New York State Quarter Horse Association Submitted by Robyn Stultz Great News if you live in the Northeast and believe in the predictions that Punxsutawney Phil made on Ground Hog Day! An early Spring and warmer weather are on the way for Exhibitors and Trainers to begin preparing for the 2013 Show Season in New York and what a great season it will be with NYSQHA! New York State Quarter Horse Association will be hosting 16 Shows at the Superior Housing Equine Sports Complex at the Cobleskill Fairgrounds in Cobleskill, NY. Our First Show of the Year will be an AQHA All Novice Show held on Friday, May 17. Once again, AQHA is offering a FREE 45-Day Trial membership for Novices and Rookies. What a great way to experience the benefits of an AQHA Membership and become involved in showing at AQHA approved Shows! Following the conclusion of the Show, at 6 p.m., NYSQHA is hosting a FREE Clinic for any interested Members or Non-Members to attend and/or participate in.
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The Youth of NYSQHA will be hosting an AQHA/NSBA Show on May 18 and 19 that will be split combined with three judges. During this Show, the Youth will be holding fund raising events to help raise proceeds for the Youth Team to represent NYSQHA at the All American Quarter Horse Congress in October of this year. NYSQHA held it’s 2012 Year End Awards Banquet on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. Our special guest was the All American Quarter Horse Queen, Emily Messing from the Massachusetts Quarter Horse Association. Ms. Messing gave a presentation on the requirements to become the Congress Queen and shared her experiences of her reign thus far. The Youth held their annual auction, with proceeds going towards future activities throughout the year. The auction proved to be a successful fund raiser and was fun for all! New York State Quarter Horse Association recognized and awarded the Top Three Point Earners of each class and the All Around Winners from each Division. It was great being able to celebrate goals done and many goals won! Congratulations to All of the Class Winners, Reserve and Third Place Finalists. The following are the 2012 All Around Winners: Novice Amateur All Around Champion: Smooth Playin Chip — Sandi Allen
Novice Amateur Reserve All Around Champion: Chance To Escape — Karen Cias Novice Amateur Honorable Mention All Around Champion: Sweet Lil Charlie — Dawn Clayton Amateur All Around Champion: Lil Bit Of Krymsum — Vito Latini
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Amateur Reserve All Around Champion: Unmistakeably Blue — Nicole Thomas Amateur Honorable Mention Champion: Sweet Lil Charlie — Dawn Clayton Novice Youth All Around Champion: NYPD Blue — Madison Frasier Youth All Around Champion: Ready Set Win — Katie Dolen Youth Reserve All Around Champion: This Sheiks A Star — Mikaela Harris Youth Honorable Mention Champion: NYPD Blue — Madison Frasier Small Fry All Around Champion: I Be The Kats Meow — Morgan Hipkens Small Fry Reserve All Around Champion: MWS SevenSFlashyDude — Hannah Wetsell Bruce Cater High Point Halter Gelding: Simply A Cowboy — Kathleen Powers Bruce Cater High Point Halter Mare: JCG Dodge City Kitty — Helen and James Groff High Point Senior Performance Horse: Mr Bugs Dee — Jim TenHoeve High Point Junior Performance Horse: Sleepin In Style — Debbie Parker Sarah Roberts Youth Award: Hannah Wetsell New York State Quarter Horse Association concluded their evening by recognizing Members who were the 2012 Top Ten and or Finalists at the AQHA Regional Show, the All American Quarter Horse Congress and the AQHA World Show. Also recognized for their many years of volunteer service was Heather Delucia — Past President; Kim LaFlair — Past Treasurer and Norma Sano — Past Newsletter Editor. Congratulations to all and looking forward to seeing YOU in 2013! www.nysqha.com
Congratulations to One of Our NYSQHA Members ~ Bonnie Ritter with BB Indeeana Special 2012 All American Quarter Horse Congress — Amateur Select - Pole Bending Top Ten - 9th Place 2012 AQHA World Championship Show — Amateur Stake Race Top Ten - 9th Place Congratulations from NYSQHA on your Top Ten Placings at the Congress and the World!
Eastern Mountain Ranch Horse Association Message from the EMRHA President
Moulton at 518-632-9227 or jmoulton@dishmail.net.
Spring is just around the corner and EMRHA is gearing up for a busy spring. We will start off March with a Reining Clinic on March 2 and 3 with Rene Gagnon at Sandy Hill Quarter Horses, 232 Eldridge Lane, Fort Ann, NY. We will be back at Sandy Hill Quarter Horses on March 23, for a Ranch Roping Clinic with Joanne Gelinas–Snow. This clinic will go over the aspects of the ARHA ranch roping class. For more information on these clinics see our website at www.EMRHA.com or contact Jane
April will see us back at Sandy Hill Quarter Horses. On April 14, we will offer EMRHA Youth members an intro to ranch horse clinic. This is a great clinic to introduce youth to ranch horse. We will have our annual Intro to Ranch Horse Weekend on April 20 and 21. We will offer clinics and demos on Saturday, followed Saturday evening by a pizza party and our 2012 Year End Award presentation. Sunday morning will bring our Intro show, offering open, amateur, youth and
green adult and green youth classes as well as a walk/trot class. Come find out what ranch horse is all about at a relaxed, fun event. We will again offer three ARHA approved shows in 2013. June 22 at Sandy Hill Quarter Horses, Fort Ann, NY; Aug. 3 at Cobleskill Fairgrounds, Cobleskill, NY; and Sept. 7 at Gelinas Farm, Pembroke, NH. These shows will offer ARHA classes in open, amateur and youth divisions and Green classes in green pro, green amateur and green youth divisions. Day End Versatility awards will be
offered in the youth and green divisions and $300 added money for Day End Versatility in the open and amateur divisions. To be eligible for EMRHA year-end awards, you must be an EMRHA member and nominate the horse and rider. Membership and nomination forms are available on the EMRHA website at www.EMRHA.com. Don’t forget to log your horseback riding hours for year-end awards also. We hope to see you this spring at one of our events. Happy Riding,
Vermont Farriers Association calendar of events March 9 - Saturday, Clinic with Mike Wildenstein Vermont State Technical College, Randolph Center, VT May 10 - Friday, Pre certification Clinic - Ira Brook Farm, Ira, VT June 1 - Satuday, AFA Certification, examiner Danvers Childs - Ira Brook Farm, Ira, VT Nov. 1 & 2, Friday and Saturday, Forging Clinic and Contest - location and clinician to be announced Contact information for all events is vermontfarriers@aol.com or call 860-558-7397.
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