Vince capped off a successful competition season with her top horse, Frieda, by winning the 2010 Jump Canada Series. During a special presentation at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show, Vince received the Jump Canada Series trophy, generously donated by Barbara Anderson, and a $10,000 cash award, sponsored by Jump Canada, to be invested by the rider into a development program…

Voting is now underway for the 2011 Equine Canada Director-at-Large election. Members of Equine Canada are eligible to vote for the Director-at-Large position provided that individual is 18 years-of-age or older in the year of election.

Voting may be completed in one of two ways. Members must visit the Equine Canada website at www.equinecanada.ca and either logon using their Equine…

Ottawa, ON—Equine Canada is pleased to announce Jack de Wit has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Trails Federation, enhancing and strengthening Equine Canada’s voice for recreational trail riders across the country.

Mr. de Wit, who is an Equine Canada (EC) Board Member and Chair of the EC Recreation Council, has held Observer…

10 Tips to a Healthier You, Tip 9



Get Rid of Trans Fat – trans fat is just plain awful and extremely artery

clogging. Health Canada recommends that you avoid more than 0.5g per day. Trans fat is in a lot of

processed and prepackaged foods, but it is also in a lot of butter and

milk products. Check labels carefully and avoid this artery clogging fat

that will kill you in time. …

Yes, it’s true. S**t happens and yes, it happened to us on our trip to Fl. I thought I would share my experience and knowledge about changing a trailer tire so you can be more prepared if it happens to you.







1. Turn on your warning flashers for safety. As soon as you realize that you have blown a tire, start to slow down gradually…

I read a little story the other day that really resonated with me and made me take a long hard look at how I live my life.

I want to share it with you

“There was once a busy shepherd girl, she spent her days rounding up stray sheep – her farther had taught her that if she focused on the strays the sheep would be safe.

One day her sister went out to the pasture to help her with the endless task, The sister asked - do all the sheep stray?

No answered the shepherd…

Dear Julie,

I have started riding my 2-year-old paint gelding. I've had him since he was 3 months old. He's super gentle-almost too gentle. I have taken him out trail riding with other horses, but he needs to learn…

Canadian Reining Committee Announces New Chair

Ottawa, ON—The Canadian Reining Committee (CRC) is pleased to announce that Gary Yaghdjian is…

I have a student I want to tell you about today because she has used my Method in an interesting way and it might help or inspire others to use it this way. To…

It started last Saturday. Although we’d had what seemed to be a quite successful session, with Brody circling much more consistently and in a more relaxed manner, I could see the first signs of annoyance during handgrazing afterwards. On Thursday, Brody had surprised me by responding to every “Aaaand UP!” by lifting his head from grazing and looking to me for the next direction. But now only…

Around a year ago. I got Gustav Steinbrecht's "The Gymnasium of the Horse" (first published in 1884), one of the truly classic dressage books. I've read the first 93 pages several times, and I found myself coming back to certain passages over and over again, for they introduce and explain a concept that I had not fully understood from my earlier dressage…

One of the most common questions I am asked has to deal with both saddle ‘straightness’ and horse ‘straightness’ and whether the correct thing is to try and force the horse into ‘straightness’ with exercise or to accommodate their basic ‘non-straightness’ with a crooked saddle.

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10 Diet Tips to a Healthier You, Tip 8



Avoid Eating Out – eating out is tricky business, sometimes you can

think you are picking healthy options, and yet they are full of calories

and fat. Just the other day I was at a restaurant and thinking of ordering

the vegetarian pad thai – until I found out the chicken fingers and fries had

less calories because the pad thai had 1900 calories even though it was

noodles,…