CWBHA Newsletter 1 8/14/06 11:07 PM Page 1 The Breeder’s Digest Official Newsletter of The Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association Volume One Issue One Canadian Performance Futurity Eastern Dressage Winner Tom Dvorak & Vivas Athletico On the Canadian Scene CWBHA Newsletter 1 8/14/06 11:08 PM Page 2 CWBHA Newsletter 1 8/14/06 11:08 PM Page 3 The Breeder’s Digest Official Newsletter of The Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association Volume One Issue One CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE August 2006 Communication and growth – we are moving into a new era as we launch a new publica- tion. Looking back over the Table of Contents years we have gone through many phases from the one Directors List . 4 page newsletter to the History of The CWHBA . 4 magazine insert. All have Membership . .5 served their purpose. Coming Events . .5 Communication is so Canadian Performance Futurity . 6 important. This new format will take us to a different Stallion Service Auction . 7 level befitting of the growth and achievement we are On The Canadian Scene . 8 experiencing. Coupled with our new website we have the Young Dressage Horse Selection Trials . 10 means to tell our story. There is much to tell. On Line Foal Auction . .10 Congratulations to Tamie Phillips and Lucas II Canadian Young Breeders Competition . 11 (Lucino Z – Elfin), following hard in the footsteps of Eastern Canadian Free Jumping Championships . .13 Aftershock, onto the international stage, Tamie and Chapter News . .14 Lucas have been named alternates to Team Canada for the World Equestrian Games in Aachen and hold a commanding lead in the 2006 Kubota Cup series. Lucas is a headliner along with Tamie’s other Canadian Warmblood Starlet (Starman – Fiddlers Frolic), but more and more Canadian Warmbloods are making their presence felt at all levels and in all disciplines. Look for their stories here and on our website. We look forward to sharing your stories as well, so get those pictures and stories in to us This is your magazine, let’s make use of it. Enjoy the newsletter and don’t forget to check out our new website. Chris Gould www.canadianwarmbloods.com Cover Shot: Eastern Zone Dressage Winners Vivas Athletico, bred by Augustine Walch, ridden by Tom Dvorak Photo courtesy of Tim Millard 3 CWBHA Newsletter 1 8/14/06 11:08 PM Page 4 The Breeder’s Digest Official Newsletter of The Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeders Association Volume One Issue One Canadian Warmblood CWHBA HISTORY National Board of Directors Bred throughout Europe for over 200 hundred years, the Provincial Directors & Warmblood horse's pedigree has been recorded region- Committee Chairs ally since the times of Monarchies and Dukedoms. Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, CWHBA National Office Poland and Belgium, to name a few, all have Warmblood Brandy Yeager - Office Manager breeding programs. Today's Warmblood has evolved E-mail: [email protected] from the farm/military horse of the 19th century. Phone: 306-373-6620 Fax: 306-653-0972 Dominant in the Olympic Equestrian Disciplines, President: Chris Gould Warmblood horses combine the athleticism of the Tel: 780-786-4337 Fax: 780-786-4262 E-mail: [email protected] Thoroughbred with the movement, substance, power, Vice Chair: Colleen Embree-Jay and trainability of the early military horse. Tel: 250-923-7986 E-mail: [email protected] Sec/Treasurer: Pat Slimmon The CWHBA breeding aim is to produce a well bred Tel: 306-374-1287 E-mail: [email protected] Warmblood horse, correct in conformation and with good performance. A horse which, on the basis of its tem- Stud Book Committee Member: Jennette Coote perament, character, and rideability is suitable for Tel: 403-556-8046 Fax: 403-556-7356 Olympic or related Equestrian sports. E-mail: [email protected] Honourary Director: Eve Mainwaring Members of the European Economic Community have Tel: 613-342-6006 Fax: 613-342-8523 reached an agreement which gives reciprocal recognition E-mail: [email protected] of pedigree from country to country and yet retains the autonomous control of the registration by each countries' National Directors breeder society. It follows that Canada can and should do Alberta the same. Jennette Coote 403-556-8046 [email protected] Jane Jones 780-388-2405 [email protected] The CWHBA is modeled after the very successful British Columbia European Societies. It's goal is to provide the same serv- ice and advantages to breeders that our European coun- Julie Pilon 250-547-6668 [email protected] Patricia Carlson 250-573-3971 [email protected] terparts enjoy abroad: • Certificates of Pedigree for your valuable Saskatchewan Warmblood Charmaine Bergman 306-764-7148 [email protected] • Performance selection and grading Pat Slimmon 306-374-1287 [email protected] • International standards of Mare and Stallion Manitoba grading Dana Young 204-966 3316 [email protected] • Performance records to aid in selection and Wilfred Mckay 204-752 2297 [email protected] breeding decisions Ontario • Mare and Foal shows Tim Millard 905-939-7618 [email protected] • Education Colleen Embree-Jay 250-923-7986 [email protected] • Marketing Honorary Director • Organizational assistance in sales & promotion Eve Mainwaring 613-342-6006 [email protected] Quebec Marie Arsenault 418-878-4951 [email protected] ORGANIZATION Julie Cantin 418-878-4811 [email protected] The association is composed of autonomous provincial Nova Scotia societies that elect national directors to run the national body. Each provincial association has equal representa- Margot Clarke-Smith [email protected] Linda LeClair [email protected] tion on the national board. Local promotions, mare and/or foal shows and sales are provincial responsibili- Awards ties. Stallion approval and Stud Book management are Patricia Carlson 250-573-3971 [email protected] national matters. 4 CWBHA Newsletter 1 8/14/06 11:08 PM Page 5 start time 9.30 AM at Anderson OCTOBER MEMBERSHIP Ranch Calgary. Ontario Foal Futurity and Mare Owners of breeding stock, mares and Enter your stallions with National Inspection stallions are eligible for membership Office before the end of July, call Millcreek Stables and must be a Regular member in Kathy Laxton to arrange for Sunday, October 01 order to register foals, and/or file stabling. 403 931-2424 stallion reports. Interested warm- CPF - Pacific - Hunter & Jumper, blood horse supporters may apply CPF - Prairie - Hunter & Jumper Dressage for Associate status and will receive Red Deer, Alberta Langley, B.C. the same publications as Regular Saturday, September 02 Thursday, October 05 - members. AHHA Year End Show - Hunter & Sunday, October 08 Annual Regular membership...$70.00 Jumper Associate membership .............$35.00 Elite Warmblood Sale Lifetime membership ............. $700.00 Alberta Warmblood Day Orangeville, Ontario Red Deer, Alberta - Westerner Park Thursday, October 05 - COMING Saturday, September 02 Sunday, October 08 Contact Donna O'Neil 780 941-4249 EVENTS Fall Classic Breeders Sale BC Stallion Licensing Olds, Alberta AUGUST Langley, British Columbia Friday, October 06 - MJ Farms Horse Show Sunday, September 03 Sunday, October 08, 2006 Olds, Alberta - MJ Farms CWHBA Stallion Licensing Saturday, August 19 NOVEMBER MJ Farms annual Hunter Show. BC Warmblood Foal Futurity & Deadline - Stallion Report Material Classes offered. Please con- Mare Submissions tact MJ Farms (403) 556-8046 Tuesday, September 05 CWHBA National Office Wednesday, November 01 Ontario Breeders Show Spruce Meadows Masters Hogendoorn Farms Tournament Royal Winter Fair Sunday, August 20 Calgary Alberta Toronto, Ontario Wednesday, September 06 - Friday, November 03 - Stallion Performance Test Sunday, September 10 Sunday, November 12 Orangeville, Ontario Come and visit the CWHBA booth! Monday, August 21 - Interested in volunteering - contact Deadline - Stallion Directory Monday, August 28 Shelia Durrand 403 948-6202 Submissions CWHBA National Office Ontario Stallion Licensing Online Foal Auction Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Orangeville, Ontario www.onlinefoalauction.com Thursday, August 24 Thursday, September 07 - DECEMBER Saturday, September 23 Deadline for 2006 2006 Warmblood Showcase & Auction is open for bids REGISTRATIONS Private Treaty Sale CWHBA National Office Saskatoon, Sask - Ebon Stables Ontario Mare Inspection Sunday, December 31, 2006 Saturday, August 26 - South Lane Farm Sunday, August 27 Saturday, September 09 Northern Alberta Breeders Ontario Mare Inspections Show Cobourg, Ontario Saturday, August 26 - Saturday, September 16 Saturday, August 26, 2006 Please contact Jennifer Stevenson Alberta Breeders Show 780-696-2506 Olds, Alberta Saturday, September 16 Quebec Stallion Licensing Contact Donna O'Neil 780 941-4249 Wednesday, August 30 CPF - Eastern - Hunter & Jumper SEPTEMBER Palgrave, Ontario Alberta Stallion Licensing Wednesday, September 20 - Calgary, Alberta - Anderson Ranch Sunday, September 24 Nicola Booth & Off Icetime Friday, September 01 Tournament of Champions, Palgrave, ON Can. Performance Futurity 4 yr old 5 CWBHA Newsletter 1 8/14/06 11:08 PM Page 6 FEATURE STORY First Competition Year for Canadian Performance Futurity Aurora, Ontario – In the summer of 2006, the Canadian “I am delighted to see the debut of this unique and excit- Performance Futurity competitions will be launched ing competition program devoted exclusively to young across Canada. This program will provide young Canadian horses,” said Tim Millard, founder of the Canadian bred horses the