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Grand River Raceway hosting 2018 National Driving Championship Sept. 26 at Elora track BY ARYN STRICKLAND
ELORA – Grand River Raceway will host the 2018 National Driving Championship on Sept. 26. It is a one-day event where top harness racing drivers from across the country will compete for the opportunity to represent Canada next year at the World Championship. Organizers expect to grab the attention of Canada’s horseracing community and put Centre Wellington on the map. “All eyes will be on Grand River Raceway to find out who represents Canada in Sweden in 2019. It’s a pretty big honor,” said Kelly Spencer, the raceway’s marketing manager. “Hopefully the drivers have great experiences here and take those stories back to the places where they live across Canada.” Grand River Raceway has played host to a number of regional championships in the past, the most recent of which was in 2016. Hosting the nationals, however, will be a step up from that. The main focus of the preparations has been on setting up the broadcast. “We live stream our races so for people who can’t actually attend then it’s like watching a live sports broadcast,” explained Spencer. Two of the broadcasting chairs will be filled by past world driving championship drivers: Jody Jamieson, who has won the world driving championship twice, and James MacDonald, winner of the championships last year. The winner of the nation-
The 2018 National Driving Championship is coming to the Grand River Raceway in Elora on Sept. 26 . Last year’s winner, James MacDonald, above, will be joined by Jody Jamieson as broadcast announcers. Photo by Dave Landry
al on Sept. 26 will join MacDonald in the 2019 World Driving Championship in Sweden next year. Community events According to Spencer, the raceway is busy adding the final touches to a community event taking place the day before the races on Sep. 25. Eight children from the Wellington branch of Big
Brothers Big Sisters and their brother or sister will get the chance to learn how to drive a racehorse, and race around the track with all of the drivers from the national championship. In planning all of the events, Grand River Raceway has worked closely with Standardbred Canada, the chief non-profit organization
in charge of promoting harness racing in the country. When choosing Grand River Raceway as host, Standardbred Canada considered the size of the county’s horse-riding community. “It’s central that’s one thing,” says Spencer. “This area, Centre Wellington and Wellington County, are one of the biggest areas for
horseracing in Canada in terms of how many racetracks there are and how many horses there are and how many horse farms there are, so it’s a nice central location.” President and CEO of Standardbred Canada, Dan Gall said in an interview posted on the raceway website that the organization expects the raceway to deliver a great
event. “We are looking forward to working with the team at Grand River Raceway to deliver an exceptional National Driving Championship experience for both the drivers and the fans,” said Gall. The National Championship starts at 6:30pm on Sept. 26.
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Erin Fall Fair Equine Tent offers Horse Hall of Fame, clinics, fun for everyone “Each year we’re going to BY JAIME MYSLIK ERIN - The Equine Tent have a Hall of Fame inductat the Erin Fall Fair is offering ee,” she said. “This year we’re starting off with a banner and two new features this year. The tent will be holding I’m assuming that will carry its first every Horse Heritage on each year. “So next year it might be Hall of Fame. The public was asked to nominate “local someone else and then their equine sector builders,” photo, or their horse photo explained Bridget Ryan of will be on, then that will be unveiled in the Equine Tent.” Equine Erin. “People who have built our horse community have been put forward which is “Each year we’re really nice.” going to have Even a horse has been a Hall of Fame nominated. The Horse Heritage Hall of inductee.” Fame inductee will be named at 11am on Oct. 6. The Erin - BRIDGET RYAN, Fall Fair runs from Oct. 4 to 8 EQUINE ERIN While the deadline to submit a nomination for the Horse Also returning this year is Hall of Fame has passed, Ryan said horse stories will the horse parade. On Oct. 8 the All Breeds be accepted until Oct. 1. “What we’re trying to do Equine Parade will begin at ... is to create a horse archive 1:30pm. Registration will begin at for Erin and this is going to be the start so we’re going to noon. “That horse parade is open try to collect photos, stories, start an archive so that we to everyone,” Ryan said. “Registrants will get free can really start to capture this really important part of Erin’s entry to the fair and we’re having prizes and ribbons.” history,” she said. The fair website states that That information will stay with the Erin Agricultural prices will be given out for Society even if the committee largest, smallest and Best of Show horses. changes.
The Equine Tent at the Erin Fall Fair will be offering unique programing through the weekend of Oct. 6 to 8. Advertiser file photo
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Equine Guelph funded research investigates steamed, soaked and dry hay in Ontario GUELPH - Do you steam or soak your horse’s hay? If you don’t, you probably know someone that does. Soaking and steaming hay are two commonly used methods for managing hay, especially for horses with certain health conditions, like insulin resistance or noninfectious respiratory disease. Despite how common the practices may be, there remains little Canadian research in this area. A team of researchers based at the University of Guelph are now working on tackling this problem in a study funded by Equine Guelph that will address essential questions about the effects of these hay treatments, and provide much needed answers for horse owners and veterinarians alike. The full research team includes: Tiana G. Owens, Madeline Barnes, Vanessa Gargano, Wilfredo D. Mansilla, Katrina Merkies and Anna K. Shoveller. Owens, a graduate student at the University of Guelph, provided Equine Guelph staff with an overview of the study design, the opportunity to see some of the research in progress and an update on the preliminary results.
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not to the extent that soaking does, hence soaking is the treatment recommended by veterinarians to reduce NSC/ WSC of certain hays when feeding horses with insulinresistance issues.” The second arm of the study extends the nutrient content work discussed above, where soaking and steaming hay have been shown to have different effects on the WSC content of hay. Certain types of WSC, like simple
“... the soaked hay was a less favoured choice.” - TIANA G. OWENS, GRADUATE STUDENT
United Kingdom hay has a different composition than Ontario hay, scientists here needed to know if the same results would be found when using Ontario hay. To do this, researchers collected samples from hay before and after steaming or soaking, and analyzed the nutrient content of the samples. “Soaking in particular was expected to lower NSC/ WSC the most,” Owens said. “Steaming has been noted to affect some nutrients in comparison to dry hay but
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their normal dry hay, while the soaked hay was a less favoured choice.” The final results of this study will give horse owners, veterinarians and equine nutritionists insight into how soaking or steaming may affect several factors associated with horse health, and will help build a better evidence base for those making decisions about hay feeding. Interested in learning more about the nutrient content of hay and what implications that might have for a horse’s health? Check out Equine Guelph’s upcoming Equine Nutrition course. Make sure to stay tuned to Equine Guelph for updates about this exciting research.
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