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| 6th Oct. 2001 |
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Sponsored
Ride Raises Money for Rescued Horses
Wet, miserable
weather didn't deter 85 riders who took part in a sponsored
ride on Sunday, September 23rd through West Harling Wood, near
Thetford.
£1,450 was raised for the ILPH (International League for
the Protection of Horses) by valiant riders who braved the weather,
the majority of whom opted for the 15 mile ride, although shorter
distances were available |
Top
fundraisers were Sue and Vic Newlove of Mildenhall who raised
£150 and received horse accessories, a bottle of wine
and a year's free ILPH membership for
their efforts.
Left: ILPH Sherman leads off through the woods.
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| 6th Oct. 2001 |
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Best
New Exhibition And Grand Prix Winner For Equus
Billed
as an entrepreneurial project that produced excellent results,
Equus 2001-The Horse Event, was winner of not just Best New
Exhibition, at the Marketing Event Awards held 28th September
at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London, but also the coveted
top award of the night, the Grand Prix Award.
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>Mike Fletcher,
Editor of Marketing Event stated, "Our Grand Prix winner, Equus
2001-The Horse Event, is a launch that went ahead despite the foot
and mouth crisis and smashed all expectations courtesy of a well-thought-out
campaign"
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| 6th Oct. 2001 |
A
Horse of Course, with Don Blazer
Some
things are named well, some things aren't.
The Lone
Ranger was named well. Man O' War is pretty good.
Olympic
Champion. That's great!
Pony Club.
Bad name, bad name.
When you
see or read the name United States Pony Clubs, Inc. (USPC)
all the images which pop to mind are wrong.
Pony Club
isn't what it's name makes you think it is.
In fact,
it's almost everything you think it isn't
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| 6th Oct. 2001 |
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Horse
Welfare Charity Appoints New Campaigns Manager
The new Campaigns Manager for the UK's leading international
horse welfare charity, has now been appointed and will be starting
her duties at the end of the month.
Jo White, presently working at Plumpton College in East Sussex,
is due to take up the reins of her new job at the ILPH (International
League for the Protection of Horses) on Wednesday, 24 October.
Says Jo, "I am really looking forward to taking up the
challenges of my new role at the ILPH, as it has been a long-term
ambition to become involved with the valuable welfare work that
the ILPH do."
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| 6th Oct. 2001 |
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NHJC
National Finals at the Capital Challenge Horse Show
Friday
- October 5, 2001
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The NHJC National
Finals continue at the Capital Challenge Horse Show this week in Upper
Marlboro, MD. With the conclusion of the amateur divisions, the Junior
and Pony riders took up the reins today. The NHJC National Finals
awards have been well received, and many people are showing increased
interest in the National Hunter/Jumper Council.
The NHJC represents
hunter/jumper issues to USA Equestrian and its Board of Directors.
The NHJC is very active in rule changes affecting the hunter/jumper
sport, and works with a variety of committees to clarify existing
rules and develop new ones to better the sport.
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NHJC
National Finals at the Capital Challenge Horse Show
Thursday
- October 4, 2001
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Amateurs reigned
at the Capital Challenge Horse Show today, and the National Hunter/Jumper
Council presented four National Finals titles today.
Rick Oas of Zone
10 was thrilled with his NHJC win in the Amateur Owner Hunters 18-35
with his eight year old Holsteiner/ Thoroughbred cross, Wait ‘n
See. Oas was especially thrilled with his win since he started the
mare four years ago. "She was thin and unbroke, and then she
just bloomed." Oas was hoping to do the Indoor shows this fall,
and qualifying as the Zone 10 representative cemented the decision.
"I had ridden in the East as a junior and I always wanted to
come back. This is so much fun getting to compete against the best
horses in the nation." Oas and his wife, Buffy, operate their
own Pollyrich Farm, work together and show together. "We understand
and respect one another," explained Oas "and we show as
a team."
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| 6th Oct. 2001 |
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::
Saddletude Oktoberfest:: |
The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe:: BET USET
Talent Derby Finals from Gladstone, NJ October 6-7 :: The NHJC Capitol
Challenge at the Prince George's County Equestrian Center :: Jockey
Club Gold Cup Final Prep to the Breeders Cup:: World
Thoroughbred Championships October 6 from Belmont Park Jump
Racing from Shawan Downs :: Dressage
At Devon CDI*** September 25-30 :: COMING
SOON:: International Gold Cup Steeplechase :: The
National Horse Show in NYC is On!
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| 5th Oct. 2001 |
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EU
Directive threatens sales of horse wormers
PROPOSED
changes in Brussels to legislation controlling the sale of animal
medicine could prevent horse owners being able to buy horse
wormers over the counter from qualified and registered retailers
in the future. |
These far-reaching
plans which could radically change the way horse wormers and other
animal medicines are sold, have come under strong criticism from the
British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA).
The new proposal
on veterinary pharmaceutical sales by the EU Commission could make
all medicines for food-producing species (including horses) prescription
only (POM).
The plans which
are firmly opposed by BETA as well as other UK animal health trade
bodies, could drastically alter the way horse owners buy their wormers.
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| 5th Oct. 2001 |
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Olympic
and World Eventing Champion Blyth Tait visits Haydock store
Olympic
and World Champion Blyth Tait, fresh from winning the Burghley
Horse Trials this year, is due to visit Robinsons retail store
at Haydock on Thursday 25th October 2001.
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Instore from 12.00
- 8.00pm, Blyth, who is sponsored by Horseware will be available to
chat to fans and sign autographs. He will also explain why his horses
wear Horseware rugs. Don't miss out on this wonderful chance to meet
and talk to one of the very best event riders in the world.
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| 5th Oct. 2001 |
The
Horse in Bronze
Maisons-Laffitte
(78) - Paris, France - Exhibition until November 25 novembre
The
Museum of the Racing Horses in Maisons-Laffitte whose purpose
is to promote the Horse in Arts proposes a very impressive
exhibition of equestrian sculptures
.Art,
knowledge, passion
The visitor
will admire the best signatures from the Renaissance to contemporary.
A large place is devoted to the XIXth c. bronzes, golden age
of the "Animalier" sculpture and particularly of
equine representation.
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| 5th Oct. 2001 |
Irish Eventers Set Sail
For European Championships
Today (Thursday,
October 4), the senior Irish Eventing squad of Carol Gee, Trish Donegan,
Sasha Harrison and Ann Hatton left Ireland for the Senior European
Eventing Championships at Pau, France, where they will compete between
the dates of October 11 -14.
The Senior Eventers
will be hoping to repeat the success of Ireland's show jumping squad
of Peter Charles, Jessica Kurten, Kevin Babington and Dermott Lennon,
who, at Arnhem in the Netherlands in June of this year, took the Senior
European Team Championships for the first time.
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USA
Equestrian Releases October Report
USA
Equestrian (formerly American Horse Shows Association) today
released the monthly presidential report of ongoing activities
issued to its board of directors and other leadership of the
equestrian community
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| 5th Oct. 2001 |
Show Jumping Hall Of
Fame Jumper Classic Series Nears Completion
Torano and Fauth
Lead Eastern and Western Conferences Haas Wins Central Conference
TAMPA, FL-September
28, 2001- Danielle Torano of Ft. Lauderdale, FL was leading the East
Conference with 136 points; and Morgan Fauth of Wayzata, MN leading
the West Conference with 43 points as the National Horse Sports Foundation
Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series neared the conclusion
of its 2001 season. Erin Haas of Chelsea, MI and North Face Farm's
mount, Mir, won the Central Conference following the Kentucky National
Horse Show on September 23. Central Conference Action
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| 5th Oct. 2001 |
USET Announces Show
Jumping Team For CSIO Toronto
Gladstone, New
Jersey -October 3, 2001- The United States Equestrian Team (USET)
has announced the squad of show jumping riders that will compete at
CSIO Toronto, at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Canada,
November 5- 10.
Named to the USET team are 2000 Sydney Olympic teammates Margie Goldstein-Engle
of West Palm Beach, FL on Hidden Creek's Perin, owned by Hidden Creek
Farm, and Laura Kraut of Oconomowoc, WI on Anthem, owned by Summit
Syndicates; along with Beezie Patton Madden of Cazenovia, NY riding
Judgement, owned by Iron Springs Farm, and McLain Ward of Brewster
NY, riding Viktor, owned by Full Cry Farm.
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| 5th Oct. 2001 |
Irish Participation
In International Equestrian Events
European Eventing
Championships 11-14 October Pau France
CSI-A Leeuwarden Netherlands 18-20 October
CSIO Washington USA 23-28 October
CSI-W Oslo Norway 12-14 October
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| 4th Oct. 2001 |
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BEF
leads new initiative to highlight ‘Best of British’
SEIB to
sponsor scheme to identify leading bloodlines
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The British Equestrian
Federation today announced a new initiative aimed at improving the
quality of sports horses in this country as well as identifying prospective
performance horses needed to provide leading British riders with horses
capable of winning international medals.
The South Essex
Insurance Brokers BEF Young Horse Evaluation Series will involve holding
assessments for four-year-olds horses, registered with a recognised
British breed society, at six qualifying shows around the country
in Spring 2002.
The priority in
this new series of events, which is aimed at finding horses for all
major competitive disciplines, has been given to identifying the best
young horses in the country, as well as the bloodlines from which
they come.
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Federation
Equestre Internationale News
3 October
2001
- FEI Open European Endurance Championship
- FEI/Gandini World Jumping Riders Rankings
- FEI/BCM World Dressage Riders Rankings
- Bolivarian Games
- WEG Test Event
- Samsung Nations Cup
- Top Driver Awards
- Open Forum Eventing
- In Memoriam
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| 4th Oct. 2001 |
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Erika
Christie and No Doubt Win $5,000 Marshall & Sterling Pony
Jumper Final at Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, VA |
CULPEPER, VA (September
29)-Erika Christie, 15, of Warwick, New York, riding No Doubt won
the $5,000 Marshall & Sterling Pony Jumper Final at Commonwealth
Park in Culpeper, Virginia, today. The class was held in the Grand
Prix Field at the Cosequin® U.S. Grand Prix League Invitational
Finals Horse Show. Christie was the fastest of eight double-clear
rounds and beat a field of 26 entries. No Doubt is a 14-hand, nine-year-old
Haflinger-Welsh pony that Christie has been riding for three years.
As owner/rider, Christie earned $1,500 for her win. Christie has been
riding since she was three years old and currently trains with Linda
Mancini. "I went to all of the HITS Catskills shows and a few
others to qualify. Making it to the Finals was my goal," said
Christie. "I qualified last year for the Pony Jumper Finals here
and placed third. This year we won so we're all excited." Dave
Ballard of Ontario, Canada, designed the course.
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| 4th Oct. 2001 |
Natural
Western Riding
Cathy Hanson
will take time off from AQHA World Championship competition
to autograph her new book, Natural Western Riding. Hanson,
who has six horses competing this year, co-authored the book
with author/trainer Don Blazer. Hanson wrote a special section
entitled, Mastering Trail Courses, and she did all the riding
for the book's more than 40 demonstration photographs.
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2001
BET/AHSA National Junior Jumper Championships To Be Held At
Pennsylvania National
USA Equestrian (formerly AHSA) announced today the 2001 BET
(Black Entertainment Television) /AHSA National Junior Jumper
Championships will be held at the Pennsylvania National Horse
Show on October 11-13th, 2001.
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| 4th Oct. 2001 |
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Margie
Engle and Hidden Creek's Perin Win $100,000 Cosequin® Invitational
Grand Prix at Cosequin USGPL Finals |
CULPEPER, VA (September
30, 2001)--U.S. Sydney Olympic Team Member Margie Engle, 43, of Wellington,
Florida, riding her Olympic mount Hidden Creek's Perin, beat a field
of 26 entries that included eight Olympians, to win the $100,000 Cosequin®
Invitational Grand Prix at the Cosequin U.S. Grand Prix League Invitational
Finals in Culpeper, Virginia, today. Perin earned $30,000 for his
owner, Hidden Creek Farm. "This was one of the strongest fields
that I've shown against in a long time," said Engle. "There
were a lot of the same people here that were at Spruce Meadows, which
is the biggest Grand Prix in the world. Most people used their top
horses."
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| 4th Oct. 2001 |
www.weedfreefeed.com
Receives "Merit Award"
In a first for
the California Trails & Greenways Conference, a website received
the 18th Annual California Trails & Greenway Conference Merit
Award. The website, www.weedfreefeed.com (cross referenced as www.weedfreeforage.com),
was presented the prestigious "2000-2001 Trail/Greenway Program
Merit Award" at its Annual Award Banquet September 8th.
Each year a California program is selected to receive the Award
based upon it being "an active trail/greenway program that
has benefitted trails and greenways". www.weedfreefeed.com
was selected by Judges and Awards Committee for its "creation
and maintenance of a public service website developed for the education
of all trail users regarding the prevention of noxious weeds on
public lands."
According to developer/manager, Bonnie Davis of Fremont, Ca., "weed
free was designed to assist horseowners in California and those
hauling into the state in locating weed free hay or forage.
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| 4th Oct. 2001 |
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Pessoa
& Miller's Sponsor AHSA/National Hunter Seat Equitation
Medal At Pennsylvania National
USA
Equestrian (formerly AHSA) announced today that Pessoa and Miller's
are the title sponsors of the 2001 AHSA/Pessoa & Miller's
National Hunter Seat Equitation Medal Final to be held on October
14th, during the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Harrisburg,
PA, October 11-20, 2001. The sponsors name has changed to reflect
the merger of former sponsors, Eisers with Miller Harness.
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| 4th Oct. 2001 |
HITS Purchases New
Site in Ocala for 2002 Season
SAUGERTIES, NY
(October 1, 2001)-Horse Shows In the Sun (HITS), producer of six world
class hunter/jumper horse show circuits nationwide, has announced
the purchase of a new site in Ocala, Florida, for the five-week HITS
Ocala Winter Circuit. The new facility, formerly Post Time Training
Center, is a 300+ acre property located two miles west of the current
facility on Highway 27. HITS crews will prepare the new show grounds
to be ready for the 2002 Ocala Winter Circuit which will run from
February 6 to March 10.
The Post Time Training
Center was originally built for thoroughbred racehorses. The 300+
acres are professionally landscaped and feature gated entrances, 52
miles of four-board fencing, 26 permanent barns that house 500 stalls,
numerous paddocks, bridle paths, and additional buildings for the
horse show office, restaurant, and on-site school.
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USA
Equestrian Changes Address Of Web Site
USA
Equestrian (formerly AHSA) announced today that it has changed
the name and address of its web site to
www.equestrian.org to reflect the new name of the Federation.
The change will take effect immediately. Please
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| 3rd Oct. 2001 |
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JEREZ
2002: Positive Result For The Second Test Event |
Last week end
(28/30 September) Jerez de la Frontera (Spain) hosted the second scheduled
Test Event for next year's World Equestrian Games. After the International
driving competition that was successfully run on the second week of
September, WEG 2002 Organizing Committee staged an International Three
Day Event (CCI**).
The competition
had the aim of testing facilities and tuning the organizing team for
next year, therefore it represented an ideal occasion for delegations
from all over the world to arrive in South of Spain to familiarize
with the competition venues where, in exactly one year time, the biggest
ever equestrian event (seven world titles awarded in the same contest
at the same time) will take place. Eighteen riders in total (from
Australia, France and Spain) competed in the CCI** which saw the final
victory of Didier Dhennin, member of the French cavalry troup 'Cadre
Noir', riding his eight year old mare Fine Fleur V Ene HN.
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| 3rd Oct. 2001 |
Dressage Champion
Wins Funding For Career Kick Start
Felicity Coulthard
from Darwen in Lancashire has been selected as a winner in the Bodyform
Career Awards 2001.
Now in its third
successful year, the Bodyform Career Awards is a national scheme set
up by SCA Hygiene Products (the makers of Bodyform) to help individuals
from a range of different backgrounds achieve their careers goals
and ambitions.
Fully endorsed
by the ICG (Institute of Careers Guidance) which represents careers
advisors in a broad range of organisations around the UK, the Bodyform
Career Awards offers a share of £25,000 for people who are seeking
a kick-start.
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Marilyn
Little and Lassango Win $25,000 Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper
High Invitational at Cosequin USGPL Finals |
CULPEPER, VA (September
30, 2001)--Marilyn Little, 19, of Frederick, Maryland, aboard the
stallion Lassango, bested a field of 27 horses to win the $25,000
Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper High Invitational at the Cosequin®
U. S. Grand Prix League Finals in Culpeper, Virginia, today. Ms. Little
owns the eight-year-old, 16.1-hand German-bred stallion with her family's
Raylyn Farm, and took home $7,500 for her win. Dave Ballard of Ontario,
Canada, designed the course. "I did my first Grand Prix ever
in Culpeper when I was 16," said Little. "Now here I am
at 19. It's a good way of gauging how far you've come. I'm in exactly
the same place three years later where I did my first Grand Prix,
and now I'm qualified for this class. And I qualified in the middle
of the field. It's good to see, and it's a good accomplishment, not
necessarily winning, but just to say 'Look how far I've come and progressed
as a rider'."
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| 3rd Oct. 2001 |
USET Announces Date
Change For The Dressage Developing Rider Training Sessions With Olympic
Veteran Robert Dover
Gladstone, New
Jersey -October 2, 2001-The dates for the United States Equestrian
Team (USET) Dressage Developing Rider Training Sessions with five-time
USET Olympic rider, Robert Dover have been changed to October 20-21
at the USET Headquarters and Olympic Training Center in Gladstone,
NJ.
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Michelle
Pia and Gabby Win $15,000 Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Low Invitational
at Cosequin USGPL Finals |
CULPEPER, VA (September
30, 2001)--Michelle Pia, 18, of Landenberg, Pennsylvania, riding Gabby
won the $15,000 Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Low Invitational at the
Cosequin® U.S. Grand Prix League Finals in Culpeper, Virginia,
today, beating a field of 33 entries. Gabby, an eight-year old, 16-hand,
Brazilian mare, brought home $4,500 for her owner, Grand Prix rider
Manuel Torres. Ms. Pia trains with Emil Spadone at Redfield Farm in
Pottersville, New Jersey. Dave Ballard of Ontario, Canada, designed
the course. "Gabby is really fun to ride," said Ms. Pia.
"She's so easy. She's perfect. You don't have to show her at
all, you can just go into a class and she doesn't look, she doesn't
spook, she will just jump anything. She's the best horse."
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| 3rd Oct. 2001 |
The Fair Hill International
To Feature Equine Health Pavilion, sponsored by Cosequin
FAIR HILL, MD-October
2, 2001-The Fair Hill International Festival In The Country will feature
a new Equine Health Pavilion, sponsored by Cosequin, during the combined
driving and eventing competitions at the Fair Hill Natural Resources
Area in Fair Hill, MD, October 25-28, 2001.
A variety of learning opportunities will be available for equestrian
enthusiasts of all ages. The Equine Health Pavilion, sponsored by
Cosequin, will feature educational opportunities with experts from
the New Bolton Center at The University of Pennsylvania School of
Veterinary Medicine, Smartpak (custom packager of daily supplements
for equine feed), and Pennfield Feed together with Kentucky Equine
Research, a leading equine nutrition, research and consultation company.
Talks, demonstrations, and autograph sessions with international stars
of eventing and combined driving will round out the opportunities
in the Equine Health Pavilion
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Bert
Mutch and Nelson B Win $25,000 Pre-Green Hunter Invitational
at Cosequin® USGPL Finals |
CULPEPER, VA (September
29)-Bert Mutch of Berryville, Virginia, riding Nelson B won the $25,000
Pre-Green Hunter Invitational Sponsored by Stillwell-Hansen, Inc.
& Four Winds Farm at the Cosequin® U.S. Grand Prix League
Finals in Culpeper, Virginia, today. The judges scored the duo as
the best in a field of 32 horses. Mutch and Nelson earned an average
score of 85.5 after two rounds, taking first place and $7,500 for
owner Pierre Jolicoeur of Culpeper, Virginia.
"I was so
nervous, I rode the whole course, every flying change with them,"
said Jolicoeur. Jolicoeur imported the six-year-old Dutch gelding
a year ago as a jumper prospect and noted that the horse's pedigree
includes jumping stars Nimmerdor and Marco Polo. Both Jolicoeur and
Mutch rode Nelson in classes and earned the points to qualify for
the finals, but Jolicoeur gave the ride to Mutch for today's class.
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| 3rd Oct. 2001 |
National Horse Show
Extends Deadline For Local Day Entries
New York, NY-October
2, 2001-The National Horse Show has extended the deadline for entries
for its Local Day to Friday, October 5. The 118th National Horse Show,
presented by Budweiser, will host its Local Day at Overpeck Stables
in Leonia, New Jersey on Monday, October 8.
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| 3rd Oct. 2001 |
USET Champion Heads
List Of Fair Hill International Combined Driving Competitors
FAIR HILL, MD-October 2, 2001-Five-time United States Equestrian Team
(USET) pairs driving champion Lisa Singer of Chadds Ford, PA, heads
an impressive list of drivers who have filed entries to compete in
the 2001 Fair Hill International, October 25-28, at the Fair Hill
Natural Resources Area in Fair Hill, MD.
Singer will be seeking to defend the Fair Hill pairs title she won
last year. Singer, who has won two Jaguar Triple Crown of Driving
titles (1996 and 1997), made history in 1997 when she became the first
driver ever to sweep all three Triple Crown events in the same year.
She is the only woman ever to win the USET Pairs Driving Championship,
a feat she has now accomplished five times, including the last three
years in a row.
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| 3rd Oct. 2001 |
National Horse Show
To Proceed At Madison Square Garden As Planned
New York, NY- October
2, 2001-National Horse Show Chairman Eugene R. Mische has announced
that the 118th edition of the National Horse Show, presented by Budweiser,
will be held at Madison Square Garden, November 2-4, as originally
planned.
"Last month's terrorist attacks and the recent death of Sallie
Wheeler, the National's Vice Chairman of the Board, led to a lot of
speculation about the fate of the National Horse Show," Mische
said. "It is important that the many rumors stop and that we
proceed with our plans for this year's event. Keeping the National
at Madison Square Garden this year is both a response to the terrorists
and a tribute to Mrs. Wheeler."
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| 3rd Oct. 2001 |
Fair Hill International
to Host 2001 AHSA National Combined Driving Pony Championships
Fair Hill, MD-October
2, 2001-The Fair Hill International Festival in the Country, host
to some of the country's most prestigious equestrian competitions,
will add the 2001 AHSA National Combined Driving Pony Championships
(for singles, pairs, and teams) to its roster of events. The Fair
Hill International returns to the Fair Hill Natural Resources Area
in the beautiful Maryland countryside October 25-28, 2001.
The AHSA (American Horse Shows Association) Driving Committee has
decided to move the 2001 AHSA National Combined Driving Pony Championships
from the Wethersfield CDE, which was recently canceled, to the Fair
Hill International.
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| 2nd Oct. 2001 |
Equine Reiki - Red’s
Sarcoids
When treating horses
I am normally asked to help sort out strange behaviour patterns far
more than any sort of physical problems. The vet must always be your
first port of call when you suspect that there is anything amiss with
your horse. Although Tara had asked me to come along to help Red with
his Sarcoids it was clear that he’d had a hard life and whether
or not there was an improvement in the Sarcoids he would definitely
benefit from the emotional release that Reiki would provide.
Red is a 16hh. TB. He is a nice looking chestnut gelding. Tara told
me what she knew of his history. As a youngster he had been raced.
She had bought him from the meat man and when she got him home he
tried to kill her. She had spent many hours with him, gaining his
trust and settling him down. He was still a bit unpredictable but
had improved immensely. She had ridden him from time to time but had
felt that his back was that not great and just lately the Sarcoids
in the girth area were so big that it was causing a problem with the
tack. It was her dream to be able to ride him again and do some more
serious work.
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| 2nd Oct. 2001 |
CHAPS Show 7
- 9 September 2001
Express Steams Ahead!
The perfect Skewbald
Shetland stallion - Butterby Express excelled this weekend at the
Chaps UK International Show at Southview Equestrian Centre in Cheshire
by holding his own amongst some of the best coloured horses and ponies
in the country.
The spoils were shared on Saturday in hand by 14 year old Craig Chadwick
from Catterick Garrison and on Sunday ridden to victory in the Horse
of the Year Show Native, Traditional under 13hands qualifier by 14
year old Kaye Gilligan from Colburn. On
Saturday, Express won the Shetland Class: the Small Native, Traditional
Qualifier Final: 2nd and Reserve Champion in the Graded Stallion and
Colt Class: and also stood Reserve Champion in the Native, Traditional
Cob class 14.2. and under to the fabulous Mr. Moses.
On Sunday he won the coveted Horse of the Year Qualifier in the shetland,
native and traditional under 13.0 clas
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| 2nd Oct. 2001 |
Kimberley Vinoski Named
USET Athlete Of The Month For September
Gladstone, NJ-October
1, 2001-Kimberly Vinoski of Scottsville, VA was named USET Athlete
of the Month for September following her win at the Blenheim Petplan
International Three Day Event CCI ***, September 6-9 in Woodstock,
England.
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USA Equestrian
Announces Early Mailing Of Membership Renewals
USA
Equestrian (formerly AHSA) announced today that mailing for
membership renewals began on September 17, 2001, which is the
earliest time for mailing of renewal forms in recent years.
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Big
Ben Memorial Fund Update
In this
past year the Equine Research Centre (ERC) has made an excellent
start on delivering colic education and prevention information
as a result of the Big Ben Memorial Fund. New educational
material, both completed and in the works, include: a traveling
display, fact sheets, posters, and nutrition courses. These
highlight ways to identify the early signs of colic, management
techniques, and feeding practices to help avoid colic.
On the
Research front, the ERC has been planning a busy year of colic-
related research. One of the projects that donations to the
Big Ben Memorial Fund have helped support is examining the
effects of dietary starch on gas production, and is a project
in conjunction with the Ontario Ministry of Food and Rural
Affairs (OMAFRA).
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Colic is an ongoing
battle for our equine partners and we owe it to them to do everything
in our power to control this painful, life-threatening ailment.
Thank you to everyone that has donated and helped with the fund.Please
spread the word and help us to help horses worldwide.
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| 1st Oct 2001 |
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Scottish Equestrian
Vaulting Team
Vaulting is the unusual sport of gymnastics on the back of
a cantering horse. It is a huge sport on the continent but
is only now becoming a truly recognised sport in Great Britain
SEVT was formed in 1996, with
the aim of producing a team capable of competing internationally.
The squad was made up of the 4 vaulting groups in Scotland;
Lauderdale, Sheildbank, Gleneagles and Highland.
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The team are always keen to do as many
demonstrations throughout the year as possible as this is the best
preparation for the major competitions. Although based in Scotland
the Team are the only one in Great Britain that can show Team vaulting
at International level and are very prepared to travel.
The team is totally self funded as they
cannot gain lottery support due to vaulting not being an olympic discipline.
The team are also always looking for keen owners for there truly amazing
horses and if anyone has a horse of Elementary level or above with
a calm temperament that they feel would like a change of career then
feel free to get in touch.
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Equine
Communication Services
A good
turn out at Solihull Riding Club on Saturday evening saw
Dan Franklin, Equine Communicator, demonstrate his talents
with two different horses.
The
first horse was an easily excitable mare and Dan played
with her until she was ready to accept a rider, which she
did with confidence. The horse then went on to be ridden
during the interval in the second arena where the owner
could see the level of performance the horse obtained.
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The second horse
had quite a history to it in as much that at the age of 3 years
she was part broken, but would not accept a saddle, bridle or rider.
Several trainers had previously worked with the horse with little
success.
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| 1st Oct 2001 |
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NHJC
National Finals Will Award Championships in 25 Divisions at
Capital Challenge, September 29-October 7
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(RHINEBECK, NY)
September 28, 2001-The National Hunter Jumper Council National Finals
Horse Show will be held at the Capital Challenge Horse Show in Upper
Marlboro, Maryland, from September 29-October 7, in the Prince George's
Equestrian Center. Marshall & Sterling and Great American Insurance
Company are sponsoring the NHJC Finals. Mary Moeller representing
Marshall Sterling and Virginia Cardenas representing Great American
Insurance will be on hand to present awards. Champions and Reserves
will be pinned in 25 divisions of hunter and jumper classes.
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Show Jumping Result:
CSI-A Aach Germany 27-30 Sept. 2001
Furstlich Fürstenbergischen
Brauerei KG Prize
1) For
Pleasure; Ehning, Marcus (GER) ; 2) Fighting Alpha; Nieberg, Lars
(GER) ; 3) Himmerdor; Freimuller, Paul (SUI)
Golden Toast
Prize Grand Prix Group A
Gladdys S; Beerbaum,
Ludger (GER) ; 2) For Pleasure; Ehning,Marcus (GER); 3) Crocodile
Dandy; Firestone, Alison (USA)
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| 30th Sept. 2001 |
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Training
Mythunderstandings - Recipes for Riding
A new student
recently told me he was diligently taking notes, carefully describing
the corridor of pressures that create each a specific shape
we ask horses to take when we are riding. He planned to take
all his class notes and develop them into a book. Then, he figured,
people could read the book, know exactly what combination of
pressures created what shapes, and every movement they wanted
to get would just happen like magic when they rode. It would
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Since any instructor
or trainer welcomes initiative and forward motion that can be molded
into the activity they want, I didn't say anything. I just let him
go on thinking that was going to work. I knew that before long he'd
be back, scratching his head and wondering why it didn't.
One of the things
I knew he was going to find out was that while a corridor of basic
pressures creates the feeling of a specific shape in the horse, how
the horse expresses that shape depends on a whole lot of other factors
that are not as easy to describe on paper as a specific combination
of seat, hand, and leg.
At one level, it's
kind of like recipes. I can tell you that if you mix milk, eggs, and
sugar together you can make a pudding. Someone else could take that
same milk, eggs, and sugar and turn them into a custard or a soufflé.
There's more to the end result than just the ingredients alone.
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| 30th Sept. 2001 |
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Top
Competition Reveals Very Best in Horsepower
Peter
Storr became National Dressage Champion for the second consecutive
year at the Mercedes-Benz National Dressage Championships
in Warwickshire, 21st – 23rd September,
where the cream of British Dressage riders and horses gathered
to contest National Championship titles at all levels.
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Peter
Storr riding Gambrinus accepting the Mercedes-Benz trophy
from Jim Lindsay |
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The title of National Dressage Champion 2001 was decided on
Sunday, with the scores from the Butchers Pet Care Grand Prix
Kür being added to the Grand Prix scores from the previous
day. Peter Storr and Gambrinus scored 74.31%, which put them
3% clear of Nicky and Giorgio S, and well into the lead.
A superb performance by Emile Faurie and Reuters Rascher Hopes
put him into second place, but Peter's dazzling display had
confirmed him as National Dressage Champion 2001.
Left: Carl
Hester riding Dolendo - winner of the HorseHage Medium Open
Championship.
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Relaunched
horseracing equestrian marketing consultancy sponsors young
dressage rider
Swindon-based
Racing and Equestrian consultancy, Foxhill Racing Promotions,
has relaunched as Sporting Horse Promotions to coincide
with the business’s move to new offices at Idstone (Wiltshire)
– and has announced a new dressage sponsorship, as part of
a part grant-funded recovery business plan following the impact
on the business earlier this year by FMD.
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Comments Sandy
Thwaites: “The name Sporting Horse Promotions reflects the fact that
we work for a broader base of clients, outside of racing alone, across
the equestrian field. In fact, part of our relaunch strategy is
to raise awareness in the increasingly popular sport of dressage,
through a sponsorship of 18 year old young dressage rider, Emily Pigott,
based near us at Liddington, near Swindon
Emily Pigott has represented Great Britain on the Junior and Young
Riders team with her 7 year old Danish bred, Mistral which
she has trained with Pony Club and affiliated through the different
levels to ‘Medium’.
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| 30th Sept. 2001 |
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Jill
Henselwood and Toyz R Us Win $25,000 HITS Wild Card Grand Prix
at Cosequin USGPL Finals |
CULPEPER, VA (September 28, 2001)--Canadian Jill Henselwood, 38, of
Oxford Mills, Ontario, riding Toyz R Us won the $25,000 HITS Wild
Card Grand Prix at the Cosequin® U.S. Grand Prix League Finals Horse
Show in Culpeper, Virginia, today. Henselwood bested a field of 43
that included five Olympians, and was the fastest of three double-clears
in an eight-horse Jump-Off. Toyz R Us earned $7,500 for her owner,
Juniper Farms Ltd, Henselwood's training stable.
Henselwood was already qualified for the Finals and didn't need the
Wild Card win to compete in the $100,000 Cosequin® Invitational Grand
Prix on Sunday. The Wild Card went to Jimmy Torano of Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida, on Lancier 4, who placed third, which was the highest place
earned by a rider not already qualified for Sunday's Grand Prix.
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| 30th Sept. 2001 |
Corsa Takes Pole Position
Vauxhall's Corsa
is now the UK's number one training car, according to figures released
by the Driving Instructors' Association Britain's leading professional
organisation for driving instructors. In a highly competitive market,
the ever-popular Corsa has knocked rival Ford Fiesta off the much
coveted pole position, into second place. Nissan's Micra has now
slipped to third place, with Peugeot in fourth. Renault is rapidly
gaining ground with its new Clio and the Toyota Yaris takes sixth.
Rover, currently in seventh position, is expected to make an imminent
comeback and Fiat, VW and Citroen are battling it out at the rear.
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