ISSUE 78
MAY 2022
MAKE WAY
FOR GAYLENE
& JAX
GOLD BUCKLE
SHOWDOWN

AT WILLINGA PARK
AIMING FOR HERNING
MEET THE PARAS

PLUS: HEATH RYAN ON TEAM SELECTION, ROZ TIPPET FINDS A WAY, JUMPING JACK WHITAKER, KERRY MACK TRAINS THE HALF-PASS, ASH MEAGHER’S ‘MAGIC’ STREAK, MICHAEL BAKER ON THE LANGUAGE OF DRESSAGE, JULIA ROBERTS IN THE SADDLE, BEHIND THE SCENES WITH ‘INTERNATIONAL VELVET’, THE IMPORTANCE OF ACID BUFFERS, & THE INFLUENCE OF LIGHT ON BREEDING.

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ISSUE 78

CONTENTS

MAY 2022
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A Few Words

FROM THE CHAIRMAN

ROBERT MCKAY

Ryan's Rave

DEVIL IN THE DETAIL IN DRESSAGE TEAM SELECTION

BY HEATH RYAN

Dressage

MAKE WAY FOR GAYLENE & JAX

BY ROGER FITZHARDINGE

Para Dressage

PARA NATIONALS SET THE PACE FOR HERNING

BY ADELE SEVERS

Campdrafting

BUCKLE UP – IT’S ALL ROCKING AT WILLINGA PARK

BY ADELE SEVERS

Dressage

WHERE THERE’S ROZ THERE’S A WAY

BY ROGER FITZHARDINGE

Dressage

THE LANGUAGE OF DRESSAGE

BY MICHAEL BAKER

Showjumping

JUMPING JACK, THE NEXT GEN WHITAKER

BY ELLI BIRCH

Training

IMPROVING THE HALF-PASS

BY DR KERRY MACK

Cutting

ASH MEAGHER’S ‘MAGIC’ STREAK

BY AMANDA YOUNG

Lifestyle

YOUNG STAR’S ‘VELVET’ TOUCH

BY SUZY JARRATT

Health

A ‘HANGRY’ HORSE IS AN UNHAPPY HORSE

BY ELLIE JOLLEY

Lifestyle

JULIA ROBERTS AT HOME IN THE SADDLE

BY BERNARD BALE

Health

SHINING A (BLUE) LIGHT ON SPORT HORSE BREEDING

BY EQUILUME

Health

SINUSITIS: NOT TO BE SNEEZED AT

BY DR MAXINE BRAIN
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For successful breeding outcomes, timing is everything. While there may be less pressure to produce performance horses early in the season, timely conceptions mean less disruption of competition schedules, reduced workload managing multiple cycles and increased chances of success using valuable semen.

To help make the breeding process that little bit easier, Equilume provides Sport Horse breeders with simple-to-use tools – award-winning mobile Light Masks and smart Stable Lights – that ensure maximum success for breeding programs, as well as optimum health and well-being for horses using this technology.

Scientifically developed, the biologically effective blue light in Equilume products mimics the wavelengths of light provided by the sun on a summer’s day. Both the quality of light and the duration of daily light delivered have important fertility benefits for mares. It is the powerful regulatory effect of blue light on production of the hormone melatonin that influences a mare’s reproductive system.

As seasonal breeders, the naturally lengthening days of spring suppress melatonin and in turn stimulate reproductive hormones that allow mares to commence breeding cycles.

Published scientific studies confirm that extending daylength for non-pregnant mares using blue light from Equilume Light Masks advances reproductive cycles as effectively as stable lighting, with the bonus that mares can be fitted with these masks while away at competition, on the road or while at pasture. Early reproductive activity means more cycles for embryo transfer and less disruption to competition schedules. Light Masks should be fitted 70 days before desired ovulations.

For pregnant mares, the benefits of extending daily light using blue light from Equilume Light Masks are comprehensive. As well as hormones that control reproduction, lengthening days also stimulates important growth hormones in the mare that allow foals to mature optimally in utero, and for mares to produce more milk and good colostrum. Multiple published studies have shown that pregnant mares fitted with Equilume Light Masks for the last 100 days of gestation have reduced gestations (average 10-15 days), optimal foal birth weights, improved foal maturity, and greatly improved post-foaling fertility.

Daily delivery of consistent blue light wavelengths by the Light Masks also ensures optimum health and well-being by naturally strengthening the horse’s body clock.

In addition to the Equilume Light Mask models, the Equilume Stable Light system provides stimulating blue-enriched light by day and dims to red light at night, encouraging rest and recovery while permitting night-time management routines without compromising internal circadian rhythms. It comes with custom programs to optimise breeding and performance goals tailored to your horse’s needs.

Equilume Light Masks have been an important part of our breeding program for the past five years. They have helped us to make the process of getting progeny on the ground from our top competition mares that little bit easier and more efficient.” 

– Chris and Gabi Chugg, Chuggy Equestrian, Australia.

For more information about the Equilume Light Mask or Stable Lighting System, visit www.equilume.com or contact Amandine@equilume.com or Max@equilume.comEQ

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