{"id":737,"date":"2013-05-01T08:39:45","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T15:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=737"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:32","slug":"2013-backcountry-skills-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=737","title":{"rendered":"2013 Backcountry Skills Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/sbbchidaho.org\/photo\/2013_SkillsClinic.JPG\" width=\"448\" height=\"212\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">participants at the 2013 safe trail riding clinic<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Squaw Butte and Boise Chapters of the Backcountry Horsemen of Idaho pulled together a successful 2013 backcountry skills clinic. That success is attributed in no small part to outstanding presenters and participants of this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>From backcountry equine first-aid to equine therapeutic massage, participants were treated to demonstrations and lectures from top experts in the equine field.<\/p>\n<p>A major emphasis on trail safety was evident as dozens of horses and riders put their skills to the test in the simulated trail course put together by Squaw Butte education committee leaders Chuck and Lorraine Chick.<\/p>\n<p>The event finished off with demonstrations in different packing techniques by several of the backcountry horsemen\u2019s experienced packers.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event had something for everyone from the novice to the experienced trail rider.<\/p>\n<p>A sincere thank you to all of our presenters and participants in this year\u2019s backcountry skills clinic \u2013 YOU ROCK!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"2013 Backcountry skills clinic\" href=\"http:\/\/sbbchidaho.org\/PDF\/2013_Backcountry Skills Clinic.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">For a complete write-up with pictures \u2013 please click<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Squaw Butte and Boise Chapters of the Backcountry Horsemen of Idaho pulled together a successful 2013 backcountry skills clinic. That success is attributed in no small part to outstanding presenters and participants of this year\u2019s event. From backcountry equine first-aid to equine therapeutic massage, participants were treated to demonstrations and lectures from top experts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-campfire","category-training-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=737"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":744,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737\/revisions\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}