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UPCOMING HORSE
SHOWS
Gulfport I – 2/10 –
2/14/10
Gulfport II – 2/17
– 2/21/10
Gulfport III – 2/24
– 2/28/10
Gulfport IV – 3/3 –
3/7/10
Gulfport V – 3/10 –
3/14/10
HORSE SHOW RESULTS
Congrats to Leah
and Allie who had two weeks of successful horse shows in St Louis in
January! Bongo was reserve champion the first week and champion the
second in the Older Small Juniors. Leah also got great ribbons in
the equitation with Tory and was very competitive in the junior
jumpers with Jay Jay. Cooper and Allie competed in the Younger Small
Juniors, and they were reserve champion the second week.
Congratulations to Allie Efird on her success with her first 3’6”
catch ride on Contender, owned by Sabina Holtzman and trained by
Micaela Kennedy. Good job ladies!
Spring Mill
Farm was well represented at the WTHJA Banquet in January! Lots of
year end champions in the group, we are so proud of all of our
competitors! Woody and Mary Haley were champion in the Younger AOs,
Maura and Drafi were champion in the 3’3 Amatures. Congrats to both
the Efird Girls, Tory and Zotti were champion in the Large Juniors
and Aly and Cooper were champion in the Smalls. Sarah Clifton and
Zorro were Champion in the Small Ponies as well. In the short
stirrup hunters, Grace Upshaw was champion in the older section and
Elizabeth McKee was champion in the younger section!
In the
Equitation, Hayley Barnhill won the Christie Connors Memorial Trophy
award for equitation! Congrats Hayley, that’s fantastic! Sarah
Clifton won the 11 and under fences, while Elizabeth McKee won both
younger short stirrup sections of equitation. Haley Dutch won the
older short stirrup flat and Grace Upshaw won the older short
stirrup over fences. Very good job to all!!! You have represented
Spring Mill Farm as a winning force in 2009!
Congratulations
to Hayley Barnhill, who made the Emerging Athletes Finals held in
Reno, Nevada in early January!
AS THE WHEEL
TURNS…THE HAMSTER’S CORNER
By Caroline Milot
We welcome back
Sara Stephens’ horse Land Shark, A.K.A. Elmo. Now Sara’s plate is
really full with 3 horses!
Congratulations to
the Joyner Family on their purchase of Ramsey! Way to go Emily,
Gulfport is your debut!
We also want to
welcome back Manrin and Elizabeth Rains’ second horse Herzgraf,
A.K.A. Graf! He will be joining his “brother” Pappy for all five
weeks in Gulfport!
Hayley Barnhill
and her three horses Eddie, BC and Duncan have trekked down to
Wellington, Florida until
Gulfport where
Hayley will be a working student. Best of luck!
For all Gulfport
exhibitors, make sure I have copies of your 2010 USEF/USHJA
membership cards and copies of recording certificates/membership
cards. It can get chilly down in Gulfport, so make sure your horse
or pony has his/her show sheet and show blanket ready to ship with
them. If your show attire is not monogrammed, make sure they are
clearly labeled with your name on the inside. The initial load of
horses will ship on Sunday, February 7th (Super Bowl
Sunday!) so please have everything packed and ready to go by mid day
Saturday, February 6th!
BARN NEWS
At the annual WTHJA
meeting, new board members were voted on. Spring Mill Farm has 3
people serving for 2010. matt Piccolo, Erica Momrow (secretary) and
Maura Smith are board members, along with Catherine Muscari
(President), Lauren Bihm (Vice President), Jason Schnelle
(Treasurer), Tara Krisle, Susan Glassman, Susan Davidoff, Beanie
Cone, Camille Clark, and Jane Olson.
We are looking
forward to kicking off a great show year locally starting in April.
Our new show manager, John McQueen promises to make this year an
outstanding one with new fun exhibitor parties, the Hunter Derby,
and many other exciting changes to the shows. Let’s all get
involved and help to make our shows something everyone wants to
attend!
Just a
reminder to have checks waiting for the venders working on your
horse! That includes farriers, chiropractors and the dentist! The
vets will bill you directly. If we expect prompt service when we
have a horse in need….they expect prompt payment!
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