Post on 19-Jun-2020
Wow, what a way to end our driving events! As our ven-
ues come to an end this year, the Blue Jean Show was a
great success. With 20 entries competing in five classes
there was something for everyone.
A big thank you to Toni Schmidt, our judges, and all the
volunteers who made this event so special, thank you so
much.
With fires and floods many of our members have had a
terrible year, our thoughts go out to all that have suffered
so much.
As this year nears its end please join the planning
committee to focus on next year’s outings. Our club
needs your help to continue offering fun events for all to
enjoy. We need your support! Put the date of Nov. 16 on
your calendar’s for this important meeting. If you are
unable to attend please email me with any suggestions
that you would like to happen.
My email is piperlady_2000@yahoo.com.
I hope to see many of you at the meeting.
That’s all for now. ~ Lani Piper
P r e s i d e n t ’ s M e s s a g e M A R K Y O U R C A L E N D A R
Oct 4, 5 Troyer Auction ADCO Fairgrounds
Oct 13 2nd Sunday Fun Drive Competition
Kanstad’s
Oct 26 CDS Poker Drive at Salisbury Park
Oct 27 RMCC Halloween Drive at Tomora
Nov 14 RMCC Annual Meeting & Elections
Nov 16 CDS Calendar Planning Meeting
310 Wilcox St.
Castle Rock, CO
Dec 14 Parker Christmas Carriage Parade
Parker, CO
Dec 15 CDS Christmas Party
Golden Corral Buffett
15775 E Arapahoe Rd
Centennial, CO 80016
C O L O R A D O D R I V I N G S O C I E T Y
Driving Lines October 2013 Volume 20, Issue 10
Blue Jeans Pleasure Show
Saturday, September 28, 2013
The Blue Jeans Pleasure show was again a huge success. See some pic-
tures below, report and show results on the following pages
Photos Courtesy of Steve Baucum &Toni Schmidt
P a g e 2 D r i v i n g L i n e s
Kim Henson with Festus
Heike Bartlett ground driving
Somewhere Doc's Lady Lily
Karen McCoy Loyd driving Bonnie Jeanne
Susie Haszelbart driving Shasta
Rebecca Melody driving Sioux
P a g e 3 D r i v i n g L i n e s
Class Section Placing Driver Horse
Working Pleasure VSE 1 Karen McCoy Loyd Bonnie Jeanne
2 Rita Nothstein Sammy
3 Lani Piper Toby
4 Carol McCoy Phineas
Horse 1 Janet Kiefer Genie
2 Barbara Nesse Be My Prince William
3 Susie Haszelbart Shasta
4 Ileen LoBue Centennial Nuget
5 Lynn Schneider Sally
Reinsmanship VSE 1 Rita Nothstein Sammy
2 Karen McCoy Loyd Bonnie Jeanne
3 Lani Piper Toby
4 Carol McCoy Phineas
Horse 1 Barbara Nesse Be My Prince William
2 Susie Haszelbart Shasta
3 Lynn Schneider Sally
4 Janet Kiefer Genie
5 Rebecca Melody Sioux
Cones VSE 1 Karen McCoy Loyd Bonnie Jeanne
2 Lani Piper Toby
3 Rita Nothstein Sammy
4 Carol McCoy Phineas
5 Camille Faith Running Creek's Bella Mia
Horse 1 Susie Haszelbart Shasta
2 Janet Keifer Genie
3 Barbara Nesse Be My Prince William
4 Claudia Wilson LPV Valentine
5 Rebecca Melody Sioux
Ground Drivers 1 Heike Bartlett Somewhere Doc's Lady Lily
2 June Ayers Rusty
3 Steven Scully Sabre
Fault and Out VSE 1 Karen McCoy Loyd Bonnie Jeanne
2 Lani Piper Toby
Horse 1 Claudia Wilson LPV Valentine
2 Susie Haszelbart Shasta
3 Ileen LoBue Centennial Nuget
4 Rebecca Melody Sioux
5 Kim Henson Festus
Ground Drivers 1 June Ayers Rusty
Pace 1 Barbara Nesse By My Prince William
2 Susie Haszelbart Shasta
3 Karen McCoy Loyd Bonnie Jeanne
4 Janet Keifer Genie
5 Carol McCoy Phineas
Blue Jeans Pleasure Show Report—by Toni Schmidt
We had another good, successful show this year. The weather was crisp in the morning, but turned nice and
warm by afternoon. Everybody looked like they were enjoying themselves and no one got hurt. There was an
actual crowd of people watching this year, too. I know most were friends and family, but still it was good to
see. We ran a little longer than I expected, but not too much. We even made a little money for the club and I
got rid of all the extra t-shirts I had from previous shows. The only real glitch I made was giving the keys to
the trailer back to Pat Lamprey and letting her leave before I unlocked the club trailer hitch lock. Luckily, Lani
Piper had a spare set and drove back out to rescue me.
My husband and I were out on Thursday measuring and marking the Pace course and I was back midday on
Friday setting up the office and starting to put up signage on the Pace before a couple of other people
showed up to set up the cones course. It was cold and drizzly in the afternoon, but it never actually rained
and it got done and measured in a reasonable time. We did have to contend with a big muddy spot just in-
side the white arena, but we just had everyone walk around it, shortened the arena with some cones and
made do.
We had a good, hardworking cadre of volunteers again this year. There were several people who just showed
up and started helping and their help was greatly appreciated. Most of my volunteers were family, friends
and friends of friends. There were a couple of club volunteers, but having a few more next year would help.
My friend Susan set up lunch this year again (after missing last year). We used the pavilion in the Polo Field
instead of setting up the tent. That worked well, but she missed seeing the horses in the ring classes. She
had to settle for watching the Cones classes and the Pace went around her.
This year we had five VSE, three large ponies, and eleven single horse entries. Three of our horse entries
were ground driving young horses getting them used to being around other horses and seeing something
different. Good for them! We had one mule this year and she came from Nebraska to play!
We offered five classes again this year. That seems to be a good number. Lauralie Taubenheim was our
judge, Jack Bloss was the Ring Steward, and Glen McGirr kept everyone coming in and out of the gate
properly. Working Pleasure and Reinsmanship are the two ring classes and work both the drivers and the
horses. There were nine horses in the horse division so they were broken up in the Working Pleasure class
just in case there were any horses not used to being in the ring with a lot of other horses. They performed
well enough that Lauralie had them all back in for Reinsmanship. She gave everyone a good long workout in
each class and then explained what went right and what went wrong to the competitors (not something you
will see at other shows).
There were two cones classes this year. For the first cones class I appropriated the cones course that was
used at the Vineyards Classic CDE in May. I removed four sets of cones and replaced them with an “L” obsta-
cle since obstacles in cones classes are not seen often and they are fun to drive. This was a fairly tough
course since it was originally intended to test advanced level CDE drivers. There were no double clear drives
and only a couple of people who drove with no time faults. The Fault and Out class was a subset
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of the main cones course. That might have worked better if I could have set up both courses, but we only
have so many cones. We will see what I plan for next year. I try to change out classes so people can see what
different ADS classes are like in case they go to another show and those classes are offered.
I traded out the log skid class this year for a Pleasure Pace that took drivers around the Polo Field, around
the pond and back around the Polo Field. This class ran throughout the day so competitors could take their
turn when they had time. That seemed to work out pretty well so we will probably try it again next year. There
may be some additional twists to it since I pared it down to be as easy as the rules allowed. I will need more
volunteers to make it more complicated since they will have to be out on the course.
I did not run out of ribbons this year, but did offer to “buy” ribbons back with horse treats and had some tak-
ers with that. I completely understand people wanting to keep those first ribbons, but I found that they be-
come less important after you fill a box or two with them. I don’t mind offering an alternative to those that
enjoy the game more than the ribbon. Everybody wins this way.
That was the show this year. This is a good show for beginners to try and for more experienced
drivers to test themselves. We aim for casual, fun, and informative and are getting better each year .
Pictures provided by Norb and Rita Nothstein
P a g e 5 D r i v i n g L i n e s
CDS Schedule for 2013 Please check the CDS website and monthly newsletter to confirm event details
D r i v i n g L i n e s P a g e 6
October 2013
October 26 Poker Run / Fun Day
Salisbury Equestrian Park
Parker, CO
November 2013
November 16 CDS Calendar Planning Meeting
310 Wilcox Street
Castle Rock, CO
December 2013
December 14 Parker Christmas Carriage Parade
Parker, CO
December 15 CDS Christmas Party
Golden Corral Buffett
15775 E Arapahoe Rd
Centennial, CO 80016
Event Organizers:
Please see information about organizing events (budgets, notification, etc.) on the CDS web site.
Please send results and a report about your event to the newsletter editor:
alsenzamici@q.com or
Al Senzamici
17005 Oak Brush Loop
Peyton CO 80831
Sending a few pictures is very desirable!
If you incur an expense that needs to be repaid out of the club’s checkbook you will need to provide a receipt.
There is a form available for this and we will have them at the membership meetings. We will also provide
copies in the Organizer’s Packet that we are putting together. Receipts are required to keep our books in
order.
Items that are donated require a receipt for the value of the item and the word “Donated” written on the
receipt for tax purposes. This can include judge’s fees if the person judging normally charges for their service.
Colorado Driving Society
co Nancy Rosenberg
34540 Columbine Trail East
Elizabeth, CO 80107
Board Members
Lani Piper 2013
Nancy Rosenberg 2013
Cyndi Pride 2014
Al Senzamici 2014
Ingo Wiedenhues 2014
Pat Lamprey 2015
Fred Wehrli 2015
Officers
President: Lani Piper (303) 909-7110
Vice-President: Fred Wehrli (303) 688-0553
Treasurer: Nancy Rosenberg (303) 243-1596
Secretary: Pat Lamprey (303) 429-7525
Committee Chairmen:
Equipment: Jim Rihanek (303) 841-4429
Event Coordinator: Pat Lamprey (303) 429-7525
Membership & Elections
Newsletter & Websites Al Senzamici (719) 749-2439
Marketing: Ingo Wiedenhues (303) 688-8685
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