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| 17th March
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Federation Equestre
Internationale
FEI News Flash
Events Cancelled due to Foot & Mouth as of 16th March 2001
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- Oviedo (ESP) CSI-W 29 Mr - 1 April
- Punchestown (IRL) CCIO***/**CCIY 17 - 20 May (postponed
- date TBA)
- Lincolnshire (GBR) CIC* 18 - 19 March
- Gatcombe (GBR) CIC**/* 24 - 25 March
- Somerley Park (GBR) CIC**/* 28 - 29 March
- Haywood Oaks (GBR) CEI-B 21 April
- Exford (GBR) CEI-A 14 - 15 May
- Hasselt (BEL) CSI-B 8 - 11 March
- Grenoble (FRA) CSI-A 16 - 18 March
- Badminton (GBR) CCI**** 3 - 6 May
- Barcelona (ESP) CDIOYJ 11 - 15 April
- Companhia das Lezirias (POR) CAI-B 29 March - 1 April
- Vejer de la Frontera (ESP) CAI-B 1-2- 4 21 - 25 March
- Six Fours les Plages (FRA) CSIJ-A/B/CSICh-B 14 - 16
April
- Moorsele (BEL) CSI-A 30 March - 1 April
- Qta da Marinha (POR) CSI-B 23 - 25 March (postponed)
- Rio Frio (POR) CEI-B 6 April (to be confirmed)
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2001 |
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British Endurance Riding Association
News
March 2001 |
· April Endurance Ride Cancellations mean
Hilton Herbs Golden Horseshoe Ride Will Not Go Ahead
· Elite Squad Marks New International Strategy
· British Youngsters Look Forward to their First Ever World Championships
· Equest are new Co-Sponsors of Tattersalls Ride
· Major BERA Fixtures for 2001
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| 17th March
2001 |
NFU Response to Advice on Countryside Activities
The NFU has warned everyone thinking of
going into rural areas to take thegreatest possible care following Government
guidelines released today advising the public of places that they can visit.
It would be premature if people thought they were again free to roam the
countryside even in areas currently unaffected by the foot and mouth disease,
said NFU President Ben Gill.
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A Horse, of Course
with Don Blazer
There are some horsemen-heroes I just
can’t accept.
Francois Xavier Aubry is one of them.
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They’ve named cliffs after him, and a valley
in Arizona and a fort in Kansas. He did some miraculous things. And yes, he was
a hard little critter, without fear and he got tougher as the going got
rougher.
But for my money, they gave him credit which
belongs elsewhere. And the names of the real heroes are mostly forgotten.
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| 16th March
2001 |
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Training Mythunderstandings -
Dealing with Rearing and Pulling
At some point it its training, something will
startle or frighten an energetic, red blooded baby horse and he will rear or
pull back or run sideways while the trainer is leading him. Or he may jump
around just because he's young and he's feeling good. Or maybe he's challenging
his trainer like he would another horse in the herd just to see who's who in
the pecking order. |
These things are actually the trainer's fault
because they allowed the animal's attention to wander. Then an awful lot of
trainers make a second mistake. To get the horse's attention back, they jerk
the shank or yank the horse sideways or pop him with the end of the lead rope
or they yell at him.
This is the "biggest, baddest wins" school of horse training.. This
method sometimes looks like it works. If the trainer really is the biggest,
baddest one, they may get the horse to freeze and hesitate before they startle
or rear or pull back the next time. But the horse hasn't really learned
anything except that when they're frightened or startled, they're going to get
attacked so they better watch out. That's not a lesson you can build on to
teach the horse anything else.
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| 16th March
2001 |
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Global Masters and World Cup Western
European League Final Announced by PERA for Lake District Event at Armathwaite
Hall |
The Armathwaite Hall Strongid-P event has today
(March 15th, 2001) been confirmed as the new venue for the PERA
Global Masters competition, which will run at this year’s event over the
weekend of July 20-22.
Previously hosted just once at Burghley, the
Global Masters competition, open to all full members of the Professional Event
Riders Association (PERA), will run as part of the Armathwaite Hall’s
Strongid-P Classic section. The Classic section, which offers a specially
commissioned bronze trophy and a first prize of £4000, will also be open
to non-PERA members, so the prospect of two different high profile winners
should add significantly to the event’s appeal.
PERA will also add around £3000 to the prize
fund, with this amount - plus the impressive PERA Global Masters Trophy - going
to the top placed riders in the Global Masters.
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| 16th March
2001 |
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The equestrian world celebrated the
most successful EQUITANA ever
Essen. In new dimensions, with more exhibition
area, more international visitors, more direct exhibition business, and
enhanced attraction status, the EQUITANA 2001 finished as the most successful
EQUITANA ever. |
As the top-ranking international exhibition for
equestrian enthusiasts, the EQUITANA has thus underlined its lead in terms of
professionally expert specialist information and attractive presentations
centered around the horse.
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| 16th March
2001 |
Harness Racing in Great Britain
Wales & Border Counties Racing
Association is the original independent harness racing organization in Great
Britain. Its area covers the southern half of Wales and the bordering counties
of England, extending from the West coast of Wales as far as the English county
of Herefordshire, and from Caersws in Mid Wales to Ammanford in South Wales.
Harness Racing has been established in Mid- and South Wales since before the
end of the nineteenth century, racing the native breed of horses, the Welsh
Cobs. In the latter part of the twentieth century, these indigenous trotters
have been replaced by Standardbred Horses imported from America. British
Harness racing today is dominated by pacing horses with very few trotters
currently competing.
The season traditionally begins on Easter Monday with the oldest meeting in the
calendar at Llangadog in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Race meetings are held
every weekend until the end of September, while mid-week evening meetings are
held regularly during July and August. The last race meeting of the season is a
charity meeting with the venue changing yearly where the horse-owners hold a
low prize-money meeting to raise money for local charities. The presentation of
the annual awards to horses and drivers takes place at this meeting and adds to
the great friendly party atmosphere.
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| 16th March
2001 |
Foot and Mouth Measures "Grim but Inevitable" - NFU
The measures announced today will leave
swathes of farmland "dead" in a grim but necessary slaughter
programme needed to rein in the plague of foot and mouth, says the NFU.
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| 15th March
2001 |
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The Story of One of the Stars of
Knowle Rock
Where the occasional quiet success makes it all
worthwhile.
Knowle Rock is not a flashy, vast concern; it's
not often in the public eye, and it's not famous for producing regular
quantities of "big name" horses performing on the Country's top
stages. However what Knowle Rock has proved over the years is that what it does
it does very well. Its idyllic setting and facilities, the attention to detail
and concentration on quality rather than quantity brings its own
rewards. |
Knowle Rock covers several aspects of the
equestrian spectrum from stud work to the resting and convalescence of out of
training and competition horses. Life, of course, can be a procession of days
of graft and grind until those significant moments when we can be uplifted by
the successes of horses that have been born at, or passed through, Knowle Rock
during their careers.
One such story is worth the telling and for that
we must go back to the early hours of a June morning in 1992. .......
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| 15th March
2001 |
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Rescue Formula!
The loss of a horse at any time is
upsetting but when it is a mare lost at, or shortly after, foaling the
situation can be even more stressful. There is, hopefully, the joy of at least
having her foal as a lasting legacy but then the anguish of having to nurture
the orphan through difficult times without its natural mother. |
Once the foal has received colostrum, vital in the
first few hours of life to ensure it’s body is able to fight disease,
there is then the dilemma of finding a suitable alternative to the dam’s
milk, on which the foal will thrive. Locating a foster mare can be difficult
and there is no guarantee that she will take to the orphan foal, so hand
rearing with a milk replacer, such as Buckeye Mare's Milk Plus from Baileys
Horse Feeds, becomes the only option.
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more |
| 15th March
2001 |
World Class Equestrian Competition Returns to Tampa for the
Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival
TAMPA, FLO March 8, 2001: Each year thousands of
the nation's best equestrian competitors, including Olympic veterans
andinternational stars, mark their calendars to be in Tampa in March. This year
is no different, as more than 1,000 competitors will converge upon the city
when the Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival comes to town March 21 - April 1,
2001. Not only will there be exciting show jumping action, but spectators can
also enjoy the beautiful and stylish hunter competitions.
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| 15th March
2001 |
Final Lucrative For Breeders
Friday is traditionally breeder's day at Indoor
Brabant; in the morning there is a try-out test for participants in the finals
of the TNT Sires of the World. On Friday evening, 23 March, the finals of the
TNT Sires of the World are programmed for 19.00 hours. The twenty five
stallions with the highest ranking, after four competition heats, are permitted
to start in the finals.
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| 15th March
2001 |
NFU Supports "Pre-Emptive Strike" Against Disease
The NFU has supported further
emergency action announced today to track and cull certain sheep which it is
believed may be helping to spread the disease.
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| 15th March
2001 |
New Foot and Mouth Measures Imminent After NFU Meeting
Talks between NFU President Ben Gill
and Agriculture Minister Nick Brown went on late into the evening yesterday as
the NFU pressed home that the situation on many farms is at breaking point.
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| 15th March
2001 |
Londoners to Pray for Farmers in Foot and Mouth Crisis
NFU President Ben Gill is to join
Londoners in a special church service taking place at St Martins-in-the-Fields
this Sunday.
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| 15th March
2001 |
Foot and Mouth must not prevent Higher Milk Prices
The NFU today warned that the foot and
mouth crisis must not be used during forthcoming negotiations as an excuse for
failing to pay farmers a better price for their milk come 1 April.
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| 14th March
2001 |
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Molly Warmington and
Laudatius Win $25,000 Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic at Indio Desert
Circuit |
INDIO, CA (March 11, 2001)--Molly Warmington, 22,
of Newport Beach, California, riding Laudatius, bested a field of 64 riders to
win the $25,000 Junior/Young Rider/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic at the Indio
Desert Circuit in California today. The class was a Zone X Young Rider
Selection Trial for the 2001 North American Young Rider Championships and an
official Zone 10 Prix des States Qualifying Event for the 2001 Junior Jumper
Championships. Warmington has been riding since she was five years old and
currently trains with Ginnie Bryant in San Juan Capistrano. As owner/rider,
Warmington took home $7,500 in prize money for her victory.
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| 14th March
2001 |
World Class Equestrian Competition Returns to Tampa for the
Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival
TAMPA, FL - March 8, 2001 -Each year thousands of
the nation's best equestrian competitors, including Olympic veterans and
international stars, mark their calendars to be in Tampa in March. This year is
no different, as more than 1,000 competitors will converge upon the city when
the Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival comes to town March 21 - April 1, 2001.
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| 14th March
2001 |
In response to "ILPH Warning over Alternative Footcare
Treatment" from the International League for the Protection of Horses
(ILPH)
Press Release from Dr.med.vet.Hiltrud Strasser
Dr.med.vet.Hiltrud Strasser, is both
a licensed veterinarian and an examined horse breeder.
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2001 |
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Canada's Millar Family
Takes 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in $100,000 Grand Prix of Ocala presented by Great
American Insurance |
OCALA, FLORIDA (March 11, 2001)--The Millar family
of Perth, Ontario, had a very successful day at the HITS Ocala Golden Hills
International Show Grounds in Florida today--Jonathan Millar, 27, riding Fine
Line won the $100,000 Grand Prix of Ocala presented by Great American Insurance
Companies, Inc., his father Ian Millar, 54, on Ivar was second, and his sister,
Amy Millar, 23, was third on Mill Creek Roseanne. The Millars were the only
riders in a field of 44 to go clear on the Round One course built by Anthony
D'Ambrosio and the three went head-to-head in the Jump-Off. Jonathan and Fine
Line, an 11-year old Dutch Warmblood stallion, had the only fault-free trip in
the tiebreaker. As owner/rider, Jonathan took home $30,000 for his win.
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| 14th March
2001 |
Healing Horses, An Alternative Approach Can Make The Difference
Unfortunately, people often seek alternative
methods to medicine after they have exhausted the more traditional methods or
might I say, traditional beliefs. A wise man would tell you that reality is not
dependant on your belief. Ptolemy, the second century astronomer taught that
the earth was the center of the universe. This was the accepted belief until
Copernicus, the 15th century astronomer, discovered that the sun was the center
of the universe. Until the 16th century, the world was believed to be flat. Not
until Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese navigator who sailed around the world
without falling off the edge, was it believed to be round. It’s not to say
that traditional medicine is not valid nor that nontraditional medicine is
invalid. Perhaps a wise man would say that to seek all available paths to good
health would be a wise decision.
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| 14th March
2001 |
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International event rider, Lucy Henson
secures sponsorship from two British companies. |
Joules Clothing of Market Harborough,
Leicestershire have agreed a sponsorship deal with event rider, Lucy Henson for
the 2001 season.Wendals Herbs of
Kings Lynn, Norfolk are sponsoring Lucy’s Intermediate ride Cool Cocktail,
who will be competing at two star level this year.
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further details |
| 14th March
2001 |
Do Not Abandon Us - NFU's Message to Prime Minister
The Prime Minister today reiterated
his commitment to provide all the resources needed to fight foot and mouth
disease after NFU President Ben Gill told him: "You must not abandon
us."
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| 13th March
2001 |
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Carlton Brooks and Penn
Square Win $50,000 East Meets West Hunter Challenge Presented by The Chronicle
of the Horse |
INDIO, CA (March 11, 2001)--Carlton Brooks of
Atherton, California, riding Penn Square at the Indio Desert Circuit today won
the third annual $50,000 East Meets West Hunter Challenge presented by The
Chronicle of the Horse. Brooks operates Uphill Farm based in Atherton, and is
the first professional rider to win this event.
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report |
| 13th March
2001 |
ERC Horse Hot Spot on the Web
Redesigned and Expanded
Guelph, ON - With anticipation building over the
signing of a new Memorandum of Agreement between the Equine Research Centre
(ERC) and the University of Guelph (U of G), the Centre is preparing to launch
its newly designed web site April 15.
"The new web site will reflect the
collaboration between the ERC, University of Guelph and the Ontario Ministry of
Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), " said ERC Communications
Coordinator, Kelly Counsell. " The three groups have been meeting
regularly to offer up ideas and materials for the site.
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more |
| 13th March
2001 |
- Oviedo (ESP) CSI-W 29 Mr - 1 April
- Punchestown (IRL) CCIO***/**CCIY 17 - 20 May (postponed
- date TBA)
- Lincolnshire (GBR) CIC* 18 - 19 March
- Gatcombe (GBR) CIC**/* 24 - 25 March
- Somerley Park (GBR) CIC**/* 28 - 29 March
- Haywood Oaks (GBR) CEI-B 21 April
- Exford (GBR) CEI-A 14 - 15 May
- Hasselt (BEL) CSI-B 8 - 11 March
- Grenoble (FRA) CSI-A 16 - 18 March
- Badminton (GBR) CCI**** 3 - 6 May
- Barcelona (ESP) CDIOYJ-11 - 15 April
- Companhia das LeziriasCAI-B 29 March - 1 April
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| 13th March
2001 |
Ponies (UK) Winter Championships – 2001
At a special meeting of the Directors
of Ponies (UK), convened on Sunday 11th March, the decision was taken to
re-schedule the P(UK) Winter Championships to
April 27th – 29th at Arena UK,
Grantham.
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| 13th March
2001 |
Dansk Varmblod - The National Stallion Show 2001
More than thrirty thousand visitors
found their way to Danish Warmblood's annual Stallion Grading show in Herning
Exhibition Centre where 250 horses were presented in shows, gradings and
competitions. The event was again attended by the Protector of the association,
the Danish Princess Benedikte of Berleburg accompanied by Prince Richard,
Prince Gustav and Princess Nathalie.
Head of Danish Warmblood's grading committee Poul Graugaard proclaimed that the
collection of 3 years old stallions is predominently showing a lot of well
moving youngsters, some of them with great potential for the big time dressage
ring. A couple of very good jumping stallions were also approved in Herning
this year but there was no specific jumping star to be found in this year's
crop.
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| 13th March
2001 |
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Richard Spooner and
Southshore Win $150,000 Ford Grand Prix in Two-Horse Jump-Off at Indio Desert
Circuit |
INDIO, CA (March 11, 2001)--Richard Spooner riding
Southshore had the only double-clear on Conrad Homfeld's $150,000 Ford Grand
Prix course today at the Indio Desert Circuit in California, clinching his win
in the final event of the six-week circuit for the third year in a row. For
most of Round One, it looked like there wasn't going to be a jump-off. Only Hap
Hansen on Maloubet, the 20th rider in a field of 39, had a clear first round
until Spooner aboard Southshore--the last duo on course--went clean and forced
the two-horse jump-off.
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report. |
| 13th March
2001 |
Ben Gill to Meet Prime Minister on Foot and Mouth
NFU President Ben Gill will meet the
Prime Minister first thing tomorrow morning to give an update on the
nightmarish situation for British livestock farmers struggling to cope with
foot and mouth disease.
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| 13th March
2001 |
Further Crisis Meetings Held As Foot and Mouth Crisis Enters
Third Week
NFU officials were today starting a further round
of daily crisis meetings with the Government as the industry enters the third
week of the foot and mouth disaster.
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| 12th March
2001 |
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The Welara Pony.
The Welara pony is a cross between the Welsh pony
and the Arabian horse. To cross these two animals tends to produce an animal of
exceptional refinement and beauty, with great intelligence and fine
temperament. This cross has been intentionally made for several hundred years,
however the most noteworthy is that of Lady Wentworth of Sussex, England
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The primary feature of the Welara is beauty. He
has a naturally arched neck, a dished face, with a high head carriage. He is
very intelligent, basically friendly, and works well with humans. His
disposition is his second most remarkable feature. In almost all individuals, a
desire to please, a liking for human beings, and a generous giving of himself
is very apparent. He is strong, and larger than most pony breeds.
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| 12th March
2001 |
New Stallion in England
DOUBLETOUR a half brother to KRIS and
DIESES, and a three parts brother to RUDIMENTARY is to stand in England at
Hedgeholme Stud, Winston, Darlington for 2001. |
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He is already sire of GUIDED TOUR who finished
second in the Irish 2000 Guineas, beating Grand Lodge and Ridgewood Ben, and
has sired plenty of other winners.
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| 12th March
2001 |
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Tuend Treeless Saddles
Tuend Treeless Saddles are now available outside
of Italy!! Tuend has been selling Endurance saddles in Italy for over 10 years.
The saddles are hand made from a fine quality Italian Chamois leather.
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| 12th March
2001 |
U.S. Olympian Laura Kraut Wins $100,000 Event
WELLINGTON, FL -- MARCH 11, 2001 - What
a difference a year makes for Laura Kraut.Kraut, a member of the 2000 U.S.
Olympic team, reached the winner's circle in the $100,000 Cosequin U.S. Open
Jumper Championship, the culminating event of the 2001 Cosequin Winter
Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club.
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| 12th March
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The horse's significance in our
present-day society
It's hardly necessary here to go into detail on
how the horse has developed as a partner for human beings in sporting and
leisure activities over the past 25 to 30 years. The almost incredible success
story of the Equitana in this period is evidence enough.
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| 11th March
2001 |
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Federation Equestre
Internationale
FEI News Flash
CANCELLATION OF BADMINTON CCI**** (GBR)
Received from Organising Committee:
The foot and mouth outbreak has caused the cancellation of the MitsubishiMotors
Badminton Horse Trials, due on 3rd-6th May.
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| 11th March
2001 |
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Training Mythunderstandings -
Trick Horses vs. Trained Horses
When youngsters come to Meredith Manor, one of the
first things I show them is a big ball of string. Now if I asked them to sit
down right then and there and eat that whole ball of string, they'd find that
pretty gross. |
But if they started at the end, which is actually
the beginning, and they swallowed a very little bit at a time--very
methodically, very logically, very calmly--ultimately they would finish it.
Then they'd say, "Well, look at me! I swallowed that whole ball of
string!" Training a horse is identical to swallowing a ball of string,
both from the trainer's perspective and from the horse's viewpoint.
One of the most common ways people get in trouble training horses is that they
ask their horse to take too big a bite of string at one time. When you're
working with a baby horse, each thing you teach him must be taught as one
little word, one little bit of language, that you'll eventually put together to
hold a conversation.
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| 11th March
2001 |
Californian Wins $10,000 Classic
US Equestrian Team Veteran, Meghan
Johnstone of Orinda, CA was in the winner's circle aboard, Ramerique Royale at
the Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival for her first win of the 2001 season.
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full report |
| 11th March
2001 |
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Muck-Itch Skin Saver
This AMAZING new product
"Muck-Itch" Skin Saver relieves horses of rainrot, mud-fever,
dew-poisoning, scratches, rain scald & fungus within days.
Easy to use. Spray on - Rub in - Leave on. No
Scrubbing!
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| 11th March
2001 |
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It's Five Grand Prix Wins
for Spooner at Indio--Robinson Wins His Third $25,000 Ariat Grand Prix of the
Circuit |
INDIO, CA (March 9, 2001)--Today was the last of
six $25,000 Ariat Grand Prix classes to be contested at this year's Indio
Desert Circuit, and Richard Spooner, 31, of Burbank, California, closed out his
Ariat tour by taking first place with Robinson and second place with
Southshore. Spooner won four of the six $25,000 Ariat Grand Prix competitions
this circuit--three with Robinson and one with Bradford owned by Tracey Kenly
and Kenly Farms. The win today brings Spooner's total Grand Prix victories at
Indio to five--he also won the $50,000 EMO Grand Prix with Southshore on
January 28. Spooner took home $7,500 for Robinson's owner, the Half Moon Bay
Investment Group and $5,000 for Southshore's owner, Eldorado 29.
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| 11th March
2001 |
Canadian Wins Equitation Championship
WELLINGTON, FL - March 10, 2001 - The
elite of the equitation divisions competed today in the third annual R.W.
'Ronnie' Mutch Equitation Championship at Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club.
Sherry Robertson, created the Championship as a challenging and enjoyable
equitation class and in honor of legendary horseman, Ronnie Mutch.
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Data, facts and figures on
equestrianism in Germany
In the study entitled "Growth areas in
Recreational Sport" (1996), the Institute for Leisure Research counted
2,400,000 riders in Germany; 2,200,000 lived in the west of the country.
200,000 of them in the eastern provinces. · Of these, 1,400,000 west
Germans and 90,000 east Germans regularly mounted a horse.
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