e-Rider 06 September 2000

Welcome to e-Rider, the newsletter for AtlanticRider.com. AtlanticRider.com is Atlantic Canada's most comprehensive resource for the horse enthusiast.

Where can you see Anne Kursinski, John Lyons, Susan Harris, Linda Tellington-Jones, Sharon Camaillo, Alexandra Kurland, Les Vogt, Jimmy Wofford, Brian Dygert, Hilda Gurney and other top clinicians simply by walking from one building to another? And where can you do all these things and check out trailers built by all the top manufacturers and tack and equipment from tack stores throughout the United States and Canada? Add in demonstrations by all the major breeds - and some of the more obscure ones - plus the incredible musical extravanganza Pfizer Fantasia and you've got Equine Affaire!

EquineTours offers you the opportunity to travel to Equine Affaire in Springfield, Massachusetts in comfort and style. Travel dates are November 8-12 with departures from Halifax and Moncton. Packages include travel, admission, and accommodations (including breakfasts) starting at only $599 (Cdn). Reserve your seat today! See www.EquineTours.com or call 1-800-431-5888 for details.

Cody Squires, is from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland. He is 2 1/2 yrs old and has just started riding this summer. He is shown riding a 24 year old leopard Appaloosa, Joker Sunchant, who is owned by a friend of Cody's Mom. Rider of the Week.

We would love to have your suggestions for Rider of the Week. Please submit a photo and a description of the team you are nominating. This can be done by mail to: PO Box 7305, Riverview NB E1B 4T9 or by email: donna@AtlanticRider.com

A second athlete in as many days has been booted off the Canadian Olympic team following a positive drug test, CBC Newsworld reported Wednesday. Newsworld said Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, Ont., a member of the Canadian equestrian team, tested positive for cocaine and has been dropped from the team. It said the test was performed in late July. More on the story.

The Maritime Fall Fair CEF Prize Lists were mailed on August 15th. If you are a new competitor (have not shown at the former Atlantic Winter Fair) please contact the Maritime Fall Fair office for information. Phone: 902-876-8214. Fax: 902-876-8551. Entries are due by September 6th.

Amadeus Mozart Ara-Li has been named Lippitt of the Year for the second year in a row by the Lippitt Club. The Lippitt is a family within the Morgan breed which has fewer outcrossings to other breeds, and no twentieth century outcrossings, than any other Morgans. The Lippitt Club has members throughout the US and Canada and is spreading to other countries. The Lippitt of the Year is the Lippitt who has generated the greatest amount of favourable notice for the Lippitt Morgan in the previous year. Amadeus Mozart Ara-Li is owned by Walter and Dawn Brown of Collina, outside Sussex, NB. The Browns traveled to the Lippitt Country Show in Tunbridge, Vermont on August 19 and 20 with "Mozart" to accept the award.

We would love to hear the local news from your area! Please email to donna@atlanticrider.com.

The United States Equestrian Team (USET) has announced a Young Rider Reining Medal class as part of the 2001 USET programs. In addition to identifying future international riders, the class promotes valuable horsemanship experience and tests the riding abilities of each athlete. The Young Rider Reining Medal class is one of many programs that the USET has developed to assist riders in their quest for equestrian excellence. More on the new Reining Medal Classes.

A Level 1 and 2 English Coaching Evaluation is tentatively scheduled for October 21st and 22nd at Fall River Stables, Fall River, NS. The examiner will be Jill Barker. If you are interested in participating, please contact the NSEF office by September 15th. The number of candidates will determine whether it is possible to hold the evaluation.

I am looking for a barn close to St. John's to board my horse that's coming within the next month. If you know of any barns in or near St. John's that have good facilities and an extra stall, please email me. Laura: smartypants102@hotmail.com (St. John's, NF)

The Jouster, black eight-year old Morgan/QH. Professionally trained, sound, no vices. Would make excellent child's horse. Used in 4-H. 15 hh. $2500 firm. Lindsay Addison: lindsayaddison@hotmail.com or 902-897-2028 (Truro, NS)

1994 McBride two-horse trailer. Ramp load with rubber mats and electric brakes. Very lightly used - only four times! Extra high and wide. Excellent condition. $4700. Photo. Kim Belzile: 506-863-3528 (Moncton, NB)

Non-commercial classifieds are free (including pictures!) to residents of Atlantic Canada! We also offer great rates for commercial ads! Advertisers: please be sure to let us know (via phone, email, or fax) when you sell (or obtain) the advertised item.

Over 100 horses and riders/drivers from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island converged at the Princess Louise Show Park in Sussex, NB on the weekend of August 25 to 27 to compete in the first regional equestrian championships to be held in several years. This event was sponsored by the New Brunswick Equestrian Association. More on the event and list of champions.

September 9: Eastern Summer Equine Sale. Now holding monthly sales, second Saturday of each month. Horses, ponies and other livestock; new and used tack; anything else you would like to sell. Anyone may bring animals or other items. Next date: October 7. Stuart or Laurie Appt: seaglow@nb.sympatico.ca or 506-488-2311

September 9-10: Overnight Trail Ride, Hatfields Point Pot Luck. Contact Stephen & Debbie Harper: 506-485-2468.

September 9-10: Appaloosa and Paint Show, Petitcodiac, NB. Two judges. Maritime Paint & APHA approved. NB Appaloosa & ApHCC pointed. Wendy or Bruce Fillmore: 506-756-3386

September 10: Open Horse Show, Lawrencetown Exhibition Grounds, Annapolis Co, NS hosted by the Valley Reiners Association. Four coolers available. Halter, English, Western and Games. Stake classes. Starting time 9:00 am. Contact Donna Scally: 902-825-4462

September 10: Hobby Horse Horse Trials (Class 8). Hobby Horse Farm, Coldbrook, NS. Contact Leslie Wade: 902-679-4538

September 10: Baxter's Cattle Company presents Team Cattle Penning at Middleton Meadows, Wilmot, NS. Open, Amateur, and Youth Divisions. Registration 8:00 am - 9:30 am. Start time 10:00 am. Contact Scott or Cheryl: b.cow.co@ns.sympatico.ca or 902-679-2879

September 12: "Basic Horse Care Course." Eight week program. Free introductory night. Contact Debby McFadzen: 506-372-4384.

We would be happy to include your horse-related event in our free listing. Email the information to: donna@atlanticrider.com or phone 1-800-431-5888.

Three arbitrators from the American Arbitration Association issued their ruling yesterday, August 31, 2000, in a matter involving trainers Linda Shahinian and Nicole Shahinian-Simpson, and owner El Campeon Farms vs. the American Horse Shows Association, Inc. (AHSA). The case involved AHSA charges against the parties originally filed under the AHSA's Drugs and Medications rules. Shahinian, Shahinian-Simpson, and El Campeon Farms had sought arbitration of the charges because Mrs. Simpson was a candidate for the Olympic Games jumping squad for the USA. As a result, the case was not decided by the AHSA Hearing Committee. More on this story.

Building a barn? New walkway? We saw a great idea at Jana Hemphill's Wild Wind Equestrian Centre outside Summerside, PEI. She set a horse shoe in the concrete aisle of her barn. Do you know of other 'stable ideas'? Send them to donna@atlanticrider.com and we will share them with other Atlantic Canada horse enthusiasts.