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Skyline Horse Riding

Locality: Draper

Phone: +61 409 875 937

Address: 2 Skyline Court 4520 Draper, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.skylinehorseriding.com.au

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25.01.2022 Miss S was asking me information about bucking and training horses on the week end. I hope this helps. :)

24.01.2022 **UPDATE*** All available spaces booked, taking names for the waitlist. Depending on numbers could mean we organize another date closer than previously planned.... It’s that time again..... On Sunday 13th December 2020, ‘Cedric’ and ‘The Eventing Physiologist’ are combining forces for the second time! You’ll get an in depth biomechanical analysis of your riding technique and an individual tailored exercise program to lead into the 2020 off season and give you an amazing head start for 2021! Knowledge and awareness is the first step to change.... So, if you’re looking for a way to give you an extra nudge to improve for your next competition year - have you considered looking closer? We want our horses to improve and look at THEIR physiology, THEIR diet, THEIR fitness regime and THEIR routine BUT it doesn’t end there. The rider (YOU) play a huge role in your horses success. Are you able to look inside as well as outside the box? Cedric and Natasha can cater for all disciplines. So whether it is pure knowledge, improvement, confidence rebuilding, rehabilitation, creating new muscle memory, rider fitness etc etc We can help. Secure your spot by contacting Emily Morgan-Brown on 0421729144 or [email protected]

23.01.2022 FOCUS #carsonjames

22.01.2022 What a great idea!!

20.01.2022 Could be worth a look.

17.01.2022 She's arrived!

17.01.2022 This Miss S's birthday gift and now Christmas gift. Sunbeam will look awesome!

14.01.2022 Okay, Brains Trust. New horse to arrive in the next week or 2. Registered name is Dennika Diva, 7yrs Aust Stock Horse mare. Name ideas, please. :)

14.01.2022 How to increase your Horse Power!

14.01.2022 #TOKYO2020 | And the countdown begins again....#200DaysToGo #TokyoTogether #AusEquestrianTeam #EAHighPerformance #Equestrian Equestrian Victoria Equestria...n NSW Equestrian Tasmania Equestrian Northern Territory Equestrian South Australia Inc Equestrian Western Australia Equestrian Queensland See more

12.01.2022 A nice surprise to end 2020!! Warwick Horse Trials is featured in the 17 Most Artistic Cross Country Jumps of 2020 an international selection of the skills of... course designers and course builders, worldwide, published in the most recent Eventing Nation edition. Remember the piano jump? Congratulations to WHT’s designers and builders See the full complement of international jumps selected at eventingnation.com See more

12.01.2022 What is the longest a horse can safely go without food? More and more I see horses and ponies stood for long periods of time with no hay or haylage. Usually un...der the guise of a weight control diet. So how long can a horse be without food before damage is done? And what damage is done? For those with a short attention span, I’ll give you the answer to begin with - 4 hours, maximum. Why? Horses are grazers. They are designed to eat constantly. They have no way of storing their acids and digestive enzymes, they’ve never needed to. They have no gall bladder to store bile and their stomachs release acid constantly, whether or not there is food in the stomach and intestines. A horses stomach only holds approximately 8-15 litres. Depending on the substance eaten, it takes on average 4-6 hours for the stomach to completely empty. After this, the acids and enzymes start to digest the inside of the horses stomach and then the intestines. This causes both gastric and intestinal ulceration. It has been estimated that 25-50% of foals and 60-90% of adult horses suffer from ulceration. But I won’t go into detail about this, there is a lot of information around about ulcers. So is that it? Are ulcers the only concern? No, having an empty stomach is a stress situation for a horse. The longer they are starved, the more they release stress hormones, cortisol predominantly. Cortisol blocks insulin and causes a constantly high blood glucose level. This stimulates the body to release even more insulin, and in turn this causes fat tissue to be deposited and leptin resistance. Over time this causes insulin resistance (Equine Metabolic Syndrome). All of these mechanisms are well known risk factors for laminitis and are caused by short term starvation (starting roughly 3-4 hours after the stomach empties). Starving a laminitic is literally the worst thing you can do. Over longer periods, this also starts to affect muscle and can cause weakness, and a lack of stamina so performance horses also need a constant supply of hay/haylage to function optimally. Let’s not forget horses are living, breathing and feeling animals. We talk about this stress reaction like it’s just internal but the horse is well aware of this stress. Door kicking, box walking, barging and many other stable vices and poor behaviour can be explained by a very stressed horse due to food deprivation (we all have that Hangry friend to explain this reaction). Next time you shout or hit a horse that dives for their net, remember their body is genuinely telling them they are going to starve to death. They know no different. But surely they spend the night asleep so they wouldn’t eat anyway? Not true. Horses only need 20mins REM sleep every 24 hours (jealous? I am!). They may spend a further hour or so dozing but up to 22-23 hours a day are spent eating. So if you leave your horse a net at 5pm and it’s gone by 8pm, then by 12am their stomach is empty. By 4am they are entering starvation mode. By their next feed at 8am, they are extremely stressed, physically and mentally. Now I know the cob owners are reading this mortified. I can almost hear you shouting at your screen if I feed my horse ad lib hay he won’t fit out the stable door in a week!! I will say that a horse with a constant supply of hay/haylage will eat far less then the same horse that is intermittently starved. They don’t eat in a frenzy, reducing the chance of colic from both ulcers and over eating. Cobs included. However I’m not suggesting you sit your cob in front of a bale of haylage and say have at it! There is a difference between ad lib and a constant supply. There is much we can do to reduce calorie intake and control weight whilst feeding a constant supply. The easiest is small holes nets. There are many. Trickle nets, greedy feeders, nibbleze, trawler nets etc. My personal favourite is the Shires Soft Mesh 1. They don’t cost the Earth, they are easy to fill and they don’t have knots so are much gentler to the teeth. Now often I suggest these types of nets to owners and the owner tells me Oh no, *** won’t eat out of those this is nonsense. If he was left it, he would. Remember, you can give a normal net and one of these for them to nibble at after. Better than leaving them with nothing at all. A few other tricks, hang the net from the ceiling/rafters, it’s harder to eat out of a net that swings. Soak the hay, a minimum of 4 hours to be effective. Mix with straw but be sure to introduce the straw slowly and make sure it’s top quality and a palatable type eg Barley or Oat, otherwise they won’t eat it. Don’t forget exercise. The best way to get weight off a horse is exercise. Enough exercise and they can eat what they want! And lay off the bucket feed and treats! Horses on a diet require a vit/min supplement in the form of a balancer but that’s it. The odd slice of carrot or suede won’t do any harm but no licks, treats, treacle, molasses, cereal based rubbish. Even if it says low sugar or the marvellously misleading No added sugar! Your horse would rather have a constant supply of hay, I promise. Written by Vikki Fowler BVetMed BAEDT MRCVS A few edits for the critics- Firstly, feeding a constant supply does not mean ad lib feeding. It means use some ingenuity and spread the recommended amount of daily forage so the horse is never stood with out food for more than 4 hours. I am not promoting obesity, quite the opposite, feeding like this reduces obesity and IR. This can be done whilst feeding your horse twice a day as most horse owners do. Just think outside the box for your own situation. Secondly I am in the UK and this post is UK specific, use some common sense when reading. Yes in warmer climates, soaking hay for 4 hours is dangerous and studies show 1 hour is plenty in hot weather but in the UK’s arctic climate, a minimum of 4 hours is required. Equally the UK feed exclusively grass hay. I can not comment on other types. Thirdly, yes every horse/pony and situation is different, but this is a law of nature and all horses have this anatomy and metabolism. How you achieve this constant supply is individual, the need for it is not. Fourthly, the use of hay nets in the UK is very very high. I’d estimate 95% of horses I see are fed this way and very very few have incisor wear or neck/back issues as a result. Yes, feeding from the ground is ideal, but a constant supply, I feel trumps this. Again with ingenuity both can be safely achieved. Finally, straw can be fed to horses safely, introduced very slowly, with fresh water always available, plus a palatable and digestible type of straw which will depend on your area. Again many horses in the UK are bedded on straw and most of them eat it. This is not a new concept to us.

12.01.2022 Wayne Roycroft will once again generously give of his time to commentate during competition at the DRB Floats Warwick Horse Trials CCN event on November 14/15. ...We are so lucky in Qld to have this icon of equestrian sport residing here. His Equestrian CV is reflective of the elite levels of service he has given to Australia in competition, coaching and administration and is monumental in its magnitude. Yet it is probable that, particularly, amongst younger generations of eventers his stature may not be well known or appreciated. Since it is now 20 yrs. since the 2000 Olympics at which Wayne coached the Australian eventing team to team and individual gold the third consecutive Olympic gold medal team he had coached he has agreed to share some of his equestrian experiences with us on the Saturday night of the event. This will be a casual affair in the clubhouse. You are invited to bring your food and drinks to the clubhouse to enjoy as you listen to Wayne’s illustrated presentation with a question time following.

12.01.2022 Horsemanship... What people see vs what they don't see. It's so easy to look at others' social media posts, or see them winning at a show and think 'they are so... perfect...' In reality what we are seeing is their highlight reel. The tip of the iceberg. As horsemen and women we all have challenges to face, no matter how successful we become. But don't we become much better people for it? See more

11.01.2022 "Light hands are nothing to do with the hand on the rein they come from elastic elbows..." Top international eventer, Christopher Burton is a stylish rider and he expects his pupils to work hard on their position... https://www.horsemagazine.com//top-tip-christopher-burton/

11.01.2022 Hello riders, please let me know if you're keen on either or both the upcoming mini gymkhana and trail ride from Samford. Please let me know your gymkhana game ideas so I can do the programme in the few days. :)

11.01.2022 http:// Training Tip Tuesday - Head-shyness // Although it may be tempting to think of head-shyness as the result of previous abuse, this is not always the case. Hea...d-shyness is hypersensitivity (an overly sensitive, fearful reaction) that is learned by negative reinforcement; that is, the horse learns that raising his head results in removal of the handler's hand. Training head control very thoroughly can be effective in rehabilitating a head-shy horse. Head-shyness can also be resolved with a process of systematic desensitisation (gradually moving the hand closer to the ears, maintaining hand contact and only moving closer when the horse remains still); counter-conditioning (pairing the touching of the ears with something pleasant such as food); overshadowing (sequences of backwards and forwards steps while gradually moving the hand closer to the ears), just to name a few. Horses are quick to develop aversions to specific stimuli, such as the human hand. But interestingly, it is often possible to touch the horse that is frightened by a human hand with a hand inside a towel. The towel can be rubbed around the horse's head and, if necessary gradually brought closer to the more sensitive areas. As the horse habituates to the towel, the fingers can gradually protrude from the towel until the horse has lost his hypersensitivity to the human touch. To add another element to the desensitisation process, the towel can also be dampened, giving it a different tactile quality. (Excerpt from the book 'Academic Horse Training', p. 268)

08.01.2022 Attention Horse Lovers and lovers of all things starting with the letters F U N... tickets to the Gympie Saddleworld & Country NIGHT OF THE HORSE are 70% sol...d to be held at QSEC (Queensland State Equestrian Centre) Caboolture QLD 27th Feb 2021. Even Casper & Charlie have a seat Don’t miss out on this World Class production . NOTH is Australia’s biggest night of Equine Entertainment, Education & Excellence. The show will feature equine super trainers: Mark Buttsworth Warren Backhouse Merrick Ubank Scotty Finlayson Rob Leach Dave Manchon Their aim is to show you what is possible with horses An interactive night for the whole family with Wild West fun, brumbies, brahhmans & wagon wheels The ticket office is open from tomorrow 4 Jan 2021 Call: (07) 5433 3222 or www.qsec.com.au #adavemanchonproduction #noth #noth2021 #rooftopexpress #rooftopexpressshow #getticketsnow #horsetrainer #horseman #horsemanship #supertrainer #equestriansofinstagram #getyours #horseofinstagram #horselove #horseofalifetime #cowboylife #equinesofinstagram

08.01.2022 Something for everyone at the Royal Winter Fair! Dressage Vs Cowboy!

06.01.2022 It has been announced that horses competing in FEI events will no longer be able to have their whiskers shaved from July, 2021. The FEI Online General Assembly,... which took place on 23 November, voted in a range of new rules and regulations - one of which was the banning of trimming a horse’s sensory hairs. The rule, which forms part of the FEI veterinary regulations, will apply to horses across all disciplines competing in FEI events.... Read more: www.equestrianlife.com.au//Clipping-of-whiskers-outlawed-a #eqlifeaus

04.01.2022 Meet the young lady from Tarpon Springs who aspires to ride on the U.S. Paralympic Equestrian team. Miss Bryanna Tanase is impressive...and inspiring!

03.01.2022 I'd like to advise that after some consideration the planned gymkhana has been cancelled. Saturday 5th December will be usual Saturday lessons (this is an odd numbered week). The trail ride has been extended to Thursday 10th Dec, Friday 11th Dec and Saturday 12th Dec. Riders will go out in pairs - 1st pair 8am, 2nd pair 9.15am. If there's more riders keen a 10.30am ride time will be considered. Please let me know your ride day/time preferences. Please note that I have already penciled in some riders but still confirm your preference. Thank you. :)

03.01.2022 Without stirrups!