BC Paint Horse Club – Colour Your World – Own a Paint By Cathy Glover www.bcphc.com Pres Cathy Glover cathyglover@telus.net Vice Pres. Natalie Hall nataliedhall@hotmail.com Sec Marilyn Griffin mgriffin2@shaw.ca APHA Director (BC & Alaska) Jodie Moore jmoore-1@hotmail.com
BC bred wins World Champion title We have a new world champion among us! Early last month, BC Paint Horse Club treasurer Dianne Rouse rode Ima Special Delivery to a spectacular first place finish in Novice Western Riding at the APHA World Championship Show in Fort Worth, Texas. With APHA’s live-stream, many of us were watching as Dianne and “Isaac” won both the APHA and NSBA world titles. But they weren’t finished. They later placed first under one judge and second under four others in a tough Masters Amateur Western Riding class, ultimately winning the Reserve World Champion title, followed by a second equally impressive reserve world title in Masters Amateur Trail. Dianne’s daughter, Calli, later rode Isaac to a 14th place finish out of 50 entries in a challenging Senior Trail class. Ima Special Delivery is a homegrown 1999 gelding bred by Kari Scott, of Coldstream. By The Corn Husker and out of San Dal Specialdee, this fetching Overo is no stranger to the winner’s circle, or the World Show for that matter. Calli rode him to a reserve world championship in Novice Youth Western Riding in 2009 and he’s won several significant NWCC year ends over the years. Last year, he was BC Paint’s high point senior horse. These latest APHA world champion buckles will find themselves in good company among the many awards Dianne and Calli have accumulated on Isaac and are feathers in the caps of Washington trainers Sally Saur and Kip Larson, both of whom can share credit for Isaac’s success in the show ring. Dianne has been working with Isaac and Kip since the beginning of the year to perfect their Western Riding skills. It has most certainly paid off !
A very Good Year Of course, Dianne’s impromptu decision to head south meant she missed the BC Paint HCBC 2010 BUSINESS OF THE YEAR
Trainer Kip Larson and Bob and Calli Rouse with Dianne Rouse and 2012 APHA World Champion Ima Special Delivery.
Horse Club’s annual meeting in Langley, November 3. Even so, her financial reports show the club is in excellent health. Colleen Schellenberg made good her promise to step down from the president’s chair this year – on a high note. “It is my intention to support the club in an ongoing basis but not in a leadership role,” she told members. Colleen was powerhouse behind a very successful hospitality supper at LMQ’s Evergreen circuit this year, as well as the banquet last February at High Point and our Purdy’s Chocolate fundraiser which raised over $500 for the club last season. “You’ve done an admirable job,” former BCPHC president Louise Bruce told her, noting she was leaving the club “in very good shape.” Stepping up to the president’s chair is Cathy Glover, no stranger to the position. Cathy was president of the club in the late 90s/ early 2000’s when membership peaked and the club’s Open Show and Competition and Free Trophy programs were launched in an effort to be more inclusive to members who didn’t have access to APHA-approved shows in the province. And while those programs continue to be successful, there is a new one on the horizon. APHA director and well-known show horse trainer Jodie Moore has suggested BC develop a program similar to APHA’s “Ride America,” in which the club recognizes members who don’t show for the time they spend in the saddle on their APHA-registered horses. APHA has determined that 92 percent of their membership do not compete and at their convention in October urged directors, like Jodie, to think of ways we can retain and provide value to those members. It’s an idea we’ll start pursuing at our first directors
meeting, December 5. Our membership roster is up 20 percent over the previous year, reported new vice president Natalie Hall. Membership dues in 2013 will remain the same as this year, and Natalie will be using her position as membership chair to “open up the lines of communication” between the board and the membership. It’s really important, she notes, that members let her know when they change their phone, email and mailing addresses. NWCC is getting ready to publish a new directory, which is distributed to Paint Horse owners throughout the Pacific Northwest. It’s important that your contact information is correct. BCPHC’s 2013 membership form is now up on the website [www.bcphc.com]. Colleen Ebner and Margo Murray are new directors on the board, joining Marilyn Griffin and Kerry Sawyer for two year terms. (Blodwyn Bristow and Dianne, as well as Cathy, Colleen and Natalie all have one year terms.) Devon Smith is expected to be appointed to the board soon after she turns 19. The 2012 year end awards will be presented at High Point Equestrian on February 2. One judge has already been hired for the “Back-to-Basics” show somewhere in the Fraser Valley, July 28, and we’ll have big news on the “Back-to-Basics Okanagan” show on the website. As we head into the holiday season, best wishes to all our Painted friends and family! Thank you for your support!
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