DECEMBER 2013 THE RIDER /17
Ontario Reined Cow Horse Association Werner Bohner, President, 519-467-5691 Craig Black, Vice President, 519-874-1294
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Banks, fired up “Big Red George” and headed east with Craig’s good horse, Wils Dualin Sur- prise. Destination: Middleton, Nova Scotia. Craig had been contacted by Clint and Joey Lewis of CJ Quarter Horses in Nova Scotia to put on a Reining and Working Cow Horse Clinic. Good weather and good roads made the trip
Craig Black and his good friend, Steve
through the Appalachian Mountains from Que- bec to New Brunswick to the southwest of Nova Scotia more than great but, as always of every- where I have been, the best part of going some- where new is always the people. Fantastic, friendly and enthusiastic can’t come close to describe the people we met throughout the whole stay in Nova Scotia.
manoeuvers both in the reined work and the cow work. Twelve horses and riders partic- ipated Saturday in the reined work and Sun- day was spent working cattle. Riders and hors- es of different levels didn’t disappoint at all. My good friend, Jess Cofell, was here 5 years ago and told me they had some really nice horses. It didn’t matter
November 1st, Craig did a demonstration on “Back to the Basics” showing how those simple, quiet, little exercises can lead to improving all
the Friday night,
this clinic and having me there, very nice people. Both on our way out and again on the way home, we stopped and rested Dually and ourselves at our good friends’ Doug and Barb Hughes who now live in New Brunswick. We had a great visit and enjoyed their beautiful new farm. They have done a lot of work at the new place and are doing really well. Yes, and you all already know the answer to your question – Steve did all the driving.
to see some of these horses and riders in the top standings in the show results. With ongoing communications, hopefully some of our riders may head to Nova Scotia for a show there or per- haps some of the N.S. riders will make the jour- ney here to compete with us. Thanks to Clint and Joey Lewis for hosting
what level each horse and rider were at, they all showed lots of interest to advance. By Sunday afternoon, I could see improvement in all the horses and riders and lots of smiles and thank yous and that is what puts a smile on my face. I’m sure in the next year or so we are going
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