December, 2008 No. 5-2008 The IAHC is an AHA- From the President’s desk affiliated Arabian horse club and Associate Member of During the 12/12/08 meeting of IAHC much dis- WAHO that meets and con- ducts business via the Internet, cussion circulated around the AHA Computer problems thus we reach out around the and the huge expense of the endeavor to bring all our electronic world. programs into conformity. For whatever reason “back in the be- ginning” different areas that used the computer for their function- The IAHC is dedicated to ing installed different programs, many of which do not talk to bringing Arabian horse owners one another. As our world has now evolved into extreme dependence upon our com- and admirers together from all puter as our main utility, it becomes a tremendous burden when one program cannot around the world to bring forth communicate with another. We have no details, just the fact that our staff in charge international cooperation in of Computer Update says “we are working on it.” Insallah member Ferman Ansel the name of the Arabian horse. told us that two of the AHA staff members from this department visited his facilities On the web: during the Sport Horse Nationals. Ferman has the program that should solve all these http://www.insallah.org problems for AHA. They spent 4 hours with Ferman and we hope they learned much which can be of benefit to AHA’s solving their Computer problems at much less than President: the million dollar + price that has been projected. Lorry Wagner — 760-377-5579 [email protected] In the discussion of last month’s AHA Convention, there was unanimous agreement Vice President Mary Anne Grimmelll —763-441-3099 of those present that the retaining of the judging score card was a very good decision. [email protected] We understand that rather heated debate was issued during the discussion from the Secretary: floor. Our Delegate, Annette Wells, will give us a full report. Georgine Ryter — 405-603-6819 [email protected] Treasurer: In closing, due to term limits this will be my last meeting as President of AHA. It has Lorry Wagner — 760-377-5579 been my pleasure and privilege to serve Insallah in this position. I extend my warm- [email protected] est thanks to all who have helped and supported me these past years. As of January 1, Web Mgr./Web News Editor: 2009, Penny Wardlaw will step into this position. However, I have been honored to Lorry Wagner — 760-377-5579 [email protected] received the position of Vice President, thus will not go away. I will also continue to provide this Newsletter. NOTE: For international incoming calls, dial USA country code 1 plus the telephone number listed above I extend good wishes to those around the world who celebrate the Christmas Holidays and best wishes for a healthy, prosperous and won- derful New Year to all. Warm regards, Lorry Wagner This month’s Featured Article from Around the World! Georgine Ryter, Secretary President’s Message 1 Motions Passed 2 Endurance News 2 No official motions IAHC eBay Activities 2 The 2009 WAHO Conference will were passed at this News from WAHO 2 be held in Muscat, Oman, the native meeting. However, IAHC Other Featured country of pure Arabian horses. much in-depth discus- Information 2 Starting on January 30 and ending sion addressing AHA AHA Convention 3 on February 6, 2009, this confer- computer problems and the Novem- IAHC 2008 Calendar 3 ence promises to be another fantas- ber Convention evolved. See details IAHC Membership 3 tic adventure in the world of Ara- in the edited transcript posted on our IAHC Web Site 3 bian Horses. web site: Featured Articles 4 & 5 Convention Resolutions 6 See the Insallah Calendar on page 8 http://www.insallah.org/ IAHC Featured Member 7 for contact details. fileroom_files.html Educational, General and Other Info. Of Interest 8 Events Calendar 9 Contact Information for Editor: Lorry Wagner, 8222 Athel Street Inyokern, CA 93527 760-377-5579 [email protected] News about Arabian horse perform- ance in International rides around the world are welcome here. Lorry Wagner in Charge The first December eBay auction NEW ADDITION TO OUR has closed bringing in $36.00 to NEWSLETTER our Treasury. A new feature/service has been The item auctioned was the 1999 added. On page 8, under the title of IAHA 2nd edition of Lois Ann “Educational, General and IAHC Kroll’s “Arabian Costumes.” Information and Opportunities,” we will feature and/or list items of in- terest to our readers and where same can be found. Whether it be com- plete libraries, reports of interest or items for sale you may find what you have been looking for on this page. Listings by our IAHC mem- bers are at no charge. We will be looking into paid advertising for non-members in the near future. The Legend Thanks to the generosity of our This Newsletter will be featuring members Mary Anne Grimmell one of our IAHC Members each and Jeanne Hale, we have quite a month. Please contact me if you See page 6 for more list of other books and miscellane- have information on yourself and information on Sheri! ous items that will be listed during your horses and projects so you can the upcoming weeks. be included. IAHC Newsletter, December, 2008 Page 2 run. We have been meeting via an internet group during the year and have covered most of the committee dialog so we could actually present, process and vote on items to do for Just a reminder to be sure you renew The 2008 AHA Convention has 2009 and beyond. before you membership expires. come and gone. The Delegates Contact [email protected] if you elected the following officers: The one snag was that AHA sent are unsure of your expiration date. anything to do with a SH discipline President, Lance Walters to the Sport Horse Committee only Vice President, Dale Harvill (and not to Dressage, Driving etc). I Secretary, Jan Decker believe this is due to a miss concep- Treasurer, Frank Galovic tion that the SH Committee oversees all the disciplines….to us this is apro- Returning and New pos to the Tail Wagging the Dog. http://www.insallah.org Regional Directors: The main sessions were very quiet with only the scoring system resolu- Lorry Wagner, Web Manager Region 1, Nancy Harvey tions having any heated debate #17- Region 2, Jeff Reichman 08 withdrawn #18-08 Disapproved. Region 3, Deborah Johnson Most other resolutions were akin to To date, we have enjoyed having Region 4, Peggy Weems housekeeping….clarifying etc. Over- 9736 visits to our Region 5, Tague Johnson all 2008 was a very peaceful, quiet web site as of De- Region 6, Cecile Hetzel Dunn Convention. cember 19, 2008. Region 7, Terry Andreasen Region 8, Jim Hitt Thank you for the opportunity to If you are an Region 9, Patricia Barton attend as delegate for Insallah! IAHC member Region 10, Van P. Jacobsen and have a web Region 11, Dave Waggoner site which is Arabian-horse related, Region 12, George Attwood you are welcome to list your site on Region 13, Pamela J. Kittridge the IAHC web site in exchange for a Region 14, Dave Daugherty link back to this IAHC web site Region 15, Martin E. Kleiner Members may also list your Ara- Region 16, Walter J. Misco bian-horse activities on the Calendar Region 17, Terry Johnson page of this newsletter. Go to our Region 18, Allan Erlick web site at: http://www.insallah.org and click on Resolution information can be found Lorry Wagner, Contact the “Link to Member Web Pages” on the AHA website (put the below button in the left-hand column to see all in one single line): the above. Send all information to See front page, bottom Lorry Wagner (page 2, “Index” col- http://www.arabianhorses.org/ left column for meeting umn) membership/convention/ dates. See page 9 for 2008/2008Resolutions.asp shows, racing and Please contact Lorry for any com- events. ments or news from members of For a list of all resolutions and how your horses, activities, etc. you the convention delegates voted, go IAHC Members may would like to share. to page 6. list any Arabian horse events they are Our Delegate An- holding here in this space. Send infor- In addition, we welcome news and nette Wells attended mation to Lorry Wagner, contact in- reports on events around the world. this Convention and formation available on page 2, bottom All information must be Arabian reports! of Index column. horse related. Insallah does reserve the right to select appropriate input you have and limit same due to Due to a late flight Let us know how arrival, I missed the you like this new space limitations. plenary session. By electronic Friday we had 375 attending dele- newsletter Send to Lorry, contact information gates of the 533 eligible. The ma- in the “Index” block, left-hand col- jority of my time was spent attend- umn ing the Sport Horse, Dressage, Hunter/Jumper, Driving meetings. All were very productive and well IAHC Newsletter, December, 2008 Page 3 Doma Vaquera Traditional Horsemanship from Spain Submitted by John Saint Ryan Red Rose Ranch Inyokern, California, USA http://www.johnsaintryan.com/ Let’s start with the definitions of the words, Doma Vaquera. The word Doma translates to Dressage, Dresser or to Train. The word Vaquero translates to Stockman. The beginnings of Doma Vaquera are rooted many centuries ago with the Ginetes, an ancient people who lived in southern Andalusia as far back as the sixth century.