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Since its inception in 2006, the American Ranch Horse Association Stallion Stakes and Three-Year-Old Ranch Horse Challenge program has awarded horse owners and breeders with thousands of dollars in cash plus awards. The Three-Year-Old Challenge is held during the ARHA World Show each year—in 2010, June 21 to 26 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Approximately 140 stallions and young horses have competed for top overall ranch horse honors through four events designed to test a horse’s versatility and ranch suitability: conformation, ranch riding, ranch cutting and working cow horse.
Winners from past years are:
2009 Three-Year-Old Challenge: Hancocks Moonwalk, owned and shown by Sean Prater of Burbank, Okla.
2009 Stallion Stakes: Bubbas Short Stroke, owned by Brady and Wendi Rinehart of Highmore, S.D.
2008 Three-Year-Old Challenge: Ali Zack, shown by Dennis Cappel and owned by Dennis and Cindy Cappel of Silex, Mo.
2008 Stallion Stakes: Poco Mr Blue, owned by Lewis Eastwood of Boswell, Okla.
2007 Three-Year-Old Challenge: Blondies Little Rio, shown by Terry Allen of Cookeville, Tenn., and owned by Rondal Reed of Cookeville, Tenn.
2007 Stallion Stakes: Rio Band Joe, owned by Terry Allen of Cookeville, Tenn.
Set up much like a breeders’ classic or futurity, the ARHA Stallions Stakes and Three-Year-Old Ranch Horse Challenge offer money paid out for both events. For a horse to be eligible to compete in the Three-Year-Old Ranch Horse Challenge, it must be registered with ARHA, and its owners must be ARHA members. In addition, the horse’s sire must have been nominated for the Stallion Stakes program during the horse’s 2-year-old year. Anyone may nominate a stallion as long as it’s registered with ARHA and its owners are ARHA members. Nominations do not carry over from year to year. Regular nominations for the 2010 program close on December 31, 2009; late nominations are allowed until May 22, 2010, for an additional fee.
Formed in 2004, the American Ranch Horse Association promotes the abilities of the all-around versatile working horse in a positive atmosphere where western tradition is genuinely honored. Rapidly growing with more than 7,000 members, ARHA hosts competitions, clinics and educational events throughout the year.
Full Stallion Stakes and Three-Year-Old Ranch Horse Challenge details are online at www.americanranchhorse.net or by calling ARHA at 606-872-2742.
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America’s leading chefs are partnering with the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, with Cookin’ in the Bluegrass: A Celebrity Chef Dinner Series.
The James Beard Foundation has partnered with the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation and the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games for a unique dinner series. Each night from September 25-October 10, 2010, two celebrity chefs, many of whom are James Beard Award-winners, and one local or Kentucky-based chef will be cooking side-by-side at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Farmhouse restaurant. Each night, 80 guests will enjoy dining experiences that replicate the sumptuous dinners held at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City. Tickets for Cookin’ in the Bluegrass will be available for purchase in early 2010 at www.alltechfeigames.com. Prices have not been finalized.
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This is an important article from MyHorse.com and worth reading, in my opinion, and I am glad to share it with you!
Most owners increase the amount of fibrous feeds fed in the winter, to help warm the horse from the inside out by the heat of fermentation, but high-fiber feeds require high intakes of water, 1 to 2 quarts for every pound of dry matter, which means 5 to 10 gallons for a horse with a hay intake of 20 pounds.
Darkly pigmented urine is your first clue that the horse’s water intake is marginal. Left uncorrected, dehydration, colic and impaction are just around the corner.
The colored urine that some horse owners find in their horse’s pasture is from plant and bile pigments. It’s excessively dark because the urine is concentrated. The horse isn’t taking in enough water.
Dehydration in winter is a real threat. Loss of fluids in sweat obviously is greatly decreased, but loss of water through the respiratory tract when breathing dry winter air increases. Most importantly, the horse still needs to secrete large volumes of fluid into the digestive tract and make urine.
Most owners increase the amount of fibrous feeds fed in the winter, to help warm the horse from the inside out by the heat of fermentation, but high-fiber feeds require high intakes of water, 1 to 2 quarts for every pound of dry matter, which means 5 to 10 gallons for a horse with a hay intake of 20 pounds.
Darkly pigmented urine is your first clue that the horse’s water intake is marginal. Left uncorrected, dehydration, colic and impaction are just around the corner.
Some strategies to increase your horse’s water consumption are:
• Add table salt (iodized is fine) directly to the horse’s meals, a minimum of 1 oz./day divided between feedings. The salt will increase his desire to drink. Two tablespoons of salt equal one ounce.
• Incorporate warm, soupy mashes into the diet.
You can make these at home and take them to the barn in an insulated container. You can make up several ahead of time, store in the refrigerator, and then heat in a microwave before use.
• Invest in insulated or heated water buckets.
• Frequently break the ice in your horse’s water tank during cold weather, when he’s turned out.
• Make watering your last chore. The horse is more likely to drink well after it has been eating for a while.
• Don’t skimp on dumping and cleaning buckets.
• If you have hot water available, water with warm water. This can make a huge difference in how much water the horse consumes. If you don’t have hot water at the barn, consider bringing a gallon of hot water with you in a drink cooler, to add to your horse’s bucket. However, you can’t do warm water one day and not the next. Consistency will be key here, as your horse will become even less likely to drink cold water if he’s hoping there might be a drink of warmed water coming some time in the future.
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