READER'S POLL

First of all, I want to thank the subscribers to this newsletter. Sometimes
it's difficult to remember why I put the time into getting all of this
information out, but when I do a testing where the candidates have obviously
used my study guides, or have someone coming up, telling me about a great
topic for a future newsletter, those little things make it worthwhile.

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now. Please take a few minutes to answer the following questions and then
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Many thanks,
Stormy May
moderator, Horse Management Newsletter

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To thank you, here's a handy index cataloging all 19 of the past issues.
Topics marked with a "*" are highly recommended.

April 2003:

Feature 1: Notes from the 2003 Chief Horse Management Seminar
*Feature 2: Going stirrupless
Recommended products and services: Aegis helmets
*Rally and rating tips: Tail care, interview with H-A Kayleen Fooy
Questions and answers: Bubble bit and flash question
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Happy horsemanship

May 2003:

Comments from readers: Hydrogen peroxide and lemon pledge uses
*Feature: How to make your own shipping and standing wraps
*Recommended products and services: Feldenkrais for riders
*Rally and rating tips: Body brushes
Questions and answers: Appropriate coat colors for formal and informal
attire, tying horses to trailers at rallies, haynets, lever noseband and
waterford bit question, Myler bits at rallies
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: The glass horse

June 2003:

Comments from readers: A little on Myler bits
*Feature: The Excellent record book checklist
*Recommended products and services: The bitless bridle
Rally and rating tips: Getting ready for formals
Questions and answers: Appropriate bandaging materials, raw spots from a bit
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Beyond the mirrors

July 2003:

Feature: Hot horses, keeping them cool
Recommended products and services: Cashel fly masks
*Rally and rating tips: rally required equipment troublemakers
Questions and answers: appropriate padding for wraps, glitter at rallies,
formal inspection expectations
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Practical eventing

August 2003:

Feature: Taking responsibility
Recommended products and services: Balance saddles
Rally and rating tips: Keeping your tall boots shiny
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Judging hunters and hunter seat
equitation

September 2003:

*Feature: Being a good Pony Club parent, interview with Margot Szabo
Recommended products and services: Old Mac's horse boots
*Rally and rating tips: How to tie a stock tie
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: That special bit

October 2003:

Comments from readers: More on stock ties
*Feature: How to read a mercury thermometer
Recommended products and services: Aloe cream and Elastikon
Rally and rating tips: H-A prep guide
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Centered riding

November 2003:

Horsemaster's program information
*Feature: Setting up your club's horse management program
Recommended products and services: Thrush Buster
Rally and rating tips: B prep guide
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Grooming to win

December 2003:

Comments from readers: Ideas for hooves, tails, and whitening shampoo
Rally and rating tips: C3 prep guide
Questions: when to blanket, measuring feed at rallies, bits with mixed metal
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Understanding Bits

January 2004:

*Feature: Independent hands
Recommended products and services: Rein-Aids
Rally and rating tips: C2 prep guide
Questions: bit alternatives, recordbooks, rally attire for D's
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Into the West

February 2004:

Feature: Best friend or business associate
Recommended products and services: Bucking strap
Rally and rating tips: C1 prep guide
Questions: blanket rubs, chewing bits, and rally equipment
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Make your own horse clothing

March 2004:

Comments from readers: More on labeling at rallies
Feature: Shipping horses
Recommended products and services: Derby original paddock boots
Rally and rating tips: D3 prep guide
Questions and answers: Bitless bridles at rallies, stirrup pads, double
reins for D's
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: That winning feeling

April 2004:

*Feature: Lovely little Lyra's nutrition quiz
Recommended products and services: Video editing services
Rally and rating tips: D2 prep guide
Questions and answers: Windsucking filly, bitless bridles in games,
Safety check checklist for use at rallies and meetings
Featured rule: Lateness penalties

May 2004:

Comments from readers: Windsucking and ulcers
*Feature: Uncle Moose's trailer safety quiz
Recommended products and services: Future fork
Rally and rating tips: D1 prep guide
Questions and answers: Appropriate bandage padding and extra equipment in
rally kits, male neckwear at rallies, feeding at rallies, treeless saddles,
bitless methods of control
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Horses never lie
*The Big Picture: Horse management judging at rallies
Featured rule: Longeing at rallies

June 2004:

Feature: Curry combs
Recommended products and services: Blu-Kote
Rally and rating tips: Disposable wipes or washcloths instead of sponges
Questions and answers: Myler combination bit question, earplugs for horses,
D ring snaffle with copper rollers, bubble bit with curb strap, bell boots
and shipping boots, saddle pad color, half chaps, more bit control for a D
Featured rule: Running martingales, and boots at formal inspections

July 2004:

Feature: Interview with Nicole Steib
Recommended products and services: Effax
Rally and rating tips: Last minute formals tips
Questions and answers: Finding Ponte polyester
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Cloud: Wild stallion of the Rockies
Featured rule: Spurs

August 2004:

*Feature: Saddle fitting
Recommended products and services: Nancy Dotti, certified saddle fitter
Rally and rating tips: Cleaning bits, irons, stirrup pads, and suede knee
rolls
Questions and answers: Bareback riding,
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: Horses never lie
Featured rule: Baling twine

September 2004:

Comments from readers: Word from National on half chaps
*Feature: 10 ways to be a good boarder
Recommended products and services: Larry's horse spray
Rally and rating tips: T/Gel for dandruff
Questions and answers: Deworming schedules, horse management judging,
English vs Western bitting, explaining a U.S. port curb bit
Featured rule: Fastening doors at rallies

October 2004:

*Feature: Clipping your horse
Recommended products and services: Andis clipper blades
Rally and rating tips: Dryer sheets for static control
Questions and answers: Rushing horse, bits and nosebands for C3 tests
Recommended books, videos, and CD-ROMs: The Allen illustrated guide to
training aids
Featured rule: Jog out requirements