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• Eastern Ontario Quarter Horse Association • Ontario Cutting Horse Association • Ontario Quarter Horse Association


Marie “Toni” German Wednesday, January 5th, 1944 - Monday, April 10th, 2023


nursed ill and injured barn cats and kittens back to health. She was a lifelong horse- woman, a passion sparked by riding her father’s Percheron mare in the woods sur- rounding their home in Campbellton, NB.


whose smile and exuberance garnered her a large and varied circle of friends and ac- quaintances. She had a quick wit, a sharp sense of humour, and yet was also a force to be reckoned with. An avid animal lover, she often


German, 79, of East Garafraxa, passed away on April 10, 2023 at Groves Memo- rial Hospital in Fergus. Mom was vibrant and outgoing,


Our mom, Marie Antoinette (Toni)


She then went on to owning her own horses, showing and competing in events such as western speed events, English and Western Pleasure, and also Reining. She was a groom at Woodbine Racetrack for a time in her 20’s, and at the age of 54 took up Breakaway Roping and began competing in rodeos. Mom was a regular presence at Roping Assoc. of Ontario jackpot ropings, and roping clinics, spending many hours helping out and vol- unteering when not competing. Mom loved gardening, crossword


puzzles, music, and dancing. She would often dance around the Livingroom solo, or convince our dad or one of us to join


• Ontario Reined Cow Horse Association • Ontario Reining Horse Association • Ontario Trail Riding Association • Quarter Racing Owners Of Ontario, Inc. • Western Horse Association Of Ontario


BIENERT, Eldon Leslie 1930 - 2023


With a heavy heart, we share the passing of one of the pil- lars of the Equine Foundation and Cdn Morgan Horse Assoc., Eldon Bienert. Eldon was instrumental in securing major funds for the EFC when he was President of the EFC allowing the foundation to carry on and do great things for Canadian Veterinary Schools


across Canada.


Please support the EFC with a donation in Eldon’s memory. Your support is much appre- ciated and we know Eldon would be happy to know his friends supported a cause that was so important to him.


Equine Foundation of Canada


passing has left a hole in many hearts. For those who wish, a donation to Equine Guelph https://thehorseportal.ca/ to a pro- gram of your choosing would be wel- come.


April 23, 2023 at Graham Giddy Funeral Home, Fergus. Service to begin at 1:00pm, with reception to follow on site.


Celebration of Life to be held on


her. She was a loving mother, and raised three daughters, Kacey, Jodie-Ann, and Tracy with her husband, our Dad, Wray German (deceased), and a loving Granny to her grandson, Rowan. She will be greatly missed, and her


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Eldon passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at the age of 93 years. He is survived by his son Garry (Margie) Bienert, daughter Debbie


(Kevan) Regehr, stepdaughter Kelly (Glenn) Miller, grandchildren Dan (Melanie), Liesel (Chris), Krista (Dave), Emily (Nolan), step-granddaughter Stephanie (Adam), as well as 4 other step-grandchildren and their families. Eldon was predeceased by his wife Peggy (Jan 2023), stepdaughter


Karen Abel (2014), siblings Herb, Harry, Leona and Lawrence. A memorial service was held on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at the


Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church in Leduc County. Interment to take place prior to the service at 11:30 a.m. at First Bap-


tist Church Cemetery, Leduc County. Viewing was on Wednesday, April 5, at Hainstock & Son Funeral


Chapel. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.HainstockLeduc.com for the Bienert family.


From Our Founder


Remembering April 1985


It seems that the year started


well with a very successful Quar- terama ‘85 despite a major bliz- zard that hit the province.


Gina McNaughton of Brace-


bridge, Ontario had her wish of a “Thrill of a Lifetime”a popular TV series come true. Gina asked the show producers to have her ride Windjammer in a barrel race,


Glen and Joanne Morehouse had retired the horse to stud at a facil- ity in Pennsylvania. No problem. The horse was brought back to Ontario and Gina was shocked to know she was entered in the Ab- sorbine race at Quarterama.


The Guelph Centre for


Equine Research launched a cap- ital drive they were looking to fund the new $2.3 Million equine facility.


Meredith Manor, Waverly,


WV hosted the American Farriers Association Certification tests.


Horse Management, a book


from Academic Press was an- nounced. I am sure that after 38


years it is still relevant. The Inaugural Masters


Games, with extreme prejudice and intentional malice excluded Western Events.. go figure.


Gary Ormerod, Chairman,


Harold Mather, Bob Cary Co- Chairs of Quarterama ‘85 did a superb job of managing the show, despite the paralyzing blizzard.


We had quite a few letters our feature article on Mickey Barnier in The Rider. It seems that Mick’s team were happy with the timing of the article appearing in our special Quarterama edition.


Another one of my favourite


Do you love Fergus? Visit his website at: http://www.fergusthehorse.com


Quarter Horses was Tassilo, with a Speed Index of 102 was fea- tured in The Rider. I can’t re- member if the Appendix horse I partnered in went up against him. That was a few decades ago.


WHAO announced their an-


nual Extravaganza horse show at Paris, Fair Grounds on June 21 - 23. Chairman was Greg Faletti, Chief Stewart was Butch Burnett.


Ronzel Farms of


Schomberg, Ontario advertised Quarter Horse stallions at stud from $750.00 to $1,500.00.


Patti Carter had a grand re-


tirement at Quarterama as she of- ficially retired as a youth.


My Turn I had a few comments about


my Remembering column at the recent horse extravaganza in An- caster.


It seems that my an-


nouncement on retiring got some people concerned that my “Look back” column would stop. I will keep it going as long as I can. My remarks about BMO


plagiarizing an American Insur- ance commercial worked. They stopped using it. If BMO or oth- ers want me to review their com- mercials before airing, call me.


Another commercial that


bothers me is the one from OJO. I don’t know what is going on but I regularly press the button and the crazy dressed blond does not show up. I think they are lying. 17 wild horses were shot and


killed in BC. Authorities in New Brunswick are investigating the demise of 14 horses on a farm there. Have we now reached the point of no return for humanity. I am hearing from the


grapevine that Whispering Hearts Rescue in Hagersville are bring- ing back their annual yard sale to raise much needed funds. The event was shut down due to COVID. I am concerned that our PM


may be using the same hair dye as Giuliani. I was just waiting for it to drip down. Natural hair colour for men is good. We recently lost another


Western Pioneer. Toni German recently passed away. Please ac- cept The Riders condolences on the loss of a great horsewoman. Purolator, yes I spelled it


right. I sent a shipment by this il- lustrious government owned business to one of our customers in Saskatchewan. I provided the Bill of Lading with instructions to Invoice the receiver. I also pro- vided their credit card informa-


tion. It seems that one or more of the illiterates at purolator decided to bill me personally. After re- sponding and returning a copy of the BOL they just ignored me. They sent another invoice. I sent another letter and a copy to our customer in Saskatchewan. The dumb lot at purolator can’t read English so I paid the invoice out of my personal account and worked things out with the cus- tomer. So guess what? The idiots


sent me an interest invoice. I wrote to the CEO. It seems he does not know how read as my letter to him was ignored. I am looking forward to going to court.


Remember you and you


alone are responsible to report animal, spousal, child and senior abuse. Even if you are not sure don’t be afraid to call the police for a wellness check. Thanks you for looking


down in this corner I will con- tinue to bring you a few bits from our past. The Rider is HISTORY please subscribe. Aidan W. Finn CD


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