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Salt Lake Tribune
Tuning in for horse sense

You've heard of "Car Talk," the National Public Radio program whose co-hosts, nicknamed "Click" and "Clack," dispense good-natured car advice along with puzzles and jokes?

Now welcome "Horse Talk," a new radio show on Park City's KPCW (91.9 FM) that may be the first of its kind in Utah. The live weekly program is hosted by equine expert Jen Hegeman with help from sidekick Charmian Wright, a Park City veterinarian who specializes in horses...

The hourlong show is a labor of love for Hegeman, who has been "hopelessly addicted" to horses since she was a girl shuttling around the globe with her military family. She got her first horse at 16 and was so smitten that she sometimes slept in the barn to be closer to it...

Hegeman now runs her own horse-training program from her home in Francis, a ranching town south of Kamas, where she strengthens horses, improves their gaits and helps them recover from injuries... click to view full article

The Park Record
Local horse a true source on inspiration as he races at Soldier Hollow Saturday

Four is a pivotal number for Arabian endurance race horse Bey Baszon. It is the number of times he pitched his owner Sunny Ralph into the pasture of their Woodland home last year. It is also the number of races "Bey" will have competed in after running in the 25-mile endurance race at the inaugural Soldier Hollow's Western Rendezvous this weekend ...

Ralph decided to auction Bey off, but when she talked to the auctioneer, she found out that the auction would mean that the buyer would use her horse for meat. Unable to accept that fate, Ralph became determined to get some help for Bey. The auctioneer gave her the phone number of Park City veterinarian Charmian Wright. When Dr. Wright couldn't pinpoint the problem, she directed Ralph to area horse trainer Jen Hegeman, whose company, Balance Breaking™, specializes in physical therapy for horses.

Using her highly trained eye, Hegeman decided Bey's problems were muscular. She noticed a strange shape to Bey's shoulder and found it to be tender to the touch, ruling out any problems with the left leg. She could also tell that his posture was lopsided and that the horse was driving from the front instead of the back. She began to train him to use his shoulder differently. The training worked ... click to view full article

Bridle and Bit
Bey Bazson

The first time I saw Bey Bazson, "Bey", he was knee deep in mud, hadn't seen a farrier in awhile, had his tail half eaten by the horse he was sharing his corral with and was starving for attention. He is a pure bred, Arabian gelding with a typed head and great Arabian spirit. His previous owners were too afraid to catch him the day I went to pick him up, which was a little unnerving. But, we could see in his eye that he was special and we were right....

I explained the story and he gave me the name of a vet, Dr. Sharm Wright. He said that if she couldn't figure out his problem, no one could. I called Dr. Wright right away and she referred me to Jen Hegeman of Balance Breaking™. I spoke to Jen and told her Bey's story. She came out for a consultation and thought that she might be able to help, if the problem was muscular and not neurological. This was Bey's last chance at recovery and Jen went to work. She spent hours researching to try and determine the cause. She is very intuitive and felt that he must have an injury ... click to view full article

The Salt Lake Tribune
Endurance racing saves skittish steed

From a date with the meat market to the winner's circle: The path Bey Baszon, an 8-year-old Arabian horse, recently followed has all the makings of a feel-good movie script, complete with a happy ending. Bey and his owner, Sunny Ralph of Woodland, are recent converts to the sport of endurance racing. It's a sport the two found together not so much out of desire, but out of necessity. Ralph bought Bey two years ago, rescuing him from a cramped, muddy lot at the suggestion of her father ...

Loving her horse too much for that possibility, Ralph learned through a veterinarian of trainer Jen Hegeman, who has a business called Balance Breaking™ that provides physical therapy for horses. Hegeman isolated the problem to Bey's shoulder, and through physical therapy was able to correct his gait ... click to view full article

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