FROM THE EDITOR deluge of positive comments that were great to read.
The Aussies are over for another year and the vast majority will agree it was a great show, with competitors having a good time and showing some of the best horses in the country to absolute perfection. As always, Facebook was full of stories and images and a post that was particularly nice to see was one in which entrants took the time to comment on the hard work of the volunteers. The lovely Jessie Rae Preece stated, ‘With all the posts discussing the Aussies, can we please have one where everyone shares their thanks for the enormous effort being made by a small number of people for all of us to showcase our horses.’ It was followed by a
I think it’s important that whenever we publicly say/show/post anything to a wider audience, we remember we’re promoting (or otherwise) our horses, and our community of horse people. When it’s done right, this can be a phenomenal tool for drawing people to the breed and to the lifestyle. We all want the same thing – for the Arabian horse community to thrive and grow, and to have fun doing what we do with our Arabians in whatever discipline we choose to do it. To see so many positive posts reflect this was, I think, a very positive advertisement. So welcome to the March edition of Arabian Horse News. Inside you’ll find all our Aussie Championship winners and read a great rundown of all the action. March is also our derivative edition, and in response to reader request you’ll find more derivative content than ever before. A huge congratulations to Naaman Stud, winner of our cover competition with the lovely Naaman Celebration (read all about Celebration in ‘Winning Cover Photo’ to the right). Sharon Meyers has provided an insightful and interesting account of the WAHO conference, and due to many requests and suggestions for veterinary and historical articles, Larissa Bilston
NEWS REPS
takes us through the ins and outs of equine nutrition, and you can read more on conditions that cause poor performance in endurance horses. The lovely, iconic Aur Vanity is featured and I would encourage anyone with a tale to tell on a great horse or Arabian horse personality to contact me about sharing their own stories with AHN readers. Lastly, we welcome Kaicey Maccioni to our team as News Rep for the Northern Territory. It’s great to finally have every state in Australia covered. Until next edition,
Sarah Barrie
WINNING COVER PHOTO Robyn Parker says: “Naaman Celebration is a 3-year-old Anglo filly out of one of our home-bred Anglo mares Naaman Mietta (herself a successful show horse) by Multi Supreme Royal Champion TB stallion Time to Celebrate (Lunchtime bloodlines). N. Celebration is an “AA” Classic Anglo Arabian Champion and Barastoc Supreme Arabian HOTY. She is currently being broken in to commence her saddle career for which we feel she has a bright future. Celebration is trained and shown by Simon Parker who proudly leads her in this photo.”
AUSTRALIAN ARABIAN
NSW: Kerry Frame kerry_frame@bigpond.com VIC: Dee and Nicola Kelly arabianpony@gmail.com
Roll of Merit
SA: Tania Edmonds taniap@internode.on.net WA: Chris Ros rosarina@iinet.net.au NT: Kaicey Maccioni arabiansnt@hotmail.com
Arasarta Glamour Bey G17821 Champion Working 27/1/15 Catherine McTaggart
TAS: Maya Jaehne bashiralodge@gmail.com QLD: Yvonne Barlow ybarlow@bigpond.net.au NZ: Kelly Mason kelaray@xtra.co.nz
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