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May 2017

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This month the Horsemen’s Corral once again welcomes a new club to our ever growing Corral Club group. The West Virginia Miniature Horse Championship is an organization dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of the miniature horse as a unique breed of equine. Their events are family oriented and for anyone interested in miniature horses. Look for them in the pages of this month’s Corral and read about their 6th Annual WV Miniature Horse Championship on June 17. Wendy Shaffer is our newest guest writer. Wendy is certified in The Masterson Method Integrated Equine Performance Bodywork (MMCP), which utilizes the horse’s body language correlating to her touch to release tension and stress.

This method restores normal range of motion in key parts of the horse’s body that most affect performance. We know MMCP works because a few years back, our beloved Morning Star took part in Jim Masterson’s demonstration and released more tension than a broken rubber band. Last month Wendy’s article was entitled “Is Your Horse Stressed Out?” If you didn’t get a chance to read her submission I encourage you to flip back through the pages of the April issue. This month Wendy’s article is called “It’s Not Just an Abscess”. Learn why the old saying “No hoof no horse” is so true. In terms we can easily understand, Wendy explains exactly what an abscess is, how it affects the structure of the hoof, and subsequently the rest of the horse’s body. Wendy tells us this is an example of how a primary issue in our equine partner can lead to secondary issues affecting his overall balance. I know you will find Wendy’s articles as interesting and informative as I did. Welcome to the Corral family Wendy and thank you for helping to make us the leading regional publication we’ve become over the past few years.

As many of our Corral club writers have mentioned, Equine Affaire was held in Columbus, Ohio, April 6-9. Although we didn’t have a booth this year our small staff made its rounds through the various buildings and barns meeting new people and visiting with old friends. I’d like to thank the many people who were so kind to let us know how much they enjoy reading the Corral. I really do love these four days in April and like many of you I’m excited to kick off my riding season with this cornucopia of clinics, competitions, demonstrations and of course shopping. I’m already looking forward to next year! And who knows; you may even see us back in a booth for 2018. It is said, “April showers bring forth May flowers” but May also is the kick off of to the Bull Riding season for Buckin Ohio. The

Horsemen’s Corral is proud to be a sponsor of this event once again this year. Buckin Ohio features Professional Bull Riding and Barrel Racing on the grounds of a working cattle ranch. If you live in our neck of the woods and have never attended, I encourage you to make plans to go. Buckin Ohio is located in Burbank, Ohio, easy to find and always a great time. Opening day is May 27 but the complete schedule is in this month’s Corral. Also, May 6 is the Finals of the Garwood Arena SEBRA Extreme Bulls and Barrels Winter Series. You can learn more about Buckin Ohio, Garwood Arena and SEBRA by visiting www. gosebra.com. Until next month,

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Rustic Camping Cabins Banquet Room • Weddings Indoor Arena • Bath House • Pool 2000 Private Acres of Trail Riding Overnight Trail Rides Cattle Drives • Train Robbery ***** Group packages available to churches, 4-H, family reunions, private events

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SEPT. 9

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IBRA/NPBA Series Sanctioned Show

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James & Donna’s Anniversary Celebration

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It’s Not Just an Abscess by Wendy Shaffer, MMCP Finding your horse three-legged lame can be quite alarming. Finding out that a hoof abscess is the culprit instead of possible fracture is quite a relief! Typically, once an abscess drains, improvements are instantaneous and full recovery appears to take place within a couple of days. This is great news compared to dealing with a fracture, but there really is more to it than that. The last time your horse, or one you know, suffered from a simple foot abscess, most likely there were no outward signs. Unfortunately a red warning light found on a hot stove top does not exist on our horses. There might be a slight increase in the warmth of the foot or a stronger digital pulse to indicate an ailment is present. Infections have the opportunity to cook for several days, allowing the pus to spread under the sole or up the hoof wall for weeks before lameness appears or the foul smelling grayish liquid starts to ooze out of the coronet band.

What is an abscess?

An abscess, as defined in the book, Lameness by Equine Research, is an accumulation of tissue fluid, white blood cells, cell debris, and bacteria. This accumulation happens when bacteria enters a damaged tissue, like a bruise on the hoof sole or hole in the hoof wall. This triggers an inflammatory response from the immune system to begin the healing process. White blood cells migrate to the invaded area and produce antibodies to destroy and expel the foreign bacteria and damaged tissue. Swelling from the increase in fluid surrounding the infection can be painful and limits the mobility of the injured area. Since the structure of the hoof does not allow expansion of

So if the primary issue is actually in the right hind, the left shoulder will develop tension and stress the midback. As a rider, you may feel what appears to be stronger trot stride on one diagonal. An abscess is one example of how a primary issue can lead to secondary issues throughout your equine partner’s body. There are many circumstances that can have the same affect or even greater. The next time your horse has a foot or lower limb injury, think about the horse’s behavior and movement before and after the discovery. Chances are primary and compensatory muscles will be in spasm and need assistance in releasing restrictions. Natural balance can be compromised and your horse may be predisposed to more injury.

Left: Left shoulder muscles more developed than the right shoulder. Right: Right hind limb issue corresponds with left shoulder development. swelling like other soft tissue areas of the body, separation between the sole or hoof wall and the pedal bone can occur. So how does this affect the whole horse’s body?

“No foot, no horse”

Everyone has heard the saying “no foot, no horse”, and there certainly is truth in those words. Foot conditions are among the most common causes of lameness in performance horses. Discomfort in any of the feet will cause the horse to tighten up their back, especially the loins, in an effort to make up for lost concussion (ability to absorb ground shock). Horses will try to shorten their stride in attempt to minimize the pain, but unfortunately, this action backfires

and increases the total discomfort level. When a forelimb is painful, the lower back muscles on the opposite side are recruited to compensate. For instance, if your horse is recovering from an abscess in the right front, he has been calling on the left lumbar muscles to make up the difference. This is an unnatural ‘way of going’ and can lead to muscle spasm and inflammation, depending on how long the infection has been festering. One possible sign that your horse has lumbar spasms present is if he holds his tail to that side. Any soreness present in one of the hind limbs will cause the muscles over the opposite scapula (shoulder-blade) to be recruited for compensation.

RESOURCES King, C., and Mansmann, R. (1997). Lameness, Recognizing and Treating the Horse’s Most Common Ailment. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press. Wyche, Sara. (1998). Understanding the Horse’s Back. Ramsbury, Marlborough Wiltshire: The Crowood Press Ltd.

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

Knox County Horse Park

Open House and Fun Show Coming Up in May PRESIDENT, Janis Constock-Jones; VICE PRESIDENT, Ken Niner; TREASURER, Pam Niner; SECRETARY, Courtney Letts. PHONE, 740/973-3059 WEBSITE, www.knoxcountyhorsepark.com

Well spring has finally arrived! With this warm weather we are also getting plenty of rain. With the arrival of spring the horse park is gearing up for our show year. We will be having some work days at the park to get it all cleaned up. Please watch your email and Facebook to 8

know when the work days will be happening. We will be having an Open House and a Fun Show on May 13. The open house will be going on at the same time as the fun show so please come out and join us for all the fun. The Fun Show will start at 10 a.m. The park will open at 8 a.m. that day. There is a rain date of May 20. The cost is $2 a class. Some of the classes will be Dollar Bill Ride with Saddle, Clover Leaf Barrels at a trot, Indiana Flags, Ride and Run, Pole Bending at a trot, Thread the Needle

at a trot, and many more. I hope that you can come out and join us for the open house and fun show. On July 9 we will be having an Arena Trail Challenge that will start at 12 p.m. The rain date will be July 16. Please watch next month’s article to find out more information. We have our monthly meeting on the first Saturday of each month at the Knox County Horse Park located at 7360 Thayer Road, Mount Vernon, Ohio. We start out with having a potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. and meeting to follow at 7

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p.m. All are welcome to come out and meet us. The meeting is held at our shelter house which is at the second driveway. As always all of our shows are open to the public and all are welcome. Please visit our new webpage at knoxcountyhorsepark.com or visit our Facebook page at KCHP (Knox County Horse Park) to stay updated on what is happening at the park. You can also email me for a membership application at kchpknoxcountyhorsepark@yahoo. com. ~Courtney Letts May 2017

May 2017

Feeding Transitions in the Spring

y horses claim about 10 of our 15 acres of land, which you’d think would be plenty for half a dozen horses. Our house, barns, arenas, offices, and a warehouse are squeezed into a corner of the property and the rest of the place is procured and manicured just for the horses. We have about 10 irrigated acres, which is like Park Avenue real estate in the West. But living in the high mountain desert as we do— even with irrigation water—it’s only enough pasture for what I fondly refer to as ‘recreational grazing.’ (Meaning, it doesn’t help my hay bill much, but it sure makes the horses happy!) Winters are long and hard here in the Rocky Mountains and the grass only grows from April through August. The rest of the year it is decidedly brown. Keeping the grass green is a challenge in this climate and horses are sure hard on the land. Keeping the horses healthy while eating that green grass is also a challenge and a labor of love. Come springtime, managing the pasture for the health of the fields while transitioning our horse’s diet from hay to green grass, without stressing their digestive health, requires some serious planning, as well as detailed execution. BABY GRASS IS DELICATE Horses’ teeth and hooves are not. While we may turn our horses out in the fields late in the winter before

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any new growth starts, and let them browse the dead grass, at the first sign of green shoots, the horses are eighty-sixed from the pastures. For the next month at least, until we can see the first signs of seed heads on the short grasses, we keep the horses totally off the fields. This allows a good head of growth in the pastures and will establish the grass for the whole summer. Horses will paw and dig and gnaw for the first delectable shoots of green grass and they are incredibly damaging to young grass. Keeping them off the fields early on makes the grazing last longer at the other end of the summer. OVER-EATERS ANONYMOUS Once the grass is healthy and ready for grazing, our focus shifts to managing the change in the horses’ diets from dry hay (almost a year old by now) to fresh green grass. Between over-eating and the drastic change to the horses’ delicate digestive balance, it pays to be very, very careful. My horses have access to an all-you-can-eat grass hay buffet, open 24/7. That way their digestive tract is always full—the way nature intended. When I am ready to start turning them out to the pasture, I wait until late in the day, when their bellies are already full and when the sugar content is low in the green grass. Our horses are programmed to come in the barn at night, so we’ll turn them out an hour before their

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bedtime. That way they only eat a bit and then they’re ready to come in at the normal time. Over the next 3-4 weeks, we’ll turn them out a few minutes earlier each day, as they gradually shift from mostly hay to mostly green grass diets. In colder climates like ours, early morning grasses can be hazardous to horses with metabolic issues, so in the spring and early summer, we avoid letting the horses into the fields before midday. During this time of transition, we are watching the horses closely for over-eating—as some will do— especially when they have been deprived of the delicacy for so long. We also keep the horses on heavier than normal doses of Proviable, a pro- and pre-biotic. This helps stabilize their digestive tract and is especially important when horses are undergoing any kind of stress— whether it is a change of diet or a road trip or arduous training. Since our horses are all in training—worked or exercised on a daily basis—I don’t really have any concerns about obesity. I find my horses are so much healthier and content when they have 24/7 access to a low-protein grass hay. While some horses might put on a little extra weight in the beginning, once they realize the food will always be there they slow their eating way down and go back to a healthier weight. As they switch to more and more green grass the horses will definitely put on a few pounds, but they also get a sheen to their coats and are happier. In nature, horses put on weight in the summer when the foraging is better, then they lose weight over the winter when it’s slim picking. Their biology is designed this way and this cycle triggers other things like shedding and ovulation. I want my horses to lose weight over the winter and put it back on in the

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summer. Some horses have major health issues related to obesity because they put on more weight every summer but never lose it in the winter. Consequently, they get fatter and fatter every year. The easiest time to get the weight off a horse is in the winter. KEEPING IT GREEN Our pastures require a fair amount of maintenance during the spring and summer. Early in the spring, before the grass starts growing, we drag/harrow the fields, to break up the manure clumps and pull out some of the thatch (and every five years or so the fields need to be burned off to get rid of the thick thatch). Since we spread the manure from the stalls and paddocks in the fields, the harrow helps break it up, providing a smooth layer of fertilizer to the grass. Recycling manure is great for the growth of the grass; adding a commercial fertilizer is even better, but much more costly. We start irrigating the pastures as soon as the snow melt starts and the ditches are running. We use flood irrigation—a manual process that involves damming the ditch and flooding the fields with water. We only have access to the water on certain days (since we share it with others), so our whole lives tend to revolve around irrigation days. Water is a big deal in the West; water rights are very valuable and never taken for granted. We have to work the water through the fields to make sure every nook and cranny is covered; the water is far too precious to waste even a gallon. We also mow our fields once or twice during the summer. Horses are very particular about the actual plants they eat, selecting the tender sweet grass and leaving the weeds and other kinds of grasses.

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Ohio Arabian & All-Breed Trail Riding Society

Horse Containment and Fencing 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 Considering a recent tragic event at an endurance ride and seeing a Facebook post of what could have been a devastating accident as well, I felt a brief article on safety was apropos. In speaking with a ride manager and asking what her safety concerns were at a ride, she had indicated horse containment and fencing. There are numerous ways to contain our horses, it is highly recommended that we practice with our horses at home respecting a smaller confined area. There is no fencing that is 100 percent guaranteed to contain our horses but as their humans we need to minimize any possible hazards to them and others. Fencing options and suggestions… please practice with your horse before heading to a ride. With any type of restraint or fencing always ensure horses have plenty of water, hay and frequently walking them. • Trailer Tying—ensure horses have just enough line to reach their head to the ground but not enough to get tangled up in the rope.

• Hi-Tie—this type of restraint is a different concept to horses and may take some time adjusting. With the restraint above their head you should look for any rope burns around their head and neck area. • Portable Panel Fencing—does provide a solid enclosure, allowing the horses more room to walk about. Please be respectful of others that need space as well, do not make the corral too large. It is recommended one horse per corral. Ensure that it is sturdy enough to withstand being rubbed on. • Electric Fencing—This too takes some practice at home. When horses get bit by the electric they will either jump back and remain within the fenced area or they will bolt through the fence to get away. Practice teaching them to respect the fence before camping. This type of fencing is easily torn down by a spooked horse, so limiting the size of the corral to allow one horse per corral with room to roll without getting bit by the electric and no more than two horses per roll of fencing will minimize the number of horses on the loose. Avoid using the side of the trailer as part of the corral, horses can cause damage to the trailer and most of all to themselves. The larger number of horses in one corral means a larger corral which increases the risk of accidents, lost horses and or fatalities. We may want to consider microchipping, electronic tag or some other means of

identification in case of an emergency. Consider corraling horses between trailers rather than out in the open. Horses have a fight or flight mentality so as their humans we must be their advocates during severe storms. We may want to trailer our horses during a storm to prevent injury to themselves or others. A scared loose horse can take out several corrals. Always be aware of the weather and your camp site, roll in your trailer awnings, remove canvas from pit/ camp awnings and check camp area for any possible UFOs that could cause a stampede. A little on trail safety, I saw a Facebook post that both scared me yet amazed me. A young lady by the name of Stevie Murray conditioning a young mare wanted to cut the distance and inadvisably went off trail. By doing so, she placed her mare and herself in danger. High weeds camouflaged barbed wire that ended up around all four legs of her mare. Stevie, feeling awful for putting her mare in danger, got her to stop bucking and calm down, Stevie could dismount, detangle the wire and her mare walked away with only superficial scratches. Had it not

been for Stevie training her horse to stand when scared and to give to pressure this could have been a totally different outcome. Going off trail places our horses and ourselves in grave danger; loose rock, cliffs (poor footing), wire, mud that can be like a quicksand, I could go on. Staying on the trail is vital especially on trails we may have never encountered before on a ride. Ride managers want to ensure the utmost safety of our horses and humans at their rides. Please refer to AERC.org for further education on camping at a ride or contact OAATS. org and we will be more than happy to help. Safe and Happy Trails!

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By mowing (with the blades set as high as they go) we chop off the weeds before they seed and the grass gets stronger. When you mow grass before it seeds out, it grows even harder, trying to get to seed. Keeping our fields mowed improves the growth and quality of the grass while discouraging the weeds. A LABOR OF LOVE Maintaining the pastures is a lot of work, but like most things in life, if it’s important to you it’s worth working for. Seeing the horses content in the field, basking in the sun and picking and sorting through the plants to find their little treasures more than makes up for the work we put into it. Seeing the shine and dapples in their coat that only green grass gives a horse pleases my eye and puts a smile on my face. There’s a reason why horse enthusiasts tend to be hard workers— it takes a lot of effort to keep horses happy and healthy! But the end result May 2017

makes me forget about the extra work and gives me the satisfaction of doing the best I can do for both the horses and the land. Enjoy the ride! —Julie Goodnight Trainer and Clinician ABOUT JULIE GOODNIGHT 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. HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

Ohio Haflinger Association

Successful Procedure after a Successful Equine Affaire PRESIDENT, Paul Sutton; VICE PRESIDENT, Stan Norris; TREASURER, Duane Stutzman; SECRETARY, Judy Winkler; EMAIL, info@ ohiohaflinger.com; WEBSITE, www.ohiohaflinger.com

by Mae Yoder I think it’s safe to say the OHA has another successful Equine Affaire in the books. We had 17 Haflingers attending along with lots of members helping out with demos, clinics, OHA booth or just wherever an extra hand was needed. Haflinger breed demos were held Thursday, Friday and Saturday where you could see them in each discipline: western, English, eventing, dressage, pleasure driving and marathon driving. The Golden Pony Express Drill Team performed their flawless routine for the crowd in a few of our breed demos. One of the highlights of the weekend came when Equine Affaire asked the OHA if we would like to join a local news station on ‘Good Morning Columbus’! Friday morning we all got up around 5 a.m. endured a bitter cold rainy

golf cart ride from the campground to the barn to shine up our horses for their pre-dawn ‘spotlight’. The news reporter even got the opportunity ride as a navigator for Heather Raw and Noble B S-SN on a fast ride through a cones course. Could we start out kinda slow then build up to the whole thing where I have to lean?” he said as they set out for a ride he likely won’t forget anytime soon! It was a long day but well worth the few hours of sleep. Friday afternoon Emily Hummel and her Haflinger gelding All American Ladd WRF competed against 25 other participants in the Versatile Horse and Rider Competition, they finished 9th overall and represented the Haflinger horse extremely well, we are so proud of them both! Congratulations on a job well done Emily and Ladd! A new event at Equine Affaire this year was ‘Time to Ride’ where you could sign up to either ride a horse or just learn all the basics from grooming to tacking up a horse. This event was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Cooper Arena. There were nine Haflingers and three Rocky Mountain Horses that took part in Time to Ride. For some riders it

was their first time ever on a horse to the first time in 20 years. I even had one who had a terrible accident 15 years ago and hasn’t been on a horse until they were on the back of my Haflinger on Friday! The look on their faces once they dismounted and went running back to their family and friends to tell them of the wonderful time they had riding “that sweet little Haflinger” brought a smile to your face! You didn’t have to hang around a long time to say it was a great success all around!! We also had a few OHA members ask trivia questions about horses in general to the crowd and with a correct answer you received some pretty cool prizes. Saturday throughout the entire day the Haflinger aisle was bustling and buzzing with people wanting to know more about our wonderful breed. Hopefully we have instilled a little bug of Haflinger love into each one of them! We came home around 10:30 p.m. Saturday night and went about unloading our horses and everything else but the kitchen sink we had dragged along when we noticed that our mare Glinda WHHF (who had not made the trip to EA) was the only horse not eating her hay. She hadn’t been in this condition for long as we had the ‘non-horsey’ part of the family tend to the barn chores at home and they hadn’t noticed anything wrong with her during evening chores. After some investigating we noticed she was very bloated and her muscles were quivering in what we assumed was pain. We all know that something must be pretty wrong if a Haflinger stops eating, so we immediately called our vet and within about 2 minuets after he arrived he had

diagnosed her with a partially twisted colon. Hearing this news at 11 p.m. after a long and sleepless four days was enough to make you fight the urge to just sit down and cry! We knew we had to do something for her immediately so our vet said we have two options; 1. load her on a trailer and take her down to Ohio State in Columbus (a long 45 minutes drive that we had just completed) right away for a very expensive surgery that may or may not work or 2. he will sedate her slightly so her muscles can relax and take away her pain along with getting some oils into her body with a tube through her nose while hoping her colon would ‘slip’ back into place. It seemed like a long shot but he informed us that he had heard of many surgery’s that were unsuccessful, we decided the more ‘common sense’ option was to ease her pain and try the oils. Our vet gave us about a 15 percent chance that she would survive the night but he said there is a chance and he advised us to give it a try if the mare seemed to be pain free. We put her back in her stall and checked on her hourly and every time she was resting comfortably in her stall and getting up to greet us as we got to her stall. By 6:30 a.m. she was up when we came to the barn and her bloating had almost completely disappeared and she was wanting something to eat! She is still getting better with each day but sure is nice to see that face feeling better. I have heard some horrible stories of twisted colon or twisted stomach and just thought the worst when I heard him say those words let alone at 11 p.m. on a Saturday night. Goes to show you it sure does pay to have a good vet and just how tough our little haffies can be!

Great Lakes Appaloosa Club

Some of the Finest Appaloosas to Compete at the 2017 Quadarama PRESIDENT, Todd Michael; VICE PRESIDENT, Patty McCartin; TREASURER, Patty Nye; SECRETARY, Melanie Dzek; CLUB WEBSITE, www. GLApHC.com

by Todd Michael Join Great Lakes Appaloosa for the 2017 Quadarama to be held at the University of Findlay’s Western Farm on May 20 and 21. 12

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You will see some of the finest Appaloosas in the country compete against each other in a multitude of classes, including our crowd favorite Stumps and Stakes events, horse against horse. Come visit and hang out with likeminded horse owners! May 2017

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Ride In Sync

What is a Well Trained Horse? by Terry Myers When I am referring to a well trained horse, I call it a ‘broke’ horse. Frequently what I call a broke horse and what others call a broke horse are two different things. I take in quite a few training horses. I have had times where the horse owner says, “they are really broke, they just need a tune up.” Then within the first few days the horse tries to bite me when saddling, won’t stand in cross ties, walks off when I try to get on, or even worse bucks or rears. So if you are buying a horse and you want a ‘broke’ horse, what should you expect? That answer varies from person to person (and trainer to trainer), but I will tell you what I think a well broke horse should look like. On the ground, I expect a broke horse to be able to stand tied or cross-tied…for as long as I need them too (so I can go eat my supper, come back out and they are waiting patiently). I have a tie mounted on the wall in each stall that allows horses to stand comfortably. After I work a horse and I pull the saddle, I

tie them in their stall for a period of time. That is their time to cool down and relax after their work out. It helps a horse develop patience while being tied. A horse needs to lead readily, with their throat latch at my shoulder and stop when I stop, without being pulled on. The horse needs to move with me and respond to my body. This is where your ground work comes into play. I also teach a send or go forward queue which comes in handy in a variety of situations, such a loading into a trailer or sending through a gate. In these situations, the horse understands that you are ‘sending’ them or telling them to move forward past you. Understanding the command or verbal queue “whoa” is extremely important. Whether on the ground or in the saddle, brakes are important. I teach whoa on the ground, which is beneficial in a huge number of situations; for example, I teach horses to ground tie. I begin to teach ground tying when I am done riding a horse; I have them ground tied in front of the tack room to have the

saddle pulled. While training to ground tie I use the verbal queue “whoa”. Two things are happening here that help train ground tying, the horse is tired and they feel rewarded when I pull off the saddle, and I am reinforcing the queue whoa. You should also be able to pick up all four of the horse’s feet, holding each for as long as is needed. Standing for grooming is also a necessity. When saddling I want a horse that will stand still. I am getting up there in age and don’t need a horse moving about when I am trying to heave up my heavy western saddle. When mounting, I don’t want to be chasing the horse in circles trying to get my foot in the stirrup (again, too old for that!). Control is key to a broke or welltrained horse. I want to have softness in the bridle, be able to move their hip, move their shoulders, bend their rib cage and pivot on the hind quarters or forehand. I also want to be able to ask for the horse to give me their face both laterally (give to side to side pressure) and vertical (bend at the pole). If I have all of these things I can push the horse into the bridle, have them lift their back, drive from behind and...voila...have collection. The end result is control of every part of the horse’s body and control of their feet me gives me direction and speed control. I can see that there may be some people who read this article and think that they don’t need this amount of training on the horse. Perhaps you ‘just’ trail ride with your horse. To me a trail horse should be highly trained to be able to deal with all the challenges and unexpected things that are found on the trail. If your horse has a deer jump out in front of them, don’t you want to be able to control their feet and control the intensity of your horse’s spook? Recently I had someone come from out of state to ride a young horse that I have for sale. To me, this colt is green broke. When the prospective buyer rode him she said he was much more trained than horses she

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Terry Myers had ridden at other barns that were said to be ‘broke and ready go.’ Even though my horse did really well for her, this rider was herself too green for my green colt. Since you all know that green on green makes black and blue, I told this buyer that my colt was not ‘broke’ enough for her. The reason I am writing this article is the hope that readers will raise expectations of themselves and their horses. If your horse does not have all or most of the things talked about here, then you have work to do to train your horse. Investing in learning how to teach your horse to be a ‘broke’ horse will provide you with a safer and more enjoyable equine partner. And if you are fortunate enough to have a broke horse, I hope you invest in keeping him that way. One final thing to remember… horses don’t make mistakes, people do. Terry Myers is a national clinician and champion horse trainer with a depth of knowledge developed from over 45 years in the horse industry. Myers has been a popular clinician at multiple expos in the U.S. and Canada. To learn more about Myers’ Ride-In-Sync Horsemanship methods as well as clinic and training services available, visit Myers at www.tmtrainingcenter.com and on Facebook.

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Classical Attraction Dressage Society

First Show and Two Clinics You Don’t Want to Miss PRESIDENT, Kelley Madick; VICE PRESIDENT, Patricia Herrick; SECRETARY, Claudia Grimes; EMAIL, cadsrider@gmail.com; WEBSITE, www.cadsdressage.org

by Kelley Madick Are you ready to show? The CADS show season kicks off on May 20 at Ridgewood Stables in Medina, Ohio. We have awesome judges and great staff to help you navigate your first show or get you ready for the ring. Don’t forget we now have Academy classes for youth and for adults. What’s that you ask? Academy riders are people who ride lesson horses only. This is an opportunity for those who don’t own their horses but want to ride and show. The Academy riders will have their own division for ribbons and year-end award. We hope to see a lot of new riders in this division. Remember you can ride classical or western or both. Don’t be shy join in the fun and be part of this great show and group! Entries are on the CADS website.

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June 3 and 4 CADS is proud to announce that Emily Brollier Curtis of Miramonte Equine in Lexington, Ky., will be the instructor at our clinic. The clinic will be held at Ridgewood Stables in Medina. Emily is a Grand Prix rider, trainer and an active FEI competitor. She is a USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medalist specializing in young horses and progression through the levels of dressage. I spoke with Emily and here is what she had to say about training and teaching dressage: What do you teach? Our members are beginners to level 1 and up. I teach all levels and I work with a lot of green riders. Do you focus on Classical only? We have several western riders. I’m very open minded. There are a thousand ways to get a job done. Do you prefer groups or one to one lessons? I don’t usually do groups. That gets confusing and overwhelming. I like to focus on the rider and horse in front of me. What do you do in your lessons? Tell me what your goal is. I will

assess your level of riding and horses ability. We will start with basics and then I will show you how to advance toward your goal. For an advanced rider, I will help you develop what skills you want to learn or what your horse needs to learn. I emphasize making sure the horse moves off the rider’s leg, the rider understand how to use aids, and help the rider understand how to teach the horse to bend. I can help riders with their positioning on the horse so that you are balanced and therefore your horse is more balanced. If you want to see Emily in action check out her website, www. miramonteequine.com or her Facebook page: miramonteequine. Cost is $95/ride per day. It is encouraged that you ride both days. Riders are scheduled on an individual basis for 45 minutes. Requests for ride times will be reviewed but not promised. Sign up forms are available on the CADS website. July 22 CADS is also welcoming Valorie Gill to Bridlewood Stables for a day of Western Dressage. Are you a beginner? Val can help you get started in western dressage. Are you

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an advanced rider? Val can help you work out the kinks or advance to the next level. Riders are one hour for $50. Group of two to three riders are accepted or get a private lesson. Val has been through the WDAA train the trainer course and is a local dressage trainer for both kids and adults. See her kids and horses at the first CADS show May 20. See Val’s website at www.thehideoutbarn.com. We are accepting sponsors for classes, shows and awards. See the CADS website for details. We will promote your business and you can help a great group of people and horses. Our show dates for the year are May 20, June 24, July 29, and Aug. 19. The Championship show will be on Sept. 16. A photographer will be present at the shows and food is available. Come down to Ridgewood Stables and join in on the fun. We are seeking volunteers for ring set up, runners, and office help. Remember you can earn your required hours for year-end awards or a good friend who volunteers can give you their hours. See you soon and always enjoy the ride!

Northern Ohio Dressage Association

Free Clinic, Recognized Shows and Scholarships PRESIDENT, Dee Liebenthal; VICE PRESIDENT, Christine Thompson; TREASURER, Nancy Danielson; SECRETARY, Patti Valencic. EMAIL, president@nodarider.org; WEBSITE, www.nodarider.org

by Dee Liebenthal Welcome spring! Don’t you think it’s time? There were days this past winter when we wished that the weather would just decide what to do —keep the warm days or send them away for good, and we spent most of the winter dealing with the mud that resulted from months of freeze/thaw conditions. What a mess! On the other hand, there is nothing like a trail ride when the weather is warm and sunny, or being able to give your horse a much needed bath in February. But spring is finally here, so let’s look forward. Here are some upcoming NODA events and reminders. There is a Free Clinic for NODA member Juniors and Young Riders on Saturday afternoon, May 20 at Lake Erie College Equestrian Center prior to the May 21 NODA Schooling

Show. NODA is hosting a free Tuneup Clinic for Juniors and Young Riders with Janeen Langowski-Grava featuring 30-minute private coaching sessions. There is a registration form available on the NODA website. We hope to put together more of these free events for our juniors with a variety of professionals. For more information, contact Ashley RandTorres, NODA’s Jr/YR Liaison at Jr-YR@nodarider.org NODA’s Recognized Shows: July 22 and 23 will be here before we know it. We have met with Chagrin Valley Farms and are working on addressing issues from last year. Our goal is always to make these shows a better experience for our competitors than the year before. We have a great lineup of judges: William Warren, Charlotte Trentelman, and Jeanne McDonald. Kevin Bradbury will again bring his expert management skills to the show. The complete prize list will be available soon. Schooling Show News: 2017 is shaping up to be another fun schooling show series at a variety of venues managed by a dedicated group of NODA volunteers. Gwen Samuels is ready to hit the ground

running as our new secretary. She will be working closely with Sally Burton, our now seasoned manager and chairperson. We are so excited to kick off our series May 21 at Lake Erie College Equestrian Center. Please take note that you must volunteer for four hours at a NODA Schooling Show in order to ride in the year-end Championship Show and get awards: NODA members need volunteer hours to apply for NODA year-end awards, and volunteers are needed at our schooling shows. A new Schooling Show Championship requirement has been added, effective immediately, that a minimum of four (4) volunteer hours must be earned at a NODA Schooling Show, in addition to the requisite qualifying scores. This new requirement is a win-win for NODA and NODA competitors. Change in NODA’s Professional Grant: Great news for any NODA Professional interested in furthering their education. At March’s Board meeting, we voted to raise the amount of each grant to $400. Instead of awarding five $200 grants, we can now award three $400 grants. Please check out the

NODA website Scholarships page for more information. It’s easy to apply, and the grants can go toward educational dressage event(s), such as the “L” program or trainer/ instructor programs. Scholarships for Jr/YRs and Adult Amateurs Available! Application deadline is Oct. 31. Check out the NODA website scholarships page for details about the available $250 scholarships. Scholarships awards announced at the annual banquet. Scholarship monies can be used for any clinic or lessons in the following year. A few reminders: Scholarships awarded at the November 2016 YearEnd Banquet expire Dec. 31, 2017. NODA membership required prior to earning competition scores for NODA year-end awards. New NODA Schooling Show Championship additional qualification. Effective 2017, NODA members must volunteer a minimum of four hours (one shift) at a NODA schooling show. If you are unable to meet this requirement, you may request permission to use a proxy. To find out more about NODA, please go to NODA’a website at www.nodarider.org.

How to Build a DIY Cowboy Dressage Court So you hear all these people talking about how much they like Cowboy Dressage. You see all the information is free on the website http://cowboydressage.com/images/ pages/competition/the-courts.html and you want to give it a try. But what about a court? No worries! You don’t need a fancy smancy dressage court, there are plenty of ways to build one at home. You need 20 markers with letters. Marker Ideas: cardboard boxes filled with sand, bales of shavings, five gallon buckets, cones, barrels, stumps of trees or cut wood from a fallen tree. Letter Ideas: use a Sharpie pen, duct tape can make your letters, spray paint and stencils can make great letters too. There are inexpensive vinyl letters on Amazon that do the trick in a jiffy. Want to go big or go home and build your own Challenge Court? Here you go! Use schedule 40 PVC/DWV or PVC pipe 3” in diameter. You’ll need 112 feet with 8 - 45 degree fittings and 4 - 90 degree and 2 - tees to make the E walker poles. Add caps if you like, 18 of them total. Cut all pipe to about 5 feet in 16

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length. PVC/DWV pipe is lighter in weight and has no enlarged end (couplers) built in. PVC pipe does, so if you PVC you’ll cut your pipes about 4’ 10” to remove the coupler. To see how to set it up visit http:// cowboydressage.com/images/pages/ competition/the-courts.html and you can download a PDF file. For more about Cowboy Dressage visit these websites: cowboydressage.com cowboydressageworld.com cdwpa.com, cdwna.com cdwelearning.com WHY IS COWBOY DRESSAGE SO POPULAR? Cowboy Dressage is revolutionizing the way people interact with their horses in the western communities. It provides an outlet for folks that embrace kindness in their horsemanship and gives them a place to showcase their endless endeavor of cultivating a good relationship with their horses. Cowboy Dressage is rewarding the art and beauty of riding with a soft feel partnership and celebrates the try in horse and rider. This community treats each other and their horses the way you would want to be treated. May 2017

Central Ohio Saddle Club Association

Certificates of Championship Awarded PRESIDENT, Jennifer Markley; VICE PRESIDENT, Shannon Dillinger; SECRETARY, Mandy Dacek; TREASURER, Theresa Whiteman; WEBSITE, www.coscaonline.com

COM program!) Two directors chairs were presented for the Supreme Certificate of Merit. Congratulations to Alexa Mier for earning 200 points in Youth Showmanship and Muscat Music for earning 200 points in Arabian Western Pleasure. We hope everyone who attended had a great time. As always, thanks to our

banquet chairperson, Karen Kline, for all of her efforts that make the annual banquet such an enjoyable night! COSCA is also holding a Scholarship Contest for 2017! Initial registration is May 1, 2017 and final paperwork is due July 1. This contest is open to graduating high school

seniors through seniors in college and applicants must have been active in COSCA in 2016 and be current members. More details are on our website, as are all of the forms. For more information, please contact Calean Hower or Michelle Gerzeny. See you at the shows!

by Mandy Dacek As this issue goes to print, the first COSCA show will only be days away! Hard to believe show season is upon us! Don’t forget to send in your membership as well as sign your horse up for year-end points! The COSCA Benefit Show is Memorial Day weekend at the Medina County Fairgrounds. The Benefit showbill is in the April issue of the Corral as well as on our website! We could really use some help keeping the show running: if you have any spare time or interest in helping man the gates or ringmastering, please contact any director! This is a great opportunity for anyone who needs service hours for school! We could also use class sponsorships. Class sponsorships are as little as $15 per class. We do have a tiered sponsorship program. For more details please see our website. Thanks to everyone who attended the banquet. It’s always neat to see everyone dressed up and not in their horse show attire! Some awards were presented at the banquet. Congratulations to the following horses who earned Certificates of Championship: Gothems Hero, Principles Are Good, MS Barred N Zipped, You’re Mya Fantasy, Orans Dante and Rocks N Rhythem. Congrats as well to Spencer Dillinger for earning his Certificate of Championship (Yes you can sign your horse and yourself up for our

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Corral Calendar MAY 2017 MAY 4-6 — KMSHA Spring Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-225-5674, www.kmsha.com. D z ϰͲϳ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ /,^ EĂƟŽŶĂů ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉƐ͕ Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 315682-1933, www.ihsainc.com. D z ϱ Ͷ ,ŽůŵĞƐ ŽƵŶƚǇ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ,ĂƌǀĞƐƚ ZŝĚŐĞ͕ ϴϴϴϬ ^ƚĂƚĞ ZŽƵƚĞ ϯϵ͕ DŝůůĞƌƐďƵƌŐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϯϯϬͲϲϬϬͲϬϰϴϯ͘ D z ϱͲϳ Ͷ ŽǁŐŝƌůƐ ĂŶĚ 'ƵŶƐ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ tĂǇŶĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϵϵ sĂŶŽǀĞƌ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϯϯϬͲϰϲϲͲϭϲϮϱ͕ ŶŽŽƵƚůĂǁƐΛ ŽƵƚůŽŽŬ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŶŽŽƵƚůĂǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 5-7 — Northern Kentucky Horse Network Derby Day Weekend, Annual Trail Ride, Midwest Trail Ride, Norman, IN. FMI: 812-8346686. D z ϱͲϳ Ͷ &ŽŽƚŚŝůůƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ Θ WŽŶǇ ƐƐŽĐ͘ 'ĂŵĞ Θ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ^ƵƌĞ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ,ŽƉĞ ĂŝůĞǇ͕ ϳϮϰͲϲϲϰͲϮϰϭϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 6 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Pleasure Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Katy Amstutz, 419-6517892, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. D z ϲ Ͷ :,W KďƐƚĂĐůĞ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ϴ͗ϯϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ :ĞŵŝůǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϲϵϵϵ KĂŬŚŝůů ǀĞ͘ E ͕ ůůŝĂŶĐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ,ĞůŐĂ͕ ϯϯϬͲϴϮϵͲϯϴϰϭ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ũĞŵŝůǇŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϲ 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.

MAY 6 — OHC Meigs Trade Day, 9 a.m. to ϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ Wͬ'ĂǀŝŶ ,ƵŶƟŶŐ Θ ƋƵŝŶĞ ƌĞĂ͕ ϯϬϮϮϱ ^ƚĂƚĞ ZŽƵƚĞ ϭϮϰ͕ >ĂŶŐƐǀŝůůĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ Dian McDaniel, 740-742-2320, dianmcdaniel@ yahoo.com. D z ϲ Ͷ ƋƵŝŶĞ ZĂŝŶĚƌŽƉ dĞĐŚŶŝƋƵĞ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ WƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ƋƵŝŶĞ >> ͕ ϭϳϴϬϱ sĞƌŵŽŶƚ ^ƚ͕͘ 'ƌĂŌŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ŚĂŶŶŽŶ͕ ϰϰϬͲϳϱϵͲϮϵϱϰ͘ D z ϲ Ͷ ZĞĂůŝƚǇ ƌĞĂŵƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ FMI: Karen Sarver, 740-385-3431, www. ƌĞĂůŝƚǇĚƌĞĂŵƐŚŽƌƐĞƐŚŽǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϲ Ͷ ,ĂƌƌǇ ,ƵŐŚĞƐ ŝƌĐƵŝƚ͕ ϱϱϲϯ tĂƚĞƌǀŝůůĞͲ ^ǁĂŶƚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ ^ǁĂŶƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ŝŵ ĂŬĞƌ͕ ϰϭϵͲϲϵϵͲϰϭϲϲ͕ ŚĂƌƌǇŚƵŐŚĞƐĐŝƌĐƵŝƚΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ www.harryhughes.org. D z ϲ Ͷ :ĂĐŬƉŽƚ ƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϴ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ĚĞŶ WĂƌŬ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ŽŵƉůĞǆ͕ ^ƵŶďƵƌǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ďƵĐŬĞǇĞĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĞǀĞŶƚƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϲ Ͷ ƵƚĐŚ ,ĂƌŶĞƐƐ Θ &ƌŝĞƐŝĂŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ĂůĞ͕ Dƚ͘ ,ŽƉĞ ƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ϴϬϳϲ ^Z Ϯϰϭ͕ DŝůůĞƌƐďƵƌŐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŚƵƌŵĂŶ͕ ϯϯϬͲϲϳϰͲϲϭϴϴ͕ ƚŚƵƌŵĂŶΛ ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϲ Ͷ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ĞƌďǇ͕ ŚƵƌĐŚŝůů ŽǁŶƐ͕ >ŽƵŝƐǀŝůůĞ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϱϬϮͲϲϯϲͲϰϰϬϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ŬĞŶƚƵĐŬǇĚĞƌďǇ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϲ Ͷ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ ϰͲ, dĂĐŬ ^ǁĂƉ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϰϮϭϱ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚ ZŽĂĚ͕ ZĂŶĚŽůƉŚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϯϯϬͲϳϭϱͲϮϯϱϳ͘ D z ϲ Ͷ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ZĂŶĐŚ ϮϬϭϳ KƉĞŶ WĂǇďĂĐŬ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϭ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϭϲϯ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ >ĂŶĞ͕ &ƌĂŶŬůŝŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϭϰͲϰϯϳͲϱϳϱϳ Žƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͘ D z ϲ Ͷ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ĞƌďǇ ŝĐĞ ZƵŶ͕ ϯϬϵ >ŽĐŬǁŽŽĚ >ĂŶĞ͕ &ƌĂŶŬůŝŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ZŽďŝŶ͕ ϴϭϰͲ 398-2686.

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ǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ĂƌƌĞůƐ Ͷ ^ƚĂƌƚ ƟŵĞ ϭϭ Ăŵ Ψϰ ;ϲϬ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ůŝŵŝƚͿ

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;Ϯ ƐĞĐŽŶĚ ƐƉůŝƚͿ ϮϬн ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ ΨϱϬ ĚĚĞĚ

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Ψϯ

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Ψϭϱ

ŝƌĞĐƟŽŶƐ͗ ϭ ŵŝůĞ ƐŽƵƚŚ ŽĨ DŝŶĞƌǀĂ ŽŶ ^ƚĂƚĞ ZŽƵƚĞ ϭϴϯ

Ψϭϯ

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;ϰ ŝĨ ŽǀĞƌ ϲϬ ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐͿ ΨϭϱϬ ĚĚĞĚ

ϰ͘ zŽƵƚŚ E , ϯ ĂƌƌĞůƐ

;ϭϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ ϮϬн ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ ΨϱϬ ĚĚĞĚ

ϱ͘ ^ĞŶŝŽƌ E , ϯ ĂƌƌĞůƐ

Ψϭϯ

;ϱϬ Θ ŽǀĞƌͿ ϮϬн ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ ΨϱϬ ĚĚĞĚ

ϲ͘ KƉĞŶ E , ϰ ĂƌƌĞůƐ ΨϮϬϬ ĚĚĞĚ ΨϮϯ &KZ DKZ /E&KZD d/KE͗ ;ϴϴϴͿ ϱϱϲͲϯϳϳϮ ͻ E , > ^^ ^͕ E , ZƵůĞƐ ǁŝůů ĂƉƉůǇ͘ 'ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ĨĞĞ Ψϰ ƉĞƌ ŚŽƌƐĞ͘ ͻ EŽ ƚĂďƐ͕ ĐĂƐŚ ŽŶůǇ ĨŽƌ ĞŶƚƌŝĞƐ͘ ϳϬй ƉƌŽŐƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ƉĂǇďĂĐŬ ĨŽƌ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ϭ͕ Ϯ͕ Θ ϯ ĂŶĚ ϴϬй E , ƉĂǇďĂĐŬ ĨŽƌ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ϰ͕ ϱ͕ Θ ϲ͘ ͻ ŶƚƌŝĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ǁŝůů ĐůŽƐĞ ǁŚĞŶ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ŚŽƌƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĂƚ ĐůĂƐƐ ƌƵŶƐ͘ KĸĐĞ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĐůŽƐŝŶŐ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ĐůĂƐƐ ϲ͘ ͻ Ψϯ ŽĨ ĞĂĐŚ ĞŶƚƌǇ ŝŶ E , ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉĂŝĚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ E , ĨŽƌ ĚŝƐƚƌŝĐƚ Θ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ͘ ͻ ΨϭϬ ŶŽŶͲŵĞŵďĞƌ ĨĞĞ ǁŝůů ĂƉƉůǇ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ E , ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ŝĨ ƉƌŽŽĨ ŽĨ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞĚ͘ DƵƐƚ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐŚŝƉ Ăƚ ĞŶƚƌǇ ďŽŽƚŚ͘ &ĞĞ ǁĂŝǀĞĚ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ƐŝŐŶ ƵƉ ƚŽ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌ ĨŽƌ ϭ ŚŽƵƌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͘

&Žƌ ^ŚŽǁ hƉĚĂƚĞƐ ǀŝƐŝƚ ǁǁǁ͘ZĂŶĐŚ ŝƚǇ͘ĐŽŵ Žƌ Ăƚ ŽƵƌ ƐƚŽƌĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ DŽŶ͘Ͳ&ƌŝ͘ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϱ Ɖ͘ŵ͘ ĂŶĚ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƐŚŽǁ ϭϮͲϯ Ɖ͘ŵ͘

ͻ WƌŝǌĞ ŵŽŶĞǇ ŶŽƚ ƉŝĐŬĞĚ ƵƉ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ ϭϰ ĚĂǇƐ ďĞĐŽŵĞƐ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚǇ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ͘ ͻ sŝŽůĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĚƌĞƐƐ ĐŽĚĞ ;ŶŽ ƚĂŶŬ ƚŽƉƐ Žƌ ďĂůů ĐĂƉƐͿ ƌĞƐƵůƚƐ ŝŶ Ă Ψϭϱ ĮŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĂǇďĂĐŬ ǁŝƚŚŚĞůĚ ƵŶƟů ƉĂŝĚ͘ ͻ ůů ĚŽŐƐ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ ŽŶ Ă ůĞĂƐŚ͘ /Ŷ ĐĂƐĞ ŽĨ ŝŶĐůĞŵĞŶƚ ǁĞĂƚŚĞƌ͕ ĐĂůů ďĞĨŽƌĞ ǇŽƵ ŚĂƵů͘ ͻ ^ŶĂĐŬ Ăƌ ĂŶĚ ZĞĨƌĞƐŚŵĞŶƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐͶEŽ ĂůĐŽŚŽů ďĞǀĞƌĂŐĞƐ ŽŶ ƉƌĞŵŝƐĞƐ͘ ͻ ^ƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ͛Ɛ͕ E , ͕ ^ƉŽŶƐŽƌƐ͕ Žƌ ƐŚŽǁ ĐŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ Žƌ ƐƚŽůĞ ƉƌŽƉĞƌƚǇ͘

D z ϲͲϳ Ͷ ůŝŶƚŽŶ ŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ͛Ɛ tĂůŬĂďŽƵƚ dŽƵƌ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϱ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ &Ăƌŵ ^ŚŽǁ ŽŵƉůĞǆ͕ ,ĂƌƌŝƐďƵƌŐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϴϴͲϮϴϳͲϳϰϯϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĚŽǁŶƵŶĚĞƌŚŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 6-7 — Jackpot Dressage Schooling Show, Eden Park Equestrian Complex, Sunbury, OH. FMI: Duane Stutzman, 740610-4129, horsejudge125@gmail.com, www. buckeyeequestrianevents.com. D z ϲͲϳ Ͷ KƩĂǁĂ ŽƵŶƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ &ƵǌǌǇ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ KƩĂǁĂ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ KĂŬ ,ĂƌďŽƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ƌŝĂŶŶĞ Mathews, 419-707-0398, briannemathews@ gmail.com, www.ochf.net. D z ϲͲϳ Ͷ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ t ZĂŶĐŚ͕ ^ǁĂŶƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ tĞŶĚǇ͕ ϰϭϵͲϱϵϰͲϮϵϲϴ͕ ƐƚĞƉŚĞǇΛƚĚƐ͘ŶĞƚ͘ D z ϲͲϳ Ͷ ^ƚĞǀĞ >ĂŶƚǀŝƚ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ dƌĂŝů KďƐƚĂĐůĞ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ,ŝŐŚŐƌŽǀĞ &Ăƌŵ͕ >ĂWŽƌƚĞ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ ϱϳϰͲϯϯϵͲϮϬϬϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐƚĞǀĞůĂŶƚǀŝƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϳ Ͷ ůů ƌĞĞĚ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ^ƉŝŶŶŝŶŐ tŚĞĞů &Ăƌŵ͕ /ŶĐ͕͘ ϲϴϭϬ ĂƌƌĞƩ ZĚ͕͘ 'ĞŶĞǀĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϰϰϬͲϴϭϯͲϮϱϬϮ͕ ĐŚĞƌϭϵϱϬϭϯΛ ŚŽƚŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐƉŝŶŶŝŶŐŚǁĞĞůĨĂƌŵŝŶĐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϳ Ͷ ϭϲƚŚ ŶŶƵĂů DĞĚŝŶĂ <ŝĚƐ ĂƌĞ ϰ DĞĚŝŶĂ ŽƵŶƚǇ ,ŽŵĞ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ĞŶĞĮƚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ DĞĚŝŶĂ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DĞĚŝŶĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϯϯϬͲϳϮϮͲϮϯϰϮ͕ ŵĞĚŝŶĂŬŝĚƐĐĂƌĞΛǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϳ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ^Ƶŵŵŝƚ ŽƵŶƚǇ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϮϮϵ ĂƐƚ ,ŽǁĞ ǀĞ͕͘ dĂůůŵĂĚŐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ĂŵĂŶƚŚĂ͕ ϯϯϬͲϵϱϴͲϬϬϮϳ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐƵŵŵŝƚĐŽƵŶƚǇƐĂĚĚůĞŚŽƌƐĞ͘ŽƌŐ͘ MAY 7 — Straight A’s Speed Show, 11 a.m., 2250 Alliance Rd., Malvern, OH. FMI: 888-5563772, www.RanchCity.com. D z ϳ Ͷ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ůƵĞ >ĂŬĞƐ &Ăƌŵ͕ EĞǁďƵƌǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϰϰϬͲϱϲϰͲϳϯϬϯ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ďůƵĞůĂŬĞƐĨĂƌŵ͘ŶĞƚ͘ D z ϳͶ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ &ŝŶĚ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͗ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ Horse Show. MAY 10-14 — Kentucky Spring Horse Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859233-0492, www.kentuckyhorseshows.com. D z ϭϭͲϭϰ Ͷ ůů ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ zŽƵƚŚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ KŚŝŽ ǆƉŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ŽůƵŵďƵƐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϲϭϰͲϲϮϬͲ 9784, www.aayhshow.com. MAY 12 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Contest Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ >ĞĂŶŶĞ >ŽƵŝǀĞ͕ ϯϯϬͲϴϰϰͲ 4041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. D z ϭϮͲϭϯ Ͷ dĂĐŬ Θ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ĂůĞ͕ Dƚ͘ ,ŽƉĞ ƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ϴϬϳϲ ^Z Ϯϰϭ͕ DŝůůĞƌƐďƵƌŐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŚƵƌŵĂŶ͕ ϯϯϬͲϲϳϰͲϲϭϴϴ͕ ƚŚƵƌŵĂŶΛ ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϮͲϭϰ Ͷ ĞŶƚƌĂů KŚŝŽ ZĞŝŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ZĞŝŶ Žƌ ^ŚŝŶĞ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽĚĚ <ŶĞƌƌ͕ ϲϭϰͲ ϳϳϴͲϱϭϯϮ͕ ƚĂŬŶĞƌƌΛĂƩ͘ŶĞƚ͘ D z ϭϮͲϭϰ Ͷ Z^dW ZĂŶĐŚ ^ŽƌƟŶŐ Θ WĞŶŶŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ :ƵůŝĞ͕ ϰϭϮͲ ϱϳϲͲϯϴϴϲ͕ ƐŽƌƚĂŶĚƉĞŶΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϯ Ͷ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ Θ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƵƐĞ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ Knox County Horse Park, 7360 Thayer Rd., Mt. Vernon, OH. FMI: www.knoxcountyhorsepark. com. D z ϭϯ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ƌŝĞ Ž͘ ,ŽƌƐĞ ĚǀŝƐŽƌƐ KƉĞŶ ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϱ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ƌŝĞ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ^ĂŶĚƵƐŬǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ĞƚƐǇ͕ ϰϭϵͲϱϳϯͲϵϲϭϰ͘ D z ϭϯ Ͷ tŝŶƚĞƌ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ ^ŚŽǁ Θ ĞŐŝŶŶĞƌ͛Ɛ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ůƵĞ >ĂŬĞƐ &Ăƌŵ͕ EĞǁďƵƌǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϰϰϬͲϱϲϰͲϳϯϬϯ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ďůƵĞůĂŬĞƐĨĂƌŵ͘ŶĞƚ͘ D z ϭϯ Ͷ ŽŽŬ &ŽƌĞƐƚ ŶŶƵĂů ,ŽƌƐĞ Θ dĂĐŬ ^ĂůĞ͕ ϭϲϲϭ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ůĂƌŝŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ƉĂƚƌĂŝůƌŝĚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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D z ϭϯ Ͷ ZŽĐŬǇ &ŽƌŬ ZŽĚĞŽ Ž͘ zŽƵƚŚ ZŽĚĞŽ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ EŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽŶǇĂ sĞŶŚĂŵ͕ ϳϰϬͲϯϱϬͲϬϬϮϳ͕ &ŝŶĚ ƵƐ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͗ Z&Z ƵůůĞƟŶ ŽĂƌĚ͘ D z ϭϯ Ͷ >ƵŬĞ ZĞŝŶŚŽůĚ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ^ƵŶƐĞƚ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ Θ dƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ &ĂĐŝůŝƚǇ͕ DŽŶƚƌŽƐĞ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ :ĞŶŶ ŶŐůŝƐŚ͕ ϲϬϳͲϯϮϵͲϲϳϮϭ͕ ƐƵŶƐĞƚƐƚĂďůĞƐĂŶĚƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐĨĂĐŝůŝƚǇΛǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϯ Ͷ ǀĞƌǁŝŶĚ ZĂŶĐŚ dĂĐŬ ^ǁĂƉ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ϭϱϴϳϭ ^ƚƵƌŐŝƐ ZĚ͕͘ hŶŝŽŶ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ 814-438-3903. D z ϭϯͲϭϰ Ͷ ^, K ŶŶƵĂů ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƐŚůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϮϬϰϮ ůĂƌĞŵŽŶƚ ǀĞ͕͘ ƐŚůĂŶĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŽŚŝŽƐĂĚĚůĞďƌĞĚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϯͲϭϰ Ͷ dŚĞ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ďǇ ^KY, ͕ tŽƌůĚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ tŝůŵŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŵĂƌŬŚĂƌƌĞůůŚŽƌƐĞƐŚŽǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϯͲϭϰ Ͷ ĞůŵŽŶƚ ŽƵŶƚǇ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď dƌĂŝů ZŝĚĞ͕ ŽŶĞ ŵŝůĞ ĂƐƚ ŽĨ DŽƌƌŝƐƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŚƵĐŬ >ŽŌŽŶ͕ ϯϬϰͲϮϴϭͲϵϵϮϬ͘ MAY 13-14 — Overnight Ride, Smoke Rise ZĂŶĐŚ Θ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͕ ϲϳϱϭ ,ƵŶƚĞƌĚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ 'ůŽƵƐƚĞƌ͕ OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www.smokeriseranch. com. D z ϭϯͲϭϰ Ͷ ϭϬƚŚ ŶŶƵĂů ƌŝǀŝŶŐ ,ĂƌŶĞƐƐ ůŝŶŝĐ ǁŝƚŚ 'ĞŶĞ ƌŽǁŶ͕ ĞĂǀĞƌ ZƵŶ ƌĞŶĂ͕ 3460 Rt. 410, Punxsutawney, PA. FMI: Pam, 814-246-8221. D z ϭϰ Ͷ DŽƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĂǇ ĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ZŝĚĞƐ͕ ϭϭ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ĚƵƐŬ͕ 'ĞŶĞǀĂ ^ƚĂƚĞ WĂƌŬ͕ 'ĞŶĞǀĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ƉŝŶŶŝŶŐ tŚĞĞů &Ăƌŵ͕ /ŶĐ͕͘ ϰϰϬͲ ϴϭϯͲϮϱϬϮ͕ ĐŚĞƌϭϵϱϬϭϯΛŚŽƚŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐƉŝŶŶŝŶŐŚǁŚĞĞůĨĂƌŵŝŶĐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϰ Ͷ dƌŝƉůĞ ,ĞĂƌƚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϮϰϬϳϯ :ŝŵ dŽďŝŶ >ĂŶĞ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ >Ğ^ƵĞƌ͕ ϴϭϰͲϱϳϯͲϳϭϲϯ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƚƌŝƉůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ǁĞĞďůǇ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϰ Ͷ DŽƚŚĞƌ͛Ɛ ĂǇ ĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ KƉĞŶ ^ĐŚŽŽůŝŶŐ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ůůĞŶ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϮϳϮϲ ĂƌƌŽůů ZĚ͕͘ &Žƌƚ tĂǇŶĞ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ >ŝƐĂ͕ ϮϲϬͲϳϰϬͲϴϯϭϯ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĂůůĞŶĐŽϰŚŚŽƌƐĞŶƉŽŶǇ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϲͲϮϭ Ͷ DĂǇ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ZŝĚĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌŝŶŐ :ŽŚŶ >ǇŽŶƐ͕ ŽŽŬ &ŽƌĞƐƚ ^ĐĞŶŝĐ dƌĂŝůƌŝĚĞ͕ ƵĚĞ ZĂŶĐŚ͕ ,ŽƌƐĞ ĂŵƉŐƌŽƵŶĚ͕ ϭϲϲϭ ^ĐŽƩ ƌŝǀĞ͕ ůĂƌŝŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ƉĂƚƌĂŝůƌŝĚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϳͲϮϭ Ͷ ^KY, ͞dŚĞ DĂĚŶĞƐƐ͕͟ tŽƌůĚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ tŝůŵŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐŽƋŚĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 19 — Rod’s Western Palace Trunk Show, 6 p.m., 3099 Silver Drive, Columbus, OH. FMI: 614-268-8200, www.rods.com. D z ϭϵ Ͷ DŝŶŝ ,ŽƌƐĞ Θ ŽŶŬĞǇ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ,ĞŝĚŝ ŽůĞ͕ ϳϮϰͲϴϮϮͲϴϰϭϯ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϵ Ͷ d/:K ^ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϲϱ ,ĂƩŽŶ ZŽĂĚ͕ tŝŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϵϯϳͲϱϭϬͲ 1247. MAY 19-21 — Tri-Co Trails Spring Ride Weekend, 2662 Downing St. SW, East Sparta, OH. FMI: Ellen Van Pelt, 330-323-2834, www. tri-cotrails.com. D z ϭϵͲϮϭ Ͷ 'ƌĞĂƚ >ĂŬĞƐ ƌĞĂ ƌŝǀŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ƌŝǀŝŶŐ dƌŝĂů͕ tŝŶĚǇ <ŶŽůů &Ăƌŵ͕ ^ƵůůŝǀĂŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ƚĂĐĞǇ 'ŝĞƌĞ͕ ϰϰϬͲϮϵϮͲϳϭϵϴ͘ D z ϭϵͲϮϭ Ͷ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ƉƉůĞ ůŽƐƐŽŵ ůĂƐƐŝĐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ D^h WĂǀŝůŝŽŶ͕ ĂƐƚ >ĂŶƐŝŶŐ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ DĂƌŬ ZƵƐƐĞůů͕ ϱϭϳͲϲϱϱͲϰϳϭϮ͕ ƌƚƌĂŝŶĐƚΛĂŽů͘ ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƌƵƐƐĞůůƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϭϵͲϮϭ Ͷ 'ŝĚĚǇ hƉ ĂůƐ 'ŝƚͲ ͲtĂǇ tĞĞŬĞŶĚ͕ ůĂĐŬǁĞůů ,ŽƌƐĞ ĂŵƉ͕ ,ŽŽƐŝĞƌ EĂƟŽŶĂů &ŽƌĞƐƚ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ ĂŶŶĂǌƵƉĂŶĐŝĐΛĂŽů͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 20 — Northern Kentucky Horse Network /ŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů ƌŝůů dĞĂŵ ŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ 9:30 a.m., 100 Fairgrounds Rd., Alexandria, KY. FMI: Jim Mayer, 859-496-4976, jimwmayer@ yahoo.com.

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Geauga Horse & Pony Association

2017 OPEN HORSE SHOWS OPEN RING - EAST SHOW RING Sunday, May 28

Shawn Alter

Sunday, June 4

Makena Lawrence

Sunday, June 18

Tammy Lickliter

Sunday, July 9

Phil Harstine

Sunday, July 23

Tammy Braham

Sunday, August 6 Dawn Kreakie Contest Entry Fee and Paybacks: $7 per class with an 80% payback per class ŽŶƚĞƐƟŶŐ dŝŵŝŶŐ &ĞĞ͗ $2 per horse per show Regular Class Entry Fee: $6 per class or $50 Show ůů ĂǇ ;ƐĂŵĞ ŚŽƌƐĞ͕ ƐĂŵĞ ƌŝĚĞƌͿ Regular Class Paybacks: 1st-$7, 2nd $5, 3rd-$3, GHPA bucks for 4th & 5th Jackpot Open Ring Classes: $10 entry fee with 80% payback KĸĐĞ &ĞĞ͗ $3 per exhibitor

3 Daily High Points (Ranch, Youth Open, Adult Open) :ĂĐŬƉŽƚ ĂŶĚ ĚƵůƚ tͬd ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ĚŽ EKd count towards daily high point awards.

Geauga County Fairgrounds — Burton, Ohio June 4, 2017 • 8:00 A.M. 4th Annual GHPA AQHA /ŶƚƌŽĚƵĐƚŽƌǇ ^ŚŽǁ

1. Key Hole 2. Stakes 3. 3D Open Poles ϯ ͘ KƉĞŶ WŽůĞƐ ǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ 4. 3D Open Cloverleaf Barrels 4A. Open Cloveleaf Barrels ǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ BRIEF INTERMISSION TO DRAG THE RING ϱ͘ ',W ZĂŶĐŚ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƩĞƌŶ 5A. PATTERSON FRUIT FARM Jackpot Ranch ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƩĞƌŶ ;ƌƵŶ ĐŽŶĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ǁŝƚŚ ',W Ranch) ($50 Added) 6. GHPA Ranch Horse Rail ϳ͘ zŽƵƚŚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϭϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ ϴ͘ ĚƵůƚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϭϵ Θ ŽǀĞƌͿ ϵ͘ ',W ZĂŶĐŚ ŽŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ Ăƚ ,ĂůƚĞƌ — INTERMISSION — 10. Open Hunter Under Saddle 10A. WAHL Jackpot Hunter Under Saddle ;ƌƵŶ ĐŽŶĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ǁŝƚŚ KƉĞŶ ,h^Ϳ ($50 Added) ϭϭ͘ zŽƵƚŚ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ hŶĚĞƌ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ;ϭϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ ϭϮ͘ ĚƵůƚ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ hŶĚĞƌ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ;ϭϵ Θ ŽǀĞƌͿ ϭϯ͘ zŽƵƚŚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ;ϭϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ ϭϰ͘ ĚƵůƚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ;ϭϵ Θ ŽǀĞƌͿ — INTERMISSION — 30 MINUTES ϭϱ͘ zŽƵƚŚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϭϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ

(to run concurrently) sŝƐŝƚ ǁǁǁ͘ŐŚƉĂ͘ƵƐ ĨŽƌ ƐŚŽǁďŝůů Θ ĚĞƚĂŝůƐ͊ ϭϲ͘ ĚƵůƚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϭϵ Θ ŽǀĞƌͿ ϭϳ͘ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϰϬ Θ ŽǀĞƌͿ 18. Open Horse Halter — INTERMISSION — ϭϵ͘ ZĂŶĐŚ dƌĂŝů ϮϬ͘ KƉĞŶ dƌĂŝů 21. Discipline Rail English or Western ϮϮ͘ ĚƵůƚ tͬd tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉͬ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ; ĚƵůƚ ŶŽƚ ƐŚŽǁŝŶŐ ŝŶ ĐĂŶƚĞƌ ĐůĂƐƐ Ăƚ ĂŶǇ ',W ƐŚŽǁͿ Ϯϯ͘ zŽƵƚŚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϭϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ Ϯϰ͘ ĚƵůƚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϭϵ Θ ŽǀĞƌͿ 25. Open Western Riding 26. Open Western Pleasure 26A. BUCKEYE FEED Jackpot Western Pleasure ;ƌƵŶ ĐŽŶĐƵƌƌĞŶƚůǇ ǁŝƚŚ KƉĞŶ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ Pleasure) ($50 Added) Ϯϳ͘ ĚƵůƚ tͬd tĞƐƚĞƌŶ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞͬ ŶŐůŝƐŚ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ (Adult not showing in any canter class at a ',W ƐŚŽǁͿ Ϯϴ͘ EŽŶͲWƌŽ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ Ϯϵ͘ zŽƵƚŚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ;ϭϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ ϯϬ͘ ĚƵůƚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ;ϭϵ Θ ŽǀĞƌͿ

SMALL GRANDSTAND RING • WALK-TROT-NOVICE RING • 9:00 A.M. Sunday, May 28

Lisa Miller

Sunday, June 4

Dennis Clement

Sunday, June 18

Jim Bower

Sunday, July 9

Sherry Napier

Sunday, July 23

Aubrey Braham

Sunday, August 6 Amber Wise Regular Class: $6 per class or $50 Show All Day ;ƐĂŵĞ ŚŽƌƐĞ͕ ƐĂŵĞ ƌŝĚĞƌͿ KĸĐĞ &ĞĞ͗ $3.00 per exhibitor Awarding 1st through 6th 3 DAILY HIGH POINTS: W/T 9 & under, W/T 10-18, Novice ** ALL CLASSES IN THIS RING ARE AGE 18 & UNDER except for classes 42 & 43. ** Classes 42 & 43 do NOT count toward daily high point.

ϯϭ͘ ϯϮ͘ ϯϯ͘ ϯϰ͘ ϯϱ͘ ϯϲ͘ ϯϳ͘ ϯϴ͘ ϯϵ͘ ϰϬ͘ ϰϭ͘

ϰϮ͘ ϰϯ͘ ϰϰ͘ ϰϱ͘ ϰϲ͘

tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϵ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϭϬͲϭϴͿ EŽǀŝĐĞ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ;ϵ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ;ϭϬͲϭϴͿ EŽǀŝĐĞ ŶŐůŝƐŚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ;ϵ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ ŶŐůŝƐŚ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ;ϭϬͲϭϴͿ EŽǀŝĐĞ ŶŐůŝƐŚ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ >ĞĂĚ >ŝŶĞ ;ϲ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ >ŝƩůĞ &ƌŝĞƐ ;ϲ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƌŝĚĞƌƐ ŽŶůǇ͕ ŶŽƚ ĞůŝŐŝďůĞ ŝŶ ǁĂůŬ ƚƌŽƚ ϵ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ — INTERMISSION — KW E DŝŶŝ Ăƌƚ ůĂƐƐ ;Ăůů ĂŐĞƐͿ KW E WŽŶǇ ĂŶĚ DŝŶŝ ,ĂůƚĞƌ ;Ăůů ĂŐĞƐͿ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚͬEŽǀŝĐĞ ,ĂůƚĞƌ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϵ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϭϬͲϭϴͿ

ϰϳ͘ EŽǀŝĐĞ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ — 30 MINUTE INTERMISSION — ϰϴ͘ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ dƌĂŝů ;ϵ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ ϰϵ͘ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ dƌĂŝů ;ϭϬͲϭϴͿ ϱϬ͘ EŽǀŝĐĞ dƌĂŝů ϱϭ͘ EŽǀŝĐĞ ŝƐĐŝƉůŝŶĞ ZĂŝů ůĂƐƐ ϱϮ͘ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϵ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ ϱϯ͘ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ;ϭϬͲϭϴͿ ϱϰ͘ EŽǀŝĐĞ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ϱϱ͘ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ;ϵ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ ϱϲ͘ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ;ϭϬͲϭϴͿ ϱϳ͘ EŽǀŝĐĞ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ϱϴ͘ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ ĂƌƌĞůƐ ;ϭϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ ϱϵ͘ EŽǀŝĐĞ ĂƌƌĞůƐ ϲϬ͘ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ Θ EŽǀŝĐĞ 'ŽůĨ Ăůů Θ ^ƉŽŽŶ ;ϭϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ Ͷ EŽ ĂŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ ϲϭ͘ tĂůŬ dƌŽƚ Θ EŽǀŝĐĞ &ĂŶŶǇ ZĂŶĐĞ ;ϭϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌͿ Ͷ EŽ ĂŶƚĞƌŝŶŐ

ůŝƐƚ ŽĨ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ ĐŽƵŶƟŶŐ ƚŽǁĂƌĚ ĚĂŝůǇ ŚŝŐŚƉŽŝŶƚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƉŽƐƚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĂǀĂŝůĂďůĞ ŝŶ ĞŶƚƌǇ ďŽŽƚŚ͘ ŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƌ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŐŚƉĂ͘ƵƐ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƌƵůĞƐ͕ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ƋƵĂůŝĨǇ ĨŽƌ ǇĞĂƌͲĞŶĚ ĂǁĂƌĚƐ͊ tͬd ŽŶůǇ ƌŝĚĞƌƐ ŵĂǇ ŶŽƚ ĐĂŶƚĞƌ ĂŶǇǁŚĞƌĞ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ďĞĨŽƌĞ Žƌ ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ͘ ',W ƐŚŽǁƐ ĂƌĞ WĂŝŶƚ ůƚĞƌŶĂƟǀĞ ŽŵƉĞƟƟŽŶ ;W Ϳ ĂƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ͘

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Corral Calendar Continued from page 18 D z ϮϬ Ͷ ůĂƐƐŝĐĂů ƩƌĂĐƟŽŶ ƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ ^ŽĐŝĞƚǇ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ZŝĚŐĞǁŽŽĚ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ DĞĚŝŶĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ĐĂĚƐƌŝĚĞƌΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐĂĚƐĚƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ͘ ŽƌŐ͘ D z ϮϬ Ͷ KƉĞŶ ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ ĞŶĞĮƚ ĨŽƌ 'ƌĂĐŝĞ 'ŝůĞƐ͕ ϭϮ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ,ƵƌŽŶ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ EŽƌǁĂůŬ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ĂƌŽů͕ ϰϭϵͲϲϴϭͲϬϭϲϴ͘ D z ϮϬ Ͷ dƌŝƉůĞ ,ĞĂƌƚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ ϭ ĂǇ &ŝŶĚŝŶŐ zŽƵƌ ĂůĂŶĐĞ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ϮϰϬϳϯ :ŝŵ dŽďŝŶ >ĂŶĞ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ >Ğ^ƵĞƌ͕ ϴϭϰͲϱϳϯͲϳϭϲϯ͕ ĂĂůĞƐƵĞƌΛǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƚƌŝƉůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ǁĞĞďůǇ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϬ Ͷ tĂǇŶĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď KƉĞŶ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ WŽŝŶƚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϰϮϬϬ KǀĞƌƚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ZĂĐŚĂĞů ĚĂŵƐŽŶ͕ ϰϭϵͲϲϬϲͲ ϵϳϭϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ǁĂǇŶĞĐŽƵŶƚǇƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϬ Ͷ dŚĞ ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƵĞƐ͗ ϳ ůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ǀĞƌǇ ^ŝŐŶĂů ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ϭͲϰ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ tŝŶĮĞůĚ &Ăƌŵ Θ &ŽƌŐĞ͕ ϯϰϯϰϮ >Ăǁ ZŽĂĚ͕ 'ƌĂŌŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ^ĂƌĂŚ sĂƐ͕ ϯϯϬͲϳϲϬͲϭϲϮϯ͘ D z ϮϬ Ͷ ,ĂƌƌǇ ,ƵŐŚĞƐ ŝƌĐƵŝƚ͕ ϱϱϲϯ tĂƚĞƌǀŝůůĞͲ^ǁĂŶƚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ ^ǁĂŶƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ŝŵ ĂŬĞƌ͕ ϰϭϵͲϲϵϵͲϰϭϲϲ͕ ŚĂƌƌǇŚƵŐŚĞƐĐŝƌĐƵŝƚΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŚĂƌƌǇŚƵŐŚĞƐ͘ŽƌŐ͘ D z ϮϬ Ͷ ZŽĐŬǇ &ŽƌŬ ZŽĚĞŽ Ž͘ zŽƵƚŚ ZŽĚĞŽ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ EŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽŶǇĂ sĞŶŚĂŵ͕ ϳϰϬͲϯϱϬͲϬϬϮϳ͕ &ŝŶĚ ƵƐ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͗ Z&Z ƵůůĞƟŶ ŽĂƌĚ͘ D z ϮϬ Ͷ tĂůŬŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ &ůŝŶŐ ^ĐŚŽŽůŝŶŐ ^ŚŽǁ͕ 'ĞŶĞƐĞĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ ƵŵŵŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ Dƚ͘ DŽƌƌŝƐ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ 'ĂǇůĞ͕ ϳϯϰͲϲϰϲͲϯϯϳϯ͘ D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ Ϯ ĂǇ ZĂŶĐŚ ZŝĚŝŶŐͬZĂŶĐŚ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ dĞƌƌǇ DǇĞƌƐ dƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ KƐƚƌĂŶĚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϳϰϬͲϲϲϲͲϭϭϲϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ dDdƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͘ĐŽŵ͘

D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ WŝŶƚŽ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ KŚŝŽ ^ƵŵŵĞƌ tĂƌŵ hƉ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϴ͗ϯϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ &ƵůƚŽŶ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϴϱϭϰ ^Z ϭϬϴ͕ tĂƵƐĞŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŵǇ͕ ϰϭϵͲϳϬϲͲϲϭϯϱ͕ ůĞŝďŽůĚϭϬϰϯΛ ǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŽŚŝŽƉŝŶƚŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ >ĂŬĞ ƌŝĞ DŽƵŶƚĞĚ sĂƋƵĞƌŽƐ Žůƚ ͘ϰϱ / Θ //͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ƐŚƚĂďƵůĂ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϬϳ WŽƉůĂƌ ^ƚ͕͘ :ĞīĞƌƐŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ůĂŬĞĞƌŝĞŵŽƵŶƚĞĚǀĂƋƵĞƌŽƐ͘ŶĞƚ͘ D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ 'ƌĞĂƚ >ĂŬĞƐ ƉƉĂůŽŽƐĂ YƵĂĚĂƌĂŵĂ͕ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ ŽĨ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽĚĚ DŝĐŚĂĞů͕ ϰϭϵͲϯϬϲͲϮϮϱϵ͕ ƚŵĐŽǁďŽǇΛĂŽů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŐůĂƉŚĐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ :ƵůŝĞ 'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ tŝůůŽǁ ƌŽŽŬ &ĂƌŵƐ͕ EŽƌƚŚĂŵƉƚŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϬϬͲϮϮϱͲ ϴϴϮϳ͕ ǁǁǁ͘:ƵůŝĞ'ŽŽĚŶŝŐŚƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ ^ƚĞǀĞ >ĂŶƚǀŝƚ /ŶƚĞƌŵĞĚŝĂƚĞͬ ĚǀĂŶĐĞĚ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ,ŝŐŚŐƌŽǀĞ &Ăƌŵ͕ >ĂWŽƌƚĞ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ ϱϳϰͲϯϯϵͲϮϬϬϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƐƚĞǀĞůĂŶƚǀŝƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ EĂƟŽŶĂů >ŝƩůĞ ƌŝƚĐŚĞƐ ZŽĚĞŽ ƐƐŽĐ͘ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ dŽŵ͛Ɛ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ^ƚŽƌĞ͕ KǀŝĚ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ŝŶĨŽΛŶůďƌĂŽĨŵŝ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŶůďƌĂŽĨŵŝ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ Θ EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ WŽŶǇ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ ϮϬϭϳ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŚƌŝƐ͕ ϵϯϳͲϮϭϴͲϬϲϴϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐŽƋƉĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϬͲϮϭ Ͷ E , ͕ / Z ͕ EW ĂƌƌĞů Θ WŽůĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ >ŝƐĂ͕ ϳϮϰͲ ϯϯϯͲϮϵϴϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z Ϯϭ Ͷ KǀĞƌ dŚĞ ,ŝůů &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ƉŝŶŶŝŶŐ tŚĞĞů &Ăƌŵ͕ /ŶĐ͕͘ ϲϴϭϬ ĂƌƌĞƩ ZĚ͕͘ 'ĞŶĞǀĂ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϰϰϬͲϴϭϯͲϮϱϬϮ͕ ĐŚĞƌϭϵϱϬϭϯΛŚŽƚŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐƉŝŶŶŝŶŐŚǁŚĞĞůĨĂƌŵŝŶĐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

D z Ϯϭ Ͷ KE^, ͬE , ^ƉƌŝŶŐ dƵŶĞ hƉ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ƵĐŬĞǇĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ĂŶĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ >ŽƌƌĂŝŶĞ >ŝŶƚŽŶ͕ ϯϯϬͬϮϴϱͲϮϵϬϮ͘ D z Ϯϭ Ͷ d/:K ^ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϲϱ ,ĂƩŽŶ ZŽĂĚ͕ tŝŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϵϯϳͲϱϭϬͲ ϭϮϰϳ͘ D z Ϯϭ Ͷ ^ƚƌĂŝŐŚƚ ͛Ɛ ^ƉĞĞĚ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϭ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϮϮϱϬ ůůŝĂŶĐĞ ZĚ͕͘ DĂůǀĞƌŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϴϴϴͲϱϱϲͲ ϯϳϳϮ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ZĂŶĐŚ ŝƚǇ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z Ϯϭ Ͷ ^ŵŽŬĞ ZŝƐĞ ZĂŶĐŚ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϲϳϱϭ ,ƵŶƚĞƌĚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ 'ůŽƵƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϳϰϬͲϳϲϳͲ ϮϲϮϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƐŵŽŬĞƌŝƐĞƌĂŶĐŚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z Ϯϭ Ͷ ,ŝŐŚ ,ŽƉĞ ^ƚĞĞƉůĞĐŚĂƐĞ͕ ϭϭ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϴ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϴϱϵͲϵϲϳͲϵϰϰϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŚŝŐŚŚŽƉĞƐƚĞĞƉůĞĐŚĂƐĞ͘ ĐŽŵ͘ D z Ϯϭ Ͷ ^ƚŽŶǇďƌŽŽŬ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď͛Ɛ :ƵĚŐĞĚ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ dƌĂŝů ZŝĚĞ͕ ϵ͗ϯϬ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϱ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ EŽƌƚŚŵŽƌĞůĂŶĚ WĂƌŬ͕ ϮϴϬ DĂƌŬůĞ ZĚ͕͘ ƉŽůůŽ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ƐƚŽŶǇďƌŽŽŬƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϭͲϮϮ Ͷ ZŝĚĞ tĞůů ůŝŶŝĐ͕ EĞǁƚŽǁŶ ^ƋƵĂƌĞ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϬϬͲϱϬϯͲϮϴϮϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ >ǇŶŶWĂůŵ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϭͲϮϮ Ͷ ZŝĚĞ tĞůů ůŝŶŝĐ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϴϬϬͲϱϬϯͲϮϴϮϰ͕ ǁǁǁ͘>ǇŶŶWĂůŵ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϱͲϮϴ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ƵĐŬĞǇĞ ZĞŝŶŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ^ƉƌŝŶŐĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ďƵĐŬĞǇĞƌĞŝŶŝŶŐƐĞƌŝĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z Ϯϲ Ͷ tĂǇŶĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď KƉĞŶ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ϰϮϬϬ KǀĞƌƚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ >ĞĂŶŶĞ >ŽƵŝǀĞ͕ ϯϯϬͲϴϰϰͲ ϰϬϰϭ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ǁĂǇŶĞĐŽƵŶƚǇƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z Ϯϲ Ͷ DŝĚ KŚŝŽ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ĂƚĂůŽŐĞĚ dƌŽƫŶŐ ^ĂůĞ͕ ϯ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ Dƚ͘ ,ŽƉĞ ƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ϴϬϳϲ ^Z Ϯϰϭ͕ DŝůůĞƌƐďƵƌŐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŚƵƌŵĂŶ͕ ϯϯϬͲϲϳϰͲ ϲϭϴϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘

D z ϮϲͲϮϳ Ͷ ĚĂŵƐ ŽƵŶƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ KƉĞŶ ůů ƌĞĞĚ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ĚĂŵƐ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ tĞƐƚ hŶŝŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ DĞůŝƐƐĂ ŽǁŶƐ͕ ϵϯϳͲϲϵϱͲϬϱϱϬ͕ ĂĐŚĂ͘ƐŚŽǁΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϳ Ͷ ,ĞŶĚƌŝĐŬƐ ŽƵŶƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶ͛Ɛ ůƵď ŽŶƚĞƐƟŶŐ Θ WĞƌĨŽƌŵĂŶĐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ,ĞŶĚƌŝĐŬƐ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ ϭϵϬϬ ͘ DĂŝŶ ^ƚ͕͘ ĂŶǀŝůůĞ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ :Ğī ,ĞĂƌŽŶ͕ ϯϭϳͲϲϵϰͲϳϲϵϯ͕ ŚĐŚĐϰƵΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŚĐŚĐϰƵ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϴ Ͷ KƩĂǁĂ ŽƵŶƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ WŽŝŶƚƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ WŽƌƚĂŐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ KƩĂǁĂ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ KĂŬ ,ĂƌďŽƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ƌŝĂŶŶĞ DĂƚŚĞǁƐ͕ ϰϭϵͲϳϬϳͲϬϯϵϴ͕ ďƌŝĂŶŶĞŵĂƚŚĞǁƐΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŽĐŚĨ͘ŶĞƚ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϴ Ͷ DĂǇĚĂǌĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ dƌŝĂůƐ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ DĂŐŐŝĞ tƌŝŐŚƚ͕ ϴϱϵͲϲϮϭͲϮϰϳϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŚĂŵƉĂŐŶĞƌƵŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϴ Ͷ < ŶŶƵĂů ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ^ŚŽǁ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ŬĞŶƚƵĐŬǇĚƌĞƐƐĂŐĞĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘ŽƌŐ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϴ Ͷ /ŶŐŚĂŵ ŽƵŶƚǇ &Ăŝƌ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ĂǇ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ /ŶŐŚĂŵ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DĂƐŽŶ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ^ƚĞǀĞ dĂǇůŽƌ͕ ϱϭϳͲϰϮϬͲϳϱϬϱ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϴ Ͷ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ůů DŽƌŐĂŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ D^h WĂǀŝůŝŽŶ͕ ĂƐƚ >ĂŶƐŝŶŐ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ dĞƌƌĂ ŝŵŵĞƌŵĂŶ͕ ϳϯϰͲϳϱϱͲϵϬϭϵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŵũŵŚĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϴ Ͷ W , KƉĞŶ 'ĂŵĞ Θ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ dƌĂĐǇ DĐ'ƵŝƌĞ͕ ϳϮϰͲϰϮϭͲϱϱϰϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϲͲϮϵ Ͷ EKY, ^ƉƌŝŶŐ ǆƚƌĂǀĂŐĂŶǌĂ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ &Ăƌŵ͕ ϭϰϳϬϬ h^ ZƚĞ͘ ϲϴ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŶŽƋŚĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘

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

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

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

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

Shows begin at 9 a.m.

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

Carlisle Equestrian Center Judge: Jay Lanzer

Carlisle Equestrian Center Judge: Amber Wise

2017 Fun Shows

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

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

HELPING HORSES, HELPING PEOPLE! • www.angelshavenhorserescue.org • RESCUE, REHABILITATE, ADOPT & EDUCATE 20

HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

May 2017

In Memory of George Anders

BUCKSKIN MEMORIAL CLASSIC HORSE SHOW Open Classes / OSBA Showbill • IBHA/ICPHA Approved

JUNE 3-4, 2017 W 8 A.M.

Eden Park Equestrian Complex W Indoor Arena W 2607 Blayney Rd. W Sunbury, OH 43074 ,/ͳWK/Ed /Z h/d t Z ^ ΈKW E Θ K^ Ή WW KE ^^/KE^ W Z/ ,&/ > d < Θ & W KEE Z W,KdK'Z W,z W Kh > ^ͬ^ 1. IBHA Mini Dun Factor 2. IBHA Dun Factor 3. IBHA Amateur Stallions 4. IBHA Weanling Stallions 5. IBHA Yearling Stallions 6. IBHA 2 Year Old Stallions 7. IBHA 3 Year Old Stallions 8. IBHA Aged Stallions 9. IBHA Performance Halter Stallions 10. IBHA Grand and Reserve Stallions 11. IBHA Youth Geldings 12. IBHA Amateur Geldings 13. IBHA Weanling Geldings 14. IBHA Yearling Geldings 15. IBHA 2 Year Old Geldings 16. IBHA 3 Year Old Geldings 17. IBHA Aged Geldings 18. IBHA Performance Halter Geldings 19. IBHA Grand and Reserve Geldings 20. IBHA Youth Mares 21. IBHA Amateur Mares 22. IBHA Weanling Mares 23. IBHA Yearling Mares 24. IBHA 2 Year Old Mares 25. IBHA 3 Year Old Mares 26. IBHA Aged Mares 27. IBHA Broodmares 28. IBHA Performance Halter Mares 29. IBHA Grand and Reserve Mares 30. IBHA Mini Stallions 31. IBHA Mini Geldings 32. IBHA Mini Mares 33. IBHA Mini Grand and Reserve 34. IBHA Youth Walk-Trot Western Showmanship 35. IBHA Youth Western Showmanship 36. IBHA Amateur Western Showmanship 37. IBHA Amateur Select Western Showmanship +++Open Classes will not start before 9:30+++ 38. Open Mini Halter Stallions/Geldings 39. Open Mini Halter Mares

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*Open Halter 5 & Under *Open Halter 6 & Over ΎΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ ,ĂůƚĞƌ #*Open Youth Showmanship 8 & U *Open Youth Showmanship 13 & U *Open Youth Showmanship 14-18 *Open Adult Showmanship 19+ ΎΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ +++++++++++BREAK+++++++++++ IBHA Yearling Longe Line IBHA Two Year Old Longe Line ΎΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ zĞĂƌůŝŶŐ ƚŽ ϯ zĞĂƌ KůĚ >ŽŶŐĞ >ŝŶĞ IBHA Youth English Showmanship IBHA Amateur English Showmanship IBHA Amateur Select English Showmanship +++++++++++BREAK+++++++++++ ΎΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ tĂůŬͲdƌŽƚ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ hŶĚĞƌ ^ĂĚĚůĞ *Open Youth Hunter Under Saddle 13 & U *Open Youth Hunter Under Saddle 14-18 *Open Adult Hunter Under Saddle 19+ ΎΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ hŶĚĞƌ ^ĂĚĚůĞ IBHA Youth Walk-Trot Hunter Under Saddle IBHA Youth Hunter Under Saddle IBHA Amateur Hunter Under Saddle IBHA Amateur Select Hunter Under Saddle IBHA Junior Hunter Under Saddle IBHA Senior Hunter Under Saddle ΎKƉĞŶ tĂůŬͲdƌŽƚ ,ƵŶƚ ^ĞĂƚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ΎKƉĞŶ zŽƵƚŚ ,ƵŶƚ ^ĞĂƚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ϭϯ Θ h ΎKƉĞŶ zŽƵƚŚ ,ƵŶƚ ^ĞĂƚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ϭϰͲϭϴ ΎKƉĞŶ ĚƵůƚ ,ƵŶƚ ^ĞĂƚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ϭϵн ΎΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ ,ƵŶƚ ^ĞĂƚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ / , zŽƵƚŚ tĂůŬͲdƌŽƚ ,ƵŶƚ ^ĞĂƚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ / , zŽƵƚŚ ,ƵŶƚ ^ĞĂƚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ / , ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ,ƵŶƚ ^ĞĂƚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ / , ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ^ĞůĞĐƚ ,ƵŶƚ ^ĞĂƚ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ IBHA Youth Disciplined Rail – Hunt Seat IBHA Amateur Disciplined Rail – Hunt Seat +++++++++ BREAK+++++++++

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ΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ zĞĂƌůŝŶŐ /Ŷ ,ĂŶĚ dƌĂŝů IBHA Yearling In Hand Trail IBHA 2 Year Old In Hand Trail IBHA Mini In Hand Trail Open Mini In Hand Trail *Open Walk-Trot Trail ΎΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ dƌĂŝů IBHA Youth Walk-Trot Western Trail IBHA Youth Western Trail IBHA Amateur Western Trail IBHA Amateur Select Western Trail IBHA Open Western Trail #*Open Lead Line 8 & Under IBHA Lead Line (8 & U, concurrent w/88) *Open Walk-Trot Egg & Spoon #*Open English/Western Walk-Trot Pleasure 8 & Under #*Open English/Western Walk-Trot Pleasure 9-18 #*Open English/Western Walk-Trot Pleasure 19+ ΎΨϮϬϬ KƉĞŶ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ tĂůŬͲdƌŽƚ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ *Open Youth Western Pleasure 13 & Under *Open Youth Western Pleasure 14-18 *Open Adult Western Pleasure 19+ ΎΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ IBHA Youth Walk-Trot Western Pleasure IBHA Youth Western Pleasure IBHA Amateur Western Pleasure IBHA Amateur Select Western Pleasure IBHA Junior Western Pleasure IBHA Senior Western Pleasure *Open Western Walk-Trot Horsemanship ηΎKƉĞŶ tĂůŬͲdƌŽƚ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉͬ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ 8&U #*Open Walk-Trot Horsemanship/ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ tĂůŬͬdƌŽƚ ϵͲϭϴ #*Open Walk-Trot Horsemanship/ ƋƵŝƚĂƟŽŶ ϭϵн *Open Youth Western Horsemanship 13 & U

110. *Open Youth Western Horsemanship 14-18 111. *Open Adult Western Horsemanship 19+ 112. ΎΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ tĞƐƚĞƌŶ ,ŽƌƐĞŵĂŶƐŚŝƉ 113. IBHA Youth Walk-Trot Western Horsemanship 114. IBHA Youth Western Horsemanship 115. IBHA Amateur Western Horsemanship 116. IBHA Amateur Select Western Horsemanship 117. IBHA Youth Disciplined Rail – Western 118. IBHA Amateur Disciplined Rail – Western 119. IBHA Open Disciplined Rail – Western 120. IBHA Mini Pleasure Driving 121. Open Mini Pleasure Driving 122. IBHA Youth Western Riding 123. IBHA Amateur Western Riding 124. IBHA Open Western Riding 125. *Open Reining 126. IBHA Youth Reining 127. IBHA Amateur Reining 128. IBHA Open Reining ϭ Ϯϵ͘ ΎKƉĞŶ ZĂŶĐŚ ŽŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ 130. ΎΨϭϬϬ ZĂŶĐŚ ,ŽƌƐĞ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ 131. *Open Ranch Horse Horsemanship 132. *Open Ranch Horse Pleasure 133. IBHA Mini Jumping 134. Open Mini Jumping 135. IBHA Mini Liberty 136. Open Mini Liberty SPEED CLASSES RUN FIRST ON SUNDAY 8 AM ϭϯϳ͘ ǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ĂƌƌĞů ZĂĐŝŶŐ 138. IBHA Youth Walk-Trot Barrel Racing 139. IBHA Youth Barrel Racing 140. IBHA Amateur Barrel Racing 141. IBHA Open Barrel Racing 142. ΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ ĂƌƌĞů ZĂĐŝŶŐ 143. IBHA Youth Walk-Trot Pole Bending 144. IBHA Youth Pole Bending 145. IBHA Amateur Pole Bending 146. IBHA Open Pole Bending 147. Open Pole Bending 148. ΨϭϬϬ KƉĞŶ ŽǁŶ Θ ĂĐŬ

ůĂƐƐĞƐ DĂƌŬĞĚ͗ Ύ ƌĞ / W, ƉƉƌŽǀĞĚ͕ / W, ZƵůĞƐ ƉƉůǇ͘ ^ŚŽǁ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ĞĐŝƐŝŽŶƐ ƌĞ &ŝŶĂů͘ ϯ ŐĂŝƚĞĚ ϴ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌ ƌŝĚĞƌƐ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ĞŶƚĞƌ ϭϯ Θ ƵŶĚĞƌ ĐůĂƐƐĞƐ͘ ůĂƐƐĞƐ DĂƌŬĞĚ͗ η / W, ZŝĚĞƌ DĂǇ EŽƚ ^ŚŽǁ ϯͲ'ĂŝƚĞĚ KŶ ŶǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ /Ŷ ŶǇ ůĂƐƐ KǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ŶƟƌĞ ^ŚŽǁ ^ĞĂƐŽŶ͘

Show Management Reserves The Right To Alter Showbill or Schedule At Any Time.

DŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ K^ ĐůĂƐƐ ĨĞĞƐ͕ ƌƵůĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĨŽƌŵƐ ƉůĞĂƐĞ ǀŝƐŝƚ ŽƵƌ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ Ăƚ ǁǁǁ͘ŽŚŝŽďƵĐŬƐŬŝŶƐ͘ŽƌŐ & ^͗ Open Any Breed classes single judged, $7 Entry fee per class, 50% Payback to 4 places if 12 or more entries; KƉĞŶ >ĞĂĚ >ŝŶĞ Ψϱ͕ ŶŽ ƉĂǇďĂĐŬ͘ ǆŚŝďŝƟŽŶ ĂƌƌĞůƐ Ψϰ Ă ƌƵŶ͘ $100 Classes $10 single judged, Payback $40/$30/$20/$10; less than 12 entries 70% payback to 4 places. $200 Class #94 $17 single judged, Payback $80/$60/$40/$20; less than 12 entries 70% payback to 4 places. All IBHA Open, Mini, Amateur/Amaterur Select classes $7 per class per judge or maximum all day fee $25 per judge per day (1 horse/1 rider). FREE IBHA Open Halter entry with paid entry in IBHA Youth or Amateur Halter. All IBHA Youth and Youth Walk-Trot (ages 5-11) classes $5 per class per Judge or maximum all day fee $25 per day per judge (1 horse/1 rider). IBHA Lead Line $5 Grounds Fee (showing out of trailer): $15 per day; Premium Stall: $75; Stall Fee: $60 for circuit; ĂŵƉŝŶŐ͗ ΨϲϬ ĨŽƌ ĐŝƌĐƵŝƚ͖ ĞĚĚŝŶŐ ;ƐŚĂǀŝŶŐƐ ŽŶůǇͿ Ψϳ͘ KĸĐĞ &ĞĞƐ͗ ΨϭϬ ƉĞƌ ŚŽƌƐĞ ƉĞƌ ĚĂǇ͘

OSBA Members Please Nominate for Hi-Point Year End Awards before showing. /d/KE > K^ ^W / > z Z E t Z ^ &KZ͗ George Anders Memorial Awards - Hi-Point IBHA Open Halter Horse & Hi-Point IBHA All-around Youth Deb Mathews Memorial Leadline Award Hi-Point Open Lead-liner

Membership not required to show Open Classes. PtHA APHA PAC horses are welcome – please ask Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽĸĐĞ ŝĨ ǇŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ͘ KƉĞŶ ŶǇ ƌĞĞĚ ůĂƐƐĞƐ Payback 50% of Entry Fees if 12 or more entries. $100 Classes—Payback $40/$30/$20/$10 if 12 or more entries, 70% if less than 12. $200 Class #94 – Payback $80/$60/$40/$20 if 12 or more entries, 70% if less than 12. IBHA Classes are Double-Judged except June 4th Triple-Judged, Non-IBHA Classes are Single-Judged. IBHA All-Day Fees: $25 Per Judge Open, Mini, Amateur, Select & Youth Free Entry in IBHA Open Halter with Paid Entry in IBHA Youth or Amateur Halter. IBHA

Performance Halter entries MUST have a copy of / , KƉĞŶ ZKD ŽŶ ĮůĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ƐŚŽǁ ŽĸĐĞ͘ ICPHA # Indicates Rider/Horse Combo is not eligible for 3 Gaited classes. PAYBACKS will be applied to show tabs at the end of each show day. Any payback of $5 or more owed at the end of the show will be mailed, make sure your address is correct and readable on the ĞŶƚƌǇ ĨŽƌŵ͊ K^ ǁŝůů ŵĂŬĞ ĞǀĞƌǇ ĞīŽƌƚ ƚŽ ŐĞƚ paybacks done at the show. ůů ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŚŽƌƐĞƐ ŵƵƐƚ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ŽŐŐŝŶƐ ĂŶĚ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ĞƌƟĮĐĂƚĞ͘ ŽŐƐ ŵƵƐƚ ďĞ on a leash. Have a Buckskin, Dun or Grulla? Register at the show for a special rush fee! WEEKEND ACTIVITIES AS TIME PERMITS Dog Races * Potluck Picnic * Karoake

KŚŝŽ ^ƚĂƚĞ ƵĐŬƐŬŝŶ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶͬ/ŶĚĞƉĞŶĚĞŶƚ ŽŶƚĞƐƚ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶͬ ĚĞŶ WĂƌŬ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ŽŵƉůĞǆ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ƌĞƐƉŽŶƐŝďůĞ ĨŽƌ ĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚƐ͕ ƚŚĞŌƐ͕ ůŽƐƐ Žƌ ŝŶũƵƌŝĞƐ͘ K^ ĚŽĞƐ ŶŽƚ ŐƵĂƌĂŶƚĞĞ ĐůĂƐƐ ƐŝǌĞ͘

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HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

Corral Calendar Continued from page 20 MAY 26-29 — Memorial Weekend Ride, Midwest Trail Ride, 1264 Hunter’s Creek Rd., Norman, IN. FMI: 812-834-6686, www. ŵŝĚǁĞƐƩƌĂŝůƌŝĚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z Ϯϳ Ͷ ƵĐŬĞǇĞ DŝŶŝ ,ŽƌƐĞ Θ ŽŶŬĞǇ ^ĂůĞ͕ tĂǇŶĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ĂŶŝĞů ^ĐŚƌŽĐŬ͕ ϯϯϬͲϳϲϯͲϬϵϬϱ͘ D z Ϯϳ Ͷ ZĞĂůŝƚǇ ƌĞĂŵƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ĂŝƌĮĞůĚ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ >ĂŶĐĂƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ƌĞĂůŝƚǇĚƌĞĂŵƐŚŽƌƐĞƐŚŽǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 27 — 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. D z Ϯϳ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ĂůĨ ^ŽƌƟŶŐ͕ d/:K ^ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϲϱ ,ĂƩŽŶ ZŽĂĚ͕ tŝŶĐŚĞƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϵϯϳͲϱϭϬͲ 1247 D z ϮϳͲϮϴ Ͷ ϯϯƌĚ ŶŶƵĂů K^ ĞŶĞĮƚ Horse Show, Medina Co. Fairgrounds, Medina, OH. FMI: Joyce Berger, 419-433-5049, www. coscaonline.com. D z ϮϳͲϮϴ Ͷ DD DŽƵŶƚĞĚ ƌĐŚĞƌ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ KƵƚďĂĐŬ >ŽĚŐĞ Θ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ^ƚĂŶǁŽŽĚ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ϮϰϴͲϮϱϬͲϭϱϱϳ͕ ŵŵŽƵŶƚĞĚĂƌĐŚĞƌΛ ŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘DD ƌĐŚĞƌƐ͘ďůŽŐƐƉŽƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϮϳͲϮϵ Ͷ EtsY, WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ĂŬĂŶ ƌĞŶĂ͕ ĞǀĞƌůǇ͕ ts͘ &D/͗ Ğď 'ŽǁĞƌ͕ ϯϬϰͲϲϭϯͲϳϭϰϴ͕ ŶǁǀƋŚĂΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ŶǁǀƋŚĂ͘ĐŽŵ͘ MAY 28 — Geauga Horse & Pony Assoc. Horse Show, Geauga County Fairgrounds, Burton, OH. FMI: ghpa08@yahoo.com, www.gpha.us. D z Ϯϴ Ͷ ^, ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ WƌĞďůĞ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ĂƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŚĂƌůŝĞ͕ ϵϯϳͲ ϱϯϯͲϬϳϵϱ͘

D z Ϯϴ Ͷ dƌŝƉůĞ ,ĞĂƌƚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ dƌĂŝů ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ϮϰϬϳϯ :ŝŵ dŽďŝŶ >ĂŶĞ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ >Ğ^ƵĞƌ͕ ϴϭϰͲϱϳϯͲϳϭϲϯ͕ ĂĂůĞƐƵĞƌΛǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ƚƌŝƉůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ǁĞĞďůǇ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z Ϯϴ Ͷ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ &ŝŶĚ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͗ ŽĐŚƌĂŶƚŽŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͘ D z Ϯϵ Ͷ EŽƌƚŚĞĂƐƚ /ŶĚŝĂŶĂ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ ŝƌĐƵŝƚ ϯ ZŝǀĞƌƐ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ĂǇ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϴ͗ϯϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ůůĞŶ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϮϳϮϲ ĂƌƌŽůů ZĚ͕͘ &Žƌƚ tĂǇŶĞ͕ /E͘ &D/͗ >ŝƐĂ͕ ϮϲϬͲϳϰϬͲϴϯϭϯ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĂůůĞŶĐŽϰŚŚŽƌƐĞŶƉŽŶǇ͘ĐŽŵ͘ D z ϯϭ Ͷ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ƌĞŶĂ͕ tĂƚĞƌĨŽƌĚ ZĚ͕͘ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ :ĂŵŝĞ ĞŚĞůĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϰϴϱͲϬϱϴϰ͘ JUNE 2017 :hE ϭ Ͷ ZŝĐŚůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚǇ ĂƌŶ ZĂŝƐĞƌ͛Ɛ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ EŝŐŚƚ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ZŝĐŚůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DĂŶƐĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŶŐŝĞ͕ ϰϭϵͲϱϳϭͲϰϲϱϯ͘ :hE ϭͲϰ Ͷ ^ƉƌŝŶŐ &ůŝŶŐ ĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ ƌŝǀĞ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ ŶĂƟŽŶĂůĚƌŝǀĞ͘ŶĞƚ͘ JUNE 2 — Avon Lake Saddle Club Horse Show, 7 p.m., Weiss Field, Avon Lake, OH. FMI: Kathleen Azzarello, 440-536-0145, kathleen@ getdependable.com. :hE ϮͲϰ Ͷ KsZ, ^ůŝĚĞ /ŶƚŽ ^ƵŵŵĞƌ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ,ĞŶĚĞƌƐŽŶ ƌĞŶĂ͕ ϴϬϬ sĂŶ &ŽƐƐĂŶ tĞƐƚ ZĚ͕͘ :ĂĐŬƐŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ KsZ, ΛǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :hE ϮͲϰ Ͷ :ĞĐ ĂůůŽƵ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ dƌŽŵďůĞ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ͕ ŚĞďŽǇŐĂŶ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ :ŝůů͕ ϮϯϭͲϰϮϬͲϮϲϱϰ͕ :ƌƌŽďůΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͘

:hE ϮͲϰ Ͷ &ŽŽƚŚŝůůƐ ,ŽƌƐĞ Θ WŽŶǇ ƐƐŽĐ͘ 'ĂŵĞ Θ WůĞĂƐƵƌĞ ^ƵƌĞ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ,ŽƉĞ ĂŝůĞǇ͕ ϳϮϰͲϲϲϰͲϮϰϭϬ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :hE ϮͲϰ Ͷ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƌĂǁŶ sĞŚŝĐůĞ ƐƐŽĐ͘ ůƵĞ ZŝďďŽŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ <ĂůĂŵĂǌŽŽ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ <ĂůĂŵĂǌŽŽ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ :ƵĚŝ ĂŵƉďĞůů͕ ĐĂŵƉďϮϯϰΛŵƐƵ͘ĞĚƵ͘ JUNE 3 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Pleasure Point Show 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Katy Amstutz, 419-6517892, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. :hE ϯ Ͷ :,W KďƐƚĂĐůĞ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ ϴ͗ϯϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ :ĞŵŝůǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϲϵϵϵ KĂŬŚŝůů ǀĞ͘ E ͕ ůůŝĂŶĐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ,ĞůŐĂ͕ ϯϯϬͲϴϮϵͲϯϴϰϭ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ũĞŵŝůǇŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :hE 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. :hE ϯ Ͷ ĂƌƌŽůů ŽƵŶƚǇ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ĂƌƌŽůů ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ϭϬϲ <ĞŶƐŝŶŐƚŽŶ ZĚ͘ E ͕ ĂƌƌŽůůƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ƵīǇ ^ŵŝƚŚ͕ ϯϯϬͲϴϲϯͲϵϲϮϬ͕ ďƐŵŝƚŚϮϬϭϬŐƐΛĂŽů͘ĐŽŵ͘ :hE ϯ Ͷ ĞĮĂŶĐĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ K, Ͳ :ƵƐƚ &Žƌ &ƵŶ Horse Show, Paulding County Fairgrounds, 503 Fairground Dr., Paulding, OH. FMI: Linda Mabis, 419-506-1991, lmabis@bright.net. :hE ϯ Ͷ ,ĂƌƌǇ ,ƵŐŚĞƐ ŝƌĐƵŝƚ͕ ϱϱϲϯ tĂƚĞƌǀŝůůĞͲ ^ǁĂŶƚŽŶ ZĚ͕͘ ^ǁĂŶƚŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ <ŝŵ ĂŬĞƌ͕ ϰϭϵͲϲϵϵͲϰϭϲϲ͕ ŚĂƌƌǇŚƵŐŚĞƐĐŝƌĐƵŝƚΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŚĂƌƌǇŚƵŐŚĞƐ͘ŽƌŐ͘ :hE ϯ Ͷ 'ƌĞĂƚ ĂǇ ZĂĐĞ Θ &ĞƐƟǀĂů͕ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŐƌĞĂƚĚĂǇĨĞƐƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :hE ϯ Ͷ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ZĂŶĐŚ ϮϬϭϳ KƉĞŶ WĂǇďĂĐŬ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϭϭ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ϭϲϯ ZƵŶŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ >ĂŶĞ͕ &ƌĂŶŬůŝŶ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ϴϭϰͲϰϯϳͲϱϳϱϳ Žƌ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞŵ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͘ :hE ϯͶ ZŽĐŬǇ &ŽƌŬ ZŽĚĞŽ Ž͘ zŽƵƚŚ ZŽĚĞŽ͕ ϭϬ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ EŽƌƚŚ ŽĨ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽŶǇĂ sĞŶŚĂŵ͕ ϳϰϬͲϯϱϬͲϬϬϮϳ͕ &ŝŶĚ ƵƐ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͗ Z&Z ƵůůĞƟŶ ŽĂƌĚ͘ :hE ϯ Ͷ ŽǁďŽǇƐ Θ ŶŐĞůƐ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď WƌĂǇĞƌ ĨŽƌ dĂŶŶĞƌ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϰ͗ϯϬ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ϯϮϯϳ /ƌǀŝŶĞ ZĚ͕͘ ZŝĐŚŵŽŶĚ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ϲϬϲͲϯϴϲͲϭϲϬϴ͘ JUNE 3-4 — Buckskin Memorial Classic Horse Show, 8 a.m., Eden Park Equestrian Complex, 2607 Blayney Rd., Sunbury, OH. FMI: Carmen Kellenbarger-Porter, 740-877-1910, www. ohiobuckskins.org. :hE ϯͲϰ Ͷ ^ ŵŝůǇ ƌŽůůŝĞƌ ƵƌƟƐ ƌĞƐƐĂŐĞ Clinic, Ridgewood Stables, Medina, OH. FMI: cadsrider@gmail.com, www.cadsdressage.org. :hE ϯͲϰ Ͷ &ƵůƚŽŶ ŽƵŶƚǇ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď Y, ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ƵůƚŽŶ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ tĂƵƐĞŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϰϭϵͲϯϰϬͲϴϮϴϴ͕ ŝŶĨŽΛĨƵůƚŽŶĐŽƵŶƚǇƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĨƵůƚŽŶĐŽƵŶƚǇƐĂĚĚůĞĐůƵď͘ĐŽŵ :hE ϯͲϰ Ͷ ͞^ŝĚŶĞǇ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͟ KƉĞŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ^ŚĞůďǇ Ž͘ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ^ŝĚŶĞǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ tĞŶĚǇ͕ ϰϭϵͲϱϵϰͲϮϵϲϴ͕ ƐƚĞƉŚĞǇΛƚĚƐ͘ŶĞƚ͘ &ŝŶĚ ŽŶ &ĂĐĞďŽŽŬ͕ EĂƟŽŶĂů YƵĂƌƚĞƌ WŽŶǇ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘ :hE ϯͲϰ Ͷ ƵĐŬƐŬŝŶ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐ͘ ŽĨ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ Z Θ KƉĞŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϴ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ^ŚŝĂǁĂƐƐĞĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ ŽƌƵŶŶĂ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ŽƵƌƚŶĞǇ͕ ϱϭϳͲ ϯϭϲͲϲϯϱϱ͕ ŵŝďƵĐŬƐŬŝŶϭϵϲϳΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ :hE ϯͲϰ Ͷ DD DŽƵŶƚĞĚ ƌĐŚĞƌ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ DŝƌĂĐůĞ ZĂŶĐŚ͕ ϯϴϴϬ DŽƌƌŽǁ ZĚ͕͘ DŝůĨŽƌĚ͕ D/͘ &D/͗ ϮϰϴͲϮϱϬͲϭϱϱϳ͕ ŵŵŽƵŶƚĞĚĂƌĐŚĞƌΛŐŵĂŝů͘ ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘DD ƌĐŚĞƌƐ͘ďůŽŐƐƉŽƚ͘ĐŽŵ͘ JUNE 4 — 20th Annual Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Show, Lorain County Fairgrounds, Wellington, OH. FMI: Sharon, 440-452-3038, sharonsubstanley@yahoo.com. JUNE 4 — Geauga Horse & Pony Assoc. Horse Show, Geauga County Fairgrounds, Burton, OH. FMI: ghpa08@yahoo.com, www.gpha.us.

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JUNE 4 — 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. JUNE 4 — Angels Haven Horse Rescue Lewis Road Fun Show, 9 a.m., Lewis Road Riding Ring, Cleveland Metroparks, Olmsted Falls, OH. FMI: Heidi, 440-781-5060. JUNE 4 — Straight A’s Speed Show, 11 a.m., 2250 Alliance Rd., Malvern, OH. FMI: 888-5563772, www.RanchCity.com. :hE ϰ Ͷ dƌŝƉůĞ ,ĞĂƌƚ ƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶ ĞŶƚĞƌ ϭ ĂǇ &ŝŶĚŝŶŐ zŽƵƌ ĂůĂŶĐĞ ůŝŶŝĐ͕ ϮϰϬϳϯ :ŝŵ dŽďŝŶ >ĂŶĞ͕ ĂŵďƌŝĚŐĞ ^ƉƌŝŶŐƐ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ ŵĂŶĚĂ >Ğ^ƵĞƌ͕ ϴϭϰͲϱϳϯͲϳϭϲϯ͕ ĂĂůĞƐƵĞƌΛǇĂŚŽŽ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ƚƌŝƉůĞŚĞĂƌƚĞƋƵĞƐƚƌŝĂŶĐĞŶƚĞƌ͘ǁĞĞďůǇ͘ĐŽŵ͘ JUNE 4 — Keystone Saddle Club Show Series, 9 a.m., 5695 Clay City Drive SE, Uhrichsville, OH. FMI: www.keystonesaddleclub.com. :hE ϲ Ͷ ϮϬϭϳ ŐǇƉƟĂŶ ǀĞŶƚ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ ŝŶĨŽΛƉǇƌĂŵŝĚƐŽĐŝĞƚǇ͘ ŽƌŐ͘ :hE ϳ Ͷ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ ^ĂĚĚůĞ ůƵď ƌĞŶĂ͕ tĂƚĞƌĨŽƌĚ ZĚ͕͘ &ƌĞĚĞƌŝĐŬƚŽǁŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ :ĂŵŝĞ ĞŚĞůĞƌ͕ ϳϰϬͲϰϴϱͲϬϱϴϰ͘ :hE ϳͲϭϭ Ͷ ŽƵŶƚƌǇ ,Ğŝƌ / ,ƵŶƚĞƌ :ƵŵƉĞƌ ^ŚŽǁ͕ <ĞŶƚƵĐŬǇ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ >ĞǆŝŶŐƚŽŶ͕ <z͘ &D/͗ &ƌĂŶŬŝĞ ^ƚĂƌŬ͕ ϱϭϯͲϴϳϱͲϯϯϭϴ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĐŽƵŶƚƌǇŚĞŝƌ͘ ĐŽŵ͘ :hE ϴ Ͷ ZŝĐŚůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚǇ ĂƌŶ ZĂŝƐĞƌ͛Ɛ dŚƵƌƐĚĂǇ EŝŐŚƚ &ƵŶ ^ŚŽǁ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ZŝĐŚůĂŶĚ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ DĂŶƐĮĞůĚ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ŶŐŝĞ͕ ϰϭϵͲϱϳϭͲϰϲϱϯ͘ :hE ϴͲϭϬ Ͷ ^ƵŵŵĞƌ ĂƌƌŝĂŐĞ Θ ƌĂŌ ,ŽƌƐĞ ^ĂůĞ͕ Dƚ͘ ,ŽƉĞ ƵĐƟŽŶ͕ ϴϬϳϲ ^Z Ϯϰϭ͕ DŝůůĞƌƐďƵƌŐ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŚƵƌŵĂŶ͕ ϯϯϬͲϲϳϰͲϲϭϴϴ͕ ƚŚƵƌŵĂŶΛ ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ŵƚŚŽƉĞĂƵĐƟŽŶ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :hE ϴͲϭϭ Ͷ KY, ůů ƌĞĞĚ dƌĂŝů ZŝĚĞ Θ ŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͕ dƌŝͲ ŽƵŶƚǇ dƌĂŝů ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ͕ ϮϲϲϮ Downing St. SW, East Sparta, OH. FMI: Cynthia ĂƵŵĂŶ͕ ϯϯϬͲϯϮϯͲϯϱϱϵ͕ dƌŝ ŽdƌĂŝůƐΛŐŵĂŝů͘ ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘dƌŝͲ ŽdƌĂŝůƐ͘ŽƌŐ͘ JUNE 9 — Wayne County Saddle Club Open Contest Fun Show, 7 p.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Leanne Louive, 330-8444041, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. :hE ϵ Ͷ &ƌŝĚĂǇ EŝŐŚƚ &ƵŶ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ϳ͗ϯϬ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ ĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞ ^ƚĂďůĞƐ͕ ϯϮϰϵ ^ƚ͘ Zƚ͘ ϰϱ ^͕ ^ĂůĞŵ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϮϯϰͲϱϲϳͲϰϬϲϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐĂŵŽƵŇĂŐĞƐƚĂďůĞƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :hE ϵ Ͷ ŚƌŝƐƟĂŶ dƌĂŝů ZŝĚĞƌƐ ZĞƚƌĞĂƚ͕ DŝĚǁĞƐƚ Trail Ride, 1264 Hunter’s Creek Rd., Norman, IN. &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĚǁĞƐƩƌĂŝůƌŝĚĞ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :hE ϵͲϭϭ Ͷ ZŝĚŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶŐĞůƐ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ^ŚŽŽƚ͕ ϳ Ɖ͘ŵ͕͘ tĂǇŶĞ ŽƵŶƚǇ &ĂŝƌŐƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ tŽŽƐƚĞƌ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ŶŽŽƵƚůĂǁƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘ :hE ϵͲϭϭ Ͷ ĞŶƚƌĂů KŚŝŽ ZĞŝŶŝŶŐ ,ŽƌƐĞ ƐƐŽĐŝĂƟŽŶ &ůĂŐ ŝƚǇ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚǇ͕ &ŝŶĚůĂǇ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ dŽĚĚ <ŶĞƌƌ͕ ϲϭϰͲϳϳϴͲϱϭϯϮ͕ ƚĂŬŶĞƌƌΛĂƩ͘ŶĞƚ͘ :hE ϵͲϭϭ Ͷ ^ĂĚĚůĞ hƉ &Žƌ ^ƚ͘ :ƵĚĞ &ƵŶĚƌĂŝƐĞƌ Θ ZŝĚĞ͕ ůŬŝŶƐ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞĐĂŵƉ͕ WĞĚƌŽ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ϳϰϬͲϲϰϯͲϮϰϭϲ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ĞůŬŝŶƐĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞĐĂŵƉ͘ ĐŽŵ͘ :hE ϵͲϭϭ Ͷ Z^dW ZĂŶĐŚ ^ŽƌƟŶŐ Θ WĞŶŶŝŶŐ ^ĞƌŝĞƐ͕ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ ,ŽƌƐĞ WĂƌŬ͕ ϰϲϳ ƌŽŽŬĞĚ ƌĞĞŬ Ăŵ ZĚ͕͘ &ŽƌĚ ŝƚǇ͕ W ͘ &D/͗ :ƵůŝĞ͕ ϰϭϮͲ ϱϳϲͲϯϴϴϲ͕ ƐŽƌƚĂŶĚƉĞŶΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ͕ ǁǁǁ͘ ĐƌŽŽŬĞĚĐƌĞĞŬŚŽƌƐĞƉĂƌŬ͘ĐŽŵ͘ JUNE 10 — Poker Run, Knox County Horse Park, ϳϯϲϬ dŚĂǇĞƌ ZĚ͕͘ Dƚ͘ sĞƌŶŽŶ͕ K,͘ &D/͗ ǁǁǁ͘ knoxcountyhorsepark.com. :hE ϭϬ Ͷ DĂŬĞ tŝƐŚ &ŽƵŶĚĂƟŽŶ ZŝĚĞ͕ Wͬ'ĂǀŝŶ ,ƵŶƟŶŐ Θ ƋƵŝŶĞ ƌĞĂ͕ ϯϬϮϮϱ ^ƚĂƚĞ Route 124, Langsville, OH. FMI: Dian McDaniel, 740-742-2320, dianmcdaniel@yahoo.com.

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Corral Calendar Continued from page 22 JUNE 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2017 PAS Dress Rehearsal/Open Horse Show, 9 a.m., Erie County Fairgrounds, 3110 Columbus Ave., Sandusky, OH. FMI: 419573-9614, betsygordon@roadrunner.com. JUNE 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 2017 Summit County Open Show Series, 9 a.m., 229 East Howe Ave., Tallmadge, OH. FMI: www.summitcountysaddlehorse.org. JUNE 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; IBRA/NPBA Series, 12 p.m., Smoke Rise Ranch & Resort, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-767-2624, www. smokeriseranch.com. JUNE 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Two Mile Run County Park Trail Ride Challenge, Horse Camp Area, 309 Lockwood Drive, Franklin, PA. FMI: www.twomilerun.net. JUNE 10-11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Medallion Horse Show, World Equestrian Center, Wilmington, OH. FMI: Jean Hedger, 937-434-6114, www.karabs.org. JUNE 10-11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Julie Goodnight Clinic, Willow Brook Farms, Northampton, PA. FMI: 800-2258827, www.JulieGoodnight.com. JUNE 10-11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; MMA Mounted Archer Clinic, Miracle Ranch, 3880 Morrow Rd., Milford, MI. FMI: 248-250-1557, mmountedarcher@gmail. com, www.MMArchers.blogspot.com. JUNE 10-11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NWVQHA Pleasure Horse Show, Dakan Arena, Beverly, WV. FMI: Deb Gower, 304-613-7148, www.nwvqha.com. :hE ĎĎŹÍ˛ĎĎ Íś EÄ&#x201A;Ć&#x;Ĺ˝ĹśÄ&#x201A;ĹŻ >Ĺ?ĆŠĹŻÄ&#x17E; Ć&#x152;Ĺ?Ć&#x161;Ä?Ĺ&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć? ZĹ˝Ä&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ĺ˝ Assoc. of Michigan Year End Finals, 10 a.m., Tomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Western Store, Ovid, MI. FMI: info@ nlbraofmi.com, www.nlbraofmi.com. JUNE 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Sunday Kids Series, 12 p.m., Ä&#x201A;ĹľĹ˝ĆľĹ&#x2021;Ä&#x201A;Ĺ?Ä&#x17E; ^Ć&#x161;Ä&#x201A;Ä?ĹŻÄ&#x17E;Ć?Í&#x2022; ^Ä&#x201A;ĹŻÄ&#x17E;ĹľÍ&#x2022; K,Í&#x2DC; &D/Í&#x2014; ĎŽĎŻĎ°Í˛ĎąĎ˛ĎłÍ˛ Ď°ĎŹĎ˛Ď˛Í&#x2022; Ç Ç Ç Í&#x2DC;Ä?Ä&#x201A;ĹľĹ˝ĆľĹ&#x2021;Ä&#x201A;Ĺ?Ä&#x17E;Ć?Ć&#x161;Ä&#x201A;Ä?ĹŻÄ&#x17E;Ć?Í&#x2DC;Ä?Ĺ˝ĹľÍ&#x2DC; JUNE 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Smoke Rise Ranch Fun Show, 6751 Hunterdon Rd., Glouster, OH. FMI: 740-7672624, www.smokeriseranch.com. JUNE 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Triple Heart Equestrian Center Open Show, 24073 Jim Tobin Lane, Cambridge Springs, PA. FMI: www.tripleheartequestriancenter. weebly.com. JUNE 11 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Cochranton Community Horse Show, 10 a.m., Cochranton Fairgrounds, Cochranton, PA. FMI: Find them on Facebook: Cochranton Horse Show. JUNE 11-12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Terry Myers Ride-In-Sync Clinic, Harrions County Fairgrounds, OH. FMI: 740666-1162, www.TMTrainingCenter.com. JUNE 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Montour Valley Horsemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ć?Ć?Ĺ˝Ä?Ĺ?Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x;Ĺ˝Ĺś ĎŻĎ˛Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161; ĹśĹśĆľÄ&#x201A;ĹŻ KĆ&#x2030;Ä&#x17E;Ĺś ,Ĺ˝Ć&#x152;Ć?Ä&#x17E; ^Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ç Í&#x2022; Ď´Í&#x2014;ĎŻĎŹ a.m., Baker Farm, 134 Baker Rd., McDonald, PA. FMI: 724-356-2468, www.ridemvha.com. JUNE 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fun Show, Fredericktown Saddle Club Arena, Waterford Rd., Fredericktown, OH. FMI: Jamie Beheler, 740-485-0584. JUNE 14-18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Country Heir I Hunter Jumper Show, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: www.countryheir.com. JUNE 15 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Richland County Barn Raiserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thursday Night Fun Show, 7 p.m., Richland Ĺ˝ĆľĹśĆ&#x161;Ç&#x2021; &Ä&#x201A;Ĺ?Ć&#x152;Ĺ?Ć&#x152;Ĺ˝ĆľĹśÄ&#x161;Ć?Í&#x2022; DÄ&#x201A;ĹśĆ?ÄŽÄ&#x17E;ĹŻÄ&#x161;Í&#x2022; K,Í&#x2DC; &D/Í&#x2014; ĹśĹ?Ĺ?Ä&#x17E;Í&#x2022; 419-571-4653. JUNE 15-18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NOQHA Summer Six Pack Circuit, Findlay Western Farm, 14700 US Rte. 68, Findlay, OH. FMI: www.noqha.com. JUNE 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Adams County Horsemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ć?Ć?Ĺ˝Ä?Ĺ?Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x;Ĺ˝Ĺś ^ĆľĹľĹľÄ&#x17E;Ć&#x152; ^Ĺ?Ç&#x152;Ç&#x152;ĹŻÄ&#x17E;Ć&#x152; ^Ć&#x2030;Ä&#x17E;Ä&#x17E;Ä&#x161; ^Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ç Í&#x2022; ĎłÍ&#x2014;ĎŻĎŹ p.m., Adams Co. Fairgrounds 4-H Arena, West hĹśĹ?Ĺ˝ĹśÍ&#x2022; K,Í&#x2DC; &D/Í&#x2014; DÄ&#x17E;ĹŻĹ?Ć?Ć?Ä&#x201A; Ĺ˝Ç ĹśĆ?Í&#x2022; ĎľĎŻĎłÍ˛Ď˛ĎľĎąÍ˛ĎŹĎąĎąĎŹÍ&#x2022; acha.show@gmail.com. JUNE 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Avon Lake Saddle Club Horse Show, 7 p.m., Weiss Field, Avon Lake, OH. FMI: <Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;ĹŻÄ&#x17E;Ä&#x17E;Ĺś Ç&#x152;Ç&#x152;Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x152;Ä&#x17E;ĹŻĹŻĹ˝Í&#x2022; Ď°Ď°ĎŹÍ˛ĎąĎŻĎ˛Í˛ĎŹĎĎ°ĎąÍ&#x2022; ĹŹÄ&#x201A;Ć&#x161;Ĺ&#x161;ĹŻÄ&#x17E;Ä&#x17E;ĹśÎ&#x203A; getdependable.com. :hE ĎĎ˛ Íś KĹŻÄ&#x161; dĹ?ĹľÄ&#x17E;Ć&#x152;Ć?Í&#x203A; ZĹ˝ĆľĹśÄ&#x161;ĆľĆ&#x2030;Í&#x2022; ĎŻ Ć&#x2030;Í&#x2DC;ĹľÍ&#x2DC;Í&#x2022; dĹ&#x161;Ä&#x17E; Wayne County Saddle Club, 4200 Overton Rd., tĹ˝Ĺ˝Ć?Ć&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152;Í&#x2022; K,Í&#x2DC; &D/Í&#x2014; ^Ć&#x161;Ä&#x201A;Ĺś Ĺ˝Ć?ĹŻÄ&#x17E;Ć&#x152;Í&#x2022; ĎŻĎŻĎŹÍ˛Ď˛ĎŹĎłÍ˛ĎąĎĎŹĎ˛Í&#x2022; Ä?Ĺ˝ĹŻĆ?ĹŻÄ&#x17E;Ć&#x152;Ć?ĎÎ&#x203A;Ä¨Ć&#x152;Ĺ˝ĹśĆ&#x;Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152;Í&#x2DC;Ä?Ĺ˝ĹľÍ&#x2DC;

May 2017

JUNE 16-17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lexington Rodeo, 7:30 p.m. each night, Kentucky Horse Park, Lexington, KY. FMI: 859-389-8100, www.lexingtonrodeo.org. JUNE 16-18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mark Bolender Clinic, Win-Seek Performance Horses, Cortland, OH. FMI: 330638-2255. JUNE 16-18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fort Armstrong Open Game Show, Crooked Creek Horse Park, Ford City, PA. FMI: www.crookedcreekhorsepark.com. JUNE 16-25 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Marion County Fair, 7300 E. Troy Ave., Indianapolis, IN. FMI: www. marioncountyfair.org.

JUNE 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wayne County Saddle Club Open Contest Point Show, 10 a.m., 4200 Overton Rd., Wooster, OH. FMI: Rachael Adamson, 419-6069712, www.waynecountysaddleclub.com. JUNE 17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 6th Annual WV Miniature Horse Championship, WVU Jacksonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mill, Weston, WV. FMI: wvminiaturehorsechampionship@ aol.com, www.wvminiaturehorsechampionship. weebly.com. :hE ĎĎł Íś ts Ĺ˝ĹľĆ&#x2030;Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x;Ć&#x161;Ç&#x20AC;Ä&#x17E; dĆ&#x152;Ä&#x201A;Ĺ?ĹŻ Ć?Ć?Ĺ˝Ä?Ĺ?Ä&#x201A;Ć&#x;Ĺ˝Ĺś ^ĆľĆ&#x2030;Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152; Summer Trail Challenge, 9:30 a.m., Green Clover Farm, Shady Spring, WV. FMI: WVCTA@aol.com.

JUNE 17-18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; All Breed Carriage Driving Event, Portage County Fairgrounds, 4215 Fairground Road, Randolph, OH. FMI: Paul Hurd, 330-4694597. JUNE 17-18 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Midwest Regional Mounted ^Ĺ&#x161;Ĺ˝Ĺ˝Ć&#x;ĹśĹ?Í&#x2022; ,Ä&#x17E;ĹśÄ&#x161;Ä&#x17E;Ć&#x152;Ĺ˝Ĺś Ć&#x152;Ä&#x17E;ĹśÄ&#x201A;Í&#x2022; Ď´ĎŹĎŹ sÄ&#x201A;Ĺś &Ĺ˝Ć?Ć?Ä&#x201A;Ĺś Rd., West Jackson, OH. FMI: www.nooutlaws. com.

For more equine events visit the Horsemenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corral website: www.thehorsemenscorral.com

Northern Kentucky Horse Network

9th Annual All-Breed Horse Show July 29, 2017 9:30 a.m.

Entry Fee: $10 per class **Classes 6, 10 & 26 Entry Fee: $5.00 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5a. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

Alexandria Fairgrounds Alexandria, KY

Miniature Halter / Obstacle Stock Horse Halter English Halter Arabian / Half Arabian Halter Miniature Hunter Mule Halter Stick Horse Class, Ages 3-7 yrs** Paso Fino, Performance, Ages 7-17 Open SingleHorse/Pony Turn Out â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trad. Vehicle Country Pleasure, Gaited 18 & Up Leadline Class â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ages 2-8 yrs. Leader must be18 yrs or older. Single Very Small Equine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Working Pleasure Arabian Hunter â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Pleasure Country Pleasure, Gaited, 7-17 Walk Favorite Gait Pair/Multiple â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Working Pleasure Paso Fino Performance, Ages 18 & Up English Equitation, Hunt Seat, Open â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Walk, Trot, Canter, Rail Work only (No Pattern) Novice Walk-Trot Lunch Break

18. Pleasure Driving Cones VSE 19. Pleasure Driving Cones Pony/Horse 20. Pony Pleasure (under 14.2 hands) Walk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trot, Ages 7-17 yrs (Horse & Rider Combo not eligible for any canter classes) 21. Hunter Under Saddle Open (Walk, Trot, Canter) 22. Pair/Multiple Reinsmanship 23. Open English Pleasure, Hunt & Saddle Seat 24. Walk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trot Pleasure, English â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rider 7-17 yrs. (Horse & Rider Combo not eligible for any canter classes) 25. Paso Fino Pleasure Ages 18 & Up 26. Stick Horse Costume â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ages 3-7 yrs.** 27. Single Very Small Equine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reinsmanship 28. English Pleasure â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Hunt Seat, Ages 7-17 Walk, Trot, Canter 29. Single Horse/Pony â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reinsmanship 30. Walking Horse Pleasure, Trail Walk, Pleasure Gait FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Dick Lockart Jim Mayer (859) 512-5414 (859)496-4976 msource@twc.com jimwmayer@yahoo.com

31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55.

Paso Fino Pleasure Ages 7-17 Arabian English Pleasure Gaited Trail Pleasure 18 & Up (Walk Favorite Gait) Novice Gaited Pleasure (Walk, Favorite Gait) Western Pleasure, Age 7-17, Walk/Jog (Horse and Rider Combo not eligible in any canter/lope classes) Western Pleasure, Age 18 &UP, Walk/Jog (Horse and rider combo not eligible in any canter/lope classes) Single Very Small Equine â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Reinsmanship Green Single Horse/Pony Working Pleasure Gaited Trail Pleasure Ages 7-17 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Walk Favorite Gait Ladies Western Pleasure Western Pleasure, Ages 7-17 yrs Paso Fino Costume Western Pleasure, English Breeds (Saddlebred, Morgan, Arabian, Mules) (Walk, Jog, Lope) Western Horsemanship Open (Rail Work Only, No Pattern. Walk, Jog, Lope) Plantation Pleasure (Walk, Running Walk, Canter) Western Pleasure, Stock Horse (Walk, Jog, Lope) Country Trail Pleasure â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Trail Walk, Pleasure Gait, Show Gait Single Horse/Pony Turnout Open Western Pleasure Arabian Western Pleasure Western Horsemanship, Ages 7-17 yrs. Walk, Jog, Lope, Rail Work Only. No Pattern. Jack Benny Walk/Trot â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Rider 39 yrs. and over Bareback Equitation/Horsemanship Open Costume Walking Horse Country Pleasure, Open (Walk, Running Walk)

â&#x20AC;˘ Current Coggins tests and KHDOWK FHUWLÂżFDWHV ZLOO EH required and checked before being admitted to show grounds. NO EXCEPTIONS! â&#x20AC;˘ This show is APHA and PAC approved. Â&#x2021; $OO GRJV VKDOO EH FRQÂżQHG to trailers, stalls or kept on leash at all times. â&#x20AC;˘ Concessions on site. No glass bottles/alcohol permitted on premises.

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Wayne County Saddle Club

Nobody is Perfect PRESIDENT, Rich Gortner; VICE PRESIDENTS, Rachael Adamson and Katy Amstutz; SECRETARY, Bobbi Jo Mackey; TREASURER, Beth Eikleberry; WEBSITE, waynecountysaddleclub.com

If you are familiar with Murphy’s Law, you know it goes something like this: “if anything can go wrong, it will.” Well, yours truly is guilty. Due to an error on my part the great showbill ads in the April issue have two dates wrong. Instead of a contest point show on July 7, it will be July 8. And, the pleasure show shown for July 8 is actually July 15. My sincere apologies to all of you. The dates are correct in the website, the showbills, and the Corral calendar. The good news is that the ads look fantastic and folks can still use them

for reference throughout the season. Michelle always does a great job. Thank-you Michelle. By the time you read this we’ll have had at least one of every kind of horse show here at the ‘Hollow.’ As of writing it, the weather had changed and temperatures are in the seventies. Of course, this is Ohio and that can change day to day. But the Board is ready to make this another super year. Improvements to the lighting and sound are being discussed and some work was done to the footing before the first shows. What do you think? Did you even notice? I can assure you that every board member and show chair person has a strong desire to make the ‘Hollow’ experience anything but, well— hollow. Board meetings are occupied with consultations regarding ways to make your horse show experience the finest it can be. Every board member deserves your thanks and

each one wants your constructive comments. You are the saddle club, after all! You are welcome and invited to attend the monthly meetings at East of Chicago Pizza in Wooster at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month. Thank-you, Rachael and Leanne for producing the Clinic, April 15. I had to submit this newsletter before it was actually held, but I’m told several had signed up early to participate, so it should’ve been very good. Thanks girls! Thank you every one who attended! I’ve been asked to mention the worship group I usually tell you about is not actually affiliated with the saddle club, (presumably for insurance and liability purposes). It’s just a few members and friends getting together to worship. We really appreciate being allowed to meet Sundays and welcome anyone to come see what we’re doing. It began over 20 years ago when a

handful of members decided what a beautiful place to get together and talk about the good Lord. Thank you all! And you all are welcome any time! Coming soon! Pleasure Point Show (419/651-7892) – May 6 and June 3; Contest Point Show (419/6069712) – May 20 and June 17; Fun Show (330/844-4041) – May 12, 26, and June 9; Old Timers’ Roundup (330/607-5106) – June 16. Hopefully next time we’ll have some show results and perhaps a picture or two from the events. ‘Meantime you are welcome and invited to come and watch, show, work or any combination of the above. So, why not join us?! ~Stan P.S. A special “Thank-you” to the good folks at the Corral for running the Contest and Pleasure ads again in this issue!

Massillon Saddle Club

Show Season is Finally Underway PRESIDENT, Leanne; VICE PRESIDENT (PLEASURE), Jen W.; VICE PRESIDENT (CONTEST), Regina; TREASURER, Erin EMAIL, massillonsaddleclub@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.massillonsaddleclub.org

If the weather was good, and if the show grounds weren’t too wet to support a truck and trailer, MSC would have had at least two shows by the time that you see this; the first Pleasure Show of the year was scheduled for April 23, and the first Contest Show was scheduled for April 30. This year, the Contest Shows are starting earlier. The show will begin with all of the Walk/Trot and Leadline classes at 10 a.m.; the remaining classes will start no earlier than 12 p.m. The first class at noon will be the Cake Walk. The Pleasure Shows will begin at the same time as last year (10 a.m.). If you are working towards year

end awards, but you missed the Cleanup day, there are still many options to fulfill your four volunteer hours. If you can’t volunteer on a show day, please consider attending one of the other shows (Contest, Pleasure, or Fun Show). If you have a special talent, and would like to donate some of your time, please let us know. Volunteer hours don’t have to be on show days. Do you have a green thumb? The flower beds on the show grounds might need some extra attention. Do you like to paint? There are a few places on the grounds that might need a coat or two of paint. Do you have time to place the MSC Horse Show signs near the road before the show starts, and bring them back to the showgrounds at the end of the day? Would you be willing to empty the trash barrels, and take the trash to the large container? If there is something that you think could improve the show day, and you are willing to help with bringing your idea to fruition, please let us know. Volunteer hours aren’t limited to

opening gates or setting up stakes and barrels. Contact one of the Officers or Trustees to let us know if you have an idea for a special project. 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. 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. If you are new to showing, MSC is very beginner friendly, and would be happy to welcome you on any show day. All MSC shows are PAC approved. Show locally at a savings over the breed shows, and your MSC placings will add to your PAC standings. (If your breed of choice has a similar program, let us know.) Any show cancellations due to weather, upcoming fundraisers, or reminders, will be posted on the MSC Facebook page. The show season has barely begun, and preparations for the awards banquet are already well underway. This year’s banquet will again be held at Nickajack Farm in November. The date of the event is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 9. If you missed the chance to advertise in the MSC sponsorship

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book for 2017, rail sponsors are still available, as are banquet sponsorships. If you would like to sponsor a specific class, or event, please let us know. Sponsorships can either be cash, or merchandise, whichever you prefer. Contact Jen for further details at jwweisefamily@ hotmail.com or 330/705-9619. Sponsorship forms are located on both the MSC website, and the Facebook page. You may notice a ‘new’ addition to the MSC shows; MSC was able to purchase a newer tractor. Thank you to Steve, and everyone who spent hours researching and looking over multiple possibilities. Did you know that MSC has a scholarship fund? Each year, MSC adds a portion of the yearly budget to a scholarship fund. The last few years have not had any applications. If you would like to be considered for the MSC scholarship, please see the MSC website for an application, and requirements. As always, if you have a suggestion for improving the shows, would like to see a special class, or have an idea for a special project, let us know. All suggestions are welcome, and no helping hand is turned away. Watch the MSC Facebook pages for the most recent news, updates, and pictures of past events. Hope that you have a fantastic show day! May 2017

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

Shows begin at 10 a.m.

2017 Pleasure Open Point Shows April 22 • May 6 • June 3 • July 15 • September 2

JUDGES: April 22: Lauren Brown May 6: Mary Patterson June 3: Candice Wile July 15: Brandy Kemmer Sept. 2: Rae Ellen Siegmyer

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

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

Shows begin at 10 a.m.

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

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Open W/T Schooling 28. English Equitation 19 & Over Jackpot W/T Pleasure E/W 29. English Equitation 14-18 W/T 14 & Over Pleasure E/W 30. English Equitation 13 & Under BREAK W/T 13 & Under Pleasure E/W 31. Open Schooling Class (w-t-c) W/T 14 & Over Horsemanship/ 32. Jackpot Western Pleasure Eq. 33. Western Pleasure 19 & Over W/T 13 & Under Horsemanship/ 34. Western Pleasure 14-18 Eq. 35. Western Pleasure 13 & Under BREAK 36. Jackpot Open W/T Leadline Trail 8 & Under Horsemanship/Eq. Open W/T Trail 37. Western Horsemanship Open Trail all ages (w-t-c) 19 & Over Open Ranch Horse Pleasure 38. Western Horsemanship 14-18 Open Ranch Horse Pattern 39. Western Horsemanship Open Reining 13 & Under Open Schooling Class (w-t-c) Jackpot English Pleasure For More Infomation: English Pleasure 19 & over Katy Amstutz (419) 651-7892 English Pleasure 14-18 English Pleasure 13 & Under Bobbie Jo Mackey (330) 465-0404

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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TrailMeister

Fear in the Saddle by Robert Eversole and TrailMeister.com Greetings, I was originally going to write about low impact horse camping techniques for this month’s column. After all it’s May and we’re starting to head out to the trails and camps in large numbers as the weather keeps getting better and better. However, instead of that I’d like to address a topic that is more important and one that may just save your life. If you ride a horse or a mule you’ve experienced fear. Whether in an arena or on the trails the potential for a problem is real. Our job as riders is not to try to put aside our trepidation; in large part our fears are legitimate. However, If we can learn to understand those fears, and find ways to minimize the inherent danger of our equestrian activities, we’ll be much better riders, and also have a much better time on the trail. Anticipating the ‘what ifs’ of

an adventurous trail ride will help you to prepare for any eventualities that may occur during your outing. By mentally preparing yourself ahead of time you’ll find that the backcountry’s mountains and valleys are much less intimidating. If we stop to think about it one of the biggest fears that we as riders experience is the fear of falling. Falling is the potential outcome of any problem we encounter. From a horse spooking at an imaginary monster, to our mule slipping on a bridge crossing, our root fear is that we’re going to hit the ground in a violent manner. If we can learn to control the fear of an unscheduled dismount perhaps we’ll be able to enjoy more of our ride. It may be counterintuitive, but let’s spend a few minutes thinking about and visualizing how to perform an emergency dismount, and consider practicing this at home. Once you’ve lost your seat so thoroughly that you’re going to come

off (we’ve all felt that sensation) it’s time to take control of your fall. If you were to keep a death grip on your horse your fall could become an uncontrolled event that turns much more dangerous. With that in mind let’s go over the four main parts of an emergency dismount. 1. Kick your feet out of the stirrups and drop the reins, do not maintain a death grip on your mount. The idea is to break all forms of attachment to the horse, you don’t want anything holding you to the horse; you want to be free and clear when you land. Don’t worry about the horse running loose; if you are in danger, then your safety comes first. 2. Lean forward and use the horse’s neck to maintain some bit of control over your speed and direction as you dismount. As you’re coming off, use the horse’s neck to push against so that you land away from the horse and not underneath where you could be stepped on. 3. As your feet hit the ground, try to stay upright. and back up a few steps. If you’re already off balance, you may still fall (tuck and roll may help). Try to do it away from the horse. If you fall, tuck and roll away from the horse. 4. In an emergency dismount, try to land on your feet. This is much safer than landing on your head, your hip, or trying to break your fall with your arms. As in most things in life an emergency dismount works best if it’s a habit. If you can perform these steps when you are in control, you are more likely to be able to do them when you lose your balance on the trail in the middle of the proverbial ‘train wreck’. Consider practicing an emergency dismount at home, in a safe setting with good footing for a practice fall at halt, to get the idea. Then try at walk. Once you feel comfortable doing an emergency dismount in a controlled situation, you may be much safer the next time you need it. In addition to knowing emergency dismount techniques, how to come off your horse in a somewhat controlled manner here are a few more tips to help you battle the ‘fear factor’, whether you’re in the backcountry, the front country or anywhere in between. Relax. Yes, this is much easier said than done. When you’re tense, your riding suffers and it feels even more

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Robert Eversole frightening. If you can get your body to relax it will help you feel more relaxed emotionally as well. Breathe. When you’re tense, you unconsciously hold your breath. To start breathing regularly try talking or singing; when I get nervous and tense I often sing. You’ll often hear me singing. You may not win a Tony but you will feel much better. Balance. When you’re tense, you tend to lean forward into a fetal position. Fight this by sitting up straight and deep in the saddle, putting your shoulders back (I tell my students to sit tall like a soldier) and feel how much easier it is to breathe, and sing, and relax. Focus. And finally find something to focus on that’s positive. Think about what a great day it is and how much fun it is to ride with your favorite trail buddy. Fear can ruin a great ride but you can overcome your concerns by centering on all the wonderful circumstances that have led to you being in the saddle and on the trail. As always, for more information on this and other topics, as well as the nation’s largest source of horse trail and horse camping information in the U.S. please visit the all new www.TrailMeister.com. 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. May 2017

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

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

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

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

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Feeding for Joint Health by Tania Cubitt Ph.D. and Stephen Duren Ph.D. Athletic competition often requires horses to run, jump, turn, start and stop, placing an enormous strain on the skeletal system. As such, a performance horse may fail to reach its athletic potential because of injuries and diseases of joints, which are the most common causes of lameness. As joint problems can be a limiting factor in career longevity of athletic horses, care and maintenance of joints are a major concern among horsemen. THE EQUINE JOINT A joint is the union of two bones, regardless of the location in the body. A joint allows controlled movement of bones relative to each other, thus allowing the skeleton to move. Joints found in the leg of a horse endure incredible pressure during movement. In a healthy joint, the ends of the bones are coated with a thin layer of articular cartilage reducing friction. Bones are also surrounded by a joint capsule with a tough outer layer (to connect the bones and protect the joint) and a permeable inner layer or synovial membrane. The membrane secretes synovial fluid, a slippery, viscous liquid, providing essential lubrication and allows the passage of nutrients and other elements from the bloodstream. Synovial fluid is nutrient-rich containing proteins, enzymes, water, leukocytes and a key ingredient; sodium hyaluronate, which is responsible for the fluid’s elastoviscous qualities. Sodium hyaluronate (formerly known as hyaluronic acid) is a negatively-charged sugar chain or glycosaminoglycan (GAG), which arranges itself in complicated coils, adapting to the pressure changes in the joint capsule as the horse moves. It assures the unhindered passage of metabolites to and from tissues throughout the joint and also serves as a stabilizer and shock absorber for the structures that are undergoing continual, changing mechanical stresses. Articular cartilage, the other main shock-absorbing component of a joint, is an efficient but flawed structure. Its structural framework is a web of collagen fibers with cells called chondrocytes scattered along the matrix. Chondrocytes produce giant proteoglycan molecules that bind the GAGs. The GAGs in turn extract and loosely hold large amounts of positively-charged water molecules. When cartilage is damaged, there is a decrease in the 28

number of GAGs; therefore, the cartilage holds less water. Cartilage conforms to the bone surfaces for a tight fit between weight-bearing bones, it spreads pressure evenly over a broad area and manages the water in its matrix, squeezing it out when the joint is under pressure and drawing it back in when the joint is not under pressure. This in-and-out movement of the fluid transports nutrients throughout the cartilage. However, there is a downside to cartilage as it has no blood or nerve supply of its own, so cartilage has little or no ability to heal or repair itself. Although cartilage performs admirably under normal conditions JOINT DAMAGE Lameness, change in the normal range of motion of a joint, can result from damage to any of the tissues associated with the joint, such as: • Disrupted ligaments, tendons, or muscles due to injury. • Disease of the supporting bone can lead to collapse of the joint surface. • Damage to the articular cartilage, such as the breakdown of collagen and loss of proteoglycan resulting in weakened cartilage, which loses its smooth articulating surface. • Damage to the synovial membrane and changes in the makeup of the joint fluid result in alternations in normal joint viscosity. So what is the underlying reason for joint damage? The answer is quite simple—inflammation. Inflammation is normally a protective mechanism initiated by the body in response to injury in an attempt to repair the injured tissue. Inflammation causes blood vessels to dilate and allows fluid and cells to leak out. However, the inflammation response in a joint is a process designed to break down and remove injured or foreign material. This process changes the chemical makeup of the fluid in the joint, introducing excess fluids and a high concentration of destructive enzymes and prostaglandins into a closed area (the joint capsule). This destroys the lubricating GAGs and the synovial fluid begins to lose viscosity. The articular cartilage eventually suffers from a compromised nutrient supply and cannot keep up with repairs and develops damaged areas, opening the bone ends to direct trauma. The bone responds with a defense that only causes further destruction; it lays down new bone to strengthen the surface (sclerosis) and extends its margins in the form of bone spurs. If left unchecked, this inflammation,

known as arthritis, will totally destroy the joint. TREATMENT STRATEGIES Many options exist for treating joint disease in horses. The major treatment goals are to reduce inflammation, to improve joint fluid and to improve cartilage. Treatments to accomplish these goals generally fall into two categories: physical therapies and nutritional therapies. Physical therapies include rest, bandaging, application of heat, application of cold, and mild, controlled exercise to maintain range of motion. Nutritional treatment options for horses with joint disease attempt to stop or decrease inflammation and replace some of the natural constituents of joint fluid and/or cartilage, with the goal that the body could use those building blocks to restore normal joint function. Traditionally, equine veterinarians may inject corticosteroids directly into the joint capsule. Corticosteroids are potent anti-inflammatories, but they are thought to potentially harm or damage joint cartilage if used improperly. Veterinarians have also traditionally injected hyaluronic acid (HA) directly into the joint capsule. HA is part of normal joint fluid and it is recognized as a mild antiinflammatory. HA has been coined as ‘chondroprotective’. Oral treatment options for horses with joint disease run the gamut with ingredients and ingredient combinations. Research studies have demonstrated that oral HA is absorbed from the digestive tract, and it has a serum enhancing effect on circulating HA levels. Horse owners indicate many horses seem to improve their lameness score when provided oral HA. Another common ingredient in joint supplements is Glucosamine due to its main action of stimulating the manufacture of substances necessary for joint synthesis. Researchers have

Dr. Tania Cubitt found that glucosamine is the key precursor for all the various sugars found in GAGs and further, that glucosamine occupies the pivotal position in connective tissue synthesis by stimulating collagen production. Glucosamine HCI has the advantage of being more absorbable than other GAGs products currently available. In addition to chondroitin sulfate and glucosamine, other ingredients necessary for synthesis of joint tissues are included in oral joint supplements, such as MSM (methylsulfonylmethane), copper, zinc, manganese and vitamin C. MSM is a source of sulfur, a component that is necessary to strengthen collagen. The trace minerals copper, zinc and manganese are each involved as cofactors for synthetic production of joint materials. Finally, vitamin C is necessary for collagen formation. Omega 3 fatty acids, in particular docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) has also been shown to have positive results in alleviating inflammation. Check out our dac Facebook page for weekly brainteasers and other tips, www.facebook.com/ dacvitamins. Visit our website for more information about our feeds, www.feeddac.com. Contact us if you have any questions regarding any of our products, 800/921-9121.

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May 2017

Dusty Boots Riding Club

Royalty Competition 2017 PRESIDENT, Holly Carr; 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Ruth Somnitz; TREASURER, Donna Rohrer; SECRETARY, Deb Koffel; EMAIL, dustyboots@ dustybootsridingclub.com WEBSITE, www.dustybootsridingclub.com

by Deb Koffel

Keep watching the website and Facebook for any updates. New this year: Buy four classes, get one free—(Dusty Boots held shows only) COMMUNITY SERVICE Thomas Gala member of Troop #68 of Painesville, Ohio, recently attended a meeting where he

presented us with his Eagle Scout Project. The project is a 24/7 Take a Blessing—Leave a Blessing Boxes. These boxes are filled and maintained with nonperishable items. They will be placed at different locations in the area. The locations are Dorset Baptist Church, Life Brand Cowboy Church, Liberty Covered Bridge and Central Congregational Church.

The boxes will be maintained year round. There will be a box at the Dusty Boots meetings and also at the shows for anyone wanting to make a donation. Please bring your donations for such a worthy project. Thomas is the son of 1994 Royalty Queen Michele Weiss Gala and also the Grandson of Tony Weiss, Past Director and Trustee.

New! Prince and Princess Jr. Competition will be open to all Dusty Boots members ages 7-12 years old. Contestants must be current members of Dusty Boots. They will compete in Walk/Trot horsemanship classes, be interviewed and take a simple test on general horse knowledge and Dusty Boots rules. For more information check our rulebook or contact 2016 Queen Naomi Stimburys at horsesrul1@gmail.com. Dusty Boots will also hold the Sr. Royalty Competition open to members ages 14-24. A horsemanship class will be at most shows and the test and interview will be at the November meeting. All interested parties contact Ruth Stimburys, Royalty Chairperson at equus3@att.net. Applications are due by the July 4 show. We are on the hunt for all past Royalty winners. The first Royalty winner was Darla Hornstein. Now we would like your help for the rest of our winners. Please contact Dusty Boots with your name and winning year through Facebook (NEOHA) or dustybootsridingclub.com. Thank you in advance! We would like to congratulate and thank all of our 2017 Life members—Arnie Blecher, Bonnie Blecher, Sandy Borelli, Deedra Carlson, Lois Chittle, Sue Elliott, Betty Hare, Richard Hornstein, Carol Huff, Shirley Lewis, Jeanne Oxley, George Setler, David Silva, Sally Stow, John Truman and Linda Whitbey. All life members must be in good standings and be at least 65 years old on Jan. 1, 2017. Wonderful to see we have so many! 2017 SHOW SCHEDULE JUNE 18 — Dusty Boots at Ashtabula County Fairgrounds. JULY 4 — Runnin Free and Silver Stir-ups, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds. JULY 23 — Jefferson Rotary, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds . AUG. 27 — Blue Lakes, Newbury Ohio. SEPT. 10 — Dusty Boots, Ashtabula County Fairgrounds. SEPT. 17 — Dusty Boots, South Farm, Middlefield. May 2017

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Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club

Boots to Grasses Visit PRESIDENT, Sharon Substanley; VICE PRESIDENT, Karen Taylor; TREASURER, Pam Fritz; SECRETARY, Tiffany Fritz. EMAIL, sharonsubstanley@yahoo.com PHONE, 440/839-9023

by Sharon Substanley NOMHC members were fortunate to recently have had an interesting and fun tour of a wonderful 5.5 acre farm near Berlin Heights, Ohio. On April 2, we met at the farm and were cordially greeted by owner, Laura Mastropaolo and her daughter, Isabella, who is the program director and head instructor for Boots to Grasses Therapeutic Horsemanship. Bella’s husband, Josh, was there too, and he brought all of the miniature horses up close and personal for us. Three of the minis had originally belonged to Becky Hillis, and one had been Sherri Alliman’s. All four horses were obviously well-cared for and loved, plus now they had very important jobs: helping people who face challenges, develop physical,

social, and cognitive skills and feel better about themselves. Isabella, Mastropaolo-Bender, a PATH Certified Therapeutic Horsemanship instructor, explained how their program works and their goals for the future, which include helping veterans of war adjust to civilian life. Caring for horses and interacting with them can be very healing to body and mind. The farm has two gentle riding horses for those who are able to be on the back of a horse. With instruction and trained volunteer helpers, students can feel the benefits of movement in the saddle. The program is open to children and adults with phyical and/or mental disabilities. A doctor’s order is not needed to get into the program; for more information, call 419/602-1143 or email bootstograsses@gmail.com. After seeing all the horses and enjoying a walk around the pond and outdoor riding areas, we had a short business meeting. We were happy to make a donation to the Boots to Grasses non-profit organization and we thanked them for taking the time to explain their program and share the peacefulness of their farm. We

Josh, Laura, and Isabella with horses that came from Becky Hillis. could feel the love and dedication this family has to making the lives of people and animals better. At the business meeting, we discussed our upcoming show, which will be held at Lorain County Fairgrounds, Wellington, Ohio, on June 4. There is a covered paddock and holding barn, so the show will be held rain or shine. We will be posting showbills, getting sponsorships, and gathering raffle items in preparation for our biggest event of the year.

This will be our 20th annual show. The showbill is available on the Northern Ohio Miniature Horse Club Facebook page. The next meeting will be earlier than usual because of a scheduling conflict. It will be held at Worship Alive Church Hall in Bellevue on April 30 at 1 p.m. We will make final show plans and also make some decisions about future meetings and activities from July through November of this year.

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 The West Virginia Miniature Horse Championship is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the exhibition and preservation of the miniature horse as a unique breed of equine. Through their events and activities, they strive to create a family atmosphere for everyone who has a shared interest in the miniature horse. Their clinics teach equine management and skills that help create good sportsmanship, proper showmanship and positive development of our youth. The WV Miniature Horse Championship brings recognition and acceptance to the miniature horse breed 30

2016 High Point Youth Supreme Champion 7 and under.

2016 High Point Youth Supreme Champion 8-12 yrs.

through education and exhibition by promoting West Virginia’s most prestigious miniature horse show. The 6th Annual WV Miniature Horse Championship will be held on June 17 at the historic WVU Jackson’s Mill, in Weston, WV. Offering cash awards, plus custom trophies and medals, the WV Miniature Horse Championship brings more prizes and awards than most events in the miniature horse industry at very affordable rates. This allows all miniature horse owners to compete in a very competitive event

that combines professional exhibition with good, old fashioned family fun. With five states represented at their 2016 event, the WV Miniature Horse Championship continues to grow every year as word spreads. The goal of the WV Miniature Horse Championship is to provide an exceptional venue to showcase the miniature horse which will meet or exceed the high level of competition and prestige which is currently found only on a national level. “We want to demonstrate that West Virginia can provide the

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2016 High Point Youth Supreme Champion 13-18 yrs. kind of atmosphere of high quality competition, prestige, and hospitality that cannot be found anywhere else,” states Chairman Melissa Skidmore. More information on the WV Miniature Horse Championship, including showbill, location, and class criteria can be found on the website, www.wvminiaturehorsechampionship. weebly.com. Questions or inquiries may also be sent via email to: wvminiaturehorsechampionship@aol. com. May 2017

Pinto Horse Association of Ohio

PtHAO Forms Youth Council 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

PtHAO Sweetheart Addison NalleIcenhour visits the StraightArrow booth during Equine Affaire.

PtHAO Queen Sena Jodoin poses with Segway in Columbus, Ohio, at the Equine Affaire.

Ashland Paint & Plain Saddle Club

Congratulations to Joan School PRESIDENT, Steven â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chunkâ&#x20AC;? Watts; SECRETARY, Jean Yancer; TREASURER, Ashley Christian; WEBSITE, ashlandpaintandplain.com; EMAIL, paintandplaininfo@yahoo.com

The Pinto Horse Association of Ohio (PtHAO) is forming a group of young (18 and younger) equine enthusiasts from all over the state, who will be working together to promote good horsemanship, sportsmanship and leadership skills. What is a Youth Council? A Youth Council is considered a body of young people who provide support to an organization and participate in a variety of projects and bring about community awareness. This Youth Council is a huge benefit to our organization, as it will provide a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;youthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; perspective on growing our organization and provide personal

growth to all those involved. This will also provide a network and partnership with the adults and peers within our PtHAO organization and gain a greater insight into the needs of all those involved. Our PtHAO Youth Council will be under the guidance of Pinto Pete Thornton, who has many creative ideas to kick off this newly formed group. Those include, a service project at each Ohio Pinto show. In April, at the Spring Fling show that was held in Springfield, Ohio, a can food drive was supported and items were donated to a local food bank. Other items planned throughout the show season include raffles, scavenger hunts, learning the parts of the horse, participating in mini educational seminars at the shows held by professional trainers. In July at our Lots Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Spots show in Findlay, Ohio, PtHAO will be providing exhibitors with a T-shirt, with the design coming from our Youth Council. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very excited to be bringing this council back into our organization and look forward to the many benefits this will provide to all our members.

by Chesna Wertz Hi everyone! I hope you all are enjoying this lovely weather we are experiencing. As of this writing, it is currently in the 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and sunshine; my kind of weather! Hopefully this will continue for our first show in two weeks on April 29-30. I will include the results from the Jackpot classes in the June issue. Hopefully we will have seen everyone there! I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much news to report in this issue, but I would like to share an accomplishment of one of our lifetime members. Ashland Paint & Plain member, Joan School, was inducted in the PHBA Hall of Fame (Palomino Horse Breeders Association) on March 11, 2017

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Joan School at the Hall of Fame Reception in Tulsa, Okla. Joan has been involved in PHBA and PEAO (Palomino Exhibitors Association of Ohio) for many, many years and this is a very deserving honor for her and her beloved palominos. We congratulate Joan on her achievement!

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Black Swamp Driving Club

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

by Mary Thomas March 12 found a dozen Black Swamp Driving Club members braving the cold and heading to Malabar Farm, Mansfield, Ohio, for the Maple Syrup Festival. Mary Elliott, assisted by Linda Spear, brought her Percheron pair to provide wagon rides around the farm. A history of maple syrup production showed how technology has made the process easier. Malabar Farm was the home of author Louis Bromfield, an ardent conservationist. He enjoyed entertaining celebrities and Humphrey Bogart was married in front on one of the magnificent fireplaces in the main house. Members had a chance to tour the house with a knowledgeable guide in addition to learning about agricultural advancements made on the farm. Cindy, Meryl, and Heather Hossfeld, Strongsville, Ohio, invited

both BSDC and Western Reserve Carriage Association members to their carriage house March 26. Their large collection of pony vehicles surrounded tables set up for the noon potluck. Cindy Hossfeld led a tour through the carriages, commenting on each type of vehicle, especially discussing the history of their pony park drag, pointing out all the appointments necessary for turning out the coach correctly. Heather Hossfeld spoke about attire for driving in a pleasure show, while an extensive display of harness commanded attention throughout the afternoon. Jackie and Mike Minges were the lucky winners of the gift certificate drawing sponsored by WRCA. Bobbe Polvony drove her mare Jane to a third place ribbon at the first of 2017 Great Lakes Area Driving Series events held March 31 through April 2 at Windy Knoll Farm, Sullivan, Ohio. Mary Ann Tock, with assistance from husband Jeff, competed two of her small ponies to top awards in the training level division. One of Mary Thomas’ Dartmoors picked up fourth in the preliminary single pony. Carol Millhoan designed and coordinated the American Driving

Mary Elliott drives her Percherons at Malabar Farm. Society booth at Equine Affaire, Columbus, Ohio, April 6-9. The attractive setting drew plenty of interest while providing opportunities to explain the fun and challenge offered to drivers of all levels. Stacey Carlson from the ADS office in Wisconsin and Kathlyn Haak representing the Carriage Association of America were in attendance to help bring the message that driving is definitely a growing equine activity. Millhoan created a large banner for the booth announcing the Regional Drive July 14-16 at the Hoosier Horse Park, Edinburg, Ind. A weekend of driving at will throughout the spacious park along with clinics and lessons from Lisa Singer, one of the top drivers in the

Cindy Hossfeld points out one of the many pony vehicles in the Hossfeld collection. U.S., is planned. Of course there will be plenty of time for socializing with fellow drivers. Black Swamp members will gather at Sauder Village, Archbold, Ohio, on May 20. Arrival is at any time after 10 a.m., but be sure to make reservations for the 4 p.m. dinner at the Barn Restaurant. Call 740/361-3885 or email ram2andsue@gmail.com to sign up for the dinner. Ron and Sharon Hayhurst are hosting a Dutch oven lunch and drive at their farm June 24. Check www.blackswampdrivingclub. com for further details. A drive July 23 at Byers Woods, Ashland, Ohio, listed by the Tocks and Mary Thomas, has been added to the BSDC 2017 calendar.

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A Horse, of Course

Don’t Let Your Horse Get Thrush by Don Blazer In the world of horses, thrush is not a songbird. It’s a dirty bird. Thrush is an unhealthy condition of the hoof which is most frequently blamed on a dirty stall. It ought to be blamed on conformation and poor hoof management. While it is true unsanitary conditions can be a cause of thrush, lack of exercise, configuration of the hoof and improper or inadequate trimming of the wall, sole and frog is more likely responsible. Horses kept primarily in stalls or restricted turnout areas suffer from thrush more frequently than horses in large pastures. Movement stimulates blood flow through the horse’s legs, which helps maintains a healthy hoof. Movement also helps the hooves ‘self-clean’. The structure of the hoof will also play a part in the odds of a horse acquiring thrush. Hooves with deep crevices (the collateral grove along the frog and the central sulcus) retain

moisture and dirt, resulting in areas that can grow bacteria. Upright heels also result in the frog being more recessed—allowing more area for dirt, manure and foreign material to accumulate. A balanced hoof is a healthy hoof. I’ve mentioned in previous articles that the farrier should not cut away the healthy sole or frog, and that is true. But the sole and frog produce excessive growth after they reach a thickness sufficient to protect the foot. This dead matter must be removed by the farrier so the living sole and frog are clean. One of the first signs a horse may have thrush is an offensive odor. In severe cases the smell is accompanied by a dark, fluid similar to dirty crankcase oil. If an offensive odor is noticed, it’s a pretty good sign additional hoof care is needed. In mild cases, thrush rarely caused lameness, and is relatively easy to treat. However, in severe cases, the infection can penetrate deeper

into the hoof compromising the digital cushion. The horse is lame, and pressure on the frog and bulbs of the hoof results in pain. If thrush is suspected, even if the horse is not lame, a veterinarian should be consulted as deep tissue involvement must be ruled out. If thrush is develops, the infected portions should be trimmed away and the area cleaned. Full strength chlorine bleach can then be poured into the crevices, making sure the bleach does not come in contact with the heel, coronet band or skin. Chlorine bleach is a drying agent and should only be used full strength during the initial treatment. Tamed iodine may also be used, in addition to many commercial antibacterial thrush products on the market.

avoided as they may restrict drying, resulting in a slow healing process. Many horse owners have found the use of diapers to treat thrush and protect the recovering hoof as an excellent aid. To hasten healing, and prevent future thrush episodes, management procedures need to be addressed. Good, consistent exercise keeps the foot healthy. Stalls, corrals, paddocks should be cleaned frequently. A proactive trimming or shoeing schedule needs to be implemented, which includes not going over six weeks between farrier visits and keeping the hoof in balance. I prefer to have the horse trimmed or shod every 30 days. Without thrush, your horse will sing a happy song.

On-going treatment would be to keep the feet clean and dry. Daily treatment may include the application of a poultice bandage, or using an antiseptic solution foot bath. Commercial hoof boots should be

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Michigan Trail Riders Association, Inc.

MTRA Rides are on Bucket Lists PRESIDENT, Chuck Fanslow; 1st VICE PRESIDENT, Al Davis; SECRETARY, Kathleen Moss; TREASURER, Mindy Ellis; WEBSITE, www.mtra.org; EMAIL, mtra. office@gmail.com; PHONE, 989/723-1425

by Jan Wolfin The 2017 MTRA Annual Meeting/ Banquet is now a wonderful memory. It was a night of good food, good music, lots of fun and great friends. Congratulations to Ed Gosdzinski, Terry Meier and Steve Ross, who were re-elected to the MTRA Board of Directors. Congratulations to Lynn Gosdzinski and Robert Lee, who were elected to their first term on the board. Thank you for your years of service to Carol Hyzer and

Pat Galloup, who chose to not run for another term. MTRA’s first trip to Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio, was a big success. Thank you to Kim Ross, Kristie Walls, Carla Walker and Jan Wolfin for manning our booth for the four days. And thank you to Joe Burrill and Wendell Brown for driving to Columbus on Saturday to man the booth and give the girls a break. It was interesting and amazing the number of people from all over the country who stopped and wanted information on our rides —not because they saw our booth and didn’t know who we were and wanted to find out, but because they did know about us and doing one of our rides is on their bucket list. Our big spring work bee at 4 Mile Road Camp is coming up May 6 and 7. President, Al Davis, and several of our board members met with Greg

Kinser of the MDNR and formed a plan for cleanup. Now we need you to come to work. You do not have to come for the entire weekend. If you have a few hours, come and donate your time and labor. Be sure to sign in as every donated hour is important. These hours of donated work are submitted to the MDNR and the USFS to show the commitment of our members to this trail. And remember, for every donated day of work at this work bee, you will receive one day of free camping on a MTRA ride of your choice. Reservations are coming in for our rides. First ride of the season will be May 12 to May 21. The May ride is a 10 day ride from Cadillac to Goose Creek. Ten days later, the first June ride begins in Oscoda (June 1 to June 11). This is an 11 day ride from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. Five days after this ride ends, the

second June ride begins in Empire at Lake Michigan and goes east to Oscoda (Lake Huron) (June 16 to July 2). If you have not registered for a ride and plan to go, you can get a registration form on our website or call the MTRA office. If you do not have the time to do an entire ride, you can jump in and out of a ride at any time. You must have a current MTRA membership. You also do not have to ride camp to camp. If you just want to circle ride, you can haul your horse from camp to camp. As always, if you have any questions or need more information about the Michigan Trail Riders Association, contact us by calling 989/723-1425 or visit our website at www.mtra.org. Be sure to check out our Facebook page to see photos of what is happening with MTRA.

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Falling Water and Caney Mountain by Richard Anderson The four day equine event in Columbus this past week was another one for the books, that included wallto-wall presentations extending from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day, beginning on Thursday, April 6 and ending on Sunday, April 9. And where in the world can you get such great information and training, offered at no charge, that includes clinics, seminars, and demonstrations that can be used in the round pen, the show ring, as well on the trail, by trained professionals in the horse business. Among the cast of 43 well known personalities, that included Dan James, Julie Goodnight, Brandi Lyons, and of course, Guy McLean, each presenter offered his or her own style and message of horsemanship. And capping off the day, each evening from Thursday to Saturday was the musical celebration ‘The Fantasia’, offering sensational horses, great music, and a mix of comedy and drama, that included some of the top

trainers and entertainers from around the nation. The evening event included freestyle dressage, reining, drill teams and a specialty competition, featuring Dan James, Julie Goodnight, Brandi Lyons, and Jason Charles, as well as a great presentation of Icelandic horses, demonstrating their fast-paced speed of up to 40 miles an hour, known as the famous ‘Tolt’ gait. We rode Icelandic horses when we visited Rajavek, Iceland on a cruise last summer, but we were never able to generate the speed we saw at the Fantasia this past week. Next year’s Equine Affaire will be scheduled in early April and should be on everyone’s calendar as an event not to be missed. But, now that Equine Affaire in Columbus is over, we are looking forward to our first visit to the Ozark Mountains at the Falling Water Horse Camp at Big Hur, Ark., a formerly family owned mansion estate that was converted into a public riding park, as well as Caney Mountain Horse Camp in Ben Hur, Ark., both of which offer some of the finest

Stunning Gypsy Vanner Horse at Equine Affaire bred for half a century in England to pull the Gypsy Caravan.

Dwarf miniature horse 5 1/2 hands high (22 inches) named ‘Butterball’ a therapy horse for hospitals and nursing homes.

and spectacular riding opportunities in the Ozark Mountains. Since this will be our first visit, we will have to wait until the trip is over to cover some of the details, but it looks to be another great event in our 2017 riding schedule. We may also be looking to join one of the five organized rides on the famous Michigan ‘Shore to Shore’ ride this summer, a 10 day ride covering some 285 miles from Lake Erie to Lake Michigan, if we can include it in our schedule. We are also looking at exploring a new event, called ‘Ride the World’, where we can join up with other riders in such far off destinations as Ireland, France, New Zealand, Mexico, Kenya, and Machu Picchu in Equador. These events are limited to 10 riders per trip and you need to provide your own airfare, but each would be a stellar event to add to your own bucket list of things to do as a horse lover. You can get more information on these

outstanding riding trips by visiting www.activeridingtrips.com. And, as in the past, you are welcome to join us, and you do not need a gaited horse to ride with us, as we explore the back country of the Midwest. As you can imagine, we’re looking for fun. JUNE 3-10 — Deep Creek Horse Camp, Bryson City, NC AUG. 4-6 — Barkcamp State Park Memorial Ride, Belmont, OH AUG. 18-20 — Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Peninsula, OH AUG. 26-SEPT. 2 — Otter Creek Stables, Glenfield, NY SEPT. 3-9 — Big Elk Lick Horse Camp, Benezette, PA SEPT. 16-23 — Midwest Trail Ride, Norman, IN OCT. 1-7 — High Knob Horse Camp, Equality, IL OCT. 8-14 — Mammoth Cave Horse Camp, Mammoth Cave, TN *This schedule is tentative and is subject to change during the year.

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38 Acres of Scenic Beauty!

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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Geauga Horse and Pony Association

Two Exciting Clinics Offered in May and June PRESIDENT, Niki Barry; TREASURER, Shauna Gingrich; SECRETARY, Melanie Young . WEBSITE, www.ghpa.us

by Paige Belew YOUTH SPOTLIGHT: A FAMILY AFFAIR Sister and brother, Gray and Trip Tyminski have been showing together in the Walk/Trot/Novice ring for the past two years. Gray rides her horse Machree at GHPA shows. Trip and Gray share a paint horse, Breeze. Their mom introduced them to horses at a young age. Eight year old Trip has been riding since he was 5. Gray, 11, has been riding since she was four. They are a part of the Silver Stirrups GHPA youth club. Gray likes to jump and Trip likes to do walk/ trot pole bending and barrel racing. Gray and Trip love how GHPA let’s them have the opportunities to go trail riding, ride with friends, and show at the fair. They also love that they get to be part of a youth group and learn many new things. Gray’s biggest accomplishment in GHPA was winning walk/trot high point for

Gray and Machree with Trip and Breeze. the 2015 show season. Trip loves the chance to win money in jackpot classes. Gray is looking forward to showing Machree and jumping her. Trip is looking forward to more pole bending and barrel racing with Breeze. We wish both Gray and Trip good luck in the 2017 show season. GHPA is offering two exciting clinics with knowledgeable trainers. The first clinic, The Ride with Confidence Clinic is with Rich Bradshaw and is on Friday, May 12 at 7 p.m. It is limited to 12 youth riders 18 and under. The cost is $20 for members and $25 for non members. It starts with pizza and warm-up at 6 p.m. If you want to learn to have more confidence and communication with your horse in the show ring, on the trail, or in your

Trip and Breeze

Gray and Machree.

backyard, this is the clinic for you. All are welcome to come and watch. The second clinic is a Three Day Summer Camp with Seth Clark. It is June 19-21. The three days are filled with western, English, showmanship, and trail. Riders and their horse stay overnight in the GHPA barn. The cost is $145 for members and $165 for non members. Our own chef, Paul, will be cooking for us during the three days. This clinic is limited to 12 riders. Watch the website for clinic registration forms or call Kathy Blair at 440/670-3968 or blair564@ windstream.net. Our show dates for the 2017 show

season are May 28, June 4, June 18, July 9, July 23 and Aug. 6. You can find membership forms, rules and links to horse related topics. Join us for club meetings on the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Geauga County Fairgrounds Education Building. Other ways to follow GHPA like us on Facebook, Geauga Horse & Pony Assoc.; Twitter: @GHPAhorseshows; Instagram: GHPAhorseshows. As always, GHPA would like to thank Big Dee’s Tack and Schneider’s Saddlery for their generous support of our organization. We really appreciate all that both of these fine companies provide for us.

Ohio Morgan Horse Association

Recap on Equine Seminar Held in March PRESIDENT, Claudia Grimes; VICE PRESIDENT, Louise Fraser; SECRETARY, Lois Magisano; PAST PRESIDENT, Amy Snyder; EMAIL, cowgirlup73@hotmail. com; WEBSITE, www.ohiomorganhorse. com

by Susan Walker On Sunday, March 19 our association hosted one of their ongoing equine seminars. It was a typically blustery early spring day, so it was great to be able to get a horseyrelated fix from the comfort of one of the meeting rooms at the Galaxy event center. Kudos to the Galaxy for providing coffee/tea/water service, a delicious buffet lunch and excellent service from the wait staff. All was very nice and well worth the price of admission. But for my money, the real value was first, the invaluable information conveyed by the three speakers and second, the chance to catch up with some Morgan friends I haven’t seen for a few months. The first and keynote speaker was Dr. Adam Pendleton, DVM CJF. 38

That last bit stands for ‘Certified Journeyman Farrier’ which Dr. Pendleton told the group was a milestone he achieved after having worked with his farrier father, before he ever entered veterinary school. Having these two distinguished qualifications puts Dr. Pendleton in a rare position as expert in the subject of his lecture, ‘How Farrier Techniques Influence Performance Horses.’ From my personal perspective, if Dr. P can set and cinch a shoe as tightly as he held the audience’s attention, then I’m sure he is a truly proficient farrier. Not to gush, but I can rarely remember receiving so many fun facts and so much valuable information in such a short space of time. To enhance his spoken material, he also provided some wonderful audio visual aids to drive home his points, such as slow motion video of the four stages of the stride and another amazing video showing a computerized representation of how the hoof transforms during the stride phases. Dr. P also gave us a brief explanation of an almost sci-fi like tool, Equinosis Q, which has sensors that can measure movement to within

one millimeter. Again speaking personally, I could have listened to this doctor on this subject for hours! I wish someone would have videoed it so that I could watch it again. After lunch, Sandy Sessink, trainer, equestrian teacher/coach and USEF judge spoke on ‘Show Ring Rules and Etiquette.’ Throughout her presentation, many good tips and recommendations were given to help all the horse show exhibitors in attendance put their best foot or hoof forward and Sandy shared some of her personal pet peeves. Toward the end of her speech, Sandy reminded us that as impassioned as we all can be about showing our horses, we need to be mindful of good sportsmanship. Sandy also stressed how difficult it can be for newbies to the show ring and encouraged a welcoming and helpful approach to newcomers to our sport. Winding up the presentations, Sandy Shipley of Valley Tack spoke on ‘Saddle Fitting.’ Again, many helpful tips and suggestions were given on how to check the fit of one’s saddle and how to correct fitting problems. With a chart depicting equine anatomy, Sandy highlighted

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Keynote speaker, Dr. Adam Pendleton, DVM CJF common areas where fitting problems arise. She also discussed the differences between English, western and saddle seat saddles and their unique fitting challenges. At the end of the day, my strongest overall impression of the seminar was how much passion and enthusiasm each of the speakers demonstrated toward their subject matter. That, for me, made each one a joy to listen to and to learn from. May 2017

Cowboy Dressage

The Eight Leadership Qualities Your Pony Horse Must Have by Jeff Wilson Remember last month when I said horsemanship is simply the ability to “run with the fox, and bark with the hounds”? The trick here is to work in cooperation and harmony with the horse—with the intent to change an unbroke horse into a useful riding horse without them knowing it. I consider success the ability to turn out a horse that is safe, confident and knows its job. I gave away more useful information last month than I should. If you didn’t catch it, you better make like a chicken on a June bug and go after it. I told you about how I get an amazing amount of training accomplished in a very short amount of time. My secret weapon, I told you, was using a ‘pony horse’ while training. For me, that unwept, unhonored, and unsung hero involves a Morgan gelding named David, a horse I’ve built my training program around. I’m going to show you this month how the qualities of a pony horse can help keep your teeth in your head during training sessions, and how you can empower your own horse world with experiences that will leave your friends drooling for your secrets! The information trail nowadays is noisier than a new leather saddle is. If you have a desire to ride more effectively and train faster than all your friends do, then read on through this month’s article. Again, it is an amazing bit of free information. First, there are specific qualities that need to be in place (your job to do) in your pony horse for you to be successful. Each specific quality of a pony horse dictates your success, but this first one has no margin. Your pony horse’s first priority is simply for them to know their job. It’s not a

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hard job, but one that dictates safety. Here’s where your $1,000 horse becomes a $100,000 horse. My pony horse, David, as head counselor here at Camp Cowpoke, has only one edict with a brand new camper: to be able to ride closely alongside them. Yeah, that’s it, a horsey handhold of sorts. A young horse is hard-wired to find courage within a herd, even if it’s only a herd of one other horse. And it’s that simple, except many young horses won’t necessarily cooperate with that plain communiqué at first because A) They don’t know David, so they can get intimidated and foolish i.e. kicky or jumpy (remember the pecking order—somebody has to salute), and B) They don’t always just stay alongside when the rope pulls tight (that first big puddle you have to cross through is either going to stretch their neck or your arm), so it’s important to go slow until they learn to stay by the pony horse’s shoulder. Always remember to never step back on a ladder to admire your work until you’ve returned home; stay focused and go slow. The mindset must be “I’ve got all the time in the world” when it comes to safety. Here is where your best buddy earns his oats. David’s distinct pony horse model came out of the factory quite right, which brings our second quality up for discussion. It’s good to realize a pony horse needs to be within a certain size range to be able to navigate competently around an unbroke. An overly tall horse can be too towering and too leggy to get up and under a pushy unbroke. A too small horse could get pushed around. This ain’t a tight rule, like two coats of paint, but a consideration. Not everyone encounters this, but as a professional,

all sorts of temperaments and training conundrums come up my driveway looking for help. I can’t worry about the mules, I have to just load the wagon. None of the horses know me or my trails, so you have to ride these new campers smart until the dust settles. A pony horse doesn’t have to be super selfassertive (meaning he can step into an unbroke to stop them, or push into them) but he does need to be able to stand his ground, and be perceived as the unwavering leader for his little camper-ettes. One monkey doesn’t stop the circus, but David does his job well. There’s a reason he does his job well. I’ve used lots of different types of horses. I’ve used Morgans from my herd that had just learned to wipe their noses a week before the ones they were ponying, but the best ones are obviously the seasoned horses, the ones that have been around awhile and know the ropes. They are the slick ones—slicker than grease off dinner. That is because of their God-given temperament, but also because I am able to steady them through my seat and hands. We are, after all, riding partners. David isn’t interested in fancy things (although he does stand on a pedestal and salute), but what he does do is straightforward, reliable and predictable. Those of us lucky enough to have such a champion admire them as pure gold. As a breeder of horses, as a trainer, as one who appreciates the try from horses and riders, I strive for a ‘wagon wheel approach’—what do we need to get rollin’. Then, other avenues and pursuits can begin to emerge atop the frame you’ve built. (David does a little shooting on the side, too. You know, he walks into a

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Jeff Wilson bar and eats shoots and leaves.) Situations always occur with horses, whether you’re a trainer or an owner. What we always need can be boiled down to the simple. Plan ahead, play it safe, and always drink upstream from the herd. *David is ruggedly handsome at 15 hands tall. Although considered ‘low-maintenance’ he can be a bit messy. He’s a bay, and sports long dreads with stickers and burdocks. He loves carrots and grain, walks along the brook, and his forever friend, Denise, who he will continue to keep on training until she gets it. Hard sayin’ not knowin’ but now you have two important qualities to consider. Information that took me a lifetime to unravel. I appreciate your feedback. Please take some time and ‘like’ www.facebook.com/JeffWilson-Cowboy-Dressage. 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.

View From the Cheap Seats

The Heebie Jeebie Twin by Sarah Vas I consider myself a pretty tough cookie. I’m the one running into the fire while others are running out. I think rationally in a crisis and am not prone to post-trauma breakdowns once the smoke has cleared. But even that doesn’t prevent me from having an occasional case of the Heebie Jeebies here and there. I’ve long had an irrational fear of frogs and toads. Moths flying around porch lights are the worst, thanks to my big brother throwing all things creepy crawly in my general direction during our formative years. I’m just not a fan of small critters that jump, fly, or generally give you no indication of what direction they’re headed or how fast. I briefly considered going to college for some sort of teaching degree but slammed on the brakes when I was informed that all teachers are required to get routine vaccines. With needles. In their flesh. Nope. Nopenopenopenope. Moving On! I have had a baby so my ability to grit teeth through routine medical

requirements has gotten better but you did notice I said A BABY, right!? Fool me once… I’m pretty steady with equine emergencies and injuries but there’s a couple of situations that still give me the Heebie Jeebies there, too. My skin crawls and my tummy quivers when I have to deal with the gruesome reality of eyeballs and eye lids looking not as nature intended them. I’m a long-time contact wearer and comfortable poking things in my own peepers but the occasional torn lid or infected corneal scratch reminds me that eyes are delicate and important and filled with precious eye juice that should stay where it belongs! I’m always convinced I’m going to accidentally puncture a horse’s eye with those ridiculously tiny metal tubes of eye cream, too! Why are they so small and pointy? My second gurk-inducing procedure is the ever-popular castration. I’ve assisted vets by holding unsuspecting hind legs out of the way while the Emasculator does its job. Who named that thing, anyway? The crunching, the minutes-long wait

dŚĞ ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƵĞƐ͗ ϳ ůĞŵĞŶƚƐ ŽĨ ǀĞƌǇ ^ŝŐŶĂů >ĞĂƌŶ ƚŽ ^ŝŵƵůƚĂŶĞŽƵƐůǇ ĚũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ /ŶƚĞŶƐŝƚǇ͕ ƵƌĂƟŽŶ͕ Žƌ ŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ŽĨ zŽƵƌ ϳ ŽŵŵƵŶŝĐĂƟŽŶ ůĞŵĞŶƚƐ Ăƚ ŶǇ 'ŝǀĞŶ DŽŵĞŶƚ͘ ŶĚ ƚŚĞ &ƌƵƐƚƌĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ &ŝŶĂůůǇ ŽŶǀŝŶĐĞ zŽƵƌ ,ŽƌƐĞ ͞zŽƵ ŽŶ͛ƚ ,Ăǌ ƚŚĞ Ƶŵď͊͟

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

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

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

before removing the medieval crotch crushers, the sad confused faces of the groggy, gelded youngsters, the awkward cold hosing, the dripping, oozy, gory aftermath...I know it’s necessary for boys to go sleepy time and wake up 8 ounces lighter but ick...If I’m able, I tap out. I’ve added my third equine gagworthy thing to the list. Clotted blood. Not regular blood. I can handle even strongly coursing streams of red stuff from the raunchiest of injuries. But show me a giant glob of dark reddish-brown coagulation resembling rubbery chunks of liver and I turn into a squeamish sissy pants. Require me to manage that injury, remove said clot from whence it protrudes, touch the thing with my being!? Gaaahhhhhh!!!! Can’t. I’ll do it under extreme circumstances but won’t like it nor hide my displeasure. Guaranteed I’m prance-y dancing on my toes, making grimace faces, and guttural gross out noises throughout. Recently, a sweet gelding of mine went through a simple outpatient procedure to remove a mystery lump from the center of his chest. As a foal, he was apparently kicked by another kid’s mama while out in the broodmare herd at the breeding farm. Whatever injury occurred apparently caused his body to form a round cyst under the skin. As he grew, so did his nubbin but it never interfered with his life in any way. For unknown reasons, it recently started to get a bit bigger. Aspirated fluid confirmed it was totally harmless. Our vet still suggested removal so that it didn’t grow even bigger and cause problems later. Like a trooper, he bravely marched in and marched out of the vet clinic, minus his little knob. In case you were curious, yes, the vet opened up the rubbery membrane to see what lay beneath. The whole cyst was about the size of a tennis ball with a thick, white casing. Watery fluid the color of chicken stock fountained out of it along with well-packed clumps of what looked like tiny bread crumbs. We had always joked about the lump being a twin he consumed in utero. Bets were tossed around as to whether it had hair and teeth, perhaps an eyeball that would blink surprisingly at us when we finally opened up the Alien Twin. The vet turned the stretchy casing inside out to reveal a spray of hairs poking up from the clumpy crumb globs still adhered to the inside walls. Any pigment was long gone but the hair

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Sarah Vas shafts remained intact, causing his young body to sense foreign matter and encapsulate the offending villain. Why it recently started to increase size again is a mystery as well. That first night, his six-inch incision laced up neatly with bright blue stitches seemed fine. Until it slowly wasn’t. By the sixth day, I was convinced it was either chest muscle or perhaps his brains violently and grotesquely protruding from the base of the incision. It was foamy, drippy, spongy, and the color and consistency of raw liver. Oh, dear lord, open a window. I feel faint. It wasn’t muscle and certainly not brains but it was a substantial clot seeking the path of least resistance. What broke the surface and tore almost all the stitches was just the tip of the clotted iceberg but it needed a braver soul than me to set it free. And apparently, I NEEDED TO LEAVE THE PREMISES when our vet jams her fingers into a raw, squishy incision to extricate chunky blood clots the size of small cantaloupes, plopping them unceremoniously on my wash rack floor. I’ve now added Giant, Raw-LiverImitating Blood Clots to my Heebie Jeebies List of Eyeball Injuries, Castrations, Frogs, and Moths Flying Around Porch Lights. Thank you, dearly departed Alien Hair Twin with No Teeth or Eyeballs. May you rest in peace because your work here is done. 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. May 2017

Tri-County Trail Association

Spring Ride and OQHA All Breed Trail Ride and Challenge PRESIDENT, Jim Mike; VICE PRESIDENT, Leroy Wilson; SECRETARY, Neva Gibson; TREASURER, Sally Roush. EMAIL, ckrumm1958@gmail.com WEBSITE, www.tri-cotrails.org

by Cindy Krumm It is really here—Spring! Not just any spring but, the spring of TriCo’s 50th Anniversary! What a year we have planned! By the time you read this, we will have already had at least one work party where we focused on getting the campground in ship-shape. We will have held a chili cook-off and held a potluck dinner at camp. We will have even had an Easter dinner and Easter egg hunt for the kids at camp. In addition, we will have held our annual awards banquet and had a team set-up and run a booth at Equine Affair! Did you see our booth and talk to our volunteers? All these activities already past, and so much more to come! Next up is our Spring Ride weekend. You are sure to have a wonderful time when you come and spend the weekend of May 19-21 in camp with us. Our weekend begins with an evening meal on Friday, includes breakfast, lunch and dinner

on Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday in our large covered pavilion. Of course, we will do more than eat—we will have trail rides and other horseback activities throughout the weekend! The campground has many primitive open camping sites (first come, first choice) with plenty of already installed tie lines. If you chose to put up your own tie lines, the trees must be protected from the lines (no portable corrals, please). Our camp has several spigots throughout camp to provide easy access to water for your horses. We even have a two horse bath stall. We offer good home cooked meals and promise you will not walk away hungry. As if that isn’t enough fun for one weekend, we will also have a 50/50 raffle silent auction, and even have a DJ for music and dancing after dinner in the pavilion on Saturday evening. An individual who is not a Tri-Co member can enjoy all of this for only $55; Non-Member couples are only $80 for the entire weekend. (Tri-Co members enjoy additional discounts). We even offer the option of selecting individual meals. Come and join us! Ellen Van Pelt is the hostess for the Spring Ride weekend. Please contact her at 330/323-2834 for more information. Reservations are always appreciated, but not required.

Trail riders at the chili cook-off. June promises to have even more excitement than May since it is the month we will hold our Annual OQHA All Breed Trail Ride and Challenge. The activities for this weekend begin on Thursday evening, June 8 and go through lunch on Sunday, June 11, providing you with nine home cooked meals before you head for home. Not only will you have the option of meal packages that run from Thursday evening through Sunday lunch, you will also be able to enjoy trail rides and trail challenges. There will be evening fun that will include a 50/50 drawing, a silent auction and awards for the winners of the trail challenges. I will bring you more information next month. For now,

Enjoying games at the first potluck dinner held in March. mark your calendars! This promises to be an even more exciting weekend than past years! And believe me; they have all been fantastic weekends, with each year topping the one before. With this year’s weekend including an additional day, it is sure to be the best yet! Cynthia Bauman is the hostess for this weekend. She can be reached at 330/323-3559 or via email at Tri-CoTrails@gmail. com. Don’t wait to make your reservations—this is always a packed camp and you will want to reserve your site early! See more about our club, these events and other events scheduled for this year, on our website, www. Tri-CoTrails.org.

Mid Ohio Dressage Association

Useful Information Gained From Clinic to Use in Show Ring PRESIDENT, Vicki Milliron; VICE PRESIDENT, Amy Rothe-Hieter; SECRETARY, Nancy Wentz; TREASURER, Penny Krug; EMAIL, vickimilliron@ hotmail.com; WEBSITE, www. midohiodressage.org

by Vicki Milliron On April 1 and 2 Mid Ohio Dressage Association hosted a clinic with Sandy Osborn from Atlanta, Ga. Sandy is a USEF ‘S’ dressage judge and judges all over the United States. Along with judging, Sandy also gives clinics across the country and a yearly 10 day clinic in England. Saturday started out with a lecture on the training scale and the importance of it to each level. Sandy stressed the importance of each horse having good basics and how the basics are important for high scores in each rider’s test as they progress up the levels. Sandy worked with most May 2017

riders to get their horses straighter stressing how importance straightness is to every movement. She had many exercises to help the rider understand how to achieve straightness. She also worked with most riders on bend. Explaining that because horses are one sided just like people, true bend is hard to achieve. She also had exercises to help obtain bend. She worked hard with each rider, but always being fair to the horse. Along with the private lessons, MODA offered a group equitation lesson for MODA youth. She helped the youth correct many equitation problems they were struggling with. Everyone enjoyed their ride and felt they gained knowledge that will benefit them in the ring this summer. Hopefully, Sandy will return in the future for another clinic. Check the MODA website for more information on events: Midohiodressage.org HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

Lake Erie Mounted Vaqueros

Ellen Finds Her True Partner 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 the flowers are popping so I guess spring has sprung. It also means trail riding starts! There is one cowgirl in our club who never ceases to amaze me with her persistence and love of our sport. Ellen Politzer has had quite a time finding a horse to compete with. When I met her she was riding a pretty black Arabian mare named Sitara, but unfortunately Sitara’s owner was not ready to part with her and Ellen wanted her ‘own’ horse/ partner. Next came a handsome Quarter Horse named Bonus, who had been in the show ring for a number of years. Needless to say

he was not really happy about being shot off. Ellen gave it a valiant effort. Next came Tara, a beautiful tall, long legged paint mare. She did well with the shooting, but did not like Ellen. So Ellen decided to move on before she got hurt, smart woman. Then came Country who would not tolerate being shot off and almost unloaded Ellen into a fence. So she decided to try her daughter’s horse, Danny. Not a good idea. Ellen has the photos of her reaction to prove it. Through all this Sitara’s owner was watching and finally realized that Sitara was Ellen’s partner and decided to sell the mare to Ellen. Through all these horses Ellen never lost her love of the sport. Ellen sometimes looks a bit discombobulated when she is competing but there is a reason. She has a condition that makes her prone to cancer, which she has had, Rheumatoid Arthritis, which she has and periods of extreme fatigue, which she goes through. Ellen never complains about any of it, she just keeps living life. The arthritis alone

Ellen Politzer makes her hands not always want to pull the trigger, a back that can cause excruciating pain while riding. Each day is different which is where Sitara comes in. She keeps Ellen safe and knows her job. There is no bucking or misbehavior. She is her true partner. Ellen is not just my friend she also has every ounce of respect I have. She is very special. So when you watch her cheer her on. Our first shoot is coming up fast, May 20-21. Hope to see you all runnin’ and gunnin’. We again have

Ellen Politzer Gage’s concessions supplying us with their wonderful food. Thank you to our great sponsors: Wendy Shaffer/Equine Body Works, Big D’s Tack, Uncle Jimmy’s Horse Treats, Kdgowins photography, Rock’s Farm and Garden and Warren Family Home and Garden.

Mid-Ohio Marauders

Come Learn Cowboy Mounted Shooting 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 Progress! We are moving forward at warp speed. Our home/arena is under construction, By-Laws are ratified, the website is up and running, we have established a presence on social media and sponsors are backing us. Mark Wright and Joe Coalter have been campaigning and have brought six platinum sponsors on board: Black Wing Shooting Center, Calvin Access Controls, Cashman’s Equipment and Feed, Coughlin Auto, Coughlin Shadow and Horsemen’s Corral. The schedule is very dynamic. We are forming new relationships almost

daily and as new organizations support us we are finding new opportunities for our club and our members. We have the dates for two new shooter clinics and three shoots set. New Shooter Clinics will be held at Cashman’s Equipment April 29 and May 20; refer to our website for more details, https:// www.midohiomarauders.com/. We are planning events for June and July. Smoke Rise Ranch Resort, Glouster, Ohio, has expressed interest in hosting these events, stay tuned for more details. Our General Membership Facebook Group is one of the best ways to get updates on our schedule and events. Now is the time to take the leap! If you have wanted to try mounted shooting we will be glad to show you the ropes. Riders of all ages and levels can participate in this sport. There is no need to purchase shooting specific equipment, our experienced shooters will share their equipment and help you develop the skills to successfully shoot from your horse. All breeds of horses

Huntin loot in Kentucky are welcome. It is true that Quarter Horses dominate the higher levels of our sport but, any horse with a good mind can excel. Solid navigation skills and trust in their rider are the most important attributes of a lower level horse. Additional new shooter clinics may be added if the demand warrants it. Mid-Ohio Marauders made our first public appearance April 6-9 at the Equine Affaire, Columbus, Ohio. Networking went well and the venue was all a buzz with, “when is your demo?” We did not have the opportunity to do a demonstration

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this year. If you would like to see Cowboy Mounted Shooting on the Equine Affaire demonstration schedule next year be sure to contact them and let them know. Please check our website and Facebook group often, since we are a new club our schedule is very dynamic. We are establishing new partnerships that provide new opportunities for the club and its members. We can be found at the following digital venues: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and also on the CMSA website. May 2017

Indiana Mounted Regulators

A Few Ideas to Help get Your Horse Prepared for 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 Hey, y’all! I hope everyone has fared the winter well! I’m sure you will all agree that spring seems to be running a little late to the party this year. The 2017 show season has officially begun! If you’re a mounted shooter, I’m sure you’ve already scoped out which shoots you plan on attending

this year. There are so many to choose from that sometimes it can be a difficult decision. Before you start packing your guns, there are some other tasks that need to be addressed first—the care and condition of your competition horse. Most of us put our horses to pasture for the winter and do very little, if any, riding at all. It is crucial to physically prepare your horse for the competition season and do so in a careful manner. Bringing them back slowly will help prevent the risk of injury. Saddling up and running a dozen practice stages after sitting for four months isn’t going to be good for your horse, or you! Below I have provided a few ideas for preparing your horse for competition.

Northern Kentucky Horse Network

Drill Team Competition in May PRESIDENT, Trisha Kremer VICE PRESIDENT, Charles Poppe SECRETARY, Leslie Williamson TREASURER, Judy Arkenau; WEBSITE, www.nkhn.info EMAIL, nkhorsenetwork@gmail.com

by Nancy Kissinger Our Events Committee held a movie matinee in February on a day which is normally too cold to be outside but actually turned out to be sunny, warm and a great day to be outside. However, those who attended enjoyed the movie ‘50-to1’, which was the story about Mine That Bird, the 2009 longshot winner of the Kentucky Derby. Ron Kissinger, the NKHN liaison for the Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG), reported at the Trail Committee Meeting in February that the 2017 calendar for the CVG Airport Trails is available online at cvgairport.com. You can ride the trails free of charge once you fill out an application, undergo a background check, and attend a one hour orientation. Application packets are available from the Airport Police, located on Terminal Drive, near the Delta hangar. Trails include mounting blocks, picnic area, shaded riding areas, water, convenient trailer parking, and porta-lets. Please consult the calendar before riding to insure they are open the days you want to ride. Those who rode the trails last year said they were very nice trails. BOMB PROOFING CLINIC After such an overwhelming May 2017

response, our Clinician, Holly Williamson, agreed to do a second clinic, and they both were huge successes. We had 11 horses and owners signed up for each class, total of 22. Thanks to Jackie Holland at Halt N Salut Equestrian Center for hosting this successful event, to our Clinician Holly Williamson, and to all who participated.

• Start with short rides, 20-30 minutes of light riding. Advance slowly and monitor their progress. Keep a close eye on how much they sweat and how well they cool down. • If you decreased feed rations for the winter, it may be a good idea to increase it depending on the current activity level. • Make sure your horse is properly shod. Hooves that are too long can put additional stress on tendons and ligaments. Use proper fitting leg protection. • Start a regular bodywork schedule. Massage and chiropractic work is extremely beneficial! Massage has many benefits, including decreased muscle tension and reduced risk of injury. • Examine and clean your tack. Check for loose or missing screws or ties, worn or damaged leather and be sure to wash your saddle pads, leg protection and cinches. As with any equine discipline, practice and preparation are key. Making sure you and your horse are fully prepared and in great shape will put you at the top of the Overall results! Our horses are the most important part of the game and are extraordinary athletes.

Lanae and Annie enjoying some TheraPlate time at the Will Lantis Memorial Classic in Spearfish, SD. On behalf of the Indiana Mounted Regulators, I would like to invite you to come shoot with us at the beautiful Hoosier Horse Park in Edinburgh, Ind., on June 24-25 and Oct. 7-8. We always welcome and encourage new shooters to attend! On Friday evening, we will be running expo stages, come a little early and practice with us! For more information, contact: Connie 260/658-1770, Marcy 765/860-4546 or Lanae 574/551-0077. As always, ride hard and shoot straight!

MAY EVENTS Our May events include our Annual Trail Ride at Midwest Trails in Norman, Ind., Derby Day Weekend, May 5-7. We like to schedule a day or weekend each month during the riding season for members to ride. May 20 is the NKHN International Drill Team Competition which is held at the Alexandria Fairgrounds in Alexandria, Ky. It’s not too late to participate, contact Jim Mayer for the registration form, (Jim’s Information below). Deadline to register is May 5. We have teams from Canada, Massachusetts, Northern Ohio, and Eastern, Western, and Southern Kentucky. If you have a team, we’d like to see you. The event is free to spectators and we invite everyone out for the day. NKHN always welcomes new members and invites all to join our network of dedicated horse enthusiasts and dedicated sponsors committed to ‘promote, protect and educate’ the equine industry. Please contact us at (nkhn.info) as we would love to have you join our network. You can also visit us on our Facebook page. For more information about NKHN events and membership, contact Jim Mayer, jimwmayer@yahoo.com or call 859/496-4976. HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

Kentucky Horse Council’s Livestock Investigation Training The Kentucky Horse Council’s Livestock Investigation Training is back this spring and will be held from May 22-24 at Morehead State University. Registration is now open to all county and state officials, such as Animal Control Officers, Sheriffs, and Police Officers. Developed by the Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) in partnership with the Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association (KCA) with input from experienced enforcement officers, veterinarians, and livestock producers, this threeday course is tailored to the needs

of the Commonwealth. For 2017, the curriculum has been updated to reflect current accepted animal care standards and the changes in the law that impact those investigating abuse and neglect cases. The May training is a Level I training, where attendees will learn how to handle horses and cattle, assess body condition score in both species, identify situations that need intervention, and apply Kentucky statutes to animal cases. Attendees will gain hands-on experience to best prepare them for cases in the field. A

Level II training will be offered July 31-Aug. 2, also at Morehead State University. “We are excited to be offering the updated Livestock Investigation Training this year,” said Katy Ross, Kentucky Horse Council Executive Director. “These trainings fill a vital need for education of peace officers on animal abuse and neglect cases in the Commonwealth and advance the mission of the Kentucky Horse Council.” Peace Officers attending the training are eligible for Continuing Education

Units through the Department of Criminal Justice Training. Cost to attend the three-day training is $150 per officer. Outof-state officials may attend at $250 per officer. Limited scholarships for tuition are available. For more information, to register for the class, or for partnership and sponsorship opportunities, visit www.kentuckyhorse.org, or contact the Kentucky Horse Council at 859/367-0509 or info@ kentuckyhorse.org.

Ottawa County Horse Foundation

2017 Starts with the Fuzzy Show 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 The 2017 show season is in full swing! We are starting the year with our 3rd Annual Spring Fuzzy Show, which is a great laid-back way to kick off the season! No show clothes or banding required! Our next show after that is May 27-28, which is Memorial Day weekend and also the first of the Points on the Portage circuit. The circuit consists of three shows— Memorial Day weekend, July 8-9, and Sept. 2-3 (Labor Day weekend)—

and will give two sets of awards, one for the speed shows and one for the pleasure shows. High Points for each will be for the following divisions: 8 and Under, 9-13, 14-18, Open, High Point Horse, and High Point Ottawa County 4-H Youth. Exhibitors must be OCHF members and attend two out of the three shows. July is offering double points! The first and third show are also Tri-State approved! The Memorial Day weekend show is being held in conjunction with the Ottawa County Farm Fest, which means there will be tons of activities for those ‘non-horse’ people in your family! There will be truck pulls, tractor pulls, a steam engine show, along with a civil war reincampment, hometown heroes experience, cornhole tournament, and more! Please visit www.ottawacountyfair. org for more information. Camping reservations are recommended for

this show and you can find the form on the aforementioned website. Camping is available for all of our shows for $30/night or $55/weekend. Electric and water are included and a dump station is also on the grounds. Box stalls are also available for $10/ day or $15/weekend, as well, which is pretty darn cheap! OCHF members are welcome to haul to our arena on Thursday nights from 6 p.m. until dusk for free. Nonmembers can also do so for $10/horse. We have a beautiful shaded parking area and stalls available as well. We are conducting a fundraiser this year called the Raffle 4 Bucks. Tickets are $10 each and a $100 cash prize will be drawn at each of our three Points on the Portage shows and put back into the pot for a ‘grand prize’ raffle. That will consist of three $250 winners, one $500 winner, and one $750 winner

to be drawn at the September show. Tickets will be available at each show and officers will also have them in the meantime. Please contact us if you have any questions! Help us spread the word about our shows, and don’t forget to ‘Like’ us on Facebook (fb.com/OCHorseFoundation). We also are on Instagram as @ OCHorseFoundation and Twitter as @OttawaCoHorses!

Ohio Foundation Quarter Horse Association

Show Season is Here PRESIDENT, Kevin Barrett; VICE PRESIDENT, Tiffany Davis; SECRETARY, Debbie Earnest; TREASURER, Jeff Earnest; WEBSITE, www.ohfqha.com

by Debbie Earnest Saturday, May 6 kicks-off our first show of the season! We have new officers this year and they are eager to ensure we have another great show season. The names and contact information is on the OFQHA website so let your ideas and what you think be known. We have made some changes that we hope will help expedite our shows while continuing to provide a great show experience for all. All of our cow classes have moved to 44

the morning and all of our Rail and Reiner classes have moved to the afternoon. This protects the cows from the heat of the afternoon and helps avoid multiple transitions with our riders. Our cattle prices increased significantly this year so we did have to increase our cow class prices. We did our best to keep these classes low but as many of you know having cattle at a show is an expensive venture. We still believe we offer the best and most affordable show in the Ohio region. Our showbill and prices are listed below and on our website. Yearly OFQHA Membership is required: $20 Individual/$30

Family. Show fees: Stalls $30 or Jumpout $20, Camping $30, Adult Non-Cattle Classes $10, Youth NonCattle Classes, $5, Youth Cattle Classes, $15. We are also in the process of updating our Rule Book and our Patterns for 2017—stay tuned, as soon as they are complete they will be made available. Actually, by the time you read this they should be on our website. We have made changes such as moving from Horsemanship to Ranchmanship this year. We continue to look for opportunities to challenge and help our members develop great horsemanship skills. Our horses deserve it. This year is the clubs 20 year

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anniversary, Wow! The new officers have great respect for those that came before them. It takes hard work and the dedication of many to be a viable club for that long and we plan to celebrate this accomplishment. We are in the process of designing celebratory T-shirts for the occasion. We are also looking for additional activities to get to know each other better such as community campfires at the shows, etc. We are open to ideas on this topic. Please check out our website, http://ohfqha.com. Hope to see you this summer! ‘No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle’. ~Winston Churchill May 2017

The Way of Horses

The Coughing Horse by Eleanor Blazer The sound of a coughing horse can make things come to a halt. Conversation stops, chores are paused, training and riding lessons are interrupted as heads turn to look at the horse. Could the horse just be clearing a ‘tickle’, or could the cough be an indication of a serious disease? Everyone watches to see if the horse will cough again. Activity resumes if there is no more coughing —a slight pause in the daily routine. But if the coughing continues the audience becomes more attentive. Coughs are generally divided into two classifications: wet and dry. A wet cough, also known as a productive cough, will be associated with mucus in the respiratory tract. A dry cough may be an early sign the horse is developing a viral infection—ongoing observation is recommended. The production of mucus is the body’s way of getting rid of infection or foreign particles. The mucous traps the invaders and removes them

from the body. A wet cough can be a sign of a bacterial infection, such as—streptococcus equi (strangles), Recurrent Airway Disease (heaves), or the battle against dust, pollen and mold that is present in the feed, bedding, barn, arena, pasture. Closer observation will help determine the cause of the coughing. A cough accompanied by a fever, nasal discharge, lethargy, and lack of appetite indicates an infection. The horse should be quarantined and a veterinarian contacted. In the absence of any infection signs, a journal or some type of documentation should be kept to record the cough episodes—over time a pattern may develop. Be sure to describe the cough, count how many times he coughed, his activity at the time, if he was eating—the type and quality of the feed, even the time of day. Documentation will also help you determine if the cough is changing— getting worse or more frequent. A horse that coughs repeatedly when exposed to dusty hay, being kept in an enclosed stall, or in the spring

and fall when pollen and seeds are present might have Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO), commonly known as ‘heaves’. This is a lifetime ailment and he will need to be managed, as it will progressively get worse. Managing the horse with heaves means identifying what triggers the episodes and eliminating the allergen. Horses that only cough when being ridden may have a ‘warm-up’ cough, or an ‘arena cough’—or both. A horse with a ‘warm-up’ cough will cough a few times when exercise is started and then be fine. This horse may have a little natural buildup of mucus behind the larynx and needs to cough a few times to clear his airways. The arena cough may be confused with the ‘warm-up’ cough. The arena cough only occurs when riding inside a covered arena, the trigger is the dust and other allergens present in the enclosed area. In time, constant exposure to the dust could lead to heaves. A cough now and then is normal, but if heads are turning a little

Eleanor Blazer and My Kustom Kruzer too often, it’s time to contact a veterinarian. *Take the online course ‘Horse Health and Disease’ taught by Dr. Jack Sales. Earn certification or work toward a Bachelor of Science degree in Equine Studies. Go to www.horsecoursesonline.com for more information.

North East Ohio Arabian Horse Association

Learn More, Earn More, Be More

Spring Tune Up Clinic PRESIDENT, Judy Demshar VICE PRESIDENT, Lorraine Linton; SECRETARY, Wendy Gruskiewicz; TREASURER, Patty Bittner-Floyd. FACEBOOK, www.facebook.com/ NEOAHA

by Judy Demshar When spring is in the air and the flowers are blooming a person’s thoughts turn to...you guessed it, riding horses. This year our club has teamed up with District One National Show Horse Association and the Buckeye Horse Park to put on a Spring Tune Up Clinic. Our two clinicians are Wendy Gruskiewicz and Ashley Gruber. Wendy will

handle the disciplines of western, hunt seat, saddle seat, dressage, side saddle and showmanship. Ashley will handle ranch rail, ranch pattern, and ranch conformation. The clinic will be held at the Buckeye Horse Park, 9260 Akron-Canfield Road (Route 224), Canfield, Ohio, on May 21. The clinic begins at 9 a.m. The cost is $20 for three sessions. The form is on our Facebook page—Northeastern Ohio Arabian Horse Association. Call Lorraine Linton for more information, 330/285-2902. Our Champagne Classic Horse Show will once again be held at SunBeau Valley Farm in Ravenna. The date is Aug. 13. For more information or to see the showbill call Lorraine or go to our Facebook page. Have a great summer everyone. And may all your ribbons be blue!

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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 Spring is now in full swing and I hope everyone has had the opportunity to get out and enjoy some nice trail riding. In addition to riding the trails, many of you are volunteering a tremendous amount of your time to accomplish much needed trail maintenance. On behalf of all OHC members and bridle trail users, I wish to extend a big thank you to each and every one of you who give of your time to work on the trails. Your time and efforts make it so that everyone can enjoy a wonderful and safe trail experience. As always, remember to log your trail mileage and saddle hours earned. Also, don’t forget to report your club’s trail maintenance work hours. Anne Lindimore (trail mileage) and Vicki Wagner (trail work hours) are your OHC chairpersons for reporting these very important statistics. A few weeks ago, our promotions Chair, Mary Alice Kuhn, unveiled one of her latest accomplishments, our new OHC Member Business Directory. Check out the listings of equine related products and services in this useful guide. Free advertising in this business directory is available to all OHC members and is another worthwhile benefit of your OHC membership. The directory can be found online at our website,

ohconline.com, click on filing cabinet/newsletter. Nice work, Mary Alice! For those of you who were unable to attend our Spring General Membership meeting held in Delaware, Ohio, in March, you missed a very informative meeting. Attendance was one of the highest we’ve had in a while. Some highlights from the meeting include the approval of the two proposed amendments to the bylaws concerning the minimum size of a

chapter and the makeup of the OHC Executive cabinet. In addition, the membership voted to change the day of next year’s Spring General Membership meeting from its usual Sunday, to Saturday. A copy of the minutes from this past March spring meeting will soon be posted on our State website. Lastly, in case this Corral issue makes it to your house in time, don’t forget about the International Trails Symposium, scheduled for May 7-10 in Dayton, Ohio.

Members of our OHC family will be presenting a round table discussion on Monday morning, May 8 entitled, ‘Ohio Bridle Trails Take Flight: Shared Visions Establish Route to Success’. You can find out more about this exciting and information symposium at their website, www. americantrails.org. So until next month, wishing everyone lots of safe and enjoyable riding! ~Arden Sims OHC President

weekend camp. The dates are July 7, 8, and 9. We can host 11 groups (one adult female and one female youth) as we only have 22 horses for this ride, we can add more campers if you bring your own horse. We will be staying at the Outpost camp as we do with our youth campers. You do not need a camper for this ride just your sleeping bag, pillow and personal items and something to get wet in, as we will either go tubing or canoeing. This will be a great experience for the young ones who have not been primitive camping before, and for those of you who just want to spend some time together and have some fun. So, get ready for some trail riding, arena games, water fun and campfires. August 11, 12, and 13 will be our regular camp, this is geared to the beginner to the intermediate rider with the ages of 8 to 17. This camp is going to give the rider more confidence around their horse and help hone their equine skills. Again, we have programs in place based on experience with this camp. We have teamed up with Equine First Aid Ohio who will be coming in on the Saturday of the June, and August camp. Both camps will receive a certificate of Equine First Aid upon completion of this class. The cost for the June and August ride is still a low $75 per camper.

All meals, drinks and activities and horses are included in this cost. At this time you can find the June camp application at ohconline.com under the ‘File Cabinet’ in the Youth tab.

OHCYP Here we go another OHCYP weekend camp is on the books! We will start the camping season the first weekend of June. June 2, 3, and 4 this is our Advanced Rider camp. All riders must be able to walk, trot, canter and know how to saddle their horse. There is an age limit on this camp as we have programs in place that are age and experience related. The age for this group is 13 to 17 years old, no exceptions! In July we will be have our first ‘Girls Just Want To Have Fun’

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YOUTH RAFFLE INFORMATION Reward Program open to all youth ages 5-17: 1 winner each level: first, second and third based on tickets sold. (See prize page on our website, ohconline.com). First place winner has choice of western package or an English package. Monies raised will help us fund more youth activities all year, help with more equine certifications, keep camp cost down for members and more educational programs. Please help take the youth program to the next level! Print the raffle tickets, cut on solid lines; There are five tickets per sheet. ($25 per sheet). All monies go to the Ohio Horseman’s Council Youth Program. Have the buyer fill out their name, email address, and phone number. The drawing will be June 1, 2017. Winner will be called/emailed to set up delivery by Youth Chair (in Ohio). All tickets and money must be mailed to the Youth Chair by May 23. Mail to: Jackie Romaker, 9101 McCutchenville Rd., Wayne, OH 43466 Good luck! Let’s ride into the future with OHCYP! ~Jackie May 2017

County Lines ASHTABULA Welcome to spring in Ashtabula County. The days are longer, the temperature is steadily improving and the horses seem content in their pasture. Moving toward our summer agenda feels more exciting as it gets closer. Ahhhh, I do love spring. The St. Patty’s Day dance was a success with plenty of partiers and a great band that everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy. Thank you to all who contributed, especially Annie who ran the food concession, Pam who used her carpentry skills to build the door prize, Mariah who found the band and coordinated the basket collection, all of the basket contributors and to those who helped with set-up and tear-down of the hall. The club members who came had a great evening of fellowship and ‘rug cutting’ to some fine country music. Thank you Country Redford for your door prize contribution and we hope to see you again real soon. On July 30, we will be hosting our second benefit Gulf ride. We started this new activity last year when we rode to support brain injury research. This year, the group voted to stay local and to raise money for Homesafe, our Ashtabula County Women’s Shelter. Homesafe provides safe haven for adults and children as they escape abusive situations. It has been sheltering victims of domestic violence since 1980 and quietly goes about its work dependent on donations and government support. Recently, they have experienced some large facility expenses including the construction of a new roof and the imminent need to purchase a new boiler. Since Ashtabula County is not affluent, it can be a struggle to come up with ways to keep the shelter open and running. Fundraising activities are greatly appreciated by volunteers and staff and they are very enthusiastic about our ride/walk. Anyone who would like to contribute to this effort can contact me at (440/624-0081) or Amanda Drda at (440/477-4457). We are hoping for a large turn-out and all are welcome, including dogs. Please mark your calendar for the immunization clinic on May 13 at noon and our first horse show on May 20 at 6 p.m. In addition, Phyllis Forrest, retired sergeant with the Lake County Mounted Unit, will host a safety clinic in our Pierpont arena on June 4 at 1 p.m. Members are welcome to bring their horse and a friend, if they like, to learn nuisance training, parade etiquette, selfdefense while on horseback and other valuable skills. Phyllis is a highly May 2017

accomplished horsewoman who will most certainly enhance the Ashtabula equine community. Let’s turn out and welcome her to our county. Many other interesting things are headed our way as we welcome new members with fresh ideas and perspectives. ~Jenny Walsh

Belmont OHC in Lexington, Ky., for Road to the Horse Competition.

ATHENS Our trail ride committee is proposing the following trail rides: May 20 at Hammertown Lake in Jackson, May 29 at Lake Snowden in Albany, June 10 at Stone Church in Shawnee, June 16-18 at Zaleski Horse Camp (overnight camping), July 2 at Stroud’s Run State Park, July 22 at Burr Oak State Park, Glouster, Aug. 19 at Lake Snowden, Aug. 26 at Great Seal, Chillicothe (could be a camping trip), Sept. 4 at Stroud’s Run State Park, Sept. 16 at Mountwood State Park, Waverly, W.Va. (could be a camping trip), Sept. 20 at Blue Rock (could be a camping trip), Oct. 14 at Hocking Hills, Rockbridge, Oct. 28 at AEP Meigs Land, Salem Center, Nov. 5 at North Bend State Park, Cairo, W.Va. and Nov. 18-19 at Tar Hollow State Park, Laurelville (could be a camping trip). In addition, the committee is proposing even and odd rides on weekdays alternating between Lake Snowden and Stroud’s Run State Park. The next meeting of the Athens Chapter of OHC will be May 3 at the Athens Highway Patrol Post on Della Drive in Athens. We will be reviewing the list of trail rides and voting to approve. Members are being asked to bring a rope. We are going to practice knot tying. The social time begins at 6 p.m. and the meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. ~Stacia BELMONT Belmont County Chapter President Jim Bolon and a group of horse people from this chapter recently attended the ‘Road to the Horse’in Lexington, Ky., during the weekend of March

The winner of Road to the Horse Vicki Wilson from New Zealand with three from our group.

23-26. The theme for this year’s RRTH was ‘Year of the Cowgirl’ whereby four gutsy cowgirls were invited to choose a 3 year old AQHA unbroken colt. These four colts were provided by the Four Sixes Ranch of Guthrie, Texas. The cowgirls just had three days to break and ride their colts. The winner ended up being Vicki Wilson who is an accomplished English style rider from New Zealand. This was one of the closest scoring finishes in the history of this event. After the event was over on Sunday, the Belmont County OHC group which included Jim Bolon, MaryKay Hustead, Chuck and Carol Reinacher, Chuck and Sue Lofton, and Bill and Christy Taylor went out to dinner at Malone’s Steak House. The group had just finished dinner when Vicki Wilson and her family walked in for dinner and sat down right next to us. The group ended up talking to Vicki and her family about winning the event. Her friend took lots of pictures of Vicki and us. Let’s say it was a very exciting weekend. Belmont County OHC meets the first Tuesday of each month at the Belmont County Saddle Club, Morristown, Ohio. We meet at 7:15 p.m. during daylight savings time and 5:45 p.m. winter hours. Last month we were visited by Southeast Region Mentor Willie May and his wife Judy. ~Carol Reinacher BUTLER Howdy from Butler County. Rain, rain go away Mary wants to go riding. How many of us have been repeating this lately? With the weather finally starting to warm up it is getting to be riding season, but the frequent rain has made it impossible to hit the trails. As trail riders, we have to be good stewards on our riding trails. Going for a ride when the trails are wet and muddy not only is dangerous for our horses and us, as in slipping and falling, but it can really mess up a good trail by putting ruts and those awful muddy places that never seen to dry up even in a drought.

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Mary Pope, Kimm Nicolay and Krista Hutzel. In Butler County, our go to riding trail is in Sebald Park. With the closure of the attached golf course there is now opportunity to repurpose some of that acreage into more horse trails. Metroparks has been holding listening sessions to get ideas on what the public would like done in this new area. Jo and Larry Doelker, Kimm Nicolay, Wanda Schuh, Bill and Abby Ison have attended a listening session to give input from the Butler County horse community. They brought back some information to our March monthly meeting, that hopefully additional riding trails will be included into the future plan for that area. Sebald Park is also where our Horse Daze event is held. Horse Daze 2017 is held at Sebald Park. This year it will be Saturday, Sept. 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is an award winning county park event with horsemen sharing the gift of horses. It is also an event in a copartnership with Metroparks of Butler County. In 2015 visitor attendance was 3000. Committee members, Krista Hutzel and Kimm Nicolay, attended the 2017 Warren County Tack Exchange. Warren County OHC generously shared their booth table for membership information, at no charge, so the BCOHC Horse Daze trifold could be displayed. Several willing horse owners signed our volunteer contact list after a convincing volunteer sales pitch. Warren County member Bill Smith confirmed his return with horse and horse walker. It was a great sale day! Angie Comer has volunteered to co-chair and work with Wanda for the event day’s morning arrival of the horses. Angie has been busy recruiting Boy and Girl Scouts to volunteer. About 12 have committed to Horse Daze. Great work, Angie! Wanda Schuh and I have been brainstorming for a few months on the horse I.D. tag subject, and Wanda had an eureka moment for the material to be used for I.D. tags. So, a test was run...we got this! At our February monthly chapter meeting, BCOHC membership voted to accept the tax deductible donor 49

County Lines receipt/restrictive fund agreement with Friends of Butler Metroparks. This agreement allows donors/ sponsors to receive a tax deductible receipt and donate large sums of money to an established specific recognized entity. Cash donations are held in an account by Friends of Metroparks of Butler County for Butler MetroParks equine related use only. BCOHC is the only means to request payments distributed by this fund. The life of this fund terminates when BCOHC dissolves. Any/all cash fund balance, is then donated to Metro Parks of Butler County. Friends of MetroParks of Butler County, Board of Trustees has accepted BCOHC restrictive fund agreement as written. This good news has given BCOHC a boost to maintain and improve bridle trails, and aide in our vision of Horsemen helping Horsemen. Thanks to all involved, donor/sponsor tax deductible donation information packets—a request for MPX to print this packet is awaiting MPX management approval. This BCOHC event needs experienced horse savvy volunteers like you! Come share your gift of horses. Get on your horse! ~Kimm Nicolay 2017 Horse Daze Coordinator ponytrailtales@gmail.com CARROLL Plans are underway for Carroll County’s NE Regional ride May 19-21. The ride has been moved to Jefferson Lake State Park this year. The ride has outgrown Harrison State Forest because it has only 17 camping spots plus a few extra we can squeeze out in the day parking area. The trail committee is hoping to get out on the trails at Jefferson Lake in plenty of time to get them cleaned up before the ride. The event committee has met and it will be fun to see what they plan for us this year. Please remember the Jefferson Lake horseman’s camp has been moved to the main RV camping area. There is more than one way to get to the camp. I have been told there is one way that is much better for horse trailers, especially big rigs, to drive to the main camping area. Best directions to horse camping at Jefferson Lake State Park: Going south on Rt. 43 as you come into East Springfield, you will turn left on Jefferson County Road 60. This is the first road on the left after passing the gas station. Go 1 mile and turn right on Jefferson County Road 59. You will go 3 miles to Jefferson County Road 54 and turn right again. 50

The camp area is 1 mile on the right. Continue past the old office building to the camping area. Jefferson Lake is a State Park which means camping fees payable to the state apply. Email your questions and ride reservations to carrollcohc@gmail.com. The first riding activity scheduled for CCOHC was April 28-30. Buckeye Trail Riders, CCOHC and Harrison County OHC should have spent the weekend clipping trails, cleaning the campground and putting additional fines under the picket lines. There was a potluck scheduled for Saturday that included a chili cook off. The winner’s names will be revealed in the June Corral. ~Ronda Urbank CHAMPAIGN April Fool’s Day brought 19 members and guests Rex Manemann, Elliott Godwin and Brianne Tokie and returning member, Cecilia Hornick, together for our wonderful potluck dinner, meeting and eventual annual White Elephant Sale. No bad jokes on us tonight! Recovered, President Lori Long welcomed everyone, the minutes were read and approved and Cindy gave our treasurer’s report which will be filed. Linda Imke gave a lengthy report on the massive amount of trail work she, several of our members and other OHC county members and even nonhorse people have accomplished over the past month. All the trails are now passable, with some re-routing done because of mud. She returned the DR trimmer, but would like to use it again, if available. She is on the hunt for old push lawnmowers to possibly make into our own version of a DR, anyone know of one they would like to donate? The orange, perimeter trail is fully marked, complete with alphabetical markers. They have worked numerous times this month, with even Al Worthington bringing his Gator and with the assistance of Dan Imke, helped supervise some of our younger, but capable volunteers. Dakota Weber and Cody Febo, friends of Kristy McLane, have been a huge help with their strong, young backs and chainsaws! Park manager, Heidi has been informed that the State needs a final version of our GPS soon to be included in official Park maps. She has agreed to ride with Janet Roop and Ellie Calhoun to GPS on the Park’s equipment. Steve Glaser got prices for new ‘No Horse’ signs and will order them as well as signs for the parking lot, and a sign reminding people to carry out

what they carry in, meaning trash! Linda spoke with Don Wagner of the State OHC and he will be providing us with horse and arrow decals to use on our signage. The club offered to reimburse Kristy for her gas and food she has been providing, but she declined saying she wants to make it a donation to the club. Linda has been buying paint for the trails. Janet will speak to Heidi about the hitching post and porta potty placements. We want to rent the porta potty from May through September. We have been getting very good feedback from riders, saying the trails look great and are appreciative of the improved marking. Twenty FFA members from Riverside school had to reschedule their work detail. They hope to come in April or May to work on the trails as a community service project. Linda reminded anyone working on the trail maintenance to report their hours on a regular basis to Linda so she can turn them into the State on a monthly basis. This is very valuable to let the State ODNR know how dedicated the voters are to keeping our bridle trails in good shape at no cost to the State. Brenda Brunotte and Lori went to the Regional meeting and brought back a lot of ideas and paperwork. Brenda’s husband has a vinyl cutting machine and can make stickers for our club if we come up with a design utilizing the State OHC logo. Anyone have any graphic design skills? Contact Brenda! Lori is working on the footing in her outside arena and asked if there was any interest in resurrecting our Fun Day? There was a spirited ‘Yes!’ from the crowd, so we will shoot for a possible July date, weather and time permitting. We will keep you posted. This was always a fun event, with much good spirited competition. Our May 6 meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at Lori’s so we can watch the Kentucky Derby before our meeting. We will start having our summer meetings at the Kiser Lake shelter on Thursday’s beginning in June. With all of our business taken care of, and our bellies full and our wallets bulging, we turned to Dan Geuy and his able assistants, Lacy Geuy and Lori, and the bidding began. By the end of the evening, we traded our good stuff for other good stuff and the club benefitted by raising $235.70! Not bad for a fun evening without breaking a sweat! See you on May 6 at Lori’s. Some of us are participating in the Red Bricks and Roses parade in Oxford earlier in the day, hopefully, we’ll be

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Lori Long and Dan GEUY at our White Elephant Sale. able to keep our eyes open to watch the race! Trail update from Daniel: Every trail is marked except purple along the lake (just the ends), and a little of blue near purple. I received an email from Don Wagner that our park managers can get our horse and arrow decals through Dillion State Park free of charge. The arrows will complete our marking! I hope to get more information. We have two trees I need someone to cut that cross the trail, one is big. Not far from beginning of trails. Marsha Pierce told me we may come and get DR mower to use one day on the orange reroute. I need a volunteer to operate it and one of us pick it up and return it. Valeria rode most of the trails with the GPS 4 1/2 hours. 9.7 miles. She missed a small part of blue trail. Looking forward to getting back in the saddle and seeing those beautiful trails! ~Cindy Glaser CLARK Hello from Clark County OHC. I do hope when you receive this Corral the weather is balmy and not brisk. We had a productive meeting in March. The following are topics covered: Current members are encouraged to extend an invitation to people who enjoy riding to join our chapter. We hope our goal for a permanent restroom in the Horseman’s camping area at Buck Creek State Park will be achieved within two years. Kristina brought pictures of possible designs and we talked about fundraising ideas. A guest speaker from Miami Valley Hunt Club shared the history of fox hunting and information about their club. They have been using different State Parks as hunt locations. Members have offered to partner with our chapter to do trail maintenance. We appreciate their help. Please continue to save Tribute brand horse feed UPC’s. $750 of OHC grant money will be used to gravel the driveway in the Horseman’s area. Shelly will get quotes for that project. May 2017

County Lines As spring arrives our opportunities to ride should increase, please remember to keep track of riding miles and hours. Chapter apparel is available, contact Shelly at ccohc2016@gmail.com to place orders. Kristina suggested having a permanent information board at the camp area pavilion where we can post chapter news and events. Chris Price offered to help with materials and construction. Thanks Chris! Shelly, Todd, Annette and Kristina volunteered to work the State OHC booth the weekend of Equine Affaire. Members voted to give trail mileage awards to members this year. Whew! We are keeping busy. Activities in May include a group ride at Kiser Lake on Saturday, May 27 at 2 p.m. Please bring a snack to share. Trail cleaning at Buck Creek is scheduled for Saturday, May 20, 12-2 p.m. and Sunday, May 21 from 2-4 p.m. Both days we will be starting from the Horseman’s Camp area off Grant Road. The work is in preparation for our first weekend camping event June 3 and 4. Please check our website, ClarkCountyOHC.com for details. Saturday, June 24 come to Carriage Hill for a group ride at 2 p.m. Food is not planned, but if that changes we’ll let you know next month. Our May meeting is Thursday, May 11 at 6:30 p.m. We will gather in the pavilion at the Horseman’s area. There will not be a June meeting since we’re getting together for our weekend camping event. I hate to jinx things, but the past couple days have been nice and my lovely mare has some excess hair to get rid of. Note to self: don’t wear fleece. Until next month, Happy Trails! ~MaryEllen COLUMBIANA Here we are in the starting months of fabulous spring weather, everyone is feeling good and getting into the riding season already. The fur babies are shedding out and feeling spunky full of spring fever. We here at the Columbiana County chapter have already got a lot of work ahead of us as far as trails and camping area to get workdays started. Lots of trees to cleanup along with the camp area we will be working on to make things a little better. Also some great trail projects that are going to be underway to make those more palatable for riding. On that note, please don’t forget about our work days. Let’s not forget as we get this going May 2017

to keep up with the cleanup of the tie lines and the camping areas. Lets not create more work for ourselves and others so we all can enjoy more riding time. I know I will appreciate everyone’s efforts in doing his or her part to keep our park maintained because some of us work and only get to enjoy this time as allowed and don’t want to be working more than need be. Meetings are going very well, as we have seen a little improvement in the number of members joining us each month. I would really like to see and meet more of you so we can all get to know one another. Welcome to our new members Fred Moore, Jannelle Hazel and Melissa Taylor. And as always welcome back renewing members. We are working on getting a brand new flag for camp as our old one was pretty well worn. The flag should be ready real soon. For those of you whom may be interested our BCHA club will be having an open club ride with a potluck dinner on May 13 at the beautiful Beaver Creek State Park. This is open to all riders from all over, please join us—we would like to meet some new people and make some new friends from other counties. Please come join us and let’s have a fun day riding. I would like to take a moment and thank everyone whom has either donated to our group whether being in the means of work, time or any other means of help. We greatly appreciate all you do and thank you from all of us here at BCHA. Happy Trails and be safe, ~Leanna Cusick COSHOCTON I hope all of you have been able to get out with your horses and enjoy this beautiful spring weather. With four horses shedding I don’t have any jackets without horse hair all

Last years poker ride.

Reservation traveling the rim of a 200 foot deep Gorge. You will feel like you are in the wilderness at times and at times come out to cross major highways at traffic lights. Your horse will be a true trail horse by the time you are finished, having experienced just about anything a horse can experience. So come on, take the challenge and sign up for this historic ride. You will have fun! ~Penny Passalacqua

Last years poker ride. over them. Our club has been very busy with the trails and I believe we have all of them in good shape. Fast approaching is our poker ride on June 3. It’s always a fun time with 100 percent payback. We will have door prizes and provide you with a lunch as well. Five dollars a hand and the fun is free, please join us. Ride out is at 10 a.m. We have spent many hours taking care of Fallon Park, please pick up after yourself and be kind and courteous to other riders, hikers, fishermen, etc. May we all have a fun and safe 2017 ~Gigi CUYAHOGA By now the Emerald Necklace End to End Ride will have well over 200 riders registered with more signing up each day. This is very exciting for the Cuyahoga Chapter as well as surrounding chapters of Lorain, Medina, Summit, Geauga, and Lake who are helping with this event. The ride covers 100 miles of Cleveland Metropark Trails to celebrate the Park’s Centennial year. There is still plenty of time to sign up and qualify for awards or honorable mention as well as the trail horse award. Full details can be found on our website, CuyahogaCountyOHC.com. Following maps and information that will be provided, you will ride these miles on your own or with your group at your own pace and in your own time frame. You have the whole year to finish. So far riders from 20 counties have registered. There will be an award dinner Jan. 28 at the Holiday Inn in Independence. Many of these trails connect, some do not and therefore it is a challenge to ride all seven reservations of Cleveland Metroparks that have bridle trails. Some trails are primitive, some very well groomed. You will go over and under freeways, cross rivers, travel through forests and fields and see amazing sights in Bedford

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DEFIANCE Hi everyone, by the time you read this my prediction of an early spring will have arrived. Of course the weatherman has predicted a chance of snow Friday. Doesn’t he realize it’s April already, and we are getting flooded with showers. I have to tell you about our April 1 ride at Oak Openings. I was so excited, Teresa Roughton had planned a ride for April 1, and it was my weekend off from work. I told John this would be a swell time, temperatures should be in the mid 50’s, and I was more than ready to go riding. I thought being outside with the sun shining, would help John and I as we both have been coughing and sneezing for the last two weeks. John had the horse trailer hooked up when I got home Friday night, and I had our lunch planned. I got up Saturday morning, opened the door and it was cold out. I shut the door, looked at John and said, “it’s cold out”. He said, “yes, but your heart is set on riding, so bundle up and we will go.” Desire said yes go, never mind the cold, but common sense said, stay home, there will be warmer days ahead. Disappointed, sure, but I know I made the right decision. Yes Teresa went riding, and so did others. But that is OK, Sunday after church and lunch, John saddled up Velvet and off I went down the driveway. I had a little confrontation when we started

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Marsha at Oak Openings. on the highway, but once Velvet realized we were going to go, she went. Isn’t it amazing how a horse can back up when they don’t want to do something? I remembered what Cathy Ohmns taught me, just turn them, put your boots to their sides, and go. Sure enough we went, stubbornness and patience will prevail. Teresa said we will be riding May 13 at the Bluffs in Camden, Mich. More information is on our website. We are looking forward to our Just for Fun Show on June 3. I know I mentioned it last month, but it is worth mentioning again. This is a great opportunity for competitors to see where they need to improve in their performance. It also is great for the young to do their first competition on barrels, the winner is usually the parent who can run the fastest! Oh how we love to cheer on the little ones. Now us older ones love to do some of the events just to say we did it, and laugh. It’s a great time to make a small video and enjoy it later. Show it to your friends who are terrified of even getting on a horse. Look like a hero for a day! So if you have nothing to do and want to have fun, come to the Paulding Fairgrounds and enjoy the fun and make new friends. Hope to see you there! We would like to wish all the mothers out there, a Happy Mothers Day. It is one of the most rewarding jobs there is. It won’t make you rich in financial standards, but it will make your life rich in all the moments of watching them grow. ~Connie Hasch DELAWARE Greetings from Delaware chapter! Spring is finally here and the warmer temperatures and sunny days have sure energized my mare, Prada, what about your horse? Several of our members have had the opportunity to enjoy some trail riding and/or competitive driving thus far this spring. For instance, member Lynn West and her partner Sid, put on an awesome performance during their first schooling competition (dressage, cones course and timed obstacles) of the season held at Windy Knoll Farm. All of 34”, Sid 52

Lynn West and Sid competing. Erie County OHC riding Brecksville. Repairing a platform, Spring 2017.

Members of our intrepid trail crew. earned reserve high point overall in the Preliminary division for all sizes! Congratulations Sid and Lynn! In other member news, Mary, Sherry, Kim and Gelene recently returned from a road trip to Dover, Ohio, to attend a DAC conference as the guests of fellow member Ruth, a DAC representative. The ladies reported that the conference, focused on equine nutrition and the use of vitamins and mineral supplements, was very informative and worthwhile. Speaking of seminars, a big congratulations to member Becky Plummer-Payne and her daughter, Jordan Payne on giving a very informative and entertaining seminar during last month’s Equine Affaire. Their presentation entitled, ‘How to Navigate the Equestrian Trail and Traveling Cross Country with your Horse’ was very well-received! Our maintenance crew volunteers have kept quite busy this spring accomplishing quite an array of projects. Re-surfacing of some older platforms, improvements to platform approach abutments, clearing of downed trees and overgrowth on sections of the main bridle trails are just some examples of the work performed thus far this season! Way to go, team! In addition, our trail crew wishes to remind all horse riders visiting Alum Creek State Park bridle trails to avoid riding in extreme wet weather. The trails located at ‘The Flats’ tend to stay drier and are a good place to recondition your horse after a long winter of reduced activity. In addition, riders are asked to please stay on the designated trails for your safety and that of your horse. Volunteers to help with trail

maintenance are always needed and much appreciated. Can you spare some time on a Tuesday morning? If yes, please contact either President Dan or maintenance crew chief, Mary C. for more information on the date and time of the next work day. Lastly, don’t forget about this month’s All American Youth Horse Show slated for May 11-14 at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio. Volunteers are still needed to help with a variety of functions including serving as assistants to the judges, staffing the information booths, manning the entrance and exit gates of the show ring, etc. If interested, please contact our OHC AAYHS liaison, Jeffrey Fultz or go online to ohconline.com. Until next month, enjoy time with your equine friend and remember how fortunate you are to have them in your life. ~Theresa Burke ERIE Greetings from Erie County! April showers bring May flowers. If this is true, our woods and yards will be bursting with color of gigantic proportions. Amid the rain and occasional snow storm we did manage to squeeze in some good rides. The Rails to Trails in Collins and Monroeville offered nice surfaces to ride when most trails were very muddy. Members have also been spotted riding Carlisle frequently because of the great trails even in wet weather. Members, Lorna and Jim took their mules and headed south to enjoy the southern sunshine and warmer temperatures. They missed the meeting with the committee signups but Jim’s name mysteriously appeared on quite a few of the committees. Our vision committee was the first committee to meet. The meeting was well attended with Lynn being elected chairperson. We covered many items on our agenda with more ideas to come. By the time we read this, Tim

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and Lynn will be attending the Equine Trail building seminar at the International Symposium in Dayton. We are looking forward to the new knowledge they will bring back to our club. May brings warmer weather with our club camping at Edison Woods and Pleasant Hill this month. Happy Mother’s Day and happy trails! ~Sherrie FULTON Well, we definitely are getting plenty of April showers here in Northwest Ohio. That means plenty of May flowers next month to admire out on the trails, right? Speaking of flowers, at our last meeting, Connie Bauer handed out flower order forms. Our annual flower sale is one of our fundraisers. It’s a great way to support a locally-owned business, too. Fill out your orders and get them back to Connie. It will be flower pick-up time by the time you’re reading this article. Our monthly meetings are getting great attendance. They are the first Monday of each month, at 7 p.m., at Papoo’s restaurant by the Whitehouse round-about. Come earlier for dinner—the food is great! The April meeting hosted Oak Openings Park ranger Lora Goerlich. Questions had been forwarded to her and she answered them at the meeting. Results from trail miles and saddle hours were discussed at the meeting; Fulton County ranked 20th in trail miles and 13th in saddle hours.

Cassie winning big at the model horse show. May 2017

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Berry and Lillia Dunbar at the model horse show.

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Member Barb Gunning and her beautiful Arab gelding got 9th in the state for number of saddle hours! Way to go, Barb! Get ready for our Kentucky Derby party! Is it going to be Arrogate all the way? Will it be a 60-1 longshot? We will be celebrating the fastest two minutes in sports on the first Saturday in May at Tammy Royer’s house. Tickets have been sent out; get your hats and stick horses ready everybody! The OHC will sponsor two OHC Youth Camp Scholarships this year. While the kids are off at camp, the adults will be camping, too. We will be camping April 28-30 at Farmlane. There will be camping at Reed Road for the Regional Ride in September. That will be Sept. 29-30. More on that will follow. A short, quick article is sometimes best! Keep that horse between you and the ground; earthworm introductions can wait! Happy Trails! ~Trina

On Tuesday, April 4, members of the Geauga OHC were joined by members of the Ride with Pride 4-H Club to pull out the alien Garlic Mustard weed along the Geauga Park District Bridle Trails at The West Woods. Thanks go to Linda Dion, Cec Hanish, Dottie Drockton, Cathy Vella, Julie Fredrickson, Denise Lally, Sue Lundstrum, Catherine Ullman, and the Ride with Pride 4-H Club for having such a great attitude and collecting 12 plus bags of this terrible weed. This service was lovingly done to save the butterflies, wildflowers and trees for all to enjoy. Saturday, May 20 Geauga OHC will have our Mary Yoder ride starting at Headwaters Park. The ride will depart at 10 a.m. at the Headwaters parking lot and return to the parking lot around 12 p.m. Then all will retire to Mary Yoder’s for lunch. Trail mile awards will be given to those who earned them during lunch. This has always been a well-attended ride because everyone has so much fun. For more information check out our web page. The Geauga Park District has two naturalist led rides coming up. On

GEAUGA May, a nice time of year to get out and do some fun riding and enjoy nature. The weather is cool enough that you are not bothered too much by bugs, and the spring flowers are in bloom. Congratulations go to Rich Bradshaw for being number one in the state for adult saddle hours, and not far behind Rich is Linda Bradshaw coming in at number eight in adult saddle hours. Congratulations to both Rich and Linda for their achievement. Rich and Linda, along with many others also helped rank the Geauga Chapter at number one in saddle hours and number seven in trail miles. A big thank you to all who reported their saddle hours and trail miles, it could not have been done without you. Congratulations are also in order to Penny Passalacqua (secondary member, primary—Cuyahoga) who will be receiving the 25,000 trail miles belt buckle for her outstanding accomplishment. Way to go Penny. May 2017

Garlic Mustard Pull Ride with Pride.

Sunday, May 7 the ride will be at The West Woods. There will be a walk, trot, canter from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and a walk only ride from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. On Sunday, June 11 the ride will be at Big Creek Park, Woodin Road parking area. From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. will be a walk, trot, canter ride, and a walk only ride from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Call the Geauga Park District to register for one or all the rides or for information at 440/286-9516. And leaving you with one last thought: “We will never have to tell our horse that we are sad, happy, confident, angry or relaxed. He already knows—long before we do.” (Marjike de Jong) ~Catherine Ullman GREENE I hope most of you got to go to Equine Affaire this year. If you’ve never been, it’s a great place to go. Lots of informative demonstrations and clinics, a chance to meet up with friends you might not have seen since last riding/camping season, and great shopping. Even if you don’t need anything, it’s interesting to see what’s available. I know I’ve found a few things I didn’t know existed, but that I’ve since bought. Case in point, a Quick Coupler for my gooseneck. If you’ve never seen them they’re a vast improvement over the usual gooseneck hitches. I’m also always on the lookout for good awards for my distance ride, and I know Nancy is always on the prowl for awards for the Greene County State Ride. It’s always the second weekend in April—Thursday through Sunday —in Columbus, if you missed it before, put it on your calendar for next year. Speaking of the State ride, this year ours is June 9-11. Remember that our monthly meeting will be early that month, as we have it the Friday of the State ride, at Caesar Creek. You never know what the weather will be—it might be 90 degrees, we might feel like it’s monsoon season (or even both in the same weekend, like last year). But whether the weather is good for riding or not, we still have a good time. Some of us usually camp, with or without horses (depending on the weather), and we have a great time at the dinner. And come prepared, as we always have lots of door prizes and a good 50/50 drawing as well. This year Warren County OHC has rented the group camp at Caesar Creek for that same weekend, I’m going to expect to see some of them doing karaoke with us. I’ve included three photos again from

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Greene County OHC the State ride, two from dinner and one from a great breakfast Ramona and I had with Theresa Burke from Delaware County and our new friends from Union County. I think I need the State ride just to get new photos! I can’t always remember which ones I’ve used. Some members have been riding on Tuesdays (Herb and company, I think). Celeste and I are trying to ride but Mother Nature has frequently had other ideas. For better or worse, as I write this we’re headed to our first 15 mile ride in three weeks. I think my pony is ready, not so sure about myself. It will be fun, but I may not walk well the next day. We may even ride 15 a scond day, which could make it really interesting! Riding a second day somehow works out a lot of the soreness from the first, as I remember, but driving home from Michigan after, may well prove my undoing. Still, it will be worth it. Herb and I have continued working with Warren County’s Over the Hill Gang, again when weather permits. We were out in 18 degrees, but there have been several times where work days were called due to rain. Other than that, there’s not a lot going on that I’ve heard about. Hopefully the rain slacks off a bit and we will get more riding. And if not, we’ll just enjoy socializing. Happy trails, ~Mickie GUERNSEY Yee haw and howdy! This weather, with its back and forth cold-warm 53

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Don McIntyre and Lee Randolph and someone hiding behind that tree involved in monkey business team work.

Harold and Lee also as busy as Salt Fork beavers removing yet another major trail obstacle.

Tom Cable busy as a Salt Fork beaver during winter trail maintenance. temperament, can be frustrating. Reminds us of a child playing peeka-boo or hide and seek. It’s time to quit playing games old man weather! Guernsey County OHC meeting dates are scheduled for May 20 Salt Fork, June 24 Salt Fork, July 29 Salt Fork, Aug. 26 Salt Fork, Sept. 23 Salt Fork, Oct. 7 Poker Run. All meetings from May through September are held at The Horseman’s Camp, Salt Fork State Park Pavilion. Ride out at approximately 10 a.m. for our morning trail ride with a covered dish dinner at 5 p.m. and our meeting starting at 6 p.m. Come join us for a ride, food and lots of camaraderie. We started our winter trail clearing Friday, Jan. 20. As of April, we have spent over 500 person hours clearing trails. We have cleared numerous trail problem areas as well as the cutting, clearing of downed trees and work in and around the campground. Thank you to all who have participated and given of their time and equipment. Our winter wasn’t as bad as some predicted these past few months so many of you have several trail miles 54

under your belt already. Remember, log those miles! Looking forward to better weather and much needed R & R on horseback as well as seeing you out on the trail. Happy Trails to you until next month. ~Montana C

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April is the promise that May is bound to keep—Hal Borland. May is finally here with the promise of warmer weather and longer days. More daylight for riding, mowing hay, gardening and all things that spell summer. Several attended the Equine Affaire in Columbus, Ohio. We always have a great time drooling over the trailers, looking for bargains and watching the clinics. This year my husband and daughter went too. We have a workday planned for April 29 at Harrison State Forest with Buckeye Trail Riders. We are going to get some fines in for the tie line area that need dressed up and use a bobcat to carry them where needed. We will also walk and throw deadfall from the trails. There is always a chili cook-off on Saturday night. Good exercise, trails and campground gets rejuvenated and plenty to eat, what more could you ask for. Hope we have great weather. Harrison OHC is planning a two day clinic at Bob Gentiles arena in Flushing, Ohio, for May 20 and 21. Justin DellaPenna will be our trainer. We will be using the indoor and outdoor arena weather permitting. We will be setting up an obstacle course in the outdoor arena. Justin DellaPenna is an excellent trainer. He owns and trains Gypsy Vanner horses. He has been very helpful to several of our club members with all kinds of problems ranging from loading, ground manners, and trail riding. Contact harrisoncountyohc@ gmail.com if you are interested. The cost is $150 per horse. We are making plans for our June Regional Ride, June 9-11. Friday we will have a scavenger hunt during the day with music and an ice cream/cobbler social in the evening. Saturday breakfast will be provided by Harrison OHC; you can take a guided ride or ride on your own. Saturday night will feature a potluck dinner and auction. The auction will provide funds for trail maintenance and scholarship fund. Sunday breakfast will be provided by Harrison OHC followed by Cowboy Church. You can take a guided ride or ride on your own. Looking forward to a great turnout and lots of fun. To make camping reservations

Here we are with January and February but a memory and by the time you read this April will also be history. The winter as mild as it was some members bought and sold horses, purchased new trailers, and are anxiously waiting to try them out. One of our members, Brenda Lehman, will be breaking in her new trailer during our first camp out. We started off April with Ag Days at the Hocking County Fairgrounds, giving pony rides to the kids. They seem to really love them and keep coming back for more. This event is probably the only interaction some of these kids have with horses. The club is having its first campout in April and we have two scheduled in May and more rides in June, ending with the Southeast Regional Ride co-hosted by Hocking and Perry Counties. This ride was a great success last year and we’re looking forward to it even being better this year. Lots of fun, food and friends. It’s early in the year and we’re new at writing these articles so we don’t have any gossip to report about members falling off their horses, streaking through the campground, or getting locked in their trailers; on occasion, we even have those that lose their way. Very soon summer will be here and camping will begin again and club members will not disappoint or fail to amuse us. Happy trails to all. ~Bob and Jeanette HOLMES Hello from beautiful Holmes County. Mud, mud, and more mud! As I write this I am watching the lightning and hearing the rumble of the approaching storm. I always worry about the wind and my barn and the safety of my horses during times like this. The grass is so green and abundant. I am watching my pasture time and spring grass concerns. Today, I literally thought that I had another horse in my pasture due to the dark brown mud color! We had four members who helped Wayne County at their work weekend last week. I don’t think that I have ever seen anyone as organized as Nancy Strayer, president of Wayne County OHC. She had a

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very long list of tasks that had to be done to maintain the trails for all to enjoy and be safe! There were 30 plus volunteers there to help and the entire list was completed. Thanks to all for helping. A lot of riders do not realize how often this work is completed as every storm we get, we have a job to do after. Plus, just normal days’ trees and limbs fall and must be cleaned up. Last weekend was my first spring trip to Mohican. It was a beautiful day with lots of trailers and horses there. Due to the rain, it was muddy in places but not all that bad. Here we come Equine Affaire! What a fun time with the shopping, shows, classes and all the beautiful horses. We are so lucky to have these opportunities almost in our back yard. Sorry this is so short this time but I haven’t heard what anyone is doing right now, please text me and let me know. Send pictures too! Happy trails, ~Ricki JACKSON Hello OHC friends! I hope everyone was able to attend Equine Affaire. It’s always nice to see what’s new and catch up with old friends you run into. I am glad to report that the parking area at the top of the hill at Hammertown has had some much needed gravel added. It should be easier to access now. The larger parking area will also be getting gravel soon. We plan to put maps out at this parking area so riders may take one with them as they ride. The trails have been cleared and are in good shape, so no excuses! The Trail Challenge is planned for September. I’ll have the date and more details later. Our meetings are the fourth Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Ponderosa in Jackson. Join us! Ride safe, ~Margo KNOX At a recent trail ride held on the Mohican Valley Trail (Bridge of Dreams), we had 28 riders participate. At the bridge, we divided into three different groups going long, short, and fast. Unfortunately, my horse threw a shoe and I was forced to go short. While the Mohican Valley Trail is one of several rails to trails rides in Ohio, and many scorn rails to trails, we often find it entertaining and sometimes exciting. Check out the picture of the very noisy steel wheeled horse-drawn May 2017

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Box Wagon. box wagon dragging along a sulky we encountered. My horse eyed it warily as we gaited pass on the right waving to the driver. While KCOHC’s primary activity is trail riding, we do, on occasion, participate in other activities. We have an award winning program in parades headed up by our own Parade Chair Person Susan Ferris. An example of other riding events was our Ride into the Wild scavenger hunt held at Thayer Ridge April 22 primarily put together by Cindy Cossin and Kathy Shoemaker. Keep watch on our Facebook page for more activities. May is riding season and we have several groups going out of state in several directions. One group is off to Shawnee National Forest, Illinois, while another, unfortunately on the same weekend or I could do both, is off to Gatlinburg, Tenn. Unfortunately May is also the month for the All American Youth Show where we hope to land a significant number of OHC volunteers. We also have plans for Tar Hollow and Stone Church. May 30 is the Muskingum Chapter’s poker run and hog roast at Blue Rock where many of us have reservations. Many of us have signed on to the Emerald Necklace 100 mile ride, an adventure we look forward to. We often miss this part of the country because of the distance from home and lack of camping opportunities. It is not uncommon for our group to ride 15-20 miles a day, so we should May 2017

Mohican Valley Tunnel. be able to whip this one off in a few well organized days. We also plan to ride the rails to trails in Holmes County from Killbuck to Homesville, a day ride that includes stopping for ice cream, so stay tuned to our Facebook page. A majority of the KCOHC riders ride gaited horses. We do have members that do ride slower mounts and I must apologize for riding off and leaving some of our slower riders on various occasions. We try to have an organized ride for both slow and faster mounts but too often only a couple of slow riders show up. If they had the same enthusiasm and we could better organize them, and if they would come on out, they would also have a great adventure. We’ll continue to try to do better. Back at camp, there are no slow or fast riders, just good horse people enjoying each other’s company. KCOHC has had several successful money raisers in the early winter months. The enthusiastic participation of our members has been truly amazing. The club has been very good at donating to worthwhile causes like the OHCYP. Our primary money raising goal has been improvements at Thayer Ridge Park, creating an event parking lot and fixing and maintaining trails there. Many good comments came out about our Fall Harvest event last year, basically a horse and rider obstacle challenge. This is the idea behind having an event parking lot. If you would like to see more such activities, pass it along and we’ll see what can be worked up. Kathy Shoemaker has been doing a great job with our chapter newsletter. She keeps members informed. And, we will from time to time post an impromptu ride on our knoxcountyohc Facebook page. 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

Hi gang, well spring is finally here and our little club has some big projects to undergo. Our first work day was on Saturday, April 8 at Paddle Creek Horse Camp. We have moved our monthly meetings to Paddle Creek during the summer months. We will have our meeting and then do our cleanup and repairs in the campground. Everyone is asked to bring a covered dish and after the work is complete, the feast will be on. The list of jobs consist of repair to the existing tie stalls and the picket lines. New tie stalls added with additional hardware. The bulletin board will get a face lift as well. It is in need of new heavy duty backing to keep it from bowing out. We will put in a new clean trail map along with camp and forest rules. Cheryl and Nick have a memorial stone for the memory of Mary Toothman to be placed inside the bulletin board if approved by the forest service. The grass will be cut and the weed eating will be done.

Wanda and Cheyenne.

Tim Slone from the Wayne National Forest Service will be having chain saw classes on May 6 for anyone in our club who wants to attend. He is also had a CPR class on April 22. Our trails opened in the Wayne National Forest on April 15 for the ride and camping season. Hope to see everyone there. Happy Trails, ~Susan White LICKING Hello, again, from Licking County. By the time you read this article I sure hope it’s dry and warm outside for riding. A big nose Hi from my mini Fire! Cinda Wilson has our trail schedule completed for 2017. We are planning on riding and sometimes camping at Dillon Horse Camp, Mohican, Taft Reserve, Blue Rock, Burr Oak, Caesar Creek, too many to list. Just go to our website for a complete list and dates, remember on the top home page, a red banner will state of any changes and cancellations. Our website is lickingcountyohc.org. Dillon is going to be making a new map of the trails in the near future. Craig Santee is getting a trail maintenance crew together to start on some trail work, with all the rain; mud is holding up some of the work. If you would like to give a helping hand so we will have good trails for riding contact Craig. We had a good turnout at our March meeting. We had a potluck before the meeting—we do have some very great cooks in our group, I just happen not to be one of them but, I do go to a good deli. It happened to be Paul Wilson and Mark Stevens’ birthday so I had to get a cake; didn’t want the boys to be disappointed. The trail miles patches were handed out, here is a picture of Karen McCabe receiving her 5,000mile patch; I don’t know if I will ever reach that mark. I did receive a 500-mile patch. We are having a Columbus

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Mark Stevens and Paul Wilson with birthday cake. Mounted Police Officer and an Ohio State Mounted Officer at one of our meetings again. They came last year and gave a talk and demo on self-defense riding. A great talk, I just, don’t give some things any thought because I feel safe riding in our parks’ trails but the two officers opened my eyes. They demonstrated on what to do on the trail under different conditions if a person(s) were to approach you and your horse. This year we are to bring our horses to the meeting and the officers will work with us on selfdefensive riding. This event is for OHC members only. Can’t wait. Diana Wheatley and her horse show committee have been working hard getting ready for the first fun show on July 29 at the Infirmary Mound Park, Granville. We will have a silent auction set up and a food stand on the grounds. Since the park lets us put a sign up at the entrance of the park, ‘Horse Show’ we get several people coming to watch the show; they always have some interesting questions about the different classes. The children have so much fun in the last six classes when they can kick back; the Apple Bobbing, now I know I couldn’t do that one because I have to hold my nose to go under water; the Egg and Spoon class is always full. The first 21 classes shows how hard the children and adults worked to get their horses ready for showing. Go to our website for a showbill and if you have any questions contact Diana. Some of our members attended the OHC State meeting in March; the OHC members filled the building, someone stated around 150. A man from ODNR gave a presentation 56

regarding parks and their trails, forestry; covered a lot of information. A couple of by-laws were voted on and the Youth Show was discussed. Go to the State OHC website for the minutes of the meeting. Debbie Stevens, chairperson of the PEEPS committee announced we are going to have a cook out this fall; the committee has some fun things planned for this event. We want to thank Teresa McGregor for creating the newsletter for the chapter; she is doing a great job. The State OHC youth program, summer camp with horses is coming up soon. Licking County Chapter agreed to pay for five children to attend; a requirement is they must be an OHC member. The complete details with applications, forms are on the Ohio State OHC website, under filing cabinet tab, then Youth at the bottom of the list. By the time you read this the Equine Affaire will be over; hope everyone that went enjoyed the event. Next meeting is Monday, May 22 due to Memorial Day being on the last Monday, at Infirmary Mound Park, Granville at 7 p.m. Check us out on our website, lickingcountyohc. org and Facebook for committees’ contact person, officers, new events and dates. We are so lucky to have so many beautiful trails in Ohio; be safe out on the trails. ~Deborah Sheka LOGAN April’s meeting was jam packed with new members, visitors and activities. First off was the chili cook-off. Cynthia Orr has done a wonderful job at the Mohican State Ride cook-off, but this year we had several people interested in having a try so we had a cook-off. We had six entries ranging from sweet/hot to just plain hot. The winner and our 2017 representative at the state ride is John Porter. Congratulations, John! Clark County OHC president Christina Tubbs was our guest and spoke about the trails at Buck Creek. During our discussions we realized that our club ride at Buck Creek is the same day as theirs and Delaware’s is the day after so Christina gave our club permission to camp there Saturday night. Club member Stephanie Burk gave a very informative and interesting talk on equine parasites. She demonstrated how a fecal egg count check was done complete with a fresh manure sample. She discussed the benefits of treating only the horses that are high shedders as opposed to

Stephanie Burk treating the entire herd. When asked, she explained that some horses are naturally able to fight off parasites so worming them is simply a waste of money and builds a resistance to the de-wormers. Our members were amazed and a bit grossed out by size of a bot that resides in a horse’s stomach. In club news, we have three youths going to the Youth Show in May. Last month we voted to pay $100 towards each child’s entry. Additionally, we had four youth members show in the local Fuzzy Horse show on April 1. Aidan Elsass placed in two classes and Erica Wilson placed in several classes. This month we voted on the three groups that would benefit from our annual pork raffle. This year the proceeds will be split evenly between The Discovery Riders, Marmon Valley Ministries and establishing a youth fund for our OHC youth. Raffle tickets are on sale now and all members have tickets to sell. The drawing is for a half a pig, fully processed or $300. Please contact any Logan County OHC member to purchase raffle tickets. Tickets are $5 each or five tickets for $20. Two of our members were presented the awards they were recognized for at the State meeting, but were not present to accept. John Young placed seventh in the state for saddle hours and Erica Wilson placed seventh in the state for youth trail miles. Matt Wiley of Marmon Valley Farm presented the club with an opportunity to earn some trail hours at their facilities. Logan County still does not have any public trails, although we are still working towards achieving some. In the meantime, Matt’s offer would give us local trails to work and ride on. Our club voted to create a committee to look into this and see what would work for both groups. ~Diana LORAIN April showers bring May flowers so they say but also April has brought lots of muddy horses and trails, so good bye April; hello May! Our May

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calendar sponsor is Farley Saddlery and Service located in Wellington. Kym Farley specializes in custom tack and repair. Kym, thank you for being our May sponsor. Kym offered free tack inspections at our March meeting and gently reminds us to be diligent about inspecting our tack regularly so it is safe for ourselves and our horses. She can be reached at 440/225-2545 or at www. farleysaddlery.com. Thank you to Brenda Lang for being our Trail Mile Leader again this year. Brenda compiled all our miles and as a club we recorded 22,415 miles in 2016. The thought of all those miles makes my caboose a tad bit sore but in a good way. That is a lot of miles folks. Kudos to everyone who turned in miles! I bet we could have doubled that if we all would turn in our miles. Please write them down when you get done after each ride on your calendar. At the end of the year, fill out the form and hand it in to our trail mile leader. It’s pretty simple and we can help you figure the miles if you are unsure as many of us know the parks quite well. This will help the state decide how people are really riding the trails. If they don’t see the documentation, they may opt not to keep the horse trails open or in good repair so it is very important that we make every effort to turn our miles in by December each year. Together we can make a positive impact for the future of horseback riding in the state of Ohio and elsewhere in the country. Our club’s most popular areas this past year were: Carlisle with 4704 miles, Charlemont with 1460 miles, Mohican with 1485 miles, South Chagrin with 1010 miles, Pleasant Hills with 951 and Hinckley with 857. Out of state: Benezette in Pennsylvania totaled 1168 miles. Our top women riders were: Kelly Krupp-Denes (1688 miles), Karen Norton (1114 miles), and Wendy Gillund (1063 miles). Our top men riders were: Elmer (Billy) Garn (938 miles), Dave Farley (875 miles) and Bill Musolf (713 miles). Our youth top riders were Akadian Garn (394 miles) and Katy Zitek (170 miles). Our saddle hour award winners were Floyd (Bill) Gullet (225 hours) and Deb Hurlbert (212 hours). Congratulations to all our winners and to all who turned in miles this year. We had fun at our St. Patrick’s Day ride, despite the cool weather. We all huddled inside after the ride, enjoying stew, chili and some yummy treats. There were about 12 of us that came out for this ride. I expect the rest of you were indoors enjoying the warmth of your homes. What fun is that, I ask? The April Fool’s Day ride at Wellington had a slim turnout May 2017

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St. Patricks Day ride. due to the dreary cool weather. They all rode their horses to the top of Mount Wellington where they got a spectacular view of the park, so I heard from Sue Mollica. Darn, I wish I had gone. Many folks opted to ride instead at Carlisle on Sunday, April 2 when it was much warmer, relatively speaking. Hope everyone who ventured to Equine Affaire had an enjoyable time and came back with some new knowledge and a few treasures from the stores. In May there is a Trail Building Conference in Dayton on Sunday, May 7. Please check your calendar for further details. The Ropes Course will be held Thursday, May 11 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Jim Wallace is the contact. It is loads of fun and provides good team building. The cost is $15. Our Pie Ride is Saturday, May 13 starting at 10 a.m. at the Carlisle Equestrian Center. Pie and coffee will be offered starting at 12:30 p.m. Please bring a pie or dessert to share. Sherri Hoover is the contact. This is one of my favorite rides. Pie for the main dish at lunch; heavenly! Our membership meeting will be held on Monday, May 15 at the Carlisle Visitor Center starting at 7 p.m. We will have light refreshments. We will have an overnight campout at the Equestrian Center on Saturday, May 20. There will be a scavenger hunt in the morning, potluck for dinner at 6:30 followed May 2017

by a bonfire and star gazing with the Astronomical Club, weather permitting. Well behaved campers and dogs on leashes welcome. It’s a nice way to make sure you have all your camping gear organized and ready for further trails over the summer and fall months. Many people try to take part in this ride so there are folks that can help you learn how to tie a high line and other camping tips to make camping with your horse fun. A Memorial Day Parade will be held in Huntington on Sunday, May 28. It will begin at 12 p.m. Please meet at 11:30 a.m. with your horses behind the United Church of Huntington, 26677 State Rte. 58. Contact Judy Budi for full details. A Memorial Day Parade will also be held in Grafton on Monday, May 29. Karen Norton is the contact. Further details are forthcoming. Looking ahead to June, Kentucky Horse Park weekend is June 1-4. Check out their website for information or you may consider camping June 2-4 at the AEP Conesville Horse Area. Trails range from easy to difficult. The camping is primitive so you need to bring water for yourself and your horse. You need to register for an AEP Rec-Land permit from AEP.com ahead of going. Brenda Lang can give you further details as she is the contact for this campout. More fun to come. Hope to see you at one or more of these awesome events. ~Kathy Duncan MADISON Our chapters first work weekend was a huge success. We had 22 people,17 members: John, Marsha and Gene Pierce, Keith and Debbie Ventresca, Ranee Vititoe, James Schultz, Lorna Kenyon, Cheryl, Brandt, Lyndsey and Bryce Barlet, Anne and Jessie Hunter, Susan Hunter, Scott Elfrink and myself. Two members from Fairfield Chapter Helen Gillian and Richard Reisinger.

Anne and Jessie Hunter Madison County OHC and Starlight 4-H Club.

In the last article I posted dates for our 2017 show season. I must report that these may change slightly. Once we re-confirm our dates I will repost them. ~DeeDee MEDINA

Roger, Dean, Connie Douggman of Starlight 4-H Club.

Richard Reisinger and Helen Gillian from Fairfield OHC Chapter. Dean, Connie and Roger Dougman, Roger and Jessie are members of the Starlight 4-H Club. Thank you all for a great productive day. The following couple paragraphs are written by our member Keith Ventresca. He is in charge with the renovations that our chapter is working on at Deer Creek State Park Overnight Horseman Camp. The members of the Madison County Chapter of the OHC are working in conjunction with park management on a project to improve the horse camp at Deer Creek State Park. This project will entail the removal of underbrush in the current area to improve visibility, air circulation and to make it easier for the park to service the area. Our hope is to increase the number of camp sites from five to 11. The new sites will be wider and deeper, with the use of a tree line to define each site. The pads are to be lengthened and centered in each site, the picket lines will be located on the rear third of the site. When completed, we will have clean, well defined sites, with ample amount of vertical and horizontal space, with plenty of shade. Providing a ‘cool, green and shady’ space for campers and horses. This project will be done in phases over a number of years. As of the date of this publication, we will have had one work weekend under our belt. Additional work weekends are scheduled, weather permitting, on April 22-23 and May 20-21. Should anyone be interested in participating on the scheduled weekends please contact our chapter president, Marsha Pierce at 937/681-3493 or email her at marshap1943@yahoo.com.

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There is nothing more exciting (at least to us trail riders) than the prospect of new bridle trails. On March 28 a four-county expeditionary group took a tour of the Killbuck Lakes Park in the city of Burbank in Medina County. It was like being with Lewis and Clark! Only, you know, a lot shorter and we were close to an interstate and an outlet mall and we didn’t have to eat buffalo jerky. Anyway, Jim and Laura Wallace (Lorain); Rob Rohrer (Summit), Molly Eastwood and Rosemary Young (Medina) and Erin O’Neil (hope I got your name right) from Wayne, were hosted by Josh Phillipps from the Medina Park District for a long hike through some wonderful park land. Killbuck Lakes Park is located on the 408-acre former Baker Sand and Gravel property acquired through a grant from the Clean Ohio Fund. It features a 47-acre lake surrounded by a 1.23 mile nature trail. The lake, left behind by mining operations, also provides important habitat for waterfowl. American coots, trumpeter swans, grebes and even bald eagles have been sited. Surrounded by forests and wetlands this park would make an ideal area for bridle trails. There are actually several lakes on the property around which it was estimated we could create up to 10 miles in trails. They would be multi use, hikers and horseback riders. We tramped through several miles of fields and wetlands, tracing a topographical map of the park to determine the best placing of these trails and where to create a parking lot for rigs. Jim Wallace and Molly Eastwood have met previously with park director, Tom James, who is eager to work with OHC on proposed trails. Obviously there is a lot of planning to do. Stay tuned for more news and trail-building opportunities. Uh, oh, you say—this sounds like more work for us members. Well think of it this way, as members of Ohio Horseman’s Council we are dedicated to promoting the equine way of life in this state. Essentially we want to ride! No trails to ride? Then let’s build some! Be a part of something that will last; beautiful natural trails that we can be proud of. If you live in Medina encourage 57

County Lines your riding buddies to join us, our numbers count! OK, that part of my lecture is over. We are getting those trails ready for a summer of good times. Come and join us May 13 for an outdoor trail adventure (we never call it work!) in the CVNP; meeting places and times to be determined. For more information contact one of our trail leaders: Patricia Vance (pavancelaw@aol.com or 330/8369358), Mike Andrea (mlandrea03@ yahoo.com or 330/592-5953), or Jack Weese (jack4ohc@att.net 440/234-9668 or 216/780-9668). Don’t forget to meet us for our day rides for the End-to-End 100 mile ride. Full schedule in our newsletter and on our website. Our next monthly meeting will be on Wednesday, June 7 at Boston Store in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park at 7 p.m. Join us at 6:30 for refreshments and please bring a snack to share. May the valley be with you! ~Rosemary Young

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MEIGS There are a lot of happy horses out there with all this green grass but then on the other hand, they are thinking my master is going to be riding me a lot this summer. Of course we will be mowing and weed eating and getting ready for hay season. The AEP camp is open and we have several events planned for the year. Our monthly rides are on the second Saturday of each month and on that evening we will be having a fun show also. Ride out is 11 a.m. and the fun show starts at 5 p.m. First ride and fun show is on May 13. On May 6, we will have our Trade Day event starting at 9 a.m. til 4 p.m. Food will be served. For a small fee you can set up a table and sell some things that you no longer need or maybe trade for something. I hope you can attend. Our special event we have is the ‘Make A Wish’ Ride on Saturday June 10, ride out at 10 a.m. In the event of rain it will be held on the following Saturday, June 17. This event is for children who have a life threatening illness. Through this organization the money we raise will help a child’s wish come true, some go to Disney World or whatever their wish is. Members work hard to raise money and get door prizes for this and we do not mind at all because it is so heartwarming to hear that the money we raised made that child’s dream come true and we can see them smiling. Join us at this event, we have a lot of fun and the club will provide the meat and there will be

is a daunting task, one that is difficult to keep up the strength to carry on the mission. The true cowboy keeps riding on. Please keep Mick Retman and his wife Deb in your prayers. Mick, you are a true cowboy. I attended the State March meeting in Delaware and brought back our list of non-renewed members. I was surprised to see that most of these non-renewed memberships were families with children. I hope to get the message out to these families that we would like them back and need their input on activities for youths. Our club would like to send one youth to horse camp this summer, and hopefully, it will be a Miami County member. Our May meeting at Kyle Park in Tipp City on May 11 has a new start time of 6:30 p.m. Weather permitting, we will meet at the horse trailhead, otherwise, at the shelter. ~Shirley DeWinter

Roger Karr and wife Susie, John Robinson, Val and Dan Tobin. a potluck dinner. We will also have a 50/50 drawing, all proceeds go to ‘Make A Wish’ Foundation. Hope to see you there. I got the history information sent in for the State meeting and each club who did this had their name entered in a drawing for two tickets to the Equine Affaire. There were two clubs whose names were drawn and Meigs was one of the winners. We decided to raffle our tickets at the club meeting and the winner was Teresa Molden, way to go. Four officers and two members from our club attended the State meeting. Any child in our club who wishes to get points from the State has to write an essay and then go to the State meeting, present the essay and tell about it in front of a panel of judges. Points and prize money will be based on the essay and presentation. If you need any information on our events contact Paul at 740/742-2320 or Charlie at 740/992-0594. Keep in mind that Mother’s Day is May 14 and mothers like attention. Enjoy your horse this summer. Happy Trails, ~Dian MIAMI Being sick is no fun. We all know that. But being seriously ill for months

There is an article which appeared in The Monroe County Beacon and was written by Kreg Robinson. Thought fellow chapter members might find this interesting. We are very excited. Due to the Horsemen’s Corral policy, we cannot print the article without written permission from the author. ~Sami

Monroe County OHC MONTGOMERY Howdy from wet and wonderful Montgomery County. As I sit typing this morning I am getting ready to go to Equine Affaire in Columbus, one of my favorite venues for clinics and shopping. A lot of OHC members will also be there so it is a nice chance to get together and talk all things horse. Last month (March) our chapter hosted the OHC meeting in Delaware and brought lots of delicious desserts to share—our former president, Cindy was in charge of details. Next month May there will be lots of trail riding (when the trails are a bit drier!) as well as some other fun things. The Dayton area will be hosting a state-wide symposium

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Montgomery OHC cleanup. the first weekend, May 5 and 6. Check out our website for further information as it gets closer. Our regular meeting will be on May 16 (always the third Tuesday at 7 p.m.) at Tom Pompei’s new place on Clyo Road with Tom doing a Parelli demonstration. We will be doing a carry in dinner for this event. Also in May 21 will be a Possum Creek cleanup with riding before and after. Come at 11 a.m. to ride then we will have lunch and another ride at 2 p.m., lots of choices there, but should be fun! Check out the pictures of the state meeting! Happy Trails! ~Ann MORGAN Morgan County is still in the land of the living! It was questionable for a while! I (Martha) thought I would die at Otterbein College and no one would even know I was gone. I now see light at the end of the tunnel, but it could still turn out to be a train, and if it does, my daughter, Holly has agreed to get the news into the Corral. Our club has a new president, Vickie Wagner and under her leadership, we will have a scheduled meeting the third Wednesday of the month at Deno’s Pizza at 6:30. We have had some new folks join us and we are so glad! We have had one scheduled work day at AEP so far and had folks May 2017

County Lines from other county’s join in the trail cleaning fun. We will try to keep you all informed what is happening. My goal for the summer is to spend a lot of time at the Morgan AEP, riding, eating, fishing and generally having a good time. Hope to see you there! ~Martha McCoy MORROW Greetings from the Morrow County OHC chapter where the March ‘weather madness’ has slowly morphed into April ‘spring showers’ as horse pasture grass emerges from the ‘mud’. The horse herd sometimes is a ‘monochromatic gray’ from using their ‘mud bowl’which is normally a ‘dust bowl’ most of the grazing season. The seasonal wildlife changes discussed last month continue to evolve with Canada goose, wood duck, and mallard females occupying their nesting sites while the gander tries to maintain the pond as a ‘no landing zone’ for all other geese. A robin has established a nest on the horse trailer to delay any trailer use while multiple blue bird pairs evaluate how to share the several nesting boxes available. Some chapter members have been in the saddle since the last report with Byron and Cheryl completing multiple outings on the Mohican State Forest trails while Gerald and Ted rode local fallow fields near home. No other chapter members have indicated any riding since the last report while health issues are still keeping other members ‘grounded’. Although my observations detected no problems during a February, 2017, joint trail ride with Byron and steed Odyssey, they subsequently participated in a weekend Richard Shrake clinic to advance their ‘horse/ rider partnership’. Post-clinic reports from Byron expressed satisfaction with participation results that should improve their trail riding experience. Before the next report is composed, Gerald plans to participate in an Allen County Buckeye State Mounted Deputy (BSMD) rider/ horse training weekend followed by Ted, Chris, and Gerald attending the annual weekend BSMD Spring Ride/ Meeting to be held at Smoke Rise Ranch Resort. Gerald also plans to participate in a scheduled April Knox County OHC riding event at Thayer Ridge Park. Ted, Floyd, and Gerald attended the March State OHC Delaware meeting which updated attendees on past/ present/future Ohio equine activities of interest to many OHC members. A secondary benefit of meeting for me May 2017

is the renewed ‘equine fellowship’ shared with so many dedicated Ohio horse enthusiasts/leaders. Several chapter members plan to attend some of the Equine Affaire’s seminars to enhance their equine knowledge and survey the trade show to possibly ‘reduce the weight of their purse’. Floyd and Gerald plan to assist some at the Equine Affaire OHC booth to help inform attendees of OHC membership benefits. Chapter members Ted, Bob, Chris, and Gerald are scheduled to assist OHC in helping conduct the All American Youth Horse Show in May as they have done in previous years. Hopefully with continued weather improvement, especially for weekends, our trails will cross while on horseback traversing some of the great trails in Ohio. Our trailer nose has new posted motto, ‘So Many Trails So Little Time’, which I first saw on Beverly Leasure’s trailer six years before she tragically died from cancer in early 2005 to prevent witnessing her daughter’s high school graduation. So, while we can, continue to ride, ride, ride or at least have great dreams. Until next month, happy trails to you and stay safe in the saddle/on your horse if you do have an opportunity to ride. ~DOC PIKE A warm hello to all from Pike County OHC. Spring has finally arrived, and our club members are racking up the trail miles. Last year we rode a club total of 13,334 miles and our mission is to beat this record. Calvin Knipp and Fern Beathard had the most gaited trail miles and Randy Wittkugle and Debbie Sears had the most non-gaited trail miles. Good job! They spent a lot of time in the saddle. We have been having our monthly meetings at Doug and Debbie Sears’, the Painted Hill Farm, which is located at Pike Lake. Our club would like to give a big thank you

Doug and Debbie Sears, Painted Hill Farm.

‘Trail Boss’, Calvin Knipp.

Pike OHC giving a farewell! to them! They provide us with all the amenities that we need. No meeting would be complete though without good food. Prior to each of our meetings, we have a potluck carry in dinner. We not only have great horse people, but awesome cooks too! Good food and fellowship, it doesn’t get any better! We are very sad to say goodbye to one of our members, Shawn Knoder. She is relocating to Oklahoma and we’ll miss her. All of our club rides for this year have been scheduled and have already included Scioto Trails and Great Seal Park. May 13 is the annual Cancer Benefit Ride at Scioto Trails, which our club highly supports. Cancer has touched many of our lives and this is one way we can give back and help those afflicted along with their family and friends. Our club members also get together for many rides that are not scheduled. Paint Creek, Hammertown, Tar Hollow, and especially our ‘home’, Pike Lake State Forest have been some other fun trail rides. We are very fortunate to have Calvin Knipp in our club. We refer to him as our ‘trail boss’. He is a walking atlas of trail maps! Somehow, he remembers all the trails that we ride. Seventy six years young, he is our role model! Trail maintenance at Pike Lake is a passion of our club. Several times a year we have scheduled trail maintenance days and the members work very hard to keep all trails open and safe. In addition, many members do weekly trail maintenance while riding at Pike Lake. They take a lot of pride in making the trails safe for everyone to ride. Pike Lake is a beautiful place to ride and we invite everyone to come and enjoy!

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In 2016, our club hosted the first ‘Horse Daze’ event at Pike County Fairgrounds. Once again this year, from overwhelming interest and response, we’re beginning to plan ‘Horse Daze 2017’. The event offered horse rides, a kiddie corral with games, and horseback contests. Updates will be coming, but the scheduled date is Sept. 23, 2017. We’re hoping to double the number of smiling faces that came because of their love for horses. I’d like to leave you with a little inspirational quote: Advice from a Horse: Take life’s hurdles in stride. Loosen the reins. Be free spirited. Keep the burrs from under the saddle. Carry your friends when they need it. Keep stable. Gallop to greatness. —Ilam Shamir God Bless, be safe and enjoy your ride! ~Teresa Wittkugle PREBLE Welcome spring from Preble County OHC! What a wonderful April we are having, NOT. This week we have had a sense of spring, but now they are calling for snow. Don’t you love Ohio? We had our Easter Egg Hunt and meeting Saturday, April 8, at Hueston Woods’s horsecamp. I will have to get you pictures next month as our meeting is after the deadline for County Lines. Since this was going to be a cleanup weekend too we had hoped for better weather. Had lots of rain Wednesday afternoon so not sure how much work we will get accomplished on trails. We do have things we can do in the campground, but will give it the old college try. Received great news at the State meeting; one of our very own youth members received fifth place in saddle hours for the State. Morgan Hancock did a great job keeping track of her hours last year, she would probably have had more except she broke her hand and was not allowed

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Morgan H. doing what she loves. to ride for several weeks. She placed first for trail miles and saddle hours for our chapter for the youth. The adult first place winner was Deanna Flaugher. These two ladies will be receiving an OHC belt buckle for all of their hard work. The trail miles are important as this shows the State Parks and Forests that bridle trails are important to equestrians and to the different chapters. Please keep track of your trail miles and saddle hours and turn them in to the treasurer or if you have one your trail mile chairperson. We have our Memorial Weekend Fun Show coming up Saturday, May 27. We do paybacks; first, second and third in any classes that have at least eight participants. The Jackpot Barrels have the same payback as well. Anyone who is camping can participate and if not camping come on out and join us for a great fun day. Hope to see many of you then if not before. Can’t forget to wish all of the mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day on May 14, and don’t forget to thank a veteran for their service and what they do to keep us safe! Not much else now will give you more updates next time. May God Bless you and keep you and your four-legged friends safe! ~Becky ROSS I can’t believe it is May already, where has the time gone. Really, if you stop and think about it, we are just a month shy of this year being halfway over. I know, you don’t want to hear that, it sounds as if I am trying to rush it right? Well no, I just can’t believe that I myself have only ridden a few times and it seems like I just can’t find the time to do it. I never remember being too busy to ride. How many times a week do you ride on average? I know only too well how life can just get in the way and other things crop up and demand your attention. In fact, I have seen that even with a scheduled riding season, most 60

Dave and Rod putting up the new tie lines on Rattlesnake trail.

Jimmy, Tom, Phil and Della clearing out a downed tree on one of the trails.

Tar Hollow Horseman camp, there will be a 50/50 drawing and a carry in dinner after the ride. On Saturday, June 3 we have a club ride scheduled at Elkins Creek and on Saturday, July 15 we are going to Red River Gorge in Frenchburg, Ky., this is tentative right now and more information to follow soon. On Aug. 5 we to go to Scioto Trails at the Airport Road group camp area and with this ride is our annual Scavenger Hunt for the kids. Can’t wait to see you all! On Saturday, March 25 we had a work day at Tar Hollow where some of the volunteers added new ties and benches up on Rattlesnake at the usual break area and we had others volunteer to help cleanup by removing trees and branches that had fallen throughout the trails. Thanks to everyone for your hard work and also to the volunteers who brought in their own personal equipment to do so. It really is amazing that so many volunteers will offer up their time to come out to help. Ross County has much planned in the near future for Tar Hollow Horseman’s Camp and would like for everyone to come on out, camp, ride and see how much we have done to make this camp nicer for everyone to enjoy. ~Angela SCIOTO

Ross county members and volunteers checking out the new benches on Rattlesnake trail. people find it difficult to keep that on the calendar due to unforeseen circumstances. It leads to feelings of frustration in all involved parties, meaning, you and your horse. Now this can often be difficult for us to do, particularly if we have other responsibilities elsewhere, such as family, business, work etc. However making time for yourself and something you enjoy is one of your top priorities. So with that being said, keep motivated and inspired to keep that schedule, even if sometimes it doesn’t work out for you to ride that day, schedule another day and keep scheduling time with your horse. With that being said, the Ross County club has finally got the ride schedule put together and you can find it on the Ross County OHC Facebook page. For now, I will fill you in on the next few upcoming club rides and you can mark your calendar now and plan on coming to ride with us. Our next ride is scheduled the weekend of Memorial Day with our annual Spring OHC poker ride on Saturday, May 27 at

Scioto County OHC held its monthly meeting on March 14. Our next meeting was held April 4 at Arby’s in Portsmouth. We have several events coming up and everyone is invited. We had Pony Rides on April 22 at Tractor Supply in New Boston, Ohio. Raffle tickets will be sold for a Family Game Night basket. Pictures were available for $8. The Silhouette Riders 4-H Club helped with the pony rides as part of their community service. On April 29, 11 a.m., we scheduled a trail ride to help clean trails at Bear Lake Horseman’s Camp in Shawnee State Forest. We asked you to bring your lunch, snips, and garbage bags. Bonfire after ride. We are also looking forward to our annual St. Jude Children’s Benefit ride on May 13, also at the Bear Lake Horseman’s Camp. This ride will be at 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. We will have a social event after the ride so bring your fixings for hot dogs, smores, or whatever you would like to fix. Bonfire at 8 p.m. There will be a $10 donation per rider that will go to St. Jude. If you have any questions please call 740/820-2342 or 740/858-1274. ~Sandy sandya45662@yahoo.com

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STARK With all of the things that have been in the news lately, it really makes you think about ways to be safe and protect yourself. At our March meeting, we had a very interesting speaker. Alex Lanshe presented to us ways to think and act like a warrior to transform our outlook on life. His presentation on ‘Warrior Attitude’ was extremely interesting and lots of fun. The first thing is Prevention—stay out of bad places. Second is to be armed and he wasn’t suggesting guns but other things that could be used as weapons such as your car keys, pens, your cell phone. Always keep something in your hand. With a woman, it could be your purse or a small flashlight. Learn how to dress to carry items—such as many pockets in your clothing. Be creative. Alex is a professional trainer, has written a book and does private training and consulting. He said there are two things anyone will do to you—hit you or grab you. So practice and learn to ‘Stab What Grabs’. What hurts most people in fights is that they freeze and don’t do anything. So practice being alert and not being afraid to stab at anyone that tries to grab you. When you think about the things he told us, you will learn the Warrior Secret for Destroying Sadness. Wendy Shaffer was our speaker for our April 24 meeting. She demonstrated the ‘Gentle Touch’ method of healing on a horse. Until next time, happy trails to you! ~Jo Ellen SUMMIT For any of you shopping at Buehlers last month on March 15, that was not a special presentation by Kellogg’s in the Community Room. That familiar ‘Snap, Crackle and Pop’ was actually part of an informative presentation by Dr. Gary Domanick from Richfield Chiropractic giving our chapter a great presentation on getting and staying in shape for the riding season. Regardless of age, the body is constantly changing as we get older so it needs some care to keep it in shape. The old adage that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure applies to us as well as our horses. Dr. Gary provided handouts and took questions from our group as well as offering sensible advice to work through these issues. Thanks to Dr. Domanick, Karen Beres who invited him to speak, and our volunteers Joy Scala, Debbie Donner, and Roxanne Owens who took part in the demos. May 2017

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Redbud in Bloom at Silver Creek.

Derby hopefuls out for a practice lap.

New trail at Richfield Heritage Preserve? Just remember, warm up before any strenuous activity and know when to seek professional help when things are not getting better. There were 15 members attending our March meeting. Molly Eastwood gave us an update on the work being done to secure primitive trails for horses through the newly created Richfield Heritage Preserve. The wheels of government grind slowly but there is progress on the horizon and hopefully new trails in our area. Even better is the possibility of connecting these trails to Hinkley Reservation. Carolyn Sullivan provided more information on possible new horse trailer parking at Metro Parks in the Cuyahoga Valley. Carolyn also coordinates the End to End 100 mile for Cleveland Metro Parks for our chapter and any questions should be directed to her. The first ride is scheduled at Rocky River on April 13. Remaining schedules and rain dates are listed on our website. This the first week in April and the azalea and flowering shrubs are starting to bloom. The daffodils and crocus can take the weather roller coaster ride but it is a real risk for the less hardy to flower this early. The woods are still under a thick layer of leaf litter and standing May 2017

water. The willow branches are just turning chartreuse and the maples are tipped with burgundy buds. It will be a steady progression of new plants popping up and the woods and meadows changing before our very eyes. There will be new fawns darting through the woods and the return of familiar chatter from squirrels and call of birds everywhere echoing the song of spring. For everyone who rides, we share the unique perspective of being able to see even more of nature’s beauty perched atop our horses’ backs. Our Fundraiser Camping Weekend at Mohican is off to a nice start. It is open to OHC members only due to insurance provisions. So far we have 10 people and their rigs coming to the event. If you are interested it will be Aug. 11-13. Come for the great trail ride but stay for the walking tacos, prizes, silent auction and fun for everyone. See our website for more details and hope to see you there. Nancy Bedillion advised that Wayne County Chapter is heading off to South Fork in Tennessee on May 1420. This is a must for any of you who like to travel with your horse and a great group of camping companions. See you out on the trails. ~Joann Ulichney TRUMBULL Springtime has arrived in Trumbull County! Our first club ride was held Saturday, April 22 at Mosquito Lake State Park. Guests were welcome! We met at the trail head on Hoagland Blackstub Road just north of the Trumbull County Fairgrounds for a ride out time of 12:30 p.m. The ride was a combination of fellowship and assessing the conditions of the trails to start our 2017 maintenance schedule. There was a fire and hotdogs when we got back to the trail head! The trails are rated easy and if you didn’t have shoes on your horse, the terrain is not rocky. We will again this year be riding at 2 Mile Run Park near Franklin Pa. So much fun was had last year we are returning again June 23-25! Guests are welcome! The camping is primitive; there is a hydrant in the lower corner but no electric at the campsites. Friday night will be the weenie roast and Saturday our famous ‘Potluck’! We will have Cowboy Church Sunday morning. The terrain is moderate and rocky in places. The Trumbull County Chapter is growing again! Welcome to Amy Bower and Meg and Dale Toukonen! We look forward to riding with you and are happy to have you in our club. The April meeting was well

Nancy riding her beloved Sunny. attended to partake in the activities of club business and to enjoy the information presented by our guest speaker Kelly Chapman. A certified International Mountain Trail Challenge Judge, Kelly spoke to our group and guests not only about the history of the organization, but also the proposed advancements both here in the United States and also in Australia, Germany and other nations around the world. The competition of trail courses is multi leveled for riders as well as the horses. The courses are designed for a truer trail experience and are set up in natural surroundings. The local course is being constructed at Winseek Performance Horses located in Trumbull County. Laura has a Facebook page you can contact her for more information. We lost a great friend on March 6, Nancy McKibben passed. She was truly a friend to everyone. Her zest for life and adventure was undeniable. I knew her many years and we rode many miles together. She joined our chapter and participated in the work and the play always smiling and always cheerful. Her friendship with many members of our club was deep seated and our hearts are saddened beyond words. We miss you, our friend… ride in the meadows of forever flowers; free as the angel you are. Our next meeting will be held at the Fowler Community Center on Sunday, May 7 at 7 p.m. ~Kathryn TUSCARAWAS Apparently, April snuck up and grabbed us when we weren’t looking. To those of us in the ‘biz’, it means several things. The advent of spring, the de-winterizing of our trailers, the shoeing of our horses, and of course, the Annual Equine Affaire. Although the April 6-9 event will have concluded at the time of this printing, we should have details for the June edition from several of the club’s attendees. And in club news, the annual Ride Planning Party was held April 1 at the home of Rob and Patti Conley.

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As always, much fun and merriment, and a ride schedule was actually produced. First order of business will be for the group to participate in the Boy Scout Camp Work Day to be held on Sunday, April 23, followed by the first ride of the season held Sunday, April 30 at Mohican (11 a.m. ride out). The May ride is scheduled as the group’s traditional Memorial Day weekend at Beaver Creek, May 26-29. These May events will miss the June edition, so expect some great pics in July. Remaining 2017 ride schedule and upcoming meeting information available by emailing me at patti. conley12@gmail.com. Next club meeting at New Philadelphia Hog Heaven, Monday, April 10 at 7 p.m. Tickets for the next gun raffle will be dispensed and the countdown begins to the next drawing. Details to follow! ~Patti UNION If March winds bring April showers then hopefully April’s showers will bring plenty of May flowers and perfect weather to ride. We are all itching to hit the trails but soggy is an understatement for what the weather has been lately. Everyone has been dealing with mud caked horses but for some reason I think the horses are enjoying it more than we are. I guess there’s something to be said for a good roll in the mud once shedding season starts. Jim and Debbie Strayton attended the OHC Central Region Meeting on March 11 in West Jefferson. Debbie Strayton, Stephanie Petee and Karen Holland attended the OHC State meeting in Delaware on March 19. We had our chapter meeting on March 26 and decided to sponsor a child for one of our Youth Program’s camps this summer. The camps sounded so fun at the State meeting that it makes me wish I was a kid again. We have a new member to introduce this month, Kimberly Cole. Kim has four horses, a cat and an assortment of dogs, goats and chickens. Now that her children are older, she is looking forward to finding new places to ride and joining us on our adventures. We are looking forward to riding with her along with fellow new members Harry and Beth Miller. Union County is growing and the more the merrier. Our youth member, Katrina Strayton placed 10th for 2016 in Youth saddle hours with 125 hours. Show season has started and Katrina has been working with her horse, 61

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move firewood if there is a chance it could be infested. The Over the Hill Gang has also spent several work days re-opening the loop trail to the lake. There used to be two trails to it, but somehow over the years one fell into disuse. It’s not finished yet, but the second option is now open and rideable. This should help with erosion as people have two choices so aren’t using the same trail as frequently. That’s it for now. I’ll include one photo of Rick moving the rock, and two from the loop trail work days. Happy riding! ~Mickie WASHINGTON

Katrina and Joey. Joey. It’s hard to believe that she’s had Joey a year already. They have made great progress and will be showing in Hunter Hack this year. The rest of us are ramping up for the trail season and getting out there every opportunity that we can find with our equine partners. I hope everyone finds plenty of opportunity to ride and until next month stay safe and Happy Trails. ~Karen Holland WARREN Soon when you ride through the group camp, you will see a new feature by the shelter. Several members did a huge job of digging up and transporting a massive rock to Paul’s house. Paul had contacted Dodd’s Monuments in Xenia, and they were able to engrave it for us. We had wanted to put one by the shelter saying that it was donated by Warren County OHC, and since the rock was plenty big enough, it also mentions a number of other things we have done at the park. We don’t do the work for accolades, but except for the sign on the pump house, there is no mention of all we have done. And it’s a good thing to make sure other people who may ride and camp there know. It may lead to more donations, which of course would be great. But it also brings awareness to OHC and all the work so many chapters do in so many parks. You may also notice that the big tree that was by the mounting block in the group camp is gone. It was 62

Loop trail work days. dying, and was slated for removal last fall, but was full of hornets, so that wasn’t a good time. In March, during an Over the Hill Gang work day (at 18 degrees, mind you!), it finally came down. It fought pretty hard, too, from what I hear. It was cut all the way around, and was hollow, but just the weight of its own trunk was keeping it upright. Luckily, we have several members who are very handy with chains and ropes, so with one of each and a truck, the tree was finally convinced to fall. And thanks to burning out the stump, the hornets should be a thing of the past. It’s sad to see a big tree go, but better to take it down intentionally than have it fall and crush someone. Speaking of trees, we now have another imported pest to worry about. The Asian Long-Horned Beetle is on the move. It’s not quite as aggressive as the Emerald Ash Borer, and does not migrate as quickly. So there is a chance this one can be stopped. It mostly attacks Maples though will go after others (unfortunately not Honeysuckle). For more information, you can check our Facebook page. If you see the signs or the beetles anywhere, please contact the park. And if you see them somewhere not on park property, please Google who should receive the report. Hopefully these can be stopped, and won’t lose all of the Maples as we have the Ash trees. Meanwhile, please do not

Hello all! The weather this month has given us both ends of the spectrum...warm and sunny and cool and wet. Spring has officially arrived. We had a great turnout for the shot clinic this year. John Groah got here shortly after 9 a.m. and we finished up close to 2:30 with approximately 60 horses and several dogs vaccinated. It is so much fun every spring, seeing everybody and telling stories on each other. Washington County’s Awards Banquet was held at Barlow Fairgrounds this year on April 13 and as always, there was a lot of awards and food to enjoy. Fellowship and fun is a great combination! The State OHC meeting in Columbus was held on March 19.

Washington County shot clinic at Jackson Barn.

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It was really interesting and the first time I’ve attended one. We had a good representation for Washington County with 11 members going up. One of the speakers was from the State Department of Forestry. He spoke about trail maintenance and improvements being planned for the horseman’s camps. One of the main areas he talked about was Hocking Hills. They do pay attention to our mileage sheets and trail usages when they disperse the state monies for making changes and improvements. Our riding time does count. Also, a vote was taken to move the State meetings to Saturdays and it did pass. Hopefully, more members will be able to attend. We have been getting our trailers and riding gear ready for camping... soon, campfires will be blazing and our horses standing on the picket lines! Love the sound of that! This is about all I have for now. We should have our trail riding schedules out in time for next month’s newsletter. Happy Trails, ~Debbie WAYNE Hello again. I bet we really got you confused with Kim writing the article last month. Well, surprise! I didn’t leave. Riding should be in full swing by now. I’m just really appreciating every minute I get to ride this year. Missie and I rode ‘the mules’, at Mohican and she did really well. I only had to tell her once that she was crooked and she fixed her seat and she did well the rest of the time. Have I told you that I really love my mule? The start of the ride Missie and her mule Jill, were ahead of us. Half way through they really slowed down. So George and I were far ahead, so I would stop George and wait for them. After three times of stopping him to wait, he started to stop on his own and he would turn his head and look at them until they got close then would go again. What a cool mule! I figured everyone heard by now that a black bear was spotted in Mohican. Just be aware! We had our first work weekend and had a fantastic amount of people to help, 34 to be exact. I brought my grandson Liam with me and we walked the red/yellow trail. Up and down the hills, and through water. The first creek crossing he said his feet were cold and at this point I just chuckled, knowing we had another creek to go through. Then at the second one it wasn’t nearly as funny when my feet were wet! He loved helping and thanked me twice for bringing him. May 2017

Western Reserve Carriage Association

A Tale of Two Fails PRESIDENT, Kim Stegh VICE PRESIDENT, Diana Beardsley TREASURER, Ann Petersen MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY, Henry Rish WEBSITE, www.wrcarriage.com

Copyright A Judy Berkley Clark In order to proceed with, what I hope will be a funny story, can we agree that we all know something about shaft height and line of draft? OK! Now, we open the memory file to the wonderful drives that were presented by Sara Wasmer (Luke) and her family at Chippewa Tree Farm, in Lodi, Ohio, where the amenities included a spacious lodge for potluck, acres of flat, perfect roadways around the scenic grounds, and hot weather. That last item was also appreciated by the summer scourge known as greenhead flies. Fly spray, skillful discouragement with whips, and even those old fashioned corded fly nets, are helpful in repelling the greenheads. But, a black Percheron named Mickey tried to handle the greenies on his own, which leads to our first Fail. Frankly, Mickey was too tall for the split-seat cart he was pulling. The shafts, rather than running from

his shoulder along the sides of his body, hung a bit lower, quite a bit. (Few people can afford carriages to fit every horse they own, so fudging does occur, and usually without incident.) But, a greenie landed on the Percheron’s belly, chomped down, and Mickey struck at it with a characteristic horse move that goes like this: Hind leg comes up. Whomps the fly with the upper fetlock. Then, arcs to the side and down. Which, in that case, came over the top of the low-hanging shaft—and cracked it. While WRCA members rushed to assist, good natured Mickey decided to ponder what was happening by sitting on the other shaft and cracking that one, too. The damaged cart was available at a bargain price, so I bought it— and found out why it was a bargain. Any notion that damaged shafts can be easily replaced, like taking the ham out of a sandwich, was quickly dispelled. The repair got a boost when a dear friend, who’d always dreamed of arriving at her wedding in a horse-drawn vehicle, asked if I’d make her dream come true. Furthermore, she asked that our lovely Haflinger stallion, Mack, provide the horsepower. Well, I knew that Mack was not an appropriate-sized horse for a cart that once, almost fit a Percheron,

but I thought the combo might work. The wedding was at a country home, and I only had to convey the bride from the base of a hill, up a slightly inclined drive, to the backyard where a decorated arbor, a preacher, and the guests would be waiting. All in all, a distance less than a football field. When the cart was put back together, I stood Mack between the shafts and eyeballed the shaft height. Where they had been too low on Mickey, they were too high for Mack, just below his withers. But, I figured I could adjust the shaft loops on the harness. And, the wedding guests weren’t likely to notice or comment on that goofy arrangement. Anyone see Fail #2 shaping up? The day of the wedding was perfect. Mack was harnessed and ready to hitch as the bride was being brought by car down the hill. I slipped the shafts through the loops and discovered, to my horror, the shaft loop strap was too short, like six inches too short. I had no time or materials for rigging up anything else. I put my foot against Mack’s belly and hauled on the strap with all my might and managed to get the buckle on the first hole. Mack looked at me in surprise at being asked to “Suck it up, Buttercup.” The bride beamed as we drove up

the hill. And, my hair was standing on end, knowing we were actually sitting on a loaded slingshot. If Mack took a deep breath or coughed, it could be a catastrophe. We arrived at the wedding arbor, where Mack promptly lifted his tail and, like a squeezed tube of toothpaste, made a deposit. Everyone laughed, the bride took the groom’s hand, and I quickly left the scene with a bad case of the shakes. And, this indelible lesson: Eyeballing is no substitute for an equipment check.

may enjoy to know. One hundred years ago Ohio was 90 percent forest, now it is 10 percent forest. Terrible isn’t it? Here are the rest of the rides for the year; July 12, the Tow path, July 1416 Pleasant Hill/Malabar, July 2123 work weekend at Mohican, July 28-30 Beaver Creek, Aug. 11-13 Pleasant Hill, Sept. 23-24 Heritage Days at Malabar, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Blue Rock, Oct. 8-15 is Hocking, Nov. 24 day ride at Malabar. Tom Bahl got a new horse, it’s a palomino, Tennessee Walker mare. He had really looked a long time and I always tease him about getting a mule, but if this is a good horse, I’m happy for him. Well I better end this. See you on the trail. ~Diane

Cave Horse Camp so we can make our reservations. Both places have electric which is a change for the New York ride. Boy are we getting spoiled by all the electric available at horse camps now. Otter Creek Stables is June 25-30 and Mammoth Cave is Nov. 1-5. May brings Waterloo, Mich. May 4-7; Pigeon River, Mich. May 1721, and Memorial Day weekend at Van Buren May 26-29. June brings Elkins Creek June 7-11, and Otter Creek Stables, New York June 25-30

I am looking forward to a fun and busy season. ~Barb, Pushover50@aol.com

UPCOMING EVENT On June 18 (Father’s Day) WRCA member, Cathy Rhoades, will host the popular Carlisle Reservation drive in Lorain County, Ohio. The location at 13630 Diagonal Road, near Lagrange, is southwest of Elyria on SR 20 (exit from I-80) and features wide, groomed trails (seven miles of trails!) that are ideal for driving (even antique vehicles). Other park visitors may be present doing their thing, so prep the ponies for extra sights and sounds. Potluck at 11:30 a.m. will be in the picnic shelter across from the spacious parking lot. (Don’t go to the Visitor’s Center.) Maybe this westerly location means we’ll see some of the Black Swamp-y folks. Wouldn’t that be nice?

County Lines He’s 6 and he got to use the rake. The Memorial Day parade in Wooster will be a fun event to participate in. You need to wear a white shirt, black jeans, a helmet or straw hat. Be ready to start by 9. The June and July meetings will be held at the work weekends at Mohican. Hocking got two new bathrooms, a concrete manure bin, and high ties. I really want to go there this year. The June work weekend will be so awesome, some 4-H kids will be there. We had a blast last time they came to a work weekend, and work they did. Then they rode, rode, and rode. Then they rode some more! Then they would ride to the creek, go swimming, and ride back to camp. They were very tired come night time! The ladies lunch has been changed to the first Tuesday of every month, at noon at the Green Leaf Restaurant in Wooster. There were 10 ladies at the last one. If you volunteer at Mohican or Malabar, you should have a work agreement in place in case you get hurt. They will pay workman’s comp. Here is a little piece of fact that you May 2017

Jon and Dawn at Oak.

WOOD April showers are here but luckily we have Oak Openings to ride which is mostly sand keeping mud to a minimum. At our monthly meeting Kathy Myers brought flyers for Otter Creek Stables in New York and Mammoth

Lisa, Barb, and Dawn at Oak.

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Training Figure 8 Pattern to Practice Bending and Turning Aids by Lynn Palm I’m going to give you an exercise to practice that uses both the turning and bending aids. The pattern for this exercise is what I call a ‘training figure 8.’ It is important to understand the difference between this training pattern, as opposed to what could be called a ‘show ring’or ‘competition figure 8’ pattern. The best way I can describe the training figure 8 pattern we will use is that it simulates the form of how the number ‘8’ is written. Doing this pattern, the rider tracks across the diagonal to a half circle. After completing the half circle, she tracks across the opposite diagonal to complete the second half circle, which brings her back to the point where she started. This exercise requires the rider to use her aids from a bending turn to a straight line and a straight line to a bending turn in the opposite direction. Contrast this to a true show ring or competition figure 8 pattern. When doing a show ring figure 8 pattern, the rider follows a vertical line to a half circle, completes the half circle coming back and returns to the vertical line. She follows the vertical line to the second half circle and completes that in the opposite direction. This pattern is a turn to a straight line, to a turn, back to a straight line. We will not use this pattern. Let’s get back to our training figure 8 pattern. The horse must be in proper body position on both the straight lines and turns of the pattern. This puts the horse on his best balance. The key is keeping the horse straight between the rider’s leg and hand aids. The rapport between these aids is critical! The rider should start the pattern

at the walk to get the coordination of aids, and give herself more time to do the figure and feel the horse’s reactions in response to the aids. Once perfected at the walk, the exercise should be practiced at the trot. This figure is also great to advance to canter using a simple change of lead in the middle of the straight line. In this example, the rider will start by bringing her horse on the pattern’s first half circle to the right. For the horse to bend properly to the right, the rider uses her inside or right leg. She brings her horse to the outside or left rein to keep his shoulder from moving out. Her left leg is slightly behind the girth to keep his hips inward. All her right rein does is to keep the horse’s nose and neck bent slightly in the direct they are moving. Her outside aids, the left leg and left rein, are used as her turning aids. She does not turn using the inside rein! As he turns, if horse goes too far to the right (falling in), she uses her right leg and open light left rein to bring him to bring him back to the left. Completing the right half circle and coming on to the diagonal straight line, she uses her right leg and light left rein to bring her horse off the bending turn on to the straight line. Once on the diagonal, her aids are only used if the horse starts to lose straightness. For example, if he fades to the left, she uses her left leg and right rein to straighten him. Before she turns on to the next half-circle to the left, she applies the bending aids of left leg to the right rein. She keeps the right rein against the horse’s neck so his shoulder does go out. Her right leg is slightly further back to keep her horse’s hips inward. Her left rein lightly

positions the horse’s head and neck in the direction in which they are traveling. If the horse falls in too far to the left, she’ll use her left leg and right rein to correct him. Then she’ll maintain the straightness with her right leg and left rein. If he goes too far to the right, she’ll use her right leg and left rein to correct him. As she leaves the left half-circle, she straightens her horse using her left leg and right rein. She maintains this straightness by evenly applying her left and right leg and hand aids.

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Over the past several articles, we have discussed in detail the role of the bending and turning aids. Here is a thumbnail review of the aids sequence used when going from a straight line to a turn and returning to the straight line, as is practiced in the training figure 8 pattern: 1. Start the figure on one of the pattern’s straight lines using even leg aids and rein aids to keep the horse straight. 2. Before the turn, use the bending aids (the inside leg, and open inside rein) supporting the bend with the outside leg and outside indirect rein against the neck. 3. As you get to the turn, use the turning aids (the outside leg and outside indirect rein) to direct the horse through the turn. 4. Before going straight again, use the straightening aids (the inside leg to stop the bending and bring the horse to your outside open rein). 5. As you get back to the point of going on a straight line again, evenly apply both leg aids and rein aids as to keep the horse forward and straight. The process starts over again before the next turn.

Lynn’s Spring Tips It’s time to think about spring horse care. Before implementing any spring health care checkup, be sure to talk to your vet to get complete recommendations for your horse’s needs. Spring shots are on the top of my horse’s spring health care checklist. I recommend the following ‘standard’ spring shots: sleeping sickness, tetanus, flu, rhino, and rabies. I also highly recommend two additional inoculations: West Nile Virus (after a horse gets his two initial inoculation shots, I recommend a follow-up of West Nile Virus booster shots three

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Lynn Palm times per year) and Leptospirosis (also know as ‘moon blindness’.) This is especially important in northern states or areas were white tail deer populations are high. If your horse is not shedding out or his coat is dull, he may need worming. I use what I call a ‘power pack’ wormer. I use Panacur wormer given at the normal paste wormer dose, for five days in a row. Another option is using a ‘daily’ wormer that is fed to the horse in his feed. I have had my best results with Pfizer’s Strongid C or the concentrated form called Strongid C2X. Strongid C controls the worms and parasites that can harm a horse, plus puts a beautiful healthy bloom on his coat. All my horses are on Strongid C. They look great! Don’t forget that a horse’s hooves really start to grow this time of year. Call your blacksmith and get on a schedule for trims and/or resets every four to six weeks depending on your horse’s needs. With springtime’s warmer temperatures and with the busy riding and show season here, time spent on training and schooling our horses increases. Whether riding for the ribbons or just the pleasure of being together, don’t forget to reward your horse’s extra efforts by rewarding him with some healthy treats. Purina is offering a horse treat that is not only good, but good for your horse, too! Even dogs like it, including my two English Lab pups Sherlock and Watson who love to sneak them away from my horses! 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! May 2017

Ohio State Buckskin Association

Are You Ready for the June Show? PRESIDENT, Carmen KellenbargerPorter; VICE PRESIDENT, Ben Grandstaff; SECRETARY, Brianne Mathews; TREASURER, Meg Powell PHONE, 740/403-4551 WEBSITE, www.ohiobuckskins.org

by Carmen Kellenbarger-Porter April showers bring May flowers... by now, all of you should have polished off your Easter baskets with all that chocolate. Are you getting ready for the June 3-4 show at Eden Park in Sunbury, Ohio? It will be here before you know it! Did you call or text me for a stall(s) reservation because they are filling up quick? Our next meeting will be at the show. Check out the showbill in this issue of the Corral. Special thanks to Connie Lechleitner who helped me with her wonderful notes. 2017 International Buckskin Horse Association hosted its 2017 convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., in March. We welcome new IBHA president Michael Stadler of Colorado and Eugene Zimmerman of Minnesota, who will serve as executive vice president. Other members of the Executive Committee include Ed Anderson of Wisconsin; Laurie Kristoff of Illinois, and Jan Thompson of Iowa. Mike Bade of Missouri, is the immediate past president. IBHA Show and Contest Committee announced approval of five rule changes, three of which pertained to the group’s Miniature horse division. Approval was granted to register minis that were not registered with the AMHA or AMHR, provided that the mini meets color registration requirements and is measured by a certified person. Minis

under the age of 6 would receive a temporary registration certificate, and would be required to be measured annually by a certified person before competing. Permanent IBHA registration papers would be issued after the mini turned 6 years old. This rule change becomes effective April 1, 2017. A second rule change for the Mini division adds the class of Hunter Style In Hand Jumping. (The current jumping class is a timed event that requires a jump-off in the case of ties, while the Hunter Style class would be judged on faults and would not require a jump off.) A Mini Youth Showmanship class will be added to the list of approved classes in 2018. The pull turn becomes an illegal maneuver in Youth, Amateur and Select Amateur Showmanship effective in 2018. A Ranch Horse division will be added to the list of approved classes in 2018. The division will include the following four classes: Ranch Conformation, Ranch Pleasure, Ranch Trail and Ranch Riding. The classes will make up a separate division of show classification and will qualify for Honor Roll and reserve Honor Roll and Register of Merit awards within the association. Horses will not be permitted to cross-enter the corresponding traditional class on the same day (for example, horses cannot enter Junior or Senior Western Pleasure and Ranch Pleasure on the same day). 2017 IBHA World Championship Show were announced as July 26-29, at C Bar C Arena in Cloverdale, Ind. Due to the Ranch Horse World Championship Show held the weekend prior to the IBHA World Show, horses cannot enter the C Bar C grounds until 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 23. There will be a three-judge IBHAapproved show hosted by the Indiana

Buckskin Horse Association on Monday, July 24, with the Warm Up To The World Show with four judges held on Tuesday, July 25. Judges for the Warm Up To The World Show will include Barbara Brouster, of Kingdom City, Mo.; Dennis Clement of Prospect, Ohio; John Letham of Yukon, Okla.; and Vicki Munie of New Braunfels, Texas. Show management is pursuing NSBA approval of additional classes for the 2017 IBHA World Championship Show including classes for Youth and Amateur exhibitors. In addition, it was announced that two new classes—a $1,000 Added Two Year Old Western Pleasure and $1,000 Added Three Year Old Western Pleasure have been added to the 2017 World Show. The NSBA sanction fee for the two classes was donated during the convention, so IBHA will pursue NSBA approval for these two classes as well. There will also be a $250 Added Walk Trot, $250 Added Versatility, and a $500 Added Exhibition Ranch Riding class held at the 2017 World Show. Exhibitor party will be free to exhibitors, but attendees must register in advance for a ticket. The Paid Trail Practice, hosted for the first time in

2016, will also be held once again the night before Trail classes are scheduled. The convention ended with recognition of Honor Roll and other high point award winners from the 2016 show season. Top honors all went to the state of Wisconsin, including High Point All Around Horse, Guccis Only Lexus, owned by Cayley Peters of Chaseburg, Wisc.; High Point All Around Amateur, Dun Got A Gator and Ann Grotzke of Adams, Wisc.; and High Point All Around Youth, Legions Of Angels and Mc Kenna Williams of Darien, Wisc. IBHA inducted two members into its Hall of Fame. The late George and Marilyn Anders, of Ohio, were inducted as well as the show gelding Scooter Gulch. In other activities, attendees raised more than $2,800 for the IBHA Youth Scholarship Fund, which awarded four scholarships in 2017. In the last nine years, the IBHA Scholarship Fund has awarded $62,000 to its youth members. For more information about IBHA, its shows or its World Championship Show, visit www.ibha.net. Until next time, keep your heels down and eyes looking forward because the best is yet to come.

Mid-Eastern Farriers Association

Annual Hammer In 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 Recently MEFA hosted an AFA Tester Update. Several of our local guys are testers and passed their update with flying colors. Thanks to the Tavoletti family for the use May 2017

of their lovely faculties at Grizzly Ridge Arena! May 27 is our annual Rich Petersen Memorial Hammer In, starting at 8 a.m. and will be held again at Pegasus Farms in Hartville, Ohio. This is one of my very favorite events. The ones who have gone before helping the ones coming up behind. It’s never too early to start planning for our annual contest Dec. 8 and 9. Again part of the Great Lakes Derby and Convention warm up, along with lectures and demos. More information to follow. Hope to see you in May! HORSEMEN’S CORRAL

2017 Pennsylvania National Horse Show Foundation Announces Show Dates The Pennsylvania National Horse Show Foundation is pleased to announce the return of ‘Foundation Friday’—a day dedicated to promoting the Horse Show’s 501c3 charitable Foundation and the groups it serves. Initiated in 2016, Foundation Friday is the setting for the ‘Therapeutic Riding Championships’ as well as the presentation of the Foundation ‘Therapy Horse of the Year’ Award. Action in the main competition ring will stop on Friday evening, October 20, to welcome two classes of therapeutic riders who have been invited to participate in these Championships. Both an assisted and an un-assisted walk trot class will be

held. Riders will compete for PNHS ribbons and a trophy and all riders will also receive a gift bag full of donated products from sponsors and vendors. Last year’s riders received helmets, a riding shirt and grooming products. Riders may qualify for these championship classes by competing at any one of the following qualifying events: MAY 7 – Columbia Riding Club, Columbia, Pa. MAY 28 – Thorncroft Equestrian Center, Devon, Pa. JULY 8 – Friendly Horseman’s Club, Denver, Pa. AUG. 5 – Gettysburg Riding Club, Gettysburg, Pa.

SEPT. 16 – Leg Up Farm, York, Pa. “Last year was our first year welcoming these riders to our show and it was a huge success,” said Susie Webb, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. “We have expanded our qualifying classes to include two new venues – Thorncroft Equestrian Center and Friendly Horseman’s Club. We can’t wait to host these championships again and to honor this year’s PNHS Foundation Therapy Horse of the Year.” Established in 1946, the Pennsylvania National Horse Show hosts the

country’s top competitors in one of the largest indoor horse shows. Proceeds from the horse show benefit The Pennsylvania National Horse Show Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization, providing support for therapeutic riding and equine rescue programs. The Foundation makes grants exclusively for charitable and educational purposes to acquaint, teach and train the public in therapeutic equestrian endeavors and to support equine rescue efforts. Make plans to join us Oct. 12–21 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, Pa. For information on the show or to donate to the Foundation, visit www. PAnational.org.

District One National Show Horse Association

May 21 All Breed All Age Show Tune Up Clinic at Buckeye Horse Park 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 May 21 is our Spring Tune-Up Clinic at Buckeye Horse Park (9260 Akron-Canfield Road, Canfield, Ohio 44406). Our club is sponsoring this clinic in conjunction with Northeastern Ohio Arabian Horse Association and Buckeye Horse Park.

The clinic is open to all ages and all breeds of horse/ponies. Wendy Gruskiewicz and Ashley Gruber have graciously volunteered their services as clinicians. Wendy is a nationally ranked R Arabian and Dressage judge. She is also a nationally ranked judge with miniature horses and driving. Ashley is a graduate of the University of Findley’s Western Equestrian Program. She has been an Ohio 4-H judge for 15 years and a Pony of America (POA) judge for 10 years. She has trained and shown multiple breeds in a variety of disciplines. We hope you will bring your horse(s) and receive winning tips from our experts. The cost is $20 for three 45 minute sessions and $10 for each additional

session. Stalls will be available for $5 each and if you clean the stall and it is inspected we will refund the $5. Breakfast and lunch will be available on the grounds. Each session will run approximately 45 minutes and the following sessions are available; showmanship; hunt seat; western; saddleseat; dressage (classical and western); sidesaddle; ranch rail; ranch pleasure; ranch conformation and if time permits ranch trail. Most sessions will be divided into beginner and advanced levels. To register contact Lorraine Linton ASAP at 330/285-2902. Your payment must be received in advance. Make check payable to NEOAHA. Our club is collecting any Nutrena feed tags whether it be for horses,

hogs, cattle, cats, dogs or chickens. We also collect the bar code/proof of purchase cut out from bags of Tribute feeds. These can be sent to Barb Wright, 4100 W. Middletown Road, Canfield, Ohio 44406. We submit these two to three times per year. Please join us June 18 at the Canfield Fairgrounds for the Open Dressage Show. Both classical and western dressage tests will be available. The cost is $10 per test. This open show also qualifies as a PAS show for 4-Hers to earn credit to go to state fair. The judge will be Karla Forrer. For more information contact Jane Malmsberry at jmalmsberry@neo. rr.com. DONSHA is paying for the judge so this could be an open show not solely for 4-H.

Colorado Ranger Horse Association

My Horse’s Long Pedigree and Show Dates PRESIDENT, Toni Lukavich; 1ST VICE PRESIDENT, Charmaine Wulff; SECRETARY, Barbara Summerson; TREASURER, Jane Montgomery. WEBSITE, www.coloradoranger.com. EMAIL, riderangerhorse@yahoo.com

by Monica Doddato My aunt once said, “So you could say your horse has a long parentage” as I explained to her what it meant to be CRHA. Horses registered with the Colorado Ranger Horse Association can trace their heritage to one of the two foundation stallions, ‘Max #2’ and ‘Patches #1’ (or further). If you have a registered 66

Appaloosa, chances are one in eight that your stallion, mare, or gelding is eligible for CRHA registration. If you haven’t yet, take a few minutes to complete the free ‘Rangerbred Treasure Hunt’ form on this page or available to download on our website, www.coloradoranger.com. Submit the form and find out if your Appaloosa can be registered with CRHA. Then join us for fun for all ages, and consider participating in our programs which include Open Show Points, Distance Riding and Logging. Information and applications for these programs can be found on the website. Payback Friday evening open game show will be held on June 16 and an open pleasure and games show will be held on Saturday, June 17. Both

shows will be held at the Mercer County 4-H Park in Mercer, Pa. The Colorado Ranger Horse Association 44th National Show will be in Lock Haven, Pa., on Sept. 16

and 17. Judge for the show will be George Blain. For more information on CRHA registration, membership, shows or programs, please visit our website, www.coloradoranger.com!

RANGERBRED TREASURE HUNT Chances are 1 in 8 that your Appaloosa has a Treasure in his/her pedigree—RANGERBRED HERITAGE. To find out at NO CHARGE complete this form and send it to Sherry Byrd, 518 Grove Road, St. Marys, WV 26170. PLEASE put names and numbers on the pedigree. Sending only registration numbers with no horse names makes it very hard to find pedigrees.

Pedigree of ____________________

Sire

Sex __________ DOB __________ ApHC# ________________________

Please include names and reg. numbers of your horse and his parentage, etc. on this form.

Owned by _____________________ Address _______________________ City __________________________

Dam

State ________ Zip _____________ Phone ________________________ Email _________________________

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