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AP News Sun Mar 23, 2:07 AM ET LIHUE, Hawaii



A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn't considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed.



The man thought the patient would enjoy seeing his stallion, said Lani Yukimura, a spokeswoman at the hospital. He and the horse entered the hospital earlier this month and rode an elevator up to the third floor, where they were met and stopped by security personnel, Security managed to get… Continue

Hello everyone -

I wanted to send out a reminder about the upcoming

"EVERYTHING EQUINE EXPO & TRADE SHOW"

• Saturday May 10th, 2008

It is held every year in Uxbridge at Elgin Park and tons of fun

for details visit http://uxbridgehorsemen.org

There are lots of exhibits, a great trade show floor, clinicians talk about everything from…

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Royal Winds Farm is looking for a full time instructor/assistant trainer. Duties include teaching lessons and summer camps, some riding, some showing if they are qualified, and taking students to local level shows. We have a beautiful brand new facility, a busy lesson program, and a successful show team both locally and at the " A" shows.

We breed, train, sell and show high quality horses.

This unique facility has saddlebreds as well as Hunter/jumpers…

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US Eventing wants frangible pins compulsory



April 28, 2008





A frangible fence.

The US Eventing Association Eventing Standards Task Force is pushing to make frangible pins compulsory for all cross-country courses in the US.



The move follows the serious injury or death of several riders and horses in the sport recently. Frangible pins allow a jump to collapse if it is hit by a horse. The frangible pin, manufactured by Barriers International, was the… Continue

Imagine this - a dog dragged off the street, tied to a rope and starved to death in front of your eyes.

Last year such an 'installation' was witnessed at the Visual Arts Biennial of Central American, and despite protests, the 'artist', Guillermo Vargas Habacuc, is to repeat this installation again this year.

You can protest by clicking on to www.petitiononline.com/ea6gk/petition-sign.html

Please…

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Here is a compilation of some of the videos of The Saddle Club, a Discovery Kids Channel… Continue

Hi to everybody! Somebody here can maybe be of help on this matter with some advice?

Some friends in my stable complained that their horses had their hooves, up to the coronary band, gnawed by mice. We actually have some mice around and couldn't manage getting rid of them (we can't use venom in the stable and the dogs are lazy :-) ), but none of our horses have problems, only two of them. I had never heard of mice gnawing the horses' hooves before (not at least of healthy and standing…

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Here is a new Icelandic Horse colt, named Hroi:

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As Im new here I thought I should say "hello" and "thank you" for this wonderful web community.

Forgive me for not quite knowing how this works but I'd love to learn so feel free to explain!

Thanks again

Ami

(I am known also as Amilois)

La gimkana è una gara di velocità ed abilità del cavallo. Consiste in un percorso con diverse difficoltà da affrontare nel più breve tempo possibile, che in parte riproducono delle difficoltà che il cavaliere può incontrare in campagna: ad esempio cancelli da aprire e chiudere, piccoli salti, trasferimenti di oggetti (spostare anelli, bottiglie o altro) da un posto all'altro, paletti o barili da affrontare in velocità, ponticelli da oltrepassare, e altro.

E' una disciplina molto…

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