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You are invited to play in a Caribbean tournament:
Women’s International 3-Goal Polo Tournament
Casa de Campo, 5-star resort
La Romana, Dominican Republic
Monday, November 17 to Sunday, November 22, 2008
Games on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
Try out your ponies on Sunday and Monday
The Casa de Campo Polo Club boasts
90 high quality polo ponies, solid to a 6-goal level
Fee $1,200.00 U.S.
The fee includes only all chukkers, scrimmages, stick and ball, & horses.
Hotel rates start at $130 night, double occupancy in a tropically decorated, spacious hotel room. Villa homes in all sizes are available, too. Golf carts to explore and get around the resort are included with each accommodation. Fine cuisine is offered in a variety of food plans that include the new La Casita at the Marina and the Beach Club by Le Cirque!
Casa de Campo features the #1 golf courses in the Caribbean designed by Pete Dye; a yacht club and marina; clay-court tennis; shooting range with trap, skeet and sporting clays; the NEW Cygalle Healing Spa; a beautiful private beach with amenities from paddle boats to meringue lessons; all the water sports; horseback trail rides; 4-wheeler countryside excursions; an active bicycle club; the 16th century replica Altos de Chavon village with its 5,000 seat amphtitheatre featuring live performances and touring concerts; and a variety of international restaurants!.
At Casa de Campo, from the polo fields to the beach
is just a 10-minute open-air golf cart ride!
Come play polo with us solo,
or bring your families to the #1 ranked family resort in the Caribbean*.
Plan to stay on for a memorable Thanksgiving weekend.
Contact: Tania Evans, Member Club de Polo,
riverbendfarm@comcast.net
734-663-8435 USA, 734-904-3106 (cell)
or in Casa de Campo 809-523-5809 (leave message, Spanish only)
Some sites that give you a good picture of the resort:
http://www.casadecampo.com.do
http://www.casadecampoyachtclub.com/EN/index.php
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*ranked by readers, CL-Celebrated Living, the luxury magazine for American Airlines Premium Class Passengers, Summer 2008 issue.
Book Review by GLHS:
Rob van Nassau's Hoof Problems
published by Trafalgar Square Books
Book Review – BUY IT!
Hoof Problems
By Rob van Nassau
This book is for the curious, intelligent reader looking for detailed approaches to the anatomy, function, diseases and injuries of the hoof. And it's for the reader who likes to hear about cures whether they are technical surgeries or home remedies. Every effort is made by the author(s) to elucidate. I am so grateful to be given real information. So many supposed vet books for the non-vet are the shallow pool version when what you want is a deep sea dive. The author has a wealth of experience to contribute. Rob van Nassau has over 30 years of farrier experience working in a specialist equine vet clinic. He is a former European Champion farrier and National Champion in Holland.
The layout is outstanding.
The pictures are terrific. I’m a photographer and I really appreciate these. There are all sorts of them, from shots of surgical procedures to microscopic looks at fibres: close-up, clear, annotated, and illustrated.
Every page is a multi-layered look. If you don’t understand the text or the point of a photo, there’s another one to help you. There’s so much material, you could spend an hour before turning a page.
There's an abundance of interesting home cures, the sort you might learn while reminiscing with your vet as he packs up his truck to leave on another call. For example, says Rob van Nassau, you can use honey to kill fungus. "Bees know how to keep the nursery of the queen's eggs clean. Honey contains propolis - a fungicidal agent." Honey is also indexed, appearing in three places in the text: a thorough index is a real plus.
There are elucidations that only a thoughtful instructor realizes a student needs. For example, in my barn we are having a bout of foot fungus. We recently installed rubber stall mats. These mats fit the stalls tightly and don’t drain. I increased the bedding, which has helped but, still, we've never before in 20 years had any fungus issues. So I am keen to read about them here. I am made aware IMMEDIATELY that a fungus issue is also a bacterium one. And I am made aware that their sources are ever present in the soil. Now I knew both of these things. But this book tells me to treat fungus and bacterium as separate issues. I am given separate cures for them. Fungus is described specifically so I can see how it moves through the hoof. Suddenly, it’s the enemy and I can see it!
I love the confidence I feel when I read this book. I am being educated.
Now, the book isn’t perfect. It has several purposes. Most are benign. One is to provide detailed anatomical description. Well done!
Another is to offer case histories, in delightfully deep detail, of problems that look insurmountable. Also well done, even if the examples overall are weighted towards the most serious.
Thirdly, less benignly, the book is promotional. It promotes the patented shoes that the author and his brother have created. This is fine BUT why not state it up front?
Which parallels a real problem. The book has some forceful, sophisticated and sometimes extreme approaches to problems and I would like to know more about the credentials behind the suggestions. There is insufficient biographical information about the author. I find on the back cover that he’s a well-recognized farrier of the highest calibre. He is associated with a specialist equine vet clinic. This is great to hear but it's very bareboned bio. And so, I wonder, is this vet clinic where the hoof surgeries are done? There's a lot of extreme cutting away of hoof elements. Who performs these operations? The author isn't a vet so I'm assuming he has vet support. I'd like to know how the vets are involved in the procedures and what the author expects of my farrier.
The other people producing this book are the author’s brother as fellow researcher and the author’s wife as photographer and writer. However, without reading the bookjacket, I wouldn't know until I worked my way through most of the book that these were strong collaborations. Therefore, I want the author to establish a foundation for the material. Besides, I would love to hear the story of their farrier practice, the history of which is interesting in itself.
This book is a wonderful addition to my library and I’ll put it right next to my medical books. You should, too. And don’t forget to give it to your farrier. Tania Evans, Editor
For more on this book Hoof Problems , visit Trafalgar Square books
Michigan
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Michigan's dressage rider Catherine Haddad receives not only the key to the German city of Vechta but represents Vechta for all of northern Germany as an athlete, a successful businessperson and a runner-up "athlete of the year 2007." more
MICHIGAN'S BLAIR KING WILL RIDE IN THE ROLEX 4-STAR
HER MOUNT IS "KING's Whisper" WHO RACED AT DRC
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS SIGN UP FOR 2010
GAMES
In the first ten days since the launch of a new Web-based volunteer registry
system, nearly 4,000 new volunteers have already signed up online for the 2010
Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The World Games 2010 Foundation estimates
that at least 6,000 volunteers will be needed to work before and during the
Games, to be held at the Kentucky Horse Park from September 25-October 10, 2010
in Lexington, Kentucky.
Volunteers from 49 states and 46 countries have signed up so far. More than 1,300 registered volunteers live in Kentucky, and nearly 700 people from states surrounding Kentucky have signed up. International volunteers from Russia, France, Chile, South Africa, and Thailand are just a few among the nearly 400 people from around the world who have already registered.
These world championships of the eight equestrian disciplines recognized by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), and are held every four years. The Games have never before been held outside of Europe; nor have all eight disciplines ever previously been held together at a single site— both firsts that will be achieved at the Kentucky Horse Park. The 2010 Games are expected to have a statewide economic impact of $150 million. It is anticipated that more than 600,000 spectators will attend the 16-day competition. Feb 13, 2008. More: 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
Learn polo this winter with the Detroit Polo Club more
Breeding your mare this spring? Buy a Season to benefit ex-race horse placement organizations New Vocations and Ohio Canter, starting January 27 more
Team Penning
Triple C Ranch in Grass Lake offers team penning for participants and spectators every Sunday. more
Preliminary Report Out on Michigan Equine Industry Profile
from MEP, MSU, MHC and MDA/NASS in partnership - made public on 12/13-14/07. Highlights:
155,000 horses in Michigan as of June 1, 2007
GLHS's book review:
Hoof Problems by Rob van Nassau published by Trafalgar Square Books
Verdict? BUY IT! more
Sargeant Maureen Kennedy is a dedicated cop, an avid horse trainer and a longtime learner of all things about horses. Always an officer with the Michigan State U Police, Mounted Division, Kennedy has also pursued dressage. She qualifed several times for USDF regional championships riding her multi-talented police horses. more
November 15, 2007: Hunter-Jumper Association of Michigan Annual Spring Welcome Shows
Move to Waterloo Hunt Club, May 8-25 more
Tanya Grant Barber talks about the dressage merits of the Andalusian and the special qualities of the older school horse more
New Options for competitive riders in Michigan:
1. Rumor: There's a new Detroit Jumper Club to base at the Fair Grounds in Detroit - more to come on this in November!
2. Jerry Campbell announces new race track to be built south of Metro Airport!
3. Carol Grant wants a Midwest Dressage Circuit. And Horse Shows by the Bay considers adding weeks onto their 3-week summer show.
The Search for America’s Next Equestrian Star: Dressage begins Friday, October 19 at 9:00 a.m. EST on the Fox Network.. This unique show consists of five hour-long episodes that will air sequentially at the same time every Friday through November 16, the show’s finale. J.J. Tate is a finalist on the program. She's based in Wisconson. The show, conceived by Robert Dover, full story
Wisconsin's J.J. Tate is one of the finalists.
3 of our own Michigan riders qualiified for the 2007 American Eventing Championships in Chicago in the Jr/YR Novice Division.
Taylor Foote, finished 1st on her dresage score of 27.4!
Erin Strader, 16, of Ann Arbor finished in 7th after stadium.
Alyssa Meek, 13, of Fowlerville was tied for 16th after dressage but went too FAST in cc and incurred over 7 points which landed them in 37th. Also, See report on the American Eventing Champions by going to the Lamplighter Equestrian Center site and look for all the results!
Chad Thelen - transforming farmland into habitat havens
Polaris Ranger in clover in Mecosta County
JArea 8 Young EVENT Rider: Young Rider Katie Daratony rides Nero at Intermediate.
Jackie Smith interview about Young Riders
New Vocations places 300 ex-racehorses in 2006 which makes it the leading placement program in U.S. One of their 3 offices is in Saline. full story
Excerpt from Maryal Barnett Interview: Maryal, you’re based in Michigan but you judge all over the country. In comparison to other U.S. and European riders, what do you see as the Michigan dressage rider's greatest needs? I think Michigan riders, whether they’re training level or Grand Prix riders, have a lot of opportunity as far as showing. I would like to see more trainers and upper level riders go to more clinics and certifications. The USDF workshops, for example, would be very beneficial for helping our instructors become more logical in their thinking, become better riders and improve their practical horse management skills. These workshops offer training in theory, in correct methods and in establishing a correct and logical order of teaching things. It begins in the stable, knowing about the horse. In my area, I don’t believe that a lot of dressage trainers know enough about horse anatomy. This leads to over-training horses or teaching things to horses at the wrong time in their physical development.I believe that other disciplines are moving more towards certification. Denny Emerson in eventing and George Morris in hunter jumper, for example, have been encouraging it. I also think that you learn by seeing. Michigan people should go to Florida, California, Europe and just watch. This watching is very important. Also, they need to learn theory. They need to know more than just riding movements. |
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