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The Horsemen’s Corral is the official publication for the following clubs: Adams County Horseman’s Association National Pole Bending Association Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club Northern Ohio Dressage Association Avon Lake Saddle Club Northern Kentucky Horse Network Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club Black Swamp Driving Club Ohio Appaloosa Association Buckeye Horse Park Classical Attraction Dressage Society O.H.I.O. EXCA Central Ohio Saddle Club Association Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association Central Ohio Wagoneers Ohio Gaited Horse Riding Club Colorado Ranger Horse Association Ohio Haflinger Association District One National Show Horse Ohio Horseman’s Council Dusty Boots Riding Club Ohio Morgan Horse Association Flatlanders Dressage & Combined Ohio Paint Horse Club Training Association, Inc. Ohio Quarter Horse Association Geauga Horse & Pony Association Great Lakes Appaloosa Horse Club Ohio Ranch Horse Association Ohio State Buckskin Association Indiana Horse Council Ohio Western Horse Association, Inc. Indiana Mounted Regulators Knox County Horse Park Ottawa County Horse Foundation Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros Pinto Horse Association of Ohio Tri-County Trail Association Massillon Saddle Club Tri-State Rodeo Association Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc. Wayne County Saddle Club Mid-Eastern Farriers Association Mid Ohio Dressage Association Western Reserve Carriage Association Mid-Ohio Marauders
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Inside This Issue Corral Calendar .............................................................................26 The Cowboy Perseverance Ranch ................................................42 Hay Now — The Long Stretch .......................................................18 If You Dream It, You Can Do It.......................................................48 The Last Ride ..................................................................................8 Notes from Inside The Corral ..........................................................6 Palm Partnership Training .............................................................20 Posts “The Backbone of your Fence System” ...............................24 Ride In Sync ..................................................................................10 Thinking Joint Support? Consider the Science..............................40 TrailMeister ....................................................................................14 View From the Cheap Seats..........................................................38 The Way of Horses ........................................................................70 Club News
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, Rob & Tanya Corzatt, .............................. Debbie Disbrow, Robert Eversole, Kristen Janicki, ............................Terry Myers, Lynn Palm, Sarah Vas, Jennifer Woodruff Guests:.................................................................................................... Lisa Kiley
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Black Swamp Driving Club ............................................................46 Central Ohio Saddle Club Association...........................................15 Central Ohio Wagoneers ...............................................................52 Colorado Ranger Horse Association .............................................54 District One National Show Horse Association ..............................34 Dusty Boots Riding Club................................................................52 Geauga Horse and Pony Association ............................................46 Great Lakes Appaloosa Club .........................................................34 Indiana Horse Council ...................................................................69 Knox County Horse Park ...............................................................44 Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros ........................................................16 Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc. ..........................................50 Mid-Eastern Farriers Association...................................................44 Mid Ohio Marauders ......................................................................23 National Pole Bending Association ................................................16
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Northern Ohio Dressage Association ............................................39 O.H.I.O. EXCA...............................................................................22 Ohio Gaited Horse Trailriders ........................................................50 Ohio Horseman’s Council, Inc. ......................................................56 Ohio Morgan Horse Association ....................................................49 Ohio Paint Horse Club ...................................................................12 Ohio Quarter Horse Association ....................................................12 Tri-County Trail Association ...........................................................43 Wayne County Saddle Club ..........................................................46 Western Reserve Carriage Association .........................................34
ABOUT THE COVER: American Morgan stallion, Orion proudly salutes our veterans with Jeff Wilson Horsemanship. Photo courtesy of Jeff Wilson. Learn more in “Notes from Inside the Corral” on page 6 and visit JeffWilsonHorsemanship.com.
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nce again this month I find myself wanting to talk about the cover photo. Our friend Jeff Wilson had one of his Morgan horses clipped by Dana Boyd Miller with all the military logos as a dedication to the men and women who have served, or are serving our Country. The horse, Orion, was part of the BreyerFest 2019 Salute to Horse Heroes program at Kentucky Horse Park in July. Jeff’s presentation was a fan favorite, especially when he combined it with Joe’s tribute to ‘Old Glory’. Jeff Wilson has worked with over 4000 horses over the last 35 years and he loves every minute of it. Jeff brings the age old principles of dressage alongside the comfortable and relaxed
culture of the western horse with his American Morgan horses. His mission is to help every rider and horse reach the highest level of training they desire, at the pace they wish, with the principles of Dressage for the Western Horse. Jeff has traveled all across America performing tributes to the men and woman serving in the United States Military, for veterans in Post-Traumatic Stress programs, and even in the prestigious NYC Veterans Day Parade. To learn more please visit JeffWilsonHorsemanship. com or Cowboy_Horseman on Instagram. A little closer to home, the Corral sponsored two units in this year’s Lodi Corn Festival Parade. One unit of riders featured our beloved Morning
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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
CHARLES FRANK PEOPLES Charles Frank Peoples (70) of Butler, Ky., passed away Friday, July 5, 2019. Charlie Frank was born in Dayton, Ky., on Oct. 1, 1948, son of the late Charles W. and Stella Pribble Peoples. Charlie Frank was a lifelong Pendleton County farmer, owner and operator of Peoples Trucking and Peoples Quarter Horses. Charlie was a National Pole Bending Association Board of Directors, founding member of the National Barrel Horse Association, NBHA State director, Pendleton County Youth Fair Board Member, Horseshow Chair, 1999 Main Event Champion, 2004 American Quarter Horse Congress champion, Jr. Pole Bending, 2008 NBHA Reserve champion, 2008 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) world championship, third place barrels, 2010 NPBA Hall of Fame, Pole Bending exhibitor, 2011 AQHA World Show Champion, 2011 AQHA Reserve World Champion, Jr. Pole Bending, 2012 All American Quarter Horse Congress champion, Jr. Pole Bending, 2013 All American Quarter Horse Congress champion, Sr. Pole Bending, 2013 AQHA World show, third place, 2014 NPBA Worlds Fastest Pole BenderLightnings Stars N Bars, 2015 AQHA World show, third place, 2017 NPBA Hall of Fame-Glorys Boomer Bar, and worlds greatest Papaw. In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his grandson Evan Peoples. Survived by his wife Theresa Buerkley Peoples, daughter Amy
Peoples, sons Craig (Miranda) Peoples, Jake (Brandy) Peoples, Nathan (Amy) Peoples, brother John (Shelly) Peoples, grandchildren Sadie Peoples, Cassandra Antrobus, Colton Peoples, Macie Peoples, Samuel Peoples, Courtney Peoples and Bradford Peoples, great grandchildren Kodie Diane, Andie Jane, Charlie and Grayson. Visitation was held on July 8 and 9, 2019 at the Peoples Funeral Home in Butler, Ky. Funeral services immediately followed at the funeral home. Charlie’s final resting place will be on the Peoples Family Farm. Memorials if desired are suggested to the Evan Peoples Scholarship Fund, 8164 Hwy 27 N., Butler, KY 41006.
SALLIE SUZANNA KIMMEL SULLIVAN Sallie Suzanna Kimmel Sullivan, age 66, of 274 Johnson Road and formerly of Canfield, Ohio, wife of James Earl “Jim” Sullivan, passed away on July 9, 2019, at her home. Sallie worked side by side her husband of 42 years from 1999 to 2019. She was the Vice President of RB Fabricators, Inc. in Youngstown, Ohio. Born in Youngstown, she was a daughter of the late Richard Austin and Patricia Bartholomew Kimmel. Sallie grew up around and dedicated her life pursuits to her passion for horses. She grew up working for the family business, Kimmel’s Saddle Shop, making browbands, cavessons, gun holsters and rebuilding saddles. Sallie was a member of 4-H and a member of the Mahoning County Saddle and Bridle Association that sponsored the well-renowned Youngstown Charity Horse Show. She was a founding lifetime member and board member of Buckeye Horse Park. Sallie also operated her own seamstress business, Mateef Equine Designs, where she created show apparel and competitive gear for endurance riders. She was also a member of the American Endurance Ride Conference with 3,540 registered miles and many more miles under saddle training and pleasure riding. As an endurance rider, Sallie was as passionate about mentoring other riders as she was about racing. Sallie was also a member of the Greenford Christian Church in Greenford, Ohio. Sallie and her daughter Megan hosted the Survivor Run event at Buckeye Horse Park since 2014 to share her passion of endurance riding and to promote awareness to early breast cancer detection. In addition to her husband, Sallie leaves behind her children: Megan S. Hruska and husband Steve of Greenville; Adam James Sullivan of Greenville; a brother, Brian Kimmel of Burton, Ohio; a sister, Gail “Cookie” Hull and husband Michael of Boardman, Ohio; two grandchildren, Tyler Sullivan, and Evan Hruska. She also leaves behind her beloved animals, especially Penny the Pug. A visitation was held at The Kennedy Mortuary on July 13. A celebration of life was held at Greenford Christian Church in Canfield, Ohio, on July 27. Memorials may be made to Greenford Christian Church, 11767 Lisbon Rd., Greenford, Ohio 44422.
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Ride In Sync
Trail Class is About Body Control
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by Terry Myers
his article has to do with understanding what is needed to show trail classes. I have a lot of people wanting me to do clinics on trail obstacles and how to ride a trail pattern. Problem is, so many people don’t have the basic body control of their horses to be able to do the trail obstacles. They think the challenge is to just get over, under or through the trail obstacle. Here’s the deal, the challenge is to maneuver the trail obstacle with control and finesse. To do this, you need to be able to move your horse’s shoulders and hips. You need a good side pass. You also need total control. For my trail riders, the information in this article applies to riding on a trail as well; to be able to have total body control of your horse will keep you and your horse safe. Let’s break the horse’s body into three different parts; nose to withers, shoulders and rib
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case, hips. A horse has to be supple is its head and neck. To get this it’s not about pulling, it’s about teaching a horse to give to pressure, as we have talked about in previous articles. The next step, once a horse will give to pressure, is teaching them to give their hip while keeping shoulders still. Then they need to be able to move shoulders while keeping hips still. Lastly, they need to be able to put it together and side pass. If you horse can do these things, you can put together good trail class performance. I will try to give a brief summary of how to accomplish each of these steps. 1. Teaching a horse to give to bit pressure is starting with basics. While standing still, pick up on one rein and ask the horse to move their nose in that direction. Do this with the slightest pressure possible. When the horse moves their nose in that direction, let go of the rein pressure to reward your horse. If you horse starts to move their
feet while you are doing this, keep the pressure until the horse stops moving their feet. Then let go. Work both sides equally, but don’t expect your horse to react the same of both sides. Most horses are ‘right-handed’ or ‘left-handed’ and will be better on one side than the other, just like people. Once you have your horse soft, they will give to the slightest pressure on each side. 2. Next we will teach the horse to take a step over with their hip while keeping their front feet still. Pick up on your left rein. Move your left leg back slightly (close to where back cinch would be) and bump with your leg. This is not a kick or squeeze. When you horse takes one step to the right, release all pressure and pet you horse. When you can do one step well, ask for two, then three. Do this until you can move the hip all the way around without moving their front feet. 3. The next thing you teach your horse is to move their shoulders while keeping back feet still. Sit deep in the saddle, open your left rein and leg, close your right rein and bump with right leg. When they take a step to the left, release all pressure and reward them. If you horse backs up, you have too much rein pressure. It’s not about pulling with your left hand, it’s about driving with your right leg. The horse moves away from the pressure of your right leg. The left hand simply opens the door to allow the horse to move to the left. 4. The side pass is simply combining movement of the shoulders and hips in the same direction at the same time, at the same speed. Sounds simples until you try to do it. This maneuver is actually a balancing act between hands and legs. To move to the left, you create pressure with your right leg pushing the horse into your left rein. Open the left rein. Keep the horse’s head in front of them with some pressure on your right rein with it closed on their neck. Apply leg pressure with your right leg, which pushes your horse into your left rein. Too much hands and your horse goes backwards. Too much leg and they try to go forwards. If you have trouble, do this facing a fence or wall to keep your horse from going forward. As before, when your horse takes
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Terry Myers one step, reward them. Repeat over and over until the can side pass several steps. Then try side passing over a log. Now that you have all this control over your horse, you are ready to start working obstacles. To do a proper L back through, start practicing literally one step at a time. Back a step and have your horse stand for several seconds. Then back another. Once you get to the corner, move the hip over one step and stand. By doing this obstacle one step at a time, your horse learns to listen to you for each and every step they take. You also eliminate a lot of frustration for both you and your horse. Working a trail gate is the same thing. Side pass to the gate, then work the gate one step at a time. If you horse gets antsy, make them stand and relax for several seconds or even minutes. Then try another step. With teaching your horse this type of body control, trail class becomes fun. This training is not a quick process. It takes time and patience. Let your horse learn one step at a time. If you get frustrated, you are asking for too much. As I always say…horses don’t make mistakes, people do. Terry Myers is a national clinician and champion horse trainer with a depth of knowledge developed from over 45 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-InSync methods as well as clinic and training services available, visit Myers at www.tmtrainingcenter. com or on Facebook. Questions about this or any of our articles can be emailed to us at myers5000@aol.com. August 2019
Ohio Paint Horse Club
Buckeye Bonanza Show and Lucky 7 Classes 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 A big hello to our Corral readers! Gosh I cannot believe it is August when you read our news. Border Blast/Ohio Michigan Partnership Scholarship Show looks like it is going to be another great show, I will report on that next month and will have pictures of our scholarship winners, one will be drawn from Michigan and one from Ohio. Lots of excitement for the Buckeye Bonanza Show to be held Aug. 24 and 25 at The World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, Ohio. There are four judges: Randy Wilson, Teresa Pelton, Chris Arnold, and April Devitt. This show is
being held at the same time as the SOQHA Summer Finale. The two events are separate but we are working together to enable those double registered horses to cross over to each show. Load up your ‘Doubles!’ Premier Paint Sires will join us again at this show. We will again feature the ‘Lucky 7’ classes that open to all age and all breed. The ‘Lucky 7’ classes are all $500 added money. Yearling Longe Line, Non-Pro Showmanship, Non-Pro Hunter Under Saddle, Open Hunter Under Saddle, Non-Pro Western Pleasure, Open Western Pleasure, Open Trail. You can enter at the show for these classes. Entry fees $150 per class. Also held with this show are the OPHC Stallion Service Auction classes for Weanlings, paying out $1359.90, Yearlings paying out $2538.90. The Yearling classes are longeline and halter. Two Year Old classes will be paying out $1902.55. The Two-YearOld classes are Hunter Under Saddle and Western Pleasure. These three divisions of the SSA
will be paying out over $6,000 with entry fees. Entries are due Aug. 5. Contact SSA chair Tina Eller at 937/303-3632 or email ellersheating@hotmail.com for more information. Get those eligible Weanlings, Yearlings and Two Year Old’s in this Futurity. Do not pass up this SSA money! Go on our website, www.ophc. org, and fill in the OPHC entry form and send it off to Ashley, Show Secretary. Check in at the office with your papers and deposit, it is that fast. Stall and camping/electric prepaid reservation form will be also be on the website. Stall are $135 which includes five bags of shavings. RV camping reservations are $80 prepaid with your stall reservation. These reservations are due on or before Aug. 10. Mail to Roxann Rohrl, 11972 Robson Road, Grafton, Ohio 44044. Checks will not be deposited before the show. No refunds after Aug. 10. Don’t miss this show! It is a winner and will make you a winner! The OPHC Holiday Special Event Show will be held Sept. 2, Labor Day, at the Champions Center. The will be a one
judge show. This show will be partnered with S.O. YEDA aka Youth Equestrian Development Association. It is a Holiday Special Event Show featuring APHA classes along with YEDA classes. This complete weekend is really a horseman’s dream. Open classes paying money with the Fallen Horseman Memorial Show Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. More information will be on our website, www.ophc.org, along with the showbill. High Point Awards and give-a-ways will be offered. Come join us for this special event. Our OPHC General Membership meeting will be held in November. Sheri Love is the Chair of the Nominating Committee. Sheri can be reached at shlv65@aol.com or 419/465-2863. Would you be interested in helping to steer our club? President, vice president, secretary, treasurer and three directors will be voted on. How about you? You’re invited! We need ideas in having our awards banquet in February 2020. We are always open to your ideas and suggestions. Thanks everyone; See you at our shows!
Ohio Quarter Horse Association
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Ohio Quarter Horse Youth Association sent eight youth to the three-day 2019 Bank of America Youth Excellence Seminar (YES), held July 9-11. OQHYA sent AQHYA director delegates Alexa Black, Courtney Hilty, and Natalie Hilty as well as Marina Marotto, Blaise Runyon, Caleb Sturgeon, Alexia Tordoff, and Olivia Tordoff. Alexa Black, Courtney Hilty, and Natalie Hilty were all elected as AQHYA Region 4 Directors! Ohio Quarter Horse Association Year-end point standings are updated on the OQHA website HORSEMEN’S CORRAL
and can be found at oqha.com/ points. ALL AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE CONGRESS The 2019 All American Quarter Horse Congress will be held Oct. 1-27 at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio, with the trade show opening Oct. 4. The Congress entry book is live and can be found at quarterhorsecongress.com/ congress-entry-book-forms. Tickets are on sale now for all Congress special events. To purchase tickets and to book your accommodations at the lowest guaranteed price, visit quarterhorsecongress.com. OCT. 6: Congress Cutting Champions Challenge, 6 p.m. OCT. 11: Congress PBR, 7 p.m. (Mutton Bustin at 6 p.m.) OCT. 12: Congress Freestyle Reining, 7 p.m. OCT. 26: Congress Masters, 7 p.m. August 2019
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TrailMeister
When the Phone Says “No Service” by Robert Eversole When you’re out in the wild and need to call for help, don’t be surprised if your cellphone reads ‘No Service.’ Losing your cell signal while outdoors can be annoying, but if you’re out riding or camping your cellphone signal can mean the difference between life and death. Injuries, being lost, and any other number of hazards can mean we need to call for help, but if there’s no signal to carry your message, then what do you do? Unlike the phone you use every day, GPS communicators don’t need a cell signal to work. Instead, they use the network of satellites constantly orbiting overhead. Not only can they be used to track your position, but they can also be used to send and receive packages of data. We’re talking around 140 characters, like in the early days of text messaging. That may not sound like much, but it’s enough to tell your loved ones where you are (or that you’re delayed), receive medical advice, and even download an up-to-date weather report. They can also contact search and rescue virtually anywhere in the world if the sh@t really hits the fan. I tested the three most promising satellite messengers from SatPaq, SPOT, and Garmin. Since I don’t have a vested interest in any of them, I won’t sugarcoat it: none of these tools are perfect. That being said all of them could save your life when the trail gets rocky. Each of these devices have a number of basic functions in common. When activated, all of them let you do the following in areas without cellphone reception: • In case of a non-life-threatening emergency, alert your personal contacts that you need help
• In case of a life-threatening emergency, activate an SOS button that directly notifies emergency responders of your distress signal, as well as your GPS coordinates • Send text-based messages to your personal contacts • Create shareable online maps of your adventure so others can follow along in (near) real time • Track your journey
SatPaq
A clip on antenna that turns your smartphone into a satellite communicator. • PRO: Inexpensive to purchase and to use. Takes advantage to the phone that’s already in your pocket. • CON: Needs your cell phone • PRICE: $250 • COST OF OWNERSHIP: .29 to .40 per message NIFTY FACT: The SatPaq communicates through Geostationary (GEO) satellites when there is no cell or WiFi coverage. GEO satellites don’t move relative to your position on earth so they’re always in view and your communications can happen right away. Horse and mule riders like to get off the beaten path. We long for the backwoods, and back country refuges of isolation where (hopefully) you won’t see people for days. The problem is when you’re this far in the backcountry, you’re also well out of cell coverage which can make a bad situation much worse if there’s ever a serious injury or illness. You won’t have to worry about that potential worst-case scenario if you’re carrying a SatPaq. The SatPaq from Higher Ground is a lightweight device that easily clips to your smartphone and connects wirelessly using Bluetooth to communicate through satellites when there is no cell coverage. SatPaq’s SpaceLinq free app allows you to send and receive messages, get instant weather forecasts, share your location, and get help in emergencies—all without having to pay monthly service fees. SatPaq also features an Artificial Intelligence medical service to answer first aid questions and an SOS service for emergencies. It’s iPhone and Android compatible and can hold a charge for 4-5 months in storage. SatPaq is also only 4 ounces, that’s less than my iPhone! SatPaq eliminates the monthly fees associated with other satellite messengers through the purchase of message credits called MessagePaqs that allow you to use the service whenever you need. These message credits holdover until you use them. If you spend time exploring away from cell phone coverage, the SatPaq is a very attractive piece of gear! 14
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COSCA Incentive Program; Volunteer at Upcoming Shows PRESIDENT, Bob Huff; VICE PRESIDENT, Mandy Dacek; SECRETARY, John Anicas; TREASURER, Marge Conner; WEBSITE, www.coscaonline.com
by Mandy Dacek As I sit down to write this article, the sun is shining and it finally feels like summer! I can’t
believe it’s already July. Summer is sure flying by! But don’t worry, there are still plenty of COSCA shows to enjoy! Check out our website for August dates and showbills. The COSCA Summer Sizzler is the weekend of Aug. 17-18 at the Medina County Fairgrounds. In addition to our website, there is a small ad in the July issue of the Corral. Plus the COSCA Open Show is Sept. 7 also at the Medina County Fairgrounds.
These are just the summer shows our club puts on. Check out our website for shows put on by other clubs but approved for COSCA year-end points. With our upcoming shows fast approaching, we could use some help with gates as well as ringmastering. Don’t forget about the Incentive Program. Lend a hand at the show, and begin to earn free stalls, free 2020 memberships and more! If you could spare any time at the
Summer Sizzler or Open Show to lend a hand, it would be greatly appreciated! Please contact any officer or director and let them know you can help. We can always use class sponsors at our shows. This is a great way to get your business or farm name out there, and they are tax deductible! Please contact Jennifer Markley for sponsorship information. See you at the shows!
TrailMeister (Continued) SPOT X
A rugged communications device that will send texts independently, without a linked smartphone. • PRO: QWERTY keyboard and a built-in digital compass • CON: Keyboard has tiny hard to use buttons. Cannot pair with a phone. Does not support maps • PRICE: $250 • COST OF OWNERSHIP: $164$380 per year NIFTY FACT: The SPOT X is the company’s first device with two-way satellite messaging. The SPOT X is a stand-alone two-way satellite messaging device. The other devices we tested allow for twoway, customized messaging, but they require a smartphone for easy typing. The SPOT’s built-in QWERTY keyboard makes it stand out. You compromise nothing by using the X on its own. In fact, you couldn’t link it with your smartphone even if you wanted to. The Spot X can send and receive text messages and short emails. This makes it fundamentally different than SPOTS’s other devices such as the Gen3, which can only send messages. Messages can be predefined, custom, or even posted to social media to keep all of your peeps in the know. Each Spot X unit is assigned a personal U.S. mobile number, which makes sending messages to the device easy. The process of sending messages to the other devices we tested is less straightforward. The Battery life of the SPOT X far surpasses that of the Garmin InReach; going twice as long (10 days) before a recharge is required. Along with sending and receiving messages the SPOT X can also track your location at regular intervals; send SOS messages directly to the GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center; and function as a rudimentary navigation device with a built in compass and the ability to set waypoints. The SPOT X is a solid backcountry communications option, so long as you can accept the keyboard and lack of mapping capabilities.
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SMS devices allow users to communicate via text message to friends, family and rescue operators at a fraction of the price of regular satellite phones. These tools also allow for continuous tracking so that contacts back home can follow along with your journey. • PRO: Reliable, Rugged, Accurate, Preloaded topographic maps • CON: Unit is bulky, heavy, expensive • PRICE:$300-$450 • COST OF OWNERSHIP:$180 to $1,200 per year August 2019
NIFTY FACT: There are two flavors of Garmin inReach the Explorer+ and the SE+. The Explorer adds topo maps, a built-in digital compass, barometric altimeter, and accelerometer. The Garmin inReach Explorer+ is a significant investment: it’s $450 for the device; service plans and insurance coverage add more to the cost. But what’s the price of safety and peace of mind? If I got into trouble, the inReach can help me get out. And for friends and loves ones, the ability to communicate with me while I’m in the back country is invaluable. Rugged and ready, InReach devices use the iridium satellite network of 66 low orbit satellites offering 100 percent coverage worldwide to help ensure your messages are received. Both versions of the inReach excel at messaging, as long as you set your expectations appropriately. Satellite communications, no matter the network or the technology employed, have inherent limitations. Sometimes you’ll have to wait a few minutes for satellites to pass overhead and send and receive the messages. The simplest way to send messages with the inReach is through the Garmin EarthMate smartphone app. On the app, it’s easy to add your contacts and then send and receive a big batch of messages. Preprogrammed messages make it much easier to send quick updates, so you don’t have to type the same message multiple times. Without the phone app composing messages is a painfully slow process of ticking off characters on the inReach keypad.
The Bottom Line— Which Satellite Messenger Should I Pick?
Your answer will depend on your unique needs. Here are the main questions that I consider before choosing a device. • What are your biggest priorities? Easy, quick messaging? Battery life? Cost savings? Compact size and weight? Navigational tools? • Do you plan to also carry a smartphone and use it in conjunction with your satellite messenger, or do you want a standalone device? Beyond the classic 10 essentials, modern SOS devices provide a greater increase in your overall outdoor safety than most other gear available. They offer peace of mind to your loved ones, and two-way communication with search and rescue teams and medical professionals. Simply put, you should buy one, learn to use it and show your riding partners how to use as well, and bring it with you on every wilderness adventure. Try each of the devices during TrailMeister trail riding and horse camping clinics. Clinic attendees have the opportunity to use and test live satellite messenger devices during my clinics. Check the schedule here, https://www.trailmeister.com/speaking/. 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.
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Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros
Time to Think About Nominations for Club Officers 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 Karen (Chilipepper) Davis Our first shoot of the season went very well. We had 53 riders and two wranglers. Congratulations to all our winners! A big congratulations to Dawn Wojtowicz for her triple balloon shot! WINNERS FOR SATURDAY Overall Overall and Overall Senior: Mark Hallink. Over all Cowgirl: Carla Spackman. Overall Cowboy: Carson Feikert. Overall Senior Cowgirl: Rhonda Brown. Reserve Cowboy: Ben Clark. Reserve Cowgirl: Karla Durnell. Reserve Senior Cowboy: Robert Koniak. Reserve Senior Cowgirl: Colleen Kelly. Class winners: M1: Jeff Gould. M3: Carson Fiekert. M4: Dave Davis. L1: Marcy Gruchalak. L2: Misty McAnlis. L3: Shan Hough. L4: Karla Durnell.
L5: Carla Spackman. L6: Janessa Hill. SM1: Brian Hric. SM2: Rick Workman. SM3: Glenn Eaton. SM4: Robert Koniak. SM5: Charlie Brown. SM6: Mark Hallink. SL1: Sue Wolski. SL2: Nancy Virzi. SL3: Dawn Wojtowicz. SL4: Colleen Kelly. SL5: Rhonda Brown. Wranglers: Walker McAnlis. WINNERS FOR SUNDAY Overall Overall and Overal Senior: Mark Hallink. Overall Cowboy: Dave Davis. Overall Cowgirl: Carla Spackman. Overall Senior Cowgirl: Rhonda Brown. Reserve Cowboy: Ben Clark. Reserve Cowgirl: Erica Brininger. Reserve Senior Cowboy: Charlie Brown. Reserve Senior Cowgirl: Linda Larson. Class Winners: L1: Marcy Gruchalak. L2: Misty McAnlis. L3: Shan Hough. L4: Erica Brininger. L5: Carla Spackman. L6: Alice Hallink. M1: Jeff Gould. M3: Ben Clark. M4: Dave Davis. SL1: June
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Schmidt. SL2: Nancy Virzi. SL3: Dawn Wojtowicz. SL4: Linda Larson. SL5: Rhonda Brown. SM1 Brian Hric. SM2: Dwayne Joyner. SM3: Glenn Eaton. SM4: David Edwards. SM5: Charlie Brown. SM6: Mark Hallink.
National Pole Bending Association
Define Yourself by Faith, Family and Friends PRESIDENT, Steve Thomas VICE PRESIDENT, Chip Nicholson SECRETARY/TREASURER, Kristine Nagy EMAIL, coordinator.npba@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.polebending.org
by Kristine Nagy This month was to be a recap of our National Championship Pole Bending. However, since that time our association has suffered a great loss in the passing of Charlie Peoples. Charlie Peoples was an integral part of our NPBA board of directors, as well as the production of our championship show. In this time of reflection, I will share the same thought that I had years ago when we had suffered another untimely death. 16
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We all love this great sport of pole bending. And we all love to win. However, always keep in mind that pole bending, barrel racing, or whatever your discipline, it is not who you are, it is what you do. We all need to wrap our minds around that and hold it close. Once your sport becomes your identity, things can get tricky. We should define ourselves by our faith, our family and our friends. Pole bending is what I do but doesn’t define who I am. Charlie Peoples had a tight grip on that philosophy. Don’t get me wrong, he wanted to beat you every time he walked in that arena, but at the end of the day, it did not define who he was. And who he was, was a husband, father and papaw. He knew what really mattered. August 2019
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Hay Now — The Long Stretch by Lisa Kiley
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t’s no secret that hay production has been difficult this season. The rain has caused delays in planting, stunted growth, and made the process of cutting and baling very tricky. The issues experienced in the spring will undoubtedly have lasting effects on the availability, quality and pricing of hay. Since hay will be at such a premium this year, it makes sense to invest in products that will make your supply go further by preventing hay waste. When hay is plentiful and production is up, it’s easy to avoid thinking about the amount of waste that is chalked up to the normal way horses eat. However, there are some great products that can be used both indoors and out that can dramatically cut down on the wasted hay and save money over time.
Slow Feed Hay Nets and Hay Hoops
One of the best items in your hay saving arsenal is the slow feed hay bag. The first bonus to this item is the smaller holes that keep hay from being pull through onto the ground and slows the rate of consumption. By making the horse work a little harder to get the hay out of the bag, there are several benefits. First, there will be much less hay waste than if the hay is just laid on the ground. The secondary benefit is that it will take longer for the horse to consume which not only prevents boredom in the stall, but mimics grazing which is a much more natural eating style and is better for the horse’s digestion. A hay hoop is designed to hold a slow feed hay net mounted lower
on the stall wall. This makes it easy to load and because the net spaces are smaller, the horse can’t get a hoof stuck. The horse being able to feed with their head down is also more natural for them. It is still important that the hay bags be monitored so that they can be repaired or replaced if the horse chews on the strings.
All Weather Hay Feeders
When feeding outside, not only is there a horse’s natural tendency for wasting hay to contend with, the elements are a factor too. All weather hay feeders are great for pastures or sacrifice areas. They can accommodate both round and square bales. They are made of a light, durable plastic that can be set over round bales or square bales can be put in through the feed openings on the sides. In addition to protecting the hay from rain, snow and sun scorching, it also helps keep hay from being trampled. Because horses can eat from all four sides, there is less competition for feeding space allowing multiple horses to eat at the same time.
Hay Baskets
For times when you just want to throw a few flakes to your horse outside, but don’t need protection from rain and weather, a hay basket is a perfect solution. It keeps hay from being trampled into the ground or mud. The unit is light enough to be moved around by one person so it can be rotated around the pasture helping prevent mud and waste from piling up. The deep basket design mimics natural grazing and helps keep the hay in the basket. Any of the above options end up paying for themselves over time in the amount of money you would have spent on wasted hay. Roughage is an integral part a horse’s diet. A well maintained and rotated pasture can help lower the need for hay, but if you know you are going to be short on hay and don’t have enough pasture, there are also products such as hay cubes and alfalfa pellets that can be added to your horses ration in order to stretch the amount of hay you have. If you are thinking about changing up feed, it’s best to consult your veterinarian or an equine nutritionist. It’s never easy to deal with a difficult weather season, but it can be extra stressful when you are worried about providing for your herd. Having a plan and utilizing products to stretch the hay and keep it from being wasted can be a real game changer and money saver. Lisa Kiley is a lifelong horse enthusiast who has worked in the equine industry and shown horses for many years. She now is a proud member of the Cashmans Horse Equipment Team. Cashmans Horse Equipment is based out of Delaware, Ohio. The family owned business has been providing top quality equine and livestock products to the community for over a quarter of a century. They have expanded from one of the nations first drive thru feed stores to a full scale horse equipment outlet with 10 acres of merchandise to explore. Cashmans strives to educate consumers and provide products that put safety first so you can best enjoy time spent with the horses you love. 18
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Working in Hand — Ground Tying
by Lynn Palm In-hand work is a must not only for training your horse, but training yourself as well! It lightens your horse’s responses and helps prepare him for doing maneuvers under saddle. You also learn the importance of your position to properly executing in hand work. In this series of articles, I’ve
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shared lesson plans for teaching your horse to lead at the walk and trot, and how to set up. This week we will add another in-hand lesson: ground tying. A horse that ground ties literally appears to be tied to the ground! He will stand set up and balanced on all four feet and stay in this position on a very long loose line or with the lead hanging down with little or no contact between himself and his handler. For the horse’s education, ground tying teaches him acceptance. He becomes better mannered for grooming, shoeing, bathing and other tasks that require him to stand still. On the other hand, if he moves he immediately shows that he is not accepting or respecting your commands. For this lesson equip your horse with the basic ground training: a properly fitting halter with a 6-8 foot lead attached by ‘threading’ it over the nose or under the chin
and snapping it to the opposite side of the halter, leg protection, and an in hand whip. When the horse gets really good and consistent with this lesson, the lead can be snapped to either side of the halter you are working on. Because the goal of this lesson is for the horse to learn stand and stay with little or no direct contact with you, taught in gradual steps. There are two variables that must be incorporated into a ground tying lesson plan. It is important to change only one of these variables at a time to keep your horse from losing his attention or getting confused. The first variable is the training location. Introduce this lesson in a very secure location, like a stall. Only when the horse shows he respects the command there, should he graduate to repeating the lesson in progressively less secure environments. I recommend a training location sequence of starting in a stall, then moving to a less secure environment like a barn aisleway, finally to a more open environment like an enclosed working area small paddock or arena. The second variable is the distance you move away from the horse when asking him to stand ground tied. The further you move away from him, the less secure he may become. Therefore it is very important that this step be gradual, too. When first introducing this command, you may only be able to move three or four feet away from your horse before he becomes insecure or loses his focus. Whatever distance you find allows him to stay focused and secure, keep it constant as you repeat the lesson through the sequence of training locations (stall-aisleway-paddock or arena). Once he consistently responds to your command at that distance in each location, repeat the location sequence slightly increasing the distance you move away from him. Continue this progression until you can move at least 15 feet away from him, keeping little or no contact on the lead, in a paddock or arena. The final step is asking the horse to stand and stay ground tied in an open area with no contact on his lead. If the horse becomes inconsistent in obeying your
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command to ground tie after making progress, he is telling you that he is not ready for the next step. Go back to a more secure environment and repeat the lesson where he did it well until he shows more consistency. IN HAND LESSON #3 GROUND TYING: Start this lesson by positioning your horse alongside the stall wall or fence to help keep him straight, but far enough away so you can walk between him and the wall or fence. Ask him to ‘set up’ or square up so he’s balanced on his four legs using the techniques I explained in last week’s newsletter. If starting on the horse’s near (left) side, your right hand holds the lead line shank approximately 4-5 inches from the horse. Your left hand holds the longe line in an organized neat coil together the in hand whip. Once he is in position, ask him to “whoa”. Loosen your contact on the longe line with your right hand so that there is slack between you and the horse. Reinforce the command for him to stand by repeating “whoa” as needed, and gradually step away from him. Remember, you may only be able to move a few feet before he loses attention. Only ask the horse to stand ground tied for a very short period of time, like 15 seconds or less. This will give him the greatest opportunity to stay focused and have success in responding to your command. Praise him if he obeys, then do something else to keep his focus like asking him to pick up a hoof or do a basic in hand maneuver. Then ask him to ground tie again, for a short time, and go on to some other maneuver. Adding variety to this lesson will help your horse keep his attention on you. Constantly read and evaluate your horse’s reactions including his eyes, ears, even what he is smelling. If the horse remains relaxed, but his eye and ear is always following you, he is saying that he is focused on your command and will stand still. If he follows the lead line down to the ground with his nose or sniffs the ground, it is a clear sign that he’s lost his attention on you and will move. If you want him to ground tie, he cannot do this. August 2019
Gently tap him underneath his chin with the toe of your boot to get his attention, bring his head back up, and come back to your command. The horse may try to follow you as you step away from him. If leans or steps toward you either toss the line towards him to ask him to move away or push the side of his head away to realign it with the rest of his body. If he walks toward you put your hand up like a stop sign to block his forward movement. Reposition him, give the command “whoa”, and repeat the lesson. As he accepts this lesson and the distance you can move away from him increases, change your position and start moving around
him. Evaluate his attentiveness as you move towards his left hindquarter. His eye and ear should be focused on you. Talk to him to keep his focus on you, give him a pet on his hip, and praise him if he stands still. Move around in front of him, just off his left shoulder. Add a “whoa” if you need to reinforce your ground tying command. Then move around to his right side and back to his right hindquarter, keeping slack in the lead. If you find you need more a longer line to keep enough slack as you progressively can move further away from the horse, substitute a longe line for the lead. It may take 6-8 months of this progressive training for your
horse to understand and respond to the ground tying command. He will tell you through his reactions and obedience to your requests when he is ready for the next step in the ground tying training progression.
Your Next Step…
When teaching ground tying, if your horse walks forward or gets startled and moves, just let him. Because you are introducing this lesson in an enclosed area he will not get away from you. Simply bring him back to the spot where you gave the command by repositioning him or backtracking
his exact movements to put him back where he started. Do not circle him to bring him back to the spot. This only reinforces the idea that he will be allowed to walk away from what you are asking him to do. Ask him to set up and start again. Until then, follow your dreams… Lynn Visit www.lynnpalm.com and click on my ‘On Line Store’ to learn more about Palm Partnership Training educational books, videos, equipment, equestrian schools, and gifts.
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O.H.I.O EXCA
Extreme Cowboy Racing is Growing in Eastern Ohio CO-PRESIDENTS, Steve Fuller & Jimm McDonald; CO-TREASURERS, Robin Gigax & Jennie Bower; SECRETARY, Anissa Fuller; FACEBOOK, O.H.I.O. EXCA
by Anissa Fuller What happens when you mix a dedicated club with forwardthinking equine facilities, and a well-established national organization? Growth—Results— Fun! O.H.I.O. EXCA is in its second year as a sanctioned club through Craig Cameron’s Extreme Cowboy Association out of Texas and we just completed our third sanctioned show with our highest amount of entries yet. The Extreme Cowboy Association is credited as the original and only recognized world-wide association for the sport of Extreme Cowboy Racing, and is specifically designed to invite riders of all levels to participate and enjoy
the ‘fastest growing equine sport in the world’, The Extreme Cowboy Challenge! EXCA uses an official rulebook to help keep competition safe, fun and consistent for all riders! With more doors opening in 2019, O.H.I.O. EXCA was invited by Riverland Arena Manager Jeanette Flickinger and Creek Side Horse Park Manager Cynthia Bauman to produce EXCA races at their facilities, as well as to return to S bar L Rodeo Arena. Why not? Let’s provide three shows at unique and welcoming venues in Eastern Ohio. We saddled up and kept warm at Riverland Arena in Navarre in their large, heated indoor arena for our April show, made a splash at Creek Side Horse Park in Waynesburg on their beautifully engineered IMTCA course (with a pond!) for our June show, and will enjoy a ranch-themed race at S bar L Rodeo Arena in Sugarcreek for our State Championships scheduled on Aug. 17. Our EXCA show in April had 22 entries, and our EXCA show in June had 25 with each entry
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having two runs. We are grateful for the gradual, but consistent growth in this second year as we gain more experience in producing our races. For our State Championship at S bar L scheduled on Aug. 17, we will limit entries to 30 for a total of 60 runs that day. Let us thank some folks! Judges Tina Swanson and Tammy Gradijan are well-regarded by our participants and provide important guidance and feedback to our riders. Jamie Darrah beautifully sings the National Anthem at our shows, and Jimmy McDonald provides our very meaningful Cowboy prayer to start the day. Fishers Council brings various helpful volunteers in their mission to mentor urban youth through community service. The following volunteers did not ride, but provided their time and energy during our Creek Side show to execute concessions, scorekeeping, announcing, prize set-up/ distribution, registration, scribing/ timing, photography, etc: Shauna and Brian Holmes (and parents!), Shaina Harbaugh, Angel Fitzwater, Robin Gigax, Penny Obernyer, Tom Swanson, Francine Vitale, Janette Henrey, Steve and Lisa Green, Cheryl Rice, Deb Barrett, Sandy Maxin, Stephani Kame and Tessa Courtney. Congratulations on riders
receiving 1st-4th places!
YOUNG GUNS: 1. Jaymis Robinson; 2. Livia Garabrandt. YOUTH: 1. Ayla Holmes; 2. Emily Morris; 3. Nathan Staggers. NON-PRO: 1. Jimmy McDonald; 2. Jennie Bower; 3. Steve Fuller; 4. Jennifer Darrah. RIDE SMART: 1. Jennie Bower; 2. Stephen Oetzel. NOVICE: 1. Sharon Oetzel; 2. Stephen Oetzel; 3. Missy Crawford Staggers; 4. Anissa L Fuller. INTERMEDIATE: 1. Sharon Oetzel; 2. Steve Fuller; 3. Jimmy McDonald; 4. Anissa Fuller.
Congrats Ken Garabrandt for winning the 50/50 payout, and to Sharon Oetzel for winning the Riverside Hideout overnight stay valued at $100. The other payout for our 50/50 was given to nonprofit Fishers Council (who brought five youth to help with course resets, concessions, prize set-up and other needs during our race). Thank you to our 2019 Mustang sponsors providing sponsorship of $500+: Weaver Leather, Silk Studio Photography, Martins Steel Fabrication, Inc., HV Coil, LLC. Check us out on Facebook (O.H.I.O. EXCA) for more information, including our weekly and year-round practice meeting schedule. While we love to support our racers, we are so much more than racing! It’s good to be growing, seeing results and having fun!
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Mid-Ohio Marauders
“Move-Ups” are Always a Reason to Celebrate PRESIDENT, Tim Calvin VICE PRESIDENT, Tom Byrne SECRETARY, Judy Foster TREASURER, Laurie Maris PHONE, 740/206-7214 EMAIL, midohiomarauders@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.midohiomarauders.com
The Mid Ohio Marauders are keeping it going this summer! This past shoot in June, was a hot and successful one. Again, thanks to amazing teamwork and dedication from our awesome balloon setters, we were able to host 53 competitors on Saturday and 47 on Sunday. Congratulations to Saturday’s winners including, Reserve Overall Cowgirl Michelle Long, Overall Cowgirl Lori Montgomery, Reserve Overall Cowboy Steve Keech and Overall Cowboy Rob Bernhardt. Sunday’s winners include, Reserve Overall Cowgirl Elizabeth Brockert, Overall Cowgirl Holly Porter, Reserve Overall Cowboy Chris Heald,
Sophia Hough moved up to Ladies 2. Overall Cowboy Fred Conniff. Wrangler for both Saturday and Sunday was Nicholas Hall.We also celebrated two move-ups, Sophia Hough to L2 and Tim Calvin to SM4! So excited for them. A great job of teamwork was also displayed with getting our new and first time shooters through the weekend as well. They all did great! We expanded our cheering section with new spectators from the community and nearby. Their cheering and support was well received and appreciated! But the heat is not holding the Marauders back. In July
Wrangler, Nicholas Hall the Marauders stayed busy participating at other shoots, clinics, demos and at the same time preparing for our second year to compete at the Ohio State Fair! We are looking forward to another opportunity to share our fast growing sport. We will also be hosting a shoot Aug. 9-11 and Sept. 20-22, both to take place at the Madison County Fairgrounds in London, Ohio. Before you know it, it will be time for the Congress Classic at the All American Quarter Horse Congress the last weekend in October.
Tim Calvin- move-up to SM4 The Mid Ohio Marauders would like to thank all who support us, again, inside and outside the arena. We enjoy meeting new shooters and their families along with spectators who enjoy learning more about what we do. It’s never too late to saddle up and come join us—always room for more! Anyone interested can find us on Facebook or at www. midohiomaruders.com. Looking forward to seeing you all out there!
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“The Backbone of Your Fence System” by Debbie Disbrow
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he cliche ‘knowledge is power’ is so very true. Over 30 years of being in the fencing and stall industry has allowed me to see projects from beginning to end and to view pastures that have been around for over 30 years. Big insight in gaining knowledge of what works for horses and what does not. So let’s talk about the finer points of horse fencing to give you power to save money, time and help to eliminate injury to your horses. Posts are one of the first things to consider when building fencing. If your posts are not strong and long lasting, your fence system just won’t hold up. So what is the best post to purchase for your fencing?
The Wood Makes a Difference
First, pressure treated pine posts are the easiest to work with because you can nail into them without bending nails. Secondly, the wood holds ring shank nails or screws well because of the density and pulp grade of the wood. You can get treated Southern Yellow pine, which is a preferred wood but can be prohibitive due to costs. The commonly used post wood is pressure treated Red Pine. Commonly I hear people say “I can get my posts at a great price,” but as I always say, the price is good but...you get what you pay for. Posts that have sat for a time cure harder then when they are first cut. Although they may look good to the eye, they are extremely labor intense because each hole for a screw or nail needs to have a pilot hole drilled. For example; and stick with me here: a 60’ x 180’ paddock at 10’ post spacing will need 48 line posts. For a 3 rail system, each post will need 6 pilot holes for bracketed fences (wood will require 9 on average). With 48 posts, you will need to drill 288 pilot holes (or 432 for wood). A lot more time and labor. My best recommendation...go with the pressure treated pine posts, you will be much happier with your installation and results.
Not All Pressure Treated Posts are Created Equal
There is something in the pressure treated post world called retention levels. This rating determines the life of the post. Levels can be rated as high as a .60 rating. This means that the life expectancy of the post is 60 years under the ground. With ratings you have a warranty and can know how long your posts should last. Most often, these posts 24
have a tag on them that you pull off and keep with your sales receipt in the event you need to replace a post if it fails. Pressure treatment uses a process where pressure is placed on the post to pull out moisture and a suction is created. The treatment is then drawn into the post deeper. This pulls the treatment towards the core of the post, which is the ‘heart’ or strongest part of the post. What you may not know is that posts can be ‘treated’ which simply means they are dunked into a treatment trough. If you look at the top of the post, you can see how far the treatment absorbed into the post, maybe a quarter of an inch. Compare these to pressure treated posts and the difference is evident. Pressure treated posts are saturated compared to a treated post. To the end user, this means a longer post life. To horse owners, that means a fence system that lasts longer without needing constant maintenance after a few years. Not only is treatment important for the posts used with your fence, but the length of your posts is paramount as well. Your horses walk your fence lines, they may lean on your posts if you don’t electrify your fencing and in time, posts can lean if you don’t use the right length post. The taller your fence, the more post you need in the ground to hold your fence rail in place. Standard depths in our Ohio area is to set a line post 3’ in the ground. In southern areas, 2’. Gate posts or end posts should be set deeper according to the railed fence system you choose. It’s best to go with recommended installation instructions for your particular fencing system. But following these steps will give you a longer lasting and safer pasture for your horses. Knowledge is power! By understanding what is long lasting as well as safer for your horses, you can have fencing that requires less maintenance. That equals more time for you to ride and less money spent on repairs. Need help to answer your questions about fencing and posts? I would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Feel free to email me personally with any questions that you have. The best way for equestrians to learn is from seasoned veterans and I am willing to teach those that want to learn. Empower yourself! Get the facts and do all that you can to care for your horses the best that you can. Laugh much and ride often! Debbie Disbrow, owner of RAMM Stalls and Horse Fencing, has over 45 years experience with horses and equine-related businesses. She is a certified fence installer and has helped build fencing and stalls for horse facility owners across the USA as well as into Europe. Debbie is highly involved in horse ownership and riding. Visit www.rammfence.com, or call 800/8785644 for safer alternatives for your horses.
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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”. AUGUST 2019 AUG. 1 — The Dayton Horse Show, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: 937-324-4353, www.championscenter.net. AUG. 2 — Friday Night Show, Country Estates, 18488 Grill Road, Doylestown, OH. FMI: 330-472-7410, www. countryestatesfarm.com. AUG. 2-3 — Heritage 2.0 presented by the Great Lakes Paso Fino Horse Association, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: Tina, 419-308-2934, www. greatlakespasofino.org. AUG. 2-4 — Horse Valley Ranch Saddle & Buckle Series, 4565 Horse Valley Rd., East Waterford, PA. FMI: Lew, 717-994-7329. AUG. 2-4 — 3 Day Horsemanship Clinic with Cattle, Line It Up, 375 Coffroath Rd., Coatesville, PA. FMI: Lise Lavine, 610-3908554, lise.lavine@aol.com. AUG. 3 — Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association Ranch Horse Show, 9:15 a.m., Guernsey Co. Fairgrounds, Lore City, OH. FMI: Donnie, 740-877-7993, www.ohfqha. com AUG. 3 — Cowgirls vs Cowboys Challenge, 12 p.m., Knox County Horse Park, 7360 Thayer Rd., Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: 419-7682128, www.knoxcountyhorsepark.com. AUG. 3 — OVTPA Sorting Show, 9:30 a.m., Hoppels Arena, Lisbon, OH. FMI: Pam Bradshaw, 814-504-4215. AUG. 3 — Gymkhana Series, Crazy Woman Ranch, 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: 614-595-1850, www. crazywomanranchohio.com. AUG. 3 — Auglaize County Fair Speed Show, Auglaize County Fairgrounds, Wapakoneta, OH. FMI: Terri Metzger, 419-236-2546. AUG. 3 — Central Ohio Stables Benefit Horse Show, 9 a.m., 1199 Berlin Station Rd., Delaware, OH. FMI: Facebook: Just Lopin’ Around 4-H Club. AUG. 3-4 — Pinto Horse Association of Ohio East Central Pinto Jubilee, Henry Co. Saddle Club Grounds, 2221 N. Memorial Dr., New Castle, IN. FMI: Megan, 419-6810133, www.ohiopinto.com. AUG. 3-4 — Train Robbery, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624. AUG. 3-4 — AHA Region 14 Pleasure Ride, Elkins Creek Horse Camp, Pedro, OH. FMI: Mollie, 513-315-5907, www.oaats.org. AUG. 3-4 — Northern West Virginia Quarter Horse Association Show, 155 WVU Reedsville Farm Drive, Reedsville, WV. FMI: 304-613-7148, www.nwvqha.com. AUG. 3-4 — Mike Hurst Horsemanship, Ohio County Park, Hartford, KY. FMI: 304838-0047. AUG. 3-4 — Burn Powder & Sparks Alive, Cowboy Mounted Shooting, Cowtown Arena, 210 Wainscott Rd., Williamstown, KY. FMI: Kentucky Cowtown Rangers, 859339-9000, www.kycowtownrangers.com.
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AUG. 4 — Mountain Trail Challenge, Creek Side Horse Park, 7460 Elson St., Waynesburg, OH. FMI: Cynthia 330-3233559, www.creeksidehorsepark.com. AUG. 4 — Wayne County Saddle Club Speed Show, 1 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Matt Schaaf, 330-4662749, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. AUG. 4 — Massillon Saddle Club Open Pleasure Horse Show, 10 a.m., MSC Show Grounds, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041, www. massillonsaddleclub.org. AUG. 4 — 72nd Annual Kiwanis Family Benefit Horse Show, Cleveland Metroparks, River Ford area, Brecksville, OH. FMI: Eileen Roberts, 440-821-8582, www. brecksvillekiwanis.org. AUG. 4 — Valley Riding Rocking River Stables Annual Horse Festival, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rocky River Stables, Cleveland, OH. FMI: 216-267-2525. AUG. 4 — Tri-County Speed Horse Association Show, 1 p.m., Stalwart Fairgrounds, Stalwart, MI. FMI: Tracey, 906322-4032, www.facebook.com/TCSHA. AUG. 5-7 — Bethany College Equestrian Preparatory Camp, Wheeling, WV. FMI: 304-243-4042, adibartolomeo@ bethanywv.edu. AUG. 5-9 — Pony Up Camp, Hidden Stables of Dover, 6810 Detters Mill Rd., Dover, PA. FMI: 717-395-1634. AUG. 7 — 3D Barrel Jackpot, 7 p.m., Crazy Woman Ranch, 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: 614-595-1850, www.crazywomanranchohio.com. AUG. 7-11 — World Equestrian Center Summer Series III, 4095 SR 730, Wilmington, OH. FMI: 937-382-0985. AUG. 7-11 — USEF Pony Finals, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-2330492, ponyfinals@usef.org, www.usef.org. AUG. 7-10 — Buckeye Morgan Challenge Show, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: Sandy, 248-207-4956, www. ohiomorganhorse.com. AUG. 8 — Tri State Boot & Saddle Club Exhibition & Jackpot, 6 p.m., 14930 Old Lincoln Highway, East Liverpool, OH. FMI: Melanie Dunn, 330-708-1401. AUG. 9 — Wayne County Saddle Club Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. AUG. 9 — Friday Night Show, Country Estates, 18488 Grill Road, Doylestown, OH. FMI: 330-472-7410, www. countryestatesfarm.com. AUG. 9-11 — Marauders Are Coming Mounted Shooting, Madison Co. Fairgrounds, London, OH. FMI: 740-2067214, www.midohiomarauders.com. AUG. 9-11 — Mounted Archery Competition, Creek Side Horse Park, 7460 Elson St., Waynesburg, OH. FMI: Cynthia 330-323-3559, www.creeksidehorsepark. com. AUG. 9-11 — Ohio Ranch Horse Association Show, Hendersons Arena, 830 Van Fossen Rd., Jackson, OH. FMI: Amy Roberts, 740-819-8446, www. ohioranchhorseassociation.com. AUG. 9-11 — 4th Annual Smoke Rise Reunion/Sorting, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624. AUG. 10 — Classical Attraction Dressage Society Show, Brecksville Stables, 11921 Parkview Rd., Brecksville, OH. FMI: Cathy, 234-804-8735, www.cadsdressage.org.
AUG. 10 — Wayne County Saddle Club Pleasure Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Angie Didinger, 330-201-1022, www. waynecountysaddleclub.com. AUG. 10 — Horse Sale, Mt. Hope Auction, 8076 SR 241, Mt. Hope, OH. FMI: 330-6746188, www.mthopeauction.com. AUG. 10 — Gibsonburg Saddle Club Open Speed Show, 961 N. Main St., Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: Mary Heaps, 419-351-9715, www.gibsonburgsaddleclub.org. AUG. 10 — Rocky Fork Rodeo Company Youth Rodeo K-12, Rocky Fork Ranch Resort, Kimbolton, OH. FMI: Stephanie Dolweck, 740-581-0447. AUG. 10 — Cuyahoga County Fair Horse Show, Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds, Berea, OH. FMI: Gail Winn, 216-676-5369. AUG. 10 — Rocky Fork 2019 Hunter Pace Series, Timber Run Farm, 5145 Northridge Rd., Alexandria, OH. FMI: 888-619-2227, pace@rockyforkheadleyhunt.com, www. rockyforkheadleyhunt.com AUG. 10 — 2019 Harry Hughes Speed Series, Harry Hughes Equestrian Center, Swanton, OH. FMI: Brad, 419-583-6737. AUG. 10 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Karen, 740-385-3431. AUG. 10 — NBHA Barrels, Crazy Woman Ranch, 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: 614-595-1850, www. crazywomanranchohio.com. AUG. 10 — Cowboys & Angels Saddle Club Horse Show, Madison County Fairgrounds, Richmond, KY. FMI: Buddy, 606-386-1608. AUG. 10-11 — Ashland Paint & Plain Horse Show, Ashland Co. Fairgrounds, 2042 Claremont Ave., Ashland, OH. FMI: Chunk Watts, 330-317-0945, www. ashlandpaintandplain.com. AUG. 10-11 — Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association Competition, 9:30 a.m., Madison County Fairgrounds, 205 Elm St., London, OH. FMI: Tim Calvin, 740-2067214, www.midohiomarauders.com. AUG. 10-11 — 1st Ohio CMSA, Gymkhana Club, 7957 Harrison, Cleves, OH. FMI: 513479-5984, www.1stohio.com. AUG. 11 — Geauga Horse & Pony Association 2019 Open Horse Show, Geauga County Fairgrounds, Burton, OH. FMI: ghpa08@yahoo.com, www.ghpa.us. AUG. 11 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Fun Shows, Lewis Road Riding Ring Show Grounds, Carlisle Equestrian Center, 13630 Nickle Plate Diagonal Rd., LaGrange, OH. FMI: 440-781-5050, www. angelshavenhorserescue.org. AUG. 11 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Horse Show, 10 a.m., MSC Show Grounds, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041, www. massillonsaddleclub.org. AUG. 11 — Straight A’s Speed Open Show (NBHA), 11 a.m., 2250 Alliance Rd. NW, Malvern, OH. FMI: 330-868-3772, www. ranchcity.com. AUG. 11 — Don’t Break The Bank Series, 10 a.m., Mercer County Fairgrounds, 1001 West Market St., Celina, OH. FMI: Lindsey Behm, 419-852-5860. AUG. 11 — Wyandot County Horse Committee Dollar Show, Wyandot County Fairgrounds, Upper Sandusky, OH. FMI: Misty Martin, 740-482-2597. AUG. 14 — 3D Barrel Jackpot, 7 p.m., Crazy Woman Ranch, 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: 614-595-1850, www.crazywomanranchohio.com.
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AUG. 14-18 — Bluegrass Festival Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-233-0492, www. kentuckyhorseshows.com. AUG. 15-18 — Buckeye Reining Series Show, Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: 937-324-4353, www.buckeyereiningseries.com. AUG. 16 — Friday Night Show, Country Estates, Doylestown, OH. FMI: 330-4727410, www.countryestatesfarm.com. AUG. 16-17 — Magical World of Dancing Horses, Beaver Run Equestrian Dance Theatre, Punxsutawney, PA. FMI: 814-2468221, equestriandance@gmail.com, www. imagine-dancinghorses.com. AUG. 16-18 — Pig & Ox Roast Weekend/ Annual Raffle, Tri-Co Trails, 2662 Downing Street SW, East Sparta, OH. FMI: Jim Mike, 330-323-4738, www.Tri-CoTrails.com. AUG. 16-18 — 2019 MI 4-H State Horse Show, 4301 Farm Lane, Lansing, MI. FMI: Taylor Fabus, 517-353-1748. AUG. 17 — Wayne County Saddle Club Contest Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Rich, 330-4661171, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. AUG. 17 — O.H.I.O. EXCA Craig Cameron Extreme Cowb Sancationed Show, Bar L Ranch, 686 Smokey Lane Rd. NW, Sugarcreek, OH. FMI: Steve, 330-343-2617. AUG. 17 — Introduction to Cattle Sorting Clinic, Hickory Creek Wilderness Ranch, Tidioute, PA. FMI: 814-484-7520, www. HickoryCreekRanch.com. AUG. 17 — Summit County Open Show Series, 9 a.m., Summit County Fairgrounds, 229 E. Howe Ave., Tallmadge, OH. FMI: Samantha Owen, 330-958-0027, www. summitfair.com/open horseshows.html AUG. 17 — Ruggles Arena Speed Show, 2651 Township Road 155, Cardington, OH. FMI: Janet, 419-210-7204. AUG. 17 — Shenandoah Valley Riding Club Show, Exhibition Barrels/Poles 3 to 5 p.m., Show 6 p.m., 56095 Marietta Rd., Pleasant City, OH. FMI: Brian Yurco, 740-581-1648. AUG. 17 — WHAO Summer Classic Horse Show, Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, OH. FMI: Courtney Stockmaster, 419-483-2563. AUG. 17 — Mid-Ohio Horse Show Association Speed, Pleasure, Ranch Show, Delaware County Fairgrounds, Delaware, OH. FMI: Melissa, 614-507-0541. AUG. 17 — IBRA Show, SydMor Arena, Route 481, Monongahela, PA. FMI: Bob Hutton, 724-969-0510. AUG. 17-18 — Ottawa County Horse Foundation Points on the Portage Circuit #2 (Speed & Performance), Ottawa County Fairgrounds, 7870 W. State Rt. 163, Oak Harbor, OH. FMI: 419-656-9000, www.ochf.net. AUG. 17-18 — COSCA Summer Sizzler Horse Show, Medina County Fairgrounds, Medina, OH. FMI: 440-668-3054, www. coscaonline.com. AUG. 17-18 — Brookfield Saddle Club Horse Show & Fun Show, 696 Bedford Rd. SE, Brookfield, OH. FMI: Stella Austin, 814382-0296. AUG. 17-18 — Northern Ohio Outlaws Born To Outlaw Ohio State Shoot, Wayne Co. Fairgrounds, Wooster, OH. FMI: Diane, 330-205-2071, www.nooutlaws.com. AUG. 17-18 — Cowboy Trail Challenge, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740767-2624.
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Corral Calendar AUG. 17-18 — Bath Pony Club Mini Trial, 141 Remsen Rd., Medina, OH. FMI: djwattsm@ frontier.com or find on Facebook. AUG. 17-18 — Windfall Farm Horse Show, 6898 Wes Curt Lane, Goshen, OH. FMI: 513680-3690, www.windfallfarmhorseshows. com. AUG. 17-18 — Abi-Khan+ Challenge Endurance Ride, Caesar Creek State Park, Waynesville, OH. FMI: Mickie Newnam, 937-232-9256, www.oaats.org. AUG. 17-18 — 2nd Annual Dice Ride & FAHA Fun Show, Crooked Creek Horse Park, Ford City, PA. FMI: 412-480-0840. AUG. 18 — Open Invitation Driving Day, 12 p.m., Knox County Horse Park, 7360 Thayer Road, Mount Vernon, OH. FMI: Dave, 740-694-7442. AUG. 18 — Massillon Saddle Club Open Pleasure Horse Show, 10 a.m., MSC Show Grounds, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041, www. massillonsaddleclub.org. AUG. 18 — Dressage Schooling Show Series, 16501 Station Rd., Columbia Station, OH. FMI: Niki Sackman, 440-4544709, www.dreamonfarms.com AUG. 18 — The Great Darke County Fair Open & Youth Horse & Pony Show, Greenville, OH. FMI: 937-867-0757. AUG. 21 — 3D Barrel Jackpot, 7 p.m., Crazy Woman Ranch, 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: 614-595-1850, www.crazywomanranchohio.com. AUG. 22 — Tri State Boot & Saddle Club Exhibition & Jackpot, 6 p.m., 14930 Old Lincoln Highway, East Liverpool, OH. FMI: Melanie Dunn, 330-708-1401.
AUG. 23-24 — 2nd Annual Bob Lloyd Memorial Show, WB Ranch, 1640 CR B, Swanton, OH. FMI: Jamie, 419-680-3610. AUG. 23-24 — Appalachian Trainer FaceOff, Winfield WV Riding Club, 9254 State Route 34, Winfield, WVa. FMI: www. appalachiantrainerfaceoff.com. AUG. 23-25 — Dawn & Clea Best of the Best Barrel Race, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: 330-771-3205, www. ontheroadwithdawnandclea.com. AUG. 24 — Rocky Fork Rodeo Company Youth Rodeo K-12, Rocky Fork Ranch Resort, Kimbolton, OH. FMI: Stephanie Dolweck, 740-581-0447. AUG. 24 — Buckin’ Ohio Pro Bull Riding Event, 8154 Garman Rd., Burbank, OH. FMI: 330-624-7205, www.buckinohio.com AUG. 24 — Western Clinic/Trail Ride, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wayne County Saddle Club, 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: 330749-1414. AUG. 24 — Steubenville Saddle Club Saturday Night Lights Fun Series, 8675 State Route 152, Richmond, OH. FMI: 740424-7014. AUG. 24-25 — Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros Shoot, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, 107 Poplar St., Jefferson, OH. FMI: Karen, 330-719-3290, www. lakeeriemountedvaqueros.net. AUG. 24-25 — Horseback Trail Ride Overnighter, The Wanake Ranch, 9463 Manchester Ave. SW, Beach City, OH. FMI: 330-987-0411, www.campwanake.org AUG. 24-25 — APO Trainer Face Off Heart of Phoenix, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624.
AUG. 24-25 — Buckeye Equestrian Events, Eden Park Equestrian Complex, Sunbury, OH. FMI: Duane, 740-6104129, horsejudge125@gmail.com, www. buckeyeequestrianevents.com. AUG. 25 — Knox County Ohio Horseman’s Council 2nd Annual Trail Challenge, Thayer Ridge Park, 7077 Thayer Rd., Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: Laurel, 740-972-9615, barngoddess0702@aol.com. AUG. 25 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Show, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www. massillonsaddleclub.org. AUG. 25 — Mini Horse Trial, Chagrin Valley Farms, 9250 Washington St., Chagrin Falls, OH. FMI: 440-543-7233. AUG. 25 — Harry Hughes Circuit, 5563 Waterville Swanton Rd., Swanton, OH. FMI: Sarah Murillo, 419-936-0012. AUG. 27-28 — Summer Mixed Sale, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: 859-858-4415, www.bloodedhorse.com. AUG. 28 — 3D Barrel Jackpot, 7 p.m., Crazy Woman Ranch, 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: 614-595-1850, www.crazywomanranchohio.com. AUG. 28 — NKHN Alexandria Fair Parade, Alexandria Fairgrounds, Alexandria, KY. FMI: Jim Mayer, 859-496-4976. AUG. 28 — 2019 3D Buckle Series, SydMor Arena, Route 481, Monongahela, PA. FMI: Bob Hutton, 724-969-0510. AUG. 28-31 — Pyramid Society Egyptian Arabian Event, Kentucky Horse Park Covered Arena, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859231-0771, info@pyramidsociety.org, www. theegyptianevent.com.
AUG. 28-31 — The Jubilee Regional Championship Morgan Horse Show, Michiana Event Center, Shipshewana, IN. FMI: Sandy Sessink, 248-207-4956, oldorchsandy@aol.com. AUG. 30 — Wayne County Saddle Club Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. AUG. 30-SEPT. 1 — 2nd Annual NPBA Super Show, Circle G Arena, Lewisburg, OH. FMI: coordinator.npba@gmail.com, www.polebending.org. AUG. 30-SEPT. 2 — Labor Day Weekend/ Sorting, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740767-2624. AUG. 30-31 — Hendricks Co. Horseman’s Club Contesting & Performance Open Show, Hendricks Co. 4H Fairgrounds, 1900 E. Main St., Danville, IN. FMI: Jeff, 317-6947693, www.hchc4u.com. AUG. 31 — Poker Run/Scavenger Hunt on Trails, Creek Side Horse Park, 7460 Elson St., Waynesburg, OH. FMI: Cynthia 330323-3559, www.creeksidehorsepark.com. AUG. 31 — Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association Ranch Horse Show, 9:15 a.m., Guernsey Co. Fairgrounds, Lore City, OH. FMI: Donnie Uffner, 740-877-7993, www.ohfqha.com AUG. 31 — Preble County Ohio Horseman’s Council Speed & Fun Show Series, Hueston Woods Horseman’s Camp, Morning Sun, OH. FMI: Donn, 937-4174358, www.facebook.com/groups/pcohc
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Corral Calendar AUG. 31 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Karen, 740-385-3431. AUG. 31 — Round Robin Cattle Sorting, Hickory Creek Wilderness Ranch, Tidioute, PA. FMI: 814-484-7520, www. HickoryCreekRanch.com. AUG. 31 — Open Combined Show, 1 p.m., 70 Country Lane, Elkview, WV. FMI: Elk River Boots & Saddle Club, 304-541-6399, www.erbsc.com. AUG. 31-SEPT. 1 — Ottawa County Horse Foundation Points on the Portage Circuit #3 (Speed & Performance), Ottawa County Fairgrounds, 7870 W. State Rt. 163, Oak Harbor, OH. FMI: 419-656-9000, www.ochf.net. AUG. 31-SEPT. 1 — Ohio Half Arabian Horse Associaiton Fall Show, World Equestrian Center, Wilmington, OH. FMI: Cindy, 937962-4336, cindy@cindyclinton.com, www. ohaha.org. AUG. 31 - SEPT. 2 — Fallen Horseman Memorial Show, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: Tammy Lickliter, 937672-5629, www.fhmhs.com. AUG. 30-SEPT. 2 — Labor Day Family Weekend, Wanake Camp & Retreat Center, 9463 Manchester Ave. SW, Beach City, OH. FMI: 330-756-2333, www. campwanake.org SEPTEMBER 2019 SEPT. 1 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Horse Show, 10 a.m., MSC Show Grounds, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041, www. massillonsaddleclub.org.
SEPT. 1 — Tri-County Speed Horse Association Show, 5 p.m., Chippewa Co. Fairgrounds, Kinross, MI. FMI: Tracey, 906322-4032, www.facebook.com/TCSHA. SEPT. 1 — Thundering Hooves 4-H Show, Crazy Woman Ranch, 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: 614595-1850, www.crazywomanranchohio.com. SEPT. 5-7 — Rocky Mountain Horse Association International Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park Covered Arena, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-644-5244, www. rmhorse.com. SEPT. 5-8 — Ohio Valley Reining Horse Association “The Tradition” Show, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: 937-324-4353, www.ovrha.org. SEPT. 6-8 — Mounted Archery Competition, Creek Side Horse Park, 7460 Elson St., Waynesburg, OH. FMI: Cynthia 330-323-3559, www.creeksidehorsepark. com. SEPT. 6-8 — The 2019 Standardbred Classic Show Series, Den Park Equestrian Complex, Sunbury, OH. FMI: Chris, 330-635-8121. SEPT. 6-8 — Randolph Fall Classic Horse Show, Portage County Fairgrounds, Randolph, OH. FMI: Brendan Shupe, 724494-0469. SEPT. 6-8 — MSEDA Dressage at the Park, Kentucky Horse Park Dressage Complex, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-221-3462, www. mseda.org. SEPT. 6-8 — New Vocations Charity Thoroughbred Show, Kentucky Horse Park Hunter Jumper Complex, Lexington, KY. FMI: sarah@horseadoption.com, www. newvocations.org.
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SEPT. 6-8 — Horse Valley Ranch Saddle & Buckle Series, 4565 Horse Valley Rd., East Waterford, PA. FMI: Lew, 717-994-7329. SEPT. 7 — COSCA Open Show, Medina County Fairgrounds, Medina, OH. FMI: 440-668-3054, www.coscaonline.com. SEPT. 7 — Avon Lake Saddle Club Open/ Miniature Show & 13th Annual Hay Day Event, 9 a.m., Weiss Field, 3314133199 Webber Road, Avon Lake, OH. FMI: Kathleen, 440-536-0145, kathleen@ getdependable.com. SEPT. 7 — Rocky Fork Rodeo Company Youth Rodeo K-12, Rocky Fork Ranch Resort, Kimbolton, OH. FMI: Stephanie Dolweck, 740-581-0447. SEPT. 7 — Licking County OHC Fun Show, 9 a.m., Infirmary Mound Park Horse Arena, SR 37, Granville, OH. FMI: Diana, 740-9754878, www.lickingcountyohc.org. SEPT. 7 — OVTPA Sorting Show, 9:30 a.m., Hoppels Arena, Lisbon, OH. FMI: Pam Bradshaw, 814-504-4215. SEPT. 7-8 — Tri State Rodeo Associaion Fall Roundup Speed & Performance Show, 961 N. Main St., Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: Mary Heaps, 419-351-9715, www. gibsonburgsaddleclub.org. SEPT. 7-8 — Train Robbery, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624. SEPT. 7-8 — SOQPA Open Horse Show, Fairfield Co. Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Sam, 740-503-5555. SEPT. 7-8 — A Social Event with Dianne Olds Rossi, Beaver Run Equestrian Dance Theatre, Punxsutawney, PA. FMI: Pam, 814246-8221, equestriandance@gmail.com. SEPT. 8 — Gymkhana, Crazy Woman Ranch, 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: 614-595-1850, www. crazywomanranchohio.com. SEPT. 8 — Tri-County Speed Horse Association Show, 1 p.m., Stalwart Fairgrounds, Stalwart, MI. FMI: Tracey, 906322-4032, www.facebook.com/TCSHA. SEPT. 9 — Horsemanship Pattern Mini Clinic, 6-8 p.m., Black Swan Farm, 5277 Stover Rd., Ostrander, OH. FMI: 614-582-0454. SEPT. 11 — 2019 3D Buckle Series, SydMor Arena, Route 481, Monongahela, PA. FMI: Bob Hutton, 724-969-0510. SEPT. 11-14 — KMSHA/SMHA International Grand Championship, Kentucky Horse Park Covered Arena, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859699-3000, www.kmsha.com SEPT. 12 — Tri State Boot & Saddle Club Exhibition & Jackpot, 6 p.m., 14930 Old Lincoln Highway, East Liverpool, OH. FMI: Melanie, 330-708-1401.
SEPT. 13 — Friday Night Show, Country Estates, 18488 Grill Road, Doylestown, OH. FMI: 330-472-7410, www. countryestatesfarm.com. SEPT. 13 — Buckeye Nutrition Pink Barrel Classic, World Equestrian Center, Wilmington, OH. FMI: Chip Jackson, 740572-7785, www.tetwphs.com. SEPT. 13-15 — Springfield Charity Horse Show, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: 937-324-4353, www. championscenter.net. SEPT. 13-15 — 4th Annual Fall Frenzy Open Horse Show, Ingham Co. Fairgrounds & Expo Center, Mason, MI. FMI: horseshowsrus@gmail.com. SEPT. 14 — Buckeye Equestrian Events Western Dressage Horse Show, Eden Park Equestrian Complex, Sunbury, OH. FMI: 740-610-4129, horsejudge125@gmail. com, www.buckeyeequestrianevents.com. SEPT. 14 — Ottawa County Horse Foundation Run on the River Speed Show, Ottawa County Fairgrounds, 7870 W. State Rt. 163, Oak Harbor, OH. FMI: 419-6569000, www.ochf.net. SEPT. 14 — Horse Sale, Mt. Hope Auction, 8076 SR 241, Millersburg, OH. FMI: 330674-6188, www.mthopeauction.com. SEPT. 14 — Crazy Woman Ranch 2019 Bonus Cash Series, 6450 LancasterCircleville Rd., Lancaster, OH. FMI: 614595-1850. SEPT. 14 — Rocky Fork 2019 Hunter Pace Series, Longhill Farm, 11145 Morse Rd., Pataskala, OH. FMI: 888-619-2227, www. rockyforkheadleyhunt.com SEPT. 14 — Horseback Riders: Amish Buggy Training & Trail Ride, Swine Creek Reservation, 16004 Hayes Road, Middlefield, OH. FMI: Geauga Park District, 440-286-9516. SEPT. 14 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Karen, 740-385-3431. SEPT. 14 — NKHN Annual Membership Drive Trail Ride, AJ Jolly Park, Alexandria, KY. FMI: Jim Mayer, 859-496-4976, jimwmayer@yahoo.com. SEPT. 14 — Chuck Givens “Born 2 Win” Horse Sale, Kentucky Horse Park Alltech Arena, Lexington, KY. FMI: lagivens@ roadrunner.com, www.chuckgivens.com. SEPT. 14 — Parkinson Disease Benefit Trail Ride, Hickory Creek Wilderness Ranch, Tidioute, PA. FMI: 814-484-7520. SEPT. 14-15 — Steve Lantvit Horsemanship Clinic, Jackson Co. Junior Fairgrounds, Cottageville, WV. FMI: Alice, 304-541-6399.
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 28 SEPT. 14-15 — KHJA Fall Show, Kentucky Horse Park Hunter Jumper Complex, Lexington, KY. FMI: www.khja.org. SEPT. 15 — Buckeye Equestrian Events 2019 Ranch Horse Series, Eden Park, Sunbury, OH. FMI: 740-610-4129, www. buckeyeequestrianevents.com. SEPT. 15 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Horse Show, 10 a.m., MSC Show Grounds, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-8444041, www.massillonsaddleclub.org. SEPT. 15 — NKHN Annual Membership Drive Trail Ride, AJ Jolly Park, Alexandria, KY. FMI: Jim Mayer, 859-496-4976, jimwmayer@yahoo.com. SEPT. 18-22 — KY National H/J Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 615-838-7560, www.thekentuckynational. com. SEPT. 19-22 — Cowgirl Boot Camp, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624. SEPT. 20-21 — The Iron Horse 100, Elkins Creek Horse Camp, Pedro, OH. FMI: Mollie Smith, 513-315-5907, www.oaats.org. SEPT. 20-22 — Mountain Trail Challenge & IMTCA Regionals, Creek Side Horse Park, 7460 Elson St., Waynesburg, OH. FMI: Cynthia 330-323-3559, www. creeksidehorsepark.com. SEPT. 20-22 — Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association Competition, 9:30 a.m., Madison County Fairgrounds, 205 Elm St., London, OH. FMI: Tim Calvin, 740-2067214, www.midohiomarauders.com. SEPT. 20-22 — Michigan Apple Blossom Classic Horse Show, MSU Pavilion, East Lansing, MI. FMI: 517-655-4712.
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SEPT. 20-22 — 2019 Michigan Open Horse Show Championship, Ingham Co. Fairgrounds & Expo Center, Mason, MI. FMI: www.mohsc.com. SEPT. 21 — Tri-Co Trails Fall Ride, 2662 Downing Street SW, East Sparta, OH. FMI: Jim, 330-323-4738, www.Tri-CoTrails.com. SEPT. 21 — Wayne County Saddle Club Contest Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Rich Gortner, 330466-1171, www.waynecountysaddleclub. com. SEPT. 21 — Buckin’ Ohio Pro Bull Riding Event, 8154 Garman Rd., Burbank, OH. FMI: 330-624-7205, www.buckinohio.com SEPT. 21 — Gibsonburg Saddle Club Open Speed Show, 961 N. Main St., Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: Mary Heaps, 419-351-9715, www.gibsonburgsaddleclub.org. SEPT. 21 — Brookfield Saddle Club Fun Show, 10 a.m., 696 Bedford Rd. SE, Brookfield, OH. FMI: brookfieldsaddleclub@yahoo. com. SEPT. 21 — Rodeo Run Stables Open Horse Show, 11641 Alspach Road, Canal Winchester, OH. FMI: Anne, 614-403-6767. SEPT. 21 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Karen Sarver, 740-3853431. SEPT. 21 — 2019 3D Buckle Series Awards Ceremony, SydMor Arena, Route 481, Monongahela, PA. FMI: Bob Hutton, 724969-0510. SEPT. 21 — Cowboys & Angels Saddle Club Horse Show, Madison County Fairgrounds, Richmond, KY. FMI: Buddy Watson, 606386-1608.
SEPT. 21-22 — Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros Shoot, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, 107 Poplar St., Jefferson, OH. FMI: Karen, 330-719-3290, www. lakeeriemountedvaqueros.net. SEPT. 21-22 — Rocky Fork Rodeo Company Youth Rodeo K-12 Finals, Rocky Fork Ranch Resort, Kimbolton, OH. FMI: Stephanie Dolweck, 740-581-0447. SEPT. 21-22 — Windfall Farm Horse Show, 6898 Wes Curt Lane, Goshen, OH. FMI: 513680-3690, www.windfallfarmhorseshows. com. SEPT. 21-22 — Belmont County Saddle Club Trail Ride, One mile E. of Morristown, OH on State Rt. 40 (Exit #208 off I-70). FMI: Jim Bolon, 740-391-3396. SEPT. 21-22 — Keystone Shootout Series: Event 3, 103 Horse Farm Rd., Bloomsburg, PA. FMI: Keystone Cowboys, 814-2637155, www.keystonecowboyscmsa.com. SEPT. 21-22 — 3rd Annual Sasquatch Scavenger Hunt & FAHA Fun Show, Crooked Creek Horse Park, Ford City, PA. FMI: 412480-0840. SEPT. 21-22 — Kentucky State Shoot, Cowtown Arena, 210 Wainscott Rd., Williamstown, KY. FMI: Kentucky Cowtown Rangers, 859-339-9000, www. kycowtownrangers.com. SEPT. 22 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Fun Shows, Lewis Road Riding Ring Show Grounds, Cleveland MetroParks, Olmsted Falls. FMI: 440-781-5050, www. angelshavenhorserescue.org. SEPT. 22 — Dressage Schooling Show Series, 16501 Station Rd., Columbia Station, OH. FMI: Nikki, 440-454-4709.
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SEPT. 22 — High Hope Steeplechase, Kentucky Horse Park Steeplechase Course & Infield, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-2555727, www.highhopesteeplechase.com. SEPT. 23-27 — National Mounted Police Colloquium, Kentucky Horse Park Alltech Arena, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-259-4250, lisa.rakes@ky.gov SEPT. 24 — Buckeye Classic Horse Sale, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: 574-825-4610, www.buckeyeclassicsale. com. SEPT. 25-29 — World Equestrian Center Fall Series I, 4095 SR 730, Wilmington, OH. FMI: 937-382-0985. SEPT. 26 — Tri State Boot & Saddle Club Exhibition & Jackpot, 6 p.m., 14930 Old Lincoln Highway, East Liverpool, OH. FMI: Melanie Dunn, 330-708-1401. SEPT. 27 — Payback Friday Night Game Show, Mercer County 4-H Park, Route 19, Mercer, PA. FMI: Toni Lukavich, 724-8942474. SEPT. 27 — KHP Foundation Battle in the Saddle, Kentucky Horse Park Covered Arena, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-255-5727, www.khpfoundation.org. SEPT. 27-28 — WHAO Buckeye Fall Classic, Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, OH. FMI: Pat Stout, 419-483-2563. SEPT. 27-29 — Ohio NBHA State Finals, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: 937-324-4353, www.ohiobha.wixsite.com. SEPT. 27-29 — Jump Start Horse Trials, Kentucky Horse Park Hunter Jumper Complex, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-6216522, www.jumpstarthorsetrials.com.
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 30 SEPT. 27-30 — 2nd Annual Rumble on the Ranch, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740767-2624. SEPT. 28 — Classical Attraction Dressage Society Show, Brecksville Stables, 11921 Parkview Rd., Brecksville, OH. FMI: Cathy, 234-804-8735, www.cadsdressage.org. SEPT. 28 — Buckeye Mini Horse & Donkey Sale, Wayne County Fairgrounds, 199 Vanover Street, Wooster, OH. FMI: Daniel Schrock, 330-763-0905, schrocksauctioneering@gmail.com. SEPT. 28 — Fall Festival at The Wanake Ranch, 2-5 p.m., 9759 Manchester Ave. SW, Beach City, OH. FMI: 330-756-2333, www. campwanake.org SEPT. 28 — Open Trail Challenge, 12 p.m., Knox County Horse Park, 7360 Thayer Rd., Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: 740-694-7441, www.knoxcountyhorsepark.com. SEPT. 28 — SOQPA Open Horse Show, Madison Co. Fairgrounds, London, OH. FMI: Sam, 740-503-5555, S.O.quarterpony@ gmail.com, soqpa.com. SEPT. 28 — Mid-Ohio Horse Show Association Speed, Pleasure, Ranch Show, Hartford Fairgrounds, Croton, OH. FMI: Melissa, 614-507-0541. SEPT. 28 — Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Coshocton County Fairgrounds, Hunter Arena, Coshocton, OH. FMI: 740-622-2385, www.coshoctoncountyfair.org. SEPT. 28 — Shenandoah Valley Riding Club Show, Exhibition Barrels/Poles 3 to 5 p.m., Show 6 p.m., 56095 Marietta Rd., Pleasant City, OH. FMI: Brian Yurco, 740-581-1648.
SEPT. 28 — Open Combined Show, 1 p.m., 70 Country Lane, Elkview, WV. FMI: Elk River Boots & Saddle Club, 304-541-6399, www.erbsc.com. SEPT. 28 — Chuck Givens Born 2 Win Horse Sale, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-582-5822, www.chuckgivens. com. SEPT. 28-29 — Pinto Horse Association of Ohio Fall Wind Up, Eden Park Equestrian Complex, 2607 Blayney Rd., Sunbury, OH. FMI: Megan Herner, 419-681-0133, herner7@yahoo.com, www.ohiopinto. com. SEPT. 28-29 — Northern Ohio Outlaws Last Stand, Wayne Co. Fairgrounds, Wooster, OH. FMI: Diane, 330-205-2071, www. nooutlaws.com. SEPT. 28-29 — 1st Ohio CMSA Annual Charity Shoot, Gymkhana Club, 7957 Harrison, Cleves, OH. FMI: 513-479-5984, www.1stohio.com. SEPT. 28-29 — Windfall Farm Horse Show, 6898 Wes Curt Lane, Goshen, OH. FMI: 513680-3690, www.windfallfarmhorseshows. com. SEPT. 28-29 — Civilian Equine Sensory Training Clinics, Kentucky Horse Park Alltech Arena, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-2995744, annependeranderson@gmail.com, www.kyhorsepark.com. SEPT. 29 — 5th Annual Fall Pace Event, 9 a.m., Lancaster County Park, Lancaster, PA. FMI: Susquehanna Equestrian Club, 717-228-9996, www.facebook.com/ TheSECPaceMaker
Buckeye Mini Horse & Donkey Sale Followed by Ponies & Horses Wayne County Fairgrounds 199 Vanover Street Wooster, Ohio 44691
Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 8:30 a.m. 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 September 18, 2019
Nearby Places to Stay Best Western (330) 264-7750 Super 8 (330) 439-5766 Hampton Inn (330) 345-4424
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OCTOBER 2019 OCT. 1-6 — IFSHA World & Grand National Horse Show, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: 805-448-3027, www. ifshaworld.com. OCT. 1-27 — 53rd Annual All American Quarter Horse Congress, Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH. FMI: 614-5057200, www.quarterhorsecongress.com OCT. 2-5 — Thoroughbred Makeover, Kentucky Horse Park Covered Arena, Lexington, KY. FMI: www. retiredracehorseproject.org. OCT. 2-6 — World Equestrian Center Fall Series II, 4095 SR 730, Wilmington, OH. FMI: 937-382-0985. OCT. 3-6 — UPHA Chapter 9 KY Fall Classic Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park Alltech Arena, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-333-1406, www.kentuckyfallclassic.com. OCT. 4 — Wayne County Saddle Club Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. OCT. 4-5 — Mid-Eastern Farriers Association AFA Certification, Grizzle Ridge Arena, 52106 Grizzle Ridge Rd., Jerusalem, OH. FMI: David, 412-580-4458. OCT. 4-6 — Halloween Weekend, Creek Side Horse Park, 7460 Elson St., Waynesburg, OH. FMI: Cynthia 330-3233559, www.creeksidehorsepark.com. OCT. 4-6 — Ohio Ranch Horse Association Show, Hendersons Arena, 830 Van Fossen Rd., Jackson, OH. FMI: Amy Roberts, 740-819-8446, www. ohioranchhorseassociation.com. OCT. 4-6 — Preble County Ohio Horseman’s Council State Ride & Speed & Fun Show Series (5th), Hueston Woods Horseman’s Camp, Morning Sun, OH. FMI: Donn, 937-417-4358, www.facebook. com/groups/pcohc OCT. 4-6 — COSCA Championship Show, Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, OH. FMI: 440-668-3054, www.coscaonline.com OCT. 4-6 — The 2019 Standardbred Classic Show Series, Den Park Equestrian Complex, Sunbury, OH. FMI: Chris, 330-635-8121. OCT. 5 — Ruggles Arena Speed Show, 2651 Township Road 155, Cardington, OH. FMI: Janet, 419-210-7204. OCT. 5-6 — Ottawa County Horse Foundation Fall Fuzzy Show (Speed & Performance), Ottawa County Fairgrounds, 7870 W. State Rt. 163, Oak Harbor, OH. FMI: 419-656-9000, www.ochf.net. OCT. 5-6 — Bath Pony Club Fall Mini Trial, 141 Remsen Rd., Medina, OH. FMI: djwattsm@frontier.com. OCT. 5-6 — Indiana Mounted Regulators Cowboy Mounted State Shoot, Hoosier Horse Park, Edinburgh, IN. FMI: Connie, 260-668-1770. OCT. 5-6 — Salamonie Stomp, Salamonie Reservoir, 9214 Lost Bridge Rd. W., Andrews, IN. FMI: Maureen Fehrs, 219879-1964, www.oaats.org. OCT. 6 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Horse Show, 10 a.m., MSC Show Grounds, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041, www. massillonsaddleclub.org.
OCT. 7-12 — Mid Ohio Pony & Draft Horse Sale, Mt. Hope Auction, 8076 SR 241, Mt. Hope, OH. FMI: 330-674-6188, www. mthopeauction.com. OCT. 9-13 — World Equestrian Center Fall Series III, 4095 SR 730, Wilmington, OH. FMI: 937-382-0985. OCT. 11-13 — Tri-Co Trails Halloween Ride Weekend, 2662 Downing Street SW, East Sparta, OH. FMI: Jim Mike, 330-323-4738, www.Tri-CoTrails.com. OCT. 11-13 — Fall Round Up/Sorting, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624. OCT. 12 — Poker Run sponsored by Guernsey County OHC, Salt Fork State Park Horseman’s Camp, 14755 Cadiz Rd., Lore City, OH. FMI: 740-638-3010. OCT. 12 — Rocky Fork 2019 Hunter Pace Series, Crosswind Farm, 7087 Sadie Thomas Rd. NW, Alexandria, OH. FMI: 888619-2227, pace@rockyforkheadleyhunt. com, www.rockyforkheadleyhunt.com OCT. 12-13 — Wayne County Saddle Club The Roundup, 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Stan Bosler, 330-607-5106, www. waynecountysaddleclub.com. OCT. 13 — Massillon Saddle Club Fun Show, 11 a.m., MSC Show Grounds, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330844-4041, www.massillonsaddleclub.org. OCT. 13-14 — KY Dressage Assoc. Fall Classic, Kentucky Horse Park Dressage Complex, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-2768993, www.kentuckydressageassociation. com. OCT. 16-20 — World Equestrian Center Fall Classic, 4095 SR 730, Wilmington, OH. FMI: 937-382-0985. OCT. 17-20 — Hagyard MidSouth & Team Challenge, Kentucky Horse Park Hunter Jumper Complex, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859621-2479, hmf@iglou.com. OCT. 18 — Wayne County Saddle Club Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. OCT. 18-20 — Heartland Fall Spooktacular, Champions Center, Springfield, OH. FMI: Judy Peters, 614-402-1260. OCT. 19 — Wayne County Saddle Club Contest Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Rich Gortner, 330466-1171, www.waynecountysaddleclub. com. OCT. 19 — Custom Conchs & Tack Customer Appreciation Day, 2074 Ashland Rd., Mansfield, OH. FMI: 567-560-4457, www.customconchosandtack.com. OCT. 19 — Gymkhana Finals, Crazy Woman Ranch, 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: 614-595-1850, www. crazywomanranchohio.com. OCT. 19-20 — Halloween Obstacle Clinic & Challenge, Black Swan Farm, 5277 Stover Rd., Ostrander, OH. FMI: 614-582-0454. OCT. 20 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Horse Show, 10 a.m., MSC Show Grounds, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041, www. massillonsaddleclub.org.
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District One National Show Horse Association
We Bid Farewell to One of Our Own 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 club members have been busy showing at the OHAHA Spring Show, The Buckeye Sweepstakes and Region 15 Arabian shows. Others have joined their grandchildren and participated in pony club activities. It is with heavy hearts that our
club bids fairwell to another Board member. The City of Hudson Safety Forces and staff are saddened by the loss of one our beloved Hudson dispatchers, Pati Stokes Cook. Pati was a volunteer firefighter for the City for 24 years and a dispatcher for the City of Hudson Police Department for 45 years. She was also the first female firefighter in Summit County. Pati was adored by her public safety family and all who knew her. Her famous smile could light up a room. She was a vital part of the Hudson safety community, and had a hand in saving countless lives. She is already very much missed. The city sends its condolences to Pati’s family and friends. Pati’s obituary can be viewed at https://
Patricia Stokes Cook www.johnson-romito.com/ obituaries/Patricia-Stokes Cook. Pati Cook and her husband Don have been part of District One National Show Association since it’s inception. She was an avid horseman. Pati bred and showed
many Arabian, Half Arabian and National Show Horses in halter driving and other divisions. Pati and Don helped our club by recommending our club to do their Night At The Races fundraisers.
Western Reserve Carriage Association
WRCA and the National Drive PRESIDENT, Jon Roemer VICE PRESIDENT, Pam Root TREASURER, Ann Petersen SECRETARY, Cathy Rhoades MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY, Henry Rish. WEBSITE, www.wrcarriage.com
by Cathy Rhoades The transition in June from cool rainy spring temps to hot and humid late summer dog days was abrupt. By the time you read this, we may be looking at fall
but there still is a lot of organized driving opportunities. We had two events scheduled in July at Howe Meadow in Cuyahoga National Park and Byers Woods in Ashland. There is also a scheduled drive early August at Lakefarm Park. Keep up to date by viewing our website and Facebook pages for more information. Many of our WRCA members attend the National Drive at Hoosier Horse Park in Indiana. While primarily created for the equine driver, riders are welcome and frequently seen throughout
the event. This year it is from Oct. 1-6. The National Drive has a growing following of equestrians from varied backgrounds, enjoying countless types of activities while riding and driving many different kinds of equines, all coming together to enjoy the camaraderie and non-competitive atmosphere with only two rules— be safe and have fun! Hoosier Horse Park has miles of trails, roads with little traffic, and wide open spaces to ride or drive at will. The Indiana CDE hazards, dressage and cones areas are available to take your equine
to play. There are clinicians who offer educational talks and paid lessons. Daily there are events such as a tack swap, chili supper, wine and cheese party, pooch parade and others that are available to attendees to participate for free. Usually there are vendors to purchase needed or wanted items from. Less than 30 minutes away there is an outlet mall, Brown County Art Colony, historic Edinburgh and Franklin downtowns along with hotels and restaurants. Check out the registration and schedule at www. nationaldrive.net. Join us!
Great Lakes Appaloosa Club
Plenty of Shows in August to Help Qualify for the World Show PRESIDENT, Todd Michael; VICE PRESIDENT, Patty McCartin; TREASURER, Patty Nye; SECRETARY, Melanie Dzek; CLUB WEBSITE, www.GLApHC.com
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wrap. Many of our members were competing in the open, Non Pro and youth classes and from early reports all of them placed well or won championships. I will have a complete list of winners next month. The show was held in Ft. Worth, Texas. I was pleased to see that a mare I raised, Charlesy, helped her new owner win a Reserve High Point over all placing in the Youth 10 years and under age group. The GLApHC point shows in August are the Aug. 3-4 and Aug. 23-25 in East Lansing, Mich., and Aug. 10-11 in
Cloverdale, Ind. If you need to get qualified for the World Championship Show, these are shows that have a good number of entries for getting the points. September 8 is the date for the All Horse Parade in Delaware, Ohio, at 3 p.m. This a great event with more than 100 units of horses being paraded through
downtown Delaware. Appaloosa horses are always a spectator favorite. My family and I will be in it riding some colorful horses so come join us. The All Horse Parade website has details for entries. It is a great event with over 500 horses ridden or driven. Hope to see you at some of the shows or at the All Horse Parade!
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Fallen Horseman Memorial Horse Show honors fallen horsemen, women and children who have made an impact in the world of horses.
AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 CHAMPIONS CENTER, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
FEATURED CLASSES SATURDAY NIGHT-DOUBLE JUDGED W $500 RIDE FOR THE FALLEN WALK/TROT ($10 from each entry to Nationwide Childrens) W $1000 GUARANTEED OPEN HUNTER UNDER SADDLE W $1000 GUARANTEED OPEN WESTERN PLEASURE W ADDED MONEY! HIGHEST PLACING COLOR HORSE OPEN W/P HUS $1000 Guaranteed Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle - Saturday $1000 Guaranteed Non Pro Western Pleasure - Sunday ALL $1000 CLASSES INCLUDE THE $250 “IT PAYS TO TRY AWARD” to 7th PLACE IN MEMORY OF ALISSA M. TRUCCO
Stalls must be paid to be reserved. Stall, bedding and entry fees are all separate. Stall Fees: $60 received prior to Aug. 15th; $75 after Aug. 15th No refunds after August 21st
Visit www.fhmhs.com for a Stall Reservation Form Questions? Call Tammy (937) 672-5629
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EVENTS TO BE HELD ON MONDAY: Ohio Paint Horse Association Special Event and Southern Ohio Equestrian Team Y.E.D.A. Event APPROVED BY MVHSA Double Points, Buckeye Ranch Horse Series, American Paint Horse Association Youth Equestrian Development Association HIGH POINT AWARDS Small Fry, 13 & Under, 14-18, Adult, Adult 40+, Ranch Horse
JUDGES Saturday: Tom Hall, Grand Rapids, OH (classes 1-42) Saturday Night: Classes Double Judged Sunday: Randy Alderson, Sharpsville, IN (classes 40-65) Sunday Ranch & Reining: Margy Morgan, Williamsport, IN (classes 66-85) RANCH/REINING CLASSES WILL NOT START BEFORE 2 P.M.
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It’s Their Potty and I Gag Cuz I Have To by Sarah Vas
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t’s hot. Too hot. Unbearably hot. When August roles over us, my most contemptuous chore of the day is the dreaded stall cleaning. Some say their favorite place to think about life and clear their mind is at the end of a pitchfork. Whose bucolic barn are they standing in, Sunny Acres? OK sure, I guess I’ve had lots of good ideas bubble up during my years of hard labor but when the weather combines forces with the inevitable and highly gross cloud of No See Em gnats vacationing in droves over every fresh pile in the barn, I personally can only think of how I should have taken up bowling. It’s indoors. You get to wear cute shirts. And they let you drink beer while you play! Well, here we are with the weather pushing my thoughts single mindedly onto the topic of poop once again. When it’s 90 degrees and humidity levels
hang like the heat from an open oven set on the clean cycle, I take mercy on my farm staff and help out. I like to maintain a managerial approach of “All for One” regarding our farm staff and stall cleaning. This graciousness, however, stands in direct conflict with the sun setting on my premenopausal youth. There I am by the end of any hot August day, face scalded from sponging off endless pools of hormonal flop sweat with my old fashion farmer’s plaid handkerchief. My arms and neck a grimy coating of sawdust fines and equine DNA particles, my sweat-soaked baseball hat hanging miserably over my brow, I only take solace in defeating yet another day’s chores during the oppressive crawl of summer’s heat index. One focus of my deep thoughts while stall cleaning revolves around our equine residents and the depth and breadth of their annoying and disgusting bathroom habits. I’m
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sure once I lay this out, you guys will recognize your own horses among the ranks. We all know and love the perfect stall keeper, that wonderfully tidy horse dutifully defecating in one easy-to-scoop pile. Like clockwork, this horse stays true to self and confines all restroom activities into a small area of the whole stall. Manure is neatly deposited in an organized fashion, plainly visible and easily identified. Pee spots are predictable and adding fresh sawdust practically deserves a national holiday. If this horse stayed in a hotel, it would make the bed, reuse the bath towel, and pen a polite note to housekeeping saying it took out its own trash. There is no “1-2-3 Not It” over this horse when we divvy up the stalls. Then there’s the Easter Bunny. This horse actually makes a game of it. Every day, you’ll find a homogenized mountain of relatively clean sawdust hiding hundreds of singular, separated manure balls. Somehow, this horse has managed to carefully dismantle every pile and delicately mix balls both whole and broken into its bedding. Proper cleaning requires methodically, slowly, thoroughly sifting Every. Inch. Of Bedding. Mind you, this horse hasn’t destroyed its bedroom. In fact, it clearly tiptoed around the room, gleefully hiding each turd like a badly colored egg for your stall cleaning delight. Ever separate salt from sugar? Time crawls. Then there are the Destroyers. Neatly bedded stalls are transformed into banked nightmares of horror and stench. Packed bedding is cemented over and around heavy mountains of poop. The center of the stall is often a wretched mixture of urine, soaked sawdust, and the souls of your deceased loved ones. One often wonders aloud such matters as ‘how does one horse produce so much poop and pee’ or ‘what the heck did this horse do in here last night?’ Anyone have the Potty-Training Toddler? Poops down the walls, in the buckets, on window ledges, in front of stall doors? Yeah, I feel you. Same. I’ve had the rare few that require some strange, final configuration of arranged sawdust, perhaps a stripe of bedding spread side wall
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Sarah Vas to side wall covering precisely one third of the total square footage of the floor. My one horse demands a 7x7 foot square of flattened bedding set asymmetrically up into her back-left corner, a neatly swept stall floor border both across the front and right side of said square, like a Cubism artist installation. To stray off script from any oddball bedding placement, depth, or shape is to find the occupant confused and annoyed, the domicile wrecked in the morning. Folks, I give you Equine OCD. The worst stall to tackle during temperatures beyond pleasantly mild undeniably belongs to the horse with the oversized bladder and the bathroom habits of a shameless hippo. Pee spots are not spots. They’re natural disasters. The acidic vapors burn the nose and water the eye no matter how generously deodorizers are sprinkled or sprayed. Sawdust is nuclearized to a blood-red, blackish color. The weight of each scoop’s sum total is astounding, feeling like mysterious heavy metals from an alien planet. I have to carefully disperse the sum total of such amongst multiple buckets for fear of throwing out my back heaving whole buckets of fully saturated muck into the spreader. Weekly sawdust usage is exorbitant and believing one can ‘skip a day’ either in the cleaning cycle or the sawdust bin trips is just foolhardy. This particular horse is hated by all employees and can stank up the entire barn if its stall is not taken seriously. Take a stout shovel and rubber boots into this one. S August 2019
Northern Ohio Dressage Association
Biomechanics of the Horse and How it is Used to Judge a Dressage Test PRESIDENT, Barb Soukup; VICE PRESIDENT, Arielle Brodkey; TREASURER, Dee Liebenthal; SECRETARY, Patti Valencic. EMAIL, president@nodarider.org; WEBSITE, www.nodarider.org
by Mosie Welch As a silent auditor at Part 1, Session A, of the USDF L Education Program sponsored by NODA, I sat in the back and scribbled copious notes, as Marilyn Heath, a USEF Senior Judge was teaching the basics of dressage judging and biomechanics of the horse. Heath stated that “correct biomechanics equal correct basics so in order to be successful in dressage pay attention to the horse you start with.” Heath stressed however, that “dressage benefits any horse.” She also stated that the L program has incorporated new materials and information in 2019, so for those who had taken the L program before, it was more than a refresher. This month I’ll highlight some key points of what Heath had to say about biomechanics and how dressage judges use a horse’s movement to score a movement starting with two components of a strong topline. First the chest sling or thoracic sling are significant muscles aiding in a correct topline. A newer study by Hilary Clayton BVMS, PhD has increased the understanding of lift and balance and how it is achieved. The “hindquarter is not as responsible for the lifting of the forehand as once was thought, it is now known that 43 percent of balance and only 20 percent of lift of the
topline comes from the hind end and 57 percent of balance and 80 percent of the lift comes from the muscles of the thoracic sling.” Suppleness in the shoulders and engagement of the thoracic sling is essential in a correct topline and to achieve self-carriage. At home you can observe the thoracic sling muscles in a relaxed state and then observe the lift in your horse’s thoracic spine and wither in relation to the ground by using a sternothoracic lift or ‘belly lift.’ Judges look for that same elevation of the spine and withers. To better understand the correct use of the thoracic sling start with an article written by Betsy LaBelle and posted In Dressage on Friday, February 15, 2019 titled The Significance of a Horse’s Chest Sling Muscles; Biomechanic Research by Hilary Clayton at https://dressageheadlines.com/ articles/dressage/significancehorse%E2%80%99s-chest-slingmuscles-biomechanic-researchhilary-clayton. Next Heath covered the joint where the spine and pelvis of the horse meet or the lumbo-sacral joint. The lumbo-sacral joint “is important for its ability to flex and extend and allow for the hind end to tuck” which allows for engagement and power. This joint is responsible for support, spring, the absorption of concussion, and the direction of thrust in the hind legs.” Depending on the engagement of the lumbosacral joint, the hind legs can swing under and push off sending the horse forward, they can push only upward (think bucking), or they can be out behind and send energy backwards. Push that sends the horse forward coupled
with upward (without bucking) is optimal. For those that want to understand more about the biomechanics of the hindquarters I am including a link to The Anatomy of Dressage-Horse Hindquarters - Understand the structure and biomechanics of the horse’s engine as it relates to dressage, written by Hilary Clayton BVMS, PhD, MRCVS, DACVSMR, and published in Dressage Today in 2015, https:// dressagetoday.com/horse-health-/ anatomy-hindquarters-26465. Heath reviewed how judges observe the biomechanics of the topline to inform scores. For instance, identifying a horse “on the forehand” includes a “lack of engagement in the hind end, a lack of upward push with the front feet, the front feet staying on the ground too long, a lack of lift in the thoracic sling appropriate to the level ridden, and a general sense that the horse is not is self-carriage. Heath went on to identify positive and negative visuals of correct paces
including rhythm and tempo, bend, contact, lateral balance, impulsion, suspension, as well as individual movements such as the stretchy circle. As a lower level dressage rider, attending Session A of the L program has provided valuable insight into dressage as a sport and dressage as a training tool. While judges are providing a snapshot of how a horse and rider perform in given test a rider cannot improve without an understanding of what they are trying to achieve and a basic knowledge of correct biomechanics of the horse. The L Program is a valuable tool for developing any rider’s knowledge base. Part 1, Session B of The L Education Program, Judging Criteria for Gaits and Paces, Movements and Figures will take place Aug. 17 and 18 at Endeavor Farm in Hudson, Ohio. The instructor is USEF Senior Judge, Trenna Atkins. Auditors must register. For more information go to www.nodarider.org.
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There are very few tasks that I’ve grown to positively hate over my horse years. Sheath cleaning, body clipping, showing in the rain, stacking hay, and stall cleaning top my list. I still hold myself and my employees to a ridiculously precise standard of perfection when completing any of these chores. But be prepared for me to make exaggerated faces of disgust while loudly whining like an overprivileged teenager, especially in August. Sarah Vas, second generation August 2019
horsewoman, owns and operates Winfield Farm & Forge in Grafton, Ohio. Even as a selfdescribed Little Guy trainer, her depth of knowledge and list of accomplishments have gained the respect of many prominent professionals in the industry. She has quietly worked her heart out finding a niche in the Arabian ring as well as a multitude of other breeds and disciplines. Keep up with Sarah’s schedule, clinic dates, and innovative educational programs via Facebook. HORSEMEN’S CORRAL
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Thinking Joint Support? Consider the Science by Kristen Janicki, MS, PAS
As common as it may be, osteoarthritis (OA) remains an incurable disease and, once the disease presents itself in a joint, there’s no going back. Knowing this may cause you to sprint over to the supplement aisle of your local feed or tack store where you are met with an overabundance of oral joint supplements, each touting its ability to perform a miracle and prevent or slow the progression of OA. Believe it or not, a large majority of the ingredients in these supplements have no scientific backing in equines and rely on extrapolating data from humans and other animals. Which oral joint ingredients do show promising results specifically in horses? Let’s take a look!
What’s in a Joint?
In order to best provide a joint supplement, we must first understand what a joint is made of. A joint consists of two bone ends covered by articular cartilage and lubricated by synovial fluid secreted by the synovial membrane. Helping to stabilize the joint, the joint capsule and collateral ligament cover the synovial membrane. The articular cartilage contains a matrix of collagen, proteoglycans and water. Proteoglycans are made up of chains of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) attached to a protein and help give the cartilage a stiff structure. Hyaluronic acid, present in synovial fluid, is categorized as a GAG and present in cartilage to help lubricate the joint as well. Synovial fluid helps to prevent joint friction and contains two key ingredients to assist with lubricating the joint: hyaluronic acid and a protein known as lubricin. When the protective cartilage begins to wear down, arthritis results.
Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate
Both glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate work to provide nutrients and protection to joints. Glucosamine is a precursor to GAGs, such as chondroitin sulfate. Chondroitin sulfate itself gives articular cartilage resistance to compression. Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate could be effective in mitigating some of the inflammatory response following trauma to the joint (Harlan et al., 2012), reducing the number of joint injections necessary per year with consistent use (Rodgers, 2006), and in decreasing the horses’ overall pain at a walk and trot and after flexion of an arthritic joint (Gupta et al., 2009). Methylsulfonylmethane MSM is a naturally-occurring, bioavailable source of sulfur, which is a component of many of the compounds involved in maintaining healthy joint function (NRC, 2007). MSM is known to reduce oxidative stress, in other words, to reduce the damaging effects of free radicals. MSM appears to have protective effects in horses by reducing the amount of damaging free radicals in circulation, consequently modulating the body’s inflammatory response (Maranon et al, 2008).
Hyaluronic Acid
Hyaluronic acid serves as a major component of synovial fluid to lubricate joints. In articular cartilage, hyaluronic acid coats each chondrocyte and helps to provide resiliency to compression. Yearlings receiving an oral hyaluronic acid supplement showed less joint swelling due to excess synovial fluid compared to those not receiving hyaluronic acid (Bergin et al., 2006). At The Ohio State University, researchers found that, with the addition of hyaluronic acid, synovial cells appeared to be protected from the negative effects of the lipopolysaccharide (a known cause of inflammation), 40
with higher cell viability and lower concentrations of inflammatory markers (Kilborne et al., 2017).
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs)
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), two omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil, have anti-inflammatory properties and increase collagen synthesis. Oral supplementation of marine-based DHA and EPA reduces joint inflammation, lameness grade, hind limb flexion and ease of movement (Ross et al., 2011). Green-lipped mussel is naturally high in omega-3 fatty acids. Although the exact mode of action is not known, green-lipped mussel is believed to have anti-inflammatory properties. A single study shows that horses receiving a green-lipped mussel supplement experienced a significant reduction in lameness severity, improved response to a joint flexion test and reduced joint pain (Cayzar et al., 2012).
Summary
When supplement shopping, consider the science behind the source, especially when it comes to oral joint supplements. Incorporating a joint supplement into the horse’s supplement regimen early on in life is far more beneficial to the horse than starting a joint supplement after the horse begins showing signs of problems. Kristen Janicki, MS, PAS is a Technical Marketing Specialist for MARS Horsecare US/BUCKEYE™ Nutrition, responsible for technical nutrition support, digital and social media, and working collaboratively with the Senior Nutrition Manager in providing high-quality nutritional content. Headquartered in Dalton, Ohio, BUCKEYE Nutrition has been manufacturing quality products since 1910. BUCKEYE Nutrition takes feed safety seriously, implementing many programs mandated in human food manufacturing facilities. With the backing of WALTHAM®, a world-leading authority on pet care and widely renowned as an institution of the highest scientific caliber, our equine nutritionists provide scientifically-based equine nutritional solutions which guide our formulations and our BUCKEYE Nutrition brand promise of being the highest quality, fixed formula feeds available. BUCKEYE Nutrition is a 100 percent equine-focused company, 100 percent medication-free facility, sourcing 100 percent traceable, pure ingredients for consistency. www.BuckeyeNutrition.com. 800/898-9467.
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The Cowboy Perseverance Ranch
But the Greatest of These is Love! by Rob and Tanya Corzatt
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ack in March, we wrote about Faith. In May, we wrote about Hope. At the end of that article, I asked everyone to get their Bibles out and look up 1 Corinthians 13:13. I have the New King James version and it reads “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love”. If you have been following this column, you know we have Faith in our barn, she is a beautiful little red roan mare and is turning out to be quite the ranch riding prospect. We also have Hope in our barn, even though we don’t have a horse by that name, at least not yet. And then there is Love. We don’t have a horse by that name, and in all honesty, doubt we ever do. Even though it is the greatest of God’s commandments, I’m not so sure I want to name a horse Love! Despite that, our barn overflows with Love.
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In April of this year, we were blessed to host the wedding of our son Camdon and our new daughter-in-law Kaila. They thought the most appropriate place to seal their love before God, family and friends was in our barn. At first, the logistics of turning a working horse barn into a wedding venue seemed pretty daunting. We spent the equivalent of close to 40 hours just hanging lights on the base of the barn trusses and around the exterior walls (three months later as this is being written...the lights are still hanging on the trusses!). We began praying for dry warm weather the day the kids told us the date for their wedding, April 6. It just so happens that we were out at the future location of CP Ranch on that very day in 2018 and it was snowing! I believe the week prior to their wedding, was the last week in recent memory that was dry for at least six of the seven days! And the little rain we
did get didn’t amount to much. That was a good thing because our poor horses were pretty much banished from the barn for the last four days before the wedding. The Good Lord also provided us with very comfortable weather for early April, sunny and high 60s. It was a beautiful day, a beautiful ceremony and we had a beautiful evening around a campfire. The love displayed by our family and friends was overwhelming. That paled in comparison, though, to the love displayed when the kids exchanged their vows. Camdon was reduced to a sobbing mess and struggled to even get his vows out. The boy gets it honest. I couldn’t help but tear up when I saw how beautiful my wife looked in her Cowgirl dress. It was only the first of several cryfests for us (mostly me) during the evening. I teared up when Camdon struggled with his vows...I choked up when I said grace before we all ate dinner…and I just cried when I danced with my new beautiful daughter-in-law. They were tears of joy as I told her how much it meant to Tanya and me that she loved our son despite the physical challenges he faces on a daily basis. Again, if you have followed this column for a while, you know that he has dealt with cerebral palsy his entire life. He hasn’t let that stop him from pursuing his love for working with horses. She did not let that stop her from marrying the man that made her feel so special! So far, I’d say the Corzatt boys have done pretty well with marrying some very special women! Thank you dear Lord! We are blessed with an incredible bunch of horse crazy kids and adults that love to take lessons at the CP Ranch! At the current time, we have six young ladies that are dedicated to competing on our fledgling ranch riding team. They are blessed with parents that are willing to make a huge commitment of their time and money to get their kids here to the ranch two or more times a week to practice. These young ladies love to ride, they love to show and they each have their favorite horse. They grumble at times when we make them ride a different horse, but they understand we do that to
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Tanya and Rob Corzatt improve their horsemanship skills. We have come to love each and every one of those girls as well as their parents. We are blessed to have them as part of the CP Ranch family. There are other kids that may not be on the ranch riding team at the current time, but still love the time they get to spend in the saddle. Those kids and their parents are very special to us as well. I seriously doubt you would be reading this magazine if you didn’t love the equine lifestyle. It is definitely a labor of love. How else would you explain spending so much of your hard-earned money on an animal that focuses most of its time on just eating and pooping! As much as I grumble about bad hay, no hay, busted gates, knee deep mud, frozen water troughs, I have often told my wife that I would cry if I pulled in our driveway and didn’t see a horse or 12 out in our pastures. Then there is the love our Lord and Savior has reserved for all of us. The Bible makes it quite clear that love is from God and that God IS love! The entire New Testament is really just a love story with a bunch of different authors. When I first started writing this article, I searched for a definition for Biblical love. The Books of the New Testament were written in Greek. There are two words used to define love in the Greek language, “phileo” and “agape”. Phileo love is often translated as “brotherly love” (think Philadelphia!). It is a love that typically depends on how others behave around us and treat us. So, it is a conditional love. Everything I wrote about up to this point would be considered phileo love. Agape love, on the other hand, is unconditional love, a August 2019
Tri-County Trail Association
Annual Ox and Pig Roast Scheduled for August 16-18 PRESIDENT, Jim Mike; VICE PRESIDENT, Leroy Wilson; SECRETARY, Amy Crawford; TREASURER, Chuck Stephens EMAIL, ckrumm1958@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.tri-cotrails.com
by Cindy Krumm We have had a lot of rain in NE Ohio so far this year. We are hoping that the rain will subside and our plans for August will not get dampened—pardon the pun! Mark your calendars for our Annual Ox and Pig Roast weekend to be held from Aug. 16-18. The weekend includes six home cooked meals, starting Friday evening and going through Sunday lunch. The cost of the
weekend package including all meals starts at $70 for a single non-member with discounts for members, couples and families. We guarantee that if you buy our weekend meal package, you will not leave camp hungry on Sunday! Many folks gather around the large campfire outside our pavilion after dinner Friday evening to visit and finalize plans for the weekend. Saturday be sure to come back to the pavilion bright and early for a home cooked breakfast. Some of the leading men of our camp get up in the wee hours to start preparing this meal. After breakfast, get involved in the Terri Willard Memorial Poker Run. The three best hands upon return to camp will be awarded prizes and get their entry fee back. If you have members of
But the Greatest of These is Love! love offered with no expectations for anything in return. The Bible, and particularly the New Testament, provides scripture after scripture, where God and Jesus radiated agape love. Most everyone is able to quote John 3:16… “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”. I particularly like Romans 5:8... “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us”. 1 John 4:7-10 reads “(7) Dear friends, let us love one another for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. (8) Whoever does not love, does not love God, because God is love. (9) This is how God showed his love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. (10) This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” The Bible makes it equally clear that loving one another is one of the two Great commandments. In Matthew 22:36-40, Jesus and the disciples are discussing their greatest responsibilities toward their fellow Jews and the Gentiles. (36) “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” (37) Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ (38) This is the first and greatest August 2019
your group that do not ride, be sure to bring your tack, camp and other horse related items and let them spend the day at your campsite selling these items in our annual camp-wide Garage Sale. Lunch is served in the pavilion. In the evening we will serve our All You Can Eat Pig and Ox Roast for dinner. We are sure you will be hungry because the smell of this meat cooking in the roasters all day will surely have fueled your appetite! After dinner on Saturday the band ‘77 South’ will provide entertainment. We will also draw for our annual raffle—giving out 12 cash prizes ranging from $50 through $1500! Tickets for this raffle are $5 each or five tickets for $20. Tickets will be sold up to the time the raffle is pulled. There are usually other items you
can try to win on our raffle table. There might even be some items set up for silent auctions, so be sure to come prepared. Sunday morning will start off with another big and tasty home cooked breakfast prepared by the men. Then we usually have a guided trail ride after breakfast. Of course you are welcome to set out on the trails in your own groups if you do not want to ride on the guided ride. Just be sure to make it back to camp in time to enjoy the final meal of the weekend before you head for home. Please visit our website, www.Tri-CoTrails.com, for more information including the registration form for this event. You can also find information about future events at our camp this year on the website.
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commandment. (39) And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ (40) All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” One final verse…John 13:35 reads “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another”. Humans have an amazing capacity for love and kindness, we just need to make a more concentrated effort to display it. It shouldn’t take a massive catastrophe like 911, or Hurricane Katrina, to stir that giving heart we have. There are folks in need of our time, our resources, and especially our love all around us right now. Don’t just shower your love upon friends and family, share it with everyone you run into. There always seems to be an unhappy coworker who might just need an ear to bend or an elderly man or woman that would love to sit and talk with a total stranger. Maybe you could simply make a meal for someone you know that is just a little bit overwhelmed right now. It doesn’t need to be an elaborate gesture. Remember John 13:35 and then go out and love on your ponies and remember how blessed you are to have them in the first place! God Bless you all!
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!” Visit our website at www.cpranch. wixsite.com/home or follow us on Facebook.
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Knox County Horse Park
Knox County Horse Park Events Open to Everyone PRESIDENT, Debbie Cole VICE PRESIDENT, Travis Ross & Dave Huge; TREASURER, Pam Niner SECRETARY, Courtney Letts PHONE, 740/973-3059; WEBSITE, www.knoxcountyhorsepark.com
The Knox County Horse Park held it’s very first ever Combined Test (Dressage and Stadium Jumping) Event Saturday, June 22, presented by Valley View Farm. Riders performed beautifully choreographed dressage tests and jumped brightly colored rails and fences at varying heights in the Knox County Horse Park arena. Results are as follows:
GREENIE DIVISION: 1. Abigail Balasabas riding Papaya; 2. Emma Hildebrand riding Betts Dakota Bay; 3. Kierra White riding Scooby.
PUDDLE JUMPER DIVISION: 1. Tara Williamson riding Cannoli; 2. Chloe Kaple riding Contrary Motion; 3. Amelia Auchard riding All Out Smiles. MAIDEN DIVISION: 1. Abigail Lish riding Grace; 2. Barb Cherosky riding Gabe; 3. Regina Shoopman riding Orion. TRAINING LEVEL DRESSAGE TEST 1: 1. Abigail Lish riding Grace. FIRST LEVEL DRESSAGE TEST 1: 1. Kayla Bielke riding Magic Nickel. FIRST LEVEL DRESSAGE TEST 2: 1. Kayla Bielke riding Magic Nickel.
Valley View Farm will host two more of these events in 2019. There was a show on Saturday, July 13 and the next show is Saturday, Aug. 17. The events are open to the public and free for spectators to attend. Riders interested in participating can pre-register by visiting www.myvalleyviewfarm.com/ summer-schooling-show or by calling 419/564-1205.
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER UPCOMING EVENTS AUG. 3: Cowgirls vs Cowboys Challenge, starting at noon, camping the night before included. Monthly Horse Park meeting to follow the show at the arena, not to start before 5 p.m. No dinner, food booth will still be open. AUG. 18: Our Driving Day Event starts at noon, all drivers are welcome. A driving tour of the area will be followed by a $10 jackpot Arena Challenge. This proved to be very sporting last year. SEPT. 14: Fun Show SEPT. 28: Trail Event All our Horse Park events and meetings are open to everyone, come join us to see what we are all about. ~Dave Huge
Mid-Eastern Farriers Association
What AFA Certification Means PRESIDENT, Michael Boal VICE PRESIDENT, Toby Burdette SECRETARY, Chrissy Landreth TREASURER, Tim Dodd PHONE, 330/904-1489 FACEBOOK, www.facebook.com/ Mid-Eastern Farrier’s Association
by Chrissy Landreth Horse owners and enthusiasts may not know what it takes for a MEFA farrier to become AFA certified in their quest to improve their skills and become a better farrier. The Mid-Eastern Farriers Association (MEFA) is a branch of the American Farriers Association. The AFA offers certifications for several different levels of skill mastery. The road to certification requires experience, knowledge, study, preparation and hard work. A farrier must have a required amount of field experience under their belt before being able to attempt certifications. There are several different levels of certification testing depending on skill level, each requiring proficiency in a different area of testing. There are written tests, live shoeing’s 44
and presentation shoe boards, for example. The written exam assesses things like field knowledge and anatomy. Live shoeing is scored based on trim, shoe fit and finish. Shoe boards are presentations of requested shoe modifications made to a set of specific written criteria. These modifications could be things like extended heels, rolled toes, rocker toes, traction, bar shoes, pads or nail fit. Each of these testing areas must be passed to receive the certification and require an eye for detail to professional standards. The different levels of certification focus on these area types of testing, but more advanced levels will become increasingly more difficult. After one area has been passed, farriers have two years to pass the remaining areas, and may retake as many times as needed. Some farriers may prepare for months and go all out to reach the needed level of technique and knowledge required for their desired certification. To reach these levels farriers go to hammer-ins, clinics, contests and work one-on-one with seasoned, qualified farriers. Hammer-ins help improve efficiency in shoe making with
aid of other farriers, clinics help farriers gain all around knowledge and learn pointers to improve skills, as does working with a seasoned farrier. Some farriers even form study groups to review for the written test. Contests help with mastering skills under pressure in a timed environment like the forging and live shoeing testing areas. Forging practice and study at home is also a great way farriers stay sharp leading up to the testing dates. Most farriers take the challenge of preparing for testing while keeping clients and their horses happy and healthy throughout the week full time, but to some it’s not about completing the certification levels, but about the journey of getting there to become a better farrier. HANDFORGED VET EQUINE CLINIC Adam Pendleton, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Certified Journeyman Farrier will celebrate the grand opening of his thoughtfully-designed HandforgedVet Equine Clinic Saturday, Sept. 28 and Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Together with the MidEastern Farriers Association,
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the celebration will include presentations from internationally-acclaimed farrier and technician, Gertjan Korsman, CEF, of the The Netherlands, case presentations from Adam Pendleton, DVM, CJF, hands-on workshops, tours of the clinic, an auction to benefit MEFA and more. Admission to the event is free. Food will be available for purchase. Discounted hotel rates are available at The Lighthouse Resort in Marblehead, Ohio. Registration is not required, but encouraged at www.facebook. com/handforgedvet For more information on the grand opening event, or for additional information on Dr. Pendleton’s practice, visit www. handforgedvet.com Like MEFA on Facebook for more educational posts and upcoming events. UPCOMING EVENTS OCT. 4-5: MEFA AFA Certification, Grizzle Ridge Arena, 52106 Grizzle Ridge Road, Jerusalem, OH 43747. Examiner: David Sierra. To reserve a spot contact David Bentrem, 412/580-4458. All levels and areas will be tested. August 2019
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Geauga Horse and Pony Association
New Youth Group Brings Lots of Excitement to GHPA PRESIDENT, Niki Barry; TREASURER, Shauna Gingrich; SECRETARY, Carmella Shale. WEBSITE, www. ghpa.us
by Paige Belew The 2019 GHPA show season has come to a close. During our July 7 show GHPA partnered with the Chagrin Valley Hunt Club, who brought horses and hounds for a demonstration. Thank you to the Chagrin Valley Hunt Club. All six of our shows proved successful. Many
memories were made with old and new friends. Thank you all for supporting GHPA by showing and volunteering all summer. We also extend our congratulations to all the exhibitors and extra congratulations to all of our high point winners. Our youth members are looking forward to showing at the Great Geauga County Fair at the end of this month, so we wish them the best of luck. We will celebrate this extraordinary show season at the 32nd Annual Award Banquet in March. NEW YOUTH GROUP Saddles and Spurs is GHPA’s
newest youth group. The group is headed by Chelsea Nau and Debbie Schwartz. The group consists of about 20 plus youth GHPA members. We are thrilled about this new addition to our youth groups and can’t wait to see the group grow and learn. STAY UP TO DATE Check the GHPA website, www.ghpa.us, for updates and clinics. You can also find membership forms, rules, and links to horse-related topics. General membership meetings are on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Geauga County Fairgrounds Education
Building. Other ways to follow GHPA is to like us on Facebook, Geauga Horse & Pony Assoc.; Twitter: @GHPAhorseshows; Instagram: GHPAhorseshows. A HUGE THANKS 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 donations. We really appreciate all that both of these fine companies provide for us. Thank you to all the jackpot class sponsors.
Black Swamp Driving Club
Historical Day for Black Swamp Driving Club PRESIDENT, Roger Higgins, Jr. VICE PRESIDENT, Julie Emmons SECRETARY & TREASURER, Susan Murray. WEBSITE, www.blackswampdrivingclub.com
by Mary Thomas Black Swamp Driving Club members headed for the Wyandot County Historical Museum, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, July 6. A dozen members brought antique carriages and other items to add to the old fashioned atmosphere.
The afternoon featured an ice cream social, a flag raising ceremony, and a patriotic band concert. A large crowd enjoyed the hot dogs, ice cream, lemonade, pies and cakes, as they wandered the spacious grounds among the various displays. Roger Higgins, Jr. along with his father Roger Higgins, Sr., brought a small pony runabout that they had recently found in Maryland. Ann Bell displayed a doctor’s buggy and a pony wicker back to back trap. A Studebaker pony phaeton was the entry of Mary Thomas. A horse-drawn plow and other
memorabilia came from Mary Elliott’s collection. Angie Hohenbrink set out her carriage model that had been made by prisoners. Mike and Lowella Stichler arrived with a pair of Percherons and their wagon. Although it was hot, the horses drove well, giving horse-drawn rides through the streets close to the museum. Nathan Strasbaugh took the reins to give Stichler a break and a chance to enjoy the social. Unfortunately a thunder storm arrived a little after 3 p.m. putting an end to the fun. August is shaping up as a
busy month. The Leighteys are opening up their Upper Sandusky farm for a potluck and drive Aug. 4. The Meeker drive and tailgate, hosted by the Higgins, is slated for Aug. 10. August 25 has been chosen by the Emmons for the Parker Bridge drive. Just a month later is Sue and Roger Murray’s Coon Hunters drive near Tiffin, Ohio, on Sept. 29. Other 2019 events: OCT. 27: Hay ride at Mary Elliott’s farm, 3 p.m. near Galion, Ohio. NOV. 9: Annual banquet, Good Hope Lutheran Church, Arlington, Ohio.
Wayne County Saddle Club
Commemorative Caps and Mugs for WCSC 80th Anniversary PRESIDENT, Charlene Clark; VICE PRESIDENTS, Rich Gortner, Angie Didinger; SECRETARY, Tricia Crilow; TREASURER, Beth Eikleberry; WEBSITE, waynecountysaddleclub.com
They often say things go faster as we grow older but this is ridiculous! By the time you read this, half the season at the ‘Hollow’ will be over. However, there’s still plenty of activity left in 2019. August offers the following: AUG. 4: Open Speed Show. Exhibition at 11 a.m. and classes at 1 p.m. 330/466-2749. 46
AUG. 9: Fun Show, 7 p.m. 330/844-4041. AUG. 10: Open Pleasure Point Show, 10 a.m. AUG. 17: Open Contest Point Show. Walk/Trot at 10 a.m. and Speed class not before noon. 330/466-1171. AUG. 24: Western Clinic/Trail Ride, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 330/7491414. AUG. 30: Fun Show, 7 p.m. 330/844-4041. SEPT. 7: Open Contest Show at the Wayne County Fair, 8 a.m. 330/466-1171. The Sis Mowrer and other founding member open house went great! Folks could watch slide shows with lots of saddle club pictures from the sixties to the present featuring Sis and
various rope tricks; check out old paraphernalia brought in, including a copy of the first showbill from 1940 Sis had given to Laura Massie. Gene and Debbie Schàaf worked up a list of founding and other life members now deceased. Everyone was asked to share memories of those folks and all seemed to enjoy the reunion. Nobody was in a hurry to leave. In addition to our ‘regular’ schedule, we have a couple events this month and early September you will want to note. August 24 is the Western Clinic. It features clinicians for reining and ‘slow western work,’ contest riding, and concludes with a trail ride (optional). It runs from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. For more information
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check the website, Facebook, or call Brooke Wyss at 330/7491414. The Wayne County Fair is one of Ohio’s top fairs and the saddle club is pleased to, once again, be part of it. September 7 the club will produce an open contest show at the fairgrounds. Entries open at 7:30 a.m. and the show starts at 8 a.m. Classes are stakes, barrels, and poles. Two more events are possible if time permits. Entry fee is $5; first through fifth = payback and sixth through tenth = ribbons. Call 330/466-1171 for more details. This is our 80th anniversary in 2019 and commemorative caps and mugs will be available for $12 and $8 respectively. Be sure to get yours. They are cool! ~Stan August 2019
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If You Dream It, You Can Do It
Ready, Set, Show! First Time in the Show Pen for the Young Horse by Jennifer Woodruff
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s August rolls around the days are already getting shorter and the weather warmer. Many great events like the Ohio State Fair are a wrap. Folks are thinking about back to school, fall sports and even the holidays. For many of us the show year is starting it’s slow wind down. Meanwhile, for many barns across the country, futurity competition, the All American Quarter Horse Congress and World Shows loom on the horizon. Young horses are making their debuts at the open shows and the weekend breed circuits as they prep for those big dances. With as many pros that repeat this process year after year, there are that many amateurs and youth trying their hand at showing a young horse.
Some have worked their way up on finished stock and are ready to try their hand at a new challenge. Others have always had projects to finish and problem children to figure out. Either way bringing the young horse forward into their first time experiences in a positive way can be a tricky trail. Let’s look at the tried and true methods used by long time horsemen to lay down great foundations. Like anything else involving horses your preparation is meant to be done at home. In some cases you may never feel your horse is truly ready for that first class. But being at a level that’s 100 percent at home means you will be performing at about 75 percent in the show ring at best. Nerves, environment, outside interference, diet and sleep changes can cause the best laid plans to run amok. That said,
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practice, practice, practice. I have always believed in hauling my green horses to a show and working them there. Coaching from their backs, exposing them to the sights and sounds of a show without the pressure of competition. To remove pressure from the early experiences is the best way to take that first positive step forward. I believe I can say without doubt that 90 percent of our current pool of horses competing has shown in halter, showmanship, longe line or trail in hand. While these classes are designed for all age horses they can be especially beneficial to horses that are green or inexperienced. One of my mentors once stated that the best way to get into the pen wasn’t to ride all night, but it was to show on the ground. Even if your horse has never seen a showmanship pattern, they can walk and trot in a straight line and stand square. Halter classes also reflect on manners and obedience while exposing the youngster to the sights and sounds of the arena. As a judge at the open and 4-H shows I’m shocked to ever see a small halter class. A halter class entry fee is the best investment to make for your greenie! As a youth I spent a lot of my saddle time riding alone. While this can be beneficial to the mind and your concentration, it puts you into what I call a ‘sterile environment’. Riding alone in your quiet, home environment is a completely different setting than the competition arena. Beyond hauling out I always advise to ride with groups whenever possible. Have friends longe while you ride. Work on halter and showmanship with other horses lined up at the gate or on the rail just like an actual class. If you can’t find help but you have other horses available tie some along the rail and ride past them. Place cones along the rail and weave through them at all gaits. It’s just like passing in a rail class. Create a ‘group’ environment whenever possible. We all like consistency. Meals. Bed time. Our morning coffee. This is even more important for our equine friends. It’s amazing
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how many of us don’t have a schedule for our horses at home, which is critical to make the transition to traveling smooth. If you don’t have a regular schedule of feeding, turn out, work time, set it up. When hitting the road you can keep those feeding times as close to home time as possible. Is your horse a picky drinker? Start adding electrolytes or a few drops of peppermint oil at home. You can continue this process at the show grounds where the water will definitely taste different than what is consumed at home. Try to stick to rest time, that means lights out and sleep time if you overnight at shows. While night riding is unavoidable in some cases having a deeply bedded stall with quiet is always something you can plan on. Train how you show. We all have our favorite equipment. Whether it’s a training fork, that ‘no no’ bit, or that rope cavesson. As a young pro I learned quickly that relying on those things spelled trouble in the show ring when my young horses learned to rely on them like crutches. As you get closer to your first show train as you would show. Riding two handed everyday in a shank is a no win when it’s time to neck rein. While it seems simple, as a judge I see countless riders who aren’t comfortable in their own tack. This is mostly due to those crutches that can be avoided. Remember in this journey while we should always go forward, it’s OK to take a step back and regroup when you need to. If that first class doesn’t go well look to your homework. Maybe you weren’t ready to lope in your maiden voyage. Go back to walk trot at the next show. Pattern was a flop? Stick to the rail classes next time and get solid and steady there first. There is a meme out there on social media that states “I either win or I learn.” While this is true, there is more truth
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Ohio Morgan Horse Association
Sandy Sessink and the Buckeye Morgan Challenge Horse Show PRESIDENT, Alyssa Rose VICE PRESIDENT, Elizabeth Thomas SECRETARY, Nancy Rinz TREASURER, Elizabeth Burick WEBSITE, www.ohiomorganhorse.com
by Susan Walker If you read this column in last month’s issue, you may remember me bringing up the fact that the horse show entries for the Buckeye Morgan Challenge were due right after the July 4 holiday. Hopefully you saw on the Internet or heard through the grapevine that the entry deadline was extended from Friday, July 5 to Monday, July 8. As much as I am embarrassed to admit it, guess who was waiting in line at the post office at about 3 p.m. on
Monday? Since this is August, at or around the time this publication is being delivered our annual Buckeye Morgan Challenge Horse Show should be well under way. Look for next month’s article for a recap of the 2019 show: the parties, the fun and the big winners. The board of directors will have met to nail down any last-minute plans and to finalize the details. Show manager, Sandy Sessink, usually has an extensive list for us to review and decide upon, from the major components to the smallest details. And what she brings to those of us on the board is just the proverbial ‘tip of the iceberg.’ The bulk of the arrangements she handles herself, where our input is not required. How she keeps it all straight is beyond me, especially considering that she manages
Ready, Set, Show! (continued) to learning with each and every time you ride through the gate. Take home the positives and give yourself a pat on the back for them. Take the negatives and turn them into training. Come back the next weekend sharper, more confident and more prepared than the last. Happy riding my friends! Let’s go and grow! Next month I will explore the Midwest’s fastest growing off season equine competition, YEDA! 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.
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many other shows as well. And this is before any people or horses even arrive at the showgrounds. Once that happens, the list grows exponentially with questions, requests, tasks, issues and details to be handled. It is a big job with lots of moving parts. The majority of the people behind the scenes trying to make sure it runs smoothly are volunteers, splitting their time between showing their own horses and doing what needs to be done. But I’m confident that we will get through it. We always do. As they say in show business, “the show must go on!” While on social media the other day, I found a quote from 2018 USEF Equestrian of the Year, McLain Ward, from his acceptance speech. It moved me when I read it, and since I’m short of having filled my column space, I thought I would share it here. After having thanked his mentors, his family and his support team, he had this to say, “Without the horse, none of this would be possible. We owe them our lives. They give us
so much and ask only for basic kindness in return. I believe that horses and humans have a connection that draws us to each other. I believe, in their own way, they know we need them, and they are pleased to be our partner, whether it be in work or sport. We need to remember never to take advantage of this privilege of working and living with horses. To never lose our appreciation for what they have given us throughout the history of time, and to be sure that their relevance in our society does not fade away. This is our greatest responsibility as equestrians.” If you would like to read the full article, and it is worth reading, you can find it on my TRSW Morgans Facebook page. MARK THE DATE AUG. 2: Price increase in late fees for BMCHS after this date AUG. 7–11: Buckeye Morgan Challenge Horse Show, Springfield, OH NOV. 30: Annual Meeting/ Year End Banquet, Galaxy Restaurant, Wadsworth, OH
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Ohio Gaited Horse Trailriders
Best Of America By Horseback at “Hang Em High” by Richard Anderson Our June trail ride was held this month at “Hang Em High” horse camp just outside London, Ky., in the foothills of the Great Smokey Mountains in the Daniel Boone National Forest, and was home to this month’s presentation for the nationally known TV series “Best of America by Horseback”, featuring well known premier trail riding host, Tom Seay. Since 2005, the show is currently the longest running series on television (RFD TV). Originally, Tom started as an outfitter in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and coined the phrase “Why go west”, when there is so much to see in the outback of the Midwest. Since then, Tom has hosted hundreds of similar weekend presentations all across the country for more than a decade, and at one time even led a trail ride from Mexico to Canada, covering several months in the saddle. We last rode with Tom around Cleveland’s famed ‘Emerald Necklace’, a series of beautiful woodland retreats surrounding the entire city, several years ago. The venue has
Trent Shannon, with cerebral palsy, on board his gaited rocky mountain horse at the recent “Best of America by horseback” event in Kentucky.
Tom Seay on board his horse, Willy.
not changed, offering trail riders a chance to learn about new trail riding facilities with which they may not have been familiar. Tom’s home in Culpepper, Va., is a base for team penning events, weekend cattle drives, and other equine activities, and you are welcome to visit and take part in these events by calling 540/8299555 for more information. The June show was filmed by the staff of the ground crew, and should be available for viewing
on television some 90 days from now on RFD/TV which aires every Tuesday and Thursday. A schedule of future weekend events similar to our visit to “Hang em High” can be found online at “Best of America by Horseback”. One of our trail riding friends from Kentucky, Tammy Shannon, has a grandchild with cerebral palsy, who was honored as a featured rider at the event. Trent has been horseback riding since
his earliest years, and absolutey loves it. In the early days, he rode on Tammy’s horse directly behind her in the saddle, but now has his own horse, which is ponied by Tammy on all of the trail rides. It has been demonstrated that equine therapy is extremely beneficial for children with disabilities; Trent proves this every time he sits in the saddle with his equine partner. As in the past, you are welcome to join us for any of our trail rides, we do not require a gaited horse to ride with us. Just call 614/4369002 for more information and to join us for another great year of trail riding adventures. TRAIL RIDING SCHEDULE AUG. 30-SEPT. 6: Marienville Horse Camp (Allegheny Mountains), Marienville, PA SEPT. 6-14: Big Elk Lick (Thunder Mountains), Benezette, PA SEPT 28-OCT. 5: Harrison Crawford (Hoosier National Forest), Corydon, IN OCT. 7-14: Mammoth Cave Horse Camp, Mammoth Cave, TN *This schedule is tentative and is subject to change during the year.
Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc.
Finalizing Plans for a New Equestrian Camp 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 MTRA is proud to announce that their ‘Youth Ride Free’ program is growing! So far in 2019, 24 youth riders have joined their adult sponsors to come and enjoy a MTRA ride. Eleven of these youth riders completed the entire Shore to Shore ride and received their trophy. Congratulations to these youth riders. Layover days are always fun with planned games and activities. Prizes for the winners are paid for from the youth rider fund. Our adult riders can participate in these activities and 70+ adults did so. What a 50
fun time the 2nd June ride was. I think the youth riders had as much fun watching the adults participate in these silly fun games as they did participating themselves. Thank you MTRA members Kristin Humble and Alicia Wert for keeping our MTRA youth riders entertained and busy on the layover days. The Youth Riders are not the only count that matters on MTRA rides. So far, 2019 has been a great year for MTRA. The May blossom ride saw a high of 74 riders, the 1st June ride count was 86 riders and the 2nd June Ride had a day with 99 riders. To some, these numbers may seem really high, but all MTRA rides are very organized and well run. Our camps are big and our trails are long. Everyone who wants to ride in a group finds people to ride with which leads to lots of new friendships. Those riders who prefer to ride alone or with one or two other people
find themselves in the woods enjoying the quiet of nature. MTRA’s August ride begins Aug. 10 at the South Branch Trail Camp and ends Aug. 17 at the Luzerne Trail Camp. A canoe trip, rope halter making, potluck dinners and breakfasts, games and other fun family activities for the layover days are being planned by MTRA members, Kristin Humble and Alicia Wert. Once the August Family Fun ride is completed, MTRA’s focus turns back to trail and camp maintenance. MTRA is starting to finalize plans to build a new equestrian trail camp northwest of Cheboygan on the North Spur of the Michigan Riding and Hiking Trail. Once the DNR has signed off and issued our permit to build, an August work bee will be scheduled. Please keep up with posts on our Facebook page and in our quarterly newsletter for details. This will be a huge project with
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lots of help needed. Remember to sign in each morning as your labor and equipment are important for MTRA totals. Michigan equestrians need to report all volunteer hours to the MDNR and USFS. Your help in recording these hours for MTRA is greatly appreciated. Once the work bee is completed, MTRA will focus on riding hard on the September ride. 2019’s September ride is a single crossing from Lake Michigan at Mackinaw to Lake Huron at Oscoda. This is a 10 day ride with no layover days. Please remember that on this, as well as any MTRA ride, you may attend any days that your schedule allows. If you wish to receive information or join MTRA, contact us through our website at www.mtra.org, by email at mtra.office@gmail.com or by phone at 989/723-1425. August 2019
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Dusty Boots Riding Club
Ride For A Cure Class to be Held at September Show PRESIDENT, Billy Jo Brown; 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Jason Brown; TREASURER, Donna Rohrer; SECRETARY, Tonya Wilson; EMAIL, dustyboots@dustybootsridingclub.com WEBSITE, www. dustybootsridingclub.com
by Tonya Wilson Show season is in full swing, Dusty Boots Riding Club members and exhibitors have been busy! Our two day show in June was a huge success and we were blessed with beautiful weather! Daily highpoint winners on Saturday received Forever Forks and reserve highpoint winners received work pads. Daily highpoint winners on Sunday received wagons and reserve highpoint winners received small tack trunks. Overall highpoint winners for the weekend received gorgeous custom belt buckles. Our two day show featured a rib dinner catered by Gage’s and our first versatility class. Winner of the Versatility was Tonya Wilson
showing Bold Enough to Copy. The momentum continued with our July 4 show! Always a favorite show among members that starts with a beautiful flag ceremony. Highpoint winners received custom belt buckles and reserve highpoint winners received Rtic coolers. Thanks to all the exhibitors our first shows had a great turnout! Some of our biggest classes included all the halter classes, especially the youth halter with 17 entries on July 4! Other popular classes included the Quarter Horse HUS, Quarter Horse WP, Open Senior HUS, and Open Senior WP. This year all of our youth classes have been full which is refreshing—our future is looking bright! The popular Ride for the Cure class will be held at the last
show of the year, Sept. 8. Each rider chooses a ‘cause’ to ride for. The winner’s ‘cause’ will receive the proceeds. Last year we had an overwhelming amount of support of this class and all participants received prizes just for participating. Again and again, we are thankful for all the people who make our shows successful! From the office workers to the ring crew, our generous sponsors, and all the individuals who choose to compete at Dusty Boots shows. Without all of you this year would not have been a success! We would like to extend a special thank you to both Big D’s and Schneider’s Saddlery for their continued support of our organization. Are you interested in joining Dusty Boots Riding Club? Are you a current member
looking to get more involved? We welcome everyone to our monthly meetings! The meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month, 7 pm at the Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus (A-Tech) in the B Building. 1565 State Route 307, Jefferson, Ohio. Check out our Facebook page or our website at www.dustybootsridingclub.com.
Central Ohio Wagoneers
Central Ohio Wagoneers June Ride Experiences PRESIDENT, Don Boyd; VICE PRESIDENT, Marvin Hart; SECRETARY/TREASURER, Kathy Boyd. PHONE, 614/563-9627
by Kathy Boyd
Enjoying everyones company.
Rain, rain go away, come again another day! Our June wagon train ride had to be moved from the Weis’s Farm because of very wet land where the campsite was located. A big thanks to the Harts for volunteering to host the June ride even though they had hosted the May ride. At the Friday evening wiener roast and potluck, it was nice to have Ed Hetrick and Justice Johnson stop by for dinner and visiting around the campfire. Saturday morning around 9 a.m., five wagons and outriders headed out on back country roads. The weather was comfortable with no rain! The wagon
train stopped at the Maccabee Thoroughbred Farm for lunch. It was enjoyable watching the baby foals running around the fields with their moms. When the wagon train arrived back at camp, the horses were cared for, and then people had time to relax before dinner. Everyone enjoyed a tasty potluck and participated in a short meeting. Late Saturday evening, it rained so hard that Jim Troxel felt that he had never heard such severe rain while trying to sleep. Jim, that’s because you were sleeping in an aluminum trailer with no insulation. Sunday’s wagon train outing was cancelled because of
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Nice visit with Ed Hetrick. severe weather approaching the area. Everyone scrambled to break down camp and load up horses to head home before the rain arrived. The July 26-28 wagon train ride was at the Reffitt’s ranch near Harrod, Ohio. The August Week Long Wagon Train Ride is scheduled for Aug. 4-9 and is being hosted by John and Kathy Horton near Bellefontaine, Ohio. The wagon train will go out for rides on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. A food truck will be available on those evenings. Wednesday will be a
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Wagon train with outriders. fun and rest day for everyone. Besides games and activities for all ages, a dinner will be catered along with the potluck. There will be entertainment each evening for the enjoyment of everyone. Plans are in the progress for such things as a square dance, gospel sing etc. If there are any questions, please contact Don Boyd at 614/563-9627 or Kathy Boyd at 614/563-4452. August 2019
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Colorado Ranger Horse Association
46th National Show and Open Shows PRESIDENT, Toni Lukavich; 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Charmaine Wulff; SECRETARY, Barbara Summerson; TREASURER, Jane Montgomery. WEBSITE, www.coloradoranger.com EMAIL, riderangerhorse@yahoo.com
by Monica Doddato The Colorado Ranger Horse Association (CRHA) would like to congratulate Lookin to Heaven and Jaimee Snippert on earning the National Champion title in Ladies’ Heritage at the 2019 National Appaloosa Show. Lookin to Heaven is double registered
with ApHC and CRHA and is owned by Jaimee and Aaron Snippert. The Snipperts’ daughter Emily earned the Reserve World Champion Heritage in the 18 and Under division. The costume was created by CRHA member, Debbie VanOrd. Debbie had put a lot of time and hard work creating this beautiful piece including hand-sewn beadwork. The Snipperts worked with Debbie in preparation to be able to share a minute-long story about the costume when the judges inspected the horse and costume. Jaimee Snippert shared with me, “We did get comments that it was the most colorful outfit that they’ve seen in 25 years.” She also said that Heritage was her father Steve
and Debbie on their teamwork and achievements! The CRHA’S 46th National Show will be held Sept. 21 and 22 in Wattsburg, Pa. As always, the Saturday show will be followed by a dinner and auction. The weekend is sure to be full of fun and friendly competition for all ages. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend, we always are looking to add one more to the CRHA family.
2019 ApHC Reserve World Champion Heritage Emily Snippert on Lookin to Heaven owned by Jaimee and Aaron Snippert. Pinczewsk’s favorite class and he passed away recently so it seemed meant to be. Congratulations to Jaimee, Emily, Ed, Sue, Andrew
For more information on CRHA’s events, programs, membership and registration please visit our website, www. coloradoranger.com, or find our group on Facebook: Colorado Ranger Horse Assn.
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Greetings From Your President OHC membership is 3,810 as of July. Thank you members for joining or renewing your membership. Last fall we added online membership renewal and applications. You can join or renew your membership either with a paper form or online. So far this year, 38 percent of the members used the online system. These members can log in anytime to their OHC account to view and update their profile and print their membership card and insurance card and certificate (if applicable). If you are one of the 62 percent that used a paper form to join or renew your membership, please consider learning how to renew your membership online
for next year. We started online membership for three reasons: 1) Increase the accuracy of our membership data, particularly the mailing address. It can be hard to read a handwritten form. If we enter an incorrect address, you won’t receive your copy of the Horsemen’s Corral. The online system requires no interpretation and has a built-in address checker that presents the correct format of your mailing address. 2) Reduce volunteers’ time and effort. When you use the online system to renew your membership and pay your dues, all the state OHC treasurer needs to do is send the chapter portion of your dues to your chapter. That’s it, nothing else is required. When you use a paper form, either your chapter treasurer or
a state OHC officer must enter your membership data into the membership database manually. Your chapter treasurer must then send the state portion of your dues to the state treasurer. Your chapter treasurer must print and send your membership and insurance card to you. 3) Better communication from the State OHC and the chapters to the members. Our new online system and the new web page that will be released this year have enhanced communication capability. We will have the ability to use blogs and group emails to our members. If you don’t have an email address registered with OHC, you won’t receive these communications. If you have never logged in to your OHC account, you will
need to establish a password. Go to: https://members.ohconline. com. Click on ‘My Account, Registered Members’. Enter the email address connected to your OHC account, then click ‘Reset Password’. The online system will send you an email with a link to create your OHC account password. If you don’t know which email address is connected to your OHC account, or you have no valid email address connected to your account, contact your chapter treasurer, or send me an email at president@OHConline. com. We can help you with that. When the new OHC website is launched later this year, you will be able to access the ‘Members Only’ site using the same email address and password. ~ Eric Estill
and Bob Thompkins, Beth Crose, Denny and Peggy Costic and Mike Gerard took turns running the DR mower along the trails on several different occasions. President Earl Gress hosted the food committee at his home and made sausage patties totaling around 40 pounds for the event breakfast. Barb Gerard put together a nice welcome package for each rig, including the weekend itinerary. The bottom line is all our members have contributed many hours in preparation for the first annual promotional ride at Pleasant Hill Lake Park. Special thanks goes to Mike Gerard as he coordinated several activities, spending many hours planning, negotiating, purchasing needed items and physically working on many projects. Thankfully he handles stress well. Then the rain came and it became apparent that parking on 12 of the sites would be very difficult and likely result in rigs becoming stuck and their horses
standing in water. We had laid out 32 temporary sites, and the park has 32 permanent sites. A week prior to the event with several permanent sites under water and the lake dam being closed by the Core of Engineers, the decision was made to cancel the event and refund campers their participation fee. It was a sad and difficult decision to cancel the ride; however it was the right and fair decision to make. We did not want to tear up the camping area or the trails, plus the safety of campers and horses was a big concern. Three days later the entire park was shut down and hundreds of camping trailers, RV’s, boats, etc. were moved to high ground, we are now positive we made the correct decision. Year one was certainly a learning experience. However, if the weather cooperates, we are committed to having a great equestrian experience for you on our ride calendar next year. Although we did not get the
opportunity to show off all that the park and trails have to offer, we would like to encourage each of you to camp and/or day ride on your own during the year as the weather gets better and the camp dries out. We think you will be glad you did as it is truly a great facility. The trail loop to Big Fish was finally finished, tie lines installed and trail markers placed. This will give riders an opportunity to stop, purchase and enjoy a snack including hand dipped ice cream. Picnic tables are also available for use at the store. See you down the trail and remember not to drink and ride. ~Dan and Jean Reynolds
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ATHENS The Athens county chapter of OHC created an event to challenge our horses and build their confidence—our very own obstacle course complete with almost 20 obstacles. This event August 2019
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Kayleigh Volz of Grey Horse Dentistry. Stacey Hall and Snow have a ball.
Butler County members with Meredith Cherry.
Jenny Lance and mule Solomon eye the cooler.
Angie Pyle on Sparrow and Gerry Hilferty on Retto in the water feature. took place at beautiful Lake Snowden in Albany on June 27. The obstacle course included some typical scary things like a tarp and a log to drag. Some of the more challenging hazards included a water feature and a bubble machine. There were approximately 25 people in attendance including some visitors from neighboring OHC chapters in Jackson and Meigs counties. A big thank you to president Peggy Sisson and Ed Sisson who spearheaded this event along with Vice President Angie Pyle. The event concluded with some members enjoying a trail ride. Everyone was safe and all had fun! Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 4 at Pleasant Hill Vineyards. ~Stacia BUTLER Howdy from your friends at Butler County. I hope it is safe to say the ‘rainmageddon’ we have August 2019
been experiencing this summer is behind us and we are now diving head first into the dog days of summer with heat and humidity. Hopefully, in your part of the state, the ground is drying, and you are hitting the trails for some much needed riding time. Several of our members had the pleasure to meet a longdistance rider, Meredith Cherry. Meredith and her trusty steed Apollo are riding across the U.S. The Centauride: Riding for Domestic Violence Awareness, is nothing short of an epic adventure Meredith and her horse Apollo are undertaking. Meredith and Apollo have been traveling alone for four years, over 10,000 miles and have been in 48 states. Butler County members William and Judy Sheard had the pleasure of giving Meredith and Apollo a place to lay their heads and rest up for a night. They also hosted a get together at a local restaurant that several of our members attended so that they could also meet Meredith. To follow Meredith’s journey, and to find out how you can contribute, raise awareness and to help put an end to domestic violence click on her website, www.centauride.org. Our June meeting was a potluck picnic that was held at Sebald Park. The evening was pleasant and good fellowship and food was enjoyed by all who attended. Our speaker that night was Kaleigh Volz of Grey Horse Dentistry, who gave an informative talk about how natural horsemanship dentistry is better for our equine companions than the traditional way of tranquilizing, using a speculum to open and hold a horse’s mouth open and lastly the use of power float tools that
Makayla and Jasmine. can be harsh on a horse’s teeth and may not be the best choice to provide dental care for our equine companion. Kaleigh also explained how natural horsemanship dentistry can help your horse be a willing partner during the floating process and to provide a stress free experience for the horse, owner, and the person providing the dental care. Fair season is now upon us and our young members are brushing up on their skills and getting their horses into shape. Congratulations and a big high five go to Makyala and her horse Jasmine for qualifying to go to the Ohio State Fair horse show. CLARK Hello from Clark County! The weekend of June 7-9 was our first camping event at Buck Creek SP for this year. Probably due to the uncertainty of the weather, the crowd was a bit smaller. What we lacked in number, we made up in spirit and had a great time. Campers started arriving Friday. There was no scheduled activity for Saturday. Folks took advantage of the cool weather and alternated relaxing in camp and riding the trails repeatedly. Dinner on Saturday was delicious, as usual. Chris did an outstanding job as our resident chef. He prepared baked ham, beans and cornbread. The
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Chef Chris other food contributions to the meal were bountiful and tasty. After dinner we waddled back to the campsites to sit around and visit. Chris was also the Activity Director that weekend and provided movies after dark in the pavilion. I got to enjoy the cinematic choice on Saturday night, which was a John Wayne classic, ‘Big Jake’. After breakfast on Sunday the rain decided to arrive. Thank you to everyone who attended. Thank you Polly for bringing all the tubs of supplies, and Chris for cooking, entertaining and the cross he made from horseshoes that was a door prize. The lucky recipient wasn’t a member, but part of a group of people who were riding on Saturday. When we were getting ready to eat we asked them to join us and share our meal. It was a wonderful weekend spent with friends, horses and dogs. Does life get any better than that? August 8 at 6:30 p.m. is our next meeting in the Horseman’s Area. The camping weekend Sept. 6-8 will be discussed. See you there. Until next month, Happy Trails! ~MaryEllen CLINTON Hello fellow horsemen and women. With all this rain and heat it has not been the best of conditions to trail ride! We went out this last weekend to Caesars
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Nakota in a beautiful field at Caesers Creek Lake trails. Creek Lake Trails. We rode out at 8 a.m. due to the heat. The ride was awesome! The trails had mud of course, but not horrible. At the lake there are a lot of trees in the water and at the banks so you are not able to ride your horse up to the water at this time. The trees on the trails have been cleaned up so they are passable; however, you do have to watch the washed out areas that had drain tile. Thank you Marion Landis for riding with me! Marion rides a young horse that is still learning manners on the trail and I thought I would take this opportunity to address trail manners. I have Marion’s permission to write about her and her horse regarding horses that nibble on the trail from information I have learned from trainer Julie Goodnight. While some riders allow the behavior and think of it as a horse’s natural instinct to graze constantly, it’s important to think about how horses act when part of a herd and how they associate food with dominance. The Problem: Dominance. In the herd, horses establish the herd hierarchy by determining who controls food and water. Dominant horses always eat first and will run the subordinate horses away from the food supply until they’ve had their fill. Horses think they’re dominant any time you allow them to get to food. With this in mind, imagine what’s really happening when your gelding drags you toward grass as you’re leading him. The Fix: Apply pressure. To fix this bad habit you’ll need to change who’s in charge in your herd 58
of two. Examine all aspects of your relationship to see whether you can name other areas where your gelding makes decisions, calls the shots, and controls you. Pressure can be physical (such as the spank of a rein or having to work hard immediately following an attempt) or mental (such as issuing constant directives that requires your gelding to focus on you). Establish your leadership role in your herd of two. Invest time in your young gelding to give him the best manners you can. This investment will increase your gelding’s value and your own riding enjoyment for the rest of his life. He’ll also be better behaved for your veterinarian and farrier. Horses are happier in the presence of authority. For more detailed information I found the above training information on http://juliegoodnight.com. Thank you Marion for letting me use Leroy as an example of eating on the trail and how to help correct that problem. Young and old horses are always learning along with us! Hope you have an awesome month and are able to get out on the trails! Many blessings to you. ~Susan Lamb COSHOCTON August is upon us and for our club that means we are in full swing mode planning our annual hog roast. Please join us on Sept. 21 for a fun-filled day. We eat at5 p.m., and immediately following the meal is an auction. This is a
Players Nora Widder and her daughter.
50/50 winner Lori Cass. Poker winners Jim Wallace, Cheryl Garn and George Rogers. fundraiser and all profits go into maintaining the park. Be sure to bring plenty of cash for the auction, 50/50 tickets and raffle tickets. The results are in for the poker run! We had a nearly perfect day for the event. Horses, riders and saddles came back a bit muddy, but everyone had smiles on their faces. Of course we had muddy trails with a copycat rain pattern like last year. Poker dealers were as follows; Mary Bissonnette at the trail head, Mark and Jamie Jellison at the watering hole, Clay and Gigi Hartman at town square, Gene and Carol Micheals at the pines. Kris Counts took care of selling the 50/50 tickets. Jan Fallon and Phil Wearsch grilled the hamburgers and hotdogs. First place hand went to Jim Wallace with three aces and a pay out of $107. Second place went to Cheryl Garn with three queens and a purse of $75. George Rogers took third place with three sevens and a jackpot of $32. Lori Cass won the 50/50 with a payout of $136. All winners gave back part of their winnings! Thank you all so much. Despite all the rain and mud, we have continued to work on the trails. Mary Bissonnette and Brian Barr have mowed and bull dozed over the last two months. They have been busy putting in some diversion ditches. Hopefully this will help intercept some of the trapped water and convey it off the trails. Mark Jellison, Phil Wearsch and John Bash spread screenings under the high lines and have mowed on the trails. We plan on replacing some of the low high lines, and a few trails need marked a little better as some of our markers have fallen over. ~Gigi CUYAHOGA
Lorrie and Todd Lane.
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the Cleveland Metroparks. We currently have a couple of scheduled rides on our calendar and we’re hoping you can join us. If you’re like me and new to many of these trails, I like to have an address in my GPS just so that I know I’m heading in the right direction. Therefore my goal going forward will be to give a more detailed location of where the ride starts using a park address or the closest address to the parking lot. Hopefully this will help so we don’t get lost. On Aug. 17 we will have a trail ride at Bedford Reservation, 14800 Butler Road, Walton Hills, Ohio. We will meet at Jacks Place Trailhead; Dunham and Tinkers Creek Road. The group will ride out at 10:30 a.m. On Sept. 28, we will trail ride at Mill Stream Run Reservation, from Wallace Lake to the Edgerton Corral. Parking is on Wallace Lake Drive in Berea, Ohio off of Valley Parkway. Plan to ride out at 10:30 a.m. We always have time for a lunch or snack after each ride and a visit with our fellow riders. Our general monthly meetings are held the last Monday of the month. Please join us for a fun and informative evening. Our meeting on July 29 at 6:30 p.m. will be held at the Polo Field in South Chagrin Reservation, 3795 Chagrin River Road. Jan Sharp who has trick trained horses will demonstrate what we can do to teach our horses. Stay happy, healthy and safe! Wear your helmets! See you on the trails. We may be reached at Cuyahogacountyohc.com or cuyahogaohc@sbcglobal.net. ~Joani DEFIANCE Included are a couple of pictures from the June show. Angela Hohenbrink and Becky Steingass helped hand-out ribbons. Hope Russell and her horse, Bella. A few from the club went riding at The Bluffs on the weekend of June 29. Pictured are Patty Solak, Nancy Schroeder, Hope Russell, Bridget Russell, Kathleen Powell, Deb Hubbard, Abrie Knight, Rita Layne, Jen Sholl, and Janet Zeedyk. Upcoming events: We will continue to have rides the first Sunday of every month at 10 a.m. and park at Oak Openings Day Lot. The Regional Ride is the last weekend in September at Van Buren State Park. August 2019
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Defiance County OHC “I just love being around horses. “Once it gets in your blood, the passion, you can’t get it out.” — Bob Baffert, accomplished race horse trainer. Happy trails! ~Deb H. DELAWARE Greetings from Delaware Chapter! Wow, I cannot believe how fast this summer is going by! Perhaps this feeling comes from not having had as many opportunities to trail ride given all the wet weather we have experienced. I sincerely hope by the time this article is published, we will be enjoying much drier weather and fewer bugs! Earlier this summer, our chapter participated with a booth display at the Northern Olentangy Watershed Festival held at Mingo Park in Delaware. The weather cooperated wonderfully and we had many folks visit our booth and inquire about our Alum Creek trails. Interestingly, many of our booth visitors did not realize that the care and maintenance of our bridle trails was being performed by members of the Ohio Horseman’s Council, and that it was on a volunteer basis. Our tireless trail maintenance volunteers continue their work repairing and clearing trails that were spoiled by all the rain. What a Herculean task! We encourage everyone to come to Alum Creek and enjoy our spectacular bridle trails. Remember to thank our awesome volunteers for all their time and efforts. August 2019
It has been fun to see so many of our members out enjoying themselves with their equine partners. For example, earlier this summer, member Tanya Corzatt, came away with ribbons during her first attempt at Western Dressage. Way to go, Tanya! Member Theresa Burke, along with several OHC friends, including state president Eric Estill and his wife, Catherine, had a fun time singing karaoke during the evening’s festivities at the Caesar Creek OHC state ride. Plans are in the works for our chapter participation in this year’s Delaware All Horse Parade, scheduled to take place on Sunday, Sept. 8, beginning at 3 p.m. Even if you do not wish to ride in the parade, come out for good food and a good time and support your fellow OHC friends. Mark your calendars to be sure to attend our chapter’s Alum Creek Trail Ride and Campout scheduled for Sept. 20-22. Look for more information coming soon to our Facebook page. Our club meetings are held the first Friday of every month at the Tri-Township fire station on SR 36/37 in Delaware, Ohio, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Guests are always welcome! Until next month, enjoy lots of fun times with your equine partner! ~Theresa Burke ERIE Greetings from Erie County! June was a crazy month; Lake Erie raised 30 inches. New lakes formed where farm fields once were. Many parks were flooded out with trails under water. A lot of riding events had to be cancelled. For the first time mud by the barn became a real problem. I love my rubber boots! As I looked around at my farm this month, thoughts and plans of reorganization came to mind. The beginning of June we were
Erie County OHC able to sneak a ride in at Malabar. It was a good day to ride. Kim McCurdy was able to attend with her new horse, Flash! I heard he did really well on the trails. I think we will be seeing Kim more on the trails now! As the heat and bugs rolled in the end of the month, some of the members did some riding at Edison Woods. The trails were starting to dry up. August will hopefully find drier trails and lots of camping! Lots of plans are being made for our annual Poker Ride at Edison Woods. This year it will fall on Sept. 14, which is the second Saturday. We changed it so our club could help with the N.W. Regional Ride held at Van Buren this year. Our annual Poker Ride is famous for its diverse well marked trails, good food, great raffles and more. We are excited and look forward to sharing our great park with all of you. Don’t miss this event; it is a fun day for young and old. Life is better on the trail! On Aug. 3 at 9 a.m. we will be at Edison Woods. Colleen is the camp host. On Aug. 8, we will ride, have a potluck and our meeting at Edison Woods. On Aug. 23-25, we will be at Bark Camp. Joyce is the camp host. On Sept. 12 we will ride, have a potluck and our meeting at Edison Woods. On Sept. 14 we will have our Poker Ride at Edison Woods. Julie will chair this event. On Sept. 28 we will host the N.W. Regional Ride at Van Buren State Park. ~Shelley FAIRFIELD
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multiple days in the 90s, but that is OK. Finally we have conditions where the farmers can get caught up with long overdue field chores. At least locally, every hay machine has been in overtime mode for the past week. I just hope it doesn’t forget to rain every now and then so the crops can continue to grow. As mentioned last month, our Fairfield OHC had a ride scheduled for late June at AEP McConnelsville. The park was open but we were discouraged from going because the trails were in much need of maintenance. In addition to the trails issues, the local McConnelsville area had been pounded by days of rain creating mass flooding. In the end the ride was canceled. The weekend forecast was projected to be nice so I organized a day ride at Stone Church near New Lexington. This is part of the Wayne National Forest system. If you have not been there, there is a really nice campground with 10 parking spots and stalls with covered roofs for your horses. We had 14 come for the ride. After a four hour ride, we ate a lunch of grilled brats, baked beans, chips, brownies and cake. June also saw several of our group traveling out of state to enjoy trails in Pennsylvania. Keith and Donna White visited three different parks over a three week period. In addition to a lot of beautiful scenery, they saw several species of wildlife including a mountain lion which the Pennsylvania DNR says doesn’t exist in Pennsylvania. A separate group of 20 visited Big Elk Lick horse camp at Benezette, Pa. The riding in this area is awesome with mountains, meadows and everything in between. One of the big draws to this area is the elk. We were fortunate to see an amazing bull plus several cows and calves out feeding one evening in the hills above Benezette. Life is not all fun and games. After returning from Pennsylvania we were reminded that the trails at Hocking Sate Forest were in need of cleaning. On Friday afternoon, June 21, a work crew of seven showed up to clear all of the trails west of St. Rt. 374. The Buckskin Canyon trail proved to be the most challenging. Not that it had the most trees or the biggest trees, but my trail boss Tom McGuire and I had to hike to the bottom and back up on foot because this area is not ATV accessible. The 59
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community pot lunch on Sunday evening available to everyone interested. Don’t miss this meal; we have some amazing cooks in our group. Come join in the fun! Last year we had 50 trailers in camp at the peak of activity; that many people can’t be wrong. That’s all I have for this morning. My body is suffering from a week of making hay and my mind feels like mush. ~Chris
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A tunnel under a RR track on one of the trails at Benezette, Pa. hike back up the hill reminded me that I am not a young man any longer. Our club had a ride scheduled at Zaleski State Forest over the Fourth of July weekend. This park has always been a favorite of our club to visit. I’ll bring you up to speed on the ride next month. You will be reading this article in the August Corral. With that said, it is a reminder that the summer is starting to wind down and Labor Day is just around the corner. Our Fairfield OHC is again hosting a Labor Day weekend state ride at Scioto Trails State Forest. Check our web page at FFOHC.com for complete details. In addition to 50 miles of great trails to ride, we will host a wiener roast on Friday evening, a 50/50 drawing, and a drawing for door prizes donated by our members, tickets for both provided to all attending, and live entertainment on Saturday evening by Pete Blevins and at least one of his buddies. All of this comes for the low price of a $10 parking fee. To finish up the weekend there will be a 60
And they’re off! Classic words that have started thousands of races, now used to start what will also go down in history as, ‘The Lampshade Party’. Why ‘The Lampshade Party’? Whoa, there; I’m getting a bit ahead of myself. Kentucky Derby party rained out? No problem! It becomes a Belmont Stakes party! Campground under water? No problem! Tammy’s place is on higher ground; let’s go there! Thank you so much Tammy Royer for hosting the Kentucky Derby/Belmont Stakes/ good ole’ time party! Hang in there, we’re getting to the ‘Lampshade’ part. What is a Kentucky Derby party without Mint Juleps? Of course there were plenty of those to go around. The party was a potluck; there were some old favorites as well as plenty of new dishes to try. After dinner, the real excitement began! A horse race isn’t a horse race without, well, horses, and there were plenty in attendance here. OK...stick horses that is! Marge and her white stallion with an attitude won first place, while Connie took second. Was the winning horse named ‘Lampshade’? No, that’s not it…Keep reading…what is a Kentucky Derby/Belmont Stakes party without a race of its own? Junior, the Corgi, showed off his
Lampshade and Kenny. rally skills by running the cones race, but he was a far cry behind the winner, Mr. Matt Brown! Were the cones shaped like lampshades? Nope—just regular cones. Come on, the suspense is killing me! So, if not mint juleps, what else is the Kentucky Derby known for? Hats, of course! Ladies, every single hat was spectacular! The winning hats were worn by Kathy Brown and Vikki Lewis. OK...I’m still not getting the ‘Lampshade’ connection. But wait! There was also a men’s hat contest too! Come on, boys, get in there! If you don’t have a hat of your own, borrow one! That is exactly what Dennis did. Connie, your hat looked good on you, but on Dennis, it takes on its own, uh, ‘special flare.’ How could Dennis not win the men’s division, with Kenny coming in second? Oh, I get it now! How many mint juleps did Dennis have before putting that lampshade on his head? Laugh a lot, ride a lot! Come see what we’re all about! Check us out on Facebook and our website, fcohc.com. Just look for the ‘Lampshade’! Happy Trails! ~Trina GEAUGA
Marge and her white stallion.
As an OHC club, it is always rewarding to support your neighboring clubs’ events. A few of us from the Geauga group had a very nice time at the Lake OHC poker ride. They put on a very nice event. The threatening skies did not hold too many people back and I don’t think anyone got too wet.
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Kendall, Jennifer and Dee trail riding meeting. We had a guest speaker, Beth Bottger, a representative from Zoetis, at our July monthly meeting. Her presentation was very timely as it was all about ticks and Lyme disease. She shared some images that definitely made a few of us squirm about how ticks attach to us and then gorge themselves. But then she shared a lot of useful information on how to protect ourselves and our pets. Ticks are very active in the summer and fall, but I think a lot of us were surprised that they are active all year long, even when there is snow. A useful site to reference is tickencounter.org. You can mail them a tick that bit you to check if it carried a disease. We are all excited to have the new park Holbrook Hollows available to us for riding. It just opened this spring and is getting rave reviews. The long-term goal is that this park will connect to the South Chagrin Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks which will give us many miles to ride. As a club we will be celebrating its grand opening with a potluck lunch on Aug. 17. Since those who attended our June meeting, which was a combination ride and then dinner in Middlefield, thought that was a good way to spend an evening, we are going to repeat that in August. We will ride at Swine Creek and have dinner again in Middlefield. There are some fun riding opportunities offered by the Geauga Park District over the next couple of months— trail challenges, Amish buggy training, and moonlight rides. Check out the events listed on the Geauga Park District website. We post updates all the time to our Facebook page, so please check us out and get involved. ~Jennifer Salo & Linn Walker GREENE We had a great crowd again for our state ride. Not a huge crowd, but friendly and we had fun, as we always do. Naturally I forgot August 2019
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Never too young to dance.
Pulling tickets for door prizes. to get the actual numbers. After being poured on last year, Nancy wasn’t taking any chances this year. Instead of setting the door prize and silent auction tables out in the grass as in the past, she brought a big tarp and hung it in one corner, which worked well shielding the items from the rain. Nancy and Viv also elected to relocate the ticket-selling table under the shelter which worked so well we couldn’t figure out why we’d been setting up the separate canopy all these years. Live and learn! The funniest part is that we had already set up the canopy, and it went together this year faster than it ever has. As has been our tradition, the gorgeous saddle rack handmade by Jerry Smith was a huge success. It was won by Buster Neally from Fulton County. The yard art (‘Amazing Grace’ in the shape of a cross made of horseshoes) also handmade by Jerry Smith was a big hit as well, and was won by Mike Gentry, also from Fulton County, I believe. We are glad they came and apparently, we made it worth their while too! We had several totes full of door prizes offering winning ticket holders a wide variety of items to choose from. Once, I had the issue of ending up winning something I brought, so I just put it back in a tote for next year. It was a nice prize, but something I did not need to take home again! August 2019
Jerry Smith with saddle stand.
Bruce Kinser Ride.
Our 50/50 was donated back to the club, which was not expected but we appreciate it. I believe that gentleman who won was also a Fulton County member. I do not think many of us have been riding, as it has been so muddy, and then proceeding straight from monsoon season to 90 degrees. Personally, I don’t care to ride in those kinds of conditions as I have become something of a ‘weather-weenie’. If anyone does ride, please send me photos. I’d love to have new ones to feature. Herb and I have been working occasionally with Warren County’s Over the Hill Gang, and Jerry and Dave have been trying to keep ahead of the grass growth at Caesar Ford park. A never-ending project! Other than that, I don’t think there is a lot going on. Stay dry (or cool? It’s hard to know which it will be by the time you read this). I have included photos from the state ride. ~Mickie
Harrison State Forest June ride.
HARRISON Once again the rhythmic hoof beats resounded in the hills of Harrison County at the ninth annual Bruce Kinser Memorial ride at Harrison State Forest. We were pleased to have all of our camping areas filled, and enjoyed a beautiful weekend of riding and visiting with friends.
June Regional ride.
By the way Marcy, the rhubarb cobbler was fantastic as usual. Our members along with Buckeye Trail Riders pulled our resources together and installed tie lines on the upper loop at Harrison State Forest. People were so generous in donating a 6x6 post for the project which reduced our out of pocket expense to get the job done. Brad Davis of Clearfork Trucking in Cadiz donated the hauling of the fines for the tie lines. We are so thankful for all the people who not only donated material for the job but also their time to get the job done. We purchased a gas powered hedge trimmer this spring to cut back the sides of the trails. We rented two before we purchased one to make sure it would do the job. Fantastic does not even begin to express how well they worked. We had two people cutting, one on each side of the trail and two walking behind with pitch forks throwing the debris off the trail. Thanks to Amanda and Jarek Perkins, who were wielding the power tools, the job went smoothly. We had a fun show scheduled for July 20 at the Harrison County Fairgrounds. Justin Della Penna judged. Pictures will follow in the next Corral. I hope that this hot, humid and rainy weather will move on so that riding can be a little more pleasant. Please remember to check for ticks. God Bless and be safe. ~Dorothy Glover
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Hello from our beautiful Holmes County! Lots of great cool weather to ride and enjoy nature. In June our vice president Cindy Gray hosted a ride at Elkins Creek Horse Camp in Pedro, Ohio. If you have never ridden there, you are missing out on some beautiful trails. Thank you, Cindy for a great time. Along with the riding, members Vickie Zook, Dave and Trudy Schmidt went down early to Elkins Creek to help with the St. Jude’s fundraiser that was being hosted by owners Rick and Jill. Jill assigned the trio to be the camp hosts for the event. This was a rewarding time for each of them as they helped with cleaning, kitchen prep, meal serving and cleanup throughout the weekend. There was a great auction held Sunday afternoon and a band named Poverty String Hillbillies provided evening entertainment. Sarah and Charlie Whitt, members of Elkins Horse Club, did a great job organizing this fundraiser to benefit Saint Jude’s. We believe that this is the eighth year that they have done this. This year they raised approximately $14,000. Their total funds raised approaches $100,000 so far! They really appreciate everyone who helped in any way to make this year’s efforts a success. Then starting on Sunday through Wednesday of the following week, more members from Holmes and Wayne County joined us for more fun-filled days of riding. Ten rigs, 15 horses and 16 people made up our group this year. The second weekend spent at Creek featured fundraiser for Bob Hicks, a local gentleman stricken with kidney cancer. Two local horse clubs put on this fundraiser which included an auction and spaghetti supper. Again, it was a very special time for all. Everyone felt very fortunate to have been involved in helping others. There was never a dull moment and we all look forward to a special fun time next year. By the time you read this article, the regional ride held by Wayne County will have happened and will be attended by some of our members. We are all hoping for nice, dry riding weather. Reminder to all county members everywhere, please document every mile you ride and where you rode. This helps keep our trails open for horseback riders. 61
County Lines God Bless America! Hug your horse today (remember: there have been a number of members and friends that have lost their equine companion this year). ~Ricki JACKSON Hello to all our fellow horsemen. Jackson County OHC has finalized the lease agreement extension for the Hammertown Lake trails with the city of Jackson, Ohio. We are official stewards of the trail system until December 31, 2023. The port-a-pot has been installed at Hammertown, near the main horse trailer parking lot and will remain there until Nov. 1. Due to the wet weather,trail maintenance is running behind. According to several of our members that is also the case in the whole southern Ohio area. Mowing should begin soon and several fallen trees are targeted for our chainsaw crew. Our traveling trail riding members are back home after their three-week excursion to New Mexico.They did a northern route out through Wyoming and Colorado, then came home by a southern route. They rode in many states and had a wonderful time meeting fellow riders, camping and seeing beautiful scenery. Happy trails to all. Hope to see you at our next meeting, at Cardos Pizza in Jackson.
Kenny Taylor, chapter vice president and our youth member Trevin Wolford in Colorado. JEFFERSON In the last article I wrote, I mentioned that Jefferson County was to hold their annual ride the weekend of June 21-23. Well, because of the weather this was cancelled. We hope to be able to hold it later. We will keep you informed. Permission has been obtained from ODNR for day riders 62
visiting Jefferson Lake Park to allow them to park their trailers in the two parking lots near the dam at the lake. One parking area is across from the ball fields and the other is across from the lake. This will be until the two trails leading out of the current day parking area are repaired and in better condition. Day riders are not permitted to park in the overnight camping area as you will be ticketed if you do. Parking close by the lake is a good option and gives you easier access to the many trails on that side of the lake. One reminder (and this goes for any place you park your trailer) is to remember to clean the manure left by your horse. Please keep the area clean for all users of the park. Hopefully, by this time of the year the rain will let up and the trails will start to dry out. ~Ghost rider at Jefferson Lake
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KNOX Just got back from a ride in Grayson Highlands, Va., where a group of friends, acquainted because of Knox County OHC, vacationed for a week. It was a long drive up but worth the effort. The trails went over some cruel rock formations, but once on top, the view made one glad they had come for another great equestrian adventure. We saw ponies and long horned cattle grazing on the mountain sides. Gates and fencing were occasionally passed through, but not so many as to distract from the wide-open feeling that you were riding on remote mountain ranges. Our multi collection of pictures is indeed worth thousands of words. Pulled a shoe, but Bill, a fine gentleman from Tennessee, assisted in putting it back on. August 2-3 KCOHC has a scheduled ride at Great Seal. Some of us plan to attend the outdoor theater to see the play about the story of the great Indian, Tecumseh. August 8-10 KCOHC will have a garage sale in the Fuller Center in Centerburg. Most anything you want to donate and we can sell is acceptable. Money from the sale will go into our treasury and be distributed to various projects such as: trails at Thayer Ridge, supporting OHCYP horse camp, and deferring costs for events. August 16-18 KCOHC has a weekend campout and ride
Grayson Highlands. scheduled for Alum Creek. We will be checking on the trails and if they are too muddy, we will ride elsewhere. August 25 KCOHC is sponsoring a trail challenge around Thayer Ridge Park. Flyers have been distributed. Check our website for further information. I am posting this while camping in North Carolina where we rode in the mountains around Fires Creek. Interesting ride here; saw wild hogs, a turkey and a rattlesnake. Our horses are still doing well after five days of mountainous trails. Come on over to Knox County where the gates are wide open, the grass is greener, the horses are leaner (as we do ride them), and everyone is welcome. We meet the third Monday of each month at the Long Branch Pizza on Main St. in Centerburg at 7 p.m. Reporting for Knox County OHC, ~Terry L. Baker LAKE This ride was happening! No one seemed to mind the ‘maybe’ rain. Our umbrellas were ready at
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our Poker Ride stations. Nineteen riders rode out under the thunder grumbles and sunshine sighs, during our June Poker Ride held at Squire’s Castle in North Chagrin Reservation. The brand-new parking lot had plenty of room for all the horse trailers. Canopy tent tops covered the picnic tables for our lunches and Chinese auction. Registration went smoothly. Both riders and non-riders shared stories and jokes. We could not have had such a successful ride without the help from many individuals and businesses. We thank our sponsors, Big D’s, Sages Fruit Farm, and Pepsi Cola. Big D’s donated prizes; Sages donated apples for the horses, and Pepsi donated pop and bottled water. We thank Brad, the manager of North Chagrin, and his staff for keeping the parking lot and trails in great condition. We wish to thank our many volunteers: Ricki Bunkin, Michelle Henderson, Barbara Jenkins, Donna Kautz, Joy Keko, Christine Knauer, Ken Morgan, Rosemary Morgan, Penny Passalacqua, Wendy Pengal, Ann Poshedley, Tina Russell, Michelle Sheliga, Rayneen Tisovic, Dallas Ware, and Codi Ware. It takes a great deal of hard work, time, and effort to set up an event like this, but our volunteers were awesome. They were responsible for making sandwiches and other dishes to share and setting them out for everyone. They even placed the trail ribbons along the poker trail the day before and collected them the day after. They set up the canopy tops the night before then took them down the day after. Some manned poker stations during the ride. Some handled the registration and tabulated scores. Some set up the Chinese auction, while others sold raffle tickets. Some directed parking, and our president, Michelle S., cleaned up after those riders who forgot to bring a pitchfork or a shovel for the ‘inevitable’ in the parking lot. Thanks again to all of you. In the adult division, the best poker and first place went to Sam Holcombe. Tiffany Schwarzwalcler placed second and Carly Peters was third. In the Junior division, Cheyenne Ware placed first. Volunteers will again be needed for our Lake County Regional Ride at Girdled Road Park on Saturday, Aug. 24. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Come ride with us and have fun. ~Rayneen August 2019
County Lines LAWRENCE Hi gang, now that monsoon season is over, we can get to riding and camping again. Several of us were able to gather at Paddle Creek, cut the grass and do the weed eating. The rain and storms kept us from doing it a lot sooner. As usual, we had our club picnic and everything was great. Roger made a couple of small plaques to place on the tie stalls, including the new ones down by the water hole, to show they were donated by our chapter of the OHC. He hung the ones at Paddle Creek and we will hang the ones at the water hole on our next ride. They look really good. We are also going to put in another tie stall at the water hole as soon as we get a stretch of good weather and everyone is out of the hayfield. Happy Trails, ~Susan White LICKING Hello from Licking County. This summer I think is a repeat from last year; rain, rain, and rain. Our chapter has been busy trying to keep the trails maintained; with the rain and wind, I’m not sure who’s winning—the mud or us. A few have been camping and trail riding this summer; I have only been on the trails three times as of July 4. I have had the chance to drive my pony some and other members have been showing. Please don’t forget to keep track of your trail miles, saddle and driving hours. Every mile and hour adds up. Several of our members were in the Fourth of July Granville Parade. We carried our stick horses and wore our blue chapter T-shirts. Craig Santee drove his truck, Charlene was our safety person, Diana and Holli
Sandy Belt, Deb Stevens, Deb and horse. August 2019
Licking County OHC Weathley carried the banner, Mark Stevens carried the USA flag, and the rest of us rode in the back of the truck. Craig put bales of hay in the bed for us to sit on. After the parade we took time to have a tailgate potluck. Yes, a real tailgate potluck. I mean we used the tailgate of a truck for our table—worked great. Thank you Beth Webb, for taking the pictures. It was a fun break from putting up hay; cutting grass and watching it rain. Since you won’t be reading this until August our Fun Show will be over. I’ll try to post some pictures of the show in the next article. Please be safe out on the trails. If you’re riding at Dillon State Park or one of the three parks in Licking County, please report any damage on the trails to Craig Santee. If you want to help with maintenance on the trails, contact Craig. No help is turned down. Please check out our website, lickingcountyohc.org. Charlene is during a great job keeping it updated. We are also on Facebook. ~Deborah Sheka LORAIN Welcome to the dog days of summer! It’s been sizzling out there but in the thick of the woods, it feels like airconditioning so enjoy riding and camping. Just remember to take it easy and stay hydrated to avoid heat related illnesses for both you and your horse. This month we’d like to thank Litchfield Veterinary Clinic for their calendar sponsorship. They provide care for small animals and are conveniently located just west of the Litchfield circle on Norwalk Road. Also, thank you to all who participated in the Rochester and Wellington Independence Day parades. We would like to thank all the folks in our neighboring counties who helped to plan the first annual Pleasant Hill Lake promotional ride. I know much work goes into planning such a big event. We were really looking forward
Holly at West Branch. to it, but ‘Mother Nature’ had a different plan. Here’s hoping for better weather next year. Scuba gear may be advisable to add to our horse camping gear list so there would be nothing holding us back. A good turnout was reported for the AEP ride although it was quite muddy on the trails. The same holds true for the West Branch ride. In fact, due to a bad storm expected everyone headed home on Saturday. Our Mohican ride in June was wonderful weather so those who came were delighted. Please note that our membership meeting is set for Monday Aug. 12, a week earlier than usual, due to the Lorain County Fair. We will gather at the Carlisle Equestrian Center for our meeting at 7 p.m. Come at 6:30 p.m. if you can join us for the ice cream social. Lee and Val Shaw will be dishing it out. Ric and Char Augustine plan to share the highlights of their John Wayne Trail experience. We will be camping at Bark Camp Aug. 9-11. It is nicely shaded and you can connect to electric that will accommodate air conditioners which is a plus. We will have a potluck dinner on Saturday starting at 6:30 p.m. Medina County OHC is hosting a state ride at Wetmore Aug. 16-18. You must register with Medina County OHC. Their website is www.medinacountyohc.com. Remember to join in the fun and show your support for
Bill, Barb and Kathy at Elkins Creek. our 4-H children at the Lorain County fair the week of Aug. 19-25. August 22-29 some of us will be camping at Big Elk Lick Horse Camp in Pennsylvania. You can come for all or part of the time but you will need to contact Rick and Candy, the camp hosts, at 814/787-4656 for reservations. If you are unable to go, please be sure to cancel your reservations as soon as possible. Ric and Char Augustine are the club contacts for this fun weeklong event. Most importantly, we need your help on Saturday, Aug. 24 for our Charlemont Reservation trail maintenance to groom the trails for our regional ride Sept. 20-22. Plan to meet at the parking lot on New LondonEastern Road. Many storms have passed through the area so it is important to have plenty of help. We thank you in advance for your help with this important task. Bob Budi is the contact for this work day. Please note that carriages may be on the Carlisle trails Aug. 6, 10, 15 and 18. Looking ahead to September, we will be camping at Beaver Creek Sept. 6-8. You are advised to bring your own water for both you and your horse to avoid a possible long walk to the water on site. There will be a potluck on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. Jim Wallace is the contact for this ride. Happy trails. Hope to see you out there. ~Kathy Duncan MADISON
Kathy at Mohican ride.
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We’re fighting the rain like most of you. Luckily we have a covered arena at Madison County Fairgrounds, 205 Elm Street, London for our third gymkhana Saturday, Aug. 17. We’ll get started at 10 a.m. or as close as possible, come out and join the fun. We can also put you to work if you would like to help or just sit in the stands and cheer on the competitors. All OHC 63
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Madison OHC Lorna Kenyon 5000 miles ridden. members get one class free. Check out our Madison County OHC Gymkhana Facebook page for details. Our trails at Deer Creek State Park have remained clear for the most part. Sections near the lake have flooded, drained and then flooded again with each new rain. I know in the dog days of summer we’ll be wishing for some rain, but right now I am sure we all just want it to stop. Deer Creek management is working with our club on filling in the mud bogs we have; that will be a welcome upgrade. I’m currently horseless; I lost my beloved RC a couple of years ago, but he hated mud and would try to leave the trail and go off into the woods to get around it. Congratulations, a bit belated, to our mileage patch awardees. Lorna Kenyon received her 5000 miles patch, Karen Abrams got her 1000 miles patch, Sandy Huff earned a 1000 miles bar to add to her already impressive patches and Jan Maki obtained her 200 miles patch. Keep riding everyone and remember to keep track of those miles so you can either add to your patch collection or get started. ~Cheryl MEDINA With only a momentary downpour, we were finally able to hold our July monthly meeting at Robinson field. If nothing else, we are a tenacious bunch and a little rain never gets us down. A hearty group were even able to get in a pre-meeting ride. Raydeen Ryden, Louise Harting, Molly Eastwood, Mike Andrea, Barb Vega and Susan Hale rode out around 5 p.m. just after the downpour. Knowing our folks, there is no such thing as a ride without adventure. In this case a large tree was leaning low over the trail. We never let anything like a silly tree get in our way. We are Cuyahoga Valley trail 64
riders. We are women (and one man) see us ride! However, as trees often do, it had ideas of its own. Raydeen, Mike and Molly got under the heavy limb, but it started to weaken a little and Barb and Louise got quite a back scraping. Then just as they passed the tree it came down with a crash! Thankfully no humans or animals were harmed in the making of this ride. Susan Hale was blissfully out riding on her own and missed the excitement. In the meantime, back at Camp Robinson (que cowboy campfire music), Kathy Schmidt was grilling the hot dogs on the fire expertly started by Julie Croston. About 15 members enjoyed a great dinner, with chips, cole slaw (thanks Louise!) and ice-cold watermelon courtesy of the Hales. For entertainment, the amazing Sierra, Molly Eastwood’s horse, using only her equine powers of manipulation, dazzled us with feats of daring escape! We don’t know how she managed to escape but Molly hopes Sierra did not teach the other horses. Come out and join us next month on Aug. 7. Who knows, maybe ‘Sierra the Wonder Horse’ will dazzle us again. Unfortunately, our hopes of seeing Jack Weese at his first meeting of the year were dashed when he met with yet another setback. He took a spill at the barn where he boards his horse and broke a bone in his hip. He has had surgery and will be moved to a rehabilitation facility for several weeks to get back his mobility. Ironically, I was going to put him in my spotlight-of-themonth paragraph. He has done so much for this club and the Cuyahoga Valley trails. From the Youth Show to the Gibby Ride to our state ride, and his leadership at the state level for rides and legislation, he is always ready with an idea, suggestion, or long story. This is one man you cannot keep down, so please keep him and Linda in your thoughts and prayers. More news on the parade front. Molly, Joyce Tretow, Susan Hale and others took part in the Westlake Fourth of July parade.
Medina County OHC at July 4th parade. I’ve attached some pictures, including one of Sierra, The Wonder Horse in full patriotic attire. I’ll bet your horse is saying, “Now why don’t we do more rides this summer?” Listen to him (or her) and come out with us and our friends of Summit OHC on Friday, Aug. 9 at Wetmore and Aug. 31 at Richfield Heritage Preserve. We always try to introduce new riders to these outings and hope new members will join us. Ride out is at 10:30 a.m. Contact Barb Vega (216/702-1224) if you are coming and for more information please contact Molly Eastwood (330/603-0820). A complete list of the rides can be found in our newsletter or by contacting either Barb or Molly. What happens when you combine the words ‘work’ and ‘party’? You have one of Medina’s great trail sessions in the valley. Our August work party will be Aug. 10. All members and friends are invited to come out and join us and the CVNP crew for a rewarding few hours getting our trails ready for our state ride. Our work really pays off when you consider the wonderful trails we have. And it comes with a lunch! Watch our website, newsletter and email blasts for further information or you can contact one of our trail ranglers, Patricia Vance (pavancelaw@aol. com or 330/836-9358), Raydeen Ryden (reysden@att.net or 334/663-7361) or Mike Andrea (mlandrea03@yahoo.com or 330/592-5953). Last chance to get in your reservations—don’t forget our state ride Aug. 16-18. Get your place reserved by Aug. 12 for spaces are limited. Price is $20 per rig and $20 for all meals ($10 for children). Join us in Robinson Field in CVNP for rides, auction, 50/50 and all that jazz. Maybe Sierra the Wonder Horse will perform! A hot dog roast on Friday, pulled pork dinner on Saturday and a full breakfast on Sunday morning are all included. Forms are on our newsletter or by contacting
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Sierra’s parade attire. Rosemary Young (that’s me!) at rosemary4medinaohc@gmail.com or 440/382-7980. Bring items for an awesome silent auction. Your humble valley girl, ~Rosemary Young MEIGS Can you believe the rain let up enough so the farmers could cut their hay? Thank goodness, we were starting to get worried about where to get hay. Now the rain is back for a few more days. Our Make A Wish ride was another great success this year. We raised $14,410 for the foundation. Believe me they were so pleased that they will be able to make more than one child’s wish come true. Attending from Make A Wish Foundation were Georgana Koblentz and Jo Beth Smith. We had 39 riders take to the trails and a total of 64 in attendance. Our attendance was a little less than last year, but we raised more money. The food was great, and we thank Dave Watson for donating the hog for our pulled pork. Ed, Kenny and Larry Turley did a wonderful job preparing the meat. I think it tasted better than last year. Thanks to all those who helped with this event. There simply is not enough space to mention everyone’s name who helped, but a special thanks to all of you. Bringing in the most money was Kenny Turley who won a saddle donated by Mike Brothers of C&M Tack Shop, in second place was Shayla Hysell winning a three-tier saddle rack donated by Tractor Supply. Sheila Rush was third place winner, receiving a bridle set handmade by John Nibert, who also has a tack
Auctioneer Mickey McDonald. August 2019
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Front: Anthony, Becky, Richard, Jennifer is behind Richard, Rob Cindy. shop. Sheila made a beautiful quilt which she donated for our auction. Thanks to Jim and Miss Hysell for buying the quilt at a price of $700. This year our auctioneer was Mickey McDonald who did a wonderful job, thanks Mickey. For the drawing of the 50/50 ticket, Paul asked for a volunteer from the group to come up and draw the winning ticket. The volunteer happened to be Paul’s cousin and believe or not he drew his own ticket, winning $226! Tom Hawley. I know he will come back next year. I also was so happy to see Dorothy Pugh there. She had been out for a long time but now is back. Our club is selling raffle tickets for a half of a hog. Drawing is Aug. 19. Everyone enjoyed our fun show on June 8. There were 12 participants in the show. There was some competition going on there. Of course, Paul, our chapter president, participated in all classes; however, he came in last in all the events because he just could not stop waving at the crowd. I really think he thought he was in a parade. I will have to explain to him about not waving at our next fun show scheduled for Aug. 10. Our fun show is open to all OHC members. Happening that same day will be a ride at our AEP horse camp, ride out at 10 a. m. Following that, our next ride and fun show will be Sept. 14. I may not see you on the trails, but maybe I will see you at the fair. Happy Trails, ~Dian August 2019
Hello from Montgomery County! It looks as if Mother Nature did it again, straight from a wet spring to poof, just like that we are deep into the hot and buggy days of summer. It sure has been a challenge to get out and ride this year, between the raindrops and now the extreme heat, so unfortunately I do not have as many horse stories to share this month. A few of us did go camping at Hoosier State Park in June. Mother Nature wasn’t too bad to us. While it did rain periodically, it did stop long enough for everyone to enjoy a few good days of riding and playing games at the campground. You must watch those sneaky horse people though. David and I were out on the trails and as we came back to camp, we noticed someone had left us a gift hanging on the trailer. If you are ever camping with us and you find a huge pair of panties hanging on your overhang, don’t be surprised. Apparently, we are supposed to share! If any of you ever ride Sycamore State Park there is a game we are playing, and you don’t have to be a member to win. There is a little garden gnome hidden in the woods for riders to find. We call the little gnome, Monty, so if you happen to be at the park and you are mooned by a little guy in red, just text Taronna (513/907-0329) a picture of him. Your name will go into a drawing for a gift certificate that will be drawn in November. He moves around, so you may find him more than once, but of course not twice in the same location. If you are part of a group, the person in the group that finds him should take the credit for him, no cheating please. We still have some fun activities scheduled for the remainder of the year, check our website at www.montgomerycountyohc. com for any information and contact numbers.
A gift left on someone’s awning while camping at Hoosier. We would love to have you all join us! Hope to see you all on the trails! ~Taronna PERRY We had a ‘bang up’ time at Mohican! As I write this I’m sitting at the SE Regional Ride with our fellow horsemen and horsewomen and thinking how blessed we are to have such great friends, trails and campgrounds, and of course horses. In mid-June, Hocking and Perry Counties had a ride at Mohican State Forest. We had been fortunate enough to get a lot of riding time and the few drops of rain we got were at the end of the day. We rode to the lodge for lunch and had pizza one night, what a great time. A few members rode in the Independence Day Parade in Lancaster. I love seeing the kids’
Lancaster July 4th Parade.
faces light up when the horses start to come through. It was a bit warm, but Roxanne Drake, Marianne Hartley, Ben Stengle and I made it through the parade route. I’m sure we all lost a pound of sweat, but it was a good time. Upcoming rides not to forget: The Gibby Ride is the first weekend of August. Work week for Bark Camp is the week prior. I love the Gibby Ride because you see people from all over Ohio; a great opportunity to interact with your fellow horse folks. Perry County has a ride at Smoke Rise on the weekend of Aug. 16 (must have a reservation), Coshocton County’s hog roast is in September and Perry County’s Soup Ride is on Sept. 28. Don’t forget to catch up with the Perry County Chapter at the Top Hat in Junction City on the second Tuesday of the month. Eat at 6, meeting at 7. Hope everyone is having a safe and enjoyable summer! Happy Trails! ~Heather PIKE We’ve all had a busy but fun summer. Our club members have had the opportunity to spend a lot of time in the saddle. We’ve done a lot of riding at Pike Lake and many other places. Several members were able to ride at Paint Creek, Hocking Hills, Zaleski, Elkin’s Creek, Big South Fork and Hoosier National Forest. Have you noticed how kind and helpful fellow trail riders are when you visit these parks and campgrounds? Everyone has the goal to just relax and enjoy their ride. Recently, we’ve had club members very satisfied with the trails and camping at Hoosier National Forest. The two horse camps that they visited were Midwest Trail Ride Camp and
Lunch at Mohican Lodge.
Monty the Gnome.
Pizza night at Mohican.
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Pike OHC members enjoying the trails at Pike Lake.
Paint Creek is always a good ride for our club members. Hoosier Horse Camp in Norman, Ind. Both have water and electric, covered stalls and access to 100 miles of trails in the Hoosier Forest and Deam Wilderness Area. One fun stopping place on the trail is the Lost Cabin Pass. This area has an old rustic cabin, hitching posts, tie rails, picnic tables, and restrooms in another quaint little building. On special weekends, they offer a cookout with grilled hamburgers and hot dogs. It’s such a fun place to relax and visit with trail riders from both camps. Midwest campground has camping, event weekends, group rides and other special events. The 250x140 feet outdoor roping arena is a big attraction, along with their outpost store. This store supplies you with personal and horse necessities, apparel, boots and souvenirs. In addition to their campsites, they also have 13 cabins for rent. Hoosier Horse Camp offers nightly, seasonal, and annual camping. This campground also offers spaces on site to store your winterized campers in the winter. Many of the campsites here also have the covered stalls on your site. The Trailhead Café is very popular too, with buffets and pizza to order. Both these campgrounds provided a lot of riding and good fellowship on the trails. Hopefully, you might have the opportunity to check them out. Trail maintenance, as always, is ongoing. Paul Buser is getting supplies to update the markings for the trails at Pike Lake. Paul also made the wooden signs that name our trails. Picnic tables are ready to be assembled at several sites, as soon as the weather permits. Some logging has finished now and trails are being reopened. We hope to see you on the trails. God bless and enjoy your ride, ~Teresa Wittkugle 66
Passion—a feeling of intense enthusiasm towards or compelling desire for someone or something. Passion can range from eager interest in or admiration for an idea, proposal, or cause; to enthusiastic enjoyment of an interest or activity; to strong attraction, excitement, or emotion towards a person. Isn’t this how most of us feel about our love for the equine? A few weeks ago, I was watching the television program showing Highwire—Nik and Lijana Wallenda walking the high wire in Times Square in New York City 24 stories high. This was their first performance since 2017 when an accidental fall left Lijana with many injuries. Reporters asked her, “why do this again?” Lijana’s reply was “it is my passion; I need to feel the wire again.” This made me think about our relationship with our horses. How many times have we gotten back up again after a fall? Why do we feel this closeness to our horses? They are our passion. So, enjoy! Until next time, happy trails to you! ~Jo Ellen SUMMIT The day of our R.I.D.E. fundraiser dawned with no rain forecast for the events. In light of this being our fourth wettest May on record, it was a small miracle. This event was the culmination of months of work by Marietta Tromp, her committees, presenters and all the volunteers from Summit County OHC. Thanks to all the members, their husbands and the Friends of Crowell Hilaka who pitched in for setup, parking, hauling water, and dismantling so we could leave the facility even better than before. Our regular monthly meeting was rescheduled a week later at Richfield Heritage Preserve. Following the brief
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Dr. Gary to the rescue.
Chow time, yeah! meeting, everyone stayed to help spruce up around the barn and grounds. The remaining preparations were completed by another work crew Friday night; some even camped overnight for an early morning start Saturday. The newly refurbished and graded parking lot looked amazing with its new coat of white limestone. Through a generous donation to our chapter and with the help of the Ohio Engineering School to do the work, we now have a great place to park our horse trailers. Each R.I.D.E. fundraiser participant was greeted at the gate and given an envelope containing an itinerary of the day’s events along with a free door prize ticket for the chance to win a trailer safety/emergency kit. The opportunities to win did not stop there as there were chances throughout the day to buy tickets for the chance to win the 50/50 raffle, gift certificates, and silent auction items. Riders had the option to go on a guided ride of the Preserve’s newly marked and refurbished horse trails. Numerous lunch selections satisfied the hungry crowd with a meatball sandwich dinner later in the day. A special thanks goes out to our clinicians: Sara Costic, yoga for the equestrian; Richard Armentrout, PEMF therapy and farrier questions; Amy Gibbon Waters, tack and saddle repair; Dr. Gary Domanick, DC, chiropractor for the rider; and our own Peggy Costic, obstacle course and groundwork sessions. We hope you learned something from each of them. A special thanks to our commercial supporters, i.e. Clippity Clop, the Medina Farmers Exchange,
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and Big Dee for their donated gift certificates. The silent auction items were compliments of Big Dee’s ongoing incentive program. Our success was due to the generosity of all the workers and other supporters too numerous to mention but equally appreciated. Thank you one and all. Day rides have been sporadic due to almost daily storms and unsafe trails. Check Facebook or call your fellow OHC friends to ride the trails. Camping trips are scheduled, and we trust you will enjoy the trails and camaraderie later around the campfire. Other members are out riding in local parades and events. We hope they inspire a new generation of horse enthusiasts to carry on where we leave off. Enjoy your ride, ~Joann Ulichney TRUMBULL Happy summer to everyone, from the members of the Trumbull County Chapter! We hope that you are enjoying the trails and the plethora of horse related activities that abound in our great state of Ohio! The weather has been slightly prohibitive in many areas for riding, as the trails are saturated and the deepened creeks flow swiftly. Accepting the changes in itineraries for locations to ride continue to provide us the enjoyment of trail riding. Please be respectful of the trail conditions and always be prepared to help with maintenance along the way. The annual Two Mile Run Ride near Franklin, Pa., was well attended despite the fear of weather. We managed to ride two days without getting wet and thoroughly enjoyed the hot dog roast on Friday evening and the potluck on Saturday. Friends from Ohio and Pennsylvania joined us for another great weekend of terrific riding, blazing fires and true friendship. We did have to cancel the ride at West Branch State Park near Ravenna, Ohio, due to rain. We will be rescheduling a ride there. Our Trail Ride Coordinator, John Clower, is currently putting the finishing touches on preparations for riding at Salt Fork State Park. Our annual ‘Cook-Off’ at Mosquito Lake State Park will be a steak fry this year and will be Sept. 27-29. We are tentatively planning a ride at the CCC in Marienville, Pa., in October to enjoy the autumn splendor in the mountains. With the rising temperatures and humidity levels, the heat August 2019
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Enjoying the trails at 2 Mile Run County Park Franklin, Pa. index is rising. Here are two informational links to type into your URL: For humans: https:// www.weather.gov/safety/heatindex and for horses: https:// equusathletics.com/horse-heatindex/ Stay hydrated and rest often! Enjoy the summer riding! See you on the trails! ~Kathryn Bartow TUSCARAWAS Since it appears to be a common experience, perhaps sharing a recent near tragedy, averted only by the sensitivity of my trail horse, Zip, bears sharing. Merely an everyday occurrence, Zip and Dulce await my arrival to transfer them to a corral and pasture accordingly. I consistently halter and lead Zip, while the ornery mare is released on her own. The entry area was a muddy mess, where standing upright remained a challenge. Lead rope in hand and Zip nearby, I swung wide the gate and stepped back where I could safely navigate the slippery area. Dulce ignored the intended route and lunged directly at and over me. I hit the earth with such force, stunned momentarily with the absurdity of lying in a quagmire of mud. Zip amazingly slid to a halt just short of my upper body. Believe me, although I felt as though I had
Dulce the ornery mare.
Sparky, Anna and Katrina.
been run over by a tank, I leaped to my feet and proceeded to the original destination, thanking God for saving me once again, from a foolish error in judgment. Never take safety for granted. Defensive tactics and high alert are your best defense when handling horses! My fellow OHC member, Barb, who arrived at our monthly dinner meeting sporting several ghastly bruises, related her story. Following her daily routine, perhaps short-cutting by applying a soft lead around the horse’s neck, as we have all done in the past, she prepared to transfer grazing locations. Who knows…was it the temptation of lush grass and the company of her stablemates or a case of attitude on an uncharacteristically warm day? Not typical behavior by any means, but with the gate’s release the mare overpowered her handler and slung Barb aside wickedly. The onslaught was unexpected. The lead offered no deterrent, as the earth came up to meet her. The landing was sudden, the impact rough and though her impromptu landing was jarring at the least, the dirt and manure she ingested added insult to injury. Oh, you think maybe you are impervious to disasters such as I have illustrated? Beware… the more complacent we tend to be during the routine care of our horses, the more vulnerable to mishaps we become; easily distracted by our phones and other sources. Please stay alert, to remain safe! Happy trails, ~Holly Waldenmyer
from Marysville High School this year. She will be off to college in the fall and we will miss our youth member. Jim and Debbie Strayton have been busy finishing up with Katrina’s final year in 4-H. Becky and Stephanie Petee were able to camp at Buck Creek with the Clark County OHC for their spring camp out June 7-9. They were fortunate to have a rare rainless weekend and everyone had a great time. Here’s to less rain and more trail riding fun in the months to come. Happy trails everyone. ~Karen Holland
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Dulce painted by Holly. August 2019
I hope everyone is enjoying the trails now that the rain has stopped. Things have been slow for Union County because of the rain and flooding. We had to cancel our June chapter ride at Deer Creek because of the weather. We’re hoping that Alum Creek dries out in time for our next chapter ride. Katrina Strayton graduated
Eric and Catherine at karaoke.
WARREN Our club’s first Fourth of July parade took place in Waynesville on June 28, as their parade always occurs on the Saturday before the holiday. It was hot, but at least not pouring down rain. Three members participated: Paul Ayres, Ana Chuliana, and Jane LeVeck. Diane Colvin would have been among the participants but opted to take advantage of the dry weather to make hay. No matter the number of horses, the youngsters (and adults) always enjoy seeing them in the parade. Harold McKeehan rode in my UTV, ready for clean-up duties and saying he was going to ‘clean up this town’, which got a chuckle from his friends on the police force. A bit of excitement occurred during line up, when Ziggy, Ana’s horse, got startled by the band. After a momentary breakdown in communication, the pair got themselves sorted out and all went well after that. Jane remarked Ana deserved the ‘top rider award’ for that one! Ana asked me when I was going to start riding in the parades again. In fact, I have ridden in quite a few parades with my Arab, Akela, and while I am sure Cooper would be a good boy during the event, I would much rather follow along, driving my UTV. Afterall, clean-up is important too, so at least I am useful. We expect a larger
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Harold ready for action. group of participants for the July Fourth parade at Otterbein, so I should have photos to share next month. Several club members joined Greene County for their state ride. We had reserved the group camp at Caesar Creek, and a few people stayed over Friday night with a few others coming to day ride. Unfortunately, the predicted rain and other factors, contributed to the decision to cancel the planned Saturday night camping. I stayed both nights but was in the main camp as I am also a Greene County member and help with the state ride. Members Paul and Ana attended Saturday evening’s festivities. Eric and Catherine Estill came as well and joined in for the karaoke; it is always good to have more singers! Condolences go out to Roger and Chris Pawsat on the loss of their wonderful gelding Blaze. Blaze apparently passed away peacefully in his own field which is what we all hope for our equine companions. Chris had been looking for another horse for a while as they knew Blaze was heading toward retirement, and as of this writing they have one on trial. While this new horse cannot replace Blaze, hopefully he/she can help a little bit. 67
County Lines That’s all for this month. I’m including photos from the parade and karaoke. Don’t forget I welcome photos from other members. I tend to be busy and not get to as many functions as I’d like so I’m always glad to feature other members than the few I see on a somewhat regular basis. ~Mickie WASHINGTON Greetings in horse land! We are excited to be going into the fall riding season! Other than the advent of the dreaded bees, it is the best time of the year for many of us. The cooler temperatures and changing leaves will soon be upon us, or at least we can hope! In Washington County we continue on as usual. Our horse shows are the big thing. Thanks to Carrie Johnson and all of the committee that put the shows together. We still have one more planned for Sept. 28 at the Barlow Fairgrounds. This one is a little different because it is actually during the fair! The fair board came to our OHC and requested it since the groups in the previous years’ apparently dropped the ball. It is a real honor for us! We will not have the concession as usual for our shows since the fair will be full of such things, but the show will still be a competitive show with all of the usual events as we had earlier in the summer. Our home Kinderhook Trailhead in Wayne National Forest in Newport, Ohio, is having a major rebuild and reroute this fall into next spring. Our thought was to simply rebuild the sections damaged by the rains last year. However, the Wayne folks have decided to reroute the trails to a better location for long term sustainability. While we are very happy for this effort in the trails, it is also disheartening since we have had a major section of the trail closed for over a year. We will be having a public ceremony later this fall to introduce the public to our new signage at points of interest on the trails. I am very happy with the finished product, but fearful the new signs will not be seen since the best and shortest trail is closed due to the rain damage. Still, even if the hikers do not see them until next spring, we horse people will be able to see them! We were hoping for Public Lands Day to hold our event, but we have a horse show that day, Sept. 28. We will let you know the date as soon as it is set. 68
Even with the inconvenience of the sections of trails being closed for rerouting we have two more rides planned for this fall at Kinderhook. The first one will be Oct.19 with the ride to start at 10 a.m. and a potluck at 4 p.m. The second date at Kinderhook is Nov. 16 and the ride will start at 11 a.m. with a potluck at 3 p.m. We also have a ride planned for Nov. 2 at Stroud’s Run which will ride out at 11 a.m. and one planned for Nov. 9 at Lake Snowden to ride out at 11 a.m. October 26 we hope to hold a Halloween party and dance at the Jackson ranch with the usual potluck dinner. One may come in costume or not. Nov. 7 is our monthly meeting and election of officers at 7:30 p.m., 301 Wooster Street at Christ United Methodist Church in Marietta, Ohio. Then on Dec. 7 we will hold our annual Christmas potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m., also at Christ United Methodist Church in Wooster. Our members have been out and about in Ohio enjoying the good trails, good friends and good horses! Thanks to all who work on trails throughout our state so we can come visit, and by all means, come visit us! ~Rita V. Schultheis WAYNE Rain, rain, go away come again another day! I heard someone say this week that there have only been 49 sunny days in Ohio this year. It could be true! But the weather hasn’t stopped our intrepid Wayne County chapter members from riding, volunteering and generally having fun together. Dave and Trudy Schmidt and secondary member Vicki Zook traveled down to Elkins Creek Horse Camp the first week of June to volunteer for the St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital benefit ride. They put in 52 hours of volunteer work. Trudy and Vicki cooked the meals with help from Jill, the owner of the camp, and Becky, who organized the benefit. Dave kept things cleaned up around the mess hall. Jill said this was the first year she was able to get any sleep for the entire weekend. It is a big job as there were 40 rigs and 100 horses there for the weekend. The benefit raised $14,000. Over the past eight years of the benefit at Elkins, the group organizers have raised $100,000. There was an auction, and meals (breakfast
Elsie in new volunteer vest. and dinner). There was a 50/50 drawing and T-shirts for sale. A fabulous band, ‘Poverty String Hillbillies’ played Saturday night until midnight. Two of the band members are Jill’s family members. Jill and Rick know how to make everyone feel welcome and like family. Trudy, Dave and Vicki all expressed how honored and blessed they were to be able to help with this well-deserved cause. Secondary members Ed and Vicki Burns attend annually to help with the fundraising activities. This year they won in the big gun raffle. The next week, Cindy Gray, who is primary Holmes chapter member and secondary Wayne County chapter member, organized a campout. Dave, Trudy and Vicki stayed for that and were joined by Marline and Dave Smalley, Jim and Sue Baker, Kim Scarborough, Leigh Litman, Terri Wood, Janet Hefferman, and Hope Ashby. It was muddy, but we managed to ride Wednesday through Saturday. There was so much mud from the unusually wet weather; we started to name the types of mud we were riding through. Saturday night, Jill and Rick hosted another benefit fundraiser for a friend of the camp who has been having some severe health problems. We had an auction and the band ‘Poverty String Hillbillies’ played again until 11 p.m. and then jammed until 2 a.m. Sunday all rigs pulled out with tired horses and
Nancy and Glory.
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Kim and Jett at Brecksville. riders. What a lot of fun! Meanwhile, back at the ‘ranch’ in Wayne County, Marilyn Conley was able to get in hosting a couple of Tuesday night rides at Mohican. There are generally five to six people and anyone is welcome. Just be at the trail head ready to ride out at 5:30 p.m. and she will match riders of like ability in groups. This is a great way to get some riding in with experienced riders and horses and learn the trails at Mohican. Diane Tankerd, Erin Campbell and Elsie Zuercher camped out at Wills Creek. The mud was so bad that Erin’s horse fell, throwing her forward into the mud head first! Luckily no one was hurt, but they determined it was probably not safe to ride that weekend, although normally it is a beautiful ride on those trails. So, it was up to the Cleveland Metroparks for some of us for some drier trails. Sue Baker and her granddaughter Brianna, and Heather Kinney and her son Taran rode at Hinckley on a beautiful Friday afternoon. The new parking lot at Worden Trail Head is very nice with new gravel and grass. Please remember to stay off the surrounding grass with your horse and rig as it is just beginning to grow in nicely. The trails were great, and the kids had a good time. The next Friday, Sue and Brianna, Heather (Taran was at camp) and Kim Scarborough and her grandson, Jett, rode at Brecksville. The trails were in good shape for all the rain and the kids enjoyed the ride and lunch. It is fun to see the young kids (they are all under 10) learning to enjoy trail riding and appreciating the work it takes to enjoy the sport and keep up the trails. Meanwhile the trail maintenance continues. Tom Bahl and Nancy Strayer took out two big trees across one of the trails at Malabar. Nancy, Tom and Marilyn completed the reroute August 2019
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Changes within Indiana Horse Council, Updated Website and Annual Octoberfest Charity Show PRESIDENT, David Coyle VICE PRESIDENT, Victoria Hill TREASURER, Nick Schmutte SECRETARY, Jeff Hearon WEBSITE, www.indianahorsecouncil. org
by Victoria Hill Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying these summer days! The Indiana Horse Council (IHC) has been working diligently to make our website more user friendly in the way of paying for things online instead of snail mail. We have a couple of great marketing and IT ladies working with us and they are having a ball updating and bringing us in to the ‘new age!’ Change is good! Speaking of change, we had a wonderful Hoosier Horse Fair
last May, at our new venue location in Danville, Ind., at the Hendricks County 4H Fairgrounds and Conference Complex. We were hoping above hope that the people would come to the new location and they did! It was a great event. If Mother Nature had been a little kinder to us it would have been a fabulous event but hey, it was awesome none the less. The clinicians, the vendors, the volunteers, and the horses were amazing. Plans are already being implemented for next year’s event. Mark your calendars for May 1–3, 2020 and the Hoosier Horse Fair. It was also a great learning experience for us at the new facility. We have taken some of what worked and what didn’t an implemented the changes that needed to be made. Not saying 2020 won’t have some lumps and
bumps but all love events do. We hope to see you there! With all the Hoosier Horse Fair excitement behind us we have turned our focus toward our 11th Annual IHC Octoberfest Charity Horse Show that will be held Oct. 11–13 at the Hoosier Horse Park in Edinburgh, Ind. We will have nine different disciplines over almost three days of funfilled horsey-ness. Vendors will be coming from all over as well as Georgiano’s, our food vendor who will supply us with tummy tickling, tantalizingly mouthwatering deliciousness. Oh my! Check out our Facebook page ‘IHC Octoberfest Charity Horse Show’ for more details, or if you would like to become a sponsor or vendor. We have this charity show to raise funds for different projects at the Hoosier Horse Park and for projects ear-marked by the IHC.
For some IHC news: we have undergone a period of transition from a board of nine directors, up to 13 directors. We felt it was necessary to expand our BODs so we could properly chair the different committees that we have. In the past some of those committees had been ignored or not utilized the best that they should have been and we wanted to rectify that. For more information on our committees please go to our website at www. indianahorsecouncil.org. If you would like to become a member of IHC the membership form can also be found on our website. We hold an annual General Membership meeting every January and members are also encouraged to come to the IHC BOD meetings every month as well. Take care and we will be talking with you next month! God Bless America!
County Lines of the trail at Mohican where the Red/Blue connector meets the Yellow Trail. This lets you avoid a large muddy area. Thanks guys for all your hard work! We held a work weekend on June 22. It was supposed to be a camp out too, but we decided not to camp to save the wet ground from being damaged so close to the regional ride over the Fourth of July. There were 18 volunteers present. We cleaned up camp and trails, and Tom and Dave took out trees that had fallen on the Red/Blue connector. Some new tie line poles were also erected by Randy, Dave Schmidt, Dave Smalley and Tom, which will make it easier to fit more horses in for camping. We had help from secondary members from Holmes County, as well. Many hands make light work. Thanks guys and gals for pitching in! The timing of this article deadline doesn’t permit me to tell you about the July 4-7 regional ride. We have reservations for 35 rigs, which is a record number. It is with a heavy heart that I end this news article as several of our members have experienced the loss of family members this month. Nancy Strayer’s mom passed away early in the month. August 2019
By all accounts, she was a great, spirited woman, and you don’t have to wonder where Nancy got her sense of adventure and independence. Judy Bachman Mussleman’s husband of 36 years died unexpectedly in his sleep. Judy is Pam Miller’s sister, so the loss was a double hit. Our sincere condolences go out to Nancy, Judy and Pam in this time of sorrow. We look forward to seeing everyone at the regional ride and on the trails around the state and hope and pray for drier weather for riding and making hay. ~ Susan Baker WOOD The rain has decreased and the hot weather is here! Am I ever satisfied? Salamonie and Alum Creek were cancelled and our people went back to Michigan. Van Buren finally dried out, so the park and our trail crew got busy clearing the trails for the fourth of July. Deta and I rode and trimmed and I was so impressed how well everything dried out. Now it is the week of the fourth and the weatherman is calling for isolated storms all week.
Our trails on June 5. Last night it rained over an inch at my house, took down trees in Bowling Green and rained heavily in different parts of Findlay. The parks are really taking a hit with all this bad weather. In August we ride at Salt Fork 8-11, Paint Creek 21-23, Great Seal 23-25 and Labor Day weekend Aug. 30-Sept. 2. Beaver Creek is Sept. 5-8 and the NW State Ride is Sept. 27-28 at Van Buren State Park. Defiance County donated new metal signs for our trails to replace my old plastic ones. Thank you so much Defiance County! We hope to have them up soon. Here is hoping we have some more dry days, but enough wet ones for the farmers. Safe travels, ~Barb Oberhaus
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Jon along with Jim, reviving our mounting station Southside of our camp.
Deta and I ate lunch at our Floyd McCann memorial shelter house where it says “No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” He was quite a guy! 69
The Way of Horses
Summer Sores by Eleanor Blazer The mare lived in the perfect home—balanced diet, access to good quality forage, fresh clean water always available, adequate exercise and turn-out time with her friends; vaccinations were kept up-todate, the farrier came on a regular schedule, fecal egg counts were conducted to check for internal parasites and an owner who was at her beck and call. So how did she end up with a summer sore on her fetlock? It all started with a little bump which quickly turned into an ugly wound. The wound was not just a scrape—it was an ulcerative cutaneous granuloma. Which means the wound was inflamed and a mass of cellular tissue was developing in response to the infection. The cause was a stomach worm gone astray. Summer sores are caused by the abnormal depositing of the Habronema or Draschia stomach worm larvae (immature worms) into a skin abrasion, or on the delicate skin around the mouth, eyes, genitals, ears and mid-line. House, stable and face flies are the carriers—transporting the worm larvae from the manure pile to the horse. The larvae cannot mature outside of their normal incubation location—the equine stomach, but they can exacerbate an existing abrasion, resulting in a sore that is hard to heal. The mare acquired a summer sore on her fetlock, a location that is prone to small cuts and abrasions. Other prime lower leg locations for summer sores are the coronary band and under the fetlock (behind the pastern) where they can be hard to detect. When the sore is discovered a veterinarian should be consulted as several serious diseases present the same symptoms. Tumors, proud flesh (excessive growth of tissue on a wound), fungal infections or
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allergic reactions have to be ruled out, and treated appropriately. The veterinarian may need to conduct a biopsy to detect the presence of larvae. Treatment starts with deworming the horse with a larvicide which contains ivermectin or moxidectin. Studies have shown marked clinical improvement within seven days of a single Summer sore treatment, with complete healing in approximately five weeks. Some horses may need multiple doses due to inadequate response or reinfection. The veterinarian may also recommend some of the deworming agent be applied directly to the sore, which will help kill the larvae. Other deworming agents are not effective against the Habronema or Draschia parasite. Along with deworming the veterinarian will recommend a topical treatment of a glucocorticoid and DMSO mixture applied directly to the sore. If possible, the area should be bandaged to protect the wound. Corticosteroids may be prescribed if the horse won’t leave the area alone due to itching and rubbing. Secondary infections may warrant the treatment with an antibiotic or antimicrobial. Severe cases may require the sore to be frozen with liquid nitrogen. Proud flesh may also have to be surgically removed if it develops. Prevention takes the form of fighting on three fronts—controlling the stomach worm, controlling the flies and treating wounds immediatly. All horse owners are aware of the resistance stomach worms have developed against deworming agents due to overuse of those products. The practice of regularly checking fecal egg counts and not deworming unless warranted is the current recommended deworming protocol. Unfortunately the Habronema or Draschia stomach worms are hard to detect with a fecal egg count test. The American Association of Equine Practitioneers (AAEP) recommends one or two yearly treatments with ivermectin or moxidectin to target Habronema spp. and Draschia spp. https://aaep.org/sites/default/files/Guidelines/ AAEPParasiteControlGuidelines_0.pdf The old schedule of deworming every six weeks is not recommended. Consult your veterinarian for a deworming program designed for your individual horses based on need. Controlling flies starts with manure management. Fly breeding sites must be eliminated by removing manure and soiled material several times a week. If the stable uses a compost pile the internal heat must be high enough to kill the eggs. Creating a barrier between your horse and the flies by using insecticides, repellents, masks, sheets and leg protection will help protect open wounds and sensitive areas from infestation. The AAEP also suggests a feed-through insect growth regulators be used to deter the growth and development of flies in the manure. Releasing parasitic wasps, which eat immature flies, will also aid in the fight to control flies. Be vigilant on detecting and treating wounds—no matter how small. Cleaning and applying a protective coating will aid in preventing flies from depositing worm larvae in the wound. But don’t think it can’t happen to your horse, even with all three of the preventative measures in place the mare still ended up with a summer sore. Her owner spotted the sore immediately so it was treated, remained small and healed quickly. Once the sore is healed do not relax. Studies have shown a horse that has battled a summer sore has a high chance of reoccurring summer sores. Earn Professional Certification as Horse Trainer, Stable Manager or Riding Instructor. All courses are online. Visit www.equinestudiesinstitute.org for information.
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