By Emily Penn - For almost thirty years, Bonnie View Farm of Nobleford, Alberta, has been committed to producing and promoting quality Friesian performance horses. Veterinarians Klaas and Annelies Wiersma, who established their farm in 1983 five years after emigrating from the Netherlands, describe it as perched on the top of a hill with “the most incredible views of the Rocky Mountains and the prairies in Southern Alberta

2012 Readers' Choice Award Winner Bramber’s Orion is a 16-year-old Norwegian Fjord who works at the North Fraser Therapeutic Riding Association. The stocky gelding was born on the prairies and NFTRA welcomed him into their program in 2002. Since then, he has won the hearts of riders, staff, and volunteers alike with his unflappable disposition, friendly nature, happy work ethic, and soft brown eyes.

2012 Readers' Choice Award Winner - As a National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) millionaire (having surpassed the $1 million rider NRHA lifetime earnings mark), NRHA Futurity Champion, the winner of six American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) World Championships, and two-time World Equestrian Game (WEG) individual medalist, Duane Latimer is a member of Canada’s reining royalty.