What a show for you this week.  Nationally known clinician Michael Richardson joins us as a co-host for the entire show.  Michael is a special person and an inspiration to us all and after this show you will see why.  Oh yeah, we do discuss the news and give you our website spotlight.

Stable Scoop Episode 6 Show Notes and Links:

• Michael Richardson joins us as a co-host for the entire show.  Michael is a nationaly known speaker and trainer, doing it all from a wheelchair.  Check out his website and speaking schedule at Broken R Ranch. And, don’t miss this episode!

Michael Richardson training a horse

• We discuss the Paralympics and the results from Hong Kong.  Bettina Eistel is the one riding in the picture.
• Endangered breeds horse show at the Kentucky Horse Park.  The Festivale of Endangered Equines focuses on raising awareness within the general public and encouraging networking among breeders and their associations to help in the conservation of their respective breeds.
• Hotel planner for Quarter Horse Congress and Michael discusses his experiance with quarter horses and how they have helped him ride again.
• Thank you to our sponsor – www.ezsignsonline.com:
• Horsechannel.com has a great article by Sharon Biggs called Pet Peeves of Dressage Judges, Avoid sabotaging your dressage performance by gaining insight into the judges’ box.
• Our Website Spotlight is the NARHA Horses for Heroes, an organization that helps wounded veterans through equine assisted activities and therapies (EAAT).Many of the program participants have lost limbs fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and riding horses helps their bodies learn to be mobile again. Working with the horses also helps with the depression that many of U.S. soldiers deal with after going through these traumatic experiences.NARHA Horses for Heroes is a program being developed by the NARHA, which was formed in 1969 as the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association.