New & Noteworthy

New & Noteworthy is a series of product and service profiles "straight from the horse’s mouth." We welcome all types of horse businesses, to share with you their passion and enthusiasm to improve your life with horses.

The products and services mentioned have not been tested or endorsed by Horse Journals. Please contact the businesses indicated in the feature for more information.

Equine Massage Therapy Course
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Equine Rehab has the only portable equine massage school in Canada. Here, the school comes to the students. Sidonia McIntyre, a retired registered massage therapist, brings 20 years of soft tissue experience along with a certificate with distinction from the University of Guelph in equine health sciences.

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The Keystone Centre is excited to once again be hosting the third annual HORSE3 (Head*Heart*Hooves) April 16 to 18, 2010. This is Manitoba’s largest equine educational event which promises to be another fantastic weekend. Our goal is to provide the horse enthusiast with the opportunity to learn more about communicating with their horse.

Online Diploma in Equine Studies
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Kim Taylor of Duncan, BC started in the Equine Studies program four years ago when she bought a two-year-old Quarter Horse and found out she knew nothing about horses even though she had owned one for 16 years. “Every time I asked someone for an opinion on something to do with my horse, I got different answers and I was getting confused. I started searching the web and found the Guelph courses and enrolled. I have never looked back!” recalls Taylor.

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The International Association of Equestrian Education (IAEE) offers a new way to learn from leading professionals. Members benefit from rare access to top sport professionals through IAEE’s online equestrian education center and community sport forum. Now you can learn from leading equestrian sport professionals such as Dale Pederson, Randy Roy, Bobbi Reber, Linda Andrissani, April Clay, as well as many others with your personal access to audio clinics about eventing, sports psychology, judging, health, and much more.

Equine Training Certificate
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The University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus is excited to announce that it will be partnering with the Regional Equine and Agricultural Centre of Huron (REACH) to deliver a new Performance Horse Handler Certificate at the REACH facilities in Clinton.

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Realize your horsemanship dreams at a Clinton Anderson Horsemanship Clinic. For over a decade, Anderson has been inspiring the dreams of horsemen through his results oriented Downunder Horsemanship Method. Combining his trademark Aussie wit and easy-to-understand horsemanship philosophy, Anderson works one-on-one with participants to take their horsemanship to a whole new level.

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DressageTrainingOnline.com provides a unique opportunity to further your dressage education by watching streamed training videos on your desktop. See and hear superior local and Olympic talent training and riding in authentic, unedited, unchoreographed schooling sessions. The intent is to allow one to learn by seeing the rider’s influence on the horse and the horse’s influence on the rider.

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Olds College offers multiple majors through the two year Equine Science Diploma Program to continue to meet the needs of the horse industry by providing quality graduates skilled in equine business and event management, breeding and breeding farm management, horsemanship and horse training in both English and Western disciplines, and instruction and coaching.

EquiFITT.com has launched a new online coaching program. Featuring individualized fitness programs for riders, the program was developed to complement and accelerate progress in the saddle. Merge your riding and fitness goals, be efficient with your time, and save money. Best of all, there’s no need to find a gym; exercises are simple to do and without expensive equipment.

By Felicia Allen

A new video has been produced by the Standardbred Fan Club to show the five simple steps in retraining a Standardbred horse from a pace racing career to a riding horse.

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