Atlantic Canada Trail Riding Association
ChairPerson
- Kaaren LeBert
Vice-Chair - Sherry Brooks
Secretary - Donna Lee Cole
Treasurer- Gwenn Dexter
Sanction Kit - Donna Munn
Rules - Susan Hovey
Newsletter Editor - Bev Elliott
Public Relations - Afiena Kamminga
Statistician - Jennifer McDonald
Director at Large - Evan DeBert
See
a copy of ACTRA's recent newsletter
April
May June 2012 Part 1
April May June 2012
Part 2
ACTRA
30 Anniversary
Photo page
Have a look at this article from the Amherst Daily News from 1979. Click Here
The
ACTRA Rule Book is now available for download.
Click Here
At the Spring Meeting this motion was passed, "All types of sole or hoof protection are premissible in all sanctioned divisions (on a trial basis for 2011). Attachment strap, keeper or gaiter may not extend above the pastern. The judges may request to observe the area covered by the attached strap, keeper or gaiter at any time. Devices which serve strictly as leg protection are not permitted (a leg being devined as all structores above and including the coronet band). Examples of these devices include, but are not limited to, bell boots, splint boots, wraps or any device that was not manufactured to hold the sole protection in place.
Your membership fees are due for 2012. If your membership fees are not paid, you will miss the newsletters and the benefit of insurance for the year. Get you membership application into the treasurer.
Bertha Harrison is making plans to have a Parelli Natural Horsemanship clinic in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
The
instructor will be Kari Bowser.
You can visit her web site Here.
The dates are from 27th April to 8th of May, which covers two weekends.
All those interested should contact Bertha Harrison at berthagary@eastlink.ca
"I realized how much I did not know. The good endurance and long distance rider never knows enough, and he knows he does not. That stops him making costly and dangeroud errors." Ann Hyland author of Riding Long Distance
Jean Bridges and her daugther Ann participating in the Surf N' Turf ride held on PEI July 11, 2009.
ACTRA rules require all riders to be wearing approved ASTM/SEI helmets while mounted.
Click
for Latest version of Rule Book
Check out
the 2012 Ride Schedule
Schedule page
THE PINK CHALLENGE
CUP
Gold Team: Jean Bridges and Anne Bridges
Silver Team: Bev Elliott and Deanna Johnston
Bronze Team: Wendy Vissers and Lucy Rudge
More info
Link out to helpful article on AERC site:
Assessing
your equine's overall fitness
Things I have learned by owning a horse
1. People who don't take care of their own horses will be the first ones to tell you how to care for yours.
2. You should never buy a cheap girth!
3.A handsome horse who's badly behaved will become a lot less attractive in about 15 min.
4. People who think they have nothing more to learn about riding, hit the ground the hardest.
5. Children and ponies are natural allies and often have identical dispositions.
6. The richest horse people often look the poorest.
7. The closeness of a horse is one of the sweetest smells in the world.
8.A solitary ride through the bush is more beneficial than six months with the best psychiatrist.
9. The worse a person rides the more likely they are going to blame it on the horse.
10. The best thing about going to the barn first thing in the morning is that horses don't care how you look.
11. If a dealer insists a horse is worth twice what he's asking he's usually worth half that much.
12. The best way to appreciate how another person rides is to get on their horse.
13. I can recognize another horse person no matter what town, city, state, county or country I visit.
14. You can never have too many hoof picks.
15. It is not wise to argue with something that outweighs you by 1,000 pounds.
16 .I'd rather have a horse with a perfect mind than a perfect head.
17. Eight hours is too long to be in the saddle!
18. If you think you have left the water on in the barn you have, if you think you have closed the pasture gate you haven't.
19. When someone asks you if you like their horse, always say yes
20. The happiest people I know own horses, dogs, cats and at least one deranged goat.
21 .If you're looking for the perfect horse you will never own one.
22. Owning a horse can either make a marriage or break it.
23. I'd rather lose my lipstick than my curb chain.
24. You shouldn't talk about your first place ribbon to someone that came in second.
25. If someone says that a horse has a little buck, it has a BIG buck.
26. If we need rain, schedule a show.
27. I've never warmed up to some that didn't want a walk down to the stables.
28 .A clean barn and a sparkling horse are among life's great pleasures.
29. Even given away horses can be too expensive. Especially give away horses.
30. No matter how badly behaved you are your horse always gives you a second chance.
31 .A more expensive horse doesn't make a better one.
32. I can't stand to have an empty stable.
33. Losing a horse can break your heart, but it will have been worth it.
"If you can't imagine life without a horse... DON'T!"
"God forbid that I should
go to any heaven in which there are no horses."
R.B.Cunningham Graham
Progressive dehydration affects the normal functioning of the "thirst center" in the central nervous system. Thus, dehydrated horses badly in need of fluids may entirely lose interest in drinking voluntarily. If you know your horse has been working and sweating hard throughout the day, and yet is not drinking, do not assume he doesn't need water. In fact, he may be approaching a metabolic crisis if not resolved quickly. Don't make the mistake of thinking, "he knows best what he needs"---use your head to make the right decisions on his behalf.
YouTube clip of taking a horse's pulse Click
YouTube clip of How to Take Your Horse's Vital Signs Click
THE 12 "MOST IMPORTANT" THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU OWN A HORSE.
- To induce labor in a mare? Take a nap.
- To cure equine constipation? Load them in a clean trailer.
- To cure equine insomnia? Take them in a halter class.
- To get a horse to stay very calm and laid back? Enter them in a liberty class.
- To get a horse to wash their own feet? Clean the water trough and fill it with fresh water.
- To get a mare to come in heat? Take her to a show.
- To get a mare in foal the first cover? Let the wrong stallion get out of his stall.
- To make sure that a mare has that beautiful, perfectly marked foal you always wanted? Sell her before she foals.
- To get a show horse to set up perfect and really stretch? Get him out late at night or anytime no one is a round to see him.
- To induce a cold snap in the weather? Clip a horse.
- To make it rain? Mow a field of hay.
- To make a small fortune in the horse business? Start with a large one.