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Rider Athletic Camp at the US Olympic Center
Have you ever wanted to ride and train like an Olympian? Share in the Olympic experience this year! For the first time ever, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Coach Daniel Steward have gotten together to create equestrian athlete training camps for riders of any age, riding level, and discipline. The clinics are held at the US Olympic Training Centers in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Sarasota, Florida. Most camps run Friday to Monday with a Friday night dinner and welcome reception. Tuition includes all meals in the athletes dinning hall and shared-accommodations in the athlete dorms from Friday night to Monday afternoon. Each day begins at 7AM with a…
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Tales of a Pony Club Saddlemaker-In-Training Part 3
Adrienne Hendricks, H-A graduate, Boise Pony Club, in the Intermountain Region has agreed to blog her journey as an Apprentice Saddle Maker. Follow along as Adrienne shares her highs and lows of becoming a Master Saddler Here is an older saddle that needed to be re-flocked. This turned out to be a great way to show how to re flock a wool panel and also how the panels are attached to the tree. It helped that I needed to use white tread so you can see the stitching easier. The term “reflock” can cause lots of confusion as adjustments often get lumped into the term “reflock”. An adjustment or spot…
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Merck Animal Health Presents: Deworming Effectiveness
Keys to Effectively Deworming Your Horse Brought to you by Merck Animal Health Gone are the days when you just grabbed a tube of whichever dewormer was on sale. We know now that the most effective deworming program involves treating the right horse at the right time for the right parasites. The key is to work with your veterinarian to conduct fecal tests to determine your horse’s shedding status (how much and of which parasites he is shedding), then customize the deworming protocol. Low egg shedders typically require only two dewormings a year, whereas high shedders may require up to six treatments. Horses that spend most of their time in…
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Inter-Pacific Exchange Coach Bio- Susan Thomas
The 2017 Inter-Pacific Exchange is coming up soon. Follow our US team members as they go learn and compete with other Pony Club members from around the world! To learn more about this and all of the USPC International Exchanges, click HERE. Susan Thomas is the Coach for the 2017 USPC Inter-Pacific Exchange team. She is an A graduate (Piedmont Pony Club, South Region) of the United States Pony Clubs, Inc. and currently operates her own teaching and training business, Charbonnet Sport Horses, LLC. She grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in Glenmore Hunt Pony Club. After finishing high school in Maryland, she studied Equine Science and Agribusiness…
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Inter-Pacific Exchange Member Bio- Kiersti Wylie
The 2017 Inter-Pacific Exchange is coming up soon. Follow our US team members as they go learn and compete with other Pony Club members from around the world! To learn more about this and all of the USPC International Exchanges, click HERE. Kiersti Wylie is an “A” member of Sandia Creek Ranch Pony Club Riding Center, in the Southern California Region. She began riding before she could walk and started eventing at 5 years old on her pony, Here Comes Trouble. She lives, works, and trains on her family’s ranch where they breed, raise, and train Welsh X ponies and develop sport horses. The ranch is home to the USPC…
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Inter-Pacific Exchange Member Bio- Elizabeth Massa
The 2017 Inter-Pacific Exchange is coming up soon. Follow our US team members as they go learn and compete with other Pony Club members from around the world! To learn more about this and all of the USPC International Exchanges, click HERE. Elizabeth Massa is a B member of Keeneland Pony Club in the Midsouth Region. She is 18 years old and a senior in high school. She will be attending the University of Kentucky in the fall. Lizzie is currently working towards her H-A and A certifications, all while training her green event horse. Lizzie and her horse Theodoor have just completed their first FEI one-star three-day event together…
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Inter-Pacific Exchange Member Bio- Samantha Messamer
The 2017 Inter-Pacific Exchange is coming up soon. Follow our US team members as they go learn and compete with other Pony Club members from around the world! To learn more about this and all of the USPC International Exchanges, click HERE. Sammi Messamer is a B member of Greenville Foothills Pony Club in the Carolina Region. She is twenty years old and goes to Clemson University where she is this years’ secretary for the Clemson Intercollegiate Eventing Team. She learned about the IPE from her amazing coach Janna Ritacco who has coached several past IPE’s. She wanted to apply for the team because she knew that it would be…
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Inter-Pacific Exchange Member Bio- Sarah Beth Hood
The 2017 Inter-Pacific Exchange is coming up soon. Follow our US team members as they go learn and compete with other Pony Club members from around the world! To learn more about this and all of the USPC International Exchanges, click HERE. Sarah Beth Hood is a B Pony Club member from Hilltoppers Pony Club in the South Region. She is a sophomore at the University of Georgia and also rides and competes for their eventing team. She started her riding career at the age of six, and has been hooked on eventing since she got her first pony, an Arabian named Shamen, and joined Pony Club. Along with eventing,…
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Tales of a Pony Club Saddlemaker-In-Training Part 2
Adrienne Hendricks, H-A graduate, Boise Pony Club, in the Intermountain Region has agreed to blog her journey as an Apprentice Saddle Maker. Follow along as Adrienne shares her highs and lows of becoming a Master Saddler I had a saddle come in to have the foam panels recovered. I wanted to give you an overview of the process of this, so lets start with the before picture of the saddle: Here you can see the old covered panel. This is a foam panel as opposed to a wool flocked panel. It is felt on top which is the white you see below. Then layers of latex foam that create the…
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Merck Animal Health presents: Practical Biosecurity
Practical Biosecurity Measures at Home and Away Brought to you by Merck Animal Health The best way to protect your horse from infectious disease is to keep his vaccinations up to date while implementing management practices that reduce his exposure to pathogens at home and away. An understanding of the principles of biosecurity will go a long way in preserving your horse’s health and your time in the saddle this summer. Horse traffic Environments such as a show or event where many animals and people are moving freely around the facility, interacting with numerous people, animals and objects, are at increased risk for infectious disease outbreaks. Whether you’re home or…
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