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Braiding the Different Breeds

By Kate Shearer I have grown up in the horse industry in Scottsdale, AZ and have focused most of my braiding time on eventing, dressage and the H/J disciplines. I decided to take my braiding to the full time professional level about five years ago, and incorporated the breed shows into my show rotations. I have to admit my first time braiding professionally in each breed (Quarter Horse, Paint, Arabian, Saddlebred, Friesian) it was a bit of a shock. Fortunately I was hired by some amazing clients that not only explained what they wanted, but also let me experiment and come up with some new braids that are now being seen all over. If you look closely in the rule books for all disciplines and breeds it either states that braiding is required, but not what type of braiding, or that braiding is optional. Braiding has taken on a social expectation at shows, rather than a rule book requirement, but this also makes it very difficult to incorporate new braids or change the current social standards/ norms. What might be deemed as proper and acceptable at the Arabian horse shows is completely different than what is proper and acceptable in the A circuit hunter world. In general though, the end of 2014 and 2015 has seen a huge comeback of the pinwheel in the breed worlds! This is the most drastic and sudden change I have ever seen with braiding trends!

One must always remember the purpose of braiding is to compliment the neck and topline of a horse. You can make braids wider or thinner, longer or shorter, curved or straight in order to give your horse the “look” that is needed for your competition.

Some of the paint and quarter horses want a straighter look of the neck down so you make a straighter braid and don’t follow the curve of the neck. Some Arabians want more curve to the topline so you move your braids accordingly to accentuate or add a curve. If done properly, you can truly change the topline with your braids. You can change the thickness of the tail braid or the ending to compliment a horse’s backside. A smaller Braided tail with Pin-wheel backside you might want thicker pieces pulled from the side giving it a larger tail bone look and therefore larger backside look, but you also wouldn’t want to draw attention to the backside so you would end with an imaginary ending. A larger back-

side you want a nice thin braid with a pinwheel ending (as long as the horse doesn’t twist the tail) so that you can show off the backside. That being said, I will run through the current “norms” in each discipline and breed world and discuss a few deviations from the trend that are starting to emerge.

Arabians- This breed world has stayed the same in their trends for many years!

The running braid and generic tail braid with a blunt ending are the “in” style.

There are some wrap around loose tail endings, but the majority are just a blunt ending. The difference for Arabians though is that “bows” are added to both for main ring (non-equitation) disciplines. This means all the hunter pleasure horses, show hack horses, pretty much all braided horses except equitation and sporthorse, have bows in their braids. Traditionally you put three Arabian tail braid in the forelock, five in the mane and five in the tail. Essentially it is just an opposite color of the hair; white bows on black and chestnuts, black yarn on white hair.

New trends are the pinwheel tail ending for the hunter sporthorses and the lattice braid for the dressage horses.

Banding

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Quarter Horse/Paint Horse/ Appaloosa- These breeds tend to follow a similar style, except for the Appaloosa in regards to tails.

They band for all western horses, and occasionally some English horses. This is rubber bands put in at the base of the mane with about a ¼ of an inch in width for each band. The bottom is then cut (yes, with scissors) to create about a two inch long length and a perfect straight blunt end bottom to the mane. They put hunter braids in for their English horses, as well as tail braids for the larger shows. They want their hunter braids to touch and no bump up at the

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top; they want them to lay very flat. Their tail braids used to have just a blunt end to them, but the new trend the last couple of months has been the pinwheel ending and will be for the whole of 2015 and maybe further. I have yet to put in a pinwheel at an Appaloosa show.

Running braid with scallops

Eventing/Combined Driving: I pair these two disciplines together because their braids run similar for the disciplines they both compete in. The dressage braids are traditional dressage braids (8-10 max). The braids then decrease in width for the show jumping and cones phases (about 13-17). They again decrease to 20 or so for the FEI trot ups. All these braids are the rose bud type braids, but just differ in width for each phase.

Saddlebred/Friesian- These breeds tend to have the most ability to experiment with braids. Friesians go in double running braids, lattice braids, or just one huge and very long (not tied up) running braid. The saddlebred hunters do whatever they choose including a running braid with scallops, lattice, or whatever else you might imagine. I even did a lattice braid on the tail of a saddlebred!

Lattice braid

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Dressage: The old trend was for 8-10 maximum braids for dressage horses with a nice tight topline, but the new trend in Europe and spreading to the United States is for 7-8 with a puffy top. This is only applicable to true USDF and FEI competitions, whereas the horses that compete in dressage at the breed competitions still use the traditional 8-10 braids with a tight topline. For FEI trot ups, braids stay the same size as they do for the show ring. Note: braid bling has been slightly accepted in the dressage world but very few people use it.

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Traditional hunter braids

Hunters: Traditional hunter braids have always been what is done with the mane and has not changed in a very long time. What has changed is either adding a colored piece of yarn that matches the barn color on one braid or a charm into one braid. Obviously the traditional navy blue yarn in black braids and occasionally white yarn in a dark grey mane is still available, but not as prevalent since the emergence of the charm. Sometimes the charm is even added into the tail instead of the mane. The ending of the hunter tail is different depending on where you are based in the United States. The west coast tends to have more pinwheels, whereas the east coast tends to use either a wrap-around or a blunt ending tail.

Banding and Braiding Key Tips:

Blunt end tail braid

 The thicker the mane the closer together and shorter the width your braid should be. The thinner the mane, the more hair width you should grab to make the mane look less thin.  With hunter braids the most important part of the overall picture is the line underneath all the braids. The bottom line is what draws the judge’s attention and that line is the one that you want to make sure is smooth and even. If you need to alter the horse’s topline, do so with the bottom line of the braids not the top. Even if the top of the braids aren’t even, as long as the bottom line is even you are alright!  When braiding a tail remember to drop hair! If you do not drop hair the braid itself gets larger and larger as you go down. To better compliment the tail and backside of a horse you want the actual braid itself to be the same size. Dropping hair means that when you braid over to pick up hair, drop some of the current hair.

This does not need to be done for every single cross over. I do so about every three or four crossovers so as to maintain a perfectly even braid the whole way down.  Running braids are best done by braiding yarn down the entire braid from the start. It will hold the braid better through stretching of the mane. In addition you want to braid pulling hair into the braid from the bottom rather from the top; majority of people this would be considered a reverse braiding style. In addition as you get closer to the withers you want to grab smaller width hair pieces. The top can start out at ¾ to 1 inch piece but when you get closer to the most movable portion of the neck you want to grab no more than ½ inch pieces.

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Wilbur’s Posts...

I have the very best job in the world! I get to sample treats for a living. I don’t think it gets much better than that.

Imagine my surprise and delight when a BIG box came in the mail from The Treat Barn!!

Inside were a bunch of yummy goodies. Now the card said it was for us all, so I knew I had to share…but I made sure to tell the others I was being generous and sharing…and didn’t let them see the card that said for all of us. I know that’s a bad thing…but in the end I did the right thing by sharing…so hopefully that is what counts!

Ok…so now to the good part…the TREATS! We got these soft, delicious cupcakes decorated with jelly beans that smelled fantastic and tasted even better. After I scarfed mine down (I tried my best to eat slowly but it was too good) I read the ingredients. The cupcakes are made of 100% Whole Wheat Flour, 100% Rolled Oats, Molasses, Applesauce, Honey, and Dark Brown Sugar. They also make a birthday cake like this. I saw a photo of Buddy eating his birthday cake many years ago. He had to wear a hat but he looked so happy eating the cake I guess he didn’t mind.

In addition to the cupcakes we had tasty whinny sticks shaped like bunnies!! They were soft and easy on my old toothies and just as scrumptious as the cupcakes! The whinny sticks also make great “Treat Bouquets.” The Treat Barn was generous enough to send both Cardi and Forrest Nymph one to thank them for doing interviews with us at the magazine. Their owners said they both loved them too!

Now I have to say one of my favorite things was the Grandmares Old Fashioned Apple Pie Mash. This was heavenly!!

The smell was divine…I even saw a certain someone stick their finger in the mash and try it while she was preparing

our buckets (but I won’t tell anyone)! Everything at The Treat Barn is made of all natural ingredients…plus they make them all by hand and you can tell with love! I think that’s why they taste extra specially yummy!!

The other horses and pony here all gave the treats 4 hooves up…same as I did! We can’t really count the pony’s opinion…his nickname is Trash Can…but the horses are very picky and they loved them. I would suggest you get your owner to check out the website www.treatbarn.com and order you some goodies.

Did you know they even make awesome gift baskets at The Treat Barn?? Perfect for friends with new foals, new ponies, or to celebrate your special equine’s birthday!! Give the owner Jenny a shout and tell her Buddy’s pal Wilbur sent you…she will set you up with something perfect!

That’s all for now…Wilbur out!!

Wilbs

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KIDS FOR WISHES INVITATIONAL HUNTER DERBY Benefitting The Make A Wish Foundation of South Florida

Ideal One & Lydia Oliver and Helen Sweeney aboard Taschereau

Sagamore Farms played host to the First Annual Kids For Wishes Invitational Hunter Derby held this past Friday in Wellington, Florida.

The event benefited the Make-AWish Foundation of South Florida and generated nearly $9,000.00 for the local charity.

Ideal One, owned by Happy Endings Farm and ridden by Lydia Oliver and Helen Sweeney aboard Taschereau were the Children’s Hunter Champions and Isabel Szarfarc with Freeport and Taylor Cawley and Very Berry tied in the Short Stirrup.

The brainchild of Linda Smith-Faver of Happy Endings Farm, Debbie Dolan-Sweeney and acclaimed hunter derby course designer, Brian Brown; the three conjured the event as a celebration commencing the Wellington show season.

A highlight of the day was the presentation of a check made out to Make-A-Wish for $8,500.00 by all exhibitors, Also awarded were beautiful ribbons, participation trophies and key chains donning the name and date of the event. Of particular fanfare was the victory gallop by all participants around the immaculate derby field.

Said Smith-Faver, “The Sweeney triplets have a birthday in the early spring and instead of having a traditional birthday celebration, we thought it would be fun to create an invitational hunter derby with a charity component.”

Isabel Szarfarc & Freeport and Taylor Cawley aboard Very Berry

Photos by Meg Banks

The invitational featured a Children’s Hunter Derby with a section for large ponies and a second section for small and medium ponies as well as a Short Stirrup Derby with a stunning course set by Brown. Judges for event included Holly Bossert, Rachel Kennedy and George Wallace with course design and announcing by Lewis Pack.

In addition, the event included a grand hospitality tent with colorful basket centerpieces brimming with apples and carrots, spring themed tablecloths, and refreshments for spectators and exhibitors.

Horse show mom Jane Brown summarized the day perfectly by saying, “It was a beautiful afternoon and a wonderful experience for riding and giving.”

Brian Brown echoed the sentiments by saying, “It was a honor to have this opportunity. The way I looked at it, it was kids, plus ponies, plus raising money for such a great cause which equaled an incredible event!”

Sponsors included: Open Minds Academy, The Paisley Magazine, Richard M. Faver Equine Quarantine, Sagamore Farms, Kate Stoffel Oliver and Ann K Hubbard Tack Shop.

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Scenes from The Kids for Wishes Invitational Hunter Derby

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Breezeway Farms & Breanna Lombardo’s pretty princess “Bean” in the golf cart as always.

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Higgins Rheinheimer helping get copies of The Paisley Magazine out at the Country Heir Show!

Leslie Steele’s “Bill Goats”

Hannah Loeffelbein and her English Bull Dog Ruby

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Bean (left) and Sprout (right)

Two nubian kids Norbit and Harold with their best friend Happy the pig.

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“Swan Song” Swan Song was Champion Small Pony at Devon in 1985. She was leased and ridden by Courtney Lee, daughter of Roddy and Jackie Lee. Swan Song was owned and bred by Marguerite Taylor. She was the first foal by Cymraeg Rain Beau and the last foal out of Gremlin’s Delight (dam of Dresden, Frito Bandito, Bonny Reb, and many more).

Thank you to Marianne Taylor and Courtney Lee for providing this photo.

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Devon Horse Show Facts * The Devon Horse Show is one of the oldest continuing shows in the United States, having started in 1896. * The show has run almost continuously since 1896, but was not held in 1945 due to World War II. In 1943 and 1944, the fair was held but with a dog show in place of the horse show. * From a one day Show of 28 classes, Devon grew quickly. By 1914 Devon Horse Show was the largest outdoor horse show in the country, a reputation it still holds today. * The first barn was built by William DuPont to provide stabling for his horses. Other exhibitors were encouraged to build barns of the same style, and by the end of the 1920s the eastern side of the grounds was completely lined. * The first five Devon Horse Shows were held on the lawn of the Devon Inn, which was later sold to the Valley Forge Military Academy and eventually burned down in 1929. * In addition to being the home of the first shows, the Devon Inn is thought to have been the source of the blue hue of the show’s grandstands and grounds.

According to Cowley, the first colors used for the horse show were red and yellow. However, the Inn’s roof, which was made of Pennsylvania Bluestone, appeared pale blue under sunlight and inspired a change in the show’s colors. * In a letter dated May 2004, Joseph Neff Ewing, Jr. wrote, “I understand that there has been some controversy in the past few years over the identity of the horse after which the Devon logo was designed...My mother, Mrs. Anne Ashton Ewing, always said that the original was a hackney horse named Wynnewood owned by her father, Dr. Thomas G. Ashton. She knew the horse and of its use for the Devon seal. Dr. Ashton was one of the founders of the Show, and it would have been natural for one of his horses to be used for the design.”

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From Tragedy to Triumph By: Lizzy Simonian

On November 22nd, 2014 Amber Bauman received the most dreaded phone call a horse owner can receive: her barn was on fire. Amber, her husband, and her daughter Alexis were attending the Illinois Hunter Jumper Association banquet with their friends, customers, and boarders. Her 15 and 9 year old sons, who were home alone, woke to see the barn burning outside their house.

Amber explained “there are no words to describe what goes through your head in that moment.” After the fire, Bauman listened to the 911 call that her son made, and was shocked into silence when she heard her son and the groom trying to get the horses out of their stalls in the background. The Bauman family lost 32 of their horses in the tragic fire; along with everything they had in the barn. Amber and her family knew each and loved horse lost that night, including a pony named Ella that gave her daughter Alexis the confidence to start her riding career.

There is no way to accurately describe the pain and loss that the Bauman family went through that evening. In the same manner, there is no way to describe the generosity and selflessness of the horse community that reached out to her family. Within a week a GoFundMe was set up for the family and donations were streaming in. People reached Amber to let her teach out of their barns. While the amount of tack, feed, letters of kindness, and financial donations are astonishing, what is truly shocking is when people started to donate horses to the family.

The first two ponies arrived on December 14th, less than three weeks after the fire. When Two For the Bunny and Stonledge Foxfire, known affectionately as Bunny and Foxy arrived at her barn, Amber could tell Foxy was unbroken and just as scared as she was. She hugged him and said ‘we’ll figure it out together’, and claims that if it weren’t for him, she would still be curled up in a ball because her entire world came to one hard stop when that fire broke out.

The ponies gifted to the Bauman family were just the tip of the ice berg. Abbi Ferrigno at Rabbit Hill Farm donated Two

For the Bunny and Stoneledge Foxfire, known affectionately as ‘Bunny’ and ‘Foxy’. Ferrigno and her friends filled a trailer with donations and the two ponies and sent them on an all-expenses paid trailer ride from Connecticut to Illinois.

Maria Hayes shipped Juliet May, the full sister of a pony that perished in the fire, to Bauman shortly after. Cheryl Schultz donated Diesel and Scooter, and two of Bauman’s customers donated two quarter horse mares from Wisconsin. A little pony named Lily from Ocala was provided a free VIP ride in a boxed stall from See a Need Horse Transport.

Bunny is a top of the line 9 year old grey welsh mare, standing at 13.2 hands. Bauman explains Bunny was not ridden for 6 months before they got her, and with a mere 6 weeks and only four fences to work with, Alexis and Bunny started to show. One week later Alexis and Bunny won reserve at their second show and qualified for pony finals.

Alexis, a gutsy and very talented 11 year old is Amber Baumans hero. She is a hard worker and seems wiser than any fifth grade student should be. Recently, when her mother was cleaning her show coat, she found a picture of three ponies on the pocket. After asking Alexis why it was there, she explained that now even though the ponies are not with them, they still ride with her every time and are looking down on her. She has such an immense amount of emotional maturity she has helped her mother find some sense of peace as they move forward together.

As Alexis and Bunny continued in their training, they received yet another surprise call. On a Thursday, Amber was contacted to say that they would receive a letter on Friday to notify Alexis that she received the Make a Dream Grant and would be sent to Wellington, Florida to train with Charlie Moorcroft.

The following Tuesday the Baumans were pulling out of their drive way on their way to the sunshine state. A member of the Illinois Hunter Jumper Association wrote a letter on behalf of Alexis and the board voted unanimously to grant her dream.

While in Florida, Alexis has met Lillie Keenan, received a helmet donated by Charles Owen, and has been outfitted by Ann Hubbard Tack Shop. The donations were from various people through the USHJA.

The Bauman family has been overwhelmed by the generosity and kindness from strangers since their tragedy. Despite such a devastating event in their lives, the family is moving forward and is touched by all the good that has come out of this. As of now, Alexis has qualified on two ponies for Pony Finals.

Though their story is tragic, the family is very optimistic and eager for the future. Amber Bauman credits the generosity of the strangers who helped them for her current happiness.

She emphasized that she could not thank everyone enough and that without the acts of kindness, her story would not have such an inspiring end.

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Best friends & Barn Buddies Barney helping his mom Carol feed

Simon and Calvin aka “The Orange Boys”

Donkeys Fred & Spring and Blaze Kitty barn buddies to 7 ponies.

Mini horse Cassie and buddy King George owned

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Laura Norton’s “barn buddy” Nessa, my little race corgi that helps me teach lessons and run pony camp! She is so loyal and refuses to let me go to work without her. She is also a therapy dog for hospice patients.

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Wanda Wellbred...”You didn’t hear it from me!”

My Dears, It feels like it has been ages since we last spoke, I hope you all are enjoying the beautiful Springtime! It seems some of you are enjoying things a bit too much! We all know the saying, “What Happens in Vegas. Stays in Vegas!” Well not if it is caught on security cameras my Dears! It seems one group of World Cup Revelers, had a bit too much fun out on the strip and carried it back to their hotel – where security had to ask them to return to their rooms after one passed out at a slot machine and the other was so sloppy drunk that other casino patrons made several complaints! Well they didn’t get far and were caught on camera partying it up in a fire escape stairwell and were this time ESCORTED to their rooms and asked to check out the next day!! My Dears nothing is sadder on a Vegas morning then the sight of two shuffling, smeared mascara- covered faces while looking like frumpy middle aged drag queens, dragging their fake designer roll-aways down the street looking for a place to stay!

It seems a few people have found themselves in need of places to stay lately, one “trainer” and I use that word loosely, has found herself evicted from yet another barn because of not paying her bills for several months, and to her clients who she left behind holding the reins of debt – you were warned. – Why on earth would you – take your horses- to a barn when the entire town has warned you to stay away and several bars have this person’s picture up as Barred and Not to serve? And some stores have the same individual’s photo up on the wall of shame for recurrent bad checks? And let’s not even get into the fact they ship your horses while driving on revoked license!! Everyone deserves as many chances as anyone wants to give them, but some people are unfortunately always ready to pounce and take advantage of everyone and every situation and not in a good way!

My Dears, social media is a great thing, but again and again we must remember a moment on the lips… forever in cyberspace!!

Please my Dear Equestrian friends be careful what you post online. I know some people cannot help themselves for a variety of reasons, but please… posting bizarre rants about your nonexistent barn mates and talking about your ex-boyfriend and your’ intimate moments is probably not going to make people flock to your barn! And please, please, please stop posting barn drama on facebook – nothing is more annoying than a trainer playing the victim when a client leaves – doesn’t matter the reasons- unless this is some bad reality show try out – act like a professional – your attacking someone on the highway in a fit of road rage worthy on the Mad Max remake is probably going to not make me want to bring my child to your barn for lessons, and the crazy stalking of ex-clients like a crazy Bette Davies from a 1930’s film is not going to make me want to come to your barn much less make you look anything but mentally unstable!!!

It seems people have gone off the deep end – literally- one trainer and his wife kept a running tab on their divorce – trashing each other from hygiene to extramarital affair on facebook – like a firesale on crazy!! I expected someone to come out and say “Just when you think you have seen the end of this crazy train…. here comes the caboose!” and it did! The husband who should take care of his constant check bouncing at horse shows- before USEF comes knocking- decided to video tape his soon to be exwife in the bathroom---and post it on social media- to which she responded with photos of him in women’s lingerie complete with high heels dancing for her in some honeymoon looking train wreck of a hotel complete with giant champagne glass bathtub in the background!! Like we needed to see or hear any of that to make up our minds that are both Bat S^&* crazy!

And please, please my Dears- while talking about our troubles is a good thing, do so with close friends and family and people you trust. Airing your dirty laundry and just plain talking like a maniac on social media is not going to serve you well, unless you might be looking to be served a court summons! One hapless amateur turned professional turned I don’t know what, is constantly posting about her personal life with as much refrain as a rocket ship to the moon piloted by drug addicts. Telling us about your time in prison and your husband’s criminal history and your drug and alcohol use is actually terrifying, so please stop – it doesn’t make you look cool and frankly it makes people avoid you and even some have said change their show schedules depending on where you and the chain gang are showing!

My Dears… We all love a good party, and the steeplechase season has had some gorgeous weekends in the Mid Atlantic- but please refrain from drinking so much you look like something that fell off the back of a carnival truck. One guest at a recent Virginia tailgate got so intoxicated that she literally vomited all over the beautiful spread laid out by her hosts…the hostess almost cried as she told me about it “It was one of the worst things I have ever dealt with and seen…I could not believe this was happening” she said. After the woman ran away without even as much as an apology, I know you must have been embarrassed my Dear but no matter – for such things you take a moment of courage and let your pride go and apologize and offer to make some kind of amends. To this day she has not even written a note or said anything, even avoided the hosts at a recent show in Virginia.

Well my Dear’s… Devon is right around the corner! Let’s hope we do not have another stolen wig brawl like in 2010 or the cucumber cream cheese scandal of 2012!!! Keep your eyes and ears open!

Wanda

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Avery’s Grace - Riding Fearless

By Melinda Hartman

Fearless is an understatement for the incredible spirit and

unwavering bravery in the face of adversity of Avery Dudasch. When she was just the tender age of eleven a rare form of brain cancer claimed her from the face of the earth, but her legacy lives on.

A typical horse crazed child, Avery learned to love horses from a young age. “Avery was practically born on the back of horse and started accompanying me to the barn when she was six weeks old. You might say that she was nurtured to love horses, but to all that knew her they were part of her soul. She had the horse gene and related to them on a level only very few people can understand.

She got her first pony when she was five years old and when she wasn’t galloping him in the field she was setting up a cross country course in our living room that she would jump herself for hours.” In 2011, four months prior to her diagnosis, Avery became the new owner of a flashy, large, buckskin pony dubbed “Gracefully Dun” aka “Grace”. The pony served as a loyal mount for Avery until she could no longer ride and from then on as a faithful companion when time got thin. “While the doctors worked to kill the tumor, Grace became her other doctor and took care of her in ways we truly never understood. Grace allowed her to feel alive, strong and fearless.”

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One memory of the pair particularly treasured by Avery’s parents was of their first ever combined test together. “The month before Avery was diagnosed, she and Grace competed in her very first combined test.

She was so excited to do her first show on her beloved pony with a huge group of barn supporters cheering for her over every jump. When she came through the finish flags the look of pure joy on her face was priceless. Her daddy and I are so grateful for that moment in time and cherish the memory.”

Grace now helps in carrying on Avery’s legacy and sharing the incredible story of her previous rider.

Still a member of the Dudasch family, Grace has now transformed into a successful event pony for Avery’s mother, Vicki. “When the time came to let Avery know that the doctors could not kill the tumor, her greatest concern was that she ‘would not be able to take Grace to her fullest potential’. Her words hit like a bullet to the heart. While I struggle every day to find a way to live without her I am honored to ride for her.”

Avery has been watching over her family, pets, and former riding teammates. Every so often she will send reminders of this. Last show season, a rider from Platinum Farms, where Avery and her mother rode together, won the trophy for the top adult pony rider in the beginner novice division at the American Eventing Championships. This trophy is no ordinary trophy. It was created to honor the memory of Avery’s incredible bravery during her battle with cancer and it was the first trophy ever presented to a group of pony-riding-adults. For her mother Vicki however, the biggest reminder of Avery’s watchful spirit occurs while riding Grace. “I am never alone in that saddle and many days I find myself closing my eyes knowing that Avery has the reins.”

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Becoming a Breyer Horse ~ Smokin’ Doubledutch

By Charlotte Pletsch

student’s parent pranking her!

“It turned out to be quite serious,” Platt said. “Dutch was one of dozens of nominees selected to become a model for 2015. Then, she was one of 15 nominees, then she was selected.”

Colleen Frainey and Smokin Doubledutch – Photo by Matt McCalley

If you fell in love with horses before the age of 20, chances are you own at least a few Breyer model horses. Breyers are realistically designed and painted to fuel a child’s (or adult’s) imagination for limitless hours, and are a much more affordable option for people who cannot afford to be actively involved with real horses and ponies. Traditional-sized Breyer horses, the most popular line, stand about 9 inches tall, and many of them are portraits of real horses and ponies.

The portrait model ponies that may jump to mind include Newsworthy, Enchanted Forrest and Ballou, but you don’t need to be circuit champion at WEF or Pony Finals in order to be in the spotlight at Breyer.

One pony with her own portrait model is Smokin’ Doubledutch, owned by Tami Platt of Rainy Day Ponies LLC. She is registered with the International Quarter Pony Association, the NorthAmerican Sportpony Registry, the Pinto Horse Association of America, and the American Paint Pony Registry. “Dutch”, according to her owner, is 13.3 hands of pure diva. “Dutch is a true business woman and doesn’t enjoy the pink ribbons and endless brushing,” said Platt.

Dutch holds several World Champion and Reserve World Champion titles in pleasure driving, but has also won titles in Western Pleasure, English Pleasure, Sport Pony for both dressage and jumping, and Halter.

Breyer contacted Platt about replicating Dutch on April 1st, 2014. However, because of the date, Platt initially thought the Breyer representative on the other end of the line was a

For someone who has been horse-crazed since she could talk and who had Breyers of her own as a child, having her own pony replicated into a model was “a dream” for Platt.

“I have the model sitting on my desk right now,” she said. “My students were over the moon when they found out. Dutch is still actively competing so I hear whispers in the crowd, ‘Is that the REAL Smokin’ Doubledutch? I have the Breyer!’ It’s amazing!”

The process of phone call to physical model horse took about ten months, and it had to be top secret for eight of those months. “I had to take some really good photos that clearly showed her markings, approved the write up and review the first run of the model,” said Platt. “Good thing, too, because they didn’t give her a blue eye on the first version!”

Dutch will also be one of the guest horses at this year’s Breyerfest, a massive festival-esque model horse bonanza that Breyer puts on in July at the Kentucky Horse Park every year. Dutch will be making the trek from Oregon to Kentucky in order to do guest appearances and performing every day, but will probably refrain from autographing her tiny brethren.

“Last time I asked her to autograph a model – she bit through the pen, so I’m thinking that won’t be happening again!”

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Best friends & Barn Buddies

Willie the catahoula and his pig friend Piggy Lou Who. Owned by Jessie Gage

Aayden (the connemera) & Harper (the boarder collie mix puppy) meeting!

Leslie Steele’s cat “Crispie”

Winnie Pooh Pig and Pitty.

Owned

by Leslie Steele

Ozzie ( Jack Russell) and Matilda ( English Mastiff puppy) Owned by Kaitlin Hofer, Saddle River, NJ Penelope, a young Dexter heifer from Pleasant Hill Farms in Michigan

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Best friends & Barn Buddies Hannah Loeffelbein’s “Ruby” the Teacup English Bull Dog and “Bella” the French Bull Dog

The adorable “Begging Bostons” of Maye Show Ponies! From front to back they are: Emerson, “You can judge a Bonnie, Delilah & Shamu. man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.” ~ Paul McCartney

A Pig in a Blanket!

This is “Wilba Narron”

Tammie Monaco’s handsome Smithfield.

Brittany, Skipper (Sept 2012 puppy), meeting Fell Pony, Braeberry Hwinynym, (May 2012 foal) in the pasture with Jonathan mediating.

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Best friends & Barn Buddies

Leslie Steele’s pig Winston looking fabulous in a photo shoot!

Lupe checking out the lesson book! He is from Kingsmeade Farm in Tampa, Florida.

Trainer Clair Kellner

Spooky the Manx cat from Lower Cross Farm, Saddle River, NJ.

Breezeway Farm & Breanna Lombardo’s boys Dexter & Duke having a good time at Showpark!

The adoeable “Piggelet” ~ Owned by Leslie Steele

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The Arabian Influence We hope you enjoy our article (starting on page 41) on the influence of the Arabian Horse.

Thank you to all that submitted photos of their Arabians and crosses.

AF August Star Owned by Angela Wilson of Mt. Norway Farm and shown by Jessica Wisdom. He is an Arabian/Trakhener cross by Feuertanzer and out of El Fara Nicole. Photo by Don Stine

Undefeated Arabian stallion Oration, owned by the Desiderio family. This year’s newest Breyer horse! Photo Don Stine

The Agitators Pride++/ 2002 Gray Stallion The Agitator x Marina Of Rohan 2015 Champion Arabian Working Cowhorse Bitted Scottsdale * 2015 Res. Champion Arabian Reined Cowhorse Bitted -Scottsdale * Top Ten 2014 US Nationals Arabian Reining * Region 12 Reining Champion 2013 * Region 12 Sport Horse In-Hand Res. Champion 2013 * Top Ten Sport Horse Nationals: Sports Horse Under Saddle Jr. Horse * Stallions In-Hand * Region 12 Top 3 Sport Horse Under Saddle Jr Horse * Region 12 Top 5 Sport Horse Stallions In-Hand * Region 14 Top 3 Arabian Breeding Stallion In-Hand AO

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THE ARABIAN HORSE: FROM THE DESERT TO TODAY

By Hunter Taylor

No breed of modern horse or pony is shrouded in more historical or legendary mystic than is the Arabian horse. At the same time, no breed has had as much influence on other breeds of modern horse and pony as has the Arabian. How did this horse come to have such a profound impact on the horses of today?

Origin of the Arabian

also suggests that they may have roamed some areas of the Arabian Peninsula, particularly the southwestern part of the peninsula. Out of this early subspecies, a number of breeds developed. Prominent among these breeds is what became known as the Arabian horse. The physical characteristics of the modern Arabian are strikingly similar to those of the early Oriental subspecies.

By approximately one million years ago, the Warmblood subspecies of Equus ferus caballus (the modern horse) was well-entrenched in what is now central Europe. Based on paleontological evidence, the Warmblood is thought to have been the first of the distinct subspecies to develop. One modern breed that has evolved from that early subspecies is the Friesian. As time passed, Warmbloods migrated out of their Central European homeland to other areas. As these migrations continued, the physical characteristics of the migrating horses began to change to adapt to their new environments.

Those horses that traveled south and east from Central Europe adapted to harder ground and a much drier climate. These horses developed longer legs, more refined bodies, shorter coats and a specially adapted nasal area that would moisten the dry air that the horse inhaled. It was this moistening apparatus and the enlarged sinus it contained that produced a “dished” face.

The point of origin of what we now know as the Arabian horse is uncertain. Deb Bennett, in her wonderful horse history, CONQUERORS: THE ROOTS OF NEW WORLD HORSEMANSHIP, expresses the view that the Arabian horse originated in the 8th century AD following the Muslim conquest of Persia and the capture of a large number of Persian horses, who were then bred to old Egyptian bloodlines

by Bedouin tribesmen to produce the “pureblooded” or Ansil Arabian horse. According to Bennett: The Arabian ...was, and is, entirely the product of Bedouin beliefs, Bedouin needs, and Bedouin tastes.” Others see the breed’s origin beginning much earlier but also as a product of Bedouin effort and industry.

This subspecies of horse, which has been designated as the Oriental horse, settled in what is now northern Syria, southern Turkey, and across Iraq and the Sinai into Egypt and North Africa. Evidence

The Arabian Peninsula was the earliest known home of the Bedouins. According to stories passed down from Arab prehistory (stories grounded in pre-writing oral history), the many tribal groups that have become included as Bedouins originated from two sources. The first group, known as Qahtan, referred to as Yoktans in Genesis 10:25, originally settled in the mountains of Southwestern Arabia. The second group are called Qaysis. This group is said to

Rosies First Gold - She is an Arabian/Appaloosa cross by Gold Krugerand out of Rosie Requested.

Bred and raised by Jackie Davenport. Owned and ridden by Angela Wilson of Mt. Norway Farm.

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Luxemere Patrician - 7 year old 16 hand Purebred Arabian Gelding. 2013 and 2014 USEF Horse of the Year (HOTY) Champion Arabian Hunter/Jumpers.

2013 National Champion Arabian Amateur Owner Hunter Hack. 2013 3x Reserve National Champion Working Hunters. Numerous Regional Championships in Working Hunter, Sport Horse Under saddle and Sport Horse in Hand.

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19 yr old Arabian gelding “Mick” (registered name: Michelob Light)

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Allie Bint Kedar +// (REI-Rhema Kedar X Riverviews Laura Lyn) 14 yrs old. Shows in dressage (showing. First Level, schooling Second Level), Sport Horse under saddle & Sport Horse show hack.

Boulder Dash (Dash Rip Rock [friesian] x S Just The One [arabian Justafire ]) - 2x World Champion 2 & under halter & Sport Horse

The Paisley have originated with Ishmael, Abraham’s first born son, whose mother was Hagar, the Egyptian servant of Abraham’s first wife, Sarah, who herself later bore Abraham’s second son, Issac. According to accounts in Genesis, Abraham subsequently expelled Hagar and Ishmael from his house at the urging of Sarah. According to Genesis 21: 11-13, Abraham agreed to the expulsion only after God told him to agree “as it is through Issac that your offspring will be reckoned” but, in addition, God told Abraham that God would “make the son of the maidservant into a nation also, because he is your offspring.” Ishmael’s descendants are believed to have ultimately settled in North-Central Arabia. Tribes that have proliferated from these two old groups are thought to have warred against one another for close to 4,000 years.

It was Bedouin mastery of use of the camel as a mode of transport that allowed development of the nomadic lifestyle for which the Bedouins became known. The camel is thought have become the Bedouin method of transportation shortly after 3000 BC. Many believe that the modern Arabian horse began with Bedouin horse breeding at some point not long after 3000 BC. It was their use of camels that allowed the Bedouins to travel into the desert areas of the central part of the Arabian Peninsula. According to oral history stories, this migration began around 1800 BC, with the migrants traveling with both camel and horse. The camels were essential to the journey as they provided the transport ability, carrying the tribesmen, their families, tents and supplies, including water for the humans and for their horses. The horses were transported tied to the camels, as the tribesmen moved from oasis to oasis.

The horses had an important use for the warlike Bedouins. Wealth tended to be accumulated from military raids on neighboring tribes. While the Bed-

www.thepaisleymagazine.com ouins traveled by camel, they fought from horseback. They could sweep in fast and leave with the sheep, goats, camels and horses of their enemy—the very things by which wealth in this society was measured. Mares were used as the war horses because they did not nicker to the horses of the enemy as their riders would move in to raid. The mares that attained war horse status were the bravest, fastest, most intelligent and with the greatest endurance.

As the key implement to accumulating wealth in the Bedouin society of the time, the war mare was a highly valued possession. So valuable that it was customary practice for the best war mares to sleep in the tent with family at night so as to make theft of the horse more difficult. The stories of old spoke of the family members resting their heads on the treasured mare as they all slept at night. This residential arrangement required the war mare to be gentle as well as brave, smart, fast and tireless. A breeding program aimed at such characteristics was certainly pointed in a direction that would likely produce some special horses.

In so many ways, from early on, their horses, particularly the war mares, were the Bedouins’ most prized possession. Because of this, the Bedouins gave great thought and planning to their horse breeding. Through oral history, breeding records were maintained and included stories of special bravery and other unusual performance attainments. Unlike the thoroughbred and much of the other equine breeding of today which focuses on the stallion side, the Bedouin horse breeding emphasized the dam, with certain dam families viewed as superior. Over time certain breeding strains became generally recognized as being of unique quality. These top strains included Kehilan, Seglawi, Abeyan, Hamdani and Hadban. Many other strains were developed. Within each strain, various sub-strains

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developed. Strains and sub-strains are generally thought to trace back to a particular mare of notable achievement. Often a strain or sub-strain was viewed as having special characteristics that set it apart from others. For example, the Kehilan strain colors tended to gray and chestnut and the strain tended to be bigger, often reaching 15 hands, with a wide chest and a powerful look. The Seglawi color tended to bay and the strain was smaller, rarely standing more than 14.2 hands, with a refined and elegant look. The Abeyan had a color tendency of gray and physical characteristics, including size, very similar to the Seglawi. The Hamdani was typically gray or bay and was the biggest of the strains, sometimes reaching 15.2 hands, with a big boned and muscular build and less of a dished head than the other strains. The Hadban was very similar in build to the Hamdani but smaller, rarely going over 14.3 hands. They tended to be brown or bay and were known for their special gentleness.

ed; once improperly bred the mare was rendered incapable of producing pureblooded get. Because of this view and the importance to them of their special war mares, the Bedouins, when planning a raid on their enemies, would sew up the vaginas of their mares, to insure against any accidental breeding of their mares by any non pureblooded stallions.

On the sire side, the only requirement was that the mare be bred to a purebred (“Asil�) stallion, but if the sire’s dam was from a choice strain, this was viewed as a definite plus.

Breeding a good mare to at least a pureblooded stallion was a must because of the Bedouin belief in telegony. Telegony is a theory of heredity that offspring can inherit characteristics of a previous mate. Thus the Bedouins believed that once a purebred mare had been bred to a stallion of impure blood, the mare and her future offspring were forever contaminat-

THE SPREAD OF THE ARABIAN HORSE INFLUENCE

According to the oral history of the Bedouins, many of the special strain mares became legendary, primary because of battlefield bravery or other unusually heroic performance.

The daughters and granddaughters of the storied dams were almost unattainable by legal means, as no price was viewed as sufficient to cover their value. Theft or some form of deception was generally necessary for one of these special mares to change hands. Descendants further down the line brought exorbitant prices. Historically, the greatest gift that a Bedouin could give was an Arabian mare.

While the Arabian horse had long been important in the Bedouin world, its importance began to spread with the beginning of Islam. From its inception, the sword was significant in the spread of the Muslim religion; many of the warriors wielding the Islamic sword were mounted on Arabian horses. Muhammad taught his followers that they should take care of the Arabian horses. His message was that Allah had

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CJA Rock Solid (Rocky) 16 hands National Show Horse (Arab/Saddlebred).

Owned and ridden by J. Mei S. Zachwieja

Darker N Bey Arabian Saddlebred cross 15 hands, Gelding, 10 years Owner: Jan Sharp, Ashtabula, Ohio Because of their intelligence, the Arabian and Arabian cross makes an excellent trick horse.

This horse not only is a Pinto Reserve World Halter Champion and an Arabian Sport Horse National’s Top 10 in dressage, but his tricks are used in a unique way to both entertain and educate children about horses.

DBA JEREMIAH (cn Jericho x Mi Asada) Stallion owned by Eliza Puttkamer-Banks.

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One story of the origin of the breed has it originating with Mohammad himself. According to this account, Muhammad had a large herd of horses. To test them, he kept them from water for a lengthy period. Then he opened the gate to the watering hole. As the horses rushed toward the water, he sounded his battle horn. Only five horses turned back in response to the horn. These were five mares that became Muhammad’s most trusted war mares and the five foundation mares that began the top strains of what became the Arabian horse breed.

Europeans began to see Arabian horses in action on the battlefield during the ongoing fight between the Eastern Roman Empire and Islamic forces over control of what is now Syria, between 634 and 638 AD. Islamic forces conquered a large portion of the Iberian Peninsula and a portion of what is now coastal France. Most of the horses used in this conquest were Barbs, a North African breed that likely shares a common ancestor with the Arabians.

However, some Arabians were used in the conquest and the lengthy period of governance that followed from 710 to 1491. A few Arabian horses are thought to have fallen into European hands during the period of Muslim control in the area.

It was not until the Crusades, which took place between 1099 AD and 1249 AD, that a significant number of Arabian horses actually reached Europe. Many Christian Crusaders returned to Europe with Arabian horses as spoils of war. While they added to the European horse population and presumably were bred to native horses, they do not appear to make a significant mark in Europe until the nature of warfare was changed by the advent of firearm use.

www.thepaisleymagazine.com At first, troops would move to a point of battle by horse, dismount and fight with firearms from the ground. Later troops would actually fire their weapons and fight from horseback. This change in warfare rendered the heavily armored knight and their steeds obsolete. Speed and endurance moved to the forefront for military horses.

The Arabian was now clearly superior to the bigger and heavier draft types that transported the knights and their armor. By the 16th century, Arabian horses were used across Europe in breeding programs aimed at developing the ideal cavalry horse.

A second significant infusion of Arabian horses into Europe occurred between 1522 and 1529 when the Ottoman Empire invaded Hungary with approximately 300,000 mounted troops. Many of the invading troops were riding pure-bred Arabians that had been seized during earlier raids into the Arabian Peninsula. In 1529, the Ottoman forces were defeated by a joint force of Polish and Hungarian troops, who captured many of the Ottoman horses. The bulk of these captured horses were used in breeding programs to improve European cavalry stock.

The most famous use of Arabians to improve a native horse stock was the import of three stallions, which included two, if not three, pure-bred Arabian stallions, that led to the development of the Thoroughbred breed. The first of the three to be imported was the Byerly Turk imported by Captain Robert Byerley in 1688. Captain Byerley took this horse from a captured Turkish officer in a battle in Hungary in 1688 during the seige of Buda. Captain Byerley used the horse as his war horse when he was dispatched to Ireland in 1689. While still in Ireland in 1690, the horse won a major race at Down Royal.

Later that same year, he again served as Captain Byerley’s war horse in the Battle of the Boyne. Thereafter, he stood stud at Byerley’s Goldsborough

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The second of the foundation stallions to arrive in England was the Darley Arabian imported in 1704 by Thomas Darley, an English diplomat, who according to historical accounts purchased the stallion from a Bedouin sheik. The sheik backed out of the deal refusing to deliver the stallion.

Darley paid to have the stallion stolen and smuggled out of Syria and sent to England. This stallion was bred to a native mare, producing the first great Thoroughbred racehorse, Flying Childers. The Darley Arabian was the most significant bloodline contributor to the great racehorse and Thoroughbred stallion, Eclipse, who raced undefeated andfrom whom over 90% of registered Thoroughbreds of today can be traced.

In addition, the Darley Arabian sired Bulle Rock, the first Thoroughbred to be imported to the American colonies.

He arrived in Virginia in 1730. Bulle Rock was by the Darley Arabian out of a Byerly Turk mare. Clearly Bulle Rock brought with him a lot of Arabian influence, but we can’t be sure just how much because of uncertainty as to the actual breed of the Byerly Turk.

Bulle Rock was bred to many Virginia mares. Between his arrival in 1730 and 1774, 50 Thoroughbred stallions and 30 Thoroughbred mares were imported into Virginia. All were directly descended from the foundation stallions.

Thus by Revolutionary War time, the Arabian horse presence in Virginia was considerable. Given the influx of early Thoroughbreds and their heavy Arabian makeup at the time, it is not surprising that one of George Washington’s two primary war horses was a half- Arabian named Blueskin. The name is said to have come from his white coat. Blueskin is the white horse usually portrayed in artwork depicting George Washington on horseback.

The Paisley The third foundation stud to be imported in England was the Godolphin Arab, thought to have been imported by the Second Earl of Godolphin around 1733. This horse was believed to have been a gift to the King of France, who for some reason decided not to keep him. Before his career as a foundation stud, he was a cart horse in Paris. His direct line includes the two protagonists in one of the great racehorse rivalries of all time—Seabiscuit and War Admiral.

The Arabian has had considerable influence on breeds other than the Thoroughbred. The refined look of the heavy draft Percheron is thought to have been produced by the crossing of heavy Flemish draft horses with Arabians as early as the 8th century and later with Arabians, when French knights returned from the Crusades.

The Trakehner breed was also significantly influenced by the infusion of Arab blood. The Trakehner breed was created in the early 1730’s by King Frederick Wilhelm I of Prussia, who wanted a faster and sounder war horse for his troops. To accomplish this goal, he established a royal stud in the town of Trakehnen, where native Schwalke mares were crossed with Arabian and Thoroughbred stallions. This breeding produced the Trakehner, generally considered the most refined of the warmbloods of today.

Many other modern breeds trace back to Arabian influence. Among the European breeds influenced by Arabian crossbreeding are Friesians, Haflingers, Andalusians, Selle Francais, Anglo-Arabians and the Orlov Trotter.

Arabian influences have also impacted several Britsh pony breeds, including the Welsh, Connemara and the New Forest . The German Riding Pony was created in the mid-1960’s by crossbreeding Welsh ponies with Arabians, Thoroughbreds and Anglo-Arabians.

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Trinity Jalfreza (FB Jermiah x MSU Miss Mash) Schooling 3rd and shown through second level. Bred and owned by Eliza Puttkamer-Banks. Photo by Bob Conklin

FX Chantilli Lace Half arabian mare, (dob 5/31/86). By egyptian arabian stallio Fakher El Cherif and out of an ApHC mare, April Serpriz.

Her top achievements include 2001 and 2002 AHA Region 16 Champion Open Half Arabian Jumper, 2002 US National Top Ten Arabian Jumper (3rd place) and competed successfully on the A-rated Jumper circuit in the late 90s. Currently she teaches young equitation over fences riders and won the 2013 Region 16 Eq O/F ATR with her rider Jenna Moore (pictured) at age 27! Owned by Rebecca Nelson - Sunnybrook Sport Horses Photo by Rebekah Savage.

Icarus de Carolina Sire: Amour Parfait (Selle Francais) Dam: Zhar Bedutte (Arabian) Showing here in the A/O Jumpers Owned by Dale Stephenson

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Ivydell Primrose 14 hands, Arabian/Connemara shown in the large green pony hunters.

By Corner Oak Reveille (Balius Turlough x Corner Oak Priscilla) out of Acona Princess (Imperial Mandate x Amira Bint Aadraffa) Owner: Wanda Taylor of Daphne, AL

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CONCLUSION Today, we are uncertain as to how much of the Arabian special strain story is fact and how much of it has become exaggerated as it was orally passed down from generation to generation. No matter what the answer might be, we can be certain that this horse developed by the Bedouins has had a very prominent role in equine history. From the very dawn of human civilization in the middle east, the Arabian and its predecessors enjoyed a special place. It began as a beautiful horse with a strong affinity for humans.

Much of its role over the centuries has been that of a very talented war horse endowed with intelligence, speed and endurance. When it was not performing as a war horse, it frequently served as a racehorse. As time passed,

www.thepaisleymagazine.com no breed has had as much influence on modern horse and pony breeds as the Arabian. As the primary function of horses has shifted from war horse or work horse to performance horse, the Arabian has made the transition smoothly. As long as humans and horses partner for recreational riding, racing, showing, endurance events and other performance-based activities, the Arabian horse will continue to occupy a special role in the human-horse partnership. That role is not limited to the actual performance events. Whenever a need exists to add speed, endurance or refinement to another horse or pony breed, the Arabian will likely provide a formula for success in breed improvement. While its role has changed from a war focus to a pleasure function, the importance of what the breed has to contribute, as a horse of today, is as significant as it was in the desert 4000 years ago. The Arabian horse continues to have so much to give us.

JAG Royal Knight 17 yr old half Arabian /half welsh gelding who made his debut this past year in the medium greens and qualified in one show for pony finals. He finished 19th over all with Anna Tootle on board. Bred by Kathy Gilker of JAG Arabians in Alpharetta GA. Trained by Karen Boysen @ Centurion Farm in Holly Springs GA. Just One Look - Arabian Cross Pony Rider: Prima Rose Bonaventura Photo credit: Peter Photogram

Kapri Casati ++++// Dutch warmblood(KWPN) and Russian bred Arabian.

(Great Legend x *Kaprise NSB+/) Owned and shown by Amber Horst.

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Aelfleah Meingledd She is a 2009 Half-Arabian (WPCSA H50268, HAHR 1A375783) by Miracle the Chief (Section C Welsh) and out of Anduril TOS (Arabian) by Qadifan. Owned by Tamara Woodcock - Aelfleah Farm, Scurry TX - BLUE STAR Arabians and Arabian-influenced Sportponies

NT Legacys Aiyana (Daisy) 5 year old 13.1 1/2 Half-Arabian medium pony (Arabian Welsh cross) Also, Virginia Pony Breeders (VPBA) registered. Competes in Short Stirrup Crossrails, Childrens Pony Hunters and Low Hunters. She also shows in Sport Horse under saddle, Sport Horse in hand and Equitation on the flat at Arabian shows. 2014 National Champion Junior Sport Horse in Hand Half-Arabian mares at Arabian Youth Nationals in Albuquerque, NM. 2014 East Coast Champion 14.2 and under Pony Hunters. 2014 Reserve Champion Equitation 13 and under on the flat Regional 15.

Owned and shown by Elizabeth Graves

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Countess of Piaff (Piaff x Virag) 2 years old in the photos - Champion or Top Ten at shows at the Virginia Arabian Horse Association, Old Dominion Arabian Horse Association, and Region 15. Owned by Shayna Dolinger Showbiz Farm

GV Phar Better N Most (Mosely) Arabian x Saddlebred mare. She was born in 1998. We have competed western, English, dressage, sidesaddle, jumping, halter, cavalry saber training- pretty much everything. Owned by Serah Rose

14 year old 1/2 Arabian mare BA Tops by Salons Brilliance by Salon out of a paint mare named 5 Spots. Photo by Eleanor Anderson.

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Tagg Yorr It - 13 yo gelding.

U.S. Youth National champion First Level Dressage with 11 yo Claire Nicholson of Farmington, MO. He is half-Friesian and Arab. He is by the champion stallion Jorritt of Proud Meadows Farm in Texas.

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Salons Windago Bey 3/4 Arabian 1/4 paint 2 year old gelding, by SB Rabba Rex. Out of 1/2 Arabian mare by Salon’s Brilliance by Salon.

Kate Ferencik and Horatio SF SSG Katie Ferencik is a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, current Army Reservist, and competes in her Army Service Uniform. She honors the history of the U.S. Army Cavalry and spreads the Army community message through competition and citizen outreach.

Northernlight on Fire, or more fondly called Maleka, is a Quarab Mare. She is by the Quarterhorse cremella stallion Raleighs Full Moon out of Northerrn Lights. Northerrn Lights is by Hearrts on Fire +//.

HF Starbuck, a Half Arabian pony.

He is 14.0 hands and 7 years old.

Owned by Britteny Hunter

LV Flashpoint+ Half arabian half hackney cross. He competes in region 12/15 in sporthorse u/s and sporthorse o/f and will be competing at sporthorse nationals this year. Owned

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Pony of the Month: Blue Me A Kiss It all started on a sunny day in August. That day will forever be known in my heart as “Dallas Day”. It was my first time riding what I thought was my dream horse, and I was right. She was perfect, the perfect shade of grey and the most beautiful and amazing horse I have ever seen and had the pleasure of riding. She was my first pony.

My parents started leasing her for me that October of 2012. I learned so much from Dallas in a short amount of time, she taught me to be brave, and how to love something more than I ever thought possible. When I first started taking lessons at my barn, I was afraid and had no confidence in myself.

But with Dallas, she gave me the confidence and reassurance I needed, even today I push myself and never give up on my dreams because… that’s what she would have wanted.

On October 29th, 2012 I had to say goodbye to my best friend. She was a fighter, you can ask anyone who knew her, she held a strong fight until the end. I may never fully know for sure why she had to be put down but she was in pain and no one wanted her to suffer. It was peaceful I heard, but I was left a wreck. I may not have been there to say goodbye but I know she is still around today because she is my guardian angel.

It was after the tragic loss of a great champion that I was left miserable and broken.

It felt like my heart was ripped into small pieces and it took me about a week to physically enter the barn again. I had no feeling left and all I wanted to do was quit and give up riding. My trainer told me that Dallas would want me to continue riding and live my dreams, so I couldn’t give up. And boy am I glad I didn’t give up now. Shortly after, I started to lease another pony named Kati, at first we were great and had a fun time learning new things. But soon after, everything took a turn for the worst. I could no longer control her and she would stop at every jump I tried to go to. It got so bad that I started dreading the thought of riding and attempting to compete with her, I often wondered if I made the right choice by continuing to ride again.

When my trainers and parents realized I was at my breaking point and on the verge of tears after almost every ride, they made the decision to look for something else. But I didn’t want something else, I wanted Dallas. Shortly after my 16th

birthday in June, my trainers made the seven hour trip to the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania on Father’s day, to bring home our “gift from Dallas”.

When I walked into the barn the next day, the first thing I did was go see the new horse. I will never forget the first thing I said to my trainer when I saw her, “she looks like Dally.” Same breed, same grey/white color, same long eye lashes, same attitude, everything this pony was, Dallas was. Her name was Blue, short for Blue Jeans and today she is my best friend, my partner in crime, my bully at times, my therapist, but most importantly she is my pony and the best thing that could ever happen to me.

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Our first ride together was pretty funny actually. I couldn’t get her to trot because she let me know first thing that she was the boss and the brains of this operation. After a lot of leg and yelling “Blue Jeans move your butt!” she started trotting.

Let me tell you, that trot was the best feeling in the world, it was like the first time I trotted with Dallas, but this time it was Blue and I knew that together we would accomplish great things. When we first cantered she had such a big stride that I was afraid I was going to fall off! But I held on and it was so amazing, I will never forget it. I remember one of my trainers asking me if I wanted to jump a cross rail. I was a bit nervous so I decided to trot it because it was now or never. So I trotted the first one, and then I trotted the next one with a great big smile on my face. Then we turned around the corner and headed for the next outside jump and it was successfully after jumping that one I heard my trainer shout “canter it” and so I sat down in the saddle, asked for the canter in the middle of the line and jumped the next cross rail. After that I stopped her and said “That felt great!” to everyone in the ring, because it did.

Blue has taken me so far and has taught me a lot in our year and a half together. I am the proud owner of the world’s greatest pony. We started out showing in the beginner equitation and now we do the pre children’s pony equitation and hunter divisions, with hopes to move higher in the future. At home we aren’t afraid to jump anything at any height, as long as I keep my leg on, blue would willing jump fire for me if I asked.

I trust her and she trusts me, our relationship is special and I couldn’t ask for anything better. She has saved me in more ways than I can count and I will always be grateful for her. In the summer Blue and I enjoy going on trial rides and she puts up with me when I accidently steer her into a bush. She also deals with the fact that I give her long baths trying to rid her of her poop stains before a show. She enjoys mocking me by rolling in mud or poop shortly after the bath. In the winter, we get dressed in all our snow gear and ride bareback in the snow. We only walk and trot because trying to canter her while dressed like a marshmallow would result in me landing face first in the snow and her patently standing next to me, reminding me that I’m an idiot. She is sassy and fun and keeps me on my toes at all times, we have so many memories together and so many great ones to come! I thank God every day for Blue. I also thank Dallas for helping us find Blue, we all believe that she helped us find her, and she wanted us to have her. Thank you to my amazing trainers Megan and Steve who brought Blue to me and continue to help us on our road to success. Thank you to my parents who bought me Blue and support us at home as well as at shows. Thank you to Heather and the rest of the Merrifield Family for letting my family buy Blue and bring her into our family. Thank you to everyone who has helped us and has been there for us. And finally a special thank you to my everything, Blue Me A Kiss, I will love you forever.

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Best friends & Barn Buddies

Stella Wasserman and Taz

The Hallberg Family and their “best friends” Sally (the Collie) and Duke (the Dachshund).

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GERIATRIC LEAD LINE: TURNING OUR SILVER INTO GOLD

by Karen Cavallo

April 1, 2015 The bus pulled up to the White Mountain View Nursing Home, where 27 seniors waited impatiently. They ranged in age from 67, Sally, the baby, to 96, Russell, the patriarch. All were headed to the April 1 Annual White Mountain Horse Show to participate in the first Geriatric Lead Line competition. For most of these residents, it would be their first time on a horse. Some remembered pony rides at local fairs when they were children, some may have taken a pony ride but couldn’t remember for sure, and some had traveled to faraway lands where they had ridden on camels. Or elephants. But horses? The closest most had been to a horse was riding in a horsedrawn carriage in Central Park.

New England has an aging population, and the White Mountain Horse Show has been hurting in recent years. The number of children learning to ride has been on the decline for a decade or more.

April Fewell, the show owner (and owner of April’s Folly Horse Farm, which provided the horses for the event), has been trying to discover and develop new markets to increase participation and attendance. The idea of geriatric lead line actually came from April’s mother, Caper, who resides at White Mountain Nursing Home.

She told her daughter that she was sick of bingo and wanted to do something athletic, but less dangerous than the more popular New England sports of rock climbing and downhill skiing. Mind you, Caper has shown signs of athleticism in recent years, even at the age of 79, often striding at a fast pace to be first in the dinner line. She has scored less well in sportsmanship, often using her sharp elbows to muscle past others waiting outside the dining room.

When April canvassed the nursing home, 54 residents expressed varying levels of interest in entering the horse show world. Some said they wanted to participate but did not want their (middle aged) children to know. Unfortunately, all participants were required to have the signature of at least one adult child on the Release of Liability form. Those without children could either: (1) adopt an adult child, or (2) petition the Superior Court to sign off on their participation through appointment of a Child Guardian ad Litem.

their paces without the parent falling off. This only applied to 22 of the participants, as the other 5 changed their minds at the last minute, deciding that the video games held more appeal than the lead line show ring. After the unlucky children of those 5 complained bitterly of coming all that distance for nothing, they were told by their doting parents to SHUT UP. The audience was then treated to a litany of horrible deeds those children had done growing up, justifying not only payback but possibly reparations.

When April welcomed the group to the show with a short speech, several oldsters shouted they couldn’t hear. Hands shot up with questions: Where is the ladies’ room? When are we going to get a snack? If I fall and get hurt, will I have my choice of hospital ER or will I have to go to one within 100 miles? Russell, the 96-year old, asked April what she would be doing after the show, adding, however, that he didn’t go out after 5.

Interested audience members included children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and representatives of the press, including the New Hampshire Senior Times, Go Oldsters!, the AARP News, and NPR. After all, if this program took off, they all wanted to have an early scoop and to be at the head of the line to interview the stars. With much fanfare, the parade into the ring started. Earlier, the question arose as to the order of participants, the possibilities including alphabetically, by age, or by reverse age. Reverse age was chosen as the safest and fairest order, so Russell was the first out. As the contestants entered the ring, music blared from the loudspeakers. Immediately, cries rang out of “turn off that hip hop, that’s not music” (it was actually Blood, Sweat and Tears) and “Don’t you have any Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett?” At that point the music was turned low and the procession continued.

Lavender-clad Mary, whom everyone called Mare, was Geriatric Lead Line heard saying loudly “What’s with those black outfits on Champion Blaze and Bess? They look like Mafia widows”. 81-year old Buck tried to shush her, saying “Do you have any idea how loud you’re talking? Did you forget your hearing aid?” “What?”, responded Mary, “I can’t hear you.

You’ve gotta speak up”. Blaze, meanwhile, was overheard saying “Does she really think she’d ever get a decent seat at a New York restaurant in those pastels? Hasn’t anyone around here heard that black is the new black?”

Of the 27 who participated in the April 1 show, 24 were women and 3 were men, a fairly typical gender ratio for the population in question. Of the 24 women, 21 arrived with fresh permanents. 14 were in pink or lavender, 4 in yellow, and 3 in all black (the New Yorkers, undoubtedly). The 3 men wore bolo ties and shiny new cowboy boots, all of which they had just purchased for the occasion from eBay. Most of their knowledge of horseback riding came from cowboy movies, and none of their knowledge came from anything remotely connected with the hunter- jumper world.

The adult children of the participants were required first to meet the bus when it arrived at the show and then to escort their parents to the ring. The children, as unfamiliar with horses as their parents, were instructed to stand on the left side of the horse or pony, holding onto the lead line, and to walk the equine and rider through

The first class was walk only. Bess, third in line, began kicking her horse to speed it up, causing her son Billy to lose his grip on the lead shank, lose his balance, and fall to the ground. This freed Bess’ horse Charger to bolt past those ahead of him and charge across the ring on a diagonal, rearing up on his hind legs near the judges’ stand. As Bess’ son limped across the ring as fast as he could hobble to try to catch Charger and escort his wild-eyed mother to safety, once again Bess stabbed her heels into the horse’s flanks, sending him off onto another bolt. Bess clung on tightly, laughing uproariously, as spectators and staff converged into the ring to catch the runaway pair and put a stop to this dangerous nonsense. Just as April grabbed Charger and brought him to a stop, Billy arrived, barking angrily at his mother “Are you out of your mind? You could’ve been killed! You could’ve gotten me killed! I just can’t take you anywhere, the way you behave”.

As Bess was lifted down firmly from Charger and planted on the

Madison Staiano & Blacktop 2014 PCHA Champion Children’s Pony Hunter 2014 PCHA Champion Children’s Pony Equitation (Pinellas County Hunter Association)

Bailey Robinson and RosMels Leap of Faith, Reserve Champion

Davric Honey Bee- ( Talomo Cricket x Davric Bit of Honey) 2014 USEF HOTY Reserve National Champion Welsh Pleasure Section A & B, and WPCSA National Champion Child’s First Pony and Reserve National Champion Welsh Pleasure under 12.2. USEF HOTY Region 1 Champion Welsh Hunter Section A & B. Owned by Kaitlin and Elizabeth Hofer, Saddle River, NJ.

Capstone’s Tootsie- (Fox Cry Under the Rose x Sunshine) 2014 WPCSA National Champion Half Welsh Western Pleasure and Reserve National Champion Half Welsh English Pleasure. Owned by Kaitlin and Elizabeth Hofer, Saddle River, NJ. Ridden by Ainslie Waterford.

Glynhafan Hermione- (Glynhafan Red Hawk x Glynmagic Lorelei)- 2014 USEF HOTY Grand Champion Welsh and HOTY National ( and Region 1) Champion in Welsh Pleasure Section B, Welsh Hunter Section B, and Welsh Pleasure Sections A & B Adult. She was also WPCSA National Champion Welsh Pleasure 12.2-14.2, Welsh Hunter 12.2-14.2, and Welsh Pleasure Adult. Owned and shown by Kaitlin and Elizabeth Hofer, Saddle River, NJ.

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ground, she ignored Billy and turned to wink at April, saying “He always was such a party poop”.

The show was now running 1/2 hour late. Concerned about a repeat of Bess’ experience, the judges requested that all of the adult children present speak forcefully to their parents about the need to conduct themselves properly and without further disruption. As several parents muttered about being treated like kindergarteners, one daughter responded “Well, if the shoe fits...” Eventually, 18 oldsters completed the walk only class. By the time it ended, 10 of the participants were sitting more or less upright in the saddle, 6 were fully slumped over neck, and 2 of the female riders, who had tried to switch to sidesaddle midstream, ended up slung precariously across their horses’ backs, unable to either complete the transition to sidesaddle or to right themselves and sit up without falling off.

In keeping with standard horse show tradition, all 18 finishers were awarded prizes, but some of the ribbons given out were in categories of recent invention. Mary Lou won “Best Outfit, Pastel” for her lavender-on-lavender ensemble. Felicia, one of the New Yorkers, took the “Best Outfit, Black” for her black turtleneck and black skinny jeans. Ray was awarded “Boldest Bolo” for his outsized bolo tie studded with huge chunks of turquoise. The 2 female sidesaddle wannabees tied for “Most Original Saddle Position”. Johnny B got the “Best Save” award for having slipped out of his saddle, almost falling to the ground, then somehow managing to pull himself back upright into a seated position.

The more traditional blue ribbon (for riding skill, believe it or not!), awarded to 71-year old and pink-clad Biffy, was entitled simply “Walk, Traditional”. As all these prizes were awarded, the beaming, proud adult children escorted their elderly parents to the judges’ stand and pinned the ribbons on them. When Murine, one of the all-in-black equestriennes, won a red ribbon, 2nd prize in the “Walk, Traditional” category, she announced haughtily “It’s so fortunate that I wore black. The red would have been just ghastly with any of those pastel get-ups”. In addition to these awards, the remaining riders each won a ribbon, for 3rd through 12th place, supplemented by the specialty awards peculiar to the Geriatric Division.

The next event was the walk-trot class, and by now all 28 wanted to participate. Bess had been disqualified for her earlier behavior, described as “conduct unbecoming a horsewoman”. Of the remaining 27, only 2 fell off their steeds while trotting. One of them, Bart, was partially caught midair by his stepdaughter and thus suffered no injuries. Madeleine, unfortunately, was bounced totally into the air and onto the ground by her horse during a brisk trot, while her frantic son on the opposite side of the horse shouted for help. Although spraining an ankle in the fall, Madeleine was so thrilled by all the attention she received that she found her injury not only painless, but most enjoyable. In fact, when last heard she was still talking about the adorable EMT who provided medical assistance.

The awards ceremony for the trot event took longer than the event itself, partly because this time 27 ribbons had to be awarded, and several of the participants asked to “say a few words” to the crowd.

Their children all had their iPhones out to memorialize their parent’s glory; several also wanted to address the crowd, which was now dwindling. All in all, though, the participants left pleased with themselves, and their children (and their children) were delighted.

The final event scheduled was the Off Lead class, in which the

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oldsters would be expected to ride their horses on a walk and them a trot, unsupervised, unescorted and left to their own devices.

Having breather not just one, but many sighs of relief that the earlier events occurred without major mishap, April Fewell questioned the wisdom of proceeding further. It was 4:15 pm at this point; dinner at the nursing home generally started at 5. Time to take a vote. “How many present want to move on to the next event, which would mean arriving at dinner at 5:30 at the very earliest?” Shouts of “NO”; not a single “YES” was heard. When April continued “Or how many of you prefer to stop now?” , the crowd roared in approval. It was unanimous: “Dinner. We want our dinner, and we want first dibs.

Cowboys and cowgirls have to eat, after all.”

So the bus was loaded with the departing seniors, with many of the children wiping tears of relief and joy, plus a bundle of pride from their eyes. Bess told the others that she would rather have flown high on her horse and get banned from further competition than kept to a timid walk. As proudly as she displayed her disqualification flag, her companions displayed their trophies and ribbons. During the bus ride back, a vote was taken on future participation in the competitive horse show world. Once again, same as the dinner vote: unanimous, 28 to 0 in favor. 16 of the group voted to add jumping at the next event. “What’s Medicare for, anyway, unless we use it?”

April Fewell went home exhausted but exhilarated. She could foresee expanding the new genre, adding inter-nursing home competitions, assisted living centers pitted one against the other. Traveling teams of geriatric riders, maybe someday geriatric equestrian Olympics.

Dreaming and smiling, she thought to herself: kids, who needs them? Oldsters, that’s the way of the future.

When the receipts were tallied from the show, it turned out that the White Mountain Horse Show had grossed $24,970 from the seniors, as compared to the best ever prior tally of $11,068 for the regular event. Much of the difference is explained by the extensive shopping done by the oldsters at the show. Most bought sweatshirts and hoodies for their grandchildren and great grandchildren, 21 paid for professional photographs of themselves on their horses. 14 of the women purchased riding pants to wear at future competitions (complaining loudly, however, at the lack of pastel colors). And finally, all but the 3 most frugal (coincidentally, the 3 men) purchased lavish and quite expensive lunches and then had them wrapped to take home.

The White Mountain Nursing Home is adding photographs from the show to its new advertising brochure (refusing, however, to include shots of Bess run amok or the sidesaddle attempts). Several area Chambers of Commerce plan to send representatives to the next show, and Go Oldsters! will be running a “Never Say Neigh” article in its May issue, highlighting the new geriatric lead line event. 6 New England elementary schools have inquired of April Fewell about the possibility of their participation in riding lessons and future horse shows. So far, though, she has been somewhat equivocal, unsure of whether she will have the time or energy to include youngsters in the plan. Her current view seems to be that there is more gold in silver than in kids.

Larks Token- (JLA Sir William x Lark Deco)- 2014 USEF HOTY National Champion Half Welsh Pleasure and 2014 WPCSA National Champion in Half Welsh Stallions & Geldings, Adult Half Welsh English Pleasure, Adult Half Welsh Western Pleasure, and Low Hunter. Owned and shown by Kaitlin and Elizabeth Hofer, Saddle River, NJ.

Copper Beech Irish Lace (SevernMerrymaker LOM x Severn China Doll by *Twyford Cadog).

2014 Welsh Pony and Cob Society Reserve Champion Section A Filly and the Maryland Pony Breeders (MPB) Champion Section A Yearling.

Owned by Judy Hartman - Copper Beech Farm

Audrey Schulze & Magical Masterpiece 2014 Welsh Pony & Cob Society National Champion Junior Welsh Handler 12 & Under 2014 Welsh Pony & Cob Society National Champion Short Stirrup Equitation 2014 Welsh Pony & Cob Society National Reserve Champion Short Stirrup Hunter 2014 Welsh Pony & Cob Society National Reserve Champion Half Welsh English Pleasure Capstone’s Tootsie- (Fox Cry Under the Rose x Sunshine) 2014 WPCSA National Champion Half Welsh Western Pleasure and Reserve National Champion Half Welsh English Pleasure. Owned by Kaitlin and Elizabeth Hofer, Saddle River, NJ. Ridden by Ainslie Waterford.

Madison Staiano & Mighty Mouse 2014 CFHJA Reserve Champion Pleasure Pony (Central Florida Hunter Jumper Association)

Josephine Long was Reserve Champion Leadline for 3 and under for the Shetland Pony Society of North America. Olney Tudalu (pictured) was also Champion Solid Color Pony.

Copper Beech Mirth (Farnley Tiber x Severn Glee

by Severn Merrymaker LOM) 2014 Maryland Pony Breeders Champion Welsh Section A Foal.

Owned by Judy Hartman - Copper Beech Farm

2014 Champion and Reserve Champion Shetland Pony Society of North American Mares.

Olney Smarty Pants and Only Tudalu.

Olney Mardi Gras 2014 SPSNA Champion Walk-Trot, Walk-Trot-Canter, Pony over Fences, and Best Child’s Pony Grand Champion.

Taylor Pruitt and Morwell Bandit Grand Champion Monmouth County Horse Show Series 2014 in the Mini Stirrup

Payton Rodriguez, on her pony Finglebridge Fearless, was PCHA 2014 Year End Grand Champion in Walk Trot.

Hannah Loeffelbein & Saddle Sold Separately - 2014 Zone 7 Champion Small Green Pony, #3 USEF Small Green Ponies, Zone 7 Finals Champion Green Pony.

Hannah Loeffelbein and Stonewall Last Cloud - 2014 Reserve Champion Zone 7 Small Pony.

WH BintBint Phateehah - SCDCTA Reserve Champion Training Level Dressage - USDF Open Division with trainer Verena Stock “Whip” is a 15 hand Arabian mare by our “pony” stallion WH Marengo owned by Trisha Dingle & Martha Lucas

Taylor Brinsfield on Knight’s Taffy (11.2H shetland pony) 2014 Maryland Combined Training Assoc. Rider of the Year * Started at Elementary division (18”-24”) and after having 6 clean cross country rounds and placing in the top 3 at most of the events against the big horses, then moved up to the 2’3” division for the rest of the year where they continued to have top placings and clear cross country rounds. These 2 also Shetland pony race as well and won 3 competitive races.

Severn Hollyberry Bow (*Lianna’s Dapper Dan x Alliance Decorator Bow by *Synod Dicky Bow LOM) 2014 Reserve Champion for Eastern Welsh Circuit A/B Pleasure Driving and the Reserve Champion for WPCSA SE Region Adult Pleasure Driving 12.2 & Under.

Owned by Judy Hartman - Copper Beech Farm

Log Cabin’s Eclipse*** RCH English with exhibitor: Isabel Prutow

Starkwood Wicked Wonder RCH Open Stadium Jumping exhibitor Amoila Silverblatt

Wolf Trappe - CH Open Stadium Jumping, RCH Combined Training/Eventing with exhibitor Kate WIllis

Wicked Willoughbie**** Most Versatile Pony * CH walk/ Trot Adult with Shannen Sullivan * RCH Sr.Halter * CH Combined Training/Eventing Exibitor * CH Combined Training/Eventing Exibitor

Five Oakes Keeper - CH Misc.

Clinics with Jenny Christensen

Robnic Easter Angel - CH Leadline * CH Parades (tied) with Zoe Grubenmann

Manoravon Finnegan - RCH Hunter Pony Jr Flat/OF CH English Pleasure/Equitation Exibitor Alexa Bjerknes

Sir Draco** RCH leadline Exibitor Nick Ritzema Spa Creek Breeze CH Parades (tied) with Lina Grubenmann

Sir Draco** CH Dressage, RCH Misc.Clinics with Jasmine Whitaker Ziva* and Darian Topolski - High Point Pony & High Point Exhibitor, CH HUnter Pony Jr Flat/OF

Forrest Flair - CH Misc.Unjudged Trail rides * CH Competitive/Endurance Trail Rides with Leigh Ann Barnes SFF Valiant Luck - CH Sr.Halter with Barbara Nelson

Spa Creek BreezeCH Misc. SPort Pony Star Search exhibitors: Lina Grubenmann, Dallas Grubenmann, Victoria Landsborough, Jennifer Coughlin

Pferdetraum Lina’s Lily - RCH Misc. Sport Pony Star Search exhibitors: Zoe Grubenmann, Dallas Grubenmann, Victoria Landsborough and Carol Coughlin.

Marnehoeve’s Forever* aka A Diamond is Forever* CH Hunter Pace, RCH Dressage with Claudia Tomaselli

The Iowa Draft Pony Hitch Association

Cassie Maguire - Sportsmanship

Shirley Wolf - High Point Cart

Wayne Woebler- High Point 6-up

Samantha Madson - High Point Youth

Paul Wolf - High Point Mens Cart

The Virginia VSE Challenge Series Winners

Miniature Horse A Conformation: Ch - Reece’s Orion Hawk/ Res - MCC Robin Hood’s Little John * Miniature Horse B Conformation: Ch - Silver Plates Baccarra Broadmoor/ Res - Whinny For Me Firefly * Show Pony Conformation: Ch - SPF A Bit Of Coal Dust/Res - Lilly Pond’s Prince Charming * Miniature Horse A Driving: Ch - Blue Blazes Dancer/Res - Lucky Four Rowdy’s Radiance * Miniature Horse B Driving: Ch - Jitterbug/Res - Whinny For Me Firefly * Show Pony Driving: Ch - SPF A Bit Of Coal Dust * High Point Miniature Horse A (Conformation + Performance): Ch - Lucky Four Rowdy’s Radiance/Res - Blue Blaze’s Dancer * High Point Miniature Horse B (Conformation + Performance): Ch - Whinny For Me Firefly/Res - Jitterbug * High Point Show Pony (Conformation + Performance): Ch - SPF A Bit of Coal Dust/Res - Lilly Pond’s Prince Charming * Novice Handler: Ch - Zoe Kovacs/Res - Kimberly Gray * Novice Horse: Ch- Reece’s Allstar Hawk/Res - Reece’s Orion Hawk * Golden Age Exhibitor: Ch - Martha Duchnowski (4G’s Little Belle)/Res - Celia Melenbaker (MCC Robin Hood’s Little John)

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2037 High Point Rd Forest Hill, MD 21050 The Morris Family (410) 652-4713

The High Roller Reining Classic

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The Reining by the Bay www.reiningbythebay.com

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Sponsorship & PR Coordinator Alden Corrigan Cell: (650) 207-8622

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14.1 2010 welsh cross gelding. A lovely guy, who shows us great movement with a pretty easy lead change and a great jump.

A great project for someone who is looking to finish one up and start their show career.

732-684-4565

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Adorable 15.3 2009 DWB cross gelding

by Just the Best.

A great prospect, hacking quietly, jumping small courses and lead changes all with an amateur.

Oak Grove Hunters * 803-448-5017

WELLEN GOLD POINT Bay, crossbred, 14.2h, 2006 Fee $500

By Greystone Ian McVai x Good as Gold by Al Marah Lord Elope Sire of the 2014 Grand Champion VPBA Yearling Futurity South Point & 2015 USEF Pony Finals qualifier-Point and Shoot Producing solid competitors for the performance ring.

FOXLORE FARM Contact: Alicia Z. Kline (Lisa) 17707 Lakefield Rd - Round Hill, VA 20141 Farm 540-338-3528, Cell 703-626-4701 www.foxlore.com

If he was a car he’d be a low mileage, garage kept, older woman owned since new model...

16.1 TB gelding that has sat around for a long time... so no miles on those joints.. A great pre-childs/adult guy, who is very capable of the move up to the 3’.

For sale or lease. 732-684-4565

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Who’s Doing What

Alyssa Schiller and her pony Charlie Brown practicing for their upcoming show season.

Stella Wasserman and Benjamin Buttons Photo by Laura Wassermen

The Agitators Pride++/ 2002 Gray Stallion The Agitator x Marina Of Rohan

Kat Fuqua & Powder Puff in the Pony Derby at WEF.

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Araceli and Trensor Andalusion Stallion

Arkan...by Lion King baby. He is an 11 yr old gelding that does it all.

Every Tuesday he is a cop sheriff horse and patrols for me. I bought this gypsy horse because he can do everything that I need: vaulting, patrolling, trail,education of horsemanship for kids... and he jumps and shows as well. Owned by Nancy Fried

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Savannah Giardina Champion at LIPHA on Miss Kennedy

Avery Zwirn and Scotch on the Rocks

Piper Powers riding Bay Dream at H&G Horse Quarters in the Alabama Hunter Jumper Association Paisley Robinson - She is 16 months old and absolutely loves horses!!!Pictured here showing her pony Daisy.

Ashley Dunbar on her new pony, Ellie at the Sierra Pacific Region Pony Club D Rally at Willow Creek Horse Park in Woodland, CA.

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Eliza Gallaher and Farnley Crown Prince Champion Small Pony Hunter and High Point Pony Hunter at the Tri State RMI show series.

Eliza and Prince are now qualified for pony finals in small green and regular divisions!

Happily Ever Laughter @ HITS Ocala and Cameron Hailey.

Photo by Jessica Randall

Taylor St. Jacques and Bill Schaub’s Applause with the Redwood Forest Perpetual Trophy for winning the championship spot in the Green Pony Hunter Division @ the ESP Spring Horse Show Series.

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Hannah Loeffelbein Winning best performance of a junior on a pony at Lake St. Louis National Equestrian Center

Emma Hechtman and Chips Ahoy were Reserve Champion in the SS Hunters and Eq at PCHA Tampa

Madison Allen and Pocket Full of Posies LTD Horse Show - Morven Park International Equestrian Center

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Kat Fuqua & Rafael

14 year old Hannah Wolff and her pony, Great Red Gator. She competed with over 88 other riders, including adults at Harry Hughes Equestrian Center in Northwest Ohio. Riders participated in Halter, Showmanship, Trail, Trail in Hand, Western Pleasure, Western Horsemanship, English Hunter Under Saddle, English Equitation and Versatility. At the end of five circuit shows, Grand Champions were awarded for each division. Scores were compared to determine Overall Grand Champion for the show season. This year, Hannah Wolff and her pony, Great Red Gator won that title.

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BridleWood Signature Deesign (yearling Sec. B Welsh Colt) goes to his first show of the season and comes home being named Res. Supreme Champion behind his father, Clanfair Signature, LOM/AOE. Proudly owned and bred

by BridleWood Welsh.

Coastal Sunset & Brianna Folk Children’s Pony at HITS Ocala Photo by Jessica Randall

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Buttons on Bows and Elodie Watrous- Champion at WEF.

Congratulations to Spot On and Maddie Godard...Champion in the walk-trot at the Tryon Spring II!

Virginia Bonnie and Wink and A Smile. Photo by Laura Wasserman

Kylie Fabisiak, 13, and her large green pony, Counting Stars. It was taken the weekend of Feb 22, 2015 at Fields and Fences in Gurnee, Illinois, when they qualified for Pony Finals.

5 year Amelia Tredinnick and her lovely Welsh Pony Cookie. They are from the UK. Cookie is a 25 year old Welsh section A pony.

Ella Whitesell in her first show on Yellow Brick Road. Photo by Laura Wasserman.

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Clanfair Signature (Sec. B Welsh Stallion) had a great first show of the season for owners BridleWood Welsh. He won every single class he walked into...including all the way to being named Double Supreme Champion in the Breed Ring!!

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Amanda Green, Annie Soper and Happy Endings Farm’s Ideal One (aka, Devon).

Valintino -Large Pony Hunter Champion with Devon Seek HITS Ocala. Photo by Jessica Randall.

Foxmor Poppyseed (Hilin Peredur x Glenmore Merry Weather)

North Forks Cardi finishing up his “treat bouquet” that was made for him by The Treat Barn!

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At the Pony Ring...HITS Ocala Photo by Jessica Randall

Cupcake & Annalise having a fun photo shoot in the backyard

It’s grooming time for Briarlyn and Dodger

Celia Jansen & Merrick RVRW, Alexa Brown & Tigger @ The California Dreaming Productions Series

Emma Hechtman and GoldMark First short stirrup show at HITS Ocala!

Lazy J Bailefs Cowboy ( Flying Diamond The Bailef x AMS Skippity Do Da) a 2007 Half Welsh Pony and Quarter Horse cross with owner and trainer Sarah Frushour. They have been successfully competing in both the Welsh Pony performance ring and in Cowboy Dressage. They ended the Cowboy Dressage Season by earning High Point Amateur Walk Jog Lope at the 2014 Cowboy Dressage World Finals.

Jan Mason and Abby from the Iowa Draft Pony Hitch Association with their Paisley Magazine backpacks.

3 yr old Josephine Long with 27 year old Shetland pony Olney Awesome (her mother’s first pony).

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Hannah Loeffelbein and Dreamsicle @ Texas Rose Horse Park, Tyler TX.

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Shetland pony Knight’s Taffy burning down the track to win her race at the Timonium State Fair Shetland pony race.

Kathleen DeGenova & Harvey Davidson

Will Jacobs (left) and his brother Charlie (right) at Grand Champions Polo

Kat Fuqua & Firefly

Skylar Millhouser and Lazy J Bailef ’s Star had a great show in Waco!

They were Champion in all 3 divisions: Short Stirrup, A/B Jr English Pleasure, A/B Jr Western Pleasure. They also won the youth Trail Class and was 2nd in Stock Seat Equitation.

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Madison and Anabelle Bodmer of Temecula CA took their new pony OL Foxy Lady (Vixen) to her first horse show. She was so brave and brought home great ribbons.

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Maddie Godard and her pony Twix

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The Grand old man Merrie Mills Arizona. He is a 35yo Welsh Gelding owned by Lisa-Marie Beckwith.

8 yr old Natalie Nakamura and her new welsh pony Posh My Cherie Amour

6 year old Max and his pony Crocodile Dundee.

They are from Hamburg, Germany.

Gavin Kirkley and his 14hh Arabian/POA Paisley Goes Platinum (Paisley).

They event together at the Novice level and are schooling to move up to Training in the Spring.

Newton (reg/usef and show name Rain On Blu) by Ridley out of Cherrybrook Who’s Lookin by Blue Who. Bred and owned by Carolyn Sanders Sand Stone Farm INC.

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Rachel Rolfs and Jumper Pony “Lost my Sok” (owned by owned by Clear Round Stable). Photo by Mario Apolito Giuliana Rugo and her pony, Longacre Maybelle.

Patrick Conroy on Scott Stewart’s pony “Hightops Explorer”

Shannon Walsh winning the Childrens Pony Hunter Division at Tryon Week II (2014) aboard My Sweet Sadie owned by Devyn Borden. Photo by Liz Crowley.

Jennifer Long on Prim Not Proper at the Maryland Horse Trials Spring Starter 1. They placed 3rd in Beginner Novice. Prim Not Proper is a 6 yr old German Sport Horse (German Riding Pony x Thoroughbred).

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Meet baby “Naughty� at 24 hrs old! He is a Welsh/TB large pony! Sire is Rosemels Notorious and Dam is Fuelish Belle.

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Res Champion Preliminary Multiples at the American Driving Society VSE Championship at Windsor Trace CDE in Windsor SC. Team is owned by Heather Briggs, Belle Grey Farm in Upperville, VA. Driver is Sandy Rose, VA and navigator is Paula Bliss of VA. Photo by Meghan Benge.

Rock Candie Dash Rip Rock X EA All That Jazz (2009 NSH Finals Champion English Pleasure)

Madelyn Scharf giving Cloud 9 some good luck kisses before heading to the ring.

Sarah Corbett and Hannah Femia

Deadline for the next issue is June 12th!

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Payton Rodriguez with her pony Finglebridge Fearless and Emma Hechtman with her pony Chips Ahoy letting their ponies graze after a great day of showing at PCHA.

4th generation equestrian family! Maddie Godard of Aiken, Sc competed in her first horse show this weekend at the 99th annual Aiken Horse Show in the Woods with her 97 year old great grandfather and 93 year old grandmother in attendance.

Ransome Rombaur on Laura Wasserman’s Fine Design Emily Raich and Stella WAsserman

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Ginger Gilmore and Killian’s Red

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Claudia Tomaselli and A Diamond is Forever

Medium Green Pony Hunter - Small Woods Mystic Photo by Jessica Randall Daniella Tomaselli and VF Nevada Pepper Sharp Dressed Man (owned by Megan D’Amico ) and Brianna Folk - Reserve Champion Small Green Pony HITS Ocala.Photo by Jessica Randall

Olney Upperco learning how to drive with Ami Howard.

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Hannah Glanzberg at her very first WEF show on Silver Shine They were Reserve Champions in the Walk/Trot Division.

Pictured here with coach Jessica Nichols of Palm Beach Riding Academy.

Ava Polaszek with Jersey Boy sharing a moment after their classes

Rayna Lipsky & Precious Moments

Rachel Tanio riding White Queen - HITS Ocala Photo by Tammie J. Monaco

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Good Vybrations RLC (Derby) 3/4 Arab and 1/4 Percheron owned by Becca Canterbury (BA Vyagra Bey ++++// X Allie Bint Kedar+//) He’ll be 2 on May 4, 2015... I show him in the HA SHIH geldings classes. I plan to show him in dressage and sport horse undersaddle when he’s older.

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Erica Van Dyken & Star Command Small Pony Circuit Champion at Gulfport

Linus and Tommy Kipikasha Reserve Champion in the w/t at WEF. “Spike” Wasserman

If you would like to submit photos for our Who’s Doing What section for our “Summer Issue” please email them to: thepaisleypony@aol.com by June 12th!

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“Spike” and Benjamin Buttons

Danielle French and her niece Heather Lee O’Rourke. Photo by Tammie J. Monaco

Martha Stover, Samantha VerKuyl and Heather Lee O’Rourke Photo by Tammie J. Monaco

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The Welsh Pony & Cob Society of America is pleased to announce that Section A Welsh gelding, High Hopes Prowler, (“Peepers”) is the recipient of the 2014 Welsh of the Year Award. Owned and trained by Dannielle French of Pinelands Farm, Mays Landing, NJ, ridden and handled by Heather Lee O’Rourke (age 6) of Salem, NH. “Peepers is a text book example of the Welsh breed’s versatility. He was shown by two riders ranging in age from 6 to 60 and achieved 3 national titles, we are thrilled to have him as an ambassador for the breed, said Dr. Ruth Wilburn, WPSCA President.

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