6/ SEPTEMBER 2010 THE RIDER
Natural Horsemanship & Body Control Foundation Reining Training Trials & Tribulations - One Student’s Success Story
By Susan Dahl.
It’s always nice to hear a feel good story. It brings a smile to our faces when we read it. It gives us encouragement to beat our own odds, and persevere in our hard work. It just warms the cockles of the heart.
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I couldn’t help but want to share this one about a student of mine and her trials and tribulations of fulfilling a dream come true. I love stories like this. It will make you want to say ‘Gosh! Good for her!’, after you read it.
In the first photo, you can see Lynda (centre) being congratulated on her new horse purchase by Lesley & Audra as they share in the excitement. What a smile! Cheers to Lynda!
Lynda is a retired grandmother who always wanted to have a nice well trained horse, learn to ride properly and trail ride. It was a long time goal of her and her husband Peter (who has since passed away 5 years ago). They were going to retire up this way, get horses and ride. Things just don’t always work out the way you planned it - do
Lynda’s brief experiences in riding where not pleasant to start with. With little & the wrong advice from her horse friends in the area, a few disasters on trail rides -once almost cracking her head open if it weren’t for her helmet, left her feeling leery about riding. So years past with no riding. Still she was determined to make it happen somehow. There was no one to learn from at the time and yet... in her own words: “I’m like a sponge, wanting to learn everything I can about horses and riding.” Last May, Lynda started coming to me for help. She is excited to do this ‘if it’s the last thing I do’ and before she believes she is too old to start riding. Lynda is 58 years old. She also looks after her elderly mother who needs Lynda’s care so safety is a big
Canadian Reining Committee Announces WEG Team Riders
Ottawa, ON—The Equine Canada Cana- dian Reining Committee (CRC) is pleased to announce the Canadian Reining Team for the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) to be held in Lexington, KY September 25—October 10, 2010. The following riders were chosen after the head-to-head selection trial held at the West Coast Classic CRI 1* in Chill- iwack, BC:
Rider/ Home/ Town
Lisa Coulter, Kelowna, BC / Pilot Point, TX
Duane Latimer, Bienfait, SK / Ardmore, OK
Shawna Sapergia, Cochrane, AB Vernon Sapergia, Cochrane, AB Coulter will be riding Western Whiz, a seven-year-old Quarter Horse gelding owned by Robert Thompson. Coulter rep- resented Canada at the 2009 Reining Ken- tucky Cup CRI 4* held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, where she won individual and team silver. Latimer, the current FEI Reining World Champion, will be looking to defend his title riding Dun Playin Tag, Lance Griffin’s Canadian-bred six-year- old Quarter Horse gelding. Latimer also posted the score that secured Canada the team silver medal the 2006 World Cham- pionships in Aachen.
Shawna Sapergia, team and individu- al silver medalist from the 2002 Jerez WEG, will be riding This Chics On Top, a Canadian-bred seven-year-old Quarter Horse mare owned by Outrider Ranch Ltd.
Shawna’s father, Vernon Sapergia, will be making his Canada Reining Team debut at the World Equestrian Games rid- ing Its Wimpys Turn, a six-year-old Canadian-bred Quarter horse mare also owned by Outrider Ranch Ltd.
“Without a doubt, we have four out- standing athletes and horses representing
Canada reining at the 2010 World Eques- trian Games. We should feel confident that we will have a place on the podium,” said Bob Thompson, chair of the CRC. “We are very lucky to have such a strong, talented and experienced team, and we are looking forward to an exciting and tough competition,” added Chef d’équipe, Wendy Dyer.
For additional information on the CRC and its programs, including selection criteria, please visit the Equine Canada website at
www.equinecanada.ca or e- mail
reining@equinecanada.ca.
About the Canadian Reining Commit- tee
The Canadian Reining Committee is the discipline committee of Equine Cana- da that is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of rein- ing programs in Canada. The Canadian Reining Committee’s objective is to foster the growth of reining and the pursuit of excellence in the sport at the local, nation- al and international levels.
About Equine Canada
Equine Canada is Canada’s national governing body for equestrianism. A member-driven, charitable institution, it is the executive branch of the Canadian Equestrian Team, and the national author- ity for equestrian competition; the nation- al voice for recreational riders; and the national association for equine welfare, breeding, and industry. Equine Canada is recognised by the Government of Canada, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), and the Canadian Olympic Com- mittee as the national organisation repre- senting equestrian sport and equine inter- ests. For more information about Equine Canada, please visit
www.equinecanada.ca.
issue for her too.
Here in the second photo you can see Lynda rid- ing her new horse, Dun It’s Working Girl or ‘Cinna- mon’ in my arena. Cinnamon is a 19 yr. old retired reining horse with extensive experience in trail rid- ing. (Thanks to Doug for the great horse.)
And as you can see in the third photo, Lynda is beeming! She is ecstatic and optimistic about her continued riding success.
In a short time, Lynda has learned that her horse was not suitable & decided to sell it, recently pur- chased a better horse more suited to herself, has been learning a lot about horses & safety, & has pro- gressed in her riding. Lynda has plans on taking more lessons, keeping her horse at my place and per- haps... who knows... she even has expressed an inter- est in working cows this winter! I’m so proud of her!
‘Gosh! Good for her!’ You just can’t help but feel good about this one!
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‘Putting my spin on Western Dressage!’ Reinersue
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About the Author: Susan Dahl is a certified profes- sional horse trainer, NCCP coaching theory certified, writer, competitor, clinician and owner/operator of Foundation Reining Training Centre, where she spe- cializes in natural horsemanship & body control foundation reining training ie. Western Dressage for horse & rider. She has trained & won numerous ORHA, NRHA, & Reining Canada Top 10 awards. For more information on her very innovative & fun approach to training, clinics, lessons, or coaching, please visit her website
www.reinersuehorseman-
ship.com.
Gin & Juice Named Omega Alpha Canadian Event Horse of the Month for July
Ottawa, ON—The Canadi- an Eventing Committee has named Gin & Juice as the Omega Alpha Canadian Event Horse of the Month for July.
Gin & Juice is co-owned by Canadi- an Olympian Hawley Bennett-Awad and American Linda Paine. The 10-year- old bay Thorough- bred mare finished fourth in the CIC3*- W division at the Event at Rebecca Farm held July 21-25, 2010 in Kalispell, MT.
Bennett–Awad of Langley, BC, and Gin & Juice were sitting in fifth place after dressage with a score of 49.6. The pair jumped clear adding just six time penalties cross-country moving them up into third place. Eight faults in the jumping round dropped them just one spot to finish fourth with a final score of 63.6. “Ginny has really come along this year with great results at Galloway Downs, Rolex and now at Rebecca Farm,” said Ben- nett. “I would like to give a big thank you to Omega Alpha for being such gen- erous sponsors of not only the Canadian Event Horse of the Month Award but also of the entire Canadian Eventing Team. All my
horses are thriving on their products.”
Canadian Eventing created the horse recogni- tion program to celebrate the achievements of Cana-
About Canadian Event- ing
Canadian Eventing is the committee of Equine Canada responsible for the sport of eventing in Canada
ing, visit www.equinecan-
da.ca and select disciplines then Eventing.
About Omega Alpha Phar- maceuticals Inc.
“Gin & Juice was named as the Omega Alpha Canadian Event Horse of the Month for July.” Photo Credit—
stockimageservices.com
dian owned horses that rep- resent Canada in North American competition. Canadian Eventing is also very pleased to have Omega Alpha Pharmaceu- ticals’ generous support of this new horse recognition program. Omega Alpha Pharmaceuticals will be providing each owner of the Horse of the Month with a generous gift certifi- cate of $200 credit towards the purchase of Omega Alpha products of their choice.
from the grassroots to the international level. The Canadian Eventing Com- mittee is comprised of 12 members, including two rider representatives elect- ed by the Elite Riders Association. Directed by the Strategic Plan for Eventing, all Eventing activities are administered by this committee via six sub-committees with the support of an eventing manager based at the Equine Canada office in Ottawa. For more informa- tion about Canadian Event-
Omega Alpha Pharmaceuticals Inc. is Canadian owned and incorporated in 1992, and with the approval of Health Canada, Omega Alpha Pharmaceuti- cals has concentrated its efforts into pro- ducing and manufac- turing herbal supple- ments and remedies. As a pharmaceutical company, all herbal supplements and health products man- ufactured by Omega Alpha Pharmaceuti- cals Inc. are done so following rigid stan- dards and uncompro- mising quality. Omega Alpha Pharmaceu- ticals Inc. specializes in formulations for enhancing equine health and perfor- mance, using the finest nat- ural ingredients available. For a list of the wide range of products for the opti- mum health and perfor- mance of humans, equines and pets, please visit
www.oapharma.com.
About Equine Canada For more information about Equine Canada, please visit
www.equinecanada.ca.
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