| 30th July
2000 |
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The Bowmore Blair Castle
International Horse Trials & Country Fair
Next month’s Bowmore Blair Castle
International Horse Trials and Country Fair has received a major boost in
securing television coverage. |
As one of Scotland’s premier equestrian
events set in the most beautiful part of Perthshire, it has attracted Laurie
Ward Productions Ltd to film a one hour highlights programme which will be
shown on Sky Sports 1, 2 and 3 and on BBC Scotland later in the year.
Please click here to learn
more |
| 29th July
2000 |
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Welcome Taranet
Taranet are creating a complete on-line directory
of alternative animal therapies. |
You can find information on each therapy plus a
list of suppliers of the various therapeutic treatments available - these
include Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, Magnotherapy, Aromatherapy, Herbal
Remedies and Shiatsu.
If you know of any practioners, in particular
chiropodists and physiotherapists who should be added to the directory, please
get in touch
Please visit www.taranet.co.uk |
| 29th July
2000 |
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Light Therapy
Light therapy has been shown in over 40
years of independent research worldwide to deliver powerful therapeutic
benefits to living tissues and organisms. Both visible red and infrared light
have been shown to effect at least 24 different positive changes at a cellular
level. |
Visible red light, penetrates tissue to a depth of
about 8-10 mm and is very beneficial in treating problems close to the surface
such as wounds, cuts, scars, trigger and acupuncture points and is particularly
effective in treating infections. Infrared light (904nm) penetrates to a depth
of about 30-40 mm which makes it more effective for bones, joints, deep muscle,
etc.
Please click here to learn more about light
therapy |
| 28th July
2000 |
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The Bowmore Blair Castle International
Horse Trials and Country Fair
Blair Atholl, Perthshire
Thursday 24th - Sunday 27th August 2000
Record crowds in 1999 enjoyed top class sport,
entertainment for all the family and unparalleled shopping
opportunities.
2000 is set to be even bigger - more shops, more
displays and the last chance to see all the top riders in action before they
depart for the Sydney Olympics.
Please click here for
further details |
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| 28th July 2000 |
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Tips for Feeding on the Day of a
Competition
An important part of preparing for a competition
is to ensure that the horse’s diet is appropriate for the level and type
of work being done. Once this is established there should be no need to change
the horses diet in the days leading up to a competition. Although disruptions
to a horse’s routine should be avoided as much as possible it is often
impossible not to have to make some alterations on competition day.
Please
click here for some great advice |
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| 27th July 2000 |
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Communicating with Animals
Animal Communication is the ability to converse
with animals through telepathy (an exchange of pictures, thoughts, words,
emotions and feelings). Animal Communicator, Debbie McGillivray uses her
ability to help people and animals understand each other on a deeper
level. |
"My goal as an animal communicator is to
bridge the gap of understanding between people and animals to cultivate
healing, understanding and growth. It is through this subtle communication that
questions are answered, compromise is achieved and harmony restored."
This article is truly fascinating.
To
learn more please click here |
| 27th July 2000 |
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Can you help the Connemara
Classics?
The Connemara pony is known worldwide for its
sturdiness and versatility and in the west of Ireland a group of people are
adding another string to their bow by organising this fantastic musical display
team. The aim is to have all ten ponies ridden aside, to give a wonderful
visual spectacle and promote not only our ponies but the Art of riding
aside. |
However, we have only four saddles and are
looking for another six, so can anyone out there help us? All saddles would be
fully insured and hired at the current hire price. Our ponies are no smaller
the 148cm and the largest is 158cm. Please click here
for further details |
| 26th July 2000 |
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The Peruvian Paso
This horse, one of the world's last
remaining naturally gaited breeds, is becoming a sensation among American horse
enthusiasts for several very good reasons.
There is "something for everyone" in
this smooth, elegant animal; riding comfort, strength and stamina for the avid
trail rider; calm tractable disposition so important in the family mount;
arrogant, flashy presence and action which set the exhibitor and parader apart
from others, and investment potential solidly supported by its relative rarity
and increasing popularity.
Please click
here to learn more |
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| 25th July 2000 |
Success
for Felicity Coulthard at the RDA National Championships
British Equestrian Insurance Brokers Ltd (BEIB)
would like to congratulate talented young disabled rider Felicity Coulthard
from Darwen on her success at the recent RDA National Dressage Championships at
Warwickshire College. Felicity, whom BEIB have supported this year, won first
place in Test 21a and second place in the Grade 1 Kur with Honey, a 14hh
chestnut mare owned by Deborah Baldwin. Please
click here for details |
| 23rd July 2000 |
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Competition!
Enter a great new competition to win a huge
variety of Hunter Horse Care products.
Hunter products combine genuine bush grown Tea
Tree Oil with other natural treatments to create the essential selection of
gentle and effective products for both horses and pets, to help soothe and
clean cuts, grazes, sores and insect bites, restoring and maintaining skin and
coat condition. |
All entrants will also receive a complimentary
voucher book entitling you to discounts on Hunter Horse Care and Pet &
Garden products.
Please click here to enter!
Sorry, this competition is open to UK
residents only |
| 21st July 2000 |
The
Mounted Games World Team Championships
Teams from twelve countries, Belgium,
Canada, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland,
Norway, Scotland, Sweden, and USA, are now in Bremen, Germany, preparing for
the 2000 World Team Championships which starts on Friday 21st July. Please click here for details |
| 20th July 2000 |
Photography by
Fabio
Crespo |
The Importance of a Good Vet
One of the most important people in
your breeding programme is the veterinary surgeon, whether it is for natural
covering or artificial insemination.
From the time that you make the decision to put
your mare in foal to the time that she actually gives birth a good vet will be
a constant source of advice and information. A good relationship with your vet,
based on mutual trust and respect is essential.
Please click here to learn more |
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| 19th July 2000 |
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The Clydesdale Horse
The primary purpose of this breed was literally as
a farm workhorse - true horse power prior to mechanisation. From the early days
the reputation of the horse grew considerably and the horse fairs held over
several days in the Lanarkshire area attracted buyers from far and wide looking
for draught horses to fulfil a variety of roles in the haulage field.
In these mechanised days the Clydesdale horse is
taking on a variety of new roles -
please click
here for details. |
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| 18th July 2000 |
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The ILPH
More than any other animal the horse is
inextricably linked with human history. He has carried conquering armies from
the Huns to the Mongols and increased the spread of trade, shaping the world as
we know it today. His influence on our culture has been profound.
In the United Kingdom the ILPH runs farms
dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of horses with over 300 equines in
care at any one time. Working in the developing world, the ILPH runs
educational and training courses in equine management, saddlery, harness
making, farriery, veterinary care and nutrition to combat the major causes of
equine suffering and help the owners to help themselves.
Please click here to learn how you can help. |
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| 18th July 2000 |
The
Evolution of the Horse
The origin of equines can be traced to
the Eocene period, between 60 and 50 million years ago. Eohippus, or Dawn
Horse, was about the size of a Cocker Spaniel - 14 inches at the shoulder - and
is thought to have weighed about twelve pounds. He had four toes on the front
legs and three on the back, which were padded like those of a dog and allowed
easy movement over wet ground. These toes and pads are now the ergots and
splint bones found on the legs of the modern horse.
Please click here to continue this fascinating
story |
| 17th July 2000 |
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The Akhal-Teke
Born to challenge the wind of the desert! Prized
by Alexander the Great, Darius the Great, Genghis Khan, Roman emperors, Marco
Polo, and many others, the Akhal-Tekes serve people for 3,000 years. Absolutely
everything about this horse is unique, outlandish, stunning. It is the most
ancient breed on earth. It is one of the most beautiful, elegant and proud
horses in the world. Its endurance and resistance to heat are second to
none.
Please click
here to learn more about this unique breed |
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| 15th July 2000 |
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"Seeing Double" - or
"Double Trouble"??
Twin foals in the equine world that
survive are very rare - and in the Clydesdale world this verges on the unique.
So it is most unusual to have surviving twins born in successive years - but
this has happened in both 1999 and 2000.
Please click here for further details and more
photos! |
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| 15th July 2000 |
The
Equiworld Message Board
Messages posted to the equiworld.net message board are
now available as an email digest. To subscribe to the email list visit:
http://highland.equiworld.com/mailman/listinfo/message
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| 14th July 2000 |
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Free‘n’Easy celebrate at
Lindum Endurance Ride
The Free ‘n’ Easy Saddle Company
celebrated its biggest competition success to date when endurance riders using
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their fully adjustable saddles took many of the
higher placings in the race rides at the EHPS Lindum ride (Market Rasen
Racecourse, 2/3 July 2000) Click here for
details |
| 14th July 2000 |
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The Hungarian Warmblood
The Hungarian Warmblood or Hungarian Sport Horse
as it is also known was developed at the Mezöhegyes State Stud in Hungary.
Through selective crossing of native Hungarian breeds, the Stud was able to
produce a warmblood breed capable of all modern equestrian sports. Some of the more famous international competitors
include Virtual Village Randi: ridden by John Whitaker
Please
click here to learn more |
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| 13th July 2000 |
The New equiworld.net Newsletter
You can now subscribe to the email newsletter by
visiting
http://highland.equiworld.com/mailman/listinfo/equiworld-news
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| 13th July 2000 |
The National Side-Saddle Show
The Three Counties Showground, Malvern,
Worcestershire Friday to Sunday, August 4 - 6, 2000
"Malvern"--the culmination of the
British side-saddle riding world's year. |
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By Sunday evening over 170 combinations of horse
and rider from all over Britain will have competed in the 60 all-side-saddle
classes in the world's biggest side-saddle show.
Please click here for details
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| 12th July 2000 |
Selectors
Announce British Endurance Riding Squad for World Championships
Following the final selection stage at
the Tattersalls Newmarket ride yesterday (Sunday 9 July 2000), the British
Endurance Riding Association has announced a squad of seven for The World
Endurance Riding Championships in Compiegne, France on 26 August 2000.
Please click here for details
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| 12th July 2000 |
Maradon
scores in the most competitive and international UK endurance ride yet.
Maradon, ridden by Sheikh
Mohammed’s 17 year old second son, Sheikh Hamdan, took the 140km (approx
90 mile) Tattersalls endurance ride held on Sunday 9 July at the Newmarket
Rowley Mile racecourse by kind permission of Jockey Club Estates Limited and
organised by The British Endurance Riding Association.
Please click here for
details |
| 11th July 2000 |
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Endurance Riding
Endurance Riding is one of the newest and perhaps
the fastest growing branch of equestrianism. Endurance Riding is a sport for
everyone, with rides to suit every ability and age, from 10 mile pleasure ride
right up to endurance rides of 100 miles in a day, and longer over several
days. Please click here
to learn more |
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| 11th July 2000 |
Derby
Winners of the year 2000
This article gives you a comparative, genealogical
analysis of the Derby winners in 2000
Please click
here |
| 9th July 2000 |
Your Last
Chance To Enter
This is your last chance to enter the
EQUINAT AROMAITCH Competition.
The competition closes at 12 noon British Summer
Time on 11th July
Click here for more
details |
| 8th July 2000 |
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Reining - What it's all
about
Reining is not a sport for rough and tough
cowboys. It's finesse, precision, discipline, and beauty.
The reining horse's skills is what's essential to
a western horse - to work on a loose rein and off the hindquarters. |
The sport is not only becoming ever more popular
all over the continent, even the world, but today's reining has evolved to a
highly refined western dressage class that is a far cry from what reining
looked like 20 years ago.
Please click here
to learn more |
| 7th July 2000 |
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The Budenny
The breed is a good example of the Russian
approach to the horse. By centuries-old Russian standards a horse should be a
real all-rounder: good under the saddle and when hitched into a
carriage. |
| The Budenny is a Russian-style
universal half-bred horse, bred as a perfect charger for Russian cavalry
officers. Now it is bred for sports, racing, and as a light-draft horse.
Please click
here to learn more |
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| 7th July 2000 |
Harness
Racing in the UK
Harness racing is now being televised in the UK.
Please click here
for further details. |
| 6th July 2000 |
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Equine Reiki
Reiki (pronounced “Ray-Key”) is a
Japanese word meaning “Universal life energy”. Reiki is an ancient
form of healing believed to have spread through Tibet, China and India. Reiki
is very effectively used to treat all manner of conditions, but really holds
its own when dealing with psychological/behavioural problems because it does
not simply train the horse not to exhibit unacceptable behaviour patterns, it
resolves the energy block causing the behaviour pattern in the first
place. |
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| 6th July 2000 |
Sponsored
ride
to benefit Riding for the Disabled and
EMW/Ha-penny horse and pony rescue centre.
The ride is on Sunday 27th August. Come and ride
in the unspoiled countryside of Pembrokeshire. BBQ and small party at end of
day. The ride can be done at your own speed over miles of bridleways with very
little road work. Please click here for
details |
| 5th July 2000 |
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A Mare Owner's View of
Artificial Insemination
Whilst artificial insemination is not a cheap
option there is a general agreement that it possesses a number of distinct
advantages over natural breeding.
Please click here for details |
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| 5th July 2000 |
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The Equine Cam
Equine Cam systems broadcast a video image
directly to your TV allowing you to visually monitor your horse without leaving
the house, truck cab or event trailer. Equine Cam is a company dedicated to
providing video monitoring products for all levels of horse enthusiasts.
Please click here to learn
more |
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| 4th July 2000 |
GRAN
PREMIO D’ITALIA
3 y.o., metres 2.000, Milano, San Siro
Full results and analysis of this race run on 2nd July 200.
Please click
here |
| 3rd July 2000 |
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The Largest Prize in UK
One-Day Eventing
The Armathwaite Hall Strongid-P Discovery Classic
was won by Charlotte Bathe and the 10 year old grey gelding The Irish One.
Left: Charlotte Bathe with Charles Graves and
Frank Hewitt-Smith, joint organisers of the Armathwaite Hall Horse Trials and
John Burgess of Strongid-P |
The prize included
a specially commissioned bronze statue and a Discovery car.
The course was designed by Captain Mark Phillips
and was thoroughly enjoyed by all the competitors. Please visit the Armathwaite
Hall Strongid-P Horse Trials for the full results and some great photos and
video clips -
click
here |
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| 3rd July 2000 |
Endurance
News
* International team lists updated *
Record International Entries for UK Endurance Event (Tattersalls Newmarket
Ride) * Horse & Hound Hundred to be British National Championship Ride *
Cornwall & Gloucestershire share top Honours at The Hilton Herbs &
Raddery Equine Festival of Endurance Riding * Date clarification for the
Stamin-A Ride at Goodwood
Please click here for
details |
| 2nd July 2000 |
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| 2nd July 2000 |
BHS
ISSUES WARNING ON TRAILERS
The British Horse Society is warning
owners of horse boxes and trailers of the danger of rotten floors. The BHS has
had reports of trailer floors failing while in use with appalling
consequences.Please click here for details and
tips for avoiding trouble. |
| 1st & 2nd July 2000 |
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Live Today!
Live internet coverage from the Armathwaite Hall
Strongid-P Horse Trials from 10am British Summer Time.
Watch the cross country and see some of the top
riders compete - click
here |
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| 1st July 2000 |
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BHS ROOT OUT RAGWORT WEEK
29 July – 6 August 2000
Once again the British Horse Society is
holding a “Root Out Ragwort Week” in order to raise awareness of the
increasing problem of this killer weed. |
| All over the
country roadside verges, railway embankments and fields are ablaze with the
bright yellow flower. The recent warm
weather has meant that it is flowering earlier than usual.
Please click here for details |
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