 First Coast Invitational Grand Prix Show Jumping-"Where the North meets the South" - Nov. 20-23, 28-30, 2008
Great slideshow coming soon of photos by Rob Bowman
October 27, 2008 - The First Coast Invitational Grand Prix Show Jumping is back! This year at a new venue - the Okeechobee County Agri-Civic Center, and expanded to two weeks - November 20-23 and November 28-30, 2008 an event you don't want to miss. Produced by World Wide Horse Show Services, LLC and Bill Joyce, CEO and Betsy Joyce.
Expanding to two weeks, November 20-23 and November 28-30, 2008, the First Coast Invitational will feature a $30,000 Level 7 Grand Prix both weeks, Level 1-7 jumpers, Jr/AO Jumpers, CH/Adult Jumpers and Pony Jumpers.
Don't let "Invitational" fool you, everyone is invited to participate.
New this year - Exhibitor Discounts!! 5% Discount for exhibitors returning for 2nd year. 10% Discount for exhibitors returning for 3rd year. Discount is On Entire Show Bill! Low Entry Fees, plus Discounted Stall Fees for 2 Week Exhibitors.
$100,000 of Prize Money offered for two weeks of show jumping.
$30,000 Grand Prix -Level 7
$5,000 Mini Prix Level 5/6
Level 0-7 Classes
Jr/AO Jumpers - Child/Adult Jumpers
Puddle Jumpers - Pony Jumpers
$2,500 Gambler's Choice
Grand Prix Calcutta to follow Gambler's Choice Class
$5,000 Pro-Am Bull Riding
Click here for Prizelist
For more information, call: 201-410-9919 or visit: World Wide Horse Shows
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 Beauty's Haven Farm & Equine Rescue, Inc. Open House & Fall Festival - Saturday, October 11th 2008 in Morriston, FL Featuring Ivory Pal and Rafael Valle
Ivory Pal and Rafael Valle will be performing at Beauty's Haven on October 11, 2008! This is an event for the whole family that you don't want to miss! Plan on spending the day for our Open House & Fall Festival and have the opportunity to meet Rafael and Ivory Pal, a beautiful TWH stallion, and then watch their spectacular performance at noon!
- Ivory Pal performs
- Educational horse lectures
- Equine safety lecture
- Grooming exhibition
- Games for the kids- Build a scarecrow & Needle in a Haystack treasure hunt
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- Photo with Frodo - Have your picture taken with our miniature horses
- Meet and greet and tour of the farm
- Concessions
- Vendors
- Raffles & door prizes
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We will have fun games and activities for the whole family, plus vendors, and a concession stand. All funds raised from the Fall Festival will be used to care for the horses that come to our rescue. So come on out to our farm to have a day of fun while learning about what we do!
Many people have expressed a desire to see Ivory Pal be made into a Breyer Model Horse. For this to happen, we must have a large group of people that agree and are willing to sign this petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ivoryknollranch/.
For more information, go to www.beautysequinerescue.org. For directions, call Anne at (386) 937-3371 or Bernel at (904) 610-3248.
Beauty's Haven is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization.
More information can be found at http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/docs/fall-festival-flyer.pdf.
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October 10, 2008 - Equine Piroplasmosis (EP) Update from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services - DOACS.
The EP investigation is continuing and it appears that the source of the infection has been determined and the exposed animals are under state quarantine. There have been no new positive animals detected since September 17th and the remaining 5 positive horses are located on one premise.
The transmission of the organism is still believed to have resulted from management practices and not naturally via ticks. Despite extensive tick surveillance, no exotic ticks have been identified. Approximately 50 ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) that have been shown to be experimental vectors for the organism have been tested and found to be negative for EP.
Due to the apparent containment of the EP situation, Canada has now revised their import requirements for horses from Florida. Read more>
ASPCA Maclay Regional Qualifiers Award Six Winners
September 24, 2008 ... The youngest Regional qualifier winner was in Region 3. Riding as a thirteen-year-old, Hasbrouck Donovan of Gainesville, FL, piloted Levity to the win. She trains with Don Stewart Stables. Donovan rode well in both phases to ensure that a work-off was not necessary.
"I was really nervous," Donovan revealed. "The course was hard; it was definitely a little bit of a challenge. We had to do rollbacks to gates, and I thought I did that pretty well." This will be Donovan's first time showing in the ASPCA Maclay National Championship. She remarked, "I'm excited that I made it and that I get to go to Syracuse. I would like to get a ribbon there hopefully. I felt very good and that all of my work paid off." Read more>
 Dangerous Hurricane Ike Continues Westward...Ike Could Be a Threat to Florida Next Week.
Saturday, September 6, 2008 At 10AM EDT Saturday, the center of Major Hurricane Ike was located about 200 miles East of Grand Turk Island, or about 850 miles East-Southeast of Miami. Ike is moving West-Southwest at around 16 mph, but it is expected to turn more toward the West later today and move towards the North coast of Cuba by Monday morning. Maximum sustained winds are near 115 mph, making Ike a Category 3 hurricane.
Its intensity is likely to remain at the category 3 level for the next day or two until a possible interaction with Cuba will likely weaken the storm a bit. A Hurricane Warning, indicating Hurricane conditions are likely in the next 24 hours, is in effect for the Turks and Caicos Island and the Southeastern Bahamas. A Hurricane Watch, indicating that hurricane conditions are possible in the next 24-36 hours is in effect for the central Bahamas. Currently, all of the Florida peninsula and Keys lie within the 5 day error cone, so Ike may be a threat to portions of Florida by early next week.
***PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE LONG-RANGE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IKE. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL FLORIDIANS AND VISITORS CONTINUE TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AND BEGIN PREPARATIONS NOW FOR ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS.***
At 8 AM EDT Saturday, the center of Tropical Storm Josephine was located in the far eastern Atlantic, about 1200 miles west of African Coast. Maximum sustained winds are near 30 mph. Josephine is moving west-northwest near 9 mph, and it is expected to continue moving in this direction over the next few days across the central Atlantic with little change in strength.
Moderate to major flooding is forecast to continue along the middle St. Johns River. For the latest river flood information, please visit the Southeast River Forecast Center.
Check back with www.floridisaster.org for additional weather updates.
See the Comprehensive Listing of Southern States Equine Disaster Preparedness article at: http://horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=3553 |
