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Columns: 8 Horse Bites20 The Cowboy Way - Corey Johnson22 Tack Talk - Lew Pewterbaugh40 Hooves N’ Horses - Jaime Jackson46 Cowboy Corner - Jim Hubbard

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May 2014FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK

The appearance of our friends Pat and Linda Parelli some 20 miles from Horseback Headquarters will mark the Tenth Anniversary of a wonderful relationship between our magazine and a couple of bona fide equestrian superstars. (Join us in Conroe, Texas May 17-18). To purchase tickets go to www.parelli.com. We had just bought a publication called Texas Horse Talk and were scrambling to

revamp the editorial lineup to something more to our liking, and soon even to change its name to Horseback. Frankly, we didn’t know much about horses at the time other than the fact we needed to do regular vet care, what kind of feed to buy, that they liked turnout, and that the ground damn sure was hard when you fell off a 16 hh Thoroughbred named Dillon. But we were savvy publishers and quick learners. One of the first things we did was to learn the names of the top clinicians in the business. In those ten years, the names haven’t changed; John and Josh Lyons, Monty Roberts, Clinton Anderson, Buck Brannaman, and a good looking cowboy and his better looking wife, Pat and Linda Parelli. At one time or another, we’ve interviewed all of them.If longtime readers of Horseback have learned anything, it’s that we aren’t shy and always reach for the brass ring. One of the previous owner’s columnists had quit upon our taking the reins of the book and so we had an editorial hole to fill. We took a long shot and called Pat and he actually returned our call, much to our astonishment. Within five minutes he was talking about the two of us doing a column together in a Q&A format. It was the launch of a ten year relationship and friendship that has grown stronger with each issue. We believe that relationship, and that column did much to establish credibility for Horseback Magazine. We owe an enormous thank you to Pat and Linda, and the entire Parelli organization. I’m certain we could have done it without you, but it would have been neither as easy, nor as good! You see, Pat and Linda couldn’t possibly have known how small our magazine was at the time. Back then it was called Texas Horse Talk and was distributed in the five counties surrounding Houston as well as to a tiny subscription list. Within a year, we had taken the publication statewide and eventually grew it to the current distribution pattern of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. Since that first call to Pat Parelli, we’ve reached for the brass ring time and time again, even into a former president’s inner circle when Ronald Reagan passed and we wanted some stories of the only horseman to occupy the White House since Lyndon Johnson. You see, reaching for the impossible is our style and it’s paid off, because quite often, what we’ve reached for reaches back to us. So thank you Pat and Linda, for giving a fledgling magazine the credibility and clout to gain the respect we enjoy today. We’ll see you in Conroe.

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Lifestyle & Real Estate:24 Barn & Garden30 Real Estate Roundup32 Land Conservation - Steven Long

Ten Good Years With Pat and Linda

CONTRIBUTING WRITERSJim Hubbard, Steven Long, Vicki Long, Dianne Lindig, Roni Norquist, Pat Parelli, Darley Newman, Kelsey Hellmann, Lew Pewterbaugh, Cathy Strobel, Cory Johnson, Margaret Pirtle, Jaime Jackson

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charities and horse sport, we can fully understand how the right surfaces, with the necessary preparation and ongoing maintenance can extend the working lives of sport horses and produce the best performances.” The white paper has been fund-ed by the FEI, World Horse Welfare, the Swedish Foundation for Equine Research and the British Equestrian Federation, working with lead author Dr Sarah Jane Hobbs – research lead in equine biomechanics at the University of Central Lancashire (GBR) and mem-ber of Research and Consultancy in Equine Surfaces (RACES) – and seven equine scientists and researchers in the UK, USA and Sweden

DEADLINE NEARS FOR USA EQUESTRIAN TRUST GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS

LEXINGTON, (USA Eq. Trust) — The deadline to submit proposals for USA Equestrian Trust’s 2014 grants program has passed. IRS-registered equine non-profit organizations were invited to ap-ply by filling out the online grant ap-plication at www.trusthorses.org. The deadline ended on Monday, May 5. In 2013, the Trust awarded nearly $265,000 to help fund more than a dozen projects. The Trust’s finan-cial support has been dedicated largely but not exclusively for initiatives that are productive across several national-level discipline and/or breed boundar-ies. The Trust welcomed applications for need-based projects and encouraged applicants to detail those in their appli-cations. Among the past recipients of Trust funding were:

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LEXINGTON, (FEI) – The world’s most extensive study into the effect of arena surfaces on the orthopaedic health of sport horses in the seven FEI disciplines and in racing has been pub-lished by the FEI. The Equine Surfaces White Pa-per is the result of a four-year collabora-tion between eight equine experts from six universities, three equine and rac-ing-specific research and testing centers and two horse charities in Sweden, the UK and United States. The white paper brings togeth-er the latest data and published scien-tific papers on arena and turf surfaces, and the effects these have on horses in training and in competition. Key properties of footing, and the effects of footing on horses’ physi-ological and biomechanical responses, are described in the white paper, as well as the optimal composition, construc-tion and maintenance of arenas for maximizing equine performance while minimizing injury risk. Current methods of measuring the physical properties of surfaces, and the essential surface preparation and maintenance techniques, are also dis-cussed in the white paper in terms easily understood by riders, trainers, course designers and arena builders, in order to guide future progress in providing suit-able competition and training surfaces for sport horses. “The Equine Surfaces White Paper is the biggest international col-

THE UNITED STATES PONY CLUBS: $9,855 was awarded in 2012 to help create a traveling display that serves as an interactive, educational experience for children. “The United States Pony Clubs develops character, leadership, confi-dence and a sense of community in

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AMERICAN YOUTH HORSE COUNCIL: $5,000 was awarded in 2013 to support the group’s annual symposium that educates youth on all facets of the equine industry. “We appreciate the significant support we received from USA Eques-trian Trust,” said Executive Director Danette McGuire. “These are the kinds of investments that allow the Ameri-can Youth Horse Council to help kids connect through horses by providing a cost-effective educational symposium for youth and youth leaders who repre-sent all aspects of the equine industry.”

KENTUCKY HORSE PARK FOUN-DATION: $25,000 was awarded in 2013 to assist in the creation of dedi-cated horse paths at the Kentucky Horse Park to enhance safety for horses and riders. “The Kentucky Horse Park Foundation was able to meet our fun-draising goal for constructing the All the Gold Dedicated Horse Path due in large part to the generous support of USA Equestrian Trust,” said Execu-tive Director Laura Klumb. “We are delighted that the Trust’s commitment to equestrian sport dovetails with the Kentucky Horse Park’s commitment to ensuring the safety of horse and rider. The All the Gold Dedicated Horse Path allows the Kentucky Horse Park to ensure the safest environment possible for the thousands of horses and riders that compete here on an annual basis. We are very grateful.”

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For the better part of ten years I have written a column with my friend Pat Parelli and on occa-sion his Au s s i e b o r n

wife Linda. It has been a college level course in what he calls Natu-ral Horsemanship, and it works. On May 17 - 18, 2014 he will bring his traveling road show to the Lone Star Con-vention and Expo Cen-ter in Conroe at 9055 Airport Road, just off Loop 336, on the north side of town. The program will begin on Saturday with an all day seminar on The Future of Safety, Training and Problem Solving. It will con-tinue on Sunday with the theme, Creating the Calm, Confident Performance Horse. Saturday’s event will run from 9 AM until 5 PM, and Sun-day’s will continue from 9 AM to 4

PM. Attendees can expect breath-taking performances by both Pat and Linda throughout the show. Horseback sat down with Pat to talk about the Parelli program,

where it’s gone, and where it is go-ing. We first asked what it has ac-complished. “For three decades, my ears

have been burning with some-thing a lot of people have said and that is, what have you ever won?” Pat said. “What has anybody that has done the Parelli program ever

won?” Well, for one thing, Parelli was a PRCA cowboy, travel-ing on the road in saddle bronc events long before he ever picked up a microphone and learned he could make a living teaching what came naturally to him. In his years as a rodeo competitor, Pat consistently won gold buck-les. “I know one thing, horse-manship, natural horsemanship, true horsemanship, is the great-est foundation for any special-ization,” Pat continued. “So far today, one of our Savvy Club members has won the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont, and the $6 million Dubai Cup race – Win-

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Pat Parelli Competing in NCHA Cutting


What’s more, the equestri-an is now training for the Olym-pics. “He just won by jumping over seven feet high,” Pat proudly told Horseback in late April. “ The story was written in European pa-pers about how every time he won a jump, he would get off and give his horse a carrot”. But the Parelli success sto-ry continued beyond Europe this past year, Parelli said. “A Parelli person went to the Para-Olympics in China and came back with silver and gold. One of the two best students I had in Australia is now known as Linda Parelli, by the way.” Parelli’s influence goes far beyond equestrian events such as show jumping and dressage. “I have graduates in the National Cutting Horse Associa-tion (NCHA) Hall of Fame”, Pat said. Parelli teaches through programs that were created from his astute observation and un-derstanding of horses’ behavior, psychology, and communication. His word “Horsenality” was born in 1993 by combining the words

“horse”and “personality”, and the knowledge that no two horses are the same. Understanding and work-ing with that concept produce great horsemen and great horses. He has taken that philosophy to a remark-able level in his own family. “My son Caton, 31-years-old”, was born with the condition hy-drocephalus and had so much brain damage that he would probably never walk or talk.” Anybody who has attended a Parelli event in recent years has watched as his profoundly handi-capped son progressed to become a proficient rider, even demonstrating his father’s winning ways in the arena in front of a crowd of thousands. “He had lost everything on the right side,” Parelli recalls. “He now competes in reining, reined cow horse, and he has won five belt buck-les against able bodied competitors and has won more than $3,000 in the NCHA.” Parelli’s reach is global. “An-other of my students in Switzerland just started cutting this year and is sitting fifth in the world in her class,” he stated. Increasingly, Parelli and some of his students are drifting toward

cutting. “It’s been a great start for what we call Team Parelli in NCHA Cutting,’ he said. “I have three horses sitting in the top 20 or 30 in the world.” But Parelli’s unbridled suc-cess doesn’t stop with cutting. “We have dressage riders, cutters, jumpers, and reiners,” he boasted. And as first time visitors to the Parelli event in Conroe will soon learn, Parelli teaches using easy to remember acronyms. In this case he reminds that “All of my students understand the formula, T.S.T.L.,” he laughed. “They have the talent, they have the skills to develop natu-rally, they will have the try that they will need to exceed most of what the world adheres to, and the horse will feel like the luckiest horse in the world.” And ever the promoter, Pat left Horseback readers with a final thought. “Come to Conroe May 17-18 and you are going to see us apply these things to horses, both English and Western. Keep it natural.” For ticket information go to www.parelli.com.

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I last wrote about skunks when I was the one getting dosed, so I thought I would tell another sto-ry where I was the witness and not the witnessed.

In college there was a guy that was from one of the European coun-tries (Sweden, I think) and he was there to take the Horse Training and Man-agement course. He said he wanted to learn all he could so that he could go back to his country and start a training stable with his Dad. He was a pretty good guy, but we sure had a hard time understanding him sometimes. So we did our darndest to incorporate him in a wild cowboy lifestyle. Fortunately for him he was somewhat immune to our cowboyology lessons. But some-times his curiosity got the best of him.

“Skunkology 101” One of my buddies, Guy, was the RA for our dorm. Meaning he was tasked with keeping some order, I think mainly on me and some of my buddies. I would like to think there were others that were just as wild, but I never really saw any of them. The walkway from the dining hall area and the fellows dorm was glass on both sides. One evening some-one noticed a skunk through the glass. We all knew to pretty much stay away from them. B u t Jan (pro-n o u n c e d yawn), I guess, had never seen a skunk and his curiosity got the bet-ter of him. Guy volun-teered, (that’s what I’ll call it, anyway), and took him outside for a closer look to teach him something about skunks. You have to understand where they were going was

like a box canyon, one way in and on no way out. Most of us were watching through the glass, pure evil, morbid curiosity, I guess. Guy had a wild streak in him and did like the prac-tical jokes, so we just knew there was something about to happen. When they were approaching the skunk he was fac-ing the glass, (I guess it was a he, none of us got brave enough to in-

troduce ourselves!), but with the rack-et Jan was making the skunk turned around to face them (lucky them). What happened next is hard to say, because at that moment the skunk sprayed the glass. Not only does skunk oil stink, but it makes a terrible glass cleaner too. The glass was so covered with skunk spray all you could really see was shapes. Two big ones and one

tiny black one. Jan and Guy were hol-lering and yelling trying to vacate the area as fast as they could. They came roaring in the dorms, bringing with them their new odor. Of course, this was the funniest thing most of us had seen in a few days so the laughing went on for some time. I don’t think either one of them got a full on spray, but they did get some of the fall out. It hung on for a day or two, but the memory has hung on for a lot longer! Guy, who is a successful rein-ing horse trainer now, was always one who would gladly suggest crazy things to do…but always seemed to avoid the fall out. Does that make him chicken - or smart? I don’t know, there is a fine line there. Jan learned that curiosity didn’t kill the cat, but it sure would get him sprayed by a skunk! I think he passed Skunkology 101 with flying colors!

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The Leather Trade”

Horseback Magazine’s Saddle & Tack Editor

Last month I suggested that people should look at learning a trade, specifically in the leather craft

business. My goal for this country would be to fire at least half of the government workers and put them into a trade so they could earn an honest living, however they would probably be as incompetent there as they are in their current position. Passion is the one thing that a person in any skilled trade must have. So many people used to come into my shop and say, “I just love the smell of leather”. Working leather, be it building boots, bridles or brassieres, is usually a pleasure. Personally, I’ve always wanted to make a career of building hand fitted deerskin halter tops. I’ve built three deerskin bedspreads, and one leather and

hair-on cowhide bedspread. I’ve built briefcases for Israeli tank commanders and Texas oilmen, and, one of the latest items, a “back up planner”. This looks like a day planner, but when you open it, it contains a pistol and spare clip. The demand for custom leather items is staggering, especially in metro areas. Where I work now, we are always three to four weeks behind, and it is very difficult to find anyone that wants to learn leathercraft as a business. We recently acquired a boot and shoe repair business. The former owner is working with us, but has health problems and wants to retire. I’ve been waiting four months for a pair of my boots to be rebuilt at a shop in Kerrville. I’m not complaining.

I have lots of good boots, and the guy is very reasonable on price. I heard there is a shop in Fredericksburg that is for sale. Lots of people still buy good boots, and even though there are more and more Chinese made boots that can’t really be rebuilt, I’m afraid that those of us who like good, handmade, hand lasted boots, with three quarter welts and pegged shanks, with leather soles and heels, there may come a time when we just can’t get them resoled. A good pair of boots can be resoled at least three times, then you may have to rewelt them, and they’re good for three more unless some other part just flat wears out. How about making new boots?

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Don Atkinson is dead. His boots started at $900.00 a pair. Paul Bond is dead. I’m not sure how much his boots were, but I’m sorry I never got a pair. Chinese boots with plastic heels and cardboard filler just don’t do it for me, plus I despise the companies that export our heritage overseas. We at least share a common thread with Mexico when it comes to the western industry. Hondo makes some fine boots. I have three pair. They are made in Mexico. If you want to run a factory, think about bringing boot making back to the U.S. If you want to make custom boots, you can get into the business pretty reasonably. Is saddle making a lost art? Not on your life. There are lots of custom saddle makers today Unfortunately, there are very few that understand saddle fit to go along with their saddle making skills, but still, if you know what tree you need, there are some exceptional saddle makers out there, and the good ones are generally

two or three years behind on orders. There are several good schools out there where you can spend a month or six weeks learning the basics, and you generally come out of the school with a saddle that you have made for yourself. It’s also possible to apprentice to a custom saddle maker to learn the skills you need. Gunleather is another wide open field. So many guns, and so many ways to carry them. Even though there are lots of companies that make gunleather, there are lots and lots of people that want something unique. We do lots of gun belts, and lots of holsters, most are tooled with fancy hand tooling, but a lot of them are just good plain leather. If you like guns and like leather, gunleather is an excellent hobby or business. There are leather craftsmen who specialize in cowboy mounted shooting leather. Those double holsters often approach $1,000.00. Rifle scabbards for mounted shooting are unique and can be very pricey.

Custom chaps are another thing getting scarcer and scarcer. We had a woman from Arizona in the store the other day that could not find anyone in her state to make working chaps. We’re sending her a pair, customized with her ranch brand, this week. Some people specialize in rodeo chaps. One of my apprentices of years past worked his way through college building bull riding chaps for his buddies. Some elk skin chinks with twisted fringe, shadows, and hand tooling, can run $700.00 or $800.00. There is serious money to be made in the custom leather business, as well as artistic expression, and the satisfaction of having made something of utility and beauty will last for decades.


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Time? As I gave my daughter a dehydrator for her birthday, I wondered to myself why she was so excited to receive it. To me, food should be soft and plump, not dried and crispy. Well sometimes daughters know a heck of a lot more than an old mom. From organic fruit rolls for her kids to jerky spiced perfectly, she has given me a whole new look at what can be done with this simple machine. By just dehydrating onions, then giving them a whirl in a blender, you have onion power. Same for garlic and celery. All those herbs that seems to be ready in the garden at the same time - dry them out and put them in small jars, ready for a whole year of seasonings. From vegetable chips to sauces, this small inexpensive machine can help you save a whole summer of goodness that can be used throughout the year. Dehydrators can be purchased from Walmart and a range of other stores for less that $50.

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When you drive through horse country in Texas, you never know what to expect. But

somehow I doubt that many people would expect to find the internation-al flair that struck me as I drove onto the beautiful Haras Dos Cavaleiros property. With a blend of Portugal, Spain and Mex-ico mixed in together; this multi-faceted train-ing facility is the home of numerous beautiful Lu-sitano horses. With their breeding stock located on two other nearby proper-ties, most of these horses are home-bred by Haras and all of them will turn your head. As I arrived for

my tour of the facility, I was greeted by General Manager, Ariadna Soler. Clearly passionate about the many aspects of Haras, she made it clear that everything on the property was inspired by horses. With two accom-plished international full time train-ers and many more hands to keep the operation running, the horses are

kept on a rigorous training sched-ule that centers on the sport called Working Equitation. A popular sport in Europe and Mexico, the Working Equitation International Association, U.S.A. has been established as the governing organization in the U.S. The sport is focused on developing a partnership between horses and rid-

ers with the competition format consisting of four phases:

1. The Dressage Trial is a compulsory test in a standard 20 x 40 meter arena, based upon the sport of dressage. Each element of the test is scored separately for quality as well as overall scores on the quality of the performance.

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2. The Ease of Handling Trial gives the horse and rider the opportunity to maneuver a course of obstacles demonstrating the horse’s willing-ness and versatility. Each obstacle is judged separately for quality and cor-rectness, with overall scores reflecting collection, impulsion and regularity of the gaits. 3. The Speed Trial is an exciting crowd pleaser. Similar to the Ease of Handling, the competitors complete the obstacle course as before, but as a timed event. The time along with penalties for course faults deter-mines the placings. 4. The Cow Trial is the final phase and can only be offered at team competitions. Teams of 3-4 riders move cattle

from a small herd, one at a time, to a holding pen. This is another timed event that promises to en-tertain the crowds. Open to all breeds and disciplines, the rider can compete in whatever tack and attire is rela-tive to their discipline. English or western, gaited or not, the variety

of styles adds even more interest to this fascinating sport.I n October of 2014, Haras will be hosting the Haras Cup Working Eq-uitation competition in their new show arena. With thousands of dollars in prize money, they are hoping to draw more attention to this sport. The spacious covered

arena is well equipped with lights, sound sys-tem and a viewing area for spectators on one side. At the end of the arena is a stately glass en-closed room for viewing in air conditioned com-fort. The furnishings are comfortable yet elegant and the centerpiece is an enormous gold statue of a magnificent horse. With a great love and respect for horses, everything



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on this special property has been de-signed with the equestrian influence. An elegant gourmet Mexican restaurant sits near the entrance with succulent aromas wafting through the air inviting you in. Above the restau-rant is a small inn with 5 rooms for visitors to stay overnight. Across a short hallway is an elegant conference room with spacious seating on plump couches and chairs, complete with a large media board. Outside is a quiet swimming pool for cooling off after a hot ride. The grounds are well kept with a large courtyard between the 32 stall barn and the covered arena, complete with a splashing fountain. Behind the courtyard is a beautiful lake with a pier and bridge to a small island. The atmosphere is perfect for a special gathering such as a wedding. And yes, they do facilitate all kinds of events, meetings, parties and even weddings. And they are not finished. As I toured the 60 acre facility, I could see where they were clearing the land for a new convention center, 24 room hotel, day spa and show arena. There is always a lot going on at this destination. While I was there, Claudia Elsner Matos, international Working Equitation judge, was con-

ducting a judging clinic for judges who had gathered from around the country. Also on property was Jorge DeSousa, two time World Working Equitation Champion from Portugal. Jorge flies in several times a year to train the in house trainers at Haras and conduct public clinics. I was fortunate enough to meet the owner, Rafael Chavez, who was meeting with his architect on final plans for future development. He and all of the people we met were incred-ibly nice, helpful and informative. Originally from Mexico, Rafael told me that he and his wife, Car-mina Zamarano, love this location. They consider it to be a great place to raise their chil-dren and appre-ciate how easy it is to travel in and out of near-by Houston for business or plea-sure.

Supporting the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show as a major spon-sor and by creating a destination horse facility to be enjoyed by many, Haras Dos Cavaleiros promises to add a new dimension of luxury and entertainment to equestrian sports in Texas. The horse community is very fortunate to have such a dynamic fa-cility blossoming in Texas. For more information, visit www.harasdc.us.

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TAMMY FOREMAN -REALTORHodde Real Estate Co.112 W. Main Street, Brenham, TX

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In launching this new series by Jaime Jackson, we wanted to start with an excerpt from

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what and how we feed them or the unlimited grazing in lush, green pastures - contributes to their breakdown and the onset of diseases and disorders such as Cushings, EMS, laminitis, Navicular Syndrome, IR, etc. Happily, many conditions that had once been a death sentence for horses are now either reversible or manageable if we simply incorporate those NHC practices that we know to be appropriate for the species. ~ Jill Willis, J. Jackson NHC Services and partner, Institute for the Study of Natural Horse Care Practices “The sound, healthy feet of the Great Basin wild horse define the natural state of the hoof and the foundations for natural hoof care. Thus, we must begin with a discussion of the “natural state,” why it applies to domesticated horses and why the wild horse hoof is worthy of emulation. It seems reasonable to ask, “What does a “wild” hoof have to do with a “domestic” horse?” Often, I hear, “What applies to wild horses doesn’t apply to domestic horses because they aren’t wild and they don’t live naturally.” Of course, this type of logic is fraught with misunderstanding. While the science of how / when they arrived on our planet lies beyond the scope of this text, it is their relevance to their domesticated cousins that matters. Of significance for our purposes is that the modern horse (Equus ferus caballus) and his wild, pre-domesticated antecedent, Equus ferus ferus, form a single homogeneous group and are genetically indistinguishable from each other. This fact is foundational to our work because what we do is based on their biological adaptation - yet another word inviting confusion! Many think adaptation means that someone or something ‘adjusts’ or becomes accustomed to something new or

different. Scientists define adaptation as the evolutionary process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment over many generations or tens of thousands of years. Adaptations occur through natural selection, the process by which those heritable traits that make it easier for an organism to survive and successfully reproduce become more common over successive generations. Thus, from an evolutionary standpoint of long term species stability, the wild horse foot, like the wild horse himself, is, very worthy of being a model to emulate. Rejecting the value of “wildness” is foolish because it means rejecting the horse’s biology! When we say a horse is “wild,” all we’re saying is that he isn’t domesticated. (Another word that seems to cause confusion is the term feral. Wild horses are sometimes said to be “feral,” which means they were domesticated but have returned to their wild state.) Nevertheless, they are all

genetically derived from Equus ferus ferus and are one species. This is no different from camels, llamas, and elephants, all of which have known feral, wild, and domesticated lifestyles too. It is simply a matter of the effects of lifestyle and environment rather than biology. (Note: Wild horses did not technically adapt to the Great Basin environment; these horses came from runaways and deliberate turn-outs, the first probably deriving from Spanish stock during the early exploration and colonization of the continent. In fact, scientists believe the species became extinct here some 10,000 years ago. It is thought that the unfavorable climate contributed to the horse’s extinction, accelerated from over-hunting by early tribes of humans. And by the time the Spanish arrived in the American southwest, the region more closely resembled the semi-arid Eurasian steppes where Equus ferus ferus had long ago flourished and became domesticated. But my point is that these horses did not adapt to this environment, but the Great Basin once more “fit” the adaptation of the species. Thus, the hoof we see in the Great Basin today, is representative of that adaptation - what I have come to appreciate as the perfectly natural hoof.) At the core of the natural trim which is defined as a humane, barefoot trimming method that mimics the natural wear patterns of wild, free-roaming horses of the U.S. Great Basin or similar adaptative biomes, is the word natural. Of course, this warrants more confusion. Can anything be natural when human “intervention” is

Jaime trimming just a ‘sliver’ of the hoof wall from the hind foot of ‘Tess,’ one of five horses living in a Paddock Paradise at the AANHCP field headquarters in Lompoc, California. Jaime refers to the rim of hoof wall - a characteristic of the hooves of wild horses as well - as ‘nature’s horse shoe.’ Photo by Jill Willis


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involved in the process? Arguably, the term natural has been so savaged that the answer must be “no!” However, when we rise to the laws of nature and apply common sense principles, the meaning stands firmly in place. The adaptation of Equus ferus caballus is a constant undercurrent to anything done to the hoof. This force cannot be ignored; it must be understood and integrated. The natural trim, even with its own complex mechanics, cannot stand alone to bring the hoof into alignment. There

must be absolute adherence to two tenets: Primum non nocere (First, do no harm) and Vis medicatrix naturae (Respect the healing powers of nature). Nature’s principles flow readily from these two admonitions. In addition, I have included in the trimming guidelines the “Four Guiding Principles,” which are based on the wild horse model and connect us directly to nature’s principles and the powerful forces of adaptation. I would never trim a horse’s foot without these in mind at every moment.

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1. Leave that which naturally should be there. This refers to protecting and preserving the integrity of the basic structures of the hoof, such as the frog, bars, sole, and wall. This

aligns with “do no harm.” 2. Remove only that which is naturally worn away in the wild. Only that which would be worn away in the horse’s wild state is what should be removed during the trimming process.3. Allow to grow that which should be there naturally but isn’t - due to human meddling. If the hoof has already been over-trimmed, one must use restraint. In particular, refrain from removing needed epidermis to attempt matching an already

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over-trimmed area as it only makes matters worse for the horse. 4. Ignore all pathology. This warns trimmers not to focus on any pathology present or on any possible violations of the three previous principles but to look intuitively to healing that will come in time when adhering to NHC principles and practices. Pathology invariably takes care of itself when we do healthful things. When natural wear patterns are diligently applied to the hoof at regular 4-5 week intervals, the natural trim triggers a cascade of integrated biodynamic forces that produce new growth and reinforce naturally shaped hooves. This melding of forces is described as a reinforcing “cycle of form and function.” In reality, it defines the specific role and limits of the natural trim. Briefly, the cycle is as follows:1. The ‘natural trim’ mimics natural wear patterns of wild horse feet. This is done regardless of the damage done to the foot. The Guiding Principles govern how this is achieved while respecting and incorporating the individual horse’s unique conformational and other attributes that will influence future growth (size, shape and proportion).Jaime Jackson Article for Horseback2. Through mimicking the natural wear patterns, we stimulate natural growth patterns. Immediately following the trim, the foot’s sensitive (innervated) and vascular dermal structures respond by producing growth patterns that correspond to the natural wear patterns. This response seems to be driven genetically by the powerful adaptative force. 3. Natural growth patterns create natural hoof shapes. The result is a hoof that, with other holistic interventions, becomes increasingly more naturally shaped with each trim.4. Natural shapes facilitate the natural gaits. The initial growth pattern response to the trim, having reached ground level after 1 hoof growth cycle, now provides a more naturally shaped hoof (size, shape, and proportion) and the horse can now move more naturally on his feet using his natural gaits. Horse owners can assist in this area by providing reasonably natural boarding conditions for their horses and becoming a more natural rider.5. Natural gaits create natural weight-bearing forces. The natural gaits now begin to organize and propel weight bearing forces as the horse moves more naturally on his feet. The feet receive and resist these powerful forces delivered by the natural gaits, and as

they do, the hooves are more naturally shaped. It is interesting to note that muscle groups, once organized around a less than natural or outright pathological hoof conformation also begin to transform. It is not uncommon to hear, “My horse looks entirely different!”

Jaime Jackson is the author of 5 books, a hoof care professional & natural horse care consultant. He is the founding member of the non-profit equine advo-cacy organization, Association for the Advancement of Natural Horse Care Practices (www.aanhcp.net) & the principle instructor for the Institute for the

Study of Natural Horse Care Practices (www.isnhcp.net), which he and his business partner, Jill Willis,

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