We certainly need to brag about Wade Clayton, Needville, Texas. He and roping partner Jake Kropik won the $86,000 top prize at the U.S. Team Roping Championships “open average” event in Oklahoma City back in October. Wade was riding an 11-year-old Appaloosa gelding named Below Freezing (nicknamed “Bear”), sired by Dashin Johnny Bar. The horse and rider have been together for several years.
Bear is just one more really outstanding argument against some of the myths about Appaloosa horses and their performance abilities. “USTRC” certainly ranks as top-level competition, for both horses and people. Having an Appaloosa at the top of the heap is, as some folks like to say, “way cool.” Congratulations!
Just a reminder that the Calizona regional club will be a featured equestrian group in this week’s Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. In case you forgot, the parade is on New Year’s Day (Friday)! Be sure to tune in and watch for the Appaloosas and their riders dressed in native garb.
The Calizona group will be 33rd in the line up of 92 entries in the whole parade. There are 23 equestrian entries all together. They will be between the City of Torrence and City of Burbank floats.
If you’re wondering about the photo, Christy Wood sent it along with a note about her preparations for the noise and atmosphere of the parade. She writes:
OK Everybody, you’ve been wondering what I have been doing??? Getting my horse ready for the Rose Parade. Go to YOUTUBE and type in Christy Dude and Joe the Drummer. You can watch my parade warm up. I will be riding with the Calizona Appaloosa Horse Club. There will be 10 riders, all dressed in 1870′s Nez Perce Native American attire. I will be in the first row of 4 women, on the far left, on the tallest white horse with the longest white tail. I will be in a black wig.
If you want to see a picture of my Native American attire, go to my web site at www.wdnhorse.com or email me and I will send you a picture.
I’ll be waving at all of you on Jan 1st!
All of us at the Appaloosa Horse Club offer greetings and best wishes for a safe and meaningful Christmas. We want to send special prayers to the families who have lost loved ones this year. Holidays are for celebrating, but also for remembering, honoring and generally coming together with the truly important people in our lives. We wish you peace and joy.
I need to credit Kendra Carlson, one of our Registration Department staffers, for this short story. It fits well with a blurb for the January Journal regarding the importance of timely and accurate transfers. We suspect a number of Appaloosas have been lost from the system because some previous changes of ownership were not recorded.
Marilyn and I just thought we’d pass along some information to you about the two “lost and found” horses we’ve dealt with in 2009 that really highlight the need that horses, new owners, ApHC members, and the ApHC have for transfers to be completed.
Marilyn may have told you about Theresa Spinuzzi and her daughter Ashley, who bought (rescued, I believe) a mare named Mtn Mist Elegance, and then had to do some pretty intense digging to be able to get her transferred into Ashley’s name. I had a similar customer, named Laila Campbell, who had to run a similar gamut with a gelding she bought named Showmemos Lookatme. Both owners went through a lot of work (and I can only imagine, frustration) in order to be able to get the original Certificates of Registration for their horses (Laila had the added pain of needing a duplicate Certificate), and were ultimately able to transfer the horses into their names. Both families have related that their hard work really paid off, and even though it took them each months to get everything straight, their Appys were worth the effort.
• ApHC Board of Directors, Special Meeting – Jan 21
• Exemplary Regional club applications – due Jan 30
• Regional Club reports – due Feb. 15
• Declarations of Candidacy – Due Feb. 28 (this is a Sunday; we will accept post-marked 2/28 which will be received in-house by Wednesday, March 3 at the latest.)
• ApHC BOD Meeting, Moscow, ID – March 18 (travel day) – March 21
• Membership deadline for voting rights – March 31 (new this year; previously March 15)
The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) would like to congratulate Leslie Foxvog of Phelan, Calif., the 2009 recipient of the George Hatley Award.
Leslie has been an ApHC member for over 10 years, and actively promotes the Appaloosa breed. She is a member of several Regional Clubs in her area, and is currently the Calizona ApHC’s president. Leslie has been instrumental in Calizona ApHC’s two consecutive wins for the ApHC’s Regional Exemplary Award, which offers Regional Clubs the opportunity to win prizes and recognition by displaying the club’s efforts to promote the Appaloosa breed.
Leslie is also an active member of the Cal-Western ApHC, soon to be known as the Western States Appaloosa Association. In 2009, the Cal-Western elected her as the 2008 Appaloosatarian of the Year for her tireless effort promoting the breed, the club and its events.
While her contributions to the Appaloosa have been notable in the past decade, Leslie went above and beyond the call of duty in 2009. Leslie championed for the Calizona ApHC parade group to be a part of the 121st Tournament of Roses Parade with the theme “A Cut Above the Rest,” which will be featured live on national television Jan. 1, 2010. The group will ride Appaloosas with varying color coat patterns and will be costumed in authentic Nez Perce Indian costumes for both men and women, along with related accoutrements—an excellent opportunity to display the breed’s history and heritage.
The George Hatley Award, named in honor of one of the ApHC’s founders, is decided annually by the Board of Directors in an effort to recognize an individual in the Appaloosa industry who contributed significantly to the growth and promotion of the Appaloosa breed within the past year.
Congratulations, Leslie!
The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC) is proud to announce the induction of five pillars of the Appaloosa community into the Hall of Fame: Victoria Ennis of Kingston, Okla., former ApHC Director Ward Fenton of Worden, Mont. and Karen Grimm of Minden, Nev., as well as Appaloosa stallion Maid’s Dream, owned by Dal Porto Ranch in Brentwood, Calif.
We offer sincere congratulations to all these winners, their families and connections. See the full announcement in the News Spots section of the Web site.
Year-end results for Appaloosa racing are now posted on the appaloosa.com Web site. Click on the “racing” button on the left side menu of the home page and then “Race Leaders.” Or, hey, I guess you can paste in this link: http://www.appaloosa.com/race/race-leaders.htm.
Congratulations to all the breeders, owners, trainers, jockeys and, of course, the horses.
Breeders Trust Showcase advertising deadline is Tuesday December 15th! To promote your BT-enrolled stallion in the February Journal call Hannah Hathaway or email: advertising@appaloosajournal.com.
Changes to “Members Only” online services:
ApHC members now have access to records of any ApHC-registered horse, allowing members to research prospective breeding or purchase decisions. Members are also able to purchase any horse’s information, including pedigree, production and performance records, and awards. The reports are reasonably priced, ranging from $1 to $5. Effective January 1, your 10 free pedigrees per month will be replaced with a $10 per month credit toward data services. That’s $120 worth of free services per year just for being a member!
Members will continue to have free access to reports of horses they own (until the end of this month to help us verify processes and navigation). Money can be added to individual accounts for additional purchases. Visit appaloosa.com and click “Member Sign In” to get started.
Stallion Services Auction continues until January 31st
Stallion services that were not sold at the 2009 World Show are available online at www.horseauctionandmore.com?stores.php?store=790 until the end of January.
Exemplary Regional Club entries are due January 30th
The ApHC is encouraging all regional clubs to get involved and submit a scrapbook detailing the club’s activities during 2009 for a chance to win up to $500. The Exemplary Regional Club winner will be recognized in the Appaloosa Journal, receive a complimentary booth space at the National or World shows, be recognized at the annual award banquet and receive a perpetual trophy for the year. More details are available on the appaloosa.com site.
Give the gift of membership
ApHC membership makes a great Christmas gift. Give it some thought and give the gift.
Check out the news release in the “News Spots” section of appaloosa.com for a complete list of prize winners from this year’s membership giveaway. Memberships purchased by December 1st made folks eligible for the drawing. More than $13,000 in prizes have been won! As they say on television, we also need to thank our many fine sponsors for their generous support of the membership program.
Voting is complete for 2009 Hall of Fame horses and people. The Appaloosa Horse Club is pleased to announce the following winners:
Horses:
MAID’S DREAM, Dal Porto Ranch, Brentwood, California
People:
WARD FENTON, Worden, Montana
VICTORIA ENNIS (deceased), Kingston, Oklahoma
KAREN GRIMM, Minden, Nevada
Be sure to pop on over to www.appaloosamuseum.org for all the details about a raffle going on NOW. You could be the winner of a 2010 breeding to AN AWESOME SECRET. He’s by THE SECRET and is a National and World Champion and Top Ten sire of halter and longe line horses. This special opportunity has been made possible through a donation by owners Mark and Gail Smith of Fargo, North Dakota. You can learn more about “Awesome” at www.anawesomesecret.com.
The raffle has officially started and will close at midnight PST, February 14, 2010. Tickets are only $10, so help yourself and support the Appaloosa Museum at the same time. Good luck!
In case you haven’t heard:
The Appaloosa Horse Club (ApHC), in partnership with United Networks of America (UNA), is proud to offer its members and their families a free discount prescription drug card! Members may receive up to 75 percent in savings on everyday prescriptions, with an average savings of approximately 30 percent. This benefit is being provided to the ApHC membership at no cost!
Members wishing to receive the card must create an online account by logging onto the “Members Only” section of www.appaloosa.com. Once logged on, members may download and print the prescription drug card, which is pre-activated and may be used immediately! Simply take the card to a participating pharmacy with a prescription to receive discounts on medication.
The prescription drug card program was launched to help uninsured and underinsured ApHC members to afford their prescription medications. For members who are fully insured, this program may provide a discount on drugs not covered by their insurance. All prescriptions processed through the program are completely confidential with the guarantee that members are paying the lowest possible price. The program, which is only available to ApHC members, not only includes discounts on prescription drugs, but also eyeglasses, hearing apparatuses, nutritional supplements, diabetic supplies and more.
To become an ApHC member and receive these great benefits, among many others, visit www.appaloosa.com.
Just a friendly reminder that you probably should sign up to receive the monthly ApHC E-newsletter. Folks here have been working on upgrading the design, content and overall value of the newsletter for ApHC members. Just click on the menu button (left side of the home page of appaloosa.com) to sign up or to provide a new e-mail address.
Any time you have questions you’d like answered or specific program components you’d like to know more about, tell us. We’ll find a place for it in the next issue of the E-newsletter.
Thought this might be of interest:
To help horse owners feed their horses cost effectively and with confidence, Michigan State University (MSU) Extension is offering a free, live webcast Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. EST.
Aimed at garnering horse owners the most bang for their horse-feeding buck, the webinar “Nutritional Supplements for Horses” will feature Carey Williams, Rutgers University equine Extension specialist. She’ll discuss types of supplements, when supplements might be beneficial and how to determin if your horse needs a supplement. For more information or to register, go to noncredit.msu.edu.
My Horse University is a national online horse management program for horse enthusiasts. Based at MSU and founded by the MSU Department of Animal Science, MSU Extension and MSU Global, this program offers equine education courses and resources that can be tailored to achieve horse-management goals.
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