Haley Franc of Prince Albert, SK, won the gold medal in the Junior Riders Individual Final in Reining on July 21 at the 2012 Adequan FEI North American Junior Young Rider Championships. The Championships, presented by Gotham North, were held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Franc, riding Jacs Shy Boy, her own […]
Olympic athlete biographies available on http://www.fei.org/ It’s the final countdown to tomorrow’s Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games and the FEI is pleased to let fans of equestrian sport know that full biographies of all the athletes that will be starring in Greenwich Park are available on the FEI website here. This new […]
On Friday, millions of spectators across the globe will focus their attention on the Opening Ceremonies to kick off the London 2012 Olympics. The extravagant ceremony, arranged by film director Danny Boyle of Slumdog Millionaire fame, is set to thrill Olympic Stadium in Stratford which will be packed with 62,000 spectators, 16,000 athletes, 10,000 performers, […]
Although the physiological needs of today’s performance horses are more than adequately met, the fulfillment of their psychological needs may be lacking.
Teacher, Trainer, Friend
Canada's High Performance Coaching Certification in Transition
Surviving the circuit
Eric Lamaze and Eddie Creed
Some horses only develop them once or twice in a lifetime; others can have chronic problems. In either case, abscesses are extremely painful for horses.
In the April 2009 issue we took a look at research that is being carried out at the vet schools. Today, we catch up on a number of those projects.