Tag: Mar/Apr 2025
Story and photos by Ashley Daily
If there is one thing that horse owners have an ample supply of, it’s manure. Horses produce an average of 30 to 50 pounds of manure daily. Draft breeds will produce about double that amount, and miniature horses produce 10 to 20 pounds daily....
by Carol Mowdy Bond
Matt Treptow was a 14-year-old skateboarder, hooked on adrenaline rushes and skater magazines. He was so enamored with action imagery that he wanted to capture that intensity. So he walked into a pawnshop and bought a camera and lenses. Treptow set the camera on sport mode,...
by Leigh Ann Matthews
Johnny Blasier of Coyle, Oklahoma, never considered himself a horse trainer, although he enjoyed horses and owned several. But when a certain filly entered his life, everything changed. She captured his heart and his life with her exceptional personality, resulting in countless hours of trick training....
by Ashley Daily
Photos courtesy of Equine Medical Associates, Inc.
Parasites are organisms that attach themselves to a host to suck blood or obtain nutrients. Most internal parasites are species specific, meaning equine parasites survive only in horses, cattle parasites survive only in cattle, and so on. External parasites, however, are...
by Carol Mowdy Bond
Tales of other Old West lawmen have overshadowed the narrative about Deputy United States Marshal Bass Reeves in historical records and modern storytelling. But during his time in the saddle, Reeves was respected, with a superstar status in law enforcement. He reflects early Oklahoma’s multicultural population...
by Kim Redo
Photos courtesy of Melissa Miller
From 4-H to Churchill Downs, Melissa Miller’s life is the essence of how dreams come true. This zesty cowgirl from Choctaw, Oklahoma, fills her professional downtime as a nurse with the most incredible adventures with her horses. She is the real deal.
As a...
by Andrea Chancellor
Spring and summer shows in Shawnee, Oklahoma, promise excitement on “mini” levels, featuring equines of various breeds — all miniature.
The 2025 events have multiple moving parts, including judged sessions, hundreds of exhibitors, a Mini Stampede, Red River Shootout, Last Chance showdown, Fat N Fuzzy mini training show,...
by Casie Bazay
In March 2023, a research paper titled “Early dispersal of domestic horses into the Great Plains and northern Rockies” was published in the journal Science. A joint effort of 87 scientists, archaeologists, and Native Plains peoples, the research project had aimed to provide a clearer picture of...
by Lindsay Humphrey
Photos courtesy of Morgan Vance
Surrounded by horses of every shape, color, size, and age was a unique way for Morgan Vance and her younger sister, Madison, to grow up. In rural Pawnee, Oklahoma, their family’s Diamond V Ranch juggled bringing new horses into the world while simultaneously...
by Leigh Ann Matthews
We’ve probably all seen a swaybacked horse at some point, either real or in cartoons, and wondered what might have caused the condition. Characterized by a large dip in the spine, often with very high withers and a downward curve to the topline and hip, equine...
