Vol. 24 • No. 2 the Mid-South Equine Newsmagazine Since 1992 OCTOBER 2013
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Free H0rseReview Vol. 24 • No. 2 The Mid-South equine Newsmagazine Since 1992 OCTOBER 2013 Chukkers for Charity ( Bill Kenner phot o) 2. October, 2013 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview.com ON THe C OVeR : cover photo is by bill Kenner, taken at the chukkers for charity event. HHoorrssee RReevviieeww october 2013 the Mid-South Horse Review is pleased to show - Equus Charta, LLC case several of Kenner’s photos in this issue. He has - Copyright 2013 contents • v ol . 24 • n o. 2 photographed various equestrian events since 2007. 6220 greenlee #7 photography has been his hobby since childhood, and he has done most genres from studio work, to p.o. box 594 • arlington, tn features : product shots, to sports. He began photographing 38002-0594 Fall Fairs anD Festivals : 20-21 equestrian events when his wife began to ride with 901-867-1755 the Hillsboro Hounds. He does pro bono work for tHe legenD oF butcHer Holler : 30 saddle up! and the iroquois steeplechase. Publishers: Tommy & Nancy Brannon Staff : Andrea Gilbert Leigh Ballard Website: www.midsouthhorsereview.com e-mail: midsouthhorsereview@ yahoo.com or [email protected] ARTiCLeS & PHOTOS WeLCOMeD: Two girls and their burro at the Chukkers for we welcome contributions Dan James and Smart Little Charity event. (Bill Kenner photo ) Waiting for their turn - at the from writers and horse people, Mustang at the Mustang Heritage Cedar Wind Farm Horse Trials. but cannot guarantee Foundation’s Mustang Million. publication, safety or return of manuscripts or photos. reproduction of editorial or departments : advertising content is strictly prohibited without written booK nooK 4 permission of the publisher. Horse HealtH :6 eDiTORiAL POLiCY: greener pastures : 33 the opinions expressed in articles lassiFieDs do not necessarily reflect the c 34 opinions or policy of the bulletin boarD : 35-37 Mid-South Horse Review . alenDar oF vents expressions of differing opinions c e : 38-39 through letters or manuscript submissions are welcome. Fall hound walks and Cubbing Season are under - DeADLiNe FOR NOV . iSSue : OCT . 25 DeADLiNe for way. NOV. iSSue: OCT. 25 MSHR eNViRONMeNTAL news , e vents & s hows : STATeMeNT the Mid-South Horse Review strives to Dressage / e venting : 10 lighten our environmental footprint. we reuse, recycle, compost, and seek the most environ - Hunter / J umper : 13 Vickie Higgs on Mo Reda Mo Hotta, mentally friendly processes and materials for Driving 16 "Mo," from the money added Novice our newsmagazine. printed on recycled con - Amateur Western Pleasure class at the tent newsprint with soy ink and no binding, the polo 17 WTQHA Summer Circuit at the Show msHr is 100% recyclable. Place Arena, Memphis, TN. James our printer strives to be environmentally racing : 18 benign with recycling, using eco-friendly Nesler (shown giving Vickie her win - printmaking inks and solvents, and no press - FoxHunting 19 nings) and wife Linda sponsored $100 to room vocs (volatile organic compounds). cowboys / c owgirls : 23 t h e 9th place winner. (Sally Blackwell photo ) SuBSCRiPTiONS to the on tHe trail : 30 Mid-South Horse Review are available by first class mail for $35 annually. see more on our website : www.midsouthhorsereview.com To subscribe, send payment to: FinD us: P.O. Box 594, Arlington TN 38002-0594 Scan QR Code with Smartphone QR Phone: (901) 867-1755 App & learn more about the MSHR www.midsouthhorsereview.com October, 2013 • Mid-South Horse Review 3. TRIPLETRIPLE CROWN® LITE. FORFOR HORSES WHO MAKE PIGSS O F T H E MSEL S ELVES. LVES. THETHE IIDEALDEAL FEEDFEED FORFOROR PPONIESONIES ANDAND MMINIATUREINIATURE HORSES.HORSES. Triple Crown® Lite is a dietary breakthrough for “easy keepers,” horses that maintain their weight on very little grain or just on grass and hay - thus shortchanging themselves on essential vitamins and minerals. Triple Crown Lite is so heavily fortified, you can feed as few as two pounds a day. For other feeds, you would need to feed 5 pounds or more for proper vitamin and mineral nutrition. Unless, of course, you think your horse looks good with a pigtail. For more information or to find a dealer near you, visit www.triplecrownfeed.com or call 800-451-9916. 4. October, 2013 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview. com book nook herbs have medicinal properties for Horse Crazy! horses. the histories of race horses, cham - pions of many disciplines, vocabulary lists by Jessie Haas of horse lingo, and rules for horse games Book Review by Leigh Ballard are part of the fact-filled pages. many breeds are described, from the ones every - what a wonderful one has heard about to little book for kids who some exotic breeds love horses! the subti - with whom people tle reads: “1001 Fun might not be so famil - Facts, craft projects, iar. Has anyone ever games, activities, and heard of the guoxia or Know-How for Horse the pony moussey? loving Kids,” and that there are also fun facts is a very apt descrip - about horses in history tion. the pages are and how they helped filled with horse trivia shaped it. and lore from all equine For the creative realms: art, history, reader, tips and exam - movies, literature and more. the book is ples of how to write about and how to cleverly divided into sections called “in photograph horses are divulged. there are (left to right) Victoria Hickerson, Mimi Hickerson, and Clara Hickerson listen the Know,” “in the saddle,” “in the spot - lots and lots of projects, too. How to make to author Sharon Miner (center) reading a horse story at Judy's Tack Shop in Ger - light,” and “the tail end.” each section a pony pillowcase, a wallpaper border for mantown, TN. has a strong focus, such as history, care, your room, and a horsey gift bag are but a or showing/competing, but all the sections few of the crafty projects. there are also the types of horses she has wanted from have a very broad range of information directions for practical skills, like how to Author age 11. within their focus. tie knots and how to braid manes and tails. after the untimely death of a beloved readers learn about things as widely and for the horsey bookworm, there are horse, sharon decided to fulfill another variable as how to incorporate your horse mini book reviews about horse fiction. Sharon Miner goal, to share her passions of both books in school projects, disaster relief for this is a great idea book not only for and horses. she used the horses from her horses, clicker training, wagon trains, and kids, but for parents or club and camp di - Visits riding stable as the basis of her first book the benefits of therapeutic riding. readers rectors who need to keep “horse crazy” in her Beloved Horses series, Beloved can read about giving treats safely, how to kids busy! School Horses . there are now five books make healthy cookie treats, and what Tennessee in the beloved series, the most recent By Leigh Ballard being Beloved Horses From Around the World . all of the stories in the beloved se - as part of her ten-day book tour, ries are true stories, either told to sharon Boots • Clothing sharon miner stopped at Judy’s tack shop by loving owners or experienced firsthand Accessories • Home Decor in germantown, tn on september 5, and by sharon. the following day at Judy’s in Franklin, the new book is full of accounts of tn, to read and discuss her horse books unique bonds between people and their and the inspirations and life experiences horses. many of the stories are people behind them. before appearing at Judy’s, about saving horses. others are about sharon and her husband bill visited st. horses saving people. there is a special Jude’s children’s research Hospital in story of a terrified and dangerous off-track memphis to read to patients and help them thoroughbred named rosey who helped a decorate horseshoes with “bling.” after severely injured iraq war veteran in her her stop in germantown, sharon traveled post-war healing. there is another touch - on to a horseshow in nashville, before ing story of bud, a horse who lost both winding her way south through more stops eyes to uveitis, but overcame blindness to in georgia on her way home to Florida. win a top aQHa award. and there is a 1926 Emporium Dr. Suite C, Jackson, TN sharon knew at a very young age that sweet story of major, a retired police Mon.- Sat. 10 am- 8 pm • Sunday 1- 6pm she loved horses. she was the middle child horse, who helped retrieve a little girl from of 11 children, and her family did not have a downward emotional spiral. www.rusticsoulww.com | facebook the means to support a horse hobby. they not all of the stories are about rescues, were amazed at the love of horses she had; though! there is a very interesting tale of Goin’ to Jackson... they didn’t know where it came from! she all the air flights, trailer trips, and quaran - to get my favorite brands of Western wear read every horse book she could get her tines involved in travelling around the hands on, but owning her own horse was world with a special horse. and there is an out of the question. undeterred, at the ten - account of a man who fell in love with der age of 11, sharon wrote her goals on a mules and zebras and now is a renowned piece of paper that she still has today. she breeder and trainer of both these, as well even brought it with her on tour to show as zonkeys, a donkey/horse hybrid .