June
2006
In this Issue:
In this Issue:
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.
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Pony Club contacts you for ongoing information available only to older Pony Club
members please respond.
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please respond.
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(including when you are out of school) please respond.
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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
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.