8/ OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2017 THE RIDER


MY SPIN: According


to Wikipedia: “The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, adequate- protein, low-carbo- hydrate diet. The diet forces (?) the body to burn (your body) fats rather than


carbohy-


drates.” Carbohy- drates or sugars are the source of most modern day dis- eases. I’m glad the research is out there now to prove it. Those on


By Susan Dahl.


A Charlie Horse I was researching the ke-


togenic diet for horses and came up with a “charlie horse”. For those who don’t


know, the ketogenic diet or “keto” is a science based way of eating where you eat low carbs (carbohydrates/sugar) per day (since the body can make it’s own) while increasing your brain-healthy fats. Fat as we know doesn’t make you fat. That was a farse. Dr. Mark Hyman remarks that it helps with brain function.


“keto” or low-carb, like myself, refer to it as an eating lifestyle. I’ve been doing “keto” along with intermittent fasting (eating once per day at supper time) consistently


since spring and I’ve lost over 30lbs. So I’m happy to share this information with you. Of course, there is plenty of infor- mation on the keto eating lifestyle and intermittent fasting on the internet. I highly en- courage you to research for yourself.


DISEASES IN HORSES As you may know, many


human diseases are showing up in horses as well. Auto-Im- mune, Crohn’s, diabetes, laminitis, PF (pemphigus foli- aceus), lupus. It seems that


A Charlie Horse


horses are increasing their dis- eases like humans are. Is there a correlation be-


tween horse and human and the diseases? Since being on the


keto/intermittent fasting eating lifestlye and doing a lot of re- search, many diseases are being cured with healthy food. Dr. Mark Hyman has developed a field of science called Func- tional Medicine. It’s the ole “You are what you eat”. Perhaps horses are having


the same problem. I put to you, dear readers, that isn’t it possi- ble that our horses are getting the same diseases because they are basically eating the same types of food as we are in terms of nutrition content (or lack thereof) and world-wide toxins. We are both eating foods pro- duced in the same earth. Something to think about.


I think so. Perhaps we need to go back to simple, basic, healthy food for horses. Back to the charlie horse.


On horseforum.com, a rider was mentioning that since start- ing the keto diet, she has devel- oped charlie horses in her legs. I know. It’s a matter of mineral supplementation for her. I hope you check out keto


and keto for horses.


Putting my spin on keto. Reinersue @KISS Reiners


About Susan Dahl


Susan Dahl, ORHA/NRHA past multiple champion, writer, blogger, author and clinician, retired certified professional horse trainer. Owner of Foun-


dation Reining Training Centre in Durham, ON. She specializes in effective horsemanship, and reining. For more information on her services: judging, clinics


or resale horses, please contact her on facebook, her website: www.reinersuehorsemanship.c om or reinersue@hotmail.com


Equestrian Canada Announces Partnership with EquiRatings to Support Eventing National Team Program


Ottawa, ON, Oct. 4, 2017 – Equestrian Canada (EC)


is


pleased to announce a partner- ship with data analysis and statis- tics company, EquiRatings, to provide direct support to the EC National Team Program – Event- ing High Performance Squad. Dr. Rob Stevenson, Chair


of the EC Eventing High Per- formance Advisory Group, said the decision to partner with EquiRatings is a strategic one ahead of the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Mill Spring, NC, where the Canadian Eventing Team will look to se- cure qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, JPN. “We’re trying to achieve a


certain result on the international stage,” explained Stevenson. “Our result will be more pre- dictable and consistent by using key performance indicators (KPIs) and measurement tools to ensure our athletes are achieving the best possible results with their horses.” The CICO 3* FEI Nations’


Cup™ Eventing, held July 7-9, 2017 at Great Meadow Interna-


tional in The Plains, VA, served as the first test case for EC’s new partnership with EquiRatings. The team of Lisa Marie


Fergusson, Selena O’Hanlon, Jessica Phoenix and Waylon Roberts produced three sub-60 finishing scores to secure second place in the Nations’ Cup. The re- sult marked a notable high per- formance milestone, as it was the first time in more than six years that Canada produced three sub- 60 scores at a major team compe- tition at the highest level of the sport.


“Partnering with EquiRat-


ings means Canadian athletes are now competing with themselves within the sport,” Stevenson said. “Much of the distraction of ‘what does this result or score really mean?’ is disappearing. Our ath- letes now have a baseline to un- derstand what they need to achieve with each horse at each competition.” Diarmuid Byrne, Managing


Director of EquiRatings, said the result at Great Meadow is an ex- ample of the potential that comes from having customized bench-


marks and targets for every horse and rider combination. “Use of data in mainstream


sport is very well known, well used and well respected,” said Byrne. “It’s a tool that is com- monplace in every other sport, and up until recently it’s been very difficult to apply the use of data to equestrian sports. EquiRatings has been able to change that. Our role with our high performance clients is to un- derstand their strategy to improve performance and provide them with the analysis and targets to make this happen.” In addition to high perform-


ance analysis, EquiRatings is also leading the charge for safety in eventing, recently partnering with the FEI to implement the EquiRatings Quality Index (ERQI), which seeks to reduce risk within the sport. For more information on


High Performance Eventing in Canada,


visit


www.equestrian.ca/sport/event- ing/high-performance. For more information on EquiRatings, visit www.equiratings.com.


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