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Horsey Christmas Cards
2011-12-02 09:13:00 Shameless self promotion! So with December comes all the Christmas talk. Thought about Christmas cards yet? I love making use of SendOutCards online to be able to send cards out to anyone I like with pre designed cards, or ones that I create myself. There’s nothing like using a photo of a friend on their horse ... More About: General
Track Riding of Racehorses
2011-12-02 09:09:00 So there were some women being shown around the stables today. They were from Racing Victoria and Racing Tasmania. A couple of weeks ago we had two new staff start at the stables and one is keen to do track work. Through these women, it was determined that in January, Racing Victoria is holding a ... More About: Education , Career , Track
Horse Sitting
2011-11-25 09:30:00 So one of my students is actually undertaking an equine course to gain a qualification to attract clients. What does she do? Look after people’s horses for them whilst they’re away on holidays - what a great idea! At this point I only have one horse, and that is enough to worry about ... More About: Education , Career
Diamond Spirit by Karen Wood
2011-11-25 09:11:00 So one of my lovely students turned up in class the other week with a heap of horse books for me to add to my collection! I think I’ll be enjoying a few good reads from these! The first was a lovely surprise by Karen Wood . Diamond Spirit is set in Australia and written by an ... More About: General
2012 Science and Innovation Awards
2011-11-10 02:13:00 So one of the women at work forwarded this information onto me and I thought it worth sharing… note the deadline is only 8 days away though! ABARES is encouraging people to apply for the 2012 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, with applications closing 18 November. There are 12 individual ... More About: Education
Belladonna
2011-11-02 11:21:00 Now this book has taken me awhile to get through. That is solely due to a list a mile long of things I need to do (as opposed to want to!) and a lack of hours! I received Belladonna by Mary Finn in the post at the same time as Ghetto Cowboy. I absolutely love the ... More About: Book Review
Quincy the Horse Books
2011-10-21 00:47:00 So I must say, these are the first young children’s books that I’ve received in the mail to review - and I thoroughly enjoyed reading them and looking at the pictures! I was kindly sent along the first in the series, Quincy Finds a New Home, which was released in 2009 as well as ... More About: Books , Book Review
Food and Horses
2011-10-16 00:00:00 October 16th, 2011 marks yet another Blog Action Day. This year’s topic is food. What a fitting topic for horses! It seems to me that when horse owners fall on hard times financially, the cost of keeping horses becomes increasingly difficult. This seems to be especially so with regards to the need to purchase feed. Another ... More About: Education , Food , General , Horses
Blog Action Day 2011: Food
2011-10-12 02:35:00 I participate in Blog Action Day each year as I think it?s a great event. At times it?s been difficult to find a way to link the topic with an equine related blog. This year’s topic is food. Now this one can surely be related to horses! This year’s date is October 16, ... More About: Food , General
Grey Horse Saturday Workshops
2011-10-12 02:30:00 A colleague placed a flyer on my desk yesterday outlining a workshop that I felt was of interest and worth sharing. Head, Heart, Horse Aimed at horse owners who would like to improve their understanding horse/human dynamics. A 2.5 hour workshop for $30, it is being held on October the 22nd. Check out the Grey Horse Learning ... More About: Education , Saturday
Equine Assisted Learning
2010-10-25 04:08:00 I took a trip down the coast with a mate from Sydney not too long ago with the main focus being to stop in at Free Rein Australia, a place that offers Equine Assisted Learning /Psychotherapy. We stopped in for a chat on account of my curious mate researching this field with the view to enter it. ... More About: Education , General , Career
Water and Horses
2010-10-14 23:00:00 Today is Blog Action Day; this year?s topic being Water . Blog Action Day is an initiative to raise awareness on topics that are important globally. Consider taking the time to sign the petition with regards to providing water to those in need. Water is very much a relevant topic to horse owners. An important source that ... More About: Education , General , Horses
Higher Education
2010-10-08 03:32:00 So it’s the time of year in Victoria, Australia for VCE students to be considering what they want to do after year 12 and consequently put in applications for further education if this is the desire. Mature age students too may be applying for TAFE and University courses. Adjustments to funding by the government are ... More About: Education , General
Profile On: Cindy Jacobs, Equine Assisted Learning
2010-10-01 14:11:00 Being rather ignorant to equine types of learning/therapies, I was eager to go on a road trip with a mate who wanted to meet up with Cindy Jacobs of Free Rein Australia. Boy am I glad I did! It was a great day and very insightful. Cindy since then has kindly agreed to answer some ... More About: General , Profile , Learning
Blog Action Day 2010
2010-09-30 01:20:00 I participate in Blog Action Day each year as I think it’s a great event. At times it’s been difficult to find a way to link the topic with an equine related blog. However, this year’s topic is Water - hardly a difficult topic to relate to horses! So, October 15 look out for ... More About: Education , General
Living Legends Australia
2010-09-24 14:39:00 Located close to the William Inglis sales complex is a property - Woodlands Historic Park - now the home to many retired legends. These include Brew, Might and Power, Doriemus as well as many more. Soon to arrive are Apache Cat and Takeover Target. Once involved in taking many people for a ride at ... More About: Education , Living , Australia , General
Unexpected Encouragement
2010-09-16 00:00:00 So it’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted - sorry about that! I have a heap of ideas for upcoming posts but they require a bit of research and I’ve been spending lots of time on study, assignments, exams, work, my garden and horse! Whew, that’s a mouthful! On a side note, I got ... More About: General
Female Race Callers
2010-08-04 08:13:00 So I was flicking through the current (August) edition of the Royal Auto and was drawn to an article titled, ‘Her True Calling‘ by Alistair Smith. Focused around Victoria Shaw, the piece gives a small insight into Australia’s first female race caller. What is a race caller? Perhaps others might refer to them as commentators - ... More About: Female , General , Race , Career
Profile On: Lynn Baber, Equine Ministry
2010-07-02 14:38:00 Lynn Baber of Amazing Grays Ministry took the time to answer some questions about her involvement in an equine ministry. Have you always been interested in horses and how long has Amazing Grays Ministry been in existence? When I was four years old I rode my first full size horse; fell off? got stepped on? and I?ve ... More About: General , Profile
Profile On: Kim Meredith, Cadet Stipendiary Steward
2010-06-13 13:14:00 Have you always been interested in horses and when did you start out in the racing industry? What is it exactly that you do? I was you?re typically horse obsessed horse girl and would use any excuse or opportunity to be around them. After I finished High School, I completed the Diploma in Equine Studies (Horse ... More About: Career , Profile
Thelwell’s Riding Academy
2009-12-20 23:00:00 I’ve recently discovered in town a gorgeous bookshop called the Already Read Bookshop. Now on the weekends where I’m working and have a gap in the middle of the day where time needs to be spent, it’s not uncommon for me to head into town and browse through the bookshelves of this shop that sells on old library books – at a rather cheap price. Last visit my poor workmate thought if she helped to find horse books with me, it’d mean exiting the premises quicker. I figured it just gave me more time to seek out horse books! A few of the latest acquisitions included three from the library of Thelwell. Thelwell’s Riding Academy , which is based on a series that appeared in the Sunday Express, provides advice in a comedic way with regards to having a pony. Many who get a first pony for their children will be able to relate the cartoons and quotes that accompany them. This book covers: - The Mount - First principles - The Academy - Care of your pony - Safety precautions - What...
New Year’s Resolution Follow Through
2009-12-19 11:30:00 Being that time of year once again, many are thinking of what was achieved over 2009 and what they want to get out of 2010. Don’t get tricked into thinking of resolutions as a vicious cycle in which you set yourself high goals or hopes and then find at the end of the year none were achieved. Instead, get focused and positive and outline perhaps some steps with your goals to help you work steadily toward them. After all, you do have twelve months in which to achieve them. This shouldn’t however stop you from planning now what your first step is going to be. Of my 2010 resolutions only a couple are horse related. I had planned to finish my novel this year and for the first half of the year was consistently setting aside time to write and adding more to the novel. The past few months however have been hectic and I’ve let other things become a priority. I have however been jotting down further ideas for the story and sporadically writing chapters but did find with a new job a...
Profile On: Julie-Anne Gower
2009-12-13 04:48:00 Before having even travelled and while still planning my trip to Ireland for the Irish National Stud I stumbled across a website that caught my attention with a few words: horses, beach, South Africa. Julie-Anne Gower along with her husband Clint run Wild Coast Horse Trails on the East Coast of South Africa. I spent five weeks of absolute heaven learning, riding and breathing horses with them. Julie-Anne has kindly answered some questions about their trail riding business. What services are offered by Wild Coast Horse Trails? We provide horse riding holidays for horse loving people, see notes on Wild Coast Horseback Adventures for all the details. - 1 to 12 week hands on working horse riding holiday at Sunray farm - 6 night 7 day Wild Coast Horse Safari - 8 night 10 Day Surf & Turf Safari - 1 to 14 day Castaway trails - custom made trails - Day rides along the beach - Torstone Sport Horses How did you get into this equine related business? I kept seeing other people trying ... More About: Profile
Horse Training the McLean Way
2009-11-29 08:53:00 The Science Behind the Art Here’s another book that was required reading for the Equine Behaviour subject I undertook as part of my course this year. Honestly I haven’t enough interest in equine behaviour, perhaps because a lot of it is someone’s theory rather than proven fact. Andrew McLean’s text takes a different approach. As a zoologist and someone who in 2002 was completing his PhD in animal psychology, McLean focuses on explaining the natural mechanisms behind their training system based on how an equine learns. Following this is a series of defined practical tasks to be carried out in hand and under saddle. Each task has a specific goal and technique. The McLean training system focuses on seven qualities required of the horse that will encourage the establishment of a disciplined individual. These qualities are progressive, being: basic attempt obedience rhythm straightness contact engagement proof McLean suggests that any issue that arises while training a... More About: Training
Writing Equine
2009-10-17 07:02:00 Facebook is already terribly addictive enough without providing a potential means to carry on an addictive behaviour - writing horses. I am rather a fan of the fact that the majority of ads on the site do tend to be focused around individual user’s interests, however and this seemed to be the case with an ad for Suite101.com. A site that covers many topics, Suite101 is made up of a myriad of freelance writers who are contracted to write a minimum of 10 articles every 3 months, ensuring fresh content is published often. A fan of writing and finding the idea of being paid to write in a roundabout way, I decided to check out the site, finding to my delight that there is a horse section in amongst the Plants and Animals category. Often looking for new writers, I applied, submitting two examples of my writing that related to specific topics I was interested in writing about and had experience with. Once the application was approved it was then a question of making sure the form... More About: Writing
Climate Change Effects for Horse Owners
2009-10-15 00:00:00 Today is Blog Action Day; this year’s topic being Climate Change . Otherwise known as global warming, climate change has resulted from changes in weather patterns on account of increases to the Earth’s average temperature. Environmental effects predicted include: - Sea level rise - Changes in rainfall patterns - Changes in agricultural yields - Increased intensity and frequency of extreme weather events - Water scarcity in some regions - Increased precipitation in others - Adverse health effects due to warmer temperatures As people who are often working outdoors and reliant on particular weather patterns and rainfall as well as production of hay and grains, climate change is a concern for horse owners, workers and breeders. Climate change is caused by increases in greenhouse gases from activities such as land clearing, burning fossil fuels and intensive agriculture. Consider looking at the Blog Action Day ‘Take Action’ page to see some ways in which you can ac...
Blog Action Day 2009
2009-10-08 09:40:00 Blog Action Day is here again. Last year the focus was on Poverty - check out the Equus post ‘Horses = …poverty?’ What is Blog Action Day? October 15 of each year marks a set date where bloggers around the world can unite and write with regards to a topic that affects us, worldwide.  It’s a great way to raise awareness considering the number of people that access blogs on the internet. Oh, and it’s a good way to generate further hits on your blog, too. This year’s focus is Climate Change and the idea is to not wander away from your general topic of conversation that covers your blog but to incorporate this topic into yours. I’m having a bit of a think on climate change and how horse owners are affected by it and will put together a post to be published on October 15 in line with the 4,500+ other bloggers who are already registered. Between these registered blogs, they total nearly 11,000,000 readers! If you’re passionate ab... More About: Blog
Technically Speaking, I Mean, Writing
2009-09-25 09:28:00 I’ve recently come back from Residential School - a week of uni that requires I attend lectures and partake in exams for the two subjects that I am currently undertaking part time as a Distance Education student. As is the case any time I find myself in a new environment that is horse related, I met a lot of interesting people and had my eyes opened to many other things I wasn’t aware of with regards to horses. I was also made aware of people that are well known with regards to starting and bringing on horses and left with a list of names to look up online. One of our lecturer’s mentioned the fact that they had carried out some technical writing with regards to a horse section on a show that aired weekly. Another writing job that relates to horses that I hadn’t considered! Wikipedia has a rather broad definition of a technical writer or technical communicator, the key phrase standing out for me being “produces technical documentation for… con... More About: Writing
From the Horse?s Foot
2009-09-17 02:34:00 I had the farrier out to do my boy?s feet today and got to discussing with him how busy his day was looking ? he?d been elsewhere in the morning, travelled to Wangaratta to do my horse and then was headed on to Rutherglen for the rest of the day. As someone who?s been so familiar ... More About: General , Horse , Foot
Chaplains for the Racing Industry
More articles from this author:2009-09-09 05:30:00 I was watching the races at lunchtime the other day at work and jockey Pat Day was being interviewed. Now excuse my ignorance (especially as someone who works on a place that breeds racehorses!) but I had no idea who Pat Day was. As a horse obsessed Christian, I only really started paying attention when ... More About: Industry , Racing , General , Volunteer 1, 2, 3 |
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