THE HORSETV CHANNEL PRESENTS JUNE PROGRAMMING PREMIERES
June's English programming features the U.S. premiere of the FEI World Cup Dressage Finals in Amsterdam on Saturday, June 17th at 8 p.m. followed by an encore performance Sunday, June 18th at 10 p.m.

The special three-hour U.S. premiere of the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials 2005 begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 24th with an encore performance Tuesday, June 27th at 8 p.m. The following week, the U.S. premiere of the Badminton Horse Trials 2006, highlighting dressage, cross country and jumping debuts on Saturday, July 1st at 8 p.m. with an encore performance Sunday, July 2nd at 10 p.m.

June network premieres feature the magazine series, The Complete Rider Thursdays at 9 p.m., HorseFlicks breed and ranch series Thursdays at 9:30 p.m and AQHA’s America’s Horse series presenting equestrian sports and activities on Wednesday, June 7th at 9 and 9:30 p.m. and Wednesday, June 14th at 9 and 9:30 p.m.

The HorseTV Channel’s July preview keeps the focus on diverse, family-friendly programming with the Samsung Super League 2006, Hickstead Derby 2005 and 2006, the National High School Rodeo Association’s series premiere, Richard Winters Horsemanship and Ultimate Foundation Training with Charles Wilhelm.

The HorseTV Channel-- www.horsetv.com

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE FOR ALL MEMBERS AND CLUBS

Having trouble coming up with ideas for your unmounted program? The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) has presentations on CD/ROM on a variety of veterinary topics that your club can learn from. All you have to do is contact a vet in your area who is an AAEP member and tell them what subject you’re interested in and they can contact AAEP to get the presentation. This is a great opportunity to utilize professionals in your area who may be hesitant to agree to presentations because they don’t have one prepared. For more information, contact Dana Kirkland at the AAEP office – dkirkland@aaep.org

Also, let your members know about the owner education site that AAEP offers, www.myHorseMatters.com This free site has loads of educational articles on veterinary topics and an interactive question and answer section where members can get their questions answered by experts on a specific topic each month. This is a wonderful resource for Pony Club members.

MEMBER SERVICES REQUEST:

Pony Club would like to contact older members directly by email, both to share information and collecting information in order to make our program delivery better. Please take a minute and respond to the following.

___If you want this email address to be the way Pony Club contacts you for ongoing information available only to older Pony Club members please respond.

___If you do not want further email communication, please respond.

___If you have another preferred email address (including when you are out of school) please respond.

___If you have a friend who is not currently receiving email communication from us, please give us the email address:_________________________

COMING SOON…FESTIVAL 2007!

Festival 2007! Art Kramer, the USPC First Vice President, has announced that Margo Leithead (our current President) has agreed to serve as Vice President of Festival in 2007.

THE USPC ‘FLASH’ TEAMWORK AWARD

Kathy Aranosian (who owned Flash, the USPC 50th Anniversary Breyer Model) sponsors a yearly contest, for which she has donated a perpetual trophy, to encourage the kind of teamwork generated by her club when they were writing about Flash.

A 1-1/2 page essay may be submitted by a Pony Club telling how a special equine, a special event, or a special member or volunteer had a team-building experience on club members.

A perpetual trophy, with yearly engravings denoting the winning Pony Club, will be on display at the USPC National Office. A Breyer Model of Flash will be awarded to the club.

The deadline for entries is September 1st. Entries will be reviewed and the winner selected by October 1st. The winning entry will be published in the winter issue USPC News, with a photo of club members if provided. Please mail essays, along with a photo of the club, the event, the pony, or the special honoree, to: Editor, USPC News, 4041 Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, KY 40511. Entries must be postmarked by 9/1/06.

HORSE MANAGEMENT SECTIONAL SEMINARS

The HM Sectional Seminars have been put on hold for 2006 as the HM Committee takes this time to review and revise this program to improve the quality of the program. The HM Committee has before it a very challenging and exciting Strategic Plan that will result in many changes for the not too distant future and feels it is in the best interest to put the Sectional seminars in a "holding pattern" as the committee considers the many options for change. Some of the tasks that the committee is charged with include:

--Revision of the HM Handbook and Rules for Rallies with an emphasis on making the rulebook more user friendly

--Making Horse Management Instructional materials more readily available to regions and clubs

--Providing resources for HMO's and club instructors to enhance and improve the HM instructional programs at the regional and club levels to include materials useful in training HM Judging staff

It is the intention of the Horse Management Committee to take the year 2006 to work on preparing a stronger program for the future.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

Plan ahead for your club’s fall Annual Sponsors’ Meeting

4.1.5 Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall be elected at least 3 months before the Annual Sponsors’ Meeting and shall select one of its members to serve as Chair of the Committee. The District Commissioner shall nominate the committee for election by the Sponsors. The Committee shall consist of no less than three and no more than five Sponsors of Record. The Nominating Committee shall propose a slate of Club Officers and recommendations for District Commissioner and Joint District Commissioner(s) for presentation at the Annual Sponsor’ Meeting.

For a current copy of the USPC Bylaws, please visit the forms section of the USPC website, www.ponyclub.org . If you have any questions, contact Karol Wilson, Member Services Director at karol@ponyclub.org or by calling the National Office at 859-254-7669, ext. 227.

CHEER ON THE DERBY WINNER AS HE RECOVERS:

The following came from the USEF; please take a minute and pass it on to your Pony Club members, and take a minute to send a show of support to Michael Matz and Barbaro. Be sure to identify yourself as a Pony Club member, leader or friend. (JUST CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW AND YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY REACH MICHAEL MATZ).

matzbarbaro@usef.org

If the younger members of your clubs would like to draw pictures or write notes, send them on to us and we will forward them to Michael Matz and the Jacksons. You may also go directly to the vet school website for more updates: www.vet.upenn.edu

Michael Matz is a graduate B from Berks Pony Club. The surgeon who operated on Barbaro at New Bolton is Dr. Dean Richardson, a graduate A from Hanover Pony Club. There is at least one graduate Pony Club member vet student involved in Barbaro's care as well.

Let's ALL wish this Pony Club team well in caring for Barbaro.