Horse Sense

Vicki and Amanda Wilson from Showtym Horses, NZ, jumping bareback and bridleless at the Horse of the Year Show

 

Vicki and Amanda Wilson from Showtym Horses, Hukerenui, NZ performing bareback and bridleless on Showtym Spotlight and Showtym Viking at the Horse of the Year Show, Thursday 15th March 2012.

Fancy Dress Friday - If Wishes Were Ponies - Franga Designs

If you've ever wondered where to get your equine fancy dress you need look no further than If Wishes Were Ponies, also known as Franga Designs who can offer custom hand made designs for your pony.

So if you'd like your pony to be a unicorn, a medieval charger, or maybe a fairy horse take a look at the website www.wishpony.com

Other Fancy Dress Friday posts include:

Fancy Clips

BRC Quadrille Selection 2011

Miniature Horses in Fancy Dress

Pony dressed as lion

Pony styled as a poodle

Instructions for making an equine poodle costume here

Compression and recovery suit for horses by Australian company Hidez

Everbody is talking about them - the Hidez Animal Compression Suit for horses - The Hidez Recovery Suit.

Made from anti-bacterial, moisture wicking fabric that is soil resistant and easy to wash with a SPF of 50+ the compression suit is available in black, blue or red for 549 Australian dollars.

The panels and seams are tactically placed to support key muscle groups, the Graduated Compression reduces muscle fatigue. Graduated Compression also helps circulation, supplies more oxygen to the muscles and helps reduce the build up of lactic acid. Hidez recommend that the suit be worn during travel, stabling, prior to and after exercise and competition.

Apparently you can fit them to your horse in just one minute.

There's lots of information on the Hidez website including the technology and science behind these suits.

Show Jumping at the 1976 Olympic 's Montreal

 

30 minute video of vintage show jumping from the Montreal 1976 Olympics of both the individual and team competion. Raymond Brooks-Ward commentating.

If you liked this you might be interested in the other Olympic videos posted here on Horse Sense :

Olympic Show Jumping Munich 1972

Mexico 1968 and Pointer to Olympics : Tokyo 1964

Martha Stewart's Stables Makeover

Thinking about spring cleaning your stables?

There's a great slideshow of Martha Stewart 's magnificient stable block 's maintenance on the Martha Stewart blog :

Major Maintenance of my Stable

Bubblegum Horses

3 horses with bubblegum...time to play!

Mixed media of original artwork by Cocodeparis in real acrylic hand painting and ink print. It's on an authentic antique paper from around 1920s of the famous Parisien magazine “La Petit Illustration” , a weekly French literary journal that published plays, novels and short stories.

The size of the paper measures 19,5cm x 29.5cm, (7.7"x 11.6"). $15 from Cocodeparis 's Etsy shop

Fancy Dress Friday - Fancy Clips

Just a couple of idea's for fancy clipping!

Other Fancy Dress Friday posts:

BRC Quadrille Selection 2011

Miniature Horses in Fancy Dress

Pony dressed as lion

Pony styled as a poodle

Instructions for making an equine poodle costume here

Pony in the living room

Stephanie Noble and her pony Grey Lady Too hit the news in January when The Daily Mail, Sky News and The Scottish Sun, amongst others, reported their unusual living arrangements. You see Grey Lady Too has moved into the house, the living room to be precise.

Apparently Stephanie Noble has covered the floor with heavy duty blankets and 60 litres of cat little as well as straw for bedding. The neighbours aren't too pleased about it, neither are the Scottish SPCA, or Lewis 's council but it would seem that the pony is well cared for and that the council can't stop Stephanie from keeping a horse in her house.

Wonder if Grey Lady Too has a favourite TV program, also wondering how the 60 litres of cat litter is holding up.

Link to Daily Mail Article here

Olympic Show Jumping Munich 1972

 

Gerd Wiltfang on Askan, Piero d'Inzeo on Easter Light, Hans Günter Winkler on Torphy and William Steinkraus on Main Spring in the second round of the team competition.

If you liked this you might be interested in the other Olympic videos posted here on Horse Sense :

Mexico 1968 and Pointer to Olympics : Tokyo 1964

Mothering Sunday 18th March 2012

Happy Mother ' s Day

Image source: Kvetina-Marie, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0