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October 2010 Update
THE 2010 OCTOBER MoRHA FREESTYLE REINING CLASS WINNER IS:
Youth member Lindsey Conti riding her paint mare, Rose Deelivery, took home the honors while dressed as a Native American and performing to the song "Here I Am." The lyrics were written by Bryan Adams for the movie SPIRIT and Lindsey's and Rosie's interpretation of this music along with their near-perfect reining pattern was a site to behold. The freestyle reining class is becoming a MoRHA tradition and is enjoyed by everyone.
(This year's class was sponsored by Garcia Performance Horses Plus and TMS Little Peppy.) MARCH NEWSLETTER 2010Greetings to all ranch horse enthusiasts. The 2009 Show Season came to a successful end with awards, dining, and dancing at the MoRHA Banquet in January. Awards of all sorts were provided as a result of the resourceful efforts of Tina Beutenmiller. Tina is retiring as a MoRHA Board member and the club would like to recognize all of her efforts in the past several years. Not only has Tina served on the Board of Directors, but she has coordinated all of the year-end awards for the past two years. The Banquet was organized by another retiring Board Member, Shannon McInerney. Shannon has been an integral part of MoRHA operations for several years. She obtained most of the donations given out at the horse shows, has written the previous newsletters appearing in Equestrian Central, maintained the MoRHA Website, and organized the Annual Award Banquet – including ensuring that there is food, music, dancing, and decorations, to name a few of her accomplishments. Although we expect to see Shannon and Tina at the 2010 horse shows all of their energy and involvement will be missed. We want to recognize some of the 2009 Award Highlights – High Point Youth – Lindsey Conti and Rose Deelivery Res. High Point Youth – Kelsey Luebbert and Tari Two Socks High Point Amateur – Vanessa Mamie and A Texas Breeze Res. High Point Amateur – Cathy Jackson and Hold That King High Point All Age – Rose Deelivery -- Owned and Exhibited by Lindsey Conti Res. High Point All Age – Hold That King – Owned by Cathy Jackson/Exhibited by MaryAnn Cash and Mike Kavangh Youth Rookie of the Year – Austin Meador riding Te Topsy Turvee All year-end point standings are posted on at missouriranchhorse.com. The points are updated throughout the year for member information and convenience. Next – we can not fail to mention that a number of our members were honored at the ARHA Banquet held on February 20, 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky. All who attended were very proud of Lindsey Conti. She and Rose Deelivery were High Point in both the Youth and All Age Divisions. It was exciting to see a MoRHA member with this amount of national recognition. We can not forget other MoRHA members who obtained notoriety: Austin Meador and Te Topsy Turvee received the ARHA Youth Rookie of the Year Award. Austin, his family, and lots of MoRHA members were truly excited when his name was announced. Austin will be sporting his new belt buckle at the 2010 shows when he and Topsy continue their winning ways. Additional awards for MoRHA members included Versatility placings by Hold That King and Tari Two Socks; and Honor Roll awards by Lindsey, Kelsey, Marie Britton, Jess Gore, the Praters, and Danny Modrell. Congratulations to everyone who received year end recognition. It really shows that the Missouri Charter has produced a talented and versatile group of ranch horse members. We are also giving a big MoRHA “Thank You” to the Conti family for creating and setting up the MoRHA display at the National Convention. The club received lots of compliments for the presentation. Look for the photo display at upcoming horse shows. New Show Dates and a New Facility The 2010 MoRHA shows are moving. Our shows will now be held at the National Equestrian Center (NEC). The facility address is 6880 Lake Saint Louis Blvd., Lake St Louis, MO 63367-1890. Their website address is: www.thenationalequestriancenter.com. The facility is located right off of Interstate 64 (Hwy 40/61), just west of St. Louis. A detailed map can be found on the NEC website. The April and June Show Bills are available on the MoRHA and ARHA websites. For additional information you can contact Mike Kavanagh – 573.384.5520 or Linda Conti – 636.332.9031. All of the shows are double judged this year. The 2010 Show Dates are: • April 10/11 The National Equestrian Center • June 5/6 The National Equestrian Center • August 19 Missouri State Fair Show, Sedalia, MO • Sept.18/19 The National Equestrian Center • Oct. 16/17 The National Equestrian Center • November 2010 – Look for information on a MoRHA sponsored Regional Show The host hotel for the NEC shows is Super 8 Wentzville, 636.327.5300. Please be sure to mention MoRHA for special rates. Volunteer Information MoRHA is preparing a list of volunteers willing to assist in producing our horse shows. Board Members are active participants in helping Show Manager Mike Kavanagh throughout the day. However, due to showing and training responsibilities, the Board is not available to fill in for all the duties necessary to put on a horse show. Earlene Cole is spearheading the recruitment and assignment of anyone willing to volunteer. No one has to contribute the whole day or weekend – we just want to assign folks to specific duties throughout the day to make sure the shows run smoothly and efficiently. Anyone who is willing to participate, please contact Earlene at 636.234.7774 or by email: mustanghorsepower@hotmail.com. She will give you a list of assignments and a description of duties that might be the best fit for you. Everyone can make an informed choice of roles for the day of the show – whether it is at every show, or just one, and the amount of time you have to contribute. Some of the assignments will include: Judge’s Scribe, Office Assistants, Gate Steward, Runners, Set-Up Crew for Trail and Games classes, and Timers. Earlene may have more duties on her list, but these are a few of the jobs that we require. Anyone volunteering will be greatly appreciated! New ARHA and MoRHA Rules We want to remind everyone that the 2010 ARHA Rule Book is new and a number of rules have changed. Everyone purchasing a 2010 membership will receive a new rule book. We would like to point out that one of the rule changes pertains to obtaining your membership at the horse show, or registering your horse at the show. You can still complete your MoRHA and ARHA Membership forms or horse registration paperwork at the show. However, the ARHA Membership and the Horse Registration will require an additional $10 fee if you wait until the show date to join or register your horse. If at all possible send your ARHA membership in as soon as possible, and get those horses registered and transferred with the national office right away. This will make your registration procedure quicker and simpler on the day of the show. Also, READ YOUR NEW RULE BOOK! Don’t be surprised if class rules have changed. MoRHA rules have not changed significantly. The Rules and Club By-Laws are posted on the website. We did want to call your attention to the Rookie of the Year rules and Year End Award Eligibility rules – Rookie of the Year designation (one amateur and one youth) will be awarded based on the following guidelines: • The exhibitor must be in their first year of showing in a riding event. • The exhibitor cannot have wan ANY breed association riding points (open, youth, amateur, novice) at any time prior to the year of the award. • All eligible exhibitors must hold a current ARHA amateur/youth membership and a MoRHA membership. • The exhibitor must indicate their desire to compete for this award at the time they apply for membership. • The award will be tabulated on total points accumulated on a one horse/one rider basis per calendar year, in their amateur/youth classes. • Only one amateur and one youth “rookie of the year” designation will be awarded in each division. Year End Award rules now included the provision that: To be eligible for MoRHA year-end awards, an exhibitor will be required to enter any class at no less than two (2) horse shows during the show year (exhibit to four (4) judges). Queen Contest info A new activity being offered by the ARHA is a National Queen Contest to be held at the 2010 World Show. Each Charter is encouraged to sponsor a member. There has been a positive response by MoRHA members so we will be holding a modified local contest to determine the MoRHA 2010 Candidate. Christine Watts-Wright is the person in charge of the local contest and will be assisting in preparing the MoRHA Queen Candidate. If you are interested please let Christine know by April 1, as she will have all the details for the April contest, including the topic of the prepared speech. Christine can be reached at 636.462.3334. Information will also be posted at missouriranchhorse.com. New Board Members/Officers The following is a list of the 2010 MoRHA Board Members and Offices, including their contact information. President – Mike Kavanagh 314.495.8440 Vice Present – MaryAnn Cash 314.603.8897 Charter Secretary – Linda Conti 314.378.5812 Treasurer – Ann Bernstein 314.220.4558 Board – Christine Watts-Wright 636.462.3334 Dennis Cappel 314.486.4065 Mona Prater 573.220.0492 Earlene Cole 636.234.7774 Mark Warren 573.619.5860 Everyone is looking forward to the 2010 Show Season with exciting changes and new opportunities. We are attaching a MoRHA Membership Form for your convenience to complete and submit prior to the April horse show if possible. An April Show Bill is also attached for your information. If you have questions regarding the upcoming shows Mike and Linda would be happy to answer your questions. Please feel free to contact any of the Board Members during the year if you have questions, concerns, or new ideas. We can’t wait to see all of you in April. Please call Mona Prater with information for our next newsletter. We want to include all MoRHA members in information shared. She can be reached at 573.220.0492 or by email: praterfarms11@ktis.net. January 2010 - Banquet News and New Board of Directors
AWARDS BANQUET - WHAT A BLAST!
The awards banquet for the 2009 high point award winners was rockin' at the VFW Hall in Warrenton, MO. We had approximately 90 MoRHA members present. They, along with their family members, enjoyed a synopsis by President Mike Kavanagh on where the Missouri Ranch Horse Association has been and where it is going in 2010. John Nordwald, the Missouri Farm Bureau representative from Warrenton, was on hand to present Kelsey Luebbert with a $500.00 scholarship award. Kelsey has been accepted to William Woods College for the fall 2010 semester. This is the third year MoRHA has awarded a youth scholarship and both our previous winners were on hand to give a brief summary of where their educational pursuits have taken them. Maggie O'Leary, our 2007 winner, is an equestrian studies major at William Woods College in Fulton. Our 2008 scholarship was awarded to Louie Conti. Louie is attending the University of Missouri at Columbia as a biology major. Quintana Garcia presented information regarding the ARHA Queen Contest and shared the qualifications and expectations in running for the "Queen of the ARHA." We hope to have a good candidate to represent MoRHA in 2010. If you think you would like to try to win the crown and want to know if you qualify, please talk to Quintana Garcia. Earlene Cole made a plea for members to consider volunteering at the shows. She is planning on calling each and every member to enlist their help in making our shows run smoother. After the general meeting of the members we dined on a delicious dinner provided by Cattleman's BBQ. Following dinner a slide show of the 2009 MoRHA events put together by Terry Luebbert was shown. Tina Beutenmiller did the honors as she handed out all the 2009 high-point awards. The award table was about as festive as it could be and each award winner was handed their goodies in a blue MoRHA logo net bag. MoRHA logo buckles were awarded to the High-Point and Reserve High-Point winners in all three categories. Fleece MoRHA vests, padfolios and ribbons were part of the high-point and volunteer awards. Trophy plates were given to the versatility winners. The volunteers were given honorable mention and a leatherette MoRHA padfolio. There were smiles abound as each winner strutted up and got their bag of "goodies." This link will let you know the member high-point standings for 2009, so you will be able to tell just what member received which award. During all this activity the members had time to shop at the silent auction. There were so many items on the silent auction tables that some of them had to be set on the ground. Some of the big items were a case of wine from Hopewell Winery in Summer Hill, IL and also a set of four new Rod's running horse motif nylon chairs, table and trash can to match from Donna B. (wishes to remain anonymous. There were assorted lessons, paintings, equestrian clothing, horse blankets, hay bags etc from generous attendees. Dancing followed with music provided by Jukebox Productions. Owner, Gary Williams, showed up to provide DJ duties. Some serious dancing went on with 8-year-old Caitlin Wright leading the dance troupe. It seems that our awards dinner was on the same day as Ms. Caitlin's birthday and she was quite sure that the entire party in honor of her special occasion. I want to give a special thank you to the following members for helping with the banquet set-up and clean-up: Linda and Lindsey Conti, Dennis Cappel, Tina Beutenmiller and Mike Kavanagh showed up at 10 AM and worked until 1 o'clock getting the decorations up, arranging the tables, and setting up the awards' tables. MaryAnn Cash came early along with Austin Meador to mark all the silent auction items and help set the tables. The clean up crew consisted of Christine Wright along with Caitlin and Wil, Peggy Meador, Donna B, Mike Kavanagh, Maryann Cash and Paul, Earlene Cole, Gary Williams (my talented cousin and the owner ofJukebox Productions stayed and helped us, which was way more than our contract required). Ann Bernstein worked the "door" and kept track of all the reservations and walk-in guests. I took that job over for about a minute and had to run and find her to get her to help me. Vanessa Mame's boyfriend was a big help in getting the slide show started. Although I do not know his name, he was a blond haired young man in a black Tee-shirt and we could not have got it going without him! Vanessa - give him a hug for us. Linda Conti kept things rolling right along and worked as a behind the scenes coordinator keeping the food line flowing smoothly, the members well informed with all the appropriate forms and show-bills. Although Mona and Pat Prater were unable to attend this year, Mona provided us with decorations and encouragement, as always. I know I have forgotten some helpers, some events, or someone of importance, but dang - it was a long evening and I'm exhausted from having just too much fun. So please forgive me if I have left you out of the acknowledgements. Just send me an e-mail and I will include you or your loved ones that I have unwittingly left out. NEW FACES ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dennis Cappel has been appointed as a new MoRHA director and will be filling the empty slot created with the resignation of Terry Luebbert last fall. Dennis is a farrier, equine clinician, trainer, and equestrian motivational speaker. Dennis is also an ARHA judge (he makes 5 on the MoRHA board). He and his wife, Cindy, live in Silex, MO where they train horses and riders using the "Cappel System." Welcome Dennis! (See Below*) MoRHA members Earlene Cole and Mona Prater will begin serving new two-year terms on the board of directors. Both of these well-qualified women have been tremendous assets to the Missouri charter in the past few years. You might recognize Earlene as our latest gate keeper at the State Fair and fall shows in 2009. Earlene was the past manager of the Longmeadow Rescue Ranch (a branch of the Humane Society of Missouri) and the current owner of "Take It Easy Horse Transport." Earlene will bring a wealth of equine experience and expertise to the charter and we are proud to welcome her to the board. Mona Prater is a past member of the MoRHA board, an ARHA judge and she also serves as a member of the ARHA National Scholarship board. Mona is well-known in the equine community as both a business woman (Prater Farms and Equestrian Center in Fulton) and equine educator for over 30 years. Both Mona and Earlene have extensive equine backgrounds in owning, training, showing and promoting the equestrian lifestyle and we welcome them to the board. MoRHA directors Ann Bernstein and Linda Conti were re-elected to two-year-terms and their continued service will be most appreciated. Ann serves as our treasurer and Show Secretary and Linda is the Charter Secretary for MoRHA. Rest assured that Ann and Linda will be working non-stop, as always, to make the 2010-2011 show seasons the best they have ever been. Welcome Back Ann and Linda! We would like to thank Ms. Quintana Garcia for her service on the board for the last two years. She has been an asset to our club in with her upbeat personality and her tireless enthusiasm. A big tip of the MoRHA cowboy hat to Quintana! Another MoRHA director that has decided to step aside is Ms. Tina Beutenmiller. Tina has been instrumental in helping new "cutters" that come to our shows. Tina will be the person to thank for heading up the Awards Committee for the last two years and she will be missed. Once again, a big tip of the MoRHA cowboy hat to another tireless worker! *Former MoRHA Show Secretary, Ms. Terry Luebbert, has submitted her resignation from the MoRHA board. Terry has some family obligations that do not allow her to be available for the board meetings. Terry has served as the Asst. Show Secretary and then stepped in as the official Show Secretary up until the 2009 show season. We sure appreciate all she did for our charter. Give Terry a big cowboy "Thank You" for all her hard work. Mike Kavanagh, MoRHA President, will be appointing a new director to fill the remaining year of Terry's current term. In addition to the above changes to the board, I regret the fact that I too will be leaving my position as Administrative Secretary effective as of the end of January 2010. Due to family responsibilities I no longer have the time necessary to be an effective board member. I wish to thank my fellow board members who were instrumental in my receiving the 2009 ARHA "Member of the Year Award." What an honor that was and I will cherish it always. Mike Kavanagh will be appointing a new director to serve out the remainder of my term, which expires January, 2011. If you have an interest in serving on the board of the best ARHA charter there is, please contact Mike at 314-495-8440. Thanks for all your support - Shannon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JANUARY 2010 -HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OUR MoRHA FAMILY!Brrrrrr....the New Year is certainly starting off in a frigid way with single-digit temperatures and snow. The good news is that we have crossed over the winter hump and the days are getting longer and will soon be getting warmer. Have you been riding your ranch horses and keeping them in good working shape for the upcoming show season? Hope so, because this year you are going to be bringing your stock to not only five double-judged two-day shows at the National Equestrian Center in Lake St. Louis, but also to a single-judged show at the Missouri State Fair. We are going to be busy this year showing at one of the top equestrian centers in the country located in Lake St. Louis, MO (St. Charles County). 
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