Another chance!!

Auditing space is still available in one of the best educational opportunities of the year!

USDF ‘L’ Education Program Session B The ‘L’ Education Program is a fantastic educational opportunity for everyone. Competitors, trainers and instructors gain insight into the evaluative techniques of judging.

• Session B: Judging Criteria for Gaits & Paces, Movements & Figures
• May 26-27, 2007
• Lecture: May 26th , 8am–11:30am at the Chehalem Sr. Center in Newberg, OR. May 27th , 8am-10:00am at the Chehalem Community Center, Newberg. Riding
• Demonstration: Sat. 12:15pm-5:00pm & Sun. 10:15am-4:00pm at DevonWood Equestrian Center, Sherwood, OR.
• Session Leader: Tracey Lert Tracey Lert is a nationally known dressage competitor, trainer, instructor and “S” dressage judge. She is a member of the USDF “L” Faculty and a USDF Certified Instructor through 4th Level. Tracey has earned her USDF Bronze, Silver and Gold medals with horses she herself trained. In addition she has earned both USDF Silver and Gold Freestyle bars. She has been on the USET Long List and the Developing Horse and Rider list with several horses. Tracey loves to teach, and her students have placed well locally and nationally. Her students have earned the Bronze, Silver, and Gold USDF Rider medals. Also, many of her students have gone on to make teaching and training horses their profession. Over the years, her students have placed well at all levels in both CDS and USDF Finals and end of the year award programs. (Excerpts from bio.)

Additional Info and Applications for the Oregon Program: Can be found on the ODS web site at www.oregondressage.com under the programs button. Pre-Registration is required!! Auditor Deadline extended to 5/19/07! For exact requirements check the USDF web site at the following link: http://www.usdf.org/Programs/LProgram/index.asp

Demo Riders Needed! The program will also need a variety of demo rides for each session. This is a fabulous way to get feedback on how you and your horse are doing without the pressure of a show. Demo riders do get to audit for free but need to pay for handouts, lunch and stabling. Contact Francy if interested.

Questions or more information contact: Francy Haupt 971-832-0244 dqhorsestuff@comcast.net
Hope to see you there!

There are still plenty of Open, High School Championship and ODS League Championship rides available at the ODS League Championship in Salem to be held June 9 & 10. You may have already read about this show in this month’s issue of Flying Changes — or in previous ODS Broadcast alerts (archived on the News page of the ODS Website).

This is a great opportunity to ride a Freestyle, Pas de Deux or Quadrille as the qualifying requirements for those three classes have been dropped for this year.

New — the ODS League Championship show is now opening Sunday, June 10 to open rides. The classes will be test of choice classes and as entries warrant they may be divided into test levels.

For more information, see the entry on the ODS Shows/Clinics page about this show or contact Gaye McCabe at 503-378-0309.

Oregon Dressage Society is seeking Food and Espresso Vendors for several upcoming Dressage Shows and Educational Events in the Sherwood / Portland / Beaverton / Vancouver areas.

United States Equestrian Federation licensing regulations require show management to have food available on site. These shows host approximately 100 - 150 horses (we calculate 3 people per horse generally plus spectators).

We are additionally seeking an espresso vendor who can provide box lunches for training and educational events in the PDX area.

Please send a letter of interest indicating menu items (preference to a fresh, healthy menu), three references and a copy of your product liability insurance. Also note in your letter if your business is self contained (and the size of your trailer) or if you would need a tent and of any additional utility requirements (water, electricity / type, etc.).

Send letter to:
Oregon Dressage Society
C/O Corinne Stonier, Office Administrator
880 NE 25th Ave Ste 2 - 173
Hillsboro OR 97124
503-681-2337, phone
503-681-3873, fax
office@oregondressage.com

Founded in 1971, the Oregon Dressage Society is the third largest Group Member Organization of the United States Dressage Federation. The Oregon Dressage Society exists to educate, promote and inspire its members and the general public through publications, programs and competitions, in a way that enhances the image of dressage and promotes the welfare of the horse. For more information about ODS membership or programs, please visit www.oregondressage.com, e-mail office@oregondressage.com or call (503) 681-2337.

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It is with regret that I am writing to inform you that both our “Go for Baroque” Open Dressage Show June 22-23, 2007 and “Festival Open Dressage Show” August 17, 2007 have been canceled. The recent foreclosure of the Boring, Oregon facility left us without a location to hold our shows this year. In spite of attempts to find a replacement facility that met the size and location needs, we were unable to do so for this year.

Carla Shown
NW Andalusian Horse Association
NWAHA@aol.com
www.NWAHA.org 

Even though the World Cup Show will be over before this article appears in your mailbox I would like to congratulate ODS member Jeremy Steinberg and Parocco on making it into the Las Vegas Cup Grand Prix Invitational. We are all very proud of this pair from the Pacific Northwest!

I would like to thank all the volunteers who helped run the booth at the Albany Horse Expo held March 16-18. As a first time attendee I was surprised at the size of the event. ODS had a great booth location and there was lots of traffic. We signed up quite a few new members, sold merchandise and gave out a lot of information about ODS and dressage in general. It was fun to see so many familiar faces and renew acquaintances.

It is exciting to see dressage grow so much in Oregon. Unfortunately our shows and venues are not able to keep up with the number of exhibitors who wish to compete at our shows. Several recent shows and even some of the league shows have had to resort to lottery systems for entries since they received more entries than they could handle on the very first day. It looks like we need more and larger shows. One of the biggest problems with putting on shows is the labor that is involved. Most of the show managers and secretaries in our area are handling as many shows as they can manage. We need more people training to do these jobs and most importantly we need many more volunteers.

The League show program offers opportunities to try show management and volunteer positions without the pressure of the USDF/USEF recognized shows. They are also a great place to start showing in the lower levels and cater to beginning riders and horses as well as experienced riders. The 2007 League Open and Championship Show is coming up June 9 and 10 in Salem at the State Fairgrounds. The entries do not close until May 10 so there is still time to enter. This show includes Open, AA, High School and Junior Young Rider Divisions to ODS members. These divisions require 2 scores of 55% or better in any class of the level from two different judges at two different ODS League shows between May 1, 2006 and April 30, 2007. In addition there will be divisions for Quadrille, Pas de Deux and Musical Freestyle which for this year will not have qualifying criteria.

We are trying hard to provide an alternative for people who wish to show in a less formal environment and a place to begin and learn before taking the step to recognized shows. This year we have a small r and a large R judge for the show. This is an opportunity to show and get comments from a judge who judges at recognized shows. Please support the efforts of the board and show committee to provide this opportunity for you. If you can’t ride please volunteer. Many of the riders at this show are people who work and support recognized shows all year long so this is a great chance for recognized show riders to show their appreciation.

The next ODS Board Meeting is scheduled for May 19th at the Adult Team Show in McMinnville so the next column will include a report from that meeting. At this time we are considering some by laws revisions.

Marsha