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President’s Message
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The Amateur Dilemma
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Horse Treats
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News from Outside the Ring
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ESDCTA Grants
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Business Members
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Welcome to Spring! Congratulations to all the Year-end Award recipients. I think the Virtual Awards Banquet went very well, with the added bonus of having pictures and a short fun fact from most of the winners. Excellent job everyone! We’re looking forward to what the spring and summer have in store, and it’s looking to be much more “normal” than last year. Check out these helpful short-cut links for some of what we have planned for 2021: •Want to know what’s going on and what’s coming up? ESDCTA’s Calendar contains the complete and up-to-date list of ESDCTA’s registered shows. It also contains other activities that are important to our ESDCTA community. https://www.esdcta.org/home/omni-calendar/ •Complete list of Volunteer Opportunities: https://www.esdcta.org/home/volunteer-program/esdcta-volunteering-opportunities/ •An updated Grants list and requirements: https://www.esdcta.org/home/grants/ •Show Results: https://www.esdcta.org/show-results-2021/ •Listing of Board members and committee chairs: https://www.esdcta.org/home/about/executive-boardboard-of-trustees/ •Many of the Forms you might need during the year: https://www.esdcta.org/home/forms/ There’s much more information on our ESDCTA website (ESDCTA); if you don’t see what you’re looking for, just ask. You can email me anytime: president@esdcta.org I’m really looking forward to the 2021 competition season, and I’m confident that all shows and events have the Covid-19 restrictions well under control, so go out there and see what you can do! Don’t forget to be kind to your horse, give them soft pats, praise them often, and the occasional carrot or apple wouldn’t hurt. Enjoy your horse! President
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Board of Trustees OFFICERS
Phone only before 9 p.m. please
President
Holly Cornell
president@esdcta.org
732.208.8715
Vice President
Ellen Brindle-Clark
vicepresident@esdcta.org
609.351.1054
Secretary
Ruth McCormick
secretary@esdcta.org
201.240.4505
Treasurer
Betty Adduci
treasurer@esdcta
610.564.9169
3340 Curley Ct, Mullins SC 29574 Executive Board Dressage at Large
Jena Rondinelli
datlargeMAL@esdcta.org
732.814.1117
Eventing at Large
Jennifer Duelfer
eatlargeMAL@esdcta.org
732.598.3077
Dressage Competitions
Dr. Lisa Toaldo
dressage@esdcta.org
201.874.0373
Eventing Competitions
Janice Pellegrino
eventing@esdcta.org
Marketing
Erin Gale
marketing@esdcta.org
Membership
Vacant
membership@esdcta.org
Membership
Heidi Lemack
membership@esdcta.org
609.306.8221
Finance
Gary Maholic
finance@esdcta.org
215.489.1557
Education
Victoria Shilton
education@esdcta.org
6093511054
Youth
Stephanie Warner
youth@esdcta.org
NJEAB Representative
Carolyn Montgomery
crunner141@comcast.net
Awards
Becky Kuc
awards@esdcta.org
Calendars/Activities
Mia Zimmerman
activities@esdcta.org
Grants
Holly Cornell
grants@esdcta.org
Equipment
Wilma Pfeffer
dressage@esdcta.org
OFF BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Newsletter
Meredith Rogers
newsletter@esdcta.org
Vacant
nominations@esdcta.org
Omnibus
Mia Zimmerman
calendar@esdcta.org
Show Results
Lori Kelly
results@esdcta.org
Nominating
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CROSS COUNTRY... News Across Our Region COMMUNITY NEWS
Milestone
If you’re reading this, you are probably a member of ESDCTA, but I’m sure you know of someone who rides dressage or events who is not a member. You know all about the wonderful things offered like educational programs, clinics with big name trainers, horse shows, year-end awards, and not least, that sense of being part of a community of likeminded people. The more members ESDCTA has, the better the programs we can offer. Our membership numbers are also important considerations when state and local governments decide on legislature that affects us (like open space), and we advocate for our sports (we’re working on better footing at the HPNJ). Please reach out to your equestrian buddies and tell them about all of the benefits of membership and have them sign up. The more the merrier!
Please Contact Linda Marciante if you know any ESDCTA members who have achieved any Milestones. Success at a show, regional/national/international award, new horse, or anything else you want to celebrate.
WHAT’S YOUR TALENT?? Let us know what you would like to help us with in 2021. All skills and interests wanted. Have an idea? We want to hear about it. Remember, this club is what YOU make it. Contact president@esdcta.org if you are interested.
NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE
Have a great article that you would like to share? Please send article to: Meredith Rogers: newsletter@esdcta.org All submissions are due by the 15th of the month. Due to space considerations, the editor reserves the right to edit submitted articles. If necessary, articles will be edited and returned for your review. AND YOU GET VOLUNTEER HOUR FOR EACH STORY!
e-mail: lindalbbf@gmail.com
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The Amateur Dilemma By, Meredith Rogers
I thought I was handling my stress okay. I was having a particularly bad week, with pressure coming from all angles – too much to do for work, some family stress, and of course the state of the world, which had just hit too close to home. The only thing that had been going well was my riding. Then I got to the barn. I enjoyed grooming and tacking up my boy, but once I got on, I had no motivation to do any work. It probably would have been a good day to go for a hack, but I had gotten to the barn with a plan to practice certain parts of my test, was riding with a friend, and just didn’t think of it. Needless to say, the work we did was less than stellar. I was enjoying just sitting on him, but then I felt guilty that I was wasting time I should be using to work on my Finally Went on That Hack! canter departs. Guilt creates a lot of stress. Some of the stress I was feeling was external: deadlines are deadlines. Other sources of my stress were internal: worrying about…everything. The Mayo Clinic says that stress affects not only your thoughts and feelings, but can impact you physically and even change your behavior. Long-term stress can lead to a myriad of health problems, such as hypertension, heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. Ouch! We equestrians are a strong bunch and we often feel that if we can handle a 1200 lb animal we can handle anything. It’s just not true, and the sooner we believe it, the sooner some of our stress will dissipate. I’m hoping that once some of those things that are causing my stress go away (eg, meet submission deadlines, negative COVID test results, etc) that the feelings I’m having also leave. The problem is there is always some other stress trigger waiting in the wings. I’ll always have deadlines; there will always be something in my life not going as well as I would like, and sometimes it’s my riding, itself.
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It used to be that the barn was where I left my stress behind, but I just couldn’t do that this time. There’s no shortage of websites telling me how to manage my stress. Things like have mini-rituals (my whole life is a series of min-rituals), exercise (I think I have that covered), get in touch with yourself (umm…I’m feeling stressed), listen to certain music (something about soundwaves), breathe (or die?), eat better food (okay, I need work here), and write away the stress (sort of what I’m doing here), among many other suggestions. One website did make me think. It discussed the difference between stress and burnout. It said that stress is inevitable but burnout is not. It also said that stress is our response and burnout is the accumulation of excess stress over time, which results in stress overload. After reading the article I think I had reached the point of burnout. So, what to do about it? I have no idea. I can’t take time off of work. I can’t solve the pandemic or fix some of the other issues going on right now. What I will do is go to the barn and groom my horse. And, maybe I’ll practice those canter departs and maybe I won’t. Either way, I’m going to be okay with that.
Horse Treats By, Meredith Rogers
In honor of April Fool’s Day, enjoy some corny equine jokes. What animal has more hands than feet?
A horse, of course!
What’s black and white and pulls cartwheels?
A pinto pulling a carriage!
What disease do horses fear most? Why can’t horses dance? Why did the boy stand behind the horse?
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Hay fever! Because they have two left feet! Because he thought he’d get a kick out of it!
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Learning to Fly(ing Change) By Paige Zimmerman
Well, I never thought that learning the flying changes would be so complicated! This year, my goal is to show 3rd level successfully with Ducati. I understand that horses are often very green with their flying changes at this level, so I don’t expect greatness right away… but this is proving to be a big challenge! About one year ago, we began putting the idea of the flying changes in Ducati’s head. We then took a break from schooling them during the months of the show season so that we could focus on the counter-canter for 2nd level. In the beginning, we had trouble since he offered late changes instead of listening and rocking back onto his hindquarters. In hindsight, I know that after his long winter off in 2020 due to abscesses, he simply didn’t have the strength or understanding to gather himself for the flying change. But interestingly enough, our brief stint with the flying changes made his counter-canter much more balanced and straight for the 2020 show season. Now that we are schooling them again, he is getting them pretty well to the right. I’d say that 75% of his changes to the right are clean, though I get them clean less often than my trainer Olivia Steidle can (expectedly!). He’s not in full training with her, but she gets on once in a while to test the waters. My problem is that I don’t do enough to ask for the flying change and I get tense halfway through just thinking about it. I allow him to take over and do it on his own. So, after Ducati’s recent brief hiatus from work due to another minor abscess (thank you, mud season!), I will be working on “exaggerating” my aids, though my idea of exaggeration will probably end up being just right. I have to make sure that I am clearly telling Ducati what I am looking for so that I support him better in the learning process. This will definitely help us get the flying change to the left, which is more of a struggle to get clean. Ducati’s muscle memory and coordination are not quite there yet. 8
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Recently Ducati’s owner Brenda Curnin gifted me the book “Dressage for the Not-SoPerfect Horse” by Janet Foy. In the section about flying changes, there is a section that lists the aspects of a horse’s mind and body that make the flying changes difficult (page 133 for anyone else who has the book). Some of the points that apply to Ducati in this section are that he has a long back and can have trouble reaching under his center of gravity, he gets tense in the learning process, and he becomes upset when he doesn’t understand new concepts. Page 141 mentions something called FCH, aka “Flying Change Hell”! This is definitely where I feel we are: we are so close to getting the concept, but not quite yet, and the quality of the flying changes fluctuates on a day-to-day basis. I just have to keep reminding myself that FCH can’t last forever, and one day Ducati will click in and so will I. It just takes a lot of patience and practice. I extend my condolences to anyone else that is experiencing FCH: this is definitely not easy to get past. But I imagine that one day I will be able to look back on this experience and recognize how it helped me grow as a rider.
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Veterans research recruitment Are you a male veteran who served in Afghanistan or Iraq? The Equine Science Center at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey is seeking combat veterans with and without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to participate in a research study on co-regulation and the effects of equine assisted activities on symptoms of PTSD.
You can earn up to $90 for your participation in the research study. Contact Ellen Rankins, study coordinator, at: (848)-932-3761 or RUTGERSEAAT@NJAES.RUTGERS.EDU For more information and to complete an initial screening.
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News from Outside the Ring New Technology to Keep Us Safe None of us want to fall off, and if we happen to separate from our mount, none of us want to hit our heads, but accidents happen. New technology is being developed to help get a better helmet fit and help diagnosis trauma upon a fall. This new sensor cap functions like a pressure mat under a saddle. A helmet that doesn’t fit, doesn’t protect, so one use that is being investigated is for use at tack shops to help accurately size helmets at the time of purchase. Another is to use the cap under a helmet when mounting up to understand where the injury occurred if a fall happens. Although it’s just a prototype, the researchers are hoping to have a commercial product available in the US within the year. Equine Herpesvirus (EHV) Update EHV is a highly contagious disease, spread by direct horse-to-horse contact and indirectly through contact with contaminated objects (like brushes and buckets). There are nine strains but EHV-1 is what is currently in the news. EHV-1 has 4 forms that result in respiratory disease, neonatal infection, abortion, or neurologic signs. Events across Europe have been cancelled due to an outbreak of a particularly virulent neurologic form. The first case was identified at the CES Valencia Spring Tour showjumping competition, with 83 out of 752 horses at the show showing clinical signs and 6 horses dying. It’s here in the US, too. There was an outbreak in Ocala, Florida, a horse was treated at New Bolton here in Pennsylvania, and a case was found in Washington state. There’s not much we can do except quarantine affected horses and make sure we don’t spread it on equipment or ourselves. Below are some resources for more information: CASE ALERTS • Equine disease alerts for the United States can be found at the following link. if you wish to receive them, click on the small envelope in the upper right hand corner. https://equinediseasecc.org/ WEBINARS • NJ vet Dr. Aja Harvey from B.W. Furlong and Associates presented about EHV1 on March 24. One point of interest is that the type of neurologic EHV-1 seen in the US (known as EHM) is not the same one seen in Europe. You can listen on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/bwfurlong/videos/465792804539994
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• If you are a USEF member, here is the link to its webinar from March 8: https://www.usef.org/media/press-releases/ehv-1-outbreak-informational-webinarfor-members PODCASTS • Horses in the Morning (“HITM”), a mostly fun and entertaining daily podcast, https://www.horsesinthemorning.com/ has many updates on EHV-1 Neurologic. I suggest you begin with March 3 by Veterinarian Dr. Slovis of Hagyard Equine Medicine Institute at https://www.horsesinthemorning.com/ehv-1-explained-microbiomes-and-scnobia-stewartfor-march-3-2021-by-state-line-tack/ • “HITM” can be streamed or downloaded to your phone or podcast player via the Horse Radio Network app or your computer. It’s great for driving to the barn, mucking stalls or whatever activities allow you to listen and enjoy. At its website you can search by topic, date, guest. It has over 2600 episodes (!!). Almost every Monday-Wednesday-Friday episode now has an update on EHV. One weekly, amusing highlight is Friday’s episode feature a segment on Really Bad Ads. It’s a popular segment with ads for improbable equines like “a golding (sic) who is 15.7 hands high and has this year’s foal at its side” are read. Listening to HITM a few times gets you into its quirky and informative rhythm. • Horses in the Morning is part of the larger Horse Radio Network which hosts over twenty shows, including the Dressage Radio Show, the Eventing Radio Show, the Retired Race Horse Show for the OTTB fans, Horse Tip Daily and other shows on horse care and health and other equine topics (even on running an equine business). Horse Radio Network shows are simple to download or stream episodes on your computer or phone. Here is the home page to get started. https://www.horseradionetwork.com/
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ESDCTA Grants One of the many benefits of membership is the availability of ESDCTA Grants. The Grants committee has recently overhauled the grants requirements, and below is a summary of the changes for 2021: General rules for Education and Dom Perignon Grants: Grants can be used for: clinics, lessons with an upper-level trainer you don’t usually train with, annual conventions, summer camp, regional or national competitions. Not to be used for clothing, tack, regular lessons, or horse-only training Only one grant per person per calendar year Education Grant: Each grant is $250, available to all members in good standing – Youth, Amateurs, Professionals 8 hours volunteer time are required: 4 hours needs to be earned by the applicant, 4 hours can be gifted (may use left-over hours from previous year). Preference will be given to applicants who have more ESDCTA volunteer hours Following the activity the grant was used for, you will need to write an article for the newsletter about the experience (help is available from the Newsletter Editor) Assist in obtaining items for the Silent Auction and assist with the Awards Banquet Lazelle Knocke Dom Perignon Grant (Adults only): No changes for 2021 LYDF (Lendon’s Youth Dressage Festival) Grant, held at Hits-On-The-Hudson showgrounds in Saugerties, NY: Two grants of $250 each, available for either Dressage or Eventing Youth only One score of 55% or more for dressage riders, or one score of 45% or lower for event riders, from an ‘L’ judge or higher 8 hours volunteer time are required:4 hours needs to be earned by the applicant; 4 hours can be gifted (preference will be given to applicants who have more ESDCTA volunteer hours) Following the Festival, you will need to write an article for the newsletter about the experience (help is available from the Newsletter Editor) Assist in obtaining items for the Silent Auction and assist with the Awards Banquet Application Process: Applications completed and submitted to the Grants committee by the end of the month will be reviewed by the Grants Committee for completeness, and then considered at the next monthly Board meeting. Grants will be awarded based on a first-come, first-served basis during the competition year, assuming all requirements are met. Funds will be distributed once the activity is complete and the article for the Newsletter has been submitted. Click here to see all the details and application: https://www.esdcta.org/home/grants/
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EVENT CALENDAR ESDCTA’s Calendar contains the complete and up to date list of ESDCTA’s registered shows. It also contains other activities that ESDCTA feels are important to our community. Click the link to view The Event Calendar
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