Traverse City, MI – May 3, 2010 – Horse Sports by the Bay, Inc. is pleased to announce that Hagyard Equine Medical Institute’s Sport Horse Program will once again provide the official veterinarians for the Horse Shows by the Bay Equestrian Festival. Horse Shows by the Bay is a month-long equestrian festival held at the beautiful Flintfields Horse Park in Traverse City, MI, July 14-August 1. Many of the top horses and riders from all over the country travel to northern Michigan for this unique horse show experience, and those horses will receive the best care, thanks to the experienced veterinarians from Hagyard Equine Medical Institute.
Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, one of the leading providers of equine healthcare, offers veterinary service to horse shows through the Hagyard Sport Horse program. This division of Hagyard Equine Medical Institute specializes in the care and maintenance of show horse athletes, bringing the same quality of treatment to sport horses that the practice has provided for the race horse and breeding industries. The Hagyard Sport Horse program incorporates comprehensive services, therapies and performance horse management to serve horses that compete across the country on a national level. The program is led by Duncan Peters, DVM, MS and Holly Schmitt, DVM.
Dr Gerd Heuschmann, (www.gerdheuschmann.com) a veterinarian and well known dressage rider/trainer, author of the book “Tug of War” and the DVD “If Horses Could Speak” is coming to St Augustine for a book signing, lecture and two day riding clinic, October 29 through November 1st, 2009.
No charge for being a guest at the book signing, lecture is $50, riding (which includes Dr Heuschmann riding your horse) is $250, and auditing both days and lecture $125. If you wish to audit only the cost will be $80 for both days, $45 for one day.
Dr. Heuschmann was trained as a Bereiter (master rider) in Germany before qualifying for veterinary study at Munich University. There he specialized in equine orthopedics for two years before accepting a post as the head of the breeding department at the German Equestrian Federation. Dr. Heuschmann is a founding member of “Xenophon”, an organization dedicated to “fighting hard against serious mistakes in equestrian sports”. He is the author of the “Tug of War” and the DVD “If Horses Could Speak” which is the basis for his world-wide lectures.
By describing the basic anatomy and physiology of the horse, Dr. Heuschmann identifies widely-used incorrect training methods- especially in dressage- that can undermine a horse’s health and well being and offers the rider solutions that do not cause pain or fail to respect the mental habits and physiological needs of the horse. His dynamic teaching on the biomechanics of correct riding and proper training result in the horse’s improved mental and physical condition.
BOOK SIGNING
Thursday October 29, 2009
5pm-7pm
The Gift Horse
716 Orange Ave N
Green Cove Springs, FL 32043
(904) 529-8225 www.thegifthorse.us
LECTURE
Friday October 30, 2009
7pm
Comfort Suites at the World Golf Village�
475 Commerce Lake Dr.
Saint Augustine, FL, US, 32095
Phone: (904) 940-9500
RIDING CLINIC
Saturday October 31 and Sunday November 1, 2009
8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Two Son Farm
8050 CR-208
St. Augustine, Florida 32092
Phone: (904) 759-4390 www.twosonfarm.com
CHIO Aachen organisers: “No alternative to our stance”. The Isabell Werth case underlines the need for a new beginning.
Chio Aachen
FEI.org: Aachen, June 24th, 2009 The organisers of the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen, see the positive doping result of Isabell Werth’s horse Whisper, announced today, as confirmation for their stance in their rigorous anti-doping battle. “The Isabell Werth case proves that there is no alternative to our viewpoint. The equestrian sport needs a new beginning,” commented Michael Mronz, General Manager of the Aachener Reitturnier GmbH. This new beginning is to be guaranteed by an independent Commission implemented by the German Olympic Sports Association, under the Chair of the former Constitutional Court Judge, Udo Steiner. “We supported the German Equestrian Federation from the very beginning in their decision to disband the German team and install this independent Commission. The current development shows that this is the right approach,” said CHIO Show Director, Frank Kemperman. “We welcome Isabell Werth’s preliminary suspension by the FEI,” continued Kemperman. Subject to the decision of the FEI tribunal, Isabell Werth will thus not be competing at the CHIO Aachen (June 26th – July 5th, 2009).
Independent of the Commission, the CHIO organisers already decided several weeks ago to intensively expand its anti-doping battle during the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen 2009. 42 stewards will be in action, statistically speaking, that is one steward for every eleventh horse. The staff members of the “Horse Watch Service” will be on duty at night to guarantee the round-the-clock monitoring of the horses.
The number of doping tests has been considerably increased, in this way every eighth horse in Aachen will be tested. All testing will be carried out by the independent doping inspectors of the MCP (Medication Control Programme). This guarantees the maximum quality and indefeasibility of the testing. In addition, a thermographic camera will be put to use in Aachen, which can detect irregularities on the legs of the horses. “Should any suspicion arise that substances have been applied to the skin of a horse, the veterinarians can immediately carry out further on-site inspections,” explained Frank Kemperman.
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