I Met a Horse Whisperer
Have you ever thought how cool it would be to talk to animals like Dr. Doolittle? I had the opportunity to meet the horse whisperer Bill Northern last night and it was quite fascinating. He specializes in race horses and spends time helping to solve both their mental and physical problems. For those who have [...]
Urgent Notice on Dangers of Horse Hair
In a press release today, the National Institute of Health has announced the discovery of a potentially dangerous substance in the hair of horses.
This substance, called “amobacter equuii” has been linked with the following symptoms in females:
Reluctance to cook, clean or do housework
Reluctance to dress up, wear make-up, nice clothes or [...]
Horse Talk
So what do all of those horse terms, phrases and expressions really mean? Brad Krebs, president of the American Trakehner Association shed some light on them in the spring Trakehner Times. Here are a few of my favorites.
Horsing Around - comes from the idiom “horse play” describing young horses in various forms of rough or [...]
Is it too HOT for your Horse?
Lately I think it has been WAY to hot in Hotlanta to ride. Here is an interesting formula for determining if it is really to hot to ride your horse!
The Formula:
air temperature + relative humidity - wind speed = answer
Evaluating your answer:
180 or above don’t ride,
130-170 use caution
130 or below ride!
Determine: Temperature (F) + [...]
Enjoy the 2010 WEG Games on Your Desktop Now
2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games countdown clock and and backgrounds are now available.
You can now follow the countdown to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games on your computer. Countdown clock and wallpaper backgrounds are now available for free download at www.feigames2010.org.
The countdown clock tracks the number of days, hours, minutes, and [...]
World Equestrian Games Gears ups for Ticket Sales
Tickets for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will go on sale in a year –September 25, 2009. The announcement of ticket sales comes at the “Halfway There” Celebration with two years to go until the Games.
“We are excited to announce the much-anticipated on-sale date for tickets to the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian [...]
Dover Saddlery Opens in Alpharetta
The Big Red Horse, Trakehner stallion Favian and I are excited to share that the Grand Opening of Dover Saddlery in Alpharetta is the weekend of October 10 - 12. Just in time for the Holidays!
Dover features English riding apparel and tack and they are one of our favorite sources for bridles, saddles, saddle pads, [...]
NBC Offers Embeddable Olympics Widgets
Up-to-the-minute equestrian Olympic updates will also be available through NBC’s embeddable Olympics widgets. You can find out more about this series of widgets that aggregate all the latest news, photos and video on events and athletes at www.nbcolympics.com/widgets. Additional information on just the equestrian sports can be found at www.nbcolympics.com/equestrian/index.html
The Big Red Horse hopes you [...]
Free Olympic Equestrian Action
The Chronicle of the Horse is covering the equestrian activities at the Olympics through their blog. Don’t worry that you can’t jet to Hong Kong to watch the U.S. eventing, dressage and show jumping teams. If you are like the rest of us, you spent your travel money feeding and training your horse this summer!
Beth [...]
