The Arizona horse communi-
the sales and equine activities are.
Without something like this, the
bigger stores will just trample all
over the average Mom and Pop
feed and tack stores.”
Apart from owning and riding horses, Gordon knows a lot
about dogs, cats, poultry, and raises his own sheep at home. It’s also
interesting that he has gained a
command of the Spanish language
through years of dealing with
Hispanic customers at his grandmother’s store in South Phoenix.
ty was pleasantly surprised last
month to see the appearance of a
new statewide publication, Arizona in the Saddle. The newspaper is new, but the man behind
it, Gordon Grantham, has been
involved in the horse industry for
most of his life.
Born in Arizona, Gordon has
worked in the farming and feed
By: Vicki Szaszvari
business since 1996. His grandmother has had a feed store for 44
years, and he’s been working there
for 18 of those years. He knows
about the industry, and he and his
wife Casey saw the need when the
other publication, Bridle & Bit, recently disappeared.
According to Gordon, “Arizona
businesses need such a paper. My
grandmother has a feed store, and
I know that all the other smaller
feed stores need a spot to advertise
what’s going on, when and where