Dear Readers, H ere we go again into summer, the year is half over and we are all getting ready THE
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to go off in several different directions. Some will go to Canada, some off to Europe; some will head up and down the coast some will simply stay in their local showing areas. Whatever choice each of us makes, it is interesting to know we have so many choices now. Not so many years ago (OK it was MANY years ago) there were only a few dozen PCHA shows and now this year there are almost 200!! Choices, it’s called choices. Speaking of choices, show management has had a difficult spring season. Everything from snow in Colorado in May, terrible wind in LA, rain in northern California and the dreaded EHV-1 virus that actually cancelled several of our top competitions. Next time you get on the wagon of managers making “too much” money….remember that these kind of situations can financially devastate even the best of pocket books. In spite of it all, management is really stepping to the plate with innovative awards choices and show format ideas, getting away from the same-same we have had at some for years. Not that getting any award isn’t special, it certainly is. But the reflection of just the same as usual approach to the awards can be indica- tive of the same as usual style of management. So happy to see and feel the new air flowing into all of our shows here. It is my opinion we have some of the best riders, trainers horses and especially owners in the world. The ability of west coast riders to be competitive anywhere in the world is evident in just about any search engine or list of results of any show anywhere. That has to be credited to some big extent to our shows and the management and their never ending quest to make things better. There was a time when we all go so excited about a $25,000 Grand Prix we couldn’t sleep. Then the Hunter Classics and Derby’s leap into the next millennium for the hunters and the pace was set there. Now $75,000 Grand Prix’s are the norm as are $25-50,000 Hunter Derby’s. On the other end of the sport, riding schools and
first time competitor’s numbers are back on the rise also. That in itself is an indication the tide has shifted. Without those programs flourishing, we have several problems. Who will be the next-next-next generation of trainers and riders? So anytime you can support or encourage the base part of the pyramid to be strong….PLEASE DO!
Kathy Hobstetter Founder / Publisher
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showbiz The Summer Issue 2011
West Coast Horse
Founder/Publisher Kathy Hobstetter
Business / Office Manager Sylvie Rochette
Technical Editor Sandra Murphy
Associate Director Susie McCleary
Editorial Department Michelle Agopian Keith Súileabháin
Denise Borges, Northern California Danielle Titland, Pacific Northwest
Advertising
Design & Art Direction Working Lens Productions Iris Thompson Justin Phillips
Contributing Editors Macella O'Neil Morgan Gellar Sandra Murphy Kristin Kenney
Anwar Esquilval Gourdo
Staff Photographer Eddie Perlas,
Contributing Photographers Flying Horse Photography, Deb Dawson, Eddie Perlas, Rick Osteen, JumpShot, Stephanie Engle & Sharon McElvain
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