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The Horsemen’s Corral is the official publication for the following clubs: Northern Kentucky Horse Network Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club Avon Lake Saddle Club Northern Ohio Outlaws Black Swamp Driving Club Ohio Appaloosa Association Buckeye Equestrian Association O.H.I.O. EXCA Central Ohio Saddle Club Association Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Assoc.

Central Ohio Wagoneers Ohio Haflinger Association Classical Attraction Dressage Society Ohio High School Rodeo Association Colorado Ranger Horse Association Ohio Horseman’s Council Creek Side Mounted Archery Ohio Gaited Horse Trailriders District One National Show Horse Ohio Morgan Horse Association Dusty Boots Riding Club Ohio Paint Horse Club Flatlanders Dressage & Combined Training Association, Inc. Ohio Quarter Horse Association Geauga Horse & Pony Association Ohio Ranch Horse Association Great Lakes Appaloosa Horse Club Ohio State Buckskin Association Hoosier Quarter Pony Association Ohio Western Horse Association, Inc. Knox County Horse Park Ottawa County Horse Foundation Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros Ohio Valley Team Penning Association Massillon Saddle Club Pinto Horse Association of Ohio Miami Valley Horse Show Association Premier Mount N Trail Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc. Tri-County Trail Association Mid-Eastern Farriers Association Tri-State Rodeo Association Mid Ohio Dressage Association Wayne County Saddle Club Mid-Ohio Marauders Western Equestrian Club at Slippery Rock University National Pole Bending Association Western Reserve Carriage Association Northern Ohio Dressage Association

Inside This Issue Corral Calendar ...................................................................... 34 Could Your Hobby be a Business? ......................................... 28 The Cowboy Perserverance Ranch........................................ 50 Does my Horse Need a Low NSC Feed? ............................... 26 Dreaming of Spring?............................................................... 16 Farrier Friendly ....................................................................... 49 Kentucky Dept. of Agricultural Updates List of Needed Supplies in Tornado-Affected Counties ................... 6 The Last Ride ......................................................................... 10 Ride In Sync ............................................................................. 8 Safely Putting on the Pounds ................................................. 48 TrailMeister ............................................................................. 20 View From the Cheap Seats................................................... 42

The Corral Staff Editor .............................................................................................Bobbie Coalter

Club News

Advertising Sales & General Manager .....................................Joe Coalter email ............................................................... joe@thehorsemenscorral.com

Black Swamp Driving Club ..................................................... 22 Buckeye Equestrian Association ............................................ 46

Club Sales & Circulation Manager Art & Composition Director .....................................................Michelle Ross email ......................................................michelle@thehorsemenscorral.com

Central Ohio Saddle Club Association.................................... 30

WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS

Geauga Horse and Pony Association ..................................... 14

Features: ........ Bobbie Coalter, Rob & Tanya Corzatt, Robert Eversole ........................................ Bryan S. Farcus, Kristen Janicki, Lisa Kiley, .......................................Terry Myers, Sarah Vas, Christine Weisgarber Guests: .............................................................................. Juliet M. Getty

Knox County Horse Park ........................................................ 49

NEXT ISSUE NUMBER 3 ...................................................................................... MARCH 2022 MARCH 2022 DEADLINE ............................................. FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Colorado Ranger Horse Association ...................................... 46

Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros ................................................. 18 Mid-Eastern Farriers Association............................................ 14 Mid Ohio Dressage Association.............................................. 43 Mid-Ohio Marauders ............................................................... 51 Northern Ohio Dressage Association ..................................... 44 O.H.I.O. EXCA.......................................................................... 6

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Ohio High School Rodeo Association ..................................... 27 Ohio Horseman’s Council ....................................................... 54 Ohio Morgan Horse Association ............................................. 40 Ohio Paint Horse Club ............................................................ 24 Ohio Western Horse Association ............................................ 30 Pinto Horse Association of Ohio ............................................. 18 Premier Mount N Trail............................................................. 52 Tri-County Trail Association .................................................... 24 Wayne County Saddle Club ................................................... 44 Western Reserve Carriage Association .................................. 22

ABOUT THE COVER: Blu Valentine Boy, aka Vegas, playing around in the field at Bauman’s Farm in Waynesburg, Ohio. Vegas is an 8-year-old Quarter Horse gelding Photo credit: Cynthia Bauman.

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O.H.I.O EXCA

O.H.I.O. EXCA is Welcoming New Members PRESIDENT, Jimmy McDonald TREASURER, Elisa Holmes SECRETARY, Taylor Long FACEBOOK, O.H.I.O. EXCA

by Katie Finley Was your New Year’s resolution to improve your horsemanship? Are you looking to join a fun, family oriented club that promotes lasting relationships with horses and humans alike? If so, look no further than O.H.I.O. EXCA. We are welcoming new members for our 2022 season, and it’s sure to be an exciting one!

Our 2022 calendar is starting to fill up, and we are excited to return to beautiful Creek Side Horse Park in Waynesburg for some of our activities. Starting on Thursday, May 5, Creek Side will host us every other week through September for open practice from 5:30 p.m. to dusk.

Join us there on July 3-4 for camping, some morning beat-the-

heat horse fun, and a brunch potluck! Then, on July 9 Creek Side will host esteemed clinician Kayla Schlabach as she puts on an obstacle clinic; many of our competitors are sure to be there to prepare for our race the following day on July 10. Finally, Creek Side will wrap up our season with them on Oct. 23 as we put on our popular Halloween Costume Contest and Ride.

O.H.I.O. EXCA is also starting the new year with some new faces on our leadership team.

Officers include President Jimmy McDonald, Secretary Taylor Long, Treasurer Elisa Holmes, Sponsorship Officer Katie Finley, Support Officer Becky Jarvis, and Youth Officer Amanda Katz. We are looking for a Membership Officer and another Support Officer to help make our club an even more fulfilling experience for our members; if you’re interested in becoming an officer, please send our club a message on Facebook or contact a current officer.

Check out our Facebook page for more events and venues as our 2022 calendar develops. Our Facebook page also provides general club information for those interested in joining, and is a great place to learn more about the exciting sport of extreme cowboy racing.

O.H.I.O. EXCA wishes you all a happy and healthy new year, and we hope to see you all in 2022!

Kentucky Department of Agriculture Updates List of Needed Supplies in Tornado-Affected Counties The Kentucky Department of Agriculture has continued to work with farmers, agribusinesses and local agencies in counties affected by the December tornadoes to compile lists of current needs for each area and solicit donations.

Thirteen Kentucky counties have reported their current agriculturerelated needs: Caldwell, Fulton, Graves, Hart, Hickman, Hopkins,

Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mulhenberg, Ohio, Taylor and Warren counties.

Most-needed items include fencing supplies, cattle minerals and feed, and work gear. A detailed list of items currently needed by county can be found on our website, https:// kentuckyhorse.org/KentuckyTornado-Updates. This list is

updated regularly as counties report their updated needs and continue reconstruction.

As always, financial donations are greatly needed and appreciated.

Monetary contributions can be made through the Kentucky Agricultural Relief Fund on GoFundMe, which is being administered by the Kentucky Farm Bureau.

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Ride In Sync

It Makes No Sense To Me

by Terry Myers

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eems like there are a lot of new trends in training techniques and horsemanship in general.

Most of them are faster but not better. I wanted to talk about some of them with the hopes that people will stop and think before doing something because their friend or their young and very inexperienced trainer is doing it, or worse yet, they saw it on social media. Before trying something new, stop and ask yourself if it will make sense to your horse. Or is it a short cut, which rarely works with horses.

Forget the head. Everyone wants to force the head down. If you train the horse properly, the horse’s head will eventually go to a level that is appropriate for that horse to do their job. I do not tie a horse’s head down. I never use a training fork when breaking a

colt. If you break a colt with their head forced down, whether with a tie down or a training fork, you lose all hopes of having lateral flexion. I frequently get young horses in for training that have 30 or 60 days of training on them. I can always tell which ones have had their heads tied down. When you touch the reins, they stiffen their neck and lower their head.

Put pressure on just one rein and you still get the same result, head down and chin toward their chest.

There is no side-to-side softness.

If I have no softness when I pick up one rein and all I get is a rigid neck and throat latch, I will have no body control and little hope of picking up their shoulders. It takes a lot of work to get a horse to learn lateral softness once they are that rigid.

The head will eventually come down when the horse learns to move with forward motion from

their hind quarters while staying soft in the bridle. The reason for this is that the horse has pick up their back to accomplish this.

When they pick up their back, their head comes down. And please stop dropping your hands really low and banging on your horse’s mouth. This is wrong on so many levels. The horse may drop their head because of the pain you are causing, but all it accomplishes in making them stiff and forehand heavy.

I don’t ride yearlings. This seems to be a newer troubling trend of putting rides on a colt before January of their twoyear-old year. Not only is the youngster’s bone structure still growing and developing, but the muscular frame and balance are developing as well. If you don’t believe me, ask your vet.

I don’t start riding colts until their second birthday or later, depending on the colt. Even then, my rides are 20 minutes. I usually try to walk, trot and canter them each direction and ask for a back, again depending on the colt.

Everything is simple and based on forward motion. I will do plenty of groundwork with them in the month prior to 2, including training with a surcingle, accepting a bit and round pen work with the saddle. As their two-year-old year progresses, so does the length and complexity of their workouts.

Riding in an O-ring or D-ring snaffle the first year. I ride in a snaffle bit for their first year and frequently their second. To get the softness laterally and work on lifting their shoulders, I like working in a snaffle. Since you can show many western disciplines in a snaffle bit until the horse is 5, I am not in a rush to move the youngster into a shank bit. I let the horse’s development dictate when that will happen.

Frequent and prolonged time on the lunge line. I don’t like to lunge for long periods of time on a lunge line. For young horses, I know from experience that it is hard on them physically.

I have seen more horses that were shown extensively in lunge

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line as a yearling end up lame.

I unfortunately had a beautiful mare that we showed lunge line as a yearling and ended up with calcium deposits in her front ankles from doing too many circles. I believe if she had not had so much lunge line time so young, she may not have gone lame. As well, the horse must find it as insanely boring as I do.

I will free lunge a horse when possible and let them play, getting their buck out. But I would much rather ride a horse than lunge them for 45 minutes. One of my favorite mentors once told me that if you have to lunge a horse before riding “they aren’t broke”.

I do see the application of having a novice rider lunge their horse for 15 minutes to get the buck out.

So many of these trends I see with training and horsemanship in general are like fast food restaurants. It may be faster or a short cut to an end result, but they create other problems.

This is just like eating too many fast-food cheeseburgers, it later creates gastrointestinal issues not to mention health issues.

The only thing that the fast food burger did was satisfied your hunger at the time! Take the time to understand what you are doing that might be contributing to or creating issues with your horse.

As I always say… horses don’t make mistakes, people do. Don’t fall into the trap of taking short cuts in training or go for a fad, without first understanding the ramifications of it for your horse.

Terry Myers is a national clinician and champion horse trainer with a depth of knowledge developed from over 50 years in the horse industry. Myers has been a popular clinician at multiple expos in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more about Myers’ Ride-In-Sync methods as well as clinic and training services available, visit Myers at www.tmtrainingcenter.com or on Facebook.

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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

DWAIN MASSIE Life member of the Wayne County Saddle Club, Dwain Massie, died suddenly Oct. 4, 2021 just short of his 80th birthday (Oct. 11). A member since the 1960s, Dwain leaves behind ex-wife Rose, daughter Laura and son Jon plus grand and great grandchildren.

One memory included his generosity.

Never wealthy financially, he found ways to help family (and others) in need.

Dwain loved his family, his country, horses, the Saddle Club, freedom and independence. Over time he held the office of president and others and was an active volunteer. Like many who’ve been around that long, Dwain’s involvement varied by degrees. However his early association with the club and love of horses led to the continuing interest of children, grandchildren, and now great grandchildren. So, the Massie name is familiar to most active club members still.

The honor of ‘Life Member’ is awarded to members for active participation and effort on behalf of the club by vote of the officers and directors. Dwain and Rose were voted this status a long while back—the eighties, I think.

Most recently (a few decades) selfemployment was his choice although he did serve a stint in the Ohio Highway Patrol.

Laura and Jon live on donated parcels of the original 70 acre farm Dwain and Rose purchased in the 50s or 60s.

Dwain will be remembered for his strong will, faith in his beliefs, unusual physical strength, love for family and many personal ‘quips.’ Too many to quote, one of the most remembered was, “Glad you got to see me.” Regardless of your impressions, it’s safe to say, “Dwain, glad we got to see you.”

Submissions for The Last Ride can be emailed to michelle@thehorsemenscorral.com If possible, please include a picture.

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Geauga Horse and Pony Association

Welcome New Officers and Board Members PRESIDENT, George Baker 1st VICE PRESIDENT, Lisa Formica 2nd VICE PRESIDENT, Scott Burroughs TREASURER, Shauna Gingrich SECRETARY, Debbie Schwartz WEBSITE, www.ghpa.us

by Debbie Schwartz In the new year we are welcoming a new president, George Baker, and new Vice President and Board Member, Lisa Formica.

We would also like to welcome new board members Rachel Formica and Frank Muellner.

Returning board members include Jerry and Jamie Davis, Nancy and Scott Burroughs, Dana Garred, Debbie Schwartz, Kathy Blair, and Shauna Gingrich.

The board members and show committee were hard at work the last few months revising the GHPA rules to accommodate all of the changes for the upcoming show season. The open shows will be May 29, June 12, July 10, and Aug. 14 at 8 a.m. at the Geauga County Fairgrounds. The contesting shows will be June 17,

July 15, Aug. 19, and Sept. 16 at 6:30 also at the fairgrounds. The rules can be seen on our website at GHPA.us. A few highlights include that GHPA will be going to one walk/trot division that is 18 and under, and one youth division that is also 18 and under, leadline will include EWD riders, entries must be made online by 10 a.m. the day before the show, riders must show in at least three open shows or three contesting shows (not a combination of both) with same horse, same rider, and complete service hours (eight for individual, 16 for family) to be eligible for year end awards. We are looking forward to a fantastic show season. Be sure to join GHPA or renew your memberships, this can be done online now at ghpa.us.

As we are just kicking off 2022 we are already able to say a huge thank you to Arms Trucking, Chelsea Nau Performance Horses, Meadowlane Farms, Preston Superstore, and Crash Champions for signing up to be 2022 show sponsors. Also, thank you to Jacqueline Ward Realtor, Meadowlane Farms,

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The 2021 Year End Banquet will be held on April 9 at the EOUV, more information will be emailed about this event in the upcoming month.

Mid-Eastern Farriers Association

Mourning the Loss of Founding Member Jack Weigle PRESIDENT, Michael Boal VICE PRESIDENT, Lori McDade SECRETARY, Carly Peters TREASURER, Tim Dodd PHONE, 740/502-7055 FACEBOOK, www.facebook.com/ Mid-Eastern Farrier’s Association

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HUGE THANKS Geauga Horse and Pony Association thanks Big Dee’s Tack for their generous support of our organization through their Bonus Buck’s program. Likewise, thank you to Schneider’s Saddlery for their generous support. We really appreciate the support that both of these wonderful companies give to us.

Mid-Eastern Farriers Association mourns the loss of a fellow farrier and founding member of our association Jack Weigle on Dec. 13, 2021. Here are some memories of Jack from Randy Luikart.

I first met Jack when he and Dwight Saunders were organizing the ‘Western Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Professional Farriers’ that later became the Mid-Eastern Farriers Association that we know today.

That was in the late 70s. As that organization grew we had many meetings at Jack’s shop, always the good host and always involved with helping other farriers invest in themselves to become better.

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Jack and I traveled many times (throughout 45 years) to shoe horses, contests, horse shows, attend clinics, conventions, and some certifications. His common sense approach to life was always an inspiration to me and there was nothing that Jack wouldn’t tackle in shoeing. We once shod a walk trot horse at Youngstown Charity Horse Show (with the help of Ken Wurst too) while shoeing the front foot and diagonal hind up at the same time.

We had fun, we worked hard, got in trouble (and who didn’t in their younger days) played at contests and enjoyed each other’s company. A friends friend he was. A mentor, a leader and a man that wasn’t afraid to tell you if he thought you were wrong.

No doubt, I could go on and tell you some stories, but that isn’t necessary. What needs to be said about Jack’s passing is simple, Bob Hope used to say it at the end of his shows. Jack, “Thanks for the memories.” For me they will surely last a lifetime.

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Dreaming of Spring?

by Lisa Kiley

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fter the joy of the holidays has ended and the shine of the new year has worn off, February usually finds horse people impatiently waiting for longer days and warmer weather. Although there are still a couple months until we are squarely situated in spring, this time of year is perfect for future planning for projects on your farm.

It is always a good idea to do your homework before getting started. Considering that there are still slowed lead times for some products, it is better to start sooner than later, preparing for the things you want to accomplish this year. If you need a little inspiration, here are some ideas for things to put on your to-do list:

Upgrade/Add Fencing. Winter ice and storms can be hard on fencing, even if the horses aren’t out on some of their normal pastures due to the weather, there is usually some clean up and maintenance that will need to be done on pastures. But if your hope is to not only mend fences but upgrade or add additional pastures, this is a great time to start planning and sourcing materials. In addition to enhancing the safety for your horse, investing in a fencing system that allows for rotational grazing will be great for pasture health and maintenance. Your horses will appreciate thoughtful planning for enhancing their pasture areas which can mean additional grazing opportunities for them and potential feed cost savings for you through the summer.

Create a Compost Area. What to do with manure can be a headache for anyone with even just a couple horses. While there are times when spreading is best, composting first is the best practice when it comes to manure management. If you’re interested in creating a compost area for your farm, now is the time to plan for it. It can take a bit of effort to create the right system for your property, but it is worth the time. Spreading composted manure will ensure that the ground you are spreading on gains the most amount of nutrients which will serve to enrich your pastures. Additionally, spreading at the correct times of the year and during the correct weather conditions will help prevent runoff that can contaminate nearby water sources.

Install Auto Waterers. If you have been using hoses, tank heaters

for troughs, and heated buckets, you have something in common with probably about 90 percent of the horse owning population and while we make it work through winter, draining hoses can be frustrating and filling buckets and tanks in the winter is a chore that nobody envies. With this in mind, it may be time to consider adding automatic waterers to your stalls and pastures. Spring is the perfect time for this installation project and it is something that will make keeping fresh water in front of your horses easier all year round.

Update Stalls. After a winter of horses using and abusing their stalls, it might be time for a facelift. Maybe your stalls need a full gut and re-do, or maybe just a face lift to make the fronts safer and more functional for day to day. There are a lot of options to choose from but getting stall parts and pieces is something that usually requires a pre-order and several weeks to get in, so planning early is essential if this is a project you need to get done within a certain time frame, especially if you are planning on adding horses to your herd or if you are brining horses home for the first time. Spring is also a great time to strip out stalls, clean under mats and re-level. Level

mats make everyday cleaning so much easier and after winter, there are usually a few mats that will need to be replaced thanks to that one horse in the barn that loves to destroy everything. If you don’t have mats yet, this is also a great spring project—mats add comfort underfoot for horses and can help lower the shavings bill.

Add Lighting. In the darkest days of the year, lack of lighting will

not go unnoticed. Good lighting in the barn, arena and outside in the barn yard is important for safety and security. Areas that can benefit from additional lighting include: hay storage areas, feed/tack rooms, aisleways, and paths leading to and from the barn. Adding lighting to indoor and outdoor arenas can also provide more opportunities for additional ride time and when done correctly can illuminate corners and prevent shadows that can make a horse skittish. Take note of some of the areas where you could use more lighting and put this project on your spring check list. Updating and installing lighting with LED’s is also a great way to save on energy bills for years to come. Make sure that you are working with both a reputable dealer and electrician to ensure that installation is done in a safe way for your farm.

Mud Management Solutions. Mud is something that horse owners are intimately knowledgeable about. From the end of fall through spring, it is not uncommon to have several areas around the farm that could benefit from mud management solutions. Fortunately, there are a few different types of products that are available to help put an end to mud once and for all. One style of product is made to be used over existing mud and can provide immediate relief in a bad situation, while also having the durability of a permanent fix.

It can also be pulled up and moved around when needed. If you have an area where the mobility of the product isn’t required, there is another solution that costs about half that of its counterpart. The ground needs to be prepared and leveled and once the slabs are laid down, the area can be backfilled with all weather footing to create a stable all-weather surface.

Schedule Maintenance. This is also a great time of year to check equipment for any repairs or get regular maintenance done on everything from the tractor to the horse trailer to the weed eater. There is nothing worse than planning spring projects and then finding out that you cannot get the job finished because the equipment needed to do it isn’t working correctly. Planning projects and preparing in the winter is a great way to get a jump start on your spring to do list and will help keep you on track to spend more quality time with your horse in the upcoming months.

Lisa Kiley is a lifelong horse enthusiast who has worked in the equine industry and shown horses for many years.

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Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros

Getting Ready for the 2022 Shooting Season PRESIDENT, R. David Davis VICE PRESIDENT, Brian (Doc) Hric SECRETARY/TREASURER, Karen Davis; PHONE, 330-719-3290 EMAIL, karenld0819@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.lakeerievaqueros.net

by Karen (Chilipepper) Davis The holiday season is now over and the new year has begun! I hope everyone has a very blessed year!

In three months we will be holding our first event of the season. I hope the weather in May will be nice and not raining.

We tried to get our first event in June but with some complications of another event being held on the same weekend as the date we had in June we had to cancel due to the fact we had to be 750 miles away from a champion event and we are 426 miles away and we could not get another June date.

The weekends for the arena at the fairgrounds were booked and no one would switch with us.

Hopefully 2023 we can get June back for our first event instead of May. I have been working on getting the sign-in sheets ready along with all the other things to prepare for our events. Our balloon setters are ready to start and looking forward to the 2022 season.

At our January meeting Carmen and Nancy Virzi offered to bring their popcorn machine to our movie night each Saturday so everyone can have popcorn to eat while watching the movies.

Remember the movie on

Saturday night will be the name of our event for that weekend. I am hoping everyone will enjoy it.

MAY 21-22: Open Range I & II JULY 16-17: War Wagon I & II AUG. 20-21: Broken Trail I & II SEPT. 17-18: Comancheros I & II I want to thank Gage Concessions for their wonderful, tasty food that they have for us at each event and hope to see

them back this year. I would also like to thank Carmen and Nancy Virzi for hosting our meetings!

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Pinto Horse Association of Ohio

Hosting Five Shows in 2022 PRESIDENT, Kaylee Clagett VICE PRESIDENT, Angie Wolfe SECRETARY, Leslie Watson TREASURER, Amy Leibold EMAIL, diamondkfarm20@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.ohiopinto.net

by Leslie Watson The Pinto Horse Association of Ohio is eagerly getting ready for the 2022 show season.

We will be hosting five shows plus the Jubilee show. During the 2022 show season we are revisiting show grounds from previous years, Fulton County Fairgrounds, the University of Findlay, Champion Center and trying some new grounds, Rockin T, and Garwood Arena.

On Feb. 5, the Annual Awards Banquet will be held at Cedar Corners in Sandusky, Ohio. The Awards Banquet will allow us to celebrate everyone who showed with us during the 2021 show season as well as allow us to look ahead to what is in store for 2022.

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We will also be crowning new royalty at the banquet. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the 2022 show season please see the website or Facebook page for more information.

Sponsorships are due by April 1. Sponsors help with allowing us to have giveaways at each show for our exhibitors, and other activities that the club has throughout the year.

The Pinto Horse Association of Ohio will publish our complete showbill as soon as all of our shows have been approved by the national office. We do offer classes for everything from miniature horses, ponies and horses. We have classes for all types of pintos both solid and colored animals. Be sure to check the website https:// www.ohiopinto.net/ and our Facebook page, PtHAO-Pinto Horse Association of Ohio, for the most up to date information.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact one of the officers or directors or ask via the Facebook page. We look forward to seeing everyone again in 2022.

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TrailMeister Trail Meister First Aid Skills Worth Knowing

by Robert Eversole

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ne of the many pleasures of trail riding and camping with our ponies is that we get to escape the hustle and bustle and enjoy well-earned quiet time. Getting away from suburbia also means you’re farther from emergency responders in the case of an accident or illness. For decades I’ve argued that every horse owner should possess basic first aid skills. I still believe those skills are essential. I want to add that every trail rider and horse camper should have the ability to render medical aid in remote settings.

Before you say, “I only ride at the local park, not in capital W wilderness,” here’s a significant bit to consider. In an emergency medicine context, ‘wilderness’ is an area where equipment and expertise are limited. As trail riders, we could be in that type of environment well before our horse breaks a sweat.

Most of the incidents we run into while on the trail are minor and easily treatable. Most of the time, our goal is to keep a condition from worsening so you can continue with your ride. That being said, it’s essential to be prepared for unexpected situations, especially those where you may have to wait for professional help. Treatment skills are crucial, but educating ourselves to recognize injuries and illnesses early is just as vital. The skills learned in a wildernessoriented first aid course can save lives.

Wilderness First Aid vs. Urban First Aid Wilderness first aid may be different from what you’re used to if you’ve already had some general first-aid training. The main differences lie in these four issues: • Time: The local urgent care facility is a long drive away, and search and rescue personnel cannot respond as quickly as when we dial 911 from home. It could take hours or days until professional care arrives. We must be ready to render emergency aid and to care for our loved ones and friends until the experts appear.

• Environment: You may face inclement weather and physical hazards that you wouldn’t encounter in a more civilized environment.

• Resources: When you’re administering aid in the backcountry, you’re limited to what’s in your saddlebags and what you can improvise from the surrounding environment.

• Communications: Cellphones often fail when we need them most.

Your ability to call for help is limited in many areas. Your care might be the patient’s only option.

I recently completed an intensive Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). It was a game-changer for my trail riding and horse camping ventures. After decades of First Aid courses in professional and military settings, I thought that I had a good handle on the basics if a horse ride became eventful. My 2021 whitewater mule rafting adventure proved that premise wrong. When the opportunity to take advantage of this NOLS course popped up, I was game. I wanted to learn more and know what to do in an emergency if my riding partner became ill or injured while on a trip.

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Wilderness First Aid (WFA) skills aren’t just for backcountry adventures. These skills are equally relevant during hurricanes, tornados, floods, or fires strain emergency services. WFA knowledge can be lifesaving.

A WFA training course will help you provide assessment and treatment when miles away from advanced care. Treatment skills are important, but so is recognizing the signs and symptoms of illnesses early.

Visiting my happy places generally includes being days and many miles from the nearest asphalt. The 10-day Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course from NOLS teaches more advanced skills for these areas where communications are unreliable, and access to medical care is delayed. WFR training was a big confidence builder answer for my wife and me.

While initially, I thought the class would be a primer on how to make splints from sticks. I was wrong, very wrong. The NOLS WFR curriculum is a modified EMT-level training that stresses gathering and assessing patient data to provide appropriate emergency care in wilderness settings.

While having vet wrap and a bottle of Tylenol is helpful, being adequately trained in wilderness medicine is even better. Earning my WFR has helped me in becoming a better trail and horse camp partner.

For more information on the National Outdoor Leadership School, visit nols.edu.

For more musings on trail riding and camping with horses, as well as the world’s largest guide to horse trails and camps, visit www.TrailMeister.com. Get your copy of Amazon’s best-selling book “The ABCs of Trail Riding and Horse Camping” by visiting my book page on Amazon, https://amzn.to/3CuErid. This featurepacked book contains 178 sections of essential knowledge to help guide your equine journey onto the trails and into the horse camp of your dreams.

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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Black Swamp Driving Club

Black Swamp Driving Club Organizes for 2022 PRESIDENT, Sharon Hayhurst VICE PRESIDENT, Angela Hohenbrink SEC. & TREAS., Susan Murray WEBSITE, www.blackswampdrivingclub.com

by Mary Thomas Although a cold and blustery day, nearly two dozen BSDC members gathered Jan. 9 at the Good Hope Lutheran Church, Arlington, Ohio, for the 2022 organizational meeting. Outgoing president, Roger Higgins, Jr., called the meeting to order, reporting that he was doing well after recent surgery. He thanked everyone for their cards and prayers.

Sue Murray presented the treasurer’s report, comparing the past two years to the current bank balance and proposed budget. Although there had been no fundraisers done in the past two years, the club had all expenses covered with money for this year’s events.

A discussion of possible activities included a request by the Wyandot Historical Museum for a carriage display at their ice cream social in July. Mary Elliott reported that the tentative date for the annual hayride was Oct. 23.

Jackie Minges is working with the Western Reserve Carriage Association to schedule a joint drive at the Carlisle Reserve in Lorain County.

A trip to see the Walborn and Riker Carriage Co. museum in

St. Paris, Ohio, with a possible visit to Charlie Poppe’s carriage collection near Cincinnati was suggested by Angie Hohenbrink.

She also asked if anyone would be interested in the Carriage Association of America’s trip to the Toronto (Canada) Winter Fair Nov. 9-11.

Before the election of the new board members, Sue Murray presented some questions regarding the current club bylaws. In the discussion that followed it was decided that the new board should review and revise the by-laws. A vote on the changes would happen after members had a chance to comment.

The outgoing board members— Ann Bell, Roger Higgins, Jr., and Mary Thomas—were

thanked for serving through the past two difficult years. New board members chosen to serve with remaining board members Julie Emmons and Sue Murray are Mary Elliott, Sharon and Ron Hayhurst, Angie Hohenbrink, and Becky Steingass.

At the close of the meeting, Angie Hohenbrink announced that the website has been redone and she wanted to know what members would like added.

Membership information is on the website and anyone interested in driving equines, history and use of carriages in invited to join Black Swamp Driving Club.

UPCOMING EVENTS FEB. 13, MAR. 13, APR. 10: Meetings, Good Hope Lutheran Church, Arlington, Ohio, 2-4 p.m.

Western Reserve Carriage Association

WRCA Winter Ideas PRESIDENT, Jo Ann Murr VICE PRESIDENT, Ann Petersen TREASURER, Ann Petersen SECRETARY, Cathy Rhoades MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY, Henry Rish. WEBSITE, www.wrcarriage.com

by Cathy Rhoades Winter is here and you may be huddled in a blanket waiting for spring. But don’t let cold weather prevent you from doing horse related activities, take advantage of indoor learning opportunities.

WRCA will be having a Zoom meeting on safety tips for the carriage driver tentatively scheduled for 5 p.m. Feb. 6.

Barb King will be talking about safety and correct harnessing your driving partner. Watch your email for confirmed date and

time with a link to the meeting.

I bet like a lot of horse people you have a library of equine books that you haven’t read.

You don’t? Well WRCA does.

Sherry Olecki is our librarian (horsechic1949@aol.com). We have books and videos to lend out. My personal library is a mixture of step by step (left brain) and how to reach into my intuitive side (right brain). So far the left brain wins...sigh. Another good source of information is the Internet, but you do have to consider the source. Look for well respected horsemen to help you solve a problem or increase your horsemanship skills. Barry Hooks has many great driving videos on YouTube. You can see past carriage competition events but I recommend staying away from those videos showing accidents.

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out to the barn. Here is where you can spend some quality time with your equine partner. Give him a good grooming while you discuss the future driving events with him. He may not give much feedback but will enjoy your presence! This is also the time to put into action any of the learning tools you picked up.

Practice your braiding. Clicker training can help a partnership, teach a cute trick or a valuable behavior. Did you learn about body work or equine massage?

As long as you aren’t trying to be a chiropractor, your horse will benefit from your efforts.

You are in the barn now so start looking at your tack area. Does your fuzzy native pony have six blankets, eight sheets and four coolers? Could you open your own tack store? Unfortunately WRCA cancelled it’s tack swap but at this writing there are many still scheduled to be held.

From Blue Lakes Farm out east to University of Findlay, there are tack swaps you can sell or shop. Check the Corral calendar listings to get further information on location, dates, fees etc.

Do you still want to drive this winter and polish your skills?

Great Lakes Area Driving Series (GLADS) is having winter clinics and clinicians. Stacey Giere (staceygiere@gmail.com) is a WRCA member that promotes

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carriage driving at her farm, Maple Crest Farm, 6530 Miller Road, Brecksville, Ohio. Feb. 17-20: Cones Concentration.

Each day lesson slots will be available. Reservations close Feb. 14. March 10-13: Obstacles Orientation. Each day lesson slots will be available. Reservations close March 7.

And for those of you ready to drive outside, the Carlisle Equestrian Center will have dates available each month for driving. I will publish those as soon as I receive them. If you are lucky enough to own a sleigh and the weather cooperates, sleighing is a great opportunity to get your horse out and enjoy the scenery.

The board met in mid January and firmed up dates for this year.

We will have recreational drives and one confirmed date for the Sporting Day of Traditional Driving at Zoar on June 19. More details on that event coming. It will be a fun and educational opportunity for those unfamiliar.

Don’t forget to send in your dues for 2022. They remain unchanged at $25. Please send your membership to Henry Rish, 76 Sholle Drive, Hudson, Ohio 44236.

We are still looking for items for the Spring Auction, date and place to be determined. You may contact Jo Ann Murr with items, josiemurr@gmail.com.

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Ohio Paint Horse Club

Zone 8 Midwest Connection Series Dates PRESIDENT, Tim Snapp VICE PRESIDENT, Luke Wadsworth TREASURER, Jill Krofft Davis SECRETARY, Heather Collins WEBSITE, www.ophc.org

by Hannah Dunn Hello Corral readers! We here at the Ohio Paint Horse Club (OPHC) hope that you and your families had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s, and we wish you the best for 2022.

Looking ahead to February, the OPHC will be hosting our annual awards banquet on Feb. 12, at 4 p.m. The banquet will be located at the Ten Pin Alley in Hilliard, Ohio. Check out the Ohio Paint Horse Club Facebook page for more details and to RSVP. If you’re gearing up for the 2022 Paint Horse show season, all of Zone 8’s shows are in the schedule below, as many OPHC members hop over to Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky to show

as well. The first show for the OPHC and Zone 8 is March 5-6 in Columbiana, Ohio. This show will be a no-bling, Paint Horse show combined with an open show. The Youth Club will also be sponsoring five $200 classes.

After Zone 8’s success with the Midwest Connection Series in 2021, they have opted to do the Series again this year. To be eligible for awards like custom JR Wenger work saddles and Gist buckles, exhibitors must obtain membership to all clubs hosting the Midwest Connection Series: Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

Additionally, exhibitors must attend at least three out of the four shows that count toward the Midwest Connection Series. The Midwest Connection Series shows are bolded below in the schedule.

ZONE 8 APHA SHOW SCHEDULE MARCH 5-6: OPHC—NoBling Paint Horse and Open Show, Columbiana, OH APRIL 2-3: KPHC—Spring Paint-O-Rama, Frankfort, KY MAY 6-8: Zone 8 Show, Cloverdale, IN

MAY 14-15: OPHC—Buckeye Extravaganza, Wauseon, OH MAY 27-28: MHPC and INPHC—MI and IN Breakout, Mason, MI MAY 29-30: MPHC and INPHC, Memorial Day Bonanza, Mason, MI JULY 2-3: INPHC—Freedom Reins, New Castle, IN JULY 30-31: OPHC and MPHC—OH and MI Border Bash, Wauseon, OH AUG. 20-21: OPHC and INPHC—OH and IN Hoosier Buckeye Palooza, Wauseon, OH

AUG. 27-28: OPHC—Amateur Show, London, OH OCT. 20-23: INPHC and MPHC—Fall Color Classic, Cloverdale, IN The OPHC and all of Zone 8 are going to have a busy, fun year showing Paint Horses. If you would like to join in on the fun but don’t have a horse to show, please consider volunteering at the shows as a scribe, ring crew, or committee member. It takes a village to run these shows, and we appreciate all the help! We hope to see you soon.

Tri-County Trail Association

A Letter from the New Editor PRESIDENT, Jim Mike VICE PRESIDENT, Terry McKain SECRETARY, Falicia Pitman TREASURER, Chuck Stephens WEBSITE, www.tri-cotrails.com

by Kelly Heffner Hello, and welcome to 2022! I thought I might start this year off with an introduction to the new editor of Tri-County Trailways!

There have been a few changes to the club board for the 2022 season, and the new editor is one of them. This is the first time I have had a position like this, and I have some big shoes to fill as Cindy has always done such a wonderful job!

My name is Kelly Heffner. I have been a member of Tri-Co for quite a few years, some may remember me with my married name of Miller. Being an editor is all new for me, as I have never done this before. I have had horses for many years, and I currently have three. I have always loved horses. My grandmother once told me that I said ‘horse’ before I said mom or dad. I also have a love of art. Painting, wood burning, and pencil sketching are some of

the things I have done. I usually donate some of the paintings to the club to auction off. I currently work full time at a local hospital as a medical laboratory technologist.

Enough about me, only time will tell if I can be the ‘great editor’ I am hoping to be!

Now on to club business! First, with all the new cases of Covid popping up everywhere our January meeting was postponed (good thing too, as I myself have fallen ill with it). The only thing for sure at this point is that at our February meeting the 2022 schedule of events will be changed, as some of the dates were incorrect. No worries, as we will get them edited and out to all our readers as soon as we can! We are also hoping to add a couple of dates to our calendar as well, such as a tack swap in April, as well as our away ride (originally scheduled for July 4 weekend) was changed to the end of July. But again, nothing will be definite until the Board meets again in February. Our camp report was also postponed until our next meeting in February.

That is all I have for you for now! I hope everyone out there stays safe and well! Have a wonderful February, and look for our updates coming in the March issue of Horsemen’s Corral!

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Does my Horse Need a Low NSC Feed?

by Kristen Janicki, MS, PAS

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ontrary to popular belief, horses do need non-structural carbohydrates, or NSC, in their diet and cannot live without it. In fact, the brain relies primarily on glucose, a non-structural carbohydrate, as source of energy, and it cannot function properly without it. NSC is roughly calculated by adding together the amount of sugar and starch in each feed. Sugar and starch is stored in the muscle and liver as glycogen and serves as a source of immediately available energy and, metabolically-speaking, utilization of muscle glycogen is the quickest and most efficient way to fuel muscle contraction for performance (think about a horse sprinting out of a starting gate or leaping over a jump). Is there a minimum level of sugar and starch needed in a horse’s diet? While not exactly known what the minimum requirement may be, the very nature of the equine diet would appear to suggest that at least some amount of NSC is essential for normal physiological functions.

Many commercial concentrates on the market today claim to be low NSC, but what exactly does that mean? There is no standard definition for a low NSC feed value, however most equine nutritionists consider this to be at 20 percent NSC or less, containing little to no cereal grains like corn. Would it be beneficial for your horse to be on a lower NSC feed? It’s possible! Consider these scenarios where a lower NSC feed may be advised.

Prone to ulcers and digestive disturbances It is undeniable that as starch intake increases, so does the risk for gastric ulcers. Why? The fermentation of large amounts of starch in cereal grains by microbes present in the stomach produces volatile fatty acids or VFAs. Along with the lack of buffering from saliva, VFAs present in the stomach can damage the gastric mucosa contributing to ulcerations. By providing smaller meal sizes, VFA production can be greatly reduced.

It is recommended to limit starch intake to not exceed one gram (g) of starch per kilogram (kg) of body weight per meal in all horses, not just those prone to ulcers. To translate this into a practical example, let’s say a feed has 23 percent NSC with 12 percent starch and 8 percent sugar, and the horse is consuming forage that is about 10 percent NSC with 2 percent starch and 8 percent sugar. Let’s assume the horse weighs 1,100 pounds, eats 6 pounds of the concentrate feed and 20 pounds of forage per day. In this example, the horse would be consuming 1 gram of starch per kg of body weight in the total diet, the upper limit of starch recommended by researchers to aid in maintaining proper gastric health (Luthersson, et al., 2019).

The physiology of the equine digestive system seems to naturally put some type of limit on the amount of food, and NSC, a horse can digest in a single meal. When not fully digested and absorbed in the stomach and small intestine, sugar and starch can spill over into the hindgut and undergo microbial fermentation. Unlike forage, fermentation of NSC produces lactic acid and decreases the pH of the hindgut, potentially leading to digestive disturbances and possibly even laminitis. For this reason, it is important to limit the amount of any concentrate a horse consumes per meal to no more than 0.5 percent of body weight (that’s about 5 pounds per meal maximum for an 1,100 pound horse).

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metabolic, and endocrine-related laminitis in horses with obesity, insulin resistance or PPID has brought forward the importance of diet in reducing the nutritional risk factors for laminitis. This includes eliminating grains rich in starch and sugar, feeding a grass type hay with a 10-12 percent NSC on a dry matter basis to reduce the likelihood of hindgut imbalances or hyperinsulinemia, potentially triggering laminitis in horses with endocrine and/or metabolic disorders. Supplementing the diet with fat, which contains lots of calories but zero NSC, and a good quality ration balancer often works well for these horses.

Muscle disorders Horses affected by polysaccharide storage myopathy, or PSSM, and/ or recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis, or RER, may benefit from a diet lower in NSC. With PSSM, glucose is stored in the muscle as glycogen, but that glycogen cannot be properly utilized for energy, essentially ‘starving’ the muscle. Lowering the dietary intake of NSC while increasing fat in the diet helps to reduce the severity and incidence of tying up. On the other hand, horses with RER are affected by an abnormality in muscle contraction and tend to be nervous nellies in breeds like Arabians, Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds. Providing a diet lower in NSC with more calories provided by fat and fiber may help keep any excess energy to a minimum, reducing the potential for tying up (more below).

Undesirable Behavior Do you have a horse that could be considered ‘hot’?

Excess energy from high starch and sugar meals can exacerbate undesirable, excitable behavior thought to correspond to large fluctuations in glucose and insulin in the blood. Replacing some NSC with fat and fiber as an energy source can help to minimize these glycemic fluctuations. In fact, horses fed a higher proportion of energy from fat versus NSC in the diet showed lower heart rates and blood cortisol in response to a startling visual stimulus (Redondo et al., 2009).

Wrapping it up Sugar and starch are vital for important functions in the horse, but there may be times when limiting NSC is beneficial. In horses prone to conditions like ulcers, digestive upsets, laminitis, tying up or undesirable behavior may benefit from a low NSC feed S

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Ohio High School Rodeo Association

Meet Cinch Team Members Emma and Zoey NATIONAL DIRECTOR, Nikki McCarty PRESIDENT, C.E. Taft RODEO SECRETARY, Jennifer Reynolds PHONE, 330-464-4079 FACEBOOK, Ohio High School & Jr High Rodeo Association; WEBSITE, www.ohiohighschoolrodeo.org

by Garrett Houin The new year kicks off the final half of our 2021-22 rodeo season.

February 5 we’ll gather together for our mid-winter meeting and celebrate with our Gold Buckle Bash Cowboy Prom.

Members are working hard for their final push to be in the top four finalists in both high school and junior high divisions. The high school finalists will have the opportunity to compete at the National High School Rodeo Finals in Gillette, Wyo., and the junior high finalists can compete at the National Junior High School Rodeo Finals in Perry, Ga. At the midway point of our season, here’s who those junior high school members are (last month we shared our high school rodeo standings):

GIRLS EVENTS BARREL RACING: 1. Madi Corsi, 2/3. tie - Brooklyn Butzer & Avery Wold, 4.

Morgan East POLE BENDING: 1. Taylor Phillips, 2. Kaylynn Thompson, 3. Braelyn Gardner, 4. Corsi GOAT TYING: 1. Corsi, 2. Carlie Learn, 3. East, 4. Autumn Laymon BREAKAWAY ROPING: 1. Paige

Cummings, 2. East, 3. Laymon, 4.

Janelle Birone-Vidovich CUTTING: 1. Drew, 2. Lexie Saint, 3.

Astoria Roberts BOYS EVENTS BULL RIDING: 1. Bryson Shriver BREAKAWAY ROPING: 1. Clay Wines, 2. Reid Strickler CALF ROPING: 1. Cade Cummings, 2.

Matt East, 3. Maddox Kingry CHUTE DOGGIN: 1. Matt East, 2.

Wines, 3. Wesley Gardner GOAT TYING: 1. Matt East, 2. Cade Cummings, 3. Strickler, 4. Wines COMBINED EVENTS TEAM ROPING: 1. Matt East & Wines, 2. Cade Cummings & Kingry, 3.

Laymon & Addison Webb RIBBON ROPING: 1. Wines & Madigan Reynolds, 2. Cade & Paige Cummings, 3. Matt East & Thompson, 4. Kingry & Morgan East LIGHT RIFLE: 1. Sophie Brinkerhogg, 2. Thompon, 3. Corsi, 4. Wines

And now, let’s meet some of our Cinch Team members: Emma Wyant Emma is a junior at Crestview High School, and this is her third year in high school rodeo. High school rodeo has created many lifelong memories and friends for her. Emma qualified for both the 2020 and 2021 National High School Rodeo Finals and was part of the Heel-O-Matic team in addition to being a member of the Cinch team.

Emma operates her own equine therapy business, and when she’s not rodeoing or working, she enjoys listening to podcasts and binge watching ropings. She really focuses on developing a great mindset, which helps her both in business and in the

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area. Emma hopes to continue to grow her business, becoming an equine chiropractor and dentist in addition to continuing to rodeo after high school.

bending. She says her favorite thing about high school rodeo is the huge family atmosphere and the wildest memories she’s made.

Zoey is active in the Hillsdale FFA chapter, where she is a chapter officer and was part of their 2020 National FFA agricultural sales team in addition to being a member of the National Honor Society. Zoey plans to open her own rehabilitation center for horses after high school. Her favorite show to binge watch is Yellowstone.

Zoey McBride Zoey is a junior at Hillsdale High school and attends the Ashland County-West Holmes Career Center in their animal veterinary science program. This is her third year in high school rodeo, where she competes in barrel racing, breakaway roping and pole

Low NSC Feed (continued) with reduced starch and sugar, and containing little to no cereal grains. If you have questions, reach out to an equine nutritionist or equine veterinarian for help.

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Could Your Hobby be a Business?

by Christine Weisgarber

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he last few years have been a bit unusual. Making money has been a bit easier for people in the horse industry.

Horse sales, and interest in riding has been driving income through the roof. While we are all thankful for this, the IRS wants a piece of all the action. Unfortunately, that income generated from our hobbies, like the sale of a horse, must be reported to the IRS on your tax return. Income from sale of a horse for example, is subject to income tax (but not self-employment tax, we will get to that later). You might be thinking, “I didn’t make an income because I had to provide feed, veterinary care, and hoof care.” Unfortunately, starting in 2018 you can no longer deduct the expenses associated with your hobby. Depending on the circumstances reporting the income as business income might offer benefits that are not available with a hobby. This could be something you could take advantage of if the details that follow apply.

The IRS considers nine things when they are looking at the income (or loss) of taxpayer’s activities. It is not all black and white though and if you are trying to make this determination yourself, I suggest consulting your tax preparer, enrolled agent (EA), or accountant for professional advice based on your situation.

“Whether the time and effort the taxpayer puts into the activity show they intend to make it profitable.”1 I placed this one first because it is an easy one to answer with an absolute yes. We all spend a ton of time with our equine partners and given the chance we would spend even more time if we could. I would not rely on this factor alone; see what others you can answer yes to.

“Whether they change methods of operation to improve profitability.”1 If you can move into a new facility and it increases potential for profit, this change in operation is a business decision. On the contrary, if moving to a new location provides you with a nice heated indoor and you are not bringing on additional horses for training or boarding, it is a decision based on comfort. The IRS considers your intentions and situation, and the next factor weighs heavy on this.

“Whether they depend on income from the activity for their livelihood.”1 If you have a fulltime job which contributes to majority of your income and without it you would be up a creek without a paddle, your equine business just became a hobby. If you fall into this category but still want to make an argument for your equine business, you should keep reading.

Christine Weisgarber has been around horses for more than half her life having experience with equine businesses and showing. She is a Certified QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor, member and supporter of the Massillon Saddle Club, and a proud mom of three young children. Her children were the deciding factor in opening her homebased business, Brazen Business Services LLC. Brazen, or brave, is exactly what it takes to start and run a business. She helps business owners navigate business decisions by providing accurate, up to date financial information for a more profitable business without wasted time and stress. Her services are online based with great customer service for bookkeeping and income tax services. For more information visit www.brazenbusinessservices.com or call/text 330/474-9984.

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“Whether any losses are due to circumstances beyond the taxpayer’s control or are normal for the startup phase of their type of business.”1 An example of this could be the death of a horse in your futurity program which you were relying on for income either from competition, sale, or both. That is certainly out of your control.

Startup expenses may be hard to claim if the activities you are participating in are not new. You may already have a truck, trailer, and the tack to do the job. But what if you have just purchased a new facility so you can expand your efforts to service others, now you could absolutely have startup expenses.

You can think about the next three together because they all turn our attention to profit.

“Whether the taxpayer was successful in making a profit in similar activities in the past.” … “Whether the activity makes a profit in some years and how much profit it makes.” …

“Whether the taxpayers can expect to make a future profit from the appreciation of the assets used in the activity.”1 If you think your actions or operation have been profitable or has the potential to be but cannot prove it, collaborating with a bookkeeper or accountant can help. By recording your financial efforts, you can analyze and predict what your actions do or have the potential to do.

This will also make the final detail I have listed an amazingly easy, yes, for treatment as a business.

“Whether the activity is carried out in a businesslike manner and the taxpayer maintains complete and accurate books and records.”1 There is no easier way to use this argument than utilizing a bookkeeper and accounting software to maintain records of operations. Another example of recordkeeping is mileage logs, this does not replace financial records but strengthens them. If you travel throughout the year to shows, an odometer reading in a journal with the date and detail about the trip is a wonderful way to set your intentions.

It is important to understand that the IRS always considers facts and circumstances if they were to review or audit your return. Again, I recommend working with a professional to determine what your situation calls for. They can assist you in determining if paying the income tax on your hobby makes more financial sense than incurring self-employment tax or if the potential to write off losses from business activities has legs to stand on.

If you have found this article helpful, let me know on my Facebook page @brazenbusinessservices. The Horsemen’s Corral has digital edition that you can even share with others, remember to tag me in your post.

Source: 1: IRS.gov, https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/earning-side-income-is-it-a-hobby-or-abusiness. Page Last Reviewed or Updated: 25-Jun-2021

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Central Ohio Saddle Club Association

Congratulations to our 2021 Youth Champions VICE PRESIDENT, Rachel Zielinski SECRETARY, Debbie Balan TREASURER, Bob Huff WEBSITE, www.coscaonline.com

The COSCA Banquet is tentatively scheduled for March 19 at Amy’s Rustic Event Center in Valley City, Ohio (where Valley Tack used to be). More details to follow. Please watch our Facebook page for more details.

We are shining our spotlight on our youth 2021 champions this month! The future looks bright with these lovely young ladies!

The COSCA 2021 14-18 Champion is Ryleigh Balan.

Ryleigh and her handsome bay gelding OFW Validate had a tremendous show season. They showed in all of the Youth point classes in her age group, bringing home championship ribbons in all of them. Ricky is

Youth 14-18 Champion Ryleigh Balan and OFW Validate.

Photo credit Foreverworks Photography.

Ella Workman and Woodys Ruf Wave, 13 and Under Champions. Photo credit Pivotal Shots Photography.

sure turning into a great pattern horse! In addition to her Youth awards, Ryleigh and Ricky took home the trophy, cooler and honor of being named the 2021 COSCA Horse of the Year.

Congratulations Ryleigh on a great 2021 show season!

The COSCA 2021 13 and Under Champion is Ella Workman. Ella and her talented gelding, Woodys Ruf Wave, are a new partnership, but that sure didn’t stop them from collecting championships to end the season! Ella and Oakley

showed in all the youth classes in her age division, doing well in both the pleasure classes and pattern classes. Congratulations on a wonderful show season Ella!

Last but not least the COSCA 2021 13 and Under Reserve Champion is Gabriella Read.

Tiny but fierce, Gabby showed not one but two horses this season. She showed EN Just Full O Pep and Just Enough Chrome in leadline during the 2021 season. Gabby and Haley, as EN Just Full O Pep’s fans call her,

Gabriella Read, Youth 13 and under Reserve Champion. did awesome in the Youth halter class during the season. As this was Gabby’s first season showing COSCA, it was wonderful seeing her smiling face showing these two great horses. That’s what this is all about. Congratulations Gabby!

Ohio Western Horse Association

Tentative Show Dates Announced PRESIDENT, Marc Beck VICE PRESIDENTS, Loretta Rudasill, Ranee Liedel SECRETARY, Jonda Cole TREASURER, Eric Haudenschield WEBSITE, www.owha.org

Greetings fellow horsemen and horsewomen, how are those New Year resolutions going?

Remember on average it takes humans three weeks to form a new habit and three to four months for a horse, unless it’s a Red Mare then they do what they want, when they want.

The January OWHA meeting was held at AmVets in Kenton, Ohio, on Jan. 6. The club is busy with securing show dates and showbills for the 2022 show season. A few dates are still open if anyone is interested in having an OWHA sanctioned show. We would like to see a few more pleasure shows on the books for this year. Also with the increased interest in Ranch classes, several 30

have been added to the Fall Round Up showbill. Please continue to follow our Facebook page or our website, www.owha. org, for the most up to date information. Our tentative show dates are below: JUNE 25: Urbana, OH - speed JULY 2: Ada, OH - speed JULY 3: Tentative pleasure JULY 16: Ada, OH - speed JULY 31: Wapak, OH pleasure AUG. 6-7: Ada, OH - speed AUG. 13: Ada, OH - speed AUG. 14: Ada, OH – pleasure AUG. 20: Lima, OH- Tentative speed show SEPT. 23-25: Urbana, OH - OWHA Fall Roundup with Youth Team Tournament *New this year to FRU will be an Adult Highpoint/Reserve Highpoint for Pleasure and Speed.

With the New Year came a new 2022 OWHA President, Marc Beck. Marc, along with his lovely wife Krista of 10 years, and young son Colin live in Mt. Gilead. Marc may

not be the rider of the family but he does know a thing or two about all the preparations it takes to get the horse show ring ready. His official role at horse shows is following his wife’s instructions and wrangling his son. This year he gets to wear the OWHA President hat. Marc has previously held other OWHA offices, including Trustee and Trustee at Large. Marc is hoping to assist in growing the Pleasure riding side of OWHA. When Marc was asked, “What’s the most important part to you about OWHA?” He stated, “I’ve really enjoyed the many friendships made over the years.”

The 2022 OWHA Youth President is Madisynn Gossard.

Maddie is not new to this office and is a great young leader. She has been riding horses since before she could even walk. Her very first pony was Sparky, who has taught countless youngsters to ride over the years. Currently Maddie has several horses/ponies she rides, but when you ask her who is her favorite to ride she stated hands down it will always

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be the powerhouse of a paint pony, Scooter. Her favorite class with Scooter is Poles, but you will find her competing in all the speed events. Besides OWHA, she is active in Hardin County 4-H and was the 2021 Hardin County Horse Princess. She has won countless awards with OWHA and competed with many placings at the Youth Show and at the Ohio State Fair 4-H show.

The OWHA youth club has been busy with the gun raffle fundraiser and looking forward to the GLApHC Swap Meet in Findlay, Ohio, on Feb. 13. Stop by the OWHA Youth club booth and support our great youth members. We are always looking forward to welcoming new members, whether it be youth or adult, to join our OWHA family!

During these cold and rainy months, we may find it challenging to find the motivation and strength to go outside to take care of our four-legged family members, but just remember how much they love and count on us. Horses and ponies make the best Valentine’s.

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Corral Calendar The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all of us, creating a great deal of uncertainty within the horse show industry.

It is simply impossible for the Horsemen’s Corral to keep up with event cancellations prior to going to print.

Please take care of yourself, your family and your horses. Now more than ever...CALL BEFORE YOU HAUL! 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”.

FEBRUARY 2022 FEB. 5 — Rodeo, 5:30 p.m., Garwood Arena, 2538 Middleton Rd., Columbiana, OH. FMI: 330-717-4329, garwoodarena@ gmail.com, www.garwoodarena.com FEB. 5 — Tack Swap, Lodi Outlet Mall (140 store), 9911 Avon Lake Road, Burbank, OH. FMI: Amy Snyder, 440-479-8503 FEB. 5 — Michigan Quarter Horse Association 20th Annual New & Used Tack Sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., MSU Pavilion, East Lansing, MI. FMI: 616-225-8211, mqha@ hotmail.com FEB. 5 — Hay, Straw & Firewood Auction, Clare Co. Produce Auction Building, 6820 E. Colonville Rd., Clare, MI. FMI: Yoder Brothers Auction Service, 989-386-9082

FEB. 5 — IN, KY & OH IBRA Show, Beach Farms, 7800 W. Baseline Rd., Holton, IN. FMI: Justin Beach, 812-756-2011 FEB. 5-6 — Winter Indoor Mountain Trail Show Series, Shenanigans Stables, 7310 Abbey Rd. NE, Carrollton, OH. FMI: Laura, 814-434-0914 (text only) FEB. 11 — Special Catalog Sale, Sugarcreek Stockyards, 102 Buckeye Street, Sugarcreek, OH. FMI: 330-831-1720, info@sugarcreekstockyards.com, www. sugarcreekstockyard.com FEB. 11-13 — Sweethears & Barrels 3-Day IBRA Super Show, C Bar C Expo Center, Clovedale, IN. FMI: Cindy Harlan, 765-4261457 FEB. 12 — Treharne’s Training Center Rodeo, 49053 Fredericktown Clarkson Rd., Negley, OH. FMI: 330-692-1271, dttrainingcenter@ gmail.com, www.facebook.com/ davetreharnetrainingcenter FEB. 12 — Gymkhana Series, Kowboy Corral, 7363 New Madison Coletown Rd., Greenville, OH. FMI: 765-524-1880 (Call/ Text) FEB. 12 — Crazy Woman Ranch IBRA Barrels, 6450 Lancaster-Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Joyce, 614-595-1850, joycehanes@att.net FEB. 12 — Mt. Hope Horse Sale, 8076 SR 241, Millersburg, OH. FMI: 330-674-6188, www.mthopeuaction.com

FEB. 12 — Waynesburg Barrel Show Series, 107 Fairgrounds Road, Waynesburg, PA. FMI: waynesburgbarrelshows@yahoo.com, www. facebook.com/waynesburgbarrelshows/ FEB. 12 — Winter Schooling Show, 10 a.m., Hartmeyer Stables, 7111 W. Bethel Ave., Muncie, IN. FMI: Victoria, 812-878-0216 FEB. 12-13 — Champions Center 2021/2022 Winter Show Circuit, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: Text 614-402-1260, www.championscenterarena.com FEB. 12-13 — Madison County 4-H Tack Sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Champion Center, 4122 Laybourne Road, Springfield, OH. FMI: Colleen Martin, 614-374-6149 FEB. 12-13 — Youth Rodeo, Garwood Arena, 2538 Middleton Rd., Columbiana, OH. FMI: 330-717-4329, garwoodarena@ gmail.com, www.garwoodarena.com FEB. 12-13 — YEDA Show, Garwood Arena, 2538 Middleton Rd., Columbiana, OH. FMI: www.showyeda.com FEB. 13 — 38th GLApHC Swap Meet, University of Findlay Western Farm, Findlay, OH. FMI: Deb Follett, 734-3419219, www.glaphc.com FEB. 13 — Blue Lakes Farm Winter Series Pleasure Show, 14037 Auburn Rd., Newbury, OH. FMI: 440-564-7303, https:// bluelakesfarm.wixsite.com/website FEB. 13 — Ross County 4H Horse Committee 10th Annual Tack Swap & Auction, 12 p.m., Ross County Fairgrounds, 344 Fairgrounds Rd., Chillicothe, OH. FMI: Holly, 740-3046254, hollycaryn@gmail.com FEB. 17 — Forages for Horses Webinar Series: Nutrition and Parasites, 7 p.m. FMI: https:// go.osu.edu/foragesforhorseregistration FEB. 19 — Blue Lakes Farm Winter Series Contest Show, 14037 Auburn Rd., Newbury, OH. FMI: 440-564-7303, https:// bluelakesfarm.wixsite.com/website FEB. 19 — Waynesburg Barrel Show Series, 107 Fairgrounds Road, Waynesburg, PA. FMI: waynesburgbarrelshows@yahoo.com, www. facebook.com/waynesburgbarrelshows/ FEB. 19 — Winter Series (NBHA, IBRA, NPBA), 5S Arena, 570 Mount Jackson Heights Rd., Athens, WV. FMI: Sarah Stafford, 304-952-3254 FEB. 19 — Ranch Sorting National Championships, Rockin M Farms Arena, 3267 Center Ridge Rd., DeMossville, KY. FMI: Eric Ross, 859-991-5532

FEB. 19-20 — Chasin’ Cold Cans Winter Series Part 1, WB Ranch, 1640 County Road B, Swanton, OH. FMI: Baily VanTilburg, 567644-5761.

FEB. 20 — Ohio Academy Riders Winter Tournament, Blue Lakes Farm, Newbury, OH. FMI: Alyssa Rogers, 216-538-6753, www.ohiomorganhorse.com FEB. 20 — IN, KY & OH IBRA Show, Beach Farms, 7800 W. Baseline Rd., Holton, IN. FMI: Justin Beach, 812-756-2011 FEB. 23 — Wednesday Night Jackpot Barrel Race Series, Kentucky Cowtown Arena, 210 Wainscott Road, Williamstown, KY. FMI: 859801-6606, www.facebook.com/KentuckyCowtown-Arena-100638532177540 FEB. 25-27 — AQHA/KYQHA Special Event Poles & Barrels, Briken Hill Arena, 1509 Red House Road, Richmond, KY. FMI: Kay Kass, 859-229-2416, kyhorseshowsec@ gmail.com FEB. 26 — Ohio 4-H Horse Program Virtual Hippology, Horse Bowl & Horse Judging Clinic Communications Contest. FMI: Dr. Kimberly Cole, 614-292-2625, cole.436@ osu.edu, www.horse.osu.edu FEB. 26 — Knox County OHC Tack Auction, Martinsburg Activity Center, 122 E. Liberty St., Martinsburg, OH. FMI: Terry Baker, 740-427-3085 FEB. 26 — Leaping Fox Equine Center’s Wooly Horse Show and Clinic, 9 a.m., 850 W. Conty Road 100 N., Roachdale, IN. FMI: Sarah French, 812-345-4033, sarahfrenchhorsemanship@gmail.com FEB. 26-27 — YEDA Foundation Fundraising Show, Garwood Arena, 2538 Middleton Rd., Columbiana, OH. FMI: www. showyeda.com FEB. 27 — 16th Annual Tack Swap, Blue Lakes Farm, 14037 Auburn Rd., Newbury, OH. FMI: Amy Snyder, 440-479-8503, cowgirlup73@hotmail.com MARCH 2022 MARCH 1-SEPT. 1 — Michigan Horse Council Ride Challenge. FMI: www. michiganhorsecouncil.com MARCH 2-6 — Indiana Quarter Horse Association Shamrock Shuffle, C Bar C Arena, 253 W. Stardust Rd., Cloverdale, IN. FMI: Kathy Avolt, 765-714-4324, www.

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WOOD COUNTY HORSEMAN’S FLEA MARKET

March 27, 2022 • 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (Set-up at 8:30 a.m.)

Wood County Fairgrounds in the Pavilion 13800 W. Poe Road, Bowling Green, Ohio

Commercial Spaces: $25 • Non-Commercial Spaces: $20 Outside Vendors: $2/ft. (of your frontage) • Trailers: $20 $2 Admission in to the building (8 & under free) 1 wristband per space will be provided for vendor pre-entry Contact: Catherine Kramp, (567) 322-1060 or krampc@findlay.edu 12988 Reitz Road, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551

New & Used Clothing & Equipment

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Make checks payable to: Wood County Horse & Pony Clubs

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Corral Calendar Continued from page 34 MARCH 4 — Mule and Donkey Special Sale, Sugarcreek Stockyards, 102 Buckeye Street, Sugarcreek, OH. FMI: 330-8311720, info@sugarcreekstockyards.com, www.sugarcreekstockyard.com MARCH 4-6 — Chasin’ Cold Cans Winter Series Part 2, WB Ranch, 1640 County Road B, Swanton, OH. FMI: Baily VanTilburg, 567644-5761.

MARCH 5 — IN, KY & OH IBRA Show, Beach Farms, 7800 W. Baseline Rd., Holton, IN. FMI: Justin Beach, 812-756-2011 MARCH 5 — Waynesburg Barrel Show Series, 107 Fairgrounds Road, Waynesburg, PA. FMI: waynesburgbarrelshows@yahoo.com, www. facebook.com/waynesburgbarrelshows/ MARCH 5 — Hay, Straw & Firewood Auction, Clare Co. Produce Auction Building, 6820 E. Colonville Rd., Clare, MI. FMI: Yoder Brothers Auction Service, 989386-9082 MARCH 5-6 — OPHC Furry No Bling APHA & All Breed Open Show, Garwood Arena, Columbiana, OH. FMI: Tim, 937-308-1611, tsnapp@americanbus.com, www.ophc.org MARCH 5-6 — YEDA Show, Garwood Arena, 2538 Middleton Rd., Columbiana, OH. FMI: www.showyeda.com MARCH 5-6 — Winter Indoor Mountain Trail Show Series, Shenanigans Stables, 7310 Abbey Rd. NE, Carrollton, OH. FMI: Laura, 814-434-0914 (text only) MARCH 6 — Randolph County 4-H Horse & Pony Pork Chop Dinner/Tack Swap, Randolph County Fairgrounds, 1885 US Hwy. 27 S, Winchester, IN. FMI: Shawnda Bond, 765-546-0746, www.randolphriders. webs.com

MARCH 6 — GC Tack Swap, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Pine Twp. Engine Company, 1252 S. Center St., Grove City, PA. FMI: Lauren, 724-854-2634, lajbuchanan@hotmail.com MARCH 7-11 — 42nd Annual Spring MidOhio Draft Horse & Carriage Sale, Mt. Hope Auction, 8076 SR 241, Millersburg, OH. FMI: 330-674-6188, www.mthopeauction. com MARCH 11-13 — Michigan Horse Expo, MSU Pavilion, East Lansing, MI. FMI: www.michiganhorseexpo.org MARCH 12 — Buckeye Mini Horse & Donkey Auction, 8:30 a.m., Wayne County Fairgrounds, 199 Vanover St., Wooster, OH. FMI: Daniel Schrock, 330-763-0905, schrocksauctioneering@gmail.com MARCH 12 — Treharne’s Training Center Rodeo, 49053 Fredericktown Clarkson Rd., Negley, OH. FMI: 330-692-1271, www. facebook.com/davetreharnetrainingcenter MARCH 12 — Crawford County Horse Council Tack Swap and Silent Auction, Crawford County Fairgrounds (youth building), 610 Whetstone St., Bucyrus, OH. FMI: Trisha, 419-563-5170, trishatackett2@ gmail.com MARCH 12 — Crazy Woman Ranch IBRA Barrels, 6450 Lancaster-Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Joyce, 614-595-1850, joycehanes@att.net MARCH 12 — Mt. Hope Horse Sale, 8076 SR 241, Millersburg, OH. FMI: 330-6746188, www.mthopeuaction.com MARCH 12 — Gymkhana Series, Kowboy Corral, 7363 New Madison Coletown Rd., Greenville, OH. FMI: 765-524-1880 (Call/ Text)

MARCH 12 — Chilled Classic Winter Series 2022, Sundance Arena, 310 Fredonia Rd., Fredonia, PA. FMI: Alicia SurrenaZygarowski, 724-679-0186 MARCH 12 — Winter Schooling Show, 10 a.m., Hartmeyer Stables, 7111 W. Bethel Ave., Muncie, IN. FMI: Victoria Hill, 812878-0216 MARCH 12 — Riding Horse Sale, 1 p.m., Paris Stockyards, 1120 Millersburg Rd., Paris, KY. FMI: Brandon, 859-462-1728 MARCH 12-13 — Youth Rodeo, Garwood Arena, 2538 Middleton Rd., Columbiana, OH. FMI: 330-717-4329, garwoodarena@ gmail.com, www.garwoodarena.com MARCH 12-13 — Kentucky/Indiana Invitational JH &HS Rodeo, Central Kentucky Ag Expo, 678 S. Wallace Wilkerson Blvd., Liberty, KY. FMI: www.inhsrodeo.com MARCH 13 — Blue Lakes Farm Winter Series Pleasure Show, 14037 Auburn Rd., Newbury, OH. FMI: 440-564-7303, https:// bluelakesfarm.wixsite.com/website MARCH 13 — Cuyahoga Farm Bureau 19th Annual Used Tack Sale, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds Home & Hobby Building, Middleburg Heights, OH. FMI: 440-877-0706, cuyahoga@ofbf.org, cuyahoga.ofbf.org MARCH 17 — Forages for Horses Webinar Series: Pasture and Weed Management, Soil Fertility and Species Selection, 7 p.m. FMI: https://go.osu.edu/ foragesforhorseregistration MARCH 19 — Blue Lakes Farm Winter Series Contest Show, 14037 Auburn Rd., Newbury, OH. FMI: 440-564-7303, https:// bluelakesfarm.wixsite.com/website

MARCH 19 — Rodeo, 5:30 p.m., Garwood Arena, 2538 Middleton Rd., Columbiana, OH. FMI: 330-717-4329, garwoodarena@ gmail.com, www.garwoodarena.com MARCH 19 — Winter Series (NBHA, IBRA, NPBA), 5S Arena, 570 Mount Jackson Heights Rd., Athens, WV. FMI: Sarah Stafford, 304-952-3254 MARCH 19 — Lapeer Equestrian Team Tack Sale Fundraiser, Lapeer Center for Innovation, 170 Millville Rd., Lapeer, MI. FMI: Kaitlynn Tuckey, 810-614-1468, lapeerequestrianteam@yahoo.com MARCH 19 — IN, KY & OH IBRA Show, Beach Farms, 7800 W. Baseline Rd., Holton, IN. FMI: Justin Beach, 812-756-2011 MARCH 19-20 — Spring Fling Open Horse Show, 8:30 a.m., Champions Center, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: 740610-4129, horsejudge125@gmail.com, www.buckeyeequestrianevents.com MARCH 19-20 — YEDA Show, Hendersons Arena, Jackson, OH. FMI: www.showyeda. com MARCH 20 — 36th Annual Great Tack Exchange sponsored by Warren County OHC, Greene County Expo Center & Fairgrounds Building Livestock 3, 120 Fairgrounds Rd., Xenia, OH. FMI: www. greattackexchange.webs.com MARCH 20 — New WDAA 2022 Tests with Ida Norris & Stacy Westfall, Four Star Quarter Horses, 10156 Marysville Rd., Ostrander, OH. FMI: midohiodressage@ gmail.com, www.midohiodressage.com

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Buckeye Mini Horse & Donkey Auction Followed by Ponies & Horses Wayne County Fairgrounds 199 Vanover Street Wooster, Ohio 44691

Saturday, March 12, 2022 8:30 a.m.

12 p.m.

Tack & Equipment 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: $30.

Terms of Sale: Cash or GOOD Check with proper ID. Out-of-State checks must have letter of credit from your bank. Coggins and health papers required on out-of-state animals.

Nearby Places to Stay Best Western (330) 264-7750 Super 8 (330) 439-5766 Hampton Inn (330) 345-4424

2022 AUCTION DATES May 21 • July 23 October 8 • November 26 For More Information: Auctioneer Daniel Schrock Ohio License #2015000116

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O H I O P AI N T H O R S E C L U B 2022 SHOW DATES Furry Frenzy

M ar c h 5 - 6

A P H A & A l l B r e e d O p e n Sh o w

Garwood Arena Columbiana, Ohio 2 APHA Judges and Open $$ Classes A Furry No Bling Show (Show clothes/equipment optional)

Great 8 Zone-O-Rama

M ay 6 - 8

C Bar C Arena Cloverdale, Indiana 6 APHA Judges A Midwest Connection Series Show

Buckeye Extravaganza

May 14 - 15

Fulton County Fairgrounds Wauseon, Ohio 4 Judge Paint-O-Rama

Border Bash

July 30 - 31 Fulton County Fairgrounds Wauseon, Ohio 4 Judge Paint-O-Rama A Midwest Connection Series Show

Hoosier Buckeye Palooza

Aug 20 - 21

Fulton County Fairgrounds Wauseon, Ohio 4 Judge Paint-O-Rama A Midwest Connection Series Show

Amateur Club Show

Aug 27-28

Madison County Fairgrounds London, Ohio 2 Judges Sat / 2 Judges Sun o hio phc @gm a il. c o m February 2022

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Corral Calendar Continued from page 36 MARCH 24-27 — Road To The Horse, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 325-736-5000, tammy@roadtothehorse. com, www.roadtothehorse.com MARCH 25-26 — Premier Haflinger Auction, Topeka Livestock, Topeka, IN. FMI: Glenn Yoder, 574-646-3225, glennyoder@ upwardprint.com MARCH 25-27 — AQHA/KYQHA Special Event Poles & Barrels, Briken Hill Arena, 1509 Red House Road, Richmond, KY. FMI: Kay Kass, 859-229-2416, kyhorseshowsec@ gmail.com MARCH 26 — Clark County 4-H Horse Committee Annual Tack Swap & Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Clark County Fairgrounds, 4401 S. Charleston Pike, Springfield, OH. FMI: Mindy Johnson, 937-207-5815 MARCH 26 — Waynesburg Barrel Show Series, 107 Fairgrounds Road, Waynesburg, PA. FMI: www.facebook. com/waynesburgbarrelshows/ MARCH 26 — Ranch Sorting National Championships, Rockin M Farms Arena, 3267 Center Ridge Rd., DeMossville, KY. FMI: Eric Ross, 859-991-5532 MARCH 26-27 — Ohio Ranch Horse Association Ranch Horse Clinic, Henderson Arena, Jackson, OH. FMI: Amy, 740-407-2286, amyshd@yahoo.com, www.ohioranchhorseassociation.com MARCH 26-27 — 2-Day ORHA Clinic, Terry Myers Training Center, 4170 Stover Road, Ostrander, OH. FMI: 740-666-1162, www.

TMTrainingCenter.com MARCH 27 — Wood County Horseman’s Flea Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wood County Fairgrounds in the Pavilion,

13800 W. Poe Rd., Bowling Green, OH. FMI: Catherine Kramp, 567-322-1060, krampc@findlay.edu MARCH 27 — 26th Annual Darke County Tack Sale, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Darke County Fairgrounds, Greenville, OH. FMI: Laura, 937-467-6206 (text) MARCH 30 — Wednesday Night Jackpot Barrel Race Series, Kentucky Cowtown Arena, 210 Wainscott Road, Williamstown, KY. FMI: 859-801-6606, www.facebook.com/Kentucky-CowtownArena-100638532177540 MARCH 31-APRIL 3 — 2nd Annual Indiana Equine Roudup, C Bar C Expo Center, Cloverdale, IN. FMI: 765-4388696, marketing@cbarcexpo.com, www. cbarcexpo.com APRIL 2022 APRIL 2 — Mahoning Saddle Horse Symposium, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Canfield Fairgrounds, 7256 Columbiana-Canfield Rd., Canfield, OH. FMI: Christine, 330-7175960, cmkeyleader@gmail.com APRIL 2 — Ruggles Arena IBRA, NPBA Speed Show, 2651 Township Road 155, Cardington, OH. FMI: Janet Ruggles, 419210-7204 APRIL 2 — INHSRA Junior High Rodeo, High Call Arena, 13261 W. Polk Rd., Lexington, IN. FMI: www.inhsrodeo.com APRIL 2-3 — YEDA Show, Grange Park, Centre Hall, PA. FMI: www.showyeda.com APRIL 2-3 — Kentucky Paint Horse Club 4-Judge Spring Paint-O-Rama Show, Lakeside Arena, Frankfork, KY. FMI: www. kyphc.org

UPCOMING SALES Special sales begin at 10:30 a.m., horses follow.

Regular sales begin at 11 a.m.

FEBRUARY 11 & 12 2-DAY CABIN FEVER SPECIAL CATALOG HORSE SALE

Horse Sale Every Friday Tack at 11 a.m.

Horses at 2 p.m.

Consignments due February 4th.

Open to all vendors and used tack.

No consignment necessary.

MARCH 4

SPECIAL DRAFT & CROSSBRED CATALOG SALE, Consignments due

Livestock Sale Every Monday

MARCH 11

SPECIAL CATALOG HORSE SALE,

Hay at Noon Livestock 12:30 p.m.

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Send consignment information for posting on Facebook to info@sugarcreekstockyards.com

102 Buckeye Street Sugarcreek, Ohio

February 25th

Consignments due March 4th

EASTER SPECIAL (SATURDAY) CATALOG HORSE SALE, Consignments due April 1st

MAY 13

SPECIAL MULE & DONKEY CATALOG SALE, Consignments due May 6th

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APRIL 3 — Classical Attraction Dressage Tack Sale, Brecksville Stables, 11921 Parkview Dr., Brecksville, OH. FMI: CADSrider@gmail.com, www. cadsdressage.org APRIL 3 — Blue Lakes Farm Winter Series Pleasure Show, 14037 Auburn Rd., Newbury, OH. FMI: 440-564-7303, https:// bluelakesfarm.wixsite.com/website APRIL 7-10 — Equine Affaire, Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH. FMI: 740-8450085, info@equineaffaire.com, www. equineaffaire.com APRIL 9 — Ohio 4-H Horse Program Horse Bowl, Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4H Center, 2201 Fred Taylor Dr., Columbus, OH. FMI: Dr. Kimberly Cole, 614-292-2625, cole.436@osu.edu, www.horse.osu.edu APRIL 9 — 1-Day Ride-In-Sync Horsemanship Clinic, Terry Myers Training Center, 4170 Stover Road, Ostrander, OH. FMI: 740-666-1162, www.

TMTrainingCenter.com APRIL 9 — Mt. Hope Horse Sale, 8076 SR 241, Millersburg, OH. FMI: 330-674-6188, www.mthopeuaction.com APRIL 9 — Waynesburg Barrel Show Series, 107 Fairgrounds Road, Waynesburg, PA. FMI: www.facebook.com/ waynesburgbarrelshows/ APRIL 9-10 — YEDA Show, Midway University Equestrian Center, Midway, KY. FMI: www.showyeda.com APRIL 9-10 — American Shetland Pony Club & IN Small Equine Association Show, Henry County Saddle Club, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-524-2400, hcsadle@ gmail.com, www.hcsaddleclub.com APRIL 13-17 — Indiana Quarter Horse Youth Association Show, C Bar C Arena, 253 W. Stardust Rd., Cloverdale, IN. FMI: Kathy Avolt, 765-714-4324, www.

AnEquineProduction.com APRIL 15-17 — Ohio Half Arabian Horse Association Spring Show, World Equestrian Center, 4095 State Route 730, Wilmington, OH. FMI: Cindy Clinton, 937-962-4336, www.ohaha.org APRIL 16 — Treharne’s Training Center Rodeo, 49053 Fredericktown Clarkson Rd., Negley, OH. FMI: 330-692-1271, www. facebook.com/davetreharnetrainingcenter APRIL 16 — Gymkhana Series, Kowboy Corral, 7363 New Madison Coletown Rd., Greenville, OH. FMI: 765-524-1880 (Call/ Text) APRIL 16 — Chilled Classic Winter Series 2022, Sundance Arena, 310 Fredonia Rd., Fredonia, PA. FMI: Alicia SurrenaZygarowski, 724-679-0186 APRIL 16 — Kal-Val Saddle Club Pleasure & Speed Show, 9853 S. 34th St., Scotts, MI. FMI: Melissa Shrader, 269-808-7573 APRIL 16-17 — Lower Michigan Horse Association Show, Ingham County Fairgrounds, 700 E. Ash St., Mason, MI. FMI: lowermichiganhorseassociation@ gmail.com, Find us on Facebook APRIL 16-17 — Indiana Paint Horse Association Show, Henry County Saddle Club, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: indianapainthorseclub@gmail.com, www. inphc.org APRIL 16-17 — West Virginia Quarter Horse Association Show, Winfield Riding Club, 5449 St. Rt. 34, Winfield, WV. FMI: www. wvqhafuturities.com APRIL 20 — HCSC Hump Day Barrels, Henry County Saddle Club, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-524-2400, hcsaddle@ gmail.com, www.hcsaddleclub.com

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APRIL 22 — 51st Spring Auction of Coaches, Carriages, Sleighs, Appointments & Antiques, Lebanon Fairgrounds, Lebanon, PA. FMI: 717-354-6671, www. martinauctioneers.com APRIL 22-24 — Ohio Ranch Horse Association Show, Henderson Arena, 739 Van Fossen Rd., Jackson, OH. FMI: Amy Roberts, 740-819-8446, amyshd@yahoo. com, www.ohioranchhorseassociation.com APRIL 22-24 — Michigan Justin Morgan Horse Association Classic Show, Ingham County Fairgrounds, Mason, MI. FMI: mjmha@mjmha.com, www.mjmha.com APRIL 23 — Mid-Ohio Marauders Clinic, Madision County Fairgrounds, 205 Elm Street, London, OH. FMI: 740-206-7214, midohiomarauders@gmail.com, www. midohiomarauders.com APRIL 23 — Classical Attraction Dressage Schooling Show, Brecksville Stables, 11921 Parkview Dr., Brecksville, OH. FMI: CADSrider@gmail.com, www. cadsdressage.org APRIL 23 — Ohio Valley Team Penning Association Sorting Series, Treharne Training Center, 49053 FredericktownClarkson Rd., Negley, OH. FMI: John May, 814-397-3265, www.facebook.com/ ohiovalleyteampenning APRIL 23 — Blue Lakes Farm Winter Series Contest Show, 14037 Auburn Rd., Newbury, OH. FMI: 440-564-7303, https:// bluelakesfarm.wixsite.com/website APRIL 23 — Crazy Woman Ranch IBRA Barrels, 6450 Lancaster-Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Joyce, 614-595-1850, joycehanes@att.net APRIL 23 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Karen Sarver, 740-3853431.

APRIL 23 — Waynesburg Barrel Show Series, 107 Fairgrounds Road, Waynesburg, PA. FMI: www.facebook.com/ waynesburgbarrelshows/ APRIL 23-24 — YEDA Show, WB Ranch, 1640 County Road B, Swanton, OH. FMI: www.showyeda.com APRIL 23-24 — Ashland Paint & Plain Horse Show, Ashland County Fairgrounds, 2042 Claremont Ave., Ashland, OH. FMI: Chunk Watts, 330-317-0945, www. ashlandpaintandplain.com APRIL 23-24 — Ottawa County Horse Foundation Spring Fuzzy Show (Speed 23rd, Performance 24th), Ottawa County Fairgrounds, 2770 W. State Rt. 163, Oak Harbor, OH. FMI: Brianne, 419-707-0398, www.ochf.net APRIL 23-24 — IN/KY High School Rodeo, Henry County Saddle Club, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: Casey, 702-265-9377, www.inhsrodeo.com APRIL 23-24 — Kal-Val Saddle Club Extreme Trail Fundraiser Competition, 9853 S. 34th St., Scotts, MI. FMI: Melissa Shrader, 269808-7573 APRIL 23-24 — Introduction to Ranch Horse Clinic (23rd) & Advanced Ranch Horse Clinic (24th), 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Berrien County Fairgrounds, 9122 Old US 31, Berrien Springs, MI. FMI: Sam Holwerda, 616-890-1190, samholwerda@yahoo.com, www.miranchhorse.com

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Ohio Morgan Horse Association

Ohioans Receive AMHA Awards PRESIDENT, Alyssa Rose VICE PRESIDENT, Elizabeth Thomas SECRETARY, Nancy Rinz TREASURER, Elizabeth Burick WEBSITE, www.ohiomorganhorse.com

by Susan Walker Greetings from sunny Orlando, Florida! Wish you were here.

(Since this will come out in February, wish I were ‘here’ again.) I am attending the combined UPHA National annual convention joined by AHHS, AMHA, ARHPA, ASHBA, and ASM. If you are confused by all the acronyms that is Hackneys, Morgans, Road Horses, Saddlebreds and the American Saddlebred Museum.

Lots of good information is being disseminated at various seminars and lots of networking, socializing and fun is taking place as well. But the cherry on the sundae is the perfectly sunny, 72-degree weather around the hotel pool. I just checked the weather at home via the Internet

—high of 32 degrees, low of 20 degrees. Maybe I’ll just stay!

Yesterday, I attended a presentation entitled ‘ASHBA Breeding Round Table’ described as ‘a candid discussion on the state of American Saddlebred breeding with some of our industry’s leading breeders.’

Although this meeting was sponsored by the American Saddlebred Association, the Morgan breed was an integral part of the conversation. The meeting began with a statistical presentation including graphs of such numbers as foals born, foals registered, stallion service records, and transfers. Some statistics were given for most of the horse breeds common in the U.S. Then a more detailed set of statistics and graphs were examined for Saddlebreds and for Morgans. These numbers are considered indicative of the health of a horse breed, not only economically but in terms of the gene pool. Numbers have steadily been declining. The ASB has been hit hard, while Morgans have recently had a slight uptick from the drop. To summarize the bottom-line message of the

seminar, breeds have a problem in that the supply for the ‘product’ (i.e., show prospects to be trained or show horses to be purchased) is falling short of the demand. The simple answer to this problem is more foals need to be bred, born and make it to the show ring. The snag is how to make this happen. The remainder of the presentation was a brainstorming session as to what obstacles are keeping the breeding numbers low and what can be done to reverse the trend. Many interesting ideas were bantered about but the general consensus seemed to be that no one quick fix is going to quickly solve this dilemma. If anyone reading this has a remedy or an idea to share, the UPHA, AMHA and ASHBA would be happy to hear about it.

But it was not all about presentations and seminars; many award presentations were interspersed throughout the schedule. As for the AMHA awards, Ohioans were well represented.

Louise Fraser received the 2021 Cecil R. Brown Sportsmanship Award.

I have had the pleasure of

having been aisle neighbors of Louise. If you have shared that experience or had even casual dealings with the thoughtful and generous Louise, then you know what a well-deserved honor this is for her. Native Ohio gentlemen Terry Rutledge and Phil Price both received the prestigious Golden Reins award. This seemed particularly fitting as their horse show lives have been intertwined since their late teen and early adult years, working with each other under the direction of famed trainer, Owen Price, at Phil’s family’s Carousel Stables and in friendly but seriously competitive rivalry after that. Congratulations to all three of these deserving award winners!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FEB. 18-19: Michigan Morgan Horse Breeders Futurity AllThings Morgan Celebration, Goshen, IN. FEB. 20: Ohio Academy Riders Winter Tournament, Blue Lakes Farm, Newbury, OH Feb. 25-26: UPHA Chapter 13 Winter Weekend, Newark, OH

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It’s all in the Transitions

by Sarah Vas

M

y training and teaching programs have long since been completely dissolved under the assumption that it was consuming all my time. Yet, my rag tag herd of five personal horses continue to get less broke and more aged with every passing month. I don’t want to quit on my equine pursuits but I can’t seem to get rolling again.

If ever there was the need for a motivational lecture, it’s now, and someone who needed to hear it, it’s me. Every aspect of life these days feels like it’s either in limbo, free falling, or gaining speed while I’m dragging behind. Because my husband is a saint, somehow I’m still married and thankfully he keeps coming home from work but…

We recently had some much needed, honest conversation regarding our aging bodies and the burdens of property maintenance. This ‘21-acres-and-a-mule’ chapter of our life needs to transition into a lifestyle more suited to the middle-aged couple we’ve become. We’re scaling back some more, letting another load of stuff go, and making some huge decisions. There’s even a 5-year plan in the works for a change in geography. Making it happen will be a whole ‘nother gauntlet to run. I’m still waking up every day already worn down to the nub.

I highly doubt that beavers question their dam building abilities at the base of every tree before gnawing away at the bark. Only humans have mastered the unique skill of self-sabotage. Lately, I’ve been living a perpetual loop of my own self-saboteur trifecta; Perfectionism, Doing Second Things First, and All Planning/No Execution. Not sure you have these challenging traits in your wheel house? Let me give you

some examples of the internal dialogue buzzing through the mind of a horse owner.

Perfectionism: I can’t work horses today because It’s too hot, too cold, too windy, too buggy, too sunny, too late, too close to supper time...

I’m tired, sad, sore, busy, angry (seriously, though, don’t train your horse angry…)

My saddle doesn’t fit, bit isn’t right, trainer can’t come today, horse is already turned out…

The last ride sucked, felt terrible, had me in tears, had my instructor in tears…

My horse spooks at that corner, the jump cups, the mounting block, cold air, clouds…

I didn’t work the horse yesterday, last week, last season, last year…

My stirrups are too long, saddle pad won’t stay put, leg won’t stop swinging, crotch keeps getting chafed...

Someone is watching me, already in the arena, giving me unsolicited advise, having a party next door…

I can’t get started, keep at it, tolerate interruptions, not get bucked off…

Doing Second Things First: I can’t work with my horse today because I have to clean stalls, fix the fence, water the arena, mow the lawn, go to the grocery store…

My house is filthy, car is making a weird noise, kid has a soccer game…

I’ve got chores, work, deadlines, errands, meetings, kids’ activities, prime time television, books I never read...

I have to groom him, bathe him, get his feet trimmed, lunge him first, turn him out right now, feed him…

There’s scrolling to do through my email, my social media, my texts, my old photos, my TV stream...

I need to take a nap, take a walk, take a poo, take some Xanax, take some lessons…

Work called, my kids need school clothes, the dog puked in the dining room, the laundry is piling up…

I have to help my mom, my kid, my coworker, myself to another bowl of ice cream...

All Planning/No Execution: I can work my horse once:

Don’t want or wish or quit

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I figure out how to have more time, more daylight, more room in the schedule, more get up in my go…

I set up a training calendar, weight loss routine, appointment with my trainer, session with my therapist…

The footing gets groomed, the saddle is professionally flocked, the vet says I can, the farrier says I can…

I know the show dates, the classes, what vacation days my boss approves…

I get him moved to a new barn, a new stall, a different turnout group, vaccinated, gelded...

The horse has 60 days in the bitting rig, on the lunge line, in the jog bike, with the trainer, with a psychic…

I make it through the weekend, next week, next month, my kid’s graduation, my period, menopause…

I can get up, go to bed, leave work, leave school, leave my house earlier like a real grownup…

And what about when collective knowledge and experience breeds a new kind of doubt, not because we fear the unknown but because we know too much. The next beginning is daunting. We know exactly how much pain we’re in for just attempting to reach those rare and shiny wisps of bliss. Or when the defeats behind us tap on our shoulders, whispering about how they outnumber the bright encores and brilliant victories. When they’re prodding heavily on the scars they’ve left while saying you’re no longer the person you were when you earned those scars.

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Mid Ohio Dressage Association

Celebration and Education PRESIDENT, Vicki Milliron VICE PRESIDENT, Jessica Miltimore SECRETARY, Anna Cluxton TREASURER, Beth Baryon EMAIL, vickimilliron@hotmail.com WEBSITE, www.midohiodressage.org

MODA celebrated their 2021 show season on Dec. 12 with the presentation of awards for both schooling and recognized shows.

Participants received rosette ribbons and custom halters.

The awards committee of Amy Rothe-Hietter, Christine TalbertBash and Jessica Miltimore Kuhnash worked diligently to tabulate the results. A complete list of recipients as well as the year end video can be found at https://www.midohiodressage. com/2021-year-end-awards.html The year-end awards celebration is always a special

time as the coveted perpetual awards are presented. These trophies, plaques, belt buckles and sculpted pieces have been donated by members over the years and often carry a sentimental or honorary story.

The perpetual trophies for 2021 are as follows:

GOOD MORNING MEMORIAL TROPHY: Madelief B, owned/ridden by Laurinda Morris.

FREESTYLE HIGH PERCENTAGE AWARD: Maestro, owned/ridden by Kara Corpman.

MODA HIGH PERCENTAGE AMATEUR TROPHY: Teresa Foltz.

MODA ADULT AMATEUR AWARD: Laurinda Morris.

MODA RISING STAR AWARD: Zak Beaver.

MODA YOUTH HIGH PERCENTAGE AWARD: Makaila Beiter.

GOLDEN APPLE AWARD: The Chairman, owned/ridden by Taylor Cheeseman.

THE VISION AWARD: MT Aztec Gold MMS, owned/ridden by Tracy DiSabato Aust.

SOUTH WIND STABLES WESTERN DRESSAGE AWARD: LoLo, owned/

2022 brings the beginning of the educational component of MODA. All of the educational

opportunities are value added for MODA members with reduced fees and priority registration.

Complete information can be found at https://www. midohiodressage.com/modaclinics.html.

First up is the Taste of L Program Webinar with Marilyn Heath on Feb. 21 and 28 as well as March 7.

Next is the in-person Western Dressage Workshop. Clinician Ida Norris will guide us through the new WDAA tests Intro-Level 2. The fourth test in each of those levels will be demonstrated and critiqued by Ida. This March 20th event has limited space and pre-registration with payment is required.

Finally, a Spring Ride-A-Test is being finalized for April.

We invite you to join us for our educational opportunities and to watch the web page for our 2022 shows so that you too can celebrate with us at year’s end.

this time as breeders of Arabian/ Welsh Sport Ponies for dressage and carriage while husband

and wife indulge their pent up creativity producing a variety of rustic décor and iron work.

ridden by Karen Kent.

BIG SHOES TO FILL: Kells Xtra Kash, owned/ridden by Nancy Wentz.

TIP: Route Seven, owned/ridden by Nicole Verbeck.

CROSSOVER BUCKLE: Rumor Has It & Hope Ingalls.

TOUCH THE SKY: Weltauna, ridden

by Amy Rothe-Hietter.

MODA LEAP HIGH AWARD: Sophia, ridden by Christa Hanlon FOUR STAR QUARTER HORSES SPONSORED AWARDS USEF/USDF RECOGNIZED ADULT AMATEUR: Smokin Custom Crome, Shown by Kristen Patton.

SCHOOLING SHOWS: English Pixie, shown by Kathy Smith SCHOOLING SHOWS: Western LoLo, shown by Karen Kent.

SCHOOLING SHOWS: Prospect InHand DL Cosmos Whiskey PF. HIGHEST AVERAGE OF ABOVE: buckle winner Karen Kent, LoLo.

We congratulate everyone for their 2021 accomplishments.

Transitions (continued) I once read an essay about fearing Life’s Transitions. The author stated that the Beginning and the End are Life’s shortest parts. Just bravely pass through them even if you have to do it with eyes squeezed tight and emotions on fire. The really good stuff lies in the long, winding middle between transitions of bittersweet finish and scary start. What if the middle isn’t a comfortable coast? What if that big chunk in between is itself a never-ending string of exhausting transitions? The great equestrians preach that transitions are more important than the movements.

Every ride should be filled with thousands and thousands of them between and within all the gaits, the levels of collection, and changes of direction. Without transitions, the ride gets stuck.

Stuck in heaviness. Stuck in ever-quickening speed or the pull of forward propulsion until everything is out of control. Add to this complexity that effective and skillfully applied transitions are learned and earned, period.

One could say it would be easy to find oneself perpetually stuck in transition. Never fully completing one thing and struggling to truly get started on the thing ahead of you. A constant, concerted effort to keep chaos from gaining ground. It sounds like everyday life to me.

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morphs from a scattered mess of random failed starts into a long line of beginnings executed with no other intentions amongst them but just to say you didn’t stay stuck. So, just start. You’ve planned enough. Talked to death all the things you used to do, all the things you want to do. You are today what you do today. And if you aren’t doing something, whether beginning, ending, or trudging steadily along, then you’re just doing nothing with the time you’ve got. Just begin.

Lean in to the difficulty of every transition, beginning, meaty middle, or bittersweet ending.

The story writes itself behind you, no matter what. Make it worth the read.

Sarah Vas, a second-generation horsewoman, writes about her decades of adventure and mayhem among several breeds and disciplines, and countless equine educational endeavors both as student and teacher. Sarah owns and operates a continuation of her parents’ original business, Winfield Farm & Forge, Ltd., that which couldn’t currently exist without constant gratitude for Kevin, her very forgiving, ridiculously supportive husband.

Together, they are quietly beginning to explore the Farm’s newest chapters, both in and out of the horse world. They are returning to Sarah’s family roots,

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Wayne County Saddle Club

Memories of the ‘Hollow’ PRESIDENT, Stan Bosler VICE PRESIDENT, Angie Didinger & Jaimie Horsky SECRETARY, Tricia Crilow TREASURER, Beth Eikleberry WEBSITE, waynecountysaddleclub.com

I’m writing this on Jan. 10, six days before the Wayne County Saddle Club’s annual meeting.

Due to printing requirements, I’ll have to send you the 2022 officers and directors’ names next time. However, I will make sure Matt has the information as soon as possible so he can get it on Facebook and the website, www.waynecountysaddleclub. com. I am pretty sure it’s safe to say the meeting was a success; annual business was conducted, the election held. And awards presented to those who qualified with year-end points placings. As mentioned, the board decided not to have the traditional carry-in food and dancing due primarily to the lingering threat of Covid.

My memories of the ‘Hollow’

Sis (rest her soul) and Stan and Nina in the ‘ribbon tie’, winning form for years, in 1964 or early 1965 before the arena was fenced. Note the vehicles.

Sis Mowrer on Tony in the 1960s. go back to the 1960s when my family moved to Wayne County.

Many of those memories include folks no longer with us; Doc and Pat Mairs, Don and Marge Zimmerman, Norma and Louie Still, Ed and Emma Maxwell, Ed and Elise Bosler, Dwain Massie, Roy and Barb Massie, of course Sis Mowrer...I’m gonna stop here while there are lots of folks to name. That way I’ll leave out a bunch rather than a few and risking hurting somebody’s feelings by leaving out friends or family. Besides, there’s no

Mid 60s Memorial Day parade/ Rt. 30 bridge Wooster: Ed Bosler on Smoke, Stan Bosler on Sequawia, Rich Gortner on Nina and Susie (Bosler) Gortner on Moony. way I can begin to name all those dozens whose time and devotion brought this wonderful organization into being and kept it going for 84 years. It didn’t/ doesn’t ‘just happen.’

So, to all of you who have been

and are part of this phenomenon we call the Wayne County Saddle Club—many thanks, congratulations, and prayers for a bright future!

God bless you and USA! ~Stan

Northern Ohio Dressage Association

NODA Happenings — Save the Dates!

PRESIDENT, Danielle Menteer VICE PRESIDENT, Kathy Kirchner TREASURER, Dee Liebenthal SECRETARY, Beth Scalabrino EMAIL, president@nodarider.org WEBSITE, www.nodarider.org

by Mosie Welch The upcoming virtual program ‘Inside the USDF; A virtual session with Lisa Goretta’ on Feb. 15 should be fun and educational.

Get a firsthand and knowledgeable glimpse inside our dressage organization with Lisa Gorretta, who just stepped down from her second term as USDF President and remains on board as a consultant. So, get your questions

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ready for Lisa! Have you ever wondered what the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) does? How is USDF involved in test writing?

Education?

National Teams and International Competition?

Training? New dressage rules?

Competition?

Are the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) and USDF the same? Where do my dues go?

What’s a GMO? What do you want to know about the USDF? Join NODA on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. for a one-hour virtual Question and Answer session with Lisa. This program is organized

by NODA’s new education cochairs, Sally Burton and Patty Keim. Find out more at www. nodarider.org. To sign up please complete this google form-https:// forms.gle/EF5hV9rU6Y945ucR9

NODA’s USEF/USDF Recognized Shows are taking place in May at Lake Erie College. Join NODA May 14 and 15 for NODA’s one day, two ring competitions held back-to-back. Dressage 2022 and Dressage 2022 Encore are at the George M. Humphrey Equestrian Center, Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio.

USEF “S” Judges Joan Darnell and Cesar Torrente will sit at C. The Technical Delegate on hand will be Barbara Zukowski. Gia Nichole Photography will be on site. This program is coordinated by the NODA recognized show committee. Find out more at www.nodarider.org.

Registration for NODA’s Adult Dressage Camp opens for members March 1. This year’s camp will take place June 23-26 at Stone Gate Farm in Hanoverton, Ohio. Included in the camp fee is stabling, clinics, lectures, and a ride-a-test.

Clinicians Barb Soukup “L” on Friday, and Robin Birk “r” on Saturday will provide 30-minute

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private dressage lessons and can accommodate all levels and both traditional and western dressage.

Camp draws those new to dressage and upper-level dressage riders. Emily Gill will provide a Working Equitation (WE) Clinic on Saturday focusing on how the obstacles will help your dressage riding. Sessions for groups of two to four riders will go all day.

The camp ends on Sunday with a Ride-a-Test clinic with this year’s judge being Danielle Menteer “L.” There will be lectures included at lunch and dinner for those who are interested. For an additional fee, campers can also set up cavaletti, jumping, or mountain trail lessons. Trail riding is available on site and those who have had a lesson on the mountain trail course are welcome to use it on their own.

This program is coordinated by NODA’s education co-chairs, Sally Burton and Patty Keim.

Get your registration in early, there’s only 16 spots and they fill up fast. Registration at www. nodarider.org.

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Colorado Ranger Horse Association

Time to Join CRHA and Sign Up for Programs Open Show, Logging, Distance and Youth 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) offers programs which allow CRHA members to earn year-end and lifetime awards in Logging, Distance, Youth, Futurity and Open Show. For information and applications to join these programs, visit the association’s website at www.coloradoranger.

com and the CRHA Forms page.

Ever wonder if your Appaloosa is CRHA eligible? Chances are one in eight. To meet the requirements for registration with the CRHA, a horse must trace parentage back to one of the two foundation stallions, ‘Max #2’ and ‘Patches #1’. To find out if your horse is eligible to register with CRHA, simply download the free treasure hunt form from the website, www.coloradoranger. com, and mail it in. You can also jump on the Colorado Ranger Horse Association Facebook group and introduce yourself and your horse.

Mark your calendar and plan to join us for the 49th Colorado Ranger Horse Association National Show which will be held Sept. 17-18.

Ashley Hayes and Nokins Miss Angel (aka Angel) competing in an obstacle challenge affiliated with the American Horseman Challenge. This was a couple years ago but this team intends to compete in as many challenges as possible and to ride in the national competition! Photo credit Wendy Wheelock Photography.

Buckeye Equestrian Association

Watch Facebook for 2022 Clinics and Events PRESIDENT, Susan Gordan VICE PRESIDENT, Patricia Andio SECRETARY, Jennifer Milliner TREASURER, Sally Kish FACEBOOK, Buckeye Equestrian Association

by Susan Smith-Gordan Buckeye Equestrian Association members have been busy planning the event schedule for 2022. We are excited to be hosting another

awesome series of clinics this year.

We had some wonderful clinics last year. On April 17 BEA hosted Lisa Culver for our first ever hunter clinic at Pure Gold Stables in Salem, Ohio.

Organized by Jennifer Jones, it was a success! Lisa is a gracious, knowledgeable, and motivating instructor. The participants had great sessions and each of them took away something special with them from her.

The two-day Working Equitation Clinic with Rose Watts in July was also phenomenal. Rose is

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Caveletti Extravaganza.

Working Equitation Clinic.

an exceptional horsewoman and intuitive and insightful instructor.

She and her Andalusian stallion Santi gave a beautiful 5th level demonstration that we were all privileged to see. One on one teaching allowed all the riders to find new confidence and make some wonderful connections with their horses. I think those of us auditing the clinic, gained just as much as the participants did!

Graciously Rose has agreed to do another clinic with us, and we will announce the date soon.

In August we held a Cavaletti Extravaganza at Hackamore Farms in North Jackson, Ohio.

Thank you, Candy Kekic, for organizing this wonderful event and Jen and William Milliner for hosting at your beautiful farm.

Despite the warm day, it was a fun clinic, with a work at your own pace, relaxed, quiet environment.

We are planning on expanding on

this event this year. It is a great one to bring a youngster to, or gain confidence and try some new things on a seasoned horse.

We ended the year with great food and friends at the annual Christmas potluck dinner. On behalf of all our wonderful members, end of year donations of support were made to Western Reserve Pony Club, The Camelot Center, Canter Ohio and Tranquility Sanctuary.

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We are planning an even bigger schedule this year!

Dates will be posted for 2022 Buckeye Equestrian Association clinics and events on Facebook and here, in future editions of Horsemen’s Corral. We are all looking forward to seeing you again this year and hosting events that allow you and your horses to learn, grow and have and absolute blast!

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Safely Putting on the Pounds: A Closer Look at Why Your Horse is Too Thin

by Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D.

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hen it comes to weight problems, we are more likely to be concerned about the overweight horse. But the underweight horse can be just as troubling. To solve the problem, the common approach is to add more calories. But hold your horses! (Pun intended.) We must first determine the reason your horse is underweight in the first place.

Start with the teeth.

Dental problems can be easy to miss. Watch to see if your horse is chewing with his mouth open or dropping partially chewed food.

He may also not finish his meals or salivate excessively. Or he may begin tossing his head.

All horses should have a dental exam every year to check for points or infection. Older horses may have loose teeth or excess molar wear making it difficult to chew their hay.

For these horses, I recommend wetting their feed and offering a chopped forage (preferably one without molasses) that is available ‘round the clock.

Next, make sure your horse’s liver is functioning well.

The liver plays a key role in digestive health, metabolism, and cleansing the blood from toxins. Any disruption in its function could cause your horse’s appetite to decline and contribute to weight loss.

This vital organ contributes to health in a variety of ways: • Production of bile. The horse relies on bile to start fat digestion. Bile also aids in detoxification.

• Fat metabolism. Fat is processed in the liver to make is useful to the body’s tissues.

• Synthesis of blood proteins. These are necessary for water balance, as well as for transporting minerals to tissues.

• Storage of nutrients. These include the fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) as well as B vitamins, minerals, and glycogen (storage form of glucose).

Test your horse’s blood yearly to see how he’s doing on the inside. Your veterinarian is the best resource for interpreting the blood test results, but some tests include[i]: • Albumin. If low, it can indicate liver disease. But can be reduced due to other causes such as low protein intake.

• Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT).

Elevated levels can indicate a problem. But it can also be high if the horse is insulin resistant or has equine Cushing’s disease (PPID).

When accompanied by high ALP (alkaline phosphatase), it is a better indication of liver dysfunction.

• Lactic Dehydrogenase (LDH). This enzyme can be compared with other blood enzymes to diagnose liver dysfunction.

• Other indicators include elevated bilirubin, 48

and liver enzymes such as ALT and AST, but your vet can help you interpret these.

Pay attention to encysted larvae.

Horses that don’t look or feel well, despite a good diet, may be suffering from too many encysted larvae. The larvae of small strongyles can become encapsulated and burrow into the gut wall, impairing nutrient absorption, leading to weight loss and malnutrition.

Examining a fecal sample will not reveal these larvae. Consequently, I recommend deworming once a year with either a double dose of fenbendazole for five days (Panacur PowerPac), or a yearly administration of moxidectin. Both will remove encysted larvae.

The hind gut microbiome is critically important.

The microorganisms in your horse’s hind gut (cecum and large colon) are responsible for producing enzymes capable of digesting fibers.

Hay and pasture grasses are mostly fiber and for your horse to derive calories from them (and hence, gain weight), the health of his hindgut microbiome must be in top shape.

A healthy microbiome boosts immune function by protecting against environmental viruses and bacteria.

To boost microbial health: • Add Prebiotics. Prebiotics feed the existing beneficial bacteria, making them better at producing enzymes to digest fibers. Typically, they are in the form of fructooligosaccharides (FOS) or mannooligosaccharides (MOS). Yeasts such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae and S. boulardii are often combined with MOS to boost the overall health of the microbial flora.

• Avoid too much starch. Digestion of starch and sugars leads to negative byproducts and endotoxins, potentially causing colic, cecal acidosis, and laminitis.

Feed a diet high in Mcals In horse nutrition, we use Mcals (mega calories) as a unit of energy. Fat has more than twice the number of Mcals as carbohydrates and proteins, making it an excellent choice for putting on weight.

Good fat choices are: • Oils that are high in omega 3s such as flaxseed oil or camelina oil.

• Hemp seed oil, contains gamma linolenic acid (GLA) which reduces inflammation. But there are more omega 6s then 3s, so another source of omega 3s is necessary (such as chia seed or flaxseeds).

• Coconut, rice bran, or corn oils, but keep in mind that they do not provide omega 3s, so another fat source must be added to the diet.[ii] Stay away from soybean oil, or soy protein products, unless they are organic.

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Combine high protein with fat to boost overall health while adding Mcals: • Hemp seed hearts, these are by far the best way to add extra fat, while offering your horse the best quality plant protein available. [iii]

• Ground flaxseeds or chia seeds, similar in their omega 3 content and provide protein.

Keep in mind, that if your horse has liver (or kidney) disease, protein intake needs to be reduced.

Other feedstuffs:

• Alfalfa hay, cubes, or pellets. These are higher in protein and Mcals than grass forages.

• Beet pulp. This is mostly water-soluble fiber that is digested in the hindgut, providing additional Mcals. If possible, go with a nonGMO version.

• Coconut meal. Provides protein but it is not high in quality.

• Soybean meal. Unless organic, it is best avoided since most soy grown in the US is sprayed with RoundUp herbicide (glyphosate).

Keep your horse warm during winter.

An underweight horse usually requires a blanket during wintry weather. A blanket will help reduce the amount of Mcals burned to maintain a normal body temperature.

Finally, make certain that your horse has access to forage. This can be hay and/or pasture. It must be always available, 24/7, all day and all night. Fiber fermentation within the hindgut results in heat production. A steady flow of forage throughout the digestive tract will protect his health in other ways, as well.

By respecting this fundamental truth about horses’ needs, your horse will not only stay warm, but you’ll prevent ulcers, inflammation, and other stress-related disorders.

Bottom Line For the underweight horse, don’t just reach for extra feeds. Conditions such as poor teeth, liver dysfunction, and compromised hindgut microbiome can impact your horse’s ability to maintain a good weight. Consider the whole horse when helping him regain his health.

REFERENCES: [i] Test for Liver Disease: https://www.equisearch.com/ HorseJournal/test-for-liver-disease [II] Getty, J.M. Your horse has a question – Are you feeding me omega 3s everyday? https://gettyequinenutrition.com/pages/your-horse-has-aquestion-are-you-feeding-me-omega-3s-every-day [iii] Getty, J.M. Choose hemp instead of soy. https://gettyequinenutrition.com/ pages/choose-hemp-instead-of-soy

Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D. is an internationally respected, independent equine nutritionist who believes that optimizing horse health comes from understanding how the horse’s physiology and instincts determine the correct feeding and nutrition practices. Dr. Getty provides a world of useful information for the horseperson at www.gettyequinenutrition.com.

February 2022

Farrier Friendly

Collaboration Among Farriers — A Triple Win

by Bryan S. Farcus, MA, CJF

Know your strengths…

Taking an honest, introspective view of your skill level is important to all farriers regardless of their years on the job. To start it can be helpful to define what role as a farrier best describes what you do.

These days a farrier can no longer be simply described as a jack of all trades. Now, that we have such an advanced society with more advanced capabilities, there is a greater demand for specialization in our respective technologies. In all skill-based, service industries, specialists have become an important component to providing the highest quality of service possible. In recent decades, our horse hoof care industry has quickly become increasingly more technical and thus offering more opportunities for farriers.

Similarly, in human health care, professionals will study a particular field of interest. Some focus on a general practice of family medicine, while other will follow a path toward a particular specialty. Today’s young farrier professionals now have the same opportunity to choose and follow a specialized career path. Whether a working farrier is a general practitioner or a specialist; either is respectable and necessary. GP

farriers (general practitioners) will be those whom are on the front lines in the hoof care work force. He or she will often be the ‘first responders’ in the earliest stages of your horse’s hoof problems. A specialist farrier, is often recognized by most farrier associations by awarding them specific endorsements that are proof of reaching the necessary skill level required beyond the basic skill set (i.e. lameness vet clinic work, race tracks, specialized show horse shoeing, or zoo animal hoof trimming, etc).

By knowing your current strengths, it can be a launching point for obtaining higher levels, this is where collaborations can be extremely helpful.

Reaching out…

For as long as I can remember, I’ve believed that in order to become the best you can be it’s important that you take stock of where your career currently is and then visualize where you would like to end up. In the farrier world it can be as easy as networking and reaching out to a veteran farrier who may be interested in taking on an apprentice. As a young farrier, devoting some time to a formal apprenticeship or perhaps some informal ride-alongs will give you an opportunity to experience other specialty areas.

For those that have been in the business for sometime and have already established a niche market with a set clientele, there are still times when reaching out through collaboration can be extremely helpful. Perhaps the greatest stigma in the horse industry is that if you reach out for help, calling for collaboration, it’s a sign of weakness. However, nothing can be further from the truth. Over my 30 years of practicing, I often remind my horse owners that it is my job to not only provide a routine horseshoeing service, but to also keep your horse’s overall hoof health in mind and recommend a specialist farrier if necessary. It is also important that I remain in the loop as the GP farrier and collaborate with the specialist. In all my years of doing so, I have never lost an established client, I have only gained more trust and even new clients, as the word gets out that I can be trusted to make the best call on behalf of their horse. When farriers put their heads together

it usually sparks many ideas that will inevitably lead to a solution.

To me, it is reassuring that I can call upon a few mentor farriers, when the situation requires.

Having developed and maintained those longstanding relationships definitely has paid-off.

When you consider that reaching out will often result in a healthier horse, a more satisfied horse owner, and a smarter me, it is an easy choice—and a triple win!

REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: • American Farrier’s Association, www. americanfarriers.org • American Association of Professional Farriers, www.professionalfarriers.com • Brotherhood of Working Farriers Association, www.bwfa.net

If you’ve enjoyed Bryan’s articles, go to amazon.com/farrierfriendly and check-out his books offered in Kindle or paperback form.

You can also tune into Bryan’s YouTube channel: “The Farrier Friendy Network”. For more information please visit: www. farrierfriendly.com

Knox County Horse Park

Fun Shows to be Held the First Saturday of the Month PRESIDENT, Donnie Cline VICE PRESIDENTS, Travis Ross and John Weekley TREASURER, Pam Niner SECRETARY, Anna Chadwick PHONE/TEXT, 816-305-6328 FACEBOOK, Knox County Horse Park Inc

by Anna Chadwick The Knox County Horse Park is located at 7500 Thayer Road, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

The membership meetings are February 2022

the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. The February meeting location will be posted on Facebook. From April through October we meet at the Horse Park Shelter House.

The Fun Shows for the 2022 year will be held on the first Saturday of the month with the rain date the third Saturday of the month. The shows will be April through October. There will be a Halloween Fun Show on Oct. 29.

Come to the meetings to add your suggestions, you can also contact an officer, trustee or member if you can’t attend. Be sure to check our Facebook page for any updates.

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The Cowboy Perseverance Ranch

Nourish the Growth

by Rob and Tanya Corzatt

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n Nov. 18, our oldest son and his wife blessed Rob and I with our first grandchild. Indy May, a beautiful bundle of joy that my husband just melts over.

During our daughter-in-law’s pregnancy, Rob kept telling Shea and Emily that some day he wanted to get a little blue roan that he and our granddaughter could call their own. Once Indy arrived and whenever Rob had the opportunity to hold her, he would whisper to her in a tender tone, “I’m going to get you a little blue roan some day that we can call our own.”

During our family get together on Christmas Eve, we placed a card on Indy as if she was holding it. It was a gift that she wanted to give to her new Papa.

Inside I had written a poem, that was composed to sound like Indy had written it to Rob. As he read the poem aloud he kept getting

choked up, but he jokingly kept blaming his allergies. The poem disclosed that his gift was an 8-month-old blue roan colt that they could call their own. We decided to make his barn name Dash.

Dash had not been handled much at all prior to coming here. I started working with him on little things that wouldn’t overwhelm him, like lowering his head while being haltered, respecting space when leading him, stopping with a “whoa” cue and backing up.

He is catching on very quickly and shows a willingness to learn so we are working into more groundwork maneuvers.

I actually had a different topic I was going to share this month, but while working with Dash the Holy Spirit placed my Uncle Johnny on my heart. In the last article I wrote, I shared about the wonderful opportunity my sister and I had in being a vessel to lead our uncle to the Lord. I kept picturing him as Dash. They both

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have come to a new point in their life where learning new concepts could be very overwhelming. If they are not being guided they will remain stagnant and miss out on an incredible opportunity to grow and see how they can be used.

I keep wondering how I can help my uncle even with us living so far apart (he is in Florida, we are in Ohio). I shared a bible verse with our barn family recently that convicted me. 2 Peter 2:58 “…make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Part of the explanation in the Bible states that these faith actions don’t come automatically, they are hard work, it’s not optional and they are a continuous part of the Christian life. I am in total agreement with that and understand how difficult and overwhelming it can be as a new believer. If you are a more mature Christian, I am sure you have experienced that at some point. So how do we help?

Finding a church where they may be comfortable and can get plugged in is important. There are countless options for churches.

The Bible warns us in 2 Peter 2:1 “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.” It continues to explain more as to how people can be misled, so helping them find a good, accurate Bible teaching church is important. Make suggestions or take them to a church that may be best suited for them. Find out what type of setting they may be comfortable with; large or small church, traditional or contemporary music.

It is possible they may not be comfortable with a traditional brick and mortar building or their schedule doesn’t allow for them to attend a scheduled service time. Live stream services are fantastic and even podcasts that come out the week after the service. Rob and I are

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Tanya and Rob Corzatt in the situation where live service times are difficult to attend. At the beginning of the week, I will say “Hey, Alexa play Genoa’s most recent podcast.” She is very accommodating and pulls it right up for me. She’s awesome!

Invite them to a Bible study. It is a great way to dig deeper into God’s word and meet new people in a more intimate setting. This helps develop a good support group. There are studies for women only, men only, married couples, people who are divorced, singles, age categories etc.

1 Peter 2:2 states “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation.” It is sad that some people never grow in their spiritual walk. Much like horses, if you don’t work with them, you won’t develop your relationship together nor will they grow into their full potential. I like the explanation in my Bible for this verse. “Once we see our need for God’s Word and begin to find nourishment in Christ, our spiritual appetite will increase, and we will start to mature.”

I love seeing the growth with horses when I am training them… can you imagine how God must feel as we nourish ourselves and He watches us grow spiritually?

As believers, it is our responsibility to be there for a new believer in order to help them mature. I don’t know what, or if, my uncle is doing anything in order to nurture his relationship with Christ. It is my conviction to be more diligent in touching base with him. I do believe it is part of my responsibility to help my uncle grow in his walk. The reason I said ‘part’ is because I can educate him and present ways for him to learn more about Christ, but he has to take S February 2022

Mid-Ohio Marauders

New Shooter Clinic Scheduled for Spring 2022 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

by Steve Keech The Mid-Ohio Marauders have another very big year of exciting shoots scheduled, including the State Fair, Mid-West Regional and Congress Shootout. We are also planning a New Shooter Clinic this spring for anyone who wants to try their hand at Cowboy Mounted Shooting, or experienced shooters who have a new horse that they want to introduce to shooting. Follow the Corral for updates regarding shoots and new shooter clinics.

We just returned from the New Year’s Shootout in Florida with the Florida Peacemakers.

Anyone who has been to the Eastern Championship in Murfreesboro, Tenn., knows that Florida is always well represented, and they can be loud. The Peacemakers are such a gracious and welcoming club, and they work hard to produce a well-run, fun shoot. They had two separate shootouts over the New Year’s weekend, with $5000 added money to each day!

The Senior divisions were well represented since we were in the land of retirees, and that made for serious competition with unusually large classes. I would encourage you to consider this event next year. They have an amazing facility, and the weather was certainly better than Ohio!

Florida has so much to offer,

including beaches, seafood, history and entertainment, and the arena is less than an hour from St. Augustine, the oldest and one of the most beautiful cities in America.

The Calvary, Rifle and Shotgun stages were run Thursday, and this year the Peacemakers ran the Eliminator Thursday afternoon and showcased the Eliminator Finals during a Thursday night performance. The first Shootout Main Match was Friday. The second Shootout Main Match was Saturday. There were a few Marauders who competed, and many other familiar faces from our CMSA family from the Midwest. I apologize if I miss anyone in this list of mid-west winners.

The Corzatt family owns and February 2022

2022 SCHEDULE MARCH 12: Annual Awards Banquet APRIL 16-17: New Shooter Clinic, Madison Co. Fairgrounds, London, OH APRIL 30-MAY 1: Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH MAY 20-22: Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH

If you are interested in joining the Mid-Ohio Marauders, the central Ohio club for CMSA, visit us at www.midohiomarauders. com or on Facebook at Mid-Ohio Marauders.

operates the Cowboy Perseverance Ranch (CPR) in Marengo, Ohio.

CPR is a faith based operation and our mission is to build a strong foundation and relationship with our training horses and students.

We are blessed to be able to provide western horsemanship lessons infused with biblical scripture to students of all ages.

One student has described her time here as “CPR for the soul!”

Visit our website at www.cpranch. wixsite.com/home or follow us on Facebook.

JUNE 24-26: Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH JULY 29-31: Ohio State Fair Expo Center, Columbus, OH AUG. 19-21: Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH SEPT. 23-25: Mid-West Regional’s, Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH OCT. 23: AAQH Congress Shootout, Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH

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THURSDAY WINNERS: Lola Goodson won Limited Calvary. Mike Stevens won the Men’s Limited Eliminator during the Thursday Night Showcase.

FRIDAY WINNERS: M6 Devin Clevenger, SM2 Vern Shaw which was a Move Up, SM4 Steve Keech, SM5 David Mitchell. Lola Goodson won Limited Ladies Senior Incentive.

SATURDAY WINNERS: M3 Chris Sheridan, M6 John Roach, SM5 Tim Calvin.

Nourish the Growth (continued) what is fed to him. Hebrews 13:16 reminds us “Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”

My friends if you have had the privilege to lead someone to the Lord, or know any baby Christians, we pray you find the wisdom and time to help nourish them as they grow. As always…

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Premier Mount N Trail

Bring on the 2022 Mountain Trail Season PRESIDENT, Cynthia Bauman VICE PRESIDENT, Becky Burnell SECRETARY, Heidi Daugherty TREASURER, Gloria Bandy PHONE, 330/854-5400 EMAIL, beckyburnell@sssnet.com WEBSITE, www.premiermountntrail.com

by Becky Burnell Premier Mount N Trail (PMT) has an exciting year planned for all of our members. 2021 saw huge growth in membership, which showed a need for some new compete rule changes. For seasoned people competing with new/young horses, a green horse class has been added. Also, the experienced competitors have been looking for a higher level of maneuvers/performance, so a Level 4 has been added to all adult, youth and open classes.

Be sure to check out how the other levels will be adjusted with these changes.

PMT’s 2022 compete season kicks off with five mountain trail parks. We welcome back Double C Farm in Clarksburg, Md., whose first competition begins

on April 30. Michigan will have two parks. Holland Western Horse Park is returning with events starting the weekend of June 11 and we welcome Kal-Val Saddle Club to the PMT family with its first competition on May 8. Ohio features two mountain trail parks. Creek Side Horse Park, again will feature a full slate of activities beginning on May 22 and Spencer Lake Trail Park will welcome its first full year of competitions, beginning on May 29.

PMT enjoyed its first Annual Awards Banquet in January with awards being given for the 2021 compete season and first ever, rewards given to every member who submitted and achieved milestone riding/handling hours for the year. PMT is proud to

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Ohio Horseman’s Council, Inc. Member of American Horse Council ohconline.com SECRETARY Ranee Vititoe 740/505-2713 secretary@ohconline.com

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Greetings From Your President It’s near the beginning of the year. You may be asking yourself, “Why should I join Ohio Horseman’s Council?”

You are joining the largest equine volunteer organization in the State of Ohio. OHC has nearly 4,000 members throughout the state and is open to all breeds of equine, disciplines of riding and ages of riders. The slogan, “Horsemen helping Horsemen” represents commitment to Ohio’s equine industry. Your membership fee goes directly to Ohio Horseman’s Council and supports your right to equine

ownership, recreational use of public land, and education.

• OHC advocates for public land use and members work with land managers to volunteer and maintain more than 1,800 miles of bridle trails throughout the state.

• Keep Ohio’s trails fee free.

Meet and ride with others who share your equine passion.

• Access to competitively priced equine liability insurance from Equisure.

• Discounts from national retailers for your farm, business, or personal use.

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ASHLAND

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Greetings from Ashland.

December was very mild and allowed us to spend time with the horses. Most of my time was spent cleaning mud off my horse, as he gets put out every day and loves to roll in the mud. I can’t decide which he likes most, rolling or getting brushed.

We moved into our new home in Candlewood Lake in January and it feels great to have a home of our own again. Our daughter and son-in-law put up with us for six months while it was being built and we love them dearly, but truth be told, they will not be all that sad to see us leave. I say that because they volunteered to help us move and were excited to do so.

Please start thinking about the Pleasant Hill Lake Ride coming up in June. We will provide more information next month.

The 2022 officers: President Tim Tuttle, Vice President Earl Gress, Treasurer Peggy Costic, and Secretary Kathy Tompkins.

We hope to see you down the trail and remember not to drink and ride. ~Dan & Jean Reynolds

Here I am again, just under the wire. I had the best plans to start this year with a strong start.

Well, I started New Year’s Eve with the flu. It’s been four days and I think I may live. I have been going one day at a time. I did go to the meeting last night and it was a great one. Our new president has some new ideas and reviving some of the old ideas.

There was way more information than I could write in this article.

Come on out to the next meeting and in the meantime, get yourself a calendar to save your trail mileage and maintenance hours too. Mike McIntyre will take care of that and right now, let’s all pledge to do a better job of recording those things.

Welcome to the Pelton family and also Karen Ring. It is nice to see new faces in the room.

This year we are doing another series of three horse shows, beginning at 3 p.m. on May 14, June 11, and July 9. There will be a few new things happening, so stay tuned as we get things together. The first is to save those horse show dates.

I am a little leery right now

watching the weather. We have only had a trace of snow and I am just waiting for the other shoe to fall. My son was home for Christmas. He lives near Gatlinburg and when he left here to go home, they had nine inches of snow. He said that much snow there paralyzes them. It was great to see him, but I hope he doesn’t get this flu.

We have some hardy riders and they will be riding at Beaver Creek this coming weekend. Watch our Facebook page for upcoming events. Everyone is welcome to join at those impromptu rides, and this chapter is known for flying by the seat of their pants.

Til next time, give thanks for all the good things and give your horse a hug. ~ Pearl Ann

such as equine, personal and pet prescriptions from participating pharmacies. Save on equipment

by TORO, eXmark, Massey Ferguson, Challenger and paint with FarmPaint.com as well as others.

OHC membership includes a subscription to the Horsemen’s Corral magazine.

Details and other information about the Ohio Horseman’s Council can be found on our website at https://ohconline.com/. ~Eric Estill, President Ohio Horseman’s Council

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CLARK The weather has not cooperated with me for riding much this winter. I admit I am a fair weather rider and when it gets below 30 degrees you can count me out. Some of you know I have only lived in Springfield for three years. I have met many members, but I don’t really know

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Polly Agle very much about the individuals.

Perhaps, some of you are in the same boat. I thought it might be interesting to write a little bit about one member every month during these slow winter months.

Last month I wrote about Kristina Valentine and her adventures in parading and challenges. If you are a new Clark County member or an old member and would like to put yourself out there, please contact me. Next up...

Have you met Polly Agle? Polly is a lifetime resident of Clark County and our Clark County OHC president. She and Bill February 2022

County Lines celebrated their 44th wedding anniversary in 2021. They raised three children while farming and raising cattle and now have eight grandchildren. Polly is also a florist that owned and operated two shops in the area for 31 years. She is still sought after by friends and family to create magical displays for special events and often says “yes”. Polly has been an avid horsewoman most of her life. As a youngster she competed in both English and western classes. She prefers to ride Quarter Horses and had a special bond with her horse Mo. They were together for 13 years and it was a huge and unexpected loss for Polly. After Mo crossed the rainbow bridge she was very fortunate to find another perfect partner in Wyatt. Wyatt was a heading and heeling horse and was also shown in ranch riding. He quickly became a champ at trail riding and they can be seen out on the trails and camping all over Ohio and beyond. Polly is also a very talented artist who works in different mediums. That’s a little bit about Polly Agle, who’s next?

There are lots of things to look forward to in the next few months. My friends and I attended an obstacle clinic in January and have plans to go to the Road to the Horse in Lexington March 24-27 and then Equine Affaire April 7-10.

Keep looking for ways to spend time in the saddle this winter for you and your horse!

Our next meeting will be Feb. 9 at Plattsburg UCC, 1715 S. Urbana Lisbon Road, S. Charleston at 6:30 p.m.

Bundle up, come ride with us! ~Jonna CLINTON I hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s. We had our Christmas party with an amazing turn out.

It was so wonderful to have all our friends and families together.

I want to give a special thank you to Abby Fox for hosting the party and ordering Sam’s Meats to cater, along with Marybeth Norton for being the most awesome treasurer ever taking care of all the clubs needs!

Thank you everyone!

We had a blast playing horse Pictionary, these kids are awesome at knowing their stuff!

I just have to say it was a great night with food, fellowship, and fun.

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Trail sisters, Susan Lamb and Abby Fox. Columbiana OHC

Christmas party horse Pictionary.

playing

We are already planning an Easter weekend of camping and riding. We may stay local, we haven’t decided yet. Last year Diana had a new LG to try out and we camped and it snowed!

It was the test of all tests, me with no heat, and her with a new trailer that the battery went dead in and ended up with no heat that first night. We survived, we had a few amazing rides that weekend.

Along with a big fire we needed to thaw out the horse’s water buckets, and ourselves. Always an adventure! I am planning on getting more locations visited and many more miles in this year!

Remember to keep those water buckets thawed and your horses have plenty of hay to stay warm and all will be good.

Next event is Warren County Great Tack Exchange at the Greene County Fairgrounds on March 20. The Road to the Horse is in Lexington, Ky., on March 24-27. This is a great event, with 6666 horses, great trainers and amazing shopping.

Easter weekend camping/riding is TBA. Stay warm! Take a kid riding and see the future! Much love, ~Susan (Sue) Lamb COLUMBIANA I find myself counting the

days until spring, keeping busy cleaning tack and planning rides.

We had many good days of riding during the fall at Beaver Creek. The last few months the creek has averaged five to six feet, so it’s not safe for crossing and the low trails get a lot of water from the overflowing creek making them very muddy.

Our clay soil holds this water and takes forever to dry out.

The Christmas dinner was attended by quite a few and was another fun get together for our chapter.

The trail maintenance committee, chaired by Rick Haldiman, has been making plans for the spring. A new easier to follow trail marking system and a map to go along with it are on his list to do. Please remember this is a huge undertaking and will take some time to accomplish.

Several group trail rides are being planned with hope for good attendance from members who love to ride and camp.

I’m sorry I don’t have much else to report from our chapter.

Our meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Mark’s Landing Restaurant off State Route 172 Guilford Lake. You’re all invited to attend the meetings. You may join us at 6 p.m. for an enjoyable meal and conversation.

Hope to see you on the trail. ~Sally CUYAHOGA We now know that there will be a Cleveland Metroparks Mounted Police Unit Obstacle Training event offered in April and the annual Ride the Beach Fundraiser is a go for Sept. 1618. This event, riding the shores of Lake Erie, is very popular and spots fill quickly so when you get word on the registration date you have to move quickly.

We will try to get the information out on both as quickly as we can. Perhaps via

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the NEA Facebook page as well as our Cuyahoga Facebook page and newsletter.

This great OHC 50th Anniversary year of 2022 with all the things that are being planned should keep us busy throughout the year. There will be monthly rides, one in each of the Cleveland Metroparks Reservations of Bedford, Brecksville, Hinckley, Mill Stream Run, Rocky River, North and South Chagrin. We also hope to ride the Brecksville Parkway Trail (used to be called Connector Trail) that connects to Mill Stream Run trails. Another ride will be South Chagrin to Holbrook Hollow in Geauga Parks. We have 100 miles of trails in our Cleveland Metroparks and they offer a great variety from quiet woods and deep ravines that make you feel you are in a different world, or try one of the more urban trails that challenge you and your horse to join the fun. There are some great training opportunities. There may be weekday as well as weekend rides. Hope you can join us.

You can get bridle trail maps on Cleveland metroparks.com and there is a free app for finding trails on your phone. This takes some practice but it does show you where you are.

Perhaps our ride committee will plan a camping trip or two and we hope to offer outings to places you may not have been to before.

How about learning about team penning or cow sorting? Picnics, potlucks, tack sales, Equine Affaire (hopefully!) or a day at the races or a horse sale.

So keep your horses in shape and your tack oiled. Show off your pride in OHC and get some ‘Wear Something New in 2022’ 50th anniversary clothing—it is very sharp looking. Go to ohconline. com to see what is offered as well as getting a ‘Try Something New in 2022’ Bingo 50th card and you can win prizes. Download this card and see how many new things you can do this year.

We love to welcome new members so join Cuyahoga OHC as a primary or secondary/ dual member. You will be glad you did and we will give you a warm welcome. New riders, new horses, old riders and old horses, every discipline, every breed, every style of riding, all are welcome! Find us on ohconline. com under ‘Find a Chapter’, choose list and scroll down to Cuyahoga. You can then email us or find more information.

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Let me tell you what, some of the gifts we got were very interesting.

This month will be the time we get the ball going for our annual tack sale at the Paulding County Fairgrounds on Sunday, March 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you would like some more information about our tack sale or would like to sell items, please reach out to Michelle Cogswell at cogswell824@gmail.com.

Club members enjoying their girls trip to Cooks Forest, Pa.

Sweet Gracie, may she rest in peace.

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Trail maintenance crew, 2021.

Ruth Kimpel, trail volunteer, 2021. friends in the Delaware Chapter!

At the time of this writing, our chapter is planning to hold its first meeting of the year on Friday, Feb. 4 in virtual format via Zoom. We are hopeful to resume our monthly in-person chapter meetings beginning with April at the Alum Creek horseman’s campground, weather permitting.

Your officers have met virtually the past two months to discuss plans for a variety of activities for our chapter members, including interesting and entertaining speaker programs, day and overnight trail rides and campouts and other fun events.

We encourage your ideas and suggestions for future program topics. Programs can be in any format, e.g., demonstration, hands-on clinic, lecture format, etc. Do you or does someone you know have expertise and/or advanced knowledge in a horserelated field that they would like to share with our group? Let us know!

Congratulations to our hardworking and dedicated trail maintenance volunteers!

They accomplished a total of 1772 volunteer hours in 2021 maintaining the Alum Creek bridle trails. The volunteer hours translate to a value of $50,587.

Kudos to our phenomenal trail crew!

A note on winter riding safety: our club wishes to remind all riders to use caution whenever crossing any wooden platform along the bridle trails especially this time of year. The winter weather can create some slick footing on the elevated wood surfaces. In addition, pay close attention should you encounter any orange and/or pink ribbons tied to trees along a section of trail. These ribbons signify a bypass that should be followed.

The trail volunteers plan to devote time to the repair and refurbishment of a key crossing

along the Winterhawk West trail, called Kim’s Crossing.

Our chapter is most appreciative of being approved for our matching grant proposal to repair this crossing in 2022.

This dynamic and fun group of volunteers generally meet every Tuesday morning, weather permitting, to work on the Alum Creek bridle trails. Additional volunteers are always needed and much appreciated. Please consider volunteering a Tuesday morning to help maintain our beautiful trails. We invite you to contact trail crew chief, Mary Chmielewski, or our secretary, Bobbi Arters, for more details.

Looking ahead, 16 members have already purchased tickets for our group outing to view Equine Affaire’s Fantasia. This performance is scheduled for Thursday, April 7. As of the writing of this article, a few tickets are still available for purchase. Please contact Theresa Burke if you are interested in attending. Friends, family, and spouses are welcome.

This is a friendly reminder to all members to renew your 2022 membership as quickly as possible, if you have not already done so. You do not want to miss out on nor experience any interruptions in your chapter newsletter, Horsemen’s Corral magazine and/or any equine liability insurance. In addition, please do not forget to keep track of your trail mileage and saddle hours. Please submit your monthly totals to Theresa Burke.

This year we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Ohio Horseman’s Council.

‘Try Something New in ‘22’ is the theme for our 50th Anniversary Bingo game that runs throughout this entire year.

You can download your own Bingo card and a copy of the game instructions from https:// ohconline.com. Lots of prizes are in store for the winners!

We look forward to seeing everyone in person at our usual outdoor venue, the Alum Creek horsemen’s campground shelter

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Trail crew at Long Bridge with new mats. pavilion in March. Stay tuned for further details as we may wish to change the date from our typical first Friday evening of the month to a time on a weekend day to take advantage of better daytime temperatures and daylight.

Until next month, enjoy fun times with your family and fourlegged friends! ~Theresa Burke ERIE Greetings from Erie County!

Our annual Christmas party was held at the Coupling in Erie Metro Park. It is a nice gathering place for winter meetings and parties. Although not large, it has tables, chairs and other amenities for us to use. Everyone brought their favorite dish to the Christmas potluck. What a feast it was! It was great to just sit and talk to everyone and catch up on some horsey news.

Dessert was followed by a gift exchange. Laughter could be heard throughout the evening. It was a fun time had by all.

Our officers for the new year are as follows: President Lynn Sparks, Vice President Joyce Dupont, Treasurer Colleen Girard, and Secretary Kim McCurdy. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to our club. We truly appreciate it.

January turned into a wet and cold beginning. Our New Year’s Day ride had to be canceled because of the rain. We have

Belle, the white horse.

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Christmas party.

Meet Fred. mud! Lots of mud! I have a white horse with a winter coat. In anticipation of the ride, we spent days brushing the horses only to have them roll in the afternoon.

The only place my white horse Belle was white was her face!

I was almost relieved when it rained us out!

Maybe for the Valentines’ Day ride on Mason Road Feb.13, the sun will be out and it will be a perfect snowy day. We will soon see!

Happy Valentine’s Day to all!

Of course winter does give us a lot of down time with our horses.

For those of us that have new members of our family, this is the perfect time to get to know each other. We definitely have had a lot of brushing time. Dan and Dian have a new four-legged friend named Fred. He is coming along nicely now that he has settled in and found his place in the herd. Now getting to know his new two-legged friends are on the agenda. Let the adventure begin! Life is better on the trail UPCOMING EVENTS FEB. 10: Monthly meeting, TBD FEB. 13: Valentine’s Day Ride at Mason Road, Erie Metro Park at 1 p.m.

MARCH 10: Monthly meeting, TBD MARCH 20: Ride at Oak Openings at Jeffers Road, 12 p.m. ~Shelley FAIRFIELD January 1, 2022. I bet I screw up the 2022 part on a check before the week is out. 2021 was a good year for Fairfield County OHC for the most part. We completed a number of our goals February 2022

Christmas party gift exchange. when it came to improvements at our home base, Hocking State Forest, plus again hosting a state ride over Labor Day weekend.

Our funds were limited due to the cancelation of one of our main money earning projects, but our members stepped up big with personal donations. I can’t say thanks enough to everyone that helped us through this rough spot.

I want to touch briefly on the announcement by the state ODNR to close the equine trails in the state forest. Our trail boss, Tom McGuire was personally involved in this discussion.

In fact, David Lane, deputy director of forestry, came to Hocking State Forest, met up with Tom and spent five hours riding the trails to get a first hand observation of trail conditions and different points of view as to how to improve our equine trails. This was huge when David considered all of his options and announced his final decision. One promise made to us as riders was to work on improving problem areas as long as weather permits.

The closer dates were also shortened to Jan. 3, and reopen no later than the first weekend of April. One provision added into the closer policy was the ability to request permission to ride your favorite forest by means of requesting a special use permit from the local forest manager.

The request needs to be made five working days in advance. The local manager has the discretion to approve or deny the request based on local conditions. Not all of the parks are the same when it comes to their ability to drain and dry out in wet times. Bottom line, although the new policy was not a touch down in our favor, it was much improved from the original concept. To finish this train of thought, this policy does not apply to state parks. For the most part, they will remain open.

While on the subject of state forests, we at Fairfield OHC provide a lot of time and money to improve the trails at Hocking and a couple of other state areas.

The list for this year may seem

Anita Hoon with Silver Spur Award.

Keith and Donna White, our volunteers of 2021.

mostly cosmetic, but it all boils down to money and time. To start, the tie lines at Air Plane Rock need repaired or replaced.

We have the cable, just need to find a time and volunteers. We have been asked to repair the split rail fence at Air Plane Rock and Chapel Cave. The state has the rails, we again just need a date and labor. Two years ago we started constructing tie rails and benches at popular rest spot out on the trail. It is our goal to add both in 2022. Just so we don’t get bored, we will be repainting all of the trails. No new colors, just touching up the existing markings. Great Seal State Park is another area we provide maintenance assistance to the state. There is a broken tie line post that needs replaced plus several sections of the cable need to be tightened up. In the end, it’s a lot of donated hours, but our goal is to improve everyone’s experience while riding our state trail.

In November our club elected our officers for 2022. Myself, Chris Streitenberger will remain president, Kathy Campbell will be our new vice president, Margaret Hite will stay on as treasurer, and Sue Keller will be our new secretary. All of these people are very much involved in our activities. We are looking forward to a great year.

To finish up the year, we held our Christmas party on Dec. 5.

We had a very nice turn out. It was held at the local Eagles’ club.

One of our members, Chip Sharp is also a member of Eagles and made all of the arrangements for us. My wife June Streitenberger and Barb Beery went to the party early and decorated our banquet room in the Christmas spirit. Our club provided a ham and fried chicken. Those attending brought a covered dish or dessert. We have some great cooks in our club. The meal was five star.

After eating, I recognized a few people for their above and beyond

the call of duty so to speak to our club. Keith and Donna White more times than I can list have donated money and time to help on labor projects, special fundraisers etc. They were my choice as volunteers of the year.

It was not enough, but the club presented each of them with a sweatshirt. A special award, called the Silver Spur, was started several years back. There are no guidelines for this award and it is not given out every year.

This year I felt the need to give it to one of our clubs’ founding members, Anita Hoon. Anita has been a cheerleader for OHC most of her adult life. She has given countless hours to to our club and has worked on numerous projects to improve our riding opportunities. I can’t think of another person more deserving of this award. We finished up the evening with a gift exchange which is always fun.

By next months’ Corral, we should start to put together our summer activities schedule. I will update everyone as soon as I have something in hand. The one activity I can report is we will again host a state ride at Scioto Trails Star Forest over Labor Day weekend. I hope you mark it on your calendar. It is a good time, guaranteed.

Spring is just around the corner.

I am looking forward to seeing everyone on the trail. ~Chris

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FRANKLIN Wow, it’s already February.

The weather has been flipflopping and I am not sure how much to bundle up to go outside without checking the thermometer every time I go out.

I’m looking forward to getting in shape and riding again, tack auctions, getting the shed organized and having our chapter’s yard sale.

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Refer to our Facebook page for the link and phone number.

We would like to publish Franklin County member’s stories and photos (at least 300 mp), and clean jokes for our chapter’s future articles. You can email those to oleda@aol.com.

Until next month, may you and your family, pets, and equine friends be happy and healthy. ~Oleda Hirsch FULTON February, what can I say? It is not my favorite month, in fact, it’s my least favorite. It’s cold, everything is frozen mostly, not flat because, you know, we had mud before it got cold and all those hoof prints were preserved in the freeze. The daylight hours are still short, many days are overcast and the landscape is not inviting. At least it’s the shortest month of the year, right?

And then there’s Groundhog’s Day. Who, in their right mind, thinks it’s a good idea to wake up a rodent (yes, it’s a rodent, I googled it) on a cold day in February? If the sun is shining which makes me happy, the ground hog is not happy and retires to his den for six more weeks of winter. I say he retires to his den because his hibernation was interrupted and he knows there is no good reason to be out and about in February in the Northern Hemisphere! I read that in nature, the male groundhog wakes up sometime in February, seeks out a mate and goes back to hibernating at her place for another month. No wonder Punxsutawney or whoever is aggravated. How often is his so called prediction correct? Most sources have it at less than 40 percent. Sounds like we should just flip a coin. Or wait and see.

Personally, I just assume spring will arrive when it’s supposed to.

Then there’s the other Groundhog’s Day. You know, the movie where the main character is caught in a time loop and relives the same day over and over ad nauseam until he gets ‘it’ right. I feel like I’m in a time loop. Our New Year’s Day ride was cancelled due to weather and mud, however, 58

Suzie Smith and Nancy Steen.

New Year’s Day rider on the multi-use Wabash Cannonball Trail. my husband, Matt did ride the Wabash Cannonball multi-use paved trail that runs behind our property. He hasn’t missed a New Year’s Day ride that I can remember, although, the year he had emergency open heart surgery in September, he did walk the trail with his horse on New Year’s Day. Some years he was the only one who rode.

Meetings, as well as a whole lot of other things, are being postponed and cancelled and modified and changed due to the current state of affairs. It reminds me of 2020. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about caution and protecting those who need to be protected. I have become a cootie wary hermit avoiding crowds and the unknown. I’m really looking forward to riding and camping and can’t wait for warm weather and spending more time in the great outdoors.

That’s my getting ‘it’ right, my way out of this time loop.

As for chapter activities, our first Winter Blues brunch was in January and a second one will be in February. We plan to meet at the Firepit Grill in Holland on Sunday, Feb. 20. To keep up with us, check out our website fcohc.com, Facebook page Fulton County Ohio Horseman’s Council or Facebook group Fulton County OHC. Our chapter meetings are usually the first Monday of the month, 7 p.m. and are currently held at Bunkers Bar and Grill in Holland. We meet in the huge banquet room and the food is good. Members, potential members and guests are always welcome.

We hope you all are well and safe, we’ll see you on the trails! ~Kathy Brown

had a great time. We usually meet at the Golden Corral in Beavercreek, but since it no longer exists, we ended up at the Village in Waynesville.

It’s a nice place, and I learned something new, I had no clue there was a second party room in the back! I’ll include photos from the dinner.

We’d like to say a huge thank you to Greene County Parks. As a means of thanking us for all of our work out there and especially due to the fact that Dave has practically worn out his tractor, they donated $20,000 to us! This was donated so we could buy a new tractor, with bucket and bush hog and a couple of chainsaws, as well. We greatly appreciate the donation. As any of you know who use such equipment, it takes a beating. While we’re not opposed to using our own, as OHC chapters do all through the state at many parks, having something designated just for that will save a lot of wear and tear. The tractor will be stored at Dave’s, since he is the one out there the most frequently.

Upkeep, fuel, and insurance will be paid for by the club and it will be used solely at the park.

Speaking of Greene County Parks, I hope many of you got

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Jeannie Nicol

a chance to drive through the Christmas display at Caesar Ford. I did and really enjoyed it.

It was set up as a drive through path and there were lots of different things to see. They did a great job.

Don’t forget that we will again have a booth at Warren County’s Great Tack Exchange. Generally, this is held the second Sunday in March, at the Warren County Fairgrounds. This year, due to conflicts, it’s being held on March 20 at the Greene County Fairgrounds. Makes it easier for us! The time is the same, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

That’s it for this month. I hope no one floated away on New Year’s Day, hopefully things will warm up and dry out soon to make good riding weather.

Stay warm! ~Mickie HOLMES Welcome to February from the Holmes County Chapter. This is my first effort as reporter. We have had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, as I hope all readers have. The weather may have limited our riding activities, but we have had some this month.

Our December meeting was well attended. New officers were elected. Many thanks to our outgoing president, Ricky Mast for her years as president and her exceptional leadership and dedication. She will stay on as vice president. Cindy Gray-Stanley remains our great secretary, and Sue Rhoades continues as our able treasurer.

Vicki Zook is our new president and brings her experience and skills to the job. We appreciate all of their time and willingness to serve our organization. Vicki gave a report on the state meeting and asked us to be sure to record and to send our trail mileage to her. She also reminded us that these miles and the recording of our volunteer hours lets the State of Ohio know how we use and help to maintain our bridle trails and camping areas.

All Mohican State Forest bridle trails will be closed this winter.

This began Jan. 3 and will continue no later than beginning of April. There is a possibility of opening sooner. News will reach us quicker on the Ohio Horseman’s Council Facebook page. Forestry management feels this will protect and improve the trails.

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New Years Eve ride.

There is nothing like the fear of losing something that will get us up and using it. My husband Bruce and I have been over to Mohican three times so far in December and hope to make it at least once more before closing.

Bruce and several friends also made it out two weekends in a row. Hopefully, we will be able to make it up to some of the Metropark trails this month.

Our February plans include tack cleaning and inspection. I find I mind it a lot less if I set up a tarp and work in the house.

I do have a story that should make us all feel good about our fellow humans. My husband, Bruce was riding at one of the Metroparks in early December.

He lost his wallet. For someone who never loses anything, this was hard. But he canceled cards and replaced the driver’s license.

Ten days later we received a package in the mail without a return address. It contained a gift wrapped wallet with everything in it and a short note from a hiker saying Merry Christmas. We appreciate the honesty and the effort, and hope to pass it along.

Just a quick reminder that we should all try to keep salt in one form or another available to our horses this winter. It’s just a small thing, but it does so much to increase water consumption and help avoid impaction colics. ~Bev Hanna

All Horse Parade, 2021. commit, to a positively better year. I was working on getting reservations in for the executive meeting at Deer Creek. Their phone line was constantly busy, like it was off the hook, but I patiently hung in there. Then I read a message on the OHC website indicating said meeting was cancelled due to the new variant of Covid-19. I was a bit relieved that I was unsuccessful in getting my reservation in, but really disappointed that 2022 was starting out just like 2021, I promise things will be better.

With some discussion our new trail chair was successful in completing a ride schedule for KCOHC for 2022. We all met at the Pizza Cottage on 21st Street in Newark this past December.

We want to thank Phil Rauch for stepping up and accepting a responsible position in KCOHC. We are an active riding club and have at least one ride a month officially scheduled and often have impromptu rides on the weekends. My personal calendar is beginning to fill. I hope yours is too.

I hope everyone got their trail miles and work hours reported to Anna Chadwick for 2022. Kathy Shoemaker, our secretary, had sent out a form that assists all with accomplishing this task. I personally have used trail miles records in discussions with county officials when trying to secure trails in county parks.

Other OHC leaders regularly do the same for state and federal parks and forests. Ohio is blessed with a large number of parks

KNOX I watched the big ball drop at midnight signaling the coming of a new, and I was about to February 2022

Judges winner to Donny Cline.

Katy’s retirement. that allow equestrian use. Let us all work together to keep this statistic true.

Our annual Tack Auction is scheduled for Feb. 26 at the Community Center, 122 Liberty Street, Martinsburg, Ohio 43037. Doors to open at 2:30, sale of tack to start at 3:30 p.m.

Save that date.

KCOHC purchased and donated $500 worth of horse related medical supplies to the Kentucky tornado disaster victims in line with our motto of Horsemen helping Horsemen and we are working to replenish our treasury.

We’ll have many volunteers on hand helping to create a successful auction. The kitchen will be open with food available. A planned silent auction is included, so check us out. Watch our Facebook page for additional information as it becomes available.

At this time of year we reflect back on past good times, and KCOHC members did have good times in 2021. I have included three pictures that reflect that.

Come on over to Knox County where the gates are wide open, the grass is greener, the horses leaner, as we do ride them, everyone is welcome. We meet the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Hopefully, we find a new meeting place soon or are allowed to return to the Long Branch Pizza in Centerburg.

Reporting for Knox County OHC ~Terry L. Baker LAKE It’s Valentine’s time and time to appreciate our good equine friends. How we show our appreciation is up to us, carrots, apples, treats of another kind or just a good rubdown. Maybe a brief trail ride with their friends and our friends would suffice.

Some of our members enjoyed the New Year’s Day trail ride set up by Geauga OHC in January.

As part of the 50 year anniversary celebration, the state OHC is having a quilt made with OHC chapter T-shirts as

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The mustang quilt. part of their squares. Rayneen donated her Poker Ride T-shirt to represent Lake OHC. Speaking of quilts, one of our members, Barbara M., was given a beautiful mustang quilt by a total stranger. This was certainly a random act of kindness. A woman named Penny P. from Cuyahoga OHC asked for someone who owned a mustang.

Penny suggested Barbara M. Barb was called and a time was set up for the woman to bring the quilt and meet Daffodil, ‘Dilly’. Yes, I write often about Dilly, because she is my Quarter Horse, Hannah’s stablemate.

Back to the quilt, the woman met Dilly, took pictures of Dilly with the quilt, and then gave Barb the quilt. She then left. Barb is, indeed, grateful and very proud of the quilt when showing it off.

A mustang looking like Dilly is in some of the squares. The squares show mustang life in all its varieties. This random act of kindness shows us good blessings come in many forms and shapes.

May we all receive random acts of kindness in 2022. ~Rayneen Tisovic LAWRENCE Hello all! It appears that the warm winter weather in southern Ohio we have been enjoying has finally faded into the clasp of Old Man Winter and Jack Frost. I would have liked a white Christmas, but riding in T-shirts was pretty nice too. Lawrence County experiences a wide range of temperatures and weather, lows last week in the 50s and lows next week is predicted to be 12 degrees. The upside of the 12 degrees is the ground will freeze the mud.

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My resolutions for 2022 include more miles in the saddle, more time with family and friends and less stressing over things that are beyond my control. We hope all of you had a great 2021 and that 2022 will be even better. Be safe, stay healthy and be happy. ~Betty LICKING Hello my fellow riders, friends and members! Not too much to report this time of year except that there is a lot of planning going on for the upcoming riding and camping season. Let’s just say it will be an exciting year for everybody.

We did have some devastating news from our neighbors in Kentucky when those tornados went through in December.

Several of our Ohio chapters collected and donated new items and took the goods down to Kentucky to be of help to the people left in the wake of such a tragedy! Our own chapter donated $100 to help out. Thanks to our treasurer Sandy Belt, president Charlene Santee and Deb Sheka for getting the money to them so quickly. Let’s hope that we don’t have to deal with any more bad news this year and the skies will be blue, the temperatures mild and our upcoming rides relaxing and fun. ~Sigrid Batten

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Denise and welcome in 2022. We wish happy trails to all as we begin a new year of scheduling trips on some new trails, as well as returning to some of our favorite campgrounds. Speaking of the calendar, a big thank you to Sherry Hoover, who once again designed and delivered a great club calendar for the year.

A shout out to our amazing members who stepped up to donate to the Kentucky Disaster Relief Fund. An amazing $1,100 was collected in a matter of three days! The funds were used to purchase animal first aid supplies. Members also donated a variety of horse stable needs, dog and cat food, bedding, buckets, and a variety of items needed at the animal shelters. All donations were delivered on Monday, Dec. 20 to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. This collection site was manned by the members of the Kentucky Horse Council and distribution coordinated through the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Our donations were accepted by very grateful people.

Big thanks to all who made this possible.

On the calendar this month is the annual Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Ride at Carlisle on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 1 p.m.

Saddle up your four-legged sweetheart and come ride with us. There will not be a February membership meeting. Plans are on the calendar for a tobogganing fun night at the Metro Parks Chalet in Strongsville for Sunday, Feb. 20. Stay tuned for times and weather permitting details.

Thanks to our club calendar sponsor this month C&L Shoes, located in West Salem. They carry top brand name foot wear.

Get outside and enjoy the clean, fresh air and the activities the winter months have to offer and above all, stay safe friends. ~Karen Norton MADISON I’m not sure about other editors, but for me, I am once

again struggling with what to write. I would love to write about anything other than myself. I will give it a go though.

Our Madison County chapter was able to secure a location to hold a meeting and follow through on our required elections. We had 14 members in attendance on Dec. 16. Our election took place.

Our executive board is: President John Pierce, Vice President Jean Kritner-Daugherty, Secretary Lorna Kenyon and Treasurer Marsha Pierce. The next couple months will be busy getting the budgets approved.

We did vote to continue the Gymkhana series again for 2022.

This has been a love hate topic within our chapter. We have lost a few members because they are not in favor of Gymkhana.

They want to trail ride and camp. I think we all want to trail ride and camp. Gymkhana is our chapter’s fundraiser and community outreach program in a a way. Gymkhana takes approximately five days out of the year. Those that work tirelessly to put this event on, do so because we enjoy providing a fun, safe, family show. We see how people improve their skills.

Those who are there all support each other. I will update you soon on the show dates.

As I’ve mentioned before my Patches was diagnosed with Cushing’s a year ago. It’s been a learning experience. I really feel bad for her. It’s like she has night sweats all day long. She is sweat, not hot, but she feels cool.

I got the 610 clip master clippers for my birthday, which was Dec. 20. I had a friend come clip her hot spots. I’m amazed how just clipping her chest, under her belly, under her back legs has made all the difference. She is so much more comfortable. She may look silly though.

I certainly hope 2022 brings much needed change. Wishing you all a healthy, happy and prosperous year with lots of riding adventures, meeting and making new friends. ~Dee Elfrink MEDINA First the sad news, our banquet with the Summit Chapter at the Masonic Lodge in Richfield was postponed. With Covid on the rise again and cases even within our banquet committee, we decided to hold off until a better time. Stay tuned, we hope

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to reschedule by late February or early March. Prizes for trail miles and trail work hours will still be awarded. Rosemary Young will return checks if we cancel altogether.

Our first membership meeting of 2022 will be March 2. It’s our 36th year! We’ll be discussing rides and taking any suggestions for fundraising. Come on up (or down or sideways) to Hinckley Town Hall, there is ample parking and it is right next to the police station, so you’ll feel extra safe.

We are counting on better weather

by June when we will meet back at Robinson Field again.

Our condolences go out to Marietta Tromp who recently lost her beloved and beautiful equine companion, Luna. May happy trails and fond memories be with her now.

Official work sessions should begin the second or third week of March. As we have said before, if the mood strikes you can take your leaf blower and clear trails if a good, dry day comes along. Contact Raydeen Ryden (reysden@att.net or 334/6637361 or Greg Monsanty (330/3525737 or (blackhorsebridge@ aol.com) for trail status and conditions. Speaking of our trail work, we have need to give a big Medina thank you to our trail liaison committee.

Greg Mosanty, Raydeen Ryden and Marietta Tromp have given a great deal of their time and diligence in working and meeting with the staff of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and its Conservancy organization. So much has been done this year despite all the challenges. From improved trails and signage to expanded parking. They have done a wonderful job. Our efforts of 36 years continue, so join us!

Signing out to all you valentines from down in the valley! ~Rosemary MONTGOMERY Greetings from lovely Montgomery County!

The weather is atrocious and things are frightful! Things sure seem to be at a standstill since New Year’s Eve. Covid has raised its ugly head and sadly, by a unanimous vote of our officers we had to cancel the Jan. 4 meeting. We are now hoping to have the February meeting and good news! Remember that our meetings are the first Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m.

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Stay tuned and check out our chapter’s February newsletter to see if we have plans!

Our good news is the Celebration of OHC’s 50th Birthday will go on as scheduled.

Prizes galore and fun activities.

For updated birthday information watch your mail and check the new Facebook page at Ohio Horseman’s Council Inc. We are all praying for our great friend, Mary Ann B., as she fights one last battle with cancer.

May you stay healthy and well, I hope to see you soon. ~Cindy B. MORROW Greetings from Morrow County OHC chapter for 2022 where continued ‘mild’ winter weather has been welcome, but excessive rain has created a massive mud challenge to distribute large bales. The skid steer created mini–Grand Canyons which will become rough terrain to navigate for humans and horses when it does get cold. The rough conditions will still exist into spring, until it dries enough to erase the mini mountains with the skid steer bucket. However, the snow free mild weather has some Morrow County pastures producing enough grass to reduce hay consumption. Two equine escapees had an all night Christmas feast in the hay field that had vigorously grown since the early September harvest.

Nearly all chapter members have hung up their spurs until spring, although Byron and Cheryl did some arena riding as did Drew Ann. The early December annual chapter Christmas party/dinner was an enjoyable gathering, while having some pandemic precautions in place. The pandemic restrictions, plus related Covid deaths of persons who were close friends for some chapter members creates a restrictive social interaction cloud, which could extend well into 2022. Hopefully the April Equine Affaire will resume, along with the many enjoyable equine activities associated with usually delightful spring/ summer/fall Ohio weather.

Health/age issues continue to limit the riding time for many chapter members, including this author. However, enjoying February 2022

the benefits of equine therapy are possible without riding via grooming, feeding and whispering conversations like Dr. Dolittle. These activities have been a spirit lifter for me this past year after the Jan. 4, 2021 death of my wife, who sharing 60 years of marriage with this cantankerous old man.

Not very much new news to report from this county as seasonal challenges consume considerable equine effort.

Until next month, keep your chin up and strive to provide the best care possible for your horses who will provide you the opportunity to enjoy some great riding as the prospect of glorious 2022 weather eventually becomes a reality. Also, stay safe in the saddle/on your horse if you do have an opportunity to ride before the next report and I hope to see some readers on the trail later this year. ~DOC SUMMIT To paraphrase a twentieth century humorist, “it is like déjà’s vu all over again”. Just when we thought things were finally returning to some degree of normalcy, a new nemesis called Omicron reared its ugly head. That being said, it was for the health and well being of the OHC members from Summit and Medina Counties, that our joint winter banquet in January was cancelled indefinitely.

Just as members were gaining confidence to trickle back into monthly meetings again, it looks like Zoom meetings are back in the picture. Attending scheduled rides and camping trips in 2022 will ultimately be dictated by infection rates and riders’ risk tolerances. Let us hope that there is some way to gather safely and enjoy a new riding season. Only time will tell how all this plays out.

News from members has been sparse at best. Unfortunately, Covid has hit our members too.

Thankfully, due to vaccinations and booster shots, most are recovering at home or with minimal hospital stays. Call to check on your friends.

Symptoms can come on quickly and incapacitate even the hardiest among us. With large animals to care for, any help with barn chores would mean the world to your friends until they are back on their feet. It looks like the

Debbie is much better.

way. I am sure there were good Samaritans all along the route who shared what they could with other stranded travelers. I’m also wondering how many others are reconsidering what it means to be more prepared in the future.

Now say, “yes mom.” ~Joann Ulichney WARREN

Joy and Springer (front).

Donners licked that problem with some creative stabling.

We do have some sad news from the Scala Farm; Joy lost her beloved Springer due to complications from Cushings.

Springer was Joy’s special trail horse whose amazing trot let her race with the wind. His passing also marks the end of an era that he shared with the farm’s foundation Morgan show horses, the amazing stallion Wild Country and Multi World Champion mare, Diva. We hope the wonderful times they shared together will always bring a smile to Joy’s face.

It has been a relatively mild winter, but it looks like a major shift is on the way, to much more normal conditions. For all of you that razz those with that seasonal winter coat, gloves, hat, boots, blanket, food and water in their vehicle, may I remind you of this New Year and a three lane, 50 mile, snow covered parking lot on the interstate in Virginia. With all the freakish weather patterns almost a norm, major disruptions could happen anywhere, any time. So, think like you do when you are trailering. Bring along the basics, including a tool kit, small shovel, first aid kit and your meds. Top off your gas tank and listen to the weather forecast before you leave. Take heed of severe weather alerts, nothing is worth risking your life or others. Also, don’t rely on GPS to get you there safely if you don’t know where you are. To GPS, a road is a road is a road and shortest doesn’t mean smartest or safest. A little common sense goes a long

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Has anyone drowned or floated away yet? We had a fairly dry fall, but Mother Nature is certainly trying to make up for it!

We were supposed to have a New Year’s Day ride at Caesar Creek, as we usually do. That didn’t happen. Not only was rain predicted all day (and for a change the predictions were correct), but even without that the trails would have been way too sloppy. It’s best not to ride when it’s that wet; it just tears things up. We’ve actually been pretty fortunate over the years we haven’t had to cancel often.

We did have an Over the Hill Gang work day planned for Wednesday Jan. 5. As I write this, it’s the 3rd, so I can’t report on what we did, oher than possibly moving some gravel, I’m guessing it was mostly in the campground. Roger told me to use my judgement when I called to ask if we needed the ATVs. I decided I wasn’t going to bring mine. Again, no reason to go out and rip up the trails. The farm where I board is very close (as the crow flies), and usually if the farm gets hammered, so do the trails. At least on the south end and judging from the shape our fields were in, the trails were going to be way too soft to do much and not quite frozen enough to counteract that. Oh well, we’ll try next time. I’m going to assume that with several wind storms since our last work day, there are probably a fair number of trees down. Please be patient; we’ll get to all of them as we can. We can only do it when the weather cooperates.

Roger and Dan replacing a sign post.

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Catch a ride any way you can.

Harold and Rick checking out some cut trees.

Remember that our Great Tack Exchange is a different day and location this year, March 20 at the Greene County Fairgrounds.

On the up side, we don’t have to deal with the time change being that weekend. Volunteers are very welcome, it takes a village to put on this event. You can get more information at greattackexchange. webs.com, I’m sure there’s a volunteer link there.

That’s all the news for this month. Stay warm. ~Mickie WAYNE Happy New Year to everyone!

December was busy in Wayne County as the good weather gave everyone plenty of opportunities to get out and about, even though the State Forest bridle paths were closed. If your club hasn’t already

advised you, all State Forests in Ohio will be closed to equestrian use until April 1, 2022. Mohican may be accessed by requesting a special permit from the Forest manager, but please do not trailer over expecting to ride as the driveway to the parking lot for trailers is closed and gated.

Please do not park across the street at the ball park and ride as we need to respect the decision of the State and be good stewards of the trails. While no one is happy about being denied access to the trails which we work so hard to maintain, if we really stop and think about it, the erosion and destruction visited upon the trails by repeated use in the winter months is significant.

It is not worth risking the use of the trails, so please comply so we can continue to enjoy them!

Speaking of working on the trails, ‘Santa Tom’ and his seven elves held a work day at Malabar State Park on Dec. 14.

Eleven trees and miles of leaves were cleared from the trails.

We really appreciate their hard work. The trails at Malabar will remain open through the winter.

However, the day use parking is closed. You can park at the parking lot near the working farm for day rides. This is the lot that you pass on your way into the park to the day use and camp grounds.

Trail miles were due for our club members Jan. 1, in order to be eligible for prizes. I am sure that other clubs have similar incentives for reporting miles.

It is important to remember that the State of Ohio does take these miles into consideration

It is FREE to add your Equine Event to the Corral Calendar.

Email your event(s) to michelle@thehorsemenscorral.com with the following information: Name of Equine Event • Date/Time of Equine Event Venue Name and Address of where event will be held Contact name and phone number You may include an email and website address also.

Events will be added to the calendar in the magazine and added to our website.

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Santa Tom and some of his elves at Malabar.

Martha with Chief.

Diane on Scotch. when planning for allocation of funds and future growth and use of trails. We need to show the Ohio Department of Natural Resources that equestrian use of trails in Ohio is high, as is our level of volunteerism. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to report their miles.

In other news, Tom and Hope Ashby send a big thank you to everyone who supported The Tough Enough to Wear Pink event this year. Through your generosity a donation of $63,000 was made to assist patients through the Ohio Health Foundation Cancer Care.

Tom and Hope worked endless hours on this project and report that planning for the 2022 event has already begun.

Our members were well represented at the area Christmas parades and events. Steve Wickersham gave Santa and Mrs. Claus a carriage ride before he turned his attention to logging with his team. Marilyn Conley drove her mules in the Dalton Christmas parade for the first time in several years and was a welcome sight.

Martha Parrott was out for a ride in the good weather on her horse Chief who is doing well after being treated for an eye ailment. Diane Tankerd’s new horse Scotch appears to be a keeper and she has been working with him this winter preparing for the summer camping season.

Finally, this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Ohio Horsemen’s Council. There will be celebratory activities planned throughout the year to commemorate this milestone event. There are jackets and vests available that are embroidered with the OHC emblem that can be purchased from the OHC website.

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As we head into the last half of winter I know we are all looking forward, with great anticipation, to the opening of the State Forest trails and camping season. Until then be safe and may you only travel happy trails. ~Susan Baker WOOD As I write this article it is windy and very cold. All my critters are snug in the barn and we are getting ourselves ready for a cold winter to arrive at last. This is my time to renew myself and prepare for next ride season.

Our meeting night has changed to the first Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. The meetings are still at Flippin Jimmie’s in Fostoria.

As we have snow bunnies that go south for the winter our banquet is tentatively marked for April 9 at 12:30 p.m. at The Cancun Mexican restaurant in Findlay along with the April meeting.

Our first two rides plan to be April 21-25 at Waterloo, Mich., at the Farmlane Campground and on May 12-15 at Salamonie River State Forest in Indiana. The rest of our rides will be in Ohio.This year many of us hope to go to all the State Rides which will be on our ride schedule. Diane will get the list posted on our Facebook.

Stay warm, ~Barb O.

Matt, new member Deb on her gaited pony Blaze and Jo on a winter ride at Oak. February 2022

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