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Horsemanship • Sportsmanship
Leadership • Stewardship
Spring 2008
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TA B L E
OF
1 On the Right Trail
4 In the Arena
6 Across the Fence
Take time to share your concerns
8 Stewardship
Leaving an Equine Legacy
10 Good Horsekeeping
Comparable Parts #6
Horse Logical Trailering
Horses and Humans Coping
With and Training For
Activity in the Heat
What’s in That Kit?
CONTENTS
Spring 2008
18 Just for Fun
Puzzles For You to Ponder
21 Kids’ Korner
Story Hour: Javar, the Horse
That Wouldn’t Stay Put
24 Club and Member News
Groton Pony Club Goes
Skijoring
Volunteer Recognition Awards
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ON
Instruction
Makes USPC
Special
n our early years,
I
Suggested
Christine Black, the
reading for:
Secretary of The
Parents,
Pony Club in England,
Leaders, Friends,
wrote to the United
Upper Level
States Pony Club about
Members
the importance of instruction. The following is from her
letter, which appeared in our 1957 Annual Report:
“The greatest problem to be tackled is
the shortage of instructors, as the standard
of riding and knowledge gets higher and
higher. The army has ceased to be the
main source of supply and the Pony Club
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THE
RIGHT TRAIL
Well, I am glad to say that the
USPC is not the flavor of the month.
We have been here a long time, and
our standards are here to stay. The
challenge now is to stay our course—
despite the changing waters.
Instruction has always been what
sets the USPC apart from other horse
organizations. Yes, our members have
competed—and successfully—against
students from professional barns. Howto meet the demand. …Headquarters
ever, Pony Club instruction has inmust provide special courses.”
cluded components that the
It is STILL true… Fifty
…I am glad to average riding stable does not
years after Mrs. Black’s letter,
say that the
instruction is still the most im- USPC is not the have the time—or often, the
interest—to provide. We
portant aspect of a successful
flavor of the
focus on education not just as
Pony Club. This doesn’t mean
month.
a rider, but as a total horsejust turning out competitors; I
person. Teaching someone to properly
mean responsible compassionate young
care for a horse takes time. Our memadults who know how to take care of
bers are taught Horse Management in
their horses, know how to apply classitheir home barns then those skills are
cal aids in riding them, know the rules
measured in the rating process. Once
of the horse sports they enjoy,
rated to a level, they hone those skills
and then, in turn, know how to share
and show them off at a rally. From
their love of horses—through instrucwhere I sit, this is an area in which
tion and mentorship—with future genmany of our members take great pride.
erations. Instruction remains
I see our members working together as
the keystone for the USPC.
a team, and in that process, we provide
In the United States, equestrian
another important life lesson.
education is most often profit driven.
Educating and developing memA riding instructor depends on the
bers
who can work together as a team
show ring success of his students as a
requires individuals who have unique
measurement of his worth to the rest of
qualifications. These qualities are not
the equestrian world. If the hunter
necessarily found in the average profesjumper barn or the dressage barn prosional instructor. Our job—and indeed
duces students who win in the show
mission—is to continue to produce
ring, that facility often finds the greatthose unique individuals that can turn
est popularity in the area. However,
out the entire package; a competent
this fame can be fleeting due to the
rider who knows how to properly take
fickle nature of the horse world. If a
care of his horse and who exhibits
new facility opens, and their students
moral integrity and responsible leaderstart winning, students will often leave
ship. This is no easy feat.
their current barn and flock to the barn
Years ago, we followed the guideof this ‘better’ professional, and the
lines provided by The Pony Club UK,
cycle continues. As a dressage instrucseminars and clinics were held to teach
tor so wisely said to me, “Right now, I
am the flavor of the month.”
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IN
THE
Excerpted from her Executive Director’s
Report at the Meeting of the Corporation
UPDATES IN THE NATIONAL
OFFICE:
2007: The Year
in Review
his was the first year of Specialty
Ratings in Dressage and Show
Jumping for the C-3 thru A levels
and it was the first year for the H-B rating. I would like to commend the
members who stepped
Suggested
up and tested for one of
reading for:
the new ratings. ConParents,
Leaders, Friends, gratulations to the 5
Upper Level new Dressage Bs, 15
new Dressage C-3s, 1
Members
new Show Jumping C-3
and 169 new H-Bs.
Interestingly, we saw over a 25%
increase in the number of members
who attempted a national rating in
2007. And for three of the four
National ratings, we had a higher pass
rate than the previous year. The C-3
pass rate went from 67% in 2006 to
73% in 2007.
The pass rate for the new H-B test
was 89%. And I am going to go out on
a limb and say that I believe that this
high pass rate was because of the
wonderful hands-on H-B test format
that was developed by our National
Testing Committee.
The USPC Riding Centers
Program is now in its second year and
in 2007, we saw 25 active Centers in
21 Regions. We have heard wonderful
examples of centers and clubs working
together, and that is very exciting
because it means a richer program for
all Pony Club members. Several
prospective centers have told us that
they heard about the program and
were encouraged to find out about it
from their young riding clients.
T
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ARENA
MEMBER ACTIVITIES:
In July many of you attended
USPC Festival 2007. This was our 9th
Festival and many have said that it was
the biggest and best one yet. Championships had 1223 competitors
including the International Games
Exchange, Quiz Exchange and InterPacific Exchange participants. And
yes, this is the largest number at
Championships to date.
As usual for
the Education
This was our 9th
portion of
Festival… the
Festival, we tried biggest and best
some new things.
one yet.
The Tetrathlon
committee conducted a very popular
Tetrathlon Camp and included
instruction in fencing to give the
members an idea of what is involved in
the Olympic sport of Modern
Pentathlon.
In addition, with the help of the
U.S. Eventing Association (USEA)
and U.S. Dressage Federation (USDF),
we conducted USEA and USDF
Instructor Certification Program
Workshops for Pony Club instructors
and upper level members.
We had nearly 400 members
participate in mounted clinics and 263
members and leaders take part in
unmounted workshops.
In 2007, USPC implemented a
new membership database. This
database upgrade gives us the
opportunity to better serve our
members and leaders. We now have
the capability of maintaining statistical
history. For example: the dates of a
member’s ratings, Championships
participation and placing, and Annual
Meeting attendance can be tracked. In
addition, we will be able to study
statistics and trends in membership,
leadership, clubs and regions much
easier and more accurately than was
previously possible.
The next step, which is currently
in development for use for Championships 2008 and Regional Rallies in
2009, is implementing a module that
will allow online competition entries.
This will streamline the process for
RSs and discipline Secretaries and will
also allow a member’s parents to
complete Championships forms online.
Also, in development and planned
for use beginning September 1, 2008 is
National Membership online renewal.
This will also allow DC’s and RSs to
view and update club and region
records online.
USPC has become a partner
organization with the Alltech 2010
World Equestrian Games. This will
allow us to co-brand merchandise to
help get people excited about the
games coming to America and the
KHP. Check out the collectable pins
available in our Bookstore.
The Pony Club programs I have
mentioned and many others are made
possible and affordable for our
members because of the generosity of
our Corporate Sponsors and our
Annual Fund donors.
IN
THE
ARENA
As many of you know, member dues cover less than
half of the yearly cost of running USPC. We have all been
affected by increasing travel costs and I know that you are
aware of and have probably experienced the high cost of
new technology. For 2009, USPC will have a $5 dues
increase. I know we all think of the personal impact of an
increase; however, we must realize that this is the first
increase since 2005.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME AREAS OF
CONCERN FOR THE ORGANIZATION:
We continue to study our membership numbers. In
2007, USPC had 11,517 members. This is just 40 members
over the number of members in 2006.
That means that in 2005, 2006 and 2007, the
membership numbers have remained nearly constant
(within 50 members.) It is interesting to note that USPC
Riding Center memberships continue to count for a larger
portion of membership, with 355
members in 2007. There is an upside
…with the increase
and a downside to this. The upside is
in Riding Center
that with the increase in Riding
membership, it
Centers membership, 355 children
means 355
children have been have been able to participate in the
able to participate Pony Club program that otherwise
in the Pony Club would not have been available to
them because they did not have
program.
access to a horse or pony. And the
Riding Centers program shows great potential for growth.
On the downside, we ALL need to do more to stop the
decline of traditional members and attract new members
through the clubs.
In the last few years we have created programs such as
Junior Pony Club and the Badge Program to help clubs
educate young members. We have also created promotional materials such as colored posters (which the DCs
received at the Annual Meeting in Boston) and the
Prospective Member booklet. These and other documents
can be down loaded from the web site to help clubs attract
and serve new members.
Thank you all for helping to make Pony Club a
wonderful organization for young people.
Peggy Entrekin,
USPC Executive Director
Spring 2008
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ACROSS
Dear Editor:
I am taking this opportunity to
thank the United States Pony Club organization for making my participation
in the Lendon Gray Youth Dressage
Festival possible. I do apologize for my
tardiness on this letter. My family
moved this summer and time moved
very quickly.
Anyway, Lendon Gray’s Dressage
Festival was a great learning experience
for both my pony and me. It was my
last year with him as I have outgrown
him, and with Lendon Gray’s festival
in the equation it seemed perfect. He
gave me his all in every
ride and taught me
It was fun being
what a truly honest
part of a Pony
horse is. The experiClub team…
ence made my summer
and it was even better
than winning my first recognized event.
As a team we performed a musical beyond any expectations that I or anyone
else could have had. Our love for each
other grew and created a true team between horse and rider.
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I have also learned much from
Lendon Gray’s “roving trainers” that I
have applied to my riding technique.
They treated me to exceptional teaching for not one penny. It was great
being taught one on one by phenomenal instructors that I would normally
not have access to. Elizabeth Austin
was very knowledgeable and helpful to
me, which really improved my tests.
It was also fun being part of a Pony
Club team that I had not previously
known. We communicated over e-mail
about our tack room design and what
everyone was bringing for it. We all
came together when there and created
a tack room from what each of us
brought creating figuratively a team.
We all supported one another and tried
our very hardest for the team. We studied together and helped each other prepare for rides and the written test.
Pony Club has been the foundation of my riding. It taught me how to
ride, horsemanship, and overall love
for the sport. It educates us as well as
teaches us to ride well. I am now a C-2
and worked very hard to get there. I
have come from a D-1 (age eight) to a
C-2 (age thirteen) and am focusing on
my A rating. The levels are only part of
it though; the other part is the joy for
horses. Pony Club focuses on the
horse’s welfare and care more than anything else and stresses our obligation to
our horses. This is all too forgotten in
other organizations.
Hopefully, next year I will be able
to participate in Lendon Gray’s Youth
Dressage Festival as I truly enjoyed it
this year. The positive atmosphere and
overall emphasis on learning left a lasting impression on me. Without the
support of Pony Club, I would not have
had this wonderful opportunity.
Caitlin Wischermann,
Red Jacket Pony Club
THE
FENCE
Dear Editor:
2008 Equine Affair (in Pomona,
California) is now officially over. The
number of people looking for clubs this
year was amazing. In the past, I had a
lot of people with that “deer in the
headlights or I don’t have a pony” look
on their faces but this year was different! People were positive, interested,
searching for more information, asking
about Horsemasters, Riding Centers
and clubs all over Camino Real as well
as Southern California Regions.
Tons of past and current Pony
Club members came by to say hi and
sign the guest book. I think we will be
seeing more Horsemasters and Riding
Centers starting to bloom if the enthusiasm I had coming back to my suggestions comes to fruition.
I would like to thank the City
Lights Pony Club members who did a
great job demonstrating bandaging on
Monty Roberts’ celebrity horse, “Shy
Boy.” Their new DC, Christina Fillhart, was ever present and supportive
and brought coffee and breakfast burritos and yummy cookies for the booth,
as well. I’d also like to thank Moonlight Pony Club for manning the booth
Friday giving me the opportunity to get
my kitchen packed up.
On Sunday, Sharon and Brianna
Kaak from Royal Riders Pony Club
kept me company and other Royal
Riders came at the end to help break
down the booth and schlep everything
through the tunnel to my car because
the line waiting to bring cars into the
area was unbelievably long. What
troopers… in the rain too!
The Regional Photo Album was a
total hit. I had the region send photos
and it was a wonderful tool to give people something to browse through while
we were talking.
Melissa Auman, VRS, Camino Real
ACROSS
THE
FENCE
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Dear Editor:
This is a photo taken of my daughter Emily Doyle (D-2) at her first
Eventing rally! It really
It really
shows what Pony Club is
shows what all about!
Pony Club is
Lisa Doyle, Jt-DC,
all about!
Groton Pony Club
Dear Editor
Thank you so much for sending
me promotional materials and copies of
the USPC News to use at our try out
Pony Club Day. The day was a success;
we have two new members who signed
up that day and several more potential
members who will be observing our
next meeting. The day was also great
because it brought back together our
club after breaking for the holidays.
We set up a trailer as if it was at a
rally and each of our members taught
an unmounted lesson. We were planning to have mounted lessons but our
instructional coordinator came up lame
and we cancelled the mounted portion.
It didn’t seem to make much difference, all the kids who attended already
rode and the parents were interested in
finding out what makes Pony Club different from riding lessons.
When looking for ideas for unmounted lessons we relied on the Pony
Club web site for Horse Management
and Instruction. What a great resource!
I am now using the HM and Instruction pages to plan our next several unmounted lessons. We’re covering safety
basics this Saturday, along with teaching the quick release knot. There was a
Regional Horse Management Survey
that I am going to use to make sure our
younger and new members have well
rounded Horse Management knowledge.
Denise Lemoine, DC,
Las Vegas Pony Club
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S T E WA R D S H I P – W H E R E W I L L
Tennessee
Equestrian and
Conservationist
Leads by
Example
by Deb Balliet, CEO of the
Equestrian Land Conservation Resource
hristina
C
Suggested
Hayworth, also
reading for:
known as Teenie,
Parents,
believes strongly in the
Leaders, Friends,
value of land conservaUpper Level
tion. And, she also
Members
understands that
actions speak louder than words.
Ms. Hayworth’s beliefs and values
led her to conserve her 130-acre horse
farm in West Knoxville, Tennessee in
December 2007. The land was
conserved with assistance from the
Foothills Land Conservancy, which is
holding the conservation easement—a
legal agreement to conserve the land.
The Foothills Land Conservancy will
monitor the property in perpetuity to
ensure that the “no development”
agreement is maintained. Teenie’s
decision to conserve the land was
based on her passion for conserving
open space and interest in being a
good steward of the land.
Hayworth’s Penrose Farm, a
working horse farm, was a country
estate in 1961 when her family
acquired the property. In 2008, it is
surrounded by residential
developments, an option for land use
that Ms. Hayworth has eliminated for
the 100+ acres of Penrose Farm.
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YOU
RIDE?
Hayworth (at
right) still has
the right to
sell the
property or
pass it on to
her heirs, but
now the
conservation
easement will
remain with
the property. The conservation
easement also permits alternate uses
for the farm as long
…passion for
as it is not developed conserving open
for residential or
space and
commercial purposes. interest in being
Teenie knows
a good steward
of the land.
that in order to save
land, one must have a fundamental
appreciation of the land and
understand that the development rate
S T E WA R D S H I P – W H E R E W I L L
is so great that the natural landscapes
you see today are likely to be gone in
20 years. One must also be aware of
the tools available for land
conservation, such as the purchase of
development rights programs,
conservation easements, community
zoning and planning processes and,
most importantly, the willingness to
act. Action on the part of horse people
across the country is what will save the
equestrian lands and lifestyle in the
U.S. Action can take a number of
forms including:
• Attendance at a community
planning meeting,
• Become a member of your
community planning process or
zoning board,
• Placement of a conservation
easement or restriction on your
property or sell the development
rights,
• Educate yourself on farm and pasture
management best practices, which
preserve water quality and limit soil
erosion.
If you do not act, others will do so
and the outcome will, most likely not
be beneficial to horse-related activity.
Teenie Hayworth did it right. Won’t
you join her in conserving land for
horses?
More information about all of
these actions you can take are
available from the Equestrian land
Conservation Resource. For more
information visit www.elcr.org or call
us at (859) 455-8383.
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Applications are available on January
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September 1, 2008. Grant applications
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www.breyer horses.com.
Many equestrians face the loss of
land available for equestrian use whether for riding, training,
competing, breeding or growing hay
and grain. Land use loss is one of the
greatest threats to horse owners and
our country’s equestrian heritage. “The
impending loss of open land for horse
activities has reached crisis
proportions,” says Deb Balliet, ELCR
CEO. “Since 2000, economic, cultural,
demographic and political forces have
converted 13 million acres of rural
land into subdivisions, malls, offices,
roads, parking lots and resorts. In
practical terms, what that means is
that equestrians are losing 250 acres of
open land per hour.”
That’s why Breyer and ELCR
partnered to create a special model
horse from which a portion of the
proceeds will create a fund that will
help local conservation groups preserve
land for horses and horse related
activity. Breyer has pledged a
minimum donation of $10,000 to
ELCR.
Applications and information
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Answers to “Word Trail” Puzzle from page 18.
Deb Balliet is CEO of the Equestrian Land
Conservation Resource, a national not-forprofit whose mission is to conserve land for
horses and horse-related activity. You can
reach ELCR at 4037 Iron Works Parkway,
Suite 120 Lexington, KY 40511, (859)
455-8383 www.elcr.org
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GOOD HORSEKEEPING
Comparable
Parts #6 - Carpi
Diem
by Wendy Murdoch
Copyright© 2008 All rights reserved.
f I asked you to
I
Suggested
point to your horse’s
reading for:
knee where you
Upper Level would point? Most
Members, Quiz
likely you would point
Competitors
at your horses’ front leg
about halfway down,
between the upper arm and cannon
bone. This is the joint we call the knee
in the horse.
row further away from your body (disWhere would you point if I asked
tal) are called trapezium, trapezoid,
you to point to your knee? Most of you
capitate and hamate. While you may
probably point to the joint in your leg
not be able to feel all 8 bones in your
about halfway down. But is this the
wrist you might be able to feel a few.
same joint as the one you pointed to on
Take your right hand and hold
your horse? Well let’s think about this
your left wrist. Identify where your
for a minute.
wrist is by locating the
Remember that your horse’s
…knee on his two bumps that stick out
front leg is the equivalent to your front leg…cannot to the sides at the end of
arm and his back leg is the equiv- possibly be the your forearm. Place your
alent of your leg. If you pointed
same joint as thumb and index finger on
to the knee on his front leg then
the bumps. Slide your finyour knee…
it cannot possibly be the same
gers towards your hand
joint as your knee, which is on your
until your fingers slip into a groove.
back leg. What then is your comparaThis is where your wrist bones are loble part to the horse’s front knee? Why
cated. As you continue towards your
it’s the group of bones called the carpus
hand the bones starts to widen out, you
in both of us.
are leaving your wrist and heading into
The carpus is the joint in the horse
another grouping of bones.
corresponding to your wrist. The bones
As you feel your wrist remember
of the carpus are called carpal bones or
that there are 8 bones in this little
carpi (pl.). This name comes from the
groove so they can’t be very big. HowGreek word karpos, which also means
ever they offer you the possibility of
wrist.
making a wide variety of movements
The wrist in humans is a collecwith your hand like holding reins, writtion of 8 bones organized in two rows.
ing or texting to your friends.
The bones in the row closest to your
To feel the movement of your
body (proximal) are called scaphoid,
wrist hold it gently while you move
lunate, triquetrum, and pisiform. The
your hand up, down, left and right.
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Make small movements and use your
fingers to feel for the bones as you
imagine the two rows. You may not be
able to feel the individual bones but
you should be able to feel the pisiform
bone. This one is on the pinky side of
the wrist. Gently experiment with the
different movements of your wrist
while you keep one finger on the pisiform bone. Notice that it seems to stay
in place while your hand moves around
it.
The design of our carpus gives us a
lot more flexibility than the horse. The
horse’s knee has to be a lot more predictable than our wrist. It’s important
for the horse’s knee to be able to withstand the weight of his body without
buckling so that he can run and jump.
But at the same time it has to be flexible so he can fold his legs up over a
jump or lay down in his stall.
As the horse’s front leg travels out
in front of him the knee unfolds and
extends the hoof towards the ground.
As the hoof meets the ground the knee
must remain straight otherwise the
horse’s front leg would buckle and he
would fall down. You may have experienced a horse that did not get his front
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their body position. Her book, Simplify
Your Riding and 3 DVD set, Simplify
Your Riding Ride like a Natural is available at www:murdochmethod.com.
Quiz:
1. The horse’s knee is equivalent to the
human
a. Knee
b. Elbow
c. Wrist
d. Ankle
2. Horses only have 3 bones in their
knee.
T or F
3. The pisiform bone is equivalent to
the horse’s
a. Radial carpus
b. Ulnar carpus
c. 1st carpal bone
d. Accessory carpal bone
e. None of the above
4. What percentage of horses have the
1st carpal bone in their knee?
a. 50%
b. 25%
c. 100%
d. 90%
5. Proximal means away from the body
T or F
1. C
2. F
3. D.
4. A.
5. F
6. B.
ANSWERS:
pisiform bone and can easily be identilegs extended in front of him in time
fied.
over a jump, like getting a leg caught
Next time you are at the barn run
in the polls. This is a very bad feeling!
your hand down your horse’s front leg
We take for granted that the horse is
stopping at the knee. Feel how flat the
going to get his front legs out in front
knee is on the front side. Now pick up
of him over a jump without realizing it
his front leg and feel the way the knee
until things don’t work properly.
flexes. You might be surprised at how
As the horse’s body weight travels
wide the knee is. Remember that the 7
over the front leg the knee must reor 8 bones are organized in two rows,
main straight or extended so that the
which explains the width and length
horse can use the front leg like a strut
and depth of the joint.
to support his body and aid in propulGently feel the knee and see if you
sion. After his body has begun to pass
can sense the two rows of bones. You
over the hoof the knee will begin to
may not be able to identify them in
bend making it easier to swing the
your horse’s knee but you
front leg forward and repeat the
will be able to find the
cycle of movement.
Without a knee
most prominent carpal
Without a knee joint the
joint, the horse
bone, the accessory
horse would have to move like
would have to
someone on a pair of stilts. This move like someone carpal bone. In the horse
would dramatically alter the
on a pair of stilts. this bone sticks out the
back of the knee making
horse’s movement. If you have
it easy to find. The accesever seen a horse with a knee
sory carpal bone is concave on the meinjury you can appreciate how impordial (towards the body) side. Strong
tant this joint is to the overall movetendons run along the back of the knee
ment of the horse’ front leg.
and pass the accessory carpal bone.
On the other hand if the horse’s
Flex and extend your wrist then
knee had the same amount of flexibility
flex your horse’s knee by picking up the
as our wrist it would be impossible for
lower leg. Think about the motion in
him to support a rider. Imagine if the
each joint and sense the similarity behorse’s knee allowed the lower leg to
tween your carpi. If you are interested
move sideways like our hand. You
in seeing a radiograph of the horse’s
would never be sure that the hoof
knee check out the following website:
would land solidly on the ground to
support the weight of the rider.
Even though the motion differs behttp://www.vet.ksu.edu/depts/VMTH
tween the horse and human carpus the
/radiology/Anatweb/Carpus/
structure is remarkably similar. The
indexeq.htm
horse’s carpus or knee is also made of 8
bones called the radial carpal bone,
Wendy Murdoch resides in Washington,
VA and is an international riding
ulnar, middle, accessory, first, second,
instructor/clinician and TTEAM Practhird and fourth carpal bones. Only
titioner. Wendy was a Pony Club In50% of horses have the first carpal
structor for 6 years and continues to
bone. These bones are in two rows
teach for Pony Clubs around the US.
forming 3 joints. The accessory carpal
She travels worldwide teaching riders of
bone is the equivalent of the human
all levels and disciplines how to improve
the horse’s performance by improving
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GOOD HORSEKEEPING
Horse-Logical
Trailering
by Ron Meredith, President, Meredith
Manor International Equestrian Centre
udging by the number of articles
and videos about the subject, many
horse owners appear to have trouble loading their horse
into a trailer. You and
Suggested
reading for: your horse can have
your groundwork down
Parents,
Leaders, Friends, cold. The two of you
Members;
can be hooked onto
anyone who one another and staytrailers horses! ing together in the moment stride by stride
and all that. You can have the most
super relationship going with your
horse but still he may be apprehensive
about loading into a trailer.
The problem may not have anything to do with the way you ask or tell
the horse that you want him to load
into the trailer. It may simply be that,
in the horse’s experience, the specific
trailer in front of him, or possibly any
trailer he has ever been inside, is not a particularly
nice place to be. So he just
plain doesn’t want to go
there.
When most people
think about trailering their
horse somewhere, the first
thing that comes to mind is
whether the horse will get
in the trailer in the first
place. Then they think
about whether he will get
in the trailer to get home.
The way to get ahead of
this game is to consider the
trailer from the horse’s perspective before you buy the
trailer in the first place.
J
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Then prepare the horse for the experi“down”) the whole trip there and back
ence and make it as comfortable an exis uphill all the way from the horse’s
perience as you can.
perspective. The fanciest suspension
system in the world will not make it
People make very different trailer
buying decisions depending on whether
any more comfortable for the horse.
the horse in question is their very,
Another thing people misundervery, very best friend. Or he is a cusstand is how to drive their trailer to
tomer’s horse they are being paid to
minimize the horse’s balance issues.
haul and that is the deal. Or what is
When I was in my twenties, I sold a 2currently stylish when they go to the
year-old mare that had never been in a
shows because there’s always something
trailer. I told the lady who bought her
different that’s stylish when you go to
that she needed to drive carefully because this was the horse’s first trip. She
different kinds of shows and people
didn’t have far to go and assured me
want to look good and not get laughed
she would not drive
at and all that. All the horse
over 30 miles an hour.
cares about is what it feels like
…most
common
Pretty soon, I get a
when he gets in it.
mistake is that
frantic phone call from
From the horse’s perspec[trailer
owners]
a filling station on the
tive, the most common mishave not matched
interstate saying that
take I see “horse luggers” of all
trailer and hauling
the horse had gone out
types make is that they have
vehicle with the
over the tailgate and
not matched their trailer and
right hitch…
was running around
hauling vehicle with the right
scaring away customers.
hitch so that the trailer rides
It took awhile to calm the filly
level. It does not matter if you have an
down and reload her. They only had
expensive rig or a cheap one. If the
another 10 miles to go so I told the
trailer is sitting up in front (the mislady I’d ride in back with the filly to
take is usually “up” rather than
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keep her calm. When the lady’s foot
hit the accelerator, I went flying backwards and slammed into the tailgate.
Then she made a sharp left turn that
threw me into the side of the trailer. I
was screaming at the top of my lungs
but she couldn’t hear me. She hit the
accelerator again, took the car up to 30
miles an hour as fast as she could then
just ran there until she slammed on her
brakes. She thought that the only
thing that mattered about driving was
the top speed. You can run a truck and
trailer along at 70 miles an hour as long
as you have plenty of time and space to
accelerate and decelerate slowly and
smoothly and not throw your horse
around.
You need to accelerate and decelerate and turn in a way that allows the
horse to feel secure as that is happening. Whether the horse is thinking
about training pressures or maintaining
his balance, his “feel” is along a primary line that runs along his backbone.
If you haul the horse with a breast bar
in front and a butt bar or chain behind
he has something to lean against for
balance as you speed up or slow down.
The same is true if you are hauling the
horse facing backwards.
The horse’s stability is back to
front or front to back, not side to side.
When I first started in business, I
thought I could make more money
hauling customers to shows if I had a
truck big enough for a bunch for horses
instead of just two. So I bought an old
International tomato truck and tied
one horse in facing left, the next facing
right, and so on until I had eight of
them in there. I didn’t get too many
horses hurt because I didn’t haul that
way for too long before I figured that I
was getting to shows with horses all
sweated up and working uneven. So I
gave up on sideways hauling and we
converted the truck to a bunkroom. It
wasn’t fancy but we were one of the
first to bring along our own sleeping
quarters to the shows.
Hauling horses in slanted trailers
has become popular because it is people
friendly. You can get more horses in a
shorter space, it’s easy to load because
you’re going through a big wide door
instead of a narrow space, they are easy
to clean out, and, because the horses
take up less space, you can put a tack
room or living quarters up front without getting the rig too long. The problem is that the horse is facing an angled
corner and has an angled wall behind
him. The only way for him to handle a
start or stop is by leaning against the
partitions on either side of him.
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When slant loads first came out, I
wondered why I had not thought of
that. Seemed like such a good idea I
even went out and bought one. We
loaded up a couple dressage horses and
drove a couple hundred miles to a
show. When we got there, we found
that both horses were uneven. Not
sore, not lame. They just didn’t feel as
smooth and even going in both directions as they had at home. It took quite
a lot of riding to work them out if it. If
you are just doing short local hauls, you
might not notice how riding sideways
affects your horse. But if you haul your
horse halfway across the country, I
think you might find that when you arrive he is not turning as well to the left
as he was when you left home.
It did not make very many trips
before I gave up on slant loading, too,
and went back to straight hauling. But
even straight hauling can be bad if the
horse is too big for the trailer. You need
plenty of room for the horse’s head,
enough room for him to move his feet a
little, and good solid areas he can lean
on as he tows down the road.
To be horse friendly, a trailer also
needs good ventilation without being
drafty. You do not want any jets of air
hitting the horse, especially around his
eyes. The center partition should not
go all the way to the floor. You want to
make sure the floor is not slippery so he
can maintain his stability but do not
use hamster bedding to soak up urine
and manure. The dust that wood shavings create in that confined space is not
horse friendly. We use green sawdust
because its high moisture content
keeps the dust way down. If you have
to use dry shavings, wet them down before the trip.
If you are going to haul your horse,
think about how comfortable he is
going to be and how much you care
about how comfortable he is going to
be. Make sure you have prepared him
for the experience by training him to
walk up ramps and back down ramps or
to step forward and up then back and
down so getting in and out of the
trailer will not be a big deal. Get him
comfortable walking into narrow spaces
and into dark spaces. All that ground
work is good for both of you. Then
make sure his first ride is the most comfortable one you can give him. After
that, you should not have a problem
loading him each and every time.
Instructor and trainer Ron Meredith has
refined his “horse logical” methods for
communicating with equines over 40
years as president of Meredith Manor
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¨ If you are using mats, do they fit
snugly? Are they worn and need replacing?
¨ Check metal for rust.
¨ Check fiberglass for damage.
¨ Check the registration to be sure
it’s up-to-date. Make sure the license plate is positioned so there
are no sharp edges exposed.
¨ Check and oil all hinges, dividers,
doors, locks, and windows.
¨ Check all gaskets and molding to
ensure good fit of windows.
Some Tips from Horse Safety Specialist,
Michelle Staples:
by Michelle Staples, Author of Save Your
Horse! A Horse Owner’s Guide to Large
Animal Rescue and the “Teach It Yourself
Class” Horse Awareness and Safety. You
can contact her through the Large Animal
Rescue web site, www.saveyourhorse.com
or [email protected]
pring is almost here, and with it
comes good weather. We’re all
anxious to be playing with our
horses, whether on the trail or competing in shows. Now is the time to make
sure your trailer will be ready when you
need it.
If you’re like most of us, your
trailer has been sitting idle over the
winter. Harsh weather takes its toll on
mechanical equipment, so it is wise to
go over your trailer with a “finetoothed comb” before hitting the roads.
Writing down a plan and sticking to it
is the safest way to make sure all problems are fixed; all areas of concern addressed.
Start by taking some pictures of
the trailer from the front, sides and
S
back. Print them up on plain paper so
you can write over them. List the main
areas you need to check on the back of
one sheet, and then start a visual check
of the trailer. These areas are: tires and
wheels, floor and body, brakes, hitch,
wiring, suspension, safety equipment
including first aid kit.
Checklist:
TIRES AND WHEELS
¨ Are tires in good condition? Look
for bulges, slices, bare spots, worn
tread.
¨ Are tires the right size for the load?
¨ Rotate the tires (including balancing and properly inflating them).
¨ Clean and repack wheel bearings
and replace seals.
¨ Are the wheel lugs tight? Are they
all there?
FLOOR AND BODY
¨ Check for floor for soft spots, rotting, splintering. This includes the
ramp if you have one.
¨ Replace damaged floor boards and
treat floor with a preservative.
BRAKES AND HITCH
¨ Clean and oil the jack stand.
¨ Grease the ball and the coupler.
¨ Inspect and service the brake drums
and wheels.
¨ Check fluid levels and lines to hydraulic brakes.
¨ Do a loaded and unloaded drive
test to check for even stopping.
¨ Inspect emergency trailer brake
battery.
¨ Check levelness of hitched trailer.
WIRING AND SUSPENSION
¨ Do all the lights work?
¨ Is the wiring intact, clean and secured?
¨ Grease the springs, shackles if appropriate.
¨ Check shock absorbers and bushings.
¨ Tighten up the axle bolts.
SAFETY EQUIPMENT
¨ Is your first aid kit complete?
¨ Is your truck and trailer safety kit
complete?
¨ Do you have extra halters and lead
ropes?
By spending the time to prepare
for the road, you help to ensure the
safety of your precious cargo, yourself and your fellow travelers. Happy
trails!
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GOOD HORSEKEEPING
Humans and
Horses Coping
with and
Training for
Activity in the
Heat
Suggested
reading for:
Parents,
Leaders, all
Competitors
by Pat Maykuth, Ph.D.
Reprinted with
permission of Support
for the Thinking Rider,
the newsletter of the
Equestrian Medical
Safety Association, Fall 2007
n mid-summer I received a request
for information about working
horses in heat. A lower-level adult
rider was objecting to information reproduced by her local riding association in Eastern Pennsylvania that said
that riders needed to do exercise in the
conditions they were likely to have to
I
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compete. In response, I explained that
the work done in preparation for the
Atlanta Olympic Games told us that
horses and their riders needed to live
and work in the high heat and humidity for at least two weeks to accomplish
acclimatization. That is, their work
would have to take place in the heat of
the day and they needed to live in the
climate (not in the air conditioning) in
order for them to return to the baseline
capacity that they had in their home
environment.
We will produce a more detailed
article for the EMSA News over the
winter as the topic again applies to the
Games in Hong Kong as well as to folks
escaping the ice and snow of winter for
the balm of Florida or Arizona.
higher levels of dehydration, balance
An additional
their electrolytes better and
finding of that intercould work for longer periods
…horses and riders
national effort was
than humans. The research
need to work in the
that riders were the
high heat and humidity was documented in over 25
limiting factor.
journal articles in 1995for at least two weeks
Horses were far bet1997. On a more practical
to accomplish
acclimatization.
ter athletes. Horses
level, readers may be intercould work through
ested in the current human
research. To this end I refer the reader
to some of the currently available information on heat stress:
The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention have an excellent and
detailed site www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/
extremeheat/ heat_guide.asp that gives
sound practical information for the
prevention and identification of heat
stress. This article speaks to practical
treatments for heat problems and provides good examples of when problems
could occur.
A group called “Mom’s Team”
does an excellent job of providing information from the best scientific databases as it applies to kids in sport. The
site is www.momsteam.com.
Go there and type in “heat stress,”
“concussion” or “injury recovery” for a
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myriad of information valuable to the
rider. The site is very user friendly with
excellent graphics, good downloads
and well researched information.
One excellent abstracted article
on heat issues is from the American
College of Sports Medicine, the largest
sports medicine and exercise science
organization in the world. More than
20,000 international, national, and
regional members are dedicated to
advancing and integrating scientific
research to provide educational and
practical applications of exercise
science and sports medicine. Direct
access to an article that, although
based on football (yet with implications for all who engage in a contact
sport, wear helmets and body
protection, work in heat and start with
a reasonable baseline of fitness) can be
found at this link:
www.momsteam.com/alpha/features
/health_safety/football_info.shtml
These online resources can aid
anyone interested in sport health
issues.
What’s In That Kit?
by Mary Waldman, Chair, Horse Management Committee
Required Equipment: Tack Cleaning Kit
ORDINARY BAR SOAP (one per team)
One of the on-going questions in Horse Management is
‘what is the real use of the ordinary bar soap’? Is it to wash
your hands? As the first step in cleaning your leather? Something to help your stock pin get through the knot?
THE ANSWER IS: yes to all of the above. Ordinary bar
soap has many uses and deserves to be part of every workmanlike tack room.
The primary uses in Pony Club are:
1) Tack care: If tack is fairly dirty (covered with sweat, mud, dirt, etc) use a
sponge and ordinary soap to remove dirt. Care should be taken not to allow
the soap to foam - this indicates the use of too much water, which will dry
out the leather. The tack is then rinsed off with a slightly damp sponge to
remove the soap, which is too harsh to be left on the saddle or bridle. From
this point you would condition the leather, then seal it with glycerin bar
soap.
2) First Aid/Personal Care: It is always a good idea to wash your hands before
and after performing first aid.
3) Stock Ties: Here’s a great trick - slide the point of your stock pin into the
bar of soap. This will help it slide more easily through the knot of your
stock tie.
TACK CLEANING KIT: ORDINARY BAR SOAP
Have a
question
about “What’s
In That Kit?”
Send an email to Mary Waldman, Chair of the Horse Management Committee, to let
her know what your question
is. She may use your question
for a future column in USPC
News.
[email protected]
• WHAT IT CAN BE: a regular bar of soap. Some commonly available brands are
Ivory and Kirk’s Castile Soap.
• WHAT IT SHOULD NOT BE: bar soaps should not include heavy deodorant, moisturizers, anti-bacterial or pumice properties. These are very drying and can
leave undesired residue on tack. Saddle soap and glycerin bar soap do not
contain enough surfactants and detergent to be considered true ‘soap’.
• HOW MUCH DO WE NEED? At least 2 ounces, or half a regular size bath bar.
• How do we keep it from getting dirty and messy? Plastic travel soap holders
seem to work well and are available at most drugstores. These little boxes
usually have some small holes in them that help the bar soap dry out after
it’s been used.
• DO WE HAVE TO LABEL THE SOAP? No. But it would be a good idea to label the
holder with your team name or number, or the name or number of any team
member.
Excerpted from the ‘old’ 2002 USPC Horse Management Handbook, Part VI,
Tack Care, Section 2, pages 42-43) by Laurie Chapman-Bosco
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JUST
FOR
FUN: PUZZLES
TO
PONDER
Turn to page 9 to check your answers. These great puzzles are taken from “The Giant Book of
HorseFun” written by Lee Smith-Moir. Check out www.horsefun.com for more games!
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STO RY HOUR
Javar, the Horse
that Wouldn’t
Stay Put
by Raquel L. Engelke,
a Pony Club mom from
Lakefield Pony Club, Lake Shore Region
avar was a tall dark handsome
Paint. He had a coal black body
with a white face and his eyes were
ice blue. His right front leg looked like
it had been dipped in a bucket of
white paint up to the shoulder, and he
had a big white heart on the right side
of his neck.
Javar was born on a Thoroughbred-racing farm in Michigan. He
belonged to the head trainer’s
daughter, Kim. Kim taught Javar all
the basics of being a good horse. He
learned how to lead, groom, and stand
for the farrier and vet. She taught him
how to ride at the walk, trot and
canter. He also learned other skills like
how to do showmanship patterns inhand, follow commands for equitation
and horsemanship classes and how to
stand still for conformation classes.
The one thing Javar never learned
how to do was jump.
Eventually, it was time for Kim to
move on to a new horse. Javar moved
on to a new family that had room in
their hearts and barn for one more
horse. Candy was his new person and
his new home was great—there were
other horses to play with, plenty of
treats, kids who spoiled him and large
grassy pastures to roam. The only
problem at this new barn was the
trainer, Emily. Emily liked to teach
horses new things and she decided to
teach Javar how to jump.
Javar had never been asked to
jump anything in his life. The idea of
J
Can you color the
picture of Javar to
match the
description in the
story?
After about 10 minutes of free
leaping over even the tiniest cross-pole
schooling, Javar noticed the green
left him in a nervous sweat. Javar was
grass just outside the arena doors. But
so worried about putting his feet over
how could he get past all those barrels
anything, that just getting him
and get to that grass? Then he
comfortable trotting cavaletti on the
remembered: he could jump! He
ground was a major breakthrough. But
picked up a canter, gathered himself,
Emily was patient and kind. She had
tucked his knees, and up and over he
all the time in the world and after
sailed, much to Candy’s surprise. The
months of quiet, careful work, progress
luscious grass was Javar’s
was made at last—Javar
Emily was
sweet reward for his
could jump! Granted, he was
patient and
remarkable jump. Candy
only jumping small crosskind. She had
poles about a foot high, but
all the time in stood still for a moment,
trying to believe what she’d
still, he was jumping and
the world…
just seen. But there was the
what’s more, he was getting
proof—Javar happily eating grass on
pretty good at it and his confidence
the other side of the barrels. She
was improving.
caught him, brought him back into the
One summer day, Javar was being
arena and carefully closed the doors
free-schooled in the indoor arena by
before turning him loose again.
Candy. It was a very hot day and the
A few weeks later, Javar was out
indoor offered some shade from the
in his pasture with his horse buddies.
harsh mid-day sun. The large endHe had been eating and playing all
doors of the arena were open to let in
day. It was feeding time up at the barn
the cool breeze. To keep the loose
and he knew his grain and carrots were
horse in, Candy blocked the doors
waiting for him in his stall.
using several barrels with poles across
Impatiently, he watched the
the top. The poles and barrels were
horses being slowly led in from the
about three-and-a-half feet high.
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other pasture one-by-one. “Enough of this” he thought. He
took a good look at the fence, picked up a canter and sailed
over the top board with room to spare. He trotted straight
up to the barn and into his stall, where he happily
munched his feed and treats. The wooden fence was four
feet high—his biggest jump yet.
Candy watched Javar’s jump while she was leading in
the other horses. She was definitely less than thrilled with
Javar’s new trick. She didn’t want him to get out one day
while she wasn’t home. What if he got lost in the
countryside? Or worse, was hit by a car? No, jumping out of
the pasture just wouldn’t do. So, Candy made a trip to the
lumberyard and added a second board to the fence, which
now stood four-and-a-half feet tall. Two days later Javar
was up and over and in his stall before feeding time, quietly
waiting for his dinner. He looked pretty pleased with
himself, but Candy didn’t look too pleased with him.
After yet another trip to the lumberyard, Candy added
another board so now the fence stood five feet tall. The top
of the wooden fence was now a solid panel of three boards;
a very intimidating jump for most horses. Surely this would
stop the horse that was once too afraid to jump a crosspole! He stayed in his pasture for a full week and Candy
thought she’d seen the last of the jumping Javar. But then
one day, she came out of the house to see Javar eating lots
of extra rich grass—on the wrong side of the fence. This
time there was a problem. Javar had been out of his pasture
too long and had been eating too much rich grass. Within
an hour of being brought into the barn, he was in a fullblown colic. Candy walked Javar around and around in the
arena while Javar pawed the ground and repeatedly turned
to look at his aching belly. Candy called the vet and Javar
was given medicine to calm his gut and oil to pass the rich
grass through his system. After a while, the medicine and
oil took effect and Javar was given the green light to go
back into his stall to rest for the night.
By now the mish-mash of boards was looking pretty
silly and there was no more room to add another board to
the top of the fence. So, one summer day, Candy kept the
horses in their stalls while she built a new, taller fence. It
was over five feet tall. This time it worked. She never knew
for sure if it was the taller fence or the bellyache, but the
horse that started off scared to trot a ground pole then
turned into jumper, finally learned to stay put. Candy knew
her horse with the heart on his neck would now be safe,
but she couldn’t help wondering if that heart now had
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Groton Pony
Club Goes
Skijoring
by Wendy Newsham
photos courtesy Steve Realmuto
he Groton Pony Club
participated in a very unique
equine activity over Christmas
vacation, 2007—Skijoring.
Have you ever sat
Suggested
bundled inside on a
reading for: cold, snowy day, yearnParents,
ing to get out and play
Leaders, Friends,
with your pony? No
Members
chance of practicing
Dressage, schooling cross-country or
other “dry-ground” activities, which
Pony Club members relish when the
ground is covered in more than 10
inches of snow. Although many New
England Pony Club members have access to indoor arenas, all of us hearty
T
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Well, the Groton Pony Club
equestrian souls crave outdoor play
certainly didn’t use reindeer for their
throughout the year yet the conditions
skijoring outing, but their ponies
quite often preclude this possibility.
That is why Groton Pony Club memsufficed quite nicely. In fact, skijoring
bers are thrilled to have discovered skiand skijoring racing are organized
joring. This wonderful activity dates
activities that are sanctioned by the
back several hundred years to ScandiNorth American Skijoring Association
navia as a way for people to travel durwww.nasja.com, and regional affiliates
ing the harsh and snowy winter months
such as the New England Skijoring
towed behind reinAssociation www.nesja.com.
deer on long
These associations host
No chance of
practicing Dressage,
wooden skis. These
clinics such as the one
schooling
Crossearly travelers found
conducted for GPC as well
country or other “dryskijoring or “ski
as races throughout the
ground’
activities
when
driving” a useful and
winter season. The New
the ground is covered
practical mode of
England Skijoring
in
more
than
10
inches
transport and comAssociation sent three
of snow.
munication. Nowaseasoned clinicians to
days it is a great outdoor winter activity
present and assist the Pony Club
in which a horse is ridden over a snowy
members in their introduction to this
course while pulling a skier on a 30 ft.
thrilling equestrian sport. The clinic
rope. The course combines objectives
was held at GPC’s home field, the
for the skier such as grabbing susGroton Fairgrounds in Groton,
pended rings, slaloming through cones
Below: Lisa Cook on Linus pulling
and even launching off a ramp jump!
Emilie Newsham
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Massachusetts. The NESJA brought
along all of the necessary equipment,
which included the obstacles for the
course and the very simple harnesses
which attached to the billets of the
saddle, and of course, the towing ropes.
The harnesses are nothing more than a
nylon strap with loops at each end,
which slide onto the billets and a
carabineer tied in the center. The
length of the harness extends slightly
behind the saddle with the carabineer
resting on the horse’s back just below
the cantle. The towrope has a loop in
one end, which attaches to the
carabineer and then the other end has
a large knot for the skier to hold.
These items, along with a breastplate
and the other typical tack and safety
gear, are all that is necessary to get
started.
At left: Andy Cook grabbing
rings
currently taking place in
more than five states in the
USA, and in several
countries worldwide. In
some parts of the world,
skiers are pulled behind
dogs, mules and
snowmobiles. Whatever the
means, the sport of skijoring
is growing rapidly.
The History of Skijoring
At the 2nd Olympic Winter
Games held in St. Moritz, Switzerland
February 12, 1928, competitors held a
skijoring demonstration. This style was
performed riderless, with the skier
driving the horse from behind and
racing head to head with the other
competitors. Back in the late 1940’s
the sport of skijoring was promoted in
the U.S. by two men, Tom Schroeder
and Mugs Ossman. They traveled to
Steamboat Springs, Colorado, to the
winter carnival and saw the skijoring
event there. Mugs was a horseman
who prided himself in having very fast
quarter horses. Tom, an avid skier, said
that there wasn’t a horse fast enough
to dump him... and so it started. They
had their first race out west in 1949.
Currently, the sport of equestrian
skijoring has become a highly
specialized competitive sport, where
competitors must navigate a course of
jumps, gates and sometimes spear rings.
Competitive skijoring competitions are
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Volunteer
Recognition
Award
n 1993, the USPC Board of Governors established this select award.
The Volunteer Recognition Award
is intended to be very special, saved for
the most valued Pony
Suggested
Club volunteers who have
reading for: “gone above and beyond
Parents,
the call of duty.” The folLeaders,
lowing volunteers have
Members
been honored with Volunteer Recognition Awards.
The Great Lakes Region presented
the Volunteer Recognition Award to
the following individuals at their fall
annual meeting on November 4, 2007:
I
MEMBER NEWS
Jennifer Foreman, Williamston, MI,
The United States Pony Clubs, Inc.
Volunteer Recognition Award
Presented to:
for Outstanding Accomplishment and Service
Rendered as a Valued Volunteer
Dedicated to Developing
Horsemanship, Sportsmanship, and Leadership
among Pony Club Members
Awarded this _____ day of __________________, ____
Attested: _____________________________
President, The United States Pony Clubs, Inc.
Karen Trudgen, Jerome, MI, was
was honored for her 10 years of service
in roles including RIC, Games coach,
International Games Exchange Team
coach and organizer for upper level
preps and D-3/C-1 clinics. Her preps
were noted as being “the carrot that
keeps our members in Pony Club and
successful at the national ratings. Her
Games prep continues to help develop
safe teams for rallies.
honored for her role as HMO and years
dedicated to excellence in Horse Management. During the past year, Karen
was both HMO and Vice-RS and organized the regions rally Chiefs, put together excellent HMO clinics for
members and adults, served as HM assistant at rallies, assisted with organization of the Games rallies, and
contributed to the Executive Board.
Linda Strom, Racine, WI, received
Candy Tavormina, Whitehouse,
Jennifer Merrick Brooks, Brighton,
Ohio, in honor of her 20+ years of volunteer service to Pony Club at the
local, regional and national level. According to RS Jill Haver-Crissman, “I
especially want to recognize Candy as
my VRS. She has been Championships
coordinator, fundraiser extraordinaire
and annual award coordinator. She has
been my #1 sounding board and the
“rock” of the region, helping wherever
and whenever needed.”
MI, was honored for her extraordinary
efforts as Vice RS for the years 20032007. As well as being a tireless leader,
Jennifer was lauded for her role as instructor for mounted and unmounted
activities and for acting as coach for
members at Show Jumping Championships.
Sylvia Russell, Victor, MT, was
awarded the Volunteer Recognition
Award from Five Valleys Pony Club,
Big Sky Region in February. She was
honored for her continued support of
local members and for transporting so
many of the members to meetings and
rallies, and cheering members on. Now
that Sylvia is a Horsemaster, upper
level members are able to practice their
teaching techniques on her!
Jill Haver-Crissman, Midland, MI,
was honored as an outstanding role
model as she supported the mission of
USPC and served as an advocate for
the safety and welfare of members. Her
role in updating Regional policies was
also noted, as was the use of her veterinary knowledge at Regional activities
and Championships.
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Elizabeth Heath, Sparta, MI, was recognized for her knowledgeable assistance over the last five years as RIC
Assistant, Horse Management Assistant, Examiner and Impartial Observer
for rallies and ratings. Her ability to
“provide food on a shoestring budget
for a herd of teenagers at prep clinics”
was also noted.
the Volunteer Recognition Award
from Lake Shore Region on November
10th at their fall regional meeting in
recognition of her role as RIC. Additionally, she is a role model for members and parents as she exemplifies
sportsmanship, compassion and patience. Her sense of humor keeps
everyone in good spirits.
Renee Sanders, Morgan Hill, CA,
received the Volunteer Recognition
Award from Golden Hills Pony club,
Middle California Region at their December 9th annual awards party. She
was recognized for being one of the
founders of Golden Hills and for her
time, dedication and support. Under
her leadership, the club has grown from
10 members in 2004 to 38 members
today.
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How to Make
Your Committee
Function Better
by Dr. Andrew Weiner
Reprinted with permission from the June
2007 issue of In-Stride magazine, the
publication of The U.S. Hunter Jumper
Association
ne of the most popular business
books written in the last few
years is Overcoming the Five
Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick
Lencioni. Simple in its
Suggested
reading for: philosophy, the book
identifies five critical
Everyone
involved with issues that can render a
USPC leadership team “dysfunctional.”
read this one!!
As a consultant
who works with a variety of teams in a
variety of organizations, I find the
content of the book to be relevant to
our work at the USHJA. Some of our
committees are high functioning,
while others may suffer from one or
more of the five dysfunctions.
Before exploring how and why a
committee may become dysfunctional,
we must first determine whether a
“committee” should be perceived as a
“team.” Katzenbach and Smith, in
their 1994 book The Wisdom of
Teams, classify working groups on a
team performance curve.
According to the authors, a “real
team” is a small number of individuals
with complementary skills, equally
committed to a common purpose and
goals for which they hold themselves
mutually accountable. Complementary
skills are defined as those falling into
three categories: technical/functional
(expertise); problem solving and
decision making; and interpersonal
O
(risk taking, support, listening,
want to make an important point—
feedback, etc.).
and that point is that the absence of
As I examine the
dysfunction does not
…the definition
definition of a real team,
of a real team… automatically equal high
as put forth by
functioning. An absence of
its my
Katzenbach and Smith, I
dysfunction is similar to not
perception of
find that it fits my
being sick or ill. Not being ill
an effective
perception of an effective
does not mean that you are
committee…
committee, and therefore
well, since being well is an
the five dysfunctions would apply.
optimum state of health. By the same
The five dysfunctions of a team or
token, not being dysfunctional does
committee are:
not necessarily mean that you are high
1) lack of trust
functioning. However, we must start
2) inability to master conflict
somewhere.
3) inability to achieve commitment
LACK OF TRUST
4) lack of accountability
Without doubt, trust is the single
5) lack of focus on results
most important component of a team.
Over the next few issues of In
It is highly intangible and instinctive,
Stride, I will explore all five
and exists in our minds. It can be built
dysfunctions in depth and provide
over years yet destroyed in seconds.
suggestions for overcoming each.
Team or contract trust means we can
However, before we begin to look at
count on each other to get the work
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done while providing mutual support.
It also means we are open, candid,
truthful about self and not political.
Unfortunately, there is no single
method or process to build trust.
However, a good place to start would
be to draw a continuum on a piece of
paper and label the continuum with
the following points: At the left end of
the continuum we place an “X” and
label it “extreme mistrust,” while at
the right end we designate the “X” as
“complete trust.” In the middle of the
continuum we place an “X” and label
it as “neutral” (no trust, no mistrust).
We then ask each member of the
committee to place a mark where, in
the individual’s perception, the
committee’s level of trust falls. The
committee member then explains why
he placed his mark at that spot and
what it would take for the committee
to move further along the continuum
towards complete trust.
This is a powerful exercise if done
face-to-face. For those of us who meet
virtually, there are challenges when we
cannot see each other’s faces. It means
we have one less source of data to confirm our observations about whether
there is trust on this committee.
Therefore, this might be an
exercise that a committee would save
until its members can meet face-toface.
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SOURCES OF MISTRUST
BUILDING TRUST
There are many reasons why
committee members may not trust
each other. Some may pertain to the
structure of the organization (i.e.,
meeting virtually rather than face-toface, hierarchies, systems and processes
for getting work done) and some have
to do with culture (i.e., values, customs
and traditions such as the existence of
“in groups” and “out groups”).
One of the most common sources
of mistrust is what’s called
“undiscussables.” An “undiscussable” is
a problem that someone hesitates to
talk about with those essential to its
resolution. The two biggest
undiscussables in most organizations
are related to the behavior and
performance of peers and leaders,
while the two biggest reasons for not
discussing these same undiscussables
are fear of punishment and belief that
nothing will change.
The relationship between
undiscussables and trust is like a teetertotter. The greater the number of
undiscussables, the lower the level of
trust—but if there are few or no
undiscussables, then the level of trust
is high.
Although there is no single
method to build trust, if a committee is
meeting face-to-face and members
want to begin to build trust, try the
“personal history exercise.” Each
person on the team responds to four
questions:
1. Where were you born?
2. How many siblings do you have?
3. What was your most significant
childhood challenge?
4. What is your most significant
challenge in this stage of your life?
The personal history exercise
allows committee members to get to
know each other in a relatively nonthreatening way. Of course, if a
member chooses not to participate,
that is his right.
The committee chair can help
with trust issues by modeling trusting
as well as trustworthy behavior. The
chair can also lead the way in
discussing undiscussables, thus creating
a climate of trust. A lack of trust on a
committee can lead to an increase in
conflict, and if candid and open
communication is absent, conflicts
may not be resolved.
Dr. Andrew Weiner is an associate
professor in the graduate program of
teaching, coaching and sport leadership at
the University of Kentucky.
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Importance of
Youth Boards
by Meredith Baker, H, Redland Hunt
Pony Club, Maryland Region, member of
the 2008 National Youth Congress
s the United States Pony Clubs,
Inc., representative to the United
States Equestrian Federation
(USEF) Youth Council,
Suggested
I take part in teleconreading for: ferences that are held
Parents,
every other month and
Leaders,
yearly meetings aimed
Members
to discuss the progress
of the various sub-committees and new
ideas that members of the Youth Council are interested in pursuing. These
programs are aimed at finding new ways
to involve youth with horses and to accurately represent the youth membership in the USEF. One event we
planned was a USEF Youth Convention. I sit on the Youth Convention
sub-committee. This sub-committee is
charged with planning the Youth Convention that is held in conjunction
with the USEF Annual Meeting.
This year was the first time the
USEF held a Youth Convention. It was
a huge success and approximately 100
youth attended a day filled with two
keynote speeches, both given by Jane
Savoie, a star panel, workshops and a
dinner and dance. The star panel consisted of professionals across a variety of
breeds and disciplines, including Karen
O’Connor, a graduate Pony Club member, and George Williams (also a graduate member) who spoke about the
importance of youth participation in
organizations such as Pony Club. The
USEF Youth Council looks forward to
next year’s Youth Convention and
hopes that Pony Club members will
consider attending this unique event.
A
I believe that Youth Councils are
very important, especially for the
United States Pony Club, because they
encourage youth members to take an
interest in decisions that impact them.
Adults hold leadership positions at the
club, region and national levels of
Pony Club. I know from personal experience and from talking to other Pony
Club members, this can generate a feeling of disconnect between the leadership and Pony Club members. The
creation of youth boards could help
bridge this communication gap by allowing Pony Club members to feel that
their opinions matter and that officials
are able to hear them.
I belong to Redland Hunt Pony
Club in the Maryland Region and was
the 2007 president of my club’s Junior
Council. The job of our Junior Council
is to be a liaison between the Pony
Club members and the Redland Hunt
officials. Youth boards allow for Pony
Club members to have a united group
of people their own age to listen to the
concerns of the Pony Club members
and take them to the adults. The National Youth Congress is a wonderful
program and I feel that it is a great start
for USPC to reach out directly to Pony
Club members themselves. The creation of a national youth board is important to continue the work that
NYC does. I think that if the USPC
takes the initiative to set up a youth
board, this will signal to regions and
clubs that the national leadership of
the USPC understands and values the
importance of youth involvement in
the USPC and the National Youth
Board would serve as a model for regional and club level youth boards.
(Editors Note: At the Board of Governors
meeting held during the Annual Meeting
in Boston, the Board formed a committee
to implement this.)
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BTTB with USPC
by Stacey Reap, graduate A,
Huntingdon Valley Hunt Pony Club,
Eastern Pennsylvania Region
nyone affiliated with Pony Club
is familiar with the alphabet soup
of rating names and job titles—
RS, DC, NE, RIC, HM... Prepare to
learn another very
Suggested
important acronym
reading for:
few years, and for a lot of DCs and
introduced at the
Parents,
RSs, it’s been kind of like an
Leaders, RICs, USPC Annual
earthquake,” said Christie Campbell,
Meeting: BTTB. The
HMOs,
the D-1 to C-2 program chairperson of
Instructors, “Back to the Barn”
the USPC Instruction Council, who
initiative was
Members
gave several presentations
developed at a joint council
Prepare to learn introducing the BTTB
meeting in September and is
another very
concept at the meeting.
intended to encourage and
important
“We’ve focused a lot on the
help clubs to find ways to
acronym: BTTB
upper-level ratings, and we
make Pony Club work for
(The Back to the
need to bring the lower
their individual circumBarn Initiative)
levels into the new world as
stances and the growing
well.”
issues facing the horse world.
Although the acronym is new, the
“At the national level, 80 percent
concepts it represents aren’t all that
of our time is spent on 20 percent of
different. Essentially, BTTB is an effort
our membership, those rated C-3 and
to help and encourage clubs to develop
above. We cannot continue to
a program for these members that is
overlook our Ds,” said USPC President
fun and works for the families and kids
Art Kramer at the Annual Meeting,
in the club, while still reflecting the
explaining the need to help clubs
mission of USPC. The demographics
establish better tools and curriculum
of families involved in Pony Club are
for educating their less-experienced
changing, as well as the way they keep
members. “What’s new for 2008? How
their horses.
about no new programs, no
“Today’s club is small and
reinventing the wheel? Let’s grease the
suburban,
rather than rural, with
cogs and make what we have more
horses boarded out. More DCs and
user-friendly for our membership.”
other parents are not horsemen,” said
With 85 percent of USPC’s
Campbell, explaining that recently
membership comprised of kids rated Cthere has been a striking decrease in
2 and below, the organization—whose
practical Horse Management skills
overall membership has remained fairly
demonstrated by some kids, who have
constant in recent years—has found
never had to clean a stall before, much
that we’re losing members at the
less care for their horse by themselves.
greatest rate from our core group
“The 2006 and 2007 Championships
between the ages of 11 and 14. “There
underscored that some kids are not
have been a lot of changes in the last
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learning [Horse Management skills] at
home, and testing shows the same.
“Championships can be a memory
forever, or a scary disaster without the
necessary skills and knowledge,” she
continued. “And success can be
measured in a number of ways: just
getting there, finishing the course,
knowing you can provide independent
care in all aspects of horsemanship,
and for some, ribbons and winning.”
Campbell discussed the needs to
take advantage of resources within the
horse community, developing mentor
and instructor lists within clubs or
regions and getting upper-level kids
involved as peer teachers. Right now,
some clubs are so bottom-heavy, their
kids may have never even seen an
upper-level Pony Club member, so
regions need to band together to create
opportunities—camps, clinics and
rallies are “the perfect lab to teach,
practice and measure skills, become
empowered and self-reliant, practice
Horse Management and have fun!”
said Campbell.
In order to foster more, and more
willing, involvement and support from
parents, who are increasingly strapped
for time and unclear about how and
why Pony Club works, Campbell advised utilizing the skill sets they have
—perhaps web site design, concessions,
sewing or fundraising—instead of
forcing them into roles with which
they’re uncomfortable. Surveys of
members indicated they felt “they were
getting the Pony Club program despite
their parents, not because of us,” she
explained. “But we don’t compromise
our standards to keep the ones who
won’t understand it.”
One program that shows great
promise for feeding into the BTTB
initiative is Junior Pony Club, which
introduces kids (and their parents!) to
INSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
horses, Pony Club-style. With a target
audience in the 4- to 6-year-old range,
it’s like USPC kindergarten. Former
Pony Club president Marylou Anderson developed the concept in the late
‘80s for Wayne duPage Hunt Pony
Club, and it was revamped several
years later with restructured lesson
plans and mandatory parental involvement by Audrey Troyer, mother of a
graduate A.
The fun, simple 14-week unmounted program contains short lesson
plans intended to introduce kids and
their parents to different aspects of
horses and their horse community,
such as visits to a riding stable and
tack store or meeting with the vet and
farrier. “It also teaches the parents
about the concepts of being a Pony
Club volunteer,” said Mary Pierson,
USPC Communications Director and
a champion of the program. “The
learning is shared between the adult
and child. It’s not a drop-off situation.
“Current Ds can often be the
ones teaching. New parents can see
this and it shows the value of peer-topeer teaching, building trust in the
Pony Club teaching system,” she
continued. “You can bring in an H-A
or a C to talk about their experience
and the parent can realize how the
education develops.”
Junior Pony Club has the ability
to feed back into your local horse and
Pony Club community. A tack store
owner likely won’t mind sparing 20
minutes to talk about helmets and
boots to 10 kids and parents who are
devoid of all equipment. Likewise, a
stable owner probably wouldn’t think
twice about showing a group of
families around their place, particularly
if they’re poised to sign up for their
first up-down lessons.
While the little ones get what
may be their first intro to the barn,
“older” Pony Club members have yet
another opportunity to practice
teaching skills and strut their stuff by
having the Ds lead lessons, sharing
pony-grooming wisdom and similar
knowledge. Yet another opportunity to
get BTTB!
The program must be run as part
of an existing club and participants
join as full-fledged members of USPC
for insurance purposes. The Junior
Pony Club Booklet, which contains
lesson plans, homework assignments
and other information about the
program, is available through the
USPC Bookstore or at http://ponyclub.
org/pdfs/juniorponyclub.pdf.
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DEVELOPMENT NOTES
doesn’t matter how much; you can
“Something I saw as a weak link
start small, and it feels good! If people
in awareness at the club level was that
really thought about what they get, 85
we didn’t know what the Annual Fund
to 100 dollars [for dues] is the biggest
did. It was kind of like, ‘Oh, is that
by Stacey Reap, graduate A,
bargain in the world.”
what that envelope is?’ “ explained
Huntingdon Valley Hunt Pony Club,
In order to raise awareness of and
Libbie Johnson, who is now a Board of
Eastern Pennsylvania Region
giving to the Annual Fund, USPC has
Governors and Development
started the 100% Participation
Committee
member.
“We
didn’t
see
ith hay prices soaring and
Campaign to encourage clubs to hold
on the national level all that Pony
volunteer requests never
an activity once a year to foster
Club
does
and
all
that
goes
into
each
ending, the thought of
donations and recognize the
child.”
donating money to
Suggested
importance of the fund. Clubs can
USPC
relies
heavily
upon
reading for: USPC can probably
send their members’ donations in to
corporate sponsors who recognize what
seem a little ludicrous
Parents,
the National Office together to receive
Pony
Club
offers
kids
and
their
Members, riders to some people. “I
a certificate of participation and
families, but it certainly makes a better
already pay
desiring
mention in USPC News and the
case
for
any
organization
international membership
“USPC spends
Annual Report. Contact the
appealing to such sponsors
training
dues and fees
$213 per
Development Department for
when
it
can
show
that
its
to cover this stuff, don’t I?”
member per
campaign materials and more
own members financially
Yet every year, the little white
year and
information at development@
recognize
and
support
envelopes soliciting donations
collects only
their own group. “It would
ponyclub.org or (859) 254-7669, ext.
to the Annual Fund arrive at
$75 in dues.”
be
wonderful
if
families
228.
your door. Why?
said, ‘What is this worth to me?’ As a
“Pony Club teaches a whole lot of
“USPC spends approximatmely
parent
of
a
teenager,
I
really
appreciate
growing
up skills—responsibility, time
$213 per member per year and collects
that Pony Club keeps them ‘in the
management, kindness—all the things
only $75 in dues. That leaves $138
stall
and
out
of
the
mall,’
said
Johnson.
we want our kids growing up learning.
that must come from other sources,
“When I sit down to write my Annual
Another one is charitable giving,” said
one of the most important of which is
Fund
check,
I
write
what
I
think
Pony
Johnson. “Pony Club provides good
the Annual Fund,” explained Dan
Club is worth to my family.”
instruction, good life skills, good
Murphy, USPC secretary. “The money
Former
USPC
President
friendships that will
raised through the Annual Fund goes
“…giving is a
Margo Leithead said that
probably last a lifetime. I
directly to the general operating
learned skill…we
giving
is
a
learned
skill,
one
can spend $20 just going
budget of Pony Club, which in 2008, is
pay our dues,
that she learned from her
to McDonald’s. Pony
more that $2.4 million.”
but we get 10
father-in-law.
“He
felt
that
he
Club is there week after
That budget helps fund national
times that
owed it to things that meant a
week, with people giving
value…”
testing, championships, scholarships,
lot
to
him,
and
I
saw
him
give
hundreds of hours per
production of rulebooks and other
very generously over the years,” she
year, and this is another way to say
publications, leadership training for
said.
“We
pay
our
dues,
but
we
get
10
‘thank you’ to the greater
your DCs and RSs, seminars for
times that value for there is nothing
organization.”
National Examiners, Horse
like
Pony
Club
as
far
as
molding
Management Organizers and Regional
For more information about Charitable
children and developing responsibility
Instruction Coordinators, and more.
Giving to USPC, contact Marian
and leadership and fair and fun
While one Pony Club member may
Wahlgren in the Development Office,
competition.
never benefit directly from every one
[email protected] or 859-254“We expect people to give back,
of the programs the Annual Fund
7669, ext. 228.
and you can do that through service,
supports, every single member is
but it doesn’t negate the need for
helped by some of the programs, either
financial support,” she continued. “It
directly or indirectly.
Giving to Pony
Club
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A C T I V I T I E S U P D AT E S
Is Polocrosse
the Sport for
You?
by Jessie Reed, graduate B, Hunterdon
Hills Pony Club, New Jersey Region, and
APA Liaison to USPC
ost of you know what
Polocrosse is, and hopefully
you have had a chance to hold
a racquet at one time or another. Many
Pony Club members and USPC clubs
or regions have Polocrosse equipment,
but don’t know how to get started in
the sport. The following article is designed to give you some background on
Polocrosse, help you get started as a
group playing Polocrosse, or help you
figure out how to get started on your
own.
Did you know that Polocrosse was
originally started as an exercise to
teach people how to ride in England?
It teaches a rider balance, communication with your horse, and how to use
your body (not your hands) to move
your horse forward, backward and
sideways. There are actually many
similarities to other horse disciplines,
such as Dressage.
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All in the
Family
Polocrosse is a
great family sport.
Moms, dads, sisters
(like Kyra Lewis,
left, little sister of
Chris, above) &
brothers can all play
on the same team! As long as you are
at the same level, everyone can play together. Getting a group of Pony Club
members and their parents playing
Polocrosse is a great way to keep
A fun sport for boys! Bucks County Polocrosse Club members Kevin McPeek (also a
member of Huntington Valley Hounds Pony Club) and Chris Lewis show their skill.
Polocrosse going in your club. The excuse that ‘I’m too old!’ doesn’t work in
Polocrosse! The American Polocrosse
Association, the national Polocrosse
organization, has players in their 60’s
and 70’s playing. There are also young
players on the field as young as age five
or even younger. Sometimes on a lead
line, occasionally getting help from the
lead liner (maybe pushing the ball into
the racquet with their foot), young kids
learn to ask for transitions and turn
their ponies. Most clubs share another
common problem: keeping boys in
Pony Club. Polocrosse is a great way to
keep them interested in riding and in
Pony Club. Many kids and parents also
stop over thinking their riding and
things start to come naturally when
they are playing Polocrosse. The game
of Polocrosse can help riders overcome
riding phobias, like cantering.
Polocrosse can be played at any speed,
even a walk, since the speed of the
game is controlled by the ball carrier. If
you get a group of walk and trot going,
that’s just fine! On the other hand,
Polocrosse can be played at very high
speeds, but the rules of the game are
designed to keep everyone safe and the
role of the two umpires watching the
game is to enforce the rules and keep
the game safe.
The horses get into the game just
as much as the riders. Any kind of
horse can play the game of Polocrosse.
Most likely your all around Pony Club
horse is the perfect horse to get started
on. A simple introductory of the ball
and racquet is key to getting started.
Things you can do to introduce your
horse or pony are: carrying the racquet
around while you groom, let them
smell it, and even “groom” them with
the racquet too. Approach the racquet
and ball as just another piece of equipment for riding. Don’t run up and wave
it in front of their face; go to the side
and rub them with it. The same with
the ball: with your hands bounce the
ball gently against their body, then
bounce the ball around them on the
ground so they get used to the sound.
The next step would be to put the rac-
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A C T I V I T I E S U P D AT E S
The New Jersey Region Zippy Zebras
Intermediate Pony Team: (l to r) Sara
Cifelli, Merissa Marcus, Sarah Rosenblum (SM) and Kate Stahl
quet and ball together and bounce and
pick up around them. Practice leading
them and having them walk next to
you while you roll the ball in front of
you so that they see what their job
should be—to follow the ball around
the field.
Polocrosse is not just a Pony Club
discipline; it is an internationally
played sport with great people around
the globe. Once you start talking to
Polocrosse players you’ll inevitably
hear about the ‘Polocrosse family’ that
spans players in the US and around the
globe. You’ll also hear that people love
the sport because of the family atmosphere, the great people, and the horsemanship and sportsmanship of the
game. At the end of a Polocrosse game,
players put their stirrups up, loosen
their girths and congratulate and thank
their opposition, umpires, and teammates with a hug or a handshake. This
attitude spans the globe, and there are
lots of opportunities for players of all
ages and levels to travel the globe, visiting and competing with and against
the international members of the
Polocrosse family.
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Jump Right in
So you want to get started? Don’t
worry about not having equipment. If
you get a group interested, make contact with a Polocrosse club or your
APA Pony Club liaison and set up a
clinic. There are many clinicians that
can provide an introductory clinic
complete with equipment. All you
need to get started is an interest in
Polocrosse and the desire to give it a
try!
The best way to get started is to
find a Polocrosse club that is close to
you. You can find a list of Polocrosse
clubs on the American Polocrosse Web
site (www.americanpolocrosse.org). If
there isn’t an APA club near you, contact the club closest. They will be
happy to guide you to a contact that
can arrange a clinic or some sort of instruction to help you gets started. If you
need further help arranging a clinic or
lesson program you can contact the
APA liaison for Pony Club: Jessie Reed
by email: [email protected]
Once you get a clinic or two under
your belt, the next step is to find a
Polocrosse rally to compete in, or get
enough of a group together to start
your own Polocrosse rally. The longest
running Pony Club Polocrosse rally is
held in Pennsylvania, with competitors
from Eastern PA, New Jersey & Delmarva regions. The rally started small,
but every year it has grown, and this
year it will celebrate it’s 8th annual
competition! Again, if you need help,
please ask for it by contacting your
APA liaison for Pony Club. After you
compete in a Polocrosse rally, think
about setting a goal to go to Championships for Polocrosse! The 2008 Rules
for Polocrosse in Pony Club has opened
a number of opportunities by adding
the Novice level, with the age of 12
and rating level of D-3. The rules have
also opened up the opportunity for Advanced level to have a pony division
(14.2 and under)! The Advanced and
Intermediate level players are great ambassadors of the sport, and are available
to give clinics. There are also many
graduate Pony Club members who
have continued their love for
Polocrosse as alumni. They play in the
APA nationally and internationally, or
just enjoy competing at the club level.
Five out of the eight players sent to
Australia to compete in the 2007
Polocrosse World Cup were Pony Club
alumni! Who is going to represent the
USA in Polocrosse in the future? You
are…
So you want to give Polocrosse a
try? Great! Contact someone who plays
Polocrosse and who can teach you. If
you need help or advice, please feel free
to contact your APA liaison for Pony
Club, Jessie Reed. Also visit the USPC
Polocrosse web site, www.polocrosse.
ponyclub.org.
A C T I V I T I E S U P D AT E S
2007 Quiz
Championships
by Ellen Steinke, C-1, Riders Unlimited
Pony Club, Heartland Region
he phrase, “Life is full of
surprises!” seems to sum up my
last year’s experience in Pony
Club perfectly.
Suggested
About this time
reading for:
last year, I was longing
Parents,
to go to USPC ChamLeaders, Friends,
pionships, which would
Members
be in our neighboring
state, Kentucky. Seeing as how “my”
horse had passed away a month earlier,
the chances of me riding were, well,
slim. If I were to go, I would be going
for Quiz. I was a little worried because
I had skipped going to the Regional
Quiz the year before. Fortunately,
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Three Easy
Steps.
Four Healthy
Hooves.
Winners of USPC 2007 Quiz Championships: (left to right) Evelyn Libal, Katie Stewart,
Ellen Steinke, and Kayla Paulson
though, I had a lot of time during
school to study and make up for lost
time for the rest of the semester. My
club mate, Katie Stewart, C-1, and I
applied to our region to go to
Championships and were approved to
represent Heartland Region on a
scramble team.
Festival was wonderful! The best
place on earth, the Kentucky Horse
Park, (not Disney Land) was filled with
1200 Pony Club members, 900 horses,
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A C T I V I T I E S U P D AT E S
Above left: Evelyn Libal at “visual tables” in Canada; at right with “blue” ribbons: Laura Gorrell, Evelyn Libal, Ellen Steinke, and Katie
Stewart
and a barn full of vendors! The opening ceremony parade was really cool
because we got to see one-tenth of the
nation’s Pony Club members all together, and because our region’s polo
shirts looked like Italian soccer jerseys.
I really worried about the team
Katie and I would end up with, knowing our teammates could make or break
us. We got to meet the other two members of our team, Evelyn Libal, C-2,
from Lakeshore Region, and Kayla
Paulson, C-1, from Oregon Region, at
the “not so brief” briefing. Although
we were shy at first, our team got along
remarkably well. We all knew how to
work together. Evelyn basically knew
everything. Katie was the tack whiz. I
was the manual nerd. And even
though Kayla was pretty quiet, whatever she said was usually correct. In
fact, we worked so well together that
we won first place in the Senior C division! I couldn’t have been more surprised. What surprised us the most was
that we won by a whopping 50 points!
We learned earlier in the week
that the winners of the Senior C Divi-
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sion qualified for the Canadian National Quiz in October. So in addition
to our excitement of winning USPC
Quiz Championships, we were excited
about qualifying for the Canadian Quiz
in the North American Challenge.
This was unreal! Evelyn received 1st
place, Katie was 5th, I tied for 6th with
three other competitors, and Kayla got
14th (out of 40 quizzers). We were all
disappointed when we found out that
only the top 10 individuals could qualify and Kayla couldn’t go with us. In
the end, Katie, Evelyn, and I, with the
addition of Laura Gorrell (C-2, Maryland Region, who placed 3rd), made up
the USPC Quiz team heading to Edmonton, Alberta.
The competition in Canada was a
great experience. In USPC Quiz, we
are tested over content that is mostly
in the Pony Club manuals and
rulebooks. On the other hand, the
Canadians were tested over anything
and everything related to horses,
which included Olympian horses and
riders, horse book titles, horse songs,
horse racing, and even western tack.
The CPC’s National Quiz is
separate from the riding portion of
their Championships. I think this is a
great idea because more upper level
members can participate. The divisions
started at the C level. There were 16
C teams and 10 A/B teams. The way
they set things up is similar to USPC.
The Regional level has 5 phases but
the National competition only has
three: a long written test, “visual
tables” (Megaroom), and “Games.”
“Games” was interesting and fun
because it was new and there were so
many different things to do! Some of
the games were very difficult but others
were really fun. Our favorites were
“Pictionary,” “Headbands” (charades),
“Harness Up” (putting a harness on a
miniature horse!) and “Name that
Tune.”
The International component of
Quiz had an additional test that went
along with the long written test. It
covered mostly international topics,
such as riders, location of competitions, and USPC and CPC history.
At the end of the competition, during
A C T I V I T I E S U P D AT E S
the closing banquet, the USPC team
and four of the CPC members who
scored the highest on the North
American Challenge Quiz (one from
each district) went head-to-head
answering a series of questions in front
the entire audience. After the written
portion, the CPC teams were only 10
points ahead of us. At the NAC Quiz
at the banquet, we tied! Even though
the Canadians won, we went home
with a BLUE ribbon, anyway. In
Canada, the first place ribbon is red
(Shhh… don’t tell anybody).
For never having competed in the
CPC Quiz before, we did fairly well.
USPC ended up in 7th place overall.
The individual results were that I
placed 11th, Katie placed 17th, Evelyn
25th and Laura 54th (out of 64
competitors).
Competing at your Regional Quiz
Rally is always a great experience.
Study throughout the year, and you
will have a steady, working knowledge
for your ratings and unmounted
meeting lessons. They will all be so
much easier!
I recommend that everyone
should try to go to Championships at
least once, if at all possible, as a Quiz
competitor. Even though everyone
probably agrees that riding is more fun
than studying, going to
Mac & DeDe
Championships for Quiz is great,
especially for your first time. You get to
compete AND get to watch all the
other events, too. Your pinny and
paddock boots are your free passes to
watch any discipline you want for the
whole competition. You don’t have to
worry about your horse or Horse
Management. You can just enjoy
yourself.
Well, as the competition season
begins, I hope that you remember to
include Quiz in your schedule. Who
knows? Maybe you’ll be boarding a
plane for Canada in the fall. You just
might be surprised, too!
Norman Fine and Jean Abernethy
LIEU IN, LIEU IN, LIEU, LIEU, LIEU!
DOES HE MEAN THE LOO IS
OCCUPIED, OR CAN
I USE IT?
Huntsmen utter many commands to hounds which
sound unintelligible to us. “Lieu in” is thought to be a
corruption of the Norman French ‘Leup in there,’ meaning ‘wolf in there.’ The huntsman is telling hounds to get
into the covert and hunt.
You may hear other equally mystifying commands.
For example, Huic, Hike, or Hark. By either of these, the
huntsman is telling hounds to listen and honor other
hounds which may be speaking. For example, “Hark to
Crasher” means “Listen to Crasher, and get up there and
give him some help!” Or, “Hike forward” means “Get
your nose off the ground and get on forward to the
hounds that are speaking!” And, of course, best of all is
“Huic holloa!” when the huntsman lifts hounds to
honor a whipper-in who has viewed the fox and holloaed
him away.
Courtesy of Covertside, a publication of the Masters of Foxhounds Association
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A C T I V I T I E S U P D AT E S
(left to right) Wilbur O’Ferrall (instructor), Jason
Fairchild, Breanna Weise,
William LeFevre, Stacia
Arnold, Gloria Gearheart,
Amanda Sanchez, Adrienne
Le Fevre, and Brayden Weise
Polo Training
Clinic for Pony
Club Members
oonlight Pony Club (located
near Norco, California) put on
a Polo Training Clinic for their
members during a mini
Suggested
camp over winter break.
reading for:
This year the group enInstructors,
joyed Wilbur O’Ferrall’s
Leaders,
energetic instruction on
Members
how to play polo. They
started out learning with foot mallets
and moved on to horses by the end of
the day. They were actually playing on
horseback by the beginning of the second day. Despite the 70 mile per hour
winds and frozen ground they all agreed
that it was a fun adventure and are
M
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looking forward to utilizing the program again next year.
“It was one of the easiest and most
enjoyable mini camps I have ever put
on,” stated Marla LeFevre, the DC of
the club. “The cost of the clinic was
picking up the instructor from the airport, providing food and housing for
him.” The only other thing we had to
provide was the students, date, and site
to hold the event. How easy is that?
We had most of our members there for
at least part of the time and
2/3 of them for the whole
thing. It is not easy to put on things
that all ages and levels can enjoy, but
this was one of them. Those that participated ranged in ages from 8-19 years
old and in riding levels from a D-1 - HB level. All seemed to wish the clinic
was longer then the 1-½ days.
For more information or to arrange
for your own clinic, contact the Polo
Training Foundation at 70 Clinton
Street, Tully New York 13159 or call
their office at 888-783-7050.
A C T I V I T I E S U P D AT E S
New Awards
Programs for
2008
USPC/USDF DRESSAGE
RECOGNITION AWARDS
eginning in 2008, USPC Pony
Club members will be recognized
for their participation in both
USPC Rallies and USDF Competitions. USPC members
Suggested
will receive a certificate
reading for: at the end of each year
Instructors, based on the criteria
Leaders,
below. It will be the
Members
responsibility of the
Pony Club member to get all the
information together and send it to the
National Office by the November 15th
deadline each year.
B
BLUE RIBBON CLUB: Completion of
1 USPC Dressage Rally at the
Walk/Trot Level or above and 1 USDF
or USEF Dressage Show at the
Walk/Trot Level.
MEDALLION CLUB: Completion of 1
All competitions must be done
during the current year. Interested
Pony Club members should get their
applications from their DCs or download them from the Forms page of the
USPC web site www.ponyclub.org.
Riders may apply for more than one
award each year. Questions should be
directed to the USPC Activities
Director, Wayne Quarles, at 859-2547669 or [email protected].
ASHA/USPC AWARDS
PROGRAM
pen to all level Pony Club
members who ride an American
Saddlebred or Half-Saddlebred
USPC Dressage Rally at the Training
Level or above and 1 USDF or USEF
Dressage Show at the Training Level.
O
BRONZE MEDAL CLUB: Completion
Horse
The American Saddlebred Horse
Association is pleased to sponsor the
ASHA/USPC Awards Program for
Pony Club Members who participate
in Pony Club activities on their
registered American Saddlebred or
Half-Saddlebred Horse. The ASHA/
USPC Awards focus on activities and
competitions in which Pony Club
Members participate with their horse
as well as emphasizing Horse
Management and leadership skills.
Pony Club members can earn
points by competing in regional and/or
of 1 USPC Dressage Rally at the First
Level and 1 USDF or USEF Dressage
Show at the First Level.
SILVER MEDAL CLUB: Completion of
one USPC Dressage Rally at the
Second Level and 1 USDF or USEF
Dressage Show at the Second Level.
GOLD MEDAL CLUB: Completion of
one USPC Dressage Rally (this can be
in competition at any level or by being
a volunteer for the rally) and
completion of 1 USDF or USEF
Dressage Show at Third level or above.
national rallies or achieving a regional
or national rating level.
To be eligible for the ASHA/
USPC Awards Program the rider must
be a current Pony Club member and
the horse must be registered with the
American Saddlebred Horse
Association.
Points accumulated through the
ASHA/USPC Awards Program can
also be counted toward ASHA Awards
Programs (if applicable).
For more information about the
ASHA/USPC Awards Program, go to
the “Special Opportunities” section of
the USPC web site www.ponyclub.org
or contact the USPC office at (859)
254-7669 or the ASHA office at 859259-2742 extension 343.
TO BE ELIGIBLE
1. The competing horse must be a
registered American Saddlebred or
Half-Saddlebred Horse.
2. Activities that will count toward
points are current year activities
only in which registered Pony Club
member and registered American
Saddlebred or Half-Saddlebred
Horse competed/qualified together.
The competition year may begin
during the previous year (winter) in
the South.
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2. Any activities counted for the
ASHA/USPC Awards can also be
counted toward ASHA points, if
applicable.
4. This is a yearly Award with points
accrued from Nov 15th of the
previous year to Nov 15th of the
award year.
PROCEDURE FOR ENROLLMENT
1. Each participant must submit a
completion form indicating the
areas in which they qualified and/or
competed with their ASHA
registered American Saddlebred or
Half-Saddlebred Horse by Nov
15th. The form MUST be signed by
the DC.
2. All information will be sent to
ASHA for the final tally.
3. All completion forms will be
verified by both USPC and ASHA.
Forms are available on the USPC
web site under Forms and/or Special
Opportunities.
4. Award winners will be notified by
ASHA and awards will be given at
the USPC Annual Meeting.
ASHA AWARDS POINT
SYSTEM
Achieving a National Rating
(including specialty ratings) . . . . . . . .5
Participation in a Regional
Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Placing 1st - 5th . . .3 additional points
6th - 10th . . . . . . . .2 additional points
11th - 15th . . . . . . . .1 additional point
Participation in Championships, East,
or West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Placing 1st - 5th . . .3 additional points
6th - 10th . . . . . . . .2 additional points
11th - 15th . . . . . . . .1 additional point
Highest scoring ASHA/Half ASHA
horse . . . . . . . . . . . .3 additional points
(ties broken by HM Score)
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The 2008
Annual Meeting
he 2008 Annual Meeting, January
23-27 in Boston, Massachusetts
was a great way to start the year
“Riding Into the Future” as 793 Pony
Club leaders, members, friends and
family gathered at the Westin Boston
Waterfront for four days of workshops,
meetings, seminars and socializing.
Annual Meeting organizers Wendy
Johnson, Karen Marcotte and Lelo
Reeves Curtis did an amazing job putting together the meeting, with the assistance of RS, Betsey Reeves.
The Annual Meeting included 520
at the banquet, over 100 participants
in Pony Paddock, and the Teen
Lounge, 92 RSs and VRSs, 186 DCs
and Jt-DCs. The keynote speaker for
2008 was Colonel Lorelei Wilson
Coplen, a graduate “A” from the former West Point Pony Club, and the
USPC Vice President of Instruction.
Lorelei captivated the audience and
banquet staff with tales of her experiences in Pony Club and the Military
and how Pony Club helped prepare her
to be a soldier.
Overall, 59 workshops educated,
informed and entertained attendees. In
cooperation with the USDF we also
provided a USDF University Credit
Workshop, presented by Lois Yukins on
T
Above, Cindy Healy demonstrates how a
horse chews in the ever-popular Anatomy
Lab while at right, a young member learns
about Mounted Games in Pony Club
Paddock.
Sunday morning. There were several
new workshops for 2008, including
Back to the Barn, presented by Christie
Campbell, Chair of the D1-C2 Instruction Committee. Once again the H-B
Prep workshop, where Kevin Bowie
and other National Examiners spent
time demystifying the new H-B rating
was very popular. For the third year in
a row, Brad Gordon, DVM, and Cindy
Healy hosted an equine anatomy room
where members could hold a horse’s
huge heart and a tiny fetus, as well as
examine the workings of the equine
skeleton.
Organizers (l to r) Karen Marcotte, Betsey Reeves (Central New England Region RS and
Assistant Organizer), Lelo Reeves Curtis, and Wendy Johnson
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Photo courtesy Stacey Reap
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Academy of Achievement inductees shown seated in front of the National Youth Congress delegates. From left to right: Russell Gilfus,
Sharon Turner, Erika de Papp, Liz Halliday and Kevin Price. Carey A. Williams was not available for the photograph.
Academy of Achievement Inductees:
At the Annual Meeting 2008, six
individuals were inducted into the
Academy of Achievement. The USPC
Academy of Achievement was created
to honor annually up to 10 USPC
alumni who have attained outstanding
achievements in their chosen fields
after leaving Pony Club. The following
recipients were recognized at the
January 26th Honors Banquet:
ERIKA DE PAPP, DVM,
DACVIM, Boston, MA, is chief of
internal medicine at Angell Animal
Medical Center in Boston, which
provides the most current and
advanced therapies using state of the
art equipment and instrumentation.
Erika’s daily activities include treating
cats and dogs that have a variety of
medical problems using advanced
diagnostics and care.
Erika attended Dartmouth College
where she received a BA in Biology
and attended vet school at Cornell
University, College of Veterinary
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Medicine, where she received her
DVM. After graduating from Cornell,
Erika did an internship in small animal
medicine and surgery, followed by a
residency in small animal medicine at
the University of Pennsylvania. In
1999 she achieved specialty board
certification in small animal internal
medicine.
Erika graduated as a B Pony Club
member from Mendon Pony Club in
New York. She competed through
Intermediate level at a full 3-Day
event and successfully completed an
Advanced horse trial.
RUSSELL GILFUS, Esquire–
Boston, MA, is the assistant general
counsel for the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, Human Resources
Division Workers’ Compensation
Litigation Unit. Russ defends the
Commonwealth through the litigation
process at the Department of Industrial
Accidents. Prior to this, Russ was
employed at a small Boston law firm
representing injured claimants in
personal injury, social security, and
workers’ compensation matters.
Russ received his BS degree in
Business Administration at North
Adams State College, MBA from New
Hampshire College and a Juris
Doctorate from Ohio Northern
University, School of Law.
Russ is a “B” from the Rockingham Pony Club in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Although Russ doesn’t ride
much anymore, he continues with
athletic pursuits such as earning his
black belt in Shim Gum Do karate,
and he can often be found running in
area road races with friends.
LIZ HALLIDAY, London, England,
is a professional racing driver, TV/
media broadcaster, and 3-day eventer.
She has driven racecars since 1997,
but broke onto the International scene
in 2004 racing in the U.S. in the
Rolex Grand Am Series and the
American Le Mans Series (ALMS),
and in Europe in the Le Mans Series
and FIA GT Championship. With six
class wins Liz is the most successful
female driver in the championship’s
history. She has also raced at the Le
Mans 24 Hours for the past three years
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2008 NATIONAL YOUTH CONGRESS DELEGATES
Arianna Almeida, B,
NY/Upper Connecticut
Region
Allie Archer, C-3, Cimarron
Region
Merideth Baker, H,
Maryland Region
Jessica Barker, H-B,
Maryland Region
Rebecca Brake, C-3, Rio
Grande Region
Samantha Britton, C-3,
Sunshine Region
Nicole Brookshire, C-3,
Inland Empire Region
Katie Caouette, C-2, SE
New England Region
Chan Elizabeth Carman, H,
Big Sky Region
Lisa Colburn, C-1,
Lakeshore Region
Leigh Davis, H-A, Central
New England Region
Imogen deLavis, B,
Metropolitan Region
Anna Michelle Dillier, C-3,
Sierra Pacific Region
Aislinn Duke, C-3,
Delmarva Region
Clare Echterling, C-3,
Midwest Region
Kristina Fabbian, H-B,
Middle California Region
Danielle Fabiano, C-3,
South Region
Catherine Frazier, B, Deep
South Region
Jessica Fuller, H, Heartland
Region
Mark Greene, C-3, New
York/Upper Connecticut
Region
Lillian Gurtowski, B,
Metropolitan Region
Merideth Hampton, C-3,
Middle California Region
and was the only female driver out of a
field of 165 drivers in ‘06 and ‘07.
Liz attended Fallbrook High
School in California and college at the
University of California Santa Barbara
(UCSB) for three years where she
studied Marine Biology.
Liz attained her C-3 rating from
the Fallbrook Pony Club in Southern
California and has remained highly
competitive in the Eventing world,
notably, competing through the 3*
level. Following her move to England,
she passed stages 1-4 of the British
Horse Society (BHS) examinations
and now holds a BHS Preliminary
Teaching Degree.
KEVIN PRICE, Otsego, NY, is the
Executive Director to the ChenangoDelaware-Otsego Workforce Investment Board, a position that he has
held since 2001. Workforce Investment Boards are federally authorized
entities that plan, facilitate, and
Catherine Hennessey, H-A,
Northwest Region
Victoria Hynes, C-3, New
Jersey Region
Jacob Kennedy, C-3,
Northern Lakes Region
Jessica Kirkpatrick, C-3,
Carolina Region
Giny Knox, H-A,
Intermountain Region
Heidi Kristen Lemke, C-3,
Western New York Region
Carrie Linke, C-3, Carolina
Region
Lisa Lopez, C-3, Southwest
Region
Tammy Malm, B, North
Central Prairie Region
Morgan McElwee,H-A,
Rocky Mountain Region
Monica McLaughlan, C-3,
Great Lakes Region
administer a wide-range of employment and training services for both
individuals and businesses. He is
responsible for the programs and
services administered by the Board,
and the overall management of
personal, finance, fundraising, marketing and public relations activities.
Kevin holds a B.S. in Secondary
Education with a dual major in History
and Political Science from State
University of New York College at
Oneonta, and a Master of Public
Administration degree in Public
Finance from Rockefeller College,
University at Albany, State University
of New York.
His passion for horses started early
and has been a constant in his life. He
started Pony Club at age 10 with the
Fox and Hounds Pony Club and
attained his B Rating at 15. Kevin has
never really left Pony Club; he
continues to volunteer many hours to
the organization. His volunteer list
Kimberley McNamee, H-B,
Capital Region
Lee Rebecca Ranz, H-A,
MidSouth Region
Elizabeth Reidy, H, Virginia
Region
Julianne Scanlon, H-B,
Eastern Pennsylvania
Region
Holly Severijn, C-3, Camino
Real Region
Amanda Shere, H-B, Sierra
Pacific Region
Lara Kelsey Silver, A, South
Region
Ashley K. Singer, C-3,
Delmarva Region
Hadley Warner, B, Western
New England Region
Shawna White, C-1,
Western New York Region
includes co-founding the former
Leather Stocking PC in Western NY
Region, HM judging, coaching and
teaching, and X-C and SJ course
designing. He is also a former Western
NY RIC and Vice RS, and a current
USPC SJ Committee Member.
SHARON TURNER, Ph.D., Silver
Spring, MD, is a Primary Examiner in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office where she examines
biotechnology-related applications for
patent, especially within the fields of
neuroscience, cell receptors and
cytokine molecules. As a Primary
Examiner, Sharon researches technologies to determine the state of the art
related to a patent application and
considers these findings under the
relevant statutes of law governing the
award of a U.S. Patent.
Sharon holds a B.S. degree in Biochemistry with a Minor in Chemistry
from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in
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Neuroscience from the University of
Pittsburgh. Her graduate work utilized
molecular biology to study neuronal
and immune cell responses to herpes
simplex virus infection and the ability
of the virus to establish different
growth states within neurons.
Sharon is a Life Member of USPC
and graduate A from the Difficult Run
Pony Club in the Virginia Region. She
competed at almost every level in both
Dressage and Eventing rallies. She has
evented through Preliminary level,
winning year-end awards, and participated in both team competitions and
championships.
CAREY A. WILLIAMS, Ph.D.,East
Windsor, NJ, is the Equine Extension
Specialist and an Assistant Professor at
Rutgers, the State University of New
Jersey and the Equine Science Center,
a position she has held since July 2003.
As the Extension Specialist, she facilitates and coordinates programs for the
equine industry including multi-state
and multidisciplinary equine education
and research programs.
A Wisconsin native, Carey earned
her doctorate degree in animal and
poultry sciences from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State
University. She holds a master’s degree
in equine nutrition, also from Virginia
Tech, and a bachelor’s degree from
Colorado State University.
Now at Rutgers, Carey maintains
a herd of Standardbred horses for
exercise physiology research. Doing
research that is vital to the horse
industry, she has been invited to
present her studies at national and
international scientific conferences in
various countries including Norway,
France and Turkey.
Carey graduated as a C-2 from
Ride with Pride Pony Club in Wisconsin. As the only C member in this
small club, she competed in Eventing
rallies on mixed club teams from
Upper Michigan and Minnesota.
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FOUNDER’S AWARDS:
t the Annual Meeting, six individuals were awarded the
Founders’ Award on Saturday
evening. This is an honor reserved
for our most worthy volunteers.
In the Fall of 1987, upon the recommendation of the USPC Advisory
Committee, the Board of Governors established the Founders Award in honor
of Louise Lott Bedford, Howard C. Fair,
and Alexander Mackay-Smith. They
were the three individuals who, in November of 1953, called a meeting in
New York City that led to the establishment of the United States Pony
Clubs, which became a formal organization in February of 1954.
This Prestigious Award is made
each year to one or more living persons
who have made a significant contribution to USPC at the Local or Regional
and National levels over a period of 20
years or more.
A
JAN ROYCE CONANT, East Haddam, CT, began her career in Pony
Club in the late 1950s as the founder of
the Triple B Riding Club, which later
became the Glastonbury Pony Club in
the NY/UC Region. As DC and the
volunteer instructor of the GPC, Jan
takes credit for graduating 21 “A” Pony
Club members, many of them active
professionals today. She remained active with the Club well into the 80’s.
Jan is a Life Member of the USPC and
was named a Pony Club Legend in
2000. She also served as Regional Supervisor and was famous for her teaching of Horse Management skills. She
was a National Examiner and served on
a long list of National committees over
the years.
Jan was a well respected National
and FEI Judge of Dressage and Eventing until her retirement in 2006.
Jan is an internationally recognized artist and is still very busy with
over 300 commissioned paintings in
private and corporate collections. She
illustrated many publications for the
USPC and created the artwork for the
“Original” Pony Club Pin.
ROGER LEITHEAD, Old Chatham,
NY, is a well-known name in Pony
Club and was the driving force behind
all the Leitheads, from our past PresiContinued on page 48
Recipients of the Founder’s Award, l to r: (Seated) Emsie Parker, Paula Raye, and Marcia Todd. (Standing) Roger Leithead, Jan Royce Conant, and Louisa McKown.
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USPC Board of Governors members for 2008, l to r: (Seated) Jan Whitehouse, Anna Clader, Nancy Pittman, Lorelei Coplen, and Deb
Willson. (Second row) John Wurzler, Nancy W. Ambrosiano, Tamara Erickson, Sophie Pirie Clifton, Elizabeth (Libbie) Johnson and
Mike Amos. (Third row) Ray Stronsky, Alicia Henderson, Tom Adams, Arthur R. Kramer, and Daniel G. Murphy. Not pictured:
Dennis D. French, Shelley Ryan, and Ron VanDyke.
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dent Margo to five graduate Pony Club
members.
Roger introduced his family to
Pony Club back in 1958 when he became the DC of the Atlanta Pony
Club, South Region and he and Margo
went on to found Greenwich Pony
Club. Roger took served as Jt-DC and
founder of the Susquehanna Pony Club
in Pennsylvania and a sponsor of the
Old Chatham Pony Club in NY/UC
Region. Hunting is one of Roger’s passions; he has been MFH of several
hunts.
He was a National Examiner and
he tested approximately 750 A & B
candidates. While he judged at least 70
rallies. As a Chief HM Judge and Chair
of the Competitions Committee, he
helped write and rewrite Rules for Rallies until it all fit into a small booklet.
He served on the Board of Governors
and numerous committees. Roger has
always supported the USPC.
LOUISA MCKOWN, Concord,
MA, has held numerous jobs and titles
over the years! She first was DC of the
Musketaquid Pony Club in what was
then Eastern New England Region, and
in 1986 became the RS of that Region
(36 clubs). In 1988 she presided over
the reorganization of three ‘new’ New
England regions and she continued
through many terms as RS in the 80’s
and 90’s and she returned for another
term in 2000-2002.
Louisa served on the Board of
Governors from 1989-2005, including
four years on the Advisory Committee.
She was also VP Strategic Planning, Annual Meeting Chair, VP Executive Committee, and member of the
Nominating and Policy Committees.
Louisa has a passion for by-laws and
policy was instrumental in creating
broader and more inclusive By-Laws.
EMSIE PARKER, Edwards, CO, is
a Pony Club Legend, Life Member, and
past USPC President. Emsie began her
life-long commitment to Pony Club in
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1974 with Brush Run Pony Club in the
Tri-State Region. A foxhunter and
hunter-jumper rider in her youth, her
fondest wish was for her children to
love horses as much as she did. Daughters Emme and Julia stayed in Pony
Club until age 21. Emsie was Tri-State
RS until 1990 when she joined the
USPC Board of Governors and was
USPC President from 1998-2000.
She has had a vision for Pony Club
and using her incredibly enthusiastic
leadership style, set about to be a consensus builder in order to accomplish
goals. During her tenure, she launched
the path for developing important
bridges to other national equine organizations and helped set the stage for
some of the positive changes that have
occurred in Pony Club over the past
decade.
PAULA RAYE, Chatham, MA, is a
USPC graduate B and Life Member.
She and her husband have two Pony
Club graduate daughters, Kim, A and
Karin, B. Paula served as Granby Pony
Club DC in the early 70’s through
1982, then continued as the Jt-DC and
later as the Vice RS and RS through
1993. She was the first RIC in the
NY/UC Region.
She served at the National level at
the same time. She was on the Board of
Governors from 1992-97 and was Secretary of the Board from 94-96. She
was also on the Regional Administration Committee and was the chair of
the Nominating Committee. She is
best known for her work on the Policy
Handbook. All of the procedures that
RSs “understood” were put into writing
in the form of Policy and brought to
Board of Governors to be voted on.
This was an enormous undertaking.
Paula Raye was inducted into the
Academy of Achievement at the very
first Youth Congress in 1999. She was
also named as a Pony Club Legend at
the Jubilee Celebration in Philadelphia
in 2004.
MARCIA TODD, Galway, NY, first
became involved with Pony Club in
1973 when her daughter Nancy joined
the Myopia Hunt Pony Club in Massachusetts. She became a rally organizer,
first at the local D Rally and then the
Regional Know-Down competition.
The family moved to New York in
1977 and became members of the Beverwyck Pony Club in Western New
England Region. Marcia served as secretary, Jt-DC and DC of Beverwyck.
From 1981-89, Marcia served on the
National Know-Down (now known as
Quiz) committee and in 1983, organized and ran the first National KnowDown Championships at the first Pony
Club Festival in Lexington, KY. She
continued as Chair of the committee,
organizing the second National Championships in 1986. She was also Vice
RS and then RS of the WNE Region.
Marcia served two terms on the Board
of Governors until 1997 and named a
Pony Club Legend in 2004.
CLUBS RECEIVING 25
YEAR PLAQUES
Fort Caspar Pony Club, Rocky Mountain Region
Gulf Coast Gallopers Pony Club, Deep
South Region
Keystone Pony Club, Eastern Pennsylvania Region
Lake Superior Pony Club, Lake Shore
Region
Mobile Bay Pony Club, Deep South
Region
North River Pony Club, Southeastern
New England Region
Tamarack Pony Club, Northeast Region
Wintergreen Pony Club, Old Dominion Region
Nothing Could be Finer…
Than Pony Club in
Carolina!
2009 USPC Annual Meeting and Convention
January 22-25—Greenville, SC
www.annualmeeting09.ponyclub.org
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CLUBS RECEIVING 50
YEAR BANNERS
CAVALRY AWARD
WINNERS
Casanova-Warrenton Pony Club,
Virginia Region
Charlotte Pony Club, Western
New England Region
Glastonbury Pony Club, New
York/Upper Connecticut Region
Green Spring Hounds Pony Club,
Maryland Region
Keeneland Pony Club, MidSouth
Region
Loudoun Hunt Pony Club, Virginia
Region
Raccoon Valley Pony Club,
Midwest Region
Redland Hunt Pony Club,
Maryland Region
Southlands Pony Club, NY/Upper
CT
Audrey Bean, B, Three Flags Pony
Club, Northeast Region
Hannah Sue Burnett, B, Long Run
Pony Club, MidSouth Region
Tiana Coudray, H-A, Santa Rosa Pony
Club, Camino Real Region
Ashley DaFermo, C-3, Peace Point
Equestrian Center, Tristate Region
Tyler Frey, C-3, Mobile Bay Pony Club,
Deep South Region
Fiona Graham, H-A, Portola Valley
Pony Club, Middle California Region
Holly Hillenbrand, B, Yampa Valley
Pony Club, Rocky Mountain Region
Skyeler Icke, H-A, Difficult Run Pony
Club, Virginia Region
Olivia Loiacono, A, Fallbrook Pony
Club, Southern California Region
Max McManamy, C-3, Black Oaks
Pony Club, Mid-Cal Region
Kirsten Selvig, B, Palmetto Pony Club,
Carolina Region
Tory Smith, B, Santa Rosa Valley Pony
Club, Camino Real Region
Susan Thomas, B, Glenmore Hunt
Pony Club, Old Dominion Region
Marty Whitehouse, A, Keeneland
Pony Club, MidSouth Region
TRISH GILBERT YOUNG
RIDER AWARD:
Kirsten Selvig, B, Palmetto Pony Club,
Carolina Region
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IN
THE
NEWS
Photo courtesy McCool Photography
USEA APPRECIATION
AWARDS
GOVERNORS’ CUPS
The USEA Governors’ Cups are
presented annually to the volunteers
who form the backbone of eventing.
These are individuals who labor
tirelessly behind the scenes at the many
jobs associated with the running of the
sport.
(L to R) Fiona Graham and Max McManamy receive the North American Young
Rider CCI* Team Championship trophy from Robert Kellerhouse.
SUCCESS FOR PONY
CLUB RIDERS
A team of young California riders
recently captured first place the new
North American Young Rider CCI*
Team Championship (West coast
NAYRC) held in Temecula California
November 1-4. The three riders on the
winning team also happen to be active
Pony Club members; Fiona Graham
(HA Portola Valley PC); Max McManamy (C-3 Black Oaks PC) and Allegra Aiuto (C-2 Bay Hill PC). Kirstin
Hill (C-3 Portola Valley PC) was an
invaluable groom.
The USEA Area VI Eventing
team, representing the whole of California, (Max McManamy, riding Beacon Hill, Fiona Graham riding Good
Barter and Allegra Aiuto riding
Harley) scored 1,232.0 points to win
the title. The Areas VI/VII/X team
(Kelsey Kristosik riding Smoke Alarm,
Erin McElhone riding Parkiki Star and
John Michael Durr riding Phoenix Secret) finished second, coring 1,296.8.
The team was presented with the
USEA Linda Tellington-Jones Perpetual Trophy donated by Tom Angle and
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Jeffray Ryding. Coolers, USEF keeper
trophies and ribbons were presented to
the first and second place teams.
The Junior/Young Rider National
(NJYRTC) CCI* Team Championship
was an Eventing only competition. The
team competition was run as a longformat CCI* with steeplechase in
which the riders complete two phases
of roads and tracks, and complete a
steeplechase prior to starting out crosscountry. “It was really fun—a blast,”
said McManamy, 15, of riding the
three minute steeplechase phase for the
first time. The championships were
open to all riders between the ages of
14-21 and horses qualified to participate in a CCI*.
Just like USPC, the Young Rider
program promotes teamwork, as all
competitions are team competitions,
much like the Olympic Games where
members learn the importance of cooperation and teamwork. “Pony Club rallies and ratings are excellent
preparation for this kind of event as it
required teamwork and perfect turnout,” commented Fiona Graham whose
horse, Good Barter, had recovered
from colic surgery back in April.
SHELLEY RYAN has been closely involved with the sport of eventing in
Area VIII for the past 14 years, and has
been a tireless worker for Pony Club at
the club, regional and national levels.
She is currently a Vice Regional Supervisor for the Pony Club MidSouth Region and serves on the USPC Board of
Governors. Her daughters were all active Pony Club members who Evented
through the Young Rider levels. Shelley works full time, but manages to be
overall organizer for three events at the
Kentucky Horse Park-the MidSouth
Region’s Mega rally, the MidSouth
USPC Horse Trials, and the Keeneland
Pony Club’s popular Jump Start Horse
Trials. Additionally, she is actively involved with the MidSouth Eventing
and Dressage Association and can be
found at innumerable local shows and
events volunteering and adding her
own brand of quiet organization to the
activities.
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USEA APPRECIATION
AWARDS, continued
COURTNEY C. REEVES
MEMORIAL TROPHY
THE
NEWS
THE WOFFORD CUP
This special award is given each year
by the Wofford family to honor someone
whose service to the sport has made a profound impact.
This trophy is awarded to the young
individual who exemplifies sportsmanship,
the spirit of the sport, and who gives back
to the sport.
KYLE SMITH, C-3, Western Reserve
Pony Club, Tri-State Region
Kyle, who hails from Ohio, is
being awarded the Courtney C. Reeves
Memorial Trophy in honor of both his
dedication to the Young Riders’ Program and for the courage and mettle he
showed during the NAYRC this past
year. He was serving as groom for the
Area VIII teams and on the Friday of
the competition he learned that his
beloved horse and partner of many
years, Summer’s Gift, “Gus,” had been
euthanized in an emergency situation
at home.
Not wishing to distract the riders
from the job they were there to do, he
never mentioned this to anyone. He
held it together until after the competition when the kids were talking excitedly about the upcoming NAYRC in
Colorado and making plans for Kyle to
anchor the team with Gus. Only then
did he share his grief.
Kyle loves the sport of eventing
and gives back to it in many ways: riding, coaching, and being a cheerleader
for his peers, “grunt” work. He tirelessly
volunteers to help his mother, Jackie
Smith, manage the Young Rider camps
and the events they hold at their farm,
and he is always willing to lend a hand
wherever needed and in whatever capacity.
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INTER-COLLEGIATE DRESSAGE
HONORS GO TO PONY CLUB
MEMBER
ASHLEY ANDERSON, a B-rated Pony
MARGARET GOOD has been a fixture
in the equestrian community for 30
years. In 1976 she became involved
with the Loudoun Hunt Pony Club
and served as the club’s secretary and
treasurer. In 1981 she became the DC
for Loudoun Hunt Pony Club and has
held this position ever since. In 1980,
she was approached by the than
USCTA to become an organizer when
Morven Park’s Major Lynch passed on.
Working with seed money and with
the help of her husband Ron Good,
Grace Dawson and others, Morven
Park’s first horse trials commenced in
1981.
More than 25 years later, Margaret
is still the organizer. In addition, she
organizes three other horse trials in
Area II. Margaret has always been the
type of person who does her work quietly behind the scenes. She calmly
steps up and offers to assist and support
eventing in Area II in many ways. She
is truly one of the sport’s unsung heroes!
Club member holds a dual membership
with Peace Point Pony Club Riding
Center (Tri-State Region) and On The
Bit Pony Club (White Mountain Region). She is attending Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia, where
she is a 19-year-old sophomore majoring in Pre Vet/Equine Management.
Ashley is and has been the Captain of the Bethany College Dressage
Team. The Dressage Team took third
in the Region for the 07/08 season.
Ashley took first place at the Findlay
IDA show at first level and second at
the last IDA show held at Peace Point.
Ashley is ranked the number one first
level rider in the region and will be
heading to IDA Nationals as an individual the end of April in Massachusetts. Ashley has been in Pony Club
since she was six. She is very active
and gives back to Pony Club whenever
and wherever she can. She will be
going for her H-A this summer. When
she is not studying or doing Pony Club
you will find her eventing her Irish TB,
Liam. Many, Many THANKS to Kathy
Montgomery and Ellen Fischer for awesome coaching and support.
C L A S S I F I E D A D V E RT I S I N G
HORSES & PONIES FOR SALE OR
LEASE
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 14-yr Paint x
TB gelding. Brave and confident. Packer at
3’3” and 3’6.” Excellent lateral work and
collection. Prelim eventer, schoolmaster at
Training. 8th at 1st CCI* (long format). Can
handle Eventing A with ease. Would also
make a great field hunter. Contact: Aimee
[email protected] Louisville, KY.
Price: $16,000.
We have several ponies for sale. They have
been used as lesson ponies for our program
w/t/c, jumps, and do lead changes. Reasonable. Priced Contact: Kaye kayefaison@
aol.com 404-379-7412 Tyrone, GA. Price:
3,500-7,500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Cinder
(Itsmidnitecinderella) 2001 14.1 h reg App
mare. Quiet, easy and comfortable to ride
with a super disposition ideal for a learning
rider. Hacks trail goes XC with an
outstanding jump. Fancy with the right
demeanor for the better shows Contact:
Richard [email protected] 301524-8286 Middletown, MD. Price: $7800.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Splenda - a.ka.
Spunky. 6 yr. reg. 1/2 Welsh mare by
Wynnbrook Starburst. 14+ h. Shown Beg.
Novice by Jr. rider. Cheerful personality &
attitude. Fancy gaits, bold XC. Easy to ride.
This pony has no limits. She could be your
pony of a life time. Contact: Bailey
[email protected] 919-967-6095 Carrboro, NC. Price: $15,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 14 h bay pony
mare, 5 yr. Walk trot canter, started over
small fences. Nice gaits, comfortable,
forward. Green but ready for a good child.
Needs a job and a chance to prove what she
can do. Price neg to good home. Contact:
Nancy [email protected] 828-8630462 Columbus, NC. Price: asking $2000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) SJ/Dressage
champion/schoolmaster. Safe, fun, flashy,
sweet. Wins through Lvl 4 SJ, 3rd Lvl
Dressage. Sound, can do A SJ or Dressage
test. Video, record, pictures at www.topline
sporthorse.com/finale Contact: Hannah
[email protected] 206-7151068 Vashon, WA. Price: $28,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Romeo 6 yr
geld QHX 16 h very quiet safe. Current all
shots as of Jan 08. Light ride only no
jumping, navicular sound with proper farrier.
Free to excellent home. Looking for 15.3+
D-2-3 suitable mount, sound, jumpable, safe,
reasonably. Priced. Contact: Tamara
[email protected] 253-238-8819 Bristol,
TN .
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 6 yr 14.1 h
Haflinger/QH pony mare. Nora has show
experience and can carry an adult or a child.
Fabulous jumper with a big step down the
lines. Has basic dressage training. Sadly
selling due to lack of time. Price negotiable
to the right home. Contact: Allison belle
[email protected] 973-204-2528 Euclid,
OH. Price: $6000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Competing in
Jumpers and Notice Eventing, foxhunts and
has done pony games. Always gives 110%
doesn’t know he is a pony, makes the horse
strides. If you are looking for a competitor
and a pony who loves to jump, he is ready to
take someone far. Contact: Ashley Lash
[email protected] 601-906-6883 Brandon,
MS. Price: $5500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) experienced
upper level! Every Wish: 16.3 h, 14 yr TB
gelding, won CCI* at Morven Park 02, comp
Stuart HT CIC** 05. Comp advanced
Millbrook HT 05, and 05 5th AEC inter.
www.allansporthorses.com/forsale.htm Contact: Samantha samantha@allansporthorses.
com 240-538-2678 Brandywine, MD. Price:
$36,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 15.3 h, 15 yr
TB mare. SJ star, loves XC – great for
C/above intermediate rider. Lovely horse –
easy keeper, no vices. Motivated seller –
absolutely must move by March! Horse
located in Princeton, NJ. Serious inquiries
only. Price very neg to loving PC home!
Contact: Steph [email protected] 201874-0268. Price: $5500.
14.1 h black pony mare, 6 yr, great temperament, easily jumping 3’3”, has the gaits to
win at dressage and is great on trail with
experience at water and ditches. She loads,
clips and bathes. She also goes barefoot with
no issues. She went to a few shows placing
well. Contact: Heather summerfarm@zoom
internet.net 724-584-2389 Sarver, PA. Price:
$6500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 9 yr Canadian
TB gelding (never raced), 16.2 h Evented
through Preliminary great horse to get
experience. He loves fox hunting lovely
mover, auto changes, no vices, clips and
loads easy! Located in Lexington, KY asking
$17,000 neg Contact: Chelsea cmartin@
midway.edu 215-512-7874.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) AQHA 14.2 h
13yr bay mare. “Tess” had done almost all
disciplines- even taken grandma on trail
rides. Jumps 3’3”, has done speed events,
evented, 4-H and has been used for Pony
Club lesson horse. Sound and located in
northern Wisconsin. Contact: Julie julief@
feldsteins.com 715-735-5957. Price: $ 6500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 14.1 h perm
card, welsh QH mare-15 yr. USEF Pony
finals 2005 and 2006. Shown lightly 2007
with OHJA year end awards. Lovely barn
manners. Easy keeper. Contact: Barbra 304345-4870 Charleston, WV. Price: $20,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Garrett knows
his job and has an extensive show record.
Very competitive in 3’ jumpers and medals.
Has placed at Pebble Beach. Also has
successfully evented. Solid and safe teacher.
Will hack out on the buckle, or turn on a
dime in a speed round. Contact: Megan
[email protected] Grass Valley, CA.
Price: $13,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Tess is a 16.3
h TB mare who in 2007 evented training
level, C PC, 1st level dressage, you name it!
She wins novice with ease, 4th place Novice
Jr horse for the 2007 USEA area 2 awards.
This is a great horse that is worth checking
out. Contact: Angela max.hoofpower@
gmail.com 410-798-9344 Riva, MD. Price:
$10,500.
Smart, and bombproof appendix mare.
Shown all over, up to 3’ jumpers. Has
evented, and trailered all over. Very spunky,
adorable. Would make a perfect PC or games
horse. Very fun and easy to ride! Email for
pictures! Contact: Megan stumblina5@
hotmail.com CA .
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Cute pony
available 10 yr, 13.3 h Shetland/ Haflinger
gelding. Sadly outgrown. Took rider to D-3
and BN eventing. Excellent health, feet,
temperament. No vices. Affectionate, with
sense of humor. Great “pocket pony.”
Contact: Julia [email protected] West
Grove, PA Free lease or reasonable sale to
approved home.
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Wonderful Appendix QH mare, 15.3 h dk
bay. Great PC horse- was taken through ‘A’.
Competed up to CIC1S. Is strong in all
phases and loves XC. Placed in top 2 at last
four events. This horse is easy to handle and
flashy. Selling due to family medical
bills/relocation.
Contact:
Susan
[email protected] 931-729-1718
Lyles, TN. Price: $25,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Ready to get
your A? 15.3h 10 yr gray TB gelding, evented
through Prelim w/ no XC jump penalties,
ever! Brave and fast, solid on the flat. Several
PC-perfect horses for sale. Experienced
Novice-Prelim and foxhunters. Offers
Considered.
Contact:
Katie
[email protected] Middleburg,
VA. Price: $7500 - 22000.
H-B PCer in need of an experienced
prelim/CCI* school master type horse to
take to the upper level ratings and pack
around courses. I would also like to do young
riders. Please contact me ASAP! Can be
either lease or for sale. Contact: Elisabeth
[email protected] 970-884-2477 Bayfield, CO. Price: neg.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) DeJaVue is a
courageous, calm, courteous and classy 15.3 h
7 yr mare versatile for show-pleasure- trail.
Virtually bomb proof and loaded with
personality. Excellent dressage and performance prospect. Contact: Christine turkey
[email protected] 386-690-1795 New
Smyrna Beach, Fl. Price: $7500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Dressage,
jumping or 3-day! Tetron’s Toccata is a good
all around horse, wonderful to ride,
wonderful on trails and good with the less
experienced rider. TB and AWS, 15.3+ h, 17
yr, no vices. Limited use as lesson horse. Easy
going and fun to ride. Contact: Heather
[email protected] 352-514-0173 Gainesville, FL. Price: $4000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) bombproof
first pony. Pippi Longstockings is a 7 yr, 14
h, paint mare. PC through D-3, Evented BN
with clean XC and sj. Very good mover, and
jumper, nice enough to also do h/j. Excellent
to work around, can be handled by a child.
Sadly outgrown. Contact: Kathleen
[email protected] Charlotte, VT. Price:
$7500.
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(See ponyclub.org for photo) 2000 bay TB
mare 15.3 h. Competed to Novice with YR.
Solid training dressage, schooling 1st. A joy
to be around. No Vices! More Pictures and
Video available. Contact Lauren Hoffman at
609-617-4491 [email protected]
Mullica Hill, NJ. Price: $14,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) ‘95 reg
Oldenburg mare, bay, 15.1 h, safe, sound,
taken boy from W/T to C-1 and could go
beyond if he did not outgrow. Jumps 3’3”,
competes eventing, hunts, trail rides, clips,
loads and had a foal. Great dressage training
and sweet mare. Share with you child!
Contact: Adrienne [email protected]
Stanley, NM. Price: $13,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 16.1 h
Swedish 9 yr gelding. SJ experience to 3’6”
Has done derbies with banks/ditches.
Schooled lower level dressage. Fun,
attractive, honest, brave, kind, and tolerant.
Clips/hauls/bathes. Make me an offer before
my show season starts! Contact: Patty
[email protected] 360-303-4312 Ferndale, WA. Price: $12,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 15.3 h QH
gelding. PC to C-2. Parelli II experience.
Jumps 3 ft., goes XC, trail rides. PC Dressage
championships at 1st level = 67%. Steady
eddy. Loads, clips, bathes, no vices. Loves to
be loved and returns the favor w/ safety.
Contact: Linda [email protected] 217-4832449 Chatham, IL. Price: $8000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Toby is a 7 yr
TB gelding. 15.3 h, gray. He is currently
jumping and solid in his flat work. No vices,
great manners and doesn’t have a stop in
him. Owner sadly relocating to Australia.
Contact: Kimberly kimberlyclark@myown
racehorse.com 410-802-8425 Upper Marlboro, MD. Price: $8500.
Free lease wanted, strong confident C-1 more
than ready to rate up seeking a longer term
lease starting now through at least fall. Own
horse having surgery. Forward, challenging
horse is good. Excellent care and references,
excellent rider. Contact: Katherine ponygirl
@gmavt.net 802-453-3211 Lincoln, VT .
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 13.1 h, 9 yr.
Pretty mover, great jumper. Lead changes.
Loveable, mannerly, no vices. Loads, clips,
easily. Perfect PC C-2. 2006- Reserve
champion in CHJA Pony Jumpers and USEF
Medium Green Pony Hunter. Beginner
Novice eventer. Contact: Stanene ilovemy
[email protected] Longmont, CO. Price:
$10,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Muddie
Waters 14.2 h QH 8 yr. Confidence builder,
excellent temperament, no vices. Shown 1st
level dressage, jumping 2’3-2’6, fun and safe
XC. Taken rider from D1-D3. Sadly outgrown, looking for new best friend. Contact:
Elaine [email protected] 765-4636150 West Lafayette, IN. Price: $8500.
George is a 10 yr TB gelding. 4th Morven
CCI* this fall 3 rd Ocala Winter I HT this
winter. Suit any junior or amateur looking
for a confident horse to progress through the
levels of eventing or PC. Easy to hack out
and has a wonderful disposition. He has no.
Contact: Hannah Hannahwhalen@hotmail.
com 608-354-2053 Reddick, FL. Price:
$30,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Bryson Irish
TB 13 yr 16.3 h geld. Stunning with uphill
build. Owned and ridden by a C-1 PC.
Awesome D-3 mount! 1st Poplar Place in
BN. Three months profess training. Pleasure
to ride and a bold and beautiful jumper!
Asking $12,500 Contact: Taylor [email protected] 251-753-6731 Mobile,
AL. Price: $12,500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Griffin is a
2003 grey 13.1 h Welsh x Fell gelding
imported from Canada. Phenomenal mover
and amazing jumper with plenty of scope.
Loves XC, water or ditches. Griffin will make
a very fancy event pony who will take your
child to the top. Contact: Sarah saranne
[email protected] Albany, GA. Price:
$16,500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Confidence
builder school master UR-C-2 Perfect PC
13.3 h 13yr. mare. Acts gelding. Auto
changes. Shown 2’6” hunter & dressage.
Dressage, SJ, eventing, and polox Rallies.
Unflappable trail & fox hunter. Neg to PC
home. Out grown Contact: Emily pattern
[email protected] 610-488-7974 Bernville,
PA. Price: $7500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Durham NC.
Free lease to approved PC home. Pippin 15.2
h 8 yr TB. Experienced foxhunter, eventer,
professional training by Caroline Dowd and
Chris Hitchcock. Lessee must be approved
by trainer to ensure good fit. Can go off-farm.
Requires intermediate rider. Contact:
Rebecca [email protected].
C L A S S I F I E D A D V E RT I S I N G
(See ponyclub.org for photo) this pony is all
heart. 2004 Wasatch Range Horse of the
Year, 2006 and 2007 Idaho BN Horse of the
Year, 2007 Idaho Dressage Festival Training
Champion. Will jump anything, loves XC.
Sadly outgrown. Contact: Diane dianeshay@
earthlink.net 208-720-5019 Bellevue, ID .
Connemara/TB weanling for sale $2000
OBO; Connemara/TB mare 4 yr ready to go
just needs a rider for long term lease; 18 yr
TB gelding for light work needs a new safe
home. Due to death in the family and family
change all must find new homes! Contact:
Carter [email protected] Indian Head, MD
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Gorgeous 7 yr,
16.2 h Azteca gelding. Has papers. Sired by
“Apollo II”. Competed Novice, placed every
time, he loves XC, very scopey and safe
jump. Good work ethic. Perfect PC Mount.
Lovely to handle. Good home a must!
Contact: Samantha redwoodpark2@yahoo.
com 321-402-4822 Groveland, Fl. Price:
$30,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Upper level
potential schools 2’6” - 3’, tight form,
gorgeous, sweet & fun, has a motor, lead
changes, lightly shown, gets ribbons, eligible
green, loves xc, water, utd on all, 11 yr geld.,
13.1 h, paintX, email video, pics. Contact:
Treasa [email protected] 901-825-0187
Memphis, TN. Price: $3300.
Practical Magic (Abel) – 9 yr liver chestnut
TB gelding. 15.3 h with a big barrel.
Completed 2 USEA BN HTs and scored in
the mid- 60’s at dressage shows. Great as an
eventer, jumper, dressage or even foxhunting
and polox. Quiet on trails, very sweet. Also
used as an H-A horse. Contact: Rachel
[email protected] Asheville, NC. Price:
$8000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Crescent
Moon–12 yr 16 h TB/Trekaner chestnut Ellie
is looking for a PC home where she can take
any PCer up to their C-3 or B. Loves to
Jump! Loves Kids! Successfully took me to
my C-3 and can go higher. Currently
jumping 3’6” consistently. Contact: Bree
[email protected] 906-250-5260 Marquette, MI. Price: $16,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) talented 13 yr,
13.2 h POA mare. Forward/bold. Competed
in the 2007 USPC Prince Philip Cup
(mounted games). Willing, green jumper
(schooled 2’3”). Trails, XC, polox, foxhunting. Bathes, clips, loads, hauls. Well-rounded
PC partner. Contact: Meaghan sassyrain
[email protected] 360-897-9667 Orting,
WA. Price: $3500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Just the Fax
(Faxie) is a 13.2 h, 11 yr Welsh/QH gelding.
Hunts first flight EHHC. Jr Champion
Beaufort HT 3 ft. 2007. Super PC pony—
rated through C-2. Has rallied in Dressage,
SJ, and Eventing. Eventing novice Contact:
Tammy [email protected] 717-4282489 Seven Valleys, PA. Price: $19,500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Halley registered 12.3 h, 9 yr, Icelandic mare. Has
competed in dressage, games, and show
jumping rallies in 2007. Very calm and
unflappable. No “mare-like” heat behaviors.
Loads, clips, bathes and trims. Owners need
to sell due to divorce. Contact: Jodi
[email protected] 228-324-5646 Pass
Christian, MS. Price: $3500.
13.1 h 8 yr grey pinto pony mare with big
blue eyes. Ashlynn will make a good project
pony or a great foxhunter. She has been
working on her flatwork and out foxhunting.
Sweet pony, great with ground manners.
Very flashy, gets compliments where ever she
goes!
Contact:
Cortney
[email protected] 239-340-1854
Aiken, SC. Price: $2500 obo .
(See ponyclub.org for photo) mare 14.2 h, 8
yr, dun paint, two blue eyes. Dressage,
hunters, eventing, games and many trail
miles. Excellent ground manners. No vices,
easy keeper. Jumping 2’6 and training level
dressage, schooling first. Very sadly
outgrown. Possible trade. Contact: Kathy
[email protected] Alpharetta, GA.
Price: $6500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Beautiful
pony! Great for your beginning jumper!
Dressage and eventing. She’s a great family
horse, shown extensively, and loves people.
She loads, clips, and is an experienced trail
horse. E-mail if you would like videos or
more pictures. Contact: Carolyn lvrhorse907
@mchsi.com Bettendorf, IA. Price: $8000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 8 yr, 12.2 h,
red roan welsh pony gelding. Pilgrim has
competed in mini events, hunter/jumper,
dressage, games, hunter paces, PC and 4- H.
Athletic jumper, cute mover. Very sweet.
Sadly outgrown Contact: Erica EParnisari
@aol.com 419-886-2930 Bellville, OH.
Price: $7500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) On The
Marc–perfect PC horse 15.2 h TB/Welsh 16
yr. Has done it all from D-1 to C-3 ratings.
Aims to please. Evented through training. At
PC Festival 2007 Marc led New Zealand to
victory in the Inter-Pacific Show Jumping
Exchange. Contact: Bree bebrecht@miup
link.com 906-250-5260 Marquette, MI.
Price: $10,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Just Classy n
Native–black, reg. 10 yr TB. 16 h, Novice/
Training level. Has foxhunted. Needs strong
rider: easy flat but strong over fences. Must
sell because of owner’s health problems.
Horse is located in Decherd, TN. Contact:
Elizabeth [email protected] 770-9954972. Price: $11,000 neg.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 15 yr 14.1 h
Arabian X available for sale or free lease.
Gorgeous mover and correct frame. Loves to
jump. Smart, willing, and fast learner.
Trailers, clips, bathes, and good for farrier
and vet. Very sweet personality and is great
with
kids
Contact:
Janice
603-520-3691
[email protected]
Moultonborough, NH. Price: $3500 Neg .
13 yr, 14.2 h, gelding pony cross for saleMombo is an extremely talented jumper and
loves his job. He has been used as both a
lesson pony and child’s first pony. Been
shown in local hunter shows with previous
owners- now he is schooling 3’3- 3’6.
Contact: Marty [email protected] 859361-7434 Nicholasville, KY. Price: $12,000.
9 yr 16 h TB geld- Competed thru trainingplaced in Novice horse divisions in overall
USEA and USEA VIII for 2007. Great
ground manners, good traveler- been to
many different venues and always the same.
Great XC and tight SJ- always in top after
Dressage. Will be able to go far! Contact:
Marty [email protected] 859-3617434 Nicholasville, KY .
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(See ponyclub.org for photo) Max is a
superb athlete and great Eventer. Solid
novice level competitor, as well as a great
upper level PC. Competed Training all of
2007. Would be a great “step up” horse. Very
honest jumper! I have owned him for 3.5 yr,
never a lame step. Contact: Annie annie.j.
[email protected] 319-430-3318 Williamsburg, IA. Price: $9000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) “Smarty
Pants” 12.1 h 6 yr gelding. Smarty is leased
through the winter & looking for a new
owner in the spring. Great mover, quick
learner, and polite for a small pony! Email
KC- [email protected] Barboursville, VA.
Price: $12,500 neg to PC family.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) medium pony
mare, 12 yr, chestnut with some white
markings. Used for fox hunting, trail riding,
pony races. Is currently the fastest medium
pony in Maryland. Wins over fences & on
the flat. Contact: Suzy [email protected]
410-374-3233 Upperco, MD. Price: $2500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Bay Legion
(Bailey) Reg. Arabian. 13.1 has manners and
is very willing! Loves to jump, miles of trails,
eventing, dressage, Hunter/jumper & even a
lesson horse jumps to 2’6 very well, not
spooky. Will excel in whatever area you put
him in! Contact: Melinda mpgods@sbc
global.net 501-590-0784 Alexander, AR.
Price: $3500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 9 yr TB/QH
16.0 h geld experienced eventer through
Prelim. Schools Intermediate questions. Safe,
easy to do. Would be great for any level PC.
Would love hunting or jumpers as well.
College commitments force sale. Contact:
Kathryn [email protected] 815979-6291 Monroe Center, IL. Price: $15,500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Remmington
is a 12.3 h, 6 yr gelding. He is a talented,
quiet pony who is. Priced to sell. D-2
competed him at 2’3” but has jumped 2’6 to
2’9. Remmy has also competed in jr. games.
He is both responsive and willing. Contact:
Shannon [email protected] 330549-2750 Columbiana, OH. Price: $4000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Chase is a
13.2 h, 11 yr gelding that anyone can ride.
Has competed in both the Jr. and Sr. Games
Championships. Chase also jumps and is
good on trails. He is easy to be around and
ready for his next young rider. Contact:
Shannon [email protected] 330549-2750 Columbiana, OH. Price: $3000
firm .
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(See ponyclub.org for photo) Merle- 15.1 h
14 yr QH gelding. Totally bomb proof, done
it all, perfect for a D level PC looking to
event. Sound, UTD on all shots, clips, loads,
bathes, ties. Very safe, as close to perfect as
they come. Contact: Callan merlesasquirrel@
hotmail.com Golden Valley, MN. Price:
$15,000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Summer’s
Tango “Tango” is a 15.3 h 18 yr HanxTB.
She was evented all her life, and took C-1.
Great mare good manners. Free lease to good
PC home, great horse for D’s or lower level
eventers, sadly outgrown. In NH, email at
[email protected] Contact: Gillian. Price:
Free lease .
(See ponyclub.org for photo) proven
training level event pony for sale or lease
Chesapeake Bay, 10 yr, 14.2 h Welsh-X
mare. 2007 winner PC ChampionshipsTraining. Chessie is a “go” pony, needs
confident
rider.
Video
at:
http://youtube.com/watch?v
=9VmR_2fGHII Contact: Nancy ncmarks@
aol.com 914-318-7306 Chappaqua, NY.
Price: $18,000/buy $6000/year lease .
Our Classified Ads Sell Horses!
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Perfect lowintermediate dressage/hunter 11 yr TB mare.
Gorgeous mover with three super gaits.
Shown dressage and hunter, schooled XC.
Not for a stark beginner, but eager to please.
Visit horseplaytraining.com for more photos
and information. Contact: Liz liz@horseplay
training.com 785-393-4852 Lawrence, KS.
Price: $4000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) “Remy” 16.1
h, grey, TB geld. He did show jumping &
dressage rally, this year, Also Evented. He
competed in Jr young riders in VA. with a D3. Remy will stand on the trailer, clip, paper
chase, easy to work around. Must sell
Contact: Anecia [email protected]
610-932-7277 Oxford, PA. Price: $13,500.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) 13.2 h 8 yr
grey mare. Anyone can ride. Loves to jump
2’6” courses with a beginner rider. Auto
changes. Would make ideal first pony. Other
Welsh ponies and a few horses available.
Reasonable. Prices all stages of training.
Email for list. Contact: Cassie wind
[email protected]
502-432-2990
LaGrange, KY. Price: $5800.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Andalusian X
gelding. Has shown in the Adult Eq, PreGreen, and Low Jumper at local and rated
shows. Honest, fancy with plenty of scope for
3’ divisions. Sound and has no lameness or
maintenance issues. Loads, clips, ships, ties,
no vices. YouTube video Contact: Michele
215-534-0461 Doylestown, PA. Price:
$15,000.
(as well as tack, services and
otherthings). Submit your
classified ad online at
www.ponyclub.org today!
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Cookie- 13.1
h, 12 yr, buckskin paint pony. Talented and
suited for PC, horse trials, or pony hunters.
Loves to jump (no spook) and has auto
changes. She has multiple championships in
VHSA Associate and 4-H shows. Sadly
outgrown. Contact: JoAnn [email protected].
va.us 434-983-3247 Dillwyn, VA. Price:
$8000.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Dixie 9 yr,
12.2 h. Successful through Children’s,
happier doing leadline - short stirrup. Fancy,
incredible mover, hack winner, cute jumper.
Champions and Reserves in hunters/leadline
/pleasure. 2007 WIHS Leadline Champion!
Middleburg, VA. 703-930-6280 Contact:
Claudia [email protected] Falls Church,
VA. Price: $20,000.
Bailey is an 8 yr bay TB. Eventing novice.
Rated to C-3, B in spring. Hunts first flight
EHHC. Competed in Hunt Night. Has done
other local shows and hunter trials. No vices
but knows he rules the barn! Excellent for
lounging and great for teaching kids.
Contact: Kelsey [email protected]
717-428-2489 Seven Valleys, PA. Price:
$40,000.
REAL ESTATE
C L A S S I F I E D A D V E RT I S I N G
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Watch the
sunrise and sunset from one of the 4 porches.
This is truly a one of a kind farm property.
The house is extraordinary! Open floor plan,
stone fireplace, hardwood floors, and lots of
windows. The land is mostly flat with shade
trees. Fenced with the cutest 5 stall barn you
have ever seen. 2 paddocks are already set up
for you and the barn offers a large tack room,
loft, storage, and wash rack. Peace and
tranquility are in abundance yet only 15
minutes to the Kentucky Horse Park.
Conveniently located close to Lexington,
and Paris. Contact: Shelley shelley@pony
club.org 859-230-0875 Paris, KY. Price:
$775,000. Price just reduced.
TACK AND EQUIPMENT
Xtreme Polocrosse has the equipment you
need for extreme fun playing Polocrosse. We
stock Racquets, Balls, Helmets, & Tack in
the USA. www.xtremepolocrosse.com or call
1-866-787- 1575 or email dlynn@xtremepolo
crosse.com .
(See ponyclub.org for photo) lightly used
Rex Stubben. 15” seat w/pad, B/A stirrups &
cover. Son quit riding. Contact: Mary
[email protected] 254-744-9511
Lorena, TX. Price: $600.
17.5 Bates Caprilli W/chair panel,
changeable gullet system. Very nicely cared
for. Some wear from stirrup leathers. Fits any
horse. My daughter needs to sell this to get
jump a saddle ASAP! I have pictures if
interested. Contact: Kim [email protected]
503-510-4543 Aumsville, OR. Price: $1200.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) SuperLite
Stable Fork - The British made SuperLite
fork is ideal for anyone that desires a lighter
fork that is virtually indestructible. The 41”
handle and 12” head make this a perfect barn
tool for young USPC riders or adults that
want a smaller easy-to-handle barn tool. Call
800-672-8119 or www.unionjackstable.com
Contact: Union Jack Stable & Garden La
Grange, KY .
Steubbin 16” Edenweiss Jr. Saddle, used one
year by my daughter who has now outgrown
it. Nearly new condition. Contact: Sheila
[email protected] 618-967-4554 Carbondale, IL. Price: $600.
SERVICES
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Dressage
Simply Southern - DVD “RIDE - Five
Simple Steps For Secure, Solid Success”. By
Leslie O’Neal Olsen, “R” Judge, Trainer &
Clinician. Featuring ‘Southern’, the talking
horse! EBay feedback 9-2- 07, “Great info.
My 11-year old got her 1st Blue Ribbon
today!” $39.95 Free shipping (US/Canada).
Enjoy your ride! DressageSimplySouthern
.com Contact: Leslie DressageSimply
[email protected] Villa Rica, GA.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Horse industry
consultant with 30+ years experience.
Facilities
advising.
Marketing
and
advertising. Business development. Horse
purchase and sales assistance. Support for
parents of horse-crazy child. www.horsefarm
handbook.com Contact: Elise cortijochand
@msn.com 940-300-4705. Price: $30.
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Sarah
VandenBerg USPC “A”, USEA Level III
Instructor Lessons, Training, Ratings Prep,
Show Coaching. Beginning - Advanced
Level. Limited boarding for those in training.
Show quality school horses available.
Located at Copper Meadows, San Diego’s
premier facility for Three Day Eventing and
home of Ramona Trails Pony Club. (619)
685-7531 www.BriarwoodRidingSchool.com
Contact: Sarah Sarah@BriarwoodRiding
School.com San Diego, CA. Price: rates
available online.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
English Riding Instructors: 24 horses ridden
in three rings and on miles of trails. Riding
instructors teach a variety of levels.
Responsibilities: Teach group riding lessons;
determine daily lessons, opportunities to
teach in other areas and counsel cabin of 1016 campers with 2-3 other staff.
Qualifications: Advanced riding abilities.
Experience working with children required.
Prior work instructing, or instructor
certifications preferred. “visit us at:”
www.hiddenvalleycamp.com/staff/html Contact: Betsy [email protected]
866-482-7823 Freedom, ME.
Nothing Could be
Finer…
(See ponyclub.org for photo) Instructors
with
Pony Club,
hunter jumper
or eventing
Than
Pony
Club
in
exp. needed for summer camp on Lake
Champlain. Carolina!
40 horses, shows, drill team,
stable management, etc. Riders from
beginner
on up.
Must have
completed at
2009
USPC
Annual
least one year college. Quality program.
Meeting and Convention
[email protected]. Contact: William
January VT.
22-25 – Greenville, SC
Burlington,
www.annualmeeting09.ponyclub.org
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ON
THE
RIGHT TRAIL
Instruction Makes USPC Special Continued from page 2
continue to nurture these relationany child who rides. Our educational
ships, as I believe their programs and
program is that good. But we must
ours neatly dovetail.
bridge the gap between the two
We will need to do more.
seemingly different worlds.
We must bridge Our members need more
Instructor certification
the gap between
experience with supervised
programs are gaining mothe two
teaching. We’ve made a good
mentum in America. The
seemingly
start in the last couple of years
American Riding Instrucdifferent worlds.
with the production of the
tors Association has been
DVDs of Traditional Riding
in existence for many years. The U.S.
Standards. There are lesson plans
Eventing Association as well as the
now available on the Instruction and
U.S. Dressage Federation are both
Discipline web sites. We have a
offering performance-based certificacompiled list of instructors that are
tion programs. This is to ensure stanavailable to come in and teach to the
dardized education is provided by
standard. At USPC Leaders
instructors who have proved their
Camps there is a focus on implementcompetitive ability in the ring. Both
ing club and regional instructional
programs have components of Horse
programs. And finally, Peer to Peer
Management in their curriculum. The
instruction is getting well deserved
U.S. Hunter/ Jumper Association
attention. It is a good start.
also appears to be heading in this
I hope that everyone will think
direction. This movement is driven
about ways that we can bring Horsein great part by the legendary George
manship back to the culture of today’s
Morris.
horse world. Horsemanship for the
USPC has benefited from the
21st century… It may be different than
Instructor Certification Programs
before, but that does not make it any
(ICPs) offered by USEA and USDF at
less important. If anything, it’s
both Festival 2007 and Championships
becoming even more important. Since
West 2006. I am glad to say that we
the issues that we are facing in USPC
will be hosting another ICP at Chamare ones that the entire Equestrian
pionships East this year. We need to
world is facing, we need to provide this
foundation to our members. Otherwise,
what we know as horsemanship will
soon be lost to our world. At the very
least, we owe this to the most amazing
Somewhere in this issue (not in an advertisement) is a lost horseshoe. If you
of all animals—the horse, which brings
find it, write your name, address, age, Pony Club and rating on a postcard
along with your answer and mail it to: USPC News, 4041 Iron Works Parkway,
us full circle.
Lexington, KY 40511. If your answer is correct, you will be eligible for a drawSo, Lets get Back to the Barn—
ing to win one of five prizes per issue.
and get back to our roots. Horses and
The winners of the Winter 2008 issue (page 15) are: Hannah Bartlett, Yadkids…is there anything better?
kin Valley Hounds Pony Club, D-3, age 11; Ashley Case, Briones Valley Pony
Art Kramer
Club, D-2, age 11; Britain Hamrick, River Valley Pony Club, unrated, age 9;
Avery Hamrick, River Valley Pony Club, unrated, age 7; Allison Watson, SilUSPC President
ver State Pony Club, D-2, age 14.
experienced horsemen and ‘older’ Pony
Club members (in those days called associates) how to teach. Our retired military instructors taught these clinics as
well as revered horsemen. Just like
‘methods’ classes to prepare school
teachers, these seminars helped prepare
the riding instructors of the USPC by
teaching them what and how to teach.
We need to place a greater emphasis
on this type of education in Pony Club
once again.
The majority of our members no
longer have their horses at home.
That’s just a fact of life: there aren’t as
many backyard horses around any
more. Many of these barns that our
members board at include lessons as
part of the boarding agreement. Can
the USPC reach these instructors to
encourage them to follow more of the
Pony Club curriculum? More importantly, can USPC be seen as a positive
learning process for budding equestrians? One that would be embraced and
considered important for the development of a horse-person by these barns?
We all know it should be! But, these
are challenges that we must consider.
I do not advocate stepping on
toes. We know that USPC can benefit
FIND THE LUCKY HORSESHOE AND
WIN A PRIZE!
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