Liz Halliday and HHS Cooley looking spiffy at the Boekelo jogs. Photo courtesy of Liz’s FB.
Wylie is over covering Boekelo (which you can tell because she did a music video full of swag for the jogs on our Instagram account), which is pretty cool I guess, but more importantly than that, I got a miniature donkey yesterday. His name is Lil Pepe and he is white with brown splotches. OK, maybe right now he is more like a orangey-peach color with brown splotches, but after a few encounters with purple shampoo, he’ll be brilliantly white like the royally bred show donkey that he was meant to be!
U.S. Weekend Preview:
Course Brook Farm Fall H.T. [Website]
WindRidge Farm Fall H.T. [Website]
The Maryland at Loch Moy H.T. [Website] [Entry Status]
Radnor Hunt H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times]
Middle Tennessee Pony Club H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
Paradise Farm H.T. [Website]
Heritage Park H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
Greenwood Farm Fall H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
The Event at Skyline H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
Las Cruces H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times]
News From Around The Globe:
Help Wanted at Maryland Horse Trials. The Maryland Horse Trials is looking for volunteer help this Wednesday through Sunday. Help is needed for many positions each day and MDHT needs you. If you give your time MDHT will supply you with swag, food, and cross country schooling passes. To sign up to help go to www.themarylandhorsetrials.com, click here, or Email Carolyn directly at [email protected].
Remember that time that I told you that World Class Grooming was the best book I’ve ever read? Yeah, if you don’t immediately remember this, you should check out my book review from earlier this year, on your way to buy the book, that is. But now, not only can you devour the book in it’s entirety in your home, you can go to World Class Grooming clinics!! The clinic at Apple Knoll Farm is coming up November 7-8, and you can learn first hand from Cat Hill and Emma Ford what it’s like to really care for a horse at the top level. Special demonstrations, surprise activities, and incredible offers from sponsors like FLAIR, Horseware of Ireland, and Equifit! [World Class Grooming Clinics]
Is your horse sweating enough? Definitely during the summer, but even now in the fall, your horse’s ability to sweat is incredibly important and can have a great impact on his or her performance capabilities. Anhidrosis, or the inability to produce sweat, is a more common issue than you think, and could be limiting your horse in his riding routine. Anhidrosis, to any degree, limits the horse in his ability to control his body temperature, causing a variety of other issues along the way. [Anhidrosis and Poor Performance]
Venezuela has been stripped of it’s gold medal for the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in show jumping following a rider’s positive medication test. Rider Pablo Barrios was stripped of his individual gold medal after he was disqualified due to his blood pressure medication, which he was reportedly unaware that he had to declare. Colombia has been promoted into gold medal position in the light of these changes. Riders, remember! You also have to declare any medications you are on! Get a TUE! [Venezuelan Rider Tests Positive, Loses Gold Medal]
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KER ClockIt Session of the Week:
This is what an exceptionally fit horse’s cross-country round looks like. From the start box to the finish flags, this OTTB going Novice never got above a heart rate of 150. In studies performed earlier this year, KER researchers found many competing horses spent the entire duration of their cross-country rounds with HR above 175 bpm, and much of the time with HR above 200 bpm. See the research reports and try KER ClockIt Sport to see how your conditioning program stacks up.
A little Blair Castle & Ben Hobday for ya!
