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| FALL 2003 NEWSLETTER | |
Greetings and Best Wishes for a Happy, Healthy Holiday Season. Congratulations to one and all for their varied successes and good times in Open Competition over the past year. I realize it's been awhile since there has been a MOCA Newsletter, and I apologize. Right now I am a staff of one on getting this out and desperately need people to send me results as it is very time consuming to try to research OC results for the multitude of divisions under the Open Competition Umberella. Only a small percentage of our members are sending me in any results. Please, please, please send in YOUR results, no matter how insignificant you may think they are, because NO results are insignificant when it is you and your Morgan or Part-Morgan out there representing the Morgan and Part Morgans! I apologize if I've omitted anyone, and if so please re-send your results and I'll post an addendum. Most likely we will drop to a Quarterly emailing until submissions pick up, but I am more then willing to post special accomplishments so send them in. Thank you, MaryAnn Schafer
That said, here is the current newsletter:
TRAIL NEWS: Endurance in Australia: Pauline Wallace reports: In her first year of Open Competition my 8yo IMBA reg. Morab mare received the Fittest Horse Award at her first 100 mile Endurance Ride. She also completed The SHAHZADA which is 400km(250m) Ride held over 5 days, traversing mountain roads and goat tracks. She is the first Morab in Open Endurance Eompetition out here. -------------------- Congratulations to Mary Coleman who hit the 10,000 mile mark on Oct. 5, 2003 at the Lick Ridge 25 mile CTR on her great 4000 mile Morgan, Hawk's Neopolitan. What a pair these two are! ------------------- Mon, 13 Oct 2003 Out in California, Rick and Sherrill Tompkins are making the Morgan presence known in Open Trail Class competition with Chalk Mtn. Paradox, better known as "Murphy". ------------------- Esther Fiddes has had another wonderful season in Competitive Trail in the Northeast, with her two Morgan geldings. They more then successfully completed the following rides:
-------------- Out on the West Coast, Connie Berto and her Morgan gelding Eco Stardust also had another outstanding season in Endurance Trail: Rides -- an NATRC on Aug. 2 The Swanton Pacific 75 on Aug. 9. held in the hilly and beautiful country north of Santa Cruz, CA, on mostly private lands. Connie reports that she and Dusty finished the 75 in fine shape. Their next ride was Camp Far West I, a 55 mile Ride over Labor Day weekend at the beautiful Spenceville Wildlife Reservation NE of Sacramento. This is in the "toehills" of the "foothills" of the Sierra Nevada On Sept. 27, they completed the Chamberlain Creek 50 held at Jackson State Demonstration Forest on the road between Willits and Ft. Bragg, CA. Their final Endurance ride of the season was the Quicksilver 50 on Oct. 18 and was a benefit for the Bay Area Ridge Trail, and both Connie & Dusty finished the ride in outstanding condition. This duo has logged over 2185 miles,(155 of them Limited Distance), of Endurance Trail miles together and Connie has an awesome Rider Mileage total of 8775 miles (155 of those Limited Distance), which combines her mileage with Dusty and her grand old veteran, GNR Kid Pecos, aka Billy. -------------- Bushaw Enchantress, tied with 3 other horses (Arabs), to get the Best Conditioned Award at the Manzanita Limited distance endurance ride. There were over 80 horses competing. "Tess" had a perfect vet card and fastest recoveries! -------------- In Florida, the 2 daughters of AMHA Sport Horse Award Winner Bowood Elusiv Dream have embarked on their Endurance Trail careers. In January 2003, Stormswept Cricket completed the Jennings-Boogie 25 in great shape. Younger sister Fox Brush Custom Design (known as Rikki Tikki Tavi), garnered a good completion in her first Endurance Trail Ride, vetting out with straight "A's" in the Osceola 25 on Nov. 1, 2003 -------------------
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Amie and her other Morgan, Misty Green Hennessey were equally impressive in earning the All Breed Award (Morgan) Junion/Young Rider Training Level Champion! Amie and Watch Me Till Dawn also competed in an open schooling show last weekend and in large classes, did very well. Out of 9 classes, they won 7 and were 3rd in the other two. ------------------- At the Missouri Dressage Classic, the Morgan who won high score was Midnight, (Aristo Domino #72606, by Rapidan Revelry out of Nomad Gay Cotton by Major Cotton), owned by Ashley Scott and ridden by DeLayne Hart in Intro Level Test A with a score of 65%, which placed her 4th in the class. Two other Morgans competed, one at Training Level and the other at Second Level. Midnight was evented by Ashley Scott for a couple years until she outgrew him. He is more of a pony size guy but has a really nice jump. Ashley and he won quite a few Events at the Beginner Novice Level. -----------------
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DRIVING NEWS:
Canterbury Schooling Show, 10/4/03:
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U.S. DRIVERS PLACE EIGHTH AT WORLD PAIRS DRIVING COMPETITION
The U.S. Pairs Driving Team placed eighth at the World Pairs Driving Competition in Haras de Jardy, France, September 18-21, with a final score of 271.1. Twenty-three nations were represented in either team or individual competition A total of 64 drivers competed. Lisa Singer, of Chadds Ford, PA, drove Mimi Thorington's Morgans, placed 16th in the individual competition with a score of 143.61. They were the highest placing American Entry. Their accomplishment is even more noteworthy because due to internal conflict within the USA-E, an American Team was not named until barely a month before the competition. The Morgans who comprise Lisa's Pair are: COUNT ON ME (Kennebee Count - Nemors Isabelle), LR AMI BENGALI (HRM Eye of the Tiger - LR Ami Allynda) and AVALON AVANT GARDE (See Jay Appolo - Appleton Enchantress)., Lisa and "The Morgans" finished in first place at every selection trial in which they competed in 2002 and 2003. Lisa previously won the USET Pairs Driving Championship for the fourth consecutive year and record sixth time overall at the 2002 Gladstone Driving Event in Gladstone, NJ. **************************** SHOW NEWS:
--------------- Belov-ed (Silkhan x Clonmel Anacobra) a Morab owned by Rocking Horse Morgans, won her Open English Pleasure Class at her first show of the season, the MVMHC Olde Tyme Show, September 6, 2003 in White Hall, IL. ------------ Accel I Got Rhythm,(aka Charlie), and Dawn Fire finished their season on a high note, taking a nice second in the Open Breed EP class at the Jubliee Regional in August. -------------------- R.A. Lafferty (Rafe) bred and owned by Marsha Valance, Tribute Farm Morgans, went to his first horse showm the Fox Valley Saddle Club Open Show in Elgin, IL. He placed 2nd in Open Halter 3 & Under [4 in class--he was the only yearling], and 2nd in English Halter [5 in class--the rest adults]. ********************************
INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
Kathy Lyons/Australia reports that her two Morgans, Eagleview Skybeau and Mt Tawonga Nepean, performed at the Royal Agricultural Show as a member of the 'Outback Riders'. Their performance was a huge success, so much so that they were asked (as a group) to perform at the Grand Opening of the Show Girl Quest and again to be part of a State Funeral for RM Williams, an icon of the Australian Bush.
************************************ EVENTING News: First off a Clarification. Both Roseridge Johnny Reb, owned and ridden by Cynthia Bayles and LGM Challanger, owned and ridden by Stayner Hallar, earned their AMHA Gold Medallions in Eventing last year. These two outstanding geldings are the first to acheive this elite honor. LGM Challanger (Chally) and owner/rider Stayner Haller have had another great season. At age 20 this impressive gelding continues to showcase the incredible talents of the Morgan Event horse. In the USAE Year End Awards, the final standing are in, and sensational! LGM Challanger is 6th in the Nation in Training Horses and Stayner Haller is 2nd in the Master Training Rider Catagory!!!! In the T.E.A.M. (The Eventing Assn of Michigan), Chally was Reserve Champion in Senior Training and Champion in the "Welcome to Michigan" Award which is given to the top horse-rider combination in top level USAE Events (Hunters Run, Encore & Richland Park). Enroute to these honors, Stayner and Chally were 1st at the South Farms Horse Trials in Open Training A and3rd in Training B at Richland Park Horse Trials (Sept. 20-21, 2003). On Oct. 17th, at the Kentucky Horse Park for the MSEDA Team Challenge, they placed 5th individually out of 26 entries in the Open Training B division, as well as being part of the Eveting Assn. of Mich. Training Team that placed 5th out of 27 Teams! Finally, at the VA Horse Trials & The Chronicle of the Horse Southern Region Adult Team Championships (Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2003), they were 3rd in ATC Training C as well as members of the 2nd placed Happy Days Area VIII Team in the Team Championships. Way to go guys!!!!
************************************** VERSATILITY NEWS: A Hot off the Presses Update TEAM MORGAN took 3rd place at the Master's
Battle of Breeds held at Spruce Meadows, Alberta Canada. Congrats to our
Canadian Morgans and our Canadian Competitors |
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