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Events2010 AMHC Horse Show • Click here for results from the 2010 Summer Classic Horse Show. • Click here for results from the 2010 Red Deer Classic Horse Show. • Click here for results from the Westerner Spring Show held in Red Deer on the May long weekend. • Mane Event
April 23-25 Westerner Grounds
Savoir Faire and Arlene MacKenzie
Picture courtesy of Karen Abel
• Summer
Classic Horse Show
September 3-5, 2010 • We are on FaceBook!!! There is an AMHC page on Facebook for people to see. • 2009 AMHC Cake Walk and Awards Banquet
November
21st at the Beaumont Community Hall
Click here for pictures from the event. Click here for the award results. • 2009 Farm Fair International The Alberta Morgan Horse Club participated at Farm Fair International in the All-Breeds Showcase and were named Breed Booth Champion. The AMHC received $100.00 in Gift Certificates to Dodge City at Farm Fair. Thanks to Sandra & Georgina Sanche, Alyssa Brown & Jessica Roberts for providing their horses for the All-Breeds Showcase. The showcase was held before the Heritage Ranch Rodeo on Sunday evening with a good crowd to see the Morgan Horse under saddle in Saddleseat, Western and Hunt gear. Thanks also to Michaela Taylor, Laura Malyk & Caitlyn Malyk for working the booth. And, last, but not least, to Joanne Klone & Stephanie Abel for helping setup the booth. •
2009 Alberta Morgan Horse Show Click here for show results. • Painted Paths Trail Ride
The trail ride was held on Sept. 20 and was unanimously declared a complete success, despite Willa's sore derriere and complaints of getting back too late for the best potluck food (well people, a longer ride, and it was terrific in the trees, or the first choice of the grub...your pick). Actually, the fare improved as more participants added their dishes. Frankly, that was the best (no photo, unfortunately) Caesar Salad I have had in more years than I care to remember. People arrived, left to ride the trails, the website administrator/photographer went on a photo-gathering expedition and then everyone (I hope) returned for a great potluck supper. Nothing brings friends together like trying to cook your hot dogs together on a communal fire. A quick head count revealed that 23 riders/horses had attended and 1 photographer had travelled via Shank's pony.
The preceding 9 pictures courtesy of Kathy Padgham.
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EQUINE FOUNDATION RIDE AUGUST 8, 2009 KANANASKIS COUNTRY
The 2009 fund raiser trail ride was again held at Sandy McNabb Park, 19 kms west of Turner Valley in Kananaskis Country. It was a very pleasant day for riding, not too hot, not too cold, not too windy and not too cloudy and it didn't rain. It was a perfect day for a fun ride with fellow Morgan horse enthusiasts. We marshaled at the day camp just west of the ranger station at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday morning, August the 8th. There were twelve horse and rider teams, nine were purebred Morgans, two were part bred Morgans and one Morab. Two riders were only able to ride a short distance for personal reasons while the other ten rode the whole route estimated to be approximately 17 kms. We rode the same route as in 2008 however we rode it in reverse, i.e. counter-clockwise vs. clockwise last year. This turned out to be a problem later in the ride. Some of the participants both equine & human had not ridden in the mountains before. The humans were excited and some of the horses were a bit nervous of the trees closing in around them, the mud and water on the trail and so on. The first one or two kilometers was travelled very slowly as we waited for the nervous animals to trust their riders and get the courage to move forward. It didn’t take long before everyone was moving along at a nice pace. The trail is sort of an oblong shape and the east side has about three or four small wooden bridges that we had to cross about a quarter of the way into our ride. Everyone traversed them with no problem so they all should do well in trail classes at horse shows henceforth. About half way through the ride as we started to turn west is a very small creek, more like a trickle of water. The approach to the crossing was much tougher from the east than the west and we spent about an hour before everyone was across. This crossing will henceforth be known as the “Banker Bob Ride & Swim” crossing. We eventually gained the top of a poplar bluff and dismounted to have lunch, rest our horse and dry our clothes. A few pictures were taken and everyone had a leisurely half hour of socializing. Some of the participants hadn’t met prior to the ride so it was a nice opportunity for them to get to know each other. After lunch we started off again heading west and then south back towards the starting point. It is pretty high country and much more open on the west portion of the route than on the east portion so everyone was enjoying the scenery. We had a mishap that could have been very serious when a rider wearing a backpack snagged it on an overhanging deadfall. After this bit of excitement the last quarter of the ride was uneventful. When we arrived back at the starting point we had a BBQ, pot luck and awards social. Kathy Padgham who travelled the farthest (over 4 hours) from Hay Lakes received the horse cooler for raising the most money. Julie Franke was second and received a registry volume # 4 book for her efforts. There were various other hand outs such as t-shirts, mugs, a rain gauge etc. so that everyone went home with ‘a prize’. We nearly matched last years total for funds raised and were pleased with the $132 average per person. We were asked what the date will be for next year’s ride and if it will be in the same place. The answer is yes it will be in the same place and the same weekend, probably August 7th if 2010 isn’t a leap year although that will probably move forward one week if it is a long weekend. There was also interest expressed to ride Saturday and Sunday for those that wish to, however only the Saturday ride will be EFC sanctioned. The plan at present is to accommodate a two day ride in 2010. Watch for updates on the EFC website as we get closer to August 2010. •
McDonald and Bienert Receive 2009 Distinguished Service
Award Click here for the results from the 2008 Alberta Morgan Show.
Wondering what documentation you need to transport your
horse? •
Equine Biosecurity News Equine Biosecurity Q&A document (a pdf file).
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