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Photo courtesy of Andrea Gold In Port Townsend Sarah “Sally” Dean, seated, helps prepare Juelie Dalzell and her horse Jack to pull the cart Dalzell and her husband Jeff Chapman took this month for a 18-day, 240-mile journey on The Palouse to Cascades trail.

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HORSEPLAY: Putting the horse before the cart

WHILE MY BACK cries out in pain at the thought of it, my spirit soars with envy hearing…

Jefferson County high school senior Emily Kilgore, on Antonio, is the first in the area to qualify to compete at the Interscholastic Equestrian Association’s National Dressage Finals this coming weekend in Texas. To up the competitive skill needed, riders compete on unfamiliar horses whose names they’ve drawn from a hat. (Karen Griffiths/for Peninsula Daily News)

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HORSEPLAY: Jefferson senior goes to Interscholastic Equestrian Association finals in her first season

AT HER INTERSCHOLASTIC Equestrian Association’s (IEA) regional competition in April, Jefferson County equestrian Emily Kilgore placed first in…

Photo courtesy Katharyn Rivers Port Angeles' and Sequim’s high school equestrian teams gained three first-place and four second-place wins at their second meet held April 9-11. The Port Angeles team, from left, are Amelia Kinney with Gus and Cupcake, Sara Holland with Diesel, Katherine Marchant with Smokey, Coach Nancy McCaleb, Sydney Hutton with Ginger and Haley Bishop with Speckles and Flash.

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HORSEPLAY: Equestrian teams do well at district meet

BITTER COLD SEEMED to make for better fun at last weekend’s Washington State High School Equestrian Team competition…

OPEN board members and volunteers are full of smiles after a recent anonymous supporter asked how she could help. She paid the veterinarian’s fee to fully exam four horses, float the teeth on three and ended up taking home two of them, agreeing to provide them a forever retirement home in her ample pastures. (Karen Griffiths/for Peninsula Daily News)

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HORSEPLAY: Olympic Peninsula Equine Network offers new chances for abused, discarded horses

SARGE IS A horse who took charge of his own fate after his owners no longer wanted him…

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HORSEPLAY: Rider-trainer starts over in Port Townsend

AFTER 22 YEARS in the Bay Area of Northern California — and losing a home in the 2017…

Photo by Katie Newton Sequim’s WAHSET In Hand Obstacle Relay Team includes all four teammates who competed at meet 1 held Gray’s Harbor Fairgrounds Feb. 26-28: Libby Swanberg, left, Keri Tucker, Rainey Bronsink and Susannah Sharpe.

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HORSEPLAY: Equestrians back in saddle at first meet

FINALLY, A WEE bit of freedom! We’ve all been going through some serious restrictions, losses and problems as…

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HORSEPLAY: Arena owner’s passion includes kids, horses, dogs

HER ENTHUSIASM AND passion are catching. I’m smiling inside just thinking about my interview with the bubbly, spirited…

Ken Seifer prepares to climb into the saddle of Bob, a horse who was traumatized by a farrier. After working with Seifer, Bob can now stand quietly and calmly while his hooves are tended. (Karen Griffiths/for Peninsula Daily News)

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HORSEPLAY: Trainer teaches horses to trust human companions

HORSE TRAINERS NEED to become the center of the universe — and respected by — the horses they…

When Lindsey Crouse moved her family and horse rescue operation from Ramona, Calif., to Sequim, she also brought her Cowboy with her. Standing at 76.5 inches he’s the world’s biggest steer, in contrast to Crouse who is 68 inches tall. Visitors are welcome to drive by to see him at his pasture Serenity Acres Horse Rehabilitation at 123 Ward Lane in Sequim. (Karen Griffiths/for Peninsula Daily News)

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HORSEPLAY: Serenity Acres in Sequim a safe place for rescued animals, at-risk youth

WOW! THAT COWBOY is one gigantic hunk of beef!

As Fox-Bell Farm Assistant Coach Chloe McGee guides Cooper through a series of jumps, he sails over each one with room to spare. The farm adopted Cooper from a local rescue facility, trained and schooled him, and now he’s one of its lesson horses for more experienced riders. (Meghan Lawson/Two Red Dogs Photography)

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HORSEPLAY: Rescued horses offer much to their human companions

I APPLAUD PROFESSIONAL trainers who regularly take in abandoned, neglected and/or rescued horses to properly train and prepare…

When Daisy was surrendered to Olympic Peninsula Equine Network, she had been neglected, foundered and was suffering pain caused by her grossly overgrown hooves. She had to be medicated before the farrier could trim her hooves. (Olympic Peninsula Equine Network)

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HORSEPLAY: Horses, ponies are a lifetime commitment

“OH, LOOK AT that adorable little pony. Honey, wouldn’t our grandbabies just love it if we brought her…

Sequim Scout Troop 1498 gears up to attack and trim back overgrown native roses, blackberries and brush along the trails at Layton Hill Horse Camp. They also camped and learned trail safety rules from the Peninsula chapter of Back Country Horsemen. (Carrie Kalina)

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HORSEPLAY: Scouts good place to learn, make friends

ALWAYS LEAVE A place better than you found it.

Equitese Pony Club members, from left, Maria Timmons, Molly Lance, Hailey Gallagher, Kimberly Gallagher and Philippa Lance paint new poles to jump over at the Heron Pond Farm Equestrian Center in Port Townsend. The club held a fundraising car wash last summer so they could purchase the materials needed to update, rebuild and build new poles and other jumping equipment. (Christine Headley)

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HORSEPLAY: Local horse organizations for youths

Positive equestrian activities for kids

When a footbridge over Lonesome Creek, located on the popular West End’s LaPush Beach Trail, needing replacing, three organizations collaborated on it. Quileute Tribal Council provided materials, including 30-foot-long steel I-beams for the bridge stringers, the Olympic National Park provided the drawings and oversight of the project and Back Country Horsemen Mt Olympus Chapter members provided volunteers to remove the old bridge and replace it with materials that will last many years. From left, Mt. Olympus volunteers Mike McCracken, Larry Baysinger, Rich James and Ray Sutherland (orange hat). Representing the Quileute Tribal Council are, from left, and Tom Jackson, Doug Woodruff, Skylar Foster and Tony Foster. (Sherry Baysinger)

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HORSEPLAY: Roadblocks in volunteer trail work

Wildfire impact on the National Forest Service budget

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HORSEPLAY: Volunteers make trails more accessible for horse riders

Back County Horsemen Peninsula Chapter widens parking area for horse trailers

HORSEPLAY: Keep up to date with local groups

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HORSEPLAY: Keep up to date with local groups

Get involved with 4-H, other area horse organizations

HORSEPLAY: Longing to be on the trail with friends again

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HORSEPLAY: Longing to be on the trail with friends again

Margaret Salstrom offers a safe place to park

HORSEPLAY: Watch out for wildlife on the trails

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HORSEPLAY: Watch out for wildlife on the trails

DID YOU HEAR about the bear jumping out at two horses and riders at Miller Peninsula State Park?…

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HORSEPLAY: Just kick it off the trail

DISMOUNTING AND KICKING the road apples, otherwise known as horse manure, to the side of the trail is…

HORSEPLAY: Volunteers keep Olympic National Park trails maintained

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HORSEPLAY: Volunteers keep Olympic National Park trails maintained

ISN’T IT WONDERFUL to be able to explore our Olympic National Park trails again?

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