In only a few weeks, this incredibly exciting horse sport has gone from being virtually unknown to having a strong following in Australia. Like the better-known dog agility, horse agility involves horses moving about a course of obstacles including bending poles, ramps, bridges, tunnels and even hoops. It was created by Kalev Tyllinen in Finland in 2000, and has been steadily building worldwide since then.
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January 11, 2011
{mosimage}Local Queenslander’s have set up donation points and bank accounts to receive donations to assist horse owners affected by the devastating Queensland floods. UPDATED: New info added for a Lost Horse Register and Donation Collections for Ispwich and Gatton!
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December 2, 2010
On Wednesday December 1st Health Australia (AHA) provided the Federal Minister for Agriculture, , Mr Joe Ludwig, with a submission demonstrating the overwhelming support of the Australian horse industry to sign the Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement (EADRA) and to enter into any cost-sharing arrangements through a levy based on manufactured feed and wormers.
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November 24, 2010
Seedy toe or white line disease, as it is sometimes called, is an infection of the horse hoof caused by the yeast genus candida.
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November 13, 2010
Since equine coat color testing first became a reality, Appaloosa breeders have been waiting for the day when they could test their horses for the main Appaloosa gene, LP.
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November 13, 2010
Boxing is commonly recognised as a particularly dangerous sport, with statistics showing 1.3 deaths for every 100,00 participants. However there is a more dangerous sport that our children are participating in every day. Statistics on horse riding show a staggering 128 deaths out of every 100,000 riders.
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October 13, 2010
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has launched a renewed effort to find people in the community who are both willing and able to take wild horses that have been removed from Kosciuszko National Park under the Wild Horse Management Program.
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August 9, 2010
The Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands (KWPN) is the Dutch breeding organization dedicated to jumpers, dressage horses, harness horses, and Gelder horses. With approximately 30,000 members and 13,000 foals born each year, the KWPN is the largest sport horse studbook in the world.
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August 6, 2010
There is no cause for alarm, says Pakenham equine vet David Clemence who wants to ease the minds of horse owners after reports of horses being tested for Ross River fever.
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August 4, 2010
Horse SA has called on all horse owners, state and national, to respond to the Animal Health Australia paper on preferred levy options.
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