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Date Posted: 01:06:37 02/05/03 Wed
Author: Cheri
Subject: Tuesday's horse fact..
In reply to: Cheri 's message, "A New Week. Daily Inspirations, and Horse Facts.." on 00:16:39 02/04/03 Tue


**** 1. The Irish Draught Horse. ****


The name Irish Draught may be misleading in that many people are surprised to find that the breed is a lighter free-moving animal than the traditional image of the heavy horse. Nevertheless, the ancestry of the breed goes back to the small Irish farm where the farm horse doubled up as a hunter as well as taking the trap or dogcart into the town.

However, today the Irish Draught is more sought after for its breeding qualities. In England, the brood mare has been acknowledged as an excellent dam of a hunter when mated with a thoroughbred stallion. Now the Irish Draught stallion is being used more and more to get extra bone and substance in the progeny of the lighter type mare.

The breed has been existence for a century or more, though it has been nearly lost on several occasions. During periods of poverty and famine in Irish history, many breeders gave up registering their animals and it took many hours of work by breed enthusiasts and the Irish Horse Board to get a new stud book started.

The horse has a graceful carriage of head and neck with a big, kind eye, strong limbs with particularly short cannon bones. Despite the power the horse should be free moving and not ponderous. The feet should be like those of a hunter and not like a cart horse. The feet are one of the most important points and the reason why the Irish Draught is required for the breeding of show jumpers is that they have to withstand the concussion from jumping, often on hard surfaces.

Horses by our Registered Irish Draught Stallions are now well to the fore in every discipline. With qualifying horses at the Horse of the Year Show in the Working Hunter, Ridden Hunter, Show Jumping and Cob categories. Our Irish Draught stock is also consistently making best prices at sales.

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[> Wednesday's inspiration.. -- Cheri, 06:01:05 02/06/03 Thu


A FUTURE WITH HOPE

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Jeremiah 29:11-14 (NRSV)

For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope. Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart, I will let you find me, says the LORD, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile.

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Surely I know the plans I have for you, says the LORD, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.

-- Jeremiah 29:11 (NRSV)

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TODAY I lost my "dream job," working with small groups of struggling second graders. I had worked hard to build a relationship of trust and genuine love with them. I committed my career to God and gave thanks daily for such a wonderful and gratifying way of helping God's little ones. "Why did God allow the department to close and my hopes to be dashed?" I wondered. "Where will I again find such a fulfilling job?"

As these thoughts threatened to overwhelm me, I thought about the little tree outside my front door. The coming of spring promised it would soon sprout beautiful foliage on its tired, brittle branches. Yet the tree seemed to sag hopelessly, still holding on to several dead leaves which had somehow managed to survive the winter. Those leaves hung on precariously, unaware that the time had come to make way for new growth.

Was I stubbornly hanging on to my dream job and becoming angry rather than trusting God? Perhaps God has something even better in mind for me and for the children, just a season away. I want to allow God to show me the path. As surely as the buds of spring will sprout, God will provide new hope.


Prayer: God of hope, help us to trust you and to keep our eyes
focused on you as you lead us on our daily journey. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
God gives us the gift of hope.

-- Barclay Marcell (Illinois, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: Students struggling with school
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