Laura Landers, pictured on Sweet Lil Sylvia at the 2015 Brazos Bash • Photo by Veda Winning a championship in a competitive division is no small feat, but topping the class with a major injury seems nearly impossible. Laura Landers defied the odds and bested the 4-Year-Old Unlimited Amateur with a broken femur.

The NRHA is sliding into its 50th anniversary year in 2016.The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) has more than one thing to celebrate as it enters 2016, its 50th anniversary year. From the first Futurity in 1966 and less than 100 members during the All American Quarter Horse Congress to celebrating the 50th running of the NRHA Futurity in Oklahoma City in 2015, the NRHA has crunched the numbers and is proud to announce several signs of growth in the sport of reining.

Abilene Spectacular Secretary Coleta ManahanWinning a title at an event like the Abilene Spectacular will make anyone’s day, but the victory was notably special for Coleta Manahan because she has been helping run the event for the past two decades.

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Amandas CD & Matt MillerNearly freezing temperatures at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene, Texas, didn’t stop competitors from bringing the heat for the 4-Year-Old Open at the Abilene Spectacular.

Catch Richard Winters Horsemanship on RFD-TV on Jan. 6 for tips on horsemanship and more. • Courtesy of RFD-TVRFD-TV, cable television’s only network dedicated to agribusiness and rural Americans, announced a lineup of new programs premiering in January.

By Justin High, DVM

Right now I am sitting at my computer writing this, and it’s 72 degrees and 83 percent humidity. In less than 24 hours, the temperature is set to drop to 35 degrees with rain and 17 mph winds! I love Texas, but I love it more in the summertime. So, when it comes to preparing our horses for weather like this, we need to plan ahead, just as you would with your stall water, or pipes. 

A mecate bit.ly/1NRKjn1 is a rein made of a single piece of rope, usually twisted horse hair or nylon. Mecates are used on hackamores and snaffle bits. A bosal bit.ly/1WeeGIQ is the noseband of a hackamore and when a headstall is attached it is known as a hackamore.

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a resolution to impeach Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen for violation of the public trust, failing to comply with congressionally issued subpoenas and misleading the public over IRS practices of targeting conservative groups in audits. The last time Congress tried to remove a public official via impeachment was in 1876, when Secretary of War William Belknap was impeached on allegations he had helped himself to war funds. He resigned under pressure from President Grant.

IRS agents are often viewed with disdain by people subjected to audits, especially in the horse industry because agents frequently do not understand the intricacies of breeding, racing or showing.