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The Horse's Maine & NH Maine The Horse's Rd. Pickpocket 153A NH 03833 Brentwood, August 2016 August 2016 Master Eventer, page 22 by Julie Howard by Julie Credit my force-to-be-reck- my Credit Trailer Trash Show season was a logistical Show season was a I think that is where the obses- few neighbors. I don’t know what few neighbors. I don’t my parents were thinking. Every I had a Pony Club meeting time (10 it to ride lesson, I had to or a undignified Very trip). round miles Emerson Denny as (but, indeed my horses AND I was would say, were FIT). spaghetti of who was going when, what time, which state, and on and to get on. Somehow we managed to shows, but goodness knows how. mother as she juggled oned-with parenting my twin brothers and my with schedules sports their need (demand?) for firstborn’s around clarity and organization my horse lesson, Pony Club and Army generals show schedule. on that woman. have nothin’ As adults, sion with trailers began. (that’s decisions own our make we If anyway). ourselves, tell we what we want to buy something, we buy myacquired I when So dammit. it, - - reprinted with permission from Eventing Nation from Eventing with permission reprinted As you As Confessions of a of a Confessions Master Event Rider Event Master IT WAS RED! WAS IT this con- It is very cathartic, providingfor you of all thank I You, gentle reader, are a gift, are reader, gentle You, about horse just talk So let’s When I was a young rider from fessing. Maybe that’s why my why my fessing. Maybe that’s lapsed Catholic friends (mostly seem so Catholics, but still) able Disney character go.” Cue it “let to bursting into song here. PollockJackson my for canvas the record, Jackson musings. For the threw that artist an was Pollock paint at a canvas and saw what stuck — appropriate reference for the writing that comes out of is reference little (That my brain. my that mother show my I where com wasn’t education Dartmouth pletely wasted on her horse-ob- spends-time-in-horse-poopsessed daughter). being my imaginary audience and all. Remember your giftiness when you are soaking your horse’s abscessed foot in Epsom salts in a 20-degree barn on Christmas Eve. it. that’s Yeah, gift. A for a minute. here trailers read my blogs know, who have was There pants. riding I collect a time when I collected trailers. days when (Those were halcyon At TRAILERS. I was employed). one time I had two and my eye on a third, sold one, bought one years three In the all. coveted and I ownership, horse adult my of If that have owned three trailers. you are right. It seems excessive, Stupid. Unnecessary. excessive. is And secretly fun. and of 8 to 17, eventing age the New Hamp- in Pony Club doing shire, we did not own a horse And we lived in what was trailer. now unfor (but rural very a then suburbanized) area, with tunately - Dr. J, page 33 Somehow those bots, deep in Somehow those bots, deep as flies bot many as see don’t I So, what are the implications either physically remove them, them, remove physically either deposit From egg hatch. or they to hatch is about five days. The when the horse hatch begins to his leg down mouth brings his It is the eggs are. or side where the carbon dioxide thought that stimulates breath from the horse’s released The tiny the hatching. mouth get into the horse’s larvae tongue or and burrow into the for a there stay They gums. the out, Then they burrow month. and pass down to the stomach, their sharpattach to its lining with stomach theymouth parts. In the grub that you grow to look like a might find in the woods under a and about They are fat, ugly, log. the in stay Their long. inch an you on a 10 month is like stomach have access You Caribbean cruise. food and are a world to unlimited away from the cold winter. the horse and far away from day- know when the or weather, light release They warm. gets world GI the pass through and hold their tract to go out with the manure. Once on the ground they burrow surface and stay there the beneath for a month. Just like a butterfly coming out of a cocoon they metamorphose into the next stage, which is the flying insect, the bot each find females and Males fly. other and within hours the female to off flies eggs fertilized her with the and on, them lay to horse a find yearly cycle starts again. iver because it’s I think to. used I (Quest) at and moxidectin mectin all the bots inthe proper dose kills the stomach, and most horses re- least at wormers those of one ceive mean doesn’t That once a year. fly bot the see ever won’t you that now right just that or her eggs, it’s they as common as aren’t they were 25 years ago. Perhaps they to those a resistance develop will For sure time. over medications If around. be always will they you buy a horse with an uncertain be would it winter, it’s and history, prudent to worm with one of the Incidentally, mentioned. wormers because the bots attached to the lay eggs, there is no stomach don’t in presence for their way to check a fecal exam. unless Actually, for your horse? there are huge numbers in the stomach, horses tolerate them OK. The bot is one of those parasites that have it pretty well figured the host and get Attach to out. drain the horse nutrition, but don’t There lose. or you both much, too The Horse's Maine & NH . inside your horse.
The female bot fly is unique to unique is fly bot female The Each egg that the fly lays is slap her hard with an open hand with an open hand slap her hard she second horse the the against she’s too late, and, Hesitate lands. next to impossible again. It’s off Horses air. to catch her in the their and flies bot of noise the hate actions. Equines at unpredictable running, off take often pasture will bot when the of control out totally fly is at work. a like looks She world. insect the scrawny honeybee. Her body is middle the in double almost bent so that her egg laying hind end is tucked under and faces her head. she eggs, her all lays she After dies. The male bot fly’s life is His life is over just even shorter. Neither after mating with her. the male nor female has mouth only Their eat. They can’t parts. The function is to reproduce. entire life cycle of a horse bot is 10 months of and at least one year, is spent, not in the air as that time horses, but tormenting insect, an actually They hair. to a single cemented of yellowgrains tiny like look The eggs will stay glued rice. hair coat until you to the horse’s
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From leadline, to National or Olympic level Both Bates riders, Katherine Kirwin and Hannah Kiesler, were in the top Both Bates riders, Katherine Kirwin and Hannah Kiesler, a tour of one of the finest facilities in the area It was a hot day in early June. day in early June. It was a hot The bot fly darted in, laid a few a laid in, darted fly bot The
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From just starting out to advanced riders, Page 2 I was in the paddock behind the paddock behind I was in the had She farm. Mary’s barn at a Quar asked me to check “Doc”, by David A. Jefferson, D.V.M. A. Jefferson, by David Fly Super problem. ter Horse with an allergy was that a lead She was holding Mary halter. snapped onto Doc’s years. He’s has competed Doc for always is and horse seasoned a we werewhy That’s cooperative. he suddenly both surprised when whites the saw we and fidgety, got of his eyes. He started stomping fore and throwing his with his left Mary and I heard head. Finally what a loud buzzing and realized was the Doc about. was upset he target of a bot fly. These insects The aggressive. extremely are females live only one week and have just one goal. Lay as many eggs as possible on the hair of any very are They area. horse in the determined and very fast. eggs on a front leg, flew away a attacked then and distance short direction, her from a different wings making that buzzing noise. a to up lay may flies” “super These The horse. eggs on one hundred she will is that fact have to You her. unless you kill From Dr. J Dr. From
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Even on the most trust- most the on Even go awry. tois recommended horse it worthy for for we cannot helmet, a wear horses can still have get that these time which at spook, well-placed a for his concerned only is horse the the day to day Even own safety. lugging and mucking of chores body of on the stress put can feed she must that a rider to the point riding, not to take a break from that may mention anything else barn. occur outside of the those moments are horse and rider, are in good precious when both prog can dance the and health involvement ress. But with our that realize horses we must with a this is not always the case. It’s the both And in of chance. game remains it bad the and times good a costly habit. So what is our us keeps that is it What appeal? Why day? day after back coming and breathe deeply do we inhale into sigh as we step calming a out the smells of the barn? our horse sees us walking down steals that smile the It’s hill. the across the face of the troubled teen as she is kissed by his soft finish the crossing It’s muzzle. the after trek 100 mile of the line first the It’s completion. of doubts steps of soundness after months of coming down rest and rehab. It’s the centerline when you once possible. be wouldn’t it thought It’s the first steps of the gangly in time first the It’s foal. newborn years of absence. after the saddle you when flying of feeling the It’s were told you could never walk healthy shiny coat, the It’s again. hooves of and manicured body, sure was going one you weren’t of the giggle the It’s make it. to time. first the for trots she as child looking out the window and It’s upon the peaceful sight gazing on pat the It’s horse. grazing a of through seen test a after neck the the free gallop It’s to completion. cares across the plains as all one’s pushing the nerves It’s melt away. a with ring the entering and aside laugh the It’s confidence. of smile with the judge after a “holdshared onto your breeches” kind of ride. his mane soaking up the tears It’s of life trials the of a woman after It’s seem to be too much to bear. the It’s passion. the It’s beauty. the the journey. dance. It’s every This is why we get up early Through all the ups day and work. and downs that we face along this march right along and journey, conquer it alongside your horses. best, your very give to Continue and you will have a friend for life and memories to last a lifetime. - As riders, our health can be a can our health As riders, Finally we come to the issue Finally we come to however, seems inevitable, It ness. Consuming something he he something Consuming ness. have, injuring himself shouldn’t while getting his bucks out in the paddock, or even a freak acci- dent—any one of these things can and progress of his riding the halt span of time. for a large training And so sits a hay burning, waste producing, attention demanding, creature accumulating vet-bill and We with whom we can do nothing. set goals for our riding and goals put are which competing, our for or another, to deferred on hold, maybe not even accomplished because of this everyday risk with horses. put deliberately we as too gamble ton half of these top on ourselves The danger for injury animals. can be high if something were to many of you that have cheered you that have cheered many of of sight of a good pile upon the waiting of hours long after manure test- get their poop We and hoping. and their ed for worm egg counts, vitaminblood analyzed for certain rest know about the levels. I don’t as intimately of you, but I’m not with my diet as I am acquainted with that of my horse. find I legs four With soundness. of of four areas over pouring myself body before and after my horse’s Check for heat. Check ride. each one swift kick With for swelling. of the leg, a horse can render himself useless for a few days as fence, a with contact makes he his other legs, or even by simply With stepping it down on a rock. lig- and bones, tendons, so many aments, one wrong move can im- the horse so much as to mobilize if he predator fodder for the mean And our farrier wild. the were in bills give us a monthly reminder of the importance we place upon properly maintaining these fragile four legs. that with the possession of a horse also comes those times that he and is unrideable as he suffers sickness or lame a from recovers - -
And then there is the ongoing Anyone who has ever been been Anyone who has ever Horses. Large, expensive, expensive, Horses. Large,
August 2016 cleaning, and I’m sure there are cleaning, and I’m sure there are the contents of the stall upon every horse owners we learn to analyze me started on stomach ulcers. As me started on stomach ulcers. and travelling. And don’t even get get even And don’t travelling. and diet change, workload change, diet change, workload change, can colic due to weather change, blandest hay imaginable. They They imaginable. hay blandest loose stool even while eating the loose stool even while eating dust; and horses with consistently steamed to reduce allergens and and steamed to reduce allergens must have his hay wet or even even or wet hay his have must for fear of gas colic; horses that of gas colic; for fear that can eat no grain whatsoever no grain eat can that self blessed. I have seen horses self blessed. I have seen horses
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