44/ MARCH/APRIL 2010 THE RIDER

• Up from California • Ranked 2nd in the Nation in Dressage OCAP Program • The Performer • The Sire • The Legend • Stnds 16.1 HH ~~~~~

Live Cover, Cooled Semen

Stud Fee: $900 LCFG

Mare Care Available

“Healthy Lands For Healthy Horses”

by Janice Ginter

If you own horses and/or manage your own facility, allow me to reveal an excellent learn- ing opportunity which addresses specific challenges facing the expanding equine community. You don’t want to miss out on “Healthy Lands for Healthy Horses.” Set aside the time to be informed with this enlightening two part equine stewardship workshop. Day one is to be held Saturday, March 27th, followed by day two on Saturday, April 10th in Caledon, ON.

Covering topics such as pas-

ture and manure management, your participation includes com- pleting a personal, environmental assessment for your facility. Technical assistance - including concerns of financial support - will have the answers to the questions you and other equine enthusiasts present. Finally, gain successful knowledge by touring local equine facilities represent- ing the environmental improve- ments they have accomplished, hopefully spurring you on with your own potential projects and goals!

Susan Raymond, Communi-

Recognizing Nanci Picken

By Chris Tulloch

Nanci Picken is a bit of a fixture in therapeutic riding and riding in general. Nanci has owned, trained, and raised horses for almost 50 years. She was cer- tified as a Level 1 Coach in 1982 and has trained riders up to Tril- lium Level while employed as manager of Rose Hill Farm in Leith in the early 80’s.

Nanci organized Trillium shows, a 3-day National Event, regular schooling shows and pre- pared Thoroughbreds for the sales ring. She even taught a night course, “Horse Manage- ment and Care” through Bluewa- ter Board of Ed and became a

certified course designer as well as an Equine Canada Senior Steward and Hunter / Jumper Judge. While she worked week- ends all over Ontario in these various capacities, she also kept a job in a bank, vet clinic, auc- tion market, tack shop, as Instructor and finally as program manager for 11 years at the GRACE program in the 90s. She is certified as a Canadian Therapeutic Riding Instructor and at GRACE she trained thera- py horses, taught people with disabilities, trained instructors and volunteers, fundraising, and general management of the pro- gram.

In 2001 she left GRACE and qualified as a CanTRA Coach and Examiner. She has traveled all over Canada examin- ing candidate instructors and became a Director on the CanTRA Board and a member of the Certification and Standards Committees. She has been teaching at PRANCE in Port Elgin for many years and acts as their advisor. In 2007 she became the Development Co- ordinator for CanTRA which takes her all over Canada and even to Bermuda on several occasions to train instructors, inspect facilities, provide profes- sional advice to start up Thera- peutic Riding programs, facili- tate workshops, and set up cer- tification events across Cana- da.

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CREEK

Homozygous black, 16.3 hand

Park Lane Ranch - Sandy Zelmer

905-936-2658 or szelmer@sympatico.ca www.parklaneranch.ca

Thoroughbred stallion, Bronze Premium Sport Horse in Eventing AQHA approved $900 LFG, live cover or shipped semen, mare care available. Conformation, Movement, Athletic, Scope, Disposition,

he has it all

In 1995 Nanci was seri- ously injured in a horse acci- dent that broke and dislocated her hip. She could no longer train horses but after undergo- ing a hip replacement in 2003 she was able to begin riding again. She had to deal with many fears associated with the accident which has proven very difficult to overcome, and in essence became a Therapeu- tic Rider herself. It seems this could be one of the reasons she is so empathetic with the riders in therapeutic programs who have wide-ranging physi- cal, mental and emotional dis- abilities.

Nanci has always been kind and generous to fellow equestrians. She has given her own time and expense visiting farms to measure ponies, fit tack and saddles, assess the health of horses, or teach horsemanship just to help horses and their owners and yet she has never asked for compensation or recognition.

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cations & Programs Officer for Equine Guelph, University of Guelph, states the objectives of the program. “This is a great opportunity for engaging the equine community in steward- ship initiatives through outreach education, while expanding the network of financial and techni- cal assistance programs available to the equine community.” Registration details will be posted at www.equineguelph.ca/healthy- lands.php Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72