Showing posts with label Cabalgata's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cabalgata's. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
Death of rider, four horses prompt more calls to end Feria de Cali´s cruel cabalgata
One of the most controversial events at Cali´s (Colombia) annual salsa festival, La
Cabalgata or horse parade, is again under attack after the death of one
rider and two horses.
The event has long been criticised as cruel, with injuries and deaths to animals common. This year a female rider died after being thrown from her horse. Reports vary, but some say spectators throwing flour – a common and also controversial activity during the fair – blinded the horse. Other reports say the flash of a camera in the horse´s face caused it to panic. Whatever the case, panic among thousands of horses surrounded by a rowdy crowd, mounted by often drunken, inexperienced riders is frequently a recipe for disaster. Cali police said 14 animals were injured, four of them fatally. Another eight were found abandoned after the event. Police and animal rights groups have laboured for greater controls, but to little avail. Some 2,500 animals were registered, but some 3,000 were in the Dec. 26 parade. Riders are banned from drinking, but animal rights activists have scores of photos of riders drinking hard liquor already in extreme states of drunkenness. “It´s necessary to give this sad outcome some reflection,” Cali Ombudsman Andrés Santamaría said after this year´s event. “We have spent many years trying to have a parade in Cali in the best way possible, but we haven´t been able to,” Santamaría said in an interview published Friday in El Universal. Police, the city and the ombudsman have tried vainly as well to increase the number of veterinarians on hand to treat injured animals, but this year again, there were fewer veterinarians than had been promised. One persistent complaint is that many riders are gangsters and their girlfriends with silicone enhanced breasts who lack any compassion for the animals nor respect for authorities, let alone the animals. Many of the animals are without shoes, despite walking for kilometres on Cali´s crowded paved streets. Opportunities to drink water are scarce. Cali Major Rodrigo Guerrero said the city now is examining whether La Cabalgata should be replaced with another event. As brutal as the parade is, it is a politically sensitive issue. Some say Bogotá Mayor Gustavo Petro´s imminent ouster as mayor was due in part to his banning of bull fights in the capital.
http://davidhogben.com/2014/01/03/death-of-rider-two-horses-prompt-more-calls-to-end-feria-de-calis-cruel-cabalgata/
The event has long been criticised as cruel, with injuries and deaths to animals common. This year a female rider died after being thrown from her horse. Reports vary, but some say spectators throwing flour – a common and also controversial activity during the fair – blinded the horse. Other reports say the flash of a camera in the horse´s face caused it to panic. Whatever the case, panic among thousands of horses surrounded by a rowdy crowd, mounted by often drunken, inexperienced riders is frequently a recipe for disaster. Cali police said 14 animals were injured, four of them fatally. Another eight were found abandoned after the event. Police and animal rights groups have laboured for greater controls, but to little avail. Some 2,500 animals were registered, but some 3,000 were in the Dec. 26 parade. Riders are banned from drinking, but animal rights activists have scores of photos of riders drinking hard liquor already in extreme states of drunkenness. “It´s necessary to give this sad outcome some reflection,” Cali Ombudsman Andrés Santamaría said after this year´s event. “We have spent many years trying to have a parade in Cali in the best way possible, but we haven´t been able to,” Santamaría said in an interview published Friday in El Universal. Police, the city and the ombudsman have tried vainly as well to increase the number of veterinarians on hand to treat injured animals, but this year again, there were fewer veterinarians than had been promised. One persistent complaint is that many riders are gangsters and their girlfriends with silicone enhanced breasts who lack any compassion for the animals nor respect for authorities, let alone the animals. Many of the animals are without shoes, despite walking for kilometres on Cali´s crowded paved streets. Opportunities to drink water are scarce. Cali Major Rodrigo Guerrero said the city now is examining whether La Cabalgata should be replaced with another event. As brutal as the parade is, it is a politically sensitive issue. Some say Bogotá Mayor Gustavo Petro´s imminent ouster as mayor was due in part to his banning of bull fights in the capital.
http://davidhogben.com/2014/01/03/death-of-rider-two-horses-prompt-more-calls-to-end-feria-de-calis-cruel-cabalgata/
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Saturday, March 2, 2013
FERIA DE DAVID 2013 • Quarter Horse Show Schedule
CRONOGRAMA DEL EVENTO
SHOW A-5317 FERIA DE DAVID
JUEZ AQHA: JOE HAYES
SABADO 16 DE MARZO
HORA DE INICIO 2:00 P.M.
• HALTER CUARTO DE MILLA, HEMBRAS Y MACHOS.
• EXHIBICION DE LEAD LINE CLASS, Niños menores de 8 años.
• TRAIL OPEN
• BARRILES OPEN
• REINING OPEN
• CUTTING OPEN
• LAZO Y MANEA OPEN
• LAZO DE PANAMA OPEN
• TEAM PENNING JUZGADO OPEN AQHA.
DOMINGO 17 DE MARZO
HORA DE INICIO 2:00 P.M.
• HALTER PINTO Y APALLOOSA, liderizado por las asociaciones
correspondientes.
• BARRILES JUVENIL
• BARRILES NOVATOS.
• POLOS JUVENIL
• POLOS NOVATOS
• WESTERN HORSEMANSHIP
JUVENIL
• WESTERN HORSEMANSHIP
NOVATOS
• REINING NOVATOS
• CUTTING NOVATOS
• LAZO Y MANEA JUVENIL
• CAMPEONATO DE TEAM PENNING PQHA
LUNES 18 DE MARZO
• Clinica con Juez Joe Hayes. “Puntos para ganar en una competencia
juzgada AQHA” Desde las 8:00 am.
• FINALES DEL CAMPEONATO DE TEAM PENNING PQHA 5:00
P.M. ($ 3,000.00 en
premios)
Martes 19 de Marzo
Grand Cabalgata David
Horse Parade
Martes 19 de Marzo
Grand Cabalgata David
Horse Parade
ITINERARIO
SUJETO A CAMBIOS
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Lion's Club Sponsors Volcan Cabalgata
Sunday October 14th the Lions Club of Volcan Sponsored a Cabalgata. Around 300 horses attended. There was food, drink, local dancing, and a raffle for a beautiful young stallion donated by the Berard Family. The rains came pouring down but the festivities continued.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Horses and People of Boquete, Panama
Ron and Loesje have very graciously decided to share some pictures from the Emily Cabalgata. Enjoy the day once again with these wonderful portraits of an unforgettable day.
The Horses
The People
The Horses and People
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