By Sarah Welk Baynum on October 10, 2024
american quarter horse, APHA, AQHA, Brad Jewett, Horse, Horses, Jamie Dowdy, NSBA, Ranch Riding, showing, Steve Meadows, Western Pleasure, Western Riding, World Show
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Sometimes, no matter what the discipline, a show horse hits a brick wall in the training process and just fails to perform at the level expected. There are many potential reasons for the change – stress, horse show burnout, a change in rider or discipline. The first thing that needs to happen is that any […]
By Laura Boynton on June 7, 2021
Alan Fisher, Alyse Roberts, AQHA, BITS, Garth Gooding, Jamie Dowdy, Melissa Jones, NSBA, Shawn Alter, Trail, Western Riding
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The constant pull, achy arm muscles and red blisters that appear on fingers after riding a hard, dull mouthed horse isn’t something any rider wants to experience. When it comes to communicating simple demands like steering and speed control with horses to even more advance training with a young prospect, they all must learn how to […]
By Corrine Borton on March 16, 2021
AQHA, Its A Southern Thing, Jamie Dowdy, NSBA
People
When she was just 25-years-old Jamie Christine Dowdy was hit by a car while she was jogging near her home in Marshfield, Missouri. With fractures in her skull and right leg she was facing a long road to recovery. She ultimately lost most of the business she worked so hard to build. But she never […]