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20 March 2010

Deer just culled on Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, had TB

 
 
Save Chailey Common
Chailey Common, East Sussex.

For hundreds of years people have been able to ride on Chailey Common

Now East Sussex County Council, Natural England and the Chailey Commons Society want to completely fence it in. Local riders are against the proposal

Read the evidence which has just been presented to DAY THREE of the Public Inquiry

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Bob Milton The Government is urging more and more recreational use of the countryside Over 1.5 million riders regularly use the countryside. Yet their requirements are being more and more ignored.

Read Bob Milton's latest briefing paper, Conservation or Obstruction of Public Access

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LEARN TO “LOVE RIDING” WITH
LOCAL CELEBRITY TEACHER MINETTE RICE-EDWARDS

MINETTE RICE-EDWARDSHow has your 2010 started? Did you keep those New Year promises about getting fitter and having a more balanced lifestyle? Have you been in good spirits or sluggish? Are your resolutions intact, or in tatters? If you fancy an easy approach to taking some action then an introduction to horse riding could be a solution for you.

Love the idea of riding? Local celebrity riding teacher, Minette Rice-Edwards, opens her beautiful Jacobean stables to Richmond residents in a series of "Love Riding" sessions, beginning on Saturday April 24th, 2010. The sessions will include:

A tour of the unique 17th Century stables, with their late Georgian interior plus an introduction to the 14 resident horses, with an explanation of their daily routines; On-the-ground instructions about the basics of handling horses; One to one preliminary lesson on an experienced horse – "getting to know the riding essentials"; Full personal diagnosis of the rider’s position, and likely strengths for further development Refreshments provided in Minette’s walled garden Special offer price for Minette’s new DVD, "Understanding the Art of Riding".

No previous experience is necessary and the "Love Riding" groups will be limited to a maximum of six to eight people to ensure one on one attention.

The lessons will take approximately two and a half hours and costs just £40.00. They will start at 2.30pm at Ham House Stables

If you are interested please call Minette on: 07711 422 307 or email her at:minette.re@googlemail.com or see her website: art-of-riding.com

 
 


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Gold Cup glory for Imperial Commander
Imperial Commander

Imperial Commander stayed on strongly up the final hill for trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies and jockey Paddy Brennan to land the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

The 7-1 chance travelled powerfully all the way and with Kauto Star falling four fences out, only 2008 Gold Cup winner Denman could stay with him on the turn for home.

Imperial Commander was easily travelling the best of the two, however, and after going ahead on the run to the last, he powered away on the run-in to win with seven lengths to spare.

Reigning champion Kauto Star, chasing his third Gold Cup success, had already made a horrendous mistake at the eighth fence before he came down when looking beaten.

Brennan said: "It's by far the best day of my life. I'm speechless. It was a dream the whole way."

"I've just got to take time to thank my boss (Twiston-Davies). He's the best boss ever - he's produced two horses this week (Imperial Commander and Champion Hurdle runner-up Khyber Kim) and I just had to steer them."

Twiston-Davies, who went on to record a treble on the day, added: "It's absolutely superb. I thought Kauto was in trouble some way out before he fell."

"All the hacks were saying he didn't stay, so we'll go for the Ryanair next year!"

"It's just absolutely brilliant. It's been very hard for us sat there with the third-favourite when all the talk was about Kauto and Denman, but we always knew we were going to win."

 
 
 
 
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Barbara Wigley

Barbara Wigley

They call her, Mrs Golden Horseshoe.

They also say you need lots of endurance to keep up with her.

For Barbara Wigley, a busy, fast-talking, no-nonsense, endurance rider is the driving force behind what over the years has become one of the great, legendary endurance rides in the world.

Not that there haven't been set-backs along the way. In fact, at one time it looked as though the days of the Golden Horseshoe, which today covers 100 miles of the toughest terrain in the country, were very nearly over.

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New Horse Trials in Lanarkshire for 2010
Horse Trials

British Eventing has just announced that the inaugural Drumclog Horse Trials will be held on the 21st August 2010, near the historic hamlet of Drumclog, on the outskirts of Strathaven, South Lanarkshire.

The event will be held at organizer Nesta Gilliland's home of Greenfield Farm, Drumclog.

Says Nesta, "We are very excited to be hosting Scotland`s only new BE Event in 2010 and the first ever BE event in Lanarkshire. The location is very central Scotland- so very well situated for all of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife and Ayrshire riders which are all around 1.5 hrs drive time away."

The event will be hosting BE90, BE100, BE100 Open plus a BE80 Training class.

Nesta`s husband David decided to diversify the family farming business to include equestrian facilities, and eventually had a BE standard cross country course built. The couple have been running hunter trials for over three years now and with the word spreading in the area about the excellent ground conditions, and encouragement from BE officials, the next move was to become a BE affiliated event. So, by popular demand, and with the support of Iain Graham, (former BE Regional Director for Scotland) Jeanette Brakewell (who uses the facilities for teaching) plus Fiona Muirhead and Muriel Colquhoun OBE, that is what the Gilliland's did!

The course is set in 200 acres of farmland and includes a large wooded area, undulating terrain, three sets of water, including a brand new water complex - which includes 8 different approaches.

Nesta commented on the BE80(T) course; "Since Greenfields started as a training facility, many of our fences were already suitable for the BE80(T) course which is a very important class to encourage riders into the sport."

Much of the course building will be done by David Gilliland himself, who was involved in helping to build at Thirlestane and laterally Oatridge for the last few years; David is a course builders bronze level candidate; Fiona Muirhead is the course designer and Douglas Weymouth will be TA for Drumclog.

 
 

 

 

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EMAGIN is The British Horse Society’s Geographical Information System If you are interested in becoming a volunteer for the BHS please either contact your Regional Development Officer, Claire McCaffery-Clarke – claire.mc@bhs.org.uk – or the relevant County Chairman.

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Exmoor Golden Horseshoe Ride, 2010

Golden Horseshoe Supports the British Endurance Team.

This year, the World Equestrian Games are in Kentucky, USA. As usual, the Horseshoe OC likes to do things differently, so our fundraiser is not a Sponsored Ride. Instead it is a Sponsored Walk!

Over the weekend of 17th/18th April, you can walk half of this year's Golden Horseshoe Ride route, accompanied by a guide. Entry fee is £10 and you will need to gain a minimum of £15 Carol Jones on Ptolemaussponsorship to take part. Approximately 12/13 miles will be covered on each day, with refreshments provided en route. Take this opportunity to:

** Check out this year's course
** Get yourself fit
** See the fabulous views you don't have time to appreciate when competing
** Help to send our team to Kentucky!

Carol Jones on Ptolemaus >>

See the Golden Horseshoe Website for more details.

In addition to raising money for the British Team, we are encouraging the competitors in both the Sunday Pleasure Ride and Trail Run at the Golden Horseshoe to raise sponsorship for 3 deserving and diverse charities.

cheque being presented to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance last year, riders at Tarr SteppsSponsorship raised in the Sunday Pleasure Ride will go to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, and Moorland Mousie Trust (with competitors choosing their prefered charity).

<< cheque being presented to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance last year, riders at Tarr Stepps

Sponsorship raised by competitors in the Trail Run is to go to Leukaemia Research.

Again, full information is on the website, together with a provisional timetable of the event and also downloadable maps of where this year's route will go.

For more information, visit www.goldenhorseshoe-ride.co.uk


 
 
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Paralysed rider sues motorcyclist for spooking horse and making it bolt
Michael Whitaker

A woman left paralysed after being thrown by her horse is seeking compensation, claiming an uninsured teenage motorcyclist caused her horse to bolt.

Shelley Jane Brown, 47, from Hove, claims the noise from Ian Surry's 250cc trail bike spooked her horse causing him to panic, jump a gate, and throw her off.

A former social worker, she broke her back in the 2006 accident near Shoreham-by-Sea, and is now facing a lifetime in a wheelchair, London's High Court has just been told.

Mr Surry, who was 16 at the time, was uninsured and unqualified to ride such a powerful bike, Ms Brown's counsel, Gordon Bebb QC, told the court.

 
 
 
 

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Pearson raises his voice in support of Sport Relief
Lee Pearson

GB’s most successful para dressage rider Lee Pearson has swapped test sheets for music scores to join the first ever Sport Relief choir. Led by inspirational choir master Gareth Malone from the hit TV show, 14 Olympic and Paralympic athletes have been brought together to perform a special live recital on BBC2.

Choristers also taking part include sporting heroes Roger Black, Steve Backley, Kriss Akabusi and Daley Thompson. A week of hard graft has unveiled hidden talents among the group, not least in Pearson who has been awarded one of only two solo parts in the performance.

"I hope all BD members will get behind me and donate as much as they can" commented Lee "Gareth is great but the training for this has been torturous, it’s all live and very scary!"

The money raised by Sport Relief is spent by Comic Relief and helps transform the lives of poor and vulnerable people, both at home and across the world’s poorest countries.

 
 
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Peak Park Chasers has one feature most other Courses do not have - vehicle access around the entire course. This has proved invaluable for everything from keeping a parental eye on young, inexperienced riders to helping professional coaches and trainers to help riders improve their riding skills.

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Moorland Rider’s new Horse Stuff Big Bag is the perfect place to put all your horse stuff.

The bag itself is made from 10oz cotton canvas and is ideal for carrying all that kit from the house to the stables, from the stables to the car and can even be used as a shopping bag!

‘The Horse Stuff Big Bag was launched at BETA and received really well,’ explains Caroline Graham from Moorland Rider. ‘The bag has a fun and novel design which was really popular and comes with a mini version which holds the big bag when it is folded up. The bag is also eco-friendly and has a huge capacity, you’ll be amazed how much it holds!’Horse Stuff Big Bag

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Good-bye, Lancelot
Lancelot

Thirty-year-old Lancelot, a 16.2hh black Irish draught gelding, worked at the Royal Mews for six years and before that had a long military career. During his time at the Royal Mews he carried the Sovereign Standard of the Life Guards on many parades and was the riding horse for the Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle.

Lancelot retired to The Horse Trust's Home of Rest for Horses in 2006, where he became best friends with Just Otto, another Royal Mews horse, who he had worked with at Windsor Castle.

"Lance was a real gentleman and was very popular with visitors," says Shirley Abbott, the Yard Manager at The Horse Trust. "He will be sadly missed by all who knew him, in particular by his best pal Otto and his groom Matt Bradley."

Shirley said that Otto was noticeably quieter for a few days after Lancelot passed away. She is looking forward to letting him and the other horses out onto the spring paddocks soon.

"Otto was very quiet for the first few days after Lance passed away. As the weather is finally warming up, we can let the horses out onto the spring paddocks soon, which will cheer Otto up."

The sanctuary is also mourning the loss of Pandora, who - at 55 years old - was the oldest equine living at The Home of Rest. Pandora, a blind 9.2hh light brown mare, came to the sanctuary in 2005 with her daughter Chloe, after their elderly owner was no longer able to care for them.

"Pandora was absolutely ancient, outliving her daughter Chloe by a number of years," said Shirley. "She was a very quiet old lady, although she used to shout when she could hear anybody about."

Both Lancelot and Pandora died of natural causes.

 
 

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All's well that ends well.
Five-hour battle to save horse trapped in well
Five-hour battle to save horse trapped in well

FIREFIGHTERS have just spent five hours digging a horse out of a 10ft well on farmland near Darwen, Lancashire.

Three crews and a rope rescue team were called to Lower Waterside Farm, Johnson New Road, in Waterside.

Kevin Birtwell of Darwen Fire Station, said: " The horse was trapped due to the depth, the confined space, and also the suction caused by the slurry. "

" With the help of a mechanical digger and shovels we began digging away at the side of the well."

" The intention was to create a ramp and a hole in the side so the animal could try to get out, or we could drag it out."

Five-hour battle to save horse trapped in well " The sides of the well had to be removed brick by brick."

" After five hours of rescue work the animal was dragged out by using a mechanical winch, lines, strops and sheer brute force."

The horse eventually got to its feet and was checked over by a vet.

 

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Gastric Uclers

Controlling Horse Gastric Ulcers

Controlling Horse Gastric Ulcers

Could feeding alfalfa hay help cure high-performance horses of stomach ulcers?

It’s commonly thought that horses turned out on pasture are better off than those that are confined, but if grass hay is the only hay they are fed, horses can still get gastric ulcers.

A change in diet can be good for what ails you – even if you are a horse.

Research from Texas A&M University shows that feeding alfalfa to horses that have the potential to be high performers either prevented or was therapeutic in treating stomach ulcers.

"Something in alfalfa hay tends to buffer acid production," says Dr. Pete Gibbs, Texas A&M Extension horse specialist.

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