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		<title>Too Young to Hurt – The Truth About Juvenile Arthritis in Horses</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When early training becomes a lifetime sentence of pain The Price of ImpatienceWe’ve all seen the flashy videos—two-year-olds being saddled, trotting perfectly round circles, working cattle, even sliding to stops. The industry celebrates it. Futurities reward it. Trainers are hired for it. But at what cost?As someone who’s spent decades in the horse world—teaching, training, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why the Horse Industry is Struggling—And How We Can Fix It</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Horse Industry Shift&#160;When I began riding in the 1960s, horses were a way of life. We rode for the love of it, spent hours at the barn, and showing was just one piece of a much larger experience. Fast forward to today, and the horse world looks very different. A few weeks ago, Sheila S [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Katie Monahan &#038; USEF Horsemaster Clinic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 21:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recently, there has been controversy over the USEF Horsemasters clinic with Katie Monahan Prudent.&#160;For those who might not know who she is, Katie Monahan Prudent was on the 1986 World Champion in team showjumping and was inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of fame in 2016. As a junior rider she won the AHSA Medal [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the Love?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 10:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jumper loved attention.  He tried hard to be good and wanted love so badly that when you&#8217;d go into his pen he nearly put on his own halter.  At the time, we didn&#8217;t have a rider for him and since he’d turned 18,  we thought we&#8217;d find him a home in a Pony Club where [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wear a Riding Helmet Even If Parelli Doesn&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I refreshed this 2013 article about the importance of wearing helmets because it&#8217;s just as important today as it was ten years ago.She’d taken the polo pony out for a trail ride when the mare bolted toward home. As the mare made a sharp right down the lane at a gallop, Merri lost her seat [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can You Watch Your Child&#8217;s Riding Lessons?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 00:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ask- Don’t Assume Before you hand over money to a riding instructor for your child’s first riding lesson find out their policy regarding your presence during lessons. Never assume that a riding instructor thinks like you think. Some instructors like parents to watch every lesson, particularly with small children and beginners.  Other instructors don’t mind [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>10 Things to Improve the Future of the Horse Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When you hear about things like horse show competitors who can’t ready their own horse, water withheld from horses so they are calmer for their riders, lunging to exhaustion in the early hours, and the many other ills associated with competition, you might wonder what kind of future is in store for the horse business. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Back to Grassroots with Horsemanship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 18:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Grassroots is the basic, most elementary part of what we do. Think about your lawn for a minute.&#160; If grubs eat the roots of your grass your lawn dies.&#160; Roots feed the plant and make growth possible. If the roots of the grass are healthy you lawn will be rich and luxuriant. Changes in 2020 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>I Love Off-the-Track Thoroughbreds- OTTBs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 00:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Even though I enjoy several breeds of horses Thoroughbreds have always been my favorite, so I was happy to see The Chronicle of the Horse  devote an issue to Thoroughbreds earlier this month. Most of the many Thoroughbreds I&#8217;ve ridden or owned had racing careers before I met them. I&#8217;ve purchased horses at the track, from [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Over-Mounted Beginner Riders &#8211; Benefits?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TheRidingInstructor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2018 22:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An over-mounted beginning rider can have so many problems that I wonder why any instructor would allow it with their students. A Schooling Show Recently I visited a schooling show where I didn’t know any of the players. The show had a laid back, peaceful feeling at a great location. The classes ranged from walk trot poles [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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