Spending the day at the TAB may be fun but now you can watch horse races online as well. Here are three sites you might like to take a look at.
Can’t get to the track or the telly for a big race? If you can get to a computer or have a mobile phone with Internet capability, you can still see the races.
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Here is the second book review for a book written by Mark Rashid. I found that once I finish one book, I get a craving for another one that he wrote! Fortunately, he has written several…
Title: Life Lessons From A Ranch Horse
Publisher and Year Published: Johnson Books, 2003
Rashid’s fourth book is about his relationship with a special horse named Buck. Rashid gleans a lot of information about handling horses and life from the relationship and experiences with this particular equine partner. His horse calmly, patiently, and persistently challenges him to become a better trainer and ultimately, a better person.
He reminds us that great teachers are not just of the human kind.
Image from Arrowmaker Ranch
In the last 20 years, DNA testing technology has become both equally complicated and commonplace.
Pair this ease of genetic testing with a rage for horses of exotic and unusual colors and the result has been previously unknown locations of the equine genome. One of these genes has been labeled the champagne gene due to its very unique phenotype (what the horse actually looks like).
Champagne colored horses have no doubt existed prior to genetic testing, but were often registered as a more common color such as palomino simply because that was the closest known match. After seeing a champagne horse it is easy to understand the confusion. In an effort to more accurately trace the champagne gene, The International Champagne Horse Registry was created. This registry has mapped the likely history of the equine champagne gene in addition to documenting known champagne horses.
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1. You are a unique and special part of the herd.
2. Bachelors and boys come and go, but the love of a horse and herd lasts forever.
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Book Title “A Good Horse Is Never A Bad Color”
Publisher and year of first publication Johnson Books, 1996
Author Mark Rashid
Website www.markrashid.com
Underneath that coat, your horse can be good as gold, so treat him appropriately
When it comes to sentimental movies and a few well-written novels that I have read over the years, I admit that it is not all that difficult to bring me to tears with a good story.
I was surprised, however, when it happened in the midst of the first chapter in a book written by a horse trainer.
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In conventional medicine, where doctors are sworn to obey the Hippocratic oath that includes the mandate do no harm, the suppression of symptoms is the norm, not the stimulation of healing.
Perhaps I was able to open myself up to the possibilities of homeopathy because I was daily in my job reading about the side effects of the drugs that I was selling, the drugs that needed to be used chronically because they were not curing the patients but merely suppressing symptoms. The side effects then needed a new prescription for a pill to suppress the side effect.
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When you find out that your horse’s death is a very real possibility, it becomes easier to make giant leaps of faith off the cliffs of indecision.
I was a brainwashed pharmaceutical representative at the time I first came across something called homeopathy, and as such I was darned skeptical of it. Homeopathy was a little mysterious and not completely understood by me (or many others), but there had been little improvement for my horse in a severe impaction colic episode after two emergency vet calls over the space of a couple of days.
I had nothing to lose by trying this particular “quackery”.
HorseNet Horse Rescue (HNHR) is a 501(c)3 equine rescue & sanctuary with two locations in Maryland- New Windsor and Mount Airy.
HorseNet is a no-kill, anti-slaughter horse rescue that currently cares for about 100 horses.
HNHR is also 100% volunteer-run organization with no paid staff, so they’re always looking for new volunteers and donations!
HorseNet has many lovable and beautiful horses currently available for adoption, both ridable & companion animals. Anyone in the state of Maryland or anyone that resides 2.5 hours away from their facilities are eligible to adopt. An adoption contract and appointments are needed before adopting any horse.
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Heaven is high and earth wide. If you ride three feet higher above the ground than other men, you will know what that means. ~Rudolf C. Binding
It was the summer of 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. An accomplished rider named Lis Hartel from Denmark earned her place among esteemed Olympians when she claimed the silver medal in dressage.
Hartel was the first woman and the first civilian to earn a medal in the formerly male and military-restricted dressage competition of the Olympics; 1952 was the first year that dressage was opened up to include women and civilians.
Hartel may have been a civilian, but she was no stranger to battles or victories.
Horsesport has new owners and is coming back with a new look and new feel for all horse & pony lovers.
It will offer a comprehensive directory listing businesses from around the country which can be updated by the business owner directly.
Private classifieds are available for everything equestrian and will allow the vendor to use our interactive ad creation tool. With the possibility of becoming advertiser of the month and getting a top placing.
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