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If you are contemplating entering a three day event, then you have already competed in several one day events. I thought an article discussing some of the differences that you are likely to encounter in a three day event as compared to a one day event might be helpful. Preparation - additional fitness requirements. The first thing to consider when entering a three day event is the higher fitness requirements for your horse. Whilst the roads and tracks and steeplechase phases are no longer included, the cross country will still be longer than you are used to at a one day event and it is important that your horse be conditioned appropriately. Click here for the full article
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HYGAIN are giving away 10 x BAGS OF EQUINE SENIOR- 10 winners will each
receive 1 x Feed Voucher for a bag of EQUINE SENIOR. "Name 3 Special Ingredients found in EQUINE SENIOR" Prizes will be drawn on the 31st May 2008. Winners will be announced in The HYGAIN News via email and will also be published on the HYGAIN website. Only Australian and New Zealand residents are eligible to enter & must reside within Australia or New Zealand. CONGRATULATIONS...
Last Months winners were C. Gill (VIC), D
Guiney (NSW), S Hollier (QLD), H Deane (TAS), M Griffith (NZ), P Forme (NSW),
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| I've written articles over the years about horses who survived amputation surgery. There was Boitron, the California Thoroughbred stallion who could service mares after amputation surgery. There were Dr. Ric Redden's dramatic cases of founder survivors who galloped around his paddock on artificial feet with "transplanted frogs". Dr. Chris Colles had the never-say-die Appaloosa in England with the spring-loaded foot. And who can forget that paint yearling in India? Or the landmine-maimed elephant amputee in Thailand? Longtime Hoofcare and Lameness Journal readers will remember them all. So when I first heard that a pony had survived amputation surgery at Louisiana State University 's (LSU) equine hospital, I didn't run to the keyboard and beg for photos. A few weeks later I did, though.
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| Due to advances in nutrition, veterinary medicine and management practices of horse owners, horses like ourselves are living longer. This means that horses are not uncommon to still be around and competing into their late 20 and 30's. Even though they have reached these years they need to be managed differently to other horses due to several considerations. Senior horses are defined as those whom are older than 15 years. However you must judge your horse individually to see if they need the special requirements that elderly horses may require. SOMETHING TO CHEW ON! It's been stated that the best feed in the world will do a horse no good if he can't digest it. So what's stopping the older horse from extracting nutrients from his diet? Let's start at the mouth, and work back. Foremost on the list of suspects is ....
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