16/ JULY 2020 THE RIDER VISIT OUR WEBSITE


www.orha.on.ca


Ontario Reining Horse Association


President, Banquet Dan Fletcher president@orha.on.ca


1st Vice-President Rules & Disciplinary John Purdie


2nd Vice-President/ Treasurer Terri Purdie, finance@orha.on.ca


Past President Gary Yaghdjian


Elected Director - Secretary


Joanne Milton


Elected Director - Futurity Programs Leona McAtee orhafuturity@orha.on.ca / ob- bofuturity1991@gmail.com


Show season to begin as restrictions are lifted To make sure competitor and show staff are kept


safe, the following precautions will be in place.


ORHA Action Plans All ORHA members: • Have you, or anyone in your family, been in contact in contact with a person that has tested positive for Covid 19? • Have you, or anyone in your family, been in contact with anyone that is currently being tested for Covid 19? • Have you or anyone in your immediate family, trav- elled outside of Canada within the last 2 weeks? • Are you having trouble breathing, have a dry cough, or have flu like symptoms? If you answer yes to any of these questions, please do not attend the event as you will not be allowed entry


Action items: • Social distancing will be enforced in all areas. • Additional portable washroom facilities will be avail- able • Additional hand sanitizer and hand wash stations will be available • Offices will not be accessible to members and will have access safety measures in place • Exhibitors please pre-enter and complete paperwork online (https://orha.on.ca/ontario-reining-events/) • Non- surgical masks will be available • All communal areas will be cleaned and sanitized reg- ularly • Riders to keep social distancing guidelines at all times including, but not limited to, while in the warm -up and arena • Show will be closed to the general public. Partici- pants, their immediate family, and industry insiders may enter.


Appointed Director - ORHA Futurity Programs Tracy Nelson nelsontracy@gmail.com


Appointed Directors - Professional Committee Loris Epis Jon Newnham


Appointed Director - Memberships


Janna Imrie - memberships@orha.on.ca


Appointed Director - Youth Advisor


Rebecca Nelles - oryha@orha.on.ca


Appointed Director - Social Media


Alyssa VanKleek - socialmedia@orha.on.ca


Elected Director – Shows Mike Munroe, shows@orha.on.ca


Elected Director Publications Sharon Jones publications@orha.on.ca


As the province opens up for business again, the ORHA will be running its first show in July 17-19, 2020 at Fletcher’s Horse World.


A history of Futurities in Ontario Ontario has a rich history of showcasing the


talents of horses in the province, as two-and three- year-olds. Established in 1991, the Ontario Born and Bred (OBBO) program promoted all horses that were either born, or bred, in Ontario. The pro- gram was very successful and the province saw some spectacular two and three year old horses, who have continued their journeys in the world of reining. 2017 was the last year for horses to be en- rolled in the OBBO program, meaning 2020 will be the final year of showing for the OBBO three-year- olds. This will be an exciting show as there’s lots of prizes for the winners and added prize money! The OBBO committee wants to thank all its sponsors over the past years


for their generosity and enthusiasm. 2020 OBBO Futurity Added monies


OPEN L4 -$8,000.00 – Lawson Trophy, trophy sad- dle with saddle stand OPEN L2 -$2,000.00 – Lawson Trophy OPEN L1 – $500.00 – Morgan Trophy


NON-PRO L4 -$6,000.00 – Lawson Trophy, trophy saddle with saddle stand NON-PRO L4 -$2,000.00 Lawson Trophy


NON-PRO L4 – $500.00 – Morgan Trophy All classes have other awards to give out too!


Chet Martin winner of OBBO Open L4 & L2


Larry McDougall & Adam Brown Tied winners OBBO Open L1


The ORHA Futurity Program – new for 2020 Over the years, in- years


increases each year.


terest has grown for an expanded program which would include aged events (derbies) and allow horses from out of province, or country to enter.


2018 was the first


enrolled foal crop for the new ORHA futurity and you can see them as two- year olds this year in their prospect class debut. There’s a $1,000 added prize money for the winners for this class. This new program covers a period of reining activ- ity covering five years, as follows: - Reining Prospect class at the age of 2 years - Futurity at the age of 3 years - Derby at the age of 4 years - Derby at the age of 5 years - Derby at the age of 6


Each year of the


program is identified by the year of birth of the enrolled horse. For ex- ample, the 2018 program affects horses foaled in 2018, with those foals el- igible to show in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.


Enrolment If you’d like to


nominate your foal/horse into the program, you must be an ORHA mem- ber at the time of enroll- ment. Any horse is eligible to be enrolled in the ORHA Futurity, re- gardless of residence of the horse, owner or rider. Nomination starts in your horses’ weanling year and continues to be avail- able all throughout their derby years, We recom- mend enrolling your foals early as the price


Two-Year-Old Reining Prospect Class on the Rail


Owner(s) and rider


must be ORHA members for the year of showing in the ORHA Futurity Two-Year-Old Reining Prospect class.


Three-Year-Old Futu- rity


Owners and riders


must be both NRHA and ORHA members for the year of showing in the ORHA Futurity Three- Year-Old Futurity class. Horses are also required to have an NRHA com- petition license to com- pete in this class. For more details on


either the OBBO or the ORHA futurity, contact Leona McAtee orhafuturity@orha.on.ca/ obbofuturity1991@gmai


Bill Rinzema winner OBBO 2-Year-Old Prospect on the rail class


l.com You can also find a


list of the upcoming events on the website orha.on.ca/Ontario-rein- ing-events


Both the OBBO


Futurity and the ORHA 2-year-old prospect class will be featured at the Grand Finale, Fletcher’s Horse World in Water- ford Ontario between September 11 – 13 2020.


Ron Legere winner of OBBO Non-Pro L4 & L2 & L1 Media Blakey winner of OBBO Graduate Award


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