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Elderslie Horse Care and Spelling

Locality: Elderslie, Tasmania, Australia

Phone: +61 409 104 718

Address: 41 Cornishs Road 7030 Elderslie, TAS, Australia

Website: http://www.eldersliehorsecareandspelling.com/

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22.01.2022 First scan for the season today resulted in a positive. Iden Makin Time with her lovely Sir Lincoln filly has another baby on board!

18.01.2022 SHIPPING SEMEN As stallion owners we have the best end of the breeding deal. Mare owners are lumbered with more cost and sometimes great heartache. I am appall...ed and dismayed at what some mare owners in the recreational horse industry are being subjected to. I recently had a client that was quoted $1200 for shipping fresh chilled That is outrageous. If anyone wants to know how well it can operate ask anyone in Standardbred breeding. Mare owners some tips: DO have a LFG DONT accept a use it or lose it policy DO make sure if your service fee is prepaid you can transfer to another mare if something unfortunate happens For fresh chilled don’t accept extra costs such as the ridiculous business of returning the $25 polystyrene 1 kilo disposable box at great cost. Do try to use Quantas as they are the most reliable and most helpful Breeding should be where dreams are fulfilled not the stuff of nightmares See more

15.01.2022 First mare has arrived for foaling

13.01.2022 As promised, my opinion re: the horse racing debate Horses have been the best animal ally to humans for thousands of years. They were first domesticated in 300...0BC and were originally used as a source of meat. This was until man discovered he had a means of transport at his disposal which improved his ability to move out of all recognition. The world was transformed. Distance travel became possible and cultures and languages spread around the world. Horses won wars for civilisations. Only 100 years ago, the greater part of the world’s transportation was by horse. It is only in the last seventy years that the horse has ceased to be a necessity and has become primarily a vehicle of sport. Horse racing is the of most ancient of all sports, being practiced in civilisations across the world since ancient times. Horse racing is one of the few sports that has continued throughout the COVID-19 crisis, helping to keep the economy afloat. In Australia horse racing is an industry that provides full or part-time employment for almost 250 000 people. Around the time of the Melbourne Cup there is always an outcry from ‘animal activists’ claiming that the sport is cruel and should be abolished. I would like to share my thoughts on this. As an equine vet I see cases of horse cruelty and neglect but these occur far more frequently with non-professionals (sometimes even self-proclaimed rescuers) who take on horses that they don’t have the knowledge or the finances to care for. Anyone who has ever trained for a sport or long distance race will understand the feeling that comes with being physically fit the energy, confidence and strength you acquire makes you feel amazing. Racehorses are trained to peak fitness - if you attend a racetrack during morning work and see them dancing on the end of their strapper’s lead ropes ‘jumping out of their skin’ you will see how well they feel in themselves. It is in the best interest of the trainer to do all they possibly can to keep their horses in top health. Racehorses receive the best nutrition, their feet trimmed regularly, they are wormed, have regular dental care and often acupuncture, massage and other physical therapies as well. No expense is spared to keep them feeling their best. Most trainer’s and their staff are horse lovers and care deeply for the horses in their care. I know a trainer who sacks staff on the spot if they reflexively hit a horse that has just bitten them. The racing industry provides many people with employment and also a way of life. Interaction with horses is so beneficial for people’s mental health. This is why there are many equine-assisted therapy centres set up to help people with depression, anxiety, PTSD etc. One thing I do think could be improved in racing is the education of all involved in some aspects of horsemanship. I think a programme that ensured the trainers and riders had a basic understanding of riding theory and biomechanics would be very beneficial. Racehorses are, after all, athletes just like human athletes. If a human athlete runs with poor form they will become injured. This is why most serious athletes go to a physiotherapist to analyse the way they are using themselves and give them exercises to improve their biomechanics. To help a horse use himself in the correct way the rider needs to understand a bit about equine biomechanics. They need to understand a bit about natural crookedness and its effect on uneven loading of the limbs and what to do to correct this. It would be very difficult to school a horse to use himself better on the racetrack during trackwork (I am speaking from experience here as I rode trackwork for 15 years) but I think some kind of flatwork schooling should be included in the horses work. This could start at the breakers and pre-trainers if they took the importance of this into consideration, rather than just ensuring the horse will go out and canter two laps of a large track before they send them to the trainer. I visited and rode at a racing stable in Germany once where every set of horses was ridden at a walk and trot in each direction in a large round pen for 20 mins before going out onto the canter track. This ensures the horses muscles are warmed up and relaxed in a safe environment before they are taken outside. Many of the horses I rode at one particular track in Australia, either jig-jogged or dawdled lazily along the laneway until they got onto the track, and then took off the moment they hit the sand. When horses are worked in this way their muscles aren’t warmed up and they are not relaxed starting work meaning their muscles aren’t supple and they will be crooked and hence put more strain on one of their front legs. Over time, this leads to wear and tear injury in this limb and also sore back muscles (due to not being supple the muscles don’t receive a good blood supply, fill up with lactic acid and become stiff). This starts a vicious cycle as a stiff back doesn’t provide any cushioning action for the joints and they jar up, causing the horse to move in an uneven way. They are then presented to the vet who will likely inject the joint/s. This will provide some relief but it is treating the symptom and not the cause so the issue will come back. It is not just the racing industry that doesn’t understand the importance of correct biomechanics. There is a lack of understanding in equestrian sport too. I believe it is important for anyone who rides or trains horses to understand the way their musculoskeletal system needs to be developed to ensure they remain sound and become more athletic through their association with humans, rather than broken down. It is one of the frustrating parts of my job, when I am asked to patch up a horse with anti-inflammatories/painkillers or joint injections, when the issue could have been prevented through education. One of the main issues that people have with the racing industry is the amount of wastage. The horses that don’t make it to the track (due to lack of ability) and the ones that are retired with or without an injury and rather than re-homed are sent to an abbatoir. I wrote an article on the benefits of an ex-racehorse for equestrian riders. Many top eventers get their best horses off the track and more find homes with pleasure riders. I think if early (correct) flatwork training was included in the work of racehorses, not only would they have less injuries but they would be easier to re-home on retirement. However, there will still be horses that are not this lucky. I am a horse lover if there ever was one but I believe HUMANE euthanasia to be preferable over horses being neglected by people who don’t have the knowledge or desire to give them a comfortable life. Surely a shorter life where the horse has been well-cared for and then is humanely destroyed is better than living out their days in suffering. Or having no life at all? You don’t see too many of the general public up in arms about the short life span of the cattle and sheep they put on their table. Recent footage from abbatoirs has shocked horselovers as the treatment is clearly far from humane. THIS NEEDS TO BE URGENTLY ADDRESSED. There is an autistic woman called Temple Grandin who has worked for decades making slaughterhouses more humane for cattle, sheep and pigs. She has published books and papers outlining the ways slaughterhouses can be made humane. This research should be taken into account to re-design existing abbatoirs and the staff trained appropriately. There needs to be sufficient auditing of each plant and removal of staff who don’t adhere to the correct protocol. I could go on about all the other issues that people really should be more up in arms about such as domestic violence, bullying, actual neglect of horses and other animals. I also wonder what these ‘animal activists’ who potentially have never touched a horse in their life, have in mind for the equine race? If they have a problem with racing ‘the horse didn’t ask to race’ (I didn’t ask to work either) Do they also have a problem with equestrian sport? With pleasure riding? Where does it end? (Is dog agility ok?) Do they think the horses should be running wild and free like the brumbies? Because that’s going so well In conclusion, I think it would be a terrible shame to abolish an industry that helps so many people, psychologically as well as economically, and to deprive them of a lifetime spent with these wonderful creatures that give so many people a great deal of satisfaction and pleasure.

12.01.2022 Australian National Champion AP 2015 Sire of multi Australian Gold Champions at AANC

09.01.2022 Wet mare available, lost foal this morning located Huon Valley Southern Tasmania 0487604798

08.01.2022 Great big sister for Stepping Stones. Step Up and Play / Stonebridge Regal just now.

07.01.2022 This Peaceful Thomas at 10 minutes old. He's by our stallion Sutter Hanover and won very impressively last night in his very first race. It's so great to see foals we have helped into the world do well. Congratulations to all concerned.

07.01.2022 Nice easy one for the first foal of the season

06.01.2022 Tidying up the farm for breeding season

01.01.2022 Race 4 sponsored by LADBROKES STILL HUNGOVER Winning time: (2:37.3)... Mile rate: (2:01.1) Driver: Ricky Duggan Trainer: Rodney Ashwood Owner: Corey Hazelwood