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Second Class postage paid in Mississauga, Ontario. Mailed under Canadian Publications Mail Product Sales Agreement #40051707. Serial Number 1209-3955 Address correction requested.


Canada’s Equine Insurance Specialists


1 888 394 3330 l capricmw.ca/equine DECEMBER 2019


Vol. 50, Issue No. 5 ISSN: 1209-3955 Price $3.95


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Page 51


Coach Licensing


Bertram Allen Soars to World Cup Victory at Toronto’s Royal Horse Show


Toronto, ON – Ireland’s Bertram Allen claimed a re- sounding victory in the $210,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto on Saturday night, November 9, in front of a full house to close out the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 97th Royal Agri- cultural Winter Fair in


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Ian Millar Visits Whispering Hearts Horse Rescue Centre


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Ireland’s Bertram Allen won the $210,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Toronto riding GK Casper to close out the Royal Horse Show on Saturday night, November 9, at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto, ON. Photo by Ben Radvanyi Photography


Are we masters of change or slaves of change?


Are we masters of change or slaves of change? Opening remarks at the 4th annual Equine Industry


Symposium held on November 17 on the University of Guelph campus were presented by this year’s facilitator Akaash Maharaj, who challenged the audience by asking if we are masters of change or slaves to change. If we want to become masters of change we must create incentives. We must lead by example, show those in the horse industry and those at a large what change we want to see and how we want that change to happen. Reward those who follow and create consequences for those who choose not to follow. The theme of change was embodied by the three inter-


national speakers. The first speaker, zooarchaeologist Dr. Sandra Olsen, captivated the audience with her knowledge and research of horses during ancient times. As horses trav- eled to different locations through trade, importation, trib-


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Akaash Maharaj, facilitator for the 4th annual Equine In- dustry Symposium


Coach Licensing Program...4 Remembering.......................4 Can-Am Equine Expo .........5 Hickstead Award..................5 The Way Of Horses..............6 Learnig Horse Behaviour....7 Susan Dahl............................8 OE Launches GRIT Program.................8 Reno Bertoia.........................9 WHAO................................10 Horses Blink .......................11 NERCHA News..................12 Mare Recruitment Program.........................12 EC Convention Wrap Up..13 The Fire Horse ...................15 ORCHA News ....................15 OCHA News .......................16 ORHA News .......................17 OXC News..........................18 Lindsay Grice.....................18 OTRA News........................19 AQHA News .......................20


OQHA News.......................21 CQHA News.......................22 EOQHA News....................22 QROOI News .....................23 Ben Maher..........................25 Once Bitten, Twice Shy......26 Between The Ears ..............27 Equi-Cup ............................27 Lynn Palm Column............28 Horse Listening..................30 Ian Millar Visits WHHR...32 Kendal Lahari....................33 Polo with Ruth Armstrong ....34 Royal Horse Show..............35 Isabelle Lapierre ................35 Barbara Ruziska................36 CRHRA News ....................37 Para -Dressage.....................37 Classifieds etc................38-43 OFA AGM...........................43 Real Estate..........................44 Dressage Volunteers...........44 Royal Photos.......................45 Fitness for Riders...............47


Material for the January/February 2020 Issue must be in our office by January 21st, 2020. Copy arriving after that date will be used in the March/April 2020 Issue. Send to P.O. Box 378, Fonthill, ON L0S 1E0 or call us at (905) 387-1900


email: barry@therider.com • www.therider.com


Program Unveiled At 2019 EC Convention See Page 4


Ontario


Equestrian Launches


GRIT Program See Page 37


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