Animals World - Horses - Part 1

Horsetalk.co.nz - horse news and information, health and breeding, forums, classifieds, equestrian directory and more! Renowned horseman Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling is in Australia for the first time for an eight-day event at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre next month. Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling reveals why he likes to ride without reins, even though sometimes reins are better. It often takes a terrible accident and plenty of publicity for changes to occur. In the past few days we've been following US Olympic dressage rider Courtney King-Dye, following a freak accident on March 3 in which she fractured her skull in a fall from a horse. The zebra who ran loose in Atlanta, Georgia, after escaping from a circus handler has been euthanised. Fundraising efforts to help with the medical expenses of injured dressage rider Courtney King-Dye have begun in earnest. Top-class showjumping mare Grande Dame is the latest competition horse to be cloned. Two men have been charged with killing wild horses in northern Nevada. Firefighters have lifted a mare to safety from a ditch at Emersons Green, in southern Gloucestershire, England. More than 260 veterinarians, stem cell researchers and other medical professionals have met in California for a conference on the use of stem cell therapy and regenerative medicine to treat horses and other animals. US thoroughbred owner and breeder Ernie Paragallo has been found guilty by a New York judge of 33 out of 34 animal cruelty counts. Doctors and neurosurgeons monitoring injured dressage rider Courtney King-Dye have reported small improvements in her condition, her husband, Jason Dye, says. The framework for discussions around the possible use of anti-inflammatory drugs in competition horses has been laid out by the sport's world governing body. Organisers of the New Zealand and Australian World Cup eventing qualifiers say a change in the event's format has meant it will be more equitable for Australasian-based riders. In just under a week's time the first of thousands of hooves will step foot in the main arena at the 2010 Kelt Capital Horse of the Year Show and Kevin Hansen will be a happy man. No riders from the North American league of dressage's World Cup series will take part in the final in The Netherlands later this month. Education on the likelihood of people picking up diseases from horses is the best source of prevention, according to a new safety campaign. The Tennessee horse impaled on a branch more than six weeks ago continues to make strides on his long road to recovery. Courtney King-Dye remains in a coma following a fall from a horse last week, but her mentor Lendon Gray was on hand at the weekend's Palm Beach Derby to accept a $US25,000 grant from Carol Lavel, won by the injured rider. Two simple devices developed by researchers will make the monitoring of respiratory problems in horses easier. The Scottish SPCA says 2009 was the worst year in recent memory for animal cruelty. One of the most mindless attacks happened in Fife when a newborn foal was slashed across the neck, receiving a deep eight inch wound. A cougar was responsible for an attack on a young horse in La Pine, Oregon, authorities say. Horse owners in the Midwest of the United States looking forward to spring after a harsh winter, could find nature throwing another curve ball. New Zealand eventing judge Nicoli Fife has been invited to be a ground jury member at the prestigious four-star Badminton Horse Trials in Britain in April. Dressage Olympian Courtney King-Dye remains in a coma following a fall from a horse last week, and her husband, New Zealander Jason Dye, said yesterday that there was no way of knowing the timeframe for her recovery. The Dartmoor Pony Training Centre is publicising a bid to seek homes for nine young ponies on behalf of an owner. Mara Dean pulled off a pillar-to-post victory in Florida's Red Hills International CIC***-W at Tallahassee at the weekend, which was the first leg of the HSBC FEI World Cup Eventing series. Results from New Zealand event riders at the weekend's horse trials events. The work of a charity dedicated to protecting endangered Dartmoor ponies has been recognised for its efforts. Professional dressage rider Heather Blitz has started a campaign to urge more riders to wear helmets, following Courtney King-Dye's accident last week. A top racehorse spooked by a massive hailstorm which hit Melbourne's Flemington racecourse on Saturday suffered serious injuries when he ran into a fence. Latest figures from the United States show racing remains in the doldrums. Hawera's Robert Steele and his horses Countryman and Gospel took out the quinella in the horse grand prix at the Carterton Showjumping and Show Hunter Championships yesterday. Dressage riders strapped on helmets at last week's Palm Beach Derby in Florida, a move which appeared to be prompted by Courtney King-Dye's serious accident on Thursday. An artist who took a gas-guzzling Hummer and turned it into a horse-drawn carriage says the work is a reflection of the current hard times. Comment: The Arabian horse community is in trouble. If we don't make some drastic changes soon, we will continue to see the number of members and registrations plummet. An advocate for American wild horses has received the top congressional award for 2009 from the Humane Society of the United States. This technique from the old-fashioned traditions of Chinese Medicine really works in treating old scar tissue in horses. Italian-born, US-based Angelo Telatin has been awarded the Fellowship of the British Horse Society following an intense two days of examination at Warwickshire College. Through the inspiration and help of two remarkable equestrians who have not allowed physical setbacks to deter them from their love of riding horses, the American Paint Horse Foundation (APHF) is launching an innovative "Back in the Saddle Program" to help injured riders pursue their passion. Triple Olympian and the 2009 Horse of the year Show Equestrian of the Year Richard Davison is to give a dressage masterclass at the British Open Show Jumping Championships next month. Up to 30 harness drivers, trainers, owners, and gamblers in Michigan are under investigation for race fixing. An equine venereal disease has been found in a five-year-old stallion in Devon, England. Ongoing testing of horses potentially exposed to equine infectious anaemia have failed to reveal any fresh cases. US Olympic dressage rider Courtney King-Dye is in a coma following a fall from a horse during a training session in Florida on Thursday. Endurance horse Amigo is recovering well after surgery that nearly resulted in his death. A complaint over a horse eating the mail was one of only a handful of glitches reported in Australia Post's 12-month-old "Safe Drop" programme. Three horses died when struck by a logging truck on a rural highway in Oregon early on Friday morning. The HSBC FEI World Cup Eventing series is adopting a new format for 2010, mirroring jumping's Nations Cup series. Ireland now has five riders in the Top 40 of the world's show jumping rankings, according to the latest figures published on Friday by the FEI. Join us as we speak with Kentucky's First Lady, Jane Beshear. Plus, all the news of the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games