October 2015 - Sacramento Horsemen`s Association

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Hoofprints
Newsletter of the Sacramento Horsemen’s Association
Upcoming Events
October 17 – Del Paso Regional Park
Clean-up (See pg. 2 for details)
October 18 – SHA Clean-up Day October 19 – Monthly Dinner Meeting October 24 – SHA Halloween Show
November 9 – Board Meeting
November 16 – Monthly Dinner Meeting
December 14 – Board Meeting
December 21 – Monthly Dinner Meeting
January 30, 2016 –
5th Annual SHA Crab Feed
Officers
President: Michaela Durbin
First Vice President: Michele Cable
Second Vice President - Tim Durbin
Secretary - Sally Parker
Treasurer - Carmel Curtis
Directors
Greg Lloyd
Melanie Mopsick
Jamie Pena
Kristin West
Missy Worthley-Peterson
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October 2015
Greetings From the President
By Michaela Durbin
Greetings! We’ve been busy here at SHA these
past 8 months and we were sure you would
like to know what has been taking place at
your Association. Here are the highlights…to
start we have reinstituted the committee
structure SHA has had for much of its
existence. We no longer have a Director of
Operations and the office is now staffed by
your Executive Committee three days a week
or by appointment. We’ve been busy too
giving the grounds a facelift – areas have been
cleaned, flowers planted, the bleachers
repaired and repainted, and thanks to a group
of Eagle Scouts the judge’s booth for the main
arena has been rebuilt. We continue to have a
need for volunteers, so if you have an extra
hour, day, or even a week we would love to
have you come by SHA. There are always
projects in the works and willing hands make
the tasks easier.
On October 24th, we will be hosting the Wild
and Wacky Halloween Horse Show. The show
schedule is posted on our website:
www.sachorsemen.com. Come and enjoy the
day with us. Should you have additional
questions, you can contact Jamie Pena:
916.799.3215.
Sacramento Horsemen’s Association (SHA)
welcomes you to a little bit of Country in the
City! Founded in 1942, SHA was established to
encourage and promote horseback riding,
facilitate the sharing of information about
horses, and foster a spirit of good fellowship
among its members. At our 14-acre facility,
SHA provides the greater Sacramento area
with opportunities to ride scenic trails, board
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October
Membership
Dinner
Soups On at the Sacramento Horsemen’s
Association. Join us October 19th, 2015 at 6:30
for the monthly membership dinner meeting
in the SHA Clubhouse. We will be voting on
the proposed amended Bylaws. They can be
found on the website:
www.sachorsemen.com. In addition we will
be joined by Emily Halcon/Homeless
Services Coordinator at the City of
Sacramento, the Park Rangers who patrol the
trails and Police Captain Dave Risley who
will give us an update on the homeless
situation around our neck of the woods.
New and Returning Members
Sharon Bitz
Mike Boyd
Jenny Bradley
Ana Caraccio
Robin Davis
Christine Erickson
Sean Gamble
Betty Greene
Abagail Gulden
Aleatha Landry
Bridgett Locken
Bridgett Logsdon
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a horse, ride in either of our two arenas, attend
horse shows, hold special events in our
charming clubhouse, or enjoy a picnic.
Come visit our barn and paddocks, or take a
walk along one of the beautiful horse trails.
Join us for one of our monthly membership
dinners, held on the 3rd Monday of each
month, in our beautiful clubhouse and
experience the warm friendship at SHA. The
dinners are casual, fun, and very affordable!
Hope to see you soon!
Park Road Cleanup &
SHA Cleanup
Residents and volunteers of Park Road are
meeting for trail cleanup on October 17th
from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The meeting place
is the Bridge Road/Park Road and is being
organized by the Park Road homeowners.
Members of Mira Loma’s environmental
education class will be there to help.
Volunteers will be picking up trash, clearing
invasive plants and cleaning out underbrush
to make the trails safer. Come and volunteer.
Bring your gloves and tools. For further
questions you can contact Leann Carlson –
leanncarlson@att.net or Charles Duckworth –
duckphoto@yahoo.com.
The following day, October 18th, from 8:0012:00 volunteers are needed to weed, trim,
power wash, sweep, wash windows, and get
SHA ready for the upcoming horse show. We
are also looking for Halloween decorations.
Please contact Kristin West
(Kristinneil@yahoo.com or 916.747.7518) for
information. Thank you in advance for all of
your support!
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Raichel Weiser
Stacy Watson
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The Nitty Gritty on Salt –
Part Two by Michele Saylor
Crab Feed 2016
Tickets are on sale now for the 5th annual
crab feed. Captain Bob and his hot, fresh crab
will be back for all of you crab lovers. Get
your crab feed tickets early. We sold out last
year well before the event. Don’t be one of
those people who didn’t get a ticket. The
event is Saturday, January 30th, 2016. We
want to make this fundraiser for S.H.A.
another successful event. This beautiful
painting (above) by Daphne Stammer will be
one of the silent auction items that can be
yours!
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Continued from our last newsletter:
BLUE - The blue salt is ‘COBALTIZED’. It
contains salt, cobalt, and usually, a little
iodine.
The science:
The microbes in a horse’s gut transform cobalt
(co) into vitamin B12. This vitamin works
with copper and iron in the formation of blood
cells. Period. Says science. Most horses get
enough cobalt from a quality diet. The
requirement has been set at 0.1mg/kg dry
matter. Cobalt toxicity in horses has never
been reported and is thought to be impossible,
especially through licking a cobaltized salt
block. Therefore, most veterinarians will tell
you that your horse does not need cobalt
supplementation, but will tell you it won’t
hurt him, either.
The reality:
I started offering the blue block about 8 years
ago. My mare was being bred to a stud at a
farm down in Oakdale. I observed that their
salt stations all included the blue salt. I asked
the owner about it, and she told me all about
the wonders of cobalt for strong feet. I
observed that her Appaloosas had hard, lovely
feet, and even her TB/Appy cross appendix
mares had good feet - and nobody wore
shoes! I immediately started offering the blue
salt. My own TB/Appy appendix mare’s feet
had never been anything but shelly and soft even on the best diet I could provide including
mega doses of biotin, etc. I must say that
within a year of adding the cobalt block, her
feet were much, much harder. She will always
wear shoes, and will always be on biotin, but
her feet have been 90% better since adding the
blue blocks. The best part is - the next spring
after learning about the blue blocks, my mare
delivered yet another gorgeous, healthy foal,
but this time, she had had access to the blue
block during gestation, and the only difference
in the birth was the size and quality of the
gelatin “baby booties” - I have never seen such
completely hard and firm yet completely
coated baby feet, ever. The 80% thoroughbred
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Big News at SHA
It has been in the works for some time, to get a
family living on site again. The perfect scenario is
someone who is employed by SHA and can keep
an eye on things when nobody is around. We felt
that we found that perfect someone in our
employee, Marquise. He and his wife Tatiana and
their two children are moving into Trailer 2 and
will make SHA their new home.
Marquise is our Lead Barn Technician and takes
his job seriously. In the short time he has been
with us, he has made a huge effort to get to know
everyone and learn as much as he can about
horses and their care. We feel confident that he
and his family will make a great addition to this
equestrian facility.
We would also like to thank all of those who have
donated items to the trailer and to his family to
make their transition to life here at SHA a success.
There are a lot of very generous people that have
donated household items, furniture, cleaning
supplies and other miscellaneous items. It has
been heartwarming to see people helping a young
family get started with so many donations. Thank
you!
★ MEMBERSHIP DUES REMINDER ★
All S.H.A. memberships will renew
January 1, 2016. Don’t forget to pay
your dues so that your membership
is not interrupted.
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The 2015
Lake Crawford
Memorial Golf
Tournament
By Janice Bachelor
On September 11, 2015, the Foundation of the
Sacramento Horsemen’s Association held its 3rd
Annual Golf Tournament. This year however, we
renamed the tournament to: The Lake Crawford
Memorial Golf Tournament, after the man who
started this event.
Lake was a wonderful friend and equestrian, who
rode one of the most spirited horses at SHA,
Chelle. He was fun, kind and left in his wake a
great feeling of friendship to all he encountered.
We lost Lake, last year, to cancer and wanted to
remember his contributions to SHA for years to
come.
The past two years the money raised helped SHA
through the winter months. This year, however,
due our wonderful Board of Directors, SHA has
thrived and the money from this year’s event will
help pay for some much-needed repairs to the
property. We will help with the remodeling of the
trailers and still have extra money for whatever
unforeseen issues may arise.
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We want to thank all of our wonderful sponsors
this year and volunteers. We could not do this
without all of you. We hope to see all of you at next
year’s tournament.
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SHA’s Grounds Committee Chair
Kristen West is beyond self-motivated, focused, and tireless. She has gotten the
job done to clean up and improve the grounds at the Sacramento Horsemen’s
Association. Kristin is the Grounds Committee Chair who organizes the
volunteers and works along with them digging, raking, pruning and attending to
much of the deferred maintenance at SHA. She has spent many hours repairing
and painting the bleachers surrounding the arenas. She has organized a
thorough cleaning of the Kozy Kitchen, the clubhouse and surrounding areas as
well as the show office. She has addressed countless items on a very long list of
things that have needed attention. And when she is not attending to the deferred
maintenance at SHA, she is getting the grounds ready for a horse show with organized parking and
signage or planning the next project to address.
Kristen boards her horse, Goldie, in the barn and has a long history with the Association. She is part
of a family that has spent many years boarding horses at SHA and volunteering their time. Her
sister Deborah is a Past President and her mom has been an active member for many years. We
congratulate Kristin and thank her for all of her efforts in making our Association a better place and
on a job well done!
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foal is now 7 yrs. old, and has never, never needed shoes. I am a fan of the blue block for life.
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The red salt is ‘IODIZED’. It contains salt, iodine, iron and iron oxide. The iron oxide provides
color only and is harmless. The presence of the red block allows a horse to obtain a strong iodine or
iron source if they need it - without taking extra minerals of other types. This is especially
important for mares or any horse that is highly emotionally charged. Too little iodine in the diet
causes the thyroid to secrete too little thyroxin, (a hormone which regulates metabolism), which can
render a horse nervous, irritable and uncooperative.
More About IODINE
A full-sized horse is thought to do best on a diet providing 3 - 6 mg of iodine daily for thyroid
health. Grasses do not contain iodine in measurable amounts. Most prepared feeds and
supplements contain just a bit. Too much iodine can damage the thyroid gland, so it’s very
important to be sure the diet is adequate for maintenance, but that the horse can take in additional
iodine if it needs it (thus, the inclusion of the red block at the salt station). One teaspoon of
pourable, iodized table salt contains 0.4 mg of iodine. (3 Tsp. = 1 Tbs. = 15 ml). If you have a mare
who is highly emotionally charged, (like mine), adding a teaspoon (for a pony or small horse) or a
tablespoon (for a full sized horse) of pourable, iodized salt to the grain ration daily (even if your
horse always has the five different bricks available to her at all times) will help support her mental
well-being. It really helps!
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Barn Chatter-n-Things
By Michele Cable
We have a great bunch of folks and creatures that reside at SHA.
Sadly, however, we are saying good-bye to two great boarders and
their four horses. Tim and Bri Martin are moving along with their
growing herd to a property they will call home. We will miss them.
And as we say good-bye, we say hello to two new boarders. We
welcome Christine Erickson and her gelding, Jack. We also welcome
Donna Corey and her mare, Beatrice. With these new people, and
Janice Bachelor bringing in another horse, Cheyenne, the barn will
remain full. Yay!
The other thing that has been happening around the barn is a new
Boarder’s contract. Carmel has been working to get everyone
Bijou, the kitten who had her tail amputated having a nap.
updated. It has been long overdue. If you haven’t updated your
contract, come in and get current.
It has been a tough several months with people dumping animals or abandoning them at SHA. Over the summer, two
dogs and two cats were dumped. One of the dogs was in such terrible condition; it had to be humanely euthanized. The
other dog had to be trapped by the City and has hopefully been re-homed. Of the two cats, one was a female that had a
litter of kittens before we could trap her. She along with the kittens were eventually spayed, neutered and vaccinated by
the SPCA and El Camino Veterinary Hospital. The momma cat was re-released back on the property. Carmel Curtis took
home the loveable orange male kitty that now goes by the name, Chile. The kittens ended up at my house. Fieldhaven
Feline Rescue in Lincoln, CA, took three of them, where they will be re-homed as barn cats. Another kitten went to a caring
friend. One went to live with my daughter, and the two sickly ones remain at my house. With the support of Daphne
Stammer, one kitten received surgery to remove her infected tail. The other kitten was emaciated and had an upper
respiratory infection. Dr. Kennedy at River City Cat Clinic, helped with her treatment and the kitten is now healthy and
has doubled in size.
I am always astounded by the behavior of some people. Mostly, the people who take animals they have no business
owning. They can barely feed themselves yet feel compelled to own animals and are often then faced with not caring for
the animal properly by spaying or neutering and the animal either ends up pregnant or homeless or both. It is the
responsible and compassionate people that end up carrying the burden.
In this case, it was the same group of caring folks at SHA who always step up for the sake of our beloved creatures that
saved the day. I am grateful for all of your assistance, support, help and concern. I am proud to call you my “barn mates”.
Sacramento Horsemen’s Association
3200 Longview Drive
Sacramento, CA 95821
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