2014-2 TRC Newsletter - the Oregon Dressage Society

February 2014
Twin Rivers Chapter of the Oregon Dressage Society
Collective Remarks
A Message from the President
What's new in Pre-Purchase Exams,
and Lameness. The Ride A Test with
video and audio recording to review and
repeat your ride captured the greatest
activity interest. We’ll try to organize
this event along with the other activities
of interest; a Schooling Ride Weekend –
test of your own choice, and a Schooling
Show.
TRC BOARD
President
Audrey Staton
541-683-373
[email protected]
Vice-President
Tami Davis
541-968-4660
[email protected]
Secretary
Robin Chinburg
541-520-6557
[email protected]
Treasurer
Kate Dean
(541) 912-6152
[email protected]
Newsletter
Sally Temple
541-935-7567
[email protected]
&
Carolyn Wesolek
The ODS Retreat was a great inspiration. You’ll find a brief summary of the
highlights in this newsletter. Also, the
new Dressage Test Booklets will be
arriving in your mailbox soon and there
are changes you’ll want to review. Additionally, for those of you who compete, there are some USDF rule
changes. So check out the ODS website where Corrine has a synopsis of
new rule changes.
Your Twin Rivers board has been busy
too. The surveys told us you prefer
Monday and Wednesday evenings or
Sunday afternoons. Several of you
noted that weekday evenings won’t
work for you and we hear you. Members also indicated an interest in programs on Mud Management, Nutrition,
In response to the survey, we’ve put
together the following program schedule
for the first half of the year;
Monday February 17 – Katja F.
Duesterdieck-Zellmer,
Dr.med.vet., MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVS. Dr. Zellmer
teaches at OSU and not only is
a board certified surgeon, she is
also an expert on equine lameness. Her research has been
focused on arthritis, cartilage,
and equine exercise physiology.
I’m sure she has a lot to share
with us.
March is devoted to the Tack Sale
(Sunday March 16)
Monday, April 21 Melissa Fery
from OSU Extension on Mud
Management
Wednesday, May 21 Natalie
Shaw, PhD on Equine Nutrition
And don’t forget our League Show
- MidSummer Night’s Dream
League Show July 12, 13
Stay tuned for news of activities to add
to your calendars. We’d love to have
your help planning the Ride A Test
and Schooling Show. Give us a call if
you have some suggestions or can
help with these events!
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COLLECTIVE REMARKS
Mid-Summer Night’s Dream Dressage Shows
Our summer shows at Diane & Jim Hallstrom’s facility are scheduled for
July 12 and 13. Please mark it on your calendar as we need many people to
help make these shows successful. The Pony Club will again help us with
the shows and the tack sale. Many thanks to all of them for assisting us!
Steve Rother Clinic
Diane Hallstrom is hosting a Steve Rother clinic at her farm (McKenzie View
Acres) March 29-31, 2014. Steve Rother is a horse trainer from Washington.
The clinic will include ground work in the mornings followed with riding in
the afternoons. Steve takes time to work directly with each rider/horse combination during the course of the clinic. This individual attention is directed at
solving specific problems that the rider/horse combo is experiencing. Also,
the lessons learned through ground work in the mornings is applied in the saddle in the afternoons. All types of riders are encouraged to come to the clinic.
Horses are all types: western, English, dressage, trail etc. because good basics
and problems between the rider and the horse are common over the range of
riding disciplines. Steve's clinics are a lot of fun. They are an opportunity to
work out problems between you and your horse, and a chance to get your
horse tuned up for spring/summer riding. To learn more about Steve Rother,
his clinic schedule and costs, go to his website at: www.horseteacher.com
Call Chris at 541-510-9535 or Diane at 541-337-3617 for more information
and to reserve a stall. Auditors are encouraged. There is a fee for auditing.
Deposits for riding in the clinic can be made online at Steve's website or by
calling Chris or Diane. Limited space is available so be sure to get your deposit in early.
Annual Tack Sale, March 16th 10 am –5 pm
Tack is beginning to pour in to be entered into our computer system.
If you have any tack to sell, please let Carol or Sally know ASAP so
that we can complete our job in a timely fashion. No tack will be
accepted after March 9th. Set up day is March 15th in the late afternoon. Tables, saddle racks, and clothes racks are much appreciated
and necessary. Please label these with your name. Remember, if
you help with the set up, you may purchase tack on Saturday before
the sale. Please have your checkbook or cash with you in case you
find that special bargain. If you are available to volunteer on Sunday, please let Carol or Sally know so that we can schedule a time
for you to help. The Tack Sale is our one fund raising event along
with the shows. Hope to see you all there.
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NEWSLETTER TITLE
14th Annual Tack Sale
brought to you by
Twin Rivers Chapter
of the Oregon Dressage Society
and
Jumps and Jodhpurs Chapter
of United States Pony Club
Sunday, March 16th, 2014
10:00-5:00
Eskay Equestrians, Inc.
86034 Playway Road
Eugene, OR 97402
Have some tack to sell? Please call:
Sally
(541)935.7567 or [email protected]
Carol
(541)915.1310 or [email protected]
Please leave a message, we’ll return your calls with necessary tack sale info.
We’d like to have as many items as possible to sell, so check those tackrooms, barns, and garages for tack and clothing you no longer use. Someone out there in the Equine World may need what you do not!
Tack accepted though March 9th.
Consignment fees: 20% on items under $500. 10% on items $500 or more
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NEWSLETTER TITLE
ODS Society Board & Leadership Retreat Weekend
Tami Davis and Audrey Staton
attended the ODS annual retreat
held at Silver Falls the first weekend of February. Many exciting
things will be happening in our
dressage community this year
and we’ll review them briefly
here. Tami and Audrey are happy
to provide more details if you’re
interested. Also, greater detail
can be found in the minutes from
the Board Meeting which are
posted on the ODS website.
The big news is that there are
some significant changes for the
Fall Festival. Janet Foy and Debbie McDonald will be teaching at
the symposium. Demo riders will
be nominated by each ODS committee involved with education.
Better still, ODS volunteers will
be entered in a drawing for a free
ride with these clinicians (!) Each
four volunteer hours earns a
lottery ticket. So volunteer with
ODS this year because you might
win a ride! You can sign up for
volunteer opportunities on the
ODS website. Just scroll down
the left menu bar to find
“Volunteer”.
There has been lots of discussion
about League Championships.
The annual League Championship show was cancelled this
year for lack of volunteers and
concerns about the venue. This
year, ODS League High Point
Awards will take the place of the
League Championship show.
Each rider can submit 4 of their
best League Show scores for
consideration. This change enables more of our ODS members
to compete – especially those
ODS riders who would have to
travel great distances from the
Seattle area, Eastern and Southern OR in order to compete at
League Championships. And yes,
riders in League shows with scores
over 60 will still receive their brass
plates from ODS.
There has also been confusion
about the brass plates earned by
ODS members that ride in recognized shows and earn scores over
60%. Because USEF has ruled
that we cannot charge riders the
$1 fee per ride at recognized
shows, we essentially have no
funding to cover costs for the
brass plates. Based on the results
of a membership survey about the
plates, the board decided to provide an opt-in for members that
want the brass plates for rides at
recognized shows.
There was discussion around
Western Dressage and the rules
that should be used at our dressage shows. Because there are
differences between the Western
Dressage and North American
Western Dressage Association
rules each show must communicate which set of rules they will
follow.
Did you know that if you do not
renew your ODS membership by
Oct 31 your membership will expire before the Fall Festival? Be-
cause ODS members receive a
25% discount on the Fall Festival be sure to renew in time to
receive the discount! ODS has
decided there will be no extension of the membership renewal
deadlines in 2014. This is because delays increase clerical
work exponentially and because
delayed membership renewals
create secondary issues with
USDF deadlines.
The Adult Education committee
is planning a new curriculum for
ODS members. Stay tuned because it should be announced in
the next month.
This year there will be greater
Youth outreach. Region 6 is
keen to enlist all junior riders (it
is free) so that they can contact
them about the development
program. There will soon be
additional pages on the ODS
website regarding the youth
program.
Some exciting news for Twin
Rivers – The Connie J Keith
Adult Camp Grant was approved
for our chapter. More on that
soon.
The dressage test booklets,
Dressage Trainer lists, and the
membership directory should be
out soon. Be aware there were
rule changes this year. Corrine
has a synopsis of rule changes
on the ODS website.
4-H Update
Hello,
My name is Maddie Morrow, and
I am an eighth grader with the
Perfect Partners 4-H club. We
are happy to have a new member
in our club, Clarissa. We recently
went to the Benton County Fairgrounds and participated in a 4-H
dressage clinic with Barb Ayers.
Four of our members rode, and
one went to watch. We learned a
lot from Barb to help us at fair.
Last spring and over the summer, Christina Spencer gave us
jumping lessons. She is coming
to our 4-H meeting in March to
give us another lesson. We have
really learned a lot from her. We
have two members in our club
who will be going to the 4-H Spring
Horse Classic event in Redmond,
at the end of April. They will compete in hippology (general horse
knowledge), judging (conformation
and performance classes), and
horse bowl (a team questionanswer contest). We have several
community service projects
planned for this winter and spring,
including visiting some elder care
home residents and working to
help clean up the Noti cemetery.
We are also looking forward to
helping with the TRC tack sale.
We have three or four members who are planning to go to
the youth dressage camp at
Devonwood this summer. Our 4
-H club recently spent the
weekend in Florence, and had
a great time; the weather was
perfect.
Happy Trails, Perfect Partners
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ODS Membership Value
What do you get out of your ODS/USDF
membership? I suspect you’ve been a
part of this conversation before. Here’s
one way to think about ODS/USDF;
Envision Dressage without USDF/ODS –
there would be no repository of information, no rules, no organization devoted
to the preservation of dressage, no education for judges, trainers, or members,
no insurance to cover activities, and no
resources. Ouch!
Your ODS membership provides great
value – some of which you may not be
aware of. For example, your ODS membership automatically makes you a
USDF general member. Your USDF
GMO membership
includes the USDF
magazine and the
many resources
found on the USDF
website; scores,
educational tools,
educational events
– such as the L
Program and Adult
Clinics - grant
money, discounts
with USDF partners,
on USDF educational events, and
USDF gear, and
finally, eligibility to
compete for rider
awards and end of
year awards.
ODS itself offers discounts with partners (Dressage Training Online and
Dressage Clinic.com are two examples), for events, and also on gear.
You also have access to a remarkable
video library (its free!) Additionally, you
receive the test booklet, Membership
Directory, Omnibus, and Flying
Changes. With your membership you
may join your local chapter –Twin Rivers, for example – and also become
eligible for ODS annual awards. The
ODS League Show series is a great
opportunity to compete at a much
more low key – and less expensive –
event. Additionally, all League Show
The 2014 fee to attend the camp is
$325; this price includes four days of
riding, food, four days and three nights of
stabling. These fees cover the cost of
But where does your membership money go?
Below is a depiction of how your membership
dollars are spent.
What is left for ODS doesn’t actually keep the
lights on. The many events held throughout the
year are critical to keeping the bills paid.
Check out the ODS website.
Better still, check out the
calendar of events –
http://
www.oregondressage.com/
showsandclinics.html
You won’t be disappointed!
If you haven’t yet renewed,
it is not too late to get your
Flying Changes started up
again. If you wait until the
end of the month though,
you may not get the new
test booklets.
USDF Region 6 Overnight Dressage Camp
Now in its fifth year, the 2014 USDF Region 6 Youth Dressage Overnight Camp
hosted by the Oregon Dressage Society
and held at DevonWood Equestrian Centre promises to be a wonderful educational experience. This program is dedicated to youth, regardless of membership
or experience. Camp opens to the first 60
registered youth ages 8 - 21; after the
first 60, we will create a wait-list. If more
instructors are confirmed, we will call
each person the wait-list until the camp is
full. ODS membership is encouraged,
however it is not required.
riders that score over 60% receive brass plates
with their engraved names and scores. ODS
works hard to provide educational opportunities,
clinics, and a full calendar of competition as
well.
hiring a licensed EMT to handle First
Aid and other necessary expenditures
to ensure that the camp is a safe and
comfortable environment for all those
in attendance! $25 of each registration
fee will be dedicated to the Region 6
NAJRYC fund.
Please see our website
( www.dressagecamp.com ) for full
details on how to register, donate or
volunteer, and find additional information about the schedule, safety protocols and to see some photos from previous years camps. For more information, contact the Oregon Dressage Society Office at (503) 681-2337.
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Thank you to Laura and Bill Clendenen...
for hosting our New Years Party. A great time was
had by all. If you missed the party, you missed a
friendly gathering, fabulous food, and special
awards given by Audrey and TRC to some deserving people. This was a wonderful event to start out
the new year.
TRC can help you with $financial$ assistance to go to clinics...
TRC reimburses auditors $25.00 for attending a clinic. Please take advantage of
this and use this donation. We allocate $250.00 per year for clinic auditors and
would appreciate your sharing any information you gained from attending. Contact a board member for more information.
SAVE THE DATE—AA Dressage Camp
TRC will once again host a dressage camp. This August 14th—17th we will have
a 4 day dressage camp for 12 lucky adult amateur ODS members at Marcy Chapman’s beautiful Sporthorse Farm in Creswell. Instructors will be Kathy Casey and
Debbie Spence. We have received 1 grant and are working on the application
process for a second grant. Camp will once again open to TRC members before
the rest of ODS and scholarships will be available for TRC members who volunteer at the League Show in July. Mark your calendars!
WE NEED YOU……………….
Please feel free to write article(s) for our
newsletter. You may email Sally
[email protected] with anything you'd
like to include in the newsletter. She is
attempting to have a newsletter sent out
by the 10th of every month.