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Comment by Standardbred Fan Club on November 3, 2012 at 6:16pm

Message For All Horse Lovers .... Please assist us with this endeavour and feel welcome to pass this on, thank you.

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The Standardbred Horse Fan Club submitted an idea for a Canada Retirement Foundation for Thoroughbred and Standardbred race horses to the Aviva Fund. The idea was accepted two days ago and we are now scrambling to try to raise votes by Monday (end of the second round of votes). If anyone can help with a vote, we will succeed and may be eligible for a grant for the Foundation for $50,000 to $100,000 - a good start for sure. Please assist us - our race horses deserve better than what they receive after their racing efforts http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf16017

Comment by Katharine Lark Chrisley on November 26, 2011 at 5:19pm

We added "The Elderquestrian Guide" to our store! It is a manual for all mature horse lovers & riders in Ebook format. http://www.dharmahorse.info/A-GUIDE-FOR-ELDERQUESTRIANS-017.htm

Comment by maureen hall on August 3, 2011 at 6:05pm

Thanks everyone - liz - you could probably show every weekend here if you wanted - there are quite a few gold shows, not so many silver and lots of bronze and schooling shows.  We are lucky.  During the summer I hope to show him at least 3 times at the gold shows and the champs - I probably won't show much over the winter as both my sons have green horses and they will need to do some schooling shows over the winter.

 

Comment by Liz Keane on August 3, 2011 at 4:17pm

Fab Maureen. Do you go to lots of shows. We only have dressage once a month here in Ireland.

Comment by Mary-Joe Figueira on August 2, 2011 at 9:16pm

That is great Maureen. That definitely is something to write about.

Mary-Joe

Comment by Jennifer Moore on August 2, 2011 at 2:03pm

Well done Maureen!  I drove by RCRA on Saturday and thought of you - I had seen you post that you'd be there.  Congrats!

Comment by Tamara Hurst on August 2, 2011 at 11:14am

Beauty pic, Maureen, congrats!

Comment by maureen hall on August 2, 2011 at 10:53am

looks like no one has posted on hear for a while - so I will - my  homebred 4 yr old and I just won the AA Training Championship at a Gold Dressage show on the weekend  - here is a pic.

 

Comment by Michele Soucie on March 13, 2011 at 1:50pm

Looking forward to Spring and lots of Sunshine> The warmth helps to get the old bones moving again more easily>>LOL>>Happy Trails to All>>

Comment by Jo Belasco on February 9, 2011 at 5:57pm

Jeanne, first make sure there isn't a neurological problem that is causing him to drag his feet.  I'm not sure how you can do that if he's not your horse, but it sounds as if you're interesting in buying him.  :-) 

If there isn't anything neurological, or if you can't get that kind of exam, but you can work him, then do work over trot poles with him.  Just in case you've never used them, I'll explain them.  Put a few poles (jumping poles or wooden poles) down (3-5) on the ground.  Space them about a stride or two apart.  You can either lead him, lunge him, or ride him over them.  The trot poles will make him engage his hindquarters, thereby lifting his back feet.  Start at a walk and progress to trot and canter.  You can vary the number of poles and how close/far apart they are.  This is work for a horse - they have to lift their back legs, so it's similar to us doing squats.  It's a fantastic exercise!  Good luck with him, and please let us know how it goes.  :-)

 

Jo

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