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The Horse's Maine & NH 153A Pickpocket Rd. Brentwood, NH 03833 & Maine and NH's Own Equestrian Newspaper November 2017 $2.00 THE SHOWS CONTINUE! UNH Horse Trials Maine State Champs Cyan Magenta Maine Driving Club Yellow Yellow SMDA Black MRF Dressage Colts & Fillies 1 Jump for the Cure New England Jumpers and MORE! POSTAL CUSTOMER POSTAL ECRWSS On the Road 207-273-3780 [email protected] • www.on-the-road.net Quality Trailers at Competitive Prices FULL SERVICE ON ALL BRANDS No hassle dealership Delivery & Financing Available 30+ years in business Keifer Kruiser Used Trailers 2 Cyan Kiefer Livestock Magenta Kiefer 2 in 1- all alumium, 2 in 1 Yellow Yellow gooseneck straight load, side and rear ramps, walk tru dressing room Black Large Selection of Bumper Pulls, Slants, Straight, Goosenecks, 2 horse Alumastar, bumper pull with walk thru dressing room. Living Quarters, Equipment and Commercial Trailers. 4 horse slant load with living quarters Visit our website for a complete list of new, leftover and used trailers Coffee is always on! Visit, compare and save. It's worth the trip! Page 2 The Horse's Maine & NH November 2017 Wilking/Spinnaker 2. Lauren Re- Maine Driving Club ece/Boots 3. Janette Giles/Coal shows Creek DeeBar (Storm) 4. Jenny Derby Wells/Rykaa Horse Pairs: 1. Organizers are deeply appreci- the grounds prepared and marking Curtis Bonney photos by Louann Thompson/Schooner Hill Photo. ated: Karen Friedlander for getting Derby, page 29 Nineteen turnouts arrived at off the ocean. Morgan spectators Spurwink Farm in Cape Elizabeth monitored the contestants from the the morning of September 17th for right paddock and Thoroughbred Maine Driving Club’s first derby types eyed the finish gate from of the season. Occupants of the the left. Photographers Katelyn big middle paddock had been Wells and Louann Thompson rehomed temporarily and the (Schooner Hill Photography) were course of brightly colored cones strategically placed. DJ Mary and obstacles was in place. Fowler manned the turntable from Ponies abounded. The VSE beneath the big maple and judge class of ponies under 13 hands, Mary Plummer commanded a in assorted colors, included a pair view from a sidelined pick up bed. driven by Phil Trundy and Kassi VSEs began the competition. Linda Wilking & Spinnaker, navigator Eric Chris Zanardi & Crystal of Martin’s Woods, Farrar’s new pony, soon to be the In the training division- VSE Wilking navigator Linda Archer other half of a pair as well. The and ponies under 13 hands: 1. second class of ponies comprised Kassi Farrar/Jasper 2. Judy Cham- of ponies 13 to 14.2 hands in- berlain/Twinkle. VSE Pairs: 1. cluded an Icelandic, Arab/Quarter Phil Trundy. Ponies 13 hands Horse, Morgan/Mini, and cobs and over: 1. Chris Zanardi/ of the both the Gypsy and Welsh Crystal of Martin’s Woods 2. variety. Hana Poulin/Ashland Empress Equines in horse size included 3. Nancy Wines-DeWan/Brenna a Belgian, retired from the pulling 4. Lisa Brooks-Smets/Heavenly ring, sporting a most unusual mane Prince Philip 5. Sondra Day/ cut, a Percheron, a pair of Cheval Pryzm 6. Patti Dowse/Itty Bits. Canadians (or is it Cheveaux?), a Horses: 1. Heidi Johnson 2. Paula Morgan, a Dutch Harness Horse a Leavitt/Rkay’s Autumn 3. Marcia Jenny Wells & Rykaa, navigator KC Wells Cyan Russian Warmblood and a Perche- Smolin/ 4. Sally Moulton/Barney. Philip Trundy ron Morgan cross. Preliminary Division- VSE and The course was fast and dry ponies under 13 hands: 1. Kassi Magenta even though fog rolled in and out Farrar/Bentley Horses: 1. Linda Yellow Yellow Black Hana Poulin & Ashland Empress Patti Dowse & Itty Bits Lisa Smets & Heavenly Prince Philip 3 Hana Poulin & Ashland Empress, navigator Michal Marcia Smolin, navigator Gould John Lawrence Nancy Wines-DeWan & Brenna Janette Giles & Coal Creek DeeBar Jenny Wells & Rykaa, navigator KC Wells Judy Chamberlain & Twinkle Sally Moulton & Barney November 2017 The Horse's Maine & NH Page 3 A Few Guidelines for Submitting Articles For the most part, putting articles into The Horse's Maine A MULTI-DISCIPLINE MONTHLY NEWSPAPER EXCLUSIVELY FOR & NH is very easy. Email your K. Bonney, VMD M. Flanagan, DVM THE StatEWIDE EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY OF MAINE & NH articles and photos to us. Just K. Hilton, VMD J. Zwetsloot, DVM remember that articles should be A monthly newspaper for, by and Publisher: Bald Hill Press news, news about your group or about Maine and NH residents. Opin- Editor: Lynda McCann your barn. 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Copyright 1993 The Horse's Maine ture articles and cover photos: Should be by or about Maine or 4 NH residents. Please feel free to email them to us. We will consid- ON THE COVER er and get back to you. We love Cyan seeing stuff from new writers and Morgan Simco and A Matter of photographers! Splatter look very focused and happy Magenta on their way to winning the Junior Beginner Novice Division of the 2017 University of New Hampshire Horse Yellow Yellow Trials, held in Durham, NH, Septem- ber 30 - October 1. This lovely photo was taken by the show photographer, Black Cynthia Arendt. For the complete show • Brightly lit 76 x 132 indoor arena results and more of Cindy's beautiful • Tack and viewing rooms photos, see pages 16-17. • Large box stallssome with attached paddocks • Hay 4x daily • 66 x 200 outdoor arena Subscribe to • All disciplines welcomed • Lessons from the ground up in English or Western Riding From the Editor The Horse's • Natural Horsemanship instruction & clinics It is the season of thanks, when most sit down to a bountiful dinner of turkey and all the fixings. We give thanks for that, and we should. Maine & NH Stalls Available!!! Many can't. Please remember those less fortunate, and please remember the easy Bud & Gena McGrath Durham, Maine that we all go through hard times. In those hard times if it comes down 207-926-5789 • www.springpointfarm.com to feeding the children or feeding the horses, guess who is going to get way! fed the best. Not everyone who is not feeding their horses as well as they Go to www. could be is a neglecter or an abuser. 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Us New England horse people seem issue immediately. shavings • hay • straw • grain to have learned to make the most of what we have and this year, of course, we have had a lot of wonderful fall weather. We have been blessed (or Check us out often • New items all the time cursed, environmentally speaking) by having a long, very warm fall, and Lowest Prices – Biggest Selection we have made the most of it. Shows, clinics (indoor and out), and trail rides are still comfortably occurring.