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The Equiworld Magazine
Online Magazine
This section will keep you up to date with all the changes that are taking
place. Please let us know what you think, your feedback is always appreciated,
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| 31st March
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| 31st March
2001 |
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HORSE RIDERS: what you can and
can’t do
Everyone involved in equestrianism must take every
possible precaution to ensure they do not inadvertently contribute to the
spread of Foot and Mouth Disease. However, there is no need to stop riding
completely in counties that are not affected. |
NOTE
Horses do not spread foot and mouth any more than
people do. Just as people or cars, they can transport the virus on the mud on
their feet. This can be avoided by thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting the
horse’s feet before going out. The BHS has based the advice given on
information from MAFF and the Animal Health Trust ( 01638 751000).
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| 31st March
2001 |
Ashe Wins Again : Hot For Invitational
TAMPA, FL - March 30, 2001 - US
Equestrian Team Rookie, Molly Ashe of Wellington, FL, rode the Selle Frances,
Folle De Lui, to victory in the $10,000 Sheraton Open Jumper Classic at the
Cosequin Winter EquestrianFestival on Friday. Ashe the last to go and one of
only four double clear rounds out of a starting field of 39,crossing the timers
in 33.983 seconds. Daughter of Olympians Frank and Mary Chapot, Laura Chapot of
Neshanic Station, NJ finished just behind Ashe in 34.45 seconds aboard the 11
year-old thoroughbred, Sundance Kid, followed by, Laura Steffee, who finished
in 34.714 seconds up on Perle.
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full report |
| 31st March
2001 |
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American Paint Horses to be featured
on HorseTV |
FORT WORTH-Beautiful American Paint Horses will be
showcased on television screens across America April 5-9 with the HorseTV
airing of a 21-minute segment created by the American Paint Horse Association
(APHA).
HorseTV programming airs on RFD-TV, a new 24-hour-per-day television network
geared toward the interests of rural Americans. It is carried on The DISH
Network's Channel 9409.
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| 31st March
2001 |
Further Dialogue Needed on Vaccine Issue - NFU
Too many questions remain unanswered
on the issue of whether vaccination should be used in the fight against foot
and mouth, the NFU said today.
More evidence and further dialogue is needed before any decision is made, said
NFU President Ben Gill.
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| 30th March
2001 |
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Equitana Asia Pacific to Host a
One-Off Anky Van Grunsven Clinic
Date: Friday 23 November 2001
Venue: Melbourne Exhibition Centre |
Olympic Dressage Gold medallist, Anky van Grunsven
is coming to Equitana Asia Pacific to present a Clinic at the Melbourne
Exhibition Centre. This is a unique opportunity that will not be repeated
during her stay in Australia.
Anky van Grunsven will present her preparation regime in a three hour clinic,
covering training techniques for horses and riders from the beginning stages of
training through to Grand Prix.
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| 30th March
2001 |
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FMD puts Horse Welfare at
Risk
Fears are growing that the welfare of horses and
ponies could be seriously compromised because of losses sustained by rural
businesses due to foot and mouth.
David Mountford, Head of Equine Operations at the
ILPH (International League for the Protection of Horses) says, "While we
sympathise wholeheartedly with the farming community at this dreadful time and
appreciate the enormity of the Government's task in dealing with the outbreak
we feel we must highlight what could become a serious equine welfare
problem."
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| 30th March
2001 |
Olympian Howard Takes Top Honours
TAMPA, FL - March 29, 2001 - Last
years defending champion and three time Olympian, Leslie Howard of Westport,
CT, finished first in the$30,000 Ariat Challenge Cup on Thursday.She also
clenched the number seven position in the US East Coast RiderStandings and in
April and will be going to the World Cup in Gothenburg,Sweden.
Howard, up on the 14 year old Irish Bred mare,
Cloverleaf was one of only five qualifiers out of a field of 38 starters to
advance to the tiebreaker round on this Buddy Brown designed course. She rode
last and turned in the fastest time over the eightfences on course in 38.07
seconds.World Cup Veteran, McLain Ward of Brewster, NY qualified two of the
five horses in the jump off and finished in second and fourth place. Ward
finished in second place aboard hismount Galileo, crossing the finish line in
38.99 seconds and took fourth place on 16 year-old Belgian gelding, Benetton,
finishing in 43.96 seconds.
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| 30th March
2001 |
"Positive Signs" from Downing Street Meeting - NFU
There is a determination to stick to
the policy of no more than 24 hours between identification and slaughter of
animals on farms with foot and mouth and 48 hours for neighbouring farms, the
NFU said today
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| 30th March
2001 |
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| 29th March
2001 |
Goliath and his friends need help and
fast...... Please?
Northcote Heavy Horse Centre
Horse Sanctuary and Visitor Centre with a "QUIET PRESENCE OF
DIGNITY"
The Home of "Goliath" the
"Guinness" Tallest Horse in the World.
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| 29th March
2001 |
Rookie Wins in Tampa
TAMPA, FL - March 28, 2001 - Rookie,
Michael Walton ofValley Forge , PA, was in the winner's circle aboard the 9
year-old Dutch Stallion, Kantaris in the $5,000 Americhoice Open Speed
Challenge at the Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival on Wednesday. Walton
cleared the 11 obstacle, Buddy Brown designed course in60.714 seconds. English
Equestrian,Helen McNaught finished the course with no jumping faults and better
than two seconds behind Walton in 63.315 seconds aboard the 12 year-old Irish
bred gelding, Lassergut Concept, followed by Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, FL,
who clocked in at 63.743 seconds up on Pandora.
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| 29th March
2001 |
NFU in Detailed Talks on Next Foot and Mouth Steps
NFU President Ben Gill is holding a
series of detailed talks with the Government on what further measures are
needed to bring foot and mouth under control, including how vaccination may
play a part.
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| 29th March
2001 |
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Killer Creative Builds
‘Killer’ Brookhill Steeplechase Marketing Campaign
Raleigh – Build a website. Define an event
ID. Establish a theme. Create a brand. Develop a media campaign.
Marketing statistics show that of the 1,500 ads
the average consumer views every day, only 15 will be remembered. |
In an area that provides many opportunities to
attend outdoor events, Killer Creative Group has excelled in creating a catchy
and whimsical advertising campaign for the Brookhill Steeplechase. With print
ads beginning March 28, TV ads beginning March 26, and radio ads beginning the
week of April 9, the Brookhill Steeplechase will soon be a household name in
the Triangle area.
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here for further details |
| 28th March
2001 |
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Federation Equestre
Internationale
FEI News 27 March 2001
* Update on the World Cup Final in Goteborg
Sweden)
* World Cup Dressage
* Foot and Mouth Disease - Updated list of cancelled events:
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| 28th March
2001 |
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Colorful American Paint Horse racing
is on the fast track across the United States.
FORT WORTH- If its recent track record is any
indication, it's a safe bet that Paint Horse racing will continue to grow in
popularity across the United States this year. |
A total of 16 states featured Paint racing in
2000, up from 12 states the two previous years. Paint Horses now run in
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana,
North Dakota, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and
Wyoming.
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| 28th March
2001 |
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HITS Culpeper Features
$50,000 Grand Prix Every Week & Hosts Cosequin® USGPL Finals with
$100,000 Grand Prix |
RHINEBECK, NY (March 27, 2000) - Horse Shows In
the Sun, Inc. (HITS), producer of six world class hunter/jumper horse show
circuits nationwide, has announced that the HITS Culpeper summer series of six
horse shows at Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia, will feature a $50,000
Grand Prix every Sunday for the first five shows. The sixth big purse of the
season--the $100,000 Cosequin® Grand Prix--is the grand finale of the
Cosequin® U.S. Grand Prix League Invitational Finals, the last show of the
series. More than $850,000 in total prize money will be awarded at the six
events starting April 18 and finishing September 30, 2001.
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| 28th March
2001 |
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| 28th March
2001 |
Show Jumping - Two Irish Riders in World Cup Final
The FEI (Federation Equestre
Internationale) today (March 27) confirmed that two Irish riders, Jessica
Kurten and Peter Charles, will be amongst those considered as qualified for the
World Cup Show Show Jumping Final in Gothenburg, Sweden, scheduled for April
12-16, 2001.
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| 28th March
2001 |
Tighter Import Checks to "Stop This Ever Happening
Again" - NFU
The NFU today called for an urgent
tightening of the controls protecting Britain and Europe from illegal meat
imports after suggestions that this is the most likely cause of the foot and
mouth outbreak.
NFU President Ben Gill said farmers would be "livid" at the
suggestion that illegal commercial imports carrying the virus may be to blame
for bringing the entire farming industry to its knees in the space of just a
few weeks.
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| 27th March
2001 |
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Strongid-P supports an extra
£11,000 at Armathwaite Hall as prizes-in-kind |
£11,000 has been added to the value of the
prize fund at the Armathwaite Hall Strongid-P Horse Trials - already one of the
biggest one-day prizes on the UK circuit - the event’s title sponsor
Strongid-P confirming “incredibly generous” prizes in kind for all
sections
Every rider placed inside the top 10 in all sections at the event over the
weekend of July 20th-22nd will, in addition to the cash prizes, take home 10
Strongid-P wormers and a one-litre pack of Vi-Sorbin - together worth over
£100, £1000 for each section.
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details |
| 27th March
2001 |
Super Solvitax to Continue Sponsorship of Dressage in
Cumbria
Following two successful seasons of dressage
sponsorship at Cumbrian venues, Super Solvitax has confirmed on-going support
for four championships known as the Super Solivitax Herbal Oils Summer Dressage
Championships.
Blackdyke Farm, which has held affiliated and
unaffiliated dressage competitions for a number of years, hosted a Super
Solvitax fixture last season and will now enjoy on-going generous support for
what will be known as The Super Solvitax Herbal Oils Summer Dressage
Championships.
The series will run from April to September at
Preliminary, Novice, Elementary and Medium levels and will operate separately
at each level as a points accumulator. Horse/rider combinations can achieve
points for placings during the series and the Champions and Reserves at each of
the four levels will receive some very generous prizes from Super Solvitax.
Prizes will include clothing for both horse and rider and in addition, a choice
of products from the highly regarded Super Solvitax range, used and endorsed
by, amongst other leading competitors, Ian Stark, MBE.
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details |
| 27th March
2001 |
Taskforce to Consider IHB Proposal on Sport Horse Organisation
The Taskforce set up by the Equestrian
Federation of Ireland to help formulate a strategic plan for equestrian sport,
at the behest of the Irish Sports Council, has received a submission from The
Irish Horse Board with regard to the structure of the new Governing Body
already proposed by the Taskforce.
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| 26th March
2001 |
Molly Ashe and Kroon Gravin Win Grand Prix of Tampa
TAMPA, FL -- MARCH 25, 2001 - In the
summer of 2000, US Equestrian Team Rookie, Molly Ashe of Wellington, FL
traveled to Europe tocompete with the US developing riders tour returning home
with 3 Grand Prixwins, one being the 50th Anniversary Grand Prix of Germany in
Berlinwhich she was the first woman and first American to capture the
title.
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full report |
| 26th March
2001 |
Message Board Update
Visit the Equiworld Message board - with new
coloured envelopes.
/archive/equiworld-net/chat5/ |
| 26th March
2001 |
Trace Minerals: The Key to Breeder Success.
Man's preoccupation with NPK (Nitrogen,
Phosphorus, & Potassium) fertilizers have resulted in the neglect of trace
minerals which are vital and necessary components of a healthy and fertile
soil. Trace minerals serve as catalysts which activate enzymes and are an
important part of the plant nutrients regulating growth and development. Time
and man has robbed our soils of their lifeblood: Micronutrients (i.e. trace
minerals)! Research has shown that trace mineral deficient soils will produce
trace mineral deficient plants (i.e. grains). When man and animals consume
these plants they will also be trace mineral deficient.
Therefore, when your horses consume these micronutrient deficient plants they
will also be trace mineral deficient. Many diseases, both animal and human, are
now linked to trace mineral deficiencies.
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| 25th March
2001 |
Californian Jumps in to Winner's
Circle
TAMPA, FL - March 24, 2001 - US Equestrian Team
Veteran, Megan Johnstone of Orinda, CA rode the 9 year-old Selle
Frances/Belgian Cross Bred, Elfee, to victory in the $10,000 Tampa Bay Classic
at the Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival on Saturday |
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.Johnstone was one of eight clear rounds out of a
starting field of 75 toqualify for the sudden death jump offround and laid down
the fastest time of 40.499 seconds.
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full report |
| 25th March
2001 |
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Training Mythunderstandings -
The Daily Training Routine
It takes a long time to develop a full
communication system with a horse. When you first begin the training process,
the horse's vocabulary of understanding is pretty limited and that limits what
you can expect of him. As he learns more, you can expect more. |
Eventually there will come a time when you have
developed full communication with the horse and you know he understands what
you are asking. You support every request with a corridor of pressures applied
consistently at every stride. Once you and the horse have reached this advanced
level, you should expect compliance with every request. You do your part, and
you expect the horse to do his.
But with a baby green horse at the beginning of training, we don't expect the
horse to understand all of the shapes we want him to take when we apply given
pressures. He doesn't understand which physical or psychological pressures we
want him to ignore like the girth or something flapping above eye level. He
doesn't understand which pressures are methodically applied directional
pressures such as leg pressure on one side asking him to move his hindquarters
in the opposite direction when we're riding or our primary line opening up for
a turn when we're leading him that he can remove by taking the shape we want.
We don't expect full compliance in the beginning because the baby horse's
vocabulary needs to grow
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| 25th March
2001 |
Vale Wins at Florida State Fairgrounds
TAMPA, FL - March 23, 2001 - Aaron Vale
of Rembert, SC has returned to the Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival and
jumped right into the winner's circle aboard the 12 year-old Holsteiner mare,
Elan Coriana. Vale and Elan Coriana turned in double clear rounds and the
fastest jump-off time of 22.798 seconds around this LeopoldoPalacious-Jugo
(Venezuela) designed course.1998 Budweiser American Grand Prix Association
Rider of the Year, McLainWard of Brewster, NY crossed the timers in 23.467
seconds, less than one second behind Vale to capture second place up on the 11
year-old Dutch bred mare,Crazy U.
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