Julie Goodnight Press Releases

Monday, August 12, 2013

Troxel Redesigns Best-Selling Western Helmet

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

High Res Images Downloadable Here: http://ow.ly/nA60I

CONTACT

Karisa Macias

(858) 587-7751

kmacias@troxelhelmets.com

Troxel Redesigns Best-Selling Western Helmet

San Diego, CA – Aug 12, 2013 – Troxel LLC, the worldwide leader in ASTM/SEI-certified equestrian helmets, announced today the launch of their redesigned low profile Sierra western helmet, the result of years spent on research and development efforts based on customer feedback.

The Sierra helmet has been completely redesigned with an entirely new low profile, but will be instantly familiar to the hundreds of thousands of Sierra helmet owners around the world. Engineered for riding extremes, the Sierra’s new riveted Cordura® and leather covering not only looks good, but also withstands the toughest terrain on the trail.

“We couldn’t be more pleased with the redesigned low profile Sierra,” said Shay Timms, CEO of Troxel. “To create it, we brought together a team with a broad range of expertise from design to engineering. With what we’ve been able to achieve together, we see the Sierra continuing to thrive as our best-selling western helmet.”

The Sierra’s excellent ventilation, self-adjusting CinchFit™ Pro and mesh covered vents have made it the trail rider’s number one helmet choice.

To celebrate the new look, Troxel has teamed up with product ambassador Julie Goodnight, Jeffers Pet and Westgate River Ranch for an enter-to-win “Sierra Sweepstakes,” running August 15 – September 15 on Troxel’s Facebook page: (https://www.facebook.com/TroxelHelmets).

“The Sierra style has long been my favorite helmet because of its unique Western style,” said Horse Master Julie Goodnight. “I'm so excited it is now available in a low profile shape--the same great aesthetics in an updated profile. Plus, the new fit system is such a great addition. It's cushioned and comfortable! I strongly believe in the importance of wearing a helmet while riding and it's great to be stylish too!”

Available in black, tan and an updated modern brown, the redesigned Sierra will be available in September 2013 from select retailers and catalogs at an MSRP of $119.95.

To view the new low profile Sierra, please visit http://www.troxelhelmets.com. High resolution lifestyle and product images are available at http://www.troxelhelmets.com/media.

About Troxel

Troxel is the world's leading provider of ASTM / SEI certified equestrian helmets for competitive, schooling and recreational riding. Established in 1898, Troxel is recognized for its innovative design and research leadership in helmetry. Based in San Diego, California, Troxel now dedicates all its resources to equestrian helmets and related accessories, and has provided over three million helmets to the equestrian market.

Contact:

Karisa Macias

858.587.7751

kmacias@troxelhelmets.com

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Horse&Rider Magazine Presents the Third Annual Your Horse, Your Life Contest

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For more information, contact:

Tiffany Mead, Online Content and Marketing Manager

Phone: 303-625-5453 Email: tmead@aimmedia.com

Horse&Rider Magazine Presents the Third Annual Your Horse, Your Life Contest

Be featured in the pages of Horse&Rider magazine

Boulder, Colo., August 7, 2013 – What’s your proudest moment with your horse? Now’s your chance to share your #HorseProud story with the editors of Horse&Rider magazine for a chance to win great prizes from our sponsor, Weaver Leather, and be in the pages of Horse&Rider magazine. Readers can submit their entry until September 12 by visiting http://yhyl.horseandrider.com/.

From performing a perfect pivot to crossing a creek, our horses make us proud owners every day. Send us your story and photo, and rally your friends to vote, because a panel of judges will pick the grand-prize winner from the top five user-voted finalists.

Prizes for our grand-prize winner include items from Weaver Leather's 2014 product line.

The grand-prize winner will be selected by a panel of judges and announced on or around October 3, 2013 at http://yhyl.horseandrider.com.

Hurry and enter today! Entries will be accepted from August 7, 2013, through September 12, 2013. Voting begins on September 17, 2013. Submit your entry by visiting http://yhyl.horseandrider.com, and good luck!

About Horse&Rider

For the active, passionate, contemporary Western rider and horse owner, Horse&Rider stands alone as the go-to source for advice, how-to, and consumer information. Its team of avid, horse-owning editors is backed by expert Western trainers and clinicians who offer simple-to-follow instruction for horse enthusiasts.

About the Equine Network

The Equine Network provides, creates and distributes relevant content and services to passionate horse enthusiasts while connecting them to each other and the marketplace. The Equine Network is the publisher of award-winning magazines Horse&Rider, EQUUS, Dressage Today, The Trail Rider, Spin To Win Rodeo, American Cowboy, Practical Horseman and Horse Journal. The Equine Network also publishes a proprietary line of books and DVDs for sale through its store, HorseBooksEtc.com. The Equine Network provides emergency roadside assistance for equestrians through USRider, and is home to several websites, including: EquiSearch.com, Equine.com, MyHorseDaily.com, DiscoverHorses.com, AmericanCowboy.com and Horse-Journal.com.

Thursday, August 1, 2013

EQUINE FEED OAT PROJECT ANNOUNCES FREE OATS FOR A YEAR WINNER

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Scottie Ellis

270.724.3181

scottie@equineoats.org

Promotion in partnership with Julie Goodnight of Horse Master

LOUISVILLE, Ky. August 1, 2013 – The Equine Feed Oat Project (EFOP) has selected Marlene Bourgeois of Sedalia, Colorado, the winner of free oats for a year. The contest received more than 900 subscribers with Bourgeois selected at random. The contest was conducted in partnership with Julie Goodnight of Horse Master on RFD-TV, which EFOP sponsors.

“Being selected to receive free oats for a year was a wonderful surprise,” said Bourgeois. “I have been feeding oats to horses for more than 40 years and in my opinion oats are the safest cereal grain. My horses have all led very healthy lives and I personally believe their feed plays a part in that.”

Bourgeois, who has three horses, will receive a bag of oats once a month for a year from her local feed store, Rampart Feed and Pet in Castle Rock, Colorado provided by the EFOP. Bourgeois owns a 10-year-old Missouri Foxtrotter named Cassey’s Custom Cruiser, a 17-year-old Missouri Foxtrotter Gelding named Midnight Ebony Prince and a 23-year-old Appaloosa Mare named Cricket.

“Our sponsorship of Horse Master with Julie Goodnight has helped us learn how many horse owners love feeding their horses oats because it is a natural, safe and healthy grain,” said Randy Strychar, EFOP Project Director. “This was our opportunity to help one lucky horse owner continue to feed oats to their horses with the help of Julie Goodnight.”

The EFOP is an initiative of the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA), which represents 15,000 Canadian oat growers. EFOP began the sponsorship of Horse Master with Julie Goodnight in November of 2012. Dedicated horse owners like Marlene Bourgeois tune in weekly to RFD-TV for Horse Master, airing on Mondays and Saturdays.

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About the Equine Feed Oat Project

The Equine Feed Oat Project (EFOP) is an initiative of the Prairie Oat Growers Association (POGA), a volunteer farmer organization representing 15,000 hard-working Canadian oat growers. The EFOP was created in 2009 to research, educate and communicate information about oats to the equine industry.

About Julie Goodnight

Watch Horse Master on RFD-TV every Monday at 12:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. EST – Direct TV channel 345, Dish Network channel 231 and on many cable outlets. Visit http://juliegoodnight.com/clinics for the clinic schedule. Check out specials and video clips on Goodnight’s Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/horsemaster.tv. Sign up for the free monthly newsletter athttp://juliegoodnight.com/emailsignup..php.

Marlene Bourgeois with Cassey’s Custom Cruiser, her 10-year-old Missouri Foxtrotter.

Thursday, June 20, 2013

New Episodes from Arizona's White Stallion Ranch Now on Julie Goodnight's Horse Master TV Online

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Episodes from Arizona's White Stallion Ranch on Julie Goodnight's Horse Master TV Online: TV.JulieGoodnight.com

Contact:
Julie Goodnight Horsemanship Training
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397
Poncha Springs, CO 81242
press@juliegoodnight.com
(719) 530-0531

High Res Photo of Julie: http://juliegoodnight.com/images/JulieandDually.jpg

Photo Credit: Heidi Nyland Melocco, www.wholepicture.org

June 2013: Eight brand-new episodes of RFD-TV's top-rated horse training show Horse Master with Julie Goodnight are now available on Horse Master TV Online at http://TV.JulieGoodnight.com.

Shot at White Stallion Ranch in Tucson, Ariz., (http://whitestallion.com) this year, the eight episodes cover helpful topics for any rider, such as commanding respect from your horse, calming fear while riding in a crowded arena, helping a distracted horse focus and more. The shows are easy to stream "on demand" any time you'd like to watch.

“I recently subscribed to Horse Master TV Online, and I love it!” comments viewer Barbie Bassett. “I just watched two episodes this morning, and I highly recommend it to all my horse friends.”

Choose to watch any episode you'd like on a pay-per-view basis or subscribe to watch on an unlimited basis and have access whenever you need help with your horse. You'll see Goodnight's one-on-one help in each show as she helps a different horse and rider achieve horsemanship goals in any discipline. The new episodes from Arizona include:

Cactus Cowgirl, Episode 609: Goodnight works with a White Stallion Ranch guest who rides new horses during each vacation.

Behind the Scenes, Episode 610: Extra footage and bloopers from four episodes!

Boss Mare, Episode 611: Teaching a horse owner to take charge and command respect in any location.

Ride By Me, Episode 612: Calming a horse and rider's fears of riding in a crowded arena.

Focal Point, Episode 613: Helping a distracted dressage prospect gain focus with calm-down circling exercises.

Turn the Corner, Episode 614: Teaching a competitive trail rider to back through obstacles with precision while turning on the forehand and haunches.

A Little R&R, Episode 615: Relaxation exercises to help a rider soften her shoulders and supple her horse for three-day-event work.

All Around Girl, Episode 616: An English rider wants to compete in stock horse all-around competition and needs to slow and collect the canter.

With well over 125 other episodes indexed by topic and easily searchable, you'll find video lessons on almost any topic from halter training a 2-month-old filly to flying lead changes. Sign up now at http://TV.JulieGoodnight.com.

Julie Goodnight Unveils New Colors in her "Rope Couture" Collection

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Julie Goodnight Horsemanship Training

PO Box 397, Poncha Springs CO 81242

press@juliegoodnight.com; 800-225-8827

Julie Goodnight Unveils New Colors in her “Rope Couture” Collection

Poncha Springs, Colorado, June 2013: Horse trainer and clinician Julie Goodnight worked with rope-tying experts to create her American-made Rope Couture™ halters and training leads. Goodnight chose precise rope dimensions and unique tying techniques to ensure that her halters offer effective-yet-kind communication with horses.

Now, the line includes a turquoise halter with black noseband wrapping. Also new to the line—rope reins in 9 and 10-foot lengths with color choices including lime, pink, turquoise, black, tan, and hunter green. Lime green is the color of the season and the newest addition to the rein selection.

The ropes and halters are free from metal parts to make sure your horse is never harmed or scared by too much pressure. “I’ve never worked with a horse that needed more pressure than a tied knot beneath their chin,” Goodnight explains. “And I love a rope connection to the bit for my reins—metal connections like clips can irritate your horse and cause vibrations in his mouth. That’s unintended, meaningless pressure.”

For halters: Choose the flat-wrapped noseband for groundwork—the flat, decorative knots provide the most pressure over a larger area to help horses learn where to be and how to act. They’ll quickly feel your correction. The round noseband is designed for everyday use and also works for riding. Either style is $26.95 and is designed to fit horses ranging from Arab-size to Warmblood. Draft and pony sizes available by special order. The halters are available in a variety of colors. Visit http://shopping.juliegoodnight.com for current color combinations.

Training leads are available in 12 ($36.95) or 15-foot ($41.95) lengths and come in hues to match every halter. Choose a 12-foot lead for horses under 16 hands, or a 15-foot lead for horses over 16 hands.

Reins are $59.95 for 9 or 10 foot varieties and come with rope connectors to attach to your bit.

High res photos: http://juliegoodnight.com/ropecouture Photos by Heidi Nyland Melocco

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Monday, June 3, 2013

JulieGoodnight.com Now Carries Bucas Blankets and Introduces The New ZEBRA Fly Sheet and Mask

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JulieGoodnight.com Now Carries Bucas Blankets and Introduces The New ZEBRA Fly Sheet and Mask

Contact:
Julie Goodnight Horsemanship Training
Goodnight Training Stables, Inc.
PO Box 397
Poncha Springs, CO 81242
press@juliegoodnight.com
(719) 530-0531

Highres photos: http://juliegoodnight.com/press/ZebraBucas.jpg

http://juliegoodnight.com/press/ZebraMelocco.jpg (Zebra photo by Heidi Melocco)

June 3, 2013, Salida, CO: Have you seen the new Bucas zebra-patterned flysheets and fly masks? Drive past a pasture of horses and you may do a double take—thinking you’re on safari! The new flysheets are designed in black and white to keep horseflies at bay.

Julie Goodnight endorses Bucas flysheets (including the newest Bucas Buzz off Zebra Fly Sheet-Full Neck fly sheet and matching fly mask) for the summer season and Bucas Power Turnouts for upcoming chillyweather. Goodnight now carries the line of Bucas blankets in her online shop (http://shopping.juliegoodnight.com/Bucas-Blankets_c26.htm, 800-225-8827) and has dedicated a page to blanketing tips and information: http://juliegoodnight.com/bucas.

For summer 2013, the Bucas Buzz off Zebra Fly Sheet-Full Neck flysheet and matching fly mask sport the newest design strategy to keep pesky bugs off of your horses—black and white stripes! Just like the zebras on the African plains, your horse can keep flies away with stripes. Followingtrials in Europe, the manufacturer says researchers discovered that horse flies hate stripes--enter the new Bucas’ pattern to keep your horse bite-free in the pasture.

According to Bucas, “Scientists painted wooden pallets containing vegetable oil different patterns of black and white stripes or all black or all white. These pallets were then placed in a fly-infested field and results showed that there were far more flies in the black painted pallets,fewer in the white but the fewest flies of all were found in the pallets painted with very thin black and white stripes.

Afterwards, researchers carried out a similar trial on model horses covered in glue. At the end of 59 days, the black horse had caught 562 flies, the brown one 334, the white one 22 and the zebra patterned horse had just 8! It is thought that the flies find the stripes confusing and as a result they tend to steer clear.”

Based on this research, Bucas developed a first of its kind flysheet with thin zebra-like stripes to keephorses free from the stresses of summer flies. This unique zebra fly sheet,which is the same tried and true design pattern as the Bucas standard Buzz Off fly sheet, has shoulder darts for extra room and movement, a stitched on full neck, which overlaps in front to ensure no flies can get in and goes all the way to theears, a belly flap for further protection and it’s made from a fine mesh fabric ensuring that even the smallest of flies won’t have access to your horse. What’s more, there’s the option of a matching fly mask, too. Also includes added UV protection.

Goodnight says that her horse, Dually has “a full wardrobe of apparel—blankets for every season and boots for every activity. These things are not necessary for thehorse’s survival but they are important to me. I want my horse to look good all year long—not sunburned, shaggy, scraped-up or bug-bitten. I want to make sure that when I load him in the trailer or ask him to perform a high-speed maneuver in the arena that he is protected from injury as much as possible as he does my bidding.

“A few years ago I was fortunate to discover a new line of horse blankets, Bucas, a well-established European company, using high-tech materials and superior design features, which keep the horses comfortable and cozy in all four seasons. The shape and cut of the blankets are far more comfortable than other brands I have used, fitting really well at the shoulders and withers, with a remarkable attention to detail. The durability of Bucas blankets is exceptional—after two full winters of use, Dually’s heavy blanket looked practically new after washing (he is notoriously hard on blankets and we have very long winters). And because of the high-tech materials, the winter blankets are comfortable in a wide range oftemperatures, temps can fluctuate up to forty degrees between day and night, here in the high Colorado mountains, so one blanket replaces the need to beswitching between a heavy and medium weight blanket.

"Since our horses get turned out in wooded fields with other horses with their blankets on, they can be pretty tough on them. Over the years I have found that it is cheaper in thelong run to pay more for a high quality blanket that you can get many year’s use of, rather than buy a cheap, ill-fitting blanket that falls apart in the middle of the winter.

“Our horses wear blankets or sheets all year long. In the summer, they wear Bucas fly/sun sheets during the day to protect from insects and to keep their dark, richly-colored coats from burning in the harsh high-altitude sun.”

Find free articles to read and refer to in Julie’s Training Library: http://juliegoodnight.com/q&a.php and watch Horse Master online at http://tv.JulieGoodnight.com or on RFD-TV every Monday at 12:30 and 10:30p EST —Direct TV channel 345, Dish Network channel 231 and on many cable outlets. Check out specials and even more clips on Goodnight’s Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/horsemaster.tv. Sign up for his free monthly letter at: http://juliegoodnight.com/emailsignup.php.

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