doctor of chiropractic, certified in chiropractic biophysics and certified as an animal chiropractor by the American Veterinarian Chiropractic Association of Western Plains Chiropractic, LLC in Gillette, Wyoming.

Having one to two inches between the tip of the shoulder blade and the tree of the saddle is essential and reduces shoulder pressure when the horse extends the front shoulders. This is more problematic for team ropers because they often use the withers to prevent the saddle from rolling when they turn a steer. Therefore, team roping horses commonly have wither pain and-or front stride issues.”

Fortner goes into his second most

He explains the most common problems with saddle fit and their relation to choosing a saddle pad that complements the chosen saddle.

common saddle-fitting problem, which

“My number one most common saddle fitting problem is that saddles are placed too far up on the withers and shoulder blades. Just like people, horses’ anatomy can vary, especially in the shoulder. Some shoulder blades are more prominent and some can drop back farther than others.

clothing, everyone performs better with

is thinking saddles are one-size-fits-all. “I commonly see people use the same saddle their dad or grandfather used on five or six different horses. Just like boots or the right fit.”

Fortner recommends—especially for performance horses—not changing gear once you have the horse performing at the top level.

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“Often I work on horses and the owner reports that they were doing so well, then all the sudden they wanted to switch saddles or blankets and performance goes out the window.”

He further recommends buying or selling the tack that the horse is already being successful with. “If you like the way a horse performs and you expect the horse to do the same with you, then you need that saddle and tack. If you want the buyers to show off your line of breeding and run the horse like they can run, then you need to sell the saddle and tack with the horse and adjust the price accordingly.”

That fits with the third most common problem—choosing a saddle that fits the rider, but not the horse. “If you are going to spend good money and get a good saddle, it would be wise to make sure the saddle fits the horse. That means loading the horse in the trailer and hauling them to town, unloading them in the parking lot and trying multiple saddles on until you find one that fits the horse and the rider. A lot of saddle shops even have someone there that is knowledgeable and can help with the fitting process.” He suggests trying out saddle pads or blankets at the same time.

Nice fitting over the withers and correct pad and saddle placement.

When it comes to materials, Fortner said a lot of it depends on personal preference.

From a chiropractic standpoint, he recommends Three Forks Saddlery pads.

“These pads are designed to reduce pressure on the withers from downward pressure of the saddle. But whatever type of saddle pad you are using, make sure you have an even sweat pattern across the horse’s side.”

The Three Forks pads are made from selection of different materials combined into one pad, allowing the blanket to be tough yet mold and fit to the horse and distribute pressure evenly.

“Regardless of each individual’s choice, the blanket needs to be evaluated on a regular basis for stickers, weeds, or even hair build up. I have seen several blankets with a half inch or 3/4 of an inch of hair

build up, then the owner wonders why they bucked with them. Also, all material breaks down. Period. Just like shoes, blue jeans, coats or any fabric, it needs to be replaced from time to time. Don’t short change your horse’s musculoskeletal health for a few bucks.”

While Fortner advocates for proper saddle fit, he also emphasizes that the horse and rider are a unit and a rider with a rider’s weak core can detract from a horse’s physical performance.

“More often than assumed, when someone is having a difficult time with a particular aspect of performance whether it’s turning second barrel or backing a horse in the box, it can be rider weakness,” he said. “Specifically a weakness of the core. Core strength and support help the͢ horse in more ways than one would ͢ ever know. So in conjunction with

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proper veterinarian care, and getting your horse adjusted, and having the right saddle and saddle fit with the best pad, do your horse and yourself a favor and do a few crunches with it all. Trust me, your horse will thank you.”

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Kim Kizzier Sherrodd, LMT is a licensed and certified massage therapist, certified animal acupressure practitioner, and certified animal massage and bodywork practitioner.

She has worked on horses coast to coast and in all equine disciplines.

When it comes to picking saddle pads, she acknowledges that it is difficult and needs to be an experimental process. “The hard part is that it isn’t usually possible to try a saddle pad out,” she says. “If you think there is a pad you really want but aren’t sure you are ready to invest the money before you are more certain, check if any friends might have the same pad and ask to try it out with your saddle and horse.

Do as much research as you can by asking around and looking for any information you can get.”

Some saddle makers make their own pads and recommend certain pads for their saddles, so she suggests looking into those combinations. That doesn’t mean those will always be the best fit, but it’s a good place to start, she says.

She emphasizes that the size and shape of the pad needs to reflect the saddle.

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and to cover completely under the saddle skirts but not so long that it impedes the horse’s movement at the hip or slips around under the saddle.

Different shaped pads that contour to various saddles can help prevent slipping and bulging.”

She says you also need to consider the gullet width in relation to the horse will help determine the thickness of the pad required. Thin pads are better suited to English saddles, since they don’t have the rigid trees that western saddles do.

Kizzier Sherrodd considers herself a huge proponent of using saddle shims to help with proper saddle fit and rider balance. Pads with built-in shims can work, but they need to be evaluated for each horse, making sure they are fitting in the right places. If they don’t fit properly, they can do more harm than good.

“I have found that gel pads tend to break down in the saddle pressure areas fairly quickly so they need to be checked often for how well they are holding up,” Kizzier Sherrodd says.

“I’m not a fan of neoprene pads simply because they don’t breathe at all and trap heat and moisture against the horse’s skin. They, too can

break down fairly quickly in saddle pressure areas. Sometimes a wool lining on a neoprene pad can help but I wouldn’t suggest it for anything other than short rides where the horse doesn’t get very sweaty or hot, as neoprene material does not allow for air movement along the horse’s back and can trap heat in if used for prolonged periods of time.”

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The most important thing to keep in mind, she said, is that a horse’s body changes condition.

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Tools of the Trade

Shedding Tools

By Jenn Zeller

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t the moment, I’m sure it feels like we’re in the doldrums of winter, but spring is right around the corner. The days are already getting longer and before we

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know it, our horses will be losing their furry winter coats. I’ve put together a list of some of our favorite shedding tools.

Some I’m sure you’ve heard of, but maybe there are a few you haven’t yet tried!

The SleekEz The Sleek EZ is a tool I’d never heard of, and have yet to use. But I have several friends that swear by them. It has a patented tooth design, is self cleaning, and essentially, does what a metal curry or shedding blade might do, but my sources say it does it better! Bonus: They make them for dogs too!

“I use it pretty hard, kinda dig with it, but the horses love it! It is kind of self-cleaning -- with a round curry, you’re always having to stop and pick the hair and dirt out. This one pretty much just drags the hair, dirt and dander out and doesn’t get clogged up. If it does get clogged, it’s a quick swipe with a brush or your hand, and you’re good to go again.” Sarah Rheinbolt, Holabird, South Dakota Pros: •

Ergonomic – it’s really easy to hold.

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Doesn’t clog up with hair.

Cons: •

At a price tag of around $20, it might be more than some horse owners are willing to spend.

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It is made of wood, not plastic, so if you want to clean it between uses, the wood won’t hold up as well as something synthetic.

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You may or may not be able to buy it locally; online may be the best option.

Rubber Curry Who hasn’t used a rubber curry comb? I’m sure a lot of horse owners have had one (or three) in their grooming boxes for years. They’re easier on the hair and skin than a metal curry comb, but at the same time, aren’t as effective if your horse is super muddy, or, like me, you live in gumbo country. When I lived in Texas, I never owned a metal curry because the soil was sandy. Lacey Weiss from Faith, South Dakota says this is her prefered shedding tool: that and a lot of “elbow grease!”

I am known to break one out after I use the metal curry comb, or Slick ‘N Easy. I like that it seems to finish the coat, and on horses with a shorter coat, I think it works well.

Pros: •

Inexpensive

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Seems to last forever

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Ergonomic

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Can be purchased at any feed/farm store

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Cons: •

Not as effective as other tools at removing hair without a lot of elbow grease.

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They can clog up with hair, requiring cleaning mid-grooming.

Round, Metal Curry This is the tool of choice here on the ranch for everyone but me. We literally have buckets of these and Santa often puts them in stockings come Christmas. They’re used all year round. Not only do they rid your horse of long, dead, winter hair, they take nasty winter mud with it. However, they are easily clogged and require a good slap on the sole of your boot to clear them. My rancher friends gave a pretty unanimous reason for using them: They may not make your horse look pretty, but they will get them clean and functional. According to Caitlyn Pancake from Vega, Texas ranch horses, “Don’t have to look pretty while they work…”

Pros:

This is yet another tool I’ve never utilized, though after my research, I think I’m going to have to invest in one. And that’s exactly what it would be, an investment. This tool has a 5-inch long, stainless steel blade designed to leave the new hair and take the old, dead hair.

Kara Webster from Rapid City, South Dakota loves it “Because [you] can use it on dogs AND horses...

It’s easy. Doesn’t take a whole lot of elbow grease just steady strokes.” Weiss would concur-- though she doesn’t use it on her horses, just her dogs. The equine version is much larger than the dog/cat versions of the tool, so you may need more than one to get the job done if you have small dogs.

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Inexpensive.

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Nearly indestructible, unless the blades get bent.

Pros:

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Really useful for ridding your horse of cakedon mud.

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Rubber, ergonomic handle.

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Can be purchased at any feed or farm store.

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Can be used on any animal.

Cons: •

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Hair often gets trapped and stays in the curry, so it must be periodically cleaned out when you’re using it.

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Cons: •

Has a pretty spendy price tag of $60 - $75, but holds up well.

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It can be used on any shedding animal.

Not as readily available as many other tools: best purchase price is found online at amazon.com.

Slick ’N Easy

Dually Hair Shedding Comb

This tool is my personal favorite, and definitely got the most love from my friends. This tool has been my favorite for as long as I can recall. Made of a fiberglass block, they are probably not the most comfortable piece of equipment in your hand but it really pulls all the loose hair off your horse. If they’re not covered in mud, it does a great job taking dirt with it. It makes the horse’s coat really shiny when you’re finished. I will admit that I still have to use a traditional metal curry comb with this, if the horse is muddy because gumbo mud will eat the block.

This is a tool I never knew existed, but that’s probably because I’ve never shown cattle. June Eberheard from Wheatland, California, swears by them: “[We] use a Dually Hair Shedding Comb from Sullivan Supply [and] learned about them from using them on show cattle. We use them on the cattle, horses and dogs.

Leaves new hair, pulls out old dead hair.”

Pros: •

Inexpensive– At less than $4, for the average horse owner one should get you through shedding season.

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Requires very little elbow-grease (if your horse isn’t covered in caked-on mud).

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Take up a small amount of space in your grooming kit.

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Also works on cats and dogs (and they love it!).

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Can be purchased at any feed/farm store.

Cons: •

Will not last forever. Here on the ranch one will get me through about five horses shedding out.

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Can easily be broken. Don’t throw it or step on it.

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Will not remove caked-on gumbo/mud.

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Their animals love them, she says.

This tool has a 5-inch wide head and is two-sided, featuring round, stainless steel teeth. One side of the comb has extra-wide spacing to get at the dead hair in extra-thick coats. The other side has narrowspaced teeth, to rid a shorter coat of dead, winter hair.

Pros: •

The two-sided design makes it more versatile.

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Stainless steel teeth are easy to clean.

Cons: •

Does not have an ergonomically designed handle.

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Cost - ranges from $35-45 each.

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They may be unavailable at your local feed/ farm store.

Happy shedding!

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SADDLE WOES: The Off-Side Cinch Strap

BY HEATHER HAMILTON-MAUDE FOR TRI-STATE LIVESTOCK NEWS One late July or August day years ago, my brother and I were sent an hour south of our place to get the bulls out of our yearling heifers. As in years previous, we were prepared with our geldings, enough semi-heavy duty panels to convert the twopen corral into something you could load a bull out of, and the necessary trailer to haul the whole works home.

We arrived, set up, cinched up and headed to the spring-fed creek in the middle of the 600-acre pasture of rolling hills, bad cross fences and exceptional grass we rented. As we eased into a slow, ground-covering trot, visiting away about which water hole the bunch was most likely at, I looked over and noticed something odd. My brother and his saddle were beginning to slip.

I began to say, “Kyle, your saddle is slipping…,” when halfway through the thought and a fraction of the way through the words everything gave way and he unceremoniously slammed into the ground.

We would later learn his off-side cinch strap had rotted through, quite suddenly, from my vantage point. This caused an immediate reaction in his horse, Otis, who had no idea what the heck was going,

but who has always had a strong flight versus fight mentality – if you can hang on he will take you to safety with him, if you cannot, that is a personal problem for you.

I also knew that of our two horses, his was hands-down the faster, and my heart leaped into my throat at the thought of him being dragged and me not being able to do a thing about it, as, simultaneously, the situation gained momentum with impressive speed.

His horse burst into a run in a nano-second, and thankfully a dazed and mad Kyle stayed behind on the ground to watch as his gelding did a beautiful arcing circle back toward the barn, which we were only a couple hundred yards away from. It was an impressive sight considering he was nearly breaking a land speed record, with a saddle hanging from the back cinch between his back legs. Pieces of tack rained behind him, and as each landed in the grass my brother’s color went up another notch.

I wisely left my ticked off brother and went to remove what I expected to be only a back cinch from his horse – you learn when to offer assistance to the hu-

man or the animal after a few of these experiences.

After gathering up his horse and completing the unplanned unsaddling process, I began to wonder how long it would take me to get three bulls sorted out and into the less-than-ideal corral by myself. I turned with the two horses to see much of the problem solved for me.

There was my brother, walking in the arcing circle his horse had made, picking up pieces of his tack. In a curious, bellering, slobbering and dust-infused circle around him were our yearling heifers, acting as yearlings do. While this did nothing for his mood, I immediately saw the humor in the situation, and the three bulls they had graciously brought right to the corral for us.

It only took a few minutes to corral and pull bulls that year, causing much teasing regarding my brother’s unique way of improving our average time for the task. The saddle required quite a bit more time to repair, only to be sent back to the saddle maker 364 days later for a complete rebuild following another bull incident…

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Adding longevity Extending horse performance with joint injections

By Laura Nelson

is last show almost didn’t happen.

Less than two weeks before they were scheduled to trailer to Tulsa, Oklahoma for the 2015 Pinto World Championship, “Rio” (Zippinonin) came up lame in his front end. The 15-year-old gelding had been in good performance shape for the June 2015 show, his last one before retirement, when he came up tender.

“I couldn’t go in the shape he was in,” owner and rider Lizzie Stryker said.

A trip to the Montana Equine Medical & Surgical Center in Three Forks, Montana, presented two options to go on with the show: Bute to reduce inflammation throughout the show, which would come with additional medications to reduce the side effects of the drug, or joint injections prior to the show to alleviate the arthritis showing in x-rays of the front pasterns.

They had been successful in the use of joint injections with Rio the year before, when tenderness in his hind hocks

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Joint injections gave Rio and Lizzie Stryker a chance at one last championship before the 15-yeargelding ended his show career.

showed up. Then, the lameness exams pinpointed the main issue to the sacroiliac joint (SI), which had led to hock soreness and subsequent back soreness.

Those 2014 SI and hock injections relieved the tenderness and had Rio back in show shape in time for the 2014 World Paint Championship.

“He was moving like he’d never moved before,” Stryker said. “You could tell he felt good.”

So, with the proper caution and veterinarian suggestions, they decided to try it again and move forward with injections in the hock. Four days of rest, then a couple days of hand walking, and Rio ͢

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was back in show shape, ready for Tulsa, Stryker said.

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Riders of performance horses will likely notice more quickly when a horses is in need of a lameness exam – a second off in a barrel pattern, a reining horse can’t execute a stop with its regular precision, a little “pop” in the joints after a run – “these are some of the

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subtleties that riders and trainers will pick up on,” Flint said, while pleasure horses are more likely to exhibit more noticeable signs of lameness before being brought in for treatment.

Regardless, the first step is always a comprehensive lameness exam, fully examining a horse based on the different kinds of performance the horse and rider expect.

“First, we look at what the horse’s job is,” he said. The most common lameness issues in western performance horses originate in the hock, followed by the coffin joint and stifle joint. The majority of the horses they treat with joint injections at Montana Equine are seven years or older.

“The low-motion joints, like the hock, the pasterns, are very amiable to repeated steroid treatments,” Flint said.

“Those are the most common because of their use over time, and the ability that reducing that inflammation has on maintaining high levels of performance.”

But, before recommending joint injections, they also utilize imaging technology to evaluate if the lameness issues should be dealt with using

other methods, like surgery or cleaning a chip out of a joint.

“From there, we have to make the decision with the client – how do we best treat the horse, based on its intended use?” Flint said.

If joint injections are the best medical option for that horse, they then have a comprehensive discussion on the potential risks and rewards there are to injecting the joints.

“The goal of any joint injection is to reduce inflammation,” Flint said. “By reducing inflammation, you’re reducing pain and therefore allowing the horse to perform.”

But, it also carries risk of infection at the site of the injection, and potential damage to the cartilage around the joint.

“You do cause a small amount of damage to that cartilage every time you inject the joint,” Flint said. “But, it’s also a balancing act – do the pharmaceuticals cause more damage, or the current inflammation, or the process that’s ongoing?”

injection. There are three main types of injections a veterinarian may then recommend, Flint said: a steroid injection, a hyaluronic acid or polyglycam injection, or a biologic injection. The biologics are an emerging class of injections that include IRAP, a blood product conditioned as an anti-inflammatory while also promoting regeneration of the cartilage in the joint.

He said the most important thing a client can do is ask questions and consider all aspects of the horse’s intended performance and longevity when considering a joint

Choosing which type of injection will depend on the severity of the joint disease, the joint it’s affecting and the ͢ individual horse’s response to

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therapy, Flint said. Finding the right combination or treatment is highly individualized for each animal.

“We may use a combination of those three in concert and combination with one another, depending on that animal’s response to the treatment,” Flint

said. “The biggest thing is, we just want people to ask a lot of questions and be fully informed about the risks and rewards of this kind of treatment.”

feed supplements to promote joint health and the hock injections prior to the show.

“I was concerned about doing these injections and bringing Rio For Rio, it was a combination of to such a high level show, then continued monthly intramuscular worrying about him being worse joint injections of Adequan, plus when it was over,” Stryker said.

“But with those direct injections and the Adequan and the supplements, he’s moving better now than si 95 he was even when I bought (Pritzi Dash X Hasta Be Special by Special Effort) him. He just feels good.”

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And it paid off, too – Rio’s smooth moves earned them two world championships that week in Tulsa. They came home with the stock/hunter type novice/amateur westernstyle Discipline Rail and the novice/amateur English Showmanship world championships, plus reserve high-point all around individual for novice/amateur.

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“He’s fully retired now, back home in Big Timber and enjoying it,” she said.

“And he earned it.”

While Rio will remain on supplements to promote joint health, they won’t likely need to continue to direct injections while he’s in retirement.

Lizzie Stryker and her mother, Leslie, got to spend some memorable time together with Rio at his last show in Tulsa, thanks to the success of his joint injections.

But, Flint said, horses who begin receiving injections typically need to continue treatments – typically every three to six months, depending on the level of work – as long as that level of performance is expected.

“That all depends on the horse and the goals of the horse,” Flint said.

“We’ve been doing this for decades, it’s nothing new, but there are some new practices and technologies out there like the IRAP that are

constantly evolving. So we always want to be looking out for what’s on the horizon in this ever-evolving method of therapy.”

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One more

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Completing a show career together, back where it started

By Laura Nelson

W

hen they walked out of the arena, she knew: the “grumpy old man” and his best gal had finished their run together in perfect style.

“Showmanship has always been my favorite class; it’s Rio and I’s best class,” Lizzie Stryker said. “I was confident going in, and as soon as I completed the pattern and left the arena, I knew it was one of the best patterns Rio and I had ever completed.”

And sure enough, as placings were called at the Pinto World Championship’s novice/amateur stock/ hunter type English Showmanship, theirs were the last to be announced. Elizabeth Stryker, Big Timber, Montana, and her 15-year-old gelding Zippinonin – “Rio” – clinched the world title in their favorite class in their final show together.

Fitting, as the Pinto World Championship was one of their first shows together back in 2011, where each one since has been an evolution of the team’s goals and abilities.

“The show in 2011 – that’s what hooked me on this level of competition. It opened my eyes to the practice and commitment I needed to do this,” Stryker said.

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“It was really what I needed to understand I needed to commit my time fully, besides school, to this.”

And so she began her college career at Montana State University with Rio, a 2000-born son of Zippo Pine Bar registered through the American Paint Horse Association and the Pinto Horse Association of America.

“Rio is a little older for show horses – but he’s different. I just love his personality. He knows just when it’s show time, and he becomes a different horse when he goes into the ring,” she said. She laughed at his nickname – “the grouchy old man” – “That’s what I love about him. He’s not a horse who’s in your pocket, wanting attention. But once he knows who’s in charge, he’s great.”

They’re a team, and that paid off in the Western Disciplined Rail class, too, where they won the world championship in the novice/amateur division of hunter/stock horses. In the class that follows a “Simon Says” on the rail to react and perform commands on the rail – counter-canter, side pass, extended jog, back up on the rail, etc., – they are judged on not only

the horse’s ability to perform the maneuver, but also the rider, their horsemanship and body position.

That’s where the years of training and time paid off.

“It just showed that Rio and I were able to work as a team really well,” Stryker said.

The team also accumulated enough points throughout the two-week show to earn Reserve Champion allaround individual.

psychology degree. While she plans

grad wanted for a good – albeit,

to continue her education with a

grouchy – horse.

master’s degree in social work, her chapter with Rio is closed, and he’s enjoying the retired life.

“Just being able to spend the full two weeks, every day, with Rio, and sharing that experience

Two weeks in Tulsa together,

with my mom – she’s been to all

along with Stryker’s mother, Leslie,

the world shows with me – was

was just the farewell tour the college

really special.”

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“It was just such a wonderful feeling, to know we were competing with such great competitors and such great horses and come out on top,” Stryker said.

It wasn’t the first time they had proved top notch – in 2014, they won the Amateur Solid Paintbred Showmanship and Amateur Solid Paint-bred Western Horsemanship title at the American Paint Horse Association World Championship Show.

But the Pinto show was where they started together, and it was the perfect way to end their career together, too. The month before, Stryker had graduated from Montana State University with a

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enny was so beleaguered by melanoma that he was only days away from euthanasia.

“We turn this around one cell at a time,” Pat Lawman, CEO and cofounder of Morphogenesis, a company that has developed a product to treat melanomas in horses.

A 19-year old Arabian and a family horse in Sarasota, Benny could no longer defecate easily, and his family had decided to put him down.

“There are billions, even trillions, of tumor cells,” Lawman says.

That was four years ago, and now Benny is melanoma free.

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In horses, melanoma is a type of skin tumor that is associated with coat color, with the grey/black coat most commonly affected.

“These tumors tend to have a characteristic appearance and are generally rounded, raised, black nodules of varying sizes. These tumors can be benign (not cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). They can have no effect on a horse’s quality of life or they can become large and obstructive, in some instances preventing normal passage of feces.

Sometimes the tumors ulcerate and ooze a dark tarry discharge,” according to Purdue University Equine Health Update.

Imagine harnessing a horse’s own immune system to drive cancer out of the body.

That’s what the bioengineered product from Morphogenesis is designed to do.

Two different forms of ImmuneFX™ are in the works, and the first is being used on 35 to 40 head across the county at any given time. ͢

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Last year’s clinical trials proved successful, and the first product is treating melanomas now.

It’s an injectable that comes back from the Morphogenesis lab custom fit to each horse from a genetically altered tissue sample that has been shocked, irradiated, frozen and cooked up to search out and destroy melanoma.

A veterinarian takes a tissue sample, and sends it off to the ImmuneFX™ manufacturer.

Even at a few thousand dollars, the treatment is competitively priced with surgery.

The second product, which still requires USDA approval and should be far cheaper, is waiting for more data to come back before it can be sold and administered. This off the shelf version should be available later in the year.

If approved, this pre-packaged product is one that your local veterinarian can carry in clinic and administer soon after diagnosis.

“We are working on making it affordable for everybody,” says Lawman. “Our goal is to conduct grassroots research to end needless suffering. We are coordinating for the clinical benefits of the body’s natural immune response.”

More economical than surgery, the treatment could arguably be more effective than cutting out melanomas.

After injection, powerful antigens begin programming the horse’s immune system to fight off melanomas that may otherwise be difficult to eliminate. Once surgically removed, some melanomas reoccur.

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More than 80 percent of grey horses over the age of 15 will develop at least one melanoma in their lifetime.

Most melanomas are slow-growing and they may be only cosmetic. Others affect the use of the horse or its quality of life.

A subdural injection releases the treatment where it can work quickly.

“We chose the dermal layer to work on immune cells because there is such a high number of immune cells at that level,” Lawman says.

The earlier a melanoma is discovered and treated, the better, but the company’s prototype success story was an example in the extreme.

Wyoming veterinarian Andy Walker has 20 years on the job. In his equine practice, Walker says, he sees all kinds of horses and was introduced to ImmuneFX™ by a client who wanted to help her horse.

“She brought in a horse she had been riding for a few years in dressage, and asked me to look into this treatment she had heard about,” Walker Walker, who owns The Horse Clinic in Big Horn, WY near Sheridan, says he likes the treatment’s potential to clean up cancer at the cellular level.

“We can remove melanomas with surgery in many cases,” Walker said, “But sometimes we are talking about twenty or forty different masses, and we never really know how many more are waiting to start.”

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In other cases, melanomas are inoperable and in still others, surgery is just not affordable to a client.

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