[2008/3/5]
What is a "Claimer?" A brief explanation of the "Claim Game" might help those of you not familiar with horse racing understand the story of Free Cocktails, or Martini, Horse of the Month.
[2008/2/29]
Black Beauty - Times Seventeen It would seem like fair odds – a force of ten volunteers to halter three mares in an average sized paddock – but what began smoothly enough soon turned complicated.
[2008/1/29]
Riding the Gold – a Visit to Hopeful Farms As I watch Samantha Gildersleeve "free lead" her Haflinger mare Marquisse, then stop on a dime together, it is not a huge stretch to picture the little girl who read the Black Stallion and imagined he...
Martini is in The House Posted by Monica Bretherton
(2008/2/29)
Free Cocktails, aka "Martini" had just won his race. So why were his jockey Debbie Hoonan-Trujillo and trainer Sharon Ross crying in the winner's circle?
[2008/1/30]
Love is... A tale of a colic that ends with a heartwarming twist -- as originally told by Emily on the SAFE message board the day it all happened.
[2007/12/27]
Cricket Plus One “I guess she became mine because I was the first to ride her,” Jordan says from her perch on the hay bales.
[2007/7/8]
Little Loui Grows Up "Rescued" twice and abandoned twice, Little Loui awaited his fate lying down.
[2007/6/7]
Lennox In memory of a beautiful but burdened soul.
[2007/5/7]
Everybody Loves Tristan I fell in love with the little sway back ex-show horse myself when I first saw him.
[2007/4/7]
Earl the Pearl International Man of Mystery, Earl is known for his smile and his passport.
[2007/2/16]
Tarkh Tarkh is my beloved horse who came to me through the graces of Columbia Basin Equine Rescue. This is his story.
[2007/2/8]
Flame "He's my Black Stallion, only bay, old, and a gelding..."
Earn a Halo Posted by Monica Bretherton
(2007/12/18)
Gretchen Salstrom of People Helping Horses has an opportunity for you to do something really special this holiday season – and you don’t have to drive to the mall!
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Pure Gold – The Haflinger Horse Posted by Monica Bretherton
(2008/1/29)
Cross a tough sorrel mountain mare with a imported arab stallion and produce the foundation sire for an entire breed. Employ the full force of an imperial state to refine your horses and soon they will be conquering the world.
[2007/11/15]
From Wings to Flame - Northwest Equine Artists How many of us obsessively drew horses as children, inspired by their power and mystique? This terrain is still fertile ground for some adult artists in the region, working in a variety of media from...
[2007/10/19]
Northwest Reading List Ride like your life depended on it -- because sometimes it does....
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