CAHC Newsletter 2008-Nov

Nov/Dec, 2008
The Arabian Horse Association National Convention is Coming to Denver!!!
If you have wondered how your national organization works, now is the chance to find out.
The AHA National Convention is going to be held November 19th through the 23rd at the Denver Marriott Tech Center.
You are welcome to come and share the excitement. You may not be a delegate, but you can sign up as a guest and
sit in on the general sessions and learn how we look at the resolutions presented each year.
There are daily sessions, both working and general, lots of cool vendors for Christmas shopping, and the leaders of the
Arabian industry to visit. Come hear Brooke Varney, of the Arabian Horse Foundation speak on the challenge of developing a National Large Animal Rescue Corp. She will be working with small groups interested in the pilot program she
has developed on the East coast.
The CAHC Southern Division is sponsoring a booth selling arts and crafts and goodies as well as passing out local information on the wonderful breeders, trainers, and horses in Colorado.
The Tech Center area is filled with great places to eat and shop too.
Go to the AHA website and check out the convention site. You’ll be glad you did!
AHA Resolution Meeting—November 9
Every year your CAHC delegates and officers get together to discuss the resolutions for the up coming convention.
The convention is in Denver this year beginning on Wed., Nov. 19th in the evening with a plenary session as an overview of the resolutions. Nov. 20th-Nov. 22nd will be the actual general sessions and committee meetings. Most of the
meetings are open. A tentative schedule is on the AHA website, arabianhorses.org. The Region 8 meeting will be
Thursday evening beginning at 7:00 PM. All Region 8 members are encouraged to attend.
The resolutions will be available on the AHA website after the 1st of Oct. There are around 38 this year.
Our resolution discussion meeting will be Sunday, Nov. 9th at 2:00 PM at Pat Thompson's home, 37233 Polo
Run Drive, Elizabeth, CO 80107. If the weather is bad, we will try to reschedule some evening that week. Please
either call Pat (303) 646-6242 or Cynthia Richardson (303) 652-1442 if the weather seems questionable.
2008 Christmas Show
Fun Classes!!! This year at the CAHC Christmas show, the Junior Colorado Arabian Horse Club (JCAHC) will be hosting fun classes as a fundraiser for our club. The entry fee for these classes will be $10 per class. Some of the classes
that we will be hosting are a men’s sidesaddle class and a costume class that will follow a Christmas decoration
theme. So make sure to bring the sidesaddles and the Santa hats and please help support your junior members. Final
class list and schedule will be available at a later date.
Happy Holidays from the newsletter editor!
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CAHC—Nov/Dec 2008
Calling all Crafters, Artists and Small
Businesses
CAHC Southern Division Will Be In a
Booth at Convention
If you have arts, crafts, food items, handmade soaps,
and other neat products to sell, join the folks in the CAHC
Southern Division booth at the AHA National Convention
being held in Denver, November 19th through the 23rd!
Booth cost is minimal and we will be selling to over 600
delegates and friends. Space is limited so call Kathy Scott
at 719-531-9685 for details.
!If you have horses to sell, want new clients or just want
inexpensive advertisement presented to over 600 delegates, NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!
If you have something to sell…..we have space for you!
$25 will place your flyers, videos or other material in the
CAHC Southern Division booth to be available to all of the
2008 AHA National Convention delegates and personnel.
Highlight your horses, yourselves and your facilities.
Call Kathy Scott at 719-531-9685 for details.
Great Fun at the ACS Show—September 13
After all the rain that week, the day of the ACS show dawned bright and sunny. We had a great time and missed those
that weren't able to attend. Anne Wegener did a fabulous job as judge. Since the turn out was small, she had time
to give helpful hints to the participants. What a great bonus for those folks and a wonderful learning experience.
A special thanks goes to Christiansen Stables, Robin & Lynn Christiansen, for hosting our show. The indoor arena
proved a necessity due to mud in outdoor arena. This turned out to be a positive as some of the horses had not previously had a chance to ride indoors. The show certainly lived up to the slogan of Friends, Family and Fun. We saw
many new faces that were enjoying their horses for the first time in a show environment.
Thanks to the following volunteers for all their work to make the show a success: Bill & Cynthia Richardson, Jim &
Cindy Gromelski, Liz Wheeler, Pat Thompson, Gary & Gerry Martinez and Joe & Sharon Kissell. Congratulation to
the following for winning the "Just for Entering" grand prizes: A pair of Ariatt Boots to Lisa Heath and A Winter Blanket from Schneiders to Susan Hancock .Don't forget to check out the other ACS shows that are held by the
Loefflers during the winter months. You will have a great time. Look forward to seeing you next year.
Michael Troxler
Lisa Heath
Susan Hancock
Bill & Cynthia Richardson
LTC Circuit Shows—5th Year!!!
Join us for our fifth year of the LTC Circuit Shows and our third year of being Arabian Community Shows. LTC Shows
have Arabian/Half Arabian and Open classes in Halter, English/Hunter Pleasure, Western Pleasure, Equitation, and fun
classes for all age groups. All breeds are welcome!
We will be having our regular LTC Circuit/Arabian Community Shows on Sundays during the 08-09 season. The dates
are: November 2, December 7, January 4, February 1, March 1 and April 5. The class list is posted on the following
websites. www.loefflertrainingcenter.com, www.cahc.info, and www.showmetheribbons.com. Stop by to see us, or call
for additional information.
Kea Kercheval
719-495-1773
303-549-9320
CAHC—Nov/Dec 2008
Loeffler Training Center
By the Weghe Farms
6685 S. Hwy 83
Franktown, CO 80116
303-688-3799
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CAHC—Nov/Dec 2008
JCAHC Consignment/Tack Sale
JCAHC will be hosting a consignment sale at Christmas show 08. It will be set up with the other vendors and our club
will be monitoring the table. We will be selling used tack and old show clothes. The percent that will go to the seller will
be 75% and the percent that will go to the club will be 25%. If you are interested in supporting the club and having your
old tack or used show clothes sold you may contact Nicole McMahon (720) 940-4023 at horsechick22@att.net or you
Kelly Bell at KellyColorado3@aol.com. If you have any questions please contact either of us.
2008 Foals
I requested that members send me photos of their 2008 foals and got some good ones!
The following photos are from Kenlyn Arabians:
AK colt x Kourvaceous
Barbaria+ colt
AK colt x Sacred
AK filly x Despirada
Destin Tu Be colt
AK filly x Khemecho+
Devotion+ colt
Tamara Boose submitted this very cute photo of her with her filly, Naysa
Day.
Ranch Good Days and Country Care
Please remember our girls at Ranch Good Days when you place a order on discounted horse and dog items from Country
Supply. The Country Care program donates up to 5% of orders to our non profit organization Ranch Good Days, serving
Girls and Arabian and Half Arabian horses. Our USDA sponsored web site is www.ranchgooddays.org.
Order online and type in Country Care Code: coloradogirlsranch
Ranch Good Days, Inc.
Donna M. Otabachian, PhD
PO Box 976
Basalt, CO 81621
970-963-9400
CAHC—Nov/Dec 2008
Country Supply presented by
www.horse.com
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Colorado Breeders Cup Classes a Hit at Fall Show
Colorado Breeders Cup events showcase the talents of the progeny of Breeders Cup stallions and the 2008 Fall Show
may have presented some of the best competition yet!
The Colorado Breeders Cup classes that were offered included a full range of halter classes, reining, western pleasure,
hunt seat and country English pleasure. To be eligible, all progeny had to be sired by a Colorado Breeders Cup stallion that had been SOLD for the current season, or had a CBC Foal Certificate.
The second annual Colorado Breeders Cup "Fall Celebration" kicked off the Friday evening's events and included
sandwiches, chips, fruit, hors d'ouevres and an open bar. Guests were encouraged to sit down, visit and watch the
Colorado Breeders Cup halter classes.
The halter class champions, reserve champions and their respective sires are listed below:
Weanling Fillies
Champion, DD Enchanted Odyssey - sired by Odyssey SC
Reserve Champion, Loftee Day Dreams - sired by KL Explosive
Yearling Fillies
Champion, Belle Starr SMA - sired by First Cyte
Reserve Champion, MWF Sophyra - sired by Pyro Thyme SA
Two Year Old Fillies
Champion, MWF Sshowthyme - sired by Pyro Thyme SA
Reserve Champion, Kenlyn Khlassic - sired by Awesome Knight
Three Year Old Fillies
Champion, MK Dasha - sired by Ensignia
Weanling Colts/Geldings
Champion, RCR Midnight Cowboy - sired by Sundance Kid V
Reserve Champion, TR Bit of Safari - sired by Psyche Safari
Yearling Colts/Geldings
Champion, Starovin - sired by Piaff
Reserve Champion, WA Epic - by WA Pejczyk
Two Year Old Colts
Champion, Ttammusk - sired by Tammir HVP
Three Year Old Colts
Champion, WA Emfatyk - sired by Ecaho
Two Year Old Geldings
Champion, Ttango TWR - sired by Tammir HVP
Three Year Old Geldings
Champion, GF Jetstream - sired by WA Pejczyk
Reserve Champion, My Tu Awesome - sired by Awesome Knight
The Colorado Breeders Cup performance classes took place throughout the weekend. A quick recap of the performance champions, reserve champions and their sires are as follows:
Reining
Champion, WA Miraczyk - sired by WA Pejczyk
Reserve Champion, Kenlyn Scarlet - sired by Awesome Knight
Country English Pleasure
Champion, GF Echscada Berri Ara - sired by EA Echstravagant
Hunter Pleasure
Champion, Kenlyn Caliber - sired by Awesome Knight
Reserve Champion, WA Elegancjia - sired by WA Pejczyk
Western Pleasure
Champion, WA Elegancjia - sired by WA Pejczyk
Reserve Champion, Khondoleza - sired by Khemosonni
The first place winners of these Colorado Breeders Cup classes took home over $1200 in payback and the reserve
champions took home over $700!
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CAHC—Nov/Dec 2008
Please check out the Colorado Breeders Cup website at: http://www.coloradobreederscup.com/stallions.htm to see the
current list of stallions offered for the 2009 season. This list is updated weekly as new stallions are added so don't wait
- make your selection now! And we'll see you in our future Colorado Breeders Cup classes.
<— Photo from left to right: Kathy Scott,
Barb Boodell, Chris Boodell and Melissa
Irwin in the Colorado Breeders Cup
Booth.
Fall Celebration guests —>
Endurance News
The Colorado endurance season is over and it is time to announce the winners of the CAHC year-end endurance
awards. Before I get to that, I would like to explain how the top horse and rider teams are picked. First you must be a
CAHC member before the rides in order for them to be counted. Second, each horse and rider is considered a team
and the miles are counted separately for each team. A rider may ride 4 rides but ride a different horse each ride. That
rider’s miles would be counted separately for each horse and not added together. Third, the miles for each horse and
rider team are added together for each division; limited distance is 25 – 35 miles per ride and endurance is 50 miles
and over. Any ties are broken by comparing the rider’s placements in the different rides. For example, a rider with 100
miles and 1st and 5th placements would win over a rider with 100 miles and 10th and 15th placements. I believe that
covers the basics so on to the important part.
And the winners are:
Limited Distance
Champion: Mercedes Muldoon on TL Thunder Bask, 100 miles
Reserve: Linda Fisher on Kenlyn Muscatella, 75 miles
3rd place: Marlene Moss on FF Maya, 50 miles
Endurance
Champion: Linda Price on Kenlyn Gambler, 150 miles
Reserve: Sue Horne on SDR Asiago, 100 miles (2nd & 1st)
3rd place: Kerry Redendte on Bountiful Prince, 100 miles (5th & 16th)
Looking to the Future
Next year will be a whole new season! If you won an award this season, maybe you
want to ride more miles and beat this year’s total. If you only rode one ride this year,
maybe you want to try for an award next year. Maybe you want to try your hand at limited distance riding which, by the way, is a great way to start. You still get to see some
great country just doing limited distance rides. For those of you that feel you aren’t up to
doing limited distance rides but want to see what it is like, both Kenlyn rides offer a 15
mile fun ride. The fun rides are excellent for show horses, young horses, young riders,
old horses, old riders, and everyone in between. You also receive a completion prize for
the fun rides at Kenlyn! I know the CO Horse Park endurance ride offered a fun ride, also
called an intro ride, this year and the Turkey Creek endurance ride had a fun ride in 2007.
Any of these fun/intro rides would be great and I recommend everyone ride at least a fun
ride next year just to get out and enjoy the scenery.
For upcoming rides, go to www.aerc.org to check out all endurance rides, including those
outside of Colorado.
Champion CAHC Limited
Distance year-end award,
Mercedes Muldoon on TL
Thunder Bask
Happy Trails!
Linda Price
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3678 Badger Lane
Elbert, Colorado 80106
www.spiritwindarabians.com
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303-648-3693 (office/barn)
719-785-7216 (home/barn))
Spiritwind Arabians
3678 Badger Lane
Elbert, Colorado 80106
www.spiritwindarabians.com
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Ellin & Paul Smith
303-648-3693 (office/barn)
719-785-7216 (home/barn)
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Announcement from Kaliber Stables
The Eric and Nichole Piercey are proud to announce the birth of their 3rd son, Treyce, Gabriel Piercey Born August 1st
2008 at 8:54 AM. Mom and baby are doing great and big brothers Caden and Morgan are thrilled to now have a
trifecta. A huge thank you to all of the people who helped out during the pregnancy and maternity leave. Mom is already back in the saddle but it all went so smoothly because of the help received.
A special thanks to Diane Underwood for her amazing help, support and friendship. Diane was there to help keep
Heritage Socrates is tip top shape and take Nicky's youth rider Dailene Christensen through victory laps at Region 8
and Canada! And a SUPER STAR shout out to Dailene, I am so happy your dreams have been finally realized and I
am equally glad that this team came together to selflessly help each other out and get it done!!!! 3 Top 5's, a Regional
Reserve, and 3 Canadian Top Tens! Way to go!!!
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CAHC—Nov/Dec 2008
Committee Chairpersons 2007/2008
Activities
Jim Gromelski
(303) 646-3691
gforcearab@aol.com
Awards, Adult
Cheryl McMahon
(303) 838-2064
jmac-bailey@att.net
By-Laws
Jim Gromelski
(303) 646-3691
gforcearab@aol.com
Christmas Show Manager
Michael Troxler
(719) 683-3415
teamtroxarab@pcisys.net
Delegate Co-Chairs
Cynthia Richardson
(303) 652-1442
cynrich213@aol.com
Fall Show Manager
Pat Thompson
(303) 646-6242
pateph@aol.com
Membership
Kathy Troxler
(719)683-3415
teamtroxarab@pcisys.net
Stock Show Booth
Liz Wheeler
(303) 660-9521
lizw37@aol
Hunter/Jumper
Amy Backes
(720) 560-6103
horsedustltd@yahoo.com
Newsletter Editor
Ellin Smith
(303) 648-3693/719-785-7216
ellin@spiritwindarabians.com
Website
Ron Harden
(303) 841-8879
hardenrj@earthlink.net
Informal Trail Rides
Paula Koch
(303) 646-4201
equinepine@aol.com
Nominations
Ann Wegener
(303) 644-3144
annjudgwegener@netecin.net
Working Horse Committee
Jim Hitt
(303) 646-0581
jimlinhitt@msn.com
Spring Show Manager
Liz Wheeler
(303) 660-9521
lizw37@aol.com
Youth Advisor
Kelly Bell
(720) 394-5995
Estes Park
Jackpot Program/Junior Horses
Halter Manager
Kathy Scott
(719) 531-9685
Manager
Pat Thompson
(303) 646-6242
pateph@aol.com
kathy.scott@valleypine.net
Performance Manager
Robin Vogel
(303) 514-2053
Jim Hitt
(303) 646-0581
jimlinhitt@msn.com
Dressage
Mary Jo Hoepner
719-495-3648
m_hoepner@hotmail.com
Endurance
Linda Price
(303)617-3635
zhaheal@comcast.net
Youth Judging Team Coach
Jodi Zeier
(303) 828-5122
jodizeier@comcast.net
robhammel@msn.com
CAHC Officers 2007/2008
President
Michael Troxler
(719) 683-3415
Serving through 2008
Patricia Thompson
(303) 646-6242
Northern Division
Norm Brown
(970) 568-3318
teamtroxarab@pcisys.net
pateph@aol.com
Donna Brown
Vice-President
Jim Gromelski
(303) 646-3691
Ann Wegener
(970) 568-3318
(303) 644-3144
annjudgwegener@netecin.net Southern Division
Mary Wunsch
Kathy Scott
gforcearab@aol.com
(303) 638-9620
Secretary
Helen Alfaro
(303) 503-3984
fullstride@att.net
marywunsch56@comcast.net Liz Wheeler
(303) 660-9521
Serving Through 2007
Jim Hitt
Northern Division
(303) 646-0581
President
Directors
Betsy Allen
(970) 221-5210
Ginny Plouff
(970) 733-3982
Secretary
Kathy Scott
(719) 531-9685
kathy.scott@valleypine.net
jimlinhitt@msn.com
Melissa Miller
(303) 841-2575
melissasmiller@msn.com
Cheryl McMahon
(303) 838-2064
jmac-bailey@att.net
Kathy Renfroe
(970) 482-1027
Directors
Vicki Borelli
vicki@cloverleafhorsefarm.com
Eric Meals
emeals@hotmail.com
Treasurer
Ron Harden
(303) 841-8879
hardenrj@earthlink.net
Directors
Treasurer
Trishia Swift
tlbblt@hotmail.com
Vice President
Holly Reuter
hollyarabs@pcisys.net
Secretary
Eleanor Dunn
(970) 586-9271
Treasurer
Jo-Anne Read
(303) 648-3261
windyjj@aol.com
(719) 531-9685
Norm Brown
(970) 568-3318
nebrown32@yahoo.com
Immediate Past President
Eldon Savage
(970) 226-1120
Immediate Past President
Chuck Mangan
Vice President
(303) 898-8630
Shawnee Urano
mangarabs@aol.com
(970) 330-3982
Southern Division
President
Liz Wheeler
(303) 660-9521
Fred Wheeler
lizw37@aol
(303) 660-9521
fredw558@aol.com
Treasurer
Jenny Lau
(303)546-9491
jennloveskp_cd@yahoo.com
Newsletter Editor
Allegra Winn
(303) 553-9007
equirider165@aol.com
Youth Division
President
Jordan Owen
(303) 421-3747
top10trailgirl@msn.com
Vice President
Christa Forsberg
(303) 651-1475
ejccpmk1@msn.com
Secretary
Olivia Fetter
(303) 926-0743
ohf1234@yahoo.com
Message from the Newsletter Editor
The newsletter is now available in PDF format from the CAHC website. We will be asking members in the future if they
would prefer to download it from the website, have the newsletter emailed or continue to have a hardcopy mailed. I
have a few that requested the email version. Those people will receive the hardcopy version until a decision is made
on the final delivery method. With the cost of printing and postage, we are trying to lower as many costs as possible.
I continue to try to get organized for getting the newsletter out in a timely manner. I would like to receive articles by the
15th of the month prior to publication. The deadline for the January-February edition will be December 15.
Ellin Smith
CAHC—Nov/Dec 2008
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Ellin Smith, Newsletter Editor
3678 Badger Lane, Elbert, CO 80106
NEXT CAHC BOARD MEETINGS
November, 12, 2008 — 7PM
Colorado Horse Park
December 3, 2008 – 7PM
Colorado Horse Park
All members are invited and encouraged to attend!
Michael Troxler, President,
719-683-3415
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