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| For news and answers to your questions about the Arabian Horse Association, visit arabianhorses.org This page is authored by our newsletter editor, Barb DuBois and comes directly from our monthly print newsletter February 2010 The wet, rainy, mud-soaked dirt roads left some of us not able to attend the January dinner meeting, but for those who made it heard a great program by Bill Melendez. His power point presentation was very explanatory on the scoring system and even Glen Chevallier had to admit it made sense (more of less that is!). Hopefully February will give us some better weather. Our program for the February 16th dinner meeting will be Eric Gardner who has spent years with animal rescue in Los Angeles. He was on Animal Planet talking about some of the various animal rescues and will have part of that DVD in his program. I saw about 4 minutes of it and was glued to the lap-top screen! (hot water solved that problem so the lap-top was saved....oooh, sorry) it was gripping to see the different rescues and what he had to go through (particular the draft horse!), so mark your calendar and we'll see you at 6:45 pm. March Horse Show...everything seems to be in place so far according to show manager Margaret Rich. She says that anyone that wants to volunteer to work at the show should step forward and give her a call (951-302-6045) and get on the list. Runners, awards, gate handlers, etc are all very important spots and it's better to have a good list to draw from than no volunteers at all. Be sure to read the sponsorship form attached in this issue as it has 2 new "package" promotions along with our standard one show only class sponsorships and program advertising. One package will take care of both of our annual club shows for 2010 and might fit the bill for you! Keep us from going back to you in August for the September show!!!! AHA News...l received an email regarding some actions taken by the AHA Board of Directors at their last January meeting. Approved was $2 per horse service fee increase making the total now $3. Also passed was a $5 - $10 increase to various award programs fees. The Board recommended a $10 fee increases to Half-Arabian/ Anglo Arabian and purebred Arabian transfers of recorded ownership. These fees have to be approved by AHA Registration Commission which is expected to meet within 14 days. If it passes then the fees will take place on April 1, 2010, along with the other fee increases. The Board asked those of us on the AHA membership committee to give our opinion of some changes that have been brought up regarding membership. One involves charging $10 for the Modern Arabian Horse magazine, applying only to those renewing and new members. It also said that anyone renewing or joining prior to April 1 would receive the magazine free, but after April 1 there would be a charge for renewals and new members. That has posed the question of whether those renewing (or new) prior to April 1 would have to pay that $10 after April 1 ....the way it was worded in the email was very ambiguous, so I am waiting for a resolution as I type this issue! January 2010 Well, here is another new year us here and we sure did have the good weather for all of the "out of towners" who came to see "The Football Games" and Rose Parade in Pasadena. It was a thrill to see Entry #19 pop into view and watch Nancy Harvey and group waving to the crowd! I figured she must have really celebrated the New Year "in' as she couldn't drive her horse and cart in a straight line...(I know, that wasn't the reason... she was playing to the crowd). But we were all excited to see them all and Ted Lange looked so official walking as the "outwalker for Nancy and her carriage horse "Poo". Great job you guys.
2010 Club Dinner Meetings...once again we will be at the Sizzler at 27717 Jefferson (between Winchester Road and Rancho California Road. Please note that attendees should be there at 6:45 pm instead of 7:00 pm. That will give us a little more time to get dinner and eat before the program and also will assure us of getting out and on the way home at a reasonable hour. The program for January will be Bill Melendez, a well respected judge and trainer and his program is on "the scoring system for halter showing (particularly at the U.S. Nationals. Bill has moved to this area and we should welcome him as a great additional to the So. Calif. Horse Arena! The price of dinner is also new... $12 even includes dinner, tip and tax for you... choice of 3 entrees as usual and I bet that Cyndee O'Brien can hardly wait to hit the Salad Bar and chicken wings....) didn't forget! Raffles will also be offered.
Region 1 News...for the club delegates there will be a meeting on Feb 27th. Also, a request has been sent out by the Region's Newsletter Editor that if you want to put anything in the next issue email input by January 20{h to Carol at, carol@tamanlaw.com (phone 909-624-571) or Malissa at malissa@tamanlaw.com phone 909-244-0299. Not sure of where the meeting will be held but everyone should have their newsletter by plenty of time and I'll put it in Feb's issue here also.
March Horse Show...Margaret Rich gave a report and everything is moving along very well and on schedule for the March 26-28 club show at LAEC. She didn't have the final P & L figures at her hand but she said that the 2009 show was a success financially for us. We will again be having the premium posted on our web site and also on the show secretary's show site, which should be about January 18th. Anyone who wants to volunteer to work "that show should probably get in touch with Margaret soon. People are always needed so don't be bashful!!!
BOD Miscellany... at the Board of Director's meeting January 5th Kathy reported that the program sponsored by horse.com is no longer valid. Guess it didn't work out as well as they hoped so the club doesn't get any remittance to us if you buy from them. We are also doing a regular class sponsorship for the Sport Horse West Coast championships. David Garrett gave a report that the 2009 one-day horse show made between $2500-$2600, and, as a result, it was voted to keep the same format for the 2010 show at Casner Ranch since it was so successful. That date has been set for September 19th, 2010. In a meeting scheduled in the near future it will be determined as to when the Night Of The Arabian Horse (NOTAH) spectacular will be held. It could be on the 18th, the night before the regular show, or possibly a different day....that will be discussed. The one being planned for 2010 should be an even bigger success than 2009 as 2009 was a different format from the preceding year and the public really liked the change.
Youth lnfo...The Youth Club wasn't very responsive in coming to the January meeting that Denise (new advisor) had advertised, which was a big disappointment to Denise, but she is going to forge ahead and try to let the youth know that they will be foremost in her endeavors to make them once again a viable and fun activity youth portion of RCAHA. She will be planning some activities that are bound to get you all involved and happy to spend some time with each other... like a Play Day with your horses, grooming clinic, or braiding clinic... stuff you can get in to. Give it a try and come to the next meeting. She will contact all of the youth shortly.
Trail Ride in Texas...last month I said that I didn't have room to put a trail ride email from one of our members, Cheryl Norman, who lives in Texas now, so here it is. I thought that is was really kind of nice to have something like this to do on a Sunday...
"..... On Sunday morning I go riding (horses of course) with some friends. We ride on 1000-acre ranches and bigger. Last Sunday there were two Quarter horse stallions, two Morgans, one pony and three of my horses. On this ranch there were a lot of streams to cross and big green pastures to canter in. The Morgans and Quarter horses had a hard time with the water. People were quite impressed with the hot, dumb Arabians (who crossed with no problem!). It was a great time. Next Sunday we have been invited to ride on a very famous 6000 acre ranch. It has on it many historical sites I have been told. I am going to take a camera this time and try to get some pictures. Even on the rides here there is probably a 20 foot shoulder on both sides of the road. These rides started out with just two of us riding, now there can be as many as 20, mostly Quarter horses. Some of the ranches raise exotic deer and buffalo. Last week a Zebra went running from us and in to the fence full speed. Got up, looked around as if to say who did that' then ran off. Hunting season is here so we are limited as to ranches that we are able to ride on. Hunters pay a lot of money to hunt. All though it is truly not hunting. Deer feed all year long and there are blinds that the great white hunters shoot from when the deer come to eat. But the up side is they do eat the meat. Many people eat mostly deer. Well, this letter was just to make my horsey friends envious and let my family know what I was up to. Cheryl" This was too good not to pass on to the rest of you.... particularly about the hot, dumb Arabians that would cross water and where they get to ride. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. If anyone else wants to send in something that they enjoy doing with their horses please do so... l will correct spelling (when I don't foul it up myself!) etc so don't worry, I'm the one who gets the flack because I tippy-type the newsletter!
Lastly...there are two items that are hard to write about. One is human and the other is equine. Our club lost a person who was a member for many years before finding it difficult to attend our meetings. She lived in Norco and often came down with Jim and Ruth McVeigh when they came. Mary Lewis succumbed to cancer on December 30, 2009 at home. Mary called me just before convention and she told me that things were pretty bad but that she was ready regardless of what happened, that she was tired of being sick. She spoke of her love for her grandkids and of the times she shared with all of her family and her horses. I will always remember joking with her and getting straight information with no prejudice on hot-button issues in AHA and the direction of the club! She will be missed by us and our condolences to her family.
Next sad thing was the shooting of two mares at Varian Arabians on the night of December 30th!!!! Sheila wrote in her ranch Newsletter they found two of her Anstocrat mares (Sweet Sanadika V and Mosquerade V) early the next morning. Unfortunately Sweet Sanadika V had to be euthanized and the other is healing at the local veterinary clinic. She wrote there are no words to express the shock and dismay of such a tragedy. A reward fund has been set up to assist in apprehending whoever was responsible and if you like you may send any contributions to either:
Harold Green Evergreen Arabians PO Box 117 Los Olivos, CA 93441
Or Arabian Mare Reward Fund c/o American Principal Bank 4051 Broad Street, Suite 140 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 805-547-2800
December 2009 Last of 2009 Bits and Pieces... November was a busy month - last club dinner and holiday meeting and the AHA convention. We had a great time at Marie Callendar's for our last hooray for the year...the food was excellent and the company was even better. Winners of some of the raffles were Shelley Schaffer, Geri and Jim Gnuse, Margaret Rich, Briggitte and Kira Garrett, Anne York,l Marsha Bustin, Joan Darrin, Tamara Wald, Michelle Jeffredo, Cyndee O'Brien, Sheila Murphy, Ciny Bevier, Joan Flowers (?)....l was scribbling as fast as I could and know I missed some and misspelled some and I can't find the guest list!!!! We had over 40 there and it was nice to just relax and have fun ...the food was so good and everyone went home looking forward to the holidays. 2010 Dinner Meetings....next up will be the January return to the Sizzler for our regular dinner meetings. They really wanted us back and lowered the price (to $12) to make it more feasible to come out. The club is working on having some informative and interesting programs too for the coming year. More info next issue, but mark the 19th of January for the date!! Board Meetings...unfortunately there wasn't a quorum at the November meeting so we have no minutes nor any voting done so the October minutes will be the only one. Most of the discussions were on getting a committee together and getting subject matter for club programs in the works. Some of the programs that are being pursued are Scribing, Dressing for Dressage, Mom's panel with kids that show, Large Animal Search and Rescue, AHA Education & Evaluation, Lou Roper, and more. Last minute stuff for the dinner meeting was done and then it was decided to not have any more meetings until the January 5th BOD meeting. However, one big announcement was made by Denise Nelson... she has agreed to take over the reins as Youth Coordination for the club!!!! This will put a more involved effort into getting our youth back into the forefront with the dynamic "hands on" approach by Denise for them. Looks like 2010 will be a fun year for them now. More on this later. Trainers Take Note...in the Nov 19 issue of Horse Trader, page 74, there is a $10,000 purse challenge for trainers to train a wild Mustang in 90 days!!! It's called the Norco Extreme Trail Challenge for May 14-16, 2010. You must apply by January 1st by calling 512-869-3225 or go to: extrememustangmakeover.com for more information! If I were only 5 years younger.... oh well. This would be right up Ward Brookshier's alley!! How about it Roy R???? Congratulations to...Jessica Bein who has been nominated by the Arabian Professional and Amateur Horsemen's Assn for the APAHA Horsemen Awards for Working Western Trainer and for Youth Instructor also! With Mom Tamara Wald winning Reserve National Champion AAOTR Trail I'd have to say "it's in the genes. Newsletter Card Advertising...shown below are the advertising rates that the board approved for 2009-10. We ran most card ads more than the 6 months as if we had more room in a month I'd run the ads anyway for a "freebie". It is difficult to keep track of this part unless we can get the ads in mostly at the beginning of the year - I have to keep a record of who "came on board, when and end month"... It's doable, but not the greatest! So, let me know about your ads and your business cards soon. The rates are; for members, full page $30, 1/2 page $20, 1/4 page $15 and business cards $10 single insertion ($50 for 6 insertions). For non-members, just add $10 to each page rate and $5 to business cards.
Rose Parade Arabian
Horse Entries...it was announced that our Region One AHA was chosen to ride in the 2010 Rose
Parade!!!! Nancy Harvey (Regional Director) had been working with some
enthusiastic Arab riders and entered their group to see what would happen.
Normally it is almost impossible to be picked the first time but they made it!
The vice chairman of the Rose Parade equestrian committee said that "this was a
group that was unique in that it was all Arabian breeds and their objective was
to show us the diversity of Arabians and how they were used'!! Molly Jenks of
Norco will be riding her 21 year old Arabian, Rocky, as will Nancy and others on
their great horses. There are 11 horses and riders, and are known as the Region
One Versatile Arabians. .They were selected out of about 42 groups from all over
the country!!!! You can see them early in the long parade as they are scheduled
to be the 19th entry Nancy is hoping that a band won't be too near just in
case...the group has been practicing for months in all kinds of circumstances
etc so they feel they are ready to make us all proud. So get out the Boody
Marrys and put your feet up and watch the show on January 1st. Congratulations
to all of you and we will be proud. Regional News...a Regional meeting was held at our caucus meeting on Thursday night at convention and some of the items that fluttered out, besides the resolutions discussion, was the show schedules for 2010. First up is Sierra Empire on January 29-31, then our RCAHA March show the 26-28, Fiesta Del Mar on April 2-4, Half-Arab show on May 7-9, Sept. 3-5 for SoCal, and Sept 19 for RCAHA 1 day show. Meeting dates for regional meetings are as follows: Feb 27, July 10,1 and Oct 3. I'm about out of notes and brain power now.... P.S. Next month I will print a trail ride story that I got from Cheryl Norman in Texas, a club member.
I just received an email from
Nancy with the names etc of Rose Parade Participants and their city of
representation and discipline. November 09 This issue seems to be affected by the Halloween spirit - I'm getting vibes that it might be a weird issue!!! Of course that could be nothing new either....oh well. About 2 hours ago I got a news flash from the Nationals in Tulsa that one of our club members actually bit the bullet and decided to show his and his wife's horse in halter!!! Now, what makes it a "news flash is the nature of the "show-er" - the horse is JS Heiress Afire and the "show-er" was none other than our own slightly out of shape (oval to be exact) Glen Chevallier. Yes, Glen went out there and pranced just like the young guys and then his horse probably took it from there and said "I'm gonna do this myself'...what happened? WOW! They were Reserve National Champions in the 1/2 Arab Stock Hunter Mare class. That deserves a big Congratulations to both of them I think that Lynn Chevallier probably survived the shock with Glen as handler as have heard nothing about a woman falling out of the stands yet. Board News and Holiday Party...it was finalized that the club would have a November combo dinner/general meeting and a holiday party as there will be no meeting in December. Because of the convention and Thanksgiving so close it was thought to do this earlier in November so everyone could spend the upcoming holidays doing the things needed in that crunch time before Nov. 26th and Dec. 25th. The "party" will be at Marie Callendars and the food is going to be great... a little business regarding the upcoming resolutions to be voted on at convention to get members feed back before we go is on the agenda. All the information is in the attached flyer (done so nicely by Anne York) so put it near your or on your refrigerator so you don't forget! Reservations are asked for but we wouldn't turn anyone away at the door either... but we need to give of "Marie" a fairly close headcount for setup purposes. There is a full bar there for those who like to have a "relaxer" at Social Hour" also. We will be in the back room where we have been before. It was also discussed about some of the New Year’s items that need to be looked at, such as committees to be formed, a dinner meeting place and how often to eet....things that will be discussed again in the Dec 1st meeting. A decision will be made probably at the Nov. 3rd BOD as to when the March horse show will be at LAEC. The October and November board minutes will both be printed in the December issue also.
And, remember that Sierra Empire AHA has taken over the old Whittier Lions show dates starting in January, 2010....their premium will be on-line also in November. See www.sierraempireaha.orq , Advertising Rates Reminder Members: Full Page $30; 1/2 Page $20; 1/4 Page $15 Business Card $10 (single insertion only) OR $50 for a minimum of 6 insertions Non-Members: Add $10 to each page rate and $5 to Business Card rate (6 insertion is the same) |
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