FREE HH00rrssee RReevviieeww Vol. 24 • No. 10 The Mid-South Equine Newsmagazine Since 1992 JUNE 2014 73rd Running of the IRoquoIs steeplechase IROQUOIS ‘14 Jockey Willie McCarthy on Divine Fortune takes the last hurdle before the finish line. (inset) McCarthy and Divine Fortune at the winer’s circle as the 2014 Calvin Houghland Iroquois winner. (Nancy Brannon photos ) 2. June, 2014 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview.com oN THe C oveR : the second saturday in may is reserved for the iroquois steeple - chase, held annually at Percy warner Park in Nashville, tN. the race HHoorrssee RReevviieeww June 2014 day attracts the nation’s best steeplechase horses to run in seven races, Equus Charta, LLC culminating in the Calvin Houghland iroquois. there is also a stick Copyright 2014 CoNteNts • v ol . 24 • N o. 10 horse race for the children, a hat contest, and the Parade of Hounds. 6220 Greenlee #4 P.o. 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June, 2014 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview. com Book nook in a relationship with a horse,” Hill says. in horse terms: dominance, pecking order, What Every fearful horses have strong responses, and space. she talks about attitude and at - which can be negative and detrimental. tention. Curiosity and willingness are two therefore, removing fear is the key to a attitudes to nurture. anticipation and sour - Horse good relationship, and is the foundation ness are defects of attention and attitude. for all future positive interactions. Patience and yielding are important for Should Know Hill helps the reader understand three both horses and humans. important fears: fear of Humans, fear of in Part three, Hill adds a work program Book Review by Leigh Ballard restriction or restraint, and fear of to strengthen the skills learned in the early Cherry Hill is the author of several things. when fear of humans is removed, lessons. she uses the partnership and com - practical how-to horse books. Her latest trust and teamwork can begin. when fear munication that have been learned to de - book, What Every Horse Should Know , of restriction and restraint is removed, the velop physical and mental potential and to explains a basic list of “universal lessons” horse adapts to tying, tack, trailering, etc. reach training goals. in this section she that will prepare a horse to be a calm and when fear of things is removed, a horse talks about forward motion, control, and willing partner to his rider. she also points can relax and be curious and confident contact. she advances to bending and flex - out a basic concept that the rider/trainer about his surroundings. in this section on ing, steady and straight, lateral work and should know. “Horse training is not strictly fear, Hill covers a wide range of topics in - balance. she helps the reader put all the linear,” Hill says. there are certain cluding sense of touch, blind spots, so - basics together for practical applications cialization, separation anxiety, sacking in any equestrian discipline. whether that “themes” such as fear, leadership, confi - ence him to respond in a well mannered dence, trust, and willingness that are ac - out, and much more. she offers exercises discipline is trail riding, ranch work or way. and “tests” to see if your horse has learned showing, there are simply certain things tive throughout a horse’s life. these the book is broken into three parts. the themes are influenced by a multitude of his lessons. that every horse should know! first part deals with fear. “fear is the sin - Part two is about developing a safe and read more about the author Cherry Hill factors at any given time, but the goal is to gle most dangerous and destructive force teach the horse basic lessons which influ - effective partnership. Hill explains respect at her website:www.horsekeeping.com we have converted nearly 40 million are gone. Bringing acres, or 62,500 square miles, to suburban self-sustaining balance in garden com - lawns. only 3 to 5% of the land remains munities is only achieved through com - undisturbed habitat for plants and animals. plexity, and redundancy. that’s why Nature Home “unless we modify the places we live, monocultures in agricultural plantings are Review by Nancy Brannon, Ph..D. work, and play to meet not only our needs, so notoriously unstable. a study by but also the needs of other species, nearly shrewsbury and raupp at the university Go Native! dr. douglas tallamy’s mes - all species of native wildlife will disappear of maryland showed how increasing the sage is simple: “By favoring native plants forever.” most species could live with hu - diversity of plants in suburban landscapes over aliens in the suburban landscape, gar - mans if their basic ecological needs were can keep pest populations in check with - deners can do much to sustain the biodi - met. out the use of pesticides. versity that has been/is our richest asset.” who cares about biodiversity? we all tallamy describes the example of his Creating functioning ecosystems in our should! we need biodiversity because it neighbor’s horse barn that outputs enough growing suburbs is key to saving the literally sustains us. Biodiversity is essen - manure to produce an abundance of house planet. tial to the stability – the very existence – of flies. when once tallamy’s home was dr. tallamy visited the university of ecosystems. we remove species from overrun by house flies, now he rarely sees mississippi in oxford this spring for a full ecosystems at the risk of their complete them. “our neighbor’s barn still churns out day of day of discussion, free public lec - collapse. Biodiversity also plays an im - houseflies by the millions, but now, almost ture, and an evening fundraiser for the portant role in the efficiency with which all are eaten by predators whose popula - strawberry Plains audubon Center. ecosystems function. energy flowing tions have caught up with them.” this tallamy explains clearly and explicitly though ecosystems with many types of happens because the diverse native plant - the impact that humans have on the natu - species is used more efficiently, with less ings in his yard attract a diversity of fly entirely on insects to access the energy ral world – just in the way we landscape loss to the surrounding environment.