January/February 2012 Is Your Youth Club Recognized by AMHA? If your club is not listed here or you would like to start a club, a Youth Club Application needs to be sent to AMHA as soon as possible so that your club will be added to future mailings and here in the Youth Calendar Morganizer. You can find the Youth Club Application on our website, www.morganhorse.com, under Please send us your news, the Forms/Publications tab. For those clubs already recognized by AMHA, club renewals are due stories, photos, poems and February 1, 2012! other youth oriented items For more information on youth clubs contact Taylor Royals at (802) 985-4944 ext. 401 or for inclusion in the [email protected]. AMHA youth newsletter. Youth Group Comes Know-It-All Morgan Together for a History Youth Club Gets Lesson on the Lippitt Involved In Many Morgan and Hands- Different Ways! During the summer of 2011 the Know-It-All Morgan On Education! Youth Club participated in the Youth of the Year contest Midnight Mountain Manege Youth Group’s latest at Circle J, as well as much of the group competing meeting was very educational and hands-on. The five at small, local shows. While at the Circle J show our children who attended the meeting were able to learn club put together a “ and people treat” basket about the Lippitt Morgan, the Green Mountain Stock for the auction. We have been meeting regularly; have Farm, and three different kinds of bits. learned about showmanship and everyone has taken Rebecca Anderson gave a presentation on the their Bulrush Level Horsemastership test. In October Lippitt Morgan and the Green Mountain Stock Farm. we put on the Circle J Morgan Hairy The children learned about the character qualities with tradition classes, games, and many fundraising of the Lippitt Morgan along with what the Lippitt opportunities. Getting off the ground was our group’s Morgan looks like thanks to some photos that were main difficulty, but we are now growing with every passed around to the children. They also learned a meeting and having a blast! little history about Green Mountain Stock Farm and Mr. Robert Lippitt Knight, who was the founder of the Lippitt Morgan horse. Broadmoor Opens Midnight Mountain Farm owner, Sondjia Its Door for Local Edwards, taught the children about three specific bits and their usage. The bits they used were the Youth Group , , and the Kimblewick bit. By The first weekend in November, members of the riding bareback on a Morgan horse the children were BLR Morgan Youth Stars from Philadelphia arrived able to test and see what reaction the horse would at Broadmoor, a well-known Morgan training facility have to the Snaffle bit along with the Kimblewick bit. in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. They were thrilled to The children also rode bareback on an Appaloosa watch demonstrations made by farm owners/trainers horse who wore a Pelham bit in her mouth. Mike Goebig and Dwayne Knowles, and assistant When the children were through riding they put trainer Stacey Myers. Maxi Gumprecht, the 2010 their favorite bits in first, second, or third categories. AMHA Reserve Youth of the Year, and Abbie Trexler, The Kimblewick bit made it in first place, the Snaffle Associate Editor of The Morgan Horse® magazine, Contact Information bit was second, and the Pelham bit was third. also were on hand to make it an educational and fun 4066 Shelburne Road, Suite 5 Shelburne, VT 05482-6908 As mentioned above it was a great educational day for the visitors. T 802 985 4944 and hands-on meeting and we all look forward to CN Timeless Masterpiece was used for the park F 802 985 8897 the next. harness demonstration, HVMF Astro’s Victory Lane www.morganhorse.com Submitted by Hannah Hebrank was the English Pleasure horse, and the pleasure The Morganizer • page 17 17 “Broadmoor Opens Its Doors for Local Youth Group” continued from page 1

Recent Horsemastership Badge Achievers Congratulations to the following recent AMHAY Horsemastership Achievers for their hard work and dedication to the Morgan breed! Bulrush, Woodbury, Sherman Taylor Ekovich Megan McCally Anna Ehlen Brianna Trotto Ellery Walker

Woodbury, Sherman Rowan Winters driving representative was Whitemud Sky Captain. While the were being worked, Sherman Maxi and Abbie described the qualities of the horses as well as shared what qualities judges Irina Shavlik would be looking for in each division. Sandra Spearman The group then took a break for lunch and enjoyed pizza while Maxi talked about horse judging terms with the kids. Bulrush After lunch, a judging clinic was held. In the stallion class were Stand And Deliver, Get Rebecca Anderson Busy, and Astronomicallee. Whitemud Toscanini and HVMF Astro’s Victory Lane were in the Lily Storm Batchelder gelding class. The lineup in the mare class was Love Her Madly and MSV Genuine Risk. Emily Beck Saje Breuer After judging, the group opted to stay at the farm and watch as Mike, Dwayne and Hannah Cabral Stacey worked a few young horses. Stephanie Cunningham Submitted by Suzy Lucine Danielle Falciani Jonathan Falciani Madeline Frazier New Club on the Block: Hanna Hebrank Megan Simon Arizona Morgan Horse Youth Group Morgan Stoll My name is Connie Alexander and I am a member of the Arizona Morgan Horse Club and the Alex Spratt director for the new Arizona Morgan Horse Youth Group. The group was formed in January 2011 (under the direction of Arizona Morgan Horse Association) with five youth members. Eight months later, I am proud to say this new organization includes 22 members, so we Need a fun project involving horses? The AMHA Youth Horsemastership Program is are strong and growing. designed to help you become a competent The purpose of this young club is to bring awareness of the Morgan breed to the horseperson. The five successive levels of test- public and education to our youth. The kids also will be involved with community service ing are designed to increase your knowledge of and volunteer work. The group has monthly meetings learning about many different horse- the Morgan breed and general horsemanship related topics. To date, the kids have had an anatomy and conformation lesson, beginning while receiving recognition for hard work! horsemanship, and learned about hoof care and structure. At the last meeting the parts of western and hunt (English) were discussed, along with several types of bits. Badge work is challenging, but the rewards and Future topics may include tours at local equine vet hospitals, continued education for benefits are well worth the effort. Pins, certifi- horsemanship, trail rides, and social functions. cates, and special prizes are given to those At the August 27 meeting the group toured “Luv Shack Horse Ranch and Rescue” who pass the first four levels of the program. in Cave Creek, Arizona. The members co-sponsored a rescue horse for the 2011 Trainers For more information about how you can earn Challenge. This horse had the opportunity to be in training for three months with a Bulrush, Woodbury, Sherman, Blackhawk, or professional trainer from Cave Creek. Hay and grain was sold to help with this endeavor in Justin Morgan merits please contact Taylor support of this activity. Royals, Youth Programs Coordinator, Taylor@ September 10 and 11 the youth group sponsored a riding clinic. Our members were morganhorse.com. able to take lessons from a professional trainer. The clinic was open to all youth for a fee. The Morganizer • page 18 September 16 and 17 some of our group members competed in the Southwest Cactus Classic Horse Show. One of the ways our group raises money is to sell horse and dog treats and the members had a table of these treats for sale at the show. Our dog and horse treats PARTICIPATION are also available at Leslie’s Tack Solutions. Please view our website www.arizonamorgan. CORNER com to purchase any of these great items. Also check out our website for upcoming activities involving the Morgan horse. Call for Youth Last but not least, one of our members demonstrated seat riding at Legacy open house on September 24 and 25. And of course, the group sold treats. Editorial Please feel free to come out and meet us. The group is available to any child who is The Morgan Horse® magazine wants interested in learning about Morgans or horses in general. The yearly fee is $5, which is youth editorial written by youth, for a great bargain as the youth group has much to offer to the young horse enthusiast. Open youth! Each issue includes the column, house hours and directions: www.legacystablesaz.com. “Youth Scene.” These are 500-800 For further contact information Connie Alexander, director, Arizona Morgan Horse Youth word articles written by youth (under Group: [email protected], www.arizonamorgan.com 21) along with an illustration (often a photo of author and horse). We love to hear about the things you do with Taylor River Tadpoles your Morgan outside of the show arena or traditional activities, stories of you Hampton Falls, NH Youth Group and your Morgan having adventures, or News Summer and Fall 2011 something new that you learned with Taylor River Farm is definitely the “state of the art” lesson and training facility and our youth your Morgan. do not disappoint either. Our youth group consists of kids from the age of five to 17 years Please email your submissions for old. It is a big age group, but the older ones don’t mind at all helping out with the younger editorial consideration in an upcoming students. For the past year we have done a lot of fundraisers and have gone on a lot of fun issue of TMH to Abbie Trexler, abbie@ morganhorse.com. and educational field trips. Last year for one of our big field trips, we went to the equine hospital in Dover, New Hampshire. We learned about horse dentistry and even got to see a mare in surgery. The mare had colic and was getting treatment. Seeing where they kept all Medal Classes of the horses that were sick and were recovering was life changing. We saw all horses in a lot of different states and we now appreciate that all of our horses are healthy and calm. Gold & Silver Do you strive to do the best you can? (Knock on wood) Are you interested in equitation? Ex- During a winter tournament that we host at our barn, we have a bake sale and every year cellence in equitation is valued by the we raise enough money. Usually the money goes to our youth group, but one year it went to American Morgan Horse Association the St. Jude’s hospital for kids with cancer. We were glad to help kids with cancer and as a and is recognized through the AMHA group had a long discussion on what cancer is and how awful it is. We all know if someone Medal Classes, held at local and re- in our group had cancer we would do the same thing for them. gional Morgan and all-breed shows. All In 2011 we had a new product to sell, hair feathers! It was a total knock out. Everyone junior riders who are AMHA members wanted them. Youth contests and AMHA badges have been a thing we do too. For the are invited to compete on a Morgan. AMHA, there are five badges, Bulrush, Woodbury, Sherman, Black Hawk and Justin Morgan. Most of our kids are on the Woodbury and Bulrush badges. Sarah Miner has been getting our AMHA Silver Medals are awarded in intermediate and advanced riders to do the AMHA youth contests at the Morgan Shows too. each of the six seats: Saddle Seat, Our group has been to Granite State Morgan show, Maine Morgan show, and even competed Western Seat, on the Flat, at the top levels at the big New England Regional horse show! Even though it was our riders Hunt Seat Over Fences, Reining Seat first time competing in these contests, we still managed to do very well. and Seat. Another field trip we have done this year is we went to the Equine Affaire in West Springfield, Massachusetts. It was a long haul up there with at least eight people in a big Those who place first and second in an van that Sarah provided. Once we got to the affair, we were totally stunned. There was every AMHA Silver Medal Class are qualified kind of breed you could ever think of there! We also watched a lot of in-hand and jumping to participate in the Gold Medal Finals demos. It was a big learning experience to see different kinds of horses and different kinds at the Grand National. The highest of riding. We have mostly saddle seat, hunt seat, equitation, and pleasure riders. Jumping AMHA equitation honor, Gold Medals is a totally different thing to see and Western was also different. are awarded in each of the six seats. One of our things we want to do as a youth group is host a car wash. That would be For complete rules and regulations an excellent fundraiser; we are currently trying to find a date for it. We mostly meet once regarding the AMHA Medal Classes, a month to plan our events and hang out with our Morgan friends. Youth group is a time to please refer to the United States not only plan events and help the group, but also to have fun! Every kid looks forward to Equestrian Federation Rulebook, Mor- youth group and we hope we can make it even better. Hopefully you will see our group in gan division. 2012! Written by Camelia Rogers, Taylor River Tadpoles Youth Group Member The Morganizer • page 19