Horsetalk.co.nz - horse news and information, health and breeding, forums, classifieds, equestrian directory and more! http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/ http://www.horsetalk.com.au/g/htlogo3.gif http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/ Copyright 2011 Horsetalk.co.nz Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +1300 neil@horsetalk.co.nz (Neil Clarkson) info@horsetalk.co.nz (Robin Marshall) The Sir Peter O'Sullevan Charitable Trust has given animal charity The Blue Cross a donation of 50,000 pounds. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/031.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/031.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +1300 The Equine Welfare Alliance says the horse slaughter lobby's campaign may have worked on Congress, but not on the American public. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/030.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/030.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:16:00 +1300 Canada's Yann Candele and Carlotta Singular La Magnifica took out the $32,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round 4 from 83 other contenders at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida on Friday. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/029.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/029.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:13:00 +1300 The crucial role women play in helping improve the welfare of the world's working horses, donkeys and mules has been highlighted at a meeting in Britain. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/028.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/028.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:59:00 +1300 The first full FEI World Cup Vaulting season culminate in a hotly contested final in Bordeaux in France this weekend, when the sport's top male and female vaulters will compete to secure the World Cup title. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/027.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/027.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:50:00 +1300 China's horse industry is growing, according to figures released by the organisers of China's international horse fair, HORFA. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/026.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/026.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:31:00 +1300 Britain's Bramham International Horse Trials has nominated the Cystic Fibrosis Trust as its charitable partner this year. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/025.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/025.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:20:00 +1300 New Zealand's manuka honey has again proved its worth in wound treatments - this time in humans. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/024.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/024.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:08:00 +1300 The L'Oreal group and designer Ralph Lauren intend to launch their Big Pony Collection of fragrances for women, it has been reported. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/023.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/023.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +1300 The Arabian Horse Library built up by cereal king and philanthropist W.K. Kellogg opened its doors to the public this week. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/022.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/022.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:28:00 +1300 US jumper trainer John Madden is looking to promote North American bred horses with an offer of free training and board. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/021.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/021.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:28:00 +1300 Lisa Coupe and Bates Amaretto MVNZ took out the penultimate round in the New Zealand Bayer FEI World Cup in Tauranga yesterday. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/020.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/020.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:13:00 +1300 With just two rounds of the Rolex FEI World Cup series left before April's final, the quest for points will start to reach boiling point at this weekend's 11th leg at Bordeaux in France, with two Irish riders prominent in the mix. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/019.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/019.shtml Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:05:00 +1300 Competitors and spectators from every state in Australia gathered in Victoria for the Credit Suisse Boneo Park Equestrian Festival last week. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/018.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/018.shtml Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:16:00 +1300 British moviegoers who watched the fictional exploits of war horse Joey in Steven Spielberg's wartime epic will soon be able to view a documentary to learn more about the real deal. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/017.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/017.shtml Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:53:00 +1300 Eighty per cent of American voters surveyed in a new poll opposed the slaughter of US horses for human consumption, it has been revealed. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/016.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/016.shtml Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:42:00 +1300 A Hutterite colony in Montana has been ordered to pay $US90,274 in restitution in a case involving illegal pesticide use, which resulted in the deaths of two horses. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/015.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/015.shtml Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:22:00 +1300 An animal advocacy group is asking supporters to help stop the transport of horses in double-deck trailers. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/014.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/014.shtml Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:13:00 +1300 Paralympic Games qualification for London 2012 ended on Tuesday, with para-dressage riders from 23 nations making the cut. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/013.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/013.shtml Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:38:00 +1300 Through the use of salvaged materials from building demolitions around Ontario to the re-use of the original homesteads' masonry stove, Hop Hill Stable is an excellent example of how a horse facility can use sustainable construction techniques to reduce its environmental hoof print. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/012.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/012.shtml Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:25:00 +1300 Cases of pigeon fever, a disease that causes abscesses and a mild fever in horses, has been reported in western and north-central Arkansas. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/011.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/011.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:35:00 +1300 The British Government's plan to remove equine vocational qualifications from GCSE school league tables has been criticised by the British Horse Society and the sector's awarding body, Equestrian Qualifications Ltd (EQL). http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/010.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/010.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:20:00 +1300 The Florida SPCA remains guarded over the prognosis for a thoroughbred mare found emaciated and injured in southwest Miami-Dade County on Saturday night. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/009.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/009.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:10:00 +1300 Entries close in one week for this year's 2012 PSI Dressage and Jumping with the Stars event, which takes place in Australia in just under a month. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/008.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/008.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:49:00 +1300 Authorities in Europe investigating a new virus affecting cattle, sheep and goats have given no word on whether it could potentially cause illness in horses. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/007.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/007.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:38:00 +1300 This year's popular Search For A Star and the Retraining of Racehorses Racehorse to Riding Horse Show Championships series kicks off in May with five qualifiers throughout Britain. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/006.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/006.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:31:00 +1300 A 16-year-old American author has given $US10,000 to an Oregon charity that provides a home for 100 mares and foals from Canadian farms that gather pregnant mare urine. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/005.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/005.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:17:00 +1300 Driving fans will be treated to a thrilling finale of the FEI World Cup Driving 11th season in Bordeaux in France from Friday. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/004.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/004.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:01:00 +1300 Pfizer Animal Health has formed a strategic alliance with a leading European equine foundation, Hippolia. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/003.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/003.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:49:00 +1300 Fresh research into horse genes carried down female lines points to domestication unfolding in different parts of Eurasia from about 6000 to 7000 years ago. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/255.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/255.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:39:00 +1300 Police in Sussex, England, have issued a warning over the theft of horse medication from a veterinarian's car. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/002.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/002.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:36:00 +1300 US horse supplement supplier Smartpak Equine has released its second video on "the stuff riders say". http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/001.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/02/001.shtml Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:30:00 +1300 Rocker Bruce Springsteen offered up VIP concert tickets at a benefit auction and raised $US550,000 for the US Equestrian Team. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/254.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/254.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:49:00 +1300 The use of jaw-clamping nosebands to avoid competition penalties have been condemned by the International Society for Equitation Science, which says they are covering up poor training at the expense of horse welfare. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/253.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/253.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:24:00 +1300 Katie Dinan and Nougat Du Vallet led the victory gallop in the $50,000 Horseware Ireland CSI 2* Grand Prix at the 2012 Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida on Sunday. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/252.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/252.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:00:00 +1300 For the second week in a row, Nick Skelton took home a cash bonus from SSG Riding Gloves after winning the $32,000 WEF Challenge Cup Round III while wearing SSG 'Digital' gloves at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/251.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/251.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:50:00 +1300 Australian racing legend Bart Cummings is the first foreigner to earn a place in New Zealand's Racing Hall of Fame. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/250.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/250.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:18:00 +1300 Many American horses go to abattoirs because unsuspecting owners sell their horses to kill buyers, a group opposed to the slaughter trade says. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/249.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/249.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:14:00 +1300 Irish showjumper Cameron Hanley has undergone 17 operations during the last eight months and is unlikely to be back in the saddle until next year. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/248.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/248.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:07:00 +1300 A major study into intestinal disease in horses has been backed by a 20,000 pound grant by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Charitable Trust in Britain. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/247.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/247.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:51:00 +1300 Equine hospitals may be an important source of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, recent research suggests. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/246.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/246.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:45:00 +1300 Coffee husks, often recycled into animal bedding, should not be used with horses because of the risk of poisoning, researchers warn. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/245.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/245.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:40:00 +1300 Could paralympic equestrians one day be competing against their able-bodied counteparts at the Olympic Games? http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/244.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/244.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:29:00 +1300 New Zealand Prime Minister John Key opened the Karaka yearling sales in Auckland yesterday, but is definitely not in the market to buy a racehorse. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/243.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/243.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:10:00 +1300 Independent veterinary practices are being urged to join an American co-operative to counter the inroads being made into profitability by internet sales, the arrival of big-box corporates and the economic downturn. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/242.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/242.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:55:00 +1300 The women's team earned its fourth consecutive victory in the $55,000 Nespresso Battle of the Sexes at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival on Saturday night. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/240.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/240.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:50:00 +1300 Reed Kessler was the only rider to master Saturday's Suncast 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic course at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Florida on Saturday night. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/241.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/241.shtml Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:45:00 +1300 Another straying thoroughbred, described as emaciated and injured, has been rescued by the South Florida SPCA. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/239.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/239.shtml Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:11:00 +1300 Janet Taylor has worked tirelessly to give 635 British animals saved from slaughter and neglect a happy life. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/238.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/238.shtml Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:55:00 +1300 Wild horse advocates have been encouraged by the latest round in their legal fight against federal musters. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/237.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/237.shtml Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:38:00 +1300 Horses have been given a short shrift in the long-awaited Animal Welfare Strategy released by the European Commission, according to the charity World Horse Welfare. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/236.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/236.shtml Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:27:00 +1300 HBO's much-anticipated horse-racing drama screens for the first time in the US on Sunday night (January 29). http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/234.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/234.shtml Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:18:00 +1300 An effortless display of class jumping won the latest European World Cup qualifying leg for German combination Marco Kutscher and Cornet Obolensky. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/235.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/235.shtml Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +1300 Rising British star Charlotte Dujardin and the stylish Valegro came within a whisker of beating Steffen Peters and Ravel for the World Dressage Masters Palm Beach freestyle title on Saturday night. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/233.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/233.shtml Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:46:00 +1300 Julie Davey and Air Hill Myka added another title to their trophy cabinet in winning the Grand Prix at the North Island Showjumping Championships in Gisborne yesterday. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/232.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/232.shtml Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:21:00 +1300 Ashburton teen Emma Waite has posted her best result of the season with a smart win in the JLT Bloodstock Pony Grand Prix at the South Canterbury North Otago Showjumping's Championship Show yesterday in Waimate. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/231.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/231.shtml Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:10:00 +1300 Genetic research has shown that inbreeding is greatest in thoroughbred and standardbred horse breeds. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/230.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/230.shtml Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:35:00 +1300 US rider Adrienne Lyle beat the international field to win the Grand Prix Special at the World Dressage Masters in Palm Beach on Saturday. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/229.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/229.shtml Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:30:00 +1300 Ecologist and well-known wild horse advocate Craig Downer has written a book about the plight of American mustangs. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/228.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/228.shtml Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:35:00 +1300 Leading experts on saddle research will meet in Britain next month to discuss the complex relationship between horse, saddle and rider. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/227.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/227.shtml Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:51:00 +1300 Reigning Olympic champion Eric Lamaze has been named December's Cavalor Athlete of the Month by Jump Canada. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/226.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/226.shtml Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:39:00 +1300 Steffen Peters and Ravel broke a competition record with their Grand Prix test score of 81.383% at the World Dressage Masters in Palm Beach on Friday. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/225.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/225.shtml Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:29:00 +1300 Briar Burnett-Grant won the FEI Children's International Showjumping on the second day of the Larsen Sawmilling North Island Showjumping Championships in Gisborne yesterday. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/224.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/224.shtml Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:17:00 +1300 Four of five horses found apparently abandoned in an area of Florida known for its illegal slaughterhouses were thoroughbreds, it has been reported. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/223.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/223.shtml Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:17:00 +1300 Canadian researchers are carrying out an international survey of equine veterinarians to establish the prevalance of Cushing's disease. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/222.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/222.shtml Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:11:00 +1300 A pioneer in equine assisted activities and therapies has received the Equus Foundation's Humanitarian Award. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/221.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/221.shtml Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:45:00 +1300 No new cases of the neurological form of equine herpesvirus 1 were reported on Thursday as California authorities worked to contain two outbreaks. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/220.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/220.shtml Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:35:00 +1300 A British farmer has been jailed for a year after the discovery of rotting animal carcasses around his Nottingham farm. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/219.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/219.shtml Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:16:00 +1300 The British Veterinary Association has welcomed findings from the University of Glasgow which indicates that the risk of antimicrobial resistance passing from animals to humans is lower than previous research has indicated. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/218.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/218.shtml Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:14:00 +1300 The Donkey Sanctuary has spoken warmly of Jubilee, a key member of the sanctuary's four-legged meet and greet team, who has passed away. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/217.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/217.shtml Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:11:00 +1300 Organisers of the World Dressage Masters in Palm Beach have allowed extra starters into the five-star event, following some qualifying issues. http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/216.shtml http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2012/01/216.shtml Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:57:00 +1300