Arabian Horse Life Magazine; Issue 3 2020

Issue 3 • 2020

The Official Magazine of the Arabian Horse Association

YOUR HARD WORK, RECOGNIZED PROUD SPONSOR OF THE ARABIAN HORSE ASSOCIATION

Everything Strong Begins With A Solid Foundation...

Join us in congratulating the 2020 Arabian Horse Foundation Scholarship winners!

For the past 11 years the Arabian Horse Foundation has funded scholarships to deserving youths associated with and involved with owning Arabian horses.

Madison Austin

Mary Baker

Mackenna Basteyns

Leah Blanchard

Caleigh Copenhaver

Lacie Cruise

Caden Cruise

Mary Grace Dudek

Emma Hiland

Sophia Janssen Madden

Karina Kimery

Megan Mathews

Brianna Mullen

Madison Officer

Shelby Reeser

Taylor Richman

Amy Sager

Jaimie Sevier

Jaclyn Thacker

Katelyn Turnbaugh

Nina Vantassel

Zachary White

Julia Winter

The scholarships are generously funded by individuals and dedicated scholarship funds and are awarded by the board of directors for the foundation. In addition to providing scholarships, the Foundation provides funding for important equine health research for the Arabian horse. More details regarding past research funding, the scholarship selection process, and applications may be found at www.arabianhorsefoundation.org

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PARTNERSHIP Equine Athlete Veterinary Services Biosecurity for the Show Horse As we get back into show season, steps should be taken to keep our horses safe and healthy.

By Dr. Bailey Smith

On the cover: The 2019 AHA Youth of the Year, Nina Barretts, graces our cover alongside SF Miss Fire+/, owned by Laurel Nobilis Arabians, Wrightstown, Pa.

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Photography by Kyle Taylor.

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IMPACT Jean Abernethy: The Woman Behind Fergus the Horse Get to know the person who created the equine industry’s most beloved cartoon horse.

By Janet de Acevedo Macdonald

42 WHOA Cutback Saddles Fitted to Your Horse A good fitting saddle in any equine-related activity is imperative for the health and performance of the horse.

By Adrienne Hendricks

GET INVOLVED Modesty Wear: Make Confidence Your Best Accessory Modest sportswear style that emphasizes the performance and not just the body.

By L.A. Sokolowski

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HERITAGE The Rocky Mountain Way: A History of the Van Vleet Stud A look back on the long history and great success of the Van Vleet breeding program and Colorado ranch.

By Tobi Lopez Taylor

IN EVERY ISSUE 7 Corporate Partners & Sponsors 8 President’s Letter 10 EVP’s Letter 10 12 Jibbah Jabber 12 18 Praiseworthy 18 22 AH AHYYA 66 Stallion Directory 69 AHA Listings 72 Discovery Farms 72 75 Advertisers’ Index 75 77 FOCUS Life 4

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THE NOW 2019 Youth of the Year, Nina Barretts Meet Nina Barretts, a self-described late bloomer in the horse industry who has already made a great impact.

By Katie Navarra Member Profile: Youth Nationals Competitor Caroline Elik Read about 18-year-old Caroline Elik who prepared herself, readied her horse and competed at her first National competition all without a trainer.

By Emma Doherty

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Arabian Horse AssociationSM

EDITORIAL

Managing Editor

Stephanie Ruff 717.860.6976 stephanie.ruff@ArabianHorses.org

Design & Publication Senior Graphic Designer

Liz Bilotta x 517 elizabeth.bilotta@ArabianHorses.org

Contributors

Dr. Bailey Smith, Adrienne Hendricks, Janet de Acevedo Macdonald, L.A. Sokolowski, Tobi Lopez Taylor, Katie Navarra, Emma Doherty

10805 East Bethany Drive Aurora, Colorado 80014-2605 Phone: 303.696.4500 Fax: 303.696.4599 Email: info@ArabianHorses.org ArabianHorses.org Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MT

AHA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE*

To reach an individual, dial (303) 696-4(extension) President

Nancy Harvey

Vice President

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Deborah Johnson

Advertising Sales

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Marge Dixon 815.440.4035 marge.dixon@ArabianHorses.org

Vice President at Large

Terry Andreasen

Vice President at Large

Lisa Blackstone

Treasurer

Dave Corning

Advertising Sales Consultant

Bev Brinson 303.696.4584 bev.brinson@ArabianHorses.org

Secretary

Jan Decker

Immediate Past President Cynthia Richardson

AHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS*

ASSOCIATION Executive Executive Vice President Glenn Petty

Effective 7/1/2020

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Stan Morey Interim Executive Vice President

Marketing

Marketing Director Kelsey Berglund x 541

Registrar

Customer Service Debbie Fuentes

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Competitions Senior Director, Competitions Leslie Lockard

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Director of National Events

National Events Kelsey Berglund

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National Events Coordinator

Rebecca Hankey x 553

National Ride Coordinator

Paige Lockard

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Brenna Johnson

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Youth & Family Programs Coordinator

Commissioner

Judges & Stewards R. Stanton Morey

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Pat Thompson

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Administrative Assistant

Kathy Callahan-Smith........................................................................REGION 1 Joyce Schroeder.................................................................................REGION 2 Cheryl Hansen.....................................................................................REGION 3 Chris Bickford......................................................................................REGION 4 Carrie Olson........................................................................................REGION 5 Stephen Hugus...................................................................................REGION 6 Marilou Balloun..................................................................................REGION 7 Mark Goff............................................................................................REGION 8 Pat Barton...........................................................................................REGION 9 Mary Smith.......................................................................................REGION 10 Ryan Chambers.................................................................................REGION 11 Robert Obermiller.............................................................................REGION 12 Ann Knoop........................................................................................REGION 13 Jeff Caldwell.....................................................................................REGION 14 Kim Dickinson...................................................................................REGION 15 Lurline Combs...................................................................................REGION 16 Rob Calnan........................................................................................REGION 17 Janet Henderson..............................................................................REGION 18 Bruce Johnson................................................................ DIRECTOR AT LARGE Peggy Weems................................................................. DIRECTOR AT LARGE Peter Conway……………………..................................... DIRECTOR AT-LARGE Larry Jerome……………………...................................... DIRECTOR AT-LARGE * For phone numbers of officers and directors, please consult the current Handbook or visit ArabianHorses.org/additional/leadership/board-of-directors/

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Change is Upon Us

DEAR MEMBERS: Wow! How 2020 has changed! Changed us, our friends, our families and our association. We have been dealing with this virus called COVID-19 for most of the year. It has affected our Canadian National show, the Canadian Futurities, our youth members’ last year showing, our local and regional shows and the list goes on and on.

In my earlier President’s letter, I said we were looking at, hopefully, the light at the end of the tunnel. Well, maybe not yet. This is an ever changing world in which we live, and that includes the association itself. As an organization, we are taking this time to work toward rightsizing ourselves. We are reviewing all of our programs to determine their cost/benefit to you, our members.

In addition, your Senior Staff members, in concert with the Executive Committee and with the support of the Board of Directors, determined that since so many of our employees can successfully work from home and still maintain a great level of service, the building that housed 100 employees is much too big for our needs. Therefore, it was placed on the market with the long term intention of finding the best location for our staff and configuration of their workplace. The switch to working from home could not have been completed without the support of Jim Lawless, his BT team and our entire staff who have worked hard to keep up the quality during this unusual time.

This year and this issue of Arabian Horse Life also represents a change in how we communicate with our membership. I first would like to sincerely thank the staff of Arabian Horse Life for their hard work and the award winning magazine that has been produced.

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all have been a joy to work with.

As we close the magazine and move into a new era of technology and communication, I’m proud to announce that AHA has launched its own mobile application. The app will feature push notifications, the ability for subgroups and committees to have their own workspace, the expansion of our website and a place to house information for our national events. The app is available through Apple and Google Play stores and can be found by simply searching “Arabian Horse Association.” I believe we are the FIRST breed association to have an app.

Additionally, I hope you have had the chance to check out “The Arabian Horse Connection,” our newest podcast that features insights on industry trends from leading breeders, trainers and professionals. While we are sad to see the magazine retire, it is so exciting that we can move to these new platforms, particularly in this time of COVID-19. Well done all!

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Glenn Petty for his dedication to the Arabian Horse Association. As you read this, Glenn will be enjoying his retirement in North Carolina. Glenn has been a great supporter of the Arabian horse prior to and during his tenure as Executive Vice President, and he said he is not going away — but will be back as a volunteer! The Association will now be led by Stan Morey as our interim EVP while we correctly size our association. Thank you Stan for agreeing to work for AHA, and I look forward to great things.

This will be my last letter in this format, so I would like to thank all of our members for your support during my time as President. I look forward to seeing you, socially distancing as we must, but enjoying our beloved horses always. It has been an incredible ride!

Sincerely, Nancy Harvey AHA President nancy.harvey@arabianhorses.org

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AHA Changes

DEAR MEMBERS: I cannot believe it has been 12 years that I have been with AHA. I believe this is my 72nd and last letter for the magazine. As announced earlier, I will be retiring on June 30 and returning to North Carolina. I regret leaving AHA in such challenging times, but with Stan Morey being named Interim EVP, the transition should be seamless.

There are so many people I want to thank for all their support during my tenure here, especially all the Board and Executive Committee members including Presidents Myron Krause, Lance Walters, Cynthia Richardson and Nancy Harvey. There is also, of course, AHA’s wonderful staff.

The Senior Leadership Team are the best! And I have to say a big thank you to Joleen White, my Executive Assistant.

Then there have been all the dedicated commissions, committees, show officials and volunteers with whom I have had the pleasure to interact. I leave with many wonderful friendships. I will miss everyone, but I hope to give back as a volunteer.

As I stated, this is my last letter in the magazine. It is also the last issue of our magazine. I would like to thank Stephanie Ruff and all the other editors, as well as senior designer Liz Bilotta and ad sales representative Marge Dixon, for producing our magazine for so many years. AHA is 10

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moving to different forms of communication with our membership — newsletters, apps, podcasts and other forms of electronic communication. AHA’s August Board Meeting is scheduled to be a Zoom Meeting. The world is changing around us, and AHA is changing with it. During my tenure, our BT Department has strived to move us toward more modern technology.

This means AHA is operating more efficiently. When I started on July 1, 2008, AHA had 67 employees. We now have less than 40 in the office. At one point in the past, AHA had over 100 employees in the 21,000 square foot building. Therefore, the Board of Directors just made the decision to sell our building and reinvest in a smaller one more sized to our present needs. The plan is that any new office will remain in the Denver Metro Area.

As I write this letter, we are just venturing out from Stay at Home orders due to COVID-19. Currently, approximately two-thirds of the staff are working from home and one-third are in the office. While this is not ideal, we have made it work. We also learned some things that will help us as we look at a new office structure.

The virus has hit AHA shows hard, and even as some are finally being held, others are still being forced to cancel. Our Canadian Nationals became a casualty, but its adult classes for this year are being incorporated into Youth Nationals becoming Youth and Mid Summer Nationals in July in Oklahoma City. Hopefully our show season will be able to spring back with restrictions on social distancing — new words for our vocabulary.

I love the Arabian Horse Association, the horses and the membership it represents. I wish you all the best.

Sincerely,

Glenn T. Petty Executive Vice President glenn.petty@arabianhorses.org

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By Stephanie J. Ruff AS THIS IS OUR LAST ISSUE, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT to say some thank-yous as well as goodbye. We, the magazine staff, fought to keep the magazine in some way, shape, or form, but the board saw it as too expensive of a venture to warrant continuing. We had hoped it could be one part of a broader marketing strategy, but they are going a different route. After 42 years, we are closing the book on AHA’s membership magazine.

While I have only been with Arabian Horse Life for three years, I have been involved in the Arabian horse industry since 1993. When I started, I knew very little about the breed, but I have grown to be one of its biggest supporters.

I love Arabian horses for the same reasons you do: their heart, intelligence, athleticism, beauty and personality. They have required me to be a better horseperson, and in return I have become a devoted supporter of the Arabian horse.

Our goal at the magazine was to bring you articles that covered a variety of areas. AHA’s membership is so broad, and the horses so versatile, that it was difficult to give everything adequate coverage in six issues per year. We wanted to give a nod to the Arabian’s proud history, educate readers on different topics, touch arabian horse

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on many of the disciplines in which our members partake and possibly inspire others to try something new with their horses. Unfortunately with such a small staff (basically there were only two of us who worked on the magazine full time) and limited resources, we couldn’t do as much as we wanted, but we always strove to bring the members a wellrounded, interesting issue.

There are a few people I would like to publically thank.

I appreciate Glenn Petty for his support and taking a chance on hiring a fully remote editor.

Above all, I loved working with the other magazine staff members — mostly notably senior graphic designer Liz Bilotta. Liz has been devoted to the magazine much longer than I have. She basically was the magazine as she did all the layout and design. She is wonderfully talented, and I will

especially miss working with her. Marge Dixon, our part-time contract ad sales person, has also been very loyal to the magazine.

She appeared on the cover of Issue 5, 2019 as a small token of our appreciation for her years of service.

The professional photographers have been a pleasure to work with. I can’t tell you how many times I asked for “just one more picture, and I need it ASAP.” They always came through for us, and for that I am grateful.

I was also fortunate to work with a fantastic group of freelance writers. Talented, professional and personable, the writers stepped up every time they were asked to do a piece, and they were also all fans of the Arabian horse. I have to single out one in particular, fellow editor Tobi Lopez Taylor, who voluntarily helped me out several times when I needed it. I was always grateful for her extra set of eyes.

I loved being part of this magazine, and I admit I am sad to lose it.

As of this writing I’m not sure of my next venture, but it seems as though my time in the Arabian industry is also at an end. I will continue to own Nadia, my Half-Arabian, and Lily, my Purebred Arabian, and I will always love and personally promote the Arabian horse.

Hopefully I will see you somewhere in the arena or on the trail. n Steve Heath

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Equine Artwork These pieces were submitted to AHL from a variety of our younger members and enthusiasts. Creativity and color sing the praises of our beloved Arabian horse.

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AHYA Convention is Available Online!

Discover more about who AHYA is, what AHYA does, and how you can get involved with AHYA. Online convention will run from Friday July 10th – Wednesday July 15th. You do not need to be an AHYA member to participate. All youth are welcome!

All information can be found at www.arabianhorses.org/ahyaconvention

AHYA Convention includes voting for your new Executive Leadership!

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Biosecurity for the Show Horse

Equine Athlete Veterinary Services WE HAVE MADE MANY CHANGES IN OUR LIFESTYLES LATELY IN AN EFFORT to reduce disease transmission due to COVID-19. As we get back into show season, many of the same concepts can be employed to keep our horses safe and healthy. Exposure to infectious disease is common when large groups of horses gather for an event, and their immunity may be weakened by stress and long distance travel. Disease outbreaks can spread through a horse show with devastating, immediate consequences and have the potential to introduce diseases to susceptible horses at home. Biosecurity involves the management practices targeted at reducing infectious disease by increasing an animal’s resistance and reducing exposure to infectious agents.

In preparation for the show season, we should attempt to increase our horses’ resistance to disease by maintaining overall health and administering vaccinations for infectious diseases. As we often fall short in eliminating disease exposure, it is recommended that all horses be vaccinated with the goal of increasing disease resistance in the herd.

Talk to your veterinarian about your horses’ particular needs and risk factors to ensure their vaccinations are up to date before the show season starts.

Unfortunately, not all infectious diseases have vaccines available, and not all vaccines will prevent disease. We can influence horseto-horse disease transmission by intervening in Brought to you by:

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As a horse owner, following good biosecurity practices is the most important thing you can do to protect your horses from contagious diseases.

Although these suggestions may be time consuming and inconvenient, the potential outcomes of not taking preventative measures are devastating.

how our horses interact with each other and their environment. Much like we quarantined with our family members, horses are safer in their resident groups and should travel with resident horses in a trailer from their own barn.

At the show, consider social distancing for your horses; avoid direct horse-to-horse transmission by not allowing horses to touch noses. Reduce indirect transmission by taking your own equipment (buckets, tack, grooming supplies) and not sharing your equipment. Horse-specific items (buckets, halters) should be clearly identified and be used only by that horse.

Group equipment (lead shanks, lip chains, twitches, thermometers) should be cleaned and disinfected between horses whenever possible. Multiple dose medications should be individual and not shared. When filling water buckets, avoid dipping the end of the hose into each bucket to prevent moving infectious agents from bucket to bucket.

Take care to minimize environmental exposure to infectious agents in the show and layover environments. Bacteria and viruses can live on stall surfaces, soil and pools of water.

For example, Streptococcus equi, the bacteria causing strangles, can live on many surfaces for days or even weeks depending on the conditions. However, it is easily sterilized by many products, including household bleach.

Therefore you may choose to disinfect stalls before introducing horses, or at least disinfecting areas where horses spend the majority of their time, such as the front of the stalls and doors.

Reduce the risk of people transmitting diseases horse to horse by limiting the number of visitors touching your horse and ask people to wash their hands before handling your horse.

Farriers, veterinarians, riders and braiders can all spread disease moving from horse-tohorse if they do not take appropriate actions to reduce that risk.

Monitor horses for signs of disease, including lethargy, cough, nasal discharge, diarrhea and fever, at least twice daily; a temperature above 101.2°F is often the first sign of a sick horse. Isolate any horses showing signs of disease immediately with guidance from your veterinarian.

When you and your horses return home, you need to protect resident horses from exposure to foreign infectious agents since returning horses may carry disease without yet having developed clinical signs. Horses mixed in the barn on arrival home poses an opportunity for transmission to other horses. For example, gestating horses could experience abortion from infections such as Equine Herpes Virus.

New and returning horses should be checked daily for signs of illness and separated from contact with other horses for two to four weeks depending on the perceived risk. New arrivals should also be vaccinated in this time if you do not have a complete vaccine history.

Cleaning and disinfection is key in reducing disease transmission. It is important to clean and disinfect tack, boots and other equipment before coming back from the horse show whenever possible. It is essential to thoroughly clean the surfaces first as the presence of organic material deactivates most disinfectants.

When choosing a disinfectant, it is important to refer to the product’s spectrum of activity and to follow the directions accurately, calculating the dilutions and respecting the recommended contact time.

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When preparing to return home after a horse show, be sure to clean and disinfect your equipment that may be carrying infectious agents. Tack and footwear can be sprayed or wiped with a disinfectant wipe.

Horse transport vehicles and stable mats can be sprayed with disinfectant in a spray bottle or large surface sprayer such as this one.

As a horse owner, following good biosecurity practices is the most important thing you can do to protect your horses from contagious diseases.

Although these suggestions may be time consuming and inconvenient, the potential outcomes of not taking preventative measures are devastating. Disease outbreaks can not only be a huge financial burden, but they can also result in cancelled horse shows, closed show grounds, lost training time with sick horses and mortality risk for your horses. Employ what biosecurity measures are suitable for your situation to keep your horses healthy and make the best of this year’s show season. ~ Bailey Smith, DVM Associate , Equine Athlete Veterinary Services

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Achievement awards FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, AHA has recognized and rewarded the outstanding accomplishments of horses and riders through the Achievement Awards program. Participants can receive award plaques at every level, earn the honor of placing prestigious Achievement Award symbols behind their horses’ names, and compete for the Annual High Point Awards presented to a horse, amateur and youth. Learn more at ArabianHorses.org/aa.

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HORSE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS The Horse Achievement Awards Program has six award levels that recognize a horse’s accomplishments in AHA-recognized shows, Open Dressage, Eventing, Racing and Distance rides. Owners receive plaques, recognition in the magazine, prestigious symbols inscribed after their horses’ names and are eligible for a year-end High-Point Horse Award.

LEGION OF HONOR

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PUREBRED

ANALEEZA D+ Grabarczyk, Carley Ann, Chelsea, MI BLACK DESTINY+ Adams, Mary B, Pleasant Hill, MO DEL CINCO+ Smith, Cavan, Watsonville, CA KOLA J+ Jerome, Lawrence F, Barron, WI ANDARAZJA ROSE+/

MAGALIER+ Kratoska, Kristin Or Megan, Pewaukee, WI POZORRO+ Taylor, Lorrie, Kingsburg, CA PSAX+ Baldwin, Kathryne, Lodi, CA TA KHOLIBRIE+ Powell, Kara, Euless, TX VERTTIGO+ Cains, James M, Chicago, IL HALF-ARABIAN

DUN WALTZIN+ Golestani, Amanda, Phoenix, AZ KHING OF DIAMONDS+ Raiger, Kristal L, Valley Center, CA MY KHINDA DESTINEE+ Daniel, Ashlye, Scottsdale, AZ RHEVERENCE+ Davis, Daniel Or Anders, Hallie, Beaumont, TX PA SHADY LADY+ Ruzesky, Laura, Watrous, SK STLA THE FULL MONTY+ Kurenov, Cassondra, Delta, BC RHEVERENCE+

LEGION OF SUPREME HONOR

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LEGION OF SUPREME MERIT

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ANDARAZJA ROSE+/ Wigmosta, Tara, West Richland, WA AULWAYS MYSTICAL+/ Oliver, Tracy, Pasco, WA

AULWAYS MYSTICAL+++ Oliver, Tracy, Pasco, WA

HALF-ARABIAN

DUN WALTZIN+/ Golestani, Amanda, Phoenix, AZ MY KHINDA DESTINEE+/ Daniel, Ashlye, Scottsdale, AZ LEGION OF Merit

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A FUSION++ Freeman, Rachel, Sarasota, FL AULWAYS MAJESTIC++ Oliver, Tracy, Pasco, WA TA KHOLIBRIE++ Powell, Kara, Euless, TX

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LEGION OF supreme honor/ merit ++/ PUREBRED

A FUSION++/ Freeman, Rachel, Sarasota, FL AULWAYS MYSTICAL++/ Oliver, Tracy, Pasco, WA

HALF ARABIAN

HHF COAL TRAIN+++ Donnell, Alissa, Carthage, NY LEGION OF EXCELLENCE

EGION OF supreme honor/ L supreme merit +++/

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PUREBRED

C SIR TYSON+// Connolly, Barbara Ann, Mt Vernon, IA

AULWAYS MYSTICAL+++/ Oliver, Tracy, Pasco, WA

HALF-ARABIAN

HALF ARABIAN

A SWEET CITY WOMAN+// Bubb, S Dianne, Cave Creek, AZ DUN WALTZIN+// Golestani, Amanda, Phoenix, AZ MY KHINDA DESTINEE+// Daniel, Ashlye, Scottsdale, AZ

HHF COAL TRAIN+++/ Donnell, Alissa, Carthage, NY EGION OF MERIT/ L excellence ++// PUREBRED

C SIR TYSON++// Connolly, Barbara Ann, Mt Vernon, IA C SIR TYSON++//

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A SWEET CITY WOMAN++// Bubb, S Dianne, Cave Creek, AZ

HANDLER OF EXCELLENCE CHAMPION

Gropp, Raven, Augusta, GA RIDER OF HONOR CHAMPION

EGION OF supreme MERIT/ L excellence +++//

Grabarczyk, Carley Ann, Chelsea, MI Woodward, Danica Lynn, Norco, CA

HALF-ARABIAN

A SWEET CITY WOMAN+++// Bubb, S Dianne, Cave Creek, AZ

AMATEUR ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS The Amateur Achievement Awards Program has nine award levels that recognize amateurs and youth for Riding, Handling and/or Driving any registered Arabian, Half-Arabian or Anglo-Arabian in AHA-recognized shows and distance rides. Competitors receive plaques, letters of certification, recognition in the magazine and are eligible for either an Adult or Youth Year-End High-Point Amateur Award.

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DISTANCE HORSE AWARDS The Distance Horse Award Program recognizes horses that have competed in Endurance and Competitive Trail rides sanctioned by an AHA recognized organization. Owners receive a perpetual plaque after completing 500 miles and a brass mileage marker plate for each increment of 500 miles.

AULWAYS MAJESTIC++

3000 PUREBRED BETHANY GREYC+//, Cummings, Gerald, Summerfield, IL

DEL CINCO+

KHING OF DIAMONDS+

ANALEEZA D+

A SWEET CITY WOMAN+++//

POZORRO+

PA SHADY LADY+

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US Equestrian Youth Sportsman’s Award AHA nominates one youth member for the US Equestrian Youth Sportsman's Award. Interested individuals must send in their application to AHA

by September 1st. Each breed affiliate may submit only one candidate for US Equestrian Youth Sportsman's Award. For more information, please contact youth@arabianhorses.org.

DATES+DEADLINES

OF THE YEAR The due date is right around the corner.

Apply by September 1!

• Recognition • Resume Builder • Boost college applications • Leadership opportunities • $5,000 scholarship sponsored by the Arabian Horse Foundation • ArabianHorses.org/ahyaYOTY

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July 10-15 ~ AHYA Convention ONLINE! Visit ArabianHorses.org/ AHYAconvention July 16-25 ~ YOUTH & MID SUMMER NATIONALS, Oklahoma City, OK September 1 ~ Youth of the Year Applications Due September 22-26 ~

SPORT HORSE NATIONALS, Nampa, ID September 23 ~ Arabian Horse Judging and Hippology Contest Entries Due October 23-31 ~ U.S. NATIONALS, Tulsa, OK October 29-30 ~ Arabian Horse Hippology Contest Tulsa, OK October 30 ~ Arabian Horse Judging Contest Tulsa, OK

*All border photos by Mike Ferrara

Youth

July 14 ~ AHYA Board Meeting Oklahoma City, OK

Be a Hero Challenge LET'S STOP BULLYING & ENCOURAGE GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP!

#RiseUpAndBeAHero

You don’t need superpowers to be a hero this show season. Through good deeds and sportsmanship both in and out of the arena, we can all do our part in helping grow the confidence of our teammates and provide a positive environment to celebrate the Arabian horse.

Why Participate IN AHYA CONVENTION?

There are so many reasons to join in. Here are a few to consider: • It is online and accessible to everyone! You do not need to be at Youth Nationals to attend.

• Meet those leading AHYA and vote for new leadership.

• Learn about what is happening with AHYA. • Learn what AHYA is all about and how to get involved.

• Meet new friends.

• Gain leadership skills.

Each of you have the ability to brighten someone’s day. Your actions have the power to make a lasting impact. Each month, we challenge you to share your #RiseUpAndBeAHero moments on different tasks. Tell your stories via social media posts, videos or stories for a chance to win great prizes.

Monthly Challenges: •J une ~ Show your appreciation for a volunteer or show staff person.

•J uly ~ Say congratulations, good job or good luck to a fellow competitor.

•A ugust ~ Compliment a person from another barn.

•S eptember ~ Appreciate your barn family.

•O ctober ~ Win or lose gracefully; share a smile even if you lose.

•N ovember ~ Remember where you come from.

•D ecember ~ Share your story.

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Thank

k You! It ’s been a great ride.

For 42 years it has been our privilege to serve the membership with a printed magazine.

We, the magazine staff, hope you have benefited from it as much as we have enjoyed bringing you all that we love about the Arabian Horse.

Thank you for your support and kind words throughout the years.

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J RIGHT Jean Abernethy hugs her Half-Arabian mare, Willow.

OPPOSITE “Springtime” for Fergus the Horse.

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ean Abernethy

the woman behind Fergus the Horse

By Janet de Acevedo Macdonald

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may best describe Canadian Jean Abernethy’s childhood. She grew up on a farm in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, about a two hours’ drive north of Toronto.

“My mom read aloud to us from a very early age, right up into our teens. We had no television. She read scores of library books. I don’t recall a favorite, but invariably the books were nature and animal stories. For example, Thornton W. Burgess’ ‘The Adventures of’ [Reddy Fox, Grandfather Frog, Peter Cottontail, etc.] series when we were little and ‘Call of the Wild’ by Jack London when we were older.

“Mom had a series of about 12 books of short stories she acquired somewhere that were categorized by subject. The science fiction one in the series never got touched. The animal stories book got so worn it needed duct tape. Mom read to us regularly for hours.”

Following along with her mother’s storytelling, one of four children, young Jean was fascinated with how the pictures matched the words. This is something she strives for today — to associate artwork with stories. That and she wants to

get a laugh. Always a doodler, Jean clearly remembers the day she showed a picture she’d drawn to her grandfather and had him respond with a hearty laugh. His reaction stoked her creative fires to recreate that feeling of accomplishment.

“Music has also been a part of my life. Together with my two sisters and brother, we

were a band for a while, until us kids grew up and left home.

Mandolin is my main instrument. I have written a few songs, too.”

After high school, Jean headed to Toronto and took classes in Equestrian Studies at Humber College; then studied commercial artwork with specialization in Illustration

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One of Jean’s many horse and rider illustrations.

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from the Ontario College of Art and Design University, graduating in 1987.

Not long after graduation, Jean married, and the couple emigrated to Georgia. A Canadian without a work visa, unable to work and now a mother of two, Jean used her talents to draw portraits of neighborhood children for extra money.

Jean Abernethy did illustrations for the Monty Roberts 2002 book, “From My Hands To Yours.”

OPPOSITE Jean and Willow have completed hundreds of trail miles together.

Artistic Influencers As a youngster, Jean worked diligently to emulate American author and illustrator C.W. Anderson. Imitation being the sincerest form of flattery, she tried to figure out how he drew so beautifully by tracing his illustrations. Anderson wrote and illustrated more than 35 horse books, including the popular 11-book series “Billy and Blaze” — one of Jean’s favorites. Billy, a little boy who “loved horses more than anything else in the world,” received Blaze the horse as a birthday gift.

As her own talents developed, Jean focused on many artists for their story-telling skills and artistic techniques.

Among them she tributes the Dutch artist Rein Poortvliet, known for his paintings about hunting, farm life and animals in all shapes and sizes. There was British painter and teacher Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch, best known for the paintings of 28

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horses in World War I military service and her illustrations in Anna Sewell’s timeless bestseller “Black Beauty.” Sir Alfred Munnings was counted as one of the world’s greatest equestrian artists, and Pennsylvania-born equine artist, author, teacher and illustrator of more than 130 books, Sam Savitt was the official illustrator of the United States Equestrian Team and founding member of the American Academy of Equine Art.

‘Luck’ is When Opportunity Meets Preparation Jean’s best-known character,

led to creating Fergus drawings for his quarterly magazine, Join-Up® Journal.

life’ of working with horses. At the other end of the spectrum, when Jean wanted to create humor, she did it with enough reality to get one’s attention and a load of humor far to the lighter side of her artwork. Jean is a true genius in the area of equine art.”

Monty Roberts Remembers: “Jean Abernethy contributed greatly to our organization for a sustained period of time. Jean consistently surprised me in two entirely separate areas.

When she meant to, she was very methodical, correct, and knowledgeable about the ‘real

Fergus & Friends Fergus’s pedigree is somewhat generic, so he fits into almost every equine conversation. Jean refers to him as a “FLHWBGE (Funny Little Horse With Big Googly Eyes)” from the little known, but much-needed species, Equus hilarious. A gelding, to date Fergus has about 14 cartoon friends.

“Eleven on the Christmas Hitch (‘Fergus and The Night Before Christmas,’ 2018), then a few more. I sometimes invent characters as needed to craft the joke. ‘Socks’ is a good example of that. Then there’s the people, the dogs, the goat...’68,’ the sassy cow...the talking pasture rock...” Jean explains. “The mule is super intelligent; the Clydesdale is aloof; the Appy mare worries a lot; the cowhorse is obsessed with cows.

Then those personality traits play against each other.”

For all things Fergus, Jean is both illustrator and copywriter, and depending on the story, it takes her two to three hours to create a new comic strip. She still uses conventional artist materials occasionally, e.g.,

Tammy Donaldson

Fergus the Horse, evolved over 15 years of drawing generic horses. Their first job together was for famed horse whisperer Monty Roberts. Living stateside at the time, Jean attended one of Roberts’ Join-Up® clinics in Georgia and introduced herself to him as a horse illustrator.

Roberts asked Jean to illustrate his book, “From My Hands to Yours.” That project kindled a working relationship which

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LEFT & BELOW Jean’s saddle work in progress.

Her latest finished saddle.

watercolor and charcoal/ graphite on paper, but most of her work is digital now.

“I save a lot by not buying art supplies!”

Admittedly, Jean doesn’t write down her flashes of ideas regularly enough, but she does keep a note pad by her bed for when something good comes to her in the wee hours. Sketchbooks lie throughout the house filled with ideas.

Willow, Jean’s Half-Arabian Buckskin Vanguards Pistolena, aka “Willow,” is Jean’s 12-year-old Half-Arabian buckskin mare.

Sired by 2004 AQHA Perlino stallion, Lees Last Steady Gun, out of Crabbet-bred Mi Royal Flag, Willow stands 14.1 hands.

“She’s been incredibly challenging and consequently taught me a lot. I’ve put hundreds of hours and hundreds of miles on her since I got her at the age of five. That has paid off in developing her into a good worker, although she can still be quite the live wire. I’ve worked her six summers as a trail guiding horse, so that has made us close.”

Sadly, the COVID-19 lockdown in Canada has kept the two apart for health safety reasons.

Rider, Saddlemaker & Copyright Watchdog Jean’s Facebook friends and followers may remember that she took on a saddle-making project last year.

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BELOW Fergus’s fifth book, “It’s Been 20 Years Fergus,” is out in September 2020.

“With each one, I’ve learned a little more about ordering the tree, crafting the leather and creating a balanced seat. I might build another someday. I’m not letting go of my tools any time soon.”

Fergus joined social media in 2012, and it’s been fun. Jean is amazed and grateful to the Fergus followers who share the comics, and the laughs, with their friends. They are a loyal following, often writing to ask her directly about the authenticity of Fergus images they see online.

“I can’t thank Fergus’s friends enough,” says Jean.

2020 is 20 Years of Fergus While there are no Fergus animated movies on the horizon, his devotees will have book number five this September.

Readers of all ages, from five to 95, will be delighted by his wit, honesty and profoundly funny observations on horses, humans and the life they strive to live together.

“It’s Been 20 Years Fergus (and You’re Still Spooking at That Thing?)” is a rollicking comic treasury starring the world’s most famous cartoon horse. He has hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebook and a surging presence on Instagram.

Rebecca Didier, managing editor at Trafalgar Square Books (www.HorseandRiderBooks. com), the publishing house for Fergus books, sums up work-

ing with both Jean and Fergus quite nicely.

“At Trafalgar Square Books, we have had the absolute pleasure of calling Jean Abernethy and her wise, wonderful and wacky character Fergus the Horse our friends since 2014.

That was the year before we published Jean’s first collection of comics, ‘The Essential Fergus the Horse,’ which was followed by three delightfully illustrated story books. Jean’s creative energy astounds. She is never without a new idea for sharing her unique blend of sage equine

advice and utter ridiculousness.

If ever there was someone who actually has a ‘twinkle in her eye,’ it is Jean. She and Fergus have made us all slightly sillier and definitely happier horse people by being a part of our lives.”

Janet de Acevedo Macdonald is a freelance travel writer who blogs at arabianhorsetravel.com.

She has proudly written articles for “Arabian Horse Life” and its predecessor “Modern Arabian Horse” since 2012.

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CUTBACK

Saddles

FITTED TO YOUR HORSE

By Adrienne Hendricks

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s a Professional Saddler, I have spent quite a bit of time fitting saddles specifically to the Arabian horse. In doing so, I have noticed that Saddleseat horses have not received the same attention to saddle fit as horses in other English disciplines. A good fitting saddle in any equine-related activity is imperative for the health and performance of the horse. But first we have to understand the parts of the saddle and how they impact the horse.

The English saddle is basically comprised of two sections; the top and the panel. The top of the saddle contains the tree, seat, skirts, stirrup bars, leather flaps and billets. This is the part that supports the rider. The panel is the portion of the saddle that is closest to the horse. It is made up of the sweat flap and the padding that protects the horse’s back and disperses the rider’s weight from the tree.

Padding in an English saddle is most commonly comprised of either wool flocking or latex rubber. Flocking is actual wool that is sheared from sheep, cleaned and then stuffed or flocked into a calfskin tube that runs under the top of the saddle along the horse’s back. The latex rubber panels are covered in calfskin and attached to the underside of the saddle. Traditionally, cutback panels are constructed with a felt base, a second 32

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layer of latex rubber and then coverage of the entire saddle in calfskin.

While both wool flocking and latex rubber padding have their own advantages and disadvantages, I believe wool flocking is a superior option. Wool is malleable and can be adjusted to fit your horse’s back. As long as the tree is wide enough, the underside of a wool flocked panel can be adjusted in a variety of ways. It has quite a bit more padding than the latex rubber panels so it provides extra comfort for your horse. I know that when I am in my tennis shoes, I can walk and run much better than I can in my penny loafers. This is a principle I apply to saddle fitting. As we ask our horses to engage their hindquarters, they are lifting their backs and pressing up into the tree. A comfortable panel will allow them to engage and move forward more readily. In time, as the wool compresses, more can be added for a perfect fit. Sometimes old flocking needs to be completely removed and new wool added. With this adjustment, the saddle functions like brand new.

The underside of most saddles today is calfskin. Why does that matter? Occasionally you might see a saddle with fabric on the underside.

This fabric is actually 1/8 inch thick wool serge.

Serge is woven wool fabric and the precursor to

Louisville Deep Seat Flocked Panel

Louisville Wool Flocked Panels

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ADDING WOOL Here wool is being added to the underside of the flap using a flocking iron. The saddle is turned over and flocking ports are accessed between the flap and the panel.

For leather covered panels, this is only way fit can be adjusted unless the panels are unlaced and dropped.

calfskin. In my opinion, serge panels are far superior to calfskin for several reasons. The first is that it is much softer and stays more supple than calfskin. It goes onto their back “warm,” which means it is softer from the moment you begin to saddle your horse. It is much easier to regulate the fit of the saddle as you can be more precise in where you adjust the flocking. A round awl tool can reach anywhere on the panel as opposed to being limited to only where your flocking irons can reach with calfskin. This allows for a much better fit for your horse.

Typically, Saddleseat saddles are 19 to 23 inches long on the horse’s back, which corresponds with the seat size. Due to the length, these saddles can often sit high on the withers, or on the loin area of the horse. Most horses’ backs are not flat.

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cause problems because the purpose of the saddle is to evenly distribute the rider’s weight along the entire length of the saddle. If the saddle is only making contact in a few spots, these areas bear more weight and can eventually cause soreness and irritation. A good indication of a poorly fitting saddle is when a horse is grumpy upon tacking.

Having wool flocked panels allows you to add wool in areas that are not in contact with the horse’s back and remove wool in areas that need more room. You can adjust the underside of the saddle to distribute all of the rider’s weight.

By doing this, the horse will not have painful pressure points and can move forward more comfortably and evenly. An analogy of this is if you are wearing a backpack, and one of the straps is uneven or the weight is uneven. You can feel more pressure on one side of the strap.

Your movement will become uneven, and your

REGULATING Flocking is being adjusted on the underside of the panel. Wool would be added as seen in the previous photo and then moved around using a regulating awl. The awl is inserted directly into the panel through the serge, and then the tip is moved inside the panel to move the wool. You can be very precise in fit because anywhere on the panel can be easily accessed.

muscles will develop differently to compensate for the imbalance. You may also develop some soreness as the pack is heavier on one side. The same is true for a rider in a saddle that does not sit evenly on the horse’s back.

Wool flocking also allows for adjustment of the saddle’s balance point, or the flat place in the saddle where the rider sits. The rider is balanced on their pubic and seat bones. If this spot is unbalanced, you might feel perched forward like you are riding uphill or shifted back like you are behind the horse’s motion. With wool flocked saddles, you can alter this position to provide a better balance combination for the rider and the horse.

As horses grow and develop, they can have imbalanced conformation. A horse can end up croup high, have prominent withers or have some type of unique conformation. Riders are all built differently as well. Being in balance may be

somewhat different for each person, but it is also the foundation of good equitation. Therefore, when fitted with a properly balanced saddle, the horse is better able to move to its fullest potential.

While this all may seem complicated, the basic principle is to find a saddle that comfortably fits you and your horse. If it is a wool flocked saddle, adjustments can be made to benefit both the horse and rider. In time, obtaining this equilibrium will improve overall performance and therefore result in a happy, healthy and pain free horse.

Adrienne Hendricks, based in Eagle, Idaho, is a professional saddler who repairs and fits saddles all around the country. She has ridden horses her whole life, focusing on Dressage and Jumping. This diverse knowledge base brings a unique perspective to saddle fit. Learn more at www.EnglishSaddle.com.

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By L.A. Sokolowski, equinista

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t began, modestly enough, with an online horse forum discussion about form-fitting riding clothes that included a Kentucky mom of a 13-year-old girl starting to show in 4-H, a trail guide who recently converted to Islam, and a Musilmah competitor on the Wellington, Fla., show jumping circuits. What they discovered was a common thread to questions about fashion, fit and faith: What is modesty sportswear, and what role does clothing play in a life with horses?

So we turned to stylists and designers in and out of the riding apparel industry for their thoughts on how modesty is trending in sportswear, and how it is quietly turning confidence into perhaps the most flattering accessory of the season.

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Go with the flow this season in flattering Crossrail Tunics and matching FlowRise Performance Tights, shown at left in poppy or at right in black, by KerritsÂŽ.

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What is Modesty Style?

WHERE TO FIND THESE FASHIONS Bonnie’s Bustin Up www.myessentialbodywear.com/bonnie Essential Bodywear www.essentialbodywear.com Kerrits® Equestrian Apparel www.kerrits.com Leia Modest Activewear www.leiashop.com Meghan Ashley Styling www.MeghanAshleyStyling.com

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ABOVE Megan Sabo founded MeghanAshleyStyling. com to address questions about fashion, function and faith.

OPPOSITE The Purple Haze Microcord™ Turnout T-shirt by Kerrits® has four-way stretch ribbing for a slenderizing fit plus ergonomically-shaped back pockets to hold a phone (and horse treats).

In 2017, in response to an emerging trend for less-revealing styles from women athletes across “all kinds of backgrounds,” German-born designer, Michèle Jochem Yunus, launched Leia (leiashop.com), a modest sportswear brand in Los Angeles, Calif., that won Gold and Silver in modest swimwear, activewear and leisurewear categories at last year’s International Design Awards (IDA) for architecture, product, interior, fashion and graphic design.

“Everyone has the right to wear what they feel comfortable in. As a fashion designer, I think it’s important to offer choices.

With Leia,” Yunus said, “I wanted to fill an overlooked niche. Our dream is to create a supportive community of strong women who support, respect and learn from one another.”

Austin, Texas-based Megan Sabo is founder of MeghanAshleyStyling.com and has talked about faith and fashion on Catholic TV, The Jennifer Fulwiler Show and Big Pulpit.

She calls modesty style a way of dressing respectfully “to reveal how we are more than just our bodies and human desires.”

Modesty style is about a looser fitting, more draped silhouette, particularly over the bosom and hips. Everything, let’s admit it, that modern breeches are not, but fashionistas have never lacked for resourcefulness:

To get a more relaxed or modest fit, they order breeches one or two sizes larger than what they normally wear.

“I’m not a fan of skin-tight, tan breeches,” confessed the 4-H mom wanting something “a little more modest” for her daughter, and riders responded, lauding “bootcut” riding pants, including the Kerrits® Microcord Bootcut Extended Patch. “I’m a size 14 jean,” one forum poster shared, “and by no means have a tiny butt. I feel very comfortable in these.”

Kerrits CEO, Melissa Hubbard, is never surprised by an impromptu testimonial. “We pride ourselves on designing riding apparel for women of all sizes and body types. Our clothing has to perform like athletic apparel. Above all, we like to think that wearing Kerrits gives our customers a little extra boost of confidence. As riders, we know that confidence is a powerful thing.”

“It’s great to be part of such a modesty-friendly sport, except for the skin-tight breeches,” the Wellington rider posted, “so I purchase plus-sized breeches even though I am not plus-sized.

I use fabrics that are firmer and not as stretchy so they hide my shape more. When schooling at home, I use loose breeches, half chaps and a loose turtleneck or larger show shirt since the fabrics are so sporty these days.”

Yunus is among a new generation of designers listening to women athletes. “I’ve heard from women that [upsizing] is usually what they do to have a more loose-fitting garment. Our sizing is specifically designed

to have a loose silhouette, so therefore our clothes are true to size. There’s no need to ‘size up.’” The flagship piece of her modest activewear collection is the hip-length Yana Hoodie, an integrated turtleneck with Dolman-style sleeves.

Riding shirts are also taking a modest cue from athletic tops.

Some stylish examples are the Spring/Summer 2020 Crossrail Tunic by Kerrits, with a split hem for riding, flattering princess seams and elbow-length sleeves designed to offer lightweight coverage in “just the right places,” and the modest design on the Kerrits Ice Fil® Lite Long Sleeve Riding Shirt has a high neck and slightly longer cut hemline, plus cooling protection from the sun.

Freedom from Distraction Loose is far from ideal when it comes to a bra, says Bonnie ‘The Bra Lady’ Granskog, personal fitter and director with Essential Bodywear (EBW), founded 17 years ago by an entrepreneur and mom of a horse-loving daughter, Carrie Charlick.

Granskog pulls no punches: “If you’re riding and thinking about your boobs, you have a problem.

If you’re riding and other people are thinking about your boobs, then you really have a problem.”

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The average woman owns 14 bras but wears only two, she says. She advises riders to invest in one to three T-shirt or “daily” bras for home and barn plus — depending on how actively you ride — two or three sports bras for high performance use.

“We want symmetry and balance in riding. We should find it in our bra,” she said citing the molded cup design unique to Essential Bodywear.

“Eighty percent of our bra support is in the band not the straps.

Bounce takes away from posture. It may sound odd but if you’re riding with your shoulders hunched and rolling forward, it might be your bra to blame.”

A modest reining in of one’s assets benefits horsemanship

Yana Tunic Hoodie

by Leia, winner of Gold and Silver medals for active, leisure and swimwear at the 2019 International Design Awards.

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by minimizing distraction, offers relief from shoulder and back pain and, for a young or green rider, helps build confidence by alleviating unwelcome attention.

No one understands the importance of encouragement better than a mom. Charlick’s daughter, Katie, began riding at age six and is now on her collegiate team. Over the years, the two tried hundreds of bras.

Athletic bras had the best holding power, but came in colors so bright or dark that they showed through the lighter colored fabric of a show shirt.

A neutral camisole could mask the bra but added more fabric to try and tuck smoothly into breeches.

So Charlick and EBW just released a neutral toned braand-panty set, ready to perform under light-colored horse show shirts and breeches, without using a camisole or attracting unwanted attention.

Confidence is a Winning Feeling “I have clients that would like more modest athletic wear.

The way we dress often leads to the way we act. Modest options in sports can definitely help women feel more comfortable,” said Sabo, recalling her own discomfort as a high school athlete.

“Our volleyball uniforms had tiny spandex shorts you had to keep tugging after jumping and diving to make sure you kept covered. But I loved my lacrosse uniform.

We wore skirts with volleyball shorts underneath, similar to women’s baseball teams in

Founder Carrie Charlick’s daughter Katie, a college equestrian team rider, inspired a neutral bra-and-panty set to wear under light-colored show clothes.

WWII. It was fun to run fiercely down the field in a skirt! I didn’t feel overexposed. I felt cute, fashionable and retained my sense of being a woman.”

Adding a modest tunic to its Kerrits catalog has been good fashion and horse sense. “We know the apparel needs of women who ride because we are women who ride,” said Hubbard. “We know the importance of riding clothes that fit well, work as hard as we do and boost our confidence in and out of the saddle.

“We come to work every day to make these clothes and strive to make them better every season by pushing the envelope with cutting-edge fabrics and constant input from our riders across disciplines and around the world. We incorporate de-

cades of design and fit experience to create apparel we hope inspires confidence.”

Riding asks a lot from those who love it, adds Charlick. As modest sportswear style emphasizes the performance and not just the body, horse show moms (and designers) hope this trend encourages riders to drop self-consciousness like an old set of stirrups and wear confidence as their most stylish accessory yet.

L.A. Sokolowski, the original equinista (fashionista + equestrienne), has earned the American Horse Publications Chris Brune Spirit Award, a Syracuse Press Club Award, and is a five-time winner since 2008 of AHP Media Awards for excellence in equestrian sports journalism.

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The Rocky Mountain Way:

Van Vleet A History of the

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LEFT “Arabians in the Rockies,” a short film about the Lazy V V Ranch, came out in 1945.

BELOW LEFT The Van Vleet family, 1940s. Left to right: Wayne, Betty, Rose and L. W. Van Vleet.

BELOW RIGHT Wayne Van Vleet on the stallion Kabar (Kaaba x *Raida).

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n the early 1970s, musician Joe Walsh relocated from Ohio to Colorado, and in 1973 he and his band recorded his ode to his adopted state, “Rocky Mountain Way,” in a barn on a ranch about 40 miles northwest of Denver, near the ghost town of Caribou. This spread, once known as the Lazy V V Ranch, had been home to the Van Vleet Stud, among the largest Arabian breeding programs of its time and probably the highest in elevation; as Joe Walsh sang, “you couldn’t get much higher.”

The Van Vleet Stud, founded in 1938, has been called by author Mary Jane Parkinson “one of the most long-lasting and successful efforts at promoting and proving the Arabian ever undertaken in this country.” The breeding program was the brainchild of Lynn W. Van Vleet (known as L. W. or “Boss” to family and friends). Born in Michigan in 1893, he grew up with horses, and his father raised American Saddlebreds. From a young age, this diminutive, energetic man was already involved in the industry that would make him rich: bean storage. In 1917, Van Vleet and two partners organized the Trinidad Bean and Elevator Company in Trinidad, Colo., a town on the route of the Santa Fe railway. A bean storage trade magazine noted in 1919 that his company’s “rapid growth can be readily attributed to...the business sagacity of the managers of the firm.” Van Vleet was singled out as being “justly very proud of the reputation of his company among wholesale grocers for shipping beans of high quality.” Someone even dubbed him the “King of Beans.”

In 1918, Van Vleet married Rosebud “Rose” Staley of Trinidad, and within two years they were the parents of a son, Wayne, and a daughter,

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Betty. Starting in the mid-1920s, and even during the Great Depression, the bean business was so good that L. W. and Rose were able to travel to faraway destinations like France, England, the Middle East, Puerto Rico and Hawaii. In 1933, the company’s head office was moved from Trinidad to Denver, 200 miles north, and the Van Vleet family relocated along with it.

Around 1936, Van Vleet decided he wanted to get into the cattle ranching business. He purchased 500 head of Herefords and acquired the former Tom Tucker Ranch, comprising several thousand acres, at elevations ranging from 8,500 to 13,000 feet. He also built a new ranch house for himself and his family and named his operation the Lazy V V Ranch.

A cattle ranch needs horses, of course. But instead of acquiring a string of cow ponies, L. W. made an unusual choice. He wanted Arabians, like those he had seen during his travels in the Middle East. As he put it, “One of the main purposes of the venture was to prove that the Arabian horse could adjust himself to any climate and adapt himself to any use without injurious effects.”

And so, in 1938, L. W. traveled around the U.S., visiting Arabian breeders to evaluate their stock. Then, in April of that year, as Parkinson recounted, “he sent [telegrams] to breeders, making offers on Arabians he had seen. The offers were subject to immediate acceptance and, by the end of the following day, he owned nine mares (four of them in foal for 1938), two stallions, three colts, and 11 fillies. The Arabians ranged in price from $300 to $1,500 and came from seven different breeders,” including Ohio shoe manufacturer Roger Selby, General J. M. Dickinson of Tennessee and the W. K. Kellogg Institute in California. Over the next decade, the Van Vleet Stud would become one of America’s largest breeders of Arabians; by 1950, it was “now the mountain home of over 90 purebred Arabians,” according to a color brochure about the ranch. arabian horse

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Costumed riders show off for the crowd at one of the Van Vleets’ Sunday Shows, 1940s. Note the number of cars in the background.

BELOW The stallion *Zarife (Ibn Samhan x Mahroussa), born in Egypt, adapted well to ranch life above 8,500 feet.

The two mature stallions Van Vleet had purchased, *Zarife (Ibn Samhan x Mahroussa) and Kabar (Kaaba x *Raidaa), were put to work herding cattle; the stallions Rifage (*Mirage x *Rifala), Barek (Rais x Irma), Kahar (Katar x Niht), and others later joined them. The mares did double duty; in addition to carrying foals, some of them also carried guests during the summer.

Glen Short, a trainer for Van Vleet, remembered that the ranch, at least initially, “was secluded and private, not open to the public. We had ‘Keep Out’ signs everywhere, and the barns were strictly off limits to everyone from the outside.

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by Wayne Van Vleet to victory in the 1953 Roundup Riders of the Rockies event, an eight-day, 150-mile ride.

This was on orders from the Boss. We told people they could see the horses only on Sundays from 10 to noon — no other time. No exceptions. This was, after all, a working ranch.”

At some point, Van Vleet decided to put on Sunday shows for the public similar to those held at the Kellogg Ranch. Short recalled, “The Boss began to put on these little shows on Sunday mornings for visitors. People left Denver or Estes Park early to get there by starting time (9:45) driving 40 to 50 miles over winding mountain roads, even during this time of gas rationing, to get there. Of course there was no charge for the show, and we never advertised. We never had to.”

The shows grew so large that a grandstand had to be constructed. “On a typical Sunday in August of 1941 we had 620 people by actual count, from 20 states.” The next year, there were “as many as 2,000 spectators and half a dozen chartered buses bringing people from every state.”

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noted, “We tried to change the training and the acts from time to time to keep the shows interesting.

And we had the thing really running like clockwork — no one was ever bored waiting for the next act to come on. The moment an act left the ring another one burst through the gate.”

It should be noted that the Lazy V V’s Sunday shows took place at a time when Arabian horses were still relatively rare in the U.S. and before the era of exclusively Arabian horse shows. The Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show and the U.S. National Championship Show, for example, did not come on the scene until 1955 and 1958, respectively. Van Vleet never bred with an eye toward the show ring; he was breeding to please himself. As he observed, “The satisfaction any man enjoys from the use and ownership of a fine horse is doubly enhanced when the animal is an Arabian. Its dependability, gentleness and loyalty are unsurpassed.”

Throughout the 1940s, fellow Arabian breeders, and prospective breeders, made their way to the Lazy V V to see what Van Vleet was up to. Long

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LEFT Rose (standing) and her daughter Betty Van Vleet in front of the ranch house, 1940s.

BELOW Sanoma Blakeley and RA Ares Bey (Must Bey Dreamin x RBS Aalani Mist), whose pedigree traces to Van Vleet horses, won the 2019 Tevis Cup.

before they became Arabian breeders themselves, fellow Coloradans Neal and Marj McKinstry went often to the Sunday shows, where they became enchanted by the horses. Another Colorado breeder, Burr Betts, began his program with the purchase of two Rifage daughters.

Joe Cassel, who went on to establish Casa Cassel Arabians in Texas, had contracted “Arabitis” from Van Vleet many years earlier: “I shall never forget how impressed I was with Mr. Van Vleet’s joy in presenting his horses. You could feel the elation in his voice as he related the history of the breed and the background of each horse. I thought, ‘Man wouldn’t it be wonderful to someday present my own horses and share that kind of joy with others? To be a link in the chain that preserved the Arabian horse and passed it on to future generations?’”

Minnesota breeder Daniel Gainey traveled to the Lazy V V and bought the mare Ralouma, who was in foal to Rifage. She produced Gaysar, later known as the sire of Galimar, himself a fine sire of broodmares, and Galimar’s full brother Skorage, the epitome of versatility in the show ring and herd sire for Ed Tweed’s Brusally Ranch in Scottsdale.

Stanley and Robbie Kubela (later Rogers), admired in racing circles for breeding numerous stakes winners, initially had goals similar to those of Van Vleet: on their cattle ranch in Texas, they began breeding part-Arabians who were “tough, long-enduring horses that took to working cows

like nothing before,” recalled Mrs. Kubela. In 1943, the Kubelas decided to start breeding purebreds. From Van Vleet, they purchased a two-year-old filly named Kamia (Kabar x Ishmia), who became one of the cornerstones of their program. Among Kamia’s notable descendants are Tiki Sahiber Ku, four-time U.S. National Champion Racehorse; Saltiki, Darley Champion Older Mare; and Super Tiki, Darley Champion Four-Year-Old Filly.

Bazy Tankersley, of Al-Marah Arabians, then in Maryland, visited Van Vleet’s “gorgeous ranch in the high Rockies,” and purchased three broodmares: Gutne, who would later produce

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LEFT The Van Vleets’ barn was repurposed in 1971 as a state-of-the-art recording studio for new owner John Guercio.

BELOW The Caribou Ranch studio’s control room, which was destroyed by fire in 1985.

Al-Marah Radames, a sire of National winners; him to tolerate the ranch’s high elevation. The Selfra, who established a dynasty for Al-Marah; Lazy V V was sold the following year, as were a and Santa Fe, who had four foals during her first number of horses. Those that remained were sent few years at the Lazy V V and then appeared to to the family’s considerably smaller, 167-acre be sterile. While still in Van Vleet’s ownership, Arapahoe Ranch in Boulder, a 20-mile drive from she was referred to by Short as “the old brown the Lazy V V and 3,000 feet lower in elevation. mare who can’t conceive . . . [and is] good only Van Vleet passed away in Denver in 1961 at for riding.” When Carl Raswan, the Arabian breed age 68. However, he did live long enough to see authority, came to the ranch for the summer, he horses he had bred become successful producers was given the presumably infertile Santa Fe as a for other breeders and also win awards at the riding horse. No one could have known, however, newly instituted U.S. National Championship that her most influential offspring was yet to Show. In the show’s inaugural year, 1958, Rishima come. Three years after her last foal for Van Vleet, (Rifage x Ishmia) and Shihada (Rifage x Sahalli) she came into the possession of Tankersley, who were named Top Ten Mares, and Sharrik (Kahar x got her to conceive again. After that, Santa Fe was Sikirah) was a Top Ten Stallion. In 1960, Sulyman sold to Ralph Smith in Montana, and the filly she (Rifage x Ishmia) was a Top Ten Stallion. And in produced for him in 1950, Fe Gama, later became 1961, the year Van Vleet died, Rominna (Rifage x the fifth dam of Marwan Al Shaqab, international Dominica) was named U.S. National Champion sire of champions. (For more on the mare Santa Mare, while Rahym (Kahar x Faiza) was a Top Fe and her breeder Randall Davey, see AHL Ten Stallion.

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The Boss’s son, Wayne Van Vleet, continued to Also during the 1940s, three Technicolor short raise Arabians under the banner of the Van Vleet films about the horses of the Lazy V V were Stud until the late 1980s; the Van Vleet family is produced, two by Warner Brothers and one by credited with breeding more than 600 purebreds.

Twentieth Century Fox: “Arabians in the Rockies” Wayne also served as the Arabian Horse Associa(1945), “Sons of Courage” (1947) and “Kings of tion’s president from 1972 to 1976; he passed the Rockies” (1950). away in 2006. Wayne’s daughter Judy Van Vleet, Over the years, many wellwho showed her family’s horses known people spent time at the and bred some herself, wrote in ranch as guests of the Van Vleets, 1981: “Sound conformation, “The satisfaction any man including entertainers Mae West, usability, and good temperament Helen Hayes, Arthur Godfrey continue to be the foundation enjoys from the use and and Gypsy Rose Lee, as well as on which our breeding program ownership of a fine horse is writers James Michener, Caroline is based. For over four decades, Bancroft and Mari Sandoz, who our commitment to the quality doubly enhanced when the became a family friend. Sandoz’s standards of our stock has posthumously published novella, remained uncompromised.” animal is an Arabian. Its “Foal of Heaven,” is based on Boss Van Vleet’s breeding dependability, gentleness and the people and horses she met legacy lives on, particularly in at the Lazy V V. the world of endurance riding. loyalty are unsurpassed.”

The summer of 1950 saw the For decades, Nebraska’s Hyannis last of Van Vleet’s Sunday shows.

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cow horses and endurance mounts. Famous alumni of these two programs include Witezarif, a six-time winner of the Tevis Cup, and Endurance Hall of Fame members El Karbaj, HCC Gazal+/ and Rushcreek Lad+/. Most recently, four of the last five Tevis Cup winners have Van Vleet ancestry, including last year’s winner, RA Ares Bey, ridden by 18-year-old Sanoma Blakely.

The Lazy V V Ranch has an interesting musical legacy as well. In 1951, Van Vleet sold the ranch to a Texas oil man, George Warren Barnes, and his wife Erni, the former Countess Bocchini-Padiglione, said to be “an internationally known horsewoman.” The couple named it Caribou Ranch.

Over the years, the property changed hands (and was subdivided) a number of times. It also served as the filming location of the 1966 remake of “Stagecoach,” featuring Ann-Margret and Bing Crosby.

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Elton John’s 1974 album Caribou, which produced the hit song “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” was recorded, in part, in the barn at Caribou Ranch.

Over the next decade, a who’s who of top name bands of the time utilized the recording studio.

studio and mountain retreat for A-list rock musicians. A 2015 article in Land Report Magazine noted that Guercio “started with Dick Clark in 1962, [and] toured with Chuck Berry, Bobby Darin, Brian Hyland, Gene Pitney and Del Shannon. He was an original guitarist with Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention and composed and produced hits for Chad & Jeremy and the Buckinghams. The year before acquiring Caribou Ranch, he won a Grammy for Album of the Year as the producer of Blood, Sweat & Tears.”

Guercio installed a state-of-the-art recording studio in the hayloft of the iconic Lazy V V barn and invited a stellar list of artists to come and play. Gary Brown, director of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame, called Caribou Ranch “the first destination studio where acts sequestered themselves somewhere in the thought that it would spark creativity.” This approach clearly succeeded.

According to the editors of Land Report Magazine, “Over the course of the next decade, Caribou Ranch was responsible for producing 18 Grammys, 20 Number One hits, 45 Top Ten albums, and more than 100 million album sales. The roster of acts who recorded or had albums mixed at Caribou reads like [the] roll call at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: America, The Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, Chicago, Elton John, Carole King, Kris Kristofferson, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tom Petty, Stephen Stills, U2, Frank Zappa, and scores of others.”

After a space heater sparked a studio fire in 1985, Guercio decided not to rebuild, and the property was never used again to record music.

In the 1990s, he sold about 2,100 acres of the property to the City of Boulder for public use.

Aside from 40 acres that remain in the Guercio family, the remainder of the property was purchased in 2014 by a group that reportedly plans to preserve, not develop, this piece of Colorado horse and music history.

Today, for those who wish to get a sense of what it was like to roam the Lazy V V Ranch in

its heyday, the public park known as Caribou Ranch Open Space features hiking and horseback trails in the shadow of 13,000-foot Arapahoe Peak, on land where Van Vleet’s stallions worked cattle and his mares carried summer guests. As the Boss himself noted, “A ranch is no better than its horses.” By that measure, the Lazy V V was a fine ranch indeed.

Tobi Lopez Taylor is the author of “Orzel: Scottsdale’s Legendary Arabian Stallion” (2016) and served as coauthor, with Shelley Groom Trevor, of the latter’s memoir, “A Riding Life: Memories, Dreams, Art, and Love” (2019). She can be reached at www.tobitaylor.com. She thanks Teresa Rogers and Alan Ferg for their help with this article. She also extends kudos to AHL’s editor Stephanie Ruff and designer Elizabeth Bilotta for their stellar work over the years on this award-winning magazine.

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is a self-described late bloomer in the horse industry. She was not the typical horse-crazed kid. She didn’t beg for a pony, play with model horses or spend hours thinking about horses.

Instead she played soccer. She casually trail rode on family vacations throughout her childhood and enjoyed it, but it never morphed into more until the seventh grade.

Her honors English teacher, Alissa LaBold, owns Arabians and comanages Laurel Nobilis Arabians with her mother and sister. Barretts remembers that at the end of an English test, LaBold included a bonus question — listing the names of her three show horses.

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where she introduced herself to the students,” Barretts explained. “They were Hizberry Best+//, SF Miss Fire+/ and Noble Royalty+/. I’m pretty sure she just wanted the barn names Hizzy, Missy, and Windsor. I know I missed at least one. Looking back on it now, it’s pretty funny because I know all their show names and barn names.”

The extra credit question got Barretts thinking about horses. A whole year would pass before she would give it a try. At the beginning of eighth grade, Barretts could not wait to tell LaBold that her parents had finally let her get a dog.

“She was all excited,” LaBold remembered.

“I told her I had a dog and 21 Arabian horses.

I gave her the name of the barn and our address and invited her for a visit.”

Two more months went by before Barretts’ mom called to schedule an appointment. During their tour, LaBold offered a trial lesson, a halfhour ride on a Half-Arabian, Half-Appaloosa named SH Nizzita Star. That was enough to get Barretts hooked. She started lessons at age 13 and quickly made up for lost time.

“She has a willingness to learn and a work ethic to want to be as good as the kids who had already been riding six or seven years,” LaBold said.

The Bucks County Pennsylvania youth’s enthusiasm for her newfound love of horses was obvious. She worked hard on general horsemanship and riding skills and was soon offered an opportunity to participate in Laurel Nobilis’s working trainer assistant program to get access to even more riding time.

“She had determination and drive so we offered her the working assistant so she could spend more time around the horses,” LaBold said. “She is very aware of what horses want or need and is not intimidated if they are anxious.”

Barretts was also invited to travel with Laurel Nobilis Arabians to a local Renaissance Fair. They dressed the horses as unicorns and led them through the event for two days.

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she said. “We had the kids take pictures with them to be part of the magical unicorn kind of things.”

Participating in the Renaissance Fair not only showcased the Arabian horse, but benefitted the community, too. The event is an annual fundraiser to support the local library. Seeing how much the community enjoyed interacting with the horses, the barn participated in a similar event to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

“It was also a great way to promote the breed and get them out there in front of people outside of the show pen,” she said.

Although Barretts has only been involved with the horse industry for five years, she has mastered the fundamentals and is a role model for others who come from non-horse backgrounds.

Her selfless dedication to community service and her commitment to the horse industry, especially promoting Arabians, has earned her national recognition as the 2019 Arabian Horse Youth of the Year.

Making Up for Lost Time For Barretts, volunteering at the barn has always been about gaining a deeper understanding of horses. She never wanted to only learn how to ride; she wanted to know why horses do what they do so she could better understand them as a rider.

“I wanted to train using natural horsemanship, learn horse anatomy, understand basic medicine for injuries/colic, even pick up some farrier information,” she said. “I think that’s why I’ve had so many deep connections with individual horses.”

Showing is often the focus for young riders, but for Barretts it was a bonus that came from learning all she could. She entered her first horse show — a local event — three years after riding for the first time. The barn’s steadfast schoolmaster California Dreaming, “Cali,” a Half-Arabian/Half-Saddlebred, carried her around the show pen. Together the duo competed at the local events.

ABOVE & LEFT Nina and A Dust of Delite (Dusty) at the local Renaissance Fair.

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In May 2019, Barretts competed in her first A-rated show, the New Jersey Half-Arabian Horse Association show. She competed Matoi Afire in Country English Pleasure ATR where she won first, fourth and Champion in the championship class.

She also rode RA Chief Troubadour in the United States Dressage Federation Intro Test A and B earning scores in the high 60s. She was especially proud of her scores with Chief because she assisted with his training.

Chief was 12 and green when he arrived at Laurel Nobilis a few years ago. Barretts remembers being told that he had about 90 days of training and was turned out to live on a mountain for most of his life.

“He was the first green horse I had ever ridden, and I helped train him,” she said. “He’s so goofy and very lovable. He loves to rub on you, almost knock you over. He is also very opinionated and sometimes dramatic because he didn’t work for so long in his life. We had better scores than I could have dreamt of.”

She qualified for both ATR Country English Pleasure and USDF Intro Level Dressage for Region 15 regionals in 2020. The ribbons were great, but she says to do so well, on two very different but talented horses, was the best honor she could have been given.

“The most important thing I’ve learned this year is that it does not matter the height you jump, the ribbons you have won, or how recognized you are,” she said.

“It’s about how you can use your experience and knowledge to teach kids, and horses, things that were once taught to you, and in my case, not very long ago.”

Barretts says that picking a favorite horse is difficult when you do not have your own and ride several at the barn. Besides, she adds that the horses do not like it when one gets more attention than another. Instead, she explains that each horse has played an important part of her development as a rider.

“Cali was my teacher, my school master. She taught me the basics of trotting, on and off the line, and how to canter so I give her a lot of credit,” she says. “There’s always going to be a connection with her that I won’t have with any other horse.”

Giving Back Many high schools mandate a specific number of hours of volunteer work for graduation. Others recognize a student’s community service hours with an extra notation on the diploma. When Barretts graduates in June, she will have a seal on her diploma acknowledging more than 60 hours of community service work. Barretts earned many of her hours volunteering at the barn, introducing other riders to horses. Participating in the RenaisNina & RA Chief Troubadour

sance Fair with Laurel Nobilis led to other events like a fundraiser for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society “I thought that if kids started to see Arabians like I saw them then we’d have more riders, and we’d have more kids interested in horses, helping out at their barns and then showing,” she said.

“There’s a ton of barns around where I am in rural Pennsylvania so the more the merrier.”

Last year, Barretts helped members of a local Girl Scouts Troop earn their horsemanship badges.

She demonstrated how to give a horse a treat, the basics of grooming and horse handling and natural horsemanship. Outside the barn she is involved with numerous organizations, one of which is the local library where she offered to re-shelve books one night a week. Just one to two hours a week had a positive impact on other people’s lives.

“The women that work at the library don’t get paid. They are all volunteers,” Barretts said. “By helping one night a week they could go home early.

They could go see their families because they didn’t have to work as hard that night.”

During her school’s annual fall festival, she helped raise money for the Animal Rescue Club by selling treats to support local organizations.

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As a member of French Club, she taught kids in all language classes about French culture. And through the French Honors Society, she helped collect a different item of food every month to donate to a local elderly home. She signed up for her church’s Appalachia Service Project and traveled to West Virginia to do construction improvements on houses for low income families to keep them warmer, safer and drier.

“There are a lot of kids like me that get good grades, but I want to be more than my academics,” she said. “I want that little girl that saw a unicorn at the renaissance fair to remember how I introduced her to horses when she’s telling other girls about horses as an accomplished rider at 62

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Nationals. Or, I want the kid who lives in poverty to remember how I was a part of a team that rebuilt his house when he’s a successful professional giving back by helping low income families.”

A Bright Future Barretts finished her senior year of high school at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

When school first closed, she enjoyed sleeping in and watching a little extra TV. Although she doesn’t call herself a super social person, she enjoyed seeing friends. After the first few weeks, her senior class trip to Disney World was cancelled.

Then the prom called off, and a traditional graduation ceremony was out of the question.

“The most important thing I’ve learned this year is that it does not matter the height you jump, the ribbons you have won, or how recognized you are,” she said. “It’s about how you can use your experience and knowledge to teach kids, and horses, things that were once taught to you, and in my case, not very long ago.” n

“Early on I was wondering if we were even going back to school, or if I’d ever get to see my friends again,” she said. “Some are going to the University of Pittsburgh and the University of North Carolina or up to Rhode Island, and I might never see them again. It is quite an interesting, unique experience.”

The pandemic has been especially hard because it has forced her to be away from her second family, the LaBold’s, since March with no end in sight.

“This is actually the longest I’ve been away from the barn in the past five years,” she said.

Although Barretts did not get to finish her high school career the same way as generations before her, she is looking forward to beginning

college. The distinguished honor roll student has earned a 4.0 GPA every year and is excited to begin the forensic science program at the University of New Haven in Connecticut in the fall of 2020.

She has been accepted into the school’s honors program and five year accelerated program for a B.S. in forensic science and a M.S. in cellular and molecular biology.

She is one of the lucky few who has known since a young age what career she wanted to pursue. In preparation for college, she enrolled in four Advanced Placement science classes her senior year, despite others telling her she was crazy for taking on so many challenging classes at one time.

“I’ve always loved science, and I’ve always wanted to work for a government agency like the FBI, CIA or NCIS,” she said. “Watching NCIS and seeing Abby Sciuto was my idol growing up.

I was like, ‘I need to be like her.’”

The summer prior to her senior year, Barretts was nominated to participate in the National Youth Leadership Forum: Law and CSI. As a hand-picked scholar, she traveled to Washington D.C. in July 2019 to learn more about forensics and the trial process. The trip included informational meetings with professionals in the field.

“I’m looking forward to being a part of the field in the future,” she said.

Although Barretts does not currently plan on riding as part of a college equestrian team, she has already mapped out the train route from New Haven to Philadelphia. She plans to visit once or twice a month to help at the barn and then spend summers showing. And, she knows Chief will be looking for her.

“I’ve gotten so used to Arabians it would be weird to ride a different breed,” she said. “I couldn’t leave them. Plus, you know Chief would be very, very upset if I never came back to see him.”

Katie Navarra is a professional writer based in Upstate New York. She has been a lifelong horse lover and competes in Ranch Horse events with her dun Quarter Horse mare.

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FOR ONE PARTICULAR ARABIAN HORSE YOUTH ASSOCIATION (AHYA) MEMBER, the 2019 Youth Nationals was the culmination of a long journey down the road less travelled. Then eighteen-year-old Caroline Elik of Alton, Ill. prepared herself and her horse and competed at her first National competition all without a trainer.

“I started riding lessons at age five on a sweet, old chestnut Arabian mare named Ariel. She was the first Arabian that I ever rode, and her only speed was slow,”

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Caroline remembered of her longtime Arabian horse passion. “After I ‘graduated’ from riding Ariel, I took lessons on several other Arabians. In 2012, I bought a purebred gelding named DB Jasur, aka Jasper.”

Caroline and Jasper compete in Dressage and Sport Horse Under Saddle. “He’s so versatile that we’ve also tried Jumping, Hunter Paces, trail riding, Western speed events and even Native Costume,” Caroline adds.

“He’s been game for mostly anything, and I think he’s a really good example of the great brain that Arabians have. He’s taught me more than any other horse.”

Jasper tackled with gusto training for and showing at the National level with his young rider, proving a willing partner and friend as he carried Caroline to her goals. “Our journey to Youth Nationals was a long one,” Caroline recalls. “It was certainly challenging at times, but it only made our success feel that much sweeter.”

“Riding by myself at home was sometimes difficult.

A lot of times I would come out to the barn at night after working my part-time job. No one else was around so I didn’t have a second pair of eyes very often. I spent lots of time questioning myself and wondering if what I was doing in the saddle was right. Youth Nationals has been a dream of mine for many years, so I was very excited.”

Though Caroline didn’t have a trainer, she was adamant she still had a great support team at her side and was quick to recognize those who assisted them.

“This show is a marathon, and it’s definitely hard work.

I did all of my own braiding, grooming, mucking, feeding, etc., but I definitely didn’t go into Youth Nationals alone. My parents, my friends and my friends’ parents were all there and went above and beyond to be extremely helpful, supportive and encouraging. I’m so very grateful.”

Caroline and Jasper had a successful show,

earning two Top Tens, placing third and fourth in their large and competitive training level Dressage classes.

“I was thrilled with the results,” Caroline says. “I had no expectations because I knew I was riding against some of the nicest horses and riders in the country.

All of my rides were so much fun, and it felt so good just to be in that arena after all of the work Jasper and I had done.”

After her successes, not just in the ring but through friendships made and experiences had, Caroline encourages other young people to explore the world of Arabian horses and the youth culture inside it.

“The youth community is so much fun to be a part of,” she explains. “It’s so nice to belong to a group of people who share your passion, and I love the camaraderie that exists between everyone. I’ve made friends for life and serving on the AHYA board has given me confidence, knowledge and insight into our industry that I know I’ll carry with me. My journey with Jasper and with Arabian horses has helped me grow more than anything else in my life.”

She also asserts that other young enthusiasts follow their dreams, whether that is along the more conventional route with a trainer, or as a DIY amateur.

“If you have big goals, don’t let the fact that you are a ‘DIY’-er create doubt in your mind,” she advises. “It’s not easy, but it’s definitely possible. Read all of the books and articles you can about your discipline, watch videos and go to clinics if you have the opportunity.

Go back to the basics frequently when you practice.

Developing mental toughness is important, too. Be sure to have realistic expectations — success isn’t going to happen overnight, and you’re going to have some rides where it feels like everything is going wrong.

It’s okay to be frustrated or feel defeated every so often, but you have to push through it and have the discipline to keep going.”

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(MARWAN AL SHAQAB X LA VIDA LLOCA BY CONCENSUS++++//) 2008 BAY STALLION 2016 APAHA Halter Horse of the Year 2016 Canadian National Champion Halter Stallion 2011 Canadian National Champion Futurity Colt 2011 Top Ten Futurity Colt (3rd with a 1st place vote) Majestico transmits his type, balance, quality and athleticism to his foals. 53 of 63 horses in his six-generation pedigree are national winners or producers in Halter and several performance disciplines. Visit his website www.majesticostallion.com for detailed information including photos, videos and extended pedigree analysis.

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Underline=SCID Clear NOMINATED SIRE ENTRIES LAHAB ALBIDAYER, BIN AL QASIMI, SHEIKH MOHAMMED, SHARJAH, AE SHACAGO PGA, RICHARD, CASSONDRA SUE, MOLALLA, OR VIQUATOR ALJASSIMYA, CHISHOLM, JAMES FRANK OR SARA R, TIMMONSVILLE, SC

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CENSURES & SUSPENSIONS ETHICAL PRACTICE REVIEW BOARD FILING OF EPRB COMPLAINTS As noted in the AHA Handbook, ETHICS 108 delineates the procedure to submit an EPRB complaint. Contact the AHA office to obtain the required form to submit an EPRB com­plaint along with a $200 non-refundable filing fee (unless exempt).

EPRB CENSURES & SUSPENSIONS The following individuals are under suspension by the AHA Ethical Practice Review Board:

SUSPENSIONS • BOGART, Benjamin and PLATZER, Michael, of Texas, have violated AHA Rule of Conduct Ethics 104.6 in that they mistreated and neglected Arabian horses under their ownership and/or control. Both Benjamin Bogart and Michael Platzer, individually, are hereby suspended from membership in AHA from September 22, 2018, through September 21, 2020, and are denied all AHA membership privileges, including, but not limited to, denial of entry into any AHA programs and events and denial of participation in any AHA recognized competitions or events for the same period of time.

Furthermore, both Benjamin Bogart and Michael Platzer, individually, are placed on probation for five (5) years commencing on September 22, 2020, through September 21, 2025, subject to the following conditions, and as a prerequisite for reinstatement of membership: 1. W ithin 60 days from the date of this order, and annually thereafter, provide EPRB Staff Liaison with a statement from their attending veterinarian as to the condition of all horses in their care, custody and control. This includes authorization for the EPRB Staff Liaison or a member of the EPRB to contact said veterinarian to confirm the status of any horses in their care, custody and control.

2. M ust provide to the EPRB Staff Liaison current addresses and notification of any change of addresses from now through the end of probation on September 21, 2025.

In the event a condition is not met within the stipulated time frame, the EPRB has the authority to extend or reinstate the time of Suspension to a date of the EPRB’s determination.

• BOYLE, Amanda L. – aka Lea Boyle, individually and dba Zalea Arabians LLC (Sioux City, IA) – permanent suspension

DELINQUENT PAYMENT SUSPENSIONS

• BUCHANAN, Ty (Little Rock, WA) – permanent suspension

CURRENT SUSPENSIONS

• FEULING, Brian, of Hudson, Wisconsin, has violated AHA Rules of Conduct, Ethics 104.19 by the misappropriation of an asset of the Minnesota Arabian Horse Association. Brian Feuling is hereby suspended from Arabian Horse Association membership for a period of five (5) years commencing November 1, 2017. This suspension of membership includes a denial of all Arabian Horse Association privileges, including but not limited to, denial of entry into any AHA programs and events, all AHA registration privileges, and a prohibition of all involvement in and attendance at any and all Arabian Horse Association events, including, but not limited to, all recognized shows. Furthermore, Brian Feuling will be on probation for an additional 3 year period commencing November 1, 2022. Any further violation of the Arabian Horse Association Rules of Conduct during the probation period will result in the above mentioned 5 year penalty period being extended an additional three (3) years from the time of the subsequent finding of a violation of the Rules of Conduct.

And, furthermore, the EPRB imposes a fine of $2,500.00 against Brian Feuling for his violation of the Rules of Conduct, said fine to be paid to AHA before he is eligible for membership reinstatement in AHA.

The following individuals, horses, corporations, partnerships or entities have delinquent accounts with the Arabian Horse Association (AHA), an AHA Member Organization or an AHA Recognized Competition, and are suspended under Chapter 4 of the AHA Handbook. This list only reflects suspensions eligible for publication and in effect as of the published editorial deadline of this issue.

Please contact AHA during regular business hours for the complete list, any changes that have occurred since the publication deadline, or a filing form.

• HART, Christie, of Terrebonne, Oregon, has violated AHA ETHICS RULE 104.6 in which she mistreated and neglected Arabian horses under her ownership and/or control. In addition, Christie Hart has violated AHA ETHICS 104.15 in which she failed to exhibit and highest standard of integrity at all times as an AHA Judge. Christie Hart is hereby permanently expelled from membership in AHA and permanently denied all AHA privileges, including, but not limited to, denial of entry into any AHA programs and events, any AHA registration privileges and denial of participation in any manner in any AHA recognized competitions or events.

• HAYWARD, Bob (Louis Creek, BC Canada) – permanent suspension • HAYWARD, JILL (Louis Creek, BC Canada) – permanent suspension • L AVIN, Marjatta individually and dba Skyland Arabians of (Woodstock, VT) –permanent suspension • SHAFFER, Emily Bellows (Chester, NH) – indefinite suspension • SPERLE, Rita (Stroughton, WI) – permanent suspension • STREAM, Linda, of Terrebonne, Oregon, has violated AHA ETHICS RULE 104.6 in which she mistreated and neglected Arabian horses under her ownership and/or control. Linda Stream is hereby permanently expelled from membership in AHA and permanently denied all AHA privileges, including, but not limited to, denial of entry into any AHA programs and events, any AHA registration privileges and denial of participation in any manner in any AHA recognized competitions or events.

• VINCE, Robin, of Crewe, Virginia, has violated AHA ETHICS RULE 104.6 in which she mistreated and neglected Arabian horses under her ownership and/or control. Robin Vince is hereby permanently expelled from membership in AHA and permanently denied all AHA privileges, including, but not limited to, denial of entry into any AHA programs and events, any AHA registration privileges and denial of participation in any manner in any AHA recognized competitions or events.

• VITIELLO, Rhiannan, of Crewe, Virginia, has violated AHA ETHICS RULE 104.6 in which she mistreated and neglected Arabian horses under her ownership and/or control. Rhiannan Vitiello is hereby permanently expelled from membership in AHA and permanently denied all AHA privileges, including, but not limited to, denial of entry into any AHA programs and events, any AHA registration privileges and denial of participation in any manner in any AHA recognized competitions or events.

OTHER SUSPENSIONS • HATFIELD, Susan and Terry (Port Lavaca, TX) – permanent Registration privileges •P OWELL, Mark (Riverton, UT) – permanent Registration privileges

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ADAMS, Judd – Boulder, CO ADAMS Jr, Gary – Isanti, MN ALLEN, Caroline – Oregon, WI ALLEN, Sara Y – Oregon, WI ANDERSON, Colter – Cottonwood, CA ANDERSON, Glenn – Everett, WA ANDERSON, Richard – Plainville, NJ ANTHONY, Beverly J – Cowlesville, NY ARNETT, Tricia Sportsman – Ponder, TX ATKINSON, Nancy J – Clovis, CA BARNES, Cathy – Ogden, UT BECKER, Aubree – Cedar Falls, IA BEITZ, Timothy – Bloomington, IL BRADLEY, Jimmy – Depew, OK BROOKS, Charles – Atlanta, TX BROUGHTON, Robyn – Rochester, MN BROWN, Dawn E – Colorado Springs, CO BRUMEL, Sarah – Woodside, CA BUCHOWSKI, Eva – Alpharetta, GA BUFORD, Jim – Humbolt, TN CANTERBURY FARM POLISH ARABIANS – Centerville, MD CARNEAL, Suzie – Jackson, TN CAUDELL, Sylvia – Anderson, SC CAVALLO COUTURE – Chattanooga, TN CHAMPION HEIGHTS ARABIANS – Tulsa, OK CHANLEY, Sarah Megan – Salinas, CA CLEMMENSEN, Heidi – Phoenix, AZ COLLIER, Ashley L – Roy, UT CONNELLY, DAVID & FAITH – Pendleton, SC CONRAD, Charmaine – Papillion, NE COSTIGAN, Christi – Willow Springs, NC CUE, Michel – Chandler, AZ CUE RANCH LLC – Chandler, AZ CUMMINGS, Bret – Scottsdale, AZ DENGES, Adrienne – Corona, CA DICARLO, Gisela – Milford, PA EALY, Denise R – Belle Plaine, IA EHLERS, Kelly – Roggen, CO EHRMAN, Audrey – Farmersville, TX FELDER, Richard J – Lakeside, CA FORD, Barbara – Isanti, MN FORD, Loretta – Elk River, MN FORNEAR, Debbie – Pittsburg, PA FREND, Rachel – Beausejour, MB GARRETT, Kimberly – Houston, TX GAVIE-LEHMANN, Sandra – Kingman, AZ HABERMAN, Lisa – Bothell, WA HAINES, Rebecca J – Haines City, FL HALL, Laine – Seattle, WA HANEKOM, Madelien – Calistoga, CA HAVARD, Marie P – Ocala, FL HAYNES, Jennifer – Saline, MI HENRY, Samona – Lake Jackson, TN HEIN, Sara Anne – Pomona, CA HELMSTADTER, Angel – Chandler, AZ HODGE, Richard – Payson, AZ HORN, Gary J – Orient, OH HORSE SHOW COLOUR AUSTRALIA – Kogarah, NS HORVATH, Kevin – Dayton, OH

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HOWES, William – Mill Creek, WA HUGHES, Kimberly – Hamilton, OH JONES, Louise V – Dublin, GA KANATSKI, Randy K – Calgary, AB, Canada KENT, Kelly G – Pueblo West, CO KNAACK, John – Isanti, MN KNUTSON, G Sherri – Phoenix, AZ KONRADT, Renate – Aldergrove, BC, Canada KRAFT, William M – Collinsville, TX LAGASSE, Rachael- Voluntown, CT LAIRD, Lisa – Mira Loma, CA LARRIVEE, Don – Kamloops, BC, Canada LAWRENCE COUNTY HORSEMAN’S ASSN. – Volant, PA LEE, Rick – Adams, NE LILLARD, Ashley – Vacaville, CA LOMBARDO, Donald J – East Hartford, CT LUCAS, Susan L – McMinnville, OR LUCKY STRIPES RANCH INC – Mineola, TX LYNCH, Art – Dallas, TX MAGEE, Marlene – Bowie, MD MARTIN, Kellye – Coopersville, MI MARTIN, Maria – La Mesa, CA MARTIN, Santonia – Detroit, MI MARTINEZ, Manuel – Albertville, AL MARX, Joanna M – Louisville, KY McCLAIN, Lynette – Paso Robles, CA McCLELLAND, Katrina – New Oxford, PA McGETRICK, Victoria – Weedsport, NY McLAUGHLIN, Marie – Parma, ID MCMANUS, Kallen – Las Vegas, NV McMATH, David Russell – Leamington, ON, Canada MESSER, Abraham – California, KY MESSINIO, Brandi – Crown Point, IN MESSINIO, Samantha Jo – Crown Point, IN MESSINIO, Suzanne – Crown Point, IN MILLER, Michael – Berlin, PA MITCHELL, Shauna – Prattville, AL MITZELFELT, Scott – Crawford, NE MOOMEY, Sonya – San Antonio, TX MORELL, Martina – Bradford, ON, Canada MORLEY, Melba – Burley, ID MORRISON, Richard – Covington, OH NELSON, Jamie – Southgate, MI NELSON, William or Kimberly or Jamie – Southgate, MI NIE-SUTTON, Karan – Phoenix, AZ NOVARK, Kenneth – Montgomery, TX OLSON, Patricia J. – Conifer, CO O’NEAL, Jim – Scottsdale, AZ O’NEILL, Jacquelina – Aubrey, TX ORTIZ, Joyce Ann – Phelan, CA OVER, Denise – Chicago, IL PAINE, Daniel – Plymouth, MA PENCE, Cheryl J – Floral City, FL PERA, Nicole – Valdosta, GA PERSANYI, Carol – Shepardsville, KY PROGENY REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES. INC. – Ocala, FL RASHE, Kate – Dellwood, MN RAYBURN, Alice – Chatom, AL RED FERN LLC – Muskogee, OK REIMERS, Katherine – Poway, CA ROBART, David – Snow Hill, NC RODGERS, Diane – San Jose, CA RODRIGUEZ, Hector M – Penrose, CO ROSS, Jill – Pensacola, FL RUPE, Vicki – Mansfield, AR RUTGERS, George – Eaton Rapids, MI SA SELECT SIRES – Zion, IL SALCZYNSKI, Kristen – Griffith, IN SANGER, Debi – Ashley, ND SAXON, Amy – Muskogee, OK SCHWERTFERGER, Bill – Morristown, NJ SCHWERTFERGER, Julie – Morristown, NJ SELLERS, Kathy – Bristol, MA SHORT, Lisa – San Marcos, TX SHRANK, Max – Mena, AR

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SHRUBBI, Lisa – Shannock, RI SIK, Holly Millard – Temecula, CA SIMON, Lori – Scottsdale, AZ SMITH, Kimberly – Grapeview, WA SMITH, Andrea – Jackson, TN SQUIRES, Diana – Colleyville, TX STAFFIERI, Ardell H. Phillips – Phoenix, AZ STARNES, Lisa R – Gray, TN STEVENS, Vicki – Ortonville, MI STOLLER, Curt – Walnut Creek, CA STUART, C J – Baton Rouge, LA STUART, Carolyn Busby – New Orleans, LA SUMMERSKILL, Lesley Jo – Kansas City, MO SWEENEY, Robert – Solvang, CA TALAVERA, Frances L – Oceanside, CA TEAGUE, Christina L – Naples, FL THE BLACK STALLION GROUP – Burlington, Wi THOMPSON, Dave – Seneca, IL TOUBMAN, Mary Belle – Cave Creek, AZ TRABER, Bethany – Wickenburg, AZ TREXLER, Terry A. – Sumter, SC TSAI, Dee – Red Bluff, CA VAUGHN, Blossom – Louisville, KY VICARI, Midge – Holland, MI WALKER, Patty – Trenton, MI WATSON, Linda – Marietta, SC WENDT, Laura – San Diego, CA WEST, Shana – Christiansburg, OH WHITE, Judy – Collingwood, ON Canada WHITE, Lauren Ashely – Elkton, MD WOODARD, Becky Marie WIDDOWSON-ROLFE, Linda – Bell Canyon, CA WILSON, Fawn – Cicero, IN WOOD SR, Ted – Smyrna, SC YOUNG, Alena – Tucson, AZ ZAVADIL, Terry – Parker, CO

SUSPENDED HORSES AUGUST BAY – AHR 582355 AYALAH – AHR 565352 CF SHAMELESS – HAHR 1A311967 PARK AVENUE SPATS – HAHR 1A321395 RJ IRISH PRIDE – CAHR 24029 SAS TRI-ADREAM – AHR 563257

JUDGES & STEWARDS

INACTIVE AHA STEWARDS: Larry Alcorn (Deceased) William Eash (Deceased)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS At the time of publication, many qualifying shows have been canceled or postponed due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Please check the AHA Calendar of Events on the AHA website for the most current information.

IMPORTANT: Please note that at this time, all qualifications for the Regional Championships and All National Championship shows have been waived.

NATIONAL EVENTS JUL 16 - JUL 25 YOUTH & MID SUMMER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - 200014991 - OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Contact: MARLENE KRIEGBAUM / 4336 BEAUTIFUL CIR - CASTLE ROCK, CO 80109 (716) 628-2640, arabshows@mac.com SEP 22 - SEP 26 SPORT HORSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP - 200014993 - NAMPA, ID Contact: MARLENE KRIEGBAUM / 4336 BEAUTIFUL CIR - CASTLE ROCK, CO 80109 (716) 628-2640, arabshows@mac.com SEP 25 AHA NATIONAL CTR CHAMPIONSHIP 200015013 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com SEP 26 AHA NATIONAL END 50 MILE CHAMPIONSHIP - 200015014 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com SEP 27 AHA NATIONAL END 100 MILE CHAMPIONSHIP - 200015015 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com

NEW ‘R’ JUDGES

REGION 3

Phil Cotroneo Bridget Fitzpatrick Michael Grimm Hillary Hoffman Amanda Purdin-Standish

SEP 3 - SEP 6 COAST CLASSIC 200315033 - WATSONVILLE, CA Contact: JANET M DUNLAP / 31942 FRITZ DR - EXETER, CA 93221 (559) 786-6488, janet.dunlap4@gmail.com

NEW ‘r’ JUDGES CINDY BUTLER 7715 N. Illinois St. Caseyville, IL 62232 (618) 581-2655 clbutler@charter.net BRENDA DRIEDIGER 41717 Woodridge Pl. Yarrow, BC V2R 5G8, Canada (604) 823-6245 Dougarch1@hotmail.com BRIDGET FITZPATRICK 1350 SR 88 Ste. C Minden, NV 89423 (775) 721-3855 leparchen@cs.com ROWENA NICHOLS 42743 Prairie Ave. Chilliwack, BC V2R 5C1, Canada (604) 807-7985 Nicholsarabians@gmail.com

JUDGES RETIRING LICENSE Kristine Phelps (Deceased)

REGION 4 AUG 8 - AUG 9 CA$HC VALUE SPORT HORSE SHOW 200414974 - SHERWOOD, OR Contact: LISA JOY KOLKE / 16017 NE 319TH ST - BATTLE GROUND, WA 98604 (360) 687-2256, lkolke@aol.com AUG 20 - AUG 23 RALLY IN THE VALLEY A CONCURRENT - 200415085 - EUGENE, OR Contact: LISA JOY KOLKE / 16017 NE 319TH ST - BATTLE GROUND, WA 98604 (360) 687-2256, lkolke@aol.com AUG 20 - AUG 23 RALLY IN THE VALLEY B CONCURRENT - 200415086 - EUGENE, OR Contact: LISA JOY KOLKE / 16017 NE 319TH ST - BATTLE GROUND, WA 98604 (360) 687-2256, lkolke@aol.com SEP 25 AHA OPEN LAVA CAST CTR 200415016 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com SEP 25 AHA OPEN 50 MILE LAVA CAST END RIDE 200415017 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com

SEP 25 AHA OPEN 25 MILE LAVA CAST END RIDE 200415018 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com SEP 26 AHA OPEN 50 MILE LAVA CAST END RIDE 200415019 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com SEP 26 AHA OPEN 25 MILE LAVA CAST END RIDE 200415020 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com SEP 27 AHA OPEN 100 MILE LAVA CAST END RIDE 200415021 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com SEP 27 AHA OPEN 50 MILE LAVA CAST END RIDE 200415022 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com SEP 27 AHA OPEN 25 MILE LAVA CAST END RIDE 200415023 - LA PINE, OR Contact: ERIC RUETER / 11045 FRIENDSVILLE RD - LENOIR CITY, TN 37772 (865) 986-5966, Eric@FleetFootFarm.com SEP 28 - OCT 3 REGION 4 CHAMPIONSHIP 200414864 - EUGENE, OR Contact: LISA JOY KOLKE / 16017 NE 319TH ST - BATTLE GROUND, WA 98604 (360) 687-2256, lkolke@aol.com

REGION 5 JUL 31 - AUG 2 DAFFODIL SUMMER AVS A CONCURRENT - 200515114 - SPANAWAY, WA Contact: PATRICIA ANN HOUGH / 7912 266TH ST E - GRAHAM, WA 98338 (253) 279-6722, peprmntpatii@q.com JUL 31 - AUG 02 DAFFODIL SUMMER AVS B CONCURRENT - 200515143 - SPANAWAY, WA Contact: PATRICIA ANN HOUGH / 7912 266TH ST E - GRAHAM, WA 98338 (253) 279-6722, peprmntpatii@q.com SEP 5 REGION 5 50 MILE END CHAMPIONSHIP RIDE 200515128 - Riverside State Park, WA Contact: JALA A NEUFELD / 18213 SUNCREST CT SE - YELM, WA 98597 (253) 617-8945, dktajay@gmail.com

SEP 18 - SEP 20 ARABIAN AUTUMN CLASSIC A CONCURRENT - 200915028 - BRYAN, TX Contact: PATTY LIARAKOS / 16240 SAN PEDRO #180 - SAN ANTONIO, TX 78232 (210) 912-8679, pliarakos9868@gmail.com

SEP 18 - SEP 20 ARABIAN AUTUMN CLASSIC B CONCURRENT - 201415029 - BRYAN, TX Contact: PATTY LIARAKOS / 16240 SAN PEDRO #180 - SAN ANTONIO, TX 78232 (210) 912-8679, pliarakos9868@gmail.com

REGION 10

REGION 15

JUL 9 - JUL 12 GREAT ARABIAN GET TOGETHER 201014877 - RANDOLPH, MN Contact: LEESA BERHOW / N12861-190TH ST - BOYCEVILLE, WI 54725 (715) 643-2494, springridgeforge@gmail.com

JUL 1 MARKEL FIRECRACKER CLASSIC 201514901 - LEXINGTON, VA Contact: LINDSEY HAGER / 13669 JENNINGS RD - COLLINS, NY 14034 (716) 481-4907, LHager6486@gmail.com

JUL 31 - AUG 2 WAHA AUGUST AVS 201015156 - JEFFERSON, WI Contact: RYAN CHAMBERS / PO BOX 508 - BONNE TERRE, MO 63628 (314) 717-7683, ryan.chambers.rc@gmail.com

JUL 2 - JUL 5 REGION 15 CHAMPIONSHIP 201514902 - LEXINGTON, VA Contact: LINDSEY HAGER / 13669 JENNINGS RD - COLLINS, NY 14034 (716) 481-4907, LHager6486@gmail.com

SEP 5 - SEP 6 WDHA FESTIVAL AVS 201015056 - OSHKOSH, WI Contact: CONNIE KIENAST / 2315 E PETER ST APT 1 - APPLETON, WI 54915 (920) 279-0620, malikahsfriend@yahoo.com

JUL 30 EASTERN ARABIAN HORSE SHOW 201514906 - LEXINGTON, VA Contact: LINDSEY HAGER / 13669 JENNINGS RD - COLLINS, NY 14034 (716) 481-4907, LHager6486@gmail.com

SEP 11 - SEP 13 MAHA FALL CLASSIC 201014865 - WINONA, MN Contact: LEESA BERHOW / N12861-190TH ST - BOYCEVILLE, WI 54725 (715) 643-2494, springridgeforge@gmail.com

JUL 31 - AUG 2 EAST COAST CHAMPIONSHIP 201514907 - LEXINGTON, VA Contact: LINDSEY HAGER / 13669 JENNINGS RD - COLLINS, NY 14034 (716) 481-4907, LHager6486@gmail.com

JUL 1 REGION 11 PRE SHOW 201114893 - LAKE ST LOUIS, MO Contact: RYAN CHAMBERS / PO BOX 508 - BONNE TERRE, MO 63628 (314) 717-7683, ryan.chambers.rc@gmail.com

SEP 17 - SEP 19 REGION 15 100 MILE END CHAMPIONSHIP - 201515050 - ASHEVILLE, NC Contact: CHERYL F NEWMAN / 41 PISGAH VIEW RANCH RD - CANDLER, NC 28715 (828) 665-1531, cherylnewman@charter.net

JUL 2 - JUL 5 REGION 11 CHAMPIONSHIP 201114895 - LAKE ST LOUIS, MO Contact: RYAN CHAMBERS / PO BOX 508 - BONNE TERRE, MO 63628 (314) 717-7683, ryan.chambers.rc@gmail.com

REGION 16

SEP 10 - SEP 12 NATIONAL SHOW HORSE FINALS 201114952 - SPRINGFIELD, IL Contact: DONNA AUBER / 12550 STATE RTE 44 - MANTUA, OH 44255 (330) 274-2039, horseshows101@yahoo.com

JUL 09 - JUL 12 REGION 16 CHAMPIONSHIP - 201614931 - SYRACUSE, NY Contact: LINDSEY HAGER / 13669 JENNINGS RD - COLLINS, NY 14034 (716) 481-4907, LHager6486@gmail.com AUG 7 NH ARAB SUMMER JUBILEE VALUE SHOW 201615084 - DEERFIELD, NH Contact: MARY JANE WAHL / 110 NIMBLE HILL RD - NEWINGTON, NH 03801 (603) 463-9343

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REGION 7

JUL 9 - JUL 11 SCENIC SPRUCE CREEK NO FRILLS 50 MILE END SUMMER - 201215163 - EHRHARDT, SC Contact: CHERYL A VANDEUSEN / 656 SAPP RD - NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL 32168 (386) 566-4820, cvandeusen@gmail.com

JUL 4 - JUL 5 SAAHA SUMMER DAZE AVS 200715031 - TUCSON, AZ Contact: RANDI PREISER / 2941 N COUNTRY CLUB RD - TUCSON, AZ 85716 (520) 240-0124, randi.preiser@gmail.com

AUG 29 - AUG 30 OHAHA FALL SHOW B CONCURRENT 201214976 - WILMINGTON, OH Contact: DONNA AUBER / 12550 STATE RTE 44 - MANTUA, OH 44255 (330) 274-2039, horseshows101@yahoo.com

REGION 8

SEP 26 - SEP 27 MTAHA MUSIC CITY VALUE SHOW 201215141 - MURFREESBORO, TN Contact: SARAH R JAX / 2927 BRIGADOON PKWY - LEXINGTON, KY 40517 (859) 227-8073, sarejax@gmail.com

JUL 30 - AUG 1 UTAH VALLEY ARAB AVS 200815024 - SOUTH JORDAN, UT Contact: ASHLEY MARSEE / 113 N. 750 W. - LAYTON, UT 84041 (801) 755-0104, ASHLEYMARSEE75@GMAIL.COM

AUG 22 - AUG 23 CRABBET CELEBRATION AVS 201515070 - BEL AIR, MD Contact: CRICKET GATES / 46 ESSEX RD - CAMP HILL, PA 17011 (717) 579-1565, cjgatesman@hotmail.com

REGION 11

AUG 14 - AUG 16 ELMIRA ARAB & SPORT HORSE CLASSIC A CONCURRENT - 201614948 - ELMIRA, NY Contact: LINDSEY HAGER / 13669 JENNINGS RD - COLLINS, NY 14034 (716) 481-4907, LHager6486@gmail.com SEP 4 - SEP 6 SILVER SPUR HORSE SHOW AVS 201615117 - HAMBURG, NY Contact: LINDSEY HAGER / 13669 JENNINGS RD - COLLINS, NY 14034 (716) 481-4907, LHager6486@gmail.com

REGION 17 SEP 9 REGION 17 PRE SHOW 201715025 - RED DEER, AB Contact: MARION ENDERS / PO BOX 6216 - INNISFAIL, AB T4G 1S9 (403) 227-0538, Marion@TheEnders.com

REGION 13

AUG 19 AHA REGION 8 LEAD IN SHOW 200815129 - DENVER, CO Contact: MARLENE KRIEGBAUM / 4336 BEAUTIFUL CIR - CASTLE ROCK, CO 80109 (716) 628-2640, arabshows@mac.com

AUG 8 REGION 13 50 MILE END CHAMPIONSHIP RIDE 201315134 - MILFORD, MI Contact: MELINDA NAGY / 10776 LIMA CENTER RD - MANCHESTER, MI 48158 (734) 645-4278, MELINDASMYERS@GMAIL.COM

AUG 19 - AUG 24 REGION 8 CHAMPIONSHIP 200814987 - DENVER, CO Contact: MARLENE KRIEGBAUM / 4336 BEAUTIFUL CIR - CASTLE ROCK, CO 80109 (716) 628-2640, arabshows@mac.com

AUG 9 REGION 13 30 MILE CTR CHAMPIONSHIP RIDE 201315133 - MILFORD, MI Contact: MELINDA NAGY / 10776 LIMA CENTER RD - MANCHESTER, MI 48158 (734) 645-4278, MELINDASMYERS@GMAIL.COM

SEP 5 ONE DAY SHOW AT LATIGO 200814972 - Elbert, CO Contact: JO ANNE READ / PO BOX 129 - ELBERT, CO 80106 (303) 648-3261, windyjj@aol.com

AUG 12 REGION 13 PRE SHOW 201314872 - WILMINGTON, OH Contact: RYAN CHAMBERS / PO BOX 508 - BONNE TERRE, MO 63628 (314) 717-7683, ryan.chambers.rc@gmail.com

SEP 18 - SEP 20 CAHC FALL VALUE SHOW 200815078 - CASTLE ROCK, CO Contact: JO ANNE READ / PO BOX 129 - ELBERT, CO 80106 (303) 648-3261, windyjj@aol.com

AUG 12 - AUG 16 REGION 13 CHAMPIONSHIP 201314874 - WILMINGTON, OH Contact: RYAN CHAMBERS / PO BOX 508 - BONNE TERRE, MO 63628 (314) 717-7683, ryan.chambers.rc@gmail.com

REGION 9

REGION 14

AUG 8 GREEN COUNTRY WORKING WESTERN AVS - 200914954 - EL RENO, OK Contact: VELMA BOODT / 53708 W 231ST ST S - DEPEW, OK 74028 (918) 284-7505, 51vboodt@gmail.com

AUG 29 - AUG 30 OHAHA FALL SHOW A CONCURRENT 201414975 - WILMINGTON, OH Contact: DONNA AUBER / 12550 STATE RTE 44 - MANTUA, OH 44255 (330) 274-2039, horseshows101@yahoo.com

SEP 9 - SEP 13 REGION 17 CHAMPIONSHIP 201715026 - RED DEER, AB Contact: MARION ENDERS / PO BOX 6216 - INNISFAIL, AB T4G 1S9 (403) 227-0538, Marion@TheEnders.com

REGION 18 AUG 14 - AUG 16 ELMIRA ARAB & SPORT HORSE CLASSIC B CONCURRENT - 201814947 - ELMIRA, NY Contact: LINDSEY HAGER / 13669 JENNINGS RD - COLLINS, NY 14034 (716) 481-4907, LHager6486@gmail.com

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The Discovery Farm program offers you the opportunity to explore Arabian horses at farms with knowledgeable owners in a relaxed, no pressure atmosphere. If you own Arabian horses and want to share your passion for the breed with newcomers, contact AHA to sign up as a Discovery Farm.

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ABSOLUTELY ARABIANS / Barb Suvaka 4030 WEST 6 1/2 MILE RD., CALEDONIA, WI 53108 (414) 835-2073 bsuvaka@yahoo.com m ACADEMY FARMS, LTD. / Gayle Reveron 5250 BONETA ROAD, MEDINA, OH 44256-8111 (330) 239-3526 academyfarmsltd@aol.com m ACEVEDO ARABIANS / Suzanne Acevedo 51 N 200 E, BLACKFOOT, ID 83221 (208) 760-0816 acevedoarabians@hotmail.com www.acevedoarabians.com m AK ARABIANS / Ed Kouzi 3058 Hill Valley Drive, Escondido, CA 92029 (949)-310-0355 akarabians@yahoo.com www.akarabians.com m ALARA EGYPTIAN ARABIANS / Marlys Vermeire 9813 US HWY 6, GENESEO, IL 61254 (309) 945-2143 alara@nbson.net www.alaraarabianstables.com m ALEXANDRA ARABIANS / Sandra Markoff 1700 CRANE CANYON RD, SANTA ROSA, CA 95404 (707)-585-2233 alexian84@aol.com www.alexandraarabians.com m ALLADAR ARABIANS / Alisa Guffey 505 NOEL DRIVE, MT. JULIET, TN 37122 (615)-320-1001 aguffey@nashmed.com m AMERIKAN FARMS / Michele Smith RR1 BOX 197A, AGRA, OK 74824 (918) 375-2689 amerikanfarms@brightok.net www.amerikanfarms.com

mA METHYST ACRES EQUINE CENTER, LLC Deborah Burke 9195 SPRINGWOOD ROAD, BUCHANAN, VA 24066 (540) 254-1017 deb@amethystacres.com www.amethystacres.com m AMURATH ARABIANS / Sharon Eider-Orley 13750 E. Peak View Road, SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85262 (602) 377.7885 eiderorley@aol.com www.amuratharabians.com m ARAB-DEL-SHEP FARMS / Carol Picoriello PO BOX 3458, EDGEWOOD, NM 87015 (505)-869-3262 cpicoriell@aol.com m ARABIANS AND MORE / Catie Adeyemi 16025 W. GLENDALE AVE, LITCHFIELD PARK, AZ 85340 (623) 224-5100 arabiansandmore@gmail.com www.arabiansandmore.com m ARBOR MEADOW / Bess Ohlgren-Miller 3800 NORVELL RD, GRASS LAKE, MI 49240 (734) 426-2853 arbormeadowfarm@msn.com m ARMSTRONG ARABIANS / Laura Armstrong 9450 S. MAPLE ISLAND RD., HOLTON, MI 49425 (231) 652-9687 larmstrong@riverview.net www.armstrongarabians.com m ARRIBA ARABIANS / Cecil Martinez PO BOX 897, TEMPLETON, CA 93465 (805) 434-0293 www.arribaarabians.com m ASH LANE FARM / Mary Newton HAVENS ROAD, NEW BRAINTREE, MA 01531-0192 (508) 867-9927 ashlanefarm@hotmail.com m BARAKA ARABIANS / Shelley White 9591 BLACK CRK RD, BREWERTON, NY 13029 (315) 668-2782 swhite100@twcny.rr.com

mB EAHR RIDGE ARABIANS & TRAINING CENTER Sylvia Beahr 3333 FM 85, ENNIS, TX 75119 (319) 988-3021 beahrridgearab@mchsi.com www.beahrridgearabians.com m BEAUX CHEVAUX FARM / Carolyn W Jacobson 18126 BIRMINGHAM HWY., ALPHARETTA, GA 30004 (678) 947-0959 beauxchevauxfarm@aol.com

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BEAVER CREEK FARM / Patrea Pabst 2966 HARTWELL HWY, DEWY ROSE, GA 30634 (706) 213-1197 aepied@aol.com www.beavercreekarabians.com m BEIN PERFORMANCE HORSES / Jessica L Bein 27804 NORTH 152ND STREET, SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85262 (480) 471-3623 slidenflsh@aol.com www.beinperformancehorses.com

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Danny & Deneb Thompson 1011 EDGEHILL DR, LAWRENCEBURG, KY 40342 (931) 478-0976 bellavistaec@usa.com www. bellavistaequestrian.com m BELLA VITA ARABIANS . Lisa D Ethell 32455 HERMAN ROAD, EUGENE, OR 97408 (909) 731-2882 lethell@earthlink.net www.bellavita-arabians.com m BITTERROOT RANCH / Meloena Fox 1480 EAST FORK RD., DUBOIS, WY 82513 (307) 455-2778 www.bitterrootranch.com m BLACKBERRY RUN ARABIANS / James Hoffman 1199 SECOND AVE, ROYERSFORD, PA 19468 (610) 960-2434 blkberryrunarabs@aol.com m BLACKHAWK VALLEY ARABIANS / Cory Soltau 240 JOSEPH LANE, PLEASANTON, CA 94588 (925) 248-4555 BVARABIANS@AOL.COM m BOWLAND ARABIANS / Rebecca Pierce Bowland 6020 N. LAKE SANFORD RD., SANFORD, MI 48657 (970) 824-2480 Bowlandranch@wreawildblue.org www.arabhorse.com/stallions/synafix/ m BURNT HICKORY ARABIANS / Connie Crunkleton 218 AGAPE DRIVE, RANGER, GA 30703 (770) 846-9027 burnthickoryarabians@frontier.com www.burnthickoryarabians.com m CALIENTE CREEK RANCH / Candace Berry 8525 WATERS ROAD, MOORPARK, CA 93021 (805) 439-0187 buck.berry11@gmail.com www.calientecreekranch.com m CARSONS ARABIANS / Larry & Charlene Carson RT. 1 BOX 61, JULIAETTA, ID 83535 (208) 843-2610 ccarson@lewiston.com www.carsonsarabians.com m CASTAWAY ARABIANS FARM / NATALIE TYSON 2911 ALGOMA ROAD, BOONES MILL, VA 24065 (540) 759-9479 castawayarabiansfarm@yahoo.com m CEDAR COULEE PINTABIANS / Lynn Brubaker 11622 50TH ST NW, RAY, ND 58849 (701) 859-3221 lbrubaker@dia.net www.ccpintabians.com

m C EDAR RIDGE FARM EGYPTIAN ARABIANS, LLC Merrie Aiken 665 ISLEY ROAD, HAW RIVER, NC 27258 (702) 845-6752 CRFEGYPT@aol.com www.crfegypt.com

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CENTRAL COAST ARABIANS / Marsha L Walters 8775 SIERRA VISTA DR, ATASCADERO, CA 934 (805) 461-6535 m CHEROKEE ARABIANS / Halene Or Robert Petterson 14245 E. LEXINGTON ST., GILBERT, AZ 85296 (480) 899-5257 r_petterson@msn.com m CHERRY HOLLOW ARABIANS / Doris & Lee Cherry 2989 IKE STONE RD., MONROE, GA 30656 (404) 267-2627 m CLANTON PERFORMANCE HORSES / Jeanna Murphy 21622 S HARPER RD, PECULIAR, MO 64078 (817) 296-3442 alan@ClantonPerformanceHorses.com www.clantonperformancehorses.com m CLOVER RIDGE FARM / Aimee Pahl 6148 BEAR RIDGE ROAD, LOCKPORT, NY 14094 (716) 440-9006 Aimee@CloverRidge.com www.cloverridge.com m COLD BROOK ARABIANS / Marjorie & Timothy Roe 1917 STATE RT. 13, CAYUTA, NY 14824 (607) 594-2414 cbarab@lightlink.com www.lightlink.com/cbarab m COLORS OF THE WIND FARM, LLC / Carole Eaton 12216 280TH AVE., TREVOR, WI 53179 (847) 395-0348 cecolors@hotmail.com www.colorsofthewindhorsefarm.com/

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COMET’S TAIL ARABIANS / Jamie Dehart PO BOX 1533, BRANFORD, FL 32008 (386) 935-2711 Untamedfancy@hotmail.com www.myspace.com/comets_tail_arabians m CONWAY ARABIANS, INC. / Lorie Mangan 18080 CTY RD 2, CHATFIELD, MN 55923 (507) 867-2981 lori@conwayarabians.com www.conwayarabians.com m COOL FIRE FARMS / Susan Ernst 1145 GREENVILLE PIKE, HAZEL GREEN, AL 35750 (256) 829-1514 coolfire@mchsi.com

m C RESCENDO TRAINING CENTRE, LLC

Kristine H Phelps 288 S. FAIRMOUNT ROAD, EPHRATA, PA 17522 (717) 354-5585 CrescendoTraining@gmail.com www.crescendotrainingcentre.com m CRESSANT HILL ARABIANS / Letta & Jerry Smith 138 PONDEROSA DR., TRUXTON, MO 63381 (636) 597-4023 cha@socket.net www.cressanthill.com m DAH-BAN ARABIANS / Kristin Urban 18104 PLEASANT ROAD, MARIBEL, WI 54227 (920) 863-8253 urbankristin@msn.com www.dahbanarabians.com m DANA ARABIANS / Wyona Worthington 6212 COFFEL ROAD, ROY, WA 98580-9463 (253) 843-9100 DanaArabians@hughes.net www.danaarabians.com m DAYSTAR ARABIANS / Annetta Tinsman 26110 HWY 45 BOX 349, HACKETT, AR 72937 (479) 639-2401 horsewize@aol.com m DEBUT ARABIANS / Lane Williams 3068 HIGHWAY OO, FARMINGTON, MO 63640 (817) 483-5344 BeyStar@yahoo.com www.debutarabians.com m DEEP CREEK ARABIANS / Susan White 206 GLOVER ROAD, ZEBULON, GA 30295 (770) 567-4937 swdeepcreekarabs@aol.com m DEMPSEY ARABIANS / Diane Dempsey 337 WHARTON RD, KERRVILLE, TX 78028 (830) 895-5665 diane@dianedempsey.com www.arabiancuttinghorse.com m DESHAZER ARABIANS / Hank & Sandra Deshazer 17025 SHAW RD, CYPRESS, TX 77429 (281) 351-7829 JOLLIN@DESHAZER.COM www.deshazer.com m DIAMOND B TRAINING STABLE / Mary J. Brown 4720 NE TANGEN RD, NEWBERG, OR 97132 (503) 538-1903 beetrainin@aol.com m DOMIST ARABIANS / Lon K. Peterson 16901 HIGHWAY 83 NE, BALDWIN, ND 58521 (701) 258-7350 domistarab@msn.com www.domistarabians.com m DORAN SHOW STABLES, LLC / Laura Doran 5900 OLD SCHOOL RD, PLEASANTON, CA 94588 (916) 434-8335 fivedorans@yahoo.com doranshowstables.com m DORSETT FARMS / Ann Dorsett 169 RUSSELL MILL ROAD, WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP, NJ 08085 (856) 476-0870 dorsett1@mindspring.com m DOUBLE M RANCH / Mike & Maryann Boseth 1230 N CENTER VALLEY RD., SANDPOINT, ID 83864 (208) 263-3760 boseth@mindspring.com http://geocities.com/yosemite/falls/6198/ m DREYM BAY FARM / Nan Harley 1500 J.D. WALTON RD., NEWNAN, GA 30263 (770) 252-2705 nan_harley@yahoo.com m DVORAK ARABIAN HORSE FARM / Jody Dvorak 1721 E. QUINLAN PARKWAY, QUINLAN, TX 75474 (903) 356-2456 jdvorak3@verizon.net

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350 POLK 60, MENA, AR 71953 (479) 243-0555 egyptianstar@rocketmail.co www.egyptianstararabians.com m EL DI SAR ARABIANS / Elizabeth K Sarver 33650 E. GRAND AVE., WINCHESTER, CA 92596 (951) 926-9764 sales@eldisararabians.com www.eldisararabians.com m ELLIS SUPREME ARABIANS / Terie Ellis 1438 W 97TH SOUTH, IDAHO FALLS, ID 83402 (208) 524-7247 tmellis@if.rmci.net

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ESQUIRE ARABIANS / Donna Knight 748 E FM 813, PALMER, TX 75152 (972) 658-2000 arabnyt2@airmail.net www.deserthorses.com m ESSER VALLEY ARABIANS, LLC / Duane Esser 9057 JORDAN RD, CLEVES, OH 45002 (513) 941-2737 duane@esservalleyarabians.com www.esservalleyarabians.com

m E XECUTIVE EAST/VALLEY VIEW FARMS

Mary Ann Rafferty PO BOX 548, SPRINGTOWN, PA 18081-0548 (610) 972-7079 bayfilly10@aol.com m FABLE ARABIANS / Robert M Dryden 13455 E. SPEEDWAY BLVD., TUCSON, AZ 85748 (520) 298-7393 rmdryden@flash.net www.fablearabians.com m FAIR OAKS ARABIANS / Linda Ziegler PO BOX 1319, LINCOLN, CA 95648 (916) 408-2499 kheeystone@att.net m FIREDANCE FARMS ARABIANS / Louise Burton 5220 HONEY CREEK RD, OKMULGEE, OK 74447 (918) 756-3757 firedancefarms@prodigy.net www.firedancefarms.net m FIRELIGHT ARABIANS / Lorie Henderson 502 SPIN POINTE RD, FISHERVILLE, KY 40023 (502) 477-1018 Firelite01@aol.com www.firelightarabians.com m FOOTHILLS ARABIANS / Robert Hall 27 EMERALD DR., SILVER CITY, NM 88061 (575) 538-5080 fharabians@zianet.com m FOUR SEESONS TALLPONY RANCH / Sharon Nelson 18921 JUDGE ORR RD., PEYTON, CO 80831 (719) 749-2214 fourseesons@rmi.net m FOX HOLLOW FARM / Juli Goder-Larson 7926 E STATE RD 67, CLINTON, WI 53525 (608) 676-5159 foxhlw@aol.com

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/ Bridget Fitzpatrick 4200 OLD HIGHWAY 395, CARSON CITY, NV 89503 (775) 782-0353 leparchon@cs.com www.leparchonfarmstraining.com m G FORCE ARABIANS / James Gromelski 35251 COUNTY RD. 17, ELIZABETH, CO 80107-7904 (303) 646-3691 www.gforcearabians.com

mG ATEWAYS TO TRANSFORMATION FARM

Alisha Adrian 9993 N 65TH STREET, LONGMONT, CO 80503 (303) 859-7385 alishaadrian99@yahoo.com www.gatewaystotransformation.com m GAZON ARABIANS / Connie Baker 20990 AVE 322, WOODLAKE, CA 93286 (559) 564-2133 GZGEMILI@AOL.COM m GENESIS EQUESTRIAN CENTER / David Bottorff 8282 HALEY LN., COLLEGE GROVE, TN 37046-9111 (615) 395-4228 ARABIANDQ@AOL.COM www.genesisequestrian.com m GLYNNSONG FARMS / Patience Prine-Carr 15215 SERAPE CT, CASTROVILLE, CA 95012 (831)-633-9023 patience4444@sbcglobal.net www.glynnsong.com m GRAPS ARABIAN HORSES / Roland Grap 173 BRINK ROAD, VAN ETTEN, NY 14889-9411 (607) 589-6238 m GRASSROOTS ARABIANS / Peggy Ann Root 12013 HILLVIEW TERRACE, HOLLAND, NY 14080 (716) 537-2744 grarabians@aol.com m GRATIA ARABIAN BLOODSTOCK / Suzanna Hupp PO BOX 648, KEMPNER, TX 76539 (512) 556-2436 sghupp@yahoo.com www.gratiaarabianbloodstock.com m GULFWINDS FARM / Dorothy Younger 9995 HOLSBERRY RD, PENSACOLA, FL 32534 (850)-476-3396 djyounger@bellsouth.net m HACIENDA DEL S-PAR ARABIANS / Suzy Sankpill 16567 KENNETH RD, STILLWELL, KS 66085 (913) 897-2652 spsspar@aol.com m HACKBERRY ARABIANS / Yvonne Jones 8130 JORDAN ROAD, MANVEL, TX 77578 (713) 715-9300 emceyvonne@aol.com www.hackberryarabians.com

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KINGSWOOD FARMS / Kristie Shipp 7741 KINGSWOOD RD, SOUTHPORT, FL 32409 (850) 319-8572 kristie@kingswoodarabians.com www.kingswoodarabians.com m KNIGHT FOX ARABIAN FARM / Carrie L Fuchs 2053 PINNACLE ROAD, RUSH, NY 14543 (585) 746-7395 foxlandser@aol.com www.arabiansonknightfox.com m KOWETA ARABIANS / Denni K. Mack 855 GILBERT ROAD, MONTICELLO, GA 31064-8128 (706) 468-2549 koweta@bellsouth.net www.kowetaarabians.com m LACEY’S ARABIAN RANCH / Sheryl Lacey 5200 ANDY WOLF RD, GARDEN VALLEY, CA 95633 (530) 333-4393 DLacey7616@aol.com m LADAMAS ARABIANS / Laura Thomas 9554 S PINES RD, WARRENTON, VA 20186 (540) 351-6056 ladamas@comcast.net www.ladamasarabians.com m LANGEDORD / Theodore Lange 2729 ENGLISH PLACE, CHINO HILLS, CA 91709 (562) 945-0933 kazuri@earthlink.net m LAS COLINAS / Lucy Whittier 4530 RATTLESNAKE BAR RD, PILOT HILL, CA 95664 (530) 823-5951 lcr@inreach.com m LAWSON ARABIANS / Carla Lawson 2068 HIGHLAND LICK ROAD, RUSSELLVILLE, KY 42276 (270) 725-1652 arabbossmare@yahoo.com www.lawsonarabians.com m LEGENDARY ARABIANS / Sharon Byford-Ruth 30136 ROLLING HILLS RD, CALIENTE, CA 93518 (661) 861-1763 flyingchanges2003m@yahoo.com www.legendaryarabians.com m LIBERTY ARABIANS, LTD. / Bob & Mary Rombs 2455 LAKE COHOON RD, SUFFOLK, VA 23434 (757) 934-3566 libertyarabians@hotmail.com m LOFTEE ARABIAN FARMS / Elizabeth Wheeler 6786 SE CHERRY CREEK RD, FRANKTOWN, CO 80116 (303) 660-9521 lizw37@aol.com m LYDAY FARMS / Bryan Jeffrie RT. 1 BOX 106-2, HONEY GROVE, TX 75446 (903) 378-3479 garyfern@aol.com m M & M ARABIAN ENTERPRISES / Patti Meier 3611 TRAILS END RD, BURLESON, TX 76028 (817) 295-0796 mmarabs@sbcglobal.net m MAGNOLIA ARABIAN STUD / Gretchen Boronow PO BOX 254, RAYMOND, MS 39154 (601) 857-5633 jsmelcer@wildblue.net m MARANATHA ARABIANS / Sue Thompson 35480 RICHARDSON GAP, LEBANON, OR 97374 (541) 251-0069 sue049@centurytel.net www.maranathaarabians.com

mH EAVEN SENT FARM PERFORMANCE ARABIANS Elizabeth Pizzonia 8000 WEST HIGHWAY 326, OCALA, FL 34482 (352) 369-5678 elizabethpizzonia@yahoo.com m HERBST ARABIANS / Victoria Herbst 82 ANDERSON RD, WALLINGFORD, CT 06492 (860) 575-8699 herbstarabians@gmail.com www.herbstarabians.com m HERBST FARMS / Kristin Herbst 2119 POSSUM HOLLOW RD, FARMINGTON, MO 63640 (573) 756-6592 ozarkmanor@wildblue.net m HERDER ARABIANS / Matt Herder 2720 PEEBLES RD, TROY, OH 45373 (210) 896-0296 info@herderarabians.com www.herderarabians.com m HIDDEN FALLS FARM / Kim Lacy 20002 A 127TH AVE NE, EVERETT, WA 98205 (425) 343-2905 halfpass10@hotmail.com www.hiddenfallsfarm.net

mH IDDEN HOLLOW STABLES & TRAINING

Keri Simpson 9222 BRIMFIELD-JUBILEE RD, DUNLAP, IL 61525 (309) 243-7979, JHJJOHNSON@AOL.COM m HOLLY ARABIANS / Holly & Kim Reuter 11375 MCKISSICK RD, PEYTON, CO 80831 (719) 749-0331 holly@hollyarabians.com www.hollyarabians.com m HOLMHAVEN ARABIANS / Lily Sayre 5101 SW 145TH AVE, SOUTHWEST RANCHES, FL 33330-2404 (305) 434-3984 holmhaven/main.htm www.hometown.aol.com/ m HONEY CREEK FARMS / Carrie A Woolverton 15699 CR 4015, MABANK, TX 75147 (214) 418-1328 honeycrek2@aol.com www.honeycreekfarms.biz/ m HONEYSUCKLE ROSE NORTH / Amanda R. Mitchell 135 SOUTH STREET, TROY, NH 3465 (603) 242-3491 hrnarabians@yahoo.com www.honeysucklerosenorth.com m HONEYTREE FARM / Richard Selk 9016 THOMPSON, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 (815) 338-7191 honeytreefarm@att.net www.bandyt.com m HUGUS ALFALFA & ARAB PINTOS / STEPHEN HUGUS 323 SHEEP CAMP RD, PAVILLION, WY 82523 (307) 856-0212 info@arabpinto.com www.arabpinto.com m HY-WYNNE FARM / Edwin & Corky Sutton 56 BUELL RD., AKRON, NY 14001-1309 (716) 542-9841 hywynne@aol.com m ISLAND FARM / Suzette E Johnson 19262 ENGLEWOOD RD., LAKE CRYSTAL, MN 56055 (507) 726-2174 suzettej@hickorytech.net

mM ARY CAMPBELL TRAINING CENTER Mary Campbell 9525 E GRAF LN, TUCSON, AZ 85730 (520) 885-1237 msmhc@aol.com

mM IARS ENTERPRISES LP / MIARS ARABIAN RANCH

11370 CR 3807, MURCHISON, TX 75778 (903)-681-0302 bob@miarsarabians.com www.miarsarabians.com m MILLAR VENTURE ARABIANS / Gary Millar 54229 RANGE RD 210, FT. SASKATCHEWAN, AB T8L 3Z1 (780) 499-9219 gary@millarcom.com m MORTHANA DREAM ARABIANS / Michelle Aherin PO BOX 337, GENESEE, ID 83832 (208) 285-1223 mdarabs@moscow.com m MOUNTAIN VIEW ARABIANS / Laurie Emery 222 RIVER RD, MADISON, ME 04950 (207) 696-8399 rlemery@prexar.com www.arabhorse.com/mountainview m MS PERFORMANCE HORSES / Jennifer Mccloud 22630 YEAGER ROAD, MONROE, WA 98272 (425) 750-8465 jen@msperformancehorses.com www.msperformancehorses.com m MUSIC CITY RIDING ACADEMY / Rebekah Hall 13905 OLD HICKORY BLVD, ANTIOCH, TN 37013 (615) 509-3596 nashfad@aol.com www.musiccityridingacademy.com m MY GOLDEN FARM / Maria Wallis 8792 CR 135, KAUFMAN, TX 75142 (972) 962-2596

m J EFFREY WILMS TRAINING & MANAGEMENT, INC. /Amy Wilms 22607 East Pleasant View Rd, FORT MCDOWELL, AZ 85264 (480) 614-8812 amy@amywilms.com www.jeffreywilms.com m JENSEN ARABIANS, INC. / Gail & Mick Jensen 13887 HWY 75 NORTH, BLAIR, NE 68008 (402) 426-4673 vgj@gpcom.net www.jensenarabians.com m JERICHO CREEK FARM II / Wendy Konichek S101 W34628 COUNTY ROAD LO, EAGLE, WI 53119-1857 (262) 594-3667 morabrep@yahoo.com www.jerichocreekfarms.com m JP ARABIANS, LLC / Jon Anson 6220 EL GATO LANE, MERIDIAN, ID 83642 (208) 888-0954 ansonj@asme.org m KHYSUS ARABIAN HORSES / Susan E Seago 10207 ASHLEY CREEK RD, SALEM, MO 65560 (573) 548-0219 khysusarabians@hotmail.com www.ashleycreekhorseco.com m KIM MORGAN ARABIANS / Kim Morgan 10898 FRIENDSHIP ROAD, PILOT POINT, TX 76258 (940) 453-4228 arabsbykim@aol.com

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mM Y LORD’S ARABIAN HORSE FARM

Deborah Graham 1522 COUNTY RD. 10, GASSVILLE, AR 72635 (870) 481-5478 dlgraham@centurytel.net m MY-BON ARABIANS / Robert & Bonnie Rupp PO BOX 790, GARRISON, ND 58540 (701) 337-5581 mybon@restel.net www.mybonarabians.com m MYSTIC ROSE ARABIANS / Jennifer L Whittaker 80 WINDSONG FARMS WAY, EADS, TN 38028 (901) 465-2119 Jlwarabs@aol.com mysticrosearabians.com m NEAR RIVER FARM, LLC / Nancy Russell 117 MONROE ST, DOUGLAS, MA 01516 (508) 476-9974 Neariver@charter.net www.nearriverarabians.com m NELSON FARMS INC. / Trish Nelson 7650 S CACTUS THORN LN, TUCSON, AZ 85747 (520) 647-3009 nelsonfarmsinc@aol.com www.nelsonfarmsinc.com m NORDY ARABIANS / Renel Nordeman 4190 MEADOWVIEW LANE, HYDESVILLE, CA 95547 (707) 768-2003 kubanka@aol.com www.nordyarabians.com m PAINTBRUSH ARABIANS / Marjorie Pope 16485 US HWY. 220, CASPER, WY 82604 (307) 266-6768 mpope@tribcsp.com m PEGASUS ARABIANS / Pegasus Arabians 12270 STATE RTE 61 E, BERLIN HEIGHTS, OH 44814 (419) 588-3000 farm@pegasusequestrian.com

m P ENNFIELDS FARM/P N R TRAINING LLC Pamela Rosenborg 32 HAINES RD, STOCKTON, NJ 08559 (908)-656-1206 Pennfields@gmail.com www.pennfieldsfarm.com

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PEREGRINE BLOODSTOCK, LLC / Mark Wharton 5466 Tates Creek Road, Lexington, KY 40581-2212 (859) 221-5094 info@peregrinearabians.com www.peregrinearabians.com

m P ERFORMANCE PLUS ARABIANS, LLC

Deb Mcguire 46622 267TH ST, SIOUX FALLS, SD 57106 (605) 310-6159 debmcguire6159@gmail.com www.pparabians.com m PRAIRIE WOODS / Yvonne Metcalfe 304 - 15215 N KIERLAND BLVD, SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85254 (604) 538-3357 prairiewoods@yahoo.com m QUAIL RIDGE ARABIANS / Sherry E Layne 210 EAST WIGWAM, LAS VEGAS, NV 89123 (702) 269-7620 skylayne@aol.com m R.O. LERVICK ARABIANS / Roger Lervick PO BOX 699, STANWOOD, WA 98292 (206) 629-3565 cytosk@whidbey.net www.rolervickarabians.com m RANCHO BORREGO MONTANA / Darlene Hopkins 27667 NORTH TWIN OAKS VALLEY ROAD, P.O. BOX 2434, SAN MARCOS, CA 92069 (760) 535-9293 ranchoborrego@hotmail.com www.rbm-arabians.com m RATTNER BLOODSTOCK / Martha Rattner 2000 Stamping Ground Rd, Georgetown, KY 40324 (859) 879-1842 martha@rattnerbloodstock.com m RENAISSANCE ARABIANS / David Myers 7819 OLD COLUMBUS CINCINNATI RD, SOUTH CHARLESTON, OH 45368 (937) 572-3279 david@rearabians.com www.rearabians.com m RENAISSANCE FARMS / Theresa Rathbun 1326 QUARRY LANE, MANHATTAN, KS 66502 (785) 776-5269 trathbun@oznet.ksu.edu www.showscene.com/renfarms.htm

m R ENO-TAHOE EQUESTRIAN CENTER

Deborah Johnson 2455 Rhodes Rd, Reno, NV 89521 (775) 720-3548 deborah@renotahoearabians.com www.renotahoearabians.com m RICIA E ARABIANS / Patricia Bennett 5586 MCINTYRE ROAD, NORTH STREET, MI 48049 (810) 385-2094 patbennett@kkcorp.net www.kkcorp.net/tiercel.html m RIO ESTANCIA ARABIANS, LLC / Mary Houge 17440 E Pinnacle Vista Dr, Rio Verde, AZ 85263 (480) 473-3520 mhouge@aol.com

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RISING K ARABIANS / Yvonne L Knowland 15731 RIO RANCHO RD, HARLINGEN, TX 78552 (956) 364-2945 yvonneknowland@aol.com www.risingkarabians.com m ROCK VIEW RANCH, Dawn Kimball 10355 PIKE ROAD, AGUA DULCE, CA 91390 (661) 565-5689 dawn@rockviewranch.com www.rockviewranch.com m ROGERS ARABIANS / Connie Rogers 10330 SE 251ST STREET, LATHROP, MO 64465 (816) 740-3862 cdrogers@grm.net www.rogersarabians.com

m R OMANCE ARABIANS/ROCOCO SPORT HORSES Kathy Towery 272 ANGUS ROAD, CORRALES, NM 87048 (505) 890-8386 RomanceArabians@msn.com m ROYAL LEGEND ARABIANS / Lisabeth Robertson 7786 RILEY RD, BRYAN, TX 77808 (979)-589-1638 lisa@rlarabians.com www.royallegend.com m ROYAL STEED ARABIANS / Cherlyn Clark 1486 W CAMERON BRIDGE RD, BOZEMAN, MT 59718 (406) 388-3364 showringcc@aol.com www.royal-steed-arabians.hub.biz/ m ROZE ARABIANS, LTD. / Angela White 2055 N. MARKET STREET, ELIZABETHTOWN, PA 17022 (717) 585-0855 RozeArabians@gmail.com www.rozearabians.com m SANCHAS ARABIANS / Sandra Miller 276 SEARS ROEBUCK ROAD, TULLAHOMA, TN 37388 (717) 982-5858 sandy.sanchasarabians@gmail.com m SANS SOUCI SHOW HORSES / Grace Greenlee 250 GRACE GREENLEE RD, MARION, NC 28752 (828) 442-6442 graceggreenlee@gmail.com www.sanssouciarabianhorses.com m SCARAB FARM ARABIANS / Sara Bagg 23911 HOLL RD, MALIN, OR 97632-9703 (541) 723-2017 m SCOTTSDALE RIDING CLUB / Alicia Ward 15217 E. RIO VERDE DR, SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85262 (480) 201-7039 scottsdaleridingclub@yahoo.com www.scottsdaleridingclub.com m SHAHIDOVA ARABIANS / Hilary Lucas 2636 ANGUS RD SE, TENINO, WA 98589 (360) 264-5854 cowgirl@scattercreek.com www.shahidovaarabians.com m SHALWYN ARABIANS / Gerwyn & Diane Jones 411 CALDWELL ROAD, WALLA WALLA, WA 99362 (509) 529-4067 shalwyn@charter.net m SHERMAN RANCH / Sherman Ranch 7500 CAMINO TASSAJARA, PLEASANTON, CA 94588 (925) 216-6316 shermanrancharabians@gmail.com www.theshermanranch.com m SIEMON STABLES, INC. / Chuck Siemon 9311 LOWER VALLEY PIKE, NEW CARLISLE, OH 45344 (937) 849-1487 CHUCKSIEMON@AOL.COM m SIGNAL FIRE RANCH / Ellen Ketchum 886 HUDSON RIVER CHURCH RD, DANIELSVILLE, GA 30633 (706) 789-2010 signalfire@windstream.net m SILHOUETTE SHADOWS ARABIANS / James Myers RTE. 3 BOX 155, BIRCH TREE, MO 65438 (417) 764-2522 silhouette@townsqr.com m SILVER MAPLE FARM / Henry Metz 1695 EDISON STREET, SANTA YNEZ, CA 93460 (805) 688-9873 henry@smfarab.com www.smfarabs.com m SINGINGHEARTS FARM / Sharon Davis 7600 E FARM RD 182, ROGERSVILLE, MO 65742 (417) 753-7750 singingheartsfm@aol.com www.singingheartsfarm.com m SKATRUD ARABIANS / Donna Skatrud 8343 S ADDISON AVE, KNIGHTSTOWN, IN 46148 (317) 418-6381 skatrudarabians@gmail.com www.skatrudarabians.com m SMITH HORSE COMPANY / ABBY SMITH 3728 N 5000W RD, KANKAKEE, IL 60901 (815) 530-8472 Abby@smithhorsecompany.com www.SmithHorseCompany.com

m S OUTHERN HERITAGE FARM

C. Edward Davidson, DVM 3050 SOUTHPORT RD, SPARTANBURG, SC 29302-3702 (864) 582-5402 southernheritagefarm@msn.com

m S OUTHWIND EQUINE SERVICES

Corry or Gary Christoff 4803 UNIONTOWN HWY, VAN BUREN, AR 72956 (417) 257-1074 www.southwindequineservices.com m SPC ARABIANS / Patricia Crutchett 6309 N WHITE RIVER RD, CAMPBELLSBURG, IN 47108 (812) 755-4848 spcarabs@aol.com m SPRING HOLLOW FARM / Frank Galovic 8714 HOLLOW SPRINGS RD, BRADYVILLE, TN 37026 (615) 765-7065 m STACHOWSKI FARM WEST / Jonathan Ramsay 3154 LADY BUG LANE, SAN MARCOS, CA 92069 (760) 505-7447 jon.ramsay@stachowski.com m STACHOWSKI FARM, INC. / James Stachowski 12561 ST RT 44, MANTUA, OH 44255 (330) 274-2494 info@stachowski.com www.stachowski.com m STAR WEST / Alice Martin 1736 S. FARMINGDALE RD, NEW BERLIN, IL 62670 (217) 546-9400 starwestnb@att.net www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/3805 m STOWE ARABIANS / Eric Stowe 4750 OLD CLIFTON RD, SPRINGFIELD, OH 45502 (937) 605-4779 info@stowearabians.com www.stowearabians.com m STRUB ARABIANS / Terry Strub 37483 253RD, LAMOTTE, IA 52054 (563) 773-2330 strubarabs@aol.com www.strubarabians.com m SUGAR HILL FARM, LLC / Elizabeth Kubiak 6505 GILLIS RD, VICTOR, NY 14564 (585) 924-8240 info@sugarhillarabians.com www.sugarhillarabians.com m SUN VALLEY ARABIANS / Holly Anderson 6391 FULTON MILL RD, LIZELLA, GA 31052 (478) 788-9357 egyptarabs@aol.com www.sunvalleyarabians.com m SUNDUST ARABIANS & PINTOS / Sandy Antilla PO BOX 4950, CAVE CREEK, AZ 85327 (480) 488-5711 sundustsda@aol.com m SUNSET ARABIANS / Brenda Lane 4161 E. 460 N., RIGBY, ID 83442-5530 (208) 745-8037 lanestables@inbox.com

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17497 SW SANTA FE LAKE RD, ROSE HILL, KS 67133 (402) 735-7322 sunsethillfarms@pixius.net m SUNSET RIDGE RANCH / Leigh Holman 18036 COUNTY ROAD 145, SOUTH HAVEN, MN 55382 (320) 558-2980 RILEHOLMAN@aol.com www.sunsetridgeranch.com m SUNSHINE ACRES ARABIANS / Sheri Boito 8716 W RUTTER PKWY, SPOKANE, WA 99208 (509) 847-4701 SheriBoito@msn.com www.sunshineacresarabians.com m SUSAN’S ARABIANS & PINTOS / Susan Skow 1725 LINCOLN AVE, (US HWY 169), HUMBOLDT, IA 50548 (515) 368-1234 suesarab@wildblue.net m TAKING THE REINS / M. J. Haven 3919 1/2 RIGALI AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90039 (818) 769-4550 drmjane@aol.com www.takingthereins.org m TALARIA FARMS / Allison Mehta 1101 EMMETT YOUNG RD, NEWNAN, GA 30263 (404) 892-1975 allison@talariafarms.com m TANZYR ARABIANS / Tammi Johnson 17138 90TH TERRACE, LIVE OAK, FL 32060 (407) 716-2878 tanzyrarabians@aol.com www.tanzyrarabians.com m TAYLOR RANCH ARABIAN HORSES / Isaac Taylor 4728 W 12240 S, PAYSON, UT 84651 (801) 592-5601 isaactyl1@gmail.com www.taylorarabians.com m TEAM TROXLER ARABIANS / Kathy Troxler 105 N .PAGE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80930 (719) 683-3415 teamtroxarab@elpasotel.net www.pcisys.net/~teamtroxarab m TERIJEF PARTNERSHIP / Teri Gonzalez-Reichman 11798 PRADERA RD, CAMARILLO, CA 93012-9280 (805) 491-3315 t.terijef@verizon.net

TEZMARAL ARABIANS / Lisa Skalski 1918 E HICKORY HILL RD, ARGYLE, TX 76226 (940) 241-3333 lisa_skalski@yahoo.com www.tezmaralarabians.com m THE FOURTY ACRES / Vicky Carnahan 22627 COYOTE TRAIL, SAND SPRINGS, OK 74063 (918) 363-8468 fourty2000@yahoo.com m THE NEW ALBION STUD / Michael Bowling 24920 RD 96, DAVIS, CA 95616 (530) 756-3911 cmk@cal.net www.cmkarabian.com

m T HE RIDING ACADEMY AT RHAPSODY IN BLUE

Leigh Meyer 20500 HIGHWAY 17 NORTH, CHATOM, AL 36518 (251) 847-6343 meyers@millry.net www.rhapsodyinbluestables.com m THREE OAKS ARABIANS / Bob Bennett Jr. 307 HENRY STABLER ROAD, SWANSEA, SC 29160 (803) 794-3673 ThreeOaksArabian@aol.com m TRADE WINDS ARABIANS / Pat Hendershot 23400 N BRYANT RD, ACAMPO, CA 95220 (209) 835-5181 twarab@sbcglobal.net www.extendinc.com/tradewinds m TRADITIONAL ARABIANS / Barbara Dunn Hoefer 260 HANSEN LANE, GARDNERVILLE, NV 89460 (775) 749-5054 bbarbies5@aol.com m TRESTLEWOOD STABLE ARABIANS / Cindy Bingham 1299 E 3500 N, BUHL, ID 83316 (208) 358-4173 Info@twsarabians.com www.twsarabians.com m TRIPLE H / Heather Carlson NEAR SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA / WORTHING, SD 57077 (605) 212-9105 equestrianheather@yahoo.com m TROWBRIDGE’S LIMITED / Mary Trowbridge 236 HENRY SANFORD RD, BRIDGEWATER, CT 06752 (860) 354-8926 mary@trowbridgesltd.com m TUSCANI / Stuart & Brenda Schuettpelz 1921 NILES-BUCHANAN RD., NILES, MI 49120 (269) 683-5449 tuscan2@msn.com www.tuscaniarabians.com

m T WIN BROOK FARM ARABIANS

Henry & Marguerite Illing 853 COOLEY ROAD, PARKSVILLE, NY 12768 (845) 292-7797 milling853@gmail.com www.twinbrookarabians.com m TWIN CREEK FARMS / Theresa Rorabaugh 18075 FOUR MILE ROAD, MORLEY, MI 49336 (231) 856-4693 twincreekfarms@charter.net m TWIN FIDDLES RANCH / Diane Malone PO BOX 448, ALVARADO, TX 76009 (817) 783-3620 tfranch@aol.com www.egyptian-arabians.com m TWIN L PERFORMANCE HORSES / Linda Leslie 27613 N. 42ND STREET, CAVE CREEK, AZ 85331 (480) 515-4495 twinlperf@hotmail.com www.twinlperformance.com m V & J ARABIANS / Johnny Heflin 2369 HWY 163, DOYLINE, LA 71023 (318) 745-9921 m VALLEJO III, INC. / Vallejo III Ranch, Inc. 55613 EAST 260 RD, AFTON, OK 74331-6253 (918) 257-8383 VALLEJOIII@AOL.COM www.vallejoiii.com m VANGO ARABIANS / Toni Trego, DVM 1072 AMBOY RD, AMBOY, IL 61310 (815) 857-4411 VangoArabs@aol.com m VARIAN ARABIANS / Varian Arabians 1275 CORBETT CANYON RD, ARROYO GRANDE, CA 93420 (805) 489-5802 angelaalv@aol.com www.varianarabians.com m VENTURA FARMS / Ventura Farms 235 W. POTRERO RD, THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91361 (805) 496-0767 info@venturafarms.com www.venturafarms.com m VICKERS ARABIANS / Evelyn Vickers 16965 GRANT RD, CYPRESS, TX 77429 (281) 351-1391 eve101935@sbcglobal.net m VICTORIA ARABIANS / Michelle A Watson 15695 NW HIGHWAY 318, WILLISTON, FL 32696 (352) 528-6914 michelle@victoriaarabians.com www.victoriaarabians.com

Adequan.........................................................9, 76 AHA - Corporate Sponsor/Partner...................7 AHA - DataSource............................................68 AHA - Thank You Advertisers..........................54 AHA - Thank You Members.............................24 AHA - AHYA Best Friend..................................14 AHA - AHYA Convention..................................15 AHA - Frequent Rider Program.......................36 AHA - Distance Nationals...............................37 Arabian Horse Foundation................................2 ARC........................................................................1 Black Market Breeding Farm LLC............66, 67 Equine Athlete Veterinary..................................3 Hat Lady, The...................................................IFC Hughes Highland Shagyas................................5 Markel Insurance Co........................................11 Nancy Cowette Seward...................................66 Nymeyers...........................................................75 Straight Babson Egyptians / Jody Dvorak..... BC

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WAGGONER STABLES / Dave Waggoner 32249 N STATE RTE 78, FARMINGTON, IL 61531 (309) 338-5128 dave_val_waggoner@att.net m WATERGAP STABLES, LLC / Judith Scott 325 NOBLE RD, P O BOX 73, CHRISTIANA, PA 17509 (610) 593-2000 watergapstables@gmail.com www.watergapstables.com m WE TIRED ACRES / Joan Rose 22789 KETTLE RD, WILTON, WI 54670 (608) 435-6405 joan@rosesarabians.com www.wetiredacres.com m WEBSTERS ARABIANS / Tracy Webster 16601 ADELAIDE LANE, MOUNT DORA, FL 32757 (352) 988-3040 fasasbaby@me.com www.webstersarabians.com m WEDDLE TRAINING STABLES / Dana Weddle 12416 FM 1826, AUSTIN, TX 78737 (512) 657-8612 weddleshowhorse@hotmail.com www.weddleshowhorse.com m WEIDEL’S BOXWOOD FARM / Pamela Weidel 1429 TRENTON-HARBOURTON RD, PENNINGTON, NJ 08534 (609) 737-1036 BOXWOODY@AOL.COM www.pyramidarabians.com m WEST WIND ARABIANS / Donald Gigante W8202 COUNTY Q, WATERTOWN, WI 53098 (920) 262-0256 dgwestwind@aol.com westwindarabians.weebly.com m WHISPERING WIND ARABIANS / Pam Harris 1946 PIPERS GAP RD, GALAX, VA 24333 (276) 236-4446 pharris@inter-page.com m WILD OAKS ARABIANS / Jane Wilder 3200 DRISKELL LOOP RD, WILMER, AL 36587 (251) 649-9279 wildoaksjbw@yahoo.com m WILDFLOWER FARMS / Debbie & Mark Helmick 930 WOLFENSBERGER RD, CASTLE ROCK, CO 80109 (303) 814-2214 wildflower_farms@mindspring.com m WILDWOOD ARABIANS / Deb Omara 1189 E TUTTLE RD, IONIA, MI 48846 (616) 527-2042 wildwoodarabians@earthlink.net www.wildwoodarabians.com m WILLOW BEND FARM / Tom & Debbie Whelan 6875 PROVIDENCE CHURCH RD, WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27105-9786 (336) 744-7533 www.willowbendfarm.com m WINDAMERE ARABIANS / Sharon Litizzette 9121 ASPEN DRIVE, WEED, CA 96094 (530) 938-3558 windamer@inreach.com www.windamere.com m WINDFEATHER TRAINING CENTER / Gail Rentmeester 5254 HE TOWNLINE RD, GREEN BAY, WI 54311 (920) 536-0447 riding.master@yahoo.com m WINDMASTER FARMS / Melissa Forberg 5756 HWY 1087, DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL 32433 (850) 834-3060 smforberg@aol.com

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WINDOVER ACRES ARABIANS / Lisa Martin 1238 FOREST RD, ALSTEAD, NH 03602 (603) 558-5501 aladinscrystalbascat@gmail.com m WINFIELD FARM & FORGE / Sarah Vas 34342 LAW RD, GRAFTON, OH 44044 (330) 483-3646 svas507@att.net www.winfieldfarm.com m WINGS OF A DREAM ARABIANS / Julie Koch 3903 W BENNET RD, MARTELL, NE 68404-9600 (402) 794-4974 sk65258@windstream.net m WINNING EDGE TRAINING CENTER / Christine Daling 6415 LEONARD ST, COOPERSVILLE, MI 49404 (616) 292-3787 chris@winningedgetrainingcenter.com www.winningedgetrainingcenter.com m YELLOW ROSE ARABIAN HORSES / Barbara Hoover 12117 KAPOWSIN HWY E., GRAHAM, WA 98338 (253) 847-2879 hooveryr@aol.com www.yellowrosearabianhorses.com m ZANDAI ARABIANS / William Hudson 6010 RILEY RD, CUMMING, GA 30040 (770) 887-0472 whudson@acgmd.com www.zandaiarabians.com

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Startwith it.

Staywith it.

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For thirty years, Dr. Marvin Beeman, a founder of Littleton Equine Medical Center, has counted on Adequan® i.m. (polysulfated glycosaminoglycan) for his patients. He even uses it on his own horse, Foxy, his beloved third-generation homebred mare. Adequan® has helped keep Foxy perfoming into her teens—so together, they’re still galloping strong.

Only Adequan® may help improve joint function by: 1, 2 REVERSING the disease cycle REPAIRING cartilage RESTORING joint lubrication and REDUCING inflammation to help keep joints moving and horses performing.

Thirty years of love and Adequan i.m. says it all.

When you and your veterinarian start with Adequan® i.m. and stay with it, your horse may enjoy greater mobility over a lifetime.3, 4

®

Ask your veterinarian if Adequan® is the right choice for your horse. Visit adequan.com.

BRIEF SUMMARY: Prior to use please consult the product insert, a summary of which follows: CAUTION: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian. INDICATIONS: Adequan® i.m. is recommended for the intramuscular treatment of non-infectious degenerative and/or traumatic joint dysfunction and associated lameness of the carpal and hock joints in horses. CONTRAINDICATIONS: There are no known contraindications to the use of intramuscular Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycan. WARNINGS: Do not use in horses intended for human consumption. Not for use in humans. Keep this and all medications out of the reach of children. PRECAUTIONS: The safe use of Adequan® i.m. in horses used for breeding purposes, during pregnancy, or in lactating mares has not been evaluated. For customer care or to obtain product information, visit www.adequan.com. To report an adverse event please contact American Regent, Inc. at (800) 734-9236 or email pv@luitpold.com.

Please see Full Prescribing Information at www.adequan.com.

1. Adequan® i.m. [package insert]. Shirley, NY: Luitpold Animal Health; 2008; 2017.

2. Burba DJ, Collier MA, DeBault LE, Hanson-Painton O, Thompson HC, Holder CL: In vivo kinetic study on uptake and distribution of intramuscular tritium-labeled polysulfated glycosaminoglycan in equine body fluid compartments and articular cartilage in an osteochondral defect model. J Equine Vet Sci 1993; 13: 696-703.

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