May 2010 Newsletter
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... Continued • 29th – Oxford Trail Linda Plank (Sprucehaven Farm, Ingersoll) May 2010 Riders Club Show Linda has been involved with horses her entire life. Beginning on her • 7th-9th – Michel Vaillancourt (Ingersoll) Clinic @ Highland Green friend's Shetland pony, she progressed up to horses and eventually • 29th – Mid Western Stable (London) bought her own. While working as a groom in Malvern, Horseman’s Society Pennsylvania at the prestigious Radnor Three-Day-Event; Linda • 8th – Rusty Gaits Saddle Club decided that she was going to pursue Open Show @ Spring Fling with the Shoup eventing. Linda and Grant Plank have Dorchester Family (Aylmer) now been the proud owners and Fairgrounds operators of Sprucehaven Farm for 18 • 8th & 9th – MWHS REACH • 29th – ORCHA Cow years. They have recently added an Spring Intro QH & Open indoor arena to the facility so they could Horse Clinic with Show (Clinton) run educational clinics and ride at their Gene Munger farm year round. (Richmond) • 15th&16th – AQHA 4-Star Linda and Danzig (Kentucky) Spring Round-up Show • 29th - Aylmer (Ilderton) Linda volunteers in the equine community on a regular basis. In the
“Horse Person Of The Month”
past she has acted as the Chair of the National Athlete Development Program for Equine Canada. Currently she is the coordinator for the National Young Riders team, as well at the Ontario Young Rider Program. Below: Linda with husband Grant Plank
Recently Linda held a clinic gaining much of the public’s attention. Ian Miller, “Captain Canada”, was hosted by Linda at Sprucehaven Farm to discuss his Olympic experiences, his business success and overcoming obstacles. The clinic was a great educational experience for attendees and acted two-fold as a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. London Horse Sport would like to recognize Linda’s contributions to the equestrian community by naming her London Horse Sports' Horse Person Of The Month for May 2010.
Favourite Horse Movie: Sylvester Favourite Celebrity Horse & Rider: Secretariat (amazing athlete - I hear there is a movie coming out this fall about him!) and David O'Connor another amazing athlete with an ability to bring out the best in our Canadian Team! Piece of Equipment I Couldn't Live Without: My HELMET! Too many head injuries with this sport! First Horse/Pony Ever Ridden: A wonderful teacher and pet - a 13 hh Shetland pony named PENNY Future Goal As An Equestrian: To compete at First Level dressage this year with my Trakhener mare Danzig, and upgrade to training level eventing this spring and do a Preliminary horse trial in the fall. In 2011, would like to compete in another CCI*. Know someone you’d like to nominate for Horse Person Of The Month? See our website for details!
Calendar
• 16th – London Dressage Association Show • 16th – Rusty Gaits Saddle Club Show (Aylmer Fairgrounds) • 16th – HSE Stables Prelude Circuit Show I (St. Thomas) • 22nd – 5th Annual High School Equestrian Team Challenge of Southwestern Ontario (Dresden) • 22nd & 23rd – Lee Tubman Clinic @ Kilbyrne Farm (Thorndale) • 23rd – Brian Heaton Memorial SOTC Reining Series (Essex)
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• 29th&30th – Sunset Equestrian Trillium Show @ HSE (St. Thomas) • 30th – Hoofbeats Dressage Club Show (Melbourne) • 30th – Red Valley Saddle Club Show (Strathroy) • 30th
– Ontario Reined Cow Horse Assoc. Show
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