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The Horsemen’s Corral is the official publication for the following clubs: Mid-Ohio Marauders Adams County Horseman’s Association Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club Northern Ohio Dressage Association Avon Lake Saddle Club Northern Kentucky Horse Network Black Swamp Driving Club Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club Buckeye Horse Park Ohio Appaloosa Association Classical Attraction Dressage Society Ohio Arabian & All-Breed Trail Riding Society Central Ohio Saddle Club Association Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Central Ohio Wagoneers Association Colorado Ranger Horse Association Ohio Gaited Horse Riding Club District One National Show Horse Ohio Haflinger Association Dusty Boots Riding Club Ohio Horseman’s Council Flatlanders Dressage & Combined Ohio Morgan Horse Association Training Association, Inc. Ohio Paint Horse Club Geauga Horse & Pony Association Ohio Quarter Horse Association Great Lakes Appaloosa Horse Club Ohio Ranch Horse Association Indiana Mounted Regulators Ohio State Buckskin Association Keystone Saddle Club Ottawa County Horse Foundation Knox County Horse Park Pinto Horse Association of Ohio Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros Tri-County Trail Association Massillon Saddle Club Tri-State Rodeo Association Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc. Wayne County Saddle Club Mid-Eastern Farriers Association Western Reserve Carriage Association Mid Ohio Dressage Association
The Corral Staff Editor .............................................................................................Bobbie Coalter Advertising Sales & General Manager .....................................Joe Coalter email ............................................................... joe@thehorsemenscorral.com Club Sales & Circulation Manager Art & Composition Director .....................................................Michelle Ross email ......................................................michelle@thehorsemenscorral.com Advertising Consultant ................................................................. Mary Vedda email ............................................................ mary@thehorsemenscorral.com
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Features: .................... Eleanor Blazer, Bobbie Coalter, Robert Eversole .................. Bryan Farcus, Steve Lantvit, Jennifer Moshier, Terry Myers ...........................................................Lynn Palm, Wendy Schaffer, Sarah Vas Guests:............................................. Rob & Tanya Corzatt, Kristen Janicki, ................................................................. Jennifer Lantvit, Nettie Liburt
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Inside This Issue Corral Calendar .............................................................................30 The Cowboy Perseverance Ranch ................................................46 Farrier Friendly ..............................................................................52 Feeding the Performance Horse ...................................................28 Get Rewarded for Buying Your Favorite Supplements ..................48 If You Dream It, You Can Do It.......................................................58 Kentucky Horse Council Releases Equine Scholarship Application for Fall 2018 Semester ............................................18 The Last Ride ..................................................................................8 My Horse Anatomy ........................................................................24 New Owner Taking the Reins at Equine Affaire .............................14 Notes from Inside The Corral ..........................................................6 Palm Partnership Training .............................................................61 Ride For Real ................................................................................44 Ride In Sync ..................................................................................10 TrailMeister ....................................................................................16 View From the Cheap Seats..........................................................50 The Way of Horses ........................................................................54 Weaning: Nutritional Considerations for the Mare .........................12 Club News Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club ...............................................48 Black Swamp Driving Club ............................................................26 Buckeye Horse Park ......................................................................52 Central Ohio Saddle Club Association...........................................19 Central Ohio Wagoneers ...............................................................51 Classical Attraction Dressage Society ...........................................60 Colorado Ranger Horse Association .............................................57 District One National Show Horse Association ..............................20 Dusty Boots Riding Club................................................................53 Flatlanders Dressage & Combined Training Association, Inc. .......60 Geauga Horse and Pony Association ..............................................8 Great Lakes Appaloosa Club .........................................................55 Knox County Horse Park ...............................................................42 Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros ........................................................17 Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc. ..........................................47 Mid-Eastern Farriers Association...................................................14 Mid Ohio Dressage Association.....................................................22 Northern Ohio Dressage Association ............................................22 Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club .............................................42 Ohio Arabian & All-Breed Trail Riding Society ...............................59 Ohio Horseman’s Council, Inc. ......................................................64 Ohio Morgan Horse Association ....................................................78 Ohio Paint Horse Club ...................................................................56 Ohio Quarter Horse Association ......................................................9 Ohio State Buckskin Association ...................................................26 Pinto Horse Association of Ohio ....................................................63 Tri-County Trail Association ...........................................................57 Wayne County Saddle Club ..........................................................11 ABOUT THE COVER: Ohio Quarter Horse Association All-Breed Team of Sidney Hawk on Sky, Becky Burnell on Ranger and Heidi Daugherty on Babe take on the first obstacle of the 2018 Corral Club Challenge at Creek Side Horse Park. The team posted a perfect score on obstacles and a fast time of 1 minute, 6 seconds to win $500 for their club.
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Notes From Inside The Corral
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he 11th Annual OQHA All Breed Trail Ride and IMTCA Challenge at the brand new Creek Side Horse Park in Waynesburg, Ohio, was a huge success. The four day event included several IMTCA divisions with everything from Miniature Horses in Hand to Dog and Rider classes, Tough Enough to Wear Pink Boot Scramble and the Horsemen’s Corral Club Challenge. Great food, sportsmanship and riding was the order of the weekend but the best part was watching just how much fun the kids were having. One ‘kid’ in particular had an incredible weekend. I hesitate to call her a kid because she is such a remarkable young lady but I guess if the boot fits, you wear it. I’m talking about Sidney Hawk. The 14 year old from Stark County was the Overall High Point rider for the trail challenge and won buckles in several different youth and open divisions for both ‘In-Hand’ and ‘Riding’. She also won a free pair of Durango Boots in the Tough Enough to Wear Pink Boot Scramble. Sidney and her horse, Zippos Blu Sky, aka Sky, seemed to own the course as they conquered obstacle after obstacle
like they built the place. They teamed up again on Sunday, joining Becky Burnell riding Ranger and Heidi Daugherty riding Babe to represent OQHA for the Corral Club Challenge and won that too! Sidney is no stranger to the winners circle. In 2017 at the Stark County Fair, she won the 4-H High Point Award, All Equine, Champion of Champions which qualified her to compete for the All-Breed Showman of Showman, winning the award. Competing in YEDA, she took a regional first place in one discipline, tied for second place in another and went on to the National Championship earning three third place awards. At the All American Youth Horse Show, Sidney had three top five finishes including one Reserve Champion missing out on the top spot by less than half a point. I could go on and on about this remarkable young lady and her accomplishments but what makes her so impressive is her dedication and her heart. You see, Sidney purchased Sky from KC Pierce with her own money; worked with Mandy Sancic, Robyn Fox, Jamie Grimm Binegar, Becky Burnell and others spending countless hours in the saddle and learning from anyone she could talk to. She took a great amount of time to introduce Sky to anything and everything they might encounter while riding. At home, she introduces children to the world of horses and minis and has helped at least one special needs child make it to the show ring. On this weekend, at any given time, you could find
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Dr. Scott Meyers, C.E.O. of OQHA and the All American Quarter Horse Congress rode the course on Sky. Shown here with IMTCA Judges, Anita Durant and Kelly Chapman joined by Cynthia Bauman and Sidney Hawk. Photo courtesy of Emily Bevan Photography LLC.
OQHA team. Sidney out on the course helping other horses and their riders through the obstacles. At the awards presentation, she gave one of her Montana Silversmith Championship buckles to our daughter, Kelsie, for her to give to Joe for Father’s Day! Joe will wear it proudly to every show he announces this season. Thank you Sidney! As I said in the first paragraph of this editorial, sportsmanship was the order of the weekend and perhaps nothing exemplified that more than when Cyndi MurphyLane, owner of Western Rustique gave one of her class buckles to a fellow competitor who had led their division for two days before her horse came up lame and could not compete the third day. Cyndi said, “you were leading us the whole way through and you deserve this.” The buckle was graciously accepted through tears and a lot of dry throats. Hat’s off Cyndi! The Horsemen’s Corral Club Challenge provided the ‘icing on the cake’ for the weekend. With no ‘in-hand’ horses entered, Joe decided to use the outermost obstacles for the challenge. What ensued was more like a ride for the Pony Express. The three person teams navigated a significant water crossing, moved up a steep ladder hill, across the plains to a trestle bridge and
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Massillon Saddle Club team.
Some of the Corral Club Challenge riders awaiting final instructions. down through a log sided trench before crossing the finish line. Every team completed the course in under two minutes but the winning team did it in a minute and six seconds to win $500 for their club and the cover of this month’s Corral! HORSEMEN’S CORRAL CLUB CHALLENGE RESULTS 1: Sidney Hawk, Becky Burnell, Heidi Daugherty representing OQHA. 2. Leanne Louive, Kayla Lawson, Jen Sword representing Massillon Saddle Club. 3. Kathy Burton, Jan Daniels, Chase Baumberger representing Erie County OHC. 4. Mary Vedda, Kat Slavic, Heather Patterson representing Cuyahoga County OHC. 5. Andrea Murphy, Shonney Murphy, Tom Sinclair representing Stark County OHC. 6. Jeanne Hubbard, Diana Shale, Alayna Stephens representing Northern Ohio Dressage Association.
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The Last Ride “So when we do make that last ride that is inevitable for us all to make, to that place up there, where the grass is green and lush and stirrup high, and the water runs cool, clear, and deep— You’ll tell us as we ride in that our entry fees have been paid. These things we ask.—Amen.” ~Excerpt from ‘A Rodeo Cowboy’s Prayer’ by Clem McSpadden
ROBERT “BOB” L. PEDICORD Robert “Bob” L. Pedicord, 81, of Somerset, Ohio, passed away on May 21, 2018 in Lancaster, Ohio. Bob was born on April 4, 1937 in Zanesville, the son of Dr. James and Dr. Flora Pedicord. He is survived by his wife, Sondra Butts Pedicord and their children, Lora (Greg) Wise, Lynda (Tim) Dixon, Scott Pedicord, and Eric (Mindy) Pedicord and six grandchildren. Bob loved animals and the outdoors. He had been involved in 4-H horse shows and parades. He was a member of the Ohio Horseman’s Council (Perry, Coshocton, and Licking Chapters). Bob loved working at the LC OHC fun shows with the kids, serving as Ringmaster. He did some announcing as well. Bob rode horses most of his life, beginning when he was a child. His first horse was a saddle bred mare. He went from there to a welsh pony and began showing. Bob won the State Fair, Box 21 Rodeo, and his show career began. He out grew his pony, and went to a spotted show horse, making the top spotted horse in five states for three years. The spotted mare was injured and he became infatuated with Quarter Horses. He got a Quarter mare and showed her until he went to college. When Bob came back, he got a Tennessee Walker and then developed a love for trail riding. Bob worked on an Arab farm for awhile. After that, Bob, went to horse shoeing school and went into the horse shoeing business for over 30 years. During this period, he was a 4-H advisor for 10 years, and President of Norwich Riding Club. He announced at horse shows, and gave clinics on hoof care and shoeing.
Bob went back to Quarter Horses and trail riding and ended up with a good black walker stud that he trail rode at every opportunity. Bob went through some difficult times and gave up riding for awhile. He was given a Palomino Quarter Horse and was on the trails again. Bob went through several different horses. He retired from the shoeing business and moved to the farm. Bob got a Haflinger, Tony, who he rode and drove, but most of all was a pet. Bob and Tony were in several parades. Bob also rode a gaited Rocky Mountain named Star. He bought Star as a baby and broke him to ride. Bob loved the grandkids, getting a Shetland pony for them. Bob’s greatest love was Christian Ministry. Bob and Sondra pastored Perry County Christian Center, sang in the choir at Trinity Full Gospel Church and taught Sunday school at Cornerstone Full Gospel Church; ran the information table at World Harvest Church, ministered in nursing homes and was a current member at Rhema House of Worship in Roseville and was a member of the Ohio Army National Guard for 6 years. Bob touched many lives from youth to adult, he will be greatly missed by all who knew him. As Bob always said, “there is still nothing better than being on a good horse with the best people in the world sharing nature as God intended.”
RUTH MAUTZ It is with great sadness that I inform everyone of the passing of Ruth Mautz. Ruth was one of the founders of the Union County chapter of the Ohio Horseman’s
Council. She enjoyed competitive trail riding, endurance riding and camping. She also was an avid fan of the Appaloosa horse and bred and raced many fine horses. Ruth was very involved in preserving the trails and working to aquire new ones, she was a great friend and supporter of the OHC. Ruth rode until she was 80 and was known for her vibrant clothes and hats with birds on them. She also enjoyed making up songs as she rode and many a trail ride was accompanied by the music of her and her trail companions singing as they rode. Ruth passed on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at the age of 95. She will be sorely missed by her family and friends. Union County OHC Trail Song by Ruth Mautz We are birds of a feather, Riding the trails together We’re just loping along, Singing this song Up and down, high and low, Our steeds are rearing to go And knee trees, those knee trees, watch out for those knee trees As we come to a curve, Our horses never swerve oucH...There goes my knee, It’s hanging back there on that tree We jump over logs, Sink into the bogs Ride through the rain and snow, We just go with the flow We see all the sights, Look down from far heights From the back of our horse, It’s magic of course
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Geauga Horse and Pony Association
Congratulations Daily High Point Winners PRESIDENT, Niki Barry; TREASURER, Shauna Gingrich; SECRETARY, Elaine Sonnie. WEBSITE, www. ghpa.us
by Paige Belew Our show season started May 27 under the warm summer sun. The daily high point winners from this show are as follows:
WALK/TROT 9 AND UNDER: Olivia DeFranco. WALK/TROT 10 AND OVER: Brooke DeVito. NOVICE: Jeanette Baker.
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OPEN YOUTH: Diana Shale. OPEN ADULT: Tabitha Sargent. RANCH: Jamie Davis.
Congratulations to the high point winners and everyone who showed. A special thank you to Buckeye Veterinary Service of Burton for your show sponsorship and support of Geauga Horse and Pony! Thank you to Preston Superstore in Burton for sponsoring our June 10 show. GHPA would like to thank Seth Clark of Eaton Clark Performance Horses for conducting an amazing three day clinic once again. During his fifteenth year, our youth learned
about showmanship, English and western disciplines and had many laughs during the three days. At night the youth had fun making crafts then spending the night in the barn next to their four-legged best friend. Check the GHPA website, www. ghpa.us, for updates and clinics. You can also find membership forms, rules and links to horse related topics. Information on our two youth groups Silver Spurs and The Mane Attractions is also located on the website. General membership meetings are on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at
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the Geauga County Fairgrounds Education Building. Other ways to follow GHPA is to like us on Facebook, Geauga Horse and Pony Assoc.; Twitter: @GHPAhorseshows; Instagram: GHPAhorseshows. GHPA would like to thank Big Dee’s Tack for their generous support of our organization through their Bonus Bucks program. Likewise; thank you to Schneider’s Saddlery for their generous. We really appreciate all that both of these fine companies provide for us. We thank all of the sponsors that have sponsored our shows. July 2018
Ohio Quarter Horse Association
Benefits of Belonging to OQHA CEO, Dr. Scott Myers PRESIDENT, Chris Cecil Darnell EMAIL, media@oqha.com WEBSITE, www.oqha.com www. quarterhorsecongress.com
The Ohio Quarter Horse Association and its affiliates have been busy this summer hosting some of the most well attended horse shows in the state and encouraging show participation at all levels. OQHA has also partnered with the International Mountain Trail Challenge Association (IMTCA) and the Central Ohio Reining Horse Association (CORHA) to bring more opportunities to members looking to earn points. IMTCA and CORHA shows have been approved for points that will count toward year-end awards for the 2018 OQHA Banquet. NEW MEMBER BENEFITS OQHA has been working diligently to bring OQHA members new benefits for use throughout the year. Contact Lindsay Titus at Ltitus@oqha. com or 614/505-7200 ext 128 for more information on using your member benefits. • An extensive year-end awards program • An active and supportive youth program • Youth scholarships • Queen Contest • In-depth information and assistance from association staff members • Complimentary Quarter Horse Congress Souvenir Program • Free Horsemen’s Corral subscription • Discounted King’s Island tickets • Receive an 11 percent discount when you use Equo equine transportation services • Save up to 28 percent using the Equine Program with John Deere • Friendships and group activities geared around Quarter Horses • Membership in one of the most active Quarter Horse associations in the country! OHIO QUARTER HORSE YOUTH ASSOCIATION The Youth are selling raffle tickets for a Harris Carved Work July 2018
Saddle. Tickets are $20 each and will be sold until the drawing on Oct. 21 during the NYATT ceremonies. Winners do not need to be present to win. Contact a youth member to purchase your ticket. ALL AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE CONGRESS The schedule for the 52nd annual All American Quarter Horse Congress, held Oct. 2-28, 2018, has been set by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. Visit www. quarterhorsecongress.com/ horse-show-schedule to view or download a complete schedule. Tickets for special events have also been released. Visit http:// www.quarterhorsecongress. com/congress-ticketed-events to purchase your tickets, before they sell out. New classes for 2018: • Level 1 Ranch Riding and NSBA • All Performance Halter classes are now NSBA dual approved • Southern Belle Breeders 4 and 5 Year Old Open Trail Stakes NSBA and Limited • Southern Belle Breeders 3 Year Old Open Trail Stakes NSBA and Limited • 4 and 5 Year Old Non Pro Trail Stakes NSBA • Southern Belle Breeders 4 and 5 Year Old Non Pro Trail Stakes NSBA • 3 Year Old and Over $2,500 Novice Horse Open Western Pleasure Stakes Dates to remember: OCT. 5 — Trade Show Opens and USA Para Reining OCT. 6 — NRHA Open Reining Futurity Finals (Level 4 & 3) OCT. 7 — Mercuria NCHA World Series of Cutting and Cinch Bridleless Cutting OCT. 12 — PBR and Heroes On Horses OCT. 13 — Freestyle Reining Presented by: dac and Congress Queen Crowning during Intermission OCT. 17 — Intercollegiate Judging Tournament OCT. 20 — Congress Super Sale OCT. 21 — NYATT OCT. 27 — Congress 2 Year Old Masters Presented by: The Equine Chronicle OCT. 28 — Cowboy Mounted Shooting HORSEMEN’S CORRAL
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Ride In Sync
People Mistakes by Terry Myers Horses don’t make mistakes, but people do. When riding or working with horses and things don’t go as planned, most people want to blame the horse. Horses will only react in accordance to how they are trained by humans. If they are not trained properly or thoroughly their own instincts take over. When that happens, we get reactions we don’t want or anticipate, and then we get upset with our horse. But here’s the thing, a horse can’t reason. When they shy at something or bolt from something, they don’t turn around and look at it and say, “Gee that was dumb.” They react according to their instincts. The very best thing that we can do for our horses is gain their trust through good training, proper riding and understanding their instinctive reactions. Let me use an example to illustrate. A while back, I had been working with a rider who had a horse that would blow up in the show ring. The horse would
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get really nervous and scared at a horse show, even trying to kick other horses that passed him. During our lessons this rider learned how to change her riding and her reactions (no yanking and pulling) creating a scenario in which the horse could perform. As a result the horse became
The very best thing that we can do for our horses is gain their trust... more confident that the rider was going to take care of him. As you might imagine, as the horse become more confident and obedient, the rider also become more confident. So while the horse was originally misbehaving in the rider’s eyes, the horse was actually reacting to what he perceived as a stressful and intolerable situation. By changing the rider and the rider’s actions, we changed the horse’s reaction.
Here is another example; a rider who tends to have heavy hands asked their horse to lope. The horse got nervous and started off in a gallop. The rider got mad, thinking this stupid horse isn’t listening to me and started jerking and ripping on the horse’s mouth. The horse threw up his head, hollowed out his back and went even faster. The rider then got even madder. Was the horse making a mistake? Absolutely not, he was just reacting to his instincts. The jerking on the reins which caused him to raise his head very high to try to avoid the pain in his mouth also caused him to stiffen his neck and hollow his back, which put him in a very uncomfortable position. This pain and discomfort generated the flight instinct, making the horse want to get away from the rider. In looking at this situation, it is easy to see who was making the mistake. The horse can’t reason, can’t tell himself that he doesn’t need to gallop when asked to lope. He can only react based on his instincts. And just one more example and one that many people may be able to relate to; a person very near and dear to my heart (and shall remain nameless) was having trouble when showing her horse. She had a different horse at home in the warm up pen than she did in the show ring. In the ring, the horse got nervous and quicker. So, the rider, who was also nervous, got quicker in their hands and didn’t use enough leg. The horse picked up on these differences and it made him feel insecure and more nervous. Again, the horse was not misbehaving, but was picking up on rider signals. Becoming aware of this, plus time and show ring practice will eventually make as good a team in the show pen as they are in the warm up pen. To correct situations where the horse is displaying undesirable behavior, you first must understand things from the horse’s perspective. When I was young, riding meant kick to go and pull to whoa! Because we rode our horses so much, they eventually became desensitized (tired) and very calm. My real enlightening began when I was about 24 years old and I met an amazing horseman by the name of Wayne Allen, whose mentorship over the course of many years changed everything.
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Terry Myers He taught me so much about horses, what they feel and how they think. Trust me, I got yelled at a lot! Fast forward 40 years plus experience with many horses, I now understand that to ride a horse properly, you use your entire body. Your hands and arms control from the withers forward. Your seat and legs control everything from the withers back to the tail. Considering this, it is in every rider’s best interest to learn how to ride properly, to be able to control their horse’s entire body. When trying to change a horse’s behavior (and their instinctive reactions) through training, it is always best to be sure that any behavior problems are not the result of physical problems. Routine vet, dental and chiropractic care are always necessary to ensure that there are no physical barriers which are contributing to any undesirable behaviors. Learning to ride well takes time, effort and diligence. Think about someone who is a really good golfer or tennis player. They put consistent effort and practice into their sport. To ride well enough to earn your horse’s trust and confidence takes time, consistent effort, a willingness to understand your horse’s instincts and a willingness to constantly learn how to improve yourself. When you are having a problem, first consider what your role is in the issue. I hope this article makes you stop and think about your horse and the fact that horses don’t make mistakes. Questions about this or any of our articles can be emailed to us at myers5000@aol.com. Terry Myers is a national clinician and champion horse trainer with a depth of knowledge developed from over 50 years in the horse industry. Myers has been a popular clinician at multiple expos in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more about Myers’ Ride-In-Sync Horsemanship methods as well as clinics and training services available, visit Myers at www.tmtrainingcenter. com and on Facebook. July 2018
Wayne County Saddle Club
A Lot Going On at the Wayne County Saddle Club PRESIDENT, Charlene Clark; VICE PRESIDENTS, Tricia Crilow and Katy Amstutz; SECRETARY, Bobbi Jo Mackey; TREASURER, Beth Eikleberry; WEBSITE, waynecountysaddleclub.com
As you read this, it’s either almost July 4th or, maybe, after. As on Memorial Day (see the parade picture by Vicki Bosler-Kilmer), on the Forth we celebrate the independence we have in this, the greatest country in the world. Feel ‘free’ to talk about all the amazing choices we have here that folks from the rest of the globe can only imagine and, in a few cases, emanate. So, whether you’re relaxing, partying, making a big bang, or whatever, please take a moment and reflect on these awesome freedoms. Oh yeah! We have our problems but it’s still the greatest place to be. Amen! Last time, I mentioned we need extra help with pleasure the rest of the show season. Thank you, all who’ve made (and will make)
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Photo credit: Vicki Bosler-Kilmer. yourselves available for that task. At the June meeting the board decided to take charge of the pleasure shows the rest of this season (instead of appointing a new VP) and Beth (treasurer) and Bobbi Jo (secretary) will take charge supported by the much appreciated and needed help from some of you. Consequently, the pleasure contacts are Beth Eikleberry (330/201-2222) and Bobbi Jo Mackey (330/465-0404). While we’re on the subject, here are the pleasure judges for the remainder of the season: June 23, Stephanie Reith; July 21, Nicole Bailey; Aug. 18, Mary Patterson; Sept 1. Brandy Napier and Sept. 29, Sherry Napier.
Note: this list is the revised and correct list per Beth Eikleberry. Please take note: when it comes to helping with horse shows and other equine activities here at the ‘Hollow’ a major part of the coolness of this organization is the involvement of so many folks. Why not share in the blessing!? As reported last time, the shows are all going well. The footing has been top-notch for contest and pleasure. Attendance has been good. The shows have been well-run and profitable. Thankyou everyone who’s helped with various responsibilities so far. Also, as reported last time, we always need you to step into the
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A few photos from one of our recent contest point show. stirrup and help corralling the daunting task of keep’n it all going. Check for a few pictures from shows and the Memorial Day parade in Wooster. The worship group meets Sundays at 11 a.m. except for the Speed Show days. Then we start at 10 a.m. All are welcome. It’s only July. It is not too late to get involved here at the ‘Hollow.’ There’s still a lot of 2018 to go. Why not join us?! ~Stan
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Weaning:
Nutritional Considerations for the Mare BY NETTIE LIBURT, PHD, PAS & KRISTEN JANICKI, MS, PAS
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s summertime approaches, so does weaning time on many breeding farms. Weaning represents the start of the period of growth for the foal independent of the dam, while the mare rejuvenates her body’s stores of nutrients. Nutritionally, there’s a lot of focus on the growing foal, and rightly so. But, management of the dam’s nutritional needs are important as well, a focus area that tends to get less attention. Unfortunately, there is little research focusing on nutritional needs of mares in the post-weaning period. The good news is that there are solid guidelines to make sure her diet is nutritionally sound. When a mare gives birth to a foal, the foal is completely dependent on her milk for its daily nutrients. A properly nourished mare will produce up to 3-4% of her body weight in milk-for a 1,100-pound mare, that could be 33-44 pounds of milk every day! In response, the mare’s energy, protein and calcium needs nearly double and triple, respectively, in the first three months of lactation. By the fourth month of lactation, mare’s milk meets only about 30% of the foal’s requirements. The volume of milk begins to decline only slightly, but the nutritional value decreases considerably both as part of the natural weaning process and the foal’s transition to more solid foods, like forage and grain concentrates. Consequently, the mare’s nutritional needs change as well. As the mare enters late lactation (months 4-6), her nutrient requirements will decline from the high nutritional plane during early lactation. If the mare is open (meaning not in foal), calorie intake can be reduced by about 4-5% in each of lactation months 4, 5 and 6. There is no scientific evidence supporting the concept that complete removal of all concentrate feeds in the days leading up to weaning speeds the drying–up process, although doing so is not an unusual practice on breeding farms. When suckling by the foal declines and, eventually ceases, milk production will naturally decrease as well. Milking the mare by hand is not recommended as this type of stimulus to the mare’s udder will only encourage the body
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to continue to produce milk (the exception may be if the mare is uncomfortable, but it is best to consult a veterinarian if this is the case). If the udder is still full and tight four days after weaning, a veterinarian should be consulted to rule out mastitis or any other potential health issues. Broodmares may be re-bred during foal heat (first heat cycle after giving birth). In this case, it is likely that, at weaning time, the mare is reaching mid-gestation (around 5-6 months) with her next foal. This is the point during pregnancy when the mare’s energy needs actually begin to slowly ramp up. A balance between maintaining the mare’s nutrient needs and decreasing her intake in late lactation needs to be carefully maintained. Sudden, drastic dietary changes should be avoided. Gradual changes leading up to and during the weeks following weaning are ideal. During lactation, even mares on the highest quality nutritional programs appear to mobilize their own body stores of nutrients, especially minerals from bone. The post-weaning period is therefore considered an important time for replenishment of these minerals, even if she is in-foal. Speaking of bone, exercise is also important for broodmares. It is not advisable to keep her stall-bound after weaning, but preferable to allow her access to turn-out and free movement. This type of natural, light exercise may also help to facilitate the drying-up process. Movement can assist in alleviating swelling, edema and promote healing of the mare’s udder. However, returning to moderate work should be put off for several weeks until the mare’s abdomen shrinks back to normal size. A veterinarian can help guide owners in this regard. Remember that aiming to keep the mare at a body condition of 5-6 (based on the Henneke Body Condition Scoring System of 1-9) is vital to ensure she stays at a healthy weight. If she is too heavy (body condition score above 6), her risk for potential complications during birth will increase. Research also indicates that heavier mares do birth bigger foals, and those foals may
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be at an increased risk for developmental orthopedic diseases as they grow. If she is too thin (body condition score below 4), she may have difficulty conceiving and, if during gestation, the development of the foal may be restricted. If a mare ends lactation below a body condition score of 5, she should be fed to achieve appropriate weight gain before being re-bred or put back into a training program. In summary, the mare’s nutritional needs vary during gestation, and early, late and post-lactation. After the foal has been weaned, the mare has a chance to replenish body stores of minerals and rebound in body condition, if necessary. A gradual return to light exercise may also help to encourage reproductive recovery. Close attention should be paid to body condition and overall balance of the diet, offering good quality forage (pasture and/or hay), and providing either a low calorie ration balancer for those not needing weight or a grain and/or fat supplement for calories, depending on the mare’s unique nutritional needs. REFERENCES • Freeman, D.W. Undated. Weaning and management of weanling horses. Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet #ANSI-3978. • Harper, F. 2014. Broodmare management in fall. eXtension. org Cooperative Extension System. Accessed online at: http://articles.extension.org/pages/29125/broodmaremanagement-in-fall • Lewis, Lon. 1996. Broodmare feeding and care. In: Feeding and Care of the Horse, 2nd Edition. pp. 229-241. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Media, PA. • Lawrence, L. 2013. Feeding stallions and broodmares. In: Equine and Applied Clinical Nutrition. pp. 231-242. Saunders Elsevier, London, England. • Lawrence, L. and Camargo, F. 2012. Feeding the Broodmare: Four easy steps. University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Services, Fact Sheet# ASC-185. • National Research Council. 2007. Nutrient Requirements of Horses, 6th Edition. National Academies Press. Washington, DC.
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New Owner Taking the Reins at Equine Affaire On the heels of celebrating its 25th year in Ohio at the event in Columbus last April Equine Affaire has just reached yet another major milestone—the sale of the company. As of June 1 Eugenia Snyder, Equine Affaire’s founder and president announced her retirement and transition of the ownership and management of Equine Affaire, Inc. to the company’s Vice President and Executive Producer, Coagi Long. “When I initially began work on the first Equine Affaire back in 1993, the show was nothing more than a ‘good idea,’” Eugenia Snyder explained. The idea for an event that would bring all facets of the horse industry together in an education-oriented, noncompetitive environment was soon enthusiastically embraced by horse people and horse businesses alike, and Equine Affaire quickly evolved into a multi-faceted, must-attend show serving the horse community. Today Equine Affaire enjoys a solid reputation and place in the horse industry thanks to the participation and support of countless clinicians, presenters, performers, farm owners, associations, organizations, retailers, manufacturers, sponsors, and horse people from all walks of equestrian life. “For the past 26 years it has been my sincere pleasure to work with countless individuals and organizations on the 57 events produced since 1994,” Eugenia continued. “I am very proud of what we have accomplished together and will always feel deeply indebted to everyone who has supported the educational mission of Equine Affaire through their participation. “Though I will truly miss being involved in Equine Affaire and working with the many wonderful people who participate in and
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attend the events, I am very excited to see how both the company and events evolve in the future under Coagi’s leadership,” Eugenia said. “Coagi Long has been with Equine Affaire for nearly 15 years, and her extensive event production and management experience make her uniquely qualified for her new role as the president and owner of Equine Affaire, Inc. Given her long-time involvement in the company, extensive skills, demonstrated dedication, and significant experience serving as Coagi Long the Executive Producer at recent events, I expect that the transition in ownership of Equine Affaire, Inc. will be seamless.” “It is a privilege to take the reins and carry Equine Affaire forward as we continue to produce the nation’s premiere equine expositions and equestrian gatherings for which we have become known,” shared Coagi. “Not only is this a new chapter for Equine Affaire, but also a celebration as we reflect upon all that has been accomplished over the past 26 years both as a company and a cornerstone in the industry.” At this time no major changes in the company’s direction or events are on the immediate horizon. The upcoming Equine Affaires in Massachusetts and Ohio will take place Nov. 8-11, 2018, and April 11-14. 2019. “I am leaving the company that I created in 1993 and my many wonderful friends at Equine Affaire with a wealth of happy memories and total confidence that Equine Affaire will flourish in the years ahead,” Eugenia remarked. “I have so much to be thankful for and I expect that Equine Affaire will continue to be an asset to horse people and the horse community alike. In the meantime, I am ‘headed out to pasture’ for some rest and recreation—seeking some tall grass, the company of good herd mates, and a great place to roll and take in the view. Spend enough time with horses and you inevitably end up looking at things from their perspective!”
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by Lori McBride Hello! I wanted to give you a recap of the wonderful hammerin that MEFA had on May 26. It was a great way to kick off the holiday weekend! The hammerin was hosted by Roger and Missy Howard, and as always, they did such a great job. Gina Davis and Davis and Sons Farrier Supply bought us our pizza while Missy and Roger facilitated
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every other thing. Thank you to the Howard Family and Gina! Pegasus once again allowed us the use of there fantastic arena— thank you Pegasus! It was a great day with really good energy, the experienced helping the young, and the young energizing the not so young. We are already looking forward to next year. Upcoming events in the works are a precertification clinic, an AFA Certification in Jerusalem Ohio. Also, our annual contest is coming together! Super exciting news is our judge and clinician this year—Bodi Trnka! Another huge added bonus is our novice judge is going to be our very own rockstar Ben Hupp! It’s going to be a great time. Stay tuned for more details. July 2018
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I Went to a Clinic and So Should You by Robert Eversole Horsemanship clinics have become quite the to-do amongst us in the equine world. More and more people are attending clinics of various types and flavors in hopes of improving their horsemanship skills. Indeed, most of my friends have been clinic attendees at some point. As usual I was late to the party. My first equine clinic experience occurred just recently with Ty Evans of TS mules. It was fantastic. Ruger and I both learned a lot and are looking forward to attending another in the future. I wish I had attended sooner. If you’re interested in becoming a better horse or mule person, don’t wait as long as I did. So why attend a clinic? I had three main goals in mind when I signed up for the Ty Evans Mulemanship clinics; instruction, investigation, and socializing. Ever since my encounter with gravity last year riding hasn’t been pleasant, not because of
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anything Ruger did, but rather because of the nagging worries and ‘what-ifs’ that I felt when on him. After meeting Ty in person last year, I knew that he’d be an excellent resource to help me get joyfully back in the saddle with good form. And the socializing side of the equation? The clinic was hosted by the North Idaho Saddle Mule Club, which has a reputation for feeding people well, very well. Attending Ty’s clinics, both for riders and spectators, was an inspiring, motivating and very fulfilling event. I was able to observe, explore new ideas, and immerse myself in being a better horseman during the entire event. It was a great opportunity to learn from a renowned professional, expand my horsemanship skills and grow as a rider. With that in mind here are six tips to help make your clinic experience even better than mine! Know What To Expect: Contact the clinician directly and
visit their website to learn what will be covered at the clinic. Do the areas covered coincide with your aims? If you want to improve your riding, then a clinic that consists of solely ground work might not meet your needs. You wouldn’t want to take a green colt to a horsemanship clinic where everyone is expected to ride. Ask if the featured clinician will be the person teaching the clinic. Some ‘big name’ clinicians may only make an appearance; farming out the actual work of conducting the clinic to an understudy. I’m glad Ty was there teaching the entire time for both of the clinics I attended. Your time is precious and money is hard to come by. Make sure you’re signed up for the right clinic to meet your goals. Be Physically and Mentally Prepared: Riding in a clinic could require being in the saddle up to eight hours a day. If you and your horse are weekend warriors, this could be quite taxing. An animal that’s been lounging in the back pasture for the past year before being taken to a clinic will keep you from taking full advantage of the scheduled activities. Start getting you and your horse physically and mentally ‘legged-up’ before the clinic date rolls around. Being physically fit and prepared will help both of you get the most from your clinic experience. I signed up for two back to back clinics (Mulemanship I and II). By the end of each day Ruger and I were both exhausted in every sense of the word. Make Sure Your Trailer Is In Order and Your Horse Loads: If your trailer has been sitting for months, it’s time for a good look over and perhaps even some maintenance. Your horse hasn’t been loaded for a while and a bit of practice before the event will save time and energy that you’ll need during the clinic. Check things out a week or two before the clinic, including loading, so you don’t run into problems the morning you try to leave. While I went over the trailer I neglected to include enough practice time loading Ruger into the new rig. It was quite embarrassing to need help loading at the end of the clinic! Don’t Be Afraid: If the clinician asks for a volunteer, step up! Be the guinea pig. Let the clinician use you and your
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horse for every example possible. Sometimes you’ll look like a star. Occasionally you won’t. But you’ll learn something and gain valuable experience. Don’t Be Shy: You’ve taken time from your busy schedule. You’ve paid to participate in the clinic. Don’t disappear into the crowd. Ask questions. If you’re struggling with an exercise, ask for help. Ask for an explanation if you don’t understand the directions. Ask the clinician to observe your maneuver and critique your performance. Most clinicians want and like riders who are hungry for knowledge and want to learn. Spectating Can Be Great: My much better half, Celeste, audited Ty’s Clinics, while I rode. She learned a tremendous amount by doing so and is looking forward to attending Mulemanhip I and II with her Icelandic horse next year. Yes, Ty helps horses with people problems just as much as he helps mules. Without the pressure and responsibility of riding herself, she could still grasp the concepts and see Ty’s techniques played out on multiple animals. Just because you may not be riding in a clinic, much can be gained while observing. Here is Ty Evans TS Mules website where you can learn more about him and reserve a spot at one of his clinics if you’re so inclined, www.tsmules.com. As always to find new places to ride and camp, as well as how to have more fun while you’re there, visit www.TrailMeister.com. Robert ‘The TrailMeister’ Eversole owns and operates the largest horse trail and horse camp guide in the world, www. TrailMeister.com. When he’s not speaking with horse and mule riders at events across the US, writing regular feature columns in leading equine publications including the Horsemen’s Corral, Robert can be found riding and packing trail maintenance crews into wilderness areas throughout the Pacific Northwest. July 2018
Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros
The Sport of Mounted Shooting: A Dream to Reality PRESIDENT, R David Davis; VICE PRESIDENT, Brian (Doc) Hric; SECRETARY, Karen Davis; TREASURER, Nancy Virzi. PHONE, 330-719-3290 EMAIL, karenld0819@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.lakeerievaqueros.net
by Nancy ‘Go Forward’ Virzi I was asked by one of our relatively new shooters if she could write something for our monthly article. So here is Charissa Broennle’s contribution. “So how did you hear about this sport?” This is a question I’ve been asked many times over the past few years. The truth is I don’t remember all the details. I do remember when I was a lot younger, probably still in high school; I was visiting my Aunt who took me to a mounted shooting event. I had never seen anything like it and for a girl who grew up listening to ‘Should’ve Been a Cowboy’ by Toby Keith, this was as close to heaven on earth as she could imagine. I
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Charissa and Sizzle knew one day I had to try it. Fast forward many years and life events later and I am now in my third year of shooting. From a dream to reality, I still can’t believe I am able to participate in this sport. What a journey it has been, full of ups and downs and success and struggles. The most amazing aspect is the people I have met. People from different states and walks of life. It doesn’t matter what club they belong to, how much experience they have, what age they are, where they come from, if they are competing in your level or a different level. Everyone is supporting you, cheering you
on, offering encouragement and wanting you to do your best. Every weekend I get to shoot now is like spending time with family. I can’t possibly list every person who has helped me on my journey for there are too many to name, but I want to say thank you. Thank you for making this sport one of the best experiences of my life. If you are new to mounted shooting or are just interested in finding out more, I encourage you to come out to a shoot or practice. There will be people who can answer your questions and provide you with any information you might need. You
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never know, you might just start your journey of a lifetime. Our shoots are June 16-17, July 21-22, Aug. 25-26 and Sept. 29-30 at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds in Jefferson, Ohio. Thank you to our great sponsors: Horsemen’s Corral, Lonesome Pines Ammunition, Wendy Schaffer, certified practitioner Masterson Method Integrated Equine Bodyworks, Warren Family Farm and Home, Uncle Jimmy’s Horse Treats, Steele Rose Horseshoeing, Big D’s Tack Store, KD Gowins Photography, Pueblo Real Restaurant, Parkside Trailers, and Trumbull Locker.
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Kentucky Horse Council Releases Equine Scholarship Application for Fall 2018 Semester The Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) has announced they will be awarding two $1,500 scholarships to Kentucky students already attending college, or accepted into a college who have demonstrated academic success, equine industry involvement and community service for the Fall 2018 Semester. The Equine Scholarship will be awarded to students currently
enrolled with a university or college in Kentucky in an equinerelated major or a horse-related program, or a student accepted into an equine related major or program to start in the Fall 2018 semester. Examples of courses of studies for which the scholarships are intended are Equine Science/Studies, Equine Business Management, Equine Therapy, Pre-Veterinarian,
Farrier Training, Professional Jockey Certificate, Professional Horsemen’s Certificate, etc. Applicants must be student members of the KHC. “The Kentucky Horse Council is thrilled to once again be offering scholarships to college students in Kentucky,” says Kentucky Horse Council Executive Director Katy Ross. “Education is an important part of our mission and we look forward to supporting the efforts of deserving students as they explore a future in the equine industry.” Applications for the scholarship will be accepted until July 15, 2018. The scholarship will be awarded on Aug. 15. The student is required to be a member of the Kentucky Horse Council. Student memberships are free and interested students may sign up at www.kentuckyhorse.org. To download the scholarship
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ABOUT THE KENTUCKY HORSE COUNCIL The Kentucky Horse Council is a non-profit organization dedicated, through education and leadership, to the protection and development of the Kentucky equine community. The Kentucky Horse Council provides educational programs and information, outreach and communication to Kentucky horse owners and enthusiasts, equine professional networking opportunities through KENA, trail riding advocacy, health and welfare programs, and personal liability insurance and other membership benefits. The specialty Kentucky Horse Council license plate, featuring a foal lying in the grass, provides the primary source of revenue for KHC programs.
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Central Ohio Saddle Club Association
Something New: High Point Winners for Weekend PRESIDENT, Mike Musto; VICE PRESIDENT, Phil Harstine; SECRETARY, Robin Hobdy; TREASURER, Theresa Whiteman; WEBSITE, www.coscaonline.com
by Mandy Dacek The 35th annual COSCA Benefit Show is in the books, and it was a fun weekend for all! Thankfully, Mother Nature held back on the rain until after Saturday’s show was done. Thank you to all who lent a hand at the show, whether it was opening and closing gates or ringmastering. Your help was much appreciated. Big thanks to Joyce Berger and Alan Brindle who kept the show office running smoothly all weekend and Barb Nixon for her help with stalls and all she does for our organization. At the Benefit Show we tried something new by having High Point winners for the weekend. Congratulations to the following:
RANCH HIGH POINT: Lisa Morris and Kis My Impressive Bask RANCH RESERVE HIGH POINT: Lee Morris and Zips Code Red
Awards Ceremony and Kaili Mitchell. WALK TROT HIGH POINT: Madisyn Gerzeny and She Rox and Rolls WALK TROT RESERVE HIGH POINT: Kyleigh Ryan and Mitos Self Portrait 14-18 HIGH POINT: Hope Askew and Is He Radical 14-18 RESERVE HIGH POINT: Alexa Mier and N.I. Specialty 13 & UNDER HIGH POINT: Ryleigh Balan and Rocks N Rhythem 13 & UNDER RESERVE HIGH POINT: Izzy Rinz and Rampage ADULT 19 & OVER HIGH POINT: Katlynn Davis and Dynamically Blue ADULT 19 & OVER RESERVE HIGH POINT: Kaili Mitchell and Awards Ceremony
It was so great seeing the huge smiles on the faces of our high point winners as their names were announced at the end of the show. You can see some
Is He Radical and Hope Askew, and She Rox and Rolls and Madisyn Gerzeny. of the winners in the pictures along with this article. We will be having show high points at the Summer Sizzler in August as well as the Open Show in September. Maybe your picture will be in a future issue of the Corral! We also have some fun events happening at the Summer
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Sizzler, namely the return of the stick horse contest! In the meantime, be sure to attend the COSCA approved shows happening in June and July. Showbills can be found at www.coscaonline.com. See you at the shows!
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District One National Show Horse Association
Successful Tune Up Clinic PRESIDENT, Jane Malmsberry; VICE PRESIDENT, Jan Passell; SECRETARY, Kristin Detwiler; TREASURER, Barb Wright; EMAIL, barbwright4100@ gmail.com. FACEBOOK, www. facebook.com/DONSHA
by Barb Wright Our Spring Tune Up Clinic at Buckeye Horse Park on May 20 was a huge success. Those in attendance were very pleased. A big thank you to all of our clinicians who willingly donated their time and expertise to help those in attendance exceed their expectations. The clinic started at 9 a.m. There are 18—45 minute sessions from which to select. Beginning and advanced sessions were offered for each of the following topics: Dressage, Ranch Rail, Ranch Pattern, Ranch Confirmation, Western, Barrels, Hunt Seat, Saddle Seat, Showmanship and Obstacle
Challenge course navigation. Barb Wright took two horses to the OHAHA Spring Show and to the Buckeye Sweepstakes. Kim Kachurchak took her new horse to the same shows. Our horses did well considering they were the first shows that we had ridden two of the horses. The next three shows are in Lexington, Virginia. First the Blue Ridge Classic, then Region 15 and finally the East Coast Championships. Our last local show will be the Fall OHAHA Show at The World Equestrian Center. This month we are featuring Kim Kachurchak: My mom once said that I would out grow the horses. Its been 45 years since my Dad took me horse shopping and I love my horses still today! I started with a grade gelding who looked to be a Haflinger cross, then a Half Arabian/Half Quarter Horse, then a Saddlebred Pinto. When all my classmates were preparing for college, I was moving to Michigan to be a Morgan show horse groom. I
had my sights set on being a horse trainer. After working on another Morgan show horse farm in Indiana, working on an Arabian and Saddlebred farm as assistant trainer, and then finally hanging out my own shingle, I realized that I didn’t have the personality it took to be a trainer. I did show and train a Purebred Arabian stallion in Park and Native Costume. TS Handi Imariff was 1986 Region 14 Reserve Champion Park open and Canadian National Top Ten [4th] in Native Costume open. After taking an eight year hiatus from showing, I bought a really well bred Half Arabian/National Show Horse mare by *El Ghazi. Sultans Elle was a star in the country pleasure driving and country pleasure divisions. We won championships and reserve championships at Region 13 and 14 and winning at The Buckeye Sweepstakes under saddle and getting a second in driving to the horse who went on to be National Champion that year. Sultans Elle found her forever home in Pennsylvania and was the state 4-H driving champion. I fell in love with a bay Half Arabian/National Show Horse gelding the following year. Eminent Sensation was an absolute blast to show because he was all show horse when he hit the ring! We won championships in English Pleasure at Region 13 and two reserve championships at Region 14, and a couple of Top 10’s at NSH Finals. Eminent Sensation went on to his second career as an equitation horse, taking his rider to be named Reserve National Champion. At 18 years old now, he is loved by all the equitation riders at Select Show Horses in Indiana. I bred and raised a Half Arabian
TS Handing Imariff winning the Park open class at the 1985 Youngstown Charity Horse Show. /NSH mare by *El Ghazi who is now 12 years old and has been shown in the hunter division. Ella Fitzghazi has had a tough time the last few of years battling IR. We did make a couple of shows in 2017 and won two Reserve Championships at the Medallion horse show. Hopefully we will be back in the show ring soon. MJR Superstar was a big [17.1] bay Half Arabian gelding that I showed in the Hunter pleasure division. In 2013 he was ATR Reserve Champion at NSH Finals. We lost him way too soon in 2014 to laminitis. SS Back In Black caught my eye at the 2017 Buckeye/ Stachowski auction and the eye of trainer Cortney Downey. We were lucky enough to be the high bidders on this big black gelding by Black Daniels. ‘Kobe’ went into training with Cortney Downey in West Virginia in October. The 2018 Buckeye was his second show ever and we were second out of 15 in ATR Country Pleasure Select Rider! I am looking forward to having many more great times with this boy!
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Mid Ohio Dressage Association
MODA Prepares for Mid-Ohio Classic PRESIDENT, Vicki Milliron; VICE PRESIDENT, Anna Cluxton; SECRETARY, Nancy Wentz; TREASURER, Beth Baryon; EMAIL, vickimilliron@hotmail.com WEBSITE, www.midohiodressage.org
by Beth Baryon Mid-Ohio Dressage Association has been hosting The Mid-Ohio Classic for the last 38 years. The 2018 event will be held July 1315 at Brave Horse in Johnstown, Ohio. It’s hard to pinpoint when preparation for The Classic truly begins. The applications to USEF and reservations with the facility are taken care of a year or more in advance and scheduling judges can start at that time, too. As we prepare and work through our Mid-Ohio Spring Show every April we try new things and discuss what plans we have for The Classic. For example, in April we worked with a different vendor to print our programs. Throughout
the discussion with the print shop, discussion constantly circles back to making an even nicer program for The Classic and continuing to improve the program in the future. We’ve also made changes to the prizes offered for high score winning competitors of 27 divisions. Last year we awarded winners with coffee mugs, but after feedback from our community in last year’s survey, we decided to offer customized horsewares this year. We were able to get embroidered saddle covers for The Spring Show which allowed us to try out different vendors in preparation for a better prize at The Classic. We are excited to be offering embroidered horse coolers as prizes for high scores at The Classic. The coolers match the colors we chose for the high score ribbons. We’ve even decided to start offering sashes for high score ribbons. When we placed the order for high score ribbons
for our Spring Show, we were simultaneously planning the ribbons for The Classic. The ribbons are similar, but feature one different color—maroon and black for the Classic, maroon and grey for the Spring Show. Maroon and black high score ribbons were admired at last year’s Classic, but we did not offer them in the sash version. We know these will be very well received with our competitors and look forward to seeing the beautiful ribbons on the beautiful dressage horses in our winner’s circle photos. That’s right, we have a winner’s circle! New at this year’s Spring Show, we were able to work with some vendors and sponsors to put together a winner’s circle for our competitors to celebrate their success. There was a horse trailer for a backdrop, banners, fresh flowers, and straw bales —all making for a very pretty picture. Our show photographer can be scheduled for winner’s circle photos, too! The Classic
winner’s circle will be even better as the facility has a lot of photo-perfect spaces. Speaking of the facility for The Classic, have you visited Brave Horse in Johnstown, Ohio yet? This new facility was built with the plan of hosting jumping competitions. MODA was the first to contract the facility to host a dressage show for The MidOhio Classic in July 2017. The competitors loved the beautiful and well planned facility so much that there have since been a few dressage shows there. MODA is eager to bring another Classic to the venue knowing that we can make the show even better than last year. Come visit us at the Classic! Compete, volunteer, or just take in the beautiful scenery and spectacular horsemanship. Mark it on your calendar now, the 2019 Mid-Ohio Classic will be the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the event. You won’t want to miss it!
Northern Ohio Dressage Association
Auditing the Dressage4Kids Clinic Reminds Us to Be Responsible for Our Horses PRESIDENT, Barb Soukup; VICE PRESIDENT, Arielle Brodkey; TREASURER, Dee Liebenthal; SECRETARY, Patti Valencic. EMAIL, president@nodarider.org; WEBSITE, www.nodarider.org
by Mosie Welch I was fortunate to audit the first afternoon of the three day, Dressage4Kids clinic at Chagrin Valley Farms on Friday, June 8. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, Dressage4Kids is the brainchild of Lendon Gray who grew up riding western, hunt seat, bareback, playing gymkhana games, driving and generally enjoying horses. Pony Club played the central role in her life…through her involvement with Pony Club she became a successful event rider and trained for two years with the Olympic 3-day team. I headed out to the clinic with a notebook and a chair in case all the seats were full. Sitting ringside in a chair can be a very productive way to become a better horse person. It was a great afternoon. The riders 22
were brave and amazing with generous horses representing every breed, age, and size. Lendon Gray firmly led each lesson while keeping the rider mentally engaged in what she was trying to help them understand. And true to the mission on the Dressage4Kids website, Lendon is firmly and without apology all about ‘horsemanship’. Be responsible and take responsibility was the first and last lesson of the day. As each rider entered, Lendon asked about the horse; work and show level; turnout and tack. What tests did you ride last year and what were your scores? Who wrapped these polos? Who braided your pony? What bit are you using? Why is your bridle adjusted this way? She adjusted tack, always saying, “we can easily put it back.” She was quick to question and quick to praise. One rider who did not braid their pony was told, “I want you to braid the pony for your next ride. I don’t care what they look like, but I want you to braid the pony.” One rider was advised to read their tests and remember
their scores because it’s “important to know what you’ve done and set goals.” When the first horse manured during a ride Lendon said, “I need someone in here under the age of 21 to get that.” Lendon sent a strong message that riding is more than sitting in the saddle, but if you are going to ride- do that well too, and that means paying attention. The message of the day was, “it’s all about rider focus; analyze, plan, pay attention.” Practice what you want from the moment you get on the horse. The whole afternoon she asked riders what they were feeling from their horse and told them why she was having them do exercises with their horse. Of course, there were many gems from the day that we surely know but might not actually practice daily. For instance, in the walk she would repeatedly ask, “is this your best walk?” and remind riders not to “practice mediocrity in the walk.” Many riders came in with a lazy walk or trot and Lendon would ask if they could go faster. She would say, “we know you can go slow,
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can you go fast?” She said notice I am not saying lengthening, I am saying go faster because we can always slow them down. Lendon reminded us it’s the horse’s job “to go forward and respond immediately.” When it comes to rider aids, she emphasized that it’s important for the rider to learn to “do nothing.” Lendon would ask “can you shut up and allow?” And when in doubt, “give a tiny bit.” Lendon ended each session by having a conversation with the rider; asking the rider questions and then reiterating what she wanted the rider to take away. The biggest takeaway from auditing the Lendon Gray clinic is that as riders we are responsible for all aspects of our horse’s welfare and the outcome of each ride. Chagrin Valley Farms donated the use of their facilities including their indoor arena with it’s fabulous state of the art footing and their lounge/classroom space to the Dressage4Kids for the full three day program. You can learn more about Dressage4Kids and Lendon Gray at https://dressage4kidsorg. presencehost.net/ July 2018
My Horse Anatomy
The Forelimb, Elasticized! by Wendy L. Shaffer, MMCP® In June’s issue of the Horsemen’s Corral, you received a short introduction about your horse’s elastic energy system and another property musculoskeletal tissues possess called viscosity (stickiness). These two properties combined form what is called viscoelastic behavior. In a nutshell, equine locomotion is centered around muscles supplying power to move the horse’s boney skeletal structure, but the efficiency of forward motion heavily relies on viscoelasticity. This article will expand on those definitions and discuss more of how forelimb movement is accomplished. In review, elastic energy was described as not ‘using up’ calories to perform the work, much like a rubber band does not require an internal (feed) source of energy to be productive. In the past, the importance of the horse’s body not directly relying on energy derived from food came into play when endurance and stamina were necessary for survival. Fluid motion is also influenced by how much internal molecular friction is present within the musculoskeletal connective tissues. Today, this viscoelasticity profoundly affects your horse’s performance and is the basis of the beauty we recognize in horse movement. Tendons, ligaments, fascia, and muscle tissue all have a certain amount of ‘stretch’ available with the ability to store potential energy when tension is generated from that stretch. In a process called eccentric contraction, a muscle contracts but instead of shortening like most of us visualize when we think of something contracting, the muscle actually lengthens. A contraction happens when the tissue fibers generate tension. When tension is created, the tissue is affected in one of three ways. Muscles and tendons can increase in length (eccentric), shorten (concentric), or stay the same length (isometric). Relaxation happens in all three types of contractions when the fibers release the tension generated. Essentially eccentric contraction elongates the muscle when tension is present. However the lengthening of the muscle is done in a controlled manner. This action provides somewhat of a ‘braking power’ while imposing limits on joint angle closures when limbs make impact during the loading phase of a stride. As the limb absorbs the load, eccentric contractions keep joints from buckling too far and at the same time furnish power through the stored potential energy. It provides the most efficient way to exercise and produce movement. For a comparison to human physiology, try flexing your foot right now. You should feel your shin muscle tighten (tension by contraction) as your toes come toward your body. When you take a step, that same shin muscle works against gravity to keep your toes and the sole of your foot from slapping the ground after your heel makes contact. This is controlled eccentric contraction in action. Going back to horses, ultimate elastic energy 24
Williams, Gail. 2014. Horse Movement: Structure, Function, and Rehabilitation. London: J.A. Allen. p.27 and 28.
utilization is demonstrated in biomechanical studies of tendinous tissue within muscles that protract the fore and hind limbs. For example, the biceps brachii, a flexor muscle in the foreleg, has been shown to have remarkable tendinous tissue spanning from each skeletal attachment point. Sometimes, tendons attach a muscle to another muscle. The biceps brachii muscle has one such tendon, called the lacertus fibrosus tendon, which connects it to the extensor carpi radialis. The extensor carpi radialis muscle is the main ‘forearm’ muscle that extends and stabilizes the knee (carpal) joint. The action of the biceps, the carpus, and the lower leg are all linked together. This inner elasticity aids in passively swinging the limb forward and also magnifies the power of the biceps brachii over 100 times. The biceps brachii works to extend the shoulder and also to close the elbow joint with the help of the brachialis muscle. The brachialis is attached to the humerus and radius bones and provides lift of the forearm. To summarize these two principles, viscoelastic energy is primarily called to duty for movements of the limbs while they are non-weight bearing during the swing phase of a gait, while eccentric contractions occur during the stance phase when load absorption takes place. The workings of these concepts can be found in the lower limbs. As a limb is HORSEMEN’S CORRAL
being loaded in stance phase, long tendons of the flexor muscles tense and store elastic energy as they allow the fetlock to extend towards the ground during weight bearing. When the hoof is lifted, there is a release of the elastic energy from those strained tendons, resulting in the lower limb joints to passively close. • • • •
RESOURCES Denoix, J. (2013). Biomechanics and Physical Training of the Horse. Baco Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis Group. Heuschmann, G. (2009). Tug of War: Classical Versus “Modern” Dressage (rev. ed.). North Promfet, VT: Trafalgar Square Books. Ingraham, P. (2018, May 1). Eccentric Contraction. Retrieved from http:// painscience.com/articles/eccentric-contractions.php Williams, G. (2014). Horse Movement: Structure, Function, and Rehabiliation. London: J. A. Allen.
Wendy L. Shaffer is a Certified Practitioner of The Masterson Method of Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork®, an accredited and approved program through the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB), International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT), and Equine Therapies Association of Australia (ETAA). Agile Equine Bodywork is not a replacement for proper veterinary care and is intended to assist the comfort, mobility, and performance of your horse. www.agileequinebodywork.com July 2018
Black Swamp Driving Club
Bad Weather Doesn’t Stop Black Swamp Driving Club Fun PRESIDENT, Greg Leidel; VICE PRESIDENT, Roger Higgins, Jr.; SECRETARY & TREASURER, Susan Murray. WEBSITE, www.blackswampdrivingclub.com
by Mary Thomas Storm warnings June 3 may have kept BSDC members out of their carriages but didn’t deter them from a festive afternoon at Ann and Wayne Leighteys’ farm near Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Because of threatening weather, the potluck was moved into Pahl’s Farm Market barn. A delicious smoked BBQ pork loin roast, surrounded by all things freshly picked strawberry—pies, ice cream with strawberries, cakes, etc.—highlighted the meal. During a short meeting, the Higgins family announced that due to health issues their June 16 drive at the Wyandot County Reservoir had to be cancelled. During discussion about the reservoir, several members volunteered to check
on the trails that are there. At the conclusion of club business, one of the Leighteys’ grandchildren demonstrated how she hitched her pony. Everyone enjoyed interacting with the farm’s turkeys and their chicks, the cute donkey foal, and all the adorable pygmy goat babies that make a visit to the Leighteys so much fun. May 11-12 found several BSDC members at the Great Lakes Area Driving Series (GLADS) arena driving trial held at Windy Knoll Farm, Sullivan, Ohio. Competing were Jackie Minges, Bobbe Polvony, Mary Thomas, and Mary Ann Tock. Sue and Roger Murray, Molly and Dale Owen, Mike Minges, and Jeff Tock helped the participants and enjoyed watching the event. The Spring Fling held Memorial Day weekend at the Hoosier Horse Park, Edinburg, Ind., attracted Al and Angie Hohenbrink and Jackie and Mike Minges for driving fun. They enjoyed the various trails, the driving derby, and the challenging combined driving hazards. Hohenbrink drove her
mare to first place in her division in the driving derby. ‘A Brief History of Carriages’ was presented by Roger and Sue Murray May 29 at the Bucyrus Public Library with the Bucyrus Historical Society hosting the informative evening. Beginning with a look at ancient chariots, the Murrays showed the progression of animal drawn carts through heavy wooden vehicles for hauling freight and early boxy royal conveyances to the elegant carriages and coaches of the ‘Gilded Age.’ American carriage builders had an advantage over their European cousins since native woods—hickory, poplar, and elm—were lighter and lent themselves to streamlined, comfortable vehicles. The Murrays pointed out that at the turn of the 20th century, there were about 25,000 carriage and wagon building companies in the U.S., but by 1920 the number had dwindled to a few hundred. From the Civil War through WWI, thousands of wagons and ambulances were needed. Studebaker, South Bend, Ind., had one order for 50,000 wagons. Dana Martin Batory, author of Buggy, Carriage, and Wagon Makers of Crawford County, Ohio, was on hand to provide autographed copies of his book. Al and Angie Hohenbrink, Bobbe Polvony, Mary Elliott, Linda Spears, and Mary Thomas
enjoyed the evening’s activities. Attending the annual Michigan Horse-Drawn Vehicle Association show, held June 8-10 in Metamora, Mich., was Jackie and Mike Minges. In spite of heavy rain, the show went on. Minges won the driving derby, but because of the weather had to withdraw from further competition. The annual Byers Woods drive is slated for July 22 at the park south of Ashland, Ohio. Hosted by May Ann and Jeff Tock along with Mary Thomas, the drive features trails through woods, around ponds, and over prairies. Parking is in the adjacent JVS lot, and the shelter house nearby has electric available. The potluck will start at noon, followed by lots of driving and socializing. Other upcoming events: AUG. 19 — Day of Driving, Knox County Horse Park, Mt. Vernon, Ohio. AUG. 25 — Potluck and HorseDrawn tour of Ft. Wayne, Ind., with the Will Stevenson family. SEPT. 9 — Parker Bridge drive, Emmons family, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. SEPT. 23 — Coon Hunters Drive, the Murrays, Tiffin, Ohio. OCT. 2-7 — The National Drive, Hoosier Horse Park, Edinburg, Ind. OCT. 28 — Hayride and potluck, Mary Elliott and Linda Spears, Galion, Ohio.
Ohio State Buckskin Association
Join Us For The Red, White and Buckskin Horse Show PRESIDENT, Carmen KellenbargerPorter; VICE PRESIDENT, Ben Grandstaff; SECRETARY, Brianne Mathews; TREASURER, Meg Powell PHONE, 740/403-4551 WEBSITE, www.ohiobuckskins.org
by Carmen Kellenbarger-Porter
Mark your calenars, get the truck ready, trailer hitched and horses loaded—this is it...July 7-8 is the Red, White and Buckskin Horse show at Eden Park in Sunbury, Ohio. Show starts both days at 8 a.m. and 26
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will go until approximately 4 p.m. We have Open, NSBA, IBHA and Mini classes— something for everyone! Come join us...don’t be afraid to have some fun! MOSHA and MVHSA approved. RSVP with a text or call 740/877-1910 for stalls, shavings and camping or for more information. There will be a potluck on Saturday night. The dog races are back, there will be size divisions…keep it fair! Rain will not stop this show. It is a beautiful indoor facility under one roof, one of the best in Ohio! We have a great entry, judges, steward, gate master and announcer makes this show run smooth. See you there! July 2018
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OQHA Trail Ride & Annual IMTCA Trail Challenge 2 High Point Awards Ribbons 1st-5th, Prizes and IMTCA Regional Qualifier • Mini Level 1, 2 • Lead Line • Novice (In Hand & Riding)
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Adult
2018 EVENTS DATES: May 14-16: Mark Bolender Clinic May 19-20: Kelly Chapman Clinic June 3: IMTCA Schooling Show
$1000 ADDED
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• Youth Level 1, 2, 3 (In Hand & Riding) • Adult Level 1, 2, 3 (In Hand & Riding) • Open Level 1, 2, 3 (In Hand & Riding)
June 14-17: OQHA Trail Ride & IMTCA Mt. Trail Challenge (Regional Qualifier)
August 23: IMTCA Show (Regional Qualifier)
August 24-26: IMTCA Regionals September 29: Midwest IMTCA High Point Awards & Halloween Fun Day
• Ride One Lead One, Rider with Dog & Gamblers Choice VENDOR BOOTHS
Clinics, Schooling Show & Regional Qualifiers
JUNE 14-17: Come camp 4 days/3 nights and feast on 8 stuffing meals for only $99!
MAY 19 & 20 — Clinic: IMTCA Kelly Chapman. $125 includes breakfast and lunch. Camp night before for $15 and join us for a Paint n Sip decorating on wine bottles.
Classes are only $25 each or $20 if showing more than one a day. Also come enjoy the trails and awesome entertainment by JOE COALTER! Judge is IMTCA Certified Kelly Chapman. Ribbons given each day 1st - 5th, High Point Awards given by OQHA for all OQHA members. High Point Belt Buckles given from Creek Side Horse Park, and Over All High Point Awards given by Western Rustique. $1000 Added Money to Saturday given by OQHA! Also an Over All High Point Youth & Adult will be given. Certified event for IMTCA member year-end awards and Regional Qualifier. Silent Auctions, Live Auctions, Chinese Raffles & GUN Raffles Saturday night with live entertainment! Gamblers Choice is $35 to enter with extra payout. (There will not be a Junior horse class at this show.)
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Kelly Chapman Natural Horsemanship
JUNE 3 — Schooling Show: IMTCA Kelly
Chapman Judge. Ran just like a show. Ribbons 1st - 6th awarded. $20 per class. Camp the night before for $15.
AUGUST 23 — IMTCA Regional Qualifier:
Last chance to get a 2nd show in for Regionals. $25 a class. There will be camping available and weekend packages. See info on Regional Show.
Watch website and Facebook for open weekends to practice!
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Prizes awarded in each class. Trophies for top of each class. Ribbons 1st-10th. • Mini Level 1, 2 • Lead Line
$1500 ADDED
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• Junior Level 1, 2 (In Hand & Riding) • Novice (In Hand & Riding) • Youth Level 1, 2, 3 (In Hand & Riding) • Adult Level 1, 2, 3 (In Hand & Riding) • Open Level 1, 2, 3 (In Hand & Riding) • Ride One Lead One, Rider with Dog & Gamblers Choice VENDOR BOOTHS AUGUST 24-26: Join us for the kick off of the FIRST IMTCA Regional Show Series. To qualify you must participate in two IMTCA Certified Shows in the 2018 calendar year and be a current IMTCA member while showing. Same horse and rider combo while qualifying. (Multiple day events count as one event.) See website for list of courses and details. Classes are $45 each. Ribbons 1st-10th, trophies for the top of each class and $1500 Added Monies!! Gamblers Choice is $50 to enter with extra payout. Come camp August 22-26 for 5 days/4 nights, 10 stuffing meals from Wednesday night to Saturday night and a continental breakfast Sunday, your 11th meal for only $150!
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Feeding the Performance Horse by Dr. Stephen Duren, Performance Horse Nutrition What makes a horse a performance horse? Performance is ‘loosely’ defined as any form of work or forced physical activity. Work or physical activity can include walking, trotting, cantering, running, jumping, and turning. Therefore, a performance horses can include any horse that is actively ridden, trained or that may carry or pull a load. With this broad definition of performance, many of us have horses that are considered performance horses. Since the performance activities of horses vary in both duration and intensity feeding systems to address the nutrient requirements of these horses must also vary. In the following article, we will begin to talk about feeding performance horses by addressing water and energy needs. Each and every performance horse requires water, energy (calories), protein, vitamins and minerals. Nutritionists and horse owners spend a great deal of time and effort balancing the diet for energy, protein, vitamins and minerals; however, water is the single most important nutrient. Small decreases in the amount of water contained within the body (dehydration) can lead to serious health consequences as well as a decline in performance potential. Performance horses must maintain proper hydration to transport materials to and from the cells within the body and to synthesize and repair body tissues. The amount of water required by a performance horse depends on the amount of water lost from the body and the amount of water utilized for synthesis of protein. For performance horses, water is lost from the body primarily in sweat, urine, and feces. To replace the water lost from the body, performance horses should have free access to fresh, clean water. Ice cold water should be avoided for horses still hot and sweaty from exercise, since cold water may cause shock to their system. Of the remaining nutrients required by performance horses, energy is the dietary factor most influenced by work or exercise performance. Simply stated, the more work a horse performs the more energy (calories) required to fuel that work. In a sense, performance horses are like automobiles, the more we drive and the faster we drive the more fuel that is utilized. Horses derive energy from the feeds they consume. Hay, pasture, grain concentrates and certain supplements contain chemical energy (calories) that horses can metabolize and use to generate mechanical energy for muscle movement. Within feed, there are four chemical constituents that can be metabolized to produce mechanical energy: starch, fat, protein and fiber. Starch is a carbohydrate that can be broken down within the small intestine of the horse to form glucose, a simple sugar. Glucose is absorbed from the digestive system and can be metabolized immediately to produce energy, or it can be stored as energy within the body in the form of muscle or liver glycogen (sugar) or as body fat. The main source of starch in a performance horse diet is cereal grain (oats, corn or barley). Since the digestive system of a horse is designed primarily to digest fiber and has a limited capacity to digest starch, there is a restriction to the amount of grain that can be fed to performance horses. If too much grain is fed in a single meal (more than 5 lbs. of grain/meal/1000 lb. horse) this grain will not be properly digested in the small intestine and may result in digestive upset (colic) or laminitis as it travels further down the digestive tract. For this reason, other sources of energy (fat, protein and fiber) are also incorporated into a performance horse diet. Fat is commonly added to the diets of performance horses. Liquid vegetable oil (corn and soybean oil), flax, and rice bran are several fat sources commonly utilized as energy sources for performance horses. Fat is an extremely useful energy source for several reasons. First, vegetable oil is well digested (>90 percent) by horses. Compared to hay, fat is nearly twice as digestible. Second, vegetable oil contains roughly 2.5 times as much digestible energy as an equal weight of corn and 3 times as much digestible energy as an equal weight of oats. The high calorie content of fat is very helpful in fueling the highenergy requirements of many performance horses. Finally, vegetable oil is safe to feed. Feeding too much fat does not cause colic or laminitis in horses. Performance horses can easily be adapted so they can be fed up to 2 cups of vegetable oil per day (1000 lb. horse). Feeding too much fat without properly adaptation can cause diarrhea until the horses digestive system becomes accustom to the dietary fat. Dietary fat is commonly added to commercial grain concentrates intended for performance horses. It is common for performance horse 28
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feeds to have between 6 and 12 percent fat. The National Research Council (NRC,2007) estimates the crude protein requirement for mature performance horses at 9-11 percent depending on work intensity. Protein that is fed in excess of a performance horses’ requirement can be broken down and utilized for energy. Unfortunately, the use of protein for energy requires the horse to excrete the nitrogen associated with the protein. Excretion of nitrogen requires the horse to drink more water and increases blood ammonia; both situations that are undesirable for performance horses. Thus, feeding excess protein as a source of energy is not a sound nutrition practice. The most overlooked source of energy for a performance horse is dietary fiber. The digestive system of the horse is designed to digest fiber, and hay and pasture can provide an extensive amount of energy for the performance horse. In fact, for the digestive system to function correctly horses require at least 1.25 percent of their body weight in hay/pasture per day. Since the fermentation of fiber is slow and continues constantly, horses get a uninterrupted supply of energy throughout the day. The use of fiber as an energy source has evolved in recent years. Today, in addition to good quality hay and pasture we have so-called super fibers that are safe to feed like hay but have the energy equivalent of oats. Examples of super fibers utilized in horse feed include beet pulp, a product of the sugar industry, and soybean seed coats, a product of the soybean industry. In summary, we begin feeding performance horses by providing free-access to fresh, clean water. The next step is to provide adequate energy, but how do we determine how much energy they require? Energy is the only dietary factor that you can visually determine dietary adequacy. If you are feeding too much energy (too many calories) the horse gains weight or becomes fat; on the other hand, if you don’t feed enough energy (too few calories) the horse becomes thin or looses weight. You can’t simply look at horses and determine the status of other critical nutrients. Therefore, if your performance horse is too thin or too fat, it is your fault since we can offer more or less feed to properly balance energy requirements. To provide energy to the performance horse, we begin with feeding good quality forage (pasture/hay) and add additional energy with the use of a combination of starch, fat and super-fibers. Check out the dac Facebook page for weekly brainteasers and other tips, www.facebook.com/dacvitamins. Visit our website for more information about our feeds, www.feeddac.com. Contact us if you have any questions regarding any of our products, 800/921-9121.
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Corral Calendar DISCLAIMER: The Horsemen’s Corral has made every effort to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the information provided on this calendar of events. However, the information is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. The Corral does not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained herein. Where possible, event contact information is provided. Please “Call before you haul”. JULY 2018 JULY 1 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Show, MSC Show Grounds, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Regina Sword, 330-234-7637. JULY 1 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Lancaster Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., Lancaster, OH. FMI: www. realitydreamshorseshows.com. JULY 1 — Open Speed Show & Rodeo Series, Lazy H Ranch, 5096 Hamilton Scipio Rd., Hamilton, OH. FMI: 513-756-0500, lazyhranchandrodeo@gmail.com. JULY 1 — Jeremy Stewart Memorial Show, WB Ranch, Swanton, OH. FMI: Ruby Foos, 419-307-4614. JULY 1 — Triple Heart Equestrian Center Open Show, 9 a.m., 24073 Jim Tobin Lane, Cambridge Springs, PA. FMI: 814-573-7163. JULY 1-6 — Beginners Equine Camp, Camp Mohaven, 18744 Turkey Ridge Road, Danville, OH. FMI: Carrie, 740-485-9766.
JULY 3 & 4 — Legends Of The Horse, The Michiana Event Center, 455 E. Farver, Shipshewana, IN. FMI: 269-625-0364. JULY 3-8 — MQHA Harbor Classic, Mason County Fairgrounds, Ludington, MI. FMI: www.miquarterhorse.com. JULY 4 — NEOHA 48th Annual Open Horse & Pony Show, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, North Poplar St., Jefferson, OH. FMI: Holly, 440-858-7912, www. dustybootsridingclub.com. JULY 4 — Preble County OHC Independence Day Speed & Fun Show, Hueston Woods State Park Horse Camp, Morning Sun, OH. FMI: Donn Buckingham, 937-417-4358, donnb@bright.net, www. prebleohc.com. JULY 4 — Riverside Acres Horse Show, 9 a.m., 14148 St. Marys River Rd., St. Marys, OH. FMI: 419-394-3562. JULY 5 — Richland Open Horse Show Series, Richland County Fairgrounds, Mansfield, OH. FMI: 419-617-9648. JULY 5-8 — Train Robbery, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com. JULY 5-8 — 2018 AHR National Sport Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: www.haflingernationals.com. JULY 6 — Friday Night Fun Show, Camouflage Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S., Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066. JULY 6-8 — Carriage Roundup sponsored by NKHN, Alexandria Fairgrounds, Alexandria, KY. FMI: Charles Poppe, cwpoppe@hotmail.com.
Buckeye Mini Horse & Donkey Sale Followed by Ponies & Horses Wayne County Fairgrounds 199 Vanover Street Wooster, Ohio 44691
Saturday, July 28, 2018
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Tack & Equipment
12 p.m. Mini Donkeys & Mini Ponies Horses & Ponies to follow. All Animals Must Have Halter & Lead Rope. Commission Rates is as follows: Each animal $25 plus 10%, Tack 20%, Saddles & Carts 10%, No sales $25. Veterinarian will be available day of sale for Coggins: $25. Terms of Sale: Cash or GOOD Check with proper ID. Out-of-State checks must have letter of credit from your bank.
Deadline to be in the catalog is July 16, 2018. Contact: Tracy Dodzley, (440) 935-7852, redpony8@gmail.com
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JULY 6-8 — Ohio NBHA Buckeye Summer Jam, Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: www. ohionbha03.homestead.com. JULY 6-8 — Michigan Apple Blossom Classic Open Horse Show, MSU Pavilion, East Lansing, MI. FMI: 517-655-4712, www. michiganappleblossomclassic.com. JULY 7 — Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association Ranch Horse Show, 9:15 a.m., Guernsey Co. Fairgrounds, 335 Old National Road, Lore City, OH. FMI: John Kreis, 740-819-0396, www.ohfqha.com. JULY 7 — Penn-Ohio Barrels, Garwood Arena, Columbiana, OH. FMI: 330-4823961, www.facebook.com/GarwoodArena. JULY 7 — Ruggles Arena Speed Show, 2651 Township Rd. 155, Cardington, OH. FMI: Janet, 419-210-7204. JULY 7 — Open Show, Faustman Ranch, 4301 Rt. 4, Dayton, OH. FMI: 937-4754111, www.faustmanranch.com. JULY 7 — Gibsonburg Saddle Club Speed Show, 961 N. Main St., Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: 419-304-3429. JULY 7 — Ohio Valley Team Penning Association Sorting Show, Circle Z Bar Ranch, 490 St. Johns Road, Fredonia, PA. FMI: Pam Bradshaw, 814-504-4215. JULY 7-8 — OSBA Red, White & Buckskin Circuit Open/Mini Show, 8 a.m., Eden Park, Sunbury, OH. FMI: 740-877-1910, www.ohiobuckskins.org. JULY 7-8 — Ottawa Co. Horse Foundation Points on the Portage Performance Show, 7870 W. State Route 163, Oak Harbor, OH. FMI: www.ochf.net. JULY 7-8 — BHP Spectacular Open Show I & II, Buckeye Horse Park, 9260 Akron Canfield Rd., Canfield, OH. FMI: Barb Wright, 330-549-2636, barbwright4100@ gmail.com. JULY 7-8 — Butler County Speed & Horse Show, Butler Co. Fairgrounds, Hamilton, OH. FMI: Chad, 513-285-2087. JULY 7-8 — MOHSA-OBHA Pleasure Horse Show, Eden Park Equestrian Complex, Sunbury, OH. FMI: mohsaorg@gmail.com. JULY 7-8 — Findlay Firecracker, Hancock Fairgrounds, Findlay, OH. FMI: Diane Harmon, 419-721-2598. JULY 7-8 — HCSC/IQHA July Jubilee Show, Henry Co. Saddle Club Grounds, New Castle, IN. FMI: www.iqha.com. JULY 7-8 — Patrick King Horsemanship Clinic, Masterfare Equestrian Center, Johnstown, OH. FMI: Eddie, 740-644-5498, www.pkhorsemanship.com. JULY 7-8 — Centeral Michigan Horseman’s Association Open All Breed Circuit, Shiawassee County Fairgrounds, Corunna, MI. FMI: Katie, 989-666-4867, cmhasecretary@gmail.com. JULY 8 — Knox County Horse Park Cowboy Challenge, 12 p.m., 7360 Thayer Road, Mt. Vernon, OH. Rain Date: July 15. FMI: Courtney, 740-973-3059, www. knoxcountyhorsepark.com. JULY 8 — Summer Fun Show, Sapphire Sky Stables, 6810 Barrett Road, Geneva, OH. FMI: 440-813-9478. JULY 9 — English Riding Clinic with Mrs. Bud, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Stark County Fairgrounds, 305 Wertz Ave. NW, Canton, OH. FMI: www. starkcountyhorse.wordpress.com. JULY 9-13 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Horse Camp, Evergreen Farm, 13297 Durkee Rd., Grafton, OH. FMI: Heidi, 440781-5060, www.angelshavenhorserescue. org.
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JULY 10 — Mini Riders, 6-7 p.m., Henry County Saddle Club, New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-524-2400. JULY 11 — Ride The Lightning Tour Extreme Bulls, Broncs & Barrels, LaPorte Co. Fair, 2581 W. State Rd. 2, LaPorte, IN. FMI: Rolling Stone Rodeo Co., 513-6598881, www.gosebra.com. JULY 11 — Wednesday Night Barrels & Poles Buckle Series, Camouflage Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S., Salem, OH. FMI: 234567-4066. JULY 11 — Contesting Clinic with Tana Drew, 10 a.m., Stark County Fairgrounds, 305 Wertz Ave. NW, Canton, OH. FMI: www.starkcountyhorse.wordpress.com. JULY 12 — Chicken Bar-B-Q, Tri-Co Trail Association, 2662 Downing St. SW, East Sparta, OH. FMI: www.tri-cotrails.org. JULY 12 — Richland Open Horse Show Series, Richland County Fairgrounds, Mansfield, OH. FMI: 419-617-9648. JULY 13 — Keystone Saddle Club Contesting Show, 5969 Clay Drive SE, Uhrichsville, OH. FMI: www.keystonesaddleclub.com. JULY 13-14 — Tri State Boot & Saddle Club Exhibition & Jackpot (Barrels & Poles) & Penn Ohio Show, 14930 Old Lincoln Highway, East Liverpool, OH. FMI: www. facebook.com/Tri-State-Boot-and-SaddleClub. JULY 13-15 — The Mid-Ohio Classic, Brave Horse, Johnstown, OH. FMI: www. midohiodressage.org. JULY 13-15 — The Little Buckeye, World Equestrian Center, Wilmington, OH. FMI: Kurtis Gear, 269-208-0673, www. thebuckeyeclassic.com. JULY 13-15 — American Miniature Horse Association Eastern Regional Championship Show, Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: www.amha.org. JULY 14 — Wayne County Saddle Club Contest Show, 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Tricia Crilow, 330-763-4564, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. JULY 14 — Licking Park District Pace at the Park, 8:30 a.m., Infirmary Mound Park, 4309 Lancaster Rd. (SR 37), Granville, OH. FMI: 740-587-2535, info@lickingparkdistrict. com, www.lickingparkdistrict.com. JULY 14 — Ride The Lightning Tour Extreme Bulls, Broncs & Barrels, Montgomery Co. Fair, 645 Infirmary Rd., Dayton, OH. FMI: Rolling Stone Rodeo Co., 513-659-8881, www.gosebra.com. JULY 14 — Holmes Co. 4-H Horse Commitee & Buckeye Rodeo Company No Bull Just Barrels, 10 a.m., Holmes Co. Fairgrounds, Harvest Ridge, Millersburg, OH. FMI: Pam, 330-600-9747. JULY 14 — Open Speed Show, 12 p.m., Huron County Fairgrounds, 940 Fair Road, Norwalk, OH. FMI: Cathy, 440-935-5040. JULY 14 — Gymkhana Show, Faustman Ranch, 4301 Rt. 4, Dayton, OH. FMI: 937475-4111, www.faustmanranch.com. JULY 14 — Hamilton County 4-H Community Fair Open Horse Show, 8 a.m., Stricker’s Grove, 11490 HamiltonCleves Rd., Hamilton, OH. FMI: www. hc4hcommunityfair.org. JULY 14 — ShoMe Equinox Fun Show, 855 Hickory Ridge Rd., Highland, MI. FMI: www. shomeshows.com. JULY 14 — Rocky Fork 2018 Hunter Pace Series-Pace At The Park, Infimary Mound Park, Granville, OH. FMI: Loraine, pace@ rockyforkheadleyhunt.com.
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July 2018
COSCA Summer Sizzler Open Horse Show
Saturday & Sunday, August 18-19, 2018 • Medina County Fairgrounds, Medina, Ohio Check www.coscaonline.com for more COSCA approved show dates & showbills! Tag us on Instagram and Facebook! @OfficialCOSCAclub and @COSCA_Official
COSCA OPEN SHOW: SEPT. 8 ~ Wine Races! COSCA CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW: OCT. 6-8 ~ Wine Races! Stick Horse Returns! — JUDGES —
Saturday: Valerie Gabor, Madison, OH Sunday: Amy Bessey, Holland NY *Denotes COSCA non-point class.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 • 9:00 A.M.
*JACKPOT Open Halter - H/P, S/M/G Open Halter Horse - 3 Yrs. & over - S/M/G Open Halter Horse - 2 Yrs. & under - S/M/G Adult Open Halter Horse - 19 Yrs. & over - S/M/G Youth Open Halter - 18 Yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G Registered Quarter Horse halter - S/M/G Registered Paint/Pinto Halter Horse (no solid horses) S/M/G 8. Registered Appaloosa Halter Horse - S/M/G 9. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian Breeding & Geldings In Hand - S/M/G 10. Open Showmanship - all ages - H/P, E/W, S/M/G 11. Adult Showmanship - 19 Yrs. & over - E/W, S/M/G 12. 4-H Showmanship - 8-18 Yrs. - E/W, M/G 13. Walk-Trot Showmanship - all ages - H/P, E/W, M/G 14. Youth Showmanship - 13 Yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G 15. Youth Showmanship - 14-18 Yrs. - H/P, E/W, M/G 16. Pony & Horse Lead-In Equitation, 8 Yrs. & under H/P, E/W, M/G BREAK – length to be announced 16A. SCHOLARSHIP CLASS 17. * Training Class - All Ages - W/T/C - training aids allowed - Not Judged 18. *JACKPOT Open Walk-Trot English Pleasure - S/M/G (cross entering allowed) 19. Walk-Trot Equitation - 10 Yrs. & under - E/W, M/G, H/P 20. Open Jr. Snaffle Bit English Pleasure Horses 5 Yrs. & under - S/M/G 21. 4-H English Pleasure - 8-18 Yrs. H/P, M/G 22. Walk-Trot Equitation - 11-18 Yrs. - E/W, M/G 23. JACKPOT Open English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 24. Walk-Trot Pleasure - 10 Yrs. & under - H/P, M/G, E/W 25. 4-H English Equitation - 8-18 Yrs. - H/P, M/G 26. Walk-Trot Pleasure - 11-18 Yrs. - H/P, M/G, E/W 27. Adult Open English Pleasure Horse - 19 Yrs. & over S/M/G 28. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian Country English Pleasure (Saddle Seat) - S/M/G 29. Registered Quarter Horse Hunter Under Saddle - S/M/G 30. Registered Appaloosa English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 31. Registered Paint/Pinto English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G (No solid horses) 32. Youth English Pleasure - 18 Yrs. & under - H/P, M/G 33. Adult English Equitation - 19 Yrs. & over - S/M/G 34. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian Hunter Pleasure - S/M/G 35. Youth English Equitation - 13 Yrs. & under - H/P, M/G 36. Youth English Equitation - 14-18 Yrs. - H/P, M/G 37. Open Hunter Pleasure Horse - S/M/G BREAK – length to be announced 38. *Generation Gap Pleasure - H/P, E/W, S/M/G - Riders 10 Yrs. apart in age, 1st rider - walk-trot, 2nd rider W-T-C 39. Jack Benny Pleasure - riders 39 Yrs. & over S/M/G, E/W, H/P 40. *JACKPOT Open Walk-Trot Western Pleasure - S/M/G (cross entering allowed) 41. Open Jr. Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure Horses 5 Yrs. & under - S/M/G 42. Walk-Trot Equitation/Horsemanship, 19 Yrs. & over H/P, E/W, M/G
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Show High Point Champion & Reserve Champion awarded in: Walk-Trot, 13 and under, 14-18, Adult and Ranch!
ENTRY FEES & PAYBACKS:
• All Classes (except Jackpot & Training Classes) $5, 5 ribbons • Training Classes $5, no placings • Jackpot Classes $15 - 5 ribbons & payback of 35%, 20%, 15%, 5%, 5% JACKPOT Open Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G • Grounds Fee $5 per horse per day if not stalled. Walk-Trot Pleasure - 19 Yrs. & over - E/W, H/P • Office Fee $5 per horse per day. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian Western Pleasure - S/M/G • Stalls available $15 per day-including Tack Stalls. No shavings Registered Quarter Horse Western Pleasure - S/M/G available for sale - you must provide your own shavings. Registered Paint/Pinto Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G • Camper Fee: $20 per day. (No solid horses) • The Show Committee, COSCA and the Medina County Registered Appaloosa Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G Fairgrounds assume no responsibility for injuries or losses Adult Open Western Pleasure Horse - 19 Yrs. & over due to accidents or theft. S/M/G • Walk-trot classes are open to exhibitors who have not cantered Youth Western Pleasure - 18 Yrs. & under - H/P, M/G at a COSCA show in the current show season. Men’s Western Pleasure Horse - 18 Yrs. & over - S/M/G • COSCA rules and stewards shall supersede all other 4-H Western Pleasure - 8-18 Yrs. - H/P, M/G association rules & stewards, including individual county Adult Western Horsemanship - 19 Yrs. & over - S/M/G 4-H rules; however, it is each 4-H exhibitor’s responsibility to Youth Western Horsemanship - 13 Yrs. & under, H/P, M/G remain within their own county rules. Check your county rules! Youth Western Horsemanship - 14-18 Yrs. - H/P, M/G Ladies’ Western Pleasure Horse - 18 Yrs. & over - S/M/G • 2 MINUTE GATE RULE WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. NO ENTRY FEE REFUNDS WITHOUT VALID VET EXCUSE. 4-H Western Horsemanship - 8-18 Yrs. - H/P, M/G Egg & Spoon – E/W, S/M/G (Saddle Seat) - S/M/G Western Hack Horse- S/M/G 91. Registered Paint/Pinto English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G (No solid horses) RANCH HORSE CLASSES WILL NOT BEGIN 92. Walk-Trot Equitation - 10 Yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G BEFORE 3:00 P.M. 93. Open Hunter Pleasure Horses - S/M/G Ranch Pleasure 94. Reg. Morgan Amateur English Pleasure Horses Ranch Riding (Saddle Seat) - Adult and/or Jr. Exhibitor Ranch Conformation 95. Reg. Paso Fino Performance Horses - Adults 18 Yrs. & over 96. Walk-Trot Pleasure - 11-18 Yrs. - H/P, E/W, M/G EXHIBITOR’S PARTY 97. Youth English Pleasure - 18 Yrs. & under - H/P, SS/HS, M/G 30 minutes after the end of Saturday’s show 98. Open Easy Gaited Equitation/Horsemanship (No Canter) 99. Walk-Trot Equitation - 11-18 Yrs. - H/P, E/W, M/G SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2018 • 9:00 A.M. 100. Adult Open English Pleasure Horse - 19 Yrs. & over - S/M/G *Jackpot Open Halter H/P, E/W, S/M/G 101. Registered Morgan Hunter Pleasure Horses - S/M/G Open Halter Horse - 3 Yrs. & over - E/W, S/M/G 102. Open Easy Gaited Pleasure (Canter) - S/M/G Open Halter Horse - 2 Yrs. & under - E/W, S/M/G 103. English Bridle Path Horses - S/M/G Adult Open Halter Horse - 19 Yrs. & over - S/M/G 104. Adult Open English Equitation - 19 Yrs. & over - S/M/G Youth Open Halter - 18 Yrs. & under - H/P, M/G 105. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Registered Quarter Horse halter - S/M/G Hunter Pleasure - S/M/G Registered Paint/Pinto Halter Horse (no solid horses) BREAK – (length to be announced) S/M/G 106. *JACKPOT Open Walk-Trot Western Pleasure - S/M/G Registered Appaloosa Halter Horse - S/M/G (cross entering allowed) Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian 107. Registered Paso Fino Performance Youth - 17 Yrs. & under Breeding & Geldings In Hand – S/M/G 108. Jack Benny Pleasure, 39 Yrs. & over - H/P, E/W, S/M/G Open Showmanship - all ages - H/P, E/W, S/M/G 109. Walk-Trot Pleasure, 19 Yrs. & over - E/W, S/M/G Adult Showmanship - 19 Yrs. & over - E/W, S/M/G Youth Showmanship - 13 Yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G 110. Easy Gaited Equitation/Horsemanship (No Canter) 17 Yrs. & Under - M/G Youth Showmanship - 14-18 Yrs. - H/P, E/W, M/G 111. JACKPOT Open Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G Walk-Trot Showmanship - all ages - H/P, E/W, M/G 112. Registered Quarter Horse Western Pleasure - S/M/G Registered Morgan In-Hand - S/M/G 113. Registered Paint/Pinto Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G Open Easy Gaited Model (Conformation) - S/M/G (No solid horses) Pony & Horse Lead-In Equitation - 8 Yrs. & under 114. Registered Appaloosa Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G E/W, M/G 115. Registered Paso Fino Pleasure - Youth 17 Yrs. & under BREAK (length to be announced) 116. Youth Western Pleasure - 18 Yrs. & under - H/P, M/G * Training Class - All Ages - W/T/C - training aids 117. Adult Open Western Pleasure Horse – 19 Yrs. & over - S/M/G allowed – Not Judged *JACKPOT Open Walk-Trot English Pleasure H/P, S/M/G 118. Easy Gaited Pleasure (No Canter) - 17 Yrs. & Under - M/G 119. Reg. Morgan Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G (cross entering allowed) 120. Walk-Trot Equitation/Horsemanship - 19 Yrs. & over Open Easy Gaited Pleasure (No Canter) E/W, S/M/G Walk-Trot Pleasure - 10 Yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G 121. Youth Western Horsemanship - 18 Yrs. & under - H/P, M/G Registered Paso Fino Pleasure Horses 122. Adult Western Horsemanship - 19 Yrs. & over - S/M/G Adults 18 Yrs. & over 123. Registered Arabian/Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian JACKPOT Open English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G Western Pleasure - S/M/G Youth English Equitation - 18 Yrs. & under 124. Reg. Morgan Amateur Western Pleasure H/P, SS/HS, M/G Adult and/or Jr. Exhibitor Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian 125. Ladies’ Western Pleasure Horse - 18 Yrs. & over - S/M/G Country English Pleasure (Saddle Seat) - S/M/G Registered Quarter Horse Hunter Under Saddle - S/M/G 126. Men’s Western Pleasure Horse - 18 Yrs. & over - S/M/G Thank you to all Sponsors & Volunteers. Without your Registered Appaloosa English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G support and help, this show would not have been possible! Registered Morgan English Pleasure Horses
FMI: Joyce Berger, Show Secretary • 11012 Jeffries Rd., Berlin Hts., OH 44814 • (419) 433-5049 — Stall Reservations: Barb Nixon, (330) 607-5681 July 2018
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HOLMES COUNTY 4-H HORSE COMMITTEE & BUCKEYE RODEO COMPANY PRESENT
NO BULL, JUST BARRELS $1,400 ADDED GUARANTEED Holmes County Fairgrounds at Harvest Ridge Millersburg, Ohio
8 AM: EXHIBITION BARRELS (2 RUNS MAX/HORSE) $4/RUN
10 AM: $500 ADDED SEBRA BARRELS Call ins for SEBRA Barrels are 7/9 from 1-10 pm at 336-669-8076. All SEBRA Rules apply: www.gosebra.com
OPEN CLASSES WILL FOLLOW SEBRA BARRELS $4 timer fee/horse/class. No timer fee for small fry.
Barrels sponsored by BUCKEYE NUTRITION
SMALL FRY BARRELS (Age 10 & Under; Not eligible for Youth/Open) $5 EF
Sponsored by Grassbaugh Excavating
$100 ADDED YOUTH BARRELS (Age 18 & Under) $10 EF
Sponsored by 1871 Trading Post • Big Prairie, Ohio
$500 ADDED 3D OPEN BARRELS (4D if over 50 Entries) $30 EF
EXHIBITION POLES (2 Runs Max/Horse) $4/Run SMALL FRY POLES (Age 10 & Under; Not eligible for Youth/Open) $5 EF
$100 ADDED YOUTH POLES (Age 18 & Under) $10 EF
Sponsored by Chuck Nicholson Cheverolet
$200 ADDED 2D OPEN POLES (3D if over 30 Entries) $20 EF
Sponsored by WalMart of Millersburg 50% EF PAYOUT UNDER 20 ENTRIES • 70% EF PAYOUT OVER 20 ENTRIES
Questions? Call Pam at (330) 600-9747 or Jane at (330) 763-1017
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 30 JULY 14 — Equine Wellness Clinic, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Carpe Diem Equestrian, Canal Fulton, OH. FMI: 330-323-0602. JULY 14 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Lancaster Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., Lancaster, OH. FMI: www. realitydreamshorseshows.com. JULY 14 — Summit County Open Show Series, Summit Co. Fairgrounds, 229 East Howe Ave., Tallmadge, OH. FMI: summitopenshows@gmail.com, www. summitfair.com. JULY 14 — Crazy Woman Ranch Gymkhana Series, 9:30 a.m., 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd., Lancaster, OH. FMI: Mallorie Taylor, 614-282-9585. JULY 14 — Open Horse Show, Venango County Fairgrounds, 867 Mercer Rd., Franklin, PA. FMI: venangofair.com. JULY 14 — Working Equitation Schooling Show, Rach Riding Academy, Milford, MI. FMI: Karen, 586-242-7351. JULY 14-15 — Tri State Rodeo Association Show, Gibsonburg Saddle Club Show Grounds, 961 N. Main St., Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: www.tristaterodeoassociation. org. JULY 14-15 — Ohio Valley Arabian Horse Association Summer Sizzler, Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: www.ovaha.org. JULY 14-15 — Pioneer City Riding Club Contest & Open Show, Washington County Fairgrounds, Marietta, OH. FMI: Charlie, 304-481-0880. JULY 14-15 — Mid-Michigan Open Horse Show Circuit, 9 a.m., Isabella Co. Fairgrounds, Mt. Pleasant, MI. FMI: mmohsc.com. JULY 15 — NEOHA Open Horse Show, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, North Poplar St., Jefferson, OH. FMI: www. dustybootsridingclub.com. JULY 15 — Straight A’s Speed Show, 11 a.m., 2250 Alliance Rd. NW, Malvern, OH. FMI: 888-556-3772, www.ranchcity.com. JULY 16-19 — Buckaroo Day Camp, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Camp Mohaven, 18744 Turkey Ridge Road, Danville, OH. FMI: Carrie, 740485-9766. JULY 16-21 — The Best of America By Horseback with Tom Seay, Cook Forest Scenic Campground, 1661 Scott Drive, Clarion, PA. FMI: 814-226-5985, www. patrailride.com. JULY 17-22 — The Buckeye Classic, World Equestrian center, Wilmington, OH. FMI: Kurtis Gear, 269-208-0673, www. thebuckeyeclassic.com. JULY 19 — Richland Open Horse Show Series, Richland County Fairgrounds, Mansfield, OH. FMI: 419-617-9648. JULY 19-22 — Westfall Horsemanship Foundation for a Lifetime Clinic, Loudonville area, OH. FMI: www. westfallhorsemanship.com. JULY 19-22 — Cowgirl Bootcamp, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com. JULY 20 — Wayne County Saddle Club Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. JULY 20 — Twilight Jumpers Benefit for Canter Ohio, Buckeye Horse Park, Canfield, OH. FMI: meg.mcnicol01@ gmail.com.
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JULY 20-22 — Mid-Ohio Marauders Club Friday Night Fun Shoot & Fireworks I & II CMSA Shoot, Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH. FMI: 740-2067214, www.midohiomarauders.com. JULY 20-22 — Floral City Open Show Circuit, Monroe Co. Fairgrounds, 3775 S. Custer Rd., Monroe, MI. FMI: 734-9316004, huntfronts@hotmail.com. JULY 21 — Keystone Saddle Club Pleasure Show, 5969 Clay Drive SE, Uhrichsville, OH. FMI: www.keystonesaddleclub.com. JULY 21 — Massillon Saddle Club 2018 Youth Fun Show, 10 a.m., 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Regina Sword, 330234-7637. JULY 21 — Mini Horse Fun Show, 11 a.m., Sapphire Sky Stables, 6810 Barrett Road, Geneva, OH. FMI: 440-813-9478. JULY 21 — Summer Classic Ranch Show with Jennifer Moshier, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Camouflage Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S., Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066. JULY 21 — Summer Hustle Awards Series, Gibsonburg Saddle Club, 961 Main St., Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: Ruby Foos, 419-3074614. JULY 22 — Buckeye Horse Park Ranch Show & Trail Challenge, 9260 AkronCanfield Rd., Canfield, OH. FMI: Ashley, 330-222-1984, ashley.gruber75@yahoo. com, www.buckeyehorsepark.org. JULY 21-22 — Wayne County Saddle Club Pleasure Show (21st) and Speed Show (22nd), 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Katy Amstutz (pleasure) 419-6517892, Matt Schaaaf (speed) 330-466-2749, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. JULY 21-22 — PtHAO Lots O’ Spots Show, Findlay University Western Farm, 14700 US Route 68, Findlay, OH. FMI: Megan Herner, 419-681-0133, herner7@yahoo. com, www.ohiopinto.com. JULY 21-22 — Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros The Glory Guys I & II, 9 a.m., Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, Jefferson, OH. FMI: Karen Davis, 330-719-3290. JULY 21-22 — Windfall Farm Horse Show, 6898 Wes Curt Lane, Goshen, OH. FMI: 513680-3690, www.windfallfarmhorseshows. com. JULY 21-22 — Lower Michigan Horse Association Show, Ingham County Fairgrounds, 700 E. Ash St., Mason, MI. FMI: www.imha.net. JULY 21-22 — Tom Wilsom Memorial Show, Rochester, IN. FMI: www.iqha.com. JULY 22 — Massillon Saddle Club Open Pleasure Point Show, 10 a.m., 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041. JULY 22 — Buckeye Horse Park Ranch Show & Trail Challenge, 9 a.m., Buckeye Horse Park, Canfield, OH. FMI: Ashley, 330-222-1984, ashley.gruber75@yahoo. com. JULY 22 — Ride The Lightning Tour Extreme Bulls, Broncs & Barrels, Shelby Co. Fair, 655 Highland Ave., Sidney, OHFMI: Rolling Stone Rodeo Co., 513-659-8881, www. gosebra.com. JULY 22 — Byers Woods Pleasure Drive hosted by Western Reserve Carriage Association, 11:30 a.m., Ashland-West Holmes Career Center, Ashland, OH. FMI: www.wrcarriage.com JULY 22 — Harry Hughes Circuit, 5563 Waterville-Swanton Rd., Swanton, OH. FMI: Lenny, 419- 825-3720, www. harryhughes.org
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July 2018
2018 Show Bill April 28-29: Judge Robin Miller May 26-27: Judge Pat OBrien June 30-July 1: Judge Steve Carter August 11-12: Judge Phil Harstine
AP&P is PAC AND OCAP Approved!
All shows are held at the Ashland County Fairgrounds, 2042 Claremont Avenue, Ashland, Ohio 44805
Saturday 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31.
$100 Open Showmanship Lead Line & Small Fry Showmanship Walk-Trot Showmanship-All ages Showmanship 19 & Over Showmanship 14-18 Showmanship 13 & Under Lead Line 8 & Under 5 minute warm up for Lunge Line only Lunge Line-Yearling and 2 year olds BREAK Schooling Class $500 Open Walk-Trot Pleasure-may cross enter $100 Walk-Trot Pleasure-no cross enter Small Fry Walk-Trot Hunter Under Saddle 9 & Under Walk-Trot Hunter Under Saddle 10-18 Small Fry Walk-Trot Equitation 9 & Under (rail work only) Walk-Trot Hunter Under Saddle 19 & Over Walk-Trot English Equitation 10-18 Walk-Trot English Equitation 19 & Over Generation Gap Walk-Trot Pleasure-may cross enter BREAK $100 Hunter Under Saddle Hunter Under Saddle 19 & Over Hunter Under Saddle 14-18 Hunter Under Saddle 13 & Under Junior Hunter Under Saddle-Horses 5 & Under Senior Hunter Under Saddle-Horses 6 & Over $100 Open English Equitation English Equitation 19 & Over English Equitation 14-18 English Equitation 13 & Under BREAK Open Pleasure Driving Open Walk-Trot Trail-may cross enter Open In Hand Trail
Sunday
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$100 Open Halter AQHA/APHA Registered Halter All Other Halter Performance Halter Reining Youth Reining 18 & Under Ranch Horse-will use AQHA patterns Ranch Horse Pleasure-on the rail-followed by 5 minute break to untack for the next class Ranch Horse Conformation Open Disciplined Rail Schooling Class $500 Open Walk Trot Pleasure-may cross enter $100 Walk-Trot Pleasure-no cross enter Small Fry Walk-Trot Western Pleasure 9 & Under Walk-Trot Western Pleasure 10-18 Small Fry Walk-Trot Western Horsemanship 9 & Under (rail work only) Walk-Trot Western Pleasure 19 & Over Walk-Trot Western Horsemanship 10-18 Walk-Trot Western Horsemanship 19 & Over Generation Gap Walk-Trot Pleasure-may cross enter BREAK $100 Open Western Pleasure Western Pleasure 19 & Over Western Pleasure 14-18 Western Pleasure 13 & Under Junior Western Pleasure-Horses 5 & Under Senior Western Pleasure-Horses 6 & Over $100 Open Western Horsemanship Western Horsemanship 19 & Over Western Horsemanship 14-18 Western Horsemanship 13 & Under
Start Time: 9:00 a.m. Entry Fees $5, Grounds Fee $5/horse Stalls are available for $30.00 per day. Electric available for $30.00 per day.
For more information contact President Chunk Watts at 330-317-0945
www.ashlandpaintandplain.com
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Shaw Farms Arena Equine & Therapeutic Center
65010 Country Club Road, Belmont, Ohio 43718
Directions: Interstate 70, exit 215, West on Route 40, 8 tenths of a mile, south on County Road 56/Country Club Road, 3 miles on right. Signs will be posted.
FRIDAY NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS
Arena opens at 3 p.m. • Show starts 6 p.m. $4 Warm-Ups until the show starts. (Footing by Kiser Arena Specialists)
Food Stand on Grounds
JULY 27 • SEPT. 28 • OCT. 26
18 & Under Poles ............ 2D $100 Added ......... $6 entry Open Poles ...................... 2D $200 Added ......... $10 entry 18 & Under Barrels ......... 3D $100 Added ......... $6 entry Open Barrels ................... 3D $200 Added ......... $10 entry Open Flag Race .................................................. $6 entry Open Stakes Race ............................................... $6 entry
$2 per horse grounds fee. All $100 & $200 payback classes must have a minimum of 10 entries. Payback up to 4 places depending on number of entries.
OPEN SHOW
Food Stand on Grounds
Open Show 10 a.m. • Performance 12 Noon
JULY 28 • SEPTEMBER 29
HALTER
(regular class fee $5 unless otherwise noted)
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Weanlings/Yearlings Miniatures Ponies Halter 56” & Under Open Horse Halter Draft Showmanship Open Class Horses/Pony Showmanship $10 entry fee $100 Added 7. Adult Showmanship (19 years & over) 8. Youth Showmanship (12 & under) 9. Youth Showmanship (13-18) PERFORMANCE
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(regular class fee $5 unless otherwise noted)
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Lead Line (8 & up, no payback) English Walk/Trot (12 & under) English Walk/Trot (13-18) Open English Walk/Trot $10 entry fee. $100 Added English Jr. Horse Walk/Trot (horses 5 yrs & under) Open English Walk/Trot Equitation Senior English Pleasure (19 & over) Youth English Pleasure 18 & under) Open English Equitation Open English Pleasure Open Gaited Horse/Pony Walk Trot Open Gaited Horse/Pony Jack Benny/Mae West (39 & over) WTC Western/English Youth Ranch Pleasure (18 & under)
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Open Ranch Pleasure Western Walk/Trot (12 & under) Western Walk/Trot (13-18) Open Western Walk/Trot $10 entry fee. $100 Added Western Jr. Horse Walk/Trot (horses 5 & under) Open Western Walk/Trot Equitation Western Jr. Horse Pleasure (horses 5 & under) Senior Western Pleasure (19 & over) Youth Western Pleasure (18 & under) $10 entry fee. $100 Added Open Western Horsemanship Equitation Open Western Pleasure $10 entry fee. $100 Added Trail in Hand (5 entries required to have class) Trail Walk/Trot (5 entries required to have class) Driving Class
Grounds fee $2 per horse. Ride at your own risk. All dogs must be leashed at all times. Minor children must be with a parent or guardian. We reserve the right to make any changes and/or cancellations to the showbill. Shaw Farms Arena/TERA I LLC is not responsible for any accident or loss which may occur to exhibitor, participant, spectator, guest, animal or equipment. Warning: Under the Ohio Equine Limited Liability Act, an equine activity sponsor or equine professional is not liable for an injury to a participant or the death of a participant resulting from the inherent risk of equine activities. (OH Rev. Code 2305.321)
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 32 JULY 23-27 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Horse Camp, Evergreen Farm, 13297 Durkee Rd., Grafton, OH. FMI: Heidi, 440781-5060, www.angelshavenhorserescue. org. JULY 24-28 — IBHA World Show, C Bar C Expo Center, Cloverdale, IN. FMI: www. internationalbuckskin.com. JULY 25— Wednesday Night Barrels & Poles Buckle Series, Camouflage Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S., Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066. JULY 26 — Tri State Boot & Saddle Club Exhibition & Jackpot (Barrels & Poles), 6 p.m., 14930 Old Lincoln Highway, East Liverpool, OH. FMI: www.facebook.com/ Tri-State-Boot-and-Saddle-Club. JULY 26-27 — Patrick King Horsemanship Clinic, Straight Up Stables, Nottingham, PA. FMI: 717-278-8374, www.pkhorsemanship. com. JULY 27-28 — Friday Night Under The Lights Show (27th) & Open Show (28th), Shaw Farms Arena Equine & Therapeutic Center, 65010 Country Club Road, Belmont, OH. FMI: Cynthia Shaw, shawfarmsarena@gmail.com. JULY 27-29 — RSTPA Ranch Sorting, Garwood Arena, Columbiana, OH. FMI: 330-482-3961, www.facebook.com/ GarwoodArena. JULY 28 — NKHN All Breed Horse Show, 9:30 a.m., Alexandria Fairgrounds, Alexandria, KY. FMI: Jim Mayer, 859-4964976, jimwmayer@yahoo.com, www. nkhn.info JULY 28 — Buckin’ Ohio Pro Bull Riding Event, 8154 Garman Road, Burbank, OH. FMI: 330-624-7205, www.buckinohio.com. JULY 28 — Buckeye Mini Horse & Donkey Sale, Wayne County Fairgrounds, 199 Vanover St., Wooster, OH. FMI: Daniel Schrock Auctioneer, 330-763-0905, schrockauctioneering@gmail.com. JULY 28 — Ranch Riding Summer Mini Series, Camouflage Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S., Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066. JULY 28-29 — Pioneer City Riding Club Contest & Open Show, Washington County Fairgrounds, Marietta, OH. FMI: Charlie, 304-481-0880. JULY 28-29 — Seneca County Fair Open Performance Horse Show & Speed Show, Seneca Co. Fairgrounds, Tiffin, OH. FMI: Brenda Mowery, 419-618-3037. JULY 28-29 — Walkabout Tour featuring Clinton Anderson, Kentucky Horse Park, 4089 Iron Works Pkwy., Lexington, KY. FMI: www.downunderhorsemanship.com. JULY 28-29 — Patrick King Horsemanship Clinic, Iron Rock Farm, Dover, PA. FMI: 717292-5515, www.pkhorsemanship.com. JULY 28-29 — Cowboy Dressage Clinic with Abigale Gettinger, Heirloom Equestrian Services, Louisville, KY. FMI: Cowboy Dressage World of Indiana, www. cowboydressageworld.com JULY 29 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Show, MSC Show Grounds, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Regina Sword, 330-234-7637. JULY 29 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Fun Show, 9 a.m., Lewis Road Riding Ring Show Grounds, Cleveland MetroParks, Olmsted Falls, OH. FMI: 440-781-5050, www. angelshavenhorserescue.org. JULY 29 — Miniature Horse & Donkey Show, 10 a.m., Shenandoah Valley Riding Club, 56095 Marietta Rd., Pleasant City, OH. FMI: Dana, 740-255-7106.
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JULY 29 — Madison Co. OHC Gymkhana Series, 9 a.m., Madison Co. Fairgrounds, London, OH. FMI: Cheryl Barlett, 740-5052495, cherylbarlett@icloud.com. JULY 29 — Triple Heart Equestrian Center Open Show, 9 a.m., 24073 Jim Tobin Lane, Cambridge Springs, PA. FMI: 814-573-7163. AUGUST 2018 AUG. 1 — Professional Bull Riding, The Michiana Event Center, Shipshewana, IN. FMI: www.michianaevents.com. AUG. 2-5 — The Dayton Horse Show, Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: thedaytonhorseshow. com. AUG. 2-5 — Train Robbery, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com. AUG. 3 — Wayne County Saddle Club Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. AUG. 3 — Friday Night Fun Show, Camouflage Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S., Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066. AUG. 3-5 — Contest Show (3rd) & NEOHA Open Horse Show (4th-5th), WPQHA Horse Show Complex, 3722 Harlansburg Rd., New Castle, PA. FMI: www. dustybootsridingclub.com. AUG. 4 — Knox County Horse Park Cowboy vs. Cowgirl, 12 p.m., 7360 Thayer Road, Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: Courtney, 740-9733059, www.knoxcountyhorsepark.com. AUG. 4 — Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association Ranch Horse Show, 9:15 a.m., Guernsey Co. Fairgrounds, 335 Old National Road, Lore City, OH. FMI: John Kreis, 740-819-0396, www.ohfqha.com. AUG. 4 — Give Cancer The Boot Dog Walk, Horse Trail, 5K Run/Walk Benefit, 9:30 a.m., Riverbend Park, Findlay, OH. FMI: givecancertheboot@hotmail.com. AUG. 4 — Rockin Riders 4-H Show, 961 N. Main St., Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: 419-3074774. AUG. 4 — Open Speed Show & Rodeo Series, Lazy H Ranch, 5096 Hamilton Scipio Rd., Hamilton, OH. FMI: 513-756-0500, lazyhranchandrodeo@gmail.com. AUG. 4 — Crazy Woman Ranch Gymkhana Series, 9:30 a.m., 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd., Lancaster, OH. FMI: Mallorie Taylor, 614-282-9585. AUG. 4 — Elk River Boots & Saddle Club NBHA Show, 1 p.m., Elk River Show Grounds, 70 Country Lane, Elkview, WV. FMI: 304-541-6399. AUG. 4 — 3rd Annual Western Dressage Schooling Show, Pine Lake Stables, 12300 Pine Lake Rd., Plainwell, MI. FMI: Gail Anderson, 586-246-3827, gail_anderson@ comcast.net. AUG. 4-5 — PtHAO East Central Pinto Jubilee, Henry County Saddle Club Grounds, 2221 N. Memorial Dr., New Castle, IN. FMI: Megan Herner, 419681-0133, herner7@yahoo.com, www. ohiopinto.com. AUG. 4-5 — Mother-Daughter Overnight, Wanake Camp and Retreat Center, 9463 Manchester Ave. SW, Beach City, OH. FMI: 330-756-2333, www.campwanake.org. AUG. 5 — Massillon Saddle Club Open Pleasure Point Show, 10 a.m., 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041.
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MONTGOMERY CO. FAIR
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LAPORTE, IN
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SIDNEY, OH
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 34 AUG. 5 — Classical Attraction Dressage Society Pink Show, Stoney Ridge Stables, 2010 Reimer Rd., Wadsworth, OH. FMI: CADSrider@gmail.com, www. cadsdressage.org. AUG. 5 — Kiwanis Club of Brecksville Open Horse Show, River Ford MetroPark, Brecksville, OH. FMI: brecksvillekiwanis@ gmail.com, www.brecksvillekiwanis.org. AUG. 5 — Summer Fun Show, Sapphire Sky Stables, 6810 Barrett Road, Geneva, OH. FMI: 440-813-9478. AUG. 6 — Championship Rodeo, Hartford Fair, 14028 Fairgrounds Rd., Croton, OH. FMI: 740-893-4881, www.HartfordFair. com. AUG. 6-10 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Horse Camp, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Evergreen Farm, 13297 Durkee Rd., Grafton, OH. FMI: Heidi, 440-781-5060, www. angelshavenhorserescue.org. AUG. 6-11 — August Ride featuring Brandi Lyons, Cook Forest Scenic Campground, 1661 Scott Drive, Clarion, PA. FMI: 814226-5985, www.patrailride.com. AUG. 7-12 — Buckeye Morgan Challenge, Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: www. ohiomorganhorse.com. AUG. 8 — Wednesday Night Barrels & Poles Buckle Series, Camouflage Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S., Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066. AUG. 8 — Kentucky Cowtown Rangers Cowboy Mounted Shooting, 7 p.m., Boone Co. Fairgrounds, Burlington, KY. FMI: www. boonecountyfair.org.
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AUG. 9 — Tri State Boot & Saddle Club Exhibition & Jackpot (Barrels & Poles), 6 p.m., 14930 Old Lincoln Highway, East Liverpool, OH. FMI: www.facebook.com/ Tri-State-Boot-and-Saddle-Club. AUG. 9-12 — Westfall Horsemanship Foundation for a Lifetime Clinic, Loudonville area, OH. FMI: www. westfallhorsemanship.com. AUG. 10 — Ride The Lightning Tour Extreme Bulls, Broncs & Barrels, Ashtabula Co. Fair, 127 N. Elm St., Jefferson, OH. FMI: Rolling Stone Rodeo Co., 513-659-8881, www.gosebra.com. AUG. 10 — Keystone Saddle Club Contesting Show, 5969 Clay Drive SE, Uhrichsville, OH. FMI: www.keystonesaddleclub.com. AUG. 10-12 — Ohio Ranch Horse Association Show, Hendersons Arena, Jackson, OH. FMI: Amy, 740-819-8446, www.ohioranchhorseassociation.com. AUG. 11 — Cuyahoga County Fair Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Berea, OH. FMI: 440-2430090, www.Cuyfair.com. AUG. 11 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Lancaster Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., Lancaster, OH. FMI: www. realitydreamshorseshows.com. AUG. 11 — Open Show, Faustman Ranch, 4301 Rt. 4, Dayton, OH. FMI: 937-4754111, www.faustmanranch.com. AUG. 11 — Ruggles Arena Speed Show, 2651 Township Rd. 155, Cardington, OH. FMI: Janet, 419-210-7204. AUG. 11 — Cowboys & Angels Saddle Club One Hot Night, 5:30 p.m., 3237 Irvine Rd., Richmond, KY. FMI: 606-386-1608.
AUG. 11 — Rocky Fork 2018 Hunter Pace Series-Timber Run Farm Pace, 5145 Northridge Rd., Alexandria, OH. FMI: pace@rockyforkheadleyhunt.com. AUG. 11 — Ohio Valley Team Penning Association Sorting Show, Hoppels Arena, 40891 St. Rt. 518, Lisbon, OH. FMI: Pam Bradshaw, 814-504-4215. AUG. 11 — Blazin’ Saddles Speed Show Series, Preble Co. Fairgrounds, Eaton, OH. FMI: www.facebook.com/Blazin Saddle Speed Series. AUG. 11 — Oakland Co. Open Horse Show Circuit, 8:30 a.m., Springfield Oaks County Park, Davisburg, MI. FMI: www.oakhc.org. AUG. 11-12 — Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club Show, 9 a.m., Ashland County Fairgrounds, 2042 Claremont Ave., Ashland, OH. FMI: Chunk Watts, 330-3170945, www.ashlandpaintandplain.com. AUG. 11-12 — 3rd Annual Smoke Rise Reunion-Team Penning, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com. AUG. 11-12 — Tri State Rodeo Association Show, Gibsonburg Saddle Club Show Grounds, 961 N. Main St., Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: www.tristaterodeoassociation. org. AUG. 11-12 — Pioneer City Riding Club Contest & Open Show, Washington County Fairgrounds, Marietta, OH. FMI: Charlie, 304-481-0880. AUG. 12 — Belmont County Saddle Club All Breed Horse Show, 41915 National Road, Belmont, OH. FMI: Jim, 740-6353396.
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AUG. 12 — Straight A’s Speed Show, 11 a.m., 2250 Alliance Rd. NW, Malvern, OH. FMI: 888-556-3772, www.ranchcity.com. AUG. 12 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Fun Show, 9 a.m., Carlisle Equestrian Center, 13630 Nickle Plate Diagonal Rd., LaGrange, OH. FMI: 440-781-5050, www. angelshavenhorserescue.org. AUG. 12 — Harry Hughes Circuit, 5563 Waterville-Swanton Rd., Swanton, OH. FMI: Lenny, 419- 825-3720, www. harryhughes.org AUG. 13-18 — Huron County Fair, Huron County Fairgrounds, 940 Fair Road, Norwalk, OH. FMI: 419-668-0516, www. huroncountyfair.com. AUG. 15-19 — Buckeye Reining Series Show, Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: www. buckeyereiningseries.com. AUG. 17 — Country Estates Friday Night Fun Show, 18488 Grill Road, Doylestown, OH. FMI: 330-472-7410, www.facebook. com/countryestatesohio. AUG. 17-19 — Pig & Ox Roast Weekend/ Annual Raffle, Tri-Co Trail Association, 2662 Downing St. SW, East Sparta, OH. FMI: Jim, 330-323-4738, www.tri-cotrails. org. AUG. 18 — IMTCA Mountain Trail Challenge, Buckeye Horse Park, Canfield, OH. FMI: Ashley, 330-222-1984. AUG. 18 — Madison Co. OHC Gymkhana Series, 4 p.m., Madison Co. Fairgrounds, London, OH. FMI: Cheryl Barlett, 740-5052495, cherylbarlett@icloud.com.
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 36 AUG. 18 — Buckin’ Ohio Pro Bull Riding Event, 8154 Garman Road, Burbank, OH. FMI: 330-624-7205, www.buckinohio. com. AUG. 18 — Belmont County Saddle Club Jackpot Barrel & Pole Race, 41915 National Road, Belmont, OH. FMI: Jim, 740-635-3396. AUG. 18 — Gymkhana Show, Faustman Ranch, 4301 Rt. 4, Dayton, OH. FMI: 937475-4111, www.faustmanranch.com. AUG. 18 — NBHA Show (Ohio 08 only), Country Estates, Doylestown, OH. FMI: Amy, 440-479-8503. AUG. 18 — Summit County Open Show Series, Summit Co. Fairgrounds, 229 East Howe Ave., Tallmadge, OH. FMI: summitopenshows@gmail.com, www. summitfair.com. AUG. 18-19 — Wayne County Saddle Club Pleasure Show (18th) and Speed Show (19th), 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Katy Amstutz (pleasure) 419-6517892, Matt Schaaf (speed) 330-466-2749, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. AUG. 18-19 — COSCA Summer Sizzler Open Horse Show, Medina Co. Fairgrounds, Medina, OH. FMI: Joyce Berger, 419-4335049, www.coscaonline.com. AUG. 18-19 — Cowboy Trail Challenge, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740767-2624, www.smokeriseranch.com. AUG. 18-19 — Tri State Rodeo Association Show, Gibsonburg Saddle Club Show Grounds, Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: www. tristaterodeoassociation.org.
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AUG. 18-19 — Windfall Farm Horse Show, 6898 Wes Curt Lane, Goshen, OH. FMI: 513680-3690, www.windfallfarmhorseshows. com. AUG. 18-19 — Buckeye Gold Classic Open Horse Show & Ranch Horse Show Series, Eden Park Equestrian Complex, Sunbury, OH. FMI: Duane, 740-610-4129, www. buckeyeequestrianevents.com. AUG. 18-19 — Centeral Michigan Horseman’s Association Open All Breed Circuit, Shiawassee County Fairgrounds, Corunna, MI. FMI: Katie, 989-666-4867, cmhasecretary@gmail.com. AUG. 18-19 — Cowboy Dressage Clinic with Abigale Gettinger, Little Trails Horse Camp, Martinsville, IN. FMI:nwww. cowboydressageworld.com. AUG. 19 — Knox County Horse Park Driving Day, 12 p.m., 7360 Thayer Road, Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: Courtney, 740-9733059, www.knoxcountyhorsepark.com. AUG. 19 — Massillon Saddle Club Open Pleasure Point Show, 10 a.m., 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041. AUG. 19 — The Great Darke County Fair Open & Youth Horse & Pony Show, Fairgrounds, Greenville, OH. FMI: Lisa Heidenreich, 937-867-0757. AUG. 22 — Wednesday Night Barrels & Poles Buckle Series, Camouflage Stables, Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066. AUG. 23 — Tri State Boot & Saddle Club Exhibition & Jackpot (Barrels & Poles), 6 p.m., 14930 Old Lincoln Highway, East Liverpool, OH. FMI: www.facebook.com/ Tri-State-Boot-and-Saddle-Club.
AUG. 23-26 — IMTCA Regional Qualifier & Regionals, Creek Side Horse Park, Waynesburg, OH. FMI: 330-323-3559, creeksidehorsepark@gmail.com, www. creeksidehorsepark.com. AUG. 24-26 — RSTPA Ranch Sorting, Garwood Arena, Columbiana, OH. FMI: 330-482-3961, www.facebook.com/ GarwoodArena. AUG. 24-26 — Dawn & Clea Best of the Best Barrel Race, Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: www. otrroadie.com. AUG. 24-26 — Mid-Ohio Marauders Club Friday Night Fun Shoot & Bang It’s Hot I & II CMSA Shoot, Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH. FMI: 740-2067214, www.midohiomarauders.com. AUG. 25 — Wayne County Saddle Club Contest Show, 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Tricia Crilow, 330-763-4564, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. AUG. 25 — Blazin’ Saddles Speed Show Series, Preble Co. Fairgrounds, Eaton, OH. FMI: www.facebook.com/Blazin Saddle Speed Series. AUG. 25-26 — Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros The Wild Bunch I & II, 10 a.m., Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, Jefferson, OH. FMI: Karen Davis, 330-719-3290. AUG. 25-26 — Lower Michigan Horse Association Show, Ingham County Fairgrounds, 700 E. Ash St., Mason, MI. FMI: www.imha.net. AUG. 26 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Show, MSC Show Grounds, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Regina Sword, 330-234-7637. AUG. 26 — Classical Attraction Dressage Society Show, Stoney Ridge Stables, 2010 Reimer Road, Wadsworth, OH. FMI: CADSrider@gmail.com, www. cadsdressage.org. AUG. 26 — Miniature Horse & Donkey Show, 10 a.m., Shenandoah Valley Riding Club, 56095 Marietta Rd., Pleasant City, OH. FMI: Dana, 740-255-7106. AUG. 26 — NEOHA Open Horse Show, Blue Lakes Farm, 14095 Auburn Rd., Newbury, OH. FMI: www.dustybootsridingclub.com. AUG. 28-29 — Summer Mixed Sale, Champions Expo Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: www.bloodedhorse.com. AUG. 29 — NKHN at Alexandria Fair Parade, 6 p.m., Alexandria Fairgrounds, Alexandria, KY. FMI: Jim, 859-496-4976, jimwmayer@yahoo.com, www.nkhn.info. AUG. 29-SEPT. 3 — Labor Day Weekend Ride featuring John & Austin Lyons, Cook Forest Scenic Campground, Clarion, PA. FMI: 814-226-5985, www.patrailride.com. AUG. 31 — Wayne County Saddle Club Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. AUG. 31 — Friday Night Fun Show, Camouflage Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S., Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066. AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 — Steeltown Gunslingers, Garwood Arena, Columbiana, OH. FMI: 330-482-3961, www.facebook.com/ GarwoodArena. AUG. 31-SEPT. 2 — Fallen Horsemen Memorial Open Show, Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: Tammi, 937/672-5629, www.fhmhs.com. AUG. 31-SEPT. 3 — Labor Day Family Weekend, Wanake Camp and Retreat Center, 9463 Manchester Ave. SW, Beach City, OH. FMI: 330-756-2333, www. campwanake.org.
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SEPTEMBER 2018 SEPT. 1 — Wayne County Saddle Club Pleasure Show, 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Katy Amstutz, 419-6517892, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. SEPT. 1 — Preble County OHC Speed & Fun Show, Hueston Woods State Park Horse Camp, Morning Sun, OH. FMI: Donn Buckingham, 937-417-4358, donnb@ bright.net, www.prebleohc.com. SEPT. 1 — Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association Ranch Horse Show, 9:15 a.m., Guernsey Co. Fairgrounds, 335 Old National Road, Lore City, OH. FMI: John Kreis, 740-819-0396, www.ohfqha.com. SEPT. 1 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Lancaster Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave., Lancaster, OH. FMI: www. realitydreamshorseshows.com. SEPT. 1 — Professional Bull Riding, The Michiana Event Center, Shipshewana, IN. FMI: www.michianaevents.com. SEPT. 1-2 — Ottawa Co. Horse Foundation Points on the Portage Speed Show, 7870 W. State Route 163, Oak Harbor, OH. FMI: www.ochf.net. SEPT. 1-2 — Open Speed Show & Rodeo Series Finals, Lazy H Ranch, 5096 Hamilton Scipio Rd., Hamilton, OH. FMI: 513-7560500, lazyhranchandrodeo@gmail.com. SEPT. 1-2 — Great Lakes Buckskin Association All Breed Horse Show, 9 a.m., MSU South Barn, East Lansing, MI. FMI: Lisa Olney, 616-902-9086, olneyone@ outlook.com, www.glbahorse.org. SEPT. 2 — Keystone Saddle Club Pleasure Show, 5969 Clay Drive SE, Uhrichsville, OH. FMI: www.keystonesaddleclub.com. SEPT. 2-3 — Michigan State Pinto Breeders & Owners Show, 8 a.m., Shiawassee County Fairgrounds, Corunna, MI. FMI: www. mspbo.org. SEPT. 5 — Wednesday Night Barrels & Poles Buckle Series, Camouflage Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S., Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066. SEPT. 6-9 — OVRHA The Tradition Reining Show, Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: www.ovrha.org. SEPT. 8 — NBHA Barrels, Garwood Arena, Columbiana, OH. FMI: 330-482-3961, www.facebook.com/GarwoodArena. SEPT. 8 — Open Show, Faustman Ranch, 4301 Rt. 4, Dayton, OH. FMI: 937-4754111, www.faustmanranch.com. SEPT. 8 — Rocky Fork 2018 Hunter Pace Series-Longhill Pace, 11145 Morse Rd., Pataskala, OH. FMI: Loraine, pace@ rockyforkheadleyhunt.com. SEPT. 8 — Ohio Valley Team Penning Association Sorting Show, Hoppels Arena, 40891 St. Rt. 518, Lisbon, OH. FMI: Pam Bradshaw, 814-504-4215. SEPT. 8 — Ruggles Arena Speed Show, 2651 Township Rd. 155, Cardington, OH. FMI: Janet, 419-210-7204. SEPT. 8-9 — HTCAA 9-11 Memorial Ride, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740767-2624, www.smokeriseranch.com. SEPT. 8-9 — Crazy Woman Ranch Gymkhana Series Finals, 9:30 a.m., 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd., Lancaster, OH. FMI: Mallorie Taylor, 614-282-9585. SEPT. 9 — NEOHA Open Horse Show, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, North Poplar St., Jefferson, OH. FMI: www. dustybootsridingclub.com.
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Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club
Showtime Fun PRESIDENT, Sharon Substanley; VICE PRESIDENT, Karen Taylor; TREASURER, Pam Fritz; SECRETARY, Sharon Schreiner. EMAIL, sharonsubstanley@yahoo.com PHONE, 440/839-9023
by Sharon Substanley Our NOMHC horse show ‘came of age’ this year, as it was the 21st annual show this club has sponsored. We’ve had the usual ups and downs associated with putting together all the pieces of the puzzle called ‘Showtime.’ However, because of hardworking club members, dedicated to promoting the miniature horse and exhibiting its versatility, we keep getting the job done year after year. Pam Fritz and Elly Magyar were our fearless leaders this year, but the success of a show depends on the cooperation and spirit of many people: club members and families who
donated time and/or raffle items, sponsors, and exhibitors who bought raffle tickets and competed in many of our 40 classes. Thank you, one and all! The morning halter classes had some stiff competition with Kaylee Clagett winning grand championships in all three categories: Grand champion mare, Emily Wolery’s Humhills Painted Lady; grand champion stallion, Reeces Thunderstorm, Diamond K Farms; and grand champion gelding, Sky Dancer, owned by Sherry Pendleton. Sky was also the Supreme Halter Champion. Congratulations to Kaylee for a great job of exhibiting these outstanding miniature horses. We offered a wide variety of afternoon classes for all different ages and abilities. We were happy to see Boots to Grasses Therapeutic Horsemanship Group participating in many of them. They helped make our costume class into a really wonderful parade, with so many dressed in pink! Thanks to the
Gabi Kegloric and Thunder dedication of Laura Mastropaolo and Bella Mastropaolo Bender and all of the volunteers who made it possible for their students to have new, exciting experiences at our show. The fun competition with obstacles, jumps, and egg and spoon provided some fast challenges to many youth at the show. Gabi Kegloric from Sweetheart Stables in Chardon showed the versatility of Thunder, her mini, who won firsts in country pleasure driving, grasshopper jumps, and egg and spoon. This successful horse show is not the end of summer activities for NOMHC members.
Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club Supreme Champion, Sky with exhibitor, Kaylee Clagett, owner, Sherry Pendleton, and Sharon Substanley, president of NOMHC. On July 8, we will have our annual club picnic at the DeLong Farm near New London, and on Aug. 5 we will be going to Julie Thompson’s farm for some mini driving experience. Guests are welcome. If you would like to attend a meeting or join our wonderful group, contact nomhclub@ yahoo.com for more information.
Knox County Horse Park
Cowboy Trail Challenge and Cowboy vs Cowgirls Challenge PRESIDENT, Ken Niner VICE PRESIDENT, Travis Ross & Pete Ferris; TREASURER, Pam Niner SECRETARY, Courtney Letts PHONE, 740/973-3059; WEBSITE, www.knoxcountyhorsepark.com
Summer is in full swing at the horse park. Grass has been cut, trails have been cleared, as you all know they will both need to be done multiple times. The cowboy obstacle course has had some work done to it for the upcoming trail challenge. Things are shaping up around the park for a good season. Our May Fun Show was a blast. It was a great way to start off our show season. Even with the threat of rain we were able to get the show in. We had a wonderful turn out for the event. We want to thank Deb and Steve for putting on a great fun show. We just had our Poker Run for this year. We had 14 riders show up for it. We did have a small rain shower, but nothing we couldn’t ride through. Congratulations to our winners; First place Jordan Snelling, second place 42
Debbie Cole, third place Bob Gornichec. Great job on drawing those winning hands. We had a surprise jackpot game in the arena with seven participants. Congratulations to Sam Cole on winning that game. Thank you to Ken for chairing the poker run. July 8 is our Cowboy Trail Challenge. The show will start at noon. We do have a rain date on July 15. Open class has an entry fee of $20 with first place winning a trophy and 30 percent payback. Second place has 20 percent payback and third place has 10 percent payback. Novice class has an entry fee of $10 with ribbon award. Come out and put your horsemanship to the test. If you want to come out the night before or stay the night of the event we do have free primitive camping. Riding trails available on site. Proper attire is required, helmets are encouraged. Concession stand available during the show. Water for horses available. August 4 is the Cowboys vs Cowgirls Challenge starting at noon. The park will open at 8 a.m. and the concession stand will open at 11 a.m. The entry fee is $15 per rider. Required dress is: long pants, safe boots/shoes, sleeved tops. Recommended hat
or helmet. The top five finishers for each team of the 10 events will count towards the overall gender winning. There will be some new obstacles this year, and all the obstacles will be held in the arena. Calling all the Cowgirls out there to come out and help the ladies win this year over those cowboys. The cowboys have won this event for too long. Free primitive camping is also available. If you are not a rider but love to watch horse shows this is one you don’t want to miss. This is a battle of the genders that is always a fun day no matter if you are participating or watching. August 19 is the Open Invitational Driving Day. All driving, carts, carriages, and eventers are welcome. We will be having a sight seeing tour of our grounds and this year there will be a $10 Jackpot Obstacle Course. All of the fun will start at noon and there is a rain date of Aug. 26. There will be free primitive camping available the night before the event. The concession stand will be available during the event. Water for horses on the grounds. Mark your calendars for our other events this year: Sept. 15 Fun Show with a rain date of Sept. 22. September 29 Tortoise/
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Hare event with a rain date of Sept. 30, and our Halloween Fun show on Oct. 20 with a rain date of Oct. 27. Watch the Corral article next month for more information on these shows. We hold our monthly meetings at the horse park shelter house on the first Saturday of the month with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. and meeting at 7 p.m. Watch our Facebook page KCHP (Knox County Horse Park) and our webpage, www. knoxcountyhorsepark.com, for our events and if we had to postpone our shows for rain. If you are not a member of our horse park and would like to join please visit our webpage or email me at kchpknoxcountyhorsepark@ yahoo.com for a membership application. You can also email any questions that you may have. If you have not come out to visit our park, please come by at any show which are all open to the public or visit us at a meeting. If you would like to see the park at any other time; please contact us and someone will meet you and give you a tour. I hope you are all out making great memories with your favorite equines. See you at the park. ~Courtney Letts July 2018
BELMONT COUNTY SADDLE CLUB
2018 ALL BREED HORSE SHOW August 12
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— FEES — Youth $3/class Halter $3/class Performance $5/class Ribbons to five places per class. Grounds Fee: $2 per horse. HALTER CLASSES 1. Weanling and Yearling (all sex) 2. Pony Halter (56” and under) 3. Registered Quarter Horse (all sex) 4. Registered Paint/Pinto (all sex) 5. Non-Registered Horses (all sex) 6. Registered Horses (any breed unlisted, all sex) 7. Pee Wee Showmanship (exhibitors 8 & under) 8. Youth Showmanship (16-18) 9. Youth Showmanship (13-15) 10. Youth Showmanship (9-12) 11. Adult Showmanship (18 and over) 12. Grand and Reserve Showman (all 1st & 2nd showmen eligible) 13. Grand and Reserve Horse (all 1st & 2nd horses/ponies eligible) PERFORMANCE CLASSES
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15. Beginner Walk Trot (rider ineligible for canter class, 12 & under) 16. Beginner Walk Trot (rider ineligible for canter class 13 & over) 17. Open Warm Up Pleasure (No ribbons, $3.00) 18. Pony Pleasure (56” & under) 19. Jr. Snaffle Bit Pleasure (Horse/Pony under 5 years old, Bosal permitted) 20. Advanced Walk Trot (No restrictions) 21. Open Youth Pleasure (Rider 18 and under) 22. Non-Registered Pleasure Horse (English/Western) 23. Registered Color Breed Pleasure (English/Western) 24. Open Saddle Seat Pleasure 25. Open Gaited Horse/Pony (No canter) 26. Open Hunt Seat Pleasure 27. Open English Equitation (Hunt Seat or Saddle Seat) 28. Hunter Hack One Jump WTC 29. Open Walk Trot (No restrictions) 30. Youth Walk Trot (18 & under) $25 added with 5+ entries 31. Open Western Pleasure ($25 added with 5+ entries) 32. Youth Horsemanship (16-18) 33. Youth Horsemanship (13-15)
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34. Youth Horsemanship (9-12) 35. Adult Horsemanship 36. Open Women’s Pleasure (English/Western) 37. Registered Quarter Horse Pleasure (English/Western) 38. Jack Benny/Mae West (39 Y.O. plus WTC) English/Western 39. Open Mens Pleasure (English/Western) 40. Registered Pleasure (all unlisted registered breed) 41. Open Ranch Horse Pleasure (not eligible for Open Western Pleasure) 42. Light Harness Pleasure Driving 43. Trail Class 44. Trail In Hand 45. Pee Wee Barrels (10 & under) Free 46. Pee Wee Poles (10 & under) Free 47. Bareback Dollar Bill
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Jim (740) 635-3396
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Ride For Real
Safe Trailering by Steve Lantvit with Jennifer Lantvit It’s that time of year that everyone is getting rid of their cabin fever and are out and about; going camping for the first time, first show for the season, etc... In this article I will share some helpful tips to make trailering a little bit easier and safer for you and your horse. 1. Have an appropriate halter, lead rope and cue stick. Remember that when you get to your destination you are going to take your horse out of the trailer. If the horse unloads high-headed or nervous, you are prepared to go ahead and work your horse. Also, in the event of an emergency and if you need to unload your horse along a busy highway, you want that assurance that your equipment will not fail you. For those that have concern to tie their horse up with the rope halter (my preference), put the leather halter over the rope halter and tie to the leather halter.
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2. Check your tire pressures on trailer and truck. We haul with our Big Bend trailer at least once or twice a week so I do this on regular basis. Every gas station sells a tire gauge, buy one. The suggested inflation number is posted on the tire. Take your tire gauge, unscrew your tire valve, depress it and check so you know your tires are safe and ready to go.
Check all the tires on both truck and trailer including spares. Also be aware that tires that have been sitting around and have gone from cold temperatures to warm temperatures, or from warm to cold, may have affected the tires pressure. Keep this in the glove compartment and make it part of your routine. You may avoid a bad situation by taking those couple extra minutes. 3. Don’t forget tire jacks and an assortment of tire irons. The tire jack I use is a plastic wedge you put underneath your tire in the front or the back. So if we blew out the back tire, I would put it on the front, and I just roll that tire forward onto it. And what happens, because of a dual axle, it lifts this tire up and I could easily change it. I also have an assortment of tire irons so I have the appropriate size to take my tire off. If you don’t know how to change a tire, it’s much easier to learn on a nice day when you can take your time and not stress in an emergency situation with horses loaded. 4. Pack a small emergency vet kit. I always have a small vet kit with me with a few necessities; eye care solution to flush debris, vet wrap, gauze, quilted leg wraps, antiseptic ointment, and antiinflammatory medications. You should also have a human one as well. Always be careful on any medications that are temperature sensitive. Always make sure to restock any items you use and check product expiration dates. As far as shoeing related items, I personally have my farrier kit with me all the time so I can go ahead and reset a shoe. If you are not handy with resetting a shoe, duct tape can be a temporary
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solution until your farrier arrives. 5. Keep a toolbox also on hand for minor repairs. Have a couple screwdrivers, wrenches, and channel locks just in case something minor needs repairing. One of the most important things in every toolbox is duct tape. You can fix the trailer with it, you can fix wiring with it, you can fix a blanket with it; you can fix almost anything. 6. Have safe trailer flooring. Be careful when trailering with a flat rubber floor without any shavings. The idea of putting shavings in the trailer is to make sure that that the horse doesn’t slip on soiled flooring. If you put horse manure and urine in a trailer it becomes very slippery. In my living quarters trailer with the flat rubber floor I always use shavings. In my the Big Bend trailer I don’t need to because it has cleated rubber flooring which prevents any type of slipping. That’s one of the reasons we love our Big Bend trailer because the flooring system will last a lifetime. It is also extremely important to check underneath your mats for any structural damage or rotted wood from time to time. Taking precautionary measures and having the correct tools of the trade when you’re hauling helps ensure a safe, successful trip. Taking the time to prepare in advance can save you hours down the road. Plan your trip wisely and your equine partner will thank you for it. Award-winning trainer/instructor/ clinician, Steve Lantvit, holds multiple World Champion and Reserve titles in Ranch Horse competitions. Steve believes in training versatile, well-rounded, capable horses and riders through confidence, mutual respect, and solid communication. He promotes versatility through cross-training and a variety of experiences to improve both performance and attitude in the show pen or out on the trail. Steve provides training, instruction, and conducts clinics year round at his facility in LaPorte, Ind., and other locations across the US. Steve’s knowledge and expertise is shared nationwide, on his TV show, ‘Steve Lantvit, Sure in the Saddle’ on RFD-TV, Thursdays at 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST. July 2018
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The Cowboy Perseverance Ranch
God’s Plan — Our Story by Rob and Tanya Corzatt Have you heard the saying “God doesn’t call the qualified, he qualifies the called?” That is certainly the case for us. Neither one of us is a preacher…. neither one of us is a public speaker….neither one of us is a published writer. However, both of us share a love for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and a love for horses. There are other very accomplished trainers, clinicians and horsemen and horsewomen already writing for this magazine. Although our family business, the Cowboy Perseverance Ranch, concentrates on foundational training for horses and riders, we aren’t going to tell you anything that those other writers haven’t already told you about training horses. We are going to tell you how blessed we are to own several of the most beautiful animals on the planet and how we incorporate scripture into each
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and every lesson we conduct at CPR. It is surprisingly easy for us to look around and see God in everything we have done to date and to see His hand in our future plans. More on that later.
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for the soul. So how did we end up as contributing authors in this magazine? Rob and I had the privilege of meeting Joe Coalter a few months ago at a local event called The Dirt Road to The Horse, a fundraising event held at Stockhands’ Horses for Healing in Delaware, Ohio. For the past couple of years, I have been able to work with their horses and occasionally their dependency groups. Tim and Lisa, the owners and operators of Stockhands, asked if I would facilitate Cowboy Church at the
Dirt Road to the Horse. Joe just happened to be the announcer for this year’s event. Rob and I were able to introduce ourselves to Joe prior to the start of church and discussed what we do at our barn. After the service, Joe asked Rob and I if we had a moment to talk with him. He graciously told us he loved and appreciated what we do and if we would prayerfully consider sharing spiritual articles with the Corral. When Rob and I prayerfully discussed it, we were sure this was something God wanted us to do and we would do it together. I’m sure you have heard the old saying “Hindsight is 20/20”! Rob and I believe hindsight is the ability to see the way in which the good Lord has directed us. CPR wasn’t a vision that we had at all at the beginning of our relationship. Today, as we look back, we are able to recognize the experiences we’ve had and see how God was preparing and equipping us for where we are today. As a young girl the Lord placed a passion in my heart for horses. I very much wanted to have one of my own, but what little girl doesn’t! My family situation wasn’t one that would allow for that desire to be a reality. Rob, however, was a country boy who grew up with horses. His family lived just outside of Leesburg on a small farm where they could have a few horses. Rob’s grandpa and dad grew up showing horses and roping calves and Rob and his brothers continued that tradition. He showed horses and roped calves at county fairs and local rodeos. After high school Rob hung up his ropes to pursue a college education at Ohio State. Rob and I met while he was in college. The first time Rob took me down to Leesburg to see where he grew up I was in heaven…HORSES! Getting on a horses’ back was something I took advantage of as much as Rob’s parents would let me. We didn’t have access to them where we lived in Columbus. When we would go down to visit, I felt like the little girl you would see on TV who would fold her hands together, delicately place them under her chin, bat her eyes while giving a sweet smile and ask, “May I ride please?” I didn’t really do that, but Rob and his dad would always graciously
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Tanya and Rob Corzatt go out and saddle up a horse for me when I asked to ride. I felt on top of the world! Both of them would give me little pointers on how to ride…MAN was I good! Not really! I was someone who really didn’t know what they were doing but thought I did. They let me do my thing on an incredible horse that knew how to take care of a green rider. Rob and I were married in 1988 and our first son Shea was born in 1990. Our second and third sons were born in 1993 when Shea was three years old. I was 24 weeks along before we found out we were having twins. Three weeks later they were born, three months premature. Camdon was 2lbs. 2oz and Casey was 1lb. 14oz. It was a very trying time because they had very serious medical issues. Camdon was born with Cerebral Palsy. He was affected from the waist down. When the boys were strong enough to come home we began a lot of therapy and had so many doctor appointments that I had no choice but to become a stay at home mom while Rob worked full time to support us. I had started a small photography business that allowed us to supplement our income. It was emotionally exhausting and financially draining for Rob and me both! At different points through these trials we both came to realize we needed Christ in our lives. God took something very difficult and helped us see Him. For many years Camdon took therapeutic riding lessons which proved to be very beneficial. His passion and riding skills grew with leaps and bounds and we became strongly convicted to find a piece of property that we could accommodate that passion. In 2002, we began to search for property that could support a couple horses. Our search took a couple years. I was starting to wonder if we were meant to make this move. In 2004, during a women’s
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Over 80 Riders for the May Ride; Join MTRA for August Ride PRESIDENT, Chuck Fanslow; 1st VICE PRESIDENT, Al Davis; SECRETARY, Kathleen Moss; TREASURER, Mindy Ellis; WEBSITE, www.mtra. org; EMAIL, mtra.office@gmail.com; PHONE, 989/723-1425
by Jan Wolfin The MTRA May and first June Rides are now wonderful memories. Eighty-plus riders took advantage of the new format for the May ride. They all seemed to love the stay-in-onecamp schedule. Our members brought their musical instruments so there was lots of singing and story telling around the nightly campfires. Sleeping in was on the schedule most mornings. Everyone took advantage of the beautiful trails to ride the distance of their choice to either start or continue their horse’s
conditioning program. Saturday night included a potluck dinner with a pig roast—yummy food and great company. The First June ride started with a potluck dinner. The left over pork from the pig roast was served as pulled pork sandwiches. The weather was worrisome on the arrival day, it was 90 degrees. A cold front went through during the night and all 80-plus riders were thrilled for the cool (sometimes cold) weather. One morning the temperature was 34 degrees when we were moving rigs, but the days were sunny and very comfortable in the high 70s. Fifty-three successful riders received trophies for making it all the way across the state. Ron Wolfin received his ‘50 Crossings’ trophy and belt buckle for completing his 50th trophy ride. These 50 crossings represent approximately 12,500 miles on horseback. If you add
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bible study our class wrote down our prayer requests for the week. I had written down that we needed wisdom about whether or not to move. A lady in our group came up to me and asked about my request. She shared with me that her request was for a buyer. She had 6.5 acres and a small barn. Wow! We felt God moving again so we went out to look at the property. It wasn’t something I had envisioned, it wasn’t my ‘dream home’. I didn’t care for it! Rob fell in love with the property. After a lot of prayer, the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and told me that it was more important to fulfill the family dream than build the dream home. So, we bought it. Right before we moved out to Sunbury, we met an incredible couple at our church. They were making names for themselves in the equine industry. I approached them to ask if they would possibly ever need photos for their business. Ironically, they needed to get some done for the backdrop of their booth. They were very happy with the images and we began a wonderful relationship that has been a blessing for both of our families. I have been able to photograph Jesse and Stacy Westfall for magazine articles, their website, blogs, Facebook, clinics etc. over the past 14 years. Apparently, they know July 2018
a thing or two about training horses, since they are also contributors to this magazine! Through this relationship God has continually equipped us for what he has called us to do. There is so much more to the Corzatt’s and Cowboy Perseverance Ranch’s story. However, we are out of space for this article. But let us leave you with this scripture from Paul in Hebrews 13:21…..“May the God of peace equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him,…” We hope that it will be abundantly evident in our future articles that God is the central focus of our lives and business. Until next month, may you be blessed on your ride!
up all the days it took to ride those miles, it equals 17 months of riding every day. Ron said he had ridden seven different horses on these 50 rides. Ron joins 11 other MTRA riders who have successfully made 50 crossings. Ron and all of MTRA extend a big ‘good luck’ to Diana Davis who will be making her 50th crossing on the second June Ride and to Barb Nickell and Terry Swearengin who will be making their 50th crossing in September. The Second June Ride is now underway and will reach Lake Huron on June 30. We wish you great weather and safe travels. MTRA’s next big event will be the August ride that begins Aug. 11 at Schecks Trail Camp
and will end Aug. 19 at Goose Creek Trail Camp. There will be five layover days on this ride and MTRA members Chris Rayner and Sherri Jacob have some great activities planned for these days. If you have your own river tube, be sure to bring it. Come ride with MTRA in the cool of the morning and play in the Boardman and Manistee Rivers in the heat of the afternoon. If you would like to join MTRA for our August, September or October rides, please check out our website at www.mtra.org or give the office a call at 989/7231425. Check out the new MTRA Apparel web store at www. mtrawebstore.com.
The Corzatt’s (Rob, Tanya and their son Camdon) own and operate the Cowboy Perseverance Ranch (CPR) in Sunbury, Ohio. CPR is a faith based operation and our mission is to build a strong foundation and relationship with our training horses and students. We are blessed to be able to provide western horsemanship lessons infused with biblical scripture to students of all ages. One student has described her time here as “CPR for the soul!” We invite you to visit our website at www. cpranch.wixsite.com/home or follow us on Facebook. HORSEMEN’S CORRAL
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Get Rewarded for Buying Your Favorite Supplements Introducing the Horse Care Loyalty Rewards Program for Farnam®, Vita Flex® and Horse Health™ Products Supplements If you’re like most horse owners, you have a few favorite equine supplements that you regularly feed to your horse. Now you can save money on those great supplements with the launch of the Horse Care Loyalty Rewards Program. For every five of an individual qualifying Farnam® or Horse Health™ Products equine supplement purchased, horse owners will receive the next one completely free! When purchasing the Vita Flex® Lactanase® packets, for every ten purchased, your next one is free! There’s a great selection of qualifying products to choose from in the Horse Care Loyalty Rewards Program! We’ve included some of our most popular equine supplements, plus two exciting recentlyreleased supplements specifically designed for senior horses. Be sure to pick-up the correct size! • NEW! Farnam® Senior Health & Wellness 3.75 lbs. bag • NEW! Farnam® Senior Active performance ASU (Avocado Soybean Unsaponifiables) 3.75 lbs. bag • Farnam® Horseshoer’s Secret® Extra Strength 3.75 lbs. bag • Farnam® Laser Sheen® Skin and Coat 3.75 lbs. bag • Farnam® Next Level® Performance • Farnam® SandClear™ 3 lbs. • Farnam® Weight Builder™ 8 lbs. • Horse Health™ Products Red Cell® Gallon • Horse Health™ Products Joint Combo™ Classic 3.75 lbs.
• Vita Flex® Lactanase® Packet (must purchase 10 to receive free product) GETTING REWARDED IS EASY Step 1: Purchase one of the qualifying supplements at your local retail store location or an online retailer. Step 2: Take a picture of the receipt using your smartphone or scan your receipt into your computer. Step 3: Register online for the Horse Care Loyalty Rewards Program at horsecareloyalty.com and upload the photo of your receipt. For maximum convenience, the Program, which is completely web-based, is accessible via computer, tablet or smartphone. Once a receipt has been submitted, you will receive
a confirmation email within 48 hours to notify you that your receipt was received. The Horse Care Loyalty Rewards Program will keep track of the number of supplements that have been purchased, so there’s no need to save receipts and upload all at once. As soon as you have purchased the qualifying amount of a supplement, you will receive an email notification that you have earned your free product. Horse owners can also earn multiple Horse Care Loyalty Rewards throughout the year when they meet the program requirements. The Horse Care Loyalty Rewards Program, launched May 1, 2018, is a practical way to show appreciation and thank loyal customers for their continued use of these highquality supplements they know and trust. To register or learn more about the Horse Care Loyalty Rewards Program, visit www. horsecareloyalty.com today! Farnam, Horse Health Products and Vita Flex are owned by parent distribution company Central Garden and Pet Company, which is based in Walnut Creek, Calif., and has over 4,000 employees across North America. Founded in 1946, Farnam Companies, Inc., has grown to become one of the most widely recognized names in the animal health products industry and has become one of the largest marketers of equine products in the country with products for fly control, deworming, hoof and leg care, grooming, wound treatment and leather care, plus nutritional supplements.
Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club
Beautiful Weather for the May Show PRESIDENT, Steven “Chunk” Watts; SECRETARY, Jean Yancer; TREASURER, Ashley Christian; WEBSITE, ashlandpaintandplain. com; EMAIL, paintandplaininfo@ yahoo.com
by Chesna Wertz Hi all! Wow, I can’t believe we are almost to the middle of June, as of this writing. We hope everyone is having a good show season so far. Pinto Worlds is just getting ready to start up, and we would like to wish all of our members ‘Good Luck’ and safe travels! We hope everyone accomplishes their goals and has great rides! 48
On May 26 and 27, we had our second show of the season, under judge Pat O’Brien. A big thank you to everyone who came out and showed with us! We had beautiful weather all weekend (it was actually warm at this show!), and tons of great horses. Listed below are our jackpot class winners: $100 SHOWMANSHIP: Illini Saige, Chesna Wertz. $500 W/T PLEASURE: To Be Reasoned With, Julie McDonnell. $100 W/T PLEASURE: Repeat Investor, Barb Lehman. $100 HUS: To Be Reasoned With, Julie McDonnell. $100 EQUITATION: A Vested Asset, Julie O’Conner. $100 HALTER: JR Kid Classic, Nikki Bailey. $500 W/T PLEASURE: Sensational Memories, Jeremy Scott. $100 W/T PLEASURE: Annie Lost Her Socks, Skyler Herrnstein.
Photo by Deborah Chandler Photography. $100 WESTERN PLEASURE: I’m Yours, Enos Keim. $100 HORSEMANSHIP: Mr Romeo, Sage Bourdess.
By the time you read this, we will have completed our third show of the season, under judge Steve Carter. That means we are down to our last show on Aug. 11-
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Photo by Deborah Chandler Photography. 12! It just seems like our season just started. Our judge for that weekend is Phil Harstine. We will also be naming our 2018 season High Point awards, and the Horse of The Year award, at this show. We hope to see you there! July 2018
JULY 3 Marion County Fair Marion, OH
JULY 16 Fayette County Fair Washington CH, OH
JULY 23 JULY 26 Porter County Fair Valparaiso, IN
Union County Fair Marysville, Ohio
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Auglaize County Fair, Wapakoneta, OH
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Richland County Fair, Mansfield, OH
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Muskingum County Fair, Zanesville, OH
OCTOBER 1 Coshocton County Agri Society Fair Coshocton, OH
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This Common Syndrome has Finally Been Properly Identified in Our Industry by Sarah Vas I take credit for this medical discovery. There is finally an acronym for a very common, very prevalent syndrome plaguing professional horse trainers since the first nutcase thought it a good idea to throw a leg over that thar’ beast. I apologize if I’m offending the family-friendly nature of our dearly loved publication but who are we kidding? Kids these days only read social media on the Internet, harrumph, harrumph, harrumph. So here it is. My selfdiagnosed stage of professional existence is now identified by this hard-earned affliction: Senior Horse Trainer Syndrome….and yes, I’m not only a member of the S.H.T.S. Club. I’m the president. I tried to research this topic using several search engine word combos but to no avail. The world wide web led me to pages about senior horse illnesses and
geriatric horse care as well as several spam-tastic sites with enticements of supplemental senior citizen health care and pharmacy discounts overseas. I can’t lie. I bookmarked a couple pages for later. One promised pretty enticing discounts at a couple local stores and the oil change place that does my dually! Don’t judge me. Frugality comes with age and wisdom! But I digress…It’s my professional duty to educate our industry about recognizing and respecting the symptoms and signs of the S.H.T.S. Your friendly neighborhood horse trainer has the S.H.T.S. if a very surly attitude precedes gruffly spouted rebuttals on the topic of his or her age. This symptom plays like a Yo’ Momma joke. Only the afflicted can complain about their own aging. Just nod and smile when mature trainers refer to colleagues or horses of the past, neither of
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which sound remotely familiar by name to anyone younger than 50. Avoid commenting on their tendency to fondly spin tales using words like, “the good ol’ days”, “back in the day”, or “when I was just starting out”. Loss of mobility is another very clear sign of the S.H.T.S. Be mindful not to openly gasp or gag at the sounds emitted by your trainer’s body, especially in the morning hours or late in the day. There will be lots of groaning, cracking, popping. If it’s quiet, you can almost taste the grisly crunching in their knees when they haul up from a chair or out from under a horse, unable to avoid the need to bend all the way over. Especially noticeable are gnarled knuckles, enlarged digits, and the pains of arthritis in the afflicted trainer’s hands. This very slow process is generally marked by significant injuries along their career history. Don’t be fooled. They’ve had half a lifetime slowly compensating for it. Standing long hours on the rail coaching riders triggers limping, gimping, and grimacing but when called on, they can deftly leap over that same rail when a rider falls off. This instinctual feat will cost them physically but they won’t hesitate. You’ll notice them slowly and mysteriously choosing to actually sit down once or twice during a horse show more frequently. Whether they prefer you look away or begrudgingly request help when getting up, be discrete about it either way. Any trainer suffering from the S.H.T.S. might unexpectedly slump down in coliseum seating, hat pulled down, head lolled to the side, audible snores whispering quietly. They can’t help this behavior but don’t allow it longer than twenty minutes or so. Beyond that and they wake up damn near paralyzed from such an awkward position. Ask me how I know! If it is time to leave, please don’t creep away quietly thinking it’s funny. Gently bump against your fearless leader. Shuffle your feet. Cough. Anything to rouse him or her without embarrassment is far more respectful than walking away, then pointing and chuckling from afar at your trainer alone, still crashed
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Sarah Vas out like a hobo in an otherwise empty section of seating hours later. It’s cruel. It’s mean. Tread lightly on this one. Trainers this old are masters at payback and they get to coach you. The hardest symptom to deal with since self-diagnosing my case of the S.H.T.S. isn’t physical. My biggest challenge has been a shift in attitude. An unsettling air of cynicism hovers under my patience, enthusiasm, and willingness to participate in horse activities I previously couldn’t live without. I drag through the weeks just wanting to be left alone to train my horses, enjoy uninterrupted plans for some free time, and occasionally eat a meal with my family before the sun goes down. Some days, I barely have to check my symptoms. Others, I wake up surlier than a bear coming out of hibernation. I’m hungry but haven’t seen a grocery store in weeks. I’m exhausted even though I never miss a chance to nap and routinely beg off to sleep earlier than a new born baby. I’m incredibly intolerant of ignorance, laziness, lack of responsibility, or behavior from any horse or human that should ‘know better’. I’m more likely to be brutally honest about a horse’s realistic abilities with its star-struck owner. I’m even crushing spirits and dreams by telling lesson students I haven’t got the time or patience to teach them if they aren’t going to practice between lessons. Is this the dirty underbelly of age, experience, and wisdom? Who have I become? I’ve discovered the up side of this new version of me. My aging chasse earns me a much-deserved
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Central Ohio Wagoneers
Back on the Trails for 2018 PRESIDENT, Don Boyd; VICE PRESIDENT, Marvin Hart; SECRETARY/TREASURER, Kathy Boyd. PHONE, 614/563-9627
by Kathy Boyd On May 18-20 several families gathered at the Hart’s family farm for the start of 2018 Wagon Train Ride season. We enjoyed the fellowship of old friends and met and welcomed two new families into our membership. Saturday was occasionally rainy on our ride, but Sunday cleared up to be a nice day for the wagon train. Saturday, we drove and some
rode around 16 miles stopping for lunch at Ed Hetrick’s farm. For part of Saturday evening it poured down rain so the potluck and meeting were moved into a barn. After the meeting, we surprised Ed with a cake and card to celebrate his upcoming 84th birthday. Sunday morning was cloudy so
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pass on some of the heavy lifting. I now supervise the hay-stacking youngsters guilt-free instead of stubbornly and deftly outworking them all! It was that abuse of youthful energy that led me into this physical demise anyway! I’ve paid my dues, earned Wise
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we ‘hit the trail’ and went back out on back country roads for another day of driving and riding around 12 miles. We stopped for lunch at the Candle Wood Lake Country Store parking lot area. Many of us went in the store to purchase and enjoy ice cream. The June Wagon Train Ride
was June 15-17 at Ed Hetrick’s farm near Edison. The July Wagon Train Ride was near Mt. Vernon on July 13-15. We’d love to see new faces join us on our rides. If you have questions, please contact Don Boyd at 614/563-9627 or Kathy Boyd at 614/563-4452.
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Farrier Friendly
Let’s Hit the Road: Carriage and Roadster Horses (Part 1) by Bryan S. Farcus, MA, CJF
The desire to drive…
Long before there was the desire to establish a society of driving or ‘hitching’ equine, there was an ancient, 17th century BC, people called the Hyksos. This was a title given to 15th dynasty Asiatic rulers who traversed the landscape of the eastern region of the Nile Delta and Middle Egypt. Their preferred mode of transportation? A chariot. Anthropological evidence of chariot burial sites suggests that horses may have been driven much earlier, cira 2000 B.C. Various types of hitching devices, including yokes and wheeled cart axles, were among the discoveries. As for the material used for horse shoes, everything from woven reed, leather patches and hipposandals (primitive iron tread plates) were in common use. Over the centuries, there has been a titanic shift in the types of material available and the methods of application.
The right shoe for the right job…
If you’ve ever tried to do an activity or job in the wrong footwear you can appreciate how difficult it can be. Obviously, comfort is the key to achieving maximum performance. In our situation, it’s relatively easy to go to your local department store and find shoes that are clearly labeled for your convenience. However, when we are in the
situation to make a similar choice for our horse’s footwear it can become a bit more complicated. One of the most confusing categories of performance shoes for horses is footwear for road work. If you are planning on your horse performing such work for pleasure-show driving, sportracing, or utility-draft work, each will require a specific shoe style. However, the trimming approach should always remain true to each horses’ individual conformation. Any attempt to manipulate the horse’s hoof-topastern axis alignment or his overall hoof balance, simply to gain a short-term performance advantage has proven to be too risky for his long-term soundness. Such notions as the longer the toe, the better he’ll reach or the highest heel creates better traction will only result in brief success at best. For the remainder of this discussion, let’s focus on the typical shoes that are used and narrow it to the two most popular: Carriage and Roadster types. Most often, what people can recognize or may have experienced is the use of carriage horses for a tour of their favorite city park or perhaps, sharing the roadways with a horsedrawn Amish buggy. Despite
the difference in styles, the shoeing of each horse is more similar than you may think. The footwear, for both, must provide the horse with maximum comfort and provide appropriate traction to protect against slip injuries on wet surfaces. Roadster horses, on the other hand, arose from an era when drivers desired a flashier image and had a need for more speed. Roadsters were considered the sports cars of their day. Not only was horse shoeing for traction a priority, but fitting shoes to facilitate maximum speed was also expected. Unlike full-fledged harness race horses, Roadsters were expected to travel at higher speeds for longer distances, for a longer period of time and were often relied upon to get to a destination, safely and soundly. Fortunately, we now have other modes of transportation to satisfy those needs. Thereby, allowing our Roadsters to perform exclusively in the show ring. They are typically shown in three speeds: jog, road gait ,and trot-at-speed.
Some standard features…
Traditionally, shoes for carriage horses are designed with a wider web (foot surface area) for more hoof wall support with a fullered (grooved) ground surface for better grip. This combination provides the most comfort/support for the horse, when traveling on harder surfaces, while pulling a load. Also, hoof pads may be added between the hoof and shoe
to provide additional cushion to maintain soundness. As for the Roadster horse, their shoes can have some of the same features, but they are specifically built for enhanced traction capabilities, without sacrificing the ability to go at speeds that can reach 30mph (48kph). Roadster shoes will often have the added feature of heel calks (extended, fold-down ends) to provide appropriate traction for the hinds.
Whether it be work or play…
As our desire to drive our horse’s, recreationally, becomes more popular, it’s important to realize that this brings with it a form of shoeing that will require a specialty farrier. The best results will only come from those whom are committed to creating and applying the best shoes possible, so that the horse will be able to perform to his highest potential possible. REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: • The Principles of Horseshoeing (P3), Doug Butler & Jacob Butler. • www.butlerprofessionalfarrierschool.com • www.americandrivingsociety.org • www.americanroadhorsepony.com
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Buckeye Horse Park
Twilight Jumpers 2018 Event Cancelled PRESIDENT, Sally Kish; VICE PRESIDENT, Susan Smith-Gordan; SECRETARY, Amy Klingensmith; TREASURER, Cathy Romack. WEBSITE, www.buckeyhorsepark.org
by Sally Kish Here is a panoramic view of Buckeye Horse Park. I thought it was a cool picture and wanted to share it with everyone. Due to unforeseen circumstances, and multiple scheduling conflicts, the Twilight Jumpers 2018 event is cancelled. There will be a special Chinese 52
Auction at the double point BHP Hunter Show III, on Sept. 8— proceeds go to CANTER Ohio. Special guests will be CANTER representatives. Help us to support this worthy cause, by donating an item, or service, and by purchasing auction tickets. Thank you all for understanding. July 22 will be the BHP Ranch Horse Show. The Trail Challenge will be a part of this show plus classes that will interest everyone. Hope to see you there! August 11 is the next BHP Hunter Show. Lew Trumble and Halli Hult Bidwell are the judges. The west ring begins at 8 a.m. and the main ring at 9
Panoramic view of Buckeye Horse Park. a.m. You can still qualify for year-end awards. You must be a member of Buckeye Horse Park and you must show in at least two Buckeye shows. Nominate your horse and rider. The points from the two Hunter shows sponsored by Up & Over also count towards year-end awards. For showbills go to our website, www.buckeyehorsepark.org. August 18 is the second IMTCA Trail Obstacle Show. This is a qualifying show for the Regional
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Finals, so you don’t want to miss this event. You can find more information on our website. One benefit of building the obstacle course is that whenever trail riders, 4-H, Pony Club members come to the park, they ride the trails and almost always play on the obstacle course before they leave. Lots of horse lovers are enjoying the course. That makes all of us at the Park very happy. July 2018
Dusty Boots Riding Club
Saying Goodbye PRESIDENT, Holly Carr; 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Jason Brown; TREASURER, Donna Rohrer; SECRETARY, Deb Koffel; EMAIL, dustyboots@dustybootsridingclub.com WEBSITE, www. dustybootsridingclub.com
by Holly Carr It is with a heavy heart that we said goodbye to two very wellknown people in the horse world. Deborah Jean Koffel, age 65, of Southington, passed away peacefully at her home on Friday, May 18, 2018. Deb, or ‘Grandma Bootsie’ as she was affectionately known, was an advocate to many adults and even more so to the youth. She strived to help the youth follow their dreams and passion of horses. She was always on the sidelines, when not showing herself, cheering everyone on. Deb was very active with Dusty Boots and NOQHA, along with many other organizations. She leaves behind to cherish her memory and carry on her legacy, her daughter Dawn Koffel Allison (Brian);
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son JD Koffel (Ashley); two beautiful grandchildren Haely and Savannah; her dog Trixie and cat Bella. She was preceded in death by her husband Glen and stepson Michael. She was laid to rest at Newton Falls Cemetery where she joined her husband. Tom (Thomas William) Brewster, also known as ‘TB,’ 76, of Madison, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 31, 2018, surrounded by his family. Tom was born on Aug. 3, 1942 and lived in Madison most of his life. To sum it up, Tom loved big and he loved true. He is survived by his wife, Kim Brewster; sister, Judith Brewster; son Richard Wilson and his wife Tonya; horse show daughter, Carrie Morrison and granddaughter, Paisley, who referred to him as ‘Gampa.’ Tom was preceded in death by his parents, William and Helen Brewster. Tom was an avid dog lover who had many dogs through the years. Most people can remember Tom leaving his truck run at the horse shows so his dogs could enjoy the air conditioning on a hot summer day. I am sure his dog companions such as Honey, Baby, Punky, Cruiser,
Harley, and Madison are happy to be reunited with him. Dog, Tom’s most recent companion will greatly miss him and the endless time they spent together these last couple years. Tom was a dedicated horseman, he received his first training horse in 1961. He began his horse career as a member of the Lucky Horseshoes 4-H Club. He touched several lives and will be greatly missed in the horse community. Tom’s infamous gruff personality surrounded his forgiving and kind heart. He was a demanding coach that knew how to get the most out of each of his students. A few of Tom’s most successful and favorite horses include Two Bits, GM Elegant Mac, Along Came James, Boppin N Black, A Fancy Hotrodder, Outlaws Payday, and Finders Keepers. Tom was
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known for his ‘stylish’ trucks and his unique choice in clothing and shoes. If he wasn’t wearing his classic white T-shirt and starched jeans, he was probably sporting a bright color, for example orange cowboy boots or different colored shoe laces. Most people probably didn’t know that Tom played the piano, served in the Military, spent a few winters in Florida where he fell in love with Sharkey’s, and enjoyed riding his Ultra Classic Harley Davidson. Our deepest sympathies go out to the families of these great horse people, may they rest in peace and forever ride high in the sky. NEOHA show schedule: May 18-20, July 4, July 15, Aug. 3-5, Aug. 26, Sept. 9. Please check flyers on our website for locations and special classes.
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The Way of Horses
Hay Before Grain?
by Eleanor Blazer It’s feeding time and the horses know it. Feed buckets are rattling; there are nickers and the banging of hooves against gates. In most stables the concentrate or ‘grain’ is given first to satisfy the immediate need and calm the stable. Even if hay is given simultaneously the concentrate will be eaten first. But is that wise? First we need to understand some basic facts regarding the equine digestive system. Horses are designed to utilize forage; they are animals that graze— requiring a constant trickle of long-stem fiber moving through the digestive system. The chewing of forage produces saliva which helps buffer the production of acid in the stomach. A horse with access
to adequate amounts of forage will produce five to ten gallons of saliva a day. The more he chews the more buffering agent he introduces into the stomach. The bulky mixture of forage and saliva helps protect the delicate lining of the upper stomach region from the acid. Without this protection gastric ulcers can form. Studies have shown lesions can occur in less than 12 hours if stomach acid is not kept at bay. In order to get the protection long-stem fiber and saliva provides against ulcers, an adequate amount of forage must be fed at least an hour before the grain or concentrate portion of the meal. Tossing in a flake of hay and then feeding grain 10 minutes later is not going to be of any benefit. Plus the horse will probably not eat the hay as he knows the grain is coming in a few minutes. After the feed leaves the stomach it enters the small intestine. This is where starch, complex sugars, protein from the grain portion of the diet, fat, fatsoluble vitamins (A, D, and E),
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and most minerals are utilized… and then it is on to the large intestine where the remaining material enters the cecum. The cecum is a fermentation vat. Within the cecum are microbes and bacteria that aid in the digestion of cellulose and fiber. If excessive amounts of starch and complex sugars reach the cecum (instead of being utilized in the small intestine) a condition known as cecal acidosis can occur. The starch and sugar accelerates the fermentation process leading to a high acidic level. The acid kills the beneficial bacteria and microbes which creates a toxic environment— resulting in diarrhea, colic and possibly laminitis. We do not want this to happen. Feeding high starch grain or concentrates on an empty stomach will allow it to move through the equine digestive system quickly —possibly reaching the cecum before becoming fully digested in the small intestine. The presence of fiber (forage) will slow this movement. Management and choice of feed can lessen the chances of horses developing gastric ulcers or cecal acidosis…or both. In a perfect world our horses would be allowed to roam and graze as nature intended. But few domestic horses have that option. The alternative is to allow plenty of turn-out time with access to free-choice long-stem forage (hay) and offer a low-starch concentrate that provides the nutrients that are lacking in the forage. Feeding schedules should be small frequent meals in a 24hour period, instead of two large meals—morning and late afternoon. Many stables feed the
Eleanor Blazer and My Kustom Kruzer evening meal around 5 p.m. and the next meal not until morning. This guarantees an empty stomach and digestive tract by breakfast unless an adequate amount of forage was provided the evening before. The use of slow hay feeders or nets can assist in making the forage meal last longer. Purchase one of the low-starch feed formulas on the market. These products are nutritionally balanced and are safer than high grain mixes. Find a product designed for the age, health and activity level of your horse, then feed according to the directions…this means feed by the pound—not by the scoop. Every feed room should have a scale, and remember to make all feed changes gradually when introducing a new feed. Horses are creatures of habit. They also have very sensitive digestive systems. It is our responsibility to ensure they are fed in the healthiest manner possible. Earn a Bachelor of Science Degree in Equine Studies or certification as a Professional Horse Trainer or Riding Instructor. Start your new career as a riding instructor, horse trainer, or stable manager. All courses are online. Visit www.horsecoursesonline.com for information.
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July 2018
Great Lakes Appaloosa Club
Entries From Surrounding States Help Make Quad A Rama Show Successful PRESIDENT, Todd Michael; VICE PRESIDENT, Patty McCartin; TREASURER, Patty Nye; SECRETARY, Melanie Dzek; CLUB WEBSITE, www.GLApHC.com
by Chuck Schroeder Hello everyone! The Quad A Rama show was held on May 19 and 20 at the University of Findlay’s Western Horse Farm. Thanks to Todd Michael, our show manager, for managing a well run show. Thanks also to the members who volunteered their help especially Patty Nye, the Vancauwenberghs and Rusty Miller. The Hi Point exhibitors were very thankful for the very nice awards that were given. Thanks to all the sponsors who helped make these awards possible. Entries came from all the surrounding states. We also had entries from Kentucky, West Virginia and New York. Thanks also to Jake Bowman, the farm
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manager, who was always there when needed. A special presentation of our annual scholarship was given during the show to Ally Brown from Norwalk, Ohio. She has been a member for eight years and has won many year-end awards and championships in multiple events at the regional and National levels. Ally was valedictorian of her graduation class and will be attending the University of Dayton. Congratulations! Here is a list of our Hi Point winners and sponsors. SPONSORS Western Rustique, Heck of a Lope Tack and Show Equipment, Equine Marketing, LLC, Sundance Show Pads, Royal Wire Products, Inc., Paradise Leather, Schneider Saddlery Co., Inc. DINNER SPONSORS: Todd Michael and Virginia Williams. CLASS SPONSORS: Breyer Horse, Jakovich Marketing, Hunt Fronts, Best Impressions Show Clothing. DRAWING SPONSORS: Showing Style, 3 D Trucking/Deb Follett. MONEY SPONSORS: Rusty Miller, Patty McCartin, The Vancauwenberghs,
Edwards Training Center, Patty Nye/ Rocky Pines Farm, Tracy Ebraheim, Greves Equine Center, The Ally Brown Family, Holly and Ray Anderson, Sue Scobee, Judy Leister, Kessler Stables. HI-POINT/RESERVE WINNERS ALL AROUND YOUTH: C-Ally Brown, R-Gabby Rowan. ALL AROUND NON-PRO: C-Winter Scheer, R-Michele Baker. GAME HORSE: C-Jeff Lankford, RLori Petersen. RANCH HORSE: C-Doreen Cawley, R-Jeff Spitzer. WESTERN HORSE: C-Jessica Knoll, R-Heather Kessel. ENGLISH HORSE: C-Mariah Peake, R-Wendy Fleming.
YOUTH HI-POINT/RESERVE WINNERS 14-18: C-Ally Brown, R-Gabby Rowan. 13-UNDER: C-Olivia Lott, R-Non. NOVICE: C-Ellie Haist, R-Olivia Lott. WALK-TROT: C-Estelle McParlan, R-Aubrie Adams. NON-PRO HI-POINT/RESERVE WINNERS NON-PRO: C-Winter Scheer, R-Taylor Pearson. LIMITED/35 & OVER: C-Heather Kessel, R-Holly Anderson. MASTERS/50 & OVER: C-Julie Townsend, R-Rebecca Scott. NOVICE: C-Michele Baker, R-Mandy Pace. GAMES: C- Lori Peterson, R-Jeff Lankford.
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Ohio Paint Horse Club
Labor Day Weekend — Buckeye Bonanza POR PRESIDENT, Mike Schwendeman; VICE PRESIDENT, Tim Snapp; TREASURER, Roxann Rohrl; SECRETARY, Holly Ebelberger; EMAIL, r_paints@msn. com; WEBSITE, www.ophc.org
by Roxann Rohrl Every month in the Horsemen’s Corral gives me much pleasure saying “Hi” to each of our members and friends out there in Corral land. 2018 has been a great year for the Ohio Paint Horse Club. Our membership is growing by leaps and bounds. Many of you will start receiving the Corral for the July issue. Lots of new things going on, so let us get started. I will start with wishing all of our members and friends a great Pinto World show and APHA Youth World show. That show is really wonderful for our Youth of today. It offers so many many things to exceed in. There are many fun things going on each day. Have a safe trip going and coming back home with all those prestigious world awards and scholarships! What is coming up first in Ohio? The OPHC Amateur Club is having their Paint Show at Madison County Fairgrounds, London, Ohio on Aug. 11 and 12. This is a new show location for us. We just completed the Ohio Michigan Partnership Scholarship Show there and we were sure welcomed with the fine stalls, the footing was so very light and fluffy and a big make up ring with another work area. Everyone seemed to find electric and water. Three barns, Equine 1, Equine 2 and the Jackson were used. If you missed that please place the Aug. 11 and 12 on your must do list. Sue Johnson (suejohnson@embarqmail.com or 740/924-2305) will be taking your stall requests, these are not prepaid stalls. If you decide at the last minute to come and show with us...come on, let the office or Sue know you are there. All Paints and Solid Paint Breds are invited. Classes are available for Youth and Amateur Walk Trot, Novice Youth, Youth, Novice Amateur, Amateur, Open and SPB categories. If you need an APHA membership vard for any of the categories they are available at the entry booth. OPHC membership cards also available if you plan on going for 56
Ohio Hi Points or those really nice year-end awards. Sandi Vondenhuevel will welcome you as the show manager. They will have two judges each day with Hi Points and with moderate show fees. Are you available to work gates for a few hours or help with the show? We are always looking for those special volunteers. How about winning a Harris Work Saddle? You know you would love one! The Amateur Club is having a raffle for a 16” Harris Work Saddle. The tickets are $10 each and the winning ticket will be drawn at the Buckeye Bonanza POR held at the World Equestrian Center, starting at 4 p.m. Friday evening, Aug. 31, Sept. 1 and 2. You do not need to be present to win. Get a ticket from any OPHC amateur member. Where will you be Labor Day Weekend? Hopefully you will be at the Buckeye Bonanza POR which will be held at The World Equestrian Center, Wilmington, Ohio. The show starts on Friday evening with one of the ‘Lucky 7 Sweepstakes’ classes. Open, All Breed, $1000 Added Trail Classes will start at 4 p.m. Aug. 31. You all asked for someplace to show to win some money; we have it for you! Trail pattern will be set up all day Friday for your practice session. The remainder of APHA trail classes will follow that evening. The Other six ‘Lucky 7’ classes will be: $1000 Added Non-Pro Halter (any age, any sex, any breed) Open, All Breed. How about $500 Added, ‘Lucky 7’, Hunter Under Saddle Class (any age, any breed). How about $500.00 Added, ‘Lucky 7’ Non-Pro Hunter Under Saddle (any age, any breed). How about $1000 Added ‘Lucky 7’ Western Pleasure (any age, any breed). How about $500 Added ‘Lucky 7’ Non-Pro Western Pleasure (any age, any breed). How about $500 added ‘Lucky 7’ Non-Pro Walk Trot Pleasure (English or Western, any age, any breed) These other six ‘Lucky Seven’ classes will be held with Saturday and Sunday showbill. Along with these classes are the Premier Paint Sires Futurity Classes. There are other money classes, the Stallion Service Auction Futurity classes for eligible 2018 weanlings, 2017 yearlings and 2016 two-year-old Hunter Under saddle class and two-Year-Old western pleasure class. Contact Tina Eller for eligible entries in the SSA Futurity. Tina can
be reached at 937/303-3632 or ellersheating@hotmail.com. September 1 will show halter, western riding, reining/gaming along with ‘Lucky 7’ sweepstakes classes. Sunday, Sept. 2 will show hunter under saddle/equitation, western pleasure/horsemanship/ ranch classes. Camping is limited, reserve early with a $90 check mailed to Roxann Rohrl, 11972 Robson Road, Grafton, Ohio 44044. All stall reservations are prepaid $100 on or before Aug. 15. After Aug. 15 stalls are $110. Checks will not be deposited until after the show. All horses must have stalls. For more information contact show manager Tim Snapp, 937/308-1611, tsnapper1@yahoo. com. Co-manager is Roxann Rohrl, 440/458-5022 or 440/2817675, r_paints@msn.com. Ashley Delong is the secretary, 765/6679447, a_ddelong09@yahoo.com. Make your preshow entries with Ashley or visit the website, www. ophc.org. Check out our OPHC Facebook! The Ohio Michigan Partnership Scholarship Show held at Madison County Fairgrounds, London, Ohio, on June 2 and 3 was a really nice show. Our great friends from Michigan came down and joined us, brought their Paint Horses and workers for ring, gate, etc. Many of the Paint Horse owners around the London area joined us and became members. Everyone seemed to enjoy the grounds, and the announcer who kept the exhibitors happy. All announcements plus music were broadcasted on the radio. We welcomed Brandt Barlett to our show plus he will be announcing at the Buckeye Bonanza POR show. The carry in was a very successful buffet of different dishes, Roger Taylor supplied hot dogs, sloppy joes, buns, water, along with other dishes. The Youth Club had a lot of games and fun for all. Great camaraderie! Lots of nice give aways drawn from most classes. Eight Youth signed up with the: ‘Yes I want to Win a Scholarship’. Each wrote out why and future plans and dreams. The event was held at the Sunday noon break. Each one came to the mic and told about themselves and their future dreams. For the Michigan Scholarship the name of Ethan Jones of Danille, Mich. He was 12 years old and his horses name is Good Night For Cuervo. He is hoping to attend the APHA Youth World show with his
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horse in two years and he says that is really expensive and these funds will help him. The Ohio Scholarship was drawn and went to Eli Wolfe from Wellington, Ohio. He is 15 years old and his horses name is Im Fellin It aka Franklin. Franklin and he have been working together for a couple of months and I am so excited on the progress they have made together. Eli was born with a speech delay; his Grandma took him out to my uncle’s barn when he was 3 years old and he had an immediate connection and love for horses. Since that day his parents and grandparents, have helped him have the opportunity to own a horse and spend countless hours working and training at the barn where he feels at home. He helps feed, handle horses and do chores as needed. He has participated in IEA and YEDA. He is going to be a sophomore at Keystone High School and is taking college prep courses. He wants to attend a college that has an equestrian program where he can continue to work on western disciplines and pursue a career in business. What a great group of youths, the two clubs are already thinking of next years preparations. Jennifer Boggs has photographs on her Facebook of Saturday’s show. I will try to get them on our website or look her up, you might be in the pictures. The Hi Points for this show were: Open: Caitlin Gordon; Nov Am; Caitlin Gordon; Amateur: Danielle McDermott; Amat W/T went to Diane Kliemchen; Novice Youth: Mary Beth Troy, Youth: Mary Beth Troy. Youth W/T: Hannah Truex. Congratulations to these Michigan, Ohio, Indiana winners! Watch Facebook, President Schwendeman will soon be naming the 2019 Nominating Committee. If you are interested in running for the office of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, along with three directors get with the nominating committee. July 2018
Tri-County Trail Association
Annual Chicken BBQ and Away Ride Scheduled in July
by Cindy Krumm
John won last year riding a POA that was blind in one eye. This year he earned his buckle riding a completely blind mare! The winner of High Point for both the adult division and also the open division was Mary Johnson! Mary entered multiple classes and left for home carrying a slew of ribbons to go with those two buckles!
Wow, the year is already half over! That seems hard to believe. We have been busy at Tri-Co so far this year. We just completed our 11th Annual Trail Challenge and despite the ‘not-so-nice’ weather, we had a great turnout and all seemed to enjoy themselves. The High Point Youth rider was, for the second year in a row, John Stein.
July promises to also be a busy month for Tri-Co. On July 14 we will host our second annual chicken barbeque. The barbeque is from 3-7 p.m., bring your horses and ride in the morning or early afternoon and come back to camp to the sweet smell of many chickens roasting on the spit. The dinner includes ½ a chicken, your choice of sides
PRESIDENT, Jim Mike; VICE PRESIDENT, Leroy Wilson; SECRETARY, Amy Crawford; TREASURER, Chuck Stephens EMAIL, ckrumm1958@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.tri-cotrails.com
Colorado Ranger Horse Association
What’s a Colorado Ranger Horse Anyway? PRESIDENT, Toni Lukavich; 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Charmaine Wulff; SECRETARY, Barbara Summerson; TREASURER, Jane Montgomery. WEBSITE, www.coloradoranger.com EMAIL, riderangerhorse@yahoo.com
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Mary Johnson took home both the Adult High Point Buckle and also the Open Division High Point Buckle.
(baked beans, macaroni salad or cole slaw,) roll and drink for only $10 each. And, for dessert, you can purchase some goodies from a local 4-H club that will be running a bake sale. Of course you are welcome to camp over before or after the barbeque ($5/horse per night grounds fee donation appreciated). Be sure to bring food for your other meals as this is the only meal the club will serve on this weekend. Also, if you like, you can join Tri-Co members for an away ride at the AEP/Fallon Park horse
camp the weekend of July 27-29. This is a no charge weekend and you are responsible for your own camping fees and food. There are plans for a potluck dinner on Saturday evening. If you want to get more details about this weekend, please reach out to Anjanelle at 330/206-1469. Please follow us on Facebook or go to our website at www. tri-cotrails.com for up-to-date information about our upcoming events. We hope to see you on the trails—Tri-Co Trails, that is!
Animal Bedding/Sawdust
by Monica Doddato A Colorado Ranger Horse or ‘Rangerbred’ as they are often called are horses that can be registered with the Colorado Ranger Horse Association (CRHA). The CRHA has been in existence since 1935 making it one of the oldest breed registries remaining in the United States today. All of the horses in the registry can trace their pedigree to one of the two founding stallions and must be of approved outcrosses. Those two stallions are Max and Patches. While CRHA is a bloodline registry, many Rangerbreds have Appaloosa markings. The CRHA offers free pedigree checks to determine if your horse is eligible for CRHA registration, and with a one in eight chance, why not complete that form today? It can be found on the website at www.coloradoranger. com. Also available on the site is a list of Appaloosa Horse Club Hall of Fame, Gold Medallion and
Eleven-year-old John Stein, riding a totally blind mare, won the Youth High Point Trophy Belt Buckle.
BLAST FROM THE PAST: Barbara Summerson with Miss Codex as a yearling filly at the 6th CRHA National Show held in Burbank, Ohio. Her pedigree can be traced back to both Max and Patches. World’s Best Appaloosas that are all CRHA bloodlines; information on programs offered; and more information on the history of this great breed. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend CRHA’s upcoming open and breed shows. The 45th National Show on Sept. 15 and 16 in Lock Haven, Pa., and Friday evening open game shows will be on July 20 and Sept. 28 at the Mercer County 4-H Park in Mercer, Pa. Showbills and information for all the shows the association hosts can be found on the website.
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If You Dream It, You Can Do It
Hunting For Success in the Ribbons in Hunt Seat Equitation by Jennifer Moshier And so the heat of summer is in its glory, I’m picturing riders reluctantly donning their dark hunt coats for the ever popular equitation class. Like that coat, this class is filled with tradition, which has really stayed the test of time over the last 100 years. From the conservative colored jacket to a beautifully braided horse, from a beautifully ridden extended sitting trot to spit polished boots and tack, this class is truly about communication, effectiveness, team work and presentation all in one package. We also can’t forget that as exhibitors, we as judges are looking at you with the potential to move into a ring full of fences and jump a course. That said, I’m going to cover the ‘do’s and dont’s’ that I often see in hunt seat equitation and, how to improve your riding, thus improving your score and most likely, placing. The turn out of the horse is
equally important as yours. He should be neat and clean, as well groomed as he would be in showmanship classes. Don’t forget fly spray and some hoof polish or oil. If you braid,
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feel showing a slight bit of cuff of the show shirt at the jacket cuff is a finished and professional look, but it is not required at the local levels like the county fairs and open shows. If it is brutally hot and you wear a dickie, be prepared to wear your coat should the judge excuse jackets! Gloves are absolutely a must, they should be black, fit well and give you a good feel of the horse. I highly advise you practice at home in your gloves and boots, for that reason. If you are a Hunt seat equitation position youth rider wearing jodhpurs and paddock boots, you remember that the mane may be braided without must wear garter straps just the tail, but, if you braid below the knee. It is technically the tail you must braid a disqualification if you do the mane. Never band the not wear them. Half chaps are mane and braid the tail, allowed by some organizations, as this is considered mixing of make sure to check your rule seats. You may band if you wish book if you wish to use them. at the local shows if you show They should be black leather and western as well, but it’s highly blend so well that they appear recommended you braid for the to be field or dress boots at a larger shows and a must at the distance. If you have long hair, it rated and breed shows. If you should be up under your helmet choose to braid yourself, practice or, in a tight, high bun. Younger practice practice! It is better to go youth riders may sport pigtails banded or natural than do a poor with ribbon if they wish and is job that looks rushed and messy. the usual. All riders should wear DO enter the ring with clean, a hair net to maintain that neat well fitted tack. A percentage of and tidy look. DO ride with contact. It is your score is based on turn out in equitation classes. You also expected that your horse be show respect for yourself, and collected and ‘on your aids.’ the judge, by coming through the Again we expect pace and feel to gate neat and tidy. Keepers in mimic what you would present on place, stirrups and bits shining. a course. That said, you should A white, well fitted saddle pad. never have a drape in your rein. Based on where you compete I don’t know anyone who would (USEF, Fine Breeds or Stock canter to a fence on a drape. Breeds) you will either use Judges penalize this as a loss of a square pad with numbers connection, we do not reward it attached to both sides or, a as degree of difficulty. Be sure contour pad with your number on you are not gripping the reins, yet your back. Pads should always your hands are closed and cupping be white, never a schooling color the rein. You will be amazed the such as black, green or navy. If reaction you will get from your you are an Ohio 4-H member horse simply by squeezing the trying out for state through PAS reins, or one or the other. DO remember the classic competition, turn out is worth 10 points maximum. Why miss position that is always rewarded. qualifying by a point or two not That being a straight line getting that ‘10’ for appointments from elbow to bit and, from the shoulder through the hip and turn out? DO dress appropriately with to the ankle bone. I often see well fitted, neat and workmanlike riders with their hands way too attire. Your boots should shine low, thus breaking that line of from top to bottom, that last communication. This also often minute wipe down by mom brings their center of gravity or dad or your trainer makes too far forward and thus puts a world of difference in terms their horse on its forehand and, of impression. As judges, we out of balance. Remember that
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Ohio Arabian & All-Breed Trail Riding Society
Ride Results From March 2 Through June 2 PRESIDENT, Mollie Krumlaw-Smith; VICE PRESIDENT, Mickie Newnam; SECRETARY, Maureen Fehrs, DVM; TREASURER, Bill Cameron; EMAIL, mkrumlaw@webcincy.com; WEBSITE, www.oaats.org
55 MILES: 21 finished out of 26. 21st Kellie Moore-Fryman and Praise March 16, 2018: 25 MILES: 37 finished out of 41. 23rd Karri WilsonBruskotter and Noodle; 36th Joann Dible and Jupiter. March 17, 2018: 25 MILES: 26 finished out of 29. 13th Karri WilsonBruskotter and Noodle; 23rd Joann Dible and Jupiter.
by Tina S. Ponder
HOOTENANNY March 20, 2018: 50 MILES: 3rd Karri Wilson-Bruskotter and Noodle. March 21, 2018: 50 MILES: 10 finished out of 15. 10th Karri WilsonBruskotter and Edgar.
It’s been a while since I have written up any ride results. Thank goodness for AERC.org and their ride information or I wouldn’t know half of what’s going on! No matter if we top 10’d or RO’d, I would like to congratulate all of our riders who competed so far this year. Enduring the rain, braving the heat, the humidity, the aches and pains we put our bodies through, and not to mention the worrying we do for our ponies, each and every one of us are winners! Here is a quick rundown of this year’s ride results that I know of: FITS March 2, 2018: 25 MILES: 11finished out of 12. 8th Karri Wilson-Bruskotter and Noodle. YELLOWHAMMER March 15, 2018: 30 MILES: 33 finished out of 33. 25th Joann Dible and Jupiter.
WHITE RIVER SPRING RIDE May 5, 2018: 25 MILES: 18 finished out of 20. 4th Cheryl Fenton and Belesemo Odyssey; 7th Don Fehrs and Player’s Choice; 14th Mary Mast and Synnonym; 15th Amy Yatsko and Meritage MHF. 50 MILES: 10 finished out of 12. 3rd Kellie Moore-Fryman and Praise; 8th Noelle Snyder and Jordan. May 6, 2018: 25 MILES: 8 finished out of 9. 6th Mary Mast and Indigo Spirit. 50 MILES: 3 finished out of 4. 3rd Kellie Moore-Fryman and Praise DBDR INDY RUN May 18, 2018: 30 MILES: 12 finished out of 18. 3rd Cheryl Fenton and Belesemo; 10th Tina Ponder and Rio. 50 MILES: 9 finished out of 12. 9th Karri Wilson-Bruskotter and Edgar. May 19, 2018: 30 MILES: 16 finished out of 17. 4th Robert Plummer and Heart; 8th Jinnifer Plummer and Dozer.
A boy with his horse and his new best friend! 50 MILES: 8 finished out of 12. 4th Karri Wilson-Bruskotter and Edgar. INTRO RIDE: Mickie Newnam; Celeste Phares. TOP OF THE ROCK June 1, 2018: 25 MILES: 18 finished out of 18. 15th Tina Ponder and Rio. 50 MILES: 10 finished out of 15. Tie, Mother and Daughter duo: 7th Kelly Frank and SR Ima Bit O Magic; 7th Shelby Moucha and Glo. June 2, 2018 : 25 MILES: 13 finished out of 16. 8th Karri Wilson-Bruskotter and Noodle; 9th Robert Plummer and Heart; 10th Jinnifer Plummer and Dozer; 13th Shelby Moucha and Farrah (her rescue pony); 13th Patty DeMott on her new mare, Angel.
Last, but certainly not least our INTRO ride. OAATS is proud to announce our newest Junior member, whom we have watched grow, flirt, help crew, and has stolen our hearts, Jack Puett. Jack rode his pony Reno
Mickey Short teaching Jack the ropes with the Vet check. Reno pulsing in! in his first ever Intro ride with his momma, Kristin Puett. I will have to say it was a privilege to be able to ride with them. Not only have I watched him grow up from an infant, but I would have missed out in seeing Sasquatch, well the ponies did I just saw a shadow run through the woods. Jack’s momma couldn’t have been any prouder or more excited to have Jack beside (OK, in front of, only because Reno wouldn’t let Louie by her) her on the trails. Reno took such good care of our Jack and Mickey Short took good care of the two of them during and after the vet check. I can’t wait to see where Reno takes Jack this year and the years to come. Happy Trails!
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your bit is designed to work with that straight line with contact in mind. So, go with your horse; adjust to his frame if it changes. If he’s naturally more up headed, your hands will need to be higher and vice versa. In terms of your leg, it should always be beneath you and active, with bend in your knee and heel. You should have good weight in your heels, I see many riders with their stirrups too long that can never get their heels down. If you ride both western and hunt seat, your stirrup will need to be shorter than what you ride western in. To check your length, take your foot out of the iron and let it hang down naturally. The foot pad of the iron should line up with your ankle bone. This is a good place to start in terms of finding a correct and workable length. The iron should be placed on the ball or widest point of your foot, never on the toe or jammed ‘home’ against the heel of your boot. If you use spurs, remember to close your leg, don’t ‘poke’ July 2018
with your spur. This brings the heel up, toe down and brings your balance too far forward. DO ride with a natural, forward pace. Excessive slowness or over collection is never rewarded for degree of difficulty, as some are led to believe. As judges, we are seeking a working pace, a steady correct rhythm in all gaits and control in transitions. You should always be asking with seat and leg first, riding rear to front, never front to rear. If you use a spur stop, you should still maintain contact and support your horse through the bridle. The sitting trot should be active and forward, the same pace as the posting or rising trot. If a hand gallop is required, you should demonstrate a true lengthening of stride, not just a fast canter. You should also be in 2 point position in the hand gallop. Remember you are simply getting up off of the horse’s back and closing your hip angle. You are not in a release position as you would be over a fence.
Lastly, DO smile. DO show me that you are enjoying what you are doing. A naturally happy rider is usually more relaxed and in tune with their horse. That will always be rewarded. When things don’t go right, as believe me they will, show me how you can ride through and past them. Equitation is truly about skill, feel and the ability to control or adjust to the horse. You can still have a very successful ride making a mistake such as a resistance in a transition or a break of gait, by making a ‘thinking’ and immediate correction. Then riding on and never once letting it haunt the rest of your performance. A strong rider with a minor mistake should always score higher than a rider with a broke steady horse, but with position, feel and balance faults. Stay confident and keep riding! Leave the mistakes behind you! Next month I’m going to swing toward a favorite class for many, trail! For those of you trying out for the 4-H state show in Ohio,
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good luck! For those of you approaching the mid season of your show year, I hope you are growing and going! Ride on my friends, ride on! Jennifer is a 28 year veteran of the show ring, where she has been blessed to mark the cards in over 700 shows lifetime. Stemming from roots deep in the 4-H program in New York, she grew up both training her own horses at home on the family farm and, soaking in knowledge anywhere she could find it through clinics, instruction, internship and eventually, through her equine degree at Morrisville College. As a competitor, Jennifer has shown a large variety of breeds and disciplines, from Arabians to AQHA, USEF Hunters to Ranch and Barrel horses. As a clinician, her roster spans from local 4-H clinics to Equine Affaire, Horse World Expo, Midwest Horse Fair and Hoosier Horse Fair. Jennifer is currently serving as an advisor for the state 4-H programs in New York and Kentucky. 59
Flatlanders Dressage & Combined Training Association, Inc.
Beautiful Week for Dressage Camp PRESIDENT, Dianne Foltz; VICE PRESIDENT, Pat Boutwell; TREASURER, Mary Lou Paxton; SECRETARY, Shelley Zwiebel. WEBSITE, www.flatlandersdressage.com
by Alison Schmidbauer The weather has finally begun to warm up and we were so fortunate to have a beautiful week for our Dressage Camp which ran from June 4 to June 7. Jane Kelly was our instructor and she came in from Virginia to work with us. The camp was held at Rose Hosafros’s farm in Jenera who was kind enough to host for us. Some horses hauled daily and some stayed overnight. Mary Lou Paxton camped at the farm, we
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all appreciated the help with early and late feedings that she did so willingly. Everyone had a private lesson in the morning which gave us the opportunity to work on any particular problems or try new things, in the afternoon we had another semi-private lesson which also included ground poles and even some jumps for those brave and willing to do them (the younger contingent). It was so nice to see all the
progress of both the horses and riders over the span of camp and see the enthusiasm as we tried new things and achieved better rides. We had a lovely variety of ages in the riders from Juniors all the way up to our Senior Contingent and a few in between! Also a varied group of horses including a Mustang, Quarter Horse, Quarter Pony, Oldenburg, Draft Cross along with a couple of TBs, all of whom worked well and
benefitted from Jane’s eagle eye. Wednesday night we had a pizza party and enjoyed getting to visit and catch up on the latest news. We also had some auditors whom I am sure also learnt plenty while they observed the lessons. I always find it beneficial to see the different exercises that I can then work on while I ride at home. I can honestly say we had a wonderful time and have a lot to work on, looking forward to camp again next year.
Classical Attraction Dressage Society
Join Us in August for our Pink Show PRESIDENT, Cathy Suffecool; VICE PRESIDENT, Valorie Gill; SECRETARY, Claudia Grimes; TREASURER, Dave Crawford. EMAIL, cadsrider@gmail.com; WEBSITE, www.cadsdressage.org
by Cathy Suffecool Well, we made it! CADS first show of the season is over and as you read this, our second show is as well! Our shows this season are at Stoney Ridge Stables in Wadsworth. The overwhelming decision at the first show is that the move was the right move. Our riders raved about how close the stalls and rings are. That makes it so easy to watch other riders in the rings while relaxing by the
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stalls. It came in very handy that first show when Mother Nature decided to bless us with not one, but two rainstorms! Our show season is going to be a very busy one. Besides having our June show finished, we have two shows in August. The first show on Aug. 5 is our PINK show! This is such a fun day to come and show or just to come and watch. Our riders contribute an extra $10 for the day and they can dress themselves and their horses in pink! Our judges for the day are also getting in the spirit and dressing in pink themselves! We’re also planning to hold a basket raffle. You can get involved with this as well. Just make a basket to raffle! It doesn’t have to be elaborate or fancy. It can be anything at all, gift cards, movies, games, books. Just use your imagination and think of what you would like to win in
a basket! We’ve had some great baskets in the past, so grab some friends and get in on the fun! This show is CADS way of giving back and honoring those who have battled breast cancer. All the money we raise is donated to the Stefanie Speilman Patient Assistance Fund at the James Cancer Institute at OSU. Having been there and watched the staff work with women and families was a very moving experience. They truly treat the patients with such care, warmth, and compassion. Our show is just a small way we can help make those currently in the fight a little easier. We’ve also got another way for you to get in the spirit of the day. Our own Matt Bacon has created our new club logo. On top of that, he has created a special shirt just for the PINK show! Watch on our webpage for how you can
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get a shirt for this special show and also other terrific CADS apparel. For any of you that I’ve spoken with this year, you’ve heard me say that this is an amazing year for Classical Attraction Dressage Society. Not only did we make the move to Stoney Ridge Stables, we’ve added our Youth Scholarship Program. Our first show was a total sell out, actually over sold! While all of that is wonderful and fantastic... there’s still more! We’re planning an announcement in the very near future. Keep a close eye on our Facebook page and our website to get the very latest club news.We’re all very excited with the upcoming changes and hope that even more of you will think about joining CADS and getting in on the fun—keep watching us!
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Aids Communication: The Seat by Lynn Palm I am going to discuss one of the rider’s most important, yet often, overlooked aids. Can you guess which one it is? If you said the rider’s SEAT, you’re right! I will explain how the rider uses her seat by using the example of upward and downward transitions. As the rider puts weight in the saddle, the rotation and movement of her hips gives the horse the indication to go forward. When this rotation and movement decreases, it signals the horse to slow or stop. Let me explain how this works using simple exercises you can to at home to improve communication using your seat.
Walk-Jog/Trot Transitions Using The Seat
The goal of this exercise is to use your seat, rather than hand or leg aids, to signal requests for upward and downward transitions from walk to trot. Start by asking your horse to walk forward on a large circle. Gently follow his movement with your hips as he walks forward. Prepare for an upward transition to the jog/trot using your seat as the main tool for communicating to the horse. Do this by first putting more weight in your seat. As you do, rotate your hips to follow the horse’s movement and encourage to him to increase his speed through the action of your seat. Support this action by lightly applying leg aids (if needed) and slightly releasing the reins to encourage his forward movement. If needed, reinforce your requests with a ‘cluck’. He should pick up the jog/trot. Continue following his motion
with your seat. Jog/trot a segment of the large circle. Then turn him to make a smaller circle within the large one. We will use the smaller circle to ask him to for a downward transition back to the walk. Jog/ trot a portion of the small circle and prepare for a downward transition using the seat. Once again put weight in your seat, but this time decrease the movement and rotation of your hips with the horse’s movement. He should make a transition from jog/trot to the walk in response to your seat aid. Praise him. Do this exercise in both directions. As you practice this exercise, your seat aid will become more effective and your horse more responsive. You’ll notice that less leg and voice aids are necessary to achieve the transitions.
Jog-Lope/Trot-Canter Transitions Using the Seat
When the horse is comfortable and understands the aids communication you are giving him for the walk-jog/trot transition, it is time to try a jog to lope/trot to canter transition. This exercise should be done in a large fenced paddock or pasture. Be sure the horse is warmed up before starting this exercise. Repeat the walk-jog/ trot transition exercise (above) to reinforce the effectiveness of your seat, leg, and hand aids. The exercise starts with trotting the horse on a large circle. The rider should post to the trot even if using a western saddle. Encourage the horse to depart into the canter by using the word command ‘CANTER’ (he should have already learned this voice
command from ground training on the longe line, liberty, or round pen). At the same time use seat and leg aids to encourage him to move forward into the canter. Keep a loose contact on the reins, lightly positioning him on the arc of the circle. Continue following his motion with your seat while posting as he increases his speed and makes a transition to the lope/canter. At his point, it is not important which lead he takes, just that he canters. When he begins loping/cantering, sit and follow the rocking motion of the gait with your seat and hips to encourage him to continue cantering.
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Most often when a horse has problem picking up the correct lead, the rider is not maintaining the proper form and balance. When the horse has problems, the rider is not properly controlling his body position during jog-lope/trotcanter transitions. To achieve this requires an understanding of
Lynn Palm the rider’s turning aids. Before I can go into more details about perfecting transitions, I need to explain the importance of the rider’s turning aids and how they are used to position the horse. I’ll do this in next week’s newsletter and give some exercises to help you learn how to effectively use the turning aids. This information may be a revelation. It will help you improve your transitions and may change your riding forever! Until then, follow your dreams…
Lynn
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Greetings From Your President Another success by the OHC for equine trail riders! Plans are in place to include equine trails in the Caesar Ford Park in Xenia, Ohio, Green County. The process started three years ago when Green County Parks and Trails contacted Herb Rider, Green Chapter president, about a planning meeting to re-open the park. Over 20 OHC members from eight chapters responded to Herb’s call for support and
successfully presented their case for the need for more equine trails in the area. To date over four miles of trails have been cleared by Green and Warren chapter volunteers. The potential is for up to 12 miles. Also, there are plans to add about 20 primitive camping sites that would have access to water. The Ohio equine trail system network was started by the OHC in 1972 with 37 miles in Caesar Creek
State Park and has grown, over 46 years, to more than 1,700 miles which happens to average out to about 37 miles per year. Equines are important to the economy of Ohio with over $2 billion attributed to the industry by various studies and over 200,000 Ohioans involved in horses. It is easier to get a better appreciation of the impact when we are able to see local numbers. A 2008 study for Warren County
of our horse community. In the meantime, they are running some pretty good sales so we can all get one last chance to visit and shop. We are sorry to see them go. Hay season is approaching and it promises to be a good one. Many of our members will be fervently cutting and baling their own hay and are sure to be tired to the bone. Let’s not forget our first ride of the season on July 14 in the gulf, it’s our annual dice ride! Pam is already collecting Chinese auction items and I can guarantee the food will be outstanding. Welcome all who want to join us on this very happy trail. See you there! ~Jennifer Walsh
Jenny Lance reported that she and several members participated in a Rider Bio-Mechanics Clinic with Deb Murphy. Deb is a pilates instructor, dressage coach and physical therapist. The clinic was held at Windy Hills Therapeutic Riding Center on June 3. Jenny said the big take away was that very small changes in your body position are all you need to make a change in speed or direction on your horse. In other words, less is more. The last time I wrote, I was headed for the Kentucky Derby. I made it there along with 157,800 other people. It was great seeing all the fancy dresses, shoes and hats. Even the men wore some outlandish suits and hats. The mint juleps were delightful. Oh, and there was that race. It was quite exciting to see the horses fly by! It really is the most exciting two minutes in sports. I didn’t win any money, but I saw a great horse, Justify, with Mike Smith on board, win the greatest horse race. ~Stacia
showed a direct annual impact of between $24 and $40 million for the county and it concluded that there were between 8,000 to 10,000 equines and over 2,000 owners in the County. If you are not an OHC member, please join and lend your voice to the leading trail advocacy organization in Ohio. Check us out at www.ohconline.com . ~Arden Sims
County Lines ASHTABULA “If only summer would just arrive”....this is the mantra of trail riders (and others) in northeast Ohio who have things to do! Gulf cleanup has been delayed because of rain and the mostly rise with little fall of the river. Fortunately, we’re not in a flood zone but the gulf may be close to an exception. We must all be patient. Vice president Pam planned on starting cleanup but it was a ‘wash out’ so to speak. Hard working members who want to do their part are frustrated for the same reason. Another tentative date has been set and “God willing and the creek don’t rise” the cleanup was done. Pam is our expert on this matter and she has her chain saw gassed and ready to go. I have seen some beautiful pictures of members who have braved the elements and they look so inviting. It does appear that the green trail is obstructed with fallen trees and this has to be remedied by the chain saw crew. Sadly our county is saying goodbye to Arcaro’s Saddlery. After 57 years, they are closing the doors. I’ve been told they will maintain their online business which is nice but the store has been a staple for so many of us, we’ve come to expect it to be a quick, or long, stop along the path 64
ATHENS Members were emailed a trail ride schedule near the end of May. We have a ride scheduled for July 21 at Hammertown Lake in Jackson at 11 a.m. Our annual taco ride and potluck is set for Aug. 25 at Lake Snowden in Albany starting at 3 p.m. There are some Wednesday rides at Stroud’s Run State Park and Lake Snowden. More rides are scheduled well into the fall. We need members to step up and be the coordinator/trail boss for each ride. Please feel free to nominate yourself for ride leader.
BUTLER Howdy From Butler County! Mother Nature sure has been blessing us with some beautiful weather lately. I guess it is her way of saying sorry for the miserable winter and wet spring
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we had. The nice weather was a perfect complement for a cookout and quick meeting that we had at William and Judy Sheard’s farm. There was so much food that a hay wagon had to be used to hold it all. Congratulations go out to Ben Weichel as he has been asked by Eric Estill to join the state bylaw committee. Natalie Schuh, granddaughter of Wanda Schuh, had her first trail ride on Wanda’s July 2018
County Lines horse Cody. Harold Pope took to the trails on his Chincoteague pony, Toby, for the first time. Happy Trails! ~Mary Pope CARROLL We held our regional ride at Jefferson Lake State Park in Richmond, Ohio, over Memorial Day weekend. There was not a huge turnout but those of us who did attend had a blast! The rain held off until the evenings and the trails handled the rainfall pretty well. We are also thrilled to announce that we raised $88 for trail maintenance at Jefferson Lake State Park. Thanks to the generosity of our members and guests and President Ron Wilson II’s horse, Turtle, keeping horse apple bingo interesting! On Sunday morning, Willie May delivered a wonderful message during Cowboy Church. We cannot thank him enough for making time for us! Officers Ron Wilson II and
Kristin Davies hid ten patriotic themed items for the scavenger hunt throughout the park (one on each horse trail) on Friday afternoon. Attendees had all weekend to find as many of them as possible and report back what they found and what trail it was hidden along. The winner, Michelle Carrick, found six of the items. There was a threeway tie for second place with five items found each by Phil and Ronda Urbank, Joe Maugans and Camille Kovacs, and the Rosenberger Clan (Jim, Jamie, Joe, Carol, Clay, Danika, Reed, and Bo.) Since no one found all the items at our ride, we decided to leave them out on the trails to give more people a chance to try to find them all this summer. If you find all ten items, please message us on Facebook (@ CarrollCountyOHC) or call/text Kristin at 330/323-1705. There just might be a prize involved! Also, keep an eye on our Facebook page or call/text President Ron Wilson II for updates involving trail work at Jefferson Lake in these upcoming months. We have quite a few projects planned to supplement the work that ODNR will be completing. See you on the trail! ~Kristin Davies CHAMPAIGN
An example of one of the scavenger hunt items hidden at Jefferson Lake State Park.
Scavenger Hunt winner, Michelle Carrick, with Dollor and Trixie.
Turtle keeping things interesting with Horse Apple Bingo. July 2018
It was an absolutely gorgeous summer evening at the lake June 7. Eleven members enjoyed a lot of wonderful food and great conversation with cool breezes coming off the water to the picnic tables under our shelter. With our bellies full, President Linda Imke called our meeting to order and gave the treasurer’s report for Janet Roop, who was busy making hay. We have a new member, Roxanne Shively. Welcome Roxanne! Linda presented some changes to our trail ride/campout schedule: The campout Oct. 19-21 has been changed from Tanglewood Acres to Elkins Creek. If you want to camp, you need to make reservations as soon as possible. Linda and Dan cleared more trees and Mark mowed more trails. Before returning the DR trimmer, Dan and Devon McClain mowed the cemetery, before turning that chore over to the township. Mark spread what gravel was left, but more is needed on Airport Road. There is no State money available until possibly July. Heidi will be
taking over as manager of Kiser State Park, as well as Indian Lake and will no longer be connected with Buck Creek. We will ask her after she gets settled in. The new chainsaw works great! The one Al donated needed repaired, which came to $60 and now works great too. Linda also bought more paint to refresh the trail markers. She gave the receipts to Ellie who will give them to Janet for Linda’s reimbursement of expenses. One of Linda’s friends has a new wood burning setup and has volunteered to make trail name signs. Cindy will send out a copy of the trail maps so people can make suggestions on what to name the various trails. Please send your ideas to Cindy and state of the color of the trail and the proposed name. No one camped over Memorial Day and with the fourth of July on a Wednesday, that doesn’t look promising either. The first Thursday of the month falls on July 5. We need to decide if we want to keep our meeting on that day or move it back a week. Cindy will send out a separate email for that also. Sara and Jerry Cron are back from Florida where they had to return to oversee the repair of the roof damage from the hurricane last year. We made $20 from raffling off two of Bonnie Knull’s coffee cakes. The meeting was over, but the conversations continued until darkness and the mosquitos moved in and we all departed for home. Janet will see that Linda Imke, Kristy McLane and Val Manneman get their 1,000 mile patches and Ellie Calhoun and Janet Roop earned their 500 mile patches. Way to go ladies! Anyone wanting to go to the Hocking campout Oct. 5 needs to call Cowboy Larry’s for reservations. His number is 937/216-3252. The Kiser Lake bridle trails are in great shape with very little mud at the present time. Carol Mills has a 10-12 year old gelding Quarter pony, 14.2H for sale for $950. She says ‘Spunky Boy’ is a great trail horse. Linda sent word that the Graham students were a great help in working at the Ward Cemetery and they heard a very informative talk from Shawndel of Logan County. Lori and Janet have had the births of two colts each so far this year! See you on the trails! ~Cindy Glaser
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CLINTON Hello all from Clinton County. Riding season has hit us just like winter to summer…our member Abby Fox spent her winter riding in Tucson, Ariz., enjoying the mild weather and awesome desert trails. She recommends anyone wanting to get away from the snow to head west, not only great trails but awesome people to ride with. Memorial weekend was an awesome riding weekend. My grandson and I hit up Caesar’s Creek Horsemen’s Camp, they had a great turn out. The trails where great even after the rain, Warren County OHC has done a great job fixing up all the trails. Abby Fox, Diana Spencer and Amanda Snell came out to ride with us and we went to the lake to cool off on this hot weekend. Member Ann Elliott and Bobby Weddle went to Shawnee State Park and met up with all their old friends and had an awesome time. Remember with this heat to watch your horses for heat exhaustion, take it easy and keep them cool as possible. Have a great safe summer, ~Susan Lamb
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County Lines COLUMBIANA Ohio! Where else can you get winter, spring, and summer all in the same day? And it can happen in July. Now that July has shown her sunny face, let’s not forget those cold snowy days of winter when we wished for her warm/ hot weather. I hope we’ll see plenty of good riding days ahead. A group of Columbiana County Chapter girls were able to attend Best of America by Horseback TV recording recently at Smoke Rise Ranch in Glouster, Ohio. It was a great experience for us. Tom Seay is a very entertaining host. Look for us this fall on TV. The next week another group of us enjoyed six days at Tanglewood Horse Camp at Pike Lake State Park. This is a very nice camp with great hosts. The trails were in great condition. Kudos to Pike County OHC for their work on those trails. We really enjoyed the riding and plan to go back. My plan for this year is to ride many of our state parks that I have never ridden. Beaver Creek Park is looking good. Riders have given the trails a chance to dry out and most of the trail work has been completed. The usual maintaining of trails will continue throughout the season. The ‘Log Trail’ turned out to be an easier fix than we thought and we feel it is a good ride again. We also have one new trail leading up/down at ‘Smokes Tie Line’ on the yellow trail. Take your time on it till it gets worked in. It is in the same area as the old trail but is now on park property. July will find Columbiana County busy with more fun. Members are invited to meet at Jemily Horse Park in Maximo, Ohio, July 11 at 2 p.m. for an afternoon of obstacles followed by a potluck and BBQ. Hot dogs will be provided. Bring your horse and come to play. July 26-29 we’ll hold a members ride at Beaver Creek. For more information on either of these July events please contact Crystal Molocea. The Aug. 8 meeting will be at Horseman’s Camp, everyone is welcome and invited to come and join in. Help us finalize the Halloween weekend, Oct. 20-21, which promises to be outstanding this year with new ideas and games. The beef raffle tickets are printed and on sale—$500 of beef or $400 cash. The winner will be drawn that same weekend. More information will follow. 66
Please don’t forget our open Facebook page, ‘Beaver Creek Horsemen’ it has over 700 members now. This is a great place to check out the condition of the trails and the height of the water before making a trip to the camp. All people who ride horses at Beaver Creek are welcome to join. You will also find out what events are planned each month. We have had such good response from campers and riders who visit Beaver Creek. We appreciate the comments, suggestions and donations. You will find our orange donation tube by the pavilion if you wish to help us. Happy trails to you all, hope to see you on the trail. ~Sally Stamp COSHOCTON Hello fellow horsemen, we are in full swing into the dog days of summer. I figured we would skip spring and we did. It feels like we had one week of spring and I’m pretty sure it was the week that I was riding in the Allegheny National Forest. I along with my husband and two friends spent a week camping and riding with perfect weather. It truly is a great place to ride with very well marked trails and gradual switchbacks. The big rocks and forest will remind you of Hocking. I highly recommend putting it on your list of places to ride. Our club recently lost a secondary member, Bob Pedicord. He passed away on May 21 at the age of 81. Bob was my first farrier and years later I would run across him occasionally on the trails and at our poker run and hog roast. He dearly loved riding horses and serving the Lord. He was fortunate enough to ride horses until the age of 79, I can only hope I’ll be riding right up till the end as he did. Jamie Jellison and I were able to visit him and see his two miniature donkeys last year. He gave up riding, but replaced his beloved Cloe with two cute little donkeys. I choose to believe that he is in heaven and riding horses for all eternity.
Bob Pedicord and mule man.
Poker ride 2018 winners (l to r): 1st place Sherri, 2nd place Chris, 3rd place Bobbie. On a lighter note, our club had great success with our June 2 poker ride. I was not able to take my horse, but had almost as much fun being a dealer and taking pictures. We had 82 hands played, the biggest turn out yet. The 50/50 was won by Lorrie Cass with a purse of $161. She donated $50 back to the club and we are very grateful for that donation. The poker hands were as follows; first place Sherri Reiss winning $205. Second place Chris Phillips with winnings of $143.50. Third place Bobbie Vernon with a purse of $61.50. Sherri Reiss donated her whole jackpot back to the club and we thank her graciously for that big donation. Hats off to you Sherri! I think it’s safe to say that everyone had a great time and the food was awesome. Thank you Jan Fallon and Phil Wearsch for standing over the hot grill and cooking for us. Our next meeting, the second Monday of August we plan on having a K-9 demonstration. It will be at the park at 7 p.m. and just around the corner will be our September hog roast. Mark your calendars for Sept. 15 and join us for a day of fun and good eating. ~Gigi DEFIANCE
Poker ride 2018 at town square.
Our group had our Fun Show on June 2! Attached are pictures of members who showed—Hope Russell, Brittanie Horseman, Abrie Knight, and Kate Limber. There was a nice turn out and nice weather! It was fun to help area 4-H kids and other riders get ready for the show season.
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Abrie Knight and Kate Limber.
Hope Russell
Brittanie Horseman The group of volunteers were awesome. Upcoming rides are: JULY 14 — OHC Member Ride, Independence State Park. SEPT. 28-30 — NW OHC Member Regional Ride, Van Buren. Remembering war horses this Independence Day. On Dec. 11, 1776, Washington wrote to Congress: “From the experience I have had in this campaign of the utility of Horse, I am convinced there is no carrying on the war without them and I would therefore recommend the establishment of one or more Corps...In addition to those already raised in Virginia.” End Quote revolutionarywararchives. org/cavalry.html. Happy 4th of July everyone! Horse hugs and happy trails! ~Deb H. DELAWARE Howdy to all our fellow horse enthusiasts from your friends in July 2018
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Improving horse tie lines. Delaware chapter! Happy Fourth of July to you all! Our members are sure making the most of the summer with lots of horse-related activities. For instance, members Mike Shott and Ron Tupps spent three enjoyable and relaxing days riding all over Kelly’s Island, Lake Erie. This was Mike’s 13th trip to the island and Ron’s third visit. Members Theresa Burke and Linda Van Horn spent Memorial Day weekend with fellow OHC members attending Muskingum County’s Annual hog roast and campout. June also saw Theresa and Prada attending the first OHC State Ride of the year, hosted by Greene County at Caesar Creek State Park. We are happy to see our own Alum Creek bridle trails getting lots of use by fellow OHC chapter members and other horse enthusiasts alike. Our trail maintenance volunteers continue to devote a tremendous number of hours working to ensure that our trails are both enjoyable and safe for people and horses alike. Up-to-date maps of our bridle trails as well as trail descriptions are available for download from the State website. Click on the ‘trails’ tab, then click ‘Alum Creek State Park’. Furthermore, we would like to share important information regarding the ongoing ODNR construction taking place at our equestrian campground as it impacts the driveway pattern through the camp. At this time, your preferred entrance/exit should be the driveway closest to N. Old State Road, especially if you are pulling a larger rig. Construction issues with both the sidewalk and ground grading near the new shelter pavilion July 2018
Part of the crew at Brown County. Linda Van Horn and Shira at Blue Rock. have temporarily blocked access to the circular driveway. Ariel pictures of our Alum Creek Equestrian Campground are available on our Facebook page, Delaware County, Ohio Horseman’s Council, and should help to illustrate the situation. We welcome and encourage our fellow OHC chapters to visit our park and enjoy the beauty of Alum Creek State Park and our bridle trails. We encourage other chapters to reach out to us via our Facebook page to let us know your chapter is coming. We’d love to join you! For current trail conditions when planning a chapter ride at Alum, you may contact Secretary Bobbi Arters at 216/536-1837 or email: agin1980@aol.com. Our chapter holds monthly meetings the first Friday of the month at the Tri-Township Fire Station on SR 36/37, Delaware, Ohio, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Guests are always welcome, come join the fun! Until next month, wishing everyone enjoyable and safe riding! Remember to log your miles and report them to me! ~Theresa Burke ERIE Greetings from Erie County! Our May meeting was held at Edison Woods. Everyone got to see Jim’s new mule as we gathered for our first pre-meeting ride of the year. He is very happy with him and had a good ride. Great plans for May had us all planning campfire meals and polishing our saddles. Mother Nature has a way of changing the best laid plans. Our first campout at Edison Woods that weekend following the meeting had to be cancelled due to bad weather and rain. Tuesday cleared up enough to get together and do some litter pickup on the roads by the Smoky Road entrance. I was amazed how much we actually picked up.
Litter control crew. Lynn, Tim, Marqueta, Steve and Julie went to Brown County for the week before Memorial Day. A little rain and a rattlesnake encounter didn’t stop them from having a great time and miles under their saddles. Reservations were made for Pleasant Hill on Memorial Weekend early in the year by many members of our club. We received a call the Thursday before, that the horse campground was under 4.5 feet of water. So much for the full moon campout! Colleen, Julie and Holly couldn’t take it anymore and headed out to Alum Creek on Memorial Day. They had a great ride even though they were surprised by a little afternoon rain and thunder! Our new club shirts came in, so we should all be riding in style. Our Edison Woods campout is scheduled for June 30-July 1. It is hard to believe but by the time you read this, summer will be well under way. Red, white and blue flowers will add color to our porches and barns as we get ready to celebrate the Fourth of July. Our July meeting this month will fall on July 12. It will be at Smokey Road, Edison Woods. A pre-meeting ride time is TBA. Potluck at 6:30, meeting at 7. Salt Fork campout is scheduled July 13-15. It has to be done raining by now! From our campfire to yours, Happy Trails. ~Shelley FAIRFIELD I am sure most have heard that the bridle fee to ride at the national parks has been waved. Here in Ohio we have several hundred miles of bridle trails
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Harden and Slick going for a ride on his 89th birthday. in the Wayne National Forest. All of them have been well maintained and offer up fantastic scenery. Locally several of us have been riding Stone Church near New Lexington. Look it up on a map and give it a try. There is a very nice campground and 25 plus miles of trails to explore. The second weekend in June our OHC club worked at the All American Youth Show in Columbus. As I mentioned last month, this is our major fundraiser for the club. Several of our members donated their time to check in classes, open gates and do whatever else needs to be done to make this event run like a Swiss watch. New this year were classes for minis, both halter and pulling carts. I can see this portion of the show growing big time next year. Great job organizing this work detail Anita. Our clubs’ first trail ride took place over the long Memorial Day weekend. The turnout was great. Campers and riders came and went as their time allowed them to sneak away from home. All total, I counted 30 plus members that logged trail miles. One of our senior members (George Harden) celebrated his 89 birthday with a 2 and ½ hour ride with friends. We should all be so blessed. You go George, stay young at heart, next year is the big one. On Sunday a group of us trailered our horses down to Old Man Cave, then rode the horse trail on down to Cedar Falls and Ash Cave. This is an awesome ride I encourage others to try. The road traffic around Cedar Falls can be very busy at times so make sure your horse is traffic safe. 67
County Lines Our club ride schedule definitely picked up the pace in June. The second weekend in June a ride was set for Dillon State Park near Zanesville. A group of approximately 13 or 14 are headed to Big Elk Lick horse camp near Benezette, Pa., the middle of the month. we finished up June with a ride at Zaleski State Forest in southern Ohio. Looking forward to the ride over to Uncle Bucks for lunch. ~Chris FRANKLIN Greetings from Franklin County OHC. We are in the process of rejuvenating our chapter and hope to have more activities to entertain and attract new members in 2018. We’re off to a slow but steady start here. Personally, I’ve been too busy riding and attending other horse related activities to keep up with everyone’s news. We have a campout planned just up the road July 6-8 at Alum Creek Horse camp. If you don’t camp, come join in for a day ride. We plan to have a potluck Saturday night around 6:30 p.m. which you can participate in, just bring something to share. OHC is basically a social club of people with like interest in horses, come and socialize. Our last meeting held May 8 at Old Bag of Nails in Gahanna was reasonably well attended. We had a potential couple in attendance along with the regulars. Angela tried to conduct a survey asking all what they would like to happen in Franklin County OHC. As usual, it is difficult to get a majority consensus on what horse related activities members prefer. Step up, voice your opinion, and we’ll work toward getting it done. If you have never been to the Old Bag of Nails, you should attend our next meeting just for the experience. There is a parking garage just up the street. Still free as far as I know. We will work on putting a ride schedule together and drop it on our Facebook account. Several rides and campouts are planned at interesting places. We will also put together a calendar of meeting dates and places. This information must be the easiest for you to find if we expect you to participate. Check out Franklin County Chapter-OHC on Facebook. ~Terry FULTON It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a 68
Fulton County OHC camping and riding at Farmlane/ Waterloo in Chelsea, Mich. horse and rider being carried off by mosquitoes! It’s too early in the year for this! However, seven brave riders and their horses went out into Oak Openings last week for our monthly ride and seven brave (but slightly bitten) riders and their horses came back. Yay! They survived the swim-a-thon, I mean water-logged campout, last month, they survived the bugs this month; what will next month bring? Well, everybody, you all must survive at least through the end of the year for our second annual Cowboy Christmas Tack and Swap Meet. It will be on a Sunday again this year, Dec. 2, keep your calendars open. We’ll need volunteers to help set up and tear down. I know it’s a bit in the future, but this is going to be big and we want it to be a success again, just like last year. Hard to think we’re talking about December already; don’t forget our annual holiday dinner, which will be the Dec. 7. If you have any ideas on where we should have this fun party, bring your ideas to the next meeting. Speaking of which, our meeting will be a Saturday in July, not a Monday. We are camping at Reed Road on July 6-8. Even if you don’t ride, you don’t want to miss this one. Everyone is riding out at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 7; they’re leaving early to beat the heat. Then, when everyone returns, Jo Neeley is hosting a quiche and Bloody Mary brunch! No galloping back to the campsites; there will be plenty for everyone! Later that night, at 6 p.m., will be our meeting
with a potluck dinner. Bring a side or a salad or anything good; Tammy Royer is making ribs and beans. If you’ve never seen her cooker, or eaten her food, you’ve got to come! There will be a small charge per person to cover the ribs but boy will they be worth it. Our flower sale garnered us a $99 profit. We are thinking of ways for fundraisers for maybe the fall and definitely next year. Poker Runs in the past have been very successful so we will probably do another in the spring. Members have been to a couple campouts this year and more are planned. Check out our website, fcohc.com, and our Facebook page for more information. A big thanks to Kathy Brown for keeping all this up-to-date! I hope that our two guests at this month’s meeting are inspired to join us. Not only do you get time on your horse with new and old friends, but you get quiche, Bloody Marys, ribs, and beans! Befriend those mosquitoes; they can carry you to the front of the line! Happy Trails, ~Trina Houser
down and gave us cool temps and even a little sunshine.” It was a beautiful day for our trail ride at West Woods. After our trail ride we met at Mangia for a delightful lunch. We laughed and told stories. Joy Keco had the honor of presenting Jack Stanton his ‘GOHC Lifetime Membership’. Then Linda Golding our Trail Miles Chairman announced and handed out our trail miles awards. The ‘Most Geauga Parks Ridden Award’ went to Lisa Green and Cathy Vella who tied for riding five different parks. The ‘Most Miles ridden in Big Creek Park Award’ went to Dee Craig. The ‘Grand Prize Drawing Winner’ for trail miles reported was Catherine Ullman. Catherine said, “It really pays to turn in your trail miles and saddle hours each year.” She won a wonderful gift certificate. The ‘Reserve Grand Prize Drawing Winner’ for saddle hours reported was Julie Fredrickson. The ‘Above Average Trail Miles Drawing Winner’ was Michelle Rossman. “No one can teach riding so well as a horse.” C.S. Lewis ~Linn Walker
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The Gallia Chapter wants to welcome new members Chuck and Chelcie Stearns. We had a good turnout for the Shriners Ride on May 12. The Shriners go all out with door prizes, it’s a fun time! Our club decided to ride at the ‘Make a Wish Fundraiser Ride’ put on by the Meigs Chapter on June 9. If you are looking for a place to ride. The trails are in good shape at OO McIntyre Park also known as the Raccoon Creek County Park. Wishing all a good July 4th. Stay safe on the trails. Happy Trails. ~Sherri
Our May club ride actually happened this year! The last few years, we’ve managed a few club rides but many have been rained out. This year the May ride was rather warm, but at least it wasn’t wet. Only three members made it—Herb, Charlie, and Stephen, but they had fun at Carriage Hill. I wasn’t able to be there, as I was working, so Herb was kind enough to take a photo for me. Please remember, I’d love to have more photos of our members riding and playing with their horses, but I only see a few people. If you have anything you would like to share, you can email them to me at akela83@att.net. Herb and I have been busy (Herb more than I, with my crazy work schedule) helping with the new horse trails at Caesars Ford Park. As I write this, there have been work days the previous four Wednesdays, and they will continue. The trails will be a mixture of field perimeters and wooded areas, with some creek crossings. What I’ve seen so far looks nice. It’s always good to have more places to ride! If you’d like to help, contact me at the address above and I’ll put you in the loop. Next month I should have
GEAUGA Greetings from Geauga OHC. Sue Mulhall, Stella Grabelsek, Rachel Vanek and Rosemary Morgan had a blast designing and making their ‘Hell Hats.’ I think they all look so cute. The Nora Stanton Memorial Ride (formerly the Mary Yoder Ride) took place on May 19. Joy Keco who was head honcho of the ride said, “Many brave riders showed up on what looked like a rainy day. But, Nora was looking
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Walking to get ice cream. (Back) Charlie on Tanna and Stephan on Angel (front). photos from our State ride, as it’s happening shortly after the deadline. If you didn’t make it, you missed a good time. We always have a great time, regardless of whether people are coming to ride, camp, hang out, have dinner, or any combination of those. Karaoke Bob keeps us singing and dancing, with help from whomever wants to get up and try their hand, or voice, at karaoke. If he doesn’t have a song you know and like in his book, you’re hopeless. And of course, we always have lots and lots of door prizes, and Jerry Smith’s gorgeous saddle stand to raffle off. If you didn’t make it this year, put it on your calendar for next year. The second weekend in June is our standard date. Feel free to join us at our monthly meetings, 7 p.m. at the Xenia Chamber of Commerce. The only exception is December (when we have our Christmas party at Golden Corral). They tend to be fairly short and informal, and we go out to eat afterwards. It would be great to see some new faces. Happy riding! ~Mickie GUERNSEY Our club ride for May was a wet one with three brave members that rode (Nancy, Joan and Judy). At least we had a good turnout for the potluck and meeting as the pavilion provided great coverage during the rain. Several club members enjoyed camping over Memorial Day
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Faye’s first ride. holiday at Salt Fork. My youngest grandson enjoyed his first trail ride in the buddy seat behind Grandpa. Tom Cables new filly was ponied for the first time out on the trail and did great. Saturday some of us rode the White A loop and walked over to the Sugar Tree Marina for ice cream and feed the fish. Love having my grandkids be able to ride with us making good friends and great memories! All the trails were cleared of brush but with all the rain the new growth is back already. Please take your clippers on the trail and clip as you ride to help keep this under control. We now have our Poker Run raffle tickets. If you would like to purchase one see any of our club members or contact Don McIntyre, 740/638-3010. Tickets are $5 for a chance to win one of these prizes: 380 Smith and Wesson pistol, two nights at Salt Fork Lodge with two rounds of golf, horseshoe cross and custom built tack box. Make sure to mark your calendars for our annual Poker Run held Saturday, Oct. 6. A donation of $10 gets you in on the whole works, a chance to win cash prizes for best and worst poker hands (adult and youth), pulled pork dinner with all the fixins, auction, singing cowboys and cowgirls that evening, and a sausage and pancake breakfast Sunday morning right after Cowboy Church. Hope to see you there and make sure to invite your friends and family. Next club meeting is July 28, club ride 10 a.m., potluck dinner at 5 p.m. and meeting at 6 p.m. at Salt Fork State Park. Keep riding and tracking those miles! ~Marcy
Parades, parades and more parades! On a sweltering Memorial Day weekend, the Hamilton County OHC parade division banded together, put on our patriotic red, white and blues and joined ranks with our community to honor local and America’s fallen war heroes by participating in two community parades. On Sunday, the Crosby Township 102nd Memorial Day parade spectators were delighted to see our nine horse and 18 HCOHC member parade division decked out in parade attire riding horses, carrying banners, distributing candy to folks along the parade route, waving from the parade truck and keeping the Crosby Township streets clean. After the parade, community members were invited to participate in HC-OHC’s ‘equine meet and greet’ where young and old alike enjoyed petting and learning more about the HCOHC horses. On a slightly cooler Memorial Day Monday morning, the 10 horse 16 HC-OHC member parade division took the Western Hills Veterans Council’s 69th Memorial Day Parade by storm, engaged the parade crowd, pleased the judges with our turnout and we all marched home with parade ribbons and the Best Patriotic Unit Award! What an honor! Think you might like to be in a parade? We have a place for you! Become a HC-OHC member and join our division as we look forward to riding in the Harrison 4th of July parade. Marching away from the parade theme and on to a new event! We changed our June monthly meeting from a work meeting place to a peaceful, no horses invited, and relaxing picnic at the beautiful Miami Whitewater Forest Wooded Horse Trail shelter area. Approximately 30 HC-OHC members and guests munched on barbecue sandwiches, sampled multiple side dishes and downed cold drinks and desserts while enjoying friendship, fellowship and the opportunity to pose questions to Miamitown Equine Veterinary Services Veterinarians Dr. Anna Hood and Dr. Michael Frederick. No questions were off the table for ‘Ask the Vet’ summer edition! Drs. Hood and Frederick deftly answered question about stifle injuries; turkey mites; when is it
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too hot to safely ride? Insect pests on donkey legs; Lyme disease; equine sunburns, slobbers, and the best way to feed horses a round bale of hay; how to help an older horse adjust to moving to a new location; IRAP and stifle injuries; What is IRAP? Sweet itch; and feeding adult horses Cosequin ASU prophylactically. Members who were on a roll even slid in a few dog and goat questions. A wonderful evening was had by all and we would like to give a shout out to Drs. Anna Hood and Michael Frederick of Miamitown Equine Veterinary Services for their unfailing support of HC-OHC! Please join us as we look forward to having more adventures during Harrison’s 4th of July Parade. Find HC-OHC’s application online at ohconline.com under ‘chapters’ or email mafvet2@gmail.com and request an application. Lastly visit us on Facebook at ‘Ohio Horseman’s Council Hamilton County Chapter’. ~Ann Frederick HARRISON It is hard to believe that the year is half over. We went from winter, skipped spring and went directly into summer. We are getting ready to make hay if the weather will cooperate. The smell of fresh cut hay lingering on the evening breeze is better than any perfume on the market. It has been a busy time for Harrison OHC. We completed the parking expansion at Harrison State Forest with the help of Barb and Carl Harding from Buckeye Trail Riders. PennWalt Equestrians conducted a two day clinic the end of May. Many Harrison OHC members attended. Not only did we learn a lot; we had fun. We worked on obstacles, getting your horse used to various objects and noises around them. We busted balloons and jousted with pool noodles. Towards the end of the first day
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Mark and Cody. we went on a short trail ride. Sunday involved a private lesson for each person and then some group exercises. We had nine riders in the Hopedale Memorial Day Parade. Now we are in the process of cleaning trails for our Regional Ride. Our two scholarship winners are to be announced at the regional ride. They will receive a week at a horse camp and a year’s membership in the OHC. Our members work hard to earn the money necessary to send two young people to camp, with bake sales, the auction at our ride and of course donations, after all they will be stepping into our shoes when the time comes. We are planning a fun show July 28. We are working on a flyer of the classes. This is our first attempt at putting on a fun show. We will let you know how that turns out. We have been lucky to have a young rider in our club, Haley; she has been riding with her grandmother Cindy Schrader for some time. Last year she was able to get her own horse and has ridden with us. She is 8 now and can really handle her horse. We are all so proud of you Haley and Forest. She rode in the Memorial Day parade this year. Our meetings are the third Thursday of the month dinner at 6 p.m. and meeting at 7 p.m. We will be having a short meeting at the regional ride and will resume regular meetings thereafter in July. God Bless and be safe, ~Dorothy Glover 70
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What a beautiful weekend despite a little rain. Some of the group went camping and trail riding at Zaleski horse camp. They had quite an adventure I was told. Bobs horse, Trigger, and Terry’s horse, Boo, did not like each other at all. Boo came at Trigger with teeth showing trying to bite him and Trigger reared up and Bob was like the Lone Ranger, “High Ho Silver away!” Becky’s horse got scared of the water at the spill way and stepped backwards off the rocks you cross over and Becky went for a swim. Our granddaughter had a blast riding and camping thanks to all the ladies who took her out on the trails with them. We were also entertained by Brenda’s chirping bird in her trailer. I’m so glad everyone was all right. It was a beautiful night Saturday to just sit in front of the campfire and relax. Looking forward to the next camp out. I want to say thanks to Michele our vice president for having May’s meeting, you did a great job. Chris Wentz from Hocking Hills Horse Trails and Hocking OHC are going to be placing 10 mounting blocks around the trails at Hocking Hills. This will be a great help getting back on those horses. Stay safe and watch out for each other. Have a great summer. ~Jeanette
KCOHC joined Muskingum County OHC for their annual hog roast at Blue Rock State Forest. It was hot, it rained, and the trails reflected the rainy season we have been having, but generally, everyone had a good time. There was riding, some on roads, a corn hole tournament, and of course, roast pig. We look forward to next year and less rain. As I write this, we are gathering items for our ride at North Bend, W. Va—as you read this, it is history. We may comment on our adventures next month. Also, a second group is packing for an adventure to Shawnee, Ill. Mary and I had originally planned to attend both but our recent missadventures cost us too many dollars and we will have to skip Shawnee this time. As you can see, KCOHC is a very active riding chapter. While our ride schedule only reflects one ride a month, we are out there most every weekend. Check our ride schedule and always riding on Facebook. On May 6 several members attended the Camp Mohaven youth rodeo. Since Camp Mohaven is in our backyard and we are volunteering, we wanted to get to know the youth who participate. A good size crowd was in attendance with the Chestnut Ridge Gosbel Bluegrass singers performing. Mushrooms found there in the nearby woods were a distraction. The first OHCYP camp for 2018 is this coming weekend. We want to put in a plug for the good folks at Pond Tire II in Condit Station for their donation of four tractor tires towards our construction of a horse obstacle course at their camp. Obstacle courses, while not true trail obstacles, are there to create a bond and trust between horse and rider. They can be a lot of fun. Our ‘Trail Challenge’ June 23 was another great event hosted by KCOHC. While our Trail Challenge was open to the public our ‘Horse Desensitizing Clinic’ June 24 was a private event for
JACKSON Hello Trail Riders! We have added another picnic area complete with a tie up for your horses down from the lower parking area. Really a nice spot, you’ll have to check it out. Hay came early this year even with the late spring and it feels good to have some in the barn. I know my horses will appreciate it this winter. The guest speaker at our last meeting did a great job of educating us regarding the types of ticks found in this region and the diseases they can carry. The topic made some of the guys itch and scratch but being able to identify the type of tick that bite you, and what signs and symptoms to watch for are very important. Our Moonville Tunnel ride is Oct. 20, if you’re planning to attend make a note on your calendar. It’s a fun ride, there’s a bridge to cross and the tunnel is haunted! Hope to see you there. Ride safe, ~Margo
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Holmes County trail. current OHC members only. We do not want to appear anti-social but we need to give back to OHC members and entice others to join. And, the insurance cost can be a bit prohibitive. July 6-8 KCOHC has a scheduled campout at Alum Creek. Hope you can join in. July 27-29 is on the schedule for Burr Oak. Being July is generally hot, you might want to bring a bathing suit and meander to the beach. The Knox County Fair is July 21-27 where KCOHC has volunteered to help the good folks from Mohaven with horse handling and tacking up for the kids that they allow to use their horses to enjoy the experience of a real horse show. August 17-19 we are scheduled for Salt Fork. Still hot, another beach opportunity, or you could bring along your kayak. We did complete our ride on the Holmes County Trail between Killbuck and Holmesville where we encountered geese, turtles, deer, Amish buggies, bicycles, hikers, and a baby carriage or two. Come on over to Knox County where the gates are wide open, the grass is greener, the horses leaner, because we do ride them, and everyone is welcome. We meet the third Monday of each month at the Long Branch Pizza on Main Street in Centerburg at 7 p.m. Reporting for Knox County OHC, ~Terry L. Baker LAKE
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County Lines to be calm or some resemblance of calm. We may have been at the back of the parade, but everyone cheered as we pranced and showed off. How proud we were and are to honor our service people both past and present. A few of our members enjoyed the Introduction to Mountain Trail Obstacle Clinic held at Buckeye Horse Park in Canfield, Ohio. While some observed the activities, just one member from our chapter actually tried the many challenges. First she worked her horse in hand, then mounted to work over the variety of obstacles. Everyone seemed to be having fun with the whole experience. At our May 9 meeting at Lake Farm Park’s Horse Arena in Kirtland, Ohio, several members observed Kris Lanphear demonstrate on the ground exercises for balancing our trail horses. Four members and their horses showed us various techniques as Kris explained the movements and praised their efforts. The four horses were also exposed to sheep and lambs bleating and huge draft horses standing quietly in their stalls by the arena. Yes, sheep can be scary, large drafts can be scary. My personal favorite scary beast was ‘the horse in the mirror’. After the shenanigans, what a pleasure to see your horse finally realize who that ‘horse in the mirror’ really is. Kris also emphasized how important it is to have one’s horse stand still while mounting under any circumstances. Mounting from a rock feels different then mounting from a log or a truck fender. She also suggested more information might be found in her column which she sometimes writes for the Country Critter Journal. A question and answer period followed for the members with their horses and Kris. We discussed our Lake County OHC Poker Ride, Saturday, June 23. Donations for our Chinese auction were suggested. Members were asked to bring yummy dishes for our potluck lunch. There would also be a 50/50 raffle. Volunteers for the different stations were recruited. The meeting ended with the introduction of two new people who were welcomed with many cheers and smiles. Hoping your trails are happy and safe! ~Rayneen LICKING Hello from Licking County OHC, I hope everyone is July 2018
enjoying the trails. If you have a horse and no one to ride with, come join our club we would be glad to have you ride with us and yes some do drive their equines. The LCOHC Chapter will be participating in the Granville Fourth of July Parade this year. This is without horses; we will have a truck with our banner on it and pass out candy to the children. We will need members to walk along the route to help with handing out candy. If you would like to help, contact President Charlene Santee. Members should plan to wear their LCOHC blue T-shirt. Check our website for complete details. Craig Santee chairperson for trail maintenance, reported a lot of LCOHC members, MCOHC members and nonmembers showed up to help with the work on trails at Dillon. Let’s give these people a big thank you for the hard work. Craig will let us know when other dates are set for trail maintenance at other trails. With all the rain it’s hard to keep up with Mother Nature. Cinda Wilson, trail rides chairperson, has scheduled trail rides in July and August. They are; July 15 a one day ride at Infirmary Mound Park, Granville; July 19-22 weekend/camping at Beaver Creek, reservations are helpful; Aug. 17-19 Salt Fork and Aug. 25 a one day ride at Dillon. Be ready to go onto the trails at 10 a.m. You may contact Cinda for additional information; her contact information is on our website. Keep track of your miles and hours for the end of the year report. Diane Wheatley has everything ready for our Fun Show and Silent Auction on July 28 at Infirmary Mound Park in Granville. It’s not too late to donate items for the auction, you may contact any member to give the item. There will be a food stand on the grounds. The showbill can be found on our website. Even if you don’t show stop by and watch. Debbie Stevens and her PEEPS committee has been busy planning a Christmas dinner for LCOHC members on Dec. 8 at The Landings on Waterworks Road, Newark. You must contact Charlene or Debbie ASAP for dinner reservations; this is a prepaid dinner, no refunds because the dinner will be catered in. You are welcome to attend any of our meetings held the last Monday of the month at
Infirmary Mound Park, Bradley Building, in Granville at 7 p.m. I know some are getting tired of being referred to our website for complete details but due to the limited space for the article there would not be enough room for all the information. Also if there are any changes to events or cancellations it will be updated on our site. Thank you for reading and hope to see you on the trails or at our show. ~Deborah Sheka LOGAN June started with a bang for Logan OHC. Normally one would not combine firecrackers and horses, but that is exactly what we did. On June 3 we hosted a desensitizing clinic at Marmon Valley Farm. Clinicians Regina and John Shoopman, along with their assistants, put 24 riders through their paces throughout the eight-hour day. We started with formation training and what fun that was! First a two wide column to get the horses used to being so close then we joined up to a four-horse column. Making turns, splitting apart then coming back together; always lined up boot to boot. With our confidence up from the formation training, we moved on to self-defense. Who hasn’t thought about what could happen when on the trail. We’ve all heard the stories and wondered what we would do if we encountered an aggressive stranger on the trail. Regina and John showed us how to use our horse not only as a block but as a way to knock an attacker off balance and create an escape route. We got to practice a few moves then later in the day we got to practice again in a more realistic scenario. After four hours in the saddle we were all ready for some lunch. Luckily the club had a great selection on the grill, hot and ready for us. Lunch was followed by a lecture from Regina about horse first aid. She showed us what she packs in her kit and gave some great cost effective DIY’s for our kits. Finally, we got to the obstacle course. They had noodles, flags, a dummy and the dreaded flapping tarp. Knowing horses are braver in pairs, that’s how we approached each obstacle. Each team helping each other through. After enough time to feel like we had that down, they
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Logan County OHC amped things up a bit. The bars we’d gone through now spouted fog, that thing in the corner was making a cloud of bubbles and did someone mention fire crackers? Yes, they did. At one end of the arena Regina lit a couple road flares while John lit fire crackers. At the end of the training we were all so excited with what we had accomplished that we were clamoring for another training. On that note, check our club calendar, we are hoping to add a fall training session. I know I’ll be there, hope you are too. Enjoy your summer, ~Diana Kenne LORAIN Hello horse council members. Hope you are enjoying the warmth of the sun and are being revitalized by its energy. I might add that after a long ride on the dusty trail, a Klondike bar or a root beer float sure hits the spot. Almost heaven! We had some wonderful sloppy joes and pie for our Pie Ride. Not too many folks made it out this year so we had almost a pie per person. Darn, I hate when that happens! Seriously, you were missed. Ron and Sherry Hoover provided the joes and they were the best! I ate so much for lunch that I never even ate dinner. Unfortunately our overnight campout at Carlisle in May was postponed due to the weather. Steve from Harrison Ford in Wellington gave a helpful lecture on trailer maintenance at our May membership meeting. As an FYI, Harrison Ford sells and services horse trailers. We had an amazing turn out of horseback riders for the Grafton Memorial Day parade. Our nation’s flag was proudly carried by Mike. Our various armed forces flags were carried by other Lorain OHC members. Thank you to all who took time to show respect to those who 71
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Sherry, Memorial Day Parade. gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect our nation. Thank you to our July calendar sponsor ADT Security LLC. You can visit them on the web at www.ADT.com. You may want to consider them for your home or business security system. Many of us traveled to AEP Conesville Horse Area in Coshocton for a wonderful weekend ride with Coshocton County OHC riders June 1-3. Over 80 participated in the poker ride. A great picnic lunch was provided by Coshocton County OHC members who grilled up the finest sirloin hamburgers this side of the Mississippi! The afternoon entertainment consisted of watching a tractor pull contest—that is to say a tractor needed to pull Cheryl and Billy’s beast of a rig out of the mud. I ask, where else can you have so much fun? The trails were actually reclaimed mining land with trails ranging in difficulty from easy flat rides to more challenging hills in the thick woods with ravines on either side in many cases. The NE Area Region Ride at Mohican is set for July 6-8 for those of you who pre-registered with Wayne County. There are high lines, running water and pit toilets at Mohican. The trails can be rugged in places so consider having shoes on your horse. The Beaver Creek Campout is scheduled for July 13-15. The Equestrian campsites are located in Liverpool. There are 59 primitive campsites with water, latrines and high lines available. You may want to bring your own water as the camping is spread 72
out and you may have to walk a distance to get water. There are 27 miles of bridle trails with multiple creek crossings. You may want to pack your scuba gear if your horse likes to stop, drop and roll in creeks like Rascal. Monday, July 16 we will have our membership meeting picnic and potluck at Cheryl Muhek’s home on Beck Road in Medina. The Potluck begins at 6:30 with the meeting starting at 7 p.m. Our club provides burgers and hot dogs. Everyone is asked to bring a dish to share and your own chair. Floyd Wells will talk and demonstrate how to harness a horse for driving. Saturday, July 21 plan to attend the Lewis Road Day ride. We will ride out at 11 a.m. Meet at the Lewis Ring Parking Lot. Sue Mollica is the contact for this ride. Thursday, July 26 the LaGrange Lion’s Parade is looking for horseback riders to join in the fun. Decorate your horse and be ready to follow the other parade participants out at 7 p.m. We are asked to line up behind the middle school on Route 303 at 6 p.m. Plan to use the entrance next to the ice cream store and meet behind the school in the large field. Contact Brenda Lang if you have questions. A campout is planned for Aug. 3-5 at West Branch State Park in Portage County, east of Ravenna. The campsites are primitive and the trails may be moderate to challenging, depending on weather. There are 20 miles of bridle trails, 10 nonelectric campsites, pit toilets and tie lines. You will need to bring your own water. West Branch reservoir is an added attraction with power boats abounding on the weekend to add to the excitement. Believe it or not, there actually is an ice cream stand along the way at the beach so bring some coins for a treat. Please contact Sandy Shudy for further information. As always, enjoy the ride but use common sense, especially with the unpredictability of summer storms. ~Kathy Duncan
National Trails Day was June 2 and the park service people must have a special relation with Mother Nature (maybe they sent her a nice Mother’s day card?) because it was another beautiful day, like last year. It was a lovely day to spend quality time in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Along with dozens of other volunteers from groups like the Ohio Trails Council were members of Medina OHC. The Weavers (didn’t they used to be a singing group?) Dianna and James, Wayne Crouse, Sheila and Randy Haury, Jennie and Hannah Stein, Taylor Sypherd, Jack Weese, Rosemary Young and Raydeen Ryden, along with her daughter, Daniella and sons Sam, Nathaniel and Ethan worked on the Wetmore trail. The work involved leveling a trail that is prone to standing water and topping it with interlocking plastic grids, then a heavy stone trail mix and then sand. We had to keep setting the grid down and adding or taking way the filler underneath in order for the grid to lay flat. Our parks’ coordinator, Mike referred to this as ‘trail and error’. You gotta keep smiling through all the work. The results were fantastic. Thanks are also in order to the Rydens who manned the Medina OHC welcome booth. The rides just keep on coming! Join us along with our Summit chapter buddies on July 12 at Wetmore trailhead in the Cuyahoga Valley for more great riding adventures. Contact Karen Beres at 330/388-4482 for information or Molly Eastwood if you are coming at 330/603-0820. These joint chapter rides will continue on into October. For a full schedule check our website or contact Molly at the above number or mollyeastwood@aol. com or Dianna Weaver (440/6238066, diannaw@ameritech.net).
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Jack and Diana We’re Medina! We got the rides! Our State ride, pig roast and wild time in the valley Aug. 1719 is only a little over a month away. Get your reservations in by Aug. 13. Forms can be found on our website, www. medinacountyohc.com or contact me, Rosemary Young, at the numbers below. We are also looking for auction items for our State ride silent auction. We take most anything, horse-related or not. Please contact Rosemary Young at rosemary4medinaohc@ gmail.com or 440/382-7980. Still looking for a fun way to build up your muscles his summer? Join us on July 14 for our monthly trail session. It comes with a lunch! Watch our website, newsletter and email blasts for further information or you can contact one of our trail bosses, Patricia Vance (pavancelaw@ aol.com or 330/836-9358), Mike Andrea (mlandrea03@ yahoo.com or 330/592-5953), or Jack Weese (jack4ohc@att.net 440/234-9668 or 216/780-9668). The valley is waiting for you! ~Rosemary MEIGS A lot of our members are baling their hay right now and preparing for the upcoming fairs. It just doesn’t seem possible, this year is half over with. We are doing our fun shows and they are a huge success for our members. Kelly Wilson was riding her horse in the fun show and was leaving the arena as fast as she could get her horse to go and I noticed her start moving from side to side on her horse and I thought this can’t be good. Well
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Kelly Wilson at the Fun Show. it wasn’t, she got through the gate and off the horse she went. It stunned her but she got right back on and did the rest of the show. I told her she didn’t have to go that far to entertain us. I guess her foot came out of the stirrup and she couldn’t get it back in. I am keeping my eye on her for the next fun show and see if she does any more tricks. Charlie Mansfield had back surgery and can’t ride his horse for a while so he is missing out on the fun shows. He likes to compete in these shows. He won first place last year in the adult class and now they don’t have him to compete against—get better soon so we can watch you out there in the arena. We worked on the trails before Memorial weekend and several campers were there. Alan Brown brought his family members with him and they enjoyed the camping. This is becoming a family tradition for them that is really nice. We went over one evening and spent some time with the campers. Darla Stanley made some really good homemade ice cream at her campsite. I will be visiting her camp more often! I won’t have the results of the Make A Wish Ride right now but it will be in the next article. We have 152 members in our club and we are so happy to have every one of you. The next ride is July 14, ride out at 11 a.m. with a fun show that evening. Enjoy the holiday and Happy Trails, ~Dian MONTGOMERY Hello from Montgomery County! Hope all of you have July 2018
been able to get out there and get some saddle hours in. It’s just now July, but sure seems as if we skipped spring and went right into summer. The days have been crazy hot and muggy already! Ugh I say! When the weather is nice, we usually have our meetings at the trail head of Sycamore State Park. Our first one this year was educational and fun. Mick Retman, who is one of our secondary members and the president of Miami County came out and gave us a presentation on fire extinguishers. He showed us the different types of extinguishers you can buy, how fires work, which extinguishers work best for certain types of fires. He gave us pointers on how to safely put out a fire and most importantly he told us what the most common mistakes that people make. For instance, you shouldn’t store the fire extinguisher for your horse trailer in the trailer itself, if you have a fire, you won’t be able to go in the trailer and get it, and therefore you should store it outside of the trailer. He let a few of us practice with the extinguishers he brought, everyone did awesome, hopefully we will never have to use the information he gave us but it is great to know. Thanks again Mick for coming out to give us your presentation. We all loved it! We had a day ride planned on the May 20, unfortunately, our club had a lot of members out of town, it had rained a lot a few nights before, therefore our turnout wasn’t very big. Surprisingly even with the rain the trails weren’t muddy and the few of us that did ride had a wonderful time. Dee Silliman, from Miami County also joined in on our day of fun. Dee is a very sweet lady who just moved back to Ohio, she had contacted me via email and was looking for people to ride with, so I invited her to ride with us. We enjoyed her company and are looking forward to riding with her again soon, but sadly, Dee broke her foot and will be out of the saddle for a few weeks, Hope you have a speedy recovery Dee, catch up with us when you feel better. We do have a few activities scheduled for the month of July. Starting with the Fourth of July, we do a celebration ride at Twin Creek with a picnic afterwards. On July 17, we have our regular meeting at the Trail Head of Sycamore Park.
Montgomery County OHC Also on the weekend of July 27-29 we are planning a campout at Sycamore. Our campsite is primative, but we think its a pretty nice park with some great trails. If you would like to join us you can check our website at www. montgomerycountyohc.com for any additional information and contact numbers. Hope to see you there! Saddle up, life is short! ~Taronna MUSKINGUM Hello everyone! I hope everyone has had a chance to get out on the trails and enjoy this weather. So glad to finally have a few days without rain. Muskingum County OHC wants to thank everyone for coming out to Blue Rock for the hog roast on the holiday weekend. It was great catching up with old and new friends. The rain and heat didn’t stop us from having a great time! I want to thank our sponsors, donors and volunteers who stepped up to make this a fun and safe event. The improvements at the campground included new steps and a walkway to make it easier to access the restrooms from the shelter house, new ladders on the kid’s playset, security lights on each side of the shelter house and coming soon two more sets
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Shelter for our State ride. of tie lines. Special appreciation goes out to Andy Perry, Randy Noland, Rick Patterson, Bob Crist, Terri Hughes, and Vicki McDonald for your extra efforts. It did not go unnoticed! Remember we still have raffle tickets available for the saddle and tack set. They are $5 each, with a maximum of 200 tickets sold. See any officer for tickets, or reach out via Facebook message to Muskingum County OHC. The raffle will be held at our meeting Aug. 6. I’m very pleased to announce that Muskingum County OHC will be sponsoring a Summer Horse Show Series this year! We have horse showbills available, they will be posted on Facebook and are also available via email. Classes will include but are not limited to halter, pleasure, contesting and more! This is a great opportunity to show off your equine partner in an affordable and fun atmosphere. Until next time, ~Opal PERRY Salutations from Perry County! As I sit here on the porch writing this it’s a beautiful evening... perfect weather, finally. I hope everyone has had the opportunity to ride and camp. By the time you read this Perry County will have camped at Mohican and our SE Regional ride (alongside our Hocking County friends) will have taken place. Look for that report next month.
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Carol Stoughton, Brenda Lehman, and Marianne Hartley at the Horseback of America ride—’The Pink Ladies’. Since the weather has finally broken some of our members have been out riding and camping, me included. First off members Marianne Hartley, Brenda Lehman and Carol Stoughton went to The Best of America by Horseback Ride in May (I hope I said that correctly) at Smoke Rise. They seemed to have had a great time. They were popular at the ride for wearing the Southeastern pink Regional Ride shirts. They were dubbed ‘The Pink Ladies’. Knowing these three like I do I’m sure they were hilarious and everyone enjoyed their antics. There were between 80 to 90 horseman participants in the ride. It was Carols second time participating. This ride will air on RFD-TV but can also be viewed on Best of America’s website. They reported that they had a great weekend and even got to watch Justify win the Preakness during the group dinner! Sounds like a win win to me. That very same weekend ‘The Pink Ladies’ rode it was my birthday and a group of us went to Salt Fork and camped. This was also the same weekend as The Children’s Miracle Network Ride. We all had a great time, only got caught in rain once, and never did see Sasquatch! Thanks to Bob Crist, Carla Marshall, Mike and Teresa Smith and my family for braving the weather forecast and coming out. I don’t think you can find any more dedicated riders than us OHC members! The month of May was very busy for me, not just my Salt Fork birthday ride but two other trips as well. Thank you 74
Marianne for pitching in last month and writing the article so I could go play with my horse. My first trip was to Hang ‘Em High Horse Camp in London, Ky., with my daughter Mattie Funk and fellow Licking County OHC member Linda Patterson. This was the first time I drove my RV and trailer without the hubby. It was a bit nerve racking on the way down but pretty easy on the way back! We had a fantastic time. We met up with some ladies from Tennessee, Indiana, and Illinois—there were 15 of us total! We do this every year at a different spot, it’s all girls and we call ourselves ‘The Extreme Cowgirls’. We have T-shirts so it must be true. The riding was beautiful, the rain seemed to hold out for the most part. The second trip was over Memorial weekend with the hubby Ben Stengle. We went to East Fork Stables in Jamestown, Tenn. If you haven’t been put it on your bucket list! The riding and the views are amazing, four days is not long enough to see it all! I think I can speak for Perry County and say we are all looking forward to riding this year and meeting up with other members. It was an exceptionally long hard winter and I plan to make up for it this summer. I hope to see you out on the trail! ~Heather PIKE Hello from Pike OHC, we hope everyone has been enjoying time in the saddle! This year it seems as though our weather skipped spring and went straight from winter to summer. Our club has been riding the trails at Pike Lake but we’ve had two club rides at Shawnee State Forest. Our next ride will be at Zaleski and in July we will be spending a weekend at Pike Lake, camping at the Sears’ Painted Hill Farm. Besides riding, the youth have
Calvin and Phil Knipp enjoying a club trail ride at Shawnee State Forest.
Enjoy the new large map on the kiosk at Pike Lake day parking area. been contesting with barrels and poles and mounted shooting. Some adults have also been giving mounted shooting a try. Preparations and practices for the Pike County Fair Horse Show have been a priority too. This year our club will be sponsoring the 4-H horse fun show at the Pike County Fair. Our Horse Daze experience will be a big help planning this event. The kids always love to relax and just have fun with games on horseback. We hope to see you on the trails at Pike Lake. When you stop at our day parking area, please check out our new large map on the kiosk. There will also be small individual maps for you to take on the trail. Enjoy! As we continue to mention someone special in our club, for ‘Saddle Talk’, Doug and Debby Sears always come to mind. They are a special couple that own the Painted Hill Farm at Pike Lake. Doug and Debby have retired at Pike Lake and have worked hard to provide our club with many amenities. They provide us a place to have monthly meetings and open their farm for us to camp and have many other activities and fellowship around the campfire. Maintaining the trails and keeping riders safe is a big priority to them and they work very hard to make this happen. We are so appreciative for all that they do! Our club will sadly miss a little guy, Aydon Satterfield, who lost his battle to cancer about one month ago. Aydon is the great grandson of Calvin and Arnetta Knipp of our club. He has been a part of some club events and a very determined and special little boy. Our hearts are broken for his family but we know that heaven needed a little hero and God picked Aydon! Much love and prayers are with his family and friends. This is just a small quote with a big meaning. ‘Life will change without our permission, but it’s our attitude that will determine
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Doug and Debby Sears enjoying friends around the campfire. the ride’. Author Unknown. God Bless and as always enjoy your ride! ~Teresa Wittkugle PORTAGE A boisterous welcome to the summer riding season! Ours was kicked off on Memorial Day weekend, at our first group outing at West Branch. Ken and Lori Teleis created some fun and challenging games for horse and rider. We circled the meadow with crepe paper strung between two riders. Looks easy but it proved to require more skill than we first thought. And racing the length of the meadow to get a tennis ball back to your home base only to have it bounce out of the bucket at the end was very frustrating. Thank you Ken and Lori for a memorable weekend. The potluck on Saturday night produced excellent food. We were glad we have the pavilion as it drizzled rain all evening. At the campfire on Sunday night we played a rousing game of Family Feud with Shannon Bard playing the animated part of Steve Harvey. We didn’t allow a little downpour ruin the weekend. Trails were a little wet but our work last year to reroute around muddy areas on the trails sure did pay off. The water was really high in the lake so it was difficult for our horses to drink at the watering hole. But, with temperatures in the 90s, it was OK with Lori Sallaz when
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Crepe paper race. she tumbled into the lake as her horse stumbled. Our next group outing at West Branch is the weekend of July 13. Our volunteers continue to improve trails at West Branch and the camping there is excellent. Until next time, come with us and ride the WB! ~Lee Hendrickson PREBLE Were to start...we have had a couple members who have been under the weather. Jean Allison fell and cracked her hip where she had had a hip replacement several years prior. She went to the hospital they repaired it for her and then she was released to rehab at Greenbrier in Eaton. She is now home continuing her rehab with a home health rehab person three times a week. We wish her a speedy recovery and I know Joe and Tammy are glad to have her at home. Daryl Bundy had a spell with his stomach and was hospitalized for several days but he is home now recuperating and doing well. He says he still tires easily but he is getting around and aggravated that he can’t do all that he wants. Hang in there Daryl it takes us ‘young ins’ longer to get back to normal. We had a great spring but now the rain has come back making our trails at Hueston Woods Bridle trails a little muddy again. We hope you will remember if it is too muddy to ride at home it is too muddy to ride trails at Hueston Woods. We had a great Fun Speed show over Memorial Day weekend. Had some great folks who came out to participate in the show and practice for upcoming fairs. They July 2018
also spent the entire weekend camping at the horse camp but unfortunately with the new rule that DNR has put in play, allowing non horse campers to camp in horse camp has hurt a lot of the horse campers. You see we horse campers can’t camp anywhere but in a horsecamp, but non horse people can camp anywhere they want. We had several unhappy horse campers because there was no place for them to camp because we had 17 non horse campers taking up horse camper spots. Don’t think this was a wise decision on the part of DNR but they make the rules. If you are having problems in your horse campgrounds I hope it is working better for you. There is a survey on the DNR State Park sites so you can voice your opinions, comments and suggestions about this matter. We had our monthly meeting and cleanup on June 1-3. We did get some work done on trails but some of trails were too wet to get on with the Gator. We did ride with another couple members on Sunday and had a good ride. On ‘C’ trail along Loop Road is very muddy in spots and there are trees down that need to be taken care of but nothing that we couldn’t get around. The state forest people came in and took down ash trees but were not really watching to make sure they didn’t cover our trails with downed trees. We now have added trees to get off the trails so it will be easier to get around. We did see Wanda Schuh and her granddaughter come in and ride out on the trails together. It was good seeing a young person out enjoying trail riding with her grandma! Great job guys come back anytime and enjoy a ride. We will be having a Fun Speed Show on Wednesday, July 4, with a rain date of Saturday, July 7. Come join us for a good time and get in some camping—remember you can reserve a camp site six months in advance so if you want to guarantee you will have a spot for the holidays you should keep
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Memorial Day Fun Show, flags and barrels. that in mind and rent your spot today. Our State ride coming up the second weekend in October will be on reservation availability also this year. We hope lots of you will come and spend the weekend with us; we have a great meal planned plus live band and raffles too, including our main raffle of $750 Rural King Gift card, and also our Chinese auction. A lot of fun and great camaraderie for everyone. I hope everyone has a great 4th of July celebration and good luck to our Preble County 4-H clubs at the Preble County Fair the first week of August. Fair time is upon us for the summer. Happy Trails, ~Becky ROSS Hello friends! I hope you’re enjoying your summer as much as I am, we have also been pretty busy. Back in May we had a work day that was on May 12 and were able to build some tie ups around Tar Hollow Horseman’s camp for our annual spring poker run on May 26. Speaking of the Poker Run we had around 90 plus riders attend. The winner of the poker run was Danielle Miller and the winner of the highest spade was JT Stone. We also had a 50/50 raffle and the winner was Mary Taylor. I also want to thank everybody who came out and rode/supported
us, we honestly appreciate it. We hope everybody had a great time and will come back for our fall poker run on Sept 1. We also have a ride scheduled July 21 at Elkins Creek and we hope to see you there! Happy Trails! ~Danielle STARK In June we were part of a group that camped at Mohican State Forest at the first of the month. Many of us were sitting at our campers and happened to look down the drive to see what we thought was fog setting in. Rain was in the forecast the whole weekend. But as we kept looking we realized it wasn’t fog but pollen blowing in off the trees. Most of us had not seen anything like this before. Riding the trails later, we noticed the leaves on the trees and the ground cover were all covered with the pollen. No wonder we were sneezing and have breathing issues. As I am sure our horses were affected by it also. Many thanks to the OHC chapters who did all the work on the campground and trails as there were lots of trees that had fallen just before our scheduled ride. Great job! Over Memorial weekend we camped at Fallon Park (AEP Land) in Coshocton and had a great time. That area got hit by the rain that came in—I believe it was about three inches dumped on the area in an hour. Not much fun when you are camping. It was fun getting away and camping with our friends we hadn’t seen in a while. There are several rides planned for the coming months. Until next time, happy trails to you! ~Jo Ellen SUMMIT
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Two little Bambinnos. There were a dozen members who came to enjoy the wine, food and stunning views. Plans were drawn up for future events and rides for the rest of this year. Two big events are scheduled this summer. The Tribute to the Horse will be held July 24-29 at the Summit County Fair. This is an opportunity to plant a seed and recruit the next generations of trail riders. The Mexican Fiesta Fundraiser is slated for Aug. 4. The latter will be held at the Richfield Heritage Preserve (RJRD) in conjunction with clinics and demonstrations. The Fiesta will be limited to OHC members only and will offer a demonstration on properly fitting English and western tack, a farrier discussing balance and symmetry of a horse’s foot, horse massage, proper tacking techniques and other fun and informative topics. There will be farm obstacles to test your skills and the option to ride the new trails (helmets required). We are still awaiting confirmation from some vendors on their availability for that date. As always we can’t have fun without great food so our walking taco bar, snacks, and beverages will be included. There is a large shelter in the event of rain so don’t let the weather concern you. Our joint rides with Medina Chapter OHC are very popular and have given members old and new opportunities to enjoy the local trails and some shared experiences. Don’t miss these opportunities (twice a month) to log some special trail miles and get to know the members much better. There are also the weekend camping opportunities at regional rides and the whole summer ahead to enjoy them. See our websites for details. 76
Wednesday at the Winery. We would like to offer our sincere condolences to several members who have lost their long time equine partners this year. These loyal animals were so much a part of their lives and we hope the memories of their special times together are a comfort. One never knows what can be lurking in amongst all those tall weeds that sprout up so quickly. Carolyn Sullivan and her faithful dog Twig came across a set of twin fawns who are hopefully temporary residents in her soon to be garden. Maybe they just got in the buffet line a little too early. On the other end of the spectrum, please be very cautious out there as the tick population seems to have sky rocketed. That means checking yourself, your horse, and your dogs for unwanted guests. Hope to see you out on the trails or at one of our events. ~Joann Ulichney TRUMBULL Happy summer from the Trumbull County OHC! Wow, July is here at last! Great celebrations await us with family and friends for our country’s Independence Day as well as so many fun picnics and outings at home and on the trail. While at these picnics you may be tempted to treat your horse from the numerous goodies on your table. There are many picnic items that are safe to feed your equine friend and many that are not. A ‘short’ list of safe foods for horses (not complete please research before feeding human food to your horse if you are not sure of the safety): apples, carrots, pears, coconut, watermelon rind (very small quantity), strawberries and cucumber. Be sure the food has been properly washed prior to cutting to avoid any bacteria transfer. The list of unsafe foods for horses is much longer (not a complete listing; please verify before feeding any human foods to your horse). Foods in the Brassica family which include kale, turnips, cabbage, rape, broccoli, rutabaga, horseradish,
and radish. These contains substances that cause oral and GI irritation in horses. Also unsafe to feed are avocado, onions, potatoes, rhubarb, tomatoes and any member of the nightshade family which includes peppers. It is not recommended that any nuts be fed to a horse. We all hope that you enjoy the summer riding and we look forward to seeing you on the trail! The Trumbull County chapter meets the first Sunday of the month at the Fowler Township Hall at 7 p.m. Come and join us and join in our fun! ~Kathryn Bartow TUSCARAWAS Good heavens…where the heck have I been? My sincerest of apologies as I have missed several Corral publications in a row; life has happened. I took a new job back in November 2017, and as time has rolled on, I have gotten busier and busier, averaging four to five nights per week on the road. My monthly submissions have suffered as a result, and I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel anytime soon. After careful consideration, and in all fairness to the club, I have asked to step-down from the role of Corral reporter, though I will remain on to submit occasional monthly features. The role will be assumed by various members of the club, all contributing from varied perspectives. The last nine years as Corral Reporter have been a fantastic journey. I look over the stories and poems I’ve written and it brings back so many memories. It has been an absolute pleasure and honor to have worked with the Corral and to serve the Tuscarawas County OHC. See you on the trails guys. Love you all. ~Patti UNION Winter left and summer started. Spring was nowhere to be found. With the hot and humid temperatures please be considerate of your equine partners. Try to trailer early in the morning or later in the evening when it is cooler. Don’t leave horses in a parked trailer especially foals who are more susceptible to heat stroke, and the same for riding. Ride early or late in the day to avoid the hottest times. Make sure your horse has plenty of water and take care of
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Ruth and Lou yourself making sure you have plenty of water as well. It is with great sadness that I am informing every one of the passing of Ruth Mautz. Ruth was one of the founders of the Union County Chapter of the OHC. She enjoyed competitive trail riding, endurance riding and camping. She was also an avid fan of the Appaloosa horse and breed and raced many great horses. Ruth was very involved in preserving the trails and acquiring new ones, she was a great friend and supporter of the OHC. Ruth rode until she was 80 and enjoyed bright colored clothes and hats with birds on them. Ruth passed on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at the age of 95. She will be sorely missed by her family and friends. Our secondary member, Theresa Burke enjoyed Muskingum County’s hospitality at Blue Rock State Park over Memorial weekend. Muskingum hosted a hog roast and poker run. Karen who normally rides Blue Rock with Theresa couldn’t attend because she still hasn’t found the right equine partner yet. Karen will definitely be there next year. Becky and Stephanie Petee attended Clark County’s trail cleanup at Buck Creek on June 2 in preparation for Clark County’s Spring Overnight Trail Ride June 8-10. Debbie Strayton enjoyed a birthday trail ride along with her husband, Jim and their horses Zoe and Joey at Glacier Ridge in May. 4-H is in full swing for Katrina Strayton who is working hard at jumping and showmanship
Joey and Katrina practicing showmanship. July 2018
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Karen riding Barry. with her horse, Joey. Karen has been riding various horses at the boarding facility where she keeps Charlie as well as honing her saddle seat skills at a local Saddlebred barn, until she can find her next horse. Union County has been busy enjoying their equine friends. Until next month everyone stay safe and happy trails. ~Karen Holland WARREN Warren County’s Over the Hill Gang has been busy working on the new Caesars Ford Park. As I write this, there are about four miles of trails cleared. It’s going to be a great park when it’s finished. I’m including two photos of the early stages this month, taken by Jane LeVeck. Next month I should have some riding photos. Hopefully someone took some on the ride at Hang ‘Em High, though I won’t know until after the deadline. I’ll also be taking part in the 4th of July parades so I’ll have photos of my own from those. I won’t be riding; I’m once again going to use my UTV to ferry Harold McKeehan, poop-scooper extraordinaire. Much easier than having to walk, especially at the Otterbein one. That’s a long parade, and it’s hard to keep up with the horses on foot. Harold’s
New trails at Caesars Ford Park taken by Jane LeVeck. July 2018
in pretty good shape, but there’s no sense in trying to kill him! I did get a chance to ride recently at Midwest Trail Ride in Indiana. Nice place, very friendly people. It was for an endurance ride, though I just do the ‘intro’ distances of 12-17 miles (this was 13.5). If you haven’t been there, check it out. The trails are Hoosier National Forest are nice, they drain well, but there are lots of hills so use caution if your horse isn’t in shape yet. That’s why I did the 13.5 option rather than the 16.5 option; I’d only been on Cooper four times. It was a good decision; he was still feeling good when we finished, but I could tell he was getting a little tired, so a good choice. Chris Pawsat sent me a report on the Cast Iron Cook-Off. She said that no one showed up to cook, but there were 10 people for dinner. The rain didn’t help with camping and riding, but Harold made a great fire to end the evening. It’s disappointing, but hopefully next year more people will show up to cook. Even if not, the potluck is fun, but if we’re going to call it a Cast Iron Cook off, cooking is kind of the point. I may have to see about getting a cast iron skillet, except that it may well fall on the same weekend as I’m at Midwest again. Happy riding, and try to outrun the bugs! ~Mickie WASHINGTON Greetings fellow horse people! Our next meeting will be Aug. 2, 7 p.m. at the Christ United Methodist Church, 301 Wooster Street, invite a friend to come along and join our chapter. We will be planning our Aug. 11 Corn Roast Ride to be held at Mountwood Park horse camp. Washington County is busy! May 19 we partnered with the Marietta Walmart for the 20th Children’s Miracle Network Trail Ride at Salt Fork. As always, it rained. Still several groups were out on the trails. Some avoided the rain drops, others were a little soaked from head to toe as they returned to the camp. There was a good turnout with food, country store and auction, with Bill Hoover as the auctioneer, held to benefit the CMN. Darrell McKay won the prize for oldest rider, Brent DeWees traveled the farthest, Donna Vincent’s granddaughter, Briley Graham won youngest rider, and Donna won for the
most money collected $2700! The high point of the day was the auction for a quilt made from T-shirts from all 20 years of the ride. The bidding was quite spirited, but it was for a good cause. Thanks to Josh Wagner and the Walmart team for such a great event and allowing our club to participate! Our next event will be a regional ride at Kinderhook Trial Head of Wayne National Forest on June 23. While it is a one-day event, folks are permitted to come and camp. It is primitive camping with only a water source and pit toilet, but you are welcome. We will host several different length rides, all riding out at 10 a.m. There are several challenging hills and some dirt road riding on the long loop. It is a great place to ride! A potluck will be held at 5 p.m. and both riders and nonriders are encouraged to come join in the fun! Keep in mind parking will be tight, we will be asking you to follow directions so we can get all of the rigs in. We hope you will come! June 30 we will be hosting a contest event horse show at the Barlow Fairgrounds. This is our first attempt at this type of event. In addition to the contest events we will have food, a country store and perhaps some vendors. Not all details are finalized, but we are excited to enter a new adventure. We have a showbill posted on our Washington County OHC Facebook page for your benefit. Many of our members are out and about on horses in all sorts of areas and events. There is getting to be a rather large group that do driving. There are still lots of trail riders and campers, and now with our young people a growing interest in shows. We also know many of our members are active in other riding clubs, 4-H, and even other OHC chapters. We applaud this, since it helps fulfill our mission to be ‘horsemen helping horsemen’! ~Rita V. Schultheis WAYNE It’s here! It’s here! Summer weather is finally here! It seems we skipped spring all together this year. Never the less, Wayne County OHC has been very busy. The Tuesday night trail rides at Mohican have commenced again with great success. Anyone who wants to ride is welcome. The ride starts at 5:30 p.m. (that means saddled up and ready
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Wayne County OHC Chapter check presentation to Wayne County Rails to Trails.
Steve Wickersham at Malabar Farms Plow Day and Farm Pull.
Tom Bahl on Glory at Wooster Memorial Day Parade. to ride.) If you are a first time trail rider or have a green horse, just let Marilyn Conley (aka: Trail Boss Lady) know and she will try to pair you up with an experienced rider and horse. She always stays at the parking lot until the last rider comes in so no one is left alone in the dark to load and we know everyone made it safely back to camp. The first campout of the year was held Memorial Day weekend. Thanks to Ryan and Katie Robinson for hosting at Malabar Farms. We had ten rigs turn out! Although we got soaking wet on Saturday, the rides were good and the company better. We had a great turn out for the potluck dinner Saturday night which we moved up to 5 p.m. from 6 p.m. to avoid the rain. After dinner and a quick rain shower, thanks to Jim Baker, who got the fire going, we had a wonderful camp fire. The club was well represented in Wooster’s Memorial Day parade. It was hot and humid but the horses behaved well. We even had one cart driven 77
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Sign Up for Clinic with Terry Myers in August PRESIDENT, Claudia Grimes; VICE PRESIDENT, Louise Fraser; SECRETARY, Lois Magisano; WEBSITE, www.ohiomorganhorse.com
by Susan Walker Last month I gave a recap of the Terry Myers ranch horse clinic and hinted that there may be more clinics to come. Well, now it’s official—the next series of clinics with Mr. Myers will take place on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25 and 26, again at Windcrest Farms in Wooster. For this clinic, the participants will ride on both days, choosing a 3-hour time slot for either the morning or the afternoon on both days. This is a great opportunity
to learn a bit about the training of a ranch horse, or just to improve any type of riding the western horse. For details or to secure your spot, please contact Claudia Grimes. In case you failed to hear the sad news, renowned Morgan trainer, breeder and exhibitor, Tom Caisse passed away. Tom earned the adjective ‘legendary’ for the number of great horses he produced for the Kohler Stables as trainer and breeding manager. His name will always be most closely associated with also legendary, world’s champion stallion, Noble Flaire and his sons, HVK Bell Flaire and HVK Vibrance. An icon of the breed has been lost, but what a legacy he has left behind. The committee for the Morgan Weanling Gala has announced the three-judge panel who
will be judging the weanlings during the gala at the Buckeye Morgan Challenge horse show in August. Joining the Buckeye Challenge judge, Tom Bombolis, will be Richard Wright and Pierre Loiselle. So far, the offspring of 15 stallions are eligible to compete, but that number may grow before the show takes place. If you have an outstanding weanling, the sire nomination deadline is July 31, 2018 according to the stallion nomination agreement. What an exciting Friday we are going to have at this year’s Buckeye. Speaking of our annual show, you may have been contacted by a board member as part of the sponsorship pledge campaign. All shows need sponsorships to help with the bottom line, and ours is no exception. Our sincere thanks if you’ve pledged a
sponsorship. If you haven’t made a commitment yet, we hope you will consider giving generously. I am late with this news and I apologize for that. In May two of our club members were honored by The Morgan Horse magazine as they announced their ‘Industry Honors’ winners. Reserve in the carriage category was Lacy’s High Fashion Magic, owned and driven by Louise Frazer. In the category of best instructor/ clinician-academy, the reserve award was given to Elizabeth Thomas of Equestrian Elite LLC. Well done, Louise and Elizabeth. Huge congratulations to you both on this prestigious recognition. And while I’m on the subject of congratulations…I just learned that Shelby Clark of Three Fillies Farm is newly engaged. Best wishes go out to Shelby and her fiancé, Sebastian Zlotkowski.
you have the ‘love of the horse’. Mike Miller and his team Sam and Ralph pulled Tom Doyle’s beautifully restored horse-drawn ladder wagon in the Memorial Day Parade in Medina. The ladders are 32 ft. long making the whole rig from nose to end 50 ft. long. Talk about a wide turn! Sam and Ralph are truly amazing horses as they pulled this long wagon in a parade and can also trail ride with the rest of the saddle horses. We have such diversity in our club! Steve Wickersham participated in the Malabar Plow
Days with his mules. They were a very sharp looking team of driver and mule! Speaking of mules, Marilyn Conley got a new mule so she now has a team again. You can’t wipe the smile off her face as she drives that beautiful pair of long ears! Congratulations. On a more urban note, the Wayne County OHC Chapter donated $500 to the Wayne County Rails to Trails to help with trail building. We are working hard to build a good relationship and foster respect for the various groups that use the trails in Wayne County. If you are riding on a trail remember to stay on the berm as much as possible. A picture of the ‘formal’ check presentation is included. It was taken at the Eby Road Trailhead on the County Line Trail in Creston. This is a trail that I often drive my mini horse on for fun and exercise. The people in the picture from left to right are: Sue Baker on ‘Roy’, Don Noble, president of Wayne County Rails to Trails, Nancy Strayer, president of Wayne OHC, Tom Bahl and Marline Smalley of Wayne OHC and Leigh Litman on ‘Rocky’. Lest you think all we did was have fun trail riding and camping this month, please be assured that many club members have been
working hard at trail maintenance at Mohican. Tom and Nancy have been working at cutting and moving fallen trees off the trail. Another trail crew, that also included Dave Schmidt and Charlotte Enders, worked with Holmes County at their work day to repair erosion on the trails. Thanks to all those members of all the clubs who work so hard to keep Ohio’s trails some of the best equine trails in the country. There were lots of day rides this month by Pam Miller and others in Medina, Summit and Cuyahoga counties as well. Hinckley, Wetmore, Silver Creek and Brecksville all saw members from Wayne County out and about. June promises to be just as busy, with campouts scheduled at Wills Creek, Mohican (for a work weekend) and the Regional Ride which starts June 30. The reservations for the Regional Ride are full but call Trudy Schmidt to get on the waiting list. You never know when someone might cancel and a spot will be available. If you can’t camp, come and day ride with us or just come and ‘sit a spell’ and visit. We love the company. Until next month, be safe, have fun and remember to track your trail miles as you ride! ~Susan Baker
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