Southern Equine Connection

Book Reviews

In April 2004 Rowan Isaacson, a two year old boy, was diagnosed with autism. The new epidemic which now touches one child in one hundred and fifty, seemed to snatch away his soul.

The charming, animated, blue-eyed, brown haired boy suddenly ceased to say the few words he had accrued over the previous year. He began to flap his arms and babble, to obsessively line up his toys, to retreat into himself for hours at a time, to avoid eye contact, to scream uncontrollably, as his nervous system erupted like a series of volcanoes, searing him with burning pain, terrifying him, traumatizing him, causing him to “fly away into another world” far from the reaches of his distraught, grieving parents.

Trainer versus coach

OK, so you’ve decided to get someone to help you with your horse showing or riding. But now have to decide if you need a trainer or a coach. When it comes to showing horses these two things can be very different. Do you need someone to work with your horse or work with you, [...]

Cotton Bowl horse show a great success

The Cotton Bowl horse show was held September 25–27 in Tunica, Mississippi. The show was great fun and a great success.  The entries  were good and as always Cody and Michelle put the exhibitors first.    It was great to see the fence classes.  Hopefully as word gets out the entries in the fence classes will [...]