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[JolyB]

Originally Posted by cal828

I don't know whether I mentioned this before or not, at my age, I can't remember what I had for dinner last night, but I watched this show on Netflix called Heartland which was all about horses of just about every breed and situation. Episodes were about rodeo horses, jumpers, show horses, hunters, wild horses, draft horses, race horses, etc. Most of the episodes were about horses that presented problem behavior and I think there was an episode about a horse that was afraid of water. Series was on TV in Canada, I think for 13 years. It was filmed somewhere in Southern Alberta.

Cal, perhaps 10 or 12 years ago our small contest group had two players from Alberta, delightful ladies who used the screen names Leslie and Dapplehorse. Leslie and her husband operated a ranch in Southern Alberta and her daughter Dapplehorse graduated from a very well respected university in Alberta and became a thoroughbred trainer at Stampede Park. I think she once mentioned that her brother was a rodeo rider.

[cal828]

Real pretty scenery where the series was shot in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. Makes you want to go up there and visit, but I think they are in the frying pan now and much cooler in Central Arkansas now, if you can imagine that. If you have Netflix, I recommend. Human interactions in the series not Emmy worthy(does Canadian TV qualify for Emmys?), but entertaining enough. I enjoyed it, but very long with 13 seasons. As I said, it's all things horses.