46/ SEPTEMBER 2010 THE RIDER Pony Club Members Shine at A/B/C Rally


Maple Pony Club member Shaylyn Lucas fin- ished second overall as an individual at the Western Ontario Region’s A/B/C Rally held August 13-15 at Cedar Run Horse Park near Thornbury, Ontario. Her team also finished second. The other members of her team were drawn from the Western Ontario Region. Shaylyn finished second in the dressage phase, had a clear round over the cross-country course except for some minor time penalties, and turned in one of three clear rounds in the stadium jumping phase.


Fellow Maple member Kyra Holmes acted as a groom for Shaylyn’s team and finished first among the grooms with a score of minus two for stable management and turnout. Since scoring for rallies is on a penalty point basis, negative scores are rare – Kyra’s was the only one among the grooms at this rally – and very good.


“Rally” is the Pony Club term for eventing, an


Olympic discipline in which competitors must ride a formal dressage test, follow with roads and tracks and/or cross country endurance phase across open country and over fixed obstacles, and finish with a stadium jumping competition. As mentioned above, scoring is done on a penalty points basis, with all errors of course, refusals, rails down and falls counted as penalties. Penalties are also incurred for taking too much time, or too little, to finish the cross country phase. The rider with the fewest penalties wins.


Though the military aspects of the competition no longer apply, rallies and events are still the ultimate test of both horse and rider. To win at rallies, riders must have first-rate fitness themselves and a wide range of riding skills to handle the different demands of the three phases. One major difference between Pony Club rallies and “regular” events is that Pony Club members, including the grooms, compete in horse care/stable management as well as in the riding phases.


Eventing—or three-day eventing at the upper levels—was first developed in the 19th century as a competition for cavalry horses and riders and was once called combined military training. The dres- sage phase demonstrates the horse’s obedience and control, the cross country phase simulates a cavalry charge and the stadium jumping phase demon- strates the horse’s long-range stamina and fitness.


For more information, get in touch with Bob Inglis, Central Ontario Region Communications Chair, at 416-493-1223 (office) or 416-491-4230 (home) or via e-mail at bobinglis@technalysis.on.ca. For more informa- tion on the Canadian Pony Club visit www.Canadi- anPonyClub.org, and follow the appropriate links.


Alltech Launches a New Brand of Horse Power in Canada -


LIFEFORCE™ Formula


[Guelph, Ontario] – With less than 50 days remaining until the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010™, title sponsor and global animal health and nutrition leader Alltech has launched its LIFEFORCE™ Formula in Canada. LIFEFORCE initially debuted in the Unit- ed States and the United Kingdom early last year. Canada now joins fifteen coun- tries in approved registration for the prod- uct.


LIFEFORCE Formula is a once-a- day natural nutritional supplement designed for all horses at every stage of life, whether they are breeding stock, plea- sure or performance animals. Daily sup- plementation helps create an ideal diges- tive environment, maintain peak body and muscular condition, improve hoof health and coat condition, and promote overall healthy growth.


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