The Horse Stuff...

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Myth Busting...

Now that it’s racing’s triple crown season again, it is time to discuss how Montana has contributed to America’s horse racing history, but not in the “wild west” ways people think. This is horse country, but not simply the land of Mustangs, cow horses or the “ponies” of Native people (which is yet another topic for a myth-busting blog post). Our history of raising blooded Thoroughbreds on native bunchgrass is older than statehood itself… More

To Rein or to Reign...

Confusing “reign” for “rein” is my pet peeve. More...

Here are some of my greatest hits from my old Wahler Equine blog at WordPress:

The road not taken: Why I write about horses...

The “horse bug,” however contracted, is incurable and lifelong. It might even be genetic: my father, my grandfather, and my great-grandfather all worked with horses. In any case, I have it. And that is why [in 2017] I write about horses...More on my origin story...