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| 9th Feb 2002 |
Celebrities
At Equus 2002
Celebrity
riders will join horse experts for four days of entertainment
and enlightenment at Equus 2002 - The Horse Event, which takes
place on 4th - 7th April at the ExCel exhibition centre in London's
Docklands. |
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Top riders Lucinda
Green, Tim Stockdale, Richard Davison and World Champion eventer Blyth
Tait, will hold clinics on eventing, show jumping and dressage in
the main arena.
Famous faces
may be spotted curing a celebrity polo match and visitors will have
a chance to try their hand on Ascot Park Polo Club's special polo
simulator.
New for
2002 is the Evening Extravaganza, an exhilarating and amusing 2 hour
performance with action packed equestrian displays.
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| 9th Feb 2002 |
Bent Jensen and Anne
Kursinski Win the $25,000 Windsome Dressage/Jumper Spectacular At
Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival
Wellington,
FL—February 6, 2002—For the tenth consecutive year, Windsome
Farm sponsored the Dressage/Jumper Spectacular at the Wellington
Dressage show, held in conjunction with the Bayer/USET Gold Coast
Jumper Classic, at the Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival at the
Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club.
In this
special $25,000 class, jumper and dressage riders change places.
This year eleven teams competed. The jumper riders were required
to ride Third Level Test 3, and dressage riders were required to
jump a course of nine fences with heights not exceeding 3’
6" in a "Hit and Hurry" course in the Grand Prix
field. Bent Jensen and Anne Kursinski won for the fourth time. They
have teamed up five times, and only once missed the win, and that
year they placed second.
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| 9th Feb 2002 |
Susan Dutta Dominates
FEI Freestyles at Wellington Dressage At Cosequin Winter Equestrian
Festival
WELLINGTON,
FL—February 6, 2002—Dressage competition at the Cosequin
Winter Equestrian Festival kicked off with the Wellington Dressage
Show January 31- February 3 at Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club in
Wellington, Florida. Held over four days, the four-ring show hosted
more than 200 exhibitors and over 400 rides were judged.
Susan
Dutta of Bedford Hills, NY, and Wellington, FL, dominated the FEI
freestyle classes. On Sunday, February 3, Dutta won the Intermediaire
1 Freestyle with her West Side Lady, scoring 70.458%. Dutta also
won the Grand Prix Freestyle riding her Gumshoes-DC, earning a 68.833%.
"I like the freestyle," said Dutta. "It’s a
lot of fun and I look forward to it, but it’s also nerve-wracking
because you have to stay with the music."
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| 9th Feb 2002 |
Show Jumping Result:
CSI-W Bordeaux 8 - 10 February 2002
Prix
LECLERC ST MEDARD, Qualifying Comp. for the FEI World Cup preliminary
comp 1m50
1) BROERE
VDL CORLAND; Wout-Jan VAN DER SCHANS (NED), 2) JAMIRO; Jerry SMIT
(ITA), 3) DOBEL'S CENTO; Otto BECKER (GER)
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| 8th Feb 2002 |
Used Blankets? - Donate
To A Worthy Cause & Get A "Tack" Deduction!
Can't
bring yourself to buy new horse blankets because the old ones are
still in good condition? Need more tax deductions for your return?
BlanketNet.com, the online home of the Hug® Closure system,
lists some valuable resources for you. Our Blanket Recycling webpage
links you to a continuously updated list of horse rescue and rehab
programs. These helpful people provide much needed TLC for abused
and neglected horses. Most of these charitable organizations are
incorporated under 501 (c) (3) non-profits; meaning, your generous
donation is tax deductible. These programs have wish lists and are
frequently in need of horse blankets in good condition.
Please click here for further details
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| 8th Feb 2002 |
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Foxhall
Events LLS Announces Two Spectacular Events In April:
The MBNA Foxhall Cup and The Foxhall Flower Show
One ticket,
two exciting events, one great price
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ATLANTA, GA—(February
6, 2002 )—Foxhall Events, LLC is proud to announce two exquisite
shows, MBNA Foxhall Cup, the Three-Day National Championship of Eventing,
and the Foxhall Flower Show, the first outdoor flower show in the
eastern United States, coming this spring. The two events are held
from April 18th through 21st at Foxhall Farms, located on a 1,200-acre
facility in Douglas County, Georgia, owned by Jim Richards.
Tickets have recently
gone on sale for both the MBNA Foxhall Cup and Foxhall Flower Show
and can be ordered online.
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| 7th Feb 2002 |
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Federation
Equestre Internationale News
6 February 2002
FEI/GandiniWorld
Jumping Riders Rankings
The
first ranking list of 2002 remains unchanged for the first 17
riders. The results of Zurich CSI-A were taken into account
for this new list, as the event started on 31 January. Ludger
Beerbaum (GER), unbeatable in Zurich, leads the rankings for
the 13th consecutive month with 3359 points. |
FEI/BCM World
Dressage Riders Rankings
Ulla
Salzgeber is still firmly on top of the rankings with 79.645 points
following a quite month with no change in the Top 10. Beatriz Ferrer-Salat
(ESP), winner of San Patrignano’s (ITA) first CDI-W, goes up
one place and is now 13th.
First
CRIO In Austria
The
11th "Austrian Classic", held in Weikersdorf near Vienna
from 24 to 28 April 2002 (AUT) will organise for the first time a
FEI Reining Nations Cup. Weikersdorf is the first of four Reining
Nations Cups to be held worldwide in 2002. The CRIO in Austria will
be followed by an event
in Reggio Emilia (ITA) from 16 to 19 May, Gladstone (USA) from 20-23
June and Offenburg (GER) from 26 to 28 July.
In Memoriam
Gladys
Ceballos (VEN), former Secretary General and Treasurer of the Venezuelan
Equestrian Federation passed away on 30 December in Madrid. She attended
several FEI General Assemblies as Delegate of the NF and other countries
of the area.
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| 7th Feb 2002 |
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BETA Support
Safety Forum at Horse and Country Fair
'SURVIVING
To Ride' is the title of a Safety Forum supported by the British
Equestrian Trade Association at the new Horse and Country
Fair.
The
forum will allow visitors to learn more about the important
issues of safety and the many steps that can be taken to prevent
accidents.
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Speaking at the
forum will be Roy Burek of Charles Owen who will present the 'Facts
of Life' an entertaining and informative talk about surviving to ride.
Roger Cooper of KC Equestrian will follow up with tips on what to
look for when buying a body protector and what they can (and can't
do) to prevent injury. Finally David Dyer and Kate Ballard, both of
Frogpool Manor Saddlery will explain the importance of checking and
maintaining tack to safe riding.
The theme
of the talks will be preparing for the competition season with a thorough
look at safety and the many aspects that should be covered.
A brand
new equine event, The Horse and Country Fair takes place at Sandown
Park Exhibition Centre, Esher, Surrey on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14
April 2002.
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| 7th Feb 2002 |
Condios Goes to the
Ivy League
Morningside
Stud has announced that Cornell University, one of the world's preeminent
universities, has been appointed the exclusive distributor of frozen
semen from Condios in the USA and Canada. The appointment begins
on 1 September 2002, allowing all the parties sufficient time to
comply with the strict American and Canadian quarantine and testing
requirements.
Cornell
University is ranked as having the #1 vet school in the USA and
arguably has the finest college of veterinary medicine in the world.
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| 7th Feb 2002 |
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Robert
C. Standish Resigns As USET Executive Director
Gladstone,
NJ—February 6, 2002—Robert C. Standish has announced
his resignation as Executive Director of the United States
Equestrian Team (USET). Standish, who has held the position
since April 1989, announced that his resignation is effective
immediately.
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| 7th Feb 2002 |
Garden State Horse
Show Welcomes Barbara Lang On Staff
AUGUSTA, NJ—Feb
6, 2002—The Garden State Horse Show is pleased to welcome Barbara
Lang to its staff. Lang will be in charge of the Grand Prix tent
and will also be the sponsor party hostess.
The Garden
State Horse Show will begin its second half-century when it hosts
its 51st annual edition, May 1-5, 2002 at the Sussex County Fairgrounds
in Augusta, NJ.
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| 7th Feb 2002 |
Coriano Top-Ranked
Sire in Sleswig-Holstein
According
to a new study, CORIANO (Corrado I x Lord), the sire of Morningside
Stud's jumping sensation CONDIO (Coriano x Landgraf I), is the #1-ranked
sire in the German state of Sleswig-Holstein.
This result
is based on an analysis by the state's agriculture department of
thousands of offspring sired by 95 stallions servicing mares in
Sleswig-Holstein (source: www.lk-sh.de). Coriano
and the dressage stallion Carpaccio (Caretino x Lantaan) both received
overall breeding value (bv) scores of 145, placing them at the pinnacle
and above well-known but older sires such as Acord II (bv 125),
Caretino (bv 130), Contender (bv 137), and Quidam de Revel (bv 111).
A breeding value score of 145, for example, means that the stallion's
breeding value is 45% above the value of the average sire in the
analysis. .
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| 6th Feb 2002 |
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Hunter’s
Fly Off Band
It’ll
soon be that time of year when flies, midges, ticks and all
sorts of other horrid things start to make your horse’s
life itchy and miserable throughout the summer months, so
this brand new product from Hunter Horsecare is really welcome.
Hunter’s
Fly Off Band is a splendidly simple idea to bring relief during
the warmer months: it fits neatly onto the existing head collar
or bridle and is fully adjustable to be as comfy and as non-snag
as possible. Quick-release Velcro fastening ensures that it
fits easily and snugly, offering welcome protection to those
vulnerable areas around the mouth, nose, ears and eyes, which
get really irritated.
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The Fly Off Band
brings relief for more than a few short weeks, too, as it’s refillable.
This makes it very effective and affordable, because you only use
as much repellent solution as you need at any one time, so it’s
ideal for any climate. Hunter’s fly repellent solution has a
slow release action, is clean and effective, and helps to deter all
disease carrying flies and insects while soothing the discomfort of
minor skin irritations and bites. Its long lasting action means that
it is also very effective around stables and in horse boxes.
Please
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| 6th Feb 2002 |
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National
Disability Sports Alliance Seeks Horses To Prepare For 2004
Paralympic Gamers In Athens
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KINGSTON, RI—February
4, 2002—The National Disability Sports Alliance (NDSA) invites
horse-owners to make their competitive horses available for use by
the country’s top riders who have a disability, with an eye towards
competing in the next Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece in
2004.
Many of the nation’s leading riders with a disability do not
have a quality dressage horse to ride consistently, limiting their
ability to succeed at the highest levels of international competition.
Just as horse-owners develop partnerships with the nation’s best
able-bodied riders, and then see their horses ride for medals in the
Olympic Games, owners can do the same for our nation’s top riders
who have a disability.
Please
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| 6th Feb 2002 |
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Dressage
Freestyle Championship Announced
The United
States Dressage Freestyle Championship and Dressage World Cup
U.S. League Final will take place February 23-24, 2002 at the
Los Angeles Equestrian Center, 480 Riverside Drive, Burbank,
California, during the Mid-Winter Dressage Fair, CDI-W Los Angeles.
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details |
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| 6th Feb 2002 |
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Chris
Kappler Wins $50,000 Bayer/USET Wellington Cup At Cosequin
Winter Equestrian Festival
Wellington,
Florida—February 5, 2002—Chris Kappler of Pittstown,
NJ won the $50,000 Bayer/USET Wellington Cup, presented by
Fleet Financial during week two of the 2002 Cosequin Winter
Equestrian Festival.
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This was the first
major victory for the 34-year-old Kappler aboard Royal Kaliber, a
10-year-old Dutch-bred stallion who finished second overall in last
season’s American Grandprix Association (AGA) Horse of the Year
standings. Royal Kaliber is owned by Kappler and Kathy Kamine.
“He’s
been an amazing horse for me,” said Kappler. “He’s
my kind of horse. He’s very big, very light and jumps with such
ease. I knew when I sat on him the first time that he was perfectly
suited for me.”
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| 6th Feb 2002 |
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Chris Kappler
Wins $50,000 Bayer/USET Wellington Cup, presented by Fleet
Financial
Gladstone,
NJ—February 4, 2002—Chris Kappler of Pittstown,
NJ rode Royal Kaliber to victory in the $50,000 Bayer/USET
Wellington Cup presented by Fleet Financial at the Cosequin
Winter Equestrian Festival at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian
Club.
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Kappler, who gained
his first major win on the 10-year-old Dutch-bred stallion he owns
with Kathy Kamine, topped a field of 63 entries. Nine entries qualified
for the jump-off by riding penalty-free over the first-round course
designed by Guilherme Nogueira-Jorge of Brazil. Kappler completed
the eight-obstacle jump-off course fault-free in 47.57 seconds to
earn the winner’s share of $15,000.
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| 6th Feb 2002 |
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Host
Communications & USA Equestrian, Inc. Form Alliance
30-Year Sports
Marketing Leader Further Expands Equine Properties |
Host Communications,
Inc. (HOST) enters 2002 celebrating its 30th anniversary, as well
as a brand-new alliance with USA Equestrian, allowing the lifestyle,
sports and affinity marketing leader the opportunity to further expand
its equine properties.
USA Equestrian,
Inc., as the National Equestrian Federation of the U.S., is the regulatory
body for the Olympic and World Championship sports of dressage, driving,
endurance, eventing, reining, show jumping, and vaulting, as well
as 19 other breeds and disciplines of equestrian competition. HOSTwill
work closely with USA Equestrian, also based in Lexington, Ky., to
leverage its national presence among Corporate America.
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| 6th Feb 2002 |
NFU Welcomes Easing
Of Some Livestock Movement Controls
The NFU
today welcomed DEFRA's announcement that some of the strict foot
and mouth controls on animal movements still in place across the
country can be further relaxed from 11 February.
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| 6th Feb 2002 |
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::
Saddletude This Week ::
Saddletude's Rider of the Year Announced : By a landslide margin,
this 3-Day Event rider was the most popular Saddletude finalist
to take the Year End Award.
Check
out Results and Highlights from Indio this week.
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| 5th Feb 2002 |
Are There Bugs In Your
Customer Service?
Did you know that according to studies by the US
Consumer Affairs Department, TARP, and General Electric:
~ It costs fives times as much to get a new customer as it does to
bring back an existing customer.
~ The longer you keep a customer, the more money you will make.
~ Only 2-4% of dissatisfied customers ever complain about a bad experience,
they just leave and most likely do business with your competitors.
~ Word-of-mouth has a large role in consumer decisions, two times
more than advertising. Negative word-of-mouth is very damaging since
dissatisfied customers are usually more vocal than satisfied customers.
Bad experiences are relayed to 10-20 others, three times more than
good experiences.
Sit and think for a few minutes. I'll bet that you can come up with
a list of places that you'll "never go back there again because."
Think some more and list the places that you can say, "They went
above and beyond when." You're well on your way to discovering
what's behind winning and losing customer service strategies.
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| 5th Feb 2002 |
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2002
Junior Dressage Team Championship Announced |
The 2002 Junior
Dressage Team Championship, presented by Cosequin, will be held at
Dressage at Devonwood, August 15-18, 2002. This event is recognized
by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) as a USA Junior Olympic
- Equestrian Event and continues to thrive with the help of long time
sponsor Cosequin.
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| 5th Feb 2002 |
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Dressage
To Be Represented At Salt Lake Winter Olympics
Gladstone,
NJ—February 4, 2002—Equestrian sports will have
its moment in the spotlight at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic
Games when U.S.
Equestrian Team (USET) dressage champion Jan Ebeling of Moorpark,
CA teams with Utah’s Margo Gogan in two Pas-de-Deux performances
on February 9 and 10.
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Ebeling, who won
the USET Intermediaire Championship in 2000, will ride the Dutch Warmblood
Gucci on whom he was USET Intermediaire Reserve Champion in 1998.
Gogan, the Utah-based rider and trainer, will perform on Barron.
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| 4th Feb 2002 |
Protective toe cap compartment. |
Safety
riding boots explained by Nico Katan.
As
the manufacturer of Equitector safety riding boots, I am frequently
questioned by fellow riders about the safety aspects of steel
toe capped riding boots and when I ask their about their opinion,
their first reaction mostly is;
" Oh no, I have heard so many rumours about accidents
with that type of boot. They chop your toes off". Unfortunately
there is truth in these rumours.
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Few footwear designers
are involved in equestrian activities and therefore are unlikely to
familiar with the type of exposure to risk we riders are likely to
encounter.
Under safety
legislation all safety footwear including steel toe capped riding
boots must be CE marked and licensed. In order to achieve such status
boots need to pass about 30 rigorous tests. But most riding boot manufacturers
who produced safety products in the past, are unfamiliar with safety
matters and did not feel the need for compliance with the regulations.
For that reason several safety riding boots which were substandard
by design, entered the market.
Most designers
felt, incorrectly so, that by simply inserting a steel toe cap in
their conventional riding boot was sufficient to give the rider adequate
foot protection.
It is for that
reason that in the past so many accidents have taken place with safety
riding boots. In comparison, the Equitector product has been designed
to withstand this type of accident and their products have enjoyed
a 10 year unblemished safety record.
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| 4th Feb 2002 |
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Ray Texel
And Fleur Are Only Clear In $50,000 Cosequin Grand Prix |
"I don't like
to have 'free' fences in many courses," explained course designer
Leopoldo Palacios (Caracas, Venezuela) of the challenging track he
built for the HITS Indio Desert Circuit $50,000 Cosequin Grand Prix.
Ray Texel (Beverly Hills, CA) rose to the challenge and logged the
only clear round of the 31-horse field aboard Beverly Hills Equestrian
Park's Fleur. In addition to the prize money of $15,000, Texel's win
placed him securely at the top of the standings for the World Cup
West Coast League.
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| 4th Feb 2002 |
Rein-Aid
Productions
Rein-Aid
Productions has increased its product line to include cotton
web and braided reins to the list of Elasto-Reins available.
The patented design keeps the contact soft between the rider's
hand and the horse's mouth, while a leather loop limits the
stretch of elastic for control and safety. With recommendations
and unpaid endorsements from such Olympic Stars as Hilda Gurney,
David & Karen O'Connor and James Wofford, it's clear that
Rein-Aid is of great benefit to horse and rider.
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| 4th Feb 2002 |
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Desert Circuit
Wraps Up Week 2 With Lots Of Sun And Lots Of Fun! |
Everyone at HITS
Indio Desert Circuit enjoyed beautiful, sunny weather during the second
week of competition for hunters, jumpers, and equitation riders. In
the hunter division, Christa Endicott (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) and Evita
captured two show championships in the Low Hunter and Pre-Green Hunter
sections. "She is so honest," said Endicott of the ten-year
old Belgian Warmblood. "She is a good mover and has a great mind.
She will be a great junior or amateur horse," predicted Endicott.
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| 3rd Feb 2002 |
Animal Health 4Life
Products from 4Life Research
“There
is virtually no scenario in which the veterinary patient will not
benefit from the use of Transfer Factor Plus* found in the Animal
Health 4Life* products.”
Dr. Bill
DeWitt, DVM
Auburn University of Veterinary Medicine, 1999 Alabama Veterinarian
of the Year
These new
products from 4Life Research* provide one step nutrition for improved
joint health and flexibility, more energy, healthier coats, stronger
bones and superior immune strength. They consist of a premix nutritional
product that contains a combination of over 100 vitamins, minerals,
trace elements, essential fatty acids, amino acids, probiotics and
other nutrients. These products will address an animal’s nutritional
deficiencies and imbalances that exist, regardless of the diet being
fed or the environmental situation.
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| 3rd Feb 2002 |
“Extraordinary opportunity”
unites industry for the health of all horses"
More than 30 delegates
from Ontario’s horse industry met in November to discuss a vision
for improved horse care and advancement in equine medicine. A round
table discussion was lead by the Honorable John Snobelen, Ontario’s
Minister of Natural Resources, past Minister of Education, and avid
cutting horse breeder and trainer.
The meeting was organized to unveil the plans and progress of the
University of Guelph’s equine collaboration. The strategy encompasses
research, communications, education and training, and health service.
A vision of a dedicated equine performance-testing centre was also
unveiled. The Equine Performance Centre would provide state-of-the-art
technologies not currently
available, enhancing the diagnostic capabilities of the University’s
Large Animal Clinic. The plan encompasses a large indoor arena for
lameness evaluation, separate housing
for equine patients, and one-on-one communication and service to clients.
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details
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| 3rd Feb 2002 |
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Nicole Shahinian-Simpson
Jumps Into First Place In First Grand Prix Back In The Saddle |
Nicole Shahinian-Simpson,
Westlake Village, CA, won her first grand prix back in the saddle
since the birth of her son, Ty, who is now three months old. Fifty-seven
horses contested the $25,000 Ariat Grand Prix, and seven managed clear
rounds over Leopoldo Palacios' course. Simpson garnered clear rounds
with her two veterans, El Campeon's Jo Jo and El Campeon's Cirka Z.
"The horses haven't shown since Spruce Meadows last summer, but
I've had them for awhile so I know them well." Because of her
pregnancy, Simpson hung up her boots after Spruce Meadows until returning
to the Grand Prix ring this week at the Indio Desert Circuit.
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| 3rd Feb 2002 |
Show Jumping Result:
CSI-A Zurich 31 January - 3 February 2002
Dannemann
Prize, International Jumping Compeition Without Joker
1) Figaro's Boy; Ludger Beerbaum (GER) ; 2) Centaure du Murier;
Hansueli Sprunger (SUI) ; 3)
Anthem; Dermott Lennon (IRL)
<FORBO Knock-out> Competition
1) Quinten;
John Whitaker (GBR) ; 2) Verelst Lambada; Marc van Dijck (BEL) ;
=3) Kasting Horses Silas; Helena Weinberg (GER), =3) Ravenna; Paul
Freimüller (SUI)
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