Caring for Cutting Horses … Er, Ponies
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In 2012 editor-in-chief Stephanie Church started an editorial tradition: Once a year our four-strong team of dressage/eventing/hunter/jumper riders takes a horsey field trip to try out a new discipline. Last winter it was polo, which was a blast even if my mallet-wielding arm was sore for days after. This month we all tried our hands (and seats) at cutting cows. Talk about a completely different riding style than I’m used to!
The first cow we met was the “babysitter.”
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Alexandra Beckstett, a native of Houston, Texas, is a lifelong horse owner who has shown successfully on the national hunter/jumper circuit and dabbled in hunter breeding. After graduating from Duke University, she joined Blood-Horse Publications as assistant editor of its book division, Eclipse Press, before joining The Horse. She was the managing editor of The Horse for nearly 14 years and is now editorial director of EquiManagement and My New Horse, sister publications of The Horse.
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