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Equine anemia turns up in some Manitoba horses

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 2, 2017

A viral horse disease that’s more prevalent further west in Canada has returned to Manitoba for the first time in recent memory, as horses from two municipalities have been found to caught the virus in the past four weeks. Equine infectious anemia (EIA) was confirmed in horses from a property in the RM of St. […] Read more

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e-Manifests hit the road in Alberta

Identification: News Roundup from the November 2016 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 1, 2016

A staged rollout of an e-manifest being developed by Alberta’s Livestock Identification Services (LIS) for the province’s cattle producers and horse owners is now underway with plans to add sheep in due time. An electronic version of the paper manifest has been available since June for transport only. It can be used by producers when […] Read more

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History: The Future of the Farm Horse in Western Canada

Reprinted from the April 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 27, 2016

The Future of the Farm Horse in Western Canada By A. H. Ewan, Professor of Animal Husbandry, University of Saskatchewan ‘The history of the farm horse in Western Canada has been brief but not inglorious – at least not until the last few years. Land settlement on the Prairies started in the 1870’s, encouraged by […] Read more

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History: Greatest Canadian Bred Mare of All Time: Part 2

Reprinted from the April 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 20, 2016

Greatest Canadian Bred Mare of All Time: Part 2 By Guy Weadick, High River, Alta. The fact remains that Lynch and Rankin delivered the horses to Reynolds as agreed and in payment, Reynolds gave Lynch one of the race horses, a mare registered on the books as “Frolia,” but known in Canada as “Sangree.” Some […] Read more

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History: “Topsy” The Rope-Spinning Horse

Reprinted from the April 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff October 6, 2016

History: “Topsy” The Rope-Spinning Horse By Guy Weadick, High River, Alta. ‘Now I have known fancy ropers for a long time and am pretty familiar with all the tricks in that trade that have been accomplished by the manipulators of the spinning lariat, but this mare “Topsy” I’m going to tell you about, is the […] Read more

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History: Greatest Canadian Bred Mare of All Time: Part 1

Reprinted from the April 1950 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 22, 2016

Greatest Canadian Bred Mare of All Time: Part 1 By Guy Weadick, High River, Alta. You find horse lovers everywhere, in every walk of life. For years cow-punchers on every range have bragged of their top cuttin’ and ropin’ ponies. Old-timers of the range delight in telling of their “long circle” mounts, whose stamina was […] Read more

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History: Light Horses in Saskatchewan

Reprinted from the March 1947 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff January 28, 2016

Light Horses in Saskatchewan Z.M. Hamilton, Regina, Sask. ‘In the early days of settlement on what is now the prairie region of Saskatchewan, most of the settlers were a riding folk. Everyone of consequence had a horse and saddle of sorts and, at first most of the horses were bronchos, as wild as deer, in […] Read more

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Broncho busters and their saddles of 50 years ago

History pages reprinted from the March 1949 issue of Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 2, 2015

Bronco Busters and Their Saddles of Fifty Years Ago Bert Sheppard, Longview, Alta. ‘The day that I write about was that which preceded the coming of the automobile or “Stink Wagon” as it was often referred to. In Western Canada, East of the Rockies, it would be from about 1882 to 1907, from the time that […] Read more

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Fireway and Melbourne

Pages of history from Canadian Cattlemen

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 7, 2014

Fireway and Melbourne: They gave Western Canada its start in light horse breeding by D.E. Cameron ‘Western horsemen, and particularly those among them who are interested in the light horse, have kept alive a tradition of two great horses, Fireway and Melbourne, which were imported to Western Canada in the early days by the Hudson’s […] Read more

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Rod Redfern: A saga of a broncho buster

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By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 30, 2014

A Saga of a Broncho Buster by Bert Sheppard, Longview, Alta. ‘Rod Redfern was the fifth boy of fourteen children – nine boys and five girls – born on October 8th, 1877. He attended school at Ironrod during the summer months. When he was twelve years old he went to help his brother, Jim, who […] Read more

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Equine anemia turns up in some Manitoba horses

e-Manifests hit the road in Alberta

History: The Future of the Farm Horse in Western Canada

History: Greatest Canadian Bred Mare of All Time: Part 2

History: “Topsy” The Rope-Spinning Horse

History: Greatest Canadian Bred Mare of All Time: Part 1

History: Light Horses in Saskatchewan

Broncho busters and their saddles of 50 years ago

Fireway and Melbourne

Rod Redfern: A saga of a broncho buster

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