Ebony Park Friesian Magazine - June 2012

JUNE 2012

Kate’s Knowledge - Feeding the Older Horse Tash’s Training Tip - The Three Principles of Success Lovely Loes & Delightful Danielle Dwarfism in Friesian Horses

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From the Editor IN THIS ISSUE

• PAGE 4: DWARFISM IN FRIESIAN HORSES

• PAGE 5: NOTE FROM TASH AND 2012 DATES

• PAGE 6-7: KIND KATE’S KNOWLEDGE - FEEDING THE OLDER HORSE

• PAGE 8-9: TASH’S TRAINING TIP THE THREE PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS

• PAGE 10: LOVELY LOES’ LEARNINGS

• PAGE 11: DELIGHTFUL DANIELLE’s TALES

• PAGE 12-16: BREEDING SEASON 2012 - STALLION LIFTOUT

• PAGE 17: PHOTO GALLERY

Hi Fabulous Friesian Lovers!! :) I hope you had an Magical May and you are ready for a Gigantic June!

Over the next couple of months, in the lead-up to the 2012 London Olympic games, we decided to feature the contenders for the Australian Olympic Dressage Team... at this stage the team has not been decided, but there are 6 athletes and their horses that are in contention. We are onto the second month of riders, and this month is all about Rozzie Ryan!

Also in this month’s issue, Loes talks about the newest of our stallions in training, Ebony Park Dante; Danielle shares with you her latest riding challenge, and Natasha shares with you the secret three keys to success!

I have had a number of suggestions as to articles we could put in the magazine, and continuing with the theme of feeding, this month I talk about feeding the older horse - do we need to feed them differently and why, and what problems can an older horse have in terms of feeding and digestion?

If you would love to own a Friesian and never thought you would be able to afford to buy one outright, then perhaps one of our in utero payment plan options is right for you - we have one mare left available on a payment plan with her foal due this year - Anika - check her out (she is in foal to Jorrit)!

To Yo u r D r e a m s Becoming Reality,

• PAGE 18: 5 MINUTES WITH ROZZIE RYAN

• PAGE 19: CONTACT INFORMATION

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DWARFISM IN FRIESIAN HORSES Dwarfism, which is certainly not a common occurrence in the Friesian breed (it is more common in miniatures) is somewhat present in larger breeds including Friesians. It would be hard to imagine the heartbreak you would feel after not only the eleven months of your mares pregnancy, the time spent beforehand getting the mare in foal, to be finally presented with an abnormal animal.

There are two types of dwarfism: achondrodystrophic, which is generally a normally proportioned body with extremely short legs and ears; and brachiocephalic, which is more visually extreme, commonly with disproportionate heads, and disfigured legs, spines and jaws. Both types of dwarfism are debilitating, though the severity may range depending upon the individual.

From some reports made in the early 20th century from the KFPS studbook and a veterinary report in Holland, certain similarities can be seen with the Friesians new start nearly a century ago and the past two decades in Australia with regard to close relationship breeding.

Around World War I when Friesian numbers were greatly depleted leaving only three studbook stallions, the future of the breed was grim.

Since the Friesian horses first arrival in Australia in the late 1970's, there has been a rather limited gene pool, A dwarf and normal Friesian foal, with until recent years, only two imported stallions, Lyckle both the same age.

B (Ulrik 168), Maurits Friso (Dagho 247) and a handful of related mares sired by Ysbrand, producing the majority of breeding stock. There have been at least 5 cases reported of Friesian dwarf foals being born in Australia.

What is common, is that all of the alleged horses are said to carry the same bloodlines. Two dwarf foals were alive in 2003, the owners choosing not to euthanase. One was a purebred named Coobydale Silhouette sired by Lyckle B. The other dwarf, a 75% Warmblood Friesian was sired by Lyckle B's son - Othello S. Other noticeable similarities appear in the bloodlines of both cases with the mare lines carrying the blood of the stallion Maurits Friso and one of the four original mares sired by Yjsbrand 238.

When dwarfism in the Friesian was first noted, the veterinarians at this time (early 20th century) suggested that "Every stallion, even if only sired one dwarf foal, is a heterozygote and can therefore with a heterozygote mare produce a dwarf foal". This is probably where some could go into panic, as many of the breeding horses in Australia carry these lines! From this same report the veterinarians point out that "There are several stallions, that delivered dwarf foals, then there are many that served many mares that never sired a dwarf foal. The latter do not have the dwarfism factor, indeed had they had this factor, they would have - after serving a heterozygote mare, who certainly occurred within the served material - sometimes sired a dwarf foal. As long as a stallion has not sired a dwarf foal, we have no proof that he possesses the factor". Several AWFA Inc breeders have tested out this theory by breeding their stallions to the known dwarf producing lines as well as close relationship breeding, with thankfully only positive results, so it must be pointed out that not every horse within the same bloodline will produce dwarf foals!

From the family trees of foals one can conclude that they are the product of brothers or sisters, in nearly all pedigrees of almost all generations one frequently finds the same horse. So inbreeding, in some form or another, seems to be a rule. It has now become apparent that in Friesland now and then dwarf foals are born, always from a mare and stallion of the Friesian breed. These dwarf foals are in color build and conformation like the Friesian but are much smaller. They are black, with a nice sheen, have strongly developed mane and tail, a noble head, a high neck, quite a lot of temperament, but the legs - and mainly the hind legs - are very weak in the joints, so that some slightly bend and give way. This makes the foals' gait is uneven - this causing many breeders to have them put down.

Source: http://www.friesianhorses.com.au/healthdwarfism.htm and http://friesian-crazy.tripod.com/health.html

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Note from Tash DIARY DATES Saturday 2nd June Elcho Park, Lara Abe - Grand Prix Zeus - Novice Achillies Preliminary

Saturday 16th June Boneo Park Abe - Grand Prix Jorrit - Medium Zeus - Novice

Hello Gorgeous Friesian lovers!!! :) I trust you had an amazing May and are gearing up for an amazing June!!!! :) We are SUPER excited here, as we have three competitions coming up and then at the end of the month we are off on our team holiday to Queensland and on returning I kick off the newest intake of success riders in Dream Team 3!!!! Bring it on I say!!!!! :) I also had a pretty amazing, marvelous May with Abe scoring a new personal best in the Grand Prix with a 61.80% Really looking forward to the next three competitions and improving on that score even more :) I am also thrilled to see how our new super stallion Dante is working. He is such a pretty stallion and very big and impressive to look at. We are very fortunate to have him as part of the Ebony Park boys and are enjoying developing his understanding of dressage and working his back so he can look even stronger and more beautiful :) Enough about us ... what about you!!?!? We are loving the feedback you give us, of what you love in the mag and what you would like to see.

Please remember we are here for you! So anything you want to know or how we can help you please let us know!

Have a really super month with your horses!

To Your Success,

Saturday 23rd June 2012 Werribee Park NEC Abe - Grand Prix

Natasha

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Kind Kate’s Knowledge - Feeding The Older Horse The oldest horse is recorded in the Guinness Book of Records reaching an age of 62... I can’t imagine having a horse that old, can you?

eating, and passing undigested bits of food in the droppings.

they are not wormed properly, every 6-8 weeks.

Pain and discomfort from things such as arthritis may prevent

Ok, so it’s all well and good to know the signs to look for that will indicate your horse is losing condition, but what should you feed an older horse to prevent this from happening in the first place?

Taken from: ‘Feeding OlderHorses’ by Doctor J H Stewart BVSc BSc PhD MRCVS The aging process in horses normally happens over a period of years, and doesn’t follow the same pattern as humans... but like humans, some horses appear old earlier than others.

Poor teeth, or loss of teeth is the most common problem that affects feeding efficiency and well-being in an old horse.

your older horse from grazing effectively, so it is a good idea to make sure the older horse has access to as much hay as he wants, in the same place.

As I mentioned, one of the major problems is teeth... poor teeth condition can lead to an increased risk of colic and digestive problems in the older horse.

As a horse ages, its digestion efficiency decreases, coupled with the fact that it generally requires more energy for day to day activities than it used to. The energy density and the protein quality should be increased to maintain vitality and body condition, especially during winter... and yes rugging during winter is a good idea, but make sure you take his rugs off to check body condition at least once per week to make sure you are maintaining as good weight.

One trick I use is to take weekly photos of your horse and compare them to observe any changes.

Watch your horse when he eats for signs of teeth problems these can be things such as dropping food everywhere, slow chewing and slobbering when

Make sure your older horse is regularly wormed, as older horses have decreased immunity and therefore tend to have heavier worm burdens if

Once an aged horse loses condition, it is often really difficult to regain that weight... so how do you ensure that your older horse is getting the right nutrients, and stays healthy maintaining a good weight?

Often an older horse will do better when given a completely pelleted or extruded diet, because all of the feed has already been processed, and the gut doesn’t have to do much work to break down the feed into more basic components and absorb the nutrients. As a horse gets older, whole grains are not digested well by the small intestine - over half the amount fed passes into the caecum where it ferments... and low digestibility in the small intestine of grains predisposes a horse to a loss of appetite, colic, diarrhoea and laminitis (for various reasons - the main one being an overload of sugar in the hindgut). It also reduces fibre, energy, protein and mineral absorption.

Ideally, the feed should contain 12-14% crude protein, 0.4% calcium, 0.3% phosphorus (the calcium to phosphorus ratio is important as they complement each other in the body) - this ensures that body condition is maintained, and there is adequate mineral intake.

How much you feed your horse will really depend on the breed, size and whether your horse is a ‘good doer’ or not... when I tried to find recommendations, I was

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Kind Kate’s Knowledge - Feeding The Older Horse blown away by how much they were feeding these horses - feeding that much to a Friesian would make the horse unable to walk it was so fat!!

So if you are looking up recommendations, please remember that each horse will be different, and many of the feed ration recommendations will be based on a 500kg thoroughbred, who tend to need to be fed more than other breeds.

Taken from: ‘Feeding OlderHorses’ by Doctor J H Stewart BVSc BSc if you decide to feed your PhD MRCVS old boy mainly pellets, make sure you watch him Unfortunately, many really old older horses, to make sure they eating... if he is finding them horses develop low grade chronic are receiving adequate amounts hard to chew, and they are diarrhoea, which may be due to of vitamins and minerals in their falling out of his mouth and gut absorption loss as they get diet. spreading everywhere, you can older, or reduced digestive action, If there is pain caused by arthritis, soften them with water, or a and therefore lose condition. your vet may prescribe medication water and molasses mix, or There is nothing that can really be such as bute to enable the horse even an apple cider vinegar done about this, but you can try to be more comfortable. You can and water mix - add the water feeding things such as oil and also give your horse a joint mix just before feeding. An oil feeds that are gentle on the gut supplement which can help the supplement will help improve while being high in energy, to discomfort of arthritis. Omega 3 coat condition and generally keep the condition on your horse. oils can also reduce the severity horses love it! Oil also reduces D i a r r h o e a a l s o c a u s e s of arthritis symptoms, and can the GI of most foods, which dehydration, and the best way to benefit the immune system of means your horse wont go into combat this is through forage - I older horses. sugar overload as easily. know it sounds strange, but it’s If your horse has poor teeth, true! Hay and grass and other and is unable to chew hay very forage takes a while to break To Yo u r D r e a m s B e c o m i n g efficiently, you might want to down, and therefore is stored in Reality, a d d c h a f f t o h i s f e e d - the hindgut of the horse where is remember that a horse needs is fermented and broken down...

1-2% of his bodyweight in this requires water, so the more forage at least each day - forage in the hindgut, the better Kate Langdon forage includes grass, hay, hydrated your horse will remain!

Source: Feeding the Senior Horse by John Kohnke, Feeding Older Horses by Dr. J S chaff etc. Otherwise you can So now that you know roughly Stewart soften the hay by soaking it in what you need to feed the older water overnight and then horse, what supplements should feeding it to your horse - this you use? We would recommend a also leeches out the sugars good vitamin and mineral from the hay. supplement for all horses, not just Ebony Park Friesian Magazine June 2012

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Tash’s Training Tip - The Three Principles of Success I have a fantastic book called ‘Everyday Greatness’ written by Stephen R Covey and it talks about how to live a great life.

Stephen talks about for ‘Everyday Greatness’ there are three everyday choices: 1. The choice to act 2. The choice of purpose 3. The choice for

prepared next time”; “The judge likes to see perfection, thank God I have a great judge that pushes me to be an even better version of myself”.

Yes, all the above are reframes from NLP but they are also you in every situation choosing to act on life rather than life acting on you. And remember when you have choices and take

principles So let’s look at the first one 1 – The choice to act - The choice of: will we act upon life, or will we merely be acted upon.

the cards we’re dealt, just how we play the hand” – so how will you play what you are dealt?

2 – The choice of purpose – to what ends, or purposes, will our daily choices lead.

Every day we have choices, even if people perceive that they don’t. You have a choice to get up, a choice to go to work, a choice to ride, a choice to smile, a choice to be helpful.

They are all choices.

What are yours?

This quote by an unknown author puts it perfectly: “Watch your

How does this apply to riding? Well, things that can happen to us when we are riding: “It’s raining”; “the polo was on”; “he shied”; “the judge didn’t like me” - these are all acts that when phrased like that are acted on us.

As opposed to “thanks to the rain he was very easy to keep bending to left”; “Thanks to the polo he was forward and energetic”; “Due to my lack of outside rein and forward driving rein the horse shied, but I learnt from it and I will be more

thoughts, they become words.

Watch your words, they become actions.

Watch your actions, they become habits.

Watch your habits, actions you are powerful, but when you sit back and perceive no choice and no action you are powerless.

So next time you feel like you want to complain, whinge or come up with an excuse - take a deep breath and act on life instead of being acted upon! A great quote by Dr. Randy Pausch is “we cannot change

they become your character.

Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”

So what are your everyday choices? What are your choices around health? Do you choose to fuel your body with nutritious food or choose to poison it with fat or cigarettes?

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Tash’s Training Tip - The Three Principles of Success What are your choices around love - do you choose to love and nurture your partner or children or do you choose to complain or sulk over a small thing that really doesn’t matter?

In your riding do you choose to work hard and stay empowered going for your dreams, or do you choose to let the excuses come in and miss riding for the day?

What are your principles? Do you know? Do you live your life with integrity, respect, gratitude, humility, empathy, balance, c o u r a g e , r e s p o n s i b i l i t y, discipline, contribution, vision and perseverance? Or do you allow fear, dishonesty, greed, ego and laziness to be a part of your life? When coaching, one of the most powerful change work I can do with a client is to

sure you know yours. In riding especially do you value fear or courage? Do you experience empathy for your horse or do you ride as if it’s only about you? Are you disciplinary to yourself or do you only order it from your horse? Do you persevere when you hit a road bump or do you give up and get off?

So to recap – act on life, don’t complain about the way it has acted on you. Every day make choices that will lead you to a life you want, it’s every day the counts, the little things all add up to big things.

And thirdly live with proven principles of success rather than principles you are not proud of.

To what choices will your everyday choices lead? I wonder as the days become weeks and turn into months and years what life have you created? Is it the life you wanted?

Looking at riding - the everyday act of riding, being with you horse, planning your goals and future for you and your horse, watching DVDs or reading books on riding or horse care.

These are all everyday actions that will make the difference in the end to how you experience your riding. The Olympics start with riding today and learning today. And then it’s the sum of all those days that make it your reality.

3- The choice of principles – will we live our lives in accordance with proven principles or will we suffer the consequences of not doing so?

I wish you all the joy and success in your journeys!

realign their principles or values as we call them. Imagine someone who lived their life with fear, greed and suspicion as their three top principles and we change them to love, courage and contribution. Do you see how every thought, every decision, every thing in that clients life HAS to change as they live their life through different principles. So make

To Your Success,

Natasha

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Lovely Loes’ Learnings Hello everyone! How was your month? mine was pretty busy - I can’t believe we are nearly half way through 2012!!

This month I thought i'd put Dante in the spotlight... I really like this young stallion!

Dante turned three at the end of April, and we only started to break him in a few weeks ago.

He is the youngest of our foals that were imported in utero (Jantje his mother was in foal to him when she was brought over from Holland just over 3 years ago...)

I have been looking for ward all year to having my first ride on this horse... I think he is the best looking friesian in Australia (don’t tell the other horses, they might get jealous!!)

Dante loves to work and is quick to learn new things! He understood lunging very quickly - we found that he never cared about the saddle and the bridle when he was first introduced to them - he just gave them a curious sniff - once I had Dante's trust with banging on and hanging on the saddle, jumping up and down next to him (he gave me a look like I was a complete idiot!), I could step up and sit on him!! =) and OMG!!! he was awesome to sit on!!!! He is such a big stallion for just three years old and has a neck on him like a grand prix stallion... and he still has plenty of growing and maturing to do!!!

the leg aid to move for ward!!

He is go o d to turn and is now ready to learn to go on the bit!

I ride Dante 3-4 t i me s a we e k around for around 20 or 30 minutes each ride... this way he keeps enjoying his rides - I don’t want to over ride him just when he is learning the ropes!!

So that’s my snapshot of Dante! if you ever have any questions you would like me to answer, just let me know!

Until next month =)

Loes

We are now g e t t i n g further into his education, and can now wa l k , t ro t a n d c a n te r off the lunge and he re sponds to Ebony Park Friesian Magazine June 2012

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Delightful Danielle’s Tales pointing my thumbs towards each other) and sit tall!! After the first lesson of this, my thighs were

burning, but that’s a good thing, as it means I’m

using the right muscles now when I ride!!

Tip - to make it easier to stick your toes in, you

need to have your knees bent - this means that there is a bit more room to stretch your heels

down, allowing the toes to come in... after I adjust to having my heels down and toes in, and it becomes more natural for me, then I can start to

Hey guys!! Remember back to last month when I spoke about solving my problem - what I thought and what it actually was... well this month I would like to talk about my latest riding challenge!!

So I always have the typical habit of leaning

forward while I am riding, dropping my hands and my toes stick out away from the horse.

I find that I really struggle to stick my toes in and sit back at the same time!!

stretch my legs down again rather than having them so bent. Remember this is all

with

stirrups!!

So my legs are going to go through boot camp, but the end result should be much nicer than the current position i tend to sit in!

I hope you have an exciting month, full adventures!! =) Until next month

So the last time I had Loes helping me, I asked

her... why is it always easier to ride with no stirrups? Because for me I felt it was easier to sit

Danielle

deep in the saddle without stirrups - I find that I lean a lot of my weight in the stirrups rather than using my seat to keep balanced.

So now my challenge for this month and maybe a

bit longer is that whenever I ride a horse, it will be with no stirrups! This way I will concentrate on keeping my toes in, sit back, hold my hands in

front of me with my thumbs on top (instead of dropping them onto the neck of the horse, and Above: Toes out Right : Toes in!

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PHOTO GALLERY

Above: Photoshoot at the beach!

Right: Dante struts his stuff!

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5 Minutes with Rozzie Ryan I was born in Colchester, England and began riding horses at the age of 3 at West Mersey with a wonderful teacher - Miss Catchpole. My parents were not involved with horses initially but were very supportive and my mother particularly enjoyed the competition scene. I was lucky enough to always have great ponies and competed in everything I could get myself to - Eventing being my first love.

On leaving school I trained and qualified as a Nurse (SRN) at the Middlesex hospital but I was offered a fabulous position at Wiseland stables with Jane Houghton-Brown my long time trainer and friend. It was while I was here that I met Heath, who had been training in Germany and come to the stables to do some event training. He came with me to Bramham 3DE where I was competing - the first and last time he ever strapped! Without knowing what I was letting myself in for – I came to Australia!

When I first arrived, Heath and I worked from his parents stables in Blackhill, NSW In 1983 Bob & Judy Mitchell started the NSW Equestrian Centre at Lochinvar and Heath and I were involved there from the beginning and I fairly quickly made the transition to Dressage, after forming a partnership with the wonderful STIRLING WILTON. He was a very reluctant Eventer but a fabulous dressage horse and with him I was part of the first Australian Dressage Team to travel overseas to the World Equestrian Games in Stockholm, Sweden in 1990.

1995 - competed at the European Dressage Championships on Shaun France’s BARRINGTON OCK TEDI. 1996 - travelled back to Europe with Dr Margaret Evans horse EXELLENT. I was lucky enough to stay and train at Stal Bartels Academy in The Netherlands with Tineke Bartels. I returned to Europe again in 1997 with an Australian team to train firstly in Germany with Herr Herbert Rehbein and then back to Tineke Bartels.

1999 EXELLENT won the Pacific League World Cup Final here in Australia and we travelled to Europe once again to s’Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands but during the competition EXELLENT trod on a roofing nail in the arena, resulting in him being taken to Utrecht Vet Hospital and ending the sad day on the operating table. I am sure this incident did not help our Olympic dreams and we narrowly missed out on selection for the Australian Olympic Team in 2000.

After EXELLENT I had two more great Grand Prix horses - Robyn Horsley's wonderful horse, ARGLEN KALEB who was sadly put down after a colic operation and Clyde Wunderwald’s GREENOAKS LEGEND whom we had to retire due to injury.

Facts

In 2006 I took over the ride of Susie Duddy’s beautiful black mare DONNA CARRERA who was reserve horse for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. DONNA has now been sold to Sweden.

Weight: 60kg

I am currently competing on my own bay stallion JIVE MAGIC and we have made the jump to Grand Prix. He has already won some Grand Prix classes in Australian shows. He is a very exciting horse and we are aiming for Australian Team selection on him.

Coaches: Tineke Bartels and Harry Boldt

Source: http://www.ryanshorses.com.au/page/rozzie_ryan.html & http://www.equestrian.org.au/ bio/bioDisplay.asp?PID=2076636&format=popup

DOB: 10th April 1956 Height: 165cm Family: Husband Heath Ryan Education: Studied Nursing

Hobbies: Golf, touch football, basketball and cricket.

Motto: "Do not practise anything hundreds of times, practise it thousand of times."

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