Thanks to Gary Connolly for working the trade show and for this report.
The FFA Convention went great, they reported approximately 55,000 FFA members and their advisors were in attendance at the trade show. Niceene made up a basket with a Halloween bucket that included a Mark Shaffer DVD, a Youth Judging DVD, a “Know Before You Tow” (Safely Transporting Livestock) DVD designed by a committee I serve on for the Illinois Farm Bureau, an Appaloosa Water Bottle, an Appaloosa can koozie, and 2 Bags of Halloween chocolates, that we donated in the ApHC name to the FFA scholarship silent auction, the last bid I saw on it was $50.00.
Packets were given to new advisors, they were really impressed with the information included. I had enough of the Appaloosa Computer CD’s left on hand to add to each of these folders. Also Dan Moriarty’s wife & son came by the booth, we had a nice visit; they were really glad to see the Appaloosa so well represented at the event.
Volunteers pictured are Susie Rhoades (Indiana), Brandi Daugherty (Illinois) and Gary Connolly (Illinois).
Calizona members’ Appaloosas win big and shine at the Mojave River Valley Horsemans Association All Breed Futurity Show held September 20, 2009 in Apple Valley, California.
The Weanling Futurity was won by Dun Maid Me Grand (weanling gelding) owned by Dean’s Ranch and shown by Dennis Dean. Magic Dun Right (yearling filly) was the Reserve Champion for the Yearling Futurity and also shown by Dennis and owned by Dean’s Ranch. The Yearling Lunge Line Futurity was won by Play A Hand In Vegas (yearling gelding) shown by Caitlyn Raysser and owned by Amber Niess. Amber was very excited to have her horse win her very first futurity. The Reserve High Point Halter Horse title went to Exclusively Magic also owned and shown by Amber Niess. Other Appaloosas exhibited at the show include Prety Wild Ideas by Terri Hart and Man O Love by Toni Dean. It’s wonderful that the Appaloosa Breed is promoted to others outside the Appaloosa show circuit. Congratulations to the winners!!!
Leslie Foxvog
President Calizona ApHC
Post by Kevin Pullen, ApHC Trail/Distance Coordinator; Photo by Barry Grubb.
I just got back from Ohio and the 4th annual ApHC National Championship Endurance Ride (ANCER) and WOW, was it exciting! Cat Carter and her gelding TheSpurOfTheMoment swept the field for the second year in a row. It was a heated race as the frontrunners burst out of the woods into the meadow and headed for the finish line. A gentleman on his Arabian appeared first with Cat and Spur behind. Cat urged Spur forward and it became a runoff. In the remaining 100 yards, Spur caught and passed the Arab at the finish line, winning by a neck!
Cat and Spur’s unofficial time was 50 miles in 4 hours and 46 minutes — a full 1 hour and 45 minutes faster than last year’s time of 6:31. At an average of 10 ½ miles per hour, they were bookin’! Diana Macdonald on her 14-year-old mare ‘Loosi’ came in a close third. The unofficial results show 5 Appaloosas in the Top Ten out of a field of nearly 50 entries! How’s that for a showing of SPOTS in a major competitive event?!
Spur also received the coveted Best Condition Award, a category determined by the ride veterinarian as the horse “most fit to continue”.
Keep in mind that Cat and Spur won these two awards in two categories: the OVERALL Cracked OAATS Crunch ride (on which we piggybacked our ride) AS WELL AS our National Championship Endurance Ride.
Stay tuned for more details. At this point we are still waiting for the official results!
Kevin
The banners are fluttering everywhere in Calgary; local television covered the airport arrival of equine passengers from Europe, so it must be time for the “Masters” at Spruce Meadows. The first two events of the TELUS Battle of the Breeds were held Thursday. I guess we should also mention that the world’s best jumpers are also here and providing great thrills.
Team Appaloosa includes some new faces at the battle, but the people and horses performed well. In the photo is Allie Sutton of Sundre, Alberta, riding her four-year old stallion High on Believin. He’s a son of High Sign Nugget. This was the compulsory skills portion of the competition. Team Appaloosa was edged out of the top six placings in compulsories, but came on strong in Jeopardy Jumping later in the day, placing third. Overall points are pretty close, so today’s Precision Driving and Barrel Race will be exciting for the 12 teams.
There will be other photos from the 2009 Masters added to the album (left menu). Stay tuned.
Riding in Nez Perce Heritage costume, the Calizona Appaloosa Horse Club won the “Equestrian Sweepstakes Award” in the Norco Valley Fair Parade held September 7 in the city of Norco, California for the second year in a row. Ten riders costumed in Nez Perce Indian regalia were joined by two others in Heritage of other eras riding their colored (and non colored) Appaloosas. The parade group included: Club President, Leslie Foxvog, Paul Foxvog, C.J. Brooks, Joe Brooks, Debbie Herzman, Evon Owens, Stephanie Vrabel, Larry Rawley, Danie Foxvog, Christy Wood, Steve Wood and Angila Gallagher. Club appreciation & thanks goes to CZ member, Debbie Herzman, for outfitting several of the group with her prized collection of costume pieces.
The Calizona Appaloosa Horse Club is the 2008 Regional Exemplary Award Winning Club. The club promotes horse owners to exhibit their horses as well as other breeds in a variety of diverse classes ranging from Western, English and Heritage. It is an important goal for Calizona to reach out to the public and the equine community with the focus on fun, family and friendship. The Club membership continues on a leading path to promote that the Appaloosa is a talented versatile breed, is family oriented and provides many benefits.
Calizona ApHC’s parade group will appear in the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2010.
Leslie Foxvog
President Calizona ApHC
While at the recent Canadian National Appaloosa Show in Brandon, Manitoba, I had the good fortune to meet Melia Blakely. She’s a 17-year-old AYA member from Coldwater, Ontario, and she’s a delightful ambassador for our breed. More accurately, she and her colorful mare Neon Cola Sign are a public relations team for Appaloosas.
The six-year-old leopard mare is sired by High Sign Nugget and out of Candy Cola, a daughter of Me Gold Two. Melia and Cola have not only been a fixture at Appaloosa shows, they have been highly competitive among the National Reining Horse Association ranks. In fact, the real reason for this writing is to brag about the fact that they finished the 2008 season ranked fifth overall in the 14-18 division of NRHA. That’s a huge accomplishment made so much better for all of us because Cola is such a colorful, pretty horse.
“I started riding horses at age seven and decided to try reining by the time I was 13,” Melia says. “One of the trainers in the barn where I rode was into reining and it looked like fun.” After gaining some experience and connecting with ApHC trainer and judge Harvey Stevens, the search was on for a “good” reining horse. The one they found “just happened to be an Appaloosa.”
“I love Cola,” a smiling Melia explains. “She’s gorgeous and so sweet, plus she’s laid back – like me. Harvey decided she was the horse for me, so we purchased Cola from Wilburn Archer.”
Another highlight of the Melia-Cola resume is qualifying for the provincial young rider team chosen to participate in the FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships in Kentucky. Melia says it was awesome to qualify, but she opted for the ApHCC show to try for a Canadian championship. Turns out she did that. At the Canadian National Show she and Cola won the youth reining.
Where to from here? Melia says one of her goals is to make the Top Ten at the Quarter Horse Congress show. She’ll also be focusing on her 12th grade year in school and making plans for college.
In the meantime, we tip our hat to a young lady with personality-plus who happens to be providing invaluable promotion for the Appaloosa breed with her colorful partner, Cola. Nice to meet you both.
Sad news this week of the death of Victoria Ennis, matriarch of Texoma Appaloosas in Kingston, Oklahoma. Most of us knew Victoria as an Appaloosa breeder and racing industry promoter. Her horses, which she obviously loved dearly, were versatile enough to win halter championships, performance classes and stakes races. Of course, we loved her for the steadfast support she gave to the Appaloosa Horse Club. Victoria will be greatly missed, but long remembered in ApHC circles.
Visitation is Thursday August 6, 11:00 am at Watts Funeral Home in Kingston. The funeral service is Friday August 7th at 10:00 am at St. Williams Catholic Church. The wattsfuneralhome.com site has all the pertinent information.
Hi there,
I wanted to let you know that on October 14, our show about BJ Winship and her Appaloosa horse will air on Julie Goodnight’s Horse Master RFD-TV show. BJ was a delight to have on the show. Her father raised Appaloosas for years and offered that BJ could select the horse she wanted from his herd. BJ chose Candy who was part of the brood mare herd.
BJ’s dad passed away just recently and BJ is dedicated to helping Candy be the best horse she can be in order to celebrate her dad’s legacy. Since Candy hadn’t been started under saddle until late, she didn’t have a good stop cue. The episode with Julie starts with BJ telling her about her dad’s history with horses, then her plan to make BJ a great horse—if she can learn to stop! In the next two days, Julie taught BJ how to cue her horse with her seat first—teaching a sequence of cues that will help the horse have a relaxed stop once training progresses.
I’m attaching a quote from Julie about working with BJ and some still photos from the show.
“Working with BJ and her lovely Appy mare, Candy, took me back to my childhood and the first time I ever saw an Appaloosa. It was a stunning leopard stallion and he and his master were something to behold. Candy is a lovely mare with a good mind, strong build and that priceless willingness that is true to the breed. It was fun to think about BJ getting to choose a mare from her father’s herd and it was clearly fulfilling to BJ.” –Julie Goodnight
Julie’s Blog about the Horse Master shoot in Oregon, where BJ was one of 6 shows: http://juliegoodnightontheroad.blogspot.com/2009/07/long-road-home.html
Thank you!
Heidi Nyland
Horse Master Producer/ Marketing Director
heidi@juliegoodnight.com
We received this sad note from Catherine Dunnagan
To all my horse friends………….
I just found out today that Jeanne Buisman, a person that I have known for a long time is in ICU fighting for her life as she sustained a kick to her head last Thursday while trying to load a horse on the trailer to be transported to a horse show. Jeanne sustained a fractured skull – they have operated on her and have put her back together with a plate and pins, they have been keeping her in an induced coma. She has not been aware of where she is or what has happened. If you believe in the power of prayer, please offer one for Jeanne Buisman and hope that she can heal and overcome this tragedy.
Jeanne and Gary Buisman and their son Keith has been in the Appaloosa Horses for as long as I have known them. Jeanne has been on the Board of Directors of the N.A.A. Appaloosa Association since she was a person in her early 20’s. We all understand the horse business, but you never expect that a tragedy like this is going to happen to you or to someone that we all know. I just thought that everyone might like to know……so I am passing along this information.
If you wish to send a card to the family, I will include their address:
Gary, Jeanne and Keith Buisman
3686 Atlantic Avenue
Fairport, NY 14450
We receive this photo from Patty Baker, ApHC member and trainer from Lacey, Washington. She says: Cool picture of Kara Whitsell and DZS MAC DANDY (barn name, Toby) at the Tall Timber Opener Show in Spanaway, Washington, in June. I like the white leather jacket that matches the horse. Toby is owned by Donna French of North Carolina.
No, it’s not the underground train, it’s the sandwich chain of restaurants. The marketing folks at Subway have apparently been listening to the research and reminding themselves that Baby Boomers are still a fairly active and very large segment of consumers. Nothing says “be healthy” like an appeal to lifestyle choices involving physical fitness and some mental restoration/alignment (think about where we’ve been and the culture we grew up with). I guess a good sandwich can help.
The “Fit to Boom” campaign invites us to share our stories about later-in-life revelations and enter a “Refresh Your Life” contest. We like the fact that a spotted horse is part of the equation.
The point of this post is to direct your attention to a video on the Subway website. You’ll eventually see the subject enjoying the great outdoors on a colorful Appaloosa. That’s our version of “finding yourself” and being centered in the complex universe.
Thanks to ApHC member Pam Hargesheimer for sharing the information. Take a look.
http://fittoboom.msnbc.msn.com/?source=spotlight1>1=25054#/home/video/1/0
A new relationship has been formed, thanks to some creative design work on the label used by 3 Horse Ranch Vineyards, Eagle, Idaho. Each bottle of the 3 Horse Ranch estate grown, certified organic wine from the Snake River Valley American Viticultural Area features an attrative depiction of (very) early spotted horses. Owner Gary Cunningham decided the connection with Idaho’s State Horse was a natural marketing tool.
In the photo, Gary is presenting a limited-edition print of the label artwork to Jennifer Hamilton, Director of the Appaloosa Museum & Heritage Center.
Exhibitors at the National Show in Jackson, Mississippi, will have the opportunity to purchase 3 Horse Ranch wines at silent auction, both during the annual awards banquet and throughout the week. The pretty label is good enough for me, but you need to know that the wine is outstanding. Gary reports that nine different wines were entered in a recent competition in Portland and all received medals. The 3 Horse Ranch signature wine, Viognier, was a double-gold winner (something like our high-point performance award).
More information about the wine and the vineyards can be found at www.ThreeHorseRanchVineyards.com.
Note and photos from Jan Collins.
I just wanted to share with you how successful our Saddle Up for St. Jude was. We had 105 riders and fed 143 hamburgers and raised more than $3,500 from the meal and auction. The books and prints that you donated for the auction were an interest for many. I have a friend who made frames out of old barn wood for two of the prints.
T.J. Flowers and his family came and spent the day with us. He is a patient at St. Jude from our hometown, Winnfield, Louisiana. He had never ridden a horse, so the picture is T.J. on his first horse.
Thanks again for being so helpful with the club’s donation. I’ll be calling again next year. I’m the coordinator for the 2nd Annual Saddle Up for St. Jude!
Thanks, Jan, for the note and photos. We are especially proud of the community involvement of ApHC members and regional clubs. This event is a perfect example of what it’s all about. And – it’s certainly okay that you included “other” breeds in support of a good cause. Congratulations.
A note from Mildred Truelove:
In response to the Appaloosa Journal’s request for owners of Sheldak bred horses I would like to tell about the time we bought Skip Of Stars from Dave and Kim Utke.
In 2000 I bought Star Status a 1990 model halter bred stallion that was standing by St. Louis in Illinois from the Youngs. We had only 2 short years with this beautiful stallion before he suffered a broken leg and had to be put down. It was a very traumatic experience for us and we cried many tears for this loss.
I began making several calls all over the country trying to locate a horse as nice as the one we had lost. The breeding season would soon be upon us. In the mean time a friend Karen Youmans who was frequently on the internet looking said you have to see this stallion Skip Of Stars so she took me to the library to see a picture on Sheldak’s web site. I had already talked to Kim about whether or not they had anything available in a earlier phone call and Kim said possibly they might sell Skip because the maiden mares they would be breeding that Spring would all be half sisters. Well after seeing his picture at the library I made another phone call and began earnestly trying to convince Kim that I needed to have him. And I promised to love him forever.
So since Jan. of 2003 Skip Of Stars has been producing colts and fillies for us here in Illinois. And he’s still passing on the same beautiful heads and outstanding conformation that he did in North Dakota. They are still athletic and enjoy the same qualities that Skip produced from Sheldak mares. He is a kind horse, never causes any problems just hangs out and does his job when needed. And I will still love him forever just as I promised.
Mildred Truelove
Rock n’ T Appaloosas
Casey, Illinois
Reed Clark Humpherys, 84, passed away peacefully at his home in Wayan, Idaho on April 26, 2009. Born in Thayne, on July 11, 1924, Reed was the oldest of eight children of Willard Davis Humpherys and Rhoda Clark, both first generation descendants of Mormon pioneers who settled the Utah, Idaho and Wyoming areas. Reed’s early years were spent on Star Valley dairy farms, where he very effectively learned about cattle and horses, which formed the basis of his livelihood in the years to come.
Reed married Doris Rudrud of Grand Forks, N.D. on Nov. 27, 1943 in Galesburg, Ill., and later sealed in the Logan LDS Temple on April 24, 1945. After serving as a flight instructor until the end of WWII, he returned to ranch life with his dad in Lava Hot Springs and then in Grays Lake during the spring of 1948. At the age of 26, he assumed the responsibility of running the ranch upon the death of his dad. He lived on and operated the JH-Bar ranch for 61 years, until his death on April 26, 2009.
He raised palomino, appaloosa and paint horses, served for nine years on the Appaloosa Horse Club’s Board of Directors and three years as Chairman of the Judges Committee. He judged Paints for 30 years and was the oldest active judge until his retirement last year. Reed served on the Caribou County Fair Board for ten years. In April 2006 Reed was inducted into the Idaho Horseman Hall of Fame. He served in several leadership positions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints, including Grays Lake Ward Bishop and Stake High Councilor. As a philanthropist, he was president of an international humanitarian organization supporting schools in Central and South America and Europe.
Funeral services will be held Friday, May 1, 2009 at noon at the Soda Springs LDS Stake Center. A viewing will be held at the Sims Funeral Home on Thursday April 30 from 6-8 p.m., and on Friday morning at the Stake Center from 10:30-11:30 a.m. prior to services. Interment will be at the Fairview Cemetery in Soda Springs, Idaho.
Follow the link below for the full obituary from the Star Valley Independent.
http://www.starvalleyindependent.com/2009/04/independent-obituaries-april-30-2009/
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