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25.01.2022 Interesting study https://feedxl.com/starch-ulcers-whats-the-deal/
24.01.2022 Congrats to our homebred and started Glenhill Classic and Taylor Drayton
23.01.2022 Today I got to take the Queen, my wonderful mare Morchant, to her retirement home. Gracie is 20 years old this year and has well and truely earned her place. I ...purchased her at 2 rising 3 on the recommendation of Lisa Reid. Her successful eventing career was cut a little short after a paddock accident, but that didnt stop her from being a great FEI horse. She then became a mother and had Roux and Bounce, before making the big trip across the world to Australia and continuing to produce super horses! She has had foals by Jumbo, Vivant, Contendro 1, Diarado, Ampere just to name a few! Im happy she can retire in the lap of luxury like the Grand Old Queen she is!! See more
22.01.2022 "Get Off My Lawn" grumpy bastard-ness, or reality--- You decide--- Case 1. Clayton, California, eventing stable, owner tells me---"On weekends, I would like to ...have the paid help have some time off. I told about 25 of the kids who ride here that if theyd come clean stalls, they can ride extra horses and get free help." "How many showed up?" I asked. She held up her thump and pointer finger making a zero. Case 2. Fair Hill, Maryland, the weekend of the Fair Hill International 3-day event. Local instructor tells me---"I have 6 teenage girls who say they want to be top riders. I told them, "Meet me on the morning of cross country, and we can watch and discuss what is happening with the best riders and horses in America." "How did they like it?" I ask. "I have no idea, " said Nancy. "None showed up. One had a birthday party, another had a sleepover at a friends house, another was going shopping---." So sure, you can be a hard worker and not make it. You can try like hell, and never catch a break. But if you are willing to try like hell, at least you have better odds than the 30 or so kids in the two stories I just recited who didnt have much try. Dont agree? Whatever floats your boat. I stand by what I think, because I believe it. If you dont like what you read on this FB page, go read some other FB page. There are plenty of them out there.
21.01.2022 https://horsesandpeople.com.au/the-science-of-rugging-hors/
21.01.2022 I will be teaching XC at Araluen ( Berrima) July 5 if anyone would like a lesson. Please PM. Araluen requires riders to be EA members.
20.01.2022 If you read one social post today let this be it... These images show the helmet of top US Showjumper Laura Kraut after her recent fall. Lauras horse was weari...ng studs and as Laura landed her head was stepped on twice. Laura sustained injuries to her face but incredibly is back in the show ring today as her helmet was designed to withstand this kind of impact scenario, the PAS 015 (PAS 015:2011) standard, with a BSI Kitemark (this kitemark means the helmet is retested every year). If your helmet does not show this PAS 015 BSI Kitemark on the label, your helmet is not designed to withstand this level of crush or stud injury.* What could have been a much worse injury wasnt just prevented because she wore a helmet, but because she wore THE RIGHT helmet. You only get one head and one brain, protect it with the best. All Charles Owen helmets are made in Britain and tested in our in-house testing facility. Please share this post to protect your fellow riders from a future fatal accident and to raise awareness of the importance of the PAS 015 standard. Laura wore an Ayr8 on the day of her accident and is remarkably already back competing today. *SNELL safety standard also provides a very high level of protection for crush and stud injuries, you can find this in our 4STAR helmet. VG1 & ASTM do also provide a level of protection but not to the same level as PAS 015.
19.01.2022 I am going to be blunt here--- If your dressage skills are not there yet, and you compete, you will get a lousy score, but you will not get hurt, or hurt your h...orse. If you can't get your horse to any sort of decent take off spot in a show hunter round, you will not get a ribbon, but you will not get hurt, or hurt your horse. If you don't know how to get a horse fit enough for a distance ride, chances are good that the vets will eliminate you at the vet checks, to prevent you from hurting your horse. If you lack skills in most horse sports, you may not do well, but both you and your horse are unlikely to get in actual jeopardy. And yet, in eventing, where the stakes can literally be your life, we see riders trying to perform tasks which they lack the basic skills to perform. They compete before learning their craft. Learn how to ride before you risk your horse, and if you have the need to risk yourself, go do it with a mountain bike or on a motor cycle that doesn't care if you hurt it.
19.01.2022 A quick peek at where we get to work each day
18.01.2022 Saddle pads for sale. Make me an offer! Pick up Southern Highlands NSW 1. New in bag white pad horse size 2. Cob size pink/grey jump pad 3. Cob/pony size dark grey aqua jump pad... 4. Cob/pony size grey light blue jump pad 5. Cob size Eskadron white jump pad See more
18.01.2022 Eventing back in its heyday. Im glad I got to experience it when it was still long format.
18.01.2022 Who else is online shopping? I got these on a super deal from Horse Fashion Australia!
16.01.2022 Pretty lucky to have this as my office every day!
15.01.2022 https://www.paulickreport.com//what-we-know-and-what-we-/
15.01.2022 Offered for sale: An oldy but a goody! Prestige Appaloosa Jump saddle. I swore I would never sell this saddle, but I havent used it in a few years and no point... in it sitting in my tack room! I brought it from the US with me. It is a 17 inch from the middle of the cantle to the brad at the front of the pommel. The rear thigh blocks have been removed. It is in super condition, no repairs needed and only minimal wear marks from use, all as seen in the photos. It would fit a narrower horse like a TB best, not wide enough for a flat backed or wide shouldered Warmblood, although I did jump around Advanced tracks on the famous Theodore OConnor in this saddle ( maybe I should keep it for sentimental reasons alone!) $1000 See more
14.01.2022 Taking weekly lessons is a good way to negate Henry Fords famous saying about thinking--- Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason ...so few engage in it. When I put myself under outside scrutiny, I find it forces me to be more aware, to think through the whats and the whys, and to bring better analysis to non-lesson schooling sessions. When we graduate from school or college, its called "commencement" for a reason, not because we have finished learning, but because we are ready to begin to learn. To commence is to begin. Each lesson is another beginning, if we let it be. With Tense, this afternoon. https://www.pedigreequery.com/tense
14.01.2022 Wise words from Maree Tomkinson. Often hard for riders and trainers to stick to, but always remember more is not better.
13.01.2022 Our rising 4 year old Sezuan filly is back in work now after her spell and going amazing. She will be ready when the comps start up again to show her stuff! We are expecting two foals from her this season via embryo transfer. She is our golden child
12.01.2022 Always blame your tack if you are struggling with position issues! And, no, that is not entirely a joke. Some well designed saddles, like the one shown here, ju...st put the rider in proper balance, while other saddles may put that same rider in a place which feels out of sync with what he/she is working to accomplish. This was forcibly brought home to me back when I was teaching many clinics each year, and I would get on various horses. In some of those saddles, I felt as though I was putting on a comfortable pair of old slippers. Other saddles made me wonder if I could even ride. So, if you struggle, one thing to try is to sit in some other saddles, and get some advice about what ones to experiment with. See if that helps solve the problem. It may be just that miracle youve been seeking, no joke. This saddle in the picture is a top of the line, and expensive one of mine, that I let Emily try, but cost and good fit do not always have to correlate. Try various options. If at first it doesnt work, try again. "Hey, Marty, can I try your saddle?" What do you have to lose?
10.01.2022 Dear Horse industry, Stop being awful. Stop putting others down for the sake of one's own prosperity. ... Stop the whispers in the warm up ring. Stop the snarky remarks behind closed doors. Stop with the clicks and underhanded complements. Stop with the need for newest and latest fashions or tack sets but never riding your horse in fear they may get dirty. Stop manipulating others words or actions. Stop normalizing poor sportsmanship and start normalizing folks who work hard. Chances are if you've had horses long enough you've encountered some sort of this. From the competition world, to trail riders, to rescues, to top level riders, it's everywhere and it's terrible and it's got to stop. It's got to. I've met riders, young and old, who are petrified to ride infront of people because some where along the line, someone told them they weren't good enough. I've seen talented people quit because of gossip and I've seen people give up on what they believe in because folks made them belive they were only 1' tall. When you see a rider kicking them selves after a bad ride, tell them great job for hanging in there and give them some tips. When you see that girl show up in the rusty old bumperpull, know she likely put everything she had into her entry fees. When you see an organization fighting for what they believe in, fight with them. When you see the girl too shy to ride, ask her to help you out by hopping on to keep your horse company because it would be an awfully big help. When you see the girl scared to death in line up remind them why they are there and they have this. When you see the girl discouraged over progress, remind them how far they have come. The world is full of ugliness, horses should be our escape, not a place we feel belittled. We are all incredibly blessed to have Equines in our life. Becoming better Horseman is hard enough without having folks tear you down. Please start normalizing raising each other up. -Erin O'Neill
10.01.2022 Our grass outdoor pad, indoor, and 70 x 65 outdoor behind them. To keep our babies and young horses well rounded
10.01.2022 http://www.equestrianlife.com.au/articles/Worth-framing
09.01.2022 Hey everyone, Temperatures inside horse trailers are a concern to most endurance riders I know. We tend to haul very long distances, both in the heat and in th...e cold. I had to do some winter hauling today and before I left, I installed a temperature monitor inside my horse trailer. What I discovered was surprising and fascinating and changed my mind about what I thought was going on back there so I decided to share what I learned in case of value to anyone else. I hauled two horses about 6 hours today through the mountains here in western Montana, to a veterinary facility in another town. I was concerned about temperatures for the horses before I left. Forecast temps along some of the route were in the low single digits. My horses have very good winter coats but I was trying to decide whether to blanket or not. I recently switched to an enclosed gooseneck trailer and realized that I had no idea what hauling conditions in the winter were like back there. I bought an inexpensive temperature monitor with a base station- the kind folks hang out on the porch so they can see what outdoor conditions are like without going outside. Before I put it into use in the trailer, I verified its accuracy by comparing its readings to some equipment I know is very accurate. I hung the sensor in a mesh bag (good air flow) about halfway up the side of the wall in the trailer that encloses the rear tack room. I didn’t put it on the roof (heat rises) or near the floor (cold air sinks). My trailer is a 3 horse slantload, and I put it in the stall that did not have a horse in it. It was not hanging on an exterior wall. My trailer is not insulated- no living quarters, just a standard small dressing area in the front. The trailer did have about 3 inches of hard encrusted snow insulating the roof-this snow stayed the entire journey. The side windows could not be opened- they were encrusted with ice- however we opened all three roof vents to their maximum extent and turned the so that airflow would be maximized. When we left our house in the Bitterroot, the temp inside and outside the trailer both read 20 degrees. BTW I was using my truck temperature monitor to determine the outside temperature (I had previously verified its accuracy and that it read the same as my newly purchased gear). We loaded the horses and took off this morning about 0345 hrs. By the time we got to Missoula (30 minutes later), temps in the trailer had risen from 20 degrees to 32 degrees. In contrast, outside temp was still 20 degrees. By the time we had been on the road for an hour, the temperature in the trailer was (are you ready for this?): FORTY FOUR DEGREES. Along our route, outside temps dropped as low as 14 degrees. At the same time, temps in the trailer NEVER dropped below 39 degrees. For the vast majority of the journey, the trailer was holding at 44 degrees. Temps inside the trailer were ALWAYS OVER TWENTY DEGREES WARMER than the outside. We stopped for a half hour pitstop did not unload the horses. However I opened the back door and let cold wind flow into the trailer. Temps in the trailer quickly dropped to the high 20s. But they were back up to the low 40s in about half an hour. We left both horses at the vet in Three Forks and returned with an empty trailer. All the way home, temps inside the trailer were identical to temps outside. So here are my take-aways from all this. First of all, it’s very easy to monitor temps in your trailer and I would highly encourage everyone to do it! I think I spent about 20 bucks on my monitoring stuff and it was easy to use and very accurate. Secondly, I cannot believe how fast two horses could heat up a 3 horse trailer in very cold weather and keep it warm. I never dreamed that horses radiate that much heat. And to think I had been considering blanketing them. Of course the need to blanket and other things might be different if your horses are body clipped or your trailer is different. And of course this is an enclosed gooseneck, not a stockside trailer. But rather than just guess what might be going on back there and whether it is appropriate for your clipped horse (or sick horse or?) just go get a temperature monitor and find out! And believe me, my eyes are going to be GLUED to this thing come summer and I’m hauling in hot temperatures
09.01.2022 https://eqlifemag.com.au//10-tips-for-riding-the-prelimin/
08.01.2022 THE FRONTAL LOBE OF THE HORSES BRAIN IS NEARLY NON-EXISTENT. How does this apply to schooling/training? Frontal lobes are involved in higher mental functions ...such as reasoning. This means that horses cannot reason or plan to be naughty. They cannot be blamed for bad behaviour or poor performance. They cannot recognise future consequences. Horses simply react to the situation. They learn through conditioning and memory. I see and hear so many riders anthropomorphalise their horses instead of finding better training tools. Phrases such as, he just likes to be difficult or this pony is so naughty or he understands or knows what I want, but wont do it, or he moves his hindquarters at every halt just to irritate me. Horses do not know what we want unless we explain it in a manner that they can understand immediately. A few months ago a rider told me how her horse just does not want to co-operate. It started with overt flight behaviour and then became a subtle snatchy movement of the nose. I asked her whether it could be due to discomfort. She answered, no, she is just naughty. It turned out that the horse was suffering from laminitis and was in severe discomfort! It made me want to cry. At the moment I am training a young horse from scratch. I also used phrases such as, she has a short fuse and she challenges me every step of the way. Then I realised that everything I was doing on this horse was completely new to her. I realised how frightening that must be for an animal with no reasoning ability. She was actually trying hard to understand me, but when new instructions were a tad confusing, she showed me in no uncertain terms that she did not understand it. The horses reactions to learning new skills all depends on personality. This particular horse is extremely sensitive and an introvert. Utopia, my older horse, is less sensitive and a complete extrovert. She can deal with much more pressure than the youngster. The message for me is that I must train each horse with the kind of pressure which they can deal with. Each horse has a different tolerance for pressure. Us riders have to be adaptable to each horses ability to deal with pressure. Personally I find that most behavioural problems stem from confusion, discomfort and too much pressure. Photo one: the equine brain. Photo two: the human brain. Thanks to Karin Blignault for the info!!
06.01.2022 Cant wait to ride on it!!!
06.01.2022 IS MY HORSE COLD? Does your horse have a rug on? And is it because he needs it, or because you feel like since youre cold, then he probably is? By trying to protect your horse you may actually be doing the opposite... Dont hesitate to share !
06.01.2022 Always be vigilant around horses! Glad Buck is on the mend.
05.01.2022 Check out the newest online version of the Eventer Magazine! Laura Wallace and Glenhill Bounce have a great photo as well as articles about our executive committee ( myself included) and others in our sport https://issuu.com/190eventer/docs/te_may_2020
03.01.2022 Should horses begin training while they are young and still growing? If you are willing to be open-minded and are truly interested in what is best for horses, I... would suggest clicking on the link below and reading the article to which it takes you. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020463 My Ph.D. student, Alyssa Logan, and I just published this review article about this topic in the journal Animals. Unlike a lot of scientific articles that are not available to the general public without paying to read it, we opted to make this one Open Access so it can be read for free. This review article cites 65 other papers on the topic. In brief, some major points of the review: Tissues can adapt to exercise greatest while immature and still growing. Once mature, many tissues lose that ability. Confining animals and not allowing any sprinting to occur is detrimental to overall tissue strength. Masking pain through medication (such as corticosteroids) to allow an animal to continue to exercise does not cure the problem. It often simply hides the problem and allows the animal to damage the tissue further. Most horse people care deeply for their animals and only want the best for them. However, there can be much disagreement about what that constitutes. One item that draws deep passion and division is whether it is acceptable to start training horses while they are young and still growing or whether one should wait until they are fully mature. Getting into social media discussions (aka arguments) is usually fruitless. People have their beliefs and often are not willing to consider that their beliefs might be wrong. I’ve seen many posts pertaining to the topic I mentioned above. Having made a career out of trying to improve the lives of horses and having a research program that focuses on injury prevention by studying how bone and cartilage respond to growth, nutrition, and mechanical loading, the science is very clear. Researchers who work in this area from all over the world tend to agree. These tissues (and tendon would be included also) have much greater ability to adapt while young and have the capacity to adapt. Once mature, they lose that ability. For those who aren’t interested in reading the entire scientific article, but would like some more information, I encourage you to keep reading. It is true that horses are not skeletally mature at two years of age. Neither is a 16-year-old high-school student, but few would say high-school students should not participate in sports if they want to be good athletes. If tissues are not challenged when young and malleable, they will never achieve their maximum strength. With humans, to be a good athlete, we would not encourage them to wait until they are in their 20’s and fully done growing to begin to train. However, that seems to be what is suggested for horses. Speed is good. Lack of speed is bad. Too much speed when tissues are not prepared for it is bad. When we put horses into stalls and they don’t get to run around and play, tissues don’t gain strength and often even get weaker. The result is a horse that is ill-prepared to be an athlete and prone to getting injured. Comparatively, humans who start running after having led a relatively sedentary lifestyle often develop shin splints as microfractures begin to accumulate in the bone. When this happens, the accompanying pain is simply the body’s way of saying Stop doing this you are creating damage and it needs to get repaired before there are major problems! Shin splints are much less likely to occur in someone who has consistently had activity involving fast running than in someone who has done none and then starts to do some. Horses respond the same way. If they are consistently allowed to or encouraged to sprint, bone loss associated with disuse never occurs. For the most part, the old adage use it or lose it applies to bone. Can overuse occur? Absolutely!!! And that can occur regardless of age. One of the biggest problems we have is people opting to use pain-masking medications (corticosteroids would be a great example) to cover up a problem instead of giving horses rest and time to recover. I believe one reason why people who opt to wait until a horse is skeletally mature to begin training may avoid serious injury is that they are often more likely to give a horse needed-rest if a problem begins to arise. In reality, that is what everyone should do. We, the equine industry as a whole, need to quit masking problems regardless of the age of the horse. When we start to listen to our horses and quit hiding problems, our big problems will begin to disappear. It really has nothing to do with age. That being said, many horse people are under the belief it is wrong to start training a horse before its knees are closed. However, I know of only one research study that properly tested whether this is true. As mentioned in our article: In 1973, the Australian Veterinary Journal published an article by Mason and Bourke determining the relationship between unsoundness in two-year-old Thoroughbreds and closure of the distal radial epiphysis. This study determined that at the end of the two-year-old season, 77% of horses that started training with open epiphyseal plates remained sound, while only 55-56 % of horses with intermediate or closed epiphyseal plates remained sound. The authors stated, Many horses with open epiphyses raced six or more times and remained sound while numerous horses with closed epiphyses became unsound before their first race or before completing six races. They also noted that horses with closed epiphyses showed greater incidence of lameness and poor performance. Ironically, the authors attempted to justify their findings, which were in contrast to common belief, by suggesting that the horses with early closure of epiphyses may have had an unknown nutritional factor that caused a generalized skeletal dystrophy. To paraphrase the lines from the 1992 movie A Few Good Men: You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth! The authors of that paper found out the truth. Waiting until the knees were closed to begin training caused more horses to be injured than did starting training while the knees were open. They couldn’t handle the truth as it was different than what they wanted to believe so they tried to come up with a reason to explain away the truth. I don’t blame them. That was 1973. Our knowledge of how bone and cartilage respond to mechanical loading has greatly increased in the 48 years since. If you want the truth and to know what science actually says about the issue, I encourage you to read the article. Again, you can do it for free! (Just click on the link above, and then hit the blue button for View Full-Text or Download PDF after you are taken to the webpage for the article.) I realize there are many who will still not accept the truth as it differs from what they have been taught all their life. Strong beliefs are hard to change. However, even if you are not willing to accept that truth, there are many other points in the article that help to explain how we can prevent training-related injuries to horses of all ages again, with one of the big ones being that we need to quit masking pain. Pain is there for a reason. It is the body’s way of saying Stop doing what you are doing. If we take away that message, we have removed the body’s warning signal. As a final note, I won’t be responding to comments. The article pretty much summarizes my thoughts on the topic and the general state of knowledge in this area. Rather than spending time having discussions (again, which often tend to just be arguments) on social media, I will spend my time working in this area to keep improving the lives of horses. After all, that is what most of us really want! MSU Animal ScienceMichigan State University Horse Programs
03.01.2022 We have been hearing of a lot of horses suffering from itch at the moment. We have had very good results using the Bucas Sweet Itch rugs to help the horses! Vet..., Andrew Argyle has recommended these rugs and been very happy with the results. We can supply these and any other Bucas rugs you need. Please get in touch if we can help! See more
03.01.2022 For Sale: New Full Seat breeches. I was very excited to find a bunch of new unused breeches in my closet, but covid 19 has not been kind to me and they are all too small . All are size 6. $50 each plus post. Comments on each photo
03.01.2022 Our exciting Furst Heinrich mare Total Fusion on her 4th ride . This one has a super future ahead of her.
02.01.2022 What are you doing tonight? We are planning the next years competition season ( when it starts back up again!) for all the big guys and all the newly started yo...ung ones who will make their debuts in 2021! We have quite a list here so will have to take the big guns out one weekend and the newbies out alternating ones! Im also doing a bit of naughty shopping for training days and outings saddle pads for them all. Who else is planning ahead and looking forward to it? What are you doing with your Glenhill babies as well See more
01.01.2022 Debbie McDonald talks about working with young horses: On the circle, the more he stretches, the more he is coming to the contact. The last thing you want to d...o is make him afraid of the contact. Use a little position a slight baby leg yield in the downwards transitions, to get him into the contact. And DONT over control on young horses we always feel we are losing control, but we have to learn to trust the horse. https://www.horsemagazine.com//debbie-mcdonald-working-on- See more
