Dixieland ApHC 3rd Annual Poker Ride

All horses/riders are welcome!
Saturday, May 12, 2012 @ 10:00 am
Rain date: May 19, 2012 @ 10:00 am
A&M Research Farm, 372 Walker Lane
Hazel Green, AL 35750 (corner 231/431&Walker  Lane)
$10 fee (lunch included)
Jump in the saddle for a good cause! Riders collect  Poker cards along an easy 5-mile trail. Player with best poker hand gets 1st choice from our prize table. Players select prizes according to rank of poker hand.

Come ride, have fun & meet other equine enthusiasts. Don’t have a horse? You can hike the trails or just come play a hand or two of Poker.

Download a flyer!

Contact:

(256) 828-0457

appyspots@mchsi.com

kathiarnould@yahoo.com

al.trausch@att.net

Proceeds benefit Happy Trails Therapeutic Riding Center
Inc.

Horse eating hayHay horse owners! Want to learn more about hay and pasture for your horse? Your Alabama Cooperative Extension System presents the Alabama Hay & Forage Field Day for Horse Owners!

Saturday, May 19, 2012
Registration begins at 8:00 am—Program begins at 9:00 am
Morgan County Agricultural Center
3120 Hwy 36 W Hartselle, AL 35640

The cost is $30/person (price includes lunch and snacks/drinks available throughout the day). Participation is limited to 50 people and will be on a “first come, first serve” basis. Pre-registration by May 11th is REQUIRED – so get moving and mail in your registration today!

To register: Print and fill out the registration form, then mail in completed form with fee.

Featured Speakers:

Dr. Gary Heusner—Retired Equine Specialist from the University of Georgia

  • Horse hay quality
  • Common misconceptions about horse forages

Kent Stanford—Nutrient Management Specialist
Alabama Cooperative Extension System

  • Fertilization of hay fields and horse pastures
  • Manure management

David Rich—Dow AgroSciences

  • Weed control in hay fields and horse pastures
  • Calibration of small spray rigs
  • Techniques of soil and forage sampling
  • Fire ant control in horse pastures
  • Using sweep nets to scout for fall armyworms

Featured Event:  Tour of Red Oak Farms—producer of high quality horse hay and past winner of the prestigious Sunbelt Ag Expo hay contest

For more information, contact:

Gerry Thompson, Regional Extension Agent
for Animal Sciences and Forages
Office: 256-353-8702, ext 25
Cell: 256-508-2020
E-mail: thompgl@aces.edu

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Yawning Horse clear backgroundFrom Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital:

Lots of good information in the 2nd quarter issue of the Rood & Riddle Report including information on corneal grafts, equine metabolic syndrome, cushing’s disease and news around RREH – Read It Online Here!

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X-Ray of a foundered horse hoofLaminitis Lessons: A Webinar for Every Horse Owner

with Don Walsh, DVM

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 25 at 9:00 p.m. CST

As the spring grass begins to sprout under your horse’s hooves, you may have many questions about laminitis. “Is my horse at risk for laminitis?” “How could laminitis affect my horse’s health?” Don Walsh, DVM, will answer these questions and more in a laminitis webinar for every horse owner.

During the webinar, Dr. Walsh will answer these questions:

How can you tell if your horse is at risk for laminitis?
How does laminitis become a fatal disease?
What are the facts of spring-grass-laminitis and the role of insulin resistance?
Is there any new research on laminitis?
…and many more!

Register Now

A veterinarian who specializes in laminitis and founder, Don Walsh, DVM is the founder and president of Animal Health Foundation. AHF is an organization that seeks to understand and prevent laminitis-founder complex in horses by funding research and educating horse owners about the disease.

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Horse owner learning to trim hoofsSaturday Apr 28, 2012    9am-4pm
Rowantree Farm    Franklin, TN

Discounted Earlybird Registration until Fri. Apr 27 – sign up now and save!

Clinic Registration Forms
Clinic Information Packet

Join us for a hands-on clinic designed to introduce horse owners to the basics of barefoot hoof trimming, and beyond. This class builds on the concepts introduced in the HTHO 101 clinics, but is still suitable for beginners as we’ll start off with a review. Read the rest of this entry »

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