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VOL. 31 • NO. 6 The Mid-South Equine Newsmagazine Since 1992 FEBRUARY 2021 2. February, 2021 • ©Mid-South Horse Review • www.midsouthhorsereview.com ON THe C OVeR : february 2021 Buddy, a farm-owned Quarter Horse at Riverdale Horse Review Farms in Fayetteville, Tennessee with two of the farm’s CONTeNTS • V OL . 31 • N O. 6 boarded horses. ( photo by Beate Kuska, Riverdale Farms Equus Charta, LLC manager and trainer ) Copyright 2019 6220 greenlee #4 P.o. Box 594 Arlington, tn 38002-0594 901-867-1755 PuBLiSHeR & e diTOR : Tom & dr. Nancy Brannon STAFF : Andrea Gilbert WeBSiTe : www.midsouthhorsereview.com e- MAiLS : midsouthhorsereview@ yahoo.com [email protected] P. 6 P. 22 Tink, “Vanity’s Mighty Tink,” Ash - Gus the Haflinger, owned by Amanda Paint Horse at the Coyote Run Win - ley Fant’s remarkable school horse. McGee, hunt horse with Oak Grove ter Series show. ( photo by Gary Cox ) (photo by Ashley Fant ) Hunt. 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February, 2021 • ©Mid-South Horse Review • www.midsouthhorsereview. com book nook you may wonder how animals on their Perestroika in Paris own, especially horses who have only known the care and feeding from humans Review by Nancy Brannon and being housed in a cozy stall, can man - Perestroika – that’s a word we haven’t age to find sufficient food to sustain them. heard since the mikhail gorbachev era in Fortunately, there are several humans in the 1980s. it literally means restructuring the area who willingly give food to them, or reforming the economic and political plus the dog and raven are good at clean - system. But in Jane smiley’s 31st book, ing up the scraps that people leave behind. published in December 2020, Perestroika, But most importantly, Paras left the stable aka “Paras,” is the name of a thorough - with her groom’s purse, with quite a bit of bred racehorse who lives just outside money inside. since Frida has experience Paris. one night, the spirited and curious buying food for Jacques, she takes a bit of filly finds her stall door open, walks out, money to the butcher and the greengrocer, and wanders her way into the city. buying food for herself and Paras. “Born of a whim during a visit to Paris one morning Frida encounters a young over a decade ago, this book ‘was entirely boy, Ėtienne (8), who cares for his great- a fantasy,’ said ms. smiley, 71. she hopes grandmother, who is not quite yet 100 it offers ‘a distraction’ to all the stress of years old, but she is blind and deaf – 2020. madame Ėveline de mornay. it is not long i asked Jane smiley how she came to until Paras and raoul meet the boy, and use the name Perestroika in the title. she Paras eventually makes her way into his Author Jane Smiley riding “Paras,” answered, “that is Paras’s official name. house, into the grand salon. it is in aka Perestroika. Her sire is moscow Ballet. i liked the madame de mornay’s house that we meet (photo courtesy Jane Smiley ) sound of it.” the thoroughbred character ters in this book, all living around Paris’ the two black, fat rats: father and son con - in the book is patterned from her own champs de mars. if you haven’t been to rad and kurt. the rats are very good at points of view, as represented by the vari - horse – Paras. Paris, you will find the illustrated map on cleaning up crumbs and left-over food ous animals. And she helps us understand she describes Paras as “an interesting the inside book cover helpful, as you fol - around the house. the longing for freedom and not being con - and idiosyncratic horse (very curious). i low the roaming of the various animals in Frida had learned from Jacques the tra - fined, as we humans who are so used to thought she might be the one to escape.” their assembled “group.” And you will dition of christmas gift giving (and re - being confined in our buildings find hard smiley told me that she has “two [horses] read French phrases throughout the book, ceiving), so in the week before christmas, to understand. the novel celebrates cu - that i bred, Paras and ned (see my yA se - so if you have not learned the language, she goes to Jérôme, a shopkeeper, to pur - riosity, ingenuity, and the desire of all ries about ellen and ned – the first one is keep your dictionary handy. chase several offerings for etienne and creatures for true love and freedom. called Riding Lessons ) and one that i have there’s Paras the horse, of course, who Paras, and gets a ball for herself. “Ėtienne Bobrow summarizes the book well: taken over from his previous owner, first meets Frida, a german shorthaired took Paras straight to the cuisine (French “ostensibly set in the 21st century, this Frankie.” Her horses “live at boarding es - pointer who has been left on her own for kitchen), where he had filled her bowl meringue of a novel (an interesting turn of tablishments in our area.” smiley rides when her homeless human caretaker, with apples, carrots, and a pear. He petted phrase) is wholesomely timeless, full of “sort of dressage, but nothing fancy,” she Jacques, dies. then she meets raoul the her on the neck, rested his head against her good intentions and happy endings that says. “i used to jump (and so did they).” raven – ahem, “sir raoul corvus corax, shoulder. He seemed happier than Paras feel far removed from the problems of the emily Bobrow, in The Wall Street Jour - the twenty-third of that name,” who lives had ever seen him. over and over, he said, moment.” nal , writes about author Jane smiley’s re - on the rue Benjamin-Franklin, speaks “merry christmas, my dear. What a merry Find more about author Jane smiley at lationship with horses: “every horse, she seven languages, knows all about a vari - christmas this one is!” Penguin random House: www.penguin - explains, has its own fascinating personal - ety of animals including their latin names, the new year brings changes for this randomhouse.com/authors/28760/jane- ity, its own idiosyncratic way of being in and definitely has a bird’s-eye view of the little band of diverse animal friends, even smiley/ the world. it just comes naturally to me to larger scheme of things. there are the as they grow closer together, along with Source : give them a point of view,” says smiley. mallards sid and nancy, living on the their supporting cast of humans who feed Bobrow, emily. 2020. “novelist Jane you will meet some interesting charac - north pond at the champ de mars. them and enjoy their company. smiley smiley Has a soft spot for Happy end - teaches us to listen to and respect different ings.” The Wall Street Journal . 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He was cranky about uary, ethan was attending to his afternoon the girth. i trusted him unconditionally. chores of putting up the chickens in their my friend and partner in teaching was a shed and giving them fresh water and gorgeous dun gelding just five years my food. lately, the chickens had been escap - junior. i marveled at his excellent confor - ing from their enclosed pen to discover mation and his accurately dubbed “golden new places to find bugs, worms, and feed mane of beauty.” His communication – from scratching under trees near the skills were outstanding and his work ethic small creek to the shrubs and bushes by always positive. my friend tink taught us the fence near the tractor barn. But usually all so much. they were all back at the pen by dusk not long ago, tink and one of his regu - o’clock. that was their time to go to roost lar riders were walking around the ring for the night. waiting for their lesson to begin. in an After he had given the chickens their awkward move his rider became unseated, water, he started counting them by name. dangling somewhere between the saddle there are six red, six black, two brown and the bridle, on the side of tink’s neck. Welsummers, and two speckled sussex i heard the rider say something like “uh Tink with Reed McKinney 3/20/19 chickens in the flock. When he finished ethan with “Precious,” the prodigal oh” and i looked to the far end of the ring. (photo by Ashley Fant ) counting, he realized one was missing: a chicken. (photo by Allison Lail ) speckled sussex named Precious. okay, commitment and work ethic, her parents she must still be out around the corner by evening meal; the boys had their bath and purchased tink for her when he was five. the shed building, he thought. But when he reading time, and went to bed, still wor - they were a perfect match and enjoyed looked, she was not there. Further investi - ried about the missing Precious. Prayers barrel racing at lightning-fast speed. gation would be necessary. were lifted by the concerned family mem - Amanda and tink moved several times bers for her safe return in the morning. over the next 20 years, with tink present the next morning, ethan put on his coat for every leg of her journey to adulthood. and boots, as usual, to go take care of his tink was retired in oakland, tennessee chickens, mumbling that the weather was at the barn where i first started my busi - going to be just like yesterday – rainy and ness. i inquired about him, as i thought he cold. these were not the chickens’ favorite would make a good lesson horse. tink had weather conditions! never been a jumping horse, but was a nat - He went outside to attend to the morn - ural. He loved his new chapter in life ing chores and let the chickens out of their teaching beginner riders. shed for the day. But just before he opened He loved being groomed, was a feisty the gate to the pen, he heard a noise – like shark when it came to tacking up, and talking. And this was not the normal morn - never placed a foot wrong the moment his ing talks the chickens gave to him as he rider was mounted. He went to schooling opened up the chicken shed. this was dif - shows and loved the fanfare. ferent clucking; chicken clucking! Tink with Olivia Jones, fall/winter teaching with him was an absolute joy He turned around, and walking up the 2020 (photo by Beth Jones ) and he had the best trot and canter. He driveway from the creek next to the pen would follow me around the ring and was the missing speckled sussex chicken tink and i immediately locked eyes and make even the most timid rider feel like a Precious! With delight, and an air of per - he delivered the imperiled rider across the superhero. He always took care of his kids. turbance, hands on his hips, he asked, ethan with some of his flock. ring to me. the rider righted himself and in his personal life, my grey mare katy “Where have you been?” Precious was (photo by Allison Lail ) was quickly on his way. in a moment that was his world. the two were inseparable. chattering, “let me just tell you about my would have inspired many horses to tink taught his last lesson on Decem - night!” overjoyed, ethan hurried to greet spook, or exploit their rider’s vulnerabil - ber 23, 2020. He was sound and healthy so, ethan, little brother calvin, and her. He let Precious into the coop pen to ity, tink remained committed to his job. and had experienced no decline in his mother Allison, with flashlights and a feed eat, and quickly finished his chores, letting our goals were aligned and he knew to quality of life. in those 12 years he never scoop, went on the search for the missing the others out of the shed. it was a glorious find me for help. He knew that he was not had a vet call! He passed away suddenly Precious. it was growing darker by the reunion among the flock, with much in trouble, but his rider was. He knew that on his own with katy by his side. even in minute, and it’s very important to have the clucking and greetings! ethan couldn’t i was his ally. our trust and respect was death he was absolutely perfect. chickens in a safe place overnight. they wait to run inside and tell his dad that Pre - mutual. He was my friend and i miss him. i miss him every day as i remind my - first searched the areas where the chickens cious had returned! tink was officially named vanity’s self how lucky we all were to have him for had been wandering. they looked in trees, later in the day, ethan’s mom had the mighty tink, aka “tink.” He was foaled so long. But that doesn’t make accepting no chicken. they looked under bushes, no opportunity to teach a valuable lesson in on march 21, 1984 and passed away on his loss any easier; i still feel his presence chicken. then looked in, on, and under life. she advised him never to go off on his December 25, 2020 – over 36 years old! all around the farm. trailers; no chicken. they looked in the own without letting his parents know He was in my life and my barn for the tink, you are forever loved and missed. tractor barn, still no chicken. where he was going and when he would last 12 years of his life. it is so hard to be - my endless thanks to caryn, chilo, chino, now it was really getting dark, so they be back. ethan understood clearly, as he lieve that he was 25 when we first met! chencho and toño for the amazing daily had curtail the search without finding the had just experienced the worry that any He was a Quarter Horse gelding born in care they provided for him over the past missing Precious. mom sad, “it’s getting parent would feel in such a situation. south Dakota. As a foal he became sick years. too dark to look for her. let’s hope that she Editor’s Note : ethan participated in the with pneumonia, but recovered strong and Editor’s Note : tommy and i have the found somewhere safe to roost for the 2020 4-H chick chain project and this is maintained a lifelong dislike of shots and privilege of knowing three of these “once night. send a prayer for her tonight before his 4-H chicken raising project. He lives paste. in a lifetime” extraordinary horses: Buc - going to bed. nature’s instinct is to find on his family’s farm in maryville, ten - Amanda Helton-clark met him as a caneer, Bay Fox, and shasta. they have safety before night.” “okay, yeah,” ethan nessee, helps with the hay baling, and sells two-year old and she knew he was special forever enriched our lives. thought half heartedly. some of his chickens’ eggs at local stores from the start. After demonstrating her so the family went in to have their in the area. www.midsouthhorsereview.com • ©Mid-South Horse Review • February, 2021 7. 8. February, 2021 • ©Mid-South Horse Review • www.midsouthhorsereview. com Horse Health & Welfare The Winter Ammonia Blues Compiled By Nancy Brannon Animal Science (2009) and the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science (2000) found During the cold winter months, horse that ammonia levels are highest near barn owners tend to keep their horses in barns and stall floors. since horses frequently eat for longer period of times, usually with off the floor, have their heads down, and doors and windows closed to keep their lie down when stabled for long periods of horses warmer. But these tightly closed time, they can be exposed to high levels of barns may present a respiratory hazard for ammonia. Ammonia levels in an average horses. horse stall can exceed 200 ppm. For hu - When you open the barn or stall door, mans, the u.s. occupational safety and pitchfork in hand, are you hit with an acrid Health Administration (osHA) has set a smell? that characteristic pungent and un - 15-minute exposure limit for gaseous am - pleasant odor is ammonia, which comes monia levels of 35 ppm. this means that from urea. Horses excrete urea to elimi - both horses and humans can be exposed to nate excess nitrogen from their bodies, and very unhealthy levels of ammonia in that urea is quickly converted to ammonia barns. Ammonia inhalation on a daily once excreted. Ammonia is a colorless gas basis can result in inflammation and con - Stall photo courtesy the Paulick Report that is made up of one part nitrogen (n) striction of the airways and mucus accu - and three parts hydrogen (H3). Ammonia mulation ( Equine Veterinary Journal , can be extremely irritating to the mucous ammonia-absorbing compounds (AAc). control stalls. they also found that con - 2006). over a 14-day period, they measured stalls centrations measured at the halter were membranes that line the mouth, eyes, and experts advise that environmental man - respiratory tract. treated with AAc vs. non-treated control much lower and that horses in treated agement is the best way to reduce ammo - stalls. the horses remained in the stalls at stalls had lower ammonia exposure than Equine Wellness Magazine stated that nia within the stable. remove manure and ammonia is the second-leading cause of all times, except for a 30-minute daily horses in control stalls. wet bedding often, and then apply an am - turnout. they measured the ammonia lev - types of ammonia-absorbing com - respiratory disease in horses—second only monia-eliminating or ammonia-absorbing to dust. the article explained the dangers els at the stall floor and through diffusion pounds include: (1) lime-based products . compound to neutralize the ammonia and tubes attached to the horses’ halters to de - For many years people have used hydrated of ammonia, rated bedding products, and decrease the levels reaching the horse’s recommended ways to reduce ammonia, termine the level of ammonia exposed to lime to help rid stables of ammonia. How - airways. the horse. on day 14, they found that am - ever, research at north carolina state uni - including with stall amendments. Pratt, et al., (2000) measured ammonia research published in the Journal of monia concentrations near the stall floor versity found that lime products “increase concentrations in horse stalls treated with were 25% lower in treated stalls than in the litter alkalinity ( Continued next page ) www.midsouthhorsereview.com • ©Mid-South Horse Review • February, 2021 9. and convert more of the ammonium into oke, stacey, Dvm. 2010. “Ammonia ammonia gas, which must be vented to the & respiratory Health.” The Horse . sept. outdoors and can become an environmen - 22. https://thehorse.com/137448/ammo - tal problem.” nia-and-respiratory-health/ (2) natural minerals such as diatoma - “the Dangers of Hydrated lime.” ceous earth, clay, and zeolites. these prod - http://www.absorbentproductsltd.com/dan ucts are nontoxic and noncaustic, gers-of-hydrated-lime.html moisture-absorbing, and they trap ammo - Paulick report. 2020. “Addressing nia. Ammonia and respiratory Disease in sweet PDZ is a product made with ze - Horses.” march 22. https://www.paulick - olites, which were formed from ancient report.com/horse-care-category/address - volcanic activity. the clinoptilolite that ing-ammonia-and-respiratory-disease-in-h comprises sweet PDZ is one of the best at orses/ ammonia absorption and odor neutraliza - “Poultry litter Amendments” tion. When sweet PDZ is applied on the https://www.bae.ncsu.edu/extension/ext- floor of the stall or barn environment, it publications/waste/animal/agw-657-poul - quickly begins to work at adsorbing the try-litter-factsheet-s-shah.pdf ammonia, which is the action of the am - Pratt, s.e., l.m. lawrence, t. Barnes, monia gas particle sticking to the surface D. Powell, and l.k. Warren. 2000. “mea - of the sweet PDZ granules. the ammonia A well-ventilated horse barn ( photo by Viktor Kochetkov, courtesy EquiMed ) surement of ammonia concentrations in gas then hydrolyzes and is locked up horse stalls.” Journal of Equine Veterinary within the mineral structure through a pos - ganic slow-release nitrogen soil condi - health and produce performance-limiting Science . vol. 20, no. 3. march. itive/negative ionic bond known as cation tioner. problems: chronic obstructive pulmonary sweet PDZ: www.sweetpdz.com/our- exchange. (3) microbe-containing products : mi - disease (coPD) or recurrent airway ob - products.html sweet PDZ can also be used for neu - croscopic organisms break down the am - struction (rAo). …Proper ventilation is thomas, Heather smith. 2019. “impor - tralizing odors in every type of livestock monia-forming molecules in urine and extremely crucial to respiratory health.” tance of good ventilation in Horse pen or pet habitat, including dog runs, cat feces. these microbes decrease the Sources : Barns.” EquiMed . July 14. boxes, small critter cages, rabbit hutches, amount of ammonia and are noncaustic. AtsDr Public Health statement: Am - https://equimed.com/health- chicken coops and goat/sheep pens. the bottom line for protecting equine monia centers/healthy-barn/articles/importance- sweet PDZ is omri listed as an or - respiratory health is good ventilation in the https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/phs/phs.asp?id of-good-ventilation-in-horse-barns ganic material. it is described as a full-cir - barn. EquiMed reminds readers of the im - =9&tid=2 Additional resource : “How Bad is sta - cle/green-earth mineral. it is harvested portance of good ventilation in horse clark, terri. 2020. “Ammonia in your ble Ammonia for your Horse’s Health?” from the earth, then loaded up with nox - barns. “A poorly ventilated barn is unnat - barh – what you need to know.” Equine Horse and Rider . https://www.horsean - ious ammonia and other odors, and then urally damp and dusty, which can lead to Wellness Magazine . march 17. drideruk.com/expert-advice/articles/sta - returned to the earth (compost, gardens, respiratory problems. some contaminants https://equinewellnessmagazine.com/am - ble-ammonia-horses-health/ fields) where it benefits the soil as an or - in barns may compromise respiratory monia-barn/

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Find more information about the insti - after it became overwhelming. While mr. Fulton contacted the Mid-South tute for Public service reporting at: shelby county sent out workers to clean Horse Review in January, asking our help https://www.psrmemphis.org/ marc Per - up the area and properly dispose of the in tracking down the owners of these rusquia is the institute’s director. David bodies, no reports were ever filed with the horses by making this information public. Waters is the institute’s assistant director. www.midsouthhorsereview.com • ©Mid-South Horse Review • February, 2021 11 . ity, which is a private, independent, self- ing into consideration international anti- Horseracing Integrity and regulatory, nonprofit organization. it will doping standards and veterinarian ethical not be funded by the federal government standards, along with consulting racing in - – the horseracing industry will pay the dustry representatives and the public. the Safety Act Signed Into Law funds necessary for the establishment and new nationwide rules would replace the By Marty Irby, Animal Wellness Action Act includes a ban on race-day doping, administration of the Authority. the Au - current patchwork of regulatory systems and the establishment of a uniform na - thority is tasked with developing and im - that govern horseracing’s 38 separate rac - Washington, D.c. – the biggest gain tional standard for rules and regulations plementing both a horseracing anti-doping ing jurisdictions. For services related to for animal welfare in 2020, signed into for u.s. horseracing that would be over - and medication control program and a the enforcement of this program, the Au - law December 27, is the Horseracing in - seen by the u.s. Anti-Doping Agency racetrack safety program. thority shall enter into an agreement with tegrity and safety (HisA) safety Act, H.r. (usADA). the Horseracing integrity and Composition of the Authority the u.s. Anti-Doping Agency, which has 1754/s. 4547. the signing concludes an safety Act (HisA) is landmark legislation the Authority will be governed by a a proven track record of conducting anti- eight-year campaign to end medication that will directly address the safety and Board of Directors consisting of nine doping and medication control activities abuses leading to breakdowns and injuries welfare of racehorses, and the integrity of members. Five of those members will be for all u.s. olympic athletes, and its ap - and deaths on tracks across the nation. the the sport itself, through better anti-doping independent of the industry, and four proach can easily be adapted to horserac - House passed H.r. 1754, led by u.s. measures and racetrack safety standards. members will be experts from the follow - ing. reps. Paul tonko, D-n.y., and Andy Barr, the doping of American racehorses has ing sectors of the industry: owners and Racetrack Safety Program r-ky. by a voice vote in september, but been the subject of congressional atten - breeders, trainers, racetracks, veterinari - to protect the health and safety of race - the senate had not yet taken up s. 4547, tion over the past five years, with hun - ans, state racing commissions, and jock - horses and jockeys, the Authority will also introduced by u.s. senate majority dreds of horses dying on racetracks eys. to assist with the development of create a racetrack safety program, consist - leader mitch mcconnell, r-ky., and sen - weekly and the indictment of 37 trainers these programs, the Board will establish ing of a uniform set of training and racing ators kirsten gillibrand, D-n.y., and Di - and veterinarians in march of 2020. an anti-doping and medication control safety standards and protocols. those stan - anne Feinstein, D-calif. the patchwork of regulations across the standing committee and a racetrack safety dards include racetrack design and main - “the signing of the Horseracing in - u.s.’s 38 racing jurisdictions has under - standing committee, both controlled by in - tenance, oversight of human and equine tegrity and safety Act is the greatest gain mined the public’s confidence in horserac - dependent members outside the industry. injury reporting and prevention, and the for horse protection in half a century, will ing, threatened the integrity of All independent members of the Board procedures for undertaking investigations put the welfare of the horses at the center competition, and endangered the human and standing committees will be subject to at racetrack and non-racetrack facilities re - of the enterprise, and put the sport on a and equine athletes. enactment of the strict conflict-of-interest standards. lated to safety violations. the Authority level playing field that aligns with the rest HisA will address these problems head- Anti-doping Program creates an accreditation program to ensure of the world,” said marty irby, executive on, while helping to enhance the public’s the Authority will be required to create that racetracks comply with these safety director at Animal Wellness Action. “We interest in this very important industry. a set of uniform anti-doping rules, includ - procedures, and in order to continue to applaud senators mitch mcconnell, Key Provisions ing lists of prohibited substances and gather information on racetrack safety, the kirsten gillibrand, Diane Feinstein, and in order to create these uniform per - methods, protocols around the administra - Authority will establish a nationwide data - reps. Paul tonko and Andy Barr for formance and safety standards for the tion of permitted substances, and labora - base of racehorse safety, performance, pushing the ban on doping in thorough - sport of horseracing, the HisA creates the tory testing accreditation and protocols. health, and injury information within one bred horse racing over the finish line.” Horseracing integrity and safety Author - these permitted and prohibited substances year of the establishment of the program. the Horseracing integrity and safety and practices will be developed after tak -

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February, 2021 • ©Mid-South Horse Review • www.midsouthhorsereview. com Report Says Veterinarians Should Perform Exams to Detect Soreness in Tennessee Walking Horses included in the Horse Protection regula - tions that requires horses to show no evi - dence of soring scars during inspections — should be revised and be based on what can be accurately assessed by a gross ex - amination during an inspection, and pro - poses new language. the report recommends that thermog - raphy be used during the inspection to help detect inflammation, and that swabbing to detect prohibited substances — such as topical pain relievers — be administered both randomly and to suspect horses. the report also recommends that serious con - sideration be given to blood testing, which is used in other types of horse competi - tions to detect medications that could alter the horse’s response to pain. the physical exam is critical in detect - ing soring, and protocols for the exam should draw on current knowledge of how horses experience and present pain. in - smooth four-beat "running walk" gait. in spections should no longer require that the the 1950s the accentuated or exaggerated horse be repeatedly sore in a specific area running walk, known as the "big lick" be - The right front hoof of a horse named dutch that The Humane Society rescued to be disqualified, due to the physiologi - came popular at high-level competitions. from the New Holland, PA Auction several years ago, with his stacks still on. The cal changes that occur after repeated stim - the combination of exaggerated high-ac - pastern shows a chronically sored horse in violation of the scar rule. There is ulation of a painful area. conducting the tion step in front and long stride behind is marked lichenification and alopecia (hair loss). Note the exaggerated, thick, deep inspection in an area with as few distrac - still considered desirable in today's horse skin folds. This type of fold does not flatten with digital pressure. tions as possible will reduce the impact of show competitions, and it is often environmental effects — such as noise, achieved through soring. soring is the News Release | January 13, 2021 lights, or other animals and people — on practice of applying a substance or me - WAsHington — to detect soreness the horse’s behavior, and make pain re - chanical device to the lower limb of a in tennessee walking horses, only veteri - sponse clearer. horse that will create enough pain that the narians should administer inspections at the study — undertaken by the com - horse will exaggerate its gait to relieve the shows, a new report from the national mittee to review methods for Detecting discomfort. in 1970 congress put into law Academies of sciences, engineering, and soreness in Horses — was sponsored by the Horse Protection Act (HPA) to specif - medicine recommends. inspections should the tennessee Department of Agriculture, ically address the practice of soring by follow proper technique and employ suffi - tennessee Walking Horse Breeders Foun - prohibiting the showing, exhibition, or cient observation of horse movement, pal - dation, and u.s. Department of Agricul - sale of tennessee walking horses that are pation of limbs to detect local pain and ture Animal and Plant Health inspection found to be sore. sadly, soring is still inflammation, thermography, and swab - service. the national Academies of sci - being done even after 50 years of HPA en - bing to detect inflammation or prohibited ences, engineering, and medicine are pri - forcement. substances. Physical exams should take vate, nonprofit institutions that provide this report reviews the methods for de - into account current understanding of how independent, objective analysis and advice tecting soreness in horses, in hopes of ad - horses experience and present pain. Pastern of an un-sored Tennessee to the nation to solve complex problems vancing the goal of ultimately eliminating the tennessee walking horse is a breed Walking Horse. ( photo courtesy of Keith and inform public policy decisions related the act of soring in horses and improving that originated in tennessee over 100 Dane, The Humane Society ) to science, technology, and medicine. the welfare of tennessee walking horses. they operate under an 1863 congressional A Review of Methods for Detecting Sore - years ago. “the big lick,” an exaggerated dustry organizations that host shows. the charter to the national Academy of sci - ness in Horses examines what is known gait unique to this breed, is presented and report recommends inspections only be ences, signed by President lincoln. about the quality and consistency of avail - rewarded in some tennessee walking administered by veterinarians. if budget able methods to identify soreness in horse shows. While some people train constraints necessitate the use of third- horses; identifies potential new and horses to produce “the big lick,” others re - party inspectors, they should be trained by emerging methods, approaches, and tech - sort to soring — applying chemical irri - APHis, evaluated, and screened for con - Detecting nologies for detecting hoof and pastern tants such as kerosene or friction devices flicts of interest. the report also recom - pain and its causes; and identifies research that make the horse’s forelegs sore — to mends specific information and methods Soreness in and technology needs to improve the reli - encourage “big lick” movements. the that inspectors should learn in their train - ability of methods to detect soreness. this 1970 Horse Protection Act made soring il - ing. independent study will help ensure that legal, and authorized the inspection of the decision to disqualify a horse from Horses horses by the u.s. Department of Agricul - HPA inspection protocols are based on a show should also be driven by an expe - the featured 2021 report at the national ture’s Animal and Plant Health inspection sound scientific principles that can be ap - rienced veterinarian, such as a veterinary Academies of sciences, engineering, and service (APHis) at shows. plied with consistency and objectivity. medical officer. this decision should be medicine is the newly release research re - A Review of Methods for Detecting read highlights of the report here: made based on diagnosis of local pain port: “A review of methods for Detecting Soreness in Horses says differences in www.nap.edu/resource/25949/Horse%20s where a horse is touched, but it should also soreness in Horses,” published in January training and experience account for the oreness.pdf or find a pre-publication copy include a thorough assessment of the 2021. Description of the study: discrepancies between inspections done here: www.nap.edu/read/25949/chapter/1 horse’s gait, and other signs such as ex - During the last century and today, the by APHis veterinarians and designated Find more information about the na - cessive restlessness, weight shifting, or tennessee walking horse has been used qualified persons (DQPs), who are mostly tional Academies here: https://www.na - pointing a front limb. the report also rec - primarily for pleasure and show competi - non-veterinarians licensed by the horse in - tionalacademies.org ommends that the “scar rule” — language tion. unique and natural to the breed is a www.midsouthhorsereview.com • ©Mid-South Horse Review • February, 2021 13 . Midsouth Feed and Seed Moves Into New Digs By Tommy Brannon one feature that many horse owners will like is that there is room for drive- midsouth Feed and seed, the feed, through loading out of the weather for farm, and tack store that has served both hay and feed. millington, tennessee for over 60 years, midsouth Feed and seed is a dealer for has moved to a new location at 4668 Ware milling and nutrena horse and live - shelby road, across the road from their stock feeds. they also sell most other previous location. this is the third build - items needed to keep your horse healthy, ing for the family-owned business since its such as salt bricks, fly and pest control, founding. Billy Howard, owner of mid - supplements, and bedding. Poultry feed south Feed and seed for the past nine and supplies are available, too, and Billy years, said that the new building sits on 25 said that starting in march they will have (above) Midsouth Feed and Seed owner Billy Howard acres and was built as a workshop by his live chicks. 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(above) Some of the Hillsboro Field members out for a day’s hunt on Boxing Hillsboro Huntsman Johnnie Gray and Kennel Huntsman Leilani Gray road day the Hillsboro Hounds to the next covert. Photos by Dana Burke few deer around, turned out to be a great and were away! Fearing they had overrun the line, the hunt with a coyote leading hounds on quite several minutes later the coyote turned Huntsman cast them up and over the ridge, on December 26, 2020, Hillsboro a chase! right and crossed the ridge between fields where they were back again into full cry. Hounds and its members endured extreme When Huntsman Johnnie gray heard a of riders who all got a marvelous view. this time the wiley coyote decided to run cold (high only in the low 30s) to enjoy the single hound speak, he looked to see a the coyote ran one big circle back to the the opposite direction. After about an hour day after christmas traditional hunt. What coyote several yards in front of it! Within same valley where he was found, and he was viewed again, this time as he went started out as not much action, with only a seconds the rest of the pack honored him hounds had an abrupt check. out of hunt country. Hunting in Snow Photos by Dana Burke; photos of kids by Virginia Voigt

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For saturday’s January 9th hunt at erin House, Hillsboro Hounds’ members had the delight to hunt over a thin layer of snow. A winter storm had passed through parts of tennessee on Friday, leaving snow on the ground for saturday’s hunt. several children joined the hunt, too: rosie voigt, daughter of member virginia voigt; lilly and Jackson mcmillan, grandchildren of member mark mcmillan. Dana Burke wrote, “Jackson hunts often, and he just got clearance to ride again after suffering a broken arm. the broken arm was caused by his attempting a jump on a dirt bike, not a horse. His horse chip jumps way better! virginia took them all car hunting with great fun, hot cocoa, candy and, according to the kids, seeing ‘15 coyotes!’ (For the record, it was two.)” it’s hard to have more fun Lilly and Jackson McMillan pose Jackson and Lilly McMillan and Rosie Voigt pose by the hound trailer, as some than that! with their grandfather’s horse, Simon of the Hillsboro hounds peek out through the slats. www.midsouthhorsereview.com • ©Mid-South Horse Review • February, 2021 17 . Longreen Foxhounds at O’Donnell Bend, Arkansas By Harriet McFadden and Tom Brannon nell Bend chute, and the whippers-in leapt into ac - tion. Before the field had moved off, the mayhem of on January 9, 2021 midge ellison, mFH, seized the galloping hooves, whip cracking, and barking bari - chance to put the o’Donnell Bend, Arkansas fixture, along tone voices attempting to bring the hounds under con - the banks of the mississippi river, back on the hunt calen - trol set the young horses and riders on edge. the field dar. Due to excessive rain and high water, the land between horses began dancing around and backing into cars, the levee and the river had been underwater during hunting causing pedestrians to jump out of the way! season for the last two years. so everyone looked forward to susan and rob reassembled the pack in the cotton hunting here again from the Quonset hut. stubble, but the young hounds tore off again, this time the Arkansas delta between the levee system and the mis - to the south. chip carruthers, on his 4 wheeler, got sissippi river is a unique topography. the ground is quite ahead of them, while mark Harris and trey lawson flat and in the winter can host some bone chilling winds. galloped down the field to return the wayward pup - there is no rock in the topsoil, but every year the missis - pies to the masters. sippi river deposits sand and silt during flood season. the the pack reassembled, susan and rob roaded the mixture of sand and silt makes for surprisingly good foot - hounds west over the open ground to a covert of cot - ing. Whipper-in trey lawson describes it as “riding on a tonwood trees with a floor of poison ivy near the 40,000 acre sand arena.” it is best to have an unshod horse levee. As she approached the covert, susan, astride on this ground and splint boots are an impediment, as they Winston, pursed her lips to blow the first note. the quickly get caked with mud and dirt. hounds sensed their impending freedom, and just be - the river makes sharp bends, flowing mainly south, but fore the horn rang out, they gave tongue and raced twisting and turning so much that at some points it flows into the undergrowth. northward. this makes for river peninsulas (chutes), which Deer came out on the northwest side, with rob in are often forested because they are not plowed, and may ex - position to stop any wayward hounds. Back in the tend more than a mile across. it is great habitat for all types covert, susan was thrilled that her young hounds had of wildlife and is often where the quarry are found. there not been tempted by the deer. she circled this covert are also a number of oxbow lakes and bayous of various twice. sizes, surrounded by vegetation, formed when the missis - We headed back to o’Donnell’s chute and hunted sippi river changed course. towards the main river. in the grassland, hounds this day, Joanna and rob calwell came from middle ten - found a coyote, but the pack had split. three hounds nessee and brought their Penn marydel hounds, a Basset, and were running a coyote near the river, while the main other assorted dogs, along with an extra horse. pack was miles away out in the open. rob stayed with the air was a frigid 35 degrees with steady north wind the hounds running the coyote, but for the field, the 10-12 mph. once everyone was mounted, susan let the lon - magnet of food at the trailers was strong. kim green hounds out of the trailer, and rob’s hounds charged michaelson set up the tailgate out of the wind, and Huntsman Susan Walker, MFH on Winston with Longreen from his trailer to greet the longreen pack. the combined we snuggled against a truck and trailer, keeping six Foxhounds (photo by Huger Foote ) packs uncharacteristically burst for the banks of the o’Don - feet apart.

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By Jim Atchison, courtesy American Matt Cochran with double Trouble Mike Field; Photos by Vera Courtney grand Junction, tenn. — the Hobart Ames memorial field trials were held at his namesake Ames Plantation, commenc - ing tuesday, January 12 and concluding on saturday, January 16. the trial was scheduled to begin monday, January 11, but was held off a day for the completion of an earlier scheduled all-age stake. As it happened, snow arrived that monday. the following five days were free of inclement weather. the open All-Age stake drew 36 entries, the companion open Derby, 17. the well-known arbiter mike Jackson, advertised to judge the open All-Age, was (above) Whippoorwill Forever Wild severely stricken on the way to Ames, and (below) Weldon Bennett returned home to Battle ground, indiana. work – the winner, stetson, logging five mason Ashburn of trenton, tenn. finds and a back, and Blackout, braced ike Todd and Keith Wright “telling whoppers” with Touch's Walk The Line stepped in and joined Jim lawless of with stetson, two finds. sparta, illinois to judge the open All-Age seventeen youngsters were entered in stake. the Hobart Ames memorial Derby stake, the open All-Age winner was s F stet - which followed the All Age stake. Jim son, white, orange and ticked, four-year- lawless was joined by ryan Braddock of old pointer male, owned by larry l. smith Ames Plantation to judge the Derby. of Altoona, iowa, and handled by larry the first and second place winners in Huffman. the open Derby were handled by ike second was Hendrix’s touch up, four todd, and owned by keith Wright of cov - year-old white and orange pointer male, ington, indiana, who scouted his winners. owned by guy and Burke Hendrix of Her - First, was pointer male touch’s Walk the nando, miss., and handled by steve Hur - line and second, was touch’s Wild Finale, dle. third was touch’s Blackout, white pointer male. and orange ticked pointer male, recently third, was como thunder, pointer acquired by John Harkins, and handled by male, owned by Billy Blackwell, rachel randy Anderson. Blackwell, Doug Arthur and David rus - the three top-placed dogs all had bird sell, and handled by David russell. Allen Vincent

(above) erin’s Tall Soldier (left) Jonathan Burch www.midsouthhorsereview.com • ©Mid-South Horse Review • February, 2021 19 . rachel Blackwell, Doug Arthur and David West TN FTC Amateur All- Miss. Open russell, and handled by steve Hurdle. cold - water odyssey, white and orange pointer male earned runner-up laurels. odyssey is Age & Shooting Dog Stake Championship owned by Debbie and Andy Agnew of Blaine, tenn., and was handled by Weldon Photos by Vera Courtney By Piper Huffman, courtesy American Field Bennett. the West tennessee Field trial club in the Derby, first was touch’s Wild Fi - hosted its Amateur All-Age, Amateur michigan city, miss. — the 2021 re - nale, white and orange, pointer male, owned shooting Dog invitational, and Amateur newal of the mississippi open champi - by keith A. Wright of covington, indiana, Derby on January 7-10, 2021 at currie onship began sunday, January 17, at handled by ike todd. second was Double Whippoorwill Farm in michigan city, miss. Farms in Dancyville, tenn. trouble mike, white and liver, pointer male, the championship drew 23 dogs and the West TN Amateur All Age placements : owned by chris craighead of Weatherford, companion open Derby, thirteen. okla., handled by matt cochran; and third 1st: Phillip’s offline, mike small Judges were rich robertson of Payette, was las Animas slim, white and orange, 2nd: cocklebur king tut, Bubba idaho, and William smith of moscow, tenn. pointer male, owned by Dale e. Bush of col - spenser named championship winner was cold - lege station, texas, handled by larry Huff - 3rd: nemaho rio, Dr. mcinteer water thunder, white, liver and ticked man. Amateur Shooting Dog placements: pointer female, owned by Billy k. and 1st: lester’s Prime Poison lane, Brian Peterson, owner/ handler dler Joey mcAlexander 2nd: Big creek’s coldwater Frank, (above) photo by Tom Brannon Wolf River the Wolf river shooting Dog stake at - James Heimdal, owner/handler (photos below) ike Todd tracted 11 entries and was run on January 23 under judgment from Daniel Bolden and keith 3rd: Drama Queen, Amy spencer, Judges Keith St. John and Charlie Amateur Bollendorf. Winners were: owner/handler Frank Bryan the Wolf river Field trial club presented 1. game on - owner/handler kent Walker Keith Wright their All-Age, shooting Dog, and Derby stakes 2. cocklebur Drama Queen -owner/handler on January 21-24 on the grounds of the Peter - Amy spencer son, Powers, and Weaver Farms in Hickory 3. seekin A thrill - owner/handler ross valley, tennessee. leonard the Wolf river Amateur All-Age stake Following the shooting Dog stake was the started on January 21, with 22 dogs entered. Wolf river Amateur Derby, with 12 dogs run - Judges were randy Anderson and ross ning on January 24. ric Peterson and keith leonard. Winners were: Bollendorf judged the Derbies. Winners were: 1. cocklebur king tut - owner/handler 1. river city Jet - owner/handler kent Bubba spencer Walker 2. superstition Jake - owner ric Peterson, 2. como thunder - owner/handler David handler Bubba spencer russell 3. misty morn masked man - owner/han - 3. small’s White charger - owner/handler mike small 2021 FIELD TRIAL RReevviieeww

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Advertise in the 2021 FTR Deadline: February 3, 2021 (901) 867-1755 [email protected] 20 . February, 2021 • ©Mid-South Horse Review • www.midsouthhorsereview. com Cowboys & Cowgirls Gould Roping Events Photos by Gary and Carol Cox At the gould Arena in moscow, tenn., sonny gould hosted a roping event on January 10, 2021. Phillips cattle co. provided the stock for sunday’s team roping event. Books opened at 12 noon, with roping starting at 1pm. ropings were Pick 1 Draw 2, or Draw 3 for $90. Jackets were awarded to the Average Winners in both ropings: #12 slide and #10w/ #8 inc. Photographers gary and carol cox stopped by the gould Arena on sunday and photographed some of the action.

Sonny Gould on saturday, January 9, 2021, gould ropin Horses hosted a cow Horse show that included five events that a typical ranch horse would perform: Fencing, calf Doctoring, Herding, range sorting, and team sorting. there were four divisions: open, novice, youth, and Peewee. www.midsouthhorsereview.com • ©Mid-South Horse Review • February, 2021 21 . Stars to Shine at the 2021 Rodeo of the Mid-South By Kevin DeBusk After the passing of legendary rodeo clown lecile Harris, many wondered if the rodeo of the mid-south would continue, as he was instrumental in creating and bringing the event to the community. the answer is “yes,” thanks to his loving fam - ily, friends, and industry partnership with PrcA rodeo contractor Harper & morgan rodeo company. the Bud light rodeo of the mid-south will be saturday February 27th at the landers center in southaven, myers on the announcer’s stand will be miss., at 1 and 7 pm. 2019 Wrangler national Finals announcer “We’re excited about being able to as - Andy stewart and announcer t.c. long. sure ‘my Bigdaddy’s’ legacy lives on,” rounding out this talented group will Harris’s granddaughter indie rhodes said. be award winning rodeo clown John Har - “And to guarantee ‘the legend lives on’ rison. Harrison was the 2020 national Fi - we’re working hard to make sure this nals barrel man for the sixth time and has year’s event continues to meet and exceed received the coors man in the can award my grandfather’s standards of excellence.” three times. in 2020 Harrison won his the 2021 rodeo of the mid-south will fourth PrcA comedy Act of the year. feature some of the most recognized stock the 2021 rodeo will feature a viP ex - and rodeo personnel in the nation. specta - perience for 50 fans at each performance, tors will see some of the championship with the opportunity to meet John Harri - stock from the 2020 national Finals son, bullfighters, and get an up-close, be - rodeo, such as Harper & morgan’s saddle hind the chutes look at some of the bronc horse, mr. Wonderful, and bulls: award-winning stock. the viP experience Pickup man, Big Hat, and Black out. is an additional $10 ticket, available at this year’s event will feature 2020’s cowboy corner in southaven. rodeo tick - top five PrcA music Director and Pott ets are available at ticketmaster.com as camps native, randy myers. Joining well as the landers center Box office. Outfit your Valentine

©MSHR 405 Vann Drive | Jackson, TN 38305 | Ph: 731.300.0560 | www.rusticsoulww.com instagram @rustic_soul | Store hours: Mon-Sat 10-7 | Sunday 12-5 | facebook: Rustic Soul 22 . February, 2021 • ©Mid-South Horse Review • www.midsouthhorsereview. com Coyote Run Superstar East of the Winter Series Mississippi Roping Photos by Gary and Carol Cox coyote run Arena, mason, tenn., hosted #8 in their Winter series of barrel racing and pole bending competition on saturday January 9, 2021. the show is BBr sanctioned with $800 added in open Barrels. gary and carol cox stopped by to capture some of the action. coyote run also hosted a ranch rodeo on January 16 and #9 in its Winter series on January 23. Find more information at: www.coyoterunarena.net results: Buckaroo 3-D Barrels 1-D first: trinity Jones on Dyamite (17.699) 2-D first: savannah monroe on Baby g (15.794) (18.971) 3-D first: mia lewis on yellow (16.847) Chism Goodrich with his mom, Joe Beaver, and dad Cliff Goodrich. Chism won 3-D first: Adalyn Baskin on sonny a saddle as the Overall High Point Roper of the weekend. (20.316) 3-D Adult Barrels 1-D first: clint childress on Frankie 4-D Barrels the first annual Junior superstars east third in the Average in 12 & under 1-D first: marianna Hoover on chics (15.839) 2-D first: Will cauthen on Fleetwood of the mississippi roping was hosted by tiedown on thursday, Dec. 31. He also Dig me (14.907) Joe Beaver at the southeastern Arena in won third and fourth in 12 & under 2-D first: kyley mitchell on my Peppy (17.211) 3-D first: taylor cates on chance unadilla, georgia, December 31, 2020 – tiedown on Friday, Jan. 1. ote (15.469) January 2, 2021. this was the first time connor griffin of skullbone, tenn. 3-D first: kaitlyn Parris on mk sly lit - (17.935) 3-D Poles that Joe has hosted a superstar roping won third and fourth in the Average in 15 tle lady (15.948) event outside of texas, and it drew a & under tiedown. 4-D first: Debbie curtis on sugar 1-D first: Hannah James on see smoke (20.394) whopping 300 entries. lane and cy Webb of cookeville, tenn. (16.914) competed. lane was second in open 3-D youth Barrels 2-D first: cody Dowell on reckless (21.549) tiedown and fourth in tiedown 19 & 1-D first: kenzie Johnson on Beezie under. cy was fifth in one round of 12 & (14.710) 3-D first: Bryan crocker on cutter (22.601) under tiedown. 2-D first: kinzey newton on Jazzy marshall cox of Puryear, tenn. com - peted in 10 & under Breakaway. Jacob rush from Henderson, tenn. competed in 15 & under tiedown. grady and Aubrey garrett of liv - ingston, tenn. competed in 12 & under Breakaway. congratulations to all these young rop - ers on their success at this first superstar east of the mississippi roping event! Find more information at: http://joe - beaver.com/east-of-the-ms-roping.html

the event offered 10 & under Break - away, 12 & under Breakaway, 15 & under girls Breakaway, 19 & under girls Breakaway, and four divisions of tiedown roping: 12 & under, 15 & under, and 19 & under. the show finished with open Breakaway and open tiedown. several young tennessee ropers com - peted and won money and prizes. chism goodrich of Humboldt, tenn. was the overall High Point roper of the weekend, also claiming 12 & under Breakaway champion and 12 & under tiedown champion. He won a saddle, two buckles, a rope can, leather jacket, and $5438 in cash and prizes. owen gillespie of Huntington, tenn. was first in the Average both days and was overall High Point roper in 10 & under Breakaway. Owen Gillespie with Joe Beaver sam White of scott’s Hill, tenn. was www.midsouthhorsereview.com • ©Mid-South Horse Review • February, 2021 23 . 5 Barrel Race Buckle Series

Photos by Gary & Carol Cox Photographers gary and carol cox traveled to Winona, mississippi on satur - day January 23, 2021 for an afternoon of barrel racing – and to try out his new cam - era lens. this third race of the 5 Barrel race series was held at the Winona coli - seum. the show offered little Buckaroo, open 4D, and youth divisions, along with Adult and senior side Pots. the show was produced by get ‘em tight Productions. A Cowboy in the youth division, caroline Flynt on Jep was the winner of the 1D (14.988). megan Pickle on max won the 2D Rides Away: (15.532). in the Adult side Pot, caroline craw - Roger Elder ford won first and second in the 1D: first on Harvey (15.342) and second on nugget (November 3, 1949 – January 19, 2021) (15.557). (14.988). Jaisey Pettigo on Junior was first roger elder was a cowboy. easy to kent manor on Boogie took the top in the 2D placings (15.501). And kevin smile and quick with a joke or a story, his placing in open 1D (14.985), with caro - manor was, again, first in 3D placings on life was patch worked with tales of road line Flynt and Jep coming in second his other horse smoke (16.022). life adventures, cowboy escapades, a strong work ethic, deep devotion to chil - dren and horses, an uncanny ability to fix anything with hay string, and he could time helping out with the team, going to teach anyone to two-step. shows, and helping do whatever coach He rode through life on a horse, a trac - Ann Brzezicki needed done. tor, or down the highway behind the wheel roger was the owner of elder’s last of a truck. roger’s family was big and in - lap ranch and Double r sales and Asso - cluded generations of kids and boarders at ciates. He was an AQHA Director, Judge, elder’s last lap ranch in maryville, ten - Breeder, steward, the AQHA national nessee, hundreds of 4-Hers and American youth committee chairman, and he sat on Quarter Horse Association members, and two tennessee governor’s commissions his own cherished family. for horse racing and animal welfare. He He gave a lot more than he got, but he was on the Animal science Advocacy/Ad - would say that his life was rich with the visory committee for the ut Horse Pro - joy of helping others and the love of fam - gram. He and sandra were inducted into ily. He had the goal of helping people find the tennessee Quarter Horse Association the love of horses, and showed them what Hall of Fame in 2018. that love would bring back to them ten - roger is survived by his wife sandra fold. if you look through the photos on elder; his son John elder, wife Julie and elder’s last lap ranch facebook pages, their children ty and Will; his daughter you will see lots of happy children with sarah elder chabot and husband Andy horses and ponies - both english and chabot; and his brother Doug elder and Western riders. wife rhonda. the love of roger’s life was his wife the family would appreciate donations sandra. they shared a life full of family in memory of roger elder to the Ameri - and horses – from rodeo bible camps to can Quarter Horse Foundation at: covered arenas. www.aqha.com/give or to the roger and When their daughter sarah was in col - sandra elder 4-H Horse endowment For lege at mtsu and on the equestrian Blount county at: team, roger and sandra spent a lot of www.tn4hfoundation.org/donate 24 . February, 2021 • ©Mid-South Horse Review • www.midsouthhorsereview. com Greener pastures

Solar panels on a portion of Riverdale Farms Rooftop array of solar panels on the indoor arena roof struction. the company has several solar same day.” the solar panels were installed vestment-tax-credit-itc Riverdale power projects across the state, such as in in 2012 when there were financial incen - the Database of state incentives for rockwood, knox county, and moscow in tives for solar power. renewables and efficiency has a compre - west tennessee. Brown’s business has its origins in a hensive list of solar incentives by state. Farms: Solar the tvA energy website explains: small excavation company started by his Find more information about solar here: “solar energy is clean, abundant, and a father in 1978, which he built into a larger https://www.dsireusa.org/ Powered reasonable recourse to meet much of the construction business, Brown construc - the tennessee valley Authority (tvA) world's energy needs. Harnessing the same tion. Barry joined his father’s business in did have a dual-metering option for par - By Nancy Brannon, Ph.D. sunlight that has kept the earth warm for 1997 and later expanded the business fur - ticipants in its green Power Providers pro - located in the rural lands of southern eons, we can finally achieve a more sus - ther, this time into solar energy installa - gram, but stopped accepting new middle tennessee, riverdale Farms, near tainable balance with nature as humanity tions in 2010. By 2015 he decided to applications at the end of 2019. Fayetteville, is a full service boarding, advances to find new, cleaner, and more separate the solar power business from the if you are interested in installing solar training, and events facility, on over 200 efficient means of meeting its energy construction business, establishing ten - power at your home or farm, the best route acres that includes 80 acres of pasture, needs. offset or eliminate utility bills in nessee valley Alternative energy. With the is to contact a certified solar power in - 100-stall barn, indoor and outdoor arenas, your home or building by generating reli - mandate for cleaner energy in 2016-2017, staller to get the latest information. on-site veterinary lab, and rv sites. the able, non-polluting solar power.” tvA offered financial incentives for in - Find more information about solar equestrian disciplines practiced at At riverdale Farms, there are solar pan - stalling solar panels, along with carbon powered electricity generation at: riverdale Farms are hunter/jumper, dres - els in a rooftop array on the indoor riding credits. unfortunately, those incentives www.tvaenergy.com sage and eventing; in addition, cattle are arena and a ground array in a section of the have now expired. of course there are plenty of equestrian raised on part of the farm. A unique fea - land. Brown explains, “We generate the good news is that there is a federal activities at riverdale Farms. Farm man - ture of riverdale Farms is its solar gener - enough energy to run our own operation investment tax credit for solar energy sys - ager and trainer Beate kuska is a grand ating power, generating electricity for its and we sell the surplus to tvA (tennessee tems in place until December 31, 2023, ac - Prix jumper rider and she trains for own use and that of the surrounding com - valley Authority). We have a collection cording to the solar energy industries hunter/jumper and dressage disciplines. munity. meter that shows how much solar power Association (seiA). Both residential and the farm hosts three to four schooling Barry Brown, owner of riverdale we generate, and a usage amount, which commercial customers can take advantage shows a year as well as combined tests. Farms, is also ceo of tennessee valley shows how much electricity we use. We of this tax credit, and it applies to all three the last show of their 2020 season was a Alternative energy (tvA energy). the sell about 450,000 kWH (kilowatt hours) major types of solar technology: photo - middle tennessee eventing Association company has nABceP (north American annually to tvA and the farm only uses voltaic, solar heating and cooling, and show on December 5. (see our January Board of certified energy Practitioners) about 120,000 kWH annually. there is no concentrating solar technology. Find more 2021 issue for coverage of the show) licensed installers to complete a solar battery storage, so all the electricity that is information about this credit at: Find more information about riverdale power project from engineering to con - generated in a day must be used in the https://www.seia.org/initiatives/solar-in - Farms at: www.riverdalefarms.net www.midsouthhorsereview.com • ©Mid-South Horse Review • February, 2021 25 . uses 80% of the freshwater consumed in Composting the u.s. compare with the fact that up to 40% of the food in the u.s. goes uneaten, aver - in 2021 aging about 20 lbs wasted per person From the Tennessee Environmental every month. that’s an estimated $165 bil - Council lion a year of food thrown out! All this Was your waste contrasts new year's with the fact resolution to that 1 in 8 be more envi - Americans ronmentally- face food inse - friendly, curity (accord - reduce waste, ing to an and reduce nrDc food your climate waste report). emissions? 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Andrew lantz, a 4-H youth develop - ment agent with university of tennessee– tennessee state university extension Davidson county, uses wild birds to teach youth stem concepts. the lesson plans he developed to engage youth in stem studies involving birds have won him a Andrew Lantz Through lessons about birds and birding, university of Tennessee extension 4- first-place award from the national Asso - H agent Andrew Lantz of davison County, Tennessee, helps youth develop their ciation of extension 4-H youth Develop - ing to avoid assumptions, which is a foun - abilities in STeM subjects and citizen science. ment Professionals (announced during the dation of scientific research,” lantz ex - (Image by A. Lantz, courtesy UTIA ) plains. organization’s virtual conference last fall). lantz developed a total of four lesson professor with the ut Department of Agri - While lantz’ curriculum begins with the organization selected lantz’s curricu - plans and then rounded out the curriculum cultural leadership, education and com - the basics—what citizen science is, how lum as the top winner in the category of with resources for further learning drawn munications, on the effort. the outcome is to use binoculars, and how to create an communications awards — individual ed - from teaching materials called Flying ut extension publication W 799, Citizen eBird checklist at eBird.org, which stu - ucation piece. Wild, from which the Bird olympics are Science: Birding, Introduction to Birds dents use to document the species they the curriculum also assists youth to be - drawn, and a myriad of resources from the and Their Behavior . the publication is see—his lessons quickly pivot to encour - come citizen scientists. in this growing cornell university lab of ornithology. available for free so other 4-H agents, aging youth to ask questions and identify area of emphasis for scientific studies, or - lantz has been teaching Davidson schoolteachers and home schoolers, ways to find scientific answers. dinary citizens help to collect data that county youth lessons about birds since among others, can use it for their pro - “learning to conduct citizen science in helps researchers test hypotheses and de - 2017, when nashville became one of six grams. the publication can be found on - general is a really good entry point for kids velop large data sets, many of which u.s. cities to receive national 4-H council line at tiny.utk.edu/birding. to realize that you don’t have to be a pro - would not be possible were it not for the grants to develop teaching on healthy liv - “stem programming is an integral part fessional scientist to help inform scientists contributions of members of the public. in ing and stem for use in 4-H clubs. lantz, of the 4-H youth development program,” to do better conservation work,” lantz lantz’s lessons, for example, youth learn a former science teacher, soon began pre - says Justin crowe, ut’s director and state says. “so recognizing that they’re a part of to take bird inventories that contribute to senting the birding lessons in schools, in 4-H program leader. “Being able to edu - science is really great.” population estimates of different bird after-school programs at about 12 metro cate youth using non-traditional programs, the learning-by-doing approach species. area schools. From there, he began teach - especially in an urban setting, is a won - teaches youth about healthy living, in - “many stem skills are focused on un - ing birding in summer camps at the ut 4- derful opportunity to get young people ex - cluding moving more and being aware of derstanding the nature of how science H center in columbia and in a tennessee cited about learning stem concepts. We calories and nutrition. in “Bird olympics,” works,” lantz says. “so we can go out and state university camp at the university, are proud of Andrew for receiving this children time themselves as they sprint make a list of the birds we see, and there which lantz created with tsu’s tom award.” 100 yards, and then learn how to convert are so many different conversations we Broyles called 4-H grows scientists and in addition to teaching the curriculum, their speed to that of the flights of birds. can have.” leaders program. in all, lantz estimates lantz also serves as adviser for an area From there, they may learn, “i’m faster one example is data presentation. “We he has reached more than 2,000 area youth youth birding club, which meets on satur - than a house sparrow, but i’m slower than can see five cedar Waxwings fly by and at 15 to 17 schools. days at shelby Bottoms. He also presents a crow.” the youth also see how fast they then they disappear and two Waxwings in 2018, at the suggestion of then-re - adult beginning and intermediate birding can flap their arms like wings, how far land on the feeder. And i ask ‘how many gional 4-H specialist Jamie Harris, lantz classes through nashville community ed - away they can detect smells, and then Waxwings is that?’ some youth will say set out to formalize the lessons into de - ucation. the portion of funds he receives compare the energy they receive from a seven, and others will say, those are just tailed, written curriculum that others could from those fee-based courses is used to healthy snack to the nutrition birds derive two from the original five. We then pro - use and teach. He teamed with curriculum support 4-H club activities. from insects and seeds. ceed to discuss gathering data and want - specialist Jennifer richards, an assistant FFaawwcceetttt LLuummbbeerr CCoommppaannyy 7300 Hwy 18-s | Hickory valley, tn 38042

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AGRICENTER SHOWPLACE ARENA abamaarabian.com FIELD TRIALS Horse show. info: www.dnqhs.org FeB. 5-7 : Ashley Brooks memorial schol - BARREL RACING FeB. 4 : Fort campbell, tn. clarksville MAR. 12-14 : Harriman, tn. tQHA cele - arship Barrel race FeB. 5-7 : memphis, tn. show Place Pointer & setter club bration circuit. info: www.tqha.org FeB. 12-14 : Jx2 muddy river classic Arena. iBrA . Jamie White 901-378-7470 FeB. 8-19 : grand Junction, tn. Ames RACING / STEEPLECHASING FeB. 26-28 : st. Jude Barrel Jam FeB. 6 : Decaturville, tn. triple P Arena. Plantation. national championship FeB.-MAR : Hot springs, Ar. oaklawn. MAR. 13-14 : volunteer ranch Horse show iBrA. info: Jamie White 901-378-7470 FeB. 11 : Dancyville, tn. West tn. open thurs. - sun. live racing MAR. 19-21 : Battle in the saddle FeB. 6 : Brandon, ms. rankin county mul - All-Age RANCH HORSE MAR. 26-27 : Bill Picket rodeo tipurpose. ms03 nBHA. Jeff Arrington FeB. 11 : Fort campbell, tn. clarksville MAR. 13-14 : memphis, tn. show Place MISSISSIPPI HORSE PARk 601-917-7356 Bird Dog club Arena. volunteer ranch Horse show. info: MAR. 27 : 4-H Hippology Judging & FeB. 6 : meridian, ms. lauderdale county FeB. 11-14 : Hickory valley, tn. Peterson www.volrha.com speech contest Agri center. ms07 nBHA. Jeff Arrington Farm. memphis Amateur Field trial club REINING TRI-STATE EXHIBITION CENTER 601-917-7356 FeB. 16 : conway, Ar. camp robinson. MAR. 26-28 : Harriman, tn. roane state FeB. 13 : east tn 4B gaited Horse sale FeB. 13 : cookeville, tn. tn03 Hyder Bear creek Field trial club cc. tnrHA show. info: www.tnrha.org FeB. 27-28 : ieA Dressage regionals Burke. nBHA. info: tammy Wilson 931- FeB. 20 : Huntingdon, tn. carroll county RODEOS & BULL RIDING MAR. 6 : tAgDeA Dressage show 808-0717 lynn taylor open FeB. 5-6 : shelbyville, tn. lone star MAR. 12-13 : nBHA Barrel race FeB. 20 : Decaturville, tn. triple P Arena. FOXHUNTING rodeo. www.lonestarrodeocompany.com MAR. 20-21 : scenic Flight Dressage show iBrA. info: Jamie White 901-378-7470 FeB.-MAR . Hudsonville, ms. lodge FeB. 11-17 : Jackson, ms. mississippi col - MAR. 26-28 : ustrc state championship FeB. 26-28 : memphis, tn. show Place Farm. saturdays. oak grove Hunt club. iseum. Dixie national rodeo UT MARTIN AG PAVILLION Arena. st. Jude Barrel Jam. info: Jamie info: Amanda mcgee 901-606-2119 FeB. 26-27 : southaven, ms. landers cen - FeB. 19-20 : equestrian White 901-378-7470 FeB.-MAR . Fixtures vary. longreen Hunt. ter. mid-south rodeo Queen Pageant. entry MAR. 11-13 : equestrian MAR. 12-13 : cleveland, tn. tri-state ex - info: susan Walker 901-833-1010 deadline: Jan. 29. info: [email protected] INTERCOLLEGIATE RODEO ASSN hibition center. nBHA 04-06. info: lacey FeB.-MAR . lynnville, tn. mells Fox - FeB. 27 : southaven, ms. landers center. FeB. 18-20 : meridian, ms. east miss. thompson 423-368-2623 hounds. info: sheri thomas 615-268-8576 rodeo of the mid-south. 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. community college MAR. 19-21 : memphis, tn. show Place FeB.-MAR . cornersville, tn. Hillsboro ROPING MAR. 25-27 : Poplarville, ms. Pearl river Arena. Battle in the saddle. info: www.safe - Hounds. info: Dana Burke 615-202-0349 FeB. 12-14 : memphis, tn. show Place community college harborevent.com FeB.-MAR . canton, ms. chula Homa Arena. ustrc/Wstr super Q. info: TN HS RODEO ASSN MAR. 20 : cookeville, tn. tn03 Hyder Hunt. nancye mccowan 601-331-6007 www.jx2events.com MAR. 20-21 : Decaturville, tn Burke. nBHA. info: tammy Wilson 931- FeB.-MAR . greenville, tn. tennessee MAR. 12-14 : tunica, ms. expo center. TN YOUTH RODEO 808-0717 valley Hunt. ryan Broyles 423-956-1142 Big ticket Wstr. www.jx2events.com FeB. 27 : tuscumbia, Al MAR. 20 : Quitman, ms. clarke co. rid - FeB.-MAR . greensboro, Al. & monroe, MAR. 26-28 : cleveland, tn. ustrc/ MAR. 13 : mason, tn ing club. ms07 nBHA. info: Jeff Arrington ms. Hard Away Hounds. info: christina Wstr super Q. info: www.jx2events.com LITTLE BRITCHES RODEO 601-917-7356 White 615-390-4890 DEADLINE FeB. 27-28 : Brandon, ms #13-14 MAR. 26-28 : murfreesboro, tn. miller PAINT/PINTO deadline for MAR. issue: FeB. 20 , 5 pm. MAR. 20-21 : Brandon, ms #15-16 coliseum. iBrA Preferred show. info: 502- FeB. 6-7 : Jackson, ms. Fordice equine deadline for FTR : FeB. 3 . HORSE & TACk SALES 239-4000 center. Dixie national Paint-o-rama. info: see you next month! take care, be safe. FeB. 6: thaxton, ms. triple e livestock. MAR. 27 : Brandon, ms. rankin county www.missphc.com PARTING SHOT riding Horse sale 2 pm. tack 10 am. info: multi-purpose. ms03 nBHA. info: Wendy QUARTER HORSE SHOWS We leave you with a “behind the (662) 401-9760 Warren 601-540-5095 FeB. 16-21 : Jackson, ms. kirk Fordice scenes” view at an oak grove foxhunt. it’s FeB. 13 : cleveland, tn. tri-state exhibi - CUTTING HORSE equine center. Dixie national Quarter a “sign of the times.” tion center. gaited Horse sale. info: travis FeB. 13-14 : Forest, ms. central ms cHA. Blevins 423-213-0026; Jackie Barron 423- info: linda clark 205-246-3798 292-5622 FeB. 27 : Prairie, ms. infinity ranch. ne MAR. 5-6 : liberty, ky. central ky Ag expo ms cHA. info: linda clark 205-246-3798 center. mustang/Burro Adoption. info: MAR. 20 : Prairie, ms. infinity ranch. ne blm.gov/whb; (866) 468-7826 ms cHA. info: linda clark 205-246-3798 MAR. 6 : thaxton, ms. triple e livestock. DRESSAGE riding Horse sale 2 pm. tack 10 am. info: JAN. 13-APR. 4 : Wellington, Fl. Palm (662) 401-9760 Beach international equestrian center. CLINICS / CLASSES global Dressage Festival. info: globaldres - JAN. 14-MAR. 25 : virtual. tennessee mas - sagefestival.com ter Horse Program. info: https://uthorse.ten - FeB. 27-28 : cleveland, tn. tri-state ex - nessee.edu/tennessee-master-horse-program/ hibition center. ieA Dressage regionals. FeB.-JuN . Horses inside out. Wednesday info: Amanda garner 404-245-6688 Webinar series. https://www.horsesinside - MAR. 6 : cleveland, tn. tri-state exhibi - out.com/whats-on-list? tion center. tAgDeA Dressage show. info: MAR. 5-7 : germantown, tn. Wildwood sandy stafford 814-932-7696 Farm. Hoof Workshops with ida Hammer. MAR. 20-21 : cleveland, tn. tri-state ex - info: https://mackinawdells2.com/beginner- hibition center. scenic Flight Dressage. trimming.html info: Andrea D. Himel 703-402-0507 SPECIAL EVENTS DRIVING MAR. 20 : tennessee environmental coun - MAR. 19-21 : Bronson, Fl. 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