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Clarendon Championships · International Teams Announced· Around the Grounds
March 2018 Issue 44
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Welcome 3
2018 State Showriding & Dressage Championships 5
Pony Club Australia International Teams Announced 9
Coaches Corner 10
Around the Grounds 12
Horseland’s Collegiate Brand Ambassador Program 15
Profile of the Month Winners 16
HYGAIN Nutrition Article 18
PCA NSW Calendar 22
IN THIS ISSUE
FIND OUT MORE ON PAGE 15!
On the Front Cover: Jessica Craythorn and Lily-Rose Powell from Zone 9 presenting during the State Showriding Championships Fitness Check.
Email: [email protected]
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FROM THE EDITOR
WELCOME Welcome to the March State Newsletter 2018 is definitely off to a flying start, we cannot believe it is March already! Our first Championships for the year were absolutely super! We held the 2018 State Showriding & Dressage Championships at Hawkesbury Showground in January with over 200 riders taking part. Thanks to our wonder-ful sponsors Horseland, Showgirl Equestrian and HY-GAIN we presented 11 fantastic Age Champion Awards and were thrilled by the level of competition. Once our Clarendon Championships had wrapped up it was on with the next event as we prepare for our State Sporting, Campdraft & Team Penning Championships that will run from the 14th—16th April at Dorrigo Show-ground. Entries have now closed and we are looking forward to an awesome long weekend of Pony Club thrills! NSW will also have 156 riders taking part in the prestig-ious Sydney Royal Show Pony Club events on Tuesday 3rd April. We wish the best of luck to all those com-peting in the Team Showjumping, Team Sporting, Rider, Pairs and Team classes. Our newest Sponsors, HYGAIN are already doing great things, giving all Zones in NSW the opportunity to have their event sponsored with top quality HYGAIN feed
prizes on offer! Selected Zones will also be invited to host a HYGAIN Nutrition Seminar full of valuable in-sights, knowledge and some awesome freebies! Clubs all over the State are holding their annual Gym-khanas, camps, jamborees and schools—it’s an excellent time to get involved, become a member and take full advantage of the wonderful opportunities Pony Club has for young riders. Every month we are featuring one lucky Pony Club member in our Profile of the Month Competition proud-ly sponsored by Showgirl Equestrian and Equestrian News Magazine. The successful member receives some amazing prizes as well as having their profile featured in a magazine! Entering is easy and details can be found on the Pony Club NSW Website under the Media tab—applications close on the 15th of every month and good quality photos are a MUST! I hope you enjoy this edition of the Pony Club NSW State Newsletter for March, remember to keep us up-dated with what’s going on at your local Pony Club to be featured in our Around the Grounds section of the next newsletter!
Leanna Haines, Marketing & State Events Co-ordinator
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Pony Club NSW Newsletter March 2018—Issue 44
CONTRIBUTORS Editor: Leanna Haines, PCANSW Marketing & State Events Co-ordinator
Contributing Writers: Leanna Haines, Jane Frankum, Belinda Wil-liamson, Zoe Campbell, Jude Alston, HYGAIN
DISCLAIMER Published by The Pony Club Association of NSW, PO Box 2085, Wollongong NSW 2500. Reproduction in whole or part is strict-ly forbidden without the written permission of the publisher or article author. The Pony Club Association of NSW does not endorse any equestrian product, ser-vice or opportunity presented in this newsletter and accepts no responsibil-ity for any errors, omissions or mis-takes in editorial reference.
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Competition Heats Up For NSW Pony Club Riders
The first Pony Club NSW State Combined Championships for the year were held at the Hawkesbury Showground Clarendon over the Aus-tralia Day long weekend. Despite the warm conditions, four days of hotly contested Showriding and Dressage events ran from Thursday 25th – Sun-day 28th January.
Well over 200 riders took part in the Combined Championship from
all over the State, with all judges very impressed with the level of presen-tation, sportsmanship and performance. Riders with the highest points in each championship were awarded with an Age Champion sash, trophy and wool trophy rug thanks to Horseland.
The State Showriding Championships started things off on the Thursday and Friday with events including Rider, Hack,
Hunter, Handler, Pony Club Mount and Bareback classes among others. Over the four rings, competition was extremely strong, making it a difficult task for judges Bruce Wright, Jenny Partridge, Rebecca Crosby and Kerrie Meek.
At the completion of classes the overall Age Champion and Reserve Champion in each age division were announced dur-
ing the un-mounted presentation. In the Under 9 years, Madeleine Gaden from Dunedoo Pony Club in Zone 6 was the highest point scorer and declared the Age Champion, while Matilda Rae from Cobbitty Pony Club in Zone 10 was the Reserve Champion. Jett Newman from Hills District Pony Club was awarded the 9 & Under 11 Years Age Champion with Ella Fin from Robertson Pony Club in Zone 10 named as the Reserve Champion.
The 11 & under 13 years Age group was the largest with 33 riders competing, at the
conclusion of events it was Abbey Lonsdale from Salt Ash Pony Club in Zone 25 awarded the Age Champion and Ella Bourke from Matcham Valley in Zone 24 as the Reserve Cham-pion. Molly Best from Rylstone Pony Club in Zone 6 was the highest point scorer in the 13 & under 15 years age group, taking home the Age Champion Sash, Rug and Trophy, with Molly Michell-Smith from Narrabri Pony Club in Zone 5 in the Reserve Champion spot.
15 & under 17 age group competitor Courtney Bowd from Glenorie Pony Club in Zone
26 was the one to beat being declared the Age Champion while Millie Coddington from Dubbo Pony Club in Zone 4 was the Reserve Champion. In the Associates group, Sarah Olsen was the highest point scoring competitor for the day, taking home four 1st placings and being named the Associate Age Champion, while Jessica Craythorn from Wingham Pony Club in Zone 9 was just behind for Reserve Champion.
The overall Champion Zone for the State Showriding Championships was awarded to
Zone 26 with riders Sarah Olsen, Courtney Bowd, Jett Newman and Tahlia Coleiro scoring the most points for their zone, while Zone 10 was declared the Fitness Check Presenta-tion Award winners.
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The event continued with the State Dressage Champion-
ships on Saturday and Sunday, thanks to the support of Dres-sage NSW who generously allowed the use of their 3 sand arenas, while nearby Clubs provided another 3 portable dres-sage arenas in the grassed main arena.
Competitors performed two dressage tests for their age
group, with the combined highest scoring riders presented with Age Champion and Reserve Champion awards.
In the Under 11 years Age Group Angelina Thompson from Woodlands Park Pony Club in Zone 26 took home the Age Champion, while Ella Fin from Robertson Pony Club in Zone 10 claimed her second Reserve Champion title for the event. The 11 & Under 13 years age group was the largest of the event with 44 riders competing in the Pre-liminary 1.2 and 1.3 tests. Charlotte Jacobson from Forbes Pony Club in Zone 11 was named the 11 & Under 13 years Age Champion with Emmersen Mitchell from Denman Pony Club in Zone 7 close behind to claim the Reserve Cham-pion.
The 13 & Under 15 years Age Champion was awarded to Chelsea
Brown from Woodlands Park Pony Club in Zone 26, followed by Alexan-der Seppelt from Londonderry Pony Club in Zone 19 in the Reserve spot. Courtney Bowd from Glenorie Pony Club in Zone 26 claimed her 2nd Age Champion award for the event, declared the 15 & Under 17 years Dres-sage Age Champion while Mia Galbraith from Mount Sugarloaf Pony Club in Zone 25 was just 1 point behind for the Reserve Champion award.
In the Associates division it was Sarah Olsen from Hills District in
Zone 26 who also took home her second Age Champion title for the event claiming 1st place in both the Novice 2.3 and Elementary 3.1 tests, with Olivia-Kait Gallegos from Bendemeer Pony Club in Zone 5 declared the Reserve Champion.
Once again Zone 26 was named as the Champion Zone, with riders
Chelsea Brown, Courtney Bowd, Sarah Olsen and Angelina Thompson the highest point scoring riders in their zone, while Zone 7 was awarded the Fitness Check Presentation Award.
The next Combined State Championship for Pony Club NSW will be
the 2018 State Sporting, Campdraft & Team Penning Championships at North Dorrigo Showgrounds from the 14th – 16th April.
Thank you to the generous sponsors of the Pony Club NSW Combined State Championships; Horseland, HY-
GAIN, Showgirl Equestrian, Equissentials and Rodneys Photography. All professional photographs are available on
Rodney’s Photography website to view and purchase. For more information, visit the Pony Club NSW Facebook page
or website on www.pcansw.org.au
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PCA News
5th March 2018 Special Edition
2018 Pony Club Australia International Teams
Congratulations to the following members selected to represent Australia in 2018
International Tetrathlon, USA Male – Nicholas Hardwick, WA: Andrew Rowe, WA; Lachlan Waddell, Vic; Darcy Wade, Vic Female – Brooke Bishop, WA; Courtney de Barro, SA, Isobel Pain, Vic, Tully Watt, Vic Coach – Janet Hamblin NSW Manager – Erin Kelty, WA
China team - Gymkhana and Showjumping Team - Lucy Blenkiron, SA; Elli Clavarino, Vic; Vanessa Davis, WA; Teresa McCallum, NT; Amanda Mills, Qld; Pyper Page, Tas; Cohen Wade, Vic; William Wood, NSW. Coach – Carol Hobson, Tas
Manager – Kev Walsh, Qld
International Mounted Games, UK Team – Emily Conn, NSW; Kelly Coyne, Qld; Tiger Lily Gibbs, WA; Grace Perkins, Vic; Gypsy Schmidt, NT
Coach – Tim Ling, Vic Manager – Janet Teague, Vic
Generali World Club Showjumping Tournament, France Team – Hannah Dearlove, Qld; J’aime Mallon, Vic, Georgia Pearce, Tas; Jessica Towns, NSW Coach/Manager – Danae O’Keefe, Qld/NSW
Polocrosse, UK Junior team – Chloe Davidge, NT, Alix Kennedy, WA; Dane Myers, Qld; Hannah Rutley, WA Senior team – Natasha Clayton, NT; Matilda Scott, Tas; Rachel Pernice, NSW, Connor Richardson, NSW
Coach – Jo-Anne Tremellen, SA Manager – Matthew North, NSW
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One of the most important as-pects to have a safer rally day is the gear check. This is done to make sure all the gear is in good condition and fits the horse and rider correctly. The following is a guide to help in-structors and gear checkers. The gear check should be done before the ridden lessons begin. They can be done as rid-ers enter the grounds or they can be done when they are sec-tioned off into their groups. Safety of the Instructor or Gear Checker: Firstly check with the rider if the horse is safe to approach. Never have anything in your hands such as a folder, paper (lesson plan) whip etc, make sure your hands are free. The gear checker must be wearing boots or solid shoes, definitely NO sandals or thongs. This is a PCANSW rule. Always do a gear check with the rider off the horse firstly and then checking a few last things when the rider is re-mounted. Ie. Stirrup size, sad-dle size. The gear checker should hold a PCANSW gear checkers certifi-cate, an NCAS certificate or an Old System certificate. Things to look for when check-ing gear. Gear Safety No torn holes Leather to be sound not crack-ing Leather not to be stretched No broken buckles, studs or keepers No stitching coming undone
Horses Welfare All gear to be the correct size Correct Fit Clean and supple Legal to be used at Pony Club Riders Welfare Correct Fit Correct brand ie. Helmet, type of boots. It is important that you develop a systematic method when you do a gear check so you are less likely to miss something. A gear check should be done with the rider off the horse and then on the horse. With the rider off the horse initially this gives the gear checker much easier access to check the fol-lowing: RIDER: Helmet: Check the rider’s helmet is a neat fit and the straps are cor-rectly fitted so it does not move around and is comfortable for the rider. Check the label to see that it complies with the Associ-ation’s regulations - ASNZ 3838, ASTM F1163, ARB HS 2012, SNELL E2001, PAS 015 (1998 or 2011), VG1, EN/1384 Manufac-tured prior to 2016. Always check the Handbook amendments as sometimes rules like this change at State meetings. There are 3 state meetings a year. End of March, July and November. Boots: Must have a smooth sole and the correct fit and size for the rider. Check the different boots for different disciplines in
the Handbook. Jewellery: If the rider is wearing jewellery ie earrings, they must be wearing studs not sleepers or any loopy earrings. Rings should be taped. Glasses: Sunglasses must be approved sports glasses, or oth-er glasses must be script. Gloves are permitted but must fit correctly. Whips: If carrying a whip it must have a flap on the end unless it is a dressage whip and this must have a tail. Dressage whips only to be used when riders are riding on the flat. Not for jumping, games, etc. The Saddle The stitching of the girth straps under the saddle flaps must be secure and not fraying. The top of the stirrup leathers can be easily pulled out to check the leather is not cracked. To see if the saddle fits correct-ly, you can easily check the front of the saddle under the pommel and at the back under the cantle, best while the rider is unmounted. If you can’t fit three fingers on top of each other under the front of the pommel, the saddle may be sitting to low on the horses wither. When the rider is mounted as this will only worsen with the rider’s weight in the saddle. There is a good saddle fitting video on the PCANSW website under Coach-ing, then Coaching resources. (This is one of the most im-portant issues for the horses comfort).
GEAR CHECKING AT A PONY CLUB RALLY DAY Jane Frankum
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Also checking the width of the saddle under the pommel that the saddle is not to nar-row. Always make sure the saddle cloth is pulled up off the hors-es wither and spine. Saddles need to sit on the middle of the saddle cloth and not on the edge or binding as this is most uncomfortable for the horse. If a saddle does not fit proper-ly on the day help the rider to find a way to take the pres-sure of the horses back. A saddle pad or another saddle cloth rolled up is a quick fix for the day but it is recom-mended that they either get the saddle repacked or pur-chase an appropriate saddle pad. Worst case scenario a different or new saddle may be the answer. Horses should not be ridden with saddles sitting down on their wither or spine. Once this is all done the rider will mount and then checking the correct size and fit of the stirrups can be done. Other aspects of the gear check will be done mounted as in stirrup size compared to the riders boot and size of the saddle for the rider.
The Bridle Some horses are a bit head shy so checking the bridle, bit etc. may be safer with the rid-er off the horse. Also if any adjustments need to be made with reins or the bit the rider should definitely dismount. Also if the rider is old enough to make these changes them-selves. The brow band should not be too tight across the horse’s forehead as this will also pull the head piece too tightly across the back of the horse’s ears. The throat lash needs to be tight enough so if the bridle is pulled forward the bridle doesn’t come off but not too tight that it is interfering and tightening when the horse is working. Nosebands: A cavesson nose-band should sit a finger or two below the horse’s cheek bone. The cavesson part of the Han-overian noseband should sit one finger below the cheek bone as it needs to be up to keep the lower strap in the correct place, but not against the cheek bone as it will rub. Bits to sit in the horse’s mouth so that there is a wrin-kle to a wrinkle and a half on
each side of the horse’s mouth. The bit must have clearance either side of the corner of the horse’s mouth. The reins must be in good condition, no cracks, not to be stretched and need to be joined at the end. Always check the reins where they are attached to the bit. Attending a State Instructors School will cover more, with discussion and demonstration of a wide variety of gear used. If you are unsure about the use of some gear check the Handbook, as asking someone you sometimes get the wrong information. It is important you know and work within the rules so always look it up if you are not 100% sure. There is no point in doing a gear check and not helping to change or improve the situa-tion if the gear is not fitting correctly or is going to break. You must be pro-active and help the rider to make the changes for a safer and more comfortable time for horse and rider.
Upcoming 2018 Instructors Schools
12th & 13th April—State Instructors School—TBC, Zone 16 9th & 10th June—State Instructors School—Moree, Zone 8
23rd & 24th June—State Instructors School—Wollondilly, Zone 10
14th & 15th July—State Instructors School—Dubbo, Zone 4 21st & 22nd July—TBA, Zone 26
28th & 29th July—State Instructors School—Carrabubula, Zone 5 11th & 12th August—State Instructors School—Thurgoona, Zone 20
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News from Zone 13
Zone 13 have just finished their Pony Club season with the 58th Championship Jamboree.
153 riders from 5yrs to 25yrs competed over 3 days across the disciplines of dressage, campdraft, showjumping, 5 show riding
classes and 5 sporting events. The Zone 13 committee are very proud of all Zone 13 pony club
riders, who were beautifully presented and exhibited excellent
sportsmanship and horsemanship skills.
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From the 18th to the 22nd of September I com-peted in Toowoomba in the tetrathalon event, an utterly new experience for me. It began with the first phase, running. Sub jun-iors ran 1km, juniors 2km and seniors 3km. As a junior, I did two laps around the 1km loop. The track was brilliant, incorporating hills and even two little cross country fences we had to navi-gate! My time put me in 8th position overall. Next was the swim, 200m for juniors, and personally my weakest of the four phases and as such a fell a few places down the ladder. The third phase was my second favourite of the four events, shooting. The laser pistols we used required very specific procedures to achieve the best possible results. Despite having a malfunction that was quickly resolved, I placed 6th for the shooting phase alone. The last phase, and the one to gain the most amount of points in, was the riding phase. A
showjump course with cross country elements and even two gates to be negotiated. This was by far the most enjoyable of the four phases, and I placed equal first for that phase. Overall this put my position as 7th for the junior girls tetrathalon and 11th overall. The week was quite the experience, and despite just getting back on my feet due to leg injury from NSW state championships, I throughly en-joyed it. I especially loved teaching people how to shoot with the laser pistols when the shooting range was open to anyone willing to give it go. The formal dinner was fun, and even though I have a personal vendetta against skirts, the evening was fabulous. Cannot wait until the NSW National Champion-ships in 2019 and I will work hard for the chance to be selected to represent NSW again. Photo credit - OzShotzPhotography
Queensland National Championships—from Zoe Campbell
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Impressive morning at Gunnedah Pony Club. Fourteen riders presented for Certificate Assessments.
Zone 5 Rider Certificates
Aimee Hobden Nicholas Clifton Jazmin Hobden Mathew Clifton Lauchlan Gurney
Jessica Swain Nicole Castle Saige Mitchell Courtney Hobden Rylee Mitchell
Joslyn Bard Grace Stuart Olivia Guest Madison McDonald
These riders; two of which were just 5yrs old presented impeccably and showed impressive knowledge and riding skills. Congratulations to you all. Thank you also to Kay Devine for your assistance with the assessments.
Jude Alston
Zone Chief Instructor.
Two lucky Pony Club members
from NSW will be selected as
Horseland’s 2018 Collegiate
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Successful ambassadors will promote the Collegiate brand through product testimonials, social
media presence and brand exposure at events.
Applicants should have a significant social media following and be an active participant in both
Pony Club and open Equestrian activities.
TO ENTER: Email [email protected] with your Name, Pony Club, social media
platforms, names & no. of followers, current riding level, pony club involvement and why
you should be selected as the Pony Club NSW Horseland Collegiate Brand Ambassador.
Brand Ambassador 2018
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Most horse owners have heard the terms ‘feeling their oats‘,
‘high’, ‘fizzy’, ‘hot’ and ‘hyper’ all used to describe the effect
that grain or certain feeds seem to have on the behaviour of
some horses. Does feeding management or individual feed
ingredients really influence the behaviour of horses? Scien-
tific research on the effects of feed or feeding management on
horse behaviour is scarce. However, a basic understanding of
feed and feeding management coupled with data from other
animals may help to determine if a ‘calming feed’ actually ex-
ists or if it is just wishful thinking.
Feeding Management
The ‘natural’ diet for a horse is often far different compared to
the performance diet for a horse. The ‘natural’ diet allows the
horse free-access to pasture. Given this opportunity, the horse
will graze for approximately 16 – 18 hours per day, assisting a
slow, continuous intake of fibrous feed into the digestive sys-
tem. Further, the ‘natural’ diet has the added advantage of
the horses being able to roam around the paddock providing
the horse with an ample amount of natural exercise.
On the other hand, the ‘performance’ diet typically consists of
two feeds per day to horses that are confined to a sta-
ble. These horses often finish their meals – that often consist
of high-energy grain and limited amounts of hay or chaff -
quickly and then stand for long periods of time waiting for the
next meal, with little to no natural exercise.
So what effect does the ‘performance’ diet have on the behav-
iour of a horse? The main features of the ‘performance’ diet
are a low fibre intake, a small amount of time spent eating, a
high grain intake and limited natural exercise. The combined
result is an increase in stereotypic behaviours such as crib-
bing, wood chewing, weaving and stable walking. Many of
these horses also exhibit excitable behaviour and scientists
have tried to determine the exact cause or causes of these
behaviour problems. Possible explanations include frustration
due to confinement, lack of socialisation with other horses,
acid accumulation in the digestive system as a result of a low
fibre, high grain intake leading to pain, or simply a lack of ex-
ercise leading to pent up energy.
Formulating a more ‘natural’ diet
Some of the negative behaviour effects of the ‘performance’
diet can be alleviated by modifying feeding manage-
ment. First, horses need to be provided with an adequate
amount of forage. Horses require a minimum of 1.5% of their
body weight in hay or pasture - for a 500 kg horse this
equates to a minimum of 7.5 kg of forage. Horses will com-
fortably consume 2% of their body weight in dry forage (10 kg
of forage for a 500 kg horse), and contrary to popular belief,
providing adequate amounts of forage will not cause horses to
become fat.
Another management tool is to feed smaller meals on a more
frequent basis, for example feeding three or even four times
per day keeps horses occupied, alleviating boredom and frus-
tration. It also slows the movement of material through the
digestive system keeping the horse full and satisfied. Finally,
giving horses an opportunity for turnout in a paddock or an
arena will provide exercise and allow horses to expend pent
up energy. Turnout for as little as 30 minutes twice a day will
help keep horses mentally healthy and avoid negative stereo-
typic behaviour.
Dietary Ingredients
Several ingredients fed to horses have been identified by
horse owners as ‘heating’ or having the potential to result in
negative behaviour in horses. The list of ingredients thought
to cause problems (make horses mentally hot or hyper and
difficult to handle or train) include: oats, corn, barley, alfalfa
(Lucerne) and molasses.
Several possible explanations exist for why these ingredients
may alter behaviour in horses. First, each of these ingredients
contains a significant amount of calories and the negative
behaviour may simply be a result of overfeeding calories to
horses that are not adequately exercised. Since an overfed
horse would have plenty of energy and they are not getting
adequate turnout or forced exercise, they may channel the
energy into negative behaviour. A more scientific explanation
for the change in behaviour may have to do with the sugar
and starch content of the diet. Sugar and starch are found in
large quantities in cereal grain and when it is digested in the
small intestine of the horse the end product is glucose, activity
and reactivity to stimuli when fed a starch-rich diet compared
to a fat supplemented diet. Does that mean fat is a non-
heating ingredient or is it simply the fact that less sugar was
fed to the fat-supplemented horses?
Feeding the hot and fizzy horse Dr. Stephen Duren, PhD – HyGain Feeds Pty Ltd
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Simply stated, more research is needed to answer this ques-
tion, which brings up another interesting question. If changes
in blood sugar cause behaviour changes then why do not all
horses have behaviour changes when fed grain? The answer
may lie in the fact that horses have large differences in their
ability to digest starch and thus alter blood sugar.
Another interesting theory for the reason certain feeds may
cause behaviour changes revolves around the brain neuro-
transmitter – serotonin. It is important to understand that this
theory has not been tested or studied in detail in horses, how-
ever for humans, serotonin functions to regulate mood - low
levels of serotonin are often associated with depression. Thus,
many human depression medications function to increase the
level of serotonin in an effort to improve mood. In the human
body, high levels of glucose from the digestion of starch in-
crease serotonin levels. This improves mood, making humans
more alert and active. So if attempting to apply this theory to
horses, realizing this has not been thoroughly studied in hors-
es, a picture may be painted that high starch (grain) diets re-
sult in high levels of serotonin and the horse feels good and
becomes more active ie. thought of as ‘hyper’ ‘hot’ or ‘fizzy’.
What about the protein in the diet making horses ‘hot’? Ex-
cess protein fed to horses can be metabolised and utilised for
energy, however, protein itself does not seem to influence be-
haviour. The individual effects of amino acids, the building
blocks of protein, have not been studied to determine their
effect on mood or behaviour.
Finally, many horse owners do not feel that feed influences
behaviour at all and simply believe that a well-fed horse is dis-
playing its’ normal or true behaviour. To change or modify this
behaviour the horse simply needs to be trained so the energy
is channelled into positive work rather than poor behaviour.
In reality feed likely has the potential to modify behaviour, but
there are several ways horse owners can minimise potential
‘heating’ effects related to feed and/or feeding management.
Instead of feeding a diet that relies heavily on corn, oats and
molasses, the diet can be modified to replace some of the
grain with beet pulp, lupin hulls and soya bean hulls, so called
‘super fibres’ that stand out as low sugar, high fibre ingredi-
ents. Molasses in feed can be partially replaced with rice bran
oil, an ingredient that does not contain any sugar. Feeding the
grain concentrate portion of the diet in three meals per day
instead of two meals per day may also help minimise large
fluctuations in blood sugar.
Finally, feeding a larger volume of good quality hay or pasture
provides additional calories and helps minimise the amount of
grain that must be fed to maintain body weight.
Calming Feeds or Supplements
There are several horse feeds and supplements on the market
that claim to be ‘calming’ or ‘non-heating’ and horse owners
are happy to purchase these products because of the potential
benefit. Most of these feeds include low sugar ingredients
such as beet pulp or other ‘super fibres’ such as HYGAIN ICE
and in addition, they are supplemented with fat to provide non-
sugar calories for the horse. Overall, these feeds generally
contain lower sugar content, thus potentially resulting in less
negative behaviour if fed correctly.
Supplements that claim to calm horses typically have several
common ingredients including thiamine and magnesium, as a
deficiency of either the B-vitamin thiamine or the mineral mag-
nesium results in nervousness, anxiety and even convulsions.
HYGAIN SHOWTORQUE is a high fat non cereal grain con-
centrate with elevated levels of Vitmain B. Typical diets fed to
horses are rarely deficient in either
thiamine or magnesium. Adequate research has not been con-
ducted to validate the effectiveness of these supplements,
although over-supplementation of the diet with these two ingre-
dients does not result in toxicity issues. There are several
herbal ingredients that may be used to calm horses; unfortu-
nately, many of these are banned substances that cannot be
utilised in the diets of competition horses. Care must be used
in administering any of these products to horses.
Although adequate research on the effects on horses of some
supplements and certain feeds has not been conducted, it is
known that feeding management and individual feed ingredi-
ents have the potential to reduce negative or ‘hot’ behaviour in
horses - so there is hope for those owners and riders who hap-
pen to have one of these ‘fizzy’ horses in their paddock!
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2018 SCHOOLS 14th April: State Instructors School—Nowra, Zone 28
14th & 15th April: Regional Dressage School—Young, Zone 2
28th April: NCAS Assessment—Kiama, Zone 22
28th & 29th April: Regional Showjumping School—Young, Zone 2
5th & 6th May: Senior Regional Dressage School—Worrigee, Zone 28
5th & 6th May: Regional Showjumping School—Griffith, Zone 21
12th & 13th May: Senior Regional Eventing School—Denman, Zone 7
12th & 13th May: Course Design Clinic—Club Macquarie, Zone 24
19th & 20th May: Regional Showjumping School—Tamworth, Zone 5
19th & 20th May: Regional Equitation School—Marulan, Zone 27
2018 STATE EVENTS
State Sporting, Campdraft & Team Penning - to be held at North Dorrigo
Sporting Championships Saturday 14th April 2018 Campdrafting Championships Sunday 15th April 2018 Team Penning Championships Monday 16th April 2018
State Showjumping & Jumping Equitation—to be held at Morisset
Showjumping Championships Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th July 2018 Jumping Equitation Championships Monday 9th & Tuesday 10th July 2018
State Mounted Games & Team Sporting—to be held at Cobargo Mounted Games Championships Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th September 2018 Team Sporting Championships Monday 1st October 2018
State One Day Event & Combined Training—to be held at Albury Wodonga Equestrian Centre
One Day Event Championships Friday 5th—Sunday 7th October 2018 Combined Training Championships Friday 5th—Sunday 7th October 2018
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