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features:

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NrCha easTerN Derby 20

QuarTer horse shows 22

Fox News 26

Be Somebody (7) and Tricked Up take jump early in 9th race at the Virginia

Gold Cup races. (photo by Tod Marks)

Competitor at the Mid-South Quarter Horse Assn. Liberty Circuit on the 4th of

July weekend. (photo by Gary Cox)

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The World Through Mule Ears.

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Sunflowers are in bloom this time of year across the mid-south. These (above) were in full show at Payne Quail Farm north of Arlington, TN. Other varieties (below)

were in bloom in my own garden. (photos by Nancy Brannon)

Below are selections from the 11th annual Audubon Photography Awards, which saw thousands of images submitted by 1,800 photographers from across the U. S.

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Northern pygmy owls

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What Horses

Really WantReview by Nancy Brannon

What Horses Really Want is lynn

acton’s first book and another in the genre

of developing positive relationships with

the horse by understanding the horse’s

point of view. it’s about trying to under-

stand why horses behave as they do and

enlisting the willing cooperation of the

horse in what we want to do. The philoso-

phy, training techniques, and examples are

very similar to the book we reviewed last

month, Horse Brain, Human Brain. acton

is a Cha certified instructor and, over her

lifetime of involvement with horses, she

has studied classical dressage, Centered

riding, natural horsemanship, obstacle

training, and clicker training.

what do horses want? acton answers

that horses want a leader they can trust.

she calls it “Protector leadership” be-

cause it meets horses’ needs for security,

clarity, and protection.

horses want security and social bonds.

she explains the differences between the

complex social networks in “free-roaming

herds” and “domestic herds.”

how humans interpret equine actions is

a key factor in developing clear commu-

nication with the horse so that training can

proceed in a positive manner. horses are

thinking, sentient beings and sometimes

initiate actions on their own. People can

misconstrue these actions as disobedience.

but acton describes six actions when

horses are acting like partners and how im-

portant it is that we understand them from

the horse’s point of view. Chapter 7 ex-

plains the causes of unwanted behavior

and how to deal with them.

Part four teaches people how to com-

municate like a horse by explaining how

horses communicate with each other.

Through pressure is the main way we

communicate with horses, but it can also

be a source of stress for the horse. she ex-

plains the mistakes that people make by

typically using body language based on

pressure that tells the horse to move away

from us, rather than stay with us. her an-

swer is to use friendly body language that

provides clear communication and invites

horses to stay with us, following us as a

trusted leader.

The next section delves into how confi-

dent horses investigate the world. horses

“train themselves” through investigation.

keep in mind: horses see things in a larger

context than we do. she advocates en-

couraging a horse’s investigative behavior

because it engages their curiosity and ac-

tively involves them in observing and

learning.

reliability is essential for safety of both

horse and human, but nature designed

horses to be aware of everything, to eval-

uate potential danger, and to react accord-

ingly. we can work with their instincts by

providing positive experiences that build

their trust in us and increase confidence in

their own ability to cope with life. she

gives a number of exercises you can do

with your horse in a confidence building

program.

The last unit deals with stress, which

causes or contributes to many of a horse’s

problem or unwanted behaviors. here she

describes a strategy to identify sources of

problems and plan solutions. she makes

suggestions based on biomechanics and

horse behavior to make your mount more

comfortable.

Finally, be a considerate rider. Consid-

erate riders try to make themselves as

comfortable and pleasant as possible

for horses to carry. This inspires will-

ing cooperation and helps horses per-

form their best. riders need learn how

to be aware of horses’ discomfort be-

cause horses are masters of compensa-

tion, she says. she describes some

common sources of discomfort to

horses that are not necessarily covered

in riding lessons. Then she offers solu-

tions based on biomechanics to help

address these issues in her “13 ways to

become a rider horses want to carry.”

want to create a low-stress lifestyle

for your horse? keep a regular routine,

especially with mealtime, turnout, and

having social time with companions.

“Nothing mellows a horse like moseying

and munching forage as nature intended.”

give your horse a job that suits him men-

tally and physically and you have done a

valuable service. she concludes her book

with a quote from harry deleyer: “if you

take care of your horse, your horse will

take care of you.”

explore more on her website:

https://www.lynnacton.com/

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Possum

LivingCompiled by Nancy Brannon

Possum Living: Living Well Without a

Job and with (Almost) No Money was rec-

ommended to us by al morse, social

media manager at square books in ox-

ford, ms. al says of the book: “written by

an 18-year-old Dolly Freed, Possum Liv-

ing explores the joy and trials of sustain-

able living in the 1970s. some tips and

tricks might seem dated, but the spirit of

self sufficiency is vivid in this bright

memoir. i recommend listening to ‘i Quit

my Job’ by old man luedecke when

reading.” i did and heard some good banjo

picking! [hear the song, recorded live at

wamu’s bluegrass Country at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdx

srrxymT8]

one might call it an early version of

“sustainable living.” The book was origi-

nally published in 1978, when Freed and

her dad lived “off the land” on half an acre

near Philadelphia, Pa. it’s the story of an

eighteen-year-old who decided to drop out

of the “rat race” to live as a “possum.”

They raised and ate rabbits, distilled their

own liquor, and had few material posses-

sions. she even writes a section on advice

for turtle hunting. Freed describes the

lifestyle: “to drift along from day to day…

we live this way for a very simple reason:

it’s easier to learn to do without some of

the things that money can buy than to earn

the money to buy them.”

Then in early 2019 Tin house books re-

released the book with a new afterword

from Freed. looking back, she says, “it’s

still right on target. Prices and technology

have changed, but the principals are the

same.”

in the years becoming a mature adult,

she went to school to become a Nasa en-

gineer, married and raised two children

with her husband in Texas. with renewed

attention to her book, Dolly said she “had

to get a phone so i could do interviews.”

she now has a car and a big garden and

lives more like a “half-possum” life. Just

before turning sixty, she said in an inter-

view, “Just knowing that i have the skills

to live and be frugal has made so many po-

tential life emergencies easier.”

she talked about the “different kinds of

poverty: There is a poverty of status in our

country where you have all the food and

water you need, but you think other people

are doing better all around you. you can

also have a poverty of control. you feel

you can’t choose how you spend your day.

… Possum living is about taking control

of what you want in life.”

on hunting turtles for food she ex-

plained, “The problem with some animals

is that they have been overhunted or over-

fished, and often not for local consump-

tion. usually when people are hunting for

themselves, they tend to take good care of

the resource and the environment. i think

you can feel good about eating invasive

species and not harming the environment.”

gardening is still an important part of

her life. “having a little spot to tend gives

you confidence when the economy and

politics are out of your control. you’re tak-

ing a seed and some dirt and making

something from nothing. That’s empower-

ing! The most satisfying thing about gar-

dening is the food tastes great.”

Find more information at Tin house

books: https://tinhouse.com/book/possum-

living-how-to-live-well-without-a-job-

and-with-almost-no-money/ or find it at

square books: www.squarebooks.com.

additional reading:

lotz, C.J. 2019. “The enduring Charm

of Possum living.” Garden & Gun. Janu-

ary 17. https://gardenandgun.com/arti-

cles/enduring-charm-possum-living/

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Horse Health & Welfare

From Kentucky Equine

Research; by Martin W.

Adams, Ph.D., PAS,

Equine Nutritionist

most show and racing

seasons occur during the

summer season when we

experience the hottest weather of the year.

Did you know you should alter your feed

program when the temperatures rise?

learn how to decrease your horse’s heat

load and increase stamina and health dur-

ing hot weather.

• supplement electrolytes to hard-work-

ing horses. Depletion of electrolytes inter-

feres with muscle contraction resulting in

fatigue, poor performance, and severe loss

of potassium. electrolytes help replace

minerals lost in sweat and increase water

consumption.

• limit protein intake. when protein is

fed in excess of daily requirements, the

horse must break down the protein for en-

ergy production. This process generates

more metabolic heat compared to regular

digestion and absorption of dietary pro-

tein, resulting in increased breathing and

sweating rates to remove the extra heat.

• Provide fresh clean water at the proper

temperature. research shows horses drink

more water when it is kept between 45°

and 65° F. ensure water is in an insulated

and/or shaded container during hot

weather.

• switch to a high-fat feed or add a

high-fat supplement. Fat is digested, ab-

sorbed and metabolized more efficiently

than any other nutrient, producing less

metabolic heat, which reduces the energy

needed to lower body temperature, poten-

tially resulting in lower calorie and water

needs.

• make dietary changes gradually. es-

pecially during hot weather, drastic

changes in the type or amount of grain or

hay could upset your horse’s digestive sys-

tem. introduce new feedstuffs gradually,

over a period of ten days.

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Concentrates perfectly complement a

forage-based ration when they are fed ac-

cording to the manufacturer’s recommen-

dations. when horses rapidly consume

large amounts of concentrates, beyond the

meal size recommended by the manufac-

turer, negative effects on overall health can

occur.

“ingestion of high levels of nonstruc-

tural carbohydrates (NsC) decreases the

acidity of the hindgut due to rapid fer-

mentation of the NsC. in addition, the pro-

inflammatory mediator interleukin-1β

increases in a horse’s bloodstream within

an hour of a starchy, sugary meal,” ex-

plained kathleen Crandell, Ph.D., a ken-

tucky equine research nutritionist.

higher than normal circulating inter-

leukin (il)-1β levels are believed to have

negative effects on overall health, such as

contributing to the development of lamini-

tis.

in the last two decades, nutritionists

have brought forth feeding strategies that

fulfill energy requirements and keep the

gastrointestinal tract functioning glitch-

free. For instance, some concentrates fea-

ture multiple energy (Coninued. on p. 7)

Feeding Horses Hay Before

Grain Meals


By Kentucky Equine Research Staff

handling and storing horse feed during

the hot and muggy summer months can be

a challenge. The equine nutritionists at

kentucky equine research (ker) offer

the following tips:

store your feed in a cool, dry, and well-

ventilated place. if there is a window in the

feed room, you might consider putting in a

window air-conditioner just for the sum-

mer months. if the feed room does not

have a window but has a door that shuts

tightly, consider running a dehumidifier to

remove moisture from the air. using a

closed bin for the feed is fine if it is in a

cool place.

Do not buy any more feed than you can

use up in 10 to 14 days. avoid taking ad-

vantage of summer specials that give a

free bag if you buy a certain quantity (e.g.,

buy 10 bags and get one free). This is not

a bargain if you lose several bags to

spoilage. Protect feed from direct sunlight.

allowing air to circulate around the

bags will help to avoid a buildup of inter-

nal heat. Never set bags directly on the

floor, especially if it is concrete, as the bag

will wick moisture and spoil the feed. Pal-

lets are ideal because they get the bags

high enough off the floor to let air circulate

underneath them. if possible, set the bags

up on end and slightly apart to allow the

air to circulate all the way around (top,

bottom, and sides). in areas with a lot of

heat and humidity, the bags should not be

stacked more than four high. leave space

between the stacks for air circulation.

allow any heat within the bags to be re-

leased by “jouncing” the bags. This will

also help avoid clumping in the feed. re-

move shrink wrap from any bag because

this covering will restrict the bags from

breathing. similarly, avoid storing feed in

plastic bins because this too will limit air

movement. galvanized steel bins have a

tendency to sweat on the inside if they

hold a high-moisture feed. if containers

are used, be sure to clean out any remains

of older feed before adding new feed to a

container. avoid storing feed in bulk bins

in the summer.

many feeds, including all those formu-

lated by ker, contain sufficient mold in-

hibitor and antioxidants for protection

during the sum-

mer months.

however, with

some off-brand

feeds, summer

heat and hu-

midity can

cause spoilage

in stored prod-

ucts. in general,

pelleted feeds

keep longer

than textured (sweet) feeds. The molasses

in sweet feeds may become spoiled, and

pelleted feeds can mold. high-fat feeds

will develop a rancid odor fairly rapidly in

the heat and must be used up quickly.

horses have a very sensitive sense of

smell. if you can smell that something is

going bad, you can be sure that your horse

can, too. it is a good idea to check any feed

before offering it to your horse. if the

horse will not eat it, get rid of it.

if your horse has eaten spoiled feed,

you may see signs like diarrhea or a loss of

appetite. most importantly, watch for in-

dications of colic (horse looking at its

flanks or kicking at its belly, patchy sweat-

ing, lying down and getting up repeat-

edly). Call your veterinarian if the horse

seems uncomfortable.

Tips for Handling Horse

Feed in Hot Weather

Hay Before Grain (Continued from p. 6)

sources. in addition to starch, these energy

sources include “super fibers” such as beet

pulp and soy hulls, and fat from oil or sta-

bilized rice bran. horses with high energy

requirements typically do well on these

feeds.

Nutritional supplements designed to

maintain a stable ph in the hindgut can

also be offered.

recently, one veterinary research team

found that offering a small amount of hay

immediately before feeding a meal con-

taining a moderate amount of starch or

sugar can reduce the negative effects of

rapid starch and sugar fermentation in the

equine digestive tract.*

Crandell added, “according to those

experts, as little as 2 lb (0.9 kg) of hay—a

small flake—can decrease il-1β levels in

the bloodstream for up to 8 hours after of-

fering concentrate. in other words, the in-

flammatory response to dietary

concentrates can be blunted by hay.”

Concentrates should be offered in sev-

eral small meals throughout the day, usu-

ally no more than 5 lb (2.3 kg) in a single

feeding.

*suagee-bedore, J.k., D.r. linden, k.

bennett-wimbush, et al. 2020. “Feeding

grass hay before concentrate mitigates the

effect of grain-based concentrates on post-

prandial plasma interleukin-1β.” Journal

of equine veterinary science 86:102899.


By Dr. Shea Porr, Northern District

Equine Extension Agent with the Virginia

Tech Cooperative Extension

summer is here. Temperatures reaching

the middle to upper 90s should convince

anyone of that. here are several manage-

ment factors that should be carefully con-

sidered when managing horses in hot,

summer weather.

Plenty of water should be offered to the

horse. The average 1,000 pound horse will

drink around 10 gallons of water a day.

working horses, particularly in the heat,

can easily increase this to 20 or more gal-

lons a day. water and electrolytes are both

lost when a horse sweats, leading to po-

tential problems with dehydration and

other metabolic conditions if they’re not

replaced. make sure the horse has access

to clean, fresh water and salt at all times.

be cautious adding flavorings to water.

while it may encourage some horses to

drink, some of the products contain salt,

which may cause the horse to stop drink-

ing if too much is added.

exercise during the hot hours of the day

should be limited. exercise generates body

heat which must be released to prevent

overheating. This can be difficult during

summer months. The heat stress index, or

“misery index,” can help people to know

when to be cautious about working with

horses during hot weather. if the combined

temperature and humidity are over 150,

care should be taken to ensure the horse

does not become heat stressed. if the hu-

midity is over 75%, sweating as a cooling

mechanism becomes compromised. The

sweat doesn’t evaporate off the horse; it

runs off them, which is much less efficient.

sweat losses in a working horse can in-

crease from 20-300% in extreme condi-

tions. if the horse must be worked during

the heat of the day (perhaps you’re at a

show or competition), then care should be

taken to ensure the horse has adequate

shade and ventilation (fans or misters) to

help them stay cool. between classes,

stand them in front of a fan in the shade or

sponge them off and scrape the excess

water from them to help cool them down.

again, water and salt should be offered

frequently.

overweight horses will have a harder

time dealing with the heat. The added

body fat acts as insulation, trapping body

heat and making it more difficult for the

horse to cool off. working an overweight

horse in the heat is an excellent way to end

up with a sick animal.

Feeding management is also affected by

the temperature. some horses will go off

feed if they get too hot. This can be a prob-

lem if the horse is too thin or is losing

weight due to the heat – they can’t gain if

they don’t eat. also, the digestion of feed

results in the generation of body heat, and

some feeds generate more heat than oth-

ers. adding fat to the diet will increase the

calories in the feed without increasing the

volume of feed and fat burns cooler in the

body than protein or carbohydrates. Feed

only as much protein as the horse needs in

order to reduce the heat load. also, feeding

grass forages will decrease the metabolic

heat generated, as compared to feeding

legume forage.

barns should be opened as much as

possible to allow any breezes to keep the

stable ventilated. if necessary, add fans at

strategic locations to pull air through the

barn.

Cooler weather will return. in the

meantime, keep plenty of water and salt in

front of the horses, don’t exercise them

during the heat of the day, and feed them

appropriately for their needs.

Source:

https://www.sites.ext.vt.edu/newsletter-

archive/livestock/aps-07_08/aps-811.html

Editor’s Update: Dr. shea Porr is now

Department head animal/equine science

at murray state university in murray,

kentucky.

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and allows horses to do all that is asked of

them. over the past several decades, re-

search in human nutrition reveals that cer-

tain nutrients, either by themselves or in

combination with others, can be used to

boost the immune system.

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tucky equine research.

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demands, provide nutrients, prevent mal-

nutrition, and limit degradation of lean

body mass. offering immunonutrient-rich

diets may have beneficial pharmacothera-

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mune system.”

Nutrients commonly found in im-

munonutrition formulas include:

• arginine, an amino acid involved in

normal white blood cell function as well

as the secretion of various hormones, in-

cluding insulin and growth hormone;

• glutamine, an amino acid that serves

as fuel for rapidly dividing cells, such as

those involved in repair processes and im-

mune function;

• omega-3 fatty acids, such as docosa-

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• Nucleotides that serve as precursors to

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• antioxidants such as vitamin e, vita-

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“evidence in human medicine suggests

that some synergistic interactions between

the immunonutrient formula components

also exist. This means that not only are the

individual ingredients important but also

how they are combined with one another,”

Crandell said.

Considering this aspect of clinical nu-

trition remains relatively new in human

medicine, it is not surprising that im-

munonutrition trials have not been per-

formed in horses.

“based on data available from human

studies, information regarding the exact

nutrients to include in immunonutrient-

rich equine diets and at what levels, when

to administer immunonutrition, how long

to offer these diets, and which population

to focus is unclear,” shared Crandell.

Despite these lingering questions, ben-

efits of immunonutrition include improved

clinical outcomes (such as postsurgical

survival), decreased length of hospital

stay, and decreased morbidity and mortal-

ity due to secondary infections following

surgical procedures.

“For horses undergoing colic surgery,

for example, immunonutrition could prove

extremely valuable,” Crandell added.

Editor’s Notes:

During this time of the CoviD-19 pan-

demic, people might also be looking to

boost their immune system to stave off

disease. healthline recommends 15 foods

to boost the human immune system.

1. citrus fruits (grapefruit, oranges,

clementines, tangerines, lemons, limes)

2. red bell peppers (rich in vitamin C

and beta carotene)

3. broccoli (packed with vitamins a, D,

e, fiber, and antioxidants)

4. garlic

5. ginger

6. spinach

7. yogurt with “live and active cultures”

8. almonds (contain vitamin e)

9. sunflower seeds (contain phospho-

rous, magnesium, and vitamins b-6 and e)

10. turmeric

11. green tea (antioxidant)

12. papaya (loaded with vitamin C and

digestive enzyme papain that has anti-in-

flammatory effects)

13. kiwi (contain folate, potassium, vi-

tamins k& C)

14. Poultry (chicken and turkey are

high in vitamin b-6)

15. shellfish (high in zinc; oysters, crab,

lobster, mussels)

read the full article at: www.health-

line.com/health/food-nutrition/foods-that-

boost-the-immune-system

WebmD recommends 16 foods: elder-

berry, button mushrooms, acai berry, oys-

ters, watermelon, wheat germ, yogurt,

spinach, tea, sweet potato, broccoli, garlic,

miso, chicken soup, pomegranate juice,

and ginger. read more these foods at:

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Your Horse’s

Water NeedsBy Kentucky Equine Research

how much water does your horse re-

quire daily? several factors influence

thirst and water intake.

average idle horses require approxi-

mately 25 liters (7 gallons) of water per

day.* +horses tend to drink in brief

episodes or bouts, lasting from 10-60 sec-

onds, up to 20 times a day. watering sys-

tem (automatic waterers vs. buckets),

temperature, and water quality can alter

drinking behavior, as can physiological

state, work intensity, and other factors.

according to recent research, horses

usually drink directly after a meal, pre-

sumably to correct a physiological normal

dehydration caused by water being drawn

out of circulation by the gastrointestinal

tract, specifically the large colon.

“The horse’s large colon can hold a sig-

nificant amount of water, which allows it

to function as a reservoir,” explained

kathleen Crandell, Ph.D., nutritionist for

kentucky equine research. “water can

move easily between the large intestine

and the blood circulation depending on the

horse’s needs.”

To maintain a sufficient reservoir and

adequate volume in circulation, a horse’s

water intake must meet losses. Fluid losses

occur through urination, defecation, respi-

ration, lactation, sweating, and other evap-

orative channels. Factors such as ambient

temperature, diet (forage vs. pasture vs.

concentrates), feeding schedule, transport,

exercise intensity, age, and pregnancy sta-

tus may affect how much water a horse

must consume to maintain hydration.

“Feed deprivation, due to imposed fast-

ing prior to competition or secondary to

illness causing anorexia, as examples, can

also decrease water consumption,” Cran-

dell noted.

electrolytes should be replenished with

fluid losses, particularly anytime a horse

sweats, so this is especially important for

performance horses.

*Freeman, D.e., a. mooney, s. giguère

s, et al. effect of feed deprivation on daily

water consumption in healthy horses.

equine veterinary Journal. in press.

+NrC. 2007. The Nutrient require-

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Article & photos by Nancy Brannon

on July 1, as i delivered the Mid-South

Horse Review to aintree Farms in ger-

mantown, TN, farrier Chris Taylor was

hard at work shoeing horses. son of far-

rier Donnie Taylor and co-owner of Tay-

lor Farrier services, Chris is the third

generation farrier in his family. he’s also

an elder at City Fellowship baptist Church

in Jackson, TN, where he resides.

Chris’s father Donnie has been shoeing

horses for about 30 years and Chris, for 15

years, so they formed a partnership about

15 years ago. They specialize in

hunter/jumper and dressage horses, shoe-

ing at barns like aintree, Trinity Farms in

lakeland, TN and at mid-south Dressage

academy in hernando, ms. Donnie said

he also shoes some standardbreds, Quarter

horses, and barrel horses.

with both his grandfather and father

being farriers, it might seem inevitable that

Chris would become a farrier, too. but that

wasn’t always the case. Chris said, “i must

have tried at least 15 different jobs before

i became a farrier. Nothing else seemed to

work out, so i was like the prodigal son

coming back to farrier work. i guess

it was always meant to be.”

Chris said he has “always had a

love for horses.” he grew up on a

farm in bolivar, TN where they had

standardbred race horses. For eight

years they had horses in training in

Chicago and other places in illinois.

in fact, he still owns three stan-

dardbred horses and his brother,

robert Taylor, is a full time stan-

dardbred race horse trainer. “he

shoes horses, too,” Chris said.

wouldn’t you know it? Chris has

plans to get more into breeding

standardbred race horses in the future.

Farrier Focus: Chris Taylor


Mid-South

ClassicCompiled by Nancy Brannon

brownland Farm in Franklin, TN

hosted its mid-south Classic over the 4th

of July weekend – July 1-5, 2020. high-

lights of the show were the $7500 brown-

land hunter Derby with 30 entries, which

started at 7 a.m. on Friday July 3, and the

$30,000 brownland grand Prix on satur-

day July 4th, with 21 entries.

Josh Dolan and menelik, owned by

signe ostby, were the winning duo of the

hunter Derby.

michael burnett and Chagrand won the

grand Prix, taking home $9,000 for their

efforts. happy Comly and Zipper Csh

were second; Josh Dolan and ekilly van

De horse, third; and michael Tokaruk and

steel the love, fourth.

stephanie ann Cook and lord arthur

1916 were tops in the Nal/wihs

Child/adult Jumper Classic. brittany

kasprack and sm3 manni were second.

amy krebs and her hopscotch won the

washington Pony medal, while emerson

strong and all ablaze won the marshall

& sterling/useF Pony medal.

Caroline murts and envy won the

$1,000 brownland hunter Derby.

isabel sanchez and hanna lomma won

the $7500 welcome stake 1.35m, while

michael Tokaruk and Celine burme won

the $5,000 1.3m stake.

ella Trotz and as ever won the Junior

hunter Classic 3/6” and were, as ever,

Junior hunter 3’6” Champions, while

madison hill and marble arch were re-

serve Champions.

Calder Trotz and Fate were Champions

in the 3’3” large Junior hunters.

seaton edmonds and hot wheels won

the Children’s Pony hunter Classic and

were Children’s hunter Pony reserve

Champions.

Congratulations were also in order for

the Top Three Finishers in North ameri-

can league (Nal) Classes at brownland.

Full results of this show are posted at

horseshowsonline.com.

show management reminded people

that social/physical distancing is impera-

tive and that folks visiting the farm are re-

quired to wear face masks. brownland’s

CoviD-19 plan is available at:

https://secureservercdn.net/166.62.108.

196/dz5.175.myftpupload.com/wp-con-

tent/uploads/2020/06/revised-guidelines-

June-12.pdf

brownland announced that they will

not hold any No Frills shows for the re-

mainder of 2020, which had been sched-

uled for sept. 2-6 and sept. 9-13.

brownland will hold their remaining five

aa-rated shows this year in september

and october.


Hunter/Jumper

Abigail Arnold on her horse Quinito at Brownland. (photo byHadley Arnold)

Seaton Edmonds and her pony Hot

Wheels (photo byHaley Edmonds)

Oak View

Stables ShowArticle & photos by Nancy Brannon

oak view stables of olive branch, ms

hosted its first schooling show of the sum-

mer on July 25, 2020 after the July 4th

show was cancelled. Temperatures were

slightly cooler, 88°F at noon, but the hu-

midity was still high, making in the shade

the desirable place to be.

organizers at oak view expressed the

desire to protect the health and safety of

riders and their families. That included

maintaining six feet distance from others,

wearing face masks, and using hand sani-

tizer that was provided at several locations

on the show grounds.

a hunter Derby had been scheduled,

but was postponed until the fall show.

however, the Jumper classic did go on.

The beginner ring held classes over

cavaletti, x-rails, 12” to 18” verticals, with

18” to 2” for the mini stirrup hunter

classes.

in the main ring, jumps were a little

larger, and included short stirrup and

long stirrup at 2 ft., 2’3” and 2’6” courses

for Pony hunter, lowhunter, and Pre

Child/adult hunter. Puddle Jumpers rode

over 2’ to 2’3” courses, with hopeful

Jumper at 2’6”, low schooling Jumper

2’9” to 3’, and high schooling Jumper

3’3” to 3’6”.

schooling shows resume in the fall at

oak view stables on september 12 and

october 10. Find more information at

oakviewstables.net.

Many Thanks to Dave PellegriniSPRING MILL FARM

EADS, TN

for sponsoring the Hunter/Jumper section

At the Oak View Stables show

At the Oak View Stables showAt the Oak View Stables show


Photos by Gary Cox

west Tennessee Quarter horse associ-

ation riders (wTQha) were back in the

saddle at the show Place arena in Cor-

dova, TN, July 24-26, 2020 for the sum-

mer Circuit.

The show began on Friday July 24th

with a full slate of hunter and equitation

classes, including both flat and over fences

classes. riders of all ages and riding levels

competed. here are some photos from the

hunter classes at that show. (See p. 23 for

the Western portion of the show.)

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CTDA ShowPhotos by Patricia Branan-Wendell

Central Tennessee Dressage associa-

tion hosted a schooling show at old hills-

boro manor in Franklin, Tenn. on July 11,

2020. The show offered all levels of tradi-

tional, gaited, and western dressage tests,

using usDF, useF and wDaa approved

tests. Judge was grace gregory (“l” TN).

rides began at 8:00 a.m. and finished

around 2:30 p.m., with 43 rides for the

day.

CTDa’s ole south usDF rated shows

are august 7 (Prelude) and august 8-9

(Classic) at the miller Coliseum in

murfreesboro, Tn.

Find information about upcoming

shows at http://wordpress.tndressage.com/

Compiled by Nancy Brannon

mid-south Dressage academy’s

(mDa) march bunny hop dressage show

had to be cancelled because of the

CoviD-19 pandemic. but show manager

elizabeth Clifton was able to secure an-

other date for the show – July 18-19, 2020

– and renamed it bunnies in July.

The same useF guidelines for recog-

nized shows that were in effect for the

mDa summer solstice show in June con-

tinued to apply to this show. The rules

specified that no spectators were allowed,

competitors were not allowed in the main

barn area, and only one trainer/support

person per competitor was allowed in the

warm up area. masks were mandatory at

all times and participants were required to

self-monitor their temperature once daily

prior to entering the competition grounds.

if anyone was running a fever and/or ex-

hibiting CoviD-19 symptoms, they must

stay away. all participants were required

to complete and sign the useF waiver.

The show attracted 23 riders and 27

horses competing in classes from grand

Prix and intermediate ii down to intro.

The show began at 7 a.m. each day and

“we finished by noontime,” elizabeth said,

“which was good because of the heat.”

sheridon Cross was excited that she and

kind of special qualified for regionals at

second level. The pair scored 63.810%

and 62.976% in adult amateur second

level tests.

marikay asberry scored high marks

with her Facetime: 80% in the 2019 usDF

materiale Class, and 75.172% and

74.310% in adult amateur Training

level.

hayley baker scored 72.931% in open

First level with instigator mtf.

melissa Cool scored 67.647% in sun-

day’s Fei intermediate i on Parole. she

was the Fei high Point winner in i1.

aislin Falasco was first in sunday’s

Jr/yr First level on unscripted, scoring

70.694%.

Jordan gatlin also scored high in sun-

day’s aa First level on rebecca rsl:

70.278%.

mDa’s resident trainer Jamie lawrence

rode three horses at the show, scoring

72.241% in Training level with Fenix De

aimaran, 65.543% with ubachon in Fei

grand Prix and 65% with this horse in Fei

intermediate ii. Jamie wrote about the

show: “such a fun weekend! i rode my

first of, hopefully, many grands Prix!

Thank you ubi [ubachon] for allowing

me to ride you through my first grand Prix

and getting high Point Fei! he got a 9 on

one of his Piaffes! elizabeth Clifton al-

ways pushes me to be the best trainer and

gives me full support with her amazing fa-

cility.”

virginia moon rode maggio in aa

usDF Freestyle, Third level to score

70.067% on saturday.

Jayne ryan and shalvadore Dali scored

high marks in open Training level with

72.759%.

Jennifer van De loo brought her horse

and pony to the show, with Notre Dame

scoring 71.250% and 71.111% in aa First

level. her pony, Duke of The Dawn,

scored 66.806% in Fourth level - Pony.

Jenni said, “it was hot! great show; super

atmosphere. i got my qualifying scores for

regionals on Duke for Fourth level and

Notre Dame is now qualified for Training

and First levels. it was a big show for

many, as ansley stanfill got her silver

medal and Daniel Patterson got his bronze

medal at just 16 years old! lots to cele-

brate! The hard training with the awesome

help of heather kennedy paid off. i am

very happy with both ponies and am ex-

cited and honored to have qualified for re-

gionals!”

Full results of the show are posted at

www.foxvillage.com.

dressageMDA Bunnies in July

Sheridan Cross and Kind of Special

halt at C.

Jennifer Van De Loo on Notre DameCoach Peggy Gaboury with Daniel

Patterson, who got his Bronze medal.

Scot MacGregor riding Twilight

Stardust

Hannah Crouse on Extra Daring

Ruth Dixie Brickell riding Abiline(left) Alyssa Marik on Skip

(right) Liz Hill on Nimbus

Elle Den Haring riding Peachtree’s

Princess


foxhunting

By Kate Wooten; photos by Michael

Gomez

as i write, hounds are being walked,

and hunt horses are being brought up from

the fields in preparation for the coming

hunt season this fall.

For those of us who work in the indus-

try it is a time to ensure our animals are fit

and ready to take on anything that is asked

of them. For those who participate in fox-

hunting, they will also need to ensure that

their horses are fit and prepared for what-

ever they encounter in the hunt field. we

ask so much of our equine friends when

we hunt. we ask them to carry us safely

across varying terrain, to jump coops and

ditches, and to do all this for up to three or

four hours at a time.

From the staff horse hunting hounds to

the hilltopper at the back of third flight ea-

gerly awaiting a view, all need to be at the

top of their game. it is our responsibility

as their caregivers and riders to ensure our

horses are able to function optimally.

while there are many facets to consider,

including nutrition, exercise, and groom-

ing, saddle fit is one of the most important.

our animals must have correctly fitting

tack, and it must be maintained properly.

imagine for a moment that you have a

pair of sneakers. it has been a while since

you purchased them and your feet have

grown. you are forced to wear those same

sneakers for hours at a time. what hap-

pens? you don’t want to wear the sneak-

ers, your feet get blistered, or you begin to

walk differently to alleviate the pain in

your feet. imagine running a marathon

with a pebble in your shoe. uncomfort-

able, right?

Now imagine that you lovingly put

away your tack at the end of last season

and have brought it out to get your horse in

shape. it fit last season, so you slap it on

and off you go. but you find that your

horse doesn’t act right, or it slips, or your

horse is antsy while saddling. when you

come back from your ride you have hair-

less spots on your horse’s back. all of

these are signs there is something wrong

with the way your tack fits. “but it fit last

season” is a comment heard a lot, and

while that may be true, a few months at

pasture, your horse aging, and changes in

your horse’s body can all contribute to the

need for having your saddle checked.

The horse’s spine is designed to protect

the spinal cord and essential organs. we

place a saddle on the horse’s back and it is

important that the saddle does not com-

press the vertebrae and cause pinching or

sit too low and crush the vertebrae. ade-

quate space is needed to clear the spinous

processes, so a saddle which sits evenly

across the thoracic spine and is not too

long for the horse’s back (therefore strain-

ing the lumbar region of the spine and

maybe bruising the kidneys), does not tip

or slide, and that does not ride up at the

cantle is required.

one of our biggest problems is fitting

some riders who require a larger seat size

than the horse can adequately carry, due to

short-coupled horses needing a shorter

panel. This saddle ideally should be fitted

with a saddle pad that will be used when

hunting, as thickness of pads will affect

the fit of the saddle.

saddles should be checked for fit at

least twice a year. During hunt season, as

our horses change shape, you may need to

have it checked more often.

other things to consider are the type of

saddle you are using. what is the flocking

made of? is your saddle wool flocked or

foam flocked or does it have Cair® Pan-

els?

wool is the most traditional flocking

and easiest to adjust, usually on site. in my

opinion, it is the best for hunting, as it con-

forms to the horse’s back. if you have

foam flocked panels, these can only be ad-

justed by sending your saddle away, so

you are stuck with having to pad your sad-

dle to fit to get through the season. with

Cair® panels, the same problem arises

regarding padding, although the new riser

system makes it a little easier to adjust.

whichever you own, it is imperative it fit

correctly for your horse.

as the season progresses, your horse

will become fitter and, therefore, his

waistline may reduce. This will affect the

fit of the saddle. you may notice your sad-

dle does not sit quite right; it may slightly

rock side to side or begin to slide back-

wards. many of our hunt horses are ridden

with in a breastplate, especially in a hilly

area, to help prevent the saddle sliding

backwards. by Christmas, you may need

to have your fitter readjust the flocking

again. if you have a wool flocked saddle,

this is easily done; for foam and Cair®

saddles, a pad which allows for shims may

be needed.

let’s talk adjustables! some saddles

come with an adjustable gullet system.

These are great for horses whose bodies

change to more than one gullet size

through the year. it is quite easy to have

the gullet switched out as your horse nar-

rows through the season, therefore elimi-

nating the need for excess saddle pads. ex-

cess padding in itself can cause problems,

so the “less is more” principle is one we

try to follow religiously.

keeping your tack maintained and the

leather supple, while checking for cracks,

lumps, and deteriorating stitching, is im-

portant for safety reasons as well as for

comfort. your saddle is an investment in

your horse’s health and keeping it in great

shape will make it last for years.

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By Kate Bushman

over the weekend of July 18-19, 2020

the middle Tennessee Carriage Club

hosted a driving clinic in Franklin, TN

with Jacob arnold, the head trainer of her-

mitage Farm in louisville, ky.

Jacob’s early driving career got off to a

impressive start when he was named the

2011 useF Junior equestrian of the year.

he has since participated in four Fei

world Championships, including a win in

the 2014 single horse marathon. his most

recent world Championship results come

from the 2019 world Championships for

Pairs of horses in Drebkau, germany,

where Jacob placed sixth in Dressage out

of eighty-three entries. This year Jacob ac-

complished a lifelong goal of winning a

National Championship, in the 2020

useF Pair horse Championships.

Jacob shared his passion for Driving

sport with eight mTCC members in

hands-on lessons with their horses. he en-

thusiastically worked with a wide range of

horse sizes – from a small shetland pony

to a Clydesdale cross horse, and with a

wide range of driver goals – from pleasure

driving to more intense combined driving

competition.

saturday’s lessons focused on dressage

skills and assessing the horse’s and dri-

ver’s strengths and areas for improvement.

Jacob stressed the importance of the horse

moving energetically forward into contact,

and to not worry so much about headsets

and bending. he brought a bucket of bits

along so he could let people try out some

different styles and see if their horses

would be more comfortable and control-

lable, but still forward.

sunday’s lessons expanded into cones

course exercises and marathon obstacle

driving strategies. The fundamentals of the

dressage work (forward and into the bri-

dle) logically extended into the cones and

marathon lessons.

Despite being outside in 90°+ sun, so-

cial distancing and masks kicked in where

appropriate. everyone agreed, we’re look-

ing forward to having Jacob back soon.

driving

Wilbur Sensing driving his gelding Blue Ray, with Jacob along for coaching

Jacob Arnold driving Bliss (owned by Kate Bushman) Ardeth Obenauf driving her mare Sybil with Jacob navigating

Jeanette Haislip driving Henning, getting bit adjusted

Earl Burkett driving his gelding Easton Claire Root driving Sara

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gardiner Farms in Tuscumbia, alabama

hosted its 24th annual saddle up for st.

Jude Trail ride on July 17-18, 2020, coor-

dinated by Jimmy king and Circle 5 out-

fit, llC. The featured entertainment at

this year’s event was country music star

lorrie morgan, along with the Josh bran-

non band.

ann Jones of Circle 5 outfit, llC com-

mented on the ride: “it was a great ride! it

was a hot day, but the farm was beautiful.

so far we have raised $130,000 for st.

Jude [Children’s research hospital], and

money continues to come in. lorrie mor-

gan put on a great show.” saturday after-

noon’s auction, run by shane albright

auction Company, brought in over

$80,000.

There are over 3,000 acres of riding

trails to enjoy. There were plenty of activ-

ities for the children, too, from bounce

houses to pony and wagon rides.

This event takes place the third week in

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Article & photos by Nancy Brannon

The National reined Cow horse asso-

ciation (NrCha) hosted its first premier

event east of the mississippi river:

NrCha eastern Derby, July 14-19, 2020

at the show Place arena in Cordova, Tenn.

The Dom Conicelli memorial eastern

Derby promised added money of $64,450

to be dispersed among a Pre Futurity,

Derby, two full slates of horse show

classes and several spectaculars. Judges

were smoky Pritchett and ricky Nico-

lazzi. Title sponsor for the show was

mars equestrian™. Photos and videos

of the action were taken by Primo

morales.

“This show is huge!” said kelley har-

tranft, show manager. “we’re up 150%

from last year, with 265 horses.” The show

is usually held at the miller Coliseum in

murfreesboro, TN, but that venue is closed

until July 31 because of the CoviD-19

pandemic. This is NrCha’s second show

since the lockdown was lifted. The first

Derby was in arizona in June. “This facil-

ity has been great!” hartranft said.

“when the NrCha took over the show,

it was renamed the eastern Derby. This is

our first year of running it and it is now

one of our premier events,” she explained.

“The open Derby is our big money class

with $30,000 added and payout across all

divisions over $107,000.”

Competitors and owners came from 25

states to this event: Florida, Colorado,

ohio, Ny, Pennsylvania, illinois,

arkansas, Tennessee, oklahoma, Texas,

arizona, Connecticut, georgia, California,

iowa, indiana, kentucky, louisiana, mas-

sachusetts, maryland, minnesota, mis-

souri, North Carolina, mississippi, and

wisconsin.

Classes started on wednesday, July 15

with lae (limited age events) and hs

(horse show) herd work, and later in-

cluded aQha boxing and the open Two

rein spectacular. Friday continued with

lae and hs #1 rein work, along with

aQha boxing. saturday’s classes fea-

tured all open Derby Divisions with

hackamore and bridle divisions, along

with youth Fence and aQha Fence

classes. sunday July 19 wrapped up the

show with hs #2Cow work, open bridle,

hackamore, youth classes, and boxing.

lae events are based on the horse: the

derby is open to 4-5 year-olds in a hack-

amore or snaffle bit. Non Pro ltd. also in-

cludes 6-year-olds. The Futurity is for

3-year-olds only in a snaffle. hs is based

on equipment, i.e., bridle, hackamore, 2

rein. ltd. boxing is based on age-appro-

priate head gear for the horse.

Horse showing during the pandemic

The event was subject to all federal,

state, and local guidelines. Face coverings

were required to enter any building, but

not while in the arena showing. agricenter

international required a CoviD-19 and

general release of liability from all at-

tendees.

NrCha made available to competitors

an array of items to help prevent the

spread of the coronavirus: hand sanitizer,

3-layer face masks and custom Nutrena

logo masks, digital thermometers, and

Chlorox disinfecting wipes. announcer

Corinne gould reminded the audience

over the Pa system that face masks were

required indoors. yet nobody (with the ex-

ception of two individuals) in the stands

was a wearing face mask and, after the an-

nouncement, no one made an effort to don

a face mask.

Winners at the event:

lae open Derby winner: sCr Crack-

alackin, ridden by Todd Crawford, owned

by singleton ranches (440.5), taking

home $9, 785.

lae Non Pro Derby winner: more

metal, owned/ridden by Debbie Crafton

(436.5), taking home $2, 204.

lae Non Pro limited Derby winner:

DCr high as a Cat, owned/ridden by

Cheryl Chown (434.0), taking home

$1,255.

Horse Show Circuit Champions:

open bridle: metallic look, ridden by

russell Dilday, owned by Jim gauthier

(579.5)

limited open bridle: bourbon N

branch, owned/ridden by leanne e. Jet-

ton (568.5)

Non Pro bridle: booha boon,

owned/ridden by brent ratliff (578.0)

intermediate Non Pro bridle: The

Fresno Fox, owned/ridden by allysn light

(574.5)

Novice Non Pro bridle: smart lil

brooksinic, owned/ridden by lynne Faust

(569.0)

open Two rein: Quails Dun remedy,

ridden by Cody Patterson, owned by

Christopher bethune (560.5)

Non Pro Two rein: metallic Dual Pep,

ridden by Dakota Cox, owned by Circle C

ranch (580.0)

Non Pro hackamore: adrenaline Force,

owned/ridden by william lewis (564.5)

open hackamore: smart with Chicks,

ridden by alex alves, owned by a&s Per-

formance horses, llC (552.5)

limited open hackamore: smart with

Chicks, ridden by alex alves, owned by

a&s Performance horses, llC (552.5)

youth Cow horse: woo hoo sue, rid-

den by breanne Faris, owned by Jody

Faris (576.0)

youth limited: inya Dreams, ridden by

Pinkerton bridges, owned by Jessica Jones

(586.5)

youth limited 13 & under: inya

Dreams, ridden by Pinkerton bridges,

owned by Jessica Jones (586.5)

beginning Fence work: oh Cay

meriah, owned/ridden by monica Duflock

(571.5)

Non Pro limited: unos blue lighten-

ing, owned/ridden by Julie gibbons

(572.5)

5k Non Pro limited: starlight Driver,

owned/ridden by kelsey Delaplaine

(573.0)

1k Non Pro limited: starlight Driver,

owned/ridden by kelsey Delaplaine

(573.0)

select Non Pro: ima stylish babe,

owned/ridden by Dolores Cain (566.0)

green rider: imasmart black berry,

owned/ridden by stephen black (542.5)

Find full information and results about

the NrCha eastern Derby at:

nrcha.com/nrcha-eastern-derby

Cowboys & CowgirlsNRCHA Eastern Derby

Smart With Chicks, owner A&S Performance Horses, LLC, rider Alex Alves

(above & below) Mr Comin in Hot, owners Kit & Charlie Moncrief, rider Luke

Jones


Frat Cat, owner/rider Ben Baldus

Floki, owner Gary McClain, rider Brandy Johnson

Annies Kitty Kat, owner Clyde C. Metzler, rider Wade Meador

Floki, Brandy Johnson riding Lil Time Reymanising, Sara Dawson


Photos by Gary Cox

The mid-south Quarter horse associa-

tion (msQha) held its liberty Circuit

horse show on the 4th of July weekend,

July 4-5, 2020 at the show Place arena in

memphis, TN. Classes took place in both

the covered outdoor arena and the indoor

arena. The show offered four sets of

aQha points with (a) judges for the

show louis hufnagle and Clark scoggin

on saturday; David Terrell on sunday, and

(b) judges bruce brown and Carolyn

Johnson.

show manager Trena moffett said,

“The show was twice as big as the 2019

liberty Circuit, with around 450 entries

each day. we were late into the night fin-

ishing on saturday, but when you have lots

of horses, then that's to be expected. and

we had a lot of great horses there to show!

The show did give circuit awards, but did-

n't do any all-around awards this time. The

website horseshowtracker.com has all of

the results posted. gary took some really

good photos! we did have a pretty flag

presentation on saturday to commemorate

the 4th. it was hot, but all in all a great

weekend!”

The next mid-south Qha show will be

the Turkey Circuit, November 28-29,

2020. Find show information and the show

bill at: www.midsouthquarterhorse.com

as with other shows at the arena, re-

strictions/rules set forth by the shelby

County health Department as of 6/22/20

were posted on the msQha website and

were required to be followed, with dis-

tancing of 6 feet or more between individ-

uals constantly throughout the entire show

grounds and facial coverings required to

be worn in the indoor arena, with the ex-

ception of those competing. but very few

people wore a face covering. Fortunately,

there was a low number of spectators in

the indoor arena.

Find more photos from the show on our

website: www.midsouthhorsereview.com

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west Tennessee Quarter horse associ-

ation riders (wTQha) were back in the

saddle at the show Place arena in Cor-

dova, TN, July 24-26, 2020. it was a hot

July weekend in the mid-south, but tem-

peratures were cool and comfortable in the

air-conditioned indoor arena. with so

many classes to choose from, both the

covered outdoor arena and the indoor

arena were in use both days.

with six judges, competitors had ample

opportunity to earn points toward year end

awards. Judges were merle arbo, manita

Defoor, Tom mcbeath, mike hoeppner,

Chele mcgauly, and michelle Tidwell.

Circuit and all-around high Point awards

were given in small Fry, l1 youth, youth,

l1 amateur, amateur, amateur select,

and all-age. Neisler Performance horses

and wTQha sponsored the $250 most

Classes award. wTQha also offered a

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Dennis and Trena moffett were managers

for this show, as well as the msQha show

earlier in July. Find more information

about the show and show bill at:

https://www.wtqha.org/.

Photographer gary Cox said of the

show: “it was a fun show. it was interest-

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horses. They can do something i can’t! i’m

lucky if i can get a horse to go forward and

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out that they are smarter than i am, it goes

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a ‘good horse’ like one of theirs sometime

just to feel the difference. love the air

conditioning; best i have seen in any

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as with other shows at the arena,

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Photos by Gary Cox

gary Cox made another photo shoot at

the hernando saddle Club show on satur-

day, July 11, 2020. here are a few of the

photos he shared. be sure to calibrate your

cute meters!

July and august shows start at 6 p.m.

every saturday at 3544 robertson gin

road in hernando, miss. because of the

extreme heat, the July 18th show was can-

celled.(right) All decked out for a 4th of

July celebration parade.

Hernando Saddle ClubThis year’s National high school Finals

rodeo (NhsFr) ran July 17-23, 2020 at the

lazy e arena in guthrie, oklahoma.

Following are results for some mid-south

competitors. Full results are available at:

www.nhsra.com/2020-nhsfr-results/

in Barrel Racing,, Taycie matthews of

wynne, arkansas was second in the average

(46.654); first in performance 5 (15.623); first

in performance 8 15.470); and fifth in per-

formance 13 (15.561).

in Bareback Riding, hunter Norris of

Poplarville, miss. placed 6th (60) in Friday’s 7

p.m. performance, with braydon morrow of

sheridan, ark., 7th (56). in saturday’s 9 a.m.

performance, gavin lee of Poplarville, ms

was 5th (58) and 6th in wednesday’s 7 p.m.

performance.

in Boy’s Cutting, performance 5, ryon

ramsey of Crystal springs, miss. tied for sec-

ond (143). in performance 10, Colby moore

of kosciusko, miss. was third (140). Colby

finished 6th in the average.

in Breakaway Roping performance 2,

kenlie raby of mt. vernon, ark. was third

(2.9); blaize Deere of scotts hill, Tenn. was

9th (4.22). in performance 4, emma kate

wilder of millington, TN was second (2.41);

baylee lester of bentonville, ark. was 7th

(3.84). emma kate was third in performance 9

(2.89). in performance 7, kaylee Traylor of

hattiesburg, miss. was first (2.26). in per-

formance 8, kaitlyn holland of liberty, miss.

was 11th (5.82). raby was fourth in perform-

ance 11 (2.41); Deere was fifth (2.68). in the

average, raby was fifth (5.12), as emma

kate wilder finished 13th in the average (5.3).

in Bull Riding, Casey roberts of munford,

ala. won performance 1 and finished 5th in

the average (78).

in Tie-Down Roping, Jeb stewart of

lucedale, miss was 6th in performance 2

(14.74), 4th in performance 11 (11.9) and 4th

in performance 13 (10.59). in performance 4,

kason Davis of lumberton, miss. was 8th

(12.53) and 3rd in performance 9 (11.14). in

performance 7, matt watt of emelle, ala was

6th (14.02), with Colt smith of hope, ark., 7th

(14.44). in performance 8, Connor griffith of

skullbone, Tenn. was 8th (13.02). matt watt

finished 8th in the average (36.76).

in Girl’s Cutting, maddie brown of bran-

don, miss. was 5th in performance 1 (141) and

12th in performance 12 (127). in performance

2, Jaycee lowery of gardendale, ala. was first

(148) and second in performance 11 (147). in

performance 4, karissa mcguire of hope,

ark. was 4th (143) and first (146) in perform-

ance 9. in performance 5, makenzie moore of

koscuisko, miss. was 3rd (144), 4th in per-

formance 8 (143), and tied 10th in perform-

ance 13 (140). she finished 9th in the average

(427). Jaycee lowery of gardendale, ala. was

first in the average (438.5)!

in Goat Tying, kenlie raby was 4th in per-

formance 1 (8.38); 11th in performance 12

(9.47). raylee Nations of mendenhall, miss

was 4th in performance 3 (8.31); lainey

hutchison of humboldt, Tenn. was 19th

(11.95); also 19th in performance 10 (12.26).

in performance 4, sarah Parks of harrison,

ark. was 9th (8.83); summer Joy williams of

Perkinston, miss was 14th (9.94). in perform-

ance 5, logan wilson of louin, miss. was 4th

(8.05);anna wilder of millington, Tenn. was

16th (11.06). wilson was 11th in performance

8 (9.93). in performance 9, kaycee vander

Pluym of knoxville, Tenn. was 10th (9.82). in

performance 12, abby shultz of orlinda,

Tenn. was 13th (9.71).

in Pole Bending, Dylan Dobbs of Jones-

boro, ark. was 18th in performance 1 (21.75).

in performance 2, Janis osbrink of madis-

onville, Tenn. was 16th (22.472), and emma

kate wilder of millington, Tenn. was 22nd

(29.059). wilder was 18th in performance 11

(25.633). in performance 3, bree roark of

georgetown, Tenn. was 9th (20.992); logan

wilson of louin, miss. was 12th (21.231).

wilson was 9th in performance 10 (21.055).

in performance 4, Taylor Dunlap of Dyer,

Tenn. was 6th (20.77); Claire roberts of

lucedale, miss was 12th (22.07). Dunlap was

13th in performance 9 (21.279). in perform-

ance 5, Jessie steele of albertville, ala. was

3rd (20.513); blaize Deere of scotts hill, Tn.

was 9th (20.909) and 10th in performance 8

(21.071). in performance 6, lauren booty of

osyka, miss. was 10th (21.138).

in Steer Wrestling, blake Fenton of New-

bern, Tenn. was 11th in performance 1 (16.29).

in performance 3, win mardis of Natchez,

miss. was 19th (6.81); shayde harris of

searcy, ark. was 11th (7.41). harris was 10th

in performance 10 (9.27). in performance 4,

hadley Jones of lumberton, miss. was 11th

(14.21).Cade smith of silverhill, ala. won

performance 6 (4.66); Dayden sherwood of

Quitman, ark. was 4th (5.55) and gavin lee

of Poplarville, miss. was 6th (6.31). lee was

3rd in performance 7 (5.21); Connor griffith

of skullbone, Tenn. was 11th (7.08). lee fin-

ished 14th in the average (18.83). in perform-

ance 12, Drew Clukey of robertsdale, ala was

3rd (4.91); Zane white of scotts hill, Tenn.

was 4th (4.98).

in Team Roping, the ark. team of sam

massengill, harrisburg, ark. and gus howell,

gravette, ark., won performance 1 (7.2). The

Tenn. team of lauren shultz, orlinda, Tenn.

and Connor griffith, skullbone, Tenn placed

3rd (8.86) and was 8th in performance 12

(14.01). in performance 2, the miss. team of

koby sanchez, ethel, la. and Corey reid,

liberty, miss. placed 5th (7.7). in performance

4, the ala. team of Thomas glisson, opp, ala.

and Joseph hammett, Dozier, ala. were first

(6.94). The miss. team of mason Theriot,

Poplarville, miss. and matt watt, emelle, ala.

won performance 5 (5.94); placed 6th in per-

formance 8 (11.82), and 11th in performance

13 (19.69). in performance 6, the ark. team of

Chase applewhite, heber springs, ark. and

luke atchison, russellville, ark. were 4th

(11.99). in performance 7, the miss. team of

ryon ramsey, Crystal springs, miss. and

Clarke gordon, Tupelo, miss. were 5th (19.4).

The Tenn. team of Teigan orr, lebanon, Tenn.

and Zane white, scotts hill, Tenn. were win-

ners of performance 10 (5.27). in performance

12, the ala. team of sage Davis, eva, ala. and

kaycee vander Pluym, knoxville, Tenn. were

3rd (10).

in Reined Cow Horse, ryon ramsey,

Crystal springs, miss. was 8th in performance

1 (270.5).

matt watt, emelle, ala. placed 4th in All

Around Cowboy (770). Jaycee lowery, gar-

dendale, ala. was 6th in All Around Rookie

Cowgirl (730). emma kate wilder’s horse

watch Ned Jack was 5th in AQHA Girls

Horse of the Year (250).

in the overall Team standings, mississippi

was 14th (2,679.28); arkansas was 16th

(2,200), and Tennessee was 21st (1,850).

National HS Finals Rodeo

(above) The tall and the short of it.

(below) Some serious gaited horse competition.


racing

Virginia Gold CupBy Vicki Bandure

The virginia gold Cup, held at great meadow in The

Plains, virginia, is one of the oldest steeplechase race

meets in the country. it normally takes place on the first

saturday in may each year, but was moved to June 27 this

year. The races were run this year without spectators, with

limited people on the grounds (participants and essential

personnel only), and without the usual social activities

that accompany the races because of the CoviD-19 pan-

demic. Coverage of all races was provided livestream on

the Nsa Network.

By Don Clippinger, National Steeplechase Association;

photos by Tod Marks

Two-time timber champion Doc Cebu took command

late in the $40,000 virginia gold Cup on saturday, June

27, 2020 and drew away with authority in the classic sig-

nature race of the 95th annual virginia gold Cup races at

great meadow race Course in The Plains.

hudson river Farms’ Codrington College, who had led

from the seventh fence to the next to last on the great

meadow course, finished second, 12 1/4 lengths behind

Doc Cebu, and irv Naylor’s super saturday finished third.

ridden by michael mitchell, 2019’s co-champion

jockey, Doc Cebu jumped strongly throughout the four

miles and delivered a dominant victory for owners

Charles Fenwick Jr., mike hankin, and Charles Noell.

The timber classic was the second straight stakes vic-

tory for the ownership team, which races other horses in

the name of bruton street-us, 2019’s champion owner. a

race earlier, bruton street’s snap Decision scored a dom-

inant victory in the David semmes memorial over hur-

dles. both winners were saddled by champion trainer Jack

Fisher.

Doc Cebu was second to ballybristol Farm’s andi’amu

in middleburg spring’s middleburg hunt Cup two weeks

earlier, and the virginia gold Cup shaped up as a battle

between the two champions. Trained by leslie young,

andi’amu had won last year’s gold Cup and went on the

secure the 2019 timber title.

in the virginia gold Cup, andi’amu had proved that

he could stay four miles; Doc Cebu, who was pulled up in

his only 2019 start in the gold Cup, had yet to win at that

distance. he was no stranger to great meadow, however.

he won the international gold Cup at great meadow to

lock up the timber titles in 2017 and 2018.

Fisher-trained storm Team went to the lead in satur-

day’s gold Cup, with andi’amu stalking him and Doc

Cebu toward the back of the six-horse field. The race’s

complexion changed before the seventh fence when

storm Team went off course to jump a steeplethon fence

and andi’amu followed him off course.

as both were pulled up, Codrington College took over

the lead, and mitchell moved Doc Cebu forward to

shadow the new leader. Through the final mile, Doc Cebu

jumped the fences strongly and repeatedly took the lead,

only to have mitchell rein him in and keep Codrington

College as a target.

mitchell allowed the hard spun gelding to have his

way after the next-to-last fence, and Doc Cebu waltzed

home with an overwhelming victory. Now 10, Doc Cebu

ran the four miles in 8:15 2/5 on turf rated as good.

Snap Decision takes David Semmes

snap Decision, the reigning novice champion and also

by hard spun, became an open stakes winner in the pre-

ceding race when he surged late to win the $35,000

semmes memorial by 4 1/2 lengths. Naylor’s Chief Jus-

tice got up in the final strides to take second, a neck ahead

of sharon sheppard’s redicean.

under a well-timed ride by sean mcDermott, snap De-

cision was ahead of only a lagging iranistan as first stone-

lea stables’ balance the budget and then Jacqueline

ohrstrom’s winner massagot set the pace in the 2 1/8-

mile semmes.

snap Decision moved forward entering the final turn

on the great meadow course and drew into contention at

the next-to-last fence as winner massagot began to tire.

snap Decision snapped to the front at the last and easily

led to the finish line under modest pressure from mcDer-

mott.snap Decision ran the semmes’ 2 1/8 miles in 3:58

1/5 on turf rated as good.

barry Foley pressed Chief Justice through the final fur-

long to take the second spot for Naylor and trainer Cyril

murphy.

Purchased from the Phipps stable in late 2018, snap

Decision had two seconds in his hurdle debut races in the

2019 spring season before scoring his maiden victory at

monmouth Park on July 4.

he demolished a good allowance field at saratoga

race Course in august before winning belmont Park’s

william entenmann memorial Novice stakes and Far

hills’ Foxbrook Champion hurdle to claim the title for

newcomers to jump racing.

Mercoeur’s Steeplethon

Trainer young and jockey Thomas garner collected

their second victories of the afternoon when ballybris-

tol’s mercoeur fought off a late challenge from invoca-

tion and mcDermott to win the $20,000 steeplethon over

mixed obstacles.

Pak yer Tack, who had briefly challenged mercoeur

for the lead near the two-mile mark of the three-mile race,

finished third in a field of eight.

armata stables’ some response grabbed the early lead

under bernie Dalton, with mercoeur close behind him.

some response led for the first half of the steeplethon

before mercoeur moved to the lead. after the leader dis-

patched the challenge from Pak yer Tack, Donna rogers’

Dapper Dan advanced toward mercoeur before the splash

through swan lake.

winner of the 2019 international gold Cup

steeplethon, Dapper Dan appeared to be poised to chal-

lenge mercoeur but fell at the stone wall in the final mile.

straylight racing’s invocation, winner of middleburg

spring’s alfred m. hunt steeplethon two weeks earlier,

took up the chase and appeared ready to take the lead at

the last.

but mercoeur dug in through the stretch under pres-

sure from garner and increased his advantage to the fin-

ish line for a 6 1/4-length victory.

young and garner had combined forces to take the af-

ternoon’s first race, a $20,000 maiden hurdle, with gill

Johnston’s emerald rocket.

mitchell won the second division of the maiden hur-

dle with riverdee stable’s lonely weekend, trained by

Todd wyatt, and he added third and fourth victories with

robert laPenta’s Fast Car in the maiden hurdle for four-

year-olds and Dash stable’s shark du berlais in the first

division of the waiver claiming hurdle. Fisher trained both

winners to conclude his four-bagger.

elizabeth scully, a 10-pound apprentice jockey, col-

lected her first victory over fences when she pressed Nay-

lor’s elucidation to the lead in deep stretch to overtake

bodes well in the $25,000 ratings handicap for horses

ranked at 125 or lower. Cyril murphy trained elucidation.

Find more information about the virginia gold Cup at:

www.vagoldcup.com.

Elmutahid (center) Cheetah Beach (left) Good and

Proper take jump early in the 10th race.

Fast Car - Michael Mitchell tight to wire in the 7th

race.

Mercoeur leads field through water in Steeplethon Snap Decision (left) leads to wire in the Semmes

Memorial

Fox NewsJayne ryan and her husband archie ryan,

Dvm, who owns and operates southwest

Drive animal Clinic in Jonesboro, arkansas,

have been rehabilitating wildlife for over 30

years. Jayne says, “we have animals and

birds here almost all the time. i do much of

the work with the animals here at the farm

because my husband works in the clinic all

day. only one license per household is al-

lowed, but i have been assured that if any-

thing happens to my husband i will get my

own license. i absolutely have all the hours

and requirements to have my own license.”

Jayne is a horsewoman with a long history

of involvement with horses. “i grew up in

england and went through the british horse

society exam system up to intermediate

level. Then i managed a foxhunting (ironi-

cally) and polo yard in england. i moved to

Canada to manage a breeding and competi-

tion barn and then met my husband in the

usa. i evented mostly until about 2000, then

turned to dressage, which is what i do now. i

have an Fei mare, a 6-year-old that i rode at

the mDa show, a semi-retired 29-year-old

leased out to a student, a recipient mare, and

a leased recipient mare with a 12-week-old

foal out of my Fei mare.”

one of the animals Jayne and her husband

recently cared for is a fox. here is her story.

By Jayne Ryan

beatrice (the fox) was discovered in a per-

son’s back yard being aggravated by their

dogs. she was too young to be out on her

own, so after a few phone calls, they brought

her to my husband’s veterinary clinic in

Jonesboro, arkansas. my husband has been a

licensed wildlife rehabilitator for many years.

last year we built a full sized flight cage

with separate ‘rooms’ for smaller mammals

such as raccoons, squirrels, bobcats, small

birds and, of course, foxes. The new flight

cage is large enough to rehab a full grown

eagle. beatrice moved into one of these

smaller ‘rooms’ and immediately made her-

self at home.

i am responsible for naming all the crea-

tures we rehab and beatrice got her name

from Dante alighieri’s muse in the Divine

Comedy. one of my favorite lines is, “the

green of newborn leaves…” and newborn

leaves were bursting out all over the farm

when she arrived.

beatrice was very young but not a new-

born, so winning her trust was harder than

with a cub that was abandoned soon after

birth. i could pick her up and hold her (she

actually really liked to be held), but if set

down she would instinctively run for cover.

as she grew stronger and bigger we knew we

would find it harder and harder to retrieve her

if she ran, so we purchased a tiny harness for

her so she could go for walks in the evenings.

beatrice hated it! so i decided instead to play

with her inside her room in the flight cage.

each evening i would go in and just sit on

a small block and let her come to me. she got

braver and braver and interacted more and

more with me. i would take toys for her to

play with; her favorite was a corn husk from

her neighbor maple, a beaver we are also re-

habbing.

we had tried to introduce beatrice and

maple so that they could be friends as they

grew up, since we find that orphaned animals

do better with a buddy. but maple wanted

nothing to do with beatrice, even though

beatrice was extremely polite and friendly

towards her.

since beatrice didn’t really like the har-

ness and we were afraid she would leave too

soon and not be able to survive in the wild on

her own, i just kept her in the enclosure and

played with her there. she was very curious

and playful and would love to bury parts of

her daily rat, only to dig it up when i arrived

and offer it to me. i always politely accepted

and pretended that i loved it.

she loved to sneak around behind me and

touch me softly with her nose. a huge victory

for her! i stopped handling her physically,

partly because she got so big, but mostly be-

cause i wanted her to develop a sense of dis-

tance from humans in preparation for her

release.

some evenings she would not come down

from a ledge that she loved to sleep on during

the daytime to see me. most times she would,

though, and i loved our time together.

Finally my husband said it was time for

her to be released. over the years we have

learned that timing is everything with releas-

ing these creatures back into the wild. Too

soon and they likely will not survive, but,

more importantly, too late and they are too

attached to their human ‘parents.’ beatrice

was strong enough and old enough to take

care of herself, but still young enough to have

not overly bonded with us. we had tried not

to make her a pet, but had shown love, car-

ing, and compassion for her. This balance is

so important to get right or these precious

creatures cannot survive.

so, the day came for me to release her; i

knew i was really going to miss her. People

ask me all the time how we do it, caring for

and bonding with beautiful creatures such as

beatrice, and then having to face the day

when we let them go. you really have to be

selfless in this respect and do what is right

for the animal. i always tell myself: if i let

this one go i know another one will come

along needing our help and it will bring new

joy to our lives.

occasionally we release one of our critters

and they go nowhere. Completely free, they

choose to stay a while, sometimes longer, and

what joy that is!

when i released beatrice, she did not bolt

out the door as i had thought she might. she

played with me for a while with the door

wide open, then she buried the rat i had given

her, making note of its location for future

snacking, and then wandered off slowly and

carefully. i was very surprised and decided to

go to my house to get my camera for a

farewell snapshot of her, not really expecting

her to still be there when i returned. but to

my surprise, she turned and came to the

house. For over an hour she stayed and

played with my dog and me, even jogging

down the driveway with us to greet a visitor.

as it grew dark, she disappeared into our

woods and was gone. i was so grateful for the

time she took to say a lovely goodbye. my

dog had been quite alarmed at first when she

tried to play with him, but even he looked sad

when she disappeared into the night.

i really thought this was the end of the

story, but to our delight beatrice was hang-

ing around the house the next morning. i

gave her a snack, happy to know she was fed

one more meal, and she disappeared into the

woods once again.

Foxes are, of course, nocturnal, so for the

next few days we saw beatrice early morn-

ings and early evenings. we always offered a

snack and mostly she took it, but then we saw

her less and less. eventually, we saw her no

more and all we could do was hope that she

had found a great place to hunt and sleep and

live.

Two weeks slipped by with no sightings

and i believed i would not see her again. but

then, to my delight, one morning i received a

text message containing a short clip of beat-

rice over at my neighbor’s house. my very

kind neighbor and friend had met beatrice

once before while over for a visit. she de-

scribed how beatrice saw her come out of her

back door and ran towards her, but then real-

izing she wasn’t me, had stopped abruptly

but did not run away.

i got dressed and went over with a mouse

treat for beatrice. my friend had had to leave

and there was no sign of beatrice. i called for

her several times and my heart sank, think-

ing i would not see her. but as i turned

around, there she was sitting right behind me!

she looked wonderful! she had grown and

her fur and tail were magnificent! i handed

her the treat and she gobbled it right down.

although i was very sure she was not hun-

gry, i wished that i had brought more than

one treat. we played for several minutes and

beatrice came and nudged me with her nose

just like she did before. i was so happy!

eventually i had to go, so i sadly said

goodbye and headed home. To my absolute

joy she followed me all the way home. i live

on 25 acres and my neighbor has over 30

acres with a county road between us, so she

was absolutely sure she wanted to go home

with me. i was over the moon! my girl had

returned!

as we neared the house, my three dogs

greeted us and, at first, beatrice was happy

to see them. but my border Collie instinc-

tively wanted to herd her. beatrice was not

going to be herded, being a free fox now, so

she disappeared into the woods. i was sad to

see her go, but happy to see her caution, not

to mention her speed and athleticism in es-

caping an animal she did not trust.

The next morning she was back at my

neighbor’s house and i took a supply of

frozen treats to supplement her diet in case

that was the reason she had returned. we

have decided a medium sized rat every other

day will keep her fed, but keep her honing

her hunting skills on her own.

my neighbor’s place is beautiful and

much, much quieter than my busy farm,

which has horses, dogs, cats, beavers, and

people going around from dawn till dusk. so

i am happy she is there and that we can all

keep an eye on her and make sure she stays

fed and happy.


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most of us have heard of and may know

someone who has one of the electric cars

now being produced, such as the Tesla,

Chevrolet bolt, or Nissan leaf. but did

you know that there are electric powered

tractors, as well?

electric power is a natural fit for trac-

tors because the work a tractor does on a

farm requires torque and traction, and an

electric powered tractor has both in abun-

dance. a diesel engine needs to be revved

up to high rpms to produce its maximum

available torque (twisting force) and the

power range on a diesel engine is limited

to its rpm range. That is why it is neces-

sary to have a transmission on a tractor

with multiple gears, to multiply the avail-

able torque at given speeds. an electric

motor, on the other hand, has 100% avail-

able torque at every speed, so the tractor’s

electric motor can start producing work at

low rpms. Thus, a lower horsepower elec-

tric tractor can perform many of the same

tasks that would require a higher horse-

power diesel tractor. This available torque

can come in handy when performing tasks

such as operating a manure spreader or

dragging an arena.

when it comes to dragging an indoor

arena, the advantage of an electric pow-

ered tractor over a diesel one is that there

are no exhaust fumes and it is very quiet.

The engine does not idle when not in op-

eration, so battery depletion only takes

place while the tractor is working. an elec-

tric tractor can be used to drag an arena for

a whole day without needing a recharge.

one of the disadvantages of battery op-

erated automobiles is the weight of the

batteries. because of the heavy battery

weight, the electric car manufacturers do

everything they can to shed weight in the

car body itself, using materials such as alu-

minum, carbon fiber, and plastic. The op-

posite is true for an electric tractor. The

weight of the battery pack helps the tractor

keep traction in mud and snow. many

diesel powered tractors need added

weights to give the tractor better traction.

Just about one of the first things that

anyone asks about a new product or tech-

nology is “how much does it cost?” The

answer is almost always the same: “it de-

pends.”

as with an electric automobile, main-

tenance costs on an electric tractor are

generally less than they are on a diesel

powered tractor. There is no oil and filter

to change, nor air and fuel filter.

The mid-south horse review con-

tacted soletrac, a company based in al-

bion, California that makes compact

electric tractors, to get some comparisons

to diesel tractors.

we asked Christiane heckeroth, CCo

of soletrac, if the electric tractor can pull

a manure spreader, run a bushhog, drag an

arena, etc. – all the tasks that horse owners

do on the farm.

heckeroth replied: “The eutility can do

all of those tasks. it can drag an arena all

day because that task does not require

much energy. The bush hogging and ma-

nure spreading requires a greater amount

of energy because the implements run off

a PTo, which will decrease run time to 3-

4 hours. an optional exchangeable battery

pack will double that time. The obvious

benefit of going electric is that it won’t

spook a horse because it’s quiet or damage

their lungs from diesel exhaust.”

The solectrac eutility electric Tractor

uses a single 600 amp 48v brushless DC

motor producing 40hP. This motor has

only one moving part, compared to a

diesel engine which has as many as 300

moving parts. The tractor has a Category

one 3-point hitch operated by electric lin-

ear actuators and a gear driven 540 rpm

PTo. available is a hydraulically operated

front end loader and auxiliary hydraulics.

Cost for the tractor is as follows:

base model: $45,000; front loader:

$10,000; additional battery pack $10,000;

front hitch to attach implements or extra

battery pack $5,000; auxiliary hydraulics

$5,000. Total cost of tractor package:

$75,000. This is about 40% higher price

than an equivalent quality diesel tractor,

such as a John Deer 3035 or a kubota lx

The battery pack is 28 kwh lithium ion

phosphate with an output of 525 amps at

53v, 28 kwh. The run time is estimated at

3 to 8 hours depending on the load. oper-

ating temperature - 4 to 130̊ F. The motor

life expectancy is 80,000 hours and the

battery life expectancy is 3,000 cycles or

12,000 hours based on 4 hours usage per

day, or about 8½ years if used that much

every day. Comparatively, a diesel engine

life expectancy is about 10,000 hours and

replacement cost, including labor, would

be about $10,000.

an electric motor is 95% energy effi-

cient, compared a diesel engine at 35%.

much of the potential energy in the diesel

fuel is wasted as exhaust gasses and heat.

solectrac claims fuel costs for this electric

tractor to be $.86 an hour, compared to a

diesel tractor at $7.04 per hour.

The primary thing to consider when

purchasing anything is: does it meet my

needs and my budget? if it does, then an

electric powered tractor may be just the

thing for you.

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Mid-South Horse Review Calendar of EventsCalendar of EventsAUGUST - SEPTEMBER

The Mid-South Horse Review Calendar of Events lists horse shows and other equine events. we at-tempt to keep listings current; however, we cannot guarantee the completeness or accuracy of any item.

Please contact the individuals listed for additional information and to verify dates. To submit your event, call(901) 867-1755 or e-mail the information to: [email protected] or editor@midsouth-

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AGRICENTER SHOWPLACE ARENAJUL. 31-AUG. 2: lucky Dog barrel race

AUG. 7-9: best of memphis Team roping

SEP. 18-20: volunteer ranch horse show

GERMANTOWN CHARITY ARENASEP. 25-26: exel schooling show

MISSISSIPPI HORSE PARKSEP. 11-13: horse Poor barrel race

ROANE STATE EXPO CENTERAUG. 8-9: southeast ranch horse series

AUG. 15-16: volunteer state Pinto org.

SEP. 5-6: east TN. Cutting horse assn.

SEP. 11-13: Nbha TN state Championship

SEP. 19-20: No bulls barrel race

SEP. 26: TN Paint horse show

TENNESSEE MILLER COLISEUM AUG. 7-9: ole south Dressage

SEP. 4-12: Cmsa eastern us Champ.

TRI-STATE EXHIBITION CENTERAUG. 8-9: smokey mtn. horse show

AUG. 15: TN National racking horse assn.

AUG. 22: TN Nbha

AUG. 29: stillwater Trail sports Challenge

SEP. 5-6: syh gypsies summer spectacular

SEP. 17-19: Natn’l racking horse world show

SEP. 18-20: brent graef horsemanship Clinic

SEP. 26-27: ranch horse buckle series

TENNESSEE HS RODEO ASSNSEP. 12-13: union City, TN

CLINICS / CLASSESAUG. 3-8: germantown, TN. wildwood

horsemanship short course. info: melanie

smith Taylor: [email protected] or robyn

miller: [email protected]

AUG. 8: ooltewah, TN. long vue stables.

mindy Coleman Jumping clinic. info:

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AUG. 17-22: germantown, TN. wildwood


smith Taylor: [email protected] or robyn

miller: [email protected]

SEP. 10: knoxville, TN. uT institute of

agriculture. brehm animal science arena.

horse management Field Day

SEP. 14-19: germantown, TN. wildwood


smith Taylor: [email protected]

SEP. 15: spring hill, TN. middle Tenn.

agresearch Center. horse mgmt Field Day

SEP. 17: Jackson, TN. west Tenn. agre-

search Center. horse mgmt. Field Day

SEP. 18-20: humboldt, TN. goodrich

arena. Calf roping Clinic. info: (731) 426-

2530; [email protected]

SEP. 24-26: lynnville, TN. goodman

equestrian Facility. ken mcNabb horse-

manship Clinic. info: 931-922-3464

SEP. 26-27: Collierville, TN. 1640 Quinn

rd. hilda Donahue Clinic. info: Cindy

marsh (901) 262-0066; cmarsh@winter-

pastfarm.com; fb: west Tenn. Pony Club

SEP. 28-OCT. 3: germantown, TN. wild-

wood horsemanship short course

HORSE & TACK SALESAUG. 1: Thaxton, ms. Triple e livestock.

riding horse sale 2 pm. Tack 10 am. info:

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SEP. 5: Thaxton, ms. Triple e livestock.

riding horse sale 2 pm. Tack 10 am.

SEP. 19: midway, ar. bar None Cowboy

Church. ozark Foundation breeders assn.

sale. Noon. info: scott walker 870-321-

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SPECIAL EVENTSSEP. 11-20: Nashville, TN. 500 wedge-

wood ave. Tenn. state Fair. tnstatefair.org

SEP. 19: oak ridge, TN. uT arboretum

butterfly Festival.

BARREL RACINGAUG. 8: brandon, ms. rankin Co. multi-

purpose. info: wendy warren 601-540-5095

AUG. 21-22: murfereesboro, TN. miller

Coliseum. TN ibra state Finals. info:

Jamie white 901-378-7470

AUG. 22: Cleveland, TN. Tri state exhibi-

tion Center. Nbha. info: lacey Thompson

423-368-2623

AUG. 30: mason, TN. Coyote run arena.

Nbha. kendra hockran 716-969-7815

SEP. 5: brandon, ms. rankin Co. multi-


SEP. 6: mason, TN. Coyote run arena.

Nbha. kendra hockran 716-969-7815

SEP. 6: ashland, ms. benton Co. Fair-

grounds. info: stefanie bass 712-210-2087

SEP. 9: harriman, TN. roane state expo

Center. lacey Thompson 423-368-2623

SEP. 12: halls, TN. Flying h arena. ibra.

info: leanne Dyson 731-413-3358

SEP. 19: Newbern, TN. Newbern saddle

Club. ibra. billy gibbons 731-676-2367

SEP. 26: mcewen, TN. blue Creek arena.

ibra. info: Christy lee 615-879-2639

SEP. 26: brandon, ms. rankin Co. multi-


COWBOY MOUNTED SHOOTINGSEP. 4-12: murfreesboro, TN. miller Coli-

seum. Cmsa eastern us Championship

SEP. 19-20: rainsville, al. Ne al agri-

business Center. shoot with Dixie buckle

CUTTING HORSEAUG. 8-9: Forest, ms. Central ms Cha.

info: linda Clark 205-246-3798

AUG. 15: Prairie, ms. infinity ranch. Ne

ms Cha. info: linda Clark 205-246-3798

SEP. 5-6: harriman, TN. roane state expo

Center. eTCha show

SEP. 12-13: Forest, ms. Central ms Cha.

info: linda Clark 205-246-3798

DRESSAGEAUG. 7-9: murfreesboro, TN. miller Coli-

seum. ole south usDF Dressage shows.

info: wordpress.tndressage.com

AUG. 15-17: New market, TN. river glen.

Dressage by The river. www.river-glen.com

AUG. 22: lynnville, TN. goodman eques-

trian show. info: goodmanequestrian.com

AUG. 29: College grove, TN. Traveller's

rest Farm. CTDa schooling show. info:

wordpress.tndressage.com

SEP. 5-6: lynnville, TN. goodman eques-

trian show. info: goodmanequestrian.com

SEP. 19: Nashville, TN. walnut Trace

Farm. CTDa schooling show

EVENTING AUG. 1-2: New market, TN. river glen

summer h.T. www.river-glen.com

AUG. 25-30: lexington, ky. kentucky

horse Park. american eventing Champi-

onship. www.useventing.com

SEP. 12-13: mill spring, NC. Tryon inter-

national equestrian Center. blue ridge

mountain horse Trials. https://tryon.com

SEP. 26-27: Nashville, TN. walnut Trace

Farm mini CT. info: walnuttracefarm.com

GAITED HORSE SHOWS AUG. 8: lynchburg, TN. wiseman Park.

moore Co. sshbea. www.sshbea.org

AUG. 11-17: murfreesboro, TN. miller

Coliseum. 42nd Pleasure/Colt grand Cham-

pionship. www.walkinghorseowners.com

SEP. 17-20: whitley City, ky. stampede

run horse Camp. sshbea Camp & Trail

rides. info: 606-376-9666

SEP. 19: bell buckle, TN. Justus Carter

Training. PwhaT show.

SEP. 30-OCT. 3: shelbyville, TN. Calsonic

arena. sshbea 36th annual Fall show

HUNTER/JUMPERAUG. 3-9: lexington, ky. kentucky horse

Park. useF Pony Finals. www.usef.org

AUG. 8-9: Talbot, TN. walnut grove. Tenn.

valley hunt Club horse show. info: Casey

Johnsey 850-368-2063

AUG. 11-15: lexington, ky. ky horse

Park. ushJa hunter week. info: ushja.org

AUG. 15-16: Jonesborough, TN. wF sta-

bles. eThJa. Patti walters 423-794-0630

AUG. 22: knoxville, TN. stone gate Farm.

eThJa. info: becky Teague 865-363-6919

AUG. 29-30: bristol, TN. Fox hollow

Farm. info: Peter krukoski 423-646-2283

SEP. 2-6: Franklin, TN. brownland Farm

Fall i. info: www.brownlandfarm.com

SEP. 9-13: Franklin, TN. brownland Farm

Fall ii. info: www.brownlandfarm.com

SEP. 11-13: brandon, ms. rankin Co. mul-

tipurpose. mhJa back To school show.

info: mhja.info

SEP. 12: olive branch, ms. oak view sta-

bles schooling show. oakviewstables.net

SEP. 12-13: knoxville, TN. select sport

horses. eThJa. info: Jocelyn gibson 865-

724-6773

SEP. 19: memphis, TN. hunters edge sta-

bles schooling show. info: 901-831-3890;

[email protected]

SEP. 19-20: Talbot, TN. walnut grove.

eThJa. info: Dene massengill-Jones 423-

736-3287

SEP. 25-26: germantown, TN. gChs

arena. exel september show Down

PAINT/PINTOAUG. 8-9: murfreesboro, TN. mTsu.

Tenn. Paint horse Club summer sizzler

shows. info: tphconline11.homestead.com

AUG. 15-16: harriman, TN. roane state

expo Center. smoky mtn. sweepstakes.

info: www.volunteerstatepintoorg.com

SEP. 26-27: harriman, TN. roane state

expo Center. Tenn. Paint horse Club Fall

Colors. info: tphconline11.homestead.com

QUARTER HORSE SHOWS SEP. 17-20: murfreesboro, TN. miller Col-

iseum. wTQha/TQha Circuit. info: Trena

moffett 731-549-0697; www.wtqha.org

SEP. 19-20: Jackson, ms. kirk Fordice

equine Center. mQha Fall Classic. info:

www.mqha.org

RACING / STEEPLECHASINGSEP. 5: louisville, ky. Churchill Downs.

kentucky Derby. www.kentuckyderby.com

RANCH HORSESEP. 18-20: memphis, TN. show Place

arena. volunteer ranch horse show. info:

www.volrha.com

RODEOS & BULL RIDINGAUG. 7-8: sevierville, TN. sevier County

Fairgrounds. iPra. info: 337-427-6336

AUG. 8: ardmore, TN. kolt barber amer-

ican Cowboy showdown. 615-770-2994

AUG. 21-22: athens, al. limestone Co.

sheriff's rodeo. info: www.limestonesher-

iffrodeo.com

AUG. 29: white Pine, TN. walters state

expo Center. kolt barber american Cow-

boys showdown. info: 337-427-6336

SEP. 5: van Cleve, ms. kolt barber amer-

ican Cowboy showdown. 337-427-6336

SEP. 6-7: sevierville, TN. sevier Co. Fair-

grounds. info: 337-427-6336

SEP. 11-12: lebanon, TN. wilson Co. Fair-

grounds. mending Fences Cowboy Church

rodeo. info: 337-427-6336

SEP. 17-19: harrison, ar. harrison

roundup Club rodeo. info: 337-427-6336

SEP. 24: Fayetteville, TN. 1003 hedgemont

lincoln Co. Fair rodeo. 770-548-2358

SEP. 26: Cullman, al. kolt barber ameri-

can Cowboy showdown. 337-427-6336

ROPINGAUG. 7-9: memphis, TN. show Place

arena. best of memphis super Qualifier.

info: www.jx2events.com

SEP. 5-6: Tuscumbia, al. longhorn r

arena. labor Day explosion. info:

www.jx2events.com

TEAM PENNING / RANCH SORTINGAUG. 22: mountain view, ar. Nixon

arena. rsNC. erik moore 417-531-2424

SEP. 26: mountain view, ar. Nixon arena.

rsNC. info: erik moore 417-531-2424

TRAIL RIDESSEP. 5-7: waynesboro, TN. buffalo river

Trail ride, labor Day weekend. info:

www.brtr.com

SEP. 17-20: Jamestown, TN. east Fork sta-

bles. racking on the edge. info: wayne Tol-

bert (865) 986-3333; (865) 216-7563

SEP. 13-18: hurricane mills, TN. loretta

lynn’s ranch. Fall Trail ride

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