Fox Trottin`Times - Bay Area Fox Trotter Association

Fox Trottin’Times
The Bay Area Fox Trotter Association Newsletter
June Issue
2015
Hello BAFTA Members!
Summer is upon us and as you will see in this newsletter, our
BAFTA members have been having a great time at some really
fun events, including a MFTHBA National Trail ride and two
Nationally pointed MFTHBA shows.
Both our Northern and Southern California members have
represented our breed at the CFTA April show, the CFTA may
show and the BAFTA May horse show - congratulations to all of
the participant's.
We have some new members, including a family who adopted
THREE Fox Trotter's from an auction sale - thank's to these
kind wonderful people there are three more Fox Trotter's that
will not be doomed to an unknown fate. There will be more to
come about these horses and their new family soon.
The BAFTA show in Watsonville is coming up quick and we
hope to see everyone there - the more participation we have the
more we represent our wonderful breed, so be sure to make
arrangements to come.
Lastly, be sure to get your stories and photos to Terry Kinnicutt
for the newsletter - Terry is doing a great job and we want to
hear about your adventures with your gaited horses!
Marie Boyd
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Fox Trottin’ Times
June Newsletter
Issue 2 of Volume 3
JUNE 2015
Bay Area Fox Trotter Assn. (BAFTA)
Special Points of Interest:
 Upcoming BAFTA Shows
 Brookside Mayfest Horse Show & Photos
 CFTA Horse Show with BAFTA Members
 Youth Meet and Greet
(Newsletter editor: Terry Kinnicutt)
 Member Contributions
Come Join us!!
NCASHA Summer Classic
Hosted by the Northern California American Saddlebred Horse Association
Sponsored by BAFTA
August 1&2, 2015
Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds
Watsonville, Ca
A BAFTA and MFTHBA Pointed Show
BAFTA’s Hosted “ALL Gaited Horse Show”
Saturday September 26, 2015
Sonoma County Fair Ground
Santa Rosa, California
BAFTA and MFTHBA Pointed Show
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F O X T R O T T I N’ T I M E S
Success!!..Busy Brookside 3 Day Show
What a Great time we all had! With all our BAFTA
friends and Beautiful Fox Trotters at the Sacramento
Brookside Show with Judge Debbie Rash.
Considering the scorching temperatures. All our horses
performed amazingly well, along with their riders.
We brought home several blue ribbons, and Patriot’s
Outlaw Queen (aka: Abbie) brought back the two gait
Championship with rider Marie Boyd. Tradition's Golden
Amaretto (aka: Amo) with owner/rider Judy Jordan as
the Reserve Championship.
Smoke (Smokey’s Sunrise) got 1st place in youth with
rider Melissa Junkel. Morgan Peterson got 2nd place in
trail on Belle.
Other Fox Trotter Blue Ribbon Winners:
Mighty Fine Fiona - 1st place model 2 year old.
Whoa Susanna -1st place model mare
Harrison - 1st place model gelding
Nuggets Black Pearl—1st Place in Equitation.
This was just some of the Ribbon Winners . There were
many more! And we Congratulate them all!!
Enjoy the pics from our time spent!!
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F O X T R O T T I N’ T I M E S
BROOKSIDE SHOW….MORE PICS!!
A HUGE Thank You to Sharon Junkel.
Our Barn Mom extraordinaire! I don’t know
how we would manage without ALL her
help!!
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F O X T R O T T I N’ T I M E S
BROOKSIDE SHOW….MORE PICS!!
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F O X T R O T T I N’ T I M E S
B A F T A M E M B E R S P A R T I CI P A T E I N T H E C F T A
A P R I L H O R S E S H O W A N D CL I N I C !
The first region 1 show of the year was a great
success and it would not have been possible
without all of our BAFTA members that are also
CFTA members and supporters!
The weekend of April 11&12th the California
Fox Trotter Association hosted a wonderful Fox
Trotter horse show that was judged by Donnie
Daugherty. Then we were all lucky enough to
participate in a clinic taught by Donnie on
Sunday - double score!
The show had beautifully turned out Fox
Trotters everywhere, including a 9 horse Model
Mare Class!
It was a refreshing moment to be participating
in such a fun event that was attended by more
than 10 BAFTA members - the environment was
fun, lighthearted and absolutely worth the drive
for our members that drove down from Northern
California.
Thank you so much to our CFTA members for
always being so welcoming and a BIG thank you
to BAFTA and CFTA Member Mickey Fournier
for all of her hard work in putting together such
a great clinic!
(Article Contributed by: Marie Boyd)
See More Pics from this show on the BAFTA website-> Click here
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F O X T R O T T I N’ T I M E S
BAFTA YOUTH MEET AND GREET CLINIC; SHOUT OUT FOR FREE BARN DAY...
Exciting news ! BAFTA is reaching out
to the community and offering free
monthly kid's days - for any kids ages
17 and younger, offering a day of
fun! Meeting and learning about
gaited horses.
First Greet Clinic is scheduled for:
June 21st, Sunday, in Santa Rosa. If
you would like more information
please get in contact with
Marie Boyd
(irishhills2006@gmail.com)
Also, a shout out to any BAFTA
member who would like to host a
free barn day. Let us know and we
can schedule a day and time.
“Calypso does it again at the Monterey
Springfest Horse Show”
(Article Contributed by:
Marilyn Avalos)
Marilyn and Calypso competed against numerous
Tennessee Walkers and Mountain Ponies at the
Monterey Springfest Saddlebred Horse Show. They
did pretty well, considering this was their first show
in over 2 years! They placed in each class they entered....
Way to Go Marilyn and Calypso! We are all so
proud of you both!
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Organization
BAY AREA FOX TROTTER ASSN.
(BAFTA)
http://www.bayareafoxtrotter.com/
BAFTA is dedicated to promoting the Missouri Fox Trotter and educating anyone who is interested about our horses. Whether we are
on the trail, in the show ring or anyplace in between, it is up to
us to show the world how wonderful and versatile our Missouri Fox
Trotters can be. BAFTA is dedicated to promoting the Missouri Fox
Trotter and educating anyone who is interested about our horses. Whether we are on the trail, in the show ring or anyplace in
between, it is up to us to show the world how wonderful and versatile our Missouri Fox Trotters can be.
Be Sure to Follow us on Facebook!
(BAFTA is a current affiliate of the MFTHBA)
https://www.facebook.com/BayAreaFoxTrotter
We would love to hear
from you!
Tell us any interesting
horse stories or ideas you
would like to share in our
newsletter.
Got an interesting
Story to Share?
Did you get a new horse,
or foal? Or go on a Fun
trail ride on your gaited
horse?
Send us pictures and a
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brief description and we
will include that in the
next newsletter.
You can email pictures,
stories and ideas to:
Terry Kinnicutt:
tkin75@yahoo.com