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25.01.2022 One of the Talking Horses interviews on Wednesday 25th November will be with Sharleen Jordan BSc Dip Ed Dip LGA, an ASL2 (Advanced Skills Lecturer) Lecturer and Local Government/Animal Studies at Central Regional TAFE. She has been conducting training for the Local Government and Animal sectors since 1996. Sharleen is on the WA Rangers Association committee and represents them on the executive of the Australian Institute of Animal Management committee. Sharleen has worked... with Animal Control in the USA and also conducts training in various projects with Animal Control in Malaysia. She has a vast international network of officers and through this network is able to uphold her principle of teaching Current International Best Practice with a strong focus on Animal Welfare and Occupational Health and Safety. Sharleen will be discussing some of the rights and obligations of dog owners set out in the 1976 Dog Act, which addresses the control and registration of dogs; the ownership and keeping of dogs; and the obligations and rights of dog owners. Fines for barking excessively range from $200 to $5,000. Penalties for dog attacks range from $3,000 to $20,000 and can also include potential imprisonment. Leaving dog droppings can incur a fine, and all dogs should have been microchipped by 1 November 2015. Dangerous dogs can be of any breed; however, some breeds are more prone to attacking than others. Measures are in place to increase the safety of the community and to ensure that the owners take increased responsibility for dogs that are known to be potentially dangerous. Some breeds have been declared restricted in Australia. Each local government is able to introduce local laws on a range of matters for dog control including specified dog exercise areas and the number of dogs allowed to be kept at a premise. See more
25.01.2022 The Western Australian Horse Council was established nearly 40 years ago to provide a state-wide voice for all horse related issues. The WAHC volunteer committee are involved in a number of Portfolios covering membership and funding, environment and equine research, tracks and trails, planning and legislation and policy. The Council works closely with the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) on biosecurity and importing regulations. The Council would like to acknowled...ge the members of the WAHC committee and will be introducing a member of the committee, their invidual special skills and Portfolio in regular updates. Check into the Councils weekly radio program Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfm, Wednesdays from 6 to 7pm to find out what is happening in the Horse Industry. Please dont hesitate to contact the Council if we can assist you in any way. WAHC Chairperson Diane Bennit [email protected] SHARLEEN JORDAN Sharleen Jordan has been a Western Australian Horse Council committee member since 2016 and is the Coordinator of the Emergency Large Animal Rescue Training Courses Portfolio. She is an ASL2 (Advanced Skills Lecturer) for Central Regional TAFE (WA) who has been conducting training for the Local Government and Animal Studies sectors since 1996. Her teachings incorporate a wide scope of Nationally Accredited and hands-on skills training; subjects including animal behaviour, management and control, reptile handling, livestock, emergency management, firearms, and more. Sharleen has more than fifteen years of service on the WA Rangers Association committee and represents them on the Australian Institute of Animal Management committee; as well as a presence on several other committees. She has worked with Animal Control in the USA and has conducted training and various projects with Animal Control in Malaysia. Sharleen has a vast international network of officers and through this network is able to uphold her principles of teaching Current International Best Practice with a strong focus on Animal Welfare and Occupational Health and Safety. Sharleen is a fourth generation farm girl from Merredin and lives on her hobby farm with her two active daughters, their ponies and a small menagerie of pets.
24.01.2022 Angus Lane OAM from Queensland will be Talking Horses special guest on 91.3Sportfm, Wednesday 11th of November from 6pm. Angus is a leading showring announcer and former ABC interviewer. He was awarded the Henry Palaszczuk Minister’s Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to Rural Communities for services to Rural and Regional Queensland, and he officiates as a Civil Celebrant at weddings, namings and funerals. In 2001 Angus was awarded the title of one of ‘Queensland’s... Greats’ for services to agriculture, and in 2002-3 he was named Queensland’s ‘Father of the Year’. He specialises in live interviews with judges, competitors and sponsors, and will be telling listeners about what is required to be a successful announcer and how commentaries can vary for different activities. Angus will also be talking about ‘where to after Covid, will it ever be the same, the Showman’s Guilds struggles, the next generation, the challenges ahead and being positive and accepting change’ See more
24.01.2022 Talking Horses special guest on 91.3 Sport fm on Wednesday 9th September between 6 and 7pm, will be Glen Potter. After 43 years with the WA Police Force and being in charge of the Police Mounted Section Glen Potter finally retired from the force and started his own business supplying horses to film and television. Glen also spent 3 years as the head of the police canine section and is able to bring canine trainers and movie dogs into the business model. Glen has been g...reatly influenced by well known movie horseman Heath Harris of NSW. Heath, until recently, was the "go to" man for movie horses, not only in Australia but internationally. Glen met Heath during his time in the Mounties when Heath was training horses for the NSW Police Mounted Unit. On the advice of Heath, Glen began taking lessons in acting, attending workshops, learning the trade from the ground up. A number of short film roles came his way, including a nomination for acting in a short film "The Long Goodbye." Glen, with his good friend and rodeo team-roping partner, Lawyer Elise Croft, started Working Horse Productions Pty Ltd, which includes actors mounts, cart horses, background horses, liberty and playing dead horses. All horses had to tolerate camels at close distances, handle noise such as gunfire and be safe for actors who were non-riders. The venture was a complete success with the film now currently part of the official selection for the Venice Film Festival, the most prestigious film festival in the world. See more
23.01.2022 WELL FITTING SADDLES AND JUST WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THE RODEO QUEEN COMPETITION? Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfm will have two very interesting interviews on Wednesday 2nd September between 6 and 7pm. The first guest is Allannah Bell an entrant in the Rodeo Queen of Australia. Her horse riding hobby began before she could walk, on a special welsh pony named Gabby. Her second pony Bubbles was a completely different ball game, with an attitude twice her size. Allannahs r...Continue reading
22.01.2022 Victorian Veterinarian Dr Patricia Ellis AM will be Talking Horses 91.3Sportfm special guest on Wednesday 5th August between 6 and 7pm. Patricia has been a Senior Veterinary Officer for the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, and has represented Australia in Canada, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and the United Arab Emirates. Her work made it possible for horses around the world to participate in the Sydney Olympic Games and was the reason international horses w...ere able to attend the Melbourne Gup Spring Racing Carnival from 1993, when the Irish horse Vintage Crop famously won the Melbourne Cup. During the 2007-08 equine influenza outbreak she played a key role representing the Australian Racing Board on the national committee convened to deal with animal health emergencies. Patricia will be discussing her career reflections over 50 years of work as a female horse veterinarian, her experiences during three tours of duty in the Middle East and the recently published book Shes No Lady Shes the Vet! The book was edited by Dr Helen Jones AM from WA and contains stories from 100 years of female vets in Australia Our second interview will be with Jessie Davis from Fairview Farm in Narembeen that she farms with her parents Murray and Vicki Dixon and her partner Trent Davis. Jessie has a Bachelor of Agribusiness and majored in Equine Management. Fairview Farm is a mixed farming enterprise producing crops such as wheat, oats, barley and lupins. The farm also runs 1400 Merino Ewes and 40 Suffolk rams producing prime lambs. Jessie has a keen interest in Amateur show jumping and is often found working her horses in the dark in the morning or in the dark in the evening. She competes with two mares a 9yr old TB Truie and Romonique, Jessies first purpose purchased show jumping horse, a 7yr old WBx mare purchased from the Chester family in Victoria as a 4yr old. During seeding March-June and harvest Nov-Jan she is usually unable to compete as she is too busy doing 16 + hours each day on the farm. Jessie tries to make the most of the show season between June and November and has the float hooked onto the car for most of those months. See more
22.01.2022 On Wednesday 8th July between 6 and 7pm Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfm will be talking to Michelle Rouffignac a Registered and Accredited Veterinary Nurse. She has been a nurse for 27 years and in 2016 took on the role as the Coordinator for the Community Blood Bank at The Animal Hospital Murdoch University. Michelle has provided a number of presentations to veterinary nurses around the country on various aspects of cat and dog blood donor processes and the clinical aspec...t of animals requiring blood product transfusions. Just like humans, if cats & dogs loose blood due to trauma, or become anaemic, undergo major surgery or get cancer, they can require a blood transfusion to survive. The Animal Hospital at Murdoch University treats many critically ill cats at its emergency clinic and the availability of blood often determines whether the animal lives or dies, in the past they haven't always had the blood available when they need it, and it's so important for their ability to care for critically ill cats. In some emergencies they need to administer it rapidly. The Hospital decided to set up a community blood donor program to boost and safeguard its supplies. On a small scale they operate a facility like the Red Cross does for human medicine. Cats & dogs have different blood types and can donate 3 5 times per year. They currently have 40 pet cats and 45 pet dogs on their register. The facility is the only clinic in Western Australia to separate cat blood into red blood cells and plasma providing the highest level of care they possibly can for cats in need of transfusions. Challenges in vet hospitals over these past months in caring for peoples loved pets, have increased due to the Covid 19 social distancing requirements What does a donor look like? Furry, friendly and full of Super Hero! See more
22.01.2022 There are two very diverse interviews on the Talking Horses 91.3Sportfm program, Wednesday 19th August from 6pm. The first will be with Trish Harris, the Communications Officer for the Pets of Older Persons organization, known as POOPS. This is a free Community service to help over 65s and the disabled look after their pets and stay together for as long as possible. Volunteers can build up a relationship with their clients and quite often provide companionship and fr...iendship to people who have become isolated, perhaps their families are not involved with them or they are no longer able to drive. Often a client will go with the volunteer (by car) to the park and will also enjoy the outing as well as watching their dog have fun being out and exercising. Many of the volunteers become quite involved with their clients, helping around the house, shopping etc. It is up to the volunteer and their client. POOPs have over 300 clients and 500 volunteers. Contact them on poopswa.org.au or call 1300 110 092 The second interview will be with Tracy Weaver Sayer, the Advertising Manager of Hoofbeats Magazine which first started in 1978 and publishes 6 copies each year. The magazine covers a variety of topics and is one of the most widely read equestrian magazines across Australia. Tracy holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Media Studies at Edith Cowan University and has a strong background in equestrian, she will be talking about some of the many diverse articles that are in the current issue. The articles Tracy will be raising awareness of are, Tying up, the effect Coat Color has on horses, Girls and Horses, and did Covid change your riding habits. The magazine has a special WA section which is great for local readers, if you are running a special event, want to promote your business or give a Hoofbeats subscription as a present, contact Tracy on [email protected] See more
21.01.2022 Meet the Committee - SHAUNA ALBAN WA Horse Council committee person Shauna Alban is responsible for the Councils Legislation and Policy Portfolio. She grew up in Ballarat, Victoria, her love of horses taking her through all grades at Ballarat Pony Club, then onto State Level Show Jumping and Eventing. She has been involved in small business & tourism all her life, and was only 1 of 3 female glassblowers in Australia in her 20s, within the family business situated at Kry...al Castle Ballarat. (A Tourist Medieval Castle), whilst also Studying Law. In 1995 with her husband Frank and daughter Emily, they moved to Guildford in Western Australia, where she became involved with Pony Club through their daughters Emily and Lara. Shauna also coached at several clubs over the years. They purchased and restored Padbury Colonial Stores Complex (built 1869) and Shauna established Classic Yesterdays (Antique and Homewares Store) within the building which operated for 10yrs. Padbury Stores was included on the State Heritage Register in 1999, after their restoration was completed. With the help of local volunteers, in 1998-1999 they established and Shauna managed the Guildford and Swan Valley Tourist Information Centre, which they handed over as a fully operational venture to the City of Swan for management. This is now situated within the Gaol Precinct in Guildford. In 2003 - 2005 Shauna managed 2 Local council Elections and 2008-2017 found her managing 3 State Election Campaigns in conjunction with managing the State Electoral Office of Swan Hills. Volunteering where she can, gives Shauna a great sense of achievement. Some of the activities she has been involved with include Riding for the Disabled Swan Valley, Down Syndrome Ball Committee 2011-2013, Guildford Primary School Council 2010-2012, Chair of Council 2012-2015, Shauna was a member of the St Brigids Lesmurdie School Parents and Friends Committee From 2014 - 2019 and was also Vice-Chairperson in 2020 In 2020 Shauna was appointed as the Equine Representative on the Swan Valley Planning Committee, a Ministerial appointment. She is currently managing Padbury Colonial Stores Complex and educating an OTT mare named Nala, a slow but extremely rewarding task. Shauna is committed to supporting Equine interests across WA, as well as her most important role of all, supporting their 16year old daughter Lara, currently in year 11 at school.
20.01.2022 Cat and Dog Blood Required at the Murdoch Animal Hospital The interview on the WA Horse Councils weekly radio program Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfm Wednesday 8th July, was with the cat and dog Blood Bank coordinator at the Animal Hospital at Murdoch. Just like humans, if cats or dogs lose blood due to trauma, become anaemic, undergo major surgery or get cancer, they can require a blood transfusion to survive. The Blood Bank facility is the only clinic in Western Austr...alia to separate cat blood into red blood cells and plasma, providing the highest level of care for cats in need of transfusions. For dogs to be suitable donors they need to be 20kg or above, lean fit and healthy bodyweight, calm temperament, current with vaccinations, and not on a raw food diet. For cats to be suitable they need to be 4.5kg and above, calm temperament, current with vaccinations, indoor cats are ideal, but not essential. What does a donor look like? Furry, Friendly and full of Super Hero If you have a suitable dog or cat, ring 1300 652 494, or contact the [email protected] All Talking Horses radio programs are available on a Podcast for three weeks.
20.01.2022 Talking Horses has two special guests on 91.3Sportfm, Wednesday 6th May from 6pm. Kate Herren is an equestrian journalist and the volunteer press officer for Perth Horse Trials Association. Originally from the UK, Kate held the position of Consulting Editor of the British Eventing Life magazine for eight years. She has also written features for a wide range of leading equestrian titles in Australia and the UK including Horse and Hound and An Eventful Life. She continues to ...produce features and news content for the membership magazine of the sport of eventing in the UK which has over 15,000 subscribers. A graduate of equine science, Kate now runs her own business offering copy writing and marketing services to small businesses in Perth from her home in the Perth Hills. For the past 2 years, Kate has been a member of the Perth Horse Trials Association committee, helping the volunteer-led group to run 2 events a year at the Wooroloo Prison Farm. Kate will be talking about new research into equine vision which was conducted in the UK by Professor Martin Stevens. His work explains more about how horses view cross country fences since they have dichromatic vision which mutes some colours. He found that horses distinguish yellow, white and some shades of blue quite clearly, and he suggests that they may struggle to distinguish the traditional colours used in cross country fences like browns and greens. Advances in this area continue to inform cross country design as officials endeavour to improve safety statistics and focus on equine welfare. Our second interview will be with Leesa Kingi whose French Bulldog had a litter of puppies with one having a cleft palate. She was given the choice to euthanise or tube feed the puppy, and as euthansia was never an option, Leesas breeder introduced her to Kellie De Rosa who became her mentor and friend and helped her through one of the hardest and most rewarding 6 weeks of her life. Leesa learnt that this defect was extremely common and the majority of puppies were put to sleep at birth, and 6 months later she and Kellie Co Founded No Pup Cleft Behind NPCB Most vets and breeders will tell you to euthanise your cleft pallet pup at birth, and for good reason. They understand the time and money that will be required to perform the essential surgery to rescue these pups from their inevitable suffering If they dont receive the necessary medical treatment, they will most likely suffer a slow death due to starvation. A puppy with a cleft palate is unable to form and hold a suction on their mother's nipple to draw down the milk. If they do get any milk into their mouth, they then run the risk of suffocation, sinusitis NPCB is a small not for profit registered charity with a dedicated team of volunteers that perform around the clock care for puppies who are born with a cleft palate.
20.01.2022 Dr Kathy Klein BS DVM will be Talking Horses guest on 91.3Sportfm Wednesday 10th June between 6 and 7pm, and will be talking about the significant advances that have occurred in the provision of veterinary services since the Veterinary Surgeons Act came into force in the 1960s. The Act provides for the registration of veterinary surgeons and for the regulation of standards of professional conduct in the provision of acts of veterinary surgery in WA. A new Act is needed to... meet future challenges in the provision of veterinary services. Over the past decade, most other states have modernised their legislation on veterinarians and veterinary premises. WA now differs in several important regulatory provisions, including national recognition of veterinary registration, the ownership of veterinary premises, and the ability of the board to mediate minor disciplinary conflict without a huge legal process. The Veterinary Surgeons Board is structured to protect the rights of the public, the veterinary profession and most of all, ultimately the care and welfare of animals in Western Australia. Dr Kathy Klein will be discussing the changes made in the new Bill and the possible effects on the equine industry. For over 30 years, Dr Kathy Klein operated WAs first independent mobile equine veterinary practice. A graduate of the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, she received her Bachelor of Animal Science in 1981 and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1985. Kathy came to Australia as the inaugural overseas intern at Murdoch University Veterinary Hospital in 1985, completing her internship/residency in Equine Medicine & Surgery there in 1990. For 15 years, she has been a pivotal member (now Vice President) of the West Australian Horse Council, responsible for the Welfare and Research Portfolios, and has represented the Council on the West Australian Committee for Animal Welfare in Emergencies (CAWE/DPIRD), reviewing the Animal Welfare Act 2002 and preparing a submission for the Veterinary Practice Bill 2020. Please pass onto your contact lists
20.01.2022 Legendary Veterinarian and Equine Nutritionalist Dr John Kohnke BVSc RDA from NSW will be ‘Talking Horses’ on 91.3Sportfm, special guest on Wednesday 4th November between 6 and 7pm. John is the author of over 1,000 articles and practical management sheets. He is in great demand as an expert speaker in Australia and other countries and has delivered over 900 seminars on horse feeding and care, welfare, joint disease, laminitis, sacroiliac and lower back pain, weeds which ...can cause poisoning in livestock and much more. John will be discussing the prevention of many physical problems that horses can develop and also be giving advice on how to manage existing problems. If you have any questions that you would like John to comment on, send them to [email protected] All the Talking Horses programs are available on a 91.3Sportfm Podcast for the following three weeks. See more
19.01.2022 The legendary veterinarian and nutritionalist Dr John Kohnke BVSc RDA from NSW will be Talking Horses special guest on Wednesday 20th May between 6 and 7pm. John is the Managing Director of John Kohnke Products, and is the author of over 1,000 articles and practical management sheets. John is in great demand as an expert speaker on horse feeding, care and welfare in Australia and other countries. He will be discussing the process of getting recreational and competition horses back into work after the Covid-18 forced the cancellation of all competitions. John has developed a couple of new revised fact sheets and will be discussing the information that is included on them. If you have any questions that you would like John to give his opinions on, send them to [email protected] by midday on Wednesday.
19.01.2022 One of Talking Horses on 91.3 Sport fm on Wednesday 11th November will be Tracy Talbot from Kalgoorlie talking about the No Rush Gold Rush Wagon Rides Tracy Talbot PCWA SCP Panel Coach Coordinator and NCAS PC Coach/Assessor has over 40 years in the equestrian industry and officially launched ‘No Rush Goldrush Wagon Rides’ in August 2020, in Kalgoorlie, a Goldfields mining town well-known for its gold and colourful history. The partners in crime are 3 grey standardbred h...orses (General, Steele and Ben) aged 11 12 yrs; which in hindsight probably was not the best idea amongst the red dirt of Kalgoorlie! An original 1910 Trolley Wagon is being used for tours and there are plans to expand with other carriages as the business grows. Horse-drawn wagon rides are a unique way to visit and appreciate the Goldfields bush and local tourist attractions. There is a variety of rides to suit visitors and locals. ‘No Rush Goldrush Wagon Rides’ are open every weekend, special booking requests are available Rides include: 1 hour Goldfields Flora and Fauna, where you can enjoy some of the bushlands surrounding Kalgoorlie and see an abundance of birdlife and maybe a Kangaroo or two. 15 minute rides departing Hammond Park, to provide a short horse drawn wagon experience along the road. 1-2 hour Wagon, Wine and Cheese trips. 1-2 hour Aussie Bush Ride A horse-drawn wagon ride out bush, where you can taste freshly brewed billy tea and damper as part of your Goldfields experience. You can sit back and unwind to the steady rhythm of a horse-drawn wagon. ‘No Rush Goldrush Wagon Rides’ passed the Quality Tourism Framework requirements and is now an accredited Australian Tourism Business, symbolised with the Green Tick. Bookings can be made through their website https://norushgoldrushwagonrides.com.au or via Kalgoorlie-Boulder Visitors Centre website https://www.kalgoorlietourism.com See more
18.01.2022 Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfms first interview will be with Toni Donnelly. Originally from Ireland, her career covered teaching and being a community social worker, after retiring early she discovered greyhounds and found out how few of them actually get to retire. So in 2008 she founded Greyhounds Adoptions WA (GAWA), an incorporated body and registered charity. The organisation has grown enormously and attracts a large number of supporters, foster carers and voluntee...rs. Since its inception they have adopted out over 2000 greyhounds, and have the biggest intake from the track of any organisation in the country. Their weekly intake is between 4 to 6 greyhounds, and they generally have around 50 dogs in foster homes. The foster dogs go to events every weekend including markets, festivals adoption days and de stress days at some of the universities, hospitals aged care facilities and schools. Greyhound Adoptions WA enjoys international connections with Grey2K in the US and Pet Levrieri in Italy. GAWA works with these organisations in getting greyhounds out of the notorious Canidrome in Macau, and were privileged to receive 5 of these Macau greyhounds last year which were immediately adopted by some of the volunteers. Physiotherapist Mark Oberman BAppSc will be Talking Horses second interview on Wednesday 8th April between 6 and 7pm. He graduated from the University of Sydney and gained post graduate experience in sports related physiotherapy, post-operative care, lower back and neck conditions and Core Stability. Mark was a member of the National Mens Water Polo team for 15 years and participated in 2 Olympic Games, 3 World Championships and 4 World Cups. He is the fourth most capped Australian representative at 392 games played for Australia. The era in which Mark played Water Polo is considered the most successful in the sports history and culminated in a World Cup bronze medal, a play off for a World Championship bronze medal and undefeated winners of the prestigious Hungarian Cup. He has previously helped the WAIS Water Polo and Canoeing programmes, been the physiotherapist for National League Water Polo teams in Perth and assisted the Canberra Cannons in the NBL and the Weston Creek Wildcats in the ACTAFL. Mark was the physiotherapist for the Kalamunda Eastern Suns basketball teams in the State Basketball League, and through his Kalamunda Physiotherapy Centre continues to share his extensive knowledge and experience in sports physiotherapy with patients, professional and semi professional athletes in Canberra and Perth.
18.01.2022 Fiona Cowie will be Talking Horses 91.3 Sportfm special guest on Wednesday 26th August between 6 and 7pm. She is a qualified dog trainer specialising in scent detection and helping pet owners with a range of pet dog training and behavioural issues, and is known as The Doggy Lady Fiona has been training dogs for over 20 years, including 14 years as a professional detector dog handler. She also offers private in-home training helping owners resolve a range of training issue...s. Her fun Sniffer Dog School is very popular with pet dog owners throughout Perth who love teaching their dogs to be just like the detector dogs we see and love at the airport and on television. Fiona is also passionate about her role as an instructor with the Institute of Modern Dog Trainers. Whilst Fiona is called The Doggy Lady she actually started her animal training journey with horses and took part in competition as a teenager. These days her horse experiences are limited to a scratch behind the ears to her familys horses although she has enjoyed horse riding holidays all over the world Contact Fiona at [email protected]
18.01.2022 Talking Horses 91.3Sportfms special guest on Wednesday 13th May between 6 and 7pm, will be Emily Green, a Human Resources Manager from a Construction Industry. She will be updating listeners with information about the Wanneroo Adult Equestrian Club (WAEC) and her volunteer position as an Events Coordinator and Organiser. Emily joined the club in 2018 and in 2019 was awarded Clubman of the Year. Emily will be talking about the history of the club, the grounds and facili...ties the club can offer at Horsemans in Gnangara, the types of membership available, how the rallies are structured and the lessons and experiences available to members. The experienced, specialist and encouraging instructors at the club offer a wonderful environment for young and old horses of all breeds and educational levels. Lessons can cover cross country, show-jumping, hacking, show horse, dressage. WAEC has one of the best range of cross country jumps in the metropolitan area. The club also regularly asks its members for feedback and what sort of lessons and experiences they want at future rallies. WAEC has hosted ARCA challenges in the past and will do so again in the future. the clubs members gain great experience from being involved with volunteering to help at events and rallies, assisting judges with pencilling to poop picking. WAEC members are like a family and close and lasting friendships are made, the members are very encouraging, supportive at rallies to all other members and every achievement big and small is celebrated.
17.01.2022 The second interview on ‘Talking Horses’ 91.3Sportfm will be with Fred Freeman and will cover show jumping course designing, judging and electronic timing. Fred’s parents were very involved with racehorses and this started his interest in horses, and he became a successful show jumping rider. Fred’s children were all involved with ponies and joined the Moonyoonooka Pony Club. As an ‘active’ parent he assisted with building courses and putting up the jumps and this is whe...re his skills as a show jumping course designer started Fred is an Equestrian Australia (EA) show jumping course design education presenter, FEI Level 2 show jumping course designer, EA National Level 2 judge, EA National Level 3 show jumping course designer. Although WA had an extensive variety of show jumps, Fred saw the need for a set of easily transportable electronic timing equipment and he purchased the first set of the ‘Farmtek Sports’ timers in WA, which have been used at many major show jumping events. Other course designers in WA now provide a similar service. Tune in to ‘Talking Horses’ on 91.3Sportfm on Wednesday 21st October from 6pm to hear two very interesting interviews. Podcasts of each program are available for 3 weeks. See more
15.01.2022 The Talking Horses 91.3Sportfm weekly radio program on Wednesday 27th May will be talking to Dr Kirsten Jackson BSc BVMS (Hons) MANZCVS (Equine Dentistry) about what is involved in Equine Dentistry. Kirsten grew up with horses and competed throughout school and university. She completed her Membership examinations in Equine Dentistry at the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientist and is currently completing her PhD, conducting research into equine periph...eral dental caries (tooth decay). Kirsten has published papers in numerous leading journals and has lectured nationally and internationally on her research and on general equine dentistry. In 2017 Dental Vet opened WAs first and only equine veterinary dentistry clinic in Forrestdale, allowing the facilitation of more advanced dental procedures for horses in WA, (root canals and fillings) as well as professional routine dentistry. A huge amount has changed in equine dentistry over the last 15 years. From what used to be rasp off a few sharp bits while the terrified horse was backed into a corner, to now realising how much pathology and pain horses have been dealing with, that was previously going undiagnosed. The most serious and painful pathology (deep infection between the teeth, dead, infected, abscessed teeth) can ONLY be seen with a powerful light and mirror or endoscope, they cannot be felt so if the dental provider is just feeling and rasping off the sharp bits then serious, painful pathology will be missed. Kirsten is a volunteer committee member on Animal Aid Abroad, a charity that helps working animals around the world and has travelled to the Gili islands in Indonesia many times to assist the working ponies there. She also provides assistance and advice to veterinarians in developing countries. Kirsten enjoys teaching and continuing the research while running Dental Vet and entertaining her 20 month old daughter! See more
14.01.2022 The first interview on Wednesday 24th June will be with Sue Maughan the Treasurer of the Central WA Branch Australian Stock Horse Society. Sue has a fulltime career in medical diagnostics and combines this with breeding Stock Horses that compete successfully in Polo Crosse and Campdrafting and the family is also involved in the rare White Park Cattle breed. The Australian Stock Horse Society was established in 1971 in Scone, New South Wales, and is the largest of more than 7...Continue reading
14.01.2022 Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfm will be talking to the legendary veterinarian and nutritionalist Dr John Kohnke BVSc RDA from NSW, on Wednesday 22nd July between 6 and 7pm. He is the author of over 1,000 articles and practical management sheets. John is in great demand as an expert speaker on horse feeding, care and welfare in Australia and Internationally, it is well worth listening to John, his knowledge is awesome and he is never lost for words. Check out Johns website ...and newsletters which cover information on a variety of feeding programs, including coverage on minerals and vitamin supplements. There is also information on breeding and behavioural problems. Or if you would like some specialised advice, go to [email protected] John will be discussing how to manage horses that headshake, which is now regarded as a disease, and as the foaling and breeding is fast approaching, he will be giving some useful information regarding the types of diets that pregnant mares should be given. If there is time John will also be updating listeners with any advances in treatment and managing bowed tendons and ligament strain. The Talking Horses weekly program is now approaching its twelfth year. Podcasts of the program are available on www.sportfm.com.au/podcasts. If you have any personalities or sports that you would like to be interviewed on the program, contact [email protected] See more
13.01.2022 WAHC Committee Profile # 7 - Jenni Bowman Western Australian Horse Council committee member Jenni Bowman grew up in the Perth hills and although she did not come from a ‘horsey’ family, began riding at the age of 6 years old. In 1964 her family became foundation members of Eastern Hills Pony Club. Initially rallies were held either at Val Forbes property in Glen Forest or at Wattie Watsons place in Stoneville. There were no horse floats so their ponies were walked down a...nd back along the railway track from Stoneville to Glen Forrest. Through her years at EHPC she attended rallies and competed in all pony club disciplines. Pony Club activities included overnight trail rides, rodeo riding and mustering sheep, cattle and horses, Jenni particularly enjoyed eventing, show jumping and games, which included rescue race barrel racing and competition was fierce. Jenni also obtained her Pony Club B certificate. At the age of 12 Jenni broke in and trained her first pony ‘Borana’ who arrived on a truck from Mardathoona Station Studying at university saw an end to horse riding after nearly failing due to being at a Pony Club A certificate camp at Muresk, instead of the university library studying. After graduating as a dentist, she moved to Kununurra in the East Kimberley working firstly for the WA Health Dept and then as a private practitioner. Spare time was spent on water skiing, occasionally mustering cattle and training stock horses. Jenni then spent more than a decade working and travelling throughout Europe and in 1992 embarked on a 35000km bicycle journey from the north coast of Alaska to the southern coast of South America. Jenni’s children embraced the equine lifestyle and borrowed a pony or 2 and joined the Gidgegannup Pony Club. Then transferred to Swan Valley HPC where Jenni developed a keen interest in Tetrathlon. She joined the Pony Club WA Tetrathlon committee and soon became Chair. The new and enthusiastic committee aligned WA rules with the PCA national Rules and introduced laser pistols. Exemptions for the National Championships in Sydney 2019 were allowed for the first time, allowing 17 WA Tetrathlete competitors to ride borrowed horses at the Pony Club championships. A first ever achievement. Jenni remains an active supporter of Swan Valley HPC and is her twin daughters most enthusiastic groom and support crew. She is also a volunteer bush fire fighter with East Swan BFS Jenni has a keen interest in animal welfare and in 2018 qualified in Emergency ‘Technical Large Animal Rescue’ courses run by WA Horse Council. Her ambition is to be part of a team of qualified volunteers who are well equipped and able to be deployed when needed. Jenni currently lives in Broome filling her spare time walking on Cable Beach rescuing sea snakes and baby turtles and supporting Kimberley Wild Horses.
13.01.2022 Clare dEspeissis will be our second interview on Talking Horses, from 6pm on Wednesday 13th May, Clare will be talking about the annual two day Busselton Winter Jumping Festival, which was planned for the 2020 annual Western Australia Day weekend in June and has been hosted by Busselton Horse and Pony Club Inc. for about 16 years. The festival has grown from a small local show to an integral part of the WA Equestrian Calendar, with local and intrastate competitors competing... over well designed courses on some of the best arenas in WA. Unfortunately, there will be no 2020 competition due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Excitingly though, planning is underway for 2021! The Festival is coordinated by a subcommittee of Busselton Horse and Pony Club, which are elected at the AGM each year, and has wide support from the club and local community. In 2019, nearly 40 sponsors supported the event, 7 of their sponsors have supported the Festival since it began! The organizing committee highly value their ongoing relationships with their sponsors. This event is the major fundraiser for the Busselton Horse and Pony Club and allows them to provide ongoing quality instruction in riding, horse care and safe equipment for their young riders. Four years ago grants were received from the State government and the City of Busselton which enabled the installation of reticulation and laser levelling of both arenas. The Festival attracts around 125 competitors from as far away as Geraldton to Esperance. The main arena caters for the more experienced riders and horses with heights up to 1.35m and includes qualifiers for EWA Novice, Silver, Bronze and Jumping Horse of the Year championships. The second arena has classes up to 1.04m, for novice competitors and riders upwards from 6 years old. The main event on Saturday is the Pony Grand Prix and Sunday has the very popular and exciting Chase Me Charlie which always draws crowds who are amazed at the heights reached. There are 32 classes and apart from prize money, there are trophies and 10 rugs are awarded. One of these rugs goes to the leading Hi-Point Off the Track Thoroughbred, a section which attracts nearly 40 entrants. A festival atmosphere is enhanced with excellent camping facilities, coffee vans, food, local wine and beer and a busy equestrian retail village. See more
13.01.2022 Alan Parker was the winner of the 2020 Equilibrium Snippets competition held on the Talking Horses 91.3Sportfm weekly radio program. Alans main interest in horses has been with Standardbreds. He became the Assistant Registrar for the WA Trotting Association, and then took on the Racing Manager position, he moved on to become the Assistant Manager for Harness at Racing and Wagering WA. Alan created a system of index cards which recorded a three generations pedigree of... Perth winners on one side and their Perth wins and feature places on the other. This card system became the foundation of some computer databases which now record the same details. Since his retirement Alan has continued to maintain the databases and supply the media in all States. His interest in trotting history and writing has seen him presented with 12 Joseph Coulter Media Awards from Harness Racing Australia, including one for the Best Book for the Village Kid Story which he jointly self-published with trotting trainer and driver Bill Horn. The Snippet sponsor, Ricci Latham from Equilibrium QLD donated a 5 kg tub of their B1 Cool Mix, which has been a leading Australian made product for over 20 years. The presentation to Alan was made by Marg Langan from Gatooma Agencies. Many thanks to Sandy Hannan the Owner/Editor of Hoofbeats Magazine for making her property available for the presentation. The proceedings were closely monitored by Sandys 11-year-old Warmblood/Appaloosa stallion Tarkia See more
13.01.2022 The Talking Horses weekly radio program from 6pm on 91.3Sportfm has two interviews on Wednesday 17th June. The first will be Sharleen Jordan BSc Dip Ed Dip LG an ASL2 (Advanced Skills Lecturer) for Central Regional TAFE (WA), she has been conducting training for the Local Government and Animal Studies sectors since 1996, and has more than ten years of service on the WA Rangers Association committee and represents them on the Australian Institute of Animal Management committ...ee. Sharleen has worked with Animal Control in the USA and has conducted training and various projects with Animal Control in Malaysia, she has a vast international network of officers and is able to uphold her principles of teaching Current International Best Practice with a strong focus on Animal Welfare and Occupational Health and Safety. Her teachings incorporate a wide scope of Nationally Accredited subjects including animal behaviour, management and control, reptile handling, livestock, emergency management, firearms, and more. The second interview will be with Tracy Talbot, a PCWA SCP Panel/Coach Coordinator and NCAS PC Coach/Assessor. Tracy started riding at Pony Club and competed successfully in dressage, hacking, novelties, ASH working classes and time trials for many years until a persistent back injury prevented her from riding so rather than give up horses she began breeding and successfully showing Shetland ponies in harness! After 12 months of planning, Tracy is launching a new business from Kalgoorlie, No Rush Goldrush Wagon Rides on July 4th with the help and support of family, her partner and friends. The aim is to always provide a unique and relaxing horse drawn carriage experience in Kalgoorlie whilst creating lasting memories for passengers. The idea of combining a love of horses and a strong passion for the Goldfields area and its rich history, by conducting wagon rides through the bush seemed a perfect idea. The standard bush rides Goldfields Flora & Fauna (all year round), Aussie Bush Ride with Billy Tea (Winter) and Wagon, Wine & Cheese Ride (Summer) will run at set times every Saturday & Sunday, along with Public Holidays. Other themed rides, Weddings and special occasion hire will also be available soon. Tune in to Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfm at 6pm to listen to two very diverse and interesting interviews.
13.01.2022 The WA Horse Council Update. You can support the work of the WAHC by joining as an individual member...see details in the Update.
12.01.2022 Talking Horses second interview on Wednesday 6th May from 6pm, will be with leading National Carriage Driving coach and judge, Marg Langan. Originally from the UK, she has been involved in many equestrian disciplines, before deciding to specialize in Carriage Driving. Marg has held various Carriage Driving committee positions at Federal, State and club level, including the Royal Agricultural Society and Arabian Horse Societies. She has been involved with training and showi...ng a variety of breeds, including American Saddlebreds and Hackneys. Marg has judged at major royal shows throughout Australia and is in great demand to judge and coach, overseas. Marg will be talking about the upcoming clinics being held by the WA Harness Driving Society WAHDS, in line with the current Government regulations, which will focus on private training and driving lessons and will be held by accredited ACDS coaches. WAHDS still plan on holding a show later in the year, if possible and details will be publicised. It has been a good time for extra training of horses and ponies and also the restoration of carriages. It is hoped to hold a carriage restoration school with South Australian expert Craig Preston, later in the year. If the Perth Royal Show is held, the WAHDS has an extended program with great support from the Bunbury Farmers market. The WAHDS is planning a competition, with the winning family having the opportunity to attend a Rally day and have a go at carriage driving. More details will be available closer to the time. The clinics will be held at the Byford Trotting Complex in Briggs Road. The date will be available on the WAHDS facebook and will also be announced on the Talking Horses 91.3 sportfm program. Due to the government restrictions on numbers, IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO BOOK. See more
11.01.2022 Meet the Committee - Sandy Hannan Sandy Hannan has been a WA Horse Council committee person since its inception in 1984 and is responsible for the Councils Publicity and Public Relations Portfolio. She is the owner and Managing Editor for the leading Australian magazine Hoofbeats. Formerly from Victoria she started her involvement with horses working with Thoroughbred yearlings in a racing stable, followed by another stable in Toodyay that focussed on breeding and raceh...orses. Then taking her own horse she moved to a riding school and horse hire centre on Rottnest Island and escorted trail rides. Trained as a Signwriter she ran her own business from the age of 18 years, moving around Australia working and riding in many states. In the Northern Territory Sandy joined the newly fledged Polocrosse association, which was an experience and she often found herself riding without a bridle as someone had slipped it off in the heat of the game. During her time in the Northern Territory she worked in a Medical Library and had ample time to produce newsletters for the Polocrosse club and other clubs. She also spent some time mustering Buffalos until a confrontation with a wild bull made her decide it was time to move on. After an extended overseas period Sandy and her husband Robert settled on a property in WA and she became involved with breeding and showing an Appaloosa, specializing in Dressage. An equestrian photographer Sandy travelled across WA to attend events for many years before starting Hoofbeats magazine with three partners in 1979 and she has been involved in the production of the magazine ever since. See more
10.01.2022 Meet the WAHC Committee - Janet Cameron Married to Paul with two married children and two grandchildren, Janet has had a life long association with horses, which started with a pony that her mother had ridden to school as a child. Being brought up on a farm there was always a horse to come home to, even when she was away at boarding school and later studying and working as a Dental Therapist. In 1981 Janet and her husband Paul returned to the farm at Wannamal. Janet becam...e interested in carriage driving, successfully competed in two Combined Drives, hosted the Easter Drive for the then WA Driving Society and also went on various social drives as well as competing in the Cone Driving Event at Newdale Horse Trails. Once the children were old enough, ponies were purchased and Janet become involved with a group of parents keen to form the Bindoon Range Pony Club. A club was started at the Catholic Agricultural College in Bindoon. At various times Janet served as the Club Secretary, Treasurer for the Midlands Zone and was also a zone delegate to the PCAWA State Council. In 1992 Janet became interested in Endurance and she completed more than 5,000km in successful rides, including the 1995 Tom Quilty Gold Cup, several marathons and State Championship rides. During her time as a member of the WA Endurance Riders Association she ran the Wannamal Endurance Ride, trained as a TPR Steward and later as an AERA Chief Steward. After the family moved to Perth, she gave up competitive riding while still continuing to do trail riding. Janets involvement with the WA Horse Council started in 2005 when she became a committee member and set up the Tracks and Trails portfolio. She is also responsible for keeping the Councils email data base up to date. See more
08.01.2022 Janet Thomas was a recent guest on the WA Horse Councils Talking Horses program. She is a Bachelor of Arts and Education in Physical Education and has a graduate Diploma of Science in Outdoor Pursuits. Janet is also the founder of Animal Aid Abroad AAA an international non-profit organisation, and is walking from Melbourne to Perth with her rescue dog Jack, to raise awareness and funding for the 18 partner projects for one year, as well as enabling the construction of a...n animal shelter in Mannar, Sri Lanka, for abused working animals in developing countries. Initially it was estimated that walk would take about four months. However, with current quarantine restrictions it is difficult to say how long it will take. AAA runs projects and initiatives in 12 different countries and has partnerships with many animal welfare organizations and project partners globally. To find out more information or make a donation, go to www.animalaidabroad.org/walk-across-aus Or www.gofundme.com/walking-for-working-animals See more
08.01.2022 Former Victorian Peter Gill will be ‘Talking Horses’ second interview on Wednesday 25th November. He was a member of the Oaklands pony club, a successful Eventing rider, he also hunted regularly and was a former EFA, PCA and RDA equestrian coach. Peter was a Theatre Nurse for 40 years and was also involved in the Equine Management section at Glenormiston Agricultural College. Peter is now based in WA and is a WA Horse Council committee member, he is very interested and knowledgeable regarding Trails and is the WAHC Trails Portfolio representative
07.01.2022 The second Kalamunda Hotel competition $50 voucher prize on the ‘Talking Horses’ 91.3Sportfm has been won. The competition question was ‘How many years has the ‘Talking Horses’ radio program been broadcast’. The competition has been won by Lindsay Baxter from Guildford, who correctly answered ‘Eleven years’.
07.01.2022 Kate Herren a UK equestrian journalist and former Consulting Editor for the British Eventing Life magazine, is the Perth Horse Trials Associations Press Officer and will be the special guest on Talking Horses 91.3Sportfm on the one off day of Tuesday 14th July between 6 and 7pm. She is now based in WA however still contributes articles for the sport of eventing in the UK and other equestrian activities. Kate will be tallking about how rider emotions can impact the horse and how to manage them.
07.01.2022 The second interview on Talking Horses from 6pm, Wednesday 9th September is with Alison Laycock a committee member of the Show Horse Council WA Inc. Alison has been actively involved with numerous equestrian disciplines with her children, and became involved with the Show Horse Council WA Inc, (SHCWA) 10 years ago. The SHCWA committee is made up of 8 members, and they oversee and run the constituent state affiliate here in Western Australia, they also hold 3 Grand Natio...nal Qualifying events, SHCWA Classic, SHCWA Western Stars & The Rug Rack Debutante and the State Horse of The Year, Advanced Feeds Horse Of The Year. Alison will be talking about the Show Horse Council WA Inc Horse of the Year which is being held this year on the GP Fields at the State Equestrian Centre on October 24th & 25th, this event is the climax of the equestrian year in Western Australia. Due to COVID-19 a number of major events have been cancelled, however SHCWA have successfully held one Grand National qualifying show with over 200 exhibitors.
06.01.2022 The Talking Horses weekly radio program is now in its eleventh year and is broadcast on 91.3Sportfm. There will be two interviews on Wednesday 29th July between 6 and 7pm. Carol Morfitt is the Fundraising Manager for Guide Dogs WA and Guide Dogs Tasmania. The programs that she manages are Gifts in Wills, Direct Mail, Regular Giving, Collection Dogs, Marketing, Corporate and Community Partnerships, Events and Community Fundraising. Prior to becoming involved with Guide Dogs... WA, she worked in the fundraising and membership department at a zoo. Carol also has an interest in horses, as her father owned and trained trotters. Guide Dogs WA are the only WA based provider of Guide Dog training services and for almost 70 years, they have been providing life changing Guide Dogs, Autism Assistance Dogs and Therapy Dogs. Every dog trained at Guide Dogs WA will change a life. It takes over two years and costs $50,000 to raise and train a Guide Dog and this is only possible with the generous support of the community to fund the training program. The next interview will be with legendary equestrian and sportswoman Merrilyn Gollan. She comes from a farming family in the Bunbury region that specialised in dairy and beef cattle. A top competitor in the majority of disciplines and the producer of may champion show horses, she also excelled in hockey, tennis, surf club events and was the winner of the champion beach sprinter one year. In her early years, Merrilyn travelled to Ireland where she says she learnt a lot, training Point to Point horses for four mile races. If she and others who worked there didnt get bucked off regularly, the horses owner felt the horses werent fit enough!! Merrilyn and her horse Irish Mists last event in a competition was the Champion Working Stock Horse and as she left the arena with the Champion and High Point award including Champion Hack and one year the EFA Horse of the Year, all the competitors gave them a slow hand clap as she paraded, Merrilyn says it was a very emotional time for her. Merrilyn believes in giving back, and she has been a longstanding member of the Royal Agricultural Society of WA, (RASWA), holding Ring Steward, Chief Arena Steward and a number of voluntary positions. In April 2020 the RASWA voted to award her an Honorary Life Membership of the RASWA. Tune into 91.3Sportfm on Wednesday 29th to listen to two great interviews. Podcasts of each Talking Horses program are available for three weeks. See more
06.01.2022 The next interview on Talking Horses 91.3Sportfm, on Wednesday 1st July from 6pm, will be with Madeline Buck (Maddie) BSc. Phys. Dist., PGd Vet. Phys. (University of Liverpool), APAM. Maddie is originally from Canada, then moved with her family to Namibia, Africa where her passion for dressage and show jumping began. After years of working at the pony club as an instructor and volunteering to do Hippotherapy in Namibia, she moved to Perth to complete her Bachelor of Scien...ce in Physiotherapy; knowing that working with riders and horses was what she wanted to do. Six years ago, she completed her Masters Saddle Fitting Consultancy Training (one years diploma) in Holland under a Veterinarian from Utrecht University. More recently she completed post graduate studies through the University of Liverpool, plus her PGdip in Veterinary Physiotherapy and is now the WA Chair for the Australian Physiotherapy Association in the Animal Physiotherapy Group. Maddies passion over the past 15 years has been looking at the horse and rider in a holistic way, to optimize movement, performance and function as well as eliminating pain and discomfort. Physiotherapy in the Veterinary world is a new profession, so she will be discussing this topic on Wednesday. Maddie will be mentioning saddle fitting and the importance of physiotherapy for the rider as it is all integrated and fascinating! This will be a very interesting interview, as the majority of Talking Horses listeners have an interest in horses. The program/interview will be available for three weeks on a Podcast check out the WA Horse Councils Facebook page to find out how to access it.
04.01.2022 This Wednesday 22nd April between 6 and7pm, Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfm will be speaking with Janet Reid from Perth, Western Australia. Janet has been a speaker on the Talking Horses Program before, and is an accomplished horsewoman who spent her early years in Pony Club and competing in Eventing, Show Horse, and Dressage, as well as breeding Australian Stock Horses. Her other interests include Australian wildlife conservation and a part-time role as a Docent (Volun...teer Tour Guide) at the Perth Zoo. Janet was also one of the first West Australians to be accredited by Equestrian Australia as a National Steward. Since then she has also taken on the role of training and mentoring Stewards for both Dressage and Show Horse events. Stewards guide riders on safely competing in the correct gear and equipment and following the rules and regulations set down by Equestrian Australia for each event. Janet will be updating Talking Horses listeners on what is involved in becoming an Equestrian Australian Steward. The motto of a Steward is to Help Prevent Intervene
04.01.2022 Talking Horses 91.3Sportfms first interview on Wednesday 15th April between 6 and 7pm, will be with Janet Thomas the founder of Animal Aid Abroad. She is a Bachelor of Arts in Education, and a Bachelor of Education in Physical Education and has a Graduate Diploma of Science in Outdoor Pursuits. Janet is also the Founder of the Working Animal Charity and is raising funds and awareness by Walking Across Australia from Melbourne to Perth with her rescue dog Jack. Janet has ...always had a strong interest in the welfare of animals and while her father worked on the NASA/Apollo program in Carnarvon, she rescued orphaned kangaroos and emus. Janet spent a lot of time as a teacher in Japan, PNG, Singapore, Azerbaijan, Tanzania and Egypt, and travelled between Asia, African and South American countries. This led to her becoming more aware of the plight of street and working animals. These experiences led Janet to formally set up Animal Aid Abroad (AAA) in 2007, an international non-profit organisation. AAA runs projects and initiatives in 12 different countries and is involved with 18 animal welfare organizations and project partners globally. We will then be having a chat with former successful equestrian Tracy Weaver Sayer the Advertising Manager for Hoofbeats Magazine. Tracy will be updating listeners on some of the many articles in the April/May edition, like Horses, Trolls and Cyber-bullying, Equine Arthritis, the Healing Power of Honey, and A Technical Riding School Course at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art in Spain. Hoofbeats Magazine was born in Perth in June 1978 and was an immediate success. The decision to expand distribution across Australia was made in 1992 and the rapidly growing equestrian sector resulted in a loyal and dedicated following. It was decided to take all the WA news and combine it into a section called WA Show Scene. The rest of the magazine sourced more national articles. The Green Horse section provides property owners with sustainable methods to develop/maintain horse properties and includes herbal and natural alternatives. This section was a finalist in the Ford Landcare Media Awards in 1997. Tune into Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfm on Wednesday 15th April from 6pm to listen to two great interviews and other news. See more
03.01.2022 Talking Horses second interview on Wednesday 22nd April between 6 and 7pm will be with Brenda Boaden who has been involved with Cleveland Bay Horses for over 15 Years and has been the Cleveland Bay Horse Society President on and off for the past 12 years. Her stud Ferndale Springs has produced many horses over this period. The Imported stallion Tregoyd Topper has been a major contributor keeping the breed alive in Australia since being imported by Brenda in 2007. Unfortuna...tely the breed is on the critical list of rare breeds in the UK and around the World with less than 300 in the latest figures. The Cleveland Bay breed is an ideal mount in these times due to their being a low maintenance breed with the constitution of a shetland pony and having blue black hooves that rarely need shoes. They make great family share horses due to their unflappable temperament and trainability. Brenda says to maintain the numbers in this country, It is apparent that a group or foundation needs to be set up, so tax deductible contributions can be made.
03.01.2022 The first interview on Talking Horses 91.3Sporfm on Wednesday 12th August from 6pm, will be with Senior Accountant Helen Lo Presti from Aspen Corporate. She has a diploma in forensic accounting and has previously been a director of a not for profit organisation and currently sits on the ACFE (Association Certified Fraud Examiners) committee. Aspen Corporate has been helping the Perth community for over 30 years in providing taxation and business advisory services. Helen w...ill be discussing the ATO assistance packages and how they are structured to assist small and medium businesses, including who is eligible for the Cash Flow boost, how was it determined and when will the boost cease. The Government is assisting by providing support through the Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Businesses will need to approach their Bank and possibly their accountant to determine how the scheme can be of assistance in their particular situation, and increasing deductions allowed for assets purchase post 12 March 2020 and before 31 December 2020. We will then be talking to international UK journalist Kate Herren, now based in WA. She is the former Consulting Editor for the British Eventing Life magazine, the membership magazine for the sport of eventing in the UK. Kate is now the Perth Horse Trials Association Press Officer and she will be talking about the upcoming Wooroloo Leader Equine CCN which will be held in the grounds of the Wooroloo Prison Farm on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 August, by kind permission of the Department of Corrective Services. The Perth Horse Trials Association organising team are delighted to welcome Leader Equine as generous title sponsors for this event, and all class winners will receive a stylish embroidered Horseware Australia Rambo Helix rug. Classes will run from EvA65 to 2.5 star level (which will consist of 3* dressage and show jumping, and 2* cross country). The cross country tracks will be built by Allan Campbell, working in close consultation with regular Wooroloo course designer, Wayne Copping, who is unable to travel to the event from his base in South Australia due to border restrictions. A comprehensive COVID-safe plan in line with Government recommendations will be implemented to ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone attending this event. For further information and updates follow Perth Horse Trials on Facebook.
03.01.2022 Talking Horses on 91.3 Sportfm will have two interviews on Wednesday 16th September between 6 and 7pm. The first will be with the Equestrian Western Australia Events Coordinator Sarah Moore. As part of a well-known show horse family, Sarah has had a life-long affiliation with equestrian sports, and she has kept in touch with the industry by becoming an accredited PCAWA coach and also serves on a number of club committees. Sarah has spent the last 16 years in various ...Event and Marketing Management roles within the shopping centre, not-for-profit and property development industries. She started at EWA in early March and has been working across multiple projects such as the Off The Track Educational Series and the Rising Stars squad. Equestrian WA, in conjunction with their major event partner, Saddles Plus, will be holding the 2020 Interschool Equestrian Festival, at the State Equestrian Centre in Brigadoon, on the first weekend in October. Like many events this year, the format of the event has been slightly revised, however the program contains all the usual popular classes such as Combined Training, Dressage, Jumping, Show Horse and this year will include Vaulting. Janet Reid will be the second Guest Speaker on Talking Horses. She is an accomplished horsewoman who spent her early years in Pony Club and competed in Eventing, Show Horse, and Dressage, as well as breeding Australian Stock Horses. Janet was recently awarded the Australia-wide honour of Volunteer of the Month by Equestrian Australia. This award is in appreciation of her voluntary work with the training and mentoring of new Stewards for both Show Horse and Dressage event. Janet will be talking about what is involved in becoming an Equestrian Australian Equestrian Steward and their roles and responsibilities. Janet is also a Member Protection Information Officer (MPIO). This is a Government-driven initiative and covers all Sporting Clubs and Associations who have a Member Complaints Procedure. MPIOs give freely of their time to assist complainants (and responders) in the correct procedures to be undertaken if they want to complain about their sporting organisation, or if they are the recipient of a complaint by their organisation or their fellow sporting competitors. Janet will be talking about how this complex and quite mystifying process works! Both interviews will be available on a Podcast for the following three weeks.
03.01.2022 The first interview on Talking Horses 91.3Sportfm, Wednesday 28th October between 6 and 7pm is with Tom Curtain a national award-winning singer/ songwriter, entertainer, horseman extraordinaire, entrepreneur, role model and spokesman for rural health, living and working in outback Australia. He has been professionally training horses for over 20 years across multiple equine disciplines including campdrafting, showing, dressage and racing. Tom is also the owner/ operator of ...the national award winning Katherine Outback Experience. Now in its eight year of operation, Katherine Outback Experience has won best Tourist Attraction in the Northern Territory for the last two years. Tom has won two Golden Guitars and was awarded 2018 Australian Independent Country Music Artist of the Year. His latest single 'In The West' is No.1 on the Australian Country Tracks Chart. This summer Tom will be touring his outback show and music and providing horsemanship clinics throughout regional Western Australia and South Australia. One of WA’s busiest coaches Liesl Wilding recently won the Equestrian Australian (EA), ‘Coach of the Month’. This is an award that highlights EA coaches and educators who work with dedication and passion all over Australia. Liesl’s family had a farm, so she spent many hours in the saddle behind cattle and sheep. She started going to pony club and competed in show jumping and the Prince Phillip games and rode many ponies for other people in the breeding and show horse ring at Royal shows. A former successful eventing rider she also spent some time in Zimbabwe playing polocrosse and training horses. Liesl is an EA Level 2 Dressage coach and Skills Specific Trainer and Assessor (SSTA) and is competing in dressage at Prix St George Level on ‘Legato’. She is a member of the 2020 WA Dressage Squad and is also a member of the EWA Coaching Committee. Tune into Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfm every Wednesday between 6 and 7pm.
02.01.2022 Talking Horses on 91.3Sportfm has two interviews on Wednesday 18th November between 6 and 7pm. The first will be with Judith Odgaard a former successful show jumping rider. However an accident at work resulted in terminating show jumping participation, which sublimated lack of show jumping into breeding Thoroughbreds that have had careers in racing, jumping, eventing & polo, here & overseas. as President of Hills SJA & WASJA for a decade, and been Chair of the EWA Jumping ...Continue reading
02.01.2022 Meet the Committee - Robert Hawes Western Australian Horse Council committee person Robert Hawes has been a committee member of the Council for 10 years and is in charge of the Local, State and National Government Portfolio. Formerly from the UK, his family had a farming background and in the late 40s there was a substantial drop in the number of heavy horses used in UK agriculture as the availability of tractors and contemporary farm machinery was reduced as the manufac...ture of tanks and other armaments took precedence. Robert still has vivid memories as a child of being in close proximity to an American Airbase from where they flew Flying Fortress bombers. For his National Service Robert served as a Commissioned Officer in the RAF then attended University reading Natural Sciences before returning to the farm and gradually becoming involved in a number of community groups and businesses. One group was the Young Farmers Clubs (50,000 members) and as National Chairman he represented England and Wales at various gatherings in Western Europe. His scientific knowledge centred around plant breeding, fertilisers, pesticides and the growth regulators allowed yields of wheat and barley to increase from 1ton/acre to 4tons/acre (10t/ha). Robert commenced being an official at UK county shows (for Breeds and HIA classes). The uniform was a dark suit and bowler hat which is still a requirement to this day. In 1988 Robert, his second wife and family emigrated to WA and bought a 1000ha farm at Wannamal. His involvement in community groups increased and he became Chair of the Newdale Horse Trials and Country Fair, the cross country controller of Fairbridge 3DE and the organiser of a number of One Day Events at the SEC. Robert took on the position of Councillor in Charge of the Horse Section for the Royal Agricultural Society, for most of 21 years. Other positions he held have included being President and Shire Councillor of Local Government, Involvement in Landcare Groups included Chair of the Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group, Deputy Chair of the Chittering Valley Local Conservation District Committee and Natural Resource Management. Robert is currently involved with the insurance of farm crops and keeping up with 7 and a bit grandchildren See more
01.01.2022 The Talking Horses radio program on 91.3Sport which is usually on Wednesdays between 6 and 7pm, will be on Tuesday 14th July next week at the same time, due to the first time coverage of the State Female West Coast Fever Netball Team exhibition match. The program will then revert back to Wednesdays between 6 and 7pm. The WA Horse Councils equestrian radio program Talking Horses, started in 2009 and is now in its twelfth year. The program is broadcast on Wednesday e...venings between 6 and 7pm, on the Community Radio Station 91.3 SportFM (Western Sports Media) Talking Horses is presented by WAHC Chairperson Diane Bennit and includes interviews with local, National or International personalities who are experts in their field, any issues that the horse industry is facing and information on breeds and major events. Over 500 programs have been produced with close to 1,000 interviews. The Sunday Times and PerthNow are promoting the stations output, providing SportFM access to 800.000 readers and over a million UNIQUE browsers per month. If you are out of radio range, go to www.sportfm.com.au then then click on Listen Live. To listen via podcast: Please click on this link: https://www.sportfm.com.au/podcasts Scroll down past Breakfast, Drive etc.. There is then a feed with all other show podcasts and the last four Talking Horses shows are all there for you to enjoy. A recent Sydney Commercial Broadcasting Association of Australia survey showed that 91.3sportfm has an overall listener base of 77,000 which includes those using podcasts. Would you like to promote your organization/ business? When you join the WAHC you are not only assisting our organization, we can help you promote yours. Member organizations are featured in our newsletter which reaches over 3,000 subscribers from many different areas and interests, are promoted on our Facebook page and can be featured on our radio program 91.3 Sportfm. To ensure that your club, event, breed or business gets coverage, call Diane Bennit 08 9293 3577 0409083617 - or email [email protected] Sponsorship spots are available at $33 which include interviews.
