Sacramento Valley Chapter of the California Dressage Society

Friendly Turnout at the 2004 Holiday Potluck

The chapter held its annual holiday potluck on Saturday, December 11 th at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, in El Macero. Good food, good company, good times! All of our chapter series trophy winners (Erin Shaw, Wendy Marquardt, Janet Walker, Teree Castanias & Teri Crawford) were able to come. The other highlight of the evening was the drawing of the names for the CDS Amateur clinic, this year to be held at the end of May at Yarra Yarra Ranch in Pleasanton, with Rachel Saavedra. With over 100 entries (one for each volunteer shift worked throughout 2004) it was quite a drum-roll moment. Lisa Johnston, a two-time winner drew the names, having promised to decline should her name come up yet again. And this year’s honoree is…Teri Crawford! You had to be there to see the excitement, the jumping up and down, the squealing! Or else you will just have to take my word for it, “thrilled” was-and is-the word. First runner-up in case Teri is unable to attend is Janet VerPlank, 2 nd runner up is Annette Pressas, and third runner-up is Gail Strange. Congratulations all! And continued gratitude goes out to all of our dedicated volunteers. We look forward to your continued support in 2005 for our shows and educational opportunities. Please contact volunteer coordinator Kathy Ramirez and let her know how you might like to help out and earn your entry in next year’s drawing!

NOTICE

***Please email any classifieds, stories, photos or news to share in our next newsletter to Eva King @ dressagediva22@yahoo.com Deadline for the April/May newsletter is March 25, 2005.***

The following SVC members were entered into the drawing for volunteering at an SVC chapter activity:

Marlene Baccala Donna Burla

Teree Castanias Teri Crawford

Pamela Porter Englund Margot Gebers Cindy Gilpin Lucy Hunter Sharon Ix Ellie Johnson

Lisa Johnston Eva King Deanna Leveque Shirley Lillard Lynn McEnespy Catherine Moy Lynne Powell Annette Pressas Kathy Ramirez Betsy Sholes

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SVC 2005 Recognized Dressage Shows

May 7*** & 8* SVC Spring Dressage I & II

Fairwind Farm Suisun Valley, CA

Judge: Georgia Simpson (R)

July 9*** & 10*

SVC Summer Dressage I & II

Valley Dressage Center

Dixon, CA

Judge: Creeky Routson (S)

SV Chapter Member News

Congratulations to Eva King on the purchase of her new horse, Final , a recently imported Swedish Warmblood gelding by Flyinge Amiral. They will be training with Sandy Savage. Keep an eye out for them in the show-ring soon!

Eva and Final

Congratulations to Deborah Moody for earning her USDF bronze medal on Trinity ! Keep up the good work!

Seat and Position Clinic

Sunday, March 26

Noon to 4:00 PM

SV Chapter members (from left) Lisa Johnston on Magic and Teri Crawford on Falidra with Christiane Noelting at the 2004 Seat and Position clinic

Christiane Noelting has graciously agreed to volunteer her time again this year for the seat and position clinic. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity. The clinic will be held at Christiane Noelting Dressage Center on Lewis Road in Vacaville.

Christiane is a licensed USA Equestrian (r)

Dressage judge. For more information about Christiane, please visit her website at www.christianenoelting.com

Riding in the clinic is free to SV chapter members, however space is limited. Auditors are welcome.

If you would like to ride in the clinic, please contact Annette Pressas at (707) 422-0596 or frappelou@hotmail.com to reserve your spot.

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SVC Educational Opportunity

SVC proudly presents a

Judy Wardrope Seminar:
Improving Your Eye for Functional Conformation and Pedigree Patterns in Sporthorses

Davis, CA
Saturday, April 16, 2005
This seminar is worth 1 USDF University Credit (#100555)

Learn about conformation and pedigrees in sporthorses and analyze trends and performance as a result. This seminar is geared for people who are looking for dressage or sporthorse prospects, breeders who want to breed for performance and riders who are looking for trends in success.

The first half of the seminar will be a lecture with slides and the second half will consist of a live conformation demonstration with horses.

Also featured will be local breeders on a special panel with whom Judy Wardrope will discuss her findings during the conformation demonstration part of the seminar.

The lecture will be at Lillard Hall - 24905 County Rd 95, Davis from 9:00 AM to Noon.
The seminar will resume at Rocky Road Ranch - 25851 County Rd 95, Davis at 1:30 with a panel of local breeders discussing with Judy their strategies for breeding performance horses.

The live conformation demonstration will begin at approximately 3:00 PM. There will be 5 demo horses, mostly dressage but probably one jumper and one event type. The wine and cheese reception will begin at 5:00 PM.

For more information about Judy, visit her web site at: http://jwequine.com

Contact Carol Smith if you have any questions about this seminar.

Clinicians Corner

Kristina Harrison-Naness

Photo by People On Horses

www.peopleonhorses.com

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Line Tack, where she topped the field of 13 horse-and-rider combinations to win the USET Intermediaire I Championship. With a score of 69.950% Harrison-Naness and Kantor topped the field to win the Championship, which also served as the Cosequin/USET Selection Trials for the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo. On her way to the Championship in Gladstone, Harrison-Naness won the Prix St. Georges as well as the Freestyle.

Earlier in 2003, Harrison-Naness and Kantor won the selection trial at the Mid-Winter Dressage in Los Angeles, CA. This pair also placed 6th in the Prix St. Georges and 5th in the Intermediaire at the Del Mar National.

Harrison-Naness has been riding since the age of 6, when she got her first pony. Her love of horses continued as she got older and she began showing in the Junior Hunter division as well as equitation classes. In 1987, she qualified to ride in the ASPCA Maclay Finals.

In 1992, she discovered dressage and rode her former hunter Gilligan in dressage classes progressing to the advanced young rider level. In 1999, she purchased Kantor from Carol Plough and continued her dressage education.

Harrison-Naness operates a training stable, Angele Farms, at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center and continues to train with Plough. She and her husband, Howard, have a 6-year-old daughter, Rison. Reprinted with permission from www.dressagedaily.com

Krisi was recently featured in the Instructor Spotlight in the January 2005 issue of Dressage Today.

Kristina Harrison-Naness comes to the area regularly for clinics. Her next clinic will be March 12 & 13. Lessons are $110.

Please contact Angela Louie at alouie@its.caltech.edu if you are interested in riding with Krisi.

Miracle Workers Come to Davis

Much has been made of a field of dreams. But world-renowned horse healers are transforming fields into meadows of miracles.

Doug Hannum, an equine physical therapist from Pennsylvania, and healer, Corky Panarisi, recently worked on horses and their people in the Yolo County. The dynamic duo’s visit followed successful therapy during earlier work in the Sacramento Valley.

Doug works on Carolyn’s horse Mario while Corky looks on.

“I was having trouble with Mario's left bend and it is much improved,” said Carolyn McMullen, who hosted the therapists at her barn. “But of most importance to me, he helped my horse Roy who is now back at work after a 4-year recovery and some work from Doug.”

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Doug and Corky are not selling snake oil. Their work has helped the United States Equestrian Team compete in the past six Olympic competitions. Doug, who joined the U.S. Equestrian team as a groom in 1967 and more recently served as the equine therapist, works on the horses, and Corky helps horses and their humans.

Doug uses pressure point massage, cold laser and an activator, and makes sure to fully assess the horse’s body to detect any problem areas. Corky uses touch and his special gift of healing to ease pain, disease symptoms and other physical and mental issues.

During their visit to Carolyn’s barn, Doug and Corky worked on a stream of horses and people. Sometimes the two would do therapy at the same time on an individual.

“It is just amazing,” Carolyn said. That may be an understatement. Corky worked on Catherine Moy, who has owned horses on and off for much of her life and currently owns an Appendix. Catherine has suffered from neurological problems such as numbness in the face and legs, weakness, exhaustion, and eye pain. Doctors are in the process of diagnosing her and believe she may tyler and me.jpg have multiple sclerosis.

When she arrived at Carolyn’s barn, she had a tough time walking into the barn, limping on her left leg. Corky took her hand and talked to her in a soothing voice. She began feeling warmth in her legs and a general feeling of elation. Corky continued to hold her, then asked her to walk down the barn’s breezeway.

Catherine’s gait was even. The limp was gone, and so was the pain. “This is unbelievable,” Catherine said. “I want to cry. Corky has a special gift.”

Carolyn plans to ask Corky and Doug to come back to her barn when they are in the area. She hopes more people will learn of the small miracles the couple performs and the lives they have helped. If you would like more information call Laura Powell at (530) 753-0331.

Cat’s Corral

(A New Regular Feature)

By Cat Moy

When my daughter, Zen, went to horse camp for the very first time, she learned a most important skill: How to clean stalls. Every horse person should know how to pick through piles while preserving clean bedding.

Equestrians should also recognize the tools of the trade, a cleaning fork (not to be used later at the dinner table), a large capacity, lightweight wheelbarrow, a shovel, rubber boots, and, if you're lucky, a professional stall cleaner.
Zen did not learn some very important information about stall cleaning. She did learn how to sift and shovel, but nobody alerted her to the different obstacles of stall cleaning – the horses themselves.

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It is important to know what style of stall-messer you are dealing with. Some horses blend, others separate, so the approach to cleaning is different.

As a public service, I have identified the different categories to assist anybody who must clean stalls.

Mixers - Horses that fall into this bunch consider stall-messing an art form. They work like industrial Kitchen Aid mixers, grinding and blending anything that happens to come into their stall. So instead of clean piles here and there, you get a stall that looks like oatmeal-chocolate chip cookie dough. Everything is blended perfectly to the point that the pitchfork can't decipher between clean and filthy shavings. Any leftover hay, lost horseshoes, and any other horse accouterment can be blended into the mix. The only way to clean this stall is to remove everything in it. The upside is that you may find your lost riding glove. Cleaning tip: Lose the pick and bring a really big shovel.

Urinators – These horses are the equivalent of the Terminator when it comes to clean stalls. They operate by sabotage. They can be very polite, even leaving the stall without pinned ears while you work. And they're patient. They will hold their urine until you have every inch of their stalls looking like Martha Stewart's jail cell. Then, as soon as you turn your back, they trot in and empty their bladders in the middle of their stalls. When you object, they give you that look: "Sorry, I just couldn't hold it anymore." Cleaning tip: Fewer shavings, more splash.

Houdinis – The No. 1 trait in this category is the ability of the horse to maintain the appearance of a clean stall. But hidden in the depths of the shavings are land mines, also known as road

apples. They work faster than a cat in a litter box to hide their business. In every corner you will find their work, slyly buried in small mounds. These may be the toughest stalls to clean thoroughly without stepping on a mine. Cleaning tip: Bring a shovel and an experienced mine sweeper.

Pilers – If you have to use a back-hoe to break through a wall of horse dung to get into your horse's paddock, then you may have a piler on your hands. Pilers usually have an architect or builder somewhere in their bloodlines. They don't like to sleep in their own poop, but they don't want to expend energy to walk to the other side of their paddock. So they drop their load right outside of the stall, sometimes building an impressive dam that could hold a flood in a tsunami. Cleaning tip: Rent a back-hoe and save your back.

Oscars – This is the last of the categories. These guys get their name from Oscar of "The Odd Couple." No matter what you put in their stall, whether rice hulls or organic shavings, these guys make it look like a stockyard that hasn't been cleaned in a decade. They are really the teens of all stall destroyers. One hour after you've dutifully picked through their stalls, the area looks as if a teen party was held there and everybody used the floor for a bathroom. "Sure Mr. Ed, come on down and bring Star. In fact, invite everybody from your barn, My human just cleaned the stall." Cleaning tip: Hire a stall cleaner.

In fact, I advise that all horse owners leave the job to a professional. It will save your back, your sense of smell and you won't risk stepping on a mine.

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First Love

(A New Feature)

Here are pictures of two SV Chapter members years ago when their love affair with horses first began…if you have a special photo to share, please email it to the Newsletter Editor, Eva King, @ dressagediva22@yahoo.com

Can you guess who these two young equestrians are?

We’ll reveal the answer in the

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Classifieds

For Sale: 12yo Percheron/TB gelding , bay, 16.2, 1200 lbs. Going training/1st level, just needs some miles and he's ready for the show ring. Not a beginner’s horse, but perfect for the tall rider or gentleman. Brumby is just too big for me, but maybe not for you. Very forward but comfortable with fantastic collection ability. Same owner since 18 mos. old, always healthy and sound. $6000 $5700 negotiable to the right home. Email marchogwr@earthlink.net

Vilano was imported from Denmark and is a bold beautiful mover. He has been shown successfully at the Prix St. Georges level and will soon be moving up to Intermediare I. The piaffe and passage are well on their way. Vilano has a quiet but forward attitude in the arena. For more information, please contact Sandy Savage at 916.712.2719 www.sandysavage.com

Lessons at Somerset Farm , Winters. Lyn Ringrose-Moe is now teaching at Somerset Farm. She is offering dressage lessons and group cavaletti classes. All levels and styles of riding welcome. For more information, please contact Lyn at (209) 747-0984 or ringrose@lodinet.com

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Wings as of Eagles comes from a long line of Thoroughbreds bred for dressage. He has three light and energetic gaits. Wings has been shown successfully at first and second level and will be moving to third level in March. He has excellent ground manners and is easy to ride. Video available. For more information, please contact Sandy Savage at 916.712.2719 www.sandysavage.com

Diamond Girl is a strikingly beautiful blood bay mare. She is imported from Germany and shown successfully at Prix St. Georges and Intermediare 1 in the US. She has three excellent gaits and a willing temperament. Good work ethic. Suitable for experienced rider or professional. She will take you to the top! Video available. For more information, please contact Sandy Savage at 916.712.2719 www.sandysavage.com

For Sale: 1993 elite Hanoverian mare - 16+hh bay- Easy breeder, fun to ride- has shown through 1st level with amateur owner, some Pony Club experience, evented to Novice. Shown extensively in hand with 2 Res. Champion Mature Horse, a High-Score Hanoverian neck-sash at a *** dressage show for the weekend, boxes of ribbons and awards... Due to divorce, I have not had time or desire to ride for the last year and a half- $15,000.00 (707) 249-5043 or MyLiebchen@aol.com

Available for 1/2 lease . Beautiful, imported Friesians available for 1/2 lease at Somerset Farm in Winters. These magnificent horses have been trained for dressage and two of them have successfully competed through 2nd level, winning USDF awards and many classes at open dressage shows throughout California. The cost for 1/2 lease is $540.00/month which includes 4 private lessons with Lyn Ringrose-Moe at Somerset Farm. For more information, contact Lyn at (209) 747-0984 or e-mail: ringrose@lodinet.com