Dealing With Hoof Cracks: Sole Supports for Health and Strength
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Pat Burton, a Texas farrier, has developed effective ways to rehabilitate cracked feet, using management rather than bar shoes or other types of special shoeing.
Continue reading …“The Other Horse Commercial,” Diet Mtn. Dew Horse Show Tricks
February 4, 2014 Comments Off on “The Other Horse Commercial,” Diet Mtn. Dew Horse Show Tricks
Of course, all of us horse lovers thoroughly enjoyed Budweiser’s touching Super Bowl commercial “Puppy Love” featuring an impossibly cute and persistent Golden Retriever. But there’s another commercial floating around that you may not have seen.
Continue reading …NCEA Announces First Rankings of 2014 Spring Season… SC Equestrian Gamecocks Still On Top
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NCEA Team Rankings (February 4, 2014)
1. South Carolina
2. Baylor
3. Auburn
4. Kansas State
Riders Announced Who Will Compete in WEF Collegiate Equestrian Challenge
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WACO, Texas – The Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) is schedule to host the Collegiate Equitation Challenge on Feb 7, 2014. The competition will feature 16 NCEA and IHSA riders in a head to head competition over fences in Wellington, Fla. WEF is the world’s largest and longest running equestrian competition. The 12-week event hosts more than 5,000 horses from 50 states and 31 countries and is held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center.
Continue reading …Showbills Available and Judges Announced For 2014 Prairie Classic, Heart of Texas Spring Circuit, and OQHA Spring Show
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Prairie Classic: Murray Griggs, Brad Kearns, Gretchen Mathes, Beckey Schooler, Jennifer Thompson, Brent Tincher, Robin Griggs, and Terri Beck.
Heart of Texas Spring Circuit: Jon Barry, Gigi Bailey, Jeff Hill, and Jess Herd.
OQHA Spring Show: Kelly Boles Chapman, Brett Clark, Casey Devitt, Karen Graham, Tanya Green, Brent Maxwell, Gary Roberts, Jimmy Stickler, Sam Rose, Gary Putman, Dawn Casey, and Loreen Mckenzie.
South Carolina Equestrian Defeats New Mexico State, 12-8
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“This was a tough win for us today, so I was really proud to see that we kept fighting, especially late in the meet,” South Carolina head coach Boo Major said. “New Mexico State proved today that they deserve their No. 4 ranking, so we certainly tip our hats to their riders because they showed up today and I thought they rode well.”
Continue reading …Georgia Equestrian Earns Narrow Victory Over Texas A&M
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Georgia’s dominance of equitation on the flat proved to be difference maker. With the Aggies taking 3-2 wins in equitation over fences and reining, and riding to a 2-2 tie in horsemanship, the Bulldogs were saved by a dominant 4-1 win on the flat.
Continue reading …Who Reins Supreme? Top Notch Hunters, Jumpers, and Dressage Riders Join World-Class Reiners to Compete For Charity
February 4, 2014 Comments Off on Who Reins Supreme? Top Notch Hunters, Jumpers, and Dressage Riders Join World-Class Reiners to Compete For Charity
The fourth annual “Who Reins Supreme?” featured dressage rider Susie Dutta, show jumpers Nick Dello Joio and Nicole Shahinian-Simpson, and hunter Louise Serio with reining superstars Tim McQuay and Mark Rafacz coaching and competing. The riders split into two teams and all six showed off their Western reining skills to an appreciative crowd in an effort to raise funds for the Equestrian Aid Foundation (EAF).
Continue reading …New Western Pleasure Super Sires Online Marketplace
February 3, 2014 Comments Off on New Western Pleasure Super Sires Online Marketplace
The group behind the innovative Western Pleasure Super Sires program has created yet another method of promoting the offspring of stallions currently enrolled in the program. The WPSS Marketplace is a Facebook page dedicated solely to marketing offspring by WPSS stallions or mares that are in foal to a WPSS stallion. The 2013 WPSS stallions […]
Continue reading …Feb./March Penn. Vet Lecture Series to Include: Emergency Relief, Stallion Handling, Newborn Foals, Mare Breeding Management, Foal and Mare Behavior and More
February 3, 2014 Comments Off on Feb./March Penn. Vet Lecture Series to Include: Emergency Relief, Stallion Handling, Newborn Foals, Mare Breeding Management, Foal and Mare Behavior and More
Dr. Michelle Abraham, resident in large-animal internal medicine at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center, will deliver a presentation about newborn foals. Foals can be susceptible to many illnesses, and recognizing the first signs of disease can be vital to successful treatment and care. Dr. Abraham will discuss what to expect in a normal foal, tips on early recognition of illness, and information about various diseases.
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