EXCITEMENT AND GIGGLES were in the air during this month’s pre-fair 4-H horse show at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. “It was a blast for all… Continue reading
“DID YOU INCLUDE her bits and pieces?” That’s the question fellow rider Kim Bues asked when I explained I rub Lacey’s undercarriage with Vaseline to… Continue reading
IT’S BLOOMING RHODY time! June is the month when our native Pacific Rhododendron’s pink flowers are on full display —the perfect time for Back Country… Continue reading
I HITCHED A ride with Kim Bues last month to the annual Share the Trail event hosted by the Mt. Olympus and Peninsula Chapters of… Continue reading
especially our youths… Continue reading
SPLAWN LIVES! IN my April 22 column I mentioned how we horse owners missed the dedication and service provided by the now retired Drs. Bob… Continue reading
THREE CHEERS AND a hip-hip hurrah for Sequim High School Equestrian Team, with Celbie Karjalainen, Kennady Gilbertson, Paige Reed, Katelynn Sharp, Rylie Smith, Sydney Hutton,… Continue reading
WITH A HEAVY heart, I said goodbye to Sunny, my light-colored palomino last week. Horseplay readers may recall Sunny came into my life after she… Continue reading
CALLING ALL BUCKAROOS, cowboys and cowgirls! It’s time to saddle up and join our local Peninsula Junior Rodeo Association! Dream of riding a bucking bronc… Continue reading
ARE Y’ALL TIRED of the freezing cold temperatures? March 20 is officially the first day of Spring. I think I speak for most of us… Continue reading
TRUTH BE TOLD, I’m a bit fearful when we’re faced with freezingly cold, strong, gusty winds blowing in off the ocean from the west. I… Continue reading
Sequim’s cowsorting team swept the event, with first place going to Libby Swanson and Celbie Karjalainen, second to Sydney Hutton and… Continue reading
THE “KEEPERS OF Mt. Mueller,” is how I refer to Larry and Sherry Baysinger. For more than 30 years, the two avid horsemen have viewed… Continue reading
WILD MUSTANGS! WHAT comes to mind when you read those words? Perhaps pictures or movies of them rearing up and fighting hard not to be… Continue reading
BY NOW OLYMPIC Peninsula Equine Network, or OPEN, runs like a well-oiled machine. But even a well-oiled machine needs more new oil to keep it… Continue reading
I REMEMBER CLEARLY the day my beautiful palomino Lacey refused to let me pick up her left front hoof to be cleaned. The sky was… Continue reading
WHO’D A THOUGHT the day would come when stem-cell therapy would be used to improve the healing of tendon and suspensory ligament injuries in horses?… Continue reading