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VOLUME 52 • NUMBER 3 features March 2012
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Setting Up Camp
Read this how-to on preparing for your next outdoor
adventure with your horse.
38
Chasing the Dream
Follow Paralympic hopeful Mary Jordan on her journey
to the 2012 Games.
32
3…2…1…LiftoffDenny Emerson and Andrea
Waldo discuss the proper approach and takeoff for
cross-country fences.
50
High Class Hybrids
Learn why the Friesian Sport Horse is turning heads across
the Northeast.
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10 At the Ingate
16 Letters
18 Media Review
20 Business Bits
24 Stable Solutions
26 In The Saddle
30 Ask the Vet
56 News in the Region
74 Dressage
83 Eventing
88 Hunter/Jumper
102 Driving
105 Arabian
109 Morgan/Saddlebred
113 Quarter Horse/Western
117 Color Breeds
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64 �Connecticut�Horse�Shows�Association
66 �Yankee�Walkers,�Gaited�Horses�of�New�England
68 � �West�Greenwich�Horseman’s�Association
69 �Green�Mountain�Horse�Association
70 � �Bay�State�Trail�Riders�Association
71 Norfolk�Hunt�Club
72 �Maine�Horse�Association
73 �Northeast�Miniature�Horse�Club
80 Charles�River�Dressage�Association
84 Southern�N.H.�Dressage�and�Combined�Training�Association
85 Connecticut�Dressage�and�Combined�Training�Association
102 Saratoga�Driving�Association
117 � �New�England�Pinto�Horse�Association
118 News in the Nation
122 Real Estate
125 Affiliation Forms
128 Directories
136 Calendar
136 Classifieds
137 Advertiser Index
138 The Horse’s Mouth
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[on our cover]Steffen Peters and Ravel, pictured at the 2011 Festival of Champions at Gladstone, took top honors in the CDI Grand Prix and the CDI Grand Prix Freestyle at the 2012 World Dressage Masters, held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla. To read the full story, visit page 76. Photo by Susan J. Stickle
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winter for us here in the
Northeast, but I am always
excited for the start of March,
when spring is just around the corner,
and warmer weather for riding is
(hopefully) getting closer as well.
We may not be out of the woods
just yet, but if you’re longing for
seventy-degree temperatures, it’s
never too soon to start plan-
ning your next riding adventure.
And although we are still in an
economic crisis, that doesn’t mean
you can’t load your horse into the trailer
and plan a weekend (or week-long) getaway with him.
Camping with your equine is the perfect way to relax and become acquainted with
nature, and luckily, it’s much less expensive than booking an equestrian vacation.
However, planning a camping trip does take a lot of time and organization. Whether
you want to take your horse out-of-state or stay in your own backyard, be sure to read
Lindsay Joslyn’s article, “Setting Up Camp,” on page 44. In it, she discusses the different
items you’ll need to pack, as well as the type of research to conduct on campgrounds
before embarking on your retreat.
If you’re an event rider planning your competition schedule, Christina Keim’s article,
“3... 2... 1... Liftoff” will help you perfect your position for approaching even the most
troublesome fences that you’ll find on the cross-country course. To learn how to improve
your riding, as well as what mistakes you should avoid making, turn to page 32.
Also in this issue, we are excited to announce the return of our popular column, “In the
Saddle,” with advice from respected horseman Chris Cox. This month, Cox discusses how to
better communicate with your horse. For tips on “reading” your horse, visit page 26.
On another note, we are sad to report that our Office Manager, Liz Roposa, is
moving on to other opportunities, and will be leaving the Horsemen’s Yankee Pedlar. Liz
spent six years working here with us, and although it is unfortunate to see her go, please
join me in wishing her well in her future endeavors.
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There are some towns that have road signs posted saying, “Vehicles must yield to horse-back rider when signaled,” Upton, Mass., being one of them. I want to bring those signs to my community but cannot locate the manufacturer/supplier. People see us riding on the side of the road as a spectacle. Most slow down, but gawk as they do so. Some are annoyed and speed up as they go around to get by. Just a reminder like a sign regarding the Massachusetts General Laws as they pertain to sharing the road with everyone would be helpful.
-Katelyn Jenkins
If my hands weren’t already full, steadying my mount, I’d take pictures of these yahoos’ license plates to have it on record. It’s something that’s not reinforced enough, just like giving cyclists room. The difference is, I’m on a 1,000-lb. animal that just might get spooked. I don’t think local police would help, and I’m not aware of those signs, but I’m contemplating adding to my vest something saying “mounted patrol” —that word might just slow them down!
-Lisa Melone
I think the issue is that no one knows the law. Something must be done. I’ve had cars speed past me but also honk their horns. They should try to switch places and see how they can steady and stay on a 1,200-lb. animal.
-Alicia Allaire
The use of head cams while hacking out on the roads would help to catch and prosecute those drivers who treat this as a sport and show no respect and total disregard for human and equine lives.
-Maria Wynne
In January, we shared a story about a fatal car accident involving a horse and rider in New Hampshire on Facebook. The driver, an 84-year-old man, fled the scene, and although the rider survived the accident, she broke her pelvis, and her horse was killed. We asked our fans: What do you as equestrians think we can do to educate the general public on sharing the roads? The following are some of the responses that we received:
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The Results are in…For the month of January, we asked our readers what their New Year’s resolutions were. Here are the responses we received:
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By Kate Naito
BLAZE OF GLORY, by M. Garzon. 340 pages, paper-back, Virtualbookworm.com Publishing (www.virtualbook-worm.com), 2011, $15.95.
For those of you who got sucked into the Twilight series (whether you openly admit it or not), the mysteriously named M. Garzon has a book that will defi-
nitely call to you. Blaze of Gloryis a story that revolves around 17-year-old Tea, a bit of a wild child who lives with her twin brother and cruel stepfather. The highlight of her life is being around horses, but even that has its dangers.
The story and the charac-ters can really be addictive, and it’s enjoyable to see how Tea’s relationship with her family members grows throughout it. But what keeps this from getting a higher rating is that it comes with a caveat to parents of teens. Tea is 17, and the interest of her affection is her hot 23-year-old cousin (by marriage only, but still a bit creepy). Suffice it to say, Tea has one main thing on
her mind, and it’s not riding horses. The romantic relation-ship that develops throughout the book definitely falls under the category of forbidden love. The question isn’t whether teen girls would enjoy the book, but rather whether they should be reading it in the first place. BOTTOM LINE: Sex, romance, forbidden love…oh yeah,and horses.
THE STRESSED HORSE, by Hilary Shalvey. 176 pages, paperback, Trafalgar Square Books (www.horseandrider-books.com), 2011, $45.00.
If your horse is stressed, chances are there is something you can do to alleviate it. Any
number of things can stress out a domesticated horse, whether it comes from issues in the stable, the paddock, or the riding ring. This all-encompassing book addresses the many sources of stress that we may unknowingly inflict on our horses, and gives concrete advice for de-stressing.
Shalvey has clearly organized her topics into 12 chapters, starting with the mechanics of stress and signs to look for. After the basics, the author dives into sources of and solutions to equine stress. The chapters on stabling and turnout address issues such as what to look for in a relaxing turnout space. The riding and training chapters discuss how the rider’s position affects the horse’s stress level, among other points. And there are also chapters about horse shows, alternative therapies like massage and naturopathy, stress-related diseases, and the role of tack.
All in all, the book provides a fantastic overview to getyou thinking about your horse’s stress in a productive way.The only downside is the price, which seems a little steep fora paperback.BOTTOM LINE: Practical ways to reduce your horse’s stress, starting today.
RIDER & HORSE BACK TO BACK: Establishing a Mobile, Stable Core in the Saddle Physiotherapist, instructor, and upper level dressage rider Suzanne von Dietze demonstrates over 50 practical exercises for “back-friendly” training, both in the arena and on the longe line, in this instructional DVD. Von Dietze teaches you many techniques for strengthening your posture in the saddle and stretching your muscles to prevent straining while riding. BOTTOM LINE: This DVD demonstrates easy-to-follow techniques that provide great knowledge for every rider and trainer.
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by Roxanne Bok. 358 pages, paperback, Twin Lakes Press (www.prospectapress.com), 2011, $25.00.
City dweller-turned-horsewoman, Roxanne Bok, perhaps made the best mistake of her life when she decided to save a dilapidated horse farm from being subdivided. This book is the Bok family’s memoir, retelling the 18 months of ups and downs that they experienced when they traded their urban New York City lifestyle for the very unglamorous respon-sibilities of novice horse farm owners. Not only do we get to witness the improvements on the farm as they happen, but we can also see Roxanne’s struggle as an equestrian and follow the Bok family as they grow together during this life-changing experience.
Bok tells her story in a clear, honest voice, and she is remarkably down to earth despite leading a privileged life. Her love of the land and the animals living on it is apparent. Those from New England will appreciate her description of this beautiful area which we hold so dear. Since many of us are
struggling financially, some readers may not enjoy hearing about how much money the family spent on non-essentials. But to soften the sting, Bok is generously donating proceeds from book sales to equine charities. BOTTOM LINE: Think you want to own a farm? Read this first.
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Emilia Hilgers and Sir Zachary are the winners of the Hodges Badge Company Equestrian Catalog Cover Contest.
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Stable Solutions
Zoonoses are generally defined as animal diseases that are transmit-table to humans. This includes diseases of both wild and
domestic animals.Many of today’s infectious diseases are
zoonoses. Since these diseases can infect both animals and humans, the medical and veterinary communities often work closely together in clinical, public health and research settings. In the clinical setting, this is espe-cially important for pet/horse owners who are immuno-compromised (have a weakened immune system, such as from AIDS). In public health, human and animal disease surveillance systems are important in tracking and controlling zoonoses such as the avian influenza virus (bird flu), West Nile Virus (WNV), Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) and food borne pathogens.
Because these diseases come from animals, prevention and control strategies require the combined efforts of many fields: veterinar-ians, animal owners, physicians and public
health professionals. Anyone who works with animals and suddenly becomes ill with an infection should assess the risk of zoonotic potential (i.e. could an animal have made me sick?) and seek medical attention.
If you look up “zoonoses” in the Merck Veterinary Manual, you will find an entire chapter devoted to the topic. There are hundreds of these diseases, some of which are found worldwide and some of which occur only in one country or continent. Zoonotic diseases can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and a variety of parasites (primarily worms).
Some zoonotic diseases are spread by contact, such as ringworm and rabies. Others require an intermediary “vector” to spread between humans and animals. This vector is often an insect; mosquitoes are involved with WNV and EEE, while ticks carry the Lyme disease bacterium.
We spoke with Dr. Jay Merriam of Massachusetts Equine Clinic in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, to get more information on zoonotic diseases that horse owners should
be familiar with. “Lucky for us here in New England, zoonoses are present but gener-ally don’t pose an epidemic-type threat to human health. Our animals are well-cared for and vaccinated against many of the diseases. Rabies is probably the biggest scare in Massachusetts, since it is fatal. There are one to two cases per year in the state.
“It is important, however, to occasionally take a worldwide view of the situation. We are all animals and are all susceptible to many of the same pathogens.”
Eastern Equine EncephalitisEEE has been in the news recently, with a couple of human cases reported in eastern Massachusetts in 2011. The disease is caused by any one of several similar viruses, all of which are transmitted by mosquitoes. EEE has been isolated from 27 different species of mosquitoes in the United States. Spread of the virus among the insects is amplified in swampy areas where they breed. When infected mosquitoes leave the swamp and move to drier, upland forests, they bring the virus with them and have the potential to pass it on to birds, horses, and humans when they choose a host for a blood meal.
The virus is also spread from mosquito to vertebrate animal to mosquito to vertebrate animal, thus widely spreading and intensi-fying the disease.
Clinical signs of EEE infection in horses usually involve central nervous system dysfunc-tion: altered mental state, impaired vision, aimless wandering, head pressing, circling, inability to swallow, irregular uncoordinated gaits and convulsions. Most deaths occur within two to three days after the onset of clinical signs.
West Nile VirusWNV was first identified in the blood of a woman in Uganda in 1937. It gradually spread though Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and is occasionally seen now in several European countries. WNV infection was first recognized in North America in 1999. Since then, it has spread throughout the United States and parts of Canada and Mexico.
WNV survives in a transmission cycle between wild birds and the Culex species
MOST ZOONOTIC AILMENTS AND DISEASES CAN BE PREVENTED BY USING VACCINES.
Defining Zoonoses By Sue Perry
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of mosquitoes. Horses of any age can be infected by
WNV. The clinical signs and course of the disease are highly variable. Neurologic abnormalities, similar to those with EEE, are frequently seen. Other common initial complaints include colic, lameness, anorexia, fever, and depression.
The fatality rate of infected horses is gener-ally 30-40%. Overt clinical signs in horses that do recover can last up to several weeks, with improvement usually occurring within seven days of the onset of clinical signs. While 80-90% of owners report that the horse returns to normal function one to two months after the disease, at least 10% of owners report longterm deficits that limit athletic capabilities. These deficits include residual weakness or uncoordination in one or more limbs, fatigue with exercise, focal or generalized muscle atrophy and changes in personality and behavioral aberrations.
The treatment for WNV is supportive as there is no specific antiviral therapy. Anti-inflammatory treatment, such as flunixin meglumine (Banamine), is particularly helpful.
Asymptomatic infection is the most common outcome of human exposure to WNV by a bite from an infected mosquito. The severe form of the disease occurs in about 1 out of 150 persons exposed to the virus and is most common in the elderly. West Nile fever, a syndrome characterized by fever, headache, and malaise, is seen in about 20% of people infected with WNV.
Lyme DiseaseLyme disease is a tick-borne, bacterial disease found in the United States, primarily along the East and West coasts. Ticks infected with the bacteria transmit it into their hosts during feeding (sucking blood). All animals and humans are susceptible. The risk of transmis-sion is highest during periods when the tick nymphs (spring) and adults (fall) are actively seeking hosts where they can get a meal.
Horses that are infected with the Lyme bacteria may not have any specific clin-ical signs. Lameness, muscle soreness, back pain and hyperesthesia (increased sensitivity to touch or pain) have been attributed to the disease. The lameness can shift between limbs. Some horses may also exhibit subtle behavior changes.
Dr. Merriam says, “Humans and horses get the same treatment for Lyme disease—antibi-otic therapy. Doxycycline is most commonly used. It is given for eight weeks to ensure that all of the Lyme bacteria will be eliminated. In both species, the therapy will fail if the
patient stops receiving the antibi-otic prematurely.”
RabiesRabies is an acute inflammation of the brain and spinal cord caused by a rhabdovirus. It principally affects carnivores and bats, although it can affect any mammal. It is invariably fatal once clinical signs appear. Rabies is found throughout the world.
Transmission of the virus is almost always by introduction of virus-laden saliva into the tissues if the victim, usually by the bite of a rabid animal. Although much less likely, it is possible for virus from saliva, the salivary glands or the brain to cause infection in a second mammal by entering the body through a fresh wound, an open cut/sore or via absorption though intact mucous membranes. The rabies virus is not spread via blood or aerosol particles.
The most reliable signs of rabies, regardless of species, are acute behavioral changes and unexplained, progressive paralysis. Any animal, whether wild or domestic, suspected of exposing a person to rabies should be quarantined and considered rabid until proven otherwise.
Pre-exposure rabies immunization is strongly recommended for all people in high-risk groups, such as veterinary staff, animal control officers, and wildlife personnel. It is four injections over four weeks. The vaccine cannot be absolutely trusted in the event of subsequent rabies exposure and so must be supplemented by a limited post-exposure injection regimen.
Dr. Merriam is frequently a member of veterinary aid teams in developing countries. “Rabies is an epidemic in these countries. Many animal owners lack knowledge of the disease and don’t have the money to pay for vaccines for their workhorses. Governments have been slow to spend money on rabies control, and when it is spent, it is directed primarily towards the canine population. In the United States, however, almost every horse and family pet is vaccinated against rabies.”
RingwormRingworm (dermatpphytosis) is a fungal infection of the skin, hair, and claws. The fungus is found worldwide and all domestic animals are susceptible. Humans become infected via contact with the skin lesions on an infected animal.
The clinical signs of ringworm consist of one or more patches of hair loss (alopecia), redness, scaling and crusting. Diagnosis is initially visual and is confirmed by culture
of the fungus from one of the lesions. Transmission from horse to horse and horse to human is by direct contact or by grooming implements and tack. Most lesions are seen in the saddle and girth areas (“girth itch”).
Treatment is generally topical. Whole-body disinfectant rinses may be recommended and individual lesions can be treated with anti-fungal products. Grooming tools and tack should be disinfected and affected horses should be isolated. Caregivers should wear disposable gloves and wash their hands after handling infected horses.
Prevention of ZoonosesHorses have more vaccines against zoonotic diseases than people do. Vaccination programs on a schedule recommended by your veteri-narian are an essential preventive measure. Use fly spray and insect repellent daily on yourself and your horse. Public health officials employ vector control measures, such as mosquito spraying, to reduce the spread of zoonoses.
Be vigilant and practice good horseman-ship. A horse that is groomed daily is not a likely candidate for ringworm infection. It takes a tick 24-36 hours to inject the Lyme bacteria into its host, so prompt detection and complete removal of the tick with twee-zers will prevent infection.
Dr. Merriam reminds us, “Don’t get stuck in your local view with these diseases. Take a world view once in a while. What can be done to help others and their animals? Remember that we depend upon healthy farmers and work animals in other countries for many of the fresh fruits and vegetables that we eat.”
Sue Perry is a Certified Veterinary Technician and equine massage therapist. She lives in Upton, Massachusetts, with two event horses and runs “Muscle Magic,” an equine massage service.
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[ training tips with Chris Cox ]
In The Saddle
W e all can learn valuable, life-changing lessons from horses, if only we pay attention. In working with horses, we
must be willing to let go of our own agendas at times, and this is tough for many people to swallow. We have to admit that we’re not always right. So often, we expect horses to accept what they are asked to do without
considering how the horses view such situ-ations. If we don’t understand how horses think and we don’t work with the horses’ minds, we find plenty of roadblocks and battles that can be avoided—if we only learn to “read” our horses.
My horsemanship has been—and still is—an ongoing journey. I always make it a point to keep the horse’s needs first and
foremost. More than any techniques, it’s the philosophy behind everything I do, and it’s my understanding of how the horse’s mind works that gives me success. I always say that the difference between a horseman and a trainer is that the trainer trains the horse while the horseman trains himself.
So many people, even professionals, miss a lot of cues about what horses, through their body language, are trying to tell their handlers. Such people never have learned to read horses. Unlike humans, horses are fairly transparent; they always “say” what they mean.
Although horses communicate nonver-bally, we must never make the mistake of thinking they don’t communicate. That is why it’s so important to learn to read the horse’s body language. He communicates through his expression and body language. A horse never yells a verbal message; some people might wait for that, but it won’t happen. Instead, we must learn how to interpret his body language. The good thing: There’s a wealth of information available about the psychology of horses and how they think. Through articles, books, television, videos, DVDs, clinics and courses, horse owners today have the best opportunities ever to understand their horses and build great relationships with them.
Purpose and CommunicationAny time your horse changes his mind and, thus, his thought process, it is apparent through his body language. He might resist and become stiff, or yield and become soft and willing. If his body language is resistant, it’s up to you to react immediately before that resistant thinking transfers to his feet and into movement.
As horsemen and -women, we’re not perfect, and we make mistakes. Whenever we do something wrong on horseback, we should try to correct it immediately— before it transfers into movement on the horse’s part.
Your horse must think about some-thing before he does it, and you can use this to your advantage. When your horse
We Must never Make the Mistake of thinking a horse can’t coMMunicate.
Put Theory Into Practice: Part 1 By Chris Cox with Cynthia McFarland
through many years, my experienCes with horses —both positive and negative—have helped me develop the training methods that i use today. From a very early age, i was Fortunate to spend most oF my time riding and working with horses, and i believe the horse has been my greatest teaCher
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thinks about doing something negative, such as bucking, rearing or running off, he signals you first. If you pay attention to his body language, you have a chance to redirect him in a positive way.
You must train yourself to communicate clearly to your horse through your own body language. It takes time to develop your instincts around horses so that your responses to your horse’s actions liter-ally become second nature.
I don’t have to think about my responses as much as I did early in my riding career, but I never want to stop being aware. Awareness keeps me in tune with my horse’s actions and thought processes. When I take what my horse does for granted, I might lose momentum going forward with his training, or even get myself hurt.
There should be a reason for anything I do with a horse—on the ground or in the saddle. I don’t believe in doing something with a horse if what I do has no specific meaning or purpose. The reason: When a horse doesn’t find purpose in what he’s asked to do, he eventually becomes sour or develops a bad attitude; he loses his incentive and motive.
That’s why you must inspire your horse, and the way to do this is by helping him achieve things that make sense to him. You don’t want to take your horse’s natural instinct from him because this instinct actually helps him learn.
Horses are very purposeful animals. Whether they walk across a pasture to water or maneuver to find the sweetest grazing or the best shady spot, there is a reason behind what they do. Horses obviously are practical animals, and we can learn plenty from them about practicality and purpose. Remember: The horse is a purposeful animal, period. That’s why your horsemanship must be purposeful.
That’s why you give your horse a job to do, even if it’s just going on a trail ride, trailing a cow, or riding to the mailbox. When your horse understands what you ask him to do—whether it’s taking a jump, crossing a creek, or working a cow—he tries harder when he finds purpose in that action. Every time you work with a horse, use techniques and applications to set up things so that your horse can please you. Look for him to make that effort. When you have a horse that puts his heart and soul into trying to please you and to do everything he can for you, you know you have a real partner.
People often have the misconception that, because they care for horses, the horses will be their friends. I’m sometimes asked if I consider my horses to be my friends. I do, but not in the way the person asking might think.
Friendship between a horse and a human isn’t equal. The human must be the leader if the partnership is to be effective. So you must
Read Body LanguageHere’s what to look for as you learn to read your horse’s body language. These different forms of body language tell you about your horse’s frame of mind.
• Pay close attention to your horse’s eyes and ears. They clue you in to what your horse is thinking and where his attention is focused. Your horse’s mind is always directed wherever his ears and eyes are focused.
• Your horse’s eyes and ears always tell you when his feet are about to move. his eyes give the first signs that his feet are going to move, then his ears and then his body, and those signs finally transfer down through the body to his feet. If you miss the signs in the eyes and ears, you can find them in the body as your horse moves forward, kicks, bucks, etc. Some horses react faster than others, but this always is the pattern.
• Licking his lips means your horse is relaxed. This always is a positive sign.
• When your horse turns away and swings his hindquarters toward you, he is either dismissing you or threatening you, or he’s afraid of something.
• When your horse’s ears flick back and forth, he might be confused and sorting out things, or trying to take in everything that’s happening around him.
• Ears that are flat back denote aggression or dominance.
• a stiff neck and head carriage indi-cate your horse might be frightened, or he could be showing aggression or resistance.
• a horse that feels threatened or cornered usually reacts in a flighty manner. he also might act “bullish” and have little forward motion. If he feels too much pressure, he might retaliate by kicking, striking, pawing or biting. This seldom happens, but can occur when a stallion doesn’t think he has a way out of the situation.
• a frightened horse goes into survival mode. he adopts submissive body language and might actually quiver. he also might exhibit a lot of forward motion because he’s looking for a way out of the situation. he doesn’t want to challenge you, but still can present a danger because his entire focus is on getting away from whatever he views as frightening.
• a “sour” horse has had all he can take and reveals his attitude through his body language. he might fling his head and swish his tail, but his body is stiff, and he also has a “sharp” look to his eye.
This horse’s ears are attuned to whatever is behind him; consequently, that’s where his attention is directed.
With one ear forward and one to the side, this horse’s attention is divided; he might be trying to figure out what’s happening around him.
This horse’s attention is focused on what’s straight ahead, according to his ear position.
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be the leader, and your horse must be a follower. If your leadership skills are smooth and authoritative in ways he understands, he actually is happy to follow your lead. Your horse can and should feel comfort-able around you. He shouldn’t feel threatened or intimidated, but always should know that you are in charge. You must demonstrate leadership skills to direct your horse’s thought processes and emotions, which transfer into his actions. Your horse must look to you for confidence, support and leadership.
When you approach a horse that hasn’t been handled, or has been handled in the wrong ways, the first thing in his mind is to protect himself. “How can I stay safe?” runs through his mind. I guarantee you: He’s not thinking, “Hey, maybe I can make friends with this person.”
In fact, most of the time that horse reverts to the easiest response, which simply is to flee.
Confining or roping that horse can put him into panic mode. Instead, you must start devel-oping the horse’s trust by using rhythm, feel and timing as you work to build the horse’s confi-dence. The better your techniques and skills, the more quickly you can teach your horse.
Think about the differences between a timid, anxious driver and a confident, experienced driver. Both can hop in a car and get to the store, but it takes longer and is a lot more stressful for the timid driver, who lacks a good feel for his task. That is why I always talk about rhythm, feel and timing with horses, which will be covered in depth in upcoming columns.
Photos and c o l u m n reprinted from Chris Cox’s book, Ride the Journey with permis-sion from Western Horseman Magazine. To purchase a copy of Ride the Journey, visit www.west-ernhorseman.com.
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Ask The Vet By Dr. Alfredo Sanchez-Londono, MV, MS, DACVIM (LAIM)
My daughter’s pony almost died this past spring after contracting clostridial myositis following a routine vaccination. Now, another friend of mine is dealing with the same thing. There is so little information available, I was amazed that after being in this business for over 20 years and having horses my entire life I had never heard of it before. Can you tell me a little bit more about the treatment and prog-nosis of this ailment?This disease is caused by different species of Clostridium, including Cl. perfringens, Cl. septicum, and most frequently, Cl. chauvoei. This type of bacteria is commonly found in the environment and when it infects horses it can cause severe damage to their soft tissues. In the majority of cases, affected horses have a history of a recent intramuscular injection, but it has also been identified in some cases after lacerations or sites of recent surgical procedures. Other
names that it is known by are clostridial myonecrosis, clostridial cellulitis, or malig-nant edema.
The most common cause for develop-ment of the disease is after administration of an intramuscular injection. Common sites that are affected are the neck, the thigh and the rump area where the majority of people will apply injections. There are a variety of medications that have been involved in the development of clostridial myositis including analgesics, vitamins (most commonly B vitamins), antihistamines, steroids, selenium, epinephrine, vaccines, furosemide, and dextrose. There is confusing information about the exact mechanism as to why some horses will develop the disease and others will not. Some theories include that administering large doses of irritating substances like the ones previously mentioned too high in the neck area or in the hind leg
musculature can predispose an equine to development of the disease. Other clinicians believe that since the organism lives in the environment, it can be introduced easily into the muscle tissue, especially if not adequately cleaned.
The first indication that the animal may have the disease is the presence of emphysema under the skin, which will give the appearance of plastic wrap underneath it. The reason for this development is that the organism will proliferate under anaerobic conditions, meaning that it does not need the presence of air to survive and reproduce. So when the organism is in the muscle and under the skin it finds the ideal conditions to develop and cause severe damage of the tissues. It is very important to contact the veterinarian immediately after you notice this occurring, as the organism can multiply very rapidly and cause extensive damage (necrosis) to the affected tissues.
Other clinical signs that the horse may show are fever, severe to moderate depression, and as the disease progresses, he can develop severe complications such as laminitis, cardiovascular, and respira-tory collapse.
The diagnosis of clostridial myositis can be confirmed by the use of an ultrasound which will show obvious gas pockets deep in the musculature. Another important diagnostic technique would be to perform a culture of the affected area to determine the exact type of bacteria and the antibi-otics that it is sensitive to in case the initial treatment needs to be adjusted. Treatment for affected horses includes both medical and surgical approaches. Medical treat-ment will include the use of antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, and intravenous
alfredo Sanchez-Londoño, MV, MS is an assistant professor and clinician at the cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and,
specifically, the Tufts ambulatory Service in Woodstock, conn. he obtained his MV (Medico Veterinario) degree from Universidad de La Salle in
Bogota, colombia in 1997. In 2000, he completed the requirements of the Educational committee for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (EcFVG) at
Purdue University, then completed an internship and a Large animal Internal Medicine residency/Master of Science degree program at Purdue
University in 2005. he joined the Tufts ambulatory Service in July of 2005.
his main interest is Equine Medicine covering all aspects, from newborns to the growing geriatric equine population. he has performed
research on respiratory diseases in horses, focusing on exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPh), inflammatory airway disease (IaD) and
recurrent airway obstruction (raO).
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Horses affected by clostridial myositis require fenestration of the affected area to allow oxygen to penetrate and decrease proliferation of the bacteria.
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fluid therapy as needed. The most common antibiotic used is penicillin, which should be administered intravenously to reach as high levels as possible, eliminating the possibility of the bacteria to continue reproducing and causing more damage at the site of infection.
Depending on the severity of the case, the horse may require a more aggressive medical therapy which can include plasma transfusions, tracheostomy tubes, and laminitis prevention. Surgical intervention involves fenestration of the affected area with the idea of allowing oxygen to penetrate into the tissues which will change the environ-ment to prevent the bacteria from continuing to reproduce. In the majority of cases this can be done under heavy sedation and sometimes with the help of ultra-sound guidance to find the deep pockets where the bacteria may be proliferating.
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Handling tHe approacH and takeoff to
cross-country fencesBy Christina Keim
riding a successfull cross-country course
is all about making adjustments to vari-
ables such as impulsion, balance, and
length of stride, as well as doing enough
conditioning to ensure that both horse and rider are
able to maintain these components throughout the
length of it. In this article, Denny Emerson and Andrea
Waldo help us take a closer look at how the effective
cross-country rider tackles the approach and takeoff
for various styles of fence, as well as several other
critical factors which will help guarantee success.
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Liftoff
Keeping your seat low is key in successfully
jumping ditches.
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Back to BasicsTo ensure safety and effectiveness while navigating cross-country, the rider must understand that there is much more to it than simply galloping along and aiming at fences. Riders must recognize the differ-ence between the balance required from the horse while traveling between jumps and the change in balance that is neces-sary for a successful approach and takeoff. The rider’s position must also adjust in order to direct the horse through this shift in balance.
Waldo says that in-between fences, the rider’s main focus is on maintaining a balanced canter or gallop, depending on the level of competition. “Between fences, the horse may be long in their strides but they are still in balance,” says Waldo. “The rider is well up off the horse’s back.”
Emerson also emphasizes the impor-tance of the horse and rider’s balance while in-between fences. “While galloping, the [rider’s] body needs to adjust all the time,” he says. “On the flat, the rider keeps their hips back and chin up. If going uphill, the rider needs to stay up off the horse’s
loins. If going downhill, they need to not pitch forward and then allow the horse to get running.”
“A key concept that riders must learn is that the gallop balance is different than the jumping balance,” says Waldo.
Ready, Aim...Emerson says that he thinks of the approach to the fence as the time where the rider is “cocking the pistol,” or engaging the horse’s hindquarters and raising their fore-hand in preparation to jump.
“Lucinda Green once said that the last few strides in front of a fence are where you the rider need to be like the heavy end of a see saw,” says Emerson. “I want to feel that 75% of my horse is up in front of me. Before you fire the pistol, you have to cock the hammer.”
When a horse is in a good balance for jumping, the hocks come underneath the body more. The rider then comes closer to the saddle, bringing their seat and hips deeper into the tack, while the upper body comes back towards a vertical posi-tion. “The exact style will be different
Eventing guru Denny Emerson ia USEA Hall of Fame inductee, author, and owner of Tamarack Hill Farm, located out of Strafford, Vt., and Southern Pines, N.C.
Andrea Waldo is a USEA ICP certi-fied instructor, Preliminary Level competitor, and co-owner of Triple Combination Farm in Ferrisburg, Vt.
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with a water obstacle.
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depending on the horse,” says Waldo. “But the rider should be close to the tack, as opposed to sitting into it, when they are on the approach.”
Emerson describes this shift in balance as transferring forward and downward energy into uphill and under energy, meaning that the hocks have come underneath the horse. “Some trainers say that it is the horse’s job [to make this change in balance], but I disagree,” says Emerson. “The rider can affect this change in balance significantly.”
One of the most dangerous mistakes to make on cross-country is to allow the horse to nose-dive onto the forehand while approaching the fence, according to Emerson. This can be an especially grievous mistake when approaching a downhill fence. “You don’t want the horse to be on the forehand and going too flat, because they can’t get their knees up,” says Emerson. “Approaching the fence in this position is how you end up with rotational falls.”
Up and Down: Banks and DropsOne of the variables that makes riding cross-country both challenging and fun is handling the varied terrain. Fences that would be fairly straightforward if placed on a flat field become
more difficult questions when they are set in relation to a hill, for example. Bank complexes in particular attract spectators who marvel at horses and riders jumping onto and off of various levels, sometimes in sequence or in relation to other obstacles. These types of ques-tions necessitate that the rider has a decent understanding of the speed, balance, and impulsion required from the horse as well as the most effective rider positions to achieve these variables.
Course designers are quite aware of the terrain when they position fences on a course. In fact, sometimes the terrain can be an advan-tage. “Cantering uphill toward a three-rail ramp is probably one of the easiest fences to jump,” says Emerson. “The uphill approach helps to pull the horse’s shoulders up, and the shape of the fence matches the horse’s jump.”
On the other hand, coming downhill to a vertical is the exact opposite. “The terrain puts the horse on the forehand,” says Emerson.
“The rider needs to sit up and say ‘whoa,’ and tell the horse to really get their butt under-neath them.”
Uphill fences and banks tend to invite horses and riders to balance back and sit up, respec-tively, and so they are often used to introduce greener horses and riders to the concept of handling terrain.
“I tell my students to ride to the up bank almost like it is a plank vertical,” says Waldo. “You need to shorten your horse’s stride, because you want to get close to it before taking off, but you must keep your impulsion. The rider should keep her seat close to the tack but not driving into the saddle, with her upper body vertical and weight deep into the leg.”
Waldo says that a common mistake at an uphill fence is for the rider to sit and drive, or push with their seat, which ends up putting her body behind the horse’s motion and causes the horse to hollow his back. “At uphill fences and banks, you need to keep the horse’s hind end
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Keeping your horse’s hocks underneath him is a must when navigating banks.
When completing drops, it is critical for the rider to keep their body over their feet at all times.
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underneath him,” says Waldo.Drops and downhill fences can be intimi-
dating for riders, particularly if they do not understand the physics involved in maintaining proper balance.
To help explain the rider’s position during a downhill fence or drop, Emerson says that riders should think of their stirrups as being a substitute for the ground, and therefore their stirrup leathers should remain perpendicular to the ground, no matter what position the horse’s body is in. “Riders need to learn to put their body where the horse isn’t,” he says. “So if the
horse is going downhill, you need to put your body back.”
Waldo explains this concept another way, saying that no matter what the horse is doing, the rider should be keeping her body over her feet. This is critical to remain balanced when coming down a drop. “If you erased the horse, you want to land on your feet,” she says. “The stirrup leather is going to be perpendicular to the ground. This will allow you to land into your heels and to stay balanced.”
According to Waldo, you want to try to get close to the edge of the drop before the horse takes off—it is important to not approach drops with too much speed. “The rider should sit lightly,” she says. “Some people lean too far back. If you have a jump on the landing, and you are too far back with the upper body, your horse can’t recover in time. Staying back does not mean leaning back.”
Waldo says that when jumping a downhill fence, a similar technique is used. “You need to stay back,” she explains. “You don’t want to commit the upper body. You also need a lot of leg to support the horse without running them onto their forehand.”
Water and DitchesExcept at the most basic of levels, water obsta-cles incorporate the skills used when tackling banks or drops on dry ground with the addi-tional variable of water. As riders move up the ranks, horses can also be faced with related jumps just before or after the water or even in the water itself.
“One of the most important things about riding water well, especially a drop into the water, is to not come in too fast,” says Waldo. Your horse needs the time to assess the question ahead of him, which is harder for them to do with excessive speed.
Emerson says that the water should be approached with the rider staying slightly behind the motion. “If you are forward, the horse will land and then you will hit them just behind the ears,” he cautions.
“Be a little defensive with the upper body,” says Waldo. “It is especially important when dropping into water to keep the stirrup leather vertical. You don’t want to lean forward at them. You never know when a horse might startle as they come into it. Also, the drag [of the water] can be a factor.” Riders who have overcom-mitted with the upper body are at a much greater risk of taking a swim.
Ditches are a style of fence which, though physically easy for the horse to jump, tend to be psychologically challenging for some riders. Experienced horses often do little more than simply canter across their ditches, but greener horses can be more unpredictable with their takeoff and jump. “We do tend to over-ride ditches,” says Waldo. “The rider needs to try
to stay in the middle of their horse and to be with the motion of him. Ditches are one style of fence where being behind the motion is not good, because then you have to make a big move to catch up.”
Waldo says that the rider needs to keep her seat low on the approach to a ditch, without actually sitting. She compares it to being on the saddle, as opposed to sitting in the saddle. “About 75% of your weight is in your irons,” says Waldo. “You should not be driving or shoving with your seat, but you do want a forward-going feel. It is important to keep your hips and seat moving. If you stop following, you can inadvertently tell the horse to stop.”
The Power of PositionWaldo says that watching experienced riders, especially those with a physique similar to your own, can be a helpful tool when learning how to change your body position for various fences. “The rider’s position can be influenced by their conformation,” she says. “What works for a tall, leggy rider is not going to be as effective for someone with a short torso and legs. For example, taller riders need to keep their body back much more.”
Whether on the approach, in the air, or on the landing of a cross-country fence, riders need to be aware of where their feet and shoul-ders are positioned. They also need to learn to develop a feel for the difference between the horse’s balance in-between and directly before the fence.
“Remember that the lower leg doesn’t change,” says Waldo. “It is the upper body that needs to change for the circumstance.”
Developing correct cross-country position requires as much time and practice as any other riding skill. Learning the effect of the rider’s body on the horse’s effort can help to ensure successful and safe rides.
5 Factors of Rider Position
4 Tips for Finding Proper Stirrup LengthThere are several different opinions regarding the proper length of stirrup for allowing the correct and effective use of the rider’s body while on the cross-country course.
• In general, riders’ stirrups must be short enough to allow them to transition from a galloping position in-between fences to a more upright, rebalancing position on the approach. “If you ride with too long a stirrup, you cannot keep your legs under-neath you,” says Emerson. “When your stirrups are too long, you will grip with the upper leg, which pitches the rider forward. This does not allow for a physi-cally strong body position.” He adds that an adjustment by even as little as half a hole can make a big difference.
• The ideal stirrup length will be affected by both the shape of the horse and the physical proportions of the rider. “Finding the right length is a little bit intuitive,” Waldo says. “For example, some longer legged riders tend to ride quite short.”
• “The lower leg by your ankle bone needs to touch the horse just behind the girth,” says Emerson. While some riders prefer to shorten their stirrups for cross-country even another hole or two from their show jumping length, Emerson and Waldo both say that they tend to keep their stirrups about the same length for each phase.
• When finding the right length of stirrup on a given mount, the result should be a feeling of security. “It has to feel easy to gallop in,” Waldo says. “You should feel secure when going downhill. I shorten people’s stirrups [frequently]—they usually need to be above the ankle as opposed to below.” Emerson says that there are five factors
which make riding cross-country different than any other form of equestrian pursuit. They are:
1. Higher speeds
2. Variable terrain
3. The aggression which high speeds create in the horse
4. The fatigue of horse and rider (especially at the end of a course)
5. The fact that the obstacles are solid and immovable
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One woman’s story of overcoming adversity and her quest for the Olympics
BY KATHRYN SELINGA
dreamChasing the
{ {Like a roaring tide, you hear the buzzing chatter from the sea of
people surrounding your ebb and flow. Suddenly it becomes silent as
a snowflake in the night and the sweet sound of a familiar tune breaks
through the crowd: “Oh say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, what so proudly we hailed, at the twilight’s last gleaming...” You get goose
bumps, sending a shiver up your spine. Then you see it—the stars
and stripes rising in the rafters, and a light, warm rain begins to fall,
like it often does in London during summertime. As you stand on
the center podium—adrenaline coursing through your veins, butter-
flies in your stomach—you think to yourself, “could this be real?”
You pinch yourself...and wake up. It was a dream.
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BUT FOR MARY JORDAN, a native of Wells, Maine, this could be a reality. A fierce competitor by nature, Jordan’s got a shot at her Olympic dream as a para-dressage athlete. Since finding out she was eligible to be a para-equestrian competitor in 2009 after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2002, she has seen great success. After missing the mark by 0.001% to achieve her International Certificate of Capability—needed to qualify for the 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG)—Jordan headed to Norway to try to obtain a score of 60% and her Certificate. “My second para-competition ever was the 2009 European Championships, a CPEDI4*…this woman told me that I should borrow a horse and compete in Norway—two months later there I was riding a Hanoverian stallion.”
There, she received three qualifying scores—enough to take her to the Selection Trials for WEG in Lexington, Kentucky. After a ninth place finish in the Trials with her home-bred Hanoverian cross Paxton Abbey, Jordan made
her way to Lexington as an individual competitor, where she placed 13th in the Grade IV Championship. “One of the highlights of my riding career was taking Paxton to the World Equestrian Games—how often do you get to take a horse that was born in your lap to a show as big as the Olympics? It wasn’t a gold medal, but it was an incredible life-time achievement to take a horse that you have such a deep partnership with to do that,” she says of the experience.
But the road to the Games wasn’t always an easy task. “I took my son to Norway and spent three weeks training there [for the European Championships]...people were speaking Dutch and German at me as I was trying to learn the FEI tests. You’re away from your family, nobody speaks English, and they have a very high expectation of training. Europeans tend to think Americans are fat, so I was on a strict diet. I wasn’t soaking up the sun
on the French Riviera—it was intensive.”But, she continues, “I was exposed to a lot.
There’s so much international showing and training over there and I was immersed in it—was it easy? No. Was it worth it? Absolutely.”
Jordan is no stranger to hard work. Prior to becoming a para-equestrian, she was an avid
eventer who had many accomplishments and achieved them through will and determination. “I didn’t come from a horsey family, so I had to make it happen for myself,” she says. “My career started when I went to the University of New Hampshire. I sold my event horse and bought a foal. I wanted to have a horse that was better in dressage, so I bought a 3-month-old filly
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(L-R) U.S. Chef d’Equipe Missy Ransehousen with team members Dale Derick, Rebecca Hart, Mary Jordan and Jonathan Wentz, and trainer Kai Handt in Florida in January.
Mary aboard her own P. Sparrow Socks, “Clever,” at the Gold Coast Dressage Opener CPEDI3*.
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and Reiner Klimke’s book on training a young horse. I earned my USDF Bronze Medal on her. When she was old I bred her and have my two mares now—Paxton and Clever. In 2007, I won the Training Master Rider of the Year, Training Master Amateur of the Year, and Training Horse of the Year with Paxton...then we went to the
American Eventing Championships and she was back to back reserve champion in her division.”
Fast forward to the 2011-2012 season, and Jordan has again seen success, including aiding the United States in qual-ifying for the London Paralympics, which will take place August 30 – September 4. This in itself was no
easy feat. “When you see the Olympics on TV, you think every country can send athletes. That’s not true, you have to qualify. The U.S. had to get a qualified team score...I rode in the [CPEDI]3* in Saugerties, New York, then in Australia in December, and just got back from Florida [at the end of January]. Our goal there was to qualify a
team [for London]—we secured a team slot with our best score to date.”
The next stop for Jordan will be the Selection Trials. This is where it will be do or die to get to the Games. “We will have just one competition. They take all the people with an International Certificate of Capability (currently there are 17), and they take the top four scores [to London]. I’ll be competing against everyone for one of those spots—in Grade Ia it’s a walking only test, Ib is walk-trot, and II and III are walk-trot-canter—I have to perform a test that’s equivalent to Third Level. The bar is set pretty high. You’re going to have to score a 70% or better [to qualify]. That’s the goal I’m shooting for, is to have my best ride on that day to make the team.”
Though she recognizes that anything is possible, Jordan has an excellent shot at reaching that coveted 70% and a spot on the U.S. Paralympic Dressage Team. She has steadily improved since that first 59.999% in 2009 to scoring a 70.17% and 74.75% while in Florida this past January.
So what kind of preparation does it take for an athlete to get to the Paralympics? First, it takes an intense desire to reach your goals. “I’ve subjected myself to international judging at every turn, I stay in the best physical condition, and take care of the horses I’ll be using.
“Every time I went to a more challenging competition, I was more motivated and felt like
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I’ve got it in me to do better. You kind of want to follow up on what you think you can do. It’s like a search for excellence,” Jordan explains.
Finding the perfect partner is also a necessity to achieve victory. “At a Robert Dover clinic I went to recently he said ‘you’re only as good as the horse that you’re sitting on,’ and I agree. When you’re riding certain horses you get a certain feeling and you just want to go for it.
“When I went to Norway I started looking for horses—that elusive perfect horse that you can partner with...at GMHA in August I was introduced to Deecie Denison, who owns [my current mount] Sebastian. I had a good feeling that this was a horse that I could go to the Olympic Games with—he had a certain pres-ence,” continues Jordan.
And just because Jordan is a para-athlete doesn’t mean she doesn’t train physically. Fitness is key to earning a trip to the London Games. “I have to train and go to the gym,” she says. “I’ve had MS for 10 years now and I’m probably in the best shape of my life other than when I was in high school, and I’m still trying to get in better shape. With the prospect of going to the Olympics it certainly motivates me to get on the treadmill after dinner and run another 2.5 miles.”
When she’s not competing or training, Jordan leads a life that is in some ways ordinary, and in others, extraordinary. She has a husband, a son, and a full time job. She feeds her own horses
and cleans their stalls. And of course, Jordan is forced to face the same reality that many horse-crazy Americans do nowadays—the expense. “To compete internationally requires a lot of money. Trying to find the sponsors and horses and money for saddles and vet bills—things like
that get in the way…realizing what I needed in a horse and realizing what I didn’t have in my bank account [was difficult].”
As for the extraordinary? Jordan was the third person in her family to be diagnosed with MS—first her father, who was a quadriplegic that she never
saw stand or walk, then her sister was struck by the disease before discovering she herself had it in 2002. She began taking the drug Copaxone imme-diately as a treatment and became a part of Team Copaxone, an advocacy group of 10 people leading successful and active lives with MS, who travel the country sharing their stories with others.
This is where she learned of para-equestrian competition. “My friend and ‘teammate’ David said ‘you should compete in para-dressage.’ I researched it—it’s competitive dressage for people with different disabilities. It’s categorized based on levels of disability, and in 2009 I found out I was qualified to compete at Grade IV,” explains Jordan.
Jordan recognizes that both medical progres-sion and her life with horses have kept her healthy, happy, and on the path to the Paralympics. “Through the horses I’ve been able to go and experience so much. It’s a story that keeps unfolding—I keep waiting to see where we’ll go next. To be able to pursue these things, I’m deeply grateful for research and advancements. I honor those people who have made it possible for me to do what I love doing,” she says.
And Jordan has one final message for anyone with great aspirations—disabled or not. “I really encourage people to pursue their dreams and don’t let MS or anything else get in their way. If they don’t have an illness, [they should] realize that there’s a great potential to achieve their dreams.”
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W hoever coined the phrase, “everything but the kitchen sink,” must have been talking
about camping with their horse. Even a simple weekend excursion requires extensive planning. Not only are you preparing and packing for yourself, but your four-legged companion as well. To make the next camping trip with your horse as carefree and safe as possible, start getting ready before you leave the comforts of home. »
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First off, decide where and when you want to go camping. Most campgrounds require reservations made up to six months in advance, while others permit walk-ins as long as there are sites available. Choosing where you want to go well before you leave allows you to determine what and how much you will need to pack based upon terrain, weather, length of excursion, and what the campground does and doesn’t offer, such as electricity or water.
Pre-planning also lends time for practice and physical conditioning. You don’t want to be out in the woods with a horse that doesn’t have much trail experience. Expose your horse to the various kinds of stimuli he might encounter out on the trails, such as dogs, ATVs, mountain bikes, and deer. Rehearse mounting and dismounting on the offside in case you find yourself somewhere where mounting from the left isn’t possible.
Tarps are also a part of the common camping
experience. Big, blue, scary tarps. Practice working with one in the ring and desensitize your horse to being around it. The same goes for rain gear. It is usually brightly colored, and made of material that sounds and moves like plastic. The last thing you want is to be unable to mount up for the day because your horse is afraid to let you near him in your strange new rain coat.
You also want to make sure the person or people you are camping with are the kind you don’t mind riding next to for hours and hours. Some questions you should ask yourself about your company should concern the other party’s regard for safety, their horses’ temperament vs. your horse’s temperament, and if they bring the same level of experience to the trip. If you planned on galloping across an open field, but your trail buddy hasn’t mastered the trot yet, this might not be the trail riding partner for you.
To help ensure an enjoyable adventure, make
sure all your bases are covered. Practice and training are only part of what you should be doing before you load up your trailer and head for the hills.
Since your horse will be doing most of the “foot work,” make sure you have your farrier come out and counsel you on the best decision regarding the comfort of your horse’s hooves. If you are unsure of the footing in the camping area, call ahead and ask a park ranger or supervisor what the ground conditions are like on the trails. Are they rocky, meandering paths? Or old roads made of sand and dirt? Is there a lot of pavement or is it mostly grass? Weather conditions should also be measured against the decision over your horse’s feet. The answers to these questions will help you and your farrier decide what is best for your horse regarding hoof care.
One of the worst things to happen, after all of your preparation would be to show up at your destination, check in with the park supervisor, and be turned away because your horse doesn’t
7 Essential Items for Camping with Your HorseIllustrations by William GreenlawEditorial by HYP Staff
Sometimes, no matter how much you’ve planned for your trip, something goes awry, and you find yourself fumbling for a tool to help you get out of a jam. Here are eight items that we advise bringing with you at all times:
1. Lighter or matches: You may have packed your portable grill along with propane, only to realize that your igniter button no longer works…after you’ve reached the campsite. No matter what the scenario, always make sure you have matches or a lighter packed in a clean, dry area.
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have the proper vaccinations and/or paperwork required by that specific campground. Taking the time to call ahead and check the requirements for horse and rider can save you from being unexpect-edly turned away. Most campgrounds that permit horses, like the Myles Standish State Forest, located in southeastern Massachusetts, require a current negative Coggins and Rabies vaccine. If you haven’t had your veterinarian out for spring shots, set up an appointment before you go camping to make sure your horse is properly covered and you have all the required documents.
What To Pack Start with safety. Make sure you have horse and human First Aid kits. Among the typical items in your equine First Aid kit, make sure you include things that might prove necessary on the trail such as extra bandages, Banamine, bute, iodine, triple antibiotic ointment, vet wrap, duct tape, an extra hoof pick, a hoof boot, pocket knife and Zinc Oxide cream or sunscreen. Again, the number of essential items in this kit will depend on your proximity to emergency help and length of stay.
After you feel confident in your First Aid supplies, make a list of tack and grooming essen-
tials. Go through all your equipment and label it. Check for wear and tear and replace anything worn with something less prone to break out in the wilderness. Bring extra everything, including a halter and lead rope, saddle pads and girths. You also want to pack buckets for water and manure. Find out the campsite regulations for horse waste removal and adhere to those rules. Never use the same bucket for waste and water. A simple way to make sure buckets don’t get mixed up is to label them for their designated purpose.
There is an old cowman code that says, “Treat your horse better than you treat yourself.” If you apply this same rule to camping with your horse, the experience will be that much more positive for you and your equine. Your horse’s comfort should be your top priority when packing grooming supplies. The grooming kit should include brushes, a hoof pick, sponge, hair detan-gler—you never know when you’ll come upon an unexpected burr patch—and most importantly, fly and tick repellent. Your horse is carrying you or your gear around all day, the least you can do is give him a healthy dose of bug repellent to let him know you’re grateful. The sponge might come in handy if the temperature rises above a comfortable level or you want to rinse the sweat
from his neck and back at the end of the day.Checking the weather before you leave will
also help you know what extra things to bring along. But, even if the forecast calls for clear skies, there is always the possibility of an unex-pected frost or rain shower so make sure you pack appropriate gear and clothing for those weather-related surprises.
For some campers, there is nothing better than putting your feet up after a long day of riding and enjoying warm food in front of a campfire. Your horse is no different. Though he might not feel the same relaxation concerning fire, he will need to have energy sustaining meals while camping.
Some campgrounds offer natural grasses your horse can graze on, but don’t count on food being available to him. Pack his daily caloric requirements, plus additional provisions, as he’ll be using more energy than normal. The same goes for water if the campground you plan to stay at does not offer access to any water spickets or naturally safe water sources.
Containing Your Horse An important question to ask yourself and fellow campers is, how will you secure your horses when you’re not riding them? Does the campground you are staying at provide paddocks or stalls? If not, what other options are available? While there are many possibilities, the important thing is to abide by each park’s rules regarding containment of horses, and what you and your horse are most comfortable with.
Since the typical horse has already spent some time enclosed behind a paddock or electric fence, a portable corral makes a convenient option for the majority of campers. It is also one of the safest as it allows your horse free range of motion.
According to Veronica Golbinec, New England Account Manager for Ramm Fencing and Stalls, portable fencing is the way to go. “We’ve had our Portable Camping Corral for years and years; it’s a great product.” There are some portable camping corrals that come complete within their own carrying cases and weigh just 18 lbs. Golbinec also recommends round pen panels. “We’ve had people use light
2. Swiss Army knife: A Swiss Army knife, or any other knife with multiple tools can come in handy in many circumstances: whether your foot gets stuck in the stirrup on the trail, your horse’s leg gets caught in branches, or you find a tick on him, the tools found on one of these knives can be helpful in a number of instances.
3. Compass or GPS: Many camping areas provide maps to their guests, but unfolding one can get compli-cated while riding. A lighted compass or GPS can prove to be helpful at all hours of the day, especially if you’re lost and want to get back to your campsite before dusk.
4. Extra medication: Be sure to carry extra medica-tion on you at all times, especially on the trails. Antihistamines such as Benadryl will be helpful if you get stung by a bee, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) should be packed for you and your horse in the event that either of you get injured or sick.
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duty round pen panels off the back of their trailers to make temporary corrals—they’re light enough to fit right inside the trailer.”
Another popular option for securing horses is the high-line system. This is a method in which multiple horses are tied to the same line of nylon rope. The rope extends between two objects. An example would be two trees of roughly the same size, 15' or so apart from one another. A rope would be placed over a Burlap sack or Tree Saver, which prevents the bark from being rubbed off the tree, and tied 6" or so above the height of your horse’s head using a double half-hitch knot. The horses can then be tied 5' or so apart along the rope using their leads and halters to allow for some range of motion but not too much slack that they could tangle themselves up. This method is gener-ally accepted in most places as being the second most appropriate way to secure your horse besides portable fencing. An important note here would be to carry the aforementioned pocketknife with you in case you need to quickly release your horse from any sort of tie system.
It is not recommended and not safe to tie your horse to your trailer overnight. There are too many things that your horse can snag his lead or
body on and hurt himself trying to pull away.
Gear Two hundred years ago, traveling with horses was the main way people got around. They used physical maps, route memorization and constella-tion recognition to help them differentiate between east and west, and north and south. Today, we can still utilize the sun and the sky, but we can also take advantage of technology. We have cell phones and GPS devices. Depending upon cell service, we can download maps and compasses onto an iPhone, tracking our progress and mileage along the way. We can call for help. Some high tech camping gadgets run off satellites and do not need cell towers for reception. With advances in tech-nology, many GPS products are offered with color imaging, dual orientation, compass, and camera. Everything you could ever need is sized to fit in a saddlebag or jacket pocket.
Advancements in fabric technology permit the rider to find comfort in almost any weather condi-tion. Breeches and shirts can be found in both lightweight and breathable materials to waterproof and fleece lined cotton blends. Helmets and chest guards offer more protection than ever, while
allowing your body heat to circulate, preventing excessive sweating and overheating.
Technology for horses has also changed. Fabrics have become more tear-resistant, padded, and lightweight. There are new hoof boots specifically designed for the weekend getaway horse and rider, offering protection and comfort to your equine’s hooves for up to 25 miles a day. Another product beneficial to campers is slim, water-resistant stow-away packs that fit to almost any saddle, including western, English and endurance. These stowaway packs are the modern saddlebag and provide riders a way to carry important items in an organized, balanced fashion.
Whether you are preparing for a weekend getaway or week-long adventure, camping with your horse is a lot of work. Careful planning along with improvements in technology, including modern day bug repellent and portable corrals, helps to make the experience more enjoyable and safe for horse and rider. Taking the time to call campgrounds in advance and pack sensibly will pay off in the time you can spend riding the trails and relaxing with your horse.
To find a horse-friendly campground in your area visit www.horseandmuletrails.com.
5. First Aid kit: Be sure to pack First Aid kits for both yourself and your horse. In addition to packing bandages, Banamine, bute, anti-bacterial ointment, and vet wrap, keep a thermometer (with thong and clip) on hand in case you need to check your equine’s vital signs.
6. Tarps: Sure, you’ve brought a tent, poncho, and extra rain gear, but then the unthinkable happens and your tent rips while setting up camp, or your poncho gets destroyed after a fall in the woods. A tarp will quickly become your go to item to help keep you dry and warm in all kinds of weather conditions.
7. Headlamp or flashlight: Whether you needto check on the horses in the middle of the night, use the restroom, or the campfire goes out and you find yourself fumbling back to the tent, a headlamp or flashlight can be helpful in many situations.
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Learn why the Friesian sport horse is turning heads across the northeast
If you’re seeking an elegant show horse with a good tempera-ment, look no further than the Friesian Sport Horse. Although it can be quite difficult to define these athletic equines in one sentence, as they can be crossed with a variety of breeds, fans of
Friesian Sport Horses all agree that they make wonderful mounts.For more than a century, people crossbred Friesians, but concerns
over their potential extinction caused the Dutch Friesian registry (FPS/FHANA) to forbid crossbreeding, although the German Friesian registry (FPZV) allowed it. Now, crossbreeding of purebred Friesian stallions has become more widely accepted. There are even multiple organizations dedicated to promoting these crossbreeds, or “sport horses.”
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“I come from a Warmblood background, but converted to Friesian Sporthorses because they’re so great,” says Gigha Steinman, Executive Director of the Friesian Sporthorse Association. “We select the top level proven warmbloods and Thoroughbreds and combine them with the top Friesians. This results in true Sporthorses, combining the Friesian’s temperament, beauty, and expressive gaits with added athleticism and endurance—the best characteristics of both breeds. Friesian Sporthorses excel in dressage and driving. They’re light, responsive, and their quiet attitudes make them especially appealing to American ladies of a certain age.”
The Friesian Heritage Horse and Sport Horse International Registry website says it is the largest, fastest-growing registry in the U.S. for horses of Friesian heritage. It accepts all documented horses of 25% or greater Friesian heritage. It promotes responsible breeding through optional DNA and inspection programs, which place an emphasis on verifi-cation and correctly identifying “suitability of type” through its USDF affiliation and Open Awards program. It was designed to be inclu-sive and not exclusive, dedicated to preserving quality and promoting accomplishment.
“Our take is that Sport Horses have to go out and prove their ability in the show
ring or through Keuring inspections,” says Cindy Bellamy, Council Member. “The term is very specific and applies to certain disciplines: dressage, jumping, and combined training. But Friesians don’t move like Sport Horses—they move like high-stepping carriage horses, which is what they were originally bred for. We accept horses competing in any discipline.
“We recognize three categories. Sport Type is the basic Sport Horse: jumping, dressage, or combined training. Park Types are more like saddle seat, and may be gaited. Utility
Type includes horses moving in a low and easy manner, like hunters or Quarter Horses. Everything you breed to a Friesian is not a Sport Horse, but it can be a Friesian Heritage Horse.”
“The Friesian Sport Horse Registry was founded in 1996. At that time, there were registries for purebreds, but none for Friesian crosses,” says Kristine Gabriel, Registrar. “There were a lot of Friesian stallions in the U.S. who hadn’t been inspected and approved, so their foals couldn’t be registered. Our registry was created for those horses and owners.
“We started with just a few members, then people saw what nice horses they were, and the registry grew. Now, we’re the largest and oldest Friesian Sport Horse registry in the U.S. with over 4,000 members.
“A Friesian Sport Horse combines a lot of good attributes from different breeds. Friesians contribute good bone, a nice high neck set, and that wonderful mind and disposition of wanting to learn and wanting to please. Whether you cross a Friesian with an Arabian, a Thoroughbred, or a Morgan, the resulting foal is quite lovely.
“There are basically two main groups who enjoy Friesian Sport Horses. One is someone who wants a gentle, beautiful, people-loving horse to ride and enjoy. The other is someone who wants a wonderful dressage horse who commands attention.
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Friesian bloodlines. The other parts can be any breed, but the Friesian parts must be docu-mented. The breeder fills out a form. While we encourage DNA testing, we do not require it. We rely on the owner’s honesty. “We are affiliated with the USDF and their All-Breeds Program. We also have an open competition program which recognizes accomplishments in unrecognized shows, competitive driving, English and Western Pleasure, and even trail riding. Our philosophy is ‘keep it affordable and keep it simple.’”
Danielle Barrasso is the owner/trainer at DD Performance Horses in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts. She breeds and shows Friesian Sporthorses. In 2011, Danielle competed in the International Friesian Show Horse Association (IFSHA)World and Grand National Horse Show, winning 14 World and Grand National Championships, six World and National Reserve Championships, and ten top fives. She was also nominated for the United States Equestrian Federations’s (USEF) title of Equestrian of the Year, and was the 2011 USEF Vaughan Smith Trophy Award recipient, presented annually to the best rider of any horse or pony breed shown in Hunter Pleasure, Show Hack, Hunter Hack, Dressage Hack, Costume, Sidesaddle, or Western Dressage.
“I got involved in 1996,” she says. “We specialize in crossing Friesians with warm-
bloods and Arabians. I purchased my purebred Friesian Stallion Steffen S. in November of 2005, as a colt with the intent to crossbreed. He’d just been awarded a first premium and was Champion of the Friesian Keuring for the Northeast. This year he won World Champion Dressage Sport Horse Friesian Stallion.
“I like the diversity of Friesian Sport Horses. Crossbreeding can refine their endurance, athleticism, size, and color. It also allows you to
show in a million other registries. They always have that wonderful loving disposition, are lovely to handle and be around, and are easy to train. They have wonderful movement— and feathers!”
Gail Miller owns Harmony Acres in Middlebury, Vermont. She bred Friesian Sport Horses for five years, and now is breeding only purebreds.
“[Sport Horses] make a nice horse for smaller riders,” she says. “They’re easy to collect, easy to ride, and have smooth gaits. You can have them a little more refined, more petite. They’re very sweet, responsive, and incredibly athletic. They make good family horses, and of course they excel at driving. They’re willing to try many different disciplines, and make better jumpers than purebreds. They’re easy keepers, have good conformation, really good hard feet, and are more affordable. They really are wonderful.”
Affordability is an impor-tant factor. The old adage says, breed the horse you can’t afford to buy. If you have a nice mare and are thinking a Friesian Sport Horse might be your next horse, Robert Labrie might have a stallion or two you’d like to meet. He owns Friesians of Majesty in Townshend, Vermont. At 650 acres and with 70 Friesians, it’s the largest Friesian farm in North America.
“Our farm is home to award winning Othello and Mathijs, two outstanding FPZV first premium approved Friesian
breeding stallions,” he says. “Othello’s the number one Friesian stallion in the world. Both scored 8.2 in their stallion Keuring test, breaking the previous record. Their foals consis-tently do extremely well. Othello’s first foal crop was top quality—half went first premium, and half went second premium.
“Big or small, we support and contribute to owners’ breeding programs and long term goals. Bring your mare to us, or we can ship semen to you. We also provide embryo transfer services. Blood stock is available for purchase. Friesians of Majesty is devoted to the promotion and development of the Friesian and Friesian crosses
Danielle Barrasso and Partbred Stallions 2 & Under Champion Darach D at the 2011 IFSHA World Championships.
Gigha Steinman riding Lexington, an approved Elite Book Friesian Sporthorse stallion.
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as modern Sport Horses.”“I want to distinguish Friesian crosses from
Friesian Sporthorses,” says Judy DeBoer, owner of Saucony Creek Sporthorses in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. “We specialize in the breeding and development of Friesians and Friesian Sporthorses with world class pedigrees, supe-rior stamina, kind and willing temperaments, and natural dressage talent. Just breeding any Friesian stallion to any old mare won’t neces-sarily produce a horse who will excel.
“I know this is controversial, but I believe a lot of breeders have the equation back-wards. Friesians are beautiful, but they’re cart horses, bred to push into harness, not carry weight. They need improvement in order to become excellent riding horses. I breed pure Friesian mares to proven European warmblood stallions, then take the resulting fillies and breed them back to different successful warm-blood stallions.
“Our goal is to produce a horse who looks like a purebred Friesian but is better suited to dressage and has more innate talent and ability. We want to add natural elasticity and supple-ness without sacrificing animated action and strength and carrying power to the hindquar-ters, increased ability to step under and collect,
and forwardness and sensitivity without sacri-ficing the Friesian’s outstanding temperament and willingness to work.
“Friesian Sporthorses are good at a variety of tasks. They have great temperaments and are absolutely beautiful. They’re uncomplicated and eye-catching. They really stand out. They’re so easy to work with—they’re perfect for the amateur-owner or for an older woman coming
back into riding who wants something smart but safe, with a smooth gait, that has upper level potential.”
“Friesian Sport Horses are wonderful,” says Jamie Cinq-Mars of Springfield, Massachusetts. “I found out about them from my trainer. I bred my mare to a Friesian stallion. [I now have] Bentley D. who is ¾ Friesian and ¼ Missouri Fox Trotter. He’s just turned two.
“What I like best about Friesian Sport Horses is that they’re extremely athletic, versatile, loving, and loyal. They always try hard to please you. They’ll go as high and as far as they can. And, of course, they have that look.
“My goal will be to teach Bentley D. to drive, which should be quite easy. He’s a really quick learner. Last October, I brought him to the World Championships in Virginia, and he won four different classes. Friesian Sport Horses can do almost anything. They have looks and brains.”
So, there you have it. As one person suggested, go to a farm and visit with some of these amazing horses. Talk to owners. Decide which registry best fits your needs, and then decide what you might like. Of course, sometimes a horse just picks you—in which case, the question of which registry to join may not matter at all.
Friesian Sporthorses are good at a variety of tasks. They have great temperaments and are absolutely beautiful.
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LONG ISLAND HAS A MEANINGFUL CONNECTION TO OUR LATIN AMERICAN NEIGHBORS, thanks to trainer Raul de Leon, who provided the riders of many South and Central American countries with a strong foundation. Show jumping, their main interest, was supplemented with the basics of classical horsemanship (dressage) to improve technique and under-standing.
Juan Andres Rodriguez Silva of Guatemala trained with Raul on Long Island in 1992 under the sponsorship of the International Olympic Committee/FEI Olympic Solidarity Program. He also attended Raul’s FEI clinics in Guatemala. He represented his country in the Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Guadalajara, Mexico, as well as in the Hong Kong Olympics, and has shown young horses in jumping championships in Belgium for the Dutch breeders. Nowadays he runs the Equestrian Center “El Cortijo” with his father, Wilder Rodriguez, a former Uruguayan cavalry officer, emphasizing the basics that he learned from Raul.
MEET SHOW JUMPER RAUL DE LEONby Paula Rodenas
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The New England Horsemen’s Council (NEHC) 2011 year-end awards banquet, hosted by the Maine Horse
Association and their committee members Jo Hight and Paulajean O’Neill, was held January 28, 2012 at the Portland Marriot at Sable Oaks in South Portland, Maine. Giving out over 100 beautiful awards including the USHJA Zone 1 Championships, the NEHC brought together exhibitors and horsemen from all over New England for a wonderful evening of networking, dining, and dancing to a live band. Along with their awards, each cham-pion and reserve champion received a gift of an NEHC horse registration for the coming year.
Seven past NEHC Presidents were in attendance, including Joe Lombard, Carlton Chamberlin, Daniel K. Chamberlin, Marilyn Childs, Beverly Gifford-Vars, Joan Travers, and Liz Rooney—the first woman to be voted in as an NEHC President, and who received a lovely tribute for a lifetime of supporting the NEHC.
As the award presentations progressed, a raffle held as a fundraiser and organized by the Western Medal Committee, was drawn by ticket number, giving winners a great group of prizes and gift baskets to choose from. The junior young ladies were all dressed in “evening chic,” creating quite the fashion show as they stood for their award pictures.
After the presentations, coats, ties, and shoes came off as the Brian Curtis Johnson Band began to play onstage and had everyone up and dancing until the end of the evening. Over 175 exhibitors, trainers, and
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family members attended this year’s banquet and all agreed it was held in typical NEHC style, creating a great atmosphere to celebrate the 2011 show champions!
Meet and GreetNew this year to the NEHC banquet, the organization sponsored a “Meet and Greet,” offering an opportunity for exhibitors to meet with various Medal Committee members. Representing the Saddle Seat, Western, and Hunt Seat Medal finals, the committee members were on hand to answer questions and give information about the various disciplines.
For those who signed up when they arrived at the Meet and Greet, two $50 gift certificates to L.L. Bean were given out in a drawing and won by Janna Flynn and Courtney Frans. This new event, open to all NEHC members, was well attended and held just prior to the banquet. There were videos of past medal finals, brochures, the NEHC Rulebook, and a Horsemen’s Yankee Pedlar wall calendar for 2012 available as well.
This was a great way for people to learn about what happens in the medals and to find out about the different riding disciplines. Representing the Hunt Seat Medal was New England Equitation Championships Liaison Beverly Gifford-Vars, and Olana Laffey, who doubled as the USHJA Representative for Zone 1 awards. The Western Medal was represented by event organizers Camille W. Pepin, Anne Messina, Ginny Kavannagh, Jim Mullaly, and awarding the Saddle Seat Medal were Sherri Lampropoulos, Lillian Gillpin, and Katie and Sharron Alemian.
It was interesting to note the differences and similarities in how the various medals are run. This is a new aspect of the New England Horsemen’s Council Banquet and one that the NEHC Board of Directors intend to continue.
Exhibitors don’t often get a chance to learn about the other riding disciplines, as it’s easy to be so busy just in their own field. This helped bring together all the various competi-tors in the New England area crossing all the equitation divisions.
Also on hand were Board of Directors for the New England Horsemen’s Council: President Sue Arthur, Vice President Jo Hight, Secretary Paula Jean O’Neill, Administrator Cindy Travers, and Prize List Editor Kathy Dunn. Everyone agreed it was a great success and looks forward to being able to attend this event next year.
For more information on NEHC and a complete list of year-end award winners, visit www.nehc.info.
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Bernardo lopez Menendez and Diego Muyshondt of el salvador also studied with raul on long island under the ioc/Fei program, Bernardo in 1990 and Diego in 2001. Bernardo represented el salvador in interna-tional jumping competition and in 2010 won individual and team gold medals at the central american games in panama. he was selected to serve as chef d’equipe at the pan am games in Mexico. in 2010 Diego became the first salvadorian rider to win an individual silver medal in jumping in the central american and caribbean games in puerto rico.
colombians have also reaped the benefits of raul’s instruction. luis espinosa spent a summer training with raul at Morven park, Va., in 1988 and went on to win the indi-vidual gold show jumping medal in the pan am games. ricardo Villa, a 1987 graduate of the Westmoreland Davis equestrian institute at Morven park, became head trainer at the country club of Bogota in the late 1980s and was a member of several national jumping teams representing colombia in interna-tional competition. gabriel Duque, a 1987 Westmoreland Davis graduate, has run a large equestrian center on the outskirts of Bogota since the early 1990s.
raul taught with his fellow student tad coffin, the 1976 olympic three-Day eventing gold Medalist (individual and team), at the Westmoreland Davis equestrian institute at Morven park for several years, 1984 - 1990, before returning to long island. the ioc/Fei sponsored many foreign students and enabled them to train with raul at his long island equestrian institute. since 1990 raul has given week-long jumping and dressage clinics in latin america sponsored three times by the equestrian Federation of el salvador, twice by the equestrian Federation of honduras, twice by the National equestrian Federation of guatemala, twice by the colombian equestrian Federation, and four times by the Mexican equestrian Federation. he also conducted a clinic in peru and three in Brazil.
all of his clinics were well received. in a letter to raul following his 2003 course for jumping trainers, rosario garcia de Martinez, secretary general of the colombian National Federation stated: “the course was of the highest standards and importance, and since it was attended by 33 colombian trainers, we certainly believe this event will improve colombian jumping standards and will be espe-cially beneficial to the colombian equestrian community.” the president of the Mexican equestrian Federation, patricio zambrano
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Plant, praised raul for his professionalism.“The main thrust of my instruction is to base
every aspect of the training of horses and riders on the principles of the classical dressage method,” said raul. he takes the time to give riders a strong and supple seat and teach the horses to go on the bit. according to raul, it is difficult to esti-mate the future of riding in Latin america because results depend so largely on investment in quality horses and good trainers. Brazil presently enjoys financial prosperity, he believes, followed by Mexico, Venezuela, and colombia. Several top Venezuelan riders work, train and compete in the
United States.“The achilles tendon of Latin
american riding is a lack of leadership, structure and work ethic as compared to the top European and North american teams,” said raul. he is pleased with his former Latin american students’ success as trainers, instructors and competitors, but said, “I realize that you cannot sufficiently effectuate changes in a nation’s eques-trian society with a few clinics. Since the major international competitions occur in four-
year intervals, like with the Olympics, you need to implant a realistic four-year program to help produce successful teams. Special attention must be given to the education and development of young riders.”
raul himself had a classical background that included instruction with leading European horsemen in his native cuba, where he was the 1960 Junior Jumping champion. he trained with Luis de La Valette, captain of the cuban interna-tional show jumping team, at the club hipico de alamar in havana. When the castro regime closed the University of Villanova in havana, raul came
to the United States to attend college. he worked closely with the late Bertalan de Nemethy, who was coach of the United States Equestrian Team for 20 years beginning in 1950. raul organized many clinics with de Nemethy and contributed to his instructional book and video. he also benefitted from the influence of such promi-nent dressage people as Gunnar Ostergaard and Maria Gunther.
In 1994 raul was named Instructor of the Year by the american riding Instructors’ association (arIa). The title of Master Instructor is a high honor that raul shares with such notable people as Jack Le Goff, George Morris, Denny Emerson, robert Dover, Lendon Gray, and Michael Page, among others. raul said, “It is gratifying that my lifetime efforts have been recognized and appreciated.”
raul stays in touch with his Latin american students and, of course, takes pride in what his North american students have accomplished. In addition to Tad coffin’s three-day medals, James Benedetto of Long Island became the first junior to qualify for both the Maclay Finals and the dres-sage finals in the same year (1981). Other students have excelled in dressage, jumping and equita-tion. raul is a respected teacher who often contributes to professional publications. he strives to maintain the highest standards in a sport about which he is passionate.
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Twenty-two riders entered to compete in the January Thaw Ride and
Drive, held January l4 in South Woodstock, Vt. But with nasty weather predicted on the day of the anticipated event, those from southern New Hampshire and Maine reconsidered, and even some of the hardy regulars who have participated in the Ride and Drive for many years opted out. This left two drivers and seven riders to start out from Kedron Valley Stables at 9:30 a.m. for what turned out to be the oasis in the heart of pretty tricky winter weather. The temperature rose to the twenties, the wind was light, the sun shone albeit coolly for most of the day, and the scenery was “Christmas card perfect,” according to driver Robin Groves. Judging the event were Thaw regular Linda Glock and rookie Joan Hiltz, a veterinarian.
Groves, driving her Morgan gelding Derawnda Ricardo, was Grand Champion of the Drive, leading everyone else by a wide margin in a drive of her own all the way.
Wilson Groves, the only male competitor, driving RG Black Fletcher, was accompanied by three outriders from start to finish—Erin Lowe riding Callistro Rain, Christina Phillips aboard Sir Douglas, and Heather Hoyns on Zainal. Manager Jenny Kimberly rode Lyric alongside Leah Titus on Jenny’s Dixie D, followed by mother and daughter Connie and Courtney Walker, bringing up the rear on Hermione Granger and Picabo Street.
In the past 30 years, Robin Groves has driven in all but one January Thaw. The year she missed, her father had passed away. This was Derawnda Ricardo’s first Thaw. He’s an 11-year-old with a pedigree of show horse/Midwest working horse; he’s competed in combined driving events and since he’s been with the Groves, he’s become a good ridden trail horse and lesson horse. His 99.5 score reflected his overall quality of performance—the half
point off was for body carriage.“He can be pretty high—he acted up and
was silly at the start, but a few miles of South Woodstock roads and Morgan Hill settled him down. He’s a good mover with a steady trot but he can play deaf. In combined driving, he’s still pretty dismal at dressage—he can’t stand still at X for starters.”
One would think that drivers would be frozen solid without the warmth of the horse to keep them from getting frostbite, but Robin claims she doesn’t get cold. She swears by Alpaca socks and mittens instead of gloves and earmuffs and lots of layers.
Wilson Groves’ Black Fletcher is a 9-year-old Morgan from Nebraska. “We had our eyes on him forever but have only owned him since August. He’s a big strong mover and doesn’t worry about things—he has a nice ho-hum atti-tude.” Black Fletcher was a cattle ranch horse and has also done combined driving with no dressage hang-ups. This was his first competi-tive drive. The Groves stick around in Vermont for the Thaw, but take off for Florida a week later with three horses for a couple of months. They stop to compete in Southern Pines on their way home and are back by mid-April.
The Ride championship was actually won by three contestants—Courtney and Connie Walker and Erin Lowe, all with perfect low scores, but the three-way tie was resolved by a coin flip. Courtney and her Picabo Street took top honors, followed by Connie on Hermione and Erin on Callistro Rain.
Picabo has covered a lot of territory, both in New England rides and elsewhere, pushing the 3,000 mile mark for competitive and endur-ance rides. She’s small, at 14.1 in front and 14.2 in the back, according to Courtney. “But there’s nothing pony about the way she covers ground,” she says. She and Connie’s Anglo-Arab Hermione are a year apart and were brought up together. “It was great having a pretty mild and open winter up until now—we got to condition a lot in the woods of Cornish, N.H., instead of just on the road.”
Courtney and Picabo won the Thaw a couple of years ago as well. Connie’s Hermione doesn’t have as much mileage but she’s experienced in both competitive trail and endurance. She was bred to an Irish Draught stallion for a June 2011 foal and had just weaned the foal six weeks before the Thaw.
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Erin has ridden with the Groves for many years and takes over the chores at their farm while they’re away, in addition to working at the Woodstock Inn. Her 7-year-old mare, a Saddlebred/Morgan cross was bought as yearling, and before she turned two, she had a foal by her half-brother. It was Callistro Rain’s first Thaw—in fact her first competi-tive ride ever—although she’s done hunter paces and participated in the Wassail Parade for several years. She’s better in company than alone and can be a little hot and silly, but Erin was more than happy with her score of 100.
Among the other ride participants was, Christina Phillips, a veteran area trail rider and horse person. Her Thoroughbred Sir Douglas has completed a lot of rides successfully, including some past Thaws.
Heather Hoyns, an area veterinarian, is also a veteran competitive trail and endurance rider on her grey Arab, Zainal.
Jenny Kimberly rode her Lyric, who has earned many perfect scores, and coached 12-year-old Leah Titus, the only Junior, on Dixie D. Dixie looks deceptively easy to ride, but she’s actually not; she has to be asked properly and has a mind of her own. Leah has been riding her since the fall.
There were no mishaps, and the route was the same as the last few years with most of the upward hills in the first half of the Thaw and the downward hills in the second half, with a chili break at the Greenalls. The Thaw is an Eastern Competitive Trail Ride Association 25-miler with a 3 hour, 45 minute minimum and a maximum of 4 hours and 30 minutes.
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Thirty-three Massachusetts horse farms and stables across the Commonwealth were honored by the Massachusetts Farm Bureau
Federation (MFBF) for achievement in the organization’s “Horse Farm of Distinction” program. MFBF President A. Richard Bonanno, PhD called the selected farms, “the rising stars” and added, “These farms repre-sent a safe and professional image. They truly show-case the horse industry in Massachusetts.”
The “Horse Farm of Distinction” program began in 1990 as a means of giving public recognition to Bay State horse farms who set high standards and achieve a level of excellence in overall horse health, farm management, and compli-ance with public safety. Judging for all applicants is conducted at each farm or stable by horse industry professionals and represen-tatives of MFBF’s Equine Advisory Committee.
Standards for judging include a broad spec-trum of categories. Animal health represented half of the possible points to be earned, and took into consideration appearance of the animals together with evidence of a sound equine health program. Many aspects of animal health come under scrutiny, including vaccination/immunization schedules, parasitic control, general veterinary care, farrier care, and nutrition and feeding programs. The farm inspection covers many factors related to the condition and maintenance of build-ings, turnouts, pastures, riding surfaces, and fencing. Safety, first aid and fire protection programs are also examined, as well as pest control and adequate provisions, both indoors and outdoors, for proper animal care. In addi-tion to all of these criteria, applicants are also judged on evidence of good farm/commu-nity relations, proper and adequate insurance coverage, and compliance with state and local operating and instructing licenses.
The extensive schedule of judging started in August and ran through November 2011. The
33 farms being honored achieved a final score of at least 85% to qualify for the prestigious designation.
The honorees, listed by county, are as follows: Berkshire County - Sommer Hill Farm owned by Donald Sommer of Adams; Undermountain Farm owned by Tjasa Sprague
of Lenox; Bristol County - Bristol County Agricultural High School, Dighton Chipaway Stables, Inc. owned by David Costa of Acushnet; Johnson & Wales University Center for Equine Studies in Rehoboth; Teaberry Farm owned by Kathy Jacques of Taunton; Cape Cod and the Islands - Highlander Farm owned by Megan Hawkes-Romiza of East Falmouth; Holly Hill Farm owned by Nancy W. Venezia of Marstons Mills; Sea Horse Farm owned by Bud and Marcia Nugent of Harwich; Smithfield Farm owned by Janice Foster of East Falmouth; Woodbe Farm, Inc. owned by Tracey A. Olsen of Vineyard Haven; Essex County - Essex Agricultural Technical High School in Hathorne; High Tail Acres, LLC owned by Dawn DelTorchio of Newbury; Sons of the Wind, LLC owned by Julie Bottum of Merrimac; The Barnyard Maples owned by Gale D. Meserve of Byfield; Hampden County - Klineview Stables owned by Holly Turner of Southwick; Silvercryst Farm owned by Paul A. Gregoire of Southwick; Hampshire
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(L-R) Clifford Taylor, Agricultural Manager of Essex Agricultural Technical High School; MFBF President, Dr. A. Richard Bonanno, PhD; Caren Polillio and William Piazza of Lazy Stallion Fresians; MFBF Director of Member Relations, Cheryl Lekstrom; and John Dougherty of Briggs Stable LLP and Chairman of the MFBF Equine Committee.
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The Hanson Riding Club held its Annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 21, at the Halifax Country Club in Halifax, Mass.
Despite the snowy weather this year, the event was very well attended, and everyone enjoyed dinner, dancing, and the awards ceremony. There were many talented riders who were recognized and awarded for their exemplary horsemanship skills. Kate Brady received the special Showmanship Challenge Award with Meadowoods Jubilee. This annual Award is given to a rider who demonstrates exemplary showmanship skills throughout the season, culminating with a judged championship class at the HRC Supreme Show held in October.
In other divisions, Cadence Scheer was cham-pion of Leadline 7 and Under on Marshals Fancy Lady and Hadley Rae Balmes was awarded reserve champion on Zee Zee Zip.
Olivia Johnson and Truly Dee Straw won the
County - Twin Orchard Farm owned by Charles Kaniecki of Southampton; Middlesex County - Andimar Farm owned by Laurie C. Marchant of Billerica; Berryfield Farm owned by George Berry of Lincoln; Harmony Horse Stables, LLC owned by Kathryn Cecere of Littleton; Larkspur Farms owned by Gerald Cupp of Littleton; Pompositticut Farm owned by Jackie Kane of Hudson; Sterling Riding Stables owned by Dawn Frazer of Pepperell;
The Ponderaia owned by Laine Raia of North Reading; Plymouth County - Briggs Stable, LLP owned by John Dougherty of Hanover; Creek Crossing Farm, LLC owned by Alyssa Trifone of Hingham;
Lazy Stallion Friesians owned by Caren A. Polillio of West Bridgewater; Whit Acres Farm owned by Kristen Whittaker of Norwell; Worcester County - Deer Run Farm owned by Robert P. Goodman of Sutton; Summergate Farm owned by Sue Storbeck of Bolton; Walking High Farm owned by Becky and Harry Kalagher of Douglas; Winterberry Farm LTD owned by James and Sandra C. Kunkel of Dudley.
For more information on the MFBF and the “Horse Farm of Distinction” program, visit www.mfbf.net.
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Student representatives and Clifford Taylor, Agricultural Manager from Essex Agricultural Technical High School, Hathorne, accept the Horse Farm of Distinction designation for their school at the MFBF Annual Meeting.
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Leadline 8 & Over class. Isabella LaPlume came in second place on The Dudes Wind Chaser.
The Walk-Trot 9 and Under Champion was Samantha Johnson on Truly Dee Straw. Reserve honors went to Taylor Loftus on Kegan.
Victoria Radin was awarded first place for Walk-Trot 10-12 on Echos Attraction. Caroline MacDonald was awarded second place on This Zippos Diamond.
Kelly Geddes and Jackson of Navajo received champion in the Walk-Trot 13-17 division. Ellie Beachus and If I Had One Wish were reserve champions.
The Walk-Trot 18 and Over Champion was Katelin Jenkins on Echos Attraction. Polly Ulichny on This Zippos Diamond won the reserve championship.
The winner of the Green Horse division was Shannon Mahoney on Chockstar. Maria Pirozzi was awarded reserve champion with Speaking of Angels.
In the Saddle Seat division, Alexandra Suchocki was the champion with Western Star Victory, and Kara Fanning took reserve on Iza Peepin Tom.
Katey Pestilli won the Western division on Dizzy Weedo. David Camara came in second in this division on Zee Zee Zip.
David Camara was the champion of the Adult division on Zee Zee Zip, followed by Lisa Doyle and Excessive Zip.
The Pony Division Champion was Colleen Down on Midnight Moon. Rachel Solari was reserve champion with The Breakfast Klub.
Kate Brady was also awarded Hunt Seat Junior Champion on Meadowoods Jubilee. Reserve went to Madeline Carr on OV Pompas.
The Hunt Seat Senior Champion was Emily Steenbruggen on LF Obviously A Prince, followed by Lisa Doyle and Yippee Ki Yay MF.
Brianna Wooten was victorious in Beginner Walk-Trot-Canter on Marshals Fancy Lady. Kendall Fiori took reserve on Stride N Rite.
Jennifer Ashley was awarded champion in Therapeutic Riding with Chocolate Lace. Amanda Leuder on It’s Sandy’s Show received the reserve championship.
William Piazza and Mitsouko took top honors in the Driving division. Piazza was also the reserve champion on Ytsen.
David Camara was awarded first place in the Miniature Horse division with Balmy Acres Vinny Van Go. Vikki Beuttel came in second place with FallenAshScoutsGottaKickItUp.
Katie Shepherd on Sonny No Spot won the Open Games. Madeline Carr on OV Pompas came in second.
Samantha Johnson won the Walk-Trot Games on Truly Dee Straw, followed by Sarah Downey and Jackson of Navajo.
Jane Spardaon was the champion of the Senior division with Lady Sharreeis Choice. Ed Careau won reserve champion on Zippolo.
In the Special Awards category, Polly Ulichny won the Good Hands Equitation Award. Samantha Johnson received the Wayne Rose Memorial Award. Katey Pestilli was the recipient of the Purina Senior Horse Award with Echos Attraction. David Camara was the winner of the Leann Edelman Memorial Award and the HRC Presidential Under Saddle Award with Zee Zee Zip. Jim’s Li’l Chico Memorial Challenge Award was given to Olivia Johnson and Truly Dee Straw.
For more information on the Hanson Riding Club, visit www.hansonridingclub.org.
E verything Equine will be mixing it up this year! It will feature eventing and more outdoors as well as an Extreme Trail Challenge and a fresh new
layout indoors. This spectacular weekend for horse lovers
offers merchandise, exhibits, indoor demon-strations, and seminars with equine experts. The 2012 show runs Saturday, April 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, April 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The primary focus of the weekend’s educa-tional opportunities will be the world of eventing, an equestrian triathlon comprised of cross-country, stadium jumping, and dressage. The featured clinician will be Sue Berrill, a well-known eventer from Brownsville, Vt.
The Everything Equine Extreme Trail Challenge will be held Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Twenty-five top level horse and rider teams will show off their horsemanship and skills at this judged and timed event. There will be over $2,700 in prize money, with $1,500 going to the winner.
Horsin’ Around on Saturday Night, Everything Equine’s “Edu-tainment” variety show, is moving back to Saturday night. Shop during the day and then enjoy demonstrations by a wide variety of equine breeds and disci-plines in the evening.
The popular Breed Row, Equine Art Display, and 4-H Kids Corner will once again be offered as well. Top equine experts will also offer more than 30 seminars and demonstrations.
More than 5,000 attendees are expected over the two days with approximately 150 exhibitors and vendors.
For more information on the Everything Equine Expo, please visit www.cvexpo.org.
Everything Equine Expoto feature eventing, extreme trail challenge
Three-time World Champion reiner David Davis visits the Pedlar booth at last year’s event.
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Hunt Seat Junior Champion Kate Brady with reserve champion Madeline Carr, third place recipient Gabrielle Brassard, fourth place recipient Erin Hurley (not pictured), fifth place recipient Katie Sheperd and sixth place recipient Rachel Solari.
The Leadline 7 and Under winners displaying their awards.
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Connecticut Horse Shows Association (CHSA) will again hold its Annual Awards Banquet at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Conn., on March 3, 2012. A silent auction will take place during the time that everyone is arriving. The judging of the barns contest will also take place at this time. Results will be announced following the awards ceremony.
The Parade of Champions, which includes Lead Rein and Walk-Trot Award recipients, will start off the ceremonies. This will be followed by dinner. After, CHSA will recognize those members who are to be rewarded for their achievement during the 2011 show season. Dancing will take place after the awards.
The following is a list of CHSA members that will be receiving year-end awards at the 79th annual banquet:
Lead Rein Hunt SeatMedal & Blue RibbonKylie hwalekmae mannismichaela DunnNatalie ParsonsSamantha hansenSophia Frisbiemira GobermanSarah BochanDevon Lemoinehayden VijilSonya Frisbieainsley StreckerPayton Lussencatherine mcWilliamsSara BoltonLexi PerryLuke Swaneyaddison Keyworth Walk-Trot Hunt Seat EquitationMedal & Blue RibbonElizabeth Levandoskimadison hartalyssa mcIlquhammeredith WardTimothy Belcourthaley resnickKayla rodriguezalexia haywardEliza Gilbertanna richardsonJamie ScarpantonioStephanie marcelinacaroline O. manciniTaylor althausaddison Keyworthcourtney ryanabigail Infanteremy SassoBeverly BanerjiElle haymondhannah Eshenfelder
Olivia adamsJulianne TroianoPaige connery Merit RibbonSamantha BorsariTessa QueiroloKatherine FifieldErica Listonhannah millerIsabelle PerezSophia Frisbieharper Sanford Walk-Trot Hunt Seat PleasureMedal & Blue RibbonTinkerbell, Tracy hartLilly Pulitzer, Tiffany BiancoItsy Bitsy, meredith Wardrosecroft’s marquee, Sally h. russellSee me Sparkle, Olivia Troianocaroline, Timothy BelcourtBittersweet Opal, maria moalliBrownland’s cashew, Kate Gibson randWatch me Jiggle, abigail InfantePunky Brewster, Trudy Wisselcoco Puff, Sally h. russellDaddy’s convertible, renee ScarpantonioJust Do It, morgan manciniheavenly Zechariah, Kyla SullivanBelong To me, Linda EvansShine, Isabelle PerezStreet Talk, Tessa Queiroloholiday honey, Eliza GilbertButtons, Linda EvansEverything’s rosie, mary FischerStonecroft Blue Daisy, michelle Bryans-conneryroxanne, michelle Bryans-connery
Merit RibbonDarby The Wonder Pony, mary FischerBreakfast at Tiffany’s, Trudy Wisselcute cousin Stella, Sally allisonmy heart Skips a Beat, michelle WollmershauserKris Kringle, Susanne mcGrady JUMPERSLow Training Jumperchampion: Ja Sweet and Low, hannah a. hatterreserve: heart maker, Sally h. russell3. Super Star, Stacey Pierce4. mauritius, Sally h. russell5. always Gold, Sherrill Woessner6. Fire For Effect, catherine Eagleston7. chinook, Shana O’connor Connecticut Open Jumperchampion: Just Do It, Kaitlyn Boggioreserve: askan, Patrick hamilton3. Laveno, Patrick hamilton Amateur Adult/Children’s Jumperchampion: Just Do It, Kaitlyn Boggioreserve: concerto, amanda G. Larder3. Draego, matthew r. Belcourt4. Laveno, Patrick hamilton5. Darco’s Symphony, Tracey clark6. miss Daisy, robert richard HUNTERSShort Stirrup Hunterchampion: heavenly Zechariah, Kyla Sullivan
reserve: Kestfar Super Pony, Zoe Swayne3. Snow covered, Taylor collar4. mcTavish, Trudy Wissel5. Berry, amy Olszewski6. Everything’s rosie, mary Fischer7. Lincoln Park, Jessica Oswald8. rosecroft’s marquee, Sally h. russell Pre-Children’s Hunter champion: Pep O mint Patti, Trudy Wisselreserve: hobgoblin, marisa henry3. Grandios Zuckwolf, Grace Tice4. movado’s masquerade, Nora andrews5. Poised By The Bay, cali Ebersole6. mac’s Bowtie, melissa Vogellus7. movado’s cashmere, hailey LaForte8. Double Take, chelsea Lemoine Children’s Hunter Pony champion: Sea Spray, Trudy Wisselreserve: Trick Or Treat, amanda L. Kean3. make a Wish, rachel roy4. Dreams Do come True, Jessica Sikorski5. Lots Of Dots, rachel roy6. Duck’s Unlimited, Wendy Brayman7. Skip Day, caitlyn Zaranek8. Tiny Bubbles, madison DiBella Children’s Hunter Horse champion: Oracle, morgan Taniwhareserve: Talk Of The Town, rachael Lyons3. Diesel, Tiffany Bianco4. Kahlua, Sara Pancavage5. ramanessins Graffiti, John Porter Green Pony Hunter champion: mcTavish, Trudy Wissel Pony Hunter champion: Orchard hill’s Double Take, Linda Evansreserve: Patches Of Blue, Trudy Wissel3. rollingwoods Stick Tight, Linda Evans4. Dreamland, Linda Evans5. Simply Perfect, Linda Evans6. Got That right, Trudy Wissel7. The Golden child, Wendy Brayman Long Stirrup Hunter champion: Ja Sweet and Low, hannah a. hatterreserve: hobgoblin, Teri L. henry3. Everything’s rosie, mary Fischer4. movado’s Satisfaction, Sasha W. Sanford5. Jumpers academy’s Jersey Girl, Stacey Pierce6. Zee couldn’t resist, Thomas J. rogers Modified Adult Amateur Hunter champion: hayleys comet, Emily abbatereserve: movado’s monet, annette Komlo3. chinook, Shana O’connor4. Something Borrowed, Tracey matthews 5. Lucky Little man, Stephanie Wise6. city Place, Kim miner7. hot rod Lincoln, christine connors Adult Amateur Hunter champion: No Dress code, Kristin Fedorreserve: Paradiddle, Jacqueline B. Strittmatter3. The Professor, Lynn Sanders4. minetta, Frances moppet Amateur Owner Hunter champion: matariki, Frances moppet Connecticut Hunter champion: chinook, Shana O’connorreserve: cosmopolitan, Trudy Wissel3. meant To Be, Susan h. clatsworthy EQUITATIONBeginner 11 & Over Equitation champion: autumn Ortizreserve: Kourtney hannigan3. Quinn h. Duwelius4. margo chapdelaine
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5. Katherine Strain6. molly carroll Open Hunt Seat Equitation Under 12champion: mia m. mannis Open Hunt Seat Equitation 12-14champion: John Porterreserve: Sarah Weinberg Open Hunt Seat Equitation 15-17champion: Irene Peluso Adult Amateur Hunt Seat Equitationchampion: Tracey clarkreserve: maureen Brady-Keyworth3. Tracy hart4. amanda G. Larder Long Stirrup Equitationchampion: rachael Finkelsteinreserve: Eden Brevik3. melissa rogers4. Teri L. henry5. Shea-Lauren ryan6. Sasha W. Sanford7. Laura D’amico8. alexis Devlin Short Stirrup Equitationchampion: Kyla Sullivanreserve: Zoe Swayne3. Susanne mcGrady4. morgan Islam5. Jessica Oswald6. Taylor collar7. carlie Poworoznek8. harper Sanford8. caroline Orzech Children’s Equitationchampion: marina colemanreserve: Jessica Lipponen3. clayton Parrotta4. clare Bornstein5. Jacey chorlton6. Kayla Fraser7. Gabriella Greco8. Briley Branden Junior Equitationchampion: John Porterreserve: Gabriella Tauro3. Lillian Wagner 4. ariel Leshem5. casey O’Dea Modified Adult Amateur Equitationchampion: Kiara Longoreserve: Erin Brennan3. christie Kinsella4. Jennifer Weisenberger5. maryann Gile6. celeste P. Benson7. Julia Barnett8. christine connors
Pre-Children’s Equitationchampion: Sarah Weinbergreserve: cali Ebersole3. Sarah Q. hachadourian4. melissa Vogellus5. Sydney Fydenkevez6. mia m. mannis7. Danielle mcIlquham8. caitlin Doocy
BREEDS, WESTERN & DRIVINGCHSA Western Pleasure hm champion: It’s all about albert, Pam makszinhm reserve: Jax In The Box, Jessica Edgerly Adult Western Pleasure hm champion: It’s all about albert, Pam makszinhm reserve: Jax In The Box, Jessica Edgerly
ASB 3G Junior Exhibitor champion: calloway’s Born With Style, Kate codeanne Half Arabian Hunter Pleasure champion: heirianna, Danielle Laudano
Open Hackney Pony champion: Totally Excellent, Elizabeth roden Open Hackney Pony Pleasure Driving champion: Spark Of Gold, Bud Laivoreserve: mr. Brightside, Elizabeth roden Open Roadster Pony champion: aG houdini, courtney cahill Open Carriage Driving champion: Uc Olympic Star, richard Jones Open Pleasure Driving champion: Uc Olympic Star, richard Jones PLEASUREChildren’s Pleasure Pony champion: Lilly Pulitzer, Tiffany Biancoreserve: Lots Of Dots, rachel roy3. Once In a Blue moon, Julia DeBaise4. Brownland’s cashew, Kate Gibson rand5. Darby The Wonder Pony, mary Fischer6. Lincoln Park, Jessica Oswald7. Walk In The Park, harper Sanford8. Stonecrofts Sucrose, Trudy Wissel Adult English Pleasure champion: I.c. artifacts, Brenda E. Johnsonreserve: hobgoblin, Teri L. henry3. Pippa, Laura Wright4. The Sweetest Thing, Kimberly a. Ehrlich5. Little Buddy, Jessica Gross6. News affair, Karen ann von Bachelle7. cosmopolitan, Trudy Wissel8. my heart Skips a Beat, michelle Wollmershauser Junior Exhibitor English Pleasure champion: Finer Things, Kate marcelinareserve: avallach’s coco chanel, Gia Sarkis3. Sweet William, aimee hebert4. Formal affair, Nancy hamilton5. make a Wish, rachel roy6. charmer, riley Dubchy7. Sing Freely, Sally h. russell8. Everything’s rosie, mary Fischer CHSA English Pleasure Tied champion: charmer, riley DubchyTied champion: Way Too hot To Stop, Elizabeth malonereserve: Jokes On You, Stacey Pierce3. making The Grade, madelaine roy4. Pippa, Laura Wright5. Sweet William, aimee hebert6. Everything’s rosie, mary Fischer Beginner 11 & Over Pleasure champion: Jazz N Up my Dreams, Sally allisonreserve: Just Jack, Taryn Isenburg3. Little Buddy, Jessica Gross4. cute cousin hailey, rachel Foster5. christmas Stockings, Trudy Wissel6. Zee couldn’t resist, Thomas J. rogers7. Pinot Grigio, Sally allison Hunter Pleasure champion: Finer Things, Kate marcelinareserve: avallach’s coco chanel, Gia Sarkis3. Jokes On You, Stacey Pierce4. Pippa, Laura Wright5. Sophisticated Lady, Trudy Wissel6. Stillwater, Sally allison7. The Sweetest Thing, Kimberly a. Ehrlich8. News affair, Karen ann von Bachelle Quarter Horse Hunter Under Saddle champion: I.c. artifacts, Brenda E. Johnsonreserve: Dreams Do come True, Jessica Sikorski3. Pep O mint Patti, Trudy Wissel4. Way Too hot To Stop, Elizabeth malone
5. Zee couldn’t resist, Thomas J. rogers6. Toying With money, John Porter7. make him chocolate, Nancy Brown8. Scootin Spiderman, Trudy Wissel Color Breed Pleasure champion: Jazz N Up my Dreams, Sally allisonreserve: hobgoblin, marisa henry3. Lots Of Dots, rachel roy4. Patches Of Blue, Trudy Wissel5. Dreams Do come True, Jessica Sikorski6. Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Trudy Wissel7. Taboo, anna c. crane
Trophies to be AwardedCHSA members and past members have donated trophies to be awarded to members for specific achievements during a show season. Some of these are “Challenge” trophies which are retired if won three years in a row by the same person. Others are “Perpetual” trophies, which means that they are never retired, but are awarded year after year. All trophies are engraved with the name of the winner for that year.
The following is a list of CHSA trophies and their winners for the 2012 show season:
CHALLENGE TROPHY WINNERSHigh Point Winner (Horse or Rider)Skylinvue challenge Trophy: hobgoblin High Point Small Pony HunterEnd Of hunt challenge Trophy: Orchard hills Double Take High Point Medium Pony HunterNight On The Town challenge Trophy: Got That right High Point Large Pony HunterFirst Frost challenge Trophy: Patches Of Blue High Point Green Pony HunterOrion Farms Green challenge Trophy: mcTavish
Overall High Point Pony HunterOrion Farms challenge Trophy: Orchard hills Double Take
High Point Children’s Hunter Horsehummingbird hollow Farm challenge Trophy In memory of current affair: Oracle
High Point Short Stirrup RiderEdelweiss Farm challenge Trophy: Kyla Sullivan
High Point Children’s Pleasure PonySparkle city memorial Trophy: Lilly Pulitzer
High Point Junior Hunt Seat EquitationLynch Family challenge Trophy In memory of Kenneth m. Bishop: John Porter
High Point Junior Western Seat EquitationFlorence (Nana) Zendian memorial Trophy: Not awarded PERPETUAL TROPHY WINNERSHigh Point Children’s Hunter PonyParty Time Perpetual Trophy: Sea Spray
Quarter Horse Hunter Under SaddleParkers Sugarbear Perpetual Trophy: I.c. artifacts High Point English Pleasure(combined points: Quarter horse hunter Under Saddle, Junior and adult English Pleasure)robert Klein memorial Perpetual Trophy: I.c. artifacts
Morgan Open Pleasure SaddleJean Brockett Perpetual memorial Trophy: Not awarded
Good SportsmanshipTrophy to be awarded at banquet
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Karen AndersonKaren Anderson of Pomfret Center, Conn., has been riding most of her life, and when asked what she rode, she said, “Anything I could get my hands on!” As with many people, Karen’s life moved on to college, marriage, and then a family, but she always had the intent to get back into horses.
She eventually acquired an Argentine Thoroughbred/polo pony, and they enjoyed a number of hunter pace activities for years until it was time for his retirement. Karen donated him to High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Facility and while in the process of placing him, she found a donated 7-year-old Tennessee Walker named Fear Nothing (Fame). Fame was her first introduction to a gaited horse, and she has not looked back since!
She and her 11-year-old daughter share Fame, who tackles cross rails and patterns with her daughter’s twice-a-week lessons. He quickly becomes Karen’s mount for dressage and hunter paces. Karen says, “He’s fast, fearless, sane, and in control.” Fame has recently helped her attain two first place standings, two second place ribbons, a seventh place, and an eighth place ribbon. Aspirations for 2012 include more hunter paces for Karen and possibly the Woodstock Fair for her daughter.
Joyce EggeAs a teen, Joyce Egge of Danbury, N.H., began taking lessons and riding with “Skipper” Bartlett and Olympic rider Mike Poulan. Later, her love
of horses carried over into her studies, and she earned a degree in Animal Sciences from Iowa State University. After graduation, she joined the United States Air Force for a 21-year tour of duty, where she was promoted to the office of Lieutenant Colonel. While overseas, Joyce met and married Bill Egge, also a Lieutenant Colonel.
In 1988 after their return to the states, Bill took the initiative and leased the couple’s first horse and began hill topping with the local fox hunt club. After owning Arabians, Quarter Horses, Peruvians, and an Icelandic, Joyce now has a sweet Missouri Fox Trotter mare named Montana. Though only a coming 6-year-old, Montana is a solid trail companion. In the pasture she joins Mariah, the Egge’s cherished 25-year-old Quarter Horse mare.
Today, Joyce is semi-retired and works at Equine Homes as a real estate agent specializing in equine properties. She is in the saddle every available opportunity. Joyce has graciously agreed to join our Yankee Walker Trail Committee, and we look forward to riding with her as she shares her knowledge of the many great trails located in New Hampshire and Vermont with us. Michele HubleyMichele Hubley of Cohasset, Mass., rode on the hunter/jumper circuit as a young girl, followed by a hiatus while
taking care of a family, but she was destined to have horses again. She was more familiar with Quarter Horses and mixed Arabs, but caught the gaited “bug” at Equine Affaire in 2007.
She did a lot of research on Rocky Mountain Horses, and she and her husband took a whirlwind tour of Kentucky in early 2008. In the vicinity of Lexington, they visited approximately 10 farms and rode 15 horses. Their search culminated in Mt. Sterling, Ky., with a selection of a trail horse for her husband.
However, while there, they not only found a 3-year-old Rocky Mountain but his 2-year-old brother as well,
buying them both. Michele’s horse, King’s Chocolate Kiss, is now 5 years old and her husband’s horse, King’s Cappucchino Star is 6 years old.
Michele admits that in the beginning, she was extremely comfortable within the ring and the very thought of venturing out on the trail terrified her. You wouldn’t know it now by their activities! Most winters find them heading to the southern states to camp and trail ride with their horses. Their trips have taken them to South Carolina, North Carolina, and Florida while accessing overnight stabling along the way.
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17th Annual
Equine Expo Paraphernalia SaleHosted by Essex County Trail Association
HELD IN INDOOR ARENA AT
Topsfield FairgroundsTopsfield, MA
Large indoor marketplace full of new & used horse & rider items–services
Admission $5.00
Vendor Space Available978-768-6275 or [email protected]
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Bay State Trail Riders Association
April 15th – Spring Ride Douglas State ForestPlease join us for the fi rst offi cial ride of the season.
For more information, please contact Jane at 508-943-5916 or [email protected]
April 21st – Tack Sale Northbridge, MATime for the annual clean out your tack sale, or fi nd what you are looking for day.
Location: American Legion, 198 Church Ave. Time: 9am to 1pm
To rent a table, please contact Becky at 508-476-3960 or [email protected]
April 29th – Ride-Run-Roll Relay Douglas State ForestNew Event! Horseback rider, mountain biker and runner teams will participate in this relay.
For more information, please contact Jill at 774-571-0523 or [email protected]
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raised on a farm in North Carolina, and her early memories are of a gaited horse/Shetland pony. Skipping ahead a few years found her looking in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to buy a young gaited horse. Glenda found that young Tennessee Walker—just 2 years old—in Georgia that was also untrained, uncaught, and unhandled!
That youngster whose name was Jemima Starlight, aka Mima, was also the grand-daughter of Merry Go Boy. Glenda, along
with the assistance of Helen Weeman, did the entire training and spent many years showing, trail riding and driving. During this period, Mima also delivered a foal, Go Boy’s Carolina Copy, and Glenda has enjoyed the two ladies ever since. Presently, Mima is 28 years old, but she doesn’t know that…instead, she thinks she’s part of the Kentucky Derby line-up! Mima and her daughter, Cricket, now 17, enjoy driving in Glenda’s two-seater cart around the neighborhood as well as riding on nearby trails. As an accountant, Glenda finds it hard to squeeze in the time she would like to ride and is looking ahead to 2012 to become involved in versatility clinics.
Yankee Walkers welcomes its newest members and and thanks them for sharing their wonderful stories. We look forward to seeing everyone at the clinics, trail rides, shows, and banquets and to getting to know them and their lovely horses better.
In Other News...On April 28, Yankee Walkers will be hosting a Yankee Fundraiser! It will take place at the Equine Expo & Sale at the Topsfield Fairgrounds in Topsfield, Mass. Please save the date and plan to come out. We will have a Yankee Walkers—
Gaited Horses of New England Meet and Greet Booth as well as an opportunity to turn our gently used tack and togs into funds to benefit our club.
This is an annual event hosted by the Essex County Trail Association, and we have been invited to sponsor a Gaited Clinic as well as perform a Gaited Riding Demonstration for attendees. The event is held in the Arena Building at the Topsfield Fairgrounds. This is a large vendor marketplace for selling new and used items and services for the horse, rider, and driver. There are ongoing educational demonstrations happening all day! Admission is $5; children are free.
We need volunteers to supervise our Yankee Walkers booth and help with selling and donating items for the Yankee sales tables. Come out and join us, bring your slightly used or new stuff, and shop the items that others bring to sell! This event is a great opportunity to visit, meet new horse friends, look for bargains, and promote our wonderful Gaited Horses all at once!
We will be scheduling folks to help with the booth from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m., so please notify Julie Dillon at 603-289-1174 or [email protected] or Ellen Flatley at [email protected] to sign up for booth sitting time slots.
For more information on Yankee Walkers—Gaited Horses of New England, visit www.yankeewalkers.com.
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W inter gave us a nice surprise by extending the ride season with perfect weather! West Greenwich Horseman’s
Association (WGHA) took advantage and hosted its second soup ride, which was held on January 8 at Goddard Park in East Greenwich, R.I. I did not get to go but I heard that over 30 riders came to enjoy the beach and Ida’s delicious soups. In the future, if you are plan-ning on attending a soup ride, please call the ride manager so that we now how much soup to bring.
WGHA held its first meeting of 2012. We were treated to a special guest speaker, Dr. Corrine Slaughter, BVETBS, MRCVS, who came to share her incredible story of how she became a veterinarian at age 50. Dr. Slaughter has been a member of WGHA for many years. After her children grew and chose careers that did not involve vet school, Corrine and
her husband decided she should go. So at the age of 41 she enrolled at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and studied veterinary medicine at The Royal Veterinary College in London, England. She had a great story and lots of pictures for us. Dr. Slaughter is currently practicing in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. She has a mobile vet service, Hidden Brook Veterinary Services. We all wish her the very best!
After our guest speaker, we played our annual Post Christmas Gift Swap. This game has you bring in a gift that you recieved from Santa but didn’t like. You rewrap the gift, bring it to the meeting, and put it in the pile of other rewrapped gifts. We all get a numbered ticket and when your number is called, you get to pick a “new” gift. Of course, the ugly necklace was there!
Many topics were discussed as we enjoyed our annual pizza party after the gift exchange. New signs were purchased to give directions to our events. The signs have the club’s logo and were designed by Sew What. Members Becky Hamilton and Jacilyn Snow got a WGHA special delivery Get Well basket from President LuAnne Grafe and member Joye Dolan. The last of the ride schedule was cemented onto the 2012 calendar. Visit www.orgsites/ri/wgha for a list of rides, nomination for trail miles forms, and last minute soup ride times.
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Tad Coffin, Beth and Bea Perkins, Carol Lavell, Steve Rojek, Denny Emerson, and Lana Wright all have more in common than being the
best in their individual equine disciplines. Some got their start at the Green Mountain Horse Association (GMHA), while others honed their skills here. Whichever the case, this South Woodstock, Vt., organization has produced a legion of champions across multiple riding and driving disciplines, making it one of the leading horse associations in the country.
Nestled in the foothills of Vermont’s Green Mountains, GMHA is a 1,900-member nonprofit association dedicated to equine sports, education, and trail preservation. Since its founding in 1926, it has been a significant force in the development of horse sports in the United States. GMHA was the site of the first United States Horse Trials, which helped to firmly establish eventing as a major competitive sport in this country.
It is home to the nation’s oldest continuously run equine distance competition and was one of the first organizations to host educational programs for young riders. Throughout its 86-year history, thousands of equestrians have learned, practiced, competed, or simply enjoyed their horses under GMHA’s auspices.
GMHA is also home to Upwey Barn, which is recognized as the starting place of the Morgan horse breed. Not only champion riders but champion equines were bred here, including Upwey Ben Don (1943), Upwey Benn Quietude
(1944), and Waseeka’s Nocturne (1954). Most of the modern Morgans today have breeding lines to these horses.
Currently, GMHA hosts more than 65 events each season, attracting some 10,000 visitors annu-ally. The association recently completed a highly successful capital campaign, pouring $2.5 million into its 65-acre facility, adding show rings and warm-up areas, improving footing and stabling, and enhancing its extensive trail network.
GMHA also just completed a $200,000 overhaul of its cross-country course, creating an Intermediate track and augmenting the Beginner Novice through Preliminary Level jump inven-tory with new permanent and portable jumps. The project was led by internationally known course designer Tremaine Cooper and local course designer Janine Preece McClain. With the re-in-troduction of the Intermediate course at GMHA, competitors won’t have to travel outside New England to test their skills at upper level events.
In eventing, dressage, driving, endurance riding, and hunter/jumper disciplines, GMHA has established itself as one of the region’s top competitive facilities, and has achieved several notable milestones in horse sports, including:
• Hosting the first horse trials, thereby estab-lishing three-day eventing as a major equine event (1957).
• Holding the country’s first 100-mile competitive trail ride, an event that today draws riders from around the country (1937).
• Hosting the annual Junior Horsemanship
Green Mountain Horse AssociationFosters Champions in many equine DisCiplines
Glimpse at a Few GMHA NotablesGMha has been an eventing mecca for over 50 years and has held a signficiant place in developing the sport. It has helped advance and hosted many top riders, including Olympians Denny Emerson and Lana Wright, top riders ashley MacVaugh and Marcia Kulak and rising star Kylie Lyman, to name just a few. Former U.S. Equestrian Team member Bea Perkins rode her first Preliminary three-day course at GMha at the age of 14, and she and her sister Beth often schooled at GMha from their farm in nearby South Strafford, Vt.
In dressage, GMha has nurtured such champions as carol Lavell, Jane Karol, Sue Blinks and Pam Goodrich. World-class endurance rider Steven rojek and his wife Dinah relocated to South Woodstock to be close to GMha. Steve won the Maggy Price Endurance Excellence award in 2009 and has distinguished himself as a fixture in GMha’s 100-mile endurance rides as well as in many international venues.
Brownsville, Vt., trainer and driver robin Groves was the 2007 USEF National Single horse combined Driving champion and represented the U.S. at the National Driving World championships.
These are just a few of the many talented and recognized riders and drivers who have trained at or competed at GMha. Many accomplished equestrians across all disciplines actively support GMha today, participating in clinics, competitive events and fundraising efforts.
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A s I am writing this article we are now entering the
second week of January and Mother Nature has been very kind to Bay State Trail Riders Association (BSTRA) so far. New Year’s day had absolutely perfect weather for ringing in 2012 with a ride in Douglas State Forest. It was a treat to be out on the trail again with my friend Cheryl and horses Roy and Penny. The forest was busy that day with other horseback riders, families out enjoying some time together walking, and people walking with their dogs. When I am out in the forest enjoying a nice ride or walking with my family or dogs, I always think about how lucky I am to have this beautiful state forest to enjoy. This year, think about some ways you can help to improve the forest that you use for enjoyment.
On April 21, BSTRA will sponsor a tack sale at the Northbridge Oliver Ashton Post 343 American Legion, 198 Church Ave. in Northbridge, Mass. We can all use some extra money to purchase those new items on our “wish list.” So gather all your old items and consider renting a table. The price is $20 per table for members and $25 per table for non-members. If you don’t have enough items to fill the table, consider renting one with some friends. BSTRA will also be accepting donations for the club table. Please contact Becky Kalagher for more information at [email protected] or 508-476-3960.
Mark your calendar for our very first Three-Phase Relay on April 29, 2012. Our Three-Phase Relay will take place in Douglas State Forest in Douglas, Mass. We are still working out some of the details but the event will consist of 20 teams which will each include a horseback rider, runner, and biker. Each group will have their own course to complete. Please contact [email protected] for
more details. On April 15, we will kick off the riding
season with our annual spring ride which will be held in Douglas State Forest. It will be NEHT affiliated for mileage. For more information on this ride please contact Jane or Phil Rutledge at 508-943-5916 or [email protected].
April 22 will be the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day. There are many ways we can come together to clean up our planet but BSTRA will be asking members to coordinate a trail clean up work day in your area. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to sponsor a clean up day in your location or maybe you just want to go out and do some clean up on your own or plant some pretty flowers at the beginning or end of a trail.
On May 6, come out and join us for our annual Spring Hunter Pace. Enjoy a combina-tion of trails and dirt roads through Douglas State Forest along with many great jumps. We will be offering four divisions: Hunter, Hilltop, Trail Blazer and Juniors. We will also need volunteers on May 5 to help put out jumps and on May 6 to help run the ride. All assistance is greatly appreciated.
See you all out on the trails either riding or working!
For more information on Bay State Trail Riders Association, please visit www. bstra.org.
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Clinic, one of the country’s oldest youth programs for young riders (1957).
In addition to its dedication to horse sports and education, GMHA has remained faithful to its commitment to trail and land preservation. In 2010 and 2011, the association helped secure mulitple trail easements and has been directly involved in preserving hundreds of acres of trails throughout Woodstock and the surrounding area.
As a thriving multi-disciplinary equine center, GMHA attracts world-class competitors, as well as amateurs, in multiple equine disciplines. Pleasure rides, sleigh rallies (weather permit-ting), and members’ days rides round out what GMHA has to offer equestrians seeking a one-of-a-kind equine experience at one of New England’s premier equestrian facilities.
For more information about GMHA or to join, visit www.gmhainc.org or call 802-457-1509.
GMHA Fact SheetSome quick facts about GMha:• Property: approximately 65 acres in
South Woodstock, Vt. • a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
supporting a variety of equine activities • Activities/disciplines include:
-Dressage -Eventing -competitive, endurance and pleasure trail riding -Driving -hunter/Jumper
• Numerous educational clinics for chil-dren and adults
• Facilities: -Permanent stabling for approximately 165 horses -additional temporary stalls available for select events for over 200 horses to stable on the grounds -Three sand rings, numerous grass riding areas, a cross-country course that runs through the Intermediate Level -Meeting rooms, bathroom facilities and an on-site café
• Membership: approximately 1,900• Number of events held each year:
approximately 65 events run from 1 to 12 days (GMha organizes and adminis-ters all but a couple of these)
• Number of horses that come to the grounds yearly: 3,500
• Number of people that come to the grounds yearly (three per horse): approximately 10,000
• Number of volunteer hours: Over 3,000 yearly
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(L-R): Karen Parlin, Kathy Richards, and Julie Taddei at the New Year’s Day Ride.
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The Norfolk Hunt Club is planning a spring season filled with foxhunting, equestrian competitions, and the club’s biennial fundraiser, Grounds
for Celebration. This year marks Norfolk Hunt’s 117th year as a foxhunting club.
Grounds For Celebration Slated for May 24On Thursday, May 24, from 6:30 to 11:00 p.m., the Norfolk Hunt Club will once again host Grounds for Celebration, the club’s largest fundraiser, with proceeds earmarked to preserve and protect land and open space for equestrian use. The club contributes to the protection, preservation, and maintenance of over 200 miles of trails in the Charles River Watershed area, Middleboro, Westport, South Dartmouth, and Grafton, Mass.
Grounds for Celebration will be held under a tent at the Norfolk Hunt Steeplechase Course, in Medfield, Mass. Norfolk will partner with local land conservation organizations to encourage awareness and participation in the event. The theme for the party, “Prohibition,” will be present throughout the evening, via décor, food, beverages, and music and dancing to a swing band. The party will include a silent auction and a “speed round” live auction, led by auctioneer Michael Grogan, owner of New England’s premier fine art auctioneers
and appraisers, Grogan and Company. Bully Boy Distillers, Boston’s first craft distillery since the prohibition —producing small batch rum, whiskey and vodka—is a sponsor of Grounds for Celebration, and will be serving signature prohibition-themed cocktails to guests in attendance.
According to the company website, “Bully Boy Distillers is owned and oper-ated by brothers Will and Dave Willis, who were inspired by their childhood home and fourth-generation working family farm. During prohibition the farm was home to an enviable collection of local artisan spirits, which were stored in a vault in the farmhouse basement.” Will and Dave are the sons of Norfolk Hunt Club members Sally and Dudley Willis, and the family farm referenced on the website is Charlescote, the traditional home of Norfolk’s opening meet of the formal season. The club also foxhunts through Charlescote at other times during the spring and fall. The club is very grateful to the Willis family for opening their beau-tiful land to hunt, and for their support of Grounds for Celebration.
Grounds for Celebration is chaired by Norfolk Hunt Club members Lorna Cogan and Sarah Monaco, who are supported by a leadership committee comprised of Norfolk
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Norfolk member Lorna Cogan and her husband Greg at the 2011 Spring Hunter Pace.
Norfolk Hunt member Jackie Martin and her son Felix Giesen on Raisin’ the Roof at the 2011 Norfolk Hunt Horse Show.
Norfolk Hunt member Jessica Macho competes at the 2011 Derby Cross.
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I hope all you trail riders are enjoying this beautiful warm winter. Here in Gorham, Maine, there has been very little snow to date.
It seems I left out one of Maine Horse Association’s (MHA’s) regular shows last issue. The Pine Tree Sizzler, managed by Jo Hight, will be holding its 12th annual show on August 18. This event was developed to fill the void left by the end of the Paul Bunyan Show held in Bangor, Maine. The Sizzler is the only pleasure show held in August. Classes have been offered for Saddlebreds, Morgans, Tennessee Walkers, and ponies. Last year, Arabian classes were added. The strength of the show remains with the Junior riders and Open classes. The Sizzler is one of the last shows to offer saddle seat and stock seat medal classes to qualify for the finals at Octoberfest. This class A competition offers over $1,000 in prize money, championship sashes, several challenge trophies, and is smoothly run by experienced officials. This is one of MHA’s great events to see and to experience.
For those of you who are not familiar with the Maine Horse Association, here is a little background information about it: The club was founded in 1932, encouraging horseback riding in the state of Maine, and was incorporated in June of 1939. It maps, marks, and develops horse trails. The Maine Horse Association encourages breeding of all types of horses. It encourages and aids in the planning of trail rides and promotes horse shows, riding clubs,
and equestrian activities.Some of the associations, committees,
and committee chairs are as follows: Maine Line News, Sylvia A. Corbett ([email protected]); to friend us on Facebook, contact Holly Tumiel at [email protected]; and the MHA Administrator is Dollie Hutchins (mainehorseassoccontact@ yahoo.com). She will be handling member-ships, show affiliations, correspondence, show results/fees/points, steward reports, and the rule book. Other committees are: delegates to NEHC, Jo Hight and Paulajean O’Neill; Scholarship, Bonnie Green; Banquet Committee, Judy and Mike Kobilarcsik; Downeast Horse Congress co-chairs, Lee Cheever and Jess Small; Judges and Stewards Committee and Rules and Protests Committee, Paulajean O’Neill; Legal Committee, Andy Bailey; Trail Ride and Family Pleasure, Michelle Holman; Trophies, Meg Hall; Hunter/Jumper and Equine Park Commitees, Sarah Shraiberg; Dressage, Membership, and Education committees, Jess Small. These committee chairs can be reached by visiting the MHA website at www.mainehorseassoc.com.
Anyone interested in assisting or becoming a part of any committee is welcome. If you have news for the MHA, show dates or pictures, contact me on my email and/or friend us on Facebook.
By the time you read this we will have had snow, and the New England Horsemen’s Council banquet will have wrapped up in Maine. Stay tuned next month to read more about this.
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Grounds for Celebration: Grand Patron ($1,000) - including two tickets for dinner, beverages, music, dancing, preferred seating and private car service to and from the event; Patron ($500) - including two tickets for dinner, beverages, music, dancing, preferred seating and preferred parking; and Individual ($125) - including dinner, beverages, music, and dancing.
Sponsorship opportunities for businesses and individuals are also available.
For more information, to receive an invita-tion, or to purchase tickets, contact Sarah Monaco at [email protected].
Norfolk Launches New WebsiteThe Norfolk Hunt Club launched its new website in January. The site, www.norfolkhunt.com, is full of information for foxhunters, equestrians, and land supporters alike. Be sure to visit it to learn all about foxhunting and the history of the club. The site is also the go-to online location for Norfolk logo merchandise, photos, and information about the club’s year-round schedule of fun filled events.
Spring Season is Ready to RollIn addition to Grounds for Celebration, Norfolk has planned a very busy spring season, thanks to Owen Hughes, MFH; Carol Mansfield, MFH; and Ruth Lawler, Associate MFH, as well as scores of member volunteers.
The spring foxhunting season will begin on April 17 and will conclude on May 19. The spring fixture card will be posted on www.norfolkhunt.com in early April.
Norfolk’s spring calendar also includes: The Norfolk Hunt Horse Show on May 26 and May 27, 2012—contact Catherine Kennedy at [email protected]; the Norfolk Hunt Derby Cross on May 28, 2012—contact Erica Foley at [email protected]; and the Norfolk Hunt Spring Hunter Pace on June 3, 2012—contact Mike Paparo at [email protected].
All of Norfolk’s spring events are open to the public and afford great fun for riders of varying abilities and spectators alike. Be sure to watch the Norfolk Hunt Club website for more infor-mation on spring events.
The Norfolk Hunt Field Hunter Show, which has been held in the spring for the past few years, is moving to Labor Day weekend, and will be preceded by a mounted foxhunting clinic taught by local professional Cormac Kennedy of Mor Linn Farm in Walpole, Mass. The two days of activity will provide a perfect tune-up for riders planning to hunt with Norfolk in the fall season.
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Spring is in the air and lots of things are happening in preparation. Northeast Miniature Horse Club (NMHC) members are engaged in sleepless nights of foal antici-
pation with eagerness tinged with anxiety. Expecting owners will deliver their foals and announce their arrival with the joy of any new birth.
Since Mini births require human attendance for safety of both mare and foal, a variety of moni-toring systems are used, but no matter what the technology, the result is always diminished sleep and countless treks to the barn—just in case.
Suddenly our members are noticing that our fuzzy little beasts have put on the pounds, just like the rest of us, and are making a pronounced effort to hit the diets and exercise to get not only the show horses in shape but themselves as well. It takes a definite effort to jog around that ring after the relatively laid back routine of winter. All those goodies around the holidays didn’t help much either! The shows are right around the corner and there is that special excitement in the air of coming summer fun.
On February 11, we held the fifth annual Day with Bonnie Fogg, Animal Communicator, for members and friends of NMHC and it was a true highlight of the year. Where else can one not only get feedback directly from their own horse’s mouth and their other pets, too, but dine on some of the best food in the Northeast as well?
Cindy Moses of Mocha Miniature Horse Farm again hosted this event which increases in popu-larity each year. Each guest brought a favorite dish to share for a potluck luncheon. Comments proved you can’t beat the food and that our NMHC families are competent with more than their horse skills. Our gang is not so bad in the kitchen either!
Attendees were asked to bring pictures of their pets to assist in the communication process. Bonnie gave each owner lots of information including any physical problems or areas of discomfort that their animal companions felt. Pets took this opportunity to communicate through Bonnie to their masters exactly what their prefer-ences were and did not hold back about things
that were bothering them or that they would like to have happen. Yes, our pets do know what they want. Owners were able to ask questions and get answers directly from the source through Bonnie. Among the attendees were both believers and skeptics but all who were present thoroughly enjoyed the day, the humor, and the opportunity to relish in each others’ company. The event was a tremendous success and many went home more attuned to their animals. Watch for our next “Bonnie Day” and perhaps you can get some insight into what your favorite pet is thinking. We love to meet new folks! Donations from this event will go to assist the NMHC rescue efforts. A very special thank you goes out to Cindy for opening up her home for this event and to Bonnie for sharing her talent and humor with us all. We are so proud of you both!
Watch for news of our upcoming events. New Miniature horse enthusiasts are always welcome. For more information about our horses and our club, visit the NMHC website at www.northeastminis.org. Our Miniature horse rescue is active in the Northeast and often has rescued Minis or Minis in need of being re-homed who are seeking just the right forever families. A membership application can be found on our website or by contacting Virginia A. Gonsalves at [email protected] or 508-822-3668.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO GERMANY’S INGRID KLIMKE, who was a big hit when she headlined the New England Dressage Association’s (NEDA’s) Fall Symposium several years back. Ingrid, daughter of the late Reiner Klimke, was given the title of “Riding Master” by the German Equestrian Federation. The honor was bestowed on her during a competition in Munster, Germany. At 43, she is only the second woman to be given this title. She rose to international stardom as an event rider, first becoming a multi-national champion in eventing in Germany and later representing her country in the Olympics and World Equestrian Games in the sport, winning team gold at both the 2006 World Equestrian Games and the 2008 Olympics. More recently, Ingrid has gone on to great success in the Grand Prix ring in dressage.
CONGRATS ALSO GOES TO MISSY RANSEHOUSEN, coach of the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team. Along with Capt. Mark Phillips, Missy was nomi-nated by the U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) for coaching honors with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC). She was already named the Para-Equestrian Coach of the Year.
Missy has had a banner year with the U.S. Para-Equestrian Dressage Team, coaching two winning teams at the USEF Para-Equestrian CPEDI 3* in Saugerties, N.Y., and at the Saddlewood Festival of Dressage CPEDI 3* in Werribee, Australia. Ransehousen also coached Rebecca Hart to reserve championship individual honors at the USEF Para-Equestrian CPEDI3* and then on to a double win at
the Saddlewood CPEDI3*. Her team of riders also took top honors during CPEDI competition in Florida in January.
Missy was honored for her tireless commitment to para-dressage. Her efforts since 2000 have grown the sport considerably and she works as an advo-cate and fundraiser for the programas much as she works helping herriders succeed.
SADLY, ELIZABETH F. SEARLE passed away this winter. A former president of the U.S. Dressage Federation (USDF) and an FEI judge, Elizabeth died on January
8 after a long illness. She was a resident of San Juan Bautista, Calif., and was a force in the dres-sage world for many years, including being one of the founders of the California Dressage Society.
Elizabeth also served on the faculty for the USDF “L” judge program and served as chair of the USDF Judges Committee for eight years. Her riding career included not only dressage, but also hunter/jumper competition and eventing.
SPRING REALLY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER and that means the NEDA Spring Symposium is nearly here. This year’s event features Carol Lavell and Michael Poulin tag teaming the symposium. It will be held April 27-29 at Apple Knoll Farm in Millis, Mass. Carol and Michael were teammates in the Barcelona Olympics and have been friends ever since. This dynamic duo will cover a wide range of training topics, including sharing their approach for training for international competition. For more information, visit NEDA’s website at www.neda.org.
SPEAKING OF NEDA, the association will be hosting “How to be a Dressage Show Volunteer,” a series of seven workshops to be held throughout the USDF Region 8. The workshops will be held in March, April, and May, and the schedule includes: Johnson & Wales University in Rehoboth, Mass., the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H., Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine, the Cornell Cooperative Extension in Ballston Spa, N.Y., and Cutler Farm in Medfield, Mass. They are still working on finalizing the facilities in Connecticut, and will be announcing that soon.
The workshops will last four hours and will include 45-minute sessions for scribes, stewards and scorers, as well as a 30-minute session on basic show dynamics and an overview of relevant equestrian organizations. For more informa-tion on the workshops, to host one in your area, or help teach one, contact Debbie Carr-Kirk at [email protected] or call 508-539-3534.
HERE’S ANOTHER CLINIC coming up this spring. The Dressage Trainers Network is hosting a half-day workshop with Dr. Jenny Susser on “Working Through Fear.” The clinic is scheduled for April 14 in Harvard, Mass. Jenny has been a featured clini-cian at a number of USDF-sponsored events. As part of the fun, a wine and cheese party will be held afterwards. The Dressage Trainers Network is also inviting regional trainers to take part in an open round table forum in order to meet, network, and discuss issues pertaining to business, teaching, coaching, and training. The round table is free of charge and will run from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. before the workshop. For more information contact Lisa Terrell at [email protected] or at 978-838-9408.
HERE’S IMPORTANT NEWS for those with young dressage horses. The USEF is holding two Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Training Sessions this year. The open training sessions will be a unique opportunity for up-and-coming talent to have one-on-one sessions with USEF Young Horse Coach, Scott Hassler. The sessions are held over two days and include a 45-minute lesson each day with Scott as well as an evening lecture and discussion for the riders. The first session was held in February and the second, scheduled for April 14-15, is being held in Texas. A training session for the New England area will be held this year but the date and locationhasn’t been determined yet so watch for the announcement here.
Send your dressage news to Lynndee at [email protected].
Ingrid Klimke riding FRH Butts Abraxxas at the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships.
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The Florida show season is in full swing with more international-level competitions than ever before. With the combination of the Wellington
Classic Dressage (WCD), Gold Coast Dressage, International Horse Sport Palm Beach (IHSPB) and the new Global Dressage Festival, there are now around a dozen CDI-level competitions in Wellington, Fla., and West Palm Beach, Fla., during the winter season. One of the largest of these is the World Dressage Masters CDI5* hosted by Wellington Classic Dressage.
World Dressage MastersThe Masters attracted top international riders from throughout North America and Europe, including leading U.S. pair Steffen Peters and Ravel and British stars Charlotte Dujardin riding Valegro and Carl Hester with Wie Atlantico, as well as the Swedish pair of Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén and Favourit. It also brought some of the world’s best international judges to the Florida scene. The ground jury consisted of Britain’s Stephen Clarke, Wim Ernes from the Netherlands, Isabelle Judet from France, and U.S. judges Gary Rockwell and Lois Yukins.
Held at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center, around 2,000 people packed the stands to watch Peters and Ravel take the win in both the CDI Grand Prix and the CDI Grand Prix Freestyle at the World Dressage Masters, held January 26-28, 2012. This winning American pair scored 81.383% in the Grand Prix and an impressive 83.700% in the Freestyle to defend their 2011 World Dressage Masters victory. Dujardin and Valegro placed second in both classes with a 78.468% in the Grand Prix and an 83.650% in the Grand Prix Freestyle. Third place in both went to Vilhelmson-Silfvén and Favourit with scores of 73.255% in the Grand Prix and 78.250% in the Freestyle.
It was a close match between Peters and Dujardin and, in fact, Peters confessed that at one point after the Freestyle he was sure that Dujardin had won. “I had a great night with Ravel, but I watched Charlotte after our ride,” said Peters after the awards ceremony. “When she came out of the ring I went over and said to her, ‘I think you’ve won it.’ ”
Peters knew that he and Ravel were on their game after their opening ride at the Masters, which gave them their best Grand Prix score. “I started to have the feeling I got from Ravel tonight in the last couple of weeks,” Peters said after his winning ride. “I had this feeling at a show
two weeks ago in California, but I had to risk it a bit more here. Ravel feels even stronger than last year and more supple. It was a blast to ride.”
Valegro is ridden by Dujardin, but owned by her coach and friend Carl Hester and co-owned by Roly Luard. “I had a great ride,” said Dujardin after Saturday night’s freestyle. “Yesterday Valegro was a little bit too hot and I was hanging on for dear life, but he dealt with the atmosphere really well tonight.”
One of the other big winners during the World Dressage Masters was the rising young American star Adrienne Lyle, the longtime student of Olympian Debbie McDonald. Lyle took the win in the Grand Prix Special with Wizard. It’s a clear indication that this pair is a strong contender for the U.S. Olympic Dressage Team. They scored a 73.244% to take the win in the Special and they also placed fourth in the CDI Grand Prix. “My horse handled every-thing beautifully. I’m really excited and happy,” Lyle said.
Lyle’s good showing in Friday’s Grand Prix qualifier meant that she could have ridden in Saturday night’s Grand Prix Freestyle, but she is aiming for the Olympic team and said she needed a Grand Prix Special qualifying score in order to make the U.S. Olympic Selection Trials. It was a wise choice.
Placing second in the Grand Prix Special at the Masters with a score of 72.044% was American
Heather Blitz riding her 9-year-old Danish Warmblood gelding Paragon. This pair had been members of the U.S. Gold Medal Team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. It was a quick and successful step up from Pan Am competition at the Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire I level to the CDI5* Grand Prix competition at the Masters.
“Who would have thought that just a few months ago I was in the small tour?” Blitz said. “Now I am not only in the Grand Prix, but scoring over 70 in the Masters.” Placing third in the Grand Prix Special was American Todd Flettrich riding Otto, with a score of 69.933%.
For more information on the World Dressage Masters, visit www.worlddressagemasters.com.
Wellington Classic Dressage Sunshine Challenge The Masters was held in conjunction with the Wellington Classic Dressage Sunshine Challenge, which also included other CDI competition. In CDI3* competition, Ashley Holzer and Pop Art grabbed the win in the Grand Prix Open with a score of 69.915% and also earned top honors in the CDI3* Olympic Grand Prix Special with a score of 70.067%. Heather Blitz and Paragon finished a close second in the Grand Prix Open with a score of 69.170%. Lars Petersen and Willano were the big winners in the CDI1* Intermediaire.
The WCD Sunshine Challenge and the Gold Coast Opener, held the week before, also hosted CPEDI3* para-dressage events, giving para-equestrians two weeks of head-to-head international competition. The Canadian team took the win in the first week, but the U.S. moved to first place in the second. As a result, both nations qualified for this year’s Paralympic Games in London.
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Sunshine Challenge, Laurietta Oakleaf and Niekele fan Busenitz won Grade Ia with a score of 69.833%. Jonathan Wentz and NTEC Richter Scale won Grade Ib with 76.014%. Rebecca Hart and Lord Ludger won Grade II with a score of 73.413%. Eleanor Brimmer and Carino H won Grade III with 61.111%. And the Grade IV winner was Irish competitor James Dwyer riding Orlando to a score of 70.538%.
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Gold Coast Dressage Opener FestivalOnly days before the World Dressage Masters, the Gold Coast Dressage Association held its Opener CDI competition from January 19-22, 2012, and several competitors in the Masters used it as a warm-up. In that event, Canadian Olympic rider Ashley Holzer added more blue ribbons with her partner Breaking Dawn, taking Friday’s CDI Grand Prix win with a score of 71.106% and the win in the CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle with a score of 76.900%. American Shawna Harding finished second with her own
Come On III and a score of 69.894%. Harding took the win in both the CDI Prix St. Georges and the CDI Intermediaire I with Rigo, on a score of 69.632% in the Prix St. Georges and a 68.763% in the Intermediaire I. Harding and Rigo also won the Intermediaire I Freestyle with a score of 73.775%.
Some of the other riders in the World Dressage Masters warmed up at the Gold Coast show as well. Among them was Vilhelmson-Silfvén who rode one of her other mounts—Diver-timento—in the Grand Prix CDI-W and took the win with a score of 71.234%. They followed that up with a win in Sunday’s CDI-W Olympic Grand Prix Special with a score of 71.622%, well ahead
of second place finishers Jacqueline Brooks of Canada and D-Niro, with their score of 65.578%. American Todd Flettrich also competed in both classes with one of his other rides—Sopranos—and finished second on a score of 65.702% in the Grand Prix and fourth in the CDI-W Grand Prix Special behind third place finishers Joni Lynn Peters and Travolta.
Lyle and Wizard competed in the Open Grand Prix class at the Gold Coast Opener and won with a score of 73.652%. Behind them in second was Tina Konyot and Calecto V with a 71.596%. Third went to Ashley Holzer and Pop Art with a score of 71.525%.
For more information on the Gold Coast Dressage Series, visit www.gcdafl.org.
International Horse Sport Palm Beach PremiereEarlier in the season at the International Horse Sport Palm Beach Premiere, held January 13-15, 2012 at the Equestrian Estates, rider and trainer Laurie Moore rode away with the high score of the show award with her partner Zonnerhall. The pair scored 77.903% in the USEF First Level Test of Choice.
Moore came to Florida from Michigan and has been training Zonnerhall for some time. “He’s a sweet and lovely horse and he loves to work,” she said. Zonnerhall had been out of competition for several years and Moore has just started him back. “The [owners] moved to Florida a few years ago and Zonnerhall has been a pleasure horse for them since then. He has a great work ethic and it only took him a few days of me riding him before he realized what was happening and our partnership returned. He has really matured also, which is nice.”
In other competition at the IHSPB Premiere, Northeast-based rider Pam Goodrich had the second highest score of the show, an impressive 76.053% in the FEI Prix St. Georges with Wyvem. Diane Creech and Devon L took the win in Grand Prix competition with a score of 72.766%, while Pierre St. Jacques and Donnatelli won the Intermediaire I with a score of 68.289%.
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(Far Left): Ashley Holzer and Pop Art won the Grand Prix Open at the Wellington Classic Dressage Sunshine Challenge and the CDI Grand Prix and CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle at the Gold Coast Dressage Opener Festival.
Pierre St. Jacques and Lucky Tiger took the win in Grand Prix competition at the International Horse Sport Palm Beach Premiere.
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The Charles River Dressage Association (CRDA) Year-End Awards Banquet was held at Primavera Restaurant, in Millis, Mass., on Saturday, February
11 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. A buffet dinner was served to members and the annual Silent Auction was later in the evening. CRDA President Linda Currie was the speaker. She talked to members about the club’s status and some exciting changes that will take place this year.
Many talented riders received awards at the ceremony. Noah Rostcheck was named champion for competing in the Intro Level-Junior division on Pumpkin Spice. Devon Currie was the reserve champion on Nicholas. In the Intro Level-Adult Amateur division, Susan Goldfischer was the champion on Goodnight Moon.
The champion of the Training Level-Junior division was Bridget McConville with Fat Boy Slim, followed by reserve champion Ali Redston riding Juno this past season. In the Training Level-Adult Amateur division, Janet Menn took home top honors for her efforts on Dev Diego. Karen Whitney was the reserve champion on Rayson D’etre.
Morgan Randall took the championship in
Training Level-Open with Worth Waiting For, while Pamela Murray earned the reserve championship on Miss Gabby.
Marie Wachter was awarded top honors for First Level-Junior on Jester. In the First Level-Adult Amateur division, Constance Brown and Real Love were the cham-pions, and Carol Burkhart and Private Dancer were the reserve champions.
Dot Iorio was the champion of the Second & Above-Adult Amateur divi-sion on Finnikapan, while Lisa Millet and Prado were the victors in Second Level & Above-Open.
Ann Wiedie took home a first place award for Eventing Test of Choice-Adult Amateur on Baxter. Susan Harey was the reserve champion on Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The Musical Freestyle winner was Dot Iorio on Finnikapan.
Janet Menn was the Vintage Champion with Dev Diego. Karen Whitney took away reserve
honors on Rayson D’etre.Kate Champa was the champion of the
Masters division on Georgia O’Keefe, and Elizabeth Benney and In a Moment were the reserve champions.
The Overall High Point Junior Award went to Devon Currie with Nicholas, Ann Wiedie earned the Overall High Point Adult Amateur on Baxter, and Morgan Randall received the Overall High Point Open Award for her efforts aboard Worth Waiting For.
For a complete list of winners, and more information on the Charles River Dressage Association, visit www.crdressage.org.
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Training Level-Open Champions Morgan Randall and Worth Waiting For. Ann Wiedie and Baxter took the Eventing Test of Choice-Adult Amateur and Overall High Point Adult Amateur divisions.
Overall High Point Junior Award recipients Devon Currie and Nicholas.
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The Southern Maine Dressage Association (SMDA) is pleased to host a symposium with Shannon Dueck. The event will be held on
April 28-29, 2012 at Spring Creek Farm in Lyman, Maine.
The symposium will be held in an “on the levels” format. Riders will be selected to represent Training Level through FEI, which will help assure a highly educational experience for audi-tors and riders alike. The event is being sponsored by SmartPak, and has also received funding through a Violet M. Hopkins Grant provided by The Dressage Foundation. In addition to the two days of lessons, Dueck will include a discussion for the riders and auditors on “How to Apply the Training Scale in Day-to-Day Training.” Auditors are encouraged to attend. The cost is $20 per day for SMDA members, or $25 per day for non-members. Auditors can either pre-register or pay at the door.
Dueck is an enthusiastic and positive instructor, and SMDA feels privileged to be hosting her at their spring clinic. She currently trains with Carl Hester in Great Britain, and competes with Ayscha, a 10-year-old bay Oldenburg mare. Shannon and Ayscha have been successful in international Grand Prix competition in Florida and Germany, and now have their sights firmly set on the 2012 Olympics in London.
Seating will be set up for auditors in a comfortable observation lounge and viewing area equipped with a good-quality sound system.
For more information about SMDA visit their website at www.southernmainedressage.com.
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For the first time in 2011, Lollipop Farm, located in Brooklyn, Conn., hosted a three-show dressage series. From the beginning, show manager Laurie
Sigfridson wanted to have a series that high-lighted a positive show environment for riders. The show management was flexible, supportive, and provided readers if needed. Competitors were also encouraged to design and ride musical freestyles. Rated judges were hired to provide valuable feedback to riders. Sigfridson was able to find willing sponsors to provide lovely ribbons and prizes for the lucky class winners. She also planned to have year-end champions based on the class pinnings during the regular shows series for riders competing in at least two of the events.
In an effort to acknowledge more competi-tors, Sigfridson and her secretary Chris Curico awarded year-end prizes based on two recog-nized systems: points and percentages. In some cases, the champion remained the same regard-less of whether it was based on points or high percentage scores. In many other cases there were different year-end winners based on the system used. There were many happy participants at the Lollipop Farm Year-End Awards Luncheon.
The luncheon was held January 14, 2012 at the home of Laurie and Ken Sigfridson. All attendees donated a food item, which turned out to be a feast. After the meal, everyone had a delightful time. Katie Green served as the Mistress of Ceremony. Laurie provided the comic relief while trying to locate the prizes that were awarded to each winner. Prizes included shipping boots, corner feeders for the horse trailer, half hay bale bags, embroidered bags, tall boot bags, dressage pajamas, personalized folding chairs, and a personalized tack truck for the High Point Rider. Special awards were presented to the World’s Best Reader, Katie Green, and the World’s Best Secretary, Chris Curico.
Division winners were awarded first. Brooke Nelson was the Junior/Young Rider high point and
percentage rider. Adult Amateur Champions were Beth Lowden by percentage, and Chris Curico by points. Open division winners were Artea Beirn by percentage and Malin Eubanks by points. The “Vintage” winners were Debra Cataldo by percentage and Karen Norton by points.
Dressage awards were presented next. The Intro winners were Beth Lowden by percentage and Stephanie Garcia by points. The Training Level Champion by percentage and points was Brooke Nelson. The First Level winners were Becca Rioux by percentage and Chris Curico by points. Karen Norton was the Second Level winner by percentage and points.
The final and most exciting prize was the “overall” winner, which was given to Brooke Nelson for her percentage and points. Nelson was awarded a personalized tack truck.
For more information visit www.lollipop dressage.com.
Shannon Dueck aboard her mare, Ayscha, and accompanied by her trainer, Carl Hester, at the World Dressage Masters Palm Beach.
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Eventing news By Kathryn Selinga
Eventing Eventing Heads Up
LOOKING FOR A GOOD EXCUSE TO TAKE A VACATION to the West Coast? The Galway Downs International Horse Trials will be held March 29 - April 1 just east of Temecula, Calif. The CIC3* will once again be the featured division, along with the CIC2* and CIC1*. General admission tickets are available in advance or at the gate and VIP tickets—which include seating in the ringside tent, lunch, and a full selection of beverages—are also available in advance.
IF YOU’RE MISSING FOOTBALL SEASON and all of the festivities that go along with it, you’re in luck. The Jersey Fresh is offering tailgating for spectators on cross-country day and the fun doesn’t stop there. There will also be a “Hats Off To The 10th Annual Jersey Fresh” hat contest. Winners will be chosen for Best Single Hat, Best Group of Hats, and Horsiest Hat. Reservation forms for the May 10-13 event can be found at www.horseparkof newjersey.com.
ON FEBRUARY 9, THE U.S. EVENTING ASSOCIATION (USEA) launched a brand new website. The idea behind the update was to give every member of the eventing community—whether a competitor, trainer, volunteer,
official, or supporter—a place to find the mate-rials they need. The redesign offers several new features including a monthly calendar that integrates both the recognized USEA horse trials with educational activities into one calendar that is both searchable and download-able, and a directory page that has a plethora of USEA contacts and services for eventers. Readers can also comment on articles, likethem on Facebook, and share them onTwitter and Google+.
GOOD NEWS FOR USEA MEMBERS—Area I has a new educational scholarship program. They will be offering four $250 scholarships annually to be applied to lessons and clinics, conference or convention attendance, training for instruc-tors, judges, and organizers, or other educational purposes. All USEA members in good standing are eligible and encouraged to apply by March 15, 2012. For more information visit www.area1usea.org.
SPEAKING OF AREA I, the group had yet another successful Annual Meeting on January 15 in Springfield, Mass. Guest speaker Peter Gray, Olympian and former Olympic coach, was a hit! Louise Meryman, upper-level eventer and coach, also talked about a new
prize program for the Area I New York events through the New York Racing Association for Second Career Thoroughbreds. It was also announced that the Area I Champion-ships will again be held at Fitch’s Corner in 2012.
THE UNITED STATES PONY CLUBS (USPC), traditionally known as an eventing organization, has added polo to its roster of sports for 2012. USPC teamed up with the U.S. Polo Association (USPA) to make it more acces-sible to young riders everywhere, according to USPA Executive Director Peter Rizzo. In celebra-tion of the partnership, the USPA plans to offer a free introductory membership to Pony Club members. The newest discipline joins the ranks of eventing, show jumping, dressage, mounted games, tetrathlon, quiz, and polocrosse competi-tions in Pony Club.
AND IF YOU ARE A USPC ALUM, the organi-zation wants you! In a “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours” effort, the organization is looking for proud Pony Club grads and business owners (horse or non-horse related) to place a “Proud Graduate of Pony Club” logo on their website in exchange for the alum’s business logo and a link to their site on the USPC website, www.ponyclub.org.
IF YOU COMPETE AT BEGINNER NOVICE OR NOVICE and have been itching to try a three-day, you’ll be happy to hear the USEA Executive Committee has approved a policy to permit such events to count toward USEA National Year-End Points and Nutrena/USEA American Eventing Championships qualifications!
FEBRUARY SAW THE START OF THE TRAINING SESSIONS WITH CAPTAIN MARK PHILLIPS in Aiken, S.C., for those who made the High Performance and Developing Rider lists for eventing. High Performance riders partici-pating will be vying for a spot on the U.S. Eventing Team headed to the London Olympics this summer.
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Alexandra Slusher and Last Call, winners of last year’s CIC3* at Galway Downs.
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W e’ve been fortunate that the winter has been relatively mild so far, but with shorter days and frozen ground, it can be tough
to keep your horse in shape and ready for spring. Several Southern New Hampshire Dressage & Combined Training Association (SNHDCTA) members shared their strategies to maintaining their riding (and sanity) during the winter. While each member has her own methods, there are a few common themes—stay indoors, brave the elements, and try new activities.
Stay IndoorsMost of the year, Stefanie Rossetti’s Curly gelding Quinn lives at her home. But when winter hits, Stefanie doesn’t mess around with the cold. She heads straight to a heated indoor so she can train all winter long. Despite being the only dressage rider in a saddle seat barn, she enjoys the opportu-nity to ride five to six nights a week, while making new friends in a different discipline.
Olivia Hewson works hard to keep her Thoroughbred gelding Colby active and enter-tained. She finds switching up her activities each ride goes a long way toward keeping him focused. Olivia notes that as Colby has gotten older, it’s become more important to keep him going over the winter. “It’s helpful for his joints, and it also keeps him fit so he’s ready for the show season
in the spring.” Colby is 18 years old and it has become more vital to keep him going and moving thoroughout the winter to keep him from stiff-ening up and becoming sore. It is also important to keep him moving so he is fit for show season the following year.
Club President Lydia Neusch and her daughter Torey try to keep their horse Charbelle going in a routine that’s as consistent as possible all year. Torey is in her freshman year at UNH, and comes home on the weekends to ride. During the week, Charbelle is longed, and ridden by their trainer. “We don’t change much up for the winter, said Lydia.
Brave the ElementsFor those without an indoor, or with a higher tolerance for the cold, there are a wealth of winter activities. Karen O’Malley enjoys trail riding her gelding Rio. “I just bundle up really well and head out on the trails. I find it’s great for my horse’s brain to spend as much time outside the ring as possible,” said Karen.
Riding on the beach is always popular in the off-season. Recently, Sonja Fridell took her Paint gelding AJ, and rode with youth member Maria Ghigliotti on her borrowed Arab gelding, Su. “We spend a lot of time in the indoor during the winter, so it was great to get out and canter on the beach. AJ is a lot more lively when he sees that
wide-open stretch of sand, so it makes forward fun,” said Sonja.
Maria agreed, adding, “It’s great to ride outside, and the beach is the perfect place to work on my balance.”
If you thought most Second Level dressage horses spend their off-season perfecting their moves in the indoor, you haven’t met Paddington, Hilary Millett’s Quarter Horse. The pair were SNHDCTA’s Second Level Champions this year, and Hilary frequently rides outside.
Try New ActivitiesDorothy Komarek is working with her mare, Willow, on clicker training. “It’s fun! And my horse really seems to enjoy it,” she said. She’s teaching the young mare to put her nose on scary objects, and push a large ball around the arena. Dorothy credits the clicker training with helping outside the arena as well, “We used it to help her learn to trailer load.”
Katrina Villemaire is focusing on groundwork with her young mare. “Since she’s still a baby, winter is a great time to focus on the basics,” said Katrina.
Debi Barka is focusing on the basics as well, but with a twist. She’s riding her Connemara mare Lily at home, and without an indoor arena, she’s gotten creative. “I have a terrible time memorizing my tests, so this winter, Lily and I are walking the patterns while I remind myself where we walk, trot, and canter in the actual tests,” said Debi.
No matter what their winter strategies, all the SNHDCTA members agree on one thing—they can’t wait for spring to come!
For more information please visit www.snhdcta.org.
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Sonja Fridell and her Paint gelding AJ keep fit by riding on the beach.
Maria Ghigliotti hacking around with Su, an Arabian gelding, at Hampton Beach.
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On Sunday, March 25, the Connecticut Dressage & Combined Training Association (CDCTA) will present “Ring Craft:
Maximizing Test Scores and Minimizing Point Loss.” An interactive Symposium with Dot Demis, USEF “R” judge and USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist, participants will learn how to ride effective test patterns and understand the new half scores. The event will take place at Carbery Fields Farm in Lebanon, Conn. Pre-registration by March 19 is appreciated. The cost is $35 and includes lunch. The symposium will run from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Registration the day of the event is from 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. only and does not include lunch. To register, reserve lunch, and for more information, visit www.cdctaonline.com.
Show RESultS
The 2011 Year-End Award winners were as follows:
DressageINTrODUcTOrY - SchOOLING ShOWS - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Valerie Syme, Volkje Lopcke (Misty), - 71.37%; rE: Dennis William Dwyer, clove, - 64.75%. INTrODUcTOrY - SchOOLING ShOWS - JUNIOr: ch: amy Macha, Zeta Tauri, - 71.23%. TraINING - SchOOLING ShOWS - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Jane Wasyl, Bay Breeze, - 64.16%; rE: Karen Norton, Lexxus, -63.19%; 3. Sherri Pasquale, all The aczets, - 62.97%; 4. robert hathaway, Katahdin, - 60.8%; 5. Vicki Markowski, Zydeco Blue, - 59.43%; 6. Beth Jennings, Dakairi. TraINING - SchOOLING ShOWS - PrOFESSIONaL: ch: Jennifer ault, Windsor, - 69.1%.
FIrST LEVEL - SchOOLING ShOWS - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Sherri Pasquale, Zalani, - 65.44%; rE: robin cassella, holiday, - 64.59%; 3. Linda roache, Paradox Pippin, - 60.32%; 4. Beth Jennings, Dakairi. FIrST LEVEL - SchOOLING ShOWS - PrOFESSIONaL: ch: Deborah Murphy, Irish Bricin, - 60.89%. SEcOND LEVEL - SchOOLING ShOWS - PrOFESSIONaL: ch: Jennifer ault, Kipling, – 62.00%. TraINING LEVEL - raTED ShOWS - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Tara Manion, Breanna, - 62.74%; rE: Sherri Pasquale, all The aczets, - 61.17%; 3. Valerie Syme, Volkje Lopcke (Misty), - 47.85%.FIrST LEVEL - raTED ShOWS - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Sherri Pasquale, Zalani, - 65.94%; rE: Karen Norton, red Baron, - 61.00%.FIrST LEVEL - raTED ShOWS - PrOFESSIONaL: ch: Deborah Murphy, Irish Bricin, - 59.88%.
SEcOND LEVEL - raTED ShOWS - PrOFESSIONaL: ch: Jennifer ault, Zeta capella, - 59.64%; rE: Deb Moynihan, Fearghus, - 59.60%. FOUrTh LEVEL - raTED ShOWS - PrOFESSIONaL: ch: Elizabeth caron, Tagus corona, - 62.82%; rE: Kari allen, Ossborne, - 59.85%. FEI - PrIX ST. GEOrGE - raTED ShOWS - PrOFESSIONaL: ch: ann Guptill, T Mad hatter, - 59.73%.
Eventing BEGINNEr NOVIcE/SchOOLING - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Karen Norton, red Baron, - 13; rE: Bonnie Dixon, Gsf Ipso Facto, - 9.ELEMENTarY/SchOOLING - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Karen Norton, Lexxus, - 15; rE: Dennis William Dwyer, clove, - 13; 3. Kathleen hawkins, Uc Songmaster, - 10. hOrSE TrIaLS/SchOOLING - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Joanne Murphy, Tucker, - 11. BEGINNEr NOVIcE/raTED - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Karen Norton, red Baron, - 3. NOVIcE/raTED - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Kim Tester, corona, - 15. TraINING/raTED - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Mickey Lorenzen, claidheamhor, - 12. PrELIMINarY/raTED - aDULT aMaTEUr: ch: Mickey Lorenzen, claidheamhor, - 12. ●
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International show jumper Grant Wilson returned to New England on January 18-22 to train event riders of all levels. The clinic took place over several days starting
at Water’s Edge Farm in Concord, Mass. From there, Wilson held clinics at Coyote Spring Farm in Lee, N.H.; Green Acres Farm in Madbury, N.H.; and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in Durham, N.H. He trained about eight to 12 people per day throughout the course of his stay in New England. The clinic was very well received by the participating riders, and many people returned again after attending his previous clinic in November.
Liz Oertel, a UNH dressage and jumping instructor and professor, was very pleased with the training she received from Wilson. “The Grant Wilson clinic was educational and system-atic for both my young horse and progressive work for my more experienced horse,” she says.
Formerly from New Zealand, Wilson has extensive experience in many different equine-related fields. He now lives in Belgium and owns a stable in Brussels. He rides in Grand Prix events and also trains some riders on the Belgian Eventing Team. In addition to conducting clinics around the world, Wilson also breeds and sells horses in Belgium.
The riders at the clinics learned a lot of helpful new techniques during their training sessions. “I loved working with Grant,” says Mary Lee, who attended the clinic at Water’s Edge Farm. “When I went home with my horse I was very happy to be able to recreate the same feeling I had during the clinic.”
Young rider Alanna Fagan, who also attended the clinic at Water’s Edge, was really grateful of Wilson’s teachings. “I had a great experi-ence,” says Fagan. “I really appreciated Grant’s teaching style—how he took the time to explain what he was asking of me and what he wanted me to ask of the horse. When I struggled with executing something, he made sure to reiterate and tried to explain in a different way how I could successfully accomplish the task at hand. Also, I really enjoyed his focus on the horse and connection between horse and rider.”
Courtney Comeau, organizer of the November and January clinics, hopes to have Wilson return to the area again in May and August to conduct additional clinics at different barns in New England.
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The University of New Hampshire Equine Program is pleased to kick off its 41st year as host to United States Eventing Association (USEA) horse
trials with its spring event, to be held on its Durham campus on May 5-6, 2012.
This spring’s event marks the first of three exciting USEA competitions to be held at the University this year. UNH’s horse trials are unique in that they are entirely coordinated and run by students in the equine program under the direction of show manager Christina Keim.
“For many students, working at our horse trials provides their first exposure to the sport of eventing,” says Keim. “They are involved in nearly every aspect of the show, from facility preparations like painting jumps and setting up courses and dressage rings to actually staffing the event itself.”
Even though eventing has been a part of UNH’s culture for over four decades, Keim says that there are still many members of the univer-sity community who are unaware of the event’s impact on students, current and past, as well as the regional eventing world as a whole.
“I think the UNH Horse Trials have played a significant role in promoting this sport,” says Keim. “When you look at the number of life-long competitors, show officials and eventing enthusiasts who have gotten their first exposure
to event management here at UNH, it is quite an impressive list.”
UNH’s Spring Horse Trials is one of the first USEA events on the Area I calendar each year, and attracts entrants from all over the north-eastern U.S. and eastern Canada. “We usually expect close to 200 horses and riders,” says show secretary Liz Oertel. “It is great to have a dedi-cated local competitor base, as well as to meet new entrants who come from further away.”
This event will feature competition at the Beginner Novice, Novice, Training, Preliminary-Training and Preliminary levels, with courses designed to allow northern-based horse and rider teams the opportunity to have a safe, fun, and educational first outing of the season. In addition, special awards will be given for the lowest scoring UNH student or alumnus, the lowest scoring and second lowest scoring Pony Clubber, and the lowest scoring pure or half-bred Connemara. This last award is sponsored by the American Connemara Pony Society.
Additional horse trials will be held on Sunday, July 8 (Beginner Novice through Training levels) and September 29-30 (Beginner Novice through Preliminary levels).
Sponsorship and advertising opportunities exist for the UNH Horse Trials; please contact Chris Keim for more information at [email protected] or 603-862-1174. For additional
information about the UNH Equine Program and its horse trials, visit www.equine.unh.edu.
In addition to the Spring Horse Trials, the Thompson School of Applied Science at UNH will be hosting the 22nd Annual Combined Test competition at the Livestock Activity Center on Sunday, April 15, 2012. The event will commence at 8:00 a.m. with the dressage tests—admission is free to spectators. This event is used by local competitors to not only prepare their horses for upcoming UNH Horse Trials, but also to prepare for other events held throughout the 2012 show season.
The combined test is also another opportu-nity for the students of the Thompson School Equine Management Program to organize an equine competition. Proceeds from the show help to defray costs for supplies and field trips for the students of the program. For more infor-mation, visit www.unh.edu/tsas2ph.
University of New Hampshireto host spring horse trials, combined test
Advanced and Olympic level riders from around the nation will be converging at the Carolina Horse Park for the Southern Pines Horse
Trials to be held March 23-25, 2012 in one of the most exciting displays of equestrian prowess the sport offers.
Taking place over three full days, the Southern Pines Horse Trials is free for spectators and offers not only a glimpse into a popular equestrian event, but also a family fun weekend in the country with food and retail vendors and more. VIP Patrons’ catered luncheon tickets are available for Saturday in front of the ever popular water complex during the cross-country portion of the competition.
For the third year in a row, Southern Pines will be the inaugural event for the PRO (Professional Riders Organization) Tour Series. The scene at Carolina Horse Park promises to be electric with over 400 of this season’s top riders and horses competing for prize money in every level.
“As once again the first stop on the PRO Tour, this year’s Southern Pines Horse Trials will be even bigger and better, featuring many great additions for both competitors and specta-tors. This is certainly one of the park’s highlight events,” said Carolina Horse Park Executive Director Jane Murray.
A standout social feature of the horse trials is the exclusive dinner and dancing event, “Britches and Bling,” to be held at the Carolina Horse Park on Saturday night. Dressed in everything from jeans and flannels to diamonds and dresses, partygoers will enjoy incredible food, a DJ and dancing, and a sneak peak of the 2012 Stoneybrook official painting and art exhibit.
“I continue to be impressed with the many improvements and enhancements Carolina Horse Park has made to both its events calendar and facility,” said two-time Olympic Gold Medalist and Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Champion Phillip Dutton. “I am looking forward
to a great weekend of competition and entertain-ment at the Southern Pines Horse Trials.”
Other big names expected to compete are two-time Olympic medalist, three-time Pan Am Games Medalist, and Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Champion Karen O’Connor, and four star champion and international competitor Boyd Martin.
For more information on the Southern Pines Horse Trials, visit www.carolinahorsepark.com.
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Boyd Martin and Neville Bardos at the Southern Pines Horse Trials.
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Presents their 20th Annual Silent Auction March 16th, 2012 at
The Gallery, Glastonbury, CT
A night of friends, food, & spectacular horse & non-horse related items.
CDCTA 2012 Calendar of Events
For more details and the most up-to-date calendar, please go to:
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The Connecticut Dressage &Combined Training Association
March 25th - CDCTA Dressage Symposium with Dot Demis
April 8th - CDCTA Stadium Jumping w/Sally Hinkle
April 29th - CDCTA Cross Country Clinic w/Ann Bowie
May 13th - CDCTA Dressage & Combined Test Schooling Show
June 2nd - Ride/Critique/Ride with ”L” Judge Claudia Tarlov
July 22nd - CDCTA Dressage & Combined Test Schooling Show
Aug 25th & 26th - CDCTA Eventing Clinic with Stephanie Baer
Sept 23rd - Ride, Critique, Ride with Ann Guptill
Oct 7th - CDCTA USDF/USEF Rated Dressage Show
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Hunter/Jumper news By Kim Ablon Whitney
Hunter/Jumper Hunter/Jumper Heads Up
WOODRIDGE FARM (WRF) made an impression at the Winter Equestrian Festival this year! WRF began their winter circuit in Wellington for two weeks before heading to Ocala! Abby Bertelson got off to a great start on her new giant eq horse leased for the year from Aaron Vale. Abby won the 15-17 Flat each week as well as a 15-17 Fences. On her regular equitation horse she finished second in the USEF Medal and seventh in the Maclay. New WRF star Maddie Albano made her Medal/Maclay debut, placing sixth in the USEF Medal and eighth in the Maclay! Haleigh Landrigan tested both weeks in the Ariat, steadily rising in the national points standings. Sean Rogers made his jumper ring debut aboard Bantry Bay, finishing third with double-clean rounds in the $10,000 High Adult Classic. In the equitation ring Sean took home the champi-onship aboard Ali Rose’s Paraduxx. Back home in Massachusetts, WRF’er Astrid Dretler took home a championship in the Modified Adult Equitation at the Holloway Brook Farm Horse Show.
Woodridge is also proud of their year-end champions! For the second year in a row but on a different horse, Jacquie Maggiore again swept the Adult Hunter 18-35 division, topping the Massachusetts Horsemen’s Council (MHC), New England Horsemen’s Council (NEHC) and Zone 1! In the Performance Hunter 3'6'' - 3'9'' Greg Prince was the Zone 1 Champion aboard Kavalier.
CLOSER TO HOME, RIDGETOP FARM is thrilled that Leah Menaul (Target P) and Jenna Frasca (Winston) hit the winter show scene and have already gotten their MHC Junior Medals. Laura Chotkowski and Rellington have their Adult MHC Medal. Congrats
to the Harris family on their purchase of Optimus Prime. Ridgetop also welcomes Melissa Fossbender and her horse Captain Jack Sparrow to the barn.
CORNERSTONE FARM congratulates their riders on many well-deserved year-end placings. Hayley Poole won the Junior Hunter Championship for both MHC and NEHC. Ashley Morin finished the year with many championships in the Children’s Hunters, including the MHC Championship and the NEHC Reserve Championship. Meanwhile, Jess Lusty cleaned up in the Children’s Pony Hunters with First Frost, winning the MHC Championship and placing third in the USEF standings. Jess is leasing Anucci for the 2012 show season. Taylor Kimball aboard Treffor picked up the MHC Championship from the North Shore Horsemen’s Association (NSHA). Other Cornerstone winners were Rachel Griffith and Little Miss Sunshine, Mariah Kessel and Touch of Faith, and Michaela Kessel and Game Face. And, of course, Monica Hunt’s two adorable boys, Hunter and Oliver McComiskie, both earned year-end awards from NSHA in Leadine. Pam and Monica just purchased some imports that will be for sale in Ocala.
JENNIFER TATE OF FIELDSTONE FARM is at HITS Ocala for the winter with several clients’ horses. And Rebecca Clawson and her horse Kennebec are showing at WEF this winter with Andre Dignelli.
SANDY POINT STABLES (SPS) riders had a great day at this year’s SPS Medal/Derby Day. Caroline Lake won both the Modified SPS Medal Final and the 2'6'' Hunter Derby aboard Mr. Carlos.
Hope Misner made her debut on Keystone and won the Pre-Children’s Medal. Ice Capade and Jackie Walker were second in the 2'9'' Hunter Derby and James and Lauren Alofsin were third. Katie Solomans won both Open Short Stirrup classes and was reserve champion in the Short Stirrup Hunter
Derby. Jackie also won the first ever Sit-A-Buck class and was reserve champion in the Junior Medal. And congrats to the DeAngelis Rowan family…Baylee Rowan made her debut in Leadline, Blake Rowan has moved up to Walk-Trot, and Reed Rowan won both of his first two Walk-Trot Rails classes for the 2012 season!
WE HEARD FROM JAY MERRIAM that he has sold the Mass Equine Clinic to husband and wife vet duo, Mike Strassner and Susan Galanthay. Susan has been with Mass Equine for the last seven years and Mike had been practicing equine and small animal surgery before buying Mass Equine. Vet Lolly Cochran has retired but Jay assures us retire-ment is not in his vocabulary! He is still seeing lots of cases at the clinic and is continuing with his amazing volunteer work. He is headed to Morocco to work in a donkey hospital there and is planning the next trip to Samana. Without the business aspect to worry about, Jay will spend some more time with his son and daughter-in-law in Colorado.
NEW BOSTON FARM in Gray, Maine, is happy to welcome the Bates and Bowdoin IHSA teams to their new headquarters.
JAMES H. FAIRCLOUGH II of Cavalier Show Jumping joined the cast of Full Metal Jousting, a one-hour series that began on February 12. If you haven’t already checked the show out, be sure to tune into the History Channel on Sundays at 10:00 p.m.
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James H. Fairclough II of Cavalier Show Jumping joined the cast of Full Metal Jousting for their inaugural season.
(Far left): Sean Rogers won at WEF with Ali Rose’s Paraduxx.
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HITS Ocala kicked off the 2012 Winter Circuit in style with perfect weather,
immaculate grounds, and eager competitors during the first two weeks of unrated competition at Post Time Farm. Hunter and jumper riders alike took advantage of early qualifying opportunities as the fever surrounding HITS’ Championship Weekend began to spike. Qualifiers for the 2012 Pfizer Million Grand Prix, Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final and $250,000 HITS 3' Hunter Prix Final will continue to be offered throughout the 2012 winter circuit. Highlighting the first two weeks was the $20,500 Marshall & Sterling Children’s/Adult Jumper Championship, which crowned Charlene Graham of Fairport, N.Y., as cham-pion after four legs of competition.
As pre-circuit competition came to a close, Jonathan Millar of Ontario, Canada, found success in the weekend’s featured Grand Prix class after he placed first and second in the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health. Millar claimed the blue ribbon aboard Iron Horse Farm’s Cantero Z and then added a second place finish aboard Contino 14, owned by Millar Brooke Farm, Ltd. Course designer Doug Russell of Ocala, Fla., set a first-round track that produced five clear rounds for the jump-off. Advancing to the jump-off along with Millar and his two horses were Jordan Coyne of New Port Richey, Fla., aboard her own Lazaro; Patty Stovel of Chester Springs, Pa., and her Carigor Z; and Hugh Graham of Ontario, Canada, aboard King Ridge Stables’ Distant Star 3E. “We got very lucky with another gorgeous day of weather,” said Millar. “I thought the course was designed just right. We had a great jump-off and my horses were just fantastic today.” Millar and Cantero Z were the first to show in the jump-off and easily set the Great American Time to Beat at 37.864 seconds, which went untouched and earned him the win. Millar was also last to show in the jump-off on his second mount, Contino 14, and rode nicely to the finish with a clear round in 38.777 seconds to clinch first and second place. Stovel and her own Carigor Z produced a clear round in 39.368 seconds to ultimately finish in third. Jordan Coyne and Lazaro finished with four jumping faults in 37.939 seconds to land them in fourth place. Hugh Graham and Distant
Star 3E posted a quick time of 37.264 seconds, but suffered eight jumping faults to settle in fifth place. “The pre-cir-cuit was very nice,” Millar commented. “The footing was great today and all the horses jumped well over the past few weeks. We really enjoyed it here. I’d like to thank Iron Horse Farm, the owners of Cantero Z. I hope to return at some point during the circuit to pick up some more Grand Prix classes.”
Amanda Flint and her own Superbad kicked off the second week of pre-circuit competition with a win in the first $2,500 Brook Ledge Open Welcome of the season. Tracy Magness was in hot pursuit of Flint and rode Mr. and Mrs. Bartko’s Consulado to a second place finish. Millar warmed up for a Grand Prix victory by guiding Millar Brooke Farm Ltd.’s Calvin Klein to a third place finish in the Brook Ledge Open Welcome. Rounding out the top five was My Weber aboard Available Jumpers.com’s Available Heartbreaker in fourth and Maria Van Buskirk in the irons of her own VDL Theresa Lady in fifth.
The Devoucoux Hunter Prix marked the second Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final qualifier of the season at HITS Ocala. Kelley Farmer of Keswick, Va., and Larry Glefke’s Vox were one of 31 horse-and-rider combinations to compete on a course designed by Doug Russell of Ocala, Fla., and finished the class with the blue ribbon. As the top 12 riders returned for the second round, Farmer sat in second place behind Maggie Gould and Bases Loaded, owned by AM
Free Inc. A second round score of 90 for Farmer and Vox clinched the win as Amanda Steege of Bedminster, N.J., and Michelle Barber’s Harvard finished in second place. Gould and Bases Loaded ultimately finished with third place honors.
High-Performance rider and 2011 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix finalist Tracy Fenney of Flower Mound, Texas, made her return to competi-tion this week and started the season off with a fourth place finish in the $2,500 Devoucoux Hunter Prix aboard MTM Farm’s MTM Follow Me. Fenney is once again on the road to the richest weekend of show jumping as a perennial contender for the Pfizer Million and Diamond Mills $500,000 Hunter Prix Final. “It’s always good to be in Ocala,” said Fenney. “This is a second home for us and our horses and one of my favorite places to be during the year. We just started showing again this week after a long break and this was a good way to start. Last year, this was one of my favorite classes and it’ll be great to qualify again for the finals.” Brandie Holloway rounded out the top five aboard Hays Investment Corp.’s Cornerstone.
For more information on HITS Ocala, visit www.hitsshows.com.
HITS Ocalawraps up the prelude to seven weeks of non-stop, rated hunter/jumper competition
Jonathan Millar and Cantero Z on course in the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix.
Lisa Engel presenting the blue ribbon to Kelley Farmer and Vox for the $2,500 Devoucoux Hunter Prix.
$2,500 Brook Ledge Open Welcome winners Amanda Flint and Superbad.
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The sixth annual George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Session presented by the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) and
Adequan concluded Saturday, January 7 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Fla. Held January 3-7, participants honed their riding skills and learned valuable lessons in overall horsemanship.
Due to a severe cold, Morris, the legendary horseman and U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe, was unable to teach the training session sponsored by The Dutta Corporation, Farnam, Practical Horseman, and Equestrian Sport Productions. However, Morris’ proteges Anne Kursinski, Kent Farrington, McLain Ward, and Beezie Madden stepped in to conduct the morning mounted sessions.
The culmination of the training session was Saturday’s mock Nations Cup. It was a unique opportunity for riders to practice
jumping in the Nations Cup format, and the group was split into four different teams. The gold medal-winning team from the 2011 Pan American Games (Farrington, Madden, Ward and Christine McCrea) served as Chefs d’Equipe as riders jumped two rounds over Anthony D’Ambrosio’s challenging course.
“I think we’re working with a great group of riders,” said Farrington. “Being at a clinic, if you’re able to walk away with anything, even if it’s just one thing new that you learned, it’s more than worth its while.”
In the afternoons, riders and auditors attended informative sessions on an array of topics including veterinary and farrier care, horse selection, the importance of fundamen-tals in horse management, and course design. On Friday evening a forum was held for partici-pants and the public to learn more about the Artisan Farms Young Rider Under 25 Series, the 2012 European Junior and Young Rider Tour,
and FEI Medication Rules as well as Morris’ legendary Principles, Policies and Procedures for International Riders presented by John Madden.
Jacob Pope took part in the training session for the first time and was sorry that [Morris] was unable to teach but nonetheless learned valuable lessons in horsemastership.
“It was disappointing and too bad that Morris wasn’t able to train us, but USEF staff, Lizzy [Chesson] and Amy [Serridge], managed to put together a fantastic set of clinicians—Anne, Kent, McLain, and Beezie were great!” said Pope. “Where else could you get all that at once, as well as great clinics from a vet and farrier, and advice from Katie [Prudent] on how to select a horse, Adequan on joint care, and Pancho Lopez on horse care and barn manage-ment? And all of this with a group of top notch riders from across the nation; the personal connections will hopefully last a lifetime. The knowledge and wisdom that was shared with us was priceless.”
On the final day, the USET Foundation hosted a luncheon. Bonnie Jenkins, Executive Director of the foundation congratulated all of the riders on a successful week. “The USET Foundation is proud to be part of this week and continuing our mission of supporting athletes, promoting international excellence, and building for the future.”
The George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Session would not have been possible without the generosity of the clinicians who donated their time: Anthony D’Ambrosio, Kent Farrington, Anne Kursinski, Pancho Lopez, Beezie and John Madden, Allyn Mann, Christine McCrea, Dr. Tim Ober, Dean Pearson, Katie Prudent, and McLain Ward.
For more information, visit www.usefnet-work.com/featured/GeorgeMorris2012.
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Wilton Porter and Phineas taking part in the training session. Jacob Pope aboard Tigger.
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Congratulations to All for a Great Show Season!
Elementary HunterChampion: Raisin The Roof
Reserve Champion: Nick at Night (Hopkins)
Elementary EquitationChampion: Penelope Giesen Reserve Champion: Rachel Hopkins 3. Halli Coulter
Short Stirrup HunterChampion: Blue Knight - Payton Colace Reserve Champion: Woodland’s Wizard - Lily Hicks 3. My Irish Rose - Olivia Marcus 4. Tinkerbell - Grace Lyons
Short Stirrup EquitationChampion: Lily Hicks Reserve Champion: Beth Annese 3. Olivia Marcus 4. Grace Lyons
Lead LineChampion: Kelsey Hudson - 112 (5) Reserve Champion: Celia Geoghegan 3. Sophia Williams
Long Stirrup HunterNone
Long Stirrup EquitationNone
Walk Trot PleasureChampion: Nick at Night - Isabella Brown Reserve Champion: Good As Gold - Sophia Murray
Walk Trot EquitationChampion: Sophia Murray
Hunter PleasureNone
Modified HunterChampion: Woodland’s Wizard - Rebecca Kenney Reserve Champion: Ali’s Pleasure - Paige Osborne 3. Quinlan - Coyne 4. Silent Rain at Dawn - Samantha Armstrong
Modified Child/ Adult EquitationChampion: Rebecca Kenney Reserve Champion: Paige Osborne 3. Samantha Armstrong
Low HunterChampion: My Irish Rose - Kimmy Hiss Reserve Champion: Cavallino - Grace Patten 3. Ali’s Pleasure - MacKenzie Palmer 4. Time to Launch - Ashley Bonnette 5. Gino - Carol Ames 6. Strike a Pose - Daylin Kroll
School Horse EquitationChampion: Hannah Elwell Reserve Champion: MacKenzie Palmer 3. Daylin Kroll 4. Carol Ames
Children’s / Adult Special HunterChampion: Cotillio Z - Mariah Lombard Reserve Champion: Cavallino - Sandra Walsh 3. Time to Launch - Ashley Bonnette 4. Class Act - Jill Antoszyk
Children’s EquitationChampion: Marissa Cintolo Reserve Champion: Maeve Foley 3. Mariah Lombard 4. McKenzie Breen 5. Hannah Elwell 6. Ashley Bonnette 7. Jill Antoszyk
Children’s Hunter PonyChampion: Blue Knight - Meredith Correia Reserve Champion: Moonlit Night - Natalie Freedgood 3. Just in Tyme - McKenzie Breen
Children’s Hunter HorseChampion: Custom Made - Erica Sparks Reserve Champion: Remington 104 - Caitlin Shea 3. Royal Highland - Brittany Rowe 4. Kiss Me I’m Irish - Haley Dickenson
Open EquitationChampion: Erica Sparks Reserve Champion: Jessica Herbert 3. Abby Rae Bradbury
Modified Adult HunterChampion: Cavallino - Sandra Walsh
First Place: Denise Marks
Second Place: Theresa Butkiwieus & Jamie Blash
2011 Year End Points through the October 2011 Show:
Trainer of the Year Awards:
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The Tournament of Champions Winter Classic, held January 28, 2012, was an exciting event, with Mount Holyoke College (MHC)
claiming the victory and a majority of their riders earning either a blue or red ribbon.They did so well, in fact, that it wasn’t until Class 11 when an MHC rider placed below second. Felicia Harrasch started the show with a win in Class 1 Intermediate Flat, followed by Lexie Lohrer winning Class 2 Open Fences, and Holyoke was off and running! Other winners for MHC included Hanna Thornton in Open Flat, and So Jin Lee in Walk-Trot. Holyoke raced to a 42 point day, which is the second highest point total in Tournament history!
With the Winter Classic win, MHC secured the 2012 Tournament of Champions Series Championship, which they were leading even before coming to Virginia. This is the second time they have taken home the big Series Champion cup —they had it last in 2008. Could this be one of the best teams for coach CJ Law? She has taken the MHC team to three National Championship titles, the last one in 2006.
While Holyoke was pulling away from the pack, the rest of the pack was trying to catch Virginia Intermont’s two teams. While VI Team Gold had more winners—two blues in Novice Flat and Fences from Ashley Ramey and Rory Mueller, Team Black was more consistent, and ended up the reserve champion, 33 to 32 points. Team Black got a blue ribbon from Kayla Akers. Intermont was allowed two teams because they brought many of the horses for the show, as did Lynchburg College, who made it a little more obvious which team held the first string. Lynchburg’s “Pulled Pork” team flirted with the leaders for awhile before finishing in the ribbons at eighth place. The “Beef Brisket”
team was not so lucky, as they spent a lot of time at the local barbecue joint, according to Coach Matt Arrigon.
Delaware Valley College made another strong statement with a solid fourth place finish. The Aggies have finished fourth or higher in five straight Tournament shows. They have a strong history at the Winter Classic, having been champions in 2010. Del Val’s Ciara Menkens was Medal Champion at the 2011 Winter Classic as well as this year.
Other teams in the ribbons at the end of the day included fifth place recipients Virginia Tech. They are always one of the top teams in Tournament of Champions compe-tition, despite seemingly being the permanent second place team in their region behind Virginia Intermont. Saint Andrews University finished in sixth place, and Cornell finished in seventh, a point ahead of Lynchburg’s Pork.
While MHC raced away to the 2012 Series Championship, Virginia Intermont narrowly edged out Delaware Valley for reserve cham-pion. Those were pretty clearly the top three teams of the 2011-2012 Tournament of Champions season, although for those keeping an eye on the top rated IHSA teams, it should be noted that the Holiday Tournament Champion, Centenary College, was not able to make the trip to Virginia for the Winter Classic finale.
The fact that Del Val’s Ciara Menkens won the Tournament of Champions Medal is not a shocker—she defended her cham-pionship after winning the same class a year ago. The shocker is that she won after she was standing in third place on Judge Woody Dyers’ card when they came back for the final test. Intermont’s Blake Roberts tested first,
then Menkens took second. Both nailed the test which included a hand gallop jump, followed by a trot jump, two simple lead changes down the centerline, and a sitting trot to the gate. Everyone sat up to pay attention when Cornell’s Katie Fink refused the trot jump in her test, and were stunned when Penn State’s Brendan Weiss, testing in first place, also stopped at the trot jump, propelling Menkens to the top of the class. Others vying for the Medal included
Intermont’s Danielle Clark, who took fifth place, and Saint Andrews’ Katie Hanson in sixth.
The Equestrian Talent Search (ETS) Medal involved high school aged riders chosen out of the ETS Clinics held six times annually. All the riders were college recruiting prospects who wanted to be seen by the present coaches. The winner of the class, Meghan Hynes of York, Maine, won a $5,000 scholarship to Virginia Intermont College. The ETS Medal is held at each of the Tournament of Champions shows.
The host for the event was the University of Mary Washington at Hazelwild Farm in Fredericksburg, Va. Woody Dykers, a USEF “R” judge from Alpharetta, Ga., adjudicated the event.
The Tournament of Champions will begin the 2012-2013 season with the Preseason Classic in September at Goucher College in Baltimore.
Mount Holyoke Claims Victoryat tournament of Champions Winter ClassiC
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Tournament of Champions Medal winner Ciara Menkins.
ETS Medal Champion Meghan Hynes accepts the Virginia Intermont College scholarship from Coach Eddie Federwisch and Gwen Arrigon of Tournament of Champions.
The top eight riders in the Equestrian Talent Search Medal display their ribbons.
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The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, which were recently named one of North America’s “Top 25 Horse Shows” by the North American
Riders Group, have garnered a lot of attention for their upcoming 2012 season. This year, the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows return for their 30th annual event, May 8-20 with a special “Welcome Day” competition scheduled for Sunday, May 6.
“We are extremely proud to once again be included among the best horse shows in North America,” said Scott Hakim, President of Old Salem Farm. “The distinction of being one of the two most improved horse shows in North America is especially gratifying given how much effort we put into improving our shows and our facility.”
The shows feature top-notch hunter/jumper competition at one of the country’s most beau-tiful equestrian training centers. Each week features over 130 hunter and jumper classes. Highlighting the two weeks of competition are four Grand Prix events, all of which count toward USEF rider rankings —the $25,000 New York Welcome Stake Grand Prix, the
$25,000 North Salem Grand Prix, the $40,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix and the $75,000 Empire State Grand Prix.
The shows also feature the $20,000 Speed Derby of North Salem, $15,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Classic, $10,000 USHJA Hunter Derby, and $5,000 Leading Hunter Rider Award.
Heading the list of riders expected to compete is two-time Olympic Team Gold Medalist McLain Ward, who has announced that Old Salem will be his first return to competition since the broken knee cap he suffered in January.
“This year’s horse shows promise to be the best ever,” said Hakim. “The anticipation of this summer’s London Olympic Games is sure to add to the excitement of our competition and we invite everyone to come join us for two weeks of outstanding competition.”
The Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows benefit the Old Salem Farm Foundation. The goal of the foundation is to use the Spring Horse
Shows as a vehicle to help support charitable organizations and create an opportunity for corporate sponsors and equestrian athletes to benefit the community during the annual event.
This year, the Old Salem Farm Foundation will provide support to such organizations as ASPCA, Pegasus Therapeutic Riding and other local charities.
For more information on Old Salem Farm, visit www.oldsalemfarm.net or call 914-669-5610.
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Far Meadow Farmpresents
Lendon GraySaturday April 14th, 2012
Lendon Gray, the United States Dressage Federation inductee into the Roemer Fundation/USDF Hall of Fame, will give a day of Dressage lessons
at Far Meadow Farm in Morris, CT. Open to riders of any level.
Auditors Welcome. For Reservations, call: 860-567-9850
Space is Limited - Reserve Early
Ride Critique Ride Friday Night SeminarsSunday January 29th, 2012 (Dressage)Sunday February 26th, 2012 (Jumping)
Sunday March 18th, 2012 (Dressage or Jumping)
The rider will ride his/her test or course, then Mrs. Rocco will work with you and your horse to go over the test or course details,
you then re-ride the test or course.
Judge: Katie Rocco30 minute sessions: $75
Reserve a session: 860-567-985012 Country Road, Morris, CT 06763
February 10th (Saddle Fitting & Reconditioning)Feb 24th (Traditional Equine Dentistry)
March 9th (Equine Massage)March 23rd (Chiropractic/Acupunture)
Spend your Friday evening with us and one of our practitioners for an informal demonstration. These seminars will give you the opportunity to ask questions
and become a better informed horse owner/rider. Please join us.
Free Admission7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Snacks provided12 Country Road, Morris, CT 06763
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“A Sincere � anks to Mitch & Kathy Steege*”* Recipients of the 2011 NEHC Lifetime Achievement Award
From: Susan Villare (Owner of Zephyr T)
Zephyr T7 year old 17+H
Dutch Warmblood
Red Acre FarmStowe, MA
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Mitch SteegeTrainer & Rider
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For more information and to schedule a coaching appointment,
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The Jacksonville Winter Series wrapped up its three-week run on January 29, 2012 with the naming of Circuit Champions and a lot of
fond memories for those attending.Alexis Newman of the North Florida Hunter
Jumper Association (NFHJA) summed up the series, “We enjoyed a fantastic three weeks of shows that were marked with great exhibitor parties, superb competition, wonderful camara-derie, near perfect weather, plus a touching and successful benefit dinner.”
The support of attendees raised in excess of $14,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project and local 4-H clubs. Show manager, Bob Bell, echoed Newman’s sentiment, “The number of exhibitors may not have been what we hoped for, but the competition was nothing less than fierce! I really feel this was one of the best Jacksonville series yet —like Alexis said, we just had the best of everything come together and make for a great three weeks.”
Each weekend featured $25,000 up for the taking during Saturday evening’s main events—spotlighting show jumpers from around the country. International course designer Dave
Ballard watched intently as victory for the opening week went to Robert Lee of Old Saybrook, Conn., riding the 12-year-old Hanoverian, El Greeco, to the top spot in both the Welcome Stake and the $25,000 Glen Kernan Golf & Country Club/Hodges Boulevard Development Grand Prix.
Week two’s $25,000 Brumos Motor Cars, Inc. Grand Prix, which bene-fited the Wounded Warriors Project, found local legend Aaron Vale of Morriston, Fla., and the Thinks Like A Horse entry, 8-year-old KWPN Warmblood Wodka L, galloping the victory lap after conquering JP Godard’s course work. And wrapping up the winter series, Daniel Geitner of Aiken, S.C., piloted Sympa, the 12-year-old Rheinland Pfalz Saar mare owned by Mrs. Charles Bostwick to the win in the $25,000 Clay County Grand Prix—the course layout was done by Tim Hott.
Hunter horses saw their fair share of tough competition each week thanks in part to the technical design work of Joe Carnicom, espe-cially during each of the USHJA National Derby
classes that without a doubt provided many riders the opportunity to prepare for the finale event, the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby.
Week one’s USHJA National Derby winner was local favorite Kathryn Mittauer part-nered with Allawishus, Jeffrey Ayers and Abercrombie took the second week victory, and South Carolina’s favorite lady rider Liza Boyd hit the bullseye with Marksmann for owner Mailla Van Beuren in the third USHJA National Derby.
The $5,000 NFHJA Equitation Challenge had some of the nation’s top young hunter riders going head to head during week two’s spot-lighted competition. “This was one of the best classes to watch because of the incred-
ible talent in it,” Bell commented.One of the most anticipated events took
place during week three with the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby spon-sored by Jerry Parks Insurance Group and The Bruning Foundation bringing several of the leading horses and riders of the USHJA series looking to move up in the overall national standings. At the conclusion of round one it was Kelley Farmer of Keswick, Va., aboard the AM Free, Inc. owned Red Sky in the top spot followed closely by Jennifer Alfano of Buffalo, N.Y., in the second and third positions with SBS Stables’ Jersey Boy and Helen Lenahan’s Miss Lucy. Fourth was held by Liza Boyd of Camden, S.C., with Brunello—co-owned by Janet Peterson, and the fifth spot was claimed by Farmer with Bases Loaded for owner AM Free, Inc. The Handy round found few changes in the players, just the positioning, with Jersey Boy and Alfano moving to the top, Farmer and Bases Loaded second, Brunello and Boyd in third, Miss Lucy and Alfano in fourth, and a new face in the fifth spot—Majestic with Amanda Steege riding for owner Tony Arena.
Excitement and cheering grew louder amongst the spectators as the judging panels calculated all the scores to officially crown the champion. When the pencils went down and the scores came up, it was Alfano and Jersey Boy taking the overall victory in the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby.
The crescendo of the three-week winter series was the announcement of this year’s Circuit Champions. “Green Cove has been a wonderful kickoff to our winter season and judging by the level of competitiveness, it’s clearly going to be a great year full of talent!” Bell said.
For complete results from the 2012 Jacksonville Winter Series please visit www.horseshowsonline.com or www.nfhja.com. For more information, visit www.classic company.com.
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Jennifer Alfano and Jersey Boy took top honors in week three’s $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby.
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The St. Christopher’s Horse Show will return to Pennsylvania’s picturesque Lebanon Valley region at the historic Quentin Riding Club in Quentin,
Pa., May 9-13, 2012. St. Christopher’s, the 2010 Pennsylvania Horse
Show Association (PHSA) Horse Show of the Year, is well-known for featuring top-notch hunter and jumper competition for riders of all ages and ability levels.
“We hope that everybody will come out and join us in May to see what has made St. Christopher’s one of the best hunter/jumper horse shows in the Northeast!” said show producer Annette Longenecker of Ryegate Show Services.
Highlighting this year’s horse show are U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) “AA”-rated hunter classes, a Hunter Breeding division, Young Jumper divisions and the $10,000 St. Christopher’s Mini Prix. Additional featured classes include Marshall & Sterling (M&S), North American League (NAL) and Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) Classics. Riders competing in M&S, NAL, and WIHS classes earn valuable points toward qualifying to compete in their respective League Finals.
The Equitation division includes THIS Children’s Medal, Ariat Adult Medal, Equisport/U.S. Pony Medal, Pessoa U.S. Medal, Marshall & Sterling Children’s and Adult Medal and WIHS Equitation classes, plus Leadline, Short Stirrup, and Walk-Trot classes.
The hunter divisions include Pony Hunter, Green Pony Hunter, Junior Hunter, Amateur-Owner 3'6'' and 3'3'' Hunter. Professional Hunters include First Year Green, Second Year Green, High Performance, Performance 3'3'' and 3'6''-3'9'' and Pre-Green. Various schooling opportunities exist with a variety of divisions set below 3'. Also included is Ladies Hunter Side Saddle and classics for Ponies, Juniors, Amateur-Owners, Adult Amateur and Children’s Horse and Pony.
The schedule for the Jumper division includes schooling classes from 0.85m up to 1.20m. In addition, there are Junior/Amateur-Owner, Pony, Children’s, and Adult Amateur Jumper sections.
“One of the greatest things about our horse show is the huge selection of classes,” said Longenecker. “No matter what your age or
ability, St. Christopher’s has a class for you!” Judging at the 2012 St. Christopher’s Horse
Show will be Rob Bielefeld and Randy Mullins. Serving as jumper course designer is noted inter-national course designer Guilherme Jorge who has created courses for the FEI World Cup Finals and the Hampton Classic. Paul Jewell will design courses for the hunter divisions.
Entries for this year’s St. Christopher’s Horse Show close on April 30. For more information, or to download a prize list, contact Ryegate Show Services at 717-867-5643 or [email protected] or visit www.ryegate.com.
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Driving newsHeads Up
By Elaine Joseph
COMBINED DRIVER CHESTER WEBER was recently honored for his achievements at the United States Equestrian Federation’s Annual Pegasus Awards, held January 22, 2011. At the ceremony, he was given the Becky Grand Hart Trophy and the Four-In-Hand Horses of the Year title. “I was thrilled and very honored to win the Becky Grand Hart Trophy,” Weber said. “I was equally pleased that our horses took home the Horse of the Year titles. Everyone associated with Team Weber worked hard throughout the year and it was great to be rewarded for our effort.”
ERIKA MARCZAK of the Draft Animal Power Network (DAPNet) is announcing their Spring Plowing Clinic with one of the country’s best-known and most skilled plowmen, Sam Rich of Abington, Conn. Sam regularly competes in regional, national and international plowing competitions, and has won numerous titles, including National Walking Plow Champion. This multi-day DAPNet clinic will take place at Sam’s family dairy farm, We-Li-Kit Farm on Route 97 in Abington, the weekend of April 21. There will be room for a limited number of student teamsters with their own plows and teams, single horses, mules or oxen, with room for many welcomed auditors. Discounted rates will apply for DAPNet members. For more information about this and other DAPNet events, visit www.draftanimalpow-ernetwork.org.
OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE had to cancel their second annual Antique Sleigh Rally, due to a lack of snow. It had been scheduled for February 4, 2012. As of press time, they were looking into the possibility of rescheduling the event, but had not yet set a new date.
CARRIAGE OPERATORS OF NORTH AMERICA (CONA) will hold its 24th annual convention at the Port Orleans Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., on March 1-3. Linda Kramer, President of CONA, says, “The theme for 2012 is ‘Funvention’! Our CONA members who attend the convention will be staying in the French Quarter, getting a
taste of New Orleans and Louisiana Bayou, Disney style!” Tours will include the Florida Carriage Museum of Gloria Austin and Disney’s Tri-Circle D Ranch and carriage and trolley horse stables.
Gavin Robson, head trainer of the Combined Driving Program at The Grand Oaks and two-time winner of the Australian National Combined Driving Championships will be a featured guest speaker. Robson had been a commercial carriage operator in Melbourne, Australia, before becoming involved in the fast paced world of combined driving here in the U.S.
Lindsay Clark, who works at The Grand Oaks, will also be a featured guest speaker. She is an accomplished CAA Certified Level 2 Driver and CAA Level 1 Instructor.
Also on the agenda are wagon rides through the Disney resort and, of course, dinners and meetings, which will update CONA members about the various issues confronting the carriage industry today. For more information on CONA, visit www.cona.org.
Send your driving news to [email protected].
USEF President David O’Connor (L) and Chester Weber at the USEF Pegasus Awards Dinner.
Sam Rich, shown here plowing four-up on his sulky plow, will be offering a plowing workshop at his farm in Abington, Conn., April 21-22.
Once again Lyn Howard and Jack Alexander hosted the Saratoga Driving Association’s (SDA) annual Christmas party.
Although the night was extremely cold, we gathered in our host’s warm and cozy home with old friends and three new members—all Percheron drivers. We exchanged dates of when our summer events will be, what plans we have for recreational drives, and what we hope and expect for the summer.
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In spite of the truly strange weather patterns circling New England, the Green Mountain Horse Association (GMHA) was able to hold its weekend of sleighing
events as scheduled on January 21-22, 2012. The lack of snow combined with odd tempera-ture fluctuations, which make the sleighing surface alternately a skating pond, or just a pond, led to a cancellation of the January 7 Sleighing Combined Test. Luckily, the snow arrived just in time to restore the footing,
making for a wonderful surface for the weekend’s scheduled events.
Saturday’s competition, a Sleighing Combined Test, drew seven drivers, each competing twice for a total of 14 tests. The combined test is a sleighing competition unique to GMHA, where drivers perform a dressage test, followed by a cones course, competing for the best combined score. Although this is a common carriage driving event with wheels, GMHA added the winter sleighing version to its list of offerings
several years ago, and it has proven to be a popular event among sleigh drivers.
The entries spanned across Training, Preliminary, and Intermediate levels of competition. After a delayed start due to an unexpected morning snow squall, the first horse started down centerline at 11:00 a.m. GMHA welcomed Training Level competitor Tracey Turner and her adorable Fjord Solgard to their inaugural sleighing event. At the Preliminary Level, competitors included Gale Hepfinger and her Fresian cross Devin, Wilson
Groves driving his new acquisition RG Black Fletcher, and frequent competitors Jenny Kimberly and Dixie Dee, better known as Pone. Louise Calderwood and IOA Otis joined the party, making the drive down from Craftsbury, Vt., to compete at the Intermediate Level against Robin Groves and Thor’s Toy Truck. Local ladies Robin Groves and
GMHA Sleighing WeekendPrevails with Combined test and rally
We enjoyed gathering together because we are a great, interesting group of people. We hope that as everyone plans for the summer, members will join us at the Lindenwald Pleasure Show on August 5 and the Horse Driving Trial on October 7. Put those dates on your calendars—to compete, help, or just socialize. The SDA does not have regular meetings—we prefer to meet around our events. We are always looking for participation in planning and are eagerly looking for new places to drive. We would like to increase the opportunities for recreational drives, so speak up if you have ideas to offer.
One thing about the SDA group—we are open to change, exploring new venues,
and bringing in new clinicians. We try to reflect the interests of the membership and hear what people are requesting. If you don’t think you are getting heard, speak louder! If you’d like to host a drive, let us know. Especially anyone that is retiring—you may
not have had time before, but organizing can be a great way to use your work skills in a new way.
For more information on the Saratoga Driving Association, visit www.saratoga-driving.com.
Rob Bailey, Jack Alexander, and Cathy Karp gather for a photo.
Kathleen Conklin, Glenn Van Oort, Barbara Akers, and Christina Alsop at the annual Twelfth Night Party.
Robin Groves drove Thor’s Toy Truck to victory at Intermediate Level at the GMHA Sleigh Rally.
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A s the date of the Winter Carnival Sleigh and Cutter Festival approached,
it was looking more and more like there wouldn’t be enough snow on its set date, January 29, or that any snow would happen for it to take place on the golf course at Eagle Valley Golf Club in Woodbury, Minn.
The first part of the week before the event, there was enough snow to make it go—about four inches. However, the next few days were warm enough to melt some of it. Later in the week, the town got an inch of snow one day and an additional inch another day. The night before the festival the club saw another three quarters of an inch. It all added up and they were good to go!
This was the 36th annual Sleigh and Cutter Festival. It began in a little town of Marine on St. Croix, where a lot of the St. Croix Horse and Carriage Society members lived. It grew and grew and as it became more popular it moved around to different locations.
Some of the locations were in two of the St. Paul city parks. During its 36 years we hosted the Carriage Association of America Winter Conference twice, including last year’s event.
The current location, Eagle Valley, is a beautiful golf course nestled in a beautiful neigh-borhood. The sleigh route wound through the course, up and down small hills, around trees and by the club house and the gazebo where the judges and announcer could stay warm.
The sleighs started out in the driving range of the golf course, which is more flat, and it afforded an opportunity for horses and sleighs to step out and trot which made for very beautiful viewing. The athletic side of the horses gave them an opportunity to show off. From that point, drivers took the trail through the trees and along the fairway through hill and dale and by the judging and announcing booth. The viewers were treated to a nostalgic look of a bygone era of transporta-
tion in the 1890s. Drivers were bundled in fur hats, fur coats, and lap robes, just as their ances-tors would have done when they ventured out. Their rosy cheeks and smiles certainly showed that they were having so much fun.
The horse world was well represented from the very small to the very tall. There were Miniature horses, Shetland ponies, larger ponies, light horses, Morgan/Fresians, Morgan/Quarter Horses, draft ponies (Fjord), draft horse crosses, and draft horses, including Belgians, Shires, and Percherons.
The sleighs were a delight to see, with almost every style depicted, from mini sleighs for the Minis, beautiful Portlands showing the most popular sleigh of their era, and a Victoria sleigh, to large farm bobsleds used for work around the farm—fitted with extra spring seats so the entire family could go out for a beautiful outing for the afternoon. There was even a dog pulling a sleigh
that instantly became the crowd favorite. It was truly a Currier and Ives painting come to life.
After the drivers and horses had their fill, the drivers unhooked and unharnessed their equines and went into the beautiful clubhouse to eat and trade stories with other like-minded people. A slide show played with photos of each horse and sleigh taken during the drive. People enjoyed getting to see how they appear to others.
Thanks were given and ribbons for various classes were handed out to happy participants.People finally decided to call it a day and head on home, especially those who had traveled over 100 and 170 miles. It was time to put the day of fun behind them and head out for home to return to their normal life the next day.
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Jenny Kimberly bested the competition at their respective levels, earning the top scores in both of their tests.
The following day dawned bright and sunny, and by the time the sleigh rally began at noon, most of the chill had left the air. The gang of competitors from the previous day all returned for a second day of sleighing fun, and were joined by Chris Higgins driving Bernie and Walter, a pair of warmbloods. The traditional sleigh rally is essentially a pleasure driving show on the snow, offering Working and Reinsmanship classes, in addition to Timed Obstacles, the Cross-Country Pace, and favorites such as Currier and Ives. Drivers, spectators, and volunteers alike enjoyed a picturesque day of fun in the snow. The sleighing surface held up extremely well both days, earning rave reviews from competitors. Once again, Groves and Thor’s Toy Truck bested the competition to take home the cham-pionship ribbon, closely followed by Kimberly and Dixie Dee.
GMHA sincerely thanks all of the drivers and volunteers who braved the winter weather to come out and make their sleighing weekend a success. Another big thank you goes to judge Susan Koso, who traveled up to GMHA from Massachusetts to spend the weekend with the association. GMHA looks forward to another great year of carriage driving events at their facilities, and hopes to see many competitors at the Driving Two-Phase and Arena Driving Trial on May 12-13, 2012.
For more information and full results from both days of competition, visit www.gmhainc.org.
Lee Topp driving a bobsled with Jet and Comet; David Paulson driving a Portland door cutter with Bella and Hero; and Cory Behrendt driving a bobsled with his Belgian mare, Mary.
Mary Block driving an 1890s Victoria sleigh with her Belgian mare Lily, and Todd Block as a passenger.
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Arabian news By Lauren Bousquet
Arabian Arabian Heads Up
HALEY HARRINGTON of Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., was named the Arabian Horse Association’s 2011 Youth of the Year. An outstanding individual with incredible success at just 18, Haley served as Vice President of the Arabian Horse Youth Association and earned unanimous championships—one reserve and three Top Tens at the 2011 Youth Nationals in Sport Horse Under Saddle, Hunter Hack, Hunter Seat Equitation, and Working Hunter classes. Congrats!
OUR THOUGHTS GO OUT TO LISA HYSLOP of Oak Hammock Farms in Loxahatchee, Fla. Lisa lost her purebred Arabian, Fleet Halaaniz, an Ibn Mirzaz son out of Fleeta Twin Aana, at the age of 27. Together, Lisa and Fleet won National
Championships in Fourth Level/Prix St. Georges/Sport Horse Show Hack.
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by many, he has moved on to greener pastures,” Lisa said. “Please know what a wonderful life this dear horse lived and that he went surrounded by those who loved him most.”
AMY POMEROY recently purchased a beautiful 6-year-old, half-Arabian, half-Saddlebred, pinto mare named SS Painted on Jeans. “PJ” is out of Magnum Miracle (Magnum Psyche) and by SS Painted Intimidator (Color of Fame). She has never been shown under saddle, but Amy is hoping to show her this spring. PJ has extensive trail experi-ence and a sweet personality.
REGION 16 would like to announce their 2012 season shows. On April 27-29, the Connecticut River Arabian Association’s Spring Derby Horse Show will be held at the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton, Mass. Next up, on May 4-6, the Empire State Arabian Horse Show will take place at the Syracuse State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, N.Y., followed by the Fairgrounds Classic Horse Show in Hamburg, N.Y., held at the
Erie County Fairgrounds on May 10-13. The New York State Breeders Horse Show will be held May 17-20 at the Syracuse State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, N.Y. The Arabian Horse Club of Connecticut is holding their annual show at the Eastern
States Exposition in West Springfield, Mass., on May 25-27. The Eastern Classic Horse Show in Hamburg, N.Y., will be held at the Erie County Fairgrounds on June 8-10. Later that month, on June 22-24, the Finger Lakes Arabian Summer Festival Horse Show will be held in Syracuse, N.Y., at the Erie County Fairgrounds. The 58th Annual New England Arabian Horse Show will be held in West Springfield, Mass., on June 28-30. The Region 16 Hunter/Jumper Qualifier will be held in Syracuse, N.Y., at the Syracuse State Fairgrounds on July 11. The Region 16 Championship Horse Show will be held on July 11-14 at the Syracuse State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, N.Y.
THE 2012 ARABIAN AND HALF-ARABIAN YOUTH NATIONALS will be held July 22-29 in Albuquerque, N.M., at the Expo New Mexico. The Arabian and Half-Arabian Canadian Nationals will be held August 13-18 at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada.
THE ERIE COUNTY FAIR will be held on August 17-19 at the Erie County Fairgrounds in Hamburg, N.Y. The New York State Fair will be held August 24-26 at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, N.Y. The Silver Spur All Arabian Horse Show will be held September 1-2 in Hamburg, N.Y., at the Erie County Fairgrounds. The Eastern States Exposition’s Horse Show in West Springfield, Mass., is bringing back the Arabians this year from September 20-22.
JENNIFER COFFEY at Sisu Farm Arabians recently adopted two new mares to add to her herd. They include: Fiona, a 6-year-old bay from the Arabian Rescue Mission and FAZameerah, aka, “Nike,” a 2-year-old bay. Fiona was purchased for Jennifer’s daughter, Alexandra, and Nike was purchased for her daughter Mackenzie. Alexandra and Fiona have already bonded and spent some time out enjoying the trails. They hope to compete in endurance and competitive trail riding events as well as in 4-H. The Arabian Rescue Mission initially rescued Fiona from the New Holland Auction.
Mackenzie hopes to compete Nike in endur-ance and competitive trail riding events as well when the mare gets a little older. For now, they plan to compete in 4-H events with their group. Nike was bred by Ferin Arabians and is a great granddaughter of WG Priority One. The mare posesses all of his lovely traits.
Both of these horses are wonderful and Sisu Farm Arabians feels so lucky to have them in
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The Rhode Island Arabian Horse Association (RIAHA) has embarked on a new year with a brand new slate of governors. This should prove to be
a very active and informative year. First on the agenda for 2012 was the instal-
lation of officers for the new year. The RIAHA committee, chaired by Judy Kubiak, chose to hold the Installation Dinner at Uncle Ronnie’s Restaurant in Burrillville, R.I., on Sunday, January 8. The weather was great and made it easy for members from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut to attend. This is always a pleasant event. Besides enjoying a great dinner, everyone was present to witness the recognition of the previous and outgoing officers. The 2011 officers each received a custom designed watch with the association’s logo on the face of it. It’s a sports watch, therefore it can be worn by both men and women.
The 2011 slate of governors who were
honored for their dedication and services were: Anne Cardoza, Lori Murray, Shirley Russell, Judy Kubiak, Walter Comire, Lucille Guilbault, Nancy Beauvais, Karen Richmond, Jen LaPorte, Joanne Jalbert, and Ralph Vossler.
The new slate of governors for 2012 are: President Anne Cardoza; Vice President Lori Murray; Treasurer Shirley Russell; Secretary Karen Richmond; and Board of Directors Walter Comire, Lucille Guilbault, Nancy Beauvais, Judith Kubiak, JoAnne Jalbert, and Ralph Vossler.
After the ceremony, a short business meeting was held with the new officers at the helm. Committees were discussed and it looks like the club is going to have a busy year. All members were invited to partake on all committees as the association is open to new ideas and always looking to improve the activities planned. Anne Cardoza mentioned that members would like to bring back the availability of club jackets and
shirts sporting the logo in order to promote RIAHA. Most of their longtime members have and wear them, but the newer members do not have access to purchasing these garments and have shown interest in acquiring some. Pam Santere, a longtime member, volunteered to be in charge of this committee.
Upcoming events were also discussed. They will be brought up in the club’s monthly newsletter as they come about and in this publi-cation as well.
Now that you are up to date on the 2012 news, I would like to go back to a special outing that the club had in 2011.
RIAHA offered this event to its members and the dedicated Merilyn Bambauer volunteered to organize the outing. The following report was written and submitted by her as well.
“Sunny weather, elegant Lipizzan stallions, and a historic venue added up to a splendid day at the Bowen Estate (aka the Pink House). Area horse enthusiasts and a group of RIAHA members enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in Woodstock, Conn., watching these beautiful performers.
Colonel Hermann’s Lipizzan stallions are descendants of a rare, aristocratic breed origi-nally owned by the Hapsburg family of Austria. Lipizzans are descended from three ancient bloodlines: Andalusian, Arab and Vilanos. During World War II, these magnificent animals faced extermination from the Russian and German armies. American General George Patton, an avid horseman, intervened and had these horses moved to a safer environment.
The Hermann family has owned and trained Lipizzans for over 300 years. The colonel’s granddaughter, Gabriella, is currently the tour director. She explained that teaching these exceptionally difficult maneuvers requires many years, and that only the most talented horses are chosen. A Lipizzan is not fully mature until age seven; the breed has an exceptionally long life span, averaging 35 years. Gabriella owns a mare who is 41. Foals are usually born dark brown or black, gradually transforming to silver or white.
Gabriella led her riders in, showcasing the stallions’ abilities. Demonstrations included: using long lines, and performing the ridden quadrille, the levade in-hand, shoulders in, the courbette (the horse rears to full height, then hops forward like a kangaroo), the capriole (the horse leaps high into the air, kicking and lashing out at the peak of the leap); and the piaffe (a cadenced trot in place).
After the performance, spectators were invited back to the stable area to meet the horses and ask questions of the riders. This was truly an extraordinary experience!”
If you’re reading this and you’re not an RIAHA member, but are interested in joining visit www.riarabianhorseassociation.com for more information.
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their barn! Mackenzie looks forward to many adventures with them.
The New hampshire arabiaN horse associaTioN events for 2012 include a veterinarian presenting an educational seminar at the member meeting which will be held in March, most likely at The Yard. The date and time are yet to be determined. Laura Susmann will organize a beach ride at hampton Beach on Sunday, april 29.
additionally, the Nhaha will organize a spring “warm up” fun show at riverfare Farm in Webster, N.h., on Sunday, april 22 and the Summer Jubilee horse Show on august 9-11 at the Deerfield Fairgrounds.
The rhode islaNd arabiaN horse associaTioN’s annual awards Banquet will be held March 11, 2012 at Bella’s restaurant in Burrillville, r.I. rSVP to Lucille Guilbault at 401-568-8238.
The arabiaN horse associaTioN of New eNglaNd is now on Facebook! Like their page and stay on top of all of their news and updates by visiting www.facebook.com/NewEnglandarab. Watch for ahaNE’s clinic announcements, updates on the annual show,
and exciting details on all club activities.
a sporT horse cliNic is being hosted by crossen arabians and Warmbloods in coventry, conn., on april 7, 2012. The clinic is being taught by Bevin O’reilly Dugan, Manager and Trainer at Winchester Stables in Newfane, Vt., and USEa IcP Level 2 instructor. This clinic is open to horses and riders of all levels and is suitable for dressage, event, and hunter/jumper riders as well as the arabian Sport horse Under Saddle division. Bevin will be focusing on the basic elements of training to improve performance, position, balance and effectiveness of the aids.
a coNgraTulaTioNs is iN order To liz coheN of Longmeadow, Mass., who got engaged in January of 2012 to Jon rappaport. Liz is no stranger to the show ring—she and her purebred arabian gelding Steal the Sshow, aka “Justin” are national contenders who have done very well in the past.
peNNy peck, DVM of East Longmeadow, Mass., will be leasing Liz’s gelding Justin for the 2012 show year. The pair plans to show in the hunter Pleasure division. Penny and Liz both ride out of Double a arabians in Somers, conn.
Send your Arabian news to Lauren at [email protected].
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The Arabian Horse Association of Maine (AHAME) started the year with a fabulous awards banquet cele-brating club members’ 2011 show
and riding season at JR Maxwell’s in Bath, Maine, on January 29. Seventy-two awards were presented in 45 different categories, and included plaques, statues, extra tall trophies, customized director’s chairs and of course, beau-tiful ribbons. Andy Bailey, AHAME President, once again acted as the master of ceremonies and awards were presented by Lynn-Marie Bailey, head of the Awards Committee. The traditional silent auction displayed the largest variety of items ever.
Since AHAME structures awards in five different divisions, members can earn prizes in competitive trail riding and hours in the saddle as well as competitive trail riding and four different levels of showing. This format provides opportunities for all members to earn recogni-tion for the time they spend enjoying their
horses regardless of their disci-pline or riding level. This year’s top Junior riders were Breanna Durgin, Brittany Guillemette, Miranda Hodgkins, and Tyler Hodgkins. Time in the Saddle awards went to Robin Lovejoy and Lynn-Marie Bailey. Division I winners were Jenn Roberts with Caught Ya Looking and Meg Hall’s JC Heart Throb. Division II’s Half-Arabian honors were split between Iris Poland’s Long Hope Mr. Sensation, Jess Small’s MVA Kahlua N Cream and Amber Durgin’s Constanza.
Arabian Hunter Pleasure has become a very competitive division, this year won by Haley Spenard’s PW Beauquet with reserve going to DTA Mi Serenity and Carol Holtzman. Competitive Trail Riding awards went to Tom Hutchinson and Katherine Brunjes. We are very pleased that Arabian/Half-Arabian Native
Costume became even more popular at our shows in 2011, with this year’s top honors going to Chip O Skip and Constanza.
Each year AHAME recognizes a club member who performs outstanding service to the associa-tion and this year’s Member of the Year went to Pat LeClerc. The youth Member of the Year is Tyler Hodgkins. Sharon Carroll was the
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Member of the Year Pat LeClerc with Andy Bailey.
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The New Hampshire Arabian Horse Association held its annual meeting and year-end awards luncheon on January 14, 2012 at the Yard
Restaurant in Manchester, N.H. President Lurline Combs presented each
member of the Board, the Points Secretary, and the Sponsorship Committee with gifts in appre-ciation for their service during her presidency. Board members presented reports on the club’s meeting minutes, treasury, membership, and the horse show.
Vice President Christy Balch explained to the group that a proposal was being presented at the Region 16 meeting to investigate whether it would be possible to again alternate the regional championship shows between Syracuse, N.Y., and Springfield, Mass., as was done in the past. The Eastern States facility has made a number of improvements which make it a great facility to compete at and many exhibitors from Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont are reluctant to travel to Syracuse. Costs and other concerns are being looked at as well.
The election of officers resulted in Laura Susmann as President, Chrisy Balch as Vice President, June Barber as Treasurer, Kim Fortune as Secretary, Rob Crimmins as Membership Chairman, and Sue Levesque and Danielle Doucette as Directors.
After a raffle of many wonderful donated items, the awards portion of the event began. In the Arabian Horse Association (AHA) divi-sion, the Arabian Halter Champion was Kristin Springer with Emperor Valentino CBA.
For the Half-Arabian awards, the big winner of the day was Jesselyn Dugas. She was the Sport Horse In-Hand Champion with Pinebrook Jack Frost and also received reserve champion with Moonshine Malachi.
The blue ribbon for English Pleasure went to Dugas and Symphony RB. She and Pinebrook Jack Frost also won first place for Sport Horse Under Saddle. Reserve Champion went to Cheryl Lane Caron and Moonshine Malachi. Dugas then went on to earn first in Country Pleasure for her efforts throughout the year aboard Symphony RB. First place in Open Hack again went to Dugas and Pinebrook Jack Frost, while she took reserve champion with Symphony RB.
Proving she is a jack of all trades, Dugas also took home a blue ribbon in Dressage with Pinebrook Jack Frost, and won the Native Costume class with Symphony RB, as well as Trail with Pinebrook Jack Frost.
In the Non AHA division, a number of riders earned tri-color ribbons for their efforts with their Arabian mounts, starting with Tanice Cloutier and Pioneer Pride, who took home the Arabian Halter Championship. Danielle Doucette and STS Xuberance came in second place.
Emalina Robinson and Arula were awarded first place in Leadline.
The Hunter Pleasure Champion was Danielle Doucette with STS Xuberance.
Ashley Schmoock and Arula won the Western Pleasure Award.
The Half-Arabian Halter Champions were Samantha Smith and Pamara Hadad Raja.
Emalina Robinson was the Half-Arabian Leadline Champion with Pamara Hadad Raja.
The Half-Arabian Open Hack Champion was Marisha Kostiew with Guitars N’ Tiki Bars.
Jesselyn Dugas and Pinebrook Jack Frost placed first in Half-Arabian Dressage.
Marisha Kostiew won the Half-Arabian Hunter Pleasure class with Guitars N’ Tiki Bars. Reserve honors went to Samantha Smith with Pamara Hadad Raja.
The Half-Arabian Native Costume Champion was Marisha Kostiew with Guitars N’ Tiki Bars, followed by reserve champion Susan Smith with WSA Courvoisier.
The Half-Arabian Adult Equitation Championship was won by Samantha Smith with Pamara Hadad Raja.
Earning top honors in Trail Mileage were: Julia Webb and Moonshadow Mysteek, receiving awards for 362.4 miles; and Marcy Gamester and Grovehill Shaakan, receiving prizes for 568.7 miles.
Cheryl Lane Caron and Moonshine Malachi received special recognition for Sporthorse Nationals Top 10 Show Hack.
Jesselyn Dugas also received many Region 16 awards, including Half-Arabian Sport Horse In-Hand Reserve Champion with Moonshine Malachi, Half-Arabian English Trail ATR Reserve Champion with Pinebrook Jack Frost, Half-Arabian Native Costume Reserve Champion with Symphony RB, Country English Pleasure JTR Reserve Champion, Top 5 Show Hack, Top 5 Sport Horse Under Saddle ATR, Top 5 Country English Pleasure ATR, Top 5 English Show Hack, and Top 5 Native Costume ATR.
In the High Point category, Cheryl Lane Caron earned the High Point Professional title, while Samantha Smith was awarded High Point
Amateur, and Jesselyn Dugas was named High Point Youth.
Pinebrook Jack Frost was the winner of the Versatility AHA division, and Arula was the winner of the Versatility Non AHA division.
The Youth Spirit Award 9 & Under went to Emalina Robinson. Jesselyn Dugas was awarded the Youth Spirit Award 10 & Over.
For more information on the New Hampshire Arabian Horse Association, visit www.nharab.org.
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photographer for this event—pic-tures can be seen on Facebook and the AHAME website at www.mainearabian.org. JR Maxwell’s food and service were outstanding, and thanks go out to restau-rant partner and club Board of Directors member, Meg Hall.
Planning is underway for the club’s Spring Classic Show, which will be held June 2-3, 2012 and the Autumnfest Horse Show, to be held September 8-9, both at the Skowhegan Fair Grounds. Classes are being added including Ladies Pleasure Championship, as well as Sport Horse and Mini divisions. Both shows feature an All-Breed Versatility Award that pays cash to the top three horses that earn points in specified open classes. The 2012 Spring Classic payout has been increased through a generous donation from an anonymous sponsor. AHAME will hold a Show and Learn event on May 5 where exhibitors will show in a class, the judge will provide comments and suggestions to everyone, and then the class will be re-ridden and placed.
More information on shows and club events and a complete listing of 2011 award winners are available at www.mainearabian.org.
Sharon Carroll shares her champion-ship ribbon with her granddaughter.
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The Maine Morgan Horse Club Annual Meeting and
Year-End Awards were held January 28, 2012 at the Kennebec Tavern in Bath, Maine. The events began with a social hour followed by the annual club busi-ness meeting. A secretary’s report was provided by Jenn Hartwell and she encour-aged everyone to get their membership renewals into her. Karen Marlin provided a treasurer’s report which showed that the club is in good financial standing. Pam Vose presented a thor-ough report on the Maine Morgan Horse Show, Breeder’s classes and Youth of the Year Contest. Judy Chamberlain spoke about the scholarship and encouraged members to apply. She also noted that the club will award two $1,000 scholarships
this year.Old business from the last meeting was
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2012 due to financial issues.always a “horse Show to remember,” the show
committee is also reviewing requests made by exhibitors to move the event back to its original dates in august and to find a venue back in the mid-atlantic region. For the past five years, it had been held in June at the beautiful, state-of-the art Virginia horse center in Lexington, Va.
In the spring, watch for news of an online auction to help raise funds to make a payment on the show’s outstanding loan. Once payments are made on this loan, and start up funds have been generated, the committee will pursue finding a new venue and go forward with show plans.
The show committee is proud of the many years of Mid-a’s award winning events, and is very appreciative of the ongoing support of its longtime sponsors, exhibitors, and friends. They look forward to many more years of hosting a top quality horse show.
Watch for further information at www.midamorgan.com, or if you have auction items to donate, venue ideas, or more, contact cP Staley, show chairman at [email protected] or Suzy Lucine at [email protected].
Send your Morgan and Saddlebred news to [email protected].
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for a clinic to be held this year. President Selina Cloutier spoke about the efforts of the club to increase community service, specif-ically by working with the Maine Equine Welfare Alliance.
Nominations were taken from the floor for the fall election and are as follows: President: Selina Cloutier, Vice President: Sue Oliver, Treasurer: Karen Marlin, Secretary: Jenn Hartwell, and Director: Deb Plengey. Nominations will be taken until September if anyone else would like to run for a position.
The meeting ended with Margaret Gardiner adding to the new business. Gardiner invited everyone to her 90th birthday party, which was held February 11, 2012. This announce-ment was answered with a standing ovation by the crowd.
The group then participated in a 50/50 raffle game called Manes or Tails and the big winner was Jenn Hartwell, who donated all of the money back to the club.
The club honored high point award winners in Show, Working Western, Dressage, Carriage, Trail, and Pleasure. Terry and Paul Hathaway were also honored for their commitment to the club and the Morgan breed. The Hathaways have been constant supporters of the Maine
Morgan Horse Club and the breed itself. Shannon Fielder presented the couple with a lifetime membership to the organization and the members in attendance gave them a heart-felt standing ovation.
Dawn Murphy was recognized for an incredible 44 years of service to the club. Her dedication and concise point of view will be greatly missed on the Board of Directors. Her
importance to the club was also evident in the standing ovation she was given by meeting goers.
The Maine Morgan Horse Club was also very proud to recognize members who have been honored with awards from the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) this year. Rick Lane and his Cabot Morgans are to be inducted into the AMHA Breeder’s Hall of Fame. Charlie Dorr and Shirley Goodspeed were recognized as recipi-ents of Master’s Certificates from the AMHA.
Thank you to Sue Oliver for organizing this event once again. The awards
table was adorned with photographs of award recipients and their horses. Thank you also to Shirley Goodspeed for organizing the ribbons and trophies. Champions received silver trophies that were not only beautiful, but also useful.
Congratulations to all the winners and best of luck for 2012. For more information and a list of award winners, please visit www.memorgan.com.
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Emily Hawkins took top honors in Fitting and Showmanship 17 & Under, English Pleasure Open, Western Pleasure Open, Road Hack Open and Carriage Driving Open, to name a few.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALEXIS POTTS of East Windsor, Conn., and A Likely Leaguer for winning the Circuit Champion Award in English Equitation and Walk-Trot Showmanship at the Florida Gold Coast Show in Tampa in December. Alexis is the daughter of AQHA Professional Horseman T.R. Potts, and Christine Potts.
TOREY RODERICK RODE RR THE BEST MAN for owner Cathy Perron in the Green Trail classes at the Florida Gold Coast shows, and pointed out of the green classes on their second day ever showing trail. This team also placed third in the Junior Trail class on the last day of competition, earning a total of 16 points during his first outing. Torey trains at Troy Green Quarter Horses in Middleboro, Mass. Owner Cathy Perron placed first in Amateur Showmanship with RR The Best Man at the same show.
BUCKLEY QUARTER HORSES would like to congratulate Alaina Halter for earning a circuit championship at the Gold Coast Show in Novice Youth Western Pleasure, and reserve circuit championship in Novice Youth Hunter Under Saddle, 14-18 Hunter Under Saddle and Novice Youth Horsemanship at the Gulf Coast Show with Huntin A Hot Babe.
THE MASSACHUSETTS QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION (MASSQHA) is proud to announce the recipients of its three merit scholarships. The recipient of the MassQHA Merit Scholarship is
Jocelyn Tanner, the recipient of the MassQHA Presidential Scholarship is Garrett Wasylak, and the recipient of the MassQHA Past-President Book Award is Justine Anderson. These newly created scholarships recognize and reward the hard work and dedication members give to the club and help support their academic pursuits. The silent auction at their Annual Spring Show in May will once again be a fundraiser for these scholar-ships, so please help support this great cause. All MassQHA and Massachusetts Quarter Horse Youth Association (MassQHYA) members are encouraged to apply. Please contact scholarship chairperson Samantha Palmer at [email protected] for more information on scholarships or to donate an item to the silent auction.
THE MASSQHYA’S community service and chari-table giving have not gone unnoticed. The club recently received a letter from Paul Barabani, Superintendent of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Mass. He acknowledged and thanked MassQHYA members for sending over 230 Christmas cards to the Soldiers’ Home. These cards were handmade at the December Youth Meeting. Additionally, more than 250 cards from the youth members, family, and friends were sent to the “Holiday Cards for Heroes” program. To top it all off the club sponsored two children from Quincy Crisis Center for Christmas. Great job kids!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2012 MASSQHA ROYAL COURT. The reigning Queen is Emily Messing, first runner up is Kayleigh McDonnell, and second runner up is Amanda Putney. The reigning Princess is Sarah Messing and first runner up is Alyssa Freitas. Watch for the 2012 Royal Court at the Region 6 Horseman’s Conference, Mass Novice Show, Mass Annual Show, Region 6 Championship Show and Equine Affaire to just name a few.
CONGRATULATIONS TO VICKI ELLIOTT TOLHURST, of Marlborough, Conn., for her recent receipt of a lovely AQHA trophy for earning the Select All Around Championship Award at the Connecticut Quarter Horse Association show in Oneco, Conn., in July.
THE AQHA WESTERN NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW will be held October 5-7, 2012, at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., and the AQHA Eastern Novice Championship Show is October 5-7, 2012, at the Tennessee Miller Coliseum in Murfreesboro, Tenn. To qualify for these shows, competitors will go through national or state requirements. National qualifi-cations are: A top-10 placing at an AQHA regional championship show in a Novice class or show at 20 AQHA shows throughout the year. For this latter option, competitors may show to judges around the nation—there is no regional prefer-ence or requirement. The national qualifying period for the Novice Championship shows is May 1, 2011, to June 30, 2012.
If a competitor nationally qualifies for a Novice Championship show, their invitation to the event will not be for a specific class. As long as one of the two options has been accomplished, an exhibitor will be able to enter any Novice Championship class, provided that they are a Novice. If a compet-itor earns the required number of points to graduate out of a specific Novice class in 2011, he or she will still be eligible to compete in that class at a 2012 Novice Championship Show. In addition to qualifying, the AQHA Show Council announced that there will be no restriction on which Novice Championship Show an exhibitor may attend. If a competitor residing in the East wishes to attend the AQHA Western Novice Championship Show, he or she may do so. The same goes for competitors residing in the West who would like to compete at the Eastern Novice Championship Show. However, a competitor may only compete at one Novice Championship Show per year.
If you have any Quarter Horse news or photos to share, email Tina Karlen at [email protected].
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Quarter Horse newsQuarter Horse Quarter Horse Heads Up
MassQHA Merit Scholarship winner Jocelyn Tanner.
Alexis Potts of East Windsor, Conn., recently won the Circuit Champion Award in English Equitation and Walk-Trot Showmanship at the Florida Gold Coast Show.
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The top Mustang trainers from the past year received invitations to compete at Mustang Magic at the 116th annual Fort Worth Stock Show and
Rodeo, held in Fort Worth, Texas, January 13 - February 4. The best-of-the-best competition did not disappoint, and with a packed house watching, Logan Leach of Granbury, Texas, and Kiowa claimed the championship honors. The trainers traveled from across the United States—from Georgia to California and points in between—to compete with their Mustangs on January 19-21.
Kiowa and Leach came into the finals two points behind Teryn Muench and Jade. In the compulsories, Muench had earned 68 points while Leach had 66. These scores carried over to the freestyle on Saturday night, January 21. Leach and Kiowa wowed the judges with a bridleless freestyle. They received a total of 83 points for their performance. Kiowa is a 5-year-old pinto mare that was gathered from South Steens, Ore., and was adopted by Madeline Pickens for $4,500. Leach earned $3,500 for the victory
and other prizes. Muench didn’t
ride away empty handed. In addition to finishing second, the 2011 Mustang Magic Champion was also the runner up in the Purina Difference You Can See Feed Challenge and received $500. Muench and Jade received a standing ovation from the crowd for roping a calf while riding bridleless, and the pair was voted Fan Favorite through text voting. As the Fan Favorite, he received a gift certificate to Gypsy Tails and $1,000 from the Mustang Heritage Foundation. Jade, a 5-year-old pinto mare gathered from Lost Creek, Wyo., was also the highest adopted horse at Mustang Magic. Pickens also adopted Jade
for $5,700. The Mustang
Heritage Foundation welcomed Purina as a sponsor for the 2012 Mustang Magic. Trainers were invited to join Purina’s “Difference You Can See” program with the incentive of 90 days of free feed. Purina awarded a $1,000 cash prize to the trainer whose Mustang won the “Difference You Can See” body condition challenge. Tate Weber and his Mustang mare QT won the challenge and the $1,000. QT, a 4-year-old gray gath-ered from Fifteenmile Herd Management Area in Wyoming, and Weber finished seventh in the finals.
The Mustang mares competing in Mustang Magic are between the ages of 4 and 5 and were picked up by their
trainers in September. The mares created a buzz on the Internet because of their stunning looks. This group of horses includes pintos, roans, duns, and various other colors.
Since the first Extreme Mustang Makeover event was held in 2007, the Mustang Heritage Foundation has facilitated the adoptions of more than 3,300 gentled American Mustangs. In 2012, the Foundation in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management will continue to increase its efforts to raise awareness of adop-tions of America’s Mustangs.
The Mustang Heritage Foundation will host eight Extreme Mustang Makeover events in 2012. On April 20-22, 2012, there will be an Extreme Mustang Makeover in Madison, Wis. Then on May 18-20, another will take place in Norco, Calif., followed by three more perfor-mances to be held June 8-10 in Ft. Collins, Colo., June 29 - July 1 in Albany, Ore., and August 10-12 in Gloucester County, N.J. On August 31 - September 1 the first ever Extreme Mustang Makeover Team Roping event in Salado, Texas, will take place. September 13-15 will host the Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover in Fort Worth, Texas, with one last Extreme Mustang Makeover on October 19-21 in Clemson, S.C.
Visit www.extrememustangmakeover.com/themustangmagic.php for the latest informa-tion on Mustang Magic, including results for the classes and adoption.
Reg Q horse, Reg Paint, Reg Palomino, dark 1. palomino gelding 2003 show horse, big body, right from the breeder, nice horse
Reg Paint 16H geld, solid black2004 english, jumps, 2. trails, good mover
Reg Paint 15.3H Red roan overo, big body, has won 3. with 9 year old boy, good mover, great on trails
Reg Paint gelding 16H brown/white/black, western, 4. English, jumps, trails
Reg Paint 2007, black white tob gelding 50/50,good 5. looking, 16.1H good mover, jumps, quite to ride and be around
Paint 9 year old black/whit 16.2H big body, 50/50 6. color jumps and does trails
Reg Paint/Reg Q horse, 16H gelding, 2002 top show 7. horse, has points
Paint gelding 70/30 red/white, great all around horse, 8. 10 yrs old, 15.2H
Reg Q horse 15.3H chestnut mare, 2003, likes to 9. jump and horse show, also trails
Reg Q horse 16.3H chestnut gelding 2002 Inc Fund, 10. big body, supper quiet
Reg Q horse sorrel mare has points in reining and 11. perf, 2005 nice horse.
Reg Q Horse Appendix brown mare, 8 year old 12. 16H Top show horse, good mover
Reg Q Horse Sorrel Gelding 15H 6 years, shown 13. locally and a good trail horse
Reg Q Horse Sorrel Gelding 16H 8 year old great all 14. around family horse trails
Reg Q Horse Bay gelding 6 years, 15.1H Western 15. Pleasure and trails
Reg Q Horse Palomino gelding, 8 years, 15.3H big 16. body, English or western
Reg Q Horse Chestnut gelding, 16H, 7 year old 17. English, jumps, trails
Reg Q Horse Sorrel gelding 15.3H big body, english 18. or western
Reg Q Horse Sorrel gelding 15.3H ranch horse 19. cattle, gaits, trails
Reg Q Horse Bay gelding 16H english good mover, 20. jumps trails
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2 draft crosses, big quiet and gentle to ride, both 22. bays, 8yrs and 12yrs, good on trails
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Logan Leach Wins Mustang Magicat the Fort Worth Stock ShoW and rodeo
Logan Leach receives his check for $3,500.
Tate Weber of Clawson, Utah, and QT won the Purina Difference You Can See Feed Challenge.
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The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) is an organi-zation that works for its members. Each spring, AQHA holds an annual
convention to review member-submitted rule changes, appoint new AQHA Directors, induct new Hall of Fame members, and present year-end awards. The 2012 AQHA Convention will be held March 9-12 at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
The convention kicks off Friday with the Directors’ Summit for AQHA’s Board of Directors only from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Then from 2:00 - 4:30 p.m., the IMPACT Annual Member Information Session will take place. Designed to inform a cross-section of the industry on what is going on within AQHA, this year’s IMPACT forum will focus on show leveling, the association’s new wide-ranging youth initiative, a review and update on industry registration, transfer and breeding statistics and forecasts, and a Washington, D.C. update on legislative issues in a crucial election year.
In late July 2011, the AQHA Executive Committee approved the AQHA competition leveling plan, which was developed and recom-mended by the AQHA Blue-Ribbon Task Force that has met numerous times since September 2010 to address AQHA’s show structure. Full implementation of the plan will take place in 2013. AQHA Executive Director of Shows Patti Carter-Pratt will explain the leveling program concept; describe the different levels, including new Rookie and Intermediate levels; and talk about the two Novice Championship shows, which will be held in 2012.
AQHA Director of Youth Development Todd Branson has taken on the charge of working with a number of national equine youth groups to coordinate and develop a national youth initiative that will inspire, reach, and engage adolescents to get involved with horses.
“This youth initiative will be bigger than any one equine breed or youth horse entity,” says Tom Persechino, AQHA Executive Director of Competition and Breed Integrity. “Yet, in the long-term, those groups will be the beneficiaries of this initiative. It is exciting, comprehensive and long overdue. I think members will really be interested in what Todd has to say about this initiative.”
Following the youth initiative segment in the program, AQHA’s own treasurer, Trent Taylor, will give his “By the Numbers” presentation on AQHA registrations, transfers and breeding statistics. His presentation will also include his insights on trends he sees in the industry, as well as his predictions on what’s to come.
After equine economics, the forum topic will switch to legisla-tive issues of a national perspective. American Horse Council President Jay Hickey will talk about the vote to remove the rider that prevented USDA from funding meat inspec-tors in horse processing plants in the United States, tax issues, national equine health and inspection issues, and land use issues.
While all AQHA members are welcome to attend IMPACT, you must be a registered guest of the 2012 AQHA Convention to attend the forum. Print and complete your 2012 Convention Registration Form, or use the online form to submit your registration. Fax completed registration forms to 806-378-4757 or mail them to: American Quarter Horse Association, Attn: Crystal Latham, P.O. Box 200, Amarillo, TX 79168.
Following the IMPACT session will be the President’s Reception from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. that will wrap up the day’s events on Friday.
On Saturday, March 10, there will be a Membership General Meeting from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. From 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., the Board of Directors’ Luncheon will take place. This luncheon is required for Directors only to attend. Then from 2:00 - 5:00 p.m., the Committee Meetings will be held, followed by the Awards Presentation Banquet at 6:30 p.m.
On Sunday, March 11, there will be addi-tional Committee Meetings from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., followed by the AQHF Ambassadors’ Luncheon 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. After that, additional Committee Meetings will be held from 1:30 - 5:00 p.m., followed by the Hall of Fame Inductions Banquet at 6:00 p.m.
The final day of the convention wraps
up on Monday, March 12, starting with the Membership Business Meeting from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. At 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., the New Board of Directors Luncheon will take place for Directors only, to be immedi-ately followed by the New Appointed AQHA Directors’ Meeting.
For more information on the 2012 AQHA Convention, visit www.aqha.com.
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2010 All-Around Youth High Point recipient Molli Lyn Jacobs at last year’s convention.
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Top national and interna-tional horses and riders will compete for over $150,000 in cash and
prizes over five days of competition during the Cactus Reining Classic at WestWorld of Scottsdale, Ariz., on March 7-11, 2012. This NRHA “A” rated event once again boasts its $65,000 Added One-Run Derby, $18,000 Added 7Up Maturity, and two full slates of NRHA Ancillary Affliate Qualifying classes.
The Cactus Reining Classic is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose goal is to elevate public awareness of the sport of reining and to encourage more people to compete, raise skill levels, educate the public, and encourage support of the World Equestrian Games in which reining is the only western sport recog-nized.
Classic Video has partnered with the Cactus Reining Classic to provide live streaming video coverage of the entire show free of charge.
Brumley Management Group is pleased to
announce the return of the 7Up Maturity Challenge, sponsored by SmartPak, at the Cactus Reining Classic; Reining By The Bay in Woodside, Calif.; and the High Roller Reining Classic in Las Vegas, Nev.
Horse Show Managing Producer Amanda Brumley expressed her excitement over the
expansion of the Maturity divisions in 2012 to include a $5,000 Added Level 4 Open, $3,000 Added Level 3 Intermediate Open, $2,000 Added Level 2 Limited Open, $3,000 Added Level 4 Non Pro, $2,000 Added Level 3 Intermediate Non Pro, $2,000 Added Level 2 Limited Non Pro, $2,000 Added Prime Time Non Pro, and $1,000 Added Level 1 Non Pro Maturity Challenge divisions.
“Our goal as reining event producers is to provide events that cater to the needs of the reining horse industry. Offering the Maturity Challenge with multiple levels allows horses who have aged out of the derby competitions a place to continue to compete for significant prize money. Our intention is to grow the Maturity added money as the interest builds to support it. It is our hope that these efforts benefit not only the owners and riders, but the longevity of the horses as well.”
Also returning for 2012, the Cactus Reining Classic will host Short Stirrup 10 and Under classes for reining’s future champions. A guar-anteed crowd pleaser, this will be a chance to cheer on the sport’s rising stars. Imagine the kids’ surprise when they are asked to ride back into the arena for ribbons awarded to them by the NRHA’s youngest $2 Million Dollar Rider, Andrea Fappani.
For more information on the Cactus Reining Classic, visit www.cactus-reining-classic.com.
National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) leading rider Todd Crawford has made history once again, becoming
the association’s first $2 Million Rider.Crawford, who won the 2006 NRCHA
Snaffle Bit Futurity, has also been named the American Quarter Horse Association Professional Horseman of the Year. His earnings in the National Reining Horse Association exceed $866,000, and he is a two-time United States Equestrian Federation Champion.
In the reined cow horse world, Crawford passed the million dollar mark in 2006, when he won the Snaffle Bit Futurity on Smart Crackin Chic, and was the association’s leading open rider in 1999, 2005-2007, and 2009.
He achieved $2 million rider status at the 2011 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, and he now has NRCHA earnings of $2,012,000.
Crawford won over $75,000 on five
horses during the Snaffle Bit Futurity, led by Cat Can Dew with $38,875. He also won money on Fancy Boons N All, Sinful Cat, Hes A Stylish Rey, and Ill Be Skeets.
Crawford, who began showing cow horses in the late ‘80s, noted, “You try to be competitive at every event you show in, and, for me, that’s where the excitement comes from. Winning this much is just a byproduct of doing what I love.”
He was quick to give credit to his wife, Pam, and his family, for being a large part of his success. He added, “I also have a great group of sponsors who support me. Over the years I’ve been blessed with wonderful owners who have given me the opportunity to have some very talented horses. All of
them deserve a big thank you as well.”Crawford has been involved in the reined
cow horse industry as an executive board member in the past, and has just been re-elected to the board for 2012.
For information on the National Reined Cow Horse Association, call 580-759-4949 or visit www.nrcha.com.
Cactus Reining Classicexpands maturity divisions in 2012
Open Maturity winner Martin Muehlstaetter riding Wimpys Little Buddy, at the 2011 Cactus Reining Classic.
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N ew England Pinto Horse Association (NEPtHA) is pleased to announce our first show, the “May Spotacular,” to be held May
5 and 6, 2012. Paint Horse Association class lists will be combined, pinto and paint. Trail classes will be held on Friday afternoon, as we are expecting a large turnout for Sunday’s Miniature Horse division. The slate of judges are carded in pinto and paint. Three judges are needed to qualify people for points and we have all judges in place. For more information, please visit www.nepinto.com.
The Classic Fundraiser class for May will be the ever so popular “Grooms’ Class” where grooms, spouses, children, and friends that help out can ride. The Youth Club fund-raiser will be the “English Pleasure” class. We urge everyone to participate in both fun class-es—donated monies go back to the club, so let’s show our appreciation!
Elections were held for our executive
committee and our new president is Paula Laughlin of Westborough, Mass. Paula brings new life and promise to the club with her experience in showing, driving, and training with Miniature Horses. Her children Ann and Peter also show with their full-sized horse, Tally. Jonathan Blake of North Windham, Conn., and of Chestnut Hill LLC is the new vice president. Jonathan brings years of experience as a prestigious horse trainer in our area for several years. Jac Cunningham is back as our beloved hard working secre-tary, and John Weigel will again be serving as treasurer. He has been fabulous as our checks and balances guy, keeping meticulous notes on club finances. State directors are as follows: Jean St. Denis will be serving Connecticut; Tracy Imbarro will serve Massachusetts; Deb Newcombe will be the Maine State Director; and Michele Stygles will preside over New Hampshire.
We would also like to mention that Ann
Giovanni was Champion in the Stock Mares Halter class at the Color Breed Congress for 2011. She trains under the guidance of Orman Show Horses in New York, and they sure have some beautiful halter stock. Congrats to Ron and Denise Orman on a job well done! Be sure to look for Awards Banquet results in next month’s article. Upcoming shows will be held July 7 and 8 (no show in June because of the Pinto World Show), August 11 and 12, and September 15 and 16.
Send your club news to [email protected]. Also, get your entries in early for stall and show classes for our May Spotacular Show.
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Steeplechase at SpringdaleThe 80th annual carolina cup is coming to camden, S.c., on March 31. More than 65,000 guests are expected to watch the half-dozen
steeplechase races that day. The site, Springdale race course, is a world-renowned, 600-acre European style Thoroughbred racehorse training center that is home to hall of Fame
trainers Jonathan Sheppard and Janet Elliot and has housed numerous renowned equines. (www.carolina-cup.org)
Piece of Polo Historya unique gift of traditional Manipuri Polo gear has been donated to the International Museum of the horse at the Kentucky horse Park by the
Governor of Manipur, where modern polo origi-nated. The authentic gifts include the traditional Manipuri wooden saddle, braided bridle, braided leather whip, polo player’s attire, traditional polo mallets and ball, plus Manipuri darts with peacock feathers. (www.KyhorsePark.com)
Thinking ResponsiblyTo help reduce the number of unwanted horses, the Kentucky horse Park is hosting its second Free Gelding clinic on March 10. The free castra-tions will be performed by a veterinarian or a veterinary student under close supervision by a licensed veterinarian. applications are being accepted, and the clinic is open to any horse whose owner is financially unable to afford the surgery. (www.KyhorsePark.com)
British InvasionIn honor of the London Olympics, the theme of this year’s BreyerFest is “British Invasion.” horse lovers will gather July 20-22 at the Kentucky horse Park to celebrate everything we love about horses and the U.K. activities will include Shakespeare, dog agility, live horse demos, a trade fair and Breyer store, a pop-up Bit of Britain store, and so much more to satisfy anglo-philes. (www.Breyerhorses.com)
No Small Honorcongratulations to the lovely alyssa Palas of Iowa, who was crowned the 2012 Queen of the american Shetland Pony club, as well as the american Miniature horse registry, american Show Pony registry and National Show Pony registry. alyssa is 18 years old and has been showing Shetlands and Miniatures with the aSPc/aMhr for 10 years. (www. shetlandminiature.com)
Equestrian VisionaryIn Cincinnati this January, Molly Sweeney was honored with the EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award. Sweeney is a firm believer in the value of equine-assisted therapy, and her Horses and Humans Research Foundation (HHRF) supports, promotes, and funds scientific research that explores this field. To help fund her vision of horses helping people, HHRF received a $5,000 grant from The EQUUS Foundation. (www.horsesandhumans.org)
2011 EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award Recipient Molly Sweeney with Lynn Coakley, Tricia Watkins, and David O’Connor.
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The 41st annual Eclipse Awards—Thoroughbred racing’s most revered awards ceremony —was
held January 16, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. The award is named for the famous horse of yesteryear that completed an unbeaten racing career and represents the epitome of racing ability. A number of the recipients in various categories were easy to choose and did not provide much suspense with their announcement. However, several categories were too close to call and the decision came down to the evening of the awards to reveal the champion. And the winners are:
Champion Two-Year-Old Female My Miss Aurelia dazzled her handlers with her potential since she was a year-ling. She made her debut at Saratoga and won by one length in a 5.5-fur-long race. Realizing the potential of his horse, trainer Steve Asmussen ran her in the Adirondack Stakes. In an outstanding performance, My Miss Aurelia battled from start to finish to win by a neck.
My Miss Aurelia next ran in the grade I Frizette Stakes contested at one mile at Belmont. The bay proved once again that she was the real deal with a romping five length score. The race set her up perfectly for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, where she dominated her opponents in a rousing effort, tracking the early leader in second. When asked by jockey Corey Nakatani, she easily took command and drew off through the stretch to win by three lengths. Her undefeated record earned her the unani-mous selection as top juvenile filly for 2011.
Champion Two-Year-Old MaleAlthough Hansen was undefeated in his juve-nile season, he was in a contentious race for the Eclipse Award with Union Rags. The colt made his debut at Turfway Park in Kentucky, where he won by 12 lengths, proving that his effort was not a fluke by following it up with an equally impressive victory in the Kentucky Cup Juvenile.
He was then entered in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, which would determine the juvenile
championship. Hansen would be meeting the also undefeated Union Rags for the first time. Hansen took the early lead and fought off all challengers approaching the stretch. He continued on the lead and had enough in reserve to fight on determinedly against Union Rags to the wire to win by a head.
The victory garnered the attention of the Eclipse voters and Hansen was named top juve-nile male for 2011.
Champion Three-Year-Old Male In the end, the win in the Kentucky Derby carried the most weight in the voters’ selection. Animal Kingdom posted an impressive win over his 18 rivals in the Kentucky Derby and that effort stood out in his selection as top Three-Year-Old Male. In the Derby, Animal Kingdom was making his first start on a dirt track and he handled it with style. He made a devastating move from twelfth in the early stages of the race to win by almost three lengths. His reputation was enhanced by his second place finish in the Preakness Stakes. Animal Kingdom’s 3-year-old campaign was cut short by an injury incurred in a roughly run Belmont but his earlier displays
of talent left an indelible impression.
Champion Three-Year-Old FemaleThe Three-Year-Old Filly division was quite contentious throughout the year but the results of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare put all questions to rest. Royal Delta put on a dazzling display of ability with her come from behind victory over a field of nine fillies and mares. Reserved in fourth place early under jockey Jose Lezcano, Royal Delta exploded down the center of the track during the stretch run to go on to a 2.5-length win, making her the unanimous choice for the Eclipse Award.
Trained by Bill Mott, the fillly began the year with a dull effort in the Suncoast Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in which she was ninth. Mott got her back on the winning track with an easy victory in an allowance race at Keeneland. This set her up for a two-length win in the Black Eyed Susan Stakes.
At the 1.125-mile Coaching Club American Oaks, Royal Delta finished in third place. The race set her up perfectly for the prestigious grade I Alabama Stakes at 1.25 miles, where she inhaled her rivals with a devastating late move to win off by more than five lengths.
Royal Delta made her next two starts against older fillies and mares, running second to eventual Horse of the Year Havre de Grace in the Beldame Invitational and then winning the Breeders’ Cup.
Following the Breeders’ Cup, she was sent through the auction ring, and was purchased by Besilu Stables for $ 10.5 million.
Champion Male Sprinter Amazombie had a busy year in 2011. He raced a total of nine times from January until November, beginning the year with a win in the
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Sunshine Millions Sprint by a head. He followed that with a second in another restricted stakes. Venturing into the open company ranks, the gelding took the grade II Portrero Grande by a head and then won the restricted Tiznow Stakes by more than two lengths. From that race on, Amazombie only competed in open company.
Entered in two grade I events in July, the Triple Bend Handicap and the Bing Crosby Handicap, Amazombie finished third in both races. Following a two-month break, the William Spawr trained gelding got his first grade I score in the Ancient Title Stakes at Santa Anita. That effort earned him a trip to Kentucky for the Breeders’ Cup.
Facing a field of nine, Amazombie rated in fifth early under jockey Mike Smith, but even-tually prevailed by a neck over Force Freeze.
Champion Female SprinterChampion Female Sprinter Musical Romance made 14 starts in 2011. She began the year in rather ordinary fashion with fourth and fifth place finishes in various stakes and even an optional claiming race. A start in the Hollywood Wildcat Stakes at Calder Racecourse over the turf seemed to wake the filly up. She finished second there, and from that point on, never ran worse than third.
After two minor sprint stakes victories, she was entered in the grade I Princess Rooney. The dark bay filly lost by only a diminishing neck to the top sprinting filly Sassy Image. She won her next start in a minor stakes on a sloppy track and then was third in a turf sprint stakes.
In her final three starts of the year, Musical Romance won the Presque Isle Masters and then ran second in the grade II Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes at Keeneland, before racing in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at odds of 20-1. She never raced more than two lengths off the early leaders and when given her cue by jockey Juan Levya, she responded willingly to go on to a one-length victory.
Champion Turf Male Cape Blanco began 2011 racing in Europe in a rather lackluster manner, finishing no better than fourth in his three starts there. Shipped to the U.S. by his trainer Aidan O’Brien, Cape Blanco blossomed into a champion.
Next, O’Brien entered him in the grade I Man O’War Stakes at Belmont Park. Cape Blanco took command under jockey Jamie Spencer entering the stretch and ran off to a better than two-length win over Gio Ponti. Shipped back to England, Cape Blanco returned to the U.S. one month later in August for the Arlington Million
at Arlington Park in Chicago. In almost a replica of the Man O’War, Cape Blanco won the 1.25-mile race by two and one-half lengths.
Cape Blanco made the transatlantic voyage in October for the 1.5-mile Turf Classic Invitational at Belmont Park. Racing closer to the pace than usual, he took the lead after one mile and then bravely fought off a strong challenge from Dean’s Kitten to win by a nose. The race took its toll however and resulted in a career ending injury. He was unable to contest the Breeders’ Cup Turf but his three outstanding races, all in grade I company, made him the choice for the Eclipse Award as top turf male.
Champion Turf Female Stacelita earned the Turf Female Championship based on her two grade I wins. Beginning the year in her native country, the French-bred mare ran third in a grade III stakes at Longchamp in Paris. She was then shipped to the U.S. to contest the United Nations Handicap in July. In the United Nations, Stacelita would be facing males in the 1.375-mile race. She took the lead in mid-stretch but was unable to hold off the stretch run on Teaks North and Chinchon.
The remainder of the year Stacelita would face her own sex. Turned over to the care of trainer Chad Brown, she promptly captured the grade I Beverly D. over an international field. The daughter of Monsun was next brought out for the grade I Flower Bowl Invitational, where she won the 1.25-mile race by two lengths with jockey Ramon Dominguez.
Based on her two grade I wins, Stacelita was the favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf. She suffered an eye injury in the interim and ran in the 1.375-mile race with a protec-tive blinker. Blocked along the rail for much of
the backstretch run, Dominguez got her clear entering the stretch but she backed off and finished fifth. Stacelita earned the Turf Female Championship based on prior victories.
Champion Older Male The three contenders for Champion Older Male were Tizway, Game on Dude, and Acclamation. Tizway had won the prestigious Whitney Handicap at Saratoga following an equally impressive win in the Brooklyn Handicap at Belmont. However, training for the Breeders’ Cup, Tizway suffered an injury that forced his retirement. Game on Dude had raced consis-tently throughout the year and in his final start of the season ran a good second in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. But it was Acclamation that earned the support of the voters in the end.
Acclamation raced mostly on turf in 2011 and only made one dirt start. He began on a sour note with a fifth in the grade I Kilroe Handicap and followed that with an equally dismal effort in the Charlestown Classic on a sloppy track, the final time that Acclamation would taste defeat. He served notice in the Jim Murray Handicap which he won by seven lengths. The son of Unusual Heat next won three grade I stakes—the Charlie Whittingham Handicap, the Eddie Read Handicap, and the Pacific Classic. To complete the year, Acclamation took the Clement Hirsch Handicap at 1.25 miles.
Horse Of The Year/Champion Older FemaleHavre de Grace became the third consecutive female to earn the Horse of the Year title following 2009 winner Rachael Alexander and 2010 winner Zenyatta.
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St. Andrews University Equestrian Program director and IHSA coach, Peggy McElveen, is prom-ising quintessential Southern
hospitality when the Governor James B. Hunt Jr. Horse Complex hosts the 39th Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Championships, May 3-6, 2012, in Raleigh, N.C.
McElveen confirmed that Billy Yeager of Partridge Run, LLC, in Warrenton, Va., has been named show manager for the 2012 Championships. “Billy managed the IHSA Nationals the last time they were at Harrisburg. I felt it was important to have someone familiar with both the Hunt Complex and the IHSA format, and when I started looking for recommendations, his name kept coming up.”
Selected as 2012 IHSA National Championships Hunter Seat judges are R. Scot Evans (President, Equestrian Aid Foundation) and Chrystine Tauber (Vice President, USHJA); Western judges are Gretchen Mathes (2007 AQHA Horsewoman of the Year) and Betsy
Tuckey (NRHA, AQHA judge). More than 400 of the best college riders from the U.S. and parts of Canada will qualify through Regional and Zone Championships held during the 2012 spring semester, for the privilege to compete in Raleigh in front of these esteemed members of the professional horse community.
Welcoming the IHSA National Champ-
ionships to Raleigh promises to be a down-home affair, thanks to the support of local organizations like the North Carolina Horse Council. “The NCHC helped present the original Complex tour for the IHSA Board, and they have continued to be a wonderful system of support for helping us present a great event. Our local horse people want to show everyone real Southern hospitality,” said McElveen.
On Thursday, May 3, the U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) and U.S. Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) will co-sponsor a compet-itors’ dinner welcoming riders, coaches and IHSA to Raleigh. On Friday, the city’s finest five-star restaurants will present “A Taste of Raleigh,” free of charge to the IHSA National Championships, featuring a signature dish from each participating menu.
Raleigh marks the most southern venue for the IHSA National Championships since the Georgia International Horse Park hosted them in 2000 in Atlanta. Celebrate the best in college horsemanship and Southern hospitality at the 39th IHSA National Championships, where admission is always free.
For more information, visit www.ihsainc.com. To learn more about the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, visit www.ncstatefair.org.
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Youth Membership ($20.00) Family Membership ($40.00)
Individual Membership ($30.00) Horse Nominations ($25.00 per horse)
Connecticut Morgan Horse Membership Application
(please list children under 18 with birthdays and name of horse nominated on separate piece of paper.)
Children under 18 DOB
Horse(s) Nominated for Year End Awards
Please make check payable to CMHA, Inc. and mail with application to: Melissa Curtis, 477 Dowd Ave., Canton, CT 06019.
CONNECTICUT MORGAN HORSE ASSOCIATION President: Melissa Curtis, 477 Dowd Ave., Canton, CT 06019; 860-693-2248. Vice President: Will Filosi, 321 Rt. 165, Preston, CT 06365; 860-887-6831. Secretary: Debra Becroft, 67 Hanover St., Yalesville, CT 06492; Treasurer: Lisa Cocco, 71 Old Farms Road, Cheshire, CT 06410; 203-699-8447; Membership: Melissa Curtis, 477 Dowd Ave., Canton, CT 06109; 860-693-2248.
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Charles River Dressage AssociationMembership ApplicationJanuary 1 through December 31, 2012
CHARLES RIVER DRESSAGE ASSOCIATION, President: Linda Currie, 617-974-4441, [email protected]; Vice President: Kate Champa, 401-351-1683, [email protected]; Membership Director: Carol Burkhart, 508-359-9961, [email protected].
Name:
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The Charles River Dressage Association is a GMO (Group Member Organization) of the United States Dressage Federation.Annual Dues: Individual $55, Business $100. Add $12 for each additional family member.Please make your check payable to: Charles River Dressage Association, 4 Jade Walk, Medfield, MA 02052For more information, call Linda Currie at 617-974-4441.
____Junior (DOB__/__/__) ____Adult Amateur ____ Professional _____ Vintage (50-59) _____Masters (60+)
Connecticut Ranch Horse AssociationMembership Form
Mail form and a check made out to CT Ranch Horse Association to: Andrea Hills, 772 Brooks Rd., Middletown, CT 06457.
Name: ____________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________
City: ________________________________ State:____________________ Zip:____________________
Phone: ___________________________ Email: ______________________________________________
Tell us about yourself and your experience:
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Signature: ______________________________________________________Date: __________________
Membership: $25.00/person; $15.00 for each additional family member
Connecticut Trail Rides Association, Inc.Membership Application
❒ Individual Membership (Must be 18 years old) ..................................................................................... ❒ Family Membership (Includes children under 18 years old) .............................................................. ❒ Lifetime Membership .................................................................................................................................... ❒ Lot Dues ................................................................................................................................................................ ❒ Stall Dues ($5.00 per stall) ................................................................................................................................ ❒ New Members one time charge ...................................................................................................................
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Connecticut Dressage & Combined Training Association, Inc.
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New England Pinto Association Membership Application
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Northeast Miniature Horse ClubMembership Application
Membership InformationName: _____________________________________ Email: ____________________________________
Address: ___________________________________ Website: __________________________________
City/State/Zip:_______________________________ Phone: ___________________________________
Welcome! Our club is proud to offer three levels of membership. All members are listed on the club’s website and receive our electronic newsletter, which includes periodic updates on our rescue/emergency
activities and any rescue horses available for adoption. Dues are assessed on a calendar year basis.
* All memberships include the entire household; adults and children, and one vote is allotted to each household for meeting and election purposes.
❑ I do not wish to have my email published on the club’s website
Names of Adult Members: ________________________________________________________________
Youth Members (with ages): ______________________________________________________________
❑ Blue Ribbon ~ $25 ~ includes all adults and children in the household; receipt of our electronic newsletter; and one vote in club elections.
❑ Grand Champion ~ $50 ~ Receives all the membership benefits plus advertising space on our website’s Sponsorship Page (photo or business card) and a link to member’s web site.
❑ Supreme Champion ~ $75 ~ Receives all the benefits of Grand Champion membership plus a $25 donation made to our club’s Rescue/Emergency Fund.
❑ Donation ~ Please accept the enclosed donation to the club’s Rescue/Emergency Fund.
We Hope You’ll Join Us!Total Enclosed $______ Checks should be made payable to Northeast Miniature Horse Club. Send with this form to
Virginia Gonsalves, 1138 Pleasant St., Raynham, MA 02767
The Rhode Island Driving Club, Inc.
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The Rhode Island Driving Club, Inc.
THE RHODE ISLAND DRIVING CLUB, INC., President: Marguerite Tomany - 860-923-3302. Vice President: Cat Luce; Treasurer: Bonnie Jean; Secretary: Christine Bailey.
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Maine Horse Association, Inc. Membership Application 2012
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❏ Individual: $30.00 / $20.00 if received before March 1st ❏ Individual Life: $250.00
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3. _________________________________________ 4. ________________________________________
Each membership is entitled to a membership card and subscription to the MHA official publication (January 1 – December 31). Return to: Dollie Hutchins, 9 Bauneg Beg Rd., Sanford, ME 04073
Please enclose a check made out to the Maine Horse Association for the following:Membership Fee $________ Total $________
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Northwest Connecticut Draft Horse Association Membership Application
The Northwest Connecticut Draft Horse Association was formed in 1989 by a group of men (the first night about 40 men showed up, later joined by many females) interested in learning more about and promoting the draft horse. The mission of the group was to inform and educate the general public about the history and use of the draft horse.
The public events sponsored by the club and the many informative programs at club meetings accomplished this mission. The horse owners were happy to get their horses and old-time equipment in front of the public at the many events they spon-sored---a Fall Field Day, now named after two of our charter members who were so instrumental in the early success of the day, Bucky Ballard and Frank Colburn. Sleigh riding always paints such a nostalgic picture and they sponsored many sleigh rallies at both the Goshen and Harwinton Fairgrounds. Now the June “Dust--Off” is added to the list of sponsored events.
The ownership of a horse is not necessary to join the club, just the interest in the draft horse, a desire to make new friends who are also interested in draft horses and a willingness to help out at our events. The annual dues are $20 per person, due each January 1. For this $20 you have one vote on any issues before the club, you receive a newsletter each month, refreshments and a program at each meeting. We also try to hold events for members and guests only at no cost. We have a good time together and draft horse people are friendly and helpful.
To become a member of the NWCDHA send your check for $20 to Treasurer Donna Marciano, 47 Stoneridge Drive, Torrington, CT 06790. We hope you consider joining. We are sure you will enjoy being a member of our club.
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Yankee Walkers, Gaited Horses of New EnglandJulie Dillon, President: [email protected]
Loren Stevens, First Vice President of ME & NH: [email protected]
Ellen Flatley, Secretary/Treasurer: [email protected]
Name:________________________________________________________________________________
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Year End Award Nominations: Name of Horse: _______________________________________________
Nomination: $12/horse and/or $6/rider x ______________(# of horses and/or riders) = ______________
TWHBEA Reg.#: _________________
Individual or Youth membership $20.00_______________ Family membership $25.00______________
Please make check to: Yankee Walkers, Gaited Horses of New England
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Please mail this form with check to: Joanne Cholakis, Treasurer, 23 Beacon Ave, Albany, NY 12203
Saratoga Driving AssociationMembership Form
Dues: Still only $25.00 per year, payable to SDA ❏ New Membership (welcome!) ❏ Renewal
Southern New Hampshire Dressage and Combined Training Association, Inc.
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I hereby apply for membership to SNHDCTA and enclose payment of $_________. Membership includes affiliate membership to USDF, USEA & The Horsemen’s Yankee Pedlar, newsletters, and reduced clinic, lecture
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This organization is a USDF Group Member Organization; and its members are automatically USDF Group Members and USEA Affiliate members. Mail your check to Membership :
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Please Make Checks Payable to: S.N.H.D.C.T.A, Inc.❏ $3 Membership ❏ Main Interest Dressage ❏ Main Interest Combined Training❏ Check here if you are willing to volunteer at club events.❏
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A subscription to the Pedlar is included in memberships. The Pedlar contains our official monthly newsletter of current news and upcoming events.
INDIVIDUAL $30.00 ________________ Anyone under age 18 who is applying for Individual Membership must also list their date of birth below.Family $35.00 _____________ If you are applying for our Family Membership Plan, please list the names of all persons to be included in the family membership and date of birth for each child under age 18.Child’s First/Last Name: Date of Birth:
I have enclosed a check for the amount of: $ ___________________Please mail this form and payment to:TSHA Membership, 948 Ekonk Hill Rd,Voluntown, CT 06384
Tri-State Horsemen’s Assoc. President: Larry Burgess, 860-739-3596; Vice-President: Jackie Cugini,401-949-4340; Secretary: Maegen Manning; Treasurer: Sharon Plante, 860-564-4700
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WEST GREENWICH HORSEMAN’S ASSOCIATION, INC. OF RHODE ISLAND, President: LuAnn Carpenter-Grafe, 382 Weaver Hill Road, West Greenwich, RI 02817; Vice President: Mike Grafe, 382 Weaver Hill Road, West Greenwich, RI 02817; Treasurer: James R. Hallam, 979 Victory Highway, Greene, RI 02827; Secretary: Celeste Santos, 964 Ekonk Hill Road, Voluntown, CT 06384.
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BSTRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
CDCTA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
GMHA .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .43
NEDA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
A.&.B.Lumber.&.Barns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Center.Hill.Barns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
ClearSpan.Fabric.Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Hill.View.Mini.Barns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Morton.Buildings,.Inc .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Northland.Steel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
August.Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Carlisle.Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Chrislar.Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Elite.Equine.Imports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Esterbrook.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Fairfield.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Far.Meadow.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Foster.Meadow.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Holly.Hill.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Mandeville.Equestrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Nancy.Later.Dressage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Oak.Meadow.Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Oliynyk.Show.Stables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Rising.Star.Equestrian.Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Saddle.Rowe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Scarlet.Hill.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Strain.Family.Horse.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Twin.Ridge.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Warren.McMullin.Enterprises,.Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Washington.Equestrian.Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Dana.Hall.Riding.Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Stoneleigh-Burnham.School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Virginia.Intermont.College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Muscle.Magic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Prescription.Specialties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
DJ.Reveal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Norfolk.Power.Equipment,.Inc .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Kent.Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Nutrena.Feeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Purina.Mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
EZ.On.Vinyl.LLC .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..121
Springfield.Fence.Co .,.Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Attwood.Equestrian.Surfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
IGK.Equestrian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Alltech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Lubrisyn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Smartpak.Equine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Smartpak.Equine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Smartpak.Equine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Northeast.Farrier.Supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
BHC.Mgt.Co.LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Champlain.Valley.Exposition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Equine.Affaire,.Inc .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Essex.County.Trail.Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Falls.Creek.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Greater.Boston.Charity.Horse.Show. . . . . . . . . . . . 112
New.Hampshire.Hunter-Jumper.Association. . . . .91
Old.Salem.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Sons.Of.The.Wind,.LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Southeast.Hunter.Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
St ..Christophers.Horse.Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Don.Ray.Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Anastasio.Trucking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Equine.Properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Farms.&.Barns.Real.Estate,.LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Pine.Acre.Realty,.Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Ron.Smith.Homes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.
Performance.Edge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Achille.Agway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Aubuchon.Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Bedard.Farm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Linear.Rubber.Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Camp.Nashoba.North. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Camp.Quinebarge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Frost.Valley.Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Vershire.Riding.School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Classic.Equine.Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Eartec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Equestrian.Outfitters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Horsehugger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Saddle.Shed,.Inc .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Smith-Worthington.Saddlery.Co .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Tack.Shack,.LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
High.Hopes.Therapeutic.Riding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Lucky’s.Trailer.Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Paul.Congelosi.Trailer.Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
East.End.Campers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Fairfield.Equine.Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Tufts.University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
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Dear Mouth,This is a letter I’d rather not write. I recently learned about a festival in Villanueva, Spain, which claimed that a donkey is beaten to death annually on Shrove Tuesday. A message invited me join a cause against this practice and I did so. The information haunted me. I knew about another festival in Spain in which a live goat is thrown from a high tower or window. I did some research and discovered that once upon a time the story was true. The last donkey to die in Villanueva was drowned in the town foun-tain in 1987. No more donkeys have died because an English woman, Vicki Moore, along with her husband, founded FAACE—Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe—and she managed a successful campaign against the tradition (that’s what they call it in Spain: a tradition). She made international headlines when she saved a donkey, Blackie, from death. Although they can’t kill the donkey anymore they can still torture it to within an inch of its life. The animal is dragged through the streets of the town, exposed to firecrackers and gunshots near its head, and sweats so profusely from stress that it collapses. An animal protection law was passed in 2003 which does not allow for
any live animal to be tortured and abused, but it seems no one is interested in making any changes. I don’t know how to explain the barbaric blood lust that fires this savage, violent behavior on the part of the Spanish, but the fact is that it continues to occur. FAACE is asking people to boycott a product that comes from Extremadura, this region of Spain. It’s called Pimenton de la Vera, a smoked pepper powder produced by several villages in the area. They ask you not to buy it if you travel in that region and to tell shop owners and online sellers of the product why you are not buying it. But I would like to ask your readers to go a step further: They can write a letter to the King of Spain telling him they will not travel to Spain at all until this “tradition” is laid to rest. The king’s address is King Juan Carlos I, The Royal Palace of the Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain.
Margaret Pomello, NY, NY
Dear Margaret,I am without words. I am printing your letter and counting on my faithful readers to do the right thing. Thank you for this distressing and painful information.
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