Mark your calendars:
August 26-29, 2009
Location: Make your Mark Stables, Springfield, OR
Instructors Include: Kim Barker and Kathryn Daniel
For more information and registration please contact Kathy Darneille at
(503)982-1044 or crosbycreek@canby.com
Click here to view the informational flier – NWVCamp2010
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AQHA ESTABLISHES DRESSAGE AS AN APPROVED EVENT
The American Quarter Horse Association has been researching and studying the sport of Dressage for the past nine years. Through the efforts of countless individuals, including input from staff at USDF and USEF, dressage will become an AQHA-approved event beginning January 1, 2010.
AQHA registered horses, shown by exhibitors who are current individual members of AQHA, will be eligible to earn points at USEF/USDF dressage competitions. AQHA has created a high-point recognition program for the AQHA open, amateur and youth divisions for first through 10th place in each division and the highest award to be highest-point-earning registered American Quarter Horse in each division, including points earned in training Level 4 through Grand Prix.
The following link to the AQHA website contains additional information, including a FAQ page, information on hosting a dressage event, and the competition license for the horse. http://www.aqha.com/showing/guidetoshowing/dressage.html
There are certain requirements of the USEF/USDF competitions before exhibitors can earn points with AQHA. Competitions will complete a short application and pay a fee of $50 per competition for approval from AQHA. This must be received by AQHA at least 60 days in advance of the competition. USEF Dressage judges must have an AQHA membership in order for the points earned by the competitor to count. (See AQHA rule 438). Each competition, with the name of the judge(s), will appear in the Show Calendar of at least one issue of the American Quarter Horse Journal. The Federation is excited about this new AQHA program.
If you have any questions please contact Valerie Smith, at the USEF Competition Department at 806-376-4811 or Rose Newman, chair of the ODS Show Committee at 360-281-6550.
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The ODS Board of Directors would like to extend a warm welcome to our newly appointed East Region Representative, Sharm Daggett. Sharm has been an ODS Member for 3 years and hails from Enterprise, Oregon. Sharm has experience with chapter board service and has a Sweedish Warmblood mare that is schooling second level and a rescue horse that is an awesome babysitter. She’s excited to join the ODS Board and plans to join in on a few sub-committees!
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Planning to attend several shows this year? Partially fill out the correct master entry form with the basic information about you and your horse – no signatures! – and make several copies. Store masters and copies with your Omnibus. THEN, for each show, finish filling in show name/date/location, class numbers/names, fees, and all required signatures.
Note that USEF no longer accepts affidavits of membership. You must provide proof of membership for every show or pay the $30 non-member fee. No alternatives. No exceptions.
So, once you’ve renewed your memberships for 2010, go to www.eqverification.org. Follow the instructions to print out proof of USEF and USDF memberships/registrations for you and your horse, all on one page. There’s room to tape your 2010 ODS membership card and a copy of your trainer’s USEF Competing Membership card at the bottom. Make several copies of this sheet to submit with your entries. The show secretaries will love you!
No ODS membership card? If you’ve gone green, you can send a copy of the transaction statement that you printed when you renewed your ODS membership through USDF. No transaction statement, either? Go to www.oregondressage.com, find the link to the 2010 membership list (usually at the bottom of the homepage), open it, and print the page that has your name on it. Or send a copy of the 2010 ODS Roster page that shows your listing
Submitted by Kaye Phaneuf
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Dear ODS,
The ODS Publications Schedule has changed in part due to our “Going Green” project. Our office will be mailing all three publications at the same time – ODS Omnibus, ODS Roster and ODS Test Booklet – which saves on paper (1 envelope instead of 3), postage and volunteer/staff time. The mailing will be customized to your order based on opt-out selections.
Our target date for printing is February 1st and for mailing is February 10th, which is later than the normal early January drop for the ODS Omnibus / Test Booklet but earlier than the normal April/May drop of the ODS Roster.
Please watch for updates on the publications schedule and please be patient with us as this is the first time in recent years that we’ve tried to coordinate this effort. We need volunteers to help stuff envelopes – please watch the ODS News page for any volunteer opportunities.
Show prize lists and other important information about shows and clinics are continuously being posted on the ODS website. If you have difficulty with a online prize lists, please e-mail the office for assistance.
Please contact the ODS Office if you have any questions.
Warmest Regards,
Corinne Stonier
Executive Director
Oregon Dressage Society
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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Two recently established funds are now available to USDF GMOs and dressage riders! The Dressage Foundation is proud to announce the latest additions to our funds and programs. If you would like to make a donation to either fund, please contact our office at 402-434-8585, melissa@dressagefoundation.org, or visit our website www.dressagefoundation.org.
Trip Harting Fund was created with donations from friends, students and admirers of Trip Harting, a beloved coach and clinician. The Fund’s purpose is to provide $500 Scholarships to a United States Pony Club current or graduate B or A, to assist in attending the USDF “L” Education Program, or USDF Instructor Certification Program. The application form and procedures are available at http://www.dressagefoundation.org/The_Trip_Harting_Fund.htm
The Sally Swift Memorial Fund provides financial assistance to USDF GMOs to conduct Centered Riding® educational clinics and seminars for riders at all levels. Grant applications are due at least 90 days prior to the scheduled event, maximum amount awarded will be $1,000. Grants will be awarded to the first qualified applicant(s) as determined by the Selection Committee. The application form and procedures are available at http://www.dressagefoundation.org/Sally_Swift_Memorial_Fund.htm
Melissa Filipi Development Director The Dressage Foundation (402)434-8585###
ODS Member Jennifer Williams and H.S. Wistar. © SusanJStickle.com
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 14–Jennifer S. Williams with her American-bred H.S. Wistar has been awarded a $25,000 (€17,225) Anne L. Barlow Ramsay grant to train in Europe.
The annual grant, administered by The Dressage Foundation, is designed to showcase talented American-bred horses ridden by U.S. citizens to train and compete in Europe.
Jennifer of Yelm, Washington, and her Hungarian warmblood will train with Catherine Haddad at Vechta, Germany, and will compete at CDIs in Oldenburg, Germany, and Odense, Denmark next fall.
“Jennifer’s dedication, qualifications, and desire to gain international experience impressed the Selection Committee,” said Jenny Johnson, Administrative Manager of The Dressage Foundation.
“Training and competing in Europe will give Wistar and me experience in how the European show system works, will give us experience with larger crowds and venues and will help acclimate us to the highest level of competition – international competition,” Jennifer said. “The Anne L. Barlow Ramsay Grant will allow me to experience and learn from competing abroad, something I only dreamed about before the award.”
Dr. Anne Barlow Ramsay who lived in Fernandina Beach, Florida established a Charitable Remainder Unitrust in 1999. She worked with John Boomer, then president and CEO of The Dressage Foundation. “The remainder funds were designated to come to The Dressage Foundation in 2009,” said Boomer, “and now her sizable fund will yield the $25,000 grant annually well out into future years.”
“Dr. Ramsay is a Renaissance woman — a wife, mother, medical doctor, business executive, volunteer, world-traveler and equestrienne,” said John Boomer. “In 2009, Dr. Ramsay established a second Charitable Remainder Unitrust, with the remainder funds again coming to The Dressage Foundation in 2019, to continue her schedule of $25,000 annual grants far out into the future years. Anne Ramsay’s creative, distinctive gift is remarkable for its longevity–it will be helping dressage riders and American-bred horses for a very long time to come.”
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Click Here for the Demo Rider Application (MS Word – type and print/sign) or Click Here for the Demo Rider Application(PDF – print and fill out by hand)- applications are due 2/1/2010. Please contact Francy Haupt for further information.
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The ODS retreat is both a board meeting and a brainstorming session. It is where chapter officers, ODS board members and interested general members get together and work on future plans for the organization. It will be held on 1/9 and 1/10 at the Silver Falls Convention Center – rain, snow or shine. The cost of $85 includes all meals and lodging. If you are interested in attending, please get your form into the office immediately (fax, mail – phone orders will not be accepted). The form is posted here as a PDF file – 2010Retreat_SaveTheDate-Flier.
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Washington State Large Animal Rescue (WASART) is engaged in a huge effort to prepare horse owners who will be impacted by catastrophic Green River Valley flooding predicted this winter. WASART is training volunteers, procuring temporary shelter space, and developing emergency transportation plans to move horses out of the flood zone. Volunteers are needed and training is offered. For more information, please visit WASART’s Web site. or e-mail animalresponseteam@gmail.com.
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