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ChampionReview by Nancy Brannon

everyone needs a heartwarming story forthe holidays, and for horse folks, it’s hard tofind a better classic than elizabeth letts’ storyof legendary rider and trainer Harry de leyerand his rescue of a horse headed for the slaugh-terhouse. one horse show at a time and againstextraordinary odds, the pair rose to the very topof the sport of show jumping

if you’ve read the book, it’s time to re-readit in anticipation of the documentary film“Harry and snowman,” coming out in 2015,distributed by docutainment films of welling-ton, florida.

Born in st. oedenrode, Holland, Harry andhis wife immigrated to the u.s. right afterworld war ii, with only $160 and Harry’samazing horsemanship skills. soon Harry wasthe riding instructor at the knox school in Newyork, an upper class girls’ school.

Harry often went to horse auctions, lookingfor inexpensive horses that he could train foruse in the riding school. the night he foundsnowman, he was late getting to the auctionand the only horses left to choose from werethose already bought by the “killer buyer.”when Harry looked him in the eye, he sawsomething extraordinary –a spark of life, ofbravery, of quiet confidence. “the horsestretched out his neck and blew a soft greet-ing.” (p. 7) so for all the $80 Harry had, thehorse became his. later that evening when thehorse was delivered to his farm and unloadedfrom the trailer, “snow drifted down, leaving adusting across his broad haunches.” Harry’s 4-year-old daughter chimed out, “look, daddy,he has snow all over him. He looks just like asnowman.” All agreed the horse would benamed snowman.

the horse was always cool, calm and noth-ing rattled him. He was the perfect school horseat the knox school, and, in addition, could eas-ily carry all the de leyer children swimming inthe pond in the summertime, where they usedhis rump as a diving board.

when Harry’s neighbor dr. rugen needed aquiet, dependable horse, he sold snowman for$160, with the stipulation that if the dr. everwanted to part with the horse, Harry wouldhave the option to buy him back.

Not long after the sale, snowman began es-caping from dr. rugen’s pasture, returning toHarry’s stableyard. After returning him numer-ous times, one morning Harry found snowmanback standing in the middle of the stable court-yard, dragging behind him a big rubber tirewith a piece of board ripped from the pasturefence. “there was no mistaking the pride in thehorse’s eyes. ...there is one thing no horsemancan ever put a price on and that is heart.”

recognizing the horse’s innate jumping tal-ent, Harry set out to properly train him to jump.But he was klutzy over ground poles and sim-ple cavaletti. one day on a dare from a stablehand, Harry jumped snowman over a course offour-foot jumps, which the horse sailed overwith room to spare. snowman could fly!

Harry continued schooling snowman overthe larger jumps and soon took the horse to hisfirst horse show. Harry always surprised,amazed, and usually bested his competitors ontheir expensive thoroughbreds. snowmansoon developed a following of horse show fansafter journalist marie lafrenz captured theessence of the horse in her Herald Tribune ar-ticle “the Cinderella Horse.”

only two years after his rescue, snowmanwon the 1958 horse show triple Crown — theAmerican Horse shows Association Horse ofthe year, Professional Horseman’s AssociationChampion, and Champion of madison squareGarden’s diamond Jubilee. the following year,he was again the American Horse shows As-sociation Horse of the year and ProfessionalHorseman’s Association Champion.

elizabeth letts keeps readers spellboundwith her details of each competition, mesmer-izing them into hopeful anticipation of anotherwin for the amazing horse, despite various set-backs. it’s not only a story of a great horse, it’sjust as much a story about a great horseman andhis very empathetic method of training horsesto bring out their best.

interspersed are well-research details of thehistorical, political, and social circumstancesof the times. she gives important backgroundinformation to set the context and the scene forthe events in de leyer’s and snowman’s life.the reader will recognize many famous namesin the show jumping world, including olympicchampions, many of whom are still ridingand/or teaching riding today.

snowman retired from competition in 1962,and in 1969, he was escorted into the newmadison square Garden at the National Horseshow for his retirement ceremony. “As Harrywalked into the ring, leading his beloved horse,he remembered every step along the way, eachimage of snowman… But the strongest imagewas from that first moment on the slaughtertruck, when something in the horse’s expres-sion caught his eye.”

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webb wilson was at the Booksellers at laurelwoodnear the end of october signing her photographybook: Well Seasoned: Savoring Life's Lessons. in hernewly published collage of photographs and essays,wilson chronicles the seasons of life illuminated byher unconventional take on the seasons of the year. “As a nature photographer i have agreat deal of wildlife in my portfolio (check out www.hawkeyenature.com). However,in Well Seasoned there are more scenic shots than animals, though there are some,” shesaid. Well Seasoned shares the author’s abundant gratitude for the sudden surprises andunexpected joys revealed in nature's seasons, her own passing seasons, and the count-less miracles her camera captures.

Becky wilson is an avid traveler and professional nature photographer who hasclimbed mt. kilimanjaro, the swiss Alps part of the Haute route, and the inca trail tomachu Picchu. she began her love affair with travel when, after college graduation, shebecame a stewardess with Pan American world Airways and flew all over the world.After a brief stint as a realtor, rebecca attended law school at the university of mem-phis and served several years as an Assistant u. s. Attorney. following that career andafter the birth of her fourth child, she became involved with the memphis Zoological so-ciety in its efforts to remodel and revitalize its facility. in 1988, she founded a youth lead-ership program in memphis called Bridge Builders, which to date has had 21,000participants from all public, private, and parochial schools in shelby County. A gradu-ate of vanderbilt university, she serves as a member of its Board of trust. she alsoserves on the board of directors of Baptist memorial Health Care Corporation. one ofmemphis woman magazine's 50 women who make a difference, she received the leg-ends Award from the women's foundation for a Greater memphis in 2010.

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horse health careask The Veterinarian

By: Sarah Cates, DVM

Do you have questions about your horse’s health? The

veterinarians at Full Circle Equine Services – Drs. Kakki

Wright, Sarah Cates, and Ellen Yungmeyer – answer your

questions. Submit your questions to their Facebook page,

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CircleEq). Those that aren’t selected for publication in

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Q: I always hear that you have to feed your horse

more during cold weather. Is this true? Should I just

feed more sweet feed?

A: As the seasons change, your horse’s dietary needs

change, too. As the temperature decreases, increased en-ergy is needed to maintain your horse’s temperature andbody condition. the lowest critical temperature (lCt) isthe lowest ambient temperature at which a horse does notrequire additional feed to maintain body temperature. thelCt for a horse with a heavy winter coat is 30˚f and 50˚fwith a moderate coat. the lCt increases to 60˚f with ashort coat or one that is wet.

An average horse should be consuming 2-3% of his/herbody weight in feed (includes both hay and concentrates)a day. if you are feeding your 1,000-pound Quarter Horse(that has a moderate hair coat) 2% of his body weight inforage, this is 20 pounds of hay daily. for every 10˚fbelow lCt, hay intake should be increased by 2 pounds.for example, if the temperature decreases to 30˚f, yourhorse now needs an additional 4 pounds of hay for a totalof 24 pounds daily. if the temperature is 30˚f and it’sraining, your horse needs an additional 6 pounds of hayfor a total of 26 pounds. while sweet feed is caloricallydense, it is less effective than hay at keeping your horsewarm due to the way it is digested. the process of hind-gut fermentation of forages will produce the heat thathelps keep your horse warm during the winter months.

Q: Why does it seem like horses colic more in the

winter? Is there anything I can do to prevent this?

A: the increase of colic events can be attributed to sev-eral things. when the ambient temperature drops, manyhorses decrease the amount of water they drink a day. Ad-ditionally, many horses are transitioning from a grass dietthat is high in moisture to a hay diet that is low in mois-ture. water buckets have the potential to freeze, leavinghorses without water until the problem is remedied. Anyof these reasons can cause a decrease in hydration andsubsequently an impaction colic.

most horses will drink approximately 7-10 gallons ofwater a day. like people, this amount varies from horseto horse. it is important for you to establish a baseline of

what is a “normal” amount of water for your horse todrink so you know what is abnormal. Always ensure thatyour horse has access to clean, fresh and unfrozen water.if your horses are outside, ensure that they have a clearpath to the water trough. water can be added to theirgrain/concentrate to make a mash and to help increase theamount of water they consume. Additionally, ensure ac-cess to a salt/mineral block or add a teaspoon of salt totheir feed daily to encourage water intake.

Q: I have a 28 year old Thoroughbred gelding that

is a hard keeper; how can I make sure he doesn’t lose

any more weight over the winter?

A: talk with your veterinarian to ensure your geldinghas no underlying disease processes that are responsiblefor his being a hard keeper, including a thorough dentalexam. the foundation of a good equine diet is high qual-ity forage. due to poor dentition, many older horses arenot able to utilize forage as well as younger horses. Be-cause of this, many older horses thrive on a senior feedthat is a “complete feed” - a completely balanced diet thatincludes high-quality fiber. if needed, a complete feedcan replace all the hay in your horse’s diet. Always ensurethat you are following the recommendations on the bag toensure your horse is getting all the nutrients he needs. Ad-ditional calories can be added to the diet in the form of afat supplement.

i always recommend blanketing thinner, older horses incold weather. they have less natural insulation and some-times their hair coats are not as good - two things that areimportant in keeping a horse warm. the blanket will helpkeep them warm so they do not have to expend as muchenergy towards warmth and will, hopefully, not lose con-dition over winter. As always, it is very important to takeyour horse’s blanket off and assess their condition daily.it is common for people to not look under their horse’sblankets until spring and have the unfortunate surprise offinding their horse has lost substantial weight over winter.

Full Circle Equine

Autumn PartyBy Nancy Brannon, Ph.D.

“After 24 years running up and down this road” alone,kakki wright, dvm said, she has expanded her staff ofveterinarians, vet-techs, and secretary to “come full cir-cle,” improving health care services to all her equine pa-tients and their owners. the November 1st, 2014 partywas a celebration of not only the expanded staff and serv-ices, but also the newly expanded and improved physicalfacility. the barn has been doubled in size and lots of newtech equipment added for better diagnostics and treat-ment. wright is well-pleased with her staff, facility, andthe breathing space it allows her to now have time to takeher daughter kali to horse shows and to do a little horseshowing herself. Her veterinary clinic is still plenty busy,but the work load is not as stressful.

the first cold snap and bit of frost didn’t keep clients,friends, and well-wishers away from seeing the clinic,meeting the staff, and enjoying the food and festivities.the Hog wild/A moveable feast cooks brought varioussavory hors d'oeuvres and hot cider to warm guests, ameal completed by some of the best bread pudding andhot coffee that one could ever find in the south. musiciansrobby davis and Bob Boccia provided their personalizedblend of rock n’ roll favorites, as guests met new friendsand chatted with old ones.

when interviewing potential veterinarians for her staff,some followed her around the clinic, wright said, but she

was impressed with ellen yungmeyer and sarah Cates,“who walked shoulder to shoulder with me.” wright wenton to describe the difference in personalities of her twonew veterinarians to her guests. she described Cates asvery outgoing and ellen yungmeyer as more soft-spoken,so each offers a different kind of personality that appealsto a variety of wright’s clients; some connect with sarahand some connect with ellen.

sarah was delighting in the “crisp” cool evening’s air,since she is originally from Cincinnati, ohio and shecame to the memphis area from wisconsin. Her equineexperience includes 4-H, trail riding, and working withthoroughbred race horses at the university of kentucky,lexington and their breeding programs, including foal-ing mares and working with foals. Her specialty interestsare in performance horse medicine and emergency med-icine.

ellen yungmeyer is the southerner of the team, grow-ing up in east tennessee and graduating from the uni-versity of tennessee College of veterinary medicine.she then spent time at mississippi state university, com-pleting an internship in equine medicine and surgery.[wright is a graduate of mississippi state College of vet-erinary medicine (1990).] yungmeyer’s specialty inter-ests are lameness, “eyes,” foal care – neonatology, and“scoping,” i.e., endoscopy and gastroscopy. one of themusicians got a “kick” out of ellen’s comments aboutbeing interested in “scoping” and “eyes.”

wright praised all her staff and pointed out Nora landas always being ready for the next task. Nora is often seenat neighbor Ann kimberlin’s farm and at nearly everyNashoba Carriage driving event. land has been describedas one of Nashoba’s most talented Junior drivers, and she

often helps neighboring veterinarian and drivers dr. ruthand Joanna wilburn with their talented rollingwoodsponies.

full Circle equine services offers a wide range ofequine health care – from diagnostics to enhanced treat-ment tools, plus offers guides to horse owners about howto better care for their horses. for more information onservices, staff, and care guides, visit the website:http://www.fullcircleequineservice.com/

Cold Weather

Nutrition


Equine Lameness and

Emergency Care A clinic with Jennifer Dunlap, DVM, and

Daniel Bishop, AFA certified farrierBy Dana Shah Bishop

on November 10, 2014, the eads Civic Center on washington street in “downtown”eads, tN was packed, as over 60 people came to hear veterinarian dr. Jennifer dunlapand AfA Certified farrier daniel Bishop discuss emergency care for horses and howveterinarians and farriers work together to develop solutions for lameness in horses.

dr. dunlap began the evening’s program with a synopsis on equine emergency care;what should be included in an equine first aid kit; what every horse owner should havewith them when handling horses; and how to handle horses in various situations. shegave examples of emergencies that could be encountered when trailering your horse,trail riding, or just accidents on your farm. she discussed the “does and don’ts” of Ba-namine, and Banamine paste versus oral or iv. she stressed the importance of vacci-nations for protecting your horse from disease; the importance of not sharing communitywater troughs with horses that are not yours. she emphasized knowing your horse –what are your horse’s normal behaviors and signs of irregular behavior. she describedthe signs of colic and prescribed what to do and what not to do in colic situations. forexample, some people think that continuous walking is the thing to do to relieve colicpain, but in reality, that tires and stresses the horse. in fact, continuous walking of ahorse in colic is detrimental because the blood is being pulled from the digestive trackto the fatigued muscles instead of where it needs to be flowing.

daniel Bishop talked about the importance of farrier and veterinarian relationships.He discussed several lameness situations: laminitis, founder, hoof lacerations, ab-scesses, and white line disease, and then described treatments and the shoeing tech-niques for all these lamenesses.

At the seminar, snacks and drinks were served and there was a raffle at the end of thediscussion. this was a huge hit! leather halters, first Aid kits, equine treats, farrierservices, veterinarian services, and photography services were just a few of the items do-nated. look for more of these types of clinics coming 2015!

About the presenters:daniel Bishop is a graduate of the eastern school of farrier science in martinsville,

virginia and is a certified farrier with over 18 years of experience. He continues his far-rier studies by completing 50 hours of continuing education each year. daniel appren-ticed with well-know international Horseshoers Hall of fame inductee mr. lim Couch.

throughout daniel’s education and the tutelage by mr. Couch, daniel became skilledin the mechanics is therapeutic horseshoeing. daniel fabricates specialty shoes, bracesand equipment not only for hoof problems, but also for leg and neck injuries and has as-sisted in a variety of hoof-related surgeries. for some horses, his methods employ Glue-on and drill tech methods, in addition to regular shoeing and trimming. most of daniel'swork focuses on performance horses.

dr. Jennifer dunlap holds a doctorate of veterinary medicine from tufts universityschool of veterinary medicine in Boston, mA, which is renowned for its equine sportsmedicine program. dr. dunlap completed her residency at university of tennessee inequine surgery, where she was named resident of the year twice. Her internship and sur-gical residency following graduation allowed her to gain advanced training in all as-pects of lameness – from the exam to specialized diagnostics, such as nuclearscintigraphy (bone scan) to arthroscopic surgery.

dr. dunlap is a member of the American veterinary medical Association, AmericanAssociation of equine Practitioners, and veterinary emergency and Critical Care soci-ety. she is also a breeder of sport horses.

for more information, contact dunlap equine services at 901-463-0937 or danielBishop Horseshoeing at (Cf) 901-292-4955.


T.E.H. Client

Appreciation

SeminarArticle by Allison A. Rehnborg

on November 13, 2014 approximately 300 peoplegathered at the tennessee equine Hospital (t.e.H.) inthompson’s station, tennessee, for the t.e.H. AnnualClient Appreciation seminar. the spacious main barn wasdecked out with buffet tables, an open bar, a live band,and a dance floor. friends, clients, and the veterinariansand staff of the hospital filled the barn, chatting, eating,drinking, and dancing. musicians serenaded diners in thebarn, while equine business reps greeted visitors in thehospital lobby with fun giveaways. Partygoers also bidon silent auction items for take the reins, an equine-as-sisted therapeutic riding center serving children with spe-cial needs.

the client education portion of the evening, in the sem-inar room, featured marylu ernsting of kinetic vet andsarah Carty of take the reins. Before ernsting took thestage, Allison Gilbert, t.e.H. director of community de-velopment delivered an exciting update on tennesseeequine Hospital memphis.

t.e.H. is building a new satellite hospital in Arlington,tennessee, which Gilbert described as a chance for t.e.Hto expand “one team into two locations.” once it opens,t.e.H. memphis will offer advanced diagnostics andemergency care 24/7, housing a full complement of vet-erinarians, technicians, and support staff. while still underconstruction, two full-time t.e.H. vets are already work-ing as ambulatory vets in west tennessee. drs. Zach

Bruggen and rilla reese-Hanks both completed their in-ternships at t.e.H. in preparation for working full-time att.e.H. memphis. dr. reese-Hanks is a certified acupunc-turist, but also promotes equine wellness through tradi-tional medicine. dr. Bruggen works in lameness,reproduction, chiropractics, and general health and well-ness.

marylu ernsting, a representative from kinetic vet,presented a lecture on equine skin disorders and shared afew of kinetic vet’s topical products for skin problems.

“equine skin problems are the second most commondisorder we call our veterinarians for,” ernsting said.“the skin is the largest and most visible organ on thehorse, and yet there’s a limited number of products de-signed especially for equine dermatology on the markettoday.”

ernsting said horse owners often depend on “shotguntherapy” for treating equine skin disorders, trying thissalve and that spray in an attempt to rid their horses ofrain rot, hives, and fungal skin conditions like ringworm.But many of these treatments either don’t work well ordon’t work at all, leaving horse and owner miserable. ki-netic vet, a privately-owned animal health manufacturerbased in lexington, ky, offers equine dermatology prod-ucts for specific diseases. the two veterinarian brotherowners, drs. scott and stuart Pierce, oversee the researchand development of equine dermatology products.

ernsting described various equine skin disorders, frombacterial infections, like rain rot and scratches, to fungalskin conditions, like ringworm, and allergic skin disor-ders, such as insect bite hypersensitivity. since a properdiagnosis of a skin disorder is the first step, ernsting en-couraged the audience to get their veterinarians involvedas quickly as possible to diagnose the skin disorder. “mostskin diseases clear up more quickly with early diagnosisand treatment,” ernsting said.

kinetic vet’s dermatological products are typicallyavailable by prescription only. ernsting presented severalproducts to the audience, including vetasan (4%chlorhexidine), a shampoo and salve similar to Nolvasan;equishield Ck (2% chlorhexidine and 1% ketoconazole),a treatment for fungal diseases; and equishield ir spray,designed to treat allergic skin conditions.

in the second presentation of the evening sarah Carty,vice president of take the reins, described how theequine-assisted therapeutic riding program began as achurch ministry in 2011 and then quickly expanded, earn-ing its nonprofit status in 2013. Based at Bending treefarms in thompson’s station, tN and founded by farmowners Jerry and sharon Clement, the PAtH-certifiedcenter is designed for children aged 4 to 18, and is openthree days a week, serving the 25 children currently en-rolled.

“we serve physically, intellectually, emotionally, andmedically challenged children,” Carty said. “right now,we have 25 kids, 50 parents, and 40 volunteers involved.we’re serving over 100 people in williamson, ruther-ford, and surrounding counties.”

since take the reins is nonprofit, Carty explained thatall donations fund programming and care for the tenhorses in the therapeutic riding program. the center hopesto raise enough money to finish enclosing the outdoorarena at the farm, since last winter, the children missed alot of riding lessons due to cold, rainy weather and amuddy outdoor arena. the center was able to partiallyroof the arena this summer, but the Clements and Cartywant the arena roof finished this winter. Proceeds fromthe evening’s silent auction went towards completing thatproject.

visit their website, www.tnequinehospital.com, ortheir facebook page, www.facebook.com/tnequinehospi-tal, for updates on next year’s educational lecture series.


Dirty Harness

Fun DayBy Kate Bushman

marianna Cramer hosted a “dirty Harness fun day”for middle tennessee Carriage Club near her farm inCastalian springs, tennessee on saturday, october 18th.there were ten carriage turnouts attending the event,pulled by an array of equines from minis to warmbloods,single and pairs. there was also a good complement ofmembers and interested people on foot. the weather waswarm and sunny for the driving portion of the day, andall agreed that Cramer’s farm is a fantastic place to haveany size event! A special treat was to see Johnny ruhldriving his own pony – we so often just see him sorting

out other people’s driving projects.kate Bushman and kathleen Carey-Plock set up a

cones course in the roomy arena, complete with bleachersfor the on-foot folks. several Combined driving type ob-stacles were set up using round bales of hay and a natu-ral pine grove. there were about 200 acres to drive overat our leisure – all freshly mown and remarkably bumpfree. to encourage people to explore the full extent of theproperty, the drivers had to gather four wrapped playingcards along the driving route, with a fifth card given outat lunch. As everyone headed back to the barn, there wasa mock pleasure class in the ring to help acclimate someof the green horses to being driven in a group. Anyonewho wanted to try their hand at the timed cones coursegot a chance to make a run through before lunch.

By the time a huge potluck lunch was being laid, theweather started clouding up and we added jackets to ourattire. kate handed out the final poker run card and the

winner, determined by the best poker hand, received avery nice new canvas tote bag embroidered with themtCC logo.

After a brief club meeting, discussing how mtCC hashad a great “come back” year, we decided we should doit all again in 2015 with much of the same events as in2014 being planned. All these events take a lot of plan-ning and volunteers to make them a success. so, please,if you have time or skills that you can to offer to the club,please let kate Bushman know.

the club thanks marianna Cramer for hosting a greatplay day. find out more about the activities of the middletennessee Carriage Club at: www.midtenncarriage-club.org

Linda Sherrer driving her Shetland pony Johnny Ruhl with his Dartmoor pony Linda Grimes negotiating the cones course

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Harvest Time

ShowBeautiful fall weather provided the per-

fect setting as west tennessee HunterJumper Association finished its 2014 showseason November 6-9 with the usef Arated Harvest time show. Highlighting theweekend’s classes were the $15,0001.15m Jumper Classic and the $1,500david Q. wright equitation Classic. Apro-pos for fall weather was a saturdayevening Chili Cook-off to complement thesaturday night classes under the lights.the fences décor carried out the Harvesttime theme with lots of fall plants, strawbales, and pumpkins.

the show drew over 130 entries, a greatturnout to complete the show season.Judges for the hunters and hunt seat equi-tation were walter J. lee of keswick, vAand mindy Coleman of College Grove,tN. Judging the jumpers was Paul sulli-van of mounds, ok, who was also one ofthe announcers for the show.

Junior Hunter Champion was Abigailsellers and tee time, with liz Capocac-cia and Calett 3 in reserve. Addison Bihmand forever were the Junior Hunter 3’3”Champions, with Colleen mcNorton andArgent as reserve.

in the Adult Amateur Hunters, rachelBlack and her fiona were Champions inthe 18-35 group. mindy wurzburg andoverseas were Champions in the 35-49group. Brad wolf and libretto wereChampions in the over 50 group, and alsoChampions in the wiHs/NAl AdultHunter Classic. mindy wurzburg andoverseas were reserve in the wiHs/NAlAdult Hunter Classic.

linda Brzoza and No doubt had a greatweek as Champions in the Pre-GreenHunter division and Champions in the A/oHunter division, with Holly labry andred rooster reserve. in the A/o Classic,the results were reversed with Holly andred rooster taking the Championship.

kate duke and Be my date wereChampions in the Junior Hunter Classic,while Addison Bihm and forever wereChampions in the Junior 3’3” HunterClassic.

Caroline wilson and her Nose Betterwon the wiHs/NAl Children’s HunterClassic. Hidden springs fennel with tateAllen aboard won the Pony Hunter Clas-sic.

Addison Bihm rode Cinderella to thewiHs/NAl Child/Adult Jumper ClassicChampionship.

the david Q. wright equitation Classicdrew 23 riders, but it was sarah Cliftonyandell riding to the top on Cornedo forthe win. kate duke and Gandolf the Greywere second.

winner of the $15,000 1.15m JumperClassic was michael tokaruk on mr. Pa-pageorgio, with trish fielder finishingsecond on her Ca va Bien. full results areavailable at: horseshowsonline.com.

www.midsouthhorsereview.com november, 2014 • Mid-South Horse Review 13.

Harvest Time

Show

Addie Wright Bimn and Cinderella

won the WIHS/nAL Child/Adult

Jumper Classic

Kelly Byrne on CT Welt Risueno II,

third in WIHS/nAL Children’s Hunter

Classic

Mallory McDonald and Lochland,

Children’s Hunter 14 & under Cham-

pion

Mary Franklin Williams on Daddy

Said no, Children’s Hunter Pony

Shea Taylor on To the Moon and

Back, M&S /u.S. Pony Medal winner

Sophia Zuckerman and Morning

Star Struck By Silver, Large Pony

Hunter

Kakki Wright on TnT’s Party Time,

Pre-Adult Hunter

(photos by Mary Haley Hamm)

mary Haley Hamm has spent her lifesurrounded by animals, developing an un-derstanding of their individual personali-ties. she enjoys creating portraits ofhorses, dogs, and their humans that ex-press their unique relationships. maryspecializes in natural light photography,using beautiful natural backdrops to spot-light her subjects. mary Haley has 7 dogsand 2 horses that constantly inspire her.

hunter/Jumper

Under New

Ownershipfor only the third time since its found-

ing in 1972, saddles N’ such, at 2135 s.Germantown road in Germantown, tN,has a new owner: fara foster sudlow.fara took over the store from Charb millerand Nicole miller Harris November 1,2014 and she already has lots of plans forrenovating and updating the store.

saddles N’ such is one of the fewplaces where one can purchase used tackand riding clothing on consignment. sheplans to continue offering the “turnovertack and togs,” keeping an ample selectionin stock.

fara will be taking on some new linesin the store, for example, Noble outfitters;Horze equestrian; lo-ride of Californiaequestrian wear; Parlanti boots; and

samshield riding helmets. she alreadysells irH and troxel helmets. she hasshires equestrian Products for horse andrider, plus devon-Aire. she plans to pickup the kerrits line and has stirrups line ofclothing. she’ll be adding kelly Herd finewestern jewelry and just got in a shipmentof 5A Baker Blankets.

fara grew up in Collierville, tN andstarted riding in the Germantown area,training with Phoebe sheets and dave Pel-legrini. she has returned as a resident inGermantown, but in the intervening years,she traveled extensively and worked at anumber of hunter/jumper stables aroundthe country. she worked for Helen God-dard in Colts Neck, NJ; for vic russell atly-Nard Hills farm in Columbus, NC,where she was on the road 22 weeks outof the year campaigning horses; she hadher own Pathway stables in Collierville;and she worked for kathy and Gerry New-man when they were in upperville, vir-ginia. their Allwyn Court farm is now

located in wellington, florida.leaving the hunter/jumper riding and

training world for a while, fara went backto graduate school “to train for a real job,”she said. Adding to her Bachelors degreein medical technology and she receivedher masters in health care administration.for the last 6 ½ years she has worked forst. Jude Children’s research Hospital asan electron microscopy specialist.

Her husband Chad collects antique huntwhips, sandwich cases, horns, and other

hunt accoutrements. He can tell you allabout the British craftsmen and their com-panies who made the whips, horns, and ac-cessories, and he knows all theirhallmarks. it’s like consulting an expert onAntique’s roadshow! “He has definitelydone his research in that area!” fara said.

Her daughter kiersten, age 13, com-petes in the low Children’s Jumpers andtrains at oak Crest farm with Jane olsen.she competes on riff raff, a 14 year-oldbay ott thoroughbred. she competed inthe low division all season and justmoved up to the High division at the Har-vest time show.

fara plans to keep the name and the lo-cation and continue the store as an eques-trian boutique and tack shop. “i hope tocontinue the saddles N’ such tradition thatso many have come to know and love foranother generation of equestrians,” shesaid. you can still reach the store at: (901)754-7452.

she has plans for remodeling and anofficial Grand opening in 2015. on de-cember 6, 2014 she will host an openHouse with the Noble outfitters represen-tative available, refreshments, door prizes,and giveaways.

new owner of Saddles n’ Such Fara

Sudlow


MegFord

Schooling

Show

the west tennessee schooling showseason finished on Halloween weekend(oct. 31-Nov. 1) in Germantown, ten-nessee at the Germantown Charity Horseshow Arena with the final megfordschooling show. friday afternoon’sstrong, frigid winds made it a little toughto “warm up,” but “competitors perse-vered through the siberian schooling andenjoyed the crispness of the air,” said Annford upshaw. “it was a good end of theyear show.”

young competitors got to trick-or-treat through the barn area on fridaynight, as all the participating stablesbrought candy and goodies to share. rid-ers got to dress themselves and theirhorses in scary holiday themes for theCostume Class, but horses weren’t re-quired to participate. entry fees from theclass went to benefit the meadow woodsdog rescue. there were also jumperclasses under the lights on friday night.And, of course, the rusty stirrups class isa favorite of those who may not have rid-den in a while. full Circle equine gra-ciously supplied hospitality for theexhibitors and a Q & A session with theveterinarians.

starting early on saturday both thehunter and jumper rings were going “fullblast,” with over 90 horses in multipleclasses to fill the rings. the winds had dieddown and the sunshine was warmly wel-comed.

A new time saving measure was imple-mented at this show: giving specific starttimes for each jumper division. “Peopleseemed to like that idea,” said Ann ford.

Ann ford is already making plans forthe 2015 schooling show series. “Nextyear we want to have a fun class at eachshow as a fundraiser.”

the 2015 show dates are: march 27-28,megford i; April 25, Hunters edge sta-bles; may 23, oak view stables; June 19-20, megford ii; July 11 and August 1, oakview stables; August 21-22, megford iii;september 25-26, west tN Pony Club;october 17, oak view stables; october30-31, megford iv.


Pictorial highlights from the MegFord Schooling Show


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River Glen

Horse Trials

the fall river Glen fall Horse trials,held November 15-16, 2014 at New mar-ket, tN, attracted over 170 entries. Coursedesigner steve Buckman made somepretty cool cross course changes. He said“bye bye” to the wicked Preliminary ditchand “hello” to a new and improved springPond. the stacked logs and step up werereplaced by a bigger and better three-levelbank going up.

Cathryn “Alexa” Green won the openintermediate division on Coin toss ii; shewas second after dressage. Alexa ehlersand Juicy Couture were winners of theopen Preliminary; she also was secondafter dressage. Cassidy reese on subwayProphet was first in the Preliminary riderdivision, after finishing first in dressageand having only a few time penalties oncross country. she jumped clean on bothcross country and stadium. Junior train-ing rider winner was margo Goldfarb ondenver’s two Bits. she was first afterdressage and had no penalties in the othertwo phases, finishing with only her dres-sage score. Jackie lemastus won the opentraining division on kiss the sky. therewere two Junior Novice rider winners:Carly Payne and Airplane mode won sec-tion A and emily smith on Jumpin Jackwon section B. Alison wilaby and Noto-rius were tops in the open Novice divi-sion. erin Pullen on strider Can fly wasfirst in Beginner Novice Horse and GraceGallo rode Alongaboutdaybreak to first inBeginner Novice rider. rachel miles andrusty were winners in open BeginnerNovice.

full results are available at:http://www.evententries.com/livescor-ing/15762.html

find more information about riverGlen equestrian Park at: http://www.river-glen.com/ and on facebook.

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Jesslyn Woodall of Georgetown, KY

on the Open Preliminary cross country

course at River Glen Fall Horse Trials.

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dressage & eventing

By Allyson Rogers

Alr dressage riders enjoyed a very successful outingat both the region 2 usdf Championships and at theu.s. dressage finals, both shows held in lexington, kyat the kentucky Horse Park.

the u.s. dressage finals were held November 6-9,with nearly 400 Adult Amateur and open riders fromtraining level to Grand Prix competing. intense head-to-head dressage competition across 30 championship divi-sions concluded on sunday. the Great Americaninsurance Group/usdf region 2 Championships wereheld october 9-12. the kentucky dressage Associationfall Classic i Horse show was held the same weekend atthe ky Horse Park.

Ally’s student Jennifer van de loo qualified for re-gionals with highly competitive scores throughout theyear on her 15-year old oldenburg gelding, lanzelot 99in both Prix st. George and her very first year of inter-mediate i. Her assistant trainer, Nicole Ardito-Ng, alsoqualified on her own royal step, a 5-year-old oldenburggelding that she imported from Germany a year ago. de-spite more than adverse weather conditions, and 24 hoursof rain, she persevered to lay down a beautiful traininglevel test in the huge open class with a score of 68%!Jenny placed third in her Prix st. George class and fourthin her intermediate i class, also both large, highly com-petitive classes.

“sometimes it’s tempting to choose a regional Cham-pionships that’s not as highly competitive to ‘up’ yourchances of making the finals. i try to resist that so we canget an honest result going into Nationals,” said rogers.“region 2 Championships was one of the largest in thecountry with over 1,600 rides and an extremely high qual-ity level of competitors. this is the reason i think weended up so successful going to the finals!”

though Nicole stayed home to hold down the fort,Jenny qualified with her great wild card scores and provedthat she more than deserved to be there by placing seventhin the intermediate i class and then put in the test of herlife to claim the reserve Champion Prix st. George AdultAmateur in the Nation! Ally couldn’t be prouder of thecontinual progress and success of all of her students. “oneof the most rewarding things about teaching is watchingmy students not only progress up the levels and enjoycompetitive success, but also become more effective, con-fident and secure in their own abilities,” rogers said.

more information including final results, photo gal-leries, and news archives from the us dressage finalspresented by Adequan® are available on the websitewww.usdressagefinals.com. A complete archive of eachcompetition day’s results is listed at this link:http://www.usdf.org/usdressagefinals/competitors/re-sults.asp. more information about usdf region 2 isavailable at: http://www.usdfregion2.org/

ALR Dressage: at Regional Championships and U.S. dressage Finals

Jennifer van De Loo and Lanzelot 99

Adelaide: Third

Time Lucky For

Manson By Anna Sharpley

twenty-two-year-old Jessica manson with-stood the pressure applied by olympian and for-mer Adelaide champion megan Jones, posting asuper clear round aboard her 13-year-old Aus-tralian stock Horse, legal star, to win the secondleg of the fei Classics™ at the Australian inter-national 3 day event.

manson set up her victory by producing thebest cross country run, adding just 2.8 time penal-ties. that, coupled with a seemingly easily executed clearstadium round, clinched the victory with just over sixpenalties ahead of Jones.

it is not just a matter of putting your best foot forward,but putting all your feet forward the best, and the surefooted grey, which stands at 15.3 hands high, demon-strated no ill effects from his near mishap departing fromthe second water on the cross country course. “i was a bitshocked really,” declared a delighted manson, “i hadthree down last year and that was on my mind when iwalked the course, but when i rode in i just focused on thejob i had to do.”

megan Jones had a tough ride on cross country, but thebig thoroughbred gelding kirby Park Allofasudden pro-duced his characteristic good jumping round in the influ-ential final phase. this was the third occasion that he hastaken second place in the Adelaide four-star. “i will notstart him at Adelaide next year,” said megan, who is de-lighted with his fitness, “and i will prepare him with rio

in mind.”soigne Jackson was sixth overnight with her ex-race-

horse, Gold, by opera Prince, and moved into third placewith just two fences on the ground. “Gold was bred indubbo in outback New south wales,” explained twenty-four-year-old soigne. “i grew out of my pony and my par-ents were keen for me to ride him, and i was a bit anti theidea. People have advised me to sell him, saying he wouldnever get out of novice, but we make a good team.” theyhave completed Adelaide twice, with ninth place in 2013and now third.

the final jumping phase can cause a great deal ofmovement in the placings and, with just three clear roundsfrom the eleven strong field, victorian professional katjaweimann moved from eleventh to ninth, then up to fourththanks to jumping talent from her home bred BP Cosmo-politan.

Cool weather, sunshine, and action enticed crowds tothe final Jumping phase in front of the heritage victoria

Park Grandstand. they were attentive through thetwo-star, and warmed up and ready to appreciatethe action of the fei Classics™ which unites theworld’s six four-star events.

Results 1 Jessica manson/ legal star (64.60)2 megan Jones/ kirby Park Allofasudden

(70.70)3 soigne Jackson/ Gold (95.90)4 katja weimann/ BP Cosmopolitan (96.40)5 elizabeth lowery/ kl kismet (97.90)6 tegan lush/ tempus fugit (98.20)7 keira Byrnes/ fox Hill (104.60)8 isabel english/ feldale mouse (113.50)9 seumas marwood/ wild oats (123.20)10 Charlotte Price/ kinnordy Gambia (131.70)

nicole and Royal Step

(center) Winner of the FEI Classics™ Jessic Man-

son on Australian Stock Horse Legal Star during the

cross country phase (photo ©Julie Wilson/FEI)

(above) Megan Jones led after dressage phase with

Kirby Park Allofasudden (photo: ©Julie Wilson/FEI)


Sinead Halpin

ClinicBy Erika Adams and Katherine McDonough

on what could have possibly been the last beautifulautumn weekend before winter, 24 riders gathered atriver Glen equestrian Park, just outside of knoxville,tennessee for a two-day clinic with sinead Halpin. rid-ers from starter to intermediate were challenged throughgymnastic exercises on saturday and cross-country ques-tions on sunday. A true test of any clinician is to be ableto challenge a diverse group of riders and horses. sineadwas able to outline five essential areas of training neededto be successful at any level, two of which were speedand direction. whether riders were accomplished even-ters on three-year olds, or new eventers on accomplishedhorses, every horse and rider pair found an area of weak-ness within the same exercise.

Day One – Gymnastics

on saturday, riders were tested on their speed and di-rection through a series of gymnastic exercises that re-quired elasticity and accuracy. in the lower levels, speedand direction were the focus. riders needed to maintaina steady pace in order to execute the direction of the for-ward motion. riders commonly found themselves witheither the correct speed, or the correct direction, but notboth. they would either be too fast to negotiate the turns,or be able to turn, but have inaccurate distances. sineadhelped the riders identify these weaknesses, and gavethem tools to correct the issues at hand.

the upper level groups worked over the same series ofexercises. what was a question of speed and direction inthe lower divisions, turned into identifying the differenttypes of canters you need to ride your line. these groupsstarted out with the same warm-up as the lower-levelgroups, and progressed to riding a series of fences wherethey had to change their step based on requirements givenby sinead. A distance of four, five, or six strides were allpossible on a bending line and were determined by thespeed and length of the canter.

Day 2 – Cross-Country

on sunday, the lower levels learned about finding theirbalance in the three positions while out on cross-country:Cruising, Prep (aka neutral), and sitting C. the riders inthese groups learned to find a comfortable balance in thecruising position – up and off their horses’ backs. Afterthey acquired their balance, the riders applied these posi-

tions over cross-country obstacles. with this new bal-ance, riders were able to find the security they needed tojump confidently. sinead also emphasized the buildingblocks of cross-county to create confidence for horse andrider. By building a solid foundation for the green rideror horse, they are able to meet new challenges with morerelaxation and “not sweating the small stuff.”

this theory of keeping things calm, relaxed, and con-fident was extended to the upper level groups. for ex-ample, every upper level rider jumped the beginnernovice ditch. they jumped it repeatedly until the horseessentially took a canter stride over it rather than “jump-ing” it. sinead did not have riders add any complexity tothe exercise (bigger ditches, adding related fences) until

horse and rider were confident and relaxed over the smallditch. for some riders, they culminated this exercise bygoing through the training coffin. other riders did thetraining, preliminary, and finally the intermediate coffin,but riders did not move on until the exercise at hand wassoft, confident, and relaxed.

sinead was an absolute professional, giving construc-tive criticism with a warm, positive and patient teachingstyle. Because she provided individualized instruction,every rider was able to improve through the weekend.everyone came away with things to think about and a bigsmile on their faces.

thank you to Bill Graves for offering river Glen asthe host site for the weekend – the grounds were the per-fect place to hold the clinic. thank you to Crossroadsdressage and Combined training society, to the manyvolunteers who helped set up jumps, and, especially, toour smiling, helpful friend dave mcAdoo. finally, a hugethank you to sinead for a great weekend!

Stones River P C

Combined Test &

Dressage ShowArticle by Allison Rehnborg; photos by Ryan Rehnborg

Based in murfreesboro, tennessee, stones river PonyClub (sPrPC) horse shows always bring out some of themost dedicated local riders and trainers in the middle ten-nessee equestrian community. offering two combinedtests each year, fall and spring, the club provides indoorschooling opportunities for local dressage and eventingenthusiasts.

on November 15-16, 2014 the Pony Club hosted itsannual fall Combined test and dressage show at the ten-nessee livestock Center, in murfreesboro. on saturday,riders competed in dressage and over a stadium course inthe Combined test. on sunday, the dressage show beganwith a small contingent of western dressage and walkingHorse dressage riders before continuing with exhibitorscompeting in classical dressage. saturday saw close toseventy rides, with more than eighty rides on sunday.Judges for the event included mary fike and JennyHogan.

“we had a very full show – it’s actually over full!which is how we like it,” said kellye Boylan, districtCommissioner (d.C.) of stones river Pony Club andshow manager for the event. “we do this as a schoolingshow, giving another opportunity for riders and horses toget out and experience an indoor arena, since there aren’ta lot of combined tests held indoors in this area. And wedo this to raise money for our Pony Club, which providesopportunities to bring clinicians and a lot of education forour Pony Clubbers. we also hope this show provides ed-ucation for people who aren’t in Pony Club, but get achance to come out.”

Competitors for the weekend included members ofstones river Pony Club, middle tennessee Pony Club,and riders from the Peach tree riding Center in Arring-ton, tennessee, as well as variety of young and adult rid-ers from the surrounding area.

for one adult exhibitor, susan Jackson of murfrees-boro, the event represented her first time to compete in aCombined test on her American Quarter Horse, mojoQuick.

“we’re really fortunate to have so many nice showshere, and this is my first combined training event, so i’mreally excited to be here,” Jackson said. “it’s really fun.this is something that all of the people in my barn canparticipate in. we have a group of diverse people – we alldo the english events, but i normally show in breedshows, like AQHA. And not everyone has a QuarterHorse. so this is something we can all go to, which is

great. the cool thing about horses is that it unites allof us, regardless of age.”

for more than thirty years, stones river PonyClub has been working hard in murfreesboro tobuild the club and manage shows where horses andpeople can connect, and this year’s fall show didn’tdisappoint.

“we’re just horse people getting together to havefun,” Boylan said.

stones river Pony Club’s next Combined testand dressage show will take place march 14 and 15,2015, in murfreesboro.

(left) SRPC Claire Perrigo on Trader in the

Baby Green

(below) SRPC Kylee Smith on Yates in the

Starter level

Sinead Halpin (unmounted) and riders in the clinic


Article & photos by Nancy Brannon

“two roads diverged in a yellow wood,” – thus beginsthe poem by robert frost, “the road Not taken.” it’s thefavorite poem of graduate A Pony Clubber erika Adamsand has perfect meaning for her eventing stable nearlenoir City, tN: road less traveled eventing at yellowwood farm.

“i love poetry, and that’s my favorite poem,” Adamssaid. she was trying to come up with a name for her newlyacquired stable and one of her students suggested “theroad less traveled” to commemorate the poem and todescribe an attribute of the folks who stable their horseshere. “we pride ourselves in being a collection of folkswho want to have fun and that often means we take theroad less traveled,” Adams explained. And when shebought the property, house, stable, and covered arena,

“everything was already painted yellow.” so, of course,the farm is named yellow wood farm.

Adams rode with tennessee valley Pony club in heryounger days, often attending the mid-south region megarally in lexington, ky at the kentucky Horse Park, andmany years qualifying for Pony Club Championships east.Now as an adult, she owns her own eventing stable andher competition level has increased markedly. this yearshe took two horses to fair Hill and completed the 2-starcourse on williston, aka “Bruce.” she was quite pleasedwith her no-fault cross country ride. Her other horse, rain-bow sky, will be going to her first 1-star soon.

since she moved in January 18th of this year, “there’sbeen something going on at the farm nearly every week-end,” she said. “we have dressage clinics, symposiums,breed inspections; we had Jim koford for two weeks andwe’re having JJ tate after thanksgiving for a dressageclinic.” this fall she attended a George morris clinic(what’s an eventer doing at a George morris clinic?) anda sinead Halpin clinic. kate wooten was available forsaddle fitting for the “team” in November. Adams and herstudents often travel to horse trials – to river Glen in Newmarket, tN, to the Horse Park in kentucky, to Chatta-hoochee Hills and Poplar Place events in Georgia, and thisyear they plan to travel to ocala, florida over the winter.

Adams’ yellow wood farm encompasses 15 acres, a15-stall barn, and a covered arena. she offers regular les-sons, trains horses, and has a working student, lauren. shestrives to keep her paddocks green and have lots of turnoutfor her horses.

yellow wood farm is located at 4562 kingston Hwy.,lenoir City, tN 37771. find out more at: www.rltevent-ing.com or facebook: road less traveled eventing team.

Oak Grove

Combined TestPhotos by Tommy & Nancy Brannon

on saturday November 22, 2014 oak Grove HuntClub offered a Combined test, with dressage and crosscountry, at Peggy Hart’s misty meadows farm near By-halia, mississippi. Pony Clubbers from southern runPony Club, west tennessee Pony Club, riders fromBrewer equestrian Center, and several area adults andchildren turned out on a perfect fall day to experience ataste of eventing – at a lower level than at recognizedshows.

the Combined test offered Novice and BeginnerNovice divisions, and for those just getting started in thesport: Green As Grass and modified terrified. dressageJudge ila Handy praised the event as being “very well or-ganized” and noted how smoothly everything ran. shehad “saintly praise” for many horses and ponies doingtheir best for their beginner riders, as well as praise forthe riders performing their tests precisely and in goodform. she commented that she wished there were a “cute”category in the Collective marks section of the test, be-cause several riders and ponies would certainly get highscores in such a section.

winner of the Novice division was lawrence Hyde,riding silver fox. second was Alana vogel and Big Bartz.Ashley evans and splash of Class won the BeginnerNovice division. in the modified terrified division,ethan read and ima little excited were the winners insection B, while Chandler Head and Baby Boo Bear werefirst in section A. Now that wasn’t so terrifying, was it?

in Green As Grass, maddie mogridge and scout weretops in section A, and olivia mogridge riding Gracefulimpression were first in section B. the girls certainlymade positive impressions!

organizer Peggy Hart, event secretary marge Nick-

els, rick richardson and members of oak Grove HuntClub worked for many weeks perfecting the cross coun-try course, preparing the dressage arena, and doing all thework required for a combined training event. many huntclub members and friends volunteered as jump judges,runners, and generally helped keep the day’s event run-ning smoothly and on time. Hall’s feed & seed and theMid-South Horse Review were sponsors of the event.

(above) novice Division winner Lawrence Hyde and

Silver Fox. (below) Chaffin Smit on Taffy on CC.

Ashley Evans and Splash of Class

Ethan Read and Ima Little Excited

(right) Olivia Mogridge and Graceful Impression


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foxhuntingChula Homa Opening MeetBy Allison Crews

the Chula HomaHunt hosted its thirty-second annual openingmeet and Blessing ofthe Hounds at tildaBogue, the home ofmr. and mrs. JimCrews, on November8, 2014 in Canton,mississippi. more than40 riders and 200 spec-tators attended, comingfrom all over the coun-try – as well as specialguests from englandand Canada. six ladiesrode aside, or sidesad-

dle, and two of them led the field.Janice Clemons and Allison Crews of Canton co-chaired the event. Hunt festivities

began with a catered breakfast and a silent auction. masters and staff gathered thehounds for the Blessing and stirrup Cup. then it was off to find and chase the quarry!

the hounds had good runs and at one time a gray fox ran right in front of Crews andfirst flight! the terrain is nearly all woods, so it is tricky to keep the pack together; butthey ran beautifully all morning on foxes. the first flight field also crossed the famous“river Crossing” used in James franco’s adaption of faulkner’s novel, As I Lay Dying,filmed at tilda Bogue. we only lost one rider – and she was just soaked, not hurt, andthe horse was collected unharmed. Quite a fun day!

foxhunting has existed in North America since Colonial days and was enjoyed ex-tensively by night hunters, farmers, and landed gentry. the earliest record of importedhounds is on June 30, 1650, when robert Brooke arrived in maryland with his familyand pack of hounds. By the early 1700s, foxhunting was increasing rapidly.

the earliest surviving record of American foxhunting is the pack instituted bythomas, sixth lord fairfax in 1747 in northern virginia. much of what little is recordedcomes from letters written by lord fairfax and the diaries of George washington. wash-ington was an ardent foxhunter who owned his own pack of hounds, and his ton’s di-aries are laced with references to foxhunts. on one occasion while Congress was insession, hounds ran near the Capitol. many congressmen ran outside to watch houndsand some jumped on their horses and joined the chase.

North American foxhunting has evolved its own distinct flavor, noticeably differentfrom the British tradition. North American foxhunting emphasizes the chase rather thanthe kill, and hounds predominately hunt coyote rather than foxes. the larger coyote usu-ally provides longer and faster runs than foxes.

in today’s casual dress world, formal attire still stands for foxhunters. Black leatherboots, breeches, heavy or light hunting coat, a shirt with a tie or stock tie and a protec-tive hat are essential.

every hunt has two seasons - cub hunting when young hounds are introduced into thepack - and the formal season. opening meet signals the beginning of the formal season,when the staff wears its livery, red coats with white breeches and black boots with tancuffs. members wear black coats, buff breeches, and black boots. some ladies add to theelegance and ride sidesaddle. mississippi’s Chula Homa hunt has two members whoregularly ride aside.

Hunting gear has changed little since foxhunting began and is based on practicality.Heavy boots and breeches protect riders from branches and brambles. the melton coatsare warm and almost waterproof. A stock tie, fastened with a plain gold safety pin, canserve as a bandage for man, hound, or horse in case of an accident.

foxhunting continues to grow. Currently there are 167 organized clubs in NorthAmerica and Canada, three of them hunting regularly in mississippi. Chula Homa isthe only hunt with its kennels in mississippi. the others are in Alabama and tennessee.

Galloping over the countryside on a fine horse flying his fences well is a thrill for any-one! And for those not wanting to move along quite so rapidly, just the sights and soundsof a huge pack of hounds in full cry stops the heart. today’s hunters have a special re-ward: permission to ride over private and public land, which still constitute magnifi-cent open spaces. No group of individuals is more aware of this privilege, nor is therea group more outspoken in their desire to protect quarry and preserve their environ-ment. People from all walks of life and any age enjoy foxhunting. it is wonderful funfor the whole family that can be enjoyed for a lifetime.

On page 25 are pictorial highlights of Opening Meets around the mid-south.

Hillsboro opening meet November 1, 2014 (photos by Bill Kenner); Cedar knobHounds opening meet November 2, 2014 (photos by Brenda Black); longreen fox-hounds opening meet November 1, 2014 (photo by Susan Wilson); and oak GroveHunt Club opening meet: November 8, 2014 (photo by Susan Wilson)


HIllsboro Hounds Opening Meet (photos by Bill Kenner)

Cedar Knob Hounds Opening Meet

Longreen Opening

Meet (photo bySusan Wilson)

Oak Grove Opening Meet(photo bySusan Wilson)

(photos by Brenda Black)


cowboys & cowgirls

Horses from four separate breed associations united and vied for Congress Championtitles at the Color Breed Congress, held November 4-9, 2014 in tulsa, oklahoma. theBuilt ford tough livestock Complex hosted over 1,290 exhibitors, 814 horses and 3,611class entries.

Presented by the Pinto Horse Association of America, inc. (PtHA), the Color BreedCongress encompassed four separate breed shows running simultaneously. Participat-ing breed associations included the Pinto Horse Association, the Palomino Horse Breed-ers of America, the Appaloosa Horse Club and the American Buckskin registryAssociation.

in addition to the breed shows, PtHA hosted the western dressage world show, heldin conjunction with the Color Breed Congress, November 1-2.

with over $50,000 in awards, prizes included medallions for 1st-6th place exhibitorsin each class and jackets from tioga territory to class winners in classes with five ormore entries. tro-phies were pre-sented to winners ofNational snaffle BitAssociation dual-approved classes.Jackets were pre-sented to grand andreserve championsin addition to kens-ington saddle/halterbags and Gist sil-versmith belt buck-les for high pointsand reserves. in ad-dition to the buck-les, the overall highpoint youth in each

breed received a scholarship. the scholarships, in addition to Cash Challenge classes andNsBA classes, brought the total payouts from the show to $14,000.

“the amount of awards brings the most amazing color breed horses from across thecountry to one spot,” said darrell Bilke, PtHA executive vice President and Chief op-erating officer. “we strive to ensure our exhibitors leave with great memories and havefun while competing.”

the Champion of Champion classes were one of the unique aspects of the show. ex-hibitors who placed in the top three of select classes in each breed were invited back tocompete against each other for Champion of Champion. “the Champion of Championclasses are a great way for exhibitors to showcase their skills in front of the entire au-dience,” Bilke said. “you never know which one will take home the title.”

the Color Breed Congress will return in 2015. tentative dates are set for November7-15, 2015, at the Built ford tough livestock Complex in tulsa, okla. the western

dressage world showwill be held in conjunc-tion, as well.

for more informationabout the 2014 ColorBreed Congress and com-plete results, please visitw w w . c o l o r b r e e d -congress.com.

to learn more aboutthe Pinto Horse Associa-tion of America, visitwww.pinto.org or findmore on facebook at: www.facebook.com/pintohorseassociation

An Abundance of ColorsBy Rachael Doner

(left) Caitlin Worrell, Western Dressage (right) English Dressage(left) Karisa Clark (right) Sara van Den Elzen, Trail


UT Martin

RodeoWomen’s Split

First; Men’s Finish

4th at West alBy Ryne Rickman, UT Martin Sports In-

formation Director

liviNGstoN, Ala. – the universityof tennessee at martin women’s rodeoteam won its second straight rodeo the firstweekend in November, splitting first placehonors with missouri valley College in arodeo hosted by west Alabama.

the ut martin women and missourivalley College each racked up 300 points,30 points better than third-place west Al-abama. meanwhile, the ut martin men’steam compiled 250 points, finishing infourth place out of 10 teams.

the strongestperformance forthe men’s teamcame during thebareback ridingevent. tannerPhipps finishedthird in average(136) after com-ing in third in thefirst go (70) andfifth in the shortgo (66). Colt ki-taif came infourth placeoverall (135)after a 74 in theshort go (third-best score) and a61 in the first round (fourth-best score).Jack kitaif also compiled points for utmartin, coming in fourth place in the shortgo (67) and sixth in average (124).

Cody inman and slade Bronson eachperformed well in calf roping. inman fin-ished second overall with a 21.5 averageafter placing third in both the first go (9.9)and the short go (11.6). Bronson led allcowboys in the first go with a time of 8.9.

representing the ut martin women’steam in breakaway roping was AlexandriaHancock. she split second and third in thefirst round with a time of 3.0 and came insixth place in both the second round (12.7)and in average (15.7).

three ut martin cowgirls accumulatedpoints in the barrel racing event. daciaHorne won the event with a 34.73 averageafter finishing first with a 17.19 short goand third with a 17.54 first round time.Ashley Brooks also scored points in eachround, finishing fourth in average (35.1),fourth in the short go (17.5) and fifth in thefirst round (17.6). katie Brown also gotoff to a strong start with a first-place per-formance in the first go (17.28).

ut martin closed out its fall slate No-vember 6-8, 2014 when the teams traveled

to southern Arkansas. mAGNoliA, Ark. – Both the univer-

sity of tennessee at martin rodeo teamsfinished in third place at southernArkansas, as the men’s team compiled 530points and the women’s squad tallied 180points in the last rodeo of the fall.

the ut martin men’s team finished just25 points behind second place southernArkansas and 225 points behind leadermissouri valley College. meanwhile, thewomen’s team finished 120 points behindsecond place missouri valley College and270 points behind team champion south-ern Arkansas.

Jack kitaif compiled points for themen’s team in bareback riding, as his 66point performance in the short go wasgood enough to split third and fourth.

in calf roping, Clay Brewer accumu-lated points in all three rounds, tallyingsecond place honors in the short go (10.1)and average (21) while splitting sixth withtwo other cowboys (10.9). lane mitchellracked up points in both the short go (12.8,

split fourth andfifth) and in av-erage (24.5,fifth).

Both Jacobdagenhart andmitchell earnedpoints with solidperformances insteer wrestling.d a g e n h a r tranked second inaverage time(12.8) and timein the short go(5.0) while alsofinishing sixth inthe first round(7.8). mean-

while, mitchell was responsible for fifthplace finishes in average (16), first go(6.8) and short go (9.2).

A half-dozen ut martin cowboyspitched in with points in the team ropingevent. the team of tucker kail and Codyinman dominated to the tune of top fin-ishes in both average (13.5) and short go(6.4) while producing a third place finishin the first round (7.1). dagenhart teamedup with Zack mabry to generate the bestfirst round performance with a time of 5.8.the ut martin tandem of savanah warnerand vann figgeroa placed fourth in bothaverage (18.7) and in the short go (10.1).

for the second consecutive week, daciaHorne won the barrel racing event for theut martin women’s team. she dominatedin every facet of the event, placing first inaverage (34.76), first go (17.47) and theshort go (17.29). kayla edmondson alsoearned points in all three phases of theevent, compiling times of 17.75 in theshort go (fourth), 35.53 in average (fifth)and 17.78 in the first round (17.78).

ut martin opens its 2015 spring seasonon february 19-21, 2015, traveling totexarkana, Ark. for a rodeo hosted byCossatot Community College.

it’s a rare honor to compete for missrodeo usA and 18-year-old sydneyCaen, daughter of morris and wendy Caenof Columbia, tennessee, is one of the spe-cial chosen few who will compete for thetitle January 16-18, 2015 in oklahomaCity, oklahoma.

sydney was crowned miss sunbeltexpo rodeo in october at the 38th annualsunbelt Agricultural exposition in moul-trie, Georgia, and she served as an ambas-sador for the sport of rodeo during theexpo. the expo is the largest farm showin America and North America’s Premierfarm show®. every year the expo bringstogether all segments of rural living, fromresearch and education to live farm har-vests and agribusiness. Add in rurallifestyle fun, truck, tractor, live fielddemonstrations, reining and barrel horsedemonstrations, and Atv test drives and

the venue is a perfect showcase for every-thing farm-related.

the miss rodeo usA pageant will beheld during the international finals rodeoJanuary 11-18, 2015. Contestants fromacross the country will compete for thetitle miss rodeo usA 2015, who willserve as the official ambassador for the in-ternational Pro rodeo Association.

in her competition speech, sydneystresses the importance of promotingfarming in America.

sydney’s Platform is: don’t just followyour dreams, catch them. sydney hasqualified for the National finals rodeotwice, won many buckles and lots ofmoney over the years. “Never give up andnever let others take your dreams fromyou.” if you would like to help promotesydney, you can reach her via email [email protected].

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Ranch Sorting Events at

East Fork

RanchArticle & photos by Nancy Brannon

since the first saturday in october, michael anddaphne Grose have been hosting ranch sortingevents twice a month at their east fork ranch insaulsbury, tN. Avid participants themselves, theranch sorting National Championships (rsNC) af-filiation allows them to have a bunch of friends over to their well-equipped indoor arenafor a day’s fun working the cows.

ranch sorting is performed in two pens that are fifty to sixty feet long with a twelveto sixteen foot opening between the pens. the corners of the pens are cut at 45 degrees.Both pens are the same size and sorting can take place from either pen to the other.

At the beginning, there are eleven calves at the end of one of the pens with numberson their sides for identification. the judge raises the flag and when the riders cross thegap between the two pens the clock starts and the competition begins. the team of tworiders has to move the cattle one at a time from one pen to the other in numerical order,starting with a random number called by the judge. the fastest time wins. if a calf getsfrom one pen to the other out of order, then the team is disqualified. the two riders haveto work well together, “tag team it,” so that only the one desired cow goes through theopening at a time; not more than one cow and not the wrong numbered cow. ranchsorting contestants are rated from a #1 (Beginner) to #9 (professional) based on theirability level.

it’s a lot of fun and several folks commented that they could be doing something elseon a saturday, like farm work, but they’d rather be having fun at east fork ranch sort-ing cows. mr. david rainey was frequently sending coaching instructions to whicheverteam was working at the time, telling them which cows and how to work them loosefrom the herd to send them to the other side. He had a great time, himself, working thecows.

ranch sorting events at east fork ranch continue two saturdays of every monththrough march 28, 2015. However, the tennessee state Championships will be de-cember 20, 2014. for more information about the rsNC, visit: www.rsnc.us. for moreinformation about the east fork ranch sorting events call daphne Grose at 901-491-6156 or email [email protected].

top winners from the November 15, 2014 event follow.All Levels - 15 Teams

1st - david rainey/shannon terry2nd - david rainey/Bo wells3rd - ricky Barnhart/Blake Hensley#10 Master Handicap - 5 Teams

1st - daphne Grose/eddie stewart2nd - david rainey/mike Barber3rd - david rainey/ricky Barnhart #10 Handicap - 37 Teams

1st - Alan kee/david rainey2nd - Jacob/erin Baker3rd - Alan kee/Jake mckelvey

#10 Beg. Ranch Hand - 14 Teams

1st - Heath delaney/susan Phillips2nd - susan Phillips/david rainey3rd - Heath delaney/david rainey#6 Handicap - 43 Teams

1st - Jacob Baker/Alan kee2nd - Jake mckelvey/Chelsie mck-

elvey3rd - daphne Grose/eddie stewart

Tri-State Finals RodeoBy Sydney Caen

Jackson, mississippi became a cowboy town from November 14-16, 2014 for thetri-state rodeo Association finals. the top fifteen cowboys and cowgirls from Ala-bama, louisiana, and mississippi converged at the kirk fordice equestrian Center inJackson, mississippi to, hopefully, end the year with a championship title.

team roper david Johnson said he loves the tri-state rodeo Association becauseeven though it’s a smaller association, contestants make enough money competing to re-ally look forward to finals weekend. the tri-state rodeo Association (tsrA) keepsPresident Chuck sullivan busy. Chuck said that a lot goes into organizing the finals,everything from finding judges and funny men, to getting entry forms organized, andfinding host arenas.

Chuck isn’t the only one who works hard at the finals though. stock Contractorshelby Bearden said that the hardest part of his job is equally matching bucking stockto contestants. though it is a tough job, it’s a job that shelby loves. “the best part is trav-eling thousands of miles to arenas across the county and watching our animals perform.”


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And those bulls and horses did perform, but it wasn’t too much for bull rider JoeJohnson. He finished second for the year, but before the performance on sunday, Joe de-cided to do a victory lap. for Grand entry, Joe followed the contestants, but unlike theother contestants, he wasn’t on horseback; he just “loped” around the arena on his owntwo feet! “the finals only happen once a year and i wanted to go out with a bang!” hesaid. His fun spirit sums up what a great group of members makes up the tsrA.

for more information about tsrA, please visit www.tristaterodeo.net Tri State Rodeo Association 2014 Champions

Bareback – Colt kitaif; Calf roping - Glen Breaux; Breakaway - millie Bankston;saddle Bronc - Brad Bates; steer wrestling - lane Holland; team roping Header -Justin Johnson, team roping Heeler - rowdy lee; Barrel racing - Jenny smith; Bulls- koby radley

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Bareback - Colt kitaif; Calf roping - Austin davis; Breakaway roping - AshleaPierce; saddle Bronc - Brad Bates; steer wrestling - lane Holland; team ropingHeader - ruston ferguson, team roping Heeler - wesley Barlow; Barrel racing - An-gela Gilliam; Bull riding - koby radley

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Barrel racing rookie -labrellah Hutchins; Bull riding - koby radley; Calf roping- kolton vaughn; Breakaway - Blake Brady; steer wrestling - luke Addison; teamroping Header - Patrick Hemphill; team roping Heeler - keith inkenbrandt.

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Gaited horses

By Sandy Lemons, with contributions

from Nancy Brannon

PBs recently aired a series of programsabout remarkable women who have in-spired a nation and made a lasting impacton opportunities for women: “makers:women who make America.” the six-part series examines the impact of womenin six fields once largely closed to women:business, space, Hollywood, comedy, war,and politics. we suggest that the emmyAward-winning filmmaker dyllan mcGeeconsider adding another field to the series:equestrian sports. Among the many capa-ble and pioneering women in equestriansports, we suggest Betty sain, the firstwoman to ride a horse to the tennesseewalking Horse world Grand Champi-onship in 1966, and her famous horseshaker’s shocker (#621314).

understandably, Betty and shaker’sshocker have already received much ac-claim. there is a permanent display aboutthem at the tennessee walking Horse Na-tional museum in wartrace, tN. there is aBedford County Historical marker on theproperty where the sain House and sainstables used to stand, which is now ownedby the webb school, commemorating thesain family and the 1966 world GrandChampion tennessee walking Horse,shaker’s shocker.

But in a world divided between thosestriving to eliminate the cruel practice ofsoring and those trying to keep alive thetennessee walking Horse “traditions,”Betty and shaker’s shocker remind thehorse world of an earlier time, before the“stacks” and before the need for a HorseProtection Act (passed in 1970). the an-niversary of Betty’s birth is a good time toremember this record-breaking womanand the remarkable horse she had thepleasure of training and riding.

elizabeth fay sain, aka “Betty,” wasborn to love horses on November 20, 1942in manchester, tennessee. she was thesecond child of virginia wright sain andH. Pearl sain, and the younger sister oftwo-year-old Parker sain.

By the year of Betty’s birth, 1942,records show that only three tennesseewalking Horses had been crowned GrandChampions of the world. those were:strolling Jim, in 1939; Haynes Peacock, in1940 and 1941; and melody maid, in1942. But 24 years later, september 3,1966 was a saturday night that changedthe lives of a tremendous number of peo-ple. this particular saturday night cham-pionship was remarkable for both thehorse who won and the rider who rode thehorse to the championship.

shaker’s shocker was bred by tomBarham of lewisburg, tN, who firstnamed the colt Handshaker’s Nodder.

Barham told Betty’s mother about the“big, strong, dandy colt” when she camein his store to pick up some riding clothesfor her daughter. mrs. sain went with tomBarham to see the colt and it wasn’t longbefore mr. sain went back to lewisburgand bought the colt from Barham.

the colt went to his new home in BellBuckle, tN in october 1962. Bettychanged his name to shaker’s shocker,and the colt was raised from a weanling,trained, and ridden solely by Betty. in fact,Betty’s father was in the hospital when shefirst started shocker under saddle late inthe fall when he was coming two; she hadno one to help her when she first startedriding him. But the two formed a remark-able partnership.

shocker was an outstanding animal. Hewas huge, gorgeous, but difficult to han-dle. only Betty could handle shocker. Noone else could even get in his stall, but headored Betty.

Betty’s approach to training was to“start with a good horse,” she explained.“then it is patience and common sense.He was a big, powerful horse.” shocker’sdaily training consisted of an hour and ahalf workout on the farm “in a great bigopen field,” with Betty in the irons. Heperfected his flat walk, canter and runningwalk through these fields at his home.Betty said that he was never trained insidean arena. training in the open fieldshelped the stallion develop a powerful wayof going and the stamina to produce hisshow gait far longer than other contenders,whose shorter workouts generally in-volved circles in a practice ring or trips upand down a barn aisle.

shocker started his show season as atwo-year-old in 1964, showing atGoodlettsville, wartrace, and Geraldine,Alabama. shocker had a very bright Juniorshow season in 1965, placing first atlewisburg, fifth at lafayette, and first atBelfast.

in 1966 the rules changed, making all4-year-old horses Junior Horses. that yearshocker became a leader in the race to be-come the 4-year old Junior Champion.

As a four-year-old stallion, Betty knewshocker “had the walk,” but shocker wasalso working out for the endurance itwould take to defeat the aged stallions hewould be up against, should he make thefinal night championship stake class.

the 1966 Celebration began on friday,August 26. when the class for Junior stal-lions came on wednesday August 31,shaker’s shocker entered the ring with theother four-year-old stallions, but emergedwith the blue ribbon and the silver trophy!He was now the favored horse to win theJunior world Championship on fridayseptember 2.

But Betty had different plans; instead,she entered the world Grand Champi-onship on saturday, for which they hadqualified by winning the Junior stallionclass. this move did not sit well with theother all-male contenders in the male-dominated show world of tennesseewalking Horse Grand Champions. Bettywas the only female and the youngest riderin the class, at only 23 years old. Horse-wise the competition was stiff, too: shecompeted against 12 accomplished walk-ing horses including the winner of theAged stallion class Johnny midnight.

the electricity in the air and vibrationsfrom the stadium combined in anticipationof seeing the first young woman ride herbig black stallion against the men and agedstallions in the final championship stakeclass. during this era, the flat walk wasfun to watch; the canter was performed ina natural position for the equine body; andthe horses were in their element at the run-ning walk.

when the 13 horses and riders enteredthe gate and were introduced by mr. em-mett Guy, in his smooth southern drawl,the crowd jumped from their seats,cheered, stomped their feet and clappedfor over an hour and a half. the noise wasdeafening, but continued to grow evenlouder when mr. Guy announced “let’emgo running walk.” the aged stallions weretrying with all their might to stay with theyoung woman and her stallion. some ofthe other riders tried to tire shocker or“bump” him “accidentally” with theirhorses in an attempt to cause him to breakgait. But the 17 hand black stallion flickedhis ears back and forth towards missBetty, listening for instructions, as he“walked on” and left the competition in hisdust. shaker’s shocker was raw power,and the more he worked, the longer hisstride became. the overflow crowd ofpeople could not contain their excitementwatching this black stallion perform!when all was said and done, the top fiveribbons went to champion shaker’sshocker, Go Boy’s Chatterbox, Go Boy’ssun dust, duke’s Handy man, and Johnnymidnight.

Not only did shocker’s daily trainingpay off , but also did the young woman’sstrong determination from the saddle,which one newspaper article called “oneof the greatest rides of horsemanship in theCelebration’s history.” the love and re-spect between this young woman and herfour-year-old black stallion was a combi-nation that could not possibly be beaten onseptember 3, 1966. miss Betty would bethe first one to tell the reader that “it was

about the horse then, and it should be

about the horse now.” shaker’s shockeris the only tennessee walking Horse

Champion ever awarded the Sports Illus-

trated Award of merit, which he receivedon september 26, 1966.

since that competition, the tennesseewalking Horse breed has had no betterambassador of its history, beauty, intelli-gence, and natural versatility thanshaker’s shocker and Betty sain. she hasexhibited the best of the breed all over thesouth at horse shows and in parades inmajor cities across the nation. A favoritestory is about miss Betty being invited tothe lion’s Club Banquet held at the Hyattregency in Nashville, tN. she didn’tthink twice about taking “shocker’sspook” to the banquet, saddling him up,and riding him on the carpet of the ban-quet hall. some guests had never seen atennessee walking Horse, but thatevening miss Betty made sure they sawone.

through the years following the Cham-pionship, thousands of people have trav-eled to her farm at desiderata to seeshocker, Black dust, m.r., and merryBoy’s traveler (her three stallions), as wellas the mares and foals in her breeding op-eration. she never denied anyone their re-quest for her to saddle up a horse and showits beauty and strength. she has continuedto educate those interested in the breed’shistory, served on countless committees,and given her straight-forward opinion onhow to start a new, successful walkingHorse association. Her message has al-ways been the same: “It has to be about

the horse and nothing else.”

in Betty sain’s world, there are noshortcuts to owning, training, and caringfor the best gaited horse in the world.Betty is a hero to the hundreds of girls sheinfluenced because of her courage at sucha young age; she instilled in them a dreamthat has never died. Happy Birthday missBetty! thank you for all you have done topromote, protect, and educate peopleabout, the tennessee walking Horse.

Betty Sain Shook the Walking Horse World:With Shaker’s Shocker, 1966 World Grand Champion

(photo courtesy of the Tennessee State

Library and Archives)


Dr. Dave Whitaker RetiresArticle by Allison Rehnborg; Photo by Ryan Rehnborg

on october 25, 2014 the tennessee miller Coliseum inmurfreesboro, tN rang with affectionate applause as thestudents, faculty, and alumni of the mtsu Horse scienceProgram bade farewell to one of their own: dr. davewhitaker. Preceded by a reunion and an alumni openhouse at the Horse science Center, dr. whitaker’s retire-ment dinner in the Coliseum included presentations by col-leagues, former students, mentors, and family. Attended byclose to 200 people, the evening was a fitting tribute to theman who spent more than three decades in the service ofhis industry, his university, and his students.

for the past 34 years, dr. whitaker has worked to build and promote the mtsuHorse science Program. He first arrived in 1976 as director of Public service in Horsescience. during those early years, dr. whitaker worked hand-in-hand with fellow pro-fessor Anne Brzezicki to develop the program from its humble beginnings, when just ahandful of majors and students took riding classes for physical education credit.

Part of whitaker’s vision for the program involved the development of the mtsuHorse Judging team. over the years, dr. whitaker and his judging students have com-peted in regional and national competitions all over the united states. the group wonthe world Championship Quarter Horse show contest twice and the Quarter Horse Con-gress judging contest three times. one of those wins was with a four-person team in2005, the first four-person team to win the Congress since the contest began in 1969.

After leaving tennessee to earn his doctorate in animal behavior at texas tech uni-versity, dr. whitaker returned to mtsu in 1982 as leader of the Horse science Pro-gram. As the horse industry grew throughout the 1980s and 1990s, so did mtsu’s Horsescience enrollment. in 1994, with a grant from the John and mary miller foundation,construction on the tennessee miller Coliseum began, and it was completed in 2003.the university raised sufficient matching funds to obtain a u.s. department of Agri-culture grant to build the mtsu Horse science Center and create two new faculty po-sitions. in 2003, as the students and faculty moved into their new facilities on thompsonlane, dr. whitaker became the official director of the mtsu Horse science Program,while he continued to teach multiple classes each semester and to coach a new judging

team every year. today, the mtsu Horse science Program is the only one of its kind in tennessee,

with over 100 students, five instructors, a secretary, barn manager, and assistant barnmanager to care for the nearly 50 university-owned horses. in 2011, mtsu Horse sci-ence expanded to include a graduate program in Horse science, offering a master’s de-gree with three horse-related concentrations.

whitaker has always taken great pride in helping his students discover and developtheir talents – and then ensuring that they get the necessary experience, skills, and con-fidence to find their places in the horse world. under whitaker’s leadership, the Horsescience Program developed therapeutic riding classes (held in partnership with saddleup! therapeutic riding Center in franklin, tennessee) to teach Horse science studentsabout equine-assisted therapy. most recently, mtsu Horse science has created the Cen-ter of equine recovery for veterans (Cerv), a partnership with the veterans recoveryCenter in murfreesboro. through Cerv, students learn about equine-assisted therapywith adults, while veterans learn about basic horse behavior, body language, and riding.

At dr. whitaker’s retirement party, all his accomplishments were on the minds ofthe attendees. more than a dozen of doc’s colleagues, former students, and mentorstook the microphone to share their memories of times spent with dr. whitaker in theclassroom, the show ring, and the community.

dr. doyle meadows, retired ut extension Horse specialist and a longtime colleagueof whitaker, said simply, “we are not great. we may be good, we may be kind, and wemay be gracious. But we are truly around greatness in dave whitaker. And for him,[greatness has] been easy: it was always about the kids.”

many of those “kids” – members of doc’s past judging teams – offered their heart-felt thanks for his impact on their lives. mtsu alum terry young spoke at length abouthis experiences on one of doc’s judging teams, and what makes whitaker so special.

“there are three things dave does well and teaches others to do well,” young said.“He’s a good leader. He is a master at putting together teams. if you’ve ever done that– you know it’s not easy. He’s instrumental in building programs, facilities, and organ-izations. in developing people, he’s a recycler. He learns as much from the people hementors as his students [learn from him]. dave’s influence through judging and friend-ship and those life skills he has taught took me in a new direction. He is a visionaryleader, and visionary leaders don’t stop.”

lanas smith, an mtsu alum from the 1970s, described dr. whitaker with thesewords: “integrity. Grace. Generosity. Humor. wit. Coach. teacher. leader. friend. fam-ily man. visionary. transformer. stockman.”


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(elCr) has partnered with tread lightly!,AQHA, and tractor supply Co. to develop aland awareness campaign, “respected Accessis open Access.” the campaign promotes re-spectful riding behaviors across private andpublic lands. A growing body of research indi-cates promoting respectful behaviors can en-hance access to public and private lands andwaters. Conversely, research indicates poor be-haviors negatively impact efforts to sustain par-ticipation in outdoor recreation and recruit newoutdoor enthusiasts. unfortunately, in far toomany instances, poor behaviors also lead to re-stricted access or complete closures. As a re-sult, there is a growing need for horsemen andwomen to be educated in the areas of respectedaccess and shared use of both public and pri-vate land in order for the equine community tomaintain access for various equine related ac-tivities. one of the points of the campaign is toremind riders not to ride on wet trails, a prac-tice that accelerates erosion and complicates re-lationships with land owners and managers.

AQHA and tractor supply have formed thesteP program. stewards for trails, educationand Partnerships (steP) is a new programunder AQHA that was formerly known as trailtrotters, launched in 2004 by the equestrian

land Conservation resource in partnershipwith the National forest foundation. the ideawas to build a program that would increase par-ticipation in trail stewardship among equine en-thusiasts, while casting a positive light onhorseback riders to land managers and othertrail users. equestrian groups and individualsare encouraged to participate in trail mainte-nance and restoration projects.

in partnership with tractor supply Com-pany, AQHA will be funding groups or organ-izations that have the most impact forcommunity involvement and trail sustainabil-ity. through funding by an AQHA steP Grant,elCr is working with tread lightly! to de-liver an expanded educational componentaround the previously developed PsA's. thisproject will continue throughout 2015.

tread lightly! Promotes respected access tomaintain and enhance access to public lands.the non-profit organization’s core focus is tosupport and encourage stewardship on Amer-ica’s lands and waterways. tread lightly!seeks to balance the needs of the people whoenjoy outdoor recreation with the need to main-tain healthy ecosystems and thriving popula-tions of fish and wildlife. the organizationleads a national initiative to protect and en-hance outdoor recreational access and oppor-tunities and promotes the ethics of good landstewardship.

Anne Brzezicki, dr. whitaker’s colleague for more than thirty years, described dr.whitaker’s sense of vision: “He knew we could grow and always be improving our fa-cilities, our people, and our offerings to our students and the horsemen of tennessee. Hesaw what next big thing was coming down the pike that was going to be important tothe horse industry. And he figured out how we could and should respond to that for thebest of our students.”

leaving sizeable void in the mtsu Horse science Program, Brzezicki and the otherfaculty members at Horse science realized that tackling dr. whitaker’s duties will be ateam effort: equine nutritionist dr. rhonda Hoffman will take the administrative duties,while equine exercise physiologist and stock horse team coach dr. Holly spooner willcoach the judging team. sarah Newton-Cromwell, m.s., will develop and teach mtsu’sequine-assisted activities and therapies courses.

“i have a lot to learn and huge shoes to fill,” dr. Hoffman said. “But this isn’t aboutme – [it’s] about the mtsu Horse science program. the plan is to continue to build andimprove upon what we have, and in doing so, honor dave’s life and vision.”

regarding her plans for the judging team, dr. spooner said, “i’ll never fill dr.whitaker’s shoes when it comes to horse judging, but i have his passion for it and seethe value it has for students in terms of horses and reaching far beyond. we’ll continueto have a judging team, starting with the usual trip to texas this spring and be back infull swing next fall at the Congress and world show contests. we won’t let dr. whitakerstray too far! He'll remain my top advisor on judging and he'll be back to help with ourcontests.”

dr. whitaker spoke to the crowd of friends and family gathered around him: “y’allsure know how to reduce a man to pure emotion. i owe so much of who i am to you.one thing we have in common is the horse – and what a wonderful creature, from awonderful God, who made it for us. i always thought it was my job to reach down andhelp those below me, as i’ve been helped in the past. And because each of you werethere, my life has been so richly blessed. People have been asking me, ‘what’ll you donow?’ And my answer is, ‘i don’t know. i’ve never done this before.’”

dr. whitaker leaves a legacy at mtsu Horse science that any faculty member atany university would be proud to claim! And as far as we’re all concerned, in retirement,dave whitaker can do anything he sets his mind to. Best wishes and happy trails toyou!

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Mid-South Horse Review Calendar of EventsDECEMBER - FEBRUARY

the Mid-South Horse Review Calendar of Events lists horse shows and other equine events over thecoming three months. we attempt to keep listings current; however, we cannot guarantee the completenessor accuracy of any item. Please contact the individuals listed for additional information and to verify dates.

to submit your event, call (901) 867-1755 or e-mail the information to:[email protected] or [email protected]. All submissions are subject to editing by msHr staff to meet format and length restrictions.entries must be received by deadline date to ensure inclusion in the print edition.

AGRICENTER SHOWPLACE ARENAmemphis, tN, www.agricenter.orgDEC. 5-7: lucky dog Barrel raceDEC. 27: liberty Bowl rodeo

CANTON MULTIPURPOSE CENTER501 soldiers Colony rd., Canton, ms.DEC. 5-7: ms Hunter/Jumper Assoc. showJAn. 30-31: 4-H showFEB. 21-22: ms reining Horse Assn. show

FORREST CO. MULTI PURPOSE CNTRHattiesburg, ms www.forrestcountycenter.comDEC. 4-7: deep south team roping finalsDEC. 12-13: southern farriers Association Con-ference

MISSISSIPPI HORSE PARKstarkville, ms (662) 325-0508 or 662-325-9350http://msucares.com/centers/agricenterFEB. 13-14: rotary Classic rodeo

TENNESSEE LIVESTOCK CENTERmurfreesboro, tN www.mtsu.edu/tlcFEB. 21: Block & Bridle Preview showMAR. 13-14: stones river Pony Club showMAR. 19-21:tN Pony of Americas Club show& sale

TENNESSEE MILLER COLISEUM murfreesboro, tN www.mtsu.edu/tmcJAn. 16-18: iBrA Barrel raceJAn. 23-24: seBrA Bull riding Champi-onshipsFEB. 20-22: southern equine expoMAR. 6-7: lonestar rodeo

TRI-STATE EXHIBITION CENTERCleveland, tN www.tsec.orgFEB. 21: GA interscholastic equestrian Assn.showFEB. 28-MAR. 1: ieA region 12 finals

TUNICA ARENA & EXPO CNTRtunica, ms www.tunicaarena.com nOv. 28-30: mid-south Quarter Horse showDEC. 12-14: ms Classic ustrC team ropingJAn. 16-18: diamond l Production Barrel race

UT MARTIN AG PAVILLION www.utm.edu/departments/coe/pavilion.phpJAn. 15: ffA Horse clinicJAn. 29-31: equestrian team uGA and ksu

WILLIAMSON COUNTY AG EXPO PARKfranklin, tN (615) 595-1227 www.williamsoncountytn.govJAn. 17-18: Jx2 team roping

INTERCOLLEGIATE HORSE SHOW FEB. 14-15: murfreesboro, tN. mtsu hunt seatFEB. 21-22: Cookeville, tN. tN tech westernFEB. 27-28: murfreesboro, tN. mtsu westernMAR. 1: murfreesboro, tN. mtsu westernregional ChampionshipsMAR. 7-8: murray, ky. murray state univ. huntseat

TN HS RODEO ASSNFEB. 14-15: scottsville, ky. Branham farms

LITTLE BRITCHES RODEODEC. 6-7: Jonesboro, Ar. Asu equine CenterH4l ranch rodeoDEC. 13-14: Brandon, ms. rankin Co. multi-purpose. mid south # 9 & 10 JAn. 10: searcy, Ar. white Co. fairgroundsCAlBrA # 9 & 10JAn. 17-18: winona, ms. montgomery Co.Coliseum. mid south # 11 & 12FEB. 28: searcy, Ar. white Co. fairgroundsCAlBrA # 11 & 12

4-H/USPCDEC. 20-22: franklin, tN. williamson Co. Agexpo Park. ut extension 4-H campJAn. 21-25: Arlington, vA. Hyatt regency

Crystal City. usPC 2015 Annual meeting. info: www.ponyclub.org

CLINICS / CLASSESJAn. 15: martin, tN. ut martin Ag Pavillion.ffA Horse ClinicMAR. 14-15: shelbyville, tN. Clearview Horsefarm. richard winters clinic. info: Carol James(615) 289-7611; email: [email protected]

COWBOY CHURCHMOnDAY: Circle Cross Church. 7 p.m. info:stan (901) 848-4959; email: [email protected]: Bells, tN. Bible study meetings. 7p.m. marty overton's, 4051 Cherryville rd. info:marty 731-225-0237 or Clint 731-983-0511TuESDAY: richland, ms. His Brand CowboyChurch, 1631 Cleary rd. 7 p.m. info: (601) 543-6023 email: [email protected]: wynne, Ar. Cr 381. three treesCowboy Church. fellowship supper 6:30 pm;services 7 pm. info: Jimmy 870-261-2505SunDAY: longtown, ms. 548 Bryant lane.Bryant lane Cowboy Church. 10:30 am. info:Bro. scott urban 662-501-0031SunDAY: oakland, tN. 7720 Hwy 64. rafterH Cowboy Church. J. mark wilson. 5:30 pm.info: danny Cooley (901) 485-4103SunDAY: wynne, Ar. Cr 381. three treesCowboy Church. fellowship B'fast 9:30 am.worship 10 am. info: Jimmy 870-261-2505

HORSE SALESSECOnD FRIDAY: Gleason, tN. west tNAuction Barn. 330 fence rd. 6:30 pm. info:Chucky Greenway 731-571-8198

SPECIAL EVENTSDEC. 6-10: salt lake City, utah. salt PalaceConvention Center. AAeP 60th annual Conven-tion. www.aaep.org/info/annual-convention-318JAn. 10: Jackson, ms. ms state fairgrounds.miss rodeo mississippi & miss dixie NationalPageant (deadline dec. 15). info: deshannon(601) 917-8920 or Allison (601) 842-1315 JAn. 21-25: Arlington, vA. Hyatt regencyCrystal City. 2015 usPC Annual meeting &equine symposium. info: shelley mann 859-254-7669. www.ponyclub.orgFEB. 20-22: murfreesboro, tN. miller Coli-seum. southern equine expo.

BARREL RACINGnOv. 29: Holly springs. ms. marshall Co. fair-grounds. kudzu klassic. trainers 10 am; show 1pm. info: 662-252-5441nOv. 29: decaturville, tN. triple P Arena, 96Camper rd. robert "dylan" ferrell fundraiser.Barrel/Pole race. training 11 am; show 2 pm.info: wayne Powers 731-549-6517, ronnieroberts 731-614-1779, freda roberts 731-614-1787, or Cheryl searle 559-791-0260nOv. 29-30: kiln, ms. Hancock Arena. 4184kiln-delisle rd. turkey Barrel Bash. info: Carolrushing 228-861-3530 or email: [email protected]. 5-7: memphis, tN. show Place Arena.lucky dog Barrel races. info: www.luckydo-graces.comDEC. 20: mason, tN. Coyote run Arena. win-ter series show #3DEC. 20: iron City, tN. iron City Arena. dirtysouth Barrel racing series. $500 added. exhi-bitions 11 am. Pee wee starts 2 pm. info: Adri-enne morrell 931-279-9358 or lindsey Calton931-332-4956. www.ironcityarena.comDEC. 27: mason, tN. Coyote run Arena. win-ter series show #4

DEC. 27: Holly springs, ms. marshall Countyfairgrounds. info: Beau mcCoy 662-544-5290DEC. 27: mcewen, tN. Blue Creek Arena.iBrA show. kenny mcCallister 615-617-9956JAn. 1: mason, tN. Coyote run Arena. Newyear's day Barrel raceJAn. 9-10: martin, tN. utm Ag Pavilion. utmartin rodeo Booster Club winter Barrel rac-ing series. info: katie Brooks (270) 627-1031 orJamie white (731) 693-6315JAn. 16-18: tunica, ms. Paul Battle Arena. di-amond l Production Barrel race. info: kennylane 901-288-8484JAn. 17: iron City, tN. iron City Arena. dirtysouth Barrel racing series. $500 added. exhi-bitions 11 am. Pee wee starts 2 pm. info: Adri-enne morrell 931-279-9358 or lindsey Calton931-332-4956. www.ironcityarena.comJAn. 24: mason, tN. Coyote run Arena. win-ter series show #5FEB. 7: mason, tN. Coyote run Arena. winterseries show #6FEB. 21: mason, tN. Coyote run Arena. win-ter series show #7FEB. 21: iron City, tN. iron City Arena. dirtysouth Barrel racing series. $500 added. exhi-bitions 11 am. Pee wee starts 2 pm. info: Adri-enne morrell 931-279-9358 or lindsey Calton931-332-4956. www.ironcityarena.comMAR. 21: iron City, tN. iron City Arena. dirtysouth Barrel racing series. $500 added. exhi-bitions 11 am. Pee wee starts 2 pm. info: Adri-enne morrell 931-279-9358 or lindsey Calton931-332-4956. www.ironcityarena.com

COWBOY MOUNTED SHOOTINGJAn. 2-3: Columbia, Al. southern Cross ranch.Al New year's Celebration

CUTTING HORSE EVENTSArena one: suzy Barnett (662) 578-5824 or(662) 934-9224.nOv. 30-DEC. 1: fort worth, tx. 2014 NCHAworld Championship futurityDEC. 28-31: Batesville, ms Arena one. openfuturity. info: 662-563-1492JAn. 1-4: Batesville, ms. Arena one. mid southCHA. info: 662-934-9224

DONKEYS & MULESTHuRSDAYS: Golden, ms. Belmont saddleClub arena. donkey Penning Practice. 6 pm.info: larry Bolton at 662-424-2158.tN donkey Association monthly driving. info: sally lightner: 931-361-0087

DRESSAGEDEC. 3-6: Cambridge, mA. usdf Annual Con-vention. info: www.usdf.org/conventionDEC. 13: Hernando, ms. mid-south dressageAcademy. schooling show. info: www.midsouthdressageacademy.orgJAn. 8 - MAR. 29: wellington, fl. Palm Beachinternational equestrian Center. Adequan Global dressage festival

EVENTINGDEC. 3-7: fort worth, tx. omni fort worthHotel. useA Annual meeting Convention, info: useventing.com/membership/convention

FIELD TRIALSDEC. 4-7: Blue mtn., ms. Hell Creek wildlifemgmt. Area. Alabama field trial Club. info: J.r.Page (662) 423-9086DEC. 5-7: lavergne, tN. Percy Priest wildlifemgmt. Area. tN valley Amateur All-Age shoot-ing dog invitational. info: ronnie rogers (865)217-9229DEC. 11: Buena vista, tN. Carroll Co. field

trial Club. Amateur All-Age Championship.info: ken Blackman (901) 606-9553.JAn. 12: Grand Junction, tN. Ames Plantation.Hobart Ames memorial ft. info: www.amesplantation.orgFEB. 9-20: Grand Junction, tN. Ames Planta-tion. National Championship. drawing feb. 7.info: www.amesplantation.org

GAITED HORSE SHOWS FEB. 4: lexington, ky. embassy suites Hotel.NwHA National meetingFEB. 14: murfreesboro, tN. mtsu Jamesunion Bldg. wHoA Awards Banquet

HUNTER/JUMPERDEC. 6-7: Canton, ms. Canton multipurposeCenter. mHJA Holiday ClassicDEC. 28-29: thompson's station, tN. JaeckleCenter. Holiday Horse show info: [email protected]

OPEN ARENA .THuRSDAY nIGHTS: Holly springs, ms.marshall Co. fairgrounds. 6-8 pm. info: (662)252-5441 www.mcfairgrounds.com

PAINT/PINTO HORSE SHOWSFEB. 7-8: Jackson, ms. kirk fordyce Arena.dixie National Paint-o-rama

QUARTER HORSE SHOWSnOv. 28-30: tunica, ms. Paul Battle Arena.mid-south QH Assn. turkey Circuit. info: sherrirob 901-831-3753. www.midsouthqha.netDEC. 12-14: Jackson, ms. kirk fordyce equineCenter. mAQHA Holiday Classic. info: robseal 601-917-8041 or 601-482-8498JAn. 16-18: Cookeville, tN. Country inn &suites. 2015 tQHA Convention & Annual meet-ingFEB. 16-22: Jackson, ms. kirk fordyce equineCenter. dixie National QH show

RANCH HORSEJAn. 16-18: Bowling Green, ky. ArHA Con-ventionFEB. 7-8: murfreesboro, tN. volunteer ranchHorse Assn. show

REININGFEB. 21-22: Canton, ms. Canton multipurposeCenter. ms reining Horse Assn. show

RODEOS & BULL RIDINGDEC. 4-13: las vegas, Nv. wrangler Nationalfinals rodeo. info: nfrexperience.comDEC. 13: Buchanan, tN. milam’s Horsebarn.Pro and Non-Pro Bull riding, mutton Busting.8pm. Call in dec 8, 3-10 pm. info: 731-642-8346or 731-644-5665DEC. 27: memphis, tN. show Place Arena.liberty Bowl rodeo. info: www.autozoneliber-tybowl.orgJAn. 10: Buchanan, tN. milam’s Horsebarn.Pro and Non-Pro Bull riding, mutton Busting.8pm. Call in Jan 5, 3-10 pm. info: 731-642-8346or 731-644-5665JAn. 23-24: murfreesboro, tN. miller Coli-seum. seBrA Bull riding ChampionshipsFEB. 13-14: starkville, ms. ms Horse Park.rotary Classic rodeo. info: 662-325-9350FEB. 28: Batesville, ms. Batesville Civic Cen-ter. Bill lipscomb memorial rodeo. info: 800-639-9002MAR. 6-7: murfreesboro, tN. miller coliseum.lonestar rodeo

ROPINGDEC. 4-7: Hattiesburg, ms. forrest Co. multi-purpose Center. deep south team roping fi-nals. info: www.deepsouthteamropers.comDEC. 12-14: tunica, ms. Paul Battle Arena. ms

Classic ustrC team ropingJAn. 11-12: franklin, tN. Ag expo Park. musicCity truck roping. info: www.jx2events.comFEB. 14-16: memphis, tN. show Place Arena.muddy river Classic. info: www.jx2events.comTuESDAY: moscow, tN. team roping prac-tice, sonny Gould Arena, 1985 Poole rd. 6-9p.m. $25 info: (901) 491-1678.

www.GouldropinHorses.com

TEAM PENNING / RANCH SORTINGDEC. 6, 20: saulsbury, tN east fork ranch.rsNC event 10 am. Books open 9 am. info:daphne (901) 491-6156 or [email protected]. 10, 24: saulsbury, tN east fork ranch.rsNC event 10 am. Books open 9 am. info:daphne (901) 491-6156 or [email protected]. 14, 28: saulsbury, tN east fork ranch.rsNC event 10 am. Books open 9 am. info:

daphne (901) 491-6156 or [email protected]. 14, 28: saulsbury, tN east fork ranch.rsNC event 10 am. Books open 9 am. info:daphne (901) 491-6156 or [email protected]

TRAIL RIDESnOv 29: memphis, tN, shelby farms Park,Gate #11. shelby farms equestrian Alliancetrail Challenge. info: rick richardson 901-262-4202 or [email protected].

DEADLINEDeadline for JAn. issue: DEC. 23

Parting Shots:

(below) Heart my Horse! (photo by Bill

Kenner); (below right) Christmas tree brand(photo by Nancy Brannon); and (right) kickup your Heels (photo by Tommy Brannon)


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