Emily wins national qualifier equestrian event
Plymouth College pupil, Emily Dinnis, 15, from Liskeard, has won the inaugural National Schools BE90 eventing qualifier at Bicton Arena, Exeter.
This is a new class run by British Eventing, aimed at school children.
Emily, who has never competed in a British Eventing-affiliated competition before, lay in second place after an impressive dressage phase posting a superb score of 22.5.
Riding ‘Winosa’, she followed this with a double clear round show jumping and cross country without any time faults. Her competitors couldn’t match and she emerged the winner by two points.
Emily has now qualified for the BE finals, which will be held at Stonar School next May 2012.
lpacas are kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of Ecuador, southern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Chile.
Alpaca facts ... A
Alpacas are considerably smaller than llamas, and unlike them are not used as pack animals but are valued only for their fibre (wool).
Alpaca fibre is used for making knitted and woven items, much as sheep's wool is, but it is much softer and far less itchy!
They are delightful animals to have around and are gentle, elegant, inquisitive, intelligent and observant.
As they are a prey animal, they are cautious and nervous if they feel threatened.
They like having their own space and may not like an unfamiliar alpaca or human getting close, especially from behind.
Alpacas are a herd animal and will become stressed if kept alone even for short periods. They should be kept in groups of three or more.
They can be run with other animals such as horses and sheep, and provide good protection from foxes.
Alpacas make excellent pets. They are intelligent, easily trained and are usually very gentle with children.
They are inquisitive, approaching people who stand and watch them. They will eat out of the hand if time is spent with them, and training to lead by a halter is straightforward.
They are shorn once a year, and we have the fibre spun into yarn and then hand knitted into
fabulous hats, scarves and shawls.
Whenever we have a stand at local shows we take some alpacas with us, they enjoy the day out and people love to see them - at one underground craft fair the alpacas even became cave dwellers for a couple of days!!
Senara Higgs of Hendra Farm
Alpacas Cornwall
Kit Hill
01579 351173
www.kithill-alpacas.co.uk
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Recipe for homemade fly repellant
• 300ml citronella (available from most pharmacies)
• 25ml lavender oil (also available from most pharmacies)
• 4 tablespoons vinegar • 6 tablespoons Dettol • 2 cups of cold strong tea Pour into a 2 litre plastic pop bottle and top up with water, then decant what you need into a spray bottle when needed.
*Countryside Today has not tested any of the following fly spray recipes and strongly recommends that you do a small patch test on your horse with any home-made fly spray.
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