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MIDWEST HORSE FAIR APRIL 17-19, 2015 MADISON, WI MINNESOTA HORSE EXPO APRIL 24-26, 2015 ST. PAUL, MN HORSE-A-RAMA MAY 2-3, 2015 MANITOWOC, WI MACKINAC ISLAND’S FESTIVAL OF THE HORSE AUGUST 28-29, 2015 MACKINAC ISLAND, MI

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MIDWESTHORSE FAIR

APRIL 17-19, 2015MADISON, WI

MINNESOTAHORSE EXPO

APRIL 24-26, 2015ST. PAUL, MN

HORSE-A-RAMA MAY 2-3, 2015

MANITOWOC, WI

MACKINAC ISLAND’S

FESTIVAL OF THE HORSE

AUGUST 28-29, 2015MACKINAC ISLAND, MI

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Border-battle polo among Minnesota expo’s new features

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Rodeo action at the Minnesota Horse Expo will featureseven different competitions, including saddle broncriding.

See EXPO, Page 4

By Heidi ClausenRegional Editor | [email protected]

From heart-pumpingrodeo action to clinics onhorse feeding and training,the Minnesota Horse Expooffers something for theequine enthusiast in every-one, and this year will beno different.

The 33rd MinnesotaHorse Expo, set for April24-26 at the MinnesotaState Fairground in St.Paul, will feature morethan 800 vendor booth spa-ces and horses representingmore than 50 breeds, fromthe Akhal-Teke to theMiniature Pinto to theWelsh Cob.

Sponsored by the Min-nesota Horse Council, thisevent is the largest equinetrade show and breed exhi-bition in Minnesota.

After last year’s diseasethreat, Minnesota HorseExpo President Glen Eatonlooks forward to a greatevent in 2015.

Among this year’s high-lights are:

• A daily Parade ofBreeds at noon and breeddemonstrations (Friday andSaturday afternoons), all inthe Coliseum. Draft andlight horses, as well asponies and donkeys, willbe highlighted.

Free horse, pony andwagon rides will be pro-

vided all three days of theshow. Horse and ponyrides will be from 9 a.m. to7 p.m. Friday and Saturdayand from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Sunday in the Sheep Barn.Wagon rides will travelalong Judson Avenue from9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday andSaturday and from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. Sunday.

New this year will be avintage horse-drawn ma-chinery display on Fridayand Saturday.

• RAM ProfessionalRodeo Cowboys Associa-tion Rodeo at 7 p.m. Fridayand Saturday and at 3 p.m.Sunday in the Coliseum.Seven rodeo events areplanned, including saddlebronc riding, bareback rid-ing, bull riding, tie-downroping, steer wrestling,team roping and barrel rac-ing.

Entertainment will starPRCA trick rider, roperand barrelman John Harri-son.

• Hundreds of vendorssetting up shop in the Cat-tle Barn, Coliseum Con-course, Dairy Building,CHS Building and sheep

and poultry barns, as wellas along the streets.

New this year will be aused trailer lot near theDairy Barn and the volun-teer-run Minnesota 4-HHorse Association Tackand Clothing ConsignmentSale.

Applications are beingaccepted for a limited num-ber of 10-by-30-foot spotsfor people with pre-owned

horse trailers to sell. Fordetails, call Eaton at 952-356-2090.

For more informationabout consigning tack orclothing, call 320-355-2142.

• A diverse lineup of ed-ucational presentationsthroughout the show in theColiseum, AgStar Arenaand DNR Building.

Expo-goers can watchborder-battle polo with theTwin City Polo Clubsquaring off against the St.Croix Club, mountedshooting and cutting-horsedemonstrations by J.P. Bellof Duluth, Minn., and the

Minnesota Cutting HorseAssociation. They also canhear talks about rehabilita-tion using horses (byBecky Payne of Nature’sEdge near Rice Lake),equine dentistry, horse pas-ture establishment, horsefeeding and more.

Among the featured clin-icians are Craig Cameron,Pat Parelli, Jec AristotleBallou and Shawna Kar-rasch.

Cameron is credited forteaching horsemanship in away easy to understand forhorses and riders. He canbe seen on his weeklyRFD-TV show, “RideSmart,” where he helps rid-ers understand how towork with their horses in agentle way that gets posi-tive results.

Parelli coined the term“natural horsemanship.”Since his rst seminar in1982, he has presented hisphilosophy of love, lan-guage and leadership tomore than a million people,including the Queen ofEngland and Roy Rogers.He has had more than200,000 students in 57countries enrolled in hislong-distance study pro-gram.

Ballou is considered aleader in the eld of equinetness and exercise

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physiology. She’s bestknown as the author of“101 Dressage Exercisesfor Horse and Rider” butalso wrote “Equine Fit-ness” and her latest book,“101 Western DressageExercises.” She has devel-oped equine athletes fordisciplines including en-durance racing and com-petitive dressage.

Karrasch began intro-ducing positive rein-forcement/reward-basedtraining to equestrians in1994 and travels theworld teaching peoplehow to incorporate theseprinciples into theirtraining programs. Sheand her work have beenfeatured on AnimalPlanet, Bud Sports,ESPN and Spruce Mead-ows Television. She alsodoes guest lecturing at

veterinary schools anduniversities in the U.S.and Canada.

Those who own and runstables may be interestedin talks entitled “Surviv-ing Tough Times as aStable Owner/Manager”and “Ride Out the Storm:Legal Tools for StableOwners.” Presenters fromthe University of Min-nesota will address topicssuch as horse pastures andbody condition scoring.

• Live country musicfrom 6:30 to 10:30 p.m.both Friday and Saturdayby Cindy-Jo Schloer andthe Dirt Road Dixie Band,a four-piece countrygroup from Minnesota.The show is a mix ofmodern and classic hitcountry songs.

Schloer, the band’s leadvocalist, auditioned for“American Idol” last sum-mer in Minneapolis andwas awarded a golden

ticket. Formed last fall asan acoustic duo, DirtRoad Dixie now performsthroughout Minnesota,Iowa, Wisconsin andNorth Dakota.

Expo/If you go

What: 33nd Min-nesota Horse Expo.

When: 8:30 a.m. to9:30 p.m. Friday, April24, and Saturday, April25, and 8:30 a.m. to 5p.m. Sunday, April 26.PRCA rodeo perfor-mances, 7 p.m. Fridayand Saturday and 3p.m. Sunday.

Where: MinnesotaState Fairground, St.Paul, Minn.

Information: 877-462-8758 or 952-922-8666, or www.mn-horseexpo.org. To in-quire about rodeo tick-ets, call 612-716-1522.

Trainer takes positiveapproach with horses

Karrasch

By Pat McKnightCorrespondent

Shawna Karrasch spent10 years with Sea Worldmammals developing hermethods of positive rein-forcement/reward trainingusing the clicker system.She has since modied thetechniques for the horseworld.

Karrasch will share hermethod as one of the fea-tured clinicians at the Min-nesota Horse Expo April 24-26 at the Minnesota StateFairground.

Since 1994, Karrasch hasoperated her training busi-ness, On Target Training, tohelp horse owners and train-ers build relationships oftrust and respect withhorses.

“I have been teachingpositive reinforcement train-ing techniques to horse peo-ple for over 20 years nowand I still keep learning,”Karrasch said. “Tom Dor-

rance, withall of hisknowl-edge,taught methat therewas stillmore thathe wantedto learn;

that was a valuable lesson. Itwas his encouragement thatnudged me forward and itresulted in me deciding Iwanted to take lessons tolearn how things were beingdone with horses since itwas nothing like the way wedid it with the marine mam-mals. I had the opportunityto work with Olympic com-petitors, Pan Am game win-ners, world champions, in-ternational competitors inshow jumping, dressage,eventing and driving.”

She then started her busi-ness at the invitation of JohnMadden. Madden and hiswife, Olympic gold medalistshow jumper Beezie, hired

Karrasch to come to theirstable and work with them.

Karrasch now demon-strates how to use her tech-niques to successfully teachhorses to load in the trailer,accept being clipped andstand quietly for the veteri-narian, farrier or mounting.The clicker training can alsobe successfully applied forwork under saddle.

Along with demonstratinghow to apply her methods tothose training situations,Karrasch will cover topicssuch as ground manners,problem-solving, motiva-tion, trust, spook-proongand relaxation. She willshow how horse owners andtrainers of all levels can usethe positive reinforcementtechniques with their horses.

In On Target training, ahand-held tool made of adowel with a marine oat orsimilar object mounted onone end serves as the “target”the horse is to touch. Whenthe horse touches the object,it is rewarded. When it is re-warded, the handler also pro-duces a noise with a clickerso the horse associates thenoise with the reward.

As the training pro-gresses, the horse associatesthe noise with positive feed-back. When the horse un-derstands the click meansit’s performing as desired,the target is phased out.

Since starting her busi-ness, Karrasch has demon-strated the training tech-nique as a guest lecturer tovet schools and universitiesas well as to animal ownersand trainers across the coun-try and Canada. Her workhas been broadcast on na-tional television programson Animal Planet andESPN.

A schedule of Karrasch’sclinics, including topics,times and locations, can befound at www.mnhorse-expo.org/karrasch.html.

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Group plans ‘Help a Horse Day’ activitiesRacer Placers, Inc. will

be celebrating the Ameri-can Society for the Preven-tion of Cruelty to Animalsnational Help A Horse Dayon April 25 and competingfor a chance to win up to$10,000 in grant prizes toassist with their efforts toprotect horses.

To celebrate the day,Racer Placers will be join-ing Brattset Family Farmnear Jefferson for a fun-lled day on the farm. Theevent will be from 11 a.m.to 4:30 p.m., and will be atN2437 Brattset Lane, Jef-ferson.

The nationwide competi-tion is for equine rescuesand sanctuaries to raiseawareness about the life-saving work they do year-round to care for at-riskhorses in their communityor those who have beenabused or neglected.

Horses have been centralto the ASPCA’s work sinceits founding 149 years ago,

when Henry Bergh stoppeda cart driver from beatinghis horse, resulting in therst successful arrest forthe mistreatment of a horseon April 26, 1866.

“The ASPCA Help AHorse Day contest is awonderful opportunity forour team to welcome theresidents and businesses ofour community onto thefarm to help spread aware-ness about horses in ourcommunity who are inneed of forever homes,”said Nona Brattset, execu-tive director of Racer Plac-ers. “Horses are majestic,loving animals, and wehope our local supporterswill come out on April25th to help us win a$10,000 grant so we cancontinue our lifesaving ef-forts for years to come.”

Events will include natu-ral horsemanship trainingand driving demonstra-tions; an opportunity tovisit with an equine veteri-

narian; a chance to get aclose-up look at Standard-bred horses, miniaturehorses, donkeys, chickensand sheep; a tour of a 10-acre agroforestry plantingof nut and fruit trees, cutowers and seasonal veg-etables; information abouta grass-fed beef and dairycattle business; and an op-portunity to view theSouthern Kettle Morainefrom atop a drumlin andlisten to a geologist explainhow the topography wasformed.

Bluegrass music, horse-and tractor-drawn tours ofthe farm and kids’ activi-ties will be providedthroughout the day.

A “Farm to Fork” locallysourced lunch will beavailable for purchase.

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The Northern SaddleClub has worked tobring some of the bestriding trails in Wiscon-sin to the northern partof the state.

There are three eques-trian trail systems withina 20-mile radius: Hall’sCreek, Bush Lake Flatsand Horse Shoe Falls.

The Northern SaddleClub helps support thesetrails in Florence andMarinette counties.

Hall’s Creek and BushLake Flats are located offof County Highway C inFlorence County. Theyare multi-used with hikersand hunters. Hall’s is alsoused for cross-countryskiing. HorseShoe Falls islocated near Dunbar/Pem-bine. The trails are wellmarked. Camping is al-lowed at all trailheadswhich have picnic tablesand re rings.

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By Heidi ClausenRegional Editor | [email protected]

Farming the way it wasdone a century or more agowill be demonstrated duringthe 2015 Minnesota HorseExpo.

The Northern MinnesotaDraft Horse Associationand the Minnesota HorseBreeders Association haveteamed up to put together anew exhibit of vintagehorse-drawn machinery,some dating back to theearly-1900s, that’s still usedon working Minnesotafarms. Some modern-dayhorse-drawn equipmentalso will be shown.

The equipment can beviewed Friday, April 24,

and Saturday, April 25, dur-ing the expo on the westside of the AgStar Arena atthe Minnesota State Fair-ground in St. Paul.

Nineteen draft teams rep-resenting a variety of horsebreeds, such as Belgian,Percheron and Clydesdale,and a pair of mules, will beon hand.

Members of the NMDHAand the MHBA will be thereto share machinery facts andhistory, as well as detailsabout the horses.

From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.both days, teams of drafthorses will be hitched to themachinery and driventhrough the arena, where anannouncer will share infor-mation about both thehorses and the equipment.

Among the almost 30pieces of horse-drawnequipment expected to beon hand will be dump wag-ons, scrapers, road graders,manure spreaders, a stoneboat, plows, cultivators, agrain drill, a corn planter, a

seeder, a corn binder, amower, a hay tedder and aside rake.

No two pieces will be thesame, according to orga-nizer Mike Berthiaume, aNMDHA and MHBAmember and horse trainerwho has a 50-acre farm andfarrier supply business nearRockford, Minn.

Accompanying eachpiece will be a descriptionthat includes when it wasmanufactured and how it

was used in farming orother industries, such asroad construction.

“It’s always good to keepthe old ways in mind andnot forget how this countrywas started originally,”Berthiaume said.

More and more people aretaking an interest in horse-drawn machinery — as col-lectors, as farmers or asspectators at area eld days.

Berthiaume said theNMDHA’s fall eld day

last year drew 120 horses,plus mules, oxen and 1,200spectators. The group,which has about 250 mem-bers, also hosts a springplow day.

Berthiaume, a farrier bytrade, said he and some ofhis clients plan to bring fourblack Shires to the expo. Hewill bring three pieces ofequipment, including No. 9and No. 1 McCormick two-way plows and a 10-footdisk that will be poweredby all four horses abreast.

Noticing the rising inter-est in farm draft horses, theNMDHA and MHBA be-gan collaborating on thenew exhibit a couple ofyears ago, according toMHE Director of MarketingKathy Juhl.

“There’s so much interest,”she said. “We’re thinking, if itworks, we could do morewith draft horses next year.”

Ideas for the future couldinclude an obstacle courseor feed race.

Because these are work-ing farm horses, not showhorses accustomed to largecrowds, every effort is be-ing made to make sure theyare at ease on the congestedfairground.

“We want to presentthem in a way that’s com-fortable for the horses andthe owners,” she said.

Teaming upDraft groups to display vintage horse-drawn

machinery at Minnesota Horse Expo

Lisa Ringer of Long Lake, Minn., and her pair of Shires pulled a McCormick-DeeringNo. 9 sulky plow. With two wheels and a stiff tongue, these plows were introduced in1920 and could be used with two to four horses. It was available in 12-, 14- and 16-inch bottoms. The International Harvester Co. bought out McCormick and endedproduction of the plow in 1947.

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Vintage horse-drawn machinery will be on display at theAgStar Arena on Friday and Saturday during the MinnesotaHorse Expo. Demonstrations will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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Horse-A-Rama to give leg up to women ridersBy Sara Bredesen

Regional Editor | [email protected]

From its theme—“What’s New on theScene in 2015?” — to itsprogramming, Horse-A-Rama, May 2-3 at theManitowoc Expo Centergrounds, will be lookingdifferent.

“It is imperative for thelife cycle of this particularfundraiser that they getmore clinicians that are rel-evant to what’s happeningin horses right now withthe current women who areplaying in horses in our in-dustry,” said Michelle En-dries, program director forthe equine event and aHAR board member.

Endries said survey andmarketing observations putthe horse demographic asprime-time women be-tween 50 and 70 years oldwho are educated, semi-re-tired and have their chil-dren out of the house,

“Their horses right noware a hobby, and they arevery much enjoying this asa lifestyle choice, not justriding on weekends or tak-ing lessons as a means ofexercise or something, buttruly the horses are part oftheir family,” said Endries,who travels the country

with her business HorseyHabbit Saddlery and Tack.“We’re seeing this exactsame customer group overand over and over again, sowe know it’s not just ourarea locally. This seems tobe a trend of what’s hap-pening in horses rightnow.”

To meet the needs of thatdemographic and freshenthe appeal of HAR, En-dries said featured clini-cians for this year’s eventhave been selected speci-cally for that audience.

“Women right now areall about biometrics, Pi-lates, understanding howtheir bodies work and un-derstanding how that af-fects how their horsesmove; that connection be-tween the horses’ mind andthe human,” Endries said.“There is denitely an

emotional thing where wereally get a kick out of thehorse becoming a part ofthat relationship and enjoy-ing it with us.”

She called it “the horse/human bond thing” andsaid clinicians were chosenwho could help make thehorse more comfortableand the rider more success-ful in building that relation-ship.

Featured clinician PeggyCummings is one of those.Endries described her as“the godmother of biome-chanics.”

“It’s not often that youget a trainer that is touchy-feely and intuitive with thehorses ... but also has theverbal ability to explainwhat has just happened,”she said. “Usually they justhave the one side or theother.”

Clinician Tracy Porter isanother like that who un-derstands that women mayhave fear and condenceissues. They often treattheir horses like children ora family member andsometimes think a horse ismad at them, when it is re-ally just expressing bad be-havior.

“Tracy Porter is one ofthose people who has aninnate ability to be a care-taker to help you throughyour fearful issues, but atthe same time show youhow to discipline that horsein baby steps that build onone another and eventuallybecome bigger things,” En-dries said.

Both clinicians will bepart of the weekend pro-gramming but will be of-fering specially discountedride-along preclinics onFriday. For more informa-tion and registration, visitthe HAR website.

Charlee Wilson, an Ap-pleton native and one ofonly eight certied eques-trian Pilates trainers in thecountry, will present ses-sions that combine Pilates,rider meditation, positiveafrmation, biomechanicsof the rider and anatomicalcorrectness. She will ad-dress issues like how to get

through injuries and how tokeep t when off the horsefor months, Endries said.

Matt Schaefer, an equineveterinarian with DairylandVeterinary Services, willbe presenting programsabout horse health andspecically dental health.

“He’s got some prettyhigh-tech endoscopes withcameras on them that he’sgoing to have in thehorse’s mouth, and all ofthat will be projected up ona screen while he’s work-ing,” Endries said.

Keith Kesick, a farrierand personal safety spe-cialist who owns theMagokoro Martial Artstraining center in Ply-mouth, will talk about per-sonal protection, how torecognize and avoid situa-tions that could turn bad,and how to respond whengrabbed. Kesick has devel-oped and taught severalanti-bully and anti-abduc-tion programs and feltthere was a need for asafety class designed forequestrians.

Endries said that one ofthe holes in the industry isthat fewer young peopleare getting involved withhorses. To help addressthat, the Kid’s Corral is be-ing expanded to feature in-

formation about the 4-Hhorse project, ridinglessons and other youth op-portunities. One of thebest-attended events of theweekend is traditionally theused tack sale, which runsboth days. Proceeds benetHAR and the county’s 4-Hhorse program. Buyers cannd gently used, cleanmerchandise.

A new feature this yearis a ride-and-drive demoarea where Riesterer andSchnell will offer drivingdemos and some seminarson how their tractors work.Endries said dealers will bebringing smaller tractorsand pieces of machinerythat are scaled to womenoperators and hobby farms.

“It’s an opportunity to sitin the arena on a tractorwith somebody genuinelytrying to coach you andteach you how to be suc-cessful with this tool andletting you play with it onyour own terms,” she said.

Riesterer and Schnell is amajor sponsor of HAR.

Riders are encouraged tobring their horses to theevent and take part inbreed displays, demonstra-tions and networking. In-formation and registrationmaterials are available atwww.horse-a-rama.org.

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What: Horse-A-Rama.When: May 2, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; May 3, 9 a.m. to

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Expo Drive, Manitowoc.Events: Equine clinicians, Kid’s Corral, silent auc-

tion, 4-H tack sale, photo and art contest, vendors,Riesterer and Schnell ride-and-drive.

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Pony club to benetfrom Alliant upgrades

By Nate JacksonRegional Editor | [email protected]

Updates to the Alliant En-ergy Center come at an idealtime for the Wisconsin Ponyof the Americas Club.

The club will host the Mid-west Regional Pony of theAmericas show Aug. 7-9 atthe Alliant Energy Center inMadison with a Midwest Re-gional Promo event preced-ing the show on Aug. 5-6.

“It is going to be a bigshow for POA,” said JackieDevine-Pertzborn, WPOAroyalty adviser. “We’re reallyexcited about it.”

During the club’s last turnto host the regional show,which rotates between Wis-consin, Illinois, Iowa, SouthDakota and Minnesota, theyheld the event in Winona,Minn.

“Winona has a nice, mod-ern facility all housed underone roof,” Devine-Pertzbornsaid. “Wisconsin didn’t haveanything like that available atthe time.”

That changed in October,when the new $25-millionpavilions at the Alliant En-ergy Center opened before

the 2014 World Dairy Expo.“We are really excited to

hold it in our home state,”Devine-Pertzborn said. “Thisis a great, new facility, andMadison has so much to of-fer everyone coming to theshow.”

Devine-Pertzborn said theclub expects between 200and 300 ponies at the show.Ponies are a maximum of 56inches — 14 hands — tall,she said.

“The pedigrees are veryimpressive,” Devine-Pertzborn said.

Devine-Pertzborn said theevent will feature more than100 classes of competitions.The 2015 royalty, which in-cludes Queen Laren Perry,King Hunter Bougie,Princess Brooke Magnus,Prince Jase Katzenberger,Tiny Tot Princess MyahKatzenberger and Tiny TotPrince Gaven Marx, willwelcome competitors to theMidwest Regional show.

“It’s going to be very ex-citing,” Devine-Pertzbornsaid. “The days are lled, andit’s fun for the whole family.”

“POA has something forall ages. Youth is our main

focus, but adults can showtoo.”

There is no charge to at-tend the event, and vendorspots are still available,Devine-Pertzborn said. Thepromo event begins at 5 p.m.Wednesday, Aug. 5. The restof the show’s events will be-gin at 7 a.m. each day. Formore information, visit theWisconsin Pony of theAmericas Club website atwww.wpoac.com.

“We’re hoping to drawsome new people to theshow,” Devine-Pertzbornsaid. “These events are likeone big, extended familygathering. We’re competi-tors, but we’re all friends.

“This should be a greatway to keep the club grow-ing.”

The WPOAC has morethan 100 members. In addi-tion to the Midwest Re-gional and Midwest Re-gional Promo shows, theclub will host two-dayshows May 16-17 in WestSalem, June 13-14 in Custerand Sept. 5-6 in Black RiverFalls, as well as a WPOACFuturity event Aug. 22-23 inWest Salem.

Photo by Jim Massey

The Wisconsin Pony of the Americas Club will host the Midwest Regional Pony of theAmericas show Aug. 7-9 in the new Alliant Energy Center barns, which werecompleted before the start of the 2014 World Dairy Expo.

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Festival to celebrateequine history on island

By Karyn EckertRegional Editor | [email protected]

Horses take center stage in acelebration of their history andbeauty at the Mackinac IslandFestival of the Horse, Aug. 28-29.

The Mackinac Horsemen’sAssociation holds an annualfestival to celebrate the horse’srole on the island, where auto-mobiles have been banned formore than 100 years. The is-land, located between the up-per and lower peninsulas ofMichigan, is a National His-toric Landmark.

All events will take place atthe Michigan Horse CouncilArena located beneath theGrand Hotel on Mackinac Is-land, with the exception of thearade which will run throughdowntown Main Street.  Clin-ics are free and pony rides are$5 for several trips around thearena.

Friday, Aug. 28, will include

the Carriage and Saddle HorseParade through the downtownarea.

Saturday’s events include aclinic with Betsy Van Dyke, aU.S. Dressage Federation goldmedalist. She will present“Learning Musical Freestyle101.” Van Dyke placed sev-enth at the U.S. Dressage Fi-nals 2014 National Competi-tion.

There will also be a driving

demonstration and history ofcarriages with island carriagesand drivers.

Featured performers forSaturday’s Breeds of Mack-inac Presentation and MusicalPerformances include: EricaMatherly on her Friesian Ce-vantes; Betsy Van Dyke onher Danish Warmblood Tan-ner; and Maryanke Alexanderon her Friesian Regina andMichelle Stuck on her FriesianGysbert performing to "Let ItGo" from Disney's "Frozen."

Admission to the musicalfreestyle performance is $10for adults, $5 for children ages5 to 12, and children ages 5and under are free.

Proceeds from the festivalsupport MHA projects.

The association also willhost its 45th annual MackinacIsland Horse Show Aug. 2 atthe Mackinac CommunityEquestrian Center on BritishLanding Road. The show isopen to all ages.

Horse-A-Rama funds equine facilityBy Sara Bredesen

Regional Editor | [email protected]

Visitors to Horse-A-Rama May 2-3 at the Man-itowoc County Expogrounds will see the workof dedicated volunteers andbe part of a fundraising ef-fort that has gone on fornearly 30 years.

HAR was organized in1987 to offer educationalprogramming for horse en-thusiasts and as a fundraiserto build infrastructure forequine events on thecounty-owned expogrounds. Over the years, theall-volunteer organizationhas built its show ring, exer-cise ring, horse barn andmade dozens of upgrades tothe county grounds to makeit a horse-friendly facility.

“We’re trying to improvethe facility so more horseshows, clinics, horse

events, things like that canhappen at these groundsand draw more of thosebetter events to our area,”said Michelle Endries, aHAR board member andprogram coordinator forthis year’s weekend equineevent.

Endries said the eventhad plateaued as afundraiser and was shrink-ing in size and attendanceover the past several years.In response, the board of di-rectors has added newblood, and the weekendevent is taking a new direc-tion.

“We really need to bringthis back,” Endries said.“There’s not that many op-portunities to be involvedwith your horse locally,and something like this is agem that can’t be lost.”

She said Horse-A-Ramaoffers great teaching op-

portunities, is a popularshopping outing for equineitems, is close to home forUpper Peninsula and north-woods visitors, and is notout of the price range offamilies to attend. It willtake about three years torebuild the event to what itwas a decade ago, but or-ganizers are absolutelycommitted to making ithappen, she said.

It’s all about change, En-dries said: “(Visitors) willjust keep seeing better andbetter things from us eachyear.”

The HAR board of direc-tors is raising funds for anumber of future projects,including an 80-by-100-foot indoor arena, a waterwagon and pulling vehicleto control dust, cementoor and aisles for Barn C,and eventual replacementof the original two barns.

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Mackinac Island’s7th Annual

August 28 & 29, 2015Festival of the Horse is pleased to

welcome back special guestsBETSEY VAN DYKE

and ERICA MATHERLY

For more information and updates...please visit

mackinachorses.orgAll proceeds will benefi t the Mackinac Horsemen’s

Association equestrian programs on Mackinac Island.

In recognition of the unique ordinance of 1898,

banning the “horseless” carriage on Mackinac Island,

and in that the “Horse is King” on Mackinac Island,

we welcome you to join us to celebrate

Mackinac Island’s Festival of the Horse!

Friday, August 28• Dress rehearsal for Saturday’s Equestrian Freestyles• Carriage and Saddle Horse Parade (Main Street)

Saturday, August 29• Clinic with Betsy Van Dyke

“Learning Musical Freestyle 101”• Driving demonstration and history of carriages

with Island carriages and drivers• Breeds of Mackinac Presentation & Musical• Performances by:

– Betsy Van Dyke on her Danish Warmblood Tanner– Erica Matherly on her Friesian Cevantes– Maryanke Alexander on her Friesian Regina– Michelle Stuck on her Friesian Gysbert

All performances and events will be at the

Michigan Horse Council Arena located below the Grand Hotel

Please refer to our web sites for updates and

event details as they become available...

All events subject to change without noticePhoto credits: Cally Matherly - www.callyspictures.com

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Spooner Rodeo is July 9-11The 62nd Spooner

Rodeo will run July 9-11at the rodeo grounds inSpooner. Show time is at7:30 p.m. all three days.

An Exceptional Rodeowill be at 6:30 p.m.Thursday, with a paradeat 1:30 p.m. Saturday.The Cowboy Church Ser-vice will be at 9 a.m.Sunday. Music will be

provided all three days at10 p.m. by the RyneBrashear Band.

General admission is$16 for adults and $8 forchildren; reserved seatsare $20 for adults and$10 for children. TheThursday Coca-ColaFamily Night special is$32 for two adults andve children. Parking on

the grounds is free.For more information

or to purchase tickets,call 800-367-3306; sendcheck or money order toRODEO, 122 N. RiverSt., Spooner, WI 54801;stop by the WashburnCounty InformationCenter in Spooner; orvisit www.spoonerrodeo.com.

Lodi vets offer ofcial care at Midwest Horse FairBy Sevie Kenyon

Correspondent

Horses at the 2015 Mid-west Horse Fair will havetheir health covered by ateam of the state’s topequine practitioners. Fromthe start on Friday rightthrough the last of the ac-tivities on Sunday, thehorses attending the fairhave 24-hour, on-site cov-erage from veterinariansDean Meyer, David Kolb,Corrine McKittrick, andCassie Torhorst, all withLodi Veterinary Care.

“We stay at the motelright there so we're avail-able 24 hours a day,”Meyer said. “We're there tomake sure things go well atcheck in and we cover theFriday night rodeo in casethere's an injury.”

Based on past experi-ence, Meyer expects theshow to run smoothly.

There are the occasionalcuts, and once in a whilehorses stressed by the newenvironment, feed and wa-ter will colic.

“If it's something seriousthe UW-Madison vetschool is right here intown,” he said.

Corinne McKittrickagreed there usually isn'tmuch to worry about dur-ing the show. She also ispresenting a seminar abouttick diseases. Tick diseaseshave greatly increased inthe last several years, espe-cially Anaplasmosis andLyme disease.

“We have new tests, newtreatment strategies, andnew preventive practices,”McKittrick said. “We livein a part of the countrywhere we see a lot of tick-borne issues. But it doesseem to be spreading tomore areas all the time.”

In fact, three of the vet-

erinarians from Lodi VetCare are presenting educa-tional seminars during thefair, including McKittrickspeaking about tick dis-eases, one of her special-ties. David Kolb willpresent “New & ImprovedTreatment Strategies forNavicular Disease” Fri-day, April 17 from 11:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in theNutrena Senior Room and“Care of the GeriatricHorse” April 17 from 4:30to 5:30 p.m. in the NutrenaSafeChoice Room.Corinne McKittrick willpresent “Nutritional Un-soundness” Saturday,April 18 from 9 to 10 a.m.in the Nutrena SeniorRoom and “Tick Tock:Time to Discuss TickBorne Disease & Preven-tion” April 18 from 1 to02 p.m. in the NutrenaEmpower Room. On Sun-day, April 19, Dean Meyer

will present “Equine Den-tistry: What’s Inside YourHorse’s Mouth” from 3 to4 p.m. in the Nutrena Se-nior Room.

Being a “horse doctor”presents some rewards andchallenges. For Meyer, un-derstanding that peoplemake horses part of thefamily affects what youdo.

“People get really closeto their horses so if a horseis sick or injured they canget a little panicky,” Meyersaid. “You have to be ableto manage people as wellas be aware of the situationand stay calm yourself.”

Meyer is also happy tobe a veterinarian at theLodi Vet Clinic because heknows if there is real trou-ble there is a team of pro-fessionals to back him up.A phone call can bring re-inforcements if it's neededand he welcomes being

able to share ideas with theother vets.

McKittrick said one ofthe things she likes aboutLVC is the emphasis oneducation and communica-tions.

“We have a great well-ness package,” she said.“We do a good job of en-couraging people to prac-tice preventive measuresthat keep their animals ingood condition all thetime.”

As for challenges,McKittrick said the veteri-narians have to stay ingood shape. She said car-ing for large animals is aphysical endeavor, so stay-ing in condition is impor-tant. There is lifting andpushing and climbing andtraveling to do all day long.

Meyer has been involvedwith horses and their own-ers on many levels duringhis career. His strong inter-

est in equine nutrition ledto the formation of Doc-tor’s Choice supplements,the makers of Equi-Shine.His other professional in-terests include reproduc-tion, lameness and all as-pects of dental care.

McKittrick is a 2010graduate of the Universityof Wisconsin School ofVeterinary Medicine. Shehas a strong interest in oph-thalmology, especially thecomplicated cases. Herother professional interestsinclude tick-related cases,such as Lyme disease andAnaplasmosis, as well astick control.

Kolb is a 1987 graduateof the University of Wis-consin School of Veteri-nary Medicine. Kolb’smain interests are equinelameness and reproductionbut said he nds all areasof practice challenging andexciting.

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Midwest Horse Fair gallops into new facilityBy Karyn Eckert

Regional Editor | [email protected]

2015 will be an excitingyear for the Midwest HorseFair, and the theme, "Gal-loping Into the Future," isvery tting. The fair willmove into the state-of-the-art New Holland Pavilionsat the Alliant Energy Cen-ter in Madison. This year'sfair is April 17-19.

The two New HollandPavilions total 290,000square feet and replaceeight older barns on thegrounds. The new pavil-ions will have all newstalls, covered wash bays,concessions and bath-rooms.

“We’re very excitedabout the pavilions,” saidRhonda Reese, generalmanager of the Midwest

Horse Fair. “They are gor-geous and they are going tobe fantastic.”

Reese said the construc-tion has given them the op-portunity to do some rear-ranging to make the fair’slayout more efcient andvisitor friendly. The newbuildings have also al-lowed the fair to eliminatethe large tents housingdemonstration areas. Pavil-ion One, a 90,000-square-foot heated structure, willbe the new home of Stal-lion Avenue, Kids Korral,the second Midwest HorseFair gift shop, the AndisDemo Area and the enter-tainment lounge on themezzanine level. Thispavilion will also house theHutchinson Arena.

The 200,000-square-footPavilion Two will feature

the new Welcome Centerand volunteer ofce, an in-formation booth and theHW Brand Arena. Thisbuilding will also house themajority of the event’shorses with 650 box stalls.

Reese said she expectssome challenges as the fairadapts to its new settings,but fair organizers are ex-cited for this year’s fair andthe future opportunitieswith the new pavilions.

CliniciansThe 2015 lineup of clin-

icians at the MidwestHorse Fair features well-known names from a vastspan of disciplines. Fri-day’s lineup in the Blain’sFarm and Fleet Coliseumincludes Bryan Neubertwith “Cow Horse Kinder-garten,” Bernie Trauigwith “Hunters, Day 1,” PatParelli with his session“Horses are from Mars,Humans are from Venus,”John Payne with “OneArm Bandit,” DavidDellin with “JudgingWestern Pleasure” andMatt McLaughlin with“Training through 2ndLevel Dressage.”

The Hutchinson Arena,HW Brand Arena andNutrena Arena will also befeaturing renowned clini-cians, including saddleseatcoach and judge GayleLampe, horsemanship ex-pert Al Dunning, barrelracing champion MollyPowell and reining expertAaron Ralstron. TheHutchinson and HW Brand

arenas are located insidethe New Holland Pavilions,while the Nutrena Arena isjust to the east, between theColesium and ExhibitionHall.

The Andis Demo Ringinside Pavilion One will in-clude a variety of informa-tional sessions for horseowners, from grooming tohealth and wellness.Brooke Sheridan, “TheClipper Girl,” will leadseven demonstrationsthroughout the weekend.Sheridan is the go-togroomer for the nation’stop miniature-horse farms.

Even more experts willshare information atNutrena Hall, located onthe north end of the Exhibi-tion Hall. The three confer-ence rooms have a fullslate of speakers discussinganything from saddle t-ting and conformation tohorse behavior and safetyto photography and pasturemanagement.

EntertainmentThe Friday night PRCA

Rodeo, presented byNutrena, will feature sevenstandard events: barebackriding, steer wrestling,team roping, saddle broncriding, tie-down roping,barrel racing and bull rid-ing.

Saturday’s Epic Night ofthe Horse, produced byMidwest Horse Fair andpresented by Blain’s Farmand Fleet, will feature mu-sic, special effects and per-formances by world-

renowned clinicians andentertainers.

PRCA Rodeo and EpicNight of the Horse eventsrequire separate tickets andare available through Tick-etmaster.

The Ho-Chunk GamingEntertainment Lounge willfeature great musicthroughout the weekend.Live performances includeAngels & Outlaws, JoshBecker, Honeyshot, JoshuaScott Jones, Shelley Faith,The Verdict and bluegrassby Roller Mills StringBand.

Other featuresWisconsin’s Big Jake,

the world’s tallest livinghorse, returns to the fair.Standing just shy of 20hands, 3 inches at the with-ers (just shy of 7 feet), BigJake is a 14-year-old Bel-gian gelding from SmokeyHollow Farm outsidePoynette. He was ofciallycertied by the GuinessBook of World Records in2010. Joining him will beAlmighty Bruce, also a 14-year-old Belgian whostands just a shade shorterthan Jake, but outweighshim by 250 pounds. To-gether, they make up whatmight be the world’s tallesthorse team.

Draft enthusiasts willalso enjoy Express Clyds-dales, the world championsix- and eight-horse hitch.The hitch of Express Em-ployment Professionals hasmade appearances all overthe U.S. and Canada, in-

cluding the Calgary Stam-pede, Macy's ThanksgivingDay Parade and the RoseBowl Parade.

Smokin’ 6 Hitch paystribute to the proud historyof America’s reghtersthrough time with an actthat combines the love ofhorses and reghting his-tory. The pony hitch re-cre-ates the spark of a bygoneera when few sights com-pared to the ashy, horse-drawn re wagon clangingits bell as it raced to a re.

Visitors will also be ableto meet the world’s tallestdonkey. Brothers Romulusand Remus are a pair ofAmerican Mammoth Jack-stock geldings. In 2013,Romulus ofcially mea-sured 17 hands at the with-ers, a full 5 inches tallerthan the previous recordholder, and was certiedby the Guiness Book ofWorld Records as theworld’s tallest donkey. Re-mus stands just 2 inchesshorter than his brother.

Throughout the week-end, visitors will be able toenjoy carriage rides pro-vided by the Midwest DraftHorse Enthusiasts, libertypresentations, pony ridesand world champion black-smiths returning to the fair.

Mobile appThis is the third year of

the Midwest Horse Fairmobile app, available freefor Apple or Android de-vices. The app puts thefair’s schedule, interactivemaps, exhibitor listings,clinician bios and moreright in your pocket. Appusers can also build theirown schedule and set re-minders for events theywant to attend.

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