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AUGUST 2011

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Carriage Selection Sort through the many choices with help from the pros. By Audrey Humphrey

Legendary Morgan Farms A look back at some of the most influential Morgan breeding farms in history. By Kandace York

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Looking to the Future

Promoting Colorful Morgans.

A glimpse into the various growth plans of the Arabian industry. By Jennifer Roberts

Scribing: A Win-Win Situation Volunteer and Learn By Natalie DeFee Mendik

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Features

Western Performance A Nontraditional Approach By Kandace York

A Closer Look Now, we have as many choices for our horses as we do ourselves when it comes to getting a closer look at the horseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s joints. By Pamela MansďŹ eld

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Insuring Your Horse and Farm What you need to know. By Ellen Rosenberg

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Pro Questions 116

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The Canadian Horse A National Treasure By Susan Winslow

Departments

On The Cover 28 Myers Performance Morgans Twin Pond Disco Kid Binghamton, NY Photo: Waltenberry

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Notes from Natalee

Letters to the Editor

Going Green

National News

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Ask the Vet

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Horse Care: Myths & Tips

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The Review

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Real Estate Showcase

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Marketplace

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Advertisers Index

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Last Laugh

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NOTES FROM NATALEE

Well Done

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the production of Equine Journal is a team effort. When everyone pitches in, it never ceases to amaze me what we are able to accomplish. Feedback from folks like you - our readers - is always appreciated. It’s also nice to be recognized by our peers. At the recent American Horse Publications Annual Awards Competition held in San Diego, CA, our staff and freelance writers received the following accolades: First Place: Natalie DeFee Mendik’s “Probiotics, Prebiotics and Equine Health” from our May 2010 issue out of 14 entries in the Horse Care category. Judges said, “Right from the straightforward title to the final conclusion that not all horses need these supplements, this article clearly presents useful information. Validating the information with quotes from numerous experts added credibility. The sidebar laid out when probiotics could be beneficial without jumping on the bandwagon of ‘every horse needs them.’ Very easy to understand and a well-balanced presentation.” Second Place: Executive Art Director, Deanna Sloat’s “Safe Stable Design” from our September 2010 issue out of 17 entries in the Editorial Design category. Judges commented, “This editorial design is extremely eye-catching. Graphic treatment of the headline has wonderful rhythm that caps off the understated clean design of the body copy.” Third Place: Ange Dickson Finn’s “Last Laugh: Horsercise” from our May 2010 issue out of 28 entries in the Personal Column category. Judges wrote, “Flat-out funny. Great use of vivid verbs and well-placed adjectives. Readers can picture each of these absurd scenarios thanks to the crisp writing.” I hope you will join me in congratulating the above individuals (and everyone else behind the scenes) on a job well done! It’s hard to believe that we are already planning articles for 2012, but we are! We’ve already gathered some great ideas while out on the road visiting your farms and businesses and while showing, but we are open to more. If you have an idea, let us know – editorial@equinejournal.com. Speaking of equine events, it has been a busy one for our office and will only become more so as fall approaches. I think we set an office record by hitting four events in one day; talk about burning up the roads! The list of events requesting sponsorship continues to grow. Unfortunately, the costs associated with sponsorship grow as well, and we’ve had to stick to our guns on how to handle these requests. Our affiliate organizations receive first priority – a great reason to contact Karen Edwards (kedwards@equinejournal.com, 800-742-9171) about how your club can become an affiliate. I have to say that we give our affiliates some amazing prizes, including coolers, fly sheets, bags, gift certificates and more. This month is one of our most well-rounded editorial issues – truly something for everyone! Arabians have always held a special place in my heart – that’s where my daughter Jenn’s show career began, and it hasn’t stopped. We have met some amazing people (and horses!) along the way and watched the industry evolve. This month, the evolution takes another step as Jenn interviewed people across the country involved with the Arabian horse to find out where it is headed and what actions are being taken to promote breeding, increase horse show attendance and get youth involved. For those of us at Equine Journal, we are fortunate that horses are everywhere in our lives – both at work and at home. Recently, Karen Edwards spent a beautiful day on the seacoast of New Hampshire on Hampton Beach with her son. He’s in those teenage years when anything is better than spending time with his parents so when he requested a beach day with his mom, how could she refuse? What made their perfect day even better? Horses. First, they saw two Hampton Mounted Police on their Tennessee Walking Horses riding across the sand. Then the horse that really caught their eye was one made of sand. The 11th Annual Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition had taken place a few days earlier. 300 tons of imported sand was dropped on the beach for 15 world-class master sand sculptors to create their masterpieces. Their favorite was the third place winner titled “And They Ride Among Us” sculpted by Justin Gordon of Groveland, MA. Horses, beach and ✦ Video: Experts Discuss the Arabian Industry family time – what a great way to spend a summer day!

Don’t Miss these extras on EquineJournal.com this month!

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✦ Horses & The Power of Now

✦ The latest news from your discipline and region

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

By Tim Malin and Natalie DeFee Mendik

Coming of Aȡe: Dressage for Mature Riders

ressage is well known for being a beautiful sport, yet there are some subtle beauties to the sport you may not have considered: • You can take up dressage at any point in your life, whether you’re in grade school or a retiree • Dressage can help improve your performance in other disciplines through improved balance, lightness and ridability • Dressage is not a sport that you age out of • Any horse can perform in and beneﬁt from dressage • Dressage is a skill and art you never ﬁnish learning Convinced yet? Dressage may not have a reputation for rip-roaring excitement, but in reality, the journey of discovery can be both deeply satisfying and lots of fun. Join Grand Prix dressage trainer Tim Malin as we explore all that dressage has to offer to mature riders.

The Journey

Whether dressage is your sole focus or you use dressage as cross-training within another discipline, dressage training is a journey that you control. Take charge of your development by creating your own toolkit. This toolkit includes your personal goals, awareness of your body mechanics, the right mental approach and grasping the principles of dressage. Putting it all together simply involves breaking down ideas into workable elements.

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What’s Your Purpose?

Adult dressage riders come from many backgrounds. Perhaps you’ve ridden dressage already for many years and are continuing your journey, or perhaps you’ve lost the appetite for a riskier discipline. Maybe you’ve taken time off from riding for family and career and are returning to the saddle. Other riders may look to dressage to supplement other horse sports they’re involved in. Whatever draws you to dressage, you’ll ﬁnd that your possibilities are endless. Many dressage riders choose not to show; their focus is simply on developing a more meaningful relationship with their horse. Riders that show have opportunities at the local, regional and national level. Recent years have brought about a greater awareness of adult amateurs being the backbone of many horse sports; in dressage, this means educational and awards programs for this demographic abound. Being a part of your local United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Group Member Organization (GMO) opens many doors for opportunities in training and showing. If you choose to stay at the local level, you can compete in your GMO’s sanctioned schooling shows and ride at adult camps and clinics. On a larger scale, the USDF offers a medal program, an adult clinic series, adult scholarships and regional championships. Annual awards abound at all competitive levels, both locally and nationally, including such offerings as Vintage Cup Awards designated solely for riders over 50.

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Coming of Age I loved the article Coming of Age: Dressage for Mature Riders (June 2011, pg. 38). It was great! I have always loved dressage and I am learning. People often look at you strange when you’re my age and you tell them you want to start taking lessons in a new discipline. Believe me, I have gotten lots of those strange looks over the past few months! Jennifer Mcleod Via Facebook

By Natalie DeFee Mendik www.mendikmedia.com

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Sound Advice The article, Sound

Sound Advice

Advice on Joints (May 2011, pg. 36), was fabulous for me because I for Joints am an owner of a horse H who had OCD in his hock joint and now has permanent residual swelling of the synovial joint. I really appreciated this article. It was very interesting to see the make up of the synovial joint and it really helped my understanding of my horse’s situation. Thanks! Fay Windsor Via Facebook orse owners will do just about anything to keep their horses sound, leading the equine joint supplemen t industry to be a multimillio n dollar business. Dr. Omar Maher of New England Equine Medical and Surgical Center walks us through the basics of equine joint health and supplements designed the to help keep our horses performing at the top of their game.

the joints horse owners agonize over when trying to keep their horses sound. Think hock, knee, fetlock and so on.

Joint Anatomy 101

Synovial joints are joints that move, flex and bend. are termed synovial joints They as all mobile joints contain synovial fluid that lubricates a viscous the joint, allowing it to The Lowdown on Joints move. In addition, explains Dr. Maher, the synovial fluid supplies When horse owners think ents to the cartilage within nutriabout equine joints, they the joint. The synovial ally concerned with the are usu- encapsulate membrane joints in the limb, which s this fluid. The joint consists play a large role in soundness. There of the point where two bone ends meet. These are three types of joints bone ends in the horse’s are covered by smooth body: synovial, fibrous lar cartilage. articuand cartilaginous. Fibrous joints are essentially immobile osseous “Cartilage provides a gliding joints, such as those found surface,” says Dr. Maher, skull. Cartilaginous joints in the “which glides seamlessly are found between the better than anything that vertebrae and in the pelvis. Fibrous joints has ever been engineered.” The bone don’t beneath the cartilaginou cartilaginous joints experience experience movement and s layer is referred to as the subchondral bone. limited movement, so The subchondral bone purpose of this article for the provides support for the articular we’ll talk about synovial cartilage. The combinatio joints. These are n of supporting bone structure, smooth cartilage, lubricating synovial 36, Equine Journal, May fluid, 2011

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Going Green By Equine Facility Architect, Ellen Whittemore

Solar Heated Indoor Arena Seating: A Trombe Wall Over the past few years, my ofďŹ ce (we specialize in Green Equine Facility Design) has been working with the University of New Hampshire Equine Program to develop a design for what will, hopefully, one day be a completely sustainable facility and a showcase of green practices and equine facility design. While there are many aspects to this effort, I would like to share with you one of our ideas for heating an indoor arena seating area for both daytime and nighttime events: the trombe wall.

The Trombe Wall A trombe wall is a three-part system: a heat-absorbing masonry wall, a sheet of clear glass (we are looking at more durable materials too) attached to the outside of the masonry wall, and an air space in-between the ďŹ rst two. In a sense, it is like a skinny green house and works on the same principle. Clear glass allows light and infrared radiation (heat) to pass

through and heat the masonry wall. The masonry wall, in turn, will emit the heat but with longer-wave radiation that will not readily pass through the glass, essentially making the trombe wall a heat trap. The masonry wall will store the heat and emit it into the seating area on the inside through the evening when

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Myers Performance Morgans By Susan Winslow Photos: Howard Schatzberg

aren Myers, owner of Myers Performance Morgans in Binghamton, New York, has produced some of the most versatile, successful Morgans in the sport of reining during her 15 years in the discipline. In addition to her career developing top-quality performance Morgans, she is a Certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist and worked for a veterinarian in the equine industry for 13 years. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a minor in computer science, and today, she balances a successful property investment business with her passion for breeding and competing her Morgan horses at the elite level in Morgan reining and NRHA competition. She is also a NRHA, USEF (r) and AQHA Special Event Judge, as well as an FEI and NRHA Steward. Growing up, she rode and showed Quarter Horses in youth reining competition with Remo Santalucia, then stepped away from horses while she went to colMulti-titled World Champion Open and Non Pro lege and concentrated on her career. When Reining horse, Disco Patricia (Twin Pond Disco Kid x she came back to horses, she returned to More Apples Please), trained by Josette Conti, bred Quarter Horses, with very little interest in Multi-World Champion Open Reining horse, Disco Fever by Karen Myers and owned by Joe and Ellen Palillo. the Morgan breed. However, fate played (Twin Pond Disco Kid x Concert Danaka), trained and tional titles and World Championships, shown by Josette Conti, bred by Karen Myers and a hand in Karen’s future when she moved owned by Cindy Nord. including 1996 World Champion her Quarter Horse into a Morgan barn for Non-Pro Reining Horse and Grand what she thought would be a simple winNational Champion Non-Pro Reining ter-long boarding arrangement back in the Horse three times. In 1994 and 1995, Bucky was champion in the early 1990s. She recalls, “I needed a stall for the winter for my horse, and one opened up at a Morgan barn. I had little interest in AMHA Open Competition Working Western Division, and won his Bronze Medallion. In addition to his success in elite Morgan saddle seat or the Morgan breed, but there was a Morgan stallion competition and his acceptance into the American Warmblood in the barn that somehow caught my eye. He was a 12-year-old, Society, this versatile Morgan stallion became a money-earner in burned-out saddle seat horse whose career in that discipline was NRHA competition as well. Bucky represented the Morgan horse basically over, but there was just something about him that drew at exhibitions, including the Pfizer Fantasia at the Equine Affaire me to him. I wound up buying him and the rest is history.” and the New York State Fair, but it was the welcome they reKaren took her new purchase, Twin Pond Disco Kid, to work ceived, and the respect they earned when they moved into NRHA with Ed Cridge. Both she and Ed were amazed at the horse’s competition, that Karen remembers most fondly. intelligence and trainability. She says, “This is a horse that had After a few years of national prominence in Morgan competicompeted in saddle seat for years. All he knew was, ‘ride the rail tion, Karen decided that Bucky was ready to be a serious conand go to the middle of the ring and park out,’ and here we were tender in NRHA competition. She recalls, “People in the reining totally retraining his mind and body so he could perform intricate reining maneuvers like spinning, running circles and sliding stops. industry are amazing because they appreciate a good horse, no matter what the breed, and they will acknowledge it. They could He was so smart; he picked it up quickly and he loved it. He was see that Bucky was a tremendous athlete, but with his refined such a natural athlete. He was so willing to learn that he began a head and big, soft eye, people knew he wasn’t a Quarter Horse. whole new career at the age of 12 and was able to compete and From the start, I had many, many people come up to me to comwin at the National level in Morgan competition.” When Karen pliment Bucky, but they also wanted to know what he was. They decided that Twin Pond Disco Kid had advanced enough in his were always impressed when I told them that he was a Morgan, training, he went on to compete successfully in the NRHA. and people would line the rail like a fan club to watch him go. He Karen and Bucky, as she called him, went on to capture na28, Equine Journal, August 2011

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was that kind of horse, and he recovered fully and went on opened up a lot of doors for the to win the 2010 Open World Morgan horse in the sport of Championship in Reining. reining.” Karen says, “He has the heart of The handsome bay with his father to come back from an a white star thrived in his new accident and do so well.” discipline, and Karen began In addition to a careful to consider the lasting contrichoice of sire and dam, Karen bution he could make to the believes strongly in the combreed and the sport of reinbination of a nutritious diet, ing if Bucky was bred to the regular turnout and exercise in right mares. She says, “He had bringing along her horses. She such a great brain, work ethic says, “We have some big hills and athleticism, that I knew out here and we work on those we could wind up with some hills to build the hindquarters. amazing offspring if we could My program includes routine reproduce even a fraction of his as well as interval training and ability and temperament.” She massage to keep them fresh, fit, began offering Bucky at stud supple and strong.” and was thrilled to discover Karen lost Bucky in January Disco Kid (Twin Pond Disco Kid x More Apples Please) that he threw not only his con2010, but because he was colformation, athleticism and looks, lected on a regular basis, there but his sweet-natured, willing disposition as well. Karen chose a is still a ready supply of high quality, high motility frozen semen special Morgan mare with a list of credentials to rival Bucky’s as available to select outside mares in addition to Karen’s breedthe foundation of her breeding program. More Apples Please is a ing program. She recently sold one of Bucky’s sons, Disco Kid five-time Morgan Reining World Champion, three-time Morgan (Twin Pond Disco Kid x More Apples Please), to Alison Bendel of Reserve World Champion, and eight-time Morgan Grand National Boulder, CO, and she is very excited about the future of this pair Champion. Karen showed this talented mare to all the titles but in national competition. She says, “The quality of the horses and one. breeding programs has improved through the years, so competiKaren describes her careful choice of a foundation mare with tion at the national level has evolved as well. Today’s horses are pride, “The heart of your breeding program is your mares, and lighter, faster and have more finesse. The way I’ve been breeding More Apples Please (also known as Morgan) has been my great, these Morgan reiners, they have improved along with the changes great mare. She complements Bucky’s qualities in every way and in the industry, and Bucky’s offspring are exceptional. I waited has produced some spectacular foals, including two World and until a very special colt came along to honor his name, and this Reserve World Champions: Disco Patricia, owned by Ellen Palillo young stallion is it. He is amazing, and I see great things ahead for (Meshoppen, PA), and Disco Kid.” Karen is also very excited Alison and Disco Kid.” Karen follows the careers of each of her about Morgan’s three-year-old offspring, Disco Mojo, that is in sale horses with great pride. She says, “It is always a joy for me to training with Josette Conti of Kutztown, PA, and yearling, Disco hear back from the owners who are out competing horses from Dirt Devil, also owned by Ellen. Both of these horses show the my breeding program. It reinforces my belief that Bucky has left same promise of athleticism, trainable nature and intelligence that his stamp on the breed and in the competitive world. Each of my made their parents legends in the Morgan breed. horses is freeze branded with the letter ‘M’ to signify the breed.” Bucky’s pedigree includes such legendary bloodlines as Twin Pond Disco Kid (Bucky) made a lasting impression Waseeka’s Nocturne, Upwey Ben Don, and Orcland Vigildon, in the show ring, and his sons and daughters are now coming and More Apples Please carries Lippit, Senator and Applevale in on strong, carrying the legacy of their famous sire into the next her pedigree. Karen describes the goal of her breeding program, generation. His story embodies the best elements of luck, faith, “Not only do the foals have a stellar pedigree, they are as athletic, and the lofty goals that can be reached when those elements are talented and good-natured as their parents. My foals will leave combined with hard work and an extraordinary horse. Karen is the pasture to meet you at the fence. That’s the kind of horse I am thoughtful for a moment before describing the impact of Twin proud to breed.” Pond Disco Kid on her life, “The fact that I walked into that barn To date, Bucky’s most successful reining offspring is all those years ago, looking for a place to board my Quarter Horse Disco Fever (also known as Riley), owned by Cindy Nord of for the winter and stumbled upon Bucky just goes to show that Blythewood, SC. He has already won numerous Snaffle Bit, fate really does exist. I gave a burned-out saddle seat horse a secFlash/Hackamore and Open Reining World and National Titles ond chance, and he paid me back a thousand times over.” with trainer, Josette Conti. Karen says, “So far, Riley has been the For more information on the breeding and sales at Myers only Morgan that has reached the Semi Finals level of the NRHA Performance Morgans, visit www.myersperformancemorgans. highly competitive Affiliate Competitions programs. A trailering com. Karen Myers may be reached at 607-222-4447; email kmyaccident kept him from competing in the finals level, but he ers@stny.rr.com. ■ August 2011, Equine Journal, 29

National News Equestrian Land Use Update The Equine Land Conservation Resource (ELCR) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) have signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) in an effort to cooperatively construct and expand supportive work projects and educational programs that will encourage recreational equestrian activities on National Forest System lands nationwide. The MOU enables the two organizations to assist one another in the design and implementation of educational programs in an effort to increase public awareness about land use stewardship and conservation, recreation and the responsible use of natural resources relating to equestrian and recreational use. In addition, beneficial work projects, like trail development, construction, maintenance and preservation ventures, can also be proposed. The MOU is a tool exclusively available to current ELCR Conservation Partners: a national membership program for organizations in which the Partners and their members play a critical role in educating horsemen across the country about the immediate need to conserve land for equine-related activity. A copy of the MOU is available to the Conservation Partners and can be accessed online through the ELCR website Bulletin Board, under Model Forms. Once armed with the MOU agreement, Conservation Partners can present the document to their local Forest Service official and recommend that the two groups work together. If an agreement is reached, local Forest Service officials will work closely with ELCR Conservation Partners in that area to pursue the purposed opportunities. ELCR CEO, Deb Balliet, recognizes the MOU’s potential value. “The ELCR is excited about the opportunities that could result from this document, and I strongly encourage our Conservation Partners to take advantage of the resources made available to them when pursuing work projects on National Forest System lands,” Balliet said. For more information on becoming an ELCR Conservation Partner, or to get involved in equine land and trail conservation in your community, visit www.elcr.org, or contact ELCR directly at 859-455-8383.

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USEF’s Equestrian Athlete Program Kicks Off Third Year By USEF Communications Department

The USEF High School Equestrian Athlete program is officially underway for the 2011-2012 school year! Students are encouraged to sign up now to count their summer practice and competition hours toward their goal of lettering as a USEF High School Equestrian Athlete. The USEF High School Equestrian Athlete program is open to equestrian athletes involved in all breeds and disciplines who are enrolled in grades 9-12. The program honors participants who document their equestrian training and competitions with a varsity letterman patch, year pin and certificate commemorating their achievement. Grants also will be offered for students who complete the program and meet additional requirements. “This is becoming the new standard of achievement among young equestrian athletes,” explains Lori Rawls, executive director at USEF. “We have athletes who are thrilled to earn their first letter because their high schools don’t recognize equestrian as a competitive sport. We also have athletes who have already earned letters through their school’s equestrian program, but realize this is a symbol of achievement within the national equestrian community. Either way, this is a perfect fit.” Annual program registration and USEF membership are required to participate. In addition, retroactive applications are available to high school students who are interested in earning their letters for previous school years. The program – now in its third year – is tracking more than 3,200 students who have earned, or are in the process of earning, their letters and pins. For more information, or to enroll, visit the USEF website at www.usef.org. If you have additional questions about the program or need help signing up, contact Mary Vance at mvance@usef.org or Terra Schroeder at tschroeder@usef.org.

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Motion Sensors to Determine Equine Lameness The most common ailment to affect a horse is lameness. A University of Missouri equine veterinarian has developed a system to effectively assess this problem using motion detection. This system has been referred to as “Lameness Locator®.” Kevin Keegan, a professor of equine surgery in the College of Veterinary Medicine at MU, has been tracking horse movement related to equine lameness for years. Because equine lameness may begin subtly and can range from a simple mild problem affecting a single limb to a more complicated one affecting multiple limbs, veterinarians and horse owners know that early detection is the key to successful outcomes. The problem, Keegan says, is that detection still relies on simple visual observation with the naked eye. Working with Frank Pai, a professor in mechanical engineering at MU, and Yoshiharu Yonezawa at the Hiroshima Institute of Technology in Japan, the team developed an inertial sensor system, now in commercial use, which places small sensors on the horse’s head, right front limb and croup, near the tail. The sensors monitor and record the horse’s torso movement while the horse is trotting. The recorded information is compared against data bases recorded from the movement of healthy horses and other lame horses. These comparisons can help equine veterinarians improve and streamline their evaluation in a way they’ve never been able to do before. “There are two reasons why the Lameness Locator is better than the naked eye,” Keegan said. “It samples motion at a higher

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FEATURE By Audrey Humphrey

Carriage Selection Choosing a driving vehicle doesn’t have to be daunting. Sort through the many choices with help from the pros.

A dedicated industry, equine driving is becoming more and more popular as horse enthusiasts become aware of the different avenues within this exciting sport. For beginners getting started, the world of driving can be daunting and extensive due to the large variety of carriages on the market, all ranging in size, type, style, and price range. We have found that the best way to navigate through a maze of choices is to employ the advice from the utmost experts in the ﬁeld. So, we contacted top carriage drivers, instructors, builders, and sellers, for the inside scoop on all things carriage. Read on for the education you need before setting out to buy a carriage.

Navigating the Market – Carriage Types The carriage market is inundated with a remarkable amount of carriages available to drivers, according to Andy Marcoux, a professional trainer and driver of carriage horses for over 15 years. He is also a recognized judge for the American Driving Society for the sport of combined driving and an evaluator for the Carriage Driving Association of America’s Carriage Driver Proﬁciency Program. He holds the highest level of certiﬁcate available from the British Driving 36, Equine Journal, August 2011

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Society. Owner of Coachman’s Delight, Inc., in Medway, Massachusetts, Andy provides instructional know-how and inside expert advice concerning the finest field-tested equipment for the sport of carriage driving. “What a carriage is identified as, and the class it gets put into, is often up to who made the carriage,” Andy explains. “There are certain standard classifications that describe the bulk of carriages. Some carriages fall under more than one designation. Then, there are hundreds of carriages that carriage builders have come up with that blur the lines between

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one and the next carriage.” Luckily for those learning, Andy has several simple categories that are handy for classifying many of the most commonly used carriages today.

Pleasure, Presentation, and Dressage Carriages According to Andy, the most commonly seen carriages in this category are Meadowbrook carts, dog carts, gigs, phaetons, wagonettes, and light or informal breaks. Meadowbrooks, road carts, and sulkies are two-wheeled vehicles seen in “perhaps the greatest numbers throughout

carriage driving,” says Andy, who continues, “They are inexpensive, lightweight, and easy to use, maintain, and store.” Most people will recognize a road cart by its beautifully simple and utilitarian ﬁnish of natural wood color and black gear with brass furniture. The Meadowbrook cart, which is quite similar, has seatbacks that fold, a dashboard, and often times fenders, according to Andy, who attests, “Meadowbrooks are considerably more comfortable than road carts.” The lightest of the pleasure carriages, sulkies, are single-seat carts used generally in racing or transport in rural parts of the world. These two-wheeled carts come in two racing categories, traditional August 2011, Equine Journal, 37

FEATURE symmetrical or “offset.” “The modern sulky usually rides on pneumatic tires with metal spokes such as a bicycle wheel,” Andy adds. “Dog carts derive their name from the use that they were originally designed for,” explains Andy. “A country sporting vehicle, it carries four people, two sitting forward, two facing rear. The side body panel has louvers to allow ventilation for hunting or coursing dogs. These louvers became a popular detail and crossed over to many other carriage designs, often times showing up as false louvers. The rear passenger’s feet rest on a tailgate that closes, creating the rear body panel of the carriage when no one rides in the rear seat. Behind the tailgate, there is often a screen grate to keep the dogs in place while traveling with the gate down,” he says. While the number of designs for dog carts is vast, the dog cart with four-wheels and seats set back-to-back was fittingly called a “dos-à-dos” – the French word for back-toback. This was a common sight in the Victorian days. Andy continues, “A dog cart can be two-, or four-wheeled. The two-wheel versions are popular for driving tandem, while the four-wheeled dog carts would most likely be seen in natural wood finishes, which would be easy to keep under the rigors of country driving and would be popular for outdoorsmen.” As the vehicles progressed in popularity, paintings emerged, and today, dog carts are seen often in very formal, exquisite turnouts. “A gig, by definition, is a two-wheeled vehicle with two people riding face-forward,” says Andy. “Throughout history, the term “gig” would have applied to almost any two-wheeled vehicle, but today the height and body style will do more to define one carriage as a gig, and another as a cart. Nearly any

two-wheel carriage that has a ﬂoor and body mounted above the height of the shafts will be considered a gig,” explains Andy. When horse and carriage travel was essential, the gig was commonly used as it was convenient and could store belongings with ease. Andy says that gigs are favorites among tandem drivers for the perspective the driver gets from the height of the vehicle. Many popular gigs are painted and turned out formally, such as the Stanhope Gig, Tilbury, Dennett, Spider, and Skeleton Gig. “Gigs are acceptable for almost any type of formal driving,” he says, “including dressage and pleasure shows.” He warns that gigs have a high center of gravity, so off-road driving may be dangerous. Three-phase vehicles are geared toward the sport of combined driving, and they are tough enough for the rough terrain, yet will still look lovely in the dressage event. “Combined driving consists of three phases,” Andy explains. “Competition ‘A’ is dressage, where a formal vehicle is used and the driver and groom (if driving a pair, tandem, or four-in-hand) are dressed formally. Competition ‘B’ is the marathon, where the carriage is put to the test in strength and safety while dealing with ‘hazards.’ In competition ‘C,’ the turnout must be the same as what was used in competition ‘A.’” Andy explains that designing a vehicle that is both pleasing to the eye, yet safe, effective, and appropriate for terrain and obstacles, can pose a bit of a problem for manufacturers. “The biggest sacriﬁce a driver makes when choosing a carriage such as this is weight. The same elements that make a carriage pretty, often make it lighter. When making a light carriage tough enough to work through the hazards, it is often downright ugly!” Andy says that the carriages rated as three-phase vehicles Continued on page 42

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How to Begin Looking While Andy has done a fantastic job of educating us on the wide variety of carriages available, his recommendations for choosing a carriage do not begin with the type. “For beginners starting out, the best idea is to take three or four lessons with a good instructor and a nice schoolmaster to learn about the different disciplines in carriage driving, and go from there,” he advises. “A respectable instructor can point you in the right direction for a safe, appropriate vehicle that suits you and your horse.” Muffy Seaton is from Williston, South Carolina, and a wellknown driver, trainer and breeder of driving ponies. She has been an active CDE and pleasure driving competitor, judge and clinician for the past 30 years. In addition, Muffy has served on ADS and USEF driving committees and was the Mid-Atlantic Regional ADS Representative for three years. She is a Registered USEF and ADS judge in pleasure, combined driving and driving dressage. She is also one of very few worldwide to hold the prestigious Light Harness Horse Instructors license given out by the British Driving Society. Muffy agrees with Andy that it is very important for new drivers to ﬁnd a skilled professional to learn under. She explains, “You really need to do a lot of soul searching, be honest with yourself, and ask yourself where you want

this to go. A lot of people will start out saying that they want to just drive down the road – but then later they decide they want to show and need a different carriage.” The best way to make an informed decision is to become aware and experienced with all types of carriages and driving subcultures. Both Andy and Muffy recommend frequenting a professional driving school or instructor, where you can ask questions, learn about events, sit in different carriages, and do some real driving. Muffy says, “An all-purpose English saddle won’t help you down the line if you decide you want to do western. Really take the time to think about what you want to do and where you might be headed.” On the ﬂipside, Muffy says that most carriages hold their value really well, so drivers should not be scared off at the thought of upgrading in the future. Both Muffy and Andy are adamant about knowing your horse and its abilities before buying a carriage. “Make sure your horse drives before even getting that carriage,” says Muffy. “If your horse is not already trained to drive, it might not ever drive, and then you are stuck with a carriage. I know a lot of people who have done that by mistake, and they have all that equipment just sitting in the barn now.” Todd Frey owns Frey Carriage Company in Columbus, Wisconsin, where you will ﬁnd over 150 stunning horse-drawn carriages in stock, along with all the accessories and tools necessary for carriage drivers. On the cutting edge of this sport, Todd understands the ins and outs of carriage driving and building, and his knowledge attracts customers and drivers from all over the world. Andy, who knows and respects Todd as a colleague in the industry, calls him “one heck of a guy.” Todd says

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Two Wheels or Four? A widely disputed debate, the safety and ability of a novice driver comes into question when choosing a carriage and really, to begin with, one needs to decide on the number of wheels. Generally, a four-wheeled carriage will be more expensive initially, but some believe it is the better choice. Andy says, “There is a bit of a myth out there that two wheels are safer for novice drivers than four. This is not true – four wheels are more stable, they are easier to handle in terms of steering, they are handier, and you can get into and out of places more easily than you can with a two-wheeled carriage.” Muffy points to the driver’s potential aspirations in this topic. “If you want to dabble in combined driving and hazards, you are not going to be competitive with a two-wheel.” Illustrating the variety of views on this subject, Todd says, “I would probably tend to think a little differently than Andy on this one. Two-wheeled vehicles are a pretty practical

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FEATURE way to start. In a perfect world, if you can afford a four-wheeled vehicle, that’s ﬁne. But from a budget standpoint, a two-wheeled cart is a safe, practical way to get your feet wet in carriage driving, and they are sometimes easier to maneuver.” Andy illuminates his opinion with the example, “The most common accident for novice drivers is misjudging turns. Frequently, what will happen is coming out of a paddock or pasture, they cut the turn incorrectly and they hit a fencepost. With a two-wheeled carriage, unfortunately, what happens is that the wheel is so large and has so much leverage over the carriage that when it hits the fencepost, the wheel continues to roll vertically up the post instead of horizontally across the ground, leading to a turnover. However, on a four-wheeled carriage, the wheels are smaller, and if you make that same mistake, the carriage just stops and nothing bad happens.” He continues, “So the main reason why people gravitate toward two-wheeled carriages, as beginners, is cost. But, four wheels are so much safer if you can save your nickels and dimes.” Andy says that for beginners set on a two-wheeled vehicle, there are a couple he likes best, one being the Sprint (found on his website) and another is a very solid, stable cart made by Paciﬁc Carriage Company in British Columbia. Once a carriage is purchased, don’t forget to maintain it and check it often for any needed repairs. Andy recommends a spring cleaning for every carriage, advising that each owner thoroughly wash the carriage and check areas of failure on the carriage, including the springs and brakes. ■

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Morgan Farms By Kandace York

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A look back at some of the most inďŹ&#x201A;uential Morgan breeding farms in history.

The University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm has a history of producing talented and successful Morgans, such as the 2001 stallion, UVM Jubilant, shown here. 48, Equine Journal, August 2011

Nicky Annis Caruso of Waseeka Farm and her favorite mare, Starring Beam (Supreme Beam x Waseekaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aria), in 1996 getting ready for a Morgan pleasure class at an Open show called the Connecticut Horse Guards show in Avon, CT.

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John Lydon and Waseeka’s Nocturne (Starﬁre x Upwey Benn Quietude) on the “track” outside the Northampton ring after Nocky’s retirement ceremony in 1966. He would come back in 1969 to win the Sire and Get class for the second time, with such notable offspring as Waseeka’s In Command, Cherokee’s Love Song and A-Okay.

was recognizable even as a young horse.” And, UVM Kathy was one of the farm’s top-producing mares. The horse he puts above well-known statue of the others, though, is UVM Justin Morgan graces the Watchman. This bright bay University of Vermont stallion, just a yearling when Morgan Farm, and it’s an icon Davis joined the university, Steve Davis passes every mornwas “an awesome show horse ing. and one of my greatest profesWhen asked what his visors.” Courage of Equinox lived his whole sion for UVM’s future is, his anMorgans at UVM are now life at East of Equinox and became one of the most prolific sires in the breed. swer is simple: “That statue.” professors to tomorrow’s stewSo powerful is Courage’s influence that even 10 years after his death, he is still This month, Equine Journal ards of the breed. In addition to ranked among the breed’s top-siring stallions. talks with four legendary breedacademic degrees, the univerers who share what makes the sity offers a certified apprentice Morgan, American’s first horse breed, so magical. program, working with Morgans throughout the breeding, foaling, training and showing process. A springtime reproduction workshop, University of Vermont Morgans (UVM) “foal days” in June, and an open house in August keep the students, Steve Davis, the director of the UVM farm, has been with the staff and horses busy. university since 1972. He has been honored with two American Davis says these events are important outreach tools. “It’s an Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) awards: 1997 Man of the Year opportunity to portray the Morgan in many of its uses.” and 2009 Professional Horseman. While one of the challenges the farm faces is to “understand That talent is a good match for UVM, an AMHA Breeders Hall the mentality of today’s horse owner” – an ongoing process – Davis of Fame farm. The Weybridge, Vermont, farm was first owned by says it’s the statue of Justin Morgan that calls him back. Joseph Battell, who started the Morgan registry. Battell later donated “In our horses, we’re always looking for the statue,” he says. his farm to the U.S. government for the development of military “We look at that every day. That’s our goal.” mounts (the beginning of “government Morgan” bloodlines). In 1951, the government donated it to Vermont’s agricultural college, East of Equinox the University of Vermont. Two hours south of UVM, in Manchester Center, Vermont, Ivan As the latest steward of that legacy, Steve Davis credits those Beattie speaks of his family’s Morgan horses with great respect: not who have come before him. He lists Dr. Donald Balch, former just for what they are, but for what they represent. director of the farm, and Bob Baker, a respected Morgan trainer in “The Morgan horse’s history is so intertwined with America’s Middlebury, as helping to shape the farm’s goals of true-to-type, history,” he explains. Particularly in his historic Green Mountains versatile, good-natured Morgan athletes. area, Morgan horses have worked beside people for hundreds of Davis hesitates to list his favorite horses, saying there are so years in both peace and war. many. But when pressed, he admits that UVM Flash’s legacy as His family’s farm, East of Equinox, is nestled near one of those a sire is hard to beat; UVM Cantor, too, was used heavily in the mountains, Mt. Equinox. The farm is a venture his parents, Orrin 1960s. UVM Promise, who went on to become a four-time world and Phyllis Beattie, started in 1958. champion, was a horse he recalls as having “precocious talent that

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Upwey Benn Quietude (Upwey King Benn x Quietude), the dam of Waseeka’s Nocturne, and a two-year-old Nicky Annis (now Caruso) in 1957. Upwey Benn Quietude was also the dam of Waseeka’s Thisizit and a multi-titled show horse.

He admits to being less than enthusiastic at ﬁrst, recalling a childhood trip to Florida as “the last time we ever went anywhere that wasn’t horse-related – because that was the summer we all got ponies.” His father, remembering the horses he’d worked with when he was younger, brought Morgans into the mix. East of Equinox’s foundation sire was Bald Mt Ebony Knight, a black stallion whose

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daughters became the cornerstone of the breeding program. A 1972 purchase was more controversial, when his father set his sights on a two-month-old colt. “The colt wasn’t for sale, but my father was persistent,” Beattie says. “I remember my mother was upset with him because he paid so much. She said, ‘How will you ever earn your money back?’” That colt was Courage of Equinox, sired by AMHA Hall of Fame Show Horse, Chasely Superman, and out of his father’s alltime favorite mare, Katy Bennfield. Courage lived his whole life at East of Equinox and became one of the most prolific sires in the breed, easily recouping that original purchase price that had worried Phyllis Beattie. So powerful is Courage’s influence that even 10 years after his death, he is still ranked among the breed’s top-siring stallions. Other stallions have joined the farm’s roster, including Equinox Beaubrook (a foundation-bred stallion who passed away in 2010), White Rock’s Caliopy and Issues ‘n’ Answers. Some of those stallions have introduced fresh blood into the Equinox lines, something Beattie says is necessary to achieve even slight shifts in his genetically-dominant broodmare band. Those shifts are driven by society’s changing needs for horses. “The horse used to be the whole thing; 25 or 30 years ago, a family would buy a horse, often a young horse, and keep that horse its whole life,” he says. “Today, it’s less about the horse and more about the horse experience. People buy a horse for their current situation, then sell it and buy another horse.” While today’s Morgans may be taller or more stylish than their ancestors, they retain the versatility, temperament, beauty and athletic ability Orrin Beattie sought with stallions like Courage of Equinox. Ivan Beattie muses about what his father would think if he had lived to see Courage’s legacy today. After a moment of thought, he says, “He would be impressed.”

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Waseeka Farm More than a century ago, Homer and May Loring established Waseeka Farm as a thriving orchard and dairy in eastern Massachusetts. It was their daughter, Elizabeth, and later her adopted daughter, Sue, who brought the farm “front and center” in the Morgan community. Among their first Morgans were the mares Varga Girl, Sterling Velvet, and Windcrest Sentimental Lady. Another early purchase, Sue of Keeneland, was a gift from Elizabeth Loring Power to her daughter and son-in-law, Keene Annis. That was perhaps one of the least scientific purchases – her name combined both her new owners’ names, which was more coincidence than could be ignored. In 1954, a dark bay colt arrived at the farm with his dam, Upwey Benn Quietude. Waseeka’s Nocturne (“Nocky”) started his show career as a weanling and became one of the most successful and enduring show horses of the breed, sweeping titles in hand, in harness and under saddle. An AMHA Show Horse Hall of Famer, he repeated his success in the breeding shed; today, it’s hard to find a show Morgan without Nocturne blood. What Sue Annis recalls first, though, is the stallion’s willing disposition – a trait he passed on to his foals. “We were very fortunate that almost all those Morgans we raised went to new homes where they accrued honors under the tutelage of many different trainers,” she writes in an email. “They were not simply the result of our brilliant trainer, John Lydon.” Although the dark bay stallion was clearly loved, she admits being surprised by his influence on the breed, “a lineage that remained recognizably descended from him into the fourth generation.”

Nocturne’s famous son, Waseeka’s In Command, was another pleasant surprise. “Waseeka’s In Command truly amazed us when he went from ugly duckling weanling to one of the great park show horses and legendary sires,” Annis writes. Sue Annis’ daughter, Nicky Annis Caruso, now manages the breeding program. She shares a different perspective on the Waseeka experience. Nocturne was “a gentleman and so easy to be around.” One of his daughters, Helicon Calliope, was not just a gorgeous mare hard to beat in the show ring, “she was the dam of my father’s favorite, Waseeka’s Gifted Lady.” Caruso remembers trail rides through the farm’s orchards and playing “maypole” with Upwey Benn Quietude, “using her tail for the ribbons and her back legs for the maypole.” And, who is Nicky Annis Caruso’s favorite? It’s not an overachieving show horse, but a cherished friend and daughter of Waseeka’s Aria. That mare, Starring Beam, is still with Caruso at age 28 – a tribute to the bond that has existed between Morgan horses and their owners since the 1700s.

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10th Annual Buckeye Morgan Horse Sale

March 30 & 31, 2012 Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, Ohio Exciting Morgans of all types will be available at this sale including: Carriage horses CDE prospects Buggy horses Western Pleasure horses Show prospects Pleasure driving horses Trail horses Young horses

Contact for more information: Nancy Rebman 419-289-0835 * rebmangn@aol.com Roy Hershberger 330-567-2243 www.buckeyemorganhorsesale.com August 2011, Equine Journal, 55

ing her mare 30 miles (one way) from Woolwich to Augusta. After World War II, she took riding lessons from an old cavalryman, whom she credits with giving her a solid foundation in equitation. The smart, sensible, work-all-day Morgans of her youth stayed close to her heart, and she has built Kennebec Morgan Horse Farm around them. Her foundation mare, Helen May, gets strong praise, in large part due to her foal, Kennebec Count. “Count’s” education was just like that of any other Kennebec Morgan. As a young horse, he hauled driftwood from the nearby beaches and “twitched” logs in the woods. That was a good introduction, Gardiner explains. “It’s very good preparation for the marathon phase of driving competitions, where they have to maneuver around all the obstacles.” It worked. Count went on to earn three U.S. National Pairs Championship titles in competitive driving, working with his son, Kennebec Russel (also a stallion) and driven by trainer Larry Poulin. In true Kennebec tradition, however, Count was more than a driving horse. He also competed in jumping classes and carried Gardiner to Second Level dressage. Occasionally, because of his steady nature, she loaned him to a local therapeutic riding stable. And, in between his other achievements, he sired more than 60 foals. Count died in 2004, but Kennebec Morgans can still be seen in open competitions throughout the U.S. The farm’s current stallion is Triple S Dark Eagle, a horse Gardiner terms an excellent sire. She insists she does not breed “sport horses,” but rather, “old type Morgans.” Why? “I like them to be able to do everything.” That includes distance riding, ranch work and even some polo. “Our horses love polo,” she laughs.

Photo Courtesy of The National Museum of the Morgan Horse

FEATURE

Larry Poulin of Falmouth, Maine, drove the team of Kennebec Count and Kennebec Russel to three U.S. National Pairs Championships.

When asked how today’s Morgans compare with those she knew as a young girl riding across Maine’s dirt roads, she laughs again. “First, there’s a lot more of them!” But she laments the “mass production” of horses, noting that fewer people are willing to invest the time needed to train and use a horse to his fullest potential. That’s a responsibility Gardiner takes personally. Her devotion shows in the clearest possible way: “We have a mare ready to foal tonight.” Equine Journal thanks the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) for its assistance with this article. ■

Upson Downs Morgans Pretty enough to show... athletic enough to endure

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The Cornerstone Morgan Horse Club Looking to the Future

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Photo: Shatzberg

n early 2009 an idea emerged. Not just any idea however, the kind of thought that takes root and grows into something much larger then intended. The Cornerstone Morgan Horse Club is the result of such resurfacing inspiration, all for the love and passion for the Foundation Morgan Horse. Several people active in the establishment of the Foundation Morgan Horse Society (FMHS) felt that they would like to form an AMHA-sanctioned National Service Organization to promote the Foundation bred and high-percentage Foundation bred Morgans. The FMHS was not ready to undertake forming a club at that time, though the idea kept reappearing. Finally, several of the members took the initiative to form a club that kept the same definition of Foundation breeding and shared the same philosophy and passion for the Foundation Morgan Horse, but took a new avenue in the promotion of the horses. For those unfamiliar with Morgan history, many of the modern Morgan horses were bred for the show ring. Until 1948, the Morgan Registry was not a closed book, and horses with one Morgan parent could be registered. Breeders who were raising horses for the show Whippoorwill Newmoon, a two-time Morgan Grand ring to be competitive in open competition added Saddlebred blood to increase the size, National Reining Champion, ridden by Gary Van refinement, and high-stepping action of their foals. Many of the modern show Morgans Hoosen, owned by Mary Jean Vasiloff. carry this Saddlebred blood that has been concentrated through line-breeding. These Morgans are certainly beautiful and distinctive, but differ in appearance and action from the Morgans that were bred before those bloodlines were infused. Club President, Ellen Ingold explains, “Our club is composed of people interested in breeding forward older Morgan lines, before the Saddlebred breeding was added, and preserving some of these older bloodlines without outcrosses, much as many small farmers these days are preserving heritage strains of livestock or raising rare, older varieties of fruits and vegetables. Many people’s conception of the Morgan horse is limited to the show horses. We see the club as a venue for bringing our Foundation Morgans into the public eye, and showing people just how versatile and diverse the Morgan breed can be.” Although this club is still in its infancy, they boast over 30 members, many of which are well-connected within the Morgan world. Ingold says, “We have so many people in the club who have distinguished themselves in the Morgan world; we have well-known breeders with decades of experience, we have people who are active in open and breed competition in the show world, and people who have been involved in the AMHA and the Morgan world for a very long time. We also have several members who are new to the breed who are Baptiste Blue Hawaii, owned by Polly Smith. especially important, as the new breeders and enthusiasts are the future of the breed.” Looking to the future of the Foundation Morgans is at the forefront for CMHC. They are just getting off the ground, but would love to see a club trail ride and possibly a Foundation and high-percentage show. They will continue to represent Foundation Morgans in the AMHA breed shows and are focusing on promotional activities through The Morgan Horse magazine and other venues to bring Foundation Morgans into the public eye. Ingold tells us “We would like to do promotional activities at horse shows, expos, horse fairs, and such. We have a lot of great ideas under discussion from our members, including a stallion service auction.” As their club motto states, “Out of the Past and into the Future.” The CMHC is constantly growing and sure to be a dynamic force in the upcoming years. The Cornerstone Morgan Horse club is open to anyone who is interested in breeding, training, showing, or owning Foundation bred Morgans. Owners and breeders of horses with a high percentage of Foundation breeding are also encouraged to join and participate. For more information, Kansas Buffalo Solider, shown here with his owner contact Ellen Ingold of Grapevine Farm at grapevinemorgans@gmail.com or call 618-697Suzanne Avery. 5161, or visit their website at www.cornerstonemorganclub.com.

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Photo: Tami Johnson

Rainbow Morgan Horse Association Promotes Colorful Morgans

UDM Celine, a palomino Morgan mare owned by Karen Burridge.

s with the foundation of most organizations, a need was recognized and fulﬁlled when RuthAnn Wirtner and Kay Hegge started the Rainbow Morgan Horse Association in

1990. Four years earlier, RuthAnn had started searching for a palomino stallion. She had little success because during that time breeders were not advertising colorful Morgans. Not giving up, she went back to issues of The Morgan Horse magazine from the 1960s, hoping she would find breeders who might still have what she wanted. Her luck didn’t improve much, but during her search she corresponded with Kay, and after a year, the two women agreed that the time was right to start an organization devoted to the promotion of colorful Morgans. By early 1990 they had begun to compile a list of owners who were interested in their idea. Next, Kay contributed an article describing the proposed association for Morgan Magic magazine’s special issue devoted to colorful Morgans. The overwhelming response they received confirmed there was enough interest to start the club. In November 1990, Kay created and mailed 200 complimentary copies of the organization’s first newsletter. It generated so much interest and increased membership that the newsletter became a bi-monthly publication and Rainbow was well on its way to achieving its goals. As membership continued to grow, Rainbow became an AMHA accredited National

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Service Organization and more officers were added. At present, in addition to printing their award-winning newsletter in color four times a year, Rainbow members also receive a bi-annual Membership Directory that includes a listing of each member’s Morgans and all their pertinent information. Rainbow has also worked to promote colorful Morgans at various equine events, and they maintain a professionally designed website that not only educates visitors about color genetics but also provides a place where members can display photos of their colorful foals, They also offers group ads for members in The Morgan Horse magazine. Other fun club activities include raffles for full page advertising in The Morgan Horse magazine, photo contests, and a calendar contest. One accomplishment the association is very proud of is the part they played in getting AMHA to rescind the High White Rule in 1996, as well as allowing Morgans with blue eyes to be admitted to the Registry. Current club officers are: Kris Breyer, president; Karen Burridge, vice-president; Kristal Homoki, secretary and Kathy Clemens, treasurer. Board members are Laura Behning, Sue Martin, Candi Rousseau, Char Cook, and Suzanne Edmonds. Membership in the Rainbow Morgan Horse Association is $25 a year. You can join online at their website using PayPal. Visit the website at www.rainbowmorganhorseassoc.com. ■

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By Jennifer Roberts

Photo Courtesy of the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show

Looking to the

Future

or most young children, reading Walter Farley’s Black Stallion is the beginning of their love of horses and their adoration for the Arabian breed. It’s hard not to see the source for this infatuation, with their proudly arched necks and ﬂagged tales. While the Arabian may grace the dreams of many children, the breed is struggling to grow. From breeding incentives and a variety of horse show experiences to the hard work and dedication of the youth, the Arabian industry is attacking this battle for expansion in a variety of ways.

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A glimpse into the various growth plans of the Arabian industry.

ers are becoming increasingly more popular, spanning from organizational level to stallion owners. Decreased prices and the ability to earn large amounts of money are only some of the programs that have been put in place. The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) recently announced that the U.S. Nationals Champions can now earn $10,000 in certain classes through the Breeders Sweepstakes program. In the most recent revamping, the commission focused on shifting back to the basics, re-establishing the breeder as ﬁrst priority. Now, more than $1.4 million is available each year through Sweepstakes; up to $25,000 is available for Arabians and $15,000 for Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabians in Sweepstakes-designated classes at the 2011 U.S. Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma,

which takes place this year on October 21-29, 2011. When stallion owners began to realize that the economy was playing a huge role in the downturn of the amount of breedings they were selling, they got creative. Bear Creek Ranch and Trowbridges, Ltd. have both used a variety of breeding incentives with great results. Bear Creek Ranch of Lockhart, Texas, currently stands five stallions, including Nebras Al Rayyan, who was just imported from Qatar, and Simeon Sochain, who was recently imported from Australia. Carol Maginn puts forth, “In my opinion, the key to success is not simply thinking of selling breedings as a single transaction, but rather the first step of a long and productive relationship with our clients.” Maginn has offered a number of breeding enticements, including a filly guarantee and offering multiple breedings at one affordable price. Maginn continues, “Another area we feel has made a huge difference is our commitment to the program of each stallion. Many breeders are very busy and simply do not have the time to research and determine which stallion is best for their mares. We are committed to mare owners and make sure to do whatever research or legwork is needed for them to make sound breeding decisions, even if that means sending them to another stallion not owned by our farm.” Trowbridges, Ltd. of Bridgewater, Connecticut, began offering several incentives as they watched the prices to breed rising, and numbers of breedings waning. Among the most effective was a substantially-discounted fee if people paid in full at the time of breeding. They went across the board with all of their stallions, offering each breeding different price levels: if paid prior to the first shipment or insemination; if paid at the time the mare is checked in foal; or if paid at the time the foal was registered. In addition, Trowbridges has included breeding rights with sale horses purchased, for use on any mares the purchasers wish. Mary Trowbridge let us in on why she believes the programs have been successful. She says, “People are always receptive to any opportunity to breed more economically. Today’s horse business is becoming increasingly expensive for us all, for farm owners and trainers as well as for the horse owners; and as it becomes more expensive to keep a horse, fewer people are interested in breeding their own, preferring to buy an alreadyborn product. While this is a concept I can appreciate, I also feel strongly that we need to encourage responsible breeding to regenerate the seed stock of the Arabian breed; so whenever possible, we try to facilitate our friends and clients to enter into the world of breeding Arabian horses.” Trowbridge also feels that follow-up service is an important part of encouraging breeders, but has another way to do that. “In spite of all of our best efforts, not every horse is going to be a ‘show-ring’ quality horse. Equally as important to making breeding affordable is for us to continue to build a market for welltrained, quiet ‘introductory’ Arabian horses that, while they may not be the big-time winner or high selling horse, are still great Arabian horses, and to build a welcoming environment for those with an affinity for the Arabian horse to come to for an introduction and an on-going education in the breed. It takes all levels of rider and owner to support a breed, and in my opinion, any farm or trainer that is standing stallions or encouraging breeding needs to be equally committed to outreaching to bring new people of all levels into the Arabian fold.”

Photo: Jeff Janson

FEATURE

The quality of competition is just one of the many reasons that people keep coming back to the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show. Here, James Stachowski pilots Goombay Smash to a championship in the Half-Arabian Park division.

Show Them Off! The heart of many that are involved in the Arabian breed lies in horse shows and other competitions. With the state of the economy, many shows are looking for new and innovative ways to encourage people to choose to come to their show. Shows have gotten creative, offering unique class choices and fun activities out of the show ring, while others offer cold, hard cash. The Arabian English Performance Association is helping to put big money on the line at the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show (held this past February) and at U.S. Nationals in 2012. This association sponsors one class, the Arabian Saddle Seat Futurity, which carries a purse of $100,000. Shown in a snaffle, the class is focused on the potential of each young prospect, rather than the training it has received. In addition to offering the biggest prize money in the industry, the AEPA has implemented a transparent judging system that allows exhibitors and spectators to see how each judge has scored each horse-and-rider team against the numerical standards that they have set in place. This year, CP Shenanigan (Anza Padron x CP Dance Card) trotted away with $30,000 for his owner, Katherine Kirby, while Afires Heir Apparent (Afires Heir x AF Ellenai) came in second, winning $15,000 for owner Joseph Kinnarney. The rest of the purse is divided among the ranked top ten. The Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show, held each year in February, focuses on the atmosphere and quality of competition, in addition to the prize money offered. Taryl O’Shea-Pearson, the Executive Director of the Arabian Horse Association of August 2011, Equine Journal, 65

Arizona (AHAA) explains, “The largest event of its kind in the world, Scottsdale is held at Westworld and attracts hundreds of thousands of spectators. In addition to exciting competitions, gala parties, educational seminars and an international cuisine court, the event features more than 300 vendor booths.” It is clear that AHAA has found the recipe for success, with this upcoming year marking the 57th event, impressively growing from a modest 50 horses to over 2,400. O’Shea-Pearson continues, “The show is more than a competition; it is an event that attracts people from around the world. Each year we try to offer new and exciting events that keep people coming year after year.” Don’t think that money and prestige are the only factors that are driving people to shows though. Other shows have figured out ways to keep people closer to home and compete locally. The addition of academy classes to many “A” shows allows lesson horses to compete on an equal playing field… giving their riders a taste of the horse show experience at a fraction of the cost. For other shows, such as the Arabian Horse Club of Connecticut Annual Arabian Horse Show, they put charity and fun at the forefront. Each year they hold a fun class to benefit different charities. This year the club raised over $3,000 to donate to “The Cure Starts Now,” an organization that supports finding a cure for pediatric brain cancer, in their third annual benefit class. Show manager, Michelle Laudano, tells us more about this innovative class. “Each and every rider gets a custom, handmade rose garland in the colors of the beneficiary organization (this year was purple and yellow) because everyone is a winner in this class! The class is fun and different; you never know what the judge will ask for! We have found that participants really support the idea and like to have the chance to let loose a bit.” With over 55 exhibitors in this class alone, it’s evident that many riders are enjoying being able to ride for a cure instead of just a ribbon.

Youth Initiatives

Trowbridges, Ltd. has seen an increase in breedings as their various incentive programs have been implemented. Shown here is just one of the quality stallions that they stand, the multi-National Champion and National Champion producer, Triften+/. 66, Equine Journal, August 2011

The true test of a breed’s longevity and popularity is the dedication of its youth. The Arabian Horse Association (AHA) is lucky to have youth that is devoted to the breed, especially Kelsey Kimbler of Aberdeen, SD. This past year, Kimbler was presented with the Youth of the Year perpetual trophy at the 2010 AHA Annual Convention. Kimbler’s achievements and contributions to the Arabian horse industry and her community met, and in some cases, exceeded the expectations of the Youth of the Year sub-committee, boasting an AHYA leadership position, record-breaking endurance ride ﬁnishes, and a 4.136 GPA. Kimbler was honored with the 2010 United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Youth Sportsman’s Award, sponsored by Breyer Animal Creations®. Kimbler was selected from an amazing group of youth representing their respective recognized breed and discipline afﬁliates from across the country. An avid endurance competitor, Kimbler was nominated by both AHA and the American Endurance Ride Conference (AERC).

Continued on page 70 Photo: Mike Ferrara

Beautiful and athletic four-year-old purebred Arabian mare sired by CA Dillon (Bask x Etiw) and out of MS Barcelona (Padron Psyche x MS Santana). CA Dezarae is in training with Patrick Corrigan. She has been shown successfully in western pleasure at multiple Class A Arabian shows. Offered for your consideration by

Crossen Arabians, LLC. Tom and Susan Crossen 1209 South Street, Coventry, CT (860) 742-6486 www.crossenarabians.com

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Bear Creek Ranch of Lockhart, Texas, currently stands ﬁve stallions, including Nebras Al Rayyan who was just imported from Qatar. BCR offers a unique service by doing the legwork to ﬁgure out which pedigrees typically work for each type of mare, and based on their experience with various phenotypes and genotypes, can offer solid breeding advice.

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From page 66

Alexandria Desiderio exhibited her family’s Arabian stallion, Oration, and was awarded two Championships with him, both in hand and under saddle. These wins helped to solidify her position as the 2010 High Point Youth Rider.

The Arabian Horse Foundation seeks to help other Arabianloving youth continue their educational goals, presenting 18 scholarships this year, totaling $13,500. Since the Foundation’s re-launch in 2007, they have given over $50,000 to youth scholarships. “With the costs of education escalating and the economy impacting families even more, the scholarships will provide welcome assistance to the youth furthering their education,” says Jim Cada, Chairman of the Foundation’s Scholarship Committee. “We’re pleased that we could help this many youth.” Alexandria Desiderio of Chester, New Jersey, is another young talent in the industry; she has been named the 2010 High Point Youth. Desiderio is an honor student in addition to helping with daily chores at her family’s Tranquillity Farm, where her parents, Ricci and Stephanie, are trainers. This was her ﬁrst year being named to the top of the riders’ list; however, the Desiderio family is familiar with this list. Her brother, Michael, won in 2005 and brother, Anthony, placed highly several times. Alexandria’s outstanding season concluded with a total of nine National Championships, three Reserve National Championships, four National Top Ten titles and nine Regional Championships. If these youth are any indication of the future of this magnificent breed, it’s safe to say that the outlook is more than positive. While images of desert horses grace many children’s imaginations, it is the Arabian horses of America that will carry out their legacy and continue to foster a love of horses. ■

FOR SALE

2006 Purebred Arabian Stallion

HHF Ali Azar Casanova

This 2010 colt will be feature in a children book written by Matthew Van Flett & will be published in Nov 2011. Author from the creation of New York Times bestsellers Dog & Alphabet.

• Won free style liberty numerous time at the class A all Arabian show • MA Arabian halter Champion in 09 & 10 • Hudson Valley Class A Arabian show • 1st Stallion 4 and over • 1st Stallion ATH • Reserve Champion purebred stallion • Reserve Supreme Champion Stallions, geldings, mares • Reserve Supreme Champion Stallions, geldings, mares ATH • Free Style Liberty Champion Under the direction of trainer, Trisha Davis

Shiraz is available for stud AI only-LFG-SCID Clear. (Nominated Sire). Stud fee is $450 with $100 booking fee w/contract. Excellent quality cool semen available.

Semen collected by: NE Breeders from C&A Farm located in Winchedon, MA

Horses on the Hill would like to pay tribute to: A special feed program including Purina Strategy has been an intricate part of keeping Shiraz in top ﬁt condition. THE

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nyone who has scribed can tell you that it’s an enlightrider, to analyzing what a well-ridden test is all about. Scribing ening experience. Scribing involves sitting with the for an experienced judge gives you an opportunity to listen judge during a dressage test in order to take the judge’s and learn through writing comments and helps you better undictation. What better way is there to glean insight into what derstand dressage vocabulary. Scribes can learn what the most judges are looking for than to be in the judge’s booth, privy to common pitfalls and mistakes of a test are, or more importantall commentary? The most amazing thing is that it’s not only ly, what the judge is telling the riders they can do to make it free, but you are actually providing a valuable service. better. Much of the time, these are universal suggestions about Long-time rider, Sylvia Raffaelli, of Arlington, Virginia, geometry, quality of transitions, or how well their basic training has scribed in England, Brazil and the United States. She notes is progressing. But, hearing the judge’s remarks, writing them that scribing under a good down and observing from ‘the judge provides a fantastic opother side of the fence’ can ofportunity to get a clear sense of ten be helpful to a rider who is what’s important in the judge’s working through similar things mind. “You can’t really ride a with his or her own horse.” decent dressage test if you don’t Kristin Hermann, of • Check that each competitor’s number know what the judge is looking Coventry Equestrian Center matches up with the class list, test sheet for,” she remarks. She goes on in Washington, Pennsylvania, and bridle tag. to explain that you can carry explains that scribing also • Fill in scores and commentary exactly. that knowledge over into daily helps put the showing experi• Keep an eye on upcoming rides, test schooling. ence in a whole new perspecsheets and class changes. Let the This interesting way to tive. “Anyone who competes judge know of any changes, such as learn and gain fresh perspective should get on the other side a scratched ride or the start of a new is a simple, yet much-needed and scribe. It’s such a different class. way to support your dressage scenario. It certainly takes the • Check each test thoroughly to make community. In fact, many restress off after you’ve sat with sure there is a score in each box and gional dressage associations a judge. When you sit with the that the judge has signed the test. require members to perform voljudge, you realize they’re just • Turn in completed test sheets to runners unteer work in order to qualify people.” or scorers. for year-end awards or team Good scribes are one of events. Scribing is great way to the many elements necessary do your part for your club, with to pulling off a smoothly-run the added benefit of gaining an show. Show managers are eainside peak into the show experience. ger to find knowledgeable and reliable volunteers, especially Karen Adams, an “R” Dressage Judge from Keedysville, at the lower levels. This is good news for would-be scribes, as Maryland, entered the USEF’s Dressage Judges Program nearly lower level tests have a slower pace and are, therefore, a good 30 years ago with the simple intention of better understanding place to get your feet wet. Just as with riding, scribing at a exactly what the judges were looking for in the show ring. “I schooling show your first time out is always a good idea. found it eye-opening and very educational,” says Adams. “It reRaffaelli also recommends scribing at “Test & Train” venally was almost like crossing an invisible line from being a test ues in which riders ride a test, and then get instant feedback

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FEATURE from the judge on their ride. “Scribing at these events is a great learning opportunity,” notes Raffaelli.

What to Expect The first-time scribe will most likely be struck by how different, both literally and figuratively, the view from the judge’s box is. The judge’s position from C differs from the typical spectator’s viewpoint on the long side. For example, while the judge at C can clearly see if a halt at X is straight, it may be more difficult to discern if it’s square. Not being in the ring, but instead viewing from the judge’s seat while listening to ongoing remarks, allows you to experience the show from the judge’s seat. Scribing is essentially taking dictation, like being a court stenographer. A good scribe allows the judge to give his or her undivided attention to the test being performed. In order to be considered for this sought-after volunteer job, you must have a good working knowledge of the movements and elements involved in the levels you will be scribing, as well as of dressage terminology in general. Be familiar with abbreviations for common dressage expressions. You should carefully read through each test and be familiar with the material before you begin. Some scores and movements come quickly, so knowledge of the tests is important so that you don’t lose your place. Most show managers prefer scribes to volunteer for a fourhour block, which can involve multiple divisions and levels depending on the show. Plan to arrive at the judge’s booth at least 15 minutes before you are set to begin. Scribes should dress neatly and appropriately for the weather, and turn their cell phones off or switch to vibrate before the class begins.

Ready to try your hand at scribing?

Read the tests in advance; make sure the lingo sounds familiar and look over abbreviations for common movements. The USDF offers a guide for scribes online at www.usdf.org/docs/ShowFlash/web/GeneralInfo/Before/ GuideforScribes.pdf. Dressage Canada’s guide for scribes also has a helpful table with dressage terminology and abbreviations at http://www.torontocadora.com/images/pdf/ DressageCanada_ScribingGuide.pdf. Let the judge know before the rides begin if it’s your ﬁrst time or if anything is unclear. Judges are happy to explain procedure and expectations. Most judges let you know right from the start how they like to work together with their scribe.

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FEATURE comments after scribing, you need to keep quiet in the judge’s box. This means you should never volunteer information about horses and riders, make comments or express opinions, or inform the judge of events you see in the arena that you think the judge might have missed. Let the judge know at an appropriate moment if a movement didn’t get scored. You can use the numbers on each movement’s box to orient with the judge to make sure you’re both on the same box. Take your cue from the judge when the judge is open to small talk, such as during the breaks between classes. The scribe is essentially expected to be as professional as the judge. The judge’s scores and remarks are expected to remain conﬁdential. Competitors should not scribe for a judge who will later be judging one of their own tests. Legible handwriting is a key skill, and abbreviations are acceptable – sometimes even necessary. Most abbreviations are obvious and easily remembered. The exact words of the judge should be written, without changing or omitting any words. For example, leaving out the word “very” or changing the word “slightly” to “very” can greatly change the connotation.

Just Do It The ﬁrst-time scribe should begin at the lower levels, even if the scribe is an experienced upper-level rider. The slower pace of the lower-level tests allows you to become oriented both on the test page and in the judge’s booth. Don’t expect to really watch the test like you would as a spectator; your attention will be mostly on the score sheet, punctuated by glances at the ride to make sure you’re on the correct box. Being organized and

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A Judge’s Pet Peeves

A judge needs a good scribe in order to do the job properly. Adams outlines precisely what scribes should avoid: • Being late • Non-stop talking or talking too much about themselves (some is to be expected or welcome) • Telling stories about upcoming riders or horses • Alerting the judge to their own upcoming horse, child, trainer or best friend • Unsolicited gossip • Arguing or telling the judge what score he or she should have given • Not writing down the comments given by the judge • Being overly preoccupied with other things, such as when their own child rides or what their relative or friend is doing right now • Watching or paying too much attention to what’s going on outside their own arena Judges and scribes are only human; not only scribes are guilty of the occasional show day faux pas. Hermann recounts one eye-opening, surprising experience that involved working with a judge who gave marks without really looking up at the ride.

quick-thinking are important elements for smooth scribing. Adams details what a new scribe can anticipate from the experience: “They should expect it to be a job involving concentration, advanced thinking and planning. They should expect to do a lot of writing and will probably develop a hand cramp or two, and much of the time they will be looking down and not seeing the rider or the test being ridden. For new scribes, they may be nervous or a little apprehensive about the experience, and they should expect that they will quickly develop a rhythm and flow with the judge within the process; and, the scribe will probably enjoy it a lot and learn much about what that judge is looking for, expecting, or not finding in each horse and rider combination.” This fun volunteer job can be beneficial to any level competitor. Scribing enhances your knowledge and understanding of dressage and competitions, while also helping you to be actively involved in your dressage community. “I think anyone who’s showing in dressage should take the opportunity to scribe,” says Hermann. “Every judge is different and you learn so much.” “Hopefully, the scribe will notice that a judge wants and hopes that each rider does well,” remarks Adams. “We are not mean by nature, nor do we want to knock down or be overly critical. The judge’s job is to mirror back to the rider what was positive or correct about the test, and what the rider can do to improve the quality of each movement to earn a higher score. The most important thing a scribe should expect is that it is another opportunity to learn.” Judges appreciate a job well done. Adams is thrilled to have a good scribe, whether experienced or a newbie, with whom the day takes on a flow. “I cringe if they tell me they are done now and another scribe is coming for the afternoon session,” says Adams. “It is hard on us judges to let go of our good scribe and start all over for the second half of the day.” ■

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Three nontraditional breeds prove that they have what it takes to succeed in western performance events.

he grey stallion lopes into the ring, breezing through circles, sliding stops, rollbacks and spins. Then the announcer calls him into the middle of the arena and chats with his rider, Steve Kutie. Moments later, the stallion returns to work – now bridleless. It doesn’t seem to matter to him, though the crowd watching notices the difference and cheers accordingly. Months later, talking about that demo, Kutie credits the talents of the grey stallion, Ichibon DMF. Ichibon DMF? What kind of reining horse name is that? Ichibon DMF (“Petri”) is an Andalusian stallion owned by David and Theresa Whittaker. No one told the two-time national reining champion that Andalusians aren’t supposed to be reining horses. Kutie laughs. “He can run, he can stop and he can spin. He can do the work.” He draws the respect of even the Quarter Horse-dominated National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) community. Kutie says that when he goes to NRHA shows, the ﬁrst question he gets is, “Did you bring the ‘Andy?’”

“The Original Cow Horse” Steve Kutie, of Bowie, Texas, didn’t seek out nontraditional breeds; the Whittakers brought Petri to him as a three-year-old. “They’d taken him to 15 or 20 other trainers, but no one wanted to take a chance or ride him.” Ten years later, Petri is proof that

Andalusians are just as comfortable under western saddles as they are under English tack. “As with any breed, if they want to do it, they’ll do it,” Kutie explains. The Andalusian’s intelligent, easy-going personality impresses him. “Just show them what to do and they’ll do it.” Reining isn’t the only western work that comes easily to Andalusians. “They’re the original cow horse,” he says, agreeing with the theory that today’s Quarter Horse may have inherited its cow sense from Spanish Mustangs that carried Andalusian blood. While it sounds odd at ﬁrst, after some thought it makes sense. Compared to bullﬁghting – one of the Andalusian’s original purposes – separating a calf from a herd is easy and natural work.

Dressage Roots Today, Steve Kutie is best known for reining and working cow horse, but his training career started with dressage horses in Ohio. He preferred western performance, though, and moved to Texas so he could be closer to the area he calls “the heart of horse country” for western disciplines. Dressage remains a strong component of his training regimen, however, whether his horses are destined for dressage, reining or cutting. “Training is training,” he quips. Owners of nontraditional breeds like Andalusians are receptive to that approach. “A client just shipped a Lusitano to me, and he’ll

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Western Performance:

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go to nationals in dressage, reining and cow horse events,” he says. “He’ll be with me for two or three years; the client is not in a hurry.” That contrasts the 60-day training young horses in other breeds get before heading into competition.

Some 1,700 miles and a mountain range away from Steve Kutie’s stable, 25-year-old Morgan stallion, Liz’s Blackjack, is sorting cattle in Fortine, Montana. He knows the work well; he started accumulating national titles as a futurity cutting horse more than two decades ago. The fun hasn’t worn off yet. “That horse eats cows,” says owner Lisa Spors-Murphy, quoting trainers who have watched him work. Ranch work is only part of what “Blackjack” does. He also maintains a busy breeding and competition schedule. This summer, that schedule includes the National Morgan Reining Horse Association’s (NMRHA) Extravaganza in Lincoln, Nebraska, a three-day event that features reining, cutting, ranch sorting and ranch horse versatility competition. Despite the 2,800-mile round trip to compete against horses that are a fraction of his age, “He doesn’t come up lame. He doesn’t wear out,” says Spors-Murphy. Blackjack added a new element to his skill set this spring when he auditioned for the American Competitive Trail Horse Association (ACTHA) competition, “American’s Favorite Trail Horse.” Spors-Murphy describes the national contest as

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The Morgan stallion, Liz’s Blackjack, owned by Lisa Spors-Murphy, started accumulating national titles as a futurity cutting horse more than two decades ago.

“American Idol for horses.” Although he didn’t make it to the ﬁnals, she says he enjoyed the variety and new challenges – and so did other competitors and spectators. “People came up and asked me what breed he was,” she says. “They said they didn’t know there were Morgans like him still around.”

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Now Is The Time Thinking about getting into western performance events? “Now is the time,” says trainer Steve Kutie. “Because of the economy, more trainers are willing to ride something else,” he explains. “A few years ago, when the economy was good, trainers had tons of horses to choose from. Now they don’t.” That has had some positive effects on trainers who learn new skills by working with nontraditional breeds. “It’s not a ‘yank and spur’ deal anymore,” he says. Breeds like Andalusians tend to mature more slowly than Quarter Horses; they start training later and spend more time in training. Trainers who are open-minded and ﬂexible with their training approach will have few problems adjusting to other breeds – something they can learn from their horses’ owners. “’Andy’ owners have a really good relationship with their horses.”

“Compared to Quarter Horses, Morgans are a higher energy breed and they have a higher head carriage. But, they can still get down and slide and spin.”

“I Wanted Something I Could Do” Twelve hundred miles southeast of Meadow Creek Morgans, Eleanor Hamilton, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been raising another nontraditional western performance breed: Arabians. She fell in love with the breed almost three decades ago. Reining followed a few years later. “I wanted something I could do, where you don’t need to be a pretty, 18-year-old to do it,” she explains, adding, “I’m 75 now and still riding.” There’s no question that her goal of ﬁnding “something she could do” took a big jump forward with the acquisition of the Arabian stallion, Hesa Zee+/. Her trainer, Rod Matthiesen, suggested him to her. Today, “Hesa” has a pages-long show record that spotlights almost 10 years of regional and national championship reining titles. When his reining career ended at age 14, he traded fast circles for slow circles and switched to western pleasure. For four more years – until age 18 – Hesa competed as a western pleasure horse on the Arabian Class A show circuit, culminating in a regional top ﬁve title under his then 70-year-old owner. That ride, Hamilton says, was one of her favorite accomplishments with him.

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More important than any physical trait, though, she stresses the individual horse’s mental characteristics. “There have been some horses that weren’t bred like reiners, that didn’t look like reiners, but they went on to be very successful.” ■

Mind over Muscle Although Eleanor Hamilton says Arabians are a natural choice for reining, she looks for speciﬁc traits that indicate suitability for western performance. “You want a horse that’s strong in the rear end, a horse that stops straight,” she says. “And, you want a lower-set head than you see in other disciplines.”

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By Pamela Mansﬁeld

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Once the intial hands-on segment of the clinical examination is done, the veterinarian can choose to get a clearer picture of what’s happening inside the joint by using one of several imaging techniques that can zero in on the source of the problem, whether it’s soft tissue, bone, or cartilage.

For many years, the average horse owner could expect X-rays would be the primary means of diagnostic imaging, but X-rays have limitations. Now, we have as many choices for our horses as we do for ourselves when it comes to getting a closer, more thorough look at the horse’s joints. 90, Equine Journal, August 2011

etermining the cause of lameness – whether it’s a sudden injury or a chronic, unexplained issue – begins when the veterinarian first observes how the horse moves. He or she may examine the joints for any swelling and then perform a flexion test, or inject the area with a nerve block to see the resulting effect on the horse’s movement. Once this handson segment of the clinical examination is done, the veterinarian can choose to get a clearer picture of what’s happening inside the joint by using one of several imaging techniques that can zero in on the source of the problem, whether it’s soft tissue, bone, or cartilage. According to recent studies at Colorado State University’s Equine Orthopedic Research Center (www.equineortho.colostate.edu), as reported by Dr. Wayne McIlwraith, world renowned for his work in equine joint disease, advances in diagnostic imaging can now detect “micro-damage” to bone or cartilage, which can be a predecessor to osteoarthritis or a fracture in the joint. The ability to flag potential deterioration of the joint is especially important for sport horses in competition, such as show jumping, dressage, eventing, reining, or racing. With a better idea of the condition of the horse’s joints early in the horse’s career, owners can help prevent further damage and be more aware of the horse’s needs or viability for the chosen sport. As Dr. McIlwraith explains, there are many tissues in the joint, including the articular cartilage, subchondral bone, synovial membrane, fibrous joint

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Advances in diagnostic imaging can now detect “micro-damage” to bone or cartilage, which can be a predecessor to osteoarthritis or a fracture in the joint.

capsule, and intra-articular ligaments. The different tissues and ﬂuid can be seen through the use of several different types of imaging techniques. Take a look at the many choices available to determine the source of a lameness issue.

Digital Radiographs The digital radiograph, or X-ray, is still a viable technique that is frequently used and is nothing short of amazing for its clarity and snapshot immediacy for looking at bone. In fact, it’s considered commonplace now. Gone are the days when the horse owner had to wait for film X-rays to be developed, and then learn the diagnosis in a day or so when the veterinarian would call back with the results. Veterinarians can now set up a portable digital radiograph machine that provides images of the affected area on a monitor in just seconds. They can even email a digital file to a referring veterinarian or provide it to you for your records. Digital radiographs are ideal for timesensitive issues and are much clearer than film X-rays. They are used to diagnose fractures and will also verify the effects of osteoarthritis, such as bone spurs and loss of joint later in the progress of the disease. What they cannot do is provide a good look at soft tissue, such as ligaments, synovial membrane tissue, menisci, the fibrous joint capsule, or subchondral bone, the layer of bone just below the cartilage.

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When a soft tissue injury is suspected, ultrasound has long been the means of imaging the area to determine several things about the affected area: overall size and shape; echogenicity (or the return of the ultrasonic signal that shows up on the screen and printout as a white or bright area); the pattern of the ﬁbers in the soft tissue; and, the amount of inﬂammation. Ultrasound is used to determine such injuries as torn

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ligaments, muscular, vascular, tendon, and tendon sheath injuries. It is used in diagnosing defects in the cartilage, particularly osteochondritis lesions (OCD) in the joint, bony surface irregularities, or inďŹ&#x201A;ammation of the synovial membrane. Ultrasound is very useful in monitoring the effects of increased exercise or training, or the progress of healing after an injury over a period of months. An ultrasound image may be difďŹ cult for all but the highly trained to understand, but when the veterinarian uses ultrasound, he or she can often see tears and misalignment of ďŹ bers and increased volume of synovial ďŹ&#x201A;uid. Ultrasound has recently been used for early diagnosis of joint problems more than ever before.

Nuclear Scintigraphy Nuclear scintigraphy, or bone scanning, is a sensitive, nonspeciďŹ c screening technique for diagnosing lameness. It can be used to image the entire equine skeleton, which is particularly useful when the lameness seems to be coming from more than just one speciďŹ c area. Nuclear scintigraphy gives the veterinarian a clear picture of bone inďŹ&#x201A;ammation, which may explain why a horse is not performing at

There are many tissues in the joint, including the articular cartilage, subchondral bone, synovial membrane, ďŹ brous joint capsule, and intra-articular ligaments. The different tissues and ďŹ&#x201A;uid can be seen through the use of several different types of imaging techniques.

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FEATURE From page 94 its normal capacity, but nothing shows up on other diagnostic imaging methods. It is also a good predictor of subchondral bone disease and is more sensitive than MRI and arthroscopy. Virginia Equine, in Middleburg, Virginia, which offers many of the diagnostic imaging techniques explained here, describes the process of performing nuclear scintigraphy on their website (vaequine.com). First, the horse receives an injection of a radioisotope, known as Tc 99 MDP, that takes approximately two hours to circulate throughout the horse’s body. While waiting, they may evaluate the lameness by exercising the horse on the lunge pad, or just keep the horse in a stall. When it’s time to perform the nuclear scintigraphy, they tranquilize the horse with what is called standing sedation, then image him or her with the gamma camera. Areas of bony inﬂammation appear in the images as areas of increased uptake of the Tc 99 MDP. The entire procedure can take place over the course of the day, and once the bone scans are read, the veterinarians can present the owner with recommendations for further work-ups and treatment.

comprehensive lameness exam and when other imaging techniques are not likely to pinpoint the source of the lameness. With one type of MRI system, the horse typically needs to be anesthetized for the procedure because he must be absolutely still while the images are taken. A standing MRI system requires just a mild sedation and allows extremities to be imaged in their weight-bearing state. No other imaging technique surpasses the clarity of the MRI. High quality images can be taken in any orientation to show the anatomy of bones, joints, muscles, ligaments and tendons. According to the North Carolina State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital (www.mrimyhorse.com), “MRI can detect tissue injury that, on gross examination, may not even be apparent to the human eye. It is the most powerful tool currently available to assess the cause of lameness in horses and has revolutionized the way in which veterinary orthopedic specialists manage equine lameness.” MRI makes it possible to make a very speciﬁc diagnosis and give the horse owner very deﬁnitive information.

CT Scan MRI Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an ultra-sensitive and very speciﬁc imaging tool that can be used to examine both hard and soft tissues. In fact, MRI is the only diagnostic tool that can do so at this time. It is only undertaken after a

The newest generation of spiral computed tomography (CT) scanner at Washington State University’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital (www.vetmed.wsu.edu) is super fast, and for large-area imaging, it can scan about 5.75 feet in 1mm slices in 38 seconds. It can image details as small as 0.35mm or about 13/100ths of an inch. These details and images are reconstructed through the scanner’s software to show a threedimensional view of the area. Because it’s so fast, the need for anesthesia can be diminished. CT can be useful in diagnostic imaging of the joint because it can determine the bone density and can indicate the potential for fracture. It can show changes due to exercise or disease developing in the bone.

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Biomarkers are an indicator of early disease in the joint. Relatively new in determining the presence of joint disease in the horse, biomarkers are injected into the joint space and make their way into the bloodstream, allowing better analysis of the synovial fluid than ever before. When the cartilage in the joint degrades, the collagen breaks down and proteoglycans are released and work their way into the synovial fluid and the serum. Most biomarkers involve an antibody that can detect the early breakdown of cartilage and synovial fluid. The use of fluid biomarkers is helpful in diagnosing early joint disease and flagging changes in osteoarthritis. At Colorado State University, research using biomarkers has focused on detecting early changes in the subchondral bone. Research is leading to faster, more thorough ways to look at the combination of tissues in the joint and determine the extent of damage, as well as potential for further damage. In addition to being able to see inside more clearly, it is likely that, ultimately, a blood test could be used to predict increased potential for fracture, and three-dimensional models of the horse’s joint can be recreated for closer investigation. ■

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Finding an Insurer “There’s no one best way to ﬁnd a company or an agent,” says Bill Buxton of Buxton Equine Insurance in Wellington, 100, Equine Journal, August 2011

Florida. “They should be licensed and experienced, and someone who understands the industry and the inherent risks involved with horses. Each state has different property and liability laws. Your policy writer should be familiar with the laws currently in effect where you live. The best referral is from someone who’s had to make a claim, was treated well, and is happy with the results.” Scott Lombard of Corinthian Insurance, a company that has specialized in equine insurance since 1984, adds, “You want someone who understands that different riding disciplines incur

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Insurance for Your Horse There are many options when it comes to insuring your horse. The most basic option is Full Mortality and Theft, which covers the horse in case it dies, is stolen, or has to be euthanized. “A Full Mortality and Theft policy covers the insured value of the horse,” Buxton explains. “An equine’s insurable value is based upon the horse’s age, breed, and discipline, and the rates differ depending on all the variables. The value can be determined by things like the purchase price, stud fee, and show record. There are policies that can cover a foal from day one through 30, another after 90 days, and another for yearlings and up. In terms of insurance, each horse’s age increases on January 1. Normally, you must carry Mortality/Theft in order to add other endorsements, such as Surgical or Major Medical.” Major Medical insurance covers accident, illness and injury, including diagnostics, surgery, treatment, and aftercare up to the value purchased with a deductible on a per occurrence basis. Preventive treatments, such as ﬂoating of teeth, worming, routine vaccinations, acupuncture, chiropractic care and joint injections are not always covered. Major Medical can be offered on horses up to 20 years of age. Surgical Protection, another stand alone endorsement, provides reimbursement for only covered surgical expenses incurred from an accident or illness through 20 years of age

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as well. Surgical usually costs less than Major Medical. “Some companies offer a coverage for emergency colic surgery, usually up to $3,000 or the insured value, whichever is less,” Buxton says. “If you have Major Medical and emergency colic surgery on the same policy, most companies require you to utilize the major medical coverage before the emergency colic surgery is utilized, so having the Major Medical endorsement with higher limits of coverage is usually the better choice.” If your horse is traveling into or out of the country, whether for a show or because you are importing a horse you have purchased, you may want to consider International Transportation insurance, which covers a horse in case of death while traveling outside of the U.S. It can be either one-way or round trip. You should also discuss international coverage with your agent in advance of a trip to be sure that your Full Mortality and Theft, Major Medical and Surgical policies will cover your horse outside of the U.S. and Canada. Other options are: Stallion or Broodmare Infertility, which covers breeding stock in the event they are no longer able to reproduce due to an illness or injury; and Loss of Use, which pays the owner between 50-75% of the insured value of the horse if he becomes unable to compete in his insured discipline as described on the policy. “Individual/Personal Horse Owner’s Liability is designed for the boarded equine,” explains Buxton. And Lombard says, “This may be the most important policy you have. If you own horses and don‘t operate a commercial horse business, this protects you against legal claims if your horse causes bodily injury or property damage to a third party on or off the premises. People

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assume that their homeowner’s policy covers a horse claim, but that may not be so. Check with your agent to make sure your horses are covered both on- and off-premise. If someone leans over your fence and feeds your horse a carrot and gets bitten, he can sue. If your horse gets out and gets hit by a car, the driver can sue for property damage and personal injury. With horses, all sorts of things happen. People get stomped on, kicked; you name it. Even if you board your horse at a barn, you can still be sued as the owner. The farm is only the custodian. The liability is always there.” As a horse owner, you are responsible for any damage your horse caused. And, of course, if someone rides your horse and gets hurt, they can sue, even if they’ve signed a hold harmless/release of liability form. Lombard says these forms can help, but they should be drawn up by a horse-savvy lawyer and follow state guidelines. “However, nothing is going to stop someone from suing you if they want to,” Buxton points out. “State laws may reduce exposure, but you still can be sued. If you carry the proper insurance, it can make a huge difference in how much it will cost you. Homeowners and personal umbrella policies typically do not cover any injuries resulting from an equine accident.”

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Losing a Horse By Ellen Rosenberg

It’s the part of horse ownership no one wants to think about – losing a horse. When the family cat or dog passes, many people choose cremation or a backyard burial. These options exist for horses as well. Burying your horse on your farm may be legal. Check with your local animal care agency for the exact statutes. Like similar facilities, Angel View Pet Cemetery offers horse owners several choices, from unmarked graves to a private grave with a headstone. Their crematory can accommodate an entire horse, and the cremains can be scattered at the cemetery or returned to the owner in an urn. “We have a special area if the owner wants their horse euthanized here,” says Angel View Pet Cemetery owner, William Morgan. “We understand how people feel about their horses. These are family members. Making future plans can help ease grief so you don’t regret choices and wish you’d done things differently.” Angel View has a Memory Wall, where owners can display a plaque with a picture and inscription. Other ways to create a lasting memory of your companion is through custom memorial jewelry such as pendants and bracelets, which can be made from hair or pieces of polished hoof. Laura King, certiﬁed hypnotherapist, helps people deal with grief. “Losing a horse is especially rough,” she says. “Counseling, hypnosis, meditation, and guided imagery are some ways to work through it. It’s important to release the hurt and anger and not transfer those negative feelings to another horse.” And, you may not be the only one grieving. “If a horse has a special buddy, the other horse may grieve,” says Kate Tremain, pet communicator. “Each situation is different. A grieving horse may appear depressed or angry, lose his appetite, or spend time looking for his friend. Talking to the horse, explaining what has happened can help. Trust your inner guidance as to what is most appropriate for your situation.”

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It combines the protection afforded in Commercial Equine Liability with exposure of owning property such as a home, barn, stable, arena, equipment, other people’s horses and equipment, and the basic exposure of owning the facility. They cover your home, barns, arenas, sheds, and contents, owned machinery, equipment, tack and livestock. Additionally, the package protects your liability exposure both personally and professionally for your horse operations, on and off the premises, including: boarding, breeding, training, racing, horse shows, riding clinics and riding lessons.” Riding-Hunt Club and Horse Show Protection is a good idea if you sponsor riding clubs, or put on horse shows, as protection from third-party lawsuits. “Insurance premiums are generally based on gross sales plus activity,” Lombard explains. “The more things you have going on, the more exposure you have, and then the more expensive it’s going to be. Choosing an appropriate policy depends on what you’re doing, where you’re located, and what you want to insure.”

Comparing Apples to Apples “Know in advance what kind of deductibles you will be asked to pay,” Buxton says. “If the exact same problem or injury recurs, insurance typically won’t cover it. All policies are based on the named insured being liable for the actual cost, and then being reimbursed for whatever’s covered, minus the deductible. “The best insurance isn’t always the cheapest,” Buxton goes on to explain. “The cost of a policy is indicative of what’s actually covered. Know what you need and make sure it’s included. Never assume anything. Ask your agent detailed questions, and then ask again. Your agent should be able to explain things clearly so you know exactly what’s in the policy.” “Make sure your policy reﬂects your reality,” Lombard advises. “Your insurer should know all the services you offer so they can be addressed. Fire is usually covered in a basic farm policy, but things like roof collapse and natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and ﬂoods, may not be. Don’t just assume you’re covered. If you don’t disclose something and get sued for it, you might not be covered.”

Final Thoughts So, should you carry insurance on your horse? “Basically, if you own a horse, you need insurance,” Buxton says. “At the very least, insurance covers the cost of your investment. The least expensive part of owning a horse is the purchase price. Insurance is there as a safety net if something goes wrong. It can help you save your horse’s life or provide a pool of money in case of a lawsuit.” “It’s always better to have some insurance rather than none. Insurance is cheap,” says Lombard. “These days, a lot of farms are struggling. Losing everything can be ruinous. Be forewarned. The time to think about having insurance is not when you are sued. It’s well worth the investment.” ■

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Louis XIV sent horses of draft, Iberian and Arabian bloodlines to Canada with hopes of establishing a breeding program in the New World. From the first shipment of two stallions and 12 mares, the breed has grown, free from outside influence, ebbing and flowing in numbers with the changes in society. The Canadian Horse flourished during agrarian times, when they were needed for transportation and farming, but floundered as a result of being heavily exported and almost

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crossbred out of existence. After the Industrial Revolution, the breed went into a slow decline to a low point in the 1970s, when their numbers dropped to between 400 and 500 registered horses. But, like the little engine that could, these tough, versatile horses have hung on. In 2002, the breed was named Canada’s National Horse, giving the breed a much-needed publicity boost, and the demand for them has grown steadily. Today, there are approximately 6,500 registered Cheval Canadien horses in their native country, with increasing requests for exports to the United States, France, Germany and Switzerland. Although Canadian Horses are still relatively rare in the United States, there are currently over 700 of them scattered throughout the U.S. Their early inﬂuence on other breeds can be traced to the trade of horses across our northern border since the 17th century, and it is believed that their bloodlines contributed to the early development of many breeds including the Morgan, Saddlebred and Standardbred. The Cheval Canadien can be found in almost any solid color, from bays and chestnuts to the predominant black. Standing generally between 14 and 16 hands, today’s Canadian Horses are generally stronger, larger and more athletic than their early French counterparts. Through advancements in care and nutrition, as well as a Government-sponsored breeding program that started in 1913, the Canadian Horse evolved in size and strength. Cathleen Hall is the Past-President of Canada’s Société des Éleveurs de Chevaux Canadiens (Canadian Horse Breeders Association). She and her father have bred, raised and driven Canadian Horses since 1982 at their farm, Écurie Cega et Filles, in Victoriaville, Quebec. This dedicated horsewoman has helped to revamp the breed organization over the past 10 years in an effort to repair the rift between the two factions, focusing on the positive attributes of the breed rather than the size of the horse. She says, “The Cheval Canadien is a highly desirable driving, pleasure and show horse that can excel in both English and western disciplines. The most important consideration is that the horse is well suited for the job it is asked to do, not the size. The Cheval Canadien can do just about anything, from simple backyard riding and trails, to jumping, dressage, driving and western disciplines such as pleasure and reining. With their laid-back disposition, combined with incredible vigor, these horses are great for kids to adults, and they are a pleasure to work with.” Cathleen says, “The most important aspect of these horses is the fact that they have been carefully bred to produce 112, Equine Journal, August 2011

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quality horses with the willingness and ability to do their job. With their beautiful movement, they can do dressage, and their athletic ability makes them well suited for almost all equine sports, like driving, reining and pleasure riding.” She pauses and adds with a laugh, “And with their big, strong butt, they are great jumpers.” The naming process for each horse is another unique aspect of the Cheval Canadien. Each registered name tells a short story about the horse’s pedigree and history. Their ﬁrst name represents their breeder; their second name is their sire; and the third part of their name is their given one. Kimberley Beldam-Saylor, owner of True North Dressage, smiles when she says, “Their names can be a mouthful, but it gives you a lot of important information right up front about what their bloodlines are and where they come from.” Kimberley, a native Canadian, is an accomplished dressage trainer and competitor who owns three Canadian Horses and has two

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FEATURE sage, and I am now competing him successfully at Fourth Level. He makes the work easy, and he consistently outproduces himself in his foals. I am competing my gelding by Patriote, CanaDream Jospatriote Showtyme, as well. This breed is showing outstanding promise in both the dressage and eventing arenas with their athleticism, strength and stamina.” Kimberley also promotes the Canadian Horse as the perfect partner for riders returning to the sport as adults. She explains, “These horses have been bred for centuries to enhance an intelligence and calmness of disposiThe Cheval Canadien can be found in tion that makes them easy to ride almost any solid color, from bays and and fun to work with. Coming chestnuts to the predominant black. from more hot-blooded breeds, I’ve found the Canadian Horses more in training at her facility in Frederick, Maryland. She to be incredibly relaxing because says, “Canadian Horses really are Canada’s best-kept secret. their idea of a spook is to stop, take a look, and then just These horses are athletic and have superior work ethics and continue on with their job. They have an innate curiosity that unbeatable temperaments. Saguenay Eve Yukon Jospatriote, makes them interested in things, not afraid, and they are very also known as Patriote, has risen steadily in the levels in dres- people-oriented. These horses will leave their herd mates to

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breeding pool, these horses have been bred through generations for health, disposition, and the ability to rise to any occasion and do any job that their owner asks of them. They are well suited for any age or level of ability, so they are a joy to work with and own.” Marie-Josée also points out that the import of horses from Canada to the United States is easy and straightforward. Horses coming into the United States from Canada need a recent Coggins test and health certificate, and there is no mandatory quarantine. She says, “Any reputable breeder can help a buyer with this, and there are many transport companies that know the border crossing routine and can assist with it.” Fortunately for horse lovers in America, the Canadian invasion is on. This year, the New England Cheval Canadien group has organized classes for Canadian Horses at the Northeast Friesian Horse Show at the Topsfield Fairgrounds in Topsfield, Massachusetts, in July. And, the breed will once again be represented at the Equine Affaire in West Springfield, Massachusetts, November 10 - 13. For more information on the New England Cheval Canadien group and upcoming opportunities to see Canadian Horses in action, visit chevalcanadien.ning.com. For more information on the Canadian Horse Breeders Association, visit www.lechevalcanadien.ca. ■

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Q: How can I stop my horse from rushing the fences? A: Some horses have a tendency to rush fences and this problem can be dealt with in a number of ways. Since jumping fences is the cause of this behavior, we must use various exercises and schooling practices to help minimize this problem. First, start with poles on the ground and try to maintain an even stride and rhythm to the pole. This helps to simulate the sequence going to a fence. Often a horse is more relaxed to a pole on the ground, and this is where you should start. If you have a problem with the pole, you certainly will have problems with fences. When working with fences we must try to be creative and thoughtful when dealing with a horse that rushes fences. The ultimate goal is for the horse to be patient and responsive to the fence and accept the riderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s control. We can approach the fence and gently make a downward transition to the halt prior to the jump. This should be done smoothly, letting the horse understand that the progression is to slow down to a stop. Do not make this an abrupt transition, but controlled and calm, with smooth hands, body and voice as needed. The riders should give themselves enough time and space before the jump to obtain the halt without being overly aggressive. Horses that rush fences are often stressed or worried. If the rider is too rough it will make the horse even more anxious and may enhance the problem. Another exercise is to come at the fence, but instead of allowing the horse to jump, make a circle before you reach the fence. By incorporating these exercises, the horse is forced to wait for your signal rather than anticipate and rush. If there 116, Equine Journal, August 2011

is ample room, it is good to alternate your circles and mix it up, only allowing the horse to jump when relaxed and soft. Choose to circle in the direction that allows the horse to stay on the correct lead. This will ensure that the horse is balanced and comfortable. The rider should feel the horse and if he is staying relaxed, then allow the horse to jump the fence. If the rider feels that his mount is getting anxious, either circle once or twice or make a downward transition. By incorporating these practices you can teach your horse not to rush. You can incorporate this same practice when riding a line as long as there is enough distance between the two jumps. If the rider feels the horse is soft and rideable to the ďŹ rst fence, allow the horse to jump into the line. Normally upon landing, the horse will be at the canter. As the rider heads to the second fence out of the line, it is important to feel if the horse begins to take over or rush to the second jump out of the line. Again, you do not want to let the horse rush at the fence. The rider can make a downward transition from canter to trot or walk. Set the jump at a low enough height so that the horse can comfortably trot or walk the jump. The most important factor in dealing with this problem is the rider. With the help of his/her trainer, the rider must have patience and stay committed to working on the problem. Repetition and resolve are essential. Any rider can inďŹ&#x201A;uence the outcome, and with this simple method, succeed in overcoming the problem.

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ask the vet Q: The vet said that my foal was born with a clubfoot. What is this and what can I do?

: A clubfoot is one of a number of musculoskeletal problems called flexural deformities that can affect foals. Most, in fact, are not present at birth and develop as the foal grows, due to a number of factors. If your foal was born with a clubfoot, the causes are a little less clear, but could be attributed to rapid growth, malpositioning within the uterus during pregnancy, or ingestion of a toxin by the dam. Clubfoot results from contracture of the flexor tendons, such as the deep digi- Cara McNamee, DVM tal flexor, superficial digital flexor, or the suspensory ligament, causing hyperflexion of joints – in this case the distal interphalangeal joint (coffin joint). Foals with a clubfoot will stand on their toes and be unable to place their heels down in the affected limbs. Depending on the severity of contracture, a number of treatments may be attempted. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) are helpful because the condition can be painful, but should be

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given judiciously due to potential adverse effects such as gastrointestinal ulceration and nephrotoxicity. Gastroprotectants such as Omeprazole may be indicated for concurrent administration. Mild contractural deformities may also respond to intravenous oxytetracycline treatments. Oxytetracycline is an antibiotic, but also can cause relaxation of the tendons and ligaments when given during the first few weeks of life. Toe extensions that glue on to the foot can protect the toe and cause increased tension on the flexor tendons, thereby correcting the abnormality. Casts or splints may be used as well in cases that need it, but are more involved to manage. Dynamic splints have gained popularity as they allow normal joint motion wile constantly applying gentle pressure to resolve the deformity. If none of these methods can correct the deformity, surgery may be required. Surgery involves cutting the check ligament of the deep or superficial digital flexor tendon (just below the carpus), or the ulnaris lateralis tendon (when the knee is over) and in extremely severe cases, cutting one or both flexor tendons. Regardless, early identification and treatment of a flexural deformity is key in ensuring the most successful outcome.

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Drink Up Water is life. Each cellular function is contingent upon it. So, keeping your horse hydrated is pivotal to every aspect of his well-being and performance. Moreover, horses can’t throw up. Their digestive systems are very rudimentary. In fact, with a little bellyache or constipation, they can die within hours. Truth. So, keeping a horse drinking promotes proper digestion. Here are some ways to not only lead your horse to water, but also to make him drink. Yes! You can.

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Keep It Clean Encourage drinking. Clean water is more inviting. Hay can ferment in water, which is not good. So, as a daily routine, scrub the buckets with your hand, a brush or hay. Once a week, clean them with a brush and dish detergent. The same goes for troughs outside. When it is super hot out, dumping buckets twice a day encourages increased drinking.

Monitoring Intake First, you need to keep tabs on how much your horse drinks on a daily basis. When you enter each stall, look at the water. If your horse is not drinking normally, it is an early and important indication that the animal is getting sick. Or, that he is already ill. For that reason, if a stall has an automatic waterer, I recommend still using buckets. I want to be certain how much the horse is drinking. Plus, I need to know the water is always clean enough to be delicious. Good old-fashioned buckets work best for these purposes. You never, ever want to leave a horse without plenty of water. If in the morning there is less than a half of a full-sized bucket of water, that horse needs another or to be topped off later each night.

Good Positioning Make it easy for the horse to do the right thing. To encourage drinking, place buckets in the front of the stall. Horses hang out where they can watch the aisle. So, they are more apt to remember to drink there. When I groomed at the Pan Am Games in the Dominican Republic, one horse got IV ﬂuids twice for being dehydrated. His buckets were in the back of the stall and he never went there. When buckets are in the front, it is also easier to check their levels.

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Make It Easy After work, let the horse drink before grooming or rinsing him off. If he is really hot, walk until his breathing settles down. Then, let him take ﬁve gulps or so. If he is not done, walk a bit more and then offer more water. The conservative route is let him drink, but not more than half a bucket at once. The same goes with watering after a long trip. A big tub outside the barn or at the trailer can assure hydration is a priority. Again, be sure the vessel gets cleaned at least once a day.

Play the Game The idea is to assure the horse gets enough water into his system. Here are some routines: • Bran Mashes – Most horses get a bran mash with plenty of extra water at the end of the week. The fluid and fiber help lubricate and flush the digestive tract. Let the bran expand before feeding and figure more water is better. Mashes should be soupy. • Beet Pulp – This should soak for hours in lots of water before feeding. Once it expands, the bucket should have lots of extra water. More is better. • Wet Grain – Only feed wet bran. It needs to expand before being ingested. Otherwise, it can absorb digestive juices and create a blockage. Horses die from such things. • Soak Hay – Hay that has had time to absorb water brings more fluid into the animal, making digestion easier. It also washes out carbohydrates. A lot of jumpers get soaked hay so they can benefit from the nutrition and fiber without gaining weight.

You can lead a horse to water and make him drink. This article shares how to assure your horse keeps hydrated.

Electrolytes Given daily, electrolytes can help promote drinking and maintain mineral levels. However, changes should be made gradually. If it is super hot and you up the electrolytes, the horse won’t increase his water intake immediately. So, it can actually dehydrate him. Your best bet is to get and stay on a routine. I prefer feeding electrolytes rather than those put in their water. In my experience, clean water is always your best bet. In addition, a salt block in the stall helps the horse regulate his own needs.

Travel Tricks Drinking is negotiable. This is handy to know when shipping long distances or in the heat. After traveling several hours, horses should drink. However, they don’t often relax enough to do so. Plus, gas station water can be yucky. It is best to bring your own. So, here’s how to make sure they drink, regardless: • Dengie is a hay substitute with molasses in it. If you put that in some water, they go crazy wanting to drink it up. • Apple juice also works. If you put a small bottle of apple juice in half a bucket of water, they drink. A good habit is to travel with small apple juice containers. Once they’ve had their ﬁll, toss the sweetened water. You don’t want it to ferment.

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Summer Flies Are Nigh! Arc De Triomphe® New Cross-Country Saddle Arc De Triomphe (ADT) is pleased to announce the introduction of a crosscountry jumping saddle to its exquisite line of saddles. Designed for the sport of eventing, and specifically for the cross-country portion of the sport, this new saddle is a perfect blend of the brand’s handcrafted quality and the practical needs of the rider and horse when negotiating cross-country terrain and obstacles. All ADT cross-country saddles feature a Monoflap design, and nearly every part of the saddle can be tailored to fit a particular horse and rider. The seat is deeper and the flap is more forward, providing a secure seat for the rider over fences, and the ability to be comfortable in the galloping position between obstacles. Multiple price points are available, and each model offers a different set of options. To see ADT’s full line of saddles, bridles and accessories, visit www. ADTtack.com, or call 888-466-7822.

Summer is here, and with the same zeal as gardeners paging through their dog-eared copies of seed catalogs, horse owners are beginning to peruse supply catalogs in search of ﬂy control solutions for their barns and horses. Summer Whinnys® will stop ﬂies from biting equine legs. The new socks are made from a durable, custom-designed yarn with a stepped-up level of antimicrobial qualities. Copper and silver ions in the yarn inhibit the growth of bacteria, mold and fungi in the socks, creating a clean environment around the horse’s legs that allows sores and wounds to heal. This specially-designed yarn also has high wicking capabilities to absorb moisture and create a cooling effect. Summer Whinnys have been reconstructed to allow for freer motion of the fetlock, thus relieving the stress of movement on the sock. They stay in place from morning until night with a comfortable and safe level of light compression on the leg. For more information about Summer Whinnys, go to www.whinnywarmers. com, or call Sox For Horses, Inc. at 850907-5724.

Smith-Worthington Cool Mesh Half Chaps Cool mesh half chaps in cool colors are now available for hot summer riding. These affordable and fun half chaps are lightweight and breathable. Contoured synthetic leather wear surfaces protect the rider’s legs from abrasion and pinching of stirrup leathers. Stretchy black elastic gussets ensure a snug, yet comfortable, ﬁt. Children’s sizes are available in pink and purple, as well as black and two-tone brown/tan. Ladies sizes are available in black and two-tone brown. Sturdy YKK zippers zip from top to bottom. Suggested retail price is $39.90. They’re available at your favorite tack shop or at www.smithworthington. com.

Bronco® Gold Equine Fly Spray Looking for a product that provides protection against flies while leaving your horse’s coat conditioned and shiny? Bronco Gold Equine Fly Spray delivers just that: the fly protection horse owners demand, with the exceptional value you’d expect from the Bronco name, plus a coat conditioner that imparts a high sheen to the hair when brushed out. Just one to two ounces of Bronco Gold fly spray per horse each day kills and repels stable, horn, house, face, horse, and deer flies, plus mosquitoes and gnats, and also acts as a grooming aid. For information about Farnam® Horse Products in the U.S., call toll free at 800234-2269, or visit www.farnamhorse.com.

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The Review New Laser Sheen® Grooming Products

IverCare® Launches New Website IverCare (Ivermectin) Paste 1.87% dewormer introduces a Consumer Loyalty Program, designed to enhance the horse deworming experience; as well as a new website, www.ivercare. com, designed to enhance the horse owner’s deworming knowledge. Start saving the UPC codes from every box of IverCare dewormer you buy, and redeem four of them for a free dose of IverCare dewormer. Additional featured rewards are available on line at www.ivercare.com. Rewards change on a regular basis, so if you see something you like, get it while you can. Return to the www. ivercare.com website often to see what’s new. While you are on the IverCare dewormer website, check out the Parasite Information tab for facts about parasite life cycles and parasite protection. For information about Farnam Horse Products in the U.S., call toll free at 800-234-2269, or visit www. farnamhorse.com.

Laser Sheen® Show-Stopping Shampoo is specifically formulated to produce a rich, luxurious lather that penetrates deep down to the skin for a flawlessly clean coat. Deep conditioners moisturize the hair and help repair split ends. Vitamin E and PABA sunscreen help protect the skin and hair from bleaching and harsh environmental elements. Properly pH-balanced, Laser Sheen Show-Stopping Shampoo rinses out easily and thoroughly to eliminate residue left behind and return the skin and coat pH to its normal, healthy level. Laser Sheen® Volume-Enhancing Detangler features specially formulated silicones to easily remove tangles and knots, dramatically increasing manageability and boosting volume. Humectants restore moisture to prevent static and fly-aways. Properly pH-balanced, Laser Sheen VolumeEnhancing Detangler is fortified with vitamin E to strengthen hair, help eliminate breakage and split ends, maintain a soft, smooth appearance and bestow a brilliant show ring shine. The quick-drying, non-greasy formula won’t collect dust or dirt and contains PABA sunscreen to help protect hair from fading and environmental damage. Go to Farnamhorse.com for moneysaving coupons on the entire Laser Sheen line. Or, you can visit your local feed or tack store to pick up instant-saving coupons and the informational brochure.

New SmartSupplements™ Formulas SmartPak™ has added three new formulas to their SmartSupplements brand. SmartDark & Handsome™ is designed specifically for dark-colored horses. The formula offers a two-fold approach, focusing on skin and coat health and quality of coat color. It combines omega-3 fatty acids from three high-quality sources – flaxseed, fish oil and chia seed – with paprika and nutmeg, two spices to support darker, richer coat color. SmartMare Balance™ is intended to support healthy hormone levels and a balanced temperament in so-called “moody” mares. The supplement offers a comprehensive selection of herbs, including raspberry leaf, passionflower and chamomile. Unlike many herbal supplements, SmartMare Balance comes in pellets, making it ideal for picky horses that turn their nose up at powdered alternatives. SmartShip & Show™ Paste was designed to help horses cope with the demands of trailering, competing and other stresses. The comprehensive approach to managing show and transportationrelated stress includes electrolytes to ensure hydration, potent antioxidants to support a healthy immune system, and digestive ingredients to help keep the GI tract balanced and working smoothly, making it ideal for the competitive equine athlete. For more information, visit www.SmartPak.com.

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The Review Equine Couture Footwear Equine Couture, JPC Equestrian’s fashion forward line of affordable apparel for horse and rider, proudly introduces a line of casual footwear. Fashion forward like all Equine Couture apparel, this line of footwear is comprised of the Bits Sneaker and the Regatta Sneaker. In addition to fashion, these sneakers were designed with comfort and practicality in mind. Both designs feature an elastic side for stretch, a molded insole for support, and a special non-skid sole for traction in both wet and dry conditions. Also, riders that wear these sneakers will find that the water repellant canvas used on these sneakers allows them to be worn in a variety of locations and weather conditions. While the Bits Sneakers feature a bit motif as the name would suggest, the Regatta Sneakers feature the recognizable horse and fleur-de-lis motif featured in the Equine Couture logo. Each design is available in light tan, military olive and navy. Customers can find an online retailer or tack store near them by visiting www.breeches.com.

Adeptus Nutrition Adeptus® Nutrition offers two new super supplements for pets. Nimble Mega Nutrient® offers a five-supplements-inone formula that fills in the gaps in dog foods. It provides extraordinary joint support with Glucosamine HCl, digestible HA (hyaluronic acid), chondroitin and cetyl myrsitoleate; soft tissue and skin support with collagen, biotin, methionine/lysine, organic copper and zinc; shines the coat with omega-3 fatty acids, DHA, and antioxidants vitamin E and C; plus prebiotic digestive aids. The second new product is the ultimate skin and coat supplement Gleam Supreme®. It contains potent levels of omega-3 fatty acids, methionine/lysine, organic zinc and copper, plus biotin and vitamin E. Adeptus® Nutrition, Inc. offers a complete line of quality, scientifically formulated nutritional supplements for horses, pets, and humans at very reasonable prices. Their advanced, effective products are all formulated by a Ph.D. nutritionist, using pharmaceutical grade ingredients made in the USA, and are manufactured under strict quality control. For more information, call 866-ADEPTUS (866-233-7887) or go to www.adeptusnutrition.com.

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Endure with RepeLock won’t sweat off ®

The Sweat-Resistant Fly Spray with More Active Ingredients* Endure

• Contains RepeLock®, a special sweat-resistant conditioner that binds to the hair shaft • Kills and repels biting and nuisance ﬂies, gnats, mosquitoes, deer ticks and lice

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Real Estate Showcase By Karen E. Baril

Tips to Choosing a Realtor

hoosing a real estate agent to sell your house is an important step toward making a successful sale. Think of your ﬁrst meeting as something like a job interview. As the employer, you’ll ask tough questions and then make an educated decision based on the answers you get. In this month’s real estate tip we share 10 questions you should ask your realtor before signing on the dotted line. How long have you been selling houses? While it’s true that someone who is fresh out of the starting gate will offer an abundance of enthusiasm, in this market experience counts. Securing an offer is only part of the equation. It takes experience to arrange for inspections, negotiate the best deal, and arrange the closing. Choose an agent who sells real estate full time and has been in the business for many years. How many properties have you listed in the last 12 months and how many of those have you sold? While some agents are excellent at getting listings, they may not be all that savvy when it comes to the sale. Make sure the agent you choose can get the listing and close the deal. Know that in this market even nice properties stay on the market for an average of six to eight months. What is your average list price to sales price ratio? Look for 90% or better, depending on the market changes in your area. For example, if a property was originally listed at $200,000 and sold six months later at $190,000, the list price to sales ratio would be 95%, which would be pretty good in today’s market. Obviously, if an area suffered a sudden decline after properties are listed (a sewage-treatment plant is suddenly proposed), you’d have to take that into consideration. But, a good average list to sales price ratio means that your agent knows his market. He’s pricing his listings according to what the market will support. How will you decide the sales price for my property? Your real estate agent will run a comparison of similar properties in your area. When it comes to horse properties this can be challenging. Make sure your agent is well-versed in selling horse properties and has a good idea where he or

she can find comps. What is your marketing strategy for selling my property? Where can you expect to see your property listed? Will your property be featured on your agent’s personal web page? Will the property appear in the classified section of magazines such as this one? Will the property be advertised in the newspaper? On national websites? How will you make my property stand out from the rest? What features of the property do you think will be most desirable to buyers? If I need to get in touch with you, how accessible are you? Some real estate agents are simply not good communicators. You should expect to get a return phone call within 24 hours. No bones about it. There simply isn’t any excuse to ignore phone calls from clients, yet this is fairly common among less than stellar realtors. After we accept an offer will you arrange and attend inspections? Your real estate agent should attend the home inspections so he or she can speak on your behalf. Once the inspection is complete, she’ll help you negotiate items that need fixing. What three things set you apart from your competition? It’s difficult to put someone on the spot like this, but your real estate agent should have no problem answering this question, providing he or she is confident in her ability to sell your house. Can you provide references? References are a must. Call every one of them. Ask questions like; if you could have changed one thing, what would it have been? Would you recommend this agent? Would you list your house again with this person? If the above promises are not kept, under what terms can I terminate my agreement? This is important, but understand that realtors need to protect themselves as well, hence the contract. Be sure you understand the contract fully before signing. If you feel that your realtor has not delivered on a single promise, you should contact the broker in charge of the agency. If you receive no satisfaction there, contact your state’s real estate commission.

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OCALA FLORIDA

Now’s the time to own your own aircraft hangar. This newly remodeled 60-foot by 60-foot hangar has it all, plus room to grow! Situated on .60 leased acres, the hangar’s bi-fold doors open to 50-feet by 16-feet and an additional roll-up door will easily accommodate your vehicle.The barrel tile roof on the porch overhang gives the hangar a homey, comfortable look. Also included is a workbench, a floor drain making washing your plane quick and convenient and fully landscaped grounds, including up-lighted trees. In addition, the grounds feature an irrigation system surrounding the building, street access through to the gates and FBO service to hangar for fuel. As if that wasn’t enough, an 800 square foot air controlled office is also included and features a kitchenette, a full bath and a loft area with a window overlooking the hanger. Recessed lighting, bamboo and wood floors, a security system and a hightech sound system (not to mention DSL) make this apartment/ office feel like home.

A Touch of Tuscany Located on 225A and new to the market is this beautiful gentleman’s farm. With a meticulous eye for detail and set on 11+ acres of rolling country side, this redesigned 1,500+ sq. ft. home has it all. This 2 bedroom, 2 bath cottage fuses authentic Tuscan style architecture and old-world craftsmanship with the latest in modern amenities. From the hilltop location, the pool house overlooks the pond and the entire farm. With a kitchenette, sitting area, and a full bath, it truly has it all. Keeping with the Tuscan feel, the barn has an air conditioned woodworking shop, large bay area for an RV or boat, smaller bay for cars or other toys, an upstairs exercise room with full bath, and an attached 4 stall barn for your pets. Can’t wait to see it? Call Shadd Daugherty at (352) 239-2244 for your private tour!

Take a tour of this property on YouTube.com: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCnbNn5m8bM

Visit us on the web at ShowcaseOcala.com Shadd Daugherty, Owner/REALTOR®

352-239-2244

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GRAFTON, NH: This lovely horse property offers privacy with no other homes in site, the Center Chimney Cape is surrounded by lawns laced with stonewalls & maple trees. 20 x 14 ﬁreplaced living room w/built ins, granite counter tops & Jacuzzi tub. Buderus FHW heating system, generator, new roof shingles, new dormers & new porch in 2009. Full walk out basement w/ a workshop, gazebo, rear deck & covered porch. 24 x 46 barn, 3 stalls, run in shed, Nelson automatic heated water, tack room, holds 500 bales of hay. Electrobraid fencing, engineered riding ring. Plus 30 x 35 - 3bay garage. 20.5+ Ac $350,000

FOR LEASE

Historic home of Gen. John Bowyer, Thorn Hill enjoys unobstructed Blue Ridge and Allegheny views. No finer estate is available in the Shenandoah Valley. High ceilings, original woodwork, glass, and floors combine with advanced systems to provide comfort and security in a grand Georgian style. 17 acres include paddocks, stabling, the original granary, and a magnificent studio.

Price: $2,750,000

Glenn Land Company 540-348-2000 www.landandestates.com gllandco@gmail.com

Magnificent turnkey horse facility on 17+ acres.

11 Year Old State of the Art Equestrian Center

Listed for $1,299,999 247 ACRES • Ashby Stock Farm situated on 247 acres of rolling hay ﬁelds and woodlands. • Ideally located on Rt. 119, Ashby MA attractively set back from the road. Generous parking, easy access and turnaround for trailers and other horse equipment. • Morton buildings complex and facility with 39 stalls (with window, automatic waterers, feeder and matts).

• Two indoor arenas attached to building one arena is 72’ by 240’ the second is round and 66’ by 66’. Dust control system. Good natural lighting. Windows open. • Three outdoor arenas. • Several out buildings, one for sawdust storage, hay purchase and storage. On site manure management available.

• Heated tack room with brass saddle holders, 2 heated viewing observation rooms.

• Fly system, Fire alarm system tied to central station.

• Interior common area has large ofﬁce, reception area, kitchen, extensive storage, horse wash stall area, laundry room, and 3 handicap bathrooms.

• 2 bedroom 1.5 bath apartment in renovated farmhouse, wood ﬂoors, storage, porch, garage also included in this lease 1 bedroom apt. & studio apt.

• Ample turn out areas.

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agnificent turnkey horse facility on 17+ acres. Stone Ranch home boasts large rooms, hardwood floors throughout (except kitchen), large open foyer with slate floor and detailed moldings, Living room with stone/mercer tiled fireplace and large bay window, formal dining room with built ins., large kitchen open to family room. Freshly painted. Entertaining is made easy with the inground solar

heated pool, Large built in stone/mercer tile fireplace, oversized stamped concrete patio, pool house with full kitchen, bath and two bonus rooms. Horse Facility includes large 8 stall barn (potential for more), feed room, tack room with heat and a/c, bathroom with hot water heater, washer/dryer hookup and full hayloft. 2 outdoor riding rings~70x135 lighted indoor arena~outside washing facility~3 fenced pastures. This is a must see!

OH, BY THE WAY, I’m never too busy for your referrals!

Prudential Fox & Roach Realtors Fox & Roach REALTORS®

Tina Kennedy, ABR, Realtor Cell: 215-740-9662 • Direct: 267-880-3027 Fax: 215-348-9717 Email: tina.kennedy@prufoxroach.com

An Outstanding Home and Horse Farm A

n outstanding home and horse farm awaits the lucky new owners. This equestrian property offers approximately 15 acres with fields surrounded by woods. The barn features 12 stalls with Amish craftsmanship, heated and unheated tack rooms; massive hay storage; bathroom and a wonderful trainers/managers apartment above with access to cupola. The adjacent 100x200 has a reinforsed steel roofing sytem, indoor riding facility is impressive with viewing areas and opportunities for additional stalls. In addition, there is an outdoor 100x120 riding arena, pastures in a serene setting off a country road. If you are a breeder, trainer, horse lover and/or pleasure rider, this property offers options to all. The 8 years young farmhouse offers generous rooms affording entertaining and first floor living areas that feature hardwood cherry floors throughout; 2 fireplaces, granite kitchen countertops and rooms that allow the natural light to flow, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, radiant heat, and much more. A patio area front and back allow for opportunities to view the pastures as well as the natural woodlands surrounding the home. In addition, the first floor bedroom and bath are handicap accessible. Attached three car attached garage allows for vehicles, and overflow storage. The town of Grantham, where the sense of community is strong, is centrally located along Route 89 which is considered one of America’s beautiful scenic highways. Fall in love with this New England setting, 6 years young farmhouse and its red barns located in the beautiful Dartmouth/ Sunapee region minutes to the highway and all that the region has to offer. Dartmouth Hickcock Hospital and the quaint New England village of Hanover as well as the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport is 1 hour away and Boston, MA is 2 hours south. The area is alive from winter and summer sports to mountains, rivers and lakes nearby, there is something for everyone to engage in the great outdoors and nature.

Oﬀered at $1,685,000 MLS  •  Dunbar Hill Road, Grantham, NH

“When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.”

rue craftsman home on mountain top! Breathtaking views of Lovell Mountain, Sunapee and Manadnock Mountain Range, the Minks, with seasonal views in back to Warner Center and Mount Kearsarge; Artisians looking for a retreat, painters, poets, musicians would love the peaceful setting in single owner home. Unique getaway, offers one floor living or finished basement allows larger group. Open concept kitchen and livingroom, cathedral ceilings, master w/jacuzzi, guest room and full bath on first floor, two oversized rooms, full bath, utilitiy and workshop in basement;

– Sir Winston Churchill

2 stall horse barn, utility garage, miles of hiking or 4 wheeling trails, landscaped yard offers, cherry and apple trees, berries galore, and numerous perennials; Hike through to open field land, last timbering 10 years ago. If you are looking for privacy and spectacular views drive this 1120’ driveway to see what this offers. Less than 2 hours to Boston, under 1 hour to Hanover, minutes to Sunapee Lake and skiing. MLS 4010636

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$419,900

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An App for That There are two kinds of people in the world. There are those whose cell phones are five or more years old, which in cell phone years equals a half-century. And there are the “early adopters” who camp outside the phone store for the latest and greatest new model as soon as it’s rumored on the techno-blogs. And then there’s me. Recently I was lured out of early 21st century cell phonership by the promise of 4G. Never mind that I don’t know what a “G” is, nor why four of them are better than three. “G” might stand for Gullible, for all I know. Anyway, once I joined the G-generation, the world of “apps” is now open to me. If you happen to be in the five-year-old flip-phone club, and also a horse person, and never watch TV or speak to anyone under 45, you may be thinking “apps”? Is she talking about Appaloosas? But no – “app” now means application. As in, something cool that you can use to make your phone do tricks, kind of like we used to do with yo-yos, only more amazing and once in a while, more useful. I myself am still rather app-pathetic, but it got me to thinking. If I had a stable of phone app designers, how might I put their talents to use in my favorite hobby? So I came up with a few sweet apps for the horse world. The Mood App. This clever little application would allow you to know what mood your horse is in without trying to decipher body language or step into the stirrups when he’s a little too fresh. Simply open the app and wave your phone about your horse’s head and face. A swirl of colors appears on your phone screen, eventually settling on the color that best represents your horse’s mood for the day. Like the mood rings of old (have you placed my decade of birth yet? Yo-yos and mood rings should give you a good clue), the colors would range from midnight blue (depressed because his stablemate is out on the trail and he was left behind) to fiery orange-red, (madder than heck because the mare next door bit him, and he’s ready to dump anyone who dares get on his back.) I’d make this app free, but require a small charge for the fancier version that includes the Longe Feature. This nifty calculator will sync the horse’s mood color along with your appointment calendar, the local weather forecast and your own blood pressure, and give you a timer to count down how long you should longe the critter in order to get to the middle range of the mood rainbow, a lovely calm lavender color. The Breeder App. Take a photo of your mare, another of your stallion, run the app and get a photo slideshow of the offspring this love match might produce. But wait, sometimes the genes throw you a curveball, don’t they? No problem. Simply have both dam and sire slobber on the screen of your cell phone, 146, Equine Journal, August 2011

run the additional Gene Analyzer app, and your phone not only computes all possible DNA/RNA combinations, but also posts an image of the top ﬁve most-likely foals directly to your Facebook page before your mare is even pregnant! Oh, yeah, don’t try to text anyone while the genes are being sequenced. It could cause the earth to reverse its rotation. The Horse Show Judge App. Having a little trouble ﬁnding a suitable “R” judge for your horse show? With my new app, you won’t need one. Simply get a couple of show committee members in the ring with the Horse Show Judge app. They hold up their phones and video the entire class, live-streaming it to the Internet where it will compare these riders to every known YouTube video of every expert rider in the world riding the same discipline. A bunch of complicated math will rate each rider in the ring according to how close they come to the ideal as represented by the big guys. The app then neatly places the horses in your class, no muss, no fuss. The Show Ribbon app comes free along with it; each rider wears her phone into the ring, and as her placing is announced, the gate steward texts her a photo of her ribbon. No need to keep up with all those pesky actual ribbons, the virtual ones are neatly stored in your Photo Gallery ready to tweet to Grandma! Any other apps you’d like to see? Send them to me, I’ll get the team working on it. Ange Dickson Finn is a freelance writer, western pleasure competitor and retired horse show mom who has barely dipped the toe of her cowboy boot into this new world of apps. Visit her at www.theingate.com and www.ridewithoutfear.com, or email her at ange@ridewithoutfear.com.

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tion have been met. The mission of SVTRC is to enrich, educate, and expand the lives of individuals with special needs through equine assisted activities. Many studies have shown the benefits of horseback riding for individuals with special needs, from improved balance to self-esteem and confidence, and SVTRC seeks to make those improvements through the highest standards possible. The program is run and taught by Lorna Young, a NARHA certified Advanced Therapeutic Riding Instructor since 1995 with three decades of experience in the field. She strives to enable all those who wish to benefit from equine activities to do so. The program offers group or individual lessons for people of all ages, and they also will be conducting a week-long summer camp. The facility recently built a 60-foot indoor round pen to accommodate lessons, in addition to two other arenas and trails. The program is always looking for riders as well as volunteers to enable rider participation. For those interested, there is a scholarship fund available. The stable also offers lessons to the general public. For more information, visit www. winchesterstables.com or ask for Lorna or Betsy at 802-365-9434.

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The Vermont-New Hampshire Afﬁliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure holds its second annual equine themed fund raising event, the Ride for the Cure, on Monday, Columbus Day, October 10, 2011, hosted by the Green Mountain Horse Association (GMHA) in South Woodstock, VT. The ride, which will traverse 10 miles of forested trails maintained by GMHA and private landowners, will leave from (and return to) GMHA’s extraordinary facility in South Woodstock starting at 9:30 a.m. Over the course of the day, ridAugust 2011, Equine Journal Northeast, 149

ers will travel through some of the most beautiful country in central Vermont – including parts of Woodstock, Reading and Hartland – during the peak of the state’s legendary fall foliage season. “Last year’s Ride was our first, so we capped participation at 100 riders,” says Lois Steele Whidden, Ride Chair and twotime breast cancer survivor. “The results were tremendous, honestly. We had 95 riders when all was said and done, and raised upwards of $46,000. Seventy-five percent of that, or $34,500, stayed right in the region and went to breast cancer education, screening and treatment. The remaining 25% went to Komen’s research program. We’re upping this year’s registration cap to 150, and we may go as high as 200 if the interest is there.” Each of the 95 ride participants committed to raise and donate a minimum of $250, as will be the case this year. All riders met the goal; most exceeded the goal and one, Colleen Hubbard of Walpole, NH, went above and beyond with her field-topping $2,053, which she raised in honor of her mom, a breast cancer survivor. Registration is open through October 5, but given last year’s sell-out, riders are encouraged to register early. Complete ride requirements and registration forms are available online at komenvtnh.org.

University Class of 2011 graduate, Ashley Barrett, has had a four-year winning streak on the college’s equestrian team. Her hard work and dedication paid off when she clenched Reserve High Point Rider in the prestigious Caccione Cup at the Regional Finals competition at Mystic Valley Hunt Club, where she qualiﬁed in the Open division. Ashley was also named MVP of the Post University equestrian team at the university’s annual Athletic Dinner. Her plans for the future may include graduate school, speciﬁcally the training aspect of equine psychotherapy, but for now, she simply loves her job at a dog kennel in Bethany, CT.

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Show MRF MRF Dressage at Longfellow Farm in Nottingham, NH, had it’s ﬁrst show of the season on Sunday, May 22. Their judge, Joan Pecora, of Chicago, IL, gave the riders very helpful comments and words of encouragement for their efforts. Despite the cool, misty weather, all the riders had a great day and impressed the judge with their neat and tidy turnout. Very generous sponsors meant that riders enjoyed not only plenty of goodies in their show packets, but also exciting prizes for the our ﬁrst place winners. Sponsors for the day included Back on Track, Dressage Training OnLine.com, Zephyr’’s Garden, Horse20, Vetericyn, Warmbloods Today, Bit Blanket, and HorseTech. This was

the ﬁrst in their series of three dressage schooling shows for the season. More sponsors are being added for the next two shows, scheduled for August 7 and September 4. Year- end awards are offered to the competitors who enter all three shows and will this year include a $100 gift certiﬁcate from SmartPak for the rider with the highest average for the season. For more information or an entry for show series, or for more information about MRF Dressage at Longfellow Farm, please visit www.mrfdressage.com or call Michele Routhier at 603-490-8958.

Open House Linda Mendenhall at Hof Mendenhall in Groton, MA, shares with us, “Our fourth Annual Open House was held on Saturday June 4. The weather was absolutely beautiful...sunny and warm, but not to hot...one of the few pleasant days this spring. The day started with formal presentation of every horse on the triangle. This was the ﬁrst year that we were able to show people multiple offspring

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The quality of mares stood out at the Fourth Annual Open House at Hof Mendenhall.

from the different mares by different stallions, so that the quality of the mares could really stand out. It was a great day with a steady ﬂow of people from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.” Want to see YOUR NAME in dressage News? Send your information and photos to Jenn@EquineJournal.com. Visit www.EquineJournal.com for the latest dressage news.

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Driving News Working Draft Show

Bob Koopman and clinic participants walking the cones course.

Laura Smith and her horse, Buddy, discussing strategy with Bob Koopman.

Multiple Hitch, Juniors, Obstacle and more. For more information, visit the Washington County Fair website at www. washingtoncountyfair-ri.com or call Jim Rockwell at 401-539-2120.

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On Saturday, August 20, 2011 the Washington County Fairgrounds in Richmond, RI, will hold their Working Draft Horse Show. Classes will include Men and Women’s Cart and Hitch,

Congratulations to Porsche and her trainer, Mary Gray, at the GMHA Two-Phase Driving Event. This duo placed fourth out of 12 contestants. Porsche is owned by Bill and Kathi Dunn of Wayfarer Farm in Danville, NH. For more information, visit www.wayfarerfarm.net.

Koopman and Cones On May 21, 2011 the Massachusetts Carriage and Driving Society held a Cones Clinic with Bob Koopman at Highland Hill Farm in Berlin, MA. Bob helped to tune up participants for the 2011 cones competition, sharing strategies for accuracy and speed. He also shared pictures of his trip to the 2010 Singles World Championships in Italy. For information on future events, visit sites. google.com/site/mcdsonline.

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Congratulations to Gina Murphy and her pinto Shetland stud, WW Dot. They won all three of their classes at the ﬁrst Tri-State Horsemen’s Association Open Horse Show this year, taking home the day end division championship in Open Driving.

certiﬁed NAHRA instructor, was assisted by Barbara Akers, driving Laura’s pony Oliver, Kay Konove with Sonya, and Carol Terry with Vito, in driving demonstrations for visitors to the farm. For more information on the programs offered at High and Mighty, please call Laura at 518-672-4202 or email info@high-n-mighty.com.

Learn from Larry On September 3, 2011 (Rain Date September 4), the Saratoga Driving Association is hosting a Larry Poulin clinic at Akers Acres in Valatie, NY. The lessons are $100 for SDA members and $115 for non-SDA members. Participants may bring one auditor for no charge. Visit www.saratogadriving.com for additional information.

Joining the Ranks Lazy Stallion Friesians has an upand-coming driving horse in their mare, Mitsuoko. The seven-year-old Anton daughter, driven by William Piazza, received a second place and Reserve Champion at her ﬁrst show recently. Congratulations, we look forward to seeing more from this talented mare. Want to see YOUR NAME in Driving News? Send your information and photos to Jenn@equinejournal.com. Visit www. equinejournal.com for the latest Driving news.

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Eventing News Stiller in England

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Julian Stiller rode Chapel Amble to a place third ﬁnish in the CIC3*at the Subaru Houghton International Horse Trials in England. The Vermont native is now based in the UK. She added one rail in the show jumping and 4.8 time faults to her dressage score of 50.8. Australian Paul Tapner won with Stormhill Michael, and Dirk Schrade was second on Hop and Skip for Germany. Information is available at www.houghtoninternational. co.uk.

By Molly Hutchins

Green Mountain Horse Association welcomed over 230 horses to the grounds for the June Horse Trials over the weekend of June 4-5, 2011. Riders ranged from juniors on Beginner Novice horses to professionals on Preliminary level horses. Preliminary level winners included Shannon Baker on Cordonelli, Michelle Chester on Yoscha Bosche and Junior Young Rider Ellie Van Gemeren on Gemini Pilot. Local Vermonters Daryl Kinney on Beaulieu’s Cool Concorde and Caitlin Romeo on Nordic Star were one and two in Training Horse. Janet Mitchell on Dunlavin’s Royal Rebel and Brit Kvinlaug on Margarita III were ﬁrst and second in Training Rider. Elizabeth 160, Equine Journal Northeast, August 2011

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Ariel Grald and Lyric took home a blue ribbon in the novice division.

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Mudge and Catch Me, and Taylor Faccio on Felix came in one and two in Training Open. In Junior Training, Dale Eddy on Cortland took a commanding lead. Novice Riders Ariel Grald, Denise Goyea and Ann Barrett all took blue ribbons home. In Beginner Novice Lindsey Epstein and Trouble Free, and Sofie Van Olmen on Watson’s Waldo placed first in their divisions and Lauren Abdelahad and Frosted Flakes took the Junior Beginner Novice prize. All first place winners received a Wellfleet bridle from SmartPak and gift certificates from Bit of Britain. Finally, for the second year in a row, winner of both the Junior Novice division and the Best Overall Score by a GMHA Member Award, Sydney Lawton riding Go With the Flow of Morrisville, VT, earned a score of 21.5. The weekend would not have been possible without the help of the many volunteers, the judges and officials, and the grounds crew. Five different judges graced GMHA with their presence for the weekend. Nancy Guyotte, Mary Savidge, and Rick Pearson judged the dressage phase of the event. Robert Stevenson judged both dressage and stadium jumping, while Mary Hutchins judged the

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Big Winners Congratulations to Jackie St. Thomas who won the entry to King Oak at the silent auction at Lendon Gray’s Educational weekend. Kudos also goes to Lisa Russo who won the Larkin Hill Entry.

Course Improvements The Green Mountain Horse Association (GMHA) is embarking on an ambitious, multi-year project to upgrade their cross-country course, including footing and site work, installation of new complexes, creation of an Intermediate track and repairing and augmenting the current Beginner Novice through Preliminary-level jump inventory with new permanent and portable fences. All levels will beneﬁt from the upgrades as long-standing footing and drainage issues will be addressed, permanent complexes installed, current fences repaired and new jumps created ensuring well-built, educational and up-to-standard obstacles across the board. A committee has been formed to manage the project’s multi-year plan for improvements with the goal of hosting an Intermediate division at the 2012 August Horse Trials. The aggressive timetable calls for work to begin immediately following this year’s September Horse Trials. Tremaine Cooper has been selected as Course Designer for the project. Cooper, from Bluemont, VA, is an FEI internationally licensed designer as well as a USEF course inspector. He has designed courses for many prominent events including Millbrook Horse Trials (NY), Morven Park (VA), Southern Pines (NC), Puhinui Horse Trials (NZ) and Poplar Place (GA). He will work with local course designer Janine Preece McClain to ensure that the property upgrades will also meet the needs of the many other disciplines that use the facility. The course improvements will be funded entirely from donations and the committee is thrilled to announce they have already received a very generous $20,000 pledge to help kick off the project. For more information or to donate, contact Molly Hutchins at 802-457-1509 or molly@gmhainc.org.

Stephie Baer’s student, Janet Mitchell, won again on Royal Rebel (Pogue), this time in the Training Rider level at the GMHA Spring Horse Trials.

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Partners at Pondview The start of the season has heralded many ﬁrsts for Team PondView, as new horse/rider combinations have hit the show ring competing in new disciplines for 2011. Some of these new teams include Deb Cataldo with her Quarter Horse gelding, Black Tye Affair, Misty Baker and Becca GT’s Arabian gelding Glorious Sight have entered the dressage world with a splash. PondView newcomer Diana Beaulieu, with her Arabian mare, Whiskey and Soda, made her dressage debut in May. Sara Audette is competing her new warmblood gelding, Sirocco in the Beginner Walk-Trot-Canter division, while his co-owner Lisa Audette is competing in dressage. Kim Lussier has made her debut in dressage and two-phase with her new Thoroughbred gelding, Bon Affair. Andrea Fiore made the jump from riding the ponies to riding Becca’s Arabian gelding, Heartbreaquer, in the Walk-Trot division. Laura Hauser

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has started competing over fences aboard Heartbreaquer. Jaidyn Ramirez also made her jumping debut aboard Sunburst. Jen LaPorte also made her dressage debut after a long hiatus from the show ring aboard One Mor Saturday Nyte. Becca GT has a new horse as well, 16-year-old Thoroughbred gelding, Ripley’s Believe it or Not. This new team has blazed their way in the dressage arena, winning ﬁrst or second place in every class at the Mystic Valley Hunt Club Dressage and Two-Phase show in April, to the Wild Aire Dressage Show in April and May, to the Lollipop Farm Dressage show in May and the BVDCTA Dressage and Two-Phase in May. Their jumping has been consistent as well, winning the Advanced Elementary Two-Phase division at the Mystic Valley Hunt Club Two-Phase show and the Advanced Elementary TwoPhase division at BVDCTA. Becca plans to begin training at Tyrone Farm on the cross-country course and hopes to compete at several more shows this season! PondView is now accepting new students into their lesson program, check out the website for rates and information at www.pondviewequestriancenter.com or call Becca GT at 401-710-7474. Want to see YOUR NAME in Eventing News? Send your information and photos to Jenn@equinejournal.com. Visit www.equinejournal.com for the latest Eventing news. August 2011, Equine Journal Northeast, 165

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Hunter/Jumper Windcrest Wins Armand and Martha Chenelle, trainers at Windcrest Farm in Hebron, CT, extend their congratulations to the Windcrest Farm IEA Middle school team, which claimed the championship at regionals and came in fourth at nationals. The Upper School Team was reserve champion at regionals. A special congratulations to Caitlin Doocey on winning her class at Nationals. Congratulations are also in order for Leah Chenelle who received a riding scholarship to Texas A&M. Leah will head off to college this fall. Best of luck in the saddle and in the classroom! Windscrest riders were also successful at Saratoga. Congratulations to Emma Gorham, Kim Miner, Kelsey Amedeo, Lynne LaGuardia, and Miranda Lecakos on winning classes, Bonnie and Jackie Mc Cabe and Mary Mazzerella on their top ribbons and Rebekah Chenelle on winning the USEF and PHA Medals.

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JJ Lavieri, winner of the $2,000 Level 5 Baker Jumper Classic aboard Stunning for Westbrook Hunt Club, models a Pegasus helmet.

Shallowbrook Success The Shallowbrook Charity Horse Show, held June 10-12 to beneﬁt Ride for the Ribbon, was a success despite the less than desirable weather conditions. A complete overhaul of the show including new management, secretary, course

designer and classes left exhibitors looking forward to next year’s event. The addition of money in the hunter divisions was well received, as were the trainer gifts courtesy of sponsors, 5/A Baker Products and Pegasus Helmets. Every trainer who sent entries in by June 8 received a Pegasus George Morris Helmet and their choice of a Baker product (pet tote, tailgate blanket or a sheet).

Summer Showcase Returns By Lauren Fisher

The exciting Fieldstone Triple Crown Series, sponsored by SmartPak, has been a fantastic event for equestrians in the northeast region in 2011. Featuring three horse shows with USEF “AA” hunter and fourstar jumper competition, the series began in May with the Fieldstone Spring Festival, continued in June with the Plymouth Rock Hunter Jumper Classic, and will conclude in August with the Fieldstone Summer Showcase. All held at the beautiful Fieldstone Equestrian and Show Facility in Halifax, MA, the three-show series provides world-class competition just outside the wonderful city of Boston. As the summer continues, more exciting news and details on The Fieldstone Summer Showcase will become available. Running August 23-28, the Summer Showcase will host a full lineup of top hunter, jumper and equitation competition. The feature classes begin on Wednesday, August 24, with a $7,500 Welcome Stake. Thursday will feature the $10,000 Pony Hunter Derby Finals and $10,000 2’9” Hunter Derby Finals. Friday’s competition will feature the $2,500 Junior A/O Classic, $5,000 Junior A/O Classic, and $25,000 New England Hunter Derby Final. A full schedule of events will run on Saturday with a $5,000 Children’s Adult Jumper Classic in the morning, a $7,500 Speed Stake at noon, a $25,000 Grand Prix beginning at 3:00 p.m. The week will conclude on Sunday, August 28, with the Massachusetts Hunter Jumper Association (MHJ) Medal Finals. Fieldstone Equestrian looks forward to a fantastic competition and hopes to see you there!

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Hector Florentino rode to victory on Stransky’s Mission Farms, Inc.’s Ultimo in the $100,000 Purina Mills Grand Prix, presented by Pﬁzer Animal Health, at HITS-on-the-Hudson in Saugerties, NY.

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All new, high performance German Geo textile ﬁber footing from GGT-Footing awaits exhibitors coming to the 2011 Fidelity Investments Jumper Classic at Silver Oak Equestrian Center in Hampton Falls, NH. New England’s largest international show jumping event is renowned for the $75,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix, $12,000 Millshire Speed Derby, and

$15,000 Equine Insurance Services Speed Stake held on the spectacular ﬁve-acre grass Coldwell Banker Previews Grand Prix Field. Two adjacent all-weather rings now feature the new high performance footing. Top international and Olympic riders as well as adult and junior riders will compete on courses designed by Anthony D’Ambrosio and Eric Hasbrouck from September 14-18.

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Wild Aire Farm in Southbridge, MA, has added an afternoon jumper series on Wednesdays and Saturdays in addition to their hunter/jumper shows on Sundays. The jumper series offers classes from 2’-4’ from 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. at $10 per class. Visit www.wildairefarm.com for more information. Want to see YOUR NAME in Hunter/Jumper News? Send your information and photos to

HITS’ Lisa Engel is joined by Guillaume Jullienne of Devoucoux to present the awards to Patricia Grifﬁth and Platinum after their win in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Prix in Saugerties, NY.

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DJ Volandre and Tequila won the $25,000 Fieldstone Grand Prix jumping on the beautiful grass Grand Prix Field.

Susan Huyett piloted Huckleberry Finn to win the $2,500 2’9” Hunter Derby.

Cory Hardy and Connor won the $10,000 3’3” Hunter Derby held on the grass grand prix ﬁeld.

The $5,000 Child/Adult Jumper Classic was won for the second year in a row by Alissa Kinsey on Grisset.

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Foxfyre Bell Heir and Sarah Flint at the NHAHA Show, showing in the Working Hunter division.

Over the Rainbow Bridge Our condolences go out to Sarah Flint who humanely euthanized one of her horses on May 7, 2011. Sarah tells us: “Foxfyre Bell Heir (NA Ganna x Tinkerbell) would have been 33 on June 3 this year. Linda Cooke gave him to me about 20 years ago. He showed and won on the AArab circuit in hunter/jumper, hunter pleasure and leadline with all his training done by me, a 12-year-old kid at the time. We were Region 16 Champions in Working Hunters AOTR in 2001, when he was 23 years old. He taught many kids how to ride and enjoyed exploring the Lincoln, MA, trails for hours at a time. When some of the cows on the farm needed to be rounded up, Fox was my horse of choice for the job. He and I even were a team for my town’s re-enactment of April 19, with Fox cantering as I spread the alarm that the British were coming! As he got older his health declined. He had lost tons of weight and he could no longer be ridden. In spring of 2008 the decision was made to euthanize him later that year. One of my students, Savannah Snell, decided that she would like to spend time with him for his last few months. Miraculously, he put on weight and was able to be ridden again! Savannah even took him to a few horse shows and was High Point Champion at two of them; Fox was 30 then. In 2009 I gave him to Savannah for Christmas. Fox was buried on our farm where he spent so many happy years, and we miss him greatly. Rest In Peace, Foxy.” 174, Equine Journal Northeast, August 2011

Fred Mastele on his horse, Zarif Tamir, at the ﬁrst Annual Miles For Memories Fundraising Trail Ride.

Miles For Memories By Jennie Coffey Great weather, great trails and great food sum up the day for the first Annual Miles For Memories Fundraising Trail Ride held in Escoheag, RI. I organized this event in memory of my three grandparents, Joe and Peg Barrow and Bertha Helenius that I have lost to this disease. Miles For Memories attracted over 30 riders from southern New England and raised over $1,500.00 for the Alzheimer’s Association, CT Chapter, with more being raised by the sale of photos taken that day by our event photographer, Karen Wilcox. Karen graciously donated her time and sales proceeds for this wonderful cause! Ride Volunteer, Becky Griffin, collected many wonderful items from local business to be given to the two adult riders and two junior riders that raised the most in donations. Those businesses are Agway of Plainfield, The Spinning Wheel, My Pony’s Closet, The Paddock and Tractor Supply. The two adult riders that raised the most in donations are Fred Mastele and Faith Brouillard. The two junior riders were Mackenzie and Alexandra Coffey. Thanks also to Lory Walsh for helping me mark those wonder-

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RIAHA is holding their Annual Open Horse Show on August 28, 2011 at Dwyer Equine at Red Rock Farm in Foster, RI. Prize-List and information regarding the show may be had by emailing the show manager, Lu Guilbault, at lugilbo@cox.net or calling 401-568-8238.

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Memorial Day Weekend at the AHCC annual show for Cranberry Knoll Arabians & Sport Horses was a memorable one. The whole show crew of the CK show team supported and rode in the 2011 AHCC Annual Cancer Beneﬁt Class (all entry fees to support Pediatric Brain Cancer) with over 60 riders who were put through

Quarry Hill invites you to their 2011 Open House on September 10, 2011.

Quarry Hill Presents Quarry Hill Farm is happy to announce that their 2011 Open House will be on Saturday, September 10 from noon – 4:00 p.m., rain or shine. Come celebrate the extraordinary beauty, athleticism and versatility of the Arabian horse. The Open Barns will begin at noon, the barbecue luncheon at 1:00 p.m. and the presentation of horses at 2:00 p.m. There will be special guest presentations by Karen Baldwin of Baldwin Stables in Deep River, CT; Dinah Rojek of Smoke Rise Farm in South Woodstock, VT; Rodney Eckenrode of Equistar Training in Annville, PA; Bill Bohl of Quarry Hill Farm; and many more! Visit www.quarryhillfarm.com for a preview of this wonderful event. Please join Quarry Hill Farm for food, fun and fabulous horses! Reservation are requested, please RSVP by September 1 to 860-435-2571 or info@quarryhillfarm. com.

Jesselyn Dugas and Symphony RB took the HA Open Show Hack Championship.

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Our condolences go out to Sarah Flint who lost her father, Warren Flint, to sarcoma on April 13, 2011 at Concord’s Emerson Hospital. He was 65. A farmer and conservationist who devoted his life to preserving open space in New England, he worked daily on his 65-acre Matlock Farm, which has been in his family since 1635. His true love was taking care of his horses and cattle. He raised Belted Galloways, a rare breed of cattle from Scotland, and helped his daughter Sarah at the horse farm. Our thoughts go out to the friends and family of Warren.

quite a series of grueling riding positions in three separate sections. The walk-trot class turned into an exhausting class of no stirrup work, half seats, posting without stirrups, riding with one hand and on and on. Making it to the ﬁnal section was trainer, Cheryl Lane-Caron, aboard Symphony RB claiming the overall third place ribbon, and student, Jesselyn Dugas, aboard Pinebrook Jack Frost with ﬁfth. Other CK riders supporting cancer treatment were Amy Braley with Spice it Up, Emily Dorian with CPF Winsome Dreamer, Katie Lincoln with Moonshine Malachi, and Julie Dugas with Pinebrook Jack Frost. Junior rider, Jesselyn, and Symphony RB captured the HA Open Show Hack Championship and Reserve Champion August 2011, Equine Journal Northeast, 175

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Pat Hickey, age 63, a resident of Redding, CT, died peacefully on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, after a courageous battle with cancer while in hospice care. She was born in Bridgeport, daughter of the late James and Evelyn Hickey of Bridgeport. She worked for Goodrich

Corp. in Danbury for 28 years. She graduated from the University of Bridgeport with a B.S. in Education. She was a life member of Fayerweather Yacht Club, a member of the Arabian Horse Association and the U.S. Equine Federation National Horse Show. She also studied at Post University and concentrated in equine husbandry. In addition, she was a member of the Easton Cemetery Group, CT Gravestone, AMC, Archeology Society of CT, Redding Trail Tenders, New Pond Farm, and WConnArch Summer work group at Putnam Park. She is survived by her loving family: a brother, James J. Hickey; sister-in-law, Edna; niece, Colleen C. Hickey; nephews, Sean M. Hickey and James T. Hickey â&#x20AC;&#x153;J.T.â&#x20AC;?. Donations in her name may be made to either the Arabian Horsemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Distress Fund of Bridgewater, CT, or Best Friends Animal Society of Kanab, UT. Want to see YOUR NAME in Arabian News? E-mail your information and photos to Jenn@EquineJournal.com. Visit www.equinejournal.com for the latest Arabian news.

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Morgan News In Memory Crescent J. Peirce, 46, of Northfield, MA, died June 1 at her residence following a period of declining health. She was born on August 29, 1964, in Nashua, NH, the daughter of David and Judith (Kauppi) Graves. Her family moved to Richmond during her childhood years. She then graduated from Monadnock Regional High School in 1982 and attended Keene State College. On July 9, 1983, she married Todd Peirce in Richmond. Crescent went on to found Randallane Morgans, dedicated to breeding and training Lippitt Morgan horses. In addition, she also bred Chocolate Labrador Retrievers. Crescent fulfilled her childhood dreams and shared the fruits of her labors with countless young horse-crazed girls over the years. She also made many families happy with the beautiful Chocolate Lab puppies that she has produced. When you think of Crescent, you can’t help but smile and remember the joy and the zeal for life that she brought to this world. She is survived by her husband of 27 years, Todd Peirce of Northfield, MA; their three sons, Ross David, Trey Allen and Chase Ty Peirce, all of Northfield, MA; her father and mother, David and Judith Graves of Richmond, NH; her brother, Cory Graves, and wife Pamela of Keene; her nephew, Brandon, and niece, Ashley “Marie” Graves, also of Keene; her grandmother, Gloria E. Johnson of Richmond;

Morgan contact listings Driftway Meadows blt 540 Driftway Road, Westport, MA 508-685-2502 driftway@charter.net www.driftwaymeadows.org Reevedale Morgan Farm btsl 80 Cherry Street, Middleboro, MA Trainer, Erika Mitchell 508-951-3002 email: reevedalefarm.com www.reevedalefarm.com b=breeding, t=training, s=sales, l=lessons

her aunt and uncle, Guy and Jane Waldron of Massachusetts; grandnieces, and several cousins. Crescent’s brother, Craig Graves, died earlier. In lieu of ﬂowers, the family asked that any donations be utilized to do something fun with your own families.

Rick Loveless and PVF Power Factor.

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the training procedures used with a young horse through its lunging, long lining, driving and riding lessons to produce a pleasure riding/driving horse. The breed’s versatility is promoted by demonstrating its different uses, such as western riding, hunt seat, park and pleasure riding and driving, and dressage. Some of UVM’s breeding stallions will be introduced, along with groups of their offspring, to show the consistency and quality within the UVM herd. Mares and foals will entertain the crowd during the lunch break. Other Morgan owners may be on hand to show their horses in the discipline in which they specialize. This event has proven to be a great crowd pleaser for all ages. It’s free – however, donations are needed and appreciated. Bring your lawn chairs and picnic on the spacious grounds while enjoying the beautiful Morgan Horses at this national historic site. Lunch can be obtained on the grounds. For more information, call 802-3882011.

Rick Loveless and PVF Power Factor (Moe) were Reserve Champions in the Carriage Limit Division at both the Vermont Morgan and Connecticut Morgan horses shows. Rick and Moe won both the Carriage Dressage and Working Carriage Class at Connecticut Morgan to clinch the reserve honors. This is a great start to the 2011 show seaRD #2 4018 Rt. 60, Jamestown, New York 14701 son for this young horse and Rick, an amateur driver, from Whippet Run Farm in Monson, MA.

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UVM Open House The University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm will hold its annual Vermont Day Open House on Wednesday, August 11, from 10:00 – 3:00. This event has entertained and educated thousands of people about the Morgan Horse over the years and has promoted the breed as well. Demonstrations may include

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Quarter Horse MassQHA Spring Show Massachusetts Quarter Horse Association had a great spring show. The weather cooperated to make it a terriﬁc four days of showing. MassQHA would like to congratulate the following all around winners from their May show. Open: Champion, Mary Beth Rapp and Outta Range; Reserve Champion, Beverly Proﬁtt and OHK Maid Krymsun Amateur: Champion, Daniel Carlson and Are You Charlie; Reserve Champion, Christine Potts and Hot and Graceful Select Amateur: Champion, Andrea Schneebaum and Im Pretty Lazy; Reserve Champion, Linda VanDeusen and Hocus Pocus Sensation Youth 13 and Under: Champion, Taylor Wyman and Mighty High Asset Youth 14 thru 18: Champion, Allegra Walters and Bens Chocolate Chip; Reserve Champion, Brianna McNally and Some Like It Shady Novice Amateur: Champion, Cynthia Walstedt and Half A Cookie; Reserve Champions tied, Emilee Lavinge and Achievil Kanevil, Jennifer Delabruere Paquette and Zips NationalPlayBoy Novice Youth: Champion, Alyssa Kilcollins and She Is All Blue; Reserve Champion, Alyssa Fasolo and A Shady Invitation Congratulations to everyone who attended!

Trail Trials On September 18, 2011, MeQHA is holding their fourth Annual Trail Trials at Glowin’ Dreams Farm in Livermore, ME. This is a great opportunity if you want to give your horse the chance to experience new obstacles. The Trail Trials are alw ays a relaxed and welcoming environment that lets your horse overcome the “scary” stuff they may encounter on a trail ride. For more information, visit www.meqha. org.

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Pine Tree Congratulations to the Pine Tree Classic Circuit winners. The show was held May 27-30, 2011. Small Fry Showmanship Circuit Award – Champion: Madison Holmes and Zips Lazy Legacy; Reserve: Mia Green and Belles Last Dance Small Fry Hi Point Circuit Award – Champion: Madison Holmes and Zips Lazy Legacy; Reserve: Mia Green and Belles Last Dance Small Fry Hobby Horse Horsemanship Circuit Award – Champion: Madison Holmes and Zips Lazy Legacy; Reserve: Mia Green and Belles Last Dance Small Fry Versatility Challenge – Champion: Madison Holmes and Zips Lazy Legacy; Reserve: Mia Green and Belles Last Dance Leadline Circuit Award – Champion: Isabella Buckley and I Dress Fancy; Reserve: Paige Smith and Misters Awesome Lady Novice Youth/Youth Versatility Challenge – Champion: Anika Hodgson and Krymsun Jack Too; Reserve: Sarah Anderson and Dynamic Doodle Bug Congratulations to everyone who joined them at the Pine Tree Classic!

Star Students Good Luck to Chelsea Broughton who signed a National Letter of Intent to ride on the Baylor University Equestrian Team. Congratulations to Johnna Letchworth, currently attending the University of South Carolina, on being named All-American in Inaugural Varsity Equestrian Class.

Prestige Lisa Rasmuson sent us this about her Quarter Horse, “JDH Prestige was bred by James and Donna Honeycutt in Tennessee. ‘Preston’ is a 15.3 hand registered Quarter Horse with Three Bars on the sire side and Impressive on the dam side. Before becoming my dressage horse, he was a 4-H horse and competed in dressage, western pleasure and showmanship. Preston is absolutely adorable and very sweet, with just a little bit of

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Lisa Rasmuson and JDH Prestige.

stubbornness mixed in. I just love him, and he was very popular with the 4-H kids who still keep in touch with him. He has helped me achieve my USDF Training Level Rider Performance Award at Training Level, as well as my bronze medals through the East Coast Regional Dressage Association and the Eastern States Dressage and Combined Training Association.”

Nicely Done! J. Stewart Performance Horses of Orange, VT, would like to congratulate Caitlin Ackerman and her new horse, Ziptown Doc, on a successful start to the show season! Caitlin and Romi have been competing in Novice and Youth AllAround events at shows in Massachusetts and Connecticut. They earned the Novice Youth All-Around Champion and Reserve Youth All-Around Champion at the VtQHA Yankee Classic in Northampton, MA. Under the guidance of Jessica Stewart Riley of J. Stewart Performance Horses, Caitlin will be showing Romi at the Quarter Horse Congress in Ohio in October in the Novice Youth and Youth events. Good luck Caitlin! Want to see YOUR NAME in Quarter Horse News? Send your information and photos to Jenn@EquineJournal.com. Visit www.EquineJournal.com for the latest Quarter Horse news.

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Mid-Atlantic & Midwest News Teen Rider Publishes Debut Novel Equestrian Allyson Richards started writing her first novel when she was 15 years old. Currently 17, she is developing her supernatural fiction novels into a fourpart series that is sure to capture the hearts of readers, from early tweens to Twilight moms. Before she was an author, Allyson was an active horse competitor. Ever since she can remember, Allyson has been riding horses. After a couple years in the hunters and equitation, Allyson and her horse, Gravity, moved on to the jumpers. Upon Gravity’s retirement, Allyson began training with Derek Petersen and leased his stallion, Cisco, for the 2010 Ocala HITS Winter Circuit. She and the stallion became reserved circuit champion in their division. After her victory with Cisco, she decided to put away her show boots and pursue her dream to become a published author. However, she still rides in her leisure time. The first book in the series, Enlightened, is available on her website (allysonrichards.com) and at Borders and Amazon.

Disaster Relief Fund The Kentucky Horse Council’s (KHC) U.S. Disaster Relief Fund, which provides a central coordination point for Kentucky’s efforts to support horses affected by natural disasters, was chosen as the recipient of Horse Radio Network’s (HRN) “Horse World Gives Back” program. Horse World Gives Back is a nationwide charitable initiative aimed at uniting the horse community in a fundraising drive to beneﬁt horses and horse owners affected by the recent ﬂooding and tornadoes across the United States. HRN hosted a three-hour live broadcast on June 6, 2011, called the Horse World Gives Back Radiothon, followed by a Horse World Gives Back

Leah Raico and her yearling American Drum colt, Fortune’s Heza Hoot, have had a fun year. Hoot was a featured breed at the Lake Metropark Farmpark HorseFest in Kirtland, OH, this year. He was a knockout hit for being the first Drum horse ever featured there! Hoot also competed in his first show at the Northeast Feather Horse Classic, where he took Performance Grand Champion Drum! Leah says she cannot wait to get him out more and show people this magnificent breed!

Retail Day on June 7, 2011. Participating retailers gave back 5% of the day’s sales to KHC’s U.S. Disaster Relief Fund and the American Red Cross. The U.S. Disaster Relief Fund provides feed and temporary housing for horses across the country displaced by weather and other natural disasters. When any state needs assistance due to a natural disaster, KHC works through the local State Horse Council and other local equine organizations. These agencies determine the needs of the affected horses, and the KHC U.S. Disaster Relief Fund responds with appropriate funding, typically for purchasing feed, which the local response agencies distribute to affected horses. For current information or to donate, visit www.kentuckyhorse.org/disaster-relief.

Kent Island News Kent Island Sporthorses is now approaching the fourth year on lovely Kent Island, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Marty and Wendy Costello left many friends and great vets/farrier in WI to move to familiar land near the United States Naval Academy and Washington D.C., home of the Costellos’ alma maters. Once again, they have a great vet/farrier and a facility that grew into a lovely place to breed correct, talented sport horse foals and also care for their senior resi-

dents, Donavan, 26, Remy, 29, and Sugar 24, and two riding horses and a pony! Their ﬁrst 2011 foal is a handsome bay colt by ES Donavan, their senior Hanoverian stallion, Grand Prix veteran and gentle big guy! The colt is out of Little Black, an approved Thoroughbred, and he will be registered Democracy KIS; called Dempsey at home. Due July 2, is a much-anticipated foal by Harmony’s Rousseau out of their Royal Princess OBX, by Royal Prince. Over the past years, they have bred and said goodbye to many lovely foals and a few mares. The foals were by Donavan, Rosall – their wonderful young stallion, ridden in dressage competition by JJ Tate, Bugatti Hilltop, Sinatra Song, Pablo, and Escudo II. The mares were by Aktion, Brentano II, Cor Noir, and Donavan. Presently, they have a wonderful, versatile Hanoverian sport horse mare for sale by Bordeaux; and, her ‘07 daughter by Donavan, now doing very well under saddle with JJ Tate, is also is for sale. Stop by or visit them on FacebookSM and www.kishorse.com.

Funding for Laminitis Research Dean Richardson, D.V.M., chief of surgery at New Bolton Center, the large animal campus of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Veterinary Medicine, was presented with a check in the amount of $49,000 by Pﬁzer Animal Health and NTRA Charities’ Barbaro Fund for Equine Health and Safety Research. The funds will support a second year of Dr. Richardson’s in vivo gene transfer research for the treatment of laminitis. The presentation took place at Pimlico Race Course on Preakness Stakes Day, May 21, to honor the legacy of Barbaro, the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner. This year’s Preakness marked the ﬁfth anniversary of Barbaro’s devastating injury. Barbaro spent eight months at New Bolton Center where Dr. Richardson and a team of veterinarians repaired shattered bones in his right hind limb. The horse, however, eventually succumbed to laminitis of his left hind foot, a devastating disease involving the tissue attaching the hoof wall and bone. Barbaro’s legacy has brought international attention to this painful disease that is considered one of the leading killers of horses. The professionals at Penn Vet are

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well-known leaders in the ﬁeld of laminitis, and the Laminitis Institute founded at Penn Vet serves as a resource for current information. Dr. Richardson’s research focuses on developing a gene therapy approach to prevent laminitis in the contralateral hoof when a horse is being treated for a musculoskeletal injury. For more information about Penn Vet or its hospitals, visit www.vet.upenn.edu.

Feed Donated to Rescued Horses To help rehabilitate 150 horses that were recently rescued from a Maryland breeder, Cargill’s animal feed mill in Lebanon, PA, donated 22 tons of its Nutrena® brand horse feed to Days End Farm Horse Rescue, a non-proﬁt organization that is overseeing the care of the horses. The malnourished Polish Arabian horses that were rescued this spring from a breeder in Centreville, MD, are now

Tons of Nutrena® feed was donated to Days End Farm Horse Rescue in Maryland.

living on foster farms as they regain their strength. The Nutrena feed that Cargill donated includes 880 bags of its Life Design® Senior formula, with highly digestible ingredients that are ideal for weakened digestive systems. Cargill’s donation will feed the 150 rescued horses for four to six weeks. Additionally, Cargill employees will work with Days End Farm Horse Rescue on tracking the feeding program and monitoring the horses’ progress.

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Darla Winland and her horse, Charlie Brown, an 18-year-old retired racehorse, ride for two mounted patrol units in California and spend a lot of time in the mountains camping and riding patrol. She says, “There are not many mountains in southern California that we have not climbed and camped in. We have been camping and riding in the mountains for nine years now. He is an awesome patrol horse.”

“We want to help these horses get healthy,” said Rebecca Morani, regional sales manager for Cargill Animal Nutrition. “It’s heartbreaking to see neglected animals, and we hope that by providing good nutrition and regular progress checks, we can do our part to support their rehabilitation.”

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Dressage News USDF Instructor Workshop

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The North Carolina Dressage & Combined Training Association (NCDCTA) will be hosting a USDF Instructor Workshop on October 23 at Braeburn Farms in Snow Camp, NC. The USDF Instructor Certiﬁcation Workshop will focus on teaching skills. This one-day workshop will be led by Cindy Sydnor and is being organized by Bailey Cook. Participants and auditors are invited. The workshop is open to anyone (riders, trainers, competitors, enthusiasts, one and all!) who wants to learn the correct basics. For more information, contact Bailey Cook at Baileyec@bellsouth.net, or call 919-9676095.

Ebeling has put together a string of success with the mare in Europe, beginning with the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final and good placings at back-to-back European CDIs. More information on this show is available at www. achleiten.at. American dressage star Guenter Seidel returned to top form at CDI Hamburg, winning the Grand Prix Freestyle on UII. Seidel, who has represented the United States on numerous occasions, broke his pelvis a year ago and has made an amazing recovery to the top of the sport. After a third place ﬁnish in the Grand Prix in Hamburg, Seidel topped the ﬁeld in the Freestyle with a score of 73.400%. Lillann Jebsen of Norway was second on Pro-Set and Alexandra Bimschas was third for Germany on Dick Tracy. Results from Hamburg are available here at www.engarde.de/start/index.php. Not far away at the Munich CDI5*, Shawna Harding rode Come On III to sixth place with a score of 66.542% in the CDI5* Moorlands Grand Prix Special. Harding has been training and competing in Europe since the Reem Acra World Cup Dressage Final. Results from Munich are available at www.pferdinternational-muenchen.de/hp/ index.php/ergebnisse-2011.

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Caroline Roffman rode Pie into the winner’s circle at the prestigious 2011 CDI3*Y/J Capital Dressage Classic in Raleigh. Roffman won two USEF Developing Horse classes on Pie and also took home the blue in the USEF Brentina Cup aboard Beemer.

International Successes Jan Ebeling and Rafalca were fourth in the Grand Prix for the Special with a score of 69.850% and ﬁfth in the Grand Prix Special at CDI3* Achleiten in Austria. The American pair scored 69.920% for their efforts in the Grand Prix Special.

At the CDI in Raleigh, NC, Susie Dutta dominated the Grand Prix division on Currency DC. They scored a victory in the Grand Prix Freestyle with a score of 71.025% over James Koford on Rhett and Tuny Page on Wild One. Dutta and Currency DC’s score of 66.319% meant they topped the Grand Prix ﬁeld as well. Susanne Dansby Bollman was second and Page and Wild One were third again. Page picked up a win of her own in the Grand Prix Special riding Alina. They scored 65.971% to take top honors over Luis Reteguiz-Denizard on Nalando and Dansby Bollman on Cooper. In the small tour, Tami Batts topped big ﬁelds to win both the Intermediaire I and the Freestyle on Ranko. She won the Freestyle with a score of 71.417% over Endel Ots and Toscano and

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Dressage rider and trainer Bethany Peslar, of Everglades Dressage in Wellington, is supporting the dreams of para-dressage rider Erica Brant and her young rescue horse Polly’s Vision. Peslar is training Erica as the 17-year-old rider aims for competing in the Paralympics.

Venezualan rider Alejandro Gomez on Revenge. Batts took the top prize in the Intermediaire with a score of 69.430% over Lars Petersen on Willano (from Denmark) and Chris Hickey on Witness Hilltop. Petersen won the Prix St Georges, Ots and Toscano were second again and Hickey and Witness Hilltop were third again. Information about the Raleigh CDI is available at www.cdi-raleigh.com.

Father Approves The Keur KWPN stallion Negro (Ferro X Variant) has been a part of the Hilltop Farm stallion line up for many years. Initially it was his own pedigree and sport career that attracted the farm to him, but his offspring continue to earn him a place in their line-up. Recently his son Diego (Negro X Don Gregory) passed the KWPN Spring Stallion Performance Testing with an overall score of 79.5 points. The young stallion, owned by Van Olst Stables, scored solid 8’s in many aspects of the testing including walk, trot, canter, suppleness, and self-carriage. This is an exciting achievement for Van Olst Stables as well as Diego’s sire Negro who is continuing to prove himself as an exceptional sire.

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Allentown In the small tour at CDI Allentown in New Jersey, Canadian Ashley Holzer took the top spot in the Prix St. Georges, but Cesar Parra, the 2010 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Intermediaire I Dressage Champion, was second on Grandioso with a score of 70.395%. Holzer continued her winning ways in the Intermediaire I, where Endel Ots took second with Toscano on a score of 69.430%. Parra then went on to win the Freestyle with a score of 72.417% Holzer also won the Grand Prix on her veteran Pop Art, local rider Lauren Sammis was second with Sagacious HF with a score of 67.851%. They repeated the one-two placings in the Grand Prix Freestyle. Melissa Taylor was third be-

hind Sammis in the Grand Prix but led the victory celebration in the Grand Prix Special with Schumacker Solyst on a score of 65.792%. Visit www.esdcta.org for complete results.

Festival of Champions The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has announced the dates and location for the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Dressage Festival of Champions which will also serve as the USEF Selection Trials for the US Dressage Team for the 2011 Pan American Games. The competition will be held over four days, September 8-11, 2011, at the USET Foundation Headquarters in Gladstone, NJ.

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The best horse/rider combinations in the following divisions will vie for national dressage championships: Grand Prix, Intermediaire I, Young Adult ‘Brentina Cup,’ Young Rider and Junior. For the ﬁrst time in 2011, a National Pony Dressage Championship will also be run. The Intermediaire I National Championship will also serve as the USEF Selection Trial for the US Dressage Team for the 2011 Pan American Games. The Pan American Games will run in Guadalajara, Mexico in October, the U.S. Dressage Team will be looking to repeat their Gold medal effort from 2007. ■

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Saddlebred in Second As further evidence of the breed’s versatility, an American Saddlebred named A Savannah Day (Trooper) recently took second place in a Combined Driving Event (CDE). At the Gayla Bluegrass Combined Driving Event, which took place on May 21-22, Trooper placed second in the Training Level Division, despite this being his ﬁrst CDE. Trooper is a Saddlebred gelding owned by Darryl Leifheit and Janeene Jennings-Leifheit and was driven in this event by his trainer, Sterling Graburn, with Darryl navigating during the Marathon. Said Darryl Leifheit about Trooper’s performance, “He has only been in training for driving since January 15. Even though he was a bit nervous and had some bobbles Saturday during dressage, he made up for it Sunday with the Marathon. He was really super good and seemed to enjoy the Marathon and hazards.”

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Suzy Stafford, a National and World Champion Combined Driver who has been long-listed for the 2011 FEI World Pony Driving Championships, competed Miss Josephine and Peace of Mind at the Elk Creek CDE in Maryland. Stafford is shown here with Peace of Mind during their winning dressage test.

In Memoriam: Jimmy Skipton James Kennedy “Jimmy” Skipton, Jr., age 76, Saddlebred owner, ASHA member, and father of longtime exhibitor and American Saddlebred Museum curator, Kim Skipton, died on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 in Houston, TX. Skipton was founder and President of Texas Fire & Safety, Inc. with locations throughout Texas. He was a lifetime member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, an early supporter of the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, a founder and President of the Texas American Saddlebred Horse Association, and a partner with trainer Charles D. Smith in S & S Venture Farm. Horses shown under the S & S Venture and Texas Fire & Safety names won dozens of world titles from the late 70s to early 2000. The final horse Jimmy Skipton had a hand in purchasing was the late RWC five-gaited mare, Princess Shalimar, dam of Kim’s current Sweepstakes Fine Harness winner, RWC If The Tiara Fits. His wife of 54 years, LaMerle, four daughters, one son, and seven grandchildren survive Jimmy. The family is grateful for the wonderful care provided by the staff of The Forum at Memorial Woods during his battle with Parkinson’s disease. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Saddlebred Museum, 4083 Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, KY, 40511.

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Combined Driver Chester Weber, America’s reigning four-in-hand driving champion, proved he also has the ability to dominate on foreign soil when he won the international combined driving competition in Vecses, Hungary.

Victory at Vecses The American flag was waving high in Hungary when combined driver, Chester Weber, drove the team, comprised of two of Jane Clark’s horses and two of his own horses, to victory at CAIO Vecses, an international combined driving competition in Vecses, Hungary. Weber won the dressage phase with a score of 37.25, placed sixth in the marathon and followed it up with a double clear cones trip which launched him into the win with a total score of 145.51. Koos de Ronde, of the Netherlands, finished in second with 149.63 and Jozsef Dobrovitz, of Hungary, came in third with a score of 150.22. Weber added that winning his first CAIO was a great start to his European competitive season. “My goal for 2011 is to prepare ourselves for the 2012 World Championships in Riesenbeck and to continue to insure our preparedness for the 2014 World Equestrian Games in France,” Weber said. Weber said when he returns to the United States he hopes to defend his USEF National title. “The U.S. Championships are at The Laurels at Landhope in September, and I would love to win a ninth championship,” Weber said, adding that winning the driving competition in Hungary was a great way to celebrate his birthday and it will be something he will always remember. For more information on Weber and his combined driving team, visit their website at www.chesterweber.com.

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Halstead’s Shale Marcie Quist and her Hackney Horse mare, Halstead’s Shale, recently earned the title of FEI Level Single Horse National Champion (combined driving) at the Live Oak International Combined Driving Event in Ocala, FL. Marcie and Halstead’s Shale were in first place after the dressage phase and held their lead to finish in first place with 146.87 penalties, earning them the title of National Single Horse. This is a big deal for the Hackney Horse as they not only beat some very stiff international competitors; this is their first year competing at FEI level.

Saumur American Pony driver Laurie Astegiano continued her European success, this time in France. She was fourth after the dressage and marathon phases at the CAIP4* at Saumur, but moved up to third place following her performance in the final cones phase of the competition. Bram Chardon of the Netherlands and Jan Nijs of Belgium finished in first and second respectively. Please visit www.saumur.org for complete results.

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Eventing News Chattahoochee Hills At the Chattahoochee Hills Horse Trials in Fairburn, GA, clear jumping rounds were at a premium in the CIC one and two star divisions. In the CIC2*, Lizzie Snow rode the veteran, Coal Creek, to victory over Jonathon Holling and Downtown Harrison. Snow began the weekend in third place but was the only person in the division to jump double clear on the third day to finish on her dressage score of 48.6. Beth Perkins and Fernhill Cove were third. Alabama’s Hannah Begue and Asterix won the CIC1* by more than five points finishing on a score of 41.3. Begue was the only rider in the division to finish on her dressage score. Sarah Dunkerton and Matapeake were second and Australia’s Dominic Schramm rode Arnold van de Warande to third place.

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Aiken County Pony Club Aiken County Pony Club sent eight members to compete at the USPC Carolina Region Eventing Rally held at the Carolina Horse Park on May 68, 2011. Rebecca Lewis placed first overall in Horse Management for the Training Division and she qualified to go to Championships in Eventing. Ansley Summer, Courtney Law and Jessica Miller each individually qualified, and as a team, placed first overall and in Horse Management. Ansley Summer and Jessica Miller will ride on the Carolina Region Eventing Training Level Team for Championships

and Courtney Law will ride at the Novice Level on the Carolina Region Team. Madison Chapel, Grace Thompson and Katie Henley competed on a Beginner Novice Scramble team and placed second overall in riding and third overall in Horse Management. Brooke Miller also competed and placed first in Horse Management and first Overall in Riding in her division on a scramble team as well for the Region. Brooke will be attending Championships as a Stable Manager for Show Jumping having qualified at the Carolina Region Show Jumping Rally in Aiken, SC, in April 2011.

Boyd Martin Tragedy At 12:30 a.m. on May 31, 2011, a barn ﬁre of unknown cause tragically destroyed Boyd Martin’s barn at True Prospect Farm. Eleven horses were in the barn at the time. Lillian Heard, Caitlin Silliman, and Ryan Wood were able to evacuate ﬁve horses. Tragically six horses

perished in the ﬁre. Our thoughts and prayers are with Boyd and his team at this time. All other horses have been relocated to area barns.

Jersey Fresh The Jersey Fresh Three-day Event hosted a record number of entries in CIC and CCI divisions at both the two- and three-star level. In the CCI3*, Andrea Leatherman rode her own Mensa to victory by the narrowest margin over Thailand’s Nina Ligon and Fernhill Fearless. Leatherman moved up from fifth after the dressage to take the lead following the cross-country, posting one of only four double-clear rounds. In the final phase, Mensa left all the rails in place but collected five time faults to stay .6 points ahead of Ligon. Doug Payne and Running Order collected third place honors. In the CIC3*, Will Faudree and Pawlow were the only pair in either threestar division to show jump double clear,

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Mandatory Outing The USEF has announced that the Mandatory Outing for Eventing for the 2011 Pan American Games will be held at the Richland Park Horse Trials in Richland, MI, on August 25-28, 2011. The event will run a separate division for the USEF Short Listed riders. Their division will include the FEI CCI2* dressage test and the advanced cross-country and jumping tracks. Short Listed horse/ rider combinations must compete in the Mandatory Outing, unless excused for veterinary, medical or exceptional circumstances. The Pan American Games will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, this fall,

and eventing will be run at the CCI2* level. The eventing competition will take place from October 20-23, 2011. Richland Park features Horse Trials from Novice to Advanced, a CIC3* and a CIC2* as well Young Horse Divisions.

Bromont The Bromont CCI drew many U.S. riders to Canada for the weekend, and all three CCI divisions were won from wire-to-wire. Clark Montgomery and Loughan Glen picked up a big win in the CCI3* ďŹ nishing on a score of 47. The pair maintained their dressage lead, adding just a handful of time faults on their clean cross-country round, and went in to the show jumping phase with a rail in hand. They had the fourth fence down, the only fault during their otherwise lovely round, enabling Montgomery to hold on to the win. Great Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leslie Law rode Rehy Lux to a close second while Philip Dutton and William Penn ďŹ nished third. Canadian Rebecca Howard and Roquefort won the CCI2*, but Americans Hannah Sue Burnett and Harbour Pilot and Philip Dutton and Mighty Nice rounded out the top three. In the CCI1* Will Coleman and Zipp added just a few time cross-country time penalties and a rail in stadium to their dressage score to win on a 47.80.

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Bruce Christison and Goodman received the Hoffman Van Wieren Trophy for Grand Champion Hunter.

Christina Jason rode Allison Mills’ Renoir Z to victory in the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby.

Vick Russell and Lucky One captured the blue in the $10,000 EMO Insurance Jumper Classic.

Tryon Summer Classic Wrap-up The 2011 Tryon Summer Classic came to a close on Sunday, June 5, 2011. The show took place at FENCE (Foothills Equestrian Nature Center) in beautiful Tryon, NC, June 2-5. FENCE is an over-

380-acre nature, education, and recreation facility nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Equus Events, Inc. handled the managing duties this week. The Tryon Hounds were once again the show’s beneficiary and put on two fabulous parties during the event. On Friday evening, the $2,500 USHJA National Hunter Derby was held under the lights, along with an Exhibitors’ Party in the VIP Tent, sponsored by the Tryon Hounds. While exhibitors and spectators enjoyed cocktails and dinner, 16 horses and riders were prepping to compete in the National Hunter Derby. Joseph Carnicom of Toledo, OH, designed the course, which featured four height options and natural obstacles, such as coops, brush boxes, split rail fencing and rustic logs. Christina Jason and Allison Mills’ Renior Z came home victorious in the class with a first-round score of 87 and a second-round score of 85, which gave them a 189 two-round total to take the win over Lisa Otto’s Duke Principe MF and rider Holli Adams. Christina rides for DFG Stables and Daniel and Cathy Geitner out of Aiken, SC. She handled most of the riding duties this week at the Tryon Summer Classic, along with Cathy Geitner, while Daniel was with clients at the Devon Horse Show. Christina stated, “The hospitality at this show is fantastic; the courses were great; and Renoir Z really rose to the occasion!” Originally from Rochester, MI, the young professional now lives in Aiken, SC. She continued, “I already owe a lot of my accomplishments to Cathy and Daniel. They are both great horsemen, and I am privileged to learn from the best”. Jason’s winning ways continued on to Saturday evening’s $10,000 EMO Insurance Jumper Classic, which was presented by The Tryon Hounds and EMO Insurance Agency. One of only two clear in the first round, a lone rail in the jump-off kept CDS Stables’ Snook and Jason in second, while hometown rider, Vick Russell, and Lily Hahn’s Lucky One captured the blue with a clear round and time of 45.189. “Great class, I really am the Lucky One,” cited Russell. Russell was joined in the winner’s circle by EMO representative, Martha Hall, as well as

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the owners of Lucky One Lily Hahn, husband Ben, and new baby Benjamin. During the class, patrons were treated to the Tryon Hounds annual fundraiser in the VIP tent, which included libations and local cuisine donated by area eateries. An exhibitors’ area was also available during the Jumper Classic under the hospitality tent, which offered riders and trainers cold drinks, beer, and wine as well as pizza from the local Buck’s Pizzeria. The exhibitors’ area was graciously sponsored by Benchmark Farm and Martin and Dana Klein, Juan and Jennifer Gamboa, and DFG Stables and Daniel and Cathy Geitner. Earlier in the day, Baskin Robbins was on hand with an ice cream sundae bar for everyone to enjoy. The ice cream party was sponsored by Equus Events and the Godard Family. Sunday, the ﬁnal day of the show, brought many of the Tryon Hound’s perpetual trophies being awarded to some of the show’s Grand Champion and High Point riders. Some of the winners included: *Hoffman Van Wieren Trophy for Grand Champion Hunter – Goodman, owned by Katherine Coster and ridden by Bruce Christison *Frederick B Farwell Grand Champion Amateur Owner – Good Thing and Carol O’Brien *The Fox Creek Farm Challenge Trophy Grand Junior Hunter – Funny Face, owned by Charlotte Hoffman and ridden by Michael Kocher *The Red Frazier Memorial Grand Pony Hunter – Winter Wardrobe, owned by Hannah Siegel and ridden by Elizabeth Butterworth *The George Webster High Point Short Stirrup – Savannah Smiles and Kendall Edwards *Grand Adult Hunter – Road to Time, owned by Daniel Robertshaw and ridden by Grayson Schirmer *Grand Children’s Hunter – Bulls Bay, owned by Ann Rice Ervin and ridden by Jessica Rooks The ﬁnal event of the show was the Ariat® Charity Challenge. Congratulations to Thermal Belt Outreach Ministries and team, Motlow Creek, for taking the victory in the challenge.

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Award-Winning Reputation Horses and riders weren’t the only things working together at the 2011 St. Christopher’s Horse Show, which returned to Pennsylvania’s picturesque Lebanon Valley region at the historic Quentin Riding Club in Quentin, PA, May 11-15. Mother nature cooperated with the horse show’s busy schedule, holding her forecasted thunderstorms at bay until competitors in the ﬁnal class lined up to receive their awards. Highlighting the show was the $10,000 Mini Prix, won by Brittany Hurst and Vicky, owned by Redﬁeld Farm, LLC. In addition to the Olisco Trophy, which was presented to Hurst for her Mini Prix victory, she also took home the Grand Couer Trophy given to the horse show’s Leading Jumper Rider. For more information on this year’s St. Christopher’s Horse Show, please contact Ryegate Show Services at 717867-5643 or stchris@ryegate.com or visit Ryegate’s website at www.ryegate.com.

Gray Slipper Retires The 2011 Devon Horse Show proved to be a very emotional event for Derbydown, as they retired the great hunter Gray Slipper, who was successfully campaigned for many years by Louise Serio and owner Bridget Hallman. The prestigious Dixon Oval was a ﬁtting location for the moving ceremony, as Gray Slipper has claimed two Grand Championship titles during his competitive years. Over the past 11 years, Gray Slipper was awarded the 2006 Chronicle of the Horse Overall and Hunter Horse of the Year, was Grand Champion three times at

Gray Slipper was retired during the 2011 Devon Horse Show.

the Capital Challenge Horse Show, Grand Champion two times at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Grand Champion at the Washington International Horse Show, and Winter Equestrian Festival Circuit Champion.

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$50,000 Final The 2011 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series will culminate with a $50,000 Championship Final. The Final – the $50,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior/ Amateur-Owner Championship presented by Sleepy P Ranch, Deeridge Farm and Chansonette Farm – will be held on Saturday, November 5 as part of the Alltech National Horse Show, 128th edition, CSI-W

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News From Stone Hollow Sport Horses By Beth Thomas

We took three horses to the NJHAHA show in May and enjoyed great success as well as all kinds of weather over the weekend: rain, beautiful, then cloudy and cool! We had a great time and it was fun to see our more “northern” friends. Two of our horses made their over fences debut and accounted well for themselves. Miranda Kuchera’s Anglo gelding, RA Peaceinyourheart, earned a reserve championship in the lows, and our four-year old Anglo gelding, SH Deseo, proved himself quite brave facing his first courses! Look out for both of these boys in the future as they learn their jobs! Miranda’s pony, Kryptonite SC, ably ridden by Kayla Lamison, did well with several championships and reserves in ponies and modifieds. Kayla also earned a nice second in one of the Medal classes. The two Anglos went on to show in Sport Horse. Peace earned a second and third in the open, and Deseo earned two seconds in hand and a first and second in the junior horse class. A long cross-country journey brought Stone Hollow its newest resident, purebred gelding, Russian Roulett. Well known as a successful jumper in the west, “Sasha” has returned to the state of his birth for a well-deserved retirement. Owner, Angelique Anthony, is also returning to her home county and is looking forward to the quiet PA countryside. Welcome to both!

Pink Horse Performance Successes By Laurie Ann Salmi

This May at Arabian Region 12 Championships, in Perry, GA, my two students did very well. Gretchen Johnson and her mare, Carolina Bey, were Top Five Arabian Sport Horse Mare In Hand and junior exhibitor. Alessa Craner and her gelding, Nicholas of Soho, were

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Dale Brown and DA Cheap Thrills++++//.

nearly two and a half hours ahead of second place finisher Shelley Bridges and Xtreme Impact. In the CEIY*, Alexa Bridges rode Xtreme Phlame to the win in 8:31, Mariana Meixueiro Guzman (MEX) was second aboard LZP Julioslastchance in a time of 9:00. In the CEI2* 120km, Nicole Smith rode Ravenwood Shahbar first across the finish line in 7:57. Deanna Guinasso and RGR Flashfire were second in a time of 8:11. In the CEIY2*, lone entrant Jessica DiCamillo and SHA Strike Two finished in 8:58. The weekend wrapped up with a CEI* 80km where Kassandra DiMaggio was the sole entry and rode WT Diego to the finish line in 8:08.

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Top Five in western horsemanship and Champion in Arabian Sport Horse Gelding In Hand JTH. Many thanks to Dale Brown for his help with the “gang.” Dale Brown, a national level Arabian trainer and good friend has my personal show mare, DA Cheap Thrills++++//, in western pleasure training. After almost a decade of being a national level halter/ hunter pleasure/dressage horse, I thought I’d let “Trixie” do something else. She adores Dale and seems to like her new job. Dale and Trixie earned the Open Western Pleasure Championship at the Magnolia Spring show in April. I showed Trixie to a Top Five in western sidesaddle at Region 12.

Shine On The Shine and Shine Only CEI/CEIY took place over two days in San Jose, CA. Jeremy Reynolds and Stirgess rode to a commanding win in the CEI* 80km. Reynolds crossed the ﬁnish line in 6:06,

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In Memoriam: Gordon Shea 1912-2011

Gordon Shea, son of Herb and Ethel Shea, was born August 10, 1925, in Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Canada, where he grew up as one of nine children. In 1960, Shea accepted a horse training position in Tucson, AZ. In 1966, Shea went to Clay’s Arabians. Next came eight years managing Gainey Arabians’ three

Industry Arabian locations and training numerous Gainey Arabians to national honors. Beginning in 1974, Shea trained national champions at Gordon Shea Arabians. Funeral services were held on Saturday May 28, 2011 at Messinger Pinnacle Peak Mortuary in Scottsdale. In lieu of ﬂowers, it was Shea’s wish that contributions be sent to the Horsemen’s Distress Fund (www.horsemensdistressfund.com) and Horse Help (www.horseshelp.org).

The Fight of Her Life Lillie is a beautiful, bright and energetic 13-year-old who was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, in her left femur. On May 11, 2010, Lillie was told that she would be spending the next year basically living in Primary Children’s Medical center getting constant chemotherapy treatments. It seemed as though her life as she knew it was coming to an abrupt stop, just as she had gotten her new horse and found her passion for showing horses. Lillie was started on chemo within one week of her diagnosis, and after three months of aggressive chemo, she had the operation to remove the tumor, along with most of the bones and much of the muscle and tissue in her left leg. Lillie has her horse, Mo, and her passion for showing to look forward to as she heals. When her tumor was removed, the doctors hoped for at least a 90% death of the tumor. That shows that chemotherapy is working and killing the cancer throughout her body. Unfortunately, Lillie’s tumor was only 50% dead, which means the chemotherapy that she’d had for three months was not successful. This meant that the only option was to put Lillie on an even more powerful chemo to try to kill any cancer cells left in her body from the original tumor. The chemotherapy treatments have been very difﬁcult on

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Industry Morgan

Morgan News

Suzy Stafford and PVF Peace of Mind at the Brandywine Carriage Driving Show.

Morgan Drives to Win The Morgan stallion, PL Power And Praise.

PL Be Gloriﬁed with her new owner, Susan Ricks.

Promised Land Farm News Patty Clark, of Promised Land Farm in Spencer, OH, writes, “Wow, April and May were whirlwind months! After a devastating March with the loss of a beautiful cremello colt born 36 days early, we really needed some uplifting around here. April started slow, but ended with the birth of a huge buckskin colt we named PL Blessed Beyond Belief, by our cremello stallion SFG Inﬁnity And Beyond and out of Immortal Blessing. This was Blessing’s eighth foal, her seventh buckskin and the ﬁfth of this tried-and-true cross. He is for sale, at a reduced price before weaning. His siblings are winning Championships from coast-to-coast in hunter and western pleasure, plus making incredible trail horses and best friends. Mom is back in foal for full sibling number six. “We then sold a client’s horse to his forever home, and two weeks later sold our gorgeous three-year-old brown stallion, PL Power And Praise (FCF Esprit De Lark x Immortal Blessing), to Janie Denning of Tennessee. Janie had been

looking for a new western prospect to send to Erin Silver of Silver Mesa Morgans of Oregon, and ‘Sammy’ was all she had been looking for. Erin owns the sport horse in hand champion and western pleasure winning palomino mare, PL Dancing With Angels. So, we were even more excited for her to have a second PLbred horse out there to train and show! “On May 16, I became a grandma for the first time. My son, Andres, and his wife, Jenny, welcomed a beautiful baby girl, named Bella Jourdae Guardiola, into the world, and she has us all wrapped around her little finger already. “Two weeks later, we had a lovely visitor from Colorado, who had been searching for an all-around horse that she could show hunter, ride dressage, drive and trail ride in the thousands of acres of trails near her home, and PL Be Glorified (SFG Infinity And Beyond x Trinity Glory), our four-year-old golden palomino Jr. Hunter Champion, fit everything she was looking for! Not only that, but when she rode her, they clicked immediately. She loved how wonderfully Elizabeth DeSarle, our trainer, had her trained. “And in the midst of all of this, we had a client bring us two mares, one for Elizabeth to train and a bay War And Peace daughter out of a Longview Sundance daughter to be bred to Buzz. They are just beside themselves with anticipation of their first foal and a colorful one to boot! We do have limited openings for training and consignment horses. Please take the time to visit us at www. plfmorgans.com.”

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Gold medalist combined driver, Suzy Stafford, and her young equine partner, PVF Peace of Mind (Statesmans Signature x JPR Have Mercy), showed the driving world that age is only a number during the Brandywine Carriage Driving Show. At only four years of age, and at her ﬁrst recognized driving show, Peace of Mind, or Hunny, drove away with the Single Horse Championship, the High Point Morgan Horse award, and won the American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA) High Point Trophy. “Hunny is the most settled young horse I have ever worked with,” Stafford said. “She is only four years old, but she arrives on the show grounds as if she has been doing this for years. I am really looking forward to her progress as she develops and gets stronger.” Stafford, who has been long-listed for the 2011 FEI World Pony Driving Championships with her registered half Arabian mare, Miss Josephine, said a sponsor purchased Hunny for her in the spring of 2010 from Deborah Keiffer of Parlor View Farm in New York. “I had been looking for a quality young horse to bring along, and Hunny had all of the attributes I was looking for,” Stafford said. “I am excited about Hunny because she is a lovely mover with great character, a good mind and correct conformation. My goal with Hunny is to move her up through the levels of Combined Driving and see how far it takes us!” Stafford operates her Stafford Carriage Driving facility out of Chester County in PA, from April to December, and is stationed in Aiken, SC, from January through April. To learn more about Stafford, visit her website at www. staffordcarriagedriving.com.

Industry Morgan

Mid-A Morgan Raises Money On Thursday evening, June 23, a check for $10,000 was presented to Carilion Clinic’s Every Woman’s Life organization during a center ring presentation at the 55th Annual Mid-Atlantic Morgan Horse Show in Lexington, VA. Over the past two years, much needed funds for breast cancer research have been raised through the United Professional Horsemen’s Association’s (UPHA) Pink Ribbon Program at various horse shows throughout the country. As one of the top ﬁve horse shows in the country to raise money for the cause, The Mid-Atlantic Morgan Horse Show has supported the funding of research and raising of awareness so one day breast cancer can be eradicated. The show was recognized and honored by the UPHA Foundation, Inc. with a check of $10,000 to donate to a local cause of its choice. After extensive research, Kim GermCramer, chairman of the Mid-A Show’s

Pink Ribbon Committee, chose the Carilion Clinic’s Every Woman’s Life as an organization well worth the donation. Kim, speaking on behalf of the Mid-A Morgan Show Committee, felt every woman should have an equal chance of a quality life despite the disparities in ﬁnancial, educational, and medical support. “When women who are uninsured or who fall through the social cracks have such an organization like Every Woman’s Life, which offers free screenings for early detection of cancer, leading to early treatment and an increased chance of survival, it is a godsend,” explained Germ-Cramer. “After reaching out to the community and ﬁnding this local organization, we are deeply encouraged and know the fruits of our fundraising efforts are in a sector where an immediate difference can be made.”

Championship Morgan Horse Show® is proud to announce a continued relationship with the City of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds. Show Manager, Fred Nava, and 2011 Show Chairman, C. A. Lee III, recently signed a ﬁve-year contract extension that will keep the show in Oklahoma City at this stateof-the-art facility through 2017. “It is great to have such a long-standing relationship with a city and fairgrounds that share in our tradition of excellence,” stated Nava. “We look forward to another great show this year, followed by many more!” The Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show will take place on October 8-15, 2011. For more information, visit www.morgangrandnational.com. Want to see YOUR NAME in Morgan news? Send your information and photos to editorial@equinejournal.com. Visit www.equinejournal.com for the latest Morgan news.

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Industry Quarter Horse

Quarter Horse Region 10 Show The 2011 AQHA Region 10 Show, held May 13-15 at the Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, NC, was met with rave reviews. Three-pointed AQHA shows were offered in conjunction with the Region 10 show. Region 10 judges were Dan Trein, Margo Ball, and Lee Ann Demars; the AQHA show judges were Holly Hover, Patty Campbell and Brendan Brown. Markel Insurance sponsored six specially-designed Tex Tan® western saddles to be awarded to the all-around high-point winners in the Novice Youth, Novice Amateur, Youth 13 and Under, Youth 1418, Amateur and Amateur Select divisions. Congratulations to all!

Novice Championship Show AQHA is partnering with one of its largest affiliates – the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Association – to sponsor the PCQHA Novice Championship Show October 14 in Rancho Murieta, CA. Held for the first time in 2010, the PCQHA Novice Championship Show resulted in a good turnout of novice youth and novice amateur exhibitors. This year, the PCQHA Novice Championship Show will be open to exhibitors in three other states comprising the region (Arizona, Nevada and Utah), with each state setting its own qualifying criteria. Additionally, the top three finishers in the appropriate classes at the AQHA Region Seven Championship held in Salina, UT, will receive an invitation to the PCQHA Novice Championship Show.

New Exhibitor Recognition The American Quarter Horse Association will be recognizing a new level

of exhibitors at four of its world championship shows this year. At the 2011 Built Ford Tough AQHYA, Adequan Select, Bank of America Amateur and Fedex Open world championship shows, AQHA will recognize the top three Intermediate exhibitors in each youth, amateur, select and open class. “This is a great way to introduce some of the show or competition-leveling concepts that AQHA has been exploring over the last couple of years,” said AQHA President Peter J. Cofrancesco III. “Recognizing the Intermediate exhibitor is a way to shine the spotlight on exhibitors who have worked hard to qualify for our world shows and are tough competitors at our world shows year after year, but don’t make it into the top 10.”

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Industry Quarter Horse

OK, Lea Ann Koch of Oswego, IL, led Best To Be Me, or “Fanny,” an American Quarter Horse filly she bred and raised with her late father, Dr. Howard Koch. A 2010 daughter of Kid Coolsified, Fanny almost didn’t happen because Howard couldn’t bring himself to breed her dam, Best To Be Silent. Howard purchased Best To Be Silent from breeder, Billy Rex Lawrence, and before she was a month old, Lea Ann led her to the 2002 AQHA reserve world championship in three-year-old mares. “He would never breed (Best To Be Silent) because Dad just wanted to look at her and enjoy her, (he didn’t want to make) her carry a colt,” Lea Ann recalls. Best To Be Silent had a 2008 filly by The Package, and Lea Ann “begged him” to let her breed the mare to Kid Coolsified.” Howard passed away in 2009 and never saw the result of the breeding. Fanny arrived in March 2010, and Lea Ann led her to a bronze trophy win in amateur weanling mares at the 2010 AQHA World Championship Show.

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Affiliations Associations, clubs and organizations that promote their objectives, breed or discipline with the assistance of the Equine Journal.

American Friesian Association ................................... 206

Massachusetts Quarter Horse Association ............... 216

Berks Equine Council .................................................... 213

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Black Swamp Driving Club........................................... 205

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Arabian

Rhode Island Arabian Horse Association Annual Open Horse Show RIAHA will hold its 2011 Annual Open Horse Show at a NEW facility this year. The show is scheduled for August 28 at Red Rock Farm / Dwyer Equine, LLC, 180 Plainﬁeld Pike, Foster, RI. Kevin Dwyer, well known Arabian horse trainer, has recently acquired this facility and has graciously agreed to let RIAHA use his new location for the show. Make a note of it and while you’re at it, also note that we have rolled back the prices

of our classes. The economy the way it is, we feel for our exhibitors and their families who feel the crunch. The Association has removed the registration fee for the Year-End Award Program and has added new classes to its’ Prize List. A win / win situation for all. More Divisions are offered and a high caliber Day-End HighPoint Award as well. As always, we pride ourselves on the quality of our awards and of course, the generosity of our sponsors is a welcome feature. We ask that exhibitors and spectators alike patronize our Sponsors. Without them, we could not offer the quality show that it is. Again, I must stress that you make a note of all the changes especially of the NEW location of the Annual Open Horse Show. Mr. Kevin Dwyer’s Red Rock Farm offers many amenities for the exhibitors. You will ﬁnd a spacious warm-up ring and parking in the front; a Jumping / Dressage ring in the back; a large Indoor arena and a pleasant staff of workers to accommodate all your needs. A food concession supplied by Fire & Ice Caterers will offer a variety of foods for breakfast and lunch and anything in between. Credit Cards will be accepted for your convenience. We also ask that if you plan on staying for the day or viewing

for a while that you bring a chair. Seating will be limited. The Secretary’s booth will open at 8 A.M. with show starting at 9 A.M. Note Of Interest: Double Points For RIAHA Members Only. Prize-List and information in regards to the show may be had by e-mailing Lu Guilbault Mgr. at: lugilbo@cox.net or calling 1-401-568-8238. Club News: RIAHA holds its monthly general Meeting on the fourth Tuesday or Thursday of each month alternating every other month. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, AUGUST 25. Meetings are open and memberships are available as well. The meeting ofﬁcially starts at 7:30 p.m. with President Anne Cardoza presiding. Questions? Contact Anne: (401) 647-3245 E-mail: Rosehome@gte.net. Visit our Web site: riarabianhorseassociation.com and learn all about our Association and what it has to offer. Right now, RIAHA is offering participation in the NUTRENA CLUB SUPPORT PROGRAM. Check web site for all details. Check our Annual Open Horse Show Ad in this issue of the Equine Journal. Submitted by Pauline M. Comire

Distance Riding

Ohio Arabian & All Breed Trail Society Hi everyone! This is going to be short and sweet this month. We had water damage to carpets in my house a couple months ago and decided that while we were replacing carpet we may as well paint and do new curtains too. So the house is a wreck and my schedule is crazy busy. Not much news this month, other than monsoon season ﬁnally seems to have left us. Of course, it went from monsoon to mid-Summer without much trouble for Spring, which is annoying. 202, Equine Journal Afﬁliations, August 2011

Barb Oberhaus and TB mare Gypsy

Barb and Tennessee Walker mare Beauty

but such is life. The distance clinic we held went well. There was very low attendance, but

the people who were there seemed to get a lot out of it so that’s good. Thanks to the people at Misty Ridge Farm; they were wonderful hosts. And hopefully

Distance Riding we’ll see some new faces on trail this year. One of the demo horses belonged to Martha Murdock, a Region 14 member who has been active in showing for years, and still is, but has also gotten the distance riding bug. She said her horse (sorry Martha, I forget his name) is a fairly good eater but not always voracious, but when she brought him in and he saw all the tubs laid out in our mock vet check he made a beeline for them. He was very annoyed to ﬁnd them empty! Mollie had brought a bag of a new product called super mash, so she went ahead and set that up for him and he gave it his very strong stamp of approval, but was still annoyed that the rest of them were just for show. Smart boy! I’ll leave you with a member spotlight, this month the spotlight is on Barb Oberhaus. Happy riding, and don‘t forget the

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ﬁnished. I stopped competing in 2006. I always seem to have an opinion so I was accepted to the AHAO Distance Tail Riding board in 1994 and started handling the Jacket/Blanket awards in 1996 for the year end banquet. I am also the one that makes the novice awards. Since then we became OAATS, INC and I am still on the board. The last few years my husband Tom and I put on the Ride Like A Fool CTR in April at Oak Openings. I do not ride competitively anymore but I do a lot of trail riding on a walking horse named Beauty. We help mark and unmark the mandatory ride when it is at Scioto and I help back at camp where needed. I am retiring this year from my job as a labor and delivery nurse of 41 years so you may see me around if you trail ride.

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Dressage

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area of dressage and eventing. The club presents educational opportunities in the form of programs, fun shows, schooling show, camp and year-end awards. We are an enthusiastic group of equestrians who work together to encourage, support and educate each other in developing a partnership with their horse. The club presents seminars and demonstrations throughout the year to educate its members. Some of the topics covered in the past have been hoof care, veterinary care, and lunging the horse. Three to four fun shows are scheduled each year and they comprise Intro up to Second level tests. The riders can ride several tests in a relaxed environment with additional feedback from the judge due to fewer time constraints. These shows are an indispensable learning experience especially for the beginner rider. The schooling show is a terriﬁc way

for members to learn the ins and outs of competition. Our members help organize and put on the show in addition to competing. Camp is a four-day clinic with two dressage instructors giving group and private lessons. The year-end awards reward riders for their hard work throughout the year and encourage continued pursuit of equestrian excellence. The members of FDCTA are of all ages and level of experience. They beneﬁt from one another’s skills and experience. The camaraderie and educational components of this club make it an excellent resource for the dedicated equestrian. Submitted by Sarah Potts President FDCTA 2011

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Driving

Black Swamp Driving Club Wow! It’s August already, The Black Swamp Driving Club is in full swing in our 2011 events. We have had many events already completed and many yet to come. We do have one drive still in the works. I don’t have a date or time yet, so please watch the newsletter. Here is the list of conﬁrmed drives yet to come. August 21 - Carriage Display - Cedar Cove, Ada, OH September 25 - Coon Hunters Drive, Tifﬁn, OH October 4-9 - National Drive at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY October 8 - Hites’ Homestead Drive, Kenton, OH October 16 - Parker Bridge, Upper Sandusky, OH

November 5 - Maumee Bay State Park Drive, Oregon, OH November 12 - Annual Banquet, Plaza Inn, Mt.Victory, OH December 17 - Christmas at the Farm, Kenton, OH There is a wide variety of drives, different things to do and see, and its really nice to take in the country side from a carriage. It is truly awesome. The Board of Directors are planning a meeting to go over some outstanding issues and to go over plans for the banquet. If the members have anything they would like the board to address, please let us know. This is also a good time to think about being on the Board of Directors. If you are interested in becoming a board member, please let one of the existing board members know. That way your name can be added to the ballot prior to the Annual Banquet. You may have noticed that Jackie Minges has a place in the newsletter for things for sale or things that people would like to buy. If you have some items that you would like to place in the newsletter, please let Jackie know. You never can tell, something you would like to get rid of

could just be the thing someone is looking for. The club has really been busy this year. If you have any news or information that you would like to appear in the article please let me know. I need the information before the 15th of the month. You can send it to my email address, higgy122@msn.com or call me at 740251-7193. I would like to thank Sandy Young and Peg Graham for their hard work on the scrapbooks. They are really nice, great job ladies! If anyone has pictures of events, even some that go a few years back, please let us know. There are a few drives that pictures were limited, so if you have some pictures of events, please bring them along to one of the drives. It could be the ones that they are looking for. This is all I have for this issue. As always, there is an open invitation to attend one of our drives. We have fun, fellowship, and of course great potlucks! Please come and join us! Until next month, Enjoy! Roger Higgins Jr. Reporter

Fjord

Northeast Fjord Horse Association Another great example of how much Fjords can do was demonstrated on May 29, 2011 in Boyds, MD, at the United Stated Pony Club (USPC) Maryland Region Polocrosse rally. Polocrosse, which is a combination of polo and lacrosse and invented in Australia in the 1930’s, is a fast moving game with three

Alex and Ture playing polocrosse. Alex and Ture galloping across the ﬁeld.

members on each team. Teams play in tournaments consisting of several six or eight minute chukkas over the course of the day. Unlike polo, players don’t use a string of horses during the match but play

with the same horse all day, with breaks between chukkers to let the horses recover. Even at lower levels it is an incredibly fast and exciting game to play and watch, with the horses and players barreling down the ﬁeld close together and back again trying to score goals. There are polocrosse clubs across the United States August 2011, Equine Journal Afﬁliations, 205

Fjord

Alex and Ture with the polocrosse team.

and around the world, as well as polocrosse played within the USPC. Alex Harvey, 16, is a member of the Redland Hunt Pony Club in Maryland, and participated with his 15hh 11-yearold Fjord gelding Lee Lane Ture. This was the ﬁrst year the club decided to play polocrosse and it was a resounding success,

with them fielding three separate teams. Alex, playing offense, and his two fellow Redland Hunt Pony Club team members won their Novice division, undefeated in four chukkas with Alex scoring seven goals overall. To quote Alex, “Polocrosse is awesome!” Ture handled the challenges of polocrosse with no problem despite the heat of the day. He also didn’t seem to mind the polocrosse ball (a soft ball about the size of a softball) bouncing off of his nose occasionally or the racket flying past his face! After each chukka the players immediately dismounted and went to an area for untacking and hosing the horses down to cool them out. You could just see the excitement in both Alex and Ture as they flew back and forth. Ture is one of our two Fjords. We got him and our 14hh mare GVF Jordbaer in 2004 and have done just about every-

thing that can be done with horses with them. They have been trusty trail horses, driven a cart and carriage (singly), done dressage including a pas de deux, jumping, eventing and Pony Club games. Ture took Alex through his C-1 rating in Pony Club jumping 2’9” stadium and cross country courses. We are so lucky to have them both and Alex has formed a real partnership of trust over the years. Ture’s next event is the USPC Maryland Region C Level Dressage Rally on June 26, 2011. Later in the summer he will attend some schooling dressage shows at First Level and possibly attend the USPC National Championships at Lexington Horse Park in Kentucky. Just one more example of how Fjords make us proud! Submitted by member Elisa Harvey

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American Friesian Association Overview of the American Friesian Association Thanks to a dedicated group of individuals who love the Friesian horse, the American Friesian Association has been formed. The American Friesian Association (AFA) was organized to preserve and promote the purebred Friesian horse in America, to promote the Friesian Derivative horse in America, and to serve the owners of these horses. The AFA is committed to the breed standard of the purebred Friesian horse, as interpreted from the Friesch Paarden Stamboek (FPS) with regard to the needs of American owners for a healthy, sound horse suitable 206, Equine Journal Afﬁliations, August 2011

for performance in the current equestrian world. Our goal is to maintain the beauty and uniqueness of the Friesian horse, as it has been known throughout history. The AFA is also committed to high standards of quality, integrity, honesty, and fairness for all horses and members. The founders recognized the evergrowing demand for an American-based registry for the Friesian. The AFA wishes to register purebred and partbred Friesians while providing equal and fair representation for all horses and owners while maintaining the quality and integrity of the breed. The AFA was born out of a need for an American registry with American rules. A registry was needed for American owners who have felt like they deserved a registry that they believed in, one that did not feel so distant and out of reach. There was a need for a registry whose interest lies in promoting the American bred and owned horses, offering them attainable goals, and allowing for equality for all purebred Friesians. The AFA is also committed to embracing the Friesian Warmblood (Friesian cross) and giving those horses and owners

an association that is everything to them as it is to the purebred horses and owners. Mirrored beneﬁts such as registration, breed inspection, awards, and more will all be available to the Friesian Warmblood. The AFA will honor horses of quality through breed inspections and predicate levels, and we have built these standards into our rules. The AFA will view all purebred registered Friesians as equals, offering the ability to earn predicates and status to all horses based on their individual quality and ability. Inspections will be done using a “blind judging” system, meaning that the horse’s pedigree, owner, trainer, and other information will not be disclosed to the judge(s) prior to their being judged and receiving their scores. For those owners who wish to breed their horses, AFA will offer pedigree information, inspection results, and performance scores to empower owners to make wise breeding decisions. The AFA understands that many purebred Friesian owners may not feel comfortable immediately switching over to a new American registry, and with the

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Friesian foreign based registries not allowing dual registration, the recording option has been developed by the AFA as a good way for owners to “try out” the AFA without putting their original registry afﬁliation in danger. In this way, the Recorded horses may participate in AFA inspections and other functions. Their offspring may be AFA registered. This gives the owner a chance to learn more about the AFA, see where the AFA is going, and decide if they want to continue with membership and registering horses. Recorded horses may at any time be upgraded to Registered horses, keeping all titles and predicates earned from the foreign registry and/or any AFA inspections. Additionally, the AFA meets the requirements of IFSHA (International Friesian Show Horse Association) by microchipping and DNA testing our horses as a means of positive identiﬁcation, so that all our registered horses may participate in the IFSHA and USEF (United States Equestrian Federation) recognized Friesian shows. The AFA is also recognized by the USDF (United States Dressage Federation) as a breed registry so our members and

their horses may participate in the USDF Breed Year End Awards. Here are just a few highlights you can look forward to with the AFA: • Sensible breeding practices – AFA will register all Purebred Friesians equally. • Opportunity to belong to a registry that wants to hear your voice and concerns. • Inspections with licensed American Judges and Blind Judging for all horses, Purebred and Derivatives alike. • Emphasis on breed type, movement, and conformation, with athletic talent and ability also considered important. • All honors/status/predicates earned by your horse from the foreign registries will be honored by AFA. No removal of earned status/predicates. Once earned, always respected and held. • AFA Status/Predicate Level earnings. • AFA Supreme Sire or Supreme Dam awards. • AFA Friesian Fun Riding and Driving Log Program. • AFA Year End Awards for many competition and promotion categories.

• AFA Lifetime Cumulative Awards for individual performance as well as for production of quality performance offspring. • Timely response to member inquiries, requests, Registration Documentation, Transfer of Ownership, etc. • A place for the Friesian Warmblood (cross) complete with mirrored beneﬁts of a purebred. • Recording of horses belonging to foreign registries, whose owners are not yet ready to give up registration within those registries, allowing participation in AFA inspections, as well as allowing the owners to “try on” the AFA. • Tracking of Bloodlines, Inspection Scores, and Performance records. • A forum for having fun and enjoying our Friesian or Friesian Derivative. Please check out the AFA at our website www.americanfriesianassocation. com or email info@americanfriesianassocation.com or call 912-462-6330 and ask for Button Lee for more information. Submitted by Button Lee

that supports multiple projects to help injured and disabled military heroes, our soldiers who have bravely served and sacriﬁced in defense of our country. It seems quite ﬁtting that a show celebrating the War Horse of Old could help raise in excess of $20,000 dollars for our young warriors. This considerable amount of funds was raised through the efforts of all our generous sponsors and volunteers who worked very hard on this year’s show. A very special thanks must go out to Rob and Tammy Hildreth without

whom the show and fundraising would have not been such an overwhelming success. Dressage started the show off on Wednesday with Axel Steiner ofﬁciating. Many great rides were performed and good scores awarded. There were many memorable rides including Seelchen Feibush at Prix St George with Meinte, Karen Cornelius winning the USDF Free Style with Pieter Franken’s Jouke and all the way from Canada the FEI Musical Freestyle Champion Alwyn and Chelsea

International Friesian Show Horse Association Recap of the 2010 IFSHA World and Grand National Championship Horse Show, held October 13-17, 2010, at the Del Mar Arena Equestrian Complex, San Diego, CA A record number of over one hundred and fifty horses participated in over 200 Championship classes and exhibitions over five glorious days of near perfect Southern California weather. Friesian horses from all over North America, Canada and Mexico came together for a great horse show with an even greater cause, as this year, the event was run as a fundraiser for the Rick Roberts’ Warrior Foundation. The Warrior Foundation is a Non-profit organization 208, Equine Journal Affiliations, August 2011

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Balcaen. Gwen Blake, Kamila Dupont and Paige Ruhl were also among the top scoring riders. Dr Walter de la Brosse judged some very deep Dressage/Sport Horse In Hand classes and quickly changed gears officiating in the very popular Trail division. The Part-bred Friesian division was beautifully represented by a colorful group of quality horses. A stand out this year was the Morgan cross gelding, Beau who was shown to multiple Championships by Lauren LaVine for Carol Carfagno. Cassandra Adams showed several horses to many Wins including Chip Davis’ unforgettable Storm Shadow and her own Aramis. Baskera Knight, shown by Darcy Edwards for Tracy and Stan Owens showed she has a bright future with several wins and the beautiful mare Bijou owned and shown by Dr Todd Browning followed her 2009 wins in St Louis with some great victories in Del Mar. It was a young black and white weanling Saddlebred cross filly that seemed to steal everyone’s hearts, including the Judges as the breathtaking TDR Zivah The Diva won more than her share of Tri Colors with Xena Vimercati. This fi lly’s sire Sjoerd is

Northeast Friesian Horse Club While we often gladly read about our member’s successes and experiences at pleasure shows, it isn’t often we hear about one of our very own Friesians doing cross-country. With

proving himself in the breeding shed and the show ring in a big way this year with countless wins in performance and halter. Tom Demyon made many great victory passes over the week and none more impressive than his wins with Willem in Halter and the Saddle Seat Division for owner Rena Bilodeau. Lance Bennett’s entries from Friesian Focus were on their game as we have come to expect from his exceptional string of horses with many wins under saddle and in harness, including impressive amateur victories for Carson Kressley and Joan Fernandez. Koreen Greenberg’s horses were exceptional as usual and her beautiful smile was contagious as she watched and won herself. Audrey Bostwick judged all the Carriage Driving events and pinned Koreen’s Veteran Harem Champion in the coveted Concours D’Elegance with friend Robin Woods-Wilhite at the whip. Other carriage driving entries that were a force to reckon with over the week were Valerie Daidah who showed a variety of entries to many wins and Chenoa Haluptzok with Abe Van Ypey who thrilled us all in all her classes. IFSHA was indeed fortunate to have a dream team of USEF Judges to serve on this year’s panel. Bill Hughes, Richard Petty and Chris Bickford completed the slate of judges with Shirley Nowak as Steward and Doug Shane as Master of Ceremonies. Tim Keeling made quite an impression winning handily with several Dressage Hack and Show Hack entries. Barend Schuursma came all the way from the Netherlands to ride and win several championships for Janna and

Ron Goldman’s, Black Sterling Friesians. Janna herself left the show practically undefeated in several divisions (in spite of a broken foot). Top Mid West and USEF Breeder of the Year, Jo Lynne Shouse of Black Dragon Farms brought her wonderful horses and people all the way from Michigan with big wins in all divisions from Dressage to Armored Costume. Bruce and Staci Grifﬁn ﬂew in from Virginia to show a myriad of horses for clients with excellent results and plenty of bounty for their hard work and talent. Rachel Stokes is no stranger to World titles but this year we believe she set a record that will not easily be beaten when she won the World Championship in Hunt Seat Pleasure Open on Mariken for owners Gary and Marilyn Lane just two weeks after bringing her new little girl into the world! Kassandra Sapia and her father Steven Young of Friesian Thunder were a force to be reckoned with in Show Pleasure Driving and Country English Pleasure divisions. A great group of exhibition riders entertained the crowds on Saturday evening with performances by several breeds. Andalusians, Gypsy Cobs and Mustangs brought a great variety of talent and diversity that was much appreciated by the spectators who packed the stands. At the end of the last class it was announced that the show will be moving east in 2011 to the excellent facilities at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA. IFSHA is anticipating a great show in 2011! www.friesianshowhorse.com. Submitted by Gareth Selwood

their heavier builds and driving heritage Friesians are not usually the ﬁrst breed people think of as a jumper, but one NEFHC member and her Friesian have turned that stereotype on its head! Sarah Isherwood and Daatje, her “Foxhunting Friesian” took part in the Wentworth Hunt Hunter Pace, held on May 21, 2011 at

Branch Hill Farms in Milton Mills, NH. Sarah says of the experience, “It was a lovely day with great footing and great company! We set what we thought would be a good hunting pace, but in the end came up 25 minutes fast on the time! It was a fun time for certain and we’re looking forward to the next one in August at Fine Nest Farm in Raymond, NH. We also took part in the Cross Country August 2011, Equine Journal Afﬁliations, 209

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Mitsuoko, an up-and-coming driving mare owned by Lazy Stallions Friesians. Donna Mori and friend enjoying the summer weather for some trail riding!

Schooling day at UNH on May 7th, 2011. Daatje jumped most of the Novice level (2’11”) questions on the UNH cross country course and was given a good lead by Jaffar, a lovely Morab ridden by a good friend of mine - Jan Brubacher of North Road Farm, Fremont. Our season is a culmination of activities and conditioning work leading up to the start of cubbing season (foxhunting) in mid August.” The Foxhunting Friesian is a proud member of the Wentworth Hunt and chronicles her foxhunting activities in her own blog which can be followed at www. foxhuntingfriesian.blogspot.com . The summer showing season has been kicked-off, and NEFHC members

are already having a blast taking their black beauties into the ring for some good ol’ competition! NEFHC members had a great time showing their horses at the Greater Boston Charity Horse Show in May. Matthew Roy won the Jr. Exhibitor Hack 14-17 and Championship with his Friesian, Anton M. Shelley Crawford also had a fun time with her two boys. Hidde Van De Kortsmonshoeuve received third out of nine entries in the Friesian Pleasure class, and Vilmar Van De Weeme made a huntseat debut with rider Shauna O’Connell, receiving third out of thirteen in Hunter Pleasure, as well as a ﬁrst in Friesian Costume and English Pleasure! Lazy Stallion Friesians’s mare, Mitsuoko, is their new up-and-coming driving horse. The seven –year-old Anton daughter, driven by William Piazza, received a second place and Reserve Champion at her ﬁrst show recently.

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Gypsy Horse Registry of America, Inc. Region 1 Porsche and trainer Mary Gray at GMHA. This was a Two-Phase Driving Event and she came in fourth out of 12. Bill and Kathi Dunn Wayfarer Farm Danville, NH www.wayfarerfarm.net

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Region 3 Taylor and Jenna Thompson, daughters of Dan and Chris Thompson of Liberty Hill Farm (Ethridge, TN) competed at the 2nd annual Feathered Horse Classic in Shelbyville, TN April 9-10th, 2011. Jenna took home a blue ribbon in the Youth W/T equitation on “Gypsy Joe Million” as well as numerous other ribbons, including a second place in the costume class. This was Joe’s ﬁrst show ever and we are very proud of Jenna and Joe. Taylor won the Youth Highpoint Award with her mare “Liberty Hill’s Lily of the Valley”. Taylor and Lily make a wonderful team and they are unstoppable on

Sarah Isherwood and Daatje leap out of a water hazard on a run through of the cross-country course at UNH.

Congratulations to all competitors and good luck at your next show! Our condolences to NEFHC member Kathe Dupuis on the loss of her beloved Friesian gelding, Aron due to gastric impaction. Kathe wishes to thank the staff at Fairﬁeld Equine Associates for the compassion and quality care provided while Aron went through two surgeries. For more information on the NEFHC, please visit our website at www.nefhc. com. Got News? Submit it to Kelsey at friesiancrazy@gmail.com. Submitted by Kelsey Evans

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the trail as well as in the show ring. The Thompson girls enjoy getting their gypsy horses out and about, participating in parades, trail rides and local shows. Chris Thompson Ethridge, TN Liberty Hill Farm www.libertyhillgypsyfarm.com Region 4 Dr. Tom Walker and his wife Dr. Susie Walker are proud new GHRA mem-

Gypsy Vanner Horse Society As I begin this article I realize it has been a while since we shared with our ever growing membership some of the major steps your registry has taken over time to recognize, preserve and promote the Gypsy Vanner Horse breed. The following are historical milestones for the GVHS: 1996- Established as the world’s first registry for the British/Irish Gypsies selectively bred horses that had developed into an actual breed of horse. 2004- Changed from being privately run to a non-profit breed registry run by an elected and/or appointed Board of Directors. 2008- Began to develop an educational focus and program for a better understanding of the Vanner breed. 2009- Conducted the first GVHS Breed Standard Seminar to educate judges, breeders, and breed enthusiasts 212, Equine Journal Affiliations, August 2011

bers and new owners of A Wizards Spell Kensingtons Bexley and A Wizards Spell Worthingtons Raleigh, two yearlings. Susie says Bexley is hers and Raleigh is Tom’s, but it’s clear this is a “family affair.” Dr. Tom & Dr. Susie Walker Fort Worth, TX Kelsey Gulick Johnston has developed a YouTube channel all about the Gypsy Horse called “Gypsy Horse TV”. Topics range from interviews of Gypsy Breeders, Youth, Shows, History and

on the standard of quality desired and expected in the Vanner Horse. 2011- Continuing to grow our education program through our seminars and evaluations. The GVHS registered horse number 2,000 this year! There are many distinguishing elements surrounding the Vanner Horse; the most important is to remember it is and always has been “selectively bred”. While the Vanner Horse can trace its beginnings to the typical Cob herds of the UK, it went beyond those through the careful selective choices in breeding by a few Gypsies. Over time those herds began to become the vision horse planned through choosing horses with desired traits. Finally when the stallions and mares from the herds were bred to each other their foals were indeed replicas. At that moment in time these horses were no longer “indiscriminately bred” Cobs; they had become a new breed from selective genetics. It has always been the goal of the GVHS to honor that beginning and standard of excellence. Our registry has the utmost respect for those Gypsies who truly were involved in the process of developing the Vanner breed. A while back we shared a special story of a Vanner named, Magic, from Grey Ghost farm. Magic had helped

things to do with your Gypsy Horses. GHTV also has a Facebook page with exclusive video, photos and polls. If you would like to sponsor a video or suggest a topic please contact Kelsey@gulickmedia. com Marsha Gulick Chinkapin Ranch Hominy, OK www.Chinkapinranch.com Submitted by Jan Easter

make a little girl’s dream come true. Another Vanner named, Magic, at Unicorn Spirit InnerPrizes in Monroe, LA, made new friends recently with students from Believe and Achieve Therapy. Magic and her fellow Vanners at USI have been helping four students grow, learn about horses, and improve their communication skills. Kudos to another Magic who has once again shared that “Vanner Magic” with children! The Gypsy Vanner Horse is beginning to advance and broaden equine assisted learning experiences for many. We believe there is great promise for our beloved breed in this field. Want to see lots of Vanners all together at one great event? Going on this month in Ontario, Canada is the first ever Vanner Fair! Check out the details by visiting our website at www.vanners. org and if you are in the area have fun and attend! Don’t forget to share your exciting Vanner happenings with us to be shared via our Vanner Banner and this Affiliate News. Send information to vannerlifestyle@yahoo.com . The GVHS is extremely proud of its over 2000 Vanner Horses and their proud owners. We invite any and all who are interested to, “Come and share the dream with us!” Submitted by Joyce M. Christian

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Open Speed, $500 Pony Prix, Marshall & Sterling League Hunter and Jumper Classics, along with all of the new hunter and jumper divisions offered this year! This year you will have the opportunity to visit our newly expanded show grounds, including our beautiful new schooling grounds, stabling and parking areas. Also new this year, along with more divisions offered, is a country fair taking place all weekend. It is our hope that the fair will be a wonderful event for the entire family before the summer’s end, so bring the whole family out for the weekend’s exciting competition, great food, shopping and entertainment. We can’t wait to see you there! Contact us for the prizelist for this year’s horse show. If you would like a printed copy of this prizelist, please email

Berks Equine Council Hello Everyone, from the Berks Equine Council’s Sixth Annual Horse Show & Country Fair! We hope you have marked your calendars for August 20-21 for our $5K Mini Prix, $1K Puissance, $1,250

World Class Miniature Horse Registry World Class Miniature Horse Registry has had a change of dates and location for the 2011 WCMHR World Championship.

BECHorseShow@gmail.com with your mailing address and you will receive a copy. The Berks Equine Council is a notfor-proﬁt group which relies on donations and fundraising; therefore, for 2011 we joined the electronic-era and hope that you will join us by downloading our prizelist and forwarding it on to other barns and riders who may be interested. Entries may be submitted electronically via email and payment made via PayPal or emailing a scanned copy of your check within one week of mailing your check. Thank you and we can’t wait to see you on August 20-21! Submitted by Gretchen Ober Berks Equine Council Sixth Annual Horse Show & Country Fair www.berksequinecouncil.org

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Morab

Purebred Morab Horse Association Personal Perspective I want to share my introduction to the Morab breed with those who have interest in other breeds. I came from a background of Walking and Racking horses. The gaited breeds are the rides

SAX Gold Dust, Morab Stallion.

of choice in the southern states. Later, I became infatuated with the Arabian breed

as a result of the film ‘The Black Stallion’ and then I read about the Arabian breed. I loved the Disney film about Justin Morgan. Years ago I worked at a barn in Bowling Green, KY, where there was this beautiful Palomino Morab Stallion. He had spark and pizzazz and a great need to have ‘attention’ and look at me attitude. This stallion had the same attributes I loved in my own Arabian stallion. Needless to say, he caught much of my attention and his insistence of not being ‘ignored’. He became my buddy and still is and I have a great friend in his owner. As a result of this introduction I have become more knowledgeable about the Morab breed. With a little bit of research It does not take much to learn that in August 2011, Equine Journal Affiliations, 213

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Dam of SAX Gold Dust.

1888 Randolph Huntington imported the Arabian mare *Naomi and bred her to Ulysses S. Grant’s Arabian Stallion Leopard. Leopard was the only known stallion to have left purebred descendants in American. The resulting foal of this breeding was Anazeh the only purebred son that sired eight Arabians and four of those are still on pedigrees today. In 1789, in West Springﬁeld, MA, a breeding between the English Thoroughbred Stallion name ‘True Briton’ and a part-bred Arabian mare, ‘Daughter of Diamond’. The product of this breeding was a small colt dubbed “Figure”. Figure

was owned by Justin Morgan and this colt would come to be known as Justin Morgan’s horse. This little Figure‘stamped’ his likeness in his get. It was this single horse that became the foundation sire of the Morgan Breed. I am sure that Justin Morgan, Randolph Huntington, and Ulysses S. Grant were unaware of their breed’s futures for Colonial America. Yet here It was colonial America and there was breeding of Morgans to Arabians for carriage horses. Later this breeding was used for ranch and cow work. Fast forward to 1998, this was the year when the Purebred Morab Horse Association (PMHA) was created. Hi Fad Charmer (Max Hi Society Kid (Quizkid son) x Imaraff bred Arabian) was the ﬁrst registered Morab when the PMHA registry formed. PMHA was formed to focus on the promotion of purebred Morgan to Arabian parentage and thus create a credible name for such horses in the United States equestrian industry. Both owners and breeders will defend their individual breed to the hilt and why one is ‘better’ over the other.

Well, why not have both? The formula for breeding Morabs starts with the Morgan and Arabian for the ﬁrst generation Morab known as the 50%-50% (Arabian – Morgan breeding). Ideally, this breeding should be bred back to the 50%-50% breeding formula. PMHA does allow breeding back to a purebred Morgan or Arabian for the 75%-25% formula. However, this breeding must breed back to a 50%-50% Morab. Yet, Try to explain that to Jessica Carter who enjoyed her very ﬁrst horse show upon El Serniga both dressed as ballerinas complete with ballerina shoes and matching pink tutus. She will just shrug her shoulders and smile and say she loves this horse. Every October PMHA holds a show for Morabs and its parent breeds at the Beautiful Kentucky Horse Park. The fall colors, warm hospitality, beautiful horses what more could you want? Look for the advertisement in this issue. This is a USEF and AHA recognized show for the Arabian/Half-Arabian and Morgan breeds. Submitted by Donna Lassanske

Lippitt Morgan Breeders’ Association Crescent G. Peirce 1964-2011 The Lippitt world mourns the loss on June 1, of one of the most enthusiastic and energetic of breeders, Crescent Peirce of Randallane Morgans, Northﬁeld, MA. 214, Equine Journal Afﬁliations, August 2011

Crescent bred Lippitt Morgans and there are some 48 of her horses listed in the American Morgan Horse Registry with two more due this year. She also was a breeder of Chocolate Labrador dogs; she put her passion into each program as testiﬁed at her services on June 12. She was a founding member of the Lippitt Morgan Breeders Association as well as long time Registrar for the group, handing over the reins when her health began to dictate to her. She recently returned to the board of directors of this group, as president, only to have to resign due to declining health. She was involved with helping the young people at her farm with not only horsemanship, but producing the LMBA’s newsletter, the Guide and Bulletin. Her latest endeavor, along with Chantelle Waldron, was a drill team, made up of kids on Lippitt horses…their debut was at the Lippitt country show in 2010 and what a sight to behold. How proud everyone

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was, including the horses!! A lot of work for everyone involved for sure. Crescent and her husband, Todd, created an online registry for Lippitt Morgans which folks could look up the pedigrees of their horses, plan breedings, locate horses, ﬁnd the progeny of said horse and see extended pedigrees of ancestors. So who was Crescent, you ask, this vivacious, outgoing, passionate blond lady. Her passion, as noted by her brother at the services, was contagious, it could envelope you and if it did not, be prepared to be run over by it! Her passion was for her family, friends, horses, dogs, and life in general.

The ﬁnal service was held at a small church of which Crescent was a member, it held 200. All seats inside were taken, the two side rooms were full and standing room only in the halls. The service was in two parts, the second half was open mike for folks to pay tribute to their daughter, friend, fellow breeder, and most interestingly, it was mentioned more than once, Crescent cheated at Uno, the card game! The Lippitt friends who attended the service, met after for burgers and fries, just the type of activity Crescent would have joined in and enjoyed. Wish you could have been there, Crescent. The Lippitt Country Show will not

be the same this year with the entire Randallane crew, we will miss the yahoos from the rail but know that Crescent’s spirit will be there with the girls from the barn and drill team. Whenever we see Randallane Genesis, head man at the farm, we will remember the pretty, blond who usually rode him to many blue ribbons. Those who own a Randallane horse or dog, you have Crescent with you daily, the rest of us have only our memories. Crescent, you may have felt at times, you were not understood or appreciated by some but you will be missed by all. Submitted by Judy Mosman

P.R.E.

Foundation of the Pure Spanish Horse More Fun in Vegas! Five Seminars, a Concert, Art Expo, and a Live Equine Theater! People who love P.R.E. Horses or are interested in ﬁnding out about them will be gathering for the 2011 P.R.E. National Celebration Championship Horse Show at the South Point Casino and Equestrian Center in Las Vegas, NV from August 30Sept 4. If you own P.R.E Horses or would like to this is the place to go! We have so many exciting things to view and attend you should bring some pharmaceuticals to keep you awake. This year we will have two professionally managed events for everyone to enjoy. Mexican Heritage night will be on September ﬁrst at 6:00 pm. Bring your familia! Come and see fabulous P.R.E. Horses ridden charro style in the Mexican Freestyle Competition followed with a fabulous concert and dance by none other than EL PUMA DE SINALOA! El Puma is one of the most famous, most popular, and most loved Ranchera singers of all time. El Puma de

Sinaloa will sing his hit single “Me invito la noche” in a live performance. But wait that is not all… Also performing will be the very popular La Sonora Dinamita! Tickets can be purchased at the South Point Box Ofﬁce by calling 702-797-8055 or 866-796-7111. Come, dance, enjoy! We have gone all out for the breed this time! The professional equine theatrical company headed by Gary and Regina Ware are organizing something very special for you. On Saturday evening, September 3, you will be amazed, thrilled, and inspired by the newest most professional P.R.E. production of all! The Horse of the Kings Theater will be held in conjunction with the National Celebration Banquet and our must-have VIP package will treat you like the royalty you are. When you leave the arena you will want to relive the experience again and again. What could be so wonderful?

The Story of the P.R.E. Horse of course! The production will tell about the development of the P.R.E. horse throughout history. This major production will provide a full sensory experience of our breed like you have never felt before. View the magic of our beloved P.R.E. Horse in a full Las Vegas Production!! There will be airs above the ground, carriages, a pas de trois, garrocha, liberty, and much, much more. Reserve your tickets early since August 2011, Equine Journal Afﬁliations, 215

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Manuel Trigo

seating is limited. Contact the South Point Box Ofﬁce at 702-797-8055 or toll free 866-796-7111. There will once again be ﬁve wonderful seminars/clinics to enlighten and provide essential knowledge. The immensely popular seminar about how to

judge a P.R.E. Horse put on by our expert Cría Caballar judges will be offered but reserve your spot soon since the participation is limited to maximize the learning. Dr. Jennifer Stoffer DVM, will speak about saddle ﬁtting and demonstrate the latest technology in discovering pressure points for the horse and rider. Anyone who rides their horses will not want to miss this amazing seminar. Howard Peet will bring back his very popular seminar about how to present a horse in hand to its best advantage. Howard impressed everyone so much last year that we have had many requests for him for an encore. Manuel Trigo will speak about the new lightness tournament where the goal is to ride in lightness. He will elaborate about what the judges are looking for, how to ride the tests to music and the various movements required for each of the levels. If you love classical riding this is a must see seminar. There will also be a Qualiﬁed Tribunal Seminar where people can learn

the requirements, exams and tests for this registry status. Enquiring minds will want to know! The 2011National Celebration Art Expo is the second expo we have done in conjunction with the national show. The Art Expo last year was small but quite successful for the artists involved and popular with the public. This year the Art Expo under the capable direction of Celia Stenfors-Dacre is going to be expanded and sure to be even more popular. If you are an equine artist, or know of one please contact Celia at cdacre@wyoming. com so that you don’t miss this fabulous opportunity to show off you art. Artwork will be on display and for sale during the duration of National Celebration 2011. If you would like more information about Celebration 2011 please contact The Foundation ofﬁce at 505-294-0800 or info@prehorse.org See you there! Submitted by Barb Clark

Quarter Horse

Massachusetts Quarter Horse Association Massachusetts Quarter Horse Association had a great spring show.

The weather cooperated to make it a terriﬁc four days of showing. MassQha would like to congratulate the following all around winners from our May spring show. Open: Champion Mary Beth Rapp and Outta Range, Reserve Champion Beverly Proﬁttand OHK Maid Krymsun Amateur: Champion Daniel Carlson and Are You Charlie, Reserve Champion Christine Potts andHot and Graceful Select Amateur: Champion Andrea Schneebaum and Im Pretty Lazy, Reserve Champion Linda VanDeusen and HocusPocos Sensation Youth 13 and Under: Champion Taylor Wyman and Mighty High Asset

Youth 14 thru 18: Champion Allegra Walters and Bens Chocolate Chip, Reserve Champion Brianna McNally and Some Like It Shady Novice Amateur: Champion Cynthia Walstedt and Half A Cookie, Reserve Champions tied: Emilee Lavinge and Achievil Kanevil, Jennifer Delabruere Paquette and Zips NationalPlayBoy Novice Youth: Champion Alyssa Kilcollins and She Is All Blue, Reserve Champion Alyssa Fasolo and A Shady Invitation We would also like to thank our generous sponsors Dover Saddlery, Smart Pak, and Cowboy Magic. Submitted by Toni Gregoire

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Quarter Pony

from all the others. It’s history stems from short Quarter Horses. Breeders have defined their programs by crossing the QH with other select small horse and pony breeds, thus resulting in the Quarter Pony. Many have maintained strictly smaller Quarter Horse bloodines. The Quarter Pony Association recognizes ponies with Quarter Horse type traits, limited in height. Please refer to the QPA website for specific guidelines, and registries affiliated with the QPA. With the show season well under way, best wishes to all you Quarter Pony show goers. Here’s just a few reminders to be aware of. Points can be earned at any open show. This includes Breed shows, Pony Club, 4-H, Saddle Club shows, rodeos, and the like. The points system is simple. Ponies will receive 1/2 point for every equine they are placed over. You must place in a class to get points. Placings are typically listed on the show bill that must be included with your points form. However, if it is not listed, then 10 placings will be assumed. Ranking is not the same as placing. The Quarter Pony Association offers year end awards to top ponies. For details and forms, please refer to the website. As for next season planning; to be eligible for points, an official pony height form must be submitted at the beginning of every year, until the pony is six years of age. Also the pony must be shown by a QPA member. Volunteer spotlight. May we recognize, and give thanks to the many who make the Quarter Pony Association possible. Thank you each for your work and commitment. Further details, about these fine folk, are scheduled for future news-

Angels Image, 2010, Overall Top Pony. Owned by Michelle Scran, of NJ.

letters. Please stay tuned. Board of Directors - Ofﬁcers, 2011 - President ~ Laurie Whitling (PA), VicePresident ~ Michelle Scran (NJ), Executive Vice-President ~ Karin Tillisch (Germany), Treasurer ~ Callene Rapp (KS), Point Secretary ~ Jean Sirotek (OR). Board Members, 2011 - DirectorsAt-Large ~ Pat Byrd (WA), Dominique Nave (TN), Callene Rapp (KS). / Publicist ~ Nicki Stephens (ID), Registration Committee Director ~ Patricia (Patti) McGraw (KY), Judges Committee Director ~ Tami Platt (OR), Marketing & Public Information Committee Director ~ Patricia (Patti) McGraw (KY), Inspectors Committee Director ~ Linda Larsen (WA), Membership Services Director ~ Jean Sirotek (OR), Public Policy Director ~ Autumn Kinser (IN), Nominations & Credentials Director ~ Dominique Nave (TN), Finance Committee Director ~ Lara Armstrong (OK), Events Committee Director ~ Michelle Scran (NJ). Regional Directors, 2011 - North East ~ Laurie Whitling (PA), South ~ Mary Senseney (MS), Mid West ~ Stacy Huston (MI), West ~ Wendy Loper (OR), Europe ~ Karen Tillisch (Germany), Asst. European Dir. - Events Director - UK ~ Gillian James (Great Britain). Human MEMBERSHIP Quarter Pony Association P.O. Box 104 ~ Cambridge Springs, PA 16403 Website: http://www.

KT Stardust Holliday, 2010, Overall Reserve Top Pony. Owned by Jean Sirotek, of OR.

quarterponyassociation.com/ E-mail: information@quarterponyassociation.com Horse REGISTRATION (QPA Affiliate) International Quarter Pony Association P.O. Box 230 ~ Lyles, TN 37098 Website: http://www.iqpa.com E-mail: registration@iqpa.com For groups considering becoming an affiliate of the Quarter Pony Association, please contact the QPA Board for discussion. Hopefully we can work together, with a common goal, in promoting this small horse, pony breed. Thanks are extended to the Equine Journal, for allowing the Quarter Pony Association and its affiliate the International Quarter Pony Association, to share the news. All submissions for consideration in QPA Newsletters, become property of the Quarter Pony Association and no compensation, for use, shall apply. Submissions may be sent to nickistephens11n@yahoo.com Submitted by Nicki Stephens, QPA Publicist

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affiliation coupons American Drum Horse Association Gypsy Cob & Drum Horse Association American Friesian Association Gypsy Horse Association Arabian Horse Association of Maine Gypsy Horse Registry of America Arabian Horse Association of Massachusetts Gypsy Vanner Horse Society Arabian Horse Association of New England International Friesian Show Horse Association Berks Equine Council Lippitt Morgan Breeders’ Association Black Swamp Driving Club Maine Morgan Horse Club Blackstone Valley Dressage & Combined Training Assoc. Massachusetts Quarter Horse Association Connecticut Quarter Horse Association New England Miniature Horse Society Flatlanders Dressage & Combined Training New England Region/Carriage Association of America Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse New Hampshire Horse Council Granite State Appaloosa Association New Hampshire Hunter Jumper Association

all breed / all discipline

SNEHA

Berks Equine Council Membership Application (Please check one)

❑ Junior $10 ❑ Individual $15 ❑ Family $30 ❑ Business/Farm $75 ❑ Friend of BEC donation _____ Name: ______________________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________________________________________________ Email: _______________________________________________________________ Family Membership, list members: __________________________________________ Breed/Interests: _______________________________________________________ Farm/Business Membership Farm/Business Name: ___________________________________________________ Business Address: ______________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________________________________________________ Email: _______________________________________________________________ Website: _____________________________________________________________

Northeast Fjord Horse Association Northeast Friesian Horse Club Ohio Arabian & All Breed Trail Society Purebred Morab Horse Association Quarter Pony Association Rhode Island Arabian Horse Association Silver Heels Riding Club Southern New England Horsemen’s Association Vermont Quarter Horse Association World Class Miniature Horse Registry, Inc.

Southern New England Horsemen’s Association

www.snehassociation.com Offering English, Western, Saddle Seat and Miniature Classes. Youth & Adult Exhibitors!

10 Shows Per Year/ Year-End Awards Thru Sixth Place For more information or to receive a membership form - return this form, call or email:

Karen Sapia, 57 Lathrop Rd., Uncasville, CT 06382 Phone: 860-608-7577 • Email: sapia_paul_karen@sbcglobal.net Name: _______________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________ City:___________________State:_____________Zip:_________

Signature: _________________________________________ Date: _____________ Your signature gives us permission to send you the E-newsletter and occasional emails that are part of your membership package. Mail completed form with check made payable to: Berks Equine Council, and mail to: P.O. Box 6085, Wyomissing, PA 19610

Silver Heels Riding Club www.SilverHeelsOnline.com

Name:_____________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________ Phone:___________________________Email:____________________

Phone:_________________________Email:_________________

appaloosas GRANITE STATE APPALOOSA MEMBERSHIP FORM Name ______________________________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________________ City_________________________________State _____ Zip__________ Email________________________ Phone ( )_______________________

Youth Name:______________________ DOB: ____________________

Annual Dues: Family: Individual: Youth:

Family - $30.00 Single - (18 or over) $25.00

NAMES List all in family: Name, DOB, ApHC# ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Junior - $20.00

Lifetime - $200.00

Membership includes a one year subscription to the Equine Journal. All memberships expire on Dec. 31.

Mail form and check payable to: Silver Heels Riding Club, Sheri Paplaskas, 6 Meadow Fox Lane, Chester, NH 03036 Note: to qualify for year-end points, both exhibitor and owner/leasee of equine must be a member of SHRC. 218, Equine Journal Afﬁliation Coupons, August 2011

$30 ____________ $25 ____________ $20 ____________

Lifetime: $250 __________

___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

See website to nominate youth, N/P, or horses for year end points. Make checks payable to GSAA, enclose all paperwork & mail to:

Julie Dolder, 796 Meredith Center Rd., Laconia, NH 03246 www.granitestateapps.com

arabians Arabian Horse Association, Inc. of Maine Application for Membership

New Member ______ Renewal ______ Membership Year ______ ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP (Belonging to AHAME Only) 1. Individual Associate Membership 2. Family Associate Membership (includes children under 18) 3. Junior Associate Membership (under 18)

$25 $40 $17

FULL MEMBERSHIP (Voting rights in IAHA, Region 16 and AHAME) 4. Full Individual Membership $55 5. Full Family Membership $105 6. Full Junior Membership (under 18) $30

Please Note: Due to IAHA rules, full members MUST submit the date when you first became a member of IAHA in order to renew your Full Membership. Date: ________________________ If you are submitting a Junior Membership, please check here ______ Name _____________________________________ Date of Birth (required) _______________ Address ______________________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip Code_____________________________________________________________ Social Security # ________________________________ Telephone ______________________ Please send this Application for Membership, along with your check made out to AHAME, to: Laurie Emery, 222 River Road, Madison, ME 04950

arabians Membership Application RIAHA Affiliate Members: expires the following year on the last day of the month in which you joined. Adult: Includes one membership in RIAHA and AHA. _____ Basic Dues $40.00 _____ Competition Card $35.00

Youth: Includes one membership in RIAHA and AHA. _____ Basic Dues $30.00 _____ Competition Card $25.00

Name: _____________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ City:_____________________________ State:______ Zip Code:___________ E-mail: ___________________________________________________________ SS#: _____________________________ Main Phone: ______________________ Youth DOB:______________________ Alternative Phone: ___________________ AHA#: _____________________________________________________________ Renewal or New Membership (Please circle one)

Any Questions: E-mail: missemma@snet.net or call (860)928-5580 Make Checks Payable to: RIAHA Mail to: Karen Richmond, 246 Freedley Rd., Pomfret Center, CT 06259-1205

breed speciﬁc Membership Application

Arabian Horse Association of MASSACHUSETTS

www.massarab.org Name_______________________________________Date ____________________ Address _____________________________________________________________ City_____________________________________State________Zip______________ Email _____________________________Phone_____________________________ Membership Fees: __$15 Junior __$40 Jr w/IAHA __$20 Individual __$80 Ind. w/IAHA __$30 Family (No IAHA) __$10 IAHA Late Fee after Dec. 15th __$10 per horse Year End Awards

__/__/__ Date of birth ( Jr.) ____-____-______ Soc. Security# Adult ______________________Junior Name(s) ______________________ Horse Name(s)

Arabian Horse Association of New England Name: _____________________________Phone: ____________________ Address: ______________________________________________________ City: _________________________State: _____________Zip: __________ DOB: _______________SS#: _______________Email: ________________ New: ______ Renewing:______ AHA#: _______________________ Member Since: __________________ Mary Kay Newton Ash Lane Farm, P.O. Box 192 New Braintree, MA 01531 Membership has increased to reﬂect an increase in membership from AHA.

~ Ride To The Beat Of A Different Drum ~ ADHA Membership Application Name: _______________________________________ Phone: ___________________________ Farm: _______________________________________ Fax: ____________________________ Address: _____________________________________ Email: ___________________________ _____________________________________________ Website: __________________________ Membership categories (please check one): Annual Individual Membership (1 vote) Annual Family Membership (2 votes) Lifetime Individual Membership (1 vote) Lifetime Family Membership (2 votes) Annual Junior Membership (under age 18, Non-voting)

____$ 65.00 Renewal? ____$100.00 Renewal? ____$500.00 ____$750.00 ____$ 25.00 Renewal?

Yes / No Yes / No

Yes / No

Would you like to be included in our published Members/Breeders list? Yes / No Please make check to: ADHA ___________Total Amount Enclosed

Make checks payable to: A.H.A.M. Mail to: 5A Farm Street, Blackstone, MA 01504 Memberships include a subscription to the Equine Journal

Send form and check payable to AHANE to:

American Drum Horse Association

____ $80.00 AHA Adult with Competition Card (AHA membership, Competition Card, AHA excess personal liability insurance)

____ $75.00 AHA Senior with Competition Card (AHA membership, Competition Card, AHA excess personal liability insurance) (60 years by 12/31/09)

____ $65.00 AHA Youth with Competition Card (Under 18 years by 12/31/09)

____ $25.00 AHANE Individual Membership

You may also join AHANE online via the AHA website: www.arabianhorses.org

American Drum Horse Association 33822 Bluff Dr., Coarsegold, CA 93614

americandrumhorse@yahoo.com • 559-676-7990 www.drumhorseassociation.com

The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse Invites You to Join Our Family! Name: ________________________________________________________________ Breeder/Owner Codigo if known or if applicable _______ Do you own? ( ) Stallion ( ) Mare ( ) Gelding Birth Date (optional):_______________ Farm/Ranch: ______________________________ Billing & Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________ City: ______________________________ Zip:_______________ State: _____________ Website: _______________________________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________ Fax: ________________________________ Cell: ___________________________ Email: ________________________________

Passage Club - $12/Month See other benefit levels available at www.prehorse.org Please make checks payable and send to: The Foundation for the Pure Spanish Horse 4001 Juan Tabo NE, Ste. D, Alburquerque, NM 87111 Questions about membership? See www.prehorse.org or call us at (505) 294-0800 or email foundationabq2@qwestoffice.net August 2011, Equine Journal Affiliation Coupons, 219

breed speciﬁc

distance riding

Northeast Fjord Horse Association “Promoting and Enjoying the Norwegian Fjord Horse”

www.northeastfjord.com

NAME: ______________________________________________________________ FARM NAME: _____________________________ PHONE: ___________________ ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________ CITY, STATE, ZIP: ______________________________________________________ E-MAIL: _______________________________ # OF FJORD HORSES: ___________

OAATS MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION FORM Name _____________________________ AHA # (If applicable) _____________ Address ____________________________________________________________ City _______________________________ State ________ Zip _______________ Phone number _______________________ Email __________________________ ❑ New Member ❑ Renewal Member Membership runs from January 1st of any given year to December 31st of the same year. Membership and Horse registration must be current for any competitions and/or recreational riding hours to be considered for all programs.

❑ Full OAATS & AHA Member - Adult ($80) ❑ Full OAATS & AHA Member - Youth ($65) ❑ Associate OAATS Member - Adult ($30) ❑ Associate OAATS Family - Adults ($50) ❑ Associate OAATS Membership - Youth ($25)

CURRENT AND/OR NEW HORSE REGISTRATION FEES

P Junior Membership – $15.00 P Single Membership (1 vote) – $30.00 P Family/Farm Membership (2 votes) – $40.00 MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Northeast Fjord Horse Association MAIL NEW MEMBER APPLICATIONS AND DUES TO:

Rita Maccini, 152 Frank Williams Rd, Shelburne, MA 01370

New Horse Recording $15 Renewal Horse Recording $10 One-Time Recreational Riding Enrollment Fee $25

Horse Name ________________________ Breed _____ Age ____ Sex ______ Barn Name ______________________ Check One: ❑ New $15 ❑ Renewal $10 ❑ Rec Riding $25 Please make all checks payable to OAATS and send to:

OAATS, Inc., PO Box 231, Rising Sun, OH 43457 Please check the website for forms, schedules, program rules, news, and updates throughout the year!

WWW.OAATS.ORG

dressage

Membership Application First Name: ______________________ Last Name: ______________________ Address: _________________________ _________________________________

Blackstone Valley Dressage & Combined Training Assoc. BVDCTA Membership Application

City:_____________________________ State: _________ Zip: ______________ HomePhone :______________________ Email: ___________________________ Member Type: (__) Individual $30 (__) Family

$45 (__) Corporate

(__) Club

$50 (__) Youth under 18 $15

$100

Renewal #: ____________________

Reg. Prefix: ______________________ Farm Name:______________________ Club N ame: ______________________ Corp N ame: ______________________ Website URL: ____________________ Under 18-Age: ___________________

Please make check payable to: PMHA Mail to: Donna Lassanske, P.O. Box 203, Hodgenville, KY 42748

Membership Year Runs January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011

Membership Fees:

Juniors Members (under 18) $25.00 Adult Members (over 18) $30.00 Family Membership (not to exceed 4 family members) $40.00

Name: ______________________________________________________________ (Include All Names if Family Membership)

Street Address: _______________________________________________________ City, State, Zip Code: __________________________________________________ Email Address: _______________________________________________________ Phone Number: ______________________________________________________ If you are interested in volunteering, please check the form below, we will contact you I am interested in helping out, please contact me by ❑ Email or ❑ Phone Make checks payable to: Blackstone Valley Dressage & Combined Training Association, 87 Purgatory Road, Sutton, MA 01590 For more information, contact: info@bvdcta.com

QUARTER PONY ASSOCIATION Membership Application ❑ Junior (17 & Under) ..... $15 ❑ Single Lifetime ........... $100

❑ Single (Adult) .................. $25 ❑ Family/Farm Lifetime ..... $150

Sr. Name: _________________________ Sr. Name: _______________________________ Youth Name: ____________ DOB: ________ Youth Name:_____________ DOB: _______ Youth Name: ____________ DOB: ________ Please list additional family members on separate sheet Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________ City: _______________________________ State: ______________ Zip: ________________ Phone: _____________________ email: ___________________________________________

I hereby make application for membership/renewal in the Quarter Pony Association and agree to abide by the rules of QPA and/or the decisions of the Board of Directors.

Signature: ______________________________________ Dated: __________________

A note about points: Both the exhibitor and the owner of the pony must be QPA members for year end award points to count.

MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO QPA & MAIL TO: Quarter Pony Association P.O. Box 297 Leon, KS 67074 220, Equine Journal Afﬁliation Coupons, August 2011

FLATLANDERS

❑ Family/Farm .... $30

Dressage & Combined Training Association

Join Us! Contact: Pat Boutwell 18380 TR 51 Bluffton, OH 45817

Phone: 419-231-4688

Annual Membership fee: $36 Family membership fee: $36 + $10 additional fee per family member Visit our website or contact Pat Boutwell to receive a complete membership form.

www.flatlandersdressage.com

driving

friesians

Membership Application Name________________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________ E-mail Address _______________________________________________ City____________________________State______ZIP_______________ Phone _______________________________________________________ Type of horse driven____________________________________________ Type of vehicles driven__________________________________________ Membership ( ) $25.00 Names of family members_______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Make check payable to: Black Swamp Driving Club Send completed application to: Jacqueline Minges, Treasurer BSDC, 9048 Summerfield Rd, Temperance, MI 48182 Phone: 734-856-6122 Email: JMinges@hotmail.com

THE NEW ENGLAND REGION/ CARRIAGE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

American Friesian Association Please print clearly. Send this completed form and fees to:

American Friesian Association, Route 2, Box 60, Nahunta, GA 31553 • (912) 462-6330 Farm/Company:_______________________________________________________________ Your Name:__________________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________ City/State: ______________Zip:___________ Phone: _________________________________ Fax:_________________________________ Email:_________________________________Website:_______________________________ Memberships run from January 1st through December 31st • Fee Schedule: All fees are given in US Dollars { } Individual: $40 All households must have an individual or family membership. { } Family: $65

Family memberships available for 2 or more members in a given household (must have same physical address). Please list first and last names of ALL members.

{ } Youth: $15

Youth membership requires one individual membership from an adult residing at the same physical address. To qualify for youth membership individuals must be under the age of 18 on January 1 of the calendar year in which membership is applied for.

{ } Lifetime: $250 Individual membership only. TOTAL FEES ENCLOSED $____________

www.americanfriesianassociation.com • info@americanfriesianassociation.com

International Friesian Show Horse Association PO Box 535, Santa Ynez, CA 93460 Voice: (805) 448-3027 • Fax: (805) 448-3027 thepark@hwy246.net • www.friesianshowhorse.org

NER/CAA Annual Dues: $20.00/Family or Individual Name: __________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________ City: ______________________State:_________________Zip: ____________

Membership Application Name(s): ___________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Phone:_____________ Alternate Phone: ___________ Mobile Phone: ____________ Email: __________________ IFSHA Membership Number (if renewing):____________

Telephone: (____) _______________ Email:____________________________

USEF Membership No. _________ USDF Membership No. _______ Birth Date (Required for Juniors): ______

Please make checks payable to NER/CAA and send to: Alan Retter, 35 Flagg Rd., Hollis, NH 03049

Membership Type: ❏ Junior (under 18) ❏ Adult Professional* ❏ Adult Amateur** *Professional - compensated for training and/or competition **Amateur - not compensated for any training and/or competition Membership Term - December 1 through November 30: ❏ Junior Annual $30.00 ❏ Adult Annual $45.00 ❏ Adult Lifetime $1000.00 See website for horse membership application and Equine Identity Record form.

Phone: 603-465-2720 • Email: alretter@dsadetection.com

english disciplines New Hampshire Hunter Jumper Association PRESIDENT Chelise Storace 38 Frying Pan Road Stratham, NH 03885

VICE-PRESIDENT Cynthia McLaughlin 109 Lexington Avenue Manchester, NH 03104 603-625-8392

SECRETARY Melissa Barden PO Box 31 Dublin, NH 03444

TREASURER Kelly Hawkins 23 Cobb Meadow Rd Dublin, NH 03444

Northeast Friesian Horse Club Membership Form www.NEFHC.com

❏ Individual Life $150.00 (Membership year Oct. 1 - Sept. 30)

The Northeast Friesian Horse Horse Club invites you to join our club formed because of our mutual admiration of the Friesian Horse. We are an official chapter of The Friesian Horse Association of North American (FHANA) & are organized under their rules & regulations.

❏ Family (2 Riders) $30.00 - Parent(s) & children under 18 (as of Dec. 1, of previous year)

Name: ________________________________________________________

❏ Individual $20.00 per year

❏ Adult

❏ Junior (under 18 as of Dec. 1, of previous year)

❏ Grande Family (3 or more riders) $40.00 - Parent(s) & children under 18 (as of Dec. 1, of previous year) Name ________________________________________________________________ Street ___________________________City/Town _____________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________ Telephone: ____________________________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________________

State _______ Zip ____________ Phone ____________________________________ Date of Birth(s) for children under 18 _________________________________________

Family/Farm Membership: $55.00 • Individual Membership: $45.00 Associate Membership: $35

Make checks payable to: NHHJA

Please make your checks payable to NEFHC & mail to: Cathy Zine, 115 Waterford Drive, Hanover, MA 02339, 781-829-2086

Mail to: Melissa Barden, PO Box 31, Dublin, NH 03444

Thank you! August 2011, Equine Journal Afﬁliation Coupons, 221

gypsies The Gypsy Cob and Drum Horse Association, Inc. Preserving, Protecting & Promoting the Traditional Gypsy Cob Name: ______________________________________________________________ Address:____________________________________________________________ City:_____________________________________ State:_______ Zip:____________

gypsies

GYPSY VANNER HORSE SOCIETY www.vanners.org Membership categories are as follows (please check one): General Membership (1 vote) ____ $80 Associate Membership (non voting) ____ $50 Lifetime Membership (1 vote) ____ $750 Youth Membership (non voting) ____ $25 Please mail completed form and make checks payable to: Gypsy Vanner Horse® Society, P.O. Box 65, Waynesfield, OH 45896 Or you can submit your application on our website and pay dues through the GVHS store by using your credit card on paypal.

)___________________ E-Mail:_________________________________

New Member __________________________________ Renewal ________________________________________ I currently DO DO NOT (circle one) own a registered Gypsy Vanner Horse.

Type of Membership: ___________________________________________________

Name ____________________________________ Spouse’s Name ________________________________________

Phone: (

Farm Name _______________________________________ Phone ________________________________________

Voting: Single: $75 Family (2 Votes): $125 Lifetime Voting: Single: $500 Family: $750 No Vote: Associate Adult: $40 Associate Family: $60 Junior (Under 18): $30

Mail to: GCDHA • 1812 E. 100 N. • Danville, IN 46122

317-745-6746 E-mail: gypsycobs@aol.com • Website: www.GCDHA.com

Gypsy Horse Association Membership Application

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Address ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Email ________________________________________ Fax ____________________________________ Website ____________________________________________________________________________________________ I have read the history, mission, goals and beliefs of the Gypsy Vanner Horse Society and hereby submit my membership to the Gypsy Vanner Horse Society.

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miniature horses The New England MINIATURE HORSE Society PROMOTING, PROTECTING AND PERPETUATING THE MINIATURE HORSE

President: Clinton Jury, cajury01@gmail.com Vice President: Victoria Chalut, classact143@yahoo.com Secretary: Missy Tansey, missytansey@gmail.com Treasurer: Laurie Slobody, laurieslobody333@aol.com

www.NEMHS.org NEW ENGLAND MINIATURE HORSE SOCIETY, INC. ENCLOSED IS $35 FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL OR $50 FOR FARM MEMBERSHIP (2 ADULTS & ALL YOUTH) TO NEMHS FOR CALENDAR YEAR _____.

NAME ________ PHONE____________________ FARM NAME ____ MAILING ADDRESS _____ EMAIL ADDRESS _ CITY __________ STATE ZIP____________ JR’S NAME ___________________________________ DATE OF BIRTH _____ JR’S NAME ___________________________________ DATE OF BIRTH ____ MAIL TO: MISSY TANSEY, 87 PURGATORY RD., SUTTON, MA 01590

Gypsy Horse Registry of America, Inc. Membership Application Please complete form and mail with appropriate fee to address below. Please make checks payable to GHRA.

Name:______________________________________________________________________ Farm Name:__________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________Phone:____________________ City/State: __________________________________________Zip:______________________ Spouse’s Name: _______________________________________________________________ Fax:_____________________________ Email: ______________________________________

WORLD CLASS MINIATURE HORSE REGISTRY, INC. 12009 Stewartsville Rd., Vinton, VA US 24179

Tel./Fax: (540) 890-0856 www.wcmhr.com Divisions: A-34” & under B over 34”-38” Types of Registration: Open, Qualified & Hardship

Website:____________________________________________________________________ Full name of youth member and birth date, if applicable: ____________________________________

Membership Required (Circle One) Lifetime $500

Regular (Annual voting) $40

Renewal? Yes / No Associate (Annual Non-Voting) $35

Foreign (check this box for voting membership ❒ ) $50 Youth (One time only, under 18 years old) $10 Would you like to be included in a published Breeder’s List? Yes / No

Gypsy Horse Registry of America, Inc. • 1611 Old Reno Road • Springtown, Texas 76082 Tel/Fax: 817-677-4272 • ghra@flash.net • www.gypsyhorseregistryofamerica.org A tax-exempt, not-for-profit, educational organization, IRS-501(c)(3)

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Maine Morgan Horse Club, Inc. Membership Form Dues for January to December: $25 - Family (includes all children 18 & under) $20 - Individual (18 and over) $15 - Junior (under 18 years old) $400 - Life Member Special Memberships: To show your dedication to the Maine Morgan horse and support the activities of the MMHC. These special memberships are published in each newsletter throughout the paid calendar year and on the www.memorgan.com website. Below are the levels available and include a full family membership. Bulrush - $60 Sherman - $45 Woodbury - $35

Mail this form to: Karen Marlin, 10 Sea Grass Farm, Brunswick, ME 04011 Name:_______________________________________________________________ Spouse:______________________________________________________________ Address:______________________________________________________________ County:_____________________________________Telephone:__________________ Email Address:__________________________________________________________ Other Family Members (please list date of birth for children under 18 years of age): ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ www.memorgan.com

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Vermont Quarter Horse Association Inc. www.vtqha.com Membership Application

❏ Family $30.00 ❏ Single $20.00 ❏ Youth $10.00 ❏ Lifetime Membership $200.00

Name:_________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________ Tel #: ________________________________Cell #: __________________________ Email: ________________________________________________________________ Youth Name: ________________________________________ D.O.B. ___/___/___ (18 and under) Youth Name: _______________________________________ D.O.B. ___/___/___

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Dateline August - September 2011

Camps Mid-Atlantic/Midwest August 15-19 Horsemasters Summer Camp at Crescendo Training Centre, www. CrescendoTrainingCentre.com. Kriss Phelps. 717-354-5585. krissphelps@frontiernet.net. Ephrata. PA.

Northeast August 01-05 Different Drummer Farm Horsemanship and Equitation camp , www. differentdrummerfarm.com. 603-483-2234. jodiddf@gmail.com. Camdia. NH. 02-06 Adult Driving Camp Week , www. carriage-barn.com. 603-378-0140. Newton. NH. 07-13 Pony Farm Summer Mini Camp, www. PonyFarm.com. Boo Martin. 603-654-6308. boomartin@ponyfarm.com. Temple. NH. 07-20 Pony Farm Summer Camp, www. PonyFarm.com. Boo Martin. 603-654-6308. boomartin@ponyfarm.com. Temple. NH. 08-12 Horse Fever for Kids: Horsemanship Camp, www.crosbyequi-librium.com. Dorothy Crosby. 603-446-3685. crosbyequi-librium@ gmail.com. Stoddard . NH. 08-12 Independence Stable Barn Days, www. indepencencestablellc.com. Dottie Brittingham . 413-284-0371. independencestable@yahoo. com . Belchertown. MA. 09-13 Kids Driving Clinic Week , www.carriagebarn.com. 603-378-0140. Newton. NH. 10-11 Mount Holyoke IEA Camp, www. mhcriding.com. Joy Collins. 413-538-2493. jcollins@mtholyoke.edu. S. Hadley. MA. 12-14 Womens Camp, www.friesiansofmajesty. com. Sharon Re. 802-365-7526. information@ friesiansofmajesty.com. Townsend. VT. 14-20 Pony Farm Summer Camp, www. PonyFarm.com. Boo Martin. 603-654-6308. boomartin@ponyfarm.com. Temple. NH. 15-17 Horse Fever for Kids: Horsemanship Mini Camp, www.crosbyequi-librium.com. Dorothy Crosby. 603-446-3685. crosbyequi-librium@ gmail.com. Stoddard . NH. 15-19 Berkshire Equestrian Center Camp, www.theberkshireequestriancenter.com. 413698-3200 . berkshireequestriancenter@hotmail. com. Richmond. MA. 23-27 Adult Driving Camp Week , www. carriage-barn.com. 603-378-0140. Newton. NH. 25-29 Virginia Cattle Ranch Camp, www. GelinasFarm.com. 603-225-7024. Joanne@ GelinasFarm.com. Pembroke. NH. 26-28 Leather and Lace Ladies Retreat, www. purecountrycampground.com. Lori Aichele. 607-898-3808. patchwork2@hotmail.com. New Berlin. NY.

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September 09-11 Womens Camp, www.friesiansofmajesty. com. Sharon Re. 802-365-7526. information@ friesiansofmajesty.com. Townsend. VT. 11-14 Eventing Training Camp at Swept Away Farm, www.sweptawayfarm.com. 603-8633821. Newport. NH.

Other Locations September 16-18 Lone Tree Farm Adult Camp, www. lonetreefarm.net. 209-874-3401 . lonetree. ca@gmail.com. Waterford. CA.

Clinics, Seminars, Symposiums Mid-Atlantic/Midwest August 01 Don’t Go on the Road Without it... Safety Supply Checklist, www.hcsaddleclub.com. New Castle. IN. 13-14 Maryal Barnett Clinic, Elizabeth Grainger. 574-251-9694. elizabethgrainger@gmail.com. Lakeville. IN. 15 Getting in Tune with Your Horse Clinic, www.hcsaddleclub.com. New Castle. IN. 18-21 OAATS Pleasure Ride, www.OAATS. org. Mollie Krumlaw-Smith. 513-583-5034. mkrumlaw@webcincy.com. Norman. IN. 25-28 Bryan Neubert Clinic at 7 Springs Farm, www.7SFarm.com. Dick McCoy. Lara@7SFarm. com. 908-238-9587. Pittstown. NJ.

September 12 Control of Internal and External Parasites, www.hcsaddleclub.com. New Castle. IN. 17 Chesapeake Fall Competitive Trail Clinic, www.ectra.org. Cate Peloquine. 410-652-3454. cpenguin57@aol.com. Elkton. MD. 17-18 Cracked OAATS Crunch, www.OAATS. org. Mollie Krumlaw-Smith. 513-583-5034. mkrumlaw@webcincy.com. Chillicothe. OH. 19 Extreme Trail Course Clinic, www. hcsaddleclub.com. New Castle. IN. 23-26 Buck Brannaman Clinic at 7 Springs Farm, www.7SFarm.com. Dick McCoy. Lara@7SFarm. com. 908-238-9587. Pittstown. NJ.

Northeast

27-28 2011 CVDA Kathy Mann Clinic, www.cvda. org. 802-476-3049. centralvtdressageassoc@ gmail.com. S. Strafford. VT.

September 10 Tyrone Farm Introduction to Foxhunting, www.tyronefarm.com. Susan Boone. 860-9283647. events@tyronefarm.com. Pomfret. CT. 11 Educated Equestrians Riding with Purpose Course, www.JulieRobins.com. Julie Robins. JulieRobinsInc@gmail.com. High Falls. NY. 18 Educated Equestrians Riding with Purpose Course, www.JulieRobins.com. Julie Robins. JulieRobinsInc@gmail.com. High Falls. NY. 24 Tyrone Farm Cross Country Jumping Clinic, www.tyronefarm.com. Susan Boone. 860-9283647. events@tyronefarm.com. Pomfret. CT. 25 Educated Equestrians Riding with Purpose Course, www.JulieRobins.com. Julie Robins. JulieRobinsInc@gmail.com. High Falls. NY.

Other Locations August 13 Eventing Clinic at Briar Fox Farm, www. thehorsefarm.com. 316-775-5512. briarfox@ aol.com. Augusta. KS. 26-28 “Photographer of the American West” Photo Workshop, www.DrsPhoto.net. 208726-5191, ext 1. Tess@DrsPhoto.net. Wolf. WY.

September 04 The Benchmark Program Rally with Linda Allen , www.elsuenoequestriancenter.com. Linda Westin. 818-426-8668. Somis. CA. 09-11 “Photographer of the American West” Photo Workshop, www.DrsPhoto.net. 208726-5191, ext 1. Tess@DrsPhoto.net. Mackay. ID. 09-11 Brent Graef Clinic, www.BrentGraef.com. Crescent City. CA. 16-18 Lone Tree Farm Cross Country Clinic, www.lonetreefarm.net. 209-874-3401 . lonetree.ca@gmail.com. Waterford. CA. 17-18 Jan Ebeling Clinic Series, www. derbyfarms.com. Pam Pentz. 425-483-9583 . pam@derbyfarms.com. Woodinville. WA. 18-23 Brent Graef Clinic, www.BrentGraef.com. Canyon. TX. 23-25 “Photographer of the American West” Photo Workshop, www.DrsPhoto.net. 208726-5191, ext 1.Tess@DrsPhoto.net. Mackay. ID. 30-10/02 Brent Graef Clinic, www.BrentGraef. com. Celina. TX.

August 13 Tyrone Farm Cross Country Jumping and Obstacle Clinic, www.tyronefarm.com. Susan Boone. 860-928-3647. events@tyronefarm.com. Pomfret. CT. 13-15 Educated Equestrians 3-Day Intensive at Ladd Farm, www.JulieRobins.com. Julie Robins. JulieRobinsInc@gmail.com. Bridgewater. NH.

Southeast August 20 B&M Stables Group Horsemanship Lessons, www.ipass.net/blaine_mclaughlin. Michele McLaughlin. 919- 934-1344. sileeno@ipass.net. Four Oaks. NC.

September 17 Educated Equestrians Demo, www. JulieRobins.com. Julie Robins. JulieRobinsInc@ gmail.com. Aiken. SC. 18 GDCTA Hunter Equitation Clinic, www. simplesite.com/newclassichorseshows. Sara Juriceck. 404-386-1651. sadie1@mindspring. com. Cartersville. GA.

Dressage & Eventing Mid-Atlantic/Midwest August 06 The Meadow Dressage, www.meadowshows. com. 609-261-0601 . meadowshows@verizon. net. Mount Holly. NJ. 09 ESDCTA Cross Country Schooling, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com. Terri Masters. 609912-9401. horseparkofnj@aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 13 Evergreen Farm Schooling Show, www. evergreenfarm.info. 540-955-0529. evergreendors@juno.com. Berryville. VA. 13 Dressage Fest, Mary Johnson. 269-664-4223. equineline@mei.net. Plainwell. MI. 15 Crossroads at QRC Combined Tests, www.QuentinRidingClub.com. Steph@ CrossRoadShows.com. Quentin. PA.

September 01-04 Dressage at Stone Tavern, www.

horseparkofnewjersey.com. Jane Cory. 609-2590170. horseparkofnj@aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 02-04 Kentucky Classic Horse Trials, www. KYEvents.com. Mike Fike. 859-621-2479. Lexington. KY. 03 The Meadow Dressage, www.meadowshows. com. 609-261-0601 . meadowshows@verizon. net. Mount Holly. NJ. 03 Evergreen Farm Schooling Show, www. evergreenfarm.info. 540-955-0529. evergreendors@juno.com. Berryville. VA. 03-04 Virginia Starter Horse Trials, www. VAHorseTrials.com. Brian and Penny Ross. 540348-1152. vht@cfw.com. Lexington. VA. 09 Dressage at the Horse Park I, www.mseda. org. Susan Posner. 859-221-3462. Lexington. KY. 10-11 Dressage at the Horse Park II, www. mseda.org. Susan Posner. 859-221-3462. Lexington. KY. 10-11 VADA/Nova Autumn Dressage, www. vadanova.org. Diane Boyd. greyhorse11@gmail. com. Leesburg. VA. 11 Friendly Horseman’s Club Dressage Schooling Show, Alice Hummel. 717-4842222. Denver. PA. 17 NJ Bred All Breed Dressage Schooling Show, www.horseparkofnewjersey.com. Debra Moscatiello. 609-984-4389. horseparkofnj@aol. com. Allentown. NJ. 17 High Point Stables, Lindsey Vanderlaan. 517490-7013. linsey@highpointstablesllc.com. Charlotte. MI. 18 ESDCTA Dressage Championships, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com. Terri Masters. 609-

14 th ANNUAL PMHA MORAB NATIONALS: CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FUTURITY October 22 & 23, 2011 KENTUCKY HORSE PARK Covered Arena, Lexington, Kentucky A Three Breed Show for Purebred Morabs, Morgans & Arabians Class “A” Purebred Morgan and Purebred Arabian/Half-Arabian Divisions Main Show Judge Liz Sanchez Albuquerque, NM Sport Horse Judge Carrie Dahmer, Georgetown, KY USEF Class A , #307744 AHA # 111411010 AHA Region 14 Qualifier

Sport Horse In-Hand/Performance and Championships for Arabians and HA/AA Junior Division: Western, Hunter, Saddleseat, Showmanship and Championship Classes Expanded 10 & Under Classes - Select Arabian/HA/AA; 17 & Under Arabian Classes Morab Sport Horse, Performance, Futurity, Breeding/In-Hand & Championships Arabian, Morgan Performance Classes & Championships Adult Amateur W/T, Adult Equitation, Horsemanship, Fun classes and

Liberty Trail classes and M ORE! Expanded TBA Classes for Arabian, Half-Arabian/Anglo-Arabian and Morgan

Kentucky Arabian Half Arabian Breeders Association Featuring: HI POINT Classes for 2011 & Purebred Arabian Halter foaled 2009 and after & Half Arabian and Anglo Arabian Halter foaled 2009 and after Sponsored by the Purebred Morab Horse Association,sm Inc.

www.puremorab.com

Northeast August 06 The Vershire Riding School Schooling Trials, www.vershireridingschool.com. 802-685-2239 . info@vershireridingschool.com. Vershire. VT. 07 Oak Rise Farm Dressage/2-Phase Show,

Show Manager Lu Guilbault

401-568-8238 Home 401-641-5089 Cell

Judges

Chris Picardi & Walter Comire

AMHA Morgan Open Competition Program - 2 Star Rating Kentucky Association of Fairs and Horse Show, Inc FEATURING: AHA SWEEPSTAKES Classes; Breeding/In-Hand & Performance Classes

912-9401. horseparkofnj@aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 18 ESDCTA Cross Country Schooling, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com. Terri Masters. 609912-9401. horseparkofnj@aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 18 FDCTA Schooling Show, www. flatlandersdressage.com. Sarah Potts. 419-3694989. sarah@etpfarm.org. Findlay. OH. 19 Derbyshire Farms Horse Trial II, www. derbyshirefarms.com. Lucinda Henderson. 269429-7259. henderson@qtm.net. Stevensville. MI. 24 Dressage at the Shrine, Barb Meadows. 260-625-4182. horsemom35@hotmail.com. Columbia City. MI. 25 NJ Pony Club Starter Horse Trials, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com. Cathy Brogan. 908510-7999. horseparkofnj@aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 25 Region 1 Adult Competition, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com. Cathy Brogan. 908510-7999. horseparkofnj@aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 30-10/02 Jump Start Horse Trials, www. Keeneland.PonyClub.org. Shelley Ryan. 859224-3411. Lexington. KY.

ANNUAL

Open Horse SHOW

August 28, 2011 Dwyer Equine, LLC @ Red Rock Farm 189 Plainfield Pike, Foster, RI 02825

11 Day End Divisional Awards & A High Point Day End Award

SOME OF THE DIVISIONS ARE: Arabian & Half Arabian, Walk Trot, Sport Horse, Leadline, Western, Green Horse, Hunter Flat And Over Fences.

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www.OakRiseFarm.com. 603-656-9730. OakRise@Comcast.net. Goffstown. NH. 07 MRF Dressage Schooling Show, www. mrfdressage.com. Michele Routhier. 603-4908958. mrfdressage@aol.com. Nottingham. NH. 07 Oak Rise Farm Gaited Dressage Series, www.OakRiseFarm.com. 603-656-9730. OakRise@Comcast.net. Goffstown. NH. 07 SMDA Dressage Schooling Show, www. southernmainedressage.com. Robyn Cuffey . 207-929-6562. robyn@sacoriver.net. Hollis Center. ME. 07 TSHA Dressage Shows, www. tristatehorsemen.com. 860-564-4700. Oneco. CT. 07 Flatlands Equestrian Center Mix & Match Schooling Event, www.Flatlands-Equestrian. com . Rehoboth. MA. 08-11 Training and Novice 3-Day Event, www. gmhainc.org. 802-475-1509. kmanner@ gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT. 13 The Vershire Riding School Schooling Trials, www.vershireridingschool.com. 802-685-2239 . info@vershireridingschool.com. Vershire. VT. 13-14 Vermont Dressage Days, www. vermontdressagedays.com. Kristina Birkmayer. 802-858-0018. kristina@vermontdressagedays. com . Essex Junction. VT. 13-14 August Horse Trials, www.gmhainc.org. 802-475-1509. kmanner@gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT. 14 Sons of the Wind Dressage Schooling Show, www.LusitanoFarm.com. 978-423-9619. vsilva@ lusitanofarm.com. Merrimack. MA. 14 Independence Stable Dressage Schooling Show, www.indepencencestablellc. com. Dottie Brittingham . 413-284-0371. independencestable@yahoo.com . Belchertown. MA. 15 Members Day Cross Country, www.gmhainc. org. 802-475-1509. kmanner@gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT. 17 Hitching Post Farm Schooling Horse Trial, www.HitchingPostFarm.com. Laurie Hudson. 802-763-8164. laurie@hitchinpostfarm.com. South Royalston. VT. 21 Equine Events Two-Phase and Dressage Show, www.ManageWithEquineEvents.com. Missy Tansey. 508-917-8488. EquineEvents@ gmail.com. Spencer. MA. 21 Horse Power Dressage Series, www. WILDAIREFARM.com . Nancy Digregorio . 508765-0641 . Southbridge. MA. 28 Larkin Hill Schooling Show and Horse Trials, www.larkinhill.com. 518-441-2176. mhutch5100@aol.com. North Chatham. NY.

September 04 Oak Rise Farm Dressage/2-Phase Show, www.OakRiseFarm.com. 603-656-9730. OakRise@Comcast.net. Goffstown. NH. 04 MRF Dressage Schooling Show, www. mrfdressage.com. Michele Routhier. 603-4908958. mrfdressage@aol.com. Nottingham. NH. 04 Oak Rise Farm Gaited Dressage Series, www.OakRiseFarm.com. 603-656-9730. OakRise@Comcast.net. Goffstown. NH. 10-11 King Oak Fall Horse Trials, www. kingoakfarm.com. Fran and Tom Cross. 413527-4454 . inquiries@kingoakfarm.com. Southampton. MA. 11 Equine Events Two-Phase and Dressage Show, www.ManageWithEquineEvents.com.

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Missy Tansey. 508-917-8488. EquineEvents@ gmail.com. Spencer. MA. 11 Independence Stable Dressage Schooling Show, www.indepencencestablellc. com. Dottie Brittingham . 413-284-0371. independencestable@yahoo.com . Belchertown. MA. 13-18 NEDA Fall Festival, www.neda.org. Beth Jenkins. 508-655-6490. bjenkins@ix.netcom. com. Saugerities. NY. 17-18 September Horse Trials, www.gmhainc. org. 802-475-1509. kmanner@gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT. 18 SMDA Dressage Schooling Show, www. southernmainedressage.com. Robyn Cuffey . 207-929-6562. robyn@sacoriver.net. Hollis Center. ME. 18 Ocean State Hunt Club Two Phase, www. greenefieldfarm.com. Rick Thell. 401-255-6568. greenefieldfarm@yahoo.com. Greene. RI. 25 CVDA Fall Schooling Show, www.CVDA.org. Paula Wedhe. 603-675-2905. pwedhe@mac. com. S. Woodstock. VT. 25 Horse Power Dressage Series, www. WILDAIREFARM.com . Nancy Digregorio . 508765-0641 . Southbridge. MA. 25 Flatlands Equestrian Center Mix & Match Schooling Event, www.Flatlands-Equestrian. com . Rehoboth. MA.

Other Locations August 05-07 Dressage at LOH, www.LakeOswegoHunt. com. 503-636-0674. generalmanager@ lakeoswegohunt.com. Lake Oswego. OR. 27 QPEE Mini Event, www.QPEE.org. christy@ powersourcemidwest.com. St. Louis. MO.

September 11 The Fall Event Derby at LOH, www. LakeOswegoHunt.com. 503-636-0674. generalmanager@lakeoswegohunt.com. Lake Oswego. OR. 24-25 Fall Dressage at Briar Fox Farm, www. thehorsefarm.com. 316-775-5512. briarfox@ aol.com. Augusta. KS.

Southeast August 13 Poplar Place Schooling Dressage Show, www.PoplarPlaceFarm.com. 706-582-9999. donna@poplarplacefarm.com. Hamilton. GA. 13 GDCTA Dressage/Combined Tests Series, www.simplesite.com/newclassichorseshows. Sara Juriceck. 404-386-1651. sadie1@ mindspring.com. Gainesville. GA. 13-14 Early Morning Blues, www. CarolinaHorsePark.com. Kay Whitlock. 910-6928467. Raeford. NC. 20 Red Horse Stables One Day Three-Phase and Dressage Schooling Show, www. RedHorseStables.com. 770-258-0444. Carrolton. GA. 21 Gold Coast Dressage Schooling, www. wellingtonclassicdressage.com. Noreen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sullivan. 561-227-1570. nosullivan@ wellingtonclassicdressage.com. West Palm Beach. FL. 27-28 Fall Dressage Contours, www.foxleafarm. com. 941-480-1100. FoxLeaFarm@aol.com. Venice. FL.

28 Oxer Farm Dressage and CT, www.OxerFarm. com. 770-654-3934. Sandra@OxerFarm.com. Clermont. GA.

September 03 Poplar Place Schooling Dressage Show, www.PoplarPlaceFarm.com. 706-582-9999. donna@poplarplacefarm.com. Hamilton. GA. 03-04 Five Points Horse Trials, www. CarolinaHorsePark.com. 910-875-2074. Raeford. NC. 05 Cross Country Schooling, www. CarolinaHorsePark.com. 910-875-2074. Raeford. NC. 10 Lighten Up Dressage, www. lattaequestriancenter.com. 704-992-1550. Huntersville. NC. 10 GDCTA Dressage/Combined Tests Series, www.simplesite.com/newclassichorseshows. Sara Juriceck. 404-386-1651. sadie1@ mindspring.com. Gainesville. GA. 10 Red Horse Stables One Day Three-Phase and Dressage Schooling Show, www. RedHorseStables.com. 770-258-0444. Carrolton. GA. 10-11 Poplar Place Dressage Show, www. PoplarPlaceFarm.com. 706-582-9999. donna@ poplarplacefarm.com. Hamilton. GA. 17 Oxer Farm CT and 3-Phase, www.OxerFarm. com. 770-654-3934. Sandra@OxerFarm.com. Clermont. GA. 17-18 Wellington Classic Dressage Fall Challenge I & II, www. wellingtonclassicdressage.com. Noreen Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Sullivan. 561-227-1570. nosullivan@ wellingtonclassicdressage.com. West Palm Beach. FL. 17-18 Cool Down Dressage, www. CarolinaHorsePark.com. Kay Whitlock. 910-6928467. Raeford. NC. 18 Oxer Farm Dressage on Sunday, www. OxerFarm.com. 770-654-3934. Sandra@ OxerFarm.com. Clermont. GA. 23-25 Poplar Place Horse Trial, www. PoplarPlaceFarm.com. 706-582-9999. donna@ poplarplacefarm.com. Hamilton. GA. 30-10/02 Pony Club Dressage Rally, www. PoplarPlaceFarm.com. Lida Sease. lida@ mcalpinetankersley.com. Hamilton. GA.

Driving Northeast August 05-07 100 /60 /25 Mile Drive , www.verda. org. Sue Boyer . daystarfarm@earthlink.net. Brownsville. VT. 26-28 Combined Driving Event and Advanced Driving Trial, www.gmhainc.org. 802-4751509. kmanner@gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT. 29 Members Day Driving, www.gmhainc.org. 802-475-1509. kmanner@gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT.

September 10-11 Fall Driving Classic, www.gmhainc.org. 802-475-1509. kmanner@gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT. 17 VERDA 30 mile Ride and Drive , www. verda.org. Ronda Batchelder. 802-875-4304 .

rhondalynn57@hotmail.com. Springfield. VT. 24-25 Maine Carriage Days, www. mainecarriagedays.com. Paula Leavitt. 207-2344537. dleavitt@uninets.net. Topsham. ME.

Fairs Mid-Atlantic/Midwest August 04-05 Ohio State Fair, Daniel “Todd” Riedel. 330419-0346. TrailLightFarms@aol.com. Columbus. OH. 20-21 Berks Equine Council’s 6th Annual Horse Show and Country Fair, 484-955-2574.. bechorseshow@gmail.com. Leesport. PA.

September 02-05 Central WI State Fair, Danelle Kinney. 651380-9600. haugenhill@hotmail.com. Marshfield. WI.

Northeast August 04-06 Cheshire Fair, www.CheshireFair.com. Sue Weston. 603-903-0102. sevenspringsfarm@ ne.rr.com. Swanzey. NH. 09-13 Addison County Fair and Field Days, www.addisoncountyfielddays.com. Cara Mullin. 802-545-2557. New Haven. VT. 17-21 Orleans County Fair, www. orleanscountyfair.org. Harvey Cleveland. 802525-3555. Barton. VT. 18-21 Deerfield Valley Farmers’ Day Exhibition, www.dvfair.com. Steven Adams. 802-319-0117. info@dvfair.com. Wilmington. VT. 19-21 Erie County Fair, Jason Gates. 561-7469721. Hamburg. NY. 24-28 Caledonia County Fair, www.vtfair.com. Richard Lawrence. 802-626-5917. daw1030@ aol.com. Lyndonville. VT. 25-28 Acton Fair, www.actonfair.net. 207-6362968. Webmaster@actonfair.net. Acton. ME. 26-28 NY State Fair, Naomi Blumenthal. 315-6821933. Syracuse. NY. 26-28 Bondville Fair, www.bondvillefair.com. Lori Polhemus. 802-297-9810. Bondville. VT. 27-09/05 Champlain Valley Fair, www.cvexpo. org. 802-878-5545. infor@cvexpo.org. Essex Junction. VT. 30-09/05 New York State Fair, Vicky McCaffrey. 518-872-1295. oxkill@capital.net. Syracuse. NY.

September 02-11 Vermont State Fair, www.vermontstatefair. net. Richard Rivers. 802-775-5200. vtstfair@ comcast.net. Rutland. VT. 04-05 Guilford Fair, www.guilfordfairvt.com. David Franklin. 802-254-2228. Guilford. VT. 15-18 Tunbridge World’s Fair, www. tunbridgeworldsfair.com. 800-889-5555. info@ tunbridgeworldsfari.com. Tunbridge. VT. 29-10/02 Deerfield Fair, www.deerfieldfair.com. 603-463-7421. Deerfield. NH.

Southeast September 30-10/02 Charlotte Equestrian Celebration, www.CharlotteEquestrianCelebration.com. Gordon Calhoun. 704-919-0683. info@

dinnerinthedirt.com. Charlotte. NC.

Horse Shows Mid-Atlantic/Midwest August 03 Sussex County Benefit Horse Show, www. sussexcountyhorseshow.com. Lucille Pagano. 973-875-9548. Augusta. NJ. 03-07 Eastern Arabian and East Coast Championships, www.EastCoastShow.com. Marty Kleiner. 717-507-3474. meekone@ comcast.net. Lexington. VA. 03-07 Kentucky Summer Classic, www. kentuckyhorseshows.com. Kentucky Horse Shows LLC. 859-233-0492. Lexington. KY. 04-05 USEF National Junior Hunter Championships, www.kentuckyhorseshows. com. Kentucky Horse Shows LLC. 859-2330492. Lexington. KY. 04-07 Woodedge at the Park, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com, www.woodedge. com. Bob Allen. 856-235-5623. horseparkofnj@ aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 04-07 Bay State Classic, Mimi Brandau. 410-5814782. mbrandau@mcdonogh.org. Owings Mill. MD. 05-06 Michigan Summer Sizzler and Youth Show, www.whamonline.com. Marsha Coffey. 734-846-8802. mountainriderone@aol.com. Davisburg. MI. 06 Friendly Horseman’s Club Fun Show, Alice Hummel. 717-484-2222. Denver. PA. 08-14 Sussex County Horse Show, www. sussexcountyhorseshow.com. Lucille Pagano. 973-875-9548. Augusta. NJ. 10-14 Lexington National Horse Show AA, www.HorseCenter.org. Leslie Brown. 540-4642961. birnamfarm@rockbridge.net. Lexington. VA. 10-14 USEF Pony Finals, www. KentuckyHorseShows.com. Kentucky Horse Shows LLC. 859-233-0492. Lexington. KY. 10-14 Riverview Asbury Summer Jumper Classic, www.theridgefarm.com . 908-4796171 . ridgeshows@aol.com. Asbury. NJ. 12-13 Kentucky Flat Shod Celebration, www.showhorsemanagement.com. Connie Hollbrook. 615-207-2754. connie@ showhorsemanagement.com. Libery. KY. 12-14 NJ Palomino Exhibitors, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com. Martha Hoff. 732236-4623. horseparkofnj@aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 13-14 Eastern PA PHA Horse Show, www. QuentinRidingClub.com. Tobey McWilliams. 484-824-1014. Quentin. PA. 14 The Meadow Horse Shows, www. meadowshows.com. 609-261-0601 . meadowshows@verizon.net. Mount Holly. NJ. 14 Briarwood Farm Horse Show, www. briarwood-farm.com. 908-534-8833. jackkate@ aol.com. Flemington. NJ. 14 FDCTA Fun Show, www.flatlandersdressage. com. Sarah Potts. 419-369-4989. sarah@ etpfarm.org. Cridersville. OH. 17-21 Winston National, www.HitsShows.com. 845-246-8833. info@HitsShows.com. Culpeper. VA. 17-21 Blue Grass Festival Horse Show, www. KentuckyHorseShows.com. Kentucky Horse Shows LLC. 859-233-0492. Lexington. KY.

17-21 Riverview Asbury Summer Jumper Classic II, www.theridgefarm.com . 908-4796171 . ridgeshows@aol.com. Asbury. NJ. 18 QRC Open Fun Show, www. QuentinRidingClub.com. Hannah Salvadore. 610-693-8228. Quentin. PA. 19-20 $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals, www.ushja.org. Melanie Fransen. 859-225-6700.. mfransen@ushja.org . Lexington. KY. 19-21 Far and Away Farm Show Series, www. farandawayfarmhorseshows.com. Marysville. OH. 20-21 Black-Eyed Susan Horse Show Series, www.besthorseshows.com. 410-867-7923. jamie@besthorseshows.com. Upper Marlboro. MD. 20-21 Berks Equine Council’s 6th Annual Horse Show and Country Fair, 484-955-2574.. bechorseshow@gmail.com. Leesport. PA. 20-21 Garden State Appaloosa Association Summer Sizzler, www.gardenstateapps.com . Lori Wunderlich . 973-579-7661 . Branchville. NJ. 21 Hidden Haven Horse Show, www.hdnhvn. com. hdnhvn@earthlink.net . Mechanicsville. VA. 21 Standardbred Pleasure Horse Show, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com. horseparkofnj@aol. com. Allentown. NJ. 21 Briarwood Farm Horse Show, www. briarwood-farm.com. 908-534-8833. jackkate@ aol.com. Flemington. NJ. 21 Bottom Dollar One Day Show, www. nepaarabians.com. Jennette Aubert. 610-7513700. jennette@nepaarabians.com. Quentin. PA. 21-22 QRC Fall Horse Show Open Division, www.QuentinRidingClub.com. Hannah Salvadore. 610-693-8228. Quentin. PA. 24-28 Constitution Classic, www.HitsShows.com. 845-246-8833. info@HitsShows.com. Culpeper. VA. 24-28 Kentucky Hunter Jumper Association Horse Show, www.KentuckyHorseShows.com. Kentucky Horse Shows LLC. 859-233-0492. Lexington. KY. 25-28 NJQHA Peter Cofrancesco Memorial Horse Show, www.njqha.com. www. pjchorseshow.com. Sussex. NJ. 26-28 New Jersey State 4-H Show, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com. Carol Ward. 609984-4389. horseparkofnj@aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 26-28 Bluegrass Feathered Horse Classic, www. gypsyshowhorse.org . Bowlling Green. KY. 27 On Course Hunter Show Series, www. oncourseriding.com. 973-875-8780 . katie@ oncourseriding.com. Lafayette. NJ. 27 Horse Show Sponsored by Crooked Fence Farm , Mary Lynn Fentress. 412-767-5750 . Plum. PA. 28 The Meadow Horse Shows, www. meadowshows.com. 609-261-0601 . meadowshows@verizon.net. Mount Holly. NJ. 28 On Course Jumper Show Series, www. oncourseriding.com. 973-875-8780 . katie@ oncourseriding.com. Lafayette. NJ. 28 Stonybrook Saddle Club Point Show , Mary Lynn Fentress. 412-767-5750 . Plum. PA. 29 Sunday Hunter Series at QRC, www. QuentinRidingClub.com. Steph@ CrossRoadShows.com. Quentin. PA.

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31-09/04 Warrenton Horse Show, Tommy Lee Jones. 540-788-4806. cur4157@aol.com. Warrenton. VA.

September 01-04 Eastern Region Andalusian & Lusitano Horse Show, www.erahc.org. Linda Denniston. 301-447-6240. crghf@aol.com. Lexington. VA. 01-04 Greensboro Hunter Jumper Show, Martin Schlaeppi. 336-822-4313. mchlaeppi@dixonhughes.com. Greensboro. VA. 02-04 Showtime Series at Delaware, www. delawarehorseshows.com. Delaware. OH. 02-04 CSHSA 49th Annual Fall Round-up, www.centralstate.net. CSHSA@woh.rr.com. Wilmington. OH. 02-05 QRC Fall Hunter Jumper Horse Show, www.QuentinRidingClub.com. Quentin. PA. 02-05 WMAHA Fall Classic, www.region13.net. Jean Hedger. 937-434-6114. Mason. MI. 03 Pennsylvania Pinto Horse Club Show, www. pinto.org. Denise Paver. 717-245-9979. Carlisle. PA. 03-04 Fall Arabian Classic, Sherri Re. 281-5135745. sherrire101@yahoo.com. Lexington. VA. 03-04 OHAHA Fall Show, www.aha14.com. Jean Hedger. 937-434-6114. Springfield. OH. 04 Baymar Farms Show, www.BaymarFarms. com. 732-591-9600. Morganville. NJ. 04-05 MSPB&O Class in the Country Show, www.pinto.org. Betty Dennis. 989-843-6838. Corunna. MI. 05 Briarwood Farm Horse Show, www. briarwood-farm.com. 908-534-8833. jackkate@ aol.com. Flemington. NJ. 07-11 Riverview Asbury Autumn Jumper Classic I, www.theridgefarm.com . 908-4796171 . ridgeshows@aol.com. Asbury. NJ. 08-11 Virginia Quarter Horse Association Breeder’s Futurity, www.myvqha.com. Dave Higgins. 434-315-4434. futurity@brqha.com. Lexington. VA. 09-10 East Coast Morgan Sport Horse Classic, Suzette Bodnar-Boisselle. 540-209-5957. ecmshc@yahoo.com. Stanardsville. VA. 09-10 Michigan Championships Horse Show and Futurity, www.whamonline.com. Susan Fenner. 586-855-8091. suefenner@yahoo.com. Lansing. MI. 10 QRC Open Fun Show, www. QuentinRidingClub.com. Hannah Salvadore. 610-693-8228. Quentin. PA. 10 Friendly Horseman’s Club Fun Show, Alice Hummel. 717-484-2222. Denver. PA. 10-11 Fall Classic I, Robert Murphy Stables. 859421-7323. Lexington. KY. 10-11 Thousand Lakes Feathered Horse Classic, www.gypsyshowhorse.org . Oshkosh. WI. 10-11 Country Hill Farm, Marsha Herbert. 410876-5998. marshabherbert@hotmail.com. Westminister. MD. 11 The Meadow Horse Shows, www. meadowshows.com. 609-261-0601 . meadowshows@verizon.net. Mount Holly. NJ. 11 Hear the Beat Horse Show , www.HoofBeats.com. Deb Work. 540-464-2953. dwork@ hoof-beats.com. Lexington. VA. 14-18 Rocky Mountain Horse Association International Show, www.rmhorse.org. 859243-0260. Lexington. KY. 14-18 Riverview Asbury Autumn Jumper Classic II, www.theridgefarm.com . 908-479-

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6171 . ridgeshows@aol.com. Asbury. NJ. 15-18 Virginia State 4-H Horse and Pony Championships, www.4-H.ext.vt.edu. Celeste Crisman. 540-231-9162. ccrisman@vt,edu. Lexington. VA. 17 NJ Bred All Breed Horse Show, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com. Debra Moscatiello. 609-984-4389. horseparkofnj@aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 17 Sussex County Benefit Horse Show, www. sussexcountyhorseshow.com. Lucille Pagano. 973-875-9548. Augusta. NJ. 17-18 Indiana Arabian Pro-Am Show, www. region13.net. Donna Auber. 330-274-2039. Rochester. IN. 17-18 Fall Classic II, Robert Murphy Stables. 859421-7323. Lexington. KY. 17-18 Stonybrook Saddle Club Point Show , Mary Lynn Fentress. 412-767-5750 . Plum. PA. 18 PHC Hunter Schooling Show , www. potomachorse.com. 301-208-0200. N. Potomac . MD. 19 Sunday Hunter Series at QRC, www. QuentinRidingClub.com. Steph@ CrossRoadShows.com. Quentin. PA. 20-25 Kentucky National Hunter Jumper Show, www.thekentuckynational.com. Suzanne Mayo. 615-790-2953. Lexington. KY. 24-25 Glenmore Hunt Pony Club Annual Horse Show, www.GlenMorePony.com. Marjorie Hays. hays5@cfw.net. Lexington. VA. 25 Hidden Haven Horse Show, www.hdnhvn. com. hdnhvn@earthlink.net . Mechanicsville. VA. 25 The Meadow Horse Shows, www. meadowshows.com. 609-261-0601 . meadowshows@verizon.net. Mount Holly. NJ. 28-10/01 Mid-Atlantic Morgan Horse Show, www.MidAMorgan.com. Kent Moeller. 804-363-3085. kentmoeller@netscape.com. Lexington. VA. 28-10/01 ASHAV Horse Show, www.ashav.com. Kent Moeller. 804-363-3085. kentmoeller@ netscape.com. Lexington. VA. 28-10/02 Culpeper Finals, www.HitsShows.com. 845-246-8833. info@HitsShows.com. Culpeper. VA. 28-10/02 Arabian Sport Horse Nationals, www. arabianhorses.org. 303-696-4500. Lexington. KY. 29-10/02 Woodedge at the Park, www. horseparkofnewjersey.com, www.woodedge. com. Bob Allen. 856-235-5623. horseparkofnj@ aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 30-10/01 Showtime Series at Delaware, www. delawarehorseshows.com. Delaware. OH.

Northeast August 01 North Shore Horsemen’s Association Hunter Show, www.northshorehorsemens.org. Lowell Murray. 978-500-7453. Georgetown. MA. 01 Hanson Hot-to-Trots 4H HRC Affiliated Show , www.hansonridingclub.org. Middleboro . MA. 01-04 Head of the Bay Classic II, www. grazingfields.com. 508-759-3763. liz@ grazingfields.com. Buzzards Bay. MA. 03 River Run Farm, www.BHCManagement. com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@ bhcmanagement.com. Brewster. NY. 03-07 NY Horse & Pony Show (HITS-on-the-

Hudson VI), www.HitsShows.com. 845-2468833. info@HitsShows.com. Saugerties. NY. 03-07 Manchester & the Mountains Horse Show, www.vt-summerfestival.com. info@vtsummerfestival.com. E. Dorset . VT. 04 Zephyr Farm, www.BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@ BHCManagement.com. Mahopac. NY. 04-06 Cheshire Fair, www.CheshireFair.com. Sue Weston. 603-903-0102. sevenspringsfarm@ ne.rr.com. Swanzey. NH. 04-06 Connecticut Summer Classic, Cheryl Innis. 860-749-3007. rroadcart@cox.net. W. Springfield. MA. 05 GFF Medal Day, www.grazingfields.com. 508759-3763. liz@grazingfields.com. Buzzards Bay. MA. 05 Twin Lakes Farm, www.BHCManagement. com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@ BHCManagement.com. Bronxville. NY. 06 Folly Farm Horse Show, www.follyfarm.us. Simsbury. CT. 06 Brook Edge Farms, www.brookedgefarms. com. 845-292-5311. Ferndale. NY. 07 Silver Heels Riding Club Horse Show, www. silverheelsonline.com . Fremont . NH. 07 Cape Cod Benefit Horse Show, www. capecodbenefithorseshow.com. Corey Eldredge. 508-428-3163. corey@coybrookfarm.com. E. Falmouth. MA. 07 Riding & Driving Club Show Series, www. barreridingdrivingclub.com. Jill Poulin . 978-2578171 . barnesj4@yahoo.com. Barre. MA. 07 Western Massachusetts Appaloosa Association Open Show, www. westernmaapp.homestead.com. MassAppy2@ comcast.net. Westfield. MA. 07 Different Drummer Farm Equitation and Hunter Schooling Show Series , www. differentdrummerfarm.com . Jodi Fortier . 603483-2234 . Jodiddf@gmail.com . Candia. NH. 07 Fairfield- Westchester PHA, www. BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203650-3148. naomi@bhcmanagement.com. North Salem. NY. 08-10 Berkshire Equestrian Center, www. theberkshireequestriancenter.com. 413-6983200 . berkshireequestriancenter@hotmail.com. Richmond. MA. 09 GFF Medal Day, www.grazingfields.com. 508759-3763. liz@grazingfields.com. Buzzards Bay. MA. 10 Fairfield County Hunt Club, www. huntclubonline.org . Westport. CT. 10 Fairfield Hunt Club, www.BHCManagement. com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@ bhcmanagement.com. Westport. CT. 10-14 Vermont Summer Celebration, www. vt-summerfestival.com. info@vt-summerfestival. com. E. Dorset . VT. 10-14 Northampton Hunter Jumper, www. BiscuitHillFarm.com. John Manning. 413-6259967. manning@crocker.net. Northampton. MA. 108-07 East Central Pinto Jubilee, Joe Grissom. 765-424-4644. New Castle. IN. 11 Sly Fox Farm at Gardnertown Stables , www.GardnertownFarm.com. 845-564-6658. tdencker1@aol.com. Newburgh. NY. 11 River Wind Farm, www.riverwindfarm.com. Carl Catani. 781-826-8543. erinpowell70@ hotmail.com. Pembroke. MA. 11-13 NHAHA Summer Jubilee, www.nharab.

org. Sue Arthur . 603-887-5937. sarthur110@ aol.com. Deerfield. NH. 12 Blue Ribbon Ventures, www. BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@bhcmanagement.com. Brewster. NY. 12-14 NEPtHA Summer Sizzler, www.Pinto.org. Meredith Daignealt. 860-564-3252. Oneco. CT. 13 New Hampshire Hunter Jumper Association Show, www.nhhja.com. info@nhhja.com. Fremont. NH. 13 Saddle Rowe Horse Show, www.saddlerowe. com. Tina Geoghegan . 508-269-1044. Medway. MA. 13 Twin Lakes Farm, www.BHCManagement. com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@ BHCManagement.com. Bronxville. NY. 13-14 CHF Show Series, www.carouselhorsefarm. org. 860-564-7892. carouselhorsefarm@yahoo. com . Sterling. CT. 13-14 Fun Show and Cowboy Up Obstacle Course, www.purecountrycampground.com. Lori Aichele. 607-898-3808. patchwork2@ hotmail.com. New Berlin. NY. 13-14 Carousel Horse Farm Open Show , www. carouselhorsefarm.com . Lisa LeDoux . 860564-7892. carouselhorsefarm@yahoo.com. Woodstock. CT. 14 Oak Rise Farm Pleasure Show Series, www. OakRiseFarm.com. 603-656-9730. OakRise@ Comcast.net. Goffstown. NH. 14 North Shore Horsemen’s Association Pleasure Show, www.northshorehorsemens. org. Lee Bernier. 978-462-3732. Chester. NH. 14 11th Annual Pine Tree Sizzler , Jo Hight. 207799-8296. spurwnksteward@wmconnect.com. Hollis Center. ME. 14 Horse Power Hunter Jumper Series, www. WILDAIREFARM.com . Nancy Digregorio . 508765-0641 . Southbridge. MA. 14 AQHA and All Breed Show, www.nhqha. com. Joanne Ives. 603-228-1244. jives@nhqha. com. Swanzey. NH. 14 The Pines, Paul Foohey. 860-633-5964. pinesfarm@aol.com. S. Glastonbury. CT. 14 Holloway Brook Farm, Brian Conefrey. 508947-8424. brian@hollowaybrookfarm.com. Lakeville. MA. 16 Ridgefield Equestrian Center, www. BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203650-3148. naomi@BHCManagement.com. Ridgefield. CT. 16-20 Massachusetts Morgan Horse Show, Molly O’Brien . 413-246-8757. mhobrien2@ comcast.net. W. Springfield. MA. 17 Sandy Point Stables Horse Show, www. sandypointstables.com. John Bahret. 401-8493958. jebahret@hotmail.com. Portsmoouth. RI. 17 Zephyr Farm, www.BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@ BHCManagement.com. Mahopac. NY. 18 Hunter Derby, www.gmhainc.org. 802-4751509. kmanner@gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT. 18-21 Fairfield County Hunt Club, www. huntclubonline.org. Westport. CT. 18-21 Fairfield Hunt Club, www. BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@bhcmanagement.com. Westport. CT. 19 River Wind Farm, www.riverwindfarm.com. Carl Catani. 781-826-8543. erinpowell70@ hotmail.com. Pembroke. MA.

19-21 TSHA Open Horse Show, www. tristatehorsemen.com. 860-564-4700. Oneco. CT. 19-21 August Hunter/Jumper Show, www. gmhainc.org. 802-475-1509. kmanner@ gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT. 20 Hampshire County Riding Club Open Horse Show, www.hampshirecountyridingclub.com. Diana Harris. 413-634-0167. Goshen. MA. 20 Western Massachusetts Horse Show Series, www.wmhss.org. info@wmhss.org. Goshen . MA. 20 Field Days at Bridle Path Manor, Kathy Zimmer. 315-673-1072. Camillus. NY. 20 Willow Hill Farm, www.WillowHillFarmNY. com. 845-457-1414 . Montgomery. NY. 20 NEPHC Two Judge Show, www.nephc.com. Cindy Kovach. 413-386-6823. buckskin97@ yahoo.com. Swanzey. NH. 21 Equine Events Celebration of Champions, www.ManageWithEquineEvents.com. Missy Tansey. 508-917-8488. EquineEvents@gmail. com. Spencer. MA. 21 South Shore Horsemen’s Council Horse Show, www.sshconline.com. Jennifer Sullivan. 781-545-8945. jenn.sullivan382@gmail.com. Raynham. MA. 21 Riding & Driving Club Show Series, Hosted by the Apple Valley Pony Club, www. barreridingdrivingclub.com. Jill Poulin . 978-2578171 . barnesj4@yahoo.com. Barre. MA. 21 Cheshire Fair Summer Show Circuit, www. CheshireFair.com. Sue Weston. 603-903-0102. sevenspringsfarm@ne.rr.com. Swanzey. NH. 21 Seven Meadows Farm, www. SevenMeadowsFarm.net. 845-294-061. Goshen. NY. 21 SPHOME Endless Summer Horse Show, www.sphomaine.net. Brenda Bryant . 207-9859144. bbriona@gmail.com. Hollis Center. ME. 21 Lucky Clover Stables Show, Sue Austin. 207651-1881 . csaustin@metrocast.net. Sanford . ME. 21 GFF Horse Show, www.grazingfields.com. 508-759-3763. liz@grazingfields.com. Buzzards Bay. MA. 21 Cornerstone Farm, Pam Hunt. 978-373-4610. huntpm@aol.com. Haverhill. MA. 21 SPHO Endless Summer Show, : www. sphomaine.net. Lanie Buskin. 207-935-4278. lbuskin@yahoo.com. Hollis. ME. 23 Stepping Stone Farm, www. BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203650-3148. naomi@BHCManagement.com. Ridgefield. CT. 23 94th Annual Breeders Horse Fair, www. gvbreeders.com. Avon. NY. 24 River Wind Farm, www.riverwindfarm.com. Carl Catani. 781-826-8543. erinpowell70@ hotmail.com. Pembroke. MA. 24 Ridgefield Equestrian Center, www. BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203650-3148. naomi@BHCManagement.com. Ridgefield. CT. 24-27 DCF Horse Show , Kristine Stephenson. 914-475-4206. Welwyn@frontiernet.net. Rhinebeck. NY. 25 River Run Farm, www.BHCManagement. com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@ bhcmanagement.com. Brewster. NY. 26 Sly Fox Farm at Gardnertown Stables , www.GardnertownFarm.com. 845-564-6658. tdencker1@aol.com. Newburgh. NY.

27 St. Lawrence Summer Horse Show Series, 315-379-0205. mburnham@twcny.rr.com. Canton. NY. 27 New Hampshire Hunter Jumper Association Show, www.nhhja.com. info@nhhja.com. New Ipswich. NH. 27 Blue Ribbon Ventures, www. BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@bhcmanagement.com. Brewster. NY. 28 Oak Rise Farm Pleasure Show Series, www. OakRiseFarm.com. 603-656-9730. OakRise@ Comcast.net. Goffstown. NH. 28 North Shore Horsemen’s Association Hunter Show, www.northshorehorsemens.org. Lowell Murray. 978-500-7453. Georgetown. MA. 28 Crystal Waters Farm, www. CrystalWatersFarm.com. 845-986-0100. crystalwaterfarm@aol.com. Warwick. NY. 28 Acton Fair Horse Show, www.actonfair. net. Cheryl Johnson. 207-651-3434. cherylj@ metrocast.met. Acton. ME. 28 Schooling Show Series, www. greenefieldfarm.com. Rick Thell. 401-255-6568. greenefieldfarm@yahoo.com. Greene. RI. 28 RIAHA Open Horse Show at Red Rock Farm, Lu Guilbault. 401-568-8238.. Foster. RI. 28-09/04 The Hampton Classic, www. hamptonclassic.com. 631-537-3177 . Info@ HamptonClassic.com. Bridgehampton. NY. 30 Ridgefield Equestrian Center, www. BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203650-3148. naomi@BHCManagement.com. Ridgefield. CT. 31-09/04 HITS-on-the-Hudson VII, www. HitsShows.com. 845-246-8833. info@ HitsShows.com. Saugerties. NY.

September 02-05 Woodstock Fair Open Horse Show, Christina Daigneault. horseshows@ woodstockfair.com . Woodstock. CT. 03 22nd Annual Goshen Fair Draft Horse Show, Stacy Lynch. 860-491-0203. slynch@ utopiapercherons.com. Goshen. CT. 03 Greystone Stables, www.GreystoneStables. net. 845-355-7433. greystonestable@optimum. net. New Hampton. NY. 03 Tack Shack Hunter Jumper Show, Kristen Tomalison. 617-719-2524 . kristentomalson@ comcast.net . Fremont. NH. 03 NEPHC Paint-O-Rama Youth/ Novice/ Amateur Show, www.nephc.com. Cindy Kovach. 413-386-6823. buckskin97@yahoo. com. Oneco. CT. 03-04 Silver Spur All Arabian, Marlene Kriegbaum. 716-655-1536. arabshows@mac. com. Hamburg. NY. 04 Carriage Town Horse Show, www. boblynstables.com. Felicia Knowles. 603-474315. fdknow@juno.com. Amesbury . MA. 04 MHC Classic Finals Horse Show, www. boblynstables.com, www.mahorsecouncil.com. Steve Lampson. 978-204-4800. Amesbury . MA. 04 Blue Ride / Bella Rosa Schooling Show, www.Bluerideshowstables.net . 508-561-5829. jjillroz@aol.com. Wrentham. MA. 04-05 Guilford Fair Horse Show, www. guilfordfairvt.com. David Franklin. 802-2542228. Guilford. VT. 04-05 111th Annual Myopia Horse Show, www.bostonjumperclassic.com. John Manning. 413-625-9967 . Hamilton. MA.

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04-05 NEPHC Paint-O-Rama Fall Futurity and Open Show, www.nephc.com. Cindy Kovach. 413-386-6823. buckskin97@yahoo.com. Oneco. CT. 07-10 HITS-on-the-Hudson VIII, www.HitsShows. com. 845-246-8833. info@HitsShows.com. Saugerties. NY. 08-11 Putnam Boston Jumper Classic, www. bostonjumperclassic.com. John Manning. 413625-9967 . Hamilton. MA. 09-11 CQHA Horse Show, www.cqha.com. Ellie Keene. 401-231-1241. Keenskip@aol.com. Oneco. CT. 10 Horses and Hounds Stables, www. HorsesandHoundsStables.com. 845-895-9376. DM@hvc.rr.com. Gardiner. NY. 10 Fairfield- Westchester PHA Finals, www. BHCManagement.com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@bhcmanagement.com. Newburgh. NY. 10-11 $500,000 HITS Hunter Prix Final, www. HitsShows.com. 845-246-8833. info@ HitsShows.com. Saugerties. NY. 10-11 AHAME Autumnfest Horse Show, www. mainearabian.org. Lee Cheever. 207-676-8529. lcheever@usm.maine.edu. Skowhegan. ME. 10-11 Indiana Pinto Hoosier Classic, Joe Grissom. 765-424-4644. New Castle. IN. 11 Silver Heels Riding Club Horse Show, www. silverheelsonline.com . Fremont . NH. 11 Equine Events Fall Classic, www. ManageWithEquineEvents.com. Missy Tansey. 508-917-8488. EquineEvents@gmail.com. Spencer. MA. 11 Pfizer $1 Million Grand Prix, www.HitsShows. com. 845-246-8833. info@HitsShows.com. Saugerties. NY. 11 Oak Rise Farm Pleasure Show Series, www. OakRiseFarm.com. 603-656-9730. OakRise@ Comcast.net. Goffstown. NH. 11 CRAA Open Fun & Learn Horse Show , www. orgsites.com/ct/connecticutriverarabian. Deb Thomas. dlt8888@aol.com . Rochester. MA. 11 New Boston Farm Show, Paulajean O’Neill. 207-657-3274. paulajeanoneill@yahoo.com . Gray. ME. 11 Different Drummer Farm Equitation and Hunter Schooling Show Series , www. differentdrummerfarm.com . Jodi Fortier . 603483-2234 . Jodiddf@gmail.com . Candia. NH. 11 Cornerstone Farm, Pam Hunt. 978-373-4610. huntpm@aol.com. Haverhill. MA. 11 The Pines, Paul Foohey. 860-633-5964. pinesfarm@aol.com. S. Glastonbury. CT. 11 Yankee Clipper, Debby Tate. 508-759-9512. lexy3673@aol.com. Marshfield. MA. 11 Schooling Show Series, www. greenefieldfarm.com. Rick Thell. 401-255-6568. greenefieldfarm@yahoo.com. Greene. RI. 11 Stepping Stone Farm, www.BHCManagement. com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@ BHCManagement.com. Ridgefield. CT. 11 Open Horse Show, westfieldridngingclub@ hotmail.com, . Westfield. MA. 11 HRC Open Horse Show , www. hansonridingclub.org. Hanover. MA. 14-18 Fidelity Jumper Classic, www.jumperclassic. com. 978-283-7708. Hampton Falls. NH. 16-18 NEPtHA Fall Fiesta, www.Pinto.org. Meredith Daignealt. 860-564-3252. Oneco. CT. 17 AQHA Novice and All Breed Show, www. nhqha.com. Joanne Ives. 603-228-1244. jives@ nhqha.com. Pembroke. NH.

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18 Folly Farm Horse Show, www.follyfarm.us. Simsbury. CT. 18 North Shore Horsemen’s Association Hunter Show, www.northshorehorsemens.org. Lowell Murray. 978-500-7453. Georgetown. MA. 18 AHAM Open Fun Show, Sanday Crowe. 508473-2545. Spencer. MA. 18 Biscuit Hill Farm, www.BiscuitHillFarm.com. John Manning. 413-625-9967. manning@ crocker.net. Shelburne. MA. 19 Blue Ride / Bella Rosa Schooling Show, www. Bluerideshowstables.net . 508-561-5829. jjillroz@ aol.com. Wrentham. MA. 21-25 Empire Fall Show, Double Judged/Split Combined (4 shows total). Charlotte Jaynes. 607546-7373. Syracuse. NY. 22-25 Buffalo Showtime Horse Shows, www. tsgequineevents.com. Liz Keller. 585-250-8968. Hamburg. NY. 24 St. Lawrence Summer Horse Show Series, 315-379-0205. mburnham@twcny.rr.com. Canton. NY. 24 Shallowbrook Horse Show, www. shallowbrook.com. Sally Allison. 203-731-1757. sallison@shallowbrook.com. Somers. CT. 24 Brook Edge Farms, www.brookedgefarms.com. 845-292-5311. Ferndale. NY. 24 Saddle Rowe Horse Show, www.saddlerowe. com. Tina Geoghegan . 508-269-1044. Medway. MA. 24 Shallowbrook Equestrian Center, www. shallowbrook.com. 860-749-0749 . sallison@ shallowbrook.com. Somers. CT. 24 Open Schooling Horse Show at Mount Holyoke College hosted by the MHC Western Team, www.mhcriding.com. 413-6958343. kellimarie43@yahoo.com . S. Hadley. MA. 25 Sandy Point Stables Horse Show, www. sandypointstables.com. John Bahret. 401-8493958. jebahret@hotmail.com. Portsmoouth. RI. 25 Fairfield County Hunt Club, www. huntclubonline.org . Westport. CT. 25 Oak Rise Farm Pleasure Show Series, www. OakRiseFarm.com. 603-656-9730. OakRise@ Comcast.net. Goffstown. NH. 25 Riding & Driving Club Versatility Challenge, www.barreridingdrivingclub.com. Tanya Coran . 508-397-5429 . tcoran69@yahoo.com. Barre. MA. 25 North Shore Horsemen’s Association Pleasure Show, www.northshorehorsemens.org. Lee Bernier. 978-462-3732. Chester. NH. 25 Black Ridge Farm Show, www.blackridgefarm. com. 845-355-1600. blackridgefarm@gmail.com. Middletown. NY. 25 Gardnertown Stables Rated Show, www. GardnertownFarm.com. 845-564-6658. tdencker1@aol.com. Newburgh. NY. 25 4th Annual Maine Event Horse Show, Ricky Drew. 207-272-0082. asamnews@yahoo.com. Hollis Center. MA. 25 Fairfield Hunt Club, www.BHCManagement. com. Naomi Gauruder. 203-650-3148. naomi@ bhcmanagement.com. Westport. CT. 29-10/02 Deerfield Fair Horse Show, www. DeerfieldFair.com. John Lampropolous. 603-3947699. sheri251724@aol.com. Deerfield. NH. 30-10/02 MHC Day’s of Champions, www. mahorsecouncil.com. 508-636-8620. joprisc@ msn.com . Northampton. MA.

Other Locations August 02 Region 17 Pre-Show, www.region17.com. Marion Enders. 403-227-0538. Edmonton. Canada. 02-07 Pebble Beach Equestrian Classic III, www. ridepebblebeach.com. 831-624-2756. Pebble Beach. CA. 02-07 Region 17 Championships, www. region17.com. Marion Enders. 403-227-0538. Edmonton. Canada. 10-14 Evergreen Classic, www. TripleRiseHorseShows.com. 541-342-5432. triplerise@earthlink.net. Carnation. WA. 12-14 August Extravaganza, www.pinto.org. Colleen Maxwell. 763-323-0428. Winona. MN. 13-14 Fiesta Del Sueno Derby & H/J Series #2, www.elsuenoequestriancenter.com. Samantha Valla . 661-618-5659. Somis. CA. 14 Ontario Pinto Horse Show, www.pinto.org. Norma Grant. 519-940-8939. Mount Forest. Canada. 15-20 Arabian Canadian Nationals, www. arabianhorses.org. 303-696-4500. Regina. Canada. 20 Nebraska Hunter/Jumper Schooling Show, www.NebraskaHorseShows.com. Terri Freeman. 402-203-5803. Gretna. NE. 20-21 Irish Fox Summer Show, www. irishfoxstables.com. Beth Korenak. 636-3986868. irishfoxstables@centurytel.net. Lake St. Louis. MO. 24-28 Oregon Summer Classic, www. TripleRiseHorseShows.com. 541-342-5432. triplerise@earthlink.net. Wilsonville. OR. 25-09/05 Oregon State Fair Horse Show, www. OregonStateFair.com. Roxanne Hood. 831-6378510. Salem. OR. 26-29 Oregon Summer Classic, www. triplerisehorseshows.com. 541-342-5432 . triplerise@earthlink.net. Wilsonville. OR. 31-09/04 Northwest Spectacular, www. TripleRiseHorseShows.com. 541-342-5432. triplerise@earthlink.net. Wilsonville. OR.

September 01-04 AHABC Fall Frolic, www.region17.com. Geri Burnett. 604-531-8726. Langley. Canada. 01-04 Champions’ Welcome, www. SpruceMeadows.com. Calgary. Canada. 01-05 Northwest Spectacular, www. triplerisehorseshows.com. 541-342-5432 . triplerise@earthlink.net. Wilsonville. OR. 02-04 AHASC Fall Show, www.ArabianHorses. org. Jean Beck. 559-642-2072. Santa Barbara. CA. 07-11 Texas Sport Horse Cup, Britt McCormick. 972-467-6008. Tyler. TX. 07-11 Masters, www.SpruceMeadows.com. Calgary. Canada. 09-11 September Celebration, www.pinto.org. Colleen Maxwell. 763-323-0428. Fergus Falls. MN. 10-11 OHJA Medal Finals, www. TripleRiseHorseShows.com. 541-342-5432. triplerise@earthlink.net. Wilsonville. OR. 12 Kansas State Fair, www.pinto.org. Val Burgess. 785-389-1881. Hutchinson. KS. 14-18 Northwest Autumn Clasic, www.wshja. org. Monroe. WA. 14-18 Texas Rose Classic, Britt McCormick. 972467-6008. Tyler. TX.

15-18 Lone Star Fall Fest Show, Robert Barton. 210-378-8365. Katy. TX. 16 Nebraska Hunter/Jumper Schooling Show, www.NebraskaHorseShows.com. Terri Freeman. 402-203-5803. Gretna. NE. 18 Sun Coast Pinto/ Seven Counties Paint Show, www.pinto.org. Vicki Halsey. 619-5048960. Lakeside. CA. 22-25 Southwestern Showdown Horse Show , Patrick Rhoades. 940-240-1207. Tyler. TX. 24 Nancy Wild Hunter/Jumper Equitation Medal Finals, www.LakeOswegoHunt. com. 503-636-0674. generalmanager@ lakeoswegohunt.com. Lake Oswego. OR. 29-10/02 Great Southwest Fall Classic Horse Show, Pauline Cook. 281-579-1272. Katy. TX. 29-30 Tulsa State Fair Show, www.region9aha. org. Velma Boodt. 918-284-7505. Tulsa. OK. 30-10/02 Diablo Fall Fling, www.arabianhorses3. org. Nancy Goertzen. 559-625-2631. Elk Grove. CA.

Southeast August 05-07 PSJ Series Show, www.PSJShows.com. 803-649-3505. psjshows@aol.com. Tryon. NC. 06-07 Barrington Hill Series, www. barringtonhillfarm.com. Alicia Trias. 727-6436128. barringtonhillfarm@gmail.com. Dade City. FL. 06-07 Carolina Mane Event Show Circuit, www. ipass.net/cmesc. Kimberly Daly. 919-464-5915. kad1115@aol.com. Raleigh. NC. 12-14 Harmon Classic, www. lattaequestriancenter.com. 704-992-1550. Huntersville. NC. 13 Poplar Place Schooling Show, www. PoplarPlaceFarm.com. 706-582-9999. donna@ poplarplacefarm.com. Hamilton. GA. 20 GDCTA Schooling Show, www.simplesite. com/newclassichorseshows. Sara Juriceck. 404386-1651. sadie1@mindspring.com. Cartersville. GA. 20-21 Greensboro Late Summer, www. sedgefieldshowgrounds.com. 336-707-2056. info@sedgefieldshowgrounds.com. Greensboro. NC. 20-21 August Open H/J Schooling Horse Show, www.foxleafarm.com. 941-480-1100. FoxLeaFarm@aol.com. Venice. FL. 27-28 PSJ Series Show, www.PSJShows.com. 803-649-3505. psjshows@aol.com. Pinehurst. NC. 27-28 Barrington Hill Series, www. barringtonhillfarm.com. Alicia Trias. 727-6436128. barringtonhillfarm@gmail.com. Dade City. FL.

com. Aiken. SC. 03 Latta Fun Show, www.lattaequestriancenter. com. 704-992-1550. Huntersville. NC. 03 Poplar Place Schooling Show, www. PoplarPlaceFarm.com. 706-582-9999. donna@ poplarplacefarm.com. Hamilton. GA. 08-11 Aiken Fall Festival I, www.EquusEvents. com. J.P. Godard. 803-643-5698. info@ equusevents.com. Aiken. SC. 09-11 FoxLea Farm September “A” Rated H/J Show, www.foxleafarm.com. 941-480-1100. FoxLeaFarm@aol.com. Venice. FL. 10 Pine Rock Farm Show Series, www. pinerockfarm.com. John Monahan. 252-4330117. john@pinerockfarm.com. Kittrell. NC. 10-11 Barrington Hill Series, www. barringtonhillfarm.com. Alicia Trias. 727-6436128. barringtonhillfarm@gmail.com. Dade City. FL. 15-18 Aiken Fall Festival II, www.EquusEvents. com. J.P. Godard. 803-643-5698. info@ equusevents.com. Aiken. SC. 17 GDCTA Schooling Show, www.simplesite. com/newclassichorseshows. Sara Juriceck. 404386-1651. sadie1@mindspring.com. Cartersville. GA. 19 Woody Williams Saddle Club Horse Show Series, www.woodywilliamssaddleclub. com. Suzanne Butler. 843-538-8927. loft1@ lowcountry.com. Hampton. SC. 23-25 12th Annual Sunnyside Open Horse Show, www.east-coast-horses.com. Trish. 252799-0334. Williamston. SC. 23-25 FoxLea Farm Fall Quarter Horse Show, www.foxleafarm.com. 941-480-1100. FoxLeaFarm@aol.com. Venice. FL. 24 NCHJA Fall Classic, www.CarolinaHorsePark. com. 910-875-2074. Raeford. NC. 24 Tall Pines Horse Show Circuit, www. tallpineshorseshow.com. Angie Davis. 843607-0026 . angie@tallpineshorseshow.com . Reevesville. SC. 24-25 Greensboro Derby Classic, www. sedgefieldshowgrounds.com. 336-707-2056. info@sedgefieldshowgrounds.com. Greensboro. NC. 24-25 PSJ Series Show, www.PSJShows.com. 803-649-3505. psjshows@aol.com. Johns Island. SC. 24-25 Liberty Classic United Horse Show, www.libertyunitedhorseshow.yolasite. com. Elizabeth LD McGee. 423-244-5986 . imagesnmemories@aol.com. Cleveland. TN.

Hunter Pace Northeast September

September 01-04 Greensboro Hunter/Jumper Classic, www.sedgefieldshowgrounds.com. 336-7072056. info@sedgefieldshowgrounds.com. Greensboro. NC. 02-04 Conyers Fall Classic, www.EquusEvents. com. J.P. Godard. 803-643-5698. info@ equusevents.com. Conyers. GA. 03 Johnston County Horse Show Series, www.ipass.net/blaine_mclaughlin. Michele McLaughlin. 919-934-1344. sileeno@ipass.net. Four Oaks. NC. 03 PSJ Just For Fun Show Series, www. PSJShows.com. 803-649-3505. psjshows@aol.

18 Sue Brainard Memorial Fall Hunter Pace, www.bstra.org. 413-267-4826. hiddenhollowacres@comcast.net. Douglas . MA. 18 Tanheath Hunter Pace , www.tanheathhunt. com . Melanie Chace . 508-579-4840. Coventry. CT. 25 Great Vista Farm Hunter Pace and Team Chase, www.GreatVistaFarm.com. Sarah Dalton Morrie. sdmgreatvista@wildblue.net. Fort Plain. NY.

Other Locations August 07 Lone Tree Farm Hunter Pace, www. lonetreefarm.net. 209-874-3401 . lonetree. ca@gmail.com. Waterford. CA. 14 Summer Hunter Pace, www.QPEE.org. christy@powersourcemidwest.com. St. Louis. MO.

Miscellaneous Mid-Atlantic/Midwest September 03-04 Crabbet Celebration XVIII, www. ecahs.org. Lynn Blake. 540-667-5199. lynn@ mayhemfarm.com. Wilmington. OH. 10 Eastern Fall Horse Sale, www. ProfessionalAuction.com. 800-240-7900. Lexington. VA.

Northeast August 01 Chef’s Night Courses and Horses, www. gmhainc.org. 802-475-1509. kmanner@ gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT. 09-27 UCONN Polo Lessons Session II, animalscience.uconn.edu. 860-486-2413. anscimail@uconn.edu. Storrs. CT. 15 Mount Holyoke Summer “On- Course” Lesson Session VI, www.mhcriding.com. 413538-2493. awiktor@mtholyoke.edu. S. Hadley. MA. 17 Hampshire County Riding Club Meeting, www.hampshirecountyridingclub.com. Diana Harris. 413-634-0167. Goshen. MA. 28 Summer Wrap Up Horse Auction, www.farmheritage.com. 413-527-1612. Easthampton. MA.

September 11 Charity Obstacle & Trail Rally, www. GentleDoveFarm.com. 585-738-7477. JKLong@ rochester.rr.com . Nunda. NY. 17 Therapeutic Riding Program’s Charity Luncheon at the Fidelity Jumper Classic, www.equine.unh.edu/trp. Cindy Burke. 603862-0131. cindy.burke@unh.edu. Hampton Falls. NH. 17 HRC Fiesta Day , www.hansonridingclub.org. Middleboro . MA. 23-25 Belchertown Chapter of the GRHC in the Belchertown Parade, www. GranbyRegionalHorse.org, www. BelchertownCHamperGRHC.com. DeDe Beach. 413-250-4085. thesidesaddlelady@yahoo.com. Belchertown. MA.

Other Locations August 12-14 Extreme Mustang Makeover, www. ExtremeMustangMakeover.com. Tsaile. AZ.

September 16-17 Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover, www.ExtremeMustangMakeover.com. Fort Worth. TX.

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Southeast September 01-05 Equestrian Exchange Consignment Sale, www.EquestrianExchange.com. Lynn Beeson 336-362-6248 . 336-362-6248 . Equestriansale@aol.com. Raliegh. NC. 27 Friesian Keuring, www.lattaequestriancenter. com. 704-992-1550. Huntersville. NC. 30-10/02 Charlotte Equestrian Celebration Expo, www.CharlotteEquestrianCelebration. com. Gordon Calhoun. 704-919-0683. info@ CharlotteEquestrianCelebration.com. Charlotte. NC.

Trail Rides Mid-Atlantic/Midwest August 06-07 Oak Openings, Cathy McClure. 419-6224041. gmcclure@dtnspeed.net. Swanton. OH. 20 MOWHA Pleasure Trials, www.mowhaonline. com. Mag Ranft. 614-946-7046. magranft@ hotmail.com. Hilliard. OH. 28-29 Abi-Khan+ Challenge, Mickie Newman. 937-430-7626. akela83@att.net. Waynesville. OH.

September 03-05 White River Fall and Labor Day Ride, Wayne Gastfield. 231-924-2605. Little Manistee National Forest. MI. 10 Mounted Map and Orienteering, www. HorseCenter.org. Lexington. VA. 10-11 NJQHA Overnight Trail Ride, www.njqha. com. Sussex. NJ. 10-11 Lincoln Trail, Ruth Stewart. 217-382-4544. rrstewart2002@yahoo.com. Kimmundy. IL. 11 Judged Trail Ride, www.horseparkofnewjersey. com. Nancy Wolek. 732-446-9565. horseparkofnj@aol.com. Allentown. NJ. 16-18 Chesapeake Fall Competitive Trail Ride, www.ectra.org. Cate Peloquine. 410-652-3454. cpenguim57@aol.com. Elkton. MD.

Northeast August 06 VERDA Ride Along 35 Mile Ride, www.verda. org. Sue Boyer . daystarfarm@earthlink.net. Brownsville. VT. 06 Stamford Stampede Competitive Trail Ride, www.ectra.org. Kristy Wilson. 845-706-7091. hafizastar@aol.com. Stamford. NY. 13 Hampshire County Riding Club Full Moon Ride, www.hampshirecountyridingclub.com. Diana Merritt. 413-268-3372. Goshen. MA. 20 Sugar Hill Competitive Trail Ride, www. ectra.org. Barb Swartout. 607-368-3273. happytrailsspz@aol.com. Schuyler County. NY. 20 Tyrone Farm Judged Pleasure Ride, www. tyronefarm.com. Susan Boone. 860-928-3647. events@tyronefarm.com. Pomfret. CT. 26-28 Leather and Lace Ladies Retreat, www. purecountrycampground.com. Lori Aichele. 607-898-3808. patchwork2@hotmail.com. New Berlin. NY. 28 Lea MacInnis Judged Pleasure Ride, www. bstra.org. 508-476-3960. bstra@charter.net. Mendon. MA. 28 Piscataquog Area Trailways Ride, www. piscataquogareatrailways.com. Chris Lippinscott.

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603-487-5168. hunter235us@yahoo.com. Francestown. NH.

September 02-04 GMHA 100 Competitive Ride, www. ectra.org. June Hamel. 802-457-1509. june@ gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. CT. 02-04 Horse Days Pleasure Rides, www. gmhainc.org. 802-475-1509. kmanner@ gmhainc.org. S. Woodstock. VT. 03 BBQ and Trail Ride sponsored by New Hampshire Quarter Horse Association, www.NHQHA.com. Cathy Lisk. 603-228-5304. clisk@nhqha.com. Salisbury. NH. 03-05 Labor Day Campout, www.bstra.org. 401762-4805. rosezinri@cox.net. Carver. MA. 10 NEATO 1/ AHA Endurance Ride, Cheryl Mastele. 860-301-6767. greymist@comcast.net. Escoheag . RI. 11 NEATO 2/ AHA Endurance Ride, Cheryl Mastele. 860-301-6767. greymist@comcast.net. Escoheag . RI. 11 Belchertown Chapter of the GRHC’s September Pleasure Ride, www. GranbyRegionalHorse.org, www. BelchertownCHamperGRHC.com. Frank Davis. 413-320-6819. cruzinst@ayhoo.com. Wendell. MA. 17 VERDA 30 mile Ride and Drive , www. verda.org. Ronda Batchelder. 802-875-4304 . rhondalynn57@hotmail.com. Springfield. VT. 17 Tyrone Farm Judged Pleasure Ride, www. tyronefarm.com. Susan Boone. 860-928-3647. events@tyronefarm.com. Pomfret. CT. 18 Adventure Trail, www.wndrc.com. Sophiea Bitel . bitel@msn.com. West Newbury . MA. 24 Burnt Hill Competitive Trail Ride, Holly Bailey. 607-532-4924. hbwrite@zoom-dsl.com. Burdett. NY. 25 Hampshire County Riding Club Poker Ride, www.hampshirecountyridingclub.com. Bob Root. 413-339-5592. Goshen. MA. 25 Landsman Kill Trail Association Trail Ride, www.lkta.org. Paula Vincitore. president@lkta. org . Rhinebeck. NY.

Western Events Mid-Atlantic/Midwest August 18-21 National Barrel Horse Association Colonial Nationals, www.nbha.com. Renee Jenkins. 706-823-3728. Lexington. VA.

September 06-11 NRHA East Coast Championship, www. ovrha.com. Rick Clark. 606-232-4723. Lexington. KY.

13-14 Fun Show and Cowboy Up Obstacle Course, www.purecountrycampground.com. Lori Aichele. 607-898-3808. patchwork2@ hotmail.com. New Berlin. NY. 21 Oak Rise Farm Gymkhana, www. OakRiseFarm.com. 603-656-9730. OakRise@ Comcast.net. Goffstown. NH. 21 New England Stock Horse Show, www. farmheritage.com. 413-527-1612. Easthampton. MA. 27-28 Cowboy Mounted Shooters Maine Great American, www. mainecowboymountedshooters.com. Bill Ledoux. 207-282-2821. cowboybill@maine. rr.com. Hollis Center. ME.

September 04 GHRC Gymkhana, www. GranbyRegionalHorse.org, www. BelchertownCHamperGRHC.com. Jennifer Moeau. 413-467-3495. pixie01033@aol.com. Granby. MA. 04 Cowboy Race at Heritage Farm, www. farmheritage.com. 413-527-1612. Easthampton. MA. 10 EMRHA Ranch Horse Versatility Show, www.GelinasFarm.com, www.EMRHA.com. 603-225-7024. Joanne@GelinasFarm.com. Pembroke. NH. 10-11 AQHA and All Breed Versatility Ranch Show, www.nhqha.com. Joanne Ives. 603228-1244. jives@nhqha.com. Pembroke. NH. 11 NHQHA Ranch Versatility Show, www. GelinasFarm.com, www.NHQHA.com. 603-2257024. Joanne@GelinasFarm.com. Pembroke. NH. 17 Picnic at the Park/Wannabe Cowboy Challenge, www.Equinecenter.org. althea. remax@comcast.net . Athol. MA. 18 Oak Rise Farm Gymkhana, www. OakRiseFarm.com. 603-656-9730. OakRise@ Comcast.net. Goffstown. NH. 18 Riding & Driving Club Gymkhana Series, www.barreridingdrivingclub.com. Tanya Coran . 508-397-5429 . tcoran69@yahoo.com. Barre. MA. 18 New England Stock Horse Show, www. farmheritage.com. 413-527-1612. Easthampton. MA. 18 Versatility Competition , www. hansonridingclub.org. Middleboro . MA. 23-25 Reiner’s Rendezvous, www.NERHA. com. Cathy Nevitt. 781-690-1032. cathyn17@ comcast.net . Oneco. CT. 24-25 “Border Wars” Cowboy Mounted Shooting Matches, www.masixshooters.com . Dina Baratta. 781-696-0039. masixshooter@ gmail.com. Dunstable. MA.

Other Locations

Northeast

August

05-06 Wolfe City Riding Club Rodeo, www. urodeo.com. Wolfe City. TX. 05-06 St. Jo Annual Rodeo, www.urodeo.com. St. Jo. TX. 05-06 Schulenburg Festival Pro Rodeo, www. urodeo.com. Schulenburg . TX.

06 Summer Sunset Series Games Nights, www.farmheritage.com. 413-527-1612. Easthampton. MA. 12-14 Northeast Regional Cowboy Mounted Shooting Championship, www. masixshooters.com . Dina Baratta. 781-6960039. masixshooter@gmail.com. Dunstable. MA.

September 02-03 Cleburne Annual Rodeo , www.urodeo. com. Cleburne. TX.

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