To be held at the Clark County Event Center, Ridgefield, WA. For more information, contact Rose Newman at 360-281-6550. Please contact Lorraine Nettles to volunteer.
To be held at the Clark County Event Center, Ridgefield, WA. For more information, contact Rose Newman at 360-281-6550. Please contact Lorraine Nettles to volunteer.
ODS is proud to announce that we will again be involved in the dressage presentation at the Northwest Horse Fair and Expo, which is to be held this weekend – March 20, 21 and 22 in Albany, Oregon. USDF Lifetime Achievement Winner and USEF “S” Judge Kay Meredith will be the featured dressage clinician this year. Hours for the equine exposition are: Thursday, March 19 for the first rounds of the Extreme Cowboy RaceÔ and the Extreme Mustang Makeover, from 4pm to 8pm; Friday, March 20 from 10am to 8pm; Saturday March 21 from 9am to 8pm; and Sunday, March 22 from 9am to 6pm.
Kay Meredith is from North Carolina and she has trained and successfully competed through Grand Prix levels in dressage, representing the United States in international competitions and competing throughout the U.S. for three decades. Among her many accomplishments, Kay was a member of the 1983 United States Equestrian Team (USET) Gold Medal Dressage Team at the Pan-Am Games in Venezuela. She has won United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals; and in 1979 was named the AHSA Horsewoman of the Year.
Kay’s Northwest Horse Fair presentations will demonstrate dressage through the levels using demo rider volunteers from ODS. Presentations include a Friday lecture “Basics of Dressage, Including Judging, Directives, Purpose – Training Through 2nd Levels” and a riding clinic “Basics of Dressage – Training, First & Second Levels”. On Saturday, Kay will offer both a lecture and riding clinic session entitled “Higher Expectations of 3rd & 4th Levels”, followed on Sunday by lecture and riding clinics “Higher Expectations of FEI Dressage”.
Kay’s presentation times are:
Friday Lecture 12:00 pm Clinic 2:30 pm
Saturday Lecture 12:00 pm Clinic 1:30 pm
Sunday Lecture 11:00 am Clinic 1:30 pm
Please note that these times are approximate and are subject to change.
We are still looking for a few volunteers to help out with Kay’s booth – the ODS Office is closed today so that staff can travel and set up our expo booth so just check in at the ODS Booth or at Kay’s booth if you are able to help or call the ODS Exec. Director’s mobile phone at 503-730-8036 if you would like to help.
Advance tickets for the Northwest Horse Fair & Expo are $10 per day for adults and $5 per day for children aged 6 to 12. Tickets at the gate are $12 per day for adults and $6 per day for children 6 to 12; children 5 and under get in free. Cash only at the gate. Advance tickets are on sale at select retail outlets throughout Oregon and Washington. A complete list of ticket outlets is available at www.equinepromotions.net . Advance ticket sales end Thursday March 19 at store closing time. Sunday at the Northwest Horse Fair & Expo is “LMF Feed Youth Day”. Admission is free that day for Pony Club and 4-H members, 18 year of age and under, who show their current club ID at the entrance gate.
Due to conflicting closing dates on the ODS Show calendar and our PO box issue that we have resolved, Fort Vancouver Chapter ODS is extending the closing date to March 27, 2009.
To be held at the Clark County Event Center, Ridgefield, WA. For more information, contact Rose Newman at 360-281-6550. Please contact Lorraine Nettles to volunteer.
To be held at the Clark County Event Center, Ridgefield, WA. For more information, contact Rose Newman at 360-281-6550. Please contact Lorraine Nettles to volunteer.
ODS is proud to announce that we will again be involved in the dressage presentation at the Northwest Horse Fair and Expo, which is to be held this weekend – March 20, 21 and 22 in Albany, Oregon. USDF Lifetime Achievement Winner and USEF “S” Judge Kay Meredith will be the featured dressage clinician this year. Hours for the equine exposition are: Thursday, March 19 for the first rounds of the Extreme Cowboy RaceÔ and the Extreme Mustang Makeover, from 4pm to 8pm; Friday, March 20 from 10am to 8pm; Saturday March 21 from 9am to 8pm; and Sunday, March 22 from 9am to 6pm.
Kay Meredith is from North Carolina and she has trained and successfully competed through Grand Prix levels in dressage, representing the United States in international competitions and competing throughout the U.S. for three decades. Among her many accomplishments, Kay was a member of the 1983 United States Equestrian Team (USET) Gold Medal Dressage Team at the Pan-Am Games in Venezuela. She has won United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals; and in 1979 was named the AHSA Horsewoman of the Year.
Kay’s Northwest Horse Fair presentations will demonstrate dressage through the levels using demo rider volunteers from ODS. Presentations include a Friday lecture “Basics of Dressage, Including Judging, Directives, Purpose – Training Through 2nd Levels” and a riding clinic “Basics of Dressage – Training, First & Second Levels”. On Saturday, Kay will offer both a lecture and riding clinic session entitled “Higher Expectations of 3rd & 4th Levels”, followed on Sunday by lecture and riding clinics “Higher Expectations of FEI Dressage”.
Kay’s presentation times are:
Friday Lecture 12:00 pm Clinic 3:30 pm
Saturday Lecture 12:00 pm Clinic 1:30 pm
Sunday Lecture 11:00 am Clinic 1:30 pm
In addition to organizing the demo riders, ODS will have a booth in the trade fair and is also assisting Kay with organizing volunteers in her booth. Volunteering in the trade fair booth has been a lot of fun in the past years and it is an unequaled opportunity to share information about dressage. We are offering a $10 admission pass in exchange for a shift in the booth. Duties are fairly light – handing out brochures, answering questions and selling merchandise. We will provide on the job training.
Open Shifts in the ODS Booth:
Friday – 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM (2 people)
Saturday – 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM (2 people – booth closes for lecture/clinic)
Sunday – 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM (2 people – booth closes for clinic)
Members interested in helping can contact Corinne Stonier in the ODS office (office@oregondressage.com) – please include the day(s) and time(s) you are available.
Open Shifts in Kay Meredith’s Booth:
Kay is seeking coverage in her booth when she is teaching or lecturing, during meal times plus additional coverage for breaks. Please e-mail the ODS Office (office@oregondressage.com) with the day(s) and time(s) you are available and we will do our best to coordinate with Kay.
Advance tickets for the Northwest Horse Fair & Expo are $10 per day for adults and $5 per day for children aged 6 to 12. Tickets at the gate are $12 per day for adults and $6 per day for children 6 to 12; children 5 and under get in free. Cash only at the gate. Advance tickets are on sale at select retail outlets throughout Oregon and Washington. A complete list of ticket outlets is available at www.equinepromotions.net . Advance ticket sales end Thursday March 19 at store closing time. Sunday at the Northwest Horse Fair & Expo is “LMF Feed Youth Day”. Admission is free that day for Pony Club and 4-H members, 18 year of age and under, who show their current club ID at the entrance gate.
It is that time of the year again – Spring Into Dressage at DevonWood, our North Willamette Valley Chapter’s recognized show.
I have “volunteered” once again – to be the “Volunteer Coordinator” for the show -
So I’m sending out this email to ask you to seriously consider how you might be involved this year.
So far – the show is scheduled to run:
Friday (March 20) for 8am – 6pm
Saturday (March 21) from 7a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Sunday (March 22) for 6 ½ – 7 hours
The volunteer positions are:
Scribe Friday and Sunday – would like to break these days into 2 timeframes of approx 3 – 4 hours each -or one full day.
Saturday - again either 2 full day equivalents (8hours) or 4 half day equivalents (4 hours).
Runner (must have a valid ODL) Can break into 2-hour volunteer slots per day
Scorers Need two Volunteers for each time slot. Can break these into 2 hours each.
So we need LOTS of Volunteers each day
Announcer Need one Announcer at a time. It is best to have an announcer for 3-4hours, but we can break this up according to your availability.
Show arena check-in & equipment check: need one person at the gate at a time. Can break-up into two-hour timeframes
Warm-up arena check-in & gatekeeper: Need one person at the gate at a time. The first gatekeeper of the day must arrive ½ hour prior to first scheduled ride per USEF rules
Gofer – Would like one gofer at all times to help “float”. Will help the Office Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, and be a general ”fill-in” where needed
Please connect with me to let me know what you’d like to volunteer doing, which day, and what time will work best for you.
I am so looking forward to having a ball at this show, like we did last year
(oh, yeah, I almost forgot – we have snow coming in sideways but we managed to have fun anyway with people and horses we love, a heater, blankets and lots of candy!)
Please call me – 503-949-0156 – cell or email me – jackson4@countrycablevision.net. (I will warn you, our internet provider is new and has lots of problems staying up…so if you don’t hear back from me within a day or two, please call me, because I won’t know you’re trying to reach me.)
Equestrians’ Institute is proud to announce an incredible opportunity to learn directly from the renowned, international dressage trainer, Conrad Schumacher on March 28-29, 2009. Immerse yourself during this intensive weekend symposium featuring lecture, interactive discussion, and horse-and-rider demonstrations. There are seats still available, in fact we’d like to sell 200. So bring along a friend or two!
Discover how to develop your own mental fitness.
Receive training solutions enabling you to optimize your horse’s performance.
Learn how to prepare your horse from initial basic steps in training to the highest levels in competition.
Mr. Schumacher will outline his unique approach in developing the horse and rider from beginning stages of training up to preparation for Grand Prix. He will be discussing common training issues that arise when advancing through the levels and solutions to those problems. He will be emphasizing the rider and how to develop your skills as you to advance yourself and your horse so that you both may achieve peak performance. This is a rare opportunity to spend a weekend learning from an exceptional, international, master trainer.
Who should attend?
Horse enthusiasts from novice to professional will benefit from these condensed, rigorous, proven presentations. Mr. Schumacher is a teacher of extraordinary insight and ability who has coached Olympic medalists, World and European Champions, and medal-winning Young Rider teams in the United States and Europe. His students have won more than 40 international medals.
About Conrad
The renowned Conrad Schumacher has trained USET young riders from 1991 to 1995 and was the trainer for the USDF Advanced Young Riders through 2004. In addition, Mr. Schumacher has been the official trainer for the British team for the World Equestrian Games and the Olympics. Conrad Schumacher trained under the late German World Champion and Olympic medalist Josef Neckermann. He is a former German national dressage team member and since 1982 he has been coaching and teaching around the world.
Clear your calendar March 28-29 and come prepared to learn! Fees cover full-weekend attendance with lunch provided both days.
There are still rides available both days at Arabians in Motion’s Back to Basics Dressage Show. The show takes place on April 4 and 5 at DevonWood Equestrian Centre. The show is for Arabians, Anglo-Arabians and Half Arabians. It is recognized by AHA, USEF, USDF and ODS.
The ODS High School Dressage show “Dressage for the Ages” is fast approaching on March 14 & 15 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds. We have a very large show with two rings each day. I am looking for people that would be willing to help scribe.
This show is the High School Scholarship fund raiser. We are looking for people that would be interested in sponsoring a class for the show. Please contact me at j-g.mccabe@juno.com if you are interested. In the past three year we have helped 13 ODS High School members with scholarships.
Hello ODS – Want to bring a fewimportant updates to your attention regarding theMay 9-10th, 2009 Heart of the Valley I & II Dressage Shows1) Please mark your calendars and save the date (Mother’s Day weekend) as we are once again offering a three competition arenas in order to accommodate more entries, and this year we have made our event a NAYJRC Qualifier to help out the region, so we will certainly need all of the volunteer hours you can offer. Thank you so much for considering. If you would like to sign up now,please contact our volunteer coordinator, Tammy Kienitz, attammyk@wildblue.net.
2) As opening day for these shows fast approaches (this Wednesday, March 4th), please rememberTHESE ARE TWO SEPARATE SHOWS! To compete on Saturday and Sunday you must submittwo separate COMPLETE entries, one for Saturday and one for Sunday.
3) As mentioned above, this year HOV I & II are NAYJRC Qualifiers! An update to our prize list atwww.oregondressage.com under shows & clinics will be posted today or tomorrow. The following classes will be added:
Official Qualifying Competition for the 2009 FEI North American Junior and Young Riders’ Championships and 2009Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF National Junior, Young Rider & Brentina Cup Championships. Official Qualifying Competition for the Markel/USEF Young Horse Dressage Program and USEF National Developing Horse Dressage Championship (sponsored by the Dutta Corp & PSI)
Updates to fees:
Quadrille,per rider $11
Young Horse, Young Adult ‘Brentina Cup” & Developing horse tests $50
New Classes
127, 227 Quadrille
NAJYRC and USEF Qualifying Tests for Juniors -THESE ARE ALL NEW TESTS FOR 2009!!! VISITwww.fei.org FOR TESTS!
Sat. 128, FEI Junior Team Test *NEW TEST!
Sun 229 FEI Junior Individual Test*NEW TEST!
Sun 230 FEI Junior Freestyle Test*NEW TEST!
NAJYRC and USEF Qualifying Tests for Young Riders - THESE ARE ALL NEW TESTS FOR 2009!!! VISITwww.fei.org FOR TESTS!
Sat. 131, FEI Young Rider Team Test*THIS TEST IS NOW THE SAME AS PSG
Sun 232 FEI Young Rider Individual Test*THIS IS AN ALL NEW TEST
Sun 233 FEI Young Rider Freestyle Test*THIS IS A NEW TEST
USEF Qualifying Test for YOUNG ADULTS
Sat 134, USEF “Brentina Cup” Test* USEF Qualifying.
Markel/USEF Qualifying Tests for Young Horses.
220Young Horse Tests. Specify USEF 4 year old or FEI 5 or 6 year old.
USEF Qualifying Test for the Developing Horse– NEW TEST FOR 2009!!!
235 USEF Developing Horse Test*– NEW TEST FOR 2009!!!
