Marin Chapter ShowOur Chapter show was a success as always. The rain held off and it was beautiful and cool with wonderful white and grey clouds floating by and spring green everywhere! There were some very nice rides in all of the levels. The judges were Heidi Gaian andCharles De Kunffy. Rebecca Lewis was the TD. I would like to Thank, Mary Schrader, our Show Manager for all her help. Dana Allen for her scoring, basket preparation, and food organizing. Kathy Goldstein for organizing several donations and putting the baskets together, also Thank You, for scribing! Sally Mays Thank You for scribing!. Sandy Sherman, Thank you for your help with lunch and the silent Auction. Thank you Monica Brett and Liza Loofbourrow for handling the all important task of Gate Keeper. Dick Evans Thank you for your food vending assistance. Marsha Hayden for organizing the volunteers. And a Big Thank You to the competitors for supporting our show and braving the weather! It truly takes a large, active and very dedicated village to put on a good Dressage Show! High Point Rider was Rebecca Cushman. She also received the Marin Perpetual Trophy. Congratulations Rebecca!! Generous Sponsors for the Chapter Show Were:
Thank you all very much!Our Feature Barn for the Month is La Vigna RanchIf you are a CDS Marin Chapter member you have probably been to La Vigna Ranch. Before it was purchased by Ron & Katie LaVigna it was called San Antonio Valley Stables and was the home of several locally known trainers and many dressage competitions. When San Antonio Valley Stables was sold it was divided into two parts. The La Vignas purchased the side with the covered arena and proceeded to mold it into a beautiful private facility. Trainer Claire Long teamed up with the La Vignas in January of 2001. Initially, she brought in 6 horses and their owners. The La Vignas wanted to take it slowly and to “feel out” the training facility idea. These 6 included: Leslie Ungermann, now Leslie Taylor, with her Hannoverian mare “Bari” and Trakhener gelding “Aslan”. Breen Jenkins with her Hannoverian gelding “Hudson” and SWB gelding “Bravo”. Keith Bradkowski with his Trakhener gelding “Nicolai”. All were Marin Chapter members and competitors. Dana Strauss came with her Azteca gelding “Cielo” as a weekly haul in and eventually a winter boarder. At this time Lacey La Vigna began riding with Clare on her TB gelding “Aces”:. In April of 2001, Heather Pollard Krause joined up with Clare as her student but quickly advanced to assistant trainer. As a team, they expanded to fill the barn to its 24 horse capacity, just the right size to be active and social without being too big or too busy. La Vigna Ranch is set up very well for convenience, comfort, safety, and a happy place for horse and rider to learn and excel in dressage. The facility offers a full court covered arena, an outside short court, indoor hot water wash racks, very well bedded and ventilated stall, stalls with paddocks, and all weather turnouts. All topped off with beautiful landscaping, stone walls, and a pillard security gate. The “new” barn, finished to accomidate the growing number of horses, is insulated, light and airy, with its own big tack room and hot water wash racks. This barn has a quiet, relaxing feel, excellent for the more high strung or nervous horse, while the main barn has more entertainment for the horse that likes a more lively environment. The idea for the horses (and riders) at La Vignas is individualized full, and custom care. The horses get 3 feeds a day, deep water buckets in their stalls, and half to full day turn out. Turnouts and stalls are monitored through out the day, every day. Currently, the barn is filled with a mixture of competition horses, non competition horses, and horses in rehabilitation with Heather. The Marin CDS Chapter members and their mounts include: Breen Jenkins and “Hudson”, Leslie Taylor and “Bari”, Amy Savage (also a Jr. and a working student) with her leased Holsteiner mare “Bacall”, Penny Thatcher and her Hannovarian gelding “Barney”, Sue Klein and her Hannovarian gelding“Dakar”, Bradley James and her Friesan gelding “Tsjibbe”, Laura Hungerford and her Hannovarian mare “Renatta”, Arlene Evans and her Andalusian/Arab mare “Paloma”, Julie Bridge and her Friesan gelding “Sander” and Mckenna and Janelle Frazer with their pony cross “Isabelle”. Our newest additions are Sherri and Christine Kuhn with their geldings “Oreo” and “Ice”. Also Fredrica Lofquist with her new Danish Warmblood gelding “Printer”. This year Clare will be competing at 2nd level on Bradley James horse Tsjibbe. Heather is showing training level on Julie Bridges horse Sander, 1st level on Arlene Evan’s horse Paloma, and training level on Janelle and Mckenna’s very cute pony Issy. Both Julie and Mckenna plan to “take the reins” later this summer, once Heather has acclimated their horses to the competition arena. Breen Jenkins will compete at 4th level on Hudson and PSG if all goes well. Sue Klein will compete Dakar at 3rd level and Amy Savage at 1st level with Bacall. Laura and Renatta, Fredrica and Printer and Christine and Oreo also plan to start competing at training level this year! In closing, Clare has been a member of Marin CDS for as long as she can remember, or since she was about 12 yrs. old, (could it really have been 30 years !!??) Although La Vigna Ranch is officially considered Petaluma and Sonoma County, it was important for Clare to stay with her Marin CDS roots, and thus adding all the La Vigna Ranch group to the Marin CDS family. The La Vigna Ranch riders are all active in the Chapter. Hosting and attending meetings volunteering at shows and acting as Chapter board members. They will all continue to support and enjoy what their Chapter has to offer to all Dressage and equestrian enthusiasts! Compiled by Clare Long, Clarity Dressage www.claritydressage.com 707 338-2092 Thank you Clare and Good Luck to all of you for this show season!! Karen/editor. CONGRATULATIONS TO LAURA ANDREWSMarin Chapter Junior Laura Andrews was Golden State CDI Champion Junior Young rider. Laura won seven of her eight classes at 4th livel and the Jr. FEI classes riding her 9 year old Hannoverian gelding Perception, aka Sweet Pea. She also won the Jr. Hi Point at the May 6th Sacramento Valley Spring Dressage show with a 69.75% for the Jr. FEI Individual test, and a 67% on the FEI Jr. Team test. Laura trains with her Mom, Pam Andrews, she lives in Ross and attends SF University High School as a junior. Any junior or trainers wanting more information or details on the new Jr. FEEI tests and the qualifying system for the national team selection should please feel free to contact Laura or Pam for help. The actual tests are available on the FEI website. This year region 7 will also field a team for the new combined North America Young Riders Championship/North American Junior Rider Championship. Thank you to Pam Andrews: 415 455-9363 April Meeting with Margarite MannonDespite the torrential rains and flooding creeks everywhere along the way, a good party of hardy members showed up for our meeting and pot luck dinner. Our speaker Margarite Mannon was most informative. She worked on Danas’ dog Luna and then on Hudson, Breen Jenkins horse. A few of the things I picked up were: Start with your horse in a comfortable place, his stall or cross ties. Sometimes it is helpful to have someone hold his lead rope and keep his head straight, or tie him in his stall so he will stand still. Usually once they get used to the idea of massage and realize that you are trying to help them they will stand still. Go over their body and try to find the origin of the pain. Activate the origin point. Often this is an insertion point, where the muscle meets the bone. Do a cross fiber movement on the muscle and then palm the area. Or hold the point until you feel a release. This helps more oxygen to go directly into the muscle.. Direct pressure signals the brain to make a correction, bringing on a histemic response and increased blood flow for healing. Cross fiber would be with your thumbs or fingers across against the direction of the muscle. Palming is a placing of your palm on the area. This helps to move the fluid in the joints. When a muscle is stressed or injured a protective splinting will show up around the muscle to protect it and this must be released to effect healing. An animal may be sore the next day and then feel better the following day. With horses it is suggested that you have a massage and then wait a week and re evaluate the condition. Massage is designed to restore range of motion and proper functioning of the muscle. Try experimenting and gently massaging your animals. Important tip: Walk your horse 10 to 15 minutes before working him and walk him afterwards to release the lactic acid. Margarite practices locally her number is 707 568-2160. CalendarJune 17-18 Fairwind Farm/Santa Rosa Mary Schrader 415-479-3104 June 30 Riverside/Petaluma Ellie Kennedy 415-328-4559 July 1-2 Flying Cloud/Petaluma Jeannette Bell 707-765-4433 July 2nd Yarra Yarra /Pleasonton Sandy Drumm 925-829-5017 July 6-9 Pebble Beach-CDI C. Davenport 530-265-0950 July 16 Fieldstone/Santa Rosa Sanda Labrucherie 707-837-8997 July 22-23, Flying Cloud/Petaluma Jennette Bell 707-765-4433 July 28-30 GSD/Rancho Murieta C. Davenport 530-265-0950 Newsletter printed by monthly, please feel free to contribute. Next deadline is July 23rd. piperkaren@earthlink.net, 707 338-4184 Thanks to Virginia Chatham at Bits and Bridles (webmaster@bitsandbridles.com) you can visit our website at http://www.marindressage.org. Check it out.
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