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| 13th Oct. 2001 |
Woof Dressage Rankings
Winners
Emile Faurie, from
Oxfordshire, has won the Woof Grand Prix rankings 2001 with 200 points
and Jane Bredin, from Wiltshire, has won the Woof Small Tour Rankings
with 185 points.
It was tight at
the top in the Grand Prix Rankings but a strong performance at the
Mercedes-Benz National Dressage Championships 2001 kept Emile in premier
position, ahead of the best of the rest - Richard Davison with 192
points and Laura Richardson with 183 points.
Emile also finished
third in the Small Tour Rankings, but Jane Bredin had built a considerable
lead. Last minute success at Saumur CDI in France served to cement
her position at the top and she finished 60 points clear of second
placed Carl Hester.
Both riders will
be asked to perform their Freestyle to Music tests at the Horse &
Hound Winter Dressage Championships, 3rd - 7th April 2002 at Solihull
Riding Club, where they will be presented with prize money, rosettes
and sashes by Rankings sponsors Woof Wear.
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| 13th Oct. 2001 |
Olympic Gold Medalists
Head Entry List At Fairhill International
Fair Hill, MD—October
12, 2001—Olympic Gold Medalists David O’Connor and Phillip
Dutton head the list of world-class eventing competitors entered in
this year’s Fair Hill International CCI***, October 25-28 at
the Natural Resources Area in Fair Hill, MD.
O’Connor,
who won the individual Gold Medal in eventing at the 2000 Sydney Olympic
Games, will be seeking his fourth title at the Fair Hill International.
He is entered to compete on five mounts, Grand Teton, Tigger Too,
The Native, Fox in Flight, and Rattle ‘N Hum, the horse he rode
to the Fair Hill Championship in 1999. O’Connor won the Fair
Hill International title in 1993, 1997 and 1999. He also won the USET
Fall Championship at Fair Hill in 1995 when he placed second to Australia’s
David Green.
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New
Head Groom for Penny Farm
A
new Head Groom at ILPH (International League for the Protection
of Horses) Penny Farm, near Blackpool has been appointed and
is now in post.
Louise
Hogan, 26, who has been working as a groom at Penny Farm since
the beginning of the year, had previously worked as a Manager,
riding instructor and Head Girl at equestrian centres and riding
schools in the Blackpool area.
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USA
Equestrian Announces New Start Time For USOC Hearing |
USA Equestrian
(formerly AHSA) announced today that the United States
Olympic Committee (USOC) has given notice that the formal, public
hearing on the National Governing Body (NGB) status will begin at
7:30 a.m. (Central Time) on Saturday, October 13, 2001, in Austin,
Texas.
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::
Saddletude This Week :: |
The Radnor Hunt
International 3 Day Event ; European
HorseTrials Championship from Pau, France October 11-14 ; International
Gold Cup Steeplechase ; Far
Hills Race Meeting Breeders' Cup Steeplechase Far Hills,NJ October
20 ; AQHA
World Show:: Oklahoma City, OK November 3-17
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| 12th Oct. 2001 |
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2001
National Horse Show
Fast Facts
WHAT: 118th
National Horse Show - America’s oldest indoor horse show.
The National is America’s most prestigious year-end championship
show, offering the country's top horses and riders a chance
to decide the ultimate champions.
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WHEN: November
2 – 4, 2001
WHERE: Madison
Square Garden – the world’s most famous arena
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| 12th Oct. 2001 |
Good results for Irish
Sport Horses
Good results for
Irish Sport Horses in showjumping at Wembley CSI-A, Bremen CSI-A and
Neustadt CSI-B, 5-7 October 2001
Bremen: Audi Championat (Grand Prix): Dermot Lennon (Irl) was fourth
with Liscalgot. The combination were part of the Irish team along
with Jessica Kurten and Peter Charles that won the team event ahead
of Germanys top two teams. Ten teams participated.
Wembley (Grand Prix): Robert Smith with Mr Springfield, and Di Lampard
with Abbervail Dream were 5th and 6th, respectively.
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| 12th Oct. 2001 |
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| 12th Oct. 2001 |
NFU Report To National Audit Office
The
NFU's submission to the National Audit Office inquiry on foot and
mouth says the cost of the crisis for farmers and the country has
been high because the epidemic had taken a hold before adequate resources
were made available to tackle it.
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Local
Day Riders Qualify for National Horse Show
New York, NY—October 11, 2001—The 118th National
Horse Show, presented by Budweiser, hosted its Local Day at
Overpeck Stables in Leonia, NJ on Monday, October 8.
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Champion and Reserve
ribbon winners in the Children’s and Adult Hunter Sections qualified
to compete in the Children’s and Adult Hunter Championship Challenge
at the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, November
4.
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USA
Equestrian Announces Plans For USOC Hearing, Website Coverage |
USA Equestrian
(formerly American Horse Shows Association) announced today that the
United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has made arrangements for the
formal, public hearing on National Governing Body (NGB) status to
begin on Saturday morning in Austin, Texas. The United States Equestrian
Team (USET) filed a formal USOC challenge against AHSA in February,
commencing litigation in an attempt to take over the NGB status, which
has always been held by AHSA.
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| 11th Oct. 2001 |
Continuing education
for the horse lover:
Linking research
and expertise with the horse industry
The ERC is prepared to offer the horse industry an unparalleled service
to meet your continuing education needs. Our travelling speakers bureau
is now on-line and offers an extensive list of topics and experts
from which to choose. We are ready to customdesign days of learning
for your industry group.
We can offer you one or more speakers on themes of your interest,
speakers on a variety of topics, and even daylong workshops on anatomy,
reproduction technologies, and environmental management.
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| 11th Oct. 2001 |
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Wilcox
Wins Again In Europe |
USA Equestrian
(formerly AHSA) announced today that Lisa Wilcox continued her winning
form at the Bremen CDI*** in Germany, October 4-7, 2001, when she
captured four classes to beat strong European competition, which included
Germany's Sydney Olympic bronze medalist, Ulla Salzgeber, and Ingrid
and Michael Klimke. Originally from Thousand Oaks, CA, and now based
in Cappeln, Germany, with Gestüt Vorwerk which owns the horses
she rides, Wilcox won the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Kür riding
the ten-year-old Oldenburg stallion Relevant 5 (Rubinstein I-Havanna)
with scores of 72.20% and 76.94% respectively.
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| 11th Oct. 2001 |
Derek Braun Wins 2001
BET/USET Talent Search Finals-EAST
Gladstone,
NJ-October 10, 2001 – Derek Braun of Ocala, FL riding Le Grand,
owned by Barbara Braun, won the 2001 BET/USET Show Jumping Talent
Search Final-East held at the USET Headquarters and Olympic Training
Center in Gladstone, New Jersey, on October 6-7.
United States Equestrian
Team (USET) veteran rider and 1992 Olympic Individual Bronze Medalist
Norman Dello Joio, and highly respected equitation judge, Cynthia
Hankins, judged the Finals, in which 58 young riders competed.
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Inaugural
NHJC National Finals Conclude at the Capital Challenge Horse
Show
Sunday
- October 7, 2001
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The inaugural National
Hunter/Jumper Council National Finals concluded at the Capital Challenge
Horse Show today, with the presentation of five titles. The NHJC National
Finals have been well received and has brought the Council more visibility.
Organizers of the Capital Challenge were honored to host the NHJC
National Finals.
Kendle Handtmann
and her family of Carpenteria, CA purchased Remember Me from Europe,
they were buying the handsome chestnut mare as a Grand Prix prospect.
"In 1999 Susie (Hutchison) started showing her in the hunters,"
explained 14 year old Handtmann. "She did really well, and last
year she did the Regulars with Susie and I did her in the Juniors."
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| 10th Oct 2001 |
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Lone
Ranger Loads again . . . Finally
Chuck Brazier came out to shoe our two Arabians in mid-July
this past summer. A seasoned farrier with thirty years experience,
he was so impressed with our horses' manners that after finishing
Lakota Breeze, my Angle/Arab he had some questions about training.
He had a nine-year-old thoroughbred that he could not load.
He'd had a couple seemingly competent trainers give it a go
and while they did get the horse loaded, it took hours; but
the horse didn't learn anything in the process nor did Chuck.
And Ranger still refused to get into his four-horse trailer.
The few times he had loaded it had required five big men manhandling
him into the trailer. It was the same coming home from the
racetrack two years earlier. It had been a real ordeal. Chuck
was exasperated. We set up an appointment for the following
week.
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I arrived at the
stable in the late afternoon. The wind was gusting heavily, which
did not bode well for a touch loading situation. The trailer was parked
in the middle of a large corralled area on flat ground. It was an
older four-horse in-line unit, which could have had more headroom
for a big horse as I sensed Ranger, was. I was then
introduced to Ranger in the barn and immediately took a liking to
him. He was a massive 16-2 black thoroughbred with a white sock front
and back and a bright white blaze on his intelligent looking head.
I led him into the center aisle and we got acquainted. He seemed to
enjoy my touch, especially the eye rubbing and lowering of the head,
which he complied to happily. I then drove him in and out of a stall
from both sides. Certain he understood the driving procedure perfectly;
we then proceeded to the trailer.
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| 10th Oct 2001 |
Whitaker Tops List
Of British Qualifiers For Olympia's 30th Birthday
The organisers
of the 30th Olympia International Show Jumping Championships, London
(19th-23rd December 2001) have published the list of British qualifiers
for this year’s show, which will offer the highest prize money
offered at Olympia. The ten automatic qualifiers taken from the British
Show Jumping Association (BSJA) Riders Ranking List, for the £232,000
plus event, are: -
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| 10th Oct 2001 |
Veteran USET Driver
Nancy Johnson Ranked Fourth On The FEI/Kuhnle Singles Driver Award
Rankings
Gladstone, NJ—October
9, 2001- The United States Equestrian Team (USET) is proud to announce
that Nancy Johnson of Lincoln, MA is ranked fourth on the Fédération
Equestre Internationale (FEI)/Kuhnle Singles Top Driver Award rankings
following her win at CAI-A Gladstone, September 21-23.
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| 9th Oct. 2001 |
Lapland To London
Father Christmas
drops in on London’s biggest Christmas show
Olympia International
Show Jumping Championships (19th-23rd December 2001) will be having
a special visit from Father Christmas this December when he makes
a flying visit from Lapland to London just days before Christmas.
For the last 30
years both children and adults alike have thrilled to Father Christmas’s
sleigh rides around the arena during the Finale of the biggest Christmas
Show in London. But now, despite his heavy schedule, Father Christmas
will be putting in a personal appearance in the main shopping area,
along with two of his elves, on Wednesday, 19th December. This is
your chance to meet Father Christmas in person and, you never know,
he might even have a little something for you!
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| 9th Oct. 2001 |
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BETA
Strengthens VAT on Riding Hats Campaign
BETA has
put its weight behind a campaign to remove VAT from riding hats
and helmets.
The hard
hitting campaign follows the decision by HM Customs to zero
rate cycle helmets.
And BETA
- the British Equestrian Trade Association - has put forward
a case for zero rating riding hats on safety grounds. |
It is also hoped
the campaign will help to remove the anomaly which leaves horse riders
at a disadvantage compared with cyclists and motor cyclists.
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| 9th Oct. 2001 |
Marshall & Sterling
League Finals Presented by Corona Lexol Award Four Hunter/Jumper Titles
and $30,000 in Prize Money
UPPER MARLBORO,
MD (October 8, 2001)-Marshall & Sterling Children's and Adult
League Finals presented by Corona Lexol for Regions I, II, and III
were held October 2-4 at the Capital Challenge Horse Show in Upper
Marlboro, Maryland. Finalists competed in the Show Place Arena at
the Prince George's Equestrian Center. A total of $30,000 was awarded
in two jumper and two hunter finals.
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| 8th Oct. 2001 |
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The
British Equine Event 2001
3 & 4th
November 2000 - Don't Miss It!
This year’s
British Equine Event is scheduled for the weekend of 3-4 November
2001 at the NAC, Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire.
The event, organised by the Royal Agricultural Society of England
(RASE) in association with Your Horse, attracted over
15,800 visitors and 300 exhibitors in 2000. |
STAR STUDDED
LINE-UP FOR BRITISH EQUINE EVENT
Some of the world’s
top equestrian stars will gather at the British Equine Event, 3-4
November 2001 at the NAC Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, to share the
secrets of their successes, skills and experience with horse enthusiasts.
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| 8th Oct. 2001 |
Volunteers
Just think about
all the activities in this country that rely on volunteer help! Town
officials, fire departments, youth leaders and many more, this dedicated
group provides the backbone for our organizations. The horse industry
has many opportunities for volunteers. Volunteers run our horse shows,
muck stalls, provide horse care, clear trails, provide therapeutic
support for handicapped riding stables, give riding instruction, and
perform a multitude of other organizational activities.
Volunteer development isn't a hit or miss thing. It's components are:
understanding motivation, recruitment, training, and recognition/reward
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| 7th Oct. 2001 |
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Innovative
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Concern
continues to grow over the unacceptable level of road accidents
involving horses. As traffic increases so does the danger
and high visibility fluorescent clothing is now no less essential
than a hard hat for riding on the road.
The products
currently available have two drawbacks. They are made of stiff,
uncomfortable plastic fabrics and they are an extra item to
remember every time you tack up.
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Equafleece, a company
based in Tavistock, have solved both these problems by commissioning
Malden Mills to make Polartec®200 with water repellency in fluorescent
yellow.
Saddlepads and
exercise sheets in this fabric, combining the benefits of Polartec®200
with the ultimate in high visibility, were launched by Equafleece
at their stand at the Royal Cornwall Show in mid-September and have
almost immediately become their biggest selling product. They can
be seen on the company¹s website at www.equafleece.co.uk
and purchased by credit card on telephone no 01822 810272.
Polartec® 200
is fully water-repellent, twice as warm as wool and four times as
warm as "thermal" cotton products. It was developed for
wear by sailors to minimise ther build up of sweat inside oilskins
and therefore has unique wicking ability which means that it dries
sweat as fast as a horse produces it.
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| 7th Oct. 2001 |
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Training Mythunderstandings
- Games People Play
Close up, horse shows look like serious business. They're
certainly business because their economics affect an awful
lot of different people in a lot of different ways. For breeders
and trainers and show managers and hamburger slingers and
farriers and lots of other people, horse shows are a big investment
both literally and figuratively.
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They're certainly serious because look
at what a big thing so many people make of them in their lives. Of
course winning or not can make a big difference in the value of an
individual horse or the ability of a farm to sell horses or lessons
or whatever they have. But winning or not can make a big difference
in how a lot of people go home feeling about themselves.
Horse shows are a big ego thing. If you
win you feel pretty positive about yourself and your horse. You feel
like you must be doing something right and you especially like the
part that someone else--the judge--thinks so, too. (Boy, that judge
sure saw things right today.) If you lose, your self esteem is damaged.
You wonder if you're ever going to amount to anything or why your
horse is so dumb. (Boy, that judge was blind today.)
But if you stand back a ways and look
at horse shows from a different perspective, you can see they're only
games that people like to play with their horses. A bunch of people
get together, make up some rules, and then play that game until some
one of them starts to win the game all the time. So then somebody
else decides they need to change the rules so more people or different
people can win and they start all over again with a new set of rules.
And so on.
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| 7th Oct. 2001 |
What is new at the ERC?
The news is out, we have spent the last
year collaborating resources with the University of Guelph to result
in a combined research approach that will better benefit horses and
horse owners.
Equines In Cyberspace:
Equine enthusiasts wanting to learn more about their favourite animal
will be able to launch into the cyberspace of learning opportunities.
The Equine Research Centre along with the Office of Open Learning
at the University of Guelph are pleased to announce that funding has
been received from CanAdapt to help in the creation of five web-based
modules in equine science. This series of courses will cover many
of the basics to help horseowners and employers develop better care
and management of their horses. Up-to-date research findings from
equine researchers at The University of Guelph, The Equine Research
Centre and other research facilities world-wide will be incorporated
into the curriculum.
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NHJC
National Finals at the Capital Challenge Horse Show
Saturday
- October 5, 2001
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The National Hunter/Jumper
Council presented six NHJC National Finals titles at the Capital Challenge
Horse Show today. The Pony Hunters took to the indoor Showplace Arena,
while the Large Junior Hunters finished their sections in the outside
ring. Amateur Owner Jumpers also concluded today, and all the NHJC
awards were well received.
Nicoletta VonHeideger
rode her Silver Steps to the NHJC National Finals Small Pony Hunter
title. VonHeideger represented Zone 10 and was thrilled with her victory.
When ten year old Laura Forsberg of Furlong, PA found out she and
her small pony, First Edition, qualified for the NHJC National Finals
at the Capital Challenge as the Zone 2 representative, she was very
excited. "It is so cool to represent Zone 2," said Forsberg
who rode her pony to the reserve champion NHJC title.
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