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About horse-country.com
The number of females entering technical and scientific fields in college has dropped dramatically since a
peak in the mid 1970's. As with academics,
expectations for girls in athletics has always been lower than for boys, but Title 9 encouraged some advances.
American Horse Council studies indicate 1.9 million Americans own
horses. Just over 4 million people are recreational riders, and 3.6
million people show and compete horses. The horse industry has a $112.1 billion
impact on the US gross domestic product: greater than the motion
picture services and the tobacco product manufacturing industries. In an article for Vetcentric.com, Erin Harty writes:
"One look around any summer riding camp or local horse show, and it's
obvious that horse-crazy young girls (and those who are decades past
'young', but still horse-crazy) comprise the lion's share of the
industry."
2007 is HC's 13th year online. Through features such as Resources
for Riders, Jr Riders Journal, YRiders, International PenPals, Cyberbarn Games,
Gymkhana Interactive Quizzes and Amazing Activity Book, we bridge this gap: making technology, math and science accessible via equestrian sports.
Horse Country Developer
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Kris planned Horse Country in 1994 to prove that girls do use
computers. HC is now the oldest equestrian site online and was the first
Web destination targeting girls. As one of the world's oldest horse crazy kids, her chief HC jobs are as mentor, creative and content
developer. As for riding, Kris's first love was foxhunting then dressage.
And vizslas; Kris was a founding board member of Vizsla Rescue Fund,
Inc. Today, she and her husband live on an island a short ferry ride from Seattle and you can visit their new coffee and photography website: fstopcafe.com.
Kris Carroll's horse-country.com has roots
in the early 1970s. A single mother, she was raising a four-year-old
daughter when she returned to classes to finish a Bachelor of Fine Arts
at Oregon State University in Corvallis. At the same time Kris worked for the OSU's Botany
Dept. darkroom, producing negatives of pen and ink sketches, then
prints for journal publication. Her daughter would curl up on an old
desk in a sleeping bag while Kris worked in the darkroom all night.
After Kris moved to Washington State in 1981, she eventually found work at
the University of Washington. She opened the first computer graphics
studio on campus, for the School of Medicine's Department of Pathology
in 1987, along with running the department's custom darkroom. HC was developed and first appeared
on the department's NeXT server in the days before search engines.
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Horse Country Contributors and Advisors
New England: Charlotte M. Newell,
DVM, a graduate of Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, Adjunct Faculty, Becker College, Worcester, MA Animal Science Programs
is a regular online contributor to rec.equestrian, AOL forums, the
Arabian mail list, in addition to Jr Riders Journal mail
list and HC contributor. She owns, shows and breeds Arabians, and is a supporter of Al
Khamsa, an organization of preservation breeders. Her Vet Rap pages help riders understand
veterinary terms, treatments, medications and issues surrounding horse
care.
So. California: Kathie Campbell
owned the late, great American Saddlebred, CH Attache's Foxfire, 1999 AHSA Open 5-Gaited Horse of the Year
who trained with 85yo Robert H. Lewis: UPHA Hall of Fame, Horseman of the Year Judge Emeritus, the ninth person so honored by
the AHSA. Kathie is JRJ's adult resident expert on ASBs, sidesaddle and parades. IRL she's an award winning web designer and programmer.
Northern California: Anne Howard,
MPT combines her physical therapy skills with her background in
dressage and eventing to present a unique combination of skills to
assist riders and horses. She was featured on
Mary Wanless video "A Riders Guide to Body Awareness" in 1996 and
presents clinics and seminars on many issues facing the athletic rider.
She competes primarily in dressage on homebred Swedish-TB geldings
Posh and Pacho. Anne recently started a smaller and more fun
solo practice involving more equine rehab as well.
Texas: Tom Stovall American Farriers Association Certified
Journeyman Farrier since 1983 Member Texas Professional Farriers
Association Member Artists-Blacksmiths Association of North
America
International Gadfly: Jessica Jahiel,
Ph.D., an ARICP-certified instructor in dressage and combined
training, is an author, speaker, horse-trainer and international
clinician. Dr. Jahiel gives clinics, lectures, demonstrations, and
seminars at United States Pony Clubs (USPC) National Championships and
Festival. She served as USPC Associate Editor of the three-volume USPC
Manual of Horsemanship, and chaired the USPC Curriculum-Standards
Committee from 1992-1995.
Seattle: David Adler, Ph.D., works in Bioinformatics at
Zymogenetics Inc. and is adjunct faculty in the Department of
Pathology at the University of Washington School of Medicine and best of all Bryant Elementary Science Fair mentor.
David is HC's
science advisor, with expertise in genetics, molecular biology
and bioinformatics, computers and he's also Kris's husband.
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