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!We will combine our
April membership meeting with the April 26th Dave Nielson
Memorial Play Day - see page 6.
Come out to ride in the fun games planned or watch the
from the stands. A snack bar will be available,
and an evening dinner for $10 will be prepared
by the Monterey Bay Therapeutic Riding Center.
NEWSLETTERFROM THE PRESIDENT
To my way of thinking, there’s no better horse than a “babysitter” or “grandparent.” I saw an excellent example last weekend at the American Competitive Trail Horse Association ride that SCCHA sponsored in Henry Cowell. (We hit the only nice day in the long, rainy weekend and the ride went off without a hitch.) A junior rider, Sam Peacock, rode up with his mother, Heather, to the fourth obstacle, “the Spanish pole.” The aluminum pole, about 12 feet long, was leaning up against a tree – like a limb that had fallen, blocking the trail. The rider had to lift the pole slightly, ride under it, turn their horse on the forehand and replace the pole. A half dozen riders that had come before Sammie had dropped the pole, and their horses had opted to head for the next county. Sam’s horse, Don Juan, was an older gentleman, missing some teeth, a bit arthritic. “He cost $800,” Sam told us. But Don Juan was perfect. Sam was at a disadvantage – he couldn’t reach the pole where it was easiest to balance and get under. The result was that the pole bounced a few times off Don Juan’s neck before hitting the ground. Neither Sammie or Don Juan was the slightest bit phased. That, my friends, is a great horse and rider team. Please welcome and thank three new wonderful directors to the SCCHA board – Debbie Boscoe, Elise Levinson, and Jaime Donato. All three are long time SCCHA members who have already contributed a lot to the club. I look forward to their ideas, energy and contributions. The mild winter and lack of rain has been a boon for gophers – they’ve tak-en over – and we’re trying to regain the occupied territory. We’ve trapped eight on the Showgrounds in the past week. Last weekend, my husband Howard, moved logs and dug down about two feet, laying the soil back. Then he used heavy equipment to compact the ground, crushing gopher tunnels, and moved the soil back. An hour later, six inches from where he finished, a gopher popped up. Howard is taking it personally. Another gopher (the name Howard has given it can’t be repeated here) has evaded three sets of traps. At one, the gopher pushed dirt up closing the tunnel behind him, without getting near the trap. We’re employing various tactics. Howard diverted water running down the cross county course into a gopher hole. The water erupted about 70 feet away out of another hole. I would love to see their underground infrastructure. So, if you know any gopher tricks, please share. Our next workday, we need people to go fill in the big holes where hoses have stepped into them. Onward. We will win the Battle of the Gophers! ~ Robin
No Formal Membership
Meeting on the 3rd Tuesday Evening this month
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TO ALL MEMBERS: NOTICE CONCERNING TRAINERS SCCHA’s Insurance Company and Santa Cruz County Parks requires any trainer who trains at Graham Hill Showgrounds to carry equine liability insurance. Mem-bers may only work with trainers at the showgrounds if they have this required in-surance. A trainer is: Anyone who accepts monetary or other compensation (in-cludes trading items or services) for giving instruction to riders & handlers.
SCCHA MAKES NO ENDORSEMENTS of any trainer, even those with the required Certificate of Liability Insurance. Trainers must follow the same rules set forth for all members and have no additional privileges. Members with trainer questions may contact any board member. Members are welcome to contact Mary Sullivan-White (see back page) to find out if a trainer has recently filed their Certificate of Liability Insurance, and exactly what is required to satisfy insurance obligations.
Trainers Who Currently Meet Requirements & exp. date:
Julie Carpenter 5/2014 Kelly Eynon 10/2014 Dori Fontaine 8/2015
Kristi Frederickson 1/2015 Patty Kiersted 12/2014
Wendy Killingsworth 6/2014 Kristin Praly 8/2014
Joan Williams 2/2014
!NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED
MONTHLY BY THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION
EDITOR: Claudia Goodman [email protected] 17151 Cougar Rock Rd Boulder Creek, CA 95006
ALL SUBMISSIONS Email is preferred. Mail is accepted. DEADLINE is the last Tuesday of month for following month’s issue.
STORIES & ARTICLES from mem-bers are welcome. Share your horse interest and experience with us. Email preferred.
TRADING POST ADS must be horse related & non-commercial. Free to members, $5 for non-members. Include item, price, name, phone. RENEW by email or phone each month ad is to be run.
BUSINESS ADS must be camera-ready. Email or mail to editor at address above. Ads must be paid in advance, payable to SCCHA. !
Business Card
$20/mo. $50/3 mos.
1/4 page $40/mo.$400/yr.
1/2 page $80/mo.$800/yr.
Full page $140/mo.$1400/yr.
NEW MEMBERSHIP YEAR IS HERE The 2013-14 membership year ended on March 31st. All non-renewed 2013-14 membership cardkeys have been deactivated. Late renewals will require a $15 late fee. A Membership form can be downloaded from our website and printed; it will take a few weeks to reactivate your cardkey and get a new member-ship packet to you once we receive your application.
Alternatively, memberships will be made available on the spot at the April 5-6 General Feed & Seed Sale. Find Mary by the store entrance.
THE 2014-15 BOARD OF DIRECTORS This year’s Board retains 8 of it’s past directors: Kristi Harwell, Jeanette Moretti, Mary Sullivan-White, Leslie Jaquith, Karen Keener, Val Riegel, Mardi Moore and Melissa Broquard, and President, Robin Musitelli. Welcome to our three new directors, Elise Levinson, Debbie Boscoe and Jamie Donato. Contact in-formation for all on our our back page and website.
Huge thanks to outgoing directors PT Reap and Peggy O’Shea, and past president, Claudia Goodman.
PT served on the board for two years, bringing the wisdom of a unique and varied lifetime with horses to our discussions.
Peggy served as calendar secretary - a very busy post - as well as newsletter distributor for all of her three years on the board, and also managed to volunteer at many club events. Perhaps most challenging has been her role as a main Fireworks Ride Organizer, a job Peggy will continue to do.
Claudia will continue to be newsletter editor, but has retired from the board. Having become director back in 1996, and hav-ing served 5 years as President since 2003, she is ready to find new ways to complicate her life, with Silhouette by her side.
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Our club has been asked to reduce water usage by 20% due to this year’s drought. We are, in turn, ask-ing members to conserve water as much as possible at the Showgrounds. One way is to wash down horses with buckets, rather than running hoses at the wash rack. To this end, hoses at the wash rack are being removed. Bring Buckets & Sponges!
Thanks to the March 22nd Work Day Volunteers for their work on cross country & obstacle courses, storage shed, and weed whacking around the clubhouse. They installed 3 new jumps: log, bank, and ditch jumps. Volunteers also moved bridges, and created some new obstacles on
the cross country course. Volunteers included: Cori Altman, Elise Levinson, Cody Hill, Val Riegel, Kristi Harwell, Lindsey Overton, Jane Brown, Leslie Jaquith, Howard Liebenberg &
Robin Musitelli, Linda & Steve Richmond, Carla & James Bowen, and Liz Riehl.
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Crystal, who was born and raised in Santa Cruz, owned a variety of horses, mules and donkeys since she was old enough to ride. Growing up in the coun-try and surrounded by horses as a youth, Crystal was fortunate to experience what most young girls can only dream.!
In 1981 Crystal purchased her first mammoth jack donkey (“Cocky Doodle” from Montana) and shortly afterwards her second donkey (“Dry Gulch Michelle” from Oregon). After that she started gradually trading in her horses for the longears.!
Predominately a western rider, she also competed in English (hunt seat), driving, both English and western side-saddle riding. Crystal has been competing in equine events since 1969 including literally hundreds of parades throughout the United States. She rode in the 1989 Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C., Oregon’s Rose Festival Parade, Arizona’s Fiesta Bowl Parade, and eighteen consecutive (18) Tourna-ment of Roses Parades in Pasadena, California.!
Crystal dedicated her entire lifetime with equines, from training, breeding and running a boarding facili-ty, which amounts to nearly five decades of equine involvement. In 1997 The Ass-Pen Ranch opened its doors to the public, designed with both breeding and training in mind.!
Crystal was a judge in the following Associations: American Mule Assn. - since 1995, National Miniature Donkey Assn. - since 1996, North American Saddle
Mule Assn. - (Senior Judge) - since 1995, American-Donkey and Mule Society - since 1985, International Side-Saddle Organization - since 1981 and American-Miniature Horse Assn. - since 1993.!
She was instrumental in having the public become aware of the donkeys and burros that have suffered through countless decades of abuse and neglect through the hands of mankind and in the wilds through environmental stress and harsh conditions. Her dedication will be honored with an Interactive Educational Center named after her at the Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue Visitors Center in Texas.!
Crystal enjoyed working in her garden, making jewel-ry, home improvement projects and had become inter-ested in geology and rock collecting. She recently had set up a rock shop in an Airstream trailer.!
She is survived by her father Harold Ward and brother Steve Ward. Preceded in death by her mother Norma Ward and her brother Greg Ward.!
Private services will be held by her family. A Celebra-tion of Life with friends will be planned once a final investigation report is completed from the incident. Bishop Mule Days will include her in their “Empty Saddles” memorial.!
Donations may be made to your favorite equine res-cue, equine organization or club in her memory.!
Cards and remembrances can be sent to: Harold Ward, P.O. Box 9504, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96158.
C RY S TA L A N N WA R D October 16 , 1955 - March 7 , 2014
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Graham Hill Showgrounds - Saturday, April 26
*$20 for the Entire Day of Fun-filled New Games* *Sign up at 9am*
*New Announcer Booth Dedication at 10am* *Snack Bar Available* *Evening Dinner for $10* !
We are combining our April Membership Meeting with this event
Contact: Mary Sullivan-White, 331-6227 / 425-7352 [email protected]
Coming Next Month…
Battle of the BarnsSunday, May 31
Dave Nielson Memorial Play Day SANTA CRUZ COUNTY HORSEMEN’S ASSOCIATION April 2014
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Graham Hill Showgrounds Events Calendar All Showgrounds Events are Scheduled through the Calendar Secretary
Events listed in CAPS are SCCHA sponsored
Check our website www.SantaCruzHorsemen.org for potential updates to calendar
1st Pony Club Mounted Meeting - 9a - noon in Large Arena [email protected]
4/1 7pm RUNNING WILD MOVIE SHOWING In the Clubhouse Tuesday night.
4/12 1-3p
MEMORIAL FOR CRYSTAL WARD Friends will come together at the Showgrounds picnic area to remember Crystal. Pot luck
4/5-6 CANCELLED! TYE MACDONALD COW CLINIC
4/5-6 SCCHA Membership Signups taking place at General Feed & Seed Annual Spring Sale (Sat & Sun).
4/26 DAVE NIELSON MEMORIAL PLAY DAY - See page 6
5/10-11 SUPER HORSE COWBOY DRESSAGE CLINIC with Krista KoenigDetails & entry in this issue. Contact Mardi Moore 831-818-9902 / [email protected]
5/10-11 MBE CAMPOUT
5/17 SHOWGROUNDS WORK DAYThis is the last of 2 member work days, an opportunity to pitch in to improve the grounds & get your partial fee refund check returned to you.
5/24-25 9:30a - 4p
TYE MACDONALD COW CLINIC Tye is back for more cow work. Contact Karen at 831-331-9668 / [email protected]
5/31 BATTLE OF THE BARNS
6/17 ASK THE VET MEMBERSHIP MEETING Lance Campbell will return for a vet talk, with focus on endurance riding, vetting and proper pulse taking in the popular “Ask the Vet” format. Please send your questions in advance for Lance to Peggy at [email protected]
6/28 SCCHA HORSE SHOW
7/12 FIREWORKS ENDURANCE RIDE
7/19-20 9:30a - 4p
ERIK DALSTROM COW CLINIC Fee both days: $250 for members, $275 for non-members. Contact Karen 331-9668 / [email protected]
8/1-3 Pony Club Camp Rally - Fri-Sun grounds busy with PC horse activities & camp. All paddocks reserved Fri -Sun. afternoon. SCCHA members welcome to stage on grounds to ride in Cowell.
10/25 SUPER OBSTACLE CHALLENGE
Trading Post 8 year old TWH 15 hands, black, stocky build, smooth as can be! Great trail horse. Great minded, super sweet. Call for more info on this one in a million Walker. $4,500. Karen 831-331-9668
Area Events Buck Brannaman clinic May 2-5. Colt Starting and Horse-manship Classes. Unique opportunity to observe youngsters saddled and ridden for the first time as well as work on good horsemanship skills. Sponsor: Bonnie Stoehn. For more info go to: THINKINGHORSEMANSHIP.COM
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2014-15 SCCHA Board of Directors
GROUNDS CARETAKER: Tricia Dalton 566-4763
SCCHA WEB ADDRESS www.SantaCruzHorsemen.org
Area code for phone numbers is 831 except where noted
!!SCCHA
1145 Graham Hill Rd Santa Cruz, California
95060 - 1469 Address correction requested
! April 2014
President Robin Musitelli, 338-8980 [email protected]
Director / Treasurer Kristi Locatelli, 818-2848 [email protected]
Director / Recording Sec’y Val Riegel, 246-2983 [email protected]
Director / Grounds / Youth Activities Leslie Jaquith, 247-6900 [email protected]
Director / Membership Sec’y Mary Sullivan-White, 331-6227 / 425-7352 [email protected]
Director / Calendar Sec’y Melissa Broquard, 408-431-2417 [email protected]
Director / Clinic Coordinator Karen Keener, 331-9668 [email protected]
Director / Volunteer CoordinatorJeanette Moretti, 818-8013 [email protected]
Director Mardi Moore, 818-9903 [email protected]
Director Elise Levinson, 425-8667 [email protected]
Director Debbie Boscoe, 423-6461 [email protected]
Director Jamie Donato, 212-8332 [email protected]
