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inside 08. Warlander 16. Django and Jermery 22. Breathe Life into your Riding by Jenny Rolfe 24. Olympic Wrap up

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48 30. Manolo Mendez 38. Minorquian Horse 42. Team Rubi 48. Phorographer ~ Bettina Niedermayr 54. Buying a Lusitano

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58. Artist - Carolle Beaudry 62. Surf to Saddle ~ Daniel Pinto

86. Australian Breeders’ Directory

68. Just 4 Fun

90. Seville Fair

72. Horses for Sale

92. Photographic Tutorial

78. Breeding Feature

97. Riz’s Rant

84. Australian Breeders 6.

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LETTER FROM

THE EDITOR Issue 7 - special Anniversay issue celebtrating 1 year of Baroque Horse Magazine. For baroque horse people, by baroque horse people.

Editor-In-Chief Danielle Skerman Its hard to believe a year has passed sinse I first started Baroque Horse Magazine! from its humble beginnings as an online magazine, to now printed and subscribed world-wide and in newsagents across Australia! Not only has BHM grown from online to print, but so has the team behind it!

Here at BHM we welcome Allison Sable and Karen Koher to the regular marketing and advertising team. We have contributors all around the world working extra hard to bring you lots of diverse and interesting articles about baroque horses. When I started this magazine I wondered if there was enough out there to write and fill a magazine and let me tell you .. absolutely! So much to come in the upcoming issues of BHM. However, we love to hear your story and love also to see new ideas and submissions. Don’t be shy, we’re a friendly approachable bunch.

Inside this issue to celebtrate our first year of BHM we have a gorgeous FREE A2 poster giveaway of Friesian stallion Agelan Cordula Wedlich taken by the talented Bettina Niedermayr. You can see more of Bettinas work on page 48.

Lots of great stuff in this issue, including a breeding feature with an Australian breeders’ directory. With the growing popularity of the baroque horse breeds this is a great way for people of Australia to find a breeder to get that dream horse they have longed for!

Join us in our journey and ... go for BAROQUE!

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Karen Koher karen@baroquehorse.com.au Photographers: Cátia Castro, April Visel Direct Shots, Julia Rau, Bettina Niedermayr, Allison Sable Contributors: Cátia Castro, Danielle Skerman, Caroline Larrouilh, Manolo Mendez, Riz Ilyas, Sarah Warne Jenny Rolfe, Kate Hodges, Jessica Morton, Allison Sable

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Warlander The Warlander is a horse of Baroque type, produced by crossing Andalusian and Friesian breeds. The ideal Warlander combines the Andalusian’s intelligence, facility for collection, flexibility, and powerful hindquarters, with the Friesian’s tractability, dramatic leg action, “bone”, and strong forequarters.

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World Champion Warlander stallion Hummer bred and owned

by Vaquero Ranch. All photo’s of Hummer by April Visel

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Warlander The Logical Breed

By Kate Hodges

With the rebirth in popularity of the “Baroque” horse and a revival of artistic equitation, the 21st century could not have been a better time for the development of a cross between the Friesian and purebred Iberian horse.

Known during the Middle Ages as a solid war-horse, the Friesian horse (due to crosses with the Andalusian horses during the Spanish domination of the Netherlands in the 16th century) became a magnificent, high-stepping, luxury carriage horse, with the breed developing nowadays as more of a riding horse.

Elsewhere, the Iberians breed’s natural propensity for collection made them the favourite of classical masters over the centuries.

With these features in mind, it was only a matter of time before someone thought to cross these complimentary breeds together.

That time came in 1990, when West Australian woman Karen-Maree’ Kaye started the first dedicated breeding program. Karen, of the Classical Sporthorse Stud in Perth, named the breed the ‘Warlander,’ and went on to develop the first breed standard.

A devotee of classical equitation, Karen pioneered the Friesian as high school candidate when she purchased and began training a young stallion in the early 1990’s (a horse that she still rides today.) It is this stallion that was to become the founding sire of the Warlander breed.

Over the past two decades, Karen has bred horses that have become world famous movie horses, breed champions, and award-winning performance horses, who have reached the level of representing and winning for Australia in official competitions.

“I could see that the Friesian crossed well with certain types and breeds, but to add maximum ‘rideability’ to the equation, I don’t think you can go past the Iberian,” she said.

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warlander generous and placid, while the Iberians are friendly, brave and sensitive.”

“Adding that together and maximising the even nature of the Friesian, you get a horse with a big heart that is fun to train!”

I asked Karen where the name “Warlander” first came from.“There was a vet who was very helpful when I first developed the breeding program, and his name was Warwick, so that is where the ‘war’ came from,” she said.

“Historically both breeds were ‘war’ horses, so it just made sense!”

Twenty-two years after the breed’s inception, the mother Studbook (the International Warlander Registry and Society) is now celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2012, and Warlander horses are now registered in over a dozen countries world-wide.

Black Warlander’s are also being accepted into the Baroque Pinto Studbook, and the breed holds titles at world, national and state levels in both performance and breed, including

gold premium rating at European standards.

Warlander’s are also prized for extreme sports, movies, television commercials and exhibitions.

The Warlander in Competition In recent years, the Warlander in the USA has been dominating national part-bred Andalusian (IFSHA) and part- bred Friesian classes. This domination began with the entrance of the metallic buckskin stallion Storm Shadow, owned by Chip and Kellie Davis from Mannheim Steamroller.

Bred from a Friesian mare and a Lusitano stallion, Storm Shadow paved the way in showing the breeds versatility across a number of disciplines such as dressage, western and saddle seat; in his first year under saddle at the age of three, Storm Shadow had 14 ‘Horse of the Year’ Championships under his belt.

In 2010, the classically-trained stallion Hummer also demonstrated the Warlander’s

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excellence during several highly successful appearances in the show ring. Hummer won the IFSHA World Grand Champion PartBred Stallion, the 2011 Fiesta of the Spanish Horse Champion (Half Andalusian), and the Champion Half Andalusian Best Movement prize.

Owned and bred by Ramiro Mejia and Marnie Hoffman of Vaquero Ranch in California, Hummer has become a poster child for the Warlander breed.

In the true tradition of experimentation of the Renaissance period, Ramiro has always been interested in horses that can perform and perform with style, in both the competition arena or high school/alta escuela exhibitions. “I wanted to experiment with breeding my Friesian stallion to one of my Andalusian mares, because I wanted the fire of the Andalusian, tempered with the calmness of the Friesian.” Ramiro said. “The result was Hummer, and our continued passion for the Warlander.”

A national award-winning classical trainer, Marnie Hoffman said that the Warlander has a natural charm.“The Warlander’s we have bred have the presence, substance and calm nature of the Friesian, combined with the beauty, style, lightness and energy of the Andalusian,” she said.

“In our experience, the mind of the Warlander is priceless, and we are now moving into breeding second-generation Warlander’s, with future generations on the horizon.”

“There is a bright future for the Warlander.

They embody what Friesian and Andalusian lovers want in a horse, and more and more people are learning about the Warlander, and seeking them out.”

Hummer himself has a huge fan club, with accomplished trainer Sabine Schut-Kery saying that she thinks Hummer “is one of the most beautiful Warlander horses I have ever seen.”

World renowned horseman Bruce Howard is also an admirer, stating that Hummer was one of the most impressive Warlander stallions he has seen in his 60 year career with horses.

“He exudes charisma, quality, and brilliance.

Definitely my kind of horse!” he said.

The Warlander has also been embraced

by Australia’s revered animal trainer Evanne Chesson, of Australian Movie Livestock.

Chesson, an AFI Byron Kennedy award winner, has been training and breeding baroque breeds for performance and movie work for decades, from Shepherds Hill Farm in Victoria in Eastern Australia. Chesson works with her daughter Jodie McKeone, who herself is a Level 2 Carriage Driving Coach and EA

warlander Carriage Driving Future Squad member The mother and daughter team are now concentrating on the Warlander breed, in collaboration with Karen-Maree’ Kaye.

Shepherds Hill has become a name synonymous with national title driving horses. Their oldest Warlander (a gelding called ‘Larry’) has made a name for himself in open competition with wins under several different drivers, including with 10 out of 10 Australian four-inhand Champion Rachel Haslau at the prestigious Barastoc Horse of the Year show. Haslau also achieved the fastest marathon time with Larry at his first official single event, the Victorian Championships.

Since 2006, Jodie McKeone has been training with Australia’s own dual world champion driver Boyd Exell. In 2011, Jodie was asked to supply a team of horses for the EA Judges and Technical Delegates Clinic, with international dressage rider/trainer Brett Parberry and Boyd Exell.

After winning the Australian Pairs

Combined Driving Championships with Larry in 2009 and a National Cup in 2010, Jodie said Larry had to be in the team.

“Boyd asked Brett [Parberry] to identify which horse, out of the four horses in the

pic: IF Michaelangelo Second Generation Warlander

team, which would be the one he would like to ride,” she said.

“Brett pointed to the Warlander, saying that he had not broken rhythm the entire time, and the consistently looks relaxed and is always

listening. That shows trainability, and trainability is paramount when looking for a potential dressage horse.”

Larry will be driven at Equitana by Jodie, so make sure you hunt them to meet a Warlander horse in the flesh!

Cow Sense Janet Lee Parker of Nampa USA is an instructor in Working Equitation and Cowboy Dressage.

She is the owner of the five year old, second generation Warlander (3/4 Iberian, ¼ Friesian) named IF Michaelangelo (affectionately known as Mick.)

A national champion in versatility, Ranch Trail and Sortin, Janet has been riding for 50 years, and Mick is her first Warlander.

Determined to see if Mick could carry a western saddle competitively, Janet enlisted Steve Kutie from Bowie TX to train him.

“I was originally looking for an Azteca when I came across Mick, but he was simply so stunning and athletic that no matter what his breeding, I had to have him!” she said.

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In recent years, the Warlander in the USA has been dominating national partbred Andalusian (IFSHA) and part- bred Friesian classes Warlander stallion Storm Shadow - 14 Horse of the Year titles -

Jodie McKeone driving Warlander gelding Larry (nearside) to win the 2009 Australian Championships – Horse Pair

“He turned out to be one of the best decisions of my entire horse-life.”

Steve Kutie has nothing but praise for Mick, the first Warlander horse he worked with. “Mick has to be one of the most talented and versatile horses that I have had the opportunity to ride, by far,” he said.

“He was shipped to me from Washington, where the weather was still cool and damp, and had to start his training career just as the state of Texas was starting the hottest summer in recorded history.”

“What better way to determine the heart and desire of a horse (or person for that matter) than to expose them to extreme elements and conditions, and see if they have the stuff to become a champion.”

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we could only work on the basics for getting a ‘broke’ horse. Janet was aiming at having him ready for a reining class at the nationals,” Steve said.

“Come show time, Mick did well and won the Reining, so we added him to other classes - every class we entered him in he ended up winning!”

“By the end of his first national show, Mick had won multiple half Iberian National Titles in various discipline’s such as Reining, Western Pleasure and Open English Show Hack, as well as the High Point All–Around National Title, plus two gold medals for Movement.”

“With the amount of training he had, I think he is the true example of the heart and desire of a true champion.”

Janet says Mick has the short-coupled cattle-working power build of the Lusitano, and a lot of cow sense. His Friesian blood has lent itself to a great shoulder and reach, plus substantial

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Hummer’ photo by April Visel

bone and good-sized hooves - something she values for durability of an athlete.

“As far as ‘rideability’ goes, he is the most comfortable horses you could ever ride. His trot, while floaty with great reach, is extremely smooth to sit, and his canter is a glorious rocking horse gait you can ride all day,” she said.

“Importantly his walk is so ground-covering he could keep up at gaited horse, and he scores ‘nines’ in Dressage for this gait.”

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Django of Cacharel A Friesian on a mission, and a special black beauty who loves the spotlight, Django is one almighty stallion that is proving that the Friesian horse can excel in the art of dressage.

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A taste for Grand Prix Dressage// Written By Sarah Warne Photos: Danielle Skerman

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Jeremy Janjic Rider, Trainer, Breaker, Coach and FEI rider www.northkaludah.com home of Django www.tashkentfriesians.com

ourneying all the way from the Netherlands, Django’s dam, Renske fan e olde Hoek, was imported to Queensland by Carl and Anne Mitchell of Cacharel Friesians and quickly stole the heart of Lynn and Dick Jenkin, who fell in love with her at the first Australian Friesian Keuring in Tamworth.

“Renske was in foal with Django at the time. It was clear she was a much taller, more elegant type of Friesian to the style most prevalent in Australia at the time… the way the KFPS was steering the studbook,” said his Grand Prix dressage rider, Jeremy Janjic. “In addition, Renske was by Jakob 302, a stallion that had fantastic sport credentials.”

“Django was purchased in the hope he may become a great riding gelding, or if he proved good enough to remain a stallion, he would retain his right to stay as such.

“When the Jenkins found Django he was a fluffy, friendly weanling with the potential for great movement. His dam had rejected him at birth and he had been bottle raised, but he still had excellent manners thanks to the combined efforts of the Mitchells, his paddock companion Sam the Camel, and the Mitchell’s old non-Friesian mare.”

Taking up the reins at just seven years of age, Jeremy was well known to the local Hunter dressage community as a breaker of future dressage stars, but it was his partner Christine who was the dressage competitor.

“The arrival of the young stallions Krack,

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Django Jack C and Django to the ranks at a time when Christine was concentrating on other horses led to my debut as a dressage rider.

Since then it has been impossible to pry me off Django’s back,” said Jeremy.

Having known Christine and Jeremy for quite a while through the local dressage and warmblood breeding groups, the Jenkins say there was no debate over the decision of which rider to send “Django of Cacharel” to.

“Prior to purchasing Django, Jeremy had already broken in a couple of horses for us, including our first Friesian mare. When it came time to start Django’s career, the choice was automatic.

“It was helped by a couple of things. The first was that they had encountered Django for the first time when he was temporarily offloaded at North Kaludah on his way to us. I rang up Christine shortly after he arrived to us to arrange the breaking of our Friesian mare, and Christine was telling me about this lovely colt that had been at their place the previous week and how everyone was so taken with him. Who doesn’t like to hear their horses described that way? As time went on and Jeremy helped with his early preparation in hand and for his Keuring, it was clear he believed in the horse.

“It was important to us that this be something we were all engaged in, not just another horse to churn through a succession of trainers, so taking Django seriously as a competitor, plus his genuine affection for the horse, were more important than a big name.

“It is now a true partnership between Django and Jeremy, a thing I think anyone watching them can sense,” said Lynn.

Leading the field of his first ever GP Kur until the very last horse, Jeremy could not be happier with his Friesian dressage partner and believes the horse has absolutely found his calling.

“Django is a dressage horse because he has all the essential attributes for the sport. He has the temperament to take the discipline of training, the ability to put the training to best use, natural rhythm, and expressive movement.

“Every day when I slip the bridle on, Django says, ‘Ok, what are we going to do today?’

“When it gets hard he just keeps giving and trying. You never have to ask what horse will I be getting out of the stable today, as you know you will always have the one who is the most eager to work for you.

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piaffe and has a very expressive canter.

“Aside from his natural talents, it doesn’t hurt that he loves his audience.

From a young age he has been a people magnet and seems to be able to sense the presence of a camera before it is visible so he can put on his best face – the horse equivalent of squaring your shoulders and sucking in your gut.

“He particularly likes small children and is very patient with their desire to touch him.

“Whilst he would like me to tell you he doesn’t have any weaknesses, he does have rather a hefty ego and a definite soft spot for liquorice.

“From a training perspective, whilst he is a very strong horse, it has taken time to build up the strength and stamina required for the Grand Prix, however, he gets better every day. As a breeding stallion he can be distracted from his task if he spies a feed bucket going past.”

Unique to the Australian Grand Prix dressage scene, Lynn says that Django helps to show the world that this breed can excel in this elite and artistic sport.

“In Australia there aren’t too many Friesians to start with, though the numbers have exploded in the last five years. We might reach

1000 horses soon. Unlike the warmbloods who started out here because people were seeking a sport horse, the Friesians were introduced because of breed enthusiasts.

“What to do with them was not the question asked. If you liked showing you did showing, or trail riding, carriage driving, and so on. But if your passion is dressage then the Friesians will do dressage. In general, people whose first love is dressage seek a horse to ‘do’ dressage with, whilst people who love a breed search for things to do with the breed.

It happens that our love is dressage and the breed we love is the Friesian… thus we arrive here!

“In the US there are more and more Friesians doing well in the dressage arena; but like here, people buy them for their love of the breed and then use them for the sport they enjoy,” said Lynn.

“Our aim all along has been to show that Friesians are a great partner for the dressage rider. Of course, you have to pick your horse.

The point of a heavily regulated studbook totally closed to outsourcing means that any changes are slow, and it was not so long ago that the canter was not even judged when young stallions were selected to go on for further testing (it was of course marked in the approved stallions), which meant a lot of horses with big, showy trots but not always the

best canter were let through, and for dressage you need all three good paces.

“But they are now increasingly making their mark, and the KFPS has a strong emphasis on producing modern sport-type horses, whilst preserving the characteristics of the breed (one of which is their temperament, which makes them a perfect partner for the rider who wants pleasure from their riding experience without the white knuckle effect).

“And of course they make fantastic crosses.

It is why the breed nearly disappeared to start with, as they were used so extensively to produce sport horses. We are now really

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Django it despite all the mare’s best efforts looking forward to seeing some of to attract him,” said Lynn.

Django’s foals out of warmblood And with a bright future ahead mares start their competition careers of him, Jeremy is looking forward too.” to every time he visits his equine Lynn says that if Django were master-chef and is keen to see what human he would be Matt Preston, and that while he excels in the arena, else the pair can conquer.

“In the short term my goal is he is also very good at looking after to be at the Grand Prix final at his stomach!

Equitana. Beyond that, I wish to have “Eating is Django’s specialty, the privilege of riding Django every because what you are passionate day and seeing how far we can get about, you do well. before Lynn demands him back, to “On one occasion, when Django live her dream of riding a Grand was on a diet, he was on his way to Prix horse and impressing all the serving a mare when he suddenly cows watching excitedly from the spotted a nice juicy clump of green grass and was not to be moved from neighbour’s paddock.”

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My last article looked at the importance of core breathing to enhance a profound connection with the horse. Here we will look further at building self awareness so that you can learn a deeper way to communicate with all horses, whatever their breed or type.

When we spend time, on the ground, just building up self awareness it will reap many rewards once we are in the saddle. In this way we learn to understand the influence of both posture and core breathing to enhance our co-ordination, balance and focus. We can create perfect ‘harmony’ between ourselves and our horse. It is a useful exercise to practice walking, with focus on a natural rhythm of core breathing. Use the deeper inward breath to steady, lengthen and strength your body. The deeper outward breath will enhance fluidity and motion and increase your energy flow. Begin to develop a feel for how your breathing can influence and affect your movement.

relaxed knees and ankles. This will feel similar to ski-ing.

It is interesting to watch a person jogging using regular, deep breathing. This way of breathing enables him to maintain a steady rhythm and energy, enhancing coordination with every stride. Every athlete can increase performance, both mentally and physically by using steady, deep and rhythmic core-breathing. Unlike the athlete, a rider has to focus, not only on personal

Then just stand quietly and sigh very deeply. Release all your tension down through your body, into the ground. This will not only create calmness for you, but when you are with your horse, he will sense your inner peace. He will often sigh deeply himself releasing any tension. You are offering him a place of tranquility and harmony. A place where he can connect with you and a bond of trust can grow.

Now place your hands on your hip bones and feel the motion whilst you are walking. Synchronize your breathing within a steady rhythm. Try walking around on a circle and then walk laterally and feel the mobility of your core in each direction.

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balance and energy but also upon another sensitive, highly energetic living creaturethe horse! When you can understand how to master and control your own body you will become much more effective as a rider.

BODY POSTURE EXERCISES TO GAIN SELF AWARENESS Standing in good posture, begin to lean forward, as if touching your toes. Stretch forwards and relax into your spine, then slowly return to a normal upright position.

Then, prepare to repeat the same exercise but before you begin, take a deep inhalation, into your chest and upper body. As you breathe deeply inwards, try again to flex your spine forwards, reaching towards your toes. You will find that the movement is restricted by your inhalation which tightens the spine and restricts your mobility. The inward breath has given stability to your upper body which impedes flexibility. This small, yet significant exercise, will help you to feel the importance of breathing awareness and how this can influence your body when riding. Your body can lock tension in any of the joints, for instance just try clenching your fist. This tension travels up the whole arm creating tightness through your arm and shoulder blades and spine.

Pic top left: ‘Begin to lean forward- as if touching your toes’ Pic left: ‘Place your foot on the step and feel the elevation through your upper body’

Now stand in a good posture and push your heel down and your toe upwards. Place your hand on your inner thigh and feel the tightness through your leg as you push your weight down into your heel. Now place your hands on your hips and try to mobilize your core and you will find the tightness through your leg restricts the movement of your core.

If you sit on the horse with tightness through your legs, this will fix your seat and you will find it impossible to flow with the movement of the horse.

Where ever we carry tightness and tension, we will create a block of resistance within our body. This will prevent the flow of energy required, to enable us to perform and move with fluidity. If we cannot allow this release of energy and power then we will not be capable of absorbing the energetic movement of the horse.

MOVEMENT OF THE HORSE The horse has a swinging movement which also rotates backward and forwards with each stride. The rib cage will naturally swing from side to side. The rider has to absorb all this movement to gain security in the saddle, or he will just bounce heavily, becoming totally unstable within the movement. There is a small exercise which will help us to understand how we absorb our own movement whilst on foot.

Walk slowly along level ground and then place your foot up onto a step or staircase. As you prepare to lift your body up the step, feel the elevation needed through the upper body for the uphill movement. Your upper body has to elevate to create space so your leg and foot can move up to the next step. If you do not allow this elevation through your core and upper torso, you will block the upward step. When riding you need to think not only of forward riding but absorbing this ‘uphill’ movement.

Also think of relaxing through your shoulder blades so your spine can remain fluid to move more freely with the movement of the horse.

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own, to focus on body and breathing awareness. Then when you are together, with your horse, focus on core breathing and calmness. Watch his responsesdoes he become your mirror?

My next article will give tips from ‘Top-to-Toe’ for natural body posture for the rider.

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When your shoulders become rigid, the restriction extends down through the spine and arms so it is impossible for energy to flow through the spine and upper body. Relaxed lowered shoulders sustained by deeper core breathing will allow both expansion and release through the upper torso of the rider. It is helpful to spend a few minutes riding with the reins in one hand only.Allow your body to flow with the motion. Feel the advancing of your seat and the connection through your core. Strong fixed arms and hands will only restrict the freedom of your body and riding with one hand only, for a few minutes will help you to focus on lightness in your arms and energy flow through your body.

When we sit on the back of the horse we are looking not only for a connection of minds but also a connection between two living beings striving to move together in balance and harmony.

Core breathing is a very potent tool which will help us to focus with clarity and be ‘within the moment’. In this way our mind will slow down and we can find more simplicity in our thoughts as we are just in that ‘moment of time’.

Homework: Take a few moments each day, on your

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2012 Olympic Games Juan Manuel Muñoz Diaz & ‘FUEGO XII’

Juan Manuel Muñoz Diaz & ‘FUEGO XII’ for Spain

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First on the list, Mr Fuego produced yet another PRE-sational performance, taking 10th out spot in the dressage world with a score of 75.608%.

Gonçalo Carvalho & “RUBI AR’

Two P.R.E’s and Two LusitanosThe Baroque’s Excel in the Art of Dressage! fifty horses took to the arena at the 2012 London Games, but FOUR very special horses, did their breeds and their nations PROUD!

Backing it up with a 75.476% in the Special, and then reinstating his 10th place for his musical performance, Juan Manuel Muñoz Diaz said he was “very happy to get the Spanish team off to such a great start”.

“I will never forget the feeling being number TEN!” Second on the list is the infamous Lusitano Rubi who not only made it into the top 25 Special Riding Pairs, but also made a massive impact on the entire dressage community who had not expected the pair to produce what they did!

Qualifying with 71.520%, Rubi lifted again in the Special to score 74.222%, moving him up to a standout 13th place!

The pair then went on to produce a 77.607% in the Kur, which had their biggest fan – Gonçalo Carvalho Conchinhas’s 3-yearold son Guilherme – and the rest of the world dancing along to the music!

Boosted by another grand performance

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José Daniel Martin Dockx & ‘GRANDIOSO’ from the world’s second best PRE dressage stallion, the Spanish team could not have been happier with the achievements of their signature horse!

Then scoring 69.043% to land in 39th spot, Grandioso and his partner Jose Manuel Martin Dockx proved that their last minute addition to the national team was one that Spain could be proud of!

Finally, Luiza Tavares de Almeida and her Lusitano gelding Pastor were the sole representatives for Brazil, and with a score of 65.866% they proved themselves worthy of such a massive journey!

But while the Baroque horses still have a long

way to go before they have equal numbers with the warmbloods at the elite dressage level, they have come a long way in a very short time – it was only 20 years ago that these breeds were first introduced to Olympic dressage!

The first dressage rider to compete on an Iberian horse at an Olympic Games was Catherine Henriquet, who took her Baroque, Orphée, to Barcelona and proved that these breeds can excel in the sport of dressage.

The standout four-man Iberian team in London not only further proved the breed’s dressage talent but went on to impress the world with the horse’s

ability to collect and conquer!

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Baroque Horse Magazine is pleased to announce that one of its most popular and regular contributors, world renown In-Hand and Traditional Dressage expert Manolo Mendez, will be celebrating the advanced release of his new DVD “In-Hand Lessons with Manolo Mendez, Volume I”, with Baroque Magazine readers and fans exclusively, from Nov. 15th through the 18th.

biomechanics lecturer Jillian Kreinbring as she learns to shape, influence and enhance horses postures and gaits with the help of a cavesson and a bamboo. Manolo Mendez discusses and demonstrates everything from how to select bamboo and adjust a cavesson properly, how to create and regulate forward, halt, turn, change direction while maintaining healthy flexion throughout the horse’s topline, how to introduce shoulder fore, shoulder in, turn on the haunches, shoulder in, out to the wall and more...While Jillian practices the exercises, Manolo provides feedback and steps in to correct common mistakes ensuring that viewers get a good understanding of what to do, and what to avoid.

horse health around the world. Dr. Kerry Ridgway will be lecturing on “The Crooked Horse Syndrome” and “The Cause and Biomechanics of Asymmetric Heel Heights”

To meet Manolo Mendez, of the six foundation riders of the Real Escuela Andaluza del Arte Ecuestre in Jerez, Spain and its very first Head Rider, get a peak preview of his DVD, and to preorder a copy. Please visitus in the John Deere Pavilion Booth #187. Baroque Horse subscribers will automatically receive a 10% discount and be entered in the Baroque Horse Equitana raffle. To learn more about our top prizes check our website for updates.

For more information about the schedule and prizes, please visit the Baroque Magazine Website for more details as the dates nears.

Watch our Facebook page and website for updates regarding Manolo Mendez’ Equitana performances and for exciting news about Dr. Kerry Ridgway.

Designed to be practical and unintimidating, Volume One follows the first five lessons of equestrian and

We look forward to meeting all the Baroque Horse lovers and having a memorable first Equitana together!

15th Nov: 10:45am Manolo Mendez “Piaffe In-hand” demonstration 16th Nov: 11:45am Dr K. Ridgway & Manolo “The Crooked Horse Syndrome” lecture and demonstration 17th Nov: 5:00pm Dr K. Ridgway & Manolo shared sessions on Straightness and Balance

Find us at EQUITANA 2012 at John Deere Pavilion booth #187

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LATERAL WORK

Lateral Work (part 2): The Marriage of Lateral Work and Natural Collection

By Manolo Mendez, Specialist of In-hand and Classical Equitation with Ysabella Dean and Caroline Larrouilh

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ateral work consists of the shoulder-in, travers, renvers and half pass. We begin by introducing the simple shoulder-in and, when the horse understands it and can do it easily, we progress to travers (quarters-in) and renvers (quarters-out).

When these movements are established, we introduce the half pass. While we train, our focus should be on building the horse’s fitness, straightness, suppleness and confidence, not on how much flexion and crossing we can create, even if we have a very obedient and athletic but untrained horse.

We want to develop our horse progressively so he stays sound and happy in his work throughout his career. To that end, we do not ask for too much lateral flexion or continuous lateral work. For example, in the early stages, we do not ride lateral movements across entire long walls, across the entire length of the diagonal or around the arena again and again. Instead we take our time, we break the work into manageable chunks and we give the horse plenty of breaks when he can walk or work straight. This ensures the horse does not get sore or discouraged and thus helps ensure the horse does not get crooked as a result of too much pressure, too soon.

Instead of focusing on the amount of flexion we can create, we work on developing the horse’s independe

Good basic lateral work increases the quality of all the work and makes Grand Prix more attainable Lateral work requires that the horse moves forwards and sideways at the same time, with regularity and evenness.

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promote elasticity, fluidity and stability in all the important joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments that are needed for quality extension and collection work, and every nuance in between. In a word, lateral work enhances, develops and maintains the horse’s essential “equipment” for higher level training.

It is not “just” about being able to ride good lateral movements. As a part of the horse’s daily exercise routine, lateral work is what straightens, elasticizes, supples and strengthens the whole horse in such a way that in time, he will be able to execute beautiful pirouettes, piaffe and passage.

The importance of lateral work is reflected through the levels of dressage competition. In Elementary, only very simple lateral movements are required (shoulder-in and travers). In Medium and Advanced, increasingly developed movements are required. Slowly and methodically introduced lateral work is what gives the horse the ability to push off the ground evenly with both hind feet, frees his shoulders, allows him to travel forward and sideways without falling in or out of the movements, makes it possible for it to glide across the arena rhythmically, its diagonal pairs crossing evenly and effortlessly.

If the basic lateral work has been

rushed or forced, it will be revealed more and more as the horse struggles to move up the levels.

There will be more resistance because as the horse is overfaced by the rider’s demands - unable to comply physically and overwhelmed mentally - he will evade the work by becoming crooked, uneven, showing a dramatic difference between one direction and the other, bracing into the hand or either not crossing or showing insufficient flexion and crossing.

When this happens, if the horse does not become unsound first, it will find it difficult to get to Prix St George. And yet, PSG is really only halfway to the top, because to properly develop all the movements required for Grand Prix can take another twelve months or more for a professional (and several years for an amateur). If the horse struggled to get to Prix St George, how difficult will it find it to get all the way to I1, I2 and Grand Prix with the increased demand of zig zags, pirouettes,piaffe and passage?

No horse can perform Grand Prix movements with grace and ease if it has not been properly and thoroughly prepared through lateral work. Imagine asking a human being who only knows how to run forward to suddenly start

Manolo Mendez was the first Head Rider, and one of six founding members of the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art. Based in Jerez, Spain, the school is one of the four classical schools which also include the Cadre Noir in Saumur, the Spanish Riding School in Vienna and the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art in Lisbon. A master horseman with over forty years of experience spanning classical dressage, doma vaquera and jumping, Manolo is dedicated to a soft, sympathetic and thorough training method which prepares horses physically and psychologically for each stage of training from training to Grand Prix and Haute Ecole. For more information and more articles visit: www.manolomendezdressage.com

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To begin with, this person’s brain and central nervous system would have to process an entire new way of moving, test it and practice it before they are ready to proceed laterally confidently, and without falling down or moving like a drunken sailor.

Initially, they would lack the coordination and balance needed to succeed, and they would need to use different muscles groups that they have not yet developed. They would have to build these slowly, slowly, step by step to not tear muscles, get achy and sore and become discouraged.

We would not expect them to achieve perfection overnight, and neither should we ever rush our horse through any stage of its development.

Anticipation leads to resistance

Anticipation from a horse occurs when we make him over sensitive to our demands and its anxiety is expressed by its delivering something, anything, to lessen the pressure he is experiencing from the rider. This pressure can be too much hand, leg, flexion, too much repetition, too much reinforcement with the spur or the whip. Too much expectation. It is a training, not a horse problem.

That is a shame, because a young horse

When a horse starts to think negatively about an exercise, it starts to build resistance and then our work becomes much more complicated and can even falter and stop.

To avoid this serious problem, we have to be careful to not ask the horse for too much too soon, avoid letting it give us more than it is ready for, and make sure we present each exercise in a way that will build his confidence.

“We would not expect them to achieve perfection overnight, and neither should we ever rush our horse through any stage of its development.”

When we start lateral work we are trying to teach the horse so much. We have to be very careful because the horse can become oversensitive to our leg, and then he can escape quickly to one side or another, to the left or right. As we practice together, its brain will process information faster and as the movements become more and more familiar he will develop muscle memory. Our aids will travels through his body faster and he will show better and better coordination. In time, he will respond seamlessly to very light aids from the rider.

However, while he is learning, he also may misunderstand these new aids. He may be so eager to please that he will respond to what he thinks we are asking for, before we finish preparing it for the movements, and he will then make mistakes. This is called anticipation.

who is considered “difficult” because it anticipates and gives the “wrong answer” and thus frustrates its rider is often one who has the potential to be very good if the rider develops its trust and confidence.

Anticipation can also lead to resistance because the horse, in trying to please, does more than he is physically ready to do. For example, when practicing travers and halfpass, one simple exercise consists in doing a ten-meter half circle from F and then asking the horse to move back to B (or from M to B). Sometimes, because the horse knows what is coming, it will take its hindquarters to the inside too soon as he comes round the circle. Then it will travel back to the track with its hindquarters in too far, which will affect

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its balance and it will feel that it is in trouble.

Next time we ask for this exercise, it will remember its unpleasant experience and feel that the exercise is too hard.

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A good example of how to do this is when we introduce half pass. We should always introduce half pass by going from the middle of the arena to the track, not vice versa. We ride a half ten-meter circle in the corner which takes us to the center line and from there ask the horse to half pass to the track.

The horse knows when it reaches the track it has finished the exercise, and the track pulls him like a magnet. But if we ask it to go from the track to the center line before he is comfortable doing it the other way, it may think we want him to half pass across the entire arena. It knows very well how long the arena is, and it may feel it is too hard. And so it will resist, lose its forward, lose its bend and just putter out.

If a horse does anticipate, we must never, never punish it. We must ask for something simple we know he can accomplish easily, reward it and then ask for the more difficult exercise in a different way. We should also look for ways to slow down the training, to take the pressure off, to change the way we are working. This may mean not only finding a different way to do the exercise, but perhaps not doing that exercise at all for a few days.

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In schooling, we are always looking to improve the quality of the movements little by little. In image 1, practicing the half pass, Dinamico is not bending well through the body and is a little stuck and labored. In image 2, Dinamico is bending better through the ribs, carrying himself and “flowing” through the half pass with Manolo just guiding him. to our horse’s needs rather then to try to force him to comply to our expectations, by avoiding resistance and anticipation, we will encourage the continued development of suppleness, coordination and good will.

more advanced movements, natural collection leads to refined collection. Refined collection is what gives us the necessary lightness and elevation needed to perform these movements - half pass, flying changes, zig zags, pirouettes, piaffe, passage...

Lateral work and collection go hand-in-hand

As the horse learns lateral work and as its body develops, it also learns about collection.

It learns about it through the practice of the movements which progressively shape his body into different postures and lead to a different balance. Because he learns about it so organically,for itself, we will never need to force collection out of him.

Building suppleness and coordination is only one part of the big picture. The other very important purpose of lateral work is to achieve natural collection. We will know when we are ready to progress from lateral work because our horse will understand what natural collection is - and know when and how to use it.

Lateral work and natural collection are two aspects of training that cannot and should not be separated. Just as lateral work leads to

So what is natural collection? What is a natural anything? It is when the horse gives us something fluidly, smoothly and to the best of its ability. When it understands clearly what you are asking for and it knows how to use its

A working half pass. Between a travers and a half pass.

Manolo’s philosophy is based on working with the horse not against it. When a horse offers a movement, he is creative and flexible enough to work with it, build the horse’s confidence, and gently transform what is given into what he wants, with tact and feeling.

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body to best achieve it.

Natural collection comes from within the horse when it prepares itself for certain movements. It cannot achieve good lateral work without this self-preparation. And although it comes naturally to a horse playing or posturing in the paddock, it is a much harder thing for it to learn to use when he is also carrying a rider.

Not only is a horse’s own natural balance changed by adding a rider, it must also learn to be in harmony with him, to perform the movements not spontaneously and at will, but as a discipline.

Just as forcing lateral movements too soon can lead to resistance, so can forcing collection destroy the horse’s confidence and ability to collect naturally. Natural collection will come just as fluid lateral movements must come:

Good quality shoulder in down the center line. This work is a little bit more advanced and should be introduced when the horse performs lateral movements with ease, and travels forward and sideways freely without losing activity, regularity and bend. This image shows a very straight horse traveling in a clear, three track shoulder in.

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This does not necessarily mean that the rider never asks for a little more collection.

Because the horse is only learning, there are times when the rider must, through the contact and the use of his body, and by pushing the horse on just a little at the right time, encourage the horse to find the level of natural collection he needs for the movement he is performing. The rider must do so without asking for more than the horse is ready and able to give.

This requires very fine feel from the rider.

Even more important than knowing when to ask for more, is to know when to stop asking at all.

Collection is a collaborative effort. It is the rider and horse working in perfect understanding and harmony, each helping the other to such a degree that the two blend into one.

I like to think of it as akin to a pair of ice-skaters who have practiced and polished their performance to such a high degree of refinement, that when they work together they are no longer two separate people. Their partnership has become so finely integrated that they appear as one being.

They come to the part of their act where the man must lift the woman above his head and skate around the ring with her. From the moment she takes a foot off the ice, he has prepared himself and is already in the best position to lift her and hold her. However, her

Travers right down the center line. Again, this represents more advanced lateral work, a horse beginning travers would start out on the wall to make it easier to learn. In this image Dinamico moves effortlessly in self carriage, Manolo is not propping him up.

Note the perfect alignment on the right fore/ left hind diagonal pair.

own position is vital to the success of the lift.

If her balance is not quite right, it will affect his balance. If she is a good skater, she will adjust her own body and balance to help her partner.

Maybe she will need to move one arm back or forward a little to adjust her weight distribution, or hold her neck and head a little higher or lower. She will be able to feel by the way he is balancing which way she needs to balance herself to maintain total harmony between them.

We have to strive to find the same balance and feeling with our horses. If we want to create a partnership, we should not ride with either rigid minds or bodies because then we will block our horse instead of allowing him to flow with us. We must cultivate the horse’s natural and independent balance as we do our own.

Collection is a partnership where horse and rider become so so tuned in, so connected that six legs, two brains and two hearts come together and move as one.

The rider who makes his horse short in the neck with an unyielding, insensitive contact, then uses the spurs to “round him up� artificially to make him piaffe is therefore not creating or achieving true collection. Just as false collection is is no match for real collection, executing the movements with technical accuracy only, is not dressage.

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he band plays loudly - a simple, traditional tune that adds to the atmosphere. The streets are filled with throngs of locals and tourists alike. The weather in Spain in late June is warm and balmy; locals sell pomada and traditional Menorcan sweets, and the streets are abuzz with lively excitement.

Menorca is generally known for being a quiet and tranquil holiday destination, but when it comes time to party, this quiet island changes its dynamics very quickly - the shops close early and the streets are cordoned off; it’s all about the horses today.

These beautiful horses are the main theme of most of the cultural celebrations in Menorca, an indication of the extent to which the horse is important in society and in the traditions of the Menorcan people.

The Menorquin horse is an important symbol of this island’s history and cultural traditions, and it is physical evidence of the hundreds of forced domination’s the island has suffered since the Bronze age. This magnificent jet black horse has only been recognized as a breed since 1989, although you could hardly call the Menorquin a recent addition to the horse world - its roots are as ancient as this island of Spain that it calls home. One cannot think about Menorca without mentioning their beautiful and symbolic horses, horses that have been infused with Berber, Arab, Spanish and English thoroughbred blood. Over little more than the 700 square kilometers of terrain that makes up Menorca live more than 2000 Menorquin horses, making the island one of the most densely populated by equines in Europe.

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importance of the horse to the Menorcan people, take part in the Jaleo.

There is a story behind the Jaleo. It is commonly recounted that one year a famous horseback pilgrimage passed in front of a band performing “El Postillón de la Rioja”, and the horses were startled and began to rear up. The result of the commotion was pandemonium, and the Spanish word for pandemonium is, in fact, “Jaleo”.

This movement of rearing up (es bot) has since become a benchmark in the Menorquin horsemen’s festival routines and is performed in the midst of throngs of excited spectators, loud music and wild excitement.

It is considered an act of bravery to touch the horse’s chest whilst it is rearing, so as the horses parade the streets and show off their wonderful “bot”, the spectators push forward to touch, or even join together to hold up, the rearing black stallion. The riders are applauded the longer the horse stays on two feet, and the music in the background paired with the riders’ baroque dress only adds to the distinct medieval atmosphere.

The Menorquin horse is symbolic, not only of the island, but also of a particular form of local horsemanship called Doma Menorquina, which is strongly influenced by the Doma Vaquera and Spanish high school.

The Doma Menorquina training is demonstrated in spectacular festivals throughout the island during the year. The signature movement, “es bot” or “es bot de caminar”, is performed at the trot, slowly and without tension.

The horses rear very high in the air - so much so that it often appears they are about to fall over backwards - and then walk forwards on two legs.

The Menorquin horsemen use voice aids when requesting certain movements, and this is one of the features of their training style. The horses are worked with one hand (the left) in traditional tack, such as a Menorquin saddle and bridle. During festivals, the horses are decorated with ribbons and their riders are dressed in white trousers, three-pointed hats (which they will often hold to their chests) and elegant black jackets.

The history of the Minorca horse is as interesting as that of the islands.

Horses have existed on Menorca for centuries. The first Cavalry troops based on the island date back to 1301, and their Iberian war horses were bred to be agile and steady in combat. Menorca was an important strategic point in the Mediterranean sea, occupied by Fenicians, Romans, Turks, Moors, the English, French and of course the Spanish kingdom over

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The closest relative to the Pura Raza Menorquina is the PRE. Menorquin breeder Francisco (Sisco) Fuster, who is now based in Holland with his dutch wife Jannette Bijsterbosch, outline the main differences between traditional PRE horses and Pura Raza Menorquina horses At first sight the main difference is that Menorquin horses are not as baroque in appearance and their chest, hind legs and back are not as muscled as the PRE’s.

The Menorquin horses are always black, no other color is accepted in the stud book and their legs and feet are finer and smaller.

The movement of the front legs is generally not as pronunciated as the PRE’s. The PRE phenomonen of “campaneo” is not common in Minorca horses.

PRE’s are more sensible and easier to offend when ridden by less experienced riders compared to the Pura Raza Menorquina.

Menorquin horses can also be used for all disciplines that PRE horses excell in (Alta escuela, doma vaquero, doma clásica, enganche etc) and interestingly their is now a PRM stallion called Topo used in the Real escuela de Arte Ecuestre de Jerez.

Sisco has long been convinced that Menorquin horses could compete successfully internationally.

Although around 2000 horses live on the island of Menorca, only a few hundred are registered outside oftheir homeland.

In 2009, in an article written for a local paper called El Menorca, Siscu Marques ( (Escola Eqüestre Menorquina) was quoted as saying, “On Minorca, many locals still believe that their mighty black horses

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Sisco tells me. “I’m convinced that, when these horses (the right and selected ones) are matched to someone who can “extract” the best aptitudes, they will show the world that a new breed has come to the scene that has the power to succeed. It’s a very difficult task to accomplish without a good budget though”.

Sisco’s words hit a chord, as here in Italy this year a young rider and his black Menorquin stallion Renclí have made local press due to being invited performance in Olympic games in London this August. Renclí would have been the first Minorquian horse to take part in the Olympic games, however with Renclí ‘s rider Mattia only being 14 years old was unfortunately to young to preform.

Renclí was one of Sisco’s first horses. A stallion initially purchased to found his Dutch breeding stud and imported to Holland where he lived for 5 years serving mares in the couples farm.

Sisco tells me “Renclí is a horse with a very strong horsenality. He is extremely clever, but once he accepts you as his leader he becomes a partner that will do anything for you. It was always a pleasure for me to work with Renclí and accidentally we learned to work with him at liberty. One day I stepped into the meadow to have him move about for some clients,

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and he started following my nearly invisible indications in a positive way, and seemed to really enjoy the experience. From that day on we started working without any kind of tack; and I was always amazed about his cleverness and disposition to work with me or people he liked.

We really enjoyed Renclí during the 5 years he was with us, but we had to sell him to offer him a much better life. The first year he was the only stallion covering the mares. Then in 2008 our second stallion Tirol arrived and we used him to cover the mares.

Renclí got very upset, he couldn’t handle the presence of another stallion in the stable and even less the fact he was not covering “his mares”. At our stables, there is constant visual contact within mares and stallions and Renclí was constantly nervous and upset about the situation so that it became impossible for us to keep him on weight, no matter how much we fed him.”

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We decided to move him back to our good friend Siscu Marques of Escola Equestre Menorquina in Ciutadella, where he would be further trained in the Menorquin dressage and put for (silent) sale.

Mattia was just nine years old when he first saw a Menorquin horse at the international horse fair at Verona, Italy. The wonderful black horses appeared to Mattia like something out of a fairytale, and the determined boy decided then and there that he would eventually have a Menorquin horse.

In 2009, by chance, he met Siscu Marques who was representing his breeding stud at theItalian fair. What followed really is straight out of a fairytale - Mattia’s family flew to Menorca for a holiday to practice Minorcan dressage at Marques dressage school. Marques let Mattia ride on Renclí,and right away he was totally enchanted with him. It was a match. “In the end I didn’t choose Mattia for Renclí, but Mattia chose for Renclí (who he nicknames ‘Fairy) - Marques told me that the match was very good and therefore we sold him, we have now the proof that this was the right move,as Mattia has worked very hard in Italy with his trainer and they are now achieving important results.”

Sisco had already met Mattia at the 2009 Fiera di Cavalli in Verona (Italy’s largest horse fair). The 11 year old boy impressed Sisco straight away by his competent riding and handling of different Minorcan horses and stallions at the fair.

“Mattia is a shy and quiet boy, but his interaction with horses even then was remarkable if not amazing. He just did everything he was asked to do, taking care

of the stallions, preparing them, riding them calmly without any words.

I could see he enjoyed just being around the horses.

Mattia’s mother Laura purchased Renclì in 2010, and since his arrival in Milan both horse and rider have been closely followed by German trainer Fauke Geilhof and Italian Marco Caremi. In 2011, they competed throughout Italy in both dressage and Alta scuola dressage and would have performed at the London Olympics in the Greenwich Park Equestrian Complex if he had not been only 14 years old.

When I ask Sisco how he feels to hear that his founding stallion is going, he tells me that he always knew Renclí was special but that he was just not in the right environment. Hearing the

news of his success was simply confirmation of a vague suspicion that his stallion has something special about him.

Sisco and Jannette offer potential buyers information on the breed and have a small but quality selection of horses available for purchase. They also can assist in looking for horses on the island for potential buyers. Many thanks to both Sisco and Jannette for this article.

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TEAM RUBI Gonçalo Carvalho Conchinhas Scoring the highest ever Olympic result with a Lusitano, and turning plenty of heads along the way, Gonçalo Carvalho Conchinhas and his Alter stallion Rubi have set the dressage world on fire and have everyone talking about that amazing piaffe!

Written by SARAH WARNE Olympic photos by JULIA RAU Other photos ‘Supplied’

Interviewing the Danish judge Leif Törnblad after the Grand Prix Special, I asked him what he considered the highlights of London. And after mentioning the amazing ground staff, he highlighted the work of just one rider…

“I also enjoyed watching the Portuguese rider who was very good and ‘classic’,” he said Qualifying in 22nd place for the Grand Prix Special, Gonçalo scored a standout 74.222, lifting him to 13th place, and continued on this golden path to receive a 77.607% in the Grand Prix Kur! Departing Portugal mid-July, Gonçalo and Rubi were first invited to train at the home of Kyra Kyrkland before making the final journey to Greenwich Olympic Park.

“Training at Kyra’s was very good and

extremely important,” said Gonçalo. “Kyra already knew us very well as we had already trained several times with her as the coach of the Portuguese team. She is a great rider and an excellent trainer, and she and her husband Richard form an extraordinary team.

“They are very technical and I really like that. Their help was fundamental. They are the true ‘gentleman and woman’ of the horse world!”

Gonçalo says he has “no doubt” it was a good decision to have the stopover with Kyra before heading to Greenwich, not only for the training expertise but for the necessary time it took to settle and relax after their trip.

“It gave us enough time to recover from the long journey. Rubi made the trip beautifully. He is now a horse that has travelled all over the world. In three years we have together travelled more than 70,000 kilometres.”

The first time travelling by boat, the pair took the new experience in their stride, and Rubi quickly adapted to the heightened atmosphere and the lowered temperature.

“Most horses work best in cool weather… and Ruby is no exception.”

Doing his best to stay focused in London, Gonçalo chose to only read and reply to messages and phone calls from his direct family or closest members of Team Rubi, giving him the opportunity to concentrate on his massive ride.

“All the rest had no contact – emails, Facebook, etc. All of these distractions did not exist. I like being alone and I need a lot of time to concentrate.”

Along with Team Rubi, many of Gonçalo’s family members went to London to cheer him on. Maria Carvalho, Gonçalo’s mum, at Estadio Olimpico, said she “was a mix of happiness and anxiety”.

“It is hard to describe the emotion that comes when they announce over the loud speaker that Gonçalo is next to enter.

“You are filled with nerves and anxiety.

The nerves recover after every ride, but my pride, admiration and happiness always remain. I am so proud that Gonçalo, my son, has represented Portugal to the world!”

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TEAM RUBI Gonçalo’s wife, and mother of his 3-year-old son, Carmen, said it was a great feeling to share in the London experience as a family, and she can’t describe the emotion she and her son felt watching Gonçalo compete.

“Proud is not enough to describe what I felt! To watch them [Gonçalo & Rubi] perform so masterfully was breathtaking.

It is a symbiosis between horse and rider, a combination of the dedication and professionalism of Gonçalo and the good character of Rubi. I think I’m still ecstatic! “But Guillerme is still a little too young to understand the dimensions of the Games. “In kindergarten, to all friends and family, Guilherme spoke much of the Olympic Games but without a real concept of what it was.

And when his father left for London, he wept and said he did not want Daddy to go to the Olympic Games.”

But fortunately, Carmen and Guilherme were able to be present at the London games, and when they arrived in London, Guilherme was much happier about the situation. “When we got to London, Guillermo just wanted to get to Greenwich to see Rubi and give him carrots, as usual. During the tests he was trying to take pictures, and when his daddy began the Kur, he was watching wide-eyed and dancing along to the music!”

Aside from his immediate family, Rubi also needed his own team. And taking care of an Olympic athlete is a job that extends right from the ground up! The Team Rubi farrier played a vital role in ensuring Rubi had on his piaffing shoes. “London, for me, was very good, and the team atmosphere was amazing!” said international farrier Sergio Pinto.

While there was no urgent maintenance for Sergio to attend to throughout the games, he was always on stand-by. “I just farriered him as usual… everything was normal!”

Although it was only a “very short” stay in London, Sergio said he enjoyed it immensely and hopes to be on the ground at more international events in the future.

Chosen as the personal vet for Gonçalo, Vasco Amaro Lopes landed in London and was with Team Rubi at the stable of Kyra Kyrkland, and he stayed with the pair until the London games were over. “It was a great honour to be invited as the vet for Rubi in London,” said Vasco. “It was my first Olympics, and I was very excited to be part of the Games.”

With one vet for every team, plus one for every individual rider, Vasco said there were around 30 vets in London. But being invited by Goncalo, Vasco was only authorised to treat Rubi and therefore could not offer veterinary advice to members of other teams or nations. “We could not treat other equine athletes,” said Vasco. “However, if we see something we are not happy about we can lodge a report with the veterinary commission.”

Grateful for the invaluable support of his family and Team Rubi, Gonçalo is still a little overwhelmed by his success and must now take in the fact that he is an Olympic Champion! “I came to the house just two days ago, and so I’m still at a stage of reflection. But I think the calmness I maintained throughout the Games, and my ability to handle the pressure so well, was my strong point.”

Having not yet watched his Olympic ride on video, Gonçalo is yet to analyse his performance in great detail but knows that he can learn a lot from this amazing experience. “I have no doubt we can go even better. Rubi now has learnt to really work for me in the test, but we still have lots of things we can focus on to get some more points. Let’s see if we can improve!”

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TEAM RUBI With the major goal of the Olympics now behind them, Gonçalo says he hasn’t yet thought properly about the next step or the future of this amazing, now infamous, bay Lusitano!

“Our goal was the Olympic Games. We have not had time to sit down and think about anything. We have achieved our dream, .

Rubi is in optimal health and physical condition.”

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“The priority in September will be given to our youngster Bariloche tests and that the next show of Rubi will be in the beginning of October in Bercy-Paris at the Gala of the 4 Schools of Equestrian Art, as the soloist.”

Truly a fantastic ambassador for young riders, and in fact the entire sport of dressage, Gonçalo chose to wear a hard helmet in the competition despite the fact that the traditional top hat was still permitted.

“The use of a helmet was mandatory during training in London and will soon be mandatory across the board. But the main reason I wore the hard helmet is because I am now sponsored by the brand ‘Uvex’.

“I also decided to go with my old Uvex helmet as I was a little superstitious, and since I started wearing it the tests were never less than 70%. In addition, the hard hat is much more comfortable than my top hat, and I’ve always been practical in life – not so worried about appearances. I do not use something because it looks prettier but because I feel better, and I think safety is important in sport.”

With so many fantastic memories of his Olympic debut, Gonçalo says the encouragement and genuine enthusiasm from his family and supporters is something he will treasure forever.

“Going to the Games is a dream in every way. But how the public reacted when I performed will be marked in my life. It was just phenomenal. When I finished Kur, it looked like they [the crowd] had won the Olympic Games. The crowd was just so very friendly; it was truly overwhelming.”

Standing by Gonçalo through good times and bad, his family and team supporters were what got him to the top; and of course, his very special friend… Rubi.

A record-breaking Lusitano, Rubi has certainly made his mark on the world of dressage, and Gonçalo says he believes there are more Rubi’s out there.

CONGRATULATIONS to Gonçalo! CONGRATULATIONS to Rubi Alter Real! And most of all, we can’t wait to see the next Olympic instalment from this superstar… this is just the beginning.

“My next major focus is to be in Brazil! I will now work with this as my purpose!”

And finally, two of the most VITAL members of team Rubi, are his MUM, and his other MUM! The famous Stallion’s owner, Christine Jacoberger, watched proudly throughout her horse’s entire London adventure, and was amazed and honoured to see what all their hard work could produce!

The other mother/carer/cleaner/friend, was the team Rubi groom, Nuno Deveza, who was by the horses side from the get go, and without whom the horse would not have sparkled with such BRIILIANCE! Congrats to everyone who was part of this OUTSTANDING team, your nation and BHM salute you! a 46 .

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This passion for horses remains to this day – Bettina does a lot of training and works as a riding instructor. But not only is riding important to her, so is the respectful treatment of horses. She shows her students how to work with confidence, consistency and body language, and thus build a deep connection to their horses.

But it’s Bettina’s photo shoots that capture her heart and produce the most amazing results.

“If the owner of the horses shines when viewing the photos and is touched and happy, then I’m happy and I know that we have found exactly the right job for me,” she said.

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of “Relampago do Retiro”, “Galopin de la Font” or most recently “Rubi (AR)”, all Lusitano stallions competing at Olympic level, makes us understand the pressure this breed is now subject to when the time for buying or selling is reached.

“As with other Baroque breeds, Lusitano horses tend to finish their development into adult horses at a later age compared to warmbloods. “

Dr. João Crespo AMV Assistência Médica Veterinária (Veterinary Medical Assistance)

As with other Baroque breeds, Lusitano horses tend to finish their development into adult horses at a later age compared to warmbloods.

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or this purpose we talked to João Crespo (DVM), a Portuguese vet, to help us better understand how things work when we want to do a Pre Purchase Exam of a Lusitano horse in Portugal.

BHM – What should people do when they decide to do a Pre Purchase Exam of a Lusitano horse in Portugal?

JC- They should first reach a vet who works with horses. If they don’t have any contacts, they can visit the Portuguese Equine Veterinary Association (AMVE) website (www.amve.pt).

BHM – What does such an exam include?

JC – In our practice we follow a five stage protocol-based examination, followed by an X-ray evaluation.

BHM – Why a five stage protocol?

JC – It’s an internationally accepted approach. Most of our examinations are for foreign clients who obviously have their vets who they work with. We try to collect the information about the horses we examine in the most objective and thorough way in order to provide a final report that can be clearly understood by all interventionists. By using international standards and grading systems, we can be sure the results are passed on in an objective way.

BHM – Are these exams made in a special facility?

JC – No. Most of the private practices in Portugal are carried out via an ambulatory system. We travel to the location of the horse and the exam is performed in situ. In our personal experience, this brings the advantage that the horse is actually examined in its own environment.

BHM – What are the most frequent problems found by you in Lusitano horses?

JC – As with other Baroque breeds, Lusitano horses tend to finish their development into adult horses at a later age compared to warmbloods. This created pressure on the breeders to fasten the horse’s development, and we now see frequently in our examinations Osteocondrosis lesions. This has created increased concern among the veterinary and breeders’ associations, so protocols are being made in order to develop a conjoined approach to this problem. Also, due to their upright conformation of the digit, we tend to find pastern joint disease at a later age and degenerative joint disease of the hock.

BHM – What happens when you finish your examination?

JC – A report is made with all the relevant information and sent by email to our client, together with the X-ray images. An opinion is issued, whether the horse is able to perform at the intended level and what is the risk assessment for its future soundness. We complement this information with images or videos in order to facilitate our colleague’s perception of the results found.

BHM - How does the X-ray examination work?

JC – Our practice works currently with a DR digital system, so this makes the acquisition of images very fast. A typical exam will include 18 images from the digit, fetlocks (front and hind), hooks and stifles.

BHM - What is the current legislation in Portugal that rules Pre Purchase Exams?

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Dr. João Crespo

“By far, in my opinion, what makes Lusitanos so special is their rusticity and willingness to go forward, enabling them to achieve such a high level of performance, and at the same time their commitment to the rider and owner.”

The Royal Decree 16/12/1886 is still valid and it makes everything very difficult in cases of litigation.

BHM – What would be your advice then?

JC – We currently work in our practice with two lawyers that have special knowledge on these issues. By being riders themselves, they better understand the particularities of these situations, making them most capable of helping our clients on all legal subjects from buying contracts to litigation.

To avoid these unfortunate situations, we encourage our clients to fully clarify all doubts they might have before they proceed with the purchase.

BHM – Do you have any personal comments on this breed?

JC – By far, in my opinion, what makes Lusitanos so special is their rusticity and willingness to go forward, enabling them to achieve such a high level of performance, and at the same time their commitment to the rider and owner.

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Frequent projection for a PPE: · Digit: lateral/medial; skyline from

navicular bone and dorsal/

palmar 65º from navicular bone · Front fetlocks: dorso/palmar, standing lateral/medial ·

Hind fetlocks: standing lateral/medial

· Hocks: dorso/plantar; lateral/medial

(might also include lateral/

medial oblique and

medial/lateral oblique) · Stifles: lateral/medial Joao Crespo has worked in equine practice since 1996. His main interests are sports medicine, imagology and shoeing. He has been a member of the AAEP and BEVA since 1998. Joao has a special interest in holistic approaches, graduating from Veterinary Equine Chiropractics at the International Academy of Veterinary Chiropractics (IAVC) in Germany in 2002.

Having is practice established in Matosinhos, he works mainly in the Oporto and Lisbon areas in Portugal. His spare time is spent scuba diving.

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Artist Profile

Carolle Beaudry Profile and Artist Statement What I remember most from my youth are two things; my love of nature and my ability to draw.

Drawing and painting animals came to me ver y naturally. Although my emphasis is placed on creating ar t of fauna, my curiosity and ar tistic venture at times, leads me down diverse paths.

The freedom I have, in choosing my subjects, remains an essential element in my equilibrium. Without this emotion, my effor t to paint would seem a derision and a pursuit without interest. Besides the choice of subjects, my basic concerns remain those which govern all ar t. Composition, shapes

Quioxte - Lustiano Stallion and color form the language that allows the painting to communicate with its viewer.

My creative energy comes from attempting to create an illusion, to transmit an emotion, to master and capture the impossible. To achieve this, representational ar t is, in my opinion, the perfect school to learning ever ything about the subtle nature of painting. I am cer tainly not able to decipher the many infinite possibilities that painting offers, but one day, maybe at 110 years of age, I will be able to say: “ Color and I, we form but one. I am an ar tist.” lus aliquam pulviligula elit adipi scing diam sadips ser tes voluptas uns.

Talking with BHM BHM: How long have you been painting for?

CB: I’ve been drawing since I was a little girl, but it was only when I was about 24 years old when I participated in a workshop given by American painters specialising in animal art, Kalon Baughan in particular, that I began to paint seriously.

Up until that point of time I preferred and almost used exclusively graphite pencils.

It required a long learning process to acquire the right technique in order to introduce colour into my drawings. I read everything I could on the subject and wanted to learn more about the pleasures of colour and the roles of light and shadow… it was really difficult, but step by step and one day at a time, I began to better understand and control this wonderful tool of colour!

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artist BHM: What is your preferred medium?

CB: Although I’ve experimented with many mediums, I prefer graphite pencil and oils.

BHM: What drove you to paint horses?

CB: Like most little girls, I’ve always been passionate about horses. Just briefly being near one would have me daydreaming for days and weeks on end.

As I became older, I lost interest in horses only to have my passion for them renewed towards my late 30s. The event that triggered this sudden renewal came after seeing Cavalia and watching videos of Bartabas. I was awestruck and completely seduced with the power and beauty of a horse performing on scene… a world in which the horse oscillates constantly in a game of light and shadows.

I felt, and feel to this day, something very unique and special following my “epiphany” with the horse, a feeling so unique and special that the horse has become my subject of choice for the last seven years.

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BHM: What do you enjoy the most about painting horses?

CB: What fascinates me the most are infinite possibilities the horse’s body offers me as a source of inspiration for my paintings. Every horse is unique and has its own personality, colour and way in which it moves – they are very charming and can be quite the character! I love every aspect of the horse, inside and out, but its sensitive nature both touches and fascinates me deeply. I sincerely believe that in order to be authentic and honest when I paint, I need to have a very strong emotional link with my subjects, regardless if it’s a landscape, portrait, or something else. It connects the artist with their subject – the more powerful the emotion involved, the more powerful the painting will become.

BHM: Do you sell prints of your paintings?

CB: Yes, but only by request.

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Surf to Saddle Ar ticle and Photos

by Cátia Castro

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aniel Pinto is a dressage rider who has already represented the colours of Portugal in two Olympic Games – Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008. He dazzled all Lusitano lovers when he won the Kur in the World Cup in Las Vegas, he has been present in four WEG European Championships, and has won two Iberian Dressage Cups. BHM talked with Daniel Pinto in his magnificent facility at the Academia de Dressage in Portugal; he is a nice man – easygoing and a lover of horses and their art – and we discovered the secret of his success.

BHM: Looking back at all the work of the past two decades, how do you feel having participated in the most important stages of the dressage world?

DP: First of all, the most important was the evolution of how I came to be in these stages; that is, it was not immediate but was the result of work which I had been executing during my riding apprenticeship in Portugal – since my entry into the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art – and little by little seeing other riders in competitions and having experienced competition. It was my older brother Carlos that encouraged me to enter the sport of dressage.

The big stages of the competition were a consequence of good results in smaller tests. The first time we were in the Olympics we didn’t realise what my horse had already done – I was trying to constantly improve him when I found myself already qualified.

The second time I went, it was a goal which became difficult and complicated because we had to reorganise our lives in order to achieve this great objective.

BHM: How is being in the Olympics? How is it to be representing your country?

DP: Representing your country is something of great responsibility and great pride.

BHM: Gallopin de la Font was the Lusitano horse that stood out in your career. How did you know that this would be your horse for the competitions?

DP: Sylvain Massa showed me quite a few horses, but not Gallopin. But when I looked at this horse and saw him inside his box, he sparked my attention because he was full of life, always with his ears forward. I asked if I could ride him, but Sylvain told me, “No, this horse does not have potential for dressage.” But the way he was looking at us… I saw something.

When I rode him, I immediately said that this was the horse that I wanted. He was a horse that had no big gaits, but was a horse that had very good character and had a great willingness to please. I felt Gallopin could be a horse that I could work with.

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Daniel Pinto and Gallopin de la Font, 18 y.o. black Lusitano Stallion. Galopin de la Font was owned by Sylvain Massa who sponsored Daniel Pinto. Galopin de la Font (by Espanto out of Pezuda (by Zorro x Furia)) have been long time members of the Portuguese Grand Prix team.

They competed at the 2006 World Equestrian Games in

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My goal was to represent my country this time with a Lusitano horse. I believed in Gallopin and we made a great career together.

We made two World Championships, the Olympics, won the World Cup in Las Vegas, won the National Championships and two Iberian Dressage Cups. He is a horse with a long roll of honour and has always been in the top two in Portuguese representation.

BHM: In your opinion, what are the most important qualities that a Lusitano horse could have?

DP: The Lusitano horse is very comfortable, very sensitive, is eager to please, is easy, and is a horse who is always working with us. We always have the feeling that he can improve – we see no limit to evolution. Every day we feel he can give something more, and that to me is the highest quality of the Lusitano.

BHM: Do you think the Lusitano breed is evolving?

DP: Portuguese breeders have made great evolution in the Lusitano horse – they made a big bet on improving the locomotion, and we have to congratulate them for their great concern in looking for the best movement. They had to change the horses physically, gaining size and amplitude in the walk. We are going to get a sport horse without losing the breeding standard, without losing the qualities of rideability that our horse has that differentiates it from other horses. The breeders have also managed to preserve the good temperament of the Lusitano.

BHM: How do you prepare yourself for a competition and the level of training of the horses?

DP: I do regular training with my horses. I interpret what is going on, I feel the horse – whether he’s feeling tired, whether he’s giving resistance. During the training I enter into some specific work as a result of how we advance. For example, if I make a half pass and the

horse does it very well, I will not insist on that, I get something else that I know the horse will have some difficulties in doing, while he is willing to work. If I perform something hard for the horse when he is tired, I’ll just make matters worse.

The daily work creates peak physical condition for the horse and teaches him what our objectives are. Then around 10 to 15 days before the competition, I start having a work plan a little bit more specific. Instead of working all exercises every day, I create a program in which the horse will have to be in peak shape on the day of the test. I dedicate every day to each exercise – the first three days for half pass and the extended trot and collected trot, and transitions from canter to the collected canter. Then in the following days I will work on the transitions from the extended trot to the passage, and the remaining days are spent on the passages, the piaffes and pirouettes. When we get close to the days of competition, we begin to lower the level of training because the idea is to have a rest and regain the morale and willingness to work.

BHM: You give clinics in Portugal and abroad. Do you enjoy passing your knowledge onto other riders?

DP: I give internships/clinics in many countries; every month I’ll go two or three days to give clinics abroad. I also give clinics here in Portugal at the Academia – on Thursdays I don’t ride and I allow my students to ride some of my competition horses. That day I’m available for all the people who come to ride with me.

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DanielPint0 and with Jan Bemelmans. I have read a lot and have seen many riders.

Surely we have to be updated and take lessons, because it’s good to have a professional who will see what we don’t see – having a coach is not synonymous with incompetence, but it is the will to go further and realise that we have to evolve.

But the coach is only a good coach if they have a good student and know how to pass on their knowledge (and the student assimilates this knowledge), and having a good horse that is able to perform the exercises, putting into practice the coach’s ideas. It is team work.

Not only do I learn from my coaches, but I also learn from my riding students.

BHM: One of your coaches is your brother. Is this special for you?

DP: Carlos is special because I have been working with him for 18 years and have learned all my riding basics from him – passage, piaffe, flying changes, etc. I was lucky that my brother had horses that could do these exercises, and I as the younger brother had the chance to ride these horses. Of all the coaches that I had, I would like to highlight Master Luis Valença Rodrigues, my brother Carlos Pinto, Jan Bemelmans and Kyra Kyrklund – I consider them as my great coaches.

BHM: You have trained more Lusitano horses at the highest level of dressage (Grand Prix) than many others. What is the secret of your success?

DP: I do not know if I’m the person who has trained more horses.

Some say it is my brother Carlos, but I have several horses in Grand Prix (GP). The secret is, I believe, communication with the horse – for the horses to perform GP they must have quality and the physical condition to do it. But quality is relative. Some horses have the quality to go to the Olympic Games; other horses may have sufficient quality, balance and strength to perform all the exercises but may not have spectacular gaits or perform the exercises with extraordinary quality.

These are the horses that I detect quickly and believe in and work with every day, never arranging apologies but always arranging solutions.

The fact that I believe that a horse is going to perform GP allows me to be open to understanding the horse, to analyse the difficulties and what

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he needs to solve these problems. And I also have the patience to wait – if a horse cannot do it with four years of work, we wait another two years. We have to analyse, understand and know how to wait. I had no money to buy good horses and only rode what they gave me to ride, so I learned to be patient. To make GP you have to believe in the horse that you have, because if you do not believe, you have nothing.

BHM: How do you prepare yourself as an athlete? How do you relax and keep fit?

DP: I have good self-esteem and I cannot do something that I don’t like. I really like riding horses – I love horses and giving lessons – but there are times when I’m tired of horses and riding. I only can ride well if I’m feeling good, and I need my space to be alone and be physically well. I don’t really like running or cycling, I like surfing. The surf is good because it includes swimming, and the surf is for my mind – it relaxes me.

I like to go surfing in locations with cliffs completely deserted, where I look and see only the sea. I like to go to Santa Cruz beach where I can clear my mind of the competition environment, outside the environment of the clients, outside of my wife and family (laughs)… It’s my time with my surfboard and with the waves.

BHM: Are there any similarities between surfing and riding?

DP: Surfing and riding, although being completely different sports at first glance, are similar in some aspects. Both sports are concerned with two things: one is balance – and when we’re riding a horse we are concerned with our balance and the horse’s – and surfing is the same.

To do a good cutback or to make another manoeuvre, you must know exactly what the inclination of the wave is, the equilibrium, where in the wave you are going to make the drop, and the body position. Another thing that is similar is the interpretation of the wave – whether it is a right or a left wave – the decision of the surfer must be fast as the wave is always different. Interpretation of the horse is very similar – whether he’s tough, whether he’s light in the hand, if he has the energy for the exercise. Riding and surfing are both adrenaline sports with a great contact with nature. a

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Cryptogram

Each letter is substituted with a number of the same and you need to work out which letter in the alphabet is being coded by the same number. Once all numbers are replaced with a letter you will reveal the sentence.

Answer:

Tack is a piece of equipment or accessory worn by horses.

Spot the 5 differences

Answers: 1. Horse tail gets bigger. 2. horse gets 2nd ear. 3. tree grows longer. 4. weeds under horses belly disapears. 5. Power poll dissapears.

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Colour ME In!!

Artwork by Helen Taylor.

Just ..For the kids..!

Colouring in competition.

We’d love for you to colour in this picture. It needs lots of colour to bring it to life.

Get and adult to send it to us and you’ll go into the draw to WIN a BHM prize pack!

Or .. you can send us your very own drawing - we’d love to see that too.

Age:

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Email Address:

Simply send us your picture and fill out the form to go into the draw and have your picture published in the next issue of Baroque Horse Magazine!

Entries can be recieved by photo via email editor@baroquehorse.com.au Winners shall be notifiyed by email or phone and published in the next issue oh BHM.

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Where in the world is Baroque Horse Magazine!

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RS’ Casal dos Rios foals starting to learn how to read

Friesian filly Eltsje SF (owner Melissa Cutler)

GF El Gran Primoroso reading from Gumnut Farm andalusians

Conceição Lima with the Lusitano Isabel “Sandokan” in Casal dos Rios Stud Farm

Filipe Trindade with the Lusitano Stallion Viking, in Casal dos Rios Stud Farm

Would you like to see your photos on the readers’ wall?

We’d love to see them!

Please email your photos to editor@baroquehorse. com.au Tribunal HB; 12 year old Lusitano stallion and Andrea Waxler Kaplan Sym vant Wilbroek 7 Year-old Friesian Stallion, North Pole, Alaska. owned by Wanda Lindsoe

Left: Foals bred and owned by Erica Lock

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Riverdale, New York, USA Maja and Honey are going for a ride.

‘Cloggy’ ownded by Tracy Mathew

just4fun You Know you have a baroque horse when your horse has more “products” than you do!

The English horsewoman

Written By Sue Whitmore

The Breed Show.

Ah, the show. Having made your OH get up at an hour so ridiculously early it is really the night before, make your coffee and toast, pack the picnic, iron your show shirt, drive to the (expensive) 24 hour garage to fill up the 4WD, perform all the safety checks on the trailer, pump up the tyres, fill the awkward but essential mini-nets for the trailer and hay bags for the show ground, drive 60 miles, with you screeching at every bend “Drive SLOWLY round the corners, don’t upset the horse!”, you disembark, eager and ready for the day ahead.

Your exhausted and bewildered OH, having applied the final shine to the tack, gets handed a lead rope, “Here, hold the stallion, let him have some grass, and DON’T let him sniff any mares’ bums.”

You conveniently forget that your OH doesn’t actually know the difference between a mare, gelding, stallion or zebra as you sail off to meet up with the other harpies and proceed to spend a happy hour leaning over the rail at the main ring, drinking coffee, admiring the horses, all of whom are lovely, but, of course, don’t hold a candle to yours, and making sarcastic remarks about the riders, all of whom ride better than you could ever hope to.

Illustration by Jo Titman

Back in the car park, the stallion is showing a bit of male solidarity and behaving impeccably, occasionally nuzzling your OH’s head and coating the bald pate with sunscreen, otherwise known as green slobber.

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Horses For Sale Black Lusitano Dressage Stallion. This fabulous stallion is a pure bred approved with 72 points.

Height 170cms 8 years old born 03/05/2004. By Martini out of Naomi by Unico II He is a big bold horse with a lot of power and energy requires experienced rider.

Good quality gaits. He competes regularly and has achieved -2nd place in Price 150,000 euros championship dressage 2008 and winner of Portuguese Dressage Cup 2008 and 2009. He has competed internationally in Germany - Verden in 2009 and won championship for young horses at 5 years old. He was 3rd the Open Dressage Portuguese Championship.

He is currently competing at PSG and Inter I, Tested Negative for Piroplasmosis in 2012 Available for sale with www.lusitanohorsefinder.com contact teresa@lusitanohorsefinder.com

Champion Youngstock Lusitano Mare with same lines as Rubi Alter and Quieto. This stunning filly was bred at by Quinta dos Cedros Stud (breeders of champion male at Lisbon Festival 2012) She is out of Rifa who has bred many medal winning offspring and passes on her dun colour. She is Rei - an exceptional Lusitano Stallion who competed

Price 20,000 euros

at Grand Prix dressage. His movement was both powerful and elegant.

A very large imposing stallion standing over 17hh (172cms). This lovely mare would make an excellent prospect for dressage and showing. She also has the breeding lines, colour and temperament to be an exceptional broodmare.She has super conformation and movement and she is now being backed for riding. Location UK Available for sale with www.lusitanohorsefinder.com contact teresa@lusitanohorsefinder.com

Lusitanos for sale from Portugal of different ages, some ridden stock available to.

Warlander Noble Shadow Boadicea (Valiant x Melinga Divina) Breed: Warlander D.O.B: 10.11.11 Colour: Bay/Grey

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Noble-Shadow-Friesian-andAndalusian-Horse-StudWarlanders/194594647225421?ref=ts For further information please contact lisaleitch@gmail.com or 0400518704

CENTAURO dos PARDINHOS - TIXAQUIR (SPP) x EMBAIXATRIZ (VO) – born 14 February 2007 (1.64m) grandson of XAQUIRO a super stallion considered for many to be the best Lusitano stallion of today. www.acmendonca.net - ajcmendonca@hotmail.com

$2,000 ono

‘Centor’ Spanish Warmblood yearling gelding DOB: 13-03-11 Dam: FW Marrianne (Hannoverian)15.3hh Sire: Centauro (Iberian)16.2hh This sweet and very friendly boy who should mature around the

15-15.2hh mark. This poor boy had a hard start to life as his mum was carring him with liver/toxic poising (at no fault to us) so he missed out of a bit and mother died after. He has the most beautiful nature and is ready to go on with. Hes very friendly and has only known kindness in his life. Hes a special boy who shall give you his whole heart! He’ll be very pretty, dark and very quiet! Great for the kids or next hack! Price isn’t as important as the right loving home. No reflection on him. I just want a good loving home.

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“Kandy”

$4,000

Is a registered ID Andalusian and Friesian Warmblood filly Sire: The Wizzard (Friesian black 15.1hh) Dam: Australias X’Travaganza (Bay Ix Andalusian) Born: 8.1.11

This rich bay filly is stunning with that look at me look at me. Kandy is special with her bay coat and the features of both parents, her movement is the best of both spectacular. She has been taught to tie and lead and has been turned out with other fillies to grow and mature. This filly is total unspoilt she is ready to be prepared for the discipline that her new owner choose for her. Kandy is for sale at the reasonable price of $4,000 more up-to-date photos. www.frahavenstud.com.au 0269202330

Horses For Sale $11,000

“Willtony Arcado”

“Willtony Pedro”

pure Spanish colt .

DOB 22/09/11, Sire -Necesario II (Imp.-Sp) Dam -Castellano

DOB -27/10/10.

Arcadia, will mature 16hh+ He is the first pure colt offered for sale by Necesario II , He has a beautiful nature, excellent bone and conformation, magical suspended and very forward movement , he is going to be a lovely Sire , Dressage-Showjumper -Eventer competition horse for the equestrian enthusiast, $11,000.00 inc GST.- more information www.willtony.com.au , email inquiry@willtony.com.au mob-0419742790 Mary-Lou Pelling

Sire- Necesario II (Imp-Sp)-(National Champion 2010 first competition outing) Dam- PDC Catalina.

$5,500.00

Pedro is a lovey pure Spanish gelding, he has a very kind and gently nature , very big and forward movement, excellent bone, will make a wonderful competition horse for all disciplines and pleasure horse, www.willtony.com.au email inquiry@willtony.com.au Mary-Lou -0419742790. Ph. 61-7-49931392

$6,600

“Willtony Satinka” DOB 15/12/09 Sire – Centaur Gladiator W/B Dam – Omaru Batita

$6,000

www.willtony.com.au email inquiry@willtony.com.au Mary-Lou 0419742790. Ph. 61-7-49931392 Gumnut Farm Andalusian Stud

DOB 05/09/09 Sire – Rangemore Silverado Dam- Willtony Bella Gabriella is Qld State Champion Partbred Female 2012, a beautiful filly, with movement , class , temperament, bone &conformation, all

Batita is a beautiful filly she has natural presence, magnificent movement , suspension, big elastic paces, she is a pleasure to work with in hand , will be a wonderful dressage and pleasure horse for her new owner, both Dam and Sire have been National Champions , will mature 15.3-16hh,

“Willtony Gabriella”

the necessities for a great competition or pleasure horse. She works lovely in hand , will mature 16hh www.willtony.com.au email inquiry@willtony.com.au Mary-Lou 0419742790. Ph. 61-7-49931392

$8,000

“Willtony Taluha”

Presents the 2012 progeny for sale of Diestro Dinero SO 1494

DOB 02/12/09 Sire: Centaur Gladiator Dam- Sajona (Imp-Sp)

• Pure bred Foals carrying the bloodlines of Multi National Supreme Sires and Dams

Taluha is an excellent quality filly, with WOW factor, movement

• 1x foals bred for Eventing, Jumping and competition arena Guy Mclean - winner of the 2012 Road to the horse USA , amazed by his ability and agility, called Dinero “THE TRAINER’S TRAINER “ Contact- Email emrt.ali@bigpond.com

, natural rhythm, suspension, temperament , all are excellent, she has been worked in hand and it has been a pleasure , she will be an exceptional competition horse for any equestrian rider, mature 16.2hh. $8000.00 www.willtony.com.au email inquiry@willtony.com.au Mary-Lou 0419742790. Ph. 61-7-49931392 w w w. bar o q u e hors e m ag az i nE.com

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Horses For Sale SHEPHERDS HILL FARM Performance Saddle and Harness Horses Introducing the versatile Warlanders (Andalusian x Friesian registered USA) Purebred Andalusians, Friesians & Partbreds.

All 2012 foals will be sold plus up to 6yrs.

From $1,500. New Zilco, traditional harness & bits.

Driving lessons EA NCAS CD Level 1 EA National Carriage Driving Victoria jodiemckeone@bigpond.com Join NCDV Inc for $25social, $55Senior 0408587333 / 0418659270

'Mellizo Park Adesio' Spanish Warmblood Colt.

Currently black with four white socks and a star but may grey out. Should mature approx. 15.2.hh, DOB 28.11.11.

Sire: Alegria Asombroso Dam: Warmblood Mare Parklands White Diamond who is by Weltwunder E. Microchipped and registered 1x with AHAA. $5,500 incl GST. Mellizo Park Avella 2x Andalusian Grey Filly. Mature approx. 16.1hh, DOB 14.10.11.Sire: Alegria Asombroso Dam: P.O.S.H. Velvet Brown. Microchipped and registered 2x with AHAA. $4,400 incl GST. Contact Nicole Downes 0419 219 054 www.mellizopark.com.au

“Animado Mandar”

$10,000

Competing at Pre Novice Eventing and Dressage in Victoria, Australia.

“Mandy” is for sale because her rider has another equally special horse but can only take one horse to her new job in 2013.

Suit competition home - recent training clinics attended include: Michael Baker, Murray Lamperd and Will Enzinger. 1st X Spanish Grey mare DOB 21/2/2004 Sire: El Caballero Dejado Dam: Warmblood cross Phone: 0409 577 369 or (03) 5266 2058 “El Baialdor Feliz”

$8,000.00

Reg: 1X1137 D.O.B: 15/10/2007 Sire: Blue Blood Acoso Dam: Just in Control AHAA National Champion Part bred Female 2009. Reserve Champion Female Summer Royal 2011.

Reserve Champion Bendigo All Breeds 2012.

1st Partbred Junior Female Victorian State Show 2012.

EL Bailador Feliz (Flea) is a 1st Cross Andalusian Mare of great talent and undeniable potential with a very successful beginning. She has been started under saddle in both the arena and bush and has handled both extremely well.

Please contact Natalie Waters on 0488 519 702 or email at pauline.willmott@bigpond.com Price: $8,000.00 74 .

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LIPIZZANER Young Stock for sale

Aachen-Habsburg have for sale stock by European Champion Young Stallion 224 Conversano Allegra V. Proven producer of dressage and driving horses. www.habsburglipizzaners.com.au. Ph: (08) 83897849

“Aquila Leonidas” (Poseido LXXII (Imp.) x Mayica Carlota), 08.01.2009. Grey PRE stallion, breeding approved (APTO).

Currently 15.2hh. Started training. National Champion Colt 2010 EquiPRE tour (Spanish judge).

A beautiful type, with a wonderful, uphill way of going and natural athleticism and balance. A serious consideration for competition or breeding. Contact us for more information. www.aquilapre.com.au +61 3 52 352 502.

Horses For Sale “Woodlands Sonadore” Stunning PRE Andalusian Filly . Woodlands Sonadore without standing breeding and fantastic true to type movement.

$4,500

Has excellent manners, well handled and easy to trim, float, and worm.

This filly will excel in any discipline and has been

shown with success. Should mature 15.3 plus.

Fully Registered with AHAA. DOB 27/8/11 Rego so1791.

Sire Moonstruck Imperio Dam Melinga Paak Donella

“Alegria Piccola II” PRE/Pure Spanish filly. Has both Spanish passport, and AHAA Registration papers. Sire: Eco, Dam: Alegria Piccola (deceased). This filly has been genetically tested as black in colour. Rising $12,000 + GST 3yo, expected to mature 15.2-15.3hh. Fantastic temperament - always wanting to please. Dead straight movement no paddling. Very short-coupled and compact filly. Had basic handling, feet trimming, worming etc. For sale due to rising costs of setting up a new property! Will make a great show or dressage horse, or future broodmare. $12,000 + GST Ph 0427 78 3344 or email at alegria@ spanishhorsestud.com. Located in Bendigo, Victoria”

$4500 Ph 0268423347 Mob 0429423347

CHEAP service to Pure Friesian Stallion Due to change in breeding direction, I no longer need my prepurchased service to Age B. Must be used this breeding season, stud owner must approve the mare.

This is a partbred service (for broodmares of any other breed or non-pure Friesian only).

Cost is $1500 direct from the stud - selling for only $1200 and if necessary I will take a deposit of half and payment plan for the rest.

“Nakita Sable” KFPS pure Friesian 2012 Filly Sipke 450 x Jasper 366 Pref. Sport www.sableranch.net/forsale.html Australia

“Leffert Van Gelder” Van Gelder Friesians proudly offer for sale: “Leffert Van Gelder” Hilwert L. Sport X Leffert 306 Sport + Preferent B-Book 1 colt (can be gelded) Foaled: 08/01/2011 Registered with the KFPS & ANZFHS

For all enquiries please contact Erica Lock on 08-86590013 or at info@vangelderfriesians or visit or our website for more info and You Tube video www.vangelderfriesians.com.au

Please see Age B’s web page for pics and info: www.friesians.com.au/friesian_stallion_age_b_19.html This is an absolute bargain for anyone who had been considering breeding a partbred Friesian - now is your chance!!

Please email mjc_505@hotmail.com, or call 0433 267 246 Design Your Dream Friesian!

At Ebony Park, we offer payment plans on our foals - YOU choose the sire, the mare, and the name. And of course progress pictures, videos as well as the all important 3am SMS alert when the foal is born.

Contact 0422 227 364 or email info@ebonyparkstud.com.au and visit www.ebonyparkstud.com.au for more information!

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Horses For Sale “Oje Niduna Sable” KFPS pure Friesian 2012 Filly Maiko 373 Sport x Mintse 384 Sport www.sableranch.net/ forsale.html

“Oebe Sable” KFPS pure Friesian 2012 Colt Maiko 373 Sport x Anton 343 Sport www.sableranch.net/forsale.html “Jorja PJ” “Nemo Sable”

‘Jorja’ a lovely purebred BB1 filly by magnificent dressage stallion Remmelt 323 (dec), out of a beautiful baroque type mare. Jorja is exceptionally friendly and intelligent.

KFPS pure Friesian 2012 Colt Maiko 373 Sport x Wicher 334 www.sableranch.net/ forsale.html

She loves learning and thrives on attention! Expected to mature 15.3hh, Jorja embodies classical Friesian beauty and is guaranteed to impress in any crowd. For further details visit www.grovebornfriesianhorses.com or call 0359785022

Got a Baroque Horse to sell ?

Place a ‘Classified horse for sale lising here for only $50 AUD. Ph 0419363635 0r advertising@baroquehorse.com.au 76 .

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Sable Ranch Upcoming 2013/14 KFPS Friesian Foals Prices starting at $15,000 Embryo Transfers - by contract Viduna (Jillis 301 full papered Star Mare) x Maiko 373 Sport Glory D (Ludse 305 full papered Star Mare) x Maiko 373 Sport Tooloolaa (Anne 340 Sport) x Maiko 373 Sport Planned foals Walleke (Jasper 366 Pref Sport) x Maiko 373 Sport Elatsje (Mintse 384 Sport) x Maiko 373 Sport

Repeat of foals from 2012/13 season Grace (Wicher 334) x Maiko 373 Sport Aje (Mintse 384 Sport ) x Maiko 373 Sport Wynnar (Anton 343 Sport) x Maiko 373 Sport Ester (Ulke 338 Sport) x Maiko 373 Sport www.SableRanch.net Allison & Chris Sable 0431686301 Allison@sableranch.net

La Patriciana PRE Stud La Patriciana PRE (Pure Spanish Horse) Stud, is delighted to offer for sale the following top quality progeny of its award winning breeding stock: AUREON LP

(imported In Utero from Spain, born April 2010), is a handsome bay colt out of our mare CARLA XIV (Imp Spain) by LIMBO VI (from the Yeguada Zaforteza in Spain). AUREON, the 2011 NSW Champion Pure Spanish Entire, comes from top dressage lines.

On his sire’s side, AUREON is the grandson of ERMITAÑO III, Champion of Spain, and the first PRE to be syndicated and awarded Elite Breeding Stock by ANCCE. AUREON now stands at about 15.2HH, and exhibits classic Spanish conformation and great temperament.

ARPEGIO LP

(imported In Utero from Spain and born February 2010), is a dark bay colt out of LUJOSA SG (Imp Spain) by NAVIERO SG (from Yeguada Soto Gil in Spain). ARPEGIO comes from top dressage and sporting lines, has impressive bone structure, and is reaching 16HH at just under 3 years of age. Very quiet and friendly colt.

BARONESA LP

(bred by AI and born November 2011), a lovely and typey PRE bay filly out of our mare, LUJOSA SG (Imp Spain), by UTRERANO VII (in Spain), sire of the world famous Olympian, FUEGO DE CARDENAS. Even at this young age, experts have noted that BARONESA is beginning to show UTRERANO’s handsome profile and nice movement. Dam LUJOSA SG was sired by HABANERO XLI, who is now making a name for the PRE in the UK. This filly has the blood of champion breeding stock in Spain. BARONESA is expected to easily exceed 15.2 HH at maturity.

Working in collaboration with leading PRE breeders in Spain, La Patriciana is a young and dynamic stud in NSW that aims to offer some of the finest Pure Spanish Horse genetics in Australasia today.

We regularly import frozen semen from proven Calificado stallions to offer choice to the market.

Among the stallions we have obtained for AI are UTRERANO VII, KEFREN, IMPACIENTE II & HABANERO XLI.

Training in Portugal Sarah has fallen in love with

the Lusitano, and together with her partner Promocaval, has created a network of contacts with the countries top breeders and trainers.

If you are interested in purchasing a Lusitano from the breeds country of origin you can contact promocaval@gmail.com

KEFREN

IMPACIENTE II

UTRERANO VII HABANERO XLI

All our horses are registered PRE and entered in the Spanish Stud Book managed by ANCCE and officially recognised by the Spanish Government.

La Patriciana is a proud member of the Andalusian Horse Association of Australasia and PRE Association of Australasia.

For pricing and further details, please contact Michael Rodriguez at mtrodriguez62@yahoo.com or Heather Davidson at goticopark1@bigpond.com or +61 404 146 785.

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Breeding Written by Danielle Skerman and Allison Sable www.sableranch.net Photos: Allison Sable

Here in Australia spring fever is in the air..

BREEDING SEASON IS HERE!

And that means babies are being born and being made!

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n this section we are going to look at some different options with information from, FoalGuard, Hawksebury Vet and embryo transfers with Embryonix, equine reproduction specialists. Hopefully this section can help with some questions and get you heading in the right direction.

We have also included a comprehensive list of our baroque horse breeders here in Australia for those wanting to buy or to breed.

Breeding a horse can be quite a daunting thought if you’re going to do it for the first time. There is lot to consider and always plenty to learn. You might get lucky like I did for my first breeding season and everything went like clockwork or it can feel like everything possible can go wrong. Either way, you need to be prepared. One of the biggest parts is to make sure you have someone who can guide you through it, because there will always be lots of questions!

BREEDING – Before you breed So, you’ve decided to jump in the deep end and breed your mare. Absolutely exciting times ahead but do your homework.

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friend to replace your beloved horse when they pass. Whatever your reason, make sure you have an end goal for the foal. If you’re thinking that this’ll be a good way to make quick cash, then you just might be disappointed, as you need to be prepared to have that horse for several years. Many people prefer to have a riding horse and foals are unknown in how they will turn out. There is an old saying “to make a small fortune in breeding horses you have to start with a large one!”

Let’s just assume you’re all over all the responsible decisions on ‘breeding for the right reason’ and ‘choosing the right stallion’ and making sure you have enough hard earned cash to pay for it all – and don’t forget to add a bit more into the ‘vet bill slush fund’ for any incidents that may occur. As to what figure to have, is depends on your local vet fees and expenses.

So now you’ve got your stallion and mare combination picked, it’s time to get the vet involved. You should plan to have a breeding soundness exam to make sure your mare is ready and able to carry this foal. Your vet will also ultrasound the mare to see when she’s ready to be inseminated.

If your mare is not able to carry the foal herself and she is the dam you want for your foal, don’t give up yet, you can discuss embryo transfer with your vet. This is where a surrogate mother would carry your foal to term. This is also used when you don’t want your mare to be off from work for maternity leave.

Coordinate with the stallion owner and vet if you are doing

live cover, fresh with artificial insemination, chilled semen shipped, or frozen. There is important timing involved in each type, so you will want to know this before you meet with the vet for insemination. You should also know when the stallion is available so that you don’t make plans to inseminate when he’s not available.

Once the mare is inseminated you will have one or more follow up ultrasounds to determine if the mare is pregnant, if there are twins, and if the foal is developing correctly. If all went well you start the waiting game for around 320-340 days for your foal to develop. If you bought a mare in foal make sure that you get as accurate a conception date as possible and that you let your vet know that you are expecting a foal.

Breeding-whenyou’reexpectingyourfoal So after several months (of keeping a close eye on your beloved mare) time is getting close to the big event. What to do! Ask your vet as many questions as you need to so that you feel secure in your foaling adventure. If you have breeder friends they are also good for suggesting questions to ask or helping you get prepared. There are also many online groups set up to share foaling experiences that might bring up some points to help you be more aware of what is normal and what is not. You can also ask the stallion owner or breeder that you got the mare from.

What should you have! Well I ask BHM

team member and long time experienced breeder of Sable Ranch, Allison Sable about what she has in her breeding kit. Now remember some items are not recommend without proper knowledge of how to use the items, so talk to your vet on any questions and to make your foaling down plans.

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List of phone numbers to call (vet, owners etc)

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Pad of paper and pen to write down anything that might need to be remembered for the vet

• Halter and lead rope for the mare Colostrums, powdered or frozen

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Syringe for feeding, also nipple and bottle for feeding

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Enema syringe or bulb do not plan to use the same one for rectal, oral or nasal.

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Access to warm/hot water or something to warm water

Bucket for placenta. You or your vet should examine the placenta for missing pieces Watch/clock to keep track of the milestones and timing of the events post birth

Container to collect milk from the mare. You can also invest in a breast pump if you plan for several foals (human version works)

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The following are items that you may or may not decide to put in your foaling kit.

Once or twice they have come in handy while waiting on the vet to arrive, so I include them in my kit. If you do choose to have them in your kit please discuss with your vet the correct use of the items.

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BREEDERS’ SPECIAL • Jar for collecting colostrums from mare for storage.

If you plan to have more foals it’s good to start your

own collection in the freezer of good quality

colostrums, but it’s also handy to have the container

to collect from the mare in case you have

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Clippers with a 30 blade available

Some might argue that horses give birth successfully in the wild all the time, but let’s face it it’s not always successful. We don’t want to take a chance on losing your mare or foal or worse, both.

IS YOUR MARE IN FOAL? Do you want to be there when she foals?

FoalGuard offer a range of products to help you be there and monitor the health and wellbeing of your mare and foal before, during and after birth.

FOALGUARD FOALING ALARM Alerts you when your mare lays down to foal also a valuable colic alert.

Post birth milestones There is nothing cuter than a new born foal trying to get up, or on wobbly legs looking for the milk bar. But what else is there to look for after my foal arrives? There is a normal timing for post birth milestones that you should become familiar with before your foal shows up. Friesian horses tend to have a different time table than other breeds so it’s important to know what is expected and what is too long for your particular breed.

Your vet should be a good reference for what is normal. The breeder should know if there is anything breed specific that you should know about.

FOALGUARD COLOSTRUM METER Ensure your foal is not at risk of FPT (Failure of passive transfer) which is the major cause of foal death under 3 months of age.

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About how long a normal birth should last

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Roughly how long it takes for the foal to stand up

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What an average timing is for the placenta, after birth, to come out

WEE FOAL CHECKER DIY Mare pregnancy test test 120 to 300 300 days days 110 to post breeding. breeding

• How long before the first poop (meconium) comes out If all is going smoothly just stand back and let your mare do her thing, if complications start to arise or your just unsure, call your vet! Better to be safe than sorry. a

FOALING PREDICTION KIT Predict time of foaling, 98% accuracy within 24 hrs of foaling.

INFRARED NON CONTACT THERMOMETER Just point and read with 0.2°c accuracy. No need to take rectal temperatures ever again.

Contact FoalGuard today...

www.foalguard.com Email: sales@foalguard.com Phone: 03 53422206

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Mare’s milk is best! Or is it?// Written by Georgia Kirby

any breeders that have lost a foal due illness and infection are unaware that it is often preventable and the cause detectable prior to symptoms becoming visible. Foals becoming suddenly lame (joint ill), acquiring respiratory infections, bowel and blood infections can often be attributed to a very simple but deadly cause called FPT which is the Failure of Passive Transfer of antibodies most often the result of poor quality colostrum (first milk).

Up to 30 % of mares have poor quality colostrum and the risk increases with maidens and older mares, even when in perfect health. Mares that have suffered from malnutrition and it is also possible that mares who run milk for extended periods prior to foaling have a much higher risk of poor quality colostrum.

Most foal deaths within 3 months of birth are caused by FPT. Early detection is essential and the technology is available for fast, simple and affordable testing that attendants can easily do on site, before your foal’s life is compromised. Passive transfer of antibodies is the most crucial part of your foals start to life.

All foals are born with little to no immune defense system. A mare’s antibodies are unable to pass through the placenta to the foal. The foal receives these antibodies from colostrum which protects the foal from infection and disease that can result in death. Foals can only absorb antibodies from colostrum within the first 16 to 24 hours after birth.

Early detection of poor colostrum and supplementation of good quality colostrum is essential during this time to avoid costly vet bills and the possible loss of a foal. Foals that have ingested low quality colostrum

can often thrive in the days and in some cases even months after birth, until they are exposed to a bacteria or disease that they are unable to defend themselves from. Often by the time the owner recognizes the foal is ill, it is too late, and treatment is costly, prolonged and often unsuccessful. Early testing of your mares colostrum with a FoalGuard Colostrum Meter is an inexpensive, quick and easy way to check that your mares colostrum has adequate antibodies to support her foal, if the antibody levels are low, you can source alternate good quality colostrum often available from local breeders or your Vet and supplement your foal before the window of opportunity closes for natural colostrum absorption. If a foal has not received enough good quality colostrum, it may need expensive plasma transfusions and prolonged intensive care for the foal to have a chance of survival. The FoalGuard Colostrum Meter is an inexpensive and invaluable device that can save you thousands of dollars in vet bills and the life of your foal. Being able to test colostrum quality is also a fantastic way of identifying good quality colostrum suitable for storage and emergency use on an orphaned or deficient foal.

It is recommended that all foals be tested by a vet for antibody levels between 12 and 24 hours after birth to ensure the foal is absorbing the antibodies from the colostrum so it has the best chance of a good start to life.

If you would like further information on the FoalGuard Colostrum Meter please contact FoalGuard today www.foalguard.com Email sales@foalguard.com Phone:(03) 53422206

Amadeus of Oakside Service Fee $880 inc GST + Costs (LFG)

Introducing Amadeus of Oakside stunning young Modern Friesian Stallion with exceptional temperament and floating movement.

.... Not just another Stud ....

Sire Age B Dam Wilhemien fan it Huningspaed 16.3 hh Friesian Stallion Born November 2009

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BREEDERS’ SPECIAL Hawkesbury Equine Veterinary Centre In the beautiful Hawkesbury Valley, just 1 ½ hours west of Sydney, is proudly offering a new semen collection centre. Catering for all types of stallions, we are able to freeze your stallion’s semen for both the domestic market and most international countries.

The practice contributes to the equine industry by attending race meets, vetting endurance rides, swabbing and sponsoring at shows, lecturing to industry groups and mentoring veterinary students.

The practice is very proud of it’s achievements over the past 33 years and will continue to offer the best professional service to the equine industry into the future.

Brand new excellent facilities, means your stallion is safely cared for in purpose built stables and yards which comply with Aqis quarantine regulations. Stallions can remain in quarantine, while being collected for both frozen semen as well as regular chilled semen requirements. This will allow him to stand at stud domestically, whilst establishing an international stockpile of frozen semen.

Horses for export can also be quarantined and blood tested at our facility prior to travel. Established in 1979, originally as Parbery & Robson, we are one of the largest equine veterinary practices in NSW. Our 8 experienced veterinarians attend all equine disciplines of performance, pleasure as well pet horses.

An A-grade hospital provides full surgical facilities, as well as an on-site laboratory. Specialists in orthopaedics and ophthalmology regularly attend the clinic, and our in-house surgeons offer expertise in soft tissue and referral surgery.

We cater for all forms of breeding, including chilled and frozen artificial insemination and embryo transfer. The latest equipment, such as digital radiography, digital ultrasonography and video & exercise endoscopes, aid with diagnosis of medical conditions and lameness. Our equine dentist, a registered veterinarian, is one of the best in the state.

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Semen Collection Centre www.hevc.com.au

Frozen semen collected for both domestic and international markets

Providing all artiicial breeding procedures including chilled and frozen AI and embryo transfer

Facilities to collect stallions for stud work

Quarantine facilities available for export needs

Full Surgical and Laboratory facilities

Equine Dentistry

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Embryo Transfer// EmbryoFreezing&ImplantingSetto RevolutionizeEquineReproduction Breeders have been enjoying the benefits of frozen semen to obtain superior genetics for years and competitors enjoyed the benefits of embryo transfer allowing them to continue to compete their well bred mare. Now a revolutionary procedure allowing the successful freezing of embryos, mare owners can enjoy the numerous benefits once only enjoyed by the stallion owner.

Profit

frozen embryos overseas relatively easily.

It has always been the stallion owner who has profited from the sale of their genetic material. Now, even in very young mares, embryos can be taken and frozen.

They can then be sold when the mare is performing at her peak and their market value is greatest.

Equine embryo freezing is performed differently to the freezing of human embryos. In humans oocytes (unfertilised eggs) are collected often in large numbers and these can either then be frozen or fertilised in the lab and then transferred back or kept frozen. While oocyte collection in horses is possible it is still in its very early stages.

These benefits include: Breeding the donor mare when it suits her training schedule.

You no longer have to pull a mare out of training in her peak competition time to breed from her. You can now wait until she is having a break and have some embryos frozen.

Breedingthedonormarewhenitsuitsher cycle Mares are often difficult to get to cycling early in the season. Embryo freezing allows you the luxury of collecting embryos from your mare during the later summer months when she is much more fertile. These embryos can then be implanted to produce an August foal in a subsequent year.

Protectingthegeneticsofyourmare For many years we have been able to store a stallion’s genetic material so that he has the ability to continue to pass his genes on long after his death. Now we can indefinitely store the genetics of your mare so her family line can also live on. Consider this as an extra insurance for your mare and her line that money cannot replace.

ImplantingEmbryosearlyintheseason Embryo freezing allows you to obtain progeny as old as possible for their aged events. Thus when competing as a 3 year old, if your foal is born in August rather than January, it is 6 months or 17% older than it would otherwise be.

Surrogates When performing embryo transfer you have to synchronise the cycle of the donor and surrogate quite closely. However when the embryo is frozen it can be used at any time, so you just have to monitor the owners surrogate and then implant the embryo at the most appropriate time.

Export Moving a frozen embryo across the country is cheaper and safer then transporting a pregnant recipient. It also opens up a whole new market of being able to export a mare’s genetics in the form of

When freezing embryos fertilisation occurs in the donors reproductive tract, so the mare is bred as normal using either natural cover, chilled or frozen semen. Then between 6 and 7 days later depending on the mares age and type of semen used, an embryo retrieval procedure is performed and the embryo frozen. The timing of this is most important as to successfully survive the freezing process the embryo should be at the morulae or early blastocyst stage, which is generally 1-2 days earlier than a normal embryo transfer.

Once a grade 1 or 2 embryo has been harvested it is frozen over a 3 hour period using increasing glycerol concentrations. It is best to only freeze Grade 1 or 2 embryos as they are the most successful. When the cooling process is finished the embryo is stored in liquid nitrogen at -196ÂşC and can be kept indefinitely. To implant the embryo it is thawed in decreasing concentrations of glycerol over an hour and then placed into the recipient. A pregnancy test can be performed 7 days later.

Embryonix has been freezing embryos over the last four breeding seasons with much success.

If you have any questions in regards to freezing embryos or any other reproductive procedures please feel free to contact Embryonix on 1300 488 688 or visit the website: www.embryonix.com.au

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BREEDERS’ SPECIAL

Australian Breeders’ B a ro q u e h orse bree d ers ’ Gumnut Farm Andalusian Stud Situated on the banks of the Mary River in south-east Queensland Australia and started in 1993 with the acquisition of the stunning Supreme National Champion Mayville Lodge Talento and 3 mares. Since 1995 it has been the home of the legendary El Gran Senor.

The athletic, agile, Diestro Dinero, is the current resident young Andalusian stallion; with his first foals on the ground showing classical beauty, typical of the Baroque horse Gumnut Farm is unique in its dual role as producers of top quality horses as well as being an International Educational Institution.

We have produced 5 National Champions and have 10 breeding mares and offspring many whom live all their lives with us. Our stud horses are also teachers in the gentle healing therapy of Equine Muscle Release Therapy® EMRT™® at the Equus College of Learning & Research. The College started in 1990 and is run in conjunction with Gumnut Farm Andalusian Stud.

Andalusian horses are known for their spirit, beauty and gentility are the backbone of the Equus College, its research and therapy. Students learn the gentle healing art of EMRT® with these Spanish horses, alongside our rescue and research horses, through therapeutically and remedial body work from foals through to stallions.

The courses that are taught around the world, the course books and teaching aids are based on GF Andalusians. These horses touch so many around the world and without the GF Andalusian Stud, the therapy, EMRT® would not is where it is in the world today.

nutritious feed. After weaning, foals are with the main herd, where they learn social skills interacting with other horses of all ages.

They are still handled twice a day.

A rigorous documented program of checking feet, dentistry, worming and tetanus is applied to all. As they get older and develop further, basic halter and float training commences.

The property offers a full size dressage arena and lunge yard for training. Extra large foaling stables and purpose built crush assist with breeding requirements. During foaling season, stable are monitored 24/7 via remote camera systems.

Our mares were carefully selected from all over Australia, registered in the Spanish Stud book and approved for breeding by ANCCE. They were chosen for temperament, conformation, movement and colour.

The same selection criteria were applied to PDC Alfonso, our foundation stallion. He was State Champion Ridden Andalusian (2010 & 2011) and has reached Medium Open Competition dressage. Alfonso’s bloodlines can be traced back to Military, Terry and Alvar Domecq. His great grand sire competed at Wembley.

Equus Lodge offer covering services, including AI, chilled and frozen semen with LFG. Although based in Western Australia, we support our interstate customers with assistance in transportation.

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Our overriding goal is to promote the pure Spanish Horse which originates as far back as Roman times. The original stud book was founded by King Phillip II of Spain in 1567.

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Equus Lodge Stud Is a small stud specialising in breeding Pure Spanish (P.R.E.) horses. We only breed between two and four foals a year to ensure every horse is of the best quality that this majestic breed has to offer. Foals are imprinted at birth, handled daily and love human attention.

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Berkley Friesian Horse Stud Kai Ster + Sport Friesian Stallion is an outstanding Friesian proudly imported to Australia early in 2012 after months of searching for ‘the one’. Our list of attributes, ability, type and temperament we desired in a stallion was long to say the least.

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we remained focused, regardless of how beautiful the stallion appeared if he did not meet our criteria we continued searching.

Then along came Kai. His sire, the studbook stallion of great worth ‘Onne 376’ who is a son of the Preferent stallion Leffert 306.

His dam, a mare by the stallion renown for producing athletic offspring, Jakob 302.

Kai received a second premie as a foal in Switzerland and gained his star predicate as a two and a half year old and was awarded the sport predicate in 2010 after his successful achievements in the Netherlands competing in Dressage.

Receiving extremely high in type and movement, and possessing majestic looks, complimented with a truly outstanding temperament Kai was the one!

Upon his arrival to his new home at Berkley Friesian Horse stud, in northern Tasmania, he walked off the truck calm and seriously breath taking, bringing with him a new level of grandeur to Australian Friesian horse breeding. He will continue his dressage and has been granted the honor of a breeding permit, and will commence his first season at stud this year. www.berkleyfriesians.com ___________________________________ ___________________________________ NIGHT SHADE FRIESIANS Arzreil F.S. is a rising 4yr old Stallion out of Harmen 424 and Anastacia Fan Friso, he was born in Albany Western Australia at Friso Stud owned by Di Hill.

When I first met Azreil I made the 6hr drive from my small country town of Bindoon to Albany to view a lovely Stallion Di Hill at Friso Stud had for sale.

I remember walking down her laneway and upon seeing Azreil I said to Di “that’s the one I want”. Di said he wasn’t on the marked but would maybe consider selling him to me. I walked into his paddock not knowing his personality at all and this 18mth old colt walked straight up to me had a good sniff of the human and that was it we were instant friends. Meanwhile I had a look at the other beautiful stallion but couldn’t take my eyes of this young colt and he was the same, he followed my every movement.

Di observed this and said if we can get him on the float you can take him home, needless to say he went straight on my float and hasn’t left my side since.

He is a very kind and loving horse even at his young age he shows how caring he can be with children and other animals, his best friend is a staffy pup whom he shares his dinner with every night.

Azreil is currently in training with me and we hope to hit the dressage world next year. We have been in the show ring in 2011 and 2012 taking the title of National Champion Freisian for 2012 also WA State Champion Friesian.

This year is a special year for us here at Night Shade Friesians as Azreil’s first purebred foals will be born later this year.

Azreil is standing at stud for the 2012 season to select mares only. www.nightshadefriesians.webs. com

performance horses adaptable to all disciplines. This careful and selective breeding results in beautiful, true to type foals with expressive movement, correct conformation and loving temperaments. All foals bred are registered with the AHAA and eligible foals are inscribed with the Pura Raza Espanola Association of Australasia & ANCCE. Grant and Chris recommend this breed of horse with confidence for all horse enthusiasts whether in search of a beautiful, athletic partner for dressage, or a safe, reliable friend for your child. The wish is to help you find your perfect horse, a dream which will gift you a lifetime of joy. www.cristogracia.com.au ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Sable Ranch Breeders of KFPS Friesian horses

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The first and ONLY KFPS Approved Friesian stallion in Australia.

Cristogracia Spanish Horse Stud & Training Facility Located on the Atherton Tablelands near the quaint country town of Tarzali, Far North Queensland. Established in 2003, it is a family business owned and operated by husband and wife team, Grant Gardiner and Chris Maudsley. With a great appreciation for the breed, they are dedicated to promoting the beauty, trainability and charisma of the Spanish Horse in Australasia.

The perfect combination of correct physical attributes, mental balance, harmony, intelligence and will to work make the Spanish Horses excel in many disciplines.

The stud is approved as breeders of Purebred Spanish Horses with ANCCE, The National Association of Purebred Spanish Horse Breeders of Spain. Standing at stud are two quality performance stallions, Alegria Agraciado & Alegria Serio. Loved for their impressive qualities, correctness and joyful temperaments, these competitive stallions have achieved great success in the dressage and show arenas, with Supremes and Championship wins. To recognize consistent meritorious performance the Andalusian Association of Australia awarded Serio with the Andalusian Halter Roll of Merit in 2011.

Agraciado was awarded the Champion Roll of Merit in 2012, having achieved the Open Halter, Andalusian Halter and Working ROM. Focused on quality, mares are carefully selected to compliment the stallion’s characteristics and to produce high

the country; and at least one Royal Show— the Canberra Royal.

La Patriciana is structured along the same lines as most of the smaller yeguadas in Spain—only mares with no stallion in residence. For better personal attention, we are limiting the number of our horses at any one time, and like all responsible breeders, we will only breed for quality and not quantity. Our horses’ welfare is our top priority.

Our mission is to breed modern, morphologically correct, and physically sound, high performance PRE horses for Australia and the wider Asia Pacific Region.

This we intend to achieve by using mainly imported breeding stock and genetics from proven bloodlines in Spain and elsewhere.

In cooperation with leading breeders overseas, we regularly import frozen semen from top stallions with breeding and characteristics complementary to those of our mares, and that have been independently assessed and known to consistently produce top quality progeny. www.lapatriciana.com

We are dedicated to the purity and quality of the Friesian horse. All of our horses are out of KFPS Approved sires and are registered in the main studbook with the KFPS. We have foals available for sale every year out of Approved KFPS Sires. We have all types of Friesians: Baroque, Modern, Classical. If your goals are competition, pleasure or breeding we have the horse to suit your needs.

WWW.SABLERANCH.COM ___________________________________ ___________________________________ La Patriciana Established in 2008, La Patriciana is a relatively young and small yeguada or stud situated in New South Wales, that specialises in the breeding of distinctly superior quality Pura Raza Espanola (PRE or Pure Spanish) horses. What we may not have in years is more than made up for by the early achievements made by our wonderful breeding stock, the majority of which were imported from top breeders in Spain. In the few years of our existence, all La Patriciana horses that have entered the show ring have won multiple class and breed awards at various state and national competitions held by the Andalusian Horse Association of Australasia (AHAA), the peak association for the Iberian breeds in Australia; the Pura Raza Española Association of Australasia (PREAA), ANCCE’s accredited PRE body in w w w. bar o q u e hors e m ag az i nE.com

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FRIESIANS THE AUSTRLIA & NEW ZEALAND FRIESIAN HORSE SOCIETY INC Hans Maes (President) Tamworth. NSW . 2340 W: www.anzfhs.org.au E: fryske@ceinternet.com.au P: (02) 6762 0943 or 0429 620 943 BELTANE LODGE Crystal & Simon Michaux Mt Tamborine. Qld. 4272 W: www.beltanelodge.com.au E: beltanelodge@gmail.com M: 0416 399 903 BLACK SWAN FRIESIANS Miriam van Lith Charlotte Bay. NSW . 2428 W: www.blackswanfriesians.com.au E: blackswanfriesians@gmail.com M: 0414 693 708 BLACKWOOD FRIESIANS Sue van Sprang Gembrook. Victoria. 3783 W: www.blackwood-friesians.com.au/ E: pakdoors@westnet.com.au P: (03) 5967 7094 or 0439 677 143 BERKLEY FRIESIANS Monique Thornley Tasmania W: www.berkleyfriesians.com E: moniquethornley@bigpond.com M: 0407 087 446 DIAMONDVALE FRIESIAN & SPORTHORSE STUD Fiona Edwards Cambooya. Qld 4358 W: www.diamondvalestud.com.au E: fiona@diamondvalestud.com.au M: 0407 586 540 DUNSTAN PARK FRIESIANS Taryn Lazarus Eumundi, Qld. 4561 W: http://blog.dunstanpark.com E: info@dunstanpark.com M: 0414 223 856

EBONY PARK STUD The Ebony Park Team. Victoria W: www.ebonyparkstud.com.au E: info@ebonyparkstud.com.au P: 0422 227 364 or (03) 9796 8690

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FRIESIAN DREAMS Michael & Marcella van der Heiden Mt Compass.

South Australia. 5210 W: friesiandreams.wix.com/home E: michael@friesiandreams.com.au P: 0412 393 334 or (08) 8554 9543 FRISO STUD Dianne Hill Albany. Western Australia. 6630 W: www.frisostudfriesianhorses.com E: frisostud@westnet.com.au M: 0427 331 846 FROBO K (IMP) Eleanor Bellgrove Dalby. Qld. 4405 W: rosebankfriesianhorses.vpweb.com.au E: Eleanor_Bellgrove@health.qld.gov.au P: (07) 4662 2510 FRYSKE HYNDER FRIESIAN HORSE STUD Hans Maes Tamworth. NSW 2340 Facebook/fryskehynderstudfriesianhorses E: fryske@ceinternet.com.au M: 0429 620 943 GROVEBORN FRIESIAN HORSES Jodie Sokaluk Pearcedale. Victoria. 3912 W: www.grovebornfriesianhorses.com E: grove.born@yahoo.com.au P: 0413 020 561 or (03) 5978 5022 HUNTINGTON FRIESIANS Martyn & Jo-Anne Minns Pheasants Nest. NSW. 2574 www.huntingtonfriesians-shetlands.com.au E: martyn.minns@bigpond.com P: (02) 4684 1217 or 0412 616 793 LADYHAWKE FRIESIANS Dora Ryan Baroota. South Australia 5495 W: www.ladyhawkefriesians.com.au E: ddy.ned@gmail.com M: 0449 173 134 MYSTIC SHADOWS FRIESIAN SPORT HORSES Alice, Cassie & Steven Young Wodonga. Victoria. 3691 mysticshadowsfriesiansporthorses.webs.com E: s.a.young@bigpond.com P: (02) 6020 9209 or 0400 246 074

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NIGHT SHADE FRIESIANS Kim Perry - Western Australia W: nightshadefriesians.webs.com E: kimperry@iinet.net.au P: 0402 407 044 or (08) 9576 0741 OAKSIDE FRIESIANS Dave & Brenda Rondo The Oaks (near Camden) NSW W: www.oaksidefriesians.com.au E: oakside@bigpond.com P: (02) 4657 2330 or 0407 405 152 The Posh Stud Greg Hibberd Windsor NSW P: 0407 064 546 ROSEAKER PERFORMANCE HORSES EJ Baker & JR Campbell Benger. Western Australia. 6223 W: roseakerperformancehorses.webs.com E: admin@bchorsetraining.com.au P: 0428 899 308 (Joanne) RAVEN’S LODGE FRIESIAN HORSES David & Donna Brister Heywood. Victoria. 3304 W: www.ravenslodge.com.au E: ravenslodge@bigpond.com P: (03) 5527 1875 or 0428 037 009 SABLE RANCH Allison & Chris Sable Sea Spray. Vic. 3851 W: http://www.sableranch.net E: allison@sableranch.net M: 0431 686 301 SEVILLA STUD Jean Barentsen McLaren Vale. South Australia. 5171 W: www.sevillastud.com.au E: sevilla1@bigpond.com P: (08) 8556 7426 or 0415 706 624 TASHKENT FRIESIANS Lynn Jenkin Dungog. NSW. 2420 W: www.tashkentfriesians.com E: django@westnet.com.au P: (02) 4992 1158 (a/h) or 0400 376 106 TERAROSSA LODGE FRIESIAN HORSES Katrina Rouston - Wangoom. Vic. 3279 W: http://terarossalodge.com E: krouston@iprimus.com M: 0407 257 733 or (03) 5562 8626

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Australian Breeders’ Directory B a ro q u e h orse bree d ers ’ VAN GELDER FRIESIANS Erica Lock Coonatto Station. South Australia.

W: www.vangelderfriesians.com.au E: info@vangelderfriesians.com.au M: 0448 590 013 or (08) 8659 0013 WALLBROOK FRIESIAN HORSE STUD Lee & Nadeen Davis Tasmania W: www.wallbrookfriesianhorses.com E: blakorse@hotmail.com M: 0438 257 288 WILDCROFT FRIESIAN HORSE STUD Grace & Teo Lamers Yea. Victoria. 3717 W: www.friesians.com.au E: grace@friesians.com.au P: (03) 5780 2600

FREDERIKSBORG FREDERIKSBORG HORSE Wouter Bolsenbroek Lowanna. NSW 2450 E: 4bolsenbroek@gmail.com P: (02) 6654 5441

IBERIAN CENTAURO Danielle Skerman Toowoomba. Qld. 4350 F: Facebook/ChapelhouseCentauro E: danielle@directshots.com.au M: 0404 843 636

HABSBURG LIPIZZANERS Hans & Louise Krutzler Woodside. South Australia. 5244 W: www.habsburglipizzaners.com.au E: baroque@chariot.net.au P: (08) 8389 7849

P.R.E.MUNDIAL REGISTRY Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse.

“Founded in 1998 to preserve, protect and promote the Pure Spanish Horse”.

The only complete Global Online P.R.E.Studbook www.gescaboline.com

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P.R.E.MUNDIAL REGISTRY IN AUSTRALASIA National Resource Centre for the P.R.E. Horse PO BOX 833, Littlehampton . SA. 5250 W: www.prehorse.org E: P.R.E.Mundial-australasia@bigpond. com P: +61 8 8391 3339

CHAPELHOUSE LUSITANOS Katharine Olsen Bowral. NSW. 2576 W: www.lusitano.com.au/studs.html E: info@lusitano.com.au P: 0416 091 042 or (02) 4887 1042 Hartstone Equestrian Ltd Jody Hartstone Raglan, New Zealand W www.HartstoneEquestrian.com E Jody@HartstoneEquestrian.com P +64 27 280 3369

P.R.E.MUNDIAL REGISTRY IN SPAIN Melpi, SL Seville W: www.prehorse.org E: oficinasevilla@premundial.com P: +34 954159339 P.R.E.MUNDIAL REGISTRY IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA International Resource Centre for the P.R.E. Horse 115 Elm St. NE Albuquerque NM 87102 W: www.prehorse.org E: info@prehorse.org P: 505.294.0800

Team Rubi (RUBI AR, Bariloche JGR & Inato JGR) rubi@pt.lu or bariloche@pt.lu P +352 621 28 25 54 F facebook/Team-Rubi

MORIESIANS MOUNTAIN CREEK MORIESIAN FARM Ross Gigliotti & Leonie Kable Mt Beauty. Vic. 3699 W: www.mountaincreekmoriesians.com leonie@mountaincreekmoriesians.com E: P: (03) 5754 5334

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ANNWN PARK LIPIZZANER STUD Simmone Kalanj Stuart Town. NSW. 2820 W: www.annwnpark.com.au E: annwnparklipizzaners@gmail.com

ANDALUSIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA AHAA National Secretary PO Box 266, Torquay Victoria, 3228 W: www.ahaa.org.au E: ahaa@iprimus.com.au P: (03) 5263 3402

ASOCIACIÓN DE CABALLOS DE PURA RAZA ESPAÑOLA AUSTRALIA Inc (A.C.P.R.E. Australia Inc.) Est. 1998 Jane & Graham Evans Mt Barker, South Australia. 5251 W: www.acpre-australia.org.au E: acpre.australia@bigpond.com P: (08) 83913339 or 0409402976 U.E.L.N AUSTRALIA Jane Evans Littlehampton. South Australia 5250 W. www.ueln.net E: uein-australia@bigpond.com M: 0409 402 976

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Australian Breeders’ Directory B a ro q u e h orse bree d ers ’ ALEGRIA SPANISH HORSE STUD Catherine Jones Bendigo. Vic. 3550 W: www.spanishhorsestud.com E: alegria@spanishhorsestud.com M: 0427 783 344 ALLSTARS PURE SPANISH ANDALUSIANS Dianne Bootle Bribbaree. NSW. 2594 E: dbootle@skymesh.com M: 0429 129 787 ANCHORBAR ANDALUSIAN HORSE STUD Merl Biddeston. Qld. 4401 E: anchorbar@skymesh.com.au P: (07) 4691 6211 ANIMADO PERFORMANCE HORSES Margaret Anderson 30mins from Geelong. Vic W: www.thehealthsuccesssite.com/ animado-andalusian-stud.html E: manderson@gordontafe.edu.au P: 0409 577 369 or (03) 5266 2058 AQUILA PRE Sarah Roberts 180km west of Melbourne. Vic W: www.aquilapre.com.au E: info@aquilapre.com.au P: (03) 5235 2502

AUSTRALIS SPANISH HORSE STUD Lorraine Webb Beechworth North East Victoria. 3747 E: dklmwebb3747@bigpond.com P: (03) 5728 1299 ARCHER STUD Leanne Stevenson Beaudesert. Qld. 4285 W: www.joiningup.com.au E: leanne@joiningup.com.au M: 0402 780 499 BLACK HORSE MANOR Sabina Callaghan Mount Fairy. NSW. 2580 W: www.blackhorsemanor.com.au E: sabina@blackhorsemanor.com.au M: 0402 639 753

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CORDILLERA STUD Sue Rann Canberra. ACT. 2600 E: suerann@yahoo.com P: 0407 636 019 or (02) 6286 3258

FERNBROOK ANDALUSIANS, DROUIN Graeme Howard Victoria E: graemejhoward@bigpond.com P: (03) 9758 4416 or 0419 309 633

CRISTOGRACIA SPANISH HORSE STUD & TRAINING FACILITY Chris Maudsley Tarzali. Qld. 4885 W: www.cristogracia.com.au E: cristogracia@hotmail.com P: (07) 4095 1010

FRAHAVEN ANDALUSIAN STUD Sue Fraser The Rock. NSW. 2655 W: www.frahavenstud.com.au E: frahavenstud@dragnet.com.au M: 0429 202 330

DEL VIENTO SPANISH Cara Burns Hoddles Creek, Victoria. 3139 F: Facebook/Del Viento Spanish E: caraburns@msn.com M: 0403 198 688 EL CABALLERO STUD Pat Ball Kooweerup. Victoria. 3981 E: elcaball@bigpond.com P: (03) 5997 1617 EL MANTECA P.R.E HORSE STUD Janet & Patricia Dalton Oldbury. WA. 6121 E: mantecapraylor@hotmail.com M: 0419 914 353

EL SHANADOR PARK Christine Shanahan Hazelwood North, Victoria. 3840 W: www.elshanador.com.au E: chris@shanlaw.com.au M: 0427 760 094 EL TALENTOS STUD Angela Nemeth Adelaide, South Australia & Perth, Western Australia W: www.eltalentosandalusians.co.nr E: anginem@bigpond.com M: 0428 618 257 EQUUS LODGE STUD Morag & Martin Duley Gidgegannup. Western Australia. 6083 W: www.equuslodgestud.com E: equuslodge@equuslodgestud.com M: 0438 373 836

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GALLANDEER RIDGE Jocelyn Thompson Wilberforce. NSW. 2756 W: www.gallandeer.com E: info@gallandeer.com P: (02) 4565 0124 GOTICO PARK ANDALUSIAN STUD Heather Davidson 116 Plumb St, Blayney. NSW. 2799 W: www.goticopark.com E: gotico.park1@bigpond.com P: 02) 6368 3264 or 0404 146 785 GUMNUT FARM ANDALUSIAN STUD Frank & Ali Goward Tiaro. Qld. 4640 F: Gumnut Farm Andalusians W: emrt.net.au E: emrt.ali@bigpond.com M: +61 [0]407 370 206 HARMONY HILLS ANDALUSIANS Susanne & Paul Brundell Clifton. Qld. 4361 W: www.harmonyhillsandalusians.com E: s-harmonyhills@bigpond.com M: 0407 988 381 LA PATRICIANA HOLDINGS PTY LTD Michael Rodriguez Bilpin NSW. 2758 W: www.lapatriciana.com E: mtrodriguez62@yahoo.com MELLIZO PARK EQUESTRIAN CENTRE Nicole Downes 50km north of Melbourne. Vic W: www.mellizopark.com.au E: nicole_downes76@yahoo.com.au M: 0419 219 054

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Australian Breeders’ Directory B a ro q u e h orse bree d ers ’ MAJESTIC SPANISH HORSES Rita & Gerry Gallaway Mutchilba. Qld 4872 W: www.freewebs.com/ majesticspanishhorses E: majestichorses@bigpond.com M: (07) 409 31042 NALYAPPA PARK STUD Gosia Smajdor Moonta, South Australia . 5559 F: facebook/nalyappapark E: gosia.s@bigpond.com M: 0408 332 100 OAKBLUE PARK ANDALUSIANS Margot Jensen Maryborough. Qld 450 W: www.oakbluepark.com E: oakbluepark@bigpond.com M: (07) 4121 7077 SAPHUKAI SPANISH HORSE STUD C/- Rylo Park Equine Assisted Therapy Farm Linda Broadbent Stroud, NSW 2425 W: www.saphukai.com W: www.rylopark.com E: saphukai@bigpond.com M: 0438 033 987

WOODLANDS SPANISH HORSES Terry Campbell Coonabarabran. NSW. 2357 W: woodlandsspanishhorses E: tezcampbell23@hotmail.com P: 0429 423 347 or (02) 6842 3347 YALKIN SPANISH HORSES Tiffany Ayres Monarto. South Australia. 5254 W: www.yalkin.com.au E: tiffany.ayres@bigpond.com M: 0407 609 908 YEGUADA VERDADERO P.R.E HORSES Leigh Burns Marsden Park. NSW. 2765 W: www.yeguadaverdadero.com E: tallowoodpark@bigpond.com M: 0437 522 936 XIMENEZ ANDALUSIAN STUD Stephen & Melissa Rush Berry. NSW. 2535 E: mmrush@esplins.com.au M: 0415 926 510

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TARA SPANISH STUD Eric Hicks Sarina. Qld 4737 E: ehicks@gotalk.net.au P: 0407 310 947

NOBLE SHADOW FRIESIAN & ANDALUSIAN HORSE STUD “Breeders of the Warlander” Lisa Leitch Forcett, TAS. 7173 F: Noble Shadow E: lisaleitch@gmail.com P: (03) 6265 9536 or 0400 518 704

TRANQUILO LODGE Barbara, Alan & Victoria Davies Worrigee, NSW 2540 W: www.tranquilolodge.com E: bdavies@shoalhaven.net.au P: (02) 4423 3034

TWIN RIVERS STUD Julie & Karl Mischkulnig Eastern outskirts of Warrnambool. Vic. W: www.TwinRiversStud.com E: twinriverstud@bigpond.com.au P: (03) 5565 1774 or 0402 206 641

WILLTONY STUD Mary-Lou & Ron Pelling Theodore. Qld. 4719 W: www.willtony.com.au E: inquiry@willtony.com.au P: 0419 742 790 or + 61-7-49931392

Classical Sporthorse StuD Karen-Maree’ Kaye Perth, Western Australia W: www.warlander.com.au E: karen@angrychicken.com.au

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Spain in its true colours ith the rhythm of the flamenco in a colourful and festive atmosphere, the horse is king at the Seville April Fair, and the queen is the Sevillian woman in her “gitana” costume. Here, people and horses combine for a week of serious eating, drinking and socialising at Spain’s biggest annual party.

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La Feria (The Fair) was inaugurated on the 18th of April 1847 in the Prado de San Sebastián with 19 tents, or “casetas”, and was a great success. What began as a purely commercial event, over the years was transformed by an air of festivity by the people of Seville until it reached what now is considered one of the greatest singular expressions of colour and joy. The Sevillians and those who visit Seville enjoy the party for six days every year.

The expansive grounds of the celebration are located in the neighbourhood of Los Remedios, an area of 275 square kilometres distributed between 25 blocks and 15 streets. Each of the 15 streets is named after a famous Spanish bullfighter, and the sidewalks are covered with special yellow soil called “albero”. During daylight hours, 90 .

extravagant processions of horsemen and carriages line the streets, while the night is dedicated to noisy bullfights and partygoers.

The traditional parade of horses and carriages is the most beautiful spectacle of the April Fair – a tradition that has become the characteristic image of the city, transcending the fair itself.

El Alumbrao marks the official start of the April Fair and takes place at midnight on Monday. The fairground lights are turned on and the festivities begin, continuing day and night until the following Sunday. Monday’s “Alumbrao” (first night) is also known as Monday’s “Pescaito”, or fried fish dishes.

The Fair’s gateway , “La Partada”, is different every year, with the front of Salvador’s Church reproduction design appears all dressed up to the Real de la Feria in its 300 anniversary from its conception as we know it nowadays.

La Caseta (the tent) is the home of the Sevillian as long as the Fair lasts. It is the meeting point where one receives family and friends and eats and drinks, and where people “live”, sing and dance together – it is the heart and soul of the Fair. Since the beginning of the Seville April Fair, areas containing many casetas, constructed from light framework covered by canvas, have been fenced off.

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in which the dealers took refuge to close their commercial transactions.

The number of tents grew each year as the Fair became more popular.

In 1919, certain uniformity in style was achieved by the painter Gustavo Bacarisas, although this wasn’t fully obtained until 1983 when rules were established for the assembly of the tents. Regulations were put in place for the construction, security and decorations to keep the harmony of the fair. Even though most of the tents are private, there are many others with open access for anyone willing to visit them.

The Sevillian Costume, Traje de Flamenca, adorned with bracelets, earrings and necklaces of bright colours, is completed by a flower worn on top of the head, sustained with a decorated comb. This was the dress of the wives – mostly gypsy – of the cattle keepers who helped at the Seville Fair in past times. Over the years Seville adopted this costume, and it was with the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 that the outfit established itself by the definitive flamenco costume, obligatorily worn by many for a visit to the fair. The “gitana” costume has varied slightly over the years depending on the fashion of the day but has never lost its true essence.

These incredible bursts of colour, the extravagant procession of horses and horsemen and, in particular, the sheer size of the Seville Fair’s spectacle makes this an unmissable event in Europe’s spring next year. a

Seville’s Fair

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How to create that old and polaroid/split toned look.

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ver admired and wondered how to get those beautiful tone to an image, you can often see them call poloriod/cross processing and instant on some of the fun phone photo editing applications. These can be fun for your phone, but not so fun when you want to make one of your favourite photos this way in photoshop.

In this tutorial we’ll look at how to do this and have a bit more fun with creating a torn old photo look First thing you need to do to any photo is any colour correcting and working the levels. No matter what end result i’m trying to achieve I always start with a good clean colour corrected image. I do this by:

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(1) First thing I do when I open a new photo is look at the contrast and correct either by using the ‘levels’ (as shown in previous tutorials) or ‘curves’.

(2) Next, I work on the colour in the ‘colour balance’ tab/ adjustments.

(3) Lastly, if required I’ll use a bit of ‘unsharp mask’ to enhance any detail in the image.

The image i’m using in this tutorial really didn’t require enjough adjustments to make a difference to show you.

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When using the ‘unsharp mask’ be careful not to create a ghosting effect by implementing to much ‘effect’. Some people like this ghosting look, however can be undesirable.

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How to get that colour tone: The part that seems like the hardest is actually rather easy and quick to do - the tones. And, this is how you do it.

(1) Open up your ‘curves’ pallet (control m or apple m) (2) Once the ‘curves’ pallet has opened you’ll see 2 drop down menus. Its the second one that we are going to adjust.

(3) Select the blue channel.

(4) Once selected you’ll now be in the blue channel. In here you’ll see a line going from corner to corner. What your going to need to do is make this line into a gentle S shape. Play with the degrees of angles on the line until you fine a tone that your happy with.

TIP: If you want to create a flat old look to the image adjust the ends/ points of the line to go up or across the walls.

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Texture: In this part of the tutorial we are going to look at the creative fun part. Textures! They can add a great feel to an image, however do be careful to not over do it!

Subtlety is the key!

(1) Find a texture that you like that has good depth and character. Often concrete or old stone walls are good for it.

(2) Place this layer up the top and select soft light or overlay. Lower the opacity till desired level (see image) (3) Hide the layer by filling the mask with black. Carefully useing the white brush, paint in the detail of horse and rider. Use smaller brushes and softer opacity on the finer details or to create a smoother blend.

(4) To keep the detail and create a bit of a older look to the image open up ‘curves’ pallet. This time, click on the top drop down menu and select colour negative. Click OK. Back in the layers pallet highlight the layer you just edited and click the adjustment to ‘overlay’, and reduce the opacity to your desired level.

TIP: You can also play with the different channels in the colour negative preset. This can increast shadows and the colour that those shadows appear as. Also move the far ends up or along the walls to alter the age effect. Look at the different layer effects such as soft light and multiply. It’s always worth exploring what the other effects can do to an image.

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Shadow: Next we’re going to darken the edges of the image.

(1) We are going to do this by using your levels to darken the overall image. If need be, use your hue/saturation pallet to reduce the saturation (2) Create a layer mask and make sure the area is black. Use a big soft white brush to brush in a more dramatic edging.

As you can see in the above image the effect is to strong. So reduce the opacity to a desired level.

Now we have an image with old tones and a rustic texture.

To complete the look we’re going to create a torn edges effect.

(1) Flatten the image and change the canvas size. You can increase by whatever dimensions you feel shall give you enough room to edit. Select OK and your image shall float in the middle of your canvas.

(2) Duplicate the layer so we can now create the torn look.

(3) Select your bush and in your brushes pallet choose a nice textured brush. You can download free brushes from the adobe web site adobe exchange.

(4) Make a layer mask on this layer.

Using your brush (black this time on a white background) start to click away some of the image to make the worn look.

(5) The finial step is to make this effect come alive and look realistic (as possible as a photoshoped tear can look!).

Double click on the layer to bring up the layer styles palet. Select the drop shadow and inner glow for this effect.

Play around with the effect adjustments and come up with something that you like! Most important to experiment!

That’s where you’ll have the most fun and different results! a

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ell, it is not looking good for the horse industry.

Dollars are down and horse sales are down across the board.

Breeders are complaining that horses are not moving even at rock bottom prices. Show organizers say attendance is down. Horse associations and registries report that membership and registrations are down and… IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE! It is easy to blame the world0wide economic crisis but the horse market was headed for the big house long before the recession ever came about. The current economic environment simply sped up the inevitable. Insiders knew years ago the horse market was going to tank.

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that there are not enough people in the market to continue the equine industry as we have known it. Although I am tempted to go into why horse prices were inflated to begin with or that Gen X is much smaller than the Baby Boomer generation, I am going to refrain and stick to what I believe is the real problem.

Many of the solutions I hear revolve around postponing the inevitable by helping out the current breeders or the shows. While this might work to help drag out what is left, it will not revitalize the industry.

The youth of yesteryear is what has driven the equine Industry in the past.

Horse shows, registries and breeders simply had to cater to an existing market.

Sellers did not have to get people interested in horses; they simply had to get them interested in their horses.

And not only are the buyers generally older but the trainers are as well. Bill Addis, of Addis Equine Auctions,

recently stated that the average age of the trainers at the Arabian horse shows in the 80s was 24 and now the average age is over 50. I would say that was true at breed shows across the board.

At 39 years old I am probably the very tail end of the generation that makes up the majority of the horse market. So the question begs. What happened? What changed?

Sure parents are busy, but horses are a commitment of both time and money.

For many parents it’s just easier to buy a video game or a four-wheeler. But most of us are so crazy about horses that we are willing to rearrange our lives, and make other sacrifices so that we can have our horses.

No doubt the money we spend on our horses on a monthly basis could have been put into a mutual fund that would have been enough to retire on. We forgo the sports car we could drive every day in order to have something we can pull a trailer with every once in a while. We

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donšt mind going out in the bitter cold to make sure our horses are comfortable and cared for. We are a crazy lot, a horse crazy lot!

Have you ever stopped to wonder how you became that way? What made you want a horse to begin with? Not a specific breed, but just a horse in general. My guess is that most of you cannot answer the question.

For many of us horse shows, competitions, registries and the like were just something to do with our horses, not the reason we wanted a horse or why we begged our parents for a pony. These things did not create the demand, they simply profited from it.

So what was the reason? Many believe, as I do, that humans are naturally drawn to the beauty and power of horses, but this can only happen if we are exposed to horses, and therein lies the problem.

The U.S. horse show industry is driven by people who are approximately 50 years old. five years ago the average was 45 and in five years from now the average age will likely be 55. People of that age often grew up someone with a farm, or friend or a relative or summer camp or somewhere where they would be exposed to horses.

I think that one of the biggest reasons that many in this generation were so attracted to horses is because they were exposed to

relationships with animals at a very young age thru television. Even if you donšt remember what you watched on TV at 3, 4 and 5 years old, I can assure you that you were affected by what you saw.

In 1950, television penetration of U.S. households was only 9.0 percent. Within only five years it was up to 64.5 percent and by the 70s it was 95.3 percent! In the late 50s, 60s and even 70s, TV time was family time.

There were not hundreds of channels to choose from‌ for the most part there were only three. NBC, ABC and CBS. Westerns were the entertainment of choice at the theatre and on television. During the 60s, primetime on at least one of the channels if not all three showed programs that featured animals. Many of them featured horses!

The same was true for after school and weekend programming. Roy Rogers and his trusty steed Trigger, the Lone Ranger, Zorro, Bonanza, The Big Valley, Grizzly Adams, Gentle Ben, Flipper, Lassie, Mr. Ed, and the list goes on and on.

However these shows were not about animals. No sir! Lassie was not just about a dog, Black Beauty was not only about a horse, Flipper was not solely about a dolphin and Gentle Ben was not just about a bear. All of these shows were based on relationships!

That was why we watched--to see a magical bond between two beings. Well, that and there was nothing else on. Those shows

planted the seeds of dreams about animals in our heads.

Today with hundreds of channels at our fingertips, you will not find a SINGLE show that is based on the relationship between a human and an animal. And changing the way we view the world or what the world is allowed to watch on television is not very likely.

So what can we do? The free ride is over, it has been over for some time now, and unless the industry figures out how to plant those seeds and dreams in the hearts and minds of children today, the Industry will continue to shrink and prices will continue to drop. Economics is based on the basic principle of supply and demand. We have to increase the demand in the long term.

We have to expose people to horses.

We have to get them dreaming again. We have to market relationships and we have to figure out how to make up for the fact that television is not going to do the job for us. Show Managers, breeders, and horse associations and registries have to learn to get new people excited about horses and getting involved and not just cater to the whims of the few, and aging, who are still involved. They have to get creative and do some real marketing or they will only have themselves to blame. a

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