4/ JULY 2010 THE RIDER


The Rider is the Official Voice of the following Associations


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HON. COL. A.W. FINN Founder


BARRY FINN Publisher/ Editor Advertising Manager


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Ontario Icelandic Horse Association


RCMP Musical Ride Performances Cancelled July 2-July 20


OTTAWA, June 25, 2010 - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Musical Ride Branch has cancelled all previ- ously scheduled performances in Saskatchewan and Alberta between July 2 to July 20, 2010 inclusively.


Central Ontario Pleasure Driving Association


Eastern Ontario Pleasure Driving Society


The RCMP Musical Ride has been on tour performing in communities across Quebec, as well as in Toronto, Ontario since May 13, 2010. While on tour, one of the RCMP horses contracted a low grade case of Streptococcus Equi, an equine bacterial infection that is com- monly known as Strangles. Though it is of no risk to humans, Strangles is very con- tagious to horses and can be carried by humans working with one horse, then contact- ing another.


The Musical Ride Branch is taking every precau- tion to protect the Musical Ride horses, as well as other horse populations. Under the advice of the Musical Ride Branch’s veterinarian advi- sors, in consultation with the University of Guelph Veteri- narian College, the Musical


Ride horses are being isolated at the RCMP Rockcliffe Sta- bles and public contact with the horses is restricted.


It is with great regret that previously scheduled perfor- mances that were to take place between July 2 and July 20, 2010, have been cancelled to reduce the risk of spreading the infection to other horse populations. It is the hope of the Musical Ride Branch to resume the 2010 Tour in Edmonton, Alberta on July 23, 2010.


The Musical Ride will


From Our Founder Remembering July 1976


40 Years Later and Still in the Same Family


By A.W. Finn


I have decided to forego the review of the July 1976 Edition and will pick up what happened in the next issue of The Rider.


The July 1976 Edition of The Canadian West- ern Rider, was indeed a milestone in the evolution of the first all breed western equine publication in Canada. Vol. 7 No. 1, was absolutely amazing. To have gotten through the first six years without a postal strike that could cause the loss of an entire issue and desperately needed revenue. Major strikes would come in later years that caused us a lot of harm.


Ontario Combined Driving Association


Now 40 years after we began the publication is flourishing in the capable hands of Barry Finn and is more than successful. It is nice that it remains in the same family. Barry worked at all the Quarteramas and gymkhanas selling newspapers at the shows. He was only 7 years old at the time. Now he is the owner.


Ontario


Competitive Trail Riding Association


The publication got it’s humble beginning, or at least giving way to the thought process that some- thing was missing in the Western Horse Industry. I had just sold The Burlington Post, which I owned and started on September 15, 1965, to the Toronto Telegram. I began working for the Telegram as Pub- lisher of the Burlington Post and Associate Publisher of the Oakville Beaver, which I had helped start . I was looking for more publishing opportuni- ties, as working for someone else was not my lot in life. I bought the Mountaineer, a newspaper on Hamilton Mountain and that followed with the start up of the Hamilton Eastender and the Mountain


continue to perform at the 2010 Canadian Sunset Cere- monies, taking place in Ottawa, Ontario between June 23 and 27. As well, the always popular Canada Day perfor- mance on Parliament Hill will still take place. The public will however not be able to access the horses directly.


Photo by Marshall Davidson, www.fotoworks.ca - RCMP Ride, Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, November 2008


at 11:00 a.m. and are open to the public. The Stables will remain closed to the public until further notice. The Musical Ride Branch has determined they can still perform in Ottawa as they are better able to control the envi- ronment where the horses are stabled and perform.


Special performances have been scheduled to occur daily at the Rockcliffe Stables in Ottawa between July 5 through to July 9, and July 12 through to July 15. The free performances will take place


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In June of 1968 the family moved from Oakville to a small farm in Ancaster. Then the deci- sion to buy a horse was made. Well.... the horse was called Woody, a Arabian / Quarter Horse cross, a rogue if I ever saw one, but nice looking. Then came the plan to join the local Ancaster Saddle Club. Sitting through those meetings I heard all about various equine events that were in and around our area but by the end of the meeting it was hard to remember all the events that were men- tioned. So began the search for a publication for western horses. I found out in short order that not one existed in all of Canada. Was the western horse not important enough?


Opportunity knocks only once. The seeds were sown to investigate the possibility of starting a pub- lication devoted to the western horse. Discussions with potential advertisers, subscription sales and support from the western horse clubs were positive. So it was at the end of June 1970 that the first issue of The Canadian Western Rider, two years to the date of moving to Ancaster, made a humble appear- ance.


Forty years is a long time when you look for- ward and a very short time when you look back. Over those years we saw new publications come into the market. Most were short lived as they fell by the wayside through our customers loyalty to us. Headway was made in Quebec and we were talked into establishing an all French edition there. The publication was called Le Western Rider Cana- dien. It did well until it was discovered that the edi- tor we hired was not able to write fluently in the French Canadian language. After the editor of a Sherbrook newspaper advised us of the situation, we cancelled the publication.


The Canadian Quarter Horse Journal was launched in 1972 and was published in a magazine format. In 1990 we launched The English Rider. Over the years it seemed that English was English and Western was Western! After publishing The English Rider for a number of years we realized that there was a lot of crossover. In 1994 we decided to be innovative and made the decision to amalga- mate all three publications into one and called it


Notice: It has come to our attention that in the Spring Fling Fashion Show story we published in May at the name of Equestri- an Factory Outlet was incorrect. We apol- ogise for any inconvenience.


“The Rider”.


The new publication had Western, English and Quarter Horses sections and we kept the original names alive as they are registered and trade marked. As technology advanced so did we and, although we contain the same basic format today, we are taking advantage of more affordable colour, more creative design options and now digital edi- tions. A fully involved and sanctioned equine publi- cation by numerous


clubs and organizations who have turned The Rider into their official publications.


Many awards have come our way - photograph- ic, editorial, advertising - and six times in a row the Ontario Equestrian Federation Media of the Year Award.


I was nominated to the Ontario Quarter Horse Association’s Hall of Fame because of my personal and The Rider’s involvement in the Ontario and Canadian Horse Industry. This was and is a cher- ished award of recognition, one that will live with me forever.


I am pleased that some of the clubs and associa- tions such as the Western Horse Association of Ontario (WHAO) have been with us since the early years and I thank all those that followed. Their asso- ciation with The Rider must be working as the list keeps growing.


The Rider would not have been successful had it not been for the expertise and hard work of Katherine Finn who kept us on the straight and nar- row with her accounting skills and her charm in col- lecting overdue accounts.


From the bottom of my heart I thank the horse industry of Ontario, Canada and the USA for giving me 40 plus years of extreme pleasure and enjoyment and also to all the riders, subscribers, and personal friends that I have made along the way, some who are still here and some who are gone. I hope I can see 40 more.


Aidan W. Finn CD President


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Ontario Reined Cow Horse Association


Ontario Team Cattle Penning Association


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