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Team Mule wins Battle of the Breeds!
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Spruce Meadows Battle of the Breeds
Calgary, AB - Much to the chagrin of the horse breeds, 2008 will be remembered as the year of the Mule. With fourteen breeds competing in the largest Battle of the Breeds ever, experience and consistency paid off for Team Mule.
Their four veteran members, Deloit Wolfe and "Horse" from Missoula, MT; Morgans Nielsen and Maizie from Falkland, BC; Jessical Bishop and LS Hot Buckaroo from Scio, OR; and Katherine Cook and Mastco Jane from Camerose, AB won the Battle of the Breeds with a first in Compulsories, a fourth in Jeopardy Jumping, a third in Precision Driving, and a fourth in Trail Riding. Their standings were good enough to deliver a Battle Championship despite a last-place finish in Barrel Racing. After overcoming prejudice to enter the Battle many years ago, Team Mule can proudly celebrate their very first Battle Championship.
Thursday Results - Compulsories - Jeopardy Jumping
Friday Results - Precision Driving - Barrel Racing
Saturday Results - Trail Riding
Pony Team Members
Team Connemara
Team Shetland Pony
Team Welsh Pony & Cob
Final Points
| 1. Team Mule - 31 points |
8. Team Shetland Pony - 18 points |
| 2. Team Quarter Horse - 30 points |
9. Team Arabian - 18 points |
| 3. Team Thoroughbred - 24 points |
10. Team Appaloosa - 18 points |
| 4. Team Morgan - 24 points |
11. Team Paint - 17 points |
| 5. Team Connemara - 23 points |
12. Team Canadian Pinto - 16 points |
| 6. Team Welsh Pony & Cob - 21 points |
13. Team Canadian Warmblood |
| 7. Team Saddlebred - 20 points |
14. Team Canadian Horse |
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From the Editor... visit the Chestnut Mares blog!
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Coach's Tackbox™ |
Connecting with your horse's hind legs
Coach's Tackbox™ is a new 'tid-bit' series of articles developed to help coaches and riders put more tools in their mental tack-box. Watch for a new exercise or visualization tip each issue. |
Humor
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15 Reasons why Horses are better than Husbands and...
15 Reasons why Husbands are better than Horses
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Horse
Management Newsletter
Bareback benefits, get ready for quiz, which bits are legal... |
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Pony's
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Websites of the Month
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JW Equine www.jwequine.com
Equine Functional Conformation expert launches new site with free articles available to download.
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Pony Industry & Show
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• Send us your show dates for the 2008 Events Calendar!
• American Shetland Pony Club Offers $10,000 Prize For Pony Finals Champion More...
• Ontario Sport Pony/Arabian breeder Pat Gras wins November Grand Prize in Equine.com’s Giveaway More...
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• Sport Pony Canada Open Letter to the Canadian Governmnet Read...
• For up to date results on CWHBA and CSHA meetings on amalgamation, visit www.c-s-h-a.org
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| Connemara |
• Launch of Connemara Performance Pony Association More...
• News and updates from the Canadian Connemara Pony Society www.canadianconnemara.org
• Weekly news updates from the American Connemara Pony Society www.acps.org
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| Welsh Pony & Cob |
• WPCSC Newsletter available online. www.welshponyandcob.org/issues.html
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General |
• Canada wins Team Silver in Showjumping at Beijing Olympics More...
• Equine Canada Breeders' Round Table creates action items More...
• "Dear Abby" Website Debuts for the Hunter/Jumper Show Parent More...
• Spruce Meadows Media Advisory: We're not going anywhere
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floating A term sometimes used to express the quality of light, active movement of a horse; there will be free movement of the back and limbs, and a significant degree of suspension; a contrast to hovering movement, which is typefied by tension and relative lack of forward progression.
- from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dressage, by Martin Diggle.
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