A Monthly Publication of the Potomac Valley Dressage Association • MAY 2008 • Volume 44, Issue 5 What I Did On My Spring Break for 2008 Flying Changes 2-3 By Suzanne Sherwood Chapter News 6 On a cold snowy day 2008 Show Schedule 8 this winter I received an Calendar 9 e-mail from Victoria Feature Articles McCullough, the owner of World Cup Freestyle 10-11 Chesapeake Petroleum and L Program/Clinic w/Janet Foy 16 Supply, the company for Photo Gallery 11 which my husband Charlie 12-13 The Classifieds works. Victoria, who com- 22 Publication Deadlines petes in the jumper world, Member Application 22 lives in Wellington, Fla. Suzanne Sherwood with Robert Dover. By the Board 23 Her good friend, Robert Dover donated dressage Aid Foundation assists professional lessons to be auctioned off to help equestrians with medical expenses, and raise money for Equestrian Aid, Ride their quality of life if they are injured. for Hope. This event was held in It was serendipitous that I had joined Wellington and proved to be an the Equestrian Aid Foundation, Ride incredible success. The Equestrian Continued on page 20 The President’s Window I hope that the warmer weather and May If you are not showing, or have some free flowers have finally arrived to our area by time, please consider volunteering as there the time you read this May newsletter! Our is always a need for volunteers! schooling shows are in full swing now, and We also have some exciting news to our annual competition is at Morven Park announce for our Ride for Life show. this month on Memorial Day weekend. I Nicole Uphoff, the German Olympic Gold hope you all got your entries in and are Medalist, will be our celebrity judge at the by Marne Martin- looking forward to the show. It is hard to Saturday night Dancing Horse Challenge, Tucker [email protected] believe this is already our 43rd annual show. Continued on page 14 PVDA Wants Your Photos for Display on Championship titles for Grand Prix, Intermediaire, Young Our Newly Designed Web Site Adult “Brentina Cup,” Young Rider, and Junior. The Grand PVDA is looking for photos of PVDA activities for posting Prix Championship is also the U.S. Selection Trial for the on the new PVDA Web site. Please e-mail photos to Hong Kong Olympics. [email protected]. In the text of your e-mail, include a Tickets and hotel information can be obtained at: www. release from the photographer and a release from the subject of DressageOnTheRoadToHongKong.com the photo. Also include the PVDA activity during which the The new USEF 12-Month Grand Prix Ranking List photo was taken and a short description of the photo (rider includes two Maryland riders in the top 20: Regent and name, horse name, what was being performed in the photo such Christopher Hickey and Liberty Light and Bent Jensen. Both as class, etc.). earned qualifying scores during the Florida dressage show Strangles Inoculation Recommended but not circuit. Submitted by Beth Collier Required by Chesapeake Dressage Institute More on PVDA's Ride for Life Show Due to the latest research, CDI will no longer be requiring How does one spread the word of an event not to be horses to be immunized against Strangles. Unvaccinated horses missed? will be stabled separately, and will have use of the outdoor Come one, come all! Bus transportation available! See wash stall. Please check your horse’s temperature before you Nicole Uphoff, Christopher Hickey, Dr. Cesar Parra, vaulting, arrive at our facility, and please don’t come if your horse has a quadrilles, and more! Bid at the silent auction for fabulous temperature and/or runny nose. CDI is the host site for a equestrian gifts, lessons with top trainers, and collectables! PVDA schooling show this month on May 4. Dover Saddlery is giving away a $500 shopping spree! Explore Bayside Equestrian Fair and Tack Sale a grand horse show facility with air conditioning comfort! Do you have tack or riding apparel to sell? Are you an Support a cause which has or could affect you. equine service provider who would like to build your business One in seven women will contract breast cancer. You, a locally? The newly formed Bayside Chapter is hosting a tack relative, a dear friend, a daughter, a mother, a sister…appalling sale and fair indoors at Breezy Run Farm, 526 Price Station statistics. Support the fight; help fund the cure. The Ride for Road, Church Hill, Md., on Saturday, August 2, from 10 a.m. Life, PVDA’s fast growing event is happening again this year to 4 p.m. This is a great opportunity to get out of the heat, sell on June 28-29 at Prince George’s Equestrian Center Show those blankets that don’t fit your new horse, and meet and Place Arena, in Upper Marlboro, Md. Saturday evening’s event greet other local equestrians. Tables currently available: $10 for includes audience participation, top riders’ performances, and PVDA members, $15 for non-members. For information, exhibition rides. Vendor shopping available! contact Susan@[email protected] or 410-353-5640. We are making it easy for you to get there June 28. Bus transportation is being coordinated for your convenience to U.S. Olympic Selection Trials for Dressage and from the show grounds. And I don’t mean to the parking The U.S. Olympic Selection Trials for dressage are sched- lot! Let’s fill a bus or two from Annapolis, Queenstown, Kent uled for June 20-22 and June 27-29, Oaks Blenheim Facility, Island, Crofton, Bowie, Arlington, Manasses, Leesburg, San Juan Capistrano, Calif. The “Festival of Champions” will Fairfax…just tell us where your crowd can gather and we can include the 12 best horse/rider combinations for the National arrange it! Doors open at 6 p.m. Continued next page 2 Flying Changes continued from previous page Correction to April PVDA Newsletter A link will be available to download a form and fax or e-mail The April 2008 PVDA Newsletter has the following on the it in. Costs are strictly to cover busing fees, and will vary a bit top right of page 19: “One of the new tips I learned is that from location. Seats for Saturday evening’s event are a $15 when there is a tie, add up the ‘raw’ scores for collective marks.” donation. Save your gasoline, gather your friends and your barn It was indeed taught this way during the Tea for Training clinic; buddies, and come to the show! We want to make it easy for however, since the training we have learned that this is incorrect. you. Don’t miss this very special event! When there is a tied overall score, the collective marks for each Contact Eileen at [email protected] for more details or rider are first multiplied by the appropriate coefficients, then questions or visit www.pdvarideforlife.org. Media Sponsors summed to determine the final collective marks score. The rider include Dressage Today, USDF, DressageClinic.com, and with the highest final collective marks score gets the higher Dressage Daily. Submitted by Eileen Johnson placing. If the final collective marks scores are also a tie, both Join PVDA Members in The Race for the riders receive the same placing in the class (they are tied in the Cure on June 7, 2008 class) and the next (lower) placing is not given. Submitted by Leslie Raulin The Susan G. Koman Race for The Cure raises money for breast cancer research. It is an annual event where 75,000 Karen Jacob Is New Service Directory Chair women and men raise funds, celebrate survivors, and have a PVDA has named Karen Jacob its new Service Directory wonderful time. It is a big event. chair. Karen's first agenda is to update the information in the We need to be there to let all the wonderful participants Directory and she will be making calls and sending e-mails to know about The Ride for Life. If we walk in a team with our those members who have information listed in the Directory to fellow PVDA members we will let more people know about make it current. Ads that are no longer current or that belong to dressage. We will publicize our event and we also will have a members with lapsed memberships will be removed. great time. For more information about how to be listed in our Service I have done this walk many times and I know that there are Directory, contact Karen Jacob at [email protected]. others of you out there who have as well. This is a great time to Volunteers Needed for PVDA Annual Show do this together. If anyone is interested in a great morning of We can still use volunteers for the May 25 annual show at walking and getting the word out about our show and gala on Morven Park in Leesburg. We need scorers, an awards table June 28 and 29, please contact Jan Denno at 301-888-1314. attendant and ring stewards. We also need clean up help on We can have fun while doing publicity for the sport we love. Sunday. Please contact Samantha Smith at samsmith8@hotmail. There are plenty of activities that we participate in that will com or call 410-923-6182 if you can help. Thanks! allow us opportunities to publicize the Ride for Life. For example—hunt races, hunter-jumper shows, and therapeutic riding events are the kinds of equestrian activities that we The PVDA Newsletter is produced participate in with our friends and associates.