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Eric Lamaze Continued from Page 25.


isto 26, while Lamaze and his mount, Chacco Kid, were fourth with a time of 33.68 seconds. For more information, visit royalfair.org/horse-show.


Funding support for The Royal has been provided by the Government of Canada, Government of Ontario, and the City of Toronto.


$85,000 Big Ben International Challenge – Final Results Thursday evening, November 7 Rider/ Nation/ Horse/ Faults/ Time 1. Ben Maher, Great Britain, Tic Tac, 0:0, 36.75 2. Eric Lamaze, Canada, Fine Lady 5, 0:0, 37.17 3. Margie Engle, United States, Dicas, 0:0, 37.61 4. Jos Verlooy, Belgium, Varoune, 0:0, 38.59 5. Laura Kraut, United States, Confu, 0:0, 38.65 6. Beezie Madden, United States, Garant, 0:0, 38.83 7. Mario Deslauriers, Canada, Amsterdam 27, 0:0, 39.06 8. Ali Ramsay, Canada, Lutz, 0:0, 39.63 9. Brian Moggre, United States, MTM Vivre le Reve, 0:4, 37.20 10. Rowan Willis, Australia, Cartouch III, 0:4, 38.08 $37,000 Brickenden Trophy – Final Results Thursday afternoon, November 7 Rider Nation Horse Faults Time 1. Daniel Coyle,Ireland, Farrel, 0:0, 31.85 2. Brian Moggre, United States, MTM Flutterby, 0:0, 32.28 3. Rowan Willis, Australia, Calisto 26, 0:0, 33.29 4. Eric Lamaze, Canada, Chacco Kid, 0:0, 33.68 5. Shane Sweetnam, Ireland, Karlin Van’t Vennehof, 0:0, 34.24 6. McLain Ward, United States, Cadans Z, 0:4, 31.79 7. Erynn Ballard, Canada, Fellini S, 0:4, 34.46 8. Bertram Allen, Ireland, GK Casper, 0:4, 36.31 9. Kent Farrington, United States, Jasper, 0:4,36.44 10. Daniel Bluman, Israel, Gemma W, 0:4, 37.21


Once Bit, Twice Shy is not the


case according to research study


Story by: Jackie Bellamy-Zions In 2015, Lara Genik and Dr. C. Meghan McMurtry


from the University of Guelph’s Department of Psychol- ogy conducted a survey at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, looking into the prevalence and impact of less studied painful incidents among children while handling and rid- ing horses. Some of the results may surprise you. “There hasn’t been much work conducted about less


serious incidents”, says Genik. “When I looked at the lit- erature that did exist, I found that it has primarily focused on serious injuries that led to hospitalization. For example – we don’t know much about how often less serious inci- dents are occurring, when or where they are occurring, and what the impact is on youth and their parents.” Genik’s re- search survey set out to understand common painful inci- dents associated with riding and to gain insight that could potentially lead to intervention through safety and educa- tional programming. With the help of Equine Guelph and their EquiMa-


nia! youth display, data was collected at the Royal Agri- cultural Winter Fair in Toronto. 120 children aged 8-18 (who participated in riding at least once per week) and a parent completed brief questionnaires about their riding habits including helmet use, supervision, painful incidents that have occurred, and their impact. A startling result indicated that 75% of the children


$37,000 Brickenden Trophy on Thursday afternoon, November 7, at the Royal Horse Show. Photo by Jump Media


Daniel Coyle of Ireland raced to victory riding Farrel in the


couple of second places, so it’s nice to win a class with impor- tance like this evening.” While Lamaze, 51, was


forced to settle for second with Fine Lady 5, he currently leads both the GroupBy Leading In- ternational Rider and Leading Canadian Rider standings, helped by a win in the $37,000 Jolera International Strength and Speed Challenge on Wednesday, November 6. Third place in Thursday


night’s class went to Margie Goldstein Engle, 61, of the United States who stopped the jump-off clock in 37.61 sec- onds riding Dicas, owned by


Gladewinds Partners, LLC. Earlier in the day, Daniel


Coyle of Ireland claimed the win in the afternoon’s featured $37,000 Brickenden Trophy. Riding Farrel for owner Ariel Grange, Coyle topped a 12- horse jump-off after posting the winning time of 31.85 seconds. Next into the Coca-Cola Coli- seum, 18-year-old Brian Mog- gre of the United States made a valiant attempt to catch the leading time riding MTM Flut- terby, but he settled for second place when the clock flashed 32.28 seconds. Australia’s Rowan Willis took third place with a time of 33.29 riding Cal-


surveyed had experienced at least one type of painful in- cident more than once, yet only 7.3% said they had mod- ified their behavior (e.g., keeping fingers away from the horse’s mouth after having been bitten). “We were quite surprised that these incidents had little impact on chil- dren’s behavior around horses,” says Genik. “This implies that the incidents may continue to occur even if they could be prevented – and we know from recent work that many incidents around horses may actually be preventable.” Responses from parents and children were quite con-


sistent and revealed regular and consistent helmet use and supervision were more commonly endorsed when riding horses compared to handling them on the ground. There were just a few responses that differed; specifically, par- ents believed children’s helmet use occurred more fre- quently when handling horses on the ground compared to their children’s reports. The same was true for the answers regarding supervision when working around horses from the ground. When incidents did occur, it was mainly parents and


Margie Engle, Ben Maher, and Eric Lamaze stood atop the podium as the top three in the $85,000 Big Ben International Challenge, held on Thursday, November 7 at the Royal Horse Show. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


Your horse has given you a lifetime of love


Honouring the life of your horse.


and it is hard to walk away when the time has come to say goodbye


coaches who addressed them. Therefore, a proactive sug- gestion would be for both coaches and parents to have cur- rent first aid training and knowledge about concussions. The study also identified many benefits associated with riding, which Genik identified with, having been involved with horses since a young age herself. “It is a fantastic sport and there has been many positive changes in regards to safety around horses over recent years,” says Genik, “but we still need to do more. Specifically, we think there would be value in learning more about how and what is happening when these incidents occur – this could allow us to more specifically inform, develop and implement targeted interventions to relevant stakeholders.” Genik hopes future research into the relatively


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unknown prevalence of minor incidents around horses will help parents and riding coaches su- pervise and educate children in proactive ways, as well as work through incidents and talk about prevention strategies. The development of prob- lem-solving skills was one of the benefits of rid- ing, according to survey participants. This is a great opportunity for parents to apply these prob- lem-solving skills with children. Future studies collaborating with stables


could provide a better understanding of incidents to tailor and update safety programming. De- tailed incident reporting and real-time reporting are just a few of the items cited for potential re- search that could contribute to education influ- encing behavioural change. Read


the full research paper


at


ScienceDirect.com Equine Guelph has been happy to support


this important research. With the same goals for increasing safety through education, Equine Guelph offers online courses benefitting anyone who handles horses. Visit TheHorsePortal.ca for the next offering of Horse Behaviour & Safety. This short course is available for both Adults and Youth (age 13 – 17) and our students say, “I rec- ommend this course for everyone involved with horses to gain a better understanding of their be- haviour and how we can make safety our top pri- ority.”


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