January 2012 NEDA’s Award Winning Newsletter... T HE N EWSLETTER OF THE N EW E NGLAND D RESSAGE A SSOCIATION 2012 NEDA Stallion Auction January 15 9AM - February 18, 2012 9PM EST B BY KATHY HICKERSON, NEDA SPORTHORSE DIRECTOR b he start of the 2012 breeding season kicks off the pres- Ttigious NEDA Stallion Auction, the financial founda- tion for our NEDA Sporthorse program. The NEDA Stallion auction provides access to top stallions at a good price. The proceeds from the auction go towards breeder scholarships for continuing education, and $11,500 worth of cash awards at the NEDA Fall Festival USDF Breed Show and Series Championship in Saugerties, NH. The NEDA Sporthorse program’s goal is to continue dressage breeding education and encourage young horse showing. Our country is now breeding top quality dressage horses comparable or better than European bred horses. We want to continue that trend so that we are providing the Congratulations to the winner of the 2011 Stallion Futurity: best horses for our riders right here at home. Through the Dalziel HHF owned and bred by Christine Kropf, NEDA Scholarship program, NEDA members who volun- Sire Dacaprio (Davignon I x Caprimond x Laterit) teer can apply for scholarship for continued education. This aids on the ground which easily transfers to riding aids in will help for better breeding decisions and better opportuni- the saddle. I have experienced the benefit myself of a ties for our riders to find their next Grand Prix horse here horse that has been handled and shown at a young age, but at home without spending extra money and risk for import- we also hear the same from the riders and trainers. The ing a horse from Europe. young horse learns about showing. It then becomes familiar Showing our young horses starts their development on for them which leads to less stress in the future dressage an early road to success. The horse learns basic handling (Stallion Auction continued to page 4) Renew Your NEDA Membership for 2012! PLEASE SAVE THE DATE! B BY DEBBIE CARR-KIRK, NEDA MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR b Details to be announced soon! Dear NEDA Members, Group Member card and your April 27-29, 2012 Welcome to the New Year! If you Omnibus Prize List in time for your Apple Knoll Farm in Millis, MA are not sure if you are a 2012 NEDA first competition or educational event. n member, please check the mailing Join now and rest easy for the address on the back of this issue. If upcoming season. 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B BY KATHERINE MCHUGH, NEDA PRESIDENT b o far as I can tell, NEDA is ready Ipswich and Gore Place in Waltham to tiated as any athletic competition. Sto celebrate its 40th birthday. Our showcase our sport. These elegant How to do this? We’d like to bring articles of incorporation and IRS non- events, sometimes in the evening dressage exhibitions to equestrian profit letter are both dated in 1972, under the stars, served to introduce competitions in other disciplines, as although surely early efforts to organ- the sport to audiences that included well as reviving performances at ven- ize preceded those events. It is diffi- but were not limited to horse enthusi- ues like Castle Hill. If you are cult for us to imagine how primitive asts.