NWBHC Equinealities,

Bits 'N' Pieces About Real Horses

April 1998

Erin Go Bragh, "The Little Horse That Could"

Trained and ridden by Carol Kozlowski, Go Bragh won the ST USCTA/ACPS High Point Award in 1995. His many awards include the ACPS Camlin and "An Tostal" Trophies, and the AHSA/ACPS McKenna Trophy. In 1995 and again in 1996 he won the AHSA's Zone 1 Champion Advanced Level Combined Training Trophy. However Jack Harris still thinks Go Bragh's best discipline is driving which he competed in before taking up eventing.

From 1985 to 1996, Go Bragh has sired 62 foals, 5 purebred Connemaras, 44 TB crosses, 13 others. his get are starting to make a name for themselves. The most famous to date is Black Points Tilly Go Bragh, owned by Mary Delton in New York and comeetes with John WIlliams at an advanced level. Another on the west coast is Erin Go Get 'em, owned by Nancy David Dillon, who won the Half bred In-hand Championship at the 1997 West COast Connemara Show.

Go Bragh will be attending the 1998 Breyerfest at the Kentucky Horse Fair. Go Bragh will be showcased in an indoor Combined Training demonstration and also will appear in a grassy area for photo and autograph opportunites. Go Bragh is the second Connemara stallion to be so honored. Custusha's Cashel Rock (Rocky), owned by Mel and Helen King of Silver Creek, WA was the first. Erin Go Bragh was injured last fall on a course at a Three Day Event but through great care is recovering and is expected to compete again. The Harrises and Carol, his rider, believe that the dead weight Go Bragh had to carry on the course contributed to his injury. The efforts to change the weight rule have been successful and the FEI recently withdrew the requirements.

This info was found in the American Connemara, publication of the American Connemara Pony Society Nov/Dec 1997 and Mar/Apr 1998 issues.

Colorado Wild Horse Inmate Program

Carefully screened inmates are given both classroom and hands-on instruction in all aspects of equine husbandry, including training, farrier skills, feeding, wild horse psychology, and health care. Over the years, roughly 2,000 inmates have been trained through the CWHIP.

As the BLM's wild horse program evolved, there was no longer a need to gentle the older animals. The demand for wild horses increased substantially and the older animals were turned back onto the range rather than being offered for adoption. As a result, in October of 1992, the BLM discontinued funding for the CWHIP.

Realizing that there were great benefits to inmates, horses and the price of feed, overhead, and training is passed on to the adopter. Since there is no federal funding, the program is designed to be self-supporting. Although other prison training programs have come and gone, the CWHIP stands out as the only self-supporting wild horse/inmate training program in the world. Many horse enthusiasts that did not have the knowledge, or facilities for training a wild horse, have been able to adopt one of the trained animals. The wild horse's endurance, sure-footedness, intelligence and durability make them ideal for trail riding, packing and work. CWHIP has trained horses for outfitters, law enforcement agencies, other state facilities, hunters, ranchers, youth organizations and riding stables all over the United States.

After receiving approval for adoption, adopters may schedule an appointment at the Canon City facility and select their horse. The BLM also offers untrained horses at the Canon City location and in other places across the state.

For more information regarding the Colorado Wild Horse Inmate Program, or the wild horse program in general, contact Francis Ackley, BLM's Royal Gorge Resource Area, (719) 275-0631, or Tony Bainbridge, Colorado Dept. of Corrections, (719) 269-4500, ext. 3568.

Received from the Back Country Horsemen of America newspaper.

Questions (can you answer?):

If I breed a light, almost palomino, chestnut Arabian mare and a very dark bay Arabian stallion, what color will their foal be? Will it be a dark chestnut or a bay?
If I want a leopard Appaloosa foal, do both parents have to be leopard color? (NO waiting until they age doesn't always work!)
What is a "dummy" foal?

Match the horse term words to the correct horse definition.
1. AGED:	A horse which is 7 years old or more A horse which is 13 years old An old horse
2. AID:	Something you do to help someone Any of the signals used by riders to give instructions to his horse The Word after Band All of the above
3. BLACKSMITH:	A last name. A person who works with glass The person who works with iron, notably, the person who makes horse shoes
4. BLEMISH:	A pimple A saddle Any scar left by an injury or wound
5. CANTER:	A dog-trot A two beat gait A three beat gait
6. GET:	Something we want we ___ Offspring of a stallion Offspring of a mare
7. FOAL:	A baby horse under the age of 2 A female horse over the age of 1 A young horse up to the age of 12 months
8. FILLY:	A male horse over age 2 A female horse less than 4 years old A female horse over the age of 5
9. COLT:	An ungelded male horse less than 4 years old A female horse over the age of 5 A baby horse
10. HAND:	A linear measurement equaling 4 inches used in giving the height of a horse The appendage at the end of the arm Applause All of the above
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