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| 10th March
2001 |
Badminton Horse Trials 2001
The foot and mouth outbreak has caused the
cancellation of the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, due on
3rd- 6th May.
The land at Badminton used for the Horse Trials is
grazed by 500 deer, 1000 sheep and a herd of Jersey cows. All access to the
Park has been barred for the past 2 weeks and the land will continue to be
closed for the forseeable future. In addition, the Park is surrounded by many
other livestock farms.
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| 10th March
2001 |
10 Million Sports Injuries per year in United States Points to
a Significant Need for Injury Prevention Education Initiatives
According to the Merck Manual of Medical
Information for Sports Injuries: "More than 10 million sports injuries are
treated each year in the United States." The seriousness of this problem
points to the need for education initiatives which target injury prevention.
One of the most significant factors which relates to the mechanism of joint
stress and injury is available information on correct postural alignment.The
subject of fundamental movement mechanics as a prerequisite to sports specific
training is demonstrated in many top level eastern bloc development programs in
sports such as gymnastics.
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2001 |
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$50,000 East Meets West
Hunter Challenge, Sunday, March 11, Is Third Annual Bi-Coastal Simulcast
Competition for Indio and Ocala |
INDIO, CA (March 9, 2001)--How do the West Coast
horses stack up against the East Coast horses? Find out Sunday, March 11, when
horses in Indio, California, compete against horses in Ocala, Florida, in one
class via simulcast satellite transmission in the third annual $50,000 East
Meets West Hunter Challenge presented by The Chronicle of the Horse.
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| 10th March
2001 |
Vaulting Championships 2001 Scheduled for
Massachusetts
The Board of Directors of the American Vaulting
Association (AVA) has announced that the next National Vaulting Championships
will be held at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts from August
11-14, 2001. It will be the first time in the 30-year history of the AVA that
the national championship event will be held in the northeast. The American
Vaulting Association and the American Horse Shows Association will recognize
this competition and Rachel Markels Webber has been named National Championship
Chairperson 2001.
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further details |
| 10th March
2001 |
Firestone First & Third
WELLINGTON, FL - March 9, 2001 - US
Equestrian Team Veteran ALISON FIRESTONE of Upperville, VA was in the ribbons
twice in Friday's MODIFIED JUMPER at Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in
Wellington. Firestone took FIRST PLACE honors aboard the 11 year-old Dutch bred
gelding, ROYAL DISCOVERY and THIRD PLACE up on 11 year-old Swedish gelding,
CASANOVA. .
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| 10th March
2001 |
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Grand Prix Riders to Sign
Autographs at Indio Desert Circuit, Sunday, March 11, Following the $150,000
Ford Grand Prix |
INDIO, CA (March 9, 2001)--Following the $150,000
Ford Grand Prix on Sunday, March 11, a Grand Prix Riders Autograph Signing
Session will be held in the Grand Prix ring at HITS Desert Horse Park in Indio,
California. The Grand Prix starts at 2:15pm and will conclude at approximately
4:00pm. After the winner and placings in the Grand Prix are announced and
awards presented, the riders will take their victory lap, then dismount and
return to the ring to sign autographs. Tables and chairs will be set up at the
floral island near the in-gate and the Official Indio Desert Circuit Show
Programs, Posters, and Calendars will be available for the riders to sign. Fans
can also pose for photos with the riders.
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| 10th March
2001 |
Further Movement of Livestock Offers Relief for some
Farmers
Today's decision to allow further restricted
movement of livestock will allow some desperate farmers to move animals to
fresh pastures or gather in sheep from remote fields for lambing, says the NFU.
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2001 |
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Matthew Sereni Wins
Potcreek Farm Junior Sportsman Award At Indio Desert Circuit Horse
Show |
INDIO, CA (March 9, 2001)--Horse Shows In The Sun
(HITS) announced today that Matthew Sereni, 16, of Los Altos Hills, California,
has been selected by the judges as this year's winner of the Potcreek Farm
Junior Sportsman Award at the Indio Desert Circuit--a six-week hunter/jumper
horse show in Indio, California. The award will be presented to Matthew in the
Grand Prix field at HITS Desert Horse Park on Sunday, March 11, during
half-time ceremonies. The Indio Desert Circuit is one of the largest horse
shows in the United States and is host to more than 2,000 horses competing in
over 300 hunter, jumper, and equitation classes each week.
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| 9th March
2001 |
Royal Windsor Horse Show
This year’s Royal Windsor Horse Show will run
from Wednesday 9th to Sunday 13th May and at present there have been no changes
to the proposed schedule or dates.
In view of the serious outbreak of Foot &
Mouth disease the organisers are constantly reviewing the situation with advice
from the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food, the British Show Jumping
Association and the British Horse Society.
Simon Brooks-Ward, Royal Windsor Show Director
said: “We are very aware of the situation across the country and the
possible implications that disease control could impose. At present we are
going ahead with full preparations for the show. We are in contact with the key
organisations and are also giving strong consideration to the wishes of the
agricultural and equine communities.”
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further details |
| 9th March
2001 |
Purina Mills Introduces Improved Omolene with Controlled
Energy™
ST. LOUIS (March 8, 2001) - This spring, horse
owners changing from their cold-weather to warm-weather feeding programs will
have a new choice as Purina Mills introduces improved formulations of
Omolene®, America's most trusted horse feed.
"Enhancements to the trusted Omolene formulation include improved handling
and more 'controlled energy' with less sugar and starch," says JoAnn
Fraser, group marketing manager of Purina Mills' Horse Business Group.
"Omolene's vitamin profile has also been enhanced for optimal performance
without the need for supplements.
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| 9th March
2001 |
Traxdata Provides Britain's Biggest Prize to Attract World's
Best
Hickstead stages new competition
with star appeal
A new class worth £40,000 to the winner
and conceived by Traxdata is to be launched at Hickstead’s August
meeting.
The class, to be called “The Traxdata,”
will be the richest purse in Britain with a total prize fund of £120,000
and cash awards down to 10th place. It will be held on the Saturday of the
Traxdata Derby Meeting including The Peugeot Derby (August 23 to 26).
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| 9th March
2001 |
Prudent Captures Challenge Cup
WELLINGTON, FL - March 8, 2001 - US
Equestrian Team Veteran, Katie Prudent, of Middleburg, VA rode the 18 year-old
Dutch bred mare and current American Grandprix Association Horse of the Year,
Belladonna to victory in the $25,000 Ariat WEF Challenge Cup Thursday at Palm
Beach Polo Equestrian Club.
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| 9th March
2001 |
Southern BET Exam Success
The first British Equestrian Tourism
Examinations in the South of England were held in February, at Burley-Villa in
the New Forest.
The course, which, whilst covering the whole
syllabus, had an emphasis on client and horse care and thoroughly covered
Health and Safety aspects, was highly praised by all candidates.
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| 9th March
2001 |
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Federation Equestre
Internationale
FEI News Flash
As a result of the Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak in Great Britain, the
FEI has just been informed that Oviedo City Council has decided to cancel CSI-W
Oviedo (ESP) due to take place from 29 March to 01 April 2001, following safety
measures introduced by the Spanish government.
For the moment, there is no change to CSI-W/CDI-W s'Hertogenbosh (22-25
March). |
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2001 |
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Caterers Ready to Cook at Brookhill
Steeplechase 2001
Raleigh – While one needn't be a party
planner to attend the Brookhill Steeplechase, a little party planning with a
caterer goes a long way in making a steeplechase event more enjoyable!
Whether one is a paté de fois gras
aficionado or a barbeque fan, watching the steeplechase while being waited on
hand and foot can’t be beat.
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| 9th March
2001 |
The Northern Minnesota Horse Fair
The Northern Minnesota Horse Fair is
an annual event for everyone interested in Horses. The Northern Minnesota Horse
Fair will be at the Miners Memorial Complex in Virginia, Minnesota on March
30th - 31st and April 1st, 2001.
There will be entertainment, food, seminars, demonstrations and exhibits to
appeal to every member of the family.
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details |
| 9th March
2001 |
Chief Vet's Comments Reinforce Need for Caution - NFU
The Chief Veterinary Officer Jim
Scudamore was absolutely right to be so cautious in his predictions about foot
and mouth disease, the NFU said today.
NFU President Ben Gill said: "Jim Scudamore's warning that we are by no
means over the worst shows the importance of the message we have reiterated
time and again - we must hope for the best but assume the worst."
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| 9th March
2001 |
NFU Says Thanks For Your Help
The NFU has today thanked the long
list of organisations and individuals that have thrown their support behind the
efforts to tackle the spread of
foot and mouth disease.
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| 9th March
2001 |
NFU Raises Foot and Mouth Animal Welfare Alarm with Minister
The NFU yesterday continued a series
of urgent talks with Government to discuss the control of foot and mouth and
stress the welfare problems caused by animals being trapped on farms due to
movement restrictions.
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| 8th March
2001 |
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Federation Equestre
Internationale News
7 March 2001
- FEI/Gandini World Jumping Riders Rankings
- FEI/BCM World Dressage Riders Rankings
- Foot and Mouth disease affects equestrian sport in Europe
-Driving Think Tank ideas tested in Aachen
- Freddy Serpieri elected Vice President GRE NO |
- New features on www.horsesport.org
- 2000/2001 WBFSH International Breeding Guide available
- New acting Chief Executive for ILPH
- In Memoriam: Hermann Duckek, Jasper Nissen
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| 8th March
2001 |
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Getting the Feed
Balance Right
Equilibra
Economical, Effective, Easy
Equilibra has been scientifically formulated, to
incorporate all the essential nutrients your horse or pony requires, to achieve
and maintain peak condition. |
Good top-line, excellent coat condition, brighter
eyes, improved hoof quality, strong dense bones, stable temperament, reduced
stress level, are but a few of the benefits that horse owners around the world
say about their horses when fed Equilibra.
Please click here to learn more |
| 8th March
2001 |
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Farmers Thank BHS for their Help over
Foot and Mouth
The BHS has received many expressions of thanks
for the prompt advice it gave to horse riders as soon as the first case of Foot
and Mouth disease was confirmed. Riders have been grateful for the guidance
offered, and farmers have greatly appreciated the way many riders have taken
that advice and not ridden out in the countryside. |
Ben Gill, National Farmers' Union President said:
"I would like to extend my thanks, on behalf of the National Farmers'
Union, for the measures taken by the BHS during the current Foot and Mouth
Disease crisis. It is vitally important that movements within the countryside
are limited to the greatest possible extent, and the measures they have taken
have served to improve this situation."
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| 8th March
2001 |
Bloomberg Wins Open Speed
WELLINGTON, FL - March 7, 2001 -
Eighteen year - old Georgina Bloomberg of NY, on board her 10 year old gelding,
Julius, took first place honors in Wednesday's $5,000 AmeriChoice Open Speed
Challenge during the start of week seven of the Cosequin Winter Equestrian
Festival at Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club .
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| 8th March
2001 |
Ukasta and the NFU Issue Reminder on Disinfectant
The NFU and feed supplier UKASTA have
issed a reminder to farmers that disinfectant to spray down vehicles entering
and leaving holdings should be available at the farm gate as well as outside
the farm itself.
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| 7th March
2001 |
The use of essential oils in the management of viral infection.
These days, as foot and mouth disease rampages
through the British countryside my thoughts turn to viral infection and the use
of essential oils to help combat them. Essential oils can be helpful on three
levels in the presence of viruses and bacteria:
Many oils are anti-viral and anti bactericidal,
among them Manuka, Tea tree, Bergamot, Ravensara and Eucalyptus.n Eucalyptus
globulus and Bergamot in particular kill airborne bacteria.
Essential oils are often immuno-stimulant so they
can help the body fight of an infection and viruses have no place to make their
home if the immune system is strong.
Essential oils work on the brain to relieve stress
and tension which again leads to a stronger immune system.
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| 7th March
2001 |
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More Stamina in the Codlivine
Range
Formulated with the same care as Super Codlivine
Supplement and Super Codlivine Supple Joint Supplement, the all new formulation
of Super Codlivine Stamina represents the advanced naturally balanced
supplement that is enriched with pure Soya Oil and Wheatgerm Oil. Super
Codlivine Stamina reflects today's current ideas on the optimum in equine
nutrition.
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to learn more |
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| 7th March
2001 |
NFU Meets Race Authorities on Foot and Mouth
The NFU tonight expressed its regret
that a limited racing schedule will resume tomorrow, despite farmers' pleas for
a further period of suspension.
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| 7th March
2001 |
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Warning on DIY Footcare for
Horses
An alternative method of footcare for horses,
originating in Germany, is causing concern with a leading horse welfare
charity, farriers and vets alike.
The Strasser Method, as practiced by Dr. Hiltrud
Strasser, advocates that horses should not be shod and that, after a short
3-day course, owners are capable of trimming their own horse's feet. The
barefoot method falls within an overall philosophy of keeping horses as close
to nature as possible by not stabling, clipping or rugging them, nor feeding
supplements, administering painkilling drugs or using chemical wormers.
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details |
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| 7th March
2001 |
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Stillwell-Hansen, Inc.
and Four Winds Farm Sponsor $25,000 Pre-Green Hunter Invitational in 2001
Cosequin® U.S. Grand Prix League Finals |
INDIO, CA (March 6, 2001)--Horse Shows In The Sun
and Cosequin® have announced a new title sponsor for the pre-green hunter
final in the Cosequin U.S. Grand Prix League Invitational Finals to be held
September 26-30, 2001, in Culpeper, Virginia. The invitation-only class is
called the "$25,000 Pre-Green Hunter Invitational Sponsored by
Stillwell-Hansen, Inc. and Four Winds Farm." The top 30 Hunters in the
U.S. will be selected to compete in this finals class based on points earned at
more than 45 member shows nationwide during this year's league season,
including all six of the HITS horse show circuits.
Please click here for further details |
| 7th March
2001 |
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Olympians Jump-Off at
HITS Ocala-- Lauren Hough Wins $50,000 Cosequin® Grand Prix |
OCALA, FLORIDA (March 4, 2001)--Two Olympians
competed against each other in a six-horse jump-off at HITS Ocala IV today, and
Lauren Hough, 24, of Ocala, Florida, riding Windy City, emerged as the winner
of the $50,000 Cosequin® Grand Prix.
Please click here for a full report |
| 7th March
2001 |
NFU Appeals to Horse Community - Please don't Resume Racing
The NFU today appealed to the
horseracing community not to resume racing tomorrow because of the risk of
spreading foot and mouth disease.
Please click here for further details |
| 6th March
2001 |
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easibed Announces Two Major
Sponsorships
“A fantastic breakthrough - it really is dust
free!”- Di Lampard
International showjumper Di Lampard has become one
of the first large-scale users of the all-new easibed finely shredded
wood fibre bedding for animals and in a new sponsorship deal, will be supplied
with the product for all horses in her yard - a product she describes as
“A fantastic breakthrough in bedding as it really is dust
free!”
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further details |
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| 6th March
2001 |
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Mustangs
Mustangs are found in all colors and
combinations, all sizes and builds. Most common are browns, bays, chestnuts,
duns; 14-16 hands; slight in build. One very impressive working Bureau of Land
Management Mustang was 18 hands. |
Mustangs are very tough, strong, agile, sound,
quick to learn, and when you gain their loyalty, they follow directions easily.
Protected from being killed or harassed while on Federal BLM lands since the
the 1971 federal "Wild Horse and Burro Act", wild horses are still
subject today to death or displacement by fire, drought, humans with guns
illegally shooting them on federal lands, overgrazing, straying off federal
lands onto non-protected areas and being "disposed of" sometimes by
other, non-BLM federal agencies, and lost legal battles with cattle grazers for
rights to federal land. Currently there are less than 50,000 Mustangs
remaining--with many herds numbering below the population numbers needed to
stay healthy and free from inbreeding. Experts agree that at the present rate
of decline, the Mustang could become extinct by the end of the century.
Determined efforts are now being made to preserve the remaining wild horses by
the BLM, and organizations such as Wild Horse Research Center at Porterville,
CA, the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros in
Scottsdale, AZ, and the North American Wild Horse and Range Systems. Important
strains of Mustang are being recognized and preserved, such as the Cayuse
Indian Pony, Chickasaw Indian Pony (also known as Florida Cracker Horse),
Spanish Barb, the Rocky Mountain Pony, and the Kiger Mustang.
Please click here to learn more |
| 6th March
2001 |
The genetic sequencing of the Foot-and-Mouth
virus by scientists at the IAH |
The role of the Institute for Animal
Health in the current outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the UK
27th February 2001: The
Institute for Animal Health (IAH) is an international centre for research into
the major infectious diseases of farm animals. It is sponsored and funded by
the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and
undertakes research in support of the policies of the Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food (MAFF) to control animal disease. |
Please click here to read the
complete article |
| 6th March
2001 |
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First Annual Fiesta Day
at Indio Desert Circuit, Sunday, March 11, Will Celebrate Hispanic
Culture |
INDIO, CA (March 5, 2001)--Fiesta Day, a
celebration of Hispanic culture, will be introduced at the Indio Desert Circuit
Horse Show on Sunday, March 11, in Indio, California. Festivities with a
Hispanic flavor are scheduled from 11am until 1pm. Visitors to HITS Desert
Horse Park will be treated to strolling mariachis, a KUNA Radio Remote,
piñata games, charro and escaramuza exhibitions (Mexican rodeo), pony
rides, and a bouncy house plus educational activities and career information.
Please click here for the full report |
| 6th March
2001 |
Equine Supplement Supply
Equine Supplement Supply has recently launched a
web site dedicated completely to Equine vitamin, mineral, herbal &
specialty dietary supplements. Equine Supplement Supply, a millennium company,
was founded to offer horsepeople a place to purchase supplements similar to the
"human health food store". It's not the huge tack catalogue that
sells anything horse related. They specialize in one thing only, horse
supplements. Products are grouped by category so you can effectively compare
several "Joint Supplements" or "Multi Vitamins " in one
place.
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to learn more |
| 6th March
2001 |
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Daran Cohn and Gangster
Win $10,000 Jr/A-O Jumper Classic at Indio--A Qualifying Class for the
Cosequin® USGPL Finals |
INDIO, CA (March 4, 2001)--Daran Cohn, 18, of San
Diego, California, riding Gangster, was the only rider in a field of 51 horses
to go double-clear in the $10,000 Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic at the
Indio Desert Circuit in California today. Cohn took home the blue ribbon, an
embroidered cooler, a silver trophy, and $3,000 for her win. Gangster is an
eight-year-old Oldenburg gelding owned by Greystone Farms.
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| 6th March
2001 |
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It's Two in a Row for Ray
Texel and Fleur -- Winners of $50,000 HITS Grand Prix at Indio Desert
Circuit |
INDIO, CA (March 4, 2001)--Ray Texel and Fleur
were last to go in a five-horse jump-off and beat Richard Spooner on
Robinson--the only other double-clear--by .867 of a second to win the $50,000
HITS Grand Prix at the Indio Desert Circuit in California today.
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| 5th March
2001 |
PI Associates / Poly Pads ® launch new Competition
Pad
In response to the specialist requirements of
competition riders, PI Associates / PolyPads® have launched a stylish new
saddle pad especially for competition use.
The PolyPads® Competitor© has been rigorously tested by professionals
and is already proving to be a competition winner!
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| 5th March
2001 |
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Training Mythunderstandings Primary
and Secondary Lines
We use aids to teach things to horses. In teaching
horses to heed, we define an aid as a methodically applied directional pressure
used to create a shape. Aids need to be horse logical. That means they must
make sense to the horse in terms of what his natural instincts tell him to
do. |
The horse has two lines of influence. So does the
trainer. Heeding uses these lines of influence to create horse logical
pressures that indicate the shapes we want the horse to take. By changing the
relationship of these lines of influence, we can ask the horse to walk, trot,
stop, back or turn and to do those things in a particular direction at a
particular speed.
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| 5th March
2001 |
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Driving a carriage and pair through
all of Germany
Starting at EQUITANA 2001 |
They have taken on quite a lot, Messrs Herbert
Delbos (63), Günther Busch (61) and Arnold Winkler (64): they intend to
drive through all of Germany in a covered wagon drawn by the two Oldenburg
black mares Waidfee and Waidgräfin. At the EQUITANA 2001 the pair of
horses will be sent off officially on the carriage sport day (Tuesday, 6th
March).
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learn more |
| 5th March
2001 |
Wellington's Margie Engle Earns 95th Career Victory
WELLINGTON, FLORIDA - March 4, 2001 -
Six-time AGA Rider of the Year and 2000 U.S. Olympian Margie Goldstein-Engle of
Wellington, riding Hidden Creek's Laurel, a 13-year-old Dutch-bred bay mare,
defeated 68 starters en route to her 95th career grand prix title in the
$75,000 Tommy Bahama Florida Open Grand Prix on Sunday.
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| 5th March
2001 |
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The XVIII Brazilian
Exposition of Sport Horses
4th - 8th April 2001, in the city of
Sao Paulo
Foals , mares , stallion show and competition to 5 , 6 and 7 y.o young
horses.The best bloodlines -- Ramiro, Pilot, Cor de la Bryère, Landgraf,
etc...
Visit the main haras in Brazil!
contact :
info@demontfort.com.br
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| 4th March
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World champion amateur jockey to be a
guest at the EQUITANA 2001
Nicole Traber-Renk (36) galloped ahead of the competition
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Horse racing seems to be in her blood: the entire
family of Nicole Traber-Renk, the reigning world champion amateur jockey, has
devoted itself to the noble thoroughbred and the turf - with success . Nicole
is not the only one who gained success after success in the Zürich Limmat,
her father and her sister Birgt Renk, professionals in the racing saddle, are
not unknown in the international galloping scene either.
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| 4th March
2001 |
Schmidt Clinches Open Jumper Classic
WELLINGTON, FL - March 3, 2001 - Jamie
Schmidt, up on Mardi Gras, took first place honors in the Tommy Bahama Open
Jumper Classic Saturday at Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in Wellington.
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| 4th March
2001 |
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Spooner and Robinson Win
Their Second $25,000 Ariat Grand Prix--Spooner Chalks Up Fourth Grand Prix
Victory at Indio |
INDIO, CA (March 2, 2001)--Richard Spooner, 31, of
Burbank, California, and Robinson outperformed a field of 51 horses to win the
$25,000 Ariat Grand Prix at the Indio Desert Circuit in California today. This
is Spooner's fourth Grand Prix victory at the six-week circuit, and his second
win with Robinson in the Friday Ariat Grand Prix.
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| 4th March
2001 |
NFU Welcomes Government and EU Speed to Help Farmers in
Crisis
The NFU welcomed today's announcement by Minister
of Agriculture Nick Brown that he has obtained agreement from Agriculture
Commissioner Franz Fischler that the European Commission will pay agrimoney
compensation early to British livestock farmers during the foot & mouth
crisis.
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