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From the President Wow! It’s February already, what happened to January? Let’s see, we had a great show January 14-15. So many new faces both in the ring and in the stands, hopefully they were all made to feel welcome! I know I met as many people as I could and I saw many of you jumping in to help where needed too. A HUGE THANK YOU those of you who went out of your way to help a new exhibitor, direct a potential new member to the show office for information or just smiled and said hello whenever you could! It made a GREAT impression on everyone. I’m still hearing compliments on what a fun & exciting place a AAA event can be. The Non Pro “Triathlon” was a big hit! Diana Olson won the challenge with her mounted shooting horse. MaryAnn Page was 2nd place with her all around show horse, DC. Rob Pinkard gets a big “Atta Boy” for showing his new prospect in Trail, Halter & Camas Stumps and completing the challenge. What a great sport you are, Rob! We had a nice cheering section for this fun group of classes... most interesting to see those Western Pleasure horses running barrels! If you are like me, foaling season is here and looking at that big, round broodmare for ANY development is getting really OLD! Send photos of your spotted bundles for the website! We need a great “brag page” filled with our bouncing bundles of joy... Our last Board meeting was held on January 21st and we had several guests in attendance. Remember, this is an open meeting.... we NEED your support & input to get this club up and running. I am really encouraged by everyone’s support and participation since being elected. Some great ideas are coming in and we are acting on them. Our Open Show series should be firmed up and starting in March. Stay tuned for email updates on our events and make a commitment to get involved. Let’s have some fun, make some friends and exchange ideas! Thank you to everyone on the AAA Board of Directors for stepping up and doing great things! Be sure and visit the website for new update, photos, classifieds, show results, etc.... A VERY BIG Thank You to Kyle & Sandy McNatt for their donation of all the website work required to get us up and running. It looks great! I know we’ve received members thru this new avenue of advertising and it’s a great place to refer people to for additional information on the AAA. See you at an event soon!! Roseann Sweet sweetspotfarm@netzero.net Home: 480-987-8705 Cell 480-227-4645 (Best way to get me ASAP!) ATTENTION: Non Pro and Youth Challenges for the April Show! Mary Ann Page, AAA Director, is challenging the Non Pros to the April Non Pro Challenge. The classes will be Non Pro Trail, Non Pro Hunter In Hand, and Non Pro Stake Race. The challenge fee is $20.00 cash and is seperate from the entry fees for those classes. Sign up is in the show office prior to the first class (HIH) on Saturday and $20.00 must be paid at that time. This is a winner take all challenge. Winner to be declared following the Non Pro Stake Race. Kaitlin Bowen, AYA Director from our region and zone, is challenging the Youth in Hunter In Hand, Youth Trail, and a “Simon Says” contest following the games classes on Sunday. There is no charge for this challenge beyond the entry fees for the two ApHC classes. This is also a winner take all and the prize is a gift certificate to a tack shop to be determined. Should you have any questions please contact Mary Ann Page at mpage18@cox.net or 623-444-7673. Check out our website at ArizonaAppaloosa.com Get the latest information on shows, clinics, regional points, high points and meeting dates!
Baby News . . . This is Zippy’s first foal of 06. It is out of a daughter of Hy N Bright and by Zippy of course . The Ecstatic owners are Coleen and Carl Mills of Camp Verde. Horse Hair Dangerous to Females In a press release today, the National Institute of Health has announced the discovery of a potentially dangerous substance in the hair of horses. This substance, called amo-bacteria equuii, has been linked with the following symptoms in human females: reluctance to cook reluctance to perform housework reluctance to wear anything but boots reluctance to work except in support of a horse physical craving for contact with horses (may be an addiction) emotional craving to buy ridiculously expensive equine supplements, blankets, and leather goods Beware! If you come in contact with a female human affected by this substance, be prepared to talk about horses for hours on end. Surgeon General’s Warning: Horses are expensive, addictive, and may impair the ability to use common sense. All Breed Halter/Showmanship Clinic The Thunderbird Fire District is hosting an all breed Halter/Showmanship clinic to help fine-tune your presentation and techniques of these often under- practiced classes. Clinicians Kit Townsend and Belinda Clifford will be helping you with everything from grooming for horse and handler to correct presentation to the judge. Whether you are just starting out or are a seasoned campaigner, you will come away with skills that will put you ahead of the competition. The clinic begins at 10am and runs until approximately 2 pm on Saturday, March 4, 2006. Participation in the clinic is only $50.00 or $15.00 to audit. Lunch is included in the price. There is no stadium seating, so please bring your own chairs. Concessions will be available on the grounds. The Thunderbird Community Arena is just south of the City of Maricopa. The arena is conveniently located within an hour of the West and East Valley. Tucson is only an hour and a half away. For more information, directions and to pre-register please call or email Belinda Clifford at 520-568-9315 or email app2branch@netzero.com. (No registration day of clinic.) Congratulations Heidi Anderson and Mark Hacking Their horse Haps Clark Bar aka Loosie is getting the Masters Award in the ACAAP Cutting. AAA looks forward to seeing them at our April show. Heidi & Mark are AAA members from Montrose, Colorado. Fact of the Day: Horses that have become used to living with another horse (or even within a herd) can suffer separation anxiety when one horse is taken from the pair or group.
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