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July 15, 2011

Newsletter 37 Competition Winner:

Our Winner this week was Mars! Well done (once again!) Mars

Here were the winning answers (from our article on Colic):

Colic is a disturbance of what system?
A: It is a disturbance of the gastrointestinal ( digestive system ).

What is the most obvious symptom?
A: Abdominal pain.

Name three additional symptoms that may indicate a colic emergency.
A: Cannot hear gut sounds, grunting and groaning, or wants to lay down or roll.

Name three types of colic.
A: Simple obstruction, strangulating obstruction, and non-strangulating infarction.

Name four causes of a 'Simple Obstruction'.
A: compacted food, sand, worms, or foreign bodies (string or bailing twine).

Name five ways you can minimise the risk of colic.
A: Do not overfeed, don't buy a horse that is a wind sucker, don't feed them on dirt or sand, do not feed or water your horse before you cool him down after work, and regularly worm your horse.

June 15, 2011

Newsletter 36 Competition Winners:

The winners were roulette, waler and moonwalker!

All of them posted three new comments on our articles. Well done, all of you. We hope you enjoyed your DVDs!

June 7, 2011

Newsletter 34 Competition Winner:

Our Winner this week was Mars!

She received a $10 prize for being the first in with the correct answers — well done once again, Mars!

Here were the winning answers (from our article on Arabians):

Which two ancient breeds were the ancestors to all 'Oriental' breeds??
A: Przewalski and Caspian.

Which tribal group took the ancestral Arabian horses to Arabia?
A: The Nomadic tribes-known today as Bedouin of the middle-east desert regions.

What word is used to describe a 'pure-blooded' Arabian horse?
A. Asil.

What two physical traits make the Arabian horse so suited to the sport of Endurance Riding?
A. the Arabian has very dense bones which means they are very strong, and they have a slower resting heart rate than any other breed of horse.

Name the five main strains or families of present day Arabian horses .
A. Kehilan, Seglawi, Abeyan, Hamdani and Hadban.

May 16, 2011

Newsletter 32 Competition Winner:

Our Winner this week was Mars!

She received a $10 prize for being the first in with the correct answers — well done, Mars!

Here were the winning answers (from our article on Welsh Breeds):

Which area, within the UK, developed the Welsh Breeds ?
A: The area in the UK was Wales.

Which Welsh type existed in the Middle Ages and was used by the military?
A: Welsh cob types existed in the middle ages.

Which King wanted all stallions, of any breed, under 15hh and all mares under 13hh, to be destroyed?
A. King Henry VIII of England and Wales.

What breeds were added to the ancestors of the Welsh Pony bloodlines in the 1700s and 1800s?
A. Arabian blood was added as well as that of Hackney and also thoroughbred. Norfolk Roadster and Yorkshire coach horse were added to welsh cobs.

Name the four categories of the Welsh breed that can be registered with the Welsh Pony and Cob Society?
A. The 4 sections are: welsh pony section A, welsh pony (of riding type) section B, welsh pony (of cob type) section C and welsh cob section D.

April 26, 2011

Newsletter 31 Competition Winner:

Our Winners this week were: Mars, Uzigal94 and Nina18

Each received their prize of either free tickets to the Royal Easter Show or a DVD for being the first in with the correct answers — well done, all of you!

Here were the winning answers (from our article on Vital Signs):

Name the Italian instructor who created the 'forward seat' for jumping.
A: Captain Frederico Caprilli.

What is the governing body for all international competitions?
A: Federation Equestrian Internationale.

What are the two types of penalties used for scoring?
A. Jumping faults and Timing faults.

Name four types of jumps.
A. Vertical, Wall, Oxer, Cross Rails.

Why do riders 'walk the course' before they compete?
A. Riders walk the course because it is important in their preparation to jump the courses in order and to plan how they are going to approach and clear each jump. Riders also step out on the part of the course between the jumps to measure how many strides their horses needs to take before take-off. Remembering the order of the jumps can be (and is!) very hard so the rider needs to take every step to ensure they know the course as well as they can before their round starts.

April 4, 2011

Newsletter 30 Competition Winner:

Our Winner this week was: Mars!

She received a $10 prize for being the first in with the correct answers — well done, Mars!

Here were the winning answers (from our article on Vital Signs):

Which country originally developed the Thoroughbred breed?
A: The Thoroughbred breed started in England for the specific purpose of racing.

Name the three 'Oriental' stallions that were the foundation sires of the breed.
A: Byerley Turk, Darley Arabian and Godolphin Arabian.

Name four breeds that the Thoroughbred has influenced.
1. The Thoroubred has had a great influence on the quarterhorse, standardbred, hackney, anglo-arabian, Irish sport horse and some warmblood breeds.

Which two body colours do not exist in Thoroughbreds?
A. Pinto and Appaloosa.

What date, every year, is the official horse's birthday in the 1: Northern Hemispher? 2: Southern Hemisphere?
A. 1 – January 1st. 2 – August 1st.

March 22, 2011

Newsletter 29 Competition Winner:

Once again, our Winner this week was: Roulette.

She received a $10 prize for being the first in with the correct answers — well done, Roulette! (That makes it three in a row!!!)

Here were the winning answers (from our article on Vital Signs):

What does TPR stand for? 
A: Temperature, Pulse, Respiration.

What is the average number of heartbeats per minute in a resting adult horse?
A: 28 to 48 beats per minute for a resting adult horse.

Name two ways you can measure your horse's respiration.
1. Watch the lungs expand and contract and count either one, not both.
2. Using a stethoscope to the traches, located on the underside of the neck.

What is the normal temperature range in a resting adult horse?
A. 37.5 to 38.5 degrees celcius for a resting adult horse.

What do the letters BAR stand for?
A. Bright, Alert, Responsive.

March 2, 2011

Newsletter 28 Competition Winner:

Our Winner this week was: Roulette.

She received a $10 prize for being the first in with the correct answers — well done, Roulette!

Here were the winning answers (from our article on Teeth):

Name four (4) things you can expect to see if your horse has dental problems. 
A: Dull coat and weight loss. Quidding (spitting out partially chewed food while eating). Head tossing while ridden. Colic.

At about what age do horses loose the last of their caps (milk teeth), and have all their adult (permanent) teeth?
A: They have their full set of adult teeth by the time they are about 4 to 5 years of age.

What do the incisor teeth do?
A. The incisors nip off the grass.

What do the molar teeth do?
A. They grind the food in a rotating side to side motion.

February 12, 2011

Newsletter 27 Competition Winner:

Our Winner this week was: Roulette.

She receives a $10 Horselands voucher for being the first in with the correct answers — well done, Roulette!

Here were the winning answers (from our article on Friesians):

What was the name of the family who included Friesians in their circus after they fled Nazi Germany?
A: The Strassburger family

What year was the first Friesian Stud Registry formed?
A: 1879

Name three movies, named in the Friesian article, that used Friesian horses?
A. Ladyhawk, Eragon and The Mask of Zorro (the other two movies named in the article were Alexander and The Chronicles of Narnia)

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