September 2015 The Ebony Park
Friesian
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Dressage - going back to the basics
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Feeding what should you feed your pregnant mare?
Introducing the newest members of our team Lauren, Montana & Rosie!!
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From the Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
Hi Fabulous Friesian Lovers!!
• PAGE 4-5: INTRODUCING MONTANA & LAUREN OUR NEW COACHES! • PAGE 6: NOTE FROM TASH • PAGE 7: NEWS FROM HOLLAND • PAGE 8-10: KATE’S KNOWLEDGE FEEDING THE PREGNANT MARE • PAGE 11: SAVE THE DATE! EBONY PARK OPEN DAY AND FRIESIAN GALA! • PAGE 12-13: TASH’S TRAINING TIP - LEARNING YOUR DRESSAGE TEST • PAGE 14: SHHH.... THE EBONY PARK FAMILY HAVE RECEIVED AN EPIC OFFER! • PAGE 15: EBONY PARK HIGH POINT AWARD • PAGE 16-17: FOALS DUE IN SEPTEMBER! • PAGE 18-19: INTRODUCING THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRESSAGE! • PAGE 20: TRENDING ON FACEBOOK • PAGE 21: EBONY PARK TV • PAGE 22-23: PHOTO GALLERY • PAGE 24: SAVE THE DATE FOR CREATE 2016 TO BE YOUR BEST RIDING YEAR YET! • PAGE 25: 5 MINUTES WITH CHRISTOFF HESS • PAGE 26: CONTACT INFORMATION
How is everyone doing? It has been fairly hectic here at Ebony Park... the foaling season has started with Anika giving birth to a gorgeous black 3/4 Friesian colt on Monday 7th September... and speaking of babies... congratulations to Natasha and Phil on the safe arrival of their second child Tyler!! But I’m sure Natasha will tell you all about him! We are getting so excited about the construction of our new indoor arena complex... it’s getting there!! The building is up, it’s now a matter of putting in stables and the arena surface! Stables are set to start this month, the office walls are going up... and we can’t wait! This month we would like to welcome Rhiannon to the Ebony Park family... can’t wait for your Famke x Elko foal to be born in December!! It’s sure to be just gorgeous! We would also like to welcome Lauren & Montana to the Ebony Park Team... it’s been great having you on board and we can’t wait to get you out there competing on some of the Ebony Park horses later on in the year! They are both available to give lessons on either one of our schoolmasters, or on your own horse! We also have the lovely Rosie with us here from the UK for a couple of months - what a team we are building!! In this month’s magazine, I answer a question about what to feed your pregnant mare; Natasha talks about learning your dressage test as she prepares to get back into competing later this month and we announce some exciting events coming up before the end of the year! Please make sure you send through your “selfie” photos of you and your horse for next months magazine, and if you would like any topics covered on horse health, breeding, dressage or all things Friesian, please send them through to info@ebonyparkstud.com.au!! To Your Dreams Becoming Reality, Rosie and the first foal of the season out of Anika :)
Kate Langdon
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Introducing | our new riding superstars We would like to welcome Lauren Dixon to the dressage team here at Ebony Park. Lauren is our new groom and young horse rider and training, and will be training and competing some of our younger horses, getting them ready for competition towards the end of the year. She will also be giving lessons - either on one of our schoolmasters or Friesians, or you can bring your own horse along and have a lesson with her! Lauren has always had a passion for horses, and has been riding since she was 12 years old. She decided that dressage was the way to go, and started riding and competing interschools Elementary level dressage when she was 16, achieving state Elementary ISD reserve champion 2 years ago. Lauren qualified for the Young Riders NSW championships in July this year, and is continuing to compete regularly at Medium level dressage with the goal of qualifying for Victorian Dressage Championships at this level later on in the year. She is currently training her horse in the advanced movements. She is really looking forward to being a competitive member of the team, and will be competing young Friesian mare Helena of Ebony Park in Preliminary level dressage later in the year, and perhaps one of our more experienced horses, Ebony Park Gjanna in Elementary and Medium. Lauren has been instructing for the last 2 years at multiple pony clubs as well as giving private lessons. She loves teaching beginners and children, because she loves being a part of their riding journey and enjoyment of horses, but also thrives on teaching more experiences riders the higher movements, having taught up to medium level dressage. Make sure you contact info@ebonyparkstud.com.au if you would like to book one in with Lauren! She will be giving lessons on Grand Prix schoolmaster Tambo and purebred mare Gjanna, as well as lessons on your own horse. FUN FACTS ABOUT LAUREN Favourite food: Mangos Favourite movie: The Notebook Favourite Colour: Pink Favourite Horse at Ebony Park: Helena Favourite Ebony Park Horse to Ride: Gjanna because she has beautiful movement and forward and willing to learn. DOB: June 27, 1995
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Introducing | our new riding superstars We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest member of the Ebony Park Team - Montana O’ Riley. Montana is our new groom and young horse rider and training, and will be training and competing some of our younger horses, getting them ready for competition towards the end of the year. Montana has been riding since she could barely walk, starting off on a naughty little shetland pony like lots of kids do. She was lucky - her mother is a dressage instructor, and although to start off with she wanted to be an eventer, she chose dressage instead after riding her mother’s dressage horses (quite an achievement for a 10 year old to ride a 16.2 and 17.2hh warmblood!!) After finishing VCE, she trained under Heath Ryan before working with Riding Ponies - so Friesians are a bit of a change of pace! In 2010 she was on the Hamag young Riders Squad until 2013 when she stopped riding for a short time due to VCE commitments. After finishing VCE she realised that her passion lay in dressage all along. She has already competed up to Medium level dressage in the past, and can’t wait to take her dressage journey all the way to the top, with a goal to reach Grand Prix in 5 years! We can’t wait to see her out and about competing at Preliminary level dressage with one of Ebony Park’s young horses EP Zorro towards the end of this year! Montana has been instructing for 3 years, teaching the art of dressage to riders of all ages and abilities. She has taught a lot at numerous pony clubs and moved onto instructing at the local adult riding club - so she has coached riders of all ages and abilities. She’s really looking forward to giving lessons here at Ebony Park, and loves teaching riders of any level!! Make sure you contact info@ebonyparkstud.com.au if you would like to book one in with Montana! She has taught complete beginners, all the way up to Advanced level dressage. FUN FACTS ABOUT MONTANA Favourite food: Tuna mornay Favourite movie: The Fault in Our Stars Favourite Colour: Purple Favourite Horse at Ebony Park: She can’t choose, but can narrow it down to Jorrit, Jantje and Loes! Favourite Ebony Park Horse to Ride: Helena, because she has such wonderful movement, and it’s great to be able to train a horse from such a young age and watch them learn and grow! DOB: August 10, 1997 The Ebony Park Friesian Magazine | September 2015
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Note from Tash
DIARY DATES
Hello superstar Friesian Lovers!!!!!!
Natasha is having some time off the competition circuit while the indoor arena is being built and to get back into everything after the birth of her gorgeous baby boy!! We will be back competing in October once she has had some time to recover and is back into riding again!
I am so excited to bring you this months magazine!!!! Super Kate has done an AMAZING job putting it all together and we are very much looking forward to the next couple of months and hitting all our goals!!! :) I am thrilled to have had our second baby - Tyler Phoenix Kelley. He is an absolute dream baby and I am so lucky to have such a wonderful time of it! I had a walk on a horse today (4 days since I gave birth) and I felt I needed a bit more time! So the plan is to get back on Tuesday and see if I can get all the horses ready to compete in October! Kate and I still have 100 things on the whiteboard to complete for this month with some very exciting news coming for you! So we will get back to it and I look forward to sharing some very cool things with you next month!!!! I hope your riding is going well and you are having fun with your horses!!!! Wishing you all the best of success this month!!! Enjoy this months magazine and I look forward to sharing more with you next month! To Your Success,
Tash xxxx
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News From Holland |Film Friesian horse Omrop Fryslân and the Royal Society ‘het Koninklijk Friesch PaardenStamboek’ are setting out to produce a series of documentaries with our Royal Friesians at Centre stage - it will be a film about the Friesian horse that will be completely unique and has never been done before. With exquisite footage of the best stallions and the most beautiful mares, they are aiming to unearth delightful and endearing tales about these special horses, told by exceptional and unique people who will bring these stories to the forefront. They will also cover topics such as equine history, traditions, customs, characteristics, inspections, life stories, struggles, passion and success. Because Friesian horses are terribly popular and treasured by so many, all over the world. Surprising really, since our Friesian breed nearly died out some sixty years ago. We simply had no need for them anymore, their agricultural significance became redundant in the wake of the invention of tractors. But since then their numbers have risen
again to close to 70,000 Friesian horses. From Aegum (a tiny hamlet in Friesland) to China and from New Zealand to Paraguay. These days they are praised for their outstanding beauty, power, majestic presence, personality and that deep, jet black immaculate coat. As far back as Roman times, the great warriors were known to have a soft spot for that mighty, black phenomenon. In this documentary they will endeavor to unravel how and why this breed has succeeded in braving all storms. And the effect this breed has on people. For instance, why is it that Zorro was mounted on a Friesian horse? Why is it that a thriller author like Dan Brown keeps Friesian horses? Or Metallica’s guitarist Kirk Hammett?
It must be all of these feelings that are so difficult to put in words that bring tears to the eyes of Friesian expatriates on the mention of Friesian horses. Royal families all over the world have Friesian horses in their stables; they act in Hollywood films, inspire artists and circus performers to create spectacular shows and moving performances. And numerous owners of large and small breeding yards, enthusiasts and users – each and every one special – are willing to give it their all and do anything to preserve and improve their beloved breed. Each in their own way, all looking for the ideal horse, the Black Gold, captured in a unique series which will picture the magic of Friesian horses in an unprecedented way.
How come a C h i n e s e textiles tycoon owns an entire equine village housing the best of two h u n d r e d F r i e s i a n horses? Source: KFPS Website click on the image to watch an introduction on this video series
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Kind Kate’s Knowledge | Feeding the Pregnant Mare Kate Langdon has always had a passion for horses. Through a roundabout route including a desire to study veterinary science, but ending up with a Bachelor of Science (Zoology) and a Bachelor of Equine Studies, as well as studying at CSU in Colorado in reproduction, AI and foaling, she has now been at Ebony Park Performance Friesians as a breeding and nutrition specialist and stud manager for 6 years. Any horse breeder will tell you that the health of a foal depends in large part on the health of the broodmare.
By understanding the mare’s nutrient needs during each stage of her reproductive cycle, an intelligent and cost effective feeding program can be designed and implemented. It is important to avoid overfeeding during early pregnancy and underfeeding during lactation. Usually, the number one mistake is the overfeeding with respect to p r o t e i n d u r i n g t h e m a r e ’s pregnancy. Secondly, vitamins and minerals are not fed in high enough quantities for both mare and growing foal, and last but not least, in an effort to prevent weight gain after foaling in the mare, the amount of protein and energy is limited during the time of lactation when the broodmare needs it the most. Also, we really need to be aware of differences in nutritional requirements between breeds (eg. comparing a thoroughbred mare to a Friesian mare!). Know that the season affects pasture quality and quantity which can drastically affect your mare's supplementary feed requirements, with spring being a time of increased growth of pasture, and summer pasture dying off...
Mares should be fed differently during early pregnancy, late pregnancy, and lactation.
It’s a really good idea to condition score you mare regularly, or if you are like me,
and tend to second guess yourself, take photos every week or so of the mare, so that you can compare them to each other then you can notice even the slightest of changes in weight of the mare. You want to keep the mare at a healthy and consistent body condition. It surprises many a horse owner that a mare before the second trimester of gestation needs about as much feed as your average mare receives to maintain weight and activity - the foal is not growing at a huge rate (this all happens in the last trimester!). In fact, you can still ride your mare for much of the first 6 months or so, without any ill effects on the growing foal. All too often, the well-meaning mare owner greatly increases feed intake after the mare is pronounced in foal, reasoning that she is now “eating for two.” This is not only unnecessary, but may lead to obesity and problems at foaling time. Obesity in broodmares is a serious problem, not only affecting the mares’ fertility and ability to conceive, but seriously risking the health of the foetus. Over conditioning your mare at this stage may increase the chances of the foal exhibiting developmental orthopedic diseases after birth.
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Kind Kate’s Knowledge | Feeding the Pregnant Mare This is particularly true where pregnant mares have access to high quality pasture during early pregnancy. If pasture quality is high, it may be necessary to restrict grazing by means of stabling or muzzling for part of the day. Access to pasture or hay should not be denied for longer than eight hours at a time to prevent digestive upset. By the same token, mares in poor condition are at an increased risk to pregnancy loss. This changes during the last trimester and once the foal is born, and the mare will now need as much forage as she will eat, but the least amount of grain required for keeping her in a moderate body condition. After seven months of pregnancy, the foetus begins to develop rapidly. At this point, its nutrient requirements become significantly greater than the mare’s maintenance requirements and adjustments should be made in the mare’s feeding program. Digestible energy (DE) requirements only increase about 15 percent over early pregnancy.
Protein and mineral requirements increase to a greater extent. This is because the foetal tissue being synthesised during this time is quite high in protein, calcium and phosphorus. Supplementation of Trace minerals is also very important during this period because the foetus stores iron, zinc, copper, and manganese in its liver for use during the first few months after it is born. The foetus has developed this nutritional strategy of storing trace minerals during pregnancy because mare’s milk is quite low in these elements. Additionally, selenium and vitamin E supplementation in late pregnancy has been shown in recent research to enhance immunity in both the mare and foal.
Selenium may also help the mare by reducing the risk of retained afterbirth as shown in cows. They protein and energy that your mare needs at this time will come from pasture, while fortified commercial grain mixes may be used to supply her with the vitamins and minerals needed during the second half of her pregnancy. If you do not feed such a mix, it is imperative that you supplement her vitamin and mineral intake with commercially available blends. Failure to do so will result in the possibility of fetal malformation in the unborn foal. In the worst case scenario, the embryo may actually perish due to the mare’s poor nutrition.
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Kind Kate’s Knowledge | Feeding the Pregnant Mare Generally speaking, if the embryo survives, a low concentration of vitamin A, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus in the diet may contribute to the birth of weakened animals and an increased susceptibility to health challenges. There is no way to tell if your mare is getting enough vitamins and minerals by the way she appears on the outside, this is why it is so important to make sure you are providing enough vitamins and minerals in her diet - using a program like FeedXL to formulate a balanced diet is a really good idea! Remember that many feeds designed for broodmares are formulated with the thoroughbred breeder in mind. Feeding rates for other breeds (especially those breeds renowned for being able to
survive on next to nothing such as many Friesians!) can be significantly lower than levels suggested for thoroughbreds. In fact, some mares can survive on pasture alone with a vitamin and mineral supplement even in late pregnancy and not lose condition without any detriment to the foal. Good horse sense and personal knowledge of the mare and her condition in relation to feeding should always be the first guide when designing feeding schedules. Once the foal is born, you can’t just stop the supplementation there! Since lactation now sets in, it is the grain that you supply her with that is most important to her now. Some breeders suggest adding a commercially available yeast culture to your
mare’s feed to help her to effectively digest the calcium and phosphorus that is in the feed. This is now the time that you will need to keep a close eye on the animals’ grain intake. As lactation peaks at about seven weeks, her grain or hard feed intake should be highest. Once this peak is surpassed, you will need to gradually cut down on the grain so as to avoid a build-up of excess fat in the horse. I hope this has answered your questions about feeding the pregnant mare as we come into spring and the foaling season! If you have any questions about feeding the pregnant mare, or if you would like to ask a question that I can answer in a future article, make sure you email me at info@ebonyparkstud.com.au To Your Dreams Becoming Reality,
Kate Langdon Source: http://www.petalia.com.au/ & h t t p : / / w w w. h o r s e s - a n d - h o r s e information.com/articles/ 1295broodmar.shtml
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SAVE THE DATE!!
Ebony Park December 5th 2015
We can’t let you know too much too soon... but wanted to get you to put this in your diary so that you can see all of the Ebony Park stallions up close, spend the day with us and many more fun activities!!
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Tash’s Training Tip | Learning Your Dressage Test need, as I prepare to get back into riding and competing after some time off during my pregnancy!
Hi Riding Superstars, I trust you are going super with all your goals, and you are right where you need to be! :) Thank you so much for the wonderful emails and results all of you have created after working through my free videos on competition success! I am so proud and excited for you!!!! Congratulations!!! :)
One of the things I see a lot of other riders struggle with is learning their dressage test and making sure they are still performing their dressage test to the best of their ability concentrating on preparing their horse for the next movements, and staying in the moment and reacting to the horse underneath them, rather than just getting through the test. When you are doing a dressage test, there are a lot of 'voices' you hear in your head. Come on now; we are all friends. You can admit you hear voices!!! And no you are not crazy. I think there can be up to 7 voices in my head when I compete. Some of the voices you may have are: 1. The GPS voice. This voice is your map voice, that tells you where you need to go. As in - at C turn left, HXF change rein extended trot. This voice tells you where to go next. It is exactly like the GPS in the car. It doesn't have an opinion. It doesn't tell you any other useful data except the next movement.
I decided to talk this month about the tools and strategies you need for learning your dressage test - the ‘voices’ that you need and you don’t
2. The voice of wisdom. This voice ties into the GPS voice. It uses your past knowledge of the horse, the training, and your previous tests to tell
you what you need to know to make sure you are prepared as you can be for the next movement. This voice tells you what you should do, or shouldn't do, to ride the movement as best you can. For instance it will add to the GPS voice saying HXF change rein extended trot - sit in the corner half halt, prepare him, ride into the corner... Now explode!!!! RIDE .... GOOOOOOO!!!! Ok now half halt, half halt, sit, sit, be light into the corner, forward. 3. The commentator voice. This voice tells you how the test is going something like - it's going well tash, you need to get him lighter in front for higher marks, he's not reacting that well today, get him more forward or you will be in trouble later. It tells you how the test is going without meaning or judgement. The judgement and meaning is reserved for the next two voices ... 4. The judgement voice aka the meanie. Now as we are all friends here, so it’s ok to admit you have this voice. Everyone has this voice, me included. This is the voice with an opinion. So where voice number 3, the commentator, just states the facts of the test... this voice has an opinion on it.
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Tash’s Training Tip | Learning Your Dressage Test You stuffed up that halt. God you are pathetic. Why do you even bother. You can't ride. You are so embarrassing. Just give up now. This voice is pointless and not useful to a good test. In fact to do your best work you must be in the zone, which means this voice ceases to exist. 5. The voice of the coach If you are lucky you have this voice. This is the voice that champions you and encourages you. It might say - Good good, that's ok you f$&ked that up but focus on the next movement - you've got this. You can do this I'm so proud of you yay!!!! Again this voice is also not useful in the zone, but if you are going to have a voice it may as we'll be this one!!!! 6. Not paying attention voice I have been guilty of this voice on more than one occasion!!! This might happen in an easy test or in the walk sequence. This is also a sign you are not in the zone. This voice is noticing random useless information to you and your test. It might say what's for dinner tonight? I hope Julie gets voted out of Masterchef. Oh crap, I didn't finish that report that is due tomorrow. Did I put sunscreen on?
7. The static voice This voice is so loud it overpowers all the others. This is if fear or competition nerves have taken hold. It basically goes like this ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Breath. Ahhhhhhhhhh. I trust you resonate with some of these voices. I know for me when I started competing I had only voice 7 voice 4 and voice 1. And voice 1 wasn't that reliable, as I wouldn't remember all of the test, and the GPS voice would just say. Sorry. The route cannot be calculated at this time. In a bad British voice. :) As time went on I learned to become extremely reliable for my GPS voice.
just use voice 5 for the end of the test. It took time and a lot of tests to do that, and to come up with a competition strategy that works! To learn how to turn up the volume on the voices you need, and turn down the volume on the voices you don’t, go to www.yourcompetitionsuccess. com to get your free videos on competition success.
To Your Dressage Success,
Natasha Althoff
Really develop and use voice 2 and 3. And completely shut down voice 4, 6 and 7 and
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Shhh... The Ebony Park Family have received an EPIC offer!!!!!!! If you are a member of the Ebony Park Family (i.e. have bought a horse from us in the past) and have not received an email, call us now to find out what all the excitement is about!!! The Ebony Park Friesian Magazine | September 2015
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Ebony Park High Point Award 2015
2015 Entries have opened!
It’s been a bit quiet over the colder months, but we are getting plenty of entries in for the Ebony Park High point award 2015!!! If you have invested in an Ebony Park horse, and you are out there and competing, in whatever discipline - including showing - send us through your results to info@ebonyparkstud.com.au to be in the running for 2015! The Ebony Park Friesian Magazine | September 2015
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FOALS due in September Ebony Park Jorrit x EP Anika
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EP Anika is the first of the crossbred progeny we bred by Grand Prix Friesian stallion Ebony Park Abe. She has produced 2 lovely foals for us so far, both of them friendly and bold, but super sweet!! Anika gave birth to a gorgeous black colt on Monday 7th September - he is super friendly, long legged and we just love him! He will be available to take home once he has been weaned, which will be at the start of March 2016. If a great temperament coupled with Friesian looks are a must for you, then look no further!
Ebony Park Jorrit x Victoria of Ebony Park Due: 6/09/2015
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If you are looking for a mixture of extravagant movement and Grand Prix Friesian bloodlines, then look no further!! Victoria is our first purebred mare by Grand Prix Friesian stallion Ebony Park Abe, and has produced 2 lovely foals for us so far, both of them by the extravagant and beautiful Ebony Park Jorrit, with her 2015 foal also by Jorrit. When you have a successful combination like this, why cross with another stallion!? The foal on offer is available to take home when it has been weaned at 6 months of age, which will be around the middle of March 2016. The Ebony Park Friesian Magazine | September 2015
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FOALS due in September Due: 21/09/2015 Ebony Park Jorrit x Loes of Ebony Park This f o kept b al will be y the stu we ca n’t wa d it t meet him/h o er!
We just love the gorgeous Loes of Ebony Park, who is by Ebony Park Elko, and out of the same mare as our gorgeous stallion Dante... Jantje of Ebony Park. This will be her first foal, and we are very excited to see what she produces - we are hoping for a big black colt!! This foal will be retained by the stud, as we are very impressed with this mare who was broken in at the start of the year.
Due: 23/09/2015
Ebony Park Jorrit x Ivy of Ebony Park
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Ivy’s first foal was born last year, by Ebony Park Abe, and he was an absolute ripper!! With lovely movement and a temperament to die for, Ivy has been bred to the extravagant Ebony Park Jorrit, and we can’t wait to see how this foal matures and grows - we are sure it will be just as gorgeous as her first foal! This is a unique combination that has never been seen before, so this is your opportunity to have something new! The foal on offer is available to take home when it has been weaned at 6 months of age, which will be around the middle of March 2016. The Ebony Park Friesian Magazine | September 2015
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We are very excited about our new home!
The IID is now home to Ebony Park. We are thrilled to base ourselves from this unique, world class dressage facility. The website is still under construction, and we can’t share too much of what this centre will be offering in terms of dressage education and advancement, as well as unique rider success systems just yet, but we do want to let the Ebony Park friends know there will be limited agistment offered at this revolutionary centre. The agistment includes: For the horse • Daily paddock turnout in a private paddock where he/she can see other horses without sharing a fenceline. • This paddock is rotated every 2 months, so your horse always has fresh grass, when your horse has moved paddock his resting paddock is poisoned, harrowed and fertilized to ensure optimum grass and health upon their return. • Stabling in a spacious 4m by 4m stable in a 25 stable block where they can see other horses and put their head out to see what is going on. • All food supplied for a dressage sporthorse as worked out in FeedXL for your horse, including a balanced ration with adequate protein, energy and vitamins and minerals specific to your horse. A salt lick is provided in the stable. • This includes unlimited grass hay fed to your horses requirements including hay fed in winter in the paddock as well as in the stable and again at the nightly check if needed. • A trained IID groom to personally rug your horse twice a day, bring in and out of the paddock, clean his stable and feed. • Horse groomed daily by a trained IID groom and a picture sent to email/phone so you can ‘see’ your horse every day. • Your horse is checked at night by a trained IID groom, and checked multiple times during the day as other horses are put out and brought in. • A free apple/carrot a day - just to treat your horse! • Bringing the horse in for the farrier, dentist or other professional is included in the price For the rider • A 62m by 22m indoor dressage arena with mirrors to train effectively with instant feedback. • A 60m by 20m all weather outdoor arena to practice tests in weather. • Use of training cavelettis • A private spacious tack locker in a share tack room with the other fabulous agistees
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A specialised goal centre/relaxation room where you can enjoy free tea, coffee, hot chocolate, water, soft drink, cookies and lollies with a special ‘happy hour’ afternoon tea including cake, dip and crackers. Showers provided with a change area. Breakfast provided for free daily. 4 Hot water wash bays to ensure there is always a wash bay free to use for your horse. 3km Walking track around the property to give your horse a different view or hours of road riding on safe dirt roads outside the property. Horse rugs washed weekly for you and returned to your rug box dry and folded. Discount on all riding clinics when top outside coaches are brought onto the property. Discount on lessons, clinics and workshops run by IID. Discount on Dressage Mastery Academy and all other Your Riding Success products. Free float parking in a spot that is easy to get in and out of! Preference given to all IID clinics.
If you are looking for an agistment like no other, and to take the next step in your dressage journey, contact us now for a tour and to have priority pick for your stable and paddock. You can call us on 0422 227 364 or email info@ebonyparkstud.com.au We hope to be opening the centre on the 1st November, ready for you and your horse!
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Tash's Training Tip: Question: "My horse still falls in even though I have inside leg on." Answer: "When you have inside leg on and the horse still falls in you need to look at how the inside leg is used. If you watch the Dressage Mastery Academy videos when my young horse falls in I don’t just put the leg on and keep it on, I tap on-off quite quick and sharp and annoying so she feels she wants to move away from it. It’s also very important to back up the leg with the rein so if you have used the leg and there is no response tap louder with the leg but also bend to the inside with the rein to encourage the horse to come soft and round."
Above left to right: Dante having a bath, farrier day and the weanlings!
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Introducing Dressage Mastery TV - mini-series with Natasha on SEAT! Part 2 of 3 (click on the video above to play)
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Photo Gallery - Farm Snapshot Left: Lauren giving a lesson on purebred Friesian Gjanna! Right: Lauren training 3yo Nala in groundwork
Left: Kate and the new foal! Below: Rosie & Jorrit Below: Rosie & Maximus
Above: Lauren and Dante Below: Zorro getting ready for a ride) Below: Natasha on her due date with the pregnant mares)
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Photo Gallery - Young Horses in Training 4yo Zorro (ridden by Montana)
3yo Zucker (below)
3yo Maximus (below)
3yo Olectra (below)
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5 Minutes with Christoff Hess Natasha and Ebony Park Abe had the privilege of participating in the Melbourne 3 Day Event Masterclass a couple of years ago with Christoff Hess, which was a fantastic experience! Christoph Hess is an FEI Judge in both Dressage and Eventing, and the German National Federation, awarded him the title of Professional Riding Instructor. A title that labels him as an international expert and educator of professionals. Hess currently holds the positions of Head of Instruction and Head of the Personal Members Department at the DOKR, where he’s been employed since 1978. Hess is actively involved in the education of judges and instructors both within Germany and around the world. He conducts clinics, workshops, forums, and symposiums for judges, trainers, and riders throughout the international dressage and eventing communities. Hess has an easy-going, positive nature that quickly puts students at ease. But don’t be fooled by the relaxed atmosphere he creates. For when you step into the ring, precision and attention to detail and the basics hold center stage. Hess is able to quickly and accurately assess both strengths and weaknesses in horses and riders (and within their training). “Having a horse with talent is the beginning of the motivation to begin the journey to Grand Prix,” stated Hess at a 2007 symposium held at Michael Poulin’s Dressage Center in Deleon Springs, Florida. “You must have an idea, a vision, when begin [riding and training], and then it takes as long as it takes to get there [Grand Prix]. Patience is the key.” Hess is an examiner of judges and trainers at the highest levels of our sport of dressage, including seminars and testing sanctioned and sponsored by the FEI. He has written and co-authored several books, videos, and articles. In the sometimes stuffy world of dressage, Christoph Hess is a breath, no, a whirlwind of fresh air. He is very enthusiastic about what he does, and luckily for the world’s dressage horses, a large portion of that enthusiasm is directed at improving their lot, not just the way they are ridden but also how they are breed, raised and housed. And lucky for the horses, Christoph is a very influential man. In Germany he is the head of the Education section at Warendorf but he is also in constant demand as a judge, and more often, commentator, at the big German shows. Here he takes every opportunity to promote a horse friendly system of training – a dressage system that does what dressage is supposed to do, really promote the mental and physical well-being of the horse. Christoph recently completed a barn storming tour of Australia, starting in the West, stopping off in South Australia and Victoria, before finishing up in New South Wales, and everywhere he had the same message: dressage should be logical, dressage should promote a happy horse: “This is our highest goal, a happy horse, a happy athlete…” he told the audience at the Dressage Judge, Coaches and Riders clinic at Werribee Equestrian Centre. “Many riders today have no contact with animals. It is important to realize that the horse is not born for the stable, the horse wants to be cantering in the fields.” Christoph emphasizes over and over again, that we should work with the horse! Source: http://wbstallions.net/cc/ChristophHess.html, http://www.horsemagazine.com
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