Dear ODS Members,

Siskiyou Chapter would like to let you know that we still have openings in the Mike Osinski Clinic, to be held on Sunday, February 12^th .

Sunday’s clinic, taught by Mike Osinski is to be held at Destination’s End Equestrian Center, 1651 Anderson Creek Road, Talent OR 97540 US.  It is open to members and to non-members.  Click here to download flier with more details and to learn how to register.

About the clinician: Mike Osinski, a FEI Competitor and USEF “S” Judge resides in Lacey Washington where he trains and teaches dressage at the Forest Park Equestrian Center (6504 44^thAve NE, Olympia, WA 98516).  He is the recipient of the USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals and has had multiple “Horse of the Year” placing with his own horses.  He has coached North American Young Rider Championship team from the Pacific Northwest and has helped numerous students achieve their USDF gold medals.  Mike continues his own equestrian education by seeking out instruction, most recently from: Gerd Zuther and Bert Rutten, Chef d’Equipe for the Dutch Senior Dressage Team.  Mike is currently competing at FEI levels on several of his own, and client’s horses.  He has trained and ridden numerous horses to Grand Prix.  Mike has a unique ability to communicate with his students at any level of riding. He has tremendous empathy for the horse and rider.  Mike is one of the few clinicians today who is both a truly gifted communicator and rider.  He studies “classical dressage” and is a currently active competitor as well as a trained and active judge.  This gives him a perspective few other teachers can offer.  It is not uncommon for Mike to ride a student’s horse during a lesson to demonstrate a riding concept.  Mike has a unique ability to help students visualize a riding concept by helping them find their own words to describe the feel of a particular movement. Mike continues his own equestrian education by seeking out instruction, most recently from: Gerd Zuther and Bert Rutten, Chef d’Equipe for the Dutch Senior Dressage Team.

For more information or to register, please contact:

Rachel Merusi
Email: rachel.merusi@gmail.com
Phone: (503) 530-6447

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Dear ODS Members,

Siskiyou Chapter would like to let you know that we still have openings in both the Be My Valentine ODS League Show, to be held on Saturday, February 11th and the Mike Osinski Clinic, to be held on Sunday, February 12^th .  The closing date is approaching (January 30^th).

The Be My Valentine Show is an ODS League Show #L-9001, to be held at Cygnet Farm, 7501 Wagner Creek Road, Talent OR 97540.  It offers USDF Introductory Level through USEF Second Level including Musical Freestyle/Pas de Deux/Quadrille, plus unrecognized Third Level and Above, Prix Caprilli and Dressage Trail.  Show Officials: Mike Osinski (S)

• Click Here for Official Prize List
• Click Here for General Rules for ODS League Shows
• Click Here for the ODS League Show Entry Form

Sunday’s clinic, taught by Mike Osinski is to be held at Destination’s End Equestrian Center, 1651 Anderson Creek Road, Talent OR 97540 US.  It is open to members and to non-members.  Click here to download flier with more details and to learn how to register.

About the clinician: Mike Osinski, a FEI Competitor and USEF “S” Judge resides in Lacey Washington where he trains and teaches dressage at the Forest Park Equestrian Center (6504 44^thAve NE, Olympia, WA 98516).  He is the recipient of the USDF Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals and has had multiple “Horse of the Year” placing with his own horses.  He has coached North American Young Rider Championship team from the Pacific Northwest and has helped numerous students achieve their USDF gold medals.  Mike continues his own equestrian education by seeking out instruction, most recently from: Gerd Zuther and Bert Rutten, Chef d’Equipe for the Dutch Senior Dressage Team.  Mike is currently competing at FEI levels on several of his own, and client’s horses.  He has trained and ridden numerous horses to Grand Prix.  Mike has a unique ability to communicate with his students at any level of riding. He has tremendous empathy for the horse and rider.  Mike is one of the few clinicians today who is both a truly gifted communicator and rider.  He studies “classical dressage” and is a currently active competitor as well as a trained and active judge.  This gives him a perspective few other teachers can offer.  It is not uncommon for Mike to ride a student’s horse during a lesson to demonstrate a riding concept.  Mike has a unique ability to help students visualize a riding concept by helping them find their own words to describe the feel of a particular movement. Mike continues his own equestrian education by seeking out instruction, most recently from: Gerd Zuther and Bert Rutten, Chef d’Equipe for the Dutch Senior Dressage Team.

For both events, please contact: Rachel Merusi
Email: rachel.merusi@gmail.com
Phone: (503) 530-6447

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The Siskiyou Chapter of ODS wants to thank Angela for serving as our treasurer. Her continued involvement in club activities is greatly appreciated. Thanks to Kathleen Pugh who has agreed to be our new treasurer. We look forward to working together for a great year.

In August several members attended a dinner at Frau Kemmling Schoolhaus Brewhaus in Jacksonville and had a good time.  The Karen Robinson musical freestyle clinic was the focus of planning in September and will have taken place at Kathy Everman’s facility October 1-2^nd. Thanks to everyone who attended and helped put this event on. A Really Big thanks to Rachel, our president, who continues to put forth effort above and beyond the call of duty.

Sponsors and volunteers are needed for our upcoming 2012 League Shows. The “Be My Valentine” show will be held Feb. 11 with Mike Osinski “S” as judge. A riding clinic will be held with the Mike on Feb 12^th. Our April 28 show and 29^th clinic will be judged and instructed by Lynn McEnepsy ,“ R”.

Contact Rachel at 503-530-6447 for more information about these upcoming shows and clinics.

November 4-5^th are the dates for the ODS festival. Rachel is offering to assist with carpooling. The State of Jefferson is providing a bus options. Check out the ODS website for details.

Also in November we will have another Roadhouse Grill fundraising event. Stay tuned for details.

Other fun activities are in the works. Hope to see more of our members at the next meeting on October 20^th at 6:30 PM. Rachel has ordered the “On the Levels” DVD. Please call 503-530-6447 for the meeting location. Come help us plan a fun filled 2012.

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Don’t miss this great educational opportunity!

SISKIYOU CHAPTER OF THE OREGON DRESSAGE SOCIETY PRESENTS

MUSICAL FREESTYLE CLINIC WITH KAREN ROBINSON

SEPTEMBER 30—OCTOBER 2, 2011

Day One—Three hour lecture that will go over entire design process.

Day Two—Mounted– By the end of the day you will have ridden to a variety of types of music that would potentially work for your freestyle. Karen will record your horse’s tempo at each gait and will provide you a copy of the recording information.

Day Three—Mounted– By the end of the day you will have a rough outline of choreography for a freestyle at your level; you may even have a complete pattern. If you aren’t ready for this step or are unsure of where you and horse will be when you are ready to put a freestyle together, then you’ll spend this day riding to more types of music.

Participants—$250 for entire clinic

Auditors—$30 for entire clinic or $20/day

Musical Freestyle Demonstration By Local FEI Rider Roy Garvin Saturday, October 1st

Thank You To Our Event Sponsors!!!

The Dressage Foundation

Kathy Everman—Hidden Meadows

For more information, please contact Rachel Merusi  at rachel.merusi@gmail.com or 503-530-6447.

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Our tack sale fundraiser was a great success in April. Thanks to Ellen Dennis for use of her barn and to all who donated and purchased items. Everything was sold! The Roadhouse Grill dinner/meeting in April had 10 attending from our club plus a couple of Noble Riders Pony club members and family. Seemed like everyone had a good time and enjoyed their dinner plus we raised some needed funds. The May show was postponed until June 18^th due to the EVH-1 virus. Thanks to all of our volunteers including the Noble Riders and especially Rachel Merusi for making the show a success. Thanks to Angela for hosting the Summer Solstice get together at her house for our June 21^st meeting.

For the rest of this coming year, we are looking forward to the musical freestyle clinic with Karen Robinson on September 30 to October 2^nd at Kathy Everman’s facility, Hidden Meadows, in the Applegate. The riding spots are filled but auditors are welcome. Call Rachel Merusi at 503-530-6447 for details.  Also this year we are looking into other fun, educational activities such as a play day around the dressage trail and prix caprilli tests and a trail ride possibly through a vineyard (maybe with wine tasting as an option?).

The club is still looking at venues for our sanctioned show scheduled for June 30 to July 1^st with Kristi Wysocki as the judge. Also in 2012 we will have two league shows at Cygnet Farm. One will be held Feb 11^th with a clinic on the 12^th; Mike Osinski ‘S’will be the judge and clinician.  The judge and clinician for the April 28^th show and 29^th test review will be Lynn McEnespy ‘R’.

Everyone is welcome to join us for meetings and get-togethers on the 3^rd Tuesday of each month. We love to have all our members involved.

Submitted by Pat Eisenberg, secretary of Siskiyou Chapter of ODS

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Dear ODS Members,

We have rides available for the re-scheduled date for the Salute to Dressage League Show on June 18th.  Salute to Dressage is an ODS League Show and has a new closing date of 6/6/2011.  It will be held at Cygnet Farm in Talent, Oregon.

Let me know if you want a prize list and entry form sent.

Thank you,
Rachel Merusi, show manager

rachel.merusi@gmail.com

(541) 830-4754

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Dear ODS Members,

Due to the news of a confirmed case of neurological herpes virus in Oregon and the State Veterinarian Don Hanson urging horse owners to take precautions, several of our chapters have decided to postpone or to reschedule events which were on the calendar for later this week or for this coming weekend.  The state veterinarian’s website contains up to date information about the disease in our state as well as informational links to disease information and potential signs of the disease – the website address is: http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/AHID/equine_herpes_virus.shtml.

The confirmed case of the neurological herpes virus (Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy) or EHM, is directly linked to the cutting event held in Ogden, Utah from April 30 through May 8, 2011.  A number of other cases have been confirmed in surrounding states including, Washington, Idaho, California and Colorado.  EHM is a highly contagious neurological virus that can cause severe neurological symptoms in horses. There are no restrictions on the movement of non-exposed horses within Oregon at this time.

The first event which will be postponed is the Demo of the Geometry of the Dressage Ring and How to Ride It which was to be held on 5/19 at Hasel Farms, 61240 Crooked Creek Road, LaGrande, OR 97850. For more information or to be notified of the rescheduled date, please contact Karen Hasel at (541) 963-9654.

The second event which has already been rescheduled is Salute to Dressage League Show which was to be held 5/21 at the Cygnet Farm, 7501 Wagner Creek Rd Tangent OR 97540. The show will now be held on June 18^th, start time of 9:00 AM.  If you have questions about an entry or for more information about the show, please contact Rachel Merusi, manager at (541) 830-4754.

At this point, no other events have been postponed, rescheduled or canceled. Individual show and clinic managers will be communicating with our office; should any other events be cancelled or postponed, our office will notify our membership via e-mail, posting on our Facebook Fan Page and posting on the ODS website’s news page immediately.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly in the ODS Office.

Warmest Regards,
Corinne Stonier
Executive Director
Oregon Dressage Society, a registered non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization
www.oregondressage.com
PH: (503) 681-2337 — CELL: (503)730-8036 — FAX: (503) 681-3873
880 NE 25th Ave., Suite 2-173
Hillsboro, OR 97124

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The chapter is buzzing with energy due to our upcoming events – Ride-A-Test Clinics with Angela Littlefield-Thorndike ‘S’, Tack Sale on April 30^th,  possible May clinic with Edward Gal & Hans Peter Minderhoud, Salute to Dressage League Show on May 21^st and Musical Freestyle Clinic with Karen Robinson September 30 –October 2^nd!!!  We’re also planning events for 2012 – league show series and an USEF/USDF recognized show and more educational events.

Our next meeting will be held on April 19^th, 6pm at The Original Roadhouse Grill in Medford; this will be a social meeting and fundraiser.  Our following meeting is tentatively scheduled for May 17^th at 6pm, place TBD but more than likely Medford Fabrication Conference Room.

Cheers,

Rachel Merusi

Siskiyou Chapter President

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Salute to Dressage

is open!

The show will be held on Saturday – May 21, 2011

Oregon Dressage Society League Show – Recognized by: ODS# L-8021

Hosted by the Siskiyou Chapter of the Oregon Dressage Society

Judge: Paula Kierkegaard ‘R’

Join us at Cygnet Farms, 7501 Wagner Creek Road, Talent, OR 97540-7816 – we are hosting a FUN show that is offering Intro – FEI plus Freestyle, Pas de Deux/Quadrille, Prix Caprilli, Dressage Trail and a Mystery Test class (note: USEF Third Level and above tests will not count toward end of year league awards nor for the ODS League Championship Show).

Please visit the ODS Website for the complete prize list, rules and entry form – www.oregondressage.com/showsandclinics.html

For more information, please contact secretary: Rachel Merusi: 4178 Dodge Road, White City, OR 97503 – (503) 530-6447 or (541) 830-4754 or rachel.merusi@gmail.com or manager: Helen Merusi: (541) 941-2933

Thank you!