On a blustery, snowy Saturday morning, three young equestrians saddled up and rode round and round the indoor ring at Stoney Ridge Stables near Armbrust in Hempfield. Three regular riders in Becky Lauffer's therapeutic riding program -- Sarah Kebe ...
Read moreTwo area men have capitalized on the retro craze by purchasing mechanical bulls and shopping them around to taverns all over west-central Wisconsin and the east metro. They are the only entrepreneurs in the region to do so, and have corralled the ...
Read moreThe bull riders had a much better night Thursday. After the first three performances of the 76th SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo, just 10 of 60 cowboys had made the eight-second buzzer in the bull riding. In the fourth performance, however, the bull ...
Read moreAt a young age, Kaitlyn Watson discovered her love of horses. Her first horse was a pony named Bell, 'who only had a liking for very few people,' she said. 'Thankfully I was one of them.' Having horses not only taught Kaitlyn Watson how to care for ...
Read moreBlog Guy, I got a horse for Christmas, and now I need to take riding lessons. Can you recommend a cheap place? I hear good things about that Ride with Clyde Horsemanship Academy. I’m not familiar with that one. Does he teach Western or Side ...
Read moreWhen Mike Cianciola describes the freedom of the open road, he's not talking about riding a Harley-Davidson or even a Honda. Rather, his cycle of choice is a lost piece of Americana, which among collectors and mechanics has become a symbol of ...
Read moreWhen the gate swings open on the bucking chutes at rodeos all over the country, all eyes in the building focus on the animal and cowboy blasting into the arena. As the ride closes in on the magical eight seconds and the noise and excitement climb at ...
Read moreZUSHI, Japan - It is about as far from the Olympic sport of archery as it can get. The bow is taller than the person shooting it, and, to the uninitiated, it appears lopsided and unbalanced. There are no sights, no high-tech stabilizers. And, of ...
Read moreTORONTO - It's easy to draw parallels between the new CBC-TV drama 'Wild Roses" and those '80s nighttime soaps "Dallas" and Dynasty," admits star and veteran performer Gary Hudson. It treads similar ground - the exploits of outrageously rich families ...
Read moreTom Richmond spends a day with jockey Brian Hughes and trainer Alan Swinbank. Brian Hughes exudes confidence as he strides into the paddock, shakes hands with connections – and mounts his final horse of the day. "We don't have the others to beat ...
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