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 Last week I was in Lexington meeting with ELCR.
Some of the best minds (not mine, but others) in the industry were gathered to plan a strategy for the continued fight against the alarming loss of open land to development. The loss of land effects every aspect of horse keeping. It determines if we have a place to grow hay and grain, raise foals, ride, fox hunt, race, compete, drive and more. We're losing 6,000 acres per day. Currently, need 36 million acres of land to feed the US horse population. Biofuel production is another fly in the ointment since it's driving up the cost of feed and hay. Finally, the NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) attitude is closing horses out of recreational and suburban lands. When will it affect you? Too late to do anything about it? The alarm has been sounded. Consider yourself warned.
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This Week
Mar 21 - 27, 2011
26 Equestrian Art Sale @ Flat Rock
Contact: Nicole Watts 864-276-8536
26-27 USPC Carolina Region Dressage Rally
@ FENCE
Contact: swright14@carolina.rr.com
27 Horse Health Fair
Contact: Nicole Watts 864-276-8536
27 Horse Versatility Clinic Mini Competition
@Riverbend Equestrian Park
28 BRSEA Lecture Grasses & Nutrition
Chateau du Cheval, Landrum
Contact: Lydia Juenger 828-817-0732
28 RVPC Unmounted mtg.
Contact: info@rivervalleypc.org
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Bas Relief Sculpture Workshop
April 18th to 22d
3pm to 8pm.
Workshop will be held at
Chateau du Cheval,
Sue Spiegel's farm,
996 East Frontage Road,
Campobello, SC.
Bas Relief sculpture is quite different from a round sculpture. Bas- relief offers many opportunities for compositional contexts. It is great for working from photographs, many subjects being well suited from architectural details to portraits to still life.
We will work with self-hardening clay, avoiding the molding process Small class, individual attention. Light refreshments provided.
$300 per person and about $55 for supplies.
.Instructor Marie-Christine Maitre de Tarragon.
www.mc-artandhorses.com
Additional information and to register
mcartandhorses@yahoo.com 864 384 2821
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Masterson Clinic
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May 14 - 15
Weekend Workshop
Columbus, NC
During this practical, hands-on workshop you will learn how to recognize and use the visual responses of the horse to your touch to find and release accumulated stress in key junctions of the body that most affect equine performance.
In this one-on-one environment Jim has successfully taught these basic techniques to hundreds of owners, therapists and trainers in the U.S. Australia and Europe, enabling them not only improve movement and performance, but to open a new level of communication and interaction with their horses.
Contact: Ivey Sumrell 828-516-6518
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Local business, The Hay Warehouse in Landrum has added Banks Mill Feeds to their product line. Banks Mill is manufactured in Aiken, SC. The line will include feeds for senior horses, high activity horses, low starch and all purpose feed. Phone 828-817-1717 haywarehouse@gmail.com
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It's All About the Hat A creative Evening of Food, Fun and Whimsy with a Horsey Slant
Want to be the hit of the Tailgate Party? Guest culinary experts Mariah Morrissey, currently with Stone Soup and a veteran of Wolfgang Puck's MGM Grand restaurant and Michael Pelkey, internationally known designer and chef will hope you create a menu that is sure to WOW your guests and fellow tailgaters. Wine tasting and steeplechase appropriate menu items are included.
Lydia Juenger, Director of Education at BRSEA will give a short talk on steeplechase origins and its Tryon history, course set up and rules and how to read the program, examine the horses and pick a winner.
Create a steeplechase chapeau with the help of Sue Speigel. Bring your own hat and tools, instruction and trimmings will be provided.
A benefit for Blue Ridge School of Eq Arts
Chateau du Cheval at Spiegel Farm
Tuesday April 12 6-9 pm
For reservations and tickets ($35),
call Jackie Marston 864-381-9715
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CCC Clinic April 9th-10th
 Carolina Carriage Club Clinic with Robin Groves
April 9 & 10, Latigo Farm, Landrum -- Auditors (no Charge)
Contact Barbara Madill (828) 894-2437 E-Mail:
madill@windstream.net
Robin is equally at home with riders and drivers, instructing Dressage Riders, Eventers, Endurance Riders and Western Riders and their instructors call for openings. photo credit: Robin Groves |
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FRC Presents:
Pasture Management March 23
Oh, the bucolic scene of horses and donkeys grazing on lush green pasture. How pleasant, but there's a whole other world going on under hoof. Fire ants, toxic weeds, army worms and a host of other potentially dangerous elements lurk among the sweet blades of grass. Find out how to keep the risks at bay.
Join Foothills Riding Club on Wednesday, March 23 for a discussion on pasture management with "The Fire Ant Man," Mark Konish and Kendra Bissette from the Polk County Extension Service.
Meet at the FENCE Main House and enjoy snacks and social time at 6:30 pm. Presentation begins at 7 pm. For more information contact Marilyn Yike at 828-894-3726 or foxtracecovert@gmail.com.
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Equestrian Social Media Awards
The results are in. Area horsewoman Randi Thompson would like to thank all those who voted for her programs for the Equestrian Social Media Awards. In the International category her programs won: Best Use of Facebook. 2nd place. How to Market Your Horse Business. Best Use of Youtube. 3rd Place How to Market Your Horse Business and Horse and Rider Awareness. Most Informative. 2nd Place Horse and Rider Awareness. Congratulations Randi! |
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Exhange Student Seeks
Horsey Host Family
The American Field Service (AFS) is looking for a host family for next school year for a high school boy. This boy will be placed somewhere in western North Carolina. He is just one example of the great students looking for host families, but the coordinators really think this particular boy would be a very good fit for a family with horses and/or other farm animals.
Says Lone Krarup of AFS, "If a family would like to host and have specific wishes for their student we can search in our big pool of students for a good match. Hosting is so rewarding, and we have such a resourceful community here in the Carolina Foothills." Contact Lone at 828-863-4020.
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Equitrekking.com Spotlights
Tryon Horse Country
 This week, Tryon Horse Country was added as a special segment on the Equitrekking website, the online companion to the Emmy Award winning PBS show. You've probably seen the show, where host Darly Newman travels the country, and the world, seeking the best rides. The show reaches 84% of US television households and is broadcast in 65 countires, including France, Italy, Japan, Russia and Turkey. Equitrekking and Equitrekking.com have been featured in USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post.
About Darley Newman
 The host and producer of Equitrekking, Darley is a seasoned journalist who has also been involved with projects at CBS, 48 Hours, WB, and various documentaries for PBS. She is also a (South) Carolina girl, who as a child spent summers riding at camp in Hendersonville. We hope she brings her crew to Tryon Horse Country in the near future and checks out our "best kept secret."
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New Local Horse Trial Added to USEA Omnibus
Alicia Henderson of Hendersonville has added a new USEA recognized horse trial to calendar.
Foothills Horse Trials April 23-24, 2011 USEA Event ID: 14656 Mooresboro, NC (on the NC/SC border, 20 miles west of Shelby, 30 miles east of Tryon) USEF Endorsed/USEA Recognized: PT,N,T,BN USEA Recognized Tests: Intro/Starter Details |
Baby Boom
Muffin(s) in the Oven
They're the Angelina Jolie-Brad Pitt pairing of the hooved set. Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, are both pregnant.
Announced first this week, Rachel Alexandra 2009 Horse of the Year and the darling of the horse racing world, is in foal. Stonestreet Farms announced the pregnancy confirmation March 7, two weeks after the maiden mare was bred. Rachel Alexandra was mated to Curlin on February 21st at Kentucky's Lane's End Farm.
Zenyatta, the 7-year-old super mare, was second to confirm her impending motherhood. The Zenyatta website reported that her ultrasound scan revealed she is in foal after being bred 15 days ago to Darley stallion Bernardini, the 3-year-old champion of 2006.
As my mother used to say, sounds like they all went to the same picnic.
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April 2 Harmon Hopefuls @ Harmon Field Contact: Noreen Cothran 864-457-3557 3 Tryon Hounds Hunter Pace Contact: Louise Hughston 864-909-0491 3 Grnville Foothills Pony Club monthly mtg @ Riverbend Eq Park Contact: chculbertson@earthlink.net 8 RVPC Unmounted mtg. Contact: info@rivervalleypc.org 8-9 CCC Robin Groves Clinic @ Latigo Farm, Landrum, SC Contact: Barb Madill 828-894-2437 8-10 NATRC Springtime at Biltmore @Biltmore Equestrian Center Contact: ebush@biltmore.com 9 FRC Combined Test @ FENCE Contact: Margo Savage 828-863-4924 9 Paul Hellebrand Horsesense Clinic @ Stillwater Farm, Greer, SC Contact: 828-894-70499 9-10 Progressive Show Jumping @ Harmon Field Contact: psjshows@aol.com 803-649-3505 10 Ruth Van Horn Dressage Clinic Contact: Nicole Watts 864-276-8536 10 RVPC Mounted mtg. Contact: info@rivervalleypc.org 12 Pisgah Trailblazers Monthly Meeting @ Binions Restaurant, Hendersonville 6:30 eat, 7:30 meet Contact: info@pisgahtrailblazers.com 12 BRSEA Steeplechase Lecture Chateau du Cheval at Spiegel Farm Contact: Lydia Juenger 828-817-0732 16 FRC XC Schooling @ FENCE Contact: Margo Savage 828-863-4924 17 Paint Show @ WNC Ag Center Contact: 704-545-2241 18 BRSEA Art Lecture Bas Relief Sculpture Chateau du Cheval at Spiegel Farm Contact: Marie-Christine de Tarragon 22-24 Dianne Jenkins Jumping Clinic @ Biltmore Equestrian Center Contact: 828-225-1454 23 65th Block House Steeplechase Contact: Laura Weicker 828-8596109 www.trhcevents.net 30-May 1 Paul Belasic Clinic @ Blue Moon Farm Contact: Sophie@montana.net See the extended Calendar |
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Call The Hay Lady for the Very Best
Beautiful 1st cutting timothy mix hay, with & without alfalfa available from upstate NY
Timothy w alfalfa $8.50/ bale
Timothy w/o alfalfa $8.00/ bale
Pick up or delivery available with fee based on location.
Tractor trailer loads of 650+/- also available.
Please call:828-289-4230
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Voted the Best Place to Pick Up Chicks  Photo Credit: Fantastic Farm & Country
Tiny Poultry has arrived. Pick up yours.
Available at
The Hay Rack
Landrum & Green Crk 864-457-2155/828-863-0536 Click Here to Learn More |
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Happy Trails Trailers
Repairs Service Sales parts Tires Hitch Installation Spray Bedliners Accessoreis
Repairs Service on all
types and brands
Custom Horse Trailer
Design Specialist
2010 Hawk Trailer Dealer of the Year
2615 Hwy 153, Unit C3
I-85 South Exit 40, then left
Near Greenville
Call Risa Couch
864 295 3213
www.HappyTrailsTrailers.com
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Think No Boundaries
Escape-78 Private Ac.
18 ac rolling pasture
70 ac wooded w/stream
4 BR/3Ba Cooks Kitchen
Workshop/Storage Barn
Potential Horse Farm
$795K
www.TryonProperties.com
ReMax Advantage Realty
Bonnie Lingerfelt
828-817-0166
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Visiting horse country? Our hospitality shines.
Visit the Foothills
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Clear View Farm
Riding School
It's Spring!
Time for Riding Lessons
Beginners, Intermediates
Safe, Reliable
School Horses
Experienced Instruction
New Interscholastic Equestrian Assoc. program for high school riding team
Learn to Ride from the Best
Clear View Farm
105 Smith Road
Landrum, SC
Jeanne Smith, Owner
864-895-7845
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Foothills
Humane Society
828-863-4444
R.I.P. Ms Beasley, beloved pet and loyal guard dog. Says owmer Pat Salomon of Green Creek, "I went to the shelter to pick out a dog and she picked me. Why don't dogs live longer?"
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Camp Wayfarer
Where can a kid swim, dance, shoot, dream, cheer, golf, explore, camp, play, grow AND RIDE? 
www.campwayfarer.com |
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 English Cottage Decor Workshop & Luncheon
Sat March 26
Derbyshire
400 Landrum Rd
Click here for
Tickets & reservations
Gillian Drummond
Drummond House
Tryon, NC
828-859-9895
www.GillianDrummond.com
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Joy Baker,DVM
is pleased to accept new clients in Tryon Horse Country and surrounding areas. Dr. Baker treats thousands of horses nationwide and is now available to the local equestrian community.
Specializing in Acupuncture Chiropractic Herbology
828-817-0315
Apchirovet@aol.com
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Horse Blanket Cleaning
Horse Blanket Repair
Custom Sewing Projects
Retrofit and Design Horsewear
Shuana Williams / Owner
864-895-6367
equidress@aol.com www.Equidress.com
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"Please join me in working with the Equine Land Conservation Resource to "rein in" the loss of land for horses - the farms, hay fields and competition venues."
Lyle Lovett
www.elcr.og
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Who Is It?
Here's Sue Carrier of Green Creek at 19 years in 1966 at Cherry Meadow Farm (Dorothy Sachey's farm) in East Northport on Long Island. Sue is riding a draft cross that was a project horse. Sue, like so many of that generation, rode whatever horse was available and worked in the barn in exchange for lessons. She did a little competition in hunter equitation. By high school and college, she was teaching beginner lessons. Sue got her own first horse after college. A life with horses has included dressage competition, eventing and finally being persuaded by husband Dick to try her hand at driving. She is an Carolina Carriage Club member.
We're looking for vintage photos. Please send us a photo of you as a child/teen on a horse or pony pre-1970. |
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