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Title:Equine Notes Conference
Notice:Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:MTADMS::COBURNIO
Created:Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2080
Total number of notes:22383

1557.0. "Chronicle special was on horses...." by BOOVX2::MANDILE (Bad horse, bad horse) Wed Nov 20 1991 18:06

    Did anyone see the special on horses?
    
    Not too bad, considering they only had so much time per
    horse subject.  They had a bit on Polo, Special needs riding, 
    Racehorses being saved and retrained, and showed some of a hunt,
    too!
    
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1557.1I saw itHEPBRN::JOHNSON_MThu Nov 21 1991 11:2316
I watched the Chronicle entitled 'Inside the Horse Scene'.  They did short 
pieces on polo, foxhunting, auctions, ex-race horses turned into hunters,
interviewed Dover Sadderly, and a a piece on a handicap riding program.

I thought the only 2 good pieces were the foxhunting and the
handicap riding program.   Some of the other pieces could have focused on 
better examples in their fields.  The polo pony looked like a rack of
bones to me.   The person who rescued ex-race horses showed her young
students jumping without helmets.   

I did enjoy the Dover sadderly interview, since they made a big deal out of 
a person who bought her horses matching blankets.  Ofcourse I think thats 
perfectly normal!

Melinda
1557.2CSLALL::LCOBURNSpare a horse,ride a cowboyThu Nov 21 1991 11:3312
    I saw it , too. The piece of fox hunting made me want to go out
    and get involved in it, they made it look like so much fun! I agree
    with -1, though, about the polo and ex-race horse segments. The
    polo pony they showed looked to be in sorry condition, and I was
    appalled that a supposedly knowledgeable instructor had kids (or
    anyone for that matter) jumping green horses with no hard hats.
    And she gave the impression that ex-race horses are commonly
    difficult and a problem to retrain, and not easily adaptable to their
    new lives as pleasure/show horses. Most experienced horse people
    know this is not the case.  The handicapped piece was very touching,
    though!
    
1557.3a nice fall pieceSMAUG::MORENZJoAnne Morenz IBM I/C DTN: 226-5870Thu Nov 21 1991 12:147
I saw the Chronicle piece and I thought they did a very good job. Considering
the amount of time that they had to shoot it and produce it, I thought it
was very good. I think that the segment on the handicapped riding program would
make even non-horselovers cry :-)

I taped it if anyone wants to borrow it.
1557.4Who was that unhelmeted person?KALE::ROBERTSThu Nov 21 1991 13:523
    Anyone know who the "racehorse retrainer" was?  
    
    -ellie
1557.5BOOVX1::MANDILEBad horse, bad horseThu Nov 21 1991 15:503
    They mentioned her name and location.... .2 taped it, 
    you could probably get it off the tape.
    
1557.6CSLALL::LCOBURNSpare a horse,ride a cowboyThu Nov 21 1991 17:132
    
    She was from Salem Nh, sorry don't remember the name.
1557.7DynastyBOSOX::KROYTue Nov 26 1991 12:434
    The farm with the ex-racehorses was Dynasty Farms in Salem, NH.  They
    are located on Liberty Street.
    
    Karen