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The Horsemen’s Corral is the official publication for the following clubs: Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club Avon Lake Saddle Club Black Swamp Driving Club Buckeye Equestrian Association Central Ohio Saddle Club Association Central Ohio Wagoneers Classical Attraction Dressage Society Colorado Ranger Horse Association Creek Side Mounted Archery District One National Show Horse Dusty Boots Riding Club Flatlanders Dressage & Combined Training Association, Inc. Geauga Horse & Pony Association Great Lakes Appaloosa Horse Club Hoosier Quarter Pony Association Knox County Horse Park Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros Massillon Saddle Club Miami Valley Horse Show Association Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc. Mid-Eastern Farriers Association Mid Ohio Dressage Association Mid-Ohio Marauders National Pole Bending Association Northern Ohio Dressage Association
Northern Kentucky Horse Network Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club Northern Ohio Outlaws Ohio Appaloosa Association O.H.I.O. EXCA Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Assoc. Ohio Haflinger Association Ohio High School Rodeo Association Ohio Horseman’s Council Ohio Gaited Horse Trailriders Ohio Morgan Horse Association Ohio Paint Horse Club Ohio Quarter Horse Association Ohio Ranch Horse Association Ohio State Buckskin Association Ohio Western Horse Association, Inc. Ottawa County Horse Foundation Ohio Valley Team Penning Association Pinto Horse Association of Ohio Premier Mount N Trail Pure Gold Stables Tri-County Trail Association Tri-State Rodeo Association Wayne County Saddle Club Western Reserve Carriage Association
The Corral Staff Editor .............................................................................................Bobbie Coalter Advertising Sales & General Manager .....................................Joe Coalter email ............................................................... joe@thehorsemenscorral.com Club Sales & Circulation Manager Art & Composition Director .....................................................Michelle Ross email ......................................................michelle@thehorsemenscorral.com
WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS Features: ........................................ Kelley Bitter, Rob & Tanya Corzatt, .................... Allison Black Goldberg, Robert Eversole, Bryan Farcus, .............................Kristen Janicki, Lisa Kiley, Terry Myers, Sarah Vas, ............................................................................... Christine Weisgarber NEXT ISSUE NUMBER 7 ............................................................................................ JULY 2022 JULY 2022 DEADLINE ............................................................... JUNE 10, 2022
DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO HORSE AND HORSEMEN since 1969 THE HORSEMEN’S CORRAL is published monthly by Horsemen’s Corral, 8283 Richman Road, Lodi, Ohio 44254. (ISSN 0164-6591). Published as Periodicals at the Lodi Post Office USPS 889-180 with additional entry points of Cleveland, OH 44101 and New Philadelphia, OH 44663. Periodicals postage paid at Lodi, Ohio, and additional entry offices. Subscriptions may only be purchased through Horsemen’s Corral member clubs. Single copies, $3.00 at select distributors. For subscriptions, address changes, and adjustments, write to: Horsemen’s Corral, P.O. Box 32, Lodi, Ohio 44254. Manuscripts, drawings, and other material submitted must be accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope. POSTMASTER: All subscription addresses are properly screened through CASS per USPS requirements. The Horsemen’s Corral will not accept returns of magazines deemed undeliverable for any reason. Please discard copy of any issue deemed as undeliverable. The Horsemen’s Corral cannot be held responsible for unsolicited material. MAILING ADDRESS & PHONE: P.O. Box 32, Lodi, Ohio 44254 OFFICE: 330/635-4145
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Inside This Issue A Wee Canter in Scotland ...................................................... 52 Bulletin Board ......................................................................... 57 Corral Calendar ...................................................................... 38 The Cowboy Perserverance Ranch........................................ 54 Farrier Friendly ....................................................................... 30 Gut Health Starts with the Diet ............................................... 12 In Case of Economic Emergency ........................................... 58 The Last Ride ........................................................................... 6 Return to Your Horses Roots with “Paddock Paradise” .......... 20 Ride In Sync ............................................................................. 8 TrailMeister ............................................................................. 18 View From the Cheap Seats................................................... 24 Western Dressage .................................................................. 34 Club News Ashland Paint and Plain Saddle Club ..................................... 21 Black Swamp Driving Club ..................................................... 32 Buckeye Equestrian Association ............................................ 48 Colorado Ranger Horse Association ...................................... 56 Dusty Boots Riding Club......................................................... 22 Geauga Horse and Pony Association ..................................... 32 Hoosier Quarter Pony Association.......................................... 50 Knox County Horse Park .......................................................... 8 Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros ................................................. 28 Miami Valley Horse Show Association.................................... 49 Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc. ................................... 14 Mid-Eastern Farriers Association............................................ 30 Mid Ohio Dressage Association.............................................. 50 Mid-Ohio Marauders ............................................................... 26 Northern Ohio Dressage Association ..................................... 49 Northern Ohio Outlaws ........................................................... 26 O.H.I.O. EXCA........................................................................ 10 Ohio Gaited Horse Trailriders ................................................. 14 Ohio High School Rodeo Association ..................................... 28 Ohio Horseman’s Council ....................................................... 59 Ohio Paint Horse Club ............................................................ 10 Ohio Valley Team Penning Association .................................. 22 Ohio Western Horse Association ............................................ 55 Pinto Horse Association of Ohio ............................................. 56 Premier Mount N Trail............................................................. 55 Pure Gold Stables .................................................................. 25 Tri-County Trail Association .................................................... 16 Wayne County Saddle Club ................................................... 16 Western Reserve Carriage Association .................................. 31
ABOUT THE COVER: Pedro the Mini Donkey owned by Colleen Becker at Bridlewood Stables in Olmsted Falls Township, Ohio. Photo taken by Gold Horse Photography, Taylor Kos. You can reach Taylor at 216/333-2866, taylor@ goldhorsephotography.com, www.goldhorsephotography.com
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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
ELLEN A. PATTERSON Ellen A. Patterson, 78, of Wellington, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on May 2 2022. She was born on Nov. 27, 1943 in Spokane, Wash. Ellen worked as owner and operator (C.P.A.) She was heavily involved in many horse organizations, such as Ohio Half Arabian Horse Association, Buckeye Arabian and Half Arabian Alliance, National Horse Show Registery and also the Ohio C.P.A. Association. She enjoyed her flower gardens, her horses, and dogs and loved being a CPA. Ellen is survived by her beloved family Daughter Stacy L. Grills (Robert), three granddaughters Monica A. Patterson (Pete), Chelsea K. Grills (Matt), Kathryn L. Grills, three great grandchildren Brandt, Madalynn and Ellie. She was preceded in death by her parents John and Marguerite Dougherty, husband James E. Patterson ‘Pat’, son James S. Patterson ‘Scott’, granddaughter Courtney Grills, one brother and two sisters. Services were held at the Cowling Funeral Home in Oberlin with her final resting place being the Camden Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to BAHAA, 2242 Polo Park Dr., Dayton, Ohio 45439. DREAMWEAVERS EBONY ‘WIZARD’ Dreamweavers Ebony ‘Wizard’ (3/24/994/28/22), age 23, collapsed suddenly and unexpectedly in our barn and will be dearly missed as he wanders the pastures of Heaven with my recently passed husband. Wizard was ‘my guy’, you know, That horse—the one you instantly have a connection with and riding any other horse is just not the same? He was that guy for me. I bought Wizard several years ago from a friend, after thinking about it for nearly a year, but, once eye to eye with him and one very short trail ride, I knew he was for me.
For several years now he has taken care of me in more ways than I can count. A time when I almost passed out while trail riding and he instantly stopped, I rolled off of him and he stood by me, not moving a muscle, the entire time until I was ready. A wrong turn on a trail, not lost but, not where we intended and I just gave him his head and he took us out the best way possible. When my husband passed away in January, my horses were my comfort, a trip to the barn or looking out over the property could give me peace. My Wizard, while not always the most affectionate one of the herd but, always knew when he was needed and would allow me the time I needed to hang on his neck or love on his face. I can get another horse but, I will never be able to replace him. Our first ride this year also turned out to be our last ride, April 13, 2022. Good Friday, we rode Ceasar’s Creek State Park out of the Compton Road Boat Ramp, it was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and we were with friends. We rode 4.5 miles, ate lunch and had a great time. Wizard fortunately passed at home, in his barn, surrounded by his pasture mates. We had no warning and it appears to have been instant, which I am grateful for. He took care of anyone on his back but he especially took care of me. RIP in Wizard, I love you! Thank you for being part of my family and always being there when I needed you. Go wander the lush fields of Heaven and take Chris for some rides and remember to get the treats out of his pocket. ~Dianna Spencer Clinton County OHC VICKI MANDLEY Vicki (McKee) Mandley, daughter of Dwight and Bonnie McKee, wife of David Mandley and sister of Sherry (McKee, Bill Napier), and Randy McKee left this world too early at 61 on April 5, 2022 following a several-year battle with cancer. Her friends and family recall the everpresent smile and good nature. Back in the 60’s I still remember two little girls showing their ponies at Wagon Wheel arena, the Hollow and other places. They usually came out of each class with ribbons. As the girls grew and advanced to bigger shows, their dad Dwight (now deceased) told me he spent “a lot of money” on horses, outfits, entries and travel while allowing as it was “well worth it” to see them have a positive productive experience growing into adulthood. And positive it was! Vicki and sister Sherry both achieved excellence in showing and later judging. Also a respected 4-H advisor in Wayne County, Vicki served as vice president of pleasure shows at the Wayne County Saddle Club. Even as cancer began its attack, Vicki remained cheerful throughout. Her smile remains etched in my memory even though we’d not seen each other for some time. Her contribution to the Wayne County horse community will be long remembered by those of us who knew her. Email submissions for The Last Ride to michelle@thehorsemenscorral.com
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Ride In Sync
Your Instincts Can Be Your Barrier by Terry Myers
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o be successful with working with your horse, you must understand your own instinctive reactions before you can understand the instincts and reactions of your horse. Most human instinctive reactions are not conducive to good horse handling. As with most situations, we are our own worst enemy. The most common, yet most difficult instinctive reaction that people must overcome is fear. Fear is the biggest obstacle with human/horse relationships. For example: when fear sets in for a rider, the rider will usually stiffen and squeeze with their legs, their heels come up which then tilts them forward and they stiffen their torso which causes the horse to hollow their back. To add to all the mixed messages they are giving the horse, they pull on the horses’ mouth. If you put all of this together, you get an accident waiting to happen. The good news, we have the ability to change our reactions, to
condition and train ourselves to act and react in a way that the horse can understand. In fearful situations, humans can reason, horses cannot. A story from my teenage days can illustrate my point. When I was 17 years old and working for a guy showing draft horses at the Ohio State Fair, my buddies and I were on the midway, when we came upon a sideshow called Zambora. This sideshow was about a woman who would turn into a gorilla ‘before our very eyes.’ Outside this tent, there was a sign that said ‘Danger Exit.’ Thinking that we were tough farm boys, afraid of nothing, we paid our money and went into the tent. The announcer began to tell the story about this woman that would turn into a ferocious gorilla after they gave her a shot of a mysterious medicine. This woman was sitting calmly in a cage. They gave her the shot, and after a several seconds of flashing lights and the announcer’s voice
building the excitement, low and behold, the woman in the cage was now a really angry gorilla. As the announcer was reassuring us that the cage was secure, the door drops open and the ferocious gorilla jumps out. Next thing I knew, I was outside the tent. I was not sure how I got there, but I looked back and realized I got took. What’s the point of the story? I reacted with fear, just as a horse would. In the face of danger, I reacted as a prey animal and ran, just as a horse would. However, reason set in and I quickly understood I was not in danger and had been duped, a horse would still be running until they were certain they were out of dangers’ reach. The difference between me and a horse is that I could reason. In working with horses, we have to understand our instincts before we can appreciate the horse’s instincts and reactions. The good news is that we can retrain ourselves and gain knowledge and skills which will help us control
our reactions produced by our instincts. As with all horsemanship skills, self awareness is the key to understanding how we can achieve the best results with our partnership with our horse. In future articles we will talk about specific actions you can consider when handling your horse. Next month—The Push Me/Pull Me Instinct. 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’ RideIn-Sync methods as well as clinic and training services available, visit www.tmtrainingcenter.com or on Facebook.
Knox County Horse Park
Add Knox County Horse Park Fun Shows to your Calendar 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 the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. The meeting location will be posted on Facebook, from May through October we meet at the Horse Park Shelter House. The first and second Fun Show were cancelled due to rain. Check our Facebook page for an up to date schedule. 8
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SHOW DATES JUNE 4: rain date June 18 JULY 2: rain date July 16 AUG. 6: rain date Aug. 20 SEPT. 3: rain date Sept. 17 OCT. 1: rain date Oct. 15 OCT. 29: Halloween show The Fun Shows for the year 2022 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 high point buckle award for different age groups presented at the October show. There will be a Halloween fun show on Oct. 29. There will be a first and second place buckle. 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! June 2022
Ohio Paint Horse Club
Come Show Your Paint Horse at OPHC Shows PRESIDENT, Tim Snapp VICE PRESIDENT, Luke Wadsworth TREASURER, Jill Krofft Davis SECRETARY, Heather Collins WEBSITE, www.ophc.org
by Hannah Dunn Welcome to June Corral readers! For APHA members, this month is especially exciting: it is the beginning of the APHA World Show. For those of us in Ohio, we can rejoice that the cold, dreary months of the year are gone for the imminent future, the sun is shining into the evening hours, and the Ohio Paint Horse Club (OPHC) has been heating up with some great horse shows. As we head into these summer months, the OPHC is thrilled to offer more shows for you and your Paint horse to attend. If you have a little one in your life, the OPHC would love to see them in the show pen. This photo shows the very popular
Leadline class at the Garwood APHA show in March. In May, the OPHC had a busy month with the Great 8 Zone Show, the first show in the Midwest Connection Saddle Series. Partnered with other APHA Zone 8 clubs and An Equine Production, the Zone show at C Bar C in Cloverdale, Ind., was a huge success. Almost every single APHA class was pointed, and many of the Youth classes had 10-plus exhibitors. Class results, score sheets, and weekend high points are available for viewing on An Equine Production’s website. With challenging patterns, some of APHA’s finest judges, and many of the most competitive Paint horses in the industry, this show was an awesome way for potential APHA World Show exhibitors to get some practice in before the Worlds. The OPHC would like to wish all our members who will be traveling to Fort Worth, Texas, as World Show exhibitors the best of luck. Take in all the sights, experience
Leadliners get their time in the spotlight at the OPHC show at Garwood. some Texan fine dining, and most importantly, have fun with your Paint horse. We will be rooting for you! After recovering from the World Show, plan to attend the OPHC’s popular Border Bash show. This show will be cohosted by the Michigan Paint Horse Club (MPHC) and is always one of the the OPHC’s biggest, most fun shows of the year. The Border Bash is located in Wauseon, Ohio, and will have four judges: John Boxell, Mike and Charlene Carter, and Gayle Lampinen. We hope to see you
come show with us. To stay up to date on shows and announcements, please follow our Facebook pages: Zone 8 APHA, Ohio Paint Horse Club, and Zone 8 Solid PaintBred Exhibitors. These groups will post judges, patterns, and showbills as we get closer to the rest of the shows this season. If you wish to volunteer at any of the shows, the OPHC is happy to welcome you on board, and we thank you for your consideration. Happy horsing, and we hope to see you and your Paints at our shows this year!
O.H.I.O EXCA
Join us at Our Clinics in 2022 PRESIDENT, Jimmy McDonald TREASURER, Elisa Holmes SECRETARY, Taylor Long FACEBOOK, O.H.I.O. EXCA
2022 has started us on an exceptional path to an exciting year. We finished our winter practices at the end of April at Riverland Arena. What a blessing to have a large heated indoor arena through the winter. The first Monday in May, we started our first practice at Creekside Horse Park where once again we are blessed with an equine obstacle course and center. We will be rotating every other Thursday at Creekside through the spring, summer and fall. On the alternating Thursdays we will be at Smokey Lane Stables, home of Smokey Lane Auctions and S Bar
L Rodeo. We keep our obstacle trailer at Smokey Lane which holds some great equine obstacles that we set up for practice. At Smokey Lane we also hold many western events such as cattle sorting, cattle working and ranch working obstacles. Our first spring meeting at Smokey Lane held our roping clinic with Jay Puzacke of Saltwell Stables. So come, join us, as we build partnerships with horses and horse loving people and western buffs. Coming in June we will have a Clicker Training Clinic with certified trainer, Katie Finley. In July we will have our clinic with Clinton Anderson certified trainer, Kayla Slabaugh. In August we will have our EXCA Clinic with renowned EXCA clinician and top level judge, Lee Hart. Check out our Facebook page, O.H.I.O. EXCA for our dates and membership.
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Gut Health Starts With The Diet by Kristen Janicki, MS, PAS
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hat comes to mind when you think of a horse’s gut? Typically, the gut encompasses the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine, all playing a role in digestion and absorption of nutrients. The stomach begins the process of digestion with the secretion of hydrochloric acid. The stomach is followed by the small intestine, segmented into three sections known as the duodenum, ileum, and the jejunum. The small intestine further digests and absorbs nutrients like starch, sugar, fats, vitamins, and minerals. Lastly, we come to the largest portion: the hindgut, full of loops, twists and turns, a massive fermentation vat containing a symbiotic environment of bacteria for digestion of fiber. Diet can make or break a horse’s gut health. What are some of the diet basics to keeping the gut healthy? Let’s dive in!
Forage We all know our beloved equines need forage to keep their complex digestive systems working properly. Although a ‘forage requirement’ per say has yet to be established, it is ideal to utilize forage to provide most of the nutrients in the diet to reduce the risks for hindgut acidosis, colic, and gastric ulcers. Long-stemmed forage should be fed at a very minimum of 1.5 percent of body weight throughout the entire day, and if obesity is a concern, work with a nutritionist to determine the best course of action to prevent gut issues. Although more typical of rapid changes in grain or concentrates, the chances of colic increase with changes in type of forage fed, too. Among all the feed changes studied in horses, changes in the type of hay remains the most significant factor. Based on data from practicing veterinarians in Texas, horses experiencing a change in hay type were almost ten times as likely to colic in a study of 1,030 cases of colic compared to equal numbers of controls (Cohen et al., 1999). Most common colic causes associated with changes in hay type possibly include impaction, or changes in the microflora altering pH or volatile fatty acid production.
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Feeding a high calorie performance feed? It is likely to contain high starch grains like corn, oats, and barley. The physiology of the digestive system seems put some type of limit on the amount of starch a horse can ingest in one meal. In a recent study, horses consuming more than one gram of starch per kilogram of body weight per meal or exceeding two grams per
kilogram of body weight of starch per day is associated with an approximately twofold increase in the likelihood of EGUS severity and more likely to develop ulcers. If not digested and absorbed in the small intestine, starch will spill over into the hindgut where it undergoes microbial fermentation. Unlike forages, fermentation of starch produces lactic acid and decreases the pH of the hindgut, potentially leading to digestive disturbances like colic.
Pre- and Probiotics
How to estimate the sugar/starch intake of my horse? A 1,200 lb performance horse is being fed 5 lb of a performance sweet feed (20% starch and 10% sugar) plus 18 lb of a mature hay as fed/day. The feed is divided into two meals. Assume the hay contains limited sugar (and starch). First, convert to kg by dividing lb by 2.2. Performance feed: 2272.7 g x 0.20 (20% starch) + 2272.7 g x 0.1 (10% sugar) = 454.5 g starch + 227.3 g sugar = 681.8 g • Divide this by the weight of the horse 545.5 kg gives: 1.25 g/BW/day and 0.62 g/BW/meal This is significantly less than the recommended level per day and per meal.
Pre- and probiotics are both additives that can potentially help support your horse’s gut health. Prebiotics can be a safe way to help improve fiber digestibility, especially when poor quality forage is fed, while probiotics provide bacterial species commonly present in the equine gut and can help to reduce the harmful effects of starch in the hindgut.
Water Ensure water is always available when stabled and pastured. During transportation, water should be provided at intervals not exceeding four to six hours and all water intake should be monitored to ensure proper hydration.
Wrapping it up A healthy gut starts with the diet, including adequate water, a consistent forage supply accounting for at least 1.5 percent of body weight per day, minimizing starch and sugar intake per meal, and digestive support from pre- and probiotics.
Kristen Janicki, MS, PAS is a Technical Marketing Specialist for MARS Horsecare US/BUCKEYE™ Nutrition, responsible for technical nutrition support, digital and social media, and working collaboratively with the Senior Nutrition Manager in providing high-quality nutritional content. Headquartered in Dalton, Ohio, BUCKEYE Nutrition has been manufacturing quality products since 1910. BUCKEYE Nutrition takes feed safety seriously, implementing many programs mandated in human food manufacturing facilities. With the backing of the WALTHAM Petcare Science Institute, a world-leading authority on pet care and widely renowned as an institution of the highest scientific caliber, our equine nutritionists provide scientifically based equine nutritional solutions which guide our formulations and our BUCKEYE Nutrition brand promise of being the highest quality, fixed formula feeds available. BUCKEYE Nutrition is a 100 percent equine-focused company, 100 percent medication-free facility, sourcing 100 percent traceable, pure ingredients for consistency. 800/898-9467. www.BuckeyeNutrition.com 12
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Ohio Gaited Horse Trailriders
Let the Trail Riding Begin in the Smokey Mountains by Richard Anderson The 2022 trail riding schedule is off and running, and since it has only just begun, we don’t have a lot to report on at this point. But we did get to Great Seal horse camp and Tar Hollow in Ohio for some tune-up weekend trail rides to prepare our horses for the trail rides in the Great Smokey mountains, where we will be climbing over 4,000 feet above sea level to The Nolan Divide. We will be staying just outside Bryson City, N.C., at the Deep Creek Horse Camp (828/7361270) with our host, James Clark, where we have stayed every year for 6 years. The horse camp is around 9 hours away from Columbus, and we usually go around the mountain range near Ashville and Cherokee to travel on the flatter surfaces and avoid the mountains. We went over the mountains once, and
while it was beautiful to look at, it took a toll on our horses, with all of the turns and hills that we encountered, and so we determined to travel on the flatter roads in the future. But our plan for this year’s schedule is to break in to two groups as we go forward with our ride schedule. One group is planning to head out west to Utah to hopefully visit Moab, Utah and see the Delicate Arch and Landscape Arches and to once again experience the thrill of trail riding in the Rocky mountains, as well as Mount Rushmore, with a visit to French Creek and the Mount Rushmore monument, and then on to the Canadian Rockies to ride with the Canadian Rocky Trail Riders. It should be a smasher of a trip. The other group will be staying closer to home with rides here in Ohio and the Midwest by joining up with the state riding
Tim and Jody Scarbrough on board their gaited horses in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Cary Cox and Sally Crane Cox, master of the Rocky Fork Fox Hunt club in Columbus.
schedule published by the Ohio Horsemen Council, as well as other selected destinations that come along our way. We have listed our riding schedule, and, as usual, it is subject to change due to unforseen events, but we plan to follow it as closely as possible, as weather will permit. You are welcome to join us, by calling 614/582-3202. As usual, we’re looking for fun.
2022 SCHEDULE JUNE 11-22: Elk haven horse Camp (Black Hills), Keystone, SC JUNE 29-JULY 22: Millers Knoll (Bryce Canyon), Panguitch, Utah AUG. 6-12: Canadian Rocky Trail ride, Banff, BC
Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc.
A Day in the Life of a Shore to Shore Rider PRESIDENT, Chuck Fanslow 1st VICE PRESIDENT, Al Davis SECRETARY, Kathleen Moss TREASURER, Mindy Ellis WEBSITE, www.mtra.org EMAIL, mtra.office@gmail.com PHONE, 989/723-1425
by Kristen Humble I’m getting excited to ride the second June shore to shore ride. Will you be joining me? It’s always an amazing experience
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and I love meeting the new people that come and try it for the first time. Most newbys ask about the logistics of the ride, so here is an example of how I do it. 5:30—Wake up and care for the horse (feed/water), get yourself ready. 5:45—Prepare the rig for travel and make sure you leave your horse secured on the picket line, and that you have a saddle, bridle, girth, and pad along with any saddle bags, food, water, riding supplies, etc…wrapped in a waterproof tarp on the ground before you leave. 6:00—The MTRA bus will circle
through the camp and all rigs will pull out behind it to caravan to the destination camp. The drive is usually about an hour or less. 7:00—Park the rig and wait for the bus to pick you up. The bus honks and you have to be ready to get in right away. 7:40—Whenever the bus arrives back at the original camp you will run to the outhouse, then saddle up your horse and pack your picket line and tarp into your water bucket and load it onto the bus. Then find your friends and take off down the blue dot trail. 1:00—You will ride into camp around 1:00 because it will take about 5 hours (give or take) to complete most rides if you keep a 4-6 mph pace going. This means you do some walking, some trotting/gaiting and an occasional lope. Nobody cares how fast you complete the rides, but I prefer to be in the saddle around 5 hours or less, so I try to keep track of my pace. 1:30—Take care of your horse. Bathe, unsaddle, after she cools off give her a drink and make your picket line. Once the horse is all set, most people take a quick nap or relax. Some people eat lunch on the trail and others eat when they ride back in. This is the ‘down time’ and you choose whatever you’d like to do.
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6:00—Dinner time. Most members coordinate meals or do potluck style themes with others. If you are a newby, plan to bring a few side dishes you could share instead of just individual meals. You’ll thank me for that tip later! 7:00 (ride night)—Trail boss will have a meeting where he tells us important information about the trail and the drive for the next day. Sometimes there’s an activity or icebreaker at the meetings too. After the meeting most people pack their trailers and visit for a while before heading to bed. 7:00 (layover night)—In the second June ride there are multiple layover days where you don’t have to wake up the following morning. On those nights there is no trail boss meeting, so people enjoy their favorite beverages and sit around bonfires and listen to guitars and live music. If you have questions about any of the rides or anything, don’t hesitate to ask. Many of our group members are active on a variety of FB group pages for MTRA. There are so many great things always happening in the MTRA and we hope that you will join us as a member and come ride with us. Check out our website at www. mtra.org and our Facebook pages to keep up to date with all the happenings. Ride on! June 2022
Smoke Rise is sure to give you a taste of the old west and the famed cowboy life-style.
YEAR-ROUND CAMPING • HIKING • FISHING
— Join us this year at our events —
Rustic Cabins • Camping Weddings Indoor Arena • Bath House 2000 Private Acres of Trail Riding Overnight Trail Rides Cattle Drives • Train Robbery ****** Group packages available to churches, 4-H, family reunions, private events.
JUNE 4
Ranch Rodeo
AUG. 12-13
Train Robbery
JUNE 10-11
Train Robbery
AUG. 26-27
Train Robbery
JUNE 17-19
Summer Sort — Team Sorting/Cattle Weekend
SEPT. 2-5
Labor Day Weekend— Team Sorting/Cattle Weekend
JUNE 24-25
Train Robbery
SEPT. 9-10
Train Robbery
JULY 1-4
4th of July—Team Sorting/Cattle Weekend
SEPT. 17-18
Ranch Roping Practice and Competition
JULY 8-9
Train Robbery
SEPT. 22-25
Mule Days
JULY 16-17
Top Hand Beginner Ranch Roping/ Branding Clinic
OCT. 14-16
Fall Round Up — Team Sorting/Cattle Weekend
JULY 18-21
Little Wranglers Kids Camp
NOV. 5
4 Man Ranch Rodeo
NOV. 6
JULY 23-24
Ranch Roping Practice and Competition
3 Man Ranch Roping Competition
NOV. 11-13
AUG. 5-7
7th Annual Smoke Rise Reunion— Team Sorting/Cattle Weekend
Customer Appreciation — Team Sorting/Cattle Weekend
Check our Facebook page (Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort) for the latest updates! For complete descriptions of the events please visit our website:
www.smokeriseranch.com Smoke Rise Horseman’s Resort is a western-style guest ranch nestled in the rolling hills of Southeastern Ohio.
Wayne County Saddle Club
A Strong Start to Our Show Season PRESIDENT, Stan Bosler VICE PRESIDENT, Angie Didinger & Jaimie Horsky; SECRETARY, Tricia Crilow; TREASURER, Beth Eikleberry WEBSITE, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com
It’s June already! Have you been to the Hollow yet? 2022 is, indeed, of to a running start. Of course spring weather always has its say about how things go. The first fun show saw beautiful weather and a strong start to the ‘Buckle Series’. A lot of folks came and showed both for the Buckle Series and the traditional Fun Show. Between memberships, Buckle Series sign ups, and Fun Show entries, the income was exceptional. That’s a blessing. We have also been blessed as folks seem to be enjoying themselves; plenty of volunteers so far; and great entries.
The first Buckle Series/Fun Show of 2022. Leanne and her crew are doing their best to assure you have an enjoyable experience here. The second fun show was not quite as big. It rained the day before and all day Friday. Those who braved the inclement weather had a good time in spite of the wet. It’s not too late to sign up for the Buckles. We still have one show in June, two in July, two in August, and one in October for you to earn points toward the buckles. Best wishes to all of you!
The Pleasure show scheduled for May 7 was cancelled due to the mud and extremely wet conditions. By the time you read this we will have had our first Contest point show (May 21), and another fun show (May 27). Upcoming in June scheduled events include a June 11 Pleasure Point show, June 24 Fun show, June 25 Contest Point show. And July 11 Pleasure Point show. Note! You must work four hours in order to qualify for yearend awards. Be sure to log your
hours at the entry booth during shows. It seems as if we never have too much help so, please, feel free to volunteer. We’ll find something for you to do. Thanks! The worship group meets Sundays at 11 a.m. All are welcome! It is June and, if you haven’t been to the Hollow yet, why not check us out. You are welcome whether you come to show, help, watch, or any combination of the above. Why not join us? ~Stan
Tri-County Trail Association
Many Joys and Advantages to Being a Member of Tri-County Trails PRESIDENT, Jim Mike VICE PRESIDENT, Terry McKain SECRETARY, Falicia Pitman TREASURER, Chuck Stephens WEBSITE, www.tri-cotrails.com
by Kelly Jo Heffner Tri-County Trail Association is a group of people that all have a common interest, horses and riding. Each member has their own opinions and beliefs when it comes to various activities, health, experiences, disciplines, etc., but can all come together and become friends and cohorts. Everyone in the club cares
about each other. People have pulled together to get things accomplished. A member recently was hospitalized with a stroke, and the club pulled together and donated money to help assist financially while he recovers. It truly warms my heart to see others going out of their way for a member in need. I have also personally needed assistance with projects, and other members have stepped up and assisted whenever they could. I believe that everyone in this club enjoys helping, and it shows. The friendly atmosphere in our events is another way that the club shows both members and non-members what a great place to meet other like-minded people. What better way to find a true trail riding friend than in a great club?
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One of the joys of being a member of such a wonderful club is the variety of backgrounds you may have between members. We have members that are into mounted shooting, western pleasure, rodeo (barrel racing, etc), trail riders, endurance racers, and so on! What a wealth of information for whatever discipline you are interested in! I have been introduced to many people since becoming editor and have enjoyed the conversations that I have had with everyone. It didn’t matter if they were the newest member or the oldest member, the conversations have always been knowledgeable and most times, very entertaining. Some of these conversations were about the beginnings of this wonderful club, some were about improvement ideas, and others were about making plans for some of our events, just to name a few. There are always smiles to be had. I believe this club speaks for itself when it comes to horse clubs! Stop by and say hello, and you will see how polite and outgoing the members of TriCounty are! Join us for an event, and spend some time on the trails! Make new friends, and bring your
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current friends for a good time with some really great people! 2022 EVENT CALENDAR JUNE 4-5: Work Party, 10 a.m. (4th) and Board Meeting and General Meeting (5th), 5 p.m. JUNE 10-12: Summer Bash Weekend JULY 10: Board Meeting and General Meeting, 5 p.m. JULY 22-24: Away Ride; watch for upcoming information! AUG. 7: Board Meeting and General Meeting, 5 p.m. AUG. 13: Work Party, 10 a.m. AUG. 19-21: Ox Roast Weekend and Raffle SEPT. 10: Work Party, 10 a.m. SEPT. 11: Board Meeting and General Meeting, 5 p.m. SEPT. 17: Fall Ride, 10 a.m.; Potluck after. OCT. 2: Board Meeting and General Meeting, 5 p.m., E. Sparta Com. Bldg OCT. 8: Work Party, 10 a.m. OCT. 14-16: Halloween Weekend NOV. 6: Board Meeting and General Meeting, 5 p.m., E Sparta Com. Bldg NOV. 13: Thanksgiving Dinner, 2 p.m. June 2022
TrailMeister Trail Meister Front Country Horse Camping What to Know Before You Go by Robert Eversole
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ood horse camping is easy. Great Horse Camping requires a little more preparation. Let’s discuss how to get the most out of your adventures. From what to look for in a campground, safe trailering to camp, and even why Love Letters are an important part of every camping trip! Planning for a Horse Camping Adventure in the Front Country (or anywhere!) 1. Do your Homework—What type of adventure are you up for? In any camping environment, all you need is food, water, and shelter for horses and humans. Three things. That’s it. How complicated you make fulfilling those needs is up to you. You can keep it simple by heading to a fully equipped resort or you can decide to rule the wilderness. There’s a world of difference between setting up camp at a guest ranch with reserved stalls and parking complete with water and electric hookups for your truck and trailer, verses an outing that requires you to ride deep into a wilderness area with everything you need for survival on the back of your horse.
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Types of Horse Camps
• Guest Ranch, Resort, or B&B—Glamping with all the bells and whistles. • Established Campgrounds—Corrals are common, usually have restroom facilities, sometimes even shower houses. State Parks, etc. • Primitive Camp—Dispersed camping USFS / BLM areas. • Wilderness Camping—Packing in—We’ll visit that topic another time. The amount of preparation depends on the type of camp you plan on visiting. Guest ranches take care of everything from corrals to dining facilities. Dispersed camping in a National Forest means you’ll need to be proficient with not only horse containment, but water, shelter, and everything else you’ll need. It’s best to start slow and work up to more involved adventures. With every trip keep notes on what you forgot and what you had but didn’t need. With each trip, you’ll become more organized and find out what little things helped you feel more comfortable in camp and on the trail. Using a printable checklist helps. (https://www. trailmeister.com/trail-rider-check-list/ ) 2. After you’ve decided what type of adventure you want, now is the time to start asking questions. • What amenities are available? Corrals, restrooms, showers, water, etc. • What is the parking like? Will my rig fit? • How many miles of trails? What types of trails (out and back or loops), terrain and footing? • Are reservations required? Where to make them? • Best times to visit? What are the rules and restrictions for the area? Coggins Test, Brand Inspection, Health Certs. Is weed free feed required? If certified weed-free feed is required, ask for a list of where to buy it. Are portable corrals allowed? Are dogs allowed? Fire restrictions? Bear restrictions? • Is it a multi-use area? Who will I meet on the trails and in camp? • Driving distance and quality of the roads? How long will it take to get there and can my truck and trailer make it? 3. Once you’ve settled on your destination point it’s time to start making sure that you and your horses are ready for the trip. It’s all good as long as nothing goes wrong. Are you preparing? Or you just surviving? • Food: Meal planning—The average equine eats about 2 percent of body weight per day. If an average horse weighs 1,000 lbs that foots out to about 20lbs of hay per horse per day. How are you going to carry it? Pack your horse’s usual rations. You may be tempted to S
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Another good equine containment option is portable corrals, either hard sided or electrical. Not all areas allow portable fencing so be sure to check with the land manager beforehand. If you plan on using electric fencing be sure to get your animals used to it first at home. Animals unused to electric fence have a tendency to rush through rather than back away from the white line of electric. Also, remember that the natives (deer, elk, moose, bear) where you’ll be camping will not have had the benefit of such training.
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‘treat’ your horse to prepare him for a rigorous day of riding. Resist that urge. Keep your horse’s feed as close to normal as possible. Giving your horse foods that he’s not used to can cause digestive troubles. If a specific type of feed (i.e. weed free) is required and it’s different from what you normally feed at home, you’ll want to change your horse’s diet gradually prior to your trip. For example, if changing from grain and hay to a complete pelleted feed, or even from one kind of hay to another, do it well in advance so you don’t put your horse at risk of colic or other potential health problems. Also, as much as they’ll want to don’t allow horses to graze on green meadow grass if your horse is not accustomed to eating fresh forage at home. Colic is one thing you want to avoid especially when horsecamping, where the nearest Vet may be far away! • Water: Dihydrogen Monoxide. Water is the most vital of requirements. For our animals as well as us. On average horses drink 10-15 gallons of water a day. That’s a lot. Check in advance for availability of horse water. Inquire with the land manager or reputable online guide if water is available in a stream that flows all year long, or whether it’s supplied. Some streams are seasonal, and pumps can break, so plan a back-up.
There may be water for the horses, but is there potable water for you? If the H2O situation looks sketchy you’ll have to haul, and at 8.3 pounds per gallon, hauling sufficient water can quickly become a challenge. • Shelter / Containment: This is where things can get interesting. Much like toddlers our horses will get into mischief if allowed to wander unattended. A safe and secure method to keep them contained is imperative for a successful horse camping trip. If you’re heading to a guest ranch or established horse camp with corrals you shouldn’t have too many worries. Just to be safe it’s a good idea to take a few minutes and give the pony’s’ pen a good going-over before you put them in. And have an option in case the pens aren’t up to snuff. For areas without corrals, you’ll need to examine various ways to hold your horses. Versatile, inexpensive, effective, and safe when properly set up; for me the highline is the gold standard. A good primer on how to set up a safe highline can be found at https://www.trailmeister.com/a-betterhighline/. June 2022
Once you’ve handled the basic questions of where, when, why, and what it’s time to start refining your skill sets to ensure that no matter what happens you’ll enjoy a worry free outing. I start these preparations long before I load the trailer. In no particular order other than saving ‘love letters’ for the end! • Conditioning. Is your horse ready for long days on the trail? You’ll most likely be doing more riding than usual on your trip. You’ll want to get him in condition for those long days on the trail. • Vet checks for horses. Is your horse medically fit for camping? Does he have all the required vaccinations? And the paperwork for them? • First aid skills, Equine and human. A good time for a primer on equine first aid is when the horse is getting his annual physical. Ask your vet to teach you how to check vitals such as pulse, temp, and respiration. You’ll need to pass this info on to the vet if there should be a problem at camp. • Communications. Most horse camps are far from reliable cell service. Do you have a way to communicate in an emergency? • Emergency plan. Outline of where you’re going, how long, who you’re going with, when you’re returning, optionally any medical conditions you and your riding buddies have. • Take a trial run. My first camping trip of the year is always in my own backyard. Setting up camp, putting the horses on the highline, trying to recall how to get the Coleman stove running after 8 months of inactivity. A practice camping trip at home is an excellent way to work the kinks out in a place where failure is an option. • Love Letters. What do love notes have to do with trail riding and horse camping? Do the agencies that administer your riding areas know that horse owners are using the area? Without letting them know that equestrian activities are occurring they may forget when it comes to dedicating time, effort, and money, into maintaining horse trails, equine parking, and horse camping areas. I try to pen a quick note to the land manager of each area that we ride or camp so that they are aware of the equine users in the places they are responsible for. These notes are not complaint posts but rather a ‘thank you’ for making these trails open to stock use. In conversations with various recreation rangers from around the continent very few have received a thank you, as opposed to myriads of complaints. Positive reinforcement works. Or as coined by Benjamin Franklin in his 1744 publication of Poor Richard’s Almanack: “Tart Words make no Friends: A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than Gallon of Vinegar.” Send those love letters and post cards and help keep our trails open! For more practical information on trail riding and horse camping, as well as the largest and most accurate guide to horse trails and camps, visit us at www.TrailMeister.com.
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by Lisa Kiley
orse care has come a long way over the years, and in many ways horse owners care more now than ever about the wellbeing of their animals. As we learn more about what’s best for our horses, we are finding that providing a more natural environment is one of the healthiest ways for them to thrive. If you are looking for ways to think outside the box and explore different models of horse keeping, I encourage you to consider ‘Paddock Paradise’. I was intrigued by this brilliant concept that creates a much more natural way of pasturing for horses. It provides an enriching environment while achieving a symbiotic relationship with the land. Jaime Jackson, the author of “Paddock Paradise—A Guide to Natural Horse Boarding” is an accomplished hoof care professional and currently the Executive Director of the Association for the Advancement of Natural Hoof Care Practitioners. He advocates for a more natural way of caring for horses that was born from his observations of wild horses living in the Great Basin area in the 1980s. Over the years he has worked to create a system that brings the benefits of a more natural environment to horses all over the world that can be created by applying the designs of nature into your own back yard. Application of these principles leads to horses that are healthier both physically and mentally. After continually seeing the negative effects of modern horse keeping that resulted in the compromise of hoof health and therefore overall health of the horse, Jackson first set out to introduce the concept of natural hoof care in earlier books he has published. However, when speaking with him, he advised the idea that he wanted to share with the concept of ‘Paddock Paradise’ was to look at horse management in a more holistic way. The concept is to create a space for horses to move as they would in nature, a system that works as it would in the wild, but by design on your own property. For most domesticated horses, lack of movement has a negative impact on their health. In the wild, horses are on the move for a significant part of the time, with stops along the way for different behaviors and activities. Jacksons system introduces a track for horses to move through that encourages activity with a template of 19 different areas that can be added to mimic a natural environment. Ideally, the track consists of a perimeter loop around the property or pasture and an interior adjustable fence (typically electric, such as rope) that creates a track approximately 10-12 feet wide. A space this narrow encourages movement, but for the safety of the horses you want to make sure that they can comfortably turn around in the track space. In his book, Jackson outlines all the different areas that can be added along the track that will provide activity and enrichment. Some of these include: feeding areas—where it is suggested that slow feeders are hung for hay, shelter—such as a loafing shed for protection from the elements, and watering holes—which can be natural or manmade. Along the way, they type of terrain can be altered to add texture to the track, 20
rock piles, logs, and branches provide a course for the horses to work through which is good for the mind and the hooves. Off shoots that allow the horses a dusty spot to roll or spot to lounge under the shade of trees are ideal. Introducing herb beds and complementary browsers like goats will add to the natural landscape. There are so many different options that create a great space for your horse to move and explore in ways they would never experience in a standard pasture setting. So, what goes on in the center of the track? Jackson shared that this is dependent on the size and scope of the property, but there should be some pasture area where the horses can graze, play, and establish pecking orders. This time should be limited to 2-3 sessions per day around a ½ an hour or so which will help prevent them from consuming too much lush grass at any one time. The center space can also be used for hay fields, arenas for working your horse, and the barn yard. Depending on the size of the track and how many horses are utilizing the space, you will need to establish a routine for manure removal, replenishing of hay and minerals, and overall maintenance of the track fencing and footing. However, Jackson emphasized that the space should keep handling to a minimum advising that this isn’t a track for working or riding your horse. This is your horses home place, so make sure it is safe and secure, and then let your horse enjoy it. Horses can live on the track year-round, and it has benefits for horses in all life stages. It is especially helpful for horses that are arthritic or prone to issues such as laminitis or colic. A horse that is living on the track will essentially be ‘warmed-up’ so he can be pulled out and ready to ride and work, helping to reduce work related injury. It will also increase their fitness and stamina without added training sessions. Items found on the track can help naturally desensitize your horses leading to a more sure-footed mount. Jackson confirmed that horses easily adapt to the track and are quick to utilize it as can be seen by the movement patterns they develop almost immediately. For more information about ‘Paddock Paradise’ or to get a copy of Jacksons book, check out his website, www.jaimejackson.com. Jackson also urges people to check out farms where the track system is already in use. He genuinely cares for these animals and wants to see people utilize his ideas to create a system that benefits their health and well-being, improving the daily lives of the horses we all love. Lisa Kiley is a lifelong horse enthusiast who has worked in the equine industry and shown horses for many years. She is a proud member of the Cashmans Horse Equipment Team. Cashmans Horse Equipment, located in Delaware, Ohio, has been providing top quality products to the equine and agricultural community for 40 years. They have a commitment to sourcing environmentally conscious merchandise and items made in the U.S.A. Cashmans strives to educate customers and provide products that put safety first so you can enjoy more time with the horses you love. www.cashmans.com
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Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club
First Show of Season was a Record Breaking Show PRESIDENT, Steven “Chunk” Watts; SECRETARY, Melissa Green; TREASURER, Terri Rafeld; WEBSITE, www.ashlandpaintandplain.com EMAIL, paintandplaininfo@yahoo. com
by Chesna Wertz Hi everyone! I hope this finds you all well, and enjoying the continually rising temperatures. Hopefully spring is here to stay this time! On April 23-24, we held our first AP&P show of the season, and it was a success to say the least! It was one of our biggest shows on record, with over 300
Full classes, smiles, and sunshine were seen all around at our April show. horses and over 1,100 entries! Judge Paula Gatewood signed the cards, and judged deep classes with quality entries. The weather also cooperated in our favor with sunshine and warm temperatures. This was the first April show I can remember where we were wearing T-shirts instead of winter coats! A big
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thank you to everyone who came out and showed with us. We greatly appreciate your support! The week before the show, AP&P was also able to provide some much needed work to the footing in the coliseum, to not only benefit our shows, but also for other events that are held there. It is because of everyone’s support at our shows that we are able to do projects like this; a big thank you to everyone who has supported us! Also a big thank you to Jeremy Scott for his work and knowledge to get the new footing just right. Another new addition to our shows was the installation of an automatic gate opener for our out gate. This makes things run so much smoother, and saves from
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Full classes, smiles, and sunshine were seen all around at our April show. needing a person to open the gate all day. A big thank you to director Brett Hammersmith for heading this project, and getting things working seamlessly! We hope you were able to join us for our show on May 28-29, under Judge Conner Smith. Our July show will be held July 2-3 under Judge Brandy Napier. Hope to see you all there!
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Ohio Valley Team Penning Association
Results from April Show—The Cows were Fresh Like Spring! PRESIDENT, John May VICE PRESIDENT, Beth Moss SECRETARY, Sue Mangus TREASURER, Debra Lyons EMAIL, ovtpasecretary@gmail.com Find Us on Facebook
by Jennifer Radcliff Our first show of the 2022 season was a huge success with over 250 teams sorting cows one by one! The cows were fresh and made for a super fun day. Even the best riders struggled to get 10 cows through the gate, in order, in under 60 seconds. The slow and steady ride seemed to get the best results. Listed are the winners:
ELITE CLASS WINNERS: Jeff McNish and Sue Mangus OPEN CLASS WINNERS: Jeff McNish and Pam Bradshaw
Elite class winners: Sue Mangus and Jeff McNish. #4 SORT WINNERS: Jennifer Radcliff and Lisa Bliss #8 SORT WINNERS: Pam Bradshaw and Mike Hammel YOUTH SORT WINNERS: Michaela Hammel and Elaine Kartley WESTERN HERITAGE #7 WINNERS: Kevin Walters and Chad Cebulak
Check us out on Facebook and reference our showbill for show dates. The next show is June 11 at Treharne Training Center in Negley, Ohio. It is a fun day to spend with your horse
Youth Sort winners: Michaela Hammel and Elaine Kartley. and make new friends. Each show has awards and points are accumulated toward year-end awards.
Remember, if you can trot and count to 10, you can do this! See you June 11. Western shirt and tack required.
Dusty Boots Riding Club
Fun Things Planned for Upcoming Show Season PRESIDENT, Billy Jo Brown 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Rick Wilson TREASURER, Donna Router SECRETARY, Tonya Wilson EMAIL, dustyboots@dustybootsridingclub.com WEBSITE, dustybootsridingclub.com
Dusty Boots Riding Club officers, directors, and trustees are excited about the upcoming show season! There are a lot of fun things planned for this year’s shows and we are proud to announce our regular class entry fees will remain at $5! If you are looking for an affordable and competitive open show organization; come check us out! There is camping available with electric and water hookup at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds location. There are daily high point and reserve awards for each show. If you become a member and nominate your horse your points will be tabulated for yearend awards! For the kids, there is a youth team and royalty competition. 2022 SHOW DATES JUNE 12: DBRC Show, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, (special event: Dan Borelli Memorial Showmanship Class) 22
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JULY 3-4: DBRC Show, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, (special event: Generation Gap on the 3rd) AUG. 21: Blue Lakes Farm, Newbury, Ohio AUG. 28: DBRC Show, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, (special event: Ride For the Cure Class) SPECIAL EVENTS Dan Borelli Memorial Showmanship Class: Winner of the class will receive a scholarship of $500 (current DBRC member) or $250 (nonmember). Exhibitors must be 1625 years of age by Jan. 1. Generation Gap: English or western. Two riders (with at least 10 years of age difference) team up to show one horse. The older rider shows the first direction, then the riders switch and the younger rider shows the second direction. Ride For the Cure Class: Judged as a pleasure class. English or western. Each rider selects a charity or non-profit organization. All proceeds are donated to the winner’s selected cause. Look for our newsletter, membership and nomination forms, special event flyers, royalty contest specifics, and sponsorship forms on our website, www.dustybootsridingclub.com. June 2022
View From the Cheap Seats
They Wouldn’t Dare Shut Us Down by Sarah Vas
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here are lots of industries in the world that operate under a team of safety referees. I can list countless jobs where dangerous activity is regulated, monitored, and penalized. Keeping the work place and all parties involved as safe as possible is a career in itself. Raise your hand if your place of employment has one of those prominently displayed placards tallying the number of accident-free work days. Now, raise your hand if you have that same placard in your barn! I bet not. If OSHA ever got wind of the death defying stunts horse folks pull on a daily basis around these big, dangerous animals, we’d all be red carded. Penalty boxed. Whatever those safety officers do when a guy gets his fingers caught in the ringer. I’m referring to stuff that doesn’t fall under the written guidelines of equine sport.
Who hasn’t stood on the top rung of a step ladder once or twice? If you’ve ever stapled up stall drapes or hung fans at a sweltering horse show, I’ll bet dollars to donuts you didn’t properly tie off your regulation safety harness, let alone remove the horse from beneath your work area. Ever spent long summers teetering precariously on a moving hay wagon while a baler burps 50-pound bricks just out of easy reach? The closest thing to a safety improvement on that scene was the invention of the kicker baler firing hay into the wagon like pumpkins launched from a sling shot. For that matter, ever have a hay stack collapse on you or take a bale to the head because your helper wasn’t watching out below? Personally, my barn is probably more safety conscious than most but I admit to zip tied extension cords wrapped precariously
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around rafters over the years. I’ve dangled one leg over the loft railing while stretching full length out over open space just to cobweb the barn ceiling. I’ve driven tractors without ear plugs, used whatever was within reach to hammer nails. I’ve climbed between heavy equipment and running tractors to retrieve dropped pins or connect threepoint hitches. I’ve mowed grass along hot electric fences, cobbled together multiple lengths of rope or chain to yank a tree stump from the ground. I’ve free climbed my own steep barn roof and crawled untethered along the edge cleaning clogged gutters with a leaf blower. I’ve handled hormone loaded syringes with bare fists, and skipped hand washing between stall mucking and PB-and-J sandwiches. I’ve spent my life inhaling microparticles of dust, mold, fly spray, and manure. And what about horse safety? Ever stood on a questionably reliable horse’s back to change an arena lightbulb? Ever find yourself squeezed into a stall corner by a rank pony refusing to tolerate a pending injection or scrubbing out of a festering wound? I’ll bet you, too, can recall that string of consciousness whereby you go into auto pilot getting a job done no matter what while being keenly aware of your proximity to death and dismemberment if this horse goes any more bonkers on you. Ever jump the rail at a horse show at the first sign of a wreck in progress? We brace, press, push, and shove at the day’s dangerous choices. We stride confidently into open acreage filled with scattering horse flesh armed with nothing more than our raised hands and raised voices. We willingly enter into the most confined and compromised spaces with injured animals, frightened youngsters, and ornery pensioners. We lean in on the struggling horse arguing with the farrier. It’s only because of experience and old age that I’ve developed any limits. I certainly don’t reach my bare limbs towards an active PTO or ignore my close proximity to a rattling live hay elevator or reactive hind limb on high alert. I’ve certainly reached security in my decision
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to pass up a ride if I think I’m ‘too old’. Welders, high rise window washers, sky scraper construction crews, even the basic automobile has a plethora of factory installed safety equipment. Rock climbers use more clips and ropes than Equestrians. But us? Give me a low hanging tree limb over a paddock fence and I’m grabbing my chainsaw and the closest volunteer to hoist me up in the front-end loader so I can make short work of that inconvenience in my life. Believe me, if I could raise that bucket by myself, I wouldn’t even hesitate to get it done alone. Our equine sports may require rule books and ranks of officials. But when it comes to our daily ‘workplace’, it is our collective and individual common sense that regulates our actions. We taunt danger (or avoid it!) only because of subjectively measured individual boundaries of self-risk and self-preservation. At best, it’s only recently become common and relatively acceptable by the equine public to don protective head gear or body armor by choice, not by rules of the ring. Equestrians are, and will always be, the most ‘Come At Me, Bro’ kind of folks on the planet. Some may call that stupid. Horse crazy. I’ll never worry about our industry fading out in the face of technology and continued modern advances pushing the bulk of society away from an agrarian existence. The worstcase scenario could only be that our industry population shrinks but doesn’t dilute, doesn’t water itself down in quality. Every single equestrian should be seen as Elite by the general S June 2022
Pure Gold Stables
Summer Jumper Series at Pure Gold Stables BARN MANAGER, Heather Birkmire, 814/746-2664 EVENT MANAGER, Shae Marshall, 330/704-9459 LOCATION, 3325 State Route 45, Salem, Ohio WEBSITE, www.puregoldequine.com
by Shae Marshall Everyone from Pure Gold Stables would like to send out a huge congratulations to everyone that participated in our Indoor Winter Show Series! The series consisted of four
winter themed shows with all levels available from ground rails to open jumper (3’9) Champions included: Victoria Strauss, Meghan Smith, McKinley Midler, Sadie Kinsey, and Amy Sadiek! Awards are being customized and getting ready
to ship out to the Top 5 in each division along with series payouts that were not collected. We will be hosting a Summer Jumper Series with a combination of indoor and
outdoor shows depending on the weather. Make sure to check out our website for the dates! www. puregoldequine.com
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myriad dangers. I would say that the equestrian collective remains the toughest Ride-Or-Die crew I know, as long as you don’t ask OSHA’s opinion. 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
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explore the Farm’s newest chapters, both in and out of the horse world. They are returning to Sarah’s family roots, 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.
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Northern Ohio Outlaws
Join Us in June for a Fun Shoot PRESIDENT, Dwayne Joyner VICE PRESIDENT, Tony Ruper SECRETARY, Janessa Hill TREASURER, Emily Soehnlen EMAIL, northernohiooutlawsinfo@ gmail.com WEBSITE, www.nooutlaws.com
John Truman and Bubba. The Northern Ohio Outlaws started off the season with a bang! We held a new shooter clinic on April 24, at Ruggles Arena to a packed group of riders who were ready to learn. We are thankful to have a great group of club members who were willing to share their time and talents to get the next generation of shooters started and it showed with how many new faces that showed up at the first shoot held at the Wayne County Fairgrounds on April 29- May 1. The shoot on Saturday morning started out with a tribute to the following members’ horses who
were being retired from shooting events. To Diane Schmidt and her horse Beau, Jace Mower and Booger, Janessa Hill and Doc as well as John Truman and Bubba. Our hearts go out to you as these horses have been crowd favorites for a long time. Those that stuck around after the rain Saturday evening enjoyed a beautiful day of shooting with great arena footing. We welcome you all to come and join us to see what all the excitement is about. SATURDAY WINNERS OVERALL OVERALL & OVERALL COWBOY: Tyler Vrh OVERALL COWGIRL: Cara Penley RESERVE COWBOY: David Vrh
New shooter clinic. RESERVE COWGIRL: Sonya Morse CLASS WINNERS: L1, Kimberly Starkey, L2, Natalie Darnell, L3, Dora Psiakis, L4, Sonya Morse, L5, Emily Soehnlen, L6, Cara Penley, M1, Rich Gross, M2, Corey Barger, M3, Chris Himes, M4, David Vhr, M5, Tyler Vhr, M6, George Hampe, SL3, Dawn Wojtowicz, SL4, Lisa Jones, SL5, Tammy Angeletti, SM1, Steve Tschiegg, SM2, Greg Bryan, SM3, Dwayne Joyner, SM4, Jim Bussell, SM6, Tony Ruper, Wrangler, Braelyn Ringer, Wrangler Open, Lily Farnsworth. SUNDAY WINNERS OVERALL OVERALL AND OVERALL COWBOY: Tony Ruper OVERALL COWGIRL: Alena Soehnlen RESERVE COWBOY: Ralph Soehnlen RESERVE COWGIRL: Tammy Angeletti CLASS WINNERS: L1, Kimberly
Starkey, L2, Natalie Darnell, L3, Shan Hough, L4, Mollie Himes, L5, Emily Soehnlen, L6, Janessa Hill, M1, Chuck Bushmire, M2, Corey Barger, M3, David Ringer, M4, Rodney Massie, M6, George Hampe, SL3, Stacie Schiegg, SL4, Lisa Jones, SL5, Alena Soehnlen, SM1, Steve Tschiegg, SM2, Mark Mellington, SM3, Greg Bryan, SM4, Robert Koniak, SM6, Tony Ruper, Wrangler, Braelyn Ringer.
Our next shoot is scheduled for June 10-12 with a fun shoot scheduled for Friday night at the Wayne County Fairgrounds. This would be a great warmup to the Appalachia Mountain Championships the following week in Lexington, Va.
Mid-Ohio Marauders
New Shooter Clinic and “Ambush the Stage” April Shoot 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
New shooter clinic.
Carrie, JD and Jen.
Jen, Donovan and Renee.
The Marauders hosted a Shooter Clinic in April at Madison County Fairgrounds. Over 10 new shooters and many new shooting horses had the opportunity to get acquainted with guns, safety, gunfire, courses, and the wonderful community of Cowboy Mounted Shooting. All the new shooters and horses did amazing, thanks to a well-run clinic that focused on firearm and equine safety first. I see a bright future for all the shooters and horses. We had several of them enter the first shoot in May. Congratulations to all the participants and a very big thank you to all the volunteers!
The Marauders held their first weekend of shooting of the 2022 season. It was a great turnout. Congratulations to all the competitors, especially the class winners, and top cowgirls and cowboys.
COWGIRL, Renee Calvin; RESERVE COWBOY, Terry Martin; OVERALL COWGIRL, Jen Casey; OVERALL OVERALL, Donovan Casey.
or on Facebook at Mid-Ohio Marauders. See you soon!
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AMBUSH THE STAGE I & II SATURDAY RESULTS: OPEN WRANGLER, Nicholas Hall; LIMITED RIFLE, Mike Stevens; OPEN RIFLE, JD Hughes; LIMITED SHOTGUN, Vern Shaw; OPEN SHOTGUN, Jon Gregory; RESERVE COWGIRL, Jen Casey; RESERVE COWBOY, JD Hughes; OVERALL COWGIRL, Carrie Wilburn; OVERALL OVERALL, Eric Nelson. SUNDAY RESULTS: LIMITED WRANGLER, Elyza Dennis; OPEN WRANGLER, Nicholas Hall; RESERVE
We also celebrated several move-ups. Missy DeForest from L1 to L2, Mike Stevens from M2 to M3! Some of the move-up dances were captured on video and shared on social media. Check out the CMSA website for complete results, https:// www.cmsaevents.com/events As always, if you are interested in joining the Mid-Ohio Marauders, the Central Ohio club for CMSA, please visit us at Midohiomarauders.com
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2022 SCHEDULE JUNE 24-26: Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH JULY 22-24: Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH AUG. 19-21: Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH Mid-West SEPT. 23-25: Regional’s Madison County Fairgrounds, London, OH OCT. 23: AAQH Congress Shootout, Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH
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Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros
Join LEMV at Their First Event in 2022 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 Our first event will be here before you know it. Just four weeks away! I can’t believe where the time has gone. We are doing something different this year after each Saturday event, we are having a movie night. The name of the event is the name of the movie we will be showing. John and Brian (Doc) Hric have all the equipment to set up for our movie night. Thank you! At our first practice of the season it was good to see John Truman back up on his horse and riding again. John and Bubba are a great pair and everyone just loves watching the way they move together. I hope I get that kind of relationship with my horse Tony! John Truman is one of the
founding members of the Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros. He has been doing all of our announcing and the last several years since he has not been riding and shooting he announces all day for us. At the Outlaws first event they did an event for retiring horses. John retired his horse Bubba there and shot for the last time. I wish we could have been there to see it. John is a very special person and very much appreciated and has a lot of knowledge about horses and the club. Come on out and watch the Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds in Jefferson, Ohio. It is free to the public and we have a great concession stand with great tasting food at every event!
Our dates for this season: JULY 16-17: War Wagon I-II AUG. 20-21: Broken Trail I-II SEPT. 17-18: Comancheros I-II I would like to thank Mike and Jessica Sheets for hosting our meeting again this month! Special thanks to our sponsors: Big Dee’s Vet and Tack Supply where you can get all your pet supplies and everything they need; CMSA; Lonesome Pine Ammo; Uncle Jimmy’s Brand Products for all your pet treats; The Corral; Stagecoach West; Park Side Trailer Sales and Services, Inc., new or used horse trailers or parts or service
on the one you have; Siracki Realty, if you are looking for a new house, apartment or need a place to rent); Altmeyer’s Trailers Sales in Jefferson, Ohio, for new or used horse trailers, cargo trailers, car mate trailers, American Haulers; Rockin C Leather, Ben and Tammy Clark for all your leather needs and accessories (chaps, chinks, purses, spur straps, etc); Wendy Shaffer MMCP, Agile Equine Bodywork; Rocks Farm and Garden; Junction Buick, GMC in Chardon and Kiko Meats, Ron and Diane Kiko for great tasting roasts, burgers, steaks!
Ohio High School Rodeo Association
Join OHSRA for the 2022-23 Season 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 It’s hard to believe our 2021-22 Ohio High School Rodeo season is winding down. As the season begins to draw to a close, we get closer and closer to naming our new champions and team for the National Finals rodeos. But before we head into our Junior High state finals in May at Canal Winchester and our High School state finals in June in Columbiana, our Ohio High School and Junior High Rodeo teams headed west to New Castle, Ind., for an invitational rodeo with our friends from the Indiana High School Rodeo Association. In the high school division, Tana Drew won pole bending, Drew and Lola Stallion split the barrel racing championship, Drew and Madison Mast split the goat tying 28
Garrett Houin and Zoey McBride
Tana Drew and Madigan Reynolds
Cade Cummings and Evan Corzatt
championship, Emma Wyant won breakaway roping, Drew and Arly Kisner split the team roping championship with Evan Corzatt and Gus Joseph, Isaiah Tullius won bull riding, Corzatt won calf roping, Cooper Smitley won steer wrestling, Eli Dimmerling won light rifle, and Isaac Miley won the trap shooting. In the junior high division, Taylor Phillips won barrel racing, Phillips and Addison Webb split the pole bending championship, Braelyn Gardner won goat tying, Paige Cummings and Webb split the breakaway championship, Matt and Morgan East won the ribbon roping, Clay
Wines won the boys’ breakaway roping and light rifle, Matt East and Cade Cummings split the calf roping championship, Wines and Matt East split the team roping championship with Cade Cummings and Reid Strickler, and Matt East won the boys’ goat tying. Our Ohio Cinch Team members have also been busy setting up at different events around the state to promote the Ohio High School Rodeo Association, including youth rodeos at Garwood Arena and Crazy Woman Ranch as well as the Ohio FFA Association. Many people are surprised when they learn that your school does
not have to have a rodeo team for members to join OHSRA; membership is open to any student in grades 5-12 in Ohio. And, people are often not aware that in addition to traditional rodeo events, OHSRA also offers shooting sports events including light rifle competitions for both junior high and high school members and trap shooting for high school members. Sound like something you or someone you know might be interested in? Be sure to follow OHSRA on Facebook and visit www.ohiohighschoolrodeo.com for more information on how you can join us in the 2022-23 season!
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Farrier Friendly
GP or Specialist Farriers? There’s a Need for Both by Bryan S. Farcus, MA, CJF
A farrier for all occasions… 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 very respectable. 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 significant role to play… According to the most recent economic impact study conducted by the American Horse Council, of the estimated 9.2 million horses in this country nearly 3.9 million are used for recreational activities and there are an estimated 30,000 registered farriers performing routine services for them. Among this class of horses, there’s quite a wide range of breeds/ disciplines that are healthy and sound, not requiring any specialized horse shoeing. Often, all that is required is basic routine farrier services. Becoming adept at performing
the rudimentary procedures of horseshoeing is vital to the long-term health of any horse and should never be underrated. In fact, without competent GP farriers, many preventable hoof complications would go unnoticed until they reach the highest levels of lameness and in many cases a delay in specialized care could result in more serious hoof/limb damage.
Always better together… As we continue to move forward in our farrier industry, with seemingly endless bounds of technological advances, our young farriers have many avenues in which to practice the farrier craft. It is, indeed, a great time to be entering this field. In my experience, as a GP farrier, with any case that I have ever had to refer to a Specialist, it has never reflected poorly on my skills but, rather, enhanced the horse owners’ belief and trust in my judgment and only reaffirmed my commitment to the long-term wellbeing for their horse. Just as the example set forth by that of our medical community, GPs and Specialists, are expected to communicate and work
together to solve the problems of their patients; thereby, keeping with the ethical expectations of a physician’s Hippocratic oath. Although, as farriers, we do not have such a formal oath to take, our most successful farriers have maintained the highest ethical standards to do, as I have always tried to do, by remembering this credo—to always keep in mind that my craft requires both art and science. I shall not be ashamed to honestly admit what I currently do not know and to call upon those who do and, above all else, do all I can to do no harm. REFERENCES • The American Horse Council, www. horsecouncil.org • Mosby’s Medical Dictionary,8th edition, www. medical-dictionary,thefreedictionary.com • www.biomedcentral.com • www.thefarriersguide.com
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
Mid-Eastern Farriers Association
Shoeing the Gaited Horse Clinic PRESIDENT, Levi Runnion VICE PRESIDENT, Lori McDade SECRETARY, Carly Peters TREASURER, Tim Dodd PHONE, 740/502-7055 FACEBOOK, www.facebook.com/ Mid-Eastern Farrier’s Association
by Carly Peters Everyone is welcome to our next Mid-Eastern Farriers Association (MEFA) meeting/clinic!
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SHOEING THE GAITED HORSE Our next clinic, Shoeing the Gaited Horse, is June 4 at the Tuscarawas County Fairgrounds, 259 South Tuscarawas Avenue, Dover, Ohio 44622 (enter on
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South Tuscarawas Avenue). The clinic will be held 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., lunch is included. If interested in attending, please contact Lori McDade, 330/4477534. This clinic is free if dues are paid in full. A MEFA annual membership is $50. Everyone is welcome! Come join Clinician Randy Luikart, CJF, in learning the basics and mechanics of shoeing a gaited horse. Randy Luikart is a Hall of Fame farrier based in Ashland, Ohio. He has shod horses for more than 50 years and is a past president of the American Farrier’s Association. Come see some of his studies he has executed throughout the years he has dedicated to the horse community. Hope to see you there! June 2022
Western Reserve Carriage Association
WRCA Summer Fun 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 We have a good number of driving and carriage events scheduled for this year. We can always use some additional events. Please consider organizing a drive, you just need trailer parking and an area to drive. Contact Jo Ann Murr josiemurr@ gmail.com for questions or help. While not a Western Reserve Carriage Association event, we are always well represented at the National Drive in Indiana. There are two events, one held in early May and one in October. Some of the events offered were a poker run, a driving derby, free seminars and clinics, and paid lessons with clinicians. This spring we had several drivers enjoy the marked trails and fun events. Mary Thomas has attended every drive since
its inception and has permanent stalls. Barb King, Jo Ann Murr and Cathy Rhoades brought their small equine. There were a whole host of minis and small ponies in the park this year. Shauna Brummet and her husband Jeffery Skinner drove their morgans in the Driving Derby for fun. Kay and Henry Rish were out and about with their lovely Noe. Northwest members Angie Hohenbrink along with Jackie and Mike Mingus took advantage of many of the free clinics. Saturday night was a pizza party with a trivia contest. As a driver or rider, you can choose to participate or just enjoy the many open acres with your horse. Mark Jump Photography has great pictures of the fun on his webpage or Facebook. Consider attending in the fall. There is camping available or hotels within a 15 minute drive. This is a great economical event! June is here and we have our Sporting Day of Traditional Driving on June 19, hopefully you have registered or are helping out as a volunteer. Zoar Village is such a special place to drive! June 17 and 18 are the CAA proficiency
tests with Jerry Trapini. Contact Ann Petersen to see if there are any openings if you are interested. A non WRCA event is the Lexington Carriage Classic: a pleasure show at Kentucky Horse Park June 23-25. Central Ohio Carriage Association is having driving events in June, July, August at Infirmary Mound Park in Licking County. July 31 is our Howe Meadow Drive at the Cuyahoga National Park. A second drive is scheduled for Oct. 23. August 6 is the Carlisle Drive in Lorain County, Swine Creek in Geauga County is Sept. 25. August 14 is a special event. We are lucky to have Bev and Dave Patrick invite us to their home in Beaver Falls, Pa., to view their carriage collection. This is a horseless event open to member and non-members and there will be a potluck lunch. Roger Murray will present the different carriages and explain their history and use. This is sure to be a fun and educational event. WRCA is planning on having our annual holiday party on Dec. 4. We need help! We are looking for someone to investigate options and
Mary Thomas and Sara. Photo credit: Barbara King. facilities, potentially somewhere near freeways such as Brecksville or Strongsville. Normally we have 30-40 people. Contact me if interested in helping. We have delayed our auction until early 2023. It is not too soon to start collecting items or gift certificates. This is open to all interested people so think outside of horse items, which are always welcome! Carlisle driving dates: June 7, 11, 16, 19 and July 5, 9, 14, 17.
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Geauga Horse and Pony Association
Contesting Shows, Open Shows — Come Show With Us 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 We are excited to be in the midst of the GHPA show season! We have three more open shows and our contesting shows are about to begin! The contesting shows are on the third Friday of each month beginning in June. They will be held under the lights at the Geauga County Fairgrounds at 6:30 p.m. Be sure to register online at ghpa.us by 10 a.m. on the Thursday prior to the show. The Open show dates are June 12, July 10, and Aug. 14, beginning at 8. Register for
these by 10 a.m. the Saturday before the show. Thank you members for attending cleanup day and helping to make the grounds look spectacular! We appreciate our grounds crew, they have been helping to gear up for the 200th Great Geauga County Fair and removed two storage sheds from the fairgrounds. Thank you to Jerry Davis and Jim Shale for all of their hard work. We are fortunate to have them to keep
our rings in great condition. We are excited to get new footing, donated from Arms Trucking, in our arenas as well. The scholarship committee is excited to have received many great applications. They are taking time to review the entries and award scholarships. GHPA had a wonderful ranch riding and ranch trail clinic with Liz Phillips. Fifteen riders and many auditors attended. We had a beautiful day at the Geauga
County Fairgrounds and were able to ride in the outdoor arena. A HUGE THANKS GHPA 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.
Black Swamp Driving Club
Black Swamp Driving Club: Time to Drive PRESIDENT, Sharon Hayhurst VICE PRESIDENT, Angela Hohenbrink SEC. & TREAS., Susan Murray WEBSITE, www.blackswampdrivingclub.com
by Mary Thomas Severe weather warnings (possible tornado) failed to dampen the fun of the National Drive’s Spring Fling held April 28-May 1 at the Hoosier Horse Park, Edinburg, Ind. Several BSDC members attended, enjoying the trails, clinics, and parties scheduled over the four days. The marked trails led turnouts to the combined driving obstacles used for the Indiana CDE, through a former golf course, and to the POW chapel built by prisoners held at adjacent Camp Atterbury during WWII. Drivers could choose their own routes through the spacious park which offers woods, hills, water obstacles, and lovely long stretches of grassland. Enjoying the long weekend were Angie Hohenbrink, Jackie and Mike Minges, Becky Steingass, Rebecca Rich, and Mary Thomas. They were able to 32
Jackie Minges driving Faith at the Spring Fling. Photo credit: Mark Jump Photography. shop for harness, carriages, hats, and custom order embroidered shirts from the attending vendors. Two afternoons were given over to bingo cones and the driving derby. Sets of cones and obstacles challenged drivers to be both speedy and accurate. One of the popular events on the BSDC calendar is the afternoon spent at the annual old fashioned ice cream social at the Wyandot County Historical Museum, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. BSDC sets up a display of traditional carriages and their appointments. Members bringing carriages and items should arrive by 11 a.m.
Mary Thomas and Rebecca Rich on the road with Bishop Field Soiree. Photo credit: Mark Jump Photography. The street in front of the museum is blocked off to allow easy unloading and parking is nearby. Also providing a chance to see historically significant vehicles is the Lexington Carriage Classic scheduled for June 23-25 at the Kentucky Horse Park. Many of the beautiful carriages being driven in the show are over a 100 years old but still in top show condition and hooked to wonderful horses and ponies. While attending the show stop by the Carriage Association of America’s office located nearby.
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BSDC is an affiliate club of CAA. UPCOMING EVENTS JULY 9: Carriage display at the Wyandot County Historical Museum, Upper Sandusky, OH. Set up by 11 a.m. AUG. 6: Picnic drive at the Carlisle Reservation with WRCA. Potluck at 11:30 a.m. AUG. 27: Dutch oven drive at the Hayhursts, Bowling Green, OH. SEPT. 24: Parker Bridge Drive hosted by Julie Emmons near Upper Sandusky, OH. June 2022
Camp is located at 2662 Downing Avenue SW, East Sparta, OH 44626
PARTICIPATE IN THE TERRI WILLARD MEMORIAL POKER RUN ON SATURDAY! 3 Best Hands will receive prizes and their poker run entry back!
Organized trail rides Saturday and Sunday
The band 77 South will provide music for entertainment Saturday evening after dinner and drawsings.
Camp wide Garage Sale on Saturday
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Single (Non-Member)...................$68.00 Couple (Non-Member) ...............$125.00 Family of 4 (Non-Member) .........$155.00 Youth, age 13-17 (Non-Member) .$45.00
All children 12 & under eat free. Individual meal prices are $12 for breakfasts, Saturday lunch and Friday evening dinner. $20 for Saturday evening.
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Send reservation form to: Tri-County Trail Association, PO Box 9188, Canton, Ohio 44711 (If paying after August 9, please pay in person when arriving at camp.)
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Western Dressage
Transitions by Kelley Bitter
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ransitions are a very important part of riding and training. In any western dressage test you may have six or more transitions that could impact your dressage score significantly. But more importantly, transitions are used in training to create better balance, suppleness, collection, and engagement. These components will impact many parts of your test. Transitions can occur between gaits such as walk to jog or jog to lope. But you can also have transitions within gaits such as jog to extended jog. Upward transitions are walk to jog, jog to lope. The downward transitions are lope to jog, jog to walk, lope to walk, or any gait to a halt. We can assess and work on transitions using the training wheel. Start with rhythm. Is the rhythm steady going into a transition, during a transition, and after the transition? Is the gait consistent? Next is suppleness. Is the topline engaged or hollow? Is the horse tossing or raising its head? If so, it is hollow and not elastic or relaxed in the transition thus using their front end instead of engaging their hind end. How about the connection? Do you feel any change in your hands? Is there pulling on the reins from the horse? The feel of the reins in your hand should not change before, during or after the transition. Impulsion is next. Do you feel the lift in each transition? The suspension of the gait comes from the hind end. So, you must have suppleness and engagement here. How about straightness? If there are straightness issues it will be very clearly seen in the transition. The horse may pop into the transition, fall out or bulge to one side. (I consistently see a big loss of points here). Collection is last. Transitions develop and show off collection of a horse. It is a sweet spot when you feel a well collected horse
transition. Notice that you must have rhythm, suppleness, connection, and impulsion to have good collection. Let’s talk about what errors I see and some exercises to help transitions become more balanced and supple. With the rider I see ineffective use of the aids. Riders like to lean back or forward when asking for transitions. Staying balanced and using your seat and or leg will help the horse move from one gait to the next. Use of hands is another error. Instead of pulling back use half halts to prepare the horse and get a connection from back to front to prepare for the transition. You want to feel like you are pushing forward not pulling back. Issues I see with the horse are the head popping up creating hollowness, not having a good tempo, not using hind end, not reacting to aid, and loosing impulsion. During the transition, the rider should be moving from the waist down with the movement of the horse. When you don’t move with the horse or stop moving with the horse, it causes tightness in the horses back. The horse reacts to your lack of movement that there is something else to do rather than the transition. So, you get tenseness in the transition. In an upward transition, think ‘forward’ with seat and hands. But keep contact with the reins. In a downward transition, you want to feel the hind end land first. If the horse stops with the front end first it feels rough and abrupt. It is good to keep both legs on the horse in the downward transition and use half halts rather than pulling back. Keep the hind end engaged even though you are moving down a gait. This takes a lot of practice to help the horse stay relaxed in a downward transition. The only time your seat will stop moving with the horse is in the halt transition. But even then, you will use your legs to keep the hind end engaged and the front light. With a slower horse you may need to use more leg aid to keep forward. If you have a more forward horse your reins and seat aid will be used more for the downward transition. These are always more difficult so be sure to practice. The quality of the transition is completely dependent on the gait before, during and after the transition. Again, here is where the training wheel is important. Rhythm of gait, purity of gait, suppleness, and relaxation are the beginnings of good transition. To work on transitions, I always start on a bend because it is much easier to keep the horse engaged. When starting on a straight line, it is very easy for the horse to pop up their head and disengage the hind end. When starting transition work, keep your inside leg on the horse and use the outside rein to hold the connection. If the horse’s head pops up or he jumps into the transition, I use a leg yield to regain balance. Another exercise I use is what I call the count transition. Start with a walk for 10-12 steps then ask for a jog for 10-12 steps, then back to a walk. Do this with the correct aids until the horse (and you) are relaxed and can make very easy, rhythmic transitions. Then start counting down steps. Walk for 8 steps, jog for 8 steps. Once you are both comfortable and able to do 8 steps easily go to 6, then 4, then 2. This helps you and your horse develop connection and engagement. You learn to use the aid effectively with count down, and your horse learns to respond to the aid efficiently. From there you can do the same count down with the jog to lope. It can take quite a while to develop a well-balanced supple and collected transition. Don’t give up. It will happen. Until next time, enjoy the journey! Kelley Bitter is the owner of Buckeye Performance Horse Center and The Winning Edge Mental Performance Coaching in Newbury, Ohio. A second-generation horsewoman, Kelley began riding and showing at 4 years old. In her teens, she started riding Arabians in various discipline and won several Regional and USEF titles over the last 50 years. Kelley started riding Western Dressage in 2016. In 2018 Kelley attended the WDAA Train the Trainer program. She has won several titles including placing two of her Arabians in the WDAA World show in 2020 top 15. At the WDAA International Challenge 2021 she placed with her Quarter Horse, Arabians and her student received top ten in the Gaited Division. Kelley currently runs training programs for Western Dressage, Western Pleasure, Arabian Sport Horse and she is also a TIP trainer. Kelley also holds a certification as a Mental Performance Coach and help equestrians in all disciplines overcome fear, anxiety and stress in the showring.
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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”. JUNE 2022 JUNE 1-5 — Brave Horse II, 1029 South County Line Rd., Johnstown, OH. FMI: 614404-1150, www.brave-horse.com JUNE 3-4 — 18th Annual Hancock County Horse & Pony Show, Hancock Co. 4H Fairgrounds, 620 N. Apple Street, Greenfield, IN. FMI: Debbie Vansickle, 317431-1181 JUNE 3-5 — Blue Ribbon Driving Show, Ionia County Fairgrounds, 317 S. Dexter St., Ionia, MI. FMI: info@mhdva.org, www. mhdva.org JUNE 3-5 — Wagon/Horseback Trail Ride, Pretzel Arena, 3783 Moyers Rd., Bruceton Mills, WV. FMI: 304-288-1992, jonileep@ aol.com, www.pretzelarena.com
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JUNE 3-5 — Paul Humphrey Breaking The Mold 3-Day Clinic, Crooked Creek Horse Park, Ford City, PA. FMI: Kayla Kaminski, 724-496-2114, www. breakingthemoldwithpaul.com JUNE 3-7 — Henry County Saddle Club AQHA/IQHA Indy Circuit, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-524-2400, hcsaddle@ gmail.com, www.hcsaddleclub.com JUNE 4 — Rising Star Ranch Open Show Series, Rising Star Ranch, 11337 Watkins Rd. SW, Pataskala, OH. FMI: 502-494-5314, risingstarranchohio@gmail.com, www. risingstarranchohio.com JUNE 4 — Just For Fun Show sponsored by Defiance County OHC, Paulding County Fairgrounds, 501 Faiground Dr., Paulding, OH. FMI: Kate Limber, 419-956-8115 JUNE 4 — Ranch Rodeo, Smoke Rise Ranch, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www.smokeriseranch.com JUNE 4 — Tri-County Show Series Show #2, 9 a.m., Clinton County Fairgrounds, Wilmington, OH. FMI: buckrunrd@ peoplepc.com JUNE 4 — Lawrence County Horseman’s Association Show, 475 Commerce Drive, Ironton, OH. FMI: Laura, 304-360-0013 JUNE 4 — Saturday Night Show, Shenandoah Valley Riding Club, 56095 Marietta Rd., Pleasant City, OH. FMI: Michelle Fellows, 740-294-7517
JUNE 4 — Valley View Farm Schooling Show Series, Knox County Fairgrounds, 601 Fairgrounds Rd., Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: 419564-1205, sarah@myvalleyviewfarm.com, www.myvalleyviewfarm.com JUNE 4 — LaRue County Saddle Club Western Pleasure/Ranch Fun Show, 210 Goodin-Williams Rd., Hodgenville, KY. FMI: Stephanie Florence, 270-735-2806 JUNE 4 — Erie Hunt and Saddle Club Dressage Clinic, 6840 Old State Rd., Edinboro, PA. FMI: Heidi Zuck, 814-4507380, www.eriehuntand saddleclub.org JUNE 4 — Saddle Up Open Show Series, 9 a.m., 1950 McCorkle Rd., South Park, PA. FMI: Jennifer Wright, 412-498-9142 JUNE 4 — Penn-Ohio Barrel Racing Association Show, Buckhorn Ranch Arena, 108 Simmons Lane, West Sunbury, PA. FMI: 724-290-6949, www.buckhornarena.com JUNE 4 — Haflinger Expo, Rocky Lane Farm, 2045 W 050 N, LaGrange, IN. FMI: Stephen Yoder, 260-463-3223 JUNE 4-5 — Beginners Horsemanship Clinic (4-5th) & Scavenger Hunt (4th), Creek Side Horse Park, 7369 Mottice Dr. SE, Waynesburg, OH. FMI: 330-323-3559, www.creeksidehorsepark.com JUNE 4-5 — 2-Day Ranch Clinic with Cattle, Terry Myers Training Center, 4170 Stover Road, Ostrander, OH. FMI: 740-666-1162, www.TMTrainingCenter.com
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JUNE 4-5— Carroll County OHC Trail Work Party, Jefferson Lake State Park (day ride area), Richmond, OH. FMI: 330-323-1705, www.facebook.com/CarrollCountyOHC JUNE 4-5 — Fulton County Saddle Club Show, Fulton County Fairgrounds, 8514 State Route 108, Wauseon, OH. FMI: www. fultoncountysaddleclub.com JUNE 4-5 — Indiana CMSA & Custers Cowboys Strapped For Brass Series, Chief Lafontaine Saddle Club, 792 N. 200 W., Huntington, IN. FMI: Jolyn, 989-666-3820 JUNE 4-5 — Henry County 4-H Horse & Pony Open Show, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-524-2400, hcsaddle@gmail. com, www.hcsaddleclub.com JUNE 4-5 — Lower Michigan Horse Assoc. Show, Ingham County Fairgrounds, Mason, MI. FMI: lowermichiganhorseassociation@ gmail.com, Find us on Facebook JUNE 4-5 — Buchanan Westerners Riding Club Trail Show, 14665 Mead Rd., Buchanan, MI. FMI: buchananwesterners@outlook. com, www.buchananwesterners.com JUNE 5 — Straight A’s Speed Show, 11 a.m., 9036 Leopard Rd. NW, Malvern, OH. FMI: 330-868-3772, www.ranchcity.com JUNE 5 — Massillon Saddle Club Pleasure Show, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041 (text or call), rideatmsc.weebly.com Please turn to page 40
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14th Annual All-Breed Horse Show JULY 23, 2022
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Alexandria Fairgrounds • 100 Fairgrounds Road • Alexandria, Kentucky 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.
Miniature Halter – Obstacles Ranch Conformation (Open Breed) Stock Horse Halter English Halter Arabian/Half Arabian Halter Multiple Horse/Pony Turnout —Traditional Carriage Stick Horse Class, ages 2-8 yrs.** Paso Fino, Performance, ages 7-17 yrs. VSE (Miniature) Pleasure Driving Country Pleasure, Gaited, Rider 18 yrs & older Leadline Class - ages 2-8 yrs. Leader must be 18 yrs or older** Walk-Walk Class. Open to all ages. Horse and Rider Combo not eligible for any other mounted classes Country Pleasure, Gaited, 7-17 Walk Favorite Gait Pair/Multiple Horse/Pony — Working Pleasure Paso Fino Performance, ages 18 & up Adult Ranch Riding (no pattern, AQHA rules apply) English Equittion, Hunt Seat, Open — Walk, Trot, Canter, Rail Work only (no pattern) Novice Walk-Trot — Rider may not have won a blue ribbon prior to this show. Pleasure Driving, Gaited
20. Youth Ranch Riding, 7-17 (no pattern, AQHA rules apply) LUNCH BREAK ***Class 21 and 22 to be held in seperate location.
21. Pleasure Driving Cones Pony/Halter*** 22. Pleasure Driving Cones VSE (Miniature)*** 23. Pony Pleasure (under 14.2 hands), Walk-Trot, ages 7-17 yrs. (horse and rider combo not eligible for an canter classes) 24. English Equitation, Open (Walk, Trot, Canter) 25. Pair/Multiple Horse/Pony Reinsmanship 26. Hunter Under Saddle — Open 27. Walk-Trot Pleasure, English. Rider 7-17 yrs. (horse and rider combo not eligible for any canter classes) 28. Paso Fino Pleasure, ages 18 and up 29. Walking Horse Country Pleasure 30. Arabian/Half Arabian Hunter Pleasure 31. English Pleasure — Hunt Seat, ages 7-17 (Walk, Trot, Canter) 32. Single Horse/Pony — Reinsmanship 33. Walking Horse Pleasure, Trail Walk, Pleasure Gait 34. Paso Fino Pleasure, ages 7-17 35. Gaited Trail Pleasure, 18 & up (Walk, Favorite Gait)
• Current Coggins Tests, Health Certificates and proof of EHV-1 vaccine will be required and checked before being admitted to show grounds. NO EXCEPTIONS! • Northern KY Horse Network, Officers, Campbell County Agricultural Society (Alexandria Fair) or others are not responsible for accidents or loss of equipment. • “Stock Horse” includes Quarter Horse, Paint Horse, Appaloosa, or other Stock Types. • “Mountain Pleasure” includes Rocky Mountain Horses, United Mountain Horses and KY Mountain Horses • “Gaited” includes Rocky Mountain, United Mountain, Mountain Pleasure, Walking Horses, Missouri Fox Trotter, Paso Fino, Peruvian, and other single-footed breeds, including gaited mules. • Show is affiliated with Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Shows and KAHABA. • Proper attire is required. ASTM-SEI helmets required for all riders under 18 yrs old at all times while mounted or in cart, except stick horse class. • Shirts, not worn with jackets, should have long sleeves. Boots are required – no athletic shoes, sandals, etc. (excludes costume class). Paso Fino Performance requires jacket and felt or leather hat. Appropriate hats shall be worn for riding disciplines – no ball caps. NKHN encourages the use of ASTM-SEI helmets by ALL exhibitors, but helmets are required for all exhibitors (except stick horse classes) under the age of 18. • Age of rider as of date of show. • Riders may exhibit only in the age group for which they are eligible.
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36. Arabian/Half Arabian Western Pleasure 37. Novice Gaited Pleasure (Walk, Favorite Gait) 38. Western Pleasure, age 7-17, Walk/Jog (horse and rider combo not eligible in any canter/lope classes) 39. Jack Benny Walk/Trot — Rider 39 yrs. and over 40. Arabian/Half Arabian Sport Horse Under Saddle 41. Single Horse/Pony Working Pleasure 42. Gaited Trail Pleasure, ages 7-17 (Walk, Favorite Gait) 43. Ladies Western Pleasure 44. Western Pleasure, ages 7-17 yrs. 45. Western Horsemanship Open (Rail work only, no pattern. Walk, Jog, Lope) 46. Western Pleasure, Stock Horse (Walk, Jog, Lope) 47. Country Trail Pleasure — Trail Walk, Pleasure Gait, Show Gait 48. Single Horse/Pony Turn-out 49. Western Pleasure — Open 50. Western Horsemanship, ages 7-17 yrs., Walk, Jog, Lope, Rail Work only. No pattern. 51. Bareback Equitation/Horsemanship 52. Open Costume (Paso Fino, Arabian, Appaloosa costume included)
• Dogs shall be confined to trailers, stalls, or kept on leashes at all times • Entry booth will open Saturday, July 23 at 8 AM. ENTRIES CLOSE FOR CLASSES 1-7 AT 8:45AM. Please see www.NKHN.info for entry forms and information! • No refunds unless show is suspended by NKHN. • Stalls will be available for $25 for the first day, and $15 for the second day. Stalls will be available beginning at 4 p.m. July 22, 2022 through 8 a.m. July 24, 2022, and include 1 bag of shavings. Additional shavings will be available for purchase on site. Reservations for stalls will be accepted. Contact Charlie Poppe, 513-15-7143. Stalls must be stripped prior to leaving grounds or be charged $35. NO STRAW PLEASE! • Electric hook-ups can be reserved for $25 per day. Call Charlie Poppe, 513-315-7143 • Concessions will be available on site. No glass bottles or alcohol are permitted on premises. • Exhibitors under 18 yrs. are not permitted to exhibit or handle stallions over 12 months of age. • Sick or unruly horses will be asked to leave the premises. • Horses exhibiting excessive soreness or lameness will not be permitted to show. Any practice or behavior deemed abusive or inhumane by Show Management will not be tolerated. Show Management reserves the right to disqualify any entries suspected as such, and they may be asked to leave the show grounds. Entry or stall fees will not be refunded.
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 38 JUNE 5 — Heartland Gypsy Vanner Club Intro to Western Dressage, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Silhouette Farms, Clinton, OH. FMI: 330-329-2880, tswick1341@gmail.com JUNE 5 — 24th Annual Open Miniature Horse Show, 9 a.m., Lorain County Fairgrounds, Wellington, OH. FMI: Pam, 419-271-2176, nomhcclub@gmail.com JUNE 5 — Tri-County Horseman’s Association Open Horse Show Circuit, Vern D. Campbell Horse Arena, 13225 Sanford Rd., Milan, MI. FMI: Judy, 734-260-2916, www.tchamilan.weebly.com JUNE 7-11 — Rock Creek Horse Show, Rock Creek Riding Club, 3114 Rock Creek Dr., Louisville, KY. FMI: 502-893-7792, www. rockcreekhorseshow.com JUNE 9-11 — Summer Carriage & Draft Horse Sale, Mt. Hope Auction, 8076 SR 241, Millersburg, OH. FMI: 330-674-6188, www. mthopeauction.com JUNE 9-11 — Brown County Charity Horse Show, Brown County Fairgrounds, Georgetown, OH. FMI: 937-618-1911, www.browncountycharityhorseshow.com JUNE 10 — Public Auction for the Estate of Ivan H. Burkholder/Woodlyn Coach Co., LLC, 4410 TR 628, Millersburg, OH. FMI: Martin Auctioneers, 717-354-6671, martinauctioneers@frontiernet.net, www. martinauctioneers.com JUNE 10 — Lawrence County Horseman’s Association Friday Fun Shows, 475 Commerce Drive, Ironton, OH. FMI: Laura Adkins, 304-360-0013 JUNE 10 — Crazy Woman Ranch Gymkhana Series, 6450 Lancaster-Circleville Rd., Lancaster, OH. FMI: Joyce, 614-595-1850
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JUNE 10 — Pretzel Arena 2022 Friday Night Barrel Show, 3783 Moyers Road, Bruceton Mills, WV. FMI: 304-288-1992, jonileep@ aol.com, www.pretzelarena.com JUNE 10-11 — Train Robbery, Smoke Rise Ranch, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com JUNE 10-11 — Fundamental & Trail Clinic with Kayla Schlabach, Vickers Nature Preserve, 10334 W. AkronCanfield Rd., Canfield, OH. FMI: kayla@ downunderhorsemanship.com JUNE 10-11 — Keystone Saddle Club Contest Show (10th) & $1 Show Series (11th), Glen Dunn Arena, Uhrichsville, OH. FMI: Find Keystone Saddle Club on Facebook JUNE 10-12 — Tri-County Trail Association Summer Bash & 15th Annual Obstacle Challenge Weekend, 2662 Downing St. SW, East Sparta, OH. FMI: Ellen Van Pelt, 330-323-2834, www.tri-cotrails.com JUNE 10-12 — Inter-County Horsemen’s Association Triple Point Horse Show, Canfield Fairgrounds, Canfield, OH. FMI: www.i-cha.org JUNE 10-12 — Indiana High School Rodeo Association Rodeo Finals, Hoosier Horse Park, 7073 S. Kern St., Edinburg, IN. FMI: www.inhsrodeo.com JUNE 10-12 — West Virginia Quarter Horse Association Show, Winfield Riding Club, 5449 St. Rt. 34, Winfield, WV. FMI: www. wvqhafuturities.com JUNE 10-12 — Ranch Horse Association of Michigan Show, Berrien County Youth Fairgrounds, Berrien Springs, MI. FMI: Sam, 616-890-1190, www.miranchhorse.com
JUNE 11 — 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 JUNE 11 — Wayne County Saddle Club Pleasure Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Road, Wooster, OH. FMI: Angie Didinger, 330-201-1022, www. waynecountysaddleclub.com JUNE 11 — Avon Lake Saddle Club Open Miniature Show Series, Weiss Field, 3314133199 Webber Road, Avon Lake, OH. FMI: 440-536-0145, kathleen@getdependable. com, www.facebook.com/Avon-LakeSaddle-Club-ALSC-365781246807991 JUNE 11 — Schooling Show, Masterfare Equestrian Center, 10381 Green Chapel Rd. NW, Johnstown, OH. FMI: www. midohiodressage.com JUNE 11 — Ashtabula County OHC Gaming Buckle Series & Cornhole Tournament, Pierpoint Fire Hall, 6006 Marcy Road, Pierpoint, OH. FMI: Christy Burdick, 440856-9460, burdick50@hotmail.com JUNE 11 — Southern Ohio Heart of Horsemanship Open Show Series, Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Blake Offenberger, 614-209-2154, sohhinfo@gmail.com, www.facebook. com/southernohioheartofhorsemanship/ JUNE 11 — Summit County Open Show, 9 a.m., Summit County Fairgrounds, Talmadge, OH. FMI: summitopenshows@ gmail.com, https://www.facebook.com/ SummitCountyOpenShow
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 40 JUNE 11-12 — Northern Ohio Outlaw Cowboy Mounted Shoot, Wayne County Fairgrounds, 199 Vanover Street, Wooster, OH. FMI: northernohiooutlawsinfo@ gmail.com, www.nooutlaws.com JUNE 11-12 — The Medallion Horse Show, World Equestrian Center, Wilmington, OH. FMI: Sarah, 859-227-8073, www.karabs.og JUNE 11-12 — Valley City Saddle Club Fun Show and Summer Series, Medina County Fairgrounds (Route 42 entrance), Medina, OH. FMI: 440-334-6434, https:// valleycitysaddleclub.weebly.com/ JUNE 11-12 — Erie Hunt and Saddle Club Hunter/Jumper I, 6840 Old State Rd., Edinboro, PA. FMI: Heidi Zuck, 814-4507380, www.eriehuntand saddleclub.org JUNE 11-12 — 2022 Area I 4H Horse & Pony Show, Ripley County Fairgrounds, 525 W. Beech St., Osgood, IN. FMI: Kim Nobbe, 812-593-0677, kim.nobbe@gmail.com JUNE 11-12 — Henry County Open Speed Show (11th, 9 a.m.) & 4H Open Show (12th, 9 a.m.), Memorial Park, New Castle, IN. FMI: Rachel Phillips, 317-514-3944 JUNE 11-12 — Daybrook Saddle Club Saturday & Sunday Show, 1650 Days Run Rd., Fairview, WV. FMI: Michael Booth, 304-288-0123 JUNE 12 — Geauga Horse & Pony Association Open Horse Show, 8 a.m., Geauga County Fairgrounds East Show Ring, Burton, OH. FMI: www.ghpa.us JUNE 12 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Fun Show, Lewis Road Riding Show Grounds, Cleveland MetroParks, Olmsted Falls. FMI: 440-781-5060, www. angelshavenhorserescue.org
JUNE 12 — Massillon Saddle Club Pleasure Show, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041 (text or call), rideatmsc.weebly.com JUNE 12 — Pure Gold Summer Jumper Series, 3325 State Route 45, Salem, OH. FMI: Shae Marshall, 330-704-9459, www. puregoldequine.com JUNE 12 — Valley City Saddle Club 2022 Summer Series, Medina County Fairgrounds (Route 42 entrance), 720 W. Smith Road, Medina, OH. FMI: Kristina Phillips, 440-334-6434, www. valleycitysaddleclub.weebly.com JUNE 12 — Henry County 4-H Open Show, 9 a.m., Memorial Park, New Castle, IN. FMI: Rachel Phillips, 317-514-3944 JUNE 13 — Ohio 4-H Horse Program Virtual Hippology & Horse Judging Contest. FMI: Dr. Kimberly Cole, 614-2922625, cole.436@osu.edu, www.horse. osu.edu JUNE 15-18 — Mounted Archery Clinic (15th) & Competition (16-18th)/Mountain Trail Comeptition (16-18th), Creek Side Horse Park, 7369 Mottice Dr. SE, Waynesburg, OH. FMI: 330-323-3559, www.creeksidehorsepark.com JUNE 15-19 — NOQHA Summer Six Pack Circuit, Findlay Western Farm, 14700 US Route 68, Findlay, OH. FMI: www.noqha. com JUNE 17 — Geauga Horse & Pony Association Friday Night Lights Contesting Show, 6:30 p.m., Geauga County Fairgrounds East Show Ring, Burton, OH. FMI: www.ghpa.us
Buckeye Mini Horse & Donkey Auction Followed by Ponies & Horses Wayne County Fairgrounds 199 Vanover Street Wooster, Ohio 44691
Saturday, July 23, 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
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JUNE 17 — Friday Night Lights, Shenandoah Valley Riding Club, 56095 Marietta Rd., Pleasant City, OH. FMI: Michelle Fellows, 740-294-7517 JUNE 17-18 — Erie Hunt and Saddle Club Game I (17th) and Open Show I (18th), 6840 Old State Rd., Edinboro, PA. FMI: Heidi Zuck, 814-450-7380, www. eriehuntand saddleclub.org JUNE 17-19 — Mid-Ohio Marauders Club Shoot, Madision County Fairgrounds, 205 Elm Street, London, OH. FMI: 740-2067214, midohiomarauders@gmail.com, www.midohiomarauders.com JUNE 17-19 — Summer Sort—Team Sorting/Cattle Weekend, Smoke Rise Ranch, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www.smokeriseranch. com JUNE 17-19 — Ohio Ranch Horse Association Show, Henderson Arena, Jackson, OH. FMI: Amy Roberts, 740819-8446, amyshd@yahoo.com, www. ohioranchhorseassociation.com JUNE 17-19 — Ashland County OHC Pleasant Hill Lake Park Promotional Ride, 3438 State Route 95, Perrysville, OH. FMI: Tim Tuttle, 419-512-1216, Timtuttle59@ yahoo.com, ohconline.com JUNE 17-19 — East World & National Promo Show 2022, Henry County Saddle Club, New Castle, IN. FMI: www. hcsaddleclub.com JUNE 18 — Madison County OHC Gymkhana Series, Madison County Fairgrounds Coughlin Arena, 205 Elm St., London, OH. FMI: https://www.facebook. com/MadisonCountyOHCGymkhanav JUNE 18 — Belmont County Saddle Club Pole & Barrel Show, 41915 National Road, Belmont, OH. FMI: Kelsey, 740-296-8958 JUNE 18 — The Albany Independent Fair Horse Show, 5201 Washington Rd., Albany, OH. FMI: Tami Harter, 740-591-6411 JUNE 18 — Young Riders Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Clermont County Fairgrounds, Owensville, OH. FMI: Mary Huddle, 513383-0191 JUNE 18 — Bring The Bling Horse Show, Van Wert County Fairgrounds, 1055 S. Washington St., Van Wert, OH. FMI: Leah Creamer, 419-203-5064 JUNE 18 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Karen, 740-385-3431 JUNE 18 — Gibsonburg Saddle Club Speed Show, 961 N. Main, Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: Jerry Heaps, 419-351-9716, www. gibsonburgsaddleclub.org JUNE 18 — Dice Ride, Hickory Creek Ranch & Campground, 2516 Economite Rd., Tidioute, PA. FMI: 814-730-0499, hickorycreekranch@gmail.com, www. hickorycreekranch.com JUNE 18 — Wranglers Riding Club Show, 3385 State Highway 80 E, Murray, KY. FMI: 270-705-9363, www.facebook.com/ wranglersinmurrayky/ JUNE 18-19 — Butler County Saddle Horse Association Horse Show, 9 a.m., Preble County Fairgrounds, Eaton, OH. FMI: Charlie Garnett, 937-533-0795 JUNE 18-19 — Spring Into Summer Ranch Show series, TSQHA Show Complex, 3772 Harlansburg Rd., New Castle, PA. FMI: sisranchshow@gmail.com JUNE 18-19 — Western Pennsylvania Reining Horse Association Rein in June Jackpot & Green Reiner Shootout, Penland Arena, Stoneboro, PA. FMI: admin@wprha. com, www.wphrha.com
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JUNE 19 — Steubenville Saddle Club Show, 8675 State Route 152, Richmond, OH. FMI: Visit on FB @ Steubenville Saddle Club JUNE 19 — Tri-County Horseman’s Association Open Horse Show Circuit, Vern D. Campbell Horse Arena, 13225 Sanford Rd., Milan, MI. FMI: Judy, 734-260-2916, www.tchamilan.weebly.com JUNE 21 — Erie Hunt and Saddle Club Mini Barrel Clinic with Foo Carter, 6840 Old State Rd., Edinboro, PA. FMI: Heidi Zuck, 814-450-7380, www.eriehuntand saddleclub.org JUNE 21-30 — University of Findlay Horsemanship School (June 21-25 Novice & Intermeidate; June 26-30 Advanced), Dale Wilkinson Arena, Findlay, OH. FMI: Carol Browne, 419-434-4656, brownec@ findlay.edu JUNE 22 — Henry County Saddle Club Hump Day Barrels, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-524-2400, hcsaddle@ gmail.com, www.hcsaddleclub.com JUNE 22-26 — Brave Horse III, 1029 South County Line Rd., Johnstown, OH. FMI: 614404-1150, www.brave-horse.com JUNE 23-26 — Northern Ohio Dressage Association Dressage & More Adult Camp, Stone Gate Farm, Hanoverton, OH. FMI: Sally Burton, banquet@nodarider.org, www.nodarider.org JUNE 24 — Wayne County Saddle Club Contest Fun Show & Buckle Series, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www. waynecountysaddleclub.com JUNE 24 — Pretzel Arena 2022 Friday Night Barrel Show, 3783 Moyers Road, Bruceton Mills, WV. FMI: 304-288-1992, jonileep@ aol.com, www.pretzelarena.com JUNE 24-25 — Train Robbery, Smoke Rise Ranch, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com JUNE 24-25 — Keystone Saddle Club Contest Show (24th) & $1 Show Series (25th), Glen Dunn Arena, Uhrichsville, OH. FMI: Find Keystone Saddle Club on Facebook JUNE 24-25 — 3rd Annual Kevin “Peavine” Anspach Memorial Horse Show, Van Wert County Fairgrounds, 1055 S. Washington St., Van Wert, OH. FMI: Kacee Kreischer, 574-551-5228 JUNE 24-26 — Horse Palooza 2022 (Open Gaming Show/Open Obstacle Challenge/ Open Fun Show), Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, Jefferson, OH. FMI: Valerie, 440-812-9406 JUNE 24-25 — Midwest Draft Horse Classic Show & Pull, The Michiana Event Center, 455 E. Farver St., Shipshewana, IN. FMI: 419-307-4505, midwestdrafthorseclassic@ yahoo.com JUNE 24-26 — Carroll County State OHC Ride, Jefferson Lake State Park (main campground), Richmond, OH. FMI: Kristin, 330-323-1705, www.facebook.com/ CarrollCountyOHC JUNE 24-26 — TLC Equine Speed Show Summer Kick Off, Turtle Lake Campground, Beulah, MI. FMI: 231-275-7353, turtlelakecampground@gmail.com JUNE 24-26 — Michigan Foundation Quarter Horse Registry Show, Midland County Fairgrounds, 6905 Eastman Ave., Midland, MI. FMI: www.michigan-fqhr.com JUNE 24-26 — FAHA Summer Series, Crooked Creek Horse Park, 467 Crooked Creak Dam Road, Ford City, PA. FMI: Afton Colder, 724-496-2114 Please turn to page 44
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 42 JUNE 24-26 — PB Training Stable Cow Sorting Round Robins (24th) and Clinics (25-26th), 8220 Beckman Rd., Girard, PA. FMI: Pam Bradshaw, 814-504-4215 JUNE 25 — Classical Attraction Dressage Schooling Show (Pink), Brecksville Stables, 11921 Parkview Dr., Brecksville, OH. FMI: CADSrider@gmail.com, www. cadsdressage.org JUNE 25 — MW Pony Pals Buckle Series, Champaign County Fairgrounds, Urbana, OH. FMI 740-360-6816, www.owha.org JUNE 25 — Wayne County Saddle Club Contest Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Road, Wooster, OH. FMI: Jamie Horsky, 419-496-6549, www. waynecountysaddleclub.com JUNE 25 — Avon Lake Saddle Club Open Miniature Show Series, Weiss Field, 3314133199 Webber Road, Avon Lake, OH. FMI: 440-536-0145, www.facebook.com/AvonLake-Saddle-Club-ALSC-365781246807991 JUNE 25 — Belmont County Saddle Club Pole & Barrel Show, 5 p.m., 41915 National Road, Belmont, OH. FMI: Kelsey, 740-2968958 JUNE 25 — Buckin’ Ohio Pro Bull Riding, 8154 Garman Road, Burbank, OH. FMI: 330-624-7205, www.buckinohio.com JUNE 25 — Harry Hughes Speed Series 2022, Harry Hughes Youth Equestrian Center, 5563 Waterville-Swanton Rd., Swanton, OH. FMI: Brandy, 419-764-6359, www.harryhughes.org JUNE 25 — 10th Annual Kelli’s Crusade Benefit Horse Show, Medina County Fairgrounds, Medina, OH. FMI: 330-9481784, www.kelliscrusade.org
JUNE 25 — 2nd Annual Drag Dummy Roping Competition, 11 a.m., Circle Y Arena, 8523 Beth Ave. SW, Navarre, OH. FMI: 330-8066075, https://www.facebook.com/Circle-YArena-881678302028557/ JUNE 25 — Crazy Woman Ranch IBRA Barrels, 6450 Lancaster-Circleville Rd. SW, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Joyce, 614-595-1850, joycehanes@att.net JUNE 25 — Under The Oaks Open Show Series, 9 a.m., Crawford County Fairgrounds, 610 Whetstone St., Bucyrus, OH. FMI: Trisha, 419-563-5170 JUNE 25 — Black Swamp Open Horse Show, Paulding County Fairgrounds, 501 Fairground Dr., Paulding, OH. FMI: Brian, 419-406-0094 JUNE 25— Kal-Val Saddle Club Pleasure & Speed Show, 9853 S. 34th St., Scotts, MI. FMI: Melissa Shrader, 269-808-7573 JUNE 25 — KWHA Ladies Auxiliary Jubilee Horse Show, Lincoln County Fairgrounds, Stanford, KY. FMI: 859-475-4112, jaime. lunsford78@gmail.com JUNE 25 — West KY Jackpot Speed Series, Fredonia Valley Riding Club, 201 Dalton Rd., Fredonia, KY. FMI: Blair, 270-350-5460 JUNE 25-26 — Ottawa County Horse Foundation Points on the Portage Circuit #1 (Speed 25th, Performance 26th), Ottawa County Fairgrounds, 2770 W. State Rt. 163, Oak Harbor, OH. FMI: Brianne, 419-707-0398, www.ochf.net JUNE 25-26 — Southern Ohio Quarter Pony Association Open Horse Show Series, 9 a.m., Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Jenny Walters, 740474-8000, www.soqpa.com
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JUNE 25-26 — Henry County Saddle Club IQHA/AQHA June Jubilee, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-524-2400, hcsaddle@ gmail.com, www.hcsaddleclub.com JUNE 25-26 — Buckskin Horse Association of Michigan Show, Shiawassee County Fairgrounds, Corunna, MI. FMI: www. michiganbuckskin.org JUNE 25-26 — Buchanan Westerners Riding Club Jumping Show, 14665 Mead Rd., Buchanan, MI. FMI: buchananwesterners@ outlook.com, www.buchananwesterners.com JUNE 25-26 — 4 Season Equine Association Open Horse Show Series, Mason Fairgrounds, Ludington, MI. FMI: Tallie Cook, 231-944-6269, 4seasonequine@gmail.com JUNE 25-26 — Erie Hunt and Saddle Club Dressage I (25th) and Combined Test (26th), 6840 Old State Rd., Edinboro, PA. FMI: Heidi Zuck, 814-450-7380, www. eriehuntand saddleclub.org JUNE 26 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Fun Show, Carlisle Equestrian Center, 13630 Nickle Plate Diagonal Rd., LaGrange, OH. FMI: 440-781-5060, www. angelshavenhorserescue.org JUNE 26 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Show, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041 (text or call), rideatmsc.weebly.com JUNE 26 — Southeastern Ohio Horse Show Open Horse Show, Hartford County Fairgrounds, 14028 Fairgrounds Rd., Croton, OH. FMI: Leighton, 740-868-9847 JUNE 26 — Tri-County Show Series Show #3, 9 a.m., Clinton Co. Fairgrounds, Wilmington, OH. FMI: buckrunrd@peoplepc.com JUNE 26 — Kal-Val Saddle Club Extreme Trail PMT Challenge, 9853 S. 34th St., Scotts, MI. FMI: Lori Freund, 269-720-9852 JUNE 29-JULY 3 — Brave Horse Summer, 1029 South County Line Rd., Johnstown, OH. FMI: 614-404-1150, www.brave-horse.com JUNE 30-JULY 1 — West Virginia Quarter Horse Association Show, Winfield Riding Club, 5449 St. Rt. 34, Winfield, WV. FMI: www.wvqhafuturities.com JUNE 30-JULY 2 — Tri-State All Morgan Horse Show, The Michiana Event Center, 455 E. Farver St., Shipshewana, IN. FMI: Amy Snyder, 440-479-8503, cowgirlup73@ hotmail.com JULY 2022 JULY 1 — LaRue County Saddle Club Western Pleasure/Ranch Fun Show, 210 Goodin-Williams Rd., Hodgenville, KY. FMI: Stephanie Florence, 270-735-2806 JULY 1-3 — 7th Annual Ohio NBHA Summer Jam, Garwood Arena, Columbiana, OH. FMI: 740-253-5549, iceward66@gmail.com JULY 1-3 — Midstates Team Tournament Open Horse Show, Noble County Fairgrounds, 580 Fair St., Kendallville, IN. FMI: Kellie, 260-316-3130 JULY 1-4 — 4th of July Team Sorting/ Cattle Weekend, Smoke Rise Ranch, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740767-2624, www.smokeriseranch.com JULY 2 — Western Dressage Lite Show, Brecksville Stables, 11921 Parkview Dr., Brecksville, OH. FMI: CADSrider@gmail. com, www.cadsdressage.org JULY 2 — Preble County OHC 2022 Speed & Fun Show Series, 10 a.m., Hueston Woods Horseman’s Camp, 4 Mile Valley Rd., Morning Sun, OH. FMI: Becky, 937-4174359, www.facebook.com/groups/pcohc JULY 2 — Gibsonburg Saddle Club Speed Show, 961 N. Main, Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: Jerry Heaps, 419-351-9716, www. gibsonburgsaddleclub.org
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JULY 2 — Hamilton County Community Fair Open Horse Show, Stricker’s Grove, 11490 Hamilton-Cleves Rd., Hamilton, OH. FMI: Heather Alden, 812-584-9567 JULY 2 — Saddle Up Open Show Series, 9 a.m., 1950 McCorkle Rd., South Park, PA. FMI: Jennifer Wright, 412-498-9142 JULY 2-3 — Ashland Paint & Plain Horse Show, Ashland County Fairgrounds, 2042 Claremont Ave., Ashland, OH. FMI: Chunk Watts, 330-317-0945, www. ashlandpaintandplain.com JULY 2-3 — MW Pony Pals Buckle Series Show (2nd) & MW Pony Pals OWHA Pleasure Show, War Memorial Park, Ada, OH. FMI: 740-360-6816, www.owha.org JULY 2-3 — Northwest Ohio Driving Circuit Show, Fulton County Fairgrounds, 8514 OH108, Wauseon, OH. FMI: Kaylee, 419-6565669, diamondkfarm20@gmail.com, www. facebook.com/groups/433577480036595 JULY 2-3 — Happily Ever After Horse Show Series, Delaware County Fair, 236 Pennsylvania Ave., Delaware, OH. FMI: meghan@fairytalehorsefarm.com, https:// happilyeveraftershowseries.com JULY 2-3 — AMHA Bluegrass Classic Showcase, Western KY Ag & Expo, Bowling Green, KY. FMI: Lisa Leonard, 270-9296292, mini34@mindspring.com, www. bluegrassminiatures.com JULY 7-9 — 54th Annual Indiana Walking Horse Celebration, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: www.theindianacelebration.com JULY 7-10 — The Little Buckeye, Garwood Arena, 2538 Middleton Rd., Columbiana, OH. FMI: Mark Harrell, 618-407-3221, www.oaqha.com JULY 8 — Mini Ranch Riding Clinic with Mike Schmidt, 3-8 p.m., Creek Side Horse Park, 7369 Mottice Dr. SE, Waynesburg, OH. FMI: www.creeksidehorsepark.com JULY 8 — Keystone Saddle Club Contest Show, Glen Dunn Arena, Uhrichsville, OH. FMI: Find Keystone Saddle Club on Facebook JULY 8 — Williams County Saddle Club Open Speed Show, Williams County Fairgrounds, Montpelier, OH. FMI: Michele, 419-553-7542 JULY 8 — Crazy Woman Ranch Gymkhana Series, 6450 Lancaster-Circleville Rd., Lancaster, OH. FMI: Joyce, 614-595-1850 JULY 8 — 2nd Annual Hidden Springs Pony Auction, 1668 S. Co. Rd. 850 E., New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-591-6233 JULY 8-9 — Train Robbery, Smoke Rise Ranch, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www.smokeriseranch. com JULY 8-9 — Bit and Bridle Fitting Clinic with Kim Gentry, Sandpiper Stables, 135 Hunt Road, Portersville, PA. FMI: heather@ saddles101.com JULY 8-10 — Cattle Sorting Clinic (8-9th) and Jimbo’s Jackpot Jamboree (10th), Copper Mare Ranch, Tiffin, OH. FMI: 567207-6339, coppermareranch@gmail.com, www.coppermareranch.com JULY 8-10 — PB Training Stable Cow Sorting Round Robins (8th) and Clinics (9-10th), 8220 Beckman Rd., Girard, PA. FMI: Pam Bradshaw, 814-504-4215 JULY 8-10 — Annual Bash 4 Cash, Central Kentucky Ag/Expo Center, Liberty, KY. FMI: 812-657-4306, thebash4cashshow@gmail. com JULY 8-10 — Michigan Apple Blossom Classic Open Horse Show, MSU Pavilion, 4301 Farm Lane, East Lansing, MI. FMI: Carol Russell, 517-655-4712 Please turn to page 46
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 44 JULY 9 — Ashtabula County OHC Gaming Buckle Series & Cornhole Tournament, Pierpoint Fire Hall, 6006 Marcy Road, Pierpoint, OH. FMI: Christy Burdick, 440856-9460, burdick50@hotmail.com JULY 9 — Ruggles Arena IBRA, NPBA Speed Show, 2651 Township Road 155, Cardington, OH. FMI: Janet, 419-210-7204 JULY 9 — Under The Oaks Open Show Series, 9 a.m., Crawford County Fairgrounds, 610 Whetstone St., Bucyrus, OH. FMI: Trisha, 419-563-5170, www. facebook.com/Under-the-Oaks-HorseShow-100709901542789 JULY 9 — Pioneer City Riding Club Open Horse Show, Washington County Fairgrounds, Marietta, OH. FMI: Devin Shutts, 740-429-0062, www. pioneercityridingclub.weebly.com JULY 9 — Southern Ohio Quarter Pony Association Open Horse Show Series, 9 a.m., Hendersons Indoor Arena, Jackson, OH. FMI: Jenny Walters, 740-474-8000, www.soqpa.com JULY 9 — MW Pony Pals Buckle Series Show, War Memorial Park, Ada, OH. FMI Ashley, 740-360-6816, www.owha.org JULY 9 — Wayne County Saddle Club Pleasure Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Road, Wooster, OH. FMI: Angie Didinger, 330-201-1022, www. waynecountysaddleclub.com JULY 9 — E.X.C.A. Clinic with Kayla Schlabach, Creek Side Horse Park, 7369 Mottice Dr. SE, Waynesburg, OH. FMI: kayla@downunderhorsemanship. com, www.facebook.com/ kaylaschlabachmethodambassador
JULY 9 — Mt. Hope Horse Sale, 8076 SR 241, Millersburg, OH. FMI: 330-674-6188, www.mthopeuaction.com JULY 9 — Summit County Open Show, 9 a.m., Summit County Fairgrounds, 229 E. Howe Ave., Talmadge, OH. FMI: summitopenshows@gmail.com, www. facebook.com/SummitCountyOpenShow JULY 9 — Reality Dreams Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Karen, 740-385-3431 JULY 9 — Lawrence County Horseman’s Association Show, 475 Commerce Drive, Ironton, OH. FMI: Laura, 304-360-0013 JULY 9 — Open Horse Show, 8 a.m., Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, Jefferson, OH. FMI: Shannon Jones, 440-417-2643 JULY 9 — Valley View Farm Schooling Show Series, Knox County Fairgrounds, 601 Fairgrounds Rd., Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: 419564-1205, www.myvalleyviewfarm.com JULY 9 — Saturday Night Show, Shenandoah Valley Riding Club, 56095 Marietta Rd., Pleasant City, OH. FMI: Michelle Fellows, 740-294-7517 JULY 9 — Kal-Val Saddle Club IBRA Speed Show, 9853 S. 34th St., Scotts, MI. FMI: Melissa Shrader, 269-808-7573 JULY 9 — 4th Annual “Take It Easy” Driving Horse Show, 8:30 a.m., Montcalm County Fairgrounds, 8784 Peck Rd., Greenville, MI. FMI: www.facebook.com/ takeiteasydrivingshow JULY 9-10 — Northern Ohio Outlaw Cowboy Mounted Shoot, Wayne County Fairgrounds, 199 Vanover Street, Wooster, OH. FMI: northernohiooutlawsinfo@ gmail.com, www.nooutlaws.com
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JULY 9-10 — Ranch Riding Competition, Creek Side Horse Park, 7369 Mottice Dr. SE, Waynesburg, OH. FMI: 330-323-3559, www.creeksidehorsepark.com JULY 9-10 — Working Equitation Clinic with Rose Watt, Pure Gold Stables, Salem, OH. FMI: Susan Smith-Gordon, 724-3011414 JULY 9-10 — Ohio State Buckskin Association Red, White & Bucksin Circuit, Champions Center Covered Arena, 4122 Laybourne Rd., Springfield, OH. FMI: Brianne, 419-7070398, www.ohiobuckskins.org JULY 9-10 — Outlaw Mounted Shooters Saddle Series, The Circle Bar C Ranch, 1424 Bluegrass Pkwy., LaGrange, KY. FMI: 502-322-4861, circlebarc95@yahoo.com, www.circlebarcranch.com JULY 9-10 — American Shetland Pony Club & IN Small Equine Association Show, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-524-2400, hcsaddle@gmail.com, www.hcsaddleclub. com JULY 9-10 — Buchanan Westerners Riding Club Trail Show 14665 Mead Road, Buchanan, MI. FMI: buchananwesterners@ outlook.com, www.buchananwesterners. com JULY 9-10 — Daybrook Saddle Club Saturday & Sunday Show, 1650 Days Run Rd., Fairview, WV. FMI: Michael Booth, 304-288-0123 JULY 10 — Geauga Horse & Pony Association Open Horse Show, 8 a.m., Geauga County Fairgrounds East Show Ring, Burton, OH. FMI: www.ghpa.us JULY 10 — Straight A’s Speed Show, 11 a.m., 9036 Leopard Rd. NW, Malvern, OH. FMI: 330-868-3772, www.ranchcity.com JULY 10 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Show, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041 (text or call), rideatmsc.weebly.com JULY 10 — Valley City Saddle Club 2022 Summer Series, Medina County Fairgrounds (Route 42 entrance), Medina, OH. FMI: Kristina Phillips, 440-334-6434, valleycitysaddleclub@yahoo.com, www. valleycitysaddleclub.weebly.com JULY 10 — Tri-County Horseman’s Association Open Horse Show Circuit, Vern D. Campbell Horse Arena, 13225 Sanford Rd., Milan, MI. FMI: Judy, 734-260-2916, www.tchamilan.weebly.com JULY 14-15 — Henry County 4H Horse & Pony Fair, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-524-2400, hcsaddle@gmail.com, www.hcsaddleclub.com JULY 15 — Geauga Horse & Pony Association Friday Night Lights Contesting Show, 6:30 p.m., Geauga County Fairgrounds East Show Ring, Burton, OH. FMI: www.ghpa.us JULY 15 — Wayne County Saddle Club Contest Fun Show & Buckle Series, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www. waynecountysaddleclub.com JULY 15-17 — Mid-Ohio Classic I & II USEF/ USDF Level 3, Brave Horse Ohio, 1029 S. County Line Rd., Johnstown, OH. FMI: www.midohiodressage.com JULY 15-17 — Ohio Horseman’s Central Region Regional Ride, AEP Conesville, Fallon Park, 16184 CR 429, Coshocton, OH. FMI: Becky, 937-597-3708, beckyspottedhorses@hotmail.com JULY 15-17 — Come Again Horse Camp Organized Trail Ride, 6192 S. Wyandott Cave Rd., Leavenworth, IN. FMI: 812-7388981, comeagainhorsecamp@gmail.com
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JULY 16 — MW Pony Pals Buckle Series Show, War Memorial Park, Ada, OH. FMI Ashley, 740-360-6816, www.owha.org JULY 16 — 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 JULY 16 — Avon Lake Saddle Club Open Miniature Show Series, Weiss Field, 3314133199 Webber Road, Avon Lake, OH. FMI: 440-536-0145, kathleen@getdependable. com, www.facebook.com/Avon-LakeSaddle-Club-ALSC-365781246807991 JULY 16 — Southern Ohio Heart of Horsemanship Open Show Series, Fairfield County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Blake Offenberger, 614-209-2154, sohhinfo@gmail.com, www.facebook. com/southernohioheartofhorsemanship/ JULY 16 — Black Swamp Open Horse Show, Paulding County Fairgrounds, 501 Fairground Dr., Paulding, OH. FMI: Brian, 419-406-0094 JULY 16 — Rough Riders 4-H Speed Show, 12 p.m., Huron County Fairgrounds, 940 Fair Road, Norwalk, OH. FMI: Cathy, 440935-5040 JULY 16 — Daybrook Saddle Club Saturday Show, 1650 Days Run Rd., Fairview, WV. FMI: Michael Booth, 304-288-0123 JULY 16 — Wranglers Riding Club Show, 3385 State Highway 80 E, Murray, KY. FMI: 270-705-9363, www.facebook.com/ wranglersinmurrayky/ JULY 16-17 — Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros War Wagon I & II Shoot, 9 a.m., Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, 107 Poplar St., Jefferson, OH. FMI: Karen Davis, 330719-3290 JULY 16-17 — Top Hand Beginner Ranch Roping/Branding Clinic, Smoke Rise Ranch, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www.smokeriseranch.com JULY 16-17 — Butler County Saddle Horse Association Horse Show, 9 a.m., Preble County Fairgrounds, Eaton, OH. FMI: Charlie Garnett, 937-533-0795 JULY 16-17 — Mobile Confidence Course, WB Ranch, 1640 County Road B, Swanton, OH. FMI: Marianne Streb, 419-392-2611, www.confidenthorse.com JULY 16-17 — Great Lakes Summer Classic ASPC/AMHR/ASPR/Gypsy/Drum/Draft Show, Henderson’s Indoor Arena, 830 Van Fossan Rd., Jackson, OH. FMI: NE Ohio Shetland Pony & Miniature Horse Breeders Assoc., 614-519-2912, buckeye.spring. classic@gmail.com JULY 16-17 — Lower Michigan Horse Association Show, Ingham County Fairgrounds, 700 E. Ash St., Mason, MI. FMI: lowermichiganhorseassociation@ gmail.com, Find us on Facebook JULY 16-17 — Erie Hunt and Saddle Club Hunter/Jumper II, 6840 Old State Rd., Edinboro, PA. FMI: Heidi Zuck, 814-4507380, www.eriehuntand saddleclub.org JULY 16-17 — East Coast Outlaws CMSA Event, Keystone Horse Center, Bloomsburg, PA. FMI: www.eastcoastoutlaws.com JULY 16-17 — Twistn B Ranch IBRA/ NPBA Show, 3435 S. Pleasant Ridge Rd., Scottsburg, IN. FMI: Penny, 812-406-8512 JULY 17 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Fun Show, Lewis Road Riding Show Grounds, Cleveland MetroParks, Olmsted Falls. FMI: 440-781-5060, www. angelshavenhorserescue.org Please turn to page 47
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Corral Calendar Continued from page 46 JULY 17 — Massillon Saddle Club Pleasure Show, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041 (text or call), rideatmsc.weebly.com JULY 17 — Steubenville Saddle Club Show, 8675 State Route 152, Richmond, OH. FMI: Visit on FB @ Steubenville Saddle Club JULY 17 — Valley City Saddle Club Fun Show, Medina County Fairgrounds (Route 42 entrance), Medina, OH. FMI: 440-3346434, valleycitysaddleclub@yahoo.com, https://valleycitysaddleclub.weebly.com/ JULY 17 — Hoosier Quarter Pony Association Open Horse Show, 10 a.m., Davis Ranch, Hardinsburg, IN. FMI: Victoria Hill, 812-878-0216 JULY 18-21 — Little Wranglers Kids Camp, Smoke Rise Ranch, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com JULY 18-22 — Ohio 4-H Horse Program Ohio State Fair Junior Horse Show, Ohio Expo Center, 717 East 17th Ave., Columbus, OH. FMI: Dr. Kimberly Cole, 614-292-2625, cole.436@osu.edu, www. horse.osu.edu JULY 19 — Erie Hunt and Saddle Club Mini Barrel Clinic with Foo Carter, 6840 Old State Rd., Edinboro, PA. FMI: Heidi Zuck, 814-450-7380, www.eriehuntand saddleclub.org JULY 20-24 — Brave Horse IV, 1029 South County Line Rd., Johnstown, OH. FMI: 614404-1150, www.brave-horse.com JULY 21-24 — West Virginia Quarter Horse Association Show, Winfield Riding Club, 5449 St. Rt. 34, Winfield, WV. FMI: www. wvqhafuturities.com JULY 22 — Lawrence County Horseman’s Association Friday Fun Shows, 475 Commerce Drive, Ironton, OH. FMI: Laura Adkins, 304-360-0013 JULY 22 — Friday Night Lights, Shenandoah Valley Riding Club, 56095 Marietta Rd., Pleasant City, OH. FMI: Michelle Fellows, 740-294-7517 JULY 22 — Pretzel Arena 2022 Friday Night Barrel Show, 3783 Moyers Road, Bruceton Mills, WV. FMI: 304-288-1992, jonileep@ aol.com, www.pretzelarena.com JULY 22-23 — Erie Hunt and Saddle Club Game II (22nd) and Open Show II (23rd), 6840 Old State Rd., Edinboro, PA. FMI: Heidi Zuck, 814-450-7380, www. eriehuntand saddleclub.org JULY 22 & 23 — Lone Star Rodeo, 8 p.m. each day, Owen County Fairgrounds, Owenton, KY. FMI: 270-269-6000, www. lonestarrodeocompany.com JULY 22-24 — Pinto Horse Assoc. of Ohio Lots O’ Spots Show, Findlay University (Western Farm), 14700 US Route 68, Findlay, OH. FMI: www.ohiopinto.net JULY 22-24 — TLC Equine Speed Show Sun Run, Beulah, MI. FMI: 231-275-7353, turtlelakecampground@gmail.com JULY 22-24 — Northern Michigan Quarter Horse Association L1/Novice Show, Midland County Fairgrounds, Midland, MI. FMI: Kathy Avolt, 765-714-4324, www. AnEquineProduction.com JULY 23 — Classical Attraction Dressage Schooling Show, Brecksville Stables, 11921 Parkview Dr., Brecksville, OH. FMI: CADSrider@gmail.com, www. cadsdressage.org JULY 23 — 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
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JULY 23 — Wayne County Saddle Club Contest Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Road, Wooster, OH. FMI: Jamie Horsky, 419-496-6549, www. waynecountysaddleclub.com JULY 23 — Avon Lake Saddle Club Open Miniature Show Series, Weiss Field, 3314133199 Webber Road, Avon Lake, OH. FMI: 440-536-0145, kathleen@getdependable. com, www.facebook.com/Avon-LakeSaddle-Club-ALSC-365781246807991 JULY 23 — Carroll County OHC Fun Show, Fabulous IV Ranch, Carrollton, OH. FMI: Kristin, 330-323-1705, www.facebook. com/CarrollCountyOHC JULY 23 — Belmont County Saddle Club Pole & Barrel Show, 5 p.m., 41915 National Road, Belmont, OH. FMI: Kelsey, 740-296-8958 JULY 23 — Buckin’ Ohio Pro Bull Riding, 8154 Garman Road, Burbank, OH. FMI: 330-624-7205, www.buckinohio.com JULY 23 — Harry Hughes Speed Series 2022, Harry Hughes Youth Equestrian Center, 5563 Waterville-Swanton Rd., Swanton, OH. FMI: Brandy Dotson, 419764-6359, www.harryhughes.org JULY 23 — Northern Kentucky Horse Network 14th Annual All-Breed Horse Show, 9:30 a.m., Alexandria Fairgrounds, 100 Fairgrounds Rd., Alexandria, KY. FMI: Charles Poppe, 513-315-7143, cwpoppe@ hotmail.com, www.nkhn.info JULY 23 — Cow Horse Jackpot Show, TSQHA Show Complex, 3772 Harlansburg Rd., New Castle, PA. FMI: sisranchshow@gmail.com JULY 23 — Poker Ride, Hickory Creek Ranch & Campground, 2516 Economite Rd., Tidioute, PA. FMI: 814-730-0499, www. hickorycreekranch.com
JULY 29-31 — Mounted Archery Clinic (29th) & Competition (30-31st), Creek Side Horse Park, 7369 Mottice Dr. SE, Waynesburg, OH. FMI: 330-323-3559, www.creeksidehorsepark.com JULY 29-31 — Kal-Val Saddle Club Extreme Trail Play Day/Kelly Chapman Clinic/PMT Challenge, 9853 S. 34th St., Scotts, MI. FMI: Melissa Shrader, 269-808-7573 JULY 29-31 — Ranch Horse Association of Michigan Show, Berrien County Youth Fairgrounds, 9122 US Hwy. 31, Berrien Springs, MI. FMI: Sam Holwerda, 616-8901190, www.miranchhorse.com JULY 29-31 — Michigan Foundation Quarter Horse Registry Show, Midland County Fairgrounds, 6905 Eastman Ave., Midland, MI. FMI: www.michigan-fqhr.com JULY 29-31 — Twistn B Ranch IBRA/ NPBA Show, 3435 S. Pleasant Ridge Rd., Scottsburg, IN. FMI: Penny, 812-406-8512 JULY 29-31 — FAHA Summer Series, Crooked Creek Horse Park, 467 Crooked Creak Dam Road, Ford City, PA. FMI: Afton Colder, 724-496-2114 JULY 30 — Vickers Mountain Trail Challenge, 10 a.m., 9260 W. Akron-Canfield Rd., Canfield, OH. FMI: Laura Wiencek, 724-301-2244 JULY 30 — Pioneer City Riding Club Open Horse Show, Washington County Fairgrounds, Marietta, OH. FMI: Devin Shutts, 740-429-0062, www. pioneercityridingclub.weebly.com JULY 30 — Gibsonburg Saddle Club Speed Show, 961 N. Main, Gibsonburg, OH. FMI: Jerry Heaps, 419-351-9716, www. gibsonburgsaddleclub.org
JULY 30-31 — Border Bash POR, Fulton County Fairgrounds, Wauseon, OH. FMI: zone8apha@gmail.com, www. zone8apha.weebly.com JULY 30-31 — Western Pennsylvania Reining Horse Association Summer Slide Jackpot & Open Ranch Shootout, Lake Erie College Equestrian Center, 10145 Pinecrest Rd., Painesville, OH. FMI: admin@wprha. com, www.wphrha.com JULY 30-31 — IN East Central Pinto Jubilee, Henry County Saddle Club, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: www.indianapinto. com JULY 30-31 — Kal-Val Saddle Club Extreme Trail PMT Clinic/Challenge, 9853 S. 34th St., Scotts, MI. FMI: Lori Freund, 269-720-9852 JULY 31 — OWHA Office Trustee Pleasure Show, Auglaize County Fairgrounds, Wapakoneta, OH. FMI: Brenda, 419-3059709, www.owha.org JULY 31 — Massillon Saddle Club Contest Show, 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041 (text or call), rideatmsc.weebly.com JULY 31 — Pure Gold Summer Jumper Series, 3325 State Route 45, Salem, OH. FMI: Shae Marshall, 330-704-9459, www. puregoldequine.com JULY 31 — Summit County Open Show, 9 a.m., Summit County Fairgrounds, 229 E. Howe Ave., Talmadge, OH. FMI: summitopenshows@gmail.com, www. facebook.com/SummitCountyOpenShow
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JULY 23 — Kal-Val Saddle Club Pleasure & Speed Show, 9853 S. 34th St., Scotts, MI. FMI: Melissa Shrader, 269-808-7573 JULY 23-24 — Ranch Roping Practice & Competition, Smoke Rise Ranch, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740767-2624, www.smokeriseranch.com JULY 23-24 — Fun Open Horse Show, Henry County Saddle Club, 321 W 100N, New Castle, IN. FMI: 765-524-2400, hcsaddle@ gmail.com, www.hcsaddleclub.com JULY 23-24 — Buchanan Westerners Riding Club Jumping Show, 14665 Mead Road, Buchanan, MI. FMI: buchananwesterners@ outlook.com, www.buchananwesterners. com JULY 23-24 — 4 Season Equine Association Open Horse Show Series, Mason Fairgrounds, Ludington, MI. FMI: Tallie Cook, 231-944-6269, 4seasonequine@gmail.com JULY 25-30 — IBHA World Show, C Bar C Arena, Cloverdale, IN. FMI: 219-552-1013, www.ibha.net JULY 28-31 — Best of America By Horseback, Pine Creek Horseman’s Camp, 23937 Big Pine Rd. South, Bloomingville, OH. FMI: 540-829-9555 JULY 29 — Wayne County Saddle Club Contest Fun Show & Buckle Series, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-844-4041, www. waynecountysaddleclub.com JULY 29 — Williams County Saddle Club Open Speed Show, Williams County Fairgrounds, Montpelier, OH. FMI: Michele, 419-553-7542 JULY 29-31 — Mid-Ohio Marauders Club Shoot, Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH. FMI: 740-206-7214, midohiomarauders@ gmail.com, www.midohiomarauders.com
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Buckeye Equestrian Association
Join Us For a Working Equitation Clinic with Clinician Rose Watt to this sport ever since as it promotes and supports the aspects of horsemanship that Rose so loves…that of dressage, trail, and the love and need for speed…and of course, the obvious connection between horse and rider.
PRESIDENT, Susan Smith-Gordon VICE PRESIDENT, Patricia Andio SECRETARY, Jennifer Milliner TREASURER, Sally Kish FACEBOOK, Buckeye Equestrian Association
by Susan Smith-Gordon Buckeye Equestrian Association is pleased to be hosting a Working Equitation Clinic with clinician Rose Watt, and Mock Show/Fun Day! We are offering this clinic, and show, for those who want to get into the world of working equitation at an Introductory/ Novice rider level. We will be focusing on the ‘Ease of Handling’ and ‘Negotiating Obstacles’. We will have at various working equitation obstacles set up for riders to navigate. Rose has 45+ years in the horse industry. Since 2009, Rose has been showing Working Equitation and has been drawn
WHO: Introductory/Novice level riders from any discipline can compete, e.g., dressage, eventing, reining, trail, and anything in between with any breed of horse. DATE: July 9-10, 2022 LOCATION: Pure Gold Stable Stables and Equestrian Center, 3325 OH Route 45, Salem, Ohio 44460 COST: Horse and Rider Combination, $150. Clinic limit of 24 with a maximum of 5 per session. Audit Only: $25 (includes lunch). Please make checks payable to Buckeye Equestrian Association. STALL: Day Stall $25/$65 for the weekend. $7 Bag shavings, order one week prior. If you need other, please bring your own.
Send entries and stall reservations to: Susan SmithGordon, 9050 N. Palmyra Road, Canfield, OH 44406 Please refer to the ad on this page for daily schedule and additional information! ADDITIONAL CLINIC INFORMATION: • We require current negative Coggins sent with entry, or at unload to the office. • You may trailer in the day before the event, with preregistration and there are electric hookups for trailers $45. • Breakfast and lunch provided by Buckeye Equestrian Association. We are accepting donations to cover costs. • Sessions are limited to 5 riders—maximum entrants are 24. • Seating—Please bring a lawn chair. • Must wear a helmet. Facility waiver must be signed upon arrival. • Well-behaved dogs must be on a leash and non-disruptive. • We will have the clinic rain or shine as it is indoors.
For more information or questions contact Susan SmithGordon, 724/301-1414 (call or text), email: smithgordonsusan@ gmail.com WHAT IS WORKING EQUITATION? (From Confederation of Working Equitation Handbook-https:// www.confederationwe.us) Working Equitation, a sport originating in Europe and gaining popularity throughout the world, is a competition for horses that work in the field. It promotes the various equitation techniques in countries that use the riding horse to work on ranches and farms. Its goal is to preserve and promote the cultural traditions, tack, and riding attire of each country. Working Equitation is a sport that’s enjoyable for the horse, the rider, and the spectator. No matter what your riding discipline or breed of horse, we hope you will join us to share in the fun and excitement!
BUCKEYE EQUESTRIAN ASSOCIATION PRESENTS
WORKING EQUITATION CLINIC
Cost: $150
per horse/rider
($25 to Audit)
with Rose Watt
Saturday, July 9 and Sunday, July 10, 2022 Location: Pure Gold Stables, Salem, Ohio
Ride times will be posted once the ride groups are established. There will be five riders per group, clinic limit of 20, each session will be approximately 90 minutes. Spots are limited, get your reservations in! Reservations must include payment to hold your spot. No refunds unless the spot can be filled prior to the clinic. Rider Name _______________________________________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________________________________________________ City _______________________________________________________ State _______ Zip ______________________ Email ______________________________________________________ Phone________________________________ Horse’s Name _____________________________________________________________________________________
— FEES —
Clinic - $150 Clinic - Audit $25 Stall - Day $25 Stall - Night $45 Stall - Weekend $65 Weekend Special!
Bag Shavings - $7 (order 1 week prior)
SCHEDULE: SATURDAY and SUNDAY — 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 8:00-8:15 Registration / Meet & Greet (coffee & warm breakfast) 8:15-9:00 Introduction of Working Equitation 9:00-10:00 Obstacle Demonstration 10:00-11:30 Session 1 (Limit 5)
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11:30-12:00 12:00-1:30 1:30-3:00 3:00-4:30
Lunch — Light lunch provided for donation Session 2 (Limit 5) Session 3 (Limit 5) Session 4 (Limit 5)
Electric Hookup - $45 TOTAL ENCLOSED
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
Liability Release: I understand that this is a high risk sport and am participating at my own risk. I hereby assume the risk and hold harmless the Organizer, Organizing Committee, Buckeye Equestrian Association and Pure Gold Stables from all liability for negligence resulting in accidents, damage, injury or illness to myself and to my property, including the horse or horses which I participate.
Make check payable to: Buckeye Equestrian Association Mail entry and stall reservation to: Susan Smith-Gordon 9050 N. Palmyra Road Canfield, OH 44406
____________________________________________________________________________________ Signature (Parent/Guardian’s Signature if under 18 yrs.)
Questions? Susan Smith-Gordon 724-301-1414 smithgordonsusan@gmail.com
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Northern Ohio Dressage Association
New Educational Clinics and Freestyle Clinic Review PRESIDENT, Danielle Menteer VICE PRESIDENT, Kathy Kirchner TREASURER, Dee Liebenthal SECRETARY, Beth Scalabrino EMAIL, president@nodarider.org WEBSITE, www.nodarider.org
JULY 8-9: Kim Gentry Bit Clinic, Sandpiper Stables, Porterville, Pa. For more information contact Heather Soones-Booher at Heather@ saddles101.com. JULY 8-9: Northern Ohio Dressage Association (NODA) Dressage Professionals Initiative Session 2 with Richard Williams at Shade Tree Farm, Bath, Ohio. The cost for the professionals is $200 for two full days of education and instruction from Richard Williams. Registration is online at www.nodarider.org JULY 10: NODA Member Dressage Jr/YR Clinic with Danielle Hebler, a USDF bronze and silver medalist, and owner of DB Sport Horses LLC at Noble
Farms, Newbury Township, Ohio. Nominal fee to attend. Registration form at www. nodarider.org. JULY 10-11: Richard Williams Open Clinic, Shade Tree Farm, Bath, Ohio. Due to the success of the lecture, A Night with Richard Williams, the Education committee had many requests to have Richard stay longer and offer clinic rides for adult amateurs, youth, and professionals. Rides will be $175 for a private lesson for NODA members, $200 for non-members. Auditors are welcome for $25 per day. Details and registration are online at www. nodarider.org. Save the date: Jan. 7, 2023, New Dressage Test Seminar with Margaret Freeman USEF “S” Judge at Lake Erie College, Mentor, Ohio. Collier Wimmer Freestyle Clinic was a huge success! The Northern Ohio Dressage Association and the Classical Attraction Dressage Society (CADS), two northeast Ohio USDF group member organizations, co-sponsored a musical freestyle clinic with
Collier Wimmer of Three Wishes Freestyles at Brecksville Stables on April 30 and May 1. The clinic was coordinated and facilitated by Emily Gill, a professional Grand Prix rider who is a member and on the boards of both NODA and CADS. Brecksville Stables is managed as an event facility by CADS. Benefits of Brecksville Stables include ample stabling, large stalls with windows and secure doors, good trailer parking, a heated viewing room with the ability to hear the clinician on chilly days, and a network of Metroparks hacking trails. Day 1 of the clinic started with ‘Coffee Talk.’ Riders and auditors settled in with coffee, fruit, orange juice, and bagels while Collier spent an hour sharing her philosophy, her unique background, and what to expect over the two days. Day 1 would focus on music selection for each horse and rider pair and a chance to get to know a little about the rider’s preferences. Wimmer made it clear, “I’m not a trainer, I’m not judging the horse and rider, I’m here to help you create a freestyle that
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by Rebekah Martindale The Miami Valley Horse Show Association (MVHSA) has been busy with the start of our show season and is looking forward to more fun this summer! We hope to see you at our next show for an opportunity to earn year-end points for awesome year-end awards and prizes. To become a member and start earning points for year-end awards, visit our website, www.mvhsa.com MVHSA is the perfect way to spend time with those who share similar interests. It is easy to get started, and we are dedicated to June 2022
celebrating members who put countless hours of hard work into perfecting their craft. In March, we gave away $7,000 worth of prizes to those who earned yearend awards. To view our show schedule or to become a sponsor, visit our website, www.mvhsa. com Our members are what make MVHSA the outstanding organization that it is. Ranging from youth to adult, we offer something for most everyone and have recently voted to add classes in an effort to diversify our membership even more. We are happy to meet you and hope that you attend one of our shows as an exhibitor or spectator to see our group in action. Lastly, if making friends and having fun with other horse enthusiasts isn’t enough, we are offering a scholarship to those off to college in the fall. The application is on our website and is due on July 1, 2022. Join MVHSA, and earn rewards to not only further your equine passion but also to help fund your future.
will show you and your horse at your best.” The second day Collier would show up with music selections and a segment of choreography she put together for each horse and rider pair. After ‘Coffee Talk’ Emily Gill on her Morgan gelding, Kaluha rode their Grand Prix freestyle put together with Collier. Wimmer’s philosophy is that a freestyle is “an immersive story. When it goes right, it invites the judges and observers in.” Every horse and rider pair tells a different story, and her job is to help find the music and choreography that will highlight the pair. With a background in riding, grooming for her equestrian mother at shows, competitive Irish dancing, singing in a choir, and a strong education in technology necessary to create freestyles, Collier brings a broad range of skills to the table. The skills that matter most are Collier’s enthusiasm for every horse and rider pair no matter what the level, creativity, and the ability to spend 50 minutes laser focused on the horse and rider pair in the arena.
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Mid Ohio Dressage Association
Show Opportunities for Everyone PRESIDENT, Vicki Milliron VICE PRESIDENT, Jessica Miltimore SECRETARY, Anna Cluxton TREASURER, Beth Baryon EMAIL, vickimilliron@hotmail.com WEBSITE, www.midohiodressage.org
Whether you are a Grand Prix rider or brand new to dressage (DR) or western dressage (WD), MODA has something for everyone in 2022. Coming up June 11 is a schooling show that has tests for both DR and WD. Held at a new location, Materfare Equestrian Center just outside of Johnstown, Ohio; this one-day haul-in show will
be held in the facilities outdoor ring. This is a great opportunity to start the show season in a relaxed environment. Entry information is available through the MODA website, https:// www.midohiodressage.com/. Just click on the competition tab. July 15-17 is the Mid-Ohio Classic I and II. This USEF/ USDF Level 3 show is now in its 45th year. Consistently one of the bigger shows in this part of the country the show is steeped in tradition and features many unique awards. One of those awards is the MODA Founders Award. In honor of Laura Crawford, Sandra Burnard, Hans D. Von Bredow, and Nancy Wentz; the award is given to the Adult Amateur with the highest
single score from Classic I. The amateur needs to be a current MODA member and is from Training Level through Fourth. Bravehorse, one of the top facilities in Ohio and located just outside of Johnstown, Ohio, is the location of this year’s Classic. Entry information is available at ShowSecretary.com. Last year’s complete program is still available at https://www.midohiodressage. com/2021-classic.html Finally, Sept. 10 and 11 is the last schooling show of the season. Sue Hughes from Michigan will be our judge. The East Meets West schooling show will be split with Sept. 10 being a WDAA approved western only show. Both rail classes and tests will be held. Sunday, Sept. 11 will be
a Classical only show with tests and other special classes. Both dates are pending AQHA Special Event approval. East Meets West will be held at Four Star Quarter Horses outside of Ostrander, Ohio. Although limited stalls are available, we encourage exhibitors to haul-in. Complete entry information is available at ShowSecretary.com. For those that cannot attend the MODA recognized shows we encourage you to go to our website and click on the MODA approved shows. Many schooling shows in central Ohio have MODA approval and count toward year-end awards. Good rides to everyone competing at a dressage event in 2022.
Hoosier Quarter Pony Association
Tips and Tricks to Make Show Experience Smooth and Easy PRESIDENT, Victoria Hill VICE PRESIDENT, Jennifer Bodle SECRETARY, Maggie Bodle TREASURER, Tracy Czerwonky PHONE & EMAIL, 812-878-0216 hoosierquarterponyassociation@gmail.com
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by Victoria Hill It’s June and show season is officially in gear! We had a great time at our first show. Thank you to everyone who came out and volunteered, supported, and exhibited with us. We loved having you and hope to see you at our next show on June 11 at Hartmeyer Stables in Muncie, Ind. Check out our showbill on our Facebook page. As we head into full blown show season, here are some tips and tricks to help make your show experience smooth and easy.
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1.) If the show offers pre-entry —use it! The show staff cannot stress this enough. It saves the office people so much time in getting the classes together. Even if the show does not offer preentry, get the entry forms early and fill them out ahead of time. If you are the trainer, sit down with all your students and have these filled out beforehand. 2.) Know the cost of everything and know the payment methods for the show. Some shows are cash only so be aware. Make sure you have extra on hand in case you are having a super spectacular day and want to add an extra class or three! 3.) Know what classes you are in and be at the gate early! As a judge and announcer, you don’t know how inconvenient it is to hold up the entire class waiting for someone who was not prepared to go into the ring. A good rule of thumb is to be at the gate two classes before your own. It shows courtesy not just to your
fellow contestants but your judge and show staff as well. And it keeps the show moving because no one likes showing until the wee hours of the morning! 4.) Know your patterns! When you get to the show the patterns are usually posted at the entry booth. Take a picture of the pattern and practice it on the ground first. When you have it in your head, practice it on your horse. If you have a question, feel free to ask the judge about it so they can clarify things before the class starts. Someone else may have the same question. 5.) This should be number one, but know your exhibitor number before you go into the pen for your very first class! So important. 6.) Coaching on the rail—this is a major No! No! If we can hear you in the announcer’s booth, so can the judge, and it can be cause for disqualification. Trainers, you know better, and we are all guilty of it. Whispering switch your diagonal or wrong lead is fine but don’t be ‘That’ person who screams across the arena, stop it! Do you really want to break a kid’s heart because they get DQ’d for you being obnoxious? Be better, we’re all here to have a great time. 7.) And this one is for the parents—judges really wish they could give a ribbon to all the kids they see out there trying hard. But that’s not their job. Their job is to pick the best being shown
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that day. Some days that might be your child, some days it might not. Teach them to win and lose with grace and ease. It will help them in the rest of their life. Every experience is a learning opportunity so use it as such. 8.) Volunteer! I can’t stress this one enough. Lots of shows are run by volunteers and lack of volunteers causes some shows to stop being put on. If you are standing by the gate watching your child, volunteer to open and close that gate for a little while. Offer to hand out ribbons. If you’re ambitious, volunteer to ring steward or scribe! Don’t know what’s needed? Then volunteer to be on the board and help make the club better. New ideas and new blood are always welcome! As we head into the summer months, we want you to have a positive experience, and that includes not falling off your horse because you’re dehydrated! Remember to drink plenty of water or Gatorade, and don’t forget to keep your horse hydrated as well! Offering electrolytes and a drink between classes is recommended. Horses are a passion, a blessing, a hardship. They teach us resilience and hard work, love and kindness. So, remember that they don’t do it for the ribbons; they do it because they love us. On that note, God Bless the USA, have a fun, safe and wonderful show season! Ride On! June 2022
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A WEE CANTER IN
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by Allison Black Goldberg
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hen it finally came time to start making travel plans again, and to celebrate our first month making money, my business partner Rebecca and I decided to start with Scotland. Both of our families originated in Scotland, and I had raved about my riding trips to Scotland for years so I convinced her that she could do it. Of course, it helped that we didn’t choose a Border Ride to start with, but instead, a nice leisurely riding trip, at a glorious 16th century castle in Lauder. I wanted to celebrate my birthday in Scotland and Rebecca saw an opportunity to promote Brave Horse overseas. So, ignoring the fact that April weather in Scotland can be rather iffy at best, we signed up. But let me back up a bit. I mentioned the Border Rides. Honestly, I wish I could plug in a link to a video in this article, but instead I must try to explain. Many centuries ago, the Scottish clans of the Borderlands, the area that borders England, would organize the strongest fighters of the villages to periodically ride the perimeter of their lands. Their mission was to protect their own borders, engaging and repelling any and all marauders from stealing their sheep, their crops and of course, defiling their women. Bear in mind that Scottish warriors of that time were ruthless in battle and took no quarter, especially from the English. These guys meant business. Every clan in the region had their own ‘ride-outs’, accompanied by deep traditions and ceremony. These efforts served to protect the clans until the 18th century when England
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finally conquered Scotland and dissolved the clans and took their lands. But fast forward to the late 19th century when several villages in the Borders decided to revive their ride-outs, also known a Common Rides, as a ceremonial ride, otherwise known in Scotland as an excuse to ride fast horses, listen to bagpipes and drink. Each Ride is part of a village festival where all are welcome to join in, even women. Even, Americans! Now here’s where the video would help. Try to imagine three hundred riders mounted on huge Dutch warmblood/draft crosses thundering across an open field and up a hillside at flat-out gallop, stopping only for a sip of whisky from a requisite hip flask, for anywhere from 3 to 4 hours or more. I have found nothing in the States or anywhere on earth as exhilarating or terrifying as the Border rides of Scotland. June 2022
So that said, that is not what we did. We did ride the same horses, which all came from Kailzie Equestrian Center (pronounced “Cay-Lee”), owned and run by a wonderful woman, Suzanne McIntosh. Suzie runs a top-notched operation and along with her lovely sidekick, Gemma Harkness, together they provide horses for many of the Border Rides. This trip was booked through a company called ‘Globetrotting’ and if you have never heard of them, you should take a look. Owned by Kate Pilcher of Australia, Globetrotting organizes riding trips all over the world from Australia to Patagonia and beyond. When I saw their flyer for a Castle Ride in Scotland, I was intrigued. They paired up with Suzie and a lovely couple who happen to own a castle in Lauder, Scotland. Edward and Sarah Maitland-Carew are the 19th generation of their family to live in Thirlestane Castle. They moved into the castle in 2012, and began serious renovations, including outfitting an entire wing as five luxury vacation suites. Edward and Sarah are both experienced riders and wanted to keep the equestrian theme of their estate alive. Kate at Globetrotting currently organizes four rides a year at Thirlestane Castle, hosted by the Maitland-Carews. We arrived in Scotland on the first of April, happily to nice weather and mild temperatures. Satisfied we would be just fine weather-wise, we headed south for Lauder and Thirlestane. Our first glimpse of the castle was breath-taking. BuiIt in 1590, it is an immense red-brick and stone structure with strong French influences, surrounded by acres and acres of lush, green pastures. Inside, the accommodations did not disappoint. I always judge
a room by the comfiness of the bed and appointments of the bathroom. Let’s just leave it that I was blissfully happy. We had a quick lunch and then changed and headed for our first ride of the trip. I was paired with a beautiful black and white Dutch warmblood named Rocco. We spent our first easy hack getting to know each other. It took me a few minutes to get reacquainted with the launching rhythms of a warmblood trot, but I settled in quickly and soon loved his steadiness, and his cute mischievous personality. The ‘wee canters’ were just as much fun as I had remembered and all went well, until shortly before our arrival back at the castle, when my boy threw a shoe on the last trot and got to spend the next day at the barn. No worries, though, as I got another lovely mount and spent the next day riding across the estate, through the forests and crossing streams, punctuated by long canters across the fields. That night we had dinner in the Estate Dining room, hosted by Sarah and Edward, where we were escorted to the dining room with a wonderful bagpiper! It felt like we had stepped back in time! Every day that week, we rode in a different setting. One day was a ride across the windy beaches of Dunbar, another was a long ride across the magnificent moors of the estate to the Maitland family ‘bothy’, a small cabin where the family goes to get away. On the last day of our riding, the plan was to ride the entire route of the Lauder Border Ride. When we started out, it was cold, but we’d been riding in cold most of the week, so that was not a big deal. But then the snow began, which was soon joined by an icy gusting wind and sideways slicing sleet and hail. Before long, our guide Gemma realized we were all freezing and made
the decision to head for home. Understand that Gemma is a seasoned professional guide, not to mention a native Scot, and knows the Border lands like the back of her hand. But I must admit she did not instill a lot of confidence in us when she said that she ‘thought’ this path would get us back to the castle. Honestly though, Gemma could have gotten us back blind folded, and we followed her down off the mountain, all of us, including the horses, with our heads tucked in against the wind and sleet. We were all cold and tired, but our horses just kept going, nice and steady down the mountain. At one point, I felt like I was hypo-thermic and could not stop shivering, so I just leaned over Rocco’s neck and let him have his head. After 20 minutes, his body heat warmed me up enough to finish the ride upright. Believe when I say that I gave him a tearful kiss on the neck when I left him that day. Rebecca and I had worried that we might be, shall we say a little long in the tooth to be doing this ride, but surprisingly, the women and one man in our group were all our age or older. It was wonderful to meet these
amazing people from Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, California and as far away as Australia. Many were traveling by themselves but Globetrotting truly caters to the single rider and I cannot imagine anyone would ever feel alone. After all, we all know that horses bring us together. Between the amazing horses and the incredible women and men we met, this was a holiday never to be forgotten. Scotland is in my blood, and I will always go back to ride those incredible animals across the moors and fields and up the highlands and to meet the other people from around the world who share my crazy passion. Anybody up for a Border Ride? For more information on the Common Rides, visit https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_ riding. For more information on Globetrotting, please visit https:// www.globetrotting.com.au. To drool over gorgeous horses, please visit https://www.facebook. com/people/Kailzie-EquestrianCentre/100054466599512/. And as always please visit us at Brave Horse at www. bravehorsecbd.com.
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The Cowboy Perseverance Ranch
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know by Rob and Tanya Corzatt
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ecently I had the opportunity to work with a 15-year-old horse that has been used for trail riding for many years. He was described to me as being pretty solid and not spooky at all. He listened well, was laid back and understood certain body controls. He was typically ridden in a bitless bridal because he responded well to that and was pretty soft. A few years ago, when the owner and her husband had gone out of state to trail ride, one area of the trail was broken up by a public road. In order to access the rest of the trail, you had to walk down the road a short distance to access the path. During this short walk they experienced an unfortunate incident. As they made their way down the road, a motorcyclist slowly approached them. As I understand the story, the motorcyclist continued slowly but was headed directly at them causing the 15-year-old gelding
to react significantly which caused his owner to fall off. The owner was shaken, with holes in her shirt and scratches from the gravel and pavement, but was not seriously injured. I do want to give the motorcyclist credit because he did stop to check on everything, offering his apologies. Praise the Lord no one was hurt physically but it was an eye opener to the owner that this pretty solid trail horse had some areas that were not so solid. Due to the owner having other nonrelated medical treatments, this gelding ended up being unridden for four years. I was contacted and asked if I could work with him to help get him over his fear of motorcycles. I was happy to do so. Although the owner shared with me the horse’s characteristics and physical ability, I like to do a series of groundwork before mounting. These exercises help the horse and myself develop a relationship and reveal areas where they are strong and where they may have holes.
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I spent a couple weeks doing groundwork with this horse prior to getting on to ride due to what was revealed. When I applied pressure in desensitizing exercises, I was surprised with his reactions. After seeing this, I was confident that he hadn’t previously had any spontaneous, high pressure applied. This isn’t any fault of his owner. She wasn’t familiar with these types of exercises. Also, during bending exercises with a bit he was bracing a lot and would throw his head. He was not soft. The owner had told me that she used a bitless bridle so I wasn’t surprised at his reaction. He was able to move body parts but not without expressing some questions and some confusion. Since I wasn’t shown how he was ridden, I did have to take into consideration that the way I was asking for something could be different than how the owner usually cued her horse therefore causing confusion. None the less, there was a specific goal to achieve, and I had to address the areas that needed fine tuning. Desensitizing this horse to motorcycles was the owner’s primary goal, however, I did not introduce this horse to a motorcycle until I knew he had some safety features in place. My goal was to have him be able to disengage his hind quarters, be much more solid in stopping cues, not brace with a bit, and have more shoulder control. His owner was going to be out of town for 6 weeks and we had arranged for him to be here for 8 weeks so she could come here to work with him a few times during the last 2 weeks. On the first day the owner came to see how the training was going, I rode her horse first in order to demonstrate and explain what the cues are in order to obtain certain results. Afterwards, she got on him. We went over how to bend and soften him and a couple new cues to get him to stop. When she went around the first time and then asked him to stop, he performed admirably. She looked over at me and exclaimed, “He feels like he has power steering and the brakes are much more responsive!” After hearing her talk more about the differences she felt, as a result of his training, I am convinced that she didn’t know how much better it could potentially be. It made me think about the old adage
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“You don’t know what you don’t know.” But why don’t we know? She had learned some techniques over the years but had not been through any formal training for herself or for her horse. Ephesians 6:15 describes a part of the armor of God and it states “…and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace.” When a horse is shod it adds strength, durability and protection to the hoof. The shoes are placed on a horse’s hooves to prepare or make them ready for whatever terrain or activity they may experience. All the groundwork that was done with this horse was to help him grow and strengthen mentally and physically. When the time was right for me to introduce him to the motorcycle, he did fantastic! Not every situation can be simulated. This preparation was to help him understand how to handle himself more appropriately in an unexpected situation. Even though I train horses, I still take lessons. It is amazing how as I continue to learn I can see even more pieces of the puzzle. It helps to sharpen my awareness which in turn leads to a better understanding of how to answer the horse’s questions and help them through their confusion. I have many AH! HA! moments during my lessons and that old adage holds true for me also that I don’t know what I don’t know. I’m glad I’m still seeking. I feel I Peter 3:15 can be personalized into an inspirational prayer to help us continue to seek more wisdom and knowledge in our spiritual life…Lord help us to always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks us to give the reason for the hope that we have. But help us do this with gentleness and respect. Amen! My friends, may you be blessed on your ride! The Corzatt family owns and 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. Visit our website at www.cpranch. wixsite.com/home or follow us on Facebook. June 2022
Ohio Western Horse Association
Join OWHA at our June Shows PRESIDENT, Marc Beck VICE PRESIDENTS, Loretta Rudasill, Ranee Liedel SECRETARY, Jonda Cole TREASURER, Eric Haudenschield WEBSITE, www.owha.org
Happy June to all our Corral readers. The weather has finally been amazing and the smell of fresh cut hay is in the air. There is nothing more satisfying to a horseman and their horse than new hay in the barn. A happy horse is a happy life, of course! Once again, Ohio Western Horse Association held their monthly meeting on May 5 at AMVETS post in Kenton, Ohio. The adult club continues to work hard in planning a great end of the year show. Judges have been lined up and we are working on snagging up an awesome food vendor. Several of our OWHA members have been busy showing and running some awesome times at area shows. We would like to give a shout out to a few of our members running at Ruggles on May 7. Megan
Goassard and Mavric winning the Open poles 1D. Also Loretta Rudasill and Ace for placing first in the 2D Open Poles and second in the 1D Adult Barrels. Also, OWHA would like to send out a special birthday announcement to Anna Shulaw, who turned 101 on May 16. We hope you had an absolutely fabulous day. As always OWHA is very proud of our youth and their accomplishments inside and outside the show arena. Tae Arthur and Cruiser are accomplishing many goals and improving in their first competitive jumping series. Currently, they are in third place at CVF. OWHA members Samantha McDaniels and Maddie Gossard have been active in their local FFA and have received many awards. At the Elida FFA banquet,
Samantha received the CDE award for progressing to district for the interview competition. She received the Green Hand Degree. She was surprised to receive the Star first year award. Along with FFA, Samantha is active in Bible quiz bowl and will be attending Nationals in June. Maddie Gossard attended the State FFA Convention to receive an award for her Science Fair Project. She was in the top four. Congrats to these smart, hardworking young ladies! One of OWHA’s youngest youth member, Bella Hooker and her cheer team Warrior Tenacious Tiny’s placed fourth at the Cheer Finals in Florida. Also, we have several youth members attending
the AAYHS in Columbus, Ohio. They include Tae Arthur, Weston and Michaela Haundenschield. Also OWHA would like to give a big good luck to all our youth members who will be trying out for the Ohio 4-H State Fair over the next month! Just a reminder that OWHA has several shows in June and we hope to see you there! JUNE 4-5: NWOC Summer Series Contesting show (4th) and Pleasure Show (5th) at Wyandot County Fairgrounds in Upper Sandusky, Ohio JUNE 25: Pony Pals Speed Show at Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Ohio
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Park Prepping for a Beautiful Season of Competition PRESIDENT, Cynthia Bauman VICE PRESIDENT, Amanda Fowler SECRETARY, Heidi Daugherty TREASURER, Stephanie Tarr HEAD JUDGE, Kelly Chapman EMAIL, premiermountntrail@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.premiermountntrail.com
by Amanda Fowler All of our parks have been hard at work preparing their parks and courses for an exciting 2022 season. We think you’ll agree that the landscape of our parks is just as nice as the courses themselves. Are you ready? Do you have all of the important dates added to your calendar? If not, grab a
pen or your phone and make sure these upcoming park dates are on your summer calendar. Creek Side Horse Park located at 7369 Mottice Drive SE, Waynesburg, OH 44688. Upcoming dates: June 16-18. Holland Western Park located at 3856 61st Street, Holland, MI 49423. Upcoming dates: June 11 -12 and July 9-10. Kal-Val Park located at 9853 S. 34th Street, Scots, MI 49088. Upcoming dates: June 26 and July 31. Double C Farm located at 16011 Comus Road, Clarksburg, MD 20871. Upcoming dates: June 18. We look forward to seeing you and your horse at one of our parks this summer. Wishing all of you a safe and happy summer.
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Pinto Horse Association of Ohio
Successful and Fun Describes the Beginning of the 2022 Show Season PRESIDENT, Kaylee Clagett VICE PRESIDENT, Angie Wolfe SECRETARY, Leslie Watson TREASURER, Amy Leibold EMAIL, diamondkfarm20@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.ohiopinto.net
by Leslie Watson Happy summer! I want to start out by wishing all of our members heading out to the Pinto World Championship Show in Tulsa, Okla., from June 13-25 good luck and may you have safe travels. Our first two shows are under our belts and have been successful and fun. The new showbill seems to be helping in making the shows not last as long each day. The first show was the Spring Fling held April 29-May 1 at the Ashland County Fairgrounds. We were lucky enough to have a weekend of great weather. The new footing in the arena made
the coliseum a great place to ride. Many faces, both new and old, filled the arena with equine friends of all shapes and sizes. HIGH POINTS FROM THE SPRING FLING OPEN SOLID MINIATURE: Edie Kuns and Bar CS Skydance OPEN PONY/MINIATURE: Nicole McKenzie and Designer Once A Royal AMATEUR PONY/MINIATURE: Autumn Nelson and Another Lucky Night YOUTH PONY/MINIATURE: Hunter Wolery and Diamond in Disguise YOUTH SOLID WALK TROT 10 AND UNDER: Bella Dillinger and Miss Flamboyant YOUTH WALK TROT 10 AND UNDER: Lucie Dove Gondor and No Doubt Sensational YOUTH WALK TROT 11-18: Faith Horn and Judge Me Fancy NOVICE AMATEUR: Carly Baker and Extremely Hot Chick NOVICE YOUTH: Jacklyn Ellet and Hes Got Vital Assets YOUTH SOLID HORSE: Lanie Dove Gondor and A Touch Chexy OPEN SOLID HORSE: Lena Schlientz and One Good Dream AMATEUR WALK TROT: Mallory Faylor and A Gallant Knight
OPEN HORSE: Kaylee Altman and Watch Me Repeat AMATEUR SOLID HORSE: Lena Schlientz and One Good Dream AMATEUR JUNIOR: Roni Jo Roth and Allthetimeintheworld AMATEUR SENIOR: Joann Pyle and The Other Gentleman AMATEUR ELITE: Joan Ames and He Only Sends Roses YOUTH 13 AND UNDER: Trista Weronko and Shes Always Invited YOUTH 14-18: Cate Desota and Runs Like A Hotrod
The second show, Summer Warm-up was held May 20-22
at Fulton County Fairgrounds. Special thanks to our weekend photographer, Eye of the Horse Photography, www. eyeofthehorsephotography.com/ High points from that show will be posted in the next article. Our next show will be July 2224 at the University of Findlay Western Farm. See our Facebook group and our website for more information at ohiopinto.net. Thank you to all of our sponsors, exhibitors, and Pinto family for your continued support.
Colorado Ranger Horse Association
National Show, Programs and Lost Rangers 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 49th Colorado Ranger Horse Association National Show which will be Sept. 17 and 18, 2022 in Lock Haven, Pa. For a complete showbill, please visit www.coloradoranger.com. The Colorado Ranger Horse Association 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
HHR Cherico Sundance in his regalia. ‘Dancer’ is owned and shown by Debbie VanOrd. 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.
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In Case of Economic Emergency by Christine Weisgarber
“We need to prepare but not panic.”
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am less than optimistic these days that, what we have seen as a booming horse industry, is here to stay. A recession is looming according to Bank of America’s chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett and others. According to Hartnett, ‘Inflation causes recessions’1 and we can all agree that inflation is real, and it is hurting all of us. What is a recession? A recession in its most simple terms is a downturn in the economy. This affects everyone because it causes unemployment to rise, income to fall, and demand for products or services to tank. Throughout history there are cycles of good and bad times driven by many factors. All businesses are going to face significant challenges ahead. We need to prepare but not panic because, try as we may, we are unable to predict when this will occur. Like preparing for a fire, or tornado, it is good practice to have an emergency plan. In this article we will cover some of the things that could help you and your business survive. First things first, even before a recession is declared, is debt. Any debt that a business owner has that has a variable interest rate is very risky right now. Credit cards are the first thing I think of as well as adjustable-rate mortgages and personal loans. The Federal Reserve will try to control inflation by increasing interest rates. This means that anything you have purchased with credit is going to cost you more because you are paying more in interest. The best way to reduce damage from the Fed’s decision to raise rates is to pay off debt. If you are overleveraged, meaning you have more debt than equity, you are in a dangerous position. If you don’t have the cash flow to pay debt off you can look at selling assets to regain the cash value before the market turns, and purchase what your business needs and can afford rather than enduring hardship. Business owners really need to establish a budget to understand how much money needs to come in each week, month, or quarter to pay for the expenses and liabilities of the business. I wrote an article that covers the fundamentals of developing a budget in the December 2021 issue of The Horsemen’s Corral. In that article I explained that you must account for all your expenses and consider the sources of your income. Bookkeepers are an excellent resource to aid in this endeavor and I would be happy to help you. Using reports like a profit and loss report or cash flow statement can also help you budget. My warning to those who have taken out loans to fund purchases, look at your cash flow statement. Don’t be fooled by the feeling that funds in the bank are ‘income’. Income is not your bank balance, especially if you have deposited money there from a loan to purchase equipment or feed. When you do your budget, the income is from products and services you sell. I also see many get a false feeling of ‘financial security’ when they get paid for project but haven’t paid all the cost that were required to see it through. Let’s look at an example. Johnny purchased a 2-year-old Quarter Horse at auction for $15,000 with money from a personal loan. Johnny will train this horse himself and plans to sell him the following year. When the auction rolled around the horse sold for $25,000. Johnny felt like he won the lottery with $25,000 in the bank so he bought a larger trailer. He paid cash so he felt good about the purchase. Trouble was he still was paying on the personal loan and had debt on a credit card from feed and all the other cost that come with horses that totaled about $5,000. He now has interest expenses from the loan and credit card. What could have been a profit of $5,000 quickly diminished because he didn’t pay off the debt when he could have. “What I want you to take away from that example is Johnny’s income wasn’t the $25,000 in the bank even if it ‘felt’ that way and interest is a very real expense even though we don’t go to the store and buy it.” Another situation that could become common in a recession are clients who are unable to pay for your services or products. The 58
benefit of the doubt can be given because, life gets busy it is easy to forget to make payments because we are human. Staying on top of unpaid accounts and having clear communication with clients can make all the difference. You should make it easy for clients to pay you. You have the responsibility to track these payments too. Using accounting software, like QuickBooks Online, can help and I would be happy to show you. Also, don’t be tempted to be the bank for your clients. We all have clients who we respect and appreciate but do not risk your livelihoods by allowing them to pay you ‘later’. Hard times can last months or years, you don’t want to find yourself asking this favor from your vendors because your clients aren’t paying you. Cycles like this can cost you sleep and credibility in the community. I also believe that contracts are a good idea and should have a solid statement that explains what happens if payments are late or never received. Laws vary by state on what rights businesses have so consult a lawyer if you need to implement contracts for your clients. These are especially important if you have a boarding facility.
“Don’t be tempted to be the bank for your clients.” Finally, something that we should have for our business and family is an emergency fund. For many households, experts say three months reserve of money should be kept in case of emergency. This is for the average household, not a business. Once again, each business is unique and will require a different amount to sustain it through hardship. I believe a business should have more than three months cash to cover its expenses because it is much harder for a business to pivot its operations. You will determine this amount from the same information required for the budget I mentioned above except the income portion of a budget is absent. Where you keep this emergency money is important too. It is best to have your emergency fund in a checking or savings account. These accounts also need to be FDIC insured and not exceed the limit of $250,000 per individual account. It needs to be easy to get to meaning, you don’t want to have to convert it to cash from other forms of currency or assets i.e. real estate or bitcoin. I hope that this article gives you guidance on what you need to do in your business or personal life to feel prepared in case of a ‘financial’ emergency. I hope none of my readers are caught off guard. As I mentioned it is best to be prepared and not panic. We can’t predict when a downturn will occur, even if it will be a recession, but it is good to know if the worst happens, we are ready. If you would like to read prior articles I have written, they are available on the Horsemen’s Corral website, www.thehorsemenscorral.com, in the archives. Also, don’t hesitate to reach out to me anytime via email at Christine@brazenbusinessservices.com or phone 330/474-9984. Sources: 1. Egan, M. (2022, April 12). ‘Recession shock’ is coming, Bank of America warns. CNN. Retrieved May 9, 2022, from https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/12/economy/recession-inflation-economy/ index.html
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 home-based 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
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June 2022
Ohio Horseman’s Council, Inc.
PRESIDENT Eric Estill 513/266-9823 president@ohconline.com
Member of American Horse Council ohconline.com SECRETARY Ranee Vititoe 740/505-2713 secretary@ohconline.com
TREASURER Jo Ellen Reikowski 330/806-3146 treasurer@ohconline.com
MEMBERSHIP Catherine Estill 513/319-2517 membership@ohconline.com
VICE PRESIDENT Nancy Strayer 740/694-1007 vicepresident@ohconline.com OHC COUNTY LINES EDITOR Martie Ackerman 713/553-9644 countylineeditor@ohconline.com
Greetings From Your President Last month I wrote to you from Columbus on the night before the Ohio Trails Partnership legislative visit. The visits were a great success. We had the largest team representing Ohio Horseman’s Council that we’ve had so far. We talked to many State Representatives and Senators. We presented ideas for trail improvement projects and discussed the funding and effort necessary to complete those projects. No immediate progress, as the path to success
can be long, but we are headed in the right direction. 2022 is the 50th anniversary of Ohio Horseman’s Council. Several celebrations are planned this year. The first State Trail Ride of 2022 is at Caesar Creek State Park on June 10 through June 12 sponsored by Greene County OHC. The dinner on Saturday, June 11, at the Horsemen’s Campground, will be the anniversary kick-off event. Officials from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will be our guests. A
commemorative tree will be planted in the campground. The state ride sponsored by Warren County OHC on Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 at Caesar Creek State Park will feature a ‘Founders Day’ dinner on Saturday, Oct. 1, and will include a plaque dedication from ODNR, recognizing 50 years of cooperation between Ohio State Parks and OHC.
Jefferson Lake Campground.
Annie at the clinic.
endlessly to maintain the trails at Jefferson Lake State Park.
council had several new members join including more for Clark County. The bingo card drew lots of attention. There was an abundance of shopping and clinics to watch also. Consider volunteering next year and meet other Ohio members. My horse Annie did a great job at Helge’s spring tune up weekend. I have included a picture to show one of her challenges. It was an action packed weekend with gates to open, teeter bridges and tunnels. Annie is still not a fan of the parachute but we will try again sometime. I was fortunate to attend the Land Rover Three Day Event in Lexington this year with Anne Demmy from Clark County and Charlene Schnarr from Wayne County. It was only my second
The year-end celebration event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Elks Club in Newark Ohio, with an evening of food and drink, music, and awards. A one-of-a-kind quilt, featuring OHC county chapter logos, will be awarded to the lucky winner of a special drawing. I hope to see many of you at one or more of these celebrations. ~Eric Estill President
County Lines CARROLL Carroll County OHC is getting excited for our first State Ride that we’re hosting at Jefferson Lake State Park June 24-26! There’s still time to RSVP if you have not already done so. We can’t wait to share this hidden treasure of a park with all of you! Jefferson Lake State Park boasts a large, shady campground with 20-plus miles of beautiful trails, with something for every skill level of rider and experience level of horse. In addition to a potluck dinner and bonfire social, we’re also planning a horseback scavenger hunt and a couple rounds of horse apple bingo. If you’ve never been to a Carroll County OHC ride to experience these two events, you’re in for a real treat! We’re also excited to welcome a member of the OHC 50th Anniversary Committee to share with us some history as well as some giveaways! It’s bound to be a fantastic time to spend with our equines and fellow horsemen and we hope to see you there! Finally, we’d like to thank the small group of dedicated volunteers from both Carroll and Jefferson OHC who work June 2022
CLARK The riding season is under way. It’s time to get those mounts in shape and reservations made for camping. There are a lot of trail maintenance opportunities this spring which are being posted to Facebook. I am sure with all the rain there will be multiple additional opportunities to help out and spend time with likeminded equestrians. There are also lots of chapter rides that are open to everyone. Keep an eye on Facebook for posts. Equine Affaire was a big success this year. It was great to have the full event back after the pandemic. Ohio Horseman’s
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OHC at LRK3DE. time at this event and certainly won’t be my last. We enjoyed both days of dressage and listened to the commentators on headsets to learn what they were looking for from the riders. It was obvious they were looking for perfection which they nearly received from Michael Jung from Germany. He did go on to win the five star event. On cross country day we saw some amazing feats accomplished, not the least of which was Charlene powering around the course on crutches. In the four star event jump number six proved to be quite a challenge and several riders were eliminated at this question. Jumps are called questions as in “Did the horse and rider answer 59
County Lines the question?” We viewed almost every jump and covered about five miles that day including the trek to the parking lot. The final challenge is stadium jumping which was action packed and showed how fast places could change under that kind of pressure. Our June meeting will be at the Buck Creek shelter house June 8 at 6:30 p.m. Come ride with Clark County! ~Jonna CLINTON Hello fellow horseman/woman. With a heavy heart for member Diana Spencer she lost her beloved Wizard. Most of us have felt the loss of our soulmate of horses and know the heartache it is; we send out our love to her! With camping and riding season here we all need to have a great time and be safe! Always double check your gear, oil your equipment, and check for wornout leather or straps. Keep handy extra leather laces, zip ties, and a first aid kit. Watch for standing water or non-potable water. Don’t let your horse drink from puddles or standing water, Potomac is deadly! If using nonpotable water from a hydrant get a horse hydrant filter, they run about $35 on amazon, also they carry a RV hydrant filter. Keep your horses safe! Before you head out check your tires, lights and brakes on your trailer. So many things to check so little space to write! Things to look forward to is camping Fourth of July weekend, and Labor Day weekend as a club. We have already reserved the Group Camp Site at CCSP. If you plan to join us we require RSVP due to space at the campground. Happy trails, take a kid riding and see the future! ~Susan (Sue) Lamb
Diana Spenser on Wizard. COSHOCTON Hello June! And just like that we are into summer already. Oh 60
how the winter months drag and the summer months fly by. We have had several outings and as far as I know the trails are all passable. We have some work to do on yellow and we are planning to get that done very soon. Any time you see problems please let us know by commenting on our Facebook page, or write it on our sign-in sheets. As of right now we’re in the middle of heavy rain, strong winds and even a little hail, so hopefully more trees are not coming down as I write this. All our meetings from now until fall will be at the park unless we have inclement weather. Stay safe and watch out for the bees! ~Gigi CUYAHOGA Martie Ackerman is our County Line Editor for OHC and she takes her job seriously. We the contributors got a reminder that our articles are due on the 5th of the month or else! What the or else was we don’t know but it got this writer writing because I don’t want to know what might have been in store if I was not on time. I might be stretching the truth just a little bit but it got me thinking. How many of us put off deadlines and put the organizers of events in tough spots because of it. I am thinking of RSVP’s for dinners, shows, trail rides, clinics and more. We need to participate enthusiastically in the events because they are important to the OHC community. If you are asked to respond to a chapter or state level survey or questioner, or attendance to an event, or your opinion on plans, please do so and do it right away. This puts the wind beneath the wings of the hard working newsletter editors, clinic organizers, meeting planners or ride leaders. We are all busy and OHC is a wonderful organization and we are all important members. This year, pledge to yourself that you will find the time to at least let your voice or opinion be heard. You, as a member, are this organizations most valuable asset. Step up, show your support and be involved as best you can. Cuyahoga Chapter offers trail rides and events every month mainly in the Cleveland Metroparks area. This would be Northeast Ohio in the woods and fields around cities and suburbs that drape around Cleveland
like an Emerald Necklace. That is why Cleveland Metroparks bridle trails are like a necklace and the 100 miles of trails offered have something for everyone. The different park areas are called Reservations and seven of these Reservations have bridle trails. Some connect and some like Hinckley Reservation, Rocky River Reservation and North Chagrin Reservation stand-alone but these three offer at least 12 miles of well-groomed trails each. There are loops and doglegs that can even extend your riding. Trailheads offer mounting stones, restrooms, picnic tables and good trailer parking. Mill Stream Run Reservation is a linear park that connects to Brecksville Reservation, and then connects to Bedford Reservation (or the Cuyahoga National Park). Bedford Reservation is a stone’s throw from South Chagrin Reservation and does connect via a primitive trail that follows the woods along the parkway. South Chagrin Reservation connects to the trails in the Geauga Parks Holbrook Hollow. Come join a small, group organized tour of our trails. The next one would be South Chagrin to Holbrook Hollow on June 25 at 1 p.m. from the Shelter House led by Wendy Gillund followed by a July 14 ride at Bedford Reservation. Ride out at 10 a.m. with leader Ken Skoczen from Jack’s Place Trailhead. We stress safety and friendship. Ride with us or explore on your own and gather back at the trailhead with your lunch or snack. Look us up on the state website under ‘Find a Chapter’ where our contact information is listed. We would like to meet you and show you around. ~Penny DELAWARE Greetings to all from your friends in Delaware Chapter! Summer is in full swing as evidenced by all the wonderful riding opportunities that our members have been able to enjoy thus far. If you haven’t yet ridden at Alum Creek State Park, you must put our trails on your ‘to do’ list! Our dedicated trail maintenance crew continue to spend many hours each month to ensure that our trails are as safe and enjoyable as possible. Our club secretary and trail maintenance volunteer, Bobbi Arters, invites you to contact
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Working at Maple Glen trail Tom’s Crossing, 2022.
Trail volunteers finishing work at Tom’s Crossing, 2022. her via phone or text to obtain updates on our trail conditions prior to your visit. Several trail refurbishment projects were scheduled for the middle of May. As of my writing this article, those work dates had not yet occurred. Here’s hoping for good, dry weather! Our club would like to thank our May guest speaker, Ms. Dee Silliman, for her very informative presentation, ‘Saddle Fitting—assessing correct saddle fit’. We appreciate Dee sharing her time and expertise with our members and guests. This month’s chapter meeting is scheduled for June 3. We are pleased to welcome equine veterinarian, Dr. Jim Chase. His topic, ‘First aid for horses and must-have’s for your Firstaid kit’, is sure to be quite informative. Our meeting will be held at the Alum Creek horse camp on Howard Road beginning at 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be available. Business meeting to follow. Guests are welcome! Hurray! Delaware Chapter T-shirts are now available. T-shirts are $10 each and will be available for purchase at each of our monthly meetings. Mark your calendars as June offers all OHC members the opportunity to attend two State rides. The first one, hosted by Greene County chapter, takes place at Caesar Creek State Park, June 10-12. Carroll County chapter is hosting their Jefferson Lake State Park Ride for the weekend of June 24-26. Both events will have special 50th June 2022
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Delaware chapter members at EA Fantasia, 2022. anniversary festivities planned. Refer to our state ohcoline.com website or the State Facebook page for more details and reservation information. Closer to home, Delaware Chapter held its first chapter ride, ‘Spring Fling’ last month. At the time of writing this article, this event had not yet taken place. Stay tuned for highlights in next month’s article as well as for announcements regarding monthly chapter rides and locations. An enjoyable time was had by all when 20 Delaware members and guests attended Equine Affaire’s Fantasia performance. What an outstanding evening showcasing our beloved equines and some awesome horsemanship! Looking ahead, please note that our July chapter meeting will be held the second Friday of the month, i.e., Friday, July 8. We are excited to have the opportunity to meet at one of Kilbourne’s newest establishments, Henmick Farm and Brewery, 4380 North Old State Road, Delaware, Ohio. Owner, Mr. Nick Sheets, will be establishing a connector trail plus a designated fenced area to tie horses for his horseback riding patrons. Join us July 8 beginning at 7 p.m. for a ‘Ribbon Cutting’. Come early to enjoy the on-site food trucks and libations at this family-friendly place. Sneak Preview reminder: our Autumn at Alum Trail Ride and Campout is scheduled for Sept. 9–11. If choosing to camp, reserve your camping spot now by going to reserveohio.com. Enjoy our scenic bridle trails, great fellowship, and delicious food! We will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the OHC while at Alum Creek State Park by offering a chance to win some awesome prizes for those riders accomplishing all our trails! Come join our fun! ~Theresa Burke ERIE Greetings from Erie County! Yippee, it is June already! Let the June 2022
Lynn and Tim at the OHC booth at Equine Affaire.
live mini horse Peanut to pet, and members sharing information about horse encounters on the trail was well received. After all our hard work the last couple of months, we went camping at Mohican. Good riding, campfires and friends, what more could you want! A great time was had by all. National Trail Day is June 4. See you there! Life is better on the trail! ~Shelley
Beth at the National Drive event in Indiana.
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Kim and Peanut, Earth Day Celebration. camping and riding begin! Erie County has been busy this year. A vision meeting was held at the beginning of March. This helped to coordinate all of our club events and get the ball rolling on the details. The end of March, trash pickup along Smokey and Driver Road was scheduled. Gloves, grabbers and bags were supplied by the park. A lot of bags were filled as members hunted the litter along the edges of the woods and road. It definitely looked better when we were done. April ushered in the much loved Equine Affaire and the 50th anniversary of OHC. Special anniversary items, a bingo game and enthusiastic members shared OHC information with the horse loving attendees. MidApril, Erie Metroparks held their annual Earth Day Celebration at Osbourne Park. Erie County was there to share our horse loving experiences. Our goal was to help inform the public how to coexist with horses on the trail. Signs saying ‘Just Say Hay!’, a
As of this writing, our May events have not happened yet, so I can’t report on most of those. I can confirm that our three day camping event, Derby party and chapter meeting at Reed Road Ranglers were cancelled because the grounds were too wet. We have planned several events for June including our NW Region showcase ride on National Trails Day, June 4; I will report on those after they happen. And as of this writing, our chapter has not made plans for July. I’m sure we’ll be busy camping somewhere. If you are curious about what we’re up to in real time, check our website fcohc.com, Facebook group Fulton County OHC or Facebook page Fulton County Ohio Horseman’s Council. In April, some of our members returned to the Hoosier Horse Park in Indiana for the National Drive Spring event. These events are for horse drivers and riders of all skill levels. There are recreational opportunities like trail driving and riding as well as arena events and clinics. It is noncompetitive and sounds like a really fun thing to do. Maybe more of us can make it to the fall event. Several members from the Fulton and Defiance OHC chapters pitched in and helped with spring cleanup at the Harry Hughes Youth Equestrian Center on April 23 and April 30. Brush was cleared from both sides of the very long driveway and from the ditch bank. Many loads of brush were hauled away. Painting, mowing, weeding, and mulching were also done as well as gutter cleanout. Then, on May 1, the free Spring Clinic was held. What is the Harry Hughes Youth Equestrian Center and who was Harry Hughes, you ask? Harry Hughes spent most of his leisure time with children and horses. He trained, showed, and shared his knowledge and experience with young riders. His belief was
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Painting crew at HHYEC. that he could help children learn good sportsmanship through horsemanship. Mr. Hughes became a National Director of the Appaloosa Horse Club, and he judged horse shows and put on special clinics. He received an Honorary Member Award, which is the highest honor bestowed by the Ohio 4-H. He never charged money for his youth services. After he passed away in 1972, his friends formed a not for profit organization known as Harry Hughes Horseman’s Haven Inc.—a memorial to Mr. Harry Hughes and the things he loved the most, his love of children and horses. The Jones Family donated the land for the youth equestrian center. Hard work, caring individuals, time and money have made the facility what it is today—the Harry Hughes Youth Equestrian Center. Come see us at our chapter meetings which are usually on the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. and are currently held at The Bunker Bar in Holland. Anyone and everyone is always welcome. We hope you all are well and look forward to seeing you on the trails! 61
County Lines GEAUGA I cannot believe I am writing the article for June. It is amazing how the time goes by so very fast. My hope is that our weather is better and we can all enjoy many trail rides this season. A big thank you to Linda Golding and Robert Arotin for providing rigs for our chapter meeting on April 13. This gave us practice in pulling and maintenance information with the horse trailers. Everyone did great. We have many upcoming events planned. Mark your calendar to ride any park on National Trail Day, June 4 and attend the primitive trail clearing training on June 14. Details in our newsletter. It will be number 16 in hosting the Flea Market on July 9 at West Woods in Russell, Ohio. This event is held rain or shine. All vendor fees are to support the Foundation for Geauga Parks Bridle Trail Fund and Geauga County Ohio Chapter. For registration visit http://www. geaugacountyohc.com/fleamarket.html or come and shop the many antiques, collectibles, household garage sale items, crafts and other misc. items. Opens at 9 a.m. Always ride more and worry less. “Be messy and complicated and afraid and show up anyways.”— Glennon Dayle Melton ~Cec
West Woods trailer maintenance meeting. GREENE By the time you read this, it will be almost time for our State ride. I think we’re going to have a pretty big crowd, as last time I checked there were only seven or eight empty campsites left, and that’s been a few weeks ago. And of course there are always a lot of people who don’t camp but come in for the dinner. It should be a lot of fun. Hopefully a bit cooler than last year, but we can’t control that. 62
Dave Goodbar with his mules Ruthie (ridden) and Cinney at Caesar Ford Park. Every spring, Warren County has Green Up Day at Caesar Creek State Park, the big spring work day. While our park is Caesar Ford, since we have our State ride at Caesar Creek, it’s always nice to see members come help. This year Dave, Jerry and Devin went and brought equipment and chainsaws and got a lot of work done. There might have been other Greene County members there as well; I didn’t talk to or see everyone (I’m usually there as I’m a Warren County member also). It’s greatly appreciated. And the weather was so great this year that after a morning and lunch there, Dave, Jerry and Devin headed over to Caesar Ford to do more work. Can’t keep good men down! Speaking of Caesar Creek, on Aug. 20-21 I’ll be hosting an endurance ride there. We can always use volunteers, if anyone is available. Might be a good way for 4-H or school kids to get in volunteer hours. We especially need help with taking horses’ pulses; we use hand-held heart monitors, so if you aren’t good with a stethoscope, that’s OK. Feel free to contact me at akela83@att.net if interested. We’ll feed you lunch, and munchies for breakfast. That’s it for this month. Please remember that I’d love to have any photos/news form any members. Dave, Jerry and Jeannie try to keep me supplied, but more are always good. ~Mickie GUERNSEY Four of us from Guernsey OHC went to Caney Mountain Horse Camp in Flat Top, Ark., the week of April 29 to ride the Ozarks. In the picture you can see Ben and I are perched on top of a very tall bluff overlooking the valley
Lee and Ben below. Just a few feet from us it’s several hundred feet to the bottom. The trail we rode that day was called The Rim Trail. It had rained all night the night before, and the trail was very muddy and wet. At times we were only about 18 inches from the edge. About two-thirds of the way around the 13 mile trail, Ben’s left rear hoof slipped, the hoof toward the cliff. Now let me tell you, that gave me pause! If I were to guess, I’d say five or six miles of the 13 miles was riding on the cliff face. I’ll be honest, I was glad when that ride was over! In spite of that the views were absolutely spectacular. As you see in the picture of Don and Marcy, they are standing on a rock, above the sky! Don is on Rocky and Marcy is on Scout. This was on a bluff called Beautiful Point on The Rim Trail. Further up the trail we all took turns on Rocking Chair Rock. Don and Rocky did it! Ben would not, and I didn’t want to push my luck. He was the only horse that wouldn’t. It was an organized ride called, ‘Legends of the Trails’ and came with a guide. The camp fixed breakfast and supper and served us lunch on the trail, one day. The food was off the hook! Charles and Theresa were marvelous hosts. The US Government Forest Road that leads to the camp is seven miles long and it takes 45 minutes to drive. Most places on the road there is only room enough for one rig. I had a wedding to perform on Saturday, so we left before Don and Marcy. On the way out I got stupid and forgot I was on that narrow road and I took a turn to tight. A rock was sticking out of the bank and it ripped a six-inch piece out of the sidewall of a tire and smashed in the rim on the front tire of the passenger side of the horse trailer. We hit the rock so hard, it threw Ben against the window
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Don with Rocky and Marcy riding Scout. frame of the trailer and put a cut above his left eye. I put the spare on and we headed down the trail. Darla’s main duty on the way home was to scan both sides of the highway for a tire shop. We drove four hours before that happened. However, the place was closed. As I drove the back streets to get back to the freeway, at a stop sign, as I looked left, there was a Goodyear Service Center. We got there 20 minutes before they closed and I bought the only rim they had and the only tire my size they had. The guys came out and looked at the rim and verified it could not be fixed. The main guy got down and looked at the spare and he said, “This tire is failing. It’s separating.” That tire was so hot you could hardly put your hand on it. Since, I bought the only tire they had, I had to put the spare back in the rack and we drove home. This weekend I will put two new 14 ply Sampsons on the trailer and the new tire will become the spare. While riding I got bit by eight ticks. As soon as I got home, I took a tablet of Doxycycline Hyclate, then two more pills the next day. This prescription drug stops Lyme’s Disease in its tracks. Those three pills were the last I had. The doc would only give me more if he saw me, so I went in yesterday. I was fine at the time, but last night I got the chills and ran a fever of 101. June 2022
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Extreme Cowgirls at Hocking.
HARRISON Greetings from Harrison County! The club has been busy planning their annual ride that will take place June 10-12 at Harrison State Forest. Anyone who has any questions should call or text Judy (May) Fortner 740/491-0661. We are looking forward to being able to host this ride again, just like it was in the past. There will be guided slow and fast rides, candy rides, entertainment, and, everyone’s favorite, the ice-cream social! One important part of planning our annual ride is to make sure that the trails are in good shape. The trails opened back on April 1. ODNR cleared the Main (Blue) trail and it didn’t take long before riders were out enjoying. ODNR also had their brush cutting equipment out to cut back brush on the trail. There had been plans by ODNR to reroute the Blue trail out of the Trailriders Campground, but because of the wet winter it did not get done. Mark Westlake, our president, said that he was told that the project may proceed within the next few weeks. A cleanup day took place at the forest on April 23-24. Many Harrison County members, along with the Buckeye Trail Riders, worked on the trails during the weekend. According to one Harrison member, all of the trails are cleared and rideable. The club will be offering their Youth Horse Camp Scholarship again this year. Some of the requirements for the scholarship are that the youth be 10-17 years of age, have a strong desire to know and understand horsemanship, and be able to attend the HCOHC Annual Ride on June 11 to be recognized. The youth will also be required to write a 100 word essay explaining their interest in horsemanship. The recipient will be awarded either a week at the Faith Ranch Horse Program Summer Camp or a private riding lessons package with local trainer Justin Dellapenna. This scholarship has a value of up to $500. Other events are being June 2022
Harrison County OHC addressed, such as a massage clinic or a saddle fitting clinic. Faye Verhovec is heading up an incentive program that will award the rider with the most time spent riding, which includes riding on the trails and just time in the saddle. Faye has presented some of the potential awards at the meetings. And congratulations to Faye Verhovec for her achievement of placing second in adult hours for the OHC 2021 Overall Top Ten Saddle Hours! Many members have been participating in the OHC bingo that was presented to members when they renewed their memberships. It is a fun way to explore new ideas and activities for the horse and rider. The club meetings are held at the pavilion in Harrison State Forest. As always, the members will be enjoying fellowship and potluck dinners before the meetings. Have a great riding season everyone! Quote for the day, “Horses make a landscape more beautiful.”—Alice Walker. ~Lori Mayher HOCKING Rain, rain, go away! It seems that we are in the rainy season and most of us are itching to ride! It was so wonderful to see things returning to ‘normal’, starting with the annual Equine Affaire. What fun running into riding buddies that you haven’t seen in
a long time! I heard from a lot of vendors that they had their best sales ever. That is encouraging because it means that they will want to come back. This was my very first Equine Affaire and I was impressed. However, just like everything else in the horse world, long time attendees said, “It ain’t what it used to be”. Sadly, I think that is true of everything. Perhaps we are just nostalgic and perhaps there is a grain of truth in these observations. This is why it is needed for us to encourage more people to get involved in our horsey world. Without attendance, which generates income, things will never be what they ‘used to be’. I had a wonderful time and spent quite a bit of money. Most of my purchases were planned, but at least $100 worth was impulse buys. I am happy to say that after I got home, I was still smiling. No buyer’s remorse here! As the days get nicer, our fingers pick up pens and start filling the calendar with equine activities. Some of us are limited by our budgets, other by what sits in the driveway. It is a happy day when we finally are able to afford the trailer of our dreams, like the Rau’s recently did! Congratulations on acquiring your new trailer. May you make many wonderful memories with it. Quite a few of our members have secondary memberships with Perry County OHC. It is not unusual for our groups to combine and ride together. The first ‘unofficial’ ride of the season was Good Friday at Stone Church. The weather was perfect for this last-minute day ride. Another ‘unofficial’ gathering happened at Pine Creek in Hocking, when a group called ‘Extreme Cowgirls’ organized their yearly ride, which happens every May. The group is from four different states and they rotate where the ride is held. It was cold and damp, but heck, that is why they are called ‘extreme’. Tough, tough cowgirls! In club news, it was decided to change our meeting location. Please make note of that change at the end of this article.
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Rau’s new trailer.
Spring at Stone Church. Our members also have the opportunity to order shirts for our annual Cowboy Larry’s ride at Hocking July 15-17. If you are interested in ordering shirts, contact Dianne Lowe by calling or texting her at 740/6033676. Prior to the ride the club members will be selling raffle tickets. Saturday evening of our ride the club will have our everpopular auction. Anyone and everyone are welcome to attend. There was also discussion on selling jackets with our logo on them. If you are interested in ordering a coat or jacket you need to pick what style coat or jacket you want at Pineland Trading Company, 110 East Main Street, Logan, OH 43138. Our club is very family friendly and meet at the Olde Dutch Restaurant and Banquet Haus (Oak Room), in Logan, the third Sunday of every month at 7 p.m. Come in earlier for dinner and relaxed conversation prior to the meeting. Watch our Facebook page for more information about our club and upcoming events! ~Donna Shade HOLMES As I write the June article in the beginning of May, I am reflecting back on April, who truly showed how varied and unpredictable Ohio weather can be. I think things have settled down and we can enjoy some great riding weather. Many people have been back on the opened (as of April 63
County Lines wide open, the grass is greener, the horses leaner, as we do ride them, and everyone is welcome. We meet the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Reporting for Knox County OHC, ~Terry L. Baker
Part of the work crew getting our marching orders.
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Bob and Jack with tree. Bruce took the picture.
Bob and his group collecting the water bars. 1) Mohican trails. It feels good to be back. Mohican has something for everyone. We have been on the new sections. While they may need to settle a little, they are working out very well. Holmes and Wayne County volunteers attended Cowboys for Jesus work day April 2223 hosted by Bob Picklesimer. Many thanks to Diane Tankred’s granddaughter for coming out and helping. Quite a bit of work was done. Two large trees were cut and moved off the trail, water bars were removed, and dirt was added and tamped down around the boundary fence posts. We also had a great potluck meal and campfire Saturday evening. Bob thanks all for participating. Holmes County has plans to camp at Elkins Creek June 1619. Some members will be in and out during that time period. We are also planning a Holmes County work weekend May 20-21. Some of our members who ride Mohican regularly are reporting issues to the president in order to have a list for the work days. There are plenty of things that will need to be done. We are looking forward to the regional ride hosted by Wayne County July 1-4. There are two State rides this month, June 1012 at Caesar Creek and June 2426 at Jefferson Lake State Park. More information on the State rides is found on the ohconline. com site. Both of these rides require reservations. Member Cindy Gray-Stanley is attending a clinic on liberty training. I met Cindy’s 19-yearold sport horse last week. She is a lovely horse. We rode with a member developing a good young 64
3-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse gelding last weekend. Our horses are rounding into shape with some regular riding. I had an appointment with Crest Ridge Saddlery for a fitting evaluation on Paso. It is always educational. They do a route through the country once a year. As an older horse, her back needs to be watched. President Vickie Zook is doing very well in her recovery from knee surgery and thanks all for their thoughts and prayers. The OHC bingo cards are getting a lot of attention on Facebook. It’s a fun way to promote our clubs and reward our members, with some fun along the way. Hoping all of our readers enjoy good health and great riding. KNOX Over the years Knox County OHC has continued to grow and has a very active group of fun loving equestrians. Our recent ventures at Malabar Farm, where many camped, Phil Rauch, our Trail Master, put together a very fun Easter egg hunt. The hunt was on foot, was a bit competitive with some running and maybe a push or two. Attached picture shows some competition. Our first place winner is Levi McDonald for the individual most eggs found. He runs faster that most of us can any longer, even though those over 70 got a head start. And second place went to Rob and Karen. The next scavenger hunt will be on horseback. Over the weekend, besides hunting Easter eggs, members enjoyed riding the trails at both Malabar and Pleasant Hill. Nancy Strayer provided us with a tour of Malabar and a great deal of interesting facts concerning its development and the life of Louis Bromfield. Members who participated indicated they really enjoy her tour. Thank you Nancy for taking the time to enlighten us. I remember studying about Louis Bromfield when in the eighth
Easter egg hunt winners.
Easter egg hunters.
KCOHC meet and greet. grade as part of Ohio History, a few years back (63 actually). Misty McDonald, our president, put together a meet and greet presentation at the Mt. Vernon TSC store with the plan of introducing OHC and attracting new members. We had OHC literature to hand out along with some refrigerator magnetics created by Terry Baker that also included the OHC Logo. Kathy Shoemaker, our secretary, continues to put out a very informative newsletter each month. It is worth joining our chapter so you are included on that mailing list. In June, I hear there is a large contingency of KCOHC riders riding in Eminence, Mo. Hope they have safe travels and a great adventure. I have ridden there several times. July 1-4 you’ll find us camped at Bark Camp. This does require a reservation and suspect it is close to being filled at this late date. Anyone is welcome to join Knox County OHC, a group of enthusiastic equestrians that ride, a lot. Come on over to Knox County where the gates are
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Wow, what a nice event was Equine Affaire! The members of our Lake OHC who attended the Equine Affaire in Columbus loved it, each in their own way. Michelle S., Michelle H., Rosemary, Char, and myself found individual delights for ourselves and enjoyed talking with other OHC members in the OHC booth. The OHC section was beautiful with the OHC quilt being the highlight. We learned of many activities planned for 2022. Every OHC State ride will have an event celebrating our 50th anniversary. There will be a grand end of the year celebration on Nov. 5-6 at the Newark Elks Club. Hope to see you there! Our Lake April planning meeting was held at a member’s home, Ridge Point Farm. We ordered salad and pizza from Bada-Bing in Chesterland. The OHC bingo card was discussed and various members offered to keep our group abreast of opportunities to complete a square as individuals or as a group. For example, the Geauga dog warden in Chardon needs help cleaning up outside after winter. The dogs also need walking by volunteers on a regular basis. Our OHC rides on National Trail Day(s), June 4-5 will be held at Chapin Forest and Girdled Road. Also in June we plan a ride at Headwaters. This ride will be led by Barbara Jurgens, who as a volunteer, along with others helped clear and make new trails in the Headwaters Park. And so we continue to ride, loving each moment, enjoying our ‘Buds’. ~Rayneen Tisovic LICKING Hello members, friends and horse people. We are in the full bloom of riding season now and I hope you are enjoying it as much as I do. As I am writing this our first chapter ride has not yet happened, but I really hope it is a success! I need to make a correction to my April article— our fun show at Infirmary Mound Park is happening on July 30, and not on the 31st as June 2022
County Lines previously stated! I am deeply sorry about that and hope that your calendars are still open on that date. But I am very sure that the Fried Chicken Ride is on June 18! I double checked I promise! At our April meeting we had Mr. Jim Kiracofe, Board of Commissioners Chair for Licking County Parks, give us some great insights on trail use for equestrians and other users and future plans for the parks. We discussed concerns we had on trail use and upkeep, and we have a much better understanding of each others concerns. If you are a volunteer for the parks, or do any other trail maintenance, please report your hours to the chapter so we can turn them in. It will help us keep our bridle trails open. After that being said, ride, camp and enjoy the summer, the blue sky, the beautiful trails and or course your horses! ~Sigrid Batten LOGAN There were five Logan County OHC members that volunteered at the Equine Affaire State booth this year; Allen and Bobby Shields, Keith and Kim Roberts and Becky Porter, all those five get to mark a box on the State OHC bingo game. Matt Wiley said there are six bingo boxes that you can mark off at Marmon Valley Farms this year. Becky Porter reminded us to keep up with the State bingo, great prizes to be won. Christy Stanley’s memorial plaque was made available for us to see, very nicely done, but, due to mud issues her memorial tie rail maintenance that was scheduled April 24 will need to be re-scheduled. The Logan County OHC is going to be sponsoring three classes at the 4-H Logan County Fair again this year. Becky handed out registration forms for the Central Region Ride July 15-17, at Fallon State Park. Matt
Logan County OHC at the OHC booth at Equine Affaire. June 2022
and Kathy Wiley are hosting a Logan County Ride at Marmon Valley Farm June 25 and a cookout/potluck will follow. Hope everyone enjoying those spring blooms! ~Cynthia Orr LORAIN Yahoo and howdy folks, summer is here at last! Pack your saddle bags and seize the moment, as it may change in a blink of the eye in northeast Ohio. We want to thank Spencer Feed and Supply for kindly supporting our calendar. They are located at 227 North Main Street and sell a range of builder supplies, feed, garden items and hardware so consider them for your animal and home needs. Barb and Bill Musolf from our horse council vacationed at the Geronimo Trails Guest Ranch in New Mexico this spring and had a wonderful time. Barb kindly shared some thoughts with me regarding their trip as follows. The ranch is directly adjacent to the beautiful 3.3 million acre Gila National Forest. It is in a remote area but a hard phone line is available in case of emergency. From her experience, she felt that they have really good quality, dependable horses. You ride in deep canyons, woods and along ridges and creeks. While riding we encountered numerous creek crossings and lots of wildlife (mule deer, elk, havelina hogs and eagles just to name a few). While in the forest you encounter lots of Native American ruins such as pit houses, cliff dwellings, and pictographs. Some of these relics date back more than 1,000 years. They feed you three times a day and all of the food is fantastic! The Equine Affaire was well attended this year with a number of our members attending. Thank you Jim Wallace, Carole Kenyon and her granddaughter who volunteered to work the OHC booth signing up 2022 members. As of Saturday night a total of 61 applications were collected. Jim and Laura Wallace shared they enjoyed the Fantasia performance with a full-house on Friday night. The North Chagrin day ride on April 23 was blessed with extraordinary weather and 12 from Lorain OHC were able to take advantage of a great day at this park. There were nine volunteers who came out for trail maintenance at Charlemont.
Charlemont trail maintenance. They divided and conquered the downed trees and encroaching briars along the trails and afterward stopped at Dairy Queen for lunch. Thank you Ken Cornish, our Lorain Metroparks liaison, and to all the busy bees that buzzed away on chain saws and hauled debris off the trails so that horse riders may safely ride there this summer. Also, Kipton Metroparks was cleaned up by members and others who utilize the trails in April. Thank you to all who helped with trail maintenance this spring; we appreciate your efforts. June 10-12 is the Harrison County regional ride. Carole Kenyon is the contact for this ride. Please check ahead to see if there is still availability. June 17-19 there is a Pleasant Hill ride and campout hosted by Ashland County OHC. Go to the state website to see if it is still open for camping reservations. The Ashland contact is Tim Tuttle. If unable to camp, plan to come out for a day ride. Our membership meeting will be held June 20 at Carlisle Equestrian Center at 7 p.m. in the pavilion. Come out to learn what’s been happening and what’s on the agenda. This is a good way to stay informed and stay connected with other Lorain OHC members. Saturday, June 25 we will plan to meet at Edison Woods Metroparks in Berlin Heights for a day ride beginning at 11 a.m. If attending, plan to meet at the Smokey Road Trailhead. Tie lines, water for horses and flush restrooms are available. Beth Behrens is the contact for this ride. Looking ahead to early July, the NE Area Regional Ride campout at Mohican will be July 1-3. Reservations are required. Please contact Trudy Schmidt from Wayne County if you would like to camp. If you would like to come for the Mohican Day Ride, come Saturday, July 2. Please park across the street at the baseball fields and plan to ride out at 11 a.m. Take time to embrace each day as you never
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Lorain County volunteer at OHC Equine Affaire booth.
Barb and Bill at Geronimo Trails ride, New Mexico. know what’s around the corner. ~Kathy Duncan MADISON Our chapter has been busy getting ready for riding season! We have been working diligently on clearing the trails at Deer Creek, which were hit hard with downed trees over the winter. We are making headway, and trails should be completely cleared before this article is published. We have had additional member volunteers join our work efforts, and this proves the adage that many hands make small work —plus is it way more fun! We have many laughs while clearing the way, and enjoy being out on the trail together even with hard physical labor and on foot. We know that the next time we are there, we will be on our horses. We always welcome new members, and are pleased that we have had three new people join our chapter. Welcome! We look forward to riding with you and seeing you at our meetings. Our April meeting featured Terry Myers, of Terry Myers Training Center, with a presentation on the instincts of horses and people and how they are much the same. An example that he gave is that if someone takes your hand and pulls, your instinct is to pull back against them—just like your horse. If that person pulls and releases, you stop pulling back and relax —just like your horse. He also 65
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Deer Creek trail clearing, April 2022. reminded us that what you have on the ground is what you have in the saddle, keep up with the ground work to improve your riding experience! Your posture in the saddle is also important, so ride in a downhill skiing stance with legs slightly bent. We appreciate the time Terry spent in answering questions from our members and guests. We all work to improve our riding, no matter the discipline, and enjoy learning more from all of our guest speakers. Our May meeting featured a presentation on ‘What’s in your saddle pack for a trail ride?’ We looked at important things to carry with us as we ride so we are prepared for emergencies, both equine and human, and understand what is important to have with us in case we become lost. Our presenter had ‘being lost without cell service’ experience, and devised the list of what she now always carries as a result. Real life is a great teacher, especially when we can learn from others without experiencing the event ourselves. We appreciate all of the presentations, and are so happy to be able to share and learn from each other. Every member has valuable input, and proves the OHC motto of ‘Horsemen Helping Horsemen’. We are busy with our Gymkhana Series for 2022 at the Madison County Fairgrounds, with dates of June 18, Aug. 6, Sept.17, and Oct. 8. Prizes are awarded at the October event. We have classes for all ages and abilities, and we invite you to come for a really good time. Please register on the OHC Madison County Gymkhana Facebook page, or call Jennifer Hunter 614/402-0861. We have a food truck there, so you can keep up your energy for a fun-filled day with horses and new friends. ~Lisa Reynolds MEDINA Bummed about our State ride 66
being cancelled? Well, sure you are. But there are lots of other State rides available for your riding pleasure. You can check out the list in our Medina County newsletter and on the OHC state website under ‘News’. We are still riding however and wherever we can. June 11 Molly Eastwood will be at Mohican State Forest, contact her at 330/6030820. June 18 Camp Tuscazoar is the place, call Barb Harding at 330/484-4380 if you can come. There is a limit of seven rigs. July 9 be at Robinson Field for a ride of the Wetmore trails. There will also be a lunch for small fee. Contact Kathy Schmidt 216/2885406 or km5707@aol.com for more information. July 15-17 join us for a weekend at Pleasant Hill, contact Louise Harting 440/238-7277 for information on that ride. August 6 we are back at Wetmore trail in the CVNP, Barb Vega is leading that one. Contact her at 216/702-1224. But wait, there’s more! Join us Aug. 20 for a day’s adventure in the Cuyahoga Valley! It’s our 36th anniversary and we are ready to celebrate with you! We will not be able to camp, but plan on a full day of activities including a continental breakfast and full dinner. Come and enjoy all the work that has been done on our trails in the past few years thanks to the Dalton Trail Fund. In addition there will be a silent auction, 50/50 raffle, and other prizes. Don’t miss it! The flyer is in our newsletter or contact Rosemary Young at 440/3827980 or rosemary4medinaohc@ gmail.com for information and reservations. Our next membership meeting is July 6 at 6:30 p.m. (meeting starts at 7) at Robinson Field in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Bring a chair and a snack to share. Bring your horse and take a ride before the meeting. Field opens at 5:30 p.m. Our next work parties (woo hoo!) are June 11 and July 9 or 16 based on other planned rides. We’re looking for a few good trail workers! Contact Raydeen Ryden at reysden@att.net or 334/6637361 or Greg Monsanty 330/3525737 or blackhorsebridge@aol. com for dates and details. It’s summer in the valley! ~Rosemary MEIGS The weather is warm, the trees are green and the trails are just
The horses cool down with a jaunt in Lake Snowden. waiting to be explored. The riding season is officially in full swing here in Meigs County! Hopefully everyone was able to relax and enjoy a beautiful Memorial Day weekend. The Meigs Chapter of the OHC had a busy month with both individual and group trail rides, a Meigs Trade Days event, horse shows and camping with friends and equine partners alike. We are looking forward to an even busier month this June, starting off with our Annual Make-AWish Benefit Trail Ride! This event has been a great success in the past and our goal is for it to be even bigger and better this year. The Annual Make-A-Wish Benefit Ride will take place on June 11 at the AEP Recreational Area Horse Camp. Signups begin at 9 a.m. and we will ride out at 10 a.m., with food and raffles to follow. A beautiful 9-year-old, black racking mare has been generously donated by a club member to be auctioned off at this event—the proceeds will all go to benefit The MakeA-Wish Foundation. We hope all of you horsemen from near and far will join us for this wonderful event! Other Meigs Chapter OHC events planned for June include a monthly Fun Show at the AEP Recreational Area Horse Camp on June 12 at 12 p.m. and a trail ride at the Zaleski State Forest Horse Camp on June 25 at 10:30 a.m. I encourage everyone to take advantage of the beautiful weather
Fancy will be auctioned off during the Make-A-Wish Benefit Ride.
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Emmalee and Doc, enjoying an evening stroll through the fields. and make a point to spend time with your equine partners this month! How many things can you cross off of your bingo card? Happy trails, my friends! ~Beka Setzer MORROW Greetings from Morrow County OHC chapter for June 2022 where the calendar indicates spring while intermittent brisk weather has blunted spring progress although actual frost will hopefully not again occur until late 2022. The horse herd is happily grazing in the pasture on the rapidly emerging vegetation while ignoring the dry hay available 24/7. The first cutting hay crop looks very promising although wet fields have prevented local farmers from any corn/bean planting. Chapter members have not reported any trailering to trail ride on the great Ohio equine trail opportunities, but some home arena riding has been done as preparation for when most trails become dry. Our local Mount Gilead State Park (MGSP) trails are currently wet, so no MGSP riding has been done by members and the planned trail improvement using the State OHC grant is also weather delayed. The challenging weather/ health issues requiring a fiveday hospital stay earlier this winter continues to keep me inside which allows time to monitor the above pond activity with abundant canine therapy provided by two lap dogs. One dog was my wife’s shadow who has now transferred that devotion to me. The 30-year-old neighbor, who has been my right hand for June 2022
County Lines 15 years, continues to assist in providing the necessary care to maintain good health for the herd of 12 horses. As reported last month, tragically the herd size was reduced to 12 when the 23-year-old stallion died from being cast. Actual chapter activity has been limited to monthly meetings to maintain equine fellowship. No actual 2022 riding has been done by chapter members although many outings are planned in addition to applying the state grant to improve the trails at Mount Gilead State Park. This report ends with the usual sign-off until next month. I trust the 2022 season will allowed many OHC members to get back in the saddle again. 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. I wish happy trails to you. Also, stay safe in the saddle and on your horse if you do have an opportunity to ride before the next report, I hope to see some readers on the trail later this year. ~DOC PERRY Even though I try to stay away from opening weather comments, I have to say it’s been a slow start to the riding season with all the wet and cold weather. I’m beginning to see posts where members are venturing out and some even getting to camp. Stone Church, Perry Woods, Hocking, Zaleski and Dillon have been the destinations so far as we condition our horses. Four members met for the first club ride of the year at Perry Woods. Four members joined a Tennessee-based women’s trip for a ride at Pine Creek in Hocking State Forest. The main orange trail headed to Airplane Rock was the recipient of screenings which was desperately needed as that trail had turned into a mud fest. I know some people don’t like to see nature interrupted so to speak, but I’d rather have that surface than your horse sinking into hock-deep mud. We attempted to ride to the ranger station but the trail was blocked due to a downed power line. Overall, the trails were in the best shape that I’ve seen for Hocking. Fellow OHC member Chris Streitenberger from the Fairfield club joined us at the April June 2022
Hocking. August dates are 5-7 for the annual Gibby Ride at Barkcamp and 20-21 at East Fork. ‘Til next time, Happy Trails! ~Marianne ROSS
Marsha and Carol at Perry.
Stacie taking a break. meeting and gave us updates about upcoming work and improvements at Hocking and Tar Hollow. We appreciate him taking the time to address our club and talk a little bit about their activities and projects. Another work day has been scheduled for Burr Oak in May. We are still hoping for improvements to the campground and expansion of the trail system. We had members assist in the Dillon work day in April as well. As always, thanks to all the volunteers who help maintain our trails. Our annual Soup Ride location has been moved back to Dillon and will be held on the first Saturday of October. Originally, we discussed hosting it at Burr Oak, but we were unable to get a group camping permit and members felt the camping accommodations and riding were better at Dillon. We will be ending our meetings with Tidbits, an open forum for members to get out the word on items they are selling, ISO items, recommendations, new purchases/riding or camping hacks, interesting vacations booked or enjoyed. We launched this idea last month and it was quite a hit. As summer approaches everyone gets busy and sometimes the agendas are a little thin so it’s nice to have this platform as part of the meeting. What better way to resonate the motto of horsemen helping horsemen. Upcoming rides include Salt Fork on July 9-10, hosted by the Stengles, and July 15-17 at
Greeting from Ross County. I can’t believe it is June already, time sure goes by fast these days. I hope everyone is taking advantage of the beautiful weather and hitting the trails on your horses. Ross County chapter has had two really good club rides so far. In April, we had a club meeting and ride with a turnout of 16, which was good for our first ride of the year. In May, we had our annual Poker Ride on Memorial Day weekend, and that was another great turnout. The riding was good, the food was good and fun was had by all. We have two scheduled club rides this month. June 11 at Zaleski and June 25 at Twin Creek. Hope to see everyone there. Please check out our Ross County Facebook page for further information regarding any of our scheduled rides just in case we change or cancel. Trail rides are a relaxing way to meet other riders and enjoy the natural beauty of open space, woods and park land. There are plenty of different locations every week that you may want to check out, as different clubs will have rides and events for you to take advantage of. Be sure to check other articles out and see what is going on in other areas of the Ohio Horseman Council around you. The age old bond between humans and horses is a captivating anthology that celebrates one of nature’s most majestic creatures and we as riders must take advantage of our magnificent trusty steeds that we have gracefully learned to bond with. Horses literally make us better people, they are great
May 23 club ride at Tar Hollow.
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Joyce’s horse headed on up the trail after a little break and she had to hitch a ride with Karen. for esteem, energy, mood, and therapy for mental and physical ailments of all levels. Generally, they are just good for the soul, spirit and mind. So, if you see someone having a bad day, or just not feeling up to par, offer them a trip to the barn, a little spin around the farm or even an invite to take a trail ride. You and your horse can always help someone have a better day. I know my days are always better on a horse, on a trail with good friends and with family around. With that being said, see you all soon. ~Angie SANDUSKY Hello friends and family of Sandusky County! I hope by now the weather is treating us right and the rain and mud is over so it can be riding time! I personally haven’t gotten in as much riding as we normally do by now, but sometimes life just gets in the way! I hope everyone has their ponies ready and are working them up to bigger rides. We’ve gotten ours vaccinated but my farrier (my husband) needs to get them shod yet. We have been riding at our favorite little trail of White Star. Due to our amazing members, we have almost doubled the trails there, and it’s a great starting point for us to get back in shape. Our number one trail maintenance man, Tony, works at the trails every time he rides! That does not go unnoticed my friend. It is greatly appreciated by everyone who rides there. Speaking of maintenance, we will be working on the trails every Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. during the month of June. Please come, even if you are not able to work since we need cheerleaders, water and snacks! Just your presence there makes 67
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Tony working hard. everyone feel like we’re all doing this together. Candy said she will help by making us food. Thank you Candy! We are so excited about the many showcase rides this summer! Check out our Facebook page or call Al, 419/680-2036, to find out more information. We will be at White Star, Oak Openings, Garlo, and Caesar Creek to name a few! Mark your calendars and try to make a few or all. See you at Oak Openings June 15. If you need help with anything, please let our president or VP know, and they will find someone to help get you on the trail. Our meetings are the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the First Brethren Church in Fremont. We usually meet for supper at 5:45 p.m. Visit our Facebook page under Sandusky County Horseman’s Council for up to date information. Also check out the state web page, ohconline.com. Give your beautiful four-legged partner a good brushing and a kiss on their warm nose. Life is good. ~Marla Sidell STARK We are looking forward to a busy summer with the rides we have scheduled and a few other activities we are taking part in. One of those is Hooves and Hounds Rescue which is a fundraiser that will be held at Camp Tuscazoar near Zoarville on Aug. 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is a $10 charge to enter. Dogs get in free but must 68
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be on a leash and well behaved. There will be all kinds of exhibits and vendors. Plan to come and meet some rescue pups and visit the ponies and petting zoo animals (camel and tortoise included). Funds raised will go to the new Camp Tuscazoar Trailhead and parking area. Camp Tuscazoar is located at 6066 Boy Scout Road NE, Dover, Ohio. Hope to see you there. At this time of the year we have been busy attending tack swaps in our area and getting ready for the riding season. At our May meeting we had an interesting speaker, Tara Steiner the Executive Director of Stirrup Courage and Equestrian Learning Center on Kohler Road in Orrville, Ohio. This has been a dream of Tara’s and she was able to get it started this past fall. Their mission is to support children, youth and their families who face challenges due to adverse childhood experiences, difficult socio-economic situations and other factors that may place a child at risk. They offer engaging, progressive equine-assisted activities in an environment of safety, belonging, and encouragement, in which cost is not a barrier. This is a non-profit organization and they will be at Hooves and Hounds Rescue on Aug. 20. Until next time, happy trails to you! ~Jo Ellen
an early start logging those trail miles and bingo squares while witnessing nature’s ever evolving landscape as we slide out of winter and roll into spring. Those heavier coats and long sleeve sweaters are always within easy reach. Speaking of which, our April 20 meeting at the Winery at Wolf Creek was a howling success. It was definitely a raw spring evening and it came as a real surprise that another pack had preempted our staking claim to the warm and cozy indoor party room. So for most of us sitting out on damp benches of the covered deck, a breezy evening, and 40 degree temps was exhilarating to say the least. We bravely sported our down coats, knit hats and gloves as we huddled together to conserve body heat and enjoy the warming spirits in and out of our frosty glasses. It was a nice turnout with 14 attending. Several members picked up their Big Dee rewards gift cards from 2021 and Mary Forsch awarded Lee Hendrickson her 1,000 mile patch for the 1,047 miles Lee rode last year. Over the course of the evening pondering the big questions at hand, the consensus arrived at was that there is a definite disconnect between what our minds perceive as normal activity and our joints are experiencing. Mounting blocks are no longer for sissies and helmets preserve what good sense we have left. Riding vests are optional but recommended by 80 if you have another new horse in you. To ease our pain, Cathy Matonis pulled out the big guns with her candied bacon strips.
There were also plenty of bite size cheeses, meats and veggies to balance out the cookies and fruits with the wine selections. Not to mention, the stash of nuts being squirreled away by nuts at the rowdy table. What a night! Finally, we were all grateful and relieved to see our prez Roxanne Owens had survived yet another tax season of keeping all her clients in Uncle Sam’s good graces. If anyone needed a glass of wine, she certainly deserved it. Recently Roxanne and hubby Larry became proud new pet parents of two precocious pups just because they needed a little bit of pandemonium in their lives. It has been a while since they had to mop the floors multiple times a day, hide their socks and shoes, and keep things out of reach of inquiring little canine minds. We wish them unending patience and a lifetime of great companionship and fun ahead. So good to see you back! Speaking of new additions, Marietta Tromp found her new trail companion, a beautiful gray gaited mare named Lily. For anyone searching for a new horse, you can all relate to how thrilled you are when the right one is finally yours. We are so happy for you and hope to see you out on the trails soon. Do you feel lucky? Take a chance; what do you have to lose? If this sounds like you or someone you know, we have just the answer to your prayers. Barring any new Covid variant by our June 25 date, our chapter is sponsoring our 2022 Poker Run Fundraiser at the Richfield Heritage Preserve. Food, fun, prizes. Please see our website or Facebook page for details and signup. Until next month, ~Joann Ulichney TUSCARAWAS
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County Lines and the companionship of horsey friends! Meandering down the wooded hillside, swaying rhythmically in the saddle, as your mount maneuvers the rocky incline, breathe deeply the pine scent, revel at the familiar sight of a frightened fawn hastening to retreat within the surrounding waist high brush. Your deep respect for your horse strengthens the tangible bond between you. Intervals of tranquil navigation allow you to enjoy and appreciate the natural appeal of the trail. Keeping this vision in mind, the Tuscarawas County OHC has prepared a tentative ride schedule for 2022. However, as we discovered when attempting to reserve camping sites at Marienville, their short window of opportunity vanished without us. If you intend to join us, I recommend contacting a member prior to, for an update. Adjustments will be processed and spontaneous rides and events may take precedence, but we welcome your company! Upcoming rides: June 10-12, Jefferson State Park (reserve online); June 25-26 Hocking Hills, Cowboy Larry’s 937/2163252; July 2-4 Hickory Creek 814/484-7520; July 16-17 Elkins Creek 740/643-2416; Aug. 6-7 Beaver Creek (reserve online); Aug. 20 Big Birthday Bash for Jerry (details to follow); Aug. 2728 Harrison State Park (reserve online); Sept. 3-5 Ben’s Happy Trails 740/372-2702; Sept. 2325 Barkcamp State Park (reserve online); Oct. 7-14 Cave Run Stables and Resort (near Salt Lick, Ky.) 606/683-3018 or 606/584-0480; Oct. 15-19 Double M, Shwenee, Ill. 618/275-4440. Happy Trails, ~Holly Waldenmyer UNION Spring has finally sprung. Horse people always know when spring is around the corner, tack swaps always appear in abundance. This year we attended the Clark County 4-H Tack Swap at the Clark County Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ohio. Our Secretary Debbie Strayton was happy that she sold her daughter’s pink suede saddle. Jim and Debbie braved some un-spring like weather on April 1 to attend the trailer safety presentation by Mr. Roger Tigner of A-1 Trailer and Hitch, which was hosted by the Delaware County Chapter. Thank you Delaware County Chapter for arranging this very June 2022
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Trailer safety course. informative presentation. Remember to fill out your bingo cards. There are lots of great prizes up for grabs. Until next month stay safe, have fun, and Happy Trails. ~Karen Holland WARREN I hope everyone has been able to get out and do some riding. I think I’m actually going to get Cooper out this year. Between scheduling and weather (and rocking out because I’ve been going to a lot of concerts the last year or so!), I just haven’t gotten around to it. Even in 2020, when there wasn’t much else to do, since I was still working, time seemed to get away from me. Hopefully everyone else has been doing better. We had a great turnout for Green-Up Day! Better than we have had for quite a few years. We not only had Warren County members, plus several 4-H groups, but we had at least three
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Greene County members, and one Miami County member (a former distance riding friend of mine who made the trek down for the day). We got a lot done —trails were drier than they usually are in April, at least Moonlight Vista was. I heard Farmer’s Trace was still quite muddy, but we all made it back in one piece. I was working with Ramona Auyeung, her nephew Alton, Catherine Estill and Judy Picklesimer. We thought we were going to have another chainsaw with us, as mine is small and battery-operated. However, we didn’t. Mine worked pretty well, but of course batteries don’t last forever and I don’t have a spare because one is usually enough for around my house. Still, we managed quite nicely for most of the time, and when the battery died, we used brute strength, as the photo shows. From front to back, the photo is Alton, Catherine, Judy and Ramona. The process worked well for two fairly large trees, but we finally met one (oh so close to the end of the trail!) that we couldn’t budge. Luckily Roger and Harold went out after lunch and got that one take care of. I’m also including a couple photos taken on Green-Up Day by Barn Pfantz. I have more from her and a few from Ramona to use in future issues. We won’t have a meeting in June or July. We will probably have a meeting in August, since this year our Founders Day is a State ride. Exact date and location is still being determined. Please remember, anyone planning to come to the State ride, we’ll need lots of volunteers for various tasks. Information will be coming in the newsletter and an email blast closer to the event. It’s a big event and our 40th was such a hit, we have a lot to live up to! Stay dry, and happy riding! ~Mickie
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Hello horse people! I hope your summer is going well and everyone is out there riding trails. We had five of our members complete a chainsaw certification class put on by Wayne National Forest back in March: Darrell McKay, Bill Hoover, Ken Crawford, Kathy Dye and Brent Dewees. Congratulations on completing the course and thank you for all the work you do at Kinderhook! It is much appreciated by all of us riding the trails. At the May 5 meeting we had an awards presentation for 2021. Washington County was first place at State again last year with 33,146 miles. We had three members qualify for the 10,000 Mile Achievement Award: Rita Schultheis, Roger Long and Bill Hamrick. We were pleased to see seven of our members placed in the top ten riders at State. They are as follows: Adult Trail: 1st State/1st WC Amy Haddix 3,456 miles; 2nd State/2nd WC Sandy Hefter 3,374 miles; 3rd State/3rd WC Bobbie Jo Tucker 3,019 miles; 5th State /4th WC Linda Donat 2,258 miles; 6th State/5th WC Lois Wallace 2,112 miles; 8th State /6th WC Allan Wallace 2,022 miles; and 9th State/7th WC Bill Hamrick 1,936 miles. Adult Saddle Hours: 1st WC Olivia Lang; 2nd WC Bill Hamrick; 3rd WC Claudia Sims. Of course, once the serious awards were given out, then we had our special ‘Acrobatic Achievement Awards’. There were numerous contenders this year competing for the most eloquent dismount. It seems a few of our members were flipped over their horse’s head which received honorable recognition. Other outstanding achievements included a horse and mule sitting down on the job, a saddle roll to get a better view from under the horse, and a Bucking Bee’s rodeo award. Since our award winners were there to tell their tales, it made for an enjoyable evening full of laughter. We gave a special award to the notorious record keeper who kept a notebook full of these events. She recounted her own tale of being unseated by her new, and now long-gone mule, who left her out on the trail with a 12-mile hike back to her camper where her mule was patiently waiting to go home. A couple things to note on the upcoming calendar: There will 69
County Lines be no meeting in July. The ride schedule is out and posted on our Facebook page. There are rides at Strouds Run on June 25, Blue Rock on July 16, and North Bend-Cokley Recreation Area on July 30. Our next meeting is Aug. 4 where we will discuss the Corn Ride which is set for Aug. 13, the biggest ride and event of the year for our OHC chapter. The location is set for Kinderhook Horse Trails at Newport, Ohio. We will ride out at 10 a.m., and when we return, Brent Dewees will be giving us a demonstration on how to massage your horse. A potluck dinner will follow at 5 p.m. If you don’t make it for the ride, please come and join in our dinner festivities. We hope to see you there! Happy Trails and stay safe! ~Debbie J. WAYNE April showers may bring May flowers, but they also brought out the hardworking, fun-loving members of the Wayne County OHC. On March 30, a work day was held at Mohican. Linda Stout put the Wet and Forget on the pavilion and back restroom, Dave and Trudy Schmidt raked sticks out of camp and Dave and Marline Smalley cleaned out the culverts on the Yellow Trail. They removed a tree on the North Blue and cleared briars at the road crossing. Please be aware that if you get off trail, the ticks are bad already! The power company did some work near the trails and used a helicopter and dangling chainsaw to trim trees along the power lines in the Mohican State Forest. They used the day-use area for their staging area and worked for about three days. After that, chapter members got to work and cleaned up the brush and limbs left by the power company. The Cowboys for Jesus pulled the water bars on the Red Trail and the forest service has rerouted a much gentler ride up that steep hill.
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Brecksville ride. A lot of work was also done on the Green and Orange Trails. Sharon and Tom Bahl cleared the trees and branches out of the watering hole on the Green and then Dave and Marline Smalley worked with them to cleanup the winter mess past Lyons Falls and the platform on the Orange Trail. All total between the chainsaw and silky saw they cleared out 12 trees. They put arrows and orange ribbon on the trail above Lyons Falls to help cut down on the confusion between the horse trails and hiking trails. Some members also managed to get in some trail riding this past month. Kim Scarborough hosted the first organized ride of the season at Brecksville Stables. The Tuesday noon and evening rides have resumed and we had a warm and sunny day for the noon ride on April 16. The evening rides have been a bit colder! Linda Stout and her sister Wendy were brave souls and rode out the morning of April 17 in 28-degree weather! The sun helps, but it was still a cold ride. Martha Parrot’s horse Chief, got spooked by a turkey on the trail at Malabar and gave Martha a ‘Turkey Toss’. It is a good thing the ground is soft mud right now! Tom Ashby got his young
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horse back from the trainer and is looking forward to some trail riding this spring and summer. He is a great looking horse that should give him plenty of enjoyment for the next decade. Of course he may need a step ladder to get on him if he doesn’t stop growing! We all love our dogs and especially Alina, Dave and Trudy’s Labrador, who is the unofficial camp dog for the chapter. Unfortunately, she had to have surgery on her leg to repair a torn ligament and replace her tibia. She will be out of commission for eight weeks and will miss the St. Jude’s ride and chapter camp out at Elkins Creek the first week of June. We are all praying for a speedy recovery so she can join us at camp again later this summer. The 2022 Wayne County Home and Garden Show was held April 23 and 24. The weather cooperated this year with warm sunny weather for both days of the event. The Wayne County Chapter parked cars for the event. It is one of our major fundraisers of the year. There were 15,000 in attendance so it took a lot of volunteer hours to park all those cars, but well worth the effort. The Regional Ride at Mohican is coming up July 4 weekend. Reservations are going fast. Even if you can’t camp, come and enjoy a day ride and the 50 anniversary celebration with us, just make sure you make your dinner reservations for Saturday night so we have a good head count. Here’s to a great summer of riding and camping. See you on the trails. ~Sue Baker
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Waterloo going to Indiana, five rigs that I know of going to Van Buren for Memorial Day weekend. Several riders live close and come for day rides. June 8-12 is Caesar Creek and we have many going there. June 23-26 is Jefferson Lake, July 1-4 is at Van Buren, July 2124 is West Branch, Aug. 4-6 is Barcamp, Sept. 1-4 is Scioto and Sept. 2-5 is Van Buren for Labor Day for those staying closer to home. Our meetings are still at Flippin’ Jimmy’s but are on the first Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. now, not on Monday. If we have a temporary change it will be posted on the Wood OHC Facebook page. It has been too wet so far for trail work. Trimming and sawing downed trees is always ongoing. Never a dull moment here in NW Ohio! Safe travels to all, ~Barb O. June 2022
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