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Equestrian Competitors Should Have A Biosecurity Plan In Their Saddlebag
August 8, 2012

With this year’s horse events calendar rapidly filling up across Queensland, equestrian competitors and event organisers are being reminded of the importance of a carefully thought out biosecurity plan.

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Equestrian Competitors Should Have A Biosecurity Plan In Their Saddlebag
Rescue Of Blind Horse Helps Raise Awareness Of Abandoned Animals
August 7, 2012

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — As she was growing up, Beatriz Andert loved horses. Images of them decorated the walls of her room and she talked about eventually becoming a veterinarian, or a similar field in which she could work with the animals.

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Rescue Of Blind Horse Helps Raise Awareness Of Abandoned Animals
Central Coast Polocrosse Club Seeks Support
August 7, 2012

The Central Coast Polocrosse Club would like to invite local business to support our annual carnival, to be held at Morisset Showgrounds on the 8th and 9th of September 2012.

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Central Coast Polocrosse Club Seeks Support
Triumph Over Adversity
August 6, 2012

At 20 years of age, Hannah Dodd is the youngest member of the Australian Paralympics team. A current Pony Club member and elite athlete, Pony Club NSW chats to Hannah about her life, passion, and what it takes to overcome a crippling disease to represent Australia at the Paralympics.

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Triumph Over Adversity
Victoria's Turn To Get Medieval
August 2, 2012

Rod Walker (FMJ’s Black Team head coach) is giving interested Victorian riders the opportunity to learn to Joust at his Full Tilt’s School of the Tournament this September.

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Victoria's Turn To Get Medieval
Want To Get Medieval With Your Horse?
July 30, 2012

Rod Walker (FMJ’s Black Team head coach) is giving interested riders the opportunity to learn to Joust at his Full Tilt’s School of the Tournament this September.

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Want To Get Medieval With Your Horse?
Quiet Man From Japan Steals Eventing Dressage Limelight
July 29, 2012

Japan’s Yoshiaki Oiwa and Noonday de Conde produced a sensational test to take the individual lead in the closing stages of Eventing dressage at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Greenwich Park (GBR) today.

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Quiet Man From Japan Steals Eventing Dressage Limelight
Cairns Hendra Incident
July 28, 2012

Biosecurity Queensland is working with the operators of a Cairns equestrian centre to manage the latest case of Hendra virus infection. The centre has been quarantined.

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Cairns Hendra Incident
Second Large Animal Rescue Info Evening For Victoria
July 27, 2012

Could you save your horse? Horses get into all sorts of trouble, fall down holes, get stuck over fences are involved in road accidents or just end up in places they should not be. Join Dr Rebecca Gimenez (USA) for a most informative evening about the field of Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue. Feature section on truck & trailer accidents.

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Second Large Animal Rescue Info Evening For Victoria
Two Horses Euthanased On Rockhampton Property
July 27, 2012

Biosecurity Queensland has euthanased two horses at a quarantined property near Rockhampton where a foal died of Hendra virus infection last week.

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Two Horses Euthanased On Rockhampton Property