Better Horses Network - Vol 4, Number 22

I am typing this letter to you on Sunday afternoon on our bus ride home from the World Finals Ranch Rodeo in Amarillo, Texas. Wow! What a great time! There were 39 of us that boarded the bus from Chase County Kansas and made the trip to Amarillo, Texas to experience the World Finals and also to cheer on the teams from Kansas. It was great to cheer on the guys from the Buck Creek and Lonesome Pine Ranch Rodeo Team. For much of the weekend they seemed to have been faced with some tough luck that kept them out of the money. Being a part of a sponsor for them, I am real proud to be on their team. Watch out -- they will be back next year.

Congratulations goes out to the Arndt/Bailey Ranch Team from Kansas for capturing 3rd place in the World. Along with that, team member Wes Bailey was crowned Reserve World Champion Top Hand. When it came down to calculating the team points there were only 2 points separating the first and third place. First place in the team honors went to the Rainbow Ranch from Deming, New Mexico. They had a total of 77.5 points. Second place in the team competition went to the Spade Ranch from Lubbock, Texas with 76 points and the Arndt/Bailey Ranch ended up with 75.5 points. It was a real horse race!

Also, my congratulations goes out to the Beachner Ranch Rodeo team for a fine performance at the finals.

The fun did not stop with the Ranch Rodeo Performances. On Saturday afternoon at our hotel, we held a reception for the Buck Creek/Lonesome Pine Ranch Rodeo team. We hosted over 100 Kansas Fans, complete with a brisket dinner and entertainment. World Class Cowboy Poet, Geff Dawson, entertained the crowd with his “cowboy poetry” and singing. Another real treat for the crowd was an appearance and a thirty-minute concert by Western Music great, RW Hampton. We were with many of our Kansas friends from Chase County, and we met many new friends. You won’t want to miss next year’s trip to Amarillo to the Finals. This is definitely a great experience, not only with the Ranch Rodeo, but the great Trade Show.

Now on the ride home from this great trip, I am trying to get this electronic newsletter together to go out along with putting the final touches on my Winter Edition of the Better Horses Network publication. You will be able to pick up the Winter Edition of Better Horses at your nearest participating Purina Dealer. You can always subscribe online at www.betterhorsesnetwork.com.

If any of you are interested in purchasing some 12 foot Premier Priefert Panels, they have some to sell at the American Royal. We used over 100 brand new Priefert Panels for last week’s Cutting Horse Show at the Royal. These are the gray panels that can’t be bent. You can purchase these panels for $125 each. They normally retail for over $150. Give me a call at 785/418-6047 or e-mail me at ernest_rodina@purina-mills.com if you are interested.

Welcome Feldmans Farm & Home as our newest Purina Dealers in the Kansas City area. They have locations in Missouri in Odessa, Blue Springs, and Liberty. They also have a location in Bonner Springs, Kansas. They will have Purina in their stores by Thanksgiving weekend.

November

November 22 MAY MILLING CO. OPEN HOUSE, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, 606 Main Street, Grandview, MO. Join our new Purina Dealer, May Milling Co. in Grandview, MO for their open house event this coming Saturday. Specials on Purina Horse Feeds, food, door prizes and more! For more information, call (816) 761-5511. Click Here for more details.
November 23 FREE REINING CLINIC; 3:00 pm, Diamond in the Rough's Indoor Arena, Kearney, MO. $50 to bring your horse and ride.
Free to audit. Clinician, Cal Middleton. To reserve your spot or for directions, call Tina (816) 918-0201. Click Here to view flyer.

December

December 13-14 HEALTHY STRIDE WORKSHOP, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Chestnut Acres, Excelsior Springs, MO. The Key to Fluid Movement -- Healthy Stride is the personal farrier to the performance horses of Linda & Pat Parelli and for their natural horsemanship program. Jim Crew will present the importance of correct equine posture balance and how to achieve it. For more information or to register, contact Pam or Gary Johnson (620) 342-8052. For more details, Click Here.

The Better Horses Radio Show

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                Saturday    7:00am - 8:00am          WLXG   1300 am - Lexington, KY
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                Saturday    4:00pm - 5:00pm          KFRM   550 am - Clay Center/Salina/Wichita, KS
                Sunday      5:05am - 6:00pm           KMA    960 am / 99.3 fm - Shenandoah, IA
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                Sunday      6:00am - 7:00am           KTPK   106.9 am - (Country Legends) Topeka, KS
                Sunday      6:30am - 7:30am           KFEQ   680 am - St. Joe, MO
                Sunday      9:00am - 10:00am         KDKD 95.3 fm - Clinton, MO
                Sunday      4:00pm - 5:00pm          KOFO  1220 am - Ottawa, KS
                Sunday      4:00pm - 5:00pm           KTJJ     98.5 fm - Farmington, MO

Better Horses Radio is a nationally syndicated radio show hosted by Ernie Rodina and co-hosted by Dawn Dawson.

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In these times when we are starting to experience more drastic drops in temperatures, make sure you increase the amount of hay to help your horse generate more heat.
Also make sure your horse or horses have plenty of access to clean water and exercise.

    1-1/2 cups bran
    1 cup whole wheat flour
    1 tsp. baking soda
    1 tsp. baking powder
    3/4 cup skimmed milk
    1/2 cup molasses
    2 tblsp. corn oil
    1 egg (beaten)

1) Stir together bran, flour, soda and baking powder.
2) Mix together milk, molasses, oil and egg. Then mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
3) Bake in greased or paper-lined muffin tins at 200^o for 15 minutes.

I've heard a lot of folks say they wish they were 40 again knowing then what they know now. I pondered on that for a while and came to the conclusion if those folks aren't doing now with what they know, then they sure as heck wouldn't do anything different even if they were younger.

It's always easier to do the talking about what might have been than Cowboying Up and do the walking to what's possible now. If you don't think you are currently riding the high road of life; then take a real hard look; make the change to get off the low road or living in the past; get up on the high road and begin living today. Because when it comes time to saddle up and ride into the sunset, we want to do so with the knowledge we've done some great things!

- Charley Green

To read a little more about Charley, Click Here. To go to Charley's website, www.willrogersandcharley.com

Timely Reminder

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