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t’s August and if you have a hankering to ingest enough grease to lube the tires on your 4x4, there is a fair going on somewhere close by. My favorite heartburn inducing culinary wagon food is fried veggies. The first thing I vote to do when we enter the fairgrounds is look for the nearest stand to burn the roof of my mouth on broccoli, onion rings, cauliflower and green peppers, (I give away the mushrooms…Yuk) I load ‘em up with salt, find a shady spot and enjoy a little piece of heaven for about 10 minutes. Afterward I worry about the blisters on the roof of my mouth from the hot grease and the calorie numbers logged on my daily food diary. But once done, it’s time to hit the animal barns; and if anybody

else wants something to eat, well then fine, we can stop at a couple more food stands on the way over. Our neighbors are showing their rabbits, pony and mini horses at the Medina County Fair this year. These are all 4-H projects they’ve been working months on in order to bring home the ribbons. We’ll stop by and see each of their projects. But the best part will be seeing the pride on their faces for a job well done. Joe and I love what 4-H offers to children from all backgrounds and abilities. Taking care of animals of any kind is a way for children to learn responsibility, develop their compassion, and in the case of

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may just see Joe announcing a rodeo or horse show there as well. Just take it easy on the fair food, let your fried veggies cool off a little before you eat them and enjoy the rest of your summer! Until next month.

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ŽǀĞƌŚĞĂĚ ǁŚĞŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂĚĚůĞ͘ dŚĞ ďĂůůŝƐƟĐ ƌƵďďĞƌ ŝƐ ĞƐƉĞĐŝĂůůLJ ƵƐĞĨƵů ĨŽƌ ŐƌŝƉ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƌĂŝŶ Žƌ ǁŝƚŚ ƐǁĞĂƚ͘ dŚĞ ĂůůͲŵĞƚĂů ƐĂĨĞƚLJ ůŽĐŬŝŶŐ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ŵĂŬĞƐ ŝƚ ƐĞĐƵƌĞ͘ ZĂŬĞƌ ŐĂƉƐ ƐƚŽƌĞ ĂŶĚ ĐůĞĂƌ ƚŚĞ ĐƵƚ ŵĂƚĞƌŝĂů ĞǀĞƌLJ ƟŵĞ LJŽƵ ĚƌĂǁ ƚŚĞ ƐĂǁ͘ The Z d , d WZhE Z͗ EŽǁ / ďĞƚ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚƌŝĞĚ Ă ůŽƚ ŽĨ ƉƌƵŶĞƌƐ͕ ďƵƚ / ďĞƚ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞŶ͛ƚ ƚƌŝĞĚ <hd͘ dŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ŵĂŬĞ ƚŚĞŝƌ ǁĂLJ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ Ă ϭ͘ϱ͟ ĚŝĂŵĞƚĞƌ͊ ϱͲƐƚĂŐĞ ƌĂƚĐŚĞƟŶŐ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŵĂŬĞƐ ƚŚĞ ũŽď Ăƚ ŚĂŶĚ ƐŽ ŵƵĐŚ ĞĂƐŝĞƌ͘ ^<ϱ ƌĞƉůĂĐĞĂďůĞ ĐĂƌďŽŶ ŚĂƌĚĞŶĞĚ ƐƚĞĞů͘ dŚĞ ŵĂƚĐŚŝŶŐ ƐŚĞĂƚŚ ŝƐ ĐŽŵƉƌŝƐĞĚ ŽĨ ƚŽƵŐŚ ƚĞŵƉĞƌĂƚƵƌĞͲŵŽůĚĞĚ ďĂůůŝƐƟĐ ŶLJůŽŶ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƌŝĚĞ Ăƚ Ă ĨƵůů ŐĂůůŽƉ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚĞĂƚŚ ŽƉĞŶ ĂŶĚ LJŽƵƌ ƉƌƵŶĞƌƐ ǁŽŶ͛ƚ ĞǀĞŶ ƉŽƉ ŽƵƚ͊ 'ϭ Žƌ 'Ϯ >KWW Z͗ ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ďŝŐ ƉĞƐŬLJ ďƌĂŶĐŚĞƐ ŝŶ LJŽƵƌ ǁĂLJ͘ YƵĂůŝƚLJ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ƐĞĞ͕ ƚŚĞƐĞ ůŽƉƉĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ĞdžƚĞŶĚ ĨƌŽŵ ϭϴ͟ ƚŽ ϰϮ͟ ĂŶĚ ĐƵƚ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϯ͟ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ƵŶďĞĂƚĂďůĞ ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ͊ ^<ϱ ĐĂƌďŽŶ ŚĂƌĚĞŶĞĚ ƐƚĞĞů ƐůŝĐĞƐ ĞĂƐŝůLJ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ƚŽƵŐŚĞƐƚ ǁŽŽĚ͘ ŝŐ Žƌ ^ŵĂůů͕ <hd ĂŶ K /ƚ ůů͊ ^Ž ƐƚŽƉ ŝŶ ĂƐŚŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƐŝŐŶͲƵƉ Žƌ ƌĞŶĞǁ LJŽƵƌ K, ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ͘ dŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ůŽĐĂƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĞůĂǁĂƌĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ Ăƚ ϭϲϰϲ h^ ,tz EŽƌƚŚ͕ ĞůĂǁĂƌĞ͕ KŚŝŽ ;ǁǁǁ͘ĐĂƐŚŵĂŶƐ͘ĐŽŵͿ͘ dŚĞLJ ǁŝůů ďĞ ŚĂƉƉLJ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ LJŽƵ ĂŶ ĂƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ͘ KƉĞŶ DŽŶĚĂLJ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϲ Ɖ͘ŵ͘ ĂƐŚŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚŝŶŐ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶĂů ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ŽŶ ŽƚŚĞƌ ƉƌŽĚƵĐƚƐ ĨŽƌ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘

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First International Conference of the Equine Experiential Education Association Scheduled for September 2017 in Georgia The fast-growing Equine Experiential Education Association (E3A) will hold its first international conference at the Calvin Center in Hampton, Ga., in the Atlanta area on Sept. 14-16, 2017. Appropriately named ‘Inspired Leadership Through Equine Partners’, the conference will offer morning keynote speakers and breakout sessions, followed by networking lunches. Key areas of interest to practitioners will be addressed, including the role of horses in coaching clients, and how equine assisted learning can make businesses and horse farms sustainable. Participants will spend the afternoon in the arena with horses. They will experience hands-on activities with horses using the E3A facilitation approach, which is based on adult education models. The full program can be accessed on the association’s website at http://www.e3assoc.org/

At a recent E3A personal development program at Yarcorte Acres, Pa., human and equine partners work on roles and responsibilities to achieve a common goal. E3AConference. “Our Program Committee has thoughtfully constructed an exceptional schedule of sessions by presenters with impressive

credentials. It is definitely a program designed to ‘inspire’ all interested in Equine Assisted Learning for their professional and financial success,” said Pamela Stubbs, Chair of the

E3A Conference Committee. Unlike other equine organizations that focus on therapeutic riding or equine assisted therapy, E3A offers certifications for individuals who want to facilitate team building, leadership development, and personal development. Its researchbased curriculum was developed by professionals who have decades of clinical and corporate experience. It is constantly revised to reflect the most recent publications in education and learning. The Equine Experiential Education Association (E3A) is an international professional membership organization that builds, delivers, and supports excellence in the field of Equine Assisted Learning. Its trainings and certifications are specific to practitioners building their professional facilitation skills in the coaching, leadership, corporate, and personal development fields.

West Virginia Miniature Horse Championship

Competitiveness and Cuteness All at the 6th Annual Show CHAIRMAN & TREASURER, Melissa Skidmore; VICE CHAIRMAN, Donna Wells; SECRETARY, Greg Skidmore. PHONE, 304/783-4827; EMAIL, wvminiaturehorsechampionship@ aol.com; WEBSITE, www. wvminiaturehorsechampionship.weebly.com

by Melissa Skidmore The 2017 West Virginia Miniature Horse Championship is now in the books. Our 6th annual show was, as always, a day of excitement and fun with lots of wonderful moments.

Everyone had a truly wonderful time and we cannot find enough words to express our appreciation to everyone in attendance! Among the storied highlights of the show was the beautiful Ms. Hazel Parry from Burlington, W.Va! Ms. Parry’s competitiveness really came out during the Pole Bending and Barrel Racing classes, when she was teasing Michael Bennett of Weston, W.Va. She advised him that he “needed to bring his best, because she was after his guts!” With the bar raised, for Mr. Bennett, the spectators were presented with one of the closest and most exciting races

ever held at the Championship! Only one, one-hundredths of a second separated first and second places! Congratulations to Ms. Parry for her win and thank you Mr. Bennett for a great competition! Another highlight of the event was brought to us by a first time exhibitor, 3 ½ year old Charlotte. Miss Charlotte’s entrance into the show ring caught the attention of all in attendance! In an event known for cute little horses, Miss Charlotte elevated the cuteness level to epic proportions. Her argument with her adult assistant over who should shut the gate in the obstacle class

had everyone, including the judge, shaking with laughter. Thank you Miss Charlotte! You helped make our event a joyful one! Cute too! Keep up with the West Virginia Miniature Horse Championship through our website at, www. wvminiaturehorsechampionship. weebly.com, and don’t forget to check us out on Facebook! Throughout the year, we will continue to partner with the West Virginia Miniature Horse Club to host and sponsor educational clinics and seminars, and continue our promotional work dedicated to the miniature horse as a unique and separate breed.

:ŽŝŶ ƵƐ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ϭƐƚ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ϯ ŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ͕ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵŽǀĞ LJŽƵƌ ƋƵŝŶĞͲ ƐƐŝƐƚĞĚ >ĞĂƌŶŝŶŐ ; >Ϳ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĨŽƌǁĂƌĚ͊ We have assembled an excellent program with • Outstanding keynote speakers • Dr. Linda Pucci, Inner Resource Center, LLC • Lissa Pohl, University of Kentucky • Ginny Telego, Wager’s Way, LLC ͻ DŽƌŶŝŶŐ ďƌĞĂŬŽƵƚ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐŝŶŐ ĨĂĐŝůŝƚĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ > ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŵĂƌŬĞƟŶŐ LJŽƵƌ > ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ͻ ŌĞƌŶŽŽŶ ĂƌĞŶĂ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŽƌƐĞƐ ĚŝƌĞĐƚĞĚ ďLJ ϯ ŵĂƐƚĞƌ trainers and E3A members

ϭƐƚ /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ϯ ŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ͗

Inspired Leadership Through Equine Partners September 14-16, 2017 The Calvin Center (www.calvincenter.org) Hampton, GA (Atlanta area)

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WůĂŶ ƚŽ ƐƉĞŶĚ ƚŚƌĞĞ ĚĂLJƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĞƌĞŶĞ 'ĞŽƌŐŝĂ ƐĞƫŶŐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂůǀŝŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ ƚŽ ƐŚĂƌƉĞŶ LJŽƵƌ ĂƉƉƌŽĂĐŚ ƚŽ ŝŶƐƉŝƌŝŶŐ ůĞĂĚĞƌƐŚŝƉ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ >͊

&Žƌ ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ƌĞŐŝƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂĐĐŽŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ͗ ŚƩƉ͗ͬ​ͬǁǁǁ͘ĞϯĂƐƐŽĐ͘ŽƌŐͬ ϯ ŽŶĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ

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August 2017

TrailMeister

The Top Six Beginner Blunders for Trail Riders trail riding mistakes, that I freely admit to having made, to help future beginners avoid these pitfalls.

by Robert Eversole and TrailMeister.com Whether it’s parenting, driving, or trail riding, when you are learning how to do something new, you are bound to make a mistake or three. We’re only human after all and making mistakes is part of our nature. Here’s a list of the top six

OUT OF SHAPE AND OVERWEIGHT For both us and our mounts riding is an athletic sport which demands good muscles and a fit body. Overweight or out of shape riders put more stress on their animals than rider who weighs less. Those extra pounds make a difference. There’s a reason that jockeys go to extreme lengths to shed a single pound. Trail riders may not be racing but those extra Twinkies will add up as the miles pass by. Also, riding as your only activity does not create enough cardiovascular stimulus to keep you fit. This means your heart can be under strain from riding, as opposed to being conditioned by it. NOT BRINGING A TRAIL MAP Not all dotted lines are made equal. Thus, the map that helps you find the trailhead parking lot won’t help you

navigate a trail. A good trail map is a fundamental piece of your riding gear as it accurately depicts your route so you know where you are going, which is vital. Having a trail map could be a lifesaver and the good thing about a map is that you don’t have to worry about it losing battery or signal when out in the wilderness. Another handy piece of equipment to have with you is a compass so you can easily navigate your way along the trail without going off course. You should know how to use these tools properly before you go, so take some time to learn how to use them as these could prove lifesaving in emergency situations. IGNORING THE WEATHER FORECAST A little rain isn’t a reason to cancel a ride. That’s why we have GoreTex jackets, right? But even the best equipment can’t provide 100 percent protection from the soggy remnants of a hurricane or an Arctic-born blizzard. Before every trip, I review the website www.TrailMeister. com which uses a NOAA interface to generate five-day forecasts for precisely where I’ll be riding. These results are far more accurate than the traditional forecasts for the nearest town, which could be miles away and thousands of feet lower than a trail. SKIMPING ON LEAVE NO TRACE Litterbug? Not you. You may also be a committed recycler. Maybe you even wash and re-use zip-lock bags. But on a camping trip, where do you dump the soapy water after washing dishes? Do you really strain out the food bits and scatter the ‘gray’ water at least 200 feet from any lake, stream, or campsite? And do you use biodegradable soap? That’s what the Leave No Trace (LNT) seven principles promoting ethical, lowimpact outdoor recreation—advises you to do. It’s easy to practice LNT’s big three: Carry out trash, keep away from wildlife, and minimize the impact of campfires. The finer points, however—like packing out toilet paper and building small fires— are sometimes harder to follow. TAILGATING Failing to keep a distance of at least

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one horse length (about 10 feet) is a common problem that could easily turn into an emergency room visit. In general, horses don’t like to be crowded and those laid-back ears may be the only warning you get before your animal’s rear hooves leave the ground, aimed at your neighbor’s beast. Here’s a tip: Horse’s with a red ribbon tied in their tail should be given a wide berth. Red ribbons mean they appreciate a little more space lest they kick the horse who rides up closely behind them. FAILING TO CHECK THE CINCH Riding with a loose cinch (or girth for us English types) can cause big problems for you should your saddle slip on a bit of tricky trail. Too tight will cause issues with your mount by promoting sores and galling. After learning the hard way, I now gradually tighten the cinch as I’m tacking up and then again shortly after starting the ride. I check for tightness where the cinch crosses the bone at the horse’s sternum. I try to slide one finger between the cinch and my pony’s belly. If I cannot, it is too tight and if I can get more than one finger in, the cinch is too loose. It is important to remember that making mistakes is perfectly normal. Even the most experienced riders have had a blunder or two, so don’t let it put you off trail riding and camping for good. Instead learn from them and use your experience to help improve your skills and soon you’ll be an expert on the trails. Do you have stories about mistakes you made when you were on the trails for the first time? Let us know by visiting www.TrailMeister.com and leaving us a comment! 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.

August 2017

Ohio Appaloosa Association

Doing What You Love

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

Jack

Willow

Jaz

Summer has kicked in and folks are doing what they love, showing, trail riding, working with young foals and baling hay (does that count)? Rain comes and goes, the bugs are buzzing around and the darn biting flies are here. Yep, summer is here. I have more ‘Foal News’, Jan Snider welcomed to her barn April 9 an AQHA colt out of Pirates Life for me x CSR American Idol. Jan says ‘Jack’ is all boy and is going to be a big muscular Quarter Horse, you can tell that just by his picture. John and Nancy Whittley had another little filly June 11 out of One Smart Ace x Somersfinestchocolat. ‘Willow’ is a sweet little filly that has stolen the hearts of those that meet her. On a good note, I like to say what a grand job Copper Horse Crusade (CHC) is doing. Nancy Whittley has adopted ‘Jaz’ a sweet 20-year-old Appaloosa mare from CHC and is excited about getting back in the saddle to trail ride after a long hiatus. I know of several trail riders that have adopted horses from CHC and they are so happy with them. When searching this is a viable option, as there are good little ponies and horses available. Next month I will have show news. Several folks traveled to Texas for the National Appaloosa Show and I’m still gathering results and pictures. Our next club meeting is Aug. 12 at Jan Snider’s farm in Ripley. Club will eat prior to meeting, Jan is providing meat and members are to bring a side. Anyone is welcome to join us. If you are interested in joining us, please checkout our website, www.appohio.com, for a membership form.

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Ride In Sync

Building Skills for Horse and Rider by Terry Myers A while ago on Facebook, we had put up a post about training. Printed on a picture, we put the inscribed words “Good horses are developed over years, not trained in months.” We were really surprised at the interest in the post, with nearly 2700 people sharing it to their Facebook page, reaching over 200,000 Facebook subscribers. So given the enthusiastic reception for my message, it really got me thinking about this statement and people’s belief and support in this message. When horse owners send their horse to me for training, it is usually for either 30 or 60 days as that is within their budget. There are many specific issues I can make progress on in this time. But I will not likely be sending home a perfectly trained horse. In fact, since it can take a year to develop the muscular support in the horses back and loin for a

proper topline, 60 days won’t even be close. For a horse to have a good collected trot and canter or lope, they must have a well-developed topline. I’ve talked before that for a good lope or canter, regardless of the discipline, the horse must square their shoulders, lift their back and drive from behind. Hence the need

tactics when desired results aren’t achieved. Consistently and correctly training a horse will give eventual results. But as the horse develops, the rider must also develop. About 20 years ago I knew a guy who bought a very expensive world champion western pleasure horse for his daughter to show. About two weeks after purchasing the horse, off they went to a horse show. The expensive show horse bucked the little girl off in the show ring. The reason for this…the horse had a high level of training but the little girl did not. The girl sent so many mixed messages to the horse, that in its confusion and frustration, it bucked her off. What needed to happen was investing in the girl’s skills, so she could learn to ride this well-trained horse. After this experience, they did just that and they went on to do quite well together. I don’t care what discipline you ride, training is essential for horse and rider partnership and safety. Riding horses is not ‘kick to go and pull to whoa’. Anyone riding a horse needs to develop basic skills for the safety of all involved. For example, while a trail horse may not need the amount of concentrated training that a top-level dressage horse needs, all horses can improve their performance in their ‘job’ or discipline with the proper training. Given the dangerous situations trail horses can encounter, the training of both horse and rider is critical. I get frustrated when people say, “Oh, he’s just a trail horse.” In my mind, trail horses must be well trained (and desensitized) and the rider must be skilled in order to form a good partnership that will keep them both safe on the trail. In order to achieve that high performing partnership between horse and rider, it takes time, patience and consistency. Good horsemanship is a lifetime of building and continual learning. Find the knowledge through an instructor or mentor who can explain the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ of good horsemanship methods. Be willing to improve your skills as you seek to improve the skills of your horse. Remember, if your horse is having a problem, you are part of the problem and part of the solution. One last point,

Practice doesn’t make perfect. Correct practice makes perfect. for a good topline. Proper training over the year’s time will develop this topline which is necessary for collected gaits. The conclusion, it takes time to develop a good canter or lope on a horse. Training a horse is like going on a diet. It takes consistent work and diligence with a willingness to change

Terry Myers building skills builds confidence. So, if it is your goal to become a more confident rider, better horsemanship skills will help you get there. If you find yourself in the market for a new horse, look for a horse with more experience and skills than your own. Then be sure to invest in developing your own skills to come up to the level of your horse’s skills. If you don’t do this, you horse’s skills will eventually be reduced to the level of your skills. Don’t invest in a horse only to bring them down to your level. Instead, raise your level to his. The recipe for horse and rider success = correct training for the horse to build mental and physical skills + good instruction for the rider to build horsemanship skills + the time necessary to achieve a partnership. Practice doesn’t make perfect. Correct practice makes perfect. One final thing to remember… horses don’t make mistakes, people do. 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. Questions about this or any of our articles can be emailed to us at myers5000@aol.com. 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 methods as well as clinic and training services available, visit Myers at www.tmtrainingcenter. com or on Facebook.

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Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association

OFQHA’s 20 Year Celebration Coming in September PRESIDENT, Kevin Barrett; VICE PRESIDENT, Tiffany Davis; SECRETARY, Debbie Earnest; TREASURER, Jeff Earnest; WEBSITE, www.ohfqha.com

by Debbie Earnest What a milestone...This year is the clubs 20th anniversary! We will celebrate this accomplishment at our September show. We plan to offer T-shirts, have a Fun Show, and a free-style reining competition along with our regular show on Saturday. Mark your calendar and come join the fun. The dates of our shows are always the first weekend of each month and we are located in Old Washington, Ohio (close to Cambridge, Ohio). Checkout our website and like us on Facebook to get the latest information on this celebration. We are a club that was started to help all level of riders be successful. The OFQHA club rules are very close to AQHA rules. One major difference is we allow riders to ride two handed on older horses as long as they use a snaffle bit. Our goal is to give our riders a place to teach their horses how to be successful at working cows, running patterns, and working rail classes. Many of our riders do show one-handed but for those that need that extra contact, to help build confidence in their horse, our club supports those riders as well. We have a great setup to enjoy a full weekend of ‘horsing around’. Full electric hookups, stalls, shower house, and an onsite food truck make getting away comfortable and lets you focus on riding. We usually have a club meeting (typically on Friday nights) so start your weekend early and get to know the club officers and club members. We have many members that come on Friday nights so they can setup and take advantage

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of practicing in the grounds huge arena; we also have a smaller indoor arena. Our website provides a ton of information on the club. Our patterns, rule book, points so far this year, and officer/director

contacts are available. If you have always wanted to show but did not know where to start this is a great club for both beginners and the seasoned show person. The diversity of our classes will keep the seasoned horse from

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getting bored and will challenge the beginner to understand what is needed to have an engaged, athletic, and safe horse. All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of feed and hay, and he’ll listen to me any day. ~Author Unknown

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Three Common Mistakes That Erode Your Horse’s Trust

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orses know good leadership and the fence. Entrapment! There’s when they see it because their a reason fundamental safety rules lives depend upon it. We exist—and it’s a fundamental rule to probably all agree that the ultimate never pass between a horse and the relationship with a horse is one in rail. Horses can be very opportunistic which the horse looks up to you, when it comes to aggressive behavior wants to be with you and feels safe and many horses will kick, given this and peaceful in your presence. But opportunity. Your horse knows that all the groundwork and relationship as well and he has good reason to building exercises in the world won’t question your judgment when he is help you develop this relationship the one that will likely take the blow. unless you present yourself as a Asking the Horse to do competent leader at all times. Something, Then Punishing In every clinic that I teach, people ask how they can get their horse Him When he Does to trust them more, yet I see them Horses, by nature, are very willing constantly doing things that show animals that instinctively seek out their horses that they lack judgment approval and acceptance from the and make poor decisions. It’s funny herd leader. When you are a fair and In Florida, Julie encourages this experienced horse to take jumps consistent leader, your horse will that horses see this so clearly, but confidently—even in new places. Photo by: The Whole Picture, LLC. humans—not so much. work hard to please you and will feel Your job as the leader is to watch safe and content in your presence. out for the safety of your followers. When you notice his efforts and praise horse’s withers, concentrating only on themselves, Every time you give a horse a reason him for giving of himself, then your relationship not even aware of their own horse let alone the to question your judgment—because you’ve put kicks to a whole new level. There’s no limit to other horses in the arena. Being aware of danger him in a situation he perceives as unsafe—you’re how hard a horse will try to please you when the in the environment is such a basic job of the leader chipping away at his faith in you. right kind of give-and-take relationship exists. that it is hard for your horse to think of you that Here are three common mistakes I see people We humans tend to fall down on our leadership way when you are failing at such a basic task. making every day with their horses that give the in some very gut-wrenching ways to the horse. horse good reasons not to trust their judgment and Often I see riders give a cue to the horse, then leadership. Watch for these mistakes closely the Putting the Horse Between inadvertently punish him for responding to the cue. next time you interact with your horse; make sure The most common example of this occurs in the a Rock and a Hard Place that you are the leader your horse deserves. canter departure. The rider may lack confidence. Your horse may view any given situation much The horse is cued to canter, then hit in the mouth differently than you and he sees danger where with the bit when he does (because his head moves Putting the Horse on a Collision Course you may not. We, as humans, tend to analyze, into the bit in that moment). It hurts his mouth and An obedient riding horse goes in the direction rationalize and justify the situation, while to scares him, leaving him with the feeling that he is you dictate, at the speed you set, without your horse it’s simple—it’s either safe or not. being punished for doing what was asked. argument. The problem is that horses are much I often see riders and handlers put their horses Sometimes I see riders miscue their horse then more spatially aware than humans. Horses worry in very precarious situations, with seemingly no admonish him for responding to the cue given. about the other horses in the arena and they awareness that it was risky for the horse. Perhaps Then the rider wonders why he suddenly stopped expect the leader to watch ahead and prevent any the rider had no awareness of how the horse responding to that cue. A perfect example is seen potential horse-to-horse collision or conflict. views the situation. Or perhaps the rider made an frequently when the rider, with two hands on Most people are so consumed with themselves, executive decision to override instinct and go into the reins, asks the horse to turn with the inside that they are oblivious to their surroundings, an unsafe situation anyway because her logic tells rein, then starts pulling on the outside rein too, including what the other horses are doing. Your her it’s safe (logic that the horse may not possess). effectively pulling the nose in two directions at horse always recognizes your lack of awareness, This happens at my clinics while we are working the same time. Pulling on two reins to turn puts because his safety depends upon it. He sees the on teaching the horse to step back with a subtle incredible undue pressure on the horse’s mouth. hazard even when you don’t. hand signal. I always catch people backing their It appears to him that you asked him to turn, then I often see this when people are longeing or horse into a solid fence or worse, another horse. penalized him with the outside rein when he did. circling in an arena where there are other horses. He knows it to be wrong and unsafe. People get so In that moment, the mistake was the rider’s (it’s First of all, let’s be clear on this, longeing a caught up in the exercise of teaching the hand signal, the leader’s job to be clear in her directives). The horse in an arena where horses are being ridden that they lose all awareness of the surroundings and horse did exactly what he was told to do then was is dangerous and should never happen—that’s a abdicate all responsibility for leadership. admonished for trying. pretty basic safety rule. At clinics, when everyone Similar examples from the ground include asking Being a good handler and good rider takes a lot is doing circling work (and no horses are being a horse to step into a trailer, then standing right of time and effort and a lot more awareness of the ridden), people will still put their horses on a in front of him so he would have to bowl you horse. The more we can think from our horse’s collision course with another horse. The horse over in order to comply. He’s pretty sure he’s not point of view, the deeper our level of understanding always sees it; the person seldom does. If you do supposed to do that. Or asking the horse to trot on of his behavior and the more rewarding the this, your horse starts doubting your judgment. the lead line, but remaining right in front of him relationship with the horse. They are complicated I also see this in the arena when all riders have so there’s nowhere for him to go without running animals, perceiving much more about us than we their own agendas. The smart riders (and the good into you. It feels like a trap. do about ourselves. That’s what makes horses so leaders) are looking well ahead. But invariably, When riding in a group, it’s your job to keep your therapeutic to our souls. there will be riders totally focused down on the horse safe. Still, I see riders pass between a horse

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Ohio Quarter Horse Association

Check Out Our Rookie Program CEO, Dr. Scott Myers PRESIDENT, Chris Cecil Darnell EMAIL, media@oqha.com WEBSITE, www.oqha.com www. quarterhorsecongress.com

The Ohio Quarter Horse Association and its affiliates have been busy this summer hosting some of the most well attended horse shows in the state and encouraging show participation at all levels. Recently, the Buckeye Classic hosted a successful ‘Rookie Program’ while the Youth are representing Ohio at the World Show. Stay up to date on Ohio happenings at www.oqha.com. OHIO QUARTER HORSE YOUTH ASSOCIATION The Bank of America Youth Excellence Seminar (YES) was held in Amarillo, Texas, July 1113. Ohio was well represented, sending 10 youth: Brooke Bradley, Ellexxah Maxwell, Caleb Sturgeon, Olivia Tordoff,

Emily Ambrose, Emma Brown, Riley Jacobs Bell, Natalie Hilty, Millie Landon, and Alexia Tordoff. The summer highlight for many OQHYA youth is going on now; the AQHA Ford World Show, held Aug. 4-12 in Oklahoma City. New for 2017, AQHA has added Adequan Level 2 classes. Ohio will be very well represented this year as the numbers of nationally and state qualified youth are up! OQHYA is sending 67 youth, 79

horses for 237 entries as well as two Judging Teams; The youth also have multiple participants involved in the art/photo, scrap book contests, and fashion show. Good luck to all youth, Ohio Hustles Harder! #Reach Out– Inspire, Impact, Grow, Excite! THE BUCKEYE CLASSIC Show coordinators made sure no one was left behind during the 2017 Buckeye Classic shows. During this year’s classic at the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington, show

coordinators designed a ‘Rookie Program’ for those new to showing at Quarter Horse shows. Rookie Program exhibitors were required to have fewer than 10 lifetime points in a specific class in any division and participate in that class at the Little Buckeye or Buckeye Classic shows. All first year rookie exhibitors received $200 in Buckeye Bucks while all other rookie exhibitors received $100 Buckeye Bucks, to be used for entries, show fees, stalls or WEC camping. The program also included free youth entries for the Little Buckeye and free amateur entries at the Buckeye Classic. The rookie welcome reception kicked off on Friday, July 14 with free pizza and a question and answer session with AQHA Manager of Shows, Justin Billings. Rookies were welcomed and paired with a youth or amateur mentor to guide them through the horse show. The program offered a free workshop and clinic on Tuesday, July 18 for rookies to bring their horses and participate in personal coaching from an AQHA judge or professional horseman.

Notes from Julie (Continued) Seek out help and have others watch you—they’ll catch on faster than you about what cues you may be giving the horse. They’ll see what you can’t. Let your horse guide you. He won’t lie to you; he either thinks of you as the leader or not. If he’s resistant and argumentative, he probably has a good reason. If he trusts you and looks up to you, you’re a good leader. Enjoy the ride! —Julie Goodnight Trainer and Clinician Goodnight is the popular RFD-TV host of Horse Master airing Monday nights. Goodnight travels the USA sharing her no-nonsense horsemanship training with riders of all disciplines. Goodnight has ridden in many different saddles—she’s experienced in dressage and 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 and riding cow-horses. Explore her online library and many training videos at http:// TV.JulieGoodnight.com; be sure to sign up for the free monthly training news at http://JulieGoodnight.com and subscribe to the free YouTube channel at http://YouTube.com/JulieGoodnight. Julie Goodnight takes on topics you want to know more about in her online ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ůŝďƌĂƌLJͶƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ ŚĞƌ ĞǀĞƌͲĞdžƉĂŶĚŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ DĂƐƚĞƌ ĐĂĚĞŵLJ ;ŚƩƉ͗ͬ​ͬƐŝŐŶŝŶ͘ :ƵůŝĞ'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ͘ĐŽŵͿ ŶŽǁ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨƌĞĞ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶLJ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ͕ ǀŝĚĞŽƐ ĂŶĚ DWϯƐ͊ &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ :ƵůŝĞ͕ ǁĂƚĐŚ ŚĞƌ ,ŽƌƐĞ DĂƐƚĞƌ ds ƐŚŽǁ ĞĂĐŚ ǁĞĞŬ ŽŶ Z& Ͳ ds Žƌ ĐĂƚĐŚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŽŶůŝŶĞ ĂŶLJƟŵĞ Ăƚ ds͘:ƵůŝĞ'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ͘ĐŽŵ ĂŶĚ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ƐƵďƐĐƌŝďĞ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĨƌĞĞ zŽƵdƵďĞ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů Ăƚ ŚƩƉ͗ͬ​ͬzŽƵdƵďĞ͘ĐŽŵͬũƵůŝĞŐŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ŚĞƌ ŽŶ /ŶƐƚĂŐƌĂŵ Ăƚ ŚƩƉ͗ͬ​ͬǁǁǁ͘/ŶƐƚĂŐƌĂŵ͘ĐŽŵͬũƵůŝĞŐŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ͘ ŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ĨƵůů ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ĐůŝŶŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ Ăƚ͗ :ƵůŝĞ'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ͘ĐŽŵͬĐĂůĞŶĚĂƌ August 2017

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The Way of Horses

Horse Leg Protection by Eleanor Blazer Protecting a horse’s legs effectively and correctly is a skill every horseman should perfect. No matter the type of protection it must be properly used and applied. The basic categories are: (1) wound bandages (2) standing wraps, (3) exercise wraps and (4) shipping boots or wraps. The first step is to know the differences in the outer wraps. There are basically three types: standing wraps, polo wraps and adhesive elastic wraps. Standing wraps: this wrap is made of light weight material with some stretch, such as polyester knit. It is used with quilts or bandages that cover a wound or poultice. Standing bandages can also be used when shipping a horse. They are usually wider and longer than other wraps. They are never used as an exercise bandage. (Other names: track bandage, turf knit and stall bandage) Polo wraps: this wrap is soft and bulky. Its function is to protect the horse’s leg from cuts or bumps by a hind or fore foot while the horse is doing its normal work routine. It is not designed to cover a wound as the bulk makes the finished bandage too thick. Adhesive elastic wraps: these handy wraps are easy to tear, are selfadhesive and can be wrapped tightly around the leg. They are used to cover wound bandages and can be used over a light sheet of cotton as an exercise wrap. (Common name is Vetwrap.) Improperly applied wraps can slip, bunch, gather and constrict a tendon with the potential of becoming a ‘bandage bow.’ A bow to a tendon causes inflammation and scarring. Bows cause at the very least

Outer wraps. temporary lameness, and even after healing will impair a horse’s ability to perform. Be careful applying wraps; don’t bandage bow a horse! When using a standing wrap to cover a wound or protect a horse for shipping apply the protective material (gauze pad, quilt, sheet cotton), then finish with the outer wrap to hold it in place. Start the outer wrap on the inside of the leg with the rolled bandage in your hand closest to the horse’s head. Take the end of the bandage and place it in the center of the inner side of the leg just above the fetlock joint. I like to start all wraps just above the fetlock joint so that I can wrap the fetlock joint first and anchor the bandage to that joint. There is little chance of pulling the wrap too tight around the joint since it is virtually all bone. Do not wrap under the fetlock joint when using a standing bandage. Bring the roll of bandage from the inside of the leg to the outside, pulling taunt only across the front of the cannon bone. Wrap the bandage around behind the tendons and grasp the bandage again inside the leg with your hand closest to the horse’s head. Do not pull tight across the tendons! Bring the roll of bandage across the cannon bone again inside to outside. Always wrap from the inside toward the horse’s head. This direction will help ensure you do not pull across the

Standing wrap. tendons. Wrapping so the material is ‘pulled across the cannon bone’ and ‘laid across the tendon’ can prevent swelling, accumulation of fluid, restriction of blood vessels and avoid creating pressure points. Always bandage the opposite leg as well, giving equal support to both legs. Never put a full bandage on one leg without putting a full bandage on the opposite leg. This applies to hind legs as well as front legs. Exercise wraps are very tricky and should not be attempted the first time without an experienced supervisor watching. Exercise wraps are most often seen on race horses, jumpers and cross country eventers. Exercise wraps do not give protection to the leg, nor do they help hold tendons. A well-done exercise wrap simply slows down the descent of the fetlock joint, helping to avoid serious pulls or tears to tendons or ripping of joint ligaments. With the many good exercise boots on the market it should not

be necessary to use exercise wraps. The danger of causing a serious problem due to improper application of the wrap is great. There is also the possibility of the wrap becoming loose—tripping or frightening the horse. Likewise, there are also many commercially produced shipping boots. If you plan on hiring a hauler to transport a horse check their policy about leg protection. Some companies prefer the horse’s legs not be wrapped, as the driver will not reapply the bandages or boots. The driver may remove the loose leg protection…or not. If you decide to protect legs with boots or bandages get the horse used to wearing them before the day of shipping. Allowing the horse to wear the chosen leg protection in the stall will give you time to see how they fit, if they stay on and how the horse reacts to having something on his legs. Poorly made or poorly fitted commercial shipping boots can become loose, allowing them to slip and slide off. Many people who transport horses will only protect the front legs. It is possible if the horse urinates in the trailer the wraps or boots can become soaked in urine. This could lead to scalding of the skin, kicking or stomping because of irritation. Don’t let leg protection cause a problem, know the wraps and how to properly apply them. Take the online course ‘Stable Management’. Earn certification or work toward a Bachelor of Science degree in Equine Studies. Go to www.horsecoursesonline.com for more information.

Colorado Ranger Horse Association

Lake Champlain Appaloosa Club CRHA Award PRESIDENT, Toni Lukavich; 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Charmaine Wulff; SECRETARY, Barbara Summerson; TREASURER, Jane Montgomery. WEBSITE, www.coloradoranger.com. EMAIL, riderangerhorse@yahoo.com

by Monica Doddato The Lake Champlain Appaloosa Club show held on July 1 and 2 18

in Plattsburgh, N.Y., recognized the CRHA horse winning the most points in that weekend’s events. The High Point In-Hand horse is Justa SmallTown Chance. He was shown in the halter classes by Samantha Warren and shown in the Hunter In Hand classes by Jordan Ratelle. The High Point Youth was Fit to Be Dazzled with Eryn Hicks. The High Point English Performance and Western Performance horse was Totally Stylin with Erin Sorrell. Congratulations to all the winners! Special thanks to Sarah Craig for organizing these awards.

The Colorado Ranger Horse Association 44th National Show will be in Lock Haven, Pa., on Sept. 16 and 17. Judge for the show will be George Blain. For more information on CRHA registration, membership, shows or programs, please visit our website, www.coloradoranger.com. Be sure to mark your calendars and plan to attend the open pay back Friday evening game show that will be held on Sept. 29. Information on that show can be found on our website as well.

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Totally Stylin with Erin Sorrell earned the CRHA High Point English and Western Performance Horse at the Lake Champlain Appaloosa Club Show held July 1 and 2, 2017. August 2017

Ohio Gaited Horse Trailriders

Riding Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountain Trails by Richard Anderson “Just a little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day, and it nestled in the mountains in a spot not far away...” And this must be the spot. We had an outstanding trip this past month to a private horse camp just outside Ivanhoe, Va., in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains, and the trip left me very sad to leave. The weather was perfect the entire time and it was near a trail head that was part of the 83 mile Virginia Highland Trail that traverses the state of Virginia and sat on the banks of the New River Gorge. Each day after our ride up into the highlands, we would have happy hour at 5 p.m. and watch people float downstream on their inner tubes and kyacks. We have been to this horse camp before, and it may well become an annual event. The camp is private and is situated right along the banks of the New River Gorge, with large corrals for horses and large stalls as well, and sites with water and electric, and the ‘rails to trails’ facilities nearby are part of an old abandoned railroad track that has been converted for bike riding, hiking, and horseback riding, where you can travel for miles along the banks of the New River. Ivanhoe, like other towns that dot the New River was born from

the mining and quarrying industries, and even though the operations have since shut down, descendants of the area’s early settlers still remain. We also were able to drive over to Hungry Horse East LLC horse camp, where we camped several years ago, and Iron Mountain Horse camp nearby, which are also a part of the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains, and just outside Wythville, Va. Iron Mountain Horse has 26 sites available with 80 stalls and caters mostly to seasonal riders, with their own developed campsites, and is situated in the heart of the trail system, while Hungry Horse has 14 sites and 30 stalls and has direct access to the trail system. One of our favorite visits is to the Cripple Creek general store, which we call the ‘Mall of America’. This old time general store, which looks like a picture of ‘Americana’, has lots of goods available, but they are hard to find, as everything is stored all over the inside with no rhyme or reason. We also went into Wythville for an evening dinner at the The Log House, which was built in 1776. This place is one not to be missed, as they had many sections of the building that had been added on to the original log cabin, and could accommodate up to 250 guests at a time. We definitely plan to go back to the Log House

Dick and Linda on board Rocky and Rio at the sunset cabin on the Virginia Highlands Trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

Tim Scarbrough on board his Pasafino, traveling on the rails to trails abandoned railroad trestle over the new River Gorge.

on our next visit. Riding in the Blue Ridge Mountains is one of the best experiences we have had, and one that we would highly recommend. Our next trip will be to Otter Creek Horse Camp in Lowville, N.Y., not far from the 1000 islands on the Saint Lawrence Seaway. As in the past, you are welcome to join us for trail riding in the outback by calling 614/436-9002. And you don’t need a gaited horse to ride with us as

we explore the back country of the Midwest. We’re looking for fun. AUG. 18-20 — Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Peninsula, OH AUG. 13-20 — Otter Creek Stables, Glenfield, NY SEPT. 3-9 — Big Elk Lick Horse Camp, Benezette, PA SEPT. 16-23 — Midwest Trail Ride, Norman, IN * This schedule is tentative and is subject to change during the year.

Great Lakes Appaloosa Club

Hi Point Results from Quad A Rama Show PRESIDENT, Todd Michael; VICE PRESIDENT, Patty McCartin; TREASURER, Patty Nye; SECRETARY, Melanie Dzek; CLUB WEBSITE, www. GLApHC.com

by Chuck Schroeder Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying the warm summer! Included in this newsletter are more Hi-Point awards from the Quad A Rama show. The 70th Appaloosa World Youth Show and National Appaloosa Show is now history and I will have the results of how our members placed in the next issue. Some of members did very well. The results can be seen on the appaloosa.com National Show website. The point shows in Michigan are always very competitive and well attended. Check the glaphc. August 2017

com website for dates and locations of the shows. Hi Point awards provided by Western Rustique/Cindi MurphyLane and Woof-Wear Photogaraphy/ Randy Crier. QUAD A RAMA SHOW HI POINT AWARDS YOUTH 14-18 HI-POINT: Ally Brown; Reserve Kaitlyn Knoll 13/UNDER HI POINT: Gabrielle Rowan; Reserve Peighton Scott NOVICE HI-POINT: Michele Baker; Reserve Lori Girbach GAMES HI-POINT: Ben Cox WALK TROT HI-POINT: Madison Wade; Reserve Savannah Harrison WALK TROT GAMES: Madison Wade NON-PRO HI POINT: Winter Scheer; Reserve Jennifer Schulte LIMITED HI-POINT: Cheri Greves; Reserve Lori Baldwin MASTERS HI-POINT: Holly Anderson; Reserve Toni Sandridge GAMES HI-POINT: Amanda Mamajek; Reserve Lorri Petersen NOVICE HI-POINT: Kristen Southwick; Reserve Jennifer Schulte

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Mid-Ohio Marauders

The Marauders are Coming Home understand that competing at a venue like The All American Quarter Horse Congress can be overwhelming. We are currently compiling a Congress Survival Guide to help reduce the stress and confusion often associated with attending this event. Watch for the guide on our website, https:// www.midohiomarauders.com/

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

by Renee Calvin We have been wandering around Ohio for a few months. We have made lots of new friends and had a blast sharing our sport. Now that our ‘Roost’, Coughlin Arena is complete we can settle down and become good neighbors. Madison County 4-H’ers broke in the beautiful play pen with a week of competition during the Madison County Fair July 8-16. The 120’x300’ pavilion houses a show office, warm-up pen and plenty of shade for spectators. July 15 the Marauders had the privilege of christening Coughlin Arena with gun fire and smoke. Woo Hoo! Bring your pony and come play in our new sand box Aug. 11-13,

Come play in the new arena. Madison County Fairgrounds, 205 Elm Street, London, Ohio. THE CONGRESS DREAM OCT. 29 — OHIO EXPO CENTER Have you dreamed about competing at the All American Quarter Horse Congress? Cowboy mounted shooting can be the avenue for you to fulfill that dream. Cowboy Mounted Shooting events at the Congress are sanctioned by the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association which opens a door for everyone. Competitors of

all ages, abilities and any breed of horse can compete at Congress in mounted shooting. There are classes exclusively open to Registered Quarter Horses but any breed of horse can be used. Mounted shooters are a very supportive group and take pride in helping fellow shooters. We

Expenses are a concern. Attending Congress is more expensive than most club shoots. The expenses are more in line with attending a national CMSA event. The additional costs are inherent to competing at a large venue and are related to paying for the facility. Mounted shooting is held at the end of Congress reducing many of the expenses. However, there is no price tag that can be placed on the pride you will feel when you are holding that Coveted Congress Champion Belt Buckle or when you are wearing that Congress Champion Jacket (must be purchased).

Indiana Mounted Regulators

Cowboy Mounted Shooting A Family Oriented Sport PRESIDENT, Connie Rickets, VICE PRESIDENT, Marcy Luttrell, SECRETARY, Jonella Beale, TREASURER, Lanae Kline, EMAIL, dcr@locl.net;WEBSITE, www. indianamountedregulators.com

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Feeding to Reduce Excitability by Dr. Stephen Duren We have all heard the terms: ‘feeling their oats’, ‘high’, ‘fizzy’, ‘hot’ and ‘hyper’. All terms used by horse owners to describe the effect that grain or certain feeds seem to have on the behavior of their horses. Does feeding management or individual feed ingredients really influence the behavior of horses? Sound scientific research on the effects of feed or feeding on horse behavior is scarce. However, a basic understanding of feed and feeding management coupled with data from other animals may help us determine if a ‘calming feed’ actually exists or if it is just wishful thinking. FEEDING MANAGEMENT The ‘natural’ diet for a horse is often far different compared to the ‘performance’ diet for a horse. The ‘natural’ diet for a horse is one in which the horse has free-access to pasture. This allows the horse to graze nearly continuously. Given this opportunity, the horse will graze for approximately 16-18 hours per day. This facilitates a slow, continuous intake of fibrous feed into the digestive system. Another feature of the ‘natural’ diet is the ability for horses to roam around the paddock. This provides the horse with an ample amount of natural exercise. Contrast the ‘natural’ diet with the ‘performance’ diet for a horse. The ‘performance’ diet is typically feed two times per day to horses that are confined to a stall. These horses often finish their meals in a short time and then stand for long periods of time waiting for the next meal. The meals often consist of high-energy grain and limited amounts of hay or chaff. Further, since these horses are stalled or confined they do not have the opportunity for natural exercise. So what effect does the ‘performance’ diet have on the behavior of a horse? The main features of the ‘performance’ diet are a low fiber intake, a small amount of time spent eating, a high grain intake and limited natural exercise. The combined result is an increase in stereotypic behaviors such as cribbing, wood chewing, weaving and stall walking. Many of these horses also exhibit excitable behavior. Scientists have tried to determine the exact cause or causes of these behavior problems. Possible explanations include: frustration due to confinement, lack of socialization with other horses, acid accumulation in the digestive system as a result of 22

a low fiber, high grain intake leading to pain, or simply a lack of exercise leading to pent up energy. Some of the negative behavior effects of the ‘performance’ diet can be alleviated by modifying feeding management. First, provide horses with an adequate amount of forage. Horses require a minimum of 1.5 percent of their body weight in hay or pasture. For an 1100 lb horse this equates to a minimum of 16.5 lb of forage. Horses will comfortably consume 2 percent of their body weight in dry forage (22 lb of forage for an 1100 lb horse). Contrary to popular belief, providing adequate amounts of forage will not cause horses to become fat. Another management tool is to feed smaller meals on a more frequent basis. Feeding three or even four times per day keeps horses occupied alleviating boredom and frustration. It also slows the movement of material through the digestive system keeping the horses full and satisfied. Finally, giving horses an opportunity for turnout in a paddock or an arena will provide exercise and allow horses to expend pent up energy. Turnout for as little as 30 minutes twice a day will help keep horses mentally healthy and avoid negative stereotypic behavior. DIETARY INGREDIENTS Several ingredients fed to horses have been identified by horse owners as ‘heating’ or having the potential to result in negative behavior in horses. The list of ingredients thought to cause problems include: oats, corn, barley, alfalfa and molasses. Each of these ingredients is ‘thought’ to make horses mentally hot or hyper and make horses difficult to handle or train. Several possible explanations exist for why these ingredients may alter behavior in horses. First, each of these ingredients contains a significant amount of calories. Negative behavior may simply be a result of overfeeding calories to horses that are not adequately exercised. Since an overfed horse would have plenty of energy, and they are not getting adequate turnout or forced exercise, they may channel the energy into negative behavior. Another, more scientific explanation for the change in behavior may have to do with the sugar and starch content of the diet. Sugar and starch are found in large quantities in cereal grain. When grain is digested in the small intestine of the horse the end product is glucose which is absorbed

into the blood. Fluctuation in blood sugar may be the cause of behavior changes. Research has demonstrated that horses fed the exact same number of calories as either starch or fat had more spontaneous activity and reactivity to stimuli when fed a starch-rich diet compared to a fat supplemented diet. So is fat a nonheating ingredient, or is it simply the fact that less sugar was fed to the fatsupplemented horses? Simply stated, more research is needed to answer this question. This brings up another interesting question. If changes in blood sugar cause behavior changes then why don’t all horses have behavior changes when fed grain? The answer may lie in the fact that horses have large differences in their ability to digest starch, and thus alter blood sugar. Another interesting theory for the reason certain feeds may cause behavior changes revolves around the brain neurotransmitter—serotonin. It is important to understand that this theory has not been tested or studied in detail in horses. For humans, serotonin functions to regulate mood. Low levels of serotonin are often associated with depression. Thus, many human depression medications function to increase the level of serotonin in an effort to improve mood. In the human body, high levels of glucose from the digestion of starch increase serotonin levels. This improves mood, making humans more alert and active. So if we attempt to apply this theory to horses, realizing this has not been thoroughly studied in horses, we may paint a picture that high starch (grain) diets result in high levels of serotonin and the horse feels good and becomes more active. A horse that feels good may be thought of by many horse owners as one that is ‘hyper’, ‘hot’ or ‘fizzy’. What about the protein in the diet making horses ‘hot’? Excess protein fed to horses can be metabolized and utilized for energy. However, protein itself does not seem to influence behavior. Finally, many horse owners do not feel that feed influences behavior. These horse owners simply feel that a well-fed horse is displaying its’ normal or true behavior. If you want to change or modify this behavior the horse simply needs to be trained so the energy is channeled into positive work rather than poor behavior. In reality feed likely has the potential to modify behavior, but there are several ways horse owners can minimize any potential effect

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of feed. For example, instead of feeding a diet that relies heavily on corn, oats and molasses the diet can be modified to replace some of the grain with beet pulp, a low sugar, high fiber ingredient. Molasses in feed can be partially replaced with vegetable oil, an ingredient that does not contain any sugar. Feeding the grain concentrate portion of the diet in three meals per day instead of two meals per day also helps minimize large fluctuations in blood sugar. Finally, feeding a larger volume of good quality hay or pasture provides additional calories and helps minimize the amount of grain that must be fed to maintain body weight. CALMING FEEDS OR SUPPLEMENTS There are several horse feeds and supplements on the market that claim to be ‘calming’. Horse owners are happy to purchase these products because of the potential benefit. Most horse feeds that claim to be ‘calming’ include low sugar ingredients such as beet pulp. In addition, they are supplemented with fat to provide non-sugar calories for the horse. Overall, these feeds generally contain lower sugar content, thus potentially resulting in less negative behavior if fed correctly. Supplements that claim to calm horses typically have several common ingredients including thiamin and magnesium. A deficiency of either the B-vitamin thiamin or the mineral magnesium results in nervousness, anxiety and even convulsions. Typical diets fed to horses are rarely deficient in either thiamin or magnesium. Several herbal ingredients are utilized to calm horses; unfortunately, many of these substances are banned substances that cannot be utilized in the diets for competition horses. Care must be used in administering any of these products to horses. SUMMARY Both feeding management and individual feed ingredients have the potential to produce negative behavior in horses. Confinement in stalls in combination with being fed two meals per day is a potential cause of digestive irritation and negative behavior. Modification of feeding management to mimic grazing situations in which horses have constant access to hay (a minimum of 1.5 percent of body weight in dry hay per day) and reducing the size and increasing the frequency

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Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club

Join Us For Last Show of the Season PRESIDENT, Steven “Chunk� Watts; SECRETARY, Jean Yancer; TREASURER, Ashley Christian; WEBSITE, ashlandpaintandplain.com; EMAIL, paintandplaininfo@yahoo.com

by Chesna Wertz Hi everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far. I can’t believe it’s the middle of July already. The snow (the dreaded S word!) will be flying before we know it! Until then, we still have plenty of

nice weather and horse shows ahead. On July 1 and 2, we had our second show of the summer, under judge Jennifer Moshier. Once again, it was a great show with wonderful exhibitors and great horses. While the weather started off a bit undesirable on Friday with rain and storms, the rest of the weekend was absolutely gorgeous. With the weekend total being over 84 horses, 540 entries, and full classes, it was definitely a good show. Thank you to everyone who came out and showed with us! Listed below is our jackpot class winners:

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Please be sure to join us for our last show of the season on August 12-13, under judge Duane Stutzman. This is also the show where we will be giving out our 2017 season high point awards and the Horse of the Year award! We have some really

Last year’s AP&P Horse of the Year, Illini Saige. Who will be crowned this year’s winner? neat prizes again this year for our high point winners. Hope to see you all there!

Central Ohio Saddle Club Association

Join COSCA for Two Days of Horse Show Fun PRESIDENT, Jennifer Markley; VICE PRESIDENT, Shannon Dillinger; SECRETARY, Mandy Dacek; TREASURER, Theresa Whiteman; WEBSITE, www.coscaonline.com

by Mandy Dacek Crazy to believe that it’s August already! Summer is really flying by! Besides school starting back up, August to me means it’s time for our COSCA Summer Sizzler weekend! Join us on Aug. 19-20 at the Medina County Fairgrounds for two days of horse show fun! There are breed

classes, open classes as well as classes for our youth and adult riders! We will even have ranch classes! There will also be a COSCA Family Fun Night a half hour after the last class on Saturday. The COSCA Board will man the grills, so feel free to bring a dish to share (not required!) There will also be volleyball, water balloons and other games. Come and show with us on Saturday, have some fun after the show and stay over for Sunday’s show! There are plenty of stalls and camper hookups at the Medina Fairgrounds! You can find the Summer Sizzler showbill on our website or in the July issue of the Corral. Coming up quickly after the

Summer Sizzler is our Open Show. On Sept. 9 we have a showbill filled with breed classes, open classes, adult and youth classes all capped

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of feedings helps horses alleviate boredom and anxiety. Turnout in a paddock or an arena provides natural exercise for horses and it decreases stress and stereotypic behavior. Feed ingredients such as oats, corn, barley, alfalfa and molasses have been identified by horse owners as causing ‘hyper’, ‘fizzy’ or ‘hot’ horses. Grains contain starch and sugar that may result in large fluctuations in blood sugar and result in mood or behavior changes. Modification of the diet to include less grain, more hay and low sugar ingredients such as beet pulp and fat have shown to decrease activity and reactivity of horses to their environment. Finally, supplements designed August 2017

to calm horses typically include nutrients that when deficient in horse diets cause anxiety or excitement. Normal horse diets are rarely deficient in these nutrients, but supplementation is generally safe. The effectiveness of these products has not been adequately tested so they may not have a calming influence on the horse. 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. HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

off with ranch classes to end the day. The showbill can be found in this month’s issue of the Corral and also on our website! See you at the shows!

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Ride For Real

Rein Handling: Holding vs. Pulling by Steve Lantvit Establishing soft hands is a never ending pursuit of every horseman. I see clients at clinics and in lessons working on their timing for a correct release of pressure to soften a horse’s face in the arena. But when those gates are opened and we take our work to the pastures and trails all the time we spent on our hands is forgotten and left back in the arena. The same student who had their horse soft in the bridle is now looking like a water-skier trying to break the surface on one ski for the first time, and they are just walking. Believe it or not, our horses are just as smart outside as they are inside of the arena. It is us who increasingly lose our focus the farther from the safety net of the arena we get. As the distance increases, the need to pull harder to get our point across becomes whelming. We just cannot stop ourselves. The only way we as riders

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improve is by stepping out of our comfort zones, but when we do we need to be successful. I look at it the same way I teach a horse. I want good experiences to build on. The confidence of both horse and rider increase after a good training session, and at a clinic I ride that wave of success to lift the team to new heights. Remember the foundation that we established in the arena is still there, our partner just might be a little more distracted outside. But be patient and be soft as it will shine through. It is there. The holding verse pulling concept seems so simple but it’s not. Riders all start out with the best intentions of light and soft hands. Some are so light that they never make the horse accountable for his actions and others are so demanding that they have missed the four or five attempts their horse has made and never rewarded them. First thing first, “what is the difference between holding and pulling?” Well, to see if you as a rider

understand the difference we will do a test off the horse with another rider. Get a snaffle bridle and have one person pretend to be the horse and put both hands on the bit facing the other person. The person holding the bit will be the horse. The other person is the rider. The rider needs to hold the reins in their hands as if they were horseback. Now, this test is to check to see if the rider knows the difference between pulling verses holding. I need the horse person to start to apply pressure as if the horse was trying to take the bit. The rider, without looking at their hands, needs to pretend they are controlling their horse. Without communicating to each other, the horse person needs to yield pressure. What happens next will tell you if you understand the difference between pulling verses holding. When the horse person releases pressure, does the riders hands snap back? If so, then the rider is pulling on the horse and not holding for the release of pressure. What I want to see is the horse release pressure and the riders hands to almost be motionless or if anything give a greater release to reward the horse. But you would be surprised to see how many people pull back when the horse person releases pressure. This is a great test to check to see what your hands are doing and you might be surprised to see you are really pulling on your horse. Take turns being the horse and rider and help each other improve timing and feel. Sometimes I even have new riders take home a bridle and practice at home, saving the horse. Remember, that when holding and waiting for that release of pressure there is no time frame. Just wait and be patient. This is where we think we can hurry things up by pulling harder. We think that if we apply more pressure our horse will submit, when in reality they just apply more pressure themselves to brace against us. Just wait and reward at the appropriate time and softness will start to happen. True horsemen never seem to be in a rush and never seem to force and pull on their horse. That’s because they understand the

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Steve Lantvit difference between pulling and holding. Once the light bulb goes on it will not go out, and the level of control that you will achieve almost instantaneously is amazing. This is where horsemanship starts to happen and communication really begins. This exercise is a great way to improve feel and timing on the ground and horseback, and it will really help build that confident and responsive ranch horse we are after. Remember to ride ‘sure in the saddle.’ Award-winning trainer/instructor/ clinician, Steve Lantvit, holds multiple World Champion and Reserve titles in Ranch Horse competitions. Steve believes in training versatile, well-rounded, capable horses and riders through confidence, mutual respect, and solid communication. He promotes versatility through cross-training and a variety of experiences to improve both performance and attitude in the show pen or out on the trail. Steve provides training, instruction, and conducts clinics year round at his facility in LaPorte, Ind., and other locations across the U.S. Steve’s knowledge and expertise is shared nationwide, on his TV show, ‘Steve Lantvit, Sure in the Saddle’ on RFDTV, Thursdays at 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. EST. Visit SteveLantvit.com for more information.

August 2017

Wayne County Saddle Club

A Lot More To Come in 2017 Come Join Us PRESIDENT, Rich Gortner; VICE PRESIDENTS, Rachael Adamson and Katy Amstutz; SECRETARY, Bobbi Jo Mackey; TREASURER, Beth Eikleberry; WEBSITE, waynecountysaddleclub.com

Can you believe it’s August already?! ‘Seems like yesterday we had freezing weather. Well, it ain’t freezing today. Summer is in full swing and temperatures are, well, you know...hot. I do have a few actual news items for you. Pleasure Vice President, Katy Amstutz reports the Pleasure shows are going well and attendance has been good. She wants to thank everyone who’s shown and/or helped. As of this writing, we’ve had two shows (a third was rained out), with another coming on the 15th of July. We’ll have a report on it next time. As common, the Contest point shows are going well. At the July 8 show, Vice President Rachael thanked everyone for their participation—both for helping and showing. Times are competitive, footing is great; weather has cooperated for the most part; and folks are enjoying themselves. It’s a great season so far with promise of more good stuff to come. So, all three show chairs, Katy (Pleasure), Rachael (Contest), and Leanne (Fun Shows) want to be sure to thank everyone who is helping and, also, remind you that there is still a lot of show season to go. We never have too much help! Once again, the Wayne County fair board has consented to allow us to produce the Open Contest Show at the fair. The show is always the first Saturday of the fair (Sept. 9 this year). The show will start at 8 a.m. and the entry booth will open at 7:30 a.m. Entries are $5 with paybacks to be announced. Classes will be Stake Bend, Barrel Race, and Pole Bending (not necessarily in that order) with possibility an additional class or two if time allows. We urge you to join us for this event and help kick off this year’s Wayne County Fair. After holding the annual banquet in November for the last few years, the board has decided to return it to January when, it is anticipated, attendance ought to improve. A date and place have not been determined as of yet, but, aside from potential bad weather, January seems to work August 2017

Sis Mowrer who turned 96 recently.

Sis Mowrer and Stan Bosler doing the ‘ribbon tie’ c.1965 before the saddle club arena was fenced. out better with the ‘Holidays’ over and folks looking for a break from winter ‘cabin fever.’ Historically, the banquet has been held in January more times than November. We’ll have more precise information next time, but a tentative date is the second Saturday in January. Another addition to the calendar is a ‘Speed Show’ Oct. 7. We’ll have more information later. Of course, you can always check the website for show information, officers’ and directors’ numbers, and more. www.waynecountysaddleclub.com Upcoming dates are as follows: Aug. 11 Fun Show (330/8444041); Aug. 26 Contest Point Show (419/606-9712); Sept. 2 Pleasure Point Show (419/651-7892); Sept. 9 Open Contest Show at the Wayne County Fair; Sept. 30 Contest Point Show. There is a lot more 2017. Feel free to join us for any or all of it! ~Stan P.S. Sis Mowrer turned 96 July 12. I sent a picture of the last time I saw her in a rest home a couple months ago. Since, she has come home caregivers don’t allow visitors. She gets extremely agitated emotionally. Your prayers are invited. HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

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Black Swamp Driving Club

Food, Fun Highlight Black Swamp Driving Club Events PRESIDENT, Julie Emmons; VICE PRESIDENT, Greg Leidel; SECRETARY & TREASURER, Susan Murray. WEBSITE, www.blackswampdrivingclub.com

by Mary Thomas Dutch oven cooking lessons preceded the June 26 BSDC drive at Sharon and Ron Hayhursts’ farm near Bowling Green, Ohio. Dutch ovens come in two styles—ones with rounded lids for conventional ovens and those with flat lids for use over open fires. Coals can be put on the flat lids to even out cooking heat. As well as the dutch oven delights served, other dishes had been brought in to complete the tasty noon potluck. Six turnouts and two dozen members and guests, including new members Allen and Sharon Tebbe, Bowling Green, Ohio, and Mike and Lowella Stichler, Greenwich, Ohio, joined Whitney Fox, Ron Hayhurst, Greg Liedel, and Bobbe Polvony in hitching up to drive. Two choices were available—an eight mile road

route with a police escort or an ‘off road’ route around the pastures and ponds on the Hayhurst farm. BSDC, a Carriage Association of America affiliate, was well represented at the CAA Festival, June 30-July 2 at the Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, Ky. Roger and Sue Murray, Angie Hohenbrink, Bobbe Polvony, and Mary Thomas participated in various activities. Murray, a CAA director, attended meetings as Hohenbrink earned a bronze certificate in the Carriage Showcase competition for her chuckwagon model. Thomas competed in the show and presentation drive with her Dartmoor Pony, picking up several awards with Polvony as groom. July 8 found a group of Swampers gathered at the Wyandot Historical Museum, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, for the annual ice cream social. Angie and Al Hohenbrink displayed a beautiful natural wood carriage while Roger Higgins, Jr. brought a wire-wheeled road wagon, possibly built by Houghton, Marion, Ohio. A pony saylor wagon, owned by Mary Thomas, sleigh robes and a foot warmer brought by Molly and

Angie Hohenbrink’s award winning chuckwagon model. Dale Owen, and antiques from Mary Elliott’s collection rounded out the BSDC presentation. Julie, Mary Ann, and Travis Emmons used their Percheron Ted and his white carriage to give those attending a feel for ‘old time’ transportation as they drove around the nearby streets. Several other members came to enjoy the ice cream and catch up with club news. Next up is the Aug. 19 meeting at Will Steven’s home, Fort Wayne, Ind., followed by the Riverbend Park drive, Findlay, Ohio, hosted by Jackie and Mike Minges with Molly and Dale Owen on Aug. 26. This will be a late afternoon potluck, followed by driving around the park and on

Mike Stichler heading out on the Hayhurst drive. adjacent roads. September brings two popular drives: Parker Bridge, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, hosted by the Emmons family on Aug. 17 and the Coon Hunters drive near Tiffin, Ohio, Sept. 24, with Sue and Roger Murray. Interested in driving equines, collecting or restoring carriages, or just hanging out with like minded people? BSDC welcomes new members and guests looking to enjoy the fun of carriage driving. Check www.blackswampdrivingclub.com or the BSDC Facebook page for more information.

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Western Reserve Carriage Association

Howe Meadow Drive Reflects Heart of WRCA PRESIDENT, Kim Stegh VICE PRESIDENT, Diana Beardsley TREASURER, Ann Petersen MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY, Henry Rish WEBSITE, www.wrcarriage.com

by Judy Clark On July 2, the WRCA pleasure drive in the Cuyahoga National Forest, was a heartwarming reminder of what the heart of our club is, and always has been, club members getting together to share good times with friends and horses. While many members were at other events, like the Carriage Association of America Festival at the Kentucky Horse Park, the folks, who gathered at Howe Meadow for a drive to Hale Farm and Indigo Lake, probably experienced the cozy feeling of coming home to something that endures. Among the attendees, were club members we haven’t seen in quite awhile, which accounts for the bear hugs and delighted squeals of welcome. And, we had the pleasure of seeing horses we have loved in the past. (Like Betty Campbell’s

24-year-old Morgan gelding, who still has The Moves.) Happily, club members, who are usually busy with their horse businesses, took some R&R time to attend. That included, Eugene and Janet Siddle who drove Bentley, a regal-looking Morgan gelding, who I described as QAD (Quite A Dude). Bentley was not a product of the Siddle’s breeding program at Patchwork Morgans in Coshocton, Ohio, but the dark bay dude came to the Siddle’s farm on a temporary basis, wheedled his way into Janet’s heart, and won’t be going anywhere else. Curtis and Pam Hess, who operate Lonesome Pines Halfingers in the Chardon area, brought an eyecatching pair of Haffies, consisting of Ara and Cincinnati. While the Hesses have bred Haffies in the past, Pam now describes the Hess program as ‘Haflinger accumulators.’ Recently, they accumulated number nine. For anyone shopping for Haflingers, Lonesome Pines has Haffies for sale to approved accumulators. With so many people in attendance, the potluck offerings were numerous and extra tables were added to accommodate all the goodies. (Quite a few of the potluckers were

youngsters that we hope will be catching the carriage driving bug.) Conversation over a plate of food, shoulder to shoulder with each other, is the best place for newbies to start getting acquainted. We try to extend a personal welcome to newcomers that come to club events, but when there is a big turnout of members playing catching up, things can get a bit hectic. So, don’t be shy about loading up a plate, sitting down, and joining in! That’s how friendships that have lasted for years, generally start out. Thanks to Henry and Kay Rish for being our hosts at Howe Meadow and taking care of the many details (and finer points of hospitality) that made this such a special event. No club events are scheduled for August, but Barbara King and Dan Speese, who are longtime WRCA members and owners of Golden Horse Farm in New London, Ohio, are presenting a special event on Saturday, Aug. 12, that they are calling CDE 101. Combined Driving Events (CDE) which have gained enormous popularity in the driving world in the last 20 years, consist of three phases: cones, hazards, and driven dressage, all of which can be daunting to newcomers. Barb

and Dan will be demystifying the complexity of the sport in a relaxed, no stress, affordable, one-day clinic. Stalls are available at this first rate facility (check out the amenities!) and Barb invites attendees to stay overnight to play and practice on Sunday. For details, directions, reservations, and fee information, contact Barb and Dan at www. facebook.com/GoldenHorseFarm. Also in August, many WRCA members will be packing their best bib and tucker, polishing harness, and spiffing up their horse-drawn vehicles, to make the trek to Pittsford, N.Y., for the Walnut Hill Carriage Driving Competition, a destination that’s on many a bucket list. Good luck and safe travels to all participants. Following all that work, preparation, and show jitters, a relaxing drive along the Sandusky River, preceded by food and fellowship at the Coonhunters Lodge, might be just the way to unwind. Mark your calendars for Roger and Sue Murray’s drive on Sept. 24 in Tiffin, Ohio, which brings together WRCA and Black Swamp Driving Club. Details and directions can be found at www.wrcarriage.com.

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Ottawa County Horse Foundation

Last Points on the Portage Show September 2 and 3 PRESIDENT, John Vallance; VICE PRESIDENT, Rich Petersen, Jr.; SECRETARY, Brianne Mathews; TREASURER, Adam Steinmiller; PHONE, 419/707-0398; EMAIL, ottawacountyhorsefoundation@gmail. com; WEBSITE, www.ochf.net

by Brianne Mathews We just got home from the second Points on the Portage show, and it was a great one! Thank you everyone that came! We had an awesome turnout and perfect weather—can’t ask for more than that! Studio 316 Designs was the official show photographer, and their photos are online and available for purchase at www.studio316designs.com. This show counted for double points, check www.ochf.net for current point standings! Rob Detterman from Willard, Ohio, was the most recent Raffle 4 Bucks $100 winner! Tickets are still on sale and our next drawing will

Briannah Horner and River City Taffy. Photo credit: Studio 316 Photography.

Wyatt Humbert and Twist of Chocolate. Photo credit: Studio 316 Photography.

Angela Foust and True Blue Dynamic. Photo credit: Studio 316 Photography.

be on Sept. 3 for a total of $2,000. There will be a $750 winner, a $500 winner, and three $250 winners. All tickets purchased are eligible for those drawings, and they are just $5 each or $20 for five tickets. See an OCHF officer to buy some, or plan on getting some at the last Points on the Portage show on Sept. 2 and 3. We will still be holding open ride nights on Thursdays from 6 p.m. until dusk—if you are a member, feel free to come out and use the arena! Non-members can pay $10/

horse to be a ‘member for the day’. As mentioned above, our next show is Sept. 2 and 3 and will be held at the Ottawa County Fairgrounds. A showbill is posted on www.ochf.net and we do have an event set up on our Facebook

Page, OCHorseFoundation. Check it out and please join us! Stalls and camping are available.

Mid-Eastern Farriers Association

Jonathan Nunn to be Judge at Annual Competition 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

by Lori McBride Hello everyone! Summer is in full swing. Hope it is treating you well! We have exciting news for anyone looking to compete in our annual competition. Jonathan Nunn will be our judge! This is his first trip to judge a

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contest in the States. As the Great Lakes Derby is Convention warm up, we are very excited since he is one of the three judges who will be judging convention. Shoe list, hotel information and all the details will be posted on our Facebook as we have them. UPCOMING EVENTS Summer Picnic/BBQ hosted by Adam Pendleton (date and time to be announced). OCT. 20-21 — AFA certification, Jerusalem, Ohio OCT. 30 — Yoders Blacksmith Supplies Open House and Clinic. DEC. 8-9 — Second leg of the Great Lakes Derby.

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Ashland County Fairgrounds • Indoor Coliseum 2042 Claremont Avenue, Ashland, Ohio 44805

! 7 1 0 2 r o F New

Judge Chris Strine

Scholarship opportunity available for High School Juniors and Seniors and current college students. Make sure you sign up for our end of day hi point to be eligible. A champion and reserve champion hi point and scholarship will be awarded. All proceeds will go to the Cheyenne Spidel scholarship fund. Please join us for a day full of horses, great memories, and community support as we honor a life taken far too soon. Thank you to all our sponsors! Rules and Fees • Entry fees: Regular classes $5 each. $100 Classes: 1, 3, 8, 14, 19, 23 - $10 ea. Class 29 - $20 each • $5 grounds fee/horse OR stalls available for $25. • Food booth on grounds. Proceeds to the scholarship. • No show clothes required. • All riders 19 years old and under must wear helmets when mounted. ͻ :ƵĚŐĞ͛Ɛ ĚĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ ĮŶĂů͘

1. $100 Open Halter 2. Small Fry Showmanship 9 & Under 3. $100 Open Showmanship 4. Showmanship 16 & Over 5. Showmanship 15 & Under 6. Small Fry Walk Trot 9 & Under-Pleasure 7. Small Fry Walk Trot 9 & Under-Horsemanship 8. $100 Open Walk Trot-Pleasure

9. Walk Trot 16 & Over-Pleasure 10. Walk Trot 16 & Over Horsemanship 11. Walk Trot 15 & Under-Pleasure 12. Walk Trot 15 & Under Horsemanship ϭϯ͘ 'ĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶ 'ĂƉͲϱ LJĞĂƌ ĂŐĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶĐĞ ŝŶ ƌŝĚĞƌƐ͘ KůĚĞƌ ƌŝĚĞƌ ĮƌƐƚ͘ BREAK 14. $100 Open English Pleasure 15. English Pleasure 16 & Over 16. English Pleasure 15 & Under ϭϳ͘ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ϭϲ Θ KǀĞƌ ϭϴ͘ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ϭϱ Θ hŶĚĞƌ 19. $100 Open Western Pleasure 20. Western Pleasure 16 & Over 21. Western Pleasure 15 & Under 22. Open Gymkhana Pleasure No cross enter into regular pleasure classes 19-21. 23. $100 Open Western Horsemanship

24. Western Horsemanship 16 & Over 25. Western Horsemanship 15 & Under 26. Open Gymkhana Horsemanship No cross enter into regular horsemanship classes 23-25. BREAK Prepare arena for speed classes 27. Walk Trot Barrels (not to start before 4:00 P.M.) 28. Open Barrels 70/30 Payout 29. Open 3D Barrels $500 added money ! 30. Youth Barrels 18 & under ϯϭ͘ KƉĞŶ ^ƚĂŬĞƐ ;ϰ, ƉĂƩĞƌŶͿ 70/30 Payout 32. Youth Stakes 18 & under ;ϰ, ƉĂƩĞƌŶͿ 33. Open Poles 70/30 Payout 34. Youth Poles 18 & under ϯϱ͘ KƉĞŶ <ĞLJŚŽůĞ ZĂĐĞ ;ϰ, ƉĂƩĞƌŶͿ 70/30 Payout 36. Youth Keyhole Race 18 & under ;ϰ, ƉĂƩĞƌŶͿ

Please make checks payable to: Spidel Memorial Sponsorships ($25 or $100 each) can be sent to: Carol Morrison, 1343 Blossom Lane, Ashland, Ohio 44805

For More Information Please Contact Emily (Schramm) Scott at (419) 685-0761 August 2017

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Ohio Arabian & All-Breed Trail Riding Society

OAATS Well Represented in Canada and Michigan 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 Our Super Duo was at it again! Kellie Moore-Fryman and Cheryl Fenton galloped off to Ontario, Canada to compete in the Coates Creek Challenge. Kellie and Praise competed in the 100 and finished strong in 9th place, this was Praise’s second 100 ever. Cheryl and Hollywood competed in the 50 and came in 11th. Way to go girls in representing OAATS and O.H.I.O! Word has it that Kellie and Praise will be heading out to Utah the end of September to do 250 miles, 5 days, 50 miles each day. We will be cheering you on Kellie! Back in the States in Michigan (O.H.I.O) at the White River Summer ride, our last year’s Century Team Mary Chmielewski and Quick

Black Sheep Boogie Management Team. Silver finished 8th out of 13 riders in the 25…go get em’ Mary! We had several compete in the 50, Shannon Loomis finished in 4th with her ‘girl’ Morgan in 5th place, 6th is held by Mary Mast. You ladies did an awesome job! Now down to the Buckeye State (O.H.I.O) at Black Sheep Boogie, Mollie Krumlaw-Smith hosted another fabulous ride. Weather conditions were much more conducive for riding than last year for sure. In BSB’s 25 on Saturday 27 started with 23 finishing, Morgan Loomis/The Perfect Angel came in 8th and Morgan received BC. Shannon Loomis was 9th, Sallie Sullivan rounded out the top 10.

Cheryl Fenton and Hollywood 50 miles, Coates Creek Challenge Ontario, Canada. There was some serious competing going on in the 50, ties for first, third, and fifth place. Kristin Puett/ Louie tied with Alex Uspenski for 5th place and she is still on cloud 9 especially after a tough and an emotional ride last year that earned her the Turtle Award. Cheryl Fenton/SAS Rodeo Drive and Robert Plummer/Heart also tied for 14th. Lorelei Heineman/My Egyptian Dream came in 4th in Sunday’s 25. I also heard there was a little guy making his rounds in camp spreading his charm, and if I know him he will steal your heart…Jack Puett. Ladies watch out for him! Mollie would like to thank all who

Jack Puett at Black Sheep Boogie after his rounds in camp. participated in the ride and those that dedicated their time and effort to making BSB a success! Please go to OAATS.org or AERC.org for upcoming rides. Also note this year we have two new OAATS sanctioned Endurance rides. Abi-Khan Challenge is now an Endurance ride and we have The Twisted Witch that will be held at East Fork State Park. Let’s do what we can to support these managers for their hard work and bravery for putting on these rides. Happy Trails!

Tri-County Trail Association

Ox and Pig Roast and Annual Raffle Scheduled in August 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 When I write these articles for the Corral, I have to tell you about things two months in the future if I am to give you time to plan to attend since they have to be in early enough to give the editors at the Corral time to layout their edition. For this reason —and because there is a limit to the number of words in this article, I usually do not say much about events in the past, and try to focus on the future events. However, we held one of our bigger events of the year in June, and I will spend just a little time talking about it. That event was the Tri-Co hosted OQHA All Breed Trail Challenge. We had three days of trail rides and 30

obstacle challenges, great weather and another fantastic turnout. There were awards given for all three days and also for weekend high points in Youth, Intermediate and Master Classes with two divisions—a division for AQHA registered horses and an All Breed division. Once all points for the weekend were tallied up, Becky Burnell had the Overall High Point Adult rider and Sydney Hawk was the Overall High Point Youth rider. Fun and awards was not all we accomplished. Some of the proceeds from this weekend were used to pay 18 4-H members a $250 scholarship. There were actually 23 kids that submitted essays explaining why they needed the money and how they planned to spend it on their horse endeavors. Then a panel of judges had to make the hard decisions required to narrow it down to only 18 of these youth. If you want to know more about this event and the winners of the divisions and scholarships winners, please visit our website at www.tri-cotrails.org. Next up is another of our bigger event weekends, our Ox and Pig

Frolicking in the pond while waiting for lunch to be delivered on the trail. Roast and Annual Raffle. It will be held the weekend of Aug. 18-20. This weekend will start with dinner Friday evening and include all your meals through Sunday’s lunch for only $70 a person or $110 for a couple (discounts apply to members and families). These are homecooked meals, nobody ever leaves hungry! In addition to all of this good food, we will have a live band for entertainment on Saturday night. There will be plenty of opportunities to win money through 50/50s, raffled items and also our annual big raffle where we give away 12 cash prizes from $50 through $1500! This

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Sydney Hawk Youth Overall High Point and Becky Burnell Adult Overall High Point. is a weekend you do not want to miss! I hope to see you there! Please contact Ellen Van Pelt at 330/3232834 for more information or visit our website. Visit our website—and visit often! August 2017

Cowboy Dressage

Straight from the Horse’s Mouth by Jeff Wilson “You’re rude!” The massive, paint gelding had no redeeming words of praise for me. “I’m not rude. You’re a jack-ass!” I implied back. My hand was tight on the lead-line, and my feet braced. “You wanna take it outside?” “We are outside, knuckle-head.” I’m not a push-over. When in the midst of a conversational push-back, I try to lean in and stand my ground. I felt like this wannabe gorilla just flat out inserted his nose into the conversation where it didn’t belong. I’ve dealt with teenagers before. Respect can be in short supply. “Never trust a dog with your food” cleverly illustrates the agenda of many. It may surprise you to learn horses have one too. Theirs is a world of lush grass and people-free zones. My bad. My agenda here involved trying to load this overgrown rump into a trailer. If he had learned anything in his 12 years on planet earth, it was how to push his weight around. Anywhere his nose went, his body was sure to follow. That meant through you, all 1400 lbs. If that didn’t work, he’d just turn a 180, leaving you powerless to pull against his entire body, and he’d drag you wherever he was bent on going. “Bye bye,” said the gorilla. What a joy and delight his agenda was. But one monkey doesn’t stop the circus. He now lives with me, once I got him on the trailer, in stall number 10 at my farm, while he begins kindergarten. In stall 11, the next door down, there lives another kindergartener, a two year old, 15+ hand, Andalusian filly, virtually untouched. She is a tall, willowy, blue-roan girl with long legs that move

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her around almost catlike. Her natural slides and spins leave you breathless. Both horses share experiences from the same ‘free-spirits’ camp. That means an inability to lead, function or cooperate with any human requests. Theirs is a world of zero requests implemented on their time. Disagreeable comes in many shapes, colors and breeds. He’s ‘Paint tuff,’ and she’s high-strung neurotic. Oh, the list goes on with my entire training group, but let’s talk about these two. Do you know what is at their core of their beliefs? Neither one recognizes that humans truly exist. Our worlds are worlds apart (not even in the same solar system). Both horse-brains have been left completely mute to our language, leaving them reactive to every situation, big or small, that swirls around them. “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” means a constant state of wide-eyed panic. Their eyes, never on you, are thus never focused enough to settle their feral brains. Leading is a series of jumps and stops, hoping to stay out of their way when they jump, or it’s being led by their awesomeness down the runway! (The mare is most happy and secure when she leaps onto you.) Over the past couple of training seasons and years, I have had it easy. Most of the horses in for me to work with have been someone’s riding horse that simply needed to graduate to third grade and get some education—easy stuff. It seems the hard ones come in lumps. When I say hard, I mean the learning curve for them is large. It’s not that they don’t know anything, they know plenty. Unfortunately, it has nothing to do with cooperation and harmony towards humans.

Communication between species is the single most elementary element that must exist. That means a twoway communication. Both species must learn the language of the other. Unfortunately for us, the horse doesn’t really care. We care, and we have to impose our will to teach the horse that they must care too if we are going to have a relationship at any level. Two sticks of wood don’t make a fire. There are a hundred ways to start training these two. I’m not so interested in ‘training’ as I am in communication. “Hey, there! I want to get to know you. Do you know who I am? Let’s do something together.” Those are my words. The horse has something to say but it is hard to hear because they are too busy fussing and jumping and stomping. Way too much commotion. Way too much energy. Way too much drama. How do you bring coherency? In my 35 years as a horse trainer I have seen a lot of techniques of varying degrees of success. For me, the biggest game changer has always been to turn them loose and talk to them in a language they understand—body language at liberty. My point is that while on a lunge line (something I do use), the horse never gets to make a decision. He never gets to decide to cooperate with you and join in. For a fearful horse to become un-fearful, he has to let go of fear. For a stubborn horse to become cooperative, he has to let go of stubborn. Those decisions change, mold, shape, and transform a horse from an unusable one to a useable, teachable one. Well whoop dee do, but horses don’t learn unless they are relaxed and tension-free, period. If your horse is only thinking about running away from you, you haven’t even

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Jeff Wilson gotten the mayo jar opened yet to have lunch. Wellness, between horse and rider, is a real slice of chocolate/strawberry cheesecake if you want to understand harmony. It is a a delicate, supersweet line of connection between species that channels learning and communication, a tension-free zone so communication can flow. We all get frustrated at times with the language barrier, but when we bring frustration into the equation, or when the horse’s mind is filled with tension, there is no ability to truly shape a horse’s brain into a confident, exuberant riding horse. If frogs had wings they wouldn’t bump their butts when they hopped either. 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.

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h'͘ ϰͲϲ Ͷ ZŝĚĞ tĞůů ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ^ĞƌĞŶŝƚLJ ƋƵŝŶĞ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ϱϱϱϴ &ŽůůĞƚ ZƵŶ ZĚ͕͘ tĂƌƌĞŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘>LJŶŶWĂůŵ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϰͲϲ Ͷ ^ƚĞĞů dŽǁŶ 'ƵŶƐůŝŶŐĞƌƐ ŽǁďŽLJ DŽƵŶƚĞĚ ^ŚŽŽƟŶŐ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚLJ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ :ĂŵĞƐ ŚĂŵďĞƌƐ͕ ϮϭϱͲϯϱϬͲϭϮϱϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐƚĞĞůƚŽǁŶŐƵŶƐůŝŶŐĞƌƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϱ Ͷ KŚŝŽ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ YƵĂƌƚĞƌ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ZĂŶĐŚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ͗ϭϱ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ 'ƵĞƌŶƐĞLJ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϯϯϱ KůĚ EĂƟŽŶĂů ZĚ͕͘ >ŽƌĞ ŝƚLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ĞǀŝŶ ĂƌƌĞƩ͕ ϵϯϳͲϰϬϳͲϬϵϯϳ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŽŚĨƋŚĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϱ Ͷ ŽǁďŽLJƐ ǀƐ ŽǁŐŝƌůƐ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ <ŶŽdž ŽƵŶƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϳϯϲϬ dŚĂLJĞƌ ZĚ͕͘ Dƚ͘ sĞƌŶŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŬŶŽdžĐŽƵŶƚLJŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϱ Ͷ DĂĚŝƐŽŶ Ž͘ K, 'LJŵŬŚĂŶĂ͕ ϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ DĂĚŝƐŽŶ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽƵŐŚůŝŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƌĞŶĂ͕ ϰϬϱ ůŵ ^ƚ͕͘ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ƵƐĂŶ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ͕ ϲϭϰͲϱϴϭͲϲϴϯϯ͘ h'͘ ϱ Ͷ ƌĂnjLJ tŽŵĂŶ ZĂŶĐŚ 'LJŵŬŚĂŶĂ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϲϰϱϬ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ ŝƌĐůĞǀŝůůĞ ZĚ͕͘ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ŝŵ͕ ϲϭϰͲϰϵϲͲϳϲϵϵ͕ ZŽůůŝŶŐDzŽƵƚŚZŽĚĞŽΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ h'͘ ϱ Ͷ :,W KďƐƚĂĐůĞ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ϴ͗ϯϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ :ĞŵŝůLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϲϵϵϵ KĂŬŚŝůů ǀĞ͘ E ͕ ůůŝĂŶĐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ,ĞůŐĂ͕ ϯϯϬͲϴϮϵͲϯϴϰϭ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ũĞŵŝůLJŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϱ Ͷ ŶŐĞůƐ ŽĨ ĐƟŽŶ ^ĂĚĚůĞ hƉ ĨŽƌ ŚŝůĚŚŽŽĚ ,ƵŶŐĞƌ͕ Ăƌ ZĂŶĐŚ͕ ŚĂƐĞ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ <ĂƚLJ͕ ŬĂƚLJΛĂŶŐĞůƐŽĨĂĐƟŽŶ͘ŽƌŐ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĂŶŐĞůƐŽĨĂĐƟŽŶ͘ŽƌŐ͘ h'͘ ϱ Ͷ :ĂĐŬƉŽƚ ĂƌƌĞůƐ͕ WŽůĞƐ ĂŶĚ ^ŽƌƟŶŐ͕ WŽƌĐŚǀŝĞǁ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ Θ ƌĞŶĂ >> ͕ ϰϬϲ DĞƚĞŽƌ ZĚ͕͘ ĐŵĞ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ DĞůŝƐƐĂ DŽŽƌĞ͕ ϳϮϰͲϲϰϬͲϲϬϴϳ͘

h'͘ ϱͲϲ Ͷ ͞^ŝĚŶĞLJ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͟ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ŚĞůďLJ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ^ŝĚŶĞLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ tĞŶĚLJ͕ ϰϭϵͲϱϵϰͲϮϵϲϴ͕ ƐƚĞƉŚĞLJΛƚĚƐ͘ŶĞƚ͘ h'͘ ϱͲϲ Ͷ ƵĐŬƐŬŝŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ Z ĂŶĚ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ DŝĚůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DŝĚůĂŶĚ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ŽƵƌƚŶĞLJ͕ ϱϭϳͲ ϯϭϲͲϲϯϱϱ͕ ŵŝďƵĐŬƐŬŝŶϭϵϲϳΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϱͲϲ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ĂƐƚ ĞŶƚƌĂů WŝŶƚŽ :ƵďŝůĞĞ͕ ,ĞŶƌLJ ŽƵŶƚLJ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď 'ƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϮϮϮϭ E͘ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ƌŝǀĞ͕ EĞǁ ĂƐƚůĞ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ tLJŶĞƚĂ ƵŶĐĂŶ͕ ϯϭϳͲϲϵϱͲϱϰϴϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŝŶĚŝĂŶĂƉŝŶƚŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϱͲϭϮ Ͷ ,ĂƌƞŽƌĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ ϭϰϬϮϴ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ZĚ͕͘ ƌŽƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϳϰϬͲϴϵϯͲ ϰϴϴϭ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŚĂƌƞŽƌĚĨĂŝƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϲ Ͷ 'ĞĂƵŐĂ ,ŽƌƐĞ Θ WŽŶLJ ƐƐŽĐ͘ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ 'ĞĂƵŐĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ƵƌƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŐŚƉĂϬϴΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŐƉŚĂ͘ƵƐ͘ h'͘ ϲ Ͷ ƵĐŬŝŶ KŚŝŽ Ăƚ DĞĚŝŶĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ DĞĚŝŶĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϯϯϬͲϲϮϰͲϳϮϬϱ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ďƵĐŬŝŶŽŚŝŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϲ Ͷ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ <ŝĚƐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϭϮ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϯϮϰϵ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϰϱ ^͕ ^ĂůĞŵ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϮϯϰͲ ϱϲϳͲϰϬϲϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϲ Ͷ ϳϬƚŚ ŶŶƵĂů ƌĞĐŬƐǀŝůůĞ <ŝǁĂŶŝƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌĞĐŬƐǀŝůůĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ďƌĞĐŬƐǀŝůůĞŬŝǁĂŶŝƐΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ďƌĞĐŬƐǀŝůůĞŬŝǁĂŶŝƐ͘ŽƌŐ͘ h'͘ ϴͲϭϮ Ͷ ŽŽŬ &ŽƌĞƐƚ ƵŐƵƐƚ ZŝĚĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ ƌĂŝŐ ĂŵĞƌŽŶ͕ ϭϲϲϭ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ůĂƌŝŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ƉĂƚƌĂŝůƌŝĚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϵ Ͷ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ƌĞŶĂ͕ tĂƚĞƌĨŽƌĚ ZĚ͕͘ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ :ĂŵŝĞ ĞŚĞůĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϰϴϱͲϬϱϴϰ͘ h'͘ ϵͲϭϯ Ͷ h^ & WŽŶLJ &ŝŶĂůƐ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞdžŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ŬĞŶƚƵĐŬLJŚŽƌƐĞƐŚŽǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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h'͘ ϭϭ Ͷ tĂLJŶĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď KƉĞŶ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ϰϮϬϬ KǀĞƌƚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ >ĞĂŶŶĞ >ŽƵŝǀĞ͕ ϯϯϬͲϴϰϰͲ ϰϬϰϭ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ǁĂLJŶĞĐŽƵŶƚLJƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϭ Ͷ džƚƌĞŵĞ ƵůůƐ͕ ƌŽŶĐƐ͕ ĂƌƌĞůƐ͕ ϳ͗ϯϬ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ƵLJĂŚŽŐĂ Ž͘ &Ăŝƌ͕ ĞƌĞĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ZŽůůŝŶŐ ^ƚŽŶĞ ZŽĚĞŽ͕ ϱϭϯͲϲϱϵͲϴϴϴϭ͘ h'͘ ϭϭ Ͷ &ƌŝĚĂLJ EŝŐŚƚ &ƵŶ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϳ͗ϯϬ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϯϮϰϵ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϰϱ ^͕ ^ĂůĞŵ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϮϯϰͲϱϲϳͲϰϬϲϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϭͲϭϮ Ͷ dĂĐŬ Θ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ĂůĞ͕ Dƚ͘ ,ŽƉĞ ƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ϴϬϳϲ ^Z Ϯϰϭ͕ DŝůůĞƌƐďƵƌŐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŚƵƌŵĂŶ͕ ϯϯϬͲϲϳϰͲϲϭϴϴ͕ ƚŚƵƌŵĂŶΛ ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϭͲϭϯ Ͷ ͞/ƚ͛Ɛ DĞdžŝĐĂŶ &ŝĞƐƚĂ͊͟ dƌĂŝů ZŝĚĞ͕ DŽŚŝĐĂŶ ^ƚĂƚĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϵϳϳ ^Z ϵϳ͕ >ŽƵĚŽŶǀŝůůĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ĂƌĞŶ ĞƌĞƐ͕ ϯϯϬͲϯϴϴͲ ϰϰϴϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐƵŵŵŝƚĐŽƵŶƚLJŽŚĐ͘ŽƌŐ͘ h'͘ ϭϭͲϭϯ Ͷ DŝĚͲKŚŝŽ DĂƌĂƵĚĞƌƐ D^ ^ŚŽŽƚ͕ ŽƵŐŚůŝŶ ƌĞŶĂ͕ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĚŽŚŝŽŵĂƌĂƵĚĞƌƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϭͲϭϯ Ͷ &Žƌƚ ƌŵƐƚƌŽŶŐ KƉĞŶ ' ŵĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚLJ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϳϮϰͲϯϵϳͲ Ϯϴϴϱ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϭͲϭϳ Ͷ DĞƌĐĞƌ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ DĞƌĐĞƌ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ĞůŝŶĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ŵĞƌĐĞƌĐŽƵŶƚLJŽŚŝŽĨĂŝƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϮ Ͷ ZŽĐŬLJ &ŽƌŬ ZŽĚĞŽ Ž͘ zŽƵƚŚ ZŽĚĞŽ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ EŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽŶLJĂ sĞŶŚĂŵ͕ ϳϰϬͲϯϱϬͲϬϬϮϳ͕ &ŝŶĚ ƵƐ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞŬ͗ Z&Z ƵůůĞƟŶ ŽĂƌĚ͘ h'͘ ϭϮ Ͷ DŝĂŵŝ Ž͘ &Ăŝƌ KƉĞŶ ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϲϱϬ E͘ ŽƵŶƚLJ ZĚ͘ Ϯϱ ͕ dƌŽLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ƌLJƐƚĂů 'ĂŶŐĞƌ͕ ϵϯϳͲϰϭϴͲϮϵϱϲ͘

August 2017

Corral Calendar AUG. 12 — Reality Dreams Horse Show, &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ĂƌĞŶ ^ĂƌǀĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϯϴϱͲϯϰϯϭ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƌĞĂůŝƚLJĚƌĞĂŵƐŚŽƌƐĞƐŚŽǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϮ Ͷ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϴ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ƵĐŬĞLJĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϵϮϲϬ ŬƌŽŶͲ ĂŶĮĞůĚ ZĚ͕͘ ĂŶĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ĂůůLJ <ŝƐŚ͕ ϯϯϬͲϱϰϵͲϮϴϵϳ͘ AUG. 12-13 — Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club Open Show, 9 a.m., Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, OH. FMI: Steven ͞ ŚƵŶŬ͟ tĂƩƐ͕ ϯϯϬͲϯϭϳͲϬϵϰϱ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ashlandpaintandplain.com. h'͘ ϭϮͲϭϯ Ͷ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽǁŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ 'ĞŽƌŐĞƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϱϭϯͲϮϱϲͲ ϱϲϳϲ͘ h'͘ ϭϮͲϭϯ Ͷ EtsY, WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ĂŬĂŶ ƌĞŶĂ͕ ĞǀĞƌůLJ͕ ts͘ &D/͗ Ğď 'ŽǁĞƌ͕ ϯϬϰͲϲϭϯͲϳϭϰϴ͕ ŶǁǀƋŚĂΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ŶǁǀƋŚĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ AUG. 13 — Keystone Saddle Club Show Series, ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϱϲϵϱ ůĂLJ ŝƚLJ ƌŝǀĞ ^ ͕ hŚƌŝĐŚƐǀŝůůĞ͕ OH. FMI: www.keystonesaddleclub.com. AUG. 13 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Carlisle &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ĂƌůŝƐůĞ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ϭϯϲϯϬ EŝĐŬůĞ WůĂƚĞ ŝĂŐŽŶĂů ZŽĂĚ͕ >Ă'ƌĂŶŐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ,ĞŝĚŝ͕ ϰϰϬͲϳϴϭͲϱϬϲϬ͘ AUG. 13 — Champagne Classic Horse Show, Sunbeau Valley Farm, Ravenna, OH. FMI: >ŽƌƌĂŝŶ >ŝŶƚŽŶ͕ ϯϯϬͲϮϴϱͲϮϵϬϮ͘ h'͘ ϭϯ Ͷ ^ƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ͛Ɛ ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϭ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϮϮϱϬ ůůŝĂŶĐĞ ZĚ͕͘ DĂůǀĞƌŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϴϴϴͲϱϱϲͲ ϯϳϳϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ZĂŶĐŚ ŝƚLJ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϯ Ͷ &ŝƌƐƚ Ƶƚ &Ăƌŵ ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ Ϯ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ϵϬϰϱ KƌĞŐŽŶŝĂ ZĚ͕͘ tĂLJŶĞƐǀŝůůĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ƵnjĂŶŶĞ͕ ϱϭϯͲϮϲϳͲϬϴϵϱ͕ ƐƵnjĂŶŶĞƌĞŝŶƌŽƉĞΛ LJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ h'͘ ϭϰͲϭϵ Ͷ ,ƵƌŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ ,ƵƌŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϵϰϬ &Ăŝƌ ZŽĂĚ͕ EŽƌǁĂůŬ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϰϭϵͲϲϲϴͲϬϱϭϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŚƵƌŽŶĐŽƵŶƚLJĨĂŝƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϱͲϮϬ Ͷ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ ^ŵŝƚŚĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ũĞīĞƌƐŽŶĐŽƵŶƚLJĨĂŝƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϲ Ͷ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ƌĞŶĂ͕ tĂƚĞƌĨŽƌĚ ZĚ͕͘ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ :ĂŵŝĞ ĞŚĞůĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϰϴϱͲϬϱϴϰ͘ h'͘ ϭϲͲϮϬ Ͷ ůƵĞŐƌĂƐƐ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞdžŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ŬĞŶƚƵĐŬLJŚŽƌƐĞƐŚŽǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϳͲϮϬ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ƵĐŬĞLJĞ ZĞŝŶŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ^ƉƌŝŶŐĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ďƵĐŬĞLJĞƌĞŝŶŝŶŐƐĞƌŝĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϴͲϭϵ Ͷ dƌŝƉůĞ ,ĞĂƌƚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ <ŝĚƐ ĂŵƉ͕ ϮϰϬϳϯ :ŝŵ dŽďŝŶ >ĂŶĞ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ >Ğ^ƵĞƌ͕ ϴϭϰͲϱϳϯͲϳϭϲϯ͕ ĂĂůĞƐƵĞƌΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƚƌŝƉůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ǁĞĞďůLJ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϴͲϮϬ Ͷ >ŽƉŝŶ >ĂƌŝĂƚƐ ϰͲ, ůƵď KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ /ŶŐƌĂŵ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DĂƐŽŶ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ Ɖƌŝů <ƵŶŬĞů͕ ϱϭϳͲϱϬϳͲϮϬϵϰ͕ ĂŬƵŶŬĞůϯϮΛĂŽů͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϴͲϮϬ Ͷ ŽǁďŽLJ dƌĂŝů ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ^ŵŽŬĞ ZŝƐĞ ZĂŶĐŚ Θ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͕ ϲϳϱϭ ,ƵŶƚĞƌĚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ 'ůŽƵƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϳϰϬͲϳϲϳͲϮϲϮϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐŵŽŬĞƌŝƐĞƌĂŶĐŚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϴͲϮϬ 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 h'͘ ϭϴͲϮϲ Ͷ ůůĞŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ ϮϳϱϬ ,ĂƌĚŝŶŐ ,ǁLJ͕͘ >ŝŵĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ĂůůĞŶĐŽĨĂŝƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘ AUG. 19 — Open Ranch Horse Show Series, ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ĞůĂǁĂƌĞ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ Ϯϯϲ WĞŶŶƐLJůǀĂŶŝĂ ǀĞ͕͘ ĞůĂǁĂƌĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ƵĂŶĞ͕ ϳϰϬͲϲϭϬͲϰϭϮϵ͕ ŚŽƌƐĞũƵĚŐĞϭϮϱΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ďƵĐŬĞLJĞĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϵ Ͷ ůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ Society Show, Ridgewood Stables, Medina, K,͘ &D/͗ ĐĂĚƐƌŝĚĞƌΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ cadsdressage.org.

August 2017

h'͘ ϭϵ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ^Ƶŵŵŝƚ ŽƵŶƚLJ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϮϮϵ ĂƐƚ ,ŽǁĞ ǀĞ͕͘ dĂůůŵĂĚŐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ĂŵĂŶƚŚĂ͕ ϯϯϬͲϵϱϴͲϬϬϮϳ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐƵŵŵŝƚĐŽƵŶƚLJƐĂĚĚůĞŚŽƌƐĞ͘ŽƌŐ͘ h'͘ ϭϵ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ EŝŐŚƚ >ŝŐŚƚƐ KƉĞŶ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ dƌƵŵďƵůů Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽƌƚůĂŶĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ƐŚůĞLJ͕ ϯϯϬͲ ϰϲϵͲϭϭϳϰ͘ h'͘ ϭϵ Ͷ ƵĐŬĞLJĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ ZĂŶĐŚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ Θ KďƐƚĂĐůĞ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ƵĐŬĞLJĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ĂŶĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ĂƚŚLJ͕ ϯϯϬͲϰϮϯͲ ϳϴϳϭ͕ ĐŽŽƐĂĚƵŶƉĞƌĨĞĐƚΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘

h'͘ ϭϵ Ͷ /Ŷ dŚĞ WŝŶŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ,ƵƌŽŶ sĂůůĞLJ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ &ŝĞůĚ͕ ϮϯϴϬ DŝůĨŽƌĚ ZĚ͕͘ ,ŝŐŚůĂŶĚ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ dŚĞƌĞƐĂ ŝƐƋƵĞ͕ ϮϰϴͲϯϵϬͲ ϲϴϲϮ͕ ƐƚďŝƐƋƵĞΛĐŽŵĐĂƐƚ͘ŶĞƚ h'͘ ϭϵͲϮϬ Ͷ ĞŶĞĮƚ WŽŬĞƌ ZƵŶ ;ϭϵƚŚͿ Θ ,ŝƚĐŚ ůĂƐƐ ;ϮϬƚŚͿ͕ <ŶŽdž ŽƵŶƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϳϯϲϬ dŚĂLJĞƌ ZĚ͕͘ Dƚ͘ sĞƌŶŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ŬŶŽdžĐŽƵŶƚLJŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϵͲϮϬ Ͷ DĂƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ DĂƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ >ƵĚŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ƌŽŽŬƐ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ͕ ϮϯϭͲϮϯϯͲϮϳϮϵ͕ ĚĂǀĞĂŶĚďƌŽŽŬƐũŽŚŶƐŽŶΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘

h'͘ ϭϵͲϮϬ Ͷ K^ ^ƵŵŵĞƌ ^ŝnjnjůĞƌ͕ DĞĚŝŶĂ County Fairgrounds, Medina, OH. FMI: www. coscaonline.com. h'͘ ϭϵͲϮϬ Ͷ KƵƚůĂǁ ĐƟŽŶ͗ KŚŝŽ ^ƚĂƚĞ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ^ŚŽŽƚ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ tĂLJŶĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϵϵ sĂŶŽǀĞƌ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϯϯϬͲϰϲϲͲϭϲϮϱ͕ ŶŽŽƵƚůĂǁƐΛŽƵƚůŽŽŬ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŶŽŽƵƚůĂǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϵͲϮϬ Ͷ ͞^ŝĚŶĞLJ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͟ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ŚĞůďLJ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ^ŝĚŶĞLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ tĞŶĚLJ͕ ϰϭϵͲϱϵϰͲϮϵϲϴ͕ ƐƚĞƉŚĞLJΛƚĚƐ͘ŶĞƚ͘

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OPEN HORSE SHOW Medina County Fairgrounds Medina, Ohio

SAT., SEPTEMBER 9, 2017 9:00 A.M.

JUDGE: Dennis Clement, Prospect, Ohio CLASSES All Classes (except Jackpot & Training Classes) Training Class Jackpot Classes

ENTRY FEES $5.00 $5.00 $15.00

PAYBACK Five Awards No Placings Five Awards & 35%, 20%, 15%, 5%, 5% of total entry fees for that class.

Stalls available on a first come, first served basis for $15.00 each. Grounds fee $5.00 per horse if unstalled. Office fee $5.00 per horse. No shavings available for sale. *Denotes COSCA non-point class

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 • 9:00 A.M. *Jackpot Open Halter – H/P, E/W, S/M/G Open Halter Horse, 3 yrs & over, E/W, S/M/G Open Halter Horse, 2 yrs & under, E/W, S/M/G Reg. Quarter Horse Halter - All Ages - S/M/G Reg. Appaloosa Halter Horse - All Ages - S/M/G Reg. Paint/Pinto Halter Horse (no solid horses) – S/M/G Reg. Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian Breeding & Geldings In Hand – S/M/G Reg. Morgan In-Hand — S/M/G Adult Open Halter Horse - 19 yrs & over - S/M/G Youth Open Halter, 18 yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G Open Showmanship – all ages – H/P, E/W, S/M/G Walk-Trot Showmanship – all ages – H/P, E/W, M/G Adult Showmanship – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G, E/W Youth Showmanship – 14-18 yrs. - H/P, E/W, M/G Youth Showmanship – 13 yrs. & under – H/P, E/W, M/G Pony & Horse Lead-In Equitation - 8 yrs. & under – M/G, E/W BREAK — LENGTH TO BE ANNOUNCED

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* Training Class – All Ages – W/T/C – training aids allowed Not Judged *Jackpot Open Walk-Trot English Pleasure – all ages H/P, S/M/G (may cross enter canter classes) Walk-Trot Pleasure, 10 yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G Jackpot English Pleasure Horse, Open – SS/HS, S/M/G Reg. Arabian/Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian Hunter Pleasure – S/M/G Reg. Morgan Hunter Pleasure — S/M/G Reg. Appaloosa English Pleasure Horse - All Ages - S/M/G Walk-Trot Equitation, 10 yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G Adult Open English Pleasure Horse – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G Walk-Trot Pleasure, 11-18 yrs - H/P, E/W, M/G Open Hunter Pleasure Horse – S/M/G Youth English Equitation - 13 yrs. & under - H/P, SS/HS, M/G Youth English Equitation – 14-18 yrs – H/P, SS/HS, M/G

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COSCA rules and stewards shall supercede all other association rules and stewards with the exception of official breed rules. Registration Papers must be presented at the entry booth. Medina County Fairgrounds and/or COSCA assume no responsibility for any loss, injury, or theft whatsoever. NO REFUNDS EXCEPT WITH VET EXCUSE. Entries close 2 classes prior. A two-minute gate call will be stricly enforced from when the first horse enters the ring. Walk-trot classes are open to exhibitors who have not cantered at a COSCA show in the current show season.

Reg. Quarter Horse Hunter Under Saddle - All Ages - S/M/G Reg. Morgan English Pleasure Horses (Saddle Seat) — S/M/G Walk-Trot Equitation, 11-18 yrs. - H/P, E/W, M/G Adult English Equitation – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G Reg. Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Country English Pleasure (Saddle Seat) - Open - S/M/G Youth English Pleasure - 18 yrs. & under - H/P, SS/HS, M/G English Bridle Path Horse – S/M/G Reg. Paint/Pinto English Pleasure Horse (no solid horses) S/M/G BREAK - LENGTH TO BE ANNOUNCED

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*Jackpot Open Walk-Trot Western Pleasure – all ages H/P, S/M/G (may cross enter canter classes) Jack Benny Pleasure, 39 yrs. & over - H/P, E/W, S/M/G Walk-Trot Pleasure, 19 yrs. & over - H/P, E/W, S/M/G Jackpot Western Pleasure Horse - Open - All Ages - S/M/G Walk-Trot Equitation/Horsemanship, 19 yrs. & over H/P, E/W, S/M/G Reg. Quarter Horse Western Pleasure - All Ages - S/M/G Reg. Appaloosa Western Pleasure Horse - All Ages - S/M/G Youth Western Pleasure, 18 yrs. & under - H/P, M/G Adult Open Western Pleasure Horse – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G Reg. Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Western Pleasure - S/M/G Open Jr. Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure Horses 5 yrs. & under - S/M/G Reg. Paint/Pinto Western Pleasure Horse (no solid horses) S/M/G Adult Western Horsemanship – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G Youth Western Horsemanship - 13 yrs. & under - H/P, M/G Youth Western Horsemanship – 14-18 yrs. - H/P, M/G Men’s Western Pleasure Horses, 18 yrs. & over – S/M/G Ladies’ Western Pleasure Horses, 18 yrs. & over - S/M/G Egg and Spoon - H/P, E/W, S/M/G

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Ranch Horse Classes will not begin before 3 p.m. Ranch Horse Pleasure Ranch Rail Pleasure Ranch Conformation

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For More Information contact Joyce Berger, Show Secretary, (419) 433-5049 • Stall Information: Barb Nixon, (330) 607-5681

Visit us at www.coscaonline.com HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

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Corral Calendar AUG. 19-20 — Wolverine Morgan Horse ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ϮϴƚŚ ŶŶƵĂů KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϴ͗ϯϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ EŽƌƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ D/ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ dƌĂǀĞƌƐĞ ŝƚLJ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ǁŵŚĂĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ h'͘ ϭϵͲϮϬ Ͷ ĞŶƚƌĂů DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ŚŝĂǁĂƐƐĞĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽƌƵŶŶĂ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ <ĂƟĞ͕ ϵϴϵͲϲϲϲͲ ϰϴϲϳ͕ ĐŵŚĂƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŵŚĂ͘ info. h'͘ ϭϵͲϮϬ Ͷ / Z ĂŶĚ EW ͕ WŽƌĐŚǀŝĞǁ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ Θ ƌĞŶĂ >> ͕ ϰϬϲ DĞƚĞŽƌ ZĚ͕͘ ĐŵĞ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ DĞůŝƐƐĂ DŽŽƌĞ͕ ϳϮϰͲϲϰϬͲϲϬϴϳ͘

h'͘ ϮϭͲϮϳ Ͷ >ŽƌĂŝŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ ϮϯϬϬϬ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ZŽĂĚ͕ tĞůůŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ůŽƌĂŝŶĐŽƵŶƚLJĨĂŝƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ Ϯϯ Ͷ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ƌĞŶĂ͕ tĂƚĞƌĨŽƌĚ ZĚ͕͘ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ :ĂŵŝĞ ĞŚĞůĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϰϴϱͲϬϱϴϰ͘ h'͘ ϮϯͲϮϳ Ͷ <,: ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞdžŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϴϱϵͲϮϯϯͲϬϰϵϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŬĞŶƚƵĐŬLJŚŽƌƐĞƐŚŽǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ Ϯϰ Ͷ ĂƉŝƚĂů ƌĞĂ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ ŝƌĐƵŝƚ dǁŝůŝŐŚƚ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϲ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ /ŶŐŚĂŵ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DĂƐŽŶ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ϱϭϳͲϴϬϯͲϯϭϵϱ͘

h'͘ ϮϱͲϮϳ Ͷ &ŽŽƚŚŝůůƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ Θ WŽŶLJ ƐƐŽĐ͘ 'ĂŵĞƐ Θ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚLJ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ,ŽƉĞ ĂŝůĞLJ͕ ϳϮϰͲϲϲϰͲϮϰϭϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ AUG. 26 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Contest Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Rachael Adamson, 419-6069712, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. AUG. 26 — Buckin’ Ohio Pro Bull Riding, 8154 Garman Road, Burbank, OH. FMI: 330-6247205, www.buckinohio.com.

AUG. 26 — ICPHA Added Money Speed Show, ,ĂƌƞŽƌĚ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϰϬϮϴ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ZĚ͘ ;'ĂƚĞ Ϳ͕ ,ĂƌƞŽƌĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϰϬϱͲ 3560, www.facebook.com/groups/ICPHA. h'͘ Ϯϲ Ͷ ZŽĐŬLJ &ŽƌŬ ZŽĚĞŽ Ž͘ zŽƵƚŚ ZŽĚĞŽ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ EŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽŶLJĂ sĞŶŚĂŵ͕ ϳϰϬͲϯϱϬͲϬϬϮϳ͕ &ŝŶĚ ƵƐ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞŬ͗ Z&Z ƵůůĞƟŶ ŽĂƌĚ͘ h'͘ Ϯϲ Ͷ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ Θ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ EĞǁĐŽŵĞƌƐƚŽǁŶ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď͕ <ŝŶŐƐ ZŝĚŐĞ ZŽĂĚ͕ EĞǁĐŽŵĞƌƐƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϳϰϬͲϮϵϭͲϵϬϮϯ͘ h'͘ Ϯϲ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ EŝŐŚƚ >ŝŐŚƚƐ KƉĞŶ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ dƌƵŵďƵůů Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽƌƚůĂŶĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ƐŚůĞLJ͕ ϯϯϬͲ ϰϲϵͲϭϭϳϰ͘ AUG. 26-27 — Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros Rough Riders I & II, 10 a.m., Ashtabula Co. &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϬϳ WŽƉůĂƌ ^ƚ͕͘ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ www.lakeeriemountedvaqueros.net. h'͘ ϮϲͲϮϳ Ͷ DD DŽƵŶƚĞĚ ƌĐŚĞƌ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ >ŽĐĂƟŽŶ d ͕ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ KŚŝŽ͘ &D/͗ ϮϰϴͲϮϱϬͲ ϭϱϱϳ͕ ŵŵŽƵŶƚĞĚĂƌĐŚĞƌΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ DD ƌĐŚĞƌƐ͘ďůŽŐƐƉŽƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϮϲͲϮϳ Ͷ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ Θ EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ WŽŶLJ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ϮϬϭϳ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ DĂĚŝƐŽŶ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϮϬϱ ůŵ ^ƚ͕͘ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŚƌŝƐ͕ ϵϯϳͲϮϭϴͲϬϲϴϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐŽƋƉĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ AUG. 26-27 — Ride Well Clinic, Ohio Southern University, Ironton, OH. FMI: www.LynnPalm. com. AUG. 26-27 — Steve Lantvit Horsemanship, Hendricks Co. Fairgrounds, 1900 E. Main St., Danville, IN. FMI: www.hchc4u.com. h'͘ Ϯϳ Ͷ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ KďƐƚĂĐůĞ ŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ϭϮͲϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϯϮϰϵ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϰϱ ^͕ ^ĂůĞŵ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϮϯϰͲϱϲϳͲϰϬϲϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ Ϯϳ Ͷ ,ĂƌƌLJ ,ƵŐŚĞƐ ŝƌĐƵŝƚ͕ ϱϱϲϯ tĂƚĞƌǀŝůůĞͲ^ǁĂŶƚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ ^ǁĂŶƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ŝŵ ĂŬĞƌ͕ ϰϭϵͲϲϵϵͲϰϭϲϲ͕ ŚĂƌƌLJŚƵŐŚĞƐĐŝƌĐƵŝƚΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŚĂƌƌLJŚƵŐŚĞƐ͘ŽƌŐ͘ h'͘ Ϯϳ Ͷ ^ŝŶŐůĞ :ƵĚŐĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ůƵĞ >ĂŬĞƐ &Ăƌŵ͕ EĞǁďƵƌLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ĚƵƐƚLJƚƐƌŝĚŝŶŐĐůƵď͘ com. h'͘ Ϯϳ Ͷ ĂŶĚ 'LJŵŬŚĂŶĂ͕ ϭϬ͗ϯϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ hƌďĂŶĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dĞĚ Ăŝƌ͕ ϵϯϳͲ ϲϯϭͲϬϴϲϰ͘ h'͘ ϯϬ Ͷ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ƌĞŶĂ͕ tĂƚĞƌĨŽƌĚ ZĚ͕͘ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ :ĂŵŝĞ ĞŚĞůĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϰϴϱͲϬϱϴϰ͘ h'͘ ϯϭͲ^ Wd͘ ϰ Ͷ dŚĞ 'ƌĞĂƚ 'ĞĂƵŐĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ ϭϰϯϳϯ E͘ ŚĞƐŚŝƌĞ ^ƚ͕͘ ƵƌƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŐĞĂƵŐĂĨĂŝƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϯϭͲ^ Wd͘ ϰ Ͷ ŽŽŬ &ŽƌĞƐƚ >ĂďŽƌ ĂLJ tĞĞŬĞŶĚ ZŝĚĞ͕ ϭϲϲϭ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ůĂƌŝŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ƉĂƚƌĂŝůƌŝĚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ SEPTEMBER 2017 SEPT. 1-2 — Adams County Horseman’s ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ DĂƩ ĂŬĞƌ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ Show, Adams Co. Fairgrounds, West Union, OH. FMI: Melissa Downs, 937-695-0550, acha. show@gmail.com. ^ Wd͘ ϭͲϮ Ͷ ,ĞŶĚƌŝĐŬƐ ŽƵŶƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ůƵď ŽŶƚĞƐƟŶŐ Θ WĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ,ĞŶĚƌŝĐŬƐ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ϭϵϬϬ ͘ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ͕͘ ĂŶǀŝůůĞ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ :Ğī ,ĞĂƌŽŶ͕ ϯϭϳͲϲϵϰͲϳϲϵϯ͕ ŚĐŚĐϰƵΛŐŵĂŝů͘ ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŚĐŚĐϰƵ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϭͲϯ Ͷ E , ͕ / Z ͕ EW ĂƌƌĞů Θ WŽůĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚLJ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ >ŝƐĂ͕ ϳϮϰͲ ϯϯϯͲϮϵϴϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ SEPT. 2 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Pleasure Point Show 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Katy Amstutz, 419-6517892, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com.

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Corral Calendar Continued from page 36 ^ Wd͘ Ϯ Ͷ KŚŝŽ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ YƵĂƌƚĞƌ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ZĂŶĐŚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ͗ϭϱ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ 'ƵĞƌŶƐĞLJ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϯϯϱ KůĚ EĂƟŽŶĂů ZĚ͕͘ >ŽƌĞ ŝƚLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ĞǀŝŶ ĂƌƌĞƩ͕ ϵϯϳͲϰϬϳͲϬϵϯϳ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŽŚĨƋŚĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ Ϯ Ͷ >ĂďŽƌ ĂLJ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ,ƵĞƐƚŽŶ tŽŽĚƐ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ĂŵƉŐƌŽƵŶĚ͕ &ŽƵƌ DŝůĞ sĂůůĞLJ ZŽĂĚ ;ZŝƐŝŶŐ ^ƵŶͿ͕ ŽůůĞŐĞ ŽƌŶĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŽŶŶ ƵĐŬŝŶŐŚĂŵ͕ ϵϯϳͲϰϭϳͲ ϰϯϱϴ͕ ĚŽŶŶďΛďƌŝŐŚƚ͘ŶĞƚ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƉƌĞďůĞŽŚĐ͘ĐŽŵ SEPT. 2 — 2017 Silver Cup Horse Show hosted by Central Morgan Boosters, LLC, 8 a.m., Medina County Fairgrounds, Medina, OH. FMI: centralohiomorganboosters@gmail.com. SEPT. 2 — 2017 Saturday Night Lights Open Contest Horse Show Series, Trumbull Co. Fairgrounds, Cortland, OH. FMI: 330-469-1174. SEPT. 2 — Bulls, Barrels & Badgers, 7 p.m., Crawford Co. Fair, 20939 Hamilton Rd., Meadville, PA. FMI: www.gosebra.com. SEPT. 2 — Grand Circuit Classic Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Franklin Co. Fairgrounds, Hilliard, K,͘ &D/͗ ĞĐŬLJ͕ ϲϭϰͲϳϯϯͲϬϮϮϳ͕ ĞůLJƐŝĂŶĮĞůĚƐϬϭΛ aol.com, Facebook: Standardbred Pleasure ,ŽƌƐĞ KƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ KŚŝŽ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϮͲϯ Ͷ EKY, &Ăůů džƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶnjĂ͕ ĚĞŶ WĂƌŬ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ŽŵƉůĞdž͕ ϮϲϬϳ ůĂLJŶĞLJ ZĚ͕͘ ^ƵŶďƵƌLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŶŽƋŚĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd ϮͲϯ Ͷ KƩĂǁĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŽŝŶƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ KƩĂǁĂ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ KĂŬ ,ĂƌďŽƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ƌŝĂŶŶĞ DĂƚŚĞǁƐ͕ ϰϭϵͲϳϬϳͲϬϯϵϴ ďƌŝĂŶŶĞŵĂƚŚĞǁƐΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŽĐŚĨ͘ŶĞƚ͘ SEPT. 2-3 — MMA Mounted Archer Clinic, >ŽĐĂƟŽŶ d ͕ ^ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ MMArchers.blogspot.com.

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SEPT. 2-3 — Shoreline All Breed Youth Show, 8 a.m., Mason County Fairgrounds, Ludington, MI. FMI: Roger Hansen, 231-843-2280, www. masoncountyfairgrounds.com. SEPT. 3 — Scioto Darby Thundering Hooves Open Horse Show, Crazy Woman Ranch, Lancaster, OH. FMI: Zoe, 614-464-7290. ^ Wd͘ ϯ Ͷ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ <ŝĚƐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϭϮ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S, Salem, OH. FMI: 234ϱϲϳͲϰϬϲϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ SEPT. 3-4 — Park Equine Hospital Kentucky Classique Horse Trials, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: Mary Fike, 859-621-2479. ^ Wd͘ ϰ Ͷ ŚĞLJĞŶŶĞ ^ƉŝĚĞů DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ^ĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ƐŚůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϮϬϰϮ ůĂƌĞŵŽŶƚ ǀĞ͕͘ ƐŚůĂŶĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŵŝůLJ ^ĐŽƩ͕ ϰϭϵͲϲϴϱͲϬϳϲϭ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϰ Ͷ ƵůůƐ Θ ĂƌƌĞůƐ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ tĂƐŚŝŶŐƚŽŶ Ž͘ &Ăŝƌ͕ ϵϮϮ &ƌŽŶƚ ^ƚ͕͘ DĂƌŝĞƩĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ZĂŶĚLJ DŽŽƌĞ͕ ϯϯϬͲϱϬϯͲϯϵϮϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŐŽƐĞďƌĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ SEPT. 4 — Northeast Indiana Open Show Circuit Open Horse Show, 8:30 a.m., Allen County Fairgrounds, 2726 Carroll Rd., Fort Wayne, IN. FMI: Lisa, 260-740-8313, www. allenco4hhorsenpony.com. SEPT. 8 — Friday Night Fun Series, 7:30 p.m., ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ^ĂůĞŵ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϮϯϰͲϱϲϳͲ ϰϬϲϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ ^ Wd͘ ϴͲϵ Ͷ ǀŽŶ >ĂŬĞ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ ;ϴƚŚͿ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŶĚ ϭϭƚŚ ŶŶƵĂů ,ĂLJ ĂLJ ;ϵƚŚͿ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ tĞŝƐƐ &ŝĞůĚ͕ ǀŽŶ >ĂŬĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ĂƚŚůĞĞŶ njnjĂƌĞůůŽ͕ ϰϰϬͲϱϯϲͲϬϭϰϱ͕ ŬĂƚŚůĞĞŶΛ ŐĞƚĚĞƉĞŶĚĂďůĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϴͲϵ Ͷ dĂĐŬ Θ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ĂůĞ͕ Dƚ͘ ,ŽƉĞ ƵĐƟŽŶ͕ 8076 SR 241, Millersburg, OH. FMI: Thurman, ϯϯϬͲϲϳϰͲϲϭϴϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘

^ Wd͘ ϴͲϭϬ Ͷ EĞǁ sŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŚĂƌŝƚLJ Thoroughbred Show, Kentucky Horse Park, >ĞdžŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ƐĂƌĂŚΛŚŽƌƐĞĂĚŽƉƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŚŽƌƐĞĂĚŽƉƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϴͲϭϬ Ͷ Z^dW ZĂŶĐŚ ^ŽƌƟŶŐ Θ WĞŶŶŝŶŐ Series, Crooked Creek Horse Park, 467 Crooked Creek Dam Rd., Ford City, PA. FMI: Julie, 412576-3886, sortandpen@gmail.com, www. crookedcreekhorsepark.com. ^ Wd͘ ϵ Ͷ K^ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ DĞĚŝŶĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DĞĚŝŶĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ :ŽLJĐĞ͕ ϰϭϵͲϰϯϯͲϱϬϰϵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŽƐĐĂŽŶůŝŶĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϵ Ͷ / W, ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ,ĂƌƞŽƌĚ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϰϬϮϴ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ZĚ͘ ;'ĂƚĞ Ϳ͕ ,ĂƌƞŽƌĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϰϬϱͲϯϱϲϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĨĂĐĞŬ͘ĐŽŵͬŐƌŽƵƉƐͬ/ W, ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϵ Ͷ KƉĞŶ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ tĂLJŶĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ ϭϵϵ sĂŶŽǀĞƌ ^ƚ͕͘ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ǁĂLJŶĞĐŽƵŶƚLJƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϵ Ͷ DĂĚŝƐŽŶ Ž͘ K, KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ DĂĚŝƐŽŶ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽƵŐŚůŝŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƌĞŶĂ͕ ϰϬϱ ůŵ ^ƚ͕͘ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ƵƐĂŶ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ͕ ϲϭϰͲϱϴϭͲϲϴϯϯ͘ SEPT. 9 — JHP Obstacle Challenge, 8:30 a.m., Jemily Horse Park, 6999 Oakhill Ave. NE, Alliance, OH. FMI: Helga, 330-829-3841, www. jemilyhorsepark.com. SEP. 9 — 2017 Saturday Night Lights Open Contest Horse Show Series, Trumbull Co. Fairgrounds, Cortland, OH. FMI: Ashley, 330469-1174. SEPT. 9 — Hunter Show Series, 8 a.m., Buckeye ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϵϮϲϬ ŬƌŽŶͲ ĂŶĮĞůĚ ZĚ͕͘ ĂŶĮĞůĚ͕ OH. FMI: Sally Kish, 330-549-2897. SEPT. 9 — IBRA/NPBA Series, 12 p.m., Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com. SEPT. 9 — Crazy Woman Ranch Gymkhana Finals 10 a.m., 6450 Lancaster Circleville Rd., Lancaster, OH. FMI: Kim, 614-496-7699, RollingMYouthRodeo@gmail.com SEPT. 9-10 — Open Horse Show, WB Ranch, Swanton, OH. FMI: Wendy, 419-594-2968, stephey@tds.net. SEPT. 9-10 — Rocky Fork Rodeo Co. Youth Rodeo Finals, North of Cambridge, OH. FMI: Tonya Venham, 740-350-0027. ^ Wd͘ ϭϬ Ͷ <ĞLJƐƚŽŶĞ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϱϲϵϱ ůĂLJ ŝƚLJ ƌŝǀĞ ^ ͕ hŚƌŝĐŚƐǀŝůůĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŬĞLJƐƚŽŶĞƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϭϬ Ͷ DŝĚͲKŚŝŽ DĂƌĂƵĚĞƌƐ D^ Ăƚ ůů ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌĂĚĞ͕ Ϯ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĞůĂǁĂƌĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĚŽŚŝŽŵĂƌĂƵĚĞƌƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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SEPT. 10 — Smoke Rise Ranch Fun Show, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-7672624, www.smokeriseranch.com. SEPT. 10 — Steubenville Saddle Club Horse Show, 9 a.m., 8747 State Route 152, Richmond, OH. FMI: Facebook @ Steubenville Saddle Club. ^ Wd͘ ϭϬ Ͷ ƵƐƚLJ ŽŽƚƐ ŽƵďůĞ :ƵĚŐĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƐŚƚĂďƵůĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϮϳ E͘ ůŵ ^ƚ͕͘ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ĚƵƐƚLJƚƐƌŝĚŝŶŐĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ SEPT. 10 — Mason County Saddle Club Horse Show, Mason County Fairgrounds, Ludington, MI. FMI: Brooks Johnson, 231-233-2729, daveandbrooksjohnson@gmail.com. ^ Wd͘ ϭϱͲϭϳ Ͷ dŽƵŐŚ ŶŽƵŐŚ dŽ tĞĂƌ WŝŶŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ZŽďĞƌƚƐ ƌĞŶĂ͕ ϰϬϵϱ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϳϯϬ͕ tŝůŵŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŚŝƉ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͕ ϳϰϬͲϱϳϮͲ ϳϳϴϱ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƚĞƚǁƉŚƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ SEPT. 15-17 — WPYRA Youth Rodeo, Crooked Creek Horse Park, 467 Crooked Creek Dam Rd., &ŽƌĚ ŝƚLJ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ >Žƌŝ ^ƚŽīĞů͕ ϰϭϮͲϵϳϳͲϬϱϳϴ͕ www.crookedcreekhorsepark.com. SEPT. 15-17 — Kevin Meyer Clinic, ReeLee ZĞƐƚĂƌƟŶŐ Θ dƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ͕ ϭϰϳϮ ^ƚĞĞůǀŝůůĞ ZĚ͕͘ Cochranville, PA. FMI: 215-450-2603. ^ Wd͘ ϭϲ Ͷ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϮ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ <ŶŽdž ŽƵŶƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϳϯϲϬ dŚĂLJĞƌ ZĚ͕͘ Dƚ͘ sĞƌŶŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŬŶŽdžĐŽƵŶƚLJŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϭϲ Ͷ ƵĐŬŝŶ͛ KŚŝŽ WƌŽ Ƶůů ZŝĚŝŶŐ͕ ϴϭϱϰ 'ĂƌŵĂŶ ZŽĂĚ͕ ƵƌďĂŶŬ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϯϯϬͲϲϮϰͲ ϳϮϬϱ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ďƵĐŬŝŶŽŚŝŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϭϲͶ ůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ZŝĚŐĞǁŽŽĚ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ DĞĚŝŶĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ĐĂĚƐƌŝĚĞƌΛŐŵĂŝů͘ ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐĂĚƐĚƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ͘ŽƌŐ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϭϲ Ͷ ƵƚůĞƌ ŽƵŶƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ ĂnjĞ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ůŬ ƌĞĞŬ DĞƚƌŽ WĂƌŬͲ^ĞďĂůĚ WĂƌŬ͕ ϱϱϴϬ ůŬ ƌĞĞŬ ZĚ͕͘ DŝĚĚůĞƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ŝŵŵ EŝĐŽůĂLJ͕ ϱϭϯͲϱϮϬͲϬϲϮϳ͕ ƉŽŶLJƚƌĂŝůƚĂŝůƐΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϭϲ Ͷ ZĞĂůŝƚLJ ƌĞĂŵƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: www. realitydreamshorseshows.com. SEPT. 16 — 2017 Summit County Open Show Series, 9 a.m., 229 East Howe Ave., Tallmadge, OH. FMI: Samantha, 330-958-0027, www. summitcountysaddlehorse.org. SEPT. 16 — 2017 Saturday Night Lights Open Contest Horse Show Series, Trumbull Co. Fairgrounds, Cortland, OH. FMI: Ashley, 330469-1174. SEPT. 16 — Rodeo Run Rebels 4H Fun Horse Show, 11641 Alspach Road, Canal Winchester, OH. FMI: Catherine, 614-634-1554.

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Corral Calendar SEPT. 16 — Running Horse Ranch 2017 Open Payback Show, 11 a.m., 163 Running Horse Lane, Franklin, PA. FMI: 814-437-5757 or visit them on Facebook. SEPT. 16-17 — 44th Colorado Ranger Horse ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ EĂƟŽŶĂů ^ŚŽǁ͕ ůŝŶƚŽŶ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ >ŽĐŬ ,ĂǀĞŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ coloradoranger.com. ^ Wd͘ ϭϳ Ͷ DĂĚŝƐŽŶ Ž͘ K, 'LJŵŬŚĂŶĂ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ DĂĚŝƐŽŶ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽƵŐŚůŝŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƌĞŶĂ͕ ϰϬϱ ůŵ ^ƚ͕͘ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ƵƐĂŶ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ͕ ϲϭϰͲϱϴϭͲϲϴϯϯ͘ SEPT. 17 — Buckeye Horse Park Hunter Pace, ϵϮϲϬ ŬƌŽŶͲ ĂŶĮĞůĚ ZĚ͕͘ ĂŶĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ Betsy Brown, 330-547-2524, Ebrown147@aol. com, www.minitrialseries.org/hunterpace. ^ Wd͘ ϭϳ Ͷ ƵƐƚLJ ŽŽƚƐ ZŝĚŝŶŐ ůƵď ŽƵďůĞ :ƵĚŐĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ŽƵƚŚ &Ăƌŵ͕ DŝĚĚůĞĮĞůĚ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ĚƵƐƚLJƚƐƌŝĚŝŶŐĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϭϳ Ͷ ĂŶĚ 'LJŵŬŚĂŶĂ͕ ϭϬ͗ϯϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ hƌďĂŶĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dĞĚ͕ ϵϯϳͲϲϯϭͲϬϴϲϰ͘ SEPT. 17 — Cochranton Community Horse Show, ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ &ŝŶĚ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞŬ͗ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ Horse Show. ^ Wd͘ ϮϮ Ͷ &ƌŝĚĂLJ EŝŐŚƚ &ƵŶ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϳ͗ϯϬ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϯϮϰϵ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϰϱ S, Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066, www. ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϮϮͲϮϯ Ͷ DĂŐŝĐĂů tŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ĂŶĐŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ŝŶŶĞƌ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ĞĂǀĞƌ ZƵŶ ƌĞŶĂ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĂŶĐĞ dŚĞĂƚƌĞ͕ ϯϰϲϬ Zƚ͘ ϰϭϬ͕ WƵŶdžƐƵƚĂǁŶĞLJ͕ PA. FMI: Pam, 814-246-8221. ^ Wd͘ ϮϮͲϮϰ Ͷ ĞƐƚ ŽĨ ŵĞƌŝĐĂ ďLJ ,ŽƌƐĞďĂĐŬ͕ ϮϮϯ dŽǁŶƐŚŝƉ ZŽĂĚ Ϯϰϱ ͕ WĞĚƌŽ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϱϰϬͲ 829-9555. SEPT. 22-24 — Michigan Apple Blossom Classic ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ D^h WĂǀŝůŝŽŶ͕ ĂƐƚ >ĂŶƐŝŶŐ͕ D/͘ FMI: Mark Russell, 517-655-4712, rtrainct@aol. com, www.russelltrainingcenter.com. ^ Wd͘ ϮϮͲϮϰ Ͷ dƌŝƉůĞ ,ĞĂƌƚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ ϯ ĂLJ &ŝŶĚŝŶŐ zŽƵƌ ĂůĂŶĐĞ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ϮϰϬϳϯ :ŝŵ dŽďŝŶ >ĂŶĞ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ LeSuer, 814-573-7163, aalesuer@yahoo.com, ǁǁǁ͘ƚƌŝƉůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ǁĞĞďůLJ͘ĐŽŵ͘ SEPT. 22-24 — Foothills Horse & Pony Assoc. 'ĂŵĞ Θ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚLJ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ,ŽƉĞ ĂŝůĞLJ͕ ϳϮϰͲϲϲϰͲϮϰϭϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ Ϯϯ Ͷ / W, KƉĞŶ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ,ĂƌƞŽƌĚ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϰϬϮϴ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ZĚ͘ ;'ĂƚĞ Ϳ͕ ,ĂƌƞŽƌĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲ ϰϬϱͲϯϱϲϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĨĂĐĞŬ͘ĐŽŵͬŐƌŽƵƉƐͬ/ W, ^ Wd͘ Ϯϯ Ͷ >ĂǁƌĞŶĐĞ Ž͘ K, ŶŶƵĂů ^ƚ͘ :ƵĚĞ ZŝĚĞ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ WĂĚĚůĞ ƌĞĞŬ ĂŵƉŐƌŽƵŶĚ͕ >ĂŬĞ sĞƌƐƵǀŝƵƐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ :ŝŵ ƌŽǁĞ͕ ϳϰϬͲϴϴϲͲϱϴϮϵ͘ ^ Wd͘ Ϯϯ Ͷ WƌĞƉĂƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ dƌĂŝů tŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ ǁŝƚŚ dŽŵ WŽŵƉĞŝ͕ , ĂŶĚ W ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ &Ăƌŵ͕ Centerville, OH. FMI: www.tompompei.com. ^ Wd͘ ϮϯͲϮϰ Ͷ WŝŶƚŽ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ KŚŝŽ &Ăůů tŝŶĚ hƉ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϴ͗ϯϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ &ƵůƚŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϴϱϭϰ ^Z ϭϬϴ͕ tĂƵƐĞŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŵLJ͕ ϰϭϵͲϳϬϲͲϲϭϯϱ͕ ůĞŝďŽůĚϭϬϰϯΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŽŚŝŽƉŝŶƚŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϮϯͲϮϰ Ͷ >ĂŬĞ ƌŝĞ DŽƵŶƚĞĚ sĂƋƵĞƌŽƐ͕ ĞƐƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ tĞƐƚ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ƐŚƚĂďƵůĂ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϬϳ WŽƉůĂƌ ^ƚ͕͘ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ůĂŬĞĞƌŝĞŵŽƵŶƚĞĚǀĂƋƵĞƌŽƐ͘ŶĞƚ͘ ^ Wd͘ Ϯϰ Ͷ ŶŐĞůƐ ,ĂǀĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ZĞƐĐƵĞ >ĞǁŝƐ ZŽĂĚ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ >ĞǁŝƐ ZŽĂĚ ZŝĚŝŶŐ ZŝŶŐ͕ ůĞǀĞůĂŶĚ DĞƚƌŽƉĂƌŬƐ͕ KůŵƐƚĞĚ &ĂůůƐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ,ĞŝĚŝ͕ ϰϰϬͲϳϴϭͲϱϬϲϬ͘ ^ Wd͘ Ϯϰ Ͷ ZŝĚĞ ǁŝƚŚ dŽŵ WŽŵƉĞŝͬdŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ͕ , ĂŶĚ W ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ &Ăƌŵ͕ ĞŶƚĞƌǀŝůůĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ www.tompompei.com. ^ Wd͘ Ϯϰ Ͷ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ KďƐƚĂĐůĞ ŽƵƌƐĞ͕ ϭϮͲϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϯϮϰϵ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϰϱ ^͕ ^ĂůĞŵ͕ OH. FMI: 234-567-4066.

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^ Wd͘ ϮϴͲK d͘ Ϯ Ͷ ϱͲ ĂLJ ,ŽĐŬŝŶŐ ,/ůůƐ ZŝĚĞ ŚŽƐƚĞĚ ďLJ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ Ž͘ K, ͕ ,ŽĐŬŝŶŐ ,ŝůůƐ ^ƚĂƚĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ŽŐĂŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ƉĐŽŚĐŶĞŽƚƌĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϮϵͲK d͘ ϭ Ͷ DŝĚͲKŚŝŽ DĂƌĂƵĚĞƌƐ D^ ^ŚŽŽƚ͕ ŽƵŐŚůŝŶ ƌĞŶĂ͕ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĚŽŚŝŽŵĂƌĂƵĚĞƌƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϮϵͲK d͘ ϭ Ͷ ^ĂƐƋƵĂƚĐŚ ,ƵŶƚ Θ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚLJ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŚƌŝƐƟŶĞ ůLJƐƚŽŶĞ͕ ϳϮϰͲϲϴϭͲϬϬϰϬ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϯϬ Ͷ ZĞĂůŝƚLJ ƌĞĂŵƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ƌĞĂůŝƚLJĚƌĞĂŵƐŚŽƌƐĞƐŚŽǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

^ Wd͘ ϯϬ Ͷ tĂLJŶĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď KƉĞŶ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ WŽŝŶƚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϰϮϬϬ KǀĞƌƚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ZĂĐŚĂĞů ĚĂŵƐŽŶ͕ ϰϭϵͲϲϬϲͲ ϵϳϭϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ǁĂLJŶĞĐŽƵŶƚLJƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϯϬ Ͷ dŽƌƚŽŝƐĞͬ,ĂƌĞ WĂĐĞ ǀĞŶƚ ;,ƵŶƚĞƌͬ WĂĐĞ ǀĞŶƚͿ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ <ŶŽdž ŽƵŶƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϳϯϲϬ dŚĂLJĞƌ ZĚ͕͘ Dƚ͘ sĞƌŶŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ŬŶŽdžĐŽƵŶƚLJŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϯϬ Ͷ >ŽƉŝŶ͛ ĨŽƌ >ƵƉƵƐ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ tWY, ^ŚŽǁ ŽŵƉůĞdž͕ ϯϳϮϮ ,ĂƌůĂŶƐďƵƌŐ ZĚ͘ ;ZŽƵƚĞ ϭϬϴͿ͕ EĞǁ ĂƌůŝƐůĞ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϯϯϬͲϮϲϭͲ 0989.

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SEPT. 30 — 4th Annual Survivor Run, Buckeye ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ĂŶĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŵƐŚƌƵƐŬĂΛ gmail.com. ^ Wd͘ ϯϬ Ͷ dƌŝƉůĞ ,ĞĂƌƚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ dƌĂŝů ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ϮϰϬϳϯ :ŝŵ dŽďŝŶ >ĂŶĞ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ >Ğ^ƵĞƌ͕ 814-573-7163, aalesuer@yahoo.com, www. ƚƌŝƉůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ǁĞĞďůLJ͘ĐŽŵ͘ ^ Wd͘ ϯϬͲK d͘ ϭ Ͷ >ĂĚŝĞƐ tĞĞŬĞŶĚ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ dĞƌƌLJ DLJĞƌƐ dƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ KƐƚƌĂŶĚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϳϰϬͲϲϲϲͲϭϭϲϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘dDdƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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Plans for Banquet Almost Complete PRESIDENT, Leanne; VICE PRESIDENT (PLEASURE), Jen W.; VICE PRESIDENT (CONTEST), Regina; EMAIL, massillonsaddleclub@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.massillonsaddleclub.org

Hello, everyone! Massillon Saddle Club hopes everyone is having a great show season filled with good rides. We have been fortunate to have had some fantastic show days this year. August is always a busy month with our area 4-H riders demonstrating their skills at the various county fairs, and with preparations for the new school year. Summer is not yet over, and there are still a few more MSC shows remaining for those pursuing year-end awards. MSC will have an All Youth Show in August, with awards presented at the show. MSC scholarship applications were due Aug. 1. And, if you have not yet completed your volunteer hours, there are still many opportunities available to complete them before

the show season comes to an end. In September, MSC will have at least one, and possibly two, make up rain date Pleasure Shows to replace shows cancelled earlier in the season. ‘Rain Dates’ tentatively scheduled for the cancelled Pleasure Shows are Saturday, Sept. 30 , and Sunday, Oct. 1. The showbill won’t change; it is the same pleasure showbill as the rest of 2017. Volunteer time can still be completed at any MSC show. Don’t miss out on the fantastic year-end awards due to a lack of a few volunteer hours. Last year, MSC awarded engraved belt buckles, personalized leather cavesons, embroidered tall canvas chairs, and a bucket of items for each of our leadline competitors. This year’s awards look as if they will be even better than last year. Contact any officer, or trustee, to determine where volunteer help is needed. As a reminder, volunteer hours begin to accumulate once your approved membership has been received. Please remember to sign in, and out, at the entry booth so that we can ensure that all of your hours

are tallied. The last day to work volunteer hours are the last point show of the year. Plans for the MSC 2017 Year-End Awards Banquet, and the election of the 2018 officers, are almost completed. This year’s banquet will be held at Nickajack Farms in North Lawrence on Thursday, Nov. 9. The banquet is open to everyone, both members and non-members. Come spend the evening with us for a night of great food, fantastic raffles, and recognition of our members’ show successes. The banquet is also the time to choose your 2018 officers and trustees. If you were a member in 2016, and are a member this year, please consider volunteering as a trustee or officer. If interested, please contact an officer, or trustee. If you are not able to commit for a full year of service due to prior obligations,

Corral Calendar Continued from page 39 SEPT. 30-OCT. 1 — Civilian Equine Sensory Training Clinic, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: annependeranderson@gmail.com. ^ Wd͘ ϯϬͲK d͘ ϭ Ͷ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ Θ EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ WŽŶLJ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ϮϬϭϳ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ & Trail Ride (Oct. 1), 9 a.m., Bob Evans Farms, ϳϵϭ &ĂƌŵǀŝĞǁ ZĚ͕͘ ZŝŽ 'ƌĂŶĚĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŚƌŝƐ͕ ϵϯϳͲϮϭϴͲϬϲϴϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐŽƋƉĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘

OCTOBER 2017 OCT. 1 — Keystone Saddle Club Show Series, 9 a.m., 5695 Clay City Drive SE, Uhrichsville, OH. FMI: www.keystonesaddleclub.com. OCT. 1 — 1st Annual FMAS Miniature Horse ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ >ŽƌĂŝŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ Wellington, OH. FMI: Tracey Dodsley-Waite, ϰϰϬͲϵϯϱͲϳϴϱϮ͘ K d͘ ϭ Ͷ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ 10 a.m., Cochranton Fairgrounds, Cochranton, PA. FMI: Find them on Facebook: Cochranton ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͘ K d͘ ϯͲϮϵ Ͷ ůů ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ YƵĂƌƚĞƌ ,ŽƌƐĞ Congress, Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH. FMI: ϳϰϬͲϵϰϯͲϮϯϰϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƋƵĂƌƚĞƌŚŽƌƐĞĐŽŶŐƌĞƐƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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please consider volunteering to help for a specific event. Watch the MSC Facebook pages for the most recent news, updates, and pictures of past events. And, as always, please let us know what you would like to see on a show day. MSC has a special Youth Fun Show this year, to be held Aug. 20. Please watch the MSC Facebook and website page for the showbill. Our very own Regina has hundreds upon hundreds of show pictures that are posted to the MSC Facebook page. Feel free to ‘share’ or ‘tag’ any that you like. 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, let us know. All suggestions are welcome, and no helping hand is turned away. Hope that you have a fantastic show day!

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K d͘ ϰͲϴ Ͷ ŽŽŬ &ŽƌĞƐƚ KĐƚŽďĞƌ &Ăůů &ŽůŝĂŐĞ ZŝĚĞ͕ ϭϲϲϭ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ůĂƌŝŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ patrailride.com. OCT. 6 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Contest Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-8444041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. OCT. 6-9 — COSCA Championship Show, Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, OH. FMI: www.coscaonline.com. OCT. 7 — JHP Obstacle Challenge, 8:30 a.m., Jemily Horse Park, 6999 Oakhill Ave. NE, Alliance, OH. FMI: Helga, 330-829-3841, www. jemilyhorsepark.com. K d͘ ϳ Ͷ KƩĂǁĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ &Ăůů &ƵnjnjLJ ^ŚŽǁ͕ KƩĂǁĂ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ KĂŬ ,ĂƌďŽƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ƌŝĂŶŶĞ͕ ϰϭϵͲϳϬϳͲϬϯϵϴ ďƌŝĂŶŶĞŵĂƚŚĞǁƐΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŽĐŚĨ͘ŶĞƚ͘ K d͘ ϳ Ͷ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ZĂŶĐŚ ϮϬϭϳ KƉĞŶ WĂLJďĂĐŬ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϭ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϭϲϯ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ >ĂŶĞ͕ &ƌĂŶŬůŝŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϭϰͲϰϯϳͲϱϳϱϳ͘ OCT. 7-8 —Indiana Mounted Regulators Shoot, Hoosier Horse Park Covered Arena, ĚŝŶďƵƌŐŚ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ DĂƌĐLJ >ƵƩĞůů͕ ϳϲϱͲϴϲϬͲ ϰϱϰϲ͕ ŵĂƌĐLJůƵƩƌĞůůΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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SUMMIT COUNTY: 3105 Brush Road, Richfield, Ohio KŶĞ ŽĨ Ă ŬŝŶĚ ŚŽƵƐĞ ŝŶ ďĞĂƵƟĨƵů ĂƌĞĂ͊ EĂƚƵƌĞ ůŽǀĞƌƐ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚ͊ ϯ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵƐ ϮͲϭͬϮ ďĂƚŚ͘ &ŝƌƐƚ ŇŽŽƌ ĂƌĞĂ ŚĂƐ ϳ Ō ĐĞŝůŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ŽƉĞŶ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ͘ ,ƵŐĞ ŬŝƚĐŚĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ϯ ĐŽŽŬŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂƐ ;Ϯ ĞdžƚƌĂ ĚĞĞƉ ƐŝŶŬƐ͕ Ă ŐĂƐ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƚŽƉ ƐƚŽǀĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŶ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ ƌĂŶŐĞͿ <ƌĂŌŵĂŝĚ ĐŚĞƌƌLJ ĐĂďŝŶĞƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐŽŌ ĐůŽƐĞ ĚƌĂǁĞƌƐ͕ ŐƌĂŶŝƚĞ ĂŶĚ ĐŽƌŝĂŶ ĐŽƵŶƚĞƌƐ͕ ŝƚĂůŝĂŶ ŵĂƌďůĞ ďĂĐŬƐƉůĂƐŚ͕ ƉŽƌĐĞůĂŝŶ ŇŽŽƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŐƌĞLJ ƐĂŶĚƐƚŽŶĞ ůŽŽŬ͘ 'ůĂƐƐ ĚŽŽƌƐ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ ĨƌŽŶƚ ĚĞĐŬ͕ ĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶĞƌƐ ƉĂƌĂĚŝƐĞ͊ >ŝǀŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵ ǁŝƚŚ ŐĂƐ ĮƌĞƉůĂĐĞ ŚĂƐ ǁĂůů ŽĨ ŐůĂƐƐ ĚŽŽƌƐ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĂĐŬ ĚĞĐŬ ĂŶĚ ǁŽŽĚĞĚ ƉƌŝǀĂƚĞ ďĂĐŬ LJĂƌĚ͘ &ůŽŽƌŝŶŐ ŝŶ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ƌŽŽŵ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂ ŝƐ ϯͬϰΗ ďƌĂnjŝůŝĂŶ ĐŚĞƌƌLJ͘ ŚĞƌƌLJ ĚŽŽƌƐ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŚŽŐĂŶLJ ďŝͲĨŽůĚ ĚŽŽƌ͘ KǀĞƌƐŝnjĞ ϴ ĐĂƌ ŐĂƌĂŐĞ ;ϰϴdžϯϮͿ ŚĂƐ ƌŽŽŵ ĨŽƌ Ă ďŽĂƚ Žƌ ƚƌĂŝůĞƌ͕ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŐĂƐ ŚŽŽŬƵƉ͘ ϯϬdžϯϬ ŚŽƌƐĞ ďĂƌŶ ǁŝƚŚ ϮϱϬ ďĂůĞ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ͕ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌ͘ ϳ ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ŐƌĂƐƐ ƉĂƐƚƵƌĞƐ͘ EĞǁ ƐĞƉƟĐ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ ϳͬϮϬϭϲ ǁŝƚŚ ǁĂƌƌĂŶƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƚ͘ ,td ϮϬϭϯ͘ EĞǁĞƌ ϲϬ Ō ĚĞĞƉ ǁĞůů͕ ϮϮн 'WD͘ KŶĞ zĞĂƌ ŵĞƌŝĐĂΖƐ WƌĞĨĞƌƌĞĚ ,ŽŵĞ tĂƌƌĂŶƚLJ ĨŽƌ ŶĞǁ ďƵLJĞƌƐ͘ ĂƐĞŵĞŶƚ ǁĂƚĞƌƉƌŽŽĨĞĚ ĂŶĚ ŶĞǁ ŐůĂƐƐ ďůŽĐŬ ǁŝŶĚŽǁƐ ϲͬϱͬϮϬϭϳ͘ ĂĐŬLJĂƌĚ ŝƐ ĂŶ ŽĸĐŝĂů ǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ ŚĂďŝƚĂƚ ĐĞƌƟĮĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů tŝůĚůŝĨĞ &ĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ^ƵƌƌŽƵŶĚĞĚ ďLJ &ƵƌŶĂĐĞ ZƵŶ DĞƚƌŽ ƉĂƌŬ ĂƌĞĂ͕ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƌĞĂƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ŝƐ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ƌĞĨƵŐĞ ;ŶŽ ƉƵďůŝĐ ĂĐĐĞƐƐ ĂůůŽǁĞĚͿ͕ LJŽƵƌ ƉƌŝǀĂĐLJ ǁŝůů ŶĞǀĞƌ ĐŚĂŶŐĞ͊ :ƵƐƚ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ ƚŽ ƵLJĂŚŽŐĂ sĂůůĞLJ EĂƟŽŶĂů WĂƌŬ͕ ŽƐƚŽŶ DŝůůƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĂŶĚLJǁŝŶĞ ^Ŭŝ ƌĞƐŽƌƚƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŵĂŶLJ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĂƩƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ͘ E t 'hdd Z^ ďĞŝŶŐ ŝŶƐƚĂůůĞĚ :ƵůLJ ϮϬϭϳ͘

24.96 ACRE FARM IN MEDINA COUNTY 7599 Pawnee Road, Lodi, Ohio sŝŶƚĂŐĞ ĨĂƌŵŚŽƵƐĞ ďƵŝůƚ ŝŶ ϭϴϴϬ͘ ϯ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵƐ͘ Ϯ ĮƌĞƉůĂĐĞƐ͘ ŝƚLJ ǁĂƚĞƌ͘ dŝůůĂďůĞ ůĂŶĚ ŝƐ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ŝŶ ĐƌŽƉƐ͘ ůů ŵŝŶĞƌĂů ƌŝŐŚƚƐ ǁŝůů ƚƌĂŶƐĨĞƌ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞǁ ŽǁŶĞƌ͘ dĂdžĞƐ ďĂƐĞĚ ŽŶ hs ĂŶĚ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ,ŽŵĞƐƚĞĂĚ ƌĞĚƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ϭϵϲ͘ϭϭ ƉĞƌ ŚĂůĨ͘ ^ĞůůĞƌ ƉĂLJŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ă ŽŶĞ LJĞĂƌ home warranty for new owner.

38 ACRES: 8544 River Styx Road, Wadsworth, Ohio Opportunity to purchase horse farm/boarding facility, Trails End Farm. 30 stall barn with ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ĂƌĞŶĂ͕ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĂŶŬ ďĂƌŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞĂƚĞĚ ůŽƵŶŐĞ͕ ŽĸĐĞ͕ ƚĂĐŬ ƌŽŽŵ͕ ǁĂƐŚ ƌĂĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ hot and cold running water, heated foaling stall, plus one bedroom apartment with enclosed ƉŽƌĐŚ͊ &ƌĞĞ ŚĞĂƚ ƚŽ ďĂƌŶ ĨƌŽŵ ŐĂƐ ǁĞůů͊ Ϯ ŚĂLJ ĮĞůĚƐ͕ ƌŝĚŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝůƐ ŝŶ ǁŽŽĚƐ͕ Ϯ ůĂƌŐĞ ƉĂƐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ϯ ŽƉĞŶ ƉĂƐƚƵƌĞƐ ;ŽŶĞ ŚĂƐ ƌƵŶ ŝŶ ƐŚĞĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ŽƚŚĞƌ Ϯ ŽƉĞŶ ƚŽ ƐƚĂůůƐ ŝŶ ďĂƌŶ͕ ƐŽ ŚŽƌƐĞƐ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ŐŽ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ƉůĞĂƐĞ͘ Ϯ ĐŽǀĞƌĞĚ ƉĂĚĚŽĐŬƐ ĐŽŶŶĞĐƚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĂƌŶ Ͳ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ϲϬdžϭϬϰ͕ ŽŶĞ ŝƐ ϯϬdžϭϱϬ͘ dŚĞ ůĂƌŐĞ ďĂŶŬ ďĂƌŶ ŚŽůĚƐ ϱϬϬϬ ďĂůĞƐ ŽĨ ŚĂLJ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ Ϯ ƐƚŽƌĂŐĞ ƌŽŽŵƐ͘ ^ĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ ŐĂƌĂŐĞ͘ EĞǁ ƌŽŽĨ Θ ƐŝĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ďĂŶŬ ďĂƌŶ͘ EĞǁĞƌ ŵĞƚĂů ƌŽŽĨ ŽŶ ŚŽƵƐĞ͘ ůƐŽ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞƐ Ă ϯ ďĞĚƌŽŽŵ ĨĂƌŵŚŽƵƐĞ͘ EĞǁĞƌ ĨƵƌŶĂĐĞƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŽƚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƚĂŶŬƐ͘ EĞǁ ǁĞůů ĚƌŝůůĞĚ ĨŽƌ ďĂƌŶ ϮϬϭϰ͘ ůů ĂƉƉůŝĂŶĐĞƐ ƐƚĂLJ͕ ϯ ƐƚŽǀĞƐ ĂŶĚ ϯ ƌĞĨƌŝŐĞƌĂƚŽƌƐ͘ tĂƐŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĚƌLJĞƌ ŝŶ ďĂƌŶ͘ ,Žƚ ƚƵď ŝŶ ĞŶĐůŽƐĞĚ ƉŽƌĐŚ Ăƚ ĨĂƌŵŚŽƵƐĞ ǁŽƌŬƐ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ďĞŝŶŐ ƵƐĞĚ͘ &ƌĞĞ ŐĂƐ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ ƚŽ ŽŶĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚLJ ; ƵƌƌĞŶƚůLJ ďĂŶŬ ďĂƌŶ ĂŶĚ ĂƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚͿ͘

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View From the Cheap Seats

Laugh Out Loud, They Think You’re Crazy Any Way by Sarah Vas I’m getting ready for a big horse show in September. Getting Ready… what an embarrassingly vague way to summarize preparing for a horse show. What exactly is Ready Enough? Does Getting Ready start when I declare my aim at a particular competition? Am I Getting TOO Ready if I laminate the packing list, obsessively recheck entry blank math, or chart my horse’s vitals every time he makes a weird noise or takes an awkward step? Am I only truly Getting Ready if I’m sacrificing huge chunks of my social calendar or sleep schedule for horse shows? Am I Finally Ready when I’ve mastered holding back a nervous puke before my class? Getting Ready can send our lives and our minds into compete imbalance, causing us to question if we Are Ready. Nobody needs to map out the lopsided comparison of horse show prep time to moments in the center ring spot light. Certainly, we all know the joy of justifying our horse show budget to a regular person. Getting Ready for competition can

mean thousands of hours of sweaty, struggling practice for a chance to grab at a satin ribbon. It’s knowingly spending countless dollars healing a career-ending injury that could devalue everything but the love left for your potential pasture ornament. It’s hundreds of miles wrapped around worn truck tires, fast food bags, and tears wept in the tack stall. It’s never a guarantee that the destination you envisioned in your head will even be there when you arrive at the end of the trip. Meanwhile, members of your ‘real life’ wait their turn in the wings while show season drags you deeper and deeper. That’s when you know Getting Ready has taken over. We really must crave that moment of jubilation to endure all this Getting Ready stress. Not everyone is a hardened athlete with unshakable mental focus (or sponsor money, screaming fans, or zillion dollar horseflesh. If they are, they’re not reading my column for moral support!). I get gastronomical visits from the butterflies just perusing preseason showbills! But I’m trying some

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Aim towards educating yourself to be the very best equestrian your horse deserves. Whether it’s the show ring or no ring, we wish our Cheap Seats readers good luck and good rides as we near the end of summer and the beginning of championship season. Sarah Vas 330-242-3440 Owner/Trainer/Instructor

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tŝŶĮĞůĚ &Ăƌŵ Θ &ŽƌŐĞ ϯϰϯϰϮ >Ăǁ ZŽĂĚ 'ƌĂŌŽŶ͕ KŚŝŽ ŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ with the Arabian Sport Horse for the Intellectual Equestrian

tactics that might help my Cheap Seat cheering section, too. See if any of these work for you when pre-entry dates are looming and you aren’t sure if you should pack the trailer, let alone dare believe you should even entertain this crazy desire of yours. 1. Count Down. Create a list of horse show and pre-entry dates. Organize this information into a concrete format, not just in your noodle. Legal pad list, phone calendar, spreadsheet, whatever. Pre-entry represents decision day. Are you pulling the trigger and committing? Then count backwards how many days, and how many actual practice sessions you can realistically complete within a relatively balanced lifestyle before any Big Game. Marinate on that number for a bit. It’s called accountability. If you’re aware of measurable amounts of time available, you’re more likely to make better use of your barn time while not forgetting you have a nonhorse life back at home, too. 2. Record and Review. Social media has society drowning in Input while our individual Output is starving for attention. Recording your output isn’t just video capture of rides and lessons. It’s about recording your mental state. Capture that Output when it’s still fresh from a good ride, a bad lesson, or the moment of peace felt from grooming your horse. Journaling reinforces discipline but doesn’t have to be a daily Dear Diary thing. If writing isn’t in your wheelhouse, try video recording your thoughts. No Vlogging or Blogging or whatever other social funnel you think your videos need to live in, though. These are just for you; Present You talking to Future You. We have surprisingly poor memories and even worse perspective. Review these little chunks of history often. Let the good ones bring you up when you’re down and the bad ones make you chuckle when you realize how much progress you and your horse have made. 3. Talk to Your Horse. Write a letter to your horse. Record your thoughts on video. Yes, I’m serious. Get into your own head. Really examine your role, your horse’s individuality, and why you’re together. Then, get it out of your mind and in front of your eyes. No one else ever has to see it, read it, or question your sanity. Truly, it’s more for you. Your horse can’t read. But you go back and read that letter, watch that video. Life is about intentions, not goals. Goals are just achievements we eternally chase then tick off a list. Intentions define HOW

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Sarah Vas we live. So, tell your horse what your intentions are today and what you believe you’re both capable of being. 4. Laugh. It’s the best medicine, so they say. Laugh out loud. Laugh when you normally wouldn’t. Laugh when you know you should. Laugh at your horse. Laugh with your horse, on your horse. Laugh with your horse friends, too. A lot. Game time breeds tunnel vision intensity but laughter keeps the balance by softening you in the moment. Laughter is a good kind of contagious so go ahead. Partake. 5. Know Your Own Truth. Believe It, Too. Cheap Seat folks are horse people because it’s part of our identity. No judge’s cards, class placings, frustrating rides, torn pants, blown tires, or soul-crushing pauses along our life will invalidate that truth. So, don’t go looking to any external approvals to believe your own truth. Even with all the pain, heartache, and poverty, this industry is still where I belong. I like the good stuff too much. When in doubt, go back to where you first realized that truth and you’ll find your way. If you’re not paying attention, Getting Ready can steal today from you and force your focus only onto tomorrow. Time passes, regardless. Goals give us direction but intentions exist in the here and now so happy horse showing, friends. And yeah, that’s me over there laughing out loud. 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. August 2017

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Cowboy vs Cowgirls Challenge, Benefit Poker Ride, Hitch Driving PRESIDENT, Linda House; VICE PRESIDENT, Ken Niner; TREASURER, Pam Niner; SECRETARY, Courtney Letts. PHONE, 740/973-3059 WEBSITE, www.knoxcountyhorsepark.com

The rain has arrived here at the Knox County Horse Park. Some are happy and others not so much. I know that the crops are happy to have a drink of water. I am pleased to announce that we had our Arena Obstacle Course Challenge on July 9. I am told that we had 18 participants and that the course was fun and challenging. With that being said the winners of the challenge are 1st place Lexi Snyder, 2nd place Liz Shiplet, and 3rd place Sigrid Batten. Congratulations to all the winners and participants. I hear that the full moon might have had an effect on all the horses for the challenge. I am told that all the horse were acting up a little giving their riders an extra

challenge for the course. Our next show will be held on Aug. 5 and is the Cowboys vs Cowgirls Challenge. The show will start at noon. There is a rain date of Aug. 12. The park will open at 8 a.m. and the concession stand will open at 11 a.m. The entry fee is $10 per riders. For more information or questions please contact Gerald (Doc) at 419/768-2128. We will be having a Benefit Poker

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Mark Your Calendars 2018 Dates Announced PRESIDENT, Carmen KellenbargerPorter; VICE PRESIDENT, Ben Grandstaff; SECRETARY, Brianne Mathews; TREASURER, Meg Powell PHONE, 740/403-4551 WEBSITE, www.ohiobuckskins.org

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OSBA OPEN HI POINT: Maleah Nigg / Sheza Royal Fleet and Reserve Connie R Lechleitner / Im Good At This. OSBA MINI HI POINT: Frann Beckel / Little Kings Duke Dreamer and Reserve Robert Beckel / Bet On A Vegas Blue Moon. OSBA YOUTH HI POINT: Kenzie Goddard / Mos Hot Jessa Belle and Reserve Kendra Courtock / Whodunit At the Bar. OSBA AMATEUR HI POINT: Emily Powell / Rawhides Reno and Reserve Patricia McKinley / Handy Little Bug. OSBA SELECT HI POINT: Patricia McKinley /

Handy Little Bug and Reserve Amy Brockman / Rockin The Potential OPEN HI POINT: Taylor Nelson / Little Lopin Louie and Reserve Allison Flanagan / Iotta Be Invited. OPEN HI POINT 8 & UNDER: Isabella Campanelli / MSP Odyssey By Starlyte and Reserve Ellie Clark / My Style Is Radiant. OPEN HI POINT 13 & UNDER: Taylor Nelson / Little Lopin Louie and Reserve Abigail Eagle / Senor Cierra Garcia. OPEN HI POINT 14-18: Allison Flanagan / Iotta Be Invited and Reserve Evan Thiergartner / A Lotta Rodder. OPEN HI POINT 19 & OVER: Lynn Caudell / Thum Hammer and Reserve Maggie Howell / Better Hot than Not.

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Greetings From Your President Dear OHC friends, I would like to take this opportunity to share some exciting news regarding activities that some of our members have/will be involved with this month. As everyone knows, partnerships with our land managers are critical to the ongoing preservation of our bridle trails. Sometimes, that partnership involves something other than trail maintenance and in this case, with Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the call was answered by Perry County OHC members. On Aug. 26 and 27, Salt Fork State Lodge will be the site for a popular annual event hosted by the ODNR, called Ohio Women’s Outdoor

Adventures where women interested in learning skills associated with sports activities such as kayaking, archery, or boating, to name a few, can participate in a weekend of fun and education. This year, ODNR added ‘camping with your horse’ and asked OHC to participate by providing the setting and expertise to show participants the requirements needed to camp with your horse as well as how to take care of your equine friend while camping and riding. Perry County OHC members, Roxanne Drake and Terry Neuman will have lead roles representing our organization at this event. Their enthusiastic participation and the Salt Fork Horsemen’s Campground, where Perry County is hosting a

chapter ride on the same weekend as the ODNR event, is the perfect environment to showcase the camaraderie and horse camping experience. Thank you, Roxanne and Terry, for stepping up to support your OHC and ODNR in this great partnership! In addition, other OHC members have stepped up too, for other reasons. For example, Cuyahoga County member, Kathy King, along with her husband, Al, recently answered a late-night call for help to the Ohio Turnpike near North Royalton, Ohio, where a couple traveling from Nebraska to Connecticut had broken an axle. Al and Kathy did not hesitate to jump to action to help these fellow horse

owners with their three horses and trailer. Kathy and Al’s willingness to help and generosity truly represent the OHC slogan, “Horsemen Helping Horsemen.” Related to “Horsemen Helping Horsemen” and the partnerships we must continue to foster, we hope to soon share details behind a relationship our organization is developing with Cashmans to provide win-win opportunities for our membership and Cashmans. Stay tuned for more information concerning this collaboration as we move through the summer months. Until next month, have a safe and enjoyable August, ~Arden Sims President OHC

A bit soggy for our girls wanna have fun weekend.

Riding out for Bridge of Dreams Ride.

Our June camp group with equine first aid certificates.

of horses to care for and six to eight teenage wranglers to keep up with? But if you ask any of these kids who have been here I am sure they will tell you what a great time they had at any of these camps. These ladies teach these young people how to care for a horse from feeding, grooming and saddling and making sure your animal is ready to take a 25 mile trail ride or a two hour loop ride. The June group for OHC were allowed to go out and camp out on the trail overnight. Now that had to be an experience of a lifetime for some of them! If you want to see the biggest smile on your child’s face just sign them up for a weekend at this camp, the OHC weekend is only $75 per child. This includes all

of their food, their horse, and three meals a day and a dry place to sleep along with being taught or instructed how to be one with your horse, now that is priceless! ~Becky

August 11-13 will be our regular camp, this is geared to the beginner through the intermediate rider with the ages of 8 to 17. This camp is going to give the rider more confidence around their horse and help hone their equine skills. Again, we have programs in place based on experience with this camp. We have teamed up with Equine First Aid Ohio who will be coming in on the Saturday of the August camp. Campers will receive a certificate of Equine First Aid upon completion of this class. The cost for the August ride/camp is still a low $75 per camper. Now if any of you have checked on other camps like this you know what a bargain this is. All meals, drinks,

OHC-YP (OHC Youth Program) This Corral Liaison had the privilege of attending the ‘Girls just want to have Fun’ weekend on July 7, 8 and 9. I wasn’t too sure when I first arrived, it was pouring down rain and even with my four-wheel drive, had a hard time getting up to the tents. Of course I was soaked trying to get the gate shut, because the horses at this camp have free range of the campground and there is fence all around it so they don’t get on the road. About 5 or 6 p.m. the rain stopped and boy am I glad I took my muck boots. It was a muddy, sloppy mess but the girls all got to do their greet and meet of their horses and the camp counselors, Kari and Lisa along with their wranglers. What an awesome crew these ladies have. These youngsters were so polite and respectful and oh so helpful with the younger girls as well as the parents. This camp is a diamond in the rough. It is primitive, no electric, only porta-johns and camp shower bags for showers that you need to fill from the water tanks and set in the sun to warm up. The kitchen is very rustic and everything is cooked on propane stoves or a grill. Kari and Lisa had 40 kids in last week’s camp. Can you imagine 40 kids plus 37 head 46

June was a great camp, we had our older kids attending and they also became certified for Equine First Aid. This was quite an accomplishment, we had 18 young folks who took the certification class and all passed. See the attached photo and look at all those smiling faces. A great weekend was had by all and our hosts Kari and Lisa did an excellent job making sure they all had a good time and learned some things too.

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activities and horses are included in the cost per camper. Of course you can bring your own horse, but believe me they have a horse suited for anyone. At this time you can find the camp applications on the ohconline.com website under the Filing Cabinet tab, then the Youth Tab. Our Youth Programs are designed to give our younger members an

opportunity to enjoy their love for horses but in a group camp atmosphere. Now this is where I am going to ask you adult OHC members out there, doesn’t this sound like something you would have enjoyed as a youngster? I know it was different for us because a lot of us had our families involved with horses and camping and the like but wouldn’t it have been great to be able to go somewhere where you could have ridden horses all day and then even get to take a moonlight ride? I

know I would have loved it! So think about this, if all of our chapters could find it in their hearts to contribute $20 or $30 a year or twice a year to our OHC-YP project just imagine what Jackie and her committee could do for our youth. We need more young people to get involved with the OHC along with their youngsters so that our loving interest in horses and the love we have for our trails does not die when we do. None of us are getting any younger and we need for these young

people to see that being involved with the OHC is a good way to go. Would you at least think and talk about it amongst yourselves? Remember how you felt when you rode your horse all summer long, wouldn’t you want that for your grandchildren and children or even great grandchildren? That is all I have for now, will bring you more next month. Till next time have fun riding and hope your trails are happy ones. ~Jackie

County Lines ATHENS The Athens County Chapter of OHC had two trail rides in June and another one in early July. The first was at Stone Church in the Wayne National Forest on June 10. The second was at Zaleski State Forest on June 16, 17 and 18. Another ride was held July 2 at Stroud’s Run State Park. Five riders, including myself, Neal and Suzanne Dicken, Robbie Shields and Ernie Antle rode from the horse camp at Zaleski to Uncle Buck’s Dance Barn on June 17. It took us three hours to get there but it was worth it. We had a great lunch of brisket sandwiches, beans, chips and some cold beverages. Our horses also got cold drinks and rest while we indulged ourselves. Thanks to Jesse and the rest of the staff for taking care of us. We rode back over the Neil Shaw Bridge and Moonville Tunnel. It only took two and a half hours. Another group of riders which included Pete and Linda Clark and Jenny Lance rode at Zaleski on Sunday as did Neal, Suzanne and Ernie. Several members participated in the Stroud’s Run Pie Ride on July 2. After the ride, a variety of pies (cherry, apple crisp, banana cheesecake, and dill) were sampled. Several members rode in the July 4 parade in Athens. Riders included Jill and Chris Schermacher, Cassie Walls, Jenny and Chris Lance, Angie Pyle and me. Bonnie Lackey and Robbie Shields carried our new OHC banner. We got to ride across the campus of Ohio University to get to the start of the parade. After the parade, we rode through the Sonic Drive Thru to get ice cream and cold drinks. There were other horses and riders in the parade from Bella Run Equine Rescue with riders dressed in costumes like Spider Man and Wonder Woman. There also were riders from Last Chance Corral. Some riders threw candy. A good time was had by all. We have a ride scheduled for Lake August 2017

July 4th parade. Snowden on Aug. 19. This is the ‘Taco Ride.’ We also have a ride planned for Great Seal in Chillicothe on Aug. 26. Our next meeting is Sept. 6 at the Pleasant Hill Winery. ~Stacia CARROLL Here we are preparing for riding over the Fourth of July. By the time we are reading the Corral it will be August and the kids will be finishing up their 4-H projects and buying new school clothes. We will be cutting second cutting hay and wondering where in the world the summer went. August brings many OHC chapters together at the Annual Gibby Ride Aug. 1-6. Some members come early in the week and spend several days maintaining the beautiful Bark Camp trails. Others arrive for trail riding and potluck though Aug. 6. Everyone renews old friendships and has a great time working, riding,

eating and making new friends. I encourage anyone who is able bodied to come help out with the trail maintenance beginning Aug. 1. Younger people are needed to replace the folks who have been doing this for years and are no longer physically able to continue. Many of our Carroll County OHC members will be riding with their dual membership club, Buckeye Trail Riders, at Pleasant Hill Lake Aug. 11-13. Other rides in the NE Region in August include Summit County’s Mexican Fiesta ride held Aug. 11-13 at Mohican this year. Medina County has their Annual State Ride Aug. 17-20 and if you didn’t make reservations, it is too late to attend this year. Lorain County OHC will hold their Annual NE Regional ride Sept. 8-10 up in Lorain County and Carroll County OHC will go to AEP Fallen Park Sept. 8-10. CCOHC members should make mark their calendars for Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1 for a special Beaver Creek History Tour ride that will be hosted by our member Carolyn Esenwein. Carolyn will present a fun ride full of Beaver Creek history and our members will not want to miss that ride. This is just a sampling of all the rides going on all over the state from now until the snow flies. Nobody can complain there is no place to ride in Ohio. Even with rain about once every three days, a lot of very nice-looking hay was made here in Carroll County. The horses and cattle should be well fed and happy with their ration this winter. It is great to have the haymaking worry put to rest for another year. ~Ronda Urbank CLARK Greetings from Clark County. As I type this on the eve of July 4 I hear the sound of fireworks in the distance.

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Our entertainment from our June event.

All of the trailers from our June event.

Merchandise we have available for sale. Hopefully as you read the August issue of Horsemen’s Corral the weather is pleasant and not too hot. We had no meeting in June due to our camping weekend. Our July meeting is a week away, so I have no updates to report. We have more pictures from our weekend event held June 3 and 4. One shows the Clark County OHC apparel we have for sale. If you are interested in shirts, hats or visors please contact Shelly as we have a variety of sizes available. Another picture taken from the camping area is of the trailers lining the driveway. We had a great group of riders who attended. I would like to point out Amos on the left side of the picture. What a cute mule! The third picture was our Saturday musical entertainment. Thanks again for adding to a fun evening. 47

County Lines Our August meeting will be Thursday, Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Horseman’s Area. The August group ride is at 10 a.m. on Saturday the 19 at Sugar Creek. Lunch is planned. For more details go to ClarkCountyOHC.com. Another weekend camp at Buck Creek takes place Sept. 9 and 10. This should eliminate the monthly meeting. Refer to our website for more information about events that weekend. We look forward to many riders participating. The Pink Ride at Sycamore is scheduled for Sept. 24 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. In the next issue I’ll share details of our July meeting. Also in July we will be volunteering in the Pork Chop booth at the Clark County Fair. I personally enjoy the time spent filling food orders knowing I get to take one of the delicious chops home at the end of my shift. Until next month, Happy Trails. ~MaryEllen

with it. The first place winner was, Christina Chrioting Lehare (sorry if I butchered that Christina) with a winning hand that earned her $157. Second place went to Kathy Duncan with $110 purse and third place went to Nancy Conrad with $47. Our 50/50 winner was Karen Heckman with a pot of $181. Our clubs next upcoming event will be the hog roast and ride on Sept. 16. Please bring a covered dish if you are not a member and two covered dishes if you are a member. An auction will follow the meal and anyone is welcome to donate items for the auction that they no longer want or use. The meal will be served at 5 p.m. and the cost is a donation. Unlike our poker ride which is 100 percent payback, the hog roast is our clubs fundraiser so come out, have fun and spend some money! Hope to see you in September. ~Gigi

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Our chapter is in the midst of a most exciting year of riding. Google: Emerald Necklace End to End Year Long Bridle Trail Ride to see riders and their horses as they ride all seven of the Cleveland Metroparks Reservations or dedicate themselves to cover 100 miles in just some of the reservations for honorable mention. Register for $35 to be eligible for Emerald Necklace End-To-End Ride – Award if you ride all seven Reservations. Honorable Mention Awards for riders who ride 100 miles or more in any one or more of the Reservations. Trail Horse Award will be awarded for the horse completing the End to End and most miles. Registration fee of $35 includes valuable information: Saddle ID tag, maps, a trail mile-reporting log, awards and prizes. Event presented by Ohio Horseman’s Council… Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Summit, Medina and Lorain County Chapters The ride will benefit bridle trails. All riders are welcome. You may stay the night with your horse and trailer. Registered riders may choose to stay the night in several trailheads. Special permit and rider registration number required. Or board for $35 at Rocky River Stable, 216/2672525 and stay at a hotel. State OHC and End to End ride weekend event Oct. 6-8 at the Polo Field. Everyone registered is invited to an awards dinner January 2018. Details to be announced. Registration: Fill out registration form and sign the release, include $35 (each) with checks payable

Hello August. I hope everyone has been enjoying this summer and all the fun events that have been going on. I’m happy to report another successful poker ride for our club back in early June. We dealt 65 hands and had a great turn out and awesome weather to go

Winning poker hands.

Three ladies having fun.

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to COHC and mail to C. Rutti, 9630 Tilby Road, North Royalton, Ohio 44133. Email any questions, centennialride2017@gmail.com. Information and registration is also available at www. cuyahogacountyohc.com. Over 230 riders are at it already. Bring your camera for spectacular scenery and memorable experiences. ~Margaret Wolfe

Winterhawk East start of project.

DELAWARE Hello from Delaware Chapter! With summertime riding now in full swing, I say, if you haven’t yet gotten around to visiting our bridle trails at Alum Creek State Park, you are missing out on a really enjoyable experience. Indeed, the dedicated volunteers who constitute our trail maintenance crew continue to work diligently to ensure that our trails are as safe and pleasurable as they can be. Several areas along our bridle trails have received needed attention. For example, a particularly muddy area along Winterhawk East saw 12-13 members working a total of seven hours to improve this area as the photos accompanying this article will illustrate. Other areas have seen improvements this summer as well, including, a repair to Kim’s Crossing on Winterhawk West and progress made to re-establish the Buckeye Loop on Hunter’s Hollow, just to name a few. In addition, our partnership with our local Boy Scout troops, particularly, several Eagle Scout candidates, continues to reap benefits for both the scout and our bridle trail system. President Dan Chambers along with members Larry and Peggy Murdock recently attended an Eagle Scout Honor Court for Scout Wyatt Cline, Troop 843. President Dan spoke on the importance of the partnership between our OHC chapter and the Eagle Scout program. Wyatt was responsible for the planning and construction of a platform just south of SR 36/37 on Maple Glen trail. Currently, it appears that we have possibly three different Eagle Scout projects planned for the coming weeks. Wow! Members Larry

Winterhawk East finished area. Murdock and Bobbi Arters, our club’s liaisons with the Scouts, will continue to keep us posted. Mark your calendars for the weekend of Sept. 22-24 for our Delaware chapter ride at Alum Creek State Park. Come for a day ride or stay and camp! A potluck dinner is planned for Saturday evening. For more information contact Secretary Kathy Bruno at 614/208-7059. I want to encourage everyone to continue to log your trail miles and saddle hours. VP Theresa Burke is keeping a tally of your monthly submissions. If you miss a meeting and reporting, you can always call or email Theresa with your mileage and saddle hours. By way of reminder, ‘trail mileage’ is miles ridden/driven in a state, county, municipal park/ forest and ‘saddle hours’ is basically everything else, e.g. riding/driving at home, shows, clinics, parades, etc. Until next month, I’ll end with a little saying that pretty much sums up my feelings about spending time with my horse. “..And as I was riding along, my heart resounded in the lawn-dampened steps, resounded with the snorting and champing on the bit by my gray, and a blissful happiness lit up my heart and I knew; If I now dropped out of the world, I would fall into heaven.” — Baron von Munchhausen ~Theresa Burke ERIE

Challenges at Winterhawk East.

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Greetings from Erie County! Welcome to the month of fresh sweet corn, tomatoes, and zucchini. Wait, was that a knock on the door? Oh no, it’s a bag of zucchini on my porch. I do love this time of year. All the fresh fruits and vegetables make our campouts a gourmet affair. We have been busy riding, camping, working August 2017

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Erie County work day. on our trails and going to Italy. Members Lynn and Tim met up with friends at Brown County for their annual Memorial weekend camping trip. Weather was great. Sparky, Tim’s mule, you remember hearing about him, was in attendance. Sparky made his debut as a trail mule in the Rolling Hills of Southern Indiana. I heard he was calm and collected as he encountered a few challenges on the trail that week. All that training has finally paid off. Sounds like this is the beginning of many happy trails down the road. If anyone has been over to Edison Woods and stopped at the Route 61 parking area, you will notice new tie rails. Nine members replaced the old with the new. It is still amazing to me how work can be accomplished so efficiently when a group pulls together. After the tie rails were completed, we went to Guhillys in Berlin Heights for refreshments and food! What a great day! Oh yes, you heard me right, horseback riding in Italy! Four members, Holly, Colleen, Rita and Ann left us for 12 days for the ‘Between the ears’ view of the Italian Countryside! Adventurous horsewomen visited Cinque Terre, Tuscany, Montaione, and Florence, Italy to namedrop a few places. Breathtaking views, swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, amazing Tiramisu and the unforgettable view of the famous ‘David’. The Italian vacation had just begun! You have often heard that it is not the destination but the adventure along the way! What a great experience riding through vineyards, past centuries-old buildings, rivers, lakes all with amazing views! August 2017

Sparky’s debut at Brown County. Lunch on the trail, wine tasting on horseback! Spa times and swimming pools. Sounds like a fun time to me! Everyone arrived home safely, but Holly’s luggage was having too much fun. It took an additional four days of vacation without her! Finally home sick it safely showed up! Great adventures, good food, old and new friends make a lifetime of memories. The end of June we held our monthly camp out at Edison Woods. Sunny 72 degree temperatures welcomed campers for a great weekend of riding and fellowship. Good temperatures also brought out lots of deer on the trails for easy munching. Sometimes deer are surprised to see horses, sometimes they are not. Just a note on the monthly meeting. We will gather on Aug. 10 at the Mason Road Clubhouse. If you want to ride, be early. Times will be posted. Well on to riding, camping and enjoying our horses. From our camp to yours, Happy Trails! ~Shelley FAIRFIELD June, what an awesome month! The member activity of our Fairfield County OHC was at an all-time high. Some checked off items from their bucket list. Others took full advantage of the favorable weather and simply rode the poo out of their favorite mount. Where to start? Why not June first. Early that morning six of our members headed north to Michigan. The caravan included, Old Jim, Handsome Jim, Tom and Julie

Grandma Faye ride.

Sam and Nute.

Tough day at the office.

McGuire, Phil Griffie and Sam Underhill. This was a trip almost a year in the planning. Destination, the Shore to Shore Ride across upper Michigan. The concept for those not familiar, put your horse in the lake on one side of Michigan and then ride across Michigan and put it in the lake on the other side. Sounds simple, yea right! The trip includes moving your rig every day ahead of your horses, then riding 237 miles in 11 days. Did I mention their days started at 3:45 a.m. every morning. One benefit, no need for fire wood to fuel a camp fire as most were in bed by 7 p.m. Most agreed the riding was great but this was not a vacation. Work, work, work and more work! Would they go back? Some said maybe way down the road but others said heck no. All did agree it was a great adventure and is now checked off of their bucket list. For those of us at home, I heard several made a lot of really nice hay the first couple weeks in June. That also allowed several to free up their time the balance of the month to get back in the saddle. Our first scheduled OHC club ride of June was the weekend of the 16. The weather was nice and the ride well attended. This ride took place at Great Seal State Park near Chillicothe. This park offers multi use trails enjoyed not only by equine fans, but mountain bikers and hikers. There has been some concern regarding this concept. But we found everyone very cooperative and respectful of each other’s activities. After a couple of days at home, several of us headed back to Tar Hollow to catch up with friends. The woods are absolutely beautiful right now in their full summer glory. Next stop was Zaleski State Forest. This ride is always a favorite for most of us. It can be a little muddy if the rain Gods cry on your parade. It did rain about four inches off and on Friday during the day and into the night. The park was full and most seemed to ride every day despite the rain. Only obstacle unchallenged was the crossing of Raccoon Creek. There is a back entrance trail to Uncle Buck’s (a favorite destination). This

trail requires you to cross Raccoon Creek which looked more like the Mississippi after the rain. Plan B, ride the road to Uncle Buck’s for lunch. The brisket and pulled pork taste the same. The last week of June our members split up their forces. Some headed to AEP, Coshocton, others because of personal appointments etc. stayed closer to home and headed to Hocking State Forest. Both groups were well attended. If my information and math are correct, a total of between 35 and 40 OHC members and friends camped and rode or day rode the last few days of June into the first couple days of July. I personally think it is awesome to see 2/3 of your club members participating in our chosen activities. A couple side notes: As mentioned last month, Richard Reisinger was tackled by a tree during some trail maintenance work. He is recovering well and appears to no longer have an excuse for Helen to wait on him hand and foot. Sadly I do have to report he closed down his bronc riding school by sending his sometimes testy steed on a one way trip to Sugarcreek. An actual study found that when we are away from home, the thing most people said they missed most was their pets. Included with this article is a picture of Sam and his trail companion, Nute during a break at Zaleski. Nute wasn’t allowed to go on the trip to Michigan. While at Hocking one morning someone asked where we were riding that day. I replied I had been a slacker and was gabbing rather than planning out my day. I suggested this person ask another more reliable source and report back so we would all know. The report came back that we were going to ride to someone’s grandma’s house for lunch. Slight misinterpretation of the information. The actual plan was to ride to a country store near Old Man Cave called Grandma Faye’s for lunch. I can’t mention the source of this story but priceless. When you were a kid did you ever want a monkey as a pet? I think we have one in our club and didn’t even have to pay for it. One of our members was challenged to mount a 16 plus hand horse. That may not

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Derby Hat Contestants Connie, Michelle, and Tammy and her apron. up starting at Jeffers Road. This was in preparation for the Regional Ride which Sept. 29 through Oct. 1. More details will follow and of course, check our website and Facebook page. Until next time, may life give you plenty of Mint Julips! Happy Trails, ~Trina Houser GEAUGA Aw, the Dog Days of August are upon us. As we head into August there are many interesting events taking place and hopefully the dog days of this month don’t interfere with all of our riding activities. A big thank you goes to Christina Monaghan and Jennifer DiRusso for hosting the June meeting. It is always a pleasure to go to their place, they treat us royally. The Leg Up committee has been at it again thanks to Liza Blotnick. We are so pleased that we will be sponsoring a youth for the OHC summer camp this August. We know that the youth of today are the horsemen of tomorrow. Keep your eye out for some of these events that are coming up in the near future. We are going to have an Amish buggy training session for horses at Swine Creek Reservation on Aug.t 19 and our regional ride is Oct. 14. You can check out our website, geaugacountyohc.com, for more information. The Geauga Park District will have the Trail Horse Nature Challenge Saturday, Sept. 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Swine Creek Reservation. This is a one to two hour challenge course with natural trail obstacles and nature questions. Awards will be given. Call 440/286-9516 to register or for more information. This challenge has always been well attended and everyone has lots of fun, so come on out and join us. Linda Dion, a newer OHC member, had these thoughts about the Corral. “Love the Corral magazine…Always good information and so many things to do no matter what your interest or riding level. So far I have done clinics with Terry Myers, Sarah Vas

and Geauga’s own Rich Bradshaw. You don’t have to travel far or spend big bucks to find good help to expand your knowledge. Thank you Corral magazine and staff and all the people who take the time to write the articles.” And leaving you with one last thought: “People have opinions; horses have the facts.” (D. Wayne Lukas) ~Catherine

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GREENE Summer has arrived, and with it our state ride. We had better weather this year. No rain for a change! It was warm, but not unbearably hot. Anything can happen in June, so we were grateful for the weekend. Especially since Ohio seems to have monsoon season from March to September the last few years. It was a smaller turnout than some years, but we had a good time. There were at least eight rigs camping for the weekend, and of course, more people coming in for the dinner. Most brought a covered dish to share (the club provided chicken and pulled pork), and those that didn’t made a small donation. No one went away hungry, that’s for sure. There were 46 people attending, from 10 counties. We once again had Karaoke Bob there, and quite a few people joined in the fun. We had our silent auction, lots of raffle prizes (we collect all year, so there’s always quite a collection to choose from), and our 50/50 raffle. Earl Rider won the 50/50, which earned $50 for him and $50 for the club. And we again had a wonderful saddle stand built by Jerry Smith—he does great work. This year it was won by his wife, Susie. I guess that’s one way to make sure he builds her one! We held our monthly meeting that Friday night at Caesar Creek horse camp, in place of our usual third Friday at the Xenia Chamber of Commerce. Along with the brief meeting and our Hobo Stew, we had an employee from Sugarcreek MetroParks come talk to us

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Dancing at Karaoke. about volunteer opportunities. I mentioned last month that some of us had attended a meeting about the Metroparks plan for horse trails, and we had talked at length to the director of Sugarcreek. This was a bit more detail about volunteering. We will be reporting to Yvonne Dunphe, the Volunteer Coordinator. She is a member of our Greene County OHC Facebook page, and will be posting updates there. If you want to be part of an e-blast, let me know, and I can send one out when I have information (or call those of you who don’t have email). There will most likely be work days most Thursdays from 9-12 at Sugarcreek, people can show up whenever they are available. I’ll add more information when I have more. Once again, on Aug. 19, we will be providing the spaghetti dinner for the Abi-Khan+ Challenge, It’s an endurance ride this year, so there will most likely be more riders. Anyone interested in helping, contact Herb and Viv or Jerry and Susie for information. I’ll also be looking for volunteers for the ride itself on Saturday and Sunday. We could use people to help with pulses, and on Sunday people to volunteer to ride out after the riders to pull ribbons. Pulse takers would need to be there early each morning; riders removing ribbons won’t need to be there until about noon or 1 on Sunday. Contact me at akela83@att.net or 937/232-9256 for more information. That’s it for this month. Hope to see you on the trail. ~Mickie August 2017

County Lines GUERNSEY All meetings of the Guernsey County OHC are held from May through September at the Horseman’s Camp Salt Fork State Park Pavilion, Lore City, Ohio. Our ride is at 10 a.m., covered dish dinner at 5 p.m. and meeting starts at 6 p.m. Come join us for good food and camaraderie. During the winter months we generally hold our meetings at Mr. Lee’s on Wheeling Avenue in Cambridge, Ohio. Just when you think the trails are groomed, good ol’ Mother Nature gives us another opportunity to do more work. A big thank you to the park and their staff on clearing the trails after the wind storm in early May, it would have taken us a long time to clear them without their help. We also want to thank Bob Oakley for the use of his four-wheeler. If any of you trail riders run into impassable obstacles, please let us know. We want our trails to be safe and enjoyable. Contact President Don McIntyre 740/680-6888, Vice President Bill (Shelly) Burt (FB) or our Trail Boss, Lee Randolph 330/704-0951 If you can’t remember contact emails or numbers leave a message on the bulletin board at the Horseman’s Camp. Our raffle tickets for our Poker Run Fundraiser in October are printed and ready to go. Boy do we have some prizes for you! Our annual drawing: 1st prize Remington 12 gauge 870 walnut stock express shotgun with 3” chamber, rim choke system and ventilated rib barrel, 2nd prize Emmerson 50” HD big screen TV with 3 year warranty, 3rd prize two night stay at Salt Fork State

Bill Burt taking a nap the hard way, literally. Ride em cowboy!

Joan Pitchler at Mohican. Park Lodge, 4th prize Brinkman two burner Gas Grill with side burner. Raffle tickets are $5 per ticket and were available as of June 24 meeting. Drawing date is Oct. 7, 2017 at the Poker Run. As always our Poker Run is rain or shine because it is our only fundraiser of the year. We always provide payback money for our poker hands, a delicious meal, a live auction, cowboy music and campfire on Saturday. On Sunday morning we’ll enjoy Pastor Karen Rawlans and her husband, Scott, as they bless us with Cowboy Church prior to our traditional pancake breakfast. Then we head out on our morning ride. Folks, you know what’s so great about this event? You get all this for a meager $10 donation! Yep, ya can’t go to Denny’s for that and get all these perks. Five of our members ventured to Colorado for a few weeks. Three of them spent months preparing their horses and themselves for this quest. Talking about your primitive camping trip! Bathroom? What bathroom? Those pack horses can only carry so much! From what I understand it was pretty darn interesting as they braved the ‘The Rocky Mountain High.’ I’ll know more next month. We also had two members venture out west to the Dakota’s. Destination Hay Creek Ranch. They visited a good friend while there who guided them and their horses out and about the country side. Sounds like they had a great time. It’s that time again and remember “Make your comebacks stronger than your setbacks!” Happy Trails to you until we meet again next month. ~Montana C HAMILTON

Shelly Burtt and Vickie Cable. Girl Power! August 2017

Warm greetings sent from Hamilton County OHC Chapter members, to all other county OHC chapter members. A request was made to send a get well card to Roger

Pawsat. He is home recovering from knee surgery. Many wishes offered for a speedy recovery from our chapter members to Roger. He has spent countless hours cleaning the trails at Mt. Airy Forest. Our chapter is providing the funds for the following six HC-OHC youth members to attend the equine youth camp this summer. Every scholarship winner has chosen to attend the Aug. 11-13 Beginner/ Intermediate camping session. They are: Raegan Beneker, age 10, Erin Heyob, age 11, Lanny Ringland, age 13, Samantha Ringland, age 11, Reese Rosselott, age 10, Josie Somers, age 11. HC-OHC is making six little girls very happy! Our membership for year 2017 is 179 members! Our July 6 meeting was cancelled due to the July 4 holiday. Our chapter parade committee is very active this year. They do a first class presentation of our chapter in each parade they attend. They rode in the Crosby Township 101st Memorial Day Parade on May 28. OHC members in attendance were Curtis Broome, Mike, Ann, and Kristin Frederick, Judy Gangloff, Rod and Grace Hobbie, Janet Lubbert, Karen Osborne, Neil Relyea, Scott, Gail, and Josie Summers, Dick and Sarah Stuart, Gary and Heidi Voss, Emma Zimmerman, and many family members and friends present to watch the parade. Cheviot Memorial Day Parade on May 29...a perfect weather day, parade spectators delighted to see six horses, and 13 HC-OHC members wearing red, white, and blue riding in the parade. After the parade crowds of people walked to Harvest Home Park to view the parade entries including vintage cars, all types of military equipment, and experience hands on with HC-OHC’S parade division. Adults and children enjoyed the experience of petting and learning more about horses. OHC members in attendance: Ray, Raymond, and Raegan Beneker, Ann and Kristin Frederick, Judy Gangloff, Rod and Grace Hobbie, Todd and Leslie Laney, Neil Relyea, Dick and Sarah Stuart. HC-OHC Miami Whitewater Forest Shaker Trace Trail Moonlight Ride Number 1, June 10: 10 HCOHC members gathered at Miami Whitewater Forest to enjoy food and fellowship and a night ride on Shaker Trace Horse Trail, renamed the ‘Moonless Ride’ due to the 11 p.m. rising moon. Riders still enjoyed a cool, peaceful and beautiful night absolutely filled with sparkling fireflies to light the way. Many thanks go to Great Parks for

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allowing our chapter members the opportunity to ride and enjoy the Shaker Trace horse trail in the dark after park hours. OHC members present: Amy Brockman, Mike and Ann Frederick, Greg, Diane, and Jesse Kreimer, Todd and Leslie Laney, and Dick and Sarah Stuart. Till the next Corral, stay safe out on the trails and roads. ~Judy Leonard HARRISON Harrison County OHC just completed our seventh annual regional ride at Harrison State Forest, June 9-11. The weather was fantastic and all of our campsites were full. We were surprised and delighted at the number of children attending. A special effort was made by Willie and Judy May to provide pony cart rides and Brooklyn Van Curen has agreed to head up a youth program for next year’s ride. There were so many interesting people from numerous counties in Ohio to talk with and share experiences. They were also great cooks, as I thought the rhubarb cobbler on Friday night was out of this world. Peach, raspberry, cherry and five berry cobblers were all mouthwatering. Carl Beese played and sang to the enjoyment of everyone attending the Friday night social. Don Wagner and Willie May conducted our Saturday night auction and we were able to put aside funds for two horse camp scholarships for 2018. The winner selected by our scholarship committee for 2017 was Jewelene Cunningham. She is 10 years old and the daughter of

Scholarship winner Jewelene Cunningham

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Regional Ride 2017 James and Melanie Cunningham. She submitted the winning application and essay. Jewelene also helped with the auction Saturday and was not a bit shy about working the crowd to get the best price. Thank you to everyone who helped make it a success. Cowboy church was conducted by Doc Bradley with music by Chris and Shannon Boone from Carroll County OHC. Enough is not said about the people who take their time to keep the trails clear. Don and Sally Fisher do the bulk of the work from Harrison OHC. BTR and Carroll OHC lend a helping hand and share in procuring fines for the picket lines. A big thank you to Lorrie, Bob and Jim for the extra trail help before the ride. Willie and Judy May were our ride chairmen. A lot of time and effort is expended in setting up the campsites, getting the reservations, keeping all of us lined up with what our duties will be. I can’t say enough about how much we appreciate all of their hard work. Harrison OHC is a young club. We organized in the fall of 2010. We have made great strides in those seven years. Never, has a group worked so well together with the goal to promote equine activities and make trails accessible to future generations. I am pleased and proud to be a part of such a cohesive group. It is not often that a group blends so well together, keeping an eye on each other’s horses, children and just being there to offer encouragement when maybe your perfect horse isn’t so perfect, never judging or criticizing, just encouraging. Our club has grown to 50 plus members. Looking forward to many great times ahead. Our Aug. 17 meeting will be at Faith Ranch. A picnic and swimming meeting as Faith Ranch has been kind enough to offer us the use of their salt water pool and picnic area for our meeting. Bring a covered dish and your swimsuit. Hope to see you there. God Bless and be safe, ~Dorothy Glover HOCKING Wow where is the year going? Here we are in August already. We 52

have had a couple rides in June at Zaleski and Hocking then wrapping up the month of June on into July with the Hocking and Perry OHC regional ride at Burr Oak. We had a good time riding, eating and singing karaoke by the fire, and there were even games for the kids and prizes. Had a great auction with plenty of items that were donated. One of our campers even had a colicky horse that got down but with quick action they got her up, walked her and she was fine. What an example of horseman helping horseman. There were two raffles one was a handmade horse blanket and pillows won by Dan Bratka. The other raffle of a show halter, riding helmet and saddle rack were won by Michele Schein. The 50/50 was won by Don Wagner which he donated back to the clubs. Congratulations to all our winners. We were blessed with good weather contrary to the weather forecasts of rain. Mother Nature did give us a shower early in the morning then moved on out. Our next meeting is Aug. 20 at Home Tavern in Logan at 7 p.m. I hope everyone had a good Fourth of July, thank you to all the vets for your service. Stay safe and may all your trails be blessed. ~Jeanette HOLMES Hello from beautiful Holmes County. I am sure that everyone has been busy using up their old hay, clearing it out and making space for the new bales. We were starting to get concerned with the wet weather but all has worked out as I hope that it has for everyone. Our members had a great ride at Dillon. I would like to thank Angel VanRhodan for doing a fantastic job hosting this ride. A couple of us took advantage of riding at Wills Creek (AEP) and were given updated maps. I had not been to this area for some time and I just want to say what a great job the Coshocton OHC does to help maintain these trails. I only wished that we could have camped. Thank you, Diane, for organizing this. Then comes our Elkins Creek ride. This ride was hosted by our members Cindy Gray and Vicki Zook. We were all so impressed with the camp owners, Rick and Jill. If you have never been to Elkins Creek, you really need to check out these fantastic challenging trails. I would also like to mention their gift shop that has many selections too.

Rick can help you with your farrier needs too. They have great showers and camping with electric. We had much needed air conditioning when riding in 90 plus humid weather. We had awesome stalls for our horses and a wash area to spray them off when finished riding. These things mean a lot to me. At one view point on the trail, you can see three states and the caves were cool and awesome! If you haven’t visited or ridden there, you really need to experience it firsthand. We did a fun thing with our food prep, Vicki organized a menu list and had each person going brought something that would add to the meal. We had very little to pack and do when we fixed what was on the menu for that day. Great idea Vicki and Cindy! The owners put on a benefit dinner (another night, we did not have to cook) for a man named Steve. Steve and his family were there with him and even though he is battling cancer, he was all smiles. There also was a benefit Cowboy Challenge Fun Show for him with various scary things and obstacles. Our group of 10 had Vicki, Ricki and Jenny entered in the ‘Cowboy Challenge Fun Show’. Jenny (from Wayne County) got 5th place! Then comes OHC Northeast Regional Ride. This ride was organized by Wayne County and lead by Trudy and Dave Schmidt from Wayne County OHC. Everything was so organized and fun. From great meals to treats along the trail for people and horses! Also, little flags were placed on a certain trail and anyone that found one could get in line for food before anyone else. Fun times at the camp fire too! We had a visiting skunk that kept coming around and that gave Erin from WC a perfect opportunity to scare the crap out of us with a fake skunk chasing her while she ran through camp screaming! I believe there were 31 rigs there and Holmes County had 10 members present. We would like to say to Jack and Wendy, have a safe trip as they do some traveling. Our Holmes County group is busy planning our Labor Day ride. This is a thank you to our members for helping with the work weekends at Mohican. I cannot believe that we are talking about Labor Day already! OHC HC will also have liability signs available for sale. These can be posted in your barn for liability issues; $10 each or three for $25. Any county member may call me if you want to reserve one for your property. 330/473-7977 Ricki Mast Happy Trails to all and be safe! ~Ricki

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JEFFERSON Hello from Jefferson County OHC! There have been some things happening at Jefferson Lake State Park that we wanted to alert everyone about and to ask for your help. Jefferson Lake State Park is a hidden secret tucked into the hills in the eastern part of the state in Richmond, Ohio. It is just off of Route 43. Many of us discovered the park about 20 years ago and found the park personnel welcomed us with opened arms as the park is remote and not used much. But there was an issue with the main entrance to park on Route 43 as there was a very steep hill going into the park and windy roads to the camping area that was on the backside of the park making it hard to get our trailers there. So the park allowed horsemen to use an area just north of the main entrance easily accessed off Route 43. It had a nice stone pavilion we could use this area as parking and camping area. Then several years ago, the State was cost cutting and started thinking about turning the park over to the county to manage rather than spend money for upgrades to the dam and other things that needed to be done. When this happened, the seasonal campers that used the camping area were told they couldn’t use the regular campgrounds until it was decided who would manage the park. So they went elsewhere. Then the oil drillers came in and it was decided the State would keep the park. The Army Corps of Engineers repaired the dam and things seemed to return to normal except many people were not using the park and vandalism became a problem. It was hard for the park officials to maintain two separate areas for camping so the decision was made to move the horsemen who wanted to camp overnight to the regular campgrounds about a year ago. The park did put in five electric spots as an enticement but we are among

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Our new tie stall additions. Relaxing at the dam at Jefferson Lake. the regular campers. Again we went back to the problem of easier access for our trailers. Jefferson County does have hills and twisty curvy roads! The best way to get to the camping area is to take Route 43 north to East Springfield and turn east on County Road 60 (it is near the gas station on the sharp curve), go one mile on County Road 60 and turn right on County Road 59. You will go three miles to Jefferson County Road 54 and turn right. The entrance to the camping area is about one mile on your right. Now, what we need help with is— if you camp at the park, please be sure to pay the fee for overnight camping. There are two good days of riding at the park with about 27 miles of trails. Most of the trails are in the woods and there are several creek crossings. It is hilly so some of the trails can be steep. We have been working on the trails along with Carroll County OHC in keeping the downed trees off the trails and trying to divert the run-off. In fact, it is beautiful there. There is a lake for fishing and swimming. The park is looking for someone to be a VIP at the campgrounds if anyone is interested. If you don’t camp, please be sure to turn in your trail miles each year. The park officials seem to look at camping fees paid to know the usage. We need to provide them with trail miles ridden at the park also. They said if the park is not used, they don’t know how long they can keep it open. This park is in the NE region so the personnel in charge are stationed at Mosquito Lake which is in Trumbull County and almost 90 miles away. Please don’t let the trails and this park become unavailable for horseback riders and campers. Help us keep this park open won’t you? Best wishes for a good ride at Jefferson Lake State Park! ~JoEllen LAWRENCE Hi gang, I hope that everyone had a great 4th of July. A lot of us didn’t get to camp that weekend due to August 2017

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Roger and Tim pondering. the weather, finishing up in the hay fields and several of our members were on a cruise to Alaska. What fun they had! We are gearing up for the Annual St. Jude ride on Sept. 23 at Paddle Creek. We are hoping for a big turnout and also hope that the weather will give us a great weekend as well. This will be Darla’s first time at organizing this event and we wish her all the luck in the world. I know that she will do a great job. We are gathering up items for the auction and some of our members are making items also. We hope to have several great things to get a bidding war going. This is always fun. Happy Trails ~Susan White LICKING Hello from Licking County, hope you have been out riding, the weather has been great. By the time you read this all the fireworks will be over. We have had so much going on, where do I start? We have members riding all over the place not only in Ohio but other states too. A warning, if you’re going to drive through Cincinnati take something to eat and drink and a full tank of gas, the traffic is terrible, they are working on I-71 and I-75 bridge over the Ohio River taking I-275 doesn’t help. I went to KHP June 29 and never saw so much traffic before, backed up from Kings Island to the river. I was so glad I wasn’t pulling a horse trailer. Since I brought up KHP they do have a one-day trail ride; wouldn’t it be great if OHC and other clubs would get them to have a weekend ride, there is so much to do and see at the park; at least it sounds fun to me. Several members went on the Moon Gathering trail ride held by

the Licking Park District. There was a beautiful full moon that night plus they got to see the International Space Station go over. Was enjoyed by all; then of course some food afterwards. If you’re interested check the Park District’s website for other equine related events. We had so many trail rides and a horse show planned in July; we had to cancel the July Licking County OHC meeting due to no one being home! Our Vice President Mark Stevens stepped down from his position due to work hours conflicted with meeting times. Paul Wilson agreed to take the Vice President position. We have one youth member going to the OHC Youth Camp in August, member Tiffiny Pruitt’s daughter Anya. Tiffiny will be going also as camp counselor. Can’t wait to hear all about camp, last year the shower tent fell down with people inside. Funny now but not when it happened. In August we have three rides on our schedule; Aug. 1-6 Bark Camp; reservation required, this is a State OHC Ride so go to the State OHC website for complete details, Aug. 18-20 Caesar Creek State Park, and the third ride in August will be announced later. Please check our website for any changes or cancelations of rides, www. lickingcountyohc.org. To plan ahead we have a trail ride on Sept. 2 at Dillon Horse Camp, Septe. 15-17 AEP Conesville Horse Camp this is the Jack Fallon Memorial Ride and Hog Roast, also the same weekend is the Chili Cook-off Mohican Horse Camp reservation required. Now if

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My happy place. that isn’t enough we also have our Fall Fun Horse Show Sept. 9 at Infirmary Mound Park, Granville. There will be rides in October and November too. Again the complete list and details are on our website. Please follow the park’s rules; we don’t want to lose any beautiful trails in Ohio. If you’re not familiar with the park’s rules you are going to; call or look up on their website. Some basics rules are; stay on designated trails only, pay camping fees if required, sign the register log book, observe laws regarding alcohol, dogs kept on leashes, clean up after your horses. Riding on AEP lands require a one-time lifetime free permit print it and keep with you, I keep mine in the horse trailer. I believe there is a link on the State OHC website for the AEP permit or go to www. aep.com/environmental/recreation/ recland/permit.aspx. Also if your horse kicks please put a red ribbon in its tail so others will know, you may have to tell some, what the ribbon means but it may help someone or horse from getting hurt. Remember to log your trail miles, saddle hours, and driving hours; all of our chapter’s members that turns in a Log Report will be entered into a drawing, doesn’t matter how many miles just as long as you turn in your report to me at the end of the year, closing date to be posted. There is a copy of the Log Report on the website. Be the reason someone smiles today. ~Deborah Sheka LOGAN Wow! It’s hard to believe that I’m writing the August newsletter already. It seems like just yesterday it was spring and now it’s going on fall. Where in the world did the summer go? As you probably know, Logan County does not have any state parks or riding trails, which frankly drives us crazy. To ease our frustration, Marmon Valley Farm has graciously offered their trails to us. In exchange for our group performing some 53

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trail maintenance for them, we will be allowed limited access to their private trails. Most generous and greatly appreciated! As with any endeavor, the work comes first so on several occasions in June club members got together to work on the trails. On June 12 they borrowed the DR mower and really got some work done. Jeanie Boswell posted two photos of the group from that day, one where they were looking all official, and one where they were cutting up a bit. No surprise on which one I chose to include with this article. Not pictured is Kookie Berry and Becky Porter. Later in June, 11 members got together for a campout at Alum Creek. They must have been having too much fun because I didn’t get any photos from that outing. Due to the holiday and our county fair, Logan County did not have a meeting in July. Hope you all enjoyed your July 4th and that the fireworks didn’t bother your horses too much. On July 8 Teri and Larry Elsass once again hosted their annual fireworks party. This was a great time for club members to gather and enjoy each other’s company and a have a great view of the community fireworks. This year club members will be at the Logan County Fair during the horse shows selling raffle tickets for our annual fundraiser. The two winners will be chosen at our August meeting. We had great success with this last year and this year we are hoping to raise even more. For the second year we will be donating a portion of the proceeds to Marmon Valley’s summer riding program and to Discovery Riders. New this year we will also set aside funds to sponsor our club youth to participate in more OHC activities. AUG. 6 – OHC meeting, 6:30 p.m. in East Liberty, Ohio – Pork Raffle AUG. 19 – Canoe outing, West Liberty, Ohio Until next month, safe and happy rides! ~Diana Kenne 54

Summer is in full swing. July 4th is behind us now, but what a gorgeous day it was in northeast Ohio for sure! It was a perfect day for parades, picnics and fireworks in celebration of our Independence Day. Once again, thank you to all who participated in parades in honor of our great nation. Our August calendar sponsor is Litchfield Veterinary Clinic, a well-established veterinary clinic, located in the quaint community of Litchfield on Norwalk Road. They specialize in care for both dogs and cats. You can visit their website at www.litchfieldveterinaryclinicohio. com to learn more about their team of doctors and range of services they provide. Here’s hoping you have been able to take time to participate in some of the great weekend or day rides we have had this past month. If your summer is packed with vacations, weddings, graduation parties, etc., consider an evening ride mid-week. The evenings offer a cooler ride with bugs less likely to be in attack mode. Here are some of the activities coming up in August. On the weekend of Aug. 11-13 we will be riding at Bark Camp. This is a great place to ride in the summer with hook ups that accommodate for air conditioning. There are 24 miles of bridle trails that are moderately difficult. Jim Wallace can answer your questions for this ride. As a side note, I must chuckle as all winter many of us complain of the cold and then summer comes and we then complain of the heat. What a satire life can be! August 17-28, some of our group will be headed back to Big Elk Lick Horse Camp in Benezette, Pa. This is a ride that you would need reservations for. Ric and Char Augustine are our club contacts for this ride. You must have a 30 day health certificate and valid Coggins. The camp hosts are Rick and Candy. They may be reached at 814/7874656 if you would like to check to see if sites may still be available to reserve. On Saturday, Aug. 19 the Cleveland Metro Parks Emerald Necklace End to End Ride will be held starting at 9 a.m. at the Rocky River Lewis Road show ring overnight trail head. We will ride north to Rocky River stables and return for lunch, a 9.2 mile round trip ride. After lunch, we will head south to Barrett Road and return, a 7 mile round trip ride. Friday we have an overnight stay permit at Lewis Road Show Ring for those

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who wish to come in Friday night. Contact Jim Wallace for full details. Monday, Aug. 21 we will hold our membership meeting at the Carlisle Equestrian Center at 7 p.m. The ice cream ‘truck’ will be there for a social starting at 6:30 p.m. provided by Lee and Val Shaw. What a great way to wind down the summer and start up the meeting. Reservations and money will be due this evening to secure your clam bake dinner at the Sept. 18 meeting starting at 6 p.m. if you choose to eat clams or chicken. If not, you can still partake of the potluck by bringing a dish to share. Jim and Laura Wallace are heading this event up so your order with money will need to be given to them. Trail maintenance is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 26. We need many volunteers to help prepare our Charlemont trail for our Regional Ride. Please plan to chip in and lend a hand. We will meet at 9 a.m. at the parking lot on New London-Eastern Road. Please wear sturdy shoes, and bring work gloves, nippers and chain saws if you have them. We all appreciate a well cleared trail wherever we ride, so please mark your calendar to come be a part of this worthy cause. Lastly, Aug. 21-27 is the Lorain County Fair located at the Wellington Fairgrounds. Looking ahead to September, the Lorain County OHC Regional ride is going to be held at Charlemont Sept. 8-10. We will once again camp at Charlemont. The grounds are being prepared with mowing expected to be done a few additional times this year to help decrease the risk for poison ivy and allow for softer grass for the horses. Nate Reader will be our coordinator for this

huge event. Much help is needed to make our Regional Ride a wonderful experience for all. Thanks for being a part of Lorain County OHC and for helping out as you are able. Each of us has a special gift or talent. (Grunt work and behind the scene work is especially appreciated). We wouldn’t be the great council that we are without each one of you. Ride on and enjoy all of life’s simple pleasures. ~Kathy Duncan

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MADISON Members Michelle Wilhoit, Marsha Pierce, Debbie Cundiff and Jean Kritner attended the London Strawberry Parade June 24. Members Michelle and Morgan Wilhoit, Marsha Pierce, Cheryl Bartlett, Jean Kritner and myself dazzled the West Jefferson Street Feast Parade spectators. The next parade will be the West Jefferson Ox Roast Parade Labor Day weekend. Everyone is welcome to join us. We have experienced a minor delay with our Gymkhana this season. Due to unforeseen construction delays we had to postpone the June event. The July 23 event is still a go. Registration opens at 9 a.m. show starts 10 a.m. please visit the ohconline.com calendar for our full schedule. The Deer Creek project is a slow process but it’s coming along. Many horse people are enjoying the new bridle trails and I’ve read some updates on the Orange trail. Please try to visit Deer Creek State Park bridle trails before the horse fly season officially starts. ~Dee Elfrink MEIGS Have we ever had some beautiful days to be riding our horses, oh but the day we had for our ‘Make a Wish Ride’ was extremely hot. Somehow we survived it. The ride was a huge success with about 60 riders on the trails not counting those who didn’t ride. We are so proud that we raised close to $13,000 for the ‘Make A August 2017

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Teri and Steve Chapman going on the ride. Wish Foundation’. All the hard work and time we spent on this event was well worth it. Thanks to all who helped with this event. It’s such a wonderful thing to do for children. Ed, Kenny, and Larry Turley cooked the pork and was it ever good. The members of the club prepared potluck and they know how to cook. Names were drawn for the door prizes which were all donated by our local businesses in Meigs and surrounding counties. We have such wonderful people here in this area. Other items were auctioned off by Harold White. The top three winners who brought in the most money received a really nice prize. First place went to Shayla Hysell who won a saddle donated by Connie and Mike Brothers of the C & M Tack Shop, Pomeroy, Ohio. Second place was won by Ed Turley winning a bridle set made and donated by John Nibert of Gallipolis Ferry, W. Va., who has a repair shop. Kenny Turley got third place winning a saddle rack donated by Tractor Supply of Gallipolis, Ohio. Ed and Kenny both donated their prizes back to be auctioned off. Shayla told Ed and Kenny she was going to challenge them this year and she did, way to go Shayla. The 50/50 was won by Lavada Piedcock. Representatives from ‘Make A Wish Foundation’ were Georgeanna and Jo Beth, believe me they were really pleased with the amount we raised. As they said, this will make a lot of wishes come true for these children. Special thanks to all who helped make this event a success. The June fun show had a lot of August 2017

Paul, Shayla, and Tina starting the ride. riders participating. In one of these events I saw a rider try to pull off a bridle on Kevin Meadow’s horse, I believe he won that event. I am not going to mention her name, but we all know who it was. Of course that is all in fun and that is what makes these fun shows so great. If you haven’t seen one you should come and watch or join in, it’s for OHC members only. Paul McDaniel was timing these events, we had to wake him up few times. Charlie Mansfield really put on a performance with his horse, I believe he had trouble walking after the show. One of our youth members, Kaelin Steele joined in on the fun. This was her first fun show and she did great. We had a new member of the club, Noah DeWeese, enter the show and this was his first time out and second time on a horse, he was very careful but did fine. August 12 will be our AEP ride, ride out at 10 a.m. and the fun show will be that evening, sign up 4 p.m., show starts at 5 p.m. Our next big event will be our annual Festival of The Leaves Ride and Memorial on Oct. 7. I will tell you more about it in the next article but mark your calendar. We are happy to say that we have 131 members, if not more and they do enjoy riding at the camp. They say the trails are really great. By the time you get this article the local fairs will be going on and the ones in 4-H will be showing their projects and then as soon as Meigs Fair is over school begins. Can you believe that? Hope you all have been enjoying your summer. Happy Trails, ~Dian MIAMI Is it OK to pray for less rain? Unfortunately, our June club trail ride was cancelled due to heavy rain. It’s been difficult to get in the trail miles this riding season. Hopefully, the State will take our rainy weather into consideration when they look at our OHC trail miles. We want to ride, but cannot due to bad weather. Valerie Manemann got in a few miles in Indiana at the Christian

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Valerie and Felita. Trail Riders’ Retreat. She enjoyed the speaker, Lew Sterrett, and had a wonderful time. She sure looks happy riding Felita. A big thank you goes out to club member Lori Norris, who hosted our July meeting and presented us with an exciting demo of her youth drill team, The Silver Lining. Lori is also a 4-H horse advisor and very involved with the Miami County Fair, which is Aug. 11-17. Today’s young riders are our future. Our club campout at Mohican State Park is the weekend of Aug. 18-20. Please contact Karla Evan at 937/216-4564 for more information. I promised a report on Whinny Water. It did work for my draft horse that does not drink when she is away from home. She played in the bucket at first and then drank it all. In fact, she drank more water than usual the next day, too. Here is a riding tip for you and your horse to keep cool on a warm August day using peppermint essential oils. Place a drop of peppermint oil on the back of your neck for a cool sensation and then place one drop on your index finger and rub it on the tip of your horse’s ear and another drop for the other ear. Be sure that you are careful to keep the peppermint oil out of the horse’s eyes and ears. Happy Trails, ~Shirley DeWinter

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WW is muddy with lots of creek crossings and several washed out trails. It should get better soon. Our former President, Cindy took a huge trip out west to work on her ‘bucket list.’ Hoping she will post some more pictures on our website: www.ohconline.com soon. Current President, Pam has been burning up the show world with her pony and expertise. Something for everyone! We also have members participating in 4-H events. August will bring more of the same and then there is always October to look forward to going to Quarter Horse Congress in Columbus. Great opportunities for tack, clothing and even trailers! Our August meeting will be at the trail head at Sycamore State Park on Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. probably there will be a few riding before the meeting or maybe even after. Come join us! There will be food, guaranteed! See ya next month! ~Ann

Hey there, from beautiful Montgomery County. Even though we have been pretty wet for trail riding, there have been several windows of opportunity lately. Check out the photos I took of some rides at Whitewater, Ind. But even

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Club members riding from the Painted Hill Farm at Pike Forest.

Brendon, ‘relaxing on Sam #2’ at Shawnee State Forest. Forest. This was the weekend that an old friend, Heidi Dorshimer came to visit. She was a former Pike OHC member who relocated to Missouri. Everyone enjoyed reminiscing with her. We are hopeful that she will soon return to Ohio. As you know, trail maintenance is a continuous job. In addition to our weekly trail maintenance, our club has had two scheduled maintenance days. Our goal is to provide a good riding experience for everyone. Club members spent one of the maintenance days repainting the trail markers, making it easier for our riders to stay on the trails. Our trails are very well marked and easily navigated. We have an updated ‘Pike Forest Bridle Trail Map’ which is available on the OHC website. We want to thank State OHC members, Reuss Griffiths and Donn Buckingham, for helping to revise and post our map. We do have some logging going on in portions of Pike Forest which I’m sure everyone has dealt with in all the other forests. Weather was not cooperating for an earlier scheduled maintenance day but some weed whacking was done to clear around some sign posts and clear the weeds from the Anderson’s Cemetery at Pike Forest. Our club maintains the Anderson’s cemetery and has built some corner fencing to protect it. This is a nice destination stop while trail riding, to stop for lunch or just to relax. The club has placed a picnic table and hitching posts there to make the stop more enjoyable. One of our club members, Judy Allshouse did some research on the gravesites in this cemetery and there is some history here. One of the sites was a Civil War Veteran, Joshua Anderson. Every year a small flag is placed there in his honor. There is a smaller cemetery, the Alderman Cemetery, in Pike Forest also. This 56

Roy and Dianna Suttles cleaning up Anderson’s cemetery. is also maintained with some fencing around it and a hitching post, to provide another place to stop and relax. These sites and several more ‘Bridle Parking areas’ are marked on our updated trail map. In the near future we will also have a kiosk in our ‘Day Parking Area’ at Pike Forest, with bridle trail maps available. Our club’s scheduled ride at Shawnee State Forest was a very enjoyable day. Twelve members rode that day and a couple also camped overnight. It was a very warm day, but a very good ride. We had a lot of fun! Our next newsletter will be about the kids. Our 4-H kids will be participating in the Pike County Fair and we will be reporting their accomplishments from the horse show. This year we will also have a fair booth to encourage OHC growth within our club and remind everyone of our upcoming Horse Daze event Sept. 23. I’ll leave you with a few ‘Words of Wisdom’ from Clinton Anderson, a widely known horse trainer. “Sometimes you have to go through some ugly stuff to get to the good stuff. Horsemanship should be fun. By learning how to control your horse in any situation, your confidence will greatly increase. When you’re confident, you can relax and enjoy your partnership.” God Bless, be safe and as always enjoy your ride! ~Teresa Wittkugle PREBLE Hope everyone had a good Fourth of July! By the time the August Corral comes out the young folks in Preble will be at the fair showing the judges and the crowd how much they have done with their horses and some with other animals as well. We want to wish them the best of luck and ask them to send pictures. We were supposed to have our Independence Day Fun Show on Saturday, July 1, well guess what? As with the Memorial Day Fun Show we got rained out! The week

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Morgan receiving her belt buckle for 2016 saddle hours. before the weekend was beautiful and dry. But Friday Mother Nature dumped an inch and a half of rain on us, it was horrible, it absolutely poured. Arena was too wet to hold a speed show, don’t want anyone or anyone’s horse to get hurt. So we will shoot for Labor Day weekend and see if we can’t get Mother Nature to hold off on rain so we can get in one show this summer. Our show will be Sept. 2, check out our website for more information, prebleohc.com, or our Facebook page. Any and all are welcome to come join us for a fun time and we will have a concession stand. Registration starts at 9 a.m. and show begins at 10 a.m. Hope to see you there. We have also presented our two mileage recipients with the OHC belt buckles. The winners were Deanna Flaugher first in adult miles and Morgan Hancock first in youth saddle hours. Morgan also qualified at the State OHC level at fifth place. She is working hard to do even better this year, good luck! We will be having a work weekend August 11-13. We will need loppers, chain saws, and other trail clearing tools, plus don’t forget gloves too. Lots of great riding weather still to come, hope everyone gets the chance

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Greeting horse lovers! How did it get to be August already? Wow, time flies when you’re having fun! August is a busy month for a lot of people. Most kids are getting ready to go back to school and a lot of our local kids and adults have been working hard getting ready for the Sandusky County Fair in Fremont. It seems our club has quite a few people very active in our county fair. Some are involved in showing their animals, some have kids or grandkids, some like us are going just to support friends and family! It’s a week of fun and something we look forward to every year. Next Corral I will be sure to have an update for those who missed it. Our last meeting was going to be out at our White Star trail with a short meeting and a potluck dinner. The very high temps and thunder storms made us reroute back to the church. And good thing we did because we received some very much needed rain, but not fun riding kind of weather. Everyone brought a dish to share and lots of delicious desserts were made and made me kind of glad we didn’t have to ride! We have a good start on our 10 year anniversary ride this fall and plans are being made. Diane is heading that committee and we are working on a plan of events. I hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Fourth of July. I hope your horses and dogs didn’t get too scared of all the booms and I hope you felt like a little kid again when you saw the fireworks finale! Our meetings are the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.

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our upcoming fundraiser and ride at Mohican in August. Check out our website or Facebook page for more details. Have a safe and happy summer on the trails. ~Joann Ulichney

Rocketts, eat your hearts out!

Sharing meal, camp in Virginia.

and Diane from Medina Chapter. Of course a trip of this stature takes some planning and preparation. A few hours behind schedule, the horses were loaded and the crew of three was off. Based on Carolyn’s precise calculations, current fuel range was 319 miles and first service plaza on WV Turnpike 246 miles for fill up. However, they managed to squeak into the only service plaza on the south side with mere fumes in the tank. Molly could not determine if the engine was wheezing or Carolyn hyperventilating. After a brief meal the plucky crew set off on the next 120 miles to their destination. Of course there were a few unexpected surprises like a onelane bridge under repair (Bridge width 9’; trailer width 8’6”). It was a tight fit. Only a rutted gravel road, hairpin turn, and scaling the summit of Everest in a downpour remained. There were a lot of happy faces when they arrived, inside and outside of the truck. Carolyn’s supplies always include a complementary box of Clairol for all those grey hairs acquired enroute. After dinner, drivers compared notes on various routes. Nancy had opted for the most vertical climb. Things definitely looked better after the rain stopped and a good night’s sleep with weather in the 70’s. After planning an easy ride to a special lookout, the six riders headed off. The group admired the lovely vistas and some waterfalls actually crossing the trails. There was an afternoon stop in a picturesque meadow to rest the horses and snack.

Next day, Carolyn, Nancy, Rosemary and Molly conferred with the locals and agreed on a ride to a massive boulder gap, along an old rail bed grade and a steep jeep trail to the Light Bulb trail. They crossed streams, more waterfalls to the rock formation and up to the Scales area. It earned the name as the point cattle were weighed so they retained more weight before being shipped elsewhere. The group was rewarded with panoramic views in all direction at Scales. The Appalachia Trail crossed the meadow. Molly walked a small section which had always been her dream to hike one day. They met a group of riders following the Virginia Horse Trail which also traverses the area. Our riders were told they were at the edge of the best riding in Grayson Highlands and the rest of Mount Rodgers. They also told them about the Three Peaks Trail section for a different ride back to the main trail. Heading back, they were rewarded with riding through a heard of wild ponies and a herd of long horn steers experiencing a page out of the old west. Nancy did some trick sliding and resaddling on the side of a steep trail while everyone remained calm, very calm. Throughout the week, Romeo became an old pro at pushing open gates; we just hope he does not get any big ideas once he gets back home or worse, teach Puzzle. With more rain coming in Molly, Carolyn and Nancy decided to leave a day early. At 11 a.m., Jack, Rosemary and Diane escorted them down the rutted road and said goodbye. With multiple gas stops and lunch, it was definitely a more leisurely drive home. They arrived safely with all hands accounted for at 7 p.m. that evening. The End to End Rides of the Cleveland Metro Parks continue throughout the summer and you can also check out the SCOHC schedules on our website. We have been blessed with good weather and riders have enjoyed exploring sections of trails they normally do not ride. Have a free day? Come and join us. We are looking forward to our stay at the Summit OHC booth at the Summit County Fair in July and

SUMMIT Carolyn Sullivan, Molly Eastwood and Nancy Bedellion were off to the Carolinas camping with their horses. They were joined by Jack, Rosemary August 2017

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TRUMBULL Hello and happy summer from the members of Trumbull County! The Club ride at 2 Mile Run County Park June 23-25 was attended by 10 members and nine guests. A big thank you to Rick and Patty Gahring for leading the rides and Cowboy Church. If anyone is interested in riding at 2 Mile Run the number to call is 814/676-611. The primitive camping is very nice and the trails are well marked. There is a pavilion that can be prearranged for use if you are hosting a group. While pondering my article this month, as I am to submit prior to July and August activities, I did look upon my mare grazing in her lea. Smiling, I felt my heart soar at the sight of my ‘heart horse’ and recalled with fondness a poem by William Henry Ogilvie; a Drover from Australia in the late 1800s to early 1900s. His poem is titled The Horse of Your Heart. Most riders have experienced the bond of a ‘heart horse’. I encourage you to look up this poem and enjoy it as much as I do. May you ride safely and enjoy the camradery and fellowship with friends and family. Keep in mind the heat index and schedule accordingly. Happy Trails to everyone! ~Kathryn Bartow TUSCARAWAS While contemplating the purchase of my former small farm in Dover back in 2007, I was reminded that I should ask if there might be any black walnut on the property. As these trees are more indigenous to the eastern part of the country, they were never of concern in my home state of Texas. When I inquired about it, the seller called me a gold digger. It was then that I explained the toxicity of black walnut to horses. According to Equine Journalist Heather Thomas, the hardwood from black walnut trees is prized for its beautiful color and is used in making furniture and gun stocks. However, over the years there have been a number of cases of laminitis and colic in horses that were bedded in wood shavings from black walnut trees, and in horses that have access to walnut trees at pasture. Horses eating green branches or nut casings 57

County Lines of these trees may experience colic and founder. The poisoning is due to certain chemicals found in these trees. All nut woods contain a chemical called jug lone, found in highest concentrations in black walnut wood and shavings, and lesser amounts in the roots, leaves and nutshells. If eaten by a horse, this chemical may cause laminitis. The shavings and sawdust from mills where the wood is processed may be shipped wherever there is a market for them and can end up hundreds of miles from their original source. A horse owner may not realize that the wood shavings ordered might contain black walnut and may not suspect the stall bedding as the culprit if a horse becomes ill. Clinical signs of laminitis will appear 12 to 24 hours after the horse is put on the new bedding. Other signs of illness can include distress, pawing, refusal to move, shifting of weight from leg to leg, refusal of feed and water, abdominal pain, respiratory distress and increased respiratory rate (40 to 50), though heart rates may remain normal. Treatment will include the immediate removal of bedding from stalls and intermittent cold-hosing or standing in cold water/ice baths to reduce inflammation and pain (used in acute conditions 1-24 hours post exposure). Mineral oil may also be given orally to hasten the elimination of toxins in the digestive tract, and the horse should be put on a course of anti-inflammatory medication such as phenylbutazone. Full recovery is possible with critical early identification with measures taken for prevention of further exposure. And in Tuscarawas County news, the June 12 meeting at the New Philadelphia Hog Heaven revealed its second winner of the group’s gun raffle. For details, contact Holly Waldenmyer at 330/432-5164. Upcoming rides include the annual Mohican Canoe-fest to be held this year on Sunday, July 30. And, as always, if you’re interested in joining our club, or just want to visit to see what we’re about, feel free to attend any meeting on the second Monday of each month or contact me at patti. conley12@gmail.com. ~Patti

New tie rails.

Waiting for start of the parade.

by several parties). We’ve tried to keep the Caesar Creek trails cleared, which of course is a constant battle with the storms we’ve had. We replaced the metal tie rails by the creek crossing above Roxanna-New Burlington Road with heavy duty wood ones. The metal ones had become fairly loose from erosion of the dirt around them, and because they were rounded, lead ropes wouldn’t stay where they were tied and tended to slip off the side. So we decided that replacement was better than repair. We replaced the culvert just below Roxanna-New Burlington Road, which had been broken when the park came through with the bulldozer last fall. Plans also include French drains on both sides of the parallel trail above Roxanna-New Burlington Road, as those areas are holding water. The plan is to put in the French drains on the uphill sides, put in a culvert if we discover the springs that we are pretty certain are what is keeping the area so wet, and gravel and geo-tech as needed. Hopefully that will be finished on or before the summer work day Aug. 12. Please also remember that we will have that August work day. Meet at the Caesar Creek horse camp at 9 a.m., and I’m sure Roger will have plenty of projects for everyone. Bring chain saws, loppers, ATVs,

tractors, or any other tools you think may be useful. We also took part in two Fourth of July parades. We did one on July 1, as Waynesville has their celebration the Saturday before the Fourth. Riding this year were Paul, Ana (her first parade!), Diane, and Jane. I drove my quad behind, to allow Harold to ride instead of walk as he did pooper-scooper duties. Then the Fourth (just after I am writing this), we had another at Otterbein Retirement Home. The residents really enjoyed this. I will be looking for volunteers for the endurance ride, the Abi-Khan+ Challenge that I put on each year at Caesar Creek. Especially needed are people to help take pulses early in the morning (Saturday particularly), and people to ride out Sunday after the riders to pull ribbons. If interested, you can contact me at akela83@att.net or 937/232-9256. Anyone interested in doing the ride, I am limiting entries this year due to camping space and 2-track trail, so call or email first to make sure I have room available. Happy trails! ~Mickie

WARREN Warren County OHC has been busy, as usual! We don’t meet in the summer, but we also don’t stop working. The Over the Hill Gang has been working twice a month, as usual (along with the occasional extra day 58

Moral of Photo: control your glasses in the post hole you just dug, (Jane and Diane).

WASHINGTON Greetings, our regularly scheduled meeting for June was moved to the Kinderhook trail head on June 10. We began the day at 10 a.m. with a ride on the Kinderhook Bridle Trails in Wayne National Forest. It was a fee free day in honor of National Public Lands Days. We are very excited that a proposal has been sent to Washington to remove all fees from use of the horse trails in Wayne National Forest. This has been a point of contention for many years with many in our group and this has caused this trail to be often overlooked as a destination to ride. With the addition of three new trails this summer we will be able to ride all day and not ride on any township roads, another point of contention out of the way! We had 13 riders. It was a beautiful day with conditions being perfect in the woods! The group had a potluck at 5 p.m. with

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Honoring David Matthews a past member. many items, but fried chicken being the main dish. Unfortunately, several riders left before the meeting began, but several others came to attend, making our attendance number 13 as well. It was a good day. I would like to mention our hard working, members who received awards at this year’s awards dinner meeting. Linda Donat, Lois Wallace, Bob and Leigh Ann Piggot placed in the top three at the State level for adult trail miles, and all five of our youth members placed in the top ten with Daphanie and LeCole Ol-McGuire tying for first place. In Youth saddle hours Faith Stoney placed first with the rest placing in the top ten. Carolyn Muise was first in adult saddle hours. Our chapter was first in the State with a 348,469 total of riding miles! All are to be congratulated for their perseverance in achieving these awards. The unarmed self-defense clinic had to be postponed due to Michael Gent’s health at that time. We hope to reschedule it for some time in August. For more information call Laura Seebaugh at 740/350-3751. Vice President Darrell McKay led a group of four Washington County members to the Dayton area where they escorted his oldest granddaughter Lyla on her first (off of the farm) trail ride at Sycamore Creek Park. It was a good ride despite the muddy conditions left by remnants of Hurricane Cindy the day before. Lyla and her Mother Angie are members of the Butler County OHC chapter. Other members are busy riding around the state and keeping busy dodging the rain to get the hay in the barn. Work continues with Wayne National Forest to complete the work on trails A, B and C as they are about to be contracted for completion. We are also going to be working with Wayne to offer rides for children at Kinderhook on Sept. 30 in conjunction with Public Land Days. We will have a morning ride, to ride out at 10 a.m. that day. I am happy to announce that we have paid homage to a dear OHC member that passed some time August 2017

Geauga Horse and Pony Association

Thanks for a Great Show Season PRESIDENT, Niki Barry; TREASURER, Shauna Gingrich; SECRETARY, Melanie Young . WEBSITE, www.ghpa.us

by Paige Belew The 2017 show season has come to an end. We had an amazing season and want to thank those who volunteered at the Walk/Trot Novice and Open rings. Our shows are successful because of you. Congratulations to all our exhibitors who showed this season! We enjoyed meeting new members and making new friends. We were very happy to see so many members return for the 2017 season. A great time was had by all who showed. Although our GHPA show season has come to an end, many of our youth exhibitors will be showing at the Great Geauga

County Fair during the Jr. Fair days. Good luck to all of the exhibitors showing at fair! Thank you to the businesses who sponsored shows and classes: Schneider’s Saddlery, Patterson’s Fruit Farm, The Groom Room, Wahl Clippers, Preston Superstore, Buckeye Nutrition, Big Dee’s, and Buckeye Vet.

clothing in it. This keeps you from having to take everything out of the barn at night. Make sure you have a lock for it. The last tip is to have a small emergency kit for your horse. Your horse could get cut or scraped during fair and you may not have anything to put on it. An emergency kit ensures that you will. It should include items like: ointments, vet wrap, scissors, and anything else you think your horse might need for a minor injury.

and Rich Bradshaw Training Stable’s Facebook page. STAY UP TO DATE Check the GHPA website, www. ghpa.us, for final show points and updates. You can also find membership forms, rules and links to horse related topics. Join us for general memebership 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 & Pony Assoc.; Twitter: @GHPAhorseshows; Instagram: GHPAhorseshows.

GET READY FOR FAIR Attention youth members, fair is closer than you think! Here are some tips I use to get ready to go to fair. The first tip is to use a checklist. It should include items like: extra halters, feed, hay, water and food buckets, your tack, bathing/banding supplies (including a hose), and show clothes. The second tip is to have a large tack trunk outside your stall. You are able to keep all of your supplies except for your saddles, bridles, and

RICH BRADSHAW’S OBSTACLE CHALLENGES After fair, riders still interested in participating in GHPA events can look forward to Rich Bradshaw’s Obstacle Challenges in the fall. He also has many other events for all age groups. For more information on Obstacle Challenge dates keep watching GHPA’s website, Facebook page, Twitter, Instagram,

HUGE THANKS As always, GHPA would like to thank Big Dee’s Tack and Schneider’s Saddlery for their generous support of our organization. We really appreciate all that both of these fine companies provide for us.

Dave and Barb at Van Buren.

Our wonderful bridge work at Van Buren.

Dick on Cooper wondering what we will find on trail next here in New York!

a wonderful time. I heard Carol from Sandusky County and Dana from Indiana also made it. With graduation parties and unforeseen incidents those of us that planned to go could not. Dick and Judy, Diane, Cindy, Deta and myself made it to Otter Creek Campground in New York. We all agreed it was a trip worth making. Several could not make this trip either but I think this will make the list again in the future. Jim and Karen, Jo, Matt and Stanley, Deta and Jeff, Dan and Amy, Shirley and Todd made it to Van Buren for the July 4th holiday. It rained at the beginning but weather cleared in time to have fun riding. Judy was able to ride with them one of the days. Everyone loves the bridge work our people did through the Friends

group. A big thanks to Jon M., Austin, one of Jon’s employees he conned into helping, Judy and Dick, Jo, Jim and Karen, and Dan for working on the bridge. It needed some sides badly to hold the stone in place. I have included a picture of their work of art! Dave and Barb, Dan, and I made it to Van Buren for a weekend of trail trimming. As Barb R. is usually working she actually got to ride this time while there, and I got a picture of her! Hopefully she will get to ride more often. Next few rides are East Fork Aug. 10-13, Labor Day weekend Sept. 1-4 at Van Buren, and Hocking Sept. 1524. Until later, have miles of smiles riding that favorite horse. ~Barb Pushover50@aol.com

County Lines back. We had held off getting an In Memory sign in hopes that we could name one of the new Kinderhook trails after Dave Matthews, however we were informed this past spring that they did not want trails named after people, so a sign was ordered and posted on our mounting block at the trailhead camp. Dave spent many an hour working to establish this camp and trails for our chapter to have nearby trails to ride. The Horse Apple Bingo at Lawrence School, Dart, Ohio, scheduled for Oct. 14, is on track for a great event. We have 366 Bingo tickets to sell, we will start accepting vendors for our flea market spaces soon. We are planning a Stick Horse Show for the youth who attend, as well as our usual food vending booth and the wagon rides. To sign up for a vendor spot, volunteer to help or any other questions call me, Rita Schultheis, at 740/374-2062 weekdays. Other events in the pipe line are a trip to an outdoor drama and several trail rides. Our August corn roast ride is scheduled for Aug. 5-6 at Mountwood Park. Ride out at 10 a.m., bring a covered dish for the potluck after the ride. Wayne National’s next free ride day at Kinderhook trails will be Sept. 30. Mark your calendar and plan to join us. We will also need some members willing to help walk horses while letting children ride that day, please August 2017

plan to attend. Michael Gent, Debbie Johnson, Ray Tidd and Chicken Pugh are all having serious health problems out of our membership numbers. Your prayers and concern is greatly appreciated. Apologies for this year’s Corral being sporadic. Dorothy had to give up her duty as editor due to Chicken’s health and others have been trying to fill in which has caused us to miss a few deadlines. To help out our president Brent DeWees and I, Rita Schultheis have decided to take over this job. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Till we meet on the trail, ~Rita V. Schultheis WOOD Jim, Karen and Deta went to Elkins Creek and reported they had

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Palm Partnership TrainingE

Aids Communication — Turning Aids by Lynn Palm I want to explain the importance of the turning aids and give you some exercises to practice to more effectively use them. This information may be a revelation. It will help improve your transitions and may change your riding forever! Turning or ‘bending’ aids include our hands through the reins and our legs. We use these aids to control the horse’s direction of travel and his body position. The term ‘bending’ may be unfamiliar to some readers. When the bend through the horse’s side is correct, his body conforms the arc of whatever curved line he is on. If a horse is bent properly on a circle, we say he is ‘straight’ because he is properly following the arc of the circle. His hind feet follow in the tracks of the forelegs on a curve. To do this he must bend. The primary aids to turn or bend a horse are the rider’s outside leg and outside rein. The ‘outside’ is the side of the horse opposite from the

direction of the turn. For example, if I want to turn my horse in a circle to the left, I turn him using my outside aids—the right leg and right rein. The job of my inside (left) leg is to keep the horse forward and out on the turn. My inside (left) rein is used to lightly position my horse’s head so he is looking in the direction of the turn. Let’s look at the function of each aid in turning or bending a horse: OUTSIDE REIN: Functions as the turning rein. It asks the horse to move his shoulders to follow the arc of the circle or turn. When using the outside rein, be careful not to move the outside hand over the crest of the horse’s neck. OUTSIDE LEG: Is positioned slightly behind the girth. It helps to bend the horse’s body around the inside leg and keeps his hindquarters from swinging out and off the arc of the circle or turn. INSIDE REIN: Lightly positions the horse’s head in the direction of the turn. Do this by slightly rotate the inside hand as if ‘turning a key’

or ‘opening a doorknob’ and slightly opening the rein in the direction of the turn to position the head. INSIDE LEG: Positioned at the girth. Helps keep forward momentum and, as my friend and Olympic rider Jane Savoie describes in her wonderful book Cross Train Your Horse; “the inside leg serves as a pole for the horse to bend around.” Now that you have a better idea of how the turning/bending aids are used, here’s an exercise to practice applying them. I’ll walk you though it, describing the use of each aid.

Figure 8’s—Circles with Change of Direction at the Walk The goal of this exercise is to complete two equal sized, medium sized, round circles at the walk in a ‘figure 8’ pattern. Start by asking the horse to walk forward. Begin turning him on the first circle to the left. To follow the circle, turn the horse using the right rein against his neck, holding the right leg slightly behind the girth. The inside leg is active and keeps him moving forward as he bends around it. ‘Turn the key’ and slightly open the left inside rein to lightly position the horse’s head so he is looking in the direction he is turning. As you complete the circle to the left, prepare to reverse directions across the middle of the imaginary ‘figure 8’. Straighten the horse for a few steps while crossing the middle of the ‘8’. Prepare to change the horse’s body position to ready him for a circle to the right. Start the turn by applying the left leg and left rein while keeping him forward using the right leg. Lightly position his head to the right using the inside (right) rein. Practice this exercise, then add some challenge by asking the horse to make tighter circles within the figure 8 pattern. Remember the same principles apply: outside rein-outside leg to turn. Maintain the inside leg to keep him forward (so he doesn’t stall in the tighter turn) and lightly position his head with the inside rein to keep in looking in the direction he is turning.

Your Next Step…

Once you feel that you are solid on understanding the role of the turning/ bending aids, pick up the pace and try this week’s ‘figure 8’ exercise at the trot. The increased speed of the trot will challenge you to apply your aids properly. Here’s how to do it. Ask your horse to pick up a trot and start with a turn to the right. Begin turning to the right using your left 60

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Lynn Palm leg and left rein. Use your inside right leg to keep horse’s forward movement at the trot, while the right hand lightly positions his head so he is looking to the right as he is bending and turning in that direction. As you approach the middle of the ‘8’, prepare to change direction to a circle to the left. Straighten the horse as you cross the middle, then apply the bending aids to the left. Apply the left leg to keep the forward momentum, lightly position his head in the new direction, and use the right rein and right leg to turn. Now that you have a better understanding of the turning/bending aids, next month I’ll give you some exercises to help teach your horse how to make transitions to the lope/canter or improve them. These exercises use a modified ‘figure 8’ pattern. That is why it is important to perfect your turning/bending aids first and know how to control you horse’s body so it is straight on a line or on a curve. When the horse is straight and his body in the proper position, he will be able to make his transitions properly.

Lynn’s Training Tip…

My goal is to teach you how to use natural aids, not artificial equipment or devices, to control a horse’s body. These aids are not hard for either horse or rider to understand. The challenge is coordinating them with the horse’s action to get the response you want. Teaching your horse to respond to these aids will open up a new level of communication between you! Start ‘talking’ to your horse today. 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! August 2017

Ohio Morgan Horse Association

Negative Behavior at Horse Shows PRESIDENT, Claudia Grimes; VICE PRESIDENT, Louise Fraser; SECRETARY, Lois Magisano; WEBSITE, www. ohiomorganhorse.com

by Susan Walker In my last column, I left you with a bit of a cliffhanger. If you are really paying attention, I should end your suspense and let you know that our mare did eventually deliver a beautiful, perfect bay colt…after 356 days of gestation. That is 16 days past what is generally considered ‘average’ and an additional 10 days of sleep deprived nights beyond my last report. No matter, he was well worth the wait, worth the anticipation, and worth the long late nights, as are they all. Plans continue coming together for the Buckeye Morgan Challenge horse show. At last report, both entries and sponsorships are up from last year, so it is shaping up to be an exciting and competitive four days. Specifically,

those four days are Aug. 9-12. We hope that those of you who exhibit your Morgans will be in attendance. Late entries are welcomed, so if there is still time and you want to enter, come on down. Spectators are always welcome, of course. The event’s venue, The Champions Center (www.championscenter.net) is easily accessible from Interstate 70, so it isn’t too far of a drive for a large part of Ohio and some neighboring states. Here’s an interesting concept—why not invite some of your family and friends to come as spectators and watch our sport and our Morgans in action. And speaking of our sport, I want to say a few words about sportsmanship. I have been reading a multitude of disgruntled posts on Facebook recently from people who had their feelings hurt by comments made at a horse show. As we look forward to the Buckeye Morgan Challenge, I would like to remind everyone that many people have already been competing during many weekends over a period of months. Horseshow burnout can be a real thing. Also, August weather can be

hot and humid, making horses and humans cranky. As we plan to attend ‘our’ horse show, I would like to entreat all those in attendance to be respectful and considerate of others. Please remember that voices can carry farther than you think in large open areas and stalls aren’t sound proof. Try to imagine as you start to state that less-than-complimentary comment, that a relative of the subject is going to hear what you say. And when you are sitting in a group setting, you don’t always know who is within hearing distance. On the other hand, to borrow a popular phrase, “haters gonna hate.” Let it go. Take a deep breath and realize that one person’s rude comment need not be acknowledged. Take the high road and let it slide. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if a horse show was held, and no one had to post comments about hurt feelings or tactless behavior? I know I sound

like Pollyanna, but I personally would love it if the Buckeye could be that show. Those of you who subscribe to ‘The Morgan Horse’ magazine will have seen advertisements for the nationwide AMHA Open Barn Day. Per Sandy Sessink, the list of barns participating continues to grow, but Ohio leads all states in the number of stables planning to showcase their horses. I hope this continues to be true, as after all, Ohio started it all in 2016. More information on this can be found on both the OMHA and the AMHA websites. Also in the June issue of ‘The Morgan Horse’, the youth group which I mentioned in June posted an advertisement promoting their membership. The youth group members will also be a presence at the Buckeye, so look for them there, helping to volunteer with some of the behind the scenes jobs which always need to be done.

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District One National Show Horse Association

Open Dressage Show Very Well Received PRESIDENT, Jane Malmsberry; VICE PRESIDENT, Jan Passell; SECRETARY, Kristin Detwiler; TREASURER, Barb Wright; EMAIL, barbwright4100@gmail. com. FACEBOOK, www. facebook.com/ DONSHA

by Barb Wright The open dressage show held June 21 at the Canfield Fairgrounds was very well received. There were a variety of tests ridden. Each test takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes. This show was well attended by youth as well as adults. The judge, Karla Forrer, hired by DONSHA did an excellent job. Volunteers from DONSHA, Buckeye Horse Park, the Canfield Fair Board and maintenance crew, and Mahoning Saddlehorse Committee each did terrific jobs

keeping things running smoothly. The grounds, the rings, and all other facilities were immaculate. The judge provided valuable feedback to all participants giving them direction and focal points for their next dressage tests. This show also gave youth trying to qualify for state fair a local venue to meet their PAS requirements. Kim Kachurchack and her HalfArabian hunter mare Ella Fitzghazi won two reserve championships at the Medallion and two second places at the pre-show for Region 13 in the amateur hunter pleasure classes. Barb Wright’s mare Ho Chi Mama won her HA Park class. This mare then was third in HA Park at Region 13. Barb Wright sent two Half-Arabian mares to the Blue Ridge Arabian Classic in Lexington, Va. Mary Mary won her Country Pleasure Driving class. This mare was also reserve champion in Country English Pleasure Open. WA Venus Afire was

Barb Wright’s colt (The Renaissance x Simplee Irresistable) second in the Half-Arabian Ladies and Gents class and also went on to the championships. These same two mares went on to Region 15 in Lexington, Va. Mary Mary was third in HA Pleasure Driving Open and Venus was fourth in the HA Hunter Pleasure Open. Currently most of the members are busy doing hay and preparing for the next shows. Some of the shows coming up are Summer Sizzler, Pink Ribbon and Champagne Classic.

Kim Kachurchack and Ella Fitzghazi. If you are a member and you have news about your horse or an event please let me know so I can include it in our Corral article Barb Wright’s NSH mare, Simplee Irresistible, gave birth to a colt by The Renaissance on July 5 at 11:30 a.m. We were so thankful to have a daylight birth. The colt is pictured here at three days old.

Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc.

Shore To Shore Ride On Many Bucket Lists 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 Three of the 2017 MTRA rides are complete and our statistics are looking good. Average daily riders were 40 on the May ride, 85 on the first June ride and 71 on the second June ride. The big winner for MTRA was in the ‘newbie’ category with 28 ‘newbies’ on the first June ride and

25 on the second June ride. Many of these new riders were from out of state. One rider came from Colorado to do our ride. Our unique shore to shore ride has become an item on bucket lists for riders from all across the United States. Keeping our trail maintained for riding has been a challenge this year. After clearing the winter downed trees from the trail, strong spring storms went through northern Michigan. Thanks to all the MTRA volunteers who worked so hard to clear the trails for a second time. The Luzerne boardwalk was ready by the first June ride and all our riders enjoyed riding this 1800 foot bridge through a swampy area. MTRA is now looking forward and

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making plans for August, September and October. The August Family Ride starts Aug. 5 at the Luzerne Trail Camp. This ride is geared for families so pack up your kids or grandchildren and join us for a great summer vacation. Along with riding camp to camp from Luzerne to McKinley and then McKinley to South Branch, MTRA will be laying over for a few days at both Luzerne and South Branch Trail Camps. Activities that are planned for the youth are rope halter making, trophy decorating and a canoe/kayak trip. As always, children under the age of 18 ride free and on this August ride, MTRA adults who bring a child will receive half off their daily rate. Our August workbee is planned for Aug. 18, 19 and 20. We will be based at the Luzerne Trail Camp. Work planned for the weekend is cleaning the camp as well as working on the trail going east to McKinley and north to Walsh Road. Equipment needed are tractors, York rakes, chain saws, pruners, loppers, nippers, four-wheelers, side by sides, chippers and stump grinders. Remember to sign in each day at lunch. We must keep track of our hours worked and equipment used for the Forest Service and the sign in sheet is what MTRA uses to award

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free camp days. MTRA members receive one free camping day for each day they work on an organized MTRA workbee. September is the month for riding in Michigan. The September double cross is a 22 day, ride every day ride from Lake Huron (Oscoda) to Lake Michigan (Empire) and then back to Lake Huron (Oscoda). This ride consists of two single trophy ride crossings (east to west and then west to east). You may come for any or all of this ride. Be sure to pack your bathing suit and your long underwear because the weather in September is ever changing. It is important to dress in layers in September. The fall mornings can be a bit nippy but the afternoons are sunny and warm. October brings our laid back beautiful color ride. The trees give this ride its name. The color in the forest from the trees is spectacular. Red, gold, rust, yellow all mixed in with the green from the trees that have not turned yet or the pines and cedars make this a must do ride for the picture taking trail rider. The every other day layover makes this ride relaxing and enjoyable. If you have any questions about MTRA and our activities, call the MTRA office, 989/723-1425 or send an email to mtra.office@gmail.com. August 2017

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