FREE HHoorrssee RReevviieeww VOL. 27 • NO. 8 The Mid-South Equine Newsmagazine Since 1992 APRIL 2017 2. April, 2017 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview.com oN THE C oVER : sarah elizabeth ellis riding megatropolis bf, bred at boisvert farms and owned by ellis Arabians, in the Half HHoorrssee RReevviieeww april 2017 Arab/Arab country Pleasure class at the Alabama All Ara - Equus Charta, LLC bian Horse show, march 22-26 in tunica, mississippi. Copyright 2016 contents • v ol . 27 • n o. 78 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] Jeff L Homans photography FACEBooK : Shaylan Currey, with Flash, Leadline Lovely Quarter horses and riders at Champlains’ Perfect Storm, ridden The Mid-South Horse Review rider at the All Arabian Show. See p. 3 the MSU Bulldog Classic. 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All Arabian Show by Tommy Brannon; photos by Jeff Janson Photography he Alabama All Arabian tHorse show presented the mississippi riverboat Parlay regional show at the expo center in tunica, mississippi march 22-26, 2017. this was a four region qualifying show, with regions 14 & 15 Qualifiers on march 22-23 and regions 9 & 12 Qualifiers on march 24-26. the show featured a full array of halter, performance, sport horse and straight egyptian classes. the charity beneficiary was Angel Heart farm near nashville, tennessee that provides equine therapy for children with cancer and uses Arabians and welch ponies. tle rock, colorado and carrie frits of kansas city, pleasure classes. show manager tom chasteen said that this was the kansas were kept busy throughout the show – riding and christine Johnston is both a horse and dog trainer at first year the Alabama All Arabian show had been held driving 24 different horses from six trainers. they own a iron Horse therapy in Alpharetta, Georgia. she has 34 outside of Alabama, and that the Alabama Arabian Horse riding and training company called shamrock farm, llc, horses on her property and directs a therapeutic riding Association show committee, led by President charles and have been riding Arabians for 30 years, starting at program for physically and emotionally special needs moseley, had been planning this show for two years. tom ages 11 and 15. they explained that they travel to some children. not only is this program beneficial to the chil - added that everyone was impressed by the facilities, of the bigger farms, but for the most part, the trainers have dren, but this is also an opportunity for volunteers to train, which has a climate controlled arena, with stabling and the horses trained and ready for them to show. leslie bond, and connect with the children. she said that she warm up all under one roof. “i have not come across an shows in western, english and Hunter classes. carrie likes to use Arabians because they are so smart and need exhibiter who was not pleased. the staff at the tunica shows in western, english, and driving. a job to be happy. christine brought four horses to tu - Arena have done a lot to make everything work for the tara carpio, whose farm is in odenville, Alabama, has nica. she said, “we’re on vacation. this is a great show horse show,” chasteen said. been a professional trainer for 11 years. she competes in grounds. the staff and the club have been very friendly there was a silent Auction that offered not only items region 12, which includes florida, Georgia, Alabama, and accommodating.” she and her students competed in needed for every horse owner, but also breeding contracts north carolina, and mississippi. she currently has 29 region 12 and 15. emelia, a beautiful Arabian mare that for some of the most sought-after Arabian stallions. horses in training at her facility, including eight stallions she brought, has been a Gold medal winner at the spe - A show this big, serving four regions with eight judges, at stud. she usually has 5 to 10 students in training at any cial olympics state games. attracted some of the top Arabian horse owners, trainers, one time, some are new to riding and some are experi - find more Arabian show information at: www.alaba - and riders from across the country. we talked with a few enced. she has both youth and amateur riders. tara spe - maarabian.com/2017-show. for more photos, visit of the trainers. cializes in halter and performance, with an emphasis on www.jeffjanson.com and find Jeff Janson on facebook. Professional riders and sisters leslie sommer of cas - 4. April, 2017 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview. com Book & art nook ing the behavior problems, but looking for effortlessness between the two of us.” (p. Finding the Missed Path: The any physiological causes. He looks for any 145) throughout the book rashid empha - causes of stress in the horse and eliminates sizes softness with the horse. them. He and his wife crissi are both ed - chapter 4 is a good primer for colt start - Art of Restarting Horses ucated in (and practice) the masterson ing. He describes in great detail his work Book Review by Nancy Brannon method® bodywork and utilize natural with two mustangs of very different per - balance dentristry, founded by spencer sonalities and mishandling experiences. n his latest book, Finding the Missed laflure, to correct any mouth problems. in chapter 10, rashid draws an inter - Path: The Art of Restarting Horses , i “when our horses feel good physically, it esting distinction between herd dynamics, mark rashid tackles the problem of horses allows them to feel good mentally. it is the and therefore horse behavior, in a feral who have gaps in their knowledge and/or mental soundness that creates the spring - herd vs. a domestic herd. they have very who have developed undesirable behav - board from whith the relationship and con - different dynamics, functions, and leader - iors based on these gaps and their misun - nection between our horses and us is ship patterns. derstandings with their human riders and ultimately built.” (p. 31) chapter 5 debunks the commonly- handlers. in this case, the horse may need in the chapter on “tunnel vision,” he taught notion of teaching the horse “re - to be “restarted”— given a second chance discusses the importance of flexibility of spect” for the human. first, “the concept to begin anew. in order to do this success - thought and action that is the key to suc - was conceived by humans in the part of fully, his trainer needs to know how to re - cess. when we buy into a fixed technique our brain called the neocortex.” but a trace the steps the horse’s education has or system or dogma about how things “horse’s brain is unable to conceptualize taken, ready to find the path missed the should done, and we follow it blindly, we an idea as complex as the human concept first time around. rashid has made it is his lose our ability to see the broader picture. of respect, and it is not something that the life’s work to pinpoint the causes of equine “inflexibility creates tunnel vision, and horse has the capacity to understand at the distress.