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Ohio Appaloosa Association

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Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association

Wayne County Saddle Club Western Reserve Carriage Association

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Notes From Inside The Corral

his month we welcome The Mid-Ohio Marauders, Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association and the Ottawa County Horse Foundation to our Corral Clubs. If your club or equine organization is not part of the Horsemen’s Corral magazine you should pick up the phone and call Joe to learn about all the features we have to offer. I’m betting you will be impressed! We love supporting and promoting clubs because we know through our own memberships that there are many benefits of spending time with likeminded people. I find the friendships, relaxation and learning new skills to be the greatest advantages of all. Of course clubs, their members, and the officers can go through

cycles like the seasons. If you were a member when a club first formed, you may not welcome changes down the road. After all, new members and officers bring new ideas; ideas that are sometimes for the better, sometimes not. I guess how you feel about those ideas and changes depends on your perspective but one thing is for sure, change is inevitable. For those who have left or never wanted to join a club due to lack of time, disagreements or any number of other reasons; reluctance to join is understandable. I for one am an introvert. The many different faces and personalities I encounter at meetings and events, can cause stress. When I’m stressed I don’t have fun and when I’m not having fun I wonder why I joined in the first place. So what is the answer? For me it’s to look at my options… either I’m willing to change or the club should change, and if one or the other doesn’t (we all know it won’t be the club) then it’s no longer a good match. It’s time to move on and find a club that’s a better fit; one where you are comfortable and, if you are like me, can come out of

your shell. It might even be time to learn something new or maybe slow down. You only have so much play time and you might as well do something you enjoy. My family left a club a while back and received a letter from an officer that stated we ‘divorced’ the club and then some rather unpleasant words followed. I originally joined the club to have fun, learn how to do something I never tried before and ended up making some wonderful friends along the way but I really don’t remember ever getting ‘married’ to it. Not going into detail here but suffice it to say the club and I simply weren’t looking for the same thing. I wanted a good time and they apparently wanted a life time commitment! After this experience you may wonder why I still belong to several clubs and why I would encourage others to join. As I’ve said all along, clubs are a way to learn a new discipline, enhance skills, get more involved with the things you like to do, and of course spend time with good people. What I’ve learned from my experience is that you need to

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know when to stay and when to go. It’s all about the fun of doing what you like to do best. And for now, the clubs I still belong to agree with my values, encourage camaraderie with compatible people that allow me to be myself and have fun. And none of them requires a commitment beyond my annual dues. Even if you already belong to a club, check out our variety of equine clubs in the Corral. We’re all getting ready for the show and riding season and the news and events posted by various clubs might have something of interest for you. Perhaps you will find that ‘thing’ you are looking for or always wanted to try. You can go to club events, observe how they run things, meet the officers, talk to some of the members and just maybe take that step to join if it feels right. Just make sure you sign up for an annual membership and not ‘till death do us part’!

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Ohio Arabian & All-Breed Trail Riding Society

What a Year for Horse and Rider Teams PRESIDENT, Mollie Krumlaw-Smith; VICE PRESIDENT, Mickie Newnam; SECRETARY, Maureen Fehrs, DVM; TREASURER, Jo Murray; EMAIL, mkrumlaw@webcincy.com; WEBSITE, www.oaats.org

by Tina S. Ponder After a successful year of friendly competition of endurance riding OAATS brought the family back together once more to share our stories, our mishaps, but most of all to share our accomplishments at our 2016 Awards Banquet. This year we celebrated and recognized our very own Century Team, Mary Chmielewski and Quick Silver along with our Horse of the Year, Heart, ridden by his human Robert Plummer. Robert and Heart had an amazing year to say the least! Heart placed in the Top 3 Mileage Horses, Top 3 Endurance Horses, earned a Trail Horse award, awarded first for OAATS Endurance Horse of the Year. Heart also met his first

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milestone for miles...300 miles, with these outstanding achievements, hands down Heart earned Horse of the Year! Robert was also recognized for his personal achievement in logging 6781 miles…shew. What a great year for Robert and Heart! Our next team is a team that has had some ups and downs last year but they prevailed, Donte and Leah Palestrant. Donte conquered his first milestone with 300 miles and has successfully completed the second year Novice program, earning him the award for Novice Horse of the Year! Look out he will be running with the big boys and girls this year. Leah’s horse Jordon, was also recognized for accomplishing 2000 miles. These boys couldn’t have done it without Leah’s dedication and love for the sport, Leah too has accomplished a huge milestone, logging 5510 miles. What would the future of Endurance be without our Juniors, OAATS is honored to recognize and share this young lady’s achievements. Morgan Loomis and her horse The Perfect Angel earned the Shore to Shore Award, completing all 250 miles, second for Overall Mileage Horses, third in the Top 3 Endurance

Horses, also received a Trail Horse award. Perfect Angel now has 3000 miles in the books and Morgan has 4761 miles. With that said, Morgan and Perfect Angel have won the OAATS Challenge Cup and Morgan is our Junior Rider of the Year! Honorable Mention recognition went to the following Juniors; Christopher Loomis, Shelby Moucha and Dylan Hoelscher. We had several others earn their trail horse awards: Praise and Kellie Moore-Fryman, Merlot and Patty DeMott, Louie and Kristin Puett, Belesemo Odyssey and Cheryl Fenton. Merlot and Patty DeMott were first in Top 3 Overall Mileage Horses as well as first for Top 3 Endurance Horses. Praise and Kellie tied for

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third in Overall Mileage Horses. Awards for Top 3 LD Horses went to Wee Willy and Shannon Loomis, Belle and Terry Hoelscher, Synnonym and Mary Mast. Sandra Wright, Ken Wright and Sarah Wright were awarded for the Top 3 Competitive Horses. Shew, there’s more but I am out of room…what a year! Riding season will soon be here! Please go to OAATS.org to see upcoming events and lay out your plans…until we meet again...Happy Trails!

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

DENNIS “DENNY” THORSELL Dennis “Denny” Thorsell, 78, of Burbank, went to be with Jesus on Feb. 28, 2017. Born in Cleveland on Aug. 3, 1938, he dreamed of being a cowboy and spent the rest of his life living that dream. He was a lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association and a founding member of the Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Association. In 1997 he was elected to the OQHA Board of Directors and he served as Tri-Chairman at the All American Quarter Horse Congress since 2005. In 2014 he was inducted into The Ohio Quarter Horse Hall of

Fame. Denny was a respected trainer of cutting, pleasure and halter horses and had several world champions. Denny was an AQHA judge, judging horse shows in over 33 countries including the AQHA World Show. He successfully bred bucking bulls having numerous bucking bulls of the year and Creek Bend Bucking Bulls was awarded Sebra stock contractor of the year three times. In addition to all of his achievements the greatest accomplishment of his life was his family. He is survived by the love of his life, his wife of 48 years, Eileen; son, Shawn Thorsell; daughters, Debbie Polk, Deanna (Herb) Nye, Shannon (Alan) Waggoner and Charis Thorsell; his grandchildren, Tony, Justin, Charla, Dennis, Zach, Colton, Logan, Lauren, Tristian, Chloe, Ace and Addalynn and 9 great-grandchildren. He is also

survived by his brother, Robert (Bobbie) Thorsell, sister-in-law, Kathy; brother-in-law, Dale; his uncle, Robert Brown and many nieces and nephews including his special niece, Joy. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and Florence Thorsell and a greatgranddaughter, Natalie. Services were held Saturday, March 4 at West Hill Baptist Church in Wooster with Pastor Mark Davenport officiating. A private

********** Email submissions for The Last Ride to Michelle Ross at michelle@ thehorsemenscorral.com. Please include a photo if possible.

2017 All American Quarter Horse Congress Horse Show Schedule Released The schedule for the 51st annual All American Quarter Horse Congress, held Oct. 3-29, 2017, has been set by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association. Visit www.quarterhorsecongress. com/horse-show-schedule to view or download a complete schedule. NEW CLASSES FOR 2017 • Congress Super Sale 2 Year Old Open Pleasure Stakes • Congress Super Sale 2 Year Old Non Pro Pleasure Stakes • Level 1 Amateur Select Trail/ NSBA • Level 1 Amateur Ranch Riding/ NSBA • Level 1 Youth Ranch Riding/ NSBA • Elite Halter Futurity Open Limited Yearling Fillies • Elite Halter Futurity Open Limited Yearling Stallions • Elite Halter Futurity Open Limited Yearling Geldings • Elite Halter Futurity Non Pro Yearling Fillies • Elite Halter Futurity Non Pro Yearling Stallions • Elite Halter Futurity Non Pro Yearling Geldings • 3 Year Old Open Trail Stakes Limited • 4 and 5 Year Old Open Trail Stakes - Limited DATES TO REMEMBER OCTOBER 6: USA Para Reining (Grades 4, 3, 2, 1).

family burial was at Canaan Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Denny Thorsell Bull Rider’s Relief Fund at any Huntington Bank.

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OCTOBER 7: NRHA Open Reining Futurity Finals (Level 4 and 3). OCTOBER 8: Mercuria NCHA World Series of Cutting and Cinch Bridleless Cutting. OCTOBER 13: PBR Touring Pro Heroes On Horses. OCTOBER 14: Freestyle Reining. Congress Queen Crowning during intermission. OCTOBER 18: Intercollegiate Judging Tournament OCTOBER 21: Congress Super Sale. OCTOBER 22: NYATT Ohio Quarter Horse Foundation Gala OCTOBER 28: Congress 2 Year Old Masters Western Pleasure and Congress 2 Year Old Hunter Masters Under Saddle, presented by The Equine Chronicle. OCTOBER 29: Cowboy Mounted Shooting. The All American Quarter Horse Congress is the world’s largest single-breed horse show, with 23,500 entries in 2016. Held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, the show attracts 650,000 people, and generates $275 million in the central Ohio economy. The All American Quarter Horse Congress is hosted by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association, a state affiliate of the American Quarter Horse Association. For more information, visit www. quarterhorsecongress.com. April 2017

Central Ohio Saddle Club Association

Sign-Up for Year-End Awards PRESIDENT, Jennifer Markley; VICE PRESIDENT, Shannon Dillinger; SECRETARY, Mandy Dacek; TREASURER, Theresa Whiteman; WEBSITE, www.coscaonline.com

by Mandy Dacek January and February were pretty mild for winter months, but as I write this for the April issue, we are expecting significant snowfall as well as cold temperatures the next few days. We can only hope Mother Nature gets her act together for the first COSCA approved show on May 6! As this issue of the Corral goes to print, our annual COSCA Banquet is right around the corner. Our banquet chairperson, Karen Kline, always does a great job making sure the night is fun and memorable for all.

There will be 50/50 raffles, ‘chuck a duck’ contest and a ‘heads or tails’ contest as well. It will be a fun night for sure, and I haven’t mentioned the great food, awards, and raffle prizes! Hope to see you all there! Show season is rapidly approaching. The board of directors is approving showbills as soon as they are in and our webmaster is uploading them to our website. You can also find the COSCA Benefit showbill in this issue of the Corral! Don’t forget to send in your membership and sign your horse up for points. Our awards committee works hard to present quality and personal awards to our year-end award winners. You can’t take home the great prizes unless you sign your horse up for year-end awards! Keep checking the website and Facebook page for updates. See you at the shows…very soon!

Mid-Eastern Farriers Association

Rich Petersen Memorial Hammer In Slated for May PRESIDENT, Roger Howard; VICE PRESIDENT, Dan Carlisle; SECRETARY, Lori McBride; TREASURER, Tim Dodd; PHONE, 330/904-1489. FACEBOOK, www.facebook.com/Mid-Eastern Farrier’s Association

Hello all! I’m sure we are all in full swing gearing up for the upcoming season of horse shows, trail rides, camping and contesting. Here is to spring here to stay and a great year! First off; thanks goes out to Ken Davis and Sons for their annual open

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house and clinic. Always a great time and we all truly appreciate it. We have several upcoming events. May 27 is our annual Rich Petersen Memorial Hammer In, to be held again at Pegasus Farms in Hartville Ohio. This is one of my very favorite events. The ones who have gone before helping the ones coming up behind. We had a fantastic turn out for our winter meeting and clinic. Positions were filled and plans were made. We had a great clinic thanks to Dr. Genovese and Cleveland Equine clinic. Stay tuned for more upcoming events.

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Is Your Horse Stressed Out? by Wendy Shaffer, MMCP Is it possible your horse’s injury or decline in performance is due in part to accumulated stress held within its body? Stress, in terms of animal welfare, happens when an animal makes abnormal or extreme adjustments in behavior or physiology to survive adverse effects of its environment or management. Granted, most horse owners provide the very best conditions they are able to offer for their equine partners, and most horses are happy enough to carry on and do the job that is asked of them. However, today’s horses have made radical modifications in their behavior in the adaptation to our human world of stalls and limited pasture time. For instance, a horse in the wild would naturally graze 16-17 hours a day in wide open spaces amongst the safety of other horses. When we separate him in a dry paddock or 12x12 stall, he adjusts, but the effects of anxiety can develop quickly and multiply within the soft tissues of the body. Just as humans hold every day stress within their shoulders, hips, or back, horses carry their tension within their soft tissue also. According to Sara Wyche, author of Understanding the Horse’s Back, the back and belly are common areas where tension patterns start to develop. For example, when horses feel apprehension or worry, they may hold themselves tightly in their bellies and then find it challenging to let their backs relax. When horses are unable to relax their back, they are vulnerable to the effects of concussion. Pounding the ground without the ability to absorb the shock of impact creates neck and shoulder tension. Tightness in the neck, shoulder and wither region puts limitations on the range of motion of the forelegs. Left unchecked, this cycle will cause the horse’s stride to shorten and snowball into diminished self-control of the limbs and feet. A back without suppleness will become evident as the whole body suffers loss of agility and balance. Unbalanced horses that ‘bunny hop’ with both hind legs together when attempting a sharp turn often lack support from the inside hide leg. Barrel racers and mounted shooting competitors might notice their horse slowing down in the turns or gear down its pace. The culprit here is lateral instability, resulting in extra seconds on the clock. Some unbalanced horses may take the opposite approach and 10

Above: Hind end points release tension throughout the whole body of the horse. Left: Wendy Shaffer working with the horse using a tongue/TMJ release technique. instead become panicky and rush through the turns, causing even more disarray. Your safety as a rider is compromised because chances of tripping up or falling are escalated. Another example of how tension can lead to a painful situation for your equine partner is when he is unconditioned for a required task. Asking your horse to take you on a strenuous trial ride when you have not ridden all winter will invite muscle fatigue, spasms, and strains to arise. During muscle fatigue, the cells are unable to contract efficiently. Insufficient blood flow starves the cells of oxygen and fuel, causing weakness and uncoordinated movement. Muscle spasms (cramps) and muscle strain are widespread causes of why horses do not perform to their highest potential. These and other connective tissue injuries, including tears to fascia and tendons, can also occur with overuse or overtraining. During competitive training, sport horses can be pushed to their performance limits over and over again without opportunities to recuperate. If a racehorse begins to tire and loses impulsion from the hind, he will compensate by recruiting his front end to pull him along. Therefore, not only is the hind end more prone to muscle overstretching or tearing, but secondary shoulder issues also have an opportunity to impede health and performance results. The soreness will continue to intensify while unnatural compensation muscle

patterns grow. The horse ultimately shuts down completely. (Remember the last show you attended where that one horse refused to walk forward?) When a person gets a sharp pain in the lower back, they tend to grab hold of it as they yell out in anguish. Horses react differently. As prey animals, horses will hide their discomfort until it becomes unbearable to carry on. They instinctually mask and block out pain so by the time an issue is apparent, tension has formed within deep layers of the body. Primary areas of pain have been blocked, blood supply shut down, and nerve endings deadened. Compensatory muscles have been recruited and most likely are suffering from fatigue because they are required to work harder in a capacity they would not normally function. Although horses do not have the words to say “can we take it easy today, yesterday I felt my right hamstring pull a little too far and it hurts”, they DO communicate with us! All we need to do is put ‘our ears on’ and raise our awareness. Know what is your horse’s ‘normal’, spend some time just ‘being’ with him. You will have more probability of noticing slight nuances that could indicate something is amiss. Besides watching the ears for clues of discontent, the ‘grinchy cinchy’ area and the like, check for other out-ofordinary behaviors. Is he napping more than usual? Why is there poop in his feed bucket every morning? Is he constantly

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shifting his weight? Where in the world did that head shyness come from? Does he side step from the saddle when tacking him up? Why is he wringing his tail like that? If you start to notice these or other behavioral changes, you might want to consider scheduling your veterinarian to give your horse the once over. If everything seems to be in order, but your horse isn’t quite right, a bodywork session could uncover some areas he is holding tension and stress. A certified practitioner in equine bodywork can work with your horse to release restrictions found in the body and help restore his normal range of motion. Working in conjunction with proper veterinarian and farrier care, routine bodywork sessions can help maintain the suppleness of the muscles and fascia, tendon and ligaments. Bodywork can also reduce the chances of long term skeletal destruction that occurs when muscles are in a chronic state of contraction. In addition, it can ease discomfort from already present arthritic conditions or tightness caused by less than perfect confirmation. RESOURCES Harris, S. E. ( 2016). Horse Gaits, Balance, & Movement, Revised Edition. Nashville, TN: Turner Publishing Company. Hughes, C., Masterson, J., Steiner, B. (2014, April). Movements Revealed. Dressage Today. April 2014, 33-39. King, C., and Mansmann, R. (1997). Lameness, Recognizing and Treating the Horse’s Most Common Ailment. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press. Marlin, D., Nankervis, K. (2002). Equine Exercise Physiology. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing Inc. Masterson, J., Reihold, S. (2010). Beyond Horse Massage. North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square Books. Wyche, Sara. (1998). Understanding the Horse’s Back. Ramsbury, Marlborough Wiltshire: The Crowood Press Ltd.

Wendy Shaffer is a Certified Practitioner in The Masterson Method Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork™ (MMCP®). Wendy utilizes the horse’s body language correlating to her touch to release tension and stress, restoring normal range motion in the key junctions of the horse’s body that most affect performance. She is based out of Trumbull County, Ohio, and travels to various locations to work with horses of all disciplines. Visit Wendy’s website, www. agileequinebodywork.com, for more information. April 2017

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The Art of Map Reading – Visualizing Terrain Beyond the Lines and Colors. by Robert Eversole and TrailMeister.com Are you ready and confident in your ability to find your way safely through the woods and return in time for dinner? Whether your ride destination is nearby or more remote one of the most important skills to learn and be proficient at is how to read your map. Knowing how to interpret a map helps in planning a trip by allowing you to “see” the terrain prior to your ride. While most people do carry a map, and sometimes even a compass, I find that quite often these vital tools are carried more as lucky charms intended to make the rider feel better about their ride. Take the time to learn how to properly read and interpret your map. Failure to do so could prove annoying at best and disastrous at worse should you become separated from your group and your horse in the back country. I teach many land navigation classes each year designed to help horse riders “Stay Found” while on the trail and beyond. I’ve found some common issues and misconceptions about map reading. So with that in mind…

Types of maps – They all have their purpose What type of map is best suited for horse riders? All maps do essentially the same thing; they attempt to describe our three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional piece of paper. They accomplish their mission by selectively including the data that is most important to the end user. There are many types of maps, ranging from a simple sketch of the trails at your local county park, to the travel atlas tucked under your truck seat, to highly detailed USGS topographic maps. For example, the typical motorist isn’t too concerned with where a hill or valley is located, but is much more concerned with where the next exit for a gas station may be. Those of us whose preferred form of transportation is a horse or mule, however, need to have information that shows us elevation changes and potential obstacles (such as streams and canyons) as they relate to where we ride. For that type of information, you need a topographic map that deals with the third dimension (height or elevation) by using contour lines to show elevation change on the surface of the earth.

She would have known what to expect if she had looked at a map before the ride.

Here are examples of a typical planimetric, or road map, and a topographic map for one of my favorite camping areas in the central Cascades of Washington. Both show the relative locations of a parking area, trail route, and water features. But, only one is suitable for planning a safe ride.

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Robert Eversole Contour Lines – Use these curvy, wavy lines to visualize terrain and land features long before you hit the trail. What’s with those wavy crazy light brown lines that wander all over your topographic map? These are called contour lines and they connect areas of constant elevation. If you could see and follow a contour line while on the trail you’d stay at the same elevation, neither gaining nor losing altitude, if you stayed on that line. Keep this concept in mind when you look at a trail map. When the trail crosses many closely spaced contour lines you’ll know that you’ve got some steep climbs or descents ahead. Is your mount conditioned for the grade? Likewise, when you see a large amount of space between the contour lines you’ll know that the terrain is relatively flat and perhaps suitable for all levels of riders and horses. And when the trail runs parallel to many closely spaced contour lines you’ll know that you’ll be traveling on a ledge, with steep walls above and below. A few helpful rules to remember about contour lines include: • Contour lines can never cross one another. Each line represents a separate elevation. • Moving from one contour line to another always indicates a change in elevation. • The closer contour lines are to one another, the steeper the slope is in the real world. • Contour lines forming a closed ring shape indicate a summit or ridge

Here’s a valley. Note the nesting patterns on the “V” or “U” shaped contour lines that are bisected by the blue streams. The closed end of the “V” always points towards higher elevations. April 2017

• Contour lines crossing a stream valley will form a “V” shaped pattern pointing in the uphill (and upstream) direction. As you become more comfortable in reading a topographic map you’ll be better able to visualize the lay of the land prior to your trip which will help tremendously in planning your adventures. A map’s instruction manual – Why marginal information isn’t marginal at all. Beyond understanding an area’s topography via contour lines, you can learn even more by reading your map’s legend. Since a map’s entire purpose is to represent a three-dimensional world at reduced scale on a two-dimensional piece of paper, we must learn what the myriad of symbols mean. These symbols go far beyond the aforementioned light brown contour lines and, of course, blue ink for water bodies. Fortunately, all maps should have a map legend defining the symbols that are represented therein. Typically found on the edges of your map (thus the title Marginal Data) these symbols will further help you to visualize what’s on the other side of the ridge far ahead. An instance where this will help trail riders is finding water. By reading your map properly you’ll know where easily accessible water can be found for your thirsty horses and mules. Other very important marginal data includes: • Revision date – When was your map updated or how current is your map? Your map may have been great a few years ago but in the interim many things can change. Trails can be closed or moved; roads can be decommissioned, or built, and rivers and streams can find new routes. • Legend – It illustrates and identifies the topographic symbols used to depict some of the more prominent features on the map. The symbols are not always the same on every map so you should always refer to the legend to avoid errors when reading your map. • Scale Bar – These are rulers used to convert map distance to ground distance. • Contour Interval Note – Defines the vertical distance between adjacent contour lines of the map • Declination Diagram – Depicts the angular relationships of true north and magnetic north. What is North – Why your map points to a different north than your compass and how to compensate for it. Other very important data that can be found in a map’s margins includes declination (the difference between where your compass points and your map’s version of north) and a north arrow that will help you in orienting your map while on the trail. This is always a fun topic and starts to move the conversation from using the map to how your compass works.

Maps are based on the geographic north pole because it does not change, so north is always at the top of a map. The main north arrow, vertical lines, and the top of your map all point towards the north pole. However, your compass has a mind of its own and points to magnetic north. Magnetic north, Santa’s Elves notwithstanding, changes slowly over time (about forty miles per year), and is currently about 450 miles from the geographic north pole, northwest of Hudson’s Bay in northern Canada. It’s this angular difference between the geographic and magnetic norths that constitutes declination. To make matters even more interesting, declination varies across the nation. If you fail to use the declination diagram on your map to compensate for the difference between geographic north and magnetic north, you could very well end up spending a much longer time in the saddle than you had planned.

A declination diagram. To illustrate how failure to adjust for declination can cause you many problems. For each degree of declination that we fail to take into account we will be off our mark by 92 feet after riding for a mile. If you’re riding in the Pacific Northwest, as I frequently do, it’s common to have declinations of 17 degrees east, which means that your compass is pointing 17 degrees east of the north that your map is referring to. If I don’t take those 17 degrees into account I could, potentially, be 1564 feet (or almost one third of a mile) off course after riding for just one mile. That amount of error could very easily have me going into a wrong valley and perhaps be very very late for dinner.

Map marginal data including a scale bar, map legend, and a declination diagram. April 2017

There are many methods to adjust for declination and most of them involve adjustments to your compass via manually rotating the compass bezel the correct number of degrees in the proper direction or memorizing a few mathematical equations. I do not recommend adjusting your compass for the following reason; if you’re mathematically challenged and forget either to adjust in the right direction, or do not keep your compass updated it’s very easy to generate a bad reading. Instead, I advocate altering your map to reflect declination. By adding magnetic north –south lines to your map you’ll have a ready reference that is always there. Adding these lines requires a pencil, straight edge, a protractor, and the area’s declination measurement. By using this map preparation method, you are transferring the job of adjusting for declination to the map. The lines of magnetic reference are permanently drawn on the map, where they belong, instead of temporarily adjusted on the compass where it is subject to change as you change location from map to map. Once magnetic north lines are drawn on the map, the map is adjusted for declination whenever you next use it without worrying about performing declination math in the field. To make these magnetic north lines all you have to do is place a protractor on the edge of your map rotate it to the degrees indicated in the declination diagram and use a straight edge ruler to draw a line along the angle. Adding a few more parallel lines will make using the map easier on the trail.

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Map showing magnetic north markings. Now that you’ve got the basics of reading a map you’ll want to practice, practice, practice your new found skills. Take the time, before and during, your next ride to stop and examine your map and see if it accurately portrays what’s around the corner or over the next hill. Pretty soon you’ll be much more confident in your ability to Stay Found when riding.

Robert ‘The TrailMeister’ Eversole owns and operates the largest horse trail and horse camp guide in the world, www.TrailMeister.com. When he’s not speaking with horse and mule riders at events across the US, writing regular feature columns in leading equine publications including the Horsemen’s Corral, Robert can be found riding and packing trail maintenance crews into wilderness areas throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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AVON LAKE SADDLE CLUB • 2017 SHOW SERIES Weiss Field, 33141-33199 Webber Rd., Avon Lake, OH 44012

All shows start at 7 p.m.

YEAR-END AWARDS FOR 2017!!

Per city law, shows must be completed prior to 11 p.m.

All shows are on Friday Evenings

No cross entering except for Jackpot Classes/WT Barrels

June 2 • June 16 • July 7 July 21 • September 8 YOUTH: 17 Years & Under ADULT: 18 Years & Over H-HORSE; P-PONY; M-MINIATURE ALSC Shows are PAC/PINTO Approved. ALTERNATIVE CLASS: For children/ adults with challenges to showcase their equestrian skills. Participants may lead or ride their horse/pony. ENTRY FEES: NO REFUNDS! $7 Class Non-Member; ALSC MEMBERS $6/Class (excludes Jackpot classes) MEMBERSHIPS: $20/Family; $15/Single JACKPOT CLASSES: $15/Class PAYBACK: 50% Entry Fees paid as follows: 1st 40%; 2nd 25%; 3rd 15%; 4th 10% 4 MINUTE TACK CHANGES.

AWARDS OPEN/ADULT: 1st Ribbon & $10 w/min. of 7 entries; 2nd Ribbon & $6 w/min. of 7 entries; 3rd, 4th, 5th Ribbon (excluding youth and lead line classes) YOUTH/LEADLINE: 1st Ribbon & prize; 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Ribbon YEAR-END AWARDS! 4 Divisions for year-end High Point awards LEADLINE: The Elaine Dieterich Memorial Award: Classes 7, 8 YOUTH: Classes 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 22, 23, 24, 25 ADULT: Classes 6, 17, 18, 26, 27 OPEN: Classes 2, 9, 15, 16, 21, 28 Must be present at last show to receive award! Must be an ALSC member to be eligible for year-end awards.

Avon Lake Saddle Club, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any accidents or injuries. 14

Jackpot/WT Barrels do not count toward year-end awards.

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Alternative Class (M, H, P) Open Halter - All Breeds (M, H, P) Reg. Halter - All Breeds (M, H, P) Youth Halter (M, H, P) Youth Showmanship Adult Showmanship Leadline Pleasure (10 & Under) Elaine Dieterich Family Leadline Equitation (10 & Under) Elaine Dieterich Family Open W/T Pleasure Youth W/T English Pleasure Youth W/T English Equitation

*** Open Ring *** Time to be determined 15. Open Driving - Horse 16. Open Driving - Mini/Pony MJA Miniatures 17. Adult W/T Pleasure Cambria Hotel & Suites in Avon 18. Adult W/T Equitation 19. Jackpot Open W/T Pleasure 20. Jackpot English Pleasure 21. Open English Pleasure 22. Youth English Pleasure 23. Youth English Equitation *** 10 Minute Break ***

*** 10 Minute Break *** 12. Youth W/T Western Pleasure 13. Youth W/T Western Horsemanship 14. Open W/T Barrels Dreamcatcher Stables "Where dreams begin." Debbie Carpenter, Owner

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Youth Western Pleasure Youth Western Horsemanship Adult Pleasure (E/W) Adult Equitation (E/W) Open Western Pleasure Jackpot Western Pleasure

FMI: Kathleen Azzarello (440) 536-0145 or Kathleen@getdependable.com HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

April 2017

Corral Calendar APRIL 22 — Northern Kentucky Horse Network Dressage Schooling Show, 9 a.m., 100 Fairgrounds Rd., Alexandria, KY. FMI: Jim Mayer, 859-496-4976, jimwmayer@yahoo.com. APRIL 22 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Pleasure Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Katy Amstutz, 419-6517892, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. APRIL 22 — 8th Annual Gallipolis Shrine Club ĞŶĞĮƚ dƌĂŝů ZŝĚĞ͕ ϭϭ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ZŝŽ sĂůůĞǇ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ZŝŽ Grande, OH. FMI: Clarence Hill, 740-645-0343. APRIL 22 — Gallia County 4-H Youth Horse ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ >ŝǀĞƐƚŽĐŬ ^ŚŽǁ Θ dĂĐŬ ^ǁĂƉ͕ ϴ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϭ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ 'ĂůůŝĂ Ž͘ :ƌ͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ 'ĂůůŝƉŽůŝƐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ŚĞŝůĂ tŽŽĚ͕ ϳϰϬͲϰϰϭͲϳϭϰϲ͕ ƐŚĞŝŬĂďĂďǇϮΛǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ WZ/> ϮϮ Ͷ ϭϮƚŚ ƋƵŝŶĞ ,ĞĂůƚŚ Θ ,ŽŽĨ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŬĂŶ ƌĞŶĂ͕ ĞǀĞƌůǇ͕ ts͘ &D/͗ ϯϬϰͲϲϯϲͲ ϴϯϲϯ͘ APRIL 22-23 — Ranch Horse Pleasure Clinic and Show, Spinning Wheel Farm Inc., 6810 ĂƌƌĞƩ ZĚ͕͘ 'ĞŶĞǀĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϰϰϬͲϴϭϯͲ 2502, cher195013@hotmail.com, www. spinningwheelfarminc.com. WZ/> ϮϮͲϮϯ Ͷ Ϯ ĂǇ ŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ dĞƌƌǇ DǇĞƌƐ dƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ KƐƚƌĂŶĚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϳϰϬͲϲϲϲͲϭϭϲϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘dDdƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͘ com. WZ/> ϮϮͲϮϯ Ͷ ^ƚĞǀĞ >ĂŶǀŝƚ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ dƵŶĞͲhƉͬZŝĚĞƌ ŽŶĮĚĞŶĐĞ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ,ŝŐŚŐƌŽǀĞ &Ăƌŵ͕ >ĂWŽƌƚĞ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ ϱϳϰͲϯϯϵͲ ϮϬϬϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐƚĞǀĞůĂŶƚǀŝƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ WZ/> Ϯϯ Ͷ ZĞĂůŝƚǇ ƌĞĂŵƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ĂƌĞŶ ^ĂƌǀĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϯϴϱͲϯϰϯϭ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇĚƌĞĂŵƐŚŽƌƐĞƐŚŽǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ WZ/> Ϯϯ Ͷ ƋƵŝŶĞ ǆƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶǌĂ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϯ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ůƵĞ >ĂŬĞ &ĂƌŵƐ͕ EĞǁďƵƌǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŵǇ͕ ϰϰϬͲϰϳϵͲϴϱϬϯ͕ ĐŽǁŐŝƌůƵƉϳϯΛŚŽƚŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘ WZ/> ϮϲͲϮϵ Ͷ ZŝǀĞƌ ZŝĚŐĞ ŚĂƌŝƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ KŚŝŽ ǆƉŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ŽůƵŵďƵƐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ Ăƌď ƵŶŚĂŵ͕ ϳϰϬͲϯϱϮͲϴϱϲϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƌŝǀĞƌƌŝĚŐĞŚƐ͘ŽƌŐ͘ WZ/> ϮϲͲϯϬ Ͷ tŝůŵŝŶŐƚŽŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ůĂƐƐŝĐ͕ ZŽďĞƌƚƐ ƌĞŶĂ͕ ϰϬϵϱ ^ƚĂƚĞ ZŽƵƚĞ ϳϯϬ͕ tŝůŵŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϵϯϳͲϯϴϮͲϬϵϴϱ͘ APRIL 27-30 — Peter Campbell Horsemanship &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĚǀĂŶĐĞĚ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ Negley, OH. FMI: 307-322-447, trc@wildblue. net, www.PeterCampbellHorsemanship.com. WZ/> ϮϳͲϯϬ Ͷ ZŽůĞǆ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ dŚƌĞĞͲ ĂǇ ǀĞŶƚ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϴϱϵͲ ϮϯϯͲϮϯϲϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƌŬϯĚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ WZ/> ϮϴͲϮϵ Ͷ dĂĐŬ ^ĂůĞ͕ &ŝĞůĚƐƚŽŶĞ &Ăƌŵ͕ ϭϲϰϵϳ ^ŶǇĚĞƌ ZŽĂĚ͕ ŚĂŐƌŝŶ &ĂůůƐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϰϰϬͲ ϳϬϴͲϬϬϭϯ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĮĞůĚƐƚŽŶĞĨĂƌŵƚƌĐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ WZ/> ϮϴͲϯϬ Ͷ DY,z ^ƉĂƌƚĂŶ ^ƉĞĐƚĂĐƵůĂƌ͕ D^h WĂǀŝůŝŽŶ͕ ĂƐƚ >ĂŶƐŝŶŐ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ŵŝƋƵĂƌƚĞƌŚŽƌƐĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ WZ/> ϮϴͲϯϬ Ͷ 'ƌĞĂƚ >ĂŬĞƐ ƌĞĂ ƌŝǀŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ƌŝǀŝŶŐ dƌŝĂů͕ tŝŶĚǇ <ŶŽůů &Ăƌŵ͕ ^ƵůůŝǀĂŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ƚĂĐĞǇ 'ŝĞƌĞ͕ ϰϰϬͲϮϵϮͲϳϭϵϴ͘ APRIL 28-29 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Contest Fun Show, 7 p.m., and Open Contest Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne, 330-844-4041 (Fun Show) or Rachel, 419-606-9712 (Contest), www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. WZ/> ϮϴͲϯϬ Ͷ Z^dW ZĂŶĐŚ ^ŽƌƟŶŐ Θ WĞŶŶŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ :ƵůŝĞ DĐ/ŶƚǇƌĞ͕ ϰϭϮͲϱϳϲͲϯϴϴϲ͕ ƐŽƌƚĂŶĚƉĞŶΛŐŵĂŝů͘ ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ WZ/> Ϯϵ Ͷ >ĂŬĞ ƌŝĞ DŽƵŶƚĞĚ sĂƋƵĞƌŽƐ ŽǁďŽǇ DŽƵŶƚĞĚ ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ϭ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ 25897 Blystone Rd., Edinboro, PA. FMI: Karen Davis, 330-719-3290. WZ/> Ϯϵ Ͷ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ĂůĞ͕ dŚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ WƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ϭϰϳϬϬ h^ ZƚĞ͘ ϲϴ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ĮŶĚůĂǇĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

April 2017

APRIL 29 — Extreme Bulls & Barrels Winter ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ 'ĂƌǁŽŽĚ ĂƩůĞ Ž͕͘ Ϯϱϯϴ Middleton Rd., Columbiana, OH. FMI: 330-921ϴϭϭϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŐĂƌǁŽŽĚĐĂƩůĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ WZ/> Ϯϵ Ͷ KƉĞŶ &ƵǌǌǇ͕ &ƵŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŚƌŝƐ͕ ϵϯϳͲϮϭϴͲϬϲϴϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐŽƋƉĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ WZ/> Ϯϵ Ͷ dĂĐŬ ƵĐƟŽŶ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌĞĚ ďǇ ĞůŵŽŶƚ ŽƵŶƚǇ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď͕ ϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĞůŵŽŶƚ 'ǇŵŶĂƐŝƵŵ͕ ϯϮϭ ϯƌĚ ^ƚ͕͘ ĞůŵŽŶƚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŚƵĐŬ͕ ϳϰϬͲϳϴϮͲϭϮϴϵ͘ WZ/> Ϯϵ Ͷ :ĂĞ ŝƌĚ WĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ZĂŶĐŚ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϳϰϰϬ Žǆ ZĚ͕͘ ĞůůĞǀƵĞ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ϱϭϳͲϮϴϮͲϰϱϱϳ͕ ďƌŽŽŬĞďƌĂƐŬĂΛǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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/ŶŐŚĂŵ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DĂƐŽŶ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ŽƵƌƚŶĞǇ͕ ϱϭϳͲϯϭϲͲϲϯϱϱ͕ ŵŝďƵĐŬƐŬŝŶϭϵϲϳΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ WZ/> ϯϬ Ͷ ϱƚŚ ŶŶƵĂů ,ŽƌƐĞ Θ ZŝĚĞƌ KƉĞŶ ϰͲ, ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ŽŵĞƌƐĞƚ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď 'ƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ĂŬĞƌƐǀŝůůĞ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ DĂŶĚǇ͕ ϳϮϰͲϯϯϭͲϲϯϵϮ͕ ĚĞĨĂƌŵΛůŚƚƌŽƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 2017 D z ϰͲϲ Ͷ <D^, ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ^ŚŽǁ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϴϱϵͲϮϮϱͲϱϲϳϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŬŵƐŚĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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34th Annual COSCA Benefit Horse Show Medina County Fairgrounds • Medina, Ohio Saturday & Sunday, May 27 & 28, 2017 CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR MORE COSCA APPROVED SHOW DATES & SHOWBILLS! COSCA Summer Sizzler: August 19-20 COSCA Open Show: September 9 COSCA Championship Show: October 6-9 *1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 *16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 *35 36 37 38 39 40

JUDGES Saturday: Tammy Lickliter, Xenia, OH Sunday: Brandy Kemmer, Canfield, OH * Denotes COSCA non-point classes. ENTRY FEES FOR JACKPOT CLASSES: $15; Payback of 35%, 20%, 15%, 5%, 5%. ENTRY FEES FOR ALL OTHER CLASSES:

41 Jack Benny Pleasure - 39 Yrs. & Over - H/P, E/W, S/M/G SATURDAY, MAY 27 • 9:00 A.M. 42 Youth Western Pleasure - 18 Yrs. & Under - H/P, M/G Jackpot Open Halter- H/P, E/W, S/M/G 43 Men’s Western Pleasure Horses - 18 Yrs. & Over - S/M/G Open Halter Horse - 3 Yrs. & Over - E/W, S/M/G 44 Adult Western Horsemanship – 19 Yrs. & Over - S/M/G Open Halter Horse - 2 Yrs. & Under - E/W, C/F/G 45 Youth Western Horsemanship - 13 Yrs. & Under - H/P, M/G Adult Open Halter Horse – 19 Yrs. & Over - S/M/G 46 Youth Western Horsemanship – 14-18 yrs. - H/P, M/G Reg. Appaloosa Halter Horse - All Ages - S/M/G 47 Reg. Appaloosa Western Pleasure Horse - All Ages - S/M/G Reg. Quarter Horse Halter - All Ages - S/M/G 48 Reg. Paint/Pinto Western Pleasure Horse - All Types Reg. Paint/Pinto Halter Horse - All Ages (No Solid Horses) - S/M/G (No Solid Horses) S/M/G 49 4-H Western Horsemanship – 8-18 yrs – H/P, M/G Youth Open Halter - 18 Yrs. & Under - H/P, E/W, M/G 50 Reg. Quarter Horse Western Pleasure - All Ages - S/M/G Adult Showmanship – 19 Yrs. & Over - S/M/G, E/W 51 Western Hack Horse - Open - S/M/G Youth Showmanship - 14-18 Yrs. Incl. - H/P, E/W, M/G 52 4-H Western Pleasure – 8-18 yrs – H/P, M/G Youth Showmanship - 13 Yrs. & Under - H/P, E/W, M/G 53 Ladies’ Western Pleasure Horses - 18 Yrs. & Over - S/M/G Walk-Trot Showmanship – All Ages – H/P, E/W, M/G 4-H Showmanship – 8-18 yrs – H/P, E/W, M/G Ranch Horse Classes will not begin before 3 p.m. Open Showmanship – H/P, E/W, S/M/G 54 Ranch Horse Pleasure Pony & Horse Lead-In Equitation - 8 Yrs. & Under - E/W, M/G 55 Ranch Rail Pleasure BREAK 56 Ranch Conformation Training Class – All Ages – W/T/C - training aids allowed SUNDAY, MAY 28 • 9:00 A.M. Not Judged *57 Jackpot Open Halter – H/P, E/W, S/M/G Jackpot Open English Walk-Trot Pleasure - All Ages 58 Reg. Arabian, Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Breeding H/P, S/M/G (may cross enter canter classes) & Geldings In Hand - S/M/G Open Jr. Snaffle Bit English Pleasure - Horses 5 Yrs. 59 Reg. Morgan “In-Hand” - S/M/G & Under - S/M/G 60 Reg. American Saddlebred In-Hand Walk-Trot Equitation - 10 Yrs. & Under - H/P, E/W, M/G 61 Adult Open Halter Horse – 19 Yrs & Over – E/W, S/M/G Jackpot English Pleasure Horse - Open - S/M/G Youth English Equitation - 13 Yrs. & Under - H/P, SS/HS, M/G 62 Youth Open Halter – 18 Yrs. & Under – H/P, E/W, M/G 63 Open Easy Gaited Model (Conformation) – S/M/G Youth English Equitation – 14-18 Yrs. - H/P, SS/HS, M/G 64 Registered Paso Fino Bella Formas (Conformation) Walk-Trot Pleasure - 10 Yrs. & Under - H/P, E/W, M/G 65 Adult Showmanship - 19 Yrs & Over – E/W, S/M/G Adult Open English Pleasure Horse – 19 Yrs. & Over 66 Walk-Trot Showmanship - all ages - H/P, E/W, M/G S/M/G 67 Youth Showmanship 13 Yrs. & Under – H/P, E/W, M/G Walk-Trot Equitation - 11-18 Yrs. Incl. - H/P, E/W, M/G Youth English Pleasure - 18 Yrs. & Under - H/P, SS/HS, M/G 68 Youth Showmanship 14-18 Yrs. Incl – H/P, E/W, M/G 69 Pony & Horse Lead-In Equitation - 6 Yrs & Under Adult English Equitation – 19 Yrs & Over - S/M/G E/W, M/G Reg. Paint/Pinto English Pleasure Horse - All Types BREAK (No Solid Horses) - S/M/G *70 Training Class – All Ages - W/T/C – training aids allowed Walk-Trot Pleasure - 11-18 Yrs. Incl. - H/P, E/W, M/G Not Judged Open Hunter Pleasure Horses - S/M/G *71 Jackpot Open Walk-Trot Pleasure - All Ages - H/P, E/W, 4-H English Equitation – 8-18 yrs. – H/P, M/G S/M/G (may cross enter canter classes) Reg. Appaloosa English Pleasure Horse - All Ages - S/M/G Reg. Quarter Horse Hunter Under Saddle - All Ages - S/M/G 72 Jackpot Open Easy Gaited Pleasure (No Canter) - S/M/G 73 Walk-Trot Equitation/Horsemanship 10 Yrs & Under 4-H English Pleasure – 8-18 yrs – H/P, M/G H/P, E/W, M/G BREAK 74 Jackpot English Pleasure Horse – Saddle Seat - S/M/G Jackpot Open Western Walk-Trot Pleasure - All Ages (No cross entering with class 77) H/P, S/M/G (may cross enter canter classes) 75 Registered Paso Fino Country Pleasure Horses - Open Open Jr. Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure Horse 76 Walk-Trot Pleasure 10 Yrs & Under - H/P, E/W, M/G 5 Yrs & Under - S/M/G 77 Jackpot English Pleasure Horse – Hunt Seat - S/M/G Walk-Trot Equitation/Horsemanship - 19 Yrs. & Over (No cross entering with class 74) H/P, E/W, S/M/G 78 Reg. American Saddlebred Three-Gaited English Jackpot Open Western Pleasure Horse – S/M/G Show Pleasure Walk-Trot Pleasure - 19 Yrs. & Over - H/P, E/W, S/M/G 79 Reg. Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Country Adult Open Western Pleasure Horse - 19 Yrs & Over English Pleasure (Saddle Seat) - S/M/G S/M/G

A POINT SHOW FOR Central Ohio Saddle Club Assoc., Inc. (COSCA) & American Saddlebred Horse Association of Ohio $5 One set of ribbons will be awarded in each class to 5 places. No payback. Stalls will be available AFTER 6 p.m. on Friday on a RESERVED FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS, and WITH ADVANCE PAYMENT ONLY. Cost of stalls is $15 per day. No bedding will be provided. No bedding will be offered for sale. A grounds fee of $5 per horse per day will be charged for all horses showing out of a trailer. Office Fee: $5 per horse per day. Camper Fee: $20 per day. Food available on grounds.

80 Reg. Morgan English Pleasure Horses (Saddle Seat) Open 81 Adult Open English Pleasure Horse – 19 Yrs. & Over S/M/G 82 Reg. Paso Fino Pleasure Horses - Adults 18 Yrs. & Over 83 Reg. American Saddlebred Three-Gaited Amateur English Country Pleasure 84 Youth English Pleasure – 18 Yrs. & Under – H/P, M/G 85 Adult Open English Equitation – 19 Yrs. & Over – S/M/G 86 Youth English Equitation – 13 Yrs. & Under – H/P, M/G 87 Youth English Equitation – 14-18 Yrs. – H/P, M/G 88 Reg. TWH English Lite Shod Specialty - S/M/G 89 Reg. Paso Fino Performance Horses Adults 18 Yrs. & Over BREAK 90 Pleasure Driving - Open – H/P, S/M/G 91 Reg. Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Mounted Native Costume - S/M/G 92 Open Easy Gaited Pleasure (Canter) - S/M/G 93 Reg. American Saddlebred Three-Gaited Park Full Mane & Tail 94 Registered Paso Fino Pleasure Horses Youth 17 Yrs. & Under 95 Pleasure Driving: Reinsmanship 96 Walk-Trot Equitation/Horsemanship 11-18 Yrs. H/P, E/W, M/G 97 English Road Hack Horses - S/M/G 98 Easy Gaited Pleasure (No Canter) - 17 Yrs. & Under 99 Walk-Trot Pleasure 11-18 Yrs - H/P, E/W, M/G 100 English Bridle Path Horses - S/M/G 101 Reg. Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Hunter Pleasure - Open - S/M/G 102 Reg. Morgan Hunter Pleasure Horses – Open 103 Reg. TWH English Lite Shod (Canter) - S/M/G 104 Reg. American Saddlebred Hunter Country Pleasure 105 Registered Paso Fino Performance Horses Youth 17 Yrs. & Under SHORT BREAK 106 Jackpot Open Western Pleasure Horse – S/M/G 107 Open Easy Gaited Equitation/Horsemanship (No Canter) - S/M/G 108 Adult Open Western Pleasure Horses 19 Yrs. & Over – S/M/G 109 Reg. Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Western Pleasure - S/M/G 110 Youth Western Pleasure – 18 Yrs. & Under – H/P, M/G 111 Easy Gaited Equitation/Horsemanship (No Canter) 17 Yrs. & Under 112 Adult Western Horsemanship – 19 Yrs. & Over – S/M/G 113 Adult Walk-Trot Equitation/Horsemanship 19 Yrs & Over H/P, E/W, S/M/G 114 Reg. Morgan Western Pleasure - Open 115 Youth Western Horsemanship - 13 Yrs. & Under - H/P, M/G 116 Youth Western Horsemanship – 14-18 Yrs. – H/P, M/G 117 Adult Walk-Trot Pleasure 19 Yrs & Over - H/P, E/W, S/M/G Thank you to all of our sponsors and volunteers!

FMI: Joyce Berger, Show Secretary • 11012 Jeffries Rd., Berlin Hts., OH 44814 • (419) 433-5049 — Stall Reservations: Barb Nixon, (330) 607-5681

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16th ANNUAL MEDINA KIDS CARE 4 MEDINA COUNTY HOME RESIDENTS BENEFIT Horse Show Sponsors: Valley Tack Shop, The Horsemen’s Corral, AMCOR, Brookside Lawn Service

May 7, 2017 *Rain or Shine — Medina County Fairgrounds* Trophies for High Point Winners (13 and under) (14 to 18) (19 and over) (One Walk Trot) Trophies to ALL lead line entries and All Around High Point for the day Trophy

Deputy Marguerite Smith and Ron & Pat Seeley Memorial Classes—special prizes! Show starts 9:30 entry booth open at 8:30 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

Open Halter Stalls Available! AQHA Halter Carrots & Apples Showmanship (13 and under) for sale for your horses! Showmanship (14 to 18) Showmanship (19 and over) Pee Wee Showmanship (9 and under NOT eligible for any other classes except Lead Line and Halter classes) W/T Equitation (9 to 13) W/T Equitation (14 to 18) W/T Equitation (19 and over) W/T Pleasure (9 to 13) - Marguerite Smith Memorial W/T Pleasure (14 to 18) W/T Pleasure (19 and over) Generation Gap W/T (Riders must be 10 years apart, ID may be checked, Class may move to after lunch break, Double Entry Fee)* Lead Line (9 and under) (May not enter any other class except 1,2 and 6) Trophies to all participants Ron & Pat Seeley Memorial

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English Equitation (19 and over) English Pleasure (13 and under) English Pleasure (14 to 18) English Pleasure (19 and over) SHORT BREAK: BRINGING OUT RESIDENTS FOR RECOGNITION — 10 MINUTES

LUNCH BREAK: National Anthem, Demonstrations, Horseless Walk (no horse $1 donation, prizes awarded!)

22. JACKPOT Western Pleasure Open ($10 Entry fee, $50 for first prize guaranteed, Cash prizes thru 5th) 23. Ladies Pleasure (19 and over) 50/50 Drawing 24. Men's Pleasure (19 and over) Prize Raffles 25. Western Horsemanship (13 and under) Horseless Walk 26. Western Horsemanship (14 to 18) Tack Vendor 27. Western Horsemanship (19 & over) ...and more!! 28. Western Pleasure (13 and under) 29. Western Pleasure (14 to 18) 30. Western Pleasure (19 and over) 31. Willie Nelson/Reba McEntire Western Pleasure (30 and over) 32. Simon Says (All ages) 33. Egg and Spoon (All ages)

15. JACKPOT English Pleasure Open ($10 entry fee, $50 for first prize guaranteed, Cash prizes thru 5th) 16. English Equitation (13 and under) 17. English Equitation (14 to 18)

SHORT BREAK: 10 MINUTES RAFFLES TO BE ANNOUNCED 34. Versatility (Western Pleasure and Barrels) (W/T & Leadline do not Photographer: Platz Images qualify for this class)

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**Showbill subject to change, due to updates including classes and line up, email or call to double check** High Point for ALL classes will be announced 10 minutes after last class. Please no checking points during show! $2 grounds fee per horse. Stalls available $15. Classes closed TWO CLASSES prior without exception. Horse and Rider combination carry same number. If horse has second rider, a new number must be given. 60 Second Gate rule will be enforced to move the show along quickly! *Generation Gap - Please choose rider to receive points, only one rider can receive points. This is strictly a benefit horse show and paid for by generous contributions from various sponsors. All money for entries goes to benefit the residents of the County Home to make their dreams come true! Kids Care, County Home or anyone affiliated with show not responsible for loss or injury. Thank you to all of our sponsors!!

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D z ϲ Ͷ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ ϰͲ, dĂĐŬ ^ǁĂƉ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϰϮϭϱ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ZŽĂĚ͕ ZĂŶĚŽůƉŚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϯϯϬͲϳϭϱͲϮϯϱϳ͘ D z ϲ Ͷ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ZĂŶĐŚ ϮϬϭϳ KƉĞŶ WĂǇďĂĐŬ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϭ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϭϲϯ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ >ĂŶĞ͕ &ƌĂŶŬůŝŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϭϰͲϰϯϳͲϱϳϱϳ Žƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͘ D z ϲ Ͷ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ĞƌďǇ ŝĐĞ ZƵŶ͕ ϯϬϵ >ŽĐŬǁŽŽĚ >ĂŶĞ͕ &ƌĂŶŬůŝŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ZŽďŝŶ͕ ϴϭϰͲ ϯϵϴͲϮϲϴϲ͘ MAY 6-7 — Clinton Anderson’s Walkabout Tour, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg, PA. FMI: 888-287-7432, www. downunderhorsemanship.com. MAY 6-7 — Jackpot Dressage Schooling Show, Eden Park Equestrian Complex, Sunbury, OH. FMI: Duane Stutzman, 740610-4129, horsejudge125@gmail.com, www. buckeyeequestrianevents.com. D z ϲͲϳ Ͷ KƩĂǁĂ ŽƵŶƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ &ƵǌǌǇ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ KƩĂǁĂ Ž͘ Fairgrounds, Oak Harbor, OH. FMI: Brianne Mathews, 419-707-0398, briannemathews@ gmail.com, www.ochf.net. D z ϲͲϳ Ͷ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ t ZĂŶĐŚ͕ ^ǁĂŶƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ tĞŶĚǇ͕ ϰϭϵͲϱϵϰͲϮϵϲϴ͕ ƐƚĞƉŚĞǇΛƚĚƐ͘ŶĞƚ͘ &ŝŶĚ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͕ EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ WŽŶǇ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘ D z ϲͲϳ Ͷ ^ƚĞǀĞ >ĂŶƚǀŝƚ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ dƌĂŝů KďƐƚĂĐůĞ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ,ŝŐŚŐƌŽǀĞ &Ăƌŵ͕ >ĂWŽƌƚĞ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ ϱϳϰͲϯϯϵͲϮϬϬϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐƚĞǀĞůĂŶƚǀŝƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 7 — All Breed Contest Show, 1 p.m., ^ƉŝŶŶŝŶŐ tŚĞĞů &Ăƌŵ͕ /ŶĐ͕͘ ϲϴϭϬ ĂƌƌĞƩ ZĚ͕͘ Geneva, OH. FMI: 440-813-2502, cher195013@ hotmail.com, www.spinninghweelfarminc.com. MAY 7 — 16th Annual Medina Kids Care 4 DĞĚŝŶĂ ŽƵŶƚǇ ,ŽŵĞ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĞŶĞĮƚ ,ŽƌƐĞ Show, Medina Co. Fairgrounds, Medina, OH. FMI: 330-722-2342, medinakidscare@yahoo. com. D z ϳ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ^Ƶŵŵŝƚ ŽƵŶƚǇ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϮϮϵ ĂƐƚ ,ŽǁĞ ǀĞ͕͘ dĂůůŵĂĚŐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ĂŵĂŶƚŚĂ͕ ϯϯϬͲϵϱϴͲϬϬϮϳ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐƵŵŵŝƚĐŽƵŶƚǇƐĂĚĚůĞŚŽƌƐĞ͘ŽƌŐ͘ D z ϳ Ͷ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ůƵĞ >ĂŬĞƐ &Ăƌŵ͕ EĞǁďƵƌǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϰϰϬͲϱϲϰͲϳϯϬϯ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ďůƵĞůĂŬĞƐĨĂƌŵ͘ŶĞƚ͘ D z ϳͶ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ &ŝŶĚ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͗ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͘ D z ϭϬͲϭϰ Ͷ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϴϱϵͲ ϮϯϯͲϬϰϵϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŬĞŶƚƵĐŬǇŚŽƌƐĞƐŚŽǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϭͲϭϰ Ͷ ůů ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ zŽƵƚŚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ KŚŝŽ ǆƉŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ŽůƵŵďƵƐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϲϭϰͲϲϮϬͲ ϵϳϴϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĂĂǇŚƐŚŽǁ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 12 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Contest Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ >ĞĂŶŶĞ >ŽƵŝǀĞ͕ ϯϯϬͲϴϰϰͲ 4041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. D z ϭϮͲϭϯ Ͷ dĂĐŬ Θ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ĂůĞ͕ Dƚ͘ ,ŽƉĞ ƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ϴϬϳϲ ^Z Ϯϰϭ͕ DŝůůĞƌƐďƵƌŐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŚƵƌŵĂŶ͕ ϯϯϬͲϲϳϰͲϲϭϴϴ͕ ƚŚƵƌŵĂŶΛ ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϮͲϭϰ Ͷ ĞŶƚƌĂů KŚŝŽ ZĞŝŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ZĞŝŶ Žƌ ^ŚŝŶĞ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽĚĚ <ŶĞƌƌ͕ ϲϭϰͲ ϳϳϴͲϱϭϯϮ͕ ƚĂŬŶĞƌƌΛĂƩ͘ŶĞƚ͘ D z ϭϮͲϭϰ Ͷ Z^dW ZĂŶĐŚ ^ŽƌƟŶŐ Θ WĞŶŶŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ :ƵůŝĞ͕ ϰϭϮͲ ϱϳϲͲϯϴϴϲ͕ ƐŽƌƚĂŶĚƉĞŶΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 13 — Fun Show & Open House, 10 a.m., Knox County Horse Park, 7360 Thayer Rd., Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: www.knoxcountyhorsepark. com.

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Open Halter Open Jackpot Halter added $50-$100 Showmanship 13 and Under E/W Showmanship 14-18 E/W Showmanship 19 and Over E/W Open Jackpot Showmanship E/W added $50-$100 Draft Showmanship

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Lead Line and Therapeutic E/W Open W/T English Pleasure English Pleasure 13 and Under English Pleasure 14-18 English Pleasure 19 and Over Open Jackpot English Pleasure added $50-$100 Open W/T English Equitation Open English Equitation

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Open Driving Single Hitch (All Breeds) Open Driving Reinsmanship (Pattern Class) (All Breeds) W/T Trail Trail Single Farm Hitch

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Jr. Western Pleasure Horse 5 and Under Sr. Western Pleasure Horse 6 and Over W/T Western Pleasure 13 and Under

All shows held at Glen Dunn Arena 5695 Clay City Drive SE Urichsville, Ohio 44683-7524 â&#x20AC;˘ From North: I-77 South to SR 250 East to Uhrichsville. Take SR 36 West to Trenton Ave. exit. â&#x20AC;˘ From South: I-77 North to Newcomerstown exit. Turn right on to SR 36 East to Trenton Ave. exit (approx. 18 miles). â&#x20AC;˘ From East: Take SR 250 or SR 800 to Dennison to SR 36 East to Trenton Ave. exit. â&#x20AC;˘ From West: Take SR 240 to Uhrichsville to the Trenton Ave. exit. â&#x20AC;˘ From Trenton Avenue Exit: Go to caution light. Turn right onto Newport Ave. (CR 28), go appox. 1 mile, turn right onto Blizzard Ridge Rd. Go 1 mile, turn left onto Clay City Drive. Show grounds are on the left.

W/T Western Pleasure 14-18 W/T Western Pleasure 19 and Over W/T Jack Benny Western Pleasure (39 and Over) Open Jackpot W/T Western Pleasure added $50-$100 $4 Western Pleasure 13 and Under $4 Western Pleasure 13 to 18 $4 Western Pleasure 19 and Over $4 Jack Benny Western Pleasure (39 and Over) $4 Open Stock Western Pleasure $4 Open Non-Stock Western Pleasure $10 Open Jackpot Western Pleasure added $50-$100 $4 Open W/T Western Horsemanship $4 Open Western Horsemanship $4 Open Reining $4 Open W/T Ranch Pleasure $4 Open Ranch Pleasure

***** Drag Arena / Contest Not To Start Before 3 P.M. *****

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Cones Keyhole Stakes Race Pole Bending 13 and Under Pole Bending 14-18 Pole Bending 19 and Over Open Jackpot Pole Bending added $50-$100 Barrels 13 and Under Barrels 14-18 Barrels 19 and Over Open Jackpot Barrels added $50-$100

Tune into WTUZ, WJER, or our website or Facebook for cancellations. ALL CLASSES SUBJECT TO CHANGE THE DAY OF THE SHOW. â&#x20AC;˘ Proper & safe show attire is required for all classes and ASTM/SEI safety helmets are encouraged! â&#x20AC;˘ Each Horse/Rider/Handler combo will require a separate number. â&#x20AC;˘ Open classes are for all aged riders. â&#x20AC;˘ Horse/Rider combination may not cross over. â&#x20AC;˘ All classes are open to all horses and ponies of any DJH EUHHG DQG VL]H XQOHVV RWKHUZLVH VSHFLÂżHG â&#x20AC;˘ Jackpot classes payback 80% (40%, 30%, 20%, 10%) 5-9 entries - $50 added/10+ entries - $100 added. â&#x20AC;˘ Ribbons are awarded for 1st-5th places. Points are awarded 1st-6th place for KSC members.

Â&#x2021; FRPELQHG JURXQGV DQG Rá&#x201A;&#x2C6;FH IHH SHU KRUVH LV applicable to any non KSC member. â&#x20AC;˘ No refunds for scratched classes, including open checks. â&#x20AC;˘ Entries must be completed one (1) class in advance. â&#x20AC;˘ KSC is governed by its own Rules and Regulations. Horse Show Rules will be available at every show. â&#x20AC;˘ KSC is PAC approved & AHA Incentive Program facility. â&#x20AC;˘ No abuse of animals will be tolerated! â&#x20AC;˘ All dogs must remain on leash. â&#x20AC;˘ NO ALCOHOL on the grounds Â&#x2021; .6& PHPEHUV VKRZ Rá&#x201A;&#x2C6;FLDOV VSRQVRUV DQG RU agents will not be liable for loss, accidents and/ or injury to any animal, rider, spectator or their possessions. â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;&#x153;EQUINE LIABILITY ACTâ&#x20AC;? SIGNS ARE POSTED. RIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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Corral Calendar Continued from page 16 MAY 13 — Rocky Fork Rodeo Co. Youth Rodeo Clinic, North of Cambridge, OH. FMI: Tonya Venham, 740-350-0027, Find us on Facebook: Z&Z ƵůůĞƟŶ ŽĂƌĚ͘ MAY 13 — Winter Series Contest Show & Beginner’s Fun Show, Blue Lakes Farm, Newbury, OH. FMI: www.bluelakesfarm.net.

MAY 13 — Cook Forest Annual Horse & Tack ^ĂůĞ͕ ϭϲϲϭ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ůĂƌŝŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ patrailride.com. MAY 13 — Luke Reinhold Horsemanship Clinic, 10 a.m., Sunset Stables & Training Facility, DŽŶƚƌŽƐĞ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ :ĞŶŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ͕ ϲϬϳͲϯϮϵͲϲϳϮϭ͕ sunsetstablesandtrainingfacility@yahoo.com.

D z ϭϯ Ͷ ǀĞƌǁŝŶĚ ZĂŶĐŚ dĂĐŬ ^ǁĂƉ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ϭϱϴϳϭ ^ƚƵƌŐŝƐ ZĚ͕͘ hŶŝŽŶ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϭϰͲϰϯϴͲϯϵϬϯ͘ D z ϭϯͲϭϰ Ͷ ϭϬƚŚ ŶŶƵĂů ƌŝǀŝŶŐ ,ĂƌŶĞƐƐ ůŝŶŝĐ ǁŝƚŚ 'ĞŶĞ ƌŽǁŶ͕ ĞĂǀĞƌ ZƵŶ ƌĞŶĂ͕ ϯϰϲϬ Zƚ͘ ϰϭϬ͕ WƵŶǆƐƵƚĂǁŶĞǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ WĂŵ͕ 814-246-8221.

MAY 13-14 — ASHAO Annual Show, Ashland ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϮϬϰϮ ůĂƌĞŵŽŶƚ ǀĞ͕͘ Ashland, OH. FMI: www.ohiosaddlebred.com. MAY 13-14 — The Challenge presented by ^KY, ͕ tŽƌůĚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ tŝůŵŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ OH. FMI: www.markharrellhorseshows.com. MAY 13-14 — Belmont County Saddle Club Trail ZŝĚĞ͕ ŽŶĞ ŵŝůĞ ĂƐƚ ŽĨ DŽƌƌŝƐƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŚƵĐŬ >ŽŌŽŶ͕ ϯϬϰͲϮϴϭͲϵϵϮϬ͘ MAY 14 — Mother’s Day Carriage Rides, 11 a.m. to dusk, Geneva State Park, Geneva, OH. FMI: Spinning Wheel Farm, Inc., 440813-2502, cher195013@hotmail.com, www. spinninghwheelfarminc.com. D z ϭϰ Ͷ dƌŝƉůĞ ,ĞĂƌƚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϮϰϬϳϯ :ŝŵ dŽďŝŶ >ĂŶĞ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ >Ğ^ƵĞƌ͕ ϴϭϰͲ 573-7163, aalesuer@yahoo.com, www. ƚƌŝƉůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ǁĞĞďůǇ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϲͲϮϭ Ͷ DĂǇ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ZŝĚĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ :ŽŚŶ >ǇŽŶƐ͕ ŽŽŬ &ŽƌĞƐƚ ^ĐĞŶŝĐ dƌĂŝůƌŝĚĞ͕ ƵĚĞ ZĂŶĐŚ͕ ,ŽƌƐĞ ĂŵƉŐƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ϭϲϲϭ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ůĂƌŝŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ƉĂƚƌĂŝůƌŝĚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 17-21 — SOQHA “The Madness”, World ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ tŝůŵŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐŽƋŚĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϵ Ͷ DŝŶŝ ,ŽƌƐĞ Θ ŽŶŬĞǇ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ,ĞŝĚŝ ŽůĞ͕ ϳϮϰͲϴϮϮͲϴϰϭϯ͕ www.crookedcreekhorsepark.com. MAY 19-21 — Tri-Co Trails Spring Ride Weekend, 2662 Downing St. SW, East Sparta, OH. FMI: Ellen Van Pelt, 330-323-2834, www. tri-cotrails.com. D z ϭϵͲϮϭ Ͷ 'ƌĞĂƚ >ĂŬĞƐ ƌĞĂ ƌŝǀŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ƌŝǀŝŶŐ dƌŝĂů͕ tŝŶĚǇ <ŶŽůů &Ăƌŵ͕ ^ƵůůŝǀĂŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ƚĂĐĞǇ 'ŝĞƌĞ͕ ϰϰϬͲϮϵϮͲϳϭϵϴ͘ D z ϭϵͲϮϭ Ͷ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ƉƉůĞ ůŽƐƐŽŵ ůĂƐƐŝĐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ D^h WĂǀŝůŝŽŶ͕ ĂƐƚ >ĂŶƐŝŶŐ͕ D/͘ FMI: Mark Russell, 517-655-4712, rtrainct@aol. com, www.russelltrainingcenter.com. MAY 20 — Northern Kentucky Horse Network /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƌŝůů dĞĂŵ ŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ 9:30 a.m., 100 Fairgrounds Rd., Alexandria, KY. FMI: Jim Mayer, 859-496-4976, jimwmayer@ yahoo.com. D z ϮϬ Ͷ ůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ Show, Ridgewood Stables, Medina, OH. FMI: cadsrider@gmail.com, www.cadsdressage. org. D z ϮϬ Ͷ KƉĞŶ ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ ĞŶĞĮƚ ĨŽƌ 'ƌĂĐŝĞ Giles, 12 p.m., Huron County Fairgrounds, EŽƌǁĂůŬ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ĂƌŽů͕ ϰϭϵͲϲϴϭͲϬϭϲϴ͘ D z ϮϬ Ͷ dƌŝƉůĞ ,ĞĂƌƚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ ϭ ĂǇ &ŝŶĚŝŶŐ zŽƵƌ ĂůĂŶĐĞ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ϮϰϬϳϯ :ŝŵ dŽďŝŶ >ĂŶĞ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ LeSuer, 814-573-7163, aalesuer@yahoo.com, ǁǁǁ͘ƚƌŝƉůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ǁĞĞďůǇ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 20 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Contest Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Rachael Adamson, 419-6069712, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. MAY 20 — The Science of Cues: 7 Elements ŽĨ ǀĞƌǇ ^ŝŐŶĂů ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ϭͲϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ tŝŶĮĞůĚ &Ăƌŵ Θ &ŽƌŐĞ͕ ϯϰϯϰϮ >Ăǁ ZŽĂĚ͕ 'ƌĂŌŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ Sarah Vas, 330-760-1623. MAY 20 — Rocky Fork Rodeo Co. Youth Rodeo, 10 a.m., North of Cambridge, OH. FMI: Tonya Venham, 740-350-0027, Find us on Facebook: Z&Z ƵůůĞƟŶ ŽĂƌĚ͘ MAY 20-21 — 2 Day Ranch Riding/Ranch Pleasure Clinic, Terry Myers Training Center, Ostrander, OH. FMI: 740-666-1162, www. TMTrainingCenter.com. D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ WŝŶƚŽ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ KŚŝŽ Summer Warm Up Show, 8:30 a.m., Fulton County Fairgrounds, 8514 SR 108, Wauseon, OH. FMI: Amy, 419-706-6135, leibold1043@ yahoo.com, www.ohiopinto.com.

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D z ϮϭͲϮϮ Ͷ ZŝĚĞ tĞůů ůŝŶŝĐ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϴϬϬͲϱϬϯͲϮϴϮϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘>ǇŶŶWĂůŵ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϱͲϮϴ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ƵĐŬĞǇĞ ZĞŝŶŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ^ƉƌŝŶŐĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ www.buckeyereiningseries.com. D z Ϯϲ Ͷ tĂǇŶĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď KƉĞŶ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ϰϮϬϬ KǀĞƌƚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ >ĞĂŶŶĞ >ŽƵŝǀĞ͕ ϯϯϬͲϴϰϰͲ ϰϬϰϭ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ǁĂǇŶĞĐŽƵŶƚǇƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z Ϯϲ Ͷ DŝĚ KŚŝŽ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ĂƚĂůŽŐĞĚ dƌŽƫŶŐ ^ĂůĞ͕ ϯ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ Dƚ͘ ,ŽƉĞ ƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ϴϬϳϲ ^Z Ϯϰϭ͕ DŝůůĞƌƐďƵƌŐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŚƵƌŵĂŶ͕ ϯϯϬͲϲϳϰͲ ϲϭϴϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϳ Ͷ ĚĂŵƐ ŽƵŶƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ KƉĞŶ ůů ƌĞĞĚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ĚĂŵƐ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ tĞƐƚ hŶŝŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ DĞůŝƐƐĂ ŽǁŶƐ͕ ϵϯϳͲϲϵϱͲϬϱϱϬ͕ ĂĐŚĂ͘ƐŚŽǁΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϳ Ͷ ,ĞŶĚƌŝĐŬƐ ŽƵŶƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ůƵď ŽŶƚĞƐƟŶŐ Θ WĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ,ĞŶĚƌŝĐŬƐ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ϭϵϬϬ ͘ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ͕͘ ĂŶǀŝůůĞ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ :Ğī ,ĞĂƌŽŶ͕ ϯϭϳͲϲϵϰͲϳϲϵϯ͕ hchc4u@gmail.com, www.hchc4u.com. D z ϮϲͲϮϴ Ͷ KƩĂǁĂ ŽƵŶƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŽŝŶƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ KƩĂǁĂ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ KĂŬ ,ĂƌďŽƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ƌŝĂŶŶĞ DĂƚŚĞǁƐ͕ ϰϭϵͲϳϬϳͲϬϯϵϴ͕ ďƌŝĂŶŶĞŵĂƚŚĞǁƐΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŽĐŚĨ͘ŶĞƚ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϴ Ͷ DĂǇĚĂǌĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ dƌŝĂůƐ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ DĂŐŐŝĞ tƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ϴϱϵͲϲϮϭͲϮϰϳϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŚĂŵƉĂŐŶĞƌƵŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϴ Ͷ < ŶŶƵĂů ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ^ŚŽǁ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ŬĞŶƚƵĐŬǇĚƌĞƐƐĂŐĞĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘ŽƌŐ͘

MAY 20-21 — Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros Colt .45 I & II, 10 a.m., Ashtabula Co. Fairgrounds, ϭϬϳ WŽƉůĂƌ ^ƚ͕͘ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ lakeeriemountedvaqueros.net. MAY 20-21 — Great Lakes Appaloosa Quadarama, University of Findlay, Findlay, K,͘ &D/͗ dŽĚĚ DŝĐŚĂĞů͕ ϰϭϵͲϯϬϲͲϮϮϱϵ͕ ƚŵĐŽǁďŽǇΛĂŽů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŐůĂƉŚĐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ :ƵůŝĞ 'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ tŝůůŽǁ ƌŽŽŬ &ĂƌŵƐ͕ EŽƌƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϬϬͲϮϮϱͲ ϴϴϮϳ͕ ǁǁǁ͘:ƵůŝĞ'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 20-21 — Steve Lantvit Intermediate/ Advanced Horsemanship Clinic, Highgrove Farm, LaPorte, IN. FMI: 574-339-2000, www. stevelantvit.com. D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ Θ EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ WŽŶǇ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ϮϬϭϳ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϱϳ ĂƐƚ &Ăŝƌ ǀĞ͕͘ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŚƌŝƐ͕ ϵϯϳͲϮϭϴͲϬϲϴϰ͕ www.soqpa.com. MAY 20-21 — NBHA, IBRA, NPBA Barrel & Pole ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ Creek Dam Rd., Ford City, PA. FMI: Lisa, 724ϯϯϯͲϮϵϴϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z Ϯϭ Ͷ KǀĞƌ dŚĞ ,ŝůů &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ƉŝŶŶŝŶŐ tŚĞĞů &Ăƌŵ͕ /ŶĐ͕͘ ϲϴϭϬ ĂƌƌĞƩ ZĚ͕͘ 'ĞŶĞǀĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϰϰϬͲϴϭϯͲϮϱϬϮ͕ ĐŚĞƌϭϵϱϬϭϯΛŚŽƚŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐƉŝŶŶŝŶŐŚǁŚĞĞůĨĂƌŵŝŶĐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 21 — High Hope Steeplechase, 11 a.m. to ϴ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϴϱϵͲϵϲϳͲϵϰϰϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŚŝŐŚŚŽƉĞƐƚĞĞƉůĞĐŚĂƐĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 21 — Stonybrook Saddle Club’s Judged Pleasure Trail Ride, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., EŽƌƚŚŵŽƌĞůĂŶĚ WĂƌŬ͕ ϮϴϬ DĂƌŬůĞ ZĚ͕͘ ƉŽůůŽ͕ W ͘ FMI: www.stonybrooksaddleclub.com. D z ϮϭͲϮϮ Ͷ ZŝĚĞ tĞůů ůŝŶŝĐ͕ EĞǁƚŽǁŶ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϬϬͲϱϬϯͲϮϴϮϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘>ǇŶŶWĂůŵ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association

RANCH HORSE SHOW Guernsey Co. Fairgrounds, 335 Old National Road, Lore City, Ohio 43755

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All Breeds Welcome! Show Begins at 9:15 a.m. Entries for first class end at 9 a.m. Entries for each class end one class ahead. Ranch Versatility and Green Ranch Rider must enter all classes before first class is shown. Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner available on grounds! Lunch break will be announced.

Visit www.ohfqha.com Show Updates/Events, Rulebook, Cross-entry Restrictions, Class Descriptions, Patterns, Membership Information, Versatility Awards, Year-End Awards, Friday Clinics, Fun Shows, Freestyle Reining, and more! Follow Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association on Facebook!

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OFQHA President: Kevin Barrett, (937) 407-0937 • Vice President: Tiffany Davis, (740) 877-2833 Yearly OFQHA Membership Required: $20 Individual/$30 Family SHOW FEES: Stalls, $30 or Jumpout $20 — Camping $30. Adult Non-Cattle Classes $10 — Adult Cattle Classes $30 Youth Non-Cattle Classes $5 — Youth Cattle Classes, $15 Showbill & Cattle Fees Subject to Change.

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Cutting Youth Cutting Ranch Cutting (cut, pen) Youth Ranch Cutting (cut, pen) Ranch Roping Youth Ranch Roping Roping (fence & rope) Working Cow (box, fence, circle) Ranch Boxing (rein, box) Green Boxing Boxing Youth Boxing W/T Ranch Riding (rail class) Youth W/T Ranch Riding (rail class) Youth Ranch Riding (rail class) HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

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Rancing Riding (rail class) Green Reiner BREAKAWAY Youth Reiner Ranch Reining Ropes Only Jackpot Barrels Ranch Conformation 3 & Over Youth Ranch Conformation Ranch Conformation 2 & Under

*Classes 24-28 Shown AT WILL in Grass Field 10 a.m. to 2:3 p.m. ONLY*

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Youth W/T Ranchmanship (pattern) Youth Ranchmanship (pattern) Ranchmanship (pattern) Youth Ranch Trail Ranch Trail April 2017

Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Association

Youth Spotlight PRESIDENT, Denise Igoe; 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Candi Fites; TREASURER, Chris Darnell; SECRETARY, Brittany Few; CLUB WEBSITE, www.noqha.com

This month we are spotlighting one of our Youth. Hi, my name is Madison Swartz and I am 17 years old. I live in Uniontown, Ohio, with my mom and dad. I also have an older sister. She just had a baby last year so I am also an aunt. My horse’s name is Willy Be Fine but we call him Troy. I train with Missy Thyfaut in Shelby, Ohio. The events I show in are hunter under saddle, showmanship and equitation. I started taking lessons when I was 6 years old and also began when I got to ride horses in the mountains in Colorado. When I was 13 my parents agreed to buy my first horse which

Madison Swartz then got me into showing in the Quarter Horse circuit. I plan on going to medical school after high school. I am now in prenursing and love the field. My sister is also an ER doctor and I would love to be a doctor just like her. My plans are to become a pediatric plastic surgeon.

Adams County Horsemen’s Association

Four Shows to Mark on Your Calendar PRESIDENT, Kim Baker; VICE PRESIDENT, Cody Smart; SECRETARY, Jane Smart; TREASURER, Dave Baker PHONE, 937/779-7631, EMAIL, quiverheartkim@yahoo.com Find us on Facebook

Hello spring—goodbye to the winter we really never had. We have been busy here in Adams County planning the 2017 show dates. We have four shows on the calendar for this year. We also have all four shows points approved with SOAR, SSHEBA OIP, APHA PAC. Reserve these dates in your calendars—we would love to have you come visit us in Adams County for fun filled days of horse showing; Friday, May 26, 7:30 p.m. Gymkhana/Contest classes and Saturday, May 27, 12 p.m. for the Pleasure show. June 16, 7:30 p.m. will be our second show for the season. This will be a Gymkhana/ Contesting only show. Saturday, July 15, starting at 12 p.m. during the Adams County Fair will be our third show. This show will be a Pleasure Show (no contesting). And finally our fourth show will be September 1 and 2. Friday, Sept. 1, 7:30 p.m. will be another Gymkhana/Contesting Show and Saturday, Sept. 2, 12 p.m. for our Pleasure Show. Location for all April 2017

shows will be at the Adams County Fairgrounds in West Union, Ohio. Stalls will be available for a fee. If you would like any information or have questions you can either see our Facebook Group—Adams County Horsemen’s Association (ACHA) or email Melissa at acha.show@gmail. com, she will be happy to send you all the information. Also be sure to see our ad in the Corral with all our showbills. We also have our first trail ride planned for the year on April 22 at Shawnee Bear Lake. Several of our members attended the annual SOTA (Southern Ohio Trail Association) Chili Cook-Off in February. SOTA had another very successful fundraising event. Thanks to all who support SOTA on their trail efforts at East Fork State Park and the Shawnee State Forest. ACHA meets on the fourth Tuesday each month, 7 p.m. for our carry-in potluck dinner, meeting to follow. We are a family oriented, fun-easy going group who would welcome new members who share this same feeling. Please feel free to call or email for meeting location address/ directions. Wishing you all a happy spring and summer to come! Until next month... HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

Wayne County Saddle Club www.waynecountysaddleclub.com Shows held at the “Hollow” • 4200 Overton Road • Wooster, OH 44691 Route 30 to Fry Rd., turn north to stop, go right then quick left on 302. Go approx. 1.5 miles turn right on Overton Road then 2.6 miles on the left just after McAfee Rd.

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*Represents point classes for year-end awards.

Walk Trot Small Fry Youth Open 30 & Over Jackpot Exhibition

Entry $3.00 $3.00 $4.00 $5.00 $5.00 $15.00 $3.00

2017 Open Contest Shows April 29 • May 20 • June 17 • July 7 • July 29 August 26 • September 30 All shows start at 10 a.m.

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Small Fry Ball Race Youth Ball Race Open Ball Race Walk Trot Stakes Small Fry Stakes Youth Stakes Open Stakes Open Flags Open Down and Back

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Payback Ribbons for 1st-5th (18 and under & 19 over for points) $1.00, 40%-30%-20%-10% (12 and under as of Jan. 1) $2.00, 40%-30%-20%-10% (18 & under as of Jan. 1) $3.00, 40%-30%-20%-10% $3.00, 40%-30%-20%-10% $10.00, 40%-30%-20%-10% 2 Minute Time Limit

For More Info.: VP Contest, Rachael Adams (419) 606-9712 President Rich Gortner (330) 466-1171

Walk Trot Poles Exhibition Poles Small Fry Poles Youth Poles Open Poles 30 and Over Poles Jackpot Poles Added Money!

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Walk Trot Barrels Exhibition Barrels Small Fry Barrels Youth Barrels Open Barrels 30 & Over Barrels Jackpot Barrels Added Money!

YEAR-END AWARDS: Must be a member. Must show more than half of shows in that class and work 4 hours by working at a Contest show, a Pleasure show, Fun show or other approved club activity. If under 18 years old a representative may work your hourse. *New This Year: if 18 years old as of January 1st you must work your own 4 hours. Grounds Fee: $4 per horse for non-members. Member applications available at entry booth. Scratches will result in loss of entry fees unless validated by a veterinarian. Excessive animal abuse will not be tolerated and will be grounds for removal and or loss of membership and points. Subject to decision of 2 or more board members present at show. Walk-Trot horse rider combination may not enter canter classes. Adult (19 & over) Walk-Trot will be run in the same class as youth (18 & under), but will be placed separate.

2017 Fun Shows April 28 • May 12 • May 26 • June 9 June 30 • July 14 • July 28 • August 11 October 6 • October 20 Shows start at 7 p.m. 1. Jackpot Barrels $5 only one run 50% payout Must wear T-shirts, 2. Stakes Jeans, and Boots. 3. Down & Back No Tank Tops! Only $1 per run 4. Flags ! 0 1 5. Cake Walk Must have the or more in 6. Mystery t PAYOUT: g class to e 1st place $4.00 2nd place $3.00 7. Poles t! u o pay 3rd place $2.00 4th place $1.00 8. Barrels

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Open Horsemanship Clinic April 15, 2017 at the Wayne County Saddle Club grounds

9 a.m. 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. 12:15-2 p.m. 2-4 p.m.

Ground Work Pole Bending English Riding and Showing Barrel Racing

Skilled clinicians will be announced. Cost: Youth $10 or $15 with horse Adult $20 or $25 with horse. For More Information: Rachael Adamson (419) 606-9712 Leanne Louive (330) 844-4041

Neither Wayne County Saddle Club nor any of its representatives will assume responsibility for any loss due to accident, injury, or theft suffered. WCSC reserves the right to combine, split or cancel any class. Points accumulate per horse/rider combination only. Please: No alcohol beverages on the grounds. All dogs must be tied or on a leash and in the hands of a responsible person. Boots/Pants/T-shirts or sleeved shirts required while in arena. Not cut-offs or tank tops. All rules are available at the entry booth. Not responsible for showbill typing errors.

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April 2017

Shows begin at 10 a.m.

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2017 Pleasure Open Point Shows April 22 • May 6 • June 3 • July 8 • September 2

JUDGES: April 22: Lauren Brown May 6: Mary Patterson June 3: Candice Wile July 8: Brandy Kemmer Sept. 2: Rae Ellen Siegmyer

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Jackpot Open Halter H/P Open Halter Jackpot Showmanship Leadline & Small Fry Showmanship 8 & Under Showmanship 19 & Over Showmanship 14-18 Showmanship 9-13 Leadline 8 & Under H/P, E/W Small Fry W/T Horsemanship 8 & Under E/W Small Fry W/T Pleasure 8 & Under E/W

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Open W/T Schooling Jackpot W/T Pleasure E/W W/T 14 & Over Pleasure E/W W/T 13 & Under Pleasure E/W W/T 14 & Over Horsemanship/ Eq. W/T 13 & Under Horsemanship/ Eq. BREAK Leadline Trail 8 & Under Open W/T Trail Open Trail all ages (w-t-c) Open Ranch Horse Pleasure Open Ranch Horse Pattern Open Reining Open Schooling Class (w-t-c) Jackpot English Pleasure English Pleasure 19 & over English Pleasure 14-18

For More Info.: Katy Amstutz (419) 651-7892 or Bobbie Jo Mackey (330) 465-0404

Free Two-Day Horse Show & Cowboys "Camp Meeting" October 14-15, 2017 at the Wayne County Saddle Club grounds SATURDAY 12:30 P.M.: Free Horse Show 7 P.M.: Free Gospel Concert SUNDAY 10 A.M.: Worship Service 1 P.M.: Free Horse Show A donation of canned goods for local charities will be accepted both days. Thank you!!

For More Information: boslers1@frontier.com (419) 869-7306 or (419) 468-3012

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Pleasure 13 & Under Equitation 19 & Over Equitation 14-18 Equitation 13 & Under BREAK Open Schooling Class (w-t-c) Jackpot Western Pleasure Western Pleasure 19 & Over Western Pleasure 14-18 Western Pleasure 13 & Under Jackpot Open W/T Horsemanship/Eq. Western Horsemanship 19 & Over Western Horsemanship 14-18 Western Horsemanship 13 & Under

Concession Stand on Grounds!

PAC Approv ed!

REGULAR CLASS FEE: $5. Rosettes 1st-5th. JACKPOT CLASS FEE: $10. 40%, 30%, 15%, 10%, 5% Jackpot classes are not year-end award classes. $4 Grounds Fee - Non Members. No cross entering: Small Fry —Leadline — W/T — Canter with the exception of classes #12 and #36. YEAR-END POINTS: Must be a member before year-end points will count. Must show in the class at 3 out of 5 shows. Must work 4 hours at a 2017 W.C.S.C. function. Riders over the age of 18 must work their hours. Back # goes with Horse & Rider Combination. Keep the same # for the year. All dogs must be on a leash. No alcoholic beverages.

Olde Timers' Round-Up Friday, June 16, 2017 at the Wayne County Saddle Club Grounds, the "Hollow"

Trail Down the Barrels e h t d n u o ar ne yet! but n o t d o Camp if you want at no charge! No "hook-ups". This event will take place rain or shine! We have plenty of room inside if the weather doesn't cooperate. Note: There is no minimum age here and it is OPEN so if you reckon you might qualify, feel free to join us. You're sure 'nuf welcome!!

Note: It is not necessary to bring a horse. Some of us don't ULGH DQ\PRUH DQG WKDW V DEVROXWHO\ ¿QH :H MXVW ZDQW you to come and join in this fun get-together!

Activities include: 3 P.M. 6:30 P.M.

Horse Play; ride in the arena and/or on the trails. Picnic Supper. Bring food and stories!

After Supper: Spin yarns, swap stories, listen to some great Cowboy music 'til the cows come home, and "ketch" up! (Bring pictures of course!) For more information contact: Stan Bosler (330) 607-5106, boslers1@frontier.com Dave Huge (740) 694-7441, blackbottomfarm@hotmail.com

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Geauga Horse and Pony Association

Youth Clinic with Seth Clark PRESIDENT, Niki Barry; TREASURER, Shauna Gingrich; SECRETARY, Melanie Young . WEBSITE, www.ghpa.us

by Paige Belew YOUTH MEMBER HIGHLIGHT Ashlyn Pinkerton is coming up on her fourth year of showing GHPA. She has been riding since she was eight. She always loved horses and her mother had always shown and encouraged her to show. Ashlyn’s horse Millie, or Shez Sleepin’ Around, is 9 and is shown in all around events such as halter, showmanship, English equitation, hunter under saddle, trail, and western riding. Ashlyn loves to spend time with Millie and loves the teamwork it takes to accomplish their goals. She loves showing in GHPA because she gets to make new friends and she likes how friendly the people are. Ashlyn and Millie have won many

Ashlyn and her horse, Shez Sleepin’ Around ‘Millie’. awards in GHPA, one is that she has won high point in her division all three years she has shown. Awards outside of GHPA include: many top tens at the All American Youth Show and the Ohio State Fair, the Buckeye Pleasure series high point twice, 2016 horsewoman of the year at Canfield Fair, and an all-around champion on the AQHA circuit. This year Ashlyn hopes to continue to make friends and memories in GHPA. We wish Ashlyn and Millie good luck this show season.

SADDLE UP AND CELEBRATE Our 29th annual GHPA banquet was a success! We would like to thank Schneider Saddlery, Big Dee’s, all the businesses and GHPA members who have made monetary or item donations to our 29th Annual Awards Banquet and Auction. This entertaining event would not be possible without your generosity. Congratulations to our 2016 highpoint winners who were given awards the night of the banquet. The winners were: Walk Trot 9 and under: Maclayne Warner; Walk Trot 1018: Olivia Seifrick; Novice: Ashlyn Pinkerton; Open Youth: Ashley McClintock; Open Adult: Cynthia Burroughs; Contesting: Dustin Sutter; Halter Horse: Maclayne Warner and The Brenda Be Nimble; WTN All Around Horse/Pony and Rider: Ashlyn Pinkerton and Shez Sleepin Around; Open Performance Horse: Ashley McClintock and Hot Lil Willy; Ranch Horse High Point; Jamie Davis. Also congratulations to all of the other participants who received awards. Good luck to everyone in the 2017 show season!

STAY UP TO DATE Our three-day clinic with Seth Clark is back again this year! Our youth spend the day riding and learning new skills then they spend the night with their horse in the barn. Educational clinic forms will be posted to the GHPA website, www.ghpa.us, very soon. Check back frequently! You can also find membership forms, rules and links to horse related topics. Join us for club meetings on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Geauga County Fairgrounds Education Building. Other ways to follow GHPA—like us on Facebook, Geauga Horse and Pony Assoc.; Twitter: @GHPAhorseshows; Instagram: GHPAhorseshows. A HUGE THANKS GHPA would like to thank Big Dee’s Tack for their generous support of our organization through their Bonus Bucks program. Likewise; thank you to Schneider’s Saddlery for their generous support. We really appreciate all that both of these fine companies provide for us.

Angels Haven Horse Rescue 5 Ribbons Will Be Awarded! Angels Haven Horse Rescue

*SUNDAY, JUNE 4 Lewis Road Show Grounds (rain date: June 11) Judge: Amber Wise

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Lewis Road Show Grounds (rain date: July 30) Judge: David Riedel

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*SUNDAY, SEPT. 24 Lewis Road Show Grounds (No rain date) Judge: Shelby Piper-Riedel Proceeds help pay for the rescue horses' veterinary and farrier care, hay, grain, stall bedding and natural supplements.

Shows begin at 9 a.m.

Open Halter Jr. Showmanship 17 & Under Showmanship 18 & Over *English Equitation 18 & Over (Walk/Trot/Canter) English Pleasure 18 & Over (Walk/Trot/Canter) Lead-Line 8 & Under (Walk Only) English/Western Rider Cannot Enter in Walk, Trot or Canter Classes 6b. Pre Walk-Trot (Rider cannot enter in 6a)

Carlisle Equestrian Center Judge: Jay Lanzer

Carlisle Equestrian Center Judge: Amber Wise

2017 Fun Shows

Carlisle Equestrian Center • 13630 Nickle Plate Diagonal Rd., LaGrange, Ohio Lewis Road Riding Ring Show Grounds • Cleveland MetroParks, Olmsted Falls

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22. Musical Sacks (Walk/Trot - No Dismount) *High Point Trophies will be awarded at the Canter Class Horses May Enter This Class September show for the Lewis Road Riding Series in classes #4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 17 & 19. 23. Keyhole (Walk/Trot Horses Only - No Canter Div.) May not enter both keyhole classes Entry Fees: $5 per class or $35 for 24. Keyhole - Open (Walk/Trot/ Canter Division) seven classes or more. MUST BE THE May not enter both keyhole classes SAME HORSE/EXHIBITOR TEAM. 25. Keyhole - "In Hand" Horses/Mini's/Ponies - Carlisle Show Only There are 35 classes at the Carlisle May not enter other keyhole classes. Show. There are 31 classes at the E/W Riders will be asked to do a short walk, trot, halt, Barrel - Walk/Trot - Lewis Rd. Show Lewis Road Show. back. Rider is not attached to lead line; handler nearby. (Same rules as classes 23 & 24) Riders, spectators & volunteers are *English Equitation 17 & Under (Walk/Trot/Canter) 26. Barrel - Walk/Trot - Carlisle Show welcome at all our events. Food will English Pleasure 17 & Under (Walk/Trot/Canter) Barrel - Open - Lewis Rd. Show be onsite and rescue horses present. *Walk-Trot Equitation 18 & Over English/Western 27. Barrel - Open - Carlisle Show CORPORATE SPONSORS NEEDED! Rider Cannot Enter in Canter Classes Egg and Spoon (Walk/Trot) - Lewis Rd. Show Walk-Trot Pleasure 18 & Over English/Western 28. Barrel - "In Hand" Horses/Mini's/Ponies - Carlisle Show Only Class Sponsors: $30 a class includes all 3 Lewis Road Shows. An Rider Cannot Enter in Canter Classes Carrot Race (Walk/Trot) - Lewis Rd. Show additional $30 a class supports *Walk-Trot Equitation 13-17 English/Western 29. Egg and Spoon (Walk/Trot) - Carlisle Show both of the Carlisle shows. Rider Cannot Enter in Canter Classes Canter Class Riders May Enter This Class Angels Haven Horse Rescue or anyone Walk-Trot Pleasure 13-17 English/Western Carrot Race - Open - Lewis Rd. Show connected with the shows/events or Rider Cannot Enter in Canter Classes 30. Carrot Race (Walk/Trot) - Carlisle Show grounds, will assume no responsibility *Walk-Trot Equitation 12 & Under English/Western Pole Bending (Walk/Trot) - Lewis Rd. Show for accident, injury, loss or damage to Rider Cannot Enter in Canter Classes 31. Carrot Race - Open persons, animals or property. Walk-Trot Pleasure 12 & Under English/Western Pole Bending - Open - Lewis Rd. Show AHHR is a 501(c)(3) non-profit Rider Cannot Enter in Canter Classes 32. Carrot Race - "In Hand" Horses/Mini's/Ponies - Carlisle Show Only volunteer based organization. Gaited Pleasure (Walk/Pleasure Gait Only) 33. Pole Bending - Walk/Trot - Carlisle Show Mini Barrels Driving Class - Carlisle Show 34. Pole Bending - Open - Carlisle Show REVERSE RAFFLE Trail - Lewis Rd. Show. Three refusals total & eliminated. 35. Pole Bending - "In Hand" Horses/Mini's/Ponies - Carlisle BENEFIT • NOV. 4 *Western Equitation 18 & Over (Walk/Jog/Lope) Show Only Western Pleasure 18 & Over (Walk/Jog/Lope) Call Heidi at 440-781-5060 if Visit www.angelshavenhorserescue.org for *Western Equitation 17 & Under (Walk/Jog/Lope) you would like to sponsor or complete showbills, rules & other 2017 Events! advertise at any of our shows Western Pleasure 17 & Under (Walk/Jog/Lope) Jack Benny Pleasure (Walk/Trot Only) or to adopt/lease/foster a www.facebook.com/Angels.Haven.Horse Riders must be 39 years of age or older horse or volunteer! twitter and pinterest: ahhrescue

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Avoiding Feed-time Frenzy

f you keep your horses at home, you’ve probably already developed a routine that makes your job efficient and keeps the horses happy. But if you are new to this, or are looking for helpful hints to make your horse life easier, I’d like to share with you the ‘tricks of the trade’ that I have learned over the decades. Feed time can be very stressful for the horses, especially when they are only fed twice a day. Nothing could be more unnatural to the horse, since he is designed to eat small amounts all day long. His digestive system is designed to always be full, so when he is fed two lump-sum meals that he finished within an hour or two, his stomach gets empty and he now has 6-8 hours or more to worry about when his next meal is coming. In addition to digestive and emotional stress, horses may also learn to act aggressively or rudely, which is reinforced as soon as you feed them. So it’s important to do what we can to alleviate the stress, by developing a good feedtime routine.

Keep Their Bellies Full!

My horses have free-choice access, 24/7, to a low-protein grass hay (tested at 9 percent protein). When your horses have free-choice hay (only grass hay and never alfalfa), it removes almost all the feed-time stress; there is little to no fighting over food; horses that previously would chase other horses off and hoard the food will eat side by side with their herd mates. I often look out in the paddock and see all of our horses eating from the same pile, with their noses virtually touching. Because horses know they can eat whenever they want and never worry about having enough food, they take turns at the feeders and they never gorge themselves. Free choice access to grass hay brings a lot of peace and tranquility to the herd, helps keep mental stress low and is critical to digestive health. I find that we have much fewer problems

Photo credit to Heidi Melocco, Whole-Picture.com with colic and ulcers with the horses on freechoice and we have no problems at all with obesity. If you are not in a situation where you can give them free-choice hay, you should feed hay in sufficient quantities that he always has a little bit left over before the next meal comes or feed more often than twice a day. If the hay you feed it too high in protein or so sweet that your horse may over eat, try using a slow feeder, such as the Savvy Feeder, that will slow your horse down and help him savor the hay all day long.

Follow a Consistent Routine

Horses love to know what is coming next and they love routines. It makes them feel safe. Develop your feeding routine in such a way that the horses can anticipate it and so that they will help you get the job done. Everyone’s situation is different and there are many ways to make it more efficient, but I will tell you our routine and why it works. Half our horses stay outside in the paddock all day and all night, while the other half (our performance horses) are out all day and come into stalls at night. We do this for several reasons. One is that our performance horses frequently travel and have to stay in stalls when they do, so we want them accustomed to and comfortable with that confinement. Also, in addition to their freechoice hay, each horse gets special supplements and some get medications, so separating them makes it easier to feed a customized diet. All our horses receive daily doses of Cosequin (a joint health supplement), Wellactin (an omega 3 fish oil for their coats, immune systems and cardiovascular health) and Calxequin (an allaround vitamin supplement). Additionally, some

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of our horses get Proviable daily (a high-quality pre- and pro-biotic for digestive health) and occasionally one or more of our horses are also receiving some medication in their feed. Each morning at the same time every day, the horses are all given a token amount of grain to carry their supplements. Most horses do not need any grain if they are receiving adequate amounts of hay. Hay or grass forage are considered ‘roughage,’ while grains and complete feeds are considered ‘concentrates.’ I personally like to avoid concentrates as much as I can but to get the horses to eat the supplements, we give them just a handful of whole oats (no additives or processed feeds). While they are eating their grain, we are taking off blankets and opening the alleyway to the paddock so that when they are finished, we can just open the stall door and let them trot out to the paddock by themselves. They will all spend the day out there together, munching contentedly when they want, napping in the sun and playing together. Once the horses are all out, we clean the stalls, wash and fill the water buckets, load up the hay in each stall (so the stalled horses have all the hay they want at night) and prep the night-time grain and supplements (but leave it in the feed room so it doesn’t get eaten by the dogs). By 10 o’clock each morning all the chores are done for the whole day and the only remaining feed-time chore is to open the gates and let the horses in. At 4 o’clock each afternoon, we place their previously prepared grain/supplements in the stall (I always feed hay and grain from the ground level, which is more natural and healthier for their respiratory systems, than putting it in a raised feeder). We close the barn doors to the outside, open all the stall doors, then open the gate to the paddock to let the horses in. Because we use the same routine at the same time every day, the horses are lined up to come in and they march right into their stalls.

Keep It Simple!

A horse has very simple needs when it comes to nutrition—they need roughage (10-20 pounds a day), water (10-15 gallons a day) and S April 2017

Ohio Haflinger Association

OHA Taking Part in New Event at Equine Affaire PRESIDENT, Paul Sutton; VICE PRESIDENT, Stan Norris; TREASURER, Duane Stutzman; SECRETARY, Judy Winkler; EMAIL, info@ ohiohaflinger.com; WEBSITE, www.ohiohaflinger.com

by Mae Yoder OHA members are gearing up for another year promoting the Haflinger at Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio. This year we are taking part in an exciting new event that E.A has to offer called ‘Time to Ride’. Would you like to ride a horse for the first time? How to properly groom your horse? Learn the parts of a horse’s body? Look for ‘Time to Ride’ in the Cooper Arena on your schedule

(Friday through Sunday) stop by and check it out! Also be sure to plan to attend the Haflinger breed demos, or swing by our breed aisle, it’s always a pleasure meeting everyone! If you would like to participate at Equine Affaire but don’t have a horse to attend with, we can always use someone to take a time slot manning the OHA booth, contact Carolyn Sutton if you are interested. Emily Hummel and her Haflinger gelding All-America Ladd WRF will be competing in the Versatile Horse and Rider Competition at Equine Affaire again this year, come and cheer them on! We wish them the best of luck! Looking for a Haflinger friend to spend the summer with? The Indiana Haflinger Sale will be held March 24

and 25 at the Michiana Event Center in Howe, Ind., you just might find what your looking for! The AHR Registry sale will be held May 19 and 20 in Ashland, Ohio, tack sale, fun auction, sale preview as well as the 2016 stallion showcase will be held Friday with the Haflinger auction to be held Saturday. There are already well trained, good quality Haflinger’s consigned so mark your calenders! We had some excitement in our barn the morning of Feb. 18. We welcomed our one and only 2017 foal, Gabama TMA out of our mare Glinda WHHF and the great Alabama CHF. This will likely be our very last foal from Alabama CHF, he is 26 years old and still going strong! Time to let Nunavik GF make his mark. Would you like to submit something

for the Corral? Please mail to 12315 Dover Road, Apple Creek, Ohio 44606 or email, maeyh@safecom.link.

behavior and very dangerous. If a horse is inside a pen or stall and you do not have to go in to feed, he should still be patient and polite. If he is acting aggressively or rudely, do not feed him in that moment. Use a flag to back him up and wait until his ears are forward before you throw the feed in. If you feed him while he is acting poorly, it reinforces that behavior and turns it into an engrained habit. Keep in mind that horses establish dominance in the herd, in part, by taking away food from others. If the horse ever comes to believe that his aggressive antics are causing you to feed him, then in his mind, every day you are proving to him he is dominant. Make sure your horses are acting appropriately in the moment that you feed them to help avoid dominance issues. Whatever your horse-keeping situation is, there are probably things you can do to make it more timeefficient, easier and less stressful for your horses. Keeping a routine that is strictly adhered to by everyone that does the feeding chores, will help train your horses so that they cooperate in the process instead of interfere. If you have some great ideas for avoiding feed-time frenzy, I’d love to hear about them here in the comments! Enjoy the ride! —Julie Goodnight Trainer and Clinician

jumping, racing, reining, cow horse, colt-starting, and wilderness riding. Goodnight grew up on the hunterjumper circuits in Florida, but is now at home in the West. She and her husband, Rich Moorhead, live in the mountains in Salida, Colo. Both love versatility ranch horse competitions

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I’ve taught my horses to come in the barn when I call them. It’s easy to do. Just use a unique call or whistle every day before they come in for feed. To get started, you may have to shake a grain can after your call and let them have a taste as soon as they come. Soon, the call or whistle itself will get them in. Use it every day so it is like a dinner bell. Then, even if I need to bring them in early, my call will always get their attention. If one horse learns it, the rest will likely follow and teach the new horses what it means. If you let your horses march themselves into the barn and stalls, do it in the same order everyday so they know what to expect. Soon they will be lining up in order and not vying for position. The more consistent your routine is, the better the horses will respond. Make sure your horses do not act aggressively or display dominance when you feed them. If you must walk into a pen with feed, use a flag to make sure all the horses stay back and do not try to grab feed out of your arms—this is dominant April 2017

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Ohio Appaloosa Association

April Clinic with Multi Carded Judges PRESIDENT, Kelly Engle Thompson; VICE PRESIDENT, Sarah Koss; TREASURER, June Levy; SECRETARY, Denise Smith. PHONE, 937/725-4862 WEBSITE, www.appohio.com

by Denise Smith I hope we grab your attention as this club has lots to offer. This month Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to highlight one of our chapter members; Colton Woods. Colton Woods grew up in High Point, N.C., and got his start in horses at Safe Haven Equine Rescue & Retirement. Rehabbing neglected and emaciated horses happened like clock work, but the education and re-education process was what kept more horses from finding forever homes and he wanted to fix that. After some asking and setting up, there was a round pen in place and Colton was off on his journey. Hours were spent with the horses in that round pen learning through trial and error. His rapport with the horses and innate approach to working with them, rather than on them, was a

perfect match when he discovered the horsemanship taught by Tom and Bill Dorrance and Ray Hunt. While pursuing opportunities to learn from other horsemen, starting colts and working with problem horses, Colton attended the University of Kentucky studying Equine Science and Management. During his time in Lexington, he was blessed to be selected as a Legacy of Legends scholarship recipient, a program that is dedicated to pairing up and coming horsemen and women with those who are dedicated to passing along the horsemanship Tom and Ray spent their lives teaching. Colton spent several weeks in Griswold, Iowa, at La Riata Ranch with Kip Fladland furthering his horsemanship. He has been blessed to work with many world renown horsemen and woman specializing in disciplines stretching from dressage and reining to liberty and trick horses, colt starting, versatile ranch horses and others. At Colton Woods Horsemanship, the mission is to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Educate Horses and People with a Lifetime in Mindâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Whether the horse is destined for the show arena or the trail, the

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Oneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education and experience at shows, clinics and other events. One Smart Ace is owned by John and Nancy Whitley of Journey Farms, Mt. Orab, Ohio. Check out next monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article to find out how Oney does. Upcoming OAA event â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Clinic with Steve and Jackie Carterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; will be held at Hidden Valley Farms, 7427 Lexington Salem Road, West Alexandria, Ohio 45381 on April 15 from 1 to 4 p.m. Mark your calendars for a clinic with multi carded judges Steve and Jackie Carter! Learn what the judges are looking for and improve your scores in horsemanship and equitation. Hunter under saddle, western pleasure and ranch pleasure will also be covered. Spaces are limited. Please contact (FB) Betsie Moore to reserve your spot or email moorebtsie@gmail.com. All proceeds benefit the Ohio Appaloosa Association Youth Team. Food will be available. $40 to ride, $10 to audit (bring a chair). Check out the American Appaloosa Horse Association for information on this wonderful breed, www.appaloosa. com or for more information about our club appohio.com.

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Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club

The Show Will Go On PRESIDENT, Sharon Substanley; VICE PRESIDENT, Karen Taylor; TREASURER, Pam Fritz; SECRETARY, Tiffany Fritz. EMAIL, sharonsubstanley@yahoo.com PHONE, 440/839-9023

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Our March 5 meeting was held at Sherri Alliman’s home near Oak Harbor. Sherri provided sloppy joes and beverages for lunch, and members brought a variety of accompaniments, mostly desserts this time! We must have had a craving for sweets after dealing with a winter plagued with maladies of various kinds and the sudden passing of our dear friend, Becky Hillis. We bowed our heads in a moment of silence in her memory, and Pam Fritz said a prayer for her. Pam Fritz and Elly Magyar have taken on the responsibility of being co-chairpersons for the 20th Annual NOMHC Miniature Horse Show, which will be held on June 4 at the Lorain County Fairgrounds in

Wellington, Ohio. Becky Hillis had been our chairperson for many years, and had already accomplished most of the preliminary tasks before her untimely death. Our usual announcer, Jenni Hillis, will be there, as well as Joyce Berger and her helpers at the registration table. Our judge will be Chris Strine, with Leo Raab as steward. The awesome raffle will have the usual variety of quality choices, including a beautiful leather purse donated by Sue Reuss and gift certificates for local farm stores. Members have been busy shopping throughout the year for raffle items to donate to this attractive addition to our show. We have a new food vendor who will be offering a nice variety of items for hungry show participants.

Dottie and Lacie, relaxing in their new pasture. Becky Hillis had six miniature horses, which have all found good, new homes since her passing. Boots from Grasses Therapeutic Horsemanship Program has two of them, plus a pony that used to belong to Becky. They are located on Hill Road just south of Berlin Heights, and west off of Berlin Road. Our next NOMHC gathering will be at their farm on April 2 at 1 p.m. We will get to meet Laura Steuk Mastropaolo, one of the owners, and

learn about the therapy program, as well as to see their therapy horses of all sizes. We will not be having our usual lunch, but we may have a brief business meeting. Pam will have a sign-up list for the various jobs at the show, and Georgetta will be renewing memberships for those who couldn’t make the March meeting. Hope to see a lot of members and guests there. There is an indoor arena, so we will be there rain or shine.

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Northern Ohio Dressage Association

Adequan/USDF FEI Dressage Trainers Conference Synopsis PRESIDENT, Dee Liebenthal; VICE PRESIDENT, Christine Thompson; TREASURER, Nancy Danielson; SECRETARY, Patti Valencic. EMAIL, president@nodarider.org; WEBSITE, www.nodarider.org

by Clara Etzel In 2016 I was notified that the USDF was instituting a new continuing education requirement for “L” graduates to maintain their status in USDF publications. I was going to be in Florida for a little bit of time so I decided to attend the USEF Judges Forum in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Jan. 15, 2017. In order to fulfill the continuing education requirement I had to attend the FEI Trainers Conference in Loxahatchee, Fla., Jan. 16-17, 2017, so I decided to attend both events to satisfy the continuing education requirement. The USEF Judges Forum’s main presenter was Lilo Fore, but the day included a presentation from NODA’s near and dear Lisa Gorretta.

Monday and Tuesday Lilo Fore joined forces with Hans-Christian Matthiesen at Mary Anne McPhail’s High Meadow Farm working with seven different top quality horse and rider pairs including possible candidates for the new FEI 7 Year Old Tests as well as pairs seasoned at the Small and Big Tours. The group from the Judges Forum sat behind C, and auditors for the conference sat outside both long sides of the arena. On Monday, HansChristian and Lilo worked with each demo pair on a particular movement and then asked the audience if there were any questions. On day one there was a slight struggle to get the format of the day to benefit both judge participants and auditors. We saw beautiful horse and rider pairs, but many of the judges wanted to know what score and comment would be given for each movement, which was rarely addressed in detail. Tuesday was a much more focused day. Hans-Christian and Lilo worked with each demo pair on a specific set of movements from a test. Lilo and Hans-Christian would score each movement and give remarks, then

ask a judge or two to give scores and comments and asked the same from the trainer’s section. HansChristian sometimes stood with the judges group and Lilo stood at the far end of the arena (or visa versa), offering different vantage points and variation in scores and comments. So, after a demo pair did the shoulder in, 8-meter volte, and half pass from the PSG test, discussion would take place. After the first attempt, Lilo or Hans-Christian would sometimes do an exercise or make a suggestion to help the rider get more bend in the half-pass, less angle in the shoulder in, or more cadence in the trot. Then the rider would repeat the test movement, usually making a much better effort. What was great about having two judges was the opportunity to listen to their methodology. For example, when one horse came on 4 tracks in the shoulder in and someone mentioned it, Lilo’s response was not to penalize harshly because it was on 4 tracks instead of 3, rather to ask the question: Did the increased angle affect the trot rhythm or regularity? There was a real focus to consider the

balance, connection, and impulsion for the level you are judging. Hans-Christian and Lilo were clear when a movement is first introduced in a level not to be too harsh. Instead, recognize everything that was going right with the movement and then address any modifiers. One horse worked through an FEI Intermediate A movement making half steps which allows for 2 meters forward. This horse went at least 5 meters, but sat quite well, had great joint articulation, was regular, and level. In this case Hans-Christian and Lilo wanted to reward the correct biomechanics of the half steps and the quality, not deducting too much for the horse traveling more. The dynamic of Lilo and HansChristian was calm, yet fun and playful. They both are so conscious of keeping the horse mentally relaxed and happy in their work, which allowed the demo pairs to work cohesively throughout the conference. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and thank NODA for assisting me with a professional grant to attend the FEI Trainers Conference.

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Classical Attraction Dressage Society

Open House, Show Dates and Clinic PRESIDENT, Kelley Madick; VICE PRESIDENT, Patricia Herrick; SECRETARY, Claudia Grimes; EMAIL, cadsrider@gmail.com; WEBSITE, www.cadsdressage.org

by Kelley Madick As I write this, I am looking out my kitchen window at my barn and pastures. The sun is shining down on the red roofed buildings, there is actually grass behind the fences and the sky is blue and cloudless. It’s a beautiful day. My mind goes, of course, to riding. Show season is just a few months away and there is a lot to do. Here at CADS we had a membership meeting to discuss the upcoming events and shows. It was great to see everyone and get caught up after several months of hibernation. We had several items on the agenda. The biggest being the proposed changes to the year-end awards. The proposed changes are posted on the website. We ask that voting members review the proposals. Voting will take place via a survey online the first week of April. If you need a mail-in ballot, please email CADS. Some of the items on the list

are that riders only need two scores to qualify for the Championship show— Intro, Training and 1st level need two scores over 60 at two CADS shows. Second level and above need two scores of 55 at two CADS shows to qualify. We would also like to give a high point of the day at each show to a member rider. There are more changes to look at so be sure and check out the website. We will be holding a free to the public open house on April 29 at Ridgewood Stables in Medina, Ohio. The festivities start at noon with an introduction to CADS. Speakers include Annette Bragg who will discuss Reiki techniques for you and your horse, Julie Normal will take us through yoga for the equestrian, and Dr. David Miller will talk about exercises to keep your horse lame free. After these discussions, we will have some local trainers demonstrate dressage techniques and how easy it is to get started. Gretchen Bender and Karen Graves will demonstrate Classical Dressage while Valerie Gill will hold demonstrations on Western Dressage. So, why not come on down and see what this is all about. We would love to have you stop in. Our first show is May 20. Remember that all shows are at the

beautiful facilities of Ridgewood Stables in Medina, Ohio. We have an indoor and an outdoor ring which run simultaneously. This year we are adding Academy Youth and Academy Adult divisions. That means schooling horses are welcome and have their own division for awards. I would also like to offer a special shout out to gaited riders. Gaited horses are welcome at our shows and the Western Dressage of Association of American offers tests and inside tips for gaited horses. During our shows, we have a concession stand and we are always looking for volunteer groups to run this station. Please email us if your group is interested. I hope everyone out there is planning on turning in their membership forms. Remember we have Youth, Adult, and Supporting memberships. We couldn’t function without our wonderful supporting members. These are people who don’t ride at our shows but do have voting rights and support CADS in many ways. Please see our website for membership options. As a riding member, you get $10 off each test when you sign up for the show. Your $40 membership pays for itself! June 3 and 4 will be our first clinic with renowned rider Emily Oliver Curtis.

Emily is a Grand Prix Rider, active FEI competitor and a USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medalist. She strives to bring out the best in each horse rider team. She puts emphasis on keeping the horse though the back, being light on aids, and developing horse and rider communication and unity. Emily is the developer of Miramonte Equine and is known for her ability to work with both younger and difficult horses. Emily’s accomplishments include 2016 Retired Race Horse Project 3rd overall in Dressage, 2016 USDF Region 4 Open FEI Intermediate 1 4th Place, 2016 USDF Region 4 Open FEI Grand Prix 6th Place, 2016 USDF Region 4 FEI Intermediate 2 5th Place, 2016 MSEDA At the Park Open High Point Champion, 2016 KDA FEI Open Reserve Champion. Kentucky Dressage Association 2015 Open Grand Prix Reserve Grand Champion. Any horse-rider teams from any discipline are welcome to attend. Two days of lessons will be private and geared to what you want to work on with your horse. The cost is $95 a day and will be held at Ridgewood Stables in Medina Ohio. Join us on April 29 for our open house and see what CADS is all about! We can’t wait to meet you and as always...enjoy the ride.

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Pinto Horse Association of Ohio

Pinto Pete Inducted into Hall of Fame PRESIDENT, Megan Herner; VICE PRESIDENT, Amy Leibold; SECRETARY, Nancy Bredemeier; TREASURER, Patti Wittensoldner; EMAIL, herner7@yahoo. com; WEBSITE, www.ohiopinto.com FACEBOOK, PtHAO-Pinto Horse Association of Ohio

by Amy Leibold Charles Peter Thornton, better known as ‘Pinto Pete’ is one of those unsung heroes every equine organization would like to clone. Pinto Pete has been a successful exhibitor both locally and nationally. He’s an equine breeder, 4-H supporter, sponsor, father of a Miss Pinto of America candidate and an Ohio Pinto Board Member since 1991. The list doesn’t even begin to stop there. Pinto Pete volunteers as show chair, paddock master, ringmaster, hauler of trail (with Pinto plates) and other equipment needed to every Ohio Pinto show. He’s the tracker and repair person for all the Ohio rotating trophies and our charter historian. He’s the friendly face wearing a cowboy hat that you usually see when you pull into the show grounds. He’s the person you’ll always find willing to offer a helping hand as you settle in for a weekend show. There’s never any need to feel nervous about entering the show pen, Pinto Pete is right there at the starting gate willing to help calm any exhibitor and/or equine into a relaxed state. He’s an extremely kind gentleman who you’ll often hear saying his two famous words, “please and thank you”. He’s our newly determined Ohio Youth Committee Director, and most importantly the dearest and most loving friend to everyone involved within the Pinto organization. The National Pinto Horse Association honors outstanding individuals and equines that have impacted the past, present and future of the Pinto breed and the association that’s dedicated to preserving and promoting it. The Hall of Fame program includes four separate categories: Judge, Equine, Individual and Professional Horseman and Horsewomen. Pinto believes in recognizing those that have positively impacted the Pinto breed or the association. It comes with no surprise that on March 3, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Okla., at the PtHA Convention that our beloved friend, Pinto Pete was humbly inducted into this world recognized National Individual Pinto Hall of April 2017

2017 PtHA Individual Inductee Charles Peter Thornton also known as ‘Pinto Pete’. Fame, with his family: wife Judy, daughter Julie and granddaughters Kim and Tao by his side. Our Pinto Horse Association of Ohio is extremely proud and honored that Pinto Pete’s commitment and dedication for our organization didn’t go unnoticed. Without him, Ohio wouldn’t be what it is today. Our friend, Pinto Pete, will forever grace the walls of the Pinto Heritage Museum in Bethany, Okla. 2017 Hall of Fame Inductees also include, President: Sue Ellen Parker, Professional Horseman: Tim O’Neal, Professional Horsewomen: Jamie Sharp Stohlman, Equine: Too Sleepy to Paint, Equine Oshquahs Brio, Judge: Margo Shallcross, Judge: T. Joseph Boyle, Amateur Masters: Mary Osborn, Individual: Jeff Kirkbride, Individual: Annette Pitcher and Individual: Charles Peter Thornton ‘Pinto’ Pete. Congratulations to all these Hall of Fame Inductees. Come meet and congratulate Pinto Pete at our first 2017 Pinto Horse Association of Ohio show taking place April 15 and 16 at the Champions Center in Springfield Ohio. Visit our website, www.ohiopinto.com, for all show information. Reference ad in this month’s Horsemen’s Corral for all PtHAO show dates.

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Open Horse Show Series Coshocton County Fairgrounds ~ Coshocton, Ohio

June 4, 2017

July 9, 2017

Judge: Tammy Braham

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Ranch Pleasure (Rail) $500 Jackpot Ranch Pleasure 12. Youth Ranch Pleasure 11.

13. Open Ranch Pleasure 14. Amateur Ranch Pleasure 15. Open W/T Ranch Pleasure Ranch Riding/Ranchmanship 16. $500 Jackpot Ranch Riding 17. Youth Ranch Riding 18. Open Ranch Riding 19. Amateur Ranch Riding 20. Open W/T Ranch Riding 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26.

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Show starts 9 a.m. — Rain or Shine! No Refunds on Scratched Classes. Payouts available at checkout. Stalls: Ψϰϱ ;ZĞƐĞƌǀĞ ĂŚĞĂĚ ŽĨ ƟŵĞ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ĐĂŶͿ Shavings: $7 (Must purchase from show) Camping: $30 (Full Hook Up) KĸĐĞ &ĞĞ͗ $10/Horse Show out of Trailer: $10/Horse Haul Ins Accepted — Plenty of Parking &ŽŽĚ ^ƚĂŶĚ ŽŶ 'ƌŽƵŶĚƐ Ͷ sĞŶĚŽƌƐ tĞůĐŽŵĞ This is an “Open” show that will use ARHA rules as a guide. No cow classes. Barn will open the night before the show. Judges decisions are &/E >͘ ůů ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŚŽƌƐĞƐ ŵƵƐƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ŽŐŐŝŶƐ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ϭϮ ŵŽŶƚŚƐ Θ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĐĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ϯϬ ĚĂǇƐ͘ ƵĐŬĞǇĞ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ǀĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ŝƚƐ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐͬƐƚĂī ĂƌĞ ŶŽƚ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ĂŶǇ ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚͬŽƌ ůŽƐƐ should any occur.

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Tri-County Trail Association

Gearing Up for Our Spring Ride in May PRESIDENT, Jim Mike; VICE PRESIDENT, Leroy Wilson; SECRETARY, Neva Gibson; TREASURER, Sally Roush. EMAIL, ckrumm1958@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.tri-cotrails.org

by Cindy Krumm Wow! It’s hard to believe that the first quarter of 2017 is behind us! The good news is that here in Ohio, that first quarter is always our worst weather—therefore affording us the least amount of time to ride, and we are always happy to see it behind us! All in all, we really cannot complain about this winter! If you are like me, your thoughts are increasingly leaning towards the trails. We just completed the first 2017 event at our camp—which was our annual Chili-Cook Off. Even though the weather was also chilly, we had at least 10 riders go out for a ride before the event. We had 45 hearty souls come to taste and vote for their favorite chili recipe. There were nine different pots to test! A great time was had by all who were in attendance. Tri-Co has another exciting and

busy riding season planned for everyone’s enjoyment. Our weekend events are always full of fun, horse activities, and great food shared with family, and friends new and old. If you have never attended one of our weekend events, you don’t know what you are missing. Please consider joining us for one of the events this year. We have plenty of trails and opportunities to enjoy them. Our campgrounds are open to members and non-members, alike. We do ask that non-members pay a camping donation of $5/night when not buying a weekend event pass. All of our weekend events include at least six meals prepared for you — so, you only need to pack snacks and your beverage of choice—freeing up time and space for your horse and related equipment. Most of our weekends start with a Friday evening meal, three meals on Saturday, and two meals (breakfast and lunch) on Sundays. Our food is always good and plentiful. If you have been to our events, you know that we are almost as much an ‘eating club’ as we are a trail riding club! Our first weekend event is our Spring Ride weekend. The dates are May 1921. There are package rates for the

There were nine pots of Chili to be tasted! entire weekend and also prices for individual meals. A single person’s weekend prices start at $45 for members and $50 for non-members. There are also discounts offered for couples, youth and families. Our next event is our biggest—our 10th annual OQHA/Tri-Co joint sponsored weekend that will start on Thursday evening June 8 and run through Sunday, June 11. Since this weekend starts a day earlier than most, it will include nine meals rather than the usual six. The single price for this event begins at $85 for the weekend and includes too many scheduled activities to mention them all here. Please go to our website at www.tri-cotrails.org and see all the details on our event page. You will even receive a free T-shirt with your paid reservation if it is received by

Patti Farmer (front and right) was an excellent host and organizer for our Chili Cook-off. May 20. As with all our weekend events, you can purchase meals individually if you like. I will give much more information about this event in future articles. We did have PayPal on our website, but there were many issues with linking payments made there to the person and event they were purchasing. In addition we were paying fees that our already very low pricing couldn’t take. So, a decision was made to discontinue offering this option. Flyers for each event are linked to the website and contact information, including information pertaining to payment for the events. Be sure to check out our website. May every adventure lead to a trail —and may some of those adventures take place on Tri-Co’s trails!

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April 2017

ADAMS COUNTY HORSEMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 2017 HORSE SHOWS All shows held at Adams County Fairgrounds â&#x20AC;¢ West Union, Ohio

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2017 Trail Riding Schedule by Richard Anderson We are pleased to once again publish our trail riding schedule for the year 2017, which looks like a show-stopper with rides from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas to the Adirondack Mountains of New York, as well as to the Great Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. As usual, our riding adventure begins with the Equine Affaire at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio, where we plan to take in all of the horse activities at the four-day event, including the famous ‘Fantasia’, a spectacular presentation of outstanding horsemenship, as well as presentations by several other well known horse trainers. Later in April, this will be our first visit to the Falling Water Horse Camp in the Ozark Mountains, at Big Hur, Ark., a formerly family owned mansion estate that was converted into a public riding park, as well as Caney Mountain Horse Camp in Ben Hur, Ark., both of which offer some of finest, most varied, and spectacular riding opportunities in the Ozark Mountains. In June, we will be re-visiting the Deep Creek Horse Camp in Bryson City, N.C., just adjacent to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park,

and hosted by our friend, Jim Clark. This camp is near one of the best trail systems that is as close as you can get to riding out west, with the awesome Nolan Divide and the Lonesome Pine Overlook, as well as being only a mile from Bryson City, as great place to visit. In August, we will be re-visiting the Otter Creek Stables, just outside Lowville, N.Y., for another great ride on the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, with one of the best organized horse camp systems we have seen. Even following heavy rain, the sandy footing of the beautifullymanicured trails is excellent, with nearly no sign of mud along the trail. In September, we will again visit for the tenth time the Big Elk Lick Horse Camp just outside Benezett, Pa., where we can ride the trails among the protected 700 head of Elk that was introduced many years ago into the area. A dinner at the Benezett Hotel, watching the elk graze on people’s lawn, followed by dusk-watching of members of the herd is about as good as it gets. In September, we plan to re-visit for our 15th time the Midwest Trail Ride outside Norman, Ind., adjacent to the Hoosier National Forest and

the Deam Wilderness Area. This is one of our best horse camps in the Midwest, and was modeled after the famous Cross Country Trail Ride at Eminence, Mo. High Knob Horse Camp in the Shawnee National Forest of Illinois is an absolutely great place to visit, being adjacent to the Garden of the Gods, and other scenic places surrounding the camp, and is located directly on the 200 mile River to River trail connecting the Ohio River to the Mississippi River. Last, we plan to re-visit Mammoth Cave Horse Camp, which has excellent facilities for riders, as well as special events scheduled during our visit, as well as a visit to the awesome Mammoth Cave itself nearby. This schedule may be subject to change, but the year looks great so far. And, as in the past, you are welcome to join us, and you do not need a gaited horse to ride with us, as we explore the back country of the Midwest. As you can imagine, we’re looking for fun. APRIL 6-9 — Equine Affaire, Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, Ohio APRIL 21-28 — Falling Water Horse Camp, Ben Hur, AR

Dick and Linda Anderson on board Rocky and Smokey at Mount Rushmore in Rapid City, South Dakota. APRIL 29-MAY 5 — Caney Mountain Horse Camp, Big Flat, AR JUNE 3-10 — Deep Creek Horse Camp, Bryson City, NC AUG. 6-SEPT. 2 — Otter Creek Stables, Glenfield, NY SEPT. 3-9 — Big Elk Lick Horse Camp, Benezette, PA SEPT. 16-23 — Midwest Trail Ride, Norman, IN OCT. 1-7 — High Knob Horse Camp, Equality, IL OCT. 8-14 — Mammoth Cave Horse Camp, Mammoth Cave, TN *This schedule is tentative and is subject to change during the year.

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April 2017

District One National Show Horse Association

Spring Tune-Up Clinic and Open Dressage Show PRESIDENT, Jane Malmsberry; VICE PRESIDENT, Jan Passell; SECRETARY, Kristin Detwiler; TREASURER, Barb Wright; EMAIL, barbwright4100@gmail. com. FACEBOOK, www. facebook.com/ DONSHA

continue offering clinics by saving Nutrena feed tags whether it be for horses, hogs, cattle, cats, dogs or chickens. We also collect the bar code/proof of purchase cut out from bags of Tribute feeds. These can be sent to Barb Wright, 4100 W. Middletown Road, Canfield, Ohio

44406. We submit these two to three times per year. We hope you will be able to join us June 18 at the Canfield Fairgrounds for the Open Dressage Show. Both classical and western dressage tests will be available. The cost is $10 per test. This show qualifies as a PAS

show for 4-Hers to earn credit to go to state fair. The judge will be Karla Forrer. For more information contact Jane Malmsberry at jmalmsberry@neo.rr.com. DONSHA is paying for the judge so this would be an open show not solely for 4-H.

by Barb Wright Our club was hired by two FOP groups to do a Night At The Races in Stow. This event was March 4 and everything went off without a hitch. Over 100 police men and women, along with their family and friends, enjoyed an evening of fun, a good meal, an opportunity to win baskets, a chance to bet on 12 races, and try their luck in the 50/50 raffle. Our club and the FOP each cleared $1,000. This money will help DONSHA sponsor more clinics, speakers and other events. Keep in mind we like to collaborate with other groups to serve the equine community. If you know of anyone looking to hire our club to do a Night At The Races in the Akron, Hudson, Youngstown areas please contact our President Jane Malmsberry at jmalmsberry@neo.rr.com. May 21 is our Spring Tune-Up Clinic at Buckeye Horse Park (9260 Akron-Canfield Road, Canfield, Ohio 44406). Our club is sponsoring this clinic in conjunction with Northeastern Ohio Arabian Horse Association and Buckeye Horse Park. The clinic is open to all ages and all breeds of horse/ponies. Wendy Gruskiewicz and Ashley Gruber have graciously volunteered their services as clinicians. The cost is $20 for three sessions and $10 for each additional session. Stalls will be available for $5 each and if you clean the stall and it is inspected we will refund the $5. Breakfast and lunch will be available on the grounds. Each session will run approximately 45 minutes, the following sessions are available; showmanship; hunt seat; western; saddleseat; dressage (classical and western); sidesaddle; ranch rail; ranch pleasure; ranch conformation and if time permits ranch trail. Most sessions will be divided into beginner and advanced levels. To register by the May 1 deadline contact Lorraine Linton at 330/285-2902. Your payment must be postmarked no later than May 1, 2017. Make check payable to NEOAHA. Please help our club raise funds to April 2017

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April 2017

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View From the Cheap Seats

Hoarders, Equine Style by Sarah Vas Hi, my name is Sarah and I’m a hoarder. There. I said it. The first step to recovery is admitting there’s a problem. My problem is tack hoarding. I’ve spent four decades gathering and upgrading equipment. As my discipline repertoire broadened, my equipment inventory evolved from naïve newbie to committed collector of quality and versatility. I developed a ‘one-for-home-one-forthe-trailer’ theory to justify buying multiples of the very same thing. There were the ‘no-free-item-goesunclaimed’ years. Age and wisdom brought me into a ‘prudent-pennypincher-repurpose-recycler’ stage. Among the harnesses, the saddles, the collections of spare halters and saddle pads for every season, I have stockpiled salvaged fasteners and spare parts from unrepairable items before finally tossing anything in the trash. My entire storage process is tightly connected to an organized system of labeled bins, space saving efficiency, and my husband claims,

a secondary addiction to storage containers! It’s time to turn some of this stuff loose. I’m carefully sorting piles for the Equine Affaire Marketplace Consignment collection. Where else can that number of captive audience bargain shoppers fondle my possessions in my absence? I’m excited about the cash I’m going to reclaim but my purge has brought to mind some observations about my tack collecting years. 1. Free items are always worth a good pause. If I have absolutely no use whatsoever for the offered item, I will gauge the potential future usability and snatch it just in case. I can always pass something on to a friend in dire need. Proceed with caution, though. Free stuff can multiply when you’re not looking. 2. It’s been two decades since I dressed a horse in a canvas sheet. Once I discovered slick, silky nylon sheets, I’ve never looked back. Canvas sheets Velcro themselves tightly across bony conformation points and the incessant hair

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DĂǇ ϮϬ͕ ϮϬϭϳ ϭͲϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͘ >ŝŐŚƚ ƌĞĨƌĞƐŚŵĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŚĞĂƚĞĚ ůŽƵŶŐĞ͘ ƌŝŶŐ Ă ĐŚĂŝƌ͘ ŽƐƚ ΨϮϬ ƉĞƌ ƉĞƌƐŽŶ͘ KďƐĞƌǀĞ Žƌ ŝǀĞ /ŶƚŽ ,ĂŶĚƐ KŶ ǆƉĞƌŝŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ͘ Ăůů ;ϯϯϬͿ ϳϲϬͲϭϲϮϯ Žƌ ƐĞĞ ŽƵƌ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ ƉĂŐĞ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ ĂŶĚ ƌƐǀƉ͘

Sarah Vas 330-242-3440 Owner/Trainer/Instructor

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magnetism is infuriating. I’m finally selling more than two dozen various canvas sheets, not to mention loads of blankets. 3. I’m game if a piece of tack speaks of some creative, off label use. But I think it’s time to pass on the barbada, a bridle-nosebandsidepull-thingamagigy I bought from the Paso Fino Village 21 years ago. I do not ride Paso Finos. I ride Arabians. That is why it’s called… the Paso. Fino. Village. 4. Saddle pads are clean only up until the moment I bring them into my barn. Upon entering the building, they are never again as crisp, clean, soft, or hair-free as when I caressed them at the store register. They don’t even need to touch a horse. Just being in close proximity is enough to break the Clean Saddle Pad spell. I’ve gotten my used saddle pad buying under control as well. I rarely paw through piles of second hand saddle pads anymore because something dawned on me. I already own the same pile of dingy, worn out saddle pads in every style, fabric, and shape. And with that, I am releasing back into the world my collection of old school, itchy, wet-dog-smelling Navajo saddle blankets. 5. Clippers are disposable. I realize this is not how they are marketed but based on my collection of brokenmotored, crimp-corded, and crackedcase clippers, companies may as well package them like string cheese. Once that package seal is broken, the clippers are one unfinished body clip away from failing me. 6. Thanks to an internet’s worth of images, I don’t have to keep the ‘visual aid only’ objects brought out while lecturing students about what NOT to use on their horses but I can’t bring myself to sell them. I’d hate to see these No-No items forced upon some unsuspecting horse out there in the world. So I’ll pass up the cash knowing I could educate another horse owner about the suffering connected to ill-constructed saddles or gimmicky training gear shortcuts. 7. Arabians are the poster child for the One Size Fits Everybody But Me category. Wide foreheads, tiny muzzles, short backs, skinny cannons, and thin skin. Tack shops will send me in search of the Cob size items. I think it’s short for Cobble because I routinely have to retrofit parts from the Small Pony to the Full Horse gear. And that could all be for the same bridle! 8. I’m a little sentimental about certain tack. I’ll never let go of my

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Sarah Vas childhood pony saddle, even as the fenders get dangerously dry and the little, wooden stirrups were long ago commandeered for some other use. I’ll never put a kid in it but I just can’t part with it. Neither do I see my very first, brand new, boughtwith-my-own-earnings western work saddle hoofin’ it down the road in someone else’s pick-up truck. The seat padding is ridden flat and it’s far narrower in the tree than I remember when I bought it, what with the naïve newbie I was back then. But I bought it with my own money and learned a lot of hard lessons in that saddle. Some things deserve a place of honor, however insignificant to anyone else but me. 9. I can’t sell books. I just can’t. There’s something about equine knowledge in hard copy form. A book makes you work for it, taking the time to chew methodically through the info and digest it slowly. I’ve read and reread my treasured library spanning time tested information from the masters of yesterday and enlightened perspectives of the modern equestrians. And don’t even ask me to get rid of my Thelwell pony book collection! I’d be lying if I said I show up at Equine Affaire without clutching a very detailed shopping list and shamelessly pushing my wheeled mini shopping cart. I’m methodical and thorough, leaving no vendor booth uncombed. I’ll stock up on bargain priced grooming product and enough dewormer for the whole barn herd. Our big horse training ball is begging for a fresh cover. Lunge whips are never a wasted purchase. And not wanting to disappoint, the Pick 4, Get the 5th Book FREE booth is expecting me… Sarah Vas, second generation horsewoman, owns and operates Winfield Farm & Forge in Grafton, Ohio. Even as a self-described Little Guy trainer, her depth of knowledge and list of accomplishments have gained the respect of many prominent professionals in the industry. She has quietly worked her heart out finding a niche in the Arabian ring as well as a multitude of other breeds and disciplines. Keep up with Sarah’s schedule, clinic dates, and innovative educational programs via Facebook. April 2017

Free T-Shirt if Pre-Registered by May 20th! When: June 8-11, 2017

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Facilities • Tie Lines & Tie Stands available. Portable corrals are allowed • 40 Miles of Horse Trails • Horse wash area • Camper dump station • Primitive camping. Showers are available at the KOA.

Weekend Includes:

** NEW **

Individual Trail Challenge Training Course with an instructor on Thursday and a Trail Challenge Friday and Saturday with added high point!! Join us for a dinner Thursday night around the ĐĂŵƉĮƌĞ ĂŶĚ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ added breakfast and lunch to Friday as well. Friday Evening will also ŚĂǀĞ Ă ĂůĐƵƩĂ ŽŐ ZĂĐĞ & Horse Costume Class.

• 9 all you can eat home cooked meals • 3 Trail Rides - Friday, Saturday and Sunday • Saturday evening entertainment • Camping • Silent Auction, Raffles, 50/50’s (Awesome stuff you won’t want to miss!!) • Free Giveaways Thursday Night and so much more!!

Where: Tri-County Trail Association 2662 Downing Street SW East Sparta, Ohio 44626 Cost: $85 each. $160 per Couple for weekend package $10 for Trail Challenge $15 for Individual Training Trail Challenge Contact: Cynthia Bauman, Tri-Co TriCoTrails@gmail.com 330-323-3559 Todd Salome, OQHA 740-485-8017

More information and reservation form www.OQHA.com or pay online at www.Tri-CoTrails.org

2017 Jim Wells Memorial Trail Challenge Come join us for our Annual Trail Challenge on Saturday! Test you and your horses abilities and go through our challenging trail course. We will have $1000 added monies! Classes for AQHA horses and Non AQHA horses, youth and adults, Beginner, Training and Master classes. All types of horses are welcome to join our Trail Challenge. Only $10 to enter! April 2017

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Omega 3 Fatty Acids: Are They all the Same? by Dr Tania Cubitt Performance Horse Nutrition For dac® Vitamins and Minerals

Recent advertisements have focused on the use of Omega-3 supplements for horses, usually containing flaxseed meal, vegetable oil, and in some cases fish oil. Studies in humans have found many health benefits with supplementation of Omega-3 fatty acids in the diet. While research benefits for horses have not been as numerous, Omega-3 supplementation is showing real potential in equine studies with some very positive results. Dietary fats serve as carriers for fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K, and supply the essential fatty acids (EFAs) Omega-6 and Omega-3 acid that cannot be synthesized by the body. While Omega-3 fatty acids control the inflammatory response in the body and have positive health benefits, Omega-6 fatty acids cause inflammatory processes and some human medical research suggests that excessive levels of Omega-6, relative to Omega-3, may increase the probability of a number of diseases. Although the exact EFA requirements for horses have not

been established, they have been demonstrated as necessary for many normal bodily functions. Deficiency of EFA in humans and animals includes hair loss, skin problems, and impaired immune and reproductive function. They also synthesize hormones and transport oxygen from red blood cells to tissue, and help control inflammation. Significant correlations between high blood plasma ratios of Omega-3: Omega-6 fatty acids and good hair coat condition, and low blood plasma ratios of Omega-3: Omega-6 fatty acids and poor hair coat condition were reported in a study with Thoroughbreds. Cereal grains, such as corn and oats, along with sunflower and safflower seeds contain much higher levels of Omega-6 than Omega-3 fatty acids in reference to their total fat content. Rice bran, soybean and corn oils are also high in omega 6 fatty acids. The horse needs a balance of Omega-3’s and Omega-6’s to function at an optimal level, but the exact amounts or ratio of Omega-3: Omega-6 is not known. Research has

focused on adding more Omega-3’s, which increases the dietary ratio of Omega-3: Omega-6 fatty acids in the equine diet. Studies in animals and humans have shown that high concentrations of Omega-6 fatty acids increase inflammatory processes by increasing the formation of prostaglandins. And the addition of Omega-3 fatty acids has been shown to reduce inflammatory processes by decreasing prostaglandin formation. It should however be noted that not all omega 3’s are the same. There are three primary types of omega-3 fatty acids, ࠧ-linolenic acid (ALA) (found in plant oils), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) both commonly found in marine oils including algae, fish and phytoplankton. It is actually DHA that has the most benefit in the body, ALA must first be converted through intermediaries to DHA before it can be effectively utilized by the horse. This conversion rate is quite poor and therefore it is most beneficial to feed direct sources of DHA and skip ALA based sources like flax. Breeding stallions supplemented with DHA have shown increased sperm concentration and motility in several studies. Omega 3 fatty

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acids (DHA) also play a role in the flexibility of cell walls and were shown to reduce the risk of exerciseinduced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH, Bleeders). Other research has linked DHA to immune function in yearlings, muscle recovery, lowering heart rate in exercising horses, brain, eye and nerve function as well as antiinflammatory benefits. Some research is also suggesting an improvement in insulin sensitivity when horses are supplemented with DHA. Future research in horses will certainly continue to investigate optimum levels of DHA supplementation. The benefits of boosting the immune system and reducing inflammatory responses are advantageous for horses that are aged, involved in intense exercise, or affected by degenerative joint disease and laminitis. Check out our dac Facebook page for weekly brainteasers and other tips, www.facebook.com/ dacvitamins. Visit our website for more information about our feeds, www.feeddac.com. Contact us if you have any questions regarding any of our products, 800/921-9121.

April 2017

www.massillonsaddleclub.org

PAC Approved!

2017 Open Pleasure Horse Shows Starting Time: 10 a.m.

Cancellations due to inclement weather will be posted on MSC Facebook page.

April 23

Duane Stutzman

May 7

Justin Billings

May 28

DIRECTIONS TO MSC SHOW GROUNDS: 12680 Sally SW, Massillon, Ohio 44647 Rte. 30 (E or W), Exit 241 & 93. take 93 North 3.5 miles. Turn right (E) on Rte. 172, right on Richard (2nd st. of 93), left on Susan, right on Cyril, left on Sally to show grounds. (No mail delivered to this address). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Open Fitting & Grooming $100 Open Jackpot Halter Registered Quarter Horse Halter Open Halter (No Quarter Horses) $100 Open Jackpot Showmanship Leadline Showmanship ($3 entry fee, spotter required, 8 & under) Small Fry Showmanship (9 & under, spotter required) Showmanship 13 & under Showmanship 18 & under Showmanship 19 & over Leadline E/W ($3 entry fee, spotter required, 8 & under) Food Walk / 15 Minute Break

June 11

Willie Mathews

Kay Tracy

July 9

Kory Klier Warthling

Food Booth on Grounds

featuring Bella Sera's award winner pepperoni rolls!

August 6 Sheri Napier

FEES: Lead-Line classes, $3. Regular classes, $5. $100 class fee, $10. $500 class fee, $20. PAYBACK: $100 = $37, $27, $17, $10, $7. Less than 17 entries 50%. $500 = $225, $100, $75, $60, $40. Less than 25 entries 50%. Grounds/Office Fee Members $4 per horse/rider combo. Non-Member $8 per horse/rider combo.

12. Schooling Class Walk-Trot 13. $500 Open W/T Jackpot Pleasure E/W (may cross enter) 14. Small Fry W/T Pleasure E/W (9 & under, no cross enter, spotter required) 15. Small Fry W/T Equitation E/W (9 & under, no cross enter, spotter required) 16. Open W/T English Pleasure (no cross enter) 17. Open W/T English Equitation (no cross enter) 18. $100 Open Jackpot English Equitation 19. English Pleasure W/T 13 & under (may not cross enter into 18 & under)

20. English Pleasure 18 & under 21. English Pleasure 19 & over 22. $100 Open Jackpot English Pleasure 23. English Equitation W/T 13 & under (may not cross enter into 18 & under) 24. English Equitation 18 & under 25. English Equitation 19 & over 26. W/T Jack Benny Pleasure E/W (39 & over, may cross enter) 27. $100 W/T Jackpot Pleasure 15 Minute Break 28. Schooling Class (W/T/C) 29. Open W/T Generation Gap Pleasure E/W (may cross enter, older rider 1st 10+ years age gap)

30. MSC Members Only W/T Pleasure E/W (may cross enter) 31. $100 Open Jackpot Western Pleasure 32. Ranch Horse Pleasure 33. Open Western Pleasure W/T (no cross enter) 34. Western Pleasure W/T 13 & under (may not cross enter into 18 & under) 35. Western Pleasure 18 & under 36. Western Pleasure 19 & over 37. Open Western Horsemanship W/T (no cross enter) 38. Western Horsemanship W/T 13 & under (may not cross enter into 18 & under) 39. Western Horsemanship 18 & under 40. Western Horsemanship 19 & over

2017 Contest Shows

2017 Fun Shows

April 30 • May 21 • June 4 • July 2 August 13 • September 17 • October 8

June 25 • August 27 September 24 • October 15

Walk/Trot Classes start promptly at 10 a.m. Remaining classes will start NO earlier than 12 Noon

Show begins at 11 a.m.

FEES (MEMBERS): Walk-Trot (lead in/youth/adult) $3; Small Fry $3; Youth $4; Open $5; Exhibition $2. Grounds Fee $2/horse & rider; Office Fee: No charge. FEES (NON-MEMBERS): Walk-Trot (lead in/youth/adult) $4; Small Fry $4; Youth; $5; Open $6; Exhibition $2. Grounds Fee $5/horse and rider combo; Office Fee $2. Cash or Check Only DIVISIONS & PRIZES OPEN: (All ages-may cross enter). 50% Payout to top 4 places, Top 5 Points. YOUTH: (18 & under as of Jan. 1, 2017). 50% Payout to top 4 places, Top 5 Points. SMALL FRY: (12 & under as of Jan. 1, 2017). Top 4 Ribbons, Top 5 Points. WALK-TROT: Top 4 Ribbons, Top 5 Points (lead-in/ youth/adult placed separately.) NO cross entries same horse/rider in walk/trot and canter classes. MSC reserves the right to limit entries in exhibition classes. First come, frist serve. $2 entry with a 2 min. time limit. Classes marked with * Not for Points Divisions for Points/Year-End Awards (Members Only): For Open Division you MUST show 5 out of 7 shows and MUST COMPLETE 4 VOLUNTEER HOURS by Sept. 17, 2017. For Youth Division: MUST COMPLETE 4 VOLUNTEER HOURS by Sept. 17, 2017. Points will not be posted until volunteer hours are completed. Volunteer sign in/out sheets must be completed and signed by MSC Board Member for hours to count. Forms available at entry booth. Points accumulated for same horse/rider combo only. Proper show attire required for all riders: Boots, Jeans/Long Pants, Shirt w/Sleeves. (Helmets suggested). No shorts, tank tops, athletic shoes, or flip flops/sandals for riders! No exceptions!

*Shows may be cancelled due to excessive rain. RAIN DATE TBD * Call before you haul or check our Facebook page

1. Walk/Trot Ball Race (Lead In/Youth/Adult) 2. Walk/Trot Stakes (Lead In/Youth/Adult) 3. Walk/Trot Keyhole (Lead In/Youth/Adult) 4. Walk/Trot Figure 8 Stakes (Lead In/Youth/Adult) 5. Walk/Trot Poles (Lead In/Youth/Adult) 6. Walk/Trot Barrels (Lead In/Youth/Adult) 7. Cake Walk. Open to all riders or walkers $1 (No Points)* 8. Small Fry Ball Race 9. Youth Ball Race 10. Open Ball Race 11. Small Fry Stakes

12. Youth Stakes 13. Open Stakes 14. Open Flags 15. Youth Down and Back 16. Open Down and Back 17. Youth Keyhole 18. Open Keyhole 19. Open Scurry Race 20. Open Figure 8 Stakes 21. Exhibition Poles ($2 run, 2 min. time limit)* 22. Small Fry Poles 23. Youth Poles 24. Open Poles 25. Exhibition Barrels ($2/run, 2 min. time limit)* 26. Small Fry Barrels 27. Youth Barrels 28. Open Barrels

Enter as many times as you would like, only fastest time will count.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

$1 a c Unlimite lass d Runs!

Stakes Flags Down and Back Cake Walk Poles Mystery Barrels Ball Race

With pa yout!

PAYOUT 1st = $4 2nd = $3 3rd = $2 4th = $1 There must be 10 or more in a class to get payout.

T-shirt, jeans and boots MUST BE WORN! NO TANK TOPS! Food Booth on Grounds.

Membership Applications at Entry Booth or on our Website!

Check website (www.massillonsaddleclub.org) and/or contact us in case of excessive rains for cancellations. Club President: Leanne Louive, 330/844-4041 • leannelouive@walsh.edu VP Contest: Regina Sword • 330/234-7637 MSC reserves the right to combine, split (20 or more entries) or cancel any class. Small Fry classes are 12 & under. All entries must enter no less than 2 classes prior. MSC is not responsible for accidents or loss of property. Ride at your own risk. Helmets are encouraged, but optional. Cash and checks ($35 NSF fee) are accepted as payment. NO REFUNDS. Dogs must be on a leash. No glass containers and/or alcohol on grounds. Small Fry riders may not enter into other designated w/t classes that are not age based or 3 gaited. Year end awards (1 horse/rider combo) must be members, complete all appropriate forms, show at a minimum of 3 shows and complete 4 volunteer hours or (1) $50 sponsorship per rider. Volunteer hours must be completed by the last pleasure show. MSC rules are available at the entry booth.

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Ride In Sync

Please Don’t… by Terry Myers Most of my coaching with horse owners is based on telling people what they need to do and why. I feel that horses are logical and that the more logical I can make my instruction, the easier good horsemanship is for people to learn. However, sometimes I feel compelled to talk about what NOT to do. One reason I feel I need to write this article comes from observing people who bring horses to me for training. They are with me because they have problems, which are usually humanmade. Good horsemanship starts on the ground, way before you put your foot into the stirrup and that is the focus of this article. Every now and then I have a horse come in for training that has issues with biting and being disrespectful of the owners’ personal space. I work with the horse to teach them to lead properly without pulling and to understand my personal space. They get to the point that they are standing well to be groomed and all is good with our ground work.

Then the owner comes into the barn and the horse has an immediate personality switch and goes back to bad habits; pushing, reaching to nibble on the owner, walking on top of them. At that point, I must work with the owners to teach them how to communicate to their horse to maintain the respect. In these situations, the horses learned that they must behave a certain way for me, but can revert back to disrespectful behavior to the owner. So how did the horses get this way? They learned it from their humans. The following are ways to avoid teaching your horse undesirable/ disrespectful habits. 1. Don’t play with your horse’s mouth. There are plenty of ways to pet and reward a horse. It drives me nuts when someone comes into my barn and wants to play with my horse’s nose or pet him close to his mouth. He tends to be a mouthy horse and all this does is give him permission to be mouthy. I never hand feed my horses as a way of rewarding them (I know that this will

ruffle the feathers of some of you who are reading this). In my experience, all that does is make them ask for more by getting into your space, rummaging in your pocket, pushing and potentially nipping you for more. Some people may find that behavior cute or fun, until it’s a problem. Then the person gets mad. To my way of thinking, you asked for your horse to exhibit that behavior. OK, there are professionals who do trick training that can get away with making treats part of their training methods (Tommy Turvey is one of the best). But unless you are a trick training professional, for most horse owners, it is best to find other ways to reward your horse. If you want to give treats, put the treats in their feedbox, don’t feed out of your hand or let your horse rummage through your pockets. 2. Letting your horse kiss or nuzzle your face is risky. I know, it’s funny and sweet. But I once knew a guy who owned a race horse and every morning he let his horse give him a big kiss on the cheek. But one morning, for whatever reason, the horse decided to give him a little more and bit his nose off! The track was across the street from the hospital and he had to walk into the ER with his nose in his hand. Fortunately for him, they were able to sew it back onto his face. His kissing with his horse ceased after that day. He later said he did not get angry with his horse for what happened, he felt it was his fault for letting his horse do this. 3. Do not let your horse use you as a rubbing post. No, no, no! If your horse gets an itchy head, groom them or scratch with your hand. This is a major safety issue. I’ve heard of people who let their horse do this and as their horse’s head came up it hit their head or jaw. We’re talking broken jaws, noses and concussions. This behavior also encourages a horse to get into your space. 4. Make your horse respect your personal space. There are a variety of ground work training methods you can do to develop a respect on the ground, but much of it comes from confidence. Some horse owners want to be their horse’s friend instead of their leader. Let me ask you, do you like anyone that you don’t respect?

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Terry Myers If you really want your horse to like you, teach them how to respect you. I’m not talking beating on them. I’m talking teaching them and giving them clear direction, be the leader that your horse needs. By you being a confident leader, your horse will become a more confident partner. 5. Be consistent. Horses learn by repetition and consistency. That is where you, as a horse owner comes in. A horse can’t reason; they don’t know that you are giving them a treat or a kiss ‘just this one time.’ Being consistent with your direction and your habits helps the horse understand the rules. They are like kids, you can’t have one rule one day only to change it the next day. One final thing to remember… horses don’t make mistakes, people do. Work to learn how to better understand your horse. Treat your horse like a horse, not a pet. Understand your horse’s instincts and what motivates them. If you try to keep this philosophy in the forefront of your mind when working with your horse, you will be a more effective partner. Terry Myers is a national clinician and champion horse trainer with a depth of knowledge developed from over 45 years in the horse industry. Myers has been a popular clinician at multiple expos in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more about Myers’ Ride-In-Sync Horsemanship methods as well as clinic and training services available, visit Myers at www.tmtrainingcenter.com and on Facebook.

April 2017

Black Swamp Driving Club

Black Swamp Driving Club Starts Busy 2017 PRESIDENT, Julie Emmons; VICE PRESIDENT, Greg Leidel; SECRETARY & TREASURER, Susan Murray. WEBSITE, www.blackswampdrivingclub.com

by Mary Thomas Several BSDC members joined the Western Reserve Carriage Association Feb. 10 for a tour of Weaver Leather, Mt. Hope, Ohio. To begin, guides explained the history of the company, their leadership training program and their teamwork approach for production. On the plant tour, members learned that reins were cut from the same strip of leather and kept together throughout the whole production process, making sure that both will have the same ‘feel.’ Weaver makes a wide variety of leather goods, enough to fill four different catalogs. It was interesting to learn that the metal work found on Weaver items is produced in another Weaver facility. More than two dozen BSDC members gathered Feb. 12 at the

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Good Hope Lutheran Church, Arlington, Ohio, for a planning meeting. Peg Graham announced that a million dollar insurance policy covering liable damage caused by your equine was available through the Ohio Horse Council. A $45 fee provides both OHC chapter membership and the insurance. Graham has local chapter forms or they can be obtained from any county chapter. Additional club events for 2017 were presented. Mary Elliott and Linda Spear will be holding the popular fall hayride at their farm, Galion, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 22. Jackie and Mike Minges along with Molly and Dale Owen have scheduled a drive Aug. 26 at Riverbend Park, Findlay, Ohio. July 15 has been chosen by the Gillfillans for a picnic at their Indian Lake cottage. A discussion concerning safety issues when trailering equines was led by Mike Minges and Roger Murray while the board of directors met to elect officers for the year. Julie Emmons will continue as president with Greg Leidel as vice president. Susan Murray has accepted the

secretary/treasurer position while Mary Thomas will serve as reporter. Other board members include Ann Bell, Sharon Hayhurst, and John Heffernan. The board voted to apply to become a Carriage Association of America (CAA) chapter. There is no cost but 10 percent of the chapter must also be current CAA members. BSDC will have a link on the CAA website and can have club news published in the CAA weekly email newsletter. In other club action, purchasing new signs used for directing members to event sites was approved. Molly Owen will letter the signs. Upcoming events include the celebration of Gov. Foster’s birthday April 22 at the historical museum, 105 N. Main St., Fostoria, Ohio. Susan Murray will present ‘Traveling with the Victorians by Horse and Carriage’ at 2 p.m. Members are invited to display antique carriages in front of the museum. A tour of Westview Veterinary Hospital, 3032 Napoleon Road, Fremont, Ohio, is slated for April 29 at 1 p.m.

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Save May 20 for a tour of Sauder Village, 22611 St. Rt. 2, Archbold, Ohio. Plan to arrive anytime between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Dinner is planned for the Barn Restaurant at 4 p.m. but reservations are required. Contact ram2andsue@gmail.com or call 740/361-3885 for reservations. While BSDC members have been busy meeting in Ohio, Mary Thomas has been in mostly warm and sunny Florida. Her pony earned the reserve championship in the Non Traditional division at the Grand Oaks Pleasure Show, finished second in the Grand Oaks Super Derby, fourth in the preliminary single pony division at the Florida Spring Fling HDT, and second at the Black Prong HDT. In President Julie Emmons ‘notes,’ she extends a warm welcome to BSDC new members: Cathy Foster, Carol Millhoan, and Sandra Tebbe. It is hoped that they will enjoy BSDC drives, tours, and delicious picnics. The Black Swamp Driving Club welcomes everyone interested in driving fun or carriages. Membership information is available on the BSDC website, www. blackswampdrivingclub.com.

Ottawa County Horse Foundation

OCHF is Proud to Host Five Shows in 2017 PRESIDENT, John Vallance; VICE PRESIDENT, Rich Petersen, Jr.; SECRETARY, Nancy Lajti; TREASURER, Adam Steinmiller; PHONE, 419/707-0398; EMAIL, ottawacountyhorsefoundation@ gmail.com; WEBSITE, www.ochf.net

by Brianne Mathews Hello! If you are not familiar with the Ottawa County Horse Foundation, we are a non-profit group that was founded in 2008 for the purpose of improving the grounds at the Ottawa County Fairgrounds in Oak Harbor, Ohio. Our group has built new washracks, re-built and expanded the show arena, built a make-up

2016 Points on the Portage circuit awards. arena, built bleacher covers, and made other small improvements to the grounds. We do this by holding one major fundraiser per year, and also since 2014 have begun to host horse shows. We do have an arena sponsorship program—for as little as $25, you can be recognized on a metal plaque attached to the arena! In 2017, we are proud to host five shows: the Spring Fuzzy Show on May 6-7, the three Points on the Portage circuit shows on May 2728, July 8-9, and Sept. 2-3, and the Fall Fuzzy Show on Oct. 7. Two of the Points on the Portage shows are also Tri-State Rodeo Association approved. Showbills are posted on our website

Join OCHF at their 2017 Shows!

and Facebook page, so please check them out—there is something for everyone! All shows offer camping and box stalls for the weekend, and since the fairgrounds butt up against the Portage River, those non-horse show lovers in the family can keep busy by fishing! OCHF members are welcome to haul to our arena on Thursday nights

MAY 26: Points on the Portage — TSRA Speed Show MAY 27: Points on the Portage — TSRA Pleasure Show JULY 8: Points on the Portage — Speed Show JULY 9: Points on the Portage — Pleasure Show SEPT. 2: Points on the Portage — TSRA Speed Show SEPT. 3: Points on the Portage — TSRA Pleasure Show OCT. 7: Fall Fuzzy Show Speed Exhibition & Pleasure Fun Show

We are Ready for Show Season PRESIDENT, Carmen KellenbargerPorter; VICE PRESIDENT, Ben Grandstaff; SECRETARY, Brianne Mathews; TREASURER, Meg Powell PHONE, 740/403-4551 WEBSITE, www.ohiobuckskins.org

March certainly came in like a Lion so it should go out like a Lamb….at least we hope so right? April showers bring May flowers that sounds good to me too. You guessed it I have spring fever how about you? The horses are shedding out and there is hair everywhere so I will take this as a good sign the weather is going to warm up. I know a lot of us are chomping at the bit and we are ready to show. Special thanks goes out to Karen Kimmerly for getting our

Place Mailing Label Here (from last issue)

Showbills can be found on our website!

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computers ready for the show season this year. Our Ohio queen Kate Memmen and our IBHA queen Emily Powell represented us at the convention and did a great job. We are so proud of these young ladies. Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the Equine Affaire this April 6-9 at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, Ohio. I hope everyone gets to go and check it out. Check the website out, www. ohiobuckskins.org, for the date of our April meeting this month and location. I would love to see everyone there. Check out the showbills also on the website for June 3-4 at Eden Park in Sunbury, Ohio, and July 1-3 at Circle G in Brookville, Ohio. Don’t forget we are adding IBHA/Open Mini horse classes this year so pass the word. Don’t forget to sign up for year-end awards, the form is on the website. Until next time, keep hold of your reins because life can be a wild ride, enjoy every moment.

MOVING? TAKE THE CORRAL WITH YOU!

All shows held at the Ottawa County Fairgrounds 7870 W. St. Rt. 163, Oak Harbor, OH For more information contact Brianne Mathews (419) 707-0398, briannemathews@gmail.com

Don’t forget to ‘Like’ us on Facebook, fb.com/OCHorseFoundation. You can also find us on Instagram as @ ottawacountyhorsefoundation and Twitter as @OttawaCoHorses!

Ohio State Buckskin Association

by Carmen Kellenbarger-Porter

MAY 6: Spring Fuzzy Show — Speed Exhibition MAY 7: Spring Fuzzy Show — Pleasure Fun Show

from 6 p.m. until dusk for free—nonmembers can also do so for $10/horse. We have a beautiful shaded parking area and stalls available, as well.

New Address _______________________________________________________ City _______________________________ State ____ Zip __________________ Mail to: Horsemen’s Corral, PO Box 32, Lodi, OH 44254 or email address change to: michelle@thehorsemenscorral.com HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

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Western Reserve Carriage Association

Meet Kim Stegh PRESIDENT, Kim Stegh VICE PRESIDENT, Diana Beardsley TREASURER, Ann Petersen MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY, Henry Rish WEBSITE, www.wrcarriage.com

by Judy Berkley Clark “I never dreamed I’d be driving,” says the new president of WRCA. Growing up in Euclid, Ohio, Kim Stegh rode occasionally as a youngster, but education and career tracks kept her from pursuing regular horse activities. She graduated from Ohio State University in 1984 with a degree in agronomy and turf management, and she’s been employed as a horticulturalist for 33 years at the Canterbury Golf Club in Beachwood, Ohio. But, in 1996, she bought a Quarter Horse from Meredith Giere of Maple Crest Farm in Brecksville, Ohio, with the intention of trail riding. Describing Meredith as a ‘wealth of knowledge,’ Kim found herself challenged and mentored to do more, and she now says, “I wouldn’t be where I am today without Meredith.” Kim’s journey began with the Quarter Horse being broke to drive in 2002, and was followed by an Appaloosa driving horse, and, then, by her current horse, Major, who is a Percheron/Morgan cross that is so reliable, he’s also used as a kids’ lesson horse at Maple Crest. Kim has two vehicles, a marathon carriage she bought at the National Drive at the Kentucky Horse Park and a Meadowbrook for pleasure drives and shows. When Meredith and her daughter, Stacey, became more active in WRCA around 2005, Kim also joined the club, as did her boyfriend, Jim Christner. The two met on the website farmersonly.com and Jim, who wasn’t a horse person, now is! Kim’s journey from modest dreams

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to driving at all levels and to being president of a carriage driving club is the kind of happy progression that can occur when basic horse love combines with good information and encouragement. That’s the basis for much of what’s available at WRCA, too. So, the club is lucky to have a new leader who’s experienced that on a personal level, and looks forward to helping others achieve their dreams. UPCOMING EVENTS WRCA has a long affiliation with the Carriage Association of America and shares the mission of keeping alive coaching traditions, introducing and mentoring new drivers to the sport, preserving and educating others about historic vehicles and much more. On April 21-23, WRCA and CAA will present a joint educational event at Lake Farmpark in Kirtland, Ohio, called the Driver Proficiency Tests. These tests were devised by CAA to allow drivers/whips to set goals and assess their progress in an organized way. For the third year, the evaluator will be Jerry Trapani of New York state. But, don’t let all that sound intimidating. Like so many of WRCA’s educational programs, this will focus on informal fun, not fancy, and friendly. And, Jerry’s style is described as relaxed and easygoing. Copies of the test materials are available from the WRCA library and can be ordered at www. carriageassociationofamerica.com. Only 15 slots are available for drivers and their turnouts. (For fee information and scheduling, contact membership secretary, Henry Rish at hrish@stratos.net). But, there is no fee, other than Lake Farmpark’s admission, to attend, observe, and get acquainted. Activities begin with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 21, at the classroom of the Indoor Arena, followed by an informative talk from Jerry. Lakefarm Park is located at 8800 Euclid Chardon Road, Kirtland (take Hwy 6 east off Interstate 271).

Potlucking is always a big part of the much-loved, pleasure drive in the historic village of Zoar, Ohio, presented annually by Nancy and Jon Roemer. May 7 is the date for this favorite. Because of the picturesque setting, it’s a long running tradition to dress up, bring out the antique carriages (if you have them) or spruce up the modern vehicles, polish the harness, and groom the winter dust off the horses. The pace around town is sedate, but horses must be wellacclimatized to sights and sounds, and carriages must display the orange SMV triangle (slow moving vehicle). Crossing guards are placed at two points to stop traffic on Hwy 212, and the route takes in almost all of the historic buildings. So, this is a camera ready setting of the best kind. The casserole cornucopia, starting at 11:30 in the Old School House, is always a meeting of long-time friends and a chance for newcomers to share in the camaraderie WRCA enjoys. Hitch up time in the spacious parking area usually starts about 1 p.m. To get to the event: Take Interstate 77 to exit 93. Go east on SR 212. As you enter the old part

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New WRCA president, Kim Stegh, driving Major. Photo credit: picsofyou.com of town, you will see a fire station next to a church on the left, and the parking area. The Old School House is behind the fire station. QUIZ-ICAL QUESTION inspired by Dr. Leslie Kozsely Putting together a pair that is matched in color, gait, and size, is quite a feat. What if two of the criteria are met, but one horse is say 16 hands and the other is 16.2. On which side of the hitch does the taller horse go, and why? Post your answers on FB Western Reserve Carriage Association.

Cowboy Dressage

Horse Training got you Scared? Discover The One KEY Ingredient That Takes Fear Away by Jeff Wilson Hello, my name is Jeff, and I regularly shovel manure just like you and have horse stickers on my truck to let folks know I’m into horses, just like you. This article is for YOU if you’ve ever struggled with your horse and how to train him to be YOUR best partner. After all, don’t you deserve it? Want to know how you can get a lot done with your horse to make the neighbors envy you? To really let them know that there is a ‘new sheriff in town’ when it comes to horse training? Well, what I’m about to tell is so important that when the competition hears that I’m giving this information away for free they’ll probably make me take this article down. So read on while you still can for free. I turn over a horse to its owner to ride safely in a short time, and you can too. OK, here’s my secret weapon. Are you ready for it? It’s valued at $xxxx, but I’m giving it away here for free. Before I tell you what my secret is let me tell you what I believe. When someone sends me a horse to train, I train it. Sounds easy enough, right? With an unbroke horse, that means all the firsts are done with me: the first ride, the first canter, the first stream crossing, the first deer spook, (maybe not the first scream, that’s sometimes done by previous riders). Sometimes it’s the first “no” that li’l Dolly has ever heard, and so on. There is certainly an element of risk involved in training unbrokes; in that we can all agree. We can also concur together that things can and do get exciting rather quickly. It may surprise you to know that I resolve to get my trainees out on the trail as soon as possible which would seem to bring a heightened level of uncertainty, but that is not the case.

The truth is you can be safer on the trail than anywhere else on your unbroke. It is my best kept secret, and I’m gonna share it with you for free just this one time. First, you need to know that to get your unbroke out on the trail is to get something accomplished. Accomplishment is an intuitive experience in a daily training session that you can learn to have too. It is akin to that cool ole’ cowboy friend who always validates you. Today, he’s ridden out way ahead of you, waiting for you to catch up with him. You have to push a bit to do that. But when you spot him, you know you will continue that great conversation you had with him earlier, maybe even enjoy a cup a’ joe together. Everything comes into focus and you breathe a sense of relief in finding your friend. Accomplishment is just that simple! It all boils down to time spent. That’s how you get a lot done. And before I tell you my best kept secret in the industry, I want to share with you a story that superbly illustrates the value of what I’m about to share with you. (I’m telling you the competition is not going to like this). OK, sit back, and breathe deeply as you envision this moment with me: The silver mare leaped forward, snorting hard. Her eyes wide with surprise as she looked behind herself at the deer herd leaping out behind her as they crossed over the trail. Tense muscles surging with adrenaline gave her a powerful urge to run. The timid, high-strung mare, her entire being already heightened from unfamiliar surroundings, gathered her haunches under herself; strong and lithe, ready to bolt should any further disturbance emerge. A slightly worn, blue lead line snapped to her halter, muted her

forward momentum abruptly. Puzzled, the mare’s body quivered with one thought, ‘Escape.’ For a moment her claustrophobia rose strong at the restraint and then gave way to quietness as her eyes processed the situation; her keen Andalusian mind resolving it. “You’re going to be just fine, little lady,” a low, familiar voice spoke closely beside her. “Come on now, simmer down.” The young mare snorted once more, curling her head around to ensure the intruders in her white world had passed, and continued along through this winter’s wilderness. Never had she been so exhilarated, and never had she been so far away from her familiar pastures that she had known all her life. Her race around them at home was always molded by their tall wooden rails and boards—and a safety that came from knowing every inch of them. It was her joy, but here, there were no fences, only leafless trees and colorless brush surrounding her. Her paradigm of youth, sheltered, could not have prepared her for this. The spooky way seemed endlessly pale as she gingerly made her way through the snow-white country. The only sound was the shshing of hooves as she, and the one she was next to, pushed forward with each step. She lowered her head, and then settled back beside the shoulder of the wooly, bay gelding riding quietly beside her. He had been completely nonreactive through the entire ride; the sound of his saddle gently creaking every stride from leather cold and hard, and in a paradoxal moment, the mare felt comforted, giving way to a new demeanor that arose within her. As they traveled down the trail together, their quieted steps merged as one…

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Jeff Wilson OK, if you’ve ridden with fear, you are really going to relate to this. Here’s my secret weapon. No, it isn’t apples and carrots, but those are good suggestions! Remember, I’m giving this information away here for free, so just know that if you’ve never struggled with training issues, this article is probably not for you. You probably won’t need to keep reading. But for everyone else, I’m proud to share my secret with you that has taken me years to discover (You are getting the value of all those years for free right now). My secret is my long time friend and comrade, my pony-horse partner, the unsung hero on my team: Black Willow David. He does it all! I’ll tell you all about him and what we are able to accomplish when we get together next month. I appreciate your feedback. Please take some time and ‘like’ www. facebook.com/Jeff-Wilson-CowboyDressage. I have been training horses for over 30 years and value the western horse lifestyle in my approach to training. Giving clinics and seminars on how to reach your full potential with your horse through the training foundation of Cowboy Dressage makes me happier than a full breeze from a corn-eatin’ horse.

April 2017

Massillon Saddle Club

Changes to the Showbill; New Tractor PRESIDENT, Leanne; VICE PRESIDENT (PLEASURE), Jen W.; VICE PRESIDENT (CONTEST), Regina; TREASURER, Erin EMAIL, massillonsaddleclub@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.massillonsaddleclub.org

Hello, everyone! Happy spring! The Massillon Saddle Club officers and Trustees hope that you had a good winter. We have been busily planning the 2017 show season, and are looking forward to spending the show day with you. For anyone working towards yearend awards in 2017, your first opportunity to complete the required volunteer hours is at the Spring Clean Up of the show grounds. The first show of the season this year is April 23. Clean Up Day is scheduled for March 26 at noon, with a rain date of April 2,.If you aren’t able to help with the showgrounds clean up, and would like to complete your hours before the show season starts, please let us know. We have a list of small tasks that can de done that

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could fulfill the needed time. The 2017 MSC showbills are included in this issue of the Horsemen’s Corral. Some changes were made, based on your suggestions. For example, the Contest show will start earlier. All of the walk/trot and leadline classes will be run first, with the other classes not to begin before noon. The first class at noon will be the Cake Walk. Hopefully, this will make it easier for our younger members, and their ‘equine support staff’ (aka ‘parents’). This will also make it easier for Contest participants to complete their volunteer hours without the worry of missing a run. If you are new to showing, MSC is very beginner friendly, and would be happy to welcome you to a show day. All MSC shows are PAC approved. Show locally at a savings over the breed shows, and your MSC placings will add to your PAC standings. (If your breed of choice has a similar program, please let us know.) Although the show season has not yet started, preparations for the awards banquet are already well underway. This year’s banquet will

again be held at Nickajack Farm in November. The date of the event is currently being confirmed; please watch the MSC Facebook page for further details. If you missed the chance to advertise in the MSC sponsorship book for 2017, rail sponsors are still available, as are banquet sponsorships. If you would like to sponsor a specific class, or event, please let us know. Sponsorships can either be cash, or merchandise, whichever you prefer. Please contact Jen for further details at jwweisefamily@hotmail.com or 330/705-9619. Sponsorship forms are located on both the MSC website, and the Facebook page. You may notice a ‘new’ addition to the MSC shows; MSC was able to purchase a newer tractor. Thank you to Steve, and everyone who spent

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hours researching and looking over multiple possibilities. Did you know that MSC has a scholarship fund? Each year, MSC adds a portion of the yearly budget to a scholarship fund. The last few years have not had any applications. If you would like to be considered for the MSC scholarship, please see the MSC website for an application, and requirements. As always, if you have a suggestion for improving the shows, would like to see a special class, or have an idea for a special project, please let us know. All suggestions are welcome, and no helping hand is turned away. Please watch the MSC Facebook pages for the most recent news, updates, and pictures of past events. I hope that you have a fantastic spring...can’t wait for the show season to start.

Ohio Morgan Horse Association

Enroll Your Horse in the High Point Program PRESIDENT, Claudia Grimes; VICE PRESIDENT, Louise Fraser; SECRETARY, Lois Magisano; PAST PRESIDENT, Amy Snyder; EMAIL, cowgirlup73@hotmail. com; WEBSITE, www.ohiomorganhorse. com

by Susan Walker What crazy weather Ohio has been experiencing over the past few weeks. There have been temperatures close to 70 degrees, 50 mile per hour winds causing tree damage and power outages and potentially 1 to 3 inches of snow. None the less, spring is steadily creeping in. Our farm sports crocuses in bloom, foals are arriving for some happy mares, and I spotted a groundhog out of hibernation yesterday. This can be quite exciting as it means the Ohio horse show season is almost in sight. If you live to exhibit your show horses or if you just like to spectate at the occasional show, the opportunity will be here before you know it. The show committee for our club’s Buckeye Morgan Challenge is really on the ball this year having already mailed out the showbill. Watch your

mailbox for the new show logo on the prize list. If you fail to received one, you can contact show manager, Sandy Sessink. The prize list is also up on the OMHA website. Another great place to keep up-to-date with information on the BMC is at the Facebook page dedicated to the show. In fact, just this week it was announced that two roadster classes have been added. That is going to be quite exciting—to quote Top Gun, “I feel the need…the need for speed!” To be honest, I haven’t yet really studied the showbill, but I did glance through it and it looks like all sorts of parties, food and fun are planned, in addition to the quality classes we can expect. Also, take note, there is to be a drawing for a three-day hotel stay at the show headquarters hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott, to be selected from all sponsors who have donated $100 or more before July 10, 2017. Remember that date, as it is also the entry deadline to avoid late entry fees. Speaking of dates, make sure to mark Aug. 9-12 on your calendar, noting that, yes, the show starts on Wednesday this year. What I consider to be the first ‘big’ horse show in Ohio each spring, River Ridge at the Columbus state

fairgrounds, will be held later this month, April 26-29, to be exact. I did a quick scan of the class list and came up with 30 Morgan classes if I counted correctly. This show also offers a good number of open classes where Morgans can compete head to head with other breeds. I really appreciate attending this show as it

Colorado Ranger Horse Association

2016 Logging Program Results and 2017 Open Show Dates 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 Chairperson Barbara Anne Summerson has announced the 2016 results for the 2016 Logging Program: 1. HHR Cherico Sundance, Debra Van Ord, 86 hours; 2. HHR Dancing Eagle, Randy VanOrd, 52 hours; 3. PRR Brite Sally Rose, KayDence Winkleman, 41 hours; 4. (tie): Hylite’s Navajo, Sarah Craig and A Perfect Impression, Sarah Craig, 20 hours; 5. A Perfect Renaissance, Sarah Craig, 13 hours; 6. Stings Red Hand, Jeremiah Lundfelt, 13 hours; 7. War Drums Miracle, Sarah Craig, 30 minutes. Receiving the Adult/Horse Most Hours Award which was a Small Silver Plate was Debra VanOrd and HHR Cherico Sundance. Receiving the Youth/Horse Most Hours and Youngest Youth Enrolled which was a Small Trophy and Plush Horse was KayDence Winkleman and PRR Brite Sally Rose. Receiving the Oldest Horse Enrolled Award earning a Neck Sash was Hylite’s Navajo at 25 years old. And the Random Winner receiving a check for $25 was Jeremiah Lundfelt. Thank you so much to Sarah Craig for donating the beautiful awards for this program! Sarah Craig will once again donate awards for the 2017 Logging Program 50

offers an opportunity to compare and contrast breeds from Hackneys to Frieisans and disciplines from parade horse to park horse, all indoors in central Ohio. If I have you thinking about the show season, let me remind you to make sure you have enrolled your show horses in the OMHA high point program. Even if showing is not the thing for you, there is a way to participate with the Pleasure Driving/Riding log sheet. All guidelines for the program and necessary forms can be located under the High Point Program banner on the OMHA website. Good luck, and as they say at the race track, “Don’t be shut out!”

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Debra VanOrd and HHR Cherico Sundance who earned the Adult/ Horse Most Hours Award in the 2016 CRHA Logging Program. and the award categories are: Adult/ Horse Most Hours (to honor the adult who rode the most hours on one horse), Youth/Horse Most Hours (to honor the youth who rode the most hours on one horse), Youngest Rider Enrolled (to encourage youth to join CRHA and participate in the programs), Most CRHA Horses Ridden/Enrolled by One Person (to encourage riding and enrolling multiple CHRA horses in the program.), and One Random Winner (this gives everyone a chance for an award!). Payback Friday evening open game show will be held on June 16 and an open pleasure and games show will be held on Saturday, June 17. Both shows will be held at the Mercer County 4-H Park in Mercer, Pa. CRHA’s 44th National Show will be in Lock Haven, Pa., on Sept. 16-17. For information on CRHA registration, membership, shows or programs, visit our website, www. coloradoranger.com! April 2017

Wayne County Saddle Club

2017 is Underway at the Hollow PRESIDENT, Rich Gortner; VICE PRESIDENTS, Rachael Adamson and Katy Amstutz; SECRETARY, Bobbi Jo Mackey; TREASURER, Beth Eikleberry; WEBSITE, waynecountysaddleclub.com

I hope you’ve got O’le Dobbin ready ‘cause the season is up and running. We want to invite you-all to any or all of our events. As I’ve always said, whether you come to show, watch, work, or some combination of these, you are welcome! OK!? So we have already completed several activities: the Tack Swap March 11, the Spring Clean-up March 25; and the Clinic April 15. Guess what!? 2017 is, indeed, underway at the ‘Hollow.’ Upcoming this month, we’ll have a Pleasure Point Show April 22, a Friday Night Fun Show April 28,

and a Contest Point Show April 29. Starting in May, are these events: a Pleasure Point Show May 6, a Friday Night Fun Show May 12, and a Contest Point Show May 20. Be sure to check out the ad in this month’s Corral. I always suggest you ‘clip and save’ it somewhere for quick reference. Also, the Corral Calendar appears each month and has every one of our activities scheduled so far in it. You can read it in the issue or check it online. Of course you can find information for all our events on the saddle club website, too. Type in www.waynecountysaddleclub and you’ll find it. Of course, you can always call any officer or director for information, too. At the March meeting the board voted to make Susie Gortner a director to fill the vacancy left by the untimely passing of Jim Badger. Susie will also continue the duties of ‘Sunshine Person.’ Best wishes to you, Susie! Condolences to the Badger family.

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New this year in June, we’ll host an Olde Timers’ Roundup on June 16 at the club grounds. Folks who’ve been around for some time are invited to get together and visit. For those who still ride, there will be time to ride in the arena and/or the trails (3-6 p.m.). Then we’ll have a picnic supper (6:15 p.m. or so) followed by some cowboy music, pictures, maybe a bit of ‘yarn spinning,’ and just plain good conversation about those ‘good old days.’ It’s open to anybody who thinks they fit the category. No reservations are necessary. If you have questions, call Stan Bosler at 330/607-5106 or boslers1@frontier.com. As I mentioned last time, the NBHA is holding a show on June 24. You can check with District #8 representative Alicia Meeks at 330/591-7828 or consult the NBHA news. We are pleased to have NBHA return and wish them the very best for their show! After some discussion and planning, the board has voted to do the Wayne County Fair Open Contest Show again in 2017. The show will be on Saturday opening day. We’ll have more details as time draws closer.

It’s right around the corner. The worship group meets Sundays at the club grounds at 11 a.m. All are welcome. One further note; the rules for accumulating time to qualify for yearend points have changed somewhat. Be sure to check the showbills or ask your V.P. about them. See the ad for contact information, please. 2017 is definitely in ‘full swing’ here at the ‘Hollow.’ Sure, we’re well under way but we’re just getting started. Check the ad or the website for all the rest of the great stuff we have for you this season. Why not join us?! ~Stan

Shows Scheduled for Friday Nights PRESIDENT, Kathleen Azzarello; SECRETARY & TREASURER, Barbara Sherman; TRUSTEE, Mary Oring; EMAIL, kathleen@getdependable.com WEBSITE, www.avonlakesaddleclub.com

by Kathleen Azzarello The Avon Lake Saddle Club hopes is off to a great 2017! Here is a recap of 2016... YEAR END AWARDS Thank you to our exhibitors for coming out to our shows. Congratulations to our High Point winners!

LEADLINE: Emily Martin. YOUTH: Grand Champion: Benjamin Jarabek; Reserve Champion: Grace Cromling. OPEN: Grand Champion: Erika Richardson; Reserve Champion: Benjamin Jarabek. ADULT: Grand Champion: Erika Richardson; Reserve Champion: Jennifer Dalton.

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Annual Hay Day event for children/ adults with developmental challenges and their families! This is a free event sponsored by the A.L.S.C. We are so appreciative of our sponsors and support driven through our fundraisers to help make this event possible. The A.L.S.C. received the Project of the Year Award for our event. Weather was a challenge, but we had great attendance. The biggest cheers go to our members and volunteers who make this event possible. Once again, the smiles were abundant throughout the day! 2017 SHOW DATES We have had our kick-off meeting. Our 2017 shows are scheduled for Friday nights. Start time is 7 p.m. and the dates are: June 2, June 16, July 7, July 21 and Sept. 8. We are currently finalizing judges for our 2017 show series. We hope to see you at the shows!

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Indiana Mounted Regulators

Come Shoot with us in Indiana PRESIDENT, Connie Rickets, VICE PRESIDENT, Marcy Luttrell, SECRETARY, Jonella Beale, TREASURER, Lanae Kline, EMAIL, dcr@locl.net;WEBSITE, www. indianamountedregulators.com

by Connie Rickets The Indiana Mounted Regulators are having two fun-filled weekends

of Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association shoots this year. The shoots will be at the Hoosier Horse Park (HHP) in Edinburgh, Ind. HHP is the best covered arena in Indiana, with great footing, nice stalls, and a big warm up pen, all centrally located in Indiana, just south of Indianapolis. So save the dates of June 23-25 and October 6-8 for these shoots. On Friday nights, we will be having ‘Time Only Runs’, where we will set up stages for you to practice, to work on your new horses, or to improve your seasoned shooting horses. Time

Only Runs start at 7 p.m. and are $10 each run. On Saturday and Sunday we will start the main match at 10 a.m. with sign up from 8-9 a.m. and the safety meetings at 9:30 a.m. So load up that pony and come out and shoot with us for fun-filled weekends at a great facility. Rain or shine we will be dry in this beautiful covered arena! Spectators are welcome to come sit in the bleachers and watch the fun! For more information call Connie, 260/668-1770 or Marcy, 765/9604546.

Covered arena at the Hoosier Horse Park, Edinburgh, Ind.

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The Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA) in the MidWest has grown steadily over the last 10 years. Proof of this growth is the formation of Ohio’s fifth CMSA Club, The Mid-Ohio Marauders. The Marauders will make their home at the Madison County Fairgrounds in London, Ohio, and begin their shooting season this July at the fairgrounds’ newly covered arena.

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PRESIDENT, Mark Wright; VICE PRESIDENT, Joe Coalter; SECRETARY, Judy Foster; TREASURER, Dawn Wright. PHONE, 740/206-7214 EMAIL, midohiomarauders@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.midohiomarauders.com

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Madison County’s new 120 x 300 foot covered arena. several CMSA sanctioned events culminating with an impressive shoot at the 2017 All American Quarter Horse Congress in October.

To learn more about sponsorship, clinics, events and Cowboy Mounted Shooting, please visit www. midohiomarauders.com.

Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros

Practices Scheduled in March and April; First Show in May PRESIDENT, R David Davis; Vice President, Brian (Doc) Hric; SECRETARY, Karen Davis; TREASURER, Nancy Virzi. EMAIL, ddranch2@windstream.net WEBSITE, www.lakeerievaqueros.com

by Nancy ‘Go Forward’ Virzi Hi everyone. Well March has certainly come in like a lion, let’s hope it does go out like a lamb. For all of you who compete at our shoots, you may not know the man behind the voice on the announcers mic. His name is John Truman. He is not only our announcer, he is the oldest mounted shooting competitor in Ohio and probably the country. He turns 82 this year. John rides a Quarter Horse gelding who goes by the name of Bubba. John trained Bubba himself as a colt. John has created an all 52

round partner. John and Bubba have cut cattle among other things. I have had the privilege of riding Bubba at practice, as a beginner shooter and also carrying the United States flag at the opening ceremonies of some of our shoots. He will go as slow as you need or as quick as you need and still be a complete level headed gentleman. He is a great horse to ride no matter what you ask of him. John did a great job and they are a joy to watch. John has won a whole bunch of clean shooter pins. You receive one for each day you have broken all the balloons on each course, that’s 40 balloons! He also competes in the shotgun class. That class consists of shooting five balloons with your 45 pistol putting that back in its holster and then dropping your reins on your horses neck and pulling out the shotgun and hitting the next five that are in two groups, one with three balloons and one with two. John also has an active business repairing Porsche cars for a

living. Yes, he is still working. John is an active member of our club, helping to break down and load equipment after the shoots as well as having a lot of really great ideas to make our club better. He was a big help to me when I got the pleasure of being voted in as treasurer. Thanks John! We are starting our practices this month, weather permitting, March 25 and April 15 are set up so far. We will announce the others at a later date. They will be held at Carmen and Nancy Virzi’s or Curt Meyers depending on the weather, starting at 1 p.m. Our 2017 schedule is as follows: May 20-21, July 15-16, Aug. 2627 and Sept. 23-24 at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds, starting at 10 a.m. (the July shoot starts at 9 a.m.). We are having a clinic on April 29 at 1 p.m. at Penny and Fred Dzara’s. We are still looking for a group that would like to earn some money setting balloons on Sundays. There

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John Truman and Bubba. is no live ammunition, we use black powder blanks. If you are interested please contact Karen Davis at 330/719-3290. Thank you to our great sponsors: Rock Farm and Garden, Uncle Jimmy’s Horse Treats, Big D’s Tack, Wendy Shaffer-Equine Body Works, Warren Family Home and Garden, and Kdgowins Photography. Hope to see you all Runnin and Gunnin. April 2017

38 Acres of Scenic Beauty!

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Greetings From Your President Greetings to all OHC friends! Depending upon whether you chose to read this month’s Corral issue online or wait for your printed copy, this year’s Equine Affaire will either be in full swing or having just ended. Either way, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all members who volunteered their time to work our OHC booth during this event. It is much appreciated! Your tireless efforts helped to spread the word about our worthwhile organization to many other horse enthusiasts. A

special thank you to Brian Roudabush, our Equine Affaire chairperson, for his hard work and dedication. The 2017 edition of the OHC newsletter, Horse Power, was once again unveiled during the Equine Affaire. As Theresa Burke, Newsletter Chairperson, explains, “my goal for the newsletter committee was to create an informative and interesting publication for our membership while at the same time having it serve as a promotional tool to introduce our organization to

other equine-related organizations and businesses. My extraordinary team consisted of Mary Alice Kuhn, Reuss Griffith, Catherine Estill and James Schultz. Our newsletter was published and distributed with assistance from Joe Coalter, general manager, The Horsemen’s Corral.” Another special thank you to all the newsletter committee team! In other news, the 2017 AllAmerican Youth Horse Show will take place May 11-14 at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. Volunteers are

needed in an array of areas, including helping work the entrance and exits gates, staffing the information booth and assisting the ring masters and/ or judges. Jeff Fultz is our OHC liaison for the AAYHS and in charge of coordinating volunteers for this year’s event. Jeff can be reached at 614/314-4109. Your help will be greatly appreciated! Until next month, enjoy lots of safe and fun riding! ~Arden Sims OHC President

Geneva State Park and I’m quite certain this will be our next project. Ashtabula County may well become a trail riding Mecca for those seeking peace and safety and just plain natural beauty. Our county certainly has plenty of that. Our meeting was attended by 30 people and there were new faces in the crowd. Dawn Havican came for the first time and John and Lori Patterson joined after much chapter research. They told the group that they chose Ashtabula after reading about us on Facebook. They were impressed with our many activities and who could blame them? Of course, Cathy Isenberg was especially pleased because she posts frequently and always has a positive point of view. The Gulf map has been approved and will be available soon. We will begin riding there when the weather breaks after clean-up and repairs are completed. Old Man Winter has been somewhat gracious this year but we are all ‘chomping at the bit’ for spring to arrive. Don’t forget the Coggins Clinic at noon on May 13 at the Albion Fairgrounds. We have many riding dates coming up including a ride at the Polo Field on April 14. Did I mention our dance? Stay tuned for my after-party report. It should be a good one. I must say that the door prizes are tantalizing and the band is a real crowd pleaser. I’m

putting on my dancing shoes even as we speak so I’ll be ready for a super fun night with my friends. So may all your trails be happy ones until the next time we meet....or, better yet, until we meet again. ~Jenny Walsh

talked about an upcoming town hall meeting to discuss the AthensBelpre Rail-Trail that will eventually connect Athens and Belpre with a bike, pedestrian and equestrian trail along the former B&O railway grade. She encouraged members to attend this meeting and future meetings to be sure the needs of equestrians are taken into consideration. There are several upcoming local equine events. On Saturday, April 29, a Trail Horse Test will be happening at Windy Hills Therapeutic Riding Center. Heath and Tammy Harter will do a standardized assessment of riders’ and horses’ trail worthiness. The contact for this event is Jackie Fokes. On the weekend of May 6 and 7, the Athens County 4-H Horse Council is having a Clinic, Trail Challenge and Open Horse Show at the Athens County Fairgrounds with Jennifer Moshier as clinician and judge. Adrian Hartman is the contact for this event. Our next meeting will be at the State Highway Patrol Post on Della Drive in Athens. Food and fun begin at 6 p.m. with the meeting starting at 6:30. Members are asked to bring a rope to find out what they can do with it besides getting tangled up. Watch your email for more information about this meeting, including the correct date. Our July meeting will be at Gentle Hills Farm on Coe Road in Albany. Hosts will be Katie and Jeff Aiken.

County Lines ASHTABULA Wow! The Ashtabula Chapter is smokin’ hot! We are starting out the new season with so much activity and enthusiasm, I don’t really know where to begin. Our three summer shows will surely be a big hit because of the effort made on the part of the organizers and the support of our members. Three dates are confirmed: May 20, June 10 and July 15. All shows are in the evening starting at 6 p.m. Stay tuned to our webpage for details. Chris, our dedicated show organizer, just acquired a new horse; a bay roan Quarter Horse who is perfect on the trail and, according to Jamie, ‘very handsome’. His barn name is Junior...can’t wait to see him on the trail...she’ll be busily working to make the shows a success so the trail is the most likely place to find them. Thank you, Chris and company. We had a terrific meeting on March 1 where we discussed trail construction and watched a video compliments of Diana Law. Work on the Hatches Corners/Rte.7 property is set to commence by the end of the March. How exciting! We are certainly grateful for this great gift and opportunity to provide scenic riding choices to our county. However, our tireless president, Kathy Braden, is not satisfied. Not at all. She is very interested in pursuing trail construction at the property at 56

ATHENS The Athens County Chapter of OHC met on March 4 at the State Highway Patrol Post in Athens. They have a nice meeting room and don’t charge us to use it. Approximately 20 members attended as well as a couple of guests, whom we hope will become members. We had snacks and social time at 6, and the meeting started at 6:30 p.m. One of the main focuses of the meeting was picking a design for our banner. There were several design choices presented as well as a couple of types of material to choose from. After much discussion and various rounds of voting, we decided on a fairly simple design. The Ohio Horseman’s Council logo will be in the middle. The top will say Athens County and the bottom Chapter. The type will be black on a white background. The fabric will be light weight. We plan to use the banner in parades and when we have tables at local horse events promoting membership in OHC. We may get T-shirts, too. One member, Donna Goodman,

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County Lines On a personal and sad note, I lost my 33 year-old Quarter Horse mare, Kings My Grandpa, aka Cutie, on Feb. 11. We had been together for 30 years so I definitely lost a member of my family. ~Stacia BUTLER Howdy from Butler County. Mother Nature sure is having a difficult time making up her mind. We have been having an unusually warm/wet winter, but on the rare occasion that it is warm and the sun has come out of the clouds who has saddled up their horse and gone for a ride? Wanda Schuh and Jennifer Stevens were lucky to be able to enjoy a beautiful ride at Twin Creek on a rare sunny day. It is now getting into the season of trail cleanups and 4-H tack sales. Saturday, April 22 is the day that we will be having our Sebald Park Trail Cleanup from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. If anyone in our neighboring counties would like to join please contact Kathy McClure at stevenmclure@fuse.net for the details. Our Horse Daze coordinator Kimm Nicolay, along with Krista Hutzel have also been busy. They recently visited the Preble County 4-H tack sale to procure volunteers for our upcoming event, Horse Daze on Sept. 16. Going out and meeting with the local 4-H clubs is also a way of educating our fellow horseman. Many did not know that the riding trails were there, and of the proposed expansion of the trail system due to the newly

Jennifer Stevens and Wanda Schuh riding at Twin Creek.

Kimm Nicolay and Krista Hutzel at Preble County 4-H Tack Sale. April 2017

Harold and his ladies. acquired Weatherwax golf course. It is also a way to help promote the Ohio Horseman’s Council, by bringing in new members. As it would happen our last meeting was on Valentine’s Day. One of our members, Harold Pope, wanted to make sure the ladies knew how special it was of them for coming to a meeting by giving them a little sweet treat of chocolates. Hope to see you on the trails. ~Mary Pope CARROLL CCOHC was fortunate to have our State President Arden Sims speak at our March meeting. Arden shared a new slide show that the State promotion committee, led by our very own Mary Alice Kuhn, has been working on. The slide show can be used to educate prospective members, prospective chapters, park systems and anyone else that it would be beneficial for OHC to have understanding of what OHC is and what it does. OHC was organized in 1972 and is in its 45th year. The slide show lists many interesting facts regarding Ohio trails, OHC membership, State OHC benefits offered to members, the economic importance of OHC in Ohio and much more. CCOHC wants to thank Arden for taking his Sunday afternoon to drive up to speak to our membership. His presentation was very beneficial and I would recommend other counties arrange to see this program. CCOHC’s NE regional ride is scheduled for May 19-21 instead of in September as it has been in prior years. The club has decided that our ride should not be held at Harrison State Forest because there are only 17 parking spots in the horse camp. Our membership has increased to 58 members and we expect members of other OHC chapters to attend. This means we have outgrown Harrison State Forest for our regional ride. We expect to hold the ride at Jefferson State Park in the new horseman’s camp area. President Ron Wilson is waiting for Jefferson State Park’s official confirmation that this camp will be available on our May weekend.

Please check the May 1 edition of the Corral for the final details. I am sure our Facebook page will contain all the information and we will do our best to spread the word throughout the NE Region by email. Questions can also be emailed to CCOHC at carrollcohc@gmail.com. Our chapter was one of the 45 who reported 2016 trail miles ridden. CCOHC turned in 7,447 total miles and 163 hours doing other horse activities. Theresa Hepner was our club top mile rider followed by Terry and Kathy Ross. Congratulations to all the counties who turned in trail mileage. Ohio has 88 counties and there are 60 some OHC chapters. There should be 100 percent reporting of trail miles by our chapters. These are the most important numbers OHC has to show the ODNR and the Forestry Service that we are riding our trails and deserve continued support from ODNR and the Forestry Service as we construct and maintain the trails of Ohio. The statewide membership drive held last fall to gain new OHC members for 2017 was a huge success. Arden Sims reported 260 new members were recruited

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during the membership drive and approximately 100 more have come in since the close of the drive. I leave you with Arden’s challenge for 2017; let’s keep all those members as renewals in 2018. ~Ronda Urbank CHAMPAIGN Clark County OHC President Kristina Tubbs and guest Rex Manemann joined 11 members on Feb. 4, at Lori Long’s for our cold February meeting. After enjoying our usual wonderful potluck dinner and Lori’s birthday cake, our meeting commenced. Secretary/Treasurer Cindy Glaser reported on the balance in our account after sending the State OHC $20 for the DR trimmer rental. She reported three members, Val Manemann, Linda Imke and Kristy McLain have earned 500 mile patches for trail riding. The club took a vote and decided the club should pay for the patches at a cost of $27.75. Cindy will send in the order. Linda Imke, Trail Maintenance Committee Chair, gave an extensive report on the progress

County Lines of her committee. She and husband Dan, attended the winter planning committee and brought back much information. There are many trees down on the bridle trails due to the high winds. A cleanup is scheduled for Sunday, the fifth at 10 a.m. Ranger John Lewis has requested us not to use yellow markings on any bridle trails as that color is reserved for the walking trails. He has been busy painting circles for us to use in marking the bridle trails. Janet Roop’s daughter has offered to help with the bridle trail maps after we GPS them. Linda picked up the State OHC’s DR trimmer for use on the trails. Brenda Brunotte has volunteered to compile the trail mileage for next year. Members should record their trail riding mileage. (Forms are available on the OHC website, ohconline.com). Turn in your mileage at the end of the year to Brenda. You, too, can earn patches! Kristina Tubbs invited our club members to the Clark County OHC campout at Buck Creek on June 3 and 4. They will have a scavenger hunt, music, storyteller and more entertainment. They have a second campout planned for Sept. 9 and 10. They also have a club ride scheduled for May 27 at 2 p.m. at Kiser. Cindy passed out volunteer trail maintenance forms. They are also available on the OHC website. It is very important that we keep track of our hours spent working on the trails, as this is compiled at a State level and turned in to the ODNR as proof to our commitment to our State Park bridle trails. Even if you work on your own, please keep track of your hours. It all adds up! We made $25 from tonight’s raffle, thanks to the generosity of members’ donations of coffee cakes, table decorations, and other items. This adds up, keeping us from having to have large fundraisers to support our club activities. Watch our Facebook page and your email for upcoming trail work dates. We need all the help we can! Cindy Glaser CLARK Hello from Clark County. Is it Spring yet? As I write this I’m waiting to see if the forecast for tomorrow will truly be 30 degrees cooler than the balmy 70 plus degrees we had today. Gotta love this Ohio weather. The new officers were pleased with the attendance at our February meeting. Thank you for your interest and support from both new and long term members. Kristina went to a recent meeting with the Champaign 58

County group. An invitation was extended for them to participate in our events and dates were provided. Kristina also plans to contact the folks in Logan County as well. To assist members with compiling riding data for the state we were given download information for the Endomondo App. Members who have been using it said it was nice to have riding history readily available. Our chapter discussed how we can help Clark County youth who are interested in attending the OHC Riding Camp this summer. Kailene offered to provide more information next month so we can decide how to achieve that goal. Alma told us about clinics and shows that will be held at the Riding Centre in Yellow Springs this year. Check their site, www.theridingcentre.org, for dates and details. As we look forward to enjoying the great trails at Buck Creek and camping events this year, we’ve discussed possible improvements for the camp area. The officers plan to communicate with the State Park about this. Upcoming events include a group ride on Saturday, April 22, which is also Earth Day. What better way to celebrate the beauty of nature than being with our beloved horses and good friends. The ride starts at 2 p.m. from the Horsemen Camp area at Buck Creek State Park. Please bring a snack to share. To get ready for our first camping event in June we have a weekend scheduled in April to start working on the trails. Saturday, April 29 we are meeting at noon, and Sunday the 30 we will start at 2 p.m. For anyone interested in joining the fun, we will gather in the camp area and proceed from there. Our April meeting will be Thursday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. We will be at our ‘warm weather’ location at Buck Creek Horsemen’s Camp shelter house, 3667 Grant Road. Road work is currently taking place on Old Columbus Road, east of Bird Road intersection (you cannot get to Grant Road). We suggest you take Rt. 40 east to Redmond Road, Redmond Road at Old Columbus Road becomes Grant Road. While working on this, rain and hail have noisily fallen outside. I can imagine the mud encrusted creature who will greet me tomorrow. Until next month, Happy Trails. ~MaryEllen CLINTON It looks like spring is almost upon us officially even though a good portion

Hopefully by next month I will have more hours of saddle time under my belt for 2017. Looking forward to hitting the trails and camping with dear friends. Everyone have a great month and happy trails. ~Ann Elliott COLUMBIANA

Clinton County OHC of the winter felt like spring as well. Still have the same issues that come along with our favorite riding season such as mud and getting the pastures ready for the summer. Many of our members enjoyed the mild February on the trails. We went for a nice ride at Caesar Creek and the trails were so nice. Regardless of the wet weather, the trails were not packed with muddy puddles like they were in the past. Kudo’s to the folks who spent many hours making that happen. Our member Abby Fox and others joined Linda Armstrong of the Clermont County OHC Chapter for a nice ride at East Fork out by Batavia. She said the Red Fox Trail is in pretty good shape. Nice ride and met loads of other folks taking advantage of the weather. There was an incident at Caesar Creek where a horse took off running from the camp ground due to faulty tack. There were many people searching for days and thankfully it was found and is now safe. It is still a mystery why the horse ran off in the first place when all his pasture mates were there but you never know when it comes to horses. Always be on the safe side and inspect your tack carefully every time you take them out. A few minutes to check can prevent a potential tragedy.

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Come on spring weather! I know I’m ready; How about everybody else? Please remember to join BCHA the first Wednesday of every month for members meeting at Marks Landing Guilford Lake, Ohio. I would like to say welcome to our new members and thank you for joining us during our March meeting, Shelli Freeze, Fred Moore. Next meeting is May 3. I would like to thank the members of BCHA who came together to volunteer some work hours on Saturdays at Garwood Cattle arena during their rodeo events in Columbiana, Ohio. In return we were blessed with donations of several hundreds of dollars. Thank you Garwood Cattle for giving us this opportunity. Let us not forget it is still quite muddy, so please be kind to our trails and state parks by not tearing up the grounds. Please always respect the rules and cleanup after yourselves so we may keep enjoying the opportunity we are given to enjoy the parks we ride in. I want to mention Beaver Creek Horsemen’s Association will be having an open club ride May 13 at Beaver Creek State Park with a potluck dinner; bring your best dishes. We are inviting everyone who loves to ride and enjoy some friendly atmosphere of people that come join us. Happy Trails and be safe, ~Leanna Cusick COSHOCTON Happy Easter from Coshocton. We had our February meeting and discussed getting a newer and larger flag and fixing the light that illuminates it. We also had our Regional representative, Don Wagner present and he gave us some updates on things happening in our chapters region. Thank you for taking time to visit us Don and Vicky, we appreciate your visit. We have managed to have several successful trail maintenance outings and have went over almost all the trails. We had a beautiful day of 64 degrees on Feb. 18 with about 10 people working on the trails. On the Feb. 19 another group went out and April 2017

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Trail clean up, Feb. 18, 2017. worked on the downed trees. Then on Feb. 25, three members worked on a bypass trail to avoid a wet spot. Thank you all so much! We are making decent progress on all our projects. At this time we only have two scheduled rides for Fallon Park. The first one is June 3 and it is our poker ride and the second one is our Jack Fallon annual hog roast fundraiser. Hope to see you at both. Trail miles have been turned in and are as follows: Dee Gee, 880 miles; Lorre Lane, 450; Jamie Jellison, 418; Gigi Hartman, 280; Clay Hartman, 267; Mark Jellison, 164; and Kathy Steinbrey, 148. More important than trail miles are the maintenance hours spent at the park and working on keeping the trails in safe riding conditions: Gerald Bissonnette, 74 hours; Arnie Davis, 49; Mark Jellison, 28; Jamie Jellison, Ca Davis, Corbin Davis all had 23 hours; Clay and Gigi Hartman, 16. Others that did not turn hours in but have spent a lot of time are Carol and Mary Bissonnette, Lenny Pittenger, Jan Fallon and Phil Wearsch and John Bash. Sorry for the people that I have failed to mention. We appreciate each and every one of you who take time out to help keep the park open. ~Gigi CUYAHOGA Most of our energy is being spent on our Emerald Necklace End to End April 2017

100 Mile Trail ride to celebrate the Cleveland Metroparks centennial year. The ride is coming along well and has been met with great enthusiasm with riders out on the trail already, as you might imagine. We have 17 counties participating as of now. It is a challenge to ride from one end of the park system to the other but great fun as well. Your horse will learn a lot and you have a whole year to do the ride at your leisure. There are fields, rivers, forests, and beautiful views as you travel around a 200 foot deep gorge and here as in most places you feel as if you are far removed from the activity of the surrounding areas. On one section you may be deep in the woods only to come out and find the trail crosses a wide road with a traffic light to help you continue on your way. Along the towpath trail you will share the trail with bikes in some sections and then cut off back into the woods along the river. All this is great training for your horse and they seem to take it all in stride. So come on and take the challenge and be eligible for awards or prizes. Once you register you will receive maps and directions, a saddle tag to show you are participating, a Schneider’s Saddlery gift certificate, and other valuable information. You can sign up any time but will not be considered a participant till we have your paperwork. Go to cuyahogacountyohc.com and click on 100-mile ride. All the forms and instructions will be there. Awards will be presented in January 2018 to those who qualify. Our neighboring chapters of Lake, Geauga, Summit, Medina and Lorain are also helping to see that this is a testament to a great trail system. We will make a donation to the trail fund and this will help preserve and protect these trails. You are able to ride most of the bridle trails in Cleveland Metroparks at any time of year. There are a few spots that are currently under rerouting and it is best to wait till the weather improves before you ride them. Although they are open and you can get through, it will be more enjoyable once the weather improves and the work is finished. One such place is the connector trail between Mill Stream Reservation and Brecksville Reservation. The park is moving the bridle trail to the opposite side of the road as the current bridle trail is being turned into a paved all-purpose trail. We want to give them a chance to finish the work and it will move along faster if we stay out of their way. They do not work on weekends.

Of course we are planning a full schedule of our regular meetings with speakers or clinics or just plain fun get-togethers. Come join us— you will be warmly welcomed! ~Penny DEFIANCE Hi everyone, I think old man winter wasn’t done with us yet, even though we all were hoping and thinking he had left. How come it is old man winter, and Mother Nature? Hmm, something to think about. But that didn’t stop some of our members from once again going out and cleaning up along the Maumee River. We enjoy taking rides along a two mile trail along the Coffin Road. The only bad thing is too many people decide to use this area to throw their litter and trash. As in years past we pick a day and we gather to clean it up. We have found anything from tires, computers and even furniture when we clean her up. Not only is it a sight to look at, but a danger to our horses and wildlife. We are all excited about our Horse and More event on March 12. But that is not stopping us from planning our next event on June 3, The Just for Fun Show. It will be held at the Paulding Fairgrounds, with the fairgrounds providing the barrels and the poles. It will start at 9 a.m. And rain or shine, the show goes on. You may see some more information about this on our Defiance web page. This helps the youngsters get ready for the competition coming up this year. It’s a nice time to see what needs to be done to shine up your performance, and it’s fun for everyone. Adults are welcome to perform, and even encouraged. The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and laugh. There is a lot of cheering going on as we usually clap and yell for the youngest and oldest riders. Just as the event is named, it’s for fun. So if you want to have good old fashion fun, come for this show, bring your horses, and an appetite. We welcome back Jennifer Kadesch who traveled to Tucson, Ariz. Her pictures on Facebook were fantastic. She and her family even had time to go riding and see the sights in the desert. I think if she could have brought Bandito the horse she rode home she would have. Thanks for the pictures, we all enjoyed them and were jealous! We hope everyone has a Happy Easter, and while enjoying the time with your families, let us remember why we are really celebrating this holiday. Happy trails to you! ~Connie Hasch

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DELAWARE Hello OHC friends! Wow, can you believe it is April already? I’m sure that I’m not alone when I say how excited I am with all the positive momentum taking place within our chapter so far, this year! Indeed, the attendance at our March meeting was one of the largest I’ve seen! It is delightful to welcome so many new members to our chapter who bring their unique experiences, knowledge and ideas to help our chapter grow and prosper. One of our main goals as a chapter, as expressed by President Dan, is to host a variety of activities that bring our chapter members together for fun and fellowship. To that end, President Dan has asked each of us to think about what types of activities we would enjoy participating in so that we can plan and finalize our ‘calendar of events’ for the year. Speaking of events, our first chapter day ride of 2017 is scheduled for Sunday, April 23. As I write this article, the location and time of the ride has yet to be determined as much depends upon the weather and trail conditions as we get closer to the date. Be sure to check your email and our Delaware OHC Facebook page for ‘up-to-theminute’ details! Speaking of riding, this year’s mild winter weather sure helped to give many our members the opportunity to enjoy some trail riding and other activities with their equine partners. For instance, Theresa and Prada recently met up with two Madison County OHC friends for an afternoon ride at Glacier Ridge Metro Park. They were joined by fellow chapter member Dennis Thompson (Bailey) and another rider, Ray (Bella) for a sunny afternoon ride. Bobbi A., Carole B. and Mary C. are sure making me jealous. These ladies are racking up the miles at both Alum and Mohican! In addition, Dan and Sherry Chambers recently participated in a

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Shery and Dan Chambers at clinic. Ranch Pleasure riding clinic held at Black Swan Farm in Marysville. As Sherry explained, the participants learned about what judges are looking for when evaluating a ranch pleasure class as well as how to prepare yourself and your horse for upcoming shows. Afterwards, participants had time to either enjoy a short trail ride or work through trail obstacles set up on the property. Congratulations goes to member Connie Horner and her mare, Ebby, for their NBHA awards and accomplishments. Just to mention one award, this dynamic duo ended last year’s season earning the grand prize saddle for being named 2016 Senior 4-D champion. Member Cathy Moore has kept busy teaching and enhancing her partnership with her mare, Amira. Having just acquired Amira late last summer, Cathy is looking forward to a year of many enjoyable experiences. Lastly, one of our newest members, Tanya and Rob Corzatt and their son, shared an inspiring story on how Camdon’s desire to pursue a career in the equine industry grew to the business they have today called Cowboy Perseverance Ranch. Offering both training and lessons, their mission is to help build confidence and understanding with both horse and rider. Read more about Cowboy Perseverance Ranch in our upcoming newsletter. Our Alum Creek bridle trails continue to receive the care and attention they require through the tireless efforts of our trail maintenance crew. This hard60

working team of volunteers recently finished the re-decking project for Coco’s Way platform. Numerous downed trees and debris left over from winter continue to be cleared away and a particularly muddy area along Maple Glen trail was improved with gravel. Are you able to spare a few hours to help out? Additional volunteers are always welcome and much appreciated. Members meet every Tuesday morning, weather permitting, at the Equestrian campground on Howard Road. For more information, please contact crew chief, Mary Chmielewski or President Dan. A belated Happy Birthday to crew members, Larry M., Kim V. and Bob S. who all celebrated birthdays recently! Lastly, mark your calendars for the All-American Youth Horse Show scheduled for May 11-14 at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. The AAYHS is asking for volunteers to help manage the arena entrance and exit gates, assist the judges and direct participants to their respective classes, etc. The OHC will have a trailer stationed on the fairgrounds where sandwiches, snacks and refreshments will be available to all OHC volunteers. Any time you can spare to volunteer would be greatly appreciated. To learn more about how and when you can volunteer, please contact Jeffrey Fultz (Madison County) at 614/314-4109. Until next month, wishing everyone a very Happy Easter! ~Theresa Burke FAIRFIELD It is March 3 as I sit writing this morning. The old saying; March in like a lion out like a lamb or the reverse? I’m here to tell the world, the lions were roaring at my house the first of March. Four inches of rain plus wind and now a skiff of snow on the ground. My forsythia bush is in full bloom. Again the old

A whole different look in winter at Tar Hollow.

you are not a member of OHC and are looking for folks to hang out with, give us a call. New faces are always welcome. What’s the worst thing that could happen? You might have fun! Until next month, be safe and enjoy your equine friends. ~Chris

February 2017 Tar Hollow Ride.

Cathy Cambell and her Paso first ride of 2017. saying; three more snows after they bloom—one down and two to go. Did you get out and ride in February? Several of our members have told me they logged their first miles in January or February. Awesome! I personally have almost always ridden in February. However, a first for me and several others, we camped the weekend of Feb. 17-19. The weather was great so why not? Fairfield OHC had our February meeting on the 12. At the same time we laid out our calendar of events and activities for the year. No exact dates were set, but a couple work days are being planned for March and early April at Hocking State Forest. An OTP work day will also take place sometime in that same time frame. Our club approved a motion to place a porta john at the Hocking Group camp for the summer riding season. It will be in place from April till November. If your club is reserving the group camp, this contract requirement will no longer be necessary. Enjoy! Starting in late April we have 16 club rides planned at 15 different locations. Watch our web page for more details. We are again assisting at the All American Youth Horse Show in Columbus to raise a couple dollars for the club. That takes place the second weekend in May. Some of our members are headed to Michigan in June to participate in the Shore to Shore ride. Sounds like fun, but I’ll just have to hear the stories since I can’t go. As you can see, Fairfield OHC is off to another fast start for 2017. If

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FULTON I thought it was supposed to be 50 degrees out today! It’s Sunday, March 5, and our club monthly ride is always the first Sunday of the month. Today. When it’s supposed to be 50 degrees. “It’s 37 right now,” Leroy informs me, with a little too much cheer, I’m thinking. “It’s not going to be that warm until almost three o’clock.” Well, we all know that a little bit of cool weather is not going to keep this dedicated group of people from going out on the trails; I just need to toughen up a bit. I’m not even riding! There’s a reason I don’t live in Alaska; let’s just say that. I’m a firm believer in that if you can’t dress for the weather by this stage in life then you deserve to stand there and shiver. Nobody was shivering at Jeffers Road Rider’s Center this early afternoon. The sun was shining and everyone was warmed up and ready to go. About 15 members were mounted and headed out on the trail. It actually was a great day for this. No bugs and yes, it did warm up to 51 degrees well before three o’clock! Hope everyone had a great ride! I am hosting a live model horse show to benefit Heroes in Action, a military charity, and the OHC Summer Camp program. A live model horse show is where people bring their model horses (the most popular brand is the Breyer Horse brand) and show them similarly to how real horses are shown. The model horses can be set up in dioramas or scenes that make them look like they could really be herding cattle or jumping over a fence or anything else we do with our real horses. This event is Saturday, April 15, at the Riga Township Fire Hall

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Linda and her horse. in Riga, Mich. Stop by and see what it’s all about. For May’s article I’ll let you know how it all turned out and how much money we raised. There is so much more going on this year! The calendar is almost complete but more plans can always be added. The website and Facebook page will be updated. It’s not too early to plan what hats to wear to the Kentucky Derby party in May; a couple of us were discussing the proper garnish for a Mint Julep. I will bring my official Kentucky Derby Planning Book to our next meeting. Please join us! Our meetings are the first Monday each month at Papoo’s in Whitehouse. The food and service are great there. Meetings start at 7 p.m. but come at 6:30 p.m. to order dinner. There’s lots to talk about and always a good time. Our April meeting will be April 3 and our May meeting will be May 1. See you soon! Happy Trails, ~Trina Houser GEAUGA Wasn’t March an interesting month, what with snow, rain, wind and warm temperatures; I had daffodils blooming, and day lilies growing. I sure hope we have some flowers left, now that it is spring. As has been our tradition for many years, we again delivered Valentine Day cookies to the Geauga Park District personnel to thank them for all the work they have done on the bridle trails, helping at events and overall keeping a beautiful park system for the community. The cookies were donated by the Geauga OHC members and arranged April 2017

GOHC check for Bridle Trail Fund to Foundation for Geauga Parks.

Rich and Linda Bradshaw for GOHC St. Judes Childrens Hospital. and delivered to the West Woods, Swine Creek and Big Creek by Ann Poshedley, Joy Keco, Sue Mulhall, and Cecilia Hanish. Thank you all for your help. In 2010 the Geauga OHC established the Bridle Trail Fund to support the development and expansion of the public bridle trails in Geauga Parks. On Feb. 22 GOHC President Cecilia Hanish along with V.P. Sue Mulhall and Treasurer Dee Craig presented a check for the Bridle Trail Fund to Trevor Wilson, President of the Foundation for Geauga Parks. These monies were the result of contributions from our members and funds that we raised from the flea market in 2016. This year we will continue to raise monies for the Bridle Trail Fund so that we may preserve and protect the trails for future horseback riders. Each year Rich and Linda Bradshaw hold a benefit indoor trail ride for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and this year was no exception. Rich and Linda not only organize this fun filled event, but donate 100 percent of the proceeds to St. Jude. Many Geauga OHC members attended, along with many others, to ride, have fun, and support this worthy cause. We were pleased to present a check to Rich and Linda for St. Jude Hospital along with donating several items for the Chinese auction. And as one GOHC member said, “I really look forward to coming back next year and supporting Rich and Linda in this great cause.” The Geauga Park District will have a naturalist led Horseback Trail Ride on Sunday, May 7 at the West Woods. You have the option of a walk, trot, canter ride from 10 a.m. to noon

Thank you cookies for Geauga Park personnel. and/or a walk only ride from 1 to 3 p.m. For more information contact Dottie Drockton at 440/286-9516. We will once again have our Mary Yoder Ride on Saturday, May 20. The ride is from 10 a.m. till about noon followed by lunch at Mary Yoder’s along with distributing trail mile awards. The flea market at The West Woods is Saturday, July 15 and our regional ride will be Oct. 14 at The West Woods. For more information concerning these and other events please check our website, www. geaugacountyohc.com. And leaving you with one last thought: “The horse knows...He knows if you know. He also knows if you don’t know.” (Ray Hunt) ~Catherine Ullman GREENE By the time you read this, Equine Affaire will be over for another year. I hope a lot of you were able to attend. It’s a great event, both for shopping and the various clinics. I know the OHC booth is usually quite busy. I’m unfortunately never able to help out there, as I’m working my distance club’s booth all weekend, but thanks to all of you who do so! We had our activity meeting on Feb. 17, and you should have received a copy in your last newsletter. I’ll also have it up on the Greene County Facebook page, in the files section. Once again we tried scheduling club rides. The last two years they’ve been rained out more often than not, but we’ll keep trying! We decided to stop scheduling our summer meetings at Sugarcreek as we have done for the last several years. The weather is just too changeable, and we opted for a dry, air conditioned space. So with the exception of our June meeting, which will be the Friday of our State Ride, at Caesar Creek, and our December Christmas party at Golden Corral, all other meetings will be at the Xenia Chamber of Commerce. Remember that we collect items for our State ride raffle all year long, so if you see anything that would be suitable, feel free to grab it. You can

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State ride, 2016. either give it to Nancy at a meeting, or just bring it with you. That’s it for this month. I’ll include a few more photos form the 2016 State ride. Not a lot going on this time of the year. Hope to see you all on trail. ~Mickie GUERNSEY Yeehaaw and howdy! Winter is a pretty slow time of the year for most of us. I’m truly one of the guilty ones who hibernate during this time. Can’t say we’ve had much of a winter though. If you missed my article last month, we’ll, it’s because I didn’t write one. The deadline came and went before I had access to new pictures or pertinent club information without being a peat and

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Marcy McIntyre in England with daughter, Heather and newest addition to the family. repeat kinda gal, but to be sure I’m gonna make up for it this month. April 29-30 Salt Fork Cleanup Weekend: what to bring if you plan to join us—small 12x12 tarps, chainsaw, clippers, nippers, rakes, flat shovels for mulch and screenings, gloves, wheelbarrows, etc. We will be picking up around camp, clearing what trails that are needed, spreading mulch for the playground and screenings for the tie lines. Lunch is provided on Saturday and free camping (food and free camping, wow! what more could ya want!) for those working that weekend. You must sign a consent/ waiver each year at SF to perform trail maintenance. Contact GCOHC President, Don McIntyre (H) 740/638-3010 or (C) 740/680-1131 for further information. We (no, I don’t have a mouse in my pocket) started our winter trail clearing Friday, Jan. 20. We are meeting at SF Horse Camp at 9:30 a.m. every Thursday. Come join in the fun, but be careful around Tom, he’s liable to drop a tree on your horse instead of his own. Yes, I know who Karma is Tom. Guernsey County OHC 2017 trail ride schedule and meeting dates—All trail rides leave out around 10 a.m. Potluck dinner after the ride is at 5 p.m. and meetings start at 6 p.m. All rides and meetings are at Salt Fork Horse Camp on Saturday. They are generally the last full weekend of the month unless that weekend falls on a holiday. All meetings from November through April are held at Mr. Lee’s Restaurant on Wheeling Avenue in Cambridge, Ohio 43725. Those meetings start at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month. Listed are our ride and meeting dates and other pertinent information. Mark your calendars and come and hang out! MAY 20 — Salt Fork JUNE 24 — Salt Fork JULY 29 — Salt Fork AUG. 26 — Salt Fork SEPT. 23 — Salt Fork 62

Vicky Cable and Shelly Burt clearing trails during the winter at SF. OCT. 7 — At Salt Fork, Lore City Ohio, our Poker Run Fundraiser hosted by Guernsey County OHC. More on this event as the year progresses. Everyone had a great time last year. Other rides for the year where all are welcome: JUNE 9-11 — Tri-Co Trail Association Camp Ground (Navarre, Ohio) Ohio Quarter Association Trail Challenge. Go online to contact a Tri Co officer for more information. We had a great time last year. SEPT. 16 — Coshocton OHC Hog Roast Fundraiser, Fallon Park, Coshocton, Ohio. Free camping and a great time, come for the day or camp the whole weekend, Hog roast and auction to follow after the ride. This event is always a lot of fun. Come on out and support our sister chapter! OCT. 13-15 — Tri-Co Halloween Ride. Contact an officer of Tri Co for this event. The kids always have a ‘spooktacular time!’ And of course our annual Christmas party which is generally, and I do say generally, around the second Saturday in December. Our own Marcy McIntyre made an envious (yes, I’m envious) trip to England to hug and kiss her new grandchild that, her daughter, Heather Good and son in law, Richard, brought into this world. Congratulations to Grandma and Grandpa McIntyre for the new addition to their family. I want to also wish members, Lee and Darla Randolph a belated Happy Anniversary. Forty two years of marriage, wow! That is definitely something to brag about. God Bless you two for many more years to come. Well cowgirls and cowboys, it’s time to hit the muddy trail and remember: May your horse never stumble, your cinch never break (Raynell) your belly never grumble and your heart never ache. Happy Trails to all until we meet again next month. Don’t forget to log those miles! ~Montana C HAMILTON Warm greetings sent from Hamilton County OHC Chapter members,

to all other county OHC chapter members. Our last chapter meeting was held on Thursday, Feb. 2 at the Crosby Township Community Center, Harrison, Ohio. Before the start of this meeting those present were welcome to have a piece of cake and a drink. Also those present could try their luck at a split the pot. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by Ann’s recognition of our clubs sponsors. Ann also announced she is having problems with her computer and could not provide those present with the agenda for this meeting. She hopes her computer is up and running in the next couple of days, and welcomed our guest speaker before starting her announcements. Ann announced at the meeting held in January attendance was light with only five members braving the weather and flu season that night to attend this meeting. Ann and these five members were able to plan events for the entire year of 2017. Thank you to Ann and those members present at this meeting! Ann Frederick and Judy Leonard attended the planning meeting with our sister chapter Butler County to coordinate activities and schedules for this year. There will be 10 rides, six parades, one clinic, one ‘Ask a Vet’ night as well three moonlight rides. Ann asked for feedback on a preference for a road trip to Rood and Riddle in Lexington, Ky., or a ‘Ask the Vet’ night with hands on demonstrations and questions and with a tie vote, possibly do both. Ann then announced the five and 10 year members and that pins were mailed out to each. Ann announced Great Parks have already approved our three moonlight rides scheduled for this year. Ann announced Hamilton County chapter won $500 at the State meeting for the most new members. The state is also looking for a Hamilton County member to serve as 2016 historian, Ann announced there are still four youth scholarships to OHC Youth Camps and they are open to Hamilton County OHC members. Ann announced, Chris Heizman will be at our March meeting to discuss the CVG horse trails, and the rules that must be followed. Members wanting to ride these trails are required to submit the paperwork including the application and background check, prior to the March meeting. There is no charge for the paperwork or background check. Laura Ciolino announced 24 members have submitted forms for their 2016 trail miles. They reported over 2,500 miles with Miami

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Whitewater Wooded Trails having logged the most miles. There was a drawing for a $25 gift card courtesy of Miamitown Pet Hospital. The winner was Helen Voss. Bill Ison, with Butler County OHC wanted to thank everyone for their participation in 2016 Horse Daze. Horse Daze this year will be held on Sept. 16. Bill announced he is stepping down this year and there will be a new person in charge for 2017. Bill said attendance was roughly 3,000 in 2015 and 1,500 in 2016 with weather being the main contributor to the lower attendance. Butler County is asking for everyone’s help with time or horses. We then announced the winner of the split the pot which was Alan Laney. The last hour was dedicated to our guest speaker Joe Leist who owns and operates Leist Leather Repair. He is a Kentucky Colonel, Graduate of Kentucky Equine Institute, Apprenticed at Kentucky Horse Park Harness Shop. His expert knowledge is on the care of English and Western Saddles. Till the next Corral, stay safe out on the trails and roads. ~Judy Leonard HARRISON April showers bring May flowers— but not this year. February showers and warm weather brought March flowers that were, unfortunately, frozen. What confusing weather for plants and animals. A regional meeting was held Feb. 25 at Mr. Lees in Cambridge for the most northern counties in the southeast region. Five attended from Harrison OHC. Everyone got a chance to talk about their county, their goals for the coming riding season and pass out information. Members attending were from Guernsey, Coshocton, Monroe, Belmont and Muskingum. It was interesting to learn about other counties events and some of the problems that they face in keeping our equine trails open.

Judy and Beth at Paint and Sip. April 2017

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Paint and Sip fundraiser.

Don and Sally at Paint and Sip. We had a paint and sip fundraiser on Feb. 17 at the Hopedale Sportsmen’s Club. It was a paint your horse fundraiser with the help of our magnificently talented Nancy Van Curen. Sherri Hart was in charge of procuring the location, snacks and beverages for the event. The money is used for trail maintenance and also for our scholarship program. We are happy that the event had a good turnout. Once again Carroll OHC, Harrison OHC and Buckeye Trail Riders are planning a work weekend at Harrison State Forest, April 28-30, with a chili cook-off on Saturday night. Dead fall will be taken off the trails and we will cleanup the campground area. We are looking forward to a fun and productive weekend. As of this writing March 5, my husband, Bob, has had back to back surgeries in the span of two weeks apart. It all started on Feb. 10 with surgery on the 14th. Nine days in the hospital then home. Back into emergency on March 2 and should get to return home tomorrow March 6. We would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers sent our way, offer of help on the farm, cards, food, flowers and just being there for support. It was greatly appreciated by both of us. He is on the mend. Our March meeting is being held at Caparos in Hopedale, Ohio. Dinner at 6 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. We are trying different locations for our meetings so be sure to check our Facebook page for any updates or changes to location. Everyone is more than welcome to come and join us. God Bless and be safe, ~Dorothy Glover April 2017

Snow? What snow? Now I don’t want any! Spring is fast approaching and will be here before you read this report. We all will have so much to do to prepare for the beginning of our riding season. There’s the barn, horse trailer, tack, buckets, water trough, old hay, camper, and so on! Whew, I get tired just thinking about this, but when it’s done we can all breath better. Did I tell you I bought a pony? Then there’s that first spring ride and the nerves get to you a little bit. We have had a lot of opportunities to ride off and on all winter. A lot of our members took advantage of some of those beautiful days. I did a lot of playing in my arena. Did I tell you I have a pony now? Our group made a proposal to our Park District and to our fair board that we would be interested in helping establish a trail system in these areas to provide our county with some safe, local riding and walking. This is a big job for all involved but we are pretty excited about this opportunity. I cannot report on how many acres are involved because we are waiting for the weather to break so we can do a walkthrough. I will try each month to report our progress as we go forward. Down the road, we would like to have a State ride using our Rails to Trails system that incorporates many additional miles. Oh by the way, I have a pony in my barn! Riding this time of year or anytime through the winter is interesting when you can see things that you don’t normally see when the leaves are off the trees. It looks different anywhere you go. I am amazed at how many plants are still green. Here’s to a safe spring season, wear your helmet! Happy trails! ~Ricki JACKSON Another spring has come and with it high hopes of trail rides, horse shows and mud! If there was a competition for the ‘Dirtiest Horse in the Universe’ my horses would win, or at least place. We have changed our meetings to the fourth Thursday of each month. We’ll still meet at 7 p.m. in the Ponderosa in Jackson. Again this year, the plan is to have a topic for each month so we can share information regarding horses and their riders. We cover new products, feed, insect control, etc. as well as the old tried and true, common sense and homemade stuff. The scheduled trail rides so far this year are:

APRIL 15 — Moonville Tunnel, ride out at 11:00. MAY 6 — Hammertown Lake, ride out at 11:00. OCT. 14 — Moonville Tunnel, ride out at 11:00. There will be more scheduled rides including a Poker Run and a Trail Challenge. The dates haven’t been set in stone yet but I’ll include that information in my newsletter as soon as it becomes available. We’d love for you to join us for trail rides, or come to our meetings and share your stories and ideas. Ride safe, ~Margo LICKING

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Hello from Licking County, I hope no one had any damages from all the March storms and wind. March sure came in like a lion. Reporting the 2016 Top Ten Trail Riders in our chapter were: Liz Shiplet 970, Karen McCabe 859, Barb Stevens 607, Phil Rauch 591, Sue Retherford 434, Cinda Wilson 359, Mitzi Garber 310, Mike Smith 293, Teresa Smith 282 and Jane Thomasson 251. Patches earned in 2016: Karen McCabe 5,000 miles, Liz Shiplet 5,000 miles, Barb Stevens 5,000 miles, Susan Hanson 500 miles, Deb Sheka 500 miles and Ruth Sunkle 200 miles. Total Saddle Hours, which includes competition, schooling, driving, other: Liz Shiplet 131, Jane Thomasson 45, Mitzi Gerber 40, Deb Sheka 27, Karen McCabe 25 and Jan Dean 10. Congratulations! The top five locations Licking County members liked to ride in 2016: Infirmary Mound Park 846 miles, Taft 778 miles, Mohican 547 miles, Salt Fork 332 miles and Dillon Lake 318 miles. Wow, we covered a lot of ground in 2016, let’s see how far we can go in 2017. Can’t wait for the Equine Affaire in April, all the vendors, demos, horses, people and food. I will be there on Thursday to help at the OHC booth, stop by and say hi. A member Brandy Sudden, veterinarian, will be giving a demo and a talk on Saturday. We know she will do well and be very informative. Our chapter is working hard setting up for another year, these are the 2017 Committee Chairs: Diana Wheatley Cards and Fun Shows, Deb Sheka Corral and Trail Mileage, Debbie Stevens History Report and PEEPS, Charlene Santee Facebook and Website, Cinda Wilson Motion Book and Trail Rides, Teresa McGregor Newsletter, and Craig Santee Trail

Maintenance. Committee. Contact information is on our website, lickingcountyohc.org. Diana and the show committee have dates, judges, ribbons ordered and food vendor set up and ready for our great Fun Shows. First show, July 29, including a Silent Auction. We have a lot of nice items for the auction. The showbill can be found on our website. The second show will be Sept. 9, both shows will be held at Infirmary Mound Park, Granville. On April 30 we are volunteering at Infirmary Mound Park for their event Outdoor Adventures. We will have a couple of horse trailers set up and a few horses. This event gives us a chance to show the horses to the people and let the children pet the horses. The children have the most interesting questions. We enjoy talking to the people and promoting our club and informing them of the fun and advantages of being a member. We have participated in this event for several years. If you’re interested in coming to Licking County to trail ride, we have four parks with bridle trails. They are Ohio Canal Greenway 3.8 miles, Infirmary Mound Park 7 miles, Lobdell Reserve 8 miles, and Taft Reserve 8 miles. Of course if you get lost it’s even longer, as I know. Infirmary Mound Park and Lobdell Reserve has some trails wide enough for driving. You can go to the park’s website, lickingparkdistrict.com and print a map of each location trails. But please, as the park says, ‘call before you haul 740/349-4823’, to make sure the trails are open due to weather conditions and park events. We built and help maintain the trails at our county parks. As you can see in the picture of my horse, I think he is behind all that hair, I need to start some trimming, it’s snowing outside as I write and I hope by the time you read this it’s sunny and warm outside.

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County Lines Too bad you won’t receive this until after our March meeting because we are planning a potluck and will hand out awards and patches. Next meeting is the last Monday of the month at Infirmary Mound Park, Granville, 7 p.m. Check us out on our website and Facebook for new events and dates. Riding is the best fun you will have sitting down! No laughing, I stayed on better last year! ~Deborah Sheka LOGAN Happy spring! We made it through winter now we just have to survive mud season then it’s riding time! We had a guest speaker at our March meeting; Scott Pugh an Equine Educator with Hocking College spoke with us about packing and the college’s annual trip out west. Each summer Scott and another instructor take 10 riders, 10 horses and six pack horses and mules for a 100 mile trek into the wilderness. Their route covers some of the area ridden in the movie ‘Unbranded’ and into the most remote area of the United States where they are 45 miles from the nearest road. Using a slide show Scott spoke about the preparations needed for and some of the adversaries encountered on their six day pack trip. He showed us the pack saddles used and some of the equipment that is carried with them. Each person has a weight limit for their personal belongings and each pack animal carries 100 pound packs. It was an educational and entertaining presentation that was enjoyed by all and we thank Scott for taking time out of his business schedule to speak to us. Before starting the meeting President Becky Porter told us about a local horse family who lost everything in a house fire a week prior. Luckily no lives were loss and they live in a strong farming community so they are getting help with their animals, but Becky asked if the group would want to make a monetary donation to the family. Alan Shields made the motion that our club donates $200. The motion was quickly seconded and passed. Our hearts and thoughts go out to this family in their time of need. In old business our second annual pig raffle will be drawn on Aug. 6 at our OHC meeting. Raffle tickets will be $5 each or five for $20 with two names drawn. The first name drawn will have their choice of a ½ pig fully processed or $300. The second name drawn will receive the 64

Scott Pugh speaking to our group. remaining item. Raffle tickets are available now and can be purchased from any Logan County OHC member. Proceeds will benefit horse activities in Logan County. Members were reminded that volunteers are still needed at the OHC booth at Equine Affaire and at the Youth Horse Show. After several months of discussion the group voted to sponsor each Logan County OHC youth showing in the All American Youth Show. To be eligible, the child’s family must already be an active member of our club. Each eligible child will receive a $100 scholarship. Until next month, ~Diana Kenne LORAIN Hello and welcome back to all you folks who head south for the winter. It seems northeast Ohio may be the new Florida destination with weather reaching record breaking temperatures this February. We’ll probably have a blizzard in May! Now that would not be a funny April fool’s joke in my book. Our April sponsor is Harrison Ford in Wellington; known for their great selection of Featherlite trailers. They have a knowledgeable service team available as well. Harrison Ford will be at the Equine Affaire. Just to reiterate, Equine Affaire will be at the state fairgrounds in Columbus from April 6-9. A wide array of seminars will be featured with well-respected clinicians offering their expertise. Fantasia is a wonderful horse show sponsored by Absorbine. It will be held the evenings of ThursdaySaturday at 7:30 p.m. You can buy and sell horses, shop at the largest trade show in North America and even consign equestrian items. Check equineaffaire.com for full details. Please note, this month our membership meeting will be at Wellington Reservation on Jones Road, on Monday, April 17 starting at 7 p.m. Our Chinese raffle will be held with funds going to our Horsemen Helping Horsemen fund.

This fund helps individual’s in our council who may have experienced an accident or unexpected crisis. It’s a good cause so plan to bring some money to bid with and take home a treasure or two. Sandy Shudy is planning on heading this up. Hope you are feeling better Sandy! You can place larger items for sale on the bulletin board to sell yourself. We will have light refreshments. Trail maintenance is scheduled for Charlemont on Saturday, April 22 starting at 9 a.m. Bob Budi is organizing this work day. Please plan to bring nippers and chain saws if you have them. Work gloves and sturdy boots are recommended. Club members are greatly needed particularly due to the heavy wind storms we’ve experienced this winter. After Charlemont, we will proceed to Wellington to complete those trails. The grand finale will be Dairy Queen for ice cream. As they say, all’s well that ends well. On Sunday, April 23 we will meet at Charlemont at 1:30 p.m. to enjoy our tidy trails. We will park at the New London Eastern parking lot. Sue Mollica is the contact person. Saturday, April 29 we will ride the Emerald Necklace End to End ride. You will shuttle your own trailer to the end of the trail. Drivers will be returned to the start. Ride out time will be at 11 a.m. sharp. Pack your lunch. Jim Wallace will be providing further details as the time draws closer. Looking ahead to May; a Trail Building Conference will be held in Dayton on Sunday, May 7. Jim Wallace is the contact person for this conference. On Thursday, May 11 our council will be able to take part in a Ropes Course at the Medina Career Center from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The cost is $15 per person. Contact Jim Wallace if interested. Carriages are allowed on the trails at Carlisle on April 4, 8, 13 and 16. Stay alert for the Easter Bunny and his chocolate raisins! Many Blessings, ~Kathy Duncan MADISON First I need to inform you of some date changes. There are some really great improvements about to take place at the Madison County Fairgrounds this spring. The Madison County Agricultural Society has gotten the approval to start the construction of the cover over the Coughlin Horse Arena. So this has caused our chapter to change our show dates. They are as follows: Gymkhana registration opens at 9 a.m. on the

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following dates: June 24, July 23, Sept. 17, Oct. 15. The event on Aug. 5; registration opens at 4 p.m. Show starts at 5 p.m. this will be an evening event. Our Open Show will be held Sept. 30 registration opens up at 8 a.m. Show starts at 9 a.m. We had lots of fun last year and look forward to another great season. Something we are offering this season in addition to OHC members receiving a free class, no ground fees but every time you participate you earn an additional five points. We will be offering money pay back on poles and barrels in addition to the patterned classes. This all adds up to fun, fun and more competitive fun. Our chapter worked tirelessly last year converting abandoned bike trails at Deer Creek State Park into some really nice bridle trails. Our new project is to improve the horseman camp. This is an anticipated three year project. Before long Deer Creek State Park is going to be a really nice enjoyable equestrian park. On the personal note, I got a new horse. Her name is Patches. She is a Haflinger-Paint cross. She is pretty sweet with the exception of kicking the walls in her stall. She has kept Scott busy with repairs. She has had a hard time adjusting from the move but I do believe she is showing some improvement. Lady my Paso is showing more unsteadiness of her sidewinder condition. I wish everyone a Happy Easter. A happy spring. ~Dee Elfrink MEDINA “How do you measure a life well spent?” goes one poem. If you were to measure the well spent life of Mike Pota, well, you would need quite a yard stick. We have lost a dear friend and dedicated Horseman. Mike Pota rode off to greener pastures on or about Feb. 18, which was his 95th birthday. Most of us will remember him for his lively disposition and non-stop comments on just about everything. We will forever be in his debt for his salesmanship when it came to the Valley Girl calendars, raffle tickets or just about anything there was to sell. He had just renewed his driver’s license. Active up until the day he passed, he spent a lot of his time at the Curbside Café in Cleveland. But that Saturday he told someone he didn’t feel up to going to the Karaoke Night there. He passed later that evening or the next day. The owner of Curbside said that she and the patrons were all distraught over his passing and would possibly do a memorial for April 2017

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or 330/592-5953), or Jack Weese (jack4ohc@att.net 440/234-9668 or 216/780-9668). Don’t forget to meet us for our day rides for the End-to-End 100 mile ride. Full schedule in our newsletter and on our website. Our next monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, May 3 at Boston Store in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park on at 7 p.m. Join us at 6:30 for refreshments and please bring a snack to share. May the valley be with you, ~Rosemary Young

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Good times at Medina banquet. him at a later date. The owner of the café warmly remembered that he had sold a lot of our calendars there. We will miss our long-time member with his snow white hair, cowboy boots and western shirt. I suspect that after a while we will even miss his yodeling. We treasure all our members past and present. Without them we would not be the chapter we are. A brighter spot was our annual banquet held this past Saturday, March 4 at the Winking Lizard in Peninsula. We’d like to give a big shout-out to Karen Knuth and her mother Lotte for managing this fun event. About 40 members and spouses had a great time making their own burgers at a ‘burger bar’ buffet. The youngest ‘member’ present was Mike Andrea’s grandson, Chase who gave us all our baby-fix for the day. Awards and certificates were presented to trail workers who contributed a whopping 605 hours of hard work on the CVNP trails. We are very glad to be able to take part in the maintenance of some of the best (we actually think they ARE the best) trails in the state. It’s only because of this work that we and our horses are able to enjoy this wonderful park. And speaking of work, April’s work session will be April 15. On May 11 there will be a special trail clearing at the Medina Creative Therapy Ranch 5200 Lake Road, Medina. Meet at 9 a.m. and bring tools. May 13 will be the next regular session in the CVNP; meeting places and times to be determined. For more information contact one of our rootin’ tootin’ trail bosses: Patricia Vance (pavancelaw@ aol.com or 330/836-9358), Mike Andrea (mlandrea03@yahoo.com April 2017

Oh my, did March ever come in like a lion. I believe that lion was really mad. I knew when the horses took off running for cover that we were in for a bad one. The wind was really terrible. Isn’t it amazing how they sense this? Our February tack auction with Jerry Henderson was a great success. Those homemade noodles and homemade bread made by Cindy Nitz was a big sell out. Of course the homemade hot dog sauce made by Jennifer Smathers was a big sell out also. The desserts were prepared by the members of our chapter. I just love how everyone works together to make these events a success. Thanks to Harold White for auctioneering, the youth who helped and all the members who helped make this event a success. Thanks to those who attended the auction which I believe was close to a hundred people in attendance. Without you we would not be able to do this. Thanks again to our club members. At our February meeting we were proud to present the 1000 mileage patch to Cindy Nitz, Deb Douglas, Valerie Tobin and John Robinson. Way to go riders. More members are planning to count their mileage and saddle hours. Our first monthly ride at AEP will be May 13, ride out at 11 a.m. Every AEP ride will be the second Saturday of each month. So come on out for a nice trail ride through the woods. I have to tell you about my niece and her friend going for a trail ride. On their way back home her friend decides to get off his horse and not hold the reins. Needless to say as soon as the horse got a chance she took off and left him standing. My niece called me and told me the horse was on her way home, so here she came up the road with no rider. I had to laugh, I guess you can say he learned the hard way. Those horses know their way home. I am looking forward for the summer rides and camping. Maybe

Cindy, Deb, Valerie and John, receiving their mileage patches. I will see you on a trail; of course I better ride if I want to see you on a trail. Happy trails, ~Dian MIAMI What an exciting and busy month for the Miami County chapter. I would like to start off with a thank you to Susan and Steve Cavedo for all their hard work on the Kiser Lake horse trails. Kudos out to Champaign County for their great efforts in keeping these trails open to the public. Second, thank you to Kim Wall, Trinette Kelley, Sue Ladd, and Susan Cavedo for their assistance at the Preble County 4-H Tack Sale. Because of the generous donations of our club members, the tack sale was a successful fundraiser for our club. We welcomed some new primary and secondary members at our February meeting and look forward to more new members as we gear up for the new riding season. Due to good riding conditions, I was able to ride both Carriage Hill and Englewood Metro in February. Both parks have trees down on the horse trails. Please remember ‘safety first.’ If your horse cannot safely maneuver over or around the tree, turn around and take a different trail. In addition, please remember when riding that your horse may still have his/her winter coat. In this unseasonably warm winter, you may be comfortable but your horse is not. Watch for overheating and dehydration. According to Dr. Ronald Anders of County Animal Clinic in Coldwater, if your horse’s gums are pale and the tongue is purplish, the kidneys are not working

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Steve Cavedo, Kiser Lake cleanup. properly and the liver is overactive trying to compensate. Susan Basye is our new ‘Activities Committee’ chair and is looking for helpers to brainstorm a list of field trips. We are also looking for a chapter liaison to start an OHC relationship with Miami County Parks. In closing, our OHC Miami County T-shirt sale will run from March 11 to April 15 and there will not be a chapter meeting in April due to the Equine Affaire. Our next meeting will be on Thursday, May 11, at the Kyle Park trailhead in Tipp City. ~Shirley DeWinter MONTGOMERY Howdy from Montgomery County! We are gearing up for a great year of trail riding, shows, campouts and activities. If you haven’t checked us out, please go to the website, www.ohconline.com, and choose Montgomery County. We have a very full slate of activities to enjoy— something for everyone. Our regular meeting is always the third Tuesday of the month, which falls on April 18 this month. We will be meeting at the Perry Twp. Building for our patch presentation at 7 p.m. Please join us. Of course we have the Hoosier Horse Fair in Indianapolis March 31-April 1 this year and the Equine

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meetings provide considerable equine fellowship but no formal activities. Some members will attend the March State OHC State meeting, the central region meeting, April Equine Affaire, and help with the AAYHS in May. Only a few members regularly ride during the winter but Byron did several outings at Mohican with Cheryl and other riding friends. Gerald and Ted joined them for a spring-like mid-February Sunday ride along with lots of other riders plus many hiking/camping groups. Ted did some cattle team sorting with his family at an arena near New Philly plus some riding near home in fallow fields which Gerald also did with some riding friends. No winter riding by other members was reported primarily due to weather/ health issues which hopefully will change as spring/summer like weather becomes more dependable. The audible/visual indicators for spring are encouraging: i.e. longer daylight period; returning migratory birds like killdeers, wood ducks, mallards, robins, blue herons, turkey vultures; while the resident Canada Geese are evaluating potential nesting sites to occupy. The goose nesting box/platform in our pond has been used for many years, possible the same pair, although except for size differences, all Canada Geese look the same to me. I did attempt a bareback ride today in the fallow fields but being solo with windy conditions made my ‘stable horse’ somewhat ‘unstable’ so we returned to the barn before an unscheduled dismount occurred. For those who do ride during the winter months, continue to ride, ride, and ride while you can or at least have great dreams. Until next month, happy trails to you and stay safe in the saddle/on your horse if you do have an opportunity to ride. ~DOC PERRY With all the spurts of warm weather and a relatively mild winter, club members have gotten out on the trail and came up with some ideas on how to make some improvements on nearby trails. The Perry County OHC is partnering with the National Forest System this year on the Wayne National Forest horse trails, specifically Stone Church. Our group participated in a first aid course, which was taught by Mike Buchanan, and had several members attend a chainsaw certification class in Marietta. Mike has also volunteered to train us on how to use topographical maps

Dillon ride. in the near future. He promised that when we are done with this coursework, we will be able to pinpoint our location within a 100 ft. range. Really looking forward to a great working relationship with the National Forest folks. And if he can train those of us who are directionally challenged then hats off to him! A few of our members have taken advantage the beautiful weather and did a little trail riding at Dillon State Park recently. Bob Crist, Roxanne Drake, Ben and Heather Stengle and new member David Johnson were in attendance. Dave decided to join our club after the ride. The trails surprisingly were in good shape however the camp store won’t be serving ice cream until April. Hope everyone got to spend a little time in the saddle that week. In other member news, Scott Christmas was selected to participate in the annual Dirt Road to the Horse competition set for the first of April at the Stockhands Horses for Healing facility in Delaware. Congratulations Scott, and best of luck to you. A few of us will be on hand to cheer Scott on as he and two others compete to train an unbroke horse during the three day event. No matter how he fares, this is quite an accomplishment and we are very proud of him! A brochure has been designed and will be distributed for the annual Southeast Ohio Regional Ride set for June 30 to July 2 at Burr Oak State Park. T-shirt designs were unveiled at the March meeting. Plans are coming together nicely for this annual event which is co-sponsored by the Hocking OHC club. The club supported a recent tack auction hosted by Meigs County. It was a great time as always. During our February meeting we discussed supporting surrounding clubs and their functions. It has been a wonderful and mutually beneficial experience between our club and Hocking so doing this is really worthwhile. It was reported that the restrooms at the Hocking State Forest group camp have been locked. I found out after making an inquiry to Dave Glass, forest manager that only the one restroom was locked and that

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Ben and Jax. was because it is not quite finished. Though I’ve not been inside the other restroom I can say they both are a huge improvement from the outside looking in as are the concrete manure bins. We have posted our ride schedule on our Facebook page, subject to change of course. Check it out. Everyone is looking forward to spring and all the comradery that is part of this unique little club. We hope to see you on the trail soon. ~Marianne PIKE Happy Easter to all of you. What a spring we are having? Hard to believe that summer is just two months away. I hope that everyone is enjoying this spring. Pike trail maintenance members have been busy. The trails are clear and looking beautiful. I want to send out special thanks to Randy, Calvin, Doug, and Debbie. Along with many other volunteers. Our next meeting is scheduled for April 1 and in the event that this issue comes out too late, you can catch up with us on May 6 with potluck at 5 p.m. and the meeting at 6 p.m. I do hope you can catch up with our club rides on April 22 at Great Seal State Park 11 a.m. and May 13 at Scioto Trails-Cancer Ride at noon. Our club President Rick Kellar would love for you to come and join us and help make our OHC great. And in closing this reporter will be signing off and passing the reins April 2017

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Pike County OHC on to the new reporters, Randy and Teresa. I have enjoyed the time spent writing these articles but my time has come to an end. Happy trails to all and I hope to see you on the trails. ~Carolyn PORTAGE Portage County Chapter now has a new website. Please visit and see the great job Stephanie Hawthorne does with the magic of the web. The new URL is https://pcohcneotra.wixsite. com/portagecountyohc As most of you know the Portage County Branch of the OHC maintains West Branch State Park’s equestrian trails. It was with great enthusiasm we greeted a new park manager to West Branch. Mr. John Trevelline is now the park manager for West Branch and Lake Milton. He definitely seems to have a grip on what it takes for us to maintain those trails and has said he believes the horse trails are a ‘great asset to West Branch’. Our club looks forward to working with John in maintaining and improving our wonderful trails for all horsemen. On this note, we were informed that during the work week there will be workers in the area of Hickory Lake where the big beaver dam once stood, it is being reworked and

What a wild weather ride we have been having, but all in all a very mild winter so far. The winds have been unforgiving and brutal but it is March. We held our meeting on March 4, at the Hueston Room at Hueston Woods State Park. Had a good meeting and discussed our upcoming Easter Egg Hunt to be held on April 8 at 5 p.m. right before our meeting at the Horsecamp at Hueston Woods, carry in at 6 p.m. and meeting to follow at 6:30 p.m. Included pare hotos from last year’s Easter Egg Hunt and a couple of one of our Fun Shows. I can’t wait for the weather to get nice so we can have these again this year. Our first one will be May 27, at the arena, sign up registration is at 9 a.m. with the events starting at 10 a.m. We will be having our concession at the shows as well. We are also planning Fun Shows in July 1, Sept. 2 and our State Ride Fun Show is Oct. 14. All of these are depending on the weather but if the weather should be too bad we will announce on our Facebook page, so watch our page and stay informed. We have plans to get the arena renovated before the season starts but that is depending on the weather also. Hoping to get good news from

2016 Easter Egg Hunt. the State ODNR on the RTP grant and have funds to repair some much needed work on trails. At present need to get out on the trails and get trees removed that are down; with all of the wind we have had I am sure there are some trails with downed trees on them. Still working on plans for our State ride in October. We have a lot to do and not always enough time to get things done but with the great members we have it will all come together I am sure! Be sure to check ohconline.com for information that is upcoming not only for Preble County but all chapters in Ohio. That is all for this month wishing everyone a Happy Easter. Happy Trails! ~Becky ROSS I hope everyone is doing well, and with the recent warmer weather, you somehow found the time to get time in the saddle. I know that’s exactly where I want to be right now. Not much has been going on in the Ross County OHC land, and I know this is late, but I would like to take this time to congratulate Dannielle Miller and Kathy Tone for winning the title this year for the most trail miles turned in. Good job girls! The Ross County club ride schedule is under way and should be posted by the time you receive this month’s issue of the Corral, we had a few glitches and had to revise the schedule due to a few unforeseen

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circumstances. The trail committee has been working very hard to clear up the issues and we should have it set in stone so that you can mark your calendars very soon. Keep checking the Ross County Facebook page to see if it has been posted. I would like to remind everyone that our annual Memorial Day weekend OHC poker ride will be held as usual, even though I don’t have the ride schedule as of now, I do know that we are still having that ride as we do every year. All are welcome to join us as this ride is for everyone. I would like to say I am sorry for not turning in articles the last couple of months; I slacked mainly because it has been fairly quiet in Ross County during the cold winter months, but it is now time to start the riding season and start taking pictures again and reporting on all the fun we are having. I can’t wait. Our club will continue to work on the Tar Hollow horseman’s camp throughout the year. We have a lot planned and hope to back to working soon. The improvements we have made and the improvements we are planning to make will sure have the camp looking good. Until next month, ~Angie SANDUSKY

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Barrel class last year—can’t wait for 2017 shows to begin!

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Is it spring yet? This season has been teasing us for months but I’m ready for it to stay! We had our club’s awards banquet in February and a big congratulations go to the award winners. Fred and Pam Wolff received our Equine 67

County Lines Spirit Award for all their help with events and inviting new members. Chuck and Wilma Myers received the White Star Award for attending all of the work days at our White Star Bridle Trail in Gibsonburg. Thank you all for everything you do for our club! This year we also got on board with the mileage patches that the state has available. We tallied all miles from 2010 until the end of 2016 for each member and awarded patches to the following mileage winners: 200 Miles: Hope Sheidler, Robert Metheny, James Parker, Marci Kollat, and Karl Kollat. 500 Miles: Chuck Myers, Wilma Myers, Al Sidell, Marla Sidell, and Alysa Myers. 1000 Miles: Diane Joseph, Annette Overmyer, Cindy Overmyer, Emily Greene, Sandra Sanchez, and Tony Venegas. 1000 Ohio Park and Forest Miles: Diane Joseph, Cindy Overmyer, Sandra Sanchez, and Tony Venegas. Congratulations everyone! Please join us at 7 p.m. on April 11 to hear our guest speaker, Lynette Barclay, tell us about essential oils and our pets. I am an avid user of essential oils for myself but I am excited to hear the health benefits for our equine friends. Please visit our website for information about our club, www.

Wilma Myers accepting the White Star Award for herself and Chuck.

Fred and Pam Wolff receive the Equine Spirit Award. sanduskycountyohc.com. We have the 2017 ride schedule posted as well as some surrounding county’s schedules. There are a lot of opportunities to ride! You may have noticed that our regular Corral reporter, Marla Sidell, did not write this article. If you would, take a moment and send a prayer for her health so she can be ready to hit the trails (and the keyboard) soon, thank you! Best wishes, ~Hope Sheidler SCIOTO The Scioto County OHC will hold their next meeting on April 11 at Arby’s in Portsmouth. We will be discussing upcoming events. On April 22 we will be holding our annual pony rides at Tractor Supply in New Boston, Ohio. The rides will be held from 1 until 4 p.m. The Silhouette Riders 4-H Club will be helping us walk the horses as part of their community service. On April 29 we are holding a trail ride at Bear Lake Horseman’s Camp in Shawnee State Park. This ride will also be part of our trail cleanup. The ride will begin at 11 a.m. Please bring your own lunch plus snips and garbage bags for cleanup. On May 13 we will be holding our St. Jude’s Ride. It will also be held at Bear Lake Horseman’s Camp in Shawnee State Park, West Portsmouth, Ohio. The ride will begin at 11 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. There will be a $10 signup fee to help support St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. There will be a raffle and dinner after the ride. All are welcome and we look forward to see you. ~Sandya45662@yahoo.com STARK

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The welcome signs of spring make a person feel so good! At our February meeting, one of our members Cathy Cikra who lives next to Quail Hollow Park told us about some of the changes that have been taking place there. A year ago January, the State of Ohio turned

Jill Eckroad, Corral reporter. the operation of the park over to our county park system. We were worried about this and how it would affect our horse trails at Quail Hollow. Cathy has lived next to the park for over 25 years and rides her horses or walks the trails a lot. Cathy said crews from Stark Parks have been working at the park on a regular basis and are doing a superior job. Stark Parks has hired a consulting firm which has held several planning meetings with groups that use the park and the general public trying to determine areas of use. These meetings have had a good response and have given them great ideas for use of the park and the buildings. Cathy said that she and her husband, Alex have worked hard on the trails for the last 25 years and still keep an eye on the condition of the trails and reports this to the workers at the park. Stark Parks has been very responsive in doing the repairs needed. The Park has asked our group to do trimming on the trails and especially the higher places. In March our chapter will have a booth at a local tack sale that is being held by PBS Health Care at their store on Richville Road. We use this as a means to introduce ourselves and hopefully get a few new members. On Saturday, July 22 our chapter will hold an ‘Obstacle Challenge’ at Jemilyn Horse Park in Alliance. This was something we did last year and had a good time with. In the morning from 8 a.m. to noon you and your horse can have fun playing on the many obstacles that are set up. Then after lunch the games will begin at 1 to 5 p.m. At 6 p.m. there will be a potluck dinner. Last year there were members from five other OHC chapters that joined up and challenges between the chapters were held with the games. The cost is $15 per rider with advance reservations and $20 that day. Jemilyn Horse Park is opened to the public and anyone is able to go there to ride and play with their own horse with the many different obstacles that are set up. Until next time, happy trails to you! ~Jo Ellen

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We are waiting to hear what Stark Parks is planning on doing and as always we have offered our members for the labor on the project. Plans are set for July 22 at Jemily Horse Park. Please see our website for your reservation form and waiver. Our next meeting will be on your personal safety with Alex Lanshe. Please think of any situations you would like for him to cover and any questions you would like to have answered. He is a wealth of information. Check out our calendar of events for other meeting speakers and all are welcome to attend if you are in the area. I see the sun. Gotta go! Happy Trails, ~ Jill SUMMIT Just imagine running or jogging a few miles on a sultry summer day wearing your flannel lined jeans, muck boots and winter coat. I’m sure that is what our horses were experiencing in mid-February with our glacier melting heat wave. I don’t know what it was like in the rest of the state, but in the counties in the NE, it was the warmest February since they have been keeping records. Contrast that to two years ago which was the coldest February on record and you have a pretty accurate account of living in Ohio. In the span of one week’s time we plunged from a balmy high of 77 to snow storms and 22 the next. Let’s not forget the high winds, downed trees and power outages. Curled up under blankets in a cold dark house, no power, water, or heat, candles flickered and some swore they heard a faint ghostly voice whispering “Generac, Generac…”. On the flip side was the opportunity to take full advantage of the seismic weather shift. Many of our members were out exploring the trails and enjoying the break in their winter routine. The horses seemed to enjoy the opportunity almost as much as we did. This was truly an unexpected gift for those fortunate enough to be riding so early in the season. It takes a hardy lot of inhabitants to call Ohio home. Case in point, each spring California boasts of a lovely spectacle of nature. Dainty swallows wing their way on fair ocean breezes returning to the picturesque mission in Capistrano amid flowers and sunshine. Fast forward to Ohio. Our state’s claim to fame are gritty turkey buzzards battling headwinds and blinding snow storms while gnawing on carrion along the byways to fuel the trip home. They seek the barren roosts in tall trees just to freeze their April 2017

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Lucky winners at White Elephant event.

Melty the Equine in Medina. tail feathers in mid-March in scenic Hinkley Reservation. At the end of February, I spotted a pair soaring over their territory near our barn. They eventually landed on the fence rails, spread their massive wings and craned their red necks surveying their summer digs with those beady eyes that don’t miss a thing. They must have received a tweet from the locals to take an early flight and avoid the upcoming crowded flyways. At least they can avoid the new airport security checks. Patiently waiting in Hinkley are spotters in the predawn light at the roost site chugging hot chocolate or coffee, munching donuts and updating residents on the birds return. The main flock’s arrival is a big to-do with much fanfare and a benefit pancake breakfast. Vehicles line up bumper to bumper in the park waiting to see the returning celebrities. Ohioans all know buzzards in March are a more accurate indicator of spring than a Pennsylvania groundhog’s shadow in February. So for all the trail riders in Hinkley, stay out of harm’s way until all the excitement dies down again. Then you can go back to just avoiding ground hog holes, snakes slithering down from the trees and deer bolting in every direction. Ooh, can’t wait! This warming trend has been widespread and has caused some even bigger trail problems elsewhere,

Nancy taking home her White Elephant. April 2017

namely with the iconic Iditarod in Alaska. Traditional sections had to be rerouted. Wonder if those sleds come equipped with mud flaps and do they make throwaway goggles for the dogs? Closer to home, record highs made the ice carving festival in Medina an event of fleeting beauty to be enjoyed for the moment, much like intricate sand paintings in other cultures. In past years the icy creations graced the town square for visitors to enjoy for weeks. Peggy Costic was there to help with the event and her son Eric of Elegant Ice Creations wowed the crowd with his sculptures. It was a real crowd pleaser even if the fire and ice display was a mere puddle before the event’s conclusion. Better luck next year. We are glad to see all the members who venture out for the monthly meetings. Roxanne reminded us that this is a great opportunity to stay in touch with your camping friends and provide some input as to what activities you want the club to pursue this year. Carolyn Sullivan has some big plans for out of state venues next year so please talk to her if you are interested. Don’t forget to send any pictures or comments you wish to share to Wendy for our Facebook page. Members are already signing up for our Mexican Fiesta weekend camping trip at Mohican later this summer. The flyer with pertinent information is on our website for any OHC members who wish to join us. Word has it that ex-prez Becky Sheryak will be following the northern migration route soon. We can’t wait to see her and we promised not to go to the winery for our meeting until she is back. Equine Affaire is a must see so hope you made your list, checked it twice, and took your credit cards. What a great opportunity to see your friends, see your favorite equine educators and bring back some training tips to benefit you and your horse. All in all, it has been a great start to the riding season and we hope the rest of the year follows suite. ~Joann Ulichney

Happy spring to everyone from the Trumbull County Chapter! We hope that you and your horses all fared well through the winter. The warmer weather is here, daylight hours are more numerous, let the shedding begin! Our chapter has stayed active this winter on the trails locally and afar. Tom and Joann Yoder have enjoyed a multi week stay at Apache Junction in Arizona, Ken and Judy Miller are Horse camping in Florida and Ron and Jean Miller have their winter home in Florida as well. Many members have enjoyed riding the local parks, the Cleveland Metro Parks and around home as the weather has been agreeable rather often this past winter! Tracking our trail miles for 2017 started Jan.1! We have another new member— Welcome Justine Bartko! We look forward to riding with you! Preparations for the annual Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser at the Trumbull County Fairgrounds are underway. This year’s date is July 10. We are located in the Block Building in the 4-H Saddle Horse area and serve from 2 until 7 p.m. It’s a great dinner at a great price! Mark it on your calendars! We are still putting together our ride schedule for the season, so keep checking our Facebook page Ohio Horse Council of Trumbull County for updates. Our monthly meetings are held at the Fowler Township building the first Sunday of the month at 7 p.m. Guests are always welcome! May we all have a safe and happy 2017 riding season. ~Kae TUSCARAWAS A blonde bought two horses, and could never remember which one was which. A neighbor suggested that she cut the tail of one horse, which worked great until the other horse caught his tail in a bush and tore it to exactly match the other horse’s tail, and the blonde was stumped again. The neighbor then suggested she notch the ear of one horse. That worked fine until the other horse caught his ear on a barbed wire fence. Once again, the blonde couldn’t tell them apart. The neighbor then suggested she measure the horses’ height. When she did, she was very pleased to find that the white horse was 2 inches taller than the black one. Just got my hair cut and colored again…very blonde. I love that joke.

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The club’s February meeting was held on the Feb. 13 at Hog Heaven in New Philadelphia, and a date for our Ride Planning Meeting/Party was determined to be Saturday, April 1 at the home of Rob and Patti Conley in Millersburg. Thanks to everyone for agreeing to make the drive out. Details and pics to be available in the May edition. The following weekend will be the 2017 Equine Affaire running April 6-9 at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus. Many of the Tuscarawas County OHC members plan to attend and though the show will be over by print of this edition, additional pictures and details to follow in the May edition as well. Our next meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 13 at Tlaquepaque in New Philadelphia. If you have any interest in checking us out, please do, and remember, our meetings start at 7 p.m., but the food and merriment starts between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Even though our meetings are traditionally held the second Monday of each month, the Ride Planning Party on April 1 will serve as our April meeting. Please feel free to contact me anytime for further meeting and ride information at patti.conley12@gmail.com. And regarding any further blonde joke submissions….keep ‘em coming….but please type slowly, as I can’t read very fast. ~Patti UNION Greetings everyone in OHC land. Spring seems to be arriving early but then this is Ohio so anything can happen at this point. I’ve seen it snowing on Memorial weekend so nothing will surprise me. Hopefully, we’ll have pleasant weather for Equine Affaire this month along with the many miles of trails that everyone wants to be riding. Our members have been getting out and taking advantage of the unseasonably nice weather and getting some trail miles in. We’re all hoping that the weather

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Kool ride at Kiser. holds and we can keep on riding. Union County has welcomed three new members in February. Beth and Harry Miller have two spotted Tennessee Walking horses and a mini pinto. They have been married 27 years and riding together 16 of those years. They love to trail ride and camp with their horses. Kimberly Cole is a new member as well and I will introduce her in next month’s County Lines. I know it’s a bit late but I wanted to mention our trail miles for the 2016 year. I was sick with pneumonia in February and wasn’t able to get the Corral report written and I wanted to give credit to all of our members for a great year that our chapter had. Becky and Stephanie Petee, our top riders each had 487 miles, Karen Holland had 356 miles, Linda Blanton 180 miles, Katrina Strayton 66 miles, Jim Strayton 64 miles and Debbie Strayton 61 miles. For a total of 1701 trail miles. Our secondary member, Theresa Burke overshot her goal and did 345 miles. Congratulations everyone on a wonderful year and many more miles. Now that spring is upon us lets hit the trails and have many enjoyable and safe rides. Until next month, Happy Trails. ~Karen Holland WARREN Happy spring! Though we’ve kind of had spring since February, but I don’t know of anyone who is complaining about that. It’s made it a bit difficult for your Over the Hill Gang to get out and work, but we’ve managed a few days. Luckily the work the park did last fall has held up well. Things are still muddy, of course; this is Ohio, after all. But there aren’t the deep mud holes of the past. And of course, regardless of the big trail improvements, there’s always work to be done. Congratulations to Paul and Ana, who were married in February. We wish them much happiness. I didn’t think of it in time, but I’ll try to get a wedding photo for a later article. 70

Warren County OHC This year, we have camp-outs scheduled once a month from May to October at the Caesar Creek group camp. We always have a great time. Hopefully a lot will be able to join in. Even if you don’t camp, feel free to come enjoy the evening campfires. Don’t forget our Green-Up Day on April 22. It’s always great to have extra hands—the more people that show up, the more we can get accomplished, and Roger never has a lack of projects planned. Meet at the Caesar Creek horse camp at 9 a.m. I don’t have any more for this month. It’s a slow time of year. I’ll include a few more photos from the New Year’s Day ride. Happy trails! ~Mickie WASHINGTON Howdy y’all, hope everyone has enjoyed our spring so far! February was awesome and March looks like it will go ‘out like a lamb!’ Several of our members have been out riding and enjoying their equine buddies already. Hitting the trails is what we wait all winter for, right? For those of you that still need

horse vaccinations, just as a reminder, Dick and Debbie Jackson will be hosting a shot clinic at their farm on Saturday, April 1 starting at 9:30 a.m. In the past there has been coffee, hot chocolate, and donuts available which really warms everyone up on those chilly mornings. If there is something you need other than vaccinations, please contact Dr. John Grohe’s office and let him know your needs. Washington County has been working on our ride schedule for the year. Summer will be here before we know it and our time with family and friends is so important to each of us. We hope to make 2017 a great year for being in the saddle. If you have somewhere in mind you would like to have a club ride just contact Tim Vincent or one of his committee members with your request. New ideas are always welcome and I’m sure he’d appreciate your suggestions. Our June meeting this year will be held at Kinderhook on June 10. The ride will be at 10 a.m. with a potluck following around 5 p.m. A brief meeting will follow hopefully around a campfire. Our hope is to have a big turnout to kick off the season. We had a great March meeting. We voted to bring back our square dance in October! We have always enjoyed having it at Jackson’s farm. It’ a ton of fun, fellowship, good eats, spooky costumes and everyone is welcome. The exact date will be announced as soon as we nail it down, but just keep it in mind for fall. ‘Dance or be square’...Hee Haw! Another item of importance is the Children’s Miracle Network Ride which will be held at Salt Fork on May 20. Please come out and support the kids. The speaker at our March meeting was Mike Gent, a retired police officer and new member to our group. He gave a talk on unarmed self-defense. He is putting together a class on protecting yourself for anyone interested. We are all out in the woods riding and camping and sometimes alone. He is going to focus on ‘being aware of your surroundings’. I think it will be a very interesting course. Big thanks to you Mike and welcome to our club. There is some buzz about a bus trip in the clubs’ future. Bill Hoover is looking into it for us. I can’t wait to hear what he comes up with. There are a lot of things happening for our club this year and we can’t wait to get started. That’s all for now folks, hope to see you out on the trails. Happy Trails, ~Debbie Jackson and Sherrie Schwendeman

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WAYNE Welcome to all of the new members of OHC. We are looking forward to getting to know you at our many camp outs, day rides, or social events. And to all of the regulars, welcome back! I’m sure you are all looking forward to the 2017 riding season. The ride schedule is in place, and was attached to the February minutes. Will vote to approve the schedule in March, so there may be some changes by this writing. Everything is on the schedule including work days, meetings and events. Meetings for June and July will be at Mohican during our work weekend. Hope everyone enjoyed those warm days in February! I rode at least four days. It seems like a gift to get to ride that early in the year! Nancy Strayer and Marilyn Conley have been working hard on a chapter brochure for Wayne County so that we can spread the word on the many benefits of being a member of OHC. Also there has been discussion about creating a chapter website. It will be great to have all of that information at the touch of a button! Looking ahead: if you are interested in going to the Northeast Regional Ride get your reservation into Trudy Shmidt (419/606-2799) or Kim Scarborough (330/855-8803) soon to save a spot. The ride is July 4th weekend (June 30 to July 4). Should be a fun weekend! Prayers out to all of the Wayne County members with illness or death in the family. We are thinking of you always! Looking forward to seeing you out on the trail! Have a great spring. ~Kim WOOD I believe we all had a beautiful Valentine’s Day as the weather has been phenomenal. I can handle this as I shoveled snow once so far this season. I realize winter is not over but I think winter has fizzled out. Like a weather forecaster, I have a 50/50 chance of being right. Our banquet was well attended and the potluck food was beyond excellent! We do have some fine cooks in our chapter. Our Top Ten line up for 2016 is Judy Stephens first place with 1042 miles, Dawn Gomez second place with 971 miles, on from there are Jon Potteiger 950, Barb Oberhaus 821, Jon Myers 783, Shirley Warner and Jo Murray 538, Deta Miller 535, Becky Steingass 504, Karen Spero 443 and Jim Spero 439.

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County Lines Our youth line up is Stanley Rice with 139 miles, Jaelyn Zimmerman 130, Danielle Rosenbauer 128, Thomas Shipley 86, James Mooney 54, Paul Mooney 51, Shad Vondenberg 34 and Savanah Ley 24. I failed to mention at our banquet Jo’s dog Speedy logged 132 miles riding with her, Yeah Speedy! Many have been riding this winter on rail trails, at Van Buren, Oak Openings and Edison Woods. We have canceled one ride for early spring, Honey Creek, all the rest are as earlier stated.

Youth accepting their award were Paul, Stanley, Jaelyn, Shad, and Savanah. Here is to spring coming soon and camping, the best therapy of all. ~Barb, Pushover50@aol.com

Judy Stephens first place and Dawn Gomes second place.

Thank goodness for Jo’s little truck.

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Trail Maintenance Scheduled; Ride Dates on Website PRESIDENT, Chuck Fanslow; 1st VICE PRESIDENT, Al Davis; SECRETARY, Kathleen Moss; TREASURER, Mindy Ellis; WEBSITE, www.mtra.org; EMAIL, mtra. office@gmail.com; PHONE, 989/723-1425

by Jan Wolfin By the time you are reading this the MTRA Annual Meeting and Banquet will be a memory. I wish I could give you some highlights, but this article has to be written and submitted before the event happens. You will just have to wait for the next issue to learn more. I would like to thank all the MTRA members who ran for the Board and to congratulate the five who were elected. Now our thoughts and efforts turn to spring/summer/fall activities— meaning Riding Season! We do have our event permit with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, so our ride dates are set. You can check them out on our website, www. mtra.org. The ride registrations have already started coming in. Plan your dates and get your reservations in.

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You may also get a ride registration form on our website. Before we can ride this beautiful trail, it needs maintenance. We hope to see many of you the weekend of May 6 at the 4-Mile Road Camp for our spring work bee. You do not have to come for the entire weekend. If you only have a few hours, come and donate your time. Be sure to sign in as every donated hour is important. These hours of donated work are submitted to the MDNR and the USFS to show the commitment of our members to this trail. With the horrible wind storm a few weeks ago, we have no idea what the trail conditions are. Each of our board members has a camp and a section of trail that they are responsible for clearing. You will be getting a list of these board members and their section of trail in our next newsletter. If you cannot make the work bee but have some time that you want to donate for trail maintenance, call a board member and make an arrangement to help with his/her section of trail. These volunteer hours are compiled and reported also. MTRA is going to Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio, on April 6 through April 9. We will be in booth #1202 in the Bricker Building. If

you go to Equine Affaire, please stop by our booth and say “Hi”. I have read through the list of seminars and demonstrations and this is going to be an amazing expo. They have something of interest for every equestrian discipline. As always, if you have any

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Tips for Trouble Free Trailer Loading by Lynn Palm Trailering is a big step. Not only are we dealing with loading our horse into a trailer, we will be driving and maneuvering a large vehicle (like a truck or SUV) and towing our precious cargo behind. Once trailering is mastered, it opens up many new opportunities for fun with our horses. We have the freedom to go to shows, trailer to a friend’s house to trail ride, and have the mobility to take our horse with us almost anywhere! I want to point out some important trailer safety tips and while driving. This is not an exhaustive list of safety considerations, but ones that I want to share with you based on my experience. How and where a horse is tied in the trailer is an important safety issue. It isn’t necessary to always tie a horse in the trailer. Rather than tying a youngster or green horse I often just loop the lead line through the hay bag. This gives the horse the feeling of being tied, without the constraint of really being tied. Young or green horses can be startled when they are first learning to stand and ride in the trailer. If they are tied, they may pull back and react in fear at being restrained. We want this experience to be stress free for our horse. Only when I am sure that a youngster or green horse is comfortable with trailering, will I tie him. I like to tie my horses to the trailer tie ring that is above the chest bar and just above his head. Tying there does not create a lot of excess lead line between the horse and the point where he is tied. Every trailer is different, but select a tying point that is secure, above your horse’s head, and as close as possible to him. Tie your horse with enough slack in the lead line so that he if he would be startled and back up, he has enough freedom of movement to touch the butt bar with his rump. This will give him security and a place to balance himself against while the trailer is moving. I use a lead line to tie my horses. It allows me to vary the tying length between different sized horses I am hauling. I have found the best way to tie is using a quick release knot with the end of the lead looped through it. Many people like breakaway trailer ties. I do not have a problem with them as long as the horse can keep his head in a natural position and they are not too short or constricting. If you are using them make sure they 72

are long enough to let your horse have enough freedom of movement that he can touch the butt bar. Make sure that your vehicle and trailer are road ready before leaving on a trip. The vehicle should be rated to pull the weight of both horse and trailer. Check all tires to make sure they are properly inflated and that wheel lug nuts (the bolts that hold the wheel on the axle) are tight. Be sure that you are using the proper size trailer ball. Some trailer hitches require a larger ball than others. The correct size should be indicated on the trailer. Make sure the trailer hitch is correctly coupled with safety locking device engaged. Hook the trailer’s safety chains in a criss-cross fashion to the vehicle. There should be enough slack in them to allow the trailer to turn without binding them, but they should not drag on the ground. Plug in the trailer lights and electric safety brake harness (if the trailer is equipped with one). If you are using electric safety brakes, make sure that you have set them properly for the trailer’s loaded weight and road conditions. Check that the trailer’s brake lights and turn signals are working. Latch all doors and windows so that they won’t swing open while underway. Make sure all gear inside the trailer is secure so it cannot fly around in case of a sudden stop or turn. I also like to carry a trailer emergency kit with me. Emergency items include flares, flashlight, tire changing equipment, a can of ‘fix-a-flat’, wheel blocks, fire extinguisher, a set of tools, and extra fuses. Make it a habit to take one last walk around your truck and trailer to inspect it for safety before departing. Driving a vehicle with a horse trailer behind is much different than driving a passenger car. The entire unit is at least twice as long and often twice as heavy! Here are some good driving tips I’ve learned from years of hauling my show horses across the United States. The weight of a truck with a horse trailer behind it requires a much greater stopping distance. Look further ahead down the road and anticipate when you may have to brake. This gives you time to brake gradually and slowly. Slow changes in speed and direction help your horse keep his balance in the trailer. Accelerate slowly. Slow acceleration also makes it easier for your horse to keep his balance and from being slammed backward against the butt bar. It also is much kinder on your vehicle’s transmission.

Two road conditions create the most difficulty for the horse to maintain his balance in a trailer. They are turns or curves and going downhill to a curve. Here’s how to safely handle both situations. Always turn your rig slowly. After proceeding through an intersection or turn, let the trailer straighten out before accelerating. Too many drivers forget that the trailer is behind them and accelerate through the turn, curve, or bend in road. This ‘whips’ the trailer, and their horse, around the corner. On highways, curves are usually ‘banked’ meaning the outside edge of the curve is higher than the inside edge. Drive toward the ‘high’ or outer side of a curve. This allows the horse to balance himself better. Some older roadways do not have banked curves. When encountering this situation, you need to be more cautious. Slow down and cover the brake with your foot. Be ready to regulate speed to balance your rig using the brake or coast until you have passed through the middle of the curve before accelerating. The hardest situation for the horse to balance through is a curve after a downhill. Here the ‘live’ weight of the horse and the trailer moving downhill will push you into the curve. It is easy to build up too much speed to safely negotiate the turn. To be safe, as you crest a hill, assess how steep it is and if there is a curve at the bottom. Take your foot off the accelerator, cover the brake, and coast. The trailer’s weight will push you down hill. Minimize any acceleration by either braking or coasting until you are safely into the curve. Once you feel that the weight of the trailer passing through the curve, slowly accelerate. This will give your horse his best chance to safely balance in the center of the trailer stall. Practice driving your trailer before taking your horse for a ride. Good trailer driving skills means a safer, less stressful experience for you and your horse. He’ll learn to love the trailer, not to fight it. You’ll have the freedom of going almost anywhere with him and the satisfaction that you are doing it together safely.

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Lynn Palm your trailer, place one hand (either hand will work, but I prefer my left so I can look over my right shoulder when backing) on the bottom of your steering wheel. 2. Whichever way you want the tail end of your trailer to go, move your hand and the steering wheel in that direction. For example, if you want to back the end of your trailer to the right, with your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel, and rotate the steering wheel to the right. The end of the trailer will go in that direction. That’s all there is to it! Watch how the trailer is reacting using your mirrors or looking over your shoulder. Just make sure you do not turn so sharply that you jack-knife the trailer so that it gets pinched in a 90-degree angle with the truck. If you get in that situation, just pull forward and straighten the truck and trailer, and try again. Knowing how to back up a trailer takes a lot of stress out of trailering and gives you greater freedom to do more with your horse!

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This newsletter ends our series in tips for trouble free trailer loading. I hope that you’ve gotten some practice lesson plans and advice you can use. Let’s review the most important points to remember for teaching your horse stress free trailer loading: • Do not introduce trailer loading until your horse understands and demonstrates he is consistent with the basic ground training commands of “come to me”, “move away from me”, “whoa” or stop, and “back” when asked for them in a stall. • Have all the tools you need to teach trailer loading on hand before starting. • Open up all trailer doors and windows to make it a bright, inviting place. Have some ‘trailer bait’, like a full hay bag, inside. • If possible, have an experienced, schoolmaster type horse loaded in the trailer to give the first time loader more confidence. • Start in a confined area, like a fenced pasture. Repeat loading and unloading next to a fence for greater

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Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club

First Show Scheduled at End of April PRESIDENT, Steven “Chunk” Watts; SECRETARY, Jean Yancer; TREASURER, Ashley Christian; WEBSITE, ashlandpaintandplain.com; EMAIL, paintandplaininfo@yahoo.com

by Chesna Wertz Hi everyone! Spring is in the air! While it’s been a bit up and down, we’ve had several lovely days of warm weather. Much nicer when working the horses not to be bundled up in 15

layers! These warm days are definitely bringing thoughts of spring and the start of show season! We hope that we will see all of you at our first show on April 29 and 30 at the Ashland County Fairgrounds at 9 a.m. As usual for our April show, we will be showing in the Coliseum. It’s shaping up to be a very nice show, and its perfect for all of the Youth riders wanting a prep show before the All American Youth Horse Show in May. We will be showing under judge Kory

Warthling. You can find our showbill on our Facebook page and on our website, as well as our rules, and don’t forget the membership form! All you need to do to run for our end of the season high point award is become a member. We have a lot of nice stuff in the works for the high point awards. Membership is $20 for Individual, or $25 for a family. We also offer the opportunity to earn extra points by sponsoring a class! For $20 per sponsorship, you will

get an extra three points per class of your choice. You may do as many sponsorships as you would like, but you can only get one set of extra points per class.(You cannot sponsor three classes and have nine points going to $100 Western Pleasure.) If you have any questions about the high point, feel free to ask! If you are in need of stalls for the April show, please contact Melissa Green at 330/416-8641. Hope to see everyone in April!

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security until you get consistent responses. Then move away from the fence, but continue practicing still in the enclosed area. Only when your horse shows he accepts this step, should you try loading him in a more open environment. • Never pull on the lead to muscle your horse into position or into the trailer. If you need to exert tension, release it the moment your horse comes forward. If you are working alone, use the ‘longe loop’, around his hip, that I taught you how to make. Or ask a friend to help you, as I described in this series. • Practice trailer loading regularly, especially if you are not hauling regularly. Be consistent in the procedures each time you load and unload your horse. • Unload your horse slowly. Teach him to unload even slower than you taught him to load. • Be a safe, considerate driver—for both you and your horse’s sake. • My best advice: Avoid last minute frustrations…if you have plans to go somewhere, work on trailer training your horse many weeks prior to the departure date. Be prepared and do your homework before your trailer adventure. • Above all… take your time and be patient. Getting frustrated only makes you and your horse stressed and less likely to achieve success. May all of your travels with your horse be safe and happy ones! Until then, follow your dreams… Visit my website, www.lynnpalm. com, click on ‘On-Line Store’ for more details on my Palm Partnership Training products to help you and your horse train at home to build a better partnership together! April 2017

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The Way of Horses

Large Animal Rescue by Eleanor Blazer Many of us grew up watching ‘Lassie’. The poor collie kept busy leading rescuers to accident-prone Timmy after he fell down cliffs, got stuck in quicksand or ended up in abandoned mine shafts. After a bit of drama, the rescuers successfully extracted Timmy from his entrapment. Would the rescuers have succeeded if it had been Lassie in the ‘well’? What if it had been a horse? What if it was your horse? As all horse-lovers know, our four-legged friends are also accident prone. This is due to their size, reactive nature and situations in which humans tend to put horses. Horses have been trapped in swimming pools, septic tanks, overturned trailers, frozen ponds, mud, large tires (commonly used as hay feeders) and collapsed buildings —to list a few common entrapment locations. Michelle Staples, author of “Save Your Horse! A Horse Owner’s Guide

The most heartrending story to come out of the research for the book, Save Your Horse! A Horse Owner’s Guide to Large Animal Rescue was a pregnant mare. She was involved in a trailer rollover. Since no one on-scene knew ĂďŽƵƚ > Z͕ Ă ĐŚĂŝŶ ǁĂƐ ǁƌĂƉƉĞĚ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ ŚĞƌ ƚĂŝůďŽŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ Ă tractor. As she was pulled out of the wreck her tail was ripped from her ďŽĚǇ͘ dŽ ĐŽŵƉŽƵŶĚ ŵĂƩĞƌƐ͕ ƐŚĞ ǁĂƐ ƉƌĞŐŶĂŶƚ͘ ^ŚĞ ǁĂƐ ŬĞƉƚ ĂůŝǀĞ ƵŶƟů ŚĞƌ ďĂďǇ ǁĂƐ ďŽƌŶ͕ ƚŚĞŶ ĞƵƚŚĂŶŝǌĞĚ͘ ŚƩƉ͗ͬͬƐĂǀĞǇŽƵƌŚŽƌƐĞ͘ĐŽŵͬƉŝĐƐ͘Śƚŵů

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to Large Animal Rescue” (available at www.amazon.com) explains, “When horse owners cannot remove trapped animals on their own, they call emergency responders, usually the fire department. Unfortunately most first responders are not familiar with horses, and can inadvertently

injure themselves, bystanders and the horse they are trying to help.” Very few states have formal Large Animal Rescue (LAR) training for fire department and law enforcement members. This means horse owners must be the driving force to initiate LAR education for their local emergency responders. Large Animal Rescue training is very technical. It involves learning life-saving skills and how to use specialized equipment, which must be available. The training covers how to keep the rescuers safe while working with large and possibly injured animals, and how to keep the animals safe. The use of levers, pulleys, straps, glides, ropes, drags and winches is taught during LAR training. It is important to understand the correct use of the equipment so not to injure the horse. Veterinarians should also be encouraged to learn about LAR. Veterinarians rarely have the training that teaches how to use the equipment needed to move a trapped animal. The calming presence of the horse’s vet, who can sedate and treat the horse, while working knowledgably with the emergency responders, will increase the odds of a successful rescue. It is also possible the vet may not be allowed at the scene of an accident if he does not have an official agreement with local responders. Horse owners should contact their veterinarians and find out if he or she would be willing to respond to a LAR incident. If the vet is willing, the parameters of the response should be stated in advance via a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This document should cover the following points:

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• Requirement of veterinarian’s knowledge of LAR procedures • Release from Liability of veterinarian in LAR response • Who will pay for veterinarian’s response • How, and under what circumstances, will the veterinarian be notified • What restrictions will be placed on veterinarian at the scene • What will be expected of the veterinarian and the responders If LAR hands-on training is not available in your area, give your vet a copy of Michelle Staples’ book: “Save Your Horse! A Horse Owner’s Guide to Large Animal Rescue”. The book covers how to safely respond to a LAR incident and contains a sample of a MOU between veterinarians and emergency responders. In addition to Staples’ book, other books available are: “Equine Emergency Rescue” co-authored by Mary Anne Leighton and Michelle Staples, and “Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue” by Drs. Rebecca and Tomas Gimenez. Web sites are: Red Jeans Ink at: http:// saveyourhorse.com/, and Technical Large Animal Rescue at: http://tlaer. org/ Individuals who have read the books or have taken Michelle Staples’ online course, offered by Equine Studies Institute (http:// www.equinestudiesinstitute.org/), will not be equipped mentally, emotionally or technically to assist with a rescue—individuals who have not practiced with live animals or dummies are not considered trained in LAR. They may be able to share their knowledge with the incident commander at the scene. Proactive horse owners should contact qualified instructors through one of the above web sites and organize an Operational level LAR class in their area. Be sure to invite members of your fire department, animal control, local horse organizations and large-animal veterinarians. Horse owners should be familiar with large animal rescue methods, have the required equipment available and carry the books in the vehicle when transporting a horse. As the Boy Scout motto states: “Be prepared”. Take the online course ‘Equine Safety and Rescue’ taught by Michelle Staples. Go to http:// www.equinestudiesinstitute.org/ equine-safety-and-rescue-coursedescription/ for more information. April 2017