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Bellhaven Park Spelling And Agistment

Locality: Springton, South Australia, Australia

Phone: +61 450 307 737

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24.01.2022 Just chilling out in the winter sun

23.01.2022 Lady Jeune and Chance all rugged up on this v cold morning, coming up for breakfast.

22.01.2022 https://www.bellhavenparkagistment.com

20.01.2022 Beautiful winters morning at Bellhaven Park

20.01.2022 Was very impressed with our 2 year old Lonrodex, going on the float today, just walked on like a good boy.going off to be broken in

20.01.2022 This young boy is starting to come along nicely, will be h having some ground work and manners soon.

19.01.2022 filly and mum doing great.

19.01.2022 https://www.breednet.com.au//one-to-watch-%E2%80%93-bendigo

17.01.2022 The 4 weanlings TB growing fast

16.01.2022 Last foal for the season. So Stunning.

15.01.2022 Weanlings out all together

15.01.2022 Lovely Lady Jeune, her mum will be proud Bella Bianco (Jeune)

15.01.2022 All having some smooching, Gracie, xena,Princess,Coco, Tinka

13.01.2022 very intersting read

12.01.2022 Happy new year to all my owners that have horses spelling or agisting with us. Thank you for all your support over the 2018 year. Thank you

11.01.2022 These yearlings Noel and Dexter are so cute, love cuddles

11.01.2022 Salt and electrolytes Id like to share my personal story. I have recommended 2 tablespoons of salt (about 50 g or so) and more in hot weather for horses on unt...ested forage on the basis of the NRC Nutrient Requirements of Horses and Dr Eleanor Kellon VMD. Horses use sodium, chloride and potassium for chemical processes in the body (maintenance needs) AND for cooling down when sweating (sweat losses). Fortunately potassium is relatively high in all feeds including grass and hay so from a daily, maintenance aspect, the two electrolytes we mainly have to supplement is sodium and chloride. Fortunately the easy way to do this is with NaCl, salt. A couple of days ago I was visited by Dr Mel Quick, well respected and extremely qualified lameness vet, chiropractor/vet with extensive clinical experience. She is in my area for a conference with Dr Ian Bidstrup. Mel commented on how well my horses are but pointed out that they were dehydrated in the fascia and I need to supplement more salt. They would get an A in their endurance logbook from a vet checking hydration but Mel was looking more comprehensively. Mel gives her horses 6 (six!) tablespoons of salt over a day on extremely hot days. It makes sense. If we only supplement at one time in a day and knowing that electrolyte excess is excreted easily and efficiently within a 4 hour window (NRCPlus) then it makes sense that if a horse is sweating in the heat in the paddock, its not going to be enough. Ive now stepped it up to 4 tablespoons, split between two small feeds (we have plenty of grass thank goodness). If your horse does not have access to water (huh?) never force salt into your horse as it can cause hypernatraemia. Always have drinking water available. Sodium is what the brain reads in determining when to trigger thirst and when to regulate the amount of sodium and water the body excretes in the urine. Sodium levels in brain are read by cells called osmoreceptors. At normal body levels, the horse has 1.58 g of sodium per kg of body weight. Thats 632 g of sodium for a 400 kg horse. Slightly over 50% of that is stored in the bone and only 10% of the bodys sodium is in the blood. If blood levels of sodium have been low for a long time, when you start to provide salt, sodium will need to be replenished in the skeleton and other tissues, not just the blood. When a horse is sodium deficient, they drink less, they urinate less to conserve sodium. A sodium deficiency = fatigue. Drinking less may make you think you shouldnt give salt but salt is what they need. By supplementing salt, it can trigger drinking. Many endurance riders know how well this works. You may ask, why do horses not drink when they are obviously dehydrated (pinch test)? The two triggers that can cause the thirst mechanism to be activated are loss of body fluids and loss of concentration of sodium. When body fluids around cells drop due to sweating (horse looks dehydrated, tucked up, skin stands up in tent, slow to lower), fluids are forced out of the interstitial spaces (around tissues and organs) to compensate for this. With continued exercise and sweating, fluid is absorbed from the stores in the gastrointestinal tract. (Jenkinson et al., 2006) This helps maintain the fluid volume of the plasma. Due to the large reservoir of fluids that the horse maintains, plasma volume is able to be maintained, even with a fairly large loss of total body volume. The plasma concentration of sodium is also fairly stable. When the sodium levels drop, the kidney concentrates the urine and less is secreted. When the fluids move from interstitial spaces or from the colon, sodium is moved with it. This allows for a more stable plasma concentration of sodium, so the cells do not recognise that there is sodium depletion. The notion that all grass and hay provides enough salt, or that horses will always get what they need from a salt block is not supported by pasture and hay test results or research. Horses are amazing at conserving sodium if the need arises, and will even excrete potassium as a substitute for sodium in urine. I dont want to confuse people, salt is so far the only documented craving in horses, they will travel long distances to a salt lick but the above hopefully will help with understanding why some horses simply wont access a salt block. The best way to supplement salt is in a feed, in addition a bucket of loose salt in the paddock is sensible too but NOT to be relied on. And please dont be fooled into thinking your horse knows always when he needs to grab salt from your salt block. Some dont even like the flavour. I havent covered sweat losses but this is enough detail for now. http://jap.physiology.org/content/86/5/1610.full http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UFE0022784/00001

10.01.2022 Bloody awesome

10.01.2022 Fantastic win today at Gawler with Crypto Currency, thank you to Seyers Racing and Jockey Anna Jordsjo and all involved.

10.01.2022 TB bay mare been off the track for a couple of years, aprox 15.3 to 16hh looking for her forever home, very sweet, ready for her next chapter, Please contact via messenger.

09.01.2022 Weanlings so cute

09.01.2022 This lovely little TB is in for starting before beginning her career as a racehorse Our beautiful Greman Shepard likes to make sure all of the breakers are dog desensitised

09.01.2022 Lovely Maso enjoying his retirement from harness racing, being a very good companion to this beautiful WB Ella while she has a short break.

08.01.2022 CRYPYO CURRENCY great win

06.01.2022 More pictures of this little colt, had rocky start but doing so well now

06.01.2022 The foals getting to know each other.

05.01.2022 EMERGENCY WARNING FOR A BUSHFIRE BURNING UNDER EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS: issued for Stott Highway near Angaston in the Barossa Valley You are now in danger. ...Take shelter in a solid building. Do not leave or enter this area in a vehicle or on foot. It is too late to leave as the roads will not be safe. Conditions are dangerous and firefighters are now unable to prevent the fire spreading. Shelter before the fire arrives as heat can kill you well before the flames reach you. The STOTT HIGHWAY, ANGASTON fire is uncontrolled. This grass fire is burning in a South Easterly towards Mount Mc Kenzie and Collingrove. Conditions are continually changing. For updates listen to your local ABC radio station on a battery powered radio, visit the CFS website https://www.cfs.sa.gov.au or call the Bushfire Information Hotline 1800 362 361. Homes are not built to withstand these fire conditions, however they can be used as a shelter against heat from the fire. You may lose power, water, phone and data connections. Fire crews are responding but you should not expect a firefighter at your door. WHAT TO DO: Check and follow your Bushfire Survival Plan. Protect yourself from the fires heat put on protective clothing. Tell family or friends of your plan. If you are driving and become stuck in your car, park away from bushes, cover yourself, get onto the floor as the windows may break from the intense heat. Identify a spot to shelter in, with more than one exit. Keep moving so you are away from the heat of the fire. Bring pets inside and restrain them. Move flammable materials such as doormats, wheelie bins and outdoor furniture away from your house. Close doors and windows to keep smoke out. If you have sprinklers, turn them on to wet the area. If the building catches fire, go to an area already burnt. Check around you for anything burning. Shapes on this map image indicate the Warning Area to which this message applies. BLUE: Advice Message; YELLOW: Watch and Act Message; RED: Emergency Warning

05.01.2022 Some of our happy campers enjoying there time out.

05.01.2022 Another great run today at the sunny coast by Lady Jeune, shes coming along real nice, thank you to trainer Damien Batters great job.

04.01.2022 Lady Jeune dose well again, well done Trainer Damien Batters

04.01.2022 We can donate 2 large bales of often hay please contact me

02.01.2022 First foal for the season at Bellhaven Park a little colt by Ambidexta out of Sandhill Gem

02.01.2022 Lady Jeune, having a change of pace in her training.