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Bella Terra
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 PonyBox News Trending Who is Olop, you ask? Well, that is my new nickname for Polo. Read on, and I daresay the reason will soon become clear.
Those of you who know me will surely know that I am somewhat ‘lacking’ in the sanity division. In ...
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The seed to today’s White Turf Race was planted back in 1906 when a few brave souls raced between St. Moritz and the town of Champfèr, standing on skis and harnessed to their galloping horses. The almost 10 km (6 mile) trip took the winning team just over 20 minutes. The event, ...
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Leela is starting to show great potential as a future trail horse. This week most of our highlights involved going out and seeing new sights on a ‘trail walk’ where she and a fellow competitor’s mustang were walked in hand out on the trail. ...
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I know you all expect me to insult and offend, and insensitively try to make comedy from this tragedy, but that is not what I am going to do. Olivia Inglis, competing at two star on her horse Coriolanus at only 17 years of age, was devastatingly crushed to death in a rotational f ...
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I’d just hit the three weeks of training mark with my wild Extreme Mustang Makeover horse, when things really got rocky. Something was going on... either the way I trained was not working on this mustang in particular or there is just something not right with Leela. ...
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The second week with my Extreme Mustang Makeover mare, Leela was full of ups and downs. Progress always comes with steps forward as well as steps back. Now that she has been accustom to living in a stall and walking to the round pen, I’ve discovering how difficult it is to perfor ...
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In a makeover, trainers are typically randomly assigned a wild, unhandled BLM mustang between the ages of four and seven and allotted about 100 days to completely transform their untrained and untamed horse into a willing partner. After the competition the top ten placing trainer ...
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The start of the Rio Summer Olympics is just a few months off. The test events for eventing, stadium jumping and dressage, held in August 2015 were deemed successes by organizers. But it seems as with every other big event, there are many stumbling blocks and mini-dramas before ...
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The horses used in horse tripping competitions are usually mares. Lightweight horses are preferred as these horses are easier to take down when the roper pulls back on the lasso. During these competitions horses sustain many injuries. The horses are often pitched to the ground wi ...
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In North America, the U.S. Pony Racing association offers Shetland racing both on the flat and over hurdles. Some of these races take place at the legendary Pimlico Racetrack in Maryland, the same track that hosts the Preakness Cup. Pony racing also takes place at the Maryland St ...
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Olympic Equestrian competition has been a tradition since 1912, although it was part of the very first Summer Olympics in 1900. The ancient Olympics began in about 776 BC and were held every four years until about 394 AD. But that tradition of the modern Olympics with a run of ov ...
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After my Pan Am dressage experience I couldn’t wait to attend the cross-country portion of the eventing competition. The Toronto 2015 competition was a FEI** event, with riders from North and South America vying for a team medal. The site was a newly built course in the rolling ...
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As I write this the Calgary Stampede is in full swing. A few days after it began, a horse was killed during a chuckwagon race. It was an unfortunate occurrence but the injury was not something unusual for race horses. Chuckwagon racing is very exciting for spectators as it provi ...
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The Pan Am Games aren’t as high profile as the WEG or the Olympics, but for those of us in the Greater Toronto Area, they are providing an exciting opportunity to see international competition and many young rising stars headed for the 2016 Olympics. I’m lucky that the equestrian ...
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Almost every country in the world has an governing body that oversees rules and regulations of horse competitions, specifically those sanctioned by the international body, Federation Equestre International or FEI. The United States Equestrian Federation was established in 1917 an ...
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In horse racing, the two minute mile is still the ultimate quest. In 1973, Secretariat ran the Belmont Stakes with a mile in 1:59.40. Only one other horse has run under that time, although failing to maintain the speed over the entire 1 1/4 miles, finishing 2/5 of a second over S ...
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Did you realize that American Pharoah’s name is misspelled? My spellcheck picked it up right away! The Thoroughbred’s breeder, Zayat Stable held a contest to name their two-year-olds. And, the woman who submitted the winning name claims she checked the spelling before submitting ...
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I’ve got tickets to see dressage and cross country jumping at the Pan-Am Games in July, and I’m so excited! Tickets are on sale now, and going fast, so thankfully, my daughter grabbed them early. Long side dressage tickets were a little pricey, so I’ll be sitting on the short sid ...
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There are different competitions for tractor and horse drawn plowing. But all are judged on the same criteria. I was lucky to meet a gentleman with a keen interest in the events and he took the time to explain the basics. Each competitor has a specific time to plow their plot of ...
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Back in 2011, my daughter and I attended an evening of the National Rodeo Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m not a big rodeo fan, but local rodeos are a small affair and the opportunities to see a big event are rare. I’m also not a fan of the roping competitions where scared calves ...
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The eventing world has again attracted some unwanted attention following the unfortunate deaths of two top riders on one day. Thirty-year-old Canadian Jordan McDonald died after falling during an event in Somerset. Twenty-five year-old German rider Benjamin Winter was killed duri ...
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The World Equestrian games are headed for Canada. As the FEI narrowed its choices for where the 2018 Games will be held, two contenders remained. Bromont Horse Park near Montreal, Quebec and Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington, as you may remember hosted the 2010 WEG. Bromont was the ...
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Have you watched a video released by PETA called Horse Racing's Daily Double: Drugs and Death? It's a 9 minute exposè of the horse racing industry's use of drugs to enhance performance and mask injuries and lameness. The video starts out by stating that 24 horses per week die on ...
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For almost three years I leased a mare named Queenie. Recently, Queenie and I competed at the Illinois State Junior Horse Show in a few different classes. Our first class was Hunter Horse Over Fences and it was not very pretty at all. The course consisted of 2'9 to 3' jumps, but ...
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The winter Olympics are over, and truthfully, it's a bit disappointing that there was really nothing for the equestrian crowd, except Russia's brief nod to the horse during the opening ceremonies. Over the years, a few equestrian sports have been tried. Ski-joering was a demonstr ...
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In terms of really huge equestrian events, 2013 was a relatively quiet year. The excitement of the 2012 Olympics was long over and the 2011 Pan-American games a dusty memory. The last World Equestrian Games was held in 2010. Of course, the Quarter Horse Congress is an annual even ...
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You can now smell the 2014 show season. What better way to get your mind in gear for a strong season than a few motivational videos. Hopefully the lessons learned from 2013 have built a new foundation to grow into the new year. Here's to getting up early, working harder than ever ...
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There are lots of ideas for games beyond the traditional speed games already mentioned. If you have riders who are beginners, you might want to include games that don’t require a lot of riding skill, and where the horse may be led. Consider a slow race, where the winner is the la ...
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When I was still in grade school, I visited the booth of the Canadian Equestrian Team at the Royal Winter Fair. For a small donation, I received a ribbon slip printed with gold lettering that said, 'I support the Canadian Equestrian Team.' For weeks afterwards, I wore the ribbo ...
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Every year, my sister hosts long distance rides, usually endurance rides, mileage or set-speed rides, on her farm. Recently, one pasture field filled up with trailers, horses, riders and many volunteers. Endurance rides are basically a race — the winners are judged by who is firs ...
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Since the beginning of time, there has always been a certain communication barrier between horses and humans, mostly due to our unfortunate inability to learn to speak their language. This dictionary serves to break down that barrier by proving riders with a translation for what ...
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