According to a 2019 survey by the Clark County Executive Horse Council, owners are facing an increase in equine-related expenses, both direct and indirect. The survey contains a total of 675 responses from equine (horse or members of the horse family) owners around the county. 

For those looking to explore on horseback, the Rock Creek Horse Campground has opened up two new trails to ride on. Both stemming from the original 26-mile Tarbell Trail, the Silver Shadow Trail and Six Sense Trail offer riders new ground to “hoof-it.” 

Nearly a year ago, local equestrian Anita Will opened up an art gallery in the halls behind Urban Basics in Battle Ground. On display are canvases bearing landscapes and cars, but most prominently featured is Will’s greatest passion — horses.

Battle Ground High School

The Mount St. Helens chapter of the Back Country Horsemen will be having their regional work party from May 22 to May 25 at the Kalama Horse Camp. 

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Most of Washington’s ocean beaches and several Washington state parks allow equestrian activities, including sections of State Parks’ long-distance trails. A handful of park concessionaires also rent horses and mules and offer guided rides.

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The Southwest Washington Horse Club Colorpalooza will be at the Clark County Event Center April 6 and 7. The show is put on by the Southwest Washington Paint Horse Club, whose inception was in 1975. 

Top 10 results by the La Center High School Equestrian Club from a meet in Elma over the weekend of Feb. 22-24.   

Almost two years ago, author Wendy Tinker made a quiet retreat from the hustling-bustling Shoreline area to a secluded, arboraceous cabin just outside of Roy. She needed to get away. But most of all, she was looking to refocus her attention toward a young adult novel she was writing. 

The past few months have been busy for the Clark County Saddle Club. The group’s old arena was sold, 40 acres of land for a new arena was purchased and the club organized a lease on the old land to still operate while a new arena is built.

Last November, California experienced some of its deadliest fires — but this is not a story about devastation and loss, rather it is a story with a happy ending. This is also a story about how Steve Rother and Francesca Carsen of Rother’s Horsemanship in Hunters, a small town along the Colum…

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” 

Mariann Deering will never forget the tragic events that ended the life of her 10-year-old Trote y Galope horse Chiqua.