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World Class Miniature Horse Registry Looks Forward to World Championship Miniature Horse Show Submitted by Ken Garnett
The 2012 year-end champion and reserve champion key chains will be presented at the 18th Annual World Class Miniature Horse Registry (WCMHR) World Championship Miniature Horse Show at Frying Pan Farm Park Equestrian Center in Herndon, VA (near Dulles Airport, Reston, VA, and Sterling, VA), on August 16-17, 2013. A list of winners are available online at wcmhr.com and will be in the next newsletter, along with the winners of the world championship. Entries for the 2013 WCMHR World Championship Miniature Horse Show, memberships, and horse registrations
can also be received at the show grounds through the duration of the event. There will be an additional fee of $2 per class for late entries. In our opinion, the best hotel deal that we have found close to the show is the Fairfield Inn in Sterling, VA. Rates at press time were $59 per night for a king; $69 for a double; or a one bedroom, two-room suite for $79. The senior and AAA rate would be $50 for a king or $58 double. Reservations include breakfast and an indoor pool. The address is 23000 Indian Creek Drive, Sterling, VA 20166. It is 4.1 miles from the show grounds.
Highlights in the area include the Dulles Town Center, Washington, D.C., Historic Leesburg, Tyson’s Corner Mall, Reston Town Center, Marriott Ranch, George Washington University (Ashburn Campus), Leesburg Premium Outlets, and Fair Oaks Mall. There will be plenty of restaurants nearby. The show grounds are also near Mount Vernon as well as the museums in Washington, D.C. Don’t forget to bring current—within the past year—negative Coggins test results. Out-of-state participants must also furnish either a 30-day health certificate for each horse or a six-month events certificate. All dogs must be leashed and a current rabies certificate must be available with the owner at the show. For those of you who are coming to the show this year, please have a safe trip, and we are looking forward to seeing you and watching your Miniature horses perform. Horses are not required to have points from any other show to participate in the WCMHR World Championship because we believe that the best horse always deserves to win.
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The next morning found them back at the rail perfecting the shoulder-fore and shoulder-in. Jennie then described the half-pass as a lateral movement in which the horse moves forward and sideways at the same time and the proper aids used in executing this upper level movement. The half-pass is used to improve collection or impulsion and is a schooling movement that requires the horse to engage the hindquarters and increase its impulsion. Next came exercises for developing collection and roundness at the canter while crossing over cavalettis with our horses. Jennie also explained how beneficial the hand gallop is to obtaining collection at the canter and left us all with direct orders to “hand gallop, hand gallop, hand gallop, ladies!” This was Jennie’s first visit to New England from Tennessee, but not her last. She and her stallion, Champagne Watchout, have paved the way in dressage for gaited horses. Jennie and her husband, Nathanael Jackson, have been tireless ambassadors promoting the flat shod gaited disciplines for over 20 years throughout the country. In
Scenes from the clinic.
2010, Jennie and Champagne Watchout performed a Dressage En Gaite exhibition at the World Equestrian Games. For more information on Jennie and her amazing family, please visit walkinonranch.com. For more information about Whispering Woods Stables, visit whisperingwoodsstables.com. To learn more about Setting Sun Stables, visit settingsunstableofmaine.com.
August 2013
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