January 27, 2012
Ashley Keary, 14, of Brockville, ON, was a member of the bronze medal winning team at the FEI Children’s International Classics Final 2011 held in Hong Kong January 11–14, 2012. Riding a borrowed horse for the entire competition, Hot Pot,
Toronto native and three-time Canadian Olympian Ashley Holzer, who currently resides in New York, NY, won both the Grand Prix for Freestyle and the Grand Prix Freestyle at the CDI-W Gold Coast Opener, held January 18–22, in West Palm Beach,
The CTHS (Ontario Division) is pleased to announce the leading recipients of the TIP Stallion Awards program, with a total of $400,000 in awards distributed based on the successes of their Ontario-sired progeny during the 2011 racing season. The 2011
ROLEX FEI WORLD CUP™ JUMPING IN ZURICH – LIVE ON FEI TV THIS WEEKEND The tenth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping, in Zurich, will be live on FEI TV, the FEI’s official video platform, on Sunday
Thanks to a grant from the Knowledge Translation and Transfer program of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Equine Guelph has launced a video series entitled Report on Research and Help for Horse Owners. This month’s premier release showcases Dr. Physick-Sheard’s
Each year, breeders of the top Ontario Sired foals competing in black type stakes races in Ontario are eligible for additional awards based on their Ontario Black Type earnings. The Ontario CTHS is pleased to announce this year’s winning recipients
The Jockey Club of Canada’s Graded Stakes Committee held its annual review of the Graded Stakes in Canada, and has announced there will be a total of 42 Graded Stakes in 2012, up from 37 in 2011. The five Grade
Florida sun! HUNTERS BAY, the promising Ghostzapper horse owned by Stronach Stables, zips 5 furlongs in 1:00 1/5 at Palm Meadows on Saturday. Janis Maine photo WESTERN CANADA WELL REPRESENTED IN SOVEREIGN AWARD NOMINATIONS The powerful ownership
STALLION AT ATTENTION – Janis Maine’s image of Milwaukee Brew at Adena Springs North is up for a SOVEREIGN AWARD! BUNNY! by Ericka Rusnak, also up for a Sovereign Award! SOVEREIGN AWARD
CORRECTIONS: THOROUGHBLOG corrected the following errors – Mr. Walton confirmed only that he sold his horse, Maritimer, but not who bought the horse. Walton is a former president of Norseman Plastics, not current president. Maritimer won the Display not
You have probably noticed that I have said very little about the faster-than-a-speeding-tent-pegger exit of our Fearless Leader since it all went down like a lead balloon on January 10th. My silence is officially over. The investigative report I wrote
First of all, I must apologize to those of you who have been experiencing technical difficulties viewing this blog over the past several weeks. The problem has been partly due to my having pasted copyrighted cartoons into my posts; yesterday
As I sat Tuesday morning, all squished into my cattle class seat on a plane bound for Houston, which would allow me to board another plane bound for West Palm Beach, and looked out the window at a snow-covered Vancouver
We are less than three hours away from arriving at Ocala with the second and last group. We picked up Leif Z in North Carolina at 6:00 a.m. today, having finally made it to the border at 5:00 p.m. between
“The best laid plans o’ mice an’ men gang aft aglay” Rabbie Burns We tried to set out three times already today and finally the roads are clear enough for us to make a run for the border. We hear
We left Florida eight hours after we got there. Yes, I believe it IS warm and sunny there. Georgia the Carolinas and Virginia went by in the dark. We hit Washington at 6:00 a.m. Later than perfect, but still early enough
Zelador and Zeloso both LOVE the big horse balls. Zeloso’s been out-of-control with them from day one. Zelador, on the other hand, started out calmly, but over time he, too, morphed into this wildly enthusiastic leaping maniac whenever the ball
Just saw a DVD of the film “Temple Grandin”. It was amazing. In the Bonus Features she, the screenplay writer and the director comment on each scene as it’s played. Because of Temple I went to the Nobleton library. She’s
This morning before I fetched the yearling, Marcus, from his stall I set up the arena. We have a wooden cut-out bull. I moved that from beside the piano to the south wall, between a low pedestal and the teeter-totter.
This past weekend, I took an adventure to go watch Jumping Amsterdam at the Rai Arena in the centre of Amsterdam. I have to say it is one of the nicest indoor venues, with a good sized warm-up arena, which
This past weekend was beautiful here. I woke up Saturday morning and opened my curtains to the sun shining and it stayed all weekend. Somehow whenever you wake up and you see the sun, it always gives you that extra
It’s the start of the New Year and I couldn’t be more excited for what’s to come this year. I am currently working on my competition plan to debut in grand prix and hopefully qualify for London. I had a
The public postal service in England first got the go ahead in 1635 when post-boys carried the mail between “posts” to a local postmaster who took out the letters for his region and sent the boy onto to the next
Nobody stays awake at night wondering why Botswana drives on the left side of the road and Austria drives on the right, but now that we are on the topic, read about today’s driving norms with roots that go back
The American Indian’s horse is depicted in movies as small, tough, resilient and a true survivor. They may have looked shaggy and unkempt by today’s standards, but their appearance belied an indominatable spirit that was viewed very highly by their
When you have two furry friends, you want them to like each other so you can spend quality time with both of them. It can be hard initially to predict or control how this will go, and sometimes the first
Roger Attfield was concerned. Very concerned. The Hall of Fame trainer, 72, and owner Charles Fipke had waited a long time to run the improving filly Perfect Shirl in a major race but weather kept getting in the way. The
Physiotherapy, which is common place in human medicine following an injury or surgery, is becoming more popular in equine rehabilitation as well. It includes various forms of manual manipulation, electrotherapy, exercise prescription and other treatments that can benefit both equine