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HORSEPLAY: Keep kids off electronics with summer equestrian events
OH HOW I relish celebrating our area youth equestrians’ accomplishments. I say the more we can get them…
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HORSEPLAY: Kids, horses take center stage on the Peninsula
IT WARMED MY heart seeing how much pleasure the 50 campers and helpers encountered during Fox-Bell Farm &Training’s…
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HORSEPLAY: Peninsula equestrians compete, feature at fairs
WEATHER WISE, WE’RE certainly experiencing some delightful riding weather this summer! Lots of bright, warm (and even hot)…
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HORSEPLAY: Olympic Peninsula equestrians beat the heat
ARE YOU FEELING beat by the heat? It’s sure had me feeling down for the count. Among those…
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HORSEPLAY: Equestrian summer camps and horse trailer heat risk
THIS TIME OF year, I get frequent inquiries asking if I know of any horse camps, and/or have…
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HORSEPLAY: WAHSET state finals
SEQUIM’S SMALL YET mighty equestrian team gave a dazzling display of finesse, power and speed at the Washington…
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HORSEPLAY: Rescue program gives horses new life
SHELBY VAUGHAN WAS born into the rescue mindset. She grew up on Bainbridge Island on a farm where…
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HORSEPLAY: Clean up after yourself and your horse
CLEAN UP ON aisle 7! Remember: Unlike a grocery store clerk who calls an employee over the loudspeaker…
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HORSEPLAY: Hey, don’t touch the hay. Don’t feed strangers’ horses
“ONE BAD APPLE don’t spoil the whole bunch girl!” Today’s column is about reminding folks NOT to feed…
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HORSEPLAY: Sequim equestrian team wins, sets record
SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL equestrian team is certainly having a winning season!
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HORSEPLAY: Want a donkey? A beginners guide to donkey care
GOT THE URGE to bring home a cute, adorable miniature donkey? I’ve been resisting that impulse myself since…
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HORSEPLAY: Sequim High School opens season with 12 blue ribbons
I’M SO PROUD of Sequim High School’s equestrian team for bringing home 12 blue ribbons from their first…
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HORSEPLAY: The magical and musical world of training donkeys
WITH A FIRST name like Melody, it seems appropriate that Sequim’s self-proclaimed “Donkey whisperer” Melody Johnson has a…
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HORSEPLAY: Trust, kindness are keys to training wild horses
TO QUOTE THE Glen Campbell song, “You Got to Try a Little Kindness” when training an unbroken or…
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HORSEPLAY: Learning Lessons
“I FELT LIKE I was flying,” is what my niece Ashely Griffiths, then 8, my brother’s middle child,…
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HORSEPLAY: Wild BLM horses find a paradise on the Olympic Peninsula with Vanessa Lowe
PARADISE WAITS WITH open arms to help abused, abandoned and aggrieved Bureau of Land Management wild mustangs live…
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HORSEPLAY: Saying goodbye to a faithful friend
I’M FEELING A bit emotional as I share my Lacey passed away peacefully in her pasture on Nov.…
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HORSEPLAY: Port Townsend trainer rescues horses in Ukraine from war
“IT WAS TERRIFYING,” Rebecca Cushman said of her first-time wiring thousands of dollars in purchase and transport fees…
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HORSEPLAY: OP is alive again with equine events
ISN’T IT NICE to see folks taking part in group activities again after the pandemic shut down?