Interesting articles and little tid"bits" we've found....

Horsin' Around the World with Darley Newman

If you can't see the world on horseback yourself, what better way to do it than by sharing the experiences of travel expert, author and adventurer Darley Newman. Darley is the host and producer of "the first travel television series to explore the globe on horseback." More...

Safety Vests Required by June 1st, 2009 for Drivers
Last year the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) introduced a ruling making it mandatory that all drivers programmed to race where a safety vest as of November 1st, 2008. This ruling had been extended by a month due to a shortage of supply for vests at tack shops across the province.
 
The next phase of this rule change takes place June 1st, 2009 making it mandatory for “all persons driving a horse on the grounds of any facility licensed by the ORC” to wear a safety vest. Safety has always been a concern of the ORC. This ruling gives a little more in the way of protection for the drivers.

03.23.09 NEW Equine Event Management Course
Equine Guelph Research Performance & Education is now offering a new course on Equine Event Management. This course is one of th electives of the University of Guelph's "Equine Business Management Certificate" program. The course will give the management skills required to "oversee a horse show/sale/clinic or other event. More...

03.10.09 New Equestrian Centre in Clinton, Ontario

What Niagara could do with a facility like this one. The Regional Equine & Agricultural Centre of Huron (REACH) looks like it will be quite the facility for Clinton, Ontario when it is complete. Read more...

03.10.09 Earlier Date Suggested for Horse Domestication
It is a long way from Kazakhstan to Kentucky, but the journey to the Derby may have started among a pastoral people on the Kazakh steppes who appear to have been the first to domesticate, bridle and perhaps ride horses — around 3500 B.C., a millennium earlier than previously thought. Read more...

Affording Your Horse Habit
By Lorraine Seabrook

Okay, so spring's coming and you're just itching to get out and ride your horse. But spring's not quite here so you have to do something. What's that something? Reviewing your tack and accessories for you and your horse, only to discover you've misplaced this, that is broken and what do you know - you're boots are too small this year. Read more....