MEETING NOTICE
When: Wednesday, April 10, 2009, 7:30PM
Where: Visitor Education Center (VEC) associated with Springdale Farm -700 Colby Street, in Spencerport, NY
Topic: Heather Jacquay – Nutrena Horse Nutrition Specialist
Annual Clinic
Nancy B. is chairing the clinic, which will be held on Friday, May 14, through Sunday, May 16, 2010, at Kateland Farm with Jeff Morse as the clinician. The registration form to sign up for the clinic will be sent out with this April meeting notice and will either be attached as a PDF file for email recipients or paper form for regular mail. Registration will be on a first come first serve basis, and a $50 check must accompany the registration form. Each lesson will be 45 minutes long, and participants will go into the ring five minutes before their lesson to warm up. The first lesson on Saturday and Sunday will begin at 8 a.m. and the last lesson will begin at 4:15 p.m. If there is an overflow of participants for Saturday and Sunday, there will also be five lessons on Friday with the first lesson starting at 1 p.m. and the last lesson starting at 4:15 p.m. Participants will give their first and second preference for lesson time on the registration forms, and Nancy Beaney will call them with the date and time of their lesson. Due to insurance regulations, this event is open only to NDS members, and auditors and grooms must be NDS members as well.
Click Here for Registration Form
NDS Show Prize List Will Not Be Paper Mailed
The NDS Prize List will be sent via email and will be posted on the NDS website. No paper versions will be mailed this year. Paper version can be sent to individuals who request it (contact Nancy Murphy).
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
Jeff Kulzer gave a very informative talk about horse teeth at our March meeting. Jeff has been a horse dentist for over 20 years and has made over 30,000 dental visits. He had plenty of images in his presentation to understand the various problems. He also had many tools, horse skulls and teeth to examine. Get your horse’s teeth floated regularly! She will eat and be able to perform much more comfortably.
Muffy Seaton Driving Clinic
Two scholarships will be awarded for the Muffy Seaton Driving Clinic to be held Saturday & Sunday June 12th-13th , 2010. The scholarships are open to both juniors and adults, beginner to advanced drivers. Each scholarship is for a private 50 minute lesson with internationally renowned trainer, driver and instructor, Muffy Seaton. For more information about the clinic or scholarships Click Here
Carriages on the Lawn
The Granger Homestead “Carriages on the Lawn and Country Fair” will be held on Saturday, May 22, 2010. In addition to the carriage exhibits and judging, there will be plenty of other fun events such as Victorian games, scavenger hunt and a People’s Choice Award. Go to www.grangerhomestead.org for more information and registration.
Tidbits and Upcoming Events
The NDS show co-chairpersons, are Laurie N. and Don G.. Show volunteers are needed in various capacities. Nancy Murphy suggested that the prize list not only go out via email and U.S. mail but be posted on the NDS website as well. The show committee will discuss this.
Swap-n-Shop is Saturday April 3, 10-1:00 at 249 Highland Avenue.
The Board will be meeting with our attorney at the next board meeting in early April to clarify some questions about NDS, now that it has been incorporated as a not-for-profit organization. If any members have any concerns, please let someone on the board know.
Esther R. reported that she has contacted Diane Ross about the NDS polo shirts and hooded sweatshirts. The gray and maroon shirts and sweatshirts were ordered from her before, so there would be no extra set-up fee. Esther is also looking into NDS caps. She will have more information including pricing at future meetings.
There are two websites that members might be interested in for horse related items:
www.kyhorse.com
www.usfriesianreferral.com/bits.html
The Carriage Association of America has a 30min video on the following website that goes through its history www.horsetv.com
Thanks to the folks who brought the snacks for the meeting!
Be SAFE – check your gear before you hook up and drive!
Remember to check for the annual clinic attachment with this document.