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ohio Arabian & All Breed trail society Member Reports from the Maumee Valley Ride submitted by mickie newnam
My news this Month is froM the Maumee Valley ride. for anyone who didn’t go, you missed a great time! the weather was gorgeous, trails were in wonderful shape, and DBDr were great hosts. i brought Akela out, and along with Celeste Phares on shelly, we did our fist ride in three years. we had a blast! i love the new recreational distance thing, and this is part of the reason it was created—so riders with older horses, like Akela at 29, can still come out and support the ride managers and ohio Arabian & All Breed trail society (oAAts). the other reason is to help newbies learn the ropes, and i have a few friends who want to use it for that purpose later in the year. the Midwest trail ride is a great
place to camp, and the trails at hoosier national forest are very nice. it was a bit rocky and hilly but not very muddy, so i’ll take the rocks and hills. i don’t remember too many details about placement. friday’s arrival didn’t end up quite as Celeste and i planned, so we didn’t get to visit as much as we’d hoped, but i did see Denise hayes. i can’t remember too much else. i know that shannon Loomis’ horse, Qui (Be a Quiet Man), who is leased to stacey Johnson, was anything but quiet for a while when his brother Quest arrived at camp. they did fine though; stacey is helping him realize that he can actually be alone without dire consequences. Quest did the 50-mile on sunday, but was rather lonely without
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Morgan’s mare Angel along; Morgan had been swamped with school activities, so wasn’t there. it’s kind of funny, when Quest is not acting like Quest is a bad thing, but they made it. if DBDr does this ride again next year, you should definitely make it a must-do. thanks so much to them for a wonderful time. equine Affaire was another good time. we had a lot of interest and nice horses all four days, and a good breed demonstration. Many thanks to suzy Zech for setting up the horses and breed demonstration, to theresa heger for helping me set up, and to everyone who worked the booth and helped me tear down. with Mollie’s work connections, we were able to put together a nice display, and a lot of people seemed thrilled to find us. it’s always fun to see our friends who stop by the booth, and who we haven’t seen since the last ride season. Plus on our breaks from the booth, we get to shop. that’s it for this month. see you on the trail! for more information on the ohio Arabian & All Breed trail society, visit www.ooats.org.
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