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10/ FEBRUARY 2011 THE RIDER VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.orha.on.ca


Ontario Reining Horse Association Treasurer


2010 Board of Directors President


Carol Ivey - 705-686-3074 email: president@orha.on.ca


1st Vice-President Mike Munroe


2nd Vice-President Harvey Stevens - 705-639-5767 Michelle Mahabir


Secretary Linda Barnes


Youth President K.D. Grainger


2010 Directors Julie Bacon Tom Cudahy Joanne Milton John Purdie Art Roberts Ken Van Alstine


O.R.H.A. Annual General Meeting


President’s Message


We are already well into 2011, and show season is just around the corner now, with Joanne Milton’s annual Reiny Season Clinic scheduled to kick things off on April 30/May 1. This event is a fundraiser for the ORHA, so please try to attend if you can.


have announced some exciting changes for this year, which will be outlined in the next issue of The Rider, for those who could not attend the AGM.


The Winter 2011 issue of the Slider has been published and sent out by Constant Contact, and is also posted on our website at www.orha.on.ca, so do check it out. If you did not receive the email notification and link for the newsletter, please send your email address to president@orha.on.ca and I will ensure you are added to the distribution list. By the time you read this, our Annual Gen- eral Meeting will be behind us, and we will


And just to wrap up the 2010 show results, I am delighted to congratulate Michelle Mahabir on being the 2010 Reining Canada Beginner Champion (a title I am proud to say I won in 2004). Michelle also gives her time and energy to the ORHA in her role as Associ- ation Treasurer (and formerly Secretary, a role now filled by Linda Barnes). Thank you to Michelle and Linda and the other Board mem- bers for all the hard work they do on behalf of the O.R.H.A.


Stay warm and see you soon in the warmup pen.


Carol Ivey


Ontario Bred, Born or Owned Reining Futurity (O.B.B.O.)


The OBBO is going to host another Trots & Slots Day on March 26, 2011. Last year everyone had a great time - the weather was good, food was great and the races were exciting. And maybe with a little luck you will go home with some extra money in your pocket!


This year we are doing something special - LOUD SHIRT DAY. We would like you to come wearing your brightest and most colourful shirt.


So come out and enjoy yourself, while also supporting the 2011 OBBO Show at the Western Fair Agriplex in London, Ontario on September 13 - 15. Tickets are $30 each and the dead- line for purchase is March 19. For tickets or more information, please contact Deb Bateman at dbateman@uoguelph.ca (519- 841-8459/519-647-2160) or Lise Nolet at Ggnolet@aol.com (905-384-2470).


ORHA 2011 Calendar of Events


(Please note that all shows are tentative until marked Confirmed)


Feb. 13 - Annual General Meeting, Holiday Inn, Guelph Mar. 17-20 - ORHA Booth at Can-Am, Western Fair Agriplex, Lon- don


Mar. 26 - OBBO Trots for Slots Fundraiser, Flamborough Downs Apr 30-May 1 - Prepare for the Reiny Season Clinic, Rustic Mead- ows, Hillsburgh, Ont. Contact Joanne Milton 519-855-6865 info@rusticmeadows.com May 7-8 - Spring Thaw, Waterford, Ont. Contact Fletchers’ Horse- world 519-443-7333 johnfletcher@sympatico.ca **Affiliate Qualifi- er Saturday May 7 June 18-19 - Kemptville Slide, Kemptville, Ont. Contact Maureen Venables 1-800-585-1784 mvenable@kemptvillec.uoguelph.ca **Affiliate Qualifier Sunday Jun 19 July 16 - Spirit Of Excellence, Meaford, Ont. Contact Ron Lubinski 519-538-0510 ynotfarms@ynotfarms.ca **Affiliate Qualifier Satur- day July 16 July 29-31 - Canadian Reining Classic, Waterford, Ont. Contact Fletchers’ Horseworld , 519-443-7333 johnfletcher@sympatico.ca **Affiliate Qualifier Sunday July 31 Aug 12-14 - Spooks Gotta Gun & Sired Stakes Derby, TBA, Contact Dana Van Alstine, 905-384-2008, www.vanalstinereininghorses.com **Affiliate Qualifier Saturday Aug 13 Aug 27-28 - Knowlton Ridge, Powassan, Ont. **Affiliate Qualifier Sunday Aug 28 Sept 12-15 - OBBO, Western Fair Agriplex, London, Ont. Contact Harvey Sevens 705-639-5767 reinersrus@sympatico.ca Sept 23-25 - NRHA Affiliate Finals, Blainville, QC Oct 1-2 - Grand Finale & Sired Stakes Futurity, Western Fair Agriplex, London, Ont. Contact Mike Munroe 519-938-0620 mmunroe@rjburnside.com Oct 7-30 - American Quarter Horse Congress, Columbus, Ohio


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