2008-2009 IMBA MP

The Official Magazine of the Historic Morab Horse

Volume 18 Number 3

Breeders Guide

2008-2009

Morab Perspective 2008-2009 Breeders Guide Page 2

MBTF Nominated

$400 Stud Fees If you pay the booking fee by

April 15th.

JERICHOS ROYAL STORMHAWK(Wachuset Blackhawk x Jerichos Royal Ashlin)

14.3 HH Buckskin Morab

WWA KURAFI (WP Akeem x Flabys Saari)

15.3 HH Grey Arabian

JERICHOS MR. STERLING(Jerichos Mr. Chauvinist x Ta-ket)

15 HH Grey Morab

MONTEGOS THUNDER (Dreamweaver Montego x CCS Comma)

15.3 HH Bay Morab

LVA MISKA SHATAN(Focus Sable x ONadira)

15 HH Bay Arabian

MARY MELS MYSTERY (WNS Widenstone x Mary Mels Glo-girl)

15.3 HH Flaxen/Chestnut Morgan

JCW REVS CAJUN SUNDANCER (LJ Morning Reveille x Clonmel Cajun Caress)

15 HH Palomino Morgan

THI CHEROKEE (Society Benedict x THI Keepsake)

14.3 HH Black/Chestnut Morgan

SIR RAF ROYALE (RAF Sydin x Mt. Tobys Princess)

15 HH Palomino Morab

JERICHO CREEK FARM II

Wendy Konichek N.8075 Behling Rd. Tomahawk, WI 54487

715-453-9321 Email: [email protected] All Breed Training, Showing & Lessons

www.jerichocreekfarms.com

JERICHO CREEK FARM I

Linda Konichek S.101 W.34628 Hwy LO

Eagle, WI 53119 262-594-3667

Email: [email protected]

STUD FEES: $650

(Includes $100 booking fee and first shipment of semen.)

Live Foal Guarantee Mare Care: $8 per day

Multiple Mare Discounts

CONSIDER ONE OF THESE FINE STALLIONS FOR YOUR MARES.

$800 for an In-Utero foal sired by: Montegos Thunder, Mary Mels Mystery, Jerichos Mr. Sterling, Jerichos Royal Stormhawk, THI Cherokee and WWA Kurafi

and out of a Jericho Creek owned mare

JERICHO CREEK MARES THAT ARE AVAILABLE:

Jerichos Royal Princess 1994 bay 15HH Morab mare (Sir RAF Royale x Aris Black Diamond) Desert Elegance ASF 2000 bay 15.HH Morab mare (Shalimaar Shirah x DCA Aprilis Elegance) Sirocco Gypsy 1998 palomino 14.3HH Morab mare (Sir RAF Royale x JB Sirocco Breeze) TM Jazzy Lady 2001 bay 15HH Morab mare (Montegos Thunder x WM Mazuza) GHA Black Silk 1999 black 15.3HH Arabian mare (Saud El Warsaw x GHA Cherie) RH Major Tease 2004 chestnut 15.3HH Arabian mare (DS Major Afire x Shahtease)

Other mares may be available please contact us for more information.

Also Nominated to: Sport Horse National Payback Program Midwest Arabian Breeders Cup


Registry Report ...4 On the Front Cover..4 View from the Chair...5 Executive Director Report .6 Riding the Trails With Judi.....7 Online Show Update...8 Farm News...11-25 Ask Les & Tulip ...26-27 Ask the Trainer.28 A Magnificent Morab ..30-31 Distance Driving...31-32 Video Shows.33-34 National Animal Identification System......34-35 IMBA Regions Map .36 Region Reports....37-40 Region IV Show Bills...38 Morab Horse of the Year....42-43 Greener Pastures.44-46 Potomac Horse Fever..46-47 Farm Prefixes48 Lifetime Achievement Award Program.....49 Morab Merchandise.53 Youth Programs55 Membership Application .....56 Bylaw or Rule Change Information........57 Registration and Other Fees......58-60 Morab Perspective Advertising rates ...60 IMBA Members Directory........61-68 Carriage Lane Farm ....10 Freedom Farm..................................................16 Half Moon Farm ....15 Jericho Creek FarmsInside Front Cover, 9, 24, 29 Lake Vioux Arabians... .23 Photo Classifieds..50-52 Rainbows Gait Ranch.......................................6 Rocking L Acres ..21

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The Official Magazine of the Historic Morab Horse Volume 18 Number 3

Breeders Guide 2008-2009

CHAIRMAN Ingrid Buchmeier

PO Box 1148 Lander, WY 82520

(307)332-4629 [email protected]

VICE CHAIRMAN Karen Petersen

850 Rt. 537 Cream Ridge, NJ 08514

609-758-1776 [email protected]

SECRETARY

Dan Smith 3765 Mt. Carmel Rd. Clever, MO 65631

[email protected]

TREASURER Denise Schneider

468 Tip Lane Brookneal, VA 24528

(434)376-9738 [email protected]

REGISTRAR/ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Karen Smith 24 Bauneg Beg Road Sanford, ME 04073

1-866-667-2246 [email protected]

DIRECTOR

Wendy Konichek N8075 Behling Rd.

Tomahawk, WI 54487 (715)453-9321

[email protected]

DIRECTOR Dj Sproat

224 Henry Street Stirling, Ontario

Canada KOK 3EO

[email protected]

BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THIS ISSUE

ADVERTISERS

The Morab Perspective Deadlines and Features are: Foals & Events July 31

Breeders Guide January 31

For More information about Article submission and Advertising go to page 60


REGISTRY REPORTREGISTRY REPORT Karen Smith, RegistrarKaren Smith, Registrar

On the Front Cover

Top Left: Windmere Royal Topaz, Morab Stallion (Sir RAF Royale x Windmere Ambrosia)

Bottom Left: Wes & Jane Licht providing carriage service for Santa Claus in the Village of Oregon Horse Parade on Dec. 13,

2008. Oregon is the horse capital of Wisconsin. RL Rosali, Morab mare (Windmere Royal Topaz x Rosies Fleur de Lis) and RL

Amazing Grace, Morab mare (Windmere Royal Topaz x Lena Su Ladyhawk)

Owned by Rocking L Acres, 2964 County Rd. AB McFarland, WI 53558

Wes & Jane Licht

Phone: 608-838-8178 Email:[email protected]

Website: www.rockingLacres.net

Top Right: Jerichos Royal Stormhawk, Morab Stallion (Wachuset Blackhawk x Jerichos Royal Ashlin)

Bottom Right: Jerichos Shadowhawk, Morab Gelding (Jerichos Royal Stormhawk x SH Say Sarina) FOR SALE

Owned by Jericho Creek Farms, S.101 W.34628 Hwy LO Eagle, WI 53119

Linda & Wendy Konichek

Phone: 262-594-3667 Email: [email protected]

Website: www.jerichocreekfarms.com

Middle Left: Half Moons Aswad Kahil, 2007 Morab gelding (LM Black Powder, Morab x Half Moons Raisa, Morab) FOR SALE

Middle Right: LM Black Powder, Morab stallion (DAHR Serr Rouf x Washita Prima Donna)

Owned by Half Moon Farm, 446 Messier Rd. Franklin, VT 05457

Jim & Ronna Messier


Website: www.halfmoonfarmvt.com

I cant believe it is 2009 already. Soon new foals will be running in the spring pastures. Are you expecting a foal from a Morab to Morab breeding? The Morab to Morab Breeding Incentive committee is offering a special hand-written calligraphy registration certificate including a photo of the foal at no extra charge. WOW! What a great way to celebrate the next generation of Morabs. Did you miss last summers special, it is back. Morabs 2 years of age or older will receive $25.00 off the cost of a new registration until May 30, 2009. What a deal! Last year 6 older Morabs were registered using this discount, I am sure there are more out there. Lets get the word out and get those older Morabs registered. Do you know someone who has a Morab, but hasnt sent in the transfer? Are you selling or buying a Morab? For a limited time we are offering a special non-member transfer fee of $35.00. This transfer will NOT include an IMBA membership or its benefits. Of course, the regular non-member price of $60.00 including a mem-bership is still available and the best deal. We are offering this special in hopes that those who have been waiting to transfer their Morab will now be able to be the recorded owner of their special Morab. Dont delay this special ends May 30, 2009. The phone conference seems to be a very useful tool for our An-nual meeting. This year Ronna Messier and I were the only ones

attending in person; everyone else attended via phone. This will be a great way to involve more members in the meeting. A news-letter was sent out in January highlighting the meeting. If you did not receive one, please let me know. I have had reports that some did not fare well going through the postal system, I apologize for this and will make sure another is sent to you. The 2009 Annual meeting will be held at Ingrid Buchmeiers in Lander Wyoming on November 07, 2009. With only 2 issues of the MP this year, please keep it handy or check the website for upcoming deadlines for our awards, MP, online show, specials, etc. If you have any questions please con-tact the IMBA office. The entire MP issue is in color and has a new binder. Please let us know what you think of the changes. The next deadline is July 31, 2009. Get those articles ready and send them in. We are also offering many different levels of advertising. If you dont have a business to advertise, take advantage of our smaller fun ads. For more information contact the MP editor at: [email protected] Have a blessed spring and enjoy your Morabs

Karen E Smith


VIEW FROM THE CHAIRVIEW FROM THE CHAIR Ingrid Buchmeier, ChairmanIngrid Buchmeier, Chairman

Greetings from Wyoming. I am honored to be the Chairperson for this year. The next Annual meeting will be in Lander WY. However, we will be having the meeting via phone conference and this year I hope all members and guests are able to participate. If you want to listen in, or par-ticipate in our meeting, please ask us about the options. If you want to come to Lander, Wyoming, I will show you the sights, the horses, and help find a place for you to stay while you are here. Please let me know in advance if you want to come in No-vember for the meeting, so I can make arrangements or help you find accommodations. IMBA is a great organization made up of its members. Perhaps you see no benefit to being a part of something like IMBA if you are not actively breeding Morabs, if that is the case, I would like you to consider joining IMBA anyway. Keeping in touch with other Morab lovers is important in a small group like ours. Each of you helps keep our registry functioning in these tough economic times. People are not breeding as many horses in todays market and hat is a good thing. IMBA too must tighten its belt and decide what is essential as registration and transfers are down. If you are a breeder like I am, you are contemplating this next breeding season. If you are an owner, you are thinking about where you will get hay this next year. We must face the fact that horses are considered a luxury and therefore, they are expensive to own. As the economy improves, horses will have more value again and as horses have more value; our breed can really shine as we are not fad breeders. We have no reason for people to follow a fad since we are not in that segment of the industry. That is a good thing for the Morab. Our Morabs will shine as they are great all around family horses. As IMBA grows, we can market the breed more

effectively so people who are looking for great horses can find them here with us, an association. It is my hope that IMBA can pull together and make the breed well known nationwide. I know it is tough in todays economy to show-case our breed, but hopefully with venues like our online show available, we can show off our horses without the costs associ-ated with conventional showing. Please visit our IMBA Morab show. It is the only show IMBA puts on and is for all our members as well as all the registries and even non members can show their photos of horses. If you are reading this, you are likely serious about our organiza-tion. I hope you took the time to fill out the survey. If your thoughts are not reflected on the survey, call your favorite board member so we can know what you are thinking. IMBA needs each and every one of you to keep this small organization go-ing. I urge you to consider volunteering for a committee. It's not too late to join us. Even if you think you can't be much help, at least you would find out how we operate and what you might like to do in the future to promote this great breed. Even if your ideas seem small, please share them. We are all ambassadors of the breed and I thank all of you for what you do. Morabs are great! Thank you for supporting our breed.

Ingrid

From The Editor Wendy Konichek

This issue of the Morab Perspective is being printed by the online company www.docucopies.com

We are very excited to have this issue of the MP be in full color. With the reduction in yearly issues of the MP this issue became a

double-size issue, and took much more time to set-up than the previous issues. I also had a major problem with my software when I upgraded to MS Publisher 2007, everything that I already had done in MS Publisher 2003 was changed and had to be re-formatted; this took me numerous additional hours. Every place there was a text box it had to be re-done. After putting in over fifty hours on this

issue, I quit keeping track of my time since it was becoming too much for a volunteer position. Hopefully you will appreciate my efforts.

It was nice to have Farm News from some members that we have not heard from in awhile. A new feature this year is a Membership Directory that includes the Morab, Morgan and Arabian horses that our members submitted to be included. In the back of the MP you

will find that list all of the IMBA fees. We hope that you use this issue as your reference guide throughout the year.

The next issue is the Shows & Events issue so be sure to let us know what is going on with you and your horses. There is no charge to send articles and Farm News along with pictures. The Deadline is July 31.

For more Information and Advertising Rates go to page 56.

Wendy Konichek

Please send your information to: [email protected]


EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

REPORT REPORT Karen SmithKaren Smith

Thank you for another great year with IMBA. Many members took advantage of our early-bird special and renewed their member-ship by January 31, 2009. New this year is a three-year membership option for individual and family memberships. We have had many people take advantage of the savings this offers. As a reminder, if you have not renewed your 2009 membership, this will be your last issue of the MP. I am very excited about this issue, it will be our first full color edition to be printed and bound by Docucopies. Wendy Konichek continues to be the MP editor and does a great job formatting the MP for printing. If you would like to advertise, send in an article or need more information, please contact Wendy at [email protected]. The next deadline is July 30, 2009. I would like to say thank you to the Board for their hard work this past year. Thank you to all the members who returned their ballots. I was very pleased with the turnout. Congratulations to Daniel Smith and Denise Schneider for being elected to the board of directors and to Ingrid Buch-meier the new chairperson for 2009.

A big Thank-you to Jane Licht, for her dedicated service to IMBA and the Board of Directors for many years. Jane will be greatly missed on the board, as she was a hard working di-rector. She was always available when I needed help with letters, motions and many other tasks. For those who may have sadly lost a dear Morab, Morgan or Ara-bian. I would like to remind you that we offer a Greener Pastures article in the MP. If you would like to pay tribute and share the story of a horse that has passed on please contact the editor at [email protected]. Have a blessed spring and enjoy your Morabs

Karen E Smith

" Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4

Rainbows Gait Ranch Morgan At Stud: Schaenzers Silver Eagle

(Zeulners Sunka Wakan x Granaway Bonne Amie)

Silver dapple Morgan stallion, he throws gait and a dressage style trot! Silver is a handsome rare silver dapple Morgan and has two lovely Morgan foals on the ground, a very flashy flaxen gaited coming two- year-old filly and a big red chestnut colt who carries the silver dapple gene meaning he can throw silver from black based mares! Both are for sale call or

write for photos, info etc.

Silver is expecting 13 Morgan foals this year and will be bred to my black Arab mare this year for his first

Morab. Wouldn't you like to own a stunning rare silver dapple Morab? Breeding fee is $750 with either at home or we offer frozen semen too.

Call or write for more details.

Rainbows Gait Ranch Susanna Schaenzer P.O. Box 12246 Eugene, OR 97402


www.rainbowsgaitranch.com


RIDING THE TRAILS WITH JUDIRIDING THE TRAILS WITH JUDI JUDI DALY

Cruiser is All Right If you have been reading my articles for the last couple years, you know what I have gone through with Cruisers bowed tendon. It was early December last year when he re-injured his tendon on an easy ride. That is when the vet suggested testing him for insu-lin resistance and Cushings. It turned out he has insulin resis-tance, and we needed to change his diet. Once we did his tendon healed up and has been fine ever since. We had a terrific summer trail riding, but now with the dark eve-nings, the snow on the trail (he has shoes to support his tendon) and the frozen uneven ground on the chilly days that have no snow, Cruiser has been spending most of his time in the indoor arena. That has worked out well. I can still take Mingo, my Paint, out on the trail, on the weekends, unless the driveway is too icy. Cruiser is a very satisfying horse to work in the arena with his enthusiasm and willingness to cooperate, whereas, Mingo can be frustrating with his sleepy nature. I have been riding Cruiser in the arena, and he has been doing very well. Even though it has been over 2-1/2 years since he has had regular work in the arena, he is picking up nearly where he dropped off way back then. He is taking the bit, rounding up nicely, starting to collect and he has been very accurate. We still have plenty to work on, and by the time we get really good, it will be spring and I will be rushing out to the trail. A few weeks ago, I asked him to canter for the first time inside, and he took off bucking. That planted the seeds of my worry. Oh, I didnt worry that he misbehaved. I thought it was funny. Rather, I worried about him hurting himself during his antics. Now the vet didnt tell me he wasnt allowed to cavort about, but what if Im happy to say he seemed fine. My sister, Ellen, was there that day, and she didnt see any lameness. He was fine the next day, too, but once I start worrying, it is hard to stop. On the trail, I checked to make sure he wasnt limping every ten minutes or so. In the arena, it turned into every ten seconds. Since I sit his trot in the arena, it was easy to check. After this episode, Cruiser changed his way of going. He started traveling at the trot with his head higherslightly above the bit. This caused his back to hollow. Now, even down trail, when he would do this, I had trouble telling if he is sound. I think it is be-cause he is bouncing me around. When I could talk his head back downusually an easy thing to do, he seemed quite sound. By the next weekend, I had my sister still reassuring me that he wasnt limping, even with his head up. It helped me feel better, but that weekend, he decided it was time to spook at the two arena doors. I really dont know what it was all about, but it took me about three separate rides just to get him to go by the doors quietly. The next Monday, I was riding with some new boarders, so Cruiser was pretty excited. One of them started cantering, and Cruise felt that was his excuse to take off buckingand he got quite far before I could stop him. Now, I was sure he must be lame. He was so wound up; I could barely trot him for a while. When I could, he head was way up in the air. I started to get

sicker and sicker with worry. I quit the ride early and rode Mingo. When we finished, there was no one else left at the stables. I put Mingo in his stall and took Cruiser back into the arena. I trotted him in hand, and he was as sound as can be. I breathed a big sigh of relief. I rode Cruiser a few more times that week, and I kept having the same problemshead up, excited and a little spook now and then. Poor Ellen was getting reports from me. She is usually the one worrying and telling me her anxieties. Now, the tables were turned. The following weekend, when I was ready to ride Cruiser, my sis-ter had a surprise for me. She announced that she brought her camera, and she was going to video us to prove to me that Cruiser wasnt limping. She took some shots early in the ride, when his head was higher, and I couldnt tell what he was doing; then she got a few minutes of us towards the end of the ride when he settled down. Later, when we were eating lunch at Burger King, she showed me on her camera screen what Cruiser was doing. I played all the clips, and the earliest one, I played a number of times. Cruiser didnt take a lame step. In fact, he moved quite nicelyand it wasnt even one of his good days. I felt the weight of the world lift off my shoulders. I couldnt believe it. All my worrying was for naught. My sister had a brilliant idea. My next ride with Cruiser, in the arena, was our best of the year. It is amazing how much better I ride when Im not worrying about lameness the whole time. Cruiser dropped his head at the begin-ning of the ride, rounded his back and trotted about just beautifully the whole time. I wish Ellen had been there with the camera that timeI would have loved to see what he looked like. Ellen has a saying, Im not sure exactly how it goes, but it is something like, The mind is a great servant, but a poor master. How true.

www.trailtrainingforthehorseandrider.com Home of my free e-newsletters for the pleasure trail rider and my two awesome books "Trail Training for the Horse and Rider" and

"Trail Horse Adventures and Advice"

Judi and Cruiser.


ONLINE SHOWS ONLINE SHOWS --

NEWS & UPDATESNEWS & UPDATES By Dj SproatBy Dj Sproat

IMBA Online Morab and All-Breed Horse Show By the time you read this, IMBAs first Online Horse Show will be a part of history. And, we hope, a very successful part! We had some wonderful entries. I know the judges had their work cut out for them. The top placings will be avail-able for viewing, by April 1,at www.OnlineMorabShow.com. Enjoy! Congratulations to the winners and all participants. We thank you all very much. A big thank you goes out to our very gracious sponsors you really helped make it happen and we appreciate your support. And, of course, we thank everyone who came by to view the show and encourage this great new activity. The whole event worked out to be a wonderful opportunity for Morab owners across the country, and from other coun-tries, to show together. It was also, a chance for our mem-bers show off their beautiful horses to each other. We had people whose names we had seen in these pages, and some we never knew before. We have horses whose pic-tures we had seen in the MP or on the IMBA site, some we might have seen on the MorabPics website, some we had heard of and always wanted to see but never had. Finally, everyone was all together. What a great sharing occasion! We are already ramping up for the next show. So dont de-lay. Plan your classes, groom those ponies, and get snap-ping! We are looking forward to seeing you. Other Online Horse shows There have been a number of different online horse show appear on the web. Here are some exciting ones that have been around for a while and are doing well. The Grenfell Online Show: They are based in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia and have two major shows. An All-Breeds show and a Foal show. At this time, they are only open to residents of Australia and New Zealand. They used to allow interna-tional entries, and they may do so again once they can straighten out how to get payment delivered in the proper currency. www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jan09/090115a.asp The International Performance Horse Development Association: They are US-based with an international membership. Their shows are video-type and focused on performance

patterns. See the article on them elsewhere in this issue. www.IPHDA.com Both of these groups have posted a link to the Morab Online Show on their sites. Great exposure for our show, our entries and our sponsors! In addition, there is Interdressage - a video-type Dressage competition based out of the UK. Entries appear to be international. They have a number of competition levels offering dressage and dressage-like tests. There are Starter tests, Walk-Trot tests as well as Intermediate, Ad-vanced and Freestyle tests. Some tests are to be ridden, some are performed in-hand. Some judge the horses movement, some focus on the riders equitation. Some even include a small jump. They even had a special test for dogs at their Christmas show! Every test is judged and scored and feedback provided. Videos can be sent on CD, DVD, memory card or uploaded to YouTube. The videos are available for viewing on the Interdressage website. This is a great way for people without access to formal dressage competitions, or unsure of their abilities, to get some feedback in a non-threatening environment. www.interdressage.com/index.php As you can see, there are certainly a number of exciting options available for Online horse events and competitions, and we can expect this will only increase. In todays worri-some world of shaky economies and uncertain finances, its nice to know we have some interesting ways to do things with our horses, that wont break the bank, while offering some great new opportunities to have FUN.

The next

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Is July 31

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Looking for a smooth ride...

Consider breeding to the Gaited Morgan Stallion Mary Mels Mystery

Stud Fee: $650 (Includes $100 booking fee and first shipment of semen.) A. I. Semen Transport available Live Foal Guarantee, Multiple Mare Discounts

Morab Son Pictured Left:

MR Barak Sakan

Mentor

Stellar Naiad

Omar Sheriff Flying Jubilee

WNS Windenstone Wingo Cynthia

(Chestnut) Kens Car-a-mel

Rockwells Valley Tan Deborah

Woodrush Hilite Stetson

Hi Q Starglo MARY MELS MYSTERY 15.1 HH Flaxen Chestnut Morgan

Goldfield

Mentor Fariytop

Stellar Hudson

Mary Mels Glo-Girl Naiad Willys

(Chestnut) Flyhawk

Stetson Sentola

Irish Mist Royalle

Moon Dust Embar

Morgan Son Pictured Above:

Mystery Carmel

a 3-day Eventing Champion

Owned by: Mary Ballard and Wendy Konichek

Standing at: Jericho Creek Farm II Wendy Konichek N.8075 Behling Rd. Tomahawk, WI 54487 (715) 453-9321 Email: [email protected]

Morgans and Morabs For Sale www.jerichocreekfarms.com

$400 Stud Fee If you book by April 15th

$800 for a Foal sired by Mystery and out of a Jericho

owned mare


A Natural Sport Horse, THI Cherokee Consider this Morgan Stallion for your mares.

STUD FEE:

$650 US Funds

Stud Fee includes $100 Booking Fee,

Live Foal Guarantee A.I., Shipped Semen

Mare Care: $8 per day. Multiple Mare Discounts

Photo credits: Creative Equine,

Images by Lockridge

Ulendon

Orcland Vigildon Vigilda Burkland

Vigilmarch Magellan

Society Benedict Mayphil Phillipa

(Bay Morgan) Orcland Ambassador

Hi-Winds Lil Lendon Three Winds Annette

Hi-Winds Amy D Lippitt Mandate

May Date Vixen

Merry Knox

Merry Corwin Conniedale

Oldtyme Chancellor Petalbrook Sigmalect

THI Keepsake Oldtyme Carrousel Lady Pelham

(Bay Morgan) Waseekas Skylark

Bar Z Morgan County Dawn Delight

Sugar Run Serenade Applevale Storm King

Tomi-Su Joy Ann Bolin

THI Cherokee

6-24-97 Black Chestnut

14.3 HH

OWNED BY:

Carriage Lane Farm

Paula and David Neice 3919 Perth Rd. 102 RR #1

Shakespeare, ONT NOB 2PO, Canada

(519) 662-4847 Email: [email protected]

MORGANS FOR SALE

STANDING AT:

Northwoods Training Center

Jericho Creek Farm II Wendy Konichek

N.8075 Behling Rd. Tomahawk, WI 54487

(715) 453-9321 [email protected]


Show Highlights

WI Morgan & Lippitt Show Res. Champion Stallions 5 & over

2nd Sport Horse in Hand

WAHA Show 1st Morgan Sport Horse in Hand

GLMHA Open Show

Overall Champion Halter Horse

IMBA Open Show 1st Justin Morgan Standard

MBTF Nominated


$800 for a Foal sired by Cherokee and out of a Jericho owned mare


Here we are in the middle of the Winter season. As I stand on my front deck looking at the snow needing to be scraped off of the cars, gearing myself up for my daily ice skating adventure while taking the horses out of the barn to turn them out into their paddocks (lucky for me that the horses are much more sure footed than I am, and more often than not they are the ones leading me!), I find that I am already looking forward to Spring. The horses have been enjoying their time off the past couple of months. Due to the ground conditions, we havent done much riding. Either the ground has been as hard as cement, or a muddy nightmare. The one stretch where it wasnt so bad, we were smack in the middle of deer hunting season, and had peo-ple with guns patrolling our street, every hour or so, shooting anything that moved (and believe me, I have stories). Needless to say, the horses stayed in their paddocks, watching all the nonsense from over the fences. Since we havent been able to do much with the horses, we have been busy doing things for the horses. We have just cleared out a six acre section behind our house for a brand new pasture for them. We have already cleaned up a lot of the scrap and are now burning a bunch of the stumps, a long and tedious process. Hopefully by Spring we will be ready to plant the grass and get it going. Then we will be able to work on get-ting the fencing up. Its funny. I never realized just how much work went into this kind of thing until we started doing it our-selves. On the plus side, all this physical work sure keeps us in shape! Our Arabian mare, the one that is in foal to Freedoms Patriot In Blue, is doing very well. Shes over seven months into her pregnancy now, and if you put your hand on her flanks, you can feel the baby moving around. Star has been a hoot to watch since the baby started moving. Its her first foal, so its all new to her, and I think she figures an alien has invaded her body. Shell feel it kicking and shell turn her head and look at her

FARM NEWS FARM NEWS

Timber Rose Ranch Brookneal, Virginia

By Denise Schneider

stomach, or shell suddenly jump into the air as if somebody hit her and then go galloping around the field. On the days where baby is really active, she gets a bit grumpy. I have to admit, I can understand how she feels. I remember being pregnant with my daughter, and how strange it felt when she started kicking and rolling around in there. So, from one mother to another, I have spent quite a bit of time with her, just petting her and assuring her that its okay and all is well. She likes the com-pany, and will often stand with her head resting against me. It makes me wonder how shes going to be when it comes time to deliver. Will she be scared and upset, or will she surprise me and take it in stride? I guess well find that out in a few months

Its winter in Wisconsin, and what can I say? We just sort of make it from one cold snap, through another snowstorm, back into the deep freeze again, all the time wishing for sunny skies, with only a little wind. The horses are hairy and seem to appre-ciate their cozy stalls with plenty of hay overnight. Our colt, Flash, is growing fast and would dearly love a playmate, but none of the mares are interested in his silly games. He gets a lesson in proper manners every week or so, and quickly re-members who is in charge. Im looking forward to spring when the hair sheds out and we get to see his new summer coat, and how he has developed. Im hoping we will be able to geld him before the flies appear, but he has not dropped yet, sowell see. A couple weeks ago, I was just carrying on as usual; while checking the Morab mail, I saw a mare for sale that caught my interest. I was almost sure she was out of Windmere Erica, a Morab mare, I sold to Ted Luedke over twenty years ago. I called the number, and got no answer, so I left a message and was soon busy with something else. Later that day I returned home to find a message from a gentleman in Colorado who owned the mare. I called him back and found the mare is seven- years-old, and is a daughter of Erica, sired by Gentle Ben. She has been used, over the past four years, to raise mule babies. After some talking with Lawrence, I found hes looking for a good home for Windstar, and is reducing his herd because of his health. I talked to my husband about the possibility of getting her and after some discussion we decided to go ahead with the pur-chase. We wont be able to get her for a couple months, be-cause of the weather, and also because we already have one or two horses too many. We have a nice unregistered Morab gelding we got for Joel to ride, and hes a great riding horse, but, hes only 14.2 and Joel is 62, plus hes aggressive with my two older mares, and wed really like a mare we could use for breeding. Anyway, we will find a home for our gelding this spring, so that will clear a space for Windstar. I feel like Im get-ting a member of my family (of horses) back, even though Ive never seen her. I must say, after seeing the photo of her with her new baby mule foal, I think mule babies are REALLY CUTE!

Windmere Farm Appleton, Wisconsin

By Carol King

Arabian Mare, due to foal in 2009.

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Now Im really looking forward to warmer weather. We definitely will do more riding this summer, and will even hope to have our new mare at the Morab show, along with Flash. We just have to get through about two more months of cold and snow and sleet, although this weekend was wonderful. I think it must have been our January thaw which came a little late. I'll try to think positive and maybe spring will arrive early.

We are looking forward to spring with anticipation, but have no foals coming this year. It is the first time in over twenty years we are not expecting at least one foal. This year we will con-centrate on training and selling the horses we have from the past years that have not sold. We had four Morabs born in 2008, three of them fillies that I would like to add to my brood-mare band. I, also, have a coming four-year-old filly, a coming two-year-old, and two who are leased out, that may come back into the fold at some point in the future. I am still planning on raising horses in the future, and am excited about the prospects of breeding the first crop of second-generation Morabs here at Red Rock Horses. The stallion prospect, KC's I-Kinn Do It, aka Ike, is growing into a wonderful stallion. I am not sure if he will have any breeding to do this year. I have had a little interest in outside mares, and may consider letting him breed a couple of mares this year. He is coming three, and certainly mature enough to handle the breeding routine. He is very people-oriented, and I would love to see some of his foals on the ground. I may even see if he would like to charm a couple of my Morgan mares, for his first Morab foals in 2010. I also have two Arabian mares, who I would love to breed to my Morgan stallion, Jazz Reata Hondo, for Morab babies in 2010. I just have to see how the horse sales go this spring. One of my "babies", that is now five, was shown to Grand

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Champion overall halter mare, in a Wyoming county fair. She won over the paints and quarter horses, and I am very proud of her young owner. Congratulations, Stephanie! I also have a young filly, Red Rock Hunni Bunni ,out with a young lady, Tay-lor, who is just starting to show her Morabs and is very excited about horses. I wish them the best of Luck...... Go Taylor! I have seen some interest in Morabs here in our area as they are great horses. People are excited about the cross and are surprised at the size and power of the horses. I also have some smaller Morabs, but the larger ones tend to sell better. I per-sonally think 15 hands is plenty big, but seems many folks want them over 15.2. I tell you what, when you take two powerful horses like the Arabian and the Morgan, combine them into a 15.3 hand athlete, it is a force to be reckoned with, amazing athletic ability and a brain.... whoa baby, that is one awesome horse. Come by and visit sometime. We would love to show you around. The photos included in this article are a bay yearling Morab stallion-prospect, Red Rock Sage. He is by Jazz Reata Hondo, and out of a home-bred mare, Redrock Jamala. He is a fourth-generation baby, here at Red Rock Horses. I owned his great grand-dam and on down through the generations. The young Morabs, vying for attention, are from the 2008 crop, friendly foals, again this year and a young man, who likes them just as much as they like him. The chestnut stallion "Ike" is in the third photo. He was feeling full of himself, so I snapped his photo. Please drop us a line or give us a call.

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Windstar and her mule baby.

Red Rock Horses Lander, Wyoming

By Ingrid Buchmeier

Red Rock Sage, Morab colt.

2008 Morab foals with their young

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Six years ago my faithful Arabian mare, CCR PCR Ptarmigan, had injured her hock; Spring was fast approaching the Rocky mountain region, and I had no horse to ride! I began the search for a horse, but was disappointed again and again. I had bred, raised and trained horses for over twenty five years, and just couldnt seem to find a trained ,sound, all-around Arabian or Half-Arabian horse. I tried other breeds, but found them lacking the sensibility, impulsion and stamina necessary, for long days of riding and camping in the mountains. Then I found Jerichos Royal Serenade, a beautiful, triple- registered, Palomino Morab, by Sir RAF Royale and out of the Arabian mare, Calanscio. Color had never been a prerequisite for me, but I must say that it was a nice extra to see with this lovely mare. At 14.2 hands, she was sweet, sensible, of good conformation, and just the right size for my 5 4, 130 pound frame. I asked her owner to lunge her, and was happy to see how well-behaved and responsive she was to verbal com-mands. Then I saddled her, rode her along the dirt roads through her transitions, and took her into the arena over some two-foot jumps. She loved it, and I was hooked! After a com-plete pre-purchase exam some weeks later, Serenade was mine. I have ridden this mare along some beautiful trails in Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, and New Mexico. She has been a good traveler, ties to a trailer quietly, and is very well-mannered, companion. We often ride alone in the mountains. When my husband, Alan, joins us for fishing and camping trips, or two-or- three-day rides, his big 16-hand horse can barely keep up with Serenades steady, ground-covering walk. She is all business, has never lost a shoe, negotiates obstacles carefully, and takes care of herself. Eager to go and really fun to ride, she has fin-ished all the 25-30 mile AERC sanctioned, limited distance rides

that she has entered, with As in overall condition. Serenade has been in the ribbons in Open and Morab halter classes, and she will be receiving her Silver LAAP award this year. I had thought of selling or breeding her, yet have not, since she is so much fun to ride, is in her prime, and spring is once again approaching!

KCs I-Kinn Do It, Morab Stallion

Jerichos Royal Serenade Colorado

By Marlene Erway Hopp Jerichos Royal Serenade,

Morab Mare

Jerichos Royal Serenade ridden by Marlene in the Rocky Mountains.


Half Moon Farm Franklin, Vermont

By Ronna Messier

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As we are about half-way through winter now, thoughts of spring time work and projects are in sight. We are having quite a snow storm today, but before we know it, the grass will be green and flowers growing. Right ? While we look forward to all of that, Jim and I are also looking into the possibility of putting up an Indoor Arena. We have spo-ken with a contractor, and are looking into small business loans, grants, business plans, etc.; there is a lot to be done and to consider. As we all know in these hard economic times a major project for the future is a lot to think about. I'd say we are not ready to give up yet, I find that being with our horses is like a renewing Breath from Heaven some days, keeping us going. So, that being said, back in the beginning of November we took our mare, LM Red Flare, to Ontario for breeding. She is still there and will be until at least until the end of April. Flare is a second-generation, 50/50 Morab, and the stallion, Chase, is also a 50/50 Morab. We are looking forward to the arrival of a third generation with great anticipation! Flare is with John and Carroll Norris, very nice people. We will try to keep everyone up to date on the breeding. On July 10, 2008, Midnight Glory was born( LM Black Powder x Half Moons Raisa). He is a gorgeous, black, second-generation Morab 50/50 colt. It seems that each one of the colts that we have out of Powder are awesome boys and only keep getting better. Then on July 23, 2008, Majestic Amir was born. Jessy is an Arabian colt (Half Moons Amir Fadl x HMF Starziz Arona). His sire is grey and the dam is black and right now it looks like Jessy is going to be a dark bay. What a sweetie he is. Also this summer we exchanged two miniature mares for a gaited Morgan mare, Gentlemen's Devoted Dixie. She is a very nice bay mare. Even me, the person who doesn't ride, has been on her. Our plans are to breed her to our Arabian stallion, Amir Fadl, and see if we get a gaited Morab. So, maybe in 2010, we will have a third-generation 50/50 foal, and a gaited Morab. During the past summer, we were fortunate to have had five

teenage girls here most days riding and just spending time with the horses. They had a great time and our summer was quite busy and exciting. We know, for sure, that at least two of them will be back this summer. Also, Karen Smiths daughter, Alex, is going to be here for a little while. We are so excited to have Alex be a part of our summer. Some of you know we had a Horse Show here this past sum-mer; it went extremely well. The girls that were here made all of the ribbons, eighty-five of them, and put a tremendous amount of work into pulling this show off. We had great weather and a great turnout of spectators and riders. We are planning on doing the show again this summer. Who knows now but maybe we'll have some sort of an arena up by then. Wouldn't it be great to not have weather be a problem? We wish you all a wonderful year ahead !

LM Red Flare, Morab mare

HM Midnight Glory, Morab colt

LM Black Powder at 14 years old having his first ride! Allison Malarkee is the rider, 13

years old.


ARABIAN MARE FOR SALE Forever Sunset, 10 Years Old , 14.2 HH (Forever Knight x PK Black Satin) Broke to walk/trot/canter. Uses a bit but was trained with a gentle hackamore , which is what she prefers. Been ridden on trail and on the road safely Started showing this season. Did very well. She looks beautiful out there showing. She is coming along very nicely . Baths , trailers, ties. All shots , worming and hoof care are up to date. MORAB GELDING FOR SALE

Freedoms Independence Spark 6 years old , Black Bay, 14.2 plus (Washita Spitfire x Two "C" Steel Magnolia) 3/4 Morgan , 1/4 Arabian Broke to walk/trot/canter. On the bit on his own , great dressage horse prospect. Leg yields, ridden on trail and on the road safely. Loves to show. Been showing since 2007 with many ribbons. Bathes, trailers, ties. Very good boy. All shots, worming and hoof care are up to date. Contact us for price.

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Here on the farm, were working through winter months and enjoying the changes of season. We now own seven Morabs; five mares and two stallions, and one Arabian mare. Because of the challenges of a weak economy, I think everyone is aware; horses are definitely not selling as well as in the past. This is something we must strongly consider when breeding and put-ting new lives on the ground. At this point in time, as Im writing this, we are not planning to breed for any more Morab foals. However, if anyone is interested in leasing either our stallions or our mares for breeding, please contact us. They can be leased on the farm for the cost of care, or they can be shipped out for leasing on your farm. We had a good experience with that, and we know that with good Morab people we can trust, we can have our horses back in good shape (or better!) than when they left us. Our cremello stallion, Freedoms Patriot in Blue, (Blue) will guarantee color bred to your mares. Just email me, or get in touch if youd like to discuss options. Both stallions are also for sale, as are all our Morabs. Within the horse world, there are industries that literally pump out new babies every year; we all know the racing industry is the prime example. Thoroughbreds, Standardbreds and also Quarter horses are bred to overabundance, (QH tops the list with well over 100,000 registered in 08 alone) and when they dont fit into the plans of the breeder, arent fast enough, tal-ented enough, they get dumped on the market, either at auction or to locals who are known to take them in, and then re-sell them. Some of those sources are in the business of retraining and finding good homes for them. Others are just parasites who like to take the free horse and just make what they can from it, regardless of whether it goes to the meat man at the auction or to an inexperienced owner, who will ultimately make the horse miserable, themselves miserable, or both. With costs being high to maintain horses, unless you can grow your own hay, people need to take into consideration how much its going to take to maintain the horse. Purchasing, or acquiring the horse is the least of most peoples expense in horse ownership; at the very least, its only the start. We get calls at least once a week for free horses looking for homes. Freedom Farm USA, in addition to breeding Morab horses, is primarily a boarding facility, and weve seen more than our share of people who felt they could buy horses to rescue them, and then get over their heads very quickly in board fees. Most who will read this article are Morab enthusiasts, so I can safely say, please dont rescue horses unless you either own your own horse facilities, or have a very deep source of funding, to keep the horses boarded. Morabs are rarely given away, but just remember, theres no such thing as a free horse. All of our Morabs are priced reflecting their level of training, usefulness, and in some cases, our fondness for the individual ( we dont want to part with some loved ones). But they ALL have a price, so if theres any that you have grown fond of yourself, please ask about it, and dont be shy; make us an offer! We do want to make sure they go to good homes, and that is more important to us than the numbers on the check. That being said, its been

my experience that those who pay little, generally dont have the funds to keep the horse well, and/or dont have a problem dumping the horse because the loss isnt very great. So we will never give horses away, unless its to dear friends we know well, and we will also rarely sell a horse for what the auction would bring. Some, so called adoption fees that certain or-ganizations charge would be higher than some of our horses might sell for, but that is because the organization charges too much, not that we charge too little. Nuff said. Two of my youngest daughters , both in college now, have taken a new interest in riding their Morabs, so between all of us, we are looking forward to getting them all going well under sad-dle this spring. Even with an indoor arena, its tough to keep them in good shape through the winter, because of the cold, the ice, and the long hair and mud that our dear Morab friends seem to always find to roll in. It literally takes a good hour to just groom them well enough to put saddles on their backs. They are a sight to see when the ground thaws enough for it to get muddy, which has been happening alternately between cold spurts. White horses are now brown, and brown horses are gray. We have color changes regularly with our furry mudballs. Personally, I love the winter horse, complete with all the fluffy fur. But it does take a lot more time to groom them and get them ridden. Hay prices got you down? Im not sure what they are around the country this year, but for us, weve seen the price of hay DOU-BLE literally in the past three years. We had been paying $3.50 per bale and now were fortunate to find hay for $7. So if you are blessed with good hay, at a good price, just remember to thank the Lord. We are praying for lowering hay prices (it would take a miracle, we know) . We are planning to have at least two farm shows this coming year, as well as doing some major improvements to the farm. We are hoping that the Morabs will do well in our farm schooling shows, and perhaps then it will be evident to the sporting world what talented horses these beautiful Morabs are!

Freedom Farm USA Cream Ridge, New Jersey

By Karen Petersen

Freedoms Patriot in Blue,

Cremello Morab Stallion


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It's been awhile since I've written anything so bear with me; I have been busy, as everyone else has, just trying to stay ahead of the raising prices on everything but the horses themselves. The market is very bad here in Michigan and broke horses are going for $200to $300, if that, at the auction rings. The young stock or unbroken, are worth nothing. Dont roll your eyes: I've seen nice, registered horses going to the kill pens, because not one person would bid $20 to $30 to save themt. The auctioneer was pleading for anyone to take the just-weaned babies home and give them a chance. I was going every week, and had to stop, as I ran out of people willing to take them, if I brought them home. It is very sad with people losing jobs and factories closing that the first thing to go are the horses; no one has the money or means to feed extra mouths right now. I have taken in two more, which puts me at eight Morabs and three Arabians. With my single income, its very difficult to make ends meet. I was also lucky enough to get a filly from Judy Hinman, of Amberfields Morgans, this fall. In getting this little filly, I got to meet Wendy Konichek: it was great to put a face to the name. We had a little time to chat, as we traveled around to my other horses and to where my half-Morab was in training. Then it was time for her to go. Im hoping we will see each other again. The filly is a palomino Morgan, who has come down with baby warts; I've been told they will go away after they run the cycle. The truth of the matter is, I've never had a baby of mine ever have them, so I have no idea if and when the warts may disap-pear, I only hope I can show her this year. The two Arabians I got were free to me because of my relationship to the owner, both are broke to ride and have wonderful bloodlines. However I do not intend to breed any time soon.

I have gelded, my Morab, Rimlos Snow Twister, as I was getting no calls or interest in breedings. I felt it too hard on him to stand alone and not be included in things. He is now a happy gelding, and I would consider free leasing on him, just to get him ridden on a much more regular basis. He has been to Lansing Expo three years, with two different trainers; he's just too much horse for me, if not ridden every day. I just turned fifty-one,

and have found I don't bounce back as fast from a fall, so its time to slow down and ride shorter horses. My band of mares

will stay open until the market picks up or they sell. I will not be doing the Expo this year; last year I took Dreamer Stormie Nite, my Morab gelding, and hopefully get some interest in just own-ing a Morab and promote the breed. The expo is fun and a great place to meet people, but most are just tire-kickers and are truly not interested in anything right now. I have hopes the market will improve and will try to keep, my stock as long as I can. But, I am flooded with calls to take in horses, seems twice a week at least and I feel so bad I can't help them all. The rescues in Michigan are full or in need of rescuing themselves. I can only say sad,sad,sad! The hay prices here are at$ 6.00 a 60 Lb bale if you can find it and can afford to buy it. Michigan had a nine week drought right after first cutting and second cutting didn't come on. I sent my half- Morab/pinto out for training and she is now also broke to ride; all my horses have had saddle time, just not enough of it. The local show grounds I've been using for show, including Morab classes, is in dire straits and may not hold as many shows. They are cancelling classes that are not being filled. I hope I can convince them to make the class Arabian/half Arabian/Morab, and combine classes instead of getting rid of the them. I fear I'm swimming an uphill stream as Arabians, are falling from favor, and it seems it's taking the Half- Arabs as well. The merging of PMHA and MHA is a step forward, in my opin-ion and I've had a hand in it from the start. Im glad it's one less organization I have to join every year. I truly believe, if we as MORAB breeders and owners, would come together for the horses, and leave the drama to the actors in Hollywood it would serve the MORAB breed better in the long run. This is the age of fast food and easy to register horses. If it isn't fast and easy, most people are not going to bother with it," oh" lets not forget, reasonable cost as well. I have had the opportunity to meet and work with several people from all three registries, and I can't say anything bad about any-one. I have heard several, why and why nots, from all three registries The one common thing WE all share is our LOVE ofr Morabs; can we not built on that? We all care for the breed and feel it's worthy of our time, so why not try to get along with eve-ryone. Personal feelings left aside, it is really just about the horses, and the horses dont care. As long as I'm on roll, I'd like to say I have an undocumented Morab that has done a wonderful job to promote the Morab breed. She has done parades, carrying the flag, expo's, visited senior homes been shown by a four- year-old. halter, walk-trot and has done it with the class and grace of any horse with pa-pers, better than some I've seen at class "A" shows. I believe papers don't make a horse, training, time and the right tempera-ment is what makes a great horse. I can't ride papers, but I can ride Lady Lace anywhere, or thru anything she is turning twenty-eight this year and I wish I had twenty more just like her, I could make a killing, because she's what everyone looks for a safe and sane horse anyone could ride. I have taken this mare all over the tri-state, and beyond, and she has drawn the atten-tion from others and not been recognized as being a MORAB. Its kind of a game to me when asked what breed she is; I like to

A & J Arabians Vicksburg, Michigan

By Judi Struble

Dreamer Stormie Nite, Morab Gelding with Judi at the 2008

Lansing Michigan Expo.


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have them guess. The response is always Arabian or Morgan, I reply your half-right, blend it together and youve got it; she's a Morab. It makes for a good conversation In closing, I would like to inform and advise. I was involved in looking for a horse here in Michigan, who threw his rider, a four-teen- -year-old girl, while out trail riding. The owners posted signs and knocked on every door locally. We even had a plane searching and got T.V news coverage. I rode my trusted, Lady Lace, as she will pull if needed and travel thru dense foliage. The weather was cold rain/snow mix. Liz, the young rider was thrown on a Saturday, and we searched everyday. On the return of walker/riders, Liz would run up and ask if we had anything. I person-ally found the hardest thing, to tell her we had not found any sign of him. The next weekend ap-proached and everyone wondered what could of happened to him. I listed on Craigs list for help in the search; e-mails flew thru the internet. The owner and I took off work to search the first week; the next week we e-mailed and answered all leads and tips, never knowing which one could lead us to Jeff, (the missing horse). That Saturday, thirteen days later, we organized the biggest search; we had to find out what happened to him. The outpouring of concern was unbelievable. We had strangers set up hot food for the search-ers, walkers came, search dogs, riders from other states, 4-H kids, Boy Scouts, Brownies. We had so many trailers filled with horses, that we were jammed in like sardines. We did a grid search-We all had given up and were calling it a day when the call came it that they have found him. We will never know how and why Jeff finally decided to show himself, but two Cass County sheriff mounted women found him injured and in very weak condition. Jeff had been impaled on a tree limb, and finally broke free, and was headed back to the camp, when he was found scared and shaking. A trailer was brought to him; he was loaded and was taken to a farm nearby were a vet met us. This horse was lost in full tack and still had all tack on him, which probably saved his life. He was gone for thirteen days, with no food or water, a raging infection in his shoulder, and other injuries. The saddle kept the tree limb from doing anymore damage, as you could see on the leather where he was sawing back and forth to free himself. The combined effort, from all involved, brought this to a happy ending. It is my pleas-ure to say after a long recovery at the stable, Jeff is back with his beloved owner. This could happen and does more than you think to anyone. It restored some of my faith in the human race to see so many come out to help find him and take the time to speak to Liz and comfort her.

Thats my news from Michigan and I hope everyone has a great year. Grab that Morab and hit the trails/don't let the trail hit you. I look forward to reading the articles from those who take the time to write; it is nice to hear from other parts of the world. Ride Safe!

Ive had a busy year riding the trails with JCW Changing Winds, aka Twister, my Morab gelding. His color and great personality cause comments every time I go riding. Were very pleased to have a full sister to Twister, JCW Sundance of Glory, aka Cha-Cha. She got her nickname from my grandchildren, who wanted to name her after a dance. Im hoping to have her come to California sometime in 2009. I have another foal due in 2009 (JCW Revs Cajun Sundancer x Winds of Glory) that will be a full sibling to Twister and Cha-Cha. I can hardly wait to see what I get this time.

Lady Lace with Allen.

Gentlemans Sadie Sue, Morab

mare with her foal Zandars Last Whisper, Half-Morab.

JCW Changing Winds, Morab

gelding ridden by Denny.

JCW Sundance of Glory, Morab

filly with Brenda.

Jericho Creek West Lincoln, California

By Carolyn Harris


Rocking L Acres McFarland, Wisconsin

By Jane Licht

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FUN DRIVING CLASSES AT THE THREE GAITS HORSE SHOW

The Annual Independence Day Open Show, that benefits the Three-Gaits Therapeutic Riding Center near Stoughton, Wisconsin, went off without a hitch in many respects, except that many participants did lots of hitching their horses to carriages that is! The weather was perfect and the attendance was quite good, especially for all obstacle driving classes. Wes Licht, organizer and judge of the obstacle driving classes for many years, reported that twenty-two drivers participated in these classes on Friday July 4th, 2008, and another fourteen participated on Saturday July 5th. Three Gaits organizers had decided to use the weekend holiday and host a two-day event and the results were very satisfactory. Wes enjoyed a crew of about seven or eight volunteers on both days. They were ex-tremely helpful in setting up each course, timing the events, replacing disturbed tennis balls and obstacles, managing the gate, and helping with the scoring. Wes had prepared a differ-ent colored flier for each class, giving the rules and a drawing of each course. On Saturday, he used the same classes and changed the patterns to keep each class challenging.

The first class was the Line Driving Obstacles. This is a good event for green horses, just learning to drive, and it also tested the skill of the drivers. One local favorite was first time competi-tor, Diane King, who line-drove Nora, a Fjord driving horse, owned by Three-Gaits. Diane and Nora trotted through the en-tire course, with Nora accepting each of eight obstacles will-ingly. Some of the drivers discovered they could not keep up the trotting pace, and ended up doing more walking, since they were not quite as fit as their equine teammate. Out of the nine-teen competitors, Sara Licht and her Morab mare, Raindrops on Roses, won second place. Next was Gamblers Choice Driving Obstacles. Drivers could choose which obstacle they would try with their horse. The

obstacles all had specific point values, according to difficulty: Round the Barrel, Crossroads, Serpentine of Flags, Drive in Back Out, Railroad Crossing, 360 Spin, The L, and the ever challenging, Long and Narrow. Drivers had two minutes to ac-cumulate as many points as possible, by successfully driving through the obstacles of their choosing. The morning fun driving classes ended with the Cover Leaf Re-lay, where teams of two driving partners each, drove their own horse around the cloverleaf of barrels twice. For barrel number three, the drivers had to toss a tennis ball into a feed pan that would reduce their time by fifteen seconds. This was an espe-cially enjoyable class to watch. There were times when the first competitor went around barrels one and two, and got their ten-nis ball in the pan on barrel number three, only to be discounted in the next round, when their teammate accidently knocked over the barrel, sending tennis balls and pan flying. In the afternoon, participants did the Scurry (aka Pick Your Route) in the obstacle driving ring. The drivers each planned their own route of completing ten sets of cones to get the best time without knocking off any tennis balls from the cones. At the same time, Pleasure Driving and Reinsmanship classes were being conducted in the ring next door. Since many drivers had signed up for these two traditional ring driving classes, they were divided into two groups of eight drivers. This arrangement actually worked out quite well, since the drivers that were not in the first group of ring driving classes did the Scurry first, and those that finished the ring classes, first could then do the Scurry. Sara Licht elected not to do the Scurry, but she and her Morab mare, Raindrops on Roses, won first place out of the eight competitors in the Reinsmanship class. The last obstacle driving class was Double Jeopardy, that re-quired two drivers in one turnout. The first driver completed obstacles (sets of cones) number one through number ten, came to a halt and gave the reins and whip to the second driver who completed the course in reverse order. his was also great fun to watch, as there was lots of discussion among the drivers as to the location of all the obstacles, and their attempts to get through the obstacles without a knockdown. Teams were made up of good friends, mother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter, father-son and husband-wife combinations. One very

Sara and Raindrops on Roses, Morab mare, working in the Serpentine obstacle.

Wes talking to a young driver prior to the start of his Scurry class.

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competitive team, of Donna and Chet Thomas, took their lovely Fjord pony, Trina, swiftly through the course, maybe a little too swiftly, and both had knockdowns that they laughed about at the conclusion of their effort. Another fierce competitor was six- year-old Kyle Rhinehart, who, with his miniature horse, Patriot, and his father Chad, burnt up the course and won first place. Some of the local drivers com-peted with their horses on both days of the show. Two of the driv-ers from over one hundred miles away, Deb Sauer and Fay Van Camp and their families, decided to camp out over night at Three Gaits in order to partici-pate in the driving classes on Saturday. Quite a few new driv-ers joined them and more fun ensued. The participants agreed that these driving fun classes are not only very enjoyable, but good training for horses and their drivers, as well.

Hi, It's me Sebastian again. I wrote about how much fun I have showing with Wendy Konichek. I'm 11yrs old now and riding a quarter pony, named Jack, groom him a lot as he is very furry. He is the oldest horse I know; he is 24 years old. He can be very stubborn but so can , so we get along good, mostly. I'm doing so good I ride him alone in the outdoor ring now (but my grandma watches me). I really love him, but Arabians, are still my favorites and Wendys Morabs too! My grandma has an Arabian mare, named Misti, she has movie star pictures taken by Bridget who is a real professional photog-rapher. I am hoping to show her at IMBAs show in August. I've been practicing and am as good as my grandpa (he's older and can't run as fast). Someday I want to show like Wendy, she is the fastest runner and all the horses do what she says without

her ever yelling or getting mad at them. She is my favorite trainer. She shows lots of horses at a big horse fair called the Midwest Horse Fair. I've never been there but my grandparents said I can go there when I am 12 and watch her. I am getting all A's in school I have to, if I want to ride. All the girls think it's neat that I ride. Bye, until next time and remember that all horses have feelings and need love, too.

Mary took these winter fun pictures of our Morab mare, Jerichos Lady Longstockings

(High White Revolution x Jerichos Royal Motif) Sara and Rainy in the Reinsmanship

class, where they won 1st place.

News from Sebastian West Bend, Wisconsin

By Sebastian Quass

Sebastian with Jerichos Royal Motif, Morab mare.

News from The Hendersons Chana, Illinois

By Todd Henderson

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The Movie Star photo of MRA Mistina Doll, Arabian mare.


Lva Miska Shatan (Focus Sable x O Nadira)

Arabian Stallion

Show Highlights

2004 GLMHA Show

1st Open English Type (31 entries) 1st Arabian at Halter

Grand Champion Halter Overall

2005 Reg. 10 Arabian Sport Horse

Regionals Top Five Arabian Stallions In Hand

Showcase Futurity

1st Arabian Stallions ATH Champion Stallion 4 & Over

Dog Days Dressage

1st Arabian Stallions In Hand

IMBA Reg. IV Show 1st Most Classic Arabian Head

1st Arabian Farm Class Arabian Show High Point

2006

Reg. 10 Arabian Sport Horse Regionals

Top Five Arabian Stallions In Hand

Scores From Judge, Gen. Johnathan Burton

in Arabian Stallions Sport

Horse In Hand

Overall Score 83.8%

Conformation 9.7

Overall Breed Type 9.7

Stud Fee: $650/ $400 LFG

Nominations:

ARROW/ MABC Sport Horse National

Payback Program

Special Breeding Packages

available.

Proudly Owned By: Lake Vioux Arabians

Brenda De Broux W.1132 8 Spring Rd.

Antigo, WI 54409 715-623-5171

Email: [email protected] Arabians For Sale

Standing At: Jericho Creek Farm II


715-453-9321 www.jerichocreekfarms.com

Arabian daughter, Pictured above: Halter Champion

Helleva Temptation Owned by Heather Hall



Consider breeding to the Straight Egyptian Arabian Stallion

WWA Kurafi

Ansata Ibn Sudan

Ansata Imperial Ansata Delilah

Imperial Imdal *Morafic

WP Akeem Dalia *Romanaa II

(Chestnut) *Morafic

Dalul *Dawlat

ST Madari El Hilal

*Bint Adam Kheir Adam Kheir WWA KURAFI 15.3 HH Grey Arabian

*Morafic

*Ibn Moniet El Nefous Moniet El Nefous

Sar Ibn Moniet Alcibiades

Flabys Saari Sariella Bint El Sarie

(Grey) *Rames Fayek

Ibn Fayek *Ramses Amal

Maari Moniet *Ibn Moniet El Nefous

An Molly Moniet Al Nahr Janie

Many Championships in: Halter

Western Pleasure Huntseat Dressage

Liberty

2003 Egyptian Event Champion Liberty

Champion Hunter Pleasure JTR Top Ten Western Pleasure


Also Nominated to: Sport Horse National Payback Program Midwest Arabian Breeders Cup

STUD FEE: $650

(Includes $100 booking fee and first shipment of semen.)

Live Foal Guarantee

Mare Care: $8 per day

STANDING AT:

Northwoods Training Center

Jericho Creek Farm II Wendy Konichek


(715) 453-9321 [email protected]


MBTF Nominated

$800 for a Foal sired by Kurafi and out of a Jericho

owned mare


Mistar Ranch Hot Springs, Arkansas By Diana Burbridge

FARM NEWS FARM NEWS

A MAGICAL MORAB HAPPENING DESIGNED IN HEAVEN The Lord Jesus so blessed me with an Arabian mare, whose name is Randi. This blessing was multiplied with God's love within her; she was to have a baby Morab. About a month be-fore she was to foal, I began a nightly habit of going to the pas-ture to check on Randi before going to bed. After a week or so, Randi became tired of the ritual and would not allow me to check her. So I began to check on her condition from a distance, using a large flat-sided flashlight. One night I deeply felt the Spirit of God. There was a full moon and a calmness there that only God can give. So I turned off the flashlight and laid it down on the ground before me. I wanted to enjoy this time to its fullest. I began to talk to the Lord. The moment became overwhelming, and I cried out to God, "I wish I could kneel down before You to wor-ship." I have some medical problems, so kneeling was impossible. I could not kneel down by myself or would not be able to steady myself. Then I sensed something to my left; it was Randi. I put my arm around her neck, and she helped me to lower myself to the ground. Without any thought, my knees rested on the flat side of the flashlight. God had found a resting place for my knees, with-out pebbles to give pain. Randi stayed and steadied me, while I worshipped the Lord. When I finished praying, Randi raised her head, so that I could stand once again.Then she walked away to another part of the pasture. The Lord blessed me again with the desire of my heart, I wanted a palomino filly, and Randi had a Morab palomino filly. I named this Morab filly, Manuela, which means God is with us. On that special night of prayer, God's presence was undeniably with me and my horses. Please visit us at www.mistar-ranch.com

In October, Jamie and I made a trip to Ohio, so that Jamie could race his radio-controlled trucks at the Radio-Controlled Truck World finals. My part of the trip was to pick up our new Crme Morgan mare, Shallow Creek Tia Marissa, who is in foal to the Dunskin Morgan stallion, Amberfields Dun Dreamin. Tia was delivered by Judy Hinman to Judi Struble, who offered to keep her for me until I could get her a week later. I enjoyed my short visit with Judi, but we had to get back on the road, since we were still twelve hours from home. The same weekend, WWA Kurafi a straight Egyptian Arabian stallion joined our herd. His daughter, WWA Kalila was purchased by our friend Debbie Bacon and shes boarding at the farm in Eagle. Our Thanks to Kurafi and Kalilas owner Don Gigante, for giving us the opportunity to purchase these wonderful horses. There will be three foals due at the farm in 2009: April, Morgan (Amberfields Dun Dreamin x Shallow Creek Tia Marissa) June, Morab (JCW Revs Cajun Sundancer x Winds of Glory) July, Morab (JCW Revs Cajun Sundancer x Jerichos Royal Ashlin)

Arabian mare, Randi.

Angelica with Manuela, Morab mare

Manuela

Jericho Creek Farm II Tomahawk, Wisconsin By Wendy Konichek

Jamie with the Monster Truck, Bigfoot

Debbie with WWA Kalila, Arabian Mare


ASK LES & TULIPASK LES & TULIP LES CARR Ph.D.

STRESSES & STRAINS OF HORSEBACK RIDERS IN COMPETITION (The Care & Feeding of Riders in Competition)

I serve as a clinical psychologist involved in mental health treat-ment and evaluation of patients, and on-going research. My re-search focus has been coping with human stresses and strains as related to athletic competition. The extreme stresses and strains -(the human factors)- associated with endurance riding provide a unique real-life opportunity to do research along the competitive trail. So, although I am a participating endurance horseback rider; I am also a researcher along the trail. Hundreds of books and articles can be found on the care and feeding of horses; but comparatively few writings can be found on the care and feeding of the horseback rider, and especially the mental and physical stresses and strains of riders who participate in competition (for ex. endurance riders who do 50 miles/day in a maximum time of 12 hours, or 100 miles/day in a maximum time of 24 hours; and then there are riders in competition, for example, hunters and jumpers, barrel-racing, ride and tie, cutting, and x-country type multi-day competitions). Well, you may be wondering what gives me the right to write this article? Yes, do I only talk the talk as an out-of-touch researcher, or do I also walk the walk? Over several decades, I have ridden approximately 45,000+ miles in recorded endurance competition along many trails in many states, and under many moons. For the past decade, plus, I have ridden one horse in endurance riding competition. Like Johnny Cashs song, A Boy Named Sue, I ride in endurance competition a gelding Morab, named Tulip. Tulip is now twenty-years-old, still doing one-day 50 mile rides and five-day, 250 mile multi-day rides. I have ridden three horses each over 10,000 miles in endur-ance recorded competition. The year before last, Tulip broke the Hi-Mileage horse record of the American Endurance Ride Confer-ence-AERC (the official sanctioning organization for endurance riding). The Hi-Mileage record (cumulative life-time mileage of an endurance horse in recorded endurance competition) was 18,215 miles. To date, Tulip has achieved 20,340 miles and Tulip and I are still going strong. This goal was achieved over a period of 15 years, and with consistent riding in AERC competition. No matter the type of horseback riding one chooses to compete in, we are dealing with the human factor and predictable stresses and strains that one experiences on the back of a horse in competition. Endurance riders can be heard to describe them-selves as independent, individualistic. contrarian, tough asses, and, of course, more colorful characterizations not appropriate to print. Even though the sport of endurance riding is rapidly grow-ing, compared to other areas of horseback riding competition there are still relatively few folks attracted to endurance riding (perhaps 10,00 all , in the U.S.A. doing endurance riding, competi-tive riding, and x-country distance riding). So, what is involved in being an endurance rider, or for that matter, a rider, who is in-volved in some form of horseback riding competition? Let us take a real-life example that one is likely to encounter when participating in an endurance ride. Imagine you are doing a one-day 100 mile ride, that to finish and gain credit, you and your horse must complete in no more than 24 hours. It is likely that you will have a one hour mandatory hold for a vet check at about the 50 mile point. The ride vet will check the condition of your horse and determine if your horse is fit to continue. Of course, no one

checks the rider being fit to continue. You are likely to be experi-encing your own particular stresses and strains-mental and physi-cal. But try to imagine that you are foolhardy enough to be doing a 100 mile, one-day ride, and have actually be on your horse for 20+ hours. Its cold, rainy, windy, and a really lousy day. Your trails are at varied elevations (not an unusual situation)-with ele-vations ranging from 1,000 feet high to 8,000 feet high. You and your horse are enduring back and forth and up and down along the various elevations-many times. You have ridden to the 75 mile point of a 100 mile ride with perhaps a one-half hour hold and vet check .You have a headache, your knees are aching away-and you have forgotten to take sufficient medications to deal with your-mile by mile- increasing aches and pains. Moreover, the rainy downpours have washed away the chalk, put out to mark the trail; the cows have devoured the ride directional ribbons; or the ribbons were taken and destroyed ,or worse rearranged by fun-loving pranksters, astride their motorized vehicles, and your ride map is tattered and wet. It is now raining even harder with 30-40 mile an hour winds. You are riding at an elevation of 5,000 feet along a narrow trail on the side of a mountain. Well, you finally make it down the mountain to a main road to be greeted by a vol-unteer from ride management. While sitting in a nice warm car at a mandatory check point, the volunteer rolls down the window and asks for your faded number to record, and with a big smile and loud voice shouts Are you having fun? Of course, you are not in a warm dry car; you are astride your horse, and sharing with your horse, natures heavy downpour of rain and fierce winds. Hope-fully, you are not carrying a gun, and will simply ride off in silence, or responding to the smiling volunteers question as to your fun with the informative response of Yup. In order to survive the stresses and strains of horseback competi-tion, a normal psychological defense mechanism of denial may come into play. This can take various overlapping forms: (1.) some competitive riders are magnificent sufferers and have a great capacity to grit their teeth and bear it-and suffer with a tre-mendous sense of macho and being proud of how much stress they can take; (2.) there are those competitors, who for the time of the competition, mentally become a teenager and conceive them-selves as invulnerable to being hurt, as their horse executes a difficult high jump or slides a few hundred feet down a mountain; (3.) other hard-nosed competitors quickly suppress their mental and physical stresses, by taking various pain medications and/or varying quantities of alcohol. Now I must confess my own trail transgression. It was around the year 1988. I was in a very fierce competition with an equally fierce competitor. The challenge was to win the AERC Senior Mileage Championship (the most miles ridden by a rider in endurance competition in one year). Today to win the AERC Senior Mileage Championship you are only permitted to ride one horse (the same horse, the same rider). In 1998 you were permitted to ride as many horses as you wished as long as you followed ride rules and finished the ride. That year of pure insanity, both my competi-tor and I rode a number of horses in a variety of sanctioned rides (1 day/50 miles; 1 day 100 miles/5 day 250 miles)-and we rode in at least a dozen different States. I really do not know what my competitor did that year to deal with her particular stresses and


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strains. My formula, for persistent enduring, was to be relaxed, as one, with a strange horse and strange trail, and carry on my waist, and also on the horse, a flask which contained one-half Gatorade and one-half apricot brandy. So, stresses and strains evolved along the trail into stresses and highs. Well, in that one year, and riding many different horses (20+) in sanctioned competitions, I rode 7,265 miles, and my competitor rode 50 miles less and, of course, lost. My competitor, whom I greatly respect in terms of her ability to endure, is no longer able to ride due to a physical prob-lem. She was great competition, which I miss. I do not think she misses me! So, how does one deal with the stresses and strains that one naturally experiences when competing in horseback competition of any kind? My research over several decades has involved in-depth discussions with numerous riders in various kinds of horse-back competition. One must always remember that you and your horse compete as a team-and the horses mental attitude and physical stamina are intertwined, and to complicate matters fur-ther, your mental attitude and physical stamina are also inter-twined-and to even further complicate matters you and your horse work as an interactive team (with both you and your horse experi-encing each others mind, body, and attitude interactions). RELAXATION EXERCISES: While competing you may be experi-encing recurrent headaches, anxiety episodes, and in general feelings of tension (wound as tight as a clock). Of course, mind and body work together as one and are constantly interacting, so the tense anxious rider is doomed to have physical pains and organ breakdowns of various kinds. This is highly predictable, as demonstrated in numerous research studies. One coping approach, with a fairly good record of success, is to learn and practice relaxation using stress-reduction methods, both on and off your horse. There are countless how to do it stress reduction books that are easily acquired. So there is no need to recommend book titles. PHYSICAL EXERCISE: Your physical limitations and organ weak-nesses come into play as your miles increase along the trail. To deal with this situation, a regular well-adhered to program of exer-cise several times/week is a must. There are a variety of exercise programs that will increase your fitness; for ex. bodybuilding that I do-(low weights and high reps to gain endurance); calisthenics, gymnastics, working out with your horse by jogging along with your horse; and yoga exercises with emphasis on stretching and becoming more flexible. Various programs of exercise that fit your particular lifestyle will work. It is a must to bite the bullet and faith-fully do an exercise program. This will lessen the physical stresses and strains associated with horseback competition (as well as contribute to your overall mental health and longevity). POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE: Your having a positive mental attitude is an effective way to avoid feelings of frustration and an-ger that goes along with your becoming tired, depressed, and spaced out as the competition becomes more difficult. This kind of no-win human behavior at competitions can be observed, for ex-ample, (a.) being a generally cranky individual who whines and complains; (b.) cursing and yelling at ones horse; and even worse hitting your horse-comparable to kicking your dog; (c.) back-biting and gossiping in a negative way about your fellow competitors; (d.) yelling and cursing at your crew and trainers; (e.) pushing your trusting horse beyond its known limits; (f.) and being overly picky and critical of ride or event management. A negative mental attitude results in a self-fulfilling prophecy. What you throw out along the trail of life often comes back in you in not a very pleas-ant manner.

As a competitor, any negative energies you may harbor, not only take away from your having a sense of pleasure and highs while competing, but are quite likely to affect the attitude and physical health of your horse. It is to be noted that in the last ten years, there have been a wealth of studies, that demonstrate when you internalize negative attitudes and anger and hate toward others, the only affect is to break down your own organs and interfere with internal bodily functions. So, to repeat, what you negatively throw out really does come back to you in a manner that results in your own self-destruction. NUTRITION: Riders in competition are usually very concerned about providing their horse with the correct food and supplements (sometimes the fad of the month) to enhance the horses general well-being and capacity to function in a superior winning manner. However, in terms of the care and feeding of the rider in compe-tition, often as not, the horses nutrition is the focus. Different rid-ers require different kinds of diets for their bodies to function in a more effective manner and to lessen bodily stresses and strains. So, the rider in competition should study his/her eating habits with an eye toward improvement. This is a must. I will not pretend to be a nutritionist or be wise enough to prescribe the perfect food intake for ride competitors. However, based on my observations of riders and along the trail and discussions, one critical error to make is to start the ride with an empty stomach and no breakfast of any kind. As most of you know, the rider needs to drink a boun-tiful amount of water-this is a must. It is not sufficient to worry when y

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