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Double Trouble – Twin Foals

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By Jessica Crabtree 

Equine birth is a phenomenal act all on its own. Unlike a human’s nine month gestation, a mare carries a foal eleven months. On average 340 days, it’s just one month shy of an entire year. Crazy, huh? What’s even more widely outstanding is twin foals conceived, carried to term and born live.

Twins in a mare are rare, but not unheard of. As cute and adorable as twin foals seem, in reality, twin foals are dangerous for the mare in multiple ways and typically result in abortion of both fetuses. Twins that live are given a very low survival rate due to overwhelming odds.

While the notion is rare, there are three things equine experts know about twin foals. If a mare conceives twins, she is more susceptible to conceiving twins again. The rate of twins conceived varies by breed and the more fertile the stud, the more twins to be expected.

How does this happen, you might ask. Equine twins begin by double ovulation according to www.thehorse.com. Double ovulation happens when two separate eggs are fertilized by two separate sperm and grow as two separate fraternal embryos as opposed to one splitting and becoming two genetically identical embryos, making it very unlikely for the twins to be identical. To read more pick up a copy of the July 201 NTFR issue.

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AQHA Horse of the Year

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By Krista Lucas Wynn

Each year, when the professional rodeo season wraps on Sept. 30, the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association announce the Nutrena Horse of the Year, presented by the American Quarter Horse Association, in each event. This is a prestigious award, voted on by the members of the associations. To be named Horse of the Year by fellow competitors is a high honor only a few achieve.

To read more, pick up a copy of the November edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.

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Tuff Enough: Tuff Hardman Wins Big At Cheyenne Frontier Days

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Tuf Hardman Wins At Cheyenne

By: Krista Lucas Wynn | Copy Editor

The name, “Daddy of ’em All,” instantly brings to mind the world’s largest outdoor rodeo and western celebration. Cowboys and cowgirls from all across the country dream of competing on the iconic Cheyenne arena dirt.

Every July, pro rodeo contestants travel to Cheyenne, Wyom. to vie for the title of champion of the Cheyenne Frontier Days. The rodeo is steeped in western tradition and celebrated the 125th year this summer. With nearly two weeks of rodeo action, fans watched bareback riding, calf roping, breakaway roping, saddle bronc riding, team roping, steer wrestling, barrel racing, bull riding, and steer roping.

Steer roper, Tuff Hardman, knew winning “the Dad” was a tall order, but with a good horse and a few prayers he left no doubt who the best steer roper at Cheyenne was when it was all said and done. After two rounds, Hardman qualified back for the finals tied for ninth place with a time of 30.8 seconds.

To read more, pick up a copy of the September issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.

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Mandy Cleveland & Stable Strides Farm

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Utilizing the horse to human connection.
By: Hannah Claxton | Editor

Deep in the heart of Texas, both humans and horses at Stable Strides Farm in Pilot Point, Texas aer demonstrating just how big their hearts really are. Founded by Mandy Cleveland in 2001, Stable Strides Farm serves dozens of Equestrians with Disabilities and Veterans each week.


Deep in the heart of Texas, both humans and horses at Stable Strides Farm in Pilot Point, Texas aer demonstrating just how big their hearts really are. Founded by Mandy Cleveland in 2001, Stable Strides Farm serves dozens of Equestrians with Disabilities and Veterans each week.

“My boys have been riding since they were 18 months old, and for the first 17 years they had a leader and sidewalker. When we moved here, and Mandy started teaching them, she just said, ‘Let’s see what they can do,’ and they ride independently now,” Danielle Frank explained, whose two sons, Adison and Aiden, ride with Stable Strides Farm. “Mandy is amazing beucase she doesn’t place any limits on them, she always wants to see what they can do.”

It is her dedication to never setting limits that earned Cleveland a spot as a national finalist for the NSBA 2024 Dianne Eppers Cowgirls Reaching-Out-to-Community Award. The award was established by the NSBA Foundation to recognize cowgirls across the industry for their selfless contributions to the equestrian community.

To read more, pick up a copy of the September issue of the NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.

(Photos Courtesy of Hannah Claxton)

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