Ohio Horseman’s Council, Inc. Member of American Horse Council ohconline.com SECRETARY Ranee Vititoe 740/505-2713 secretary@ohconline.com
TREASURER Jo Ellen Reikowski 330/806-3146 treasurer@ohconline.com
PRESIDENT Eric Estill 513/266-9823 president@ohconline.com MEMBERSHIP Catherine Estil 513/319-2517 membership@ohconline.com
VICE PRESIDENT Nancy Strayer 740/694-1007 vicepresident@ohconline.com OHC COUNTY LINES EDITOR Martie Ackerman 713/553-9644 countylineeditor@ohconline.com
Greetings From Your President The Equine Affaire is April 7-10 at the Ohio Expo Center. Ohio Horseman’s Council will operate a booth, highlighting our 50th Anniversary! Please drop by and see us. Can you volunteer at the booth for a few hours? Come join your fellow OHC friends to help spread the word about our worthwhile organization to other horse enthusiasts. Sign up online at signupgenius.com. Help is also needed for set up on Wednesday, April 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and take down Sunday, April 10, 3-7 p.m. Equine Affaire 2022 will have more than 150 education sessions, clinics and demonstrations. The largest horse-related trade show in North America. The ‘Fantasia’ musical celebration performance will be on Thursday, April 7; Friday, April 8; and Saturday, April 9 (tickets required). You can purchase tickets in advance at equineaffaire.com. The Versatile Horse and Rider Competition will feature 25 horse and rider pairs racing the clock on an obstacle course. New this year: The International Liberty Horse Association Freestyle Invitational. Select liberty trainers and horses of a variety of breeds and backgrounds will display their talents in a two-part invitational
competition on Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9, with the winner earning a spot in the 2023 Fantasia show. Mustang TIP Challenge: During the Challenge, trainers will gentle untamed mustangs in the hopes of demonstrating each horse’s value and trainability in a competitive environment. The competition will take place in three parts on Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9, all in the Cooper Arena. A Horse for Heroes: another new feature at Equine Affaire. Equine Affaire has partnered with Operation Horses and Heroes to offer a variety of unmounted activities on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in the Cooper Arena. Interscholastic Equestrian Association Intensive Clinic: this clinic offers a unique opportunity to see inside the mind of an IEA judge. The clinic will feature a judge’s perspective and offer tips for competing at IEA shows in both English and western disciplines, as well as dressage. This clinic will take place on Sunday, April 10, from 2-4 p.m. in the Cooper Arena. ~Eric Estill, President
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Greetings from Ashland County! Registration for the Pleasant Hill Lake Park Promotional Ride on June 17-19 closes on May 31. The trails are beautiful this time of year with flowers blooming and new tree leaves making the air smell fresh. Campsites are $80 for the weekend and are non-refundable. All sites have electric hook up. There will be a 50/50 raffle. Unfortunately, you are on your own for food. The park offers many other activities to enjoy including hiking, fishing and swimming, kayaking, an inflatable water park, gold panning, Summer Solstice Paddle Tour, Karaoke and DJ, etc. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Tim Tuttle at 419/512-1216 or Timtuttle59@yahoo.com. Spaces will be assigned based on both the date received and the length of rig. Reservations will not be accepted via MWCD/Pleasant Hill website. Trail and camp cleanup has been ongoing this year. See you down the trail and remember not to drink and ride. ~Dan and Jean Reynolds
How is your Bingo card coming along? Filling in more squares? I am waiting for warmer weather to really get things going. I am hoping someone will teach me how to back up a bumper pull trailer. I am terrible at backing up my manure spreader and am hoping that would help. Meanwhile my trailer will soon be off to Shoaf Trailer for a spring tune up and de-winterizing. The first camp out is a couple of months away but I am excited for entire 2022 season. This month I would like to introduce Anne Demmy. Anne very graciously took on the role of treasurer for Clark County and is doing a great job. She volunteers for every opportunity from trail cleanup to the Clark County Fair pork chop booth. Anne was born here in Ohio at Wright-Patterson AFB hospital. She loved horses from an early age which most of us will find relatable. She worked at a local grocery store and saved to buy and support her very own horse at 15 years old. She married and had three daughters. Anne continued to ride and began to
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Anne Demmy show hunters and thoroughbreds. She competed at Quarter Horse congress and placed every year in which she participated. Anne also owned and trained race horses for a few years. Her love of horses was passed onto her daughters and they all rode in 4-H. Her daughter Bonnie won at the state level in hunter over fences which Anne remembers as one of her proudest equestrian moments. She also used to go to a local barn that hosted back yard horse trials which sounds exhilarating! At one point Anne and two friends decided to go to Paris, Ky., and compete in the ‘Not Very Scary Horse Trials’. The team was stunned when they trotted away with first place! She has traveled to Florida,
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Mississippi and all around the state to trail ride with her horses and friends. We wish safe riding to Anne and her trusty steed Polly and good luck with training her new horse Gary. We can all look forward to the 27th annual Equine Affaire at the Ohio Expo Center April 710. It is four days jam packed with clinics, seminars and demonstrations presented by top industry professionals and a large trade show to stock up on all our horse needs or wants. Come join us at our next meeting on April 13 at Plattsburg UCC, 1715 S Urbana Lisbon Road, S. Charleston at 6:30 p.m. Shed those winter coats and come ride with us! ~Jonna COLUMBIANA Happy April, it’s finally here! I didn’t think I would have much news for this month, but I was an April Fool. In a good way. Our meeting this week was full of news for me to share. First the disappointing news, our President, Beth Whitmer, found it necessary to resign her office because of a job change. We owe 77
