18/ APRIL 2021 THE RIDER
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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
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
ORHA Spring 2021 News
By Dan Fletcher. With this really nice weather in March it seems like everyone is getting really excited for the Ontario Reining Horse Association 2021 season! Plans are in place for 2 exciting Clinic’s to help everyone get their horses in
shape for what we hope will be a terrific year of reining. Starting with a youth Clinic at Epis Performance on Saturday April 10, this is a free clinic sponsored by the ORHA and Epis Performance, the spots filled up very fast and should be fun for all the youngsters to get to ride and learn from Loris. We are very thankful to have such a great youth team headed up by Rebecca Nelles and Terri Purdie. The youth have also had their elections for 2021 and Landon Brown will be president for this season.
Appointed Director - Social Media Alyssa VanKleek -
socialmedia@orha.on.ca
Elected Director – Shows Mike Munroe,
shows@orha.on.ca
Loris Epis – Congress Champion- 2 time World Champion -NRHA Futurity Reserve Champion and many time finalist at major events including the National Reining Breeders Classic Chet Martin – Multiple event champion in Rein- ing, Cutting and Reined Cow Horse events. Mul- tiple ORHA year end Championships Matt Hudson- Congress Champion- NRHA major event level 4 finalist including NRHA Fu- turity and NRBC Derby - AQR Futurity Champion Having three of the best to take time out of
their busy schedules to help promote the sport of reining and to share their knowledge and insights is going to be an amazing weekend. We limited the number of horses in the clinic and
Diamond Sponsors: • TD Wealth Private Investment Advice • Fletchers Horse World & Fletchers Horse Trailers • Jeff Whitely and Rapid Aid Platinum Sponsors
The show season starts off at Fletchers Horse World on May 14,15,16 and we
are hoping that this will be the beginning of a terrific year for all of our members. There will be a full slate of reining classes held from Green Reiner to the open di- visions. There is always a class that will fit every level of horse and rider combi- nations, if you are just starting out in Green Reiner 1, a 10 and under Short Stirrup or a top level Non Pro we have a place for you to show in 2021. The 2020 season was shortened because of Covid restrictions but it was de-
cided as an organization, that we wanted to recognize all of our year end Champi- ons and Reserve Champions in a special way. The Holiday Inn could not hold our annual banquet but we still will be giving out fabulous awards to all of our year end winners and reserves! We would really like to thank everyone that sponsored year end classes to make this happen. There will time to present the awards on the Saturday evening of our first show, as well as the annual Silent Auction to support the ORHA banquet. This would be a great time to start collecting your silent auction items and save your pennies to buy some really awesome auction items! More de- tails to follow We are all very fortunate to have the Triple Threat Clinic again this year on
May 29, 30 at Fletchers Horse world. Our clinicians this year are three of the very best in the country
• Paul & Gail Reid at Glendarvon Farms • Little Joe Cash – Sawchuck Equine & Russel Giles Gold Sponsors • Sherry Wilding -Mulmur Springs Farms • Michelle Mailhiot MTS • Tamara Hook -Platinum Equine • Josh and Alyssa Van Kleek – Traeger Grills Silver Sponsors
• Mane Lane Quarter Horses – Heather Ruthven • Jonas Performance Horses-Jen Jonas • Be A Better You -Sharon Jones
all spots were filled in only a few short hours. And mark your calendars for the second show
of the season, Pickering Horse Centre is once again opening up the facility for Reining on June 11, 12 & 13. Gary had actually taken some time last year to show his reining horse and had a pretty successful year! Thank you Gary.
Lastly the horse world lost a very great man,
Roy Ionson, who helped out all Equine Disci- plines. Our thoughts and prayers are with the fam- ily and Joan at this difficult time. You will be missed.
We Would Like To Thank The Following 2021 ORHA Sponsors
• Buckskin Horse Designs- Hayley Stubbs • GK Training Centre- Gary and Kerri Marsolais • Remax of Wasaga Beach – Michelle Seip • Rapley Show Horses & Supplies – Mike Rapley • Starfra Feed Service- Paul McMahon • Ann Pavlic
• L. Patten & Sons – Jerry and Katie Patten • Torey The Turtle- Buck Phaneuf, Cindy McElrea, Maddy Brant • Concrete Plus- Alison Sutcliffe and Ron McMillan • Greenhawk Equestrian Sport – Megan Woodward • System Equine
• Reed Farm – Scott and Laurie Reed • Jesse Dorland -Marchant • Tim Hortons- Sharon Hart • Karen Montgomery
Show
2021 Tentative Show Dates Location
Contact
Fletchers Spring Thaw Pickering Horse Centre Y-Not Farms
Canadian Reining Classic Steel City Slide
ORHA Grand Finale
Fletchers Horse World Pickering Horse Centre Y Not Farms
Fletchers Horse World Jen Jonas /Sharon Jones Purdie/ Dan Fletcher
May 14,15,16 June 11,12,13 July 3,4
July 31, Aug 1,2 Aug 27,28,29 Sept 10,11,12
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