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Parksley Livestock Supply's Equine event October 27th, 2007 |
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Hold your horses! Parksley Livestock Supply is staging an equine event on October 27th. We will be featuring natural horsemanship trainer/clinician Christine Driscoll. Christine will be demonstrating ground skills and dressage moves from 10-11 and conducting an actual training session in our round pen from 12-1.
Join the Sea2Bay Model horse club in a fun show for youth and adults. The show starts at 10 and ribbons will be awarded. There is a $5 entry fee. Bring a display table for your horses and prepare for a good time.
Southern States is introducing changes to Legends and Reliance Feeds this month. Amy Steele-Iafolla, Southern States Feed Technician and Sales Rep, will be on hand to tell you about all the exciting changes and to answer all your questions.
There will be door prizes and plenty of free refreshments. The ladies of Grace United Methodist Church are bringing Homemade Beef Vegetable Soup and Sweet Potato Biscuits with ham. (That’s right Cole! Sweet Potato Biscuits!)
Tom and Linda Anderson
Parksley Livestock Supply, Inc.
25496 Parksley Rd.
Parksley VA 23421
757-665-5590 fax 757-665-1930
service@parksleylivestocksupply.com |
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Parksley Livestock Supply Vaccine Clinic |
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Layfield Veterinary Services
Daryl Layfield-Insley DVM and Kristen R. Vance DVM
32010 Perryhawkin Rd
Princess Anne, MD 21853
410-219-8276
Parksley Livestock Supply Vaccine Clinic
March 24, 2007 8:30-2pm
Vaccine Prices:
| Eastern/Western Encephalitis, Tetanus, and West Nile Combo: |
$36 |
| West Nile Vaccine (alone): |
$21 |
| Eastern/Western Encephalitis, Tetanus: |
$15 |
| Eastern/Western Encephalitis, Tetanus, and Flu: |
$21 |
| Pneumabort-K (pregnant mares): |
$21 |
| Intranasal Rhino/Flu: |
$21 |
| Rabies: |
$14 |
| Intranasal Strangles: |
$21 |
| Coggins: |
$24 |
All Horses will be charged a $10 exam charge (discount for multiple horses).
This clinic is not meant for lameness exams or other health issues. Please call the office to schedule an appointment for these exams.
If interested in this clinic, please contact Layfield Veterinary Services at 410-219-8276 to put your name on the list!
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Parksley Livestock Supply's 2nd Annual Small Animal Buy Sell or Swap |
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What: Small Animal Buy, Sell or Swap!
Where: Parksley Livestock Supply
Who: Everyone!
When: March 31, 2007
Cost: Free!
All animals must be contained in a trailer, cage, or on a lead rope.
PLease no adult horses, cattle, hogs, or flea market items.
Parksley Livestock Supply & its owners will bear no responsibility for sales or trades of participants |
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4-H Competitive Trail Ride - Twenty miles |
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What: 4-H Competitive Trail Ride
Who: Eastern Shore Trail Blazers
When: Saturday March 17, 2007
RAIN DATE: March 18th
Deadline: March 5, 2007
For more information contact:
Tracy Dedicatorious - Club Leader - 757-854-1566
jj@jj.com
Jackie Haymaker - 4-H Extension Office Accomack County
757-787-1361 Ext. 11 - jj@jj.com
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD COMPLETE SIGN UP FORM, RULES AND REGULATIONS
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Saturday,
December 16, 2006 Newspaper article |
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GORMAN WINS CHAMPIONSHIP ON ARLINGTON
Jillian Forman, 14, was recently awarded Large Green Pony Champion of the Virginia Horse Show Association during an awards ceremony held at The Homestead in Hot Springs. Gorman’s mount, Arlington, is a 14.2 hands Welsh thoroughbred gelding owned by Saralee Nottingham and John Chimblo of Cavalier Farms in Virginia Beach. The pair competed at several “A” rated shows throughout the year and qualified for the USEF Pony Finals in Lexington, KY. Gorman is the daughter of John and Pat Gorman of Nassawadox. |
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Saturday,
December 9, 2006 9:00a.m. to noon. |
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Pictures
with Santa! Children or pets are invited to have their
picture taken with the Jolly Old Elf! Christmas cookies,
coffee, milk or juice throughout the morning. |
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Bring in
3 cans of non-perishable food to be donated to the Local
Food Bank and receive your 2nd print FREE! |
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HAYMAKER IS NEW 4-H AGENT |
Jacqueline (Jackie) Haymaker joined the Accomack
County Extension as the new 4-H Associate Extension Agent,
effective August 2006.
Jackie has a Bachelor of
Science degree in Elementary Education from Salisbury State
University and has earned credits toward her Masters Degree
in Ag Education. Previously Jackie worked as an Elementary
teacher for the Maryland Public School System for seven
years and was named the Teacher of the Year for the
2005-2006 school year. For the past six years, Jackie has
been a 4-H leader and was honored with the Somerset County
2002-2003 4-H Family of the Year Award.
She enjoys serving her
community, as she has been an active and longtime member of
the Somerset County Fair Board, a member of the Somerset
County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee, and a member of the
Somerset County Department of Social Services Advisory
Board.
To Contact Jackie,
Call Accomack Extension Office at 737-1361, ext 16. |
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ON SHORE, WILLIAMSES FIND
HOME FOR ‘HORSE BALLET’ |
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It has
roots in classical Greek horsemanship, has changed little
since the Renaissance and became an Olympic event in 1912.
On a recent brisk Saturday, it was demonstrated at an arena here in a
field behind Parksley Livestock Supply.
Wearing the official attire of competition dressage-French for
“training”-Richard and Frances Williams of Franktown brought
an air of formality to the day as they demonstrated the
finer elements of this competitive horse-riding sport to a
wind-blown crowd of curious and enthusiastic onlookers.
Dressed for upper-level competition, the rider-trainers wore white
breeches with full seat leather that helps them “stick” in
the saddle.
A formal white shirt and stock tie with gold pin (traditional in 19th
century dress, the tie help keep the neck extended and head
high) are also part of the uniform, worn under a black, or
sometimes navy, shadbellly—a double-breasted,
velvet-collared coat with tails—with yellow vest or vest
points.
Gloves, tall dress boots, top hat and brass buttons that
caught every glint of sun on the bright fall day completed
the official ensembles.
With glistening coast, braided manes and expertly trimmed tails, the
horses added an essential element of majestic nobility to
the event.
Music drifted from small, stadium-style speakers sitting atop a nearby
cooler—an appropriate counterpoint to the pageantry. With a
range of gently background to vibrant enthusiasm, the
classical compositions seemed to synchronize the equestrian
performance, evoking in the experience another time and
place.
But make no mistake. For all its aristocratic legacy and polished
presentation, dressage (pronounced dris-SAZH) is serious
sport.
“It takes six to seven years to train a green horse in
dressage to Grand Prix,” said Leslie Kline, the announcer
and owner of Guinness, one of the horse-performers.
Kline, an accomplished dressage rider from the Charlotte, NC area, trains
with the Williamses, traveling to the Shore about every
three weeks.
Guinness, Richard Williams notes, has bloodlines from two notable
American race horses—Native Dancer and Bold Ruler; adding
that they will work with any breed at Hillcrest.
The most accomplished horse and rider teams compete at the Grand Prix
level, which demands the most skill and concentration from
both.
“Only 10 to 20 percent actually make it to Grand Prix because of the
focus and athleticism needed,” Kline said as she described
the riders’ movements.
“As it takes up to seven years to train a horse to Grand Prix, the same
is true of the rider,” she said. “Studying dressage is a
lifelong pursuit of total balance and coordination of both
sides of the body. The most difficult thing to learn is to
do nothing and let the horse do the work.”
Linda Anderson, an Accomack-Northampton Electric Cooperative retiree who
owns the Parksley livestock store with her husband, Tom, a
retired Accomack educator, said she met Richard Williams and
asked the couple to demonstrate as soon as she learned about
their training on the Shore.
“I had no idea how good he was and how impressive dressage is,” she said,
adding that she has many customers in the store who are
training in dressage—most if not all of them with the
Williamses.
“There is more interest than I had originally anticipated,” she said. “I
thought the shore was more of a pleasure-horse and
trail-riding community, but it turns out there are a lot of
people interested in dressage.”
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LOOKING EAST
FOR BETTER WEATHER
The husband-an-wife duo has been riding for years and both
train at their home-based facility, William Dressage at
Hillcrest, a restored Georgian manor and farm in Franktown.
The farm includes an Olympic size all-weather arena, another separate
fenced arena for lunge lessons and a woodlands park with
clear paths leading to more riding trails and open fields.
There also is a restored barn with stalls for nine boarders
and paddocks and pastures.
Richard Williams, who began riding at age 11, has studied
and taught with Charles deKunffy—an internationally
recognized author, rider and instructor of dressage—for 26
years.
Frances Williams, a physician, has been working with horses since age 9.
After years of riding in the northeast and in Colorado, she
moved to the San Francisco Bay area in 1990 to study with
DeKunffy and her future husband, eventually becoming not
only his spouse but also, and first, his assistant trainer.
The two moved to the Shore from California five years ago
and have been training both horses and riders here ever
since.
He said they came here for the weather—“it allows you to do this 12
months out of the year,” he said—and because they could find
affordable real estate for their facility that included an
intriguing house waiting for the right renovation.
He spends two to three weekends a month traveling to other
venues to train, teach and judge others in dressage. Though
the two train together most of the time, she is solely
responsible for furthering the education of the horses and
local riders when he is our-of-town.
During their Parksley presentation, the couple rode in unison in
precisely choreographed movements, demonstrating the
teamwork between horse and rider that is the foundation of
dressage.
A regulation arena is marked with a complex and seemingly senseless
system of letters that indicate where movements are to be
performed.
Though the field behind the livestock store here was not
marked, she said it was a good arena—consistently level with
no rocks or holes to trouble the horses.
From increasingly demanding trots and passage (a slow-motion
trot) to canters, zig-zags, piaffes (trot in place) and
pirouettes (circle in place), the terminology of the sport
came to life in the arena.
“ All must be done with complete rhythm and control,”
Kline said.
The sport has been referred to as “Horse Ballet” because
when performed with expertise the horse responds to the
rider’s requests and executed each movement in a relaxed
manner, appearing effortless—a skill gained only through
years of dedicated training.
Many of the movements performed were then repeated as if a mirror image
of the first, “because the horse must be ambidextrous” she
explained, having equally strong muscles on either side to
carry riders.
As Frances Williams and Magistraat—a German warmblood in training in
training at Hillcrest who they affectionately call MG, or
Midgie—performed a half pass diagonally from one corner
across to the opposite far corner, her horse seemed to move
sideways, which is a sign that bother are performing
correctly.
The repetition from one side to the other, her husband said,
“equally gymnasticizes the horse’s body.”
“Dressage is also known as classical horsemanship,” he said. “The word
classical in this context means literally the methods and
principles that have been tested on generations of riders
and horses have proved to be effective.
“The classical body of knowledge,” he said “has stood the
test of time.”
One’s personal experience no matter how extensive over a
lifetime, “cannot compete with the huge body of knowledge
that has been generally accepted and proven by thousands and
thousands of horseman and thousands and thousands of horses
for centuries,” Williams said.
He explained that any type of training in the classical
method is considered dressage.
“We us the method because it always verifies what works and what doesn’t
work,” he said, “We can actually see the application of the
system or the methodology—the horse verifies it by getting
better. There is actual physical improvement in the horse on
a daily basis, in 20 minutes or an hour, and also in a
cumulative way over time,”
He said dressage is rewarding because it brings the rider
closer to the horse, “and they become one.”
“It is a bond of trust that is established between the horse and
rider—really a true partnership. It is the only sport where
your body and the horse’s body meld to become one
functioning unit. That is really the goal of riding—to
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October 11,
2006 |
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Skunk visits
Parksley Livestock Supply! It was a beautiful autumn
afternoon and the doors to the store were wide open…front
and back.
Robin and
Graham came in saying you might want to shut the back door
because a skunk has just wandered in that direction from the
nearby woods. While we were shutting the back door, the
skunk came in the front! He did a “walk about”, made no
purchases, and left as uneventfully as he had arrived.
Whew!
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Saturday
September 19, 2006 |
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Too many
roosters? Need a couple of hens? Want to trade a goat on a
sheep? Wish you had a few more guinea birds and a few less
ducks? Come to the Small Animal
Buy, Sell or Swap at Parksley
Livestock Supply on September 23rd from 9 to 12. Bring any
small animals that you want to trade or sell. Of course,
all animals must be contained in a trailer, cage or on a
lead rope. Please no adult horses, cattle, or hogs. No
charge to participants. Not an auction or a flea market,
just an opportunity and a place to meet with others who want
to buy, sell or swap small animals. So come to Parksley
Livestock Supply at 25496 Parksley Rd on September 23rd
from 9-12. Rain date September 30th.
757-665-5590 one mile west of Rt13 on Parksley Rd. Parksley
Livestock Supply and its owners will bear no responsibility
for sales or trades made by the participants. |
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