Affiliate News


Fort Worth Dressage Club News


The Fort Worth Dressage Club (FWDC) is a club devoted to dressage


and dressage activities for its members. We work throughout the year to pro- vide educational opportunities and fun activities for our members. FWDC holds monthly meetings at Szechuan Chinese Restaurant off of


Bryant Irving the 4th Monday of every month at 6:30 PM. Everyone is wel- come. FWDC’s membership form can be found on our website at www.fort- worthdressageclub.com. Please join for a year filled with dressage activities! We welcome all levels of riders on all breeds of horses. We have recently redesigned our website to include pic- tures of members at our dif- ferent events and to include our latest happenings. FWDC sends out a


Pam Kemp on


Maestro


weekly group e-mail to its members to keep them in- formed of club happenings


A picture from the annual pool party


and dressage activities in the area. Please let me know if you would like a dressage event added to our calendar and we would be happy to do so. And if you have a personal accomplishment let us know and we would love to rec- ognize you! FWDC also sends out a twice a month newsletter to members with mem-


ber highlights, classifieds and club happenings. Our July annual pool party was great fun, fantastic food (our host hus-


band grilled fajitas for everyone) and a refreshing salt-water pool completed our total relaxation. Everyone enjoyed the companionship and it was won- derful way to beat the heat. FWDC has planned an education day with speakers from Purina feed, a


saddle fitter, equine massage therapist and leg bandaging expert. We will meet at a member’s house and learn from our speakers, then have pot luck. Much thanks to member Pam for organizing and Mary Louise for donating her facility for this educational event. w


COMPETITIVE TRAIL NEWS IN THE SOUTHWEST Third Annual Trail


Versatility Series Begins The third annual Parrie Haynes Trail Ver-


satility Championship series begins on Sep- tember 9 with the Texas Trail Challenge Club’s (TTCC) Pony Pilots Competitive Trail Ride at the private ranch in Killeen. The TTCC event is the first of three different types of trail compe- titions with the highest point-earner in all three taking home the traveling trophy. The second event is the American En-


durance Ride Conference (AERC) Be Nice or Stay Home endurance races on November 3-4, on the east side of the same ranch at the Parrie Haynes Equestrian Center. AERC offers three different distance races on each day of the weekend. The Intro Ride distance is also eligi- ble for the Trail Versatility Award. The third and final event is the North American


Trail Ride Conference (NATRC) Jingle Bell Jaunt Competitive Trail Ride, also on the east side of the ranch on December 2-3. The NATRC event offers three different divisions featuring different distances and speeds, as well as one or two-day competition


Midyear National Standings Feature


Southwest Competitors Following seven months of competi-


options. The winner of last year’s event was Amy Mar-


tin of Brookshire, Texas. More information on each of the rides may be found on the organizations’ web- sites or by contacting Elaine Swiss on her email, swissranch@earthlink.net. w


tions across the United States, several horse and rider teams from the Southwest are atop the North American Trail Ride Conference (NATRC) standings in many divisions. Pub- lished last month, the standings feature Jonni Jewell and Tezuby, and Carla Jo Bass and Razmataz DBA in first and second place re- spectively in Open Heavyweight in the country. Teresa Galliher and Moonshadow and Dolly Miller and Wildfire Storm are third and fourth respectively in Open Light- weight. In the Competitive Pleasure divi- sion, Amy Martin and Jose’s Royal Gold is third in the nation. The NATRC completes its 2017 season November 30 with the na- tional awards banquet to be held at the Na- tional Convention February 9-11, 2018 in Albuquerque, NM. w


September 2017 SouthWest Horse Trader 25


Optical Harmonics


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32