by Marcia King

There’s a reality show that airs on BBC America called Life Laundry. It’s all about folks who tend to keep a lot of clutter piled up and lying around in big, sloppy messes in their houses or apartments.

Then our team of heroes arrives, sorting between what’s important and that which is no longer useful, disposing of the discards, and picking up, tidying up, and restoring order to the universe (or at least, to that particular premises for that particular week).

I think some horse owners could use a team like that at their horse farms, to come in and pick up the junk that risks horse injury and to clean up that which fosters horse disease. I would call that program Extreme Makeover, only I think someone else already has dibs on that title.
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by Falon Phillips

The buzz around Rocky Mountain Show Jumping outside Calgary, AB, is not the horses, the last big show, or the latest big name to appear in the ring.

The new feature that is drawing people from miles around and flooding the rumour mill is Silica and cotton, or what is otherwise known as the footing in their indoor ring.
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