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ummer fun is well under way for equine enthusiasts and their hoofed companions. Trail riding, eventing, dressage, driving, showing, ranch horse events, clinics…you name it and somebody is out there doing it. If you are looking for a fun-filled event, just turn to the pages of the Horsemen’s Corral Calendar. This time of year the weekends are chock full of things to do throughout our region. Each event on the calendar has a point-of-contact so you can get more information but we always recommend you “call before you haul”. And if you’ve misplaced your monthly copy of the Corral, just go to the Corral website at www. thehorsemenscorral.com to find the most recent calendar of events.

Michelle, Joe and I are making a point of attending some of the events taking place throughout the region. We are very limited with our time on the weekends due to work and family commitments, but when time allows, we are hitting the road to visit, take pictures and share in the fun. In June Michelle and I were able to attend a mini horse show presented by the Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club (NOMHC). What a fun day with approximately 60 horses registered for multiple classes including halter, driving, jumping and fun classes such as costume. I’m always amazed by the diversity of those who own and show mini horses. From toddlers to seniors, both men and women; some coming from the big horse industry, others never involved with equines until acquiring their own beloved minis. But most amazing of all, an inclusive environment that allows those with physical and cognitive disabilities to participate and win on an equal playing field. Just one of the many highlights of my day was watching 20 year old Austin Carpenter show his gelding

Austin Carpenter showing his gelding Flyte at the 20th Annual Open Miniature Horse Show held June 4, 2017 at the Lorain County Fairgrounds, Wellington, Ohio. Flyte. Despite being challenged due to autism, he followed each of the judge’s directions with a smile that never left his face. Austin did a fabulous job presenting and handling his beautiful 10-year-old mini and placed 2nd in Geldings 3 Years and Older. Way to go Austin! Good luck to you throughout the rest of the show season. I own my own minis and I’m often asked “What do you do with

them?” If you too are looking for the answer to this question, all it takes is attending the annual NOMHC Miniature Horse Show to see for yourself. Until next month have fun (because that’s what it’s all about) and be safe!

20TH ANNUAL OPEN MINIATURE HORSE SHOW Sponsored by Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club June 4, 2017 at the Lorain County Fairgrounds, Wellington, Ohio Photos taken by Michelle Ross. More photos can be found on the Horsemen’s Corral Facebook page.

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Horsemen’s Corral Announces New Agreement with Ohio Quarter Horse Association The Horsemen’s Corral magazine is pleased to announce a new agreement with the Ohio Quarter Horse Association (OQHA), host of the All American Quarter Horse Congress. This agreement will put the Horsemen’s Corral in every OQHA member’s mailbox each month and provide Corral readers with information about the Ohio Quarter Horse Association, including OQHA news, events, results, highlights and up-to-date communication regarding the Congress. The agreement serves to create a regional partnership between the Corral and OQHA to increase exposure and communication for the betterment of the equine industry in Ohio and the surrounding States. ABOUT OQHA The Ohio Quarter Horse Association was established in 1951, and made its mission to encourage the breeding and competition of Quarter Horses in Ohio, as well as to provide educational opportunities about the breed. In the beginning, OQHA sponsored classes at open shows in the state, later establishing its own breeder’s futurity, and eventually year-end awards for AQHA-approved events. The

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association hosted a two-day clinic in 1962 at the Ohio State University that included discussions on nutrition; breeding management; parasites; grooming, fitting and equipment; and demonstrations on showmanship, horsemanship, reining, roping and cutting. With the success of that event, other clinics soon followed. With its activity and popularity now on the rise, the association lobbied and received approval to host the AQHA convention in Cincinnati in 1966. The event was one of the most talked-about conventions for many years, with its hospitality, jampacked agenda and an unforgettable ‘Over the Rhine’ themed cocktail party. Blair Folck overheard a departing guest exclaim: “I had a heck of a good time, but I didn’t learn a thing about Quarter Horses.” The casual comment spurred Blair Folck to action. At the May 1966 OQHA board of directors meeting, Blair Folck, owner of National Equine Sales and an OQHA past president, reported on his attendance at the Charolaise Cattle Congress in St. Louis, Mo. Folck raved about the success of the show, and stated that the enormity of the state-sponsored

cattle event dwarfed any promotional events that the national association had ever done. He further predicted that the same type of program could be adapted to Quarter Horses and hosted by OQHA. His idea was received with mixed emotions by the board. Many people were excited about the idea, but others were concerned about the financial liability. After deliberating and reviewing its options, the board agreed at an emergency board meeting in January 1967 to host the Congress under one condition: $10,000 was to be raised before May 1, 1967, or the show would be cancelled. With much more than the $10,000 goal in signed contracts thanks to Dr. W.P. ‘Pete’ Drake, OQHA president for the first three Congress shows, and Blair Folck, the association decided to proceed with the first annual All American Quarter Horse Congress, Nov. 3-5, 1967 at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio. More than 5,000 horsemen and women came to the first Congress, and the event was a hit. After Congress paperwork outgrew three rooms in Dr. Drake’s Richwood, Ohio, home, office space in the Union County village was rented and eventually an executive secretary was hired to manage the show. As the Congress grew, so did the OQHA office staff, to its current six full-time employees. From its initial three days, the show grew to include more and more events and eventually evolved to the threeweek schedule seen today. After a fire in 1995, OQHA purchased land and built its permanent headquarters in Richwood. MISSION: The Ohio Quarter Horse Association will, protect and promote the Quarter Horse and the interests of owners, breeders, exhibitors and enthusiasts. OQHA is committed to setting the standard in the equine industry by engaging

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equine enthusiasts through worldclass competition, recreational activities, education and engagement of the next generation of participants and industry leaders. ALL AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE CONGRESS FACTS • The All American Quarter Horse Congress is the largest single breedhorse show in the world. There are over 23,500 horse show entries. • The show attracts more than 650,000 people to the Columbus area. It generates $285 million for the central Ohio economy. • Over $3 million is given away in cash and prizes, including trucks, trailers, trophy saddles, sterling silver buckles and the coveted Don Bell bronze trophies. • The largest Collegiate and Youth Judging contest is held at the Congress, with more than 60 teams of college students, 4-H, FFA and Quarter Horse youth members. • 200 registered Quarter Horses are sold at the Congress Super Sale. • Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram followers of over 47,000 and growing daily. ABOUT THE HORSEMEN’S CORRAL The Horsemen’s Corral Magazine serves the horse industry in Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indiana, with the most comprehensive source of equine marketing that includes print, digital, radio, and social media plus nearly 100 personal appearances by our own Professional Equine Announcer and General Manager, Joe Coalter. The Corral has been serving horse people since 1969. Our longevity is a testament to our commitment to the equine industry and to the success our advertisers enjoy. The Horsemen’s Corral is simply “Your One Source for the Horse”!

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Deadly Consequences: Is Your Horse Feed Safe? by BUCKEYE® Nutrition Is your horse’s feed made in a mill that produces medicated livestock feeds? Do you buy your bulk feed from a mill that also sells medicated bulk feeds? If the answer is yes, your horse’s health and well-being could be at risk. Horse feed contamination, specifically caused by medications or drugs known as ionphores, has been making headline news recently for good reason. Even in the smallest concentration, ionophores can severely and irreversibly damage both the heart and skeletal muscles of horses, resulting ultimately in death. Horses exhibit one of the highest intolerances for ionophores, with recognizable signs of toxicity being exhibited as soon as 12 hours after consumption. These symptoms vary depending on the amount consumed and can include reduced appetite and feed refusal, diarrhea, overall weakness and wobbly gait, rapid heart rate, colic, abnormal sweating, failure to stand up and sudden death. Horses able to recover or those that consumed a sub-lethal dose could potentially show signs of permanent cardiac damage, further affecting their quality of life. What are ionphores and why are they used in livestock feeds? In the simplest terms, an ionophore is a molecule able to transport across the membranes of cells to elicit antibiotic activities. Monensin, one type of ionophore originally intended for poultry, acts to prevent coccidiosis, a parasitic disease affecting the intestinal tract. In cattle, monensin can also be used to increase feed efficiency and promotes the production of propionic acid (and thus, reduced methane production) in the rumen to prevent bloat. The regulation of all drugs and medications, including monensin, falls under the responsibility of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and each state’s regulatory control officers. In 1976, the FDA approved monensin for use as a feed additive in cattle for the treatment and prevention of disease as well as to improve feed efficiency. Since then, two other ionophores, lasalocid and laidlomycin, have also been approved for use in cattle. Unfortunately, horses are about 20 times more sensitive than cattle and 200 times more sensitive than poultry to monensin toxicity. The two most common causes of monensin toxicity in field cases include feed mistakes (when a horse accidentally consumes cattle feed) and mixing errors at the feed facility (Matsuoka et al., 1996). According to the FDA, complete 10

elimination of ionophore carryover during feed production either through the equipment or in bulk delivery trucks, is not practical even in the best constructed and managed facility. Knowing this, what steps do feed mills take to avoid excessive and toxic ionophore contamination? Each feed facility producing medicated feeds is required to follow what’s known as current good manufacturing practice requirements (CGMPs) to ensure the safety of their products. This includes all mills that manufacture, process, pack, or hold animal food-both medicated and non-medicated. One type of CGMP recommended by the FDA is sequencing, the preplanned order of feed production, storage and distribution. Sequencing can be implemented to limit ionophore contamination into specific feeds, particularly the subsequent batch of feed processed in the same equipment. For example, proper sequencing would require horse feeds to be manufactured prior to any medicated feeds followed by a complete physical clean-out of the equipment on a daily basis. Flushing is another type of process used to clean out any remaining drug residue and involves running an abrasivetype ingredient (corn, soybean meal, peanut hulls, etc.) through

the equipment prior to producing another feed. In 2003, the FDA developed the Animal Feed Safety System (AFSS), a program to promote safe feeds by educating regulatory officers at both the national and state level responsible for conducting inspections and enforcing regulations. With a limited budget, funding and trained personnel to properly assess each facility and ensure implementation of CGMPs, as well as the authority to fine and penalize those facilities that fail to meet minimum guidelines, the responsibility of feed safety has fallen back onto each feed facility to ‘self-assess’ their own methodologies. But big changes are coming down the pipeline. As one of the biggest initiatives to improve feed safety in the U.S., the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) focuses on prevention rather than reaction to both animal and human food safety. The FSMA was signed into law in January, 2011, and, for the first time, the FDA will have a legislative mandate to require comprehensive, science-based preventive controls across the food supply. The FDA will now require animal feed mills to adopt risk-based preventative controls to address potential hazards, and will be required to inspect feed mills at a certain frequency and have

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the authority to enforce mandatory recalls. The first step in rolling out the FSMA will occur in September 2016, requiring all feed facilities to identify and implement preventive controls to significantly minimize or prevent hazards, such as ionophore contamination. Ultimately, any time the production of medicated and non-medicated feeds takes place in the same facility, or are handled, stored or transported using the same equipment, there will be a risk of contamination. The only way to completely eliminate this risk is by purchasing feeds from a medication-free feed mill. How can horse owners ensure the safety of the feed they are purchasing for their horses? It’s not as simple as just reading the label. Do some investigative work before making purchasing decisions. Here are some examples of questions to ask your feed mill: 1. Does the mill produce any medicated feeds at their facilities? 2. Does the mill store any medicated feeds and if so, are they separated from non-medicated feeds? 3. Does the mill transport medicated and non-medicated feeds together? 4. Does the mill transport medicated and non-medicated bulk feed in separate trucks? 5. What steps does the mill take to reduce the risk of contamination? 6. Does the mill purchase raw ingredients from non-medicated suppliers? About BUCKEYE® Nutrition Headquartered in Dalton, Ohio, BUCKEYE® Nutrition has been manufacturing quality products since 1910. BUCKEYE® Nutrition takes feed safety seriously, implementing many programs mandated in human food manufacturing facilities. With the backing of WALTHAM®, a world-leading authority on pet care and widely renowned as an institution of the highest scientific caliber, our equine nutritionists provide scientifically-based equine nutritional solutions which guide our formulations and our BUCKEYE® Nutrition brand promise of being the highest quality, fixed formula feeds available. BUCKEYE® Nutrition is a 100% equine-focused company, 100% medication-free facility, sourcing 100% traceable, pure ingredients for consistency with a 100% money-back guarantee on all products. For coupons, a free hay analysis and diet consultation, contact us at: 800/898-9467 BUCKEYE® Nutrition. Your Passion. Our Purpose™. www.BuckeyeNutrition.com July 2017

Investigation of Medication Ban While the American Quarter Horse Association recognizes the therapeutic benefits of the drug furosemide, commonly known as Lasix, to help mitigate the occurrence of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) in racehorses, the AQHA Executive Committee recently asked the AQHA Animal Welfare Commission to review the proposed prohibition of Lasix for show horses, set to be effective as of January 1, 2018. Balancing the use of therapeutic medication for the welfare of the horse in different types of competition,

such as racing and showing, while minimizing or eliminating performance-enhancing properties of medication compounds has been a challenge in the equine industry. Lasix has been endorsed by several equine groups and the American Association of Equine Practitioners to lessen the occurrence of EIPH in racehorses. Consistent with such groups, AQHA opposed the latest version of the newly introduced Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017, which would eliminate all race-day medications, including Lasix in racehorses.

The Association and Executive Committee are committed to the welfare of the horse and look forward to receiving additional input from the AQHA Animal Welfare Commission regarding the proposed prohibition of Lasix across all disciplines of show horses, including whether disciplines that may have a higher incidence of EIPH warrant different Lasix policies. In the interim, the current rule change will be held for review, and the final decision of the Executive Committee regarding Lasix usage in show horses will be announced on

AQHA.com after the investigation is concluded. AQHA news and information is a service of the American Quarter Horse Association. For more information, follow @AQHAnews on Twitter and visit www.aqha.com/news. Founded in 1940, the American Quarter Horse Association is the largest equine breed organization in the world. With headquarters in Amarillo, AQHA has a membership of more than 260,000 people in 86 countries and has registered more than 5 million horses in 95 countries.

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Check our Facebook Page for Campout and Ride Schedule PRESIDENT, Kelly Engle Thompson; VICE PRESIDENT, Sarah Koss; TREASURER, June Levy; SECRETARY, Denise Smith. PHONE, 937/725-4862 WEBSITE, www.appohio.com

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For us Horsemen when we think spring many things come to mind depending on your interest in horses. Our club has members that are involved in many aspects of the horse world. We are very fortunate that we have both youth and adults interested in showing and trail riding. The kids have been busy participating in local clinics and shows, recently the Great

Lakes Show in Findlay. This is a prelude for some to show at the 2017 World Championship Appaloosa Youth Show at the end of June. We also have adults showing at the 70th National Appaloosa Horse Show the first week of July. Weather didn’t cooperate for our first campout and ride Memorial weekend but we have several more scheduled. Check us out on Facebook or our website for upcoming events. Spring is in the air and babies are on the ground and I’m excited to share ‘Foal News’. Bob Raines had a colorful leopard colt March 26 out of Ghostwind’s El Bravo x PKA Nugget’s Purty Fancy. This little guy is full of spots. John and Nancy Whitley are anticipating three this year. The first arrived May 10. The little filly is out of One Smart Ace x Who’s Zippin Now and already showing potential of being a cowhorse. Rocket is a keeper and boy are they excited. We are a regional Appaloosa Horse Club. Our club participates in many areas of the horse world involving Appaloosas and other breeds. We believe that promoting the Appaloosa

horse and our youth program are the club’s most important interests. If you are interested in joining us, please checkout our website, www.appohio. com, for a membership form.

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Wayne County Saddle Club

Celebrating Memorial Day PRESIDENT, Rich Gortner; VICE PRESIDENTS, Rachael Adamson and Katy Amstutz; SECRETARY, Bobbi Jo Mackey; TREASURER, Beth Eikleberry; WEBSITE, waynecountysaddleclub.com

W.C.S.C. has a long tradition of producing top quality equine events. Things don’t usually start out to be ‘traditions.’ Rather, they become such after trial and continued existence over time. I began riding in the Memorial Day parade when I was in the fifth grade and this year made number 64. A young member (a great rider, herself) has begun the same journey. Cassie Parsons, 13, has ridden in the Wooster Memorial Day parade ever since she was a baby in her Grandpa, Jerry Stock’s arms. Jerry has ridden a lot of years, too. We are proud to honor our country and those who’ve served and fought for us (US). By the time you read this, we’ll be celebrating another important patriotic holiday—4th of July. We’re proud and grateful to live in

Wayne County Saddle Club members in the Wooster Memorial Day parade. a country where we have freedom. have to be organized and produced Please remember, freedom isn’t by devoted leaders—with a lot of free. We have to defend it. God bless voluntary help (remember, you get the USA! a ticket for every hour for the $100 As the show season continues, drawing.) Thank-you leaders and please feel free to help with your everyone who’s helped, and will favorite activity(s). These great help, throughout 2017! shows don’t just happen; they Upcoming events are in the Corral Calendar and WCSC’s website. ‘Hope you’ll join us. ~Stan

Cassie Parsons with grandpa Jerry Strock.

Central Ohio Saddle Club Association

Summer Sizzler Horse Show Coming Up in August PRESIDENT, Jennifer Markley; VICE PRESIDENT, Shannon Dillinger; SECRETARY, Mandy Dacek; TREASURER, Theresa Whiteman; WEBSITE, www.coscaonline.com

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Thank you to those exhibitors who joined us at our 34th annual Benefit Show. The weather forecast the week before the show looked like we needed to bring our rain gear, but the storms and rains waited til we were all headed home on Sunday. It was great seeing so many familiar faces as well as new ones! I had the pleasure of helping man gates all weekend and I enjoyed watching our exhibitors show their horses. It was neat seeing people compete with their trusty partners in their usual

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classes, or some exhibitors bringing out a young horse for the first time, and watching some youth exhibitors try their hand at canter classes after success in the walk trot classes last season. The Benefit Show was our first with the Ranch Horse classes. I know both the exhibitors and spectators really enjoyed these classes! Thank you to Lisa Morris for sponsoring the Ranch classes for the 2017 show season! Our next show put on by COSCA is the Summer Sizzler. You can find the showbill both on our website as well as this issue of the Corral. Hope to see you at the Summer Sizzler on Aug. 19 and 20 at the Medina County Fairgrounds. In the meantime, check out all the shows approved for COSCA year-end points. These shows as well as showbills are listed under the ‘show schedule’ part of our website. See you at the shows! June 2017

Knox County Horse Park

Arena Trail Challenge and the Cowgirl vs Cowboy Challenge PRESIDENT, Linda House; VICE PRESIDENT, Ken Niner; TREASURER, Pam Niner; SECRETARY, Courtney Letts. PHONE, 740/973-3059 WEBSITE, www.knoxcountyhorsepark.com

I can’t believe that it is July; I hope that everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday. I hope that everyone is getting their hay in for the season, I know that everyone around me has been putting up a lot of hay. We had our first fun show of the season and had several people attend. Everyone that was there seemed to really be enjoying themselves. Thanks to Deb and Steve for putting on a great fun show. Thank you to everyone who came out and participated and to everyone who helped with the show. Our next fun show will be Sept. 16 and will begin at noon. Watch later articles to see what they will be doing. Our next show will be The Arena Trail Challenge on July 9. It will start at 11 a.m. and has a rain date of July 16. The cost is $25 per entry. There will be only one entry per horse/rider combo. Pay back will be given to the first three places. Boots, hat or helmet and long pants are required. Ken is asking that if anyone can come out and help the day of the show to please let him know, he can still use a little help with the obstacles in the arena. You can reach Ken at 740/258-9914 with any questions or ability to help with his show. August 5 will be our Cowgirl vs Cowboy Challenge. The show will start at noon with 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 cowboys have won the last two years so we need all the cowgirls to show up and give the cowboys a run for their money this year. As always ‘Trophy T-shirts’ will be given out to the all the members of the winning team. Required dress is: long pants, safe boots/shoes, sleeved shirts. Recommended helmet or hat.

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The cost of the show is $10 per rider. If you would like more information or have any questions please feel free to contact Gerald (Doc) Payton at 419/768-2128. Please watch our webpage, www. knoxcountyhorsepark.com, or our Facebook page kchp (Knox County Horse Park) to stay updated on all of our events and to see if anything has

been cancelled or rained out for the day. As always we have our monthly meetings at the park shelter house with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. and meeting to follow at 7 p.m. We would like to thank Janis Comstock-Jones for being our president for the last few months. We are sorry that you will be stepping

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down from this position. You did a great job! I hope to see everyone out at the park this summer. Please remember while you are ridding this summer to keep yourself and your equine partner well hydrated. Also the ticks are bad this year check yourself and your equine partner. As always, ~Courtney Letts

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ore than 400 people attended the Annual Ohio Quarter Horse Association All Breed Trail Ride and Challenge held June 8-11 at the Tri-County Trail Association in East Sparta, Ohio, with 237 participating in the Trail Challenges and 138 out on the trails. The success of the family fun-filled weekend has allowed the trail ride organizers to donate $1500 back to the Ohio Quarter Horse Foundation and $4500 to fund grants for 18 4-H kids throughout Ohio. The grants are used to support a 4-H kid’s passion for horses whether they need supplies, products, proper attire or a horse to show. The weekend kicked off on Thursday with beautiful weather that lasted throughout the weekend. Announcer Joe Coalter along with judges Kelly Chapman and Billy Jo Chapman kept the spirit going throughout the weekend where Rebecca Burrell received the highest adult score over three days and Sydney Hawk received the highest youth score. OQHA Director Todd Salome brought fryers with him to prepare Friday night’s dinner, while OQHA Queen Kelsey Dorka switched things up as she participated in the Saturday trail challenge on a Paint Horse and rode around camp with the kids. Dorka also helped pass out the weekend awards and took pictures with all the winners. Saturday evening attendees tried their hand at a challenging course

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created by the Baumans that even stumped some of the Masters class! Event organizers contributed much of the weekend’s success to the kitchen crew, the challenge crew, and all who jumped in where help was needed. Organizers also commended the youth who attended for going mostly cell phone free the entire weekend. Trail ride organizers extend a special thank you to the generous sponsors who continue to support OQHA events: Anthony Feed & Supply AQHA Bauman’s Farm Big Dee’s dac Farnam GC Reclaiming Harris Leather & Silverworks Haus of Dawgs Horsemen’s Corral and Joe Coalter Iron Gate Farm Keller Williams Mary Vedda Mt Eaton Trailer OQHA Rods Sarchione Ford Schneider’s Tack Sparta Steel Straight A’s Ranch City Taggerts Ice Cream Tammy Miller Territory Fire Arms Tri-Co Unkefer Equipment Vaughan’s Pub and Grill Western Rustic

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Youth Spotlight

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

My name is Kyleigh Buhl and I live in Ashland with both my parents. I am an only child and am 19 years old. My horse’s name is Lonesome At The Bar (Mouse). My trainer is MT Performance Horses, Marion Troyer. I show in the all-around events. I got involved in horses because I saw an ad in the newspaper when I was little for horse camp. My future plans are that I am going to either Kent State University or The University of Akron for nursing.

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Ride For Real

Creating Forward Movement in Your Horse — Part Two by Steve Lantvit “How do you train a horse to go forward with leg pressure (Humanely) when you can squeeze, kick, use a crop, and use spurs and they do not walk or move out forward?” Answer: Now that we have successfully moved the horse forward on the ground, (addressed in Part One), it’s time to get in the saddle. I want my riders to become aware of their surroundings and ask themselves, “Why is my horse not moving forward?” Are they in a small round pen that is constricting the movement of the horse? Are they sending mixed signals; pulling to stop at the same time they are kicking to go forward? Or possibly, is the horse just bored and acting stubborn and perhaps needs a change to keep the sessions fun and enjoyable. We need to consider the learning stage of our horse that does not have forward movement; it might simply be a case of a change of location that is needed.

I have noticed when working with young horses in the round pen that they quickly become bored with going around and around. They will start to cheat and come in off the rail to make their lap a few strides shorter. If this starts to be a problem on the ground you can bet that this will show up in the riding. In this case, I will move to a larger arena or go outside. The horse needs to feel he has room to move and small spaces make us as humans feel safe but hinder the horse’s movements at times. Remember to make sure the horse is prepared for this transition out of the round pen as the rider’s and horse’s safety is most important. Second we need to look at the cues that we are using to make sure the cues are similar to what we used on the ground so as not to confuse the horse. In other words, if the rider is driving the horse from behind on the ground and the horse understands and is moving forward comfortably; don’t be surprised if when the rider squeezes with their legs the horse

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does not just move off. There has to be a transition of cues the rider needs to utilize to help the horse to understand. It could just be a case of misunderstanding. So the rider should squeeze gently with their legs and drive from behind with the rein or crop at the same time. Remember the horse learns from the release of pressure not the pressure itself. Practice your timing and stop the cue when the horse gives the desired response. And ALWAYS reward the slightest try and you will be surprised how quickly your horse will learn and respond. If the rider has changed environments and is clear on the cues (i.e. making sure of a good release, etc..) then we need to go back to what the horse is, a herd animal, to help him move forward. Remember there is nothing like traveling with a buddy and it just might be the ticket for a horse with poor forward movement. I regularly use an escort horse to help magnetize another horse to move them forward or give the confidence on a new obstacle. Horses are herd animals, thus, the ground work exercises where I needed the rider to become alpha in the micro herd of two were so important to establish that relationship. The primary goal is a horse that is confident and feels safe. If the horse still needs more security I will select a good quiet horse that gets along with others well and have him lead the way around the arena or out on the trail. At first we will just walk but quickly the horse that is reluctant to move forward finds a new friend and becomes comfortable. When the rider feels his horse relax the escort horse should be pushed into a trot and before you know it our sticky feet will break loose first at the trot and then at the canter. The rider needs to be consistent with the forward movement cues and when the horse has built up his confidence, the escort horse is no longer necessary. Just remember to

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Geauga Horse and Pony Association

Show Season is Off to a Great Start PRESIDENT, Niki Barry; TREASURER, Shauna Gingrich; SECRETARY, Melanie Young . WEBSITE, www.ghpa.us

by Paige Belew Our show season is in full swing and everyone is taking full advantage of our new classes! Although we had to dodge some storms each day, everyone had fun. Our ranch classes on June 4 were a success with 1924 people in a class. Our mini cart classes are getting larger by the show! The contesters are enjoying the new way classes are run. Each show ring has high point winners for the day. For May 28 our winners were: walk/ trot 9 and under: Evan Jarzembak; walk/trot 10-18: Darcy Brandt; novice: Paige Belew; ranch: Brenda Hanson; open adult: Rachel Formica; and open youth: Ashlyn Pinkerton. For our June 4 show our high point winners were: walk/trot 9 and under: Evan Jarzembak; walk/trot 10-18: Darcy Brandt; novice: Paige Belew; ranch: Jamie Davis; open adult: Christa Green; and open youth: Maria Wells. Our walk/trot/novice ring riders receive ribbons and trophies. Congratulations to all of our winners. Our three day clinic with Seth Clark in June went very well. All of the youth who participated had fun riding and learning. In showmanship, Seth offered fun ways to improve your trot and walk. He set up patterns in both English and western focusing on transitions. Riders were given individual attention throughout the day on specific aspects of riding and learning about how to work with their horse. After a day of riding, participants made crafts such as stall name plates and colorful lead ropes. The riders had two restful nights sleeping outside of their horse’s stall. They awoke to early morning rides around the Geauga County Fairgrounds, then tasty pastries from Patterson Fruit Farm and amazing lunches cooked by GHPA food booth’s Chef Paul. After a delicious ice cream social, participants departed with Ultra products donated by Schneider’s Saddlery and a greater knowledge of riding. Thank you to Seth Clark for another knowledgeable and interesting clinic. Our May 28 show sponsors were Preston Superstore in Burton, Buckeye Feed, Patterson Fruit Farm, and Wahl Clippers. Schneider’s Saddlery sponsored our June 4 show. Thank you to all of our sponsors. The ‘Will to Want’ clinic in April was a huge success. On Friday night July 2017

Oliva and her horse, Ima Two Timing Jack. 10 riders participated in the clinic. Obbie took time to help individual riders on a variety of maneuvers with their horses. Over the weekend 15 riders worked for two days on their cow skills. A ranch cutting competition was held at the end. Terri Schaefer was the winner of the buckle! This was a full weekend for riders who furthered their horsemanship skills. YOUTH MEMBER HIGHLIGHT Olivia Seifrick has been showing GHPA for three years and has been riding since she was three. She started riding when one of her mom’s students offered to give her lessons on a pony. She owns her 15-year-old Quarter Horse Ima Two Timing Jack, or Coot. They show in all around events and recently started showing novice classes. Olivia’s biggest award she has won was high point for walk/trot 10-18 in 2016. She loves showing GHPA because of all of the friends she makes and how nice people are. Olivia loves riding and showing because of all the time she gets to spend time with Coot. Good luck this year Oliva! Thank you to Preston Auto in Burton and Schneider’s Saddlery for sponsoring our first show! Riders competed in the new contesting and ranch trail classes. If you would like to try these and other classes, join us for our shows on July 9, July 23 and Aug. 6. We would love to see at the next show! You can find membership forms, rules and links to horse related topics. Club meetings are on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the Geauga County Fairgrounds Education Building. Other ways to follow GHPA is to like us on Facebook, Geauga Horse & Pony Assoc.; Twitter: @GHPAhorseshows; Instagram: GHPAhorseshows. GHPA would like to thank Big Dee’s Tack and Schneider’s Saddlery for their generous support of our organization. We appreciate all that these fine companies provide for us. HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

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Knots vs. Hardware especially when a sliding adjustment is handy. • Trucker’s Hitch: Great for tensioning highlines. The 3 to 1 mechanical advantage lets you easily get a highline much tighter than you could by simply pulling on one end. • Half Hitches: A general use knot that when doubled makes a nice lock down. a fan of knots but I also find a fair number of hardware devices useful.

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by Robert Eversole and TrailMeister.com Being on the clinician circuit is a hoot. This year I’ve been teaching trail riding and horse camping at expos from coast to coast. One topic that comes up a lot is gadgets. People either rely on them entirely too much or pooh pooh the very idea. I’ll be the first to admit I love the things. They’re groovy. But very few gadgets come along with me on my trips. Here’s a few of my thoughts about ropes and gadgets. Are you a Knot Purist who sees hardware devices as redundant, a waste of time and weight or are you a Knot Averse rider who avoids knots like the plague or perhaps a Gear Junkie who looks at knots as backward and regressive?

Knots and rope work make for an enjoyable pastime that comes with many very practical applications. Unfortunately as R.M. Abraham said in his 1932 publication Winter Night’s Entertainments… “It is extraordinary how little the average individual knows about the art of making even the simplest of knots.” I like to break down the thousands of knots that can be tied into two groups ‘Good’ knots that are easily tied, hold fast, come apart easily when you’re done with them. ‘Bad’ knots are all the rest. If you don’t believe my definition perhaps you’ll appreciate Lord Robert BadenPowells description from the 1908 manual “Scouting for Boys” “The right kind of knot to tie is one which you can be certain will hold under any amount of strain, and which you can always undo easily if you wish to. The bad knot is one which slips away when a hard pull comes on it, or which gets jammed so tight that you cannot untie it.” A number of horse riders avoid knots because they perceive them as difficult to learn. A more productive idea might be to consider knots as easy to learn but a perishable skill that requires practice.

What Knots Should I Learn?

All these groups have very valid points and in all practicality none of them are right or wrong. While I’m 20

There are many good knots that have excellent uses for horse riders and campers. The following are the basic workhorse knots that I use on a regular basis. • Bowline: A great all-purpose knot that I often use when setting up a highline. I use the bowline anytime I need a very secure knot. • Prusik Knot: Made for use in climbing and rappelling, the prusik is a simple knot with a lot of uses,

Knot Pros

• Doesn’t add weight • Versatile (a single knot can be used in multiple applications) • Knot tying is a skill that (if nurtured), doesn’t easily break, get lost, or fail

Knot Cons

• Knots can reduce the strength of a rope up to 50 percent (depending on the type of knot used) • Some knots ‘bind’ when loaded, making them difficult to untie • Some ropes are very slippery and don’t hold knots well • Poorly tied knots can become risks, either to your animal or to yourself • If not used often enough, or without practice, you can forget how and when to use knots to their best advantage

Considering Hardware

Hardware solutions can be quite useful. They can reduce the time required to set up camp, they can make adjustments quicker, and provide easy mechanical tensioning. That being said I think that anyone working with horses and mules should have at least a basic understanding of the knots listed above for when these hardware devices fail and improvisation becomes a necessity. Just as with knots I have a few criteria for ‘good’ hardware: • The main function of the device must be obvious. • The ‘no knot’ method should be simple and straightforward without complex wrapping or weaving, defeating the purpose of going ‘knotless.’ • The device should solve a real issue or challenge, such as improving dexterity, decreasing/eliminating slippage, improving efficiencies, increasing strength, providing mechanical advantage, minimizing weight, etc. • The device should pack well when attached. Sharp points, unnecessary bulk, and weight are potential hazards.

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If hardware claims to make things simpler and easier, then it should. Some hardware devices are unfortunately ‘solutions looking for a problem’, or present solutions that are overly complex and maybe not necessary in the first place. Hardware Pros • Reduces/eliminates slipping with certain materials • Provides quick attachment/ detachment • Improves adjustability • Provides mechanical leverage with reduced friction

Hardware Cons

• Weight—Gadgets can add significant weight to an overall system • Some hardware gadgets are overly complex and difficult to understand and use • Hardware can break, get lost, or left behind • Can be expensive The best hardware options I’ve used are those that address specific issues in a simple way. It’s like eating salad with a spoon and then one day someone hands you a fork and everything changes. It wasn’t that the spoon didn’t do the job, it’s that the fork changed the game. The next improvement was combining the fork and the spoon together like this….

As always for more information on visit www.TrailMeister.com for set by step instructions of all of the knots listed above, and the largest and most accurate horse trail and horse camp guide in the world. 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. July 2017

Ohio Arabian & All-Breed Trail Riding Society

Pounding the Trails 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 OAATS members are pounding the trails with amazing success this year! Deb Shaffer and Montgomery are on fire, placing second at the New York Adventure ride. Mary Mast rode back to back two 25’s on Indigo in Michigan at the White River Spring ride finishing 3rd on Saturday, turned around on Sunday coming in 4th...what an awesome team! Amy Yatsko and her pony, Myway, came in 6th on the 50. In Indiana, we were excited to see the Indy Run ride held at Midwest Trails; which made for a great turnout. Due to the marking of trails those that rode in the 30 and 50mile ride on Friday received credit for an additional five miles and I’m pretty sure no one complained about

that, I know I didn’t. Out of 18 that started the 30 on Friday, 16 finished. Kristen Puett came in 8th on Louie and I came in 12th on my boy Rio. This was Rio’s first 30/35 ever and I was so proud of him and a little impressed with myself! Thank you, Kristen, for riding with us, had it not been for you and Louie we may still be out there. Noelle Snyder/Farih came in 15th and Leah Palestrant winning the coveted Turtle award. Of those that competed in the 50, Cheryl Fenton placed 9th, Patty DeMott 10th, and Shelby Moucha came in 13th on Morning Glory, all of you are amazing! The next day at Indy it turned out to be a pretty hot and humid day making it a difficult day for riders and their horses, 34 started the 25-mile ride with 24 completing. Robert Plummer and Heart came in 5th, despite the heat and extra care it took to keep his horse cool, these two are on a roll again this year! Top of the Rock had a fantastic show of riders. I would like to mention that we had a new Junior rider, Oksana Tangerman, she rode in her first Intro with Terry Hoelscher. Oksana has been training with Kristin Puett and really wanted

Kristen Puett and Louie Tina Ponder and Rio DBDR Indy Run Photo by Tammi Thomas

Oksana Tangeman and Louie Terry Hoelscher and Belle Top of the Rock

to try her hand in competing in Endurance, well guys I think she may be hooked. It’s always exciting to see young blood coming into our sport. T.O.R had 25 riders in the 25, Theresa Searcy finished 13th, Noelle Snyder and Leah Palastrant tied for 19th. Cheryl Fenton was 17th out of the 27 that started the 50-mile ride, her Comrade in Arms, Kellie Moore-Fryman, was 18th and Kristen Puett won the Turtle with 22nd place. Denise Tudor-Hayes and Emmitt competed in the 50 on

Saturday earning 5th place with Jinnifer and Robert Plummer tying for 9th out of 12 riders. We have several rides coming up and a few that need to be preregistered please go to our website, oaats.org to find upcoming events. Also, we would love to hear about your experience and would enjoy seeing your photos from a ride or pleasure ride on our Facebook pages as well, OAATS Distance site and OAATS Newbie Distance site. Happy Trails!

Colorado Ranger Horse Association

44th National Show Scheduled for September 16-17 PRESIDENT, Toni Lukavich; 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Charmaine Wulff; SECRETARY, Barbara Summerson; TREASURER, Jane Montgomery. WEBSITE, www.coloradoranger.com. EMAIL, riderangerhorse@yahoo.com

by Monica Doddato The Colorado Ranger Horse Association will hold the 44th National Show in Lock Haven, Pa., on Sept. 16 and 17. George Blain will be judging this event. This show includes 84 classes displaying the versatility of the Colorado Ranger Horse. There is something for everyone from the Leadline class to Gymkhana and divisions for all ages of horses and riders. For complete class listing, entry and membership forms and more, visit the newly redesigned website, www. coloradoranger.com. CRHA members are interacting almost daily sharing their love and accomplishments of their horses in 22

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Polar Vortex ‘Tex’ and Karen Torre are hitting the CRHA and ApHC show circuit this year. This team will be competing in the NonPro Walk/Trot Western Pleasure and Horsemanship classes. Tex is owned by Karen’s daughter Carrie and was the 2016 CRHA Futurity Champion in 2 and 3-Year-Old Walk Trot. the Association’s open Facebook group. Search for Colorado Ranger Horse Association and join us to get in on all the conversations, ask questions about the breed or just make new horse friends! July 2017

Ohio Quarter Horse Association

Launch of the Rookie and First Year Exhibitor 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 (OQHA) is already gearing up for a fun-filled and hot month of July. The Little Buckeye show is up first for the month and will run July 1416 for youth participants. Exhibitors and their families will have a day to recoup to participate in the Ohio Quarter Horse Foundation’s Buckeye Open Charity Golf Outing on July 17 before returning to the World Equestrian Center in Wilmington for The Buckeye Classic July 18-23. Both shows are AQHA, NSBA, OQHA, and EOQHA approved. The Little Buckeye is three sets of AQHA points and one set of NSBA points while the Classic is six sets of AQHA points to Showmanship, Horsemanship, Western Pleasure, Equitation, Hunter Under Saddle, Pleasure Driving (five sets of points to all others) and two sets of NSBA points. During the Little Buckeye, all AQHA youth entries are free and amateur entries are free for The Classic. New for this year’s Buckeye Classic is the launch of the Rookie and First Year Exhibitor Program. The members of OAQHA and BWHA believe in the future of the Quarter Horse industry. So much so that they have launched a new program designed to welcome Rookie and First-Year Exhibitors to share in what we all love about showing Quarter Horses in Ohio. No matter where you are in your showing level, the Buckeye has something for you. Highlights of the program include: • A welcome reception with the opportunity to learn about leveling. • Receive Buckeye Bucks for show credit. • Join a Trainer’s Barn for help at the show. • Team up with Youth and Amateur Mentors to make lifelong friends. • Participate in a Level 1 clinic to gain new knowledge. To sign up and learn more visit www.TheBuckeyeClassic.com/ Rookie Following these shows, OQHYA members will be busy preparing for the AQHYA World Show. The OQHA team sends more than 50 youth members on average each year. To follow their progress, follow the Ohio Quarter Horse Association on July 2017

Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for up to the minute results. Already looking for fall events? The 51st All American Quarter Horse Congress is approaching quickly with more than 225 tradeshow vendors expected; 23,500+ horse show entries; and plenty of events to satisfy the preferences of all family members. Tickets are now on sale for the

PBR Bull Riding, Congress Cutting Mercuria Finals, Freestyle Reining and Congress Masters which regularly sell out each year prior to the Congress. Find tickets under the Special Events tab on www. quarterhorsecongress.com. Congress Cutting Mercuria Finals: Sunday, Oct. 8 PBR Bull Ride: Friday, Oct. 13

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Freestyle Reining: Saturday, Oct. 14 Congress Masters: Saturday, Oct. 28 2017 SHOW DATES Horse Show: Oct. 3-29, 2017 Trade Show: Oct. 6-29, 2017 The All American Quarter Horse Congress is hosted by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association and is the world’s largest single-breed horse show.

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Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club

Becky Would Be Proud PRESIDENT, Sharon Substanley; VICE PRESIDENT, Karen Taylor; TREASURER, Pam Fritz; SECRETARY, Tiffany Fritz. EMAIL, sharonsubstanley@yahoo.com PHONE, 440/839-9023

by Sharon Substanley Our show chairperson, Becky Hillis, had done most of the preliminary work of getting a horse show put together: ribbons ordered, judge chosen, etc. However, this past January, she suddenly passed away; we were shocked and saddened by the news, but we were determined to carry on with the 20th annual show. Pam Fritz and Elly Magyar took over the job of getting ready by June 4. They worked hard making arrangements for procuring the Wellington Fairgrounds, a food vendor, and all the people and equipment needed to run a show. And what a show it was! We had close to 60 beautiful miniature horses competing multiple times in the many different classes. We were happy to see so many dedicated exhibitors being competitive, but friendly, and

genuinely enjoying the show. There were three generations of the Kun family showing in many classes, Kay Kuhl and her son, Wyatt, and too many other wonderful folks to mention, both old friends and new! We were glad to see some of our NOMHC members showing also. Sharon Schreiner brought Crossfire, Shadow, and Lucy. Carol Brown’s Charlie did her proud in so many different classes. Elly Magyar had Echo and Abbey, being shown by Milt Leber and his grandchildren. Tiffany Fritz brought Glory and Cutter and shared the joy with her little two year old niece, Charlie. Nancy Rodman, our newest member came with her horse, Duke’s Midnight Run. NOMHC, thanks to Elly Magyar, was able to present first place trophies for every class this year, so a lot of people had big smiles when they won their classes. Grand and reserve champions received trophies and special ribbons. The following is a list of winners:

GRAND CHAMPION MARE: Matinee, Jill Carpenter, Grafton. Reserve Lexi, Ron Williamson, Atwater. GRAND CHAMPION STALLION: Chester, Tracey Waite, Wellington. Reserve Hunter, Brian Pete, Oberlin.

GRAND CHAMPION GELDING: Graham’s Rebel, Sierra Bourdess, Sullivan. Reserve Fox Lane’s Major Fire, Kim Motyka. SUPREME CHAMPION OF HALTER CLASSES: Graham’s Rebel, Sierra Bourdess.

Halter classes can be nervewracking, set ‘em up, keep ‘em still, and keep an eye on the judge, but after the heavy competition, the fun begins. Our most popular classes were the open fun classes for kids and adults. We had 17 entries in open jumping, and boy, those minis can fly! That class was won by Smokey, shown by Angelle McIntire who also placed first, second, and third in the 3-cone race, with three different horses, of course. Her first place horse was Toaster and second was Smokey again. This versatile

horse also took a first with Angelle in youth pleasure driving. We appreciate the support of so many exhibitors who took part in halter, driving, and fun classes and also bought tickets for the awesome raffle and the silent auction. This show was one of our very best, and our dear friend, Becky, would have been proud. All of it was made possible by the hard work of several of our club members, their friends, and families. Thank you! We will be meeting again on July 16 at the Fritz’s farm near Bellevue for our annual club picnic. Guests are welcome, but we do need a head count beforehand.

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West Virginia Miniature Horse Championship

West Virginia’s Premier Miniature Horse 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 By the time this article is printed, the 6th Annual West Virginia Miniature Horse Championship will be in the books. We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our exhibitors, Judge Vickie Dunn, and all of our wonderful volunteers for helping to create another spectacular event! One of the primary goals of the West Virginia Miniature Horse Championship is to provide educational opportunities for the unique breed known as the Miniature Horse. This is accomplished through educational clinics that are usually presented free of charge to youth groups and others who are interested in learning more about the smallest of equines. A miniature horse simply because of

Halter class. his size presents unique educational opportunities for children and those who may be intimidated by the sheer size of the larger horse breeds. His calm, easy temperament has allowed him to become a favorite for use in equine therapy, nursing home and hospital visits. The miniature horse is also the only animal other than a dog that has been approved for use as a sight animal for the blind! What many people in the miniature horse industry may not know is that a West Virginian played a significant role in the creation of the miniature horse we know today! His name was Walter Smith McCoy. He was from Roderfield, WV. Mr. McCoy imported small pit ponies from Europe in the early 1900s in order to sell them to mining companies. The ponies he imported were mostly Shetland ponies that were suitable for the mines due to their smaller size and conformation. Occasionally,

Mr. McCoy would find a really small pony in his imports, and would keep them as pets. Around 1956, he started to collect all the ponies he could find that were less than 33 inches in height. When he discovered that there was a market for the smaller equines, and that the smaller they were, the more money people paid, he started his own breeding program. He continued to breed his animals with the goal of creating smaller horses with each new generation. He was very successful in his venture having nearly 100 ponies all under 32 inches and at least 20 of them were less than 30 inches tall! The smallest pony he ever bred is still one of the smallest horses that was ever raised. She was a mare named Sugar Dumpling. She was 20 inches tall and only weighed 30 pounds. Eventually people started breeding the small ponies with, believe it or not,

Youth 7 and under. Thoroughbreds! This is what brought about the more refined look of today’s modern miniature horse! Because of this breeding, they are truly horses ‘in miniature’ instead of the more square conformation of the typical pony. Today miniature horses have become popular all over the world, thanks in no ‘small’ part to the enterprising creativity of a native West Virginian, named Walter Smith McCoy! Check out the West Virginia Miniature Horse Championship on Facebook or our website, www. wvminiaturehorsechampionship. weebly.com. Email questions or inquiries to: wvminiaturehorsechampionship@ aol.com.

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Don’t Forget the Electrolytes by Dr. Tania Cubitt and Dr. Stephen Duren

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Northern Kentucky Horse Network

Enrichment Day and All Breed Open Horse Show PRESIDENT, Trisha Kremer VICE PRESIDENT, Charles Poppe SECRETARY, Leslie Williamson TREASURER, Judy Arkenau; WEBSITE, www.nkhn.info EMAIL, nkhorsenetwork@gmail.com

by Nancy Kissinger The NKHN Annual Drill Team Competition held in May, was a big success. We had 10 teams participating in the event. We had over 200 attend a pizza party Friday night to kick off the weekend. Art Green coordinated this party and he and his team of volunteers made sure there was plenty of pizza for all. The teams participating this year were: Clark County from Winchester, Ky.; Union County from Sturgis, Ky.; Gaited Collage from Piner, Ky.; Montgomery County from Mt. Sterling, Ky.; Lost Creek from Mayslick, Ky.; Young Guns from Boone County, Ky.; Boone County Elite from Burlington Ky.; Boot Scootin Buckeyes from Trumbull County, Ohio; TCTC from Warren, Ohio; and Silver Lining from Tipp City, Ohio. The judges were Betsy Connor from Georgetown, Pa., and

Heidi Young from Boise, Idaho. Thanks to all the teams, the judges, the EMT, the Farrier, the announcer, the grounds crew from the fairgrounds, our generous sponsors, and our many priceless volunteers who contributed to the success of this event. We did have a rain delay but were able to continue the show in the show barn where the quad teams competed. Our Network helps to maintain the trails at A J Jolly Park in Campbell County, Ky. We recently had a very successful work day at the park. NKHN member Bill Macht lead a team of volunteers who contributed their time and labor to work on these riding trails. The volunteers bush hogged, cut down trees, cleared brush, and spruced up. If you are ever on the trails and see needed trail repairs, you can contact Jim Mayer (see contact information below) and attention will be given to that area. If

possible you can send a picture of the trail hazard. Please indicate if the trail is completely or partially blocked and indicate the trail marker location. If you have never been to A J Jolly Park, there is a horse stable and campsites and plenty of trailer parking. And of course we think the trails are good and welcome your help if you would like to volunteer to work on these trails. The NKHN Enrichment Day is Saturday, July 22 at the Alexandria Fairgrounds, Alexandria, Ky., at 9 a.m. These events are free. The day includes: • The NKHN 2nd Annual Dressage Schooling Show. The judge gives individual feedback to those participating, which all found most helpful and useful last year. • There will be a Carriage Driving Clinic with instructions and a practice obstacle course. You might want to

have some fun and give it a try. • A Trailer Driving Clinic, which will also have a large practice area. There is always something to be learned when hauling a trailer. Please come out to participate or watch. Saturday, July 29 we will host the 9th Annual NKHN All Breed Open Horse Show at the Alexandria Fairgrounds in Alexandria, Ky. This event begins at 9:30 a.m. Entry fees are $5 and $10 per class. There are 55 classes and we’re sure you can find a class or two for you and your horse to participate. This is a fun day for all levels of riding and free to spectators if you want to come and watch. As always, we invite all to come out and join the Northern Kentucky Horse Network. For information about NKHN events and membership, contact Jim Mayer, jimwmayer@ yahoo.com or call 859/496-4976.

Classical Attraction Dressage Society

Volunteer Raffles and Party PRESIDENT, Kelley Madick; VICE PRESIDENT, Patricia Herrick; SECRETARY, Claudia Grimes; EMAIL, cadsrider@gmail.com; WEBSITE, www.cadsdressage.org

by Kelley Madick There’s no business like show business. Horse show business that is. We started the summer series off with a bang on May 20 with over 100 rides. The June 24 show looks to be just as big. Thank you to all those who attend and show. What a wonderful aray of riders and horses we have. If you missed it, you missed a great show. Everyone had fun. We had great food from Sloppies food truck and an incredible photographer, Ray Duvaul from Lasting Impressions Photography, who captured some of the best photos I’ve seen. If you missed the excitement, fun and food of the May 20 and June 24 show, come on down to the next shows July 29 and Aug. 19. The Championship show will be Sept. 16. Check out our website at July 2017

www.cadsdressage.org for details or find us on Facebook. Don’t forget we have new rules, divisions and awards this year. Highpoint for day at each show (Classical and Western). To compete in the championship show, riders need two CADS scores of 60 or over for intro, training and first level; and two CADS scores over 55 for second level and above. We have some exciting plans for volunteers. Volunteer raffles and a party is being planned for our awesome volunteers and those who want to volunteer. Our first volunteer raffle was on June 24. All you have to do is volunteer at least two hours the day of the show and put your name in a hat for a prize. We need volunteers to setup the ring, runners for the show, scribes and office help. We also need adults to direct vehicles the day of the show. You get CADS bucks that contribute to your end awards or you can donate your bucks to a member. If interested, email the Board at cadsrider@gmail.com attention VAL. We will see you soon and remember to always enjoy the ride! HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

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Trust Your Intuition to Avoid Injury

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ry That One More Time.” When it comes to horses, these words are often looked back on with regret. They’re often the words muttered right before something goes terribly wrong. Words matter. Sometimes we need to listen to the words that come out of our mouth and to listen to the voice inside instead.

she said. As we are cantering she (the trainer) is yelling use the crop, use the crop. [The horse] got scared, did a 360 and went into a full run. I hung onto the mane with one hand as she instructed then finally I fell. I couldn’t move. [The trainer] tried to pull me up. I told her not to. She assured me I was OK and the breath was just knocked out of me. I finally

I strongly believe that most incidents with horses are entirely preventable and if we consider an incident to be an opportunity to learn, not a failure, then we get safer and more effective with horses as times goes on. If you think about incidents as ‘freak accidents,’ you’ve lost the opportunity to learn, grow and improve. There’s always a cause and effect; there’s always an opportunity to learn and grow as a horse person. Recently, I had a message from a rider that was sadly an all-too-familiar refrain. Here’s what the message said: I had been riding seven months and was posting while trotting and doing 20-meter circles and reverses. We had ridden over an hour. It all clicked that day. I ended with a canter. The trainer wanted me to canter one last time. My intuition said no. I told myself to just do what

was able to get up in searing pain. She had me get back on and post and trot. I did, like a fool. All bent over, I untacked, put him up, drove home two hours. My husband rushed me to the ER. I had broken T-12, crushed L-1, fractured my whole vertebrae and had a concussion. I was told I missed paralysis by 1/8 inch. For three months I couldn’t lift more than the weight of a coffee cup. Riding brought me so much peace and joy—before this incident. There are quite a few lessons to be learned here. Falling off is part of the sport and can only be entirely avoided by not riding, but while it’s a rough and tumble sport, I do not believe serious injury has to be a part of it. If we learn to not push the limits of our horses and our own abilities, if we learn to pay attention to that inner voice that often warns us when things aren’t quite right and

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if we let go of archaic and egotistical approaches, the risk goes way down.

Words Matter

I’ve seen many horse wrecks that started with the words, “Let’s try that one more time…” In several decades of work with the Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to safe horsemanship instruction, I’ve learned these words to be a red-flag warning. What those words really mean is, “Even though I think we’ve already done this enough, and even though I think there’s a chance we’ve already accomplished what we needed to, let’s get greedy and do it one more time.” When it comes to horses, this kind of approach often backfires. I’ve learned this important lesson myself over the years and I can think of more than one instance where ‘trying it one more time’ was the worst possible choice and resulted in a wreck and/or an injury to a horse or a rider. When we say things like, “one more time,” or “I’ll try,” or “maybe we should,” there is an unstated concern that something might not go right. When you hear words like that, why not complete the thought and consider why you need to do it again, what good can come of it, why do you think you might not be able to do it and why are you not sure of what the right thing to do is? Maybe just stepping back for a moment and reconsidering isn’t such a bad idea. When you let words of doubt creep into your vocabulary, like “I’ll try,” it really means you don’t think you can do it. You are doubting yourself and giving yourself an escape. The problem is that horses respond to your level of confidence and determination, be it high or low. When you use words like ‘if’ and ‘try,’ you erode your own confidence and your horse may respond negatively as well—by challenging your authority or losing his own confidence. When you feel the need to use doubtful words like try, if, or maybe, just take a moment to consider why you feel that way. Is this a smart thing to be doing? Are you prepared and qualified to do it? And what good can come of this or

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what can go wrong? If the answers are affirmative, go for it and drop the ‘try.’ I AM going to do this! If any of the answers are less than affirmative, maybe rethinking or thinking it through, is not a bad idea.

Trust Your Inner Voice

When people are describing bad incidents with their horse, I often hear them say, “I knew I shouldn’t have done it, but my trainer/spouse/ friend pushed me, so I did.” Our inner voice of wisdom is important and although it may not always be right, it’s worth at least considering. Far too often in hindsight, it seems clear that had you listened to that inner voice, the wreck may not have happened. It’s important to hear, respect and consider your inner voice and to take responsibility for your own self— don’t abdicate that responsibility to anyone. Don’t let others pressure you into actions that you don’t feel good about. You know yourself and your horse better than anyone. You know your capabilities and you know where you are emotionally in that moment better than anyone. Yes, sometimes it’s helpful to have someone to gently push you into things you aren’t entirely comfortable with, but no one has the right to pressure and cajole you onto something you are not prepared for. If you have realistic goals and an objective view of both your and your horse’s capabilities, then you should be confident in your own decisions and not let yourself cave into the pressure of others. Remember, your trainer works for you, not the other way around. Make your expectations and needs known and don’t be afraid to stop, look and listen when you hear that inner voice of warning.

Let Go of Archaic Notions

The idea of getting back on the horse that just bucked you off, is rarely a good idea, in my opinion. Whether you got bucked off or just fell off, chances are you are not in the best frame of mind to get back on that horse. Chances are also good that your horse is not in the best frame of mind either—he’s probably scared or anxious and something

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Mid-Eastern Farriers Association

Jonathan Nunn to Judge 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. I 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 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 page as we have them. We here at MEFA wanted to take a quick minute and just give a big

thank you to our local supplier; Ken Davis and Sons. They are always so supportive of us. At our annual hammer in, they footed the bill for the wonderful lunch that was provided and they drove their truck up to the farm, all to make our event successful and help make our lives a little easier. Speaking of the hammer in; we had a wonderful turnout. Many familiar faces, some new. Just always such a great time! Also a special thanks to our president and his wife, Roger and Missy Howard.

They make sure we are well taken care of and we very much appreciate it!

Goodnight is the popular RFDTV 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.

UPCOMING EVENTS Summer Picnic/BBQ hosted by Adam Pendleton (date and time to be announced) OCT. 20-21 — AFA certification, Jerusalem OH OCT. 30 — Yoders Blacksmith Supplies Open House and Clinic. DEC. 8-9 — Second leg of the Great Lakes Derby.

Notes from Julie (Continued) led to the problem to begin with. The adrenalin rush that comes from this kind of incident can often mask injuries that you may have sustained and getting back on may make the injuries worse. When a rider comes off the horse, we’ll call it an ‘unscheduled dismount,’ I prefer that she take a break, sit down and rest, get checked out medically if needed, get control of her emotions, debrief the incident, and only think about getting back on when ready. Maybe that’s today; maybe not. Often, I’ll get up on the horse after an incident, to settle it and let the rider see what’s going on. If the rider feels strongly about getting back on, that’s fine and I will support her as best I can. But no one else has the right to tell you to get back on. Not your husband, not your friend and not your trainer. Again, take responsibility for yourself and don’t let yourself be pressured by others at times like this. Before getting back on a horse after an incident, think it through. What good will come of this? What would have prevented the incident from happening? Is my horse injured, Julie Goodnight takes on topics you want to know more about in her online training library—part of her everexpanding Horse Master Academy ;ŚƩƉ͗ͬ​ͬƐŝŐŶŝŶ͘:ƵůŝĞ'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ͘ĐŽŵͿ ŶŽǁ with a free access membership to help LJŽƵ ƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĨŽƌ ŵĂŶLJ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂƌƟĐůĞƐ͕ videos and MP3s! &Žƌ ŵŽƌĞ ƚŚŽƵŐŚƚƐ ĨƌŽŵ :ƵůŝĞ͕ ǁĂƚĐŚ her Horse Master TV show each week on RFD-TV or catch the show ŽŶůŝŶĞ ĂŶLJƟŵĞ Ăƚ ds͘:ƵůŝĞ'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ͘ com and please subscribe to the free zŽƵdƵďĞ ĐŚĂŶŶĞů Ăƚ ŚƩƉ͗ͬ​ͬzŽƵdƵďĞ͘ ĐŽŵͬũƵůŝĞŐŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ ĂŶĚ ĮŶĚ ŚĞƌ ŽŶ /ŶƐƚĂŐƌĂŵ Ăƚ ŚƩƉ͗ͬ​ͬǁǁǁ͘/ŶƐƚĂŐƌĂŵ͘ ĐŽŵͬũƵůŝĞŐŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ͘ ŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ŚĞƌ ĨƵůů ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ĐůŝŶŝĐƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƉƉĞĂƌĂŶĐĞƐ Ăƚ͗ :ƵůŝĞ'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ͘ĐŽŵͬĐĂůĞŶĚĂƌ July 2017

physically or emotionally? What needs to change with my horse or with my own skills or equipment, to prevent this from happening again? Taking a little break—rather that is for an hour, a day, a week or longer, is not necessarily a bad idea. Think through what happened, how you may have prevented it, and what you would’ve done differently if you could. Armed with this kind of knowledge, you will come back to riding with more confidence and a plan to not let that happen again. Always give yourself time to heal— both physically and emotionally, after any kind of scary incident with a horse. The sport of riding is a challenging and exhilarating sport that comes with a certain amount of risk that cannot be entirely eliminated. But we don’t need to add to that possibility by doing foolish things and taking unnecessary risks. This is a sport that takes years and decades to master and getting in a hurry and cutting corners rarely pays off. The same thing is true of training horses—generally the slower you go, the better the outcome. Be patient in developing your skills and your horse’s training. Work with trainers that are supportive of your needs, listen to what you have to say and make good decisions. Learn to trust your inner voice and hear what it has to say. Let your rational mind be the judge of whether or not that inner voice has a point; don’t let someone else make that judgment for you. And finally, when a rider comes off a horse, take the safest and smartest approach—get medical clearance, take a break, debrief the incident and make a smart plan to get back in the saddle safely. And don’t forget to enjoy the ride!

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—Julie Goodnight Trainer and Clinician HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

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:h>z Ď­ Íś ZĞĂůĹ?ƚLJ ĆŒÄžÄ‚ĹľĆ? ,Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ?Äž ^ĹšĹ˝Ç Í• &Ä‚Ĺ?ĆŒÄŽÄžĹŻÄš County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: www. realitydreamshorseshows.com. :h>z ϭͲώ Íś Ć?ŚůĂŜĚ WÄ‚Ĺ?Ŝƚ Θ WĹŻÄ‚Ĺ?Ĺś ^ĂĚĚůĞ ĹŻĆľÄ? KƉĞŜ ^ĹšĹ˝Ç Í• Ďľ Ä‚Í˜ĹľÍ˜Í• Ć?ŚůĂŜĚ Ĺ˝Í˜ &Ä‚Ĺ?ĆŒĹ?ĆŒŽƾŜÄšĆ?Í• Ć?ŚůĂŜĚ͕ K,͘ &D/Í— ^ƚĞǀĞŜ Íž ĹšƾŜŏÍ&#x; tÄ‚ĆŠĆ?Í• ϯϯϏͲ ϯϭϳͲϏϾϰϹÍ• Ç Ç Ç Í˜Ä‚Ć?ŚůĂŜĚƉĂĹ?ŜƚĂŜĚƉůĂĹ?ĹśÍ˜Ä?ŽžÍ˜ JULY 1-2 — Sunset Stables Firecracker Open Show, Randolph Fairgrounds, 4215 Fairgrounds Rd., Atwater, OH. FMI: Jennifer, 330-687-5761, jenncoduto@mac.com. :h>z ϭͲώ Íś ĆľÄ?ĹŹĆ?ĹŹĹ?Ĺś ,Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ?Äž Ć?Ć?Ĺ˝Ä?Ĺ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ ŽĨ Michigan ABRA and Open Show, Midland County Fairgrounds, Midland, MI. FMI: Courtney, 517316-6355, mibuckskin1967@gmail.com. :h>z ϭͲϯ Íś K^ ÍŹDs,^ ZĞĚ͕ tĹšĹ?ƚĞ ĂŜĚ ĆľÄ?ĹŹĆ?ĹŹĹ?Ĺś ,Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ?Äž ^ĹšĹ˝Ç Í• Ď´ Ä‚Í˜ĹľÍ˜Í• Ĺ?ĆŒÄ?ĹŻÄž 'Í• ϭϏϴϭϲ sÄžĆŒŽŜÄ‚ ZĚ͕͘ >ÄžÇ Ĺ?Ć?Ä?ĆľĆŒĹ?Í• K,͘ &D/Í— ϳϰϏͲϴϳϳͲ ϭϾϭϏÍ• Ç Ç Ç Í˜Ĺ˝ĹšĹ?Ĺ˝Ä?ĆľÄ?ĹŹĆ?ĹŹĹ?ĹśĆ?Í˜Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?͘ :h>z ĎŽ Íś ^ƾŜĚĂLJ <Ĺ?ÄšĆ? ^ÄžĆŒĹ?ÄžĆ?Í• Ď­ĎŽ Ć‰Í˜ĹľÍ˜Í• Ä‚žŽƾŇĂĹ?Äž Stables, 3249 St. Rt. 45 S, Salem, OH. FMI: 234ϹϲϳͲϰϏϲϲÍ• Ç Ç Ç Í˜Ä?Ä‚žŽƾŇĂĹ?ÄžĆ?ƚĂÄ?ĹŻÄžĆ?͘Ä?ŽžÍ˜ JULY 2 — Smoke Rise Ranch Fun Show, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-7672624, www.smokeriseranch.com. :h>z Ď° Íś ZƾŜŜĹ?Ĺś &ĆŒÄžÄžÍŹ^Ĺ?ĹŻÇ€ÄžĆŒ ^Ć&#x;ĆŒͲƾƉĆ? ^ĹšĹ˝Ç Í• Ć?ŚƚĂÄ?ƾůÄ‚ ŽƾŜƚLJ &Ä‚Ĺ?ĆŒĹ?ĆŒŽƾŜÄšĆ?Í• Ď­ĎŽĎł E͘ ĹŻĹľ ^ĆšÍ˜Í• :ÄžÄŤÄžĆŒĆ?ŽŜÍ• K,͘ &D/Í— Ç Ç Ç Í˜ ĚƾĆ?ƚLJÄ?ŽŽĆšĆ?ĆŒĹ?ÄšĹ?ĹśĹ?Ä?ĹŻĆľÄ?͘Ä?ŽžÍ˜ JULY 5 — Fun Show, Fredericktown Saddle Club Arena, Waterford Rd., Fredericktown, OH. FMI: Jamie Beheler, 740-485-0584. JULY 6 — Richland County Barn Raiser’s Thursday Night Fun Show, 7 p.m., Richland ŽƾŜƚLJ &Ä‚Ĺ?ĆŒĹ?ĆŒŽƾŜÄšĆ?Í• DÄ‚ĹśĆ?ĎĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/Í— ĹśĹ?Ĺ?Ğ͕ 419-571-4653.

JULY 6-9 — Robert Murphy Hunter Jumper Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: www.olivehillsporthorse.com. :h>z Ďł Íś Ç€ŽŜ >Ä‚ĹŹÄž ^ĂĚĚůĞ ĹŻĆľÄ? ,Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ?Äž ^ĹšĹ˝Ç Í• Ďł Ć‰Í˜ĹľÍ˜Í• tÄžĹ?Ć?Ć? &Ĺ?ĞůĚ͕ Ç€ŽŜ >ĂŏĞ͕ K,͘ &D/Í— <ĂƚŚůĞĞŜ ÇŒÇŒÄ‚ĆŒÄžĹŻĹŻĹ˝Í• ϰϰϏͲϹϯϲͲϏϭϰϹÍ• ŏĂƚŚůĞĞŜΛ Ĺ?ĞƚĚĞƉĞŜĚĂÄ?ĹŻÄžÍ˜Ä?ŽžÍ˜ JULY 7 — Friday Night Fun Series, 7:30 Ć‰Í˜ĹľÍ˜Í• Ä‚žŽƾŇĂĹ?Äž ^ƚĂÄ?ĹŻÄžĆ?Í• ĎŻĎŽĎ°Ďľ ^ĆšÍ˜ ZĆšÍ˜ Ď°Ďą S, Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066, www. Ä?Ä‚žŽƾŇĂĹ?ÄžĆ?ƚĂÄ?ĹŻÄžĆ?͘Ä?ŽžÍ˜ JULY 7 — Barrel Busters 4-H Open Game Show, Mercer County 4-H Park, Mercer, PA. FMI: Nicholle Yanak, 724-977-6006. :h>z ϳͲϴ Íś dÄ‚Ä?ĹŹ Θ ,Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ?Äž ^ĂůĞ͕ DĆšÍ˜ ,ŽƉĞ ĆľÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜÍ• 8076 SR 241, Millersburg, OH. FMI: Thurman, ϯϯϏͲϲϳϰͲϲϭϴϴÍ• Ç Ç Ç Í˜ĹľĆšĹšĹ˝Ć‰ÄžÄ‚ĆľÄ?Ć&#x;ŽŜ͘Ä?ŽžÍ˜ JULY 7-8 — FAHA Championship Rodeo, Crooked Creek Horse Park, 467 Crooked Creek Dam Rd., &Ĺ˝ĆŒÄš Ĺ?ƚLJ͕ W ͘ &D/Í— :Ğč ĹŻĆšĹľÇ‡ÄžĆŒÍ• ϳώϰͲϲϲϰͲϴϾϭϹÍ• www.crookedcreekhorsepark.com. JULY 7-8 — Ingham County Leader’s Open Show, Ingham County Fairgrounds, Mason, MI. FMI: Laura McNeil, 517-795-7082. :h>z ϳͲϾ Íś KĆŠÄ‚Ç Ä‚ ŽƾŜƚLJ ,Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ?Äž &ŽƾŜĚĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ WĹ˝Ĺ?ŜƚĆ? ŽŜ ƚŚĞ WĹ˝ĆŒĆšÄ‚Ĺ?Äž ^ĹšĹ˝Ç Í• Ďľ Ä‚Í˜ĹľÍ˜Í• KĆŠÄ‚Ç Ä‚ Ĺ˝Í˜ &Ä‚Ĺ?ĆŒĹ?ĆŒŽƾŜÄšĆ?Í• KÄ‚ĹŹ ,Ä‚ĆŒÄ?Ĺ˝ĆŒÍ• K,͘ &D/Í— ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ŜŜÄž DÄ‚ĆšĹšÄžÇ Ć?Í• ϰϭϾͲϳϏϳͲϏϯϾϴÍ• Ä?ĆŒĹ?Ä‚ŜŜÄžĹľÄ‚ĆšĹšÄžÇ Ć?Λ Ĺ?žĂĹ?ĹŻÍ˜Ä?ŽžÍ• Ç Ç Ç Í˜Ĺ˝Ä?ĹšĨÍ˜ĹśÄžĆšÍ˜ JULY 7-9 — KDA Dressage Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: www. ŏĞŜƚƾÄ?ĹŹÇ‡ÄšĆŒÄžĆ?Ć?Ä‚Ĺ?ĞĂĆ?Ć?Ĺ˝Ä?Ĺ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜÍ˜Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ?͘ JULY 7-9 — Central Ohio Reining Horse Ć?Ć?Ĺ˝Ä?Ĺ?Ä‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ WÄ‚ĆšĆŒĹ?Ĺ˝Ć&#x;Ä? ^ÄžĆŒĹ?ÄžĆ?Í• &Ĺ?ŜĚůĂLJ hĹśĹ?Ç€ÄžĆŒĆ?Ĺ?ƚLJ͕ Findlay, OH. FMI: Todd Knerr, 614-778-5132, ĆšÄ‚ĹŹĹśÄžĆŒĆŒÎ›Ä‚ĆŠÍ˜ĹśÄžĆšÍ˜

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:h>z ϳͲϾ Íś :Ğč ,ĂLJŜĞĆ? DÄžžŽĆŒĹ?Ä‚ĹŻ Θ ĞŜĞĎƚ ^ĹšŽŽĆšŽƾƚ͕ t ZÄ‚ĹśÄ?Ś͕ ϭϲϰϏ ŽƾŜƚLJ ZĚ͘ Í• ^Ç Ä‚ĹśĆšŽŜÍ• K,͘ &D/Í— ůĂLJƚŽŜ Ĺ˝ĆŒ :ŽůLJŜ Ä‚Ć?Äž ϾϴϾͲ ϯϏϳͲϏϾϭϹ Ĺ˝ĆŒ ϾϴϾͲϲϲϲͲϯϴώϏ Í• Ä?ĆľĆ?ĆšÄžĆŒĆ?Ä?Ĺ˝Ç Ä?ŽLJĆ?Λ LJĂŚŽŽÍ˜Ä?ŽžÍ• Ç Ç Ç Í˜Ä?ĆľĆ?ĆšÄžĆŒĆ?Ä?Ĺ˝Ç Ä?ŽLJĆ?͘Ä?ŽžÍ˜ JULY 7-9 — Michigan Apple Blossom Classic Horse Show, MSU Pavilion, East Lansing, MI. FMI: 517-655-4712, www.russelltrainingcenter.com. :h>z Ď´ Íś tĂLJŜĞ ŽƾŜƚLJ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ĹŻĆľÄ? KƉĞŜ ŽŜƚĞĆ?Ćš WĹ˝Ĺ?Ŝƚ ^ĹšĹ˝Ç Î˜ KƉĞŜ WůĞĂĆ?ĆľĆŒÄž WĹ˝Ĺ?Ŝƚ ^ĹšĹ˝Ç Í• Ď­ĎŹ Ä‚Í˜ĹľÍ˜Í• Ď°ĎŽĎŹĎŹ KÇ€ÄžĆŒĆšŽŜ ZĚ͕͘ tŽŽĆ?ĆšÄžĆŒÍ• K,͘ &D/Í— ZÄ‚Ä?ŚĂĞů ĚĂžĆ?ŽŜ Íž ŽŜƚĞĆ?ƚͿ͕ ϰϭϾͲϲϏϲͲ ϾϳϭώÍ• Ĺ˝ĆŒ <ĂƚLJ ĹľĆ?ĆšĆľĆšÇŒ ÍžWůĞĂĆ?ĆľĆŒÄžÍżÍ• ϰϭϾͲϲϹϭͲ ϳϴϾώÍ• Ç Ç Ç Í˜Ç Ä‚Ç‡ĹśÄžÄ?ŽƾŜƚLJĆ?ĂĚĚůĞÄ?ĹŻĆľÄ?͘Ä?ŽžÍ˜ JULY 8 — JHP Obstacle Challenge, 8:30 a.m., Jemily Horse Park, 6999 Oakhill Ave. NE, Alliance, OH. FMI: Helga, 330-829-3841, www. jemilyhorsepark.com. :h>z Ď´ Íś KƉĞŜ ZÄ‚ĹśÄ?Ĺš ,Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ?Äž ^ĹšĹ˝Ç ^ÄžĆŒĹ?ÄžĆ?Í• Ďľ Ä‚Í˜ĹľÍ˜Í• ÄžĹŻÄ‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄž Ĺ˝Í˜ &Ä‚Ĺ?ĆŒĹ?ĆŒŽƾŜÄšĆ?Í• ώϯϲ WÄžŜŜĆ?LJůǀĂŜĹ?Ä‚ ǀĞ͕͘ ÄžĹŻÄ‚Ç Ä‚ĆŒÄžÍ• K,͘ &D/Í— ƾĂŜĞ͕ ϳϰϏͲϲϭϏͲϰϭώϾÍ• ĹšĹ˝ĆŒĆ?ĞŊƾĚĹ?ĞϭώϹΛĹ?žĂĹ?ĹŻÍ˜Ä?ŽžÍ• Ç Ç Ç Í˜Ä?ĆľÄ?ŏĞLJĞĞƋƾĞĆ?ĆšĆŒĹ?ĂŜĞǀĞŜƚĆ?͘Ä?ŽžÍ˜ :h>z Ď´ Íś / W, KƉĞŜ WůĞĂĆ?ĆľĆŒÄž ,Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ?Äž ^ĹšĹ˝Ç Í• Ďľ Ä‚Í˜ĹľÍ˜Í• ,Ä‚ĆŒĆžĹ˝ĆŒÄš &Ä‚Ĺ?ĆŒĹ?ĆŒŽƾŜÄšĆ?Í• Ď­Ď°ĎŹĎŽĎ´ &Ä‚Ĺ?ĆŒĹ?ĆŒŽƾŜÄšĆ? ZĚ͘ Íž'ĂƚĞ Ϳ͕ ,Ä‚ĆŒĆžĹ˝ĆŒÄšÍ• K,͘ &D/Í— ,ÄžÄ‚ĆšĹšÄžĆŒÍ• ϳϰϏͲ ϰϏϹͲϯϹϲϏÍ• Ç Ç Ç Í˜ĨÄ‚Ä?ÄžÄ?ŽŽŏ͘Ä?Žž͏Ĺ?ŽƾƉĆ?ÍŹ/ W, :h>z Ď´ Íś ZĹ?ĚĞͲKĹś dĆŒÄ‚Ĺ?ĹŻ ,Ĺ˝ĆŒĆ?Äž ŚĂůůĞŜĹ?Äž Ć?ƉŽŜĆ?Ĺ˝ĆŒÄžÄš Ä?LJ DĹ?Ä‚ĹľĹ? ŽƾŜƚLJ K, Í• Ď­ĎŹ Ä‚Í˜ĹľÍ˜Í• >Ĺ˝Ć?Ćš ĆŒÄžÄžĹŹ ZÄžĆ?ÄžĆŒÇ€ÄžÍŹ<ŜŽŽĆ‰ ,ÄžĆŒĹ?ƚĂĹ?Äž ÄžĹśĆšÄžĆŒÍ• ĎŽĎŻĎ´Ďą ^ĆšÍ˜ ZĆšÍ˜ Ď°Ď­Í• dĆŒĹ˝Ç‡Í• K,͘ &D/Í— >Ĺ˝ĆŒĹ? EĹ˝ĆŒĆŒĹ?Ć?Í• ϾϯϳͲϹϴϭͲ ϹϯϹϾ͘ JULY 8 — 2017 Summit County Open Show Series, 9 a.m., 229 East Howe Ave., Tallmadge, OH. FMI: 330-958-0027, www. summitcountysaddlehorse.org.

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Corral Calendar Continued from page 30 JULY 8 — OVTPA and RSTPA Shows, Hoppel’s Arena, 40891 State Route 518, Lisbon, OH. FMI: Pam Bradshaw, 814-504-4215. JULY 8-9 — 2017 Fire Cracker Weekend Open Horse Show, Hancock Fairgrounds, Findlay, OH. &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ĮƌĞĐƌĂĐŬĞƌǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ JULY 8-9 — Central Michigan Horsemans ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ŚŝĂǁĂƐƐĞĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽƌƵŶŶĂ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ <ĂƟĞ͕ ϵϴϵͲϲϲϲͲ ϰϴϲϳ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŵŚĂ͘ŝŶĨŽ͘

JULY 8-9 — Buckeye Horse Park Open Show #1 ĂŶĚ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ ηϮ͕ ĂŶĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ Ăƌď tƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ϯϯϬͲϱϰϵͲϮϲϯϲ͕ ĂƌďǁƌŝŐŚƚϰϭϬϬΛŐŵĂŝů͘ com, www.buckeyehorsepark.org. JULY 9 — Geauga Horse & Pony Assoc. Horse Show, Geauga County Fairgrounds, Burton, OH. FMI: ghpa08@yahoo.com, www.gpha.us. JULY 9 — Arena Obstacle Challenge, 11 a.m., Knox County Horse Park, 7360 Thayer Rd., Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: Ken, 740-258-9914, www. knoxcountyhorsepark.com.

JULY 9 — Buckeye Equestrian Events Open Horse Show Series, 8:30 a.m., Coshocton Co. Fairgrounds, Coshocton, OH. FMI: Duane, 740610-4129, horsejudge125@gmail.com, www. buckeyeequestrianevents.com. JULY 9 — First Cut Farm Speed Show, 2 p.m., 9045 Oregonia Rd., Waynesville, OH. FMI: 513ϮϲϳͲϬϴϵϱ͕ ƐƵnjĂŶŶĞƌĞŝŶƌŽƉĞΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ JULY 9 — Steubenville Saddle Club Horse Show, 9 a.m., 8747 State Route 152, Richmond, OH. &D/͗ &ĂĐĞŬ Λ ^ƚĞƵďĞŶǀŝůůĞ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď͘

2017 SUMMER SIZZLER OPEN HORSE SHOW JUDGES Saturday: Mike Schmidt, Middlebourne, WV Sunday: Tracy Kelsey, Eden, NC ENTRY FEES FOR JACKPOT CLASSES: $15; 5 Ribbons & Payback of 35%, 20%, 15%, 5%, 5%. ENTRY FEES FOR TRAINING CLASSES: $5, No placings. ENTRY FEES FOR ALL CLASSES (except Jackpot & Training): $5, 5 Ribbons.

Medina County Fairgrounds • Medina, Ohio Saturday & Sunday, August 19-20, 2017 Grounds Fee $5 per horse, per day if not stalled. Office Fee $5 per horse, per day. Stalls available $15 per day-including Tack Stalls. No shavings available for sale, you must provide your own. Camper Fee $20 per day.

2-MINUTE GATE RULE WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. NO ENTRY FEE REFUNDS WITHOUT VALID VET EXCUSE.

The Show Committe, COSCA and the Medina County Fairgrounds assume no responsibility for injuries or losses due to accidents or theft. Walk-Trot classes are open to exhibitors who have not cantered at a COSCA show in the current show season. COSCA rules and stewards shall supercede all other association rules and stewards, including individual county 4-H rules; however, it is each 4-H exhibitor's responsibility to remain within their own county rules. Check your county rules!

39. *Generation Gap Pleasure - H/P, E/W, S/M/G - Riders 10 yrs. apart in age, 1st rider – walk-trot, 2nd rider – W-T-C 40. Jack Benny Pleasure - riders 39 yrs. & over - S/M/G, E/W, H/P 41. *JACKPOT Open Walk-Trot Western Pleasure - S/M/G (cross entering allowed) *Denotes COSCA non-point class 42. Open Jr. Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure Horses 5 yrs & under – S/M/G SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 • 9:00 A.M. 43. Walk-Trot Equitation/Horsemanship, 19 yrs. & over 1. *JACKPOT Open Halter - H/P, S/M/G H/P, E/W, M/G 2. Open Halter Horse - 3 yrs. & over - S/M/G 44. JACKPOT Open Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 3. Open Halter Horse - 2 yrs. & under - S/M/G 45. Walk-Trot Pleasure - 19 yrs. & over - E/W, H/P 4. Adult Open Halter Horse – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G 46. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian 5. Youth Open Halter - 18 yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G Western Pleasure – S/M/G 6. Registered Quarter Horse Halter - S/M/G 7. Registered Paint/Pinto Halter Horse (no solid horses) S/M/G 47. Registered Quarter Horse Western Pleasure - S/M/G 48. Registered Paint/Pinto Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 8. Registered Appaloosa Halter Horse - S/M/G (No solid horses) 9. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian 49. Registered Appaloosa Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G Breeding & Geldings In Hand – S/M/G 50. Adult Open Western Pleasure Horse - 19 yrs & over - S/M/G 10. Open Showmanship - all ages - H/P, E/W, S/M/G 51. Youth Western Pleasure - 18 yrs. & under - H/P, M/G 11. Adult Showmanship – 19 yrs & over - E/W, S/M/G 52. Men’s Western Pleasure Horse - 18 yrs. & over - S/M/G 12. 4-H Showmanship – 8-18 yrs – E/W, M/G 53. 4-H Western Pleasure - 8-18 yrs. - H/P, M/G 13. Walk-Trot Showmanship – all ages – H/P, E/W, M/G 54. Adult Western Horsemanship – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G 14. Youth Showmanship - 13 yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G 55. Youth Western Horsemanship - 13 yrs. & under, H/P, M/G 15. Youth Showmanship - 14-18 yrs. - H/P, E/W, M/G 16. Pony & Horse Lead-In Equitation, 6 yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G 56. Youth Western Horsemanship - 14-18 yrs. - H/P, M/G 57. Ladies’ Western Pleasure Horse - 18 yrs. & over - S/M/G BREAK – LENGTH TO BE ANNOUNCED 58. 4-H Western Horsemanship - 8-18 yrs. - H/P, M/G 16A. SCHOLARSHIP CLASS 17. *Training Class – All Ages – W/T/C – training aids allowed 59. Egg & Spoon – E/W, S/M/G RANCH HORSE CLASSES WILL NOT BEGIN BEFORE 3 PM Not Judged 60. Ranch Horse Pleasure 18. *JACKPOT Open Walk-Trot English Pleasure - S/M/G 61. Ranch Rail Pleasure (cross entering allowed) 62. Ranch Conformation 19. Walk-Trot Equitation - 10 yrs. & under - E/W, M/G, H/P 20. Open Jr. Snaffle Bit English Pleasure SUNDAY, AUGUST 20 • 9:00 A.M. Horses 5 yrs & under – S/M/G 63. *JACKPOT Open Halter H/P, E/W, S/M/G 21. 4-H English Pleasure - 8-18 yrs. - H/P, M/G 64. Open Halter Horse - 3 yrs. & over - E/W, S/M/G 22. Walk-Trot Equitation - 11-18 yrs. - E/W, M/G 65. Open Halter Horse - 2 yrs. & under - E/W, S/M/G 23. JACKPOT Open English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 66. Adult Open Halter Horse – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G 24. Walk-Trot Pleasure - 10 yrs. & under - H/P, M/G, E/W 67. Youth Open Halter - 18 yrs. & under - H/P, M/G 25. 4-H English Equitation - 8-18 yrs. - H/P, M/G 68. Registered Quarter Horse Halter - S/M/G 26. Walk-Trot Pleasure - 11-18 yrs. - H/P, M/G, E/W 27. Adult Open English Pleasure Horse - 19 yrs. & over - S/M/G 69. Registered Paint/Pinto Halter Horse (no solid horses) - S/M/G 70. Registered Appaloosa Halter Horse - S/M/G 28. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian 71. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian Country English Pleasure (Saddle Seat) – S/M/G Breeding & Geldings In Hand – S/M/G 30. Registered Quarter Horse Hunter Under Saddle - S/M/G 72. Open Showmanship - all ages - H/P, E/W, S/M/G 31. Registered Appaloosa English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 73. Adult Showmanship – 19 yrs & over - E/W, S/M/G 32. Registered Paint/Pinto English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 74. Youth Showmanship - 13 yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G (No solid horses) 75. Youth Showmanship - 14-18 yrs. - H/P, E/W, M/G 33. Youth English Pleasure - 18 yrs. & under - H/P, M/G 76. Walk-Trot Showmanship – all ages – H/P, E/W, M/G 34. Adult English Equitation – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G 77. Registered Morgan In-Hand — S/M/G 35. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian 78. Open Easy Gaited Model (Conformation) – S/M/G Hunter Pleasure – S/M/G 79. Pony & Horse Lead-In Equitation - 8 yrs. & under - E/W, M/G 36. Youth English Equitation - 13 yrs. & under - H/P, M/G BREAK (LENGTH TO BE ANNOUNCED) 37. Youth English Equitation - 14-18 yrs. - H/P, M/G 80. * Training Class – All Ages – W/T/C – training aids allowed 38. Open Hunter Pleasure Horse - S/M/G Not Judged BREAK – length to be announced

For More Information contact Joyce Berger, Show Secretary, (419) 433-5049

81. *JACKPOT Open Walk-Trot English Pleasure H/P, S/M/G (cross entering allowed) 82. Open Easy Gaited Pleasure (No Canter) 83. Walk-Trot Pleasure - 10 yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G 84. Registered Paso Fino Pleasure Horses - Adults 18 yrs. & over 85. JACKPOT Open English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 86. Youth English Equitation - 18 yrs. & under - H/P, SS/HS, M/G 87. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo Arabian Country English Pleasure (Saddle Seat) – S/M/G 88. Registered Quarter Horse Hunter Under Saddle - S/M/G 89. Registered Appaloosa English Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 90. Registered Morgan English Pleasure Horses (Saddle Seat) - S/M/G 91. Registered Paint/Pinto English Pleasure Horses - S/M/G (No solid horses) 92. Walk-Trot Equitation - 10 yrs. & under - H/P, E/W, M/G 93. Open Hunter Pleasure Horses – S/M/G 94. Reg. Paso Fino Performance Horses - Adults 18 yrs. & over 95. Walk-Trot Pleasure - 11-18 yrs. - H/P, E/W, M/G 96. Youth English Pleasure - 18 yrs. & under - H/P, SS/HS, M/G 97. Open Easy Gaited Equitation/Horsemanship (No Canter) 98. Walk-Trot Equitation - 11-18 yrs. - H/P, E/W, M/G 99. Adult Open English Pleasure Horse - 19 yrs & over - S/M/G 100. Registered Morgan Hunter Pleasure Horses — S/M/G 101. Open Easy Gaited Pleasure (Canter) - S/M/G 102. English Bridle Path Horses - S/M/G 103. Adult Open English Equitation – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G 104. Registered Arabian & Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Hunter Pleasure - S/M/G BREAK – (LENGTH TO BE ANNOUNCED) 105. *JACKPOT Open Walk-Trot Western Pleasure - S/M/G (cross entering allowed) 106. Registered Paso Fino Performance Youth - 17 yrs. & under 107. Jack Benny Pleasure, 39 yrs. & over - H/P, E/W, S/M/G 108. Walk-Trot Pleasure, 19 yrs. & over - E/W, S/M/G 109. Easy Gaited Equitation/Horsemanship (No Canter) 17 Yrs. & Under - M/G 110. JACKPOT Open Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 111. Registered Quarter Horse Western Pleasure - S/M/G 112. Registered Paint/Pinto Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G (No solid horses) 113. Registered Appaloosa Western Pleasure Horse - S/M/G 114. Registered Paso Fino Pleasure - Youth 17 yrs. & under 115. Youth Western Pleasure - 18 yrs. & under - H/P, M/G 116. Adult Open Western Pleasure Horse - 19 yrs & over - S/M/G 117. Easy Gaited Pleasure (No Canter) - 17 Yrs. & Under - M/G 118. Walk-Trot Equitation/Horsemanship - 19 yrs. & over E/W, S/M/G 119. Youth Western Horsemanship - 18 yrs. & under - H/P, M/G 120. Adult Western Horsemanship – 19 yrs & over - S/M/G 121. Registered Arabian/Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian Western Pleasure - S/M/G 122. Ladies’ Western Pleasure Horse - 18 yrs. & over - S/M/G 123. Men’s Western Pleasure Horse - 18 yrs & over - S/M/G

Stall Reservations: Barb Nixon, (330) 607-5681

Visit us at www.coscaonline.com for more show dates and complete showbills!

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JULY 9 — Triple Heart Equestrian Center Open Show, 24073 Jim Tobin Lane, Cambridge ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ͕ ϴϭϰͲϱϳϯͲϳϭϲϯ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ tripleheartequestriancenter.weebly.com. JULY 9 — $25 Show All Day, 9 a.m., Brown County Fairgrounds, 325 W. State St., Georgetown, K,͘ &D/͗ ƌŝĂŶ ƫŶŐĞƌ͕ ϱϭϯͲϴϮϰͲϱϲϱϬ͕ ďƌŝĂŶ͘ ĂƫŶŐĞƌΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ JULY 10-15 — Montgomery County Fair, 1043 ^͘ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ͕͘ ĂLJƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŵŽŶƚĐŽĨĂŝƌ͘ com. JULY 12 — Fun Show, Fredericktown Saddle Club ƌĞŶĂ͕ tĂƚĞƌĨŽƌĚ ZĚ͕͘ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ Jamie Beheler, 740-485-0584. JULY 13 — Mid-Ohio Marauders CMSA Demo/ Jackpot, Madison County Fair, London, OH. FMI: www.midohiomarauders.com. JULY 13 — Richland County Barn Raiser’s Thursday Night Fun Show, 7 p.m., Richland ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DĂŶƐĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŶŐŝĞ͕ ϰϭϵͲϱϳϭͲϰϲϱϯ͘ JULY 13 — Capital Area Open Horse Show ŝƌĐƵŝƚ dǁŝůŝŐŚƚ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϲ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ /ŶŐŚĂŵ ŽƵŶƚLJ Fairgrounds, Mason, MI. FMI: 517-803-3195. JULY 13-14 — Triple Heart Equestrian Center Kids Camp, 24073 Jim Tobin Lane, Cambridge ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ͕ ϴϭϰͲϱϳϯͲϳϭϲϯ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ tripleheartequestriancenter.weebly.com. JULY 14 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Contest Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-8444041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. JULY 14 — Extreme Bulls, Broncs, Barrels, 7:30 p.m., Montgomery Co. Fair, Dayton, OH. FMI: Rolling Stone Rodeo, 513-659-8881. JULY 14-16 — Showmanship, Horsemanship Clinic and Open Horse Show with Terry Myers, :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ^ŵŝƚŚĮĞůĚ͕ OH. FMI: Deb Hukill, 740-632-3169, www. TMTrainingCenter.com. :h>z ϭϰͲϭϲ Ͷ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ Ž͘ ŚĂƌŝƚLJ ϱϴƚŚ ,ŽƌƐĞ Show, SunBeau Valley Horse Farm, Ravenna, OH. FMI: Linda Grohe, 330-297-9505, www. coscaonline.com. :h>z ϭϰͲϭϲ Ͷ ƌĞLJĞƌĨĞƐƚ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ Lexington, KY. FMI: www.breyerhorses.com. :h>z ϭϰͲϭϲ Ͷ ŚĂŵƉĂŐŶĞ ZƵŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ dƌŝĂůƐ͕ Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: Maggie, ϴϱϵͲϲϮϭͲϮϰϳϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŚĂŵƉĂŐŶĞƌƵŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :h>z ϭϰͲϭϲ Ͷ W , KƉĞŶ 'ĂŵĞ Θ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ Creek Dam Rd., Ford City, PA. FMI: Tracy, 724421-5548, www.crookedcreekhorsepark.com. JULY 14-23 — The Buckeye Classic, World Equestrian Center, Wilmington, OH. FMI: www. TheBuckeyeClassic.com. JULY 15 — 126th Adams County Fair Open Horse Show, 12 p.m., Adams Co. Fairgrounds, West Union, OH. FMI: Melissa Downs, 937-695-0550, acha.show@gmail.com. JULY 15 — Licking Park District Pace at the Park, /ŶĮŵĂƌLJ DŽƵŶĚ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϯϬϵ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ ZĚ͘ ;^Z 37) Granville, OH. FMI: 740-587-2535, info@ lickingparkdistrict.com JULY 15 — Rocky Fork Rodeo Co. Youth Rodeo, ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ EŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽŶLJĂ Venham, 740-350-0027, Find us on Facebook: Z&Z ƵůůĞƟŶ ŽĂƌĚ͘ :h>z ϭϱ Ͷ ZĞĂůŝƚLJ ƌĞĂŵƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, OH. FMI: 740385-3431, www.realitydreamshorseshows.com. :h>z ϭϱ Ͷ ,ĂƌƌLJ ,ƵŐŚĞƐ ŝƌĐƵŝƚ͕ ϱϱϲϯ Waterville-Swanton Rd., Swanton, OH. FMI: <ŝŵ ĂŬĞƌ͕ ϰϭϵͲϲϵϵͲϰϭϲϲ͕ ŚĂƌƌLJŚƵŐŚĞƐĐŝƌĐƵŝƚΛ gmail.com, www.harryhughes.org. :h>z ϭϱ Ͷ ƌĂnjLJ tŽŵĂŶ ZĂŶĐŚ 'LJŵŬŚĂŶĂ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϲϰϱϬ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ ŝƌĐůĞǀŝůůĞ ZĚ͕͘ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ŝŵ͕ ϲϭϰͲϰϵϲͲϳϲϵϵ͕ ZŽůůŝŶŐDzŽƵƚŚZŽĚĞŽΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ

July 2017

Corral Calendar JULY 15 — Mason County 4-H/Open Youth Horse Show, 9 a.m., Western Michigan Fairgrounds, Ludington, MI. FMI: Misse, 231-690-0343. :h>z ϭϱͲϭϲ Ͷ WŝŶƚŽ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ Ohio Lots O’ Spots Show, 8:30 a.m., Findlay University, 14700 State Route 68, Findlay, OH. FMI: Amy, 419-706-6135, leibold1043@yahoo. com, www.ohiopinto.com. JULY 15-16 — Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros, WŝƐƚŽůƐ Θ WĞƫĐŽĂƚƐ / Θ //͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ƐŚƚĂďƵůĂ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϬϳ WŽƉůĂƌ ^ƚ͕͘ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ www.lakeeriemountedvaqueros.net. JULY 15-16 — Open Horse Show, WB Ranch, Swanton, OH. FMI: Wendy, 419-594-2968, ƐƚĞƉŚĞLJΛƚĚƐ͘ŶĞƚ͘ &ŝŶĚ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞŬ͕ EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ WŽŶLJ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘ JULY 15-16 — Power Steering Workshop with Tom Pompei, H and P Equestrian Farm, ĞŶƚĞƌǀŝůůĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ƚŽŵƉŽŵƉĞŝ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :h>z ϭϲ Ͷ <ĞLJƐƚŽŶĞ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϱϲϵϱ ůĂLJ ŝƚLJ ƌŝǀĞ ^ ͕ hŚƌŝĐŚƐǀŝůůĞ͕ K,͘ FMI: www.keystonesaddleclub.com. JULY 16 — Straight A’s Speed Show, 11 a.m., ϮϮϱϬ ůůŝĂŶĐĞ ZĚ͕͘ DĂůǀĞƌŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϴϴϴͲϱϱϲͲ 3772, www.RanchCity.com. :h>z ϭϲ Ͷ DĂƐŽŶ ŽƵŶƚLJ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ,ŽƌƐĞ Show, Mason County Fairgrounds, Ludington, MI. FMI: Brooks Johnson, 231-233-2729, ĚĂǀĞĂŶĚďƌŽŽŬƐũŽŚŶƐŽŶΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘ :h>z ϭϳͲϮϰ Ͷ h^W &ĞƐƟǀĂů ϮϬϭϳ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞdžŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϴϱϵͲϮϱϰͲϳϲϲϵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƉŽŶLJĐůƵď͘ŽƌŐ͘ :h>z ϭϵ Ͷ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď Arena, Waterford Rd., Fredericktown, OH. FMI: :ĂŵŝĞ ĞŚĞůĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϰϴϱͲϬϱϴϰ͘ :h>z ϮϬͲϮϯ Ͷ ŽǁŐŝƌů ŽŽƚ ĂŵƉ͕ ^ŵŽŬĞ ZŝƐĞ ZĂŶĐŚ Θ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͕ ϲϳϱϭ ,ƵŶƚĞƌĚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ 'ůŽƵƐƚĞƌ͕ OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www.smokeriseranch. com. :h>z ϮϬͲϮϯ Ͷ WŝŶŬ ZŝďďŽŶ ůĂƐƐŝĐ ŚĂƌŝƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ƵŶ ĞĂƵ sĂůůĞLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ &Ăƌŵ͕ ZĂǀĞŶŶĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ĂŵLJΛƌŽLJĂůĞĨĂƌŵƐ͘ŽƌŐ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ pinkhorse.org. :h>z Ϯϭ Ͷ ǀŽŶ >ĂŬĞ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ 7 p.m., Weiss Field, Avon Lake, OH. FMI: Kathleen Azzarello, 440-536-0145, kathleen@ getdependable.com. JULY 21 — Friday Night Fun Series, 7:30 Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϯϮϰϵ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϰϱ ^͕ ^ĂůĞŵ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϮϯϰͲϱϲϳͲϰϬϲϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ JULY 21-23 — Mid-Ohio Marauders 1st ZĂŝĚ / Θ //͕ ĂƐŚŵĂŶƐ͕ ϭϲϰϲ h^ ,ŝŐŚǁĂLJ ϰϮ EŽƌƚŚ͕ ĞůĂǁĂƌĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϳϰϬͲϮϬϲͲϳϮϭϰ͕ midohiomarauders@gmail.com, www. midohiomarauders.com. :h>z ϮϭͲϮϯ Ͷ Z^dW ZĂŶĐŚ ^ŽƌƟŶŐ Θ WĞŶŶŝŶŐ Series, Crooked Creek Horse Park, 467 Crooked Creek Dam Rd., Ford City, PA. FMI: 412-5763886, www.crookedcreekhorsepark.com. :h>z ϮϮ Ͷ ĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ EĂƟŽŶĂů ĂLJ KĨ dŚĞ ŽǁďŽLJ͕ ZŽĚ͛Ɛ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ WĂůĂĐĞ͕ ϯϬϵϵ ^ŝůǀĞƌ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ŽůƵŵďƵƐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϴϬϬͲϯϮϱͲϴϱϬϴ͕ www.Rods.com. :h>z ϮϮ Ͷ ^ sĂůĞƌŝĞ 'ŝůů ZŝĚŝŶŐ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ƌŝĚůĞǁŽŽĚ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ DĞĚŝŶĂ͕ OH. FMI: cadsrider@gmail.com, www. cadsdressage.org. JULY 22 — Running Horse Ranch 2017 Open Payback Show, 11 a.m., 163 Running Horse >ĂŶĞ͕ &ƌĂŶŬůŝŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϭϰͲϰϯϳͲϱϳϱϳ Žƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ them on Facebook. :h>z ϮϮ Ͷ ZĞĂĚLJ ^Ğƚ ^ŚŽǁ ϰ, ůƵď KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ,ŝŐŚůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ,ŝůůƐďŽƌŽ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ,ĞĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ϱϭϯͲϯϳϱͲϬϲϰϰ͘ :h>z ϮϮͲϮϯ Ͷ DD DŽƵŶƚĞĚ ƌĐŚĞƌ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ Bar D Ranch, 6746 E. 64th St., Chase, MI. FMI: ϮϰϴͲϮϱϬͲϭϱϱϳ͕ ŵŵŽƵŶƚĞĚĂƌĐŚĞƌΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘DD ƌĐŚĞƌƐ͘ďůŽŐƐƉŽƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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:h>z ϮϮͲϮϯ Ͷ ĞŶƚƌĂů DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ŚŝĂǁĂƐƐĞĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽƌƵŶŶĂ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ <ĂƟĞ͕ ϵϴϵͲϲϲϲͲ ϰϴϲϳ͕ ĐŵŚĂƐĞĐƌĞƚĂƌLJΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŵŚĂ͘ info. :h>z ϮϮͲϮϯ Ͷ D & ͞ ŝnjnjůĞƌ͟ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ůů ƌĞĞĚ Horse Show, Michigan Fairgrounds, Ludington, D/͘ &D/͗ WĂƫ >ŽŌ͕ ϮϯϭͲϴϲϭͲϲϮϵϳ :h>z Ϯϯ Ͷ 'ĞĂƵŐĂ ,ŽƌƐĞ Θ WŽŶLJ ƐƐŽĐ͘ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ 'ĞĂƵŐĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ƵƌƚŽŶ͕ OH. FMI: ghpa08@yahoo.com, www.gpha.us.

:h>z Ϯϯ Ͷ DĂĚŝƐŽŶ Ž͘ K, 'LJŵŬŚĂŶĂ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ DĂĚŝƐŽŶ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽƵŐŚůŝŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ Arena, 405 Elm St., London, OH. FMI: Susan Hunter, 614-581-6833. :h>z Ϯϯ Ͷ ŶŐĞůƐ ,ĂǀĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ZĞƐĐƵĞ >ĞǁŝƐ Road Fun Show, 9 a.m., Lewis Road Riding Ring, ůĞǀĞůĂŶĚ DĞƚƌŽƉĂƌŬƐ͕ KůŵƐƚĞĚ &ĂůůƐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ Heidi, 440-781-5060. JULY 23 — First Cut Farm Speed Show, 2 p.m., ϵϬϰϱ KƌĞŐŽŶŝĂ ZĚ͕͘ tĂLJŶĞƐǀŝůůĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϱϭϯͲ 267-0895, suzannereinrope@yahoo.com

:h>z Ϯϯ Ͷ dƌŝƉůĞ ,ĞĂƌƚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ Open Show, 24073 Jim Tobin Lane, Cambridge Springs, PA. FMI: Amanda LeSuer, 814ϱϳϯͲϳϭϲϯ͕ ĂĂůĞƐƵĞƌΛLJĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƚƌŝƉůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ǁĞĞďůLJ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :h>z Ϯϯ Ͷ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ ZŽƚĂƌLJ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƐŚƚĂďƵůĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϮϳ E͘ ůŵ ^ƚ͕͘ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ĚƵƐƚLJƚƐƌŝĚŝŶŐĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ :h>z ϮϯͲϮϵ Ͷ ϭϱϳƚŚ ^ŚĞůďLJ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ ϲϱϱ ^͘ ,ŝŐŚůĂŶĚ ǀĞ͕͘ ^ŝĚŶĞLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐŚĞůďLJĐŽƵŶƚLJĨĂŝƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘

Location: Cashmans 1646 US Highway 42 North, Delaware, OH 43015

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Corral Calendar JULY 26 — Extreme Bulls, Broncs, Barrels, 7:30 p.m., Butler Co. Fair, Hamilton, OH. FMI: Rolling Stone Rodeo, 513-659-8881. JULY 26-30 — Kentucky Summer Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859233-0492, www.kentuckyhorseshows.com. JULY 26-AUG. 6 — Ohio State Fair, Ohio Expo Center, 717 E. 17th Ave., Columbus, OH. FMI: www.ohiostatefair.com. JULY 27 — Hagyard Lexington Classic, 6:30 p.m., Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859255-8741, www.hagyard.com.

JULY 28-29 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Contest Fun Show & Open Contest Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive (Fun Show), 330-844-4041, or Rachael Adams (Contest) 419-606-9712, www. waynecountysaddleclub.com. JULY 28-30 — Outlaws and .45s, 7 p.m., Wayne County Fairgrounds, 199 Vanover Street, Wooster, OH. FMI: www.nooutlaws.com. JULY 28-30 — Clayton Woosley Hall of Fame Reining Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: www.krha.info.

JULY 28-30 — IBRA State Finals & NPBA Regiona Pole, Crooked Creek Horse Park, 467 Crooked Creek Dam Rd., Ford City, PA. FMI: Lisa, 724333-2988, www.crookedcreekhorsepark.com. JULY 29 — Northern Kentucky Horse Network All Breed Horse Show, 9:30 a.m., 100 Fairgrounds Rd., Alexandria, KY. FMI: Jim, 859496-4976, jimwmayer@yahoo.com. JULY 29 — Buckeye Mini Horse & Donkey Sale followed by Ponies & Horses, 9 a.m., Wayne County Fairgrounds, 199 Vanover St., Wooster, OH. FMI: Daniel Schrock, 330-763-0905

:h>z Ϯϵ Ͷ ůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ ^ŽĐŝĞƚLJ Schooling Show, Ridgewood Stables, Medina, OH. FMI: cadsrider@gmail.com, www. cadsdressage.org. JULY 29 — Buckin’ Ohio Pro Bull Riding, 8154 Garman Road, Burbank, OH. FMI: 330-6247205, www.buckinohio.com. JULY 29 — Triple Heart Equestrian Center 1 Day Finding Your Balance Clinic, 24073 Jim Tobin Lane, Cambridge Springs, PA. FMI: Amanda LeSuer, 814-573-7163, aalesuer@yahoo.com, www.tripleheartequestriancenter.weebly.com. JULY 29 — Rocky Fork Rodeo Co. Youth Rodeo, 10 a.m., North of Cambridge, OH. FMI: Tonya Venham, 740-350-0027, Find us on Facebook: Z&Z ƵůůĞƟŶ ŽĂƌĚ͘ JULY 29 — IBRA/NPBA Series, 12 p.m., Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com. JULY 29 — Buckeye Horse Park Ranch Horse Series & Obstacle Challenge, 9 a.m., Buckeye ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ĂŶĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ĂƚŚLJ͕ ϯϯϬͲϰϮϯͲ 7871, coosadunperfect@gmail.com. :h>z ϮϵͲϯϬ Ͷ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ Θ EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ WŽŶLJ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ϮϬϭϳ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ 9 a.m., Madison Co. Fairgrounds, 205 Elm St., London, OH. FMI: Chris, 937-218-0684, www. soqpa.com. :h>z ϮϵͲϯϬ Ͷ EtsY, WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ Dakan Arena, Beverly, WV. FMI: Deb Gower, 304-613-7148, nwvqha@gmail.com, www. nwvqha.com. :h>z ϮϵͲϯϬ Ͷ tWY, ^ŚŽǁ͕ ,ĂƌůĂŶƐďƵƌŐ͕ W ͘ FMI: www.dustybootsridingclub.com. JULY 30 — Fun & Games Show, Stonybrook Saddle Club Grounds, 3656 Clements Rd., Plum, PA. FMI: Mackenzie, 412-334-2551. JULY 30 — Smoke Rise Ranch Fun Show, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-7672624, www.smokeriseranch.com. JULY 30 — Triple Heart Equestrian Center Trail Challenge, 24073 Jim Tobin Lane, Cambridge Springs, PA. FMI: Amanda LeSuer, 814-573-7163, aalesuer@yahoo.com, www. tripleheartequestriancenter.weebly.com. JULY 30 — Ride with Tom Pompei/Tournaments, H and P Equestrian Farm, Centerville, OH. FMI: www.tompompei.com. JULY 30 — Sunday Obstacle Course, 12-4 Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϯϮϰϵ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϰϱ S, Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066, www. ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ JULY 31-AUG. 6 — Columbiana County Fair, 225 Lee Ave., Lisbon, OH. FMI: www. columbianacountyfair.org. JULY 31-AUG. 6 — Medina County Fair, 720 W. Smith Road, Medina, OH. FMI: 330-723-9633, www.medina-fair.com. JULY 31-AUG. 7 — The Wood County Fair, 13800 W. Poe Rd., Bowling Green, OH. FMI: www. woodcounty-fair.com. AUGUST 2017 AUG. 1-6 — Kentucky Summer Classic, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: www. kentuckyhorseshows.com. AUG. 2 — SEBRA Buck Night at Columbiana County Fair, 8 p.m., 225 Lee Ave., Lisbon, OH. FMI: Randy Moore, 330-503-3924, www. gosebra.com. AUG. 2 — Fun Show, Fredericktown Saddle Club Arena, Waterford Rd., Fredericktown, OH. FMI: Jamie Beheler, 740-485-0584. AUG. 4 — Friday Night Fun Series, 7:30 Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϯϮϰϵ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϰϱ S, Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066, www. ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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Corral Calendar AUG. 4-6 — Central Ohio Reining Horse ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ &ŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ &ĂƚŚĞƌ dƌŝďƵƚĞ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂLJ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽĚĚ <ŶĞƌƌ͕ ϲϭϰͲϳϳϴͲϱϭϯϮ͕ ƚĂŬŶĞƌƌΛĂƩ͘ŶĞƚ͘ h'͘ ϰͲϲ Ͷ ,ŽĐŬŝŶŐ ,ŝůůƐ dŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĂŵƉ KƵƚ Ͳ /ŶƐƚƌƵĐƚŽƌ dĞĂŵ ǀĞŶƚ͕ dŚƌĞĞ ZĞĂƐŽŶƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ĂŵƉ͕ ,ŽĐŬŝŶŐ ,/ůůƐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ƚŽŵƉŽŵƉĞŝ͘ĐŽŵ͘ AUG. 4-6 — Ride Well Clinic, Serenity Equine Center, 5558 Follet Run Rd., Warren, PA. FMI: www.LynnPalm.com. 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 Ž͘ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϳϯϲϬ dŚĂLJĞƌ ZĚ͕͘ Dƚ͘ sĞƌŶŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŬŶŽdžĐŽƵŶƚLJŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ 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'͘ ϱͲϲ Ͷ ͞^ŝĚŶĞLJ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͟ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ŚĞůďLJ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ^ŝĚŶĞLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ tĞŶĚLJ͕ ϰϭϵͲϱϵϰͲϮϵϲϴ͕ &ŝŶĚ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞŬ͕ EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ WŽŶLJ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘ h'͘ ϱͲϲ Ͷ ƵĐŬƐŬŝŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ Z ĂŶĚ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ DŝĚůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DŝĚůĂŶĚ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ŽƵƌƚŶĞLJ͕ ϱϭϳͲ ϯϭϲͲϲϯϱϱ͕ ŵŝďƵĐŬƐŬŝŶϭϵϲϳΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘ 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'͘ ϴͲϭϯ Ͷ ƐŚƚĂďƵůĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ &Ăŝƌ͕ ϭϮϳ E͘ ůŵ ^ƚ͕͘ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ĂƐŚƚĂďƵůĂĨĂŝƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘ 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 h'͘ ϭϭ Ͷ tĂLJŶĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď KƉĞŶ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ϰϮϬϬ KǀĞƌƚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ >ĞĂŶŶĞ >ŽƵŝǀĞ͕ ϯϯϬͲϴϰϰͲ ϰϬϰϭ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ǁĂLJŶĞĐŽƵŶƚLJƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘

July 2017

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/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϭͲϭϮ Ͷ dĂĐŬ Θ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ĂůĞ͕ Dƚ͘ ,ŽƉĞ ƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ϴϬϳϲ ^Z Ϯϰϭ͕ DŝůůĞƌƐďƵƌŐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϯϯϬͲ ϲϳϰͲϲϭϴϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ h'͘ ϭϭͲϭϯ Ͷ DŝĚͲKŚŝŽ DĂƌĂƵĚĞƌƐ D^ ^ŚŽŽƚ͕ ŽƵŐŚůŝŶ ƌĞŶĂ͕ >ŽŶĚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĚŽŚŝŽŵĂƌĂƵĚĞƌƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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 &Žƌƚ ƌŵƐƚƌŽŶŐ KƉĞŶ ' ŵĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚLJ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϳϮϰͲϯϵϳͲ Ϯϴϴϱ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ 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

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h'͘ ϭϮ Ͷ ZĞĂůŝƚLJ ƌĞĂŵƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &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 h'͘ ϭϮͲϭϯ Ͷ ƐŚůĂŶĚ WĂŝŶƚ Θ WůĂŝŶ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ƐŚůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ƐŚůĂŶĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ƚĞǀĞŶ ͞ ŚƵŶŬ͟ tĂƩƐ͕ ϯϯϬͲϯϭϳͲϬϵϰϱ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĂƐŚůĂŶĚƉĂŝŶƚĂŶĚƉůĂŝŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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Corral Calendar AUG. 12-13 — NWVQHA Pleasure Horse Show, Dakan Arena, Beverly, WV. FMI: Deb Gower, 304-613-7148, nwvqha@gmail.com, www. nwvqha.com. AUG. 13 — Keystone Saddle Club Show Series, 9 a.m., 5695 Clay City Drive SE, Uhrichsville, OH. FMI: www.keystonesaddleclub.com. AUG. 13 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Carlisle Fun Show, Carlisle Equestrian Center, 13630 Nickle Plate Diagonal Road, LaGrange, OH. FMI: Heidi, 440-781-5060. AUG. 13 — Champagne Classic Horse Show, Sunbeau Valley Farm, Ravenna, OH. FMI: Lorrain Linton, 330-285-2902. AUG. 13 — Straight A’s Speed Show, 11 a.m., 2250 Alliance Rd., Malvern, OH. FMI: 888-5563772, www.RanchCity.com. AUG. 13 — First Cut Farm Speed Show, 2 p.m., 9045 Oregonia Rd., Waynesville, OH. FMI: Suzanne, 513-267-0895, suzannereinrope@ yahoo.com AUG. 16 — Fun Show, Fredericktown Saddle Club Arena, Waterford Rd., Fredericktown, OH. FMI: Jamie Beheler, 740-485-0584. h'͘ ϭϲͲϮϬ Ͷ ůƵĞŐƌĂƐƐ &ĞƐƟǀĂů ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: www. kentuckyhorseshows.com. AUG. 17-20 — 2017 Buckeye Reining Series ^ŚŽǁ͕ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ^ƉƌŝŶŐĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ www.buckeyereiningseries.com. AUG. 18-19 — Triple Heart Equestrian Center Kids Camp, 24073 Jim Tobin Lane, Cambridge Springs, PA. FMI: Amanda LeSuer, 814-573-7163, aalesuer@yahoo.com, www. tripleheartequestriancenter.weebly.com.

AUG. 18-20 — Lopin Lariats 4-H Club Open Horse Show, Ingram County Fairgrounds, Mason, MI. FMI: April Kunkel, 517-507-2094, akunkel32@aol.com. AUG. 18-20 — Cowboy Trail Challenge, Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com. h'͘ ϭϴͲϮϬ Ͷ Z^dW ZĂŶĐŚ ^ŽƌƟŶŐ Θ WĞŶŶŝŶŐ Series, Crooked Creek Horse Park, 467 Crooked Creek Dam Rd., Ford City, PA. FMI: Julie, 412576-3886, www.crookedcreekhorsepark.com. AUG. 19 — Open Ranch Horse Show Series, 9 a.m., Delaware Co. Fairgrounds, 236 Pennsylvania Ave., Delaware, OH. FMI: Duane, 740-610-4129, horsejudge125@gmail.com, www.buckeyeequestrianevents.com. h'͘ ϭϵ Ͷ ůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ Society Show, Ridgewood Stables, Medina, OH. FMI: cadsrider@gmail.com, www. cadsdressage.org. AUG. 19 — 2017 Summit County Open Show Series, 9 a.m., 229 East Howe Ave., Tallmadge, OH. FMI: Samantha, 330-958-0027, www. summitcountysaddlehorse.org. AUG. 19 — Buckeye Horse Park Ranch Horse Series & Obstacle Challenge, 9 a.m., Buckeye ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ĂŶĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ĂƚŚLJ͕ ϯϯϬͲϰϮϯͲ 7871, coosadunperfect@gmail.com. AUG. 19 — In The Pink Horse Show, Huron Valley Equestrian Field, 2380 Milford Rd., Highland, MI. FMI: Theresa Bisque, 248-3906862, stbisque@comcast.net AUG. 19-20 — COSCA Summer Sizzler, Medina County Fairgrounds, Medina, OH. FMI: www. coscaonline.com.

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

Saturday, July 29, 2017 9 a.m.

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Mini Donkeys & Mini Ponies Horses & Ponies to follow.

Commission Rates is as follows: Each animal $25 plus 5%, Tack 20%, Saddles & Carts 10%, No sales $25. Veterinarian will be available day of sale for Coggins: $25. Terms of Sale: Cash or GOOD Check with proper ID. Out -of-State checks must have letter of credit from your bank.

Next Sale Date: September 30, 2017 For More Information: Daniel Schrock, Auctioneer (330) 763-0905 Ohio License #2015000116 36

h'͘ ϭϵͲϮϬ Ͷ ĞŶĞĮƚ WŽŬĞƌ ZƵŶ ;ϭϵƚŚͿ Θ ,ŝƚĐŚ ůĂƐƐ ;ϮϬƚŚͿ͕ <ŶŽdž ŽƵŶƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ 7360 Thayer Rd., Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: www. ŬŶŽdžĐŽƵŶƚLJŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ AUG. 19-20 — Mason County Saddle Club Horse Show, Mason County Fairgrounds, Ludington, MI. FMI: Brooks Johnson, 231-233-2729, daveandbrooksjohnson@gmail.com. h'͘ ϭϵͲϮϬ Ͷ KƵƚůĂǁ ĐƟŽŶ͗ KŚŝŽ ^ƚĂƚĞ Championship Shoot, 7 p.m., Wayne County Fairgrounds, 199 Vanover Street, Wooster, OH. FMI: 330-466-1625, www.nooutlaws.com. AUG. 19-20 — “Sidney Series” Open Horse Show, Shelby Co. Fairgrounds, Sidney, OH. FMI: Wendy, 419-594-2968, Find on Facebook, EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ WŽŶLJ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘ AUG. 19-20 — Wolverine Morgan Horse ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ϮϴƚŚ ŶŶƵĂů KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϴ͗ϯϬ a.m., Northwestern MI Fairgrounds, Traverse City, MI. FMI: www.wmhaclub.com AUG. 19-20 — Central Michigan Horsemans ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ŚŝĂǁĂƐƐĞĞ ŽƵŶƚLJ Fairgrounds, Corunna, MI. FMI: 989-666-4867, cmhasecretary@gmail.com, www.cmha.info. AUG. 23 — Fun Show, Fredericktown Saddle Club Arena, Waterford Rd., Fredericktown, OH. FMI: Jamie Beheler, 740-485-0584. AUG. 23-27 — KHJA Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-233-0492, www.kentuckyhorseshows.com. AUG. 24 — Capital Area Open Horse Show Circuit Twilight Series, 6 p.m., Ingham County Fairgrounds, Mason, MI. FMI: 517-803-3195. AUG. 25-27 — Foothills Horse & Pony Assoc. Games & Pleasure Show, Crooked Creek Horse Park, 467 Crooked Creek Dam Rd., Ford City, PA. FMI: Hope Dailey, 724-664-2410, www. crookedcreekhorsepark.com. 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. AUG. 26 — Rocky Fork Rodeo Co. Youth Rodeo, 10 a.m., North of Cambridge, OH. FMI: Tonya Venham, 740-350-0027, Find us on Facebook: Z&Z ƵůůĞƟŶ ŽĂƌĚ͘ AUG. 26-27 — Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros ZŽƵŐŚ ZŝĚĞƌƐ / Θ //͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ƐŚƚĂďƵůĂ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϬϳ WŽƉůĂƌ ^ƚ͕͘ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ www.lakeeriemountedvaqueros.net. AUG. 26-27 — MMA Mounted Archer Clinic, >ŽĐĂƟŽŶ d ͕ EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶ KŚŝŽ͘ &D/͗ ϮϰϴͲϮϱϬͲ 1557, mmountedarcher@gmail.com, www. MMArchers.blogspot.com. h'͘ ϮϲͲϮϳ Ͷ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ Θ EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ Pony Assoc. 2017 Open Horse Show Series, 9 a.m., Madison Co. Fairgrounds, London, OH. FMI: 937-218-0684, www.soqpa.com. 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. AUG. 27 — Sunday Obstacle Course, 12-4 Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϯϮϰϵ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϰϱ S, Salem, OH. FMI: 234-567-4066, www. ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ AUG. 27 — Harry Hughes Circuit, 5563 Waterville-Swanton Rd., Swanton, OH. FMI: Kim Baker, 419-699-4166, harryhughescircuit@ gmail.com, www.harryhughes.org.

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AUG. 27 — Single Judged Show, Blue Lakes Farm, Newbury, OH. FMI: www.dustybootsridingclub. com. AUG. 30 — Fun Show, Fredericktown Saddle Club Arena, Waterford Rd., Fredericktown, OH. FMI: Jamie Beheler, 740-485-0584. AUG. 31-SEPT. 4 — The Great Geauga County Fair, 14373 N. Cheshire St., Burton, OH. FMI: www.geaugafair.com. AUG. 31-SEPT. 4 — Cook Forest Labor Day tĞĞŬĞŶĚ ZŝĚĞ͕ ϭϲϲϭ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ůĂƌŝŽŶ͕ W ͘ FMI: www.patrailride.com. 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. SEPT. 1-2 — Hendricks County Horseman’s Club ŽŶƚĞƐƟŶŐ Θ WĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ,ĞŶĚƌŝĐŬƐ Ž͘ Fairgrounds 1900 E. Main St., Danville, IN. FMI: :Ğī ,ĞĂƌŽŶ͕ ϯϭϳͲϲϵϰͲϳϲϵϯ͕ ŚĐŚĐϰƵΛŐŵĂŝů͘ com, www.hchc4u.com. SEPT. 1-3 — NBHA, IBRA, NPBA Barrel & Pole Show, Crooked Creek Horse Park, 467 Crooked Creek Dam Rd., Ford City, PA. FMI: Lisa, 724333-2988, www.crookedcreekhorsepark.com. 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. ^ Wd͘ Ϯ Ͷ KŚŝŽ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ YƵĂƌƚĞƌ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ZĂŶĐŚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ͗ϭϱ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ Guernsey County Fairgrounds, 335 Old EĂƟŽŶĂů ZĚ͕͘ >ŽƌĞ ŝƚLJ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ĞǀŝŶ ĂƌƌĞƩ͕ 937-407-0937, www.ohfqha.com. SEPT. 2 — Labor Day Fun Show, 10 a.m., Hueston Woods Horseman’s Campground, &ŽƵƌ DŝůĞ sĂůůĞLJ ZŽĂĚ ;ZŝƐŝŶŐ ^ƵŶͿ͕ ŽůůĞŐĞ Corner, OH. FMI: Donn Buckingham, 937-4174358, donnb@bright.net, www.prebleohc.com 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 — Bulls, Barrels & Badgers, 7 p.m., Crawford Co. Fair, 20939 Hamilton Rd., Meadville, PA. FMI: www.gosebra.com. SEPT. 2 — Reality Dreams Horse Show, &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ ŽƵŶƚLJ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ FMI: Karen Sarver, 740-385-3431, www. realitydreamshorseshows.com. ^ Wd͘ ϮͲϯ Ͷ EKY, &Ăůů džƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶnjĂ͕ ĚĞŶ WĂƌŬ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ŽŵƉůĞdž͕ ϮϲϬϳ ůĂLJŶĞLJ ZĚ͕͘ Sunbury, OH. FMI: www.noqha.com. ^ Wd ϮͲϯ Ͷ KƩĂǁĂ ŽƵŶƚLJ ,ŽƌƐĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŽŝŶƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ KƩĂǁĂ Ž͘ Fairgrounds, Oak Harbor, OH. FMI: Brianne Mathews, 419-707-0398 briannemathews@ gmail.com, www.ochf.net. SEPT. 2-3 — MMA Mounted Archer Clinic, >ŽĐĂƟŽŶ d ͕ ^ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͘ &D/͗ ϮϰϴͲϮϱϬͲ 1557, mmountedarcher@gmail.com, www. MMArchers.blogspot.com. 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 Woodland, 614-4647290.

More events can be found on the Horsemen’s Corral website, www.thehorsemenscorral.com July 2017

Ride In Sync

The Athletics of Riding by Terry Myers Non-horse people think that riding a horse means you put your butt in the saddle then kick to go and pull to whoa. But they don’t know how to ride. Just like I think golfing is just whacking a little ball around with an overpriced club, but people who golf know that there is much more to the sport. Proper riding is a detailed athletic sport made more complicated by the fact that we must partner with a 1200+ pound team mate. Proper rider body position starts with an athletic stance that is common to many different sports. An athletic stance is one that is feet apart, knees bent and positioned over the feet, toes turned out, with equal weight in each foot. The upper body is positioned over the hips, with the shoulders square, neither leaning forward or backward. Think of your hips as a bucket of water, if you roll hips forward you will spill out the water. Your head should be looking forward, not looking down or cocked left or right. If you do this, you can feel how balanced you are. This is the same stance used in many sports, including basketball or volleyball. In basketball, you are ready to move left or right to guard the basket. In volleyball, you are prepared to quickly move left or right, to go after the ball. An athletic stance is nothing more than a balanced stance and can be mimicked when in the saddle. This body position gives you balance when riding. If you are not balanced in the saddle, your horse cannot be balanced underneath you. To prove a point, next time you ride, put your horse in a nice trot and feel your horse’s rhythm. Then count the feet as they hit the ground. You should have a fairly even count. Then lean forward and tilt your head to the inside. You will feel, hear and see your count change and the rhythm of the stride change. When I was young, way back in the ‘olden’ days, we were taught to ride with toes pointed forward, which

causes you to pinch in the knees and hollow out your back. Any time you hollow out your back, your pelvis tilts forward (dumping out that bucket of water we talked about). This makes your horse’s job much more difficult, causing them to be forehand heavy. The simple solution is to turn your toes out. In doing this, you can wrap your legs around your horse. Don’t squeeze with your knees. When you squeeze with your knees, usually with toes forward, you become a giant pimple ready to pop off your horse! By turning toes out, the seam of your pants will be ahead of the contact of your horse. If the seam of your pants is in contact with your horse, you will be squeezing with your knees and will actually begin to lose contact with your seat. Since you don’t want to fly off your horse and look like a yard dart, learn to turn your toes out, wrap your legs around your horse and sit deep in the saddle. What does deep in the saddle mean? Stand up in the stirrups, sit straight downward, then roll back on the pelvis so that you are sitting on your pockets. As the old saying goes, sit on your ‘W’s’ which is the W design on the pockets of Wrangler jeans. Back to our athletic stance…what happens if you are in an athletic stance and you lean forward? You will fall on your face. On horseback, your horse may be nice enough that when you lean forward he doesn’t let you fall. He will however, move out of balance because you are out of balance. Here’s a news flash…you don’t need to lean forward to make your horse go faster! Instead, sit deep in the saddle and use your legs to drive your horse forward. Leaning forward puts the rider so far out of balance that they are very vulnerable to being thrown from their horse. For many years, the 4-H books have said the basic body position includes the alignment of the ear, shoulder, hip and back of the heels. You should be able to draw a line all the way down. Your arms should be elbows

forward, not glued to your side. If you clamp you elbows to your side, you create stiff arms and shoulders, making it impossible to have light hands. If you get your elbows out of your side (I tell riders to air out their arm pits so they don’t stink), and in front of that imaginary line just talked about, you have a much better chance of having lighter hands on the bridle reins. Like any sport or athletics, to develop good riding skills you need to ride consistently and frequently. A good golfer does not get that way by golfing once a month. Arnold Palmer did not develop great golfing skills by playing every now and then. Proper rider position and good riding skills must be developed over time and become second nature to the rider. Once your seat and body position are balanced, you can begin to improve the movement and performance of your horse. Questions about this or any of our articles can be emailed to us at myers5000@aol.com.

Terry Myers 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 and on Facebook.

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Springtime in the Smokeys by Richard Anderson Our nine hour travel time from Columbus, Ohio, to Bryson City, N.C., which took us over the top of the Smokey mountain range on Route 441 through Pidgeon Forge, was recommended by Google, but was clearly bad news for our horses because of the excessively winding roads. But the good news was we got to pass by New Found Gap, Clingman’s Dome and the trail head to the Alum Cave Bluff Trail to Mount LeConte, where we had hiked and stayed overnight at the Lodge perched on top several years ago. The Lodge was built entirely by hand by a man who took his mother up to see it when it was done by carrying her on his back in a rocking chair. The Lodge has no electricity and the only way to get in is by foot, horseback or llama, which is how all of the provisions are carried in. The wait list is one year in advance to get into the Lodge, where they serve dinner by kerosene lantern lights, and a hearty breakfast in the morning. But on this trip, our horses did the walking, with over four grueling days on trails rising as

high as 5,000 feet above sea level. We settled into Deep Creek Horse Camp, just outside Bryson City about dusk, where our horses had a turn in the one of the pastures nearby for a few hours of rolling and eating grass, followed by being put into some very accommodating stalls. The full moon was rising above the green mountain and reflected brilliantly onto the valley below with its patchwork of farms and fields. We took it all in as we led our dogs on the bridge over the Tuckaseegee River by moonlight, and watched the heavy run-off of the spring rains. Next day found us loading up provisions for our first strenuous trip up the mountain on the Lonesome Pine Trail. The scenery was spectacular and, for the first time, we saw Mountain Loral, Rhododendrum, and Azalea all blooming at the same time. Our second day took us up the Nolan Divide Trail, the highlight of our trip, which is a scary, tight, single lane trail atop a long ridge, with drop offs on both sides and no way of saving yourself or your horse if you slipped and went over the side. My strategy was to look straight between my horses ears

and hope that we made it across the 40 foot ridge corridor. It paid off and we all made it across safely. On our last day of trail riding, we encountered military veteran hikers on the Hughes Ridge Trail, who were hiking from Clingman’s Dome all the way to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, requiring some three months of travel, as a part of a therapy program for veterans who have encountered Post Traumatic Syndrome. Other members of the hiking party have traveled the entire length of the Appalachian Trail, some 2,200 miles, and will soon be in Ohio to travel the entire 1,200 miles of Ohio’s Buckeye Trail. Our next trip will be to Mount Rogers in Virginia, where we will be parked along side the New River Gorge, where we took a white water rafting trip several years ago. And while horseback riding can be considered to be an ‘extreme sport’, it is not as extreme as white water rafting. As in the past, you are welcome to join us for trail riding in the outback by calling 614/4369002. And you don’t need a gaited horse to ride with us as we explore the back country of the Midwest.

Military veterans hiking from Clingman’s Dome in the Smokey Mountains to the Outer Banks of North Carolina on the Hughes Ridge Trail. We’re looking for fun. AUG. 4-6 — Barkcamp State Park Memorial Ride, Belmont, OH 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.

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Champagne Classic Open Horse Show PRESIDENT, Judy Demshar VICE PRESIDENT, Lorraine Linton; SECRETARY, Wendy Gruskiewicz; TREASURER, Patty Bittner-Floyd. FACEBOOK, www.facebook.com/ NEOAHA

by Judy Demshar The Spring Tune Up Clinic in May was a roaring success. The day started out with a beautiful blue sky, but as the day progressed the weather did it’s best to not cooperate. Kudos to Wendy Gruskiewicz for carrying on through the pouring rain. It may have dampened the participants, but

not their enthusiasm. All we heard was how knowledgeable our clinicians, Wendy and Ashley, were and when are we going to do it again. If everything works out, hopefully we’ll be able to do it again next year. Don’t forget the Champagne Classic Open Horse Show on Aug. 14 at SunBeau Valley Horse Farm in Ravenna, Ohio. If you need a showbill, please call or email Lorraine Linton or myself and we’ll send one out to you. You can also check out the showbill on our Facebook page. Remember, the proceeds from the show is the money we use to donate to the causes our club members recommend. The weather is beautiful, go have fun with your horse!

Spring Tune Up Clinic, May 2017. 40

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July 2017

Farrier Friendly

Hoof Cracks — Superficial or Serious? by Bryan S. Farcus, MA, CJF

Hoof wall highlights

A horse’s hoof has a unique design. For the most part, it is made-up of many interconnected tissues that, when healthy and working in concert with each other, are incredibly resilient. It is often said that the horse’s hooves are a reflection of his health. Once you familiarize yourself with the interrelated nature of the equine foot, in general, you will gain a better understanding of the hoof wall (capsule) and any structural changes that may arise. In an effort to stay somewhat ‘anatomically correct’ the term foot is used as a reference for all tissues, inner and outer, that exist below the hairline at the coronary band level of the horse’s digit. Whereas, the term hoof is often used to indicate the outer horn/insensitive tissue that is exposed. Essentially, with every external tissue that you can see, there is a sensitive corresponding tissue that produces and nourishes it. Keep this in mind, as we shift our focus to your horse’s hoof wall and the issue of hoof cracks. Simply put, the hoof wall is designed to withstand both compressive and concussive forces. These tissues are comprised of a strong, flexible epidermal tissue, not unlike your finger/toe nail. If you were to zoomin on a segment of that tissue, you would see something analogous to a sheet of compressed three-layered construction board. These layers or plies of hoof wall, consist of a series of compressed horn tubules (inter and intra tubular aspects) called stratum. From deepest to most superficial, the innermost layer nearest the coffin bone is the stratum internum, the middle layer is the stratum medium, and the external membrane is stratum externum. With this tubular wall construction, the vital functions of strength,

Category 2: Horizontal Trauma and Contraction. Photo courtesy: Bryan Farcus. ĂƚĞŐŽƌLJ ŝƌĞĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƌĂĐŬ ϭ Ϯ ϯ ϰ ϱ ϲ

,ŽƌŝnjŽŶƚĂů ,ŽƌŝnjŽŶƚĂů sĞƌƟĐĂů ;ƐŚŽƌƚĞƌͿ sĞƌƟĐĂů ;ŽƉĞŶĞĚͿ sĞƌƟĐĂů ;ĐůŽƐĞĚͿ ĞŶƚĞƌ dŽĞ ŝǀŽƚ

Category 3: “Weathering” cracks. Photo courtesy: Holistic Horse.

ĞƉƚŚ ^ƵƉĞƌĮĐŝĂů ĞĞƉ ^ƵƉĞƌĮĐŝĂů ĞĞƉ͕ >ŽŶŐ >ŽŶŐ͕ ŽůĚ ĞĞƉ͕ WŽŝŶƚ

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flexibility and moisture balance are provided. This is quite the balancing act, particularly when the hoof wall is under excess force or extreme climate fluctuation. Unfortunately, despite all efforts, there will come a time when you do notice hoof damage or cracking when your horse is under overwhelming stress.

Cracks classified

Not all hoof cracks are created equal. While some are just a minor blemish or an ‘eye-sore’, others can lead to a structural weakness and potentially cause lameness. Hoof cracks are simply an indicator of conditions that are stressful for your horse and, though not at all lifethreatening, should not be ignored. In trying to combat hoof cracks the best place to start is to classify them.

Category 4: Vertical: long and deep. Photo courtesy: Holistic Horse.

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DŝŶŽƌ ŚŽŽĨ ƐƚƌĞƐƐͬĐŽŶƚƌĂĐƟŽŶ͘ /ŵƉƌŽƉĞƌ ƐŚŽĞ Įƚ͘ /ŶũƵƌLJͬ ůƵŶƚ dƌĂƵŵĂ DŽŝƐƚƵƌĞ ŝŵďĂůĂŶĐĞ͘ džƚƌĞŵĞ ǁĞƚ Žƌ ĚƌLJ ĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ͕ ŽǀĞƌ ĞdžƉŽƐƵƌĞͬĞǀĂƉŽƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ͞ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌŝŶŐ͟ ,ŝŐŚĞƐƚ ƌŝƐŬ ĨŽƌ ƌĞĐƵƌƌŝŶŐ ĂďƐĐĞƐƐĞƐ͘ ůƐŽ ŵĂLJ ŶĞĞĚ ƐŚŽĞŝŶŐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ ƐƚĂďŝůŝnjĞ͘ ĞĨŽƌŵŝƚLJ ƚŽ ŚŽƌŶ Ͳ ƉƌŽĚƵĐŝŶŐ ĐŽƌŽŶĂƌLJ ďĂŶĚ ƟƐƐƵĞ͘ ͟ƐĐĂƌƌŝŶŐ͟ ĞŶƚƌĂůŝnjĞ ŚŽůĞ Ăƚ ƟƉ ŽĨ ƚŽĞ ŶĞĂƌ ǁŚŝƚĞůŝŶĞ͘ WŽƐƐ͘ ŚŝŐŚĞƌ ƌŝƐŬ ĨŽƌ ĂďƐĐĞƐƐ Žƌ ďĂĐƚĞƌŝĂů͕ ĨƵŶŐĂů ŝŶĨĞĐƟŽŶƐ ůŝŬĞůLJ ĨƌŽŵ Wϯ ;ĐŽĸŶ ďŽŶĞͿ ĚĞĨŽƌŵŝƚLJͬ͟ĐƌĞŶĂ͟

ŽŶƐƵůƚ &ĂƌƌŝĞƌ ŽŶƐƵůƚ &ĂƌƌŝĞƌ͘ ŽŶƐƵůƚ sĞƚ͘ ĂŝůLJ ĐĂƌĞ͘ ŽŶƐƵůƚ &ĂƌƌŝĞƌ ĂŝůLJ ĐĂƌĞ͘ ŽŶƐƵůƚ &ĂƌƌŝĞƌ͘ ŽŶƐƵůƚ sĞƚ ŽŶƐƵůƚ &ĂƌƌŝĞƌ͘

See the handy table at the bottom of this article.

Your best defense?

Most often, hoof cracks are incremental and great majorities are superficial, not deep or structural. Therefore, you should have time to make the best decision for your horse. As a basic rule, your ability to read your horse’s comfort level will be the best indicator of the severity of a hoof crack. Also, the benefits of providing good daily care for your horse, in general, will always promote the healthiest hooves. Maintaining a well-balanced diet, exercise and, of course, routine farrier visits will be your best defense against any hoof crack. Remember that moderation in all you do with your horse is always your best bet,

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since any extremes to your horse’s extremities will only increase hoof stress, which eventually shows-up as one of those ugly cracks. REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: • The Principles of Horseshoeing (P3), Dr. Doug Butler and Jacob Butler. • Care and Rehabilitation of the Equine Foot, Pete Ramey. • Distal Limb Pocket Guide, Jenny Edwards and Paige Poss • www.hoofrehab.com • www.anatomy-of-the-equine.com • www.veterinarynews.dvm360.com

Check out Bryan’s FARRIERFRIENDLY™ Horse Owner Guides. They will give you a great start to learning more about your horse, his feet and the farrier world. Available at www.amazon.com. ‘Like’ Farrier Friendly on Facebook.

Hay Before Grain, or Vice Versa? by Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D. This is a recurring question that I receive. Which should be fed first —hay or grain? If you’re feeding correctly, this issue is truly a moot point because the horse should have access to forage in hay and/or pasture 24/7 with no gaps. Therefore, when fed concentrates, the horse’s digestive tract should already have hay flowing through it. But if you were to feed starchy July 2017

cereal grains (oats, wheat, barley, etc.) on an empty stomach, the horse would produce more acid than normal, which could potentially lead to ulcers. Furthermore, grains leave the stomach quickly, increasing the risk that they will not be fully digested in the small intestine (especially if large amounts are fed), and end up in the hindgut where starch can be fermented by the resident bacterial population. This can lead to endotoxin-related laminitis.

A better approach is to have hay present in the stomach first. It creates a physical barrier for the grain, making it leave the stomach less quickly. The fiber in the hay mixes with the starch and the whole mass enters the small intestine to be digested. Fiber is not digested until it reaches the hind gut, but its presence slows down the digestion of starch, and obstructs the absorption of glucose into the bloodstream, leading to a less dramatic rise in insulin.

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Juliet M. Getty, Ph.D. is an internationally respected, independent equine nutritionist who believes that optimizing horse health comes from understanding how the horse’s physiology and instincts determine the correct feeding and nutrition practices. Dr. Getty provides a world of useful information for the horseperson at www. gettyequinenutrition.com. Reach Dr. Getty directly at gettyequinenutrition@ gmail.com. 41

View From the Cheap Seats

Live Large ‘Cause Death’s Guaranteed by Sarah Vas Country life isn’t for sissy. Modern society has expertly wrapped up the relationships of life and death with a tidy, convenient bow. With little need to own land, livestock, or lawnmowers the size of small hatchbacks, we still homestead on wide-open spaces. Our family sacrifices time, privacy, finances, even basic creature comforts while my equestrian pursuits demand attention. And we’ve endured more than a decade without one significant luxury—central air conditioning. At the end of each sweltering day, we’ve huddled bare naked over a blasting, overworked window unit delicately perched on the bedroom sill, trying to cool the flop sweat that started up the second we stepped out of the shower. After a particularly awful hay stacking stretch, my otherwise frugal and tolerant husband declared we were too old for this nonsense anymore. We were getting central air...next summer! Well, it’s next

summer. Matt the furnace guy was scheduled. I was naturally the only responsible party home that day and he was late. My day’s perfectly projected schedule was long derailed by the time I showed him to the basement, chatted about scheduling the install and the potential cost while he inspected the furnace. Then I left him to his devises while I played catch up with my farm staff. Midday, an unfamiliar car pulled in behind Matt the furnace guy’s truck. Head lights flashed. An arm wagged out the window. Better go see what gives, I thought, and made way for the house. Turns out a concerned neighbor driving by saw a sickly raccoon crawling across the road towards my front porch. I sequestering the barking pooch before rounding the house. Sure enough, an emaciated adult coon gave an apologetically sad glance while crawling towards my house foundation. He curled up prone against the cool masonry blocks and

Where

Aim towards educating yourself to be the very best equestrian your horse deserves. Check out our innovative, compassionate, and correct training options and our affordable, individualized, and comprehensive lesson programs. 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

resigned to live out his last breaths under my deck, I supposed. This concerned guy insisted I “watch yourself, little lady. That raccoon is really sick”. I’m not that comfy handling or shooting guns much but I’m not at all opposed to the occasional merciful dispatching of nature’s weak links. I just prefer to leave that up to the men folk. Too bad the only men folk in sight were this guy in my driveway warning me about the threat of rabies and my furnace guy doing his central air magic, and I sure as heck wasn’t going to interrupt him. This one was on me but first, a cautionary call to the hubby. He was at work. Based on the background noises bleeding through, it was NOT a good time. I cut to the chase. “Honey, there’s a sick raccoon under the porch. Which bullets go with which gun?” … He practically hung up on me. Great. I didn’t know the combo to his gun case anyway. I momentarily considered skewering it with a pitchfork before sending mother to fetch dad and an appropriate tool of war. Now desperately off schedule, I attempted some barn multitasking while I awaited reinforcements. The farm staff girls were curious and scuttled off to eyeball today’s fiasco. Then, I heard three distinct shots. Bang….. Bang………..BANG! What the…!? The girls shouted out, “It won’t DIE!”, as I trotted toward the house. My Dad’s pickup truck sat running, driver’s door ajar. He was glaring concerned under my porch, confidently holding a freshly discharged pistol at the hip. I peeked at the now upright raccoon. His expression was of shock, disbelief, and agony. He was obviously hit but Dad muttered something about facing the wrong direction and no clean shot. He began orating on the dangers of rabies and the township doing an autopsy for reporting. Dad decided a yard rake would extricate this poor soul so this misery could end. He admonished us girls that nobody touches it, even dead, because it surely was a real life Cujo and we would all be foaming at the mouth by midnight. I paused long enough on my way to fetch a tool and a grain sack to tell Dad, “And wait for me!” I scurried back to find my exceptionally arthritic Dad on his hands and knees, tucked under the porch decking, eye level with a

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Sarah Vas bleeding and distraught wild animal. I was concerned over helping my dad up off the ground more so than his face getting mauled by a rabid raccoon. Rather unceremoniously, the critical patient was extricated from its post. Dad fired not one but two more point blank shots to end his suffering. Even the girls were wide eyed at this point as I belted out, “Dad! He’s Dead!” The raccoon’s carcass gave one unexpected shudder as we peered at it. That was enough to send the girls into squeals before heading back to chores. To avoid direct contact with this festering rabies hotbed, the limp coon was awkwardly fumbled into the grain bag using just the rake. I noted several engorged ticks on its face and added that critical item to my Heebie Jeebies list. I set the body bag close to the ditch while Dad again insisted the township needed to document this rabies case. We went ‘round and ‘round in the front yard about was it rabies or most likely feline distemper, that my well-trained dog would dare defy yard boundaries to get to the bag, and that the ticks would jump ship and crawl right up my porch aiming to blood suck another host. All the while, my Dad interjected facts and figures about this valuable firearm. Anxious to move on with my day as well as remove the victim before ticks infested my house, I made attempts to lure my Dad’s attention away from the scene. He took the bait but was still gun-in-hand as he strode off. “Dad! Don’t walk around the farm with a gun in your hand!” With an eye roll, he turned towards the open truck door and lobbed the pistol onto the seat like a kid tosses a frisbee on the beach. A gun! That valuable gun! That I hope he unloaded!

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Tri-County Trail Association

Trail and Obstacle Challenge Keeps Growing PRESIDENT, Jim Mike; VICE PRESIDENT, Leroy Wilson; SECRETARY, Neva William; TREASURER, Sally Roush. EMAIL, ckrumm1958@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.tri-cotrails.org

by Cindy Krumm Wow! It seemed like it took forever for spring to finally get here—and now, it has flown by and we are already hot and heavy into summer! June was the month of the 10th Anniversary OQHA/Tri-Co Trail and Obstacle Challenge. As a matter of fact I am basking in the glow of a four-day weekend of camping, trail rides and obstacle courses as I write this article. It was a wonderful time with many new and past visitors to our camp and trails. The weather was picture perfect and as far as I know everyone was as happy with the time they spent with us as we were to spend the time with them. After three days of obstacle challenges, the Overall High Point earner for the third year in a row was Becky Burnell. For the month of July, Tri-Co will hold an away ride at Salt Fork Park

Overall High Point winner Becky Burnell receiving her award at the OQHA/Tri-Co Trail Challenge. the weekend of July 14-16. We are not able to reserve camp sites for this weekend, so they will be on a first come, first filled basis. You can call or text Anjanelle Hennebert at 330/206-1469 or email her at anjihishot@aol.com to get more details about this event if you are interested in participating. Also, on July 29, the club will hold a BarB-Q chicken dinner fundraiser in the campground pavilion. The cost is $10 per person and the meal will include a half chicken, choice of sides (baked beans, macaroni salad or cole slaw), a roll and drink (coffee,

Riders on the one of the organized rides at the 10th Annual OQHA/ Tri-Co Trail Challenge. tea and either punch or lemonade). Carry outs will be available and the meal will be served from 3 to 7 p.m. Please contact Bev Mike at 330/4327293 (texts are encouraged) for more information. In August, we will hold our annual Pig and Ox Roast the weekend of Aug. 18-20. The weekend will include organized trail rides on Saturday and Sunday, a camp wide garage sale (set up a table at your camp site) on Saturday and six complete meals (Friday evening through Sunday lunch) including an awesome all you can eat dinner served Saturday. We

will pull the winners of our annual raffle that evening (12 cash prizes ranging from $50 through $1500) that evening and even have a live band for your entertainment. As with all our weekends, there will also be other opportunities to win prizes or money and to bid on great items through raffles. Please contact Ellen Van Pelt for more information about this weekend at 330/323-2834. We hope you can join us for some or all of these activities. As always, feel free to visit our website at www. Tri-Cotrails.org for more information about out club and activities.

Cheap Seats (continued) My day was shot (get it?) and I still had a tick infested raccoon to dispose of. Mom called but the township politely declined our donation to science. I decided cremation was best to honor the dead and kill the ticks. I double timed it to the burn pile with the longest, stiffest arm that’s ever held a bag full of tickinfested dead stuff. There was a brisk wind and I neglected to bring flammable liquids to the ceremony. I’m not much of a Girl Scout but I refused to go back for kerosene. I got that fire started with dry weeds, determination, and a kitchen lighter. It took 20 minutes and I clearly saw one humongous tick crawling its way out of the fire pit. I finally made fire, called it a day, and spent the evening enjoying the imaginary sensation of There’s-A-Tick-Up-My-Pants! The hubby and I confirmed the presence of two bullet-shaped divots in the masonry foundation under the porch. Reflecting back, I realized that while Dad was playing sniper attack, Matt the unsuspecting furnace guy was in the basement working up our quote for the long-awaited central air instillation! I didn’t notice he was MIA when I finally came back from the burn pile that day! I am happy to report that Matt the furnace guy did come back to install July 2017

our fancy pants air conditioner. He never said a word about any brushes with death, we got a great deal on the installation, and I am now enjoying the modern miracle of forced airinduced cool breezes throughout, thankyouverymuch! The hubby is still having some nightmares about half-charred remains he discovered a few days later while taking some cardboard to the burn pile. The blue plastic grain sack melted to what was left of its face stopped him short of touching what he thought was a scorched log. And it took two more raging bonfires to properly reduce everything to ash. Country life can be tough on us but there’s no need to be uncivilized. Now, drop the temp on the ‘stat. Ticks don’t like the chill. 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. HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

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Mid-Ohio Marauders

Enter to Win a Coughlin Shadow Horse Trailer 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 PREPARING FOR OUR FIRST RAID We have been introducing the sport of cowboy mounted shooting across central and southern Ohio. We held new shooter clinics at Cashmans, Delaware, Ohio, and Smoke Rise Ranch, Glouster, Ohio. Both clinics went smoothly. I believe we have successfully passed on our addiction and made many new friends. Smoke Signals, The Marauders are Coming; was our first CMSA sanctioned event held on June 4. We had 31 shooters. Fred Conniff

won over-all for the shoot and mens division. Michelle Long won overall cowgirl. Holly Porter placed on the top of Shot Gun. The Ranch provided us a great venue for trail riding and fireside chats. Our July Shoot, The Marauders First Raid I & II, will be held at Cashmans, Delaware, Ohio, July 2123. Primitive camping and limited pipe gate pens will be available. High lines and portable pens welcome. The arena expansion is complete. NEW SPONSORS Rods has joined the ranks of our

Platinum Sponsors by donating cash and merchandise. E-Green Computers has supported us at the Silver Level by donating a laptop computer. Go to our website for a complete list of our sponsors with active links to their websites. If you would like to support mounted shooting in central ohio all the details can be found on the sponsors page of our website. There are levels of support for any budget. COUGHLIN SHADOW TRAILER CONTEST Coughlin Shadow has built a flashy

two horse slant trailer that will be presented to a winner at the All American Quarter Horse Congress. Marauder members will be entered in the contest to win this trailer each time they compete in a CMSA event hosted by the Mid-Ohio Marauders. We will also be selling opportunities to enter the trailer contest. ARENA CONSTRUCTION Coughlin Arena is under roof. It won’t be long before the flash of .45s blanks, exploding balloons and thundering hoofs will invade Madison County.

Indiana Mounted Regulators

Caring for Your Equine Partner During Competition PRESIDENT, Connie Rickets, VICE PRESIDENT, Marcy Luttrell, SECRETARY, Jonella Beale, TREASURER, Lanae Kline, EMAIL, dcr@locl.net;WEBSITE, www. indianamountedregulators.com

by Lanae Kline Hello fellow mounted shooters and equine enthusiasts! I hope by now you all have been able to attend a local or major mounted shooting event and have done well! The 2017 season is well under way and the weather is heating up. That brings me to my latest topic. Caring for your equine partner during competition.

Your horse’s health and well-being should always be top priority, especially during a match when the temperatures are hot and humid. First and foremost, be sure to provide them with all the water they can drink. You can also supplement with electrolytes in their feed or water to promote hydration. Offering them water before the match and after each run will help prevent colic and dehydration. Remove all leg protection after each run. Dirt and sand will compact underneath them and can cause irritation. Doing this will also help keep their legs cool. Loosen your cinch after completing each run and give them a chance to breathe comfortably, preferably in a stall in front of a fan. Try not to spend too much time

sitting on your horse when you aren’t competing. Doing so can cause extra strain and stress on their backs. They need to sit and rest as well as we do. Bring a lawn chair instead. Cool them down slowly and properly. There are many opinions out there about whether or not it is safe to bathe horses in cold water when they are hot. My suggestion is to brush them down after unsaddling and give them some time to cool off before bathing. It is not particularly necessary to use shampoo, just rinsing them off with cool water will help remove itchy dried sweat. As always, every horse is different. Some have more or less requirements than others in order to stay comfortable, happy and healthy. This is always something to take in to consideration.

We hope to see you all at a shoot this summer! Don’t forget to put our shoot on your schedule for Oct. 7 and 8 located at The Hoosier Horse Park in Edinburgh, Ind.!

Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club

Reserve Your Stalls for our August Show PRESIDENT, Steven “Chunk” Watts; SECRETARY, Jean Yancer; TREASURER, Ashley Christian; WEBSITE, ashlandpaintandplain.com; EMAIL, paintandplaininfo@yahoo.com

by Chesna Wertz Hi all! Hope everyone is enjoying all these nice warm days and doing well at shows! Hard to believe it’s 44

June already. Not much to report as of right now, as we are in between shows with the writing of this article. By the time you read this, our July 1 and 2 show will have just been

held. It’s looking to be a great show, and hopefully we saw you all there! I will list the jackpot class winners in the August Corral article. Speaking of August, it’s not too early to reserve your stalls for our last (where did the year go?!) show of the season. Our August show will be held on Aug. 12 and 13, under judge Duane Stutzman. This will

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also be the show where we award out 2017 high point class winners, and our 2017 Horse Of the Year Award! We’ve got some really great prizes for our high points winners to choose from. To reserve stalls, please contact Melissa Green, 330/416-8641. Stalls are $30 a day or $60 for the weekend. Hope to see everyone there! July 2017

Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros

Biggest Shoot to Date PRESIDENT, R David Davis; Vice President, Brian (Doc) Hric; SECRETARY, Karen Davis; TREASURER, Nancy Virzi. EMAIL, ddranch2@windstream.net WEBSITE, www.lakeerievaqueros.com

by Nancy ‘Go Forward’ Virzi Well our May shoot is over and what a great shoot. It was our biggest May shoot to date! We hat 64 riders Saturday and 39 on Sunday. The weather was great on Saturday and we managed to get done before the rain on Sunday. Here are our winners on Saturday: Overall Overall Paul Treas, Reserve Cowboy Chris McElyea, Overall Cowgirl Jennifer Treas, Reserve Cowgirl Natalie Lovell, Overall

Senior Cowboy Ken Norris, Reserve Senior Cowboy Ron Kiko, Overall Senior Cowgirl Beth McKee, Reserve Senior Cowgirl Rhonda Brown, L1 Charissa Broennle, L2 Jennifer Treas, L3 Lisa Jones, L4 Natalie Lovell, L5 Candice Conniff, M1 Brad Ennis, M2 Carson Feikert, M4 Chris McElyea, M5 Paul Treas, SL1 Deborah Owens, SL2 Rhonda Brown, SL3 Ellen Politzer, SL4 Beth McKee, SM1 Glenn Easton, SM2 Charlie Brown, SM3 Jack Peacock, SM4 Ken Norris, SM5 Ron Kiko WRL Georgia Treas, WRO Lyndee Norris. Our winners on Sunday: Overall Overall Fred Conniff, Reserve Overall Cowboy Carson Feikert, Overall Cowgirl Natalie Lovell, Overall Senior Cowboy Robert Konyiak, Reserve Senior Cowboy Glenn Easton, Overall Senior Cowgirl Linda Larson, Reserve

Senior Cowgirl Rhonda Brown, L1 Charissa Broennle, L2 Katie Sprague, L3 Jenny Bradbury, L4 Natalie Lovell, L5 Debbie Norris, M1 Lucas Riley, M2 Carson Feikert, M5 Fred Conniff, SL1 Deborah Owens, SL2 Rhonda Brown, SL3 Ellen Politzer, SL4 Linda Larson, SM1 Glenn Easton, SM2 Robert Koniak, SM3 James Urbanski, SM4 Ken Norris, SM5 Barry Larson, WRO Lyndee Norris. We have a competition going on in one of our shooting families. Lucas Riley has taken the challenge from his little brother David and has started shooting. David is recovering from a run in with a cow that broke his foot so Lucas will have a lot of practice under his belt by the time his brother is able to ride again. This is going to be fun to watch. It’s amazing to watch how our

Saturday winners. horses know when they are carrying precious cargo. Jennifer Treas’ gray Quarter Horse mare can carry her to a win, but when little Georgia is aboard she is the perfect babysitter. Georgia has started shooting as a Wrangler. Thank you to our great sponsors: Steel Rose Farrier, Parkside Trailer Sales and Service, Uncle Jimmy’s Horse Treats, Big D’s Tack Shop, Equine Body Works, and KDGowin Photography.

Massillon Saddle Club

Year-End Award Banquet Planned for November 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 that everyone is having a great show season filled with good rides. After the rainy spring, summer seems to finally have arrived. The summer seems to be speeding by, and the 2017 show season is half over. Although it seems early in the year, MSC is finalizing plans for the Year End Awards Banquet, and the election of the 2018 officers. 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,

please consider volunteering to help for a specific event. MSC has a scholarship program for Youth members. If interested, please see the MSC website for the application, and requirements. The deadline for applicants is Aug. 1. ‘Rain Dates’ 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.

what you would like to see on a show day.

Hope that you have a fantastic show day!

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. 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. As always, if you have a suggestion for improving the shows, would like to see a special class, or have an idea for a special project, please let us know. All suggestions are welcome, and no helping hand is turned away. Please watch the MSC Facebook page for the most recent news, updates, and pictures of past events. And, as always, please let us know

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Black Swamp Driving Club

Summer Heating Up for Black Swamp Driving Club PRESIDENT, Julie Emmons; VICE PRESIDENT, Greg Leidel; SECRETARY & TREASURER, Susan Murray. WEBSITE, www.blackswampdrivingclub.com

by Mary Thomas Several BSDCers attended the Spring Fling at the Kentucky Horse Park June 1-4. Al and Angie Hohenbrink took their Morgan mare while Mike and Jackie Minges enjoyed quiet drives with their pony. Social events were held each evening after a day of driving, including receptions at the Carriage Association of America’s headquarters and a wine and cheese party at the Murphy arena shelter house. As the event wound down, it was announced that the 2018 Spring

Fling would be Memorial Day weekend at the Hoosier Horse Park, Edinburg, Ind. July will keep the Black Swamp Driving Club busy. The annual old fashioned ice cream social July 8 at the Wyandot County Historical Museum, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, will feature antique carriages displayed by BSDC members. Carriages should be in place before noon. Bring chairs, enjoy the food, the concert, and the time to visit. Gary and Connie Gillfillan have extended an invitation to all members to enjoy a pleasant day at their place at Indian Lake on July 15. Boat rides will begin at 10 a.m. with a cookout and potluck scheduled for noon. Close by is the Fisher Flea market and the Indian Lake State Campgrounds. Set the GPS for 10950 Cherokee Drive, Lakeview, Ohio 43331 or call 567/674-0151 for help.

Unfortunately, that same weekend, July 14-16, is the American Driving Society Central Regional Drive, at the Hoosier Horse Park, Edinburg, Ind. Carol Millhoan relates that in addition to plenty of driving trails, a dressage arena, several hazards, and a driving derby will keep drivers moving. Lisa Singer, who has represented the U.S. several times in international competition, will be giving clinics and private lessons. Byers Woods, south of Ashland, Ohio, is one of the nicest places to drive and BSDC, along with the Western Reserve Carriage Association, will take to the trails there July 23. Hosted by Jeff and Mary Ann Tock along with Mary Thomas, the noon potluck will start the activities. Plenty of parking is close to the shelter house at the adjacent vocational school on SR 60. Several members will be attending

the GLADS Driving Trial, Windy Knoll Farm, Sullivan, Ohio, July 28-30. Driven dressage, cones competition, and a marathon (with obstacles) will challenge competitors. Spectators and volunteers are more than welcome. Call 440/292-7198 for more information. Two August events have been set. The first, Aug. 19, will be held at Will Stevenson’s home, Fort Wayne, Ind. The following week Aug. 26, Jackie and Mike Minges, Molly and Dale Owen, will be hosting a late afternoon drive at Riverbend Park, Findlay, Ohio. Driving will follow the 4 p.m. potluck. For more information on any BSDC event, check the website, www. blackswampdrivingclub.com, or the BSDC Facebook page. Remember guests and new members are always welcome.

Western Reserve Carriage Association

The Uncommon Equines of WRCA PRESIDENT, Kim Stegh VICE PRESIDENT, Diana Beardsley TREASURER, Ann Petersen MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY, Henry Rish WEBSITE, www.wrcarriage.com

by Judy Clark While WRCA has a strong educational program of clinics and classroom, every get together is an opportunity to learn from mentors, experienced whips, carriage collectors, equipment advisers—and from the horses themselves, some of which we don’t see every day. “Don’t get the cart before the horse,” is an old adage, but one that Bev and Dave Patrick had to ignore. When they retired a pair of Hanoverian/Welsh crosses, they were left with a collection of carriages and no horsepower. It seemed that something in the range of 13-14 hands would suit their needs, and they started considering the endangered pony breeds. Fells ponies are native to Britain,

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and are scarce in the U.S. (only about 400) but Bev located one in Missouri and one in New York state. The resultant pair, with a height of 13.2 H, have earned high praise from Bev, and she hopes more people will discover a breed she describes as “smart, easygoing, and nice to deal with.” Because of what seems to be the Fells docile and level-headed nature, Bev feels the breed might be of particular interest to beginners, older people, and children. Their interest piqued by endangered pony breeds, Bev and Dave began investigating Dales ponies, which are in the process of coming back from near extinction. At the end of World War II, there were only 20 registered Dales in Britain. Measures were taken to restore the breed, but it is still listed as ‘critical.’ Currently, there are only 200 Dales in the U.S., and two of them now belong to the Patricks. Bev says, “The Dales (at 14.1H) are a step up in size from the Fells,” and still fit nicely with the Patricks’ carriages. They also fit nicely with Prince Philip’s carriages. Before he retired from competitive driving, the Prince drove a four-in-hand of

Dales. Reportedly, Queen Elizabeth, who rides a Dales, wanted to give her official support to the breed. At a tenuous time, when the breed was rebuilding, the prospect of uncontrolled breeding by opportunists was a daunting prospect and the British Dales Society politely declined. Mary Thomas also bases her activities on an endangered British pony breed, the Dartmoor. Ranging from 11-12.2H, with wonderful kind disposition, Dartmoors can be great kids’ ponies, says Mary. Despite their diminutive size, Mary finds Dartmoors make great driving ponies because their trot has the smoothness of horses, versus the choppy trot sometimes found in ponies. There are about 200 Dartmoors in the U.S. and roughly 3000 worldwide. Currently, Mary has two full Dartmoors driving, showing, and competing, one Dartmoor/ Arabian cross in harness, and a Dartmoor/Gotland cross starting its ground driving work. Jon and Nancy Roemer’s longtime membership in WRCA has spanned two breeds, Morgans and Fjords. Three plus decades ago, they were breeding quality Morgans. But, with the time and financial constraints of a growing family, the Roemers didn’t have the wherewithal to showcase their Morgans at the highest levels. Says Nancy, “Even then, you needed professional trainers just to be competitive at the [Ohio] Gold Cup.”*

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Their focus changed when Jon and Nancy attended a CAA event at Lake Erie College. There, they saw Fjords for the first time, and met Gene Bauer of Illinois, who was one of the first American breeders of Fjords and a big promoter of the breed. Charmed with the unusual breed, the Roemers bought a filly for their daughter, Gretchen. Then, a stallion became available. Then, two mares that were in foal. Then, a Fjord breeder went out of business and sold his stock pretty reasonably. Says Nancy, “All of a sudden, we had an instant pony farm.” Nancy recalls, “I was a 4-H advisor, and with small kids, the Fjords were a whole lot easier than the Morgans.” The breed is cold tolerant, easy keepers, and are happier and healthier outside. At Roemer’s farm, they live on pasture year round with supplemental hay (not alfalfa) in the winter. *In an odd twist of fate, two of the Roemer’s Morgans achieved fame far beyond the elusive Gold Cup of their early days. Chestnut Morgans, Maple and Leaf, were purchased by noted horsewoman, Mimi Thorington, who put them in training with Lisa Singer. Maple and Leaf, with Lisa on the lines, racked up years of wins at the National Pairs Championships and World Pairs Championships across Europe. To view Maple and Leaf, and to read Lisa’s touching recollections of the pair, visit her website, www. chateaulogdriving.com. July 2017

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8544 River Styx Road, Wadsworth, Ohio Medina County Opportunity to purchase horse farm/boarding facility, Trails End Farm. 30 ƐƚĂůů ďĂƌŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ĂƌĞŶĂ͕ ĂƩĂĐŚĞĚ ƚŽ ďĂŶŬ ďĂƌŶ ǁŝƚŚ ŚĞĂƚĞĚ ůŽƵŶŐĞ͕ ŽĸĐĞ͕ ƚĂĐŬ ƌŽŽŵ͕ ǁĂƐŚ ƌĂĐŬ ǁŝƚŚ ŚŽƚ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůĚ ƌƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌ͕ ŚĞĂƚĞĚ ĨŽĂůŝŶŐ stall, plus one bedroom apartment with enclosed porch! Free heat to barn ĨƌŽŵ ŐĂƐ ǁĞůů͊ Ϯ ŚĂLJ ĮĞůĚƐ͕ ƌŝĚŝŶŐ ƚƌĂŝůƐ ŝŶ ǁŽŽĚƐ͕ Ϯ ůĂƌŐĞ ƉĂƐƚƵƌĞƐ͕ ϯ ŽƉĞŶ pastures (one has run in shed, the other 2 open to stalls in barn, so horses can 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 metal roof on house. Also includes a 3 bedroom farmhouse. Newer furnaces ĂŶĚ ŚŽƚ ǁĂƚĞƌ ƚĂŶŬƐ͘ EĞǁ ǁĞůů ĚƌŝůůĞĚ ĨŽƌ ďĂƌŶ ϮϬϭϰ͘ ůů ĂƉƉůŝĂŶĐĞƐ ƐƚĂLJ͕ ϯ stoves and 3 refrigerators. Washer and dryer in barn. Hot tub in enclosed 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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Dusty Boots Riding Club

Dusty Boots Youth Members Shine Bright at AAYHA PRESIDENT, Holly Carr; 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Ruth Stimburys; TREASURER, Donna Rohrer; SECRETARY, Deb Koffel; EMAIL, dustyboots@ dustybootsridingclub.com WEBSITE, www.dustybootsridingclub.com

by Deb Koffel Dusty Boots youth members recently competed at the All American Youth Horse Show in Columbus, Ohio. Hallie Brown and O I M Good, Haely Allison and Kiss My Invitation placing fourth in Ladies Pleasure and sixth in Western Horsemanship and Packn The Blues placing fifth in Hunter Under Saddle and Gabriella Basco and her horse Dontskipthekrymsum placing fifth in Walk/Trot Horsemanship and sixth in Western Pleasure. Congratulations ladies! Dusty Boots is looking for ladies 24 and under to compete for the 2018 royalty queen. Royalty is judged on an interview, knowledge test and horsemanship. Any interested eligible ladies contact Ruth Stimburys or the 2017 Royalty Queen Naomi Stimburys.

Gabriella Basco and Dontskipthekrymsum. This will be the fifth year that Dusty Boots will sponsor the Ride For a Cure/Cause Class. The class will be held Sept. 17 at the regular Dusty Boots show at the Ashtabula County Fairgrounds in Jefferson, Ohio. The entry fees are $30. Each entry picks a cause or cure from a list provided by Dusty Boots or you can choose a cause or cure of their own along with the name of a person in memory or in honor. A short biography will be read on each exhibitor. Along with the regular placings of the class 1-10 there is a special award given to the ‘Highest Placing Youth’. In the last four years the award has been won by Ashley

Hallie Brown and O IM Good. McClintock twice, Shae Keeley and Haely Allison. All money collected by either entry fees or donations is put together and 75 percent is donated to the Cause or Cure in the name of the winning exhibitor. Twenty percent is given to the exhibitor and 5 percent is for office fees. In 2013 the winner was Kim Brewster riding Rock n The Cash Bar and her donation went to Tough Enough To Wear Pink. In 2014 the winner was Dawn Koffel Allison riding MNZ Sooo Good and her donation went to Wounded Warriors. In 2015 the winner was Kyle Jones riding Watch

Haely Allison and Kiss My Invitation and Packin The Blues. Um Rock and his donation went to the Thyroid Foundation. In 2016 the winner Maggie Luciana riding Blaze n Winchester and her donation went to breast cancer. This is a great event for great causes and cures. For more information or making your entries contact chairperson Deb Koffel, 330/898-0083 or 330/647-8612. Come join us for the great event. Thank you to Schneiders Saddlery and Big Dees for their continual support and great awards.

Ohio Haflinger Association

Fun Days Coming Up in August

PRESIDENT, Paul Sutton; VICE PRESIDENT, Stan Norris; TREASURER, Duane Stutzman; SECRETARY, Judy Winkler; EMAIL, info@ ohiohaflinger.com; WEBSITE, www.ohiohaflinger.com

by Mae Yoder On May 27 Owen and Esther Yoder hosted the annual OHA Ice Cream Social at their farm in Bunker Hill, Ohio. The event was well attended, member’s held a brief meeting discussing a few upcoming events, followed by food and fellowship. August 19 OHA Fun Days will be held at Andrew and Linda Yoder (Apple Creek, Ohio) everyone is welcome to come and enjoy the day with or without your Haflinger! Any questions please call 330/466-3051. The Buckeye Haflinger Show was June 23 and 24 held at the Ashland County Fairgrounds in Ashland, Ohio. May 19 and 20 the AHR Spring Sale was held in Ashland, Ohio. Top selling Haflingers were half sisters Catalina Rose CEH consigned by Lonnie and Neva Schlabach and 48

Carmel Rose CEH consigned by Bryon Hollingsworth ($6,500 x2) sold to Anne Watkins of Virginia. There was a good selection of well trained, good quality horses available, overall it turned out to be an enjoyable and successful weekend. A highlight for us at this years sale was purchasing a beautiful 5-yearold mare for a client from California! Susie Vlietstra of Chino Hills, Calif., contacted us about a week before the sale asking if we could help her buy Mariah GHJ at the sale since she was unable to make the trip to Ohio. Two weeks later I lead Mariah onto a transport trailer about the size of half of our barn and she set out for the 2000 mile trek to her new home! Although she will never ever again see green grass in her life she has a wonderful forever home! Susie is very determined to promote and grow the Haflinger breed out on the west coast and Mariah is a great start! June 3 and 4 the Elk Creek CDE was held in Elkton, Md. We had a few Haflinger friends making the trip and competing with their horses. Heather Raw driving her ever so faithful Haflinger gelding Noble B S-SN finished in second place out

Mariah GHJ a few hours after arriving at her new home in California.

(Left to right): Noble B S-SN and Heather Lou Sutton and Mackinac RM.

of 16 entries, in the largest division at the show, Prelim Single Pony! Noble B S-SN (aka Mr. Perfect) and Heather had a lovely dressage test, their first ever double clean cones, and in true ‘Noble fashion’ finished it off with giving Heather her first ever win in the individual hazards at a recognized CDE! Congratulations Heather and Noble! Lou Sutton and his gelding Mackinac RM were overtaken by a ‘senior moment’ in the midst of the cones course which resulted in elimination. Both Noble B and Mackinac are 19 years young, well seasoned professionals in the

combined driving world and still going strong! I believe there were a few other Haflingers attending this event as well. Well done! Gary and Sharon Leisure of Wooster, Ohio, welcomed Liberty LLRH to their family! Liberty is out of the mare Lexus LLRH and sired by our stallion Nunavik GF. Congratulations on this great looking filly! Quote of the Day: “The dream is free, the hustle is sold separately.” Would you like to submit something to the Corral? Please mail to 12315 Dover Road, Apple Creek, OH 44606 or email, maeyh@safecom.link.

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Palm Partnership TrainingE

Aids Communication: Correcting Falling In by Lynn Palm Reflection… ‘Aids Communication— Correcting Falling In’ It is back to the circle pattern we used in the last article about ‘Falling Out’ to learn how to identify, anticipate, and correct the second of two common problems that can occur when turning—when I explained how to properly use the bending and turning aids to correct the problem know as falling out. This week I will explain the problem caused by loss of balance in the horse’s body position called falling in. When a horse is not bending through a turn, he could easily fall in. It may be more of an issue when turning in one direction than the other. Falling in is like a tripping effect, much like if you were to stumble and almost fall. The horse quickens his steps to catch his balance as you would too if you tripped. Falling in may show up as the horse dropping the inside shoulder in a turn, cutting the corner or squaring the corner, or making a turn smaller as a result of not bending while turning. It is the rider’s responsibility to recognize when the horse is falling and know how to correct it using the bending aids and make a wider turn. The goal for both the bending and turning aids is to control the horse’s body position and his balance. We will use a circle pattern to demonstrate how to correct falling in while bending and turning through a turn. Start at the walk and bring the horse on a large circle once again to the right. Remember to turn correctly the rider must get the horse bending correctly first. Let’s review those aids. Before the turn bend the horse using the bending aids, the inside leg and open inside rein. At the same, time support the bend with the outside leg applied slightly farther back on the horse’s barrel than the inside leg, and outside indirect rein against the neck to support the flexion of the head and curve of the neck and shoulders. Use the turning aids, the outside leg and outside indirect rein, to direct him through the turn and follow the circle. If he is straight, the bend in his body from poll to tail (the horse’s spine) will conform to the same arc as that of the circle. The horse being straight while bending means the hind legs track directly into the same track as his front legs. His body alignment stays straight even while bending and turning, His head and neck stay in the middle of the July 2017

shoulders while curving and his shoulders stay in line with the hips. The hind legs are directly under the hips and the front legs are directly under the shoulders. The hind legs track directly in the same track where the front legs take off. This is called straight while bending. If a horse, while turning along the arc of a circle, travels too far off the curve and drifts to the inside we say he is falling in. He has lost the proper bend in his body. His head and neck are positioned too far to the outside while his shoulders and hindquarters have left the arc of the circle to the inside. The rider will notice quickness or increase of speed because of the tripping effect. Think about what happens when we lose our balance. Our legs don’t slow, but quicken to regain it. The same thing happens to the horse. A horse tends to fall in when heading back to the gate or barn. To correct falling in when on a circle to the right, use the inside leg slightly behind the girth to move the horse out toward to the left to make the circle bigger and bring his barrel (body) and hips back on the circle. Use the inside (right) rein, now an indirect against the neck, to bring his shoulders back to the left and on the circle. Note: the rein cannot be a stronger aid than the leg because it will bend the neck and bring the head flexed inward too much. This will cause more of the horse’s weight to be placed his right front leg, which will swing the hips out—leading to another balance problem! The inside leg, in this example the right leg, is the most prominent correction aid. Move the horse out with the inside leg and inside rein. Support the horse bending right with the inside leg and indirect inside rein to move the shoulders to the left and also not allowing the neck to bend too much. Move the horse out with inside rein and leg. The rider may also have to use an open left rein to encourage the horse to go wide to the left while not allowing the neck to bend too much. The outside (left) leg reminds the horse to stay forward at the walk, trot, or canter. The turning aids, the outside rein and outside leg, are not as prominent when the horse is falling in. This is because he is already turning too fast. Use the inside aids more and keep the horse wider on a curve so he does not turn so fast. When the rider can get the horse going wider while curving, the turning aids can be very minimal to get him to turn.

Make sure you perfect the walk, then go to the trot work and last to the canter. If you have troubles with your aids coordination or your hands continue to take charge, go back to the slower gait and continue to perfect this. Here’s a tip for improving both the horse and rider. Always repeat the exercise on horse’s stiffer side at least one more time that direction than his better side. Repeat the direction and double the number of repetitions on the rider’s weaker side, too. By ‘doubling up’ practice in the weaker direction of the horse and rider, both will have greater opportunity to improve. Your Next Step… Once you have practiced controlling falling in on the circle at the walk, repeat the exercise at the trot. All the aid sequences are the same. However, at the trot you will need to keep your eyes and vision ahead of the horse. Keep looking ahead at each quarter of the circle, visually remembering where the horse fell in. Before that quarter, use the inside bending leg to move the horse out on the circle to make it bigger while

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Lynn Palm lightly applying the inside indirect rein to move the shoulders out on the circle. Support him with the outside leg and rein to improve his balance and keep him from falling in. Your turning aids will be used again on the portion of the circle where he is not falling in. Remember: in last week’s lesson the turning aids are important to help when the horse is falling out. The bending aids and making a curve bigger using the inside aids are the key to improving falling in. Until then, follow your dreams… ~Lynn 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!

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Avon Lake Saddle Club

Come Join us for Our Friday Night Shows PRESIDENT, Kathleen Azzarello; SECRETARY & TREASURER, Barbara Sherman; TRUSTEE, Mary Oring; EMAIL, kathleen@getdependable.com WEBSITE, www.avonlakesaddleclub.com

by Kathleen Azzarello The show season is off to a great start for the Avon Lake Saddle Club. Our first show was Friday, June 2. It was wonderful to see many familiar faces and some new ones! Phil Harstine was our judge. Thank you, Phil for making the show fun and moving the show along. Once again, we are offering yearend awards for members. The divisions include: Youth, Adult, Open and Leadline. Come join us for our Friday night shows at Weiss

Avon Lake Saddle Club’s first show of the 2017 season. Field in Avon Lake. Shows start at 7 p.m. The dates are: July 7, July 21 and Sept. 8. A big thank you to Sarah O’Brien for organizing the LulaRoe online fundraiser! We raised some funds to

support Hay Day! Great job, Sarah! Our Hay Day event is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This will be the 11th annual event for children and adults with disabilities. We need volunteers

and horses for horseback rides for attendees. Check out out our Facebook page for more information. Hope to see you at the shows.

Northern Ohio Dressage Association

NODA and the USDF has Programs for Juniors and Young Riders PRESIDENT, Dee Liebenthal; VICE PRESIDENT, Christine Thompson; TREASURER, Nancy Danielson; SECRETARY, Patti Valencic. EMAIL, president@nodarider.org; WEBSITE, www.nodarider.org

by Mosie Welch The Northern Ohio Dressage Association has programs for Juniors and Young Riders at all levels; with the goal of encouraging youth to take advantage of educational opportunities, have fun, become involved in their local dressage

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club and with the larger objective of developing the future of dressage in America. That’s a big task and to accomplish all that and more, there are local, regional, and national level programs available to Junior and Young Riders in Dressage. But first, who is a Junior or Young Rider? The United States Dressage Association and NODA use the same definition for junior, young rider, and youth member which is “Anyone age 21 and under (from the beginning of the calendar year). This is true for membership, awards, and competition. USDF Membership for Junior and Young Riders is called Youth Membership. The international dressage federation, FEI, has different definitions

for international ranked youth competitions, should that be your goal. Either way, there are programs for development and competition for the youth rider. The USDF presents seminars related to the breeding of the dressage sport horse; a youth outreach program with offers educational opportunities for ‘grassroots’ riders; offers clinics and rider seminars; and offers competition and year end award programs. NODA also has a Junior/Young Rider program and Liaison and a page on their website dedicated to the Junior and Young Rider. NODA’s Junior/Young Rider Liaison is Ashley Rand Torres, who has “a well-rounded history as an equestrian competitor and trainer, specializing in developing young sport horses in both dressage and eventing. In the beginning years of Ashley’s equestrian career and through high school she was a member of Pony Club and eventing was her specialty. She competed her mare, Fancy, through the preliminary level. After high school Ashley attended Lake Erie College graduating with a BS in Marketing. After graduation she moved to Lexington, Kentucky and started working for Reese KofflerStanfield at Maplecrest Farm where she realized her passion for training young horses. During her time at Maplecrest Farm, Ashley was able to earn her USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medals.” Ashley’s job is to help youth take advantage of all that NODA and the USDF has to offer.

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There are so many ways for youth to become active in NODA. Joining NODA is reasonable for Juniors at $35. Members are offered discounted entry fees for schooling shows and education events. A local trainer, Janeen Langowski-Grava has presented free clinics for youth riders several times. At the local level, NODA offers youth level scholarships for intensive training with their horse and a trainer of their choice; NODA also offers youth only clinics, as well as youth classes at their schooling and recognized competitions as well as year-end trophies and awards. The NODA News offers youth the opportunity to have articles published. Competitions and education programs offer the opportunity to volunteer and become fully immersed in all aspects of coordination and management of events. NODA recognizes that youth are the future of dressage and that our youth need to be well rounded in order to take full advantage of all that is available to them. Youth scholarships and opportunities often have a volunteer component in order to be considered. If you are or someone you know is interested in finding out more about NODA’s Junior/Young Rider Programs or the USDF’s youth programs, contact Ashley at Jr-YR@ nodarider.org. You can also go to www.nodarider.org and click on the Jr/Young Rider link. NODA has a full calendar to keep a young person interested in immersing themselves in dressage very active—we look forward to hearing from you! July 2017

Cowboy Dressage

Planet of the Apes by Jeff Wilson “Can we have more fun please!?” the dark bay gelding inquired. His impish teeth had grabbed the rein away from me. He stood there holding it in his mouth as if to say, “This lame game is over.” His five years on earth had given him sagelike wisdom to hold such an opinion. “Looks like a takeover of power here in this Cowboy Dressage session at the Midwest Horse Fair 2017,” I inform the crowd watching from the stands. “OK, Cornpowder,” I thought to myself. “We are in front of a large audience of people who are looking for solid, clean education, not horsing around. This groundwork exercise is not about you chewing on the rein.” I tried to pull the rein out of his mouth, but he was not giving it back. ‘Game on’ was the look gleaming from his eye. I looked over at his quiet, young owner who watched me. “He’s a bit playful,” she offered. As I teach horsemanship around the country, I see the struggles, with successes and failures, as riders and horses honestly try to overcome the language barrier. It is everyone’s quest for happiness and fun between the two species. Many western riders lack the necessary tools to help them refine their riding skills and bring a new level of harmony. Instead I see pulling on the reins, with horses that respond like gorillas (it is their fun gig). There is a real lack of just being able to ride a quiet, happy horse through a test, around the arena, or along the trail. Real life horse wrestling! Without a connection between horse and rider, horses have their own ideas of what needs to happen next, and riders spend too much time as passengers while riding. It is time for riders to have more fun, and provide a more active role while riding.

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Dressage, the Cowboy Dressage way, is about having fun. Do you want to know the number of riders who ride with fear? Did you know that 88.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot? The point is that many riders, many, many, many riders are stuck in a mode where safety is their primary concern. Stayin’ alive is more than a song sung by the Bee Gees. Riders never get to the fun part. Horsemanship should be about having fun while training your horse. Period. That’s why I hitched my wagon to the whole Cowboy Dressage movement. Folks (and horses) need to do more square dancin’ together. My riding should offer me and my horse an amazing experience. That is the foundation to build from. You should have an amazing connection that leads to the same experience. Here’s a little song to send you on your merry way up the trail (horse sings the first and third verse, rider sings the verses in between). Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk I’m a (wo)man’s horse: no time to balk Cues are loud and saddles on, I’ve been clucked around Since I was born And now it’s all right, it’s okay And you may cue another way You must try to understand The corn and oats effect on me

Whether you’re bronc-ish or whether you’re mare-ish I’m stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive Feel my heart a’quakin’ and my knees a’shakin’ But I’m stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive Well now, I can spook and I can buck But I won’t do either, I really tuck

Got the wings of heaven on my shoes I’m a dancin’ horse and I just can’t lose You know it’s all right, it’s okay you’ll live to see another day You must try to understand The corn and oats affect on me Whether you’re bronc-ish or whether you’re mare-ish I’m stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive Feel my heart a’quakin’ and my knees a’shakin’ But I’m stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive (music fade to a whistle)

There are many types of connections with a horse. Establishing a connection with the horse is the wonderful part of horsemanship. We take our interactions with horses for granted almost daily, but horse and rider connections are used in many types of equine therapies and accomplish amazing things for people who suffer from psychological challenges. There is a connection established between a horse and a person while working at liberty. There is a connection established as well through the seat when riding, and at the same time, a connection through the all of the rider’s aids. Let’s talk about the connection from the hands to the horse’s mouth. This connection between the reins in Cowboy Dressage is called Soft Feel. Most often, riders have trouble maintaining this connection with their horse while riding. “Soft Feel is the guiding principle of Cowboy Dressage™. It is a wordless, intimate and seemingly spiritual communication within the partnership between horse and rider. Soft feel is not only sending messages but having the sensitivity

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Jeff Wilson and awareness to feel and receive the message the horse sends back.” http://www.cowboydressage.com/ competition.html. A lot could be said here about soft feel, but I’m outta time and the exit music is playing. To be as honest as I need to be, the experience of riding is coveted, because it is so rare until cultivated. It shouldn’t be taken for granted. Where can you go to find a peaceful place to work on your partnership, because learning needs to happen without pressure? Becoming a partner starts with rewarding the try from your horse, and having yourself rewarded from those around you for your best try. You may have to work on safety issues, but get out of the worry doldrums and git out the new shickers while you do. 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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Ottawa County Horse Foundation

Great First Show Despite Questionable Weather PRESIDENT, John Vallance; VICE PRESIDENT, Rich Petersen, Jr.; SECRETARY, Nancy Lajti; TREASURER, Adam Steinmiller; PHONE, 419/707-0398; EMAIL, ottawacountyhorsefoundation@ gmail.com; WEBSITE, www.ochf.net

by Brianne Mathews Thanks to all who came to the first Points on the Portage circuit over Memorial Day weekend! We had a great show despite questionable weather! Current point standings are posted on our website, but here are the top two in each division: HIGH POINT 8 & U SPEED: 1. Lane Shively & Rhonda, 6; 2. Alayna Staler & Trixie, 4 HIGH POINT 9-13 SPEED: 1. Jay Hindall & Annie, 11; 2. Jay Hindall & Tiny, 8 HIGH POINT 14-18 SPEED: 1. Rachel Herbkersman & Snickers, 22; 2. McKenna Velliquette & Live Wires, 5 HIGH POINT OPEN SPEED: 1. Adam

Photos courtesy of Woof Wear Photography. Steinmiller & Sleepy, 16; 2. Alysha Kitzler & Twice, 15 HIGH POINT OTTAWA COUNTY YOUTH SPEED: 1. Avery Joseph, 14; 2. Bailey Wells, 10 HIGH POINT SPEED HORSE: 1. Snickers, 29; 2. Sleepy, 16 HIGH POINT 8 & U PERFORMANCE: 1. Samantha Nye & Absolutely Heaven, 11; 2. Callie Finnegan & Sunny, 5 HIGH POINT 9-13 PERFORMANCE: 1. Jordyn Humbert & Willy Be Zippen, 20; 2. Karly Humbert & One Hot Zippo, 18; 2. Lauren Detterman & Rebel Rousin Radical, 18

HIGH POINT 14-18 PERFORMANCE: 1. Wyatt Humbert & Twist of Chocolate, 10; 2. McKayla Englehart & Coys Fine Fella, 8; 2. Kayce Deal & Miko, 8 HIGH POINT OPEN PERFORMANCE: 1. Bailey Wells & MVs Heart & Soul, 10; 2. Karly Humbert & One Hot Zippo, 9 HIGH POINT OTTAWA COUNTY YOUTH PERFORMANCE: 1. Bailey Wells, 15; 2. Avery Joseph, 14 HIGH POINT PERFORMANCE HORSE: 1. One Hot Zippo, 27; 2. Willy Be Zippen, 21

Congratulations to Heather Hall for being the most recent $100 Raffle 4

Bucks winner! Another winner will be drawn on July 9, and all proceeds go back to OCHF as we are raising money to build a new entry booth. If you couldn’t make it to the first show, you can still be eligible for awards! You must be an OCHF member before you show, and our next show will be July 8 and 9— which counts for double points! Showbills and an entry form are posted on our website, as well.

Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association

Ride Hard, Have Fun and Improve Horsemanship PRESIDENT, Kevin Barrett; VICE PRESIDENT, Tiffany Davis; SECRETARY, Debbie Earnest; TREASURER, Jeff Earnest; WEBSITE, www.ohfqha.com

by Debbie Earnest The club has been working hard to make our shows as convenient as possible for riders that want to do cattle work and for our riders that are more interested in our rail/reining/ ranchmanship classes. We moved all our cow classes to the morning and all our rail/reining classes to the afternoon. This supports riders that want to trailer-in for their class but not necessarily stay for the other classes. Of course as always we have plenty of room for camping (all size rigs welcome), three barns with stalls, and an onsite food truck that supports us all weekend. We are a club that likes to ride hard, have fun, and continuously improve our horsemanship. Our Ranchmanship and trail classes are conducted on the fairgrounds

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‘in field’ so they can occur simultaneously with our cattle classes. We use 30 head of cattle at our shows which provide us with 15 head for Friday night cow practice and 15 head of fresh cows for our show. We had a great ‘Fun Show’ the Sunday after our May show. Everyone had a great time and we have another one planned in September. One of the crowd favorites was the ‘carrot race’—a timed event where a rider had to race to a barrel, dismount, grab a carrot (in our case we had apples), and get their horse to run after them back to the finish line. This activity made many riders appreciate how much work it is to run in arena sand. Contact any of the officers (information is on our website) if you have questions or if you would like a mentor to start learning how to ‘work the cows’ with your horse. All levels of riders and horse breeds welcome.

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Great Lakes Appaloosa Club

High Quality Riders and Horses Competing at Our Show PRESIDENT, Todd Michael; VICE PRESIDENT, Patty McCartin; TREASURER, Patty Nye; SECRETARY, Melanie Dzek; CLUB WEBSITE, www. GLApHC.com

by Chuck Schroeder Happy 4th of July! The Great Lakes Appaloosa Club sponsored Appaloosa show held at the University of Findlay’s Western Farm, May 20 and 21, was a very successful show managed by Todd Michael. The show attracted many high quality riders and horses competing for GLApHC/ApHC points and show high point awards. Hi point English horse was An Undercover Hero owned by Olivia Lott and ridden by Virginia Williams. Hi Point Western

horse was Colored In Hollywood, owned by Christina Alexander and shown by Heath Wilkerson. Hi Point games horse was Ruf and Mighty owned by Lori Peterson. Hi Point ranch horse was Hollywood Honkytonk owned by Roselee Bickhauss and shown by Rob Wagner. Hi Point youth was Ally Brown riding My Zippers Stuck. Hi Point Non Pro was Winter Sheer riding Plente Cool MR. Thanks to our sponsors for these awards; Royal Wire, Schneider’s, Paradise Leather, Sundance Show Pads, David and Kimmy Wagner Performance Horses, Heck of a Lope Tack and Show Equipment owned by Chris Chapman. Ally Brown, one of our outstanding youth members, riding her horse My Zippers Stuck, wins big at theKeystone Appaloosa Show in

Ally Brown and My Zippers Stuck at the Keystone Appaloosa Show. New Jersey over Memorial Day weekend! She was High Point 14-18 years and Hi Point youth with one horse and one rider! Ally won a saddle for her award! Congratulations! Next point shows are July 15-16 in

Centerville, Mich., Aug. 5-6 and Aug. 25-27 at MSU in East Lansing, Mich. Results from shows are on the glaphc.com website. Enjoy the summer!

Independent Contest & Pleasure Horse Association

Added Money Speed Show Scheduled in August

by Lisa Thiergartner Thank you to everyone who has come out and supported the Independent Contest/Pleasure Horse Association (ICPHA) shows. We are half way through the show season. We’ve had three speed shows and three pleasure/performance shows. Many of the shows were held indoors due to weather. But we are optimistic the sun will shine and we can host the rest of the shows outside. Our speed show classes always have steady attendance and the ranch classes continue to grow. We would love to see more youth 13 and under and more adults come out and join us for our pleasure classes. This is an excellent place to get show experience. ICPHA partnered with the Ohio

State Buckskin Association June 3 and 4. This was a change from our one day show at the Hartford Fairgrounds. This two day event provided an opportunity to camp and show. Many of us who only pass each other between classes had a chance to visit. Nelson Equine Services has donated two $50 Schneider gift cards to be given away at the pleasure/ performance shows. Two classes are randomly selected at the beginning of each show and a winner is selected from the class. ICPHA has two shows in July. July 1 is a speed show and July 8 is a pleasure show. If our show dates do not work with your calendar and you would still like to support these shows, please consider purchasing a raffle ticket. Only 200 tickets to be sold. Drawings are at each show and tack auction in the fall. First place is $100, second is $50, third is $30 and fourth is $20. Your name goes back in the drawing each show. The added money speed show

Taylor Nelson getting ready for trail class at Eden Park.

ICPHA members volunteering to set up barrels for speed show.

PRESIDENT, Heather Martin; VICE PRESIDENT, Alex Powers; SECRETARY, Mona Lord; TREASURER, Cindy Saling; Find us on Facebook, ICPHA

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is Aug. 26 and we are looking for corporate sponsorship. If you would like to purchase a

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ticket or be a sponsor at our speed show, please contact Cindy Saling on our Facebook page.

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The Way of Horses

Horses and Math by Eleanor Blazer Train A, traveling 70 miles per hour (mph), leaves Westford heading toward Eastford, 260 miles away. At the same time Train B, traveling 60 mph, leaves Eastford heading toward Westford. When do the two trains meet? How far from each city do they meet? After reading the previous math question, do you experience a flashback to your school days? Do you feel excessive anxiety? Does your brain go numb? I do. I hated math class. Now try this problem: A horse feed product recommends: feed a minimum of 0.5 pounds per 100 pounds of bodyweight per day to an adult horse at maintenance activity level. Your horse weighs 1,150 pounds. How much would you feed? I wish they would have had problems like that in math class. I might have paid attention. The formula to determine the answer is: 1,150 times 0.005, which equals 5.75 pounds a day. Or: 1,150 divided by 100 equals 11.5, times 0.5 which equals 5.75 pounds per day. Despite our aversion to math it is important to many horse-related activities.

When evaluating a horse’s conformation we need to understand angles and ratios. For example, the desired shoulder angle is approximately 45 degrees. An upright shoulder will result in a horse with limited range of motion and a short choppy stride. And the angle of the pastern should be near the same angle as the slope of the shoulder. Can you visualize a 45 degree angle? Here’s a conformational ratio example: the length of the neck, from the pole to the withers, should have a ratio of 2 to 1 when compared to the length of the underline of the neck (from the throatlatch to the point of shoulder). This allows for flexion and balance. An inverted ratio will cause the horse to be ‘ewe-necked’. Understanding ratios is important in nutrition. For example, the ratio of calcium to phosphorus should be a minimum of one part calcium to one part phosphorus (1:1). If the diet is providing more phosphorus than calcium (an inverted ratio), the horse’s body will draw on the calcium in the bones. This deficiency will result in fractures, weak bones and poor performance. This is only

one example of a nutritional ratio that needs to be correct. Then there is the dreaded metric system. The United States is one of the last countries that still use the Imperial (Standard) System. It is hard for us to think in metric, but equestrians need to learn the basics. Can you trot a 10 meter half circle and canter a 15 meter circle? That’s from the United States Equestrian Federation’s First Level Test 1. (One meter equals 2.8 feet.) Determining medication and supplement dosages may depend on understanding the metric system. Directions on a popular paste used for equine inflammatory conditions calls for: “1 to 2 grams of per 500 lb. of body weight, but not to exceed 4 grams daily” Luckily the delivery method is clearly marked. (A small paper clip weighs about a gram— very light.) One of the greatest joys of graduating was no more math—little did I know! For those curious about the answer to the train problem: the two trains will meet in two hours, and will meet

Eleanor Blazer and My Kustom Kruzer at a point 140 miles from Westford and 120 miles from Eastford. Don’t ask me to explain it, but you can see the formula at: http://mathforum. org/dr.math/faq/faq.two.trains.html Take the online courses ‘Conformation and Selection’ and ‘Nutrition for Maximum Performance’ for a fresh look at math. Earn certification or work toward a Bachelor of Science degree in Equine Studies. Go to www.horsecoursesonline.com for more information.

Ohio Morgan Horse Association

Buckeye Morgan Challenge Approaching, High Point Program Reminder PRESIDENT, Claudia Grimes; VICE PRESIDENT, Louise Fraser; SECRETARY, Lois Magisano; WEBSITE, www. ohiomorganhorse.com

by Susan Walker Here we are just about one month before our Buckeye Morgan Challenge horse show, what I consider to be the highlight of the OMHA social and horse show season. As of the last meeting of the board of directors, all plans seem to be coming together nicely. It sounds as though it is going to be a fun and action-packed event. Almost every Morgan division will be represented, showcasing our beautiful Morgan steeds. My excitement is building and I hope yours is also. If you have yet to enter, forms are available on the club’s website. See you there! 54

At the last board meeting, our High Point Secretary, Louise Fraser, expressed a bit of concern that both enrollment and results were perhaps less than expected. At that point, it was relatively early in the show season calendar, so I imagine things have been picking up since then. But remember, as stated in the rules: “all forms and fees are due to the high point secretary before points will begin accumulating.” It is also very important to realize that there are deadlines for reporting points according to the months in which the points were earned. All guidelines, deadlines and classifications are beautifully spelled out on the website under the ‘Membership’ link at the top of the Home page. Please don’t miss out on any of those valuable points by failing to submit your paperwork in a timely manner. Heck, it doesn’t even have to be paperwork—there is an online option for submitting results. Remember, not only are there great awards to be won at the end of the year, but also bragging rights.

I know that many hay farmers, including many OMHA members who make their own hay, have been harvesting hay during the past couple of weeks. I know that by the time you read this, the first crop will be safely up in the barn and hopefully you will be looking ahead to a second cutting. I know that trying to harvest a crop so dependent on weather conditions can be a real challenge given Ohio’s weather vagaries. Here’s wishing you all dry days and perfect conditions. Thank goodness for the hay farmers who work so hard to keep our horses happy! Please excuse me if this column is a bit rambling, ungrammatical or downright incoherent. I’ve been on foal watch for more than a month now, and this particular mare may just be the one who pushes me over the edge to insanity. When we brought her into the barn, way back in early May, she looked as though she could give birth at any time back then. So, I’ve been diligently watching for bodily changes ever

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since, much to my frustration. They don’t call it ‘Mare Stare’ for nothing. Now her belly is impossibly huge, and it appears that one can almost see the outline of the foal hanging there. Yet still no signs of labor. Tonight, we are at 346 days of gestation. Granted, this is not an unheard of length of pregnancy. But when you thought you might be seeing a foal two weeks ago, these multiple nightly checks begin to wear on one’s nerves. It is somewhat like waiting for Santa to come as a 5 year old, at least as I remember that impatient experience. Those of you who have served as midwife to a pregnant mare can probably identify with this. Those of you who have not, give me a call and I’ll let you take over the night shift if you’d like. There is something to be said for sitting in a dark barn, listening to the sounds of horses sleeping. Oddly, some are very quiet and others moan, snort, grunt and wheeze. P.S....No, she didn’t foal last night…onto day 347. July 2017

Pinto Horse Association of Ohio

Summer Warm Up Results PRESIDENT, Megan Herner; VICE PRESIDENT, Amy Leibold; SECRETARY, Nancy Bredemeier; TREASURER, Patti Wittensoldner; EMAIL, herner7@yahoo. com; WEBSITE, www.ohiopinto.com FACEBOOK, PtHAO-Pinto Horse Association of Ohio

by Amy Leibold Our 2017 Summer Warm Up Show took place May 20 and 21 in Wauseon, Ohio, at the Fulton County Fairgrounds. Despite a few rain drops and a ‘gentle breeze’, the weather held out and provided a beautiful weekend. Congratulations to all our exhibitors and their equines. Special congratulations to our weekend High Point award winners: OPEN HORSE: Kaylee Altman/Good Sultry Time

PtHAO Past-President Dick Bredemeier and PtHAO Secretary Nancy Bredemeier pose for a picture. OPEN PONY/MINI: Kaylee Kuns/Reeces Thunderstorm NOVICE AMATEUR: Britleigh Goodman/ Clus My Daddy JR AMATEUR: Kimberly Gear/Tip Toe N Zippo SR AMATEUR: Traci Bousman/Vested Sensation ELITE AMATEUR: Nancy Bredemeier/ Fontana D Mac YOUTH 14-18: Kolten VanHuizen/Hot Krymsun Lady YOUTH 13 & UNDER: Skylar Young/La Bella Luna

Celeste Golland and Sparty The Spartan begin to work the gate in their trail pattern. W/T 11 & UNDER: Kimberly Bowers/Peek At This Page

On July 15 and 16 at the University of Findlay’s Western Facility, Pinto Horse Association of Ohio will be hosting their Lots O’ Spots show.

PtHAO Youth Council members and Director Pinto Pete presented Polly Gombash at our Summer Warm Up Show with collected can food items which were donated to the Fulton County Senior Center Seagate Food Bank. Tons of fun activities are planned for our exhibitors at this show. Please visit our website, www. ohiopinto.com, for the showbill and registration forms.

District One National Show Horse Association

Planning for the 2018 Spring Tune Up Clinic 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 I hope everyone has had a terrific show season thus far. I know our club has been busy helping with our clinics. Members have been showing their own horses, waiting for foals, and even retraining old horses or purchasing new ones. The 2017 Buckeye Sweepstakes and NSHR District Championships show in Columbus was up in numbers and had classes that were extremely competitive. The quality of the horses and riders was excellent. They had a progressive

Barb Wright’s country mare, Mary Mary. July 2017

dinner one evening for all exhibitors. The Arabian English Performance Association (AEPA) offered the $20,000 AEPA Strawberry Banks Amateur Owner Country Maturity class. Stachowski Farm along with The Arabian Horse Times held the first Buckeye Select online auction. This included a live sales presentation of the local horses. Twenty-five horses were advertised representing several farms across the country. We are so happy for Kim and Mike Kachurchak who purchased SS Back In Black through this auction. We wish you the best of luck with this young gelding and look forward to seeing you in the ring. Barb Wright had a successful show with Mary Mary who won the NSH Country English Pleasure Championship with trainer Cortney Downey aboard. Barb’s hunter mare WA Venus Afire won the NSH Hunter Pleasure District Championship. Both mares also went top 8 in their respective Open HA Championship classes. Our Spring Tune Up Clinic at Buckeye Horse Park in conjunction with Northeastern Ohio Arabian Horse Association and Buckeye Horse Park Association was a huge success. We had over 30 participants. Our clinicians, Wendy Gruskiewicz and Ashley Gruber, each did an excellent job. We have had so many requests to do it again next year that we have already started planning. As the day went on it began to rain and

rain harder but no one wanted to stop so we kept going. The small grouping of four or five gave each rider lots of individual guidance and you could see how the horses responded and improved as the session progressed. Berlin Boots and Saddle, a local 4-H group, set up the food booth for this event as a

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Ohio Horseman’s Council, Inc. Member of American Horse Council www.ohconline.com RECORDING SECRETARY & MEMBERSHIP Barb Gerard 330/262-4537 secretary@ohconline.com

TREASURER Jo Ellen Reikowski 330/806-3146 treasurer@ohconline.com

PRESIDENT Arden Sims 740/350-2339 president@ohconline.com

VICE PRESIDENT Eric Estill 513/899-2267 vicepresident@ohconline.com

NEWSLETTER EDITOR Theresa Burke 614/329-7453 newsletter@ohconline.com

OHC CORRAL NEWS Becky Clifton 937/417-4359 ohc.corral.editor@gmail.com corraleditor@ohconline.com

Greetings From Your President Hello OHC friends! As I mentioned in last month’s issue, I want to take this opportunity to share with you some of the highlights from the 23rd International Trails Symposium held May 7-10 in Dayton, Ohio. This educational conference brought together trail advocates, designers, builders and developers from across the globe to share their ideas and achievements with the rest of the trails community. Mary Alice Kuhn, Director and Promotions Chair, wrote our organization’s application for participation in this symposium. Her OHC presentation, entitled ‘Ohio Bridle Trails Take Flight: Shared Vision Establishes Route to Success’ featured individual presentations by representatives from the US Forest Service (Dawn McCarthy), Cleveland Metro parks (Brian Zimmerman), Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Lt. C. Shannon

Hoffer), Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (John Olivier) and members of the Ohio Horseman’s Council. The objective being to provide the attendees insight into the importance of shared vision between volunteers and landowners. Each landowner was partnered with their Ohio Horseman’s Council contact volunteer with each of them providing opening comments regarding their specific region and later participating in a panel question and answer session with the audience. The OHC presentation was very well received by the attendees. For example, one attendee, a Board member responsible for helping to organize the National Equestrian Trails Conference in Arizona for 2018 has asked for a copy of our presentation. I would personally like to thank Mary Alice for her outstanding work on behalf of our organization.

International Trails Symposium Team 2017 Without her knowledge and expertise, this presentation would not have been possible. In addition, I would also like to thank Mike Gerard, Don Wagner, and Penny Passalacqua for their contribution in making this presentation such a success. For more information on the

International Trails Symposium, go to americantrails.org. A copy of the OHC presentation is available on our website, ohconline.com. Until next month, wishing everyone an enjoyable July! ~Arden Sims OHC President

shows, this one was jam packed. I’m not certain we could have fit even one more rig on the grounds littered with trailers, people, and, of course, the horses. The show started at 6 p.m. and didn’t end until midnight. Our cleanup crew didn’t get home until 3 a.m. We had outstanding food with a touch of chocolate and ran out long before the last rider flew across the arena. Man, those were some huge trophies! Our members are awesome—especially our show workers. Congratulations, ladies and the gentleman who helped. I can only imagine how much participation we’ll have on June 10 but I’ll bring the Texas sheet cake and something besides. We are all so pleased to provide these fun events to Ashtabula County so thanks for showing up! Unfortunately we had to cancel our training clinic with Phyllis Forrest on June 4 because of the rain, but we’ll find another date for this informative and worthwhile event. I was really looking forward to it because I know how informed Phyllis is on the subject of safety, etiquette, drills and parades.

Several members went riding in the Gulf instead where they faced the rain but had a refreshing morning jog. The Dice Ride is coming up on July 8; always a favorite so check our website for details. Also coming up is our charity ride for Homesafe on July 30. Please support both of these outings and remember, you can walk or ride on the 30th and all proceeds go to help families coping with domestic violence. The Dice Ride is just our favorite ever with the chance to ‘win big’. Of course there’s food and Chinese auctions at both so make a day of it and join the fun for charity and/or ‘profit’. Our club has had some hard times but our members are loyal and we are off to a glorious summer start. We have a cohesive blend of people set on supporting OHC values as we help each other make all of our projects a success. It is very heartwarming to realize how we have come together in a way that says we are all important as members and all valuable for our unique style and point of view.

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they spend their time in the barn or pasture...their choice. We had our first summer show on May 20 with the next one planned for June 10. As it turns out, evening is a terrific time to schedule these

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County Lines So, we’ll continue on our happy trails and hope to see all of you there! ~Jenny Walsh ATHENS We managed to have two trail rides in May with more planned for the rest of the year. The first was at Hammertown Lake in Jackson. Three members of the Jackson chapter of OHC led the ride. The second was on Memorial Day at Lake Snowden in Albany. Nine people rode, including two members from the Fairfield chapter, Nancy and Beth. We split in to two smaller groups and rode around the lake in opposite directions. We met back at the campground and had a great cookout and potluck. Several others joined us for the after the ride fun. Glen and Bonnie Lackey tempted us with hamburgers from their own beef cattle. Nobody left hungry. Many members have been attending clinics and shows as well as trail riding. The Windy Hills Drill Team performed at an open horse show at the Athens County Fairgrounds on May 7. The team practices most Fridays at Windy Hills Farm and Therapeutic Riding Center. Several members participated in the Trail Horse Challenge the day before the show. Members Jill Schermacher, Cassie Walls and Angie Pyle came in first, second and third, respectively. The two-day event (clinic and trail challenge on Saturday and open show on Sunday) was put on by the Athens County 4-H Council. OHC member Adrian Hartman had a big role in making this event happen. Jennifer Moshier was the clinician and judge both days. On May 24, several members attended a pop-up hike at Hocking Hills without horses. They hiked the new Hemlock Ridge Trail to Whispering Falls and saw a huge waterfall, cliffs and swinging bridge along the way. Our next meeting is July 5 at Gentle Hill Farm. The September meeting will be at the Pleasant Hill Winery. ~Stacia BUTLER Howdy from Butler County OHC. Our Cowboy Stew ride took place on June 3. The trails where in good shape thanks to Kathy and Steve McClure, who did some last minute touch up work to ensure all who attended had a good ride. The sun was out in full force and gave us a beautiful day for a ride. Wanda Schuh’s granddaughter, Natalie, came along for her very July 2017

Steve McClure, Tony and Jennifer Stevens, Wanda Schuh,, Kimm Nicolay, Kathy McClure, and Natalie Schuh enjoying cowboy stew.

Wanda Schuh taking her granddaughter Natalie on her first trail ride. first trail ride. Jennifer Steven’s and Kathy McClure each brought their version of cowboy stew. I couldn’t decide which to try first so I ended up mixing them together. I can honestly say we have some good cooks in our club. Four more months till our Horse Daze event. Preparations are getting close to the final stages. Our BCOHC web page has had a makeover, thanks to Jo Doelker for taking the time to do that. It is now a good resource to find information on how to sign up to volunteer for our upcoming event. Please check it out and lend us a hand to help make 2017 Horse Daze a success. ~Mary Pope CARROLL CCOHC held their NE Regional Ride May 19-21 at Jefferson Lake located in Jefferson County. Anyone who has never been to Jefferson Lake, or who has not been there in a long time simply must check it out. Jefferson Lake State Park has been given new life. Since Jim Needs has retired, he has spent countless hours working on the bridle trails. Recently CCOHC and some Jefferson County OHC members have joined the crusade to maintain the beautiful bridle trails. Several people hit the trails with DR machines, weed whackers, clippers and four-wheeled vehicles. Some folks worked a few hours and others spent the week

CCOHC Regional ride Phil and Ronda Urbank our oldest riders. before the CCOHC Regional Ride working on the horse trails. The trails looked better than they have in years. The weather did not cooperate but the work continued as workers broke out boots, slickers and other rain gear and kept on working. It seems like the wind took down trees as fast as they could be cleaned up but the workers prevailed. The majority of the trails are in excellent condition. Is all the mud gone? No, but the muddy spots are so much improved they did not by any means ruin the riding. There are trail maps on stands wherever a trail connects to another and there are colors painted along the trails that actually match the trail colors on the map. Work will continue and improvements will continue to be made. The horse camp is now located with the regular camping. I for one, was not in favor of camping with regular campers mostly because there might be small children who would come visit the ‘pretty horsy’ without their parents. I had pictured a campground filled with regular campers. The ranger assured me there are normally two to four regular campers using Jefferson Lake at this time. There would be plenty of room for horse campers. There are three sets of tie lines and five electric spots available on a first come, first serve basis. If there are no tie lines available, horse campers are permitted to string their own tie lines being sure to protect trees. The parking spots are level and you can back in or pull in. It is OK to pull past the front of the parking spots to be sure your rigs are off the roadway. Horse campers do need to take particular care to toss their manure into the woods and cleaning up all their hay, their parking pads and anything their horse has left on the road. By camping as clean as possible, the regular campers will have nothing to complain to the park rangers about concerning the horses. Also, remember Jefferson Lake is a State Park. All campers are required to stop at the entry area and pick up a registration form, complete it

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CCOHC Regional ride Teigan Reed and Theresa Hepner. and return the form to the deposit post located at the entrance with the correct camping fee enclosed. If horse camping does not pay, we could jeopardize our camping privilege. Our Regional ride was attended by 40 riders, 20 overnight trailers, three day riders and five non-riders representing six counties. The events committee had planned hot dogs for Friday night, covered dish for Saturday night which included a lively dessert contest won by Kevin Anstine. Carl Englebrecht provided Karaoke at the fire and Willie May conducted cowboy church on Sunday morning. The pictures included are of Teigan Reed who is one of our youngest riders. Teigan placed ninth for miles ridden in the state youth division in 2016 with 512 miles. Theresa Hepner represents the average age of our riders and had the most miles ridden in 2016 by a Carroll County member with 742 miles. The other picture is Phil and Ronda Urbank representing the oldest riders attending our regional ride. CCOHC now has a wonderful website, http://carrollcountyohc.org. Kristen Davies is our webmaster. Take a few minutes and check us out. ~Ronda Urbank CHAMPAIGN Thirteen members and guest, Elliott Godwin, enjoyed a beautiful summer evening at the Kiser Lake Bridle Trail shelter for our first summer meeting Thursday, June 1. We enjoyed a great potluck dinner and caught up on everyone’s news before starting our meeting. Cindy read last month’s minutes and also reported what we have in the bank. Cindy received our first bill from Rumpke for the porta john we had delivered to the horseman’s activity area. They are using our $100 deposit towards our bill. Linda Imke 59

County Lines will take responsibility for calling Rumpke when it needs cleaned. Linda reported that the new trailhead map the State provided has been installed and looks great! All the signs Steve Glaser ordered have been installed, more carbonate posts have been installed, Dan Imke cut more trees and did more hand trimming, Kristy McLane, Linda and Val Manemann trimmed from horseback. The Blue Trail is done and several other areas are finished also. Steve Glaser mowed the trails and horseman’s staging area and also did some hand trimming. Linda had left 200 maps in the box at the trailhead and only one was left. She will refill it. The honeysuckle and hawthorn are still overgrown. Cheryl Elkins has been unable to get in with her equipment due to all the rain. Dan would like to add a phone number to the sign or maps for others to report downed trees. Linda volunteered using her number. We discussed cleaning up the cemetery in the fall. Several members and Heidi have volunteered to help. We also discussed installing a hitching post, but tabled it until later. The volunteers who were supposed to camp over the holiday weekend couldn’t due to the expected weather. They will try again at a later date. The entire club thanked Linda for her outstanding job of organizing the people power to get the trails in such great shape! Al Worthington’s surgery went very well and he is home recuperating when not on the tractor. Can’t keep a good man down! Brenda Brunotte, Ellie Calhoun and her wild women will be camping at Buck Creek with the Clark County OHC the next weekend. We discussed the thank you party for the trail workers in the fall. Linda will coordinate a date. We voted to pay for Dan’s membership and to add him to Linda’s OHC membership since he has been such huge help clearing the trails. Cindy will check into how to make that happen. Cindy and Steve Glaser attended the follow up trail meeting at the Five Rivers Metro Parks at Cox Arboretum and were very impressed with all the plans for equine activities. Cindy will send out their report at a later date. Our next meeting will be at the shelter Thursday, July 6 at 6:30. Bring a covered dish to share and enjoy the beautiful view! ~Cindy Glaser CLARK Hello from Clark County. We wish you a festive 4th of July! 60

Our next meeting is Thursday, July 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Horseman’s Area. July 16 is a group ride at Buck Creek starting at noon. During the Clark County Fair we will need volunteers to help in the pork chop booth. Please watch for details and the opportunity to sign up to work at ClarkCountyOHC.com and our Facebook page. The August meeting will be the Aug. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Horseman’s Area. A group ride at Sugar Creek is scheduled for Aug. 19 at 10 a.m. Watch for details about eating lunch together. Until next month, Happy Trails. ~MaryEllen

Clark County OHC Members gathered at the Horseman’s Area at Buck Creek for our May meeting. Please continue to save Tribute Feed UPC’s and track your mileage and hours of riding. Plans are still in place for the construction of an info board to be attached to the pavilion in the camp area. Trail maintenance took place on Saturday, May 20. Thank you to a local 4-H group who lent their support. It was wonderful all the work that took place in preparation of our June camping event as we were ‘rained out’ the next day of scheduled trail cleaning. Campers started arriving Friday, June 2 for the weekend of fun. Again, thank you to all the members and others who volunteered to make the camp area look so nice. Saturday when I arrived I was pleased to see the campsites that were set up and many trailers that lined the driveway. A 4-H group did a scavenger hunt in the morning, it was open for anyone to enjoy the trails. Later in the afternoon was a Cowboy Pace. Live music by George Brown before and after dinner added to the weekend in the country. Thanks George! Dinner on Saturday has to have a paragraph of its own. How lucky to have so many ‘Foodies’ in our chapter. First, a huge thank you to our President, Kristina, for the delicious hog roast. We had appetizers through desserts to enjoy in abundance. Personal favorites: Polly’s spinach/ pasta salad and Bonnie’s chocolate cherry cake. Needless to say every item in the potluck was wonderful. Can’t wait for our camp event in September to see what will be on the menu. Saturday evening included a welcoming campfire and a movie shown in the pavilion. What a great way to usher in summer. Thank you to all members and guests who participated!

COLUMBIANA Our volunteer members have been dedicating many hours to keeping the trails cleared and making improvements to our trails so everyone can enjoy themselves while visiting our beautiful Beaver Creek State Park. Thank you very much to those whom have dedicated their time in doing so. There is no meeting for this month of July 2017; here’s to seeing as many members as we can join us in August for our next monthly meeting. Hope all our members can join in and help to make our club work. Rain nor wind is gonna keep me down from enjoying my weekends. I have requested off from work to ride, got lots of weekends planned for much needed camping and riding time and I’m gonna be there. I am hoping to see many of our members and non-members this camping season, lets ride! I hope everyone who planned on going to our annual Dale Brown Memorial weekend on June 24 was able to join in the fun; thank you to all who were able to volunteer time to make this event happen.

President Chad Rose Sr. Be aware that Beaver Creek State Park’s Pioneer Village Days are officially open for the 2017 season as of May 6. I hope everyone is enjoying the festivities. Do not forget our Columbiana County Fair in Lisbon, Ohio, starts July 31 and runs the whole week through Aug. 6. Please do not forget to do your part in keeping our parks clean, safe and trash free. Happy Trails and be safe. ~Leanna Cusick COSHOCTON Hello from Coshocton. We have been busy getting ready for our poker run/ride and I hope you were able to make it. We put tie lines at town square and brought in dirt to fill the holes from the stumps that were removed a couple months ago. A few trees had fallen on the trails and a couple members did a little maintenance to clear the paths. I’ll have pictures and results from the ride in the next issue. I’m happy to report that despite all the rain in May, the mud is not that bad. The campground was full over the Memorial weekend with a large group and a couple that had never been to Fallon Park stopped to compliment about our trails. He said that he and his wife thought they were all well maintained and they really enjoyed their time camping and riding. It’s always nice to receive a kind word for all the hard work and hours put into keeping the trails in good shape. Tried to put pictures up of our new tie lines, but my computer is being very stubborn and won’t let me so just come on out and see them for yourself. ~Gigi

Workday volunteers BCHA.

Finished creek crossing BCHA.

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County Lines CUYAHOGA Come ride the Cleveland Metroparks 100 Mile Ride to celebrate the Cleveland Metroparks 100th Year! Ride on your own or with a group in one of the seven reservations with bridle trails. Also register for awards and prizes. Fee to register is $35. Stay over at the Polo Field in October with activities planned. Register to ride the 100 miles or ride just some miles for honorable mention. Over 222 riders are already at it. See photos under Emerald Necklace End to End Year Long 100 Mile Bridle Trail Ride on Facebook. You will receive maps and directions when you register. Visit Cuyahogacountyohc.com for registration and more information. Whether you ride as a group ride or ride individually, it is best to ride the Tow Path during the week. It is best to ride Egbert to Richmond on the weekend due to construction noise under Route 271. Cuyahoga Chapter holds rides once a month as a group, also. Penny Passalacqua, Michelle Sheliga rode with Cheryl Ciancibelli to introduce Zachary Lewis, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to riding the Metroparks bridle trails at North Chagrin. Zachary writes ‘Stretching Out’ for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cheryl brought a fine Tennessee Walking Horse for Zachary. He was pleasantly surprised at the response he received when introduced to his mount. Thanks to Cheryl for supplying a quiet horse for Zach to enjoy the trails…Horsemen Helping Horsemen. Many thanks to Zachary Lewis and the Plain Dealer for the great story about our amazing 100 Mile Emerald Necklace Ride. Do hope he will join us again for a quiet ride. ~Margaret Wolfe

Cuyahoga County OHC DELAWARE Greetings from Delaware Chapter! Wow! Our chapter members have sure been involved in a variety of fun activities these past several weeks. For instance, several of our July 2017

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Trail crew members Winterhawk East. Donna and Star approaching barrel with noodle.

Delaware Club members at cutting horse demo. members got the chance to experience what it feels like to be aboard a professional cutting horse during a demonstration and clinic held at JM Cutting Horses, Mt. Gilead, Ohio. Professional cutting horse trainer, Jack McDonald, gave a discussion on the evolution of cutting horses after which each participant had the chance to work the mechanical cow on a finished cutting horse. A big thank you to Mr. McDonald for taking the time to put on this clinic for our chapter! Videos of each participants’ ride can be viewed on our Facebook page. Next, close to 20 club members recently attended our chapter’s second annual Trail Obstacle Fun Day held at Dan and Sherry Chambers’ farm. Dan Chambers along with Mike Shott were available to help participants school their equine partners through an assortment of arena trail obstacles laid out by our hosts. Mine and Prada’s favorite obstacle remains the hanging tarp curtain! Afterwards, the day was topped off by a delicious lunch. A fun time was had by all! Thank you Dan and Sherry! In other news, our trail maintenance crew continue to make improvements to our bridle trails at Alum Creek. Crew members have spent a great deal of time on both Winterhawk East and West trails, clearing downed trees and creating much-needed re-routes around particularly muddy areas. Any extra work time has been spent re-establishing the last of three loops on Hunter’s Hollow trail dubbed the ‘Buckeye Loop’. In addition, collaboration between our chapter and local area Boy Scout troops continues with additional Eagle Scout

projects being planned for later this summer. President Dan along with Trail maintenance crew member, Larry Murdock, were invited to attend the Eagle Scout Honor Court ceremony for scout Michael Ruland. Michael was the first Boy Scout to complete an Eagle Scout project on behalf of our Alum Creek bridle trails. His project resulted in the creation of a rest stop complete with hitching post in a clearing just south of Pugh Road. Don’t forget to mark your calendars to attend Cowboy Perseverance Ranch ‘Building a Foundation’ clinic scheduled for July 29 and 30. This clinic, organized and taught by chapter members, Tanya, Rob and Camdon Corzatt, will be held at Stockhands Horses for Healing, Delaware, Ohio. Sunday morning Cowboy church will feature Jesse Westfall. For more information and to sign up to participate or audit, contact Tanya at 614/519-1042. Lastly, please join me in welcoming two of our newest members: Tonya Corra and Linda VanHorne! We are happy you chose to join our chapter and look forward to sharing lots of fun activities! Our next chapter meeting is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Tri-Township fire station on SR 36/37 Delaware. Guests are always welcome. Come join the fun! Until next month, wishing everyone a safe and happy July! ~Theresa Burke ERIE Greetings from Erie County! Summer is upon us as July rolls in with fireworks, backyard celebrations and riding our horses! Camping and riding is on our club calendar just about every weekend this month. May welcomed our first club camp out of the year at Edison Woods. Celebration was in order as Julie pulled in with her new trailer! Then Colleen pulled in with her new

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Pleasant Hill trailer! First of many campouts to come with all the comforts of home. We were able to get a good ride in before the rain showed up, but it didn’t dampen our spirits as we shared our potluck dinner. A group of 14 went to Pleasant Hill in Perrysville over Memorial weekend. Riding, kayaking, and great food was on the agenda for four days. Dutch oven cooking served up the evening entrees accompanied by great potluck dishes to pass. Riding through the hills of Pleasant Hill brought smiles as late spring flowers and baby fawns decorated our trails. Colleen, Rita, and Holly made the trip to Malabar. Great pictures were taken along the way. They stopped for lunch and then headed back. Kayaking and fireworks rounded out the weekend fun. Of course, a campfire under the moon with friends is the best. We missed Tim and Lynn who made their annual trip to Brown County. But I know they had fun. Speaking of trips and horses, Colleen, Rita, and Holly have planned a big one. They are going to Italy in June to discover the countryside on horseback! You might have seen some of our club’s rides on Facebook. Colleen has been practicing with her GoPro. She plans on bringing their Italy rides back to us on video. I can’t wait to see some of the sights of Italy. July 13 is our next meeting at the clubhouse on Mason Road. Ride at 5 p.m.; potluck at 6:30; meeting at 7 p.m. July 15 is the club camp out at Edison Woods. Watch our Facebook page for details. From our camp to yours, Happy Trails! ~Shelley 61

County Lines FAIRFIELD Doesn’t it feel good to be alive and outside soaking up nature at its best? I just can’t describe how good it makes me feel to be on a horse in the woods with friends. All the trivial aggravation of life just melts away. Enough philosophy, moving on. Our OHC chapter scheduled a picnic at Slate Run Park on Saturday, May 6. Our leader looked at the weather forecast a couple days ahead of time and canceled the event. So what happened? It didn’t rain. Moral of the story: don’t trust the weather man, just go for it. As mentioned last month, our major fundraiser was assisting at the AAYHS May 11-14. Not sure of the exact number, but somewhere between 15 and 20 members showed up in four hour shifts to help out where ever needed. If you enjoy horses and kids how can you consider this work? Easy money in my book and just plain fun watching the kids compete. Thursday, May 18 several of us slipped off with friends to Tar Hollow State Park. I personally had been chasing turkeys for a couple weeks and the turkeys were winning (Spring Turkey Season). I called a truce with the turkeys and said you win and went to plan B, riding a horse. This time of year can be a little iffy as far as weather. If my memory serves me correctly, it rained every day we were at Tar Hollow however we also rode every day. One of our members once told me his dad had the philosophy you can make a lot of hay while you wait for it to rain. Same holds true with camping and riding. If you wait for a no rain forecast, you will spend a lot of time at home. Our first OHC ride was scheduled for May 25 through Memorial Day at Hocking State Forest. Back on April 22 and 23, we participated in an OTP work day at this same park. Part of our crew helped clean trails.

Kids and their pony at Tar Hollow.

Mike, Warren, and Leah checking in a class at AAYHS. Literally the very next week high winds swept through this area and dropped trees on several trails. In preparation for our Memorial weekend ride, Mike Kempton, Richard Reisinger and myself went back to clean trails on May 23. All went well until the last tree. Let’s just say, an unpredictable leaning tree and green briars got the best of Richard. Fortunately only scrapes and bruises were the end result. However, Helen pulled the plug on her and Richard’s camping trip for the coming weekend. They did show up for the Saturday evening cookout with Richard sporting a pair of new crutches. May 27 was somewhat of a mile stone for my wife, June, 10 to 12 years ago we rode the goat trail at Hocking. If you have not been to Hocking, this trail gets its name from the narrow and sometimes rocky features. She had sworn at the time she would never ride it again. Her riding skills have improved a great deal since that day. On the 27, seven of us headed off to ride the goat trail. She is now on the hunt for a T-shirt that says: I have conquered the Goat Trail. It was nowhere as scary as she remembered it. In fact only one hi pitched whoa as her horse hopped off a small rock ledge instead of stepping off. It’s that time of year to make first cutting hay. Hopefully we can all get that accomplished in the first couple weeks of June so we can get back in the woods soon. Until next month, be safe and enjoy the outdoors. ~Chris FRANKLIN

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Greetings to all our friends and fellow OHC members. Does it seem

to you that this year is flying by? It sure does to me. The grandkids are excited about spending time with us and going camping with the horses. Some have asked if my knee surgery last February went well, yes it did. As of the time of writing this article, I am so ready to get back on my horse. Our summer potluck dinner meetings will be at 2 p.m. and held at Rocky Fork Metro Park in Westerville and Scioto Grove Metro Park in Grove City on the second Sunday of each month. Watch our Facebook page for the location announcement. Day camp with three mile bridle trail at Rocky Fork. Trail head on Bevelhymer Road with no facilities. I will be discussing with Metro Park directors about what can be done at each of the two parks for equine facilities. If you are living in Franklin County and wanted to join OHC but don’t own a horse, mule, donkey or pony —no worries. Our chapter welcomes all equine lovers and enthusiasts. Don’t forget to check out the extra benefits of being an OHC member on the OHC website, www.ohconline. com, under membership—benefits. Some great stuff and discounts. I’m looking for some great photos to add to our Facebook page and for the next edition from our chapter members. Feel free to add your photos to our Facebook page. If you don’t use Facebook, email your photos to oledagayle@gmail.com and use subject FrC-OHC photos. Make sure to add the names of everyone in the photo and the photographer. Our condolences to our VicePresident Terry Crampton on the passing of his beloved wife, Dee Crampton. Dee is deeply loved by her friends and family and greatly missed. We hope that you will join us for our next meeting and potluck. God bless you and your equine friend. ~Oleda Hirsch FULTON Twenty-six members met Monday, June 5 at Papoo’s for their monthly OHC meeting. We had a very special guest speaker, Amanda Held. She runs HOOVES, which is a program to help veterans with horses. Check out her website, www.hooves.us, and on Facebook she is Hooves For Vets. She explained what she does and how it helps veterans and their families. Great organization! Our chapter voted to donate our flower sale money, $120, to HOOVES. Yes, we had our annual flower sale which, as you can see, went well. Don’t forget to put it on your calendar for next year if you did not get your flower order in.

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Pictures from rides earlier this year. Lots coming up this summer! Since the Kentucky Derby party was cancelled due to the weather, it is being rescheduled to be a ‘Fourth of July’ party. Our holiday campout is June 30-July 2 at Reed Road. Saturday, July 1, is the date for the party. Festivities begin at 4 p.m. and then dinner will be at 6 p.m. A short meeting will follow. Tammy Royer is bringing the ribs and Vikki Lewis is doing the pulled pork. For the rest of the meal, last names A-L bring a dessert and M-Z bring an appetizer. Come and get it, everyone! As we are hosting the regional ride at Reed Road, we are having a Trail Cleanup on Sunday, July 16. Check out our Facebook page for more information. ~Trina GEAUGA It is hard to believe that it is now July. With so many changes in the weather it is hard to tell what July will be like, hot, cold, rainy or dry and everything in between. So I guess the answer is to make the most of what we have, and hopefully we can make the most of what is coming up. Save the date. We are once again hosting the Flea Market at the West Woods on July 15. There will be about 50 vendors and who knows one of them may have that certain something that you have been looking for. The monies that the Geauga OHC makes will be donated to the Bridle Trail fund. Come and see if you find that certain something and help support the Bridle Trail fund. July 2017

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Fen Hike with Rachel and Derek.

Garlic mustard pull at West Woods.

counties; we couldn’t have asked for better weather and no bugs. After the ride all went to Mary Yoder’s for lunch and 2016 trail mile awards. Rich Bradshaw, at 950 saddle hours, and Linda Bradshaw, at 360 saddle hours got patches from the State. Congratulations Rich and Linda. Joy Keco and Kathryn Sickling tied for most Geauga Parks Ridden with five each, and Sue Lundstrom, had the most miles ridden at Headwater Reservation. Drawings for Above Average Trail Miles (316 or more) was won by Cecilia Hanish; Reserve Grand Prize (saddle hours) was won by Herald Lamprecht, and Grand Prize (trail miles reported) was won by Jamie Davis. Congratulations to all the winners and to all who turned in their trail miles. And leaving you with one last thought: “Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.” (Jeannette Walls in ‘Half Broke Horses’) ~Catherine Ullman GREENE

Mary Yoder Ride We will also have a booth at the July 29 Schneider’s tack sale. Come take a look, you may find just what you are looking for in horse equipment at a good price. We had several events in May that kept the Geauga OHC members jumping. On May 18 several members got together for another Garlic Mustard cleanup at The West Woods. Thanks to Dottie Drockton, Kathryn Sickling, Linda Dion, and Cecilia Hanish many, many bags of the invasive garlic mustard were picked. Thanks ladies, you did a great job. A big thank you to Rachel and Derek Vanek for hosting a special outing for GOHC members to their property on May 13. Dottie Drockton, Sue Mulhall, Stella Grabelsek, Linda Dion, and Sue Lundstrom took advantage of this offer and had a wonderful morning walking the property and observing woods, lakes, and a rare fen along the Chagrin River. Thank you Rachel and Derek. The Mary Yoder ride at Headwaters Park on May 20 was a great success, with 28 riders attending from several July 2017

As I write this, I’m fervently hoping that the weather report is correct for our State ride. Of course, it’s a week before so anything is possible, but so far things look good. We manage to have a great time regardless of weather, but nicer is always better. One can hope…especially as our two club rides so far were rained out, I believe. On May 30 a number of horse people (most, if not all, of them OHC members from various chapters) met with some members of the five Rivers Metroparks staff. Herb, Jerry, Susie and I attended. They explained the plan for the future of horse trails in the parks, working on making them more sustainable.

Cooper and Nikki at Midwest.

This will not only help with the mud, but cut down on the amount of maintenance needed. They also asked what was important to us and asked for suggestions of what we would like to see. As always, OHC members volunteered to help out in any way they needed us. And a day or two later I heard from someone on the staff, so we hope to be able to put ourselves to work soon. As plans develop, I’ll put information on the Facebook group page. That’s all for this month. Not much else going on. I’m including a couple photos from Midwest Trail Ride, where Celeste and I went to do an intro endurance ride. Lots of fun! ~Mickie HAMILTON Warm greetings sent from Hamilton County OHC Chapter members, to all other county OHC chapter members. Our last chapter meeting was held on May 11 at the Fernald Preserve in Crosby Township, with this meeting being well attended; 75 guests and members present to hear Dr. Fairfield Bain’s presentation on horse colic. Those attending were treated to a Skyline Chili baked potato buffet dinner, with a variety of potato toppings to choose from, dessert and drinks. A special shout out to Miamitown Pet Hospital for providing the potato buffet dinner and the drinks. A free raffle drawing to win one of 10 donated items such as a new horse halter, summer weight cooler, winter blanket or shaving kit and free items donated from Merck Animal Health. Congratulations to all who were winners of these items, and thank you to all who provided these items for the raffle. We also want to thank the Fernald Preserve for allowing us the use of their facility for this special meeting. Thank you to Steve Montemarino and Merck Animal Health Equine for Dr. Bain from Virginia to speak to our group concerning equine colic and for generously donating goody bags filled with DVD’s and pamphlets, hoof picks, visors, water bottles, pens, posters, and post-it note pads. We also want to thank our chapter members, Tom Gray, Grace Hobbie, Ann Frederick, Nance Forte, Lin Huelsman, Lisa Wynn, Phillip Smith, Karen Osborne and Courtney Osborne who helped with registration, raffle, food prep, food serving, drinks and room arrangements including set up, cleanup and break down.

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Ann Frederick announced our special guest speaker Dr. Fairfield T. Bain. Aided by a slide projector he gave his presentation on horse colic and took questions throughout his presentation. Our chapter’s parade committee is doing a great job representing our chapter with participating in many parades. A special shout out to all members who attend and ride in the local parades. Till the next Corral, stay safe out on the trails and roads. ~Judy Leonard HOCKING Summer is finally here! Time for camping, riding, campfires and summer fun. Our summer started with three campouts already, Zaleski, Burr Oak then back to Zaleski. Our first one was funny, started off great and everything was dry. When Bob, my husband, pulled into camp everything changed—that night and Sunday morning it rained. He will never live it down that a Chevy truck had to pull his Ford out of the mud! In other club news it was reported straight from the horse’s mouth that Marrianne’s horse got loose and took a tour of Lake Snowden for about three hours and sent everyone on a wild goose chase. She was not a happy camper. Brian told her he was going to teach her how to put the bridal on her horse properly. By the time you read this we will have already camped at Hocking, and had our regional ride with Perry County. Some of our group will be going to Elkins Creek July 14-16, reservations are recommended. Congratulations to Rusty and Sharon Yantes on their new horse P. J., and to Brenda Lehman on her new horse Spirit, happy riding gals. Dianna Lowe and Carol Stoughton volunteered at the All American Youth Horse Show in Columbus. At our last meeting we had a guest speaker Timothy McDermott from the Hocking County ext. office. He talked to us about the procedure we should follow to worm our horses, and testing to see if we need to worm them, and the best time to treat for certain worms. Our club voted to sponsor three youths that want to go to the OHCYP Camp Aug. 11-13, ages are 8 to 17 for beginner to intermediate riders. For more information and camp forms to fill out go to ohconline.com. That’s all for now. I cannot stress enough safety first! Watch out for one another. Reminder our meetings are the third Sunday of the month 63

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at Home Tavern in Logan at 7 p.m. Happy trails to all. Stay safe. ~Jeanette HOLMES Hello from beautiful Holmes County. On May 19-21, we had our first campout at Mohican. Weather reports were not good but a few of us braved the weather and camped (eight rigs). All of us rode on Friday as the weather was just beautiful. It rained most of the night on Friday after we went to bed and then it got cold. The rain creates a lovely sound when it hits the roof while you fall asleep. We woke up and talked about our work day that began at 9 a.m. We cleaned out water bars, culverts, did snipping along the trail, cut down trees that were leaning on the trail, added dirt and gravel to a replaced bridge area and some stayed behind and cleaned up camp. After our work was finished, we all went out to ride again. Thanks to all for helping. We have had great weather here for daily rides. I hope that all of you are enjoying our local riding at Mohican, Malabar, Will’s Creek and Holmes County Trail. Speaking of Holmes County Trail, I did some investigating over the weekend and noticed that there has been a lot of work done and paving has begun. They are starting in the Danville area and moving towards Glenmont. Also, Tammy and Ricki decided to camp after getting to Mohican just to trail ride. They then found out that it was ‘Ladies’ camp at Mohican and decided that they would camp totally unprepared. We had a great time without any camping clothes, food, drinks or necessities. We laughed and scared each other at the campfire thinking about ‘the bear.’ We were the last ones awake and probably the last ones up in the morning. We had a sponsored trail ride to Dillon, thanks to Angel. Angel had 24 riders from three different counties; potluck on Saturday night and games were played.

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Tammy and Ricki at ladies camp. Vicki had an enjoyable time riding at Big South Fork, Bandy Creek area located in Tennessee. This was a dream come true to travel out of state to go trail riding. Thanks to Dave and Trudy for urging her to go as they are loyal and supportive secondary members. We have a Fun Show planned on July 9 at the new Holmes County Fairgrounds. All OHC members in Holmes County, read your minutes as they get to you and note what is going on and when. 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: Ricki Mast, 330/4737977. We are also providing our members with campsite signs to note our county when we camp. Have a great summer, see you in a month! Happy trails, ~Ricki JACKSON I hope everyone is enjoying this nice warm weather! We have hay in the barn so all is good. It’s always a relief to know that’s done, now we can get back to riding and the other fun stuff of summer. The parking lots at Hammertown are both in good shape now, the last load of gravel has been spread on the lower lot. Also, there are new updated maps placed at the large sign in the lower lot. Be sure to pick one up if you are not familiar with the trails. Don’t forget about our Poker Run scheduled for Sept. 30. It should be lots of fun, we are planning to have live music. I’ll have more information in the next newsletter. Jackson County OHC meetings are the fourth Thursday of each month. We meet at Ponderosa in Jackson at 7 p.m. Join us anytime, we love to meet other OHC members. Ride safe, ~Margo

Quite a few of the KCOHC riders joined Muskingum County OHC at Blue Rock over the Memorial weekend for their hog roast, poker run, and silent auction. While the black trail out of camp was a bit muddy due to the monsoon weather we have been having, the distant red trail was dry. Having taken a short ride on Friday, a few of us rode 17 miles on Saturday, and another 11 on Sunday. Like we say, KCOHC horses are lean because we do ride them! The pork served Saturday night and all the potluck items were delicious. Long rides tend to make one hungry. Our ‘Into the Wild’ scavenger hunt scheduled at Thayer Ridge April 22 had to be postponed until June 4. We had 21 riders check in. The trails were in reasonable shape, what with all the rain. The subject was wild animals in the woods. You simply had to ride along, identify them on your note pad, and return to the starting point. Holstein cattle were not considered ‘wild animals’ while tigers and polar bears were! The winner took home 33 percent of the total purse with 15 percent and 10 percent going to the second and third places. Many people took home prizes after their number was called in the raffle. The weather was great, right up until we were leaving the park when the sky opened up and dumped on our parade, so to speak. This was not so much about making money for the club, but more about just having fun. The ladies put a lot of effort into this event, sorry if you missed it. Those of us that could attend had a great time and we want to thank our sponsors whole heartedly. Keep tuned for more fun events sponsored by KCOHC. I read that the trails up North as part of the Emerald Necklace 100 mile ride, an adventure we look forward to, are also quite wet. Hope

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Scavenger hunt at Thayer Ridge. they dry up soon so we can start on our new adventure. KCOHC purchased a limited number of flat white flexible park trail markers complete with horse and rider decals and arrows pointing the way which were installed in the open prairie area at Thayer Ridge. We want to thank Ken Niner for mowing a path across the grass lands, making the trail much more identifiable, and for mowing the parking area, allowing it to dry out prior to our last event. KCOHC has the group camp at Mohican July 28-30. This means we enjoy free camping. A corn hole tournament complete with bragging rights to the winning team, and maybe a prize or two, is in the offing. Potluck Saturday night. There is a shelter house so smile at the rain. August 11-12 is to be a garage sale, watch for flyers. August 25-27 is a weekend ride at Salt Fork. Kathy Shoemaker, our very efficient newsletter writer, will keep all informed. Come on over to Knox County where the gates are wide open, the grass greener, the horses leaner, because we do ride them, and everyone is welcome. KCOHC still meets at 7 p.m. the third Monday of the month at the Long Branch Pizza on Main Street in Centerburg. Hope to see you on the trail. ~Terry L. Baker LAWRENCE We had a great turn out for our workday cleanup. The club also built four new tie stalls. We want to thank everyone who was able to help with this project. It took around five hours but it looks great. We have to replace the Plexiglas on the bulletin board. Poor Darla worked very hard on trying to clean it up, but it was not going to be saved. Tim, Roger and Jim did all of the laboring and were worn out by the time it was all over with. Darla July 2017

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Tim working on the last board.

Safety on horseback. Darla eyeing the level.

Jim and Roger digging post holes. was our saw man and she did a great job. Thanks to Jim for bringing his tractor and auger with the use of Vallery and Sammie’s trailer. We would still be there if he had not been able to get it there. We also had a huge lunch spread across two picnic tables. Everyone ate like little pigs and of course, there were very little left overs. Four of our club members are going on a cruise to Alaska on their vacation this year. Jim and Wanda Crowe, Valley Hill and Sammie Caudill are on an adventure of a life time. Hope you all have a great trip. By now, most of us are knee deep in hay. The ticks are very bad this year so be careful. Happy Trails, ~Susan White LICKING Hello from Licking County, I hope everyone has had a chance to go riding. Charlene did it again...organized a great Safety on Horseback event at our May 22 meeting. Thank you Regina, OSU Mounted Police Officer and her husband John Shoopman, a Columbus Mounted Police Officer for coming and working with us on defensive riding. We were invited to bring our own horse and be a part of the training. We had six riders and a good turnout of observers. We started with a potluck at 5:30 p.m. and the weather was beautiful. July 2017

Regina and John started us with doing circles to get the horses and us warmed up; following with a safe distance between the horses and then two abreast, then the fun started or I should say the serious stuff. We practiced if a person came up and tried to get the reins; force your horse to go over them, or if the person comes toward you from the front of your leg, turn your horse into them or from the back turn your horse away. A great picture of Craig Santee attached showing the correct way. What you can use as a weapon, anything; lead rope, water bottle, kick, scream and leave as fast as you can, and always call and report the incident to the police. And then Regina brought out a green feather duster, now my little horse thought it looked good enough to eat but I was surprised at how some of the very season trail horses reacted. Oh, and I can’t forget the silly string that sprayed out of the can, now my horse did not think that was funny. The idea was to get your horse desensitized. We were reminded there are many things you don’t think of that look very scary to the horse, just like green feathers. You may carry Mace/pepper spray with you on the trails just please get your horse use to whatever your choice of protection is before you may have to use it. I hope no one

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ever has any trouble but it doesn’t hurt to be prepared. Tami McAdams wrote up a step by step paper of the demonstration, Charlene put it along with more pictures in our newsletter which can be found on our Licking County website. Charlene and Regina may be working on an obstacle-training event, which would be an all-day event, can’t wait! As before, I reported our chapter is sponsoring five children to go to the youth campout this year, we only had one applie so the remaining funds were forwarded to Jackie Romaker, State Youth Chair to distribute to four other youths needing funds. Members have been enjoying the trails. I heard the hog roast Muskingum County OHC had at Blue Rock was good eating, even with the rain. Some of us, yes me too, went to the Coshocton County OHC Poker Run June 3; had a good time, friendly people, good hamburgers, nice campgrounds and the trails were in good condition even with all the rain they had. I even stayed on my horse, not that I can say that about Mark Stevens, his horse likes to roll in sand, Mark rolled pretty good himself, down the hill. No harm done only his pride and sand in his boots. Our July trail scheduled is; July 1-4 Southwest Regional Ride at Burr Oak, July 8 at Lobdell in Alexandria a one day ride, July 13-16 Beaver Creek Horse Camp weekend ride, July 31-Aug. 6 State ride at Bark Camp. Complete information for all scheduled rides can be found on our website. Some of the rides you need to have reservations. Thank you Cinda Wilson for organizing the rides. On July 29, we will have our OHC Fun Horse Show and Silent Auction at Infirmary Mound Park, Granville. I love watching the children at this show they have so much fun, even the adults get in on the fun. Diana has worked very hard all year to get everything together for the show. There will be a food stand on the grounds. The showbill is on our website. If you don’t show come and ride the trails and/or just watch the show. I found out that Jan Dean and Craig Santee hold longest years as members of Licking County OHC. Congratulations and thank you for keeping this chapter going so others like myself can enjoy it. That’s all I have for now. A reminder, our meetings are the last Monday of the month, 7 p.m. at the Bradley Building location Infirmary Mound Park, Granville. You are welcome to attend. Check our website for horse show flyer,

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trail rides dates, events; across the homepage a red banner will state any changes or cancellations in our schedule, lickingcountyohc.org. ~Deborah LOGAN This is one of those times where, due to the timing, I need to cover two meetings in one article. Actually that’s lucky for me since I missed the May meeting, but I got the needed information when the minutes were read. At our May meeting we had two guests who have since joined OHC. Welcome to the group Joe and Deb Grant, so glad to have you here. There was some discussion of the ‘trail work for trail time’ proposition with Marmon Valley farms. Lastly, the tickets for our pork raffle were discussed. It was decided that the tickets would be redesigned to include a number and would be computer generated rather than handmade. And that brings us to the June meeting; first off: Happy 50th Anniversary to Barb and Jack Corwin. Congratulations! The new raffle tickets were handed out to all members present with the numbers recorded for accountability. The information from the old style tickets will be transferred to the new tickets to ensure a fair drawing in August. There was also some discussion of the raffle and the value offered to those buying tickets. Unlike other meat raffles, there is no additional cost to the winner because all processing fees are paid by the club. That’s right, for a $5 ticket (or 5 for $20) you could take home bacon, sausage, pork chops, ham and roasts to fill your freezer. Don’t need that much pork? The alternative prize is $300. Tickets are on sale until Aug. 6 and are available from any Logan County OHC member. Our youth members have been very busy this last month with shows, a parade and camp. Summer Dow, Chase McKinney and Erica Wilson participated in two shows; the All American Youth Show May 11-14 and Marmon Valley Farm Show on May 19. Entries for the All American Youth Show were: Summer Dow in barrels and poles, Chase McKinney in barrels and Erica Wilson in reining, horsemanship, ranch pleasure, English equitation, hunter under saddle and trail. All agreed that this was a good learning experience and they are looking forward to returning next year. At the Marmon Valley Farm Show Summer Dow received 5th place for trail in hand with her mini 65

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Marcia Earick, Chris Brennan, Becky and John Porter. and 2nd in showmanship, Chase McKinney received a 4th and 5th in western pleasure while Erica Wilson received 1st in reining, 2nd in western pleasure 14-18, 2nd in western pleasure open, 5th in trail, 1st in ride-a-buck and 3rd in egg-nspoon. In addition Daniel Weikert received 3rd in showmanship 14-18 and Taylor Bryant received 2nd for trail in hand, 5th in showmanship 14-18 and 5th in open showmanship. Congratulations to all of you for all your hard work! Summer Dow, Chase McKinney and Erica Wilson rode in the Zanesfield Memorial Day parade. Chase and Summer attended OHC camp and earned their certification in equine first aid. Upcoming events for our youth are the PAS qualifier, the Logan County Fair and the Ohio State Fair. Good luck in all of your classes. I’d like to give a huge shoutout to the 19 club members who participated in our service activity by clearing debris and trash for our road cleanup. That has to be a record turnout. After road cleanup the group traveled to Marmon Valley Farm to see the area that needs trails cleared. Some then returned the next Friday to start clearing trails. Our next road cleanup is July 24. July will be busy with the holiday and the Logan County Fair, so our next meeting will be Aug. 6 at 6:30 p.m. We will draw our two winners for the raffle at this meeting. Congratulations to the Milton’s for winning our monthly 50/50 drawing. With all this talk of work and competitions I almost forgot about the camping and rides enjoyed and planned. Several members camped at Pleasant Hill Lake over Memorial Day weekend. Marsha Earick got to try out her new horse Sis, and we are told Marsha loves her new girl. The club is planning another campout at Alum Creek on July 17-18. Enjoy your summer! ~Diana Kenne LORAIN Hello all. First and foremost, my utmost respect goes out to our club 66

AEP ride. Deputy Deb Hurlburt, Memorial Day parade. members who were able and willing to take the time to honor our fallen soldiers this past Memorial Day by participating in parades around the county. We sincerely thank you for your patriotism and I am quite certain the families of those who have had or have loved ones in the military were also most appreciative of your efforts. Additionally, thank you in advance to those who will also march in Independence Day parades at Rochester and Wellington. Please direct your questions to Judy Budi and Brenda Lang respectively for the July 4 parades. We sincerely thank you for your patriotism and I am quite certain the families of those who have lost or have loved ones in the military presently were also most appreciative. ADT Security LLC is our sponsor of the month. You may visit them at www.ADT.com or 440/746-6005. Please consider them for your home and business security needs. In May, many campers came to our Carlisle campout. The scavenger hunt was great fun with many neat treasures to be found along the way. A special thanks to Kathy Ziteck and family for putting together the scavenger hunt and prizes. Also, thanks Kym for organizing this ride. The pie ride included more than just pies. It was basically a meal complete with sloppy joes. All was good. Thanks for the slops and organizing this day ride Sherry. Those who got the opportunity to campout at the AEP campout had a real treat. The storms never came; in fact the weather was heavenly. The trails were fun with plenty of ups and downs and twists and turns. In fact, between the curves and hills on SR 83 and with trails like this, I’d say there is no need to spend money going to Cedar Point! The Coshocton County OHC provided a wonderful ‘Fun Day Ride’ that included a picnic lunch, a raffle and a poker run. They were kind, gracious hosts that made us all feel welcome. We had about 24 people who came to this event from our county. If you plan to ride AEP, please be sure to obtain a free

permit and sign the register so AEP knows that horse riders really enjoy this terrain to ride on. Brenda Lang was a big help answering questions for this campout. There is a weekend campout at Blue Rock State Park July 7-9. This park offers 26 miles of trails, 21 nonelectric sites and tie lines. There is a fee to camp. The address is 7924 Cutler Lake Road in Blue Rock, Ohio. It is located near Zanesville Ohio. Take time to enjoy the refreshing swim beach after you get off the dusty trails. Please contact Karen Norton with questions. A day ride will be at Kipton on Saturday July 15. Plan to meet at the parking lot on Route 511 and be ready to ride out at 11 a.m. Sue Mollica and Carole Kenyon are the contacts for this ride. It offers dirt trails with loads of shade in the thick woods and some small creek crossings. It’s a fun short ride and if you ride it in both directions you’ll have double the pleasure! We will have our membership meeting at Cheryl Muhek’s home on July 17. Plan to come at 6:30 for the potluck. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Our club will provide burgers and hot dogs. Please bring a dish to share and a chair. Contact Cheryl for further details. On July 20, the LaGrange Lion’s Parade will be held so if you are able to ride your horse, plan to meet at 6 p.m. behind the middle school on Route 303. Decorate your horses and be ready to follow the others out at 7 p.m. Brenda Lang is the contact for the parade. July 21-23 is a weekend campout at Stacked Stone (formerly Palmerosa) in Hocking Hills. Contact owners for a site: Sunshine and Ted Steiner at 740/416-1066 or via www.stackstonesretreat.com. Sue Mollica is the contact person. Looking ahead to August, there is a weekend campout at Bark Camp Aug. 11-13. There are 22 electric sites with a porta-john on site, bathroom facilities nearby and water for the horses on site. This park offers 24 miles of bridle trails that are moderately difficult. For camp reservations call 1-866/644-6727. Jim Wallace is the contact person. Enjoy your summer rides but stay alert on the trail. There may be

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LCOHC members Grafton Memorial Day parade. Big Foot around the next bend, or perhaps a butterfly. The possibilities are abounding. ~Kathy Duncan MADISON The Madison County Chapter is making slow but continued improvements on our Deer Creek State Park projects in between the rain. By the time of this publication we will have had or first Gymkhana event. Our next Gymkhana is July 23; registration opens at 9 a.m., show starts at 10 a.m. All OHC members receive a free class when presenting membership. We charge no ground fees. Stall rental available, all OHC members with verification of cleaned stall receive a full refund. Earn an additional five points at each event you compete in. We offer ribbons for three age divisions, first through fifth place. End of year award prizes for first through fifth place in three age divisions. Many members have been very active in exploring the bridle trails and recording lots of trail miles. Many have been hitting the show circuit. Whatever may be your desire, just do it and enjoy your time with your favorite steed. ~Dee Elfrink MEDINA Our members are out hitting the trails as the weather turns milder and brighter. We knew it had to get better sooner or later! A fun time was had by all at North Chagrin Reservation on May 20. There were Molly Eastwood. Michelle Crew, Kathy Cockfield, Martha Ross, Pat Hennrick along with Jim Brown, Dory Crossfield and Raydeen Rydan who went out a little later. They all enjoyed a good day in the beautiful Cleveland MetroParks, celebrating their 100th year. If you have not had the pleasure to have ridden in any of the MetroParks reservations, plan to do so. They are like jewels strung around Cuyahoga County (which is why they were called the Emerald Necklace at one time) and they are in July 2017

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excellent condition. Northeast Ohio is blessed to have these wonderful trails to ride. Molly and Michelle had more fun on Memorial Day all decked out in patriotic attire and riding in the Hinckley parade along with Debbie Donner. I’ve included a picture of Molly, Sunny and Michelle’s horse, Jetteye. We are getting some work done as well. Louise Harting, Mark and Molly Eastwood and I recently helped out at the Medina Creative Therapy Ranch on May 11. It’s a great facility offering therapeutic horse riding for individuals with disabilities. It’s located on Lake Road in Medina. Since it was too wet to work on the trail we put the boards on three bridges that will be put in place soon and spruced up the grounds by weed whacking and spreading some mulch. We were happy to help this wonderful ranch and hope to have the chance to lend a hand again some time. National Trails Day was June 3 and it was a lovely day to spend quality time in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Along with upwards of 100 volunteers, such as Boy Scout troops and people of the Ohio Trails Council were members of Medina OHC. Molly Eastwood, Patricia Vance, Wayne Crouse, Dianna and James Weaver, Sheila and Randy Haury of Wayne county and Rosemary Young worked on hiking trails in beautiful Virginia Kendall park. Last chance to get your reservations in for our fabulous State ride and pork roast in the beautiful Cuyahoga Valley National Park! Great food, great fun and great people! Don’t get left out! August 18-20 is the date and Cuyahoga Valley National Park is the place. Raffles, auction and did I mention food? The best pig roast you will ever have and we throw in breakfast the next day! Reservations must be in by Aug.14 or when the field fills up, so hurry! Looking to stay in shape this summer? Don’t want to sign up for one of those expensive health clubs where they make you do sit-ups and

eat kale? Join us for our monthly work session in the CVNP on Aug. 12, meeting tentatively at Robinson Field where volunteers can come and camp for the weekend. A great lunch will be served, so come on down! For more information contact one of our trail leaders: Patricia Vance, who actually likes kale (pavancelaw@ aol.com or 330/836-9358), Mike Andrea (mlandrea03@yahoo.com or 330/592-5953), or Jack Weese (jack4ohc@att.net 440/234-9668 or 216/780-9668). May the valley be with you, ~Rosemary Young (who also likes kale)

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MEIGS I don’t know about everyone else, but I am so busy I can’t keep up with it all. Oh well there is always tomorrow...but you know tomorrow never comes. We have campers at our camp every weekend and that is what we want. It is great to go to the camp and talk to your friends and of course ride with them and now we are having our fun shows. It really is a fun show too, there is some competing going on, I don’t know who is going to win but we like to keep the competition going. I think Kevin and Cindy are worried about their points. We have 11 events and I would like to thank, Paul, Ed, John and Harold for helping with the show. Roger did the grilling of the hot dogs and Susan did the announcing with Becky keeping points. I take pictures, I think it is really an easy job as long as the batteries stay charged.

Ed Turley at Tractor Supply. The Make A Wish will be coming up soon and a lot of members work hard to make this event a success, I will let you know how it goes. A few members took their horses to Tractor Supply and gave free rides to anyone who wanted to ride a horse. This is our second time to do this for Tractor Supply and they really appreciate it. It was a little hot that day but we managed and each horse is led by a member of the club. By the time you get this article July 4th will be over with and I hope you all had a good weekend. Members of the club, John and Becky Singree and Mike Totman brought their Karaoke equipment with them over Memorial weekend and did we ever enjoy the music and their singing. Of course a few of the ones in the audience got up there and sang and did very good. That was so nice of them to do this. It was enjoyed by all and we are looking forward to the next time they bring their music. They also go to nursing homes along with their music and what a wonderful thing that is, just to see those people smile and have a good time. Way to go you guys. They are from Chesterhill, Ohio, and Columbus and we are glad they joined our club, of course they also take time to ride their horses. Our next ride is July 8, and the club meeting is July 17. Enjoy the rest of your summer and Happy Trails, ~Dian

new members. As we grow, I hope to receive feedback from you to see and hear what you would like our club to accomplish this year. Susan Cavedo, Carla Brogden, and Sjoukje Janssen, Parelli students who have studied under Jesse Peters, were excited to attend the 2017 Midwest Horse Show in Madison, Wisc., in April. All three pitch in to support Jesse, who won first place, and even cleaned his horse’s stall. They also discovered ‘Whinny Water’ a mineral based additive to a bucket of water that horses love to drink. I hope to have a first-hand report next month because I have a horse that will not drink when she is away from home. A big thank you goes out to Montgomery County for the invitation to the May 16 meeting at Tom Pompie’s farm in Centerville, great Parelli demos and a good time by all. The public is invited to attend the Ride-On Trail Horse Challenge on July 8 at Lost Creek Miami County Park on St. Rt. 41, Troy. There are 10 obstacles and three divisions. Events start at 10 a.m., a $10 fee per rider. See OHC Connection on Facebook for more details. In addition, our club is sponsoring the 4-H Trail class in this year’s Miami County Fair. Hopefully, you had a good first cutting of hay. It is always a good feel’n when the hay is in the barn! ~Shirley DeWinter MONTGOMERY Howdy from lush, green Montgomery County! Have you been mowing and weed-whacking? We have, but also doing some trail riding and some fun things and looking forward to more in July. Our new President, Pam Weidel Barhorst and her pony Energizer got Overall High Point Driving Champion and high point classic driving horse recently at the Champions Center in Springfield. Cute little bugger! I will be taking my mare to a clinic there soon.

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75th birthday party for Maggie. Trails are getting a lot less muddy as the summer ramps up and we are riding more as the rain comes less frequently. I have been riding Possum Creek, Twin Creek and Sebald and all are passable as I write in early June. Come join us—we have fast riders and slow riders and lots of experienced people to help if you are new or have a new horse. Whether you enjoy showing or trail riding or clinics, our chapter has something for everyone. Plus you will see a lot of us riding or helping with other county chapters and their activities. Come join us for Miss Cindy’s favorite ride, the Celebration Classic on July 4th at Twin Creek, time to be announced. Check out our website: wwwohconline.com. Our chapter meeting will be at Sycamore State Park on Wolf Creek Road. Happy Trails! ~Ann MORGAN We had our first organized ride of the season and the weather was crappy! We had a few souls that rode anyway. We did have a strange thing happen, a Morgan County deputy stopped and ask to see our permit. This has never happened to us and we had one but he reported that there will be an ODNR person assigned to AEP Morgan and he will be checking them. He also reported that you now have to get a new permit every year. Other members think this is only if you have gotten a permit recently. Not sure. We picked up trash along the road outside of camp before our last meeting. This is our community service project and we have our meeting afterwards at the shelter. We will now have all the summer meetings at the shelter. Mike and Martha McCoy are going on the trip of their dreams to Drowsey River Ranch in Colorado, we will see you all when we get back! The trails at AEP Morgan continue to be a problem, we just don’t have the man power to keep them up. We are working on a solution and welcome any suggestions. ~Martha McCoy 68

Greetings from the Morrow County OHC Chapter as the riding activity has intensified with the warmer/ longer days. Several chapter members have the Mohican State Forest trails well hoof printed with multiple rides since the last report. Several of the outings have been on weekdays by retirees and members on ‘vacation between jobs’. Dave and Mary explored the Malabar State Park trails while Ted, Chris, and Gerald spent a weekend at Smoke Rise Ranch (SRR) on trails with 40 other horses followed by a Kentucky Derby dinner party complete with ample mint julip refreshments. Ted and family returned to SSR for their Memorial weekend festivities. Byron participated with his steed Odyssey in a Richard Shrake clinic held up north in Michigan. Gerald participated in a Fun Show sponsored by the Knox County Horse Park plus a ‘Wild Scavenger Trail Ride’ sponsored by the Knox County OHC. Ted, Chris, Floyd and Gerald participated in the June Tri-Co/OQHA sponsored trail ride plus Cowboy Challenge weekend near East Sparta. Non-riding activity had chapter members Ted, Floyd, Bob, Chris, and Gerald helping at the AllAmerican Youth Horse Show along with members from many other Ohio chapters. Other horse related activity has some members attempting to harvest good quality hay with limited success due to rain interference although the ample moisture resulted in ample quantity of hay. Hopefully second cutting will receive similarly good growing conditions. For those who may follow my monthly ‘home front wildlife’ report, this update has just two Canada goose goslings and their parents occupying the pond compared to 16 goslings in 2016. The wood duck and mallard duck successfully incubated their eggs but for reasons known only to them, both hatched broods left the security of the pond for hopefully a safe location. Foxes and coyotes have both been seen dangerously near the pond where we witnessed a 2016 fox ambush of a goose as a meal for its kits. The corn/birdseed smorgasbord provided for the growing goose family has additional daily waterfowl visits by 20-plus geese and up to 19 wood ducks which I think are hatchlings from previous years. Observing their majestic flying ability, vocal/social interaction, and spectacular colors provides considerable backyard enjoyment along with viewing the horse herd in the pasture while they

are ‘fueling up’ for their next ride. Until next month, let us continue to ride, ride, ride while we can or at least have great dreams. Happy trails to you and stay safe in the saddle/ on your horse if you do have an opportunity to ride. ~DOC PERRY Club meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month at Top Hat Restaurant, Junction City, Ohio, at 6 p.m. You can order dinner (order off the menu), the meeting begins at 7 p.m. There has been a lot going on with Perry County OHC. We had a great day ride at Dillon State Park. Twelve riders attended, and we stopped and got ice cream along the way, which made the day a success. We all learned how to read and navigate a topographical map during our May meeting. Thank you to Mike Buchanan of Wayne National Forest for teaching us. Our group got split up over Memorial Day weekend. Part of us went to Burr Oak, part of us at Blue Rock, all of us are dodging rain drops. We had camp weekends planned for June 2 at Zaleski and June 16 at Hocking. The Hocking/Perry Regional Ride is the weekend of June 30, be prepared to have fun! Roxanne and Heather have adopted three horses from Kentucky Kill Pen Horses. All are turning out beautifully, we highly recommend this horse rescue group. Marianne and Brenda both have new spotted saddle horses. Look for us on the trails. Have fun, be safe, stay dry and ride, ride, ride. JUNE 30-JULY 2 — Burr Oak State Park, Regional Ride. JULY 14-19 – Elkins Creek, Camp weekend, electric. JULY 28-30 — Beaver Creek, Camp weekend. AUG. 4-6 — Gibby Ride, Camp weekend, electric AUG. 11-13 — Pleasant Hill, – Camp weekend AUG. 25-27 — Salt Fork, Camp weekend. SEPT. 15-17 — Conesville, Coshocton Hog Roast Weekend. ~Kim

Pike OHC trail riding for the ‘Battle from the Saddle’ at Scioto Trails. the ducks meandered down the creek to the finish line where Debby Sears and Paula Buser were in the loader bucket, retrieving the ducks with a net. The first place duck this year belonged to our club member, Ed Allhouse. After the Ducky Derby, everyone sat around the campfire because the evenings were still cool. Our next meeting will be the first Saturday of the month and I’m sure there will be some more excitement to write about! Our club members have been very busy on the trails at Pike Lake trail riding but also clearing the trails. All the hard work has paid off. These beautiful trails are waiting for you to come and enjoy! The OHC recently needed some volunteers for the All American Youth Horse Show in Columbus. We had four club members, Jim Forman, Rick Keller, Calvin Knipp and Randy Wittkugle to attend the event and lend a helping hand wherever they were needed. Each one felt it was a rewarding experience and they really enjoyed working with the youth! In addition to the horse show, our club had 18 members to attend the ‘Battle from the Saddle’ at Scioto Trails. It was a perfect day to trail ride and support this benefit. Dinner and live music were waiting for us after our ride, followed with some raffles. We would like to express our gratitude to Drs. Kristine and Scott McCallum for their hospitality and for opening their home for this annual Relay for Life, cancer benefit. Pike OHC thanks them very much! I’d like to give a note of appreciation to each of the Pike OHC club members, too. They are

PIKE A bright hello from Pike OHC. Hopefully everyone has been enjoying the trails by now. With this warmer weather finally upon us, our last monthly meeting was followed with a ‘Ducky Derby’ at the creek on the Sears’ farm. The race was on and

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Betsy, Jan, Riley and Khloe are a few of the ‘Ducky Derby’ contestants. all very supportive and have a lot of heart. Whether it be the officers, committee leaders, or the ones that you can always count on to be at the meetings and activities, each one plays a role in making our club effective. Our next scheduled club ride will be July 15 at Hocking Hills. In addition to our monthly club rides, some of our members have already been enjoying the riding at Big South Fork, Mount Rogers, and Salt Fork State Park. This has been a very special riding season for many in our club because they have their new horses on the trails. As a reminder, our second annual Horse Daze is Sept. 23 at the Pike County Fairgrounds. Mark your calendars to attend. Our committee has been busy planning the activities for this year’s event. This is all about the kids having fun! Since the texting language is used so much now to communicate, I will leave you with a little humor about text messaging on the trails. Horse Texting Definitions: LAS, lost a shoe; HJBM, horse just bit me; FTC, forgot the carrots; MIHA, mare’s in heat, again; MSMBO, mud sucked my boot off; UPD, unplanned dismount; SLH, smell like horse; NLT, no lesson today; HGR, have a great ride; R2R, ready to ride; HBS, horse being stubborn; TT, tack trouble, and last but not least OGAHGH, on the ground and my horse is gone. Help! God Bless, be safe and as always enjoy your ride. ~Teresa Wittkugle PREBLE Wow, what a crazy weather pattern we have been under. Our Memorial Day fun show was a total wash out, the arena looked like a shallow lake. The campground was pretty full and Friday during the day it was great. But then Friday night a torrential rain pretty much flooded everything except our spirits. We did have food for the concession already prepared so we went ahead and shared our fixins with the campers, so it wasn’t a total loss, we actually had a good day despite the rain. July 2017

Ross Co. President Phil Himelrick auctioning off a hanging basket after the poker ride.

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Vicki and Tom helping on Bridle trails at Hueston Woods.

Donn and Becky. On June 2-4 we had our campout/ cleanup weekend plus our monthly meeting on Saturday evening at the Hueston Woods horse camp shelter. It was a carry in and a great meeting. We all got the opportunity to meet Vicki Dodson and Tom Doak. They have been members but this is the first chance they have had to make it to a meeting with us...welcome Vicki and Tom. Our cleanup went well. Donn and Tom went out on the trails and cut off some trees that had blown over on the trails on ‘C’, they came back in for lunch and to regroup. Vicki, Connie, Ellen and I did some painting around camp. We painted the kiosk as you enter the park, we removed everything from it, painted it and then put the stuff back on after the paint dried. We also painted the posts that holds the camp site map and then painted the kiosk down by the day ride area. It was a productive day for us as well. We had lunch and then Donn, Tom and Vicki went back out on ‘C’ to cut off the honeysuckle blocking the trails and see if any more trees were across the trails. Be sure to check out the Preble County OHC Facebook page, we have some good pictures on there of the clearing and painting. At 6 p.m. we had our carry in dinner and then held our monthly meeting. We had discussed trying to do something to make up for not having our Memorial Day fun show, and had decided to maybe have a rain date show at the end of the season. More information to come. We will be having a Fourth of July Fun Show on July 1 with registration at 9 a.m. The show will start at approximately 10 a.m., weather permitting. We will have a concession for those of you who get hungry. Check our Facebook page for the flyer if you don’t have one.

Come join us for a great weekend of camping, trail riding and fun. In August the Preble County Fair is going on and the 4-H kids love to get out there and show you what they have accomplished over the spring and summer. Come on out and support the young equestrian folks and enjoy watching them do their thing! We still are having our Gun/Gift Card raffle this year with the winner being chosen at our State ride the second weekend in October. The value of the card is $860 and it is a Rural King Gift card, which can be used to buy a Henry Riffle or merchandise at your local Rural King. Tickets are 1 for $5 or 5 for $20. You do not have to be present to win you just need to be 18 years of age. We have a great Chinese auction with fantastic prizes to bid on, a corn hole tournament, a fantastic dinner on Saturday night (cost is $6.50 for adults and $3 for kids with any kids under 3 eating free) and also on Friday night we have a free soup supper for all that are at camp. Lots of things going on that weekend, mark your calendars for Oct. 13, 14, and 15 for a fantastic weekend of fun and camping. Not a whole lot else to talk about for now, oh one last thing, want to welcome Brett and Katrina Hyde to our group, thank you for joining and hope we will see you soon. Stay on top of your four-legged companion and ride as often as you can. Keep track of those trail miles and saddle hours for the end of the year you may win yourself a very nice OHC belt buckle for your efforts. Happy trails! ~Becky ROSS Happy July everyone! Our club rides have been underway for a few months now and we have been having really great weather for them. Ross County OHC held their annual Memorial Day weekend poker ride

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Della Delong taking a break during the Poker Ride. with a turnout of 94 riders. We had a carry in dinner with an auction plus a 50/50 raffle afterwards. We also received very generous donations from numerous people and I would like to thank each and every one who donated money to the club. Also would like to thank all the volunteers who helped make it a success once again this year. Don’t forget, we will hold another Poker Ride in September on Saturday, Labor Day weekend. If you missed the Memorial Day Poker Ride, come on out and join us in September. On July 15 Ross County will have a club ride in Kentucky at Hess Campground. We will be riding the Gorge on that day. On Aug.t 5 we will have a club ride at Zaleski and on Aug. 26 we will be at Scioto with the annual scavenger hunt for the kids. We will have a cookout after the scavenger hunt and ask that everyone bring a covered dish or a pack of hot dogs. Mark your calendars now as I hope to see everyone at these rides. Ross County has been doing a lot of work on the trails lately cleaning up downed trees and putting up tie lines at different break areas along the trails. We will also be updating the camp with new gravel in the camper parking spots. This should help with some of the areas in which it is hard to see the actual pull in spots to camp. We will also be adding more tie lines in the camp along the outside perimeters and adding new triangle ties where needed. We are starting to see some new faces around Tar Hollow Horse camp now a days, we are so very pleased that more riders are coming to use the facility and to see the improvements we have been making. This is all due to the hard work that 69

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Riders heading to the watering hole during the poker ride. all of our volunteers have been doing. Thanks to all who take the time out of their busy schedule to come out and help with everything that needs to done. Happy Trails to you all and have a great July. ~Angie SANDUSKY I hope everyone is enjoying their summer! My only complaint would be the ticks, ticks, ticks! We are finding them every day in a horse’s mane, a dog’s ear, or on my neck. Yuck! I hope everyone has been able to get some riding time in. Due to many family issues, I have not logged many miles in yet, but I know the fall will be fun-filled with riding time! Lilly is starting to get a little, let’s say, fluffy from lack of exercise. July can be a wicked hot month, never forget about your equine friend in that hot box of a trailer. Everyone knows to not leave their dog in a hot car, well don’t leave your horse in a hot trailer. Riding on a cool day can raise your horse’s body temperature a few degrees, but on a hot summer day, it can spike it to 104 degrees. Then imagine being put in a trailer while someone eats lunch! A way to increase airflow while on the move is to have a back window open that will allow the air to flow instead of

Fun Times at alum Creek. being stale. A good cool rinse off before a trailer ride will help lower their temperature and make the trip home more comfortable for them. Make sure to scrape the water off when you are done, water left laying on them quickly raises their body temperature, defeating the purpose of a cool down. At our last meeting, we talked about having a 10 year club anniversary this fall. We have been working out the details and trying to come up with some concrete plans for the cookout. We had a wonderful club overnight at Alum Creek and quite a few members joined in on the fun. The weather was beautiful and the food was great! We rode about five and a half hours Saturday, and Sunday we just did a little short ride to the tunnel and back. It’s a fun ride and in some places can be challenging. If it is very wet, it can be very slippery and slightly treacherous. The campground is primitive with high lines, and water is available. Our meetings are the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the First Brethren Church in Fremont and often we eat at Casa Fiesta for dinner beforehand. For more information give one of our members a holler, we would love to see you! Visit our website at sanduskycountyohc.com and our Facebook page under Sandusky County Horseman’s Council for upto-date information. Give your horse hug, life is good! ~Marla Sidell STARK

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Y’all are invited to Stark County’s ‘Obstacles and Games Play Day’ on Saturday, July 22. This will be held at Jemily Horse Park in Alliance from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. In the morning

it will be open riding on the obstacle course then after lunch there will be games, obstacle challenge and county team challenges. This is followed by a potluck dinner and awards. The cost is $15 if you preregister by July 1 or $20 per horse the day of the event. Last year was the first year this event was held and it was quite successful plus a lot of fun. There are well over 20 some obstacles in the course setup where you can work your horse plus a spray pond you can cool off in. Jemily Horse Park has a large arena where the afternoon events will take place. Trumbull County was the top winner last year —will they be able to defend their title again this year? Visit Jemily’s website, www. JemilyHorsePark.com, to see what the park has to offer and Stark County’s website, www.starkcountyohc.com, for the registration forms and more information. When trail riding at our Ohio State Parks many of them have exhibits, wildlife centers and other things of interest that are worth your time to visit. One of my favorite parks in the NE region of Ohio is Beaver Creek State Park. Besides the wonderful trails, creek crossings and history of the region, this park in the hills of southern Columbiana County is a diamond in the rough. It has the largest national history display between Cleveland and Pittsburgh. You can come face-to-face with a mountain lion, you can see an allinclusive Ohio hawk display, and hundreds of other animal displays that have been cleaned, rearranged and prepared for display throughout the summer. This is operated by volunteers of the Beaver Creek Education Center Volunteer Association. There is even a trail that will take you to the center where you can picket line your horses while visiting. It is worth the trip! Until next time, happy trails to you! ~Jo Ellen SUMMIT Heroes are often called upon to perform miracles, large and small at the most unexpected of times. It was just a warm spring day as Debbie Donner was doing barn chores. A small pinging noise caught her attention and she went to investigate. There below her metal fence was a hummingbird on the ground. This tiny exhausted creature had just traveled thousands of miles only to collide with an immovable object. Debbie scooped up the tiny bird in the palm of her hand and started gentle CPR massage to its chest

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Lunch can’t come too soon. hoping for some response. With her persistence, its eyes opened slowly, met Deb’s gaze for a brief instant, fluffed its feathers and off it flew. I will bet the guys at the fire station never had this one on the books. On that note regarding weary travelers, riders from our chapter were out on the second and third leg of the 100 mile End to End ride at the Cleveland Metro Parks. Never fear riders, Debbie was there and prepared for emergencies with one survivor already under her belt. Carolyn, Mollie and Nancy were joined by guests from Western Ohio, Barb O, Deta, Diane and Jackie. The group enjoyed a great ride taking in the sights of woodlands carpeted in flowers and meadows in vibrant greens. Always a show stopper on the trail at Hinckley is the tree with a knot hole about 15-20 feet up which is home to black snakes. From personal experience I can tell you it is a bit disconcerting to be riding along and realizing that limb in front of you is slithering, not bending in the wind. The ladies finished their ride and went back to Carolyn’s for a cookout and LQ campout for the out of towners. Long after everyone had retired around 11 p.m., Carolyn noticed lights as a pickup truck proceeded to roll down their lane. No problems had been reported so it was not company personnel. Thinking the better of going to investigate, she called the Richfield police. Already in CSI mode, there were thoughts of phantom trash dumpers or even worse a body was being deposited back there. Both have happened at CVNP which is only a mile from her house. Police arrived with no sirens but the truck was already gone. They confirmed that gate to the oil tank was open but motive was undetermined. We would like to think it was just two July 2017

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Fearless riders at Hinkley. teenagers on a warm summer night wanting to climb the ladder on the tank to watch the stars. Thankfully, her guests slept blissfully unaware of the incident until the next morning at breakfast. The next day, May 11, started with a wisp of gentle showers but no major storms appeared on NEXRAD. Deb’s daughter Denise and Marietta were joining the group and they were off. Now the ETE ride requires a good bit of planning and logistics depending on the riders. If it is not a roundtrip, to go one way also requires unloading at starting point A (Wallace Lake) and moving trailers to ending point B (Brecksville Stables) before the actual ride. Radar update: You are now on I-71 traveling to Point A in a torrential downpour. Concentrate; don’t answer that darn ringing cell phone while driving in this mess. You wonder why one of your friends is struggling to pull her rig alongside you. Her window is down, she’s getting soaked and yelling frantically to what sounds like you forgot to plug in your trailer lights as the pigtail bounces merrily along in the dark. There are now four rigs pulled over on the side of the road as the lights are restored. Undeterred but soaked the caravan is on the road again, the next maneuver is synchronizing four trailers through all the traffic lights and into the correct lane to turn to Valley Parkway. Upon arrival, the rain automatically stops. A park ranger appears out of nowhere perplexed at your arrival. You explain that the trailers would be leaving the lake shortly but four riders and eight horses would remain. He comments it is OK since no one was using the area due to the heavy rain. Trailers depart, their drivers encounter maneuverability exercises from truckers vying for the same stretch of road. Patiently waiting was Debbie’s husband Dave at Point B (Brecksville) to transport the four drivers back to the ride at Point A. Mission accomplished in two hours but one hour over schedule. July 2017

The ride commenced at 11:30. Following the trail markers and signs might have given Daniel Boone a run for his money. The horses from out West got their first taste of citified trail riding going under the turnpike bridge with rumbling semis overhead. It’s hard to make good time with your horse’s belly 6” off the ground and his nose above your head. Then, who could have imagined the downed Sequoia in their path. Going over it was out of the question. Which way to go; up the hill with Denise or down the stream through the briar thicket with Carolyn? There was a Metro Parks employee in his truck assessing the situation. Horse going uphill lands on knees; downhill group stayed upright on all 4’s. Make note: Sequoia definitely an obstacle. The tree was removed the next day. Everyone finally settled into their ride and while the group crossed the next road, they were startled by the sound of screeching brakes. A woman jumped out and was yelling for them to stop. CVNP Trail Blazer Carolyn and HR (hummingbird resuscitator) Debbie shifted immediately into rescue mode trying to discern the problem. By now the woman was out of breath and frantically explained her 3 year old son wanted to see the horses. The riders from out West solemnly shook their heads; we know—city riding. The child was flailing about trying to escape his car seat so the riders stopped. The couple then brought the fearless 3 year old and his 18 month sidekick for a visit with Max and Thunder. “Make my day” took on a whole new meaning. Studies show kids don’t have long term memories until they are about 4 years old but we are hoping these two will. Here’s to two future members of OHC. All this and it was only the first four miles of the ride. They settled in for the ride up steep and narrow trails, passing cliffs, negotiating water crossings and a covered bridge. On they went past the sledding hill to Edgerton Corral for lunch. The air was cool even with the sun shining and there was another 11 miles to go. Debbie’s horse Max began to show subtle signs of lameness. The group split for faster and slower horses. Both had to negotiate the last trail by fire at the overpass of I-77 which has no extended guardrails. The horses did remarkably well but some truckers with a sick sense of humor blew their horns as the horses crossed overhead. There are some sick morons in this world. Marietta’s Luna and Carolyn’s Romeo took

it like seasoned pros. The group finally reached waiting trailers at Point B (Brecksville) later that day. Marietta’s husband had waited there the whole day. Unlike our riders, the most excitement he saw was the port a pots being pumped. On May 18, several riders rode Hinckley again. Marietta, Louise, Carolyn and Debbie crossed paths with Penny, Rosemary and Michelle. Carolyn had taken Drachma out of his 1.5 years of retirement so she could let Deb ride her trail horse Romeo while Max recuperates from his leg injury. The ride went great especially since none of the snakes were sunning themselves. Quote from Carolyn, “If one of those guys falls on me, just bury me there where I pass on—I hate snakes especially those falling out of the sky.” Romeo decided to put Deb to the test by snatching grass and pulling on the reins at every opportunity. Hopefully she will be finishing the ETE ride on Drac now that Carolyn has him tuned up again. Finally, the group stopped at Worden House to see the Cross of Jesus just to pay their respects and say thanks for friends, horses, and many more safe miles in the saddle. Oh, and the answer to that nagging question; yes, your butt does look smaller on a big gray horse. In closing, I would like to include a special thank you from Karen Beres and her husband Gary. Karen was injured in an accident in May and spent 18 days in the hospital. She is now recouping and going through physical therapy after all her surgeries are completed. The couple was totally overwhelmed by the calls, cards and generous outpouring of offers to help during this trying time. I’m sure the Good Lord knew Karen’s name by heart from all the prayers and petitions for her full recovery. Remember Karen, all your family, personal friends, riding buddies, coworkers, and Facebook friends are there any time you need us. ~Joann Ulichney

many hours of hauling grindings and leveling out new areas at the trailhead. And thanks to Linda Davis and Nancy Shook for delivering lunches for the guys! Three pads for campers have been added to the horsemen’s area along with increased parking and grading for additional tie lines. Please note: Camping is permitted only by prearrangement with the State Park and a State camping permit is required. At this point there is no rest room facility nor is there a water source at the horsemen’s area. Final preparations have been set for the annual spaghetti dinner at the Trumbull County Fair. We look forward to another successful gathering of 4-H participants, their families and friends all with a common love for our horses...oh yeah...and our famous homemade spaghetti sauce! This year the date is July 10. We serve from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. Dinners include a salad, bread and butter, either lemonade or orange drink and dessert of choice. Bottled water is available for $1. Our August ride has been scheduled for Aug. 25-27 at Jefferson Lake State Park and the September ride will be this year’s chili cook-off event at Mosquito Lake State Park. The dates are Sept. 22-24. The chili cookoff competition will be held Saturday evening before the big bonfire. Our next scheduled meeting will be July 9 at the fairgrounds following the cleanup of the block building for the spaghetti dinner on July 10. Enjoy your riding…be safe, be courteous and be helpful to others. See you on the trails! ~Kathryn Bartow UNION Summer will be in full swing by the time everyone receives this issue. However, it is still springtime while I am writing this and a rainy spring at that. Because of the excessive rain we haven’t been hitting a lot of trails.

TRUMBULL Hello and happy summer from the members of the Trumbull County Chapter! The weather has been conducive for great riding and camping! We have been fortunate that the good weather has also allowed us time to expand the parking area at the Mosquito Lake State Park Bridle trailhead and to start working on the many improvements needed on the trails. A big thank you to Tom Yoder, Terry Davis, Dave Shook, Ron Miller and Dave Bush for the

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County Lines the tri-athletes of the Equine world! Things coming up soon....The Children’s Miracle Network Ride will be held at Salt Fork on May 20. Some of us are planning to make this a camping weekend as well. Get out there and hit those trails. That’s all for now, hope to see you on the trails! ~ Debbie

Katrina and Joey at Glacier Ridge. Linda Blanton and Karen Holland have been riding every opportunity that they can get as well as some of our other members. Becky Petee received the go ahead from her doctor to start riding again. Becky and Stephanie are starting out slowly to get Becky back into the swing of things. Karen and a couple friends from Champaign County OHC spent a rare rain free weekend riding at Hocking Hills in mid-May. It was her and Charlie’s first trip to Hocking Hills and they had an absolute blast. Best Mother’s Day weekend ever! Debbie Strayton has been busy planning the Union County Summer Series Open Horse Show which raises money for 4-H in Union County. Our junior member, Katrina Strayton has been busy at a showmanship clinic, a week long horse camp and riding a couple horses for her trainer along with taking lessons on her own horse, Joey. Our May chapter meeting was postponed due to conflicting schedules of our members. Hopefully, our next scheduled meeting will be more amenable for everyone. Until next month be safe and happy trails. ~Karen Holland WARREN The first Warren County campout for the year was slightly soggy, but still a few hardy souls camped. Bill and Harold were there, plus Scarlett, her daughter Aubrey, and

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Aubrey’s kids, Allie and Alex. They had rain on Friday, but had good riding on Saturday. All did choose to pack up and leave Saturday after the cast iron cook-off, however, as rain was predicted to start that night and continue for most of Sunday, so there wasn’t a lot of point in staying. There were more of us who showed up to the cast iron cook-off, of course there usually are, when food is involved! Paul was the judge this year, as he won last year. There was lots of great food, several items cooked on-site, some of which were entered and some not (since not all were cooked in cast iron). I think there were three or four dishes that were in competition. I should have written down details; I know my memory can’t be trusted. I did write down the winner, though. Dickie Bradford with her wonderful alfredo potatoes. I’ll include that photo along with a couple others from the cook-off. Several Warren County members joined a group of horsemen in a meeting with Five Rivers Metroparks staff, to find out what we wanted to see done with horse trails in the Metroparks. They laid out the plan in place, and asked for feedback and suggestions. There was a lot of good discussion, and as OHC members do, we volunteered to be involved. Hopefully things will progress well. June 16 Roger had the knee surgery that was postponed in December (at least, as I write this he is supposed to; hopefully nothing prevented it this time!). That way he’ll be ready to go by fall for the best riding weather. I expect him to be riding in pretty good time. I know with mine, I’d have felt comfortable riding after a month, had the weather been decent. And Helge had a double partial and was back in the saddle in three weeks, so I expect Roger will be back in the saddle very quickly. Ana is also having surgery on her knee, in her case to remove screws from the repair a year ago. She would have liked to have it done earlier, but elected to wait until July 5 in order to ride in the two parades (July 1 and 4). We must have priorities, after all!

Next month I should have some photos from the parade on the first, and maybe the fourth. I’ll be bringing my quad to chauffer Harold in his duties as the pooper-scooper, and trading with him if needed. Happy riding! ~Mickie

Sorry I didn’t get an article out last month. Time seems to get away from me the older I get. Sometimes I think if I goof up more, someone will want to take over my duties, but so far that is not happening. Just saying guys. Back to the news, some of our folks rode Tar Hollow, Waterloo, D Bar D Ranch and Van Buren for Memorial Day which were our scheduled rides. It was a little chilly for Tar Hollow but we all had generators and the rain fell lightly during the night. We had the campground to ourselves which was surprising. The weather was perfect for Waterloo and they had not gotten the rain we had. It was amazing as I drove up there the flooded fields in my area to dust in theirs. D Bar D was hot the first day to storms the last day. We all left

WASHINGTON Hello all! Camping season has arrived! Riding has been in full force with Stroud’s Run, Hocking Hills, Mountwood, Elkins Creek, Beaver Creek, and Rails to Trails just to name a few. The shot clinic in April was a huge success again this year with over 60 horses vaccinated and several dogs as well. Thank you everyone who came out and brought their animals. It is getting bigger every year and Dr. Grohe does a great job. Love you John! Our county awards banquet was held on April 13 at the Barlow Fairgrounds. It was a full house and the food was plentiful and enjoyed by all to say the least. The building worked out just right for the large attendance, plenty of parking area and counter space for all the goodies. Washington County did very well in the state with the winning chapter of most miles ridden in 2016 and awards for top riders in both the youth and adult categories. There were also passes handed out by Wayne National Forest for trail cleaning/clearing at Kinderhook. It was definitely a fun evening, ending with funny stories told on ear other and shirts given to those who parted ways with their horses throughout the year. There were some members that went to Lexington, Ky., for the Rolex 3-Day Event at the Kentucky Horse Park. Bob and Sherrie, Rod and Donna, and Dick and I went down to watch the cross-country competition on April 29. Awesome is the only way to describe the abilities of these animals and their riders. Anyone who has never seen this should try and attend next year. It would make an excellent bus trip...just sayin! These horses are

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Cindy, Jon, Dawn, Deta and myself at DBarD. July 2017

Ohio Quarter Horse Association Announces New Location, Expansion The Ohio Quarter Horse Association (OQHA), host of the All American Quarter Horse Congress, has announced plans to relocate its headquarters from Richwood, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio. “For many years we have recognized the importance of having OQHA closer to central Ohio,” said Dr. Scott Myers, OQHA CEO. “The new headquarters will support the continued growth of OQHA and the All American Quarter Horse Congress.” The relocation will occur later this year following a complete renovation of the 26,000 square foot

office building at 6325 Zumstein Drive. The close proximity of the new office to the Ohio Expo Center where the All American Quarter Horse Congress is held will allow OQHA and the All American Quarter Horse Congress staff to provide greater service to Congress patrons, sponsors and exhibitors. The month-long All American Quarter Horse Congress is the

world’s largest single-breed horse show, with 23,500 entries in 2016. The show attracts more than 650,000 people and generates $285 million in the central Ohio economy each October. “The association has been considering the move for more than two years,” Dr. Myers said. “It was not a decision made lightly, but one

we feel will help us continue the legacy of this great association which started 56 years ago in Richwood.” Ohio Quarter Horse Association is committed to setting the standard in the equine industry by engaging equine enthusiasts through worldclass competition, recreational activities, education and engagement of the next generation of participants and industry leaders.

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Karen at Tar Hollow. D Bar D was hot the first day to storms the last day. We all left before the storms hit which looked to be nasty. Judy, Deta and I had to drive in the down pours for a while but that is better than riding in it. The rain gods fell again on our Memorial Day weekend at Van Buren but many still day rode and a few camped. Diane, Deta, Jackie from Sandusky OHC and myself have entered the Emerald Necklace End to End Challenge and have done four of them so far. Lisa and Savanah have been out and about riding Garlo and White Star Park. The best thing at White Star I have noticed is riding to White Star Ice Cream and Cafe for nourishments. They have a good hitching area for your horses and a picnic table nearby so you can keep an eye on them. By next article we will have rode Elkins Creek, Otter Creek Park in New York and July 4 weekend at Van Buren. After that is Salt Fork July 1316 and East Fork Aug. 10-13. Well it is almost midnight and of course I am writing this on the fifth. Until next month have miles of smiles whatever you do. ~Barb Pushover50@aol.com July 2017

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Your Most Important Communication Device by Don Blazer Why is it these days that whenever a clinician tells a rider, “the most important way of communicating is….”—he or she always has a communication device to sell? Or “the most important means of communication is” some kind of training system the clinician is promoting. As a rider you are never going to need to buy ‘the most important communication device.’ You’ve already got it...it’s your weight. Your weight is the most important means of communication with your horse because it is always there. Your horse is constantly being influenced by your weight. Unlike the reins, you can’t let go of it. Unlike a bit, you can’t make it milder or stronger. Unlike your legs, you can’t remove it. You can’t tell your horse to ignore your weight. That’s impossible for him to do. Put it here, put it there, your weight is telling your horse something, and you had best hope it is the correct thing.

And if you understand that your weight is the most important communication device, you will quickly recognize that your weight can easily influence the horse’s entire body. Moved backward, your weight affects the hindquarters. Centered, your weight controls the central portion of the horse’s body. Moved forward, your weight affects the forehand. Your legs essentially control motion and direction, and can influence flexion, but don’t do much for the entire body. The reins and bit should tell the horse the frame in which you want your horse to maintain his body. The reins can also communicate direction. Beyond that, the reins and bit do little. Unfortunately the reins and bit are frequently misused as pain inflictors to get the horse to break at the poll, or lower his head position. The first element of training is communication, and that element is most affected by your weight. The second element of training is the understanding that all your horse’s action is initiated in the

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hindquarters. And that element too is very much affected by your weight. If you want your horse to move forward at the walk, you will begin your communication by telling the horse through the reins to frame himself with his body in its longest position. You will then ask with your weight and legs to have the horse’s hindquarters move the horse’s mass forward. The muscles of the hindquarters extend in response to the rider’s legs and weight, causing the horse to lose his equilibrium forward. The horse steps forward with a foreleg to catch the moving mass and rebalance. The horse is walking. Now if the rider’s weight is maintained in the center of the horse, the horse can walk a relatively straight line. If the rider shifts his weight to the right, for example, the horse is going to move to his right to rebalance the rider’s weight. The horse will begin the correction even before the rider gives any kind of rein cue signaling a change of direction. Move your weight forward and the horse will flatten and at the same time lengthen his stride. Move your weight to the hindquarters and discontinue all leg pressure and your horse will slow forward movement. To get the horse to break at the poll, the rider needs only to set a bit barrier by gently shortening the reins. With the barrier established, the

rider then uses his or her legs to squeeze the horse forward. The hindquarters move forward, the back rounds up and the horse breaks at the poll as a natural movement to remain in frame. The horse’s head position is again controlled by the motion of the hindquarters and the desired ‘frame.’ The head should never be pulled down to the chest by rein pressure. The head and neck are low and long by the establishment of a long frame, or the head and neck are elevated by a shortened frame. In either case, it is the horse’s hindquarters providing impulsion to round the horse and keep him within the desired frame which gets the result. Horses which hang or lean against the bit are horses being ridden by riders mistakenly attempting to control the forehand instead of the hindquarters. Control the hindquarters of the horse first, with the help of your most important communication aid, your weight, and everything in front of you will just about take care of itself. Take the online course ‘Training Performance Horses’—visit www. horsecoursesonline.com to earn certification as a horse trainer, riding instructor or stable manager, or work toward a Bachelor of Science degree in Equine Studies. All courses online.

Kentucky Horse Council Offers Geld, Feed, and Euthanasia Assistance Geld Voucher Program The Geld Voucher Program provides financial assistance to promote discriminate breeding practices by supporting the castration of male equines for Kentucky horse owners with limited finances. Qualifying Kentucky horse owners may be eligible for vouchers payable to the servicing veterinarian up to $135 per horse or $250 per family (multiple horses). Charges in excess of the voucher amount are to be paid by the horse owner to the veterinarian. Horse owners work directly with their veterinarian to have the geld service performed. The Equine Safety Net was established to assist those caring horse owners who have temporary financial setbacks (such as a job loss or medical incident within the past 6 months), and are having difficulties feeding their horses. The Kentucky Horse Council

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will feed up to two horses for 30 days, so that these individuals may consider alternatives for the horses, or get back on their feet financially. Applications for 30 day extensions are also considered. The KHC Euthanasia Program was established to ensure that aged, injured, or unwanted Kentucky horses whose owners could not otherwise afford the service, may be euthanized. Advance approval for the service is not necessary. In the event that a client needs a horse euthanized but cannot afford the service veterinarians may humanely end the equine’s life with confidence that the Kentucky Horse Council SoHo fund will reimburse the servicing veterinarian. For more information, or to apply for a program, visit www. kentuckyhorse.org. July 2017

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