18/ DECEMBER 2019 THE RIDER President Vice President Youth Director


Secretary/Treasurer Past President


2019 OXC Board of Directors Susan Caldwell John Hodgson Shelley Newton


Chuck Ornstein


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Regional Director - West Samantha McFadyen 416-799-5090 Regional Director - West Karen Dallimore Regional Director - West Ellie Ross


www.ontarioxtremecowboy.ca/ The final race of the


2019 season was completed at our OXC Provincial Fi- nals, held at the Ancaster Fairgrounds on Friday, Oc- tober 25 and Saturday, Oc- tober 26th. Qualified riders came from all over Ontario to compete for a custom sil- ver buckle in each of the 8 divisions offered. Judging this Provincial event was Level 5 EXCA judge Diana McMurtrey from Florida, and Level 1 judge, Chuck Ornstein from Ontario. Here are the Champion


and Reserve Champion re- sults from the 2019 OXC Provincial Finals: YOUNG GUNS: Cham- pion: Maja Kunce, Rev, and Reserve Champion: Isaac DiNardo, Red Menace. YOUTH:


Champion:


Franny Galvin Hynes, Peanut and Reserve Cham- pion: Emily Goble, Dreamer NOVICE:


Champion:


Michelle Manklow, PNA Travelling Joe and Reserve Champion: Jennifer Steen- bakkers, Lena


Regional Director - Central L. Paige Swanson 705-977-0650 Regional Director - East Sheila Toll Regional Director - North Erika Peckover Fundraising Committee Leianne West


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INTERMEDIATE: Cham- pion: Alanna Gibson, Shelby, and Reserve Cham- pion: Cheryl Hodgkin, Lil Miss Rowdy NON-PRO: Champion: Alanna Gibson, Shelby, and Reserve Champion: Laikyn West, Bent Over Backwards FUTURITY: Champion: David Cowley, Elsa, and Reserve Champion: Melia Blakely, Tinseltown Gal RIDE SMART: Champion: Larry Bonehill, Island Girl, and Reserve Champion: Julia Stewart, TSF Canadian Classic PRO: Champion: David Cowley, Tucker, and Re- serve Champion: David Cowley, Fancy OXC would also like


to thank our Provincial Final sponsors for helping to make our first stand- alone OXC Finals event a success! Wag N Train, (key


sponsor of the first ever beautiful Futurity buckle, along with other donations), Restoration Ranch for run- ning the Final’s food booth,


the whole year of the ‘Fly Swatter’ Award and the Fi- nals’ Reserve Champion hand-crafted awards, Log by Log for the whole year of the ‘Moment of the Day’ Awards. Sutherland Images for being our photographer for the Finals weekend. A much appreciated thank you also goes out to Montasola Farms, Guy Simoneau, Janie Whittington, Shannon Townsend, Happy Hoof Photography, Cowgirls Dream Ranch, Breezy Day Stables, Canpressco, Stone- haven Quarter Horses, and Horsey Bits for treats for all the Young Guns and Youth Riders! A big thank you to all of the members that con- tributed to the use of their obstacles! Thank you to those that also donated to the OXC silent auction held during the Provincial Finals. Money raised will go to- wards the purchase of club owned timers. And the biggest thank


you to our membership for all your support and coming out to compete and cheer


your fellow riders on!!! The 2019 OXC Annual


General Meeting, Awards and Dinner was held on No- vember 30th, at Lone Star Texas Grill, Etobicoke, ON. All the 2019 Year End


High Point Champions each received a silver buckle, and the Reserve High Point Champions reach received a custom Ann Clifford horse head trophy. All the winners also received either an em- broidered rope bag or hay bag recognizing their achievement. The winner of the Cus-


tom Roping Saddle donated by Ionson's Saddlery and HR Saddle and Tack was drawn by Roy Ionson at the AGM. Congratulations goes to Nina Morrissey as the winner! The 2019 Individual


Volunteer of the Year was Josie Rowling, and the 2019 Family/Stable of the Year was Restoration Ranch. High Point Standardbred was Tracy Coomber and Hugo, and High Point Thor- oughbred was Amy


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Woosley and Foxy. Perse- verance Award Shelley Towns-Newton. Memorial Plaques were presented in recognition of Rosemarie Huxted and barn family's loss of beloved partners. During board elections


there were some new faces joining as well as returning officers voted onto the OXC Board for 2020. Susan Caldwell will be con- tinuing on as the President for a 2 year term. Tracy Galvin, Communications Director. Josie Rowling, Youth Director. Fundraising Director, Leianne West. Re- gional Directors, John Blod- gett, Samantha McFadyen, Michelle Manklow, and Laikyn West. Chuck Orn- stein will also be returning as past president. They will be joining returning mem- bers of the board, John Hodgson, Vice President,


Shelley Towns-Newton, Secretary-Treasurer, and Regional Directors Ellie Ross and Karen Dallimore. Looking forward to work- ing with this talented team


of horse people. Looking forward to the 2020 Racing season!


Susan Caldwell. 2019 OXC President


Riders are Alanna Gibson on her horse Shelby (palomino), during a free ride. Photos by “Sutherland Images”.


Laikyn West on her horse Bent Over Backwards negotiating the suspension bridge.


The Science of how Horses Think & Learn Alignment. In riding and in life!


n’t involve risk ether. Doing the same thing


over and expecting a different result may count as experi- ence, but experience alone re- sults in a rut. Some riders continue to repeat their novice years, not for lack of talent, but for lack of evaluation. Problem solving – a


By Lindsay Grice, Equine Canada certified coach and show judge.


Are you an experienced rider? Pastor and professor Dr. Howard Hendricks wisely


said “Experience is not the best teacher- only evaluated experience is”. It’s horse club banquet season - the end of the year


is a time for reflection. What went well? What would I like to change? Heading into the next year of life, the next show season or riding lesson without evaluation will revisit mistakes like Netflix autoplay. I can’t deny that in my 30 years of training and


coaching, I’ve gained a “wealth” of experience and sto- ries of horses, horse shows and horse-people. But it’s value is diminished if I fail to take stock - evaluate, ed-


When things go wrong in the schooling ring or show ring, it’s my job as a rider or coach to pause, assess, and form a plan to solve the problem.


ucate myself and evolve. If I’ve not changed my mind and modified my methods in the last 10 years, I’m stuck in a rut.


When experience becomes a rut. A colleague of mine recently called the


worn path around the outside of an arena the “idiot ditch”. Perhaps somewhat harsh, but I had to chuckle. Riding the rut doesn’t stretch riders to make guiding adjustments or challenge our aids and timing, but it does-


rider’s responsibility. When things go wrong in the school- ing ring or show ring, it’s my job as a rider or coach to pause, assess, and form a plan to solve the problem. Horses don’t analyze and assess – they instinctively react. Simply by comparing the anatomy of the human and equine brain, we see that horses lack in the area devoted to reasoning and thought processes such as an- alyzing and strategizing. Beautifully designed as graz- ing, prey animals, they don’t need the same ability to spec- ulate, (“What if?”), plan (“Next time I should…”), or analyze emotion (“sorry, I re- ally overreacted…”). Ask questions. “Is it me


or my horse?” Riders often ask me this question. In riding and showing horses, we’re al- ways solving puzzles – search- ing for the source , not just the fix of a behaviour issue, gait abnormality or rider weakness. I want to find the key to the puzzle. So I evaluate – what has worked before? What facts do I know about equine learn-


ing? Is there another ap- proach? Get the facts. I don’t


know about you, but I’d rather not muck around with specula- tion. I want to sift through the anecdotes and get to the credi- ble evidence . To separate the truth from what someone thinks is true or what I hope might be true. Which solution has the


track record of success with multiple horses time after time? Is there research to back up the theory? Is it a lasting so- lution or a quick fix? Practice makes perfect.


And that includes practicing mistakes!


“In almost all


training, situations, the most effective way to “delete” be- haviours is to prevent them from being expressed.” Dr. Andrew Mclean.


Practice the tough stuff.


We gravitate toward doing things that come easily, avoid- ing those which stretch us. And particularly when others are watching. Trotting around an oval in an arena won’t yield the same dividends as asking your horse the tougher ques- tions - specific lines, tighter turns or tricky transitions at designated points.


“An unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates.


If I’ve not changed my mind and modified my methods in the last 10 years, I’m stuck in a rut.


About Lindsay Grice. A horse show judge and certi-


fied riding coach with a special interest in equine behaviour. After 25 years as a competitor and horse trainer, Lindsay enjoys teaching clinics and travelling to Ontario farms as a freelance instruc- tor. She’s taught the science of equine behaviour and learning for horse asso- ciations, courses for University of Guelph and therapeutic riding facili- ties.


and breeds and serves on an EC judg- ing committee


Why do horses do what they do? “In the horse world, our traditions and evidence sometimes collide – I love to help riders solve their horse puzzles with logic, patience and equitation sci- ence.”


www/lindsaygriceridingcoach.com Lindsay judges many disciplines


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