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| 26th Jan 2002 |
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Spanish
- Italian opening at the Dressage World Cup at San Patrignano
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The
Spanish Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, the 36-year-old lady rider who
is lately in best shape in the world of dressage, wins the
opening competition of the Italian qualifier of the FEI World
Cup Dressage taking place at San Patrignano. The Spanish athlete,
who recently placed first in the Mechelen Grand Prix in Belgium,
won on Beauvalais with a very high percentage (71.46%), preceding
the Italian Laura Conz (69.80%), riding Fibrin and the Swiss
champion Daniel Ramseier currently 2nd in the World Cup list,
on Rali Baba a bay 14-year-old horse.
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| 26th Jan 2002 |
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Thoroughbred
Stallion Sailing the Med Causes Concern
A
7 year old thoroughbred Stallion, Shorten Sail, has spent five
days in the hold of a ferry criss crossing the mediteranean
because red tape will not allow him to land.
The ILPH (International League for the Protection of Horses)
is extremely concerned for the stallion's welfare and is doing
everything in its power to sort out the bureaucracy that is
not allowing the animal to land in Cyprus.
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| 26th Jan 2002 |
Silver's Stable
By Mary Bodel
Silver's Stable, owned and managed by 15-year-old Andrea Bodel, is
an up and coming on-line simulated horse game. The game was started
as a homeschool project and named for a beloved pet hamster five years
ago.
Silver's Stable is designed to teach proper horse care and maintenance.
Currently, besides virtual competitions, it is possible to groom,
feed and play with the horses in the virtual stable.
"Most people's experiences are limited to pony rides (at parties),"
Bodel states. She goes on to explain that there is more to horse ownership
than just riding.
"Grooming a horse helps to make a social bond," she goes
on to state. "So is feeding, but in a different way. Most people
don't realize there is a science to feeding a horse. Horse's don't
go if they aren't fed, and too much feed can result in colic."
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| 26th Jan 2002 |
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Horse
Welfare Charity Appoints New Chief Executive
John
Smales, 59, from Wylye, Wiltshire, has been appointed the new
Chief Executive at the UK's leading horse welfare charity.
He is due to start his new job at the ILPH (International League
for the Protection of Horses) at Snetterton, Norfolk, on Monday
4th February when he will be taking over the reins from Jonny
McIrvine, who has been Acting Chief Executive for the last 12
months.
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| 26th Jan 2002 |
2002 World Mounted
Games Team Championships
The International
Mounted Games Association have confirmed the 2002 World Mounted
Games Team Championships will be held in Scotland. Held from July
26/28 at the Royal Highland Showground,Ingilston, Edinburgh, 15
countries will attend making it the largest international mounted
games competition in the world.
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| 26th Jan 2002 |
Hanoverian Happenings
from Vista Ridge Farm - Hanoverians
Donnerhall
Passes Away (01/14/2002)
Donnerhall was considered by many to be the most successful dressage
horse in the world. He managed like no other sire of his generation
to combine sports and breeding successes.
Hanoverians
win 'Best of All Trophy' for 5th Time and World Cups
The 'Best
of All Trophy ranking from the World Breeding Championships for
Sport Horses (WBCSH) is an international evaluation of all breeding
areas and breeds.
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| 25th Jan 2002 |
Horse Whisperer "joins
up" for Britain’s biggest horse Show
The Royal
Windsor Horse Show 15 – 19 May 2002
The
Royal Windsor Horse Show 15 – 19 May 2002, Britain’s biggest
horse show and one of the most traditional family events on the
equestrian calendar, is preparing to kick off the outdoor show season
in great style this May.
The world
famous American ‘Horse Whisperer’ Monty Roberts and the
Garde Republicaine’s elegant tandem quadrille will perform
at the show for the first time. They join a spectacular line-up
of top class show jumping competitions, superb shopping opportunities
and military pageantry.
Regarded
by many as one of the most magnificent venues for showing, The Royal
Windsor Horse Show has more than 40 different types of horses, such
as miniature horses the size of a large dog to grand old heavy horses
standing at around 18hh, strikingly spotted appaloosas, high stepping
Spanish horses, Britain’s range of native ponies, hunters,
hacks and donkeys.
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| 25th Jan 2002 |
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San
Patrignano: for the first time in Italy the Dressage World
Cup
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Seventeen years
after its birth, the FEI World Cup of dressage arrives for the first
time in our Country with the three days of San Patrignano. From friday
25th to sunday 27th the big indoor horse court of the Community will
be indeed the stage on which some of the most known combinations of
the dressage worldwide will perform, allowing to equestrian's fans
and sporting to meet, exhibited to its highest levels, one of the
most enchanting Olympic specialties of the equestrians.
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| 25th Jan 2002 |
EFI President Welcomes
Increased ISC Grant Allocation For Equestrian Sport
The
Irish Sports Council today (Thursday January 24) allocated €447,443
for equestrian sport to the National Governing Body, the Equestrian
Federation of Ireland.
It was
the second-highest grant made to any NGB.
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| 25th Jan 2002 |
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::2001
Saddletude Equestrian Awards::
Your
votes have been tallied and the tribe has spoken.Check the results
from all fifteen categories by clicking on "The Envelope
Please"
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| 24th Jan 2002 |
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APHA
"shows the money" with a $10,000 increase in payouts
American Paint
Horse Association Gelding Plus program awards $55,000 in 2001 |
FORT WORTH - Now
in its second year since its formation, the American Paint Horse Association's
(APHA) Gelding Plus Program increased its payout to $55,000 for 2001,
up $10,000 from the previous year's total payout.
At five of the
nation's top futurities, Gelding Plus awarded $5,000 to the highest-advancing
American Paint Horse geldings in open and non-pro divisions.
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| 24th Jan 2002 |
LAUNCH at BETA
2002
FARRIERS FRIEND™
Original Formula
Having
finally received registration, Osmonds will be launching - what
they are claiming as - "Probably the finest Equine Supplement
in the World" at BETA 2002 - Farriers Friend™ Original
Formula.
Long recognised
as leading innovative animal nutritionists, Osmonds who were established
in 1854 and carry two Royal warrants say "that their product
Farriers Friend™ Original Formula, is an original product that
will set new standards in the supplementation of equines who have
hoof - health - stress and other problems".
Osmonds
who are satisfied that Farriers Friend™ Original Formula meets
all their criteria are looking for one hundred persons nation-wide
who have equines that could benefit from a product of this nature.
Osmonds are inviting requests from owners of all types of equines
who would be willing to feed Farriers Friend Original Formula free
on properly conducted trials. The animal that shows the most improvement
over the six week trial period will be given a years supply of Farriers
Friend™ Original Formula free.
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| 24th Jan 2002 |
Smoky Mountain Tennessee
Walking Horse Sale
Smoky Mountain
Sales presents in February the Smoky Mountain Tennessee Walking Horse
Sale. Selling top Tennessee Walking Horses again and this sale promises
to be one of the best ever. With a line up of over 250 horses for
sale, buyers will have a great selection from horses all over the
Eastern US. The Sale will be February 22nd and 23rd, 2002. We have
top winning show entries for this sale and the On-Line catalog will
be available the first week of Feb.
If you are looking to buy, sale, or see quality horses then don't
miss out on this event. The sale will be held at The Great Smoky Mountain
Expo Center in White Pine, Tennessee, USA.
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| 24th Jan 2002 |
Cruelty case : Gracie
May
On
Friday 25 May 2001, James Cretney, Chief Executive of the Friends
of Bristol Horses Society, received a phone call from Inspector
Ian Burns of the RSPCA requiring assistance regarding a local emergency.
When they arrived at the field they discovered a horse - Gracie
May - in extremely poor condition.
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| 24th Jan 2002 |
Events At Bishop Burton
College
1st,
2nd, 3rd March Nigel Taylor Eventing Clinic
5th April
Mary Wanlass Demonstration
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| 23rd Jan 2002 |
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Federation
Equestre Internationale News
21 January 2002
FEI
Executive Board Meeting
The Executive Board held its first meeting of the year on 14
and 15 January 2002 in Madrid.
Final 2001 FEI/UAE World Endurance Rankings
Dato Kamaruddin bin Abdul Ghani from Malaysia is the best rider
of the 3rd edition of the FEI/UAE World Endurance Rankings with
1165 points, ahead of Jaume Punti Dachs (ESP) with 853.5 points
and Mubarak Khalifa Bin Shafya wtih (UAE) with 794 points.
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Samsung Nations
Cup Update
In just a few weeks' time, the Samsung Nations Cup 2001/2002 series
will get underway again after the winter break and it promises to
provide the perfect build-up to the World Equestrian Games in Jerez,
Spain in September.
Blyth Tait Honoured By The New Zealand Olympic Committee
At the end of December, the New Zealand Olympic Committee awarded
the Lonsdale Cup to multi Olympic equestrian medallist Blyth Tait.
World Cup Jumping: Situation In The Leagues
In the 2001 / 2002 season there are 13 Leagues in the FEI World Cup
Jumping.
There is a new League in the Middle East with competitions in the
United Arab Emirates and Syria.
Seven Leagues have ended their qualifications:- Central Europe, Central
Asia, Canada, South Africa, South East Asia, Japan and South America.
Six Leagues are still going: - Western Europe, USA East Coast, USA
West Coast, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East.
Meeting With The Organisers Of The Riders Tour
The FEI Secretary General, Dr Bo Helander, Dr Hanfried Haring, Chairman
of the FEI Strategic Planning Committee and Secretary General of the
German Federation, Reinhardt Wendt Vice-Chairman of the German Federation
and Olaf Petersen, Chairman of the Jumping Committee, met with representatives
of the “Riders’ Tour”, including the instigator of
the series, Paul Schockemöhle, on 21 January 2002 in Mühlen
(GER).
In Memoriam
Ulrich Lehmann (SUI), the four-in-hand driver from the Swiss Cavalry
School, died last year, aged 65. Ilse Lorenz (GER), a pioneer in international
vaulting, passed away at the end of December 2001 after a long illness.
Isaak Lombard (SUI), who rode for Switzerland from 1947 to 1967 in
34 Nations Cups, passed away on 15 January 2002, aged 82.
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| 23rd Jan 2002 |
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BETA
Supports Malvern Equine Fair
BETA
- the British Equestrian Trade Association - is sponsoring the
Best Stand Award at the Malvern Spring Equine Fair.
The fair
takes place on the Three Counties Showground, Malvern on March
9 and 10 with a wide variety of displays planned as well as
many trade stands.
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BETA Chief Executive
and Secretary Claire Williams said: "We are delighted to be sponsoring
the best stand award. There has been an extremely high standard at
the other Contour organised shows and it has been very difficult to
judge.
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| 23rd Jan 2002 |
New Chairman Of Dressage
Ireland
The appointment of Mairin Cassidy as chairman of Dressage Ireland
was announced at the organisation's AGM last evening (Monday 21st
January 2002).
Mairin comes from a well known equestrian family, her father was very
involved in the SJAI in the fifties and sixties both as a judge and
for a period as chairman of the then Southern region. She herself
competed in show jumping on both horses and ponies and rode out with
the South
County Dublin hunt. Mairin is the Humanities Librarian at University
College Dublin.
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| 23rd Jan 2002 |
International Animal
Health Body Gives UK All Clear
There
was excellent news for farmers across the UK today after the international
animal health organisation reinstated the country's foot and mouth-free
status.
In a ruling
that marks one of the most crucial steps yet in the recovery from
the disaster, the OIE* has put the UK back on the list of countries
world-wide which are clear of the disease.
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| 23rd Jan 2002 |
Smoky Mountain Sales
Presents
the "Smoky Mountain Walking Horse Sale"
It is time
for the "Smoky Mountain Walking Horse Sale". The dates of
the sale will be Friday February the 22nd and Saturday the 23rd, 2002.
We are expecting a big line up of exceptional horses.
Don't miss
out we will be having around 250 horses for sale. If you've been looking
for a good horse this is the sale to attend. At SMS we believe that
if we can get the sellers and the buyers together with great horses
in the ring it will produce a winning combination for all.
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| 23rd Jan 2002 |
Irish Participation
In International Equestrian Events
CSI-W
BORDEAUX 8-10 FEBRUARY 2002
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| 22nd Jan 2002 |
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An
Introduction To Endurance Riding
Endurance
Riding is one of the newest and perhaps the fastest growing
branch of equestrianism. Although organised endurance rides
were held in the US as early as the mid- 1800s, the modern
sport of endurance riding really began in the in 1955 when
the Tevis Cup, a one day 100 mile ride from Squaw Valley,
Nevada to Auburn California, was first run. Other rides followed
and the first national endurance riding association, the American
Endurance Ride Conference (AERC) was founded in 1972.
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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.
Although
endurance rides are often hotly contested, at every level of endurance
the welfare of the horse is paramount, with the strictest veterinary
checks of all horse sports, and awards for best condition often being
regarding as important as wining. For many people the unofficial motto
of the sport 'To finish is to win' sums up the satisfaction they feel
bringing their horse home sound and healthy
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| 22nd Jan 2002 |
Lessons Of Foot And
Mouth Must Be Learned - NFU
The
NFU today published its first full review of the handling of the world's
worst ever foot and mouth outbreak - a catalogue of failures on every
issue from import controls and contingency planning to communications.
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| 21st Jan 2002 |
A
Horse of Course with Don Blazer
If you don't keep your horse as busy as
a little beaver, he might become a wood chuck. How much wood
would a wood chuck chuck, if your wood chuck was actually
chucking wood instead of eating it?
Who knows? I don't. But I do know that Dobbin's impersonation
is detrimental to the appearance of wood fences and stall
doors. And wood chewing--if you are a horse--is a costly vice
which can be quite dangerous
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| 20th Jan 2002 |
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Now,
just what is a Pintabian?
The Pintabian is a breed of horse that must be verified as
to having 99% or more of purebred Arabian blood, with a tobiano
coat pattern. Tobiano, color pattern, is non-symmetrical ,
with large, irregular spots.
There are only about 350 Registered Pintabians in the world,
making them a rare and valulable breed.
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Pintabians
are bred for their beauty, intelligence, disposition, stamina,
and are very versatile. They have a short dished head, that
is wide-set between large eyes, long arched neck, short back,
level hip, and high tail carriage. The general height range
is between 14.2 and 15.2, with a few individuals over or under
that height and weigh between 900 and 1,100 pounds Pintabians
are ideal for pleasure, showing, competitive and endurance
sports, driving, racing, or just family fun.
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| 20th Jan 2002 |
Lisa Wilcox Returns
To New England
The
New England Dressage Association is pleased to announce the return
of American-born Grand Prix dressage rider Lisa Wilcox of Capelln,
Germany for a clinic on "The Correct Use of the Seat through
the Levels". This clinic, sponsored in part by Dressage Today
magazine and Rowley Harness Shop, will be held at English Range,
a private dressage facility in Derry, New Hampshire on Saturday
and Sunday, April 6th & 7th, 2002. Ms. Wilcox will be focusing
on the one element of the rider she finds the most important in
communicating with the horse, the seat.
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