Join Us in Celebrating the Colorado Horse Community
While my experiences in equine media have taken me to every major Western event, from the first reining at the United States Equestrian Team Festival in Gladstone, New Jersey, in 2000 to the first Run for a Million in Las Vegas in 2019, my horse roots run deep in Colorado.
At age 9, my parents leased a mare, Dee, from a family in Eaton, Colorado. That summer of riding in open shows and local youth rodeos sparked a lifelong love of horses and connection to the Colorado horse community. My youth spent in the county 4-H horse program and breed shows led me to pursue a degree in agricultural communications from the University of Wyoming. That took me to my first job at the Quarter Horse Journal and on to staff positions with Ride With Bob Avila and The Trail Less Traveled, Western Horseman, and finally at Horse&Rider, where I served as managing editor and then editor-in-chief for 10 years. I now run my own business, where I provide custom content for all kinds of media and consult for brands of all sizes across the horse industry.
When Karen Pickering approached me about lending my expertise to The Colorado Horse Source, I saw it as an opportunity to give back to the community that helped me get where I am today professionally as well as with my own horses. While my riding is limited to my home arena at this phase of my life, I know help for my reining-bred Quarter Horse mare and ranch-bred Paint gelding is just a phone call away thanks to how tight-knit this community remains. Part of keeping Colorado horse people together lies in sharing their stories and those of their horses, as well as trading tips and tricks for caring for horses in our state. The Colorado Horse Source aims to do just that in every bimonthly issue, giving us six opportunities a year to celebrate the Colorado horse community.
I hope you’ll jump in with both feet to be part of The Colorado Horse Source. Community journalism really thrives when we all participate, share ideas, and actively connect. I can’t wait to share stories about Colorado horsemen and -women I know, and I’m even more excited to meet many more of you and tell your stories, too. Together, we can keep the Colorado horse community strong, vibrant, and growing.
See this article in the July/August 2022 online edition:
Jennifer Paulson, a creative content strategist with a strong editorial background and who is also a lifelong Colorado horsewoman. She is currently the Editorial Director for The Colorado Horse Source Magazine. “The Colorado horse community is one of the reasons Jennifer is where she is professionally and in her horse life. Editorial direction and membership modeling played large parts in her role as Western Editorial Director for the Equine Network, and she’s excited to apply her key learnings on this brand as well as develop new ideas for content and service to our audience.”