NEDA's Annual Stallion Service Auction
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The New and Improved NEDA Breed Show Many Thanks to Our Volunteers Did You Know?! NEDA Awards Scholarships to Breeders! January 2014 NEDA’S THE NEWSLETTER OF THE NEW ENGLAND DRESSAGE ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNING NEWSLETTER SPORT HORSE NEDA’s Annual Stallion Service Auction BY SPORT HORSE COMMITTEE Help support sport horse breeding by • We also provide sport horse Prince debuted at Prix St. Georges with bidding on the donated stallion services in scholarships! scores in the mid to high 60’s. the NEDA Stallion Auction. The auction Please read the bidding instructions and Royal Prince’s foals are showing is open between January 19-February 15, agreement carefully prior to placing a bid their sire’s elegance, refi nement, and 2014. All off spring of donated stallions at www.nedastallionauction.org. movement. From 2008 through 2012, whose service is purchased in the NEDA Royal Prince was named the USEF Stallion Auction are eligible for the Meet Royal Prince Dressage Breeding Sire of the Year. $5,400 Breed Futurity class at the NEDA Royal Prince is one of the stallions that Fall Festival of Dressage for 5 years. you can bid on in the NEDA Stallion Bidding Opens on January 19 • Money paid to top 6 horses owner, Auction. He was Reserve Champion at Bid on Royal Prince and other breeder and sire. both his 30- and 70-Day Performance fantastic sires in the NEDA Stallion • Proceeds of the auction go to Fall Tests, earning 10’s for rideability Auction and you can breed your own Show Futurity and Born in America and walk, and 9’s for trot, canter, and champion. Visit nedastallionauction.org awards. willingness to work. In 2010, Royal for more details and to bid. Don’t Miss Out! Visit our annual stallion auction Bid on Top Dressage at nedastallionauction.org Stallions Including: JAN. 19 - FEB. 15 Dolany Panadero Parcival Rocazino Xemino Choice of • Schroeder, Navarone or Dante MG • Bugatti, Contucci or Royal Prince • Don Principe or Doctor Wendell MF and many more… Royal Prince NEDA 2014 OFFICERS MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Membership Services Coordinator: President: Katherine McHugh Iris Berdrow 64 Pearl St., Charlestown, MA 02129 27 Randall Road, Bolton, MA 01740 617-337-5914, [email protected] 781-589-6422, [email protected] Vice President-Activities: Kate O’Connor Membership Recruitment: Karin Swanfeldt 235 Glenwood Road, Rutland, MA 01543 105 Park St., Ayer, MA 01432 508-886-4580, [email protected] 978-855-4683, [email protected] EDITOR Tracie Richardson Vice President-Services: Phyllis LeBlanc Nominations: Alexandra Dane [email protected] 650 Boxford Rd., Bradford, MA 01835 3 Newbury Rd., Ipswich, MA 01938 978-745-7648, [email protected] 978-356-0682, [email protected] GRAPHIC DESIGNER Lee Cullen Secretary: Heather Stone [email protected] Volunteer Coordinator: Diane Holston 78 Front St., Hopkinton, MA 01748 49 Stevens St., Athol, MA 01331 617-480-8077, [email protected] ADVERTISING Claire Liang 978-249-8543, [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer: Mary Schrader Board Members at Large: 91 Front Street #307, Scituate, MA 02066 Shawn Walker 617-834-0458, [email protected] 1 Willard Circle, Andover, MA 01810 A Tip of the Hat is a publication of The New England Dressage 978-314-7691, [email protected] Association, Inc., a non-profi t, tax-exempt corporation. COORDINATORS Jennifer Dillon AND MANAGERS P.O. Box 421, Yarmouth, ME 04096 508-641-3121, [email protected] EDUCATION COMMITTEE CONTENTS Suzanne Adams Education Coordinator (Interim): [email protected] Kate O’Connor NEDA’s Annual Stallion Service Auction 1 235 Glenwood Road, Rutland, MA 01543 Suzanne LeBlanc [email protected] 3 President’s Message: Schando’s Story 508-886-4580, [email protected] Continuing Education: Sally Davenport SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE 5 Obituary: Renate Lansburgh, One of a Kind 91 Front Street #309, Scituate, MA 02066 781-378-1881, [email protected] Sponsorship Coordinator: Christine Shea 8 The New and Improved NEDA Breed Show 369 College Hwy., Southampton, MA 01073 Fall Symposium: Open 978-314-9922, [email protected] 11 What Breed Show Judges Look For Spring Symposium: Open Facilitator: Kerstin Witaszek 12 The United States Sport Horse Breeders Association, Inc. Scholarships: Angela Prenosil [email protected] P.O. 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[email protected] Spring Show: Paul Cormier All ads must be submitted to the Advertising 20 Village Avenue, Acushnet, MA 02743 NEWSLETTER STAFF Editor with a check made out to NEDA. 508-995-5988, [email protected] Graphic Design: Lee Cullen Sport Horse/Breed Shows: Kathy Hickerson Claire Liang, 63 Linden Street, Unit 7 899 Southern Artery, Quincy, MA 02169 68 Russell Hill Rd., Brookline, NH 03033 Wellesley, MA 02482, [email protected] 617-773-8482, [email protected] 603-673-4344, f. 603-672-0139 [email protected] Tip Advertising: Claire Liang Join the Conversation: 63 Linden Street, Unit 7, Wellesley, MA 02482 Year-End Awards and Banquet: 781-640-4222, [email protected] Linda Mendenhall facebook.com/ twitter.com/ pinterest.com/ 401 Nashua Rd., Groton, MA 01450 NewEngland NEDADressage nedadressage 978-448-0066, [email protected] DressageAssociation 2 A TIP OF THE HAT | NEDA.ORG January 2014 pREsiDENt’s mEssAGE Schando’s Story BY KATHERINE MCHUGH, NEDA PRESIDENT In 2006, my trainer imported a lovely Danish Warmblood class, including the professionals. Schando was back! That fi nal named Schando for a friend and barn mate who had her eye on score came on the day before my 65th birthday. It was an omen. her USDF silver medal. He had lots of training, a terrifi c work In the fall I saw Krista Nordgren at GMHA. She had just ethic and a kind eye. Not too long after that (I’m not certain completed her bronze medal with Marquis, a previous mount of in what order), he colicked, requiring surgery, and developed mine, now in his early 20’s, whom she had bought years earlier. a front leg suspensory injury. At the time I was trying to nurse I had watched her ride him with interest at many of the shows my beloved Marine back to health from a suspensory injury, where we both competed. Krisy was the physical polar opposite and Schando’s owner and I thoroughly bonded over treatment of me – very slight build and very light if somewhat tentative protocols, hand walking, and the virtues of various leg support in her riding, to my observation. She had loved Marquis well products on the market. Eventually I moved Marine to Vermont and was having a hard time coming to grips with his age and so I could be closer to him in the summer and then decided to diminishing capacity. When I asked her if she was considering keep him there because of the outstanding support there for another horse, she began to cry. I invited her to come take a his ailments, which were nonetheless not going in the right spin on Schando. It was love at fi rst ride for both. Schando direction. Although loved her light seat and Schando was stable soft approach, his ears and progressing slowly, Schando was perfect for her, made fl opping sideways with his owner found the possible by a “pay it forward” commitment each stride after just a enormous demands of his few minutes.