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A day at Double K with Terry Wilson, 3-Star Parelli Trainer

by Elizabeth A. Tomlin “Horses are more perceptive than people,” points out 3-Star, Licensed Parelli Professional, Terry Wilson. “I always give the horse the benefit of the doubt.”

Wilson, a dedicated Parelli clinician from Colorado, who travels all over the United States instructing Level 1 & Level 2 Parelli clinics, workshops, and lessons using natural horsemanship techniques developed by Pat Parelli, was recently featured at Double K Stable in Altamont, NY. To establish a balanced relationship with your horse you first need a language through which you can communicate and be understood. You need a connection, understanding and acceptance from your horse.

At Double K, Wilson instructed clinic participants in learning the language of the horse through playing the “Seven Games,” which the Parelli training method is famous for. “It is a great way to earn your horse’s respect and trust,” Wilson said. “If you want to be part of the horse’s herd, they have to be part of yours.”

Wilson explains that horses are naturally followers, and that by utilizing the seven games — the Friendly Game, the Porcupine Game, the Driving Game, the Yo-Yo Game, the Circling Game, the Sideways Game, and the Squeeze Game; you are able to gain the horse’s respect and become his trusted leader.

Each is numbered because it’s important to play them in sequence while learning them and teaching them to your horse.

The first three games are the base for the other four — with each game building on the previous.

The first, the Friendly Game, gains your horse’s trust and confidence and proves that you are not a predator. Using only a 12-foot lead, a rope, your hand, and a ‘wand’, and using an ‘approach and retreat’ method, you can eventually gain the horse’s willingness to accept your touch every place on his body — without force. You are then able to advance to using the rope, the wand, plastic bags, and other items to desensitize your horse and help him become braver and more confident. This is done while the horse is on a slack rope. “Sometimes it takes more than a few minutes, but, as long as you are consistent about it he should get better about it every day,” said

Wilson.

The key to the Friendly Game is to smile and relax while you accomplish the desensitization of all areas on your horse’s body through the approach and retreat method.

The second game, the Porcupine Game, uses steady pressure as a reminder to the horse not to lean against a point of pressure, but to move away from it. This prepares him to understand how to respond to the rein, the bit, or the leg.

This is steady, firm, pressure, not intermittent poking. The steady pressure starts soft and gentle, slowly increasing until the horse reacts or responds. When the horse moves away, the steady pressure is instantly released.

Pressure is applied in four phases — first, pressure on the horse’s hair, then on the skin, then into the muscle, and if need be, to the bone. Each phase gets stronger and firmer, with no release until the horse responds with at least an attempt to move away. The release teaches the horse he has made the right move.

“When a horse gets light, you have to get lighter,” Wilson explains. “When a horse is heavy, you have to get heavier.”

The horse is rewarded at the slightest moving away with instant release and then rubbing and smiling the same as in the Friendly Game.

The Porcupine Game should be taught on all parts of the horse’s body.

Keys to Porcupine Game are maintaining a concentrated look on your face, using steady pressure, using all four phases and immediate release of pressure when the horse responds.

Game 3, the Driving Game, teaches your horse to respond to your signals of implied pressure instead of from physical pressure, thus teaching your horse to keep his eyes on you, and read and respond to your body language. “The main thing, right now,” Wilson explained, “is for him to keep his eyes on me.” Wilson compares the horse to a child in schoolroom, where if his eyes are looking out of the window, his mind is sure to follow. “If his mind is over there, then his body might as well be over there.”

Beginning this game, you may well need to position yourself up close to the horse’s face. Again, there are four phases to consider, with the first being the farthest away from the horse and motioning in the air. Phase 4 is actually touching

Brooke works with her horse, Autumn, at the Parelli training clinic.

(L to R) Double K owner Keith Myers, Clinician Terry Wilson, and trainer Danny Partin worked together to present the Parelli training clinic. the horse to gain the desired results. As you progress with playing the Driving Game with your horse it will appear as though you communicating simply through thought process. Again, as with the Porcupine Game, as soon as the horse responds by even trying to respond, relax, smile and rub him.

Results from playing the seven games are usually seen after working with the horse consistently for about a week. “After five or six days you’ll see an amazing difference in any horse,” Wilson attests.

“Usually by the fourth day you’ll really see it, and after that you’re just building on it.” Wilson advises horsemen to “ex-

pect a lot, but accept a little” from their horse.

In addition to the phases in these games, there are also different levels involved.

“Level 1 is about getting rid of the opposition in the horse,” Wilson said. “Level 2 is about getting the horse to react — or respond.” Wilson teaches that you have to trust your horse is not going to make mistakes, however, you must be ready to correct him if he does. “Let the horse make a mistake before you correct him,” Wilson advises. And he adds, “It’s always good to test yourself to see what you know!”

Maintaining a look of concentration and using steady pressure, Wilson plays the Porcupine Game with Buck.

Photos by Elizabeth A. Tomlin

Shying horses vival as she replaces Nature’s codified instincts.

It is natural and instinctive for horses to startle. Those who did not are no longer with us, because they have been eaten by predators. The horses that are with us are, indeed, with us because their ancestors were good at startling.

However, if the rider also startles when her horse does, he will learn to shy.

Shying is a learned and prolonged behavior. It is not genetically coded but rather is acquired — that is, taught, schooled, and cultured behavior. Horses on the range do not shy. Remember, they sleep alone in the dark and do not know fear. In truth, horses shy but from one thing: work.

Timid riders, and those who lose their focus when the horse redirects it, cause shying behavior. The horse shies with increasing frequency and intensity as lapses in his rider’s control repeat themselves. He learns that when he reacts to anything in his outside environment and redirects his rider’s focus to it, she loses her balance and control. This provides him with both a rewarding and punishing experience, both of which goad him into worsening his shying behavior.

Riders commonly reward their horses’ startling by offering them respite from having to focus and submit their haunches to work. The physical submission of the haunches allows the rider to control where and in what manner the horse moves. As the rider loses her attention and, with it, her control through the system of aids, her horse learns that he can get a vacation by feigning interest in his environment. As he points his ears and focuses his eyes on the object of his pretended caution, he inverts his bending, drifts his haunches away from the object of his fascination and finds that she has surrendered her control.

Even more harmful is a horse’s learning that his startling or flight may cause his rider to hurt him, usually with bad hands jerking on his sensitive mouth or with spurs stuck in his sides. An unpredictable rider’s erratic actions also may trigger the horse’s instinctive fear of falling. He may come to fear her reaction

When a schooled horse is with his rider, whom he recognizes as his protector, his guide, his mentor and the source of his pleasure, he focuses on her will.

Photo by Lorna Quinn more than the object, event, or sound that initially attracted his attention.

Eventually, he may learn to respond with fear of his rider as soon as a strong environmental stimulus appears. Not only will he notice sounds and sights, but he will overreact to them by bolting, shying, spinning, or rearing, because he expects each stimulus to be followed by a horrendous onslaught of punishment from her.

To halt the vicious cycle begun with the natural startling of the young horse, a rider must remain “bored” with it, maintaining her balance and lightening the contact to pretend partnership with her horse’s natural instinct to flee. Far from inhibiting the flight impulse, she will participate in it for a few steps and then turn the horse’s energy into controlled locomotion — impulsion.

Flight energy is good energy if the rider recognizes the opportunities to transform it from energy potential into engagement. Light hands are indispensable for the building of confidence in the

young horse and trust in the more schooled one. Horses “live” in their haunches, not in their heads. Their awareness is motor-awareness, therefore, they submit when they are driven forward, not when they are reasoned with.

A rider must hold her horse’s attention not only while she is mounted but also while she is on the ground. Her horse will focus on something at all times because of his survival instinct. His rider must insist that he focus on her, replacing his scanning for objects of interest with continuous attention to her.

We must deserve our horses’ attention through kindness, rewards, stroking, and gentling. Slow in motion, soft in speech, and soothing in manners, the rider becomes a respected, reliable partner and a source of pleasure to the herdbound horse. Soon his natural instincts for herd communication and perpetual focusing become “cultured” behavior through nurture.

Riders test their skills at AQHA Versatility Show

by Katie Navarra Riders looking to test the diversity of their horse’s skills entered the Vermont Quarter Horse Association’s fourth AQHA sanctioned Versatility Show on June 26 at Sandy Hill Quarter Horses in Fort Ann, NY.

The show featured a variety of classes including ranch trail, ranch riding, cutting, working ranch horse and conformation.

“Cutting and the working ranch horse are my favorite events,” said Dick Stipano a competitor from Ballston Spa, NY, “when-

ever cows are involved it’s more fun.”

Lia Savas, nicknamed “the Blacktop Cowgirl,” and her horse traveled five hours from their home in Long Island, NY, to compete in the day’s events.

Despite being surrounded by blacktop, the duo ex-

Catch riders hold the herd on either side while each competitor works the cow drawn for them.

Photos by Katie Navarra

cels at Ranch Horse Versatility events. “The versatility is good for my horse mentally, it keeps him broke to have a few things on his resume,” she said.

In the 2010 they traveled to Denver, CO, to compete in the AQHA Fort Dodge Versatility Ranch Horse World Show.

The Vermont Quarter Horse Association has 100 active members. The organization hosts multiple events each year including clinics, all-breed gymkhanas, a novice show, an annual summer pointed show, a versatility event and a fall trail ride.

“This past year we gave away two saddles, several kindles and a bicycle at two of our shows,” said Lucille Evarts, President of Vermont Quarter Horse Association. For more information about the organization or to join visit www.vtqha.com or call 802-545-2547.

Riders in the working cow horse class are required to perform a reining pattern first. Then they work a calf along the fence and guide it through several maneuvers.

Competitors finish their ride by roping the calf.

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by Marilyn Munzert The “nature” of Nature is to promote its own survival. When individual and species survival is taken care of, Nature seeks inertia. Nature takes it easy. Even rivers take the path of least resistance — downhill. Animals are genetically programmed, through the process of natural selection, to sustain the most efficient mixture of survival activity and inertia.

The horse is part of Nature.

We cannot influence animals unless we attract their attention. Therefore, the extent to which we can influence our horses depends on how successfully we get them to focus on us. If you can capture a horse’s complete attention, you have gained his submission. Having achieved his attention and submission, you can gain control of his energies and direct them to produce the desired locomotion in the desired posture, that is, supple, amplified, balanced progression with the majority of his weight over his haunches.

To surrender their entire attention to us is, for our horses, a most unnatural thing to do and an utter compromise of their inherited genetic programming for the promotion of their survival. Luckily for us, though, horses also are genetically programmed to focus on something — anything at all times. They continuously scan their surroundings and focus on whatever attracts their attention, to determine whether it is a threat. They then accordingly take flight or continue to scan for the next object of fascination.

Riders can redirect their horses’ focusmania through attention-getting communications that ought to contain a bounty of rewards. In this way, eventually horses’ survival instinct can be replaced by total trust in their riders, who become their “partners in survival.” The development of this partnership is at the heart of the process of taming horses.

When alone, a schooled horse reverts to Nature’s state of scanning to focus on threats. But when he is with his rider, whom he recognizes as his protector, his guide, his mentor, and the source of his pleasure, he focuses on her will. The rider becomes Nurture’s partner for sur-

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Solving training problems from the horse’s point of view

by Mitzi Summers It is not easy to relate to our horses in a manner consistent with how THEY perceive the world. Most of us find it difficult to understand the viewpoint of other people with whom we are trying to communicate, and they are at least the same species, with the power of speech and opposable thumbs! When working with horses, there are many factors to keep in mind so that what we are trying to relate to them is understood.

First, I think we need to remember that we are predators and they are prey animals, and they definitely know the difference. In spite of their size, horses are usually timid and a bit anxious until you earn their trust. They are aware that their existence is fragile, and now we have taken away their ability for the most part to respond as nature intended… flight or fright.

In this article, I am going to relate an actual situation that I observed, and take it from the handler’s apparent point of view, and then describe it as a horse might if he were given the ability to talk to us.

Actually, horses DO talk to us all of the time if we would just listen. The horse in cross ties being groomed too briskly with a hard brush fidgets and paws and might even try a nip. How else can he say….”That hurts my tender skin!” Yet how does the human usually respond….with shouts and maybe a slap, which just reinforces to the horse that this grooming business, and maybe

crossties themselves, are really a frightful business. A young horse in a strange place is very nervous. He needs to be reassured by his owner that nothing will hurt him. He may paw the ground-a response to tenseness. Yanking and shouting at him only reinforces his anxiety.

The balloons incident I was teaching at a stable that had other instructors also come in to teach. I was aware that the methods of one instructor were very harsh, but to be ethical professionally, I tried never to comment unless the method being used was obviously cruel. I just hoped that my non-abusive methods would speak for themselves.

One afternoon I came to the barn and saw a huge bunch of balloons tied to the mailbox next to the outdoor ring. They had been put there because it was the birthday of one of the barn owner’s children. So immediately, as part of my “safety check” of the environment of a ring before my students enter, I needed to realize that this would be a problem for most if not all of the horses.

So my carefully thought out “lesson plan” for the day needed to be changed.

There would obviously be a distraction for the horses and students that had to be dealt with first. I talked to the students about what we were going to do before we led the horses to the outdoor ring.

They were all older teenagers, and therefore fairly safe to lead a skittish horse that may shy without being in danger. If there had been younger students we would have stayed in the indoor ring. I

Cover photo by Lorna Quinn The Equine Center at Empire Farm Days featured seminars including Training through Trust and Confidence with Dave Minteer.

felt, however, that this was a good opportunity to desensitize the horses to the balloons (a different stimuli), as many of them went to shows at County Fairs. Also it was important to keep in mind that a strange object introduced at home may not bother a horse who is flooded with different incitations away from his own stable.

The students casually led the horses around the ring. Their horses did react to the balloons but everyone kept their energy low and just walked them closer and closer to the fence. It did not take very long at all for the horses to ignore the distraction, and everyone mounted and had their lesson. A few did need to use a bit of indirect inside rein, opening outside rein and inside leg for the first few times around. The owner of the barn came out to watch and was very surprised by the attitude of the horses. She said in the morning the other instructor had had a lesson, and she had her students respond to their horse’s spookiness by hitting them, yelling at them, and spurring them. She said a few even hit the horses on their heads! The lesson ended with taking all of the horses into the indoor ring because the horses got worse, and one student fell off.

So let us consider this from the horse’s point of view: “There is something really different in

the ring that I have not seen before. I do not know what it is….it moves with no pattern.

It may hurt me. I want to stay away from it.

My survival may depend on it” With incorrect rider: “I was right. It is a scary thing. My rider is punishing me when I try to stay away from it so I do not get hurt. Therefore, this thing means I am in trouble. I do not trust my rider anymore as she is trying to make me go near something that hurts and punishes me and I feel anger from her, an emotion that animals do not relate to. I am very frightened and cannot reason.”

With empathetic rider: “This is very scary. It may really hurt me. But my rider is very relaxed. She is not afraid of it. She is taking me closer and closer to it but does not react if I shy a little bit. She is talking to me in that soothing voice I like. I guess it is all right.

I trust her even more because it is not anything to be afraid of. I do not get hurt around it” Think of things from your horse’s point of view when you are training. Things are always in steps, and sometimes you need to go back to “kindergarten”. The Training Pyramid is in that shape for a reason.

Once the basics are learned (the broad base of the pyramid), the other things to learn come much more quickly. Learn from your horse.

Training through trust at Empire Farm Days On Wednesday, Aug. 10, Western New York’s Horse Whisperer, Dave Minteer, from Wildside Ranch, in Bloomfield, presented “Training through Trust and Confidence” at the Equine Center at Empire Farm Days. Minteer demonstrated how trust between horse and rider is essential in any training. See more EFD photos on page 28.

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Dave Minteer tells his horse to “stay” then walks across the ring.

Minteer showed the step-by-step progression to earn a horse’s trust to ensure success with training.

Photos by Lorna Quinn

HORSE TALES

By Judy Van Put

2011 CHA Instructor of the Year MMERS SU

bellows were still there, the hearth was still standing, and the Merwins had fond memories of the place. No longer in service, they used it for storage.

Time passed, and over the years, Steve got married, and he and Audrey had three children. The family lived in Maryland, but they would visit the old Merwin farm from time to time, bringing their children to see Charlie, who lived to be just about 100 years of age when he died, in the 1970s.

One day Steve decided to take Audrey up to Prattsville to see the honey farm. They found that the old blacksmith shop was still standing — although all that was left were the stone walls.

Steve contacted the man who owned the property where the shop was located, and asked what he had planned to do with the stone. The man replied that his plan was to sell the stone for building stone walls.

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Steve Forrer working at the old 1817 Foster Anvil. The restored forge and walls of the blacksmith shop are seen in the background.

Feeling strongly that the structure needed to be preserved, as it had a long history, Steve offered to buy it — and after some negotiation, the deal was done!

He hired a couple of youngsters from Mar-

garetville, and the group spent the next two weeks dissembling the stone from the walls, and moving it onto pallets and moved them to the top of his hill in Lew Beach, some 50 miles away.

Steve painstakingly

Steve Forrer near the old bellows in the historic Merwin Blacksmith Shop he restored.

Photos by Judy Van Put

numbered all the stones and took “thousands of pictures” in order to be able to rebuild the hearth exactly as it was.

As he became more involved with the project, he began to do research on the shop. He found that the original owners

of the blacksmith shop had a long genealogy, and the shop itself had a “big history” — documentation was found that the shop was established by a Merwin who came over on the Mayflower! The first Mer-

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Saratoga Equine Fall Horse Show The Saratoga Equine Fall Horse Show will be held Saturday, Sept. 24, with a Rain Date of Sunday, Sept. 25. The show is to start at 9 a.m., and all proceeds will go to the Double H Ranch. The show is open to youth up to the age of 18.

Classes are offered in five divisions. Riders must compete in their appropriate age and ability

division: Leadline, ages 7 and under, Novice, ages 8-10 (walk/trot) Intermediate, ages 11-14 (walk/trot/canter), Senior, ages 15-18 (walk/trot/canter), Walk/Trot, ages 11-18 (for junior riders that are inexperienced at cantering their horses). Trail Class will be judged all day in a separate ring.

Entry Fee is $7 per

class, or $35 per division.

Six ribbons will be awarded in each class. A championship and reserve championship will be awarded in each division based on points accumulated throughout the day. Pre-entries will be accepted until Sept.

16. Entries will also be accepted on the day of the show with a post-entry fee of $5.

There will be a snack bar open all day serving break-

fast, lunch and snacks. A silent auction will be held of donated items from our show sponsors.

For information and entry forms, contact Saratoga Equine Veterinary Service at 63 Henning Road, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, 518583-7273, visit the Web site at www.saratogaequine.com, e-mail saratoga@saratogaequine.com, or visit facebook.

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Historic blacksmith shop restored Recently I visited our friends, Steve and Audrey Forrer, at their weekend home in Lew Beach, NY. Steve had extended an invitation to come up and see the historic blacksmith shop he had restored, and he related the story of how he first became familiar with the shop and the forge, and how, many years later, became the proud owner of it.

Back in the late 1950s -early 1960s, Steve’s parents had a farm in Stamford, NY, and during the summers the youngster worked for Charlie Merwin, who had an apiary in nearby Prattsville, NY. Steve would help him with the bee yard… and attached to the honey house where they kept their equipment was a stone building — a blacksmith shop. He recalled that it was “as if someone had just turned the key and left it.” At that time, the

Building a partnership with your horse

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Teach your horse to ground drive-part 2

by Lynn Palm In the last article, we went over the proper equipment for ground driving.

In review, ground driving is an “inhand” technique where the horse is equipped with a saddle or surcingle, bridle, and a pair of long “reins” which are held by a handler who walks behind the horse and drives him forward.

To an onlooker, it looks like the handler is driving the horse without a cart!

Ground driving is important because it teaches the horse to give to rein pressure while changing gaits at the walk, trot, canter, and through stopping and backing without a rider being on his back. After teaching a horse to longe, ground driving is the next step in his ground training.

Take your time Introduce ground driving slowly to your horse, and take gradual steps to insure that he does not get confused or afraid. The feel and sound of the longe lines dragging behind him is a new experience for the horse, and it may take two to three sessions for him to be comfortable with it. Be patient and reward any progress he makes!

Before proceeding, it is important that the horse is totally comfortable with the longe lines being in contact with his body. To accustom him to the feeling, take some time and “sack” him out with the longe line once he is saddled and bridled. Start by shaking out a longe line near to him so he gets used to the sight and sound of the line.

Toss it out behind him, but do not touch him with the line yet. Neatly recoil the line and toss it again and again

until he accepts this.

The next step is to touch his body with the loosely coiled line, concentrating on his sides and hindquarters. Gently toss the longe line coil all over his hind legs, sides, and rump. Watch his reactions carefully and continue doing this until he accepts the longe line’s touch and shows no sign of anxiety.

Next, snap only one of the longe lines onto the bit. Start with the line on his right side. Thread it through the right surcingle ring or stirrup and let it extend out beyond his hindquarters in a straight line. Drop the line and reposition yourself to lead him on his left side by gently grasping the bridle in your right hand. Give him a “cluck” to ask him to move forward a few steps.

Ask him to “whoa,” and evaluate his reaction to the line dragging behind him. Try a few more steps forward. If he shows acceptance, make a gradual turn to the left so that the longe line touches his right hind leg as it drags behind him.

If the horse shows some fear at this point, remove the line, reposition him so he is between you and a fence, and try again. The fence will help to keep him straight and give him more confidence. If the movement of the lines still upsets him, go back a few steps to sacking him out with the line until you get his acceptance. If he does not move when you are sacking him out or dragging the lines behind him, it means that he is accepting what you are teaching him.

When he accepts the feel of a single line, attach the second line to the bri-

It is important that the horse is totally comfortable with the longe lines being in contact with his body.

dle and thread it through the other surcingle ring or stirrup. Extend both lines behind him, and lead him a few steps forward. Add gradual turns to the right and the left so he gets the feel of both lines on his hind legs. If he shows any sign of concern, back up a few steps in this training progression until he accepts the sight, sound, and touch of the line. Be sure to praise any

progress he makes.

You can learn more about ground driving and how it can help you take the next step in training your horse with my Longevity Training Visual Series, in the section on “Ground Driving.” It is available with other fine Palm Partnership Training™ products at www.lynnpalm.com.

Hooves of Hope Charity Trail Ride for the American Cancer Society Hooves of Hope Charity Trail Ride will be held Saturday, Oct. 1, with registration at 7 a.m., and ride to start at 9 a.m.

All proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society. It will be held at West Wind Farm, Rte 29, Johnstown, NY. There will be food, raffles, auction and music. Trophies will be awarded for the oldest and youngest riders, along with rider from the furthest point, stable or group that raised the most money, and

stable or group with the most riders.

Pledge sheets are available at West Wind Farm, Tractor Supply, Gloversville and Country Feed, Amsterdam.

After the ride, there will be music provided.

For information on attending, or becoming a sponsor, e-mail mcosselman1@frontiernet.net or phone 518725-2998.

The NARG Riders Grant (North American Riders Group) The North American Riders Group is proud to announce a new program — The NARG Riders Grant. As the result of a 5 year unrestricted grant, generously provided by Linda Heathcott and the Southern Family, the NARG board will

award $15,000 annually to an individual who exhibits the determination and capacity to excel in show jumping, but is potentially held back by limited financial resources.

Information and the application are

available on line at www.narg.org. The deadline for receipt of the application is Dec. 30. Each application will be reviewed by the NARG board and the recipient will be announced at the NARG Annual Meeting to be held in Welling-

ton, FL, in February 2012.

In cooperation with riders, trainers, show managers, vendors, and generous contributions NARG hopes to grow the funding for this important effort to develop talented riders and improve our sport.

Tales from 5 win to come to the area migrated over from Connecticut and was the town’s pioneer blacksmith. In 1790, he moved to Grand Gorge.

At the time, members of the original Hardenburgh family (of the Hardenburgh Patent) established a mill, and

around the mill grew a settlement.

Stephen Merwin established his blacksmith shop there to support the mill and the settlement. It was active in the 1800s, and today parts of the old stone buildings and other structures of the settlement can still be seen.

Through the years, there was a whole succession of Merwins who were blacksmiths. In 1831 the building (and shop) burned down. At that time there were two Merwin sons; one was left handed and one was right handed — and both wanted to become black-

smiths. And so a forge was built to accommodate both sons, David S. and Joel, at the same time. This forge was the first two-man forge (one for a left-handed and one for a right-handed blacksmith) ever built in the United States. It was unique in that the broth-

the fire hazard) and embarked on the hunt to find just the right barn that might be available for sale that would suit their needs. He found a beauty — the Livingston Barn built around 18101820 in Central Bridge, NY. An old winnowing tray and thresher, similar to that used by the Livingston family, hangs on the barn wall, along with other period pieces of antiquity.

Steve relates that the whole project has taken about four years to complete, with a bit of a hiatus, and was a major project, involving a lot of research and painstaking work. He’s carefully stocked the shop with all original blacksmith equipment and bellows from that time period, and he’s even got a collection of historic anvils.

Today it works as an early 1800s forge. Steve uses it to make tools other items, and enjoys showing the shop and forge to others.

He confesses to have thoroughly enjoyed the project from start to finish. And on days when he is at his weekend place in Lew Beach, he enjoys spending much of his free time in the old barn and Blacksmith Shop, which are filled with many happy memories.

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ers could work together with their two forges simultaneously.

Steve and Audrey did some research at the Historical Society in Cooperstown, and learned that they had in their collection original hand-written journals of the family dating back from 1808.

When the Merwin family died out and everything was sold, someone bought the journals and gave them to the Historical Society. The Forrers were allowed to take photo copies — finding interesting snippets of information along the way. They documented the earliest journal back to 1808 which revealed that at the time, the Roxbury area was heavily settled by people from Connecticut, who would return to that state in the winter because the winters in upstate New York were so severe.

Thanks to the research uncovered by Steve’s quest, information on the shop is preserved on a historical marker that Steve has hanging proudly on display next to the old two-man forge.

Steve and Audrey decided they wanted an old barn to complement the forge and blacksmith shop (although typically a blacksmith shop wouldn’t be associated with a barn because of

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Fancy footwork & upper level performance — is my horse ready? Am I?

by Bob Jeffreys & Suzanne Sheppard We love to ride on the trails, but have just as much fun in the arena. Need some fresh ideas to keep things interesting in the ring and bring your horse up to the next level of your chosen discipline? Perhaps you’ve already taught him (or her) with multiple groundwork exercises and good under saddle foundation work to give to bit pressure, move his hips and shoulders on cue, to move lightly off of your leg cues, to move forward with good impulsion, to stop and back up lightly and in balance, and to transition up and down between walk, trot and canter willingly. If you and your horse have mastered all of these basics, you may be wondering where you should go from here.

In our opinion the next step on your journey is to give your horse more challenging and complex jobs to do. Horses and riders often go on “auto-pilot” when any training regimen gets too repetitive, so spice up your training time by frequently adding new tasks. Your horse will become more tuned in to your requests, and he will be more accustomed to taking on the unfamiliar. “Changing the subject” keeps your horse/human dialogue interesting, productive and fun!

To keep accelerating your horse’s progress, make it easy for your him/her to succeed: when working on any of the following movements, just like when you were in the early stages of your horse’s training, it’s imperative to introduce new lessons gradually. Start by choosing a goal, and then plan on how to break each training session down into tiny baby steps. This way each phase of your lesson will be understood by your horse.

Remember that it’s always clearer to the teacher (you!) than it is to the student

(your horse). Be sure to focus on what you are teaching so that you can reward the slightest try from your horse. Always reward by releasing the pressure that caused the response, and also occasionally include a kind word or a rub along with the release. While it is certainly good to praise in the beginning, keep in mind that once he’s learned the lesson, too much praise actually can become a distraction. When performing the skills he’s mastered, the only reward he truly needs is the release.

Advanced skills to play with: • You might choose to begin by riding the perfect circle. By that we mean you teach your horse to “guide” in the circle without falling in or out. Having your circle actually look like a circle rather than an egg or a modified square, and this guiding will require almost no steering from you.

• For western riders work on speed control at the lope so that you can increase his speed with just a slight incline of your hips, and maybe a cluck.

Slow down by simply sitting up straight again and using the sound, “Aaaahhh”.

For English riders teach your horse to increase his speed at the canter by squeezing with both calves and driving with your seat so lightly that it’s almost invisible to an observer. Decrease speed but maintain the gait by breathing deeply and slowing your driving seat into a stilling seat ever so slightly.

• Cultivate on straight lines, correcting whatever part of the horse starts to go crooked, and then reward by releasing the pressure.

• Teach shoulder in by keeping the hindquarters straight and moving the shoulder that the diagonal pair of front and hind are moving on the same line

(i.e. in a shoulders in right track right, move the shoulders in until the left fore and right hind are traveling on the same line). With haunches in simply keep the forehand straight and move the haunches in until (haunches in right) the left hind and right front are tracking on the same line. Remember that impulsion and suppleness on both sides are prerequisites!!!

• Teach your horse to collect by driving him forward, and then lift up his forehand to shift his weight more toward his haunches. Once rebalanced like this, drive him into the bridle: don’t pull the bridle back to him as true collection can’t result when we pull back.

The finishing touch occurs when he breaks at the poll, his face on or just a hair ahead of the vertical.

• Teach him a basic turn around or turn on the haunches, and then add some speed until it becomes a spin.

• Begin to introduce obstacles into your workouts, including various cavalletti patterns, low jumps (except for those with injuries, any horse should be able to jump two feet), trail class work, such as lope overs, opening, passing through and closing gates, ranch work such as dragging a log behind you, and even certain cavalry maneuvers such as ring jousting or javelin throwing.

All of the above helps to get your horse really, really broke, and are so much fun! When advanced lessons are simplified and broken down into these baby steps, your horse experiences a string of successes and progress actually occurs quite rapidly. His confidence in himself and your leadership grows. A confident horse is not afraid to try, and may actually develop a “bring it on!” attitude, which is at the very heart of top

Bob Jeffreys practices a spin. equine competitors. Your horse will look forward to his ride each day, greeting you warmly and happily, and he will start to take pride in his work. So remember to have an effective training plan, to be fully in the moment whenever you handle your horse, and to keep the fun in your training. You’ll find that you not only bring out the best in your horse, but you’ll also give him the opportunity to bring out the best in you.

Bob Jeffreys and Suzanne Sheppard, founders of Two as one Horsemanship, appear at expos and clinics across North America. Call 845-692-7478 or visit www.TwoasOneHorsemanship.com to register for their new Fancy Footwork Advanced Clinic Oct. 8 and 9.

In-Service Horse Program “One Step at a Time”

Cornell University Cooperative Extension Educator from Columbia County, discusses the SET program and how educators can implement in their own county and club programs.

Kelly Radzik - Kelly is an expert in science, education, and curriculum development. She is currently a 4-H Educator for Columbia County Cornell Cooperative Extension. Kelly is involved in the national SET initiative. SET stands for Science, Engineering, and Technology. Kelly shared with the audience that only 5 percent of college students get undergraduate degrees in science; the goal of the SET initiative is to increase the number of youth to 5 million children by 2013.

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Earlier this year, educators and youth from across New York State gathered on the Cornell University Campus to participate in the annual In-Service Clinic hosted by Jean T. Griffiths. These are very difficult times in the Cornell Cooperative Extension system and for the University. Budget dollars, manpower, and volunteers are very precious commodities. The speakers participating in this event were on hand to share how important the horse industry is to New York State’s economy and the critical role 4-H plays in the education of animal science. Jeannie opened the day with introductions and the day’s agenda.

Dr. Ron Butler - The first speaker on the agenda was Dr. Ron Butler. Dr. Butler is a faculty member and is Chairman of the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University. He is the leader of our department, of which the NYS 4-H Program is one of the educational outreach components of. Dr. Butler’s message shared what the NYS 4-H Horse Program is and how it fits into the Departmental initiative, and what the future might look like.

Dr. Butler’s opening remarks included some facts on the horse industry: Horses and horse racing is the 10th largest economic driver in New York State. With over 197,000 horses in the state horses are a huge economic engine in our state. 4-H kids and their horse projects alone numbered approximately 8,000 active participants in 2010. 4-H Horse educational opportunities include local, regional, state and national events every year.

Harmony Hill Farm Board & Bale Mary Ellen Hill-Pierce started Harmony Hill Farm Board & Bale, in Granville, NY, in January of 2010. She started this endeavor after having been introduced to natural horsemanship and realized that there are very few places that can provide horses what she has to offer.

She has also traveled the world on horseback-riding vacations and knows what people like when they travel. Her desire to own and operate a place where the self-preservation of the horse is of utmost importance has culminated in this unique boarding facility. Mary Ellen has created a peaceful, beautiful, and private location for her guests: horses and humans alike. She offers gourmet meals, which will please even the most finicky eater. Indeed, her won-

derful cooking skills and charming Cape Cod style home keep many avid horse people coming back for more!

Humans aren’t the only ones receiving high-end hospitality; the horses have a few acres of paddock paradise to mosey on, keeping them happily grazing as horses should. Slow feeders and sectioned-off private paddocks are available if that is the choice of the owner.

Whether you choose to board your horse for one day, two days or more, the riding trails here are endless.

Should you choose to come and board for a day or two you may stay as a guest or join Mary Ellen as a guest for a meal.

Monthly boarding is also available on a limited basis offering full-care boarding.

If you are like-minded you will enjoy

Harmony Hill Farm Board & Bale, in Granville, NY, offers a unique boarding experience for horses and humans alike. the fact that the horse is healthiest when he is able to move freely 24 hours a day. The horses have free choice of shelter, you will not find any closed-in

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In-Service from 11 Kelly shared that it’s the educator’s job to get the kids excited about science.

The horse is a wonderful magnet for children in which many things can be taught. How can we better prepare “kids” in the 4-H Horse Program for future careers? The current buzz words for this preparation are to teach them more about “science, engineering, and technology.” But not all youths are turned on by science in their school systems.

Science is nothing more than a formal method of problem solving…. and this is something that most kids do really well and do it every day!! One example Kelly shared with the audience is ‘how to mend a broken fence.’ By identifying opportunities such as this to get our youth involved in solving an issue such as a broken fence, Kelly shared how much fun could it be to use the youth’s interest in animals and in particular horses to learn more

Winslow. April is a graduate from Morrisville State College with a Bachelor’s of Equine Technology.

April wears many different hats in the New York State 4-H program. She is a Cornell Cooperative Extension Educator in Madison County, the volunteer Chair for Horse Judging for the NYS 4-H Horse Education Committee (HEC), Coach of the NYS 4-H Horse Judging Team that competes at the national level in Kentucky at the Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup, and she is the Educational Events CoorApril Winslow - New York State 4-H Horse Program Horse Judging Chair, breaks down the conformation of the horse offering tips on how educators can bring a judging program into their own club program. about science, engineering, and technology.

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April shared how important the conformation of a horse is (balance / structural correctness / breed & sex characteristics / muscling / track-

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Many in our audience were interested in getting more of our youth involved in horse judging educational events due to the fact that in reality it is a decision making event.

April demonstrated that involvement in the judging

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Equestrian Center at SUNY Cobleskill a popular choice

by Judy Van Put Nestled among the rolling hills of scenic Schoharie County is the State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill. Situated on 750 pastoral acres, SUNY Cobleskill is a popular choice with those students who wish to major in the Animal Science program, as its farm is conveniently located within the campus — and is unique in that it is the only college farm in New York State to be contiguous with the campus.

Cobleskill enrolls 2,600 students in three schools (Agriculture and Natural Resources, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Business) and provides studies in 50 programs.

Therese Garufi, Director of the Equestrian Center, explained that Cobleskill

opened a new Equestrian Center in the fall of 2005, with a barn that stables 60 horses. The Center also includes a 34,000-square-foot indoor arena, a large outdoor arena, breeding and training facilities; and is located just above the ‘old barn’ and facilities, across the road from the dormitories. There are currently 42 state-owned horses, with facilities to board a total of 70; leaving the balance for students to bring their own horses on campus. The college farm is on a 10-year plan; there are 38 acres of pastureland for the equine center, and 293 tillable acres that are used for the whole farm.

Lynn Dunn, Chair of the Animal Science Department, said that her program

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Cobleskill College policeman John Bagdovitz with his trusty mount, Flap Jack, a former Harness Racing record-holder at Saratoga Raceway. The college began a program of having a mounted patrol in 2008, which has been very successful and is popular with the police as well as the college students.

Photos by Judy Van Put

In-Service from 12 “Country Woman” magazine, Dawn was on hand to present her famous “Through the Horses’ Eyes”© program.

This program is a learner-centered experiential educational process in which horses “teach” participants about themselves, their patterns of interaction with others, and the larger social system.

Through demonstrations and interactive activities using her own horses, Dawn helped participants better understand themselves and others by improving their own interpersonal effectiveness and relationship skills.

Participants were taught a variety of life skills such as respect, personal boundaries, effective communication, trust, relationship building, goal setting, team work, leadership, assertive-

ness and self-confidence. Dawn’s horses were the tools used to show that handlers can learn how to manage the interaction between themselves and the horse simply by attending to the horse’s reactions, understanding the messages being relayed, and changing their own method of communication and interpersonal behavior to elicit a more desirable response from the horse.

Dawn also shared with the audience

about the “emotional coat” that we all wear and how this “coat” affects those around us. This program was not only a real eye opener about our communications skills that we use with horses, but also with our communications with the people that we interact with throughout our everyday lives. It not only helped participants learn how we can communicate better with horses, but with people as well.

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of horses teaches youths to make decisions, justify those decisions, make comparisons, prepare oral reasons, develop oral communications skills, increase organizational skills, develop presentation skills, increase self esteem, and so much more. Audience members, who may be intimated by the whole “judging process”, came away feeling qualified to make decisions, place their classes, and be comfortable about developing oral reasons to justify their selections. April demonstrated a “method” that makes it all seem simple, by developing a language set to prepare oral reasons, and so much more.

Dawn Samuelson - Dawn is quite a horse lady. As a previous cover story in

New York confirms first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in horse The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM) confirms 2011’s first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, also known as EEE, in an Oneida County, New York horse. The 9 year old mare had lived at its current home for several years and had no recent travel history. The horse was unvaccinated. There is one other horse on the same premise that is not showing any signs of EEE, and which has since been vaccinated.

Typical symptoms of encephalitis in equines include staggering, circling, depression, loss of appetite and sometimes fever and blindness. There is no cure for this disease, which has high mortality rates in horses. Humans cannot become infected by handling an in-

fected horse, nor can a horse acquire the virus from another infected horse; however, the presence of an infected horse in the area indicates that mosquitoes carrying EEE are present and pose a threat to both humans and horses.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets, Darrel J. Aubertine, reminds horse owners that West Nile Virus causes neurologic symptoms similar to EEE and is also spread by mosquitoes.

Commissioner Aubertine urges all horse owners to discuss vaccination against both diseases with their veterinarian. State Veterinarian David Smith added that any horse exhibiting neurologic problems should always be handled with great caution. The risk of physical injury to handlers is greater

when horses are unsteady on their feet and also rabies needs to be ruled out as a cause of the symptoms.

Vaccines currently available drastically reduce the incidence of EEE in horses and are effective for six to 12 months, so horses should be re-vaccinated at least annually. In an area where the disease occurs frequently, most veterinarians recommend vaccination every six months. For the vaccine to be effective, it must be handled and administered properly and ideally given at least two weeks before the horse is exposed to the virus. Additionally, to stimulate full immunity, horses must be vaccinated twice, about 30 days apart, the first year that the horse is vaccinated. While it’s best to have

horses vaccinated well before potential exposure, vaccinating horses now will still provide protective benefits for this year’s mosquito season.

Other prevention methods include destroying standing water breeding sites for mosquitoes, using insect repellents and removing animals from mosquito-infested areas during peak biting times, usually dusk to dawn.

Humans should reduce contact with mosquitoes. Wearing protective clothing and insect repellents and avoiding the outdoors during dawn and dusk are all ways to avoid mosquito bites. For more information about humans and EEE, visit: www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/eastern_equine_ encephalitis/fact_sheet.htm.

ing students range from those who have barely ridden and have relatively little knowledge of horses to those who have grown up riding or showing horses. After the introductory courses students are pretty much at the same level of expertise. Students are required to take “industry barn duty” (a techniques course) one morning and afternoon each week and one weekend each month during the semester. The work varies, and students learn through hands-on experience, and participate in a variety of horse-related issues throughout the semester. Another hands-on class is the equine health class, where veterinarians share in teaching a lameness lab, and also teach chiropractic care and adjustments. Students also learn how to give shots, float teeth, geld horses, trim feet.

The college offers riding lessons for the community — including other students who wish to ride but are not enrolled in the equine studies program. In addition to the college’s riding instructors, clinics are held for students and outsiders featuring event clinicians such as World Championship winner and Olympic Eventer Eric Horgan.

From time to time Cobleskill has hosted horse shows; last year a practice intercollegiate horse show was held, and a couple of other schools participated in a mock intercollegiate team show. Adding a little color to events such as horse

shows and graduation ceremonies is the Mounted Patrol, which is unique to SUNY Cobleskill.

When asked why a student interested in animal science or equine studies should choose Cobleskill over any of the other colleges with similar programs, both Therese and Lynn were quick to reply that the feedback they hear from students is that they like the size — Cobleskill is still one of the smaller equine colleges. There is an emphasis on hands- on learning, and the barns are right on campus. In addition, the variety of courses offered and part of the curriculum is a 15-week, 600-hour internship which provides learning in the student’s own field of interest.

These internships become the first job for many students; for others it is an ex-

cellent addition to their resume.

Cobleskill graduates have been placed with some of the top people in their field — from expert trainers around the country to positions in the breeding and training industries, the feed industry, veterinary practices, graphic arts, Cooperative Extension, and teaching.

SUNY Cobleskill also offers a summer horse camp for those interested in getting a taste of what the program has to offer.

Ranked among the Best Regional Colleges in the North by U.S. News and World Report, Cobleskill takes pride in its excellent facilities as well as small classes that make for a more intimate setting, and allows students and instructors to interact on a more personal level.

For more information, please visit the Web site at www.Cobleskill.edu.

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Cobleskill from 13 is unique in that it includes both Associate Degree students as well as Bachelor Degree students in the equine concentration. Within that framework students can go in a number of directions, as far as fulfilling their career goals.

Thanks to a wealth of elective offerings, a student could fashion a program that is tailored to their individual desires.

For example, a student interested in becoming a Therapeutic Riding Instructor, might choose to take the therapeutic riding elective and other required classes in the equine field in addition to classes in early childhood development, psychology and even sign language.

Other class offerings include performance training horses — specifically the “care and training of the equine athlete,” where students learn how to train the athletic horse to condition them to ride cross-country. There are classes on breeding, from learning how to handle stallions with mares as well as processing and shipping vials for artificial insemination, assisting with foaling and care of the foal. All disciplines are covered, from Dressage to Trailriding, Jumping to Driving. A new offering is a ranch horse class, where students learn to rope and work cattle. Students are also able to become involved with selling horses and preparing them for sale.

The equine programs are very popular; however prior horse experience is not necessarily a pre-requisite. Incom-

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Morrisville State College Belgians spend summer dazzling crowds MORRISVILLE, NY — It’s been an entertaining summer for Cletus, Chief, Jay, Tarzan, Mac and Cap. The alluring athletes of Morrisville State College’s six-horse Belgian hitch have been traveling throughout the nation performing in competitions and exhibitions, dazzling crowds and earning their share of kudos along the way.

Pretty soon they’ll be heading to the Eastern States Exposition (Big E) in West Springfield, MA, the largest fair in the Northeast boasting top-name entertainment and spectacular shows, to exhibit in the fair’s daily parade at 5 p.m. Sept. 16-23. The college will also be showing (competing) during the fair Sept. 29-Oct. 2.

“It is an honor when we are asked to exhibit at prestigious shows and fairs

such as this one,” Scott Seymour, equine manager at Morrisville State College, said. Seymour, who also teaches equine classes, has been showing for nearly 25 years and drives Morrisville’s six-horse hitch in competitions.

Throughout the summer, Seymour and Morrisville State College equine students have been showing and exhibiting at numerous events and county fairs with a single horse and cart, four-, six-, and eight-horse hitches. Morrisville is the only college in North America to compete with a six-horse hitch.

Behind the scenes, there’s a lot that goes into preparing the team to hit the road.

“It takes hours of hard work keeping the horses conditioned and preparing them for competition,” Seymour said.

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Victoria Labelle, of Springfield, NH, drives during a competition last year. Next to her is Scott Seymour, equine manager at Morrisville State College. Labelle is a graduate of the college’s equine science bachelor degree program.

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From left, Marc Wirasnik, of Pittstown, NJ; Jake Sampson, of Earlville, and Nicole Blanton, of Calicoon Center, stand with Cletus, one of 11 of Morrisville State College’s Belgian draft horses they are taking care of as part of a summer internship in the college’s draft horse program. Wirasnik, Sampson and Blanton, all equine science and management majors, have been traveling around the world this summer showing and exhibiting at numerous events and county fairs with a single horse and cart, four-, six-, and eight-horse hitches. Morrisville is the only college in North America to compete with a six-horse hitch.

2011 Animal Crackers Program Cornell University ITHACA, NY — The 2011 “Animal Crackers” program was a huge success with youths and chaperones traveling from 34 different counties across New York State to visit the state’s Land Grant University, Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. There were 359 participants in attendance at the event which focused on animal science topics concerning

goats and horses. Participants included youths and adults with 136 attending the goat and 223 attending the horse educational programs. The theme of the program was “Horses and Goats BFF”, or in the texting language of today’s youths BFF means Best Friends Forever.

The event began with full capacity in the James Law auditorium

at the New York State College of Veterinary Medicine on the Cornell campus. The morning opening ceremony was facilitated by the Animal Crackers committee chair Janet Pfromm, Chenango County Cornell University Cooperative Extension. The large crowd was welcomed to campus by Dr. Ron But-

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David Eldredge, Cornell University Men's Polo Team Coach, talking with participants at the Cornell Equestrian Center's “polo cage”.

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Morrisville from 15 That also includes miles of driving in the field.

Three equine science and management students participating in a summer internship in the college’s draft horse program, Nicole Blanton, of Calicoon Center; Marc Wirasnik, of Pittstown, NJ; and Jake Sampson, of Earlville, are doing their part to make the horses show ready.

Their rigorous day begins at 7 a.m. assisting Seymour with training, cleaning stalls, feeding, walking, driving and washing the 11 Belgian horses in the college’s draft barn on Hart Road.

Throughout the year, equine students also train draft horses for the gener-

al public through the college’s Equine Institute.

Trading their summer plans for an internship has been a rewarding compromise that’s given Blanton, Wirasnik and Sampson the opportunity to represent Morrisville State College driving with Seymour and assisting with all facets of showing.

Morrisville State College offers one of the most diverse Equine Science Programs, with specializations in breeding, western, hunt seat, draft/driving, thoroughbred racing, standardbred racing, and business. Visit www.morrisville.edu to experience, Morrisville in motion.

HORSE AUCTION CALENDAR To have your auction listed in this calendar, contact your Country Folks Sales Representative, or Tina Krieger at 800-218-5586, ext. 108 or e-mail: tkrieger@ leepub.com.

Thursday, September 1 • 5:00 PM: Crowley’s Sale Barn & Stables, 32 Shoemaker Lane, Agawam, MA. Tack at 5 pm, Horses at 7 pm. Lots of great pleasure, trail, lesson, cow horses and reiners. Crowley’s Sales Barn & Stables, 413786-1744 asmithjoya@aol.com • www.crowleyshorses.com

Thursday, September 15 • 5:00 PM: Crowley’s Sale Barn & Stables, 32 Shoemaker Lane, Agawam, MA. Lots of great pleasure, trail, lesson, cow horse and reiners. Tack at 5 pm, horses at 7 pm. Crowley’s Sales Barn & Stables, 413-786-1744 asmithjoya@aol.com • www.crowleyshorses.com

Saturday, October 1 • 1:00 PM: Loomis Quarter Horses, Waddington, NY. 17th Annual All Breeds Fall Consignment Horse Sale & Tack Auction. 9 am tack, 1 pm horses. All horses must have negative Coggins within one year of sale.

Entry fee is $40 for all horses. Loomis Quarter Horses, 315-388-7736 www.loomisquarterhorses.com

Thursday, October 6 • 9:00 AM: Cortland Co. Fairgrounds, Cortland, NY. Two Day Sale. 35th Annual NYS Draft Horse Club Sale.

• Oct. 6 - Tack & equip. 9 am, tack & equip. consignments taken until 11 am sale day. NO saddles will be accepted. Outside machinery to be sold at 10 am.

• Oct. 7 - Horses at 9 am. Horse consignments taken until 11 am sale day. Absolutely no pets allowed. To make consignments or for more info contact Chuck Minturn, 315-253-0760, Dave Johnson, 315-662-3440 or Lisa Furman, 607-533-7553 or e-mail lmf14@cornell.edu.

Sunday, October 9 • Heritage Farm, 30 Florence Rd., Easthampton, MA. Fall Round Up Auction. Dozens of well broke & seasoned horses from out West and local families. Consignment & catalog deadline Oct. 3. Heritage Farm, 413-527-1612 www.farmheritage.com

Mail or Fax to Country Folks, PO Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428 • Fax 518-673-3245

Maine Horse Council photo contest There are levels of competition with three categories under each. The three levels are: Professional, Amateur, and Youth (Under 14). The three categories are: Horses, Horses and their Humans, and Horses and their Children.

There can be only one entry per category. Photos must be sent through email to Jasmine Jennings at jjennings@mainefarmbureau.com.

Please indicate:

Category and Level: Where and when the picture was taken: Your name: Address: Phone: E-mail: Judging will be on technique and composition and will be done by the Horse Council Board Members who are not eligible for the contest. Must be a

Farm Bureau member to participate.

Maine Farm Bureau will have the rights of using photos in its publications, brochures, fair booths and possible calendars; but will not have the exclusive use of these photos. The winning photos will be on the centerfold of the Horse Council Equine Directory and at the backdrop of the Equine Affaire booth at the Eastern States Exposition, Springfield, MA in November.

Three prizes of a hard cover book based in Maine: Every Horse has a Story will be given for the Professional, Amateur and Youth photographers.

Deadline for the photo contest has been extended to Sept. 30.

Heritage Farm - Easthampton, MA Western Events The numbers of riders taking part in our Western lessons, clinics and shows has been steadily growing.

Heritage Farm has been gaining a reputation for offering a high class and fun environment for Stock Horse shows, Cat-

tle events and Cowboy Races, thanks in no small part to David’s efforts and enthusiasm for these events. His trail course in the top field has impressed riders of every caliber from across New England and New York.

Stock Horse Shows

The New England Stock Horse Series offer a ranch broke horse and his rider five individually judged classes: Ranch Pleasure, Reining, Trail, Cattle Work and Ranch Handiness in four divisions: Open, NonPro, Novice and Youth, all with reasonable entry

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Fall Round Up Auction • October 9 Dozens of well broke and seasoned horses from out west and local families.

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RH Reining: 1st Joan Davis; 2nd Lauren Culver; 3rd Skyler Shulte Working Cowhorse: 1st Joan Davis; 2nd Lauren Culver; 3rd Jordan Culver Ranch Horse Handiness: 1st Joan Davis; 2nd Patty McElliott; 3rd Andrea Egitto Non-pro/green division RH Trail Non-Pro: 1st Kristen Whittle; 2nd Debbie Lacasse; 3rd Abby Vanasse. Green: 1st Patty McElliott RH Pleasure Non-Pro: 1st Lauren Magoon; 2nd Janice Mooney; 3rd Debbie Lacasse. Green: 1st Patty McElliott; 2nd Rob Potter.

RH Reining Non-Pro: 1st Lauren Magoon; 2nd Debbie Lacasse; 3rd Abby Vanasse. Green: 1st Patty McElliott Working Cowhorse Non-Pro: 1st Lauren Magoon; 2nd Debbie Lacasse; 3rd Kristen Whittle Ranch Horse Handiness Non-Pro: 1st Lauren Magoon; 2nd Debbie Lacasse; 3rd Kristen Whittle We offer day end and series end high point awards in each division.

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A COMPLETE LINE OF FARRIER SUPPLIES IN-STOCK. OVER 200 NEW & USED ANVILS, FORGES, POST VISES AVAILABLE / BOUGHT, SOLD, TRADED DAILY

Sept. 18 and Oct. 16.

Results from the June 19 Stock Show: Special thanks to Sergio and Betsy Bevacqua of Ocala, FL. who were the officials and clinicians this weekend.

Their vast knowledge of horses and cattle combined with their genuine caring, and understanding attitude towards horses and riders was a huge factor in the weekends success.

Open division RH Trail: 1st Art Snow; 2nd Heidi Potter; 3rd Jerilyn Jacobs RH Pleasure: 1st Jerilyn Jacobs; 2nd Art Snow; 3rd Caroline Smith RH Reining: 1st Caroline Smith; 2nd Robin Maciello; 3rd Art Snow Working Cowhorse: 1st Art Snow; 2nd Robert Johnson; 3rd Robin Marciello Ranch HorseHandiness: 1st Robert Johnson; 2nd Art Snow; 3rd Joanne Gelinas-Snow Novice/youth divisions RH Trail: 1st Joan Davis; 2nd Patty McElliott; 3rd Andrea Egitto RH Pleasure: 1st Patty McElliott; 2nd Joan Davis; 3rd Skyler Shulte

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Crackers from 16 ler, the Chairman of the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University. A stellar key note address was given by Yates County Cornell University Cooperative Extension 4-H member, Jessica Gulvin. The title of her talk was “Horses and Goats: Helping Hooves of Different Sizes”. The highlight of her talk was when her miniature horse “Chloe” entered on the stage sporting horse sneakers and a diaper to catch any accidents from making a mess on the floor!! The crowd roared and absolutely loved Chloe! Chloe is not only Jessica’s show mini but also used by her as a “therapy” animal to visit nursing homes and children with disabilities.

Jessica does many volunteer hours every year in “team-work” with Chloe.

The goat and horse groups then split and went to different facilities for their species specific educational programs.

The goat participants went to the Livestock Pavilion, which is part of the Department of Animal Science. The horse participants attended their educational program at the indoor arena of Cornell University Equestrian Center, which is part of the Athletic Department at Cornell University.

Horse participants were treated to a polo demonstration and talk by David Eldredge, Cornell University’s men team polo coach whom is well known as one of, if not the best, collegiate polo team coach in the nation. A high school polo team member was there as a demonstration rider. The audience was taken with the presentation and even the youngest youths listened with astute attention to every detail. This was a first class presentation and will spark much interest in youths getting involved in the sport of polo in the future.

Demonstration • “All About Polo” - David Eldredge, Cornell University Men’s Polo Team Coach For the rest of the day the participants were split into groups that rotat-

ed amongst the educational sessions set up by stations. A group of about 20 each started at each station then rotated through all of the stations of either the “Basic” or “Intermediate” loop. See the list of outstanding speakers and topics covered below.

Basic Loop: • “Healthy Hides, Hair, & Hooves” All about grooming; Lynn Telaak • “Hay Now!!” - Feeding hay to horses; Bruce Berggren-Thomas • “Like That Build” Conformation/how to pick a horse; Bernie Wiesen • “Hold Your Horses” - Bridles and bits; Lynn Bliven Intermediate Loop: • “Tiptoeing Thru the Barnyard” Working safely around your horse; Ann Janson • “Healthy Horses” - Common diseases of horses; Dr. Linda Mittel • “Foot Loose & Fancy Free” - Farrier station; Greg Tremblay • “Picking Up on Polo” - Polo station; David Eldredge There was a Closing Panel that talked about Careers in Animal Science: • Agriculture Teacher - Lynn Telaak, BOCES Animal Science Instructor • Working at Cornell - Bruce Berggren-Thomas, Lab/Teaching Assistant, Cornell University • Farrier - Greg Tremblay, Farrier, Dryden, NY Special Thanks to the Horse Section Helpers: • Steve Billings - Retired Cornell Cooperative Extension Educator • Jennifer Clancy - Cornell Cooperative Extension Educator/Yates County • And the entire Animal Crackers Planning Committee!!

It was an outstanding day of animal science focused education. Plans are already being made for next year’s program that usually takes place in May. The anticipated species that will be presented are dogs and dairy cattle.

“Hold Your Horses”- Bridles and bits with Lynn Bliven, Cornell Cooperative Extension Educator from Allegany County.

“Like That Build” - Conformation/how to pick a horse with Bernie Wiesen, Cornell Cooperative Extension Educator from Rensselaer County.

Come to Cornell and join us next year!

4-H is the Youth Development portion of the Cornell Cooperative Extension program in New York State. To find out how to become involved in the

4-H Horse Program, contact your county Cornell Cooperative Extension office or Jean Griffiths, Extension Horse Specialist, Cornell University, 607-255-2857.

TWO DAY SALE The 34th Annual Sale of the New York State Draft Horse Club will be held...

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2010 Tack & Equipment 9:00 AM Tack & Equipment Consignments will only be taken until 11:00 AM NO Saddles Will Be Accepted Outside Machinery will be sold at 10:00 AM

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2010 Horses 9:00 AM Horse consignments taken until 11:00 AM on Friday, October 8 THE SALE WILL BE HELD AT THE

CORTLAND COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS CORTLAND, NEW YORK Directions: Exit 12 from I-81 South then south one mile on Route 11 or Exit 13 from I-81 North then north on Route 11 to Cortland Village line. Signs will be posted.

NEW AND USED EQUIPMENT BEING SOLD! SALE WILL BE HELD UNDER COVER.

ABSOLUTELY NO PETS ALLOWED

To make consignments Chuck Minturn 7639 Freeman Rd. Auburn, NY 13021 315-253-0760

Yearling Raffle $1.00 per ticket or book of six for $5.00 DO NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN. Drawing at the Sale.

Yearling or $500.00

Auctioneers: LeRoy Yoder, Shipshewana, Indiana, (Horses) Dave Myers, Decatur, Indiana (Tack & Equipment)

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The small horse with the big ride!

Icelandic horse breeding evaluations coming to Cobleskill used in Iceland for racing. To Icelanders, riding the flying pace is considered the crown of horsemanship.

The Icelandic horse is the only breed that has one international breeding standard. Judges are trained to use the same criteria all over the world to look at the merits of a breeding horse.

During a breeding evaluation, horses are judged on each of the following traits; a score is assigned to each trait, from 5.0 (the lowest) to 10.0 (a perfect score).

Conformation: • Head • Neck-Withers-Shoulders • Back and Croup • Proportions • Legs (Quality) • Legs (Joints) • Hooves • Mane and Tail Ridability: • Tölt • Trot • Pace • Gallop • Spirit • General Impression • Walk • Slow Tölt • Canter Each horse’s conformation and ridability scores are averaged, and those whose scores total 8.0 and above are crowned “first prize.” First prize Icelandic horses are considered most desirable as breeding animals as they are closer to the breeding goals established

by FEIF, the International Federation of Icelandic Horse Associations. Of course, other attributes such as temperament, parentage, health, age, etc. may also be considered when breeding horses.

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The NEIHC welcomes all horse enthusiasts to come see some fine examples of the Icelandic horse at the Cobleskill Fairgrounds on Friday, Sept. 16 and Saturday, Sept. 17. Horses will be judged for conformation on Friday

morning, and then while being ridden on the track that afternoon. On Saturday morning, riders have a second shot to improve their scores on the track.

Rides will be followed by an awards ceremony and stallion show. Cobleskill’s own “A Taste of Europe” restaurant will be offering fresh sandwiches, salad, soups and snacks for sale.

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by Amy Goddard The Northeast Icelandic Horse Club (NEIHC) will be hosting Icelandic horse breeding evaluations at the Cobleskill Fairgrounds on Sept. 16 and 17. The public is invited to attend this unique equine event, which will feature several outstanding Icelandic stallions and mares. This event is free of charge for spectators.

The Icelandic horse has been purebred since the 10th century, and is hardy, athletic, independent, spirited, friendly and sure-footed, with five natural gaits. Averaging 13 to 14 hands tall, the Icelandic horse is a versatile family riding horse, bred to carry adults at a fast pleasing gait over long distances.

The horse is distinctive for its thick and often double-sided mane and long tail, and remarkable for its wide range of colors. In addition to formal horse shows and competitions, Icelandic horses are used for cross-country rides and longdistance trekking. They have also competed successfully in dressage, jumping, and endurance races.

The Icelandic horse is renowned for its five natural gaits. While most breeds have three gaits, the Icelandic has walk, tölt, trot, pace, and canter or gallop.

The tölt is similar to the running walk or rack of a Tennessee Walking horse.

In the Icelandic horse, tölt is a very smooth four-beat gait, which can range in speed from that of a walk to the speed of a canter. The rider sits comfortably in the saddle, with little movement, and the horse carries himself in a proud and free-moving manner. The tölt is the trademark of the Icelandic horse.

In the pace, the hooves on the same side move simultaneously, with a moment of suspension in the air. Often called the flying pace, this gait can equal the speed of a full gallop and is

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For many years, the New York State Draft Horse Club (NYSDHC) has sponsored a horse drawn Corn Harvest in September. This year, the event will be held at Harlow Smith’s Smithland Farm in Canastota, NY on Sunday, Sept. 11. Spectators are welcome and encouraged to come and see how draft horses can be used and enjoyed. The Corn Harvest is a complete event with horse drawn wagon rides, refreshments, and club members available to answer questions and help observers understand the way draft horses are trained and used for work and pleasure. The horses will be used to cut the corn and transport it to the silo from 11 a.m. to about 4 p.m. and 20 teams of horses are expected at this year’s event.

Due to insurance considerations, pets are not allowed on the grounds.

To get to the Smithland Farm and the Corn Harvest, take Exit 34 (Canastota) from the NYS Thruway and go South on Rt. 13 through Canastota to Oxbow Road/County Route 25. Continue on Oxbow Road and turn right on Cotton Road. The Corn Harvest and Smithland Farm are at 3035 Cotton Road in Canastota.

The NYSDHC was formed in 1956 with the purpose of promoting draft

horses in the state of New York. In the ensuing years, the club has donated an estimated $150,000 to help New Yorkers understand how to use and enjoy these gentile giants. The club meets monthly for a membership meeting, leadership planning, club picnic, or annual dinner meeting. At these gatherings, members get to share experiences and learn from each other. These meetings are especially valuable opportunities for new or prospective owners to learn from long time draft horse enthusiasts who are always willing to help less experienced members.

Every year, the NYSDHC has a number of events. The club holds a sale at the Cortland County Fairgrounds on the first Thursday and Friday of October. This year, the event will be held on Oct. 6 and 7. On Thursday, two auctioneers will be busy most of the day selling draft horse related tack and equipment. On Friday, about 125 horses will be sold. This sale and a raffle of a young draft horse are the major money making events of the club. The club uses the money raised to provide prize money for draft horse classes at fair horse shows throughout the state of New York and scholarships to deserving students interested in equine studies.

Loren Coit uses pair of Percheron geldings and old fashioned corn binder to cut and bundle corn at 2010 NYSDHC Corn Harvest in Canastota, NY. Again this year, the Corn Harvest will be held at Smithland Farm in Canastota from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Photo by Stacy Young Additionally, each year, the club hosts five draft horse demonstrations to show what draft horses can do. In addition to the Corn Harvest, for 2011, the NYSDHC demonstrated Ice Harvesting with horses in Tully, Horse Drawn plowing at the annual Plow Day in May at Terri Mather’s Farm in Fenner, Haying in July at Farm Museum in Sennett, and Wheat Harvesting at King Ferry in Au-

gust. Club members also participated in a trail drive in June.

The annual Corn Harvest should be an exciting opportunity to see draft horses in action. It will also be a chance to learn more about the activities of the NYSDHC and how to use and enjoy draft horses. More information is available at www.ny-state-draft-horseclub.org.

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Emma Brown, Age 6, Middlebury, VT, rides “Magic” to become Champion of the Little Wrangler Division.

Photos courtesy of Lori Brown

Kevin Brown of Mountain’s Edge Excavation, Middlebury, was our generous sponsor this year presenting a check for $200 to the winning team of Tom and Lisa Bove of North Ferrisburg in the Senior event of Praire Schooner. was a 3-legged race. Prairie Schooner, the team event for the open riders, was a hoot where the rider rode in, picked up a rope, which was attached to a tire in which their partner sat to then raced back to the finish line! This event paid back $200 to the winners, which was generously sponsored this year by Kevin Brown of Mountain’s Edge Excavation in Middlebury. The winning team was Tom and Lisa Bove of North Ferrisburg.

Other winners for the evening were as follows: Little Wranglers: Champion - Emma Brown on Magic, of Middlebury, VT; Reserve - Payton Vincent on Trigger, of Bristol, VT

Ashley Rae of Westford,VT, became Reserve Champion of the Junior Division riding “H.D.” Peewee: Champion - Madison Cummings on Missy, of Brandon, VT; Reserve = Makaila Cota on Little Bit, of Bristol, VT Junior: Champion - Morgan Preston on Jet, of Charlotte, VT; Reserve - Ashley Rae on H.D., of Westford, VT Senior Walk/Trot: Champion - Bobbi Jo Benson on Taylor, of Milton, VT; Reserve Ashley Datnoff on BlackJack, of Milton, VT Senior: Champion - Lisa Bove on

Harley, of North Ferrisburg, VT; Reserve - Lori Brown on Brothers Chance, of Middlebury, VT Given the wonderful turn-out for this year’s inaugural event, Vermont Quarter Horse Association hopes to once again align with Addison County Fair and Field Days to do a 2nd annual money payback gymkhana in 2012 during the fair. So look for us again next year!

Ulster County Horse Council The Ulster County Horse Council (UCHC) treated the fair going public to thought-provoking equine education sessions during the 2011 Ulster County Fair on Saturday, Aug. 6 and Sunday, Aug. 7. Ulster County Agricultural Society provided the use of the grounds for the UCHC demo arena, and an excellent location it was. Ulster County Horse Council handed out countless fliers promoting the New York State Horse Council, Equine Rescue Resource, Julie Robins Inc., and Sara Fahey’s Friendly Horse Training.

The grateful fair goers got a glimpse of motivating horsemanship, and diverse techniques and theories used for training and reconditioning horses.

The demonstration horse was provided by Colleen Segarra, Equine Rescue Resource Inc., PO Box 17, Pine Bush, NY 12566, 845-744-1728, www.equinerescueresource.com

Baylian is an adult, 6 year old, appaloosa thoroughbred cross gelding.

He has been ridden under saddle, has walk and trot, but needs work at the canter. He can be pushy, mouthy, and is the alpha in turnout, so teaching safe handling and proper ground manners is a priority.

On Saturday, Aug. 6, Julie Robins provided an assessment of Baylian and discussed the focus of morning and afternoon sessions. Robins demonstrated communication methods and handling techniques to one of Baylian’s handlers using body language and direction of the pressure in dealing with Baylians mouthy and dominating behavior.

On Sunday, Aug. 7, Sara Fahey continued with assessment of Baylian’s level of understanding and training.

Fahey used body language and pressure on parts of the horse developing control at walk, trot and canter on the

Julie Robins demonstrates communication methods and handling techniques to one of Baylian’s handlers using body language and direction of the pressure in dealing with Baylians mouthy and dominating behavior.

Photo courtesy of Julie Robins

ground and in the saddle. A safe and calm ride was the result of the weekend’s horsemanship sessions.

It was amazing to see Baylian’s progression over two days with the clinicians. Baylian had many admirers, and adoptive home prospects. If you wish more information on this wonderful, smart, and beautiful equine, please contact Colleen Segarra, Equine

Rescue Resource at 845-744-1728 to discuss the adoption process.

For more information on Julie Robin’s training methods and techniques, go to her Web site www.julierobins.com or e-mail her at julierobinsinc@gmail.com. Contact Sara at Sabine457@aol.com or call 845-5320499. View her Web site: www.faheysfriendlyhorsetraining.com

Chautauqua County Trail Riders - Hoof Beats Fall Color Trail Ride Sunday, Oct. 9 The Fall Color Ride will head out of Cockaigne Ski Area’s trail head parking lot at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 9. Cockaigne is located on County Route 66 between Sinclairville, NY, on State Route 60 and Ellington, NY on Route 62. For directions and a map, visit www.cockaigne.com. The Area is easily accessible from I-90 and I-86.

As the autumn colors will be reaching peak, the ride will follow a trail that will pass through both forest and field with many great photo opportunities including a view of Allegany. The trail is easy to moderate in difficulty and will be an enjoyable ride for trail riders of all experience. Most of the trails are wide and comfortable with some areas still under development.

Cockaigne Ski Area has been selected to be one of the Trail Heads for the

Chautauqua County Equestrian Trail Plan being undertaken under the direction of Mark Geise, Deputy Director of Planning & Economic Development for Chautauqua County. The plan will encompass trails from Boutwell Hill to Cherry Creek and Cockaigne Ski Area.

Alta Planning & Design, a New York State firm that specializes in trail planning is helping organize the project.

As soon as the Boutwell Hill Trail is marked the Cockaigne map will be changed to direct riders from the Cockaigne trails to the Boutwell Hill Trail.

The Cockaigne trail is in place and will only need to be marked when the Boutwell Hill Trail is marked. The combined trail will offer 30 to 40 miles of trails. Riders on the Fall Color Ride will be introduced to the connecting location for future rides.

This fall an additional new trail will connect the 8.5 miles of trails already open at Cockaigne to the Abbey Barn located on the Cherry Creek end of Boutwell Hill Rd. The barn has added large box stalls to provide overnight stabling. The box stalls will add to the amenities of the nearby Cherry Creek Inn. For information on the Abbey Barn and overnight accommodations, call Sharon Howe at 716-296-5105.

There is a $10 fee for the Fall Color Ride. Sign-ups will be taken until the ride start. At the completion of the ride the Club will provide a delicious meal which will be served in the former home of the Grainery Restaurant.

Join the Chautauqua County Trail Riders on the Fall Color Ride at Cockaigne Ski Area, 10 a.m. Oct. 9. For more information Contact hobhol-

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Vermont Quarter Horse Association in conjunction with Addison County Fair and Field Days, held a new event at this year’s Field Days. The money payback gymkhana was the brainchild of Lori Brown who competes her horses on the local gymkhana circuit with her children and husband. Lori presented the opportunity to Kathy Nisun, board director of the horse area for Field Days.

Kathy took the idea to the board and thus was born the Tuesday evening gymkhana, the first one to ever be held during the fair!

Over 30 competitors hauled their horses in from the local five town area as well as Castleton, Brandon, Fairfax, Milton, Rutland and Townsend, VT, as well as from Whitehall, NY for an opportunity of not only an evening of fun with their horses and friends at the fair but also a chance to win back money for placing in the top three of their division.

Evening paybacks ranged from $6 to $67 for the winners.

In case you are wondering what a gymkhana is, it’s sometimes referred to as “games on horseback” against the clock. All events are timed and test a horse and rider’s speed, agility and control, around and through obstacles, barrels and poles. All ages, breeds and level of riders are eligible to compete in these open games. The events held this year included tunnel vision, pole bending, barrel racing, streaking flags and scramble. A team event for the Little Wranglers and Senior walk/trot riders

Associations Directory Eastern Connecticut Draft Horse Association Exchange Street Arena PO Box 58, Attica, NY 14011-0058 Tickets Sales: Tickets@AtticaRodeo.Com All other inquires: AtticaRodeo@AtticaRodeo.Com

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Eastern Regional Draft Horse Association Individual $14. Family $20. Youth $7.

Roberta Healy 3418 St. Hwy. 29, Johnstown, NY 12095

Green Mountain Draft Horse Association Jean Cross - GMDHA VP 271 Plank Road, Vergennes, VT 05491 www.greenmountaindraft.org 802-877-6802

$15 member $20 family Send your check payable to GMDHA to Karen Myers, 1233 Satterly Rd., Ferrisburgh, VT 05456

www.easternCTdrafthorse.com Mary Washburn ECDHA Treasurer 281 Parish Hill Road, Chaplin, CT 06235

Equine Addiction Horse Club, Inc. PO Box 115, West Stockholm, NY 13696 Attn: Jen Bruno 315-212-0381 • www.equineaddiction.org

The Hudson Valley Draft Horse Association John Ingram, President - 845-657-2032 Matt Smith, Vice-President - 845-883-4007 To promote draft animals in the Hudson Valley, communicate with other draft animal enthusiasts, including horses, mules, oxen. Our events are festivals, plows, fairs, etc.

E-mail Robin at dmjure33@frontiernet.net Ask about our up & coming events New Members always welcome!

Mid State Riding Club Randolph, VT Nancy Moos Membership Coordinator 1245 Ferry St. Marshfield, MA 02050-1802 781-536-4119 (phone calls 8 am-8pm) nmoos@yahoo.com

New England PERCHERON ASSOCIATION Ann Egan, NEPA Membership Chairperson tangenspercherons@frontiernet.net 287 Prospect Mountain RD, Litchfield, CT 06759

Tri-County Pony Club, Inc. This organization is dedicated to fostering a positive, affordable, and safe environment for the promotion and enjoyment of equines. Bringing youth and equines together since 1959.

Get the latest news, events and membership information on our web site: www.tricountyponyclub.com Lynne Baldauf at 518-872-9320

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www.midstateridingclubvt.org Contact: Jyl Emerson, President jyl.emerson@hughes.net 802-522-2156

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Grafton Trail Riders 16 Trail Riders Way Grafton, NY 12082 www.graftontrailriders.com

Hudson Valley Ranch Horse Association PO Box 31, Argyle, NY 12809 www.hvrha.com OR info@hvrha.com Robert Bink - President • Mike Morency - Vice President Linda Delisle - Secretary & Charter Rep 518-638-8036 / dbdranch@localnet.com Wendy Bink - B.O.D.. and Web site

NATIONAL BARREL HORSE ASSOCIATION For more information and a downloadable membership form visit www.nbha.com or call 706-722-7223

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Hudson Valley Ranch Horse Association information please feel free to contact us. Remember HVRHA members receive a 10 percent discount on purchases from our corporate sponsor Walkers Farm Home & Tack.

Wishing you and your equine partner have enjoyed these lazy hazy days of summer before they disappear into the fall sunset.

Hope to be riding with you soon at the HVRHA fall events.

Happy trails, HVRHA Officers & B.O.D. Results from June 18 Show N Tell Hi Point Novice: Champion - Tracy Bartick Sedrish; Reserve - J C Bayes; 3rd - Mark Samu Novice Versatility: Champion - Tracy

Sedrish; Reserve - J C Bayes; 3rd Mark Samu Novice Youth Hi Point: Champion Patrick Shanon; Reserve - Megan Wildermuth; 3rd - Ryan Matala Novice Verstaility: Champion - Patrick Shanon; Reserve - Megan Wildermuth; 3rd - Ryan Matala

Vermont Horse Council Happenings Sept. 2-5: Standard Mountain Ride, 246 Standard Mtn Rd, Lyndonville; large open field, outhouse only; need temporary fencing, contact Glen/Allison Branon; 802-343-3005 Sept. 3 & 4: Dog River Horse Club ride hosted by Katie Mills in Marshfield; 802-426-2100 Sept. 10: Mid-State Riding Club Soccer Play; 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. at the Show grounds Randolph Sept. 9 -11: Vermont Horse Council NEKET ride and meeting.

Sept. 15-18: Tunbridge Worlds Fair, Tunbridge Fair Grounds, Tunbridge, VT Sept. 21: Dog River Horse Club meeting at Dusty & Charlotte Mills’ house in Williamstown Social time 6:30; meeting at 7.

Sept. 23-25: Vermont Horse Council Fall Foliage Ride at Tunbridge Fair Grounds, contact Karen Blow; 802-4792448 Sept. 25: Mid-State Riding Club Soccer Play; 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. at the Show grounds Randolph

Sept. 27: Mid-State Riding Club meeting, Windover House in Randolph at 6:30 Oct. 1: Mid-State Riding Club hunter pace, Green Mountain Stock Farm; Contact Jenny Bryan if you want to participate. jennybwright@gmail.com or 802-728-3009 Oct. 2: Rhythm of the Rein Therapeutic Riding Program, 3rd Annual Benefit Trail Ride and Drive, Groton Forest Road Campground on Route 232 Marshfield, VT; Dianne Lashoones at 802-426-3781. E-mail for forms: WaterTowerFarm@aol.com Support Rhythm of the Rein’s efforts. Enjoy Vermont’s peak foliage season with a short loop ride or a longer loop ride. Saturday is the sponsored ride; Sunday ride on your own. Prizes for the most pledges raised for adult and youth rider categories.

Oct. 8: Mid-State Riding Club Soccer Play; 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. at the Show grounds Randolph Oct. 8 & 9: Dog River Horse Club ride hosted by Morris & Brenda Lasell in

Williamstown Oct. 19: Dog River Horse Club meeting hosted by Karen Blow Social time 6:30; meeting at 7 Oct. 23: Mid-State Riding Club Soccer Play; 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. at the Show grounds Randolph Oct. 25: Mid-State Riding Club meeting, Windover House at 6:30 For more information visit www.vthorsecouncil.org

Associations Directory New York State High School Rodeo Association

Betsy Christensen 300 Rockland Rd. Guilford, CT 06437 203-457-9112 ngnurs@aol.com State Secretary

New York State Quarter Horse Association, Inc. www.nysqha.com

New York State Horse Council, Inc. Stephen Ropel 221 New Road, Nassau, NY 12123 sropel@nyc ap.rr.com or 518-366-8998

Renesselaer County Draft Animal Association New York State Saddle Horse Association Web site www.NYSSHA.org

Vermont Farriers Association c/o Diane Saunders, Treasurer 1292 South Rte. 116, Bristol, VT 05443 802-453-3750

Diane Crandall 107 Breese Hollow Rd Hoosick Falls, NY 12090 E-mail: rcdaa@rcdaa.com Web site: www.rcdaa.com

THE VERMONT HORSE COUNCIL www.vthorsecouncil.org Roger Morin, President 802-899-4030 Rogerm49@aol.com

5 Weekends of 16 AQHA Shows 1 NYSSHA open Show $9000 added to Futurities Contact: Kim LaFlair 48 Lake Road Ballston Lake, NY 12019 518-399-3414 luvqhrses@nycap.rr.com

Woodstock Riding Club PO Box 726, Woodstock, NY 12498 President - Hannah Moskowitz Vice Pres - Dawn Clayton Sec - Roberta Jackson Treas - Jane Booth www.woodstockridingclub.us www.woodstockridingclub.com woodstockridingclub@yahoo.com

VERMONT QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION

www.vtqha.com Lucille Evarts - President 802-545-2547 EVARTSL@YAHOO.COM

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Hoping this issue finds everyone enjoying what’s left of summer. It’s hard to believe fall is just around the corner and summer will soon be a memory.

HVRHA held their first “show n tell” ranch horse show on June 18 at WinSum Ranch. Our show n tell events are designed for the amateur, novice and youth exhibitors to compete in a less stressful atmosphere, gain experience and knowledge at lower entry fees. Exhibitors “show” and the judge “tells” at these competitions. The judge explains their placings and score sheets while exhibitors are encouraged to ask questions to gain more insight into their performance in each ranch horse class.

A huge thank you to PJ Eagon for judging the show. Exhibitors gained tons of knowledge from you that they can continue to use in the future. It was great to see horses and exhibitors improve thoughout the day.

HVRHA would also like to thank WinSum Ranch and family for their extreme generosity for this show.

HVRHA’s next events will be another “show n tell” event on Sept. 17 and an ARHA approved ranch horse show on Oct. 1. Both shows will be held at WinSum Ranch in Schuylerville, NY. Information for HVRHA can be found at www.hvrha.com or find us on facebook. Show schedules, membership forms, show bills and entry forms can be found on HVRHA’s web page. If you have any questions or need any other

Shelburne Farms Draft Horse Field Day

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Green Mountain Draft Horse Association has held a day of field work demonstrations at Shelburne Farms for over 20 years. This event gets better every year. It always takes place the last Saturday of July, and we usually have great weather. This year was no exception.

This event is free to the public once you pay the fee to get on the grounds at Shelburne Farms. Our purpose is to show what can be done with draft horses today. A lot of our teamsters work their horses every day on their own farms and this is a wonderful venue for people to get a look at what can be done using real horse power.

We had nine teams of draft horses giving wagon rides; plowing with both walk-behind and sulky plows; mowing, tedding and raking hay. Using a team and a pulley system

we moved logs from the ground to a flat bed trailer. A team spread manure using a ground driven manure spreader. We also had a single mini horse pull a walk behind cultivator on the freshly plowed land. The highlight of the day is seeing the McCormick Deering reaper binder pulled by three a breast in action.

Shelburne Farms grows the wheat for us to reap, bind, and thresh using a tractor driven thresher.

The straw that is separated from the grain is baled with a stationary baler.

The grain is fed to some livestock on the farm.

Many breeds of draft horses were represented, including Belgians, Percherons, Suffolks, Shires, Spotted Drafts, Haflingers and draft mules. In addition to the draft horses we had a group of miniature horses offering cart rides to

Melissa Provost tedding with her Belgians, Pat Palmer is in the background mowing with his Percherons.

Nick Hammond with his Spotted Drafts, moving a log onto the flat bed with the help of Ted Russell, Jerry Forbes and Cathy Palmer.

Three-abreast Percherons, driven and owned Andre Palmer, working the Reaper Binder is Ted Russell.

Brown Swiss Oxen, owned by Ray Morvan

eager children. This was a hit which we hope will be a permanent feature of

an amazing wagon.

If you are interested in finding out more about this event or other

the event. We also had two teams of Brown Swiss Oxen that pulled

events that we do contact us at www.greenmountaindraft.org or find us on Facebook.

Eastern Mountain Ranch Horse Association Message from the EMRHA President Hope you are enjoying the last few weeks of summer. EMRHA is winding down our show season, with our final show being held Sept. 10 at Gelinas Farm, Pembroke, NH. Come join EMRHA & NHQHA for a weekend of ranch horse showing.

EMRHA will offer ARHA classes in open, amateur and youth divisions as well as a few open and green rider classes that are open to all horses.

For the showbill check out www.EMRHA.com.

On Sept. 11 NHQHA will

hold an AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse Show. For more information about the NHQHA show check out www.NHQHA.com.

Despite some rain in the afternoon our Sunshine Fair Ranch Horse show held Aug. 6 was a great show. We had entries from New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire join the fun.

Full show results will be posted in the next issue.

Congratulations to all our Day End Award winners.

Open Division Versatility & High Point: Champion - Dan Moulton riding

Tracy Sedrish, Schuylerville, NY, working her cow in the ranch cutting class.

Tejons Colonel Peppy; Reserve - Tammy Sapowsky riding Smart Cowgirl Lena Amateur Division Versatility & High Point: Champion - Lia Savas riding Yo Quiero Cat; Re-

serve - Chrissy Dekoning Youth Division High Point: Champion Shayne Vallone riding Shiners Amber; Reserve Sam Vallone riding Stamped Smart

Art Snow, Pembroke, NH roping his cow in the ranch roping class during the EMRHA Ranch Horse Show at Cobleskill Sunshine Fair.

Green Rider High Point: Champion - John Rhodes riding Smart Ritz Bitz; Reserve - Tracy Sedrish riding Xtra Spoonful Thank you to everyone who attended our Cobleskill show and a

special thank you to our ring crew, announcer and show staff.

We hope to see you at our September show.

Happy Riding Jane

Mid State Riding Club, Randolph, VT

Rings on cone was one of the games held in the afternoon events.

MSRC Obstacle Challenge-Afraid to wade?

Greetings All, We jumped into summer with some steaming, hot days. The summer is extremely busy as we are rescheduling events that were canceled due to sloppy, spring weather.

The club CTC/ACTHA ride is behind us. We had

38 riders sign up. The weather cooperated for the event and all in all, everyone had a great day of fun and competition.

Many said they would be back next year.

It was also fair weather for the rescheduled Group lesson with Marcy

Anna Dieffenbach and Scout waiting their turn.

Baer. Most of those who attended the lesson stayed after to do some grounds cleanup in preparation for the show.

We moved right along with our Obstacle Chal-

lenge where a ring full of obstacles and spooky looking stuff was set up to work with the horses and build confidence with those that weren’t so sure of themselves.

We just had our 56th Annual Fun Show and again, we were blessed with good weather. We had a good turnout with most of the participants being

Junior riders. This year’s high point award winner is Mikayla Farmer — two years in a row. Go Mikayla!

We are gearing up for our first Hunter Pace.

The event is being held at Green Mountain Stock Farm on Saturday, Oct. 1. Green Mountain Stock Farm is where we held our ACTHA ride and it is well known for gorgeous

trails and beautiful panoramic views of fall color. The Hunter Pace will have three dividsions; Hunter, hacking and western on 7-8 miles of pristine trails. To register go to www.midstateridingclubvt.org Saddle Up! Jyl Emerson, President

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Michele Fisher 610-926-8811 ext. 5189 mfisher@giorgimush.com

ELECTRIC FENCE CONTROLLER REPAIRS. Factory authorized warranty center for Zereba, ParMak, many others.

No charge for estimates. Quick turn-around time. Send or bring to our shop, any make, any model. 518-284-2180

585-599-3489

Professional Pole Barns

Giorgi Mushroom Company, located in Berks County now buying the following materials:

Fencing

Buildings For Sale FA R M R A I S E D H O M E BUILDER, featuring Bill Lake Homes. Your plans or ours. www.kdhomesny.com Dave at KD HOMES 315-841-8700

Hay - Straw Wanted

BIG SQUARE BALES: Low potassium, processed or not, $130/ton, horse quality $140/ton. Small square bales horse quality, $4.00-$4.50/ bale. Plus delivery. 315-2643900 HAY: Horse quality, small squares, timothy alfalfa & timothy rye, $2.00-$3.00/bale, Truckloads available. Route 28 & Jordanville Rd,NY. 484553-3769

mrs.c@gmbny.com Heating

Heating

Tired of the High Cost of Fossil Fuel?

Do You Have Large Heating Needs?

Portege and Main, a well established North American company with over 35 years experience building and improving outdoor wood, coal, and biomass stoves is now offering a fully automatic chip/biomass stove for large heating needs; greenhouses, businesses, warehouses, schools, etc.

Easily adaptable to any established heating system.

For more information on the complete line of Portege and Main hydronic boilers, contact: Karl at HALLEN’S SAWMILL 315-852-9507 Horse Equipment

Horse Equipment

NEED SOMETHING FOR THAT

SPECIAL HORSE?

Saddles, Pads, Bridles, Horse Supplies, Animal Feeds, Draft Supplies, Gifts & More Now carrying DAC Products

HONEY HILL FARM STORE & HONEY HILL FIREARMS COME SEE US, WE EVEN DO LAYAWAYS! 198 Honey Hill Road, Fulton, NY (315) 598-7332 or (315) 952-3788 Web site honeyhillfarmstore.com

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Sell Your Items Through Reader Ads P.O. Box 121, Palatine Bridge, NY 13428

Mane Stream Classifieds Horse Equipment

Horses

Horses

BLACK urethane show harness with collar, draft size, $350.00. 804-943-3818

13YR. OLD 15.1H Registered Quarterhorse Palomino gelding, pens, sorts, parades, 4H, loves trail riding, confident rider. 13yr. 15H Pinto br/wh Mare, very calm, loves trail riding. Both UTD on vaccines, easy keepers. Asking $2,500 each. penny@hapec.org or 518-962-4934

RAYCLIFF FARM QUARTER HORSES

BLAZE ORANGE Horsewear for hunting seasons and riding safety, and visibility. www.protectavest.com, 207892-0161

Consider one ($1,500) or both ($3,000) of these spotted draft yearlings. Handled daily, currently walk/trot in hand and good for farrier.

NASDHA registered Sire and Dams on site. Contact for more pictures or call for an appointment to spend some time with these sweet horses.

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518-872-2005 English Saddle Set (Complete) Wintec 500 Close Contact CAIR 16 ½” Seat Color: Caramel, 50” Professional Choice English Girth, Stirrup Straps and Irons, Leather Bridle, Reins, and Breast Collar to match, 2 Pads, Complete Gullet System, $650.00. 518-673-2858 DRAFT SIZE Pioneer shoeing box, excellent condition, $735 new, Sale $400. Saratoga Area. 518-588-3109

Services Offered Saint George Stables-Boarding 10x12 stalls. Indoor & outdoor arenas. 147 Wigwam Rd., West Brookfield, MA. saintgeorgestables@charter.net 774-641-8435

At Stud

HOW BLUE ARE YOU

RAY HULTEN 315-823-4321

ENGLISH cut-back 16” black leather saddle, like new, $300.00. 804-943-3818

Horses

Horses

Toll Free 1-866-966-5549 • 518-966-5549

Butch h Colbert

TWO HORSE trailer, electric brakes; 10’ horse trailer, hydraulic brakes. 518-8856286.

Real Estate For Sale

Real Estate For Sale

to Suny Cobleskill. $489,000

Call Debbie Stanton 518-296-8300ext207 dstanton@realtyusa.com

145’ x 60’ with 145’x 30’ addition Amish built indoor arena equipped with 28 box stalls, utility room, tack room, sleepover area for foaling, septic and well on 82 scenic acres with 60 acres of meadows and 22 acres of woods with some marketable timber. 6 individual paddocks with three strand electric fencing. A nice trout stream runs through this property.

B&G Trailer Sales Dryden, NY 13053

THERE IS PRESENTLY NO GAS LEASE ON THIS PROPERTY. ALL MINERAL RIGHTS WILL GO TO BUYER.

607-898-9558

$330,000

COMPLETE LINE ADAM & COTNER HORSE TRAILERS

By Appointment Only

FREE BROCHURE: Farm, Country, Hunting, Lake & Income Properties NYS Big Diamond R.E. 607-843-6988 Mcdonough, NY www.bigdiamondre.com

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Flatbed Trailers

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COMPLETE LINE OF FARRIER SUPPLIES IN-STOCK. PLEASURE, TRAIL, RANCH, ROPING & BARREL RACING SADDLES HARNESSES & EQUIPMENT * HORSE TACK & SUPPLIES FARMCO FEEDERS * STALL MATS * ROUND PENS W ANTED USED WESTERN SADDLES W e Welcome Welcome Trades Trades

Cabin on New River Trail in Virginia. Step off access to hundreds of miles of trails.

Reduced. Make offer. 276733-7063 or 276-723-0991

HORSE FARM, Afton, NY

DRIVING Horses/ Ponies, Reg. Hackney Ponies, Saddlebred, Standardbred. Prices start at $750 & up. Ask for Nancy Locke 845-853-6674

REG. YEARLING BELGIUM filly and stallion. Red with 4 white socks and tail. Sired by Stylemaster Ace. Asking $2000 apiece. 716-542-2938

Trailers

with 32x48 barn w/attached 4 stall horse barn. Run in sheds & paddock areas. Sunroom overlooking stocked pond.

30 minutes to I-90 & close

C A M PA I G N P O S T E R S : Very reasonable prices. Call Beth at Lee Publications 518-673-0101 or email bsnyder@leepub.com

REG. Rocky Mountain gelding, black, 3½, well trained, mature, trail safe/show, $4,500. 804-943-3818

Real Estate For Sale

2007 ADAMS 20’ gooseneck aluminum stock trailer, swing gate matted, holds 6 horses, 7’ high & wide, 3750 GPW, $9,500 OBO. 607-847-6139, 607-898-3808

Miscellaneous

RACKING GELDING, 13 year old, registered, trail safe, calm, well schooled, $3,000 Negotiable. 804-943-3818

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Custom Built home on 78 acres

3 HORSE Miley slant load bumper pull trailer. Steel frame, alum skin. Roomy tack room w/3 saddle racks. Tows great.

Asking $7,495. penny@hapec.org or 518962-4934

WANTED: Horse for my 14 y/o daughter, must be safe and sound, lesson horse preferred, but bomb proof better.

Reasonable price. 315-2521640.

1-800-836-2888

Trailers

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$750 L.F.C. HORSES FOR SALE AT ALL TIMES FAMILY DAY AT THE FARM SAT. OCT. 1, 10-4PM

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Route 32, Greenville, NY (Opposite the Greenville Drive-In)

17th Annual All Breeds Fall Consignment Horse Sale & Tack Auction

OCTOBER 1ST, 2011

Tack Sale 9:00AM - Horses 1:00PM Sharp

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CATALOG DEADLINE: SEPT. 17TH All Horses Must Have A Negative Coggins Within One Year Of Sale Entry Fee $40 for all horses Commission 10% ~ No sale is $25

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Contact: Loomis Quarter Horses Waddington, NY 13694

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Massachusetts Quarter Horse Association Mass Quarter Horse Association would like to congratulate all of its members that have qualified for AQHA Worlds shows: Youth World: Brandon Currier & Chasin Skirts Kelsey Brooks & Just Right Invite (State Qualified) Matt Labrie & Bling Bling Blaze Kelsey McCallan & JCG WhosYer Fella Amateur and Open Worlds: Pam Currier & Chasin Skirts, Wendy Welch & Zippolocity Torey Roderick & Cash and Chips owned by: Dr. Gail D. Mason Torey Roderick & Outta Range owned by: Terrie Briand Cathy Perron & RR The Best Man Select World: Jackie Hughes & Skycz the Limit

Toni Gregoire & Fancy Huh Mike McCallan & JCG WhosYer Fella Cynthia Hidell Toth & I E Formal Our next general membership meeting will be held Sept. 10, Reservoir Woods, 40 Sylvan Rd, Waltham, MA. The meeting will feature a question and answer session with top professional horsemen across the country, via Conference Call.

Our Trail ride is back. The event will be held at Star Hills Stables, North Oxford, MA on Sept. 17. The beautiful 180 acre farm abutts Hodges Village Dam and Greenbriar Recreation Area. There will be a one hour loop and a three hour guided ride. Come join us for the fun.

Check our Web site for information on all of our activities. www.massqha.com

Vermont Farriers Association ing out some steel!

The contest will take place on Saturday. We have a banquet planned for that evening with an auction and presentation of awards. New this year is the TriState Regional Championship where buckles will be presented in the three divisions to the top winners that competed in Southern New England Farrier Association’s and Empire State Farrier Association’s contests as well.

Vermont Farrier Association’s contest is the participants last chance for scoring towards the belt buckles!

Fancy Huh (Nikki), shown with owner Toni Gregoire and Haven, Adequan Select World show qualified in Showmanship and Horsemanship.

Photo by Sarah Rosciti

Woodstock Riding Club announces annual fall show on Sept. 11

Brett and Jim Smith forging at the 2010 contest.

Photo courtesy of Vermont Farriers For more information and to acquire a brochure for this event, please con-

HORSE CALENDAR

NOTE: Calendar entries must arrive at the Country Folks office 2 weeks prior to our publication date in order to be included in the calendar of events.

Email: jkarkwren@leepub.com SEP 2 NBHA Districts NY 02 & NY 05 Fonda Fair, Fonda Fairgrounds, Fonda, NY. Entries open 1 pm, close at 3:30 pm, run at 5 pm. Contact Laura Derrick 518-7460087, Samantha Eyster 518-424-0972.

SEP 3 IPRA Rodeos Pond Hill Ranch, Castleton, VT. Call 802468-2449. On Internet at www.pondhillranch.com NHQHA BBQ and Trail Ride Blackwater Dam Trails, Salisbury, NH.Advanced registration is required. Contact Cathe Lisk, 603-228-5304 or clisk@nhqha.com. On Internet at www.nhqha.com SEP 3-4 Skyline Corral Speed Show Tioga Co. Fairgrounds, Owego, NY. 9-11 am.. Contact Skyline Corral, 607-6922526, donetteg@frontiernet.net or 607624-2658, telindsay3258@yahoo.com.

On Internet at www.skylinecorral.com SEP 4 Cowboy Race Heritage Farm, Easthampton, MA. A timed and judged trail event over a course featuring authentic ranch type obstacles. Call 413-527-1612 or farmheritage@yahoo.com.

SEP 9-11 New York State Futurity Shows Cobleskill Fairgrounds, Cobleskill, NY. $9000 in added money to the Futurity classes. Fri. is Single Judged. Sat. & Sun. are Split/Combined. Contact Sandi Emanuel, 518-231-7807, 518-294-2022 or bemanuel3@nycap.rr.com. On Internet at www.nysqha.com SEP 10 $5000 Added Barrel Race JP’s North, Inc., 10251 Rt. 32, Greenville, NY. 9 am. $5000 added jackpot barrel race. Contact JP’s North, 800-237-4488.

ARHA Approved Ranch Horse Show Gelinas Farm, 471 4th Range Rd., Pembroke, NH. ARHA classes as well as green rider and green horse classes.

Contact Jane Moulton, 518-632-9227 or jmoulton@dishmail.net.

Jeff Dye Memorial Leukemia Trail Ride Madison County Fairgrounds. All proceeds go to the Leukemia society. Camping available. Chicken BBQ available.

Contact Crystal Cowen, 315-601-7723 or cldtigger@yahoo.com.

Lady Luck Stable Pleasure Drive Lady Luck Stables, Crawford Lane, Hudson Falls, NY. Pleasure Drive around the countryside with a dish to pass picnic to follow. Contact Ally Burke, 518-793-3806.

Open Horse Show Attica Rodeo & Show Association, Exchange St. Arena. APHA Paint Alternative Competition Affiliate, English, Western and Games. Contact Danielle Smith, 585-409-6085.

SEP 11 2011 Team Roping Buckle Series JKO Arena, 592 Kahn Rd., Fort Plain, NY. Contact Richard & Joanne Kenndey, 518-993-2572, rfkennedy@frontiernet. net. On Internet at www.JKOArena.com ACTHA Competitive Trail Challenge Madison County Fairgrounds, Brookfield, NY. Divisions: Open *Pleasure* Junior. All riders must register online to participate.

Contact Karen Nowak, 315-899-7778 or e-mail KNowak5170@aol.com. On Internet at www.actha.us Eastern CT Draft Horse Association Draft Horse Demonstration Hebron Fair, Hebron, CT. Parade of breeds and disciplines - see how versatile the draft horse can be! Time TBA. On Internet at www.hebronharvestfair.org Gentle Dove Farm Charity Obstacle & Trail Rally Knight’s Farm, 8393 Pierpont Rd., Honeoye, NY. 9 am. A $50 pre-registration entry is required by Sept.1 with pledges

due the day of the event. FMI/registration visit www.GentleDoveFarm.com or contact Joann at JKLong@rochester.rr.com 585-738-7477.

Gymkhana Grafton Trail Riders, Rt. 2, Grafton, NY. 10 am Events for Pee-Wee, Jr. & Sr. riders.

On Internet at www.graftontrailriders.com NBHA Districts NY 02 & NY 05 Burnin Time Arena, Gansevoort, NY. Entries open 9 am, close at 10:15 am, run at 11 am. Contact Cindy Kennedy 518793-3513, Laura Derrick 518-746-0087, Samantha Eyster 518-424-0972.

New York State Draft Horse Club Annual Corn Harvest Smithland Farm, 3035 Cottons Rd., Canastota, NY. Members use horses to cut and transport corn to silo. This is a complete event with food, horse drawn wagon rides & club members to explain what is going on. Contact Gordon Howard , 315-436-5982 or e-mail ghoward1951@yahoo.com.

Open Show Woodstock Riding Club Grounds, Broadview Rd., Woodstock, NY. Western divisions am, games classes, EnglishHunters pm. Contact Jane Booth, 845688-5727. On Internet at woodstockridingclub.com Skyline Corral Performance Show Tioga Co. Fairgrounds, Owego, NY. 9 am.

Contact Skyline Corral, 607-656-6448 or candohorses@yahoo.com. On Internet at www.skylinecorral.com Woodstock Riding Club’s Annual Fall Show Woodstock Riding Club, 16 Broadview Rd., Woodstock, NY. 8 am. Contact Linda Lynton, 212-481-1828 or Woodstockridingclub@yahoo.com.

SEP 14 Gymkhana Pond Hill Ranch, Castleton, VT. 10 am.

Call 802-468-2449. On Internet at www.pondhillranch.com

tact Diane Saunders, 802-453-3750 or dlsqtrhs@gmavt.net.

SEP 16 NBHA Barrel Race NY03 Oakwood Farms Oak St., Medford, NY. Classes for all ages. NBHA NY03 sanction. Contact Sue or Sheralee, 631-2269105.

SEP 16-17 Icelandic Horse Evaluations Cobleskill Fairgrounds, Cobleskill, NY. Free and open to the public. We invite all horse lovers to come enjoy a unique equine event. Icelandic stallions and mares judged on conformation (Fri. am), riding (Fri. pm and Sat. am), awards and stallion show Sat. pm. Contact Amy Goddard, 914-907-5132.

NHQHA AQHA Novice and All Breed Show Townsend Training Farm, Pembroke, NH. All ages, all breeds, all abilities welcome.

Contact Joanne Ives, 603-228-1244 or jives@nhqha.com. On Internet at www.nhqha.com Show & Tell Fun Day Win$um Ranch Schuyler-ville, NY. Ranch horse show geared towards the Amateur & Novice rider. Open caliber riders judge exhibitors and explain placings & score sheets. On Internet at www.hvrha.com SEP 18 NBHA Districts NY 02 & NY 05 Ker-A-Mel Arena, Argyle, NY. Entries open 9 am, close at 10:15am, run at 11 am. Contact Kerrie Mcwhorter 518-6388015, Laura Derrick 518-746-0087, Samantha Eyster 518-424-0972.

Sacandaga Saddle Club Open Horse Show Cobleskill, NY. Halter, Showmanship, Western, Hunt-seat, Saddleseat, Walker, Green Horse, Trail, Driving, Mini, Pony classes and more! NYSSHA pointed.

Call hayner1@yahoo.com.

SEP 18, OCT 16 New England Stock Horse Show Heritage Farm, Easthampton, MA. Individually judged classes. Open, non-pro, green & novice divisions, series end awards in Oct. Call 413-527-1612 or farmheritage@yahoo.com.

SEP 23-25 Over the Mountain Ride Grafton, NY to Williams-town, MA. Riders enjoy the now famous “Over the Moun-

Woodstock Riding Club’s Annual Fall Show will include Cross Rails along with many other events.

Woodstock Riding Club’s Annual Fall Show is being held on Sunday Sept. 11, at its Club grounds at 16 Broadview, Woodstock, NY. Sponsored by Kilshannagh Vet Clinic, Judge

Amy Barkley-Carey will be presiding over the Show, which begins at 8 a.m. Contact Linda Lynton, 212-481-1828 or email WoodstockridingclubPR@yahoo.com

tain” ride on Saturday followed by a Texas BB’Q and entertainment. 3 days of camping and riding the Grafton State Park Trails and the Williamstown, MA to Grafton ride. More info to follow. On Internet at www.graftontrailriders.com SEP 24-25 Atlantic RCHA Events Willow Brook Arena, Catasauqua, PA.Offering NRCHA sanctioned classes as well as green rider/green horse and rookie classes for beginners at these event.

Shows start at 9 am. Some AQHA classes will be offered. Contact Dick Rosell, 610-721-5870 or e-mail Meg@atlanticRCHA.org. On Internet at www.atlanticRCHA.org NYSSHA Fall Round-up Cobleskill, NY. Halter, Showmanship, Western, Hunt-seat, Saddleseat, Walker, Green Horse, Trail, Driving, Mini, Pony classes and more! NYSSHA pointed.

Call hayner1@yahoo.com.

SEP 25 NBHA Districts NY 02 & NY 05 Hawthorn Farm, Glovers-ville, NY. Entries open 9 am, close at 10:15 am, run at 11 am. Contact Robyn Valentine 518-7751270, Laura Derrick 518-746-0087, Samantha Eyster 518-424-0972.

OCT 1 Battenkill Covered Bridge Wagon Ride Covered Bridge on the Green, Rte. 313, W. Arlington, VT. 7 mile foliage drive along

the Battenkill River followed by a dish to pass at the Grange Hall. Contact Karin Vollkommer, 518-584-6933.

Hooves of Hope West Wind Farm, Rt. 29, Johnstown, NY. Registration 7 am, ride strts 9 am. After the ride stick around and kick up your heels. Food, raffles, auction and music.

Pledge sheet and registration forms available at West Wind Farm, Tractor Supply and County Feed - Amsterdam..

Call 518-725-2998 or e-mail mcosselman1@frontiernet.net.

HVRHA/ARHA Approved Ranch Horse Show Win$um Ranch Schuyler-ville, NY. Offering Ranch Trail, Cutting, Roping, Reining, WRH, WCH, Conformation & much more. Day End Awards. Open, Amateur, Novice & Novice Youth Divisions. On Internet at www.hvrha.com Jackpot Barrel Race JP’s North, Inc., 10251 Rt. 32, Greenville, NY. 11 am. $100 added jackpot barrel race. Contact JP’s North, 800-237-4488.

OCT 1-2 Blue Slope Country Museum Fall Festival Blue Slope Country Museum, 138 Blue Hill Road, Franklin, CT. Draft horse demonstrations, antique tractors, historic reenactors, wagon rides and other activities/demonstrations. Volunteers appreciated. Contact Sandy, 860-642-6413.

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Planning is well underway for the upcoming 2011 Vermont Farriers Association 6th Annual Forging Clinic and Contest on Nov. 4 and 5. We will once again be practicing our skills at Ira Brook Farm in Ira, VT. Final class shoes are being decided upon for the different forging divisions. We are confirmed with our clinician and judge; the world-renown Chris Gregory of Heartland Shoeing School.

Chris will do a forging clinic on Friday with personalized help for everyone interested in heating up their forge and bang-

A tarp was introduced which was slowly unfolded to make a wider obstacle.

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Joann started by maneuvering Shamrock around pieces of cardboard on the ground. The pieces were gradually moved closer together creating a “wall” to step over.

Different textures, in this case artificial flowers, were incorporated into the lesson.

Joann Long presents training mounted police style at Empire Farm Days

By using a sail, different colors and shapes were added to the path.

Joann Long, from Gentle Dove Farm in Bloomfield, NY, demonstrated how to train your horse mounted police style on Aug. 9 at Empire Farm Days in Seneca Falls, NY. With her horse, 7 year old Shamrock, a Percheron/Quarter Horse mix, Joann gave step-bystep instructions on how to desensitize your horse toward a wide variety of items.

The morning program was titled “Developing horserider partnership mounted police style” where ground obstacles were the focus. The afternoon session involved “Obstacle and sensory training” when objects such as a flag and a flare were used.

Due to wet weather conditions outside, both demonstrations were given in the Equine Center. Despite the cramped quarters, Joann illustrated very useful techniques.

To include “noise” in the session, plastic bubblewrap and bottles were used.

Also used in the demonstration were objects such as an umbrella and stuffed snakes.

The afternoon Obstacle and Sensory Training Session introduced numerous objects a horse could encounter out in public. Seen here are balloons, a flag, cones and even a flare.

The flapping of a flag carried on a horse can be a major distraction.

Photos by Lorna Quinn

Joann finished her demonstrations by swinging plastic gallon milk bottles in front of Shamrock to incorporate noise and motion factors.