DECEMBER 2018 THE RIDER /15


VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.orha.on.ca


President Gary Yaghdjian president@orha.on.ca


1st Vice-President Banquet Dan Fletcher


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


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


A New Reiner Perspective


My first season Reining


By Eleanor Lorden As a first year Reiner, it’s been such an amazing


experience competing in the ORHA show series. All of the members, staff and volunteers have been ab- solutely amazing. I As a recent dressage convert, it was quite ter-


ORHA Futurity Program - Foal Enrollment Deadline


created to promote the breeding, training and showing of reining horses. The one-time enrollment fee makes your foals are eligible to compete in a 2 year old prospect class, a 3 year old Futurity class and 4-5-6 year old Derby class. There are NO restrictions on demographics and ALL foals are welcome to enroll. Visit www.ontarioreining.com for more information and to enroll!


Report of the ORHA Nominations Committee December 31, 2018 is the deadline for enrolling your foals into the ORHA FUTURITY Program. The new program was


For 2019 Election of the ORHA Board of Directors


tors shall be held at the Annual General Meeting of the Association at the Hol- iday Inn, Guelph on Saturday January 26, 2019 1 p.m., as designated by the Board of Directors. The ORHA Nomi- nating Committee will accept nomina- tions for the positions of President, Second Vice President and two Direc- tors. Current Candidates are as follows:


The election of officers and direc-


PRESIDENT: Dan Fletcher


SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Terri Purdie


ELECTED DIRECTORS (x2): Leona McAtee Laura Henderson


Current ORHA Board of Directors: Position President


Name First Vice-President


Gary Yaghdjian Completing second year of two year term John Purdie


Joanne Milton Mike Munroe Terri Purdie


Status


Second Vice-President Laura Henderson Completing second year of two year term Elected Director Elected Director Elected Director Elected Director


Appointed Director Appointed Director Appointed Director


Jon Newnham Completing first year of two year term


Completing first year of one year term Completing first year of two year term


Taking over the second year of a two year term for Dan Fletchers


Leona McAtee Completing second year of two year term Janna Imrie Loris Epis


Completing first year of two year term Completing first year of two year term Completing second year of two year term


rifying to compete in a brand new discipline, but the people I have met through the ORHA have been nothing short of stellar. From helping me find my first reining horse, offering encouragement at each and every show, coaching by the pros, and people willing to help at each show without fail. Each of the shows I have attended this season


has been well run, well organized and the office staff were all helpful with the registration process. For a newcomer, class entries can be a strange process but it is terrific when someone can help you get your forms filled in correctly. I was really excited that ORHA included a Para


Reining class at every single show. Despite being the only Para Reiner showing, the class is taken seri- ously, awards given and scores announced. It makes me feel proud to be a Para Reiner, especially when people cheer, whistle and clap after a successful pat- tern (That never happened in dressage!). I want to say thank you to everyone who has


helped make this first season a success and one I will always remember.


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