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* FEATURED EVENT: Ride in Red for AHS
RIDE IN RED - AHS Awareness Weekend JOIN us - from where ever you are - on the 27th & 28th of October to help raise awareness of AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS! Click http://www.neigh-bours.co.za/shop.php?category=Ride+in+Red to order Neigh-Bours RIDE IN RED caps & shirts - R10 from each item is donated to the challenge! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS “AHS” is a deadly virus horses in South Africa contract. The vaccine is not 100% effective and once horses get the disease, there is no cure. Horses need to fight off the virus themselves. Over 1000 horses have died between 2011 and 2012 in South Africa. African horse sickness (AHS) is an infectious but non-contagious, insect-borne viral disease affecting all species of equids. It is transmitted in the field by at least two species of Culicoides. Our appeal is to all horse owners and horse riders, ALL AROUND THE GLOBE, please join us and if you are competing , or just riding for fun, either wear red or place a red ribbon in your horse\'s mane. AHS is contained to the borders of South Africa and Namibia currently, but midge borne diseases are crossing boundaries and AHS could become a very real threat across the globe. Help us to find a solution and ensure all who have horses know what this disease brings with it. For further information please contact: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AHSEquineChallenge RSVP on the Facebook event - click https://www.facebook.com/events/160028727454231/
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* 11:00-16:00 (29-Oct-2012) FEATURED EVENT: Beaulieu Equestrian Academy 2012 Conference: Riding from the Anatomical Perspective (Jhb N)
Neigh-Bours has TWO TICKETS TO THE ENTIRE CONFERENCE to the value of R2550 each to GIVE AWAY. Click https://www.facebook.com/events/409149352481070/ and https://www.facebook.com/events/384713131600773 to see how! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Presented by Gillian Higgins, International Author, Equine Therapist, Rider and Coach. Gillian gives a fascinating insight into Training, Management, Comfort and Welfare of horses through understanding anatomy, physiology and biomechanics with her unique concept of painting the anatomy of the horses and doing a live demonstration. Email Kim on equestrian@beaulieu.co.za for a programme and booking form. COSTS: Saturday 27 Oct: Muscular / Skeletal System (Whole day) R 500.00 Saturday 27 Oct: How the Horse moves – demo only R 300.00 Sunday 28 Oct: Internal Organs (Whole day) R 500.00 Monday 29 Oct*: Horse Muscle - Skeletal Assessment R800.00 per horse Thursday 8 Nov: Evening Lecture “Use of Training Aids” on the Horse R 100.00 Friday 9 Nov: Anatomical Painting for Adults R 350.00 * There are only three (3) remaining slots for Monday 29 October 2012. Spectators are free on this day. RSVP on the Facebook event - click https://www.facebook.com/events/204481093015649
Beaulieu Equestrian Academy
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* 22:00-22:00 The Ride III: Chasing the Ghost Of Harry Smith (TV)
950kms in 6 days, Cape Town to Grahamstowm. Since the beginning of the British occupation of southern Africa at the Cape Colony in 1806, the Xhosa tribes had been pushed steadily eastwards. By the end of December 1834 this pressure on traditional Xhosa lands exploded with the outbreak of the Sixth Frontier War. Thousands of Xhosa warriors poured over the border laying waste to the farms of the Cape Colony. Settlers were abandoning their farms and Grahamstown was under threat of being over-run. The Governor at the Cape, Sir Benjamin D’Urban, urgently sent Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Harry Smith (called “Harry Whackalong Smite” by his troops), veteran of the Peninsular War and of Waterloo, to take command of the garrison at Grahamstown. Smith chose to ride rather than make the journey by sea as was the norm, concerned that weather conditions may delay his departure. Utilizing the established postal system of the day he was able to travel the 950 km in just six days. Even with fresh horses waiting for him at post stations every 40 km, it was a remarkable equestrian feat, a testament to Smith’s horsemanship, physical fitness and determination. He rode at an astonishing average speed of over 22 km per hour and covered a remarkable 224km in a single day. Smith was accompanied for the duration of his ride by Manie, a Khoikhoi trooper. Barry Armitage and Joe Dawson, again attempt to emulate an epic equestrian achievement from South African colonial history. By using 40 horses sourced from the local trail and endurance riding communities they will replicate the postal system of 1835 and endeavour to match the furious pace set by Smith. Their route, filled with historical relics and references of the time, takes them from the heart of Cape Town eastwards through the majestic beauty of Western Cape and the game rich wilds of the Eastern Cape to their goal in the settler capital of Grahamstown. Sir Harry Smith was credited with saving Grahamstown. In a nine month war he drove the Xhosa tribes further eastwards across the Keiskama River. The aftermath of this conflict was to have great consequences for another South African tribe: the Boers. It became the catalyst for thousands of Boers who had lost faith in British governance to shrug off British authority and leave the Cape Colony. This exodus, which we now know as the Great Trek, was to profoundly shape the history of South Africa. The Boers clashed violently with the Bantu tribes to the north in striving to establish their independence. This hard fought independence was ultimately challenged by the might of the British Empire, intent on gaining control of the goldfields beneath Johannesburg, leading to the Boer War: the last Imperial War that signalled the beginning of the end of the British Empire.
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