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| Getting the best fit |
| Source: TheHorse.com |
| Date: 16-May-2013 |
| We all know that the fit of the saddle has a big impact on a horse's performance and well-being. But how can you be certain you're getting the best fit?
“A correctly fitting saddle would allow the horse and the rider to perform at their best,” said Karin Erica Brass, DVM, PhD, of the department of large animal clinics at the Federal University of Santa Maria. “Thermography, when used ... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| ON: Harness racing incentives needed |
| Source: HarnessLink.com |
| Date: 13-May-2013 |
| "From horse and buggy contests to a high stakes sport, harness racing has become an economic driving force for Ontario and its agricultural sector.
For decades, the sport enjoyed a monopoly in the gambling marketplace, but a three-part exclusive series by Metroland West Media Group, Off Track, reveals that the $2.6-billion industry that employs 65,000 Ontarians is under threat."
... (read more on HarnessLink.com) |
| Dressage symposium this weekend! |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com, by Jo Duston |
| Date: 03-May-2013 |
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Can spending a weekend at a dressage symposium be fun?
When FEI “I” Judge Janet Foy and Olympic Team Bronze Medalist Debbie McDonald join forces, you bet it will be!
The pair will lead their "Dressage Through the Levels" symposium to be held at the MacMillan Show Centre in Truro, NS, May 4-5 — putting together a weekend session that will be both informative and entertaining, tru... (read more) |
| Atlantic stakes postponed |
| Source: HarnessLink.com |
| Date: 25-Apr-2013 |
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The Atlantic Sires Stakes 3-year-old pacing fillies event which was slated for Fredericton Raceway on May 20 has been postponed due to insufficient funding from Horse Racing New Brunswick.
It has been tentatively re-scheduled to July 1, and would correspond with the Atlantic Sires Stakes 3-year-old pacing colts event which is currently scheduled for that day at the Fredericton Raceway.
I... (read more on HarnessLink.com) |
| The horse (poop) has it |
| Source: atlanticfarmfocus.ca |
| Date: 24-Apr-2013 |
| Horse manure contains enzymes that may have potential for converting cellulose into sugars, and could lead to producing ethanol from feedstocks such as corn stover, straw, switchgrass, and wood chips.
Researchers had been concentrating on bacteria from the digestive tracts of cattle, but this promising new research was looking at the fungi in horse manure.
Michelle A. O'Malley, of the U... (read more on atlanticfarmfocus.ca) |
| Extra gaits are in the genes |
| Source: TheHorse.com |
| Date: 19-Apr-2013 |
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Swedish researchers have discovered that locomotion patterns in horses are influenced bu genetic makeup. Genetic inheritance allows for gaitedness through two separate effects: extra gait in some breeds, and fast trot in harness racing horses.
Homozygosity (inheriting the same type of gene from each parent) is necessary for the DMRT3 mutation for pacing.
“... horses with two copies of ... (read more on TheHorse.com) |
| Atlantic Horse Fair: April 19, 20, 21 |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 16-Apr-2013 |
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| Hosted by the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition in Bible Hill, N.S.
ADMISSION:
Friday $3
Saturday $5
Sunday $5
or $10 for entire weekend.
Main Entrance at side door of Agri-Dome.
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Outstanding trainer and
clinician Lindsay Grice will
be a headliner for the
event.
Lindsay will be
speaking on numerous
topics in the
classroom/show office in
the McMillan Center and
do... (read more) |
| Horse Fair runs April 19-21 |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 05-Apr-2013 |
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The 6th Annual Atlantic Horse Fair will be held April 19-21 in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia.
The fair is under the new management of the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition and going with an all new format for 2013.
Outstanding trainer and clinician Lindsay Grice will be a headliner for the event. Lindsay will be at speaking on numerous topics in the classroom/show office in the McMillan Center... (read more) |
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| Life-size equine simulator |
| Source: gizmag.com |
| Date: 03-Apr-2013 |
| Students at The University of Edinburgh now have a life-sized model of a horse help them really get into their veterinary studies.
The "equine simulator" was developed at Canada's Veterinary Simulator Industries in conjunction with the University of Calgary's Dr. Emma Read.
It includes a number of latex organs that can be inflated by varying amounts to simulate particu... (read more on gizmag.com) |
| Bob (Hollywood) Heyden to speak at banquet |
| Source: Island Farmer |
| Date: 02-Apr-2013 |
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| Heyden, who is Meadowlands Racetrack's statistician and handicapper, will be the guest speaker at the PEI Standardbred Horse Owner’s Awards Banquet this Saturday, April 6, at the Dutch Inn in Cornwall.
Heyden will also be attending a meet and greet Saturday morning at 11am at Red Shores, followed by a Thoroughbred Handicapping session to be held at 1:15pm in the simulcast theatre.
... (read more) |
| How many ponies are left? |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 08-Mar-2013 |
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This month in Newfoundland and Labrador a census is being done, as part of an effort to find out how
many Newfoundland ponies are still in the province.
In the 1970s, there were about 12,000 of the hardy ponies in the 1970s, but by the late 1980s, the number had dropped to about a hundred.
In 1997, the provincial government enacted legislation that protected the pony as a Heritage Anim... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| Canadian youth take silver |
| Source: horse-canada.com |
| Date: 06-Mar-2013 |
| Canadian riders received their silver medals on the podium following a second place finish in the $10,000 Hollow Creek FEI Young Riders Nations Cup. With a two-round total of 15, Canada claimed second place behind the US with 10.
The event was held Saturday, March 2, during the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida.
The Canadian Team members are: Beth Underhill, Amelia Vernon,... (read more on horse-canada.com) |
| Equine Herpes Virus -1 diagnosed in Quebec |
| Source: horse-canada.com |
| Date: 05-Mar-2013 |
| Neurotropic Equine Herpes Virus-1 (nEHV-1) has been reported in a mare at a Quarter Horse stable in the province of Quebec.
This is the neurological strain of Equine Herpes Virus 1 (EHV 1). Outbreaks of nEHV-1 are contagious, and have a significant risk of mortality.
On Feb. 20, the stable noticed a mare exhibiting some neurological health abnormalities. The mare was referred to the Large A... (read more on horse-canada.com) |
| Atlantic Horse Fair runs April 19-21 |
| Source: AtlanticFarmer.com |
| Date: 28-Feb-2013 |
| The 6th annual Atlantic Horse Fair will be held April 19-21 in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. The fair is now under the new management of the Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition and going with an all new format for 2013.
Outstanding trainer and clinician Lindsay Grice will be a headliner for the event. Lindsay will be at speaking on numerous topics in the classroom in the Agri-Dome and doing presentat... (read more) |
| Nfld. horse racing may be in the home stretch |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 27-Feb-2013 |
| After 50 years, horse racing in Nfld. is in financial trouble and may be coming to an end.
Keith Gowan, president of the Newfoundland Harness Horse Owners Association, says the sport is simply not making enough money to keep going.
"We've gone from $100,000 every year for purse pool down to less than 15 [thousand]," said Gowan. "That's just not economically viable to... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| Horse meat scandal spreads in Europe |
| Source: horse-canada.com |
| Date: 15-Feb-2013 |
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Since the news broke in January that horse meat had been identified in frozen “beef” burgers in Ireland and Britain, numerous products from several suppliers have been pulled from store shelves in the UK, France, and Sweden. According to DNA tests, some are 100 percent horse meat.
Investigations have been launched into the origin of the "tainted" meat, and officials say that as man... (read more on horse-canada.com) |
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