No different than horse racing, or really any other gymkhana or mounted game, especially the ones at speed. Now you have me watching gymkhana videos on Youtube at my day job! I found this great compilation from the Mounted Games championships in 2006. I tell ya, the athleticism of these kids puts me to shame!

And I honestly thought it was going to be about our intrepid rr doing an involuntary dismount...

Here's a fact sheet put out by APHIS which gives more information too. Scary stuff. There currently is no vaccine against the disease.

My heart is breaking for your loss. Topaz will remain in your heart forever. Bless you for doing what was right for her, no matter how hard for you. *hugs*

Wow - that's amazing! I have to post that on our Facebook page

Practical Horseman posted a cute video on their Facebook page today. While I was watching it, as always happens on YouTube, one of the related videos caught my eye. I thought you'd like to see it. Shetland Pony Grand National - Olympia 2006 You can catch the other video on our Facebook page (link below)

OK - I changed a setting, can you see the Add New Photo link now, in the column on the right?

Hmmm, that may be why no one has entered yet. Let me play around with the permissions and see if I can fix it. Thanks for letting me know.

Great, thanks Frank Now let's see some entries people! And don't forget to tell why you think your horse should win!

Hi Gareth You responded to an old post here, but I did a quick Google of "Visual Horse" and found you can still get a free download of it here Hope that helps.