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DO YOU WANT TO BE INFORMED? DO YOU WANT YOUR HORSES SAFE?
HOSS - Horse Owners Signal System is a database for contact in case of disease outbreak, fire, flood, or any other emergency and a way of receiving information about what's happening in the Horse Industry in Qld. All we require is your email, postcode and council where YOUR HORSE LIVES so information relevant to your area can be sent out. Join up NOW! Click on HOSS for registration. If you have multiple emails where you can be contacted at different times of day, or horses at different properties, please register each one individually. |
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| Invitation to participate in Australian Horse-riding study |
I would like to invite you and your club or association members to be part of a study on horse-riding participation. I am a PhD scholar at the University of South Australia in the School of Management. I am currently working on this as a research project with Dr. Duncan Murray, a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Recreation Management within the School. This research is of personal interest to me as, being a horse rider for 15 years, I am amazed at how little is understood about the motives, constraints and benefits of horse riding.
There is currently very little research available that explores horse-riding as a leisure pursuit with a need for a better understanding of the processes underlying the involvement and commitment of owning and riding horses. Specifically, for this study, we are interested in understanding the processes horse-riders employ to negotiate their horse and their work lives. Horse riders may be regarded as "serious leisure" participants and we are interested in how riders manage the variety of constraints and barriers they experience (especially with regards to work). Furthermore we are interested in getting a better understanding of the general profile of horse riders in Australia and in addition how horse riding contributes to rider's perceptions of themselves.
The survey is administered solely online and ideally we would like to get the best possible response across Australia in all disciplines of horse-riding. Below is the link to the survey. All they need to do is click on the link and they will be diverted to the survey website and asked to complete a 10 minute survey comprised of a series of questions regarding their horse riding, work commitments and their core self-evaluation.
The email link to the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=B5BWX9a4kGT5JPnhqgcSWg_3d_3d">Click
It is anonymous and there is no record kept of IP addresses or other information that may identify any participant. Thank you for your time. I hope you will be able to support this study!
Bianca Price | | |
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| SPILLOVER BY JENNIFER CRANE |
On June 14 2006, Clive, a thoroughbred gelding, died an agonizing death. It was a death that would mark the beginning of an emotional nightmare for his owner, Jennifer Crane and her family. Jennifer’s account of the death of her horse due to the Hendra virus portrays the pain of losing a beloved member of the family, her encounter with Queensland’s biosecurity procedures and a decision to try to increase the awareness of the fatal consequences when the balance of nature is tipped. This book is not only very well written, but it is an honest and well balanced account of her experiences. I started reading it and I couldn’t put it down. The QHC has it for sale, for details please contact treasurer@qldhorsecouncil.com. | | |
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