ASAV Newsletter April 2012

American Shagya Arabian Verband Newsletter

April 2012

… ASAV Endurance Can Am All Breeds

Emporium … ASAV Member Stories

Ellen Olson &

SA Belshazzar


What a difference a functional team makes. April 14th I rode my Shagya Stet-son in the 50 mile Foxcatcher endurance ride in Maryland. In a field of about 70 horse and riders we finished 4th. The super cool part was being a member of a fully functional and hardworking team. Our team consisted of one horse and four adults, and we all had fun working to make it happen. I may not be qualified to speak for the horse, but based on the initiative and determination Stetson showed us, I think he had a blast. We have a team captain; she’s a very good leader. She has real leadership quali-ties. For one thing she is not overbear-ing. She rather guides the team gently in reasonable directions, often taking the time to explain the reasoning behind the action, and perhaps even providing a story that provides context. She cares about having every member “understand” the why of it. Being tactful is always important, but when you are working with volunteers and you want to have help in the future, being tactful and respectful, is the only winning approach. Being a good listener is also very im-portant. Pulling in and honestly consid-ering the perspectives of others helps a team grow and adapt and respond to a changing environment. This is neces-sary for a healthy fully functional team. Within ASAV, I feel one of my key roles as president is to help our leaders learn how to manage others and insure that everyone is treated with the respect they deserve. It truly is wonderful and heart-warming to work with ASAV’s members

and directors. I try to never forget they are not getting paid for their hard work. I have ridden a bunch of races where I had no crew at all. Knowing that you have a competent pit crew standing by ready to get my horse (and me) back into the condition the horse and rider need to be in at launch time is invaluable in com-petition. Also just knowing I had a fo-cused and competent crew, really helped my attitude as I was racking up the miles and “dealing with it” during the riding. Also, during post race review, the open brainstorming, the brainstorming that has nothing to do with ownership of a particu-lar idea, is a key factor in effectively managing. It is good to review, and healthy teams are not a place for egos to dwell. For me, the Foxcatcher experience was something I will always remember with fondness. Working for ASAV, like any worthwhile endeavor, has had its share of challenges, but the way I look at it, that is life. The way I see it, working through problems with the ASAV team is how we grow as an organization and become better at what we do – promote the Shagya breed. For me personally, ASAV is about helping build stronger teams. These are challenging times for any Shagya association. We need functional team members and leaders willing to team think through problems. So if you are not actively involved in ASAV, please contact your regional director and con-sider asking about joining an ASAV team. Become a member of this team. Brian….

Hello to all our Shagya friends,

On behalf of the ASAV Board of Direc-tors I would like to thank all our current members for their continued support dur-ing 2012. I believe our current member-ship number is a direct reflection of the current economic conditions here in the US. As with most organizations, fighting for membership dollars is a challenge and our number is not where we would like or hoped it would be this time of

year. I would like to encourage you (our membership) to talk with friends, extend-ed family members, horse event partici-pants, etc. about ASAV, the Shagya Ara-bian horse and encourage them to join us in our efforts to promote this wonder-ful breed.

ASAV has much planned for 2012 but membership dollars is our primary source of income to continue these pro-jects and/or events. One ongoing project is our effort to become recognized by the International Shagya organization (ISG). Costs associated with this effort include items such as producing a comprehen-sive stallion and mare book which must be created by computer. Obviously, hardware and software must be pur-chased to maintain and update these records. Participation at events to pro-mote the Shagya are funded through these membership fees. Maintaining our website is another example of organiza-tional costs.

As you can see to remain a viable organ-ization funding must be available. Your membership dollar affords us the ability to provide you with the service you ex-pect as well as continue the important task of promoting the Shagya Arabian horse. Should you have someone or some organization in mind that might be interested in what we are doing for this horse breed please contact me directly. You may have an idea that would benefit our efforts which we would love to hear from you. I will be most happy to make any contacts with your suggestions. You may reach me at [email protected] or by phone at 434-315-3401. You may also direct pro-spective members to our ASAV website www.shagyaregistry.com where they may join on-line or just visit our site.

ASAV wishes you a successful and fun

year with your Shagya horses. Please keep us informed of your activities and achievements because we want to publish this information.

Kind Regards,

Steve Boles,

ASAV Vice-President

President and Vice President’s Corner

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.shagyaregistry.com/


Ellen Olson and SA Belshazzar win winter FEI 160K in Florida December 22, 2011-www.horsereporter.com December 18, 2011~The Goeth Challenge Endurance Ride, the last FEI ride of 2011, was also the first ride of the 2012 United States Equestrian Federation year. Held at the Goethe State Forest west of Ocala, Florida, the December 17 competition included 80,120 & 160k divisions. Many endurance trainers from the cold north are taking their win-ter barns to this area to condition and compete in the tem-perate Florida climate. 160K CEI 3* On a day that saw temperatures at 75F (24C), 21 horse/riders took the trail in the 160K, 9 riding in the FEI Division. Ride Camp was located at the nearby Black Prong Eques-trian Center. Taking a break from her training position in Qatar, Ellen Olson took home the winning time and Best Condition on the Shagya, SA Belshazzar (Bayram x Jay El Tongafarah ox), in the 160 CEI3* with a ride time of 9:33 and an aver-age speed of 16.80kph. “Zar had a fantastic day,” said Olson. “This year he is the strongest yet of his career. We were near the front all day. Darolyn Butler and Valary Kanavy were in front positions as well. The trail was deep sand and very concussive road. There was actually a big turnout for each distance, over 100 riders for a one day ride.” Number two in was Alisija Zabavska-Granger riding for Lithuania on Dixieland Dude. They finished over an hour after the leader with a ride time of 10:46. Five FEI riders finished in the first five, number three being Stephen Rojek on Beaujolais in a ride time of 10:59 alongside stablemate, Soho, ridden by Kyle Gibbon. Last of the FEI riders to com-plete, number five was Cheryl Van Deusen on Precious Beaunita in 11:51. Kanavy on LM Parys was eliminated on loop four for lameness and Butler on DJB Santanas Chief was eliminated for metabolics. Six more Open riders com-pleted, the last with a ride time of 15:20. Helen Koehler, the president of Goethe Trail Inc., remarked about the 50 percent completion rate of the ride: “Some riders thought it might be easy because Florida is relatively flat, but they did not account for the toll taken on the horse by going through sand.” 120K 2*: Heather Reynolds riding nine year old, TA Tiran (Algonkwin x Tiranda) finished first in the 120K 2* with a

smooth six hour ride. To get Best Condition in her first com-petition after relocating the Reynolds Racing winter barn to Florida was a huge plus. Canada’s snow bird, Robert Gielen, finished only two minutes behind Reynolds on FC Galaxy, while Meg Sleeper on Syrcocco Harmony finished eight minutes later. The twenty-six riders that started in-cluded 11 in the FEI category which had a completion rate of 73%. Reynolds talked about her third loop on the trail: “Loop three was 10 miles. We rode with the lead group for the whole loop. Tiran was the first to recover so I had a few minutes lead. It was about 75 degrees out and decently high humidity. Tiran was doing great. I didn’t have crew to meet me for cooling so I would strip my saddle while the in – timer wrote on my card, throw the saddle down and then run on foot with Tiran to our crew area and pour two buck-ets on Tiran and then he would be down. 120 2* FEI Results: 1. Heather Reynolds, TA Tiran RT, 6:00; 2. Robert Gielen, (CAN)FC Galaxy, RT, 6:02 ; 3. Meg Sleeper, Syrocco Har-mony, RT, 6:10; 4. Kim Orr, FYF Dutch; 5. Nicki Meuten, Cashin In; 6. Lynn Kenelly, Fury; 7. Amy Atkins, Magical Mikada; 8. Mustafa Tehrani, (IND)Mister K, RT, 9:02 Jaber Al Marri of Qatar, riding in the Open came in with Tehrani. This was Al Marri’s first visit to the United States. The 80k 1* had forty-five riders start, eleven of them riding FEI, of which seven finished the ride. Cody Boysen owned the lead in this ride, finishing on Viktory Banner with a ride time 04:06. Jason Stasiuk on CJS Maverick was second in a ride time of 04:18 and won Best Condition, while Jeremy Reynolds riding Chanses finished with a ride time of 04:34, for third. The CEJY2* 120K started six riders. The first in was Kathe-rine Gardner on Reach for the Gold, finishing in 06:53. The number two finish, Mauricio Evans on Torpedo Master-piece, completed in 08:23. Four riders did not finish the ride including two who had just returned from competition for the USA in the Abu Dhabi Young Riders Endurance World Championship, Kelsey Kimbler and Mary Katherine Clark. The owners who support these young riders with excellent horses are to be congratulated. ~end NOTE: Zar and Ellen finished 9th at the USA selection tri-als. He was the only Shagya running. 46 horses started, 19 finished. Zar and Ellen also made the ‘long list’ for the USEF 2012 FEI World Endurance Championships. (list pending final USEF approval as of 4/10/2012)

Cover Story


My First Endurance Ride with LCR Seredy by Steve Boles

On 3/23/2012, I attempted my first endurance ride at Red Barn Run in Georgia riding our Shagya mare LCR Seredy aka “Big Momma”. After giving us a really nice colt in June, it was not until weaning in late November that we began some conditioning and learning about each other. With what I would term as minimal condition-ing I was somewhat apprehensive with the high temper-ature and high humidity expected in GA. so early in the season as Seredy is a big mare at 16.2 hands and large bodied. I did trim her long coat to help with cooling. I would be riding with good friend Lyle Capps and his su-per mare Silveress who had just completed 11 or 12 50-mile rides on the 2011 Pony Express XP Ride. Our ride plan was to take 11 hours to get Seredy accustomed to being out for long periods of time. Ride morning was cooler but sticky and heating up quickly. I could not believe how relaxed and easy Seredy was as this was her first long trip, camping, and being around lots of strange horses milling around. We went out in the back and began slowly at the trot. Loops were 15, 10, 15, 10 with mostly sand surface and some dirt packed roads. Seredy worked steady in the lead or be-hind Silveress and seemed to enjoy her surroundings. She did not like other horses passing her which was an interesting personality I had not seen. I corrected her each time and she began to accept this as time went by. Fortunately, there was plenty of water along the trail and she drank well at every stop. We grazed periodically which she always likes! At the first vet check Seredy was in great shape except she refused to trot out which was shocking to me. It was clear she was just refusing to trot and with some shooing from the vets she finally said OK! This continued at each vet check and was very perplexing so it is something we will be working on before the next ride. I attributed it to her being in full blown heat at the time and it was just a “mare moment”. Each vet check went well with all A’s except her impulsion score for refusing to trot each time. We were able to get enough trot to show she was fine with no lameness issues. By the end of the ride I could tell Seredy was tired but she always gave me a trot or little canter when I asked and would lead or follow any-time I asked. I couldn’t have been more pleased with her easy attitude, willingness to move, and determination to complete the ride. She was in great shape at the end with all A’s again and she only lost 35 pounds on such a hot and humid day.

All in all Seredy showed all the traits I have been told and have come to know with the Shagya breed. She showed determination, steadiness, an ability to take care of herself, and sensible responses to what I asked of her with no fuss or fighting. I am looking forward to her next ride in 3 weeks at the Sandhills Spring Fling. Even though I am not expecting a top 10 finish with Seredy I am certain I will get a pleasurable ride with a completion and a horse in better condition. I could not be happier with this Shagya and I look forward to many, many miles in the future.

Endurance News

Inside this issue: Letters from the President & VP 1

Cover Story 2

Endurance News 3

Member Stories 5

Contact ASAV 12

Advertising 13


ASAV CHAMPIONS HIGH MILAGE AWARD and AERC HIGH MILEAGE SHAGYA: Ninja PFF (Sarvar x Nadeja ox) 605 miles 1303 DV points 790 OA Bred by Nancy Skakel, owned and ridden by Dale Scoville. Awarded membership in the elite HMSS - Hundred Mile Shagya Society. ASAV RESERVE HIGH MILEAGE CHAMPION: Wineglass Debonair (Budapest* x Wine Bint Darnefti ox) 485 miles 1021 DV points 491 OA Bred by Linda Rudolphi, owned and ridden by Chris Power. ASAV HIGH POINT CHAMPION and AERC HIGH POINT SHAGYA: SA Belshazzar (Bayram x Jayel Tongafarah ox) 425 miles 1335 DV points 1216 OA Bred and owned by Daunna Sellers, ridden by Ellen Olson and Sonja Roberts HMSS - HUNDRED MILE SHAGYA SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP AWARD: *KS Rubin (Paris x Rasga ox) 200 miles 665 DV points 390 OA Bred by Hans Gunther Schmidt, owned by Katherine Voyer, ridden by Dean Zahn

HMSS and AERC awards were presented at the AERC Convention held March 8-9 in Reno, Nevada.

History of the HMSS coming in the next issue!

Endurance News


Love those Shagyas by Kathy Blood-Johnson

This is Lily Creek Ciara on the left and Lily Creek Believers Journey on the right. Ciara is out of Shagya stallion Sarvar and Lily is out of Lily Creek Bataan out of Ba-hadur.

Getting a Good Start by Diann Monroe Marksberry

I wanted to show everyone what my Shagya has been up to - starting young riders out right! This is SA Grux and his friend Alex after a les-son. Grux is by Bayram, out of SA Gienah, bred by Daunna Sellers of Sun Arabs in Verona, Kentucky.

Member Stories


2011 "Just Do It" Versatility Champion

Thea (Ghandi x Misty)

She rides, drives and does the halter.

Member Stories


Member Stories

SHAGYA DISPLAY AND STALLION PRESENTATION AT “CAN AM ALL BREEDS EMPORIUM” by Chris Evans

The annual Can Am All Breeds Emporium at Western Fair grounds in London Ontario was held on St. Pat-rick’s Day weekend, March 16, 17, and 18.

With over 30 clinics and demonstrations, we simply don’t have enough Shagyas in Ontario to participate in the all-breed competitions. With that in mind, the obvious approach is to introduce people to the breed so that we can build a future and stronger base of support for our Shagya Arabian horses.

So Shannon McCracken of Stirling Ontario decided it was time to promote both her imported Shagya stallion Olivero ( Taib Gazlan – Obeya, by Navarra) and introduce the breed at the same time. Shannon and Georgie Jones of Rohan Meadows Trakehners and Sport Horses , spent the winter months ( which felt more like spring in Ontario this year) preparing for the London All Breed show and their Stallion Avenue 4 x daily presentations.

As the photos will indicate, Shannon and Georgie tastefully prepared matching red/black/white “Shagya Ara-ber” logos for the stallion stall, our comfy folding black lawn chairs, saddle cloth and booth panels. One side of the back panel was an attractive e collection of Shagya photos including Oman, Puschkin , Hungares, Ba-hadur and of course Olivero, and also his first foal Sahara SM. Famous sporthorses from Shagya lines com-pleted the opposite side with Habicht, Windfall, White Girl, Peron, Gallion, Rembrandt, Condus and Ramzes.

Georgie Jones (left) and Shannon McCracken Shannon and Georgie had also provided matching Shagya polo shirts and caps to continue this very professional presentation.


Member Stories

From our experience at the promotional booth last fall at the Arabian Sport Horse Nationals it was anticipated that a similar promotion in Canada would meet with similar reactions : “ What is a Shagya? “. This, again, was the common theme so Shannon, Georgie and I spent most of the three days speaking with everyone that dropped by that expressed interest in the breed and Olivero himself. The show has become predominantly Western themed with many Quarter Horses and Paints although there were representatives for the Friesian, Thoroughbred, Miniature, Mustang, Canadian, Gypsy Vanner, Morgan, Curly and Haflinger breeds along with our sole Shagya, Olivero.

While Arabian owners and breeders dropped by, very few had even heard of the Shagya, although they were familiar with so many of the Arabian bloodlines used in the formative years in Austro-Hungary and the modern use of many Arabian horses. One enquiring gentleman was very much familiar with the Shagya and its’ lines. He introduced himself as Peter Cameron. From there he needed to offer no further explanation as he is THE most renowned and respected Arabian judge in North America – perhaps the world! Quite the honour to have been privileged with his visit to our first ever Shagya presentation in Canada ! Mr. Cameron , viewing Oli-vero’s ring presentation, willingly expressed his opinion that this Shagya stallion would make a great cross for anyone looking for an endurance or sport horse, especially noting the substance and bone.

Olivero (wishing he was home) ( or eyeing the Curly mare) Some visitors DID recognize the breed from their general horse interest and reading. . One actually said she had come to the Can Am specifically to see her first Shagya , as she had seen the exhibitor list and noticed the Shagya inclusion. Another gentleman had ridden at Pompadour in France where the speciality is the Anglo Arabian , therefore he had a keen interest in and appreciation of the European breeding programmes. President of the national ATV/motorcycle company KYMCO Canada, Walter Heilman became smitten with Olivero and the breed that also has roots in his home-land within the former Yugoslavia. The day may soon come where he trades in his cycle for a quieter ride!


Member Stories In conclusion Shannon McCracken is to be congratulated for her excellent effort and representation for the Shagya Arabian breed. Olivero must also be commended for his professional conduct and behaviour as a calm, well dispositioned mature breeding stallion. This was his FIRST appearance in Canada outside his home paddock ! On the chance that our Quarter Horse stallion exhibitors surrounding us at the show will not see this Newsletter, I’ll add that Olivero’s demeanor and temperament in the ring presentations really put the-se successful (even world champion class) horses to shame. It is no exaggeration to say that Olivero abso-lutely showed the class of the Shagya Arabian when compared to many of the most successful horses in North American show rings. Side note: an “up and coming’ horse whisperer, Brittany Bu-chanan of www.EquineLingo.com put on very impressive clinics dealing with horses, and she said that Olivero might be the best young stallion in disposition that she has ever handled. Brittany’s home is near Ottawa, Ontario, but very worthwhile for any horse behavioral clinics or require-ments. (Just a tip before she be-comes world famous!) Time to go home. Where is my trailer?

Epilogue: This endeavour went so well that plans are al-ready in the works to follow this up with an Oli-vero and Shagya booth presentation at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto in November. This event is one of the premiere horse shows in North America with Olympic/World Cup riders and horses, so it annually attracts the cream of the English and Sport Horse disciplines. We can’t wait!

http://www.equinelingo/


Member Stories

Just returned from the AERC convention. We had a wonderful time connecting with friends. The lectures were, as usual, superior. I love the physiology stuff. Dale received acknowledgement for his ASAV Distance award which will be mailed to him. Thank you ASAV. We are blessed to have Ninja PFF in our lives. by Judith Moore

Mirbat Mystic 2010 Shagya Filly (Bayram x Mirbat Cinnamon (ox)

Mystic turned two on April 9. She is growing into a beautiful, BIG, mare with a lovely eye, excellent movement and tons of attitude - just the way we like 'em :)

by Julie Jackson-Biegert


Member Stories

ASAV Riding Workshop by Diann Monroe Marksberry Our regional ASAV group had a riding workshop at Sun Arabs in Verona, Kentucky with BOD Darlene Steven instructing.

SA Eclipse (Bayram x Midnight Ecstasy ox) ridden by Sarah Williams

Maven - by Lori Baker

I picked her up as a yearling about 5 years ago. She was very thin, wormy and bad feet - she jumped right into my trailer and we have been bonded ever since. She is a brave mare and would be an awesome cart horse! Maven is Matea's favorite horse on the farm ;-)


ASAV Contact Information/Board of Directors ASAV Corporate Mailing Address:

ASAV - American Shagya Arabian Verband PO Box 168 Finchville, KY 40022, USA

Email: [email protected]

ASAV Registrar:

ASAV - American Shagya Arabian Verband 15918 Porter Road Verona, KY 41092, USA

ASAV Membership Services:

ASAV - American Shagya Arabian Verband 669 School Road Dillwyn, VA 23936, USA

ASAV Treasurer:

ASAV - American Shagya Arabian Verband 15918 Porter Road Verona, KY 41092, USA

ASAV Newsletter Submissions: [email protected]

SAV-President: Brian Coss [email protected]

Vice-President: Steve Boles [email protected]

BOD Founding Members: Daunna Sellers [email protected]

Darlene Steven [email protected]

Regional Directors:* (information about regions below)

Region 1 North: Donna Coss [email protected]

Region 2 South: Brian Coss [email protected]

Region 3 Pacific: Karla Kerekes [email protected]

Region 4 West: Potato Richardson [email protected]

Region 5 International Chris Evans [email protected]

ASAV-Officers:

Secretary: Diann Marksberry [email protected]

Registrar: Daunna Sellers [email protected]

Treasurer: Elisha Moorehead [email protected]

Membership Chair: Steve Boles [email protected]

Promotions Editor: Donna Coss [email protected]

Newsletter Editor: NL Committee [email protected], [email protected]

Web-Master:

Youth-Program:

Breeding Committee: Daunna Sellers [email protected]

Darlene Steven [email protected]

Irene Noll [email protected]

Chris Evans [email protected]

*ASAV-Regions:

Region 1 North: New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maine, Connecticut , Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota,

Michigan ,Rhode Island, Maryland, Delaware, Vermont, Massachusetts, District of Columbia

Region 2 South: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, West Virginia

Region 3 Pacific: Washington, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Iowa, Oregon, Nebraska, Idaho,

Region 4 West: California, Arizona, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii Kansas Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri

Region 5 International Canada, International




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