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Murieta Equestrian Center & West Coast Equine Foundation FALL/WINTER 2014 OUTH HORSEMANSHIP CHALLENGE The Youth Horsemanship Challenge is a collaborative effort between Murieta Equestrian Center, West Coast Equine Foundation and UC Davis, Center for Equine Health By Claudia Sonder, DVM Director, UC Davis, Center for Equine Health Our industry’s future judges, course designers, event managers, veterinarians, trainers and horse owners run about the stables with a skip in their step. They are a blank canvas when it comes to horsemanship and they are learning by example. The Murieta Equestrian Center, West Coast Equine Foundation and the UC Davis, Center for Equine Health have joined forces to provide youth with the opportunity to learn about the medical care of horses and to develop an early eye for indicators of equine wellness and optimal performance. The ability to read a horse and understand its responses and reactions to its environment takes time, guidance, focus and practice. Many of the crucial issues facing the equine in- dustry today can be traced back to gaps in knowledge and a lack of understand- ing of equine health and behavior. The Youth Horsemanship Challenge program engages students in a three tier process: riding, active question and answer lecture with a review of anatomy, • When to call a veterinarian We encourage you to become involved and a written examination. The topics of • What to do while waiting for the veteri- and to provide your young riders with discussion include: narian to arrive the opportunity to become excellent stewards of the horse and the industry. • Safely obtaining vital signs • Preventing the spread of infectious diseases (biosecurity) Come join us! Inquire about our program • Reading a horse’s body cues at www.murietaequestriancenter.com or • Nutrition In all aspects of the training, we empha- www.westcoastequinefoundation.org. size seeking the advice of an adult on site • Dental care to ensure safety. There is something to To read more about the UC Davis, Center for Equine Health and its mission to ad- • Palpating limbs before and after riding be learned for all ages, and it is remark- able how engaged and excited the vance the health, welfare, performance • Identifying common equine emergencies participants are. and veterinary care of horses through outreach, research and education, visit www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ceh.Z arol Anderson Ward Receives Please Join Us! a Well Deserved Recognition Murieta Equestrian Center At the September El Rancho Futurity, the west has done to give us this coast trainers, aka “Gold Club” trainers, surprised tremendous venue, the 2014 Carol Ward with an acknowledgment for her El Rancho Futurity." To tremendous commitment to the cutting horse honor Carol, the Gold Club TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Dates may change. Please check our website for an updated schedule of events: www.murietaequestriancenter.com industry. For eight years Carol has produced trainers commissioned Date Event Date Event one of the top cutting horse events in the artist K. Donlon to paint a January 3-5 Redwood Empire Cutting Horse June 12-15 Golden State Dressage nation, the El Rancho Futurity. water color of Carol and her talented cutting horse Association Cutting June 20-22 Cowboy Dressage Circuit Show #2 Carol has pursued excellence in the develop- Lil Dulce Lu. (Below right) January 17-19 Cowboy Dressage Circuit Show #1 June 27 WCEF Golf Tournament ment of the Murieta Equestrian Center. Long January 24-26 West Coast Reining Horse Association July 3-6 P.C.Q.H.A. Summer Celebration known as a magnet for significant equestrian When asked why her com- Schooling Reining August 1-3 Gold N Grand Summer sports of every level and discipline, Carol add- mitment runs so deep, Jan 31- Feb 2 Premier Dressage Show August 1-3 Cowboy Dressage Circuit Show #3 ed the cutting arenas to the Murieta Eques- Carol replied, “I love the February 6-9 West Coast Reining Horse Association trian Center as a home for cutting events in sport and the people. It’s Affiliate Show #1 August 9-10 Karen Grimm Memorial All Appaloosa Show the western region. The inaugural El Rancho been my goal and deep- February 6-9 Downunder Horsemanship Clinic, Futurity occurred in 2007 and was quickly fol- est desire to see that the Dale Cunningham August 22-24 Murieta Mule Classic August 28-31 Sacramento Morgan Horse Show lowed by the El Rancho Spring Classic in April west coast trainers have a top quality and February 8 Sacramento County 4-H Silver Show #1 2008. Recognized as a place of excellence fun-filled cutting event right here in their August 28-31 Cowboy Dressage Circuit Show #4 February 12-16 Back to Basics Quarter Horse Show for cutting events, the El Rancho Futurity has own backyard." September 6-7 SJPHC Farnam Fall Color Challenge & February 19-23 Northern Winter Classic III achieved a level of national renown. Hunter/Jumper All Breed Horse Show You'll find hundreds of pictures and the win- Feb 26-Mar 2 Northern Winter Classic IV Hunter/Jumper September 12-20 El Rancho Futurity & Foothill Gavin Jordan, a local trainer and Hall of Fame ning Futurity run from this year’s El Rancho NorCal Spruce Meadows Qualifier Fiesta Cutting honoree stated, ”Carol has done so much Futurity at www.elranchofuturity.com. March 6-9 QHEAC Quarter Horse Show September 23-28 Sacramento International Welcome for the industry. We appreciate all that she Horse Show March 14-16 Golden State Dressage Sep 30-Oct 5 Sacramento International Jumper March 20-23 Murieta Spring Hunter/Jumper Classic Horse Show March 28-30 Gold N Grand Spring October 7-12 WCRHA Year End Show & Affiliate Finals April 3-6 Golden State Dressage October 22-26 Let’s Show Halloween Championship April 9-13 Capital City Spring Classic Oct 29-Nov 2 Murieta Autumn Classic Hunter/Jumper April 10-13 Arabian Horse Association of November 13-16 Cowboy Dressage Circuit Show Finals Northern California Hosted by Cowboy Dressage World April 16-20 The Spectacular Hunter/Jumper Show November 21-23 Portuguese Water Dog Club April 24-27 El Rancho Spring Classic of Northern CA April 26 Sacramento County 4-H Silver show #1 November 28-30 Sacramento Dog Training Club May 1-4 California Paint Horse Association Agility Trial May 3-4 Points West Appaloosa Horse Show November 29 AHANC Thanksgiving Weekend One Day Show May 10-11 Miniature Horse Show December 6-7 Redwood Empire Cutting May 16 Northern California Paint Horse Club Horse Association May 17 Casino Corral December 26-28 Two Rivers Agility Club of Sacramento May 17-18 San Joaquin Paint Horse Club May 22-25 WCRHA/NRHA Affiliate 3 & 4 Shoot Out 7200 Lone Pine Drive, Rancho Murieta, CA 95683 7200 Lone Pine Drive, Rancho Murieta, CA 95683 916.354.2119 office 916.985.7334 office 916.354.2127 fax 916.354.2638 fax www.westcoastequinefoundation.org www.murietaequestriancenter.com Page 2 Page 3 urieta Equestrian Center Helps with est Coast Equine Foundation Scholarship Rescue Efforts during the Sands Fire Recipients: Where Are They now? In July, the Sands Fire ripped through the hills east of Since its inception in 2007, the West Coast Equine Foundation (WCEF) Scholarship Program has awarded more highway 49, five miles north of Plymouth, burning 4,240 than $150,000 to college students majoring in equine related fields. The scholarship program (and grant pro- acres and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,200 people and their animals from many areas in El Dorado gram) is funded through private donations, special events, facility sponsorships, special projects and horse shows and Amador counties. Evacuees without a way of including the annual Charity WCEF Golf Tournament, the El Rancho Futurity, and the El Rancho Spring Classic. transporting their horses were advised to let them out After receiving a scholarship from the West Coast Equine Foundation, our scholarship recipients have gone of their corrals after spray painting the equines with a on to finish college and to start their careers. street address in hope of their safe return. People with horse trailers were asked to take their animals to the Kristina Netherwood is one of the WCEF Marie Ann Taylor- Marie Ann is attending Murieta Equestrian Center (MEC), among other locations. program’s many successes! Kristina received California Polytechnic State University, San a scholarship back in 2009 while attending Luis Obispo, this fall as a freshman with a ma- Shady Schneider, horse show secretary for the Murieta the University of California, Davis, Veterinary jor in Animal Science and a concentration in Equestrian Center, was called in the middle of the night School of Medicine. In fact, Kristina received pre-veterinary medicine. After completing her by Sacramento Animal Control asking for her help. With- multi-year scholarships due to her outstand- undergraduate studies she plans on attend- out blinking an eye, she quickly responded by arriving at ing GPA and community volunteerism. While ing University of California, Davis, to get her MEC to help unload, bed, water and feed the 25 horses attending college full-time she was a mem- doctorate in Veterinary Medicine, specializing that were trailered in. “These horses arrived at our facility ber of the UC Davis, Equestrian Team and in equine medicine. scared and needing help,” she said. “At the equestrian also worked at the UC Davis, Veterinary Hospital as an Equine Intensive center we had all the resources necessary to make Kelsie Kennicutt- Kelsie was heavily involved Care Unit Technician. sure the horses were immediately taken care of.” Shady added that the community in equine 4-H and FFA while growing up really pulled together to donate needed supplies.