Stall Street The Fall 2014 Journal The Official Newsletter of the Alamo Dressage Association The Stall Street Journal is published monthly by, and for, the members of the Alamo Dressage Association. We are on the web at www.alamodressage.org IN THIS ISSUE ADA End of year schooling show Championship information Region 9 Championship news Annual Membership meeting Ride for The Cure News… And More……. Hello ADA members….. Fall is here… In August, the end of summer schooling show (real HOT) at In the Irons was a full day under Judge Pam Fowler Grace “L”. Special thanks to Karen Peacock for acting as day of show manager and scorer and to Vicki Krebsbach for scribing all day in the heat. The results of the show are posted on the horse shows page on the website. The Alamo Dressage Fall show on September 6th and 7th was a success with 80 horses competing over the two days with a waiting list. In addition, 7 teams competed and raised money for the Susan G. Komen foundation. Thank you to all of our volunteers who continue to donate their time and are integral to the success of our shows! Many ADA members attended the Region IX Championships on October 9th-12th. Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time with many of our members placing well and planning their trips to Kentucky. We wish all of those who will be heading to Kentucky safe travels and Good luck to all! The San Antonio Rose Palace will again be the venue for our schooling show championships on November 22 nd and 23rd. There is also an open schooling so both days, so come out and show with an “S” judge at a nice facility for schooling show prices! The annual membership meeting will be held at the conclusion of the show on Saturday. As always, we will be looking for gatekeepers, ring stewards and scribes for the weekend –last chance to earn volunteer hours for the 2014 awards year! Please welcome Tracy Augustine as our newest board member. Tracy and her daughter Patricia have been active volunteers for the association. Amanda Snyder-Budnik has resigned due to awaiting the arrival of her bundle of joy in November. Thank you, Amanda, for all of your hard work during the past several years. Enjoy the nice fall weather, Jennifer Alamo Dressage Association is a Group Member Organization of the U.S. Dressage Federation. ADA’s members are automatically USDF group members. For USDF Participating Membership, members must apply directly to USDF. Submissions close the 10th of the month prior to publication. Please send submissions to Arlene Gaitan at [email protected] or [email protected]. ADA can be found at www.alamodressage.org Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Summer 2014—Page 1 HELP! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! As a volunteer run organization we cannot exist without YOU!!!! No experience required!!! Just a simple 2 or 3 hours of your time makes a huge difference in being able for the ADA to have these events for our members. Volunteers needed: Gate Keepers, Score Runners, Arena Set Up and Take Down, Ribbon Room and more. Alamo Dressage Schooling Show Championships November 22-23 at The San Antonio Rose Palace Contact Arlene at [email protected] or 830-751-2151 USING PAYPAL? Have you recently joined the ADA via Paypal? We have noticed a few of the membership emails through Paypal are not active or are getting return notices. Please check to make sure your Paypal address is your current email. If you change your account, please email Kathy with the update. Unless we have this information, we can not send updated ADA information as needed. Kathy email—[email protected] ADA Member Wins Region 9 GMO Volunteer of the Year Congratulations to Arlene Gaitan (right), ADA pastpresident and current Vice President, who won the USDF Region 9 GMO Volunteer of the Year Award. Arlene also volunteers as Schooling Show Chair, was editor of the SSJ newsletter for over 10 years and volunteers as the Region’s Omnibus Editor this year. Her award will be presented at the USDF Board of Governor's Meeting at the USDF Convention in December. Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 2 2015 BOARD ELECTIONS! The positions of Secretary and Member-at-large are up for election this year. Nominations closed on October 15th. Karen Silvers has been nominated to be reelected as Secretary and Vicki Krebsbach has been nominated as Member-at-Large. No other nominations were received. Voting can be done by email or regular mail. Send your vote to Member-at-Large, Karen Peacock at [email protected]. Secretary _____ Karen Silvers Member at Large _____ Vicki Krebsbach Copy and paste your vote in an email or detach and send via regular mail by (in hand) November 19th to: Member-at-Large, Karen Peacock at [email protected] or 14510 Tioga Bend, Helotes, TX 78023. ——————————————————————————— Is an ADA Officer in Your Future? Do you have a Finance Background? In the fall of 2015, the positions of President, Vice President and Treasurer are up for election. Our treasurer, Kathy Lubianski, will not be able to run again due to term limitations in our by-laws. Kathy has done an outstanding job over the last 4 plus years. Her job will be difficult to fill so that is why we are starting a search now! A job description is in the ADA policies and procedures. If you have a finance background, or are a CPA, we need you! Contact any board member if you are interested! Kathy Lubianski and Vikki Krebsbach enjoying time at the Region 9 HDS Championships Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 3 JR/YR NEWS AND EVENTS Amanda Snyder has recently stepped down from her position as Jr. Chair as she is due to give birth in a few months. We thank her for her hard work over the years but realize she will be focusing her time on her new bundle of joy and wish her luck! The ADA has recently appointed Tracy Augustine as JR/YR Chair. Tracy’s first act as Chair was having a Junior/YR educational event and meet and greet at her home on Oct 18th at 1pm in Bulverde, Texas. Lisa Tannehill, of Lisa Tannehill Photography, graciously agreed to join the ADA JR/YRs to help teach our Juniors how to take better photographs of their horses. Ms. Tannehill is ALSO an "r" judge and USDF Silver medalist. ADA will provided hamburgers and hot dogs. Pictures and a full report in our next issue! Tracy (right) and Arlene….it was Arlene birthday, don’t make fun of the hats! When: 12/03/14 - 12/06/14 Where: Hyatt Regency, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, 617-492-1234 For more information and registration visit: www.usdf.org/convention If you have thoughts and options, we would love to hear about them. We are open to any suggestions that you think may improve the way the ADA runs. All BOD members are available via email or phone which can be found on the contact page of the Alamo Dressage Website. Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2013 —Page 4 American Warmblood Society Sport Horse Performance Registry A non-profit Corporation www.americanwarmblood.org Sport Horse Seminar & Inspection An Inspection/Branding will be held in a Sport Horse Breeding Seminar Format at Rebecca Creek Farms in Spring Branch, TX on Saturday, Nov 1, 2014. The American Warmblood Society's Inspections are offered in an educational format. Come learn about good Sport Horse qualities for performance and/or breeding through open discussion. ALL HORSES MUST BE SHOWN IN-HAND. YOUNG HORSES (until 3 years old) ALSO SHOWN AT LIBERTY. The top three scoring registered horses (regardless of age) will receive the Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. All designations receive a ribbon. The AWS Designations are: 80% or Higher -Supreme 75% - 79-99% -Blue Preferred 67% - 74.99% -Red Preferred 62% - 66.99% -Certified ALL INSPECTION SCORES WILL BE ENTERED IN AWS NATIONAL INSPECTION AWARDS. All American Warmbloods are required to satisfy registration performance requirements. This inspection is one of the seven ways to satisfy the requirement with a 62% or Higher. The performance requirement can also be satisfied through Dressage, Eventing, Combined Driving, Show Jumping, Sport Horse In-Hand classes, Materiale classes or through AWS registered off-spring performance records. **************************************************************************************************** Be informed and educated about the process go to www.americanwarmblood.org, top of the page for inspection information. All forms are available under quick links select registration forms and inspection form. For more information PLEASE CONTACT: Organizer SITE AWS National Office Cheryl Jackley Rebecca Creek Farms P.O. Box 1561 Pierene Farms 10321 Rebecca Creek Farms Rd Higley, AZ 85236-1561 Kempner, TX Spring Branch, TX 78070-4603 480-251-0348 512-932-8086 830-885-7302 [email protected] [email protected] 520-568-3318 [email protected] Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 5 2014—2015 CALENDAR OF EVENTS November 2014 December 2014 10/30-11/1 Volker Brommann Clinic. Boerne, TX. Contact 3-7 Amy Allen at (210) 215-7896. 1 1-2 American Warmblood Sport Horse Seminar and Inspection. Rebecca Creek Farms, Spring Branch, TX. (830) 885-7302. [email protected]. Click here for more information and links to registration form. 10 2014 US Dressage Finals in Lexington, KY. www.usdf.org/dressagefinals. 8-9 Dolly Hannon Clinic, Marcos Stables. Kirstin Shine (210) 838-5462 or [email protected]. 9 Liberty Hill Farm Schooling Show. San Antonio, TX. www.libertyhillfarm.net 12 ADA Board Meeting, NEW LOCATION! Luby's, 8511 Tesoro Dr., San Antonio, TX, north of 410 between Nacogdoches & Broadway. 6:30pm ADA Board Meeting, Location TBA. 6:30pm 13-14 Dolly Hannon Clinic, location TBA. Kirstin Shine (210) 838-5462 or [email protected]. January 2015 Houston Dressage Society Deep in the Heart of Texas Shows I & II, Katy, TX 6-9 USDF Annual Convention, Boston, MA. 14 ADA Board Meeting. Location TBA. 6:30pm. 24 ADA Annual Awards Banquet. Petroleum Club. San Antonio, TX. 23-24 Dolly Hannon Clinic, Location TBA. Kirstin Shine ( 210) 838-5462 or [email protected]. 31-2/1 UDSF Region 9 jr/YR Clinic featuring George Williams. North Texas Equestrian Center, Wylie, TX. Rider Application (Deadline 12/19/14). Auditor Application (Online regis. Deadline 1/16/15). Walk-ins may register on day of clinic. 14-16 Heather Blitz at Silver Oaks Farm, Kerrville, TX. Contact Cindy DIx Weathersbee, (830) 792-3414 15-16 ADU Continuing Education Dressage Judges on Musical Freestyle. Joan Darnell "S". www.austindressageunlimited.org. 22 ADA Annual Membership Meeting, Rose Palace Located above concession stand following Satur day show (meeting starts around 6pm). 22-23 ADA Schooling Show Championships & Holiday Schooling Show. San Antonio Rose Palace. Prize List on-line at www.alamodressage.org. Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 6 ADA Board of Director Minutes ADA BOD minutes are now available on the Newsletter page of the ADA website! Visit www.alamodressage.org Inside Scenes from ADA members at the Region 9 USDF Championships And a few of our ADA members……. Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 7 ADA is here to listen…. The ADA recently sent out a survey to have members give their personal feedback on things you would like to see in our local area. As we go over these results, we want you to know that we are here at all times to listen. If you have any ideas, thoughts or concerns we would love to hear from you. Send your thoughts to our Communications Chair, LaNet Hester at [email protected] or call her at 210-784-7823. If you feel more comfortable talking to another ADA officer, the list below offers all the contact information needed. We look forward to working with everyone and making the ADA a successful, helpful and friendly organization for all involved. 2014 ADA Officers Voting Members President: Jennifer Delmer, 210-828-0361, [email protected] Non-Voting Members Vice President/Schooling Shows: Year-End Awards Program: Arlene Gaitan, 830-751-2151, [email protected] Susan Hancock 830-779-2899, [email protected] Secretary: Recognized Shows: Karen Silvers, 2104086354, [email protected] Carolyn Vandenberg, 210-215-2423, [email protected] Treasurer/Membership: Kathryn Lubianski, 830-303-4198 , [email protected] Sponsorship: Renee Snyder— 210-216-8942,[email protected] Member-at-large: Karen Peacock, 210-872-8628, [email protected] Communications: LaNet Hester, 210-784-7823, [email protected] Education: Vicki Krebsbach, 210-698-0479, [email protected] Junior/ Young Riders: Tracy Augustine, 830-388-0451, [email protected] Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 8 Remember to keep your scores together for end of year Remember that the Alamo Dressage Association offers an extensive awards program at the end of the year. We recognize the rated as well as local schooling show levels to encourage everyone to participate. Please note, you must be an active member of the ADA at the times the scores are received. Please make sure you membership is up to date. AWARDS PROGRAM ADA has a wonderful awards program that includes:  Qualified rider awards at each level  Year End Schooling Show High Point Awards  Year End Recognized Show High Point Awards  Recognition of USDF Medalists  Volunteer Awards (adults and juniors!) Sponsor Awards RECOGNIZED COMPETITION SHOW AWARDS ADA/USDF/USEF Recognized shows- Champion, Reserve and overall placing at Introductory through FEI Grand Prix; Adult Amateur, Junior/Young Rider and Open divisions. Recognized Competition Awards are based on a horse and rider’s top three scores under three different USEF judges at each level; two scores must be from ADA Shows and one score must be from the highest test of each level. ADA SCHOOLING COMPETITION AWARDS ADA Sanctioned Schooling Shows- Champion, Reserve and overall placing at USDF Introductory, USEF Training Level and above; Junior, Adult Amateur and Open. Schooling Competition Awards are based on rider and horses’ top three scores under three different L or higher judges at each level. RIDER ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Rider Achievement Awards are earned by horse and rider combinations that have received five scores of 60% or higher per level from three different judges at USDF/USEF Recognized and/ or ADA Sanctioned Schooling Shows during the 2013 competition season. Outstanding Rider Awards are earned by horse and rider combinations that have received three scores of 70% or higher per level from three different judges. These awards may only be earned once per rider/horse combination per level. Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 9 BITS AND PIECES Stall Street Journal Advertising Information Classifieds: Members: 8 lines free/2 issues; nonmembers: $5/1-5 lines; $10/6-10 lines for 2 issues. Commercial Advertisements (per issue) Full page: $30 Quarter page:: $10 Half page: $15 Business card: $5 Quarter page: $10 Schooling show prize list: $10 per page Make checks payable to ADA and mail to: Arlene Gaitan, 8417 FM 1283, Lakehills, TX 78063 YEAR END AWARDS & CASH BACK VOLUNTEER REQUIREMENT CHANGE! Year-End Awards: 6 (six) hour requirement to be completed by the awards deadline! Cash Back: 3 (three) hour requirement. How can you earn volunteer points? Scribe for a judge Scribe for an “L” candidate Upcoming ADA Events Run tests Steward (gatekeep) an arena November 12: ADA Board Meeting, NEW LOCATION!!! Luby's, 8511 Tesoro Dr. San Antonio, TX, north of 410 between Nacogdoches and Broadway. 6:30pm November 22: ADA Annual Membership Meeting, San Antonio Rose Palace above concession stand following Saturday show (meeting starts around 6pm). November 22-23: ADA Schooling Show Championships & Holiday Schooling Show. San Antonio Rose Palace. Prize list on-line at www.alamodressage.org Transport and/or feed a judge Set up or tear down an arena Solicit advertising and sponsors $50 sponsorship/ad = 1 volunteer hour AND MORE! Contact: Karen Peacock at 210-872-8628 [email protected] Board Meetings are generally held on the second Wednesday of the month. Dates and times can be confirmed on the Calendar of Events page of www.alamodressage.org. Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 10 Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 11 For the complete prize list visit www.alamodressage.org! Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 12 Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 13 NEW Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 14 ADA junior member Kyra Shine has been bringing rated USDF Judge, Dolly Hannon to the local area for clinics. Her mom, Kirsten wrote the following to share with ADA members. Dolly Hannon began coming to the area last November, after helping Kyra Shine at the Dressage Seat Finals in Colorado. Kyra borrowed a horse from Dolly’s barn and received invaluable information while there. We began bringing Dolly in every couple of months last year. Dolly has committed to joining us monthly. Dates through January are November 8-9, December 13-14, and January 23-24th. The February through June dates will be released soon. Dolly Hannon is a USEF “S” judge and heads the USDF Freestyle committee. Dolly’s over 40 years of judging (don’t think that she is in the least old, she has more energy and stamina than anyone I have ever met) gives her a keen eye, a calm disposition and so many tools to assist in many training dilemmas. This past weekend, we had two horses whose owners mentioned having issues with head tilts. Dolly gave them different exercises to work on. Each horse showed improvement during the course of the lesson. When I asked her about the different approaches, she said, “There is no magic one size fits all, different horses respond to different approaches best.” One example of this flexibility in training is she asks Kyra to give up her left outside rein occasionally and pet her mare with that hand at times. Dolly notes that she has seen this approach work in “thoroughbred-minded” horses. It does. This past weekend was one of my favorites, the variety of “issues” were amazing. Dolly stays positive and gently, yet effectively changes behavior in both horses and riders. She explains the difference between a 5 and an 8 or 9 and the subtle changes that will pop scores up while staying firm, but fair to your horse. We are honored and so appreciative of Dolly’s commitment to us in agreeing to monthly visits through next June. She keeps her fees fair so we can bring her in at a reasonable cost to all. (Usually about $150 per lesson) We never charge an auditing fee to juniors. If you are interested in riding with Dolly, please contact me at 210838-5462 or email [email protected] Auditors always welcomed! Please note this is a privately held clinic that is not ADA insured or sanctioned. Please contact Kristen at the above email for any information Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 15 Membership Renewal Time is Just Around the Corner! Spoiler Alert! Your ADA membership will expire on November 30, 2014. Join or renew on or before November 23rd and you will be entered in a drawing for one of two Wheeler’s $50 gift cards! Please mail your membership form with a check or you can pay on-line with Paypal. If you pay with Paypal, PLEASE reference the members that are being paid for in the transaction details. You must still send in your membership form if you pay on-line as we need a signed copy on file. Membership forms will also be available at the Schooling Show Championships to be held at the San Antonio Rose Palace the weekend of November 22nd and 23rd and always on our website. http://www.alamodressage.org/uploads/ADA_2015_Membership_Application.pdf Brittany Silvers attends the Christine Traurig Clinic at Shoofly Farm. She was gracious enough send us a quick write up on her experience. In a lesson with Christine Traurig at Shoofly Farm on August 2-3, the main focus for Lamington and me was to work on getting a more noticeable and true collection throughout the ride. The first day of the clinic we did a lot of going forward and back. We did this because in the collection Lamington’s hind legs would begin to slow down and he had to be reminded that he must go forward in every movement. A main point that Christine made was that collecting is not possible by slowing down the front end; it must be done by bringing the hind end under. Another main point of the first day was Christine’s “Holy Rule”- the horse must be off of, around, and in front of your inside leg. This means that the horse must be laterally responsive to your inside leg, they must always bend around your inside leg, and they cannot be behind your inside leg in terms of impulsion. The second day, Christine made a main point throughout several of the rides that it is possible to have contact without having connection, but it is not possible to have connection without contact. This means that if you do not have contact with your horse’s mouth, there is no way for you to have true connection, but at the same time just because you have contact with your horse’s mouth does not mean your horse is connected. Christine also focused a lot on the training scale, saying that it is very important to know where your horse is within the training scale in relation to your horse’s age, conformation, and amount of training. By evaluating this, you can determine what exercises would be best for you to do with your horse in order to continue up the scale. Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 16 Alamo Dressage Association Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 - Page 17
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