Horse Keeping Observations from Australia
- Posted by Alayne Blickle
- Topics: Blogs, Smart Horse Keeping
Some of you may have noted from my recent blogs that I traveled to Australia this past November. I was invited to be the keynote speaker at an Australian national conference, “Horses and Land Management,” an event that was more than five years in the planning on my end.
The author, on the right, at Living Legends in Melbourne, a retirement home for thoroughbred racehorses. Alayne’s friend Sheri Clevenger, who traveled with her, is on the left. Doctoral candidate and conference speaker Mariette van der Berg, is in the middle. Mariette spoke on horse behavior as it relates to pasture management
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Alayne Blickle
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7 Responses
re: Horse Keeping Observations from Australia
Nice little article that reflects a personal experience (first visit to Australia, eh?). Pity it didn’t include some real information on issues that matter. Good luck with that Ph.D.
re: Horse Keeping Observations from Australia
PS i COVERED THEIR SHELTER SHED WITH SOLAR PANELS
AND GET 0.33 CENTS PER KWH WHICH HELPS PAY THE HAY BILL
I HAVE A 2300O LITRES TANK ON SHED CONNECTED TO AUTO TROUGH
LUCERNE ALFALFA HAY IS $10 PER BALE AT FARM GATE
re: Horse Keeping Observations from Australia
i HAD TO MOVE MY SMALL HERD QUICKLY AS THE URBAN SPRAWL APPROACHED
THE NEW PADDOCK- TREELESS EX POTATO FARM
i THOUGHT i WOULD HAVE TO SPEND MY TIME PICKING UP MANURE
i HAD TO BUILD A LARGE SHELTER SHED 36 FOOT LONG
WHI
re: Horse Keeping Observations from Australia
Yeah, Black Caviar is a mare as others had said. A proofread would have gone a long way.
re: Horse Keeping Observations from Australia
Enjoyed your comments on your visit to Australia – and so enjoyed meeting you in person while I was speaking (and listening!) at this conference. SO MUCH TO LEARN! And I had to laugh at the challenges to learn a new language – STRINE!
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re: Horse Keeping Observations from Australia
Interesting article. Its a bit hard to take seriously the words of an visiting expert who can’t tell the different between a mare and a stallion.
re: Horse Keeping Observations from Australia
Very nice article. But I think Black Caviar is NOT one of the two Assies leading Thoroughbred sires, in fact Black Caviar is a Champion racemare. She was born on the 18th August 2006, by Bel Esprit (sire) out of Helsinge. One of the world best Sprinter