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54/ SEPTEMBER 2008 THE RIDER The Carriage Driver On the Road: Conditioning Your Horse for Carriage Driving Competitions By Brooklynn A. Welden When the warmth of summer makes outdoor driving impossible to resist, you may want to take your horse on the road. Ensuring that you and your equine partner enjoy these workouts and make the most of them is important. Combined and Pleasure Driver and Coach Kirsten Brunner of Beaverwood Farm explains her approach to successful road conditioning. First, an overall plan helps Aaron Martin Harness Ltd. The Complete source for the harnessed horse President: Mary Cork (705) 434-4648, tyandaga@netrover.com Secretary/ Show Secretary/ Volunteer Co-ordinator: Marion Hawley (519) 856-4605, marion.hawley@sympatico.ca Treasurer & Membership: Frances Uhran (519) 928-5923, angel_90_per_cent@hotmail.com Website: Jeff Kohler, (705) 733-8161, jeff@relhok.ca Directors at Large: Janis Promaine (519) 942-4318 Courtney MacGillivray (905) 877-8798 Allison Plumbtree (905) 955-1070 to meet the goal of conditioning safely. Always start your work at the walk, gradually building on the length of time and kilometres that make up your work. Initially as you begin your roadwork, walk 1 km then trot 2 km. Repeat this pattern 3 or 4 times per work session. Then, after 2 – 3 weeks, build your trots up to 3 – 4 kilometres per outing. 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Pay by cheque, money order or visa/mastercard. 4445 Posey Line,RR #1,Wallenstein,ON N0B 2S0 1-800-367-0639 • (519) 698-2754 • Fax (519)698-2420 www.aaronmartin.com • info@aaronmartin.com Visit www.driveontario.ca Central Ontario Pleasure Driving Association www.driveontario.ca/copda/default.htm President: Gerry McCallum (905) 936-5444 Vice-President: Sandra Hendrickson (416) 259-1348 Secretary/OEF: Mary Gregoris (905) 939-2612 Treasurer: Patricia Cooper Newsletter: Jeff Kohler (705) 733-8161 Tri-County Carriage Association We’re all about enjoying carriages and driving in Ontario! Drop by the shows: Rockton Fair & Sat. Sept. 30th – Witteveen Farm, Brantford. For information call Sue Nicolas at 519-848-6288 or email TriCounty- Carriage@sympatico.ca The Ontario Combined Driving Association OCDA Mailing Address: Frances Uhran, 182161 - 20 Sideroad, Orton, ON L0N 1N0 Eastern Ontario Pleasure Driving Society Box 955, 6120 Rideau Valley Drive, Manotick, ON K4M 1A8 Website: www.eopds.ca Membership applications available on the website or from the Treasurer. President: Mary Mulligan 613-692-3296, mianfarm@xplornet.com Vice-President: Lynda Rivington 613-567-7347 Treasurer: Jennifer Rennie 613-831-2154 Secretary: Maney McNeil 613-347-2541 Handling traffic safely. Driver Andrea Friedman and Navigator Ashley Nevidomskis, with Beaverwoods Two Socks [owners Margaret Cropsey, Albion, New York and Andrea Friedman, Fergus, Ontario]. Photo by Nether Photography warm-up and cool-down periods. If you plan to compete at an event (Training Level) where the horse is expected to do a marathon of 6 – 8 kilometres, make sure you spread out your conditions for 3 – 4 months prior to your event. Additionally, the event will probably be on roads and trails. In order to prepare your horse as thoroughly as possible, you must train on long fields and roads, in order to have the same effect on the muscles as your horse will experience in the event. Remember to have your vet do a good physical prior to your working you Bryer’s Corner: from Kirsten Brunner horse on the road. Your equine partner’s teeth, worming, and specialty needs for feeding due to increase in work should be part of this veterinary examination. Proper shoeing is paramount, so always have your horse shod with Borium for road work. A “slow-moving vehicle” sign on your carriage helps to ensure that you and your horse are as visible to traffic as possible. Always carry a spares kit, so you are not stranded. Finally, know your hand-signals for turns and stops. Happy driving! Conditioning on the road at a trot. Driver Andrea Friedman and Navigator Ashley Nevidomskis, with Beaverwoods Two Socks. Photo by Nether Photography Bryer’s Corner – 3 Training Tips for Roadwork • always have a second person with you • make sure your horse has been trained to cars/trucks • long-line and train/spookproof your horse to traffic Creekside Carriages Repair and Manufacturer of Carriages, Buggies and Carts In stock: Various wooden double trees and neck yolks. White ash Wagon poles. Steam bend shaft pipes, Steam bend cutter runners, Steam bend sleigh runners. Plow handles. Much more. Wayne Kuepfer 7014 Perth Rd. 21, P.O. Box 173, Millbank, ON N0K 1L0 (519) 595-8838, Fax: (519) 595-2608 10/2008
Canadian Minis bring home awards from Walnut Hill This year there were two Miniature Horse entries from Ontario at Walnut Hill Pleasure Driving Show. Katherine Wilcox-Chapman, from Guelph, took her gelding Major Buckeye Boomer for their first time and Eve Dexter, from Campbellville, once again took her gelding pair, Katelands Redrock and Katelands Desert Prince. This was the 37th year for the Walnut Hill Pleasure Driving Show in Pittsford, New York and it is the largest and most prestigious show of it’s type in North America with over 250 entries each year. Katherine came home with a second place in Reinsmanship and a 5th in Fault-and-out cones in the Single Miniature Horse division and Eve, once again, won enough points to receive a Reserve Championship in the Miniature Horse Pair Division winning a first in Turnout, a second in Reinsmanship and in Cross-Country and a third in Faultand-Out Cones. Congratulations to both of the drivers for doing Canada proud! Irish Thorn, the eight-year-old Morgan gelding owned by Ian and Mary Mulligan of Manotick, Ontario, returned from the Walnut Hill Carriage Driving Competition in Pittsford, New York, in mid-August with three championships to his credit. Active members of the Eastern Ontario Pleasure Driving Society (EOPDS) – Mary is president and Ian serves as a director — this was their third and most successful appearance to date with their horse at Walnut Hill. Thorn competed in two divisions – Single Horse Runabout and Single Horse with a vehicle other than a Runabout, Meadowbrook or Road Cart. Driven in the Runabout section by club member Kirsten Brunner, who brought home ribbons of her own in the large pony division, Thorn earned the Single Horse Runabout Championship and helped secure the overall Lady Driver Champion award for Kirsten with his successes in that division. As well, Thorn captured the High Point Morgan award and placed with owner Mary in the Progressive Obstacle class in his second division. Ken Pedlar and Lynda Rivington also picked up ribbons with Ken winning in both the Single Horse Cross-Country and Progressive Obstacle classes. Barry and Sandy Beach and Gwen and Wayne Byrne have become stalwarts in the Walnut Hill organizational line-up, working yet again as paddock marshalls and judges’ scribes. Club members Maney McNeil and Margaret Monnelly worked diligently throughout the week as grooms. All in all, the EOPDS was well represented this year at Walnut Hill. Katherine Wilcox-Chapman and Major Buckeye Boomer Eve Dexter won Reserve Championship in the Miniature Horse Pair Division EOPDS Horse Three-Time Walnut Hill Champion Irish Thorn competing at Walnut Hill with Ian and Mary Mulligan SEPTEMBER 2008 THE RIDER /55 Send in all your Fall 2008 events for the next issue of The Rider. Let everyone know what your doing! 2008 Beijing Olympian Selena O’Hanlon wins Canadian Young Event Horse 5 year old Division at Equus 3D Equus 3D held a Combined Training show (Dressage & Show Jumping) as well as the last of 4 qualifier for the Canadian Young Event Horse Finals which will be held at Wits End (Rosemont) on Wednesday Sept 24th, 2008. The program offers classes for 4 year old, 5 year old and an open division for inexperienced, green horses and mares who will breed event prospects. Each horse must complete a dressage test, a jumping test , conformation assessment and a suitability class. The goal of the program is to breed Canadian horses who will carry our riders to international competitions. Armstrong Farm’s stallions Selle Francais PS I love you and Dutch Warmblood VDL Ulando were first and second in the 5 year old and open classes. Equus 3D’s Hanoverian Rubadellic was 3rd in the 5 year old division. Equus Lexie and Equus Chelsea, both warmblood mares for breeding were 4th & 5th respectively in the open division. Lessard, program coordinator was please to see the quality of the horses presented. We are looking for horses who can achieve a score of 75% or higher. For more info regarding the program or the finals, please contact 519 940- 0048 Send in all your news to The Rider Taking the ribbon industry into the next class of distinction with that little added flair Committed to highest quality and service. Check our web site for unique sand carved items for any award or gift. 905-655-8873 info@ribbonworks.ca www.ribbonworks.ca
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