Conference looks at horse performance
Editorial Department • Published 9 Feb 2012 13:30
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Nicky Galligan above competing with the CAFRE owned Maylin at the Northern Ireland Festival, Cavan Equestrian Centre.
Everyone interested in horses will find the forthcoming equine conference useful.
The Northern Ireland Equine Conference on Tuesday, March 20 2012 in the Armagh City Hotel, is being organised by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) at 7.15pm.
The theme for the conference is 'Promoting Health and Performance in the Equine Athlete'.
Topics to be covered should be of relevance to those with thoroughbred and / or sport horse interests. Dr Annette Longland, Equine Livestock Nutrition Services, Wales will speak on 'Feeding quality forage to Performance Horses'. Mr Hugh Suffern, will discuss 'Developments in diagnostic techniques for the Equine Athlete'. Mr Dermot Forde, will speak on 'Drugs and the performance horse' while Mr Andrew Oliver will talk about 'Getting the Performance Horse fit'.
Admission to the conference is free.
Those planning to attend should complete a registration form. This can be downloaded from the College website at http://www.cafre.ac.uk or can be obtained by contacting John Cassidy at Enniskillen Campus on 028 6634 4642 or by e-mail at john.cassidy@dardni.gov.uk. Conference registration forms should be returned to John Cassidy at Enniskillen Campus by Friday 9 March 2012.
Further details about the conference can be obtained from Jane Elliott on 028 6634 4823 (jane.elliott@dardni.gov.uk) or Fiona McKenna on 028 6634 4807 (fiona.mckenna3@dardni.gov.uk) at CAFRE, Enniskillen Campus.
This article appeared in Impartial Reporter 09 Feb 12
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