The USDF/ODS Adult Team Competition is taking place this Saturday and Sunday, April 2 & 3 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds, in Salem, OR.  We are in need of scribes.  If you are available and would like to help please contact manager Linda Wick at lgwick@wildblue.net.
Thank you.

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Saddle Fitting Clinic at Winwood Farm in Central Point, May 22 & 23 with John Meriwether of Meriwether Saddlery from Issaquah, WA.  For more information, contact Barb Wood at (541) 664-5144.

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ATTENTION ‘L’ GRADUATES LOOKING TO RETEST: STRIDE Part 2 has a last minute opening for the Final Exam scheduled April 9-10 in Jacksonville, FL.

If interested, contact Charlotte Trentleman at rebelridge@aol.com.

If you have any questions regarding your eligibility to retest, contact USDF at lprogram@usdf.org.

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Pacific Crest Trail Chapter invites you to a lecture by Dr. Rick McMillen of Valley Equine in McMinnville on soft tissue injuries of the lower leg and the latest treatment options. Time: 1:30 PM Sunday, April 10, 2011.  Location: Beaverton Library, Meeting Room B, 12375 SW Fifth, Beaverton, OR. Free and all are welcome.

Contact Jae for further information – JJGober@aol.com.

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Hearts and Horses Tons of Fun!

The numbers are in for the Hearts and Horses Fun show held on Feb. 13, and it was a huge success! There were over 45 riders in the variety of classes, all determined to have a good time. Some of the Very Little ones were at their first show and were stealing hearts left and right. The food sales were brisk, and the weather quite cooperative for Feb in Oregon, as the snow the next weekend reminded us all!  The break your heart bareback class was a crowd favorite, with  Cindy Sanders taking the top prize despite her pony’s best effort to buck her off. The jumping went smoothly and the games were tons of fun, even if Dad had to lead you through them! All in all, after the expenses were tallies the club made over $300 in profit. But more importantly than that, it was a fun activity for everyone in the community. This was well received enough that this may become an annual tradition for the club to put on. One suggestion at the meeting was for future profits to go into the HPHHP fund. A special thank you to all the volunteers who made this happen. Without Marilyn and Norma it would not have happened, but there were many more folks behind the scenes, so thank you to every one that helped. The club received a special thank you from the Brady family. Their girls Hannah and Nataly showed, and Nataly (3 years old) rode Buster (27) in their first show and had a great time.

See the attachment for more — UVC-Mar2011-News

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Click here to review The Dressage Foundation’s 15th Century Club Newsletter - TDF-CenturyClubNews(15) –   This year’s volunteer editor was Carol Nuckton, a COC-ODS member!

The Century Club recognizes Dressage riders and horses whose combined ages total 100 years or more. Horse and rider perform a Dressage test of any Level, at a Dressage show or event, and are scored by a Dressage judge or professional.

2011 marks the 15th year anniversary for The Century Club! The Dressage Foundation would love to have another record year and encourages you to spread the word about this program to your friends and family.  A Century Club application form can be found on the back of this newsletter. Please feel free to share it with anyone who would like to become a member!

Check out Team #69, ODS’s Norma Talburt and Lady of Fame (Jonie). Norma is a UVC officer and has been an ODS member since 1988.

Also featured is Team #73, Barbara Larson and Lynx N Willy (Lynx).  Barbara has been a member of ODS since 1989 and is in the southern region.

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More About The Dressage Foundation…
Lowell Boomer founded The Dressage Foundation in 1989, and its Mission is “To cultivate and provide financial support for the advancement of dressage.” Simply stated, the business of The Dressage Foundation is to raise money, manage it, and give it away. Through generous donations, we are able to fulfill our Mission to provide grants and scholarships to young riders, adult amateurs, judges, instructors, dressage clubs, and high performance teams. Donations to The Dressage Foundation come in all sizes–small, medium, large, and extra-large. Each contribution is important and does make a difference! For more information on charitable gifts and estate planning, contact Melissa Filipi, Development Director, at 402-434-8585.

Lexington, KY – With her eighth place finish in the final qualifying competition of the 2010/2011 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Western European League at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, American Catherine Haddad celebrated her birthday and secured herself a trip to the Final with Winyamaro.

The pair scored 74.100%, to lead at the halfway mark through the Freestyle, but ended up eighth in ‘s-Hertogenbosch with another impressive effort in the toughest World Cup Qualifying League. Haddad (Vechta, Germany) has strung together an impressive list of World Cup efforts with the 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding and earned fifth place in the Western European League Rankings. Good results throughout Europe punched her ticket to Leipzig for the Final April 28-May 1, 2011.

The final North American League qualifier will be held this weekend, March 31-April 3, at the Festival of the Horse CDI-W in Burbank, CA, and two American riders will be named from that League to represent the U.S. in the Final.

ENDS

Siskiyou Chapter of ODS is accepting clean, “gently used” tack and equipment items as donations for a barn sale fundraiser in Talent, Oregon on Saturday, April 30th. Funds will be used toward prizes and expenses for the upcoming May 21st League Show at Cygnet Farm in Talent, Oregon. Please contact Pat Eisenberg at 541-499-6731 for details.
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The USEF Executive Committee recently approved a round of changes, effective immediately, to multiple dressage rules that represent significant changes regarding judging and scoring for dressage. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with these changes by reviewing the 2011 Supplement to the Hard Copy Rulebook found here:

http://www.usef.org/documents/rules/ruleChanges/2011/ECapproved03212011.pdf

For additional information please contact Jeannie Putney, National Director of Dressage at (859) 225-6918 or jputney@usef.org.

United States Equestrian Federation, Inc. 4047 Iron Works Pkwy, Lexington, KY 40515 859-258-2472 webmaster@usef.org

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“Dressage Thru The Levels” Symposium with Lendon Grey and Janet Foy June 18-19, 2011 in Bend, Oregon has been CANCELLED. For those of you who have sent in an auditor registration or demo rider application along with a check, please note that your check/video will not be returned. All checks have been shredded. Thank you for your interest, but due to the low amount of response we have received, canceling was our only option.

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