22/ MAY 2018 THE RIDER VISIT OUR WEBSITE
www.orha.on.ca
President Gary Yaghdjian
president@orha.on.ca
1st Vice-President Banquet Dan Fletcher
Another great year at Can-Am!
April 6-8, 2018 – The ORHA booth was a busy place, over the 3 days of the Can-Am Equine Expo. We caught up with old reining friend, meet some
of new members and chatted to lots people about the reining; hopefully inspiring to take up the sport. Loris Epis also highlighted reining with his
Ontario Reining Horse Association
2nd Vice-President Marketing, Publications & IT Laura Henderson
marketing@orha.on.ca
Treasurer Gary Yaghdjian
finance@orha.on.ca
Past President Harvey Stevens
Secretary Joanne Milton
Director - OBBO Leona McAtee
lot of time and effort that goes into the ORHA booth. So thank you to Mike Munroe, Janna Imrie, Jon Newnham, Terri Purdie, Gavin Purdie, John Purdie, Dan Fletcher and Loris Epis for lend- ing a hand and help us this year. The ORHA is an organization of volunteers; your help is what make it all happen. The Can-Am Equine Expo provides a special
prizes included a 2018 ORHA Membership, a les- son with Loris Epis donated by Epis Performance Horses, Magnetic Boots donated by the OBBO Committee, an OBBO Hoodie donated by the OBBO Committee, an OBBO vest donated by the OBBO Committee, an ORHA Hat and an ORHA T-shirt. Tickets were sold at the Can-AM and any- one who purchased their 2018 memberships at or before the expo also received a ticket. New this year, we hosted a fun Photo Challenge, asking vis- itors to snap a picture or selfie at some of our sponsor booths. Pictures were post it to Facebook and anyone who completed the challenge received a free ticket for our Can-Am Raffle. Thank you to all participants, we loved seeing your smiling faces and your creativity. Thank you to our spon- sors (Fletcher’s Horse World, Purina Canada, Picov’s Horseman Centre, Brooks Performance Horse Feed, Ionsons Saddlery, Epis Performance Horses) for getting into the fun spirit of this chal- lenge, we are already looking forward to next year’s challenge. Pictures can be found on our Facebook page or by using #ORHAChallenge. From the planning to the manning, there is a
informative daily clinics as well as with the amaz- ing Pas de Deux he performed with Kahla Ishoy during the Evening Extravaganza Friday and Sat- urday evenings. This year Loris rode the one and only Wimpys Tinseltown and we want to thank both Loris and John and Sharon Fletcher for pro- moting our sport so well. Our booth always sees a surge of interested visitors after their perform- ances. Our annual Raffle was well received, with
Director - Professionals Jon Newnham & Loris Epis
Director - Memberships Janna Imrie -
memberships@orha.on.ca
Director - Youth Advisor Terri Purdie,
orhya@orha.on.ca
Director – Shows Mike Munroe,
shows@orha.on.ca
Director – Rules & Discipline John Purdie
ORHA Can-Am Raffle winners. We will be contacted shortly regarding collecting your prizes.
opportunity for the ORHA to really showcase reining not only to the rest of the equestrian community but to the general public as well. I hope that sharing our passion for the sport of reining will inspire others to pick up the reins and join us! Congratulations to all
the
2018 ORHA Membership: Katie Patten Reining Lesson with Loris Epis: Zane Thorpe Magnetic Bell Boots: Amanda Pe- ters OBBO Vest: Carol Ivey OBBO Hoodie: Gail Reid ORHA T-Shirt: Kelly O’Neil ORHA Hat: Mike Munroe
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