Hear The Beat Horse Show is Coming To Lexington On Septermber 12, 2010

The Hear The Beat Horse Show will be held at the Lexington Horse Center Sunday September 11 starting at 9AM in the East Complex Arena - This is a Blue Ridge Horse Force Sanctioned horse show and this show is opened to all riders. All proceeds benefit Hoofbeats Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc
Click on the link below for the show flyer:

http://www.brhf.com/ShowFlyers/HearTheBeat2010.pdf

The Pine Spur Fall Hunter/Western Rider/Ranch Horse Show

The Pine Spur Fall Hunter/Western Rider/Ranch Horse Show will be held on September 11 starting at 9AM at the Pine Spur Hunt Club at 1949 Pine Spur Rd in Vinton Virginia 24179

For more information contact: Lynda McGarry at 540-525-8291
or email her at: lynda_mcgarry@hotmail.com

This Pine Spur Fall Hunter/Western Rider/Ranch Horse Show is Blue Ridge Horse Force Sanctioned (go to  http://www.brhf.com/ShowFlyers/PineSpur2010.pdf
for show flyers).

This Video Goes Out to All Of Our HorseVa Friends! "I Am-Horses" by Hilary Duff

Hillary Duff - I Am

7th Annual Astride With Pride Benefit Horse Show Will Be Held September 4, 2010

Mark your calendars! The 7th Annual Astride With Pride Benefit Horse Show will be held Saturday September 4th at Green Hill Equestrian Park in Salem Virginia. This show is sanctioned by the Blue Ridge Horse Force and is also affiliated with the Virginia Walking/Racking Horse Association. This show is open to all riders.
The Astride with pride horse show offers classes for Hunters, All Breed, Western, Racking/Gated, Driving, Showmanship, Speed, Games, Trail, Ranch Riding, Costume and Therapeutic riders. Limited Stalls available call 549-587-0668 or email astridewithpride@aol.com

Proceeds benefit Astride with Pride Therapeutic Riding Program

For a look at the Show Flyer for this show click below:

http://www.ghpec.org/ShowFlyers/AstrideWithPride2010.pdf

Horse VA Is Launching A Weekly "Photo/Photos of the Week" Contest

Sarah Hinds

If you have a favorite photo of your horse, you and your horse or a nice farm photo with your horse in it, we might feature it as our "photo of the week" on Horseva.com
Please submit all photos to: Christina Lee at dakotagirl403@gmail.com

September Is A Crazy Busy Month For Horse Events!

Starting on Sept 3 through Sept 4 there will be a two-day Adult Hunter/Equitation Colleen Seely USHJA Clinic at Fox Pointe Farm. This is a great opportunity to really brush up on your Hunter Equitation.

For more info and registration log onto the link below:

http://foxpointefarmva.com/clinics.htm

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On Saturday September 4th is the 7th Annual Astride with Pride Benefit Horse Show at Green Hill Equestrian Park - All proceeds from this great horse show will benefit the Astride with Pride Therapeutic Riding Program.

This horse show has a class for almost every riding dicipline. This show is sactioned by the Blue Ridge Horse Forse (http://www.brhf.com/).

Click on this link for more info: http://www.brhf.com/ShowFlyers/AstrideWithPride2010.pdf

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Also Saturday September 4th is the Cornerstone Cowboy Challenge at Cornerstone Horsemanship.

This event is for Open, Amateur & Youth Divisions. Obstacles will be designed to challenge your horsemanship skills and skills of your horse.

For more information click on this link: http://www.cornerstonehorsemanship.com/cowboychallenge.htm

We Are Truly Lucky To Have the Virginia - Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine In Our Back Yard

We are so blessed to have the Virginia - Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in our area!

I can honestly say that I have never experienced the amazing professionalism and compassion shown to us and our mare Oglala Star (aka Reiny). Not only did they come out yesterday with their team but today they all came out again and brought their Certified Journeyman Farrior Travis Burns (this is the highest level of AFA certification). Travis can get a shoe off in record time when a horse has laminitis and is in a lot of pain like our mare Reiny was today (thank you so much Travis). They fitted Reiny with pads today and we have ordered special medical boots for her to wear. Her back right hoof is the worst and we are praying that we can stop this aweful vascular disease. As you can see in the last photo, the students practiced doing a body condition score on our other two horses so we don't make the same mistake twice. I highly recommend Virginia Tech for all of your equine veterinary needs. For more information on Virginia Tech - Harry T. Peters Large Animal Hospital, click on the link below:

http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/vth/la/index.asp

With All The Rain And Green Grass This Year Please Be Familiar With The Symptoms of Laminitis or Founder.

(photo - Virginia Tech Vet Team at Bluebird Farm this morning working on my horse Reiny - notice the mobile x-ray machine on the ground)

We got some bad news today from our friends from the Virginia Tech's Equine Medical team. Our 26 year old Appaloosa mare has been diagnosed with Laminitis in all four hooves. I noticed she was stiff and a little off and this morning she could barely walk. The Virginia Tech Vets were here in less then two hours with a team of 5 to check every inch of her beautiful (very round) glorious body. They x-rayed all four hooves and saw the Laminitis. In the next few days they will send out a nutritionist to test all of our hay and take samples of our pastures.We will do everything in our power to help her recover although her life will never be the same. Because she has insulin resistence, she will probably never be able to graze in the pasture of green lush grass. Every bite will have to be weighted, soaked and monitored. Since Southwest Virginia has had a lot of rain this year, the grass is very green and filled with sugar. Please take a look at this link and be aware of your horses weight, how much he eats and if he/she is looking a little stiff or not. If you catch Laminitis early, the horse has a much better chance of survival. Please share this information with your friends. It could save them a lot of money and heart ache.

Thanks, Christina Lee Horseva.com
Laminitis Info - click on the link below:
http://www.recoveryeq.com/laminitis_founder_pro.htm#01