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Newsletter of The Florida Whips
Promoting all aspects of equine harness driving, by encouraging good will and emphasizing safety and education
MARCH 2012
Dr. Bill Hunt, Winner of Single Pony Turnout
at the Feb. 18th-19th Grand Oaks Pleasure Show
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DIRECTORY
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OFFICERS
NEWSLETTER
President .......................Mary de Greef
PO. Box 183 ~ Parrish FL 34219
941-776-1638 - home, 941-704-2128 - cell
bonezak42@aol.com
Editor ···················· Deby Stewart
17701 SW 58 Street
SW Ranches FL 33331
deby@justusdriving.com
Vice President ..................... Dona Love
1550 SE 120th Ave ~ Morriston FL 32668
love2083@bellsouth.net 352-486-2829
Advertising ············Jeanne Abbott
14305 NW Gainesville Road
Reddick FL 32686
352-266-7994
mjabbott@windstream.net
Secretary .................Mary Beth Miklos
10115 S Arabian Ave ~ Floral City FL
34436
352-228-0273
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Treasurer .......................... Nelie Boehle
PO Box 183 ~ Parrish FL 34219
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WEBSITE MAGICIAN
Yvonne Griffiths
12551 SE 16th Lane
Morriston FL 32668
352-486-4870
glassangel@bellsouth.net
Membership ................. Linda Bennett
12215 Spottswood Dr ~ Riverview FL
33579
stargait@verizon.net 813-671-2859
REGION DIRECTORS
REGION ALT DIRECTORS
Panhandle .................Cynthia Perkins
perkinsc@embarqmail.com
Panhandle ············ Rhoda Icerman
rhoda.icerman@gmail.com
Northern ......................... Linda Evans
levans0277@aol.com ...... 352-486-3197
Northern ············ Connie Thoreson
cthoreson1@aol.com ···· 352-528-5646
Southeastern ................. Kathie Beeson
kathiebeeson@bellsouth.net
Southeastern ················ Peg Belvin
pegbelvin11@gmail.com 561-798-1718
Southwestern ............. Kathy Maxwell
km1858@verizon.net ...... 813-991-7341
Southwestern ············· Katie Carris
lerranch@earthlink.net
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Inside the
MARCH 2012 Issue ...
Editor’s Notes .......................................................... 3
Upcoming Events at a Glance ................................. 4
President’s Corner ................................................... 5
Membership News ................................................... 5
Region Reports ......................................................... 5
Events & News:
John Porter Cones & Hazards Clinic Mar 3-4 ............................................................... 7
Baxter Clinic Report ........................................ 8
Sporting Day of Traditional Driving Mar 31 ................................................................ 8
Helping Hooves Benefit Drive/Ride - Mar 3 . 9
St Paddy’s Day Drive & Lunch - Mar 17 ...... 10
Mother of All Hazards Drive - Apr 7 ............ 11
Battle of the Sexes Report .............................. 12
Port Mayaca Spring HDT - May 5-6 ............. 13
Classified Ads ......................................................... 15
Editor’s Notes ...
I was adding a couple of new locations to my Florida event
map and realized just how many busy venues we have all
over the state. Of course the northwestern part of Florida
(Northern, upper Southwestern &
Panhandle regions) has the most
but I am very happy to report that
the southeastern part of the state
is starting to hold its own. No
matter where you live, you are at
least within no more than an hour
of driving people and good
places to drive.
I am so happy I decided to try to
entice people to come drive with me. Our little group is
growing (slowly but it‟s growing) and I hope that more
drivers will contact me once they realize what a great place
I have to drive. You are invited to come join us every Sunday for our weekly afternoon drive thru SW Ranches in
Broward. I‟m already planning a Holiday drive & Lunch
sometime in December so those of you who are interested
in participating, please start making plans.
But to return to current events - this month there is the
Cones & Hazards Clinic in Vero Beach; Blackprong HDT
& ADT‟s at Cypress Keep in Bronson; the STRIDE show
at the Florida Horse Park and the crowing jewel of our
driving season, the Live Oak International in Ocala. If you
would like to help out with the Whips‟ Live Oak Tailgating
Tent I know Connie and Linda would love to hear from you
and I can tell you from experience you will have a great
time doing it. And last but ABSOLUTELY not least is
Connie‟s St Paddy‟s Day Drive & Irish Dinner which is
guaranteed to be a blast! I SOOO wish I lived nearer!
Please plan to attend any of these fun events and volunteer
if you can. There is just no excuse for anyone to not harness up and enjoy your horse and Florida‟s best weather!
:~Deby
PS - I want everyone to send out good thoughts for my
friend and trainer MaryEllen, who got smooshed off her
horse last week. I wish you a speedy recovery, my friend!
Pam Stephenson sent me
this great photo of her and
her 4 year old great granddaughter, Chloe Roggin on
Chloe's first carriage drive.
Pam said when they started
trotting Chloe giggled the
whole time. A future driver,
perhaps? Pam is driving her10 year old Morgan gelding,
Arboria Matinee Idol.
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* area numbers are approximate locations
2012 Florida Whips Calendar of Events
See Website for Entry Forms
~ www.flawhips.org ~
Date
Location
Mar 3-4
SE Region
Mar 17
N Region
Mar 24
N Region
Mar 31Apr 1
Apr 7
N Region
Apr 21
Pan Region
Apr 28
N Region
May 5-6
SE Region
Mar 3
Wildwood
Mar 10
Bronson
Mar 18
Ocala
Mar 22-25
Ocala
Mar 31
Newman GA
SW Region
FL Whips Events
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Vero Beach Clinic with John Porter
CONTACT: Barbara Brooke-Reese brookereese@gmail.com / 772-532-7086
Anna Crothers 772-492-5038 / anna1cro@gmail.com
Connie's St Patty's Day Pleasure Drive & Irish Dinner
CONTACT: Connie Thoreson Cthoreson1@aol.com
Live Oak Tailgate Party CONTACT: Connie Thoreson Cthoreson1@aol.com
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Black Prong Schooling ADT, Cypress Keep - Bronson FL
CONTACT: John Porter & Erika Matulich cypresskeep@gmail.com 813-982-2200
Mother of all Hazards Fund Raiser / Fun Day - Whisnant Farms
CONTACT: Mary DeGreef bonezak42@aol.com
Schooling Level Event in Kingston AL
CONTACT: Cynthia Perkins perkinsc@embarqmail.com
Steeplechase Fun Darby & Spring Membership Meeting
CONTACT: Dona Love love2083@bellsouth.net
Port Mayaca HDT CONTACT: Bettina Scherer bascherer@bellsouth.net
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Calendar ~ Other Events
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Helping Hooves Benefit Drive/Ride for Humane Society/SPCA of Sumpter County.
CONTACT: Claudia Labbe info@hsspca.org / campclaudia@atlantic.net
Black Prong HDT @ Cypress Keep
813-982-2200
CONTACT: John Porter & Erika Matulich cypresskeep@gmail.com
STRIDE Show @ FL Horse Park
CONTACT: Club President - Hellena Smejda hellenas@mac.com
Live Oak International CDE - FLTriple Crown of Driving
CONTACT: www.cailiveoak.com
Sporting Day of Traditional Driving
CONTACT: Pat Cheatham 678-634-2356 / fathorse@bellsouth.net
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our web-mistress for Southeast Region! See if you are
there to represent. Do not be shy to send a photo in to
Yvonne to be posted at an event. Her email is
glassangel@bellsouth.net
President’s Corner ...
The past few weeks
have been good ones
for me and my pony.
Poppy is coming along
nicely and I think the
two of us are on the
way to becoming partners.
And one more thing before you go, if you have not sent
in your Florida Whips membership, please do so. Our
Southeast Region membership is down from 56 to 41 this
year. We can do it. And, if you want a recreational event
in your area on the calendar, come to regional planning
meeting this June 2012 and get it on .
This summer we may have the use of the new Vinceremos facility for a nominal fee, as the Florida Whips
group, and we could practice dressage once a week or
every other week, at night. Get your membership in!!
Check out the article here
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/pets/vinceremosgets-covered-riding-arena-benefit-friday-2157205.html
We have entertained friends here on the farm and made
our first trip "off campus" to Cypress Keep for a practice
dressage test. Poppy survived the goats next to the arena
and found the dressage letters with flowers to be far more
scarier. It's nice to have our base dressage scores down.
Now we know where we are starting from and it will be
fun to see how we progress. I love the feedback and structure that driving dressage provides. Can't wait for the next
test.
Margaret "Peg" Belvin
Southeast Region Asst. Director
I have an adventure coming up the first week of March that
I will tell all about in the next newsletter. Stay tuned!
Membership News …
Mary de Greef
President, FL Whips
We have had several new members lately and this brings
our membership numbers up to 212. Each event seems
to bring in new people, this proves what a great, friendly
group of people we have.
............................ Southeast Region Report
Are you a "Batchelor" far? Lindzi Cox, daughter of John
& Margy Cox, made it to the final four and brought the
bachelor home to Steeplechase in Ocala to meet her parents. There was lots of fun driving in and around Black
Prong & the Gothe! Several Whips members got together
for "bachelor" parties in Sarasota & Williston to watch the
show. Thanks to Wendy Ying for posting the info to the
CD-L list and giving us all a heads up to watch.
As you read this we will have had 2 of the “big” CDE‟s in
our state. I volunteered marathon day at Sunshine State
and had a great day at the water hazard. I can‟t impress
on people how much you learn about our sport by volunteering. And these events can‟t be run without LOTS
AND LOTS of volunteers.
I worked the dressage gate at Little Everglades CDE and
will be section timing at Live Oak. It‟s been a busy time
of year and my pony hasn‟t been doing as much as I
would like but will get him back in the schedule very
soon. My next show is the Spring Fling HDT in April,
really looking forward to that.
Also Bettina Scherer has found a great place to drive off
Flying Cow Road. This past Sunday Feb 19th we held a
recreational drive on the 4-mile trail.
Some of our SE members were at at Little Everglades Feb
25th and 26th. You can keep tabs of scores on line at
www.drivingnews.us.
Linda Bennett
Membership Chair
Bettina won her dressage division at Sunshine State Florida Horse Park. I think she is really doing great, as well as
Debra Sparks coming in 4th behind Bettina's 2nd place
overall! Ann Hartnett was there also. Heather Schneider's
Team is competing at Advance Level and going for International exposure looks so very spectacular! Keep up with
our Southeast Members and let them know we really do
appreciate them representing us!!!!!
On Flawhips.org photo albums page, thanks to Katy
O'Grady of Pegasus photography I sent some photos to
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Baxter Teaching Your Horse to Drive Class
On the weekend of Jan 28-9, Northern Region Whips volunteers, in conjunction with Santa Fe College, gave 25 enrollees from all over Florida a very well received and successful class for the newbie carriage driver. It included
safety, harness and vehicle identification, rein boards,
group people driving people, starting the horse in harness
and draft, and actual hands-on supervised harnessing, putting to, and driving. Also of great help to the beginner was
information on where to look for further horse training and
driver instruction, and reliable sources of equipment
The driving community owes thanks to Marjas Becker,
Polly Butterworth, Margie Cox, April Dahl, Bev Driver,
Linda Evans and Lynda Jowers for their expertise, diligence, and patience (and reliability and determination to
participate by getting through the traffic blockages due to
the massive I-75 pileup). Their efforts have added a significant number to the carriage driving sport.
SE Region Director Kathie Beeson and husband Jerry
Caudill celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on
Valentine‟s Day at Cedar Key.
~ Helen & Bob Tolmach
Sporting Day of Traditional Driving
Sally and I are glad to announce a new driving event in
central Georgia - the Sporting Day of Traditional Driving
at Blalock Lakes, Newnan, Georgia on Saturday, March
31, 2012. Blalock Lakes is a private, 3000 acre sporting
community (www.blalocklakes.com) that has asked us to
organize a carriage driving event.
The Sporting Day of Traditional Driving format involves
antique carriages and reproductions in a 3-phase
(presentation, a Country Drive and cones), one-day event
which recalls the driving skills and turnouts of the early
20th century. The Blalock Lakes event will include a Carriage Dog class and, hopefully, a Tailgate competition.
Reserve Championships Lady Whip, Single Pony and FL
State Single Pleasure Driving Pony winner Linda Fritschle
driving her Welsh/Dartmoor mare Goodnight Moon. at the
Grand Oaks Classic Pleasure Driving Show on Feb.17-19.
For more information contact Pat Cheatham at 678-6342356 / fathorse@bellsouth.net
Linda Fritschle with Cheryl Cearley as passenger.
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COME CHALLENGE THE MIGHTY
M.O.A.H.
(MOTHER OF ALL HAZARDS)
SATURDAY APRIL 7TH, 2012
It’s time to fire your college educated navigator
and find a first grader. Only the ABCs will help you now.
You’ve driven A-C, maybe A-D or even A-E.
Some smarty pants may have even driven A-F.
But nothing will have prepared you for
A THROUGH Z!!
So pull up your big girl/big boy pants
and prepare to challenge the mother of all hazards –
the mighty M.O.A.H.!!
That’s right… 26 gates… Hold on tight!
It’s going to be a long & bumpy ride.
ENTRY FEE - $25.00 For questions or info contact;
MARY DE GREEF PO BOX 183 PARRISH FL 34219
941-704-2128 CELL
bonezak42@aol.com
A pleasure course will be available for the faint of heart,
if you can bear the shame.
The mother of all lunches is included
& is guaranteed to be entirely edible!
*** FABULOUS PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED ***
ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE SW REGION OF THE WHIPS
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Just Drivin’ Around ...
BATTLE OF THE SEXES
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28TH.
Flying Cow Road Pleasure Drive
The Winter Equestrian Festival, held in Wellington, Florida, during the winter months, is one of the largest horse
shows in the world. Running for 12 straight weeks, the
show provides hunter and jumper classes for over 5000
horses and 2800 riders coming from 40 states and 39 countries. Every Saturday night, the main event is presented in
the International Ring under the lights, and this year the
Whips were invited to take part in the Nespresso Battle of
the Sexes. This event highlights a jumping competition
that pits the men against the women and this year, Scott
Adcox and Jan Jan Hamilton participated in a driving
derby as part of the event.
This is a new park created
by the Village of Wellington
and South Florida Water
Management. Consisting of
a five mile track raised shell
rock surface with level grass
sides that make it perfect for
carriage driving, with either
hard or pneumatic wheels. This has become Deb Sparks
new training track with lots
of atmosphere!
We didn‟t have much notice and Equestrian Sports Productions asked us to keep it short and simple. On Friday
night, I received an email that stated what they really
wanted was not an individual timed event for each driver,
but a match race, so we redesigned the course and hoped
for the best. The ESP folks are so amazingly good at what
they do-- we had Peter Doubleday announcing, a jump
crew to help set the hazards, electrical times and score
board, music and a jumbo video screen that played a driving video that USEF produced for us. It was first class all
the way.
The guys team was Scott Adcox and Bus Hamilton navigating, and Jan Jan, with mom Nifty on the back made up
the gals team. They all did a fabulous job, and their horses
were definitely “up” under the bright lights and in front of
a full house. Scott and Nupafeed‟s Auto Pilot finished up
ahead of Jan Jan with Jao Desparado, “Desi”, and after
they exited the ring, I think the crowd was truly hoping for more. The idea of doing a derby, side-by-side
with the jumpers, seemed like an outrageous idea
two years ago, but that idea has become a reality and
has proven to be an incredible opportunity to showcase carriage driving here in South Florida.
~ Bettina Scherer
The wildlife is prolific, as
drivers remarked on seeing
an eagle and lots of ibis
and water fowl. There are
walking trails that are
separate from the horse
back riding/ or driving trails. Joining Sunday's excursion
were members Anna Crothers, Paul Reese and Barbara
Reese from Vero,
Susan Guinan, Jackie
Walsh, Bettina Scherer,
and Deb Sparks. We
also had two ladies that
are soon to join as they
need help getting their
ponies started.
The next recreational
pleasure drive will be at
Dupuis State Park, time yet
to be arranged.
If you are interested let Peg
Belvin know some dates
you could make the drive.
The more the merrier!!!!
~ Margaret "Peg" Belvin
PHOTOS TOP TO BOTTOM: Coming into the trail; Deb
Sparks gets us new member Carol; Anna Crothers; Susan
Guinan & Skippy; Bettina & Paul
Photo by Kathleen O’Grady/Pegasus Photography
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Classified Ads ...
FOR SALE: Almost new cut-under Dr's Buggy with every option built by Justin Carriage. Paid over $5000.00 sacrifice
$3750.00; good formal cut-under show Dr's Buggy $1250.00;
good Meadowbrook Cart, free if you buy the Dr's Buggies
$550.00 alone.
Vehicles may be seen in Silver Springs FL. Call or email Ed
Harrison at 352-289-0049 / eharrisonbcs@yahoo.com for more
info.
Feb „12
FOR SALE: Hardwick road cart, Brewster green with brass fittings and patent-leather trim. Adjustable shaft length used with a
15.2 hand horse and with cob sized pony. Excellent condition #2,200. Kentucky breaking cart $1000. Also have a Morong
show harness. Ocala, Florida Call 561-212-4726 Gary and Angela Ingenito.
Feb „12
FOR SALE: 2-wheel Village Cart by John Pavlik, excellent
Condition, fits a pony 11 to 13 hands. Gorgeous metallic Burgundy; lamps included. $3200. Call Connie Thoreson 352-5285646 or email cthoreson1@aol.com
Feb „12
FOR SALE Hardwick Puddle Jumper - cobb size. Excellent
used condition, fits 12.2 to 14.2 ponies. Comes with two single
seats (one is more upright) black powder coated, closed loop
shafts. Comes with stainless steel quick-release shackles on the
single tree. $4300 show/marathon ready. Linda Fritschle 941927-3428 Sarasota FL
Mar '12
FOR SALE Courbette Alpina 17" close contact jumping saddle,
w/fleece lined saddle case. Excellent condition. $700 OBO
County Eventer 17 1/2" No 3 fit, black, excellent condition.
$900 OBO.
Single Horse Leather Harness from Country Carriages USA,
Black with stainless hardware, patent leather blinkers & saddle,
Padded nose band, breast plate, girth & breeching, 2 sets of
traces, slotted and D ring [80” & 78”], Marathon shaft loops,
used with a Morgan, and young Swedish WB $750 OBO
Back to Back Village Cart by Mill Run, dark forest green with
wheat pin striping, super smooth ride, Med to Lg pony or cob
size. $3300 obo. David Getz tandemguy@embarqmail.com 352229-3215
Mar '12
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Parting Shots …
PHOTOS LEFT TO RIGHT FROM TOP: at the Feb 18-19 Grand Oaks Pleasure
Show - Bob Koopman; Susan Diemer; Bob Giles & judge John Porter; Francine
Arrington who won Single Horse Reinsmanship; Jeanne Abbott; SuZi, who won
Ladies to Drive - Pony Division, with John Porter; Rachel Rice-Blanchard from
VA; & some really cute donkeys from TX.
~ all Grand Oaks Pleasure Show Photos Courtesy Mary DeGreef
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