Green Cove Springs, FL – On Saturday, November 14, 2009, the North Florida Equestrian Society and North Florida Hunter-Jumper Association will host “Weekend for Warriors and Dinner in the Dirt” at the Clay County Fairgrounds on SR16. Throughout the day, beginning at 8:00 a.m., guests can view horsemanship clinics by certified John Lyons’ trainer, James Malcolm, and by noted clinician, Phil Rogers. A variety of children’s activities, therapeutic riding demonstrations, and a Hunter-Jumper Horse Show are part of the daytime activities.
Daytime activities and parking are free (donations are welcome and greatly appreciated), food concessions and merchandise vendors will be open for day and evening events. General admission (grandstand seating) tickets for the evening show, if purchased in advance are $10/adult, $8/senior or military, $5/children ages 6-14, and children under 6 are free. Advance purchase tickets are available at Lisa’s Feed (904-282-4341), Two Time Tack and Feed (904-262-7574), Feed N’ Time (904-825-1783), The Gift Horse (904-529-8225), Bent Creek Feed (904-777-3838), and Russell’s Feed (904-291-5725). Ticket prices at the gate on event day are higher, $15/adult, $12/senior military, $8 children 6-14, with children under 6 still free.
Dinner in the Dirt is preceded by cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 p.m. At 7:00 p.m., the dinner, catered by Le Pavilion of St. Augustine, will seat attendees where they can watch, up close and personal the evening show. The evening show features performances by Herrmann’s Royal Lipizzan Stallions, Denny Chapman’s Wild West Show, and an array of equine therapeutic demonstrations. The Master of Ceremonies for the evening will be Mary Baer, of the local TV station, Channel 4. Preceding the show a Military Color Guard will present the colors and there will be a ceremony honoring military personnel. Reserved seating for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and Dinner in the Dirt is $65 per person or $500 for a ten-top table. Reservations must be received no later than November 1, 2009. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8528
The Women’s Horse Industry Association is pleased to announce that Pat Cleveland will speak at the upcoming conference November 3-4, 2009 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Cleveland, who owns Red Leaf Farm in Dohan, Alabama, has been studying horse and riders for years. Her more than eight years of study and research has lead her to some astounding findings.
Using this research, she founded The Balanced Horse, the Straight Forward Horse and Straight Forward Riding systems. These educational systems focused on natural balance and posture that generated true self carriage of the horse. Her philosophy produced horse/rider combinations that were successful in Dressage, Eventing, saddle seat and racing. The Balanced Horse LLC, a mobile Equine Therapy and Consulting service grew to provide support for horse owners in 4 countries. With the growing need for consistent care in a holistic or naturopathic sense, she started a rehabilitation center. Employing the gestural language system of the Straight Forward Horse and Balanced Horse, she has identified a series of bio-mechanical issues that traced back to a primary trauma. In 2009, she closed this private research project and has correlated the findings, researched the facts and documented the data. “With results that are reproducible, protocols that are advancing a holistic approach, I have crossed the boundaries of conventional Medicine and Tradition healing, to enter into the domain of Organic Healing,” she states. Her presentation is entitled “The Balance Horse Project: A study in organic horse rehabilitation.” Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8520
October 17th, 2009 – After a summer dominated by equine superhero Sea the Stars, Newmarket racecourse presented yet another sensational day of high class racing, the only day of the year in Britain to stage six group races. With record prize money of £1,206,000, the clash of champions old and new raced on the most historic stretch of turf in the world – and Champions Day could not have had a more welcome outcome.
Newmarket based trainer Henry Cecil received a hero’s reception from the emotional crowd when Twice Over was victorious in the final European leg of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge – the Group 1 Emirates Airline Champion Stakes. Henry has been a successful and popular figure in the racing industry for four decades and fittingly last year’s runner-up to New Approach made up for defeat when given a confident and stylish ride by jockey Tom Queally.
Twice Over, bred by Juddmonte Farms, is now guaranteed a place in the $3 million (US) Emirates Airline Breeders Cup Turf in Santa Anita although this four year old son of Observatory is more likely to be aimed at the $5 million (US) Breeders Cup Classic. Prince Khalid’s Juddmonte Farms look set to be well represented at the Breeders’ Cup and are likely to have entries with Zacinto (TVG Breeders’ Cup Mile), Midday (Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf) and Spanish Moon (Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Turf). Father Time may go for the Marathon and Famous Name could run in the Dirt Mile. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8518
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