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BEA Event Success Christmas 1 Treats

Tractor Supply Equine the techniques they use to Cross -Haflingers Day—October 24, 2009 Breed Spotlight 2 bomb proof for Civil Geryl & Missy Wade-Shire Despite drizzling and some- War Re-enactments. We and North American Spotted would like to thank the follow- times pouring rain, the turn- Draft out for the Equine Day at ing people for hosting our clin- Steve Foutz-Belgians Tractor Supply was quite a ics: Upcoming Events 3 success. Shayne Lee, the Lameness, Rehab and Rescue- Dedi Spradlin-/ Manager at Tractor Supply, Jo Ann Miller, Grooming-Dedi Cross and was a great support and had Spradlin, 14th VA Cavalry, Shire/Paint Cross everything set up for our Rockbridge Dragoons-Sandy Genny Huber-Welsh Moun- More BEA News 3 horses when we arrived early Lucas, Harnessing-Geryl Wade tain Pony on Saturday morning. We and Steve Foutz Amy Carter-Norwegian Fjord had a great day with a lot of Also, a special thanks to every- Sandy Lucas-TN Walker & Special points of folks coming by to visit and one that brought their horses feed the horses. Throughout Morgan/QH Cross interest: for display. the day we had several This type of event is what • Future Activities Richard and Jodie Toms-Paint, demos that included groom- our organization is all about QH, and Arabian • Membership ing for the show ring and and bringing our equine harnessing. We also had a Mike and Michelle Laughlin- friends to the community is a • Breed Highlight great demo by the 14th Cav- Percheron, Pinto, and Mustang great service. • Follow the Bed- alry Rockbridge Dragoons Sandy Sanderson & Shelby Thank you to all that helped ford Equine Asso- that shared with us some of ciation on Facebook

• Useful Equine Web Links Home Made Horse Treats—great stocking stuffers for your pony

1 cup margarine 2 eggs ples 1 cup flour Cream margarine and sugar Drop by spoonfuls onto un- 1 cup brown sugar until light and fluffy greased baking sheet 1 cup bran 1 cup diced carrots Beat in eggs Bake @ 350 10—12 min until 1 cup apples Combine flour, bran and bak- lightly browned 1 tsp baking soda ing soda 2 cups quick cooking dry oat- Blend into a creamed mixture meal Stir in oats, carrots and ap- Breed Spotlight—The Percheron

The Percheron developed in the horses do best, they are also valued British are gray or black. LePerche region in Normandy in 732 riding horses and are begin- Legs are without feathers. A.D. when Barb horses were left by ma- ning to make their mark in Percherons are said to be more rauding Moors after their defeat in the . Percherons are energetic than other draft breeds. Battle of Tours. Massive Flemish horses crossed with other breeds The French prized the horses as were crossed with the Barbs to give the such as , coach horses and called them Dili- Percheron its substance. Arabian blood and Spanish gence horses (the French word was also added in the 1800s. The French breeds to create the for stagecoach). These horses government began breeding Percherons popular Sporthorse. PERCHERON had to pull a load quickly and for cavalry purposes at the famed La Pin Percherons range in with elegance, which is why National Stud in Le Haras du Pins in height from 15—19 hands Percherons also have the repu- Normandy, which still exists today. high. French Percherons are born black tation as lovely movers. Although work is what these heavy and turn gray by age 3. American and

Horse Owner’s Lament

There’s lots that’s been written ‘bout ‘bout blow your mind. We build them a horses and such, and to all of those place and call it their stall, and they words I’ll not add very much. But thank us by eatin’ the boards off the there’s something I just have to get off wall. Now I ain’t no expert on how their my chest, while discussin these crea- minds work, and I know we all got our tures with whom we are blessed. They’ll own little quirks, but if I had my druth- eat all the feed you put in their stall, ers and had it my way, I think they’d then stand on your foot till it near clean the while I ate the hay. makes you bawl. You can brush them and Sam Hemmingsen curry them till it makes them shine. Then they’ll roll in the mud while you

Page 2 The BEA Hub Upcoming Events

Bedford Christmas Parade , December Each new joining member of the BEA 5th. The BEA plans to enter a float in receives one window decal for free, 2 if this year’s Bedford and Big Island pa- it’s a family membership. rades. The theme this year is “It’s A Board Member Elections Wonderful Life” and we plan to have a nice horse-drawn float thanks to Mar- During our November meeting we will shall Cofer and one of his great team of hold elections for the 3 upcoming open horses. Please make sure you come out board positions. and support the BEA at the parades. Christmas Gathering We’re hoping for good weather and a lot Our Christmas social will be held on De- of helping hands! cember 15th this year in conjunction BEA T-shirts and Window Decals with our regular monthly meeting. Please make sure, if you have not al- Please bring your favorite goodie to ready purchased a t-shirt or a window share with the group. The BEA will pro- Tractor Supply Equine Day decal, you stop by the BEA booth at an vide cups, plates and drinks. We will upcoming event and show your support. meet briefly then enjoy social time! BEA Board Officers BEA Technology Update President—Richard Toms, [email protected] Our BEA Facebook page now has 33 but is coming along quite nice. We are members and continues to grow. This working through the list of requests Vice President— Stormie Shelton, has turned out to be a great resource that was generated back in the summer [email protected] for sharing pictures and information for items that our members would like about equine related activities in our to see included on our web site. We are Secretary—Shelby Cross, area. If you have not already joined steadily populating as much information [email protected] Facebook please come check us out. We as we can. We’ve created a comprehen- Treasurer— Missy Wade, encourage everyone that has news or sive list of area veterinarians, state, [email protected] photos of their equine family to please local and national equine organizations share with us. and continue to add new info daily. We Our website is still under construction should be public next month.

Handy Links for Future Reference

US Equestrian Federation US Trotting Assoc. www.usef.org National Racking Horse Assoc. www.ustrotting.com www.nrhaweb.com US Dressage Federation American Miniature Horse Assoc. www.usdf.org American Paint Horse Assoc. www.amha.org www.apha.com American Quarter Horse Assoc American Society www.aqha.com www.americandrivingsociety.org

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