http://www.ridingtoursblog.com Horseback Riding Vacations and Equestrian Instruction Worldwide Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:48:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My friend sent me an interesting newspaper article a few weeks ago which I have just now had a chance to read. It ties in with Bayard's recent post regarding horse safety and where the riding industry and insurance issues will go in the future. I think most riders who ... http://www.ridingtoursblog.com/2008/04/30/back-to-horse-safety/ Equitours recently randomly selected the three prize winners for the 2007 Pay-By-Check Contest. Our first place prize winner was Mr. James Payne who joined Equitours 'Ride Across the Andes' Trip . James won a $2,500 credit towards a ride in 2008 and has booked himself on our Wyoming Pack Trip- Washakie ... http://www.ridingtoursblog.com/2008/03/11/2007-pay-by-check-contest/ Bayard Fox has just rewritten his article on horse safety to include some new thoughts. The emphasis in the article is on avoiding a few of the major causes of accidents with horses and thereby making the sport much safer. The most dangerous hazards in Fox's opinion are not always ... http://www.ridingtoursblog.com/2008/02/29/thoughts-on-horse-safety-bayard-fox/ Roz had rave reviews to report back to the office about her scouting trip in Bulgaria. Great riding, delicious food and a welcoming and interesting culture. Equitours quickly decided to add it to our ever expanding and improving list of rides that we offer all over the world. To find ... http://www.ridingtoursblog.com/2008/02/07/balkan-heritage-ride/ Its been a while but I am back in action and caught up from a crazy two months of vacation time, Equitours 2008 brochure release, Christmas, New Year and checking out a new ride in Australia. What a whirlwind the last eight weeks have been and already, we are about ... http://www.ridingtoursblog.com/2008/01/28/back-to-business/ With Thanksgiving next week the Equitours office is celebrating with a few days off. Personally for an Australian, Thanksgiving is not a celebrated holiday but hey when in Rome...........  A four day weekend calls for some sort of celebration but with gas prices the way they are, we will be staying ... http://www.ridingtoursblog.com/2007/11/15/too-expensive-to-travel/ With our brochure just about to hit the printers we have had to re- price some of our rides in Europe that we pay in Euros, due to the sliding American Dollar. Is there an end in sight? Will the dollar crash and then make a recovery? Tourism into the United ... http://www.ridingtoursblog.com/2007/11/09/a-sliding-american-dollar/ Equitours is busy putting the final touches on our 2008 brochure, which should be ready to distribute mid December. We have some exciting new rides and programs on offer such as ‘Zululand Ride’ in Africa as well as our tried and tested “oldies but goodies” such as our Arizona ‘Long ... http://www.ridingtoursblog.com/2007/11/01/2008-equitours-brochure/ You should see the colors! Amazing shades of gold, yellow and amber. Unfortunately this fantastic sight won’t last long. The Bitterroot Ranch had its last week of guests leave on Sunday and now it’s clean up and pack away time for another season. The horses are wormed and shoes pulled, ... http://www.ridingtoursblog.com/2007/10/04/fall-is-here/ Debra from NSW, Australia corrected me on the fact that Australian horses have NOT in fact been vaccinated against influenza in the past as the country was free of the disease. Debra says: I quote from a paper 'Nation Management Group: Equine Influenza Communique 13.9.07'   "Equine Influenza is an endemic in virtually all countries ... http://www.ridingtoursblog.com/2007/09/25/re-the-equine-influenza-virus-outbreak-in-australia/