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10 Jan, 2023
A counterfeit version of Ab-Sorbin Veterinary Liniment is being marketed in the UAE and bears the Randlab logo.
By Website Editor 23 Feb, 2022
Hit TV cowboy drama Yellowstone has certainly brought reining into the lounge rooms of would-be cowboys and horse enthusiasts throughout the world. But for Wyong (NSW) veterinarian Dr Rob Caska , reining is more than just a weekly dose of the addictive series. It has been his passion since he first hopped on a reining horse four years ago. Rob, a senior associate at the Wyong Equine Clinic , grew up locally on the Central Coast of NSW where he progressed from Pony Club to eventing. He had always had Quarter Horses and previously dabbled in western disciplines such as western pleasure and halter classes. Rob jumped at the opportunity to try a client friend’s reiner about four years ago and that, as they say, was that. “I got hooked straight away. It’s very addictive”. “But it is a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be. You need to gel with a particular horse. They are almost like border collies. Anticipating every move. They come out in the middle and are waiting for the next command. The slightest leg pressure can literally send them into a spin. And it is all done on a loose rein and normally one-handed.” Reining is sort of like dressage for western horses and is performed almost exclusively on custom-bred quarter horses . The primary international governing body is the US National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) whose guidelines for reining state that: “To rein a horse is not only to guide him, but also to control his every movement. The best reined horse should be willingly guided or controlled with little or no apparent resistance and dictated to completely.” Rob continued, “Most riders can go out and do a 1A dressage test and most reiners would fumble their way through a dressage test. But the converse does not hold. Dressage horses and riders could not do a reining pattern. They can’t do the sliding stops, they are not going to spin like they are meant to spin and you won’t be able to control them one-handed. You can pick up contact on a reiner but you can’t throw the reins away at a dressage horse.“ "Like everything, the good riders make it look easy. You are lulled into a false sense of security. But it is a lot more difficult than it looks and takes years of training. I used to think that I would be spinning and sliding within weeks, but it has taken years. Many riders give up because of the hours of training required. They get demoralised with their low scores and end up switching to cow-horse." "I have competed in a number of other disciplines in the past, but reining is a real adrenalin rush! It is sort of like the adrenalin of cross-country and show jumping combined with the technical complexity of high-level dressage. It is about having a horse that you guide one-handed. It requires a lot of attention to detail. I enjoy the adrenalin, but for me, the most important thing is the connection with the horse." Rob currently has one competition mare, a 9yo QH called ‘Mondure Lil Calgirl’, whom he purchased from the Mondure Quarter Horse Stud in Queensland and has been competing for about three years. “I even managed to make it to the Queensland State Reining Championships last year”. Rob did an embryo transfer on the mare the first year he got her and now has a two-year-old (by Shiners Voodoo Dr) that has been sent to legendary trainer Warren Backhouse to commence her education. “Unlike other disciplines, training takes 2-3 years”. "We had another exciting filly born this year through ET at Central West Equine by Inferno 66 . This foal lopes around the paddock and as it slows down she wants to slide. She naturally wants to slideback and turn. These horses are so purpose bred these days. They are just bred to do it. That I find remarkable. But probably not surprising, given we see similar cadence characteristics in dressage foals with no training. “For me the reining season kicks off in early January. Usually with a weeklong clinic with Warren Backhouse. Warren and his wife Carol are the gurus on the Australian reining circuit. They win the major Futurities every year. I train five days per week during comp season. The season finishes at the end of August, allowing me to be back home on Central Coast by 1st September for the breeding season." Rob balances his competition life with his busy work schedule and seven-year-old twins Elken & Mila who are both horse addicts and compete regularly on the show circuit. They are already beginning to show interest in reining. “My mare will go on to one of the kids.” [Parental tip: better clone her Rob!!]. The twins' regular show commitments means that Rob does not get to compete as often as he would like. He is looking forward to the forthcoming Reining Australia Nationals in June at AELEC (Tamworth). It will be the first time they have been held in two years due to Covid and consequently there will be record prizemoney on offer. " Yellowstone has certainly put reining on the map. It is massive. Even my dressage clients are now asking me for the videos of my spins and slides and take an interest in when I am competing." Hey Rob, why do all reiner riders look so straight-faced when they are competing? "I've never really thought about it. I guess they are so focused in that moment and on setting up for the next move. It takes a lot of concentration. Everything happens so fast and the horse cues are so light".
By Website Editor 22 Feb, 2022
Nice to be out and about again on a few road trips with Randlab’s NSW Territory Manager, John Dalton. Unlike Sydney, the talk in the towns of Northern NSW was not about Covid, but firmly planted on the latest episode of the hit neo-Western TV series Yellowstone . Seems it is compulsory viewing amongst the equistocracy. As big a hit as the program is in Australia, it is a ratings blockbuster in the USA, with the season 4 finale setting a new record for a series with 9.3M tuning in for the live broadcast. The cast is headed by Kevin Costner, who plays family patriarch John Dutton but features several cameo performances by fabled reining horses and their equally famous riders. Amongst the stars of the series is Australian actor Jacki Weaver , who joined the cast in Season 4. Yellowstone is set on the fictitious Montana (US) cattle ranch of the same name sometime in the recent past. The series follows the fortunes of the Dutton Family and the misfortunes of most that they encounter as they try and manoeuvre their way through a changing world. It is the Wild West for modern times. A sort of Dynasty meets Underbelly meets Game Of Thrones with horses. The series showcases the seductive cowboy lifestyle beyond the Rule of Law. Cowboy life, where, like the ranch itself, life has no boundaries. The show was conceived, written, directed, executive produced and sometimes acted in, by real-life western riding enthusiast Taylor Sheridan . The series has seen Sheridan’s (who plays suave cowboy Travis Wheatley in the show) fortune rise from struggling actor to the hottest property in Hollywood. He is also the man behind the Yellowstone spin off series 1883 (a prequel), 6666 (a parallel series) and the reality cowboy show “ The Last Cowboy ” which follows the fortunes of real-life cowboys as they prepare to compete for the richest reining purse on offer at the “ The Run For A Million ”. 
By Website Editor 21 Feb, 2022
All records were smashed at the 2022 Nutrien Classic Performance Horse Sale & Campdraft held at Australian Livestock & Equestrian Centre (Tamworth) in early February with an aggregate of over $17M and 92% clearance rate. The average sale price was $27K with the sales topper being the three-year-old filly Bad In Black (Stevie Rey Von x Spinies Bad Girl) who set a record of $550K when purchased by the patron of all things equestrian, Willinga Park's owner Terry Snow . It was the first time that vendor Holly Clayden of Loomberah Lodge Performance Horses had sold at the Classic. The sale also saw records set for a four-year-old mare ( Hazelwood Country Blues $300K) and for a two-year-old filly, with a daughter of Metallic Cat selling for $260K. The unusually marked red roan sire, Metallic Cat is currently valued at over US$49M and is soon to make a cameo appearance on Yellowstone. One of the highlights of the sale was the Standardbred Campdraft Challenge. A great initiative whereby rehomed standardbreds compete for great prizes. Some of them looked like they had been drafting all their life. The sale also set a new record for Cowboys getting CoVID.
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