The Women’s Horse Industry is pleased to announce that My Racing Heart will participate at the Women’s Horse Industry Conference November 3-4 in Louisville, Kentucky.
My Racing Heart, Inc, a Kentucky 501c3 funding non-profit, grew out of love for horses — pure and simple. With the heroic struggle of Barbaro, the tragedies of Exceller and Ferdinand added to the drama of Eight Belles and Cloud’s Herd, the time was ripe for another kind of funding assistance – this one targeted towards women helping Kentucky’s horses.
Since its founding in 2008, My Racing Heart has donated over $4000 worth of grant funds to the following deserving equine charities; The Luci Center for Therapeutic Riding (Shelbyville),The Backside Center for Learning “Groom Elite” program at The Kentucky Derby Museum (Churchill Downs), Speak Up for Horses equine abuse seminars for municipal and state officials (Frankfurt) Our Mims Broodmare Retirement Haven (Paris),The Exceller Fund adoption and re-training program (Lexington), Old Friends (Georgetown) and Mountain View Rescue for their brood mare yearling herd. Kate Richards Wilt, the Founder is a life-long race fan and a two bit handicapper who runs the organization without taking a salary. Semi-retired, Ms. Wilt is a graduate of Stephens College and was formerly affiliated with the US Olympic Committee and the Miller Brewing Company. She is also a Kentucky Colonel but never seems to get anyone to address her as such. Prior to the Conference will be a garage sale of the remaining bottles of MRH perfume at $25 a bottle as well as the introduction/debut of a test market for the newest fundraising product. All proceeds from the perfume sales at the conference will be targeted towards a February grant offering. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8155
Come join us for the 2009 Adequan/USDF National Convention and Symposium, December 2 through December 6. Start the week by attending three days of business and education, with famous speakers discussing topics such as: Finding Emotional Balance, Jane Savoie; Dealing with Conflict, Tom Blackwood; and Balanced Rider -Balanced Horse, Hilary Clayton. Participate in the incredible Silent Auction, which benefits the Youth Executive Board Scholarship Fund. Attend the Board of Governors General Assembly (BOG), and have a chance to win an eclectic gift basket from Group Membership Organizations (GMOs) throughout the nine Regions.
Complete the week by attending two days of Symposium beginning the morning of Saturday, December 5. During Symposium the main topic will be “Communication between Horse and Rider” featuring Olympian, Jan Brink. Watch and learn as riders from beginning to advanced levels demonstrate their performance improvements while being coached by Jan. Click here for a personal invitation! Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8149
So many people ask me what it looks and feels like when a horse is on the bit. So here are some tips for you:
When a horse is on the bit, here’s what he’ll look like:
His entire outline from back to front looks round.
His hind legs step actively underneath his body, his back is up and swinging, his neck is long and low enough to be in line with the “power train” of his hindquarters, his poll is the highest point, and his nose is about 5 degrees in front of the vertical
From the saddle his neck is widest at the base (just in front of the withers) and becomes progressively narrower as you get closer to his ears.
From the side, his neck looks longish and relatively low rather than up in the air and short. He’s “pumped” up or “blooming” at the base of his neck. There’s no dip just in front of his withers.
When a horse is on the bit, here’s what he’ll feel like:
He’s one unit rather than a jumble of “disconnected parts”.
He’s more comfortable to sit on because his back is relaxed.
In trot and canter, he feels like a beach ball bouncing along.
His back (behind the saddle) is up and swinging rather than dropped and tense.
His energy is self-perpetuating. The power comes from behind, over his back, through his neck, and gets recycled back to his hind legs. But if your horse, let’s say, is crooked and pops his shoulder out, the energy is going to go diagonally across his body. Then, you’ll have to use your driving aids again to recreate the energy.
You feel like anything is possible within the next step. For example, he can immediately go from trot to canter. Or he can immediately go from working canter into a canter lengthening. Or he can promptly do a canter depart.
If you’re not sure if “anything is possible” within the next step, ask for one of those transitions. If it’s easy to do, then you know that your horse is on the bit.
Senator Landrieu, Congressman Grijalva Join Public in Calling for an Immediate End to the Mismanagement of the West’s Living Legends
LOVELL, WY – September 17, 2009 — Once wild and free, living in spectacular sub-alpine meadows designated by Congress as their home, 57 wild Mustangs now wait in dusty pens in the 90 degree heat. The BLM pens sit at the base of the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range of Wyoming and Montana. The corrals offer no shade for the wild horses, now branded, with ropes and numbers around their necks. 19-year-old Conquistador is no longer a proud band stallion. He is number 5336. 21-year-old Grumpy Grulla is no longer a lead mare. She is number 5321.
The Pryor Mountain wild horses have been made world famous by the popular PBS Nature series that has followed the pale Palomino Stallion “Cloud,” throughout his lifetime. The third program will air this Fall in October, but many of the horses the world will meet next month are among those being put up for sale and adoption at the Britton Springs corrals in Lovell, WY on Sept. 26th. “They are losing what they value most – their freedom and their families,” says Ginger Kathrens, Volunteer Executive Director of the Cloud Foundation. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8143
Following consultation with National Federations, riders and event organisers, the FEI Bureau today decided that Great Britain and Belgium will both be relegated from the Meydan FEI Nations Cup. The two teams finished the 2009 season in eighth place on equal points ahead of the Italians, who are also relegated.
The two highest placed teams in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup Promotional League Final, which will be held in Barcelona (ESP) on 20 September, will be promoted to the FEI Nations Cup Top League for the 2010 season. The procedure for next year will be the relegation of three teams and the promotion of two teams in order to reduce the number of teams to eight in 2011.
“This decision was taken in the best interest of the sport,” FEI President HRH Princess Haya said. “This is the very first time I have seen all the elements of our sport joined together in a common vision. The FEI, the National Federations, riders and organisers are convinced that the eight-team format is the only sustainable format ensuring the safe future of our sport.”
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