All articles in ‘Competing’

to rollkur or not to rollkur? Vote here.

Posted by Beryl on Apr 28, 2010 • (0)

http://poll.fm/1uwdj

Happy Ending

Posted by Kylie & Gem on Apr 26, 2010 • (0)

Gem threw her little frothy as you know at a show 2 weeks ago..she just got herself over excited..just wasn’t settled..and Kylie said she wasn’t listening to her at all so we didn’t jump and took her home. I sneakily put a scoop of calm mix in the morning feed the next time she rode…didn’t [...]

Not a Good Show

Posted by Kylie & Gem on Apr 26, 2010 • (0)

Not a great report for you this time.. think the hols have thrown things out of wack..Kylie didn’t ride on saturday’s show as planned. Gem seemed a bit offish when we arrived at the stables..but she was quiet..not hyped. However, within half an hour of getting to the show she got unsually fidgety and wasn’t listening, and, [...]

Carl & Billy – the Latest

Posted by carl on Apr 26, 2010 • (3)

I completed the 81 km ride at Leandra in the blazing heat, although not nearly in a record time. I rode with Jenni, and a few other friends in a group, but held back even more the last leg of 12 km with Jenni, as my aim was to help her finish, and also [...]

Tammy at HOY 2010

Posted by Beryl on Apr 26, 2010 • (1)

Horse of the Year 2010 was a great success. We placed 5th in the Thoroughbred show riding class against some very tough competition. My girl was a star and I think she looked great!

Carl de Campos

Posted by Beryl on Oct 14, 2009 • (10)

The Herbal Horse is fantastically, overwhelmingly, ecstatically proud to be a sponsor of Carl de Campos and his horse, Billy. Carl is a completely blind endurance rider. He has just completed his first Fauresmith 200km ride. And his horse, Billy is using Farriers mix to help his problem hooves grow out strong and hard.

Find out more about [...]

Dear FEI. I am confused.

Posted by Beryl on Sep 17, 2009 • (8)

Firstly, let me tell you that I am an absolute fan of drug free sport. For two reasons:

Some drugs give you an unfair advantage over your competitors. Steroids, for example, make you stronger – with bigger muscles than you’d ever get without using them.
Some drugs mask pain, allowing you, for example, to run a marathon [...]

SA Equestrian – Olympic Gold

Posted by Beryl on Jul 6, 2009 • (2)

South Africa winning Gold at the Equestrian Olympics. Not likely.
Harsh, but true.
We’ll be up against the deadly serious Germans, the fearless New Zealanders, the desert rider Arabians and the wily Japanese. And all of them have more experience than us.
We have to have a plan.
After a lot of thought, I’ve come up with a very [...]

Energy in the Endurance Horse

Posted by Beryl on Apr 22, 2009 • (0)

Ever wondered how your endurance horse converts last night’s dinner into today’s performance? This is how he does it.The horse’s body converts feed into energy storage molecules (glycogen, glucose and free fatty acids). During exercise, a horse’s muscles need ATP (adenosine triphosphate), in order to contract . There are two processes in the horse’s body, [...]

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