ADS - A General Membership Organization (GMO) of the United States Dressage Federation (USDF) serving the dressage riders of Arkansas for over 3 decades!! We are a not-for-profit organization.

January 10, 2012

Happy New Year everybody!! The board is working on the Awards and General Membership Banquet that will be held February 25. I will give you the location, address etc. Friday after we finalize everything at Thursday's board meeting.

After awards, the most important issue for the banquet is the election of new board members. If you have never served on the board or haven't served in a while, now is the time! We need a president, a secretary, a web person and 2 members-at-large. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone else, please notify a board member ASAP.

It is SILENT AUCTION time again. This is a great way to support your club by donating new items, services, or good used tack, etc. This is one of the highlights of our club year. Once again Diana and Jim Pat Beaird are handling the auction for us this year. Please contact Diana Beaird for information.

Linda "the Icewoman" Bly

There were 13 in our group with, depending on the day and distance traveled, 2-3 guides with our group and 2-3 with the herd of horses ahead of us. We rode about 110 miles in 6 days. This is my favorite picture of me in Iceland with my favorite horse, Svört (pronounced Svesh). Click here for the YouTube video.

2012 ADS Membership Year

Hello horse friends!

It is time for our 2012 membership year with USDF. We must collect dues and submit our GMO membership roster by December 1, 2012 in order to avoid penalty and delivery delays of the monthly USDF Connection.

Thanks to those of you who have already renewed! For those who haven't, please click on the link below to open the membership form. ADS will submit monthly membership update requests to the USDF, to ensure all club members receive the benefits of belonging to the GMO.

There is a members directory available by email from Sarah. If you wish to opt out your info on this list, please notify her. We will not sell, rent, loan or in any way give this info to anyone but members for any reason other than contact info.
Thanks again for supporting dressage and ADS!!

2012 Membership Form
Complete and mail membership form with your check to:

ADS Secretary
Sarah Branscum
2013 Capewood Dr
Conway AR 72032

FOR SALE

Arabian Gelding 13 years old, 15.2 h Grey, Trail horse for experienced rider. Showed dressage for the last 7 years and won High Point Training Level 2010. Retiring from Dressage because he is lazy and I do not have the time to put into him to be competitive. Trailers, stands for vet and farrier, baths and clips. Gets along well with other horses and loves to be groomed. Call Eva at 870-540-9474 or 870-879-6506
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JenMar Stables / Marsha Tucker are offering several quality horses for sale.

Prospects and proven performers at various levels of training and price ranges.

For more information email jenmarstables@yahoo.com or call 501-525-2007
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Stubben Maestoso, XW, 17.5 seat, black, excellent condition. $1500

Albion Legend K-2, W, 18inch seat, black, also in excellent condition. $1500

Both saddles have been cleaned and conditioned regularly. They are wool flocked and the Albion can be flocked for a MW horse.

Call or email. Nancy Sobba 501-988-2458, luckyacres@aol.com

WANTED
Request for worn out tack! I am particularly looking for the old-style Webbers (have holes all the way through), also old head stalls and girths. I salvage useable parts to make tack for my minis since they don’t make dressage tack for pint-sized horses. I would even be willing to share my “wares” if others need mini dressage tack…it’s not always pretty, but it’s functional.~
Contact Theresa Vogelpohl/Diamond TR

Members Corner

I wanted to share my last 3 weeks that I spent with Sarah Martin at her farm in Blanca, Co.

I had the greatest time and learned so much. It was an experience of a lifetime and the weather was to DIE for!!!

Leo was outstanding and acted like a grownup :). We had a show the last weekend I was there at Sun Prairie and everyone did outstanding. Leo and I got High Point on Friday with a score of 73.2% and we did our first 4 year old test and received a 7.78%, which I was thrilled he really tried hard.

It was the trip of a lifetime for me and something I had always wanted to do and couldn’t have picked a better trainer to do it with. I also meet some fantastic people and have dear friends that I will always remember. Submitted by Mimi Benton

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Donna and I had a fabulous working holiday!!!! The trip is long and we had some rainy, stormy weather as we neared Texarkana and AR on the way home on Sunday.
Ms Gillian and company welcomed us, put us to work, and supported us in this work. I worked with the CDI/FEI arena Friday and Saturday. The experience was enlightening, educational and FUN!!! Dr. Mike, the show veterinarian, was/is a knowledgeable individual with which to work. He was preparing an article to be used by equipment checkers at this level and asked me to proof read it from the point of view of a true beginner volunteer at this level. He wanted to be sure that the language was understandable to a tyro. It was!!! Also, I gave him a few pointers from the point of view of a former thesis editor. ha
Donna worked the regular show rings and soon made a name for herself as a most reliable, helpful ring steward or equipment checker. Ms Gillian put us together as ring steward/equipment checker on Sunday so that we would finish at the same time. This was most thoughtful of her. Noon meals were provided from the lunch stand.
We attended the banquet and entertainment on Saturday evening. Region 9 had a banner for all of the region’s clubs so the fact that the banner didn’t arrive until Saturday PM wasn’t an issue. Our ADS banner was prominently displayed.
Thank you for the opportunity to represent Arkansas in this historical event.
Submitted by Janette Price and Donna Love (ADS volunteers at the Houston CDI)

Please email me , Jana Nelson, your input and put Members Corner in the subject line.