Drum Beat - The International Drum Horse Association

Drum Beat
INTERNATIONAL DRUM
HORSE ASSOCIATION
SPRING ISSUE
February 2013
Volume 2 Issue 1
IDHA reaches Drum Horse number 300!
Debbie Thorsen talks about Porter House Rock
The IDHA is pleased to
announce the registration
of our 300th Drum Horse
worldwide. Although this
type of horse has been
around for many years, the
IDHA is currently the
ONLY stand alone registry dedicated to the Drum
Horse. The following was
written by Debbie Thorsen
about her lovely and lucky
boy, #300!
The What can I say about
Porter House Rock ? He
has been a huge, unexpected blessing in our
lives, and we wouldn't
trade him for any other
horse in the world! We
recently acquired a small
herd of purebred Gypsy
Vanners, along with a few
drum horses. Of course I
assumed there would be 1
that I could not part with
out of the whole group;
little did I know that it
would be a cute little yearling Drum!. The Gypsy
horses are absolutely
breathtaking to watch and
amazingly gentle &
calm... But for those of us
who really like to
play...the Drums are definitely more my daughter
Abby's
speed!
Porter has a spirit and a
personality unlike any
other horse we've had the
pleasure of loving... and
I've have owned and rescued horses for 40 years.
He is my 12 year old
daughter's best friend and
without question her
dream horse. He follows
her around like a puppy,
but knows she means
business as soon as she
puts the halter on him,
and brings the saddle or
lunge line to him. Porter
is amazingly obedient...he's only about a
year and a half old, and
Abby has already trained
him to take a saddle and
bridle completely uneventfully, to exercise on
the lunge-line and ground
drive almost perfectly,
and he's even learning
how to jump! He also
wears a complete harness, which he has never
seemed to mind at all,
and occasionally pulls
around a "radio Flyer"
wagon and a little trailer!
But I have to say that I
think Abby's favorite
thing about Porter is how
much he loves the water
(maybe as much as she
does) Just like my daughter, he will go out of his
way to splash in the puddles and never miss an
opportunity to jump in
the lake! Oh and did I
mention we think Porter
is absolutely beautiful!
The other Drums horses
we have show similar,
outgoing personalities
and really seem to love
and enjoy people. They
are quick learners, and
have that lovely, playful
spirit, but are also very
gentle & easy to manage,
like our Porter. I do believe I have a new favorite breed of horse!
If you'd like to meet any
of our other horses, you
can visit our website at
www.gypsyhorsemagic.com
Drum Horse News:

NEWS FROM DOWN
UNDER

SPOTLIGHT: HORSE FEATHERS CONTESSA

COME JOIN US!
Inside this issue:
BRAGS
2
MEET YOUR BOARD
3
REGISTRAR
5
HOW TALL?
5
SHOW GROOMING
7
FEED SUPPLEMENT
9
SPOTLIGHT: TESSA
10
ESSENTIAL OILS
12
DRUM HORSE INFLUENCES
13
SHOW CALENDAR
15
CLASSIFIEDS
16
FINAL THOUGHTS
17
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Babies & Brags!
Beautiful Chestnut and
white Drum filly from
Tintangel Enterprises/
Sarah Hollis
Results for (Lionel) 1TONs The Percussionist, Drum Horse
colt by D'Jango Jazz son of Lion King. At the Feathered
Horse Classic in Jacksonville, Lionel was the second youngest Drum at the show as a coming 2yr old. He was Reserve
Grand Halter Champion Drum Horse out of 6; 1st Halter
Drum 2 and under ,4rd Drum Dressage suitability in hand,
3rd Drum Liberty, 3th Drum Color. We are so proud of our
boy and can't wait for the next FHC!
Team Horse Feathers Farm at the Feathered Horse Classic/
FL. Horse Feathers Contessa with Isabella Schoenborn on
board, with Heathers Schoenborn and Rebecca
McKeever. Rebecca and Tessa received Drum Horse High
Point Performance and Grand Champion Drum
Horse. Isabella and Tessa won Reserve Champion Youth
The IDHA is proud to present our new Logo stickers! They are available for pre-purchase, its
as simple as 1, 2, 3!
DO TO
1:
Pick your sticker:
OVERWHELMING
RESPONSE:
FOUNDATION
HORSE
REGISTRATION
HAS BEEN
EXTENDED UNTIL
A
B
C
1/1/2015
2. Pick your color and size:
Color: Black or White
Size:
A: 7 inches X 7.5 inches $15.00
12 inches X 10 inches $ 22.50
18 inches X 14.5 inches $ 32.50
B: Standard Bumper sticker 3 inches X 8 inches. SURPRISE, each paid member receives one
sticker FREE, additional stickers are available for $5.00
C: 7 inches X 7.5 inches $ 16.00
12 inches X 13 inches $ 25.00
18 inches X 19.75 inches $ 40.00
3. email: [email protected] whit your order. You can pay by check or paypal! Its that easy to support the IDHA!
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Volume 2, Issue 1
IDHA Board Meetings
The Board of Directors of the
IDHA holds a Skype meeting
the last Thursday of the
month. Many topics are covered concerning your registry.
In previous issues of the
Drum Beat we have posted
the highlights of the meetings.
Many of the members have
asked exactly what is discussed during the meetings
and how their voices can be
heard. Each member can
contact our secretary, Reb e c c a M cK e e ve r at
admin@drumhorseassociati
on.com and join in on any
meeting, and committee. In
fact, we would love to have
you! Meetings are at 7pm
CST. Any paid member
worldwide who would like
to be included in our Skype
meeting will need to contact
Rebecca and set up their
own Skype account before
the night of the meeting.
this wonderful breed and I
look forward to the day that
the Drum Horse is widely
recognized as a breed of
heavy horse.
When I am
not working for the IDHA I
raise unique and rare chickens. I am currently working
on my Insurance license. I
enjoy making and selling
renaissance faire costuming.
we rescued our first horse, a
ten year old Percheron mare
named Katie Mae who was
close to death. We still
have her and about thirty
other rescues. In 2005 we
purchased our first Drum
Horses. Two studs from
Old Mill Farm. At about
the same time the American
Drum Horse Association
was forming. We joined it
in 2006. In 2008 I was
elected to the Board of Directors, and in 2009 was
elected as President for a
short time of rebuilding. We now have eight
IDHA Drum Horses. As a
member of the IDHA we
are striving to create real
purposes for Drum Horses
such as confirmation
events, performance events,
and general pleasure enjoyment. We totally support
the original IDHA standard
created in 2005 and are
working very hard to preserve it and this magnificent
breed.
Meet your Board
The current 5 board members wants each of the members of the IDHA to know
who we are, that we are just
like each of you. We have
stalls to clean, horses to tend
and full active lives, just like
you. Here in own words is
who we are:
I‟m Holly Subia, the President of the IDHA as well as
the registrar. I have been on
the Board of Directors since
about 2007 and I have been
the registrar since 2010. I
greatly enjoy seeing everyone's horse pictures as they
come across my desk.
I
currently own four foundation mares, a foundation stallion, a Drum mare, a Drum
gelding and a Drum stallion.
My Drum Horse stallion is
currently the only silver bay
stallion registered with the
IDHA. We are expecting his
first foals this spring.
I have greatly enjoyed being
involved in the foundation of
I‟m Jim Elliott, the Vice
President of the IDHA. I've
been heavily involved with
horses since meeting my
wife Sherry about fifty years
ago. Our first horses were
for personal pleasure
only.
Trail riding and
equine friendship relations
were our prime objectives. In 1990 we were
blessed with our first Arabian horse born on our
ranch. For the next ten
hears, we campaigned this
stallion at both confirmation
and riding events. In 1999
Above: Jim‟s Katie Mae
just after rescue.
Left: Jim‟s Katie Mae
happy and healthy today.
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Meet Your Board, cont.
HORSES
AND
LIFE...IT’S
ALL THE
SAME TO ME
BUCK BRANAMAN
I‟m Rebecca McKeever,
your IDHA secretary and
webmaster. I have been on
the IDHA Board since
2011. I took on the role of
secretary, but I've diversified
from the typical secretarial
duties of meeting minutes,
answering phones and emails
to managing the memberships and launching and updating the new website. In
between all of that, I am the
director of Lone Star Wildlife Rescue, a non-profit
group that rescues and rehabilitates all native Texas
wildlife. I mostly work with
birds of prey - hawks, owls,
vultures and eagles - but our
group handles all species of
wildlife. I've been an owner
of horses for over 40 years riding, training and showing
in many English disciplines
(eventing, dressage and competitive driving). I currently
own 8 IDHA registered
Drum Horses (6 mares and 2
stallions) and 4 Foundation
Horses (1 Shire, 2 Clyde and
1 Gypsy stallion). We are
very active with our horses,
traveling out of state to as
many shows and venues as
we can in order to get the
public to see our beautiful
Drum Horses! These horses
are my passion!
Hello, I‟m Isobel Lippiatt,
your international Board
Member at large. Born in
Scotland, my love of horses
and all things equine began
from the moment I could
read. I was an avid reader,
and enjoyed reading about
the history of horses, their
development from the early
prehistoric times to the many
breeds that are available today. Actually, if it was anything to do with horses, I
read it, I just could not know
enough, and the more I read,
the more I wanted to know.
Not owning my own horse
did not deter me, as I would
volunteer to muck out stables, clean tack or groom
horses for local riding stables or farms, just to be able
to be close to them. Occasionally I would be rewarded
with a free riding lesson, but
regardless, my reward was
being able to be close to the
horses, I loved the smell of
them, of the tack freshly
oiled and that satisfying feeling at the end of a day, when
the horses were tucked up
warm in their stables for the
night.
.
In 1990 I emigrated to Australia with my husband and
my two young children, and
in 1994 our third child was
born, but by 1995 my marriage had ended, resulting in
the beginning a new chapter
in our lives.
In late 1996, I met my current partner "Martin", and in
2002 Martin gave me a beautiful Shire filly named
"Tayso Barbie" for my birthday. Little did we know at
that time, but years later
"Barbie" would become our
Stud's Foundation mare, and
through this, "Excalibur
Park" was born.
As I have said previously, I
am an avid reader of anything equine, and it was
after much research into the
Drum Horse, that we decided to add our first Drum
Horse filly to our stud, with
the
purchase
of
"Featherdale Moon
Dreamer" in 2009, and went
onto produce our first Excalibur Park Drum colt
"Apollo" in 2010 from our
Foundation Shire mare
"Tayso
Barbie".
I feel privileged to have
been asked to become a
member of the IDHA Board
of Directors, and will continue to strive to see IDHA
breed Standards applied to
the breeding of Drum
Horses Worldwide.
Hi I‟m Diane Gatlin, your
Treasurer and Drum Beat
editor. I have lived on the
same land since I was three
years old, lets just say over
forty years. I have always
loved horses, and they have
been a very large part of my
families life for more years
than I can count. I have 3
Drum Horses, 6 foundation
horses (5 gypsy, 1 shire) as
well as several rescue
horses. When I am not
spending time with all
things IDHA and my
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Meet Your Board, cont.
horses, I am spending time
with my family. I have four
daughters, one of which is disabled. I am a fulltime dialysis
nurse and administrator.
As you can hopefully
see, each of us are very much
like you. We live, laugh and
love, just like each of you. We
volunteer our time hoping that
we can help the public know
and understand these amazing
horses we are all so passionate
about. If you would like to join
us, all it takes is a simple
email.. Reach out to any of the
IDHA board members. Pick
something that you are passionate about, share an idea.
Help us make this registry all it
can be!
HORSES ARE
INCREDIBLY
FORGIVING.
From the Desk of the Registrar
Greeting from the registrar‟s
desk! Several people have
already gotten papers with the
new look. I just wanted to
point out a few of the changes
and how they will effect the
registration process.
The International Drum Horse
papers have the new name on
the title and the new seal is in,
and that will reflect the name
changes as well.
The back of the papers now
have pictures of your horse,
and not drawings. This will
affect the type of pictures that
will be accepted for the registration process. Emailing pictures is the best way to get me
pictures, they can be sent to
[email protected].
You can mail pictures in as
well. These need to be high
quality pictures with no writing on the front of the picture.
Printed digital photos on
regular paper will not work,
they are not high quality
enough to be re-scanned and
placed on the back of the registration papers. The pictures
need to be of a clean horse
with mane and tall braided, so
that the coloring on the horse
can be seen. This is mostly
regarding the pinto and spotted horses. The horse being
registered can be the only
horse in the picture. NO
horses in the background…a
THEY FILL IN
dam‟s legs will be permitted
for young foals.
Pictures must include the entire horse, feet to ears, tail to
nose. Not color touch-ups or
editing is aloud. Four pictures
are all that are required; left,
right, front and hind.
Another side note: The old
registration email will be
faded out this year. Please
make a point to start sending
all registration information to
r
e
g
i
s
[email protected]
om.
Thank you, and I look forward to seeing all your lovely
Drum Horses!
Holly Subia
PLACES WE’RE
NOT CAPABLE OF
FILLING
OURSELVES
How tall did you say? Hands Conversion Chart
by Isobel Lippiatt
Here is a handy table that
will convert your horse's
height in hands to show you
how many inches, feet, or
meters tall your horse is.
Traditionally, a horse's
height is calculated in hands,
one hand being equal to four
inches. The measurement is
taken from the ground level
to the highest point on the
horse's withers.
The red line is where the
measurement would be
taken, about in the middle of
the withers, at their highest
point
.
Since a hand is equal to four
inches, you can calculate
your horse's height in inches
by
this
formula:
4 x WH + FH = Inches high
Where WH stands for the
horse's whole hands, and FH
stands for any fraction of the
horse's height left over.
For example, a 15.2HH horse's
height could be calculated as
follows
4 X WH + FH = Inches high =
4 X 15 + 2 = 62 Inches high
On the next page is a table that
converts the average height of
horses to inches, feet, and meters. Hope this helps!
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Horse Hands Conversion Chart
HORSES GIVE
OUR HEART
WINGS AND OUR
HANDS
INCHES
FEET
METERS
12.0
48
4ft
1.2192
12.1
49
4ft 1
1.2446
12.2
50
4ft 2
1.27
12.3
51
4ft 3
1.2954
13.0
52
4ft 4
1.3208
13.1
53
4ft 5
1.3462
13.2
54
4ft 6
1.397
13.3
55
4ft 7
1.397
14.0
56
4ft 8
1.4224
14.1
57
4ft 9
1.4478
14.2
58
4ft 10
1.4732
14.3
59
4ft 11
1.4986
15.0
60
5ft
1.524
15.1
61
5ft 1
1.5494
15.2
62
5ft 2
1.5748
15.3
63
5ft 3
1.6002
16.0
64
5ft 4
1.6256
16.1
65
5ft 5
1.651
16.2
66
5ft 6
1.6764
16.3
67
5ft 7
1.7018
17.0
68
5ft 8
1.7272
17.1
69
5ft 9
1.7526
17.2
70
5ft 10
1.778
17.3
71
5ft 11
1.803
18.0
72
6ft
1.8288
SOUL A VOICE
Webmaster
Now that the IDHA has
a new website, we are
looking for a webmaster
to make it a live and
vibrant site by continuing on with updates
twice a
month. A good working knowledge of html
coding or Word Press
would be a plus. Please
contact Rebecca at
admin@drumhorseasso
ciation.com if
you can help.
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Volume 2, Issue 1
You show Girl! Show grooming
by Heather Schoeborn
This is by the far the best
part about showing your horse,
getting them gorgeous and
ready to be presented! One of
the basic and fundamental
things is a good bath to start.
Some horses coats are a little
dryer and some are a little oilier, much like people. For the
Dry skin horses, you need to
bathe a day or two early so they
don‟t flake off or have dander.
This also gives them some time
to develop some of their natural
oils to come back for a nice
glossy coat. Also use a good
conditioner on their body and
especially their mane and tail
and feather. When washing the
mane, make sure you get the
hair along the ridge of the neck
clean down to the skin and the
tail bone clean as well. With the
oily horses wash night before
and make sure you use a good
shampoo that isn‟t too heavy.
Also use a good cream rinse on
your oily horse too. After I have
washed my dry or oily horse I
use a good hydrant spray that is
light, I spray all over the horse
and let sit on their wet coat. I
like Eqyss Premier Spray or
Rose conditioner. I then put a
good detangler and conditioner
in the mane, tail and feather; I
use Eqyss Survivor and cream
rinse. I comb the product
through the mane, tail and also
the feathers and leave it in.
Sometimes if the mane and especially the tail is dry and brittle I will soak ends in a good
cream rinse and leave it in the
hair. After the hydrant spray has
sat on the horses coat for a few
minutes I then Squeegee off the
excess water and reapply more
hydrant spray. Depending on
the length of your horse‟s coat,
you do not want to spray anything that is heavy or oily on
long hair, as it will just attract
dirt and they will look greasy. I
always put a clean sheet on the
horse and a neck warmer to keep
hair clean and to help it lay flat
(especially on the heavier longer
coats) for white horses I like to
use Biz laundry soap with Oxy
clean. Some whitening products
work on the short white body
hair but for the tough stains on
the lower tail and feathers I like
to use Hydrogen Peroxide and
Whitening shampoos. Washing
the Tail and feathers every day
for 3-4 days before show also
helps get the hair whiter.
When clipping I like to
clip a clean horse as this will
keep my blade from dulling to
fast. If you are looking to body
clip I use a 10 blade for the body
and I clip two weeks before the
show. When clipping, it is important to clip against the grain
of the hair growth. This will give
you clean cuts with little to no
lines. So if the hair grows to the
right clip to the left. Be sure to
get the under belly and in between the breast and around the
throat latch and on the back side
of the ears. After I have finished
with the full body clip I then
spray the entire body with Olive
oil. Get the coat and skin saturated in it. This will bring the
color back and help replenish the
oils stripped away. I then clip
the face with a #10 also but then
switch to a #40 around the muzzle. I also clip the eye guard
hairs and under the eye. This
helps make the eye appear bigger
and gives a polished look. If
your Horse is slick with a nice
tight coat I only clip all the white
with a# 10 blade, so all the white
legs and blaze or star. I then clip
muzzle and eye guard with the#
40. With the Drum horses we
only clip the inner ear with a #10
and /or just fold ear together and
run your #10 blade up the outside edge. It is important to clip
the inner nostril as well. Well as
much as you can, some horses‟
don‟t appreciate this! I also like
to do all my clipping at home as
the horse is more comfortable
and if you need to restrain for
certain areas you are in the privacy of your own barn. There are
nice razors you can by for touching up the muzzle when at the
show.
So now we have a clean
clipped horse! Again if your
horses coat is short and slick I
only apply a light hydrant spray
daily such as Eqyss Premier or
Rose Conditioner. Keep that coat
covered with a nice light sheet if
not to hot, otherwise if in colder
months, keep blanketed. With
your longer coated horses if you
can keep a sheet on them, it will
keep the hair lying flat and give
the coat a slick look. I will also
spray all the white with Show
Sheen as this will keep the white
hair from staining, in case they
lay in poop! What?? They don‟t
do that? I think the only time our
horses use their poop as a pillow
is at the shows! The show sheen
acts like a protectant so all you
have to do is wipe away the
stain. I know sometimes I wish I
could wrap them in bubble wrap
after all the long hours of grooming I did!
Well its show time!
You have a clean horse, clipped
to the nines and ready to be polished! I will then check my muzzle with the razor and wipe the
muzzle and nostrils with a wipe.
I also clean out the inner ear with
a wipe. After I have done that I
then put a shine on the eye
guard, inner ear and muzzle and
blend so it doesn‟t look blotchy.
I like to use baby oil gel. There
are other products out there you
can buy for face shine. I then
take small amounts of my Baby
oil and apply to forelock, throat
latch and along the top of the
mane. I also brush the tail
New Show
Calendar
on the
IDHA
home
page,
Come
Check it
out!!
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You show Girl! Show grooming, continued
by Heather Schoeborn
Show
me your
horse and
I will tell
you who
you are
English
Proverb
thoroughly and apply detangler and shine to the tail
and mane again. Depending on your discipline I
wouldn‟t apply shine to
mane and tail until after
you have braided or
banded it. I also like to
comb feathers and add a
little detangler. Sometimes
you have to sand the hoof
and apply clear polish or
hoof black. I do this about
20 min before their class
so they have time to dry. It
is important to study your
rule books and standards for
your breed and discipline so
that you are prepared and
legal with not only your
tack but your grooming as
well!
I hope this helped! Good
luck and I'll see you on the
show pen!!
Heather Schoenborn
Horse Feathers Farm
if you have any questions
email me at
[email protected] :)
A little about the Author~
Hello, I have been Breeding,
Showing and Training
horses for well over 20
years. I have earned numerous World and Reserve
World Championships in
APHA, AQHA, and PtHA. I
have earned Horse of the
Year in PtHA twice and
numerous Regional and
Canadian National titles
and am a Futurity Money
earner. I specialize in
Equine Reproduction and
currently am Heading up
Horse Feathers Stallion
Station and Mare services
facility in Bellvile Texas.
White Tails...A handy was to remove stains!
You will need a cup of Bi
Carb of Soda, white vinegar,
shampoo, conditioner, a
good quality hot oil, and access to warm water or have
several buckets of warm water standing by.
This process will be much
easier and more effective if
you use 'hand' hot water as
you need to dissolve the Bi
Carb of Soda, and warm water does a better job of cleaning and rinsing than cold.
For all organic stains, such
as a grungy urine stains, or
just plain dirty, rather than
reach for the purple shampoo, give this a try first Although this is aimed at white
tails, this method can be
used on all tails that need a
good clean, particularly
mares, as urine will eventually make dark hair bleach,
and the vinegar rinse will
help with this. Dissolve the
Bi Carb in one litre of hot
water, then add this mix into
a bucket containing 5 litres
of warm water. Soak the tail
for a few minutes, ensuring
you work the liquid through
the stained tail by swishing
the tail well in the mixture,
this will cause the hair cuticle to swell and assist lifting out any built up stains
and dirt.
Then rinse the tail off with
clean warm water. (Being
so alkaline, it can leave the
hair feeling rather dry at
this point).
Rinse the tail with a 50-50
mix of white vinegar and
water, (this will neutralize
the hair, and it will feel
smoother). Use a plastic jug
to do this as it makes it easier to pour through the tail.
Now, mix a quality shampoo with a generous squirt
of Morning Fresh, and work
through the tail ensuring
you get it all the way to the
roots.
Rinse off with warm water,
then apply conditioner,
again working well into the
roots, leave it in for 10 minutes, then rinse.
Now do the same, but this
time using a 1-6 dilution of
Hot Oil and conditioner,
pour it through the dock
and skirt of the tail, leave in
for 10 minutes, then rinse
off using warm water.
Do not use the cheap $2
store type products, they
have their place, but not
when you are trying to
nourish the hair.
Air dry the tail, and place in
a tail bag or 3 tube tail
w
r
a
p
.
You can repeat this process
the next day or a few days
later if you feel the stain
needs another treatment.
Follow up with a weekly
shampoo, and condition,
condition, condition.
With a long term stained
tail, this process needs to be
done at least a few days
before showing, sometimes
one treatment is not
enough, if this is the case,
simply repeat the process.
The key to success is to
remember to remove any
stains before using high
light shampoo.
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From Hoof to Mane
The digestive system
is at the heart of most major problems in a horse
such as colic, diarrhea,
compaction, founder, poor
doers, poor appetite and
weight loss. Forco Feed
Supplement is a very specific product; it has one
purpose and one purpose
only. Forco Feed Supplement is a source of nutrients
that feed and nurture the
entire scope of bacterial and
microbial populations in the
full spectrum of the digestive system. By specifically
feeding these microbial
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Volume 2, Issue 1
The trials and Tribulations of Tessa
Have you ever owned an animal that rules your life? I
seem to have several, but all pale in comparison to my
Tessa. Officially, she is Horse Feathers Contessa, a
17hh Galway Warrior daughter out of the most adorable 15hh Clydesdale mare you have ever seen. Laureli, Tessa‟s dam, is known as the Princess around here
and she was a sort of rescue. She is small because she
was a twin – her bigger brother didn‟t survive. I took a
chance in taking Laureli on, but I knew the genetics for
greatness was there. She had horrible hoof abscesses
(lack of foot care), and her face was one big blister
from the TX summer. Just pitiful. There was never a
question that I was bringing her home. Just a question
if I was ever going to breed her. Fast forward to a year
later and Laureli was happy, healthy, round, and blister
free.
Drum horses have always fascinated me. I didn‟t own a Gypsy, but I could breed for a Drum and I wanted a Galway
Warrior foal. So, Laureli had her date with our vet and carried her first foal with no issues until foaling. Tessa decided
to come into the world in her own unique style – 3 weeks early, her head and 1 leg bent back. Our vet is pretty far away
and my horse midwife skills came into play to deal with this dystocia. A lot of grunting, pushing and pulling and I had
her aligned properly. Then Laureli said she was done and just laid there. No contractions, nothing. Rex, my husband,
had to help pull Tessa out. (Did I mention that poor Rex had been run over the week before by a friend‟s stallion and had
facial fractures and a compressed spine?) Finally after what seemed like an eternity, Tessa graced the world with her
presence.
She grew. And grew. And Grew. At 1 year old, she was taller than her dam. Enter my neighbor who just had to have
her. I went back and forth – I was a breeder, right? I bred to sell. Right? So I made the decision to sell Tessa on. After
all, I would get to see her grow as she was just down the street. I made sure to tell her new owner to not start her undersaddle training until she was 3. Next thing I knew, Tessa was undersaddle, being ridden all over at the tender age of 18
months. I heard that she was lame and having behavior issues. I spent the next 6 months trying to buy her back. Finally
the neighbor agreed and I paid half again as much for her, but she was back in my barn and I promised to never sell her
again. Radiographs showed extensive sidebone that had already fractured. Sidebone. The curse of heavy horses working on hard surfaces with repetitive concussion. She wasn‟t even 3. Fortunately, we have a wonderful draft farrier,
Steve Wizniske who has taken charge of her foot care. Tessa was sporting the latest in draft shoes with pads. We turned
her out for 7 months and then slowly started her back to work. She was happy, healthy, sane and sound.
Tessa started her show career at the OK State Fair. She won her halter class and we got to compete with the big hitch
horses in the draft show. I even rode her in the ride a draft bareback class to second place! Her second show was the
Texas Draft Show. We had fun there too! By this time, Tessa had a half sister – Poppit. Same dam, different sire. Laureli was proving to be an exceptional producer and we won first for Produce of Dam against the Gypsy competition.
Life was fine and good until mid summer, 2011. Tessa went down with colic and we took her to the Texas Equine Hospital. Dr. Stoudt was the vet on call that night. Her quiet way of handling Tessa made me feel better but leaving her at
the vets was the hardest thing I‟ve ever done. I knew she was very sick and in a lot of pain. We gave the okay for surgery but also knew that anesthesia on a horse her size was very difficult. She was now her full 17hh, and 1975 lbs. Almost a ton. But she was the foundation of my Drum breeding program. She was special and we would do everything we
could for her. We hadn‟t even made it home when the call came from Dr. Stoudt: “I‟ve called in the surgeon and the
team – she has to go into surgery right now.” I think I cried all the way home. I‟ve known Dr. Honnas, the surgeon, for
18 years and trust him implicitly. She was in the best hands. Midnight came and went. 3am came and went. By 7am I
was in panic mode, but the SOP is „no news is good news‟. Finally I got the call that Tessa pulled through and was finally standing. She had 4 colics in one. Two separate impactions (in both the large and small intestine), an extended
caecum and a displacement. She was opened from girth line past her navel and spent over 3 hours on the table. She was
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The trials and Tribulations of Tessa
slow coming out of anesthesia and regaining her feet. I was at the hospital hugging on her soon afterwards. To this day,
she is known as “The Big Girl” or usually just “Her”. I love getting introduced to the new vets as “Her” owner. Even
when I‟m there with another horse, I am “Her” owner. Then I am regaled with horror stories from her surgery. All I can
say, it was just a miracle and she had the best surgical team in TX working on her.
All this put her training and work on hold. She spent over a month on stall rest with hand walking only. We slowly
gave her more room to roam. Within 6 months, she was ready to go back to work. One complication caused by the
surgery and layup was that she foundered. Not horribly, but her soles were even thinner and without shoes, she is very
lame. Our new shoeing protocol is a fiberglass cast over a leather pad and then we nail a shoe over the top of the whole
thing. It works, that is all I can say. Special thanks to Steve for keeping her pain free and working!
Tessa isn‟t allowed to carry a foal due to all the adhesions left by the surgery. We just won‟t take the chance. So she is
now a donor mare for embryo transfer and my show mare. Her first show back was the OK State Fair last summer. We
also hit the Texas Draft Show and the new Feathered Horse Classic show offered in TX.
It was there that we hatched the plan to take Tessa and her brother Theo to the FHC in Jacksonville, FL. My breeding
manager, Heather, would show Theo, her 10 year old daughter, Isabella, would show Tessa in the Youth classes and I
would show her in the Drum show. Easy peasy I thought! Was I ever wrong! Everything was loaded and the horses
had nice box stalls for the trip. Our first day was spent in solid rain all the way from TX through LA and partway into
MS. An 8 hour trip to Mobile, AL took 12 hours. But our first night was spent in a lovely layover for horses and humans. Tessa roamed about the field that night and I‟m pretty sure she didn‟t get much rest. On day 2, things sort of fell
apart. We had just passed into FL when we stopped to check on the horses. Tessa was stressing herself into colic. Instead of using the entire box stall, she smashed her huge body along the 8‟ wall of the trailer. So much for extra space of
the box stall. We were immediately in contact with all 3 of her vets (yes, she still has 3!) All agreed on banamine and
IV fluids. Heather is a fully trained vet tech and I am a wildlife rehabilitator. Between us, we have 40 years of medical
experience. We work very closely with all of our vets and had actually planned for this type of emergency with a fully
stocked medical kit. We got back on the road and checked on her again at the next rest stop. By this time, she was having severe muscle tremors. She was exhausted. We weren‟t that far from Ocala so we decided to press on and get her to
the vet asap. Then !!!!BOOM!!!!! Our inside dually tire blew. It lifted the entire back end of our western hauler off the
ground. We limped into a Dodge dealership and they graciously changed the tire for us. This was actually a good thing.
It took them a couple of hours to get it all done, but there was a great grassy area and they let us get the horses off the
trailer to graze and stretch their legs. Tessa could finally relax and she was doing better. We finally got to the vets. Dr.
Stanon gave her a good going over, PCV was normal, gut sounds were okay but she went ahead and tubed her oil anyway. As she was removing the tube, Tessa threw her head and got a nose bleed. It bled and bled and bled. We did a
quick clot test on her and she failed. She wasn‟t clotting at all! I think I was slowly imploding at that point. Got her
sedated, in a stall and she finally stopped bleeding 1 ½ hours later. The lab work came back the next morning and she
had a very low platelet count: 24,000. Normal is 100,000 to 600,000. Poor Tessa had to endure 50cc of vitamin K subq (under the skin) for the next week to help her clot.
We were still unsure about her showing at the FHC, but she was doing better and we were able to reconfigure the trailer
so she was in a standing stall that let her have lots of head room so she wasn‟t scrunched up. She did great on the trip up
to Jacksonville and seemed to be back to her same old self. We scratched her from some riding classes and the liberty
class but kept her in some of the youth and all of the Drum classes. She was happy, alert, eating well and best yet, she
passed her next blood clotting test! She went on to prove that Drums are resilient and quiet. Tessa won Grand Champion Drum, Grand Champion Performance Drum and Reserve Champion Youth with Isabella. Along the way she
picked up a fan club. To say she stands out in a crowd is putting it mildly.
Our trip home was much less adventurous. We took 3 days, only traveling a maximum of 6 hours so as not to tire Her
out too much. We‟ve had several thoughts on why Tessa had such a rough time and it all goes back to her colic surgery.
She just doesn‟t have the abdominal muscles to take that long of a trip. In consultation with her vets, we feel that her
muscle tremors led to the drop in her platelet count. All her blood work came back as normal: no tick born disease, EIA
free, no warfarin in her system. Subsequent blood work has her platelet count at 100,000. That‟s the low end of normal,
but normal just the same!
Sometimes I think I‟m crazy to be owned by such a horse. But to know Tessa is to love her. Anyone who meets her
never forgets her. She is a very special horse and heart of my heart!
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Young Living Essential Oils and Equine Emergencies
Sara’s talking about Young Living Essential Oils and Supplements for horses! Who the heck is
Sara?
Sara Kenney has been working with animals most of her life. She groomed dogs professionally
for twenty years and had a barding kennel for the last 9 of those years. She started oiling animals about 17 years ago exclusively with Young Living’s Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils and
saw consistant results unlike anything she’s ever worked with and she had studied natural
medicine since 1988. Not all oils are made the same, legally they only have to have 5% of an
essential oil in them the rest can be synthetic fragrances and still be labeled pure and natural.
Young Living oils are very different and Sara has used these oils extensively on hundreds of
horses, and dogs, a few cows, a handfuls of goats, a couple of alpacas, cats, fish, birds including chickens and ducks, one wild fawn and one elk calf. Sara has traveled in the US and Canada to teach the use of oils on animals, has been in an instructional DVD and written a book.
This is Riley and his knee was so swollen with Arthritis the vet suggested he be „put
down‟ Riley‟s family had other ideas and an oiling session was called in!
We used Sacred Frankincense, Wintergreen, Copiaba and Peppermint for starters
to assist in diminishing the pain and inflammation. His family continued oiling for 2
weeks and the swelling improved dramatically going down by at least half. He was
no longer limping and he was again being ridden to do his job of sorting cattle. He
wasn‟t stumbling or tripping his family will kept oiling the leg and we expected to
see continued improvement…The rest of the story…
Riley did very well and enjoyed a busy summer, Last I heard he is now retired from
cattle work but he is alive and well!
What to Keep in your Equine Emergency Bucket
Stethoscope
Scissors, Tweezers, Medical
Clamps,
Metal Cutter/Pliers
Gauze
Rasp, Hoof Knife and Hoof Pick
Kitchen Baster
Halter and Lead rope
Vet Wrap
Large syringe
Small/medium syringes w/wo needles
Bottle Distilled Water
Small Stainless Steel Dish
Digital Thermometer/Plastic Covers
Animal Scents Ointment-wounds
Bottle of Detoxzyme Digestive Enzymes, colic
Peppermint -pain, colic, founder
DiGize -digestion, colic
Thieves Spray -foaling um-bilical
cord, antiviral, antibacterial
Thieves -infection, immune system
Thieves Household CleanerCleansing for wounds
Longevity -immune system, malignant growths
RC- respiratory system
Peace and Calming- relaxation, peace
Melrose- antiseptic, antibacterial, infection
Idaho Balsm Fir- pain and
depression
Helicrysum-bleeding, pain
Lavender- wound cleansing,
tissue regeneration
PanAway- pain
Valor– bone and joint pain, structural realignment
Copaiba-Inflammation, layered on
last it strengthens all oils
Ortho Sport-pain, sprains, wounds
V-6, Coconut or Olive Oil– diluting oils internally and externally
DISCLAIMER: The Author and Editor
share this information so that we may
help others to learn, research, grow, and
love our animal companions. Information
provided here is for EDUCATION PURPOSES ONLY and is in NO WAY intended
to replace proper veterinary advice. IT IS
NOT for diagnostic or prescriptive use or
to be construed as instruction on how to
cure or treat any condition, illness or
disease. Every individual is different, thus
what may work for one may not work for
another animal. The author nor editor will
not be held accountable in anyway if and
when the readers choose to apply the
information they read for their own personal use. Consult with the professional
health authorities of your choice.
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Drum Beat
Breed Influances in the Drum Breed
By Isobel Lippiatt
How many of you have ever thought of the many different horse breeds and types represented within the three
Foundation Breeds accepted by the IDHA for the breeding of Drum Horses?
SHIRE BREED INFLUENCES
EQUUS PRZEWALSKII – (Type: Equus Robustus-meaning –big Horse) later renamed THE WESTERN DILUVIUM HORSE
DESTRIER: - (Expensive War Horse)
COURSER: - (Common War Horse)
ARABIAN & BARB HORSE:- (The addition of these two breeds bred to the Destrier produced the COURSER)
FRISIAN: - Early Ancestor of the Friesian
FLANDERS: - also known as the FLEMISH HORSE or BRABANT (depending on which area they came from)
CLYDESDALE BREED INFLUENCES
HIGHLAND PONY: - (2Types of Highland Pony was named Garron and was the larger and heavier mainland-bred
type)
SHIRE HORSE: - (shown above)
PERCHERON
FLEMISH HORSE
In the 16th century, French and Spanish horses, including the Percheron, were taken to the Scottish highlands and
used over local draft horse mares, so the following breeds are also represented in Clydesdale breeding.
BRETON (Sub Types SOMMIER (slow, strong packhorse) & ROUSSIN meaning cob & was used for wars and long
journeys)
STEPPE
BOULONNAIS
IBERIAN (SORRAIA)
ARABIAN
ARDENNES
TURKOMAN
FRISIAN
MONGOLIAN
SOLUTRE (Prehistoric Horse)
TARPAN (Equus ferus ferus, also known as Eurasian wild horse)
GYPSY COB
SHIRE HORSE: - Said to be the biggest influence on the breed
CLYDESDALE HORSE
WELSH COB
FELLS PONY: - Hardy native pony breed of the Fells
DALES PONY: - Hardy native pony breed of the Dales
BRITISH SPOTTED PONY:-adding Tobiano Colouring
KNABSTRUPPER
APPALOOSA
HIGHLAND PONY: - (Believed to have contributed to the abundant mane & tails of the Gypsy Cob)
The following Crosses have also influenced the breeding of Gypsy Cobs
WARMBLOOD-JENNET CROSSES
PIED THOROUGHBRED-ANDALUSIAN CROSSES
(Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure that all breeds & types used in the development of the Shire, Clydesdale
and Gypsy Cob breeds has been include, omissions may still be present.)
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Breed Influences in the Drum Breed, cont.
LINKS TO GET YOU STARTED ON YOUR JOURNEY OF PAST TYPES & BREEDS RELATED TO OUR THREE
FOUNDATION
BREEDS, AS WELL AS LINKS TO PAGES USED IN GATHERING THIS INFORMATION.
EQUUS PRZEWALSKII – (Type: Equus Robustus-meaning –big Horse) later renamed THE WESTERN DILUVIUM HORSE
http://stablemade.com/horsecare/horsebreeds/robustus.htm
DESTRIER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destrier
COURSER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courser_%28horse%29
ARABIAN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_horse
BARB HORSE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barb_horse
FRISIAN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friesian_horse
FLANDERS* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_horse
HIGHLAND PONY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_pony
SHIRE HORSE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire_horse
PERCHERON http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percheron_horse
FLEMISH HORSE* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_horse
BRETON (Sub Types SOMMIER (slow, strong packhorse) & ROUSSIN meaning cob & was used for wars and long journeys)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breton_horse
STEPPE – a type of Mongolian horse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppe_horse
BOULONNAIS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulonnais_horse
IBERIAN (SORRAIA) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_horse
ARDENNES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardennes_horse
TURKOMAN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkoman_horse
MONGOLIAN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_horse
SOLUTRE (Prehistoric Horse) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camargue_horse
TARPAN http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/mesozoicmammals/p/Tarpan.htm
CLYDESDALE HORSE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clydesdale_horse
WELSH COB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_cob#Section_D_-_Cob
FELLS PONY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell_pony
DALES PONY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dales_pony
BRITISH SPOTTED PONY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Spotted_Pony
KNABSTRUPPER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knabstrupper
APPALOOSA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appaloosa
HIGHLAND PONY http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_pony
The following Crosses have also influenced the breeding of Gypsy Cob
JENNET CROSSES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennet
WARMBLOOD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warmblood
PIED THOROUGHBRED http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughbred
ANDALUSIAN CROSSES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusian_horse
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/otherprehistoriclife/a/horses.htm
http://worksofchivalry.com/en/tag/solutre/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_horse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horses_in_Warfare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horses_in_the_Middle_Ages
http://stablemade.com/horsecare/horsebreeds/robustus.htm
http://horse-breeds.findthebest.com/
http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-breeds/all_landing.aspx
http://www.horseguild.com/Medieval_Horse_Breeds.php
http://www.draftresource.com/Draft_breeds.html
http://imh.org/index.php/exhibits/online/horse-breeds-of-the-world/item/2166-irish-draught-horse
http://www.horse-genetics.com/horse-breeds.html
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Prehistoric+Horse&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=H54&tbo=u&rls=org.mozilla:enUS:official&channel=fflb&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ei=kl0HUa7UCKuRigeU7YGIBQ&ved=0CEkQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=
675
(Whilst every effort has been taken to ensure that all breeds & types used in the development of the Shire, Clydesdale and Gypsy Cob
breeds has been include, omissions may still be present.)
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Drum Beat
IDHA Stallion Service Sale Continues
The IDHA is proud to present
the first ever stallion service
sale. This stallion service sale
has brought the best of the best
to the public for a fraction of
the price!
The stallion services are being
sold at a HUGE 50% discount
from their regular cost. Each
one is stunning and unique. It
is a chance to diversify your
herd and bring in bloodlines
and attributes that you might
not have thought of.
As you look and consider each
stallion bear in mind that the
proceeds of the sale help both
the IDHA and our chosen
charity of the year. This year
the donation will be going to
Frog Pond Draft Rescue. The
remaining proceeds will be
used in many ways that benefit
you-the member. The IDHA
will be able to sponsor more
shows, have many more educational brochures and handouts. We will be able to repre-
sent you and your interests in
public venues. Stallions will be
added during the sale as owners write in.
Stallion Service Sale will be
posted on the website starting
next week. The rules and requirements have been posted
as well. Take a look, there is
something for everyone!
Check out each stallion in the
special section on the IDHA
website: drumhorseassociation.com
New IDHA online Show Calendar
Ever wonder when and
where the next Drum Horse
Show is? Love Drum
Horses, but have never seen
them in person? We have
the answer for you! The International Drum Horse Association show calendar is a
listing by date of horse
shows throughout the world
that have specific classes for
Drum Horses registered
with the International Drum
Horse Association, and the
Gypsy Cob Drum Horse Association, or Drum Horses
registered with the International Drum Horse Association only. By compiling all
the information in one location, color coded by country,
you will be able to plan
ahead for that long road trip.
We hope that this will be a
way to get more enthusiast in
the same venues and locations at the same time. The
calendar is comprised of all
different events, halter, dressage, trail rides, and outings.
If you have an event, or
know if one in your area,
please let us know so that we
can post it! Email
admin@drumhorseassociatio
n.com.
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Classifieds
FOR SALE: Coming 1 year old black Drum filly, Chestnut Oak‟s Gretsch, registration pending
with IDHA. She is super showey and has amazing movement. Excellent dressage, show, breeding, pleasure prospect. Will reach 16.2hh. Contact Seller for price. Scott & Wendy Rager, 570658-2081, www.chestnutoakgypsydrums.com
Skye is an outstanding example of the drum breed. She is black and white with bright blue eyes. She
is by the stunning imported gypsy stallion Grandpa and a registered Drum mare. She is 75% gypsy
and 25% shire. Ultra hairy and up to date on everything. Don‟t let this girl pass you by! Asking price
lowered to$5500. Located in Perris, California.
Call 951-722-0799 or email [email protected]
Foal available in utero. This will be a registered Drum Horse foal, registered with the IDHA. I
will do the registration before the foal leaves my property! This is one of the 1st two foals by
Equenox, the only Silver Bay registered with the IDHA . The dam is a registered Clydesdale,
and she is also registered as an IDHA foundation horse. Keyhole King‟s Perdita is a blue sabino
clyde that stands 16.2hh. This foal is due May 5th, 2013. The foal can be, Black or bay with a
50% chance of sabino or the silver modifier. Email me for details or email me at [email protected]
For Sale: Chestnut Oak‟s Zildjian, coming 1 year old stallion prospect Drum colt. He is a tricolored bay pinto, registration pending with IDHA. Will be large & tall, should mature to
17+hh. Sweet temperament, worked with since birth. Very hairy boy. Nice floaty movement. He has it all to be a wonderful stallion prospect! Price: contact seller, Wendy & Scott
Rager, 570-658-2081, www.chestnutoakgypsydrums.com
This is one of the 1st two foals by Equenox, the only Silver Bay registered with the ADHA. The
dam is a registered Clydesdale, and she is also registered as an ADHA foundation horse. Djali is
a bay sabino clyde that stands 16.2hh. This foal is due Apri 5th, 2013. The foal can be, Black or
bay (bay likely) with a 50% chance of sabino or the silver modifier. Email me for details or
email me at [email protected]
Bellatrix (Bella) is a 2007 American Drum Horse filly. Bella is duel registered, with the
ADHA and GCDHA. She is 50% Clydesdale and 50% Gypsy Horse, from Lion King lines.
She is stout and on the shorter side for an American Drum Horse, she is 15.2hh. She is under
saddle and has some dressage training. She will move off the leg and doing leg yields and
shoulder-fore. She has been out on the trail, crossing water, going over small jumps and
working around horses and wagons. She would make a great kids/ladies horse and would go
into driving training with ease. Bella is well traveled and has been exposed to quite a bit.
She has been to: Western States Horse Expo, Equine Affair, Equine Experience, Northern
California Renaissance Fair, Tulare Draft horse and Mule Auction and Draft Fest. More pictures at http://
s225.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/subiadrafts/ for more information: email at [email protected] or call at 559689-3074. She is an outstanding International Drum Horse and will make a great driving horse, pleasure horse or brood
mare. $8000. Terms possible, just ask.
Rockarden Noah. Bay & White Drum Colt Sire: John Brodie Registered Gyspy cob (westfield
stud)
Dam: Nellie - Registered Drum Foundation Mare Clydie/Shire 16.3hh. This is an impressive
young colt, with the immaculate nature of the Drum Horse, he is impressive in every way and
will be a great asset as a future Stud and brilliant promoter of the breed $12,000 NZD NEG to
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Volume 2, Issue 1
Classifieds
Horse Feathers Farm Stallion Station and Mare Services HFF is proud to offer full services for stallions and
mares: Stallion management, training and campaigning,
phantom training and semen evaluation, collection and shipping. For mares, we offer foal and neonatal care, AI, pregnancy checks, embryo flushing, transfer and cooled shipping. Please check out our website for a complete list and
fees of all our offered services and stallions available. www.HorseFeathersFarm-Texas.com. Contact Heather
Schoenborn, reproduction specialist, for more info: [email protected]
A new venue is being added to the Feathered Horse Classic Line up. Stay tuned for further
information. The show is slated for sometime in the fall of 2013. We would love to have
an overwhelming presence of Drum Horses all in one location, come join us! Contact
Nikki Minton [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you there!
Final Notes: Patience is a virtue, sigh
As many of you know, in the
last six weeks, it has been a
roller coaster of stress for me.
My beautiful boy, Horse Feathers Troubadour, AKA George,
has been extremely ill. It has
taught me a valuable lesson...patience is a virtue. Patience in all things, in all time,
work out as they should. So
many times I would get the call
from my vet that maybe it was
time to call it quits. Maybe it
was time to let go. Something
always stopped me, something
told me to have patience and
wait. Waiting is a very very
difficult thing when you are the
person who is a problem solver.
Without the support of my dear
friends Rebecca McKeever,
Holly Subia and Carol Ramirez
Smith and many hours of tearful
phone calls, I‟m not sure if George
(or I) would have survived this
ordeal. Each of my friends, though
different from me in many ways,
shares a common love for these
amazing Drum horses. As you sit
at home and read thru this issue,
think about all those horse friends
you have acquired along the way.
How different yet similar you are.
You each put your differences
aside and let your common love
and admiration be the tie that binds
you together. This past year in the
IDHA many changes have come to
pass, yet our common ties hold us
together. If you have been sitting
on the fence about joining, showing or just becoming a part of our
extended horsey family, the time
for patience has come to an end! It
is time for action! Jump on in, your
friends are waiting!!
As always
Happy Drumming!
Diane Gatlin
Drum Beat, Editor
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