OPENING DAY: THE HORSE
Festivities and Demonstrations all day in the 81st Street Driveway
American Museum of Natural History.
Saturday, May 17, 2008*
12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
West 81st Street driveway
FREE!
Saturday, May 17, 2008*
12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m.
West 81st Street driveway
FREE!
What to expect:
Thumbelina
See Thumbelina - the World’s Smallest Horse!
In 2006, Guinness World Records certified Thumbelina as the world’s smallest living horse. At 17½ inches tall, she is the smallest horse on record.
Walter Varcoe, Farrier at work:
Walter Varcoe will be shoeing NYC Parks Enforcement Patrol horses and explaining why proper foot-care is essential to a horse’s health. Touch a real horse skeleton and learn horse anatomy.
Liz Austin and Olivier, winners of the 2006-07 USEF/Collecting Gaits National Dressage Championship Brentina Cup.
Equus and the Equestrian Sport Foundation - Grooming & Braiding:
Members of the Equus Equestrian Sport Foundation will be demonstrating horse grooming and braiding for dressage. Visit their booth for storytelling and equestrian “dress-up.”
ASPCA Vintage Equine Ambulance:
The ASPCA was started to care for NYC’s working horses. See a reproduction of the first ambulance designed for horses and learn about the history of horses in the City.
State-of-the-art Equine Ambulance:
HEART (Humane Equine Aid & Rapid Transport) State-of-the-Art Equine Ambulance:
HEART provides state-of-the-art emergency transportation services for injured or ill horses. Meet their staff and go inside one of their ambulances for horses.
PEP Mounted Units
Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP) Mounted Units
Volunteer riders go through extensive training to be part of the Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP). The unit’s presence helps ensure the park’s safety. Meet some of the riders and their horses.
Walter Varcoe will be shoeing NYC Parks Enforcement Patrol horses and explaining why proper foot-care is essential to a horse’s health. Touch a real horse skeleton and learn horse anatomy.
Liz Austin and Olivier, winners of the 2006-07 USEF/Collecting Gaits National Dressage Championship Brentina Cup.
Equus and the Equestrian Sport Foundation - Grooming & Braiding:
Members of the Equus Equestrian Sport Foundation will be demonstrating horse grooming and braiding for dressage. Visit their booth for storytelling and equestrian “dress-up.”
ASPCA Vintage Equine Ambulance:
The ASPCA was started to care for NYC’s working horses. See a reproduction of the first ambulance designed for horses and learn about the history of horses in the City.
State-of-the-art Equine Ambulance:
HEART (Humane Equine Aid & Rapid Transport) State-of-the-Art Equine Ambulance:
HEART provides state-of-the-art emergency transportation services for injured or ill horses. Meet their staff and go inside one of their ambulances for horses.
PEP Mounted Units
Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP) Mounted Units
Volunteer riders go through extensive training to be part of the Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP). The unit’s presence helps ensure the park’s safety. Meet some of the riders and their horses.
If the event is canceled due to rain, Thumbelina will be on view in the first floor, Linder Theater from noon - 4:00 p.m.
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