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🐴💊 **BUTE vs. BANAMINE: WHICH ONE WHEN?**

They’re probably two of the best known medications in the horse world. Both relieve pain and inflammation, but they aren’t necessarily the first choice for the same problems.

Here’s an easy barn trick for remembering the difference:
🦴 BUTE = BONES, JOINTS & FEET
🤢 BANAMINE = BELLY & FEVER

🦴 BUTE | Phenylbutazone: Think musculoskeletal pain and inflammation. Bute is commonly used for things like arthritis, hoof pain, laminitis, strains, soreness, and other causes of lameness. If your horse hurts when he MOVES, your veterinarian may reach for BUTE.

🤢 BANAMINE | Flunixin Meglumine: Think visceral pain, meaning pain coming from the internal organs. Banamine is especially useful for **colic and abdominal pain** and is also commonly used for fever and inflammation associated with systemic illness. If your horse hurts in his GUT, your veterinarian may reach for BANAMINE.

🐴 BUT WAIT...
Bute doesn't have a GPS programmed for the legs, and Banamine doesn't magically drive straight to the intestines. 😂

Both are systemic NSAIDs, and both can reduce pain and inflammation throughout the body. There’s plenty of overlap. The difference is that each has situations where veterinary evidence and experience make it a more logical first choice.

⚠️ DON’T STACK THEM. Giving Bute and Banamine together can increase the risk of ulcers, intestinal injury, and kidney damage.

⚠️ Banamine may make a horse with a serious intestinal problem appear much more comfortable temporarily. If the pain returns, breaks through the medication, or your horse continues showing colic signs, call your veterinarian.

🦴 My horse hurts when he MOVES. Think BUTE.
🤢 My horse hurts in his GUT. Think BANAMINE.
🤷 I don't know WHY my horse hurts. Think VET. ☎️

And remember, pain relief isn't the same thing as fixing the problem.

**“Where good horsemen become God’s horsemen.”** 🤠✝️

Every year, Bridles and Bibles hosts our **Open Ranch Horse Show** to help raise funds for our **FREE riding clinics**.

This show is one of our favorite events of the year—a time for horsemen and horsewomen of all ages to come together, celebrate the work they’ve put in throughout the season, and showcase the relationship they’ve built with their horses.

And we’re kicking off the weekend with something extra special…

# # # 🐴 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2nd — YOUTH DAY! 🐴

Youth Day is all about giving our young horsemen and horsewomen a place to come have fun, gain experience, build confidence, and enjoy the horses they love in a welcoming, encouraging environment.

Whether your young rider is brand new to showing or has been competing for years, **we want them there!** This day is about more than ribbons—it’s about learning, horsemanship, sportsmanship, and building a relationship with their horse.

**YOUTH CLASSES**

🐴 **Lead-Line** — Ages 3–5
🐴 **Peewee** — Ages 6–9
🐴 **Junior** — Ages 10–14
🐴 **Teens** — Ages 15–17

# # # WEEKEND SCHEDULE

**Friday, October 2nd — Youth Only**
**Saturday, October 3rd — Adult Horsemanship Classes**
**Sunday, October 4th — Reining Cow Horse**

Whether you’re coming for the competition, the community, or simply to spend a day with good horses and good people, we can’t wait to have you with us!

We love seeing familiar faces at the close of show season—and we’re especially excited to watch the next generation of horsemen grow.

**Come ride with us!** 🤠🐴✝️

Does anyone else's horse like to wear their fly mask like this or is it just mine? 🤔😂
Happy Friday!

📢 Barn reminder as lesson season gears back up!

Please slow down on the dirt road and coming up to the barn, even if you're running late for your lesson! We have horses, kids, dogs, and lots of activity around the property.

We'd much rather have you a few minutes late than rushing in. Safety first! Thanks! ❤️🐴

𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑺𝒎𝒐𝒌𝒆 & 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑯𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆

𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝖽𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗎𝗌, 𝗂𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗈!

𝖶𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝖾𝗑𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗂𝗌𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗅𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗌, 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗅 𝖽𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁𝗒 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗒 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗁𝗆𝖺 / 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗆𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾, 𝖼𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗂𝖼 𝖺𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗏𝗎𝗅𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝖺𝗋𝖾-𝗎𝗉𝗌 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 𝗆𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗈𝗄𝖾 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖾𝗑𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌.

𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔:
🟢 𝑨𝑸𝑰 150: 𝑨𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒖𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆. 𝑯𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒂 𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒌𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔.

⚠️ 𝑩𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆’𝒔 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝑸𝑰 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 182—𝒂𝒏 “𝑼𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚” 𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍. 𝖠𝖰𝖨 𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖩𝗎𝗅𝗒 27, 2026. 𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖼𝗄 𝖠𝗂𝗋𝖭𝗈𝗐.𝗀𝗈𝗏 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖺.

𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗍𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾 𝖻𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗁 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝗌𝗈𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗎𝖼𝖾 𝖽𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌.

Recommendations from UC Davis, the American Association of Equine Practitioners, and other equine respiratory experts emphasize that 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒙𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆-𝒖𝒑𝒔.

𝖬𝗈𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗈𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝖿𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍, 𝗇𝖺𝗌𝖺𝗅 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗋𝗀𝖾, 𝗈𝗋 𝖾𝗑𝖾𝗋𝖼𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾. 𝖨𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗇𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗇, 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗏𝖾𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖺𝗇.

𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝖦𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗌𝖾'𝗌 𝗅𝗎𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝗄𝖾𝖾𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗍𝗁𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗂𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇!

We love White Pine Equine! Annie and her team always keep our horses in top shape!

Update: EVENT FULL! Reach out if you’d like to be added to the waitlist

We’re excited to invite you to an educational event designed specifically for new horse owners, by Dr. Angela Nickel on August 19th at 6:00 PM in Eagle, Idaho. We’ll cover the essentials of equine care, including proper feeding and nutrition, routine preventative healthcare, vaccination and deworming schedules, and basic management practices that help keep horses healthy. We’ll also discuss common emergencies, when to call the veterinarian, and the key signs and symptoms owners should monitor daily, such as changes in appetite, behavior, lameness, and vital signs. This presentation is intended to give horse owners practical knowledge and confidence in caring for their horses and recognizing potential problems early.

This event is FREE and open to everyone (you do not need to be a client to attend). There will be door prizes and an opportunity to win an equine emergency first aid kit! Q&A with Dr. Nickel will follow her presentation. All skill levels and ages are encouraged to attend. Follow the link in the QR code or reach out via e-mail or phone to RSVP.

[email protected]
or
208-462-0999

🇺🇸❤️ Happy 4th of July from all of us at Rocky Ridge Equine! 🐴💙

Wishing everyone a fun, safe, and memorable Independence Day. May your horses stay calm, your BBQ be delicious, and your hearts be filled with gratitude for the freedoms we enjoy.

God Bless America! ❤️🤍💙

🦆 Have a young hunter in your family? 🦆

Join the GSP Club of Idaho as we host a FREE Youth Hunter Education Course followed by a Sporting Clay Fun Shoot!

This opportunity is open to the public for youth ages 9–17, with only 20 spots available. Thanks to GSPCI, the Hunter Education course, range fees, and clay shoot fees are all covered!

📅 Registration deadline: July 6

Check out the flyer below for dates and registration details, and help us spread the word! We'd love to see the next generation of safe, responsible hunters out on the range. 🎯