Give your geldings a big field, they say. Geldings say they’ll all eat the same plant at once. Photo by Kate Samuels.
Happy Fourth of July! For those of you lucky to have the day off work, I hope you enjoy a cookout, a pool, maybe some waterskiing, and most of all, the company of friends. Horses don’t know it’s a holiday though, so have a beverage in my name as I spend my day sweating and chugging water while covered in dirt.
National Holiday: Independence Day
U.S. Weekend Preview:
Maryland CCI & H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]
Chattahoochee Hills Summer II H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]
Coconino Summer I H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]
Twin Rivers H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]
South Farm H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]
Round Top H.T. [Website] [Entry Status] [Ride Times] [Live Scores]
Powder Basin H.T. [Website] [Entry Status/Ride Times/Live Scores]
News From Around the Globe:
The Retired Racehorse Makeover Marketplace is open! As a previous competitor of the RRP and real lover of everything they do, I highly suggest you check it out if you’re horse shopping. You will find every size, shape, age, and experience level of thoroughbred on there, located all over the US! [Makeover Marketplace]
With the summer heat in full effect, it’s important to monitor your horse’s electrolyte intake with exercise. Electrolytes are minerals dissolved in the blood and tissues of the body, which carry a positive or negative charge and can bind with another ion to make a ‘salt’. They help to preserve the correct balance of fluids in the body’s cells and are involved in muscle function and the processing of wastes. You can mix electrolytes with your horse’s water, or feed it regularly with concentrated feed, or give tubes during competition. [Why Electrolytes are Important]
How does the best dressage rider in the world school at home? Charlotte DuJardin never schools her tests at home, and barely even schools her extensions except at the competitions. She also doesn’t believe in drilling, unlike many other dressage riders. [Be Like Charlotte]
This week we said goodbye to a 15h Connemara gelding who completed Badminton in 1992. Well Done was competed by Frances Hooper, and the diminutive chocolate dun also completed Blenheim and Bramham during his career, and retired at the age of 17. He passed away this week at the age of 38 after a long and happy retirement. [15 hand Badminton Pony]
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