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Legend of theRacetracklexington, KY—With Keeneland’sspring meet in full swing and the

144th Kentucky Derby on may 5th, the na-tion’s attention is focused on thoroughbredracing. the sport of Kings has a long andstoried history that is worth revisiting be-cause of what it reveals about our broadersociety. among the most famous early starsin the sport was Isaac burns murphy (1861–1896), one of the most dynamic jockeys ofhis era. still considered one of the finest rid-ers of all time, murphy was the first jockeyto win the Kentucky Derby three times, andhis 44 percent win record remains un-matched. Despite his success, murphy waspushed out of thoroughbred racing whenafrican american jockeys were forced offthe track, and he died in obscurity.

In The Prince of Jockeys: The Life ofIsaac Burns Murphy, author pellom mc-Daniels III offers the first definitive biogra-phy of this celebrated athlete whose lifespanned the civil War, reconstruction, andthe adoption of Jim crow legislation. De-spite the obstacles he faced, murphy becamean important figure—not just in sports, butin the social, political, and cultural con-

sciousness of african americans. murphy’s rise as the premier jockey of his

day coincided with the many opportunitiesthat opened up for blacks in the postbellumperiod during reconstruction. the facts thathe was able to read and write from an earlyage, gain access to the wealthiest americans(who paid him well for his services), and usehis purchasing power as a capitalist madehim a model for resistance to popular notionsof black inferiority. as african americanslike murphy gained both socially and finan-cially, it created a backlash among those withpower, which eventually forced them out ofmany of the professions where they hadmade their mark.

In the spring of 1896, three months aftermurphy’s death, the supreme court’s deci-sion in Plessy v. Ferguson institutionalizedJim crow segregation. his death alsomarked the demise of the black jockey inamerican horse racing. by the end of thecentury, only a handful of quality black jock-eys could be found on american racetracks.great riders like anthony hamilton (1866–1904), Willie simms (1870–1927), andJimmy Winkfield (1882–1974), the lastblack jockey to win the Kentucky Derby,were shut out by a system that favored whitejockeys and wanted to rid the tracks of blackcompetition. eventually, all three wouldleave the united states to race in europe.

Drawing from legal documents, censusdata, and newspapers, this comprehensiveprofile explores how murphy epitomized therise of the black middle class and contributedto the construction of popular notions aboutafrican american identity, community, andcitizenship during his lifetime. the legacy ofIsaac burns murphy is one of complex ori-gins, a sense of purpose, and an extraordi-nary degree of intelligence. lexington,Kentucky is fortunate to have him as a modelof the best kind of nobility: humble, digni-fied, human.

About the author: pellom mcDaniels IIIis curator of african american collectionsin the stuart a. rose library at emory uni-versity. he received a national endowmentfor the humanities fellowship for ThePrince of Jockeys.

Review by Nancy Brannon

the Dark Side of Town (2018) is thesecond murder mystery by horse-woman and former amateur steeplechasejockey sasscer hill, featuring fia mcKee,a former baltimore police officer and nowan undercover agent for the thoroughbredracing protective bureau (trpb). herfirst novel, Flamingo Road, is set at gulf-stream park racetrack in florida, and thisnovel is set at saratoga racetrack insaratoga springs, nY.

undercover agent fia mcKee, now of-ficially employed by the trpb as “fay,”is sent undercover to saratoga racetrackto investigate mars pizutti, a racehorsetrainer whose horses’ wins are suspi-ciously lucky – and lucrative. fia’s bossesbelieve pizutti's success is based on illegaldrugs and deceitful methods, and theywant fia to work inside his barn to ferretout the truth.

after witnessing the tragic and inexpli-cable suicide of a jockey, “fay” discoversthe rider’s death is only the tip on an ice-berg involving the mob, a crooked racinghedge fund, and threats to the lives of an-other jockey and his young sister. “fay”must find out who’s connected to whom,and what shadowy forces are at play be-fore someone else dies.

this is a great read, especially for horseracing season. hill keeps adding twistsand turns to the plot, which definitely cre-ates a “page turner” that you won’t wantto put down. the reader is right there withfay and calaxto coyune, her cuban-american cohort and would-be lover, as

she moves from one dangeroussituation to another, trying tosolve the mystery of who’s pos-sibly involved in fixing races,while a young jockey is pres-sured to lose races.

the horses are quite the char-acters, too. there’s Wiggly Wab-bit, a gray filly; Ziggy stardust,whom one has to threaten with arake to enter his stall or have “his

teeth embedded in [one’s] arm.” there’sglow West, a chestnut, and best of all –bionic, the fastest horse in the barn.

and then there’s the encounter with hermother – after a 17-year absence – that, atfirst, seems unrelated, until fia finds outher mother is deeply involved with theoriginator of the hedge fund.

the one thing I worry about when thereare unsavory characters using horses tomake lots of money for themselves is thewelfare of the horses. When the vet arrivesand starts setting out vials of medicine, Iwondered what drugs would be adminis-tered. they turn out to be “vitamins, per-mitted painkillers, and the diuretic lasix,which was still legal in new York,” hillwrites. still, there are questions about druguse, like corticosteroids and anabolicsteroids, “since pizutti’s horses had testedpositive on race days before.” fortunately,the grooms in this novel are all devoted togiving good care for the horses in theircharge.

as “fay” uncovers one mob connectionafter another, and is nearly drowned by amobster in lake Desolation, the tangledweb of “dark money” leads her to peoplefar more dangerous than pizutti. her finalencounter with the most dangerous mob-sters ends in a most unexpected way –with the abused wife of one mobster get-ting her freedom and the others learning ahard lesson at a shootout in an Italianrestaurant, with the fbI sWat team“cleaning up the mess.” to say the least –it’s a thriller!


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In their weekly series of book signingsand author interviews, square booksin oxford, mississippi hosted author Wal-ter Isaacson on may 11, 2018. Isaacsonhas authored in-depth biographies of steveJobs, benjamin franklin, henry Kissinger,albert einstein, and his latest biography isLeonardo da Vinci. In his short, 32-minutepresentation, Walter Isaacson presented anengrossing portrait of leonado da vinci’slife and accomplishments: an artist, scien-tist, inventor, and supreme polymath, whowas also very human and enthralled withnature and the deeply embraced the con-dition of life. Isaacson’s primary sourcesof information were the voluminous jour-nals which leonardo kept. Isaacson wasable to locate and study approximately 700of them.

leonardo had an extremely inquisitivemind and may well have been the greatestgenius in history. not simply the creatorof some of the greatest works of artknown, leonardo’s interests combinedanatomy, engineering, cartography, math-ematics, architecture, botany, astronomy,geology, sculpting, and painting, whichled to some very creative inventions.Isaacson showed several images fromleonardo’s journals, many of which in-cluded “lists of things to learn today.”

leonardo was born in 1452 (d. 1519) invinci in the region of florence; he was theout of wedlock son of a wealthy legal no-tary and a peasant woman.

at age 14, he was apprenticed to theartist andrea del verrocchio, the leadingflorentine painter and sculptor of his day.here leonardo learned drafting, chem-istry, metallurgy, metal working, plastercasting, leather working, mechanics, andcarpentry, as well as the artistic skills ofdrawing, painting, sculpting, and model-ing. one of his collaborative works withverrocchio was the painting The Baptismof Christ. Isaacson showed a photo of thepainting, pointing out the nuances of leo-rando’s touches, especially in the faces ofthe two angels on the lower left. note thecurly hair and pleasant, almost smiling,look on the angel on the left (leonardo’s),compared to the oblivious stare in theangel on the right (verrochio’s). Isaacsonalso pointed out how curling lines – in thehair, in the swirling water – are importantfacets in many of leonardo’s paintingsand sculptures.

leonardo worked in milan from 1482-1499, a time in which he painted The LastSupper for the monastery of santa mariadelle grazie. Isaacson explained howleonardo was a story teller through hispaintings. Knowing how thoroughlyleonardo understood light and shadows,Isaacson asked the audience why – sincethe windows are in the back of the painting– the light falls on the right side of thepainting? the answer is to view the paint-ing in the context of the monastery in

which it is displayed: here light comes intothe building from windows on the left.

Whatever the subject, leonardo went togreat detail to analyze and understand it,making copious notes and drawing multi-ple images. since leonardo was a perfec-tionist, he periodically revised thedrawings and paintings he had done.

Leonardo’s Horse (see page 2) is asculpture that was commissioned by theDuke of milan ludovico il moro in 1482.leonardo did extensive preparatory workfor it, but produced only a clay model,which was destroyed by french soldierswhen they invaded milan in 1499.

Isaacson detailed leonardo’s study ofanatomy, especially muscles and how theywork. for example, did you know that themuscle that purses the lips is the samemuscle that forms the lower lip? but a dif-ferent muscle operates the upper lip. thelower lip can pucker on its own, with orwithout the upper lip. but it is not possibleto pucker the upper lip alone (like ourhorses can!). It is this thorough under-standing of musculature anatomy that al-lows leonardo to create the mostfascinating smile ever in the Mona Lisa.

leonardo’s ultimate understanding ofbalance and proportion in the human bodyis illustrated in his Vitruvian Man. theimage is a blend of mathematics and art.leonardo believed the workings of thehuman body to be an analogy for theworkings of the universe, and he was al-ways seeking to understand a unified the-ory of the universe. Isaacson pointed outthat the man in the drawing is leonardohimself!

the final point that Isaacson left withhis audience is the importance and perma-nence of putting things on paper – as op-posed to on a computer, on the cloud, aphone, or some other electronic device.What remnants of leonardo’s journals areextant (Isaacson believes we may have lostperhaps 2/3 of them) are on paper andhave lasted over 500 years! he comparesthe availability of information onleonardo to that for his biography ofsteve Jobs. although written and stored inrecent times, there was much informationthat Jobs was no longer able to retrievefrom his computers. the lesson is thatelectronic postings are transitory and im-permanent. If you want something to last,put it on paper!

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Fly ControlAroundHorsesBy Roger Moon, PhD, and Betsy Gilker-

son Wieland, University of Minnesota

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flies are a natural part of keepinghorses. two main groups of fliesthat are a concern are filth flies and aquaticbiting flies. understanding what thesepests are and how they live and breed canhelp horse owners limit their fly pest prob-lems.

Filth flies develop in moist organic de-bris such as aging feces, soiled animalbedding, and rotting feed debris. stable flyadults have seven black spots on a gray ab-domen, and their heads have hardened,bayonette-like mouth parts that penetratethe skin to take in a blood meal. biting sta-ble flies cause horses and other livestockto switch their tails, twitch their flanks,and stamp their feet. of all adult stableflies around horses, only 5% will be on theanimal at any one time; the other 95% willbe perched on nearby fencing, buildings,and vegetation.

house flies, on the other hand, do not

bite animals, but can be a nuisance to peo-ple around animals, and can spread fecalbacteria. house flies have fleshy, spong-ing mouth parts that suck up fluids. houseflies will feed at horses' eyes, body ori-fices, and fresh manure. like stable flies,only a small percentage of house flies areon a horse at any one time.

Biology of filth flies

filth flies can reproduce continuouslyfrom may into october. adult females lay50-150 eggs every few days. femalesplace eggs in moist organic debris such asmanure, rotting hay and soiled stall bed-ding. small maggots hatch from eggs andfeed on bacteria growing in the debris.

mature maggots are 1/4 to 1/2 inchlong, have heads that taper to a point, androunded abdomens with two dark spiraclesused for breathing. Ideal conditions formaggots are in debris that is 40-80% mois-

ture and 70-95° f.likely sources of debris around horse

barns are muck near leaky waterers, oldhay around feeders, piled manure, andsoiled bedding. maggots mature intopupae and then into winged adults. theentire life cycle can be completed in as lit-tle as two weeks, and adults can live one tothree weeks, depending on the weather.

When not feeding, stable flies andhouse flies 'perch' on solid substrates,often above head height, where the fliescan sit undisturbed. perching sites areidentified by accumulations of fly specks,small brown spots of fly waste. Knowl-edge of perching sites can guide applica-tions of residual insecticides intended tokill the adult flies.

Source reduction for filth fly control

filth flies in and around barns can becontrolled through debris management,

guided by weekly scouting for potentialmaggot breeding sites. In the long term,preventive debris management will bemore effective than chemical controls.

Chemical and non-chemical control

Insecticides, fly traps, and stingless par-asitic wasps can be used to augment debrismanagement. pyrethrum or resmethrinfogs and space sprays can be used to killadult flies indoors, but relief will be tem-porary because these insecticides breakdown quickly. pyrethrum containspyrethrins that are extracted from certaincultivated chrysanthemums. resmethrin isa synthetic pyrethrin. longer livedpyrethroid and organophosphate residualpremise sprays can be applied indoors andoutdoors, and will be most effective if ap-plied to fly perching areas. residual prem-ise sprays may be effective up to 3 weeks,depending on site dustiness. neither fogsnor residual insecticides will be very ef-fective without good debris management,because the flies have a high reproductivepotential. for safety, users of chemical in-secticides should always carefully readand precisely follow label instructions.

three kinds of commercial fly traps arealso available. sticky traps and ultravioletelectrocutor traps catch and kill stable fliesand house flies. baited traps attract andkill house flies, but not stable flies. Whilefly traps of all kinds can catch impressivenumbers of flies, efficacy will be limited if

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debris management is inadequate or if fliesare immigrating from off-premise sources.

stingless parasitic wasps are small, ant-like insects that kill filth fly pupae. thesewasps occur naturally around animalpremises, provide natural biological con-trol of filth flies, and are harmless to peo-ple and animals. Wasp females search forfly pupae in fly breeding media. When en-countered, females lay eggs inside flypupae, and then the wasp larvae eat andkill the developing fly pupae. horse own-ers can purchase and release parasiticwasps to supplement natural populations.

fly repellants can provide temporaryrelief from attacking stable flies. effec-tiveness is likely to be limited to a fewhours, but this may be enough to keephorses comfortable to show or ride safely.active ingredients in effective productscontain botanical pyrethrins, synergists,and synthetic permethrin and cyperme-thrin. these products should be applied tolegs where stable flies are most likely toattack, and will need to be reapplied if thehorse walks through wet vegetation.

horse owners have probably heard of

or tried natural remedies for control offilth flies. recipes for stable fly and otherbiting fly repellents include water, vinegar,bath oil, mouthwash, plant oils, and herbalextracts. some plant oils have been shownto repel mosquitoes under laboratory con-ditions, but synergized pyrethrins and per-methrin are more effective and last muchlonger. none of the home recipes has beenshown to protect outdoor horses from bit-ing insects, and some of the ingredientsmay injure horses with sensitive skin.products that are registered with the envi-ronmental protection agency (epa) haveundergone extensive safety testing andcarry an epa number on their label.

Aquatic biting flies - black flies, horseflies, deer flies, and mosquitoes

aquatic biting flies are the secondgroup of bothersome flies around horses.these flies are difficult to control becausethey develop in wetlands that cannot bemanaged, as adults can travel severalmiles from their aquatic origins. malesand females feed on plant nectar, and fe-males attack numerous species of animalsto obtain blood and reproduce.

Black flies

these 1/16 inch long, gnat-like insectscommonly attack horses housed outdoorsfrom may into fall. black flies have cut-ting-sponging mouth parts that stab skinand cause blood to flow to the surface.larvae develop only in flowing creeks,streams and rivers. unfortunately, adultscan travel several miles from their larvalsources, so horses on premises withoutflowing water may still be attacked. Dur-ing outbreak times, horses can developscabby lesions from repeated biting, espe-cially in their ears, or on their necks, chestsand bellies. black flies bite only during theday (not at night), and few will enter dark,shady areas.

Horse flies and deer flies

these 1/3 to 1 inch long stout flies areactive around swamps, where their larvaedevelop as predators eating other soft bod-ied animals in swamp mud. adults tend tobe concentrated nearby, but can travel sev-eral miles in search of hosts. like blackflies, horse flies and deer flies are only ac-tive in bright daylight.

Mosquitoes

these 1/8 to 1/4 inch long insects canbe vectors (carriers) of three viruses thatcan be lethal to horses: West nile, westernencephalitis, and eastern encephalitis.horse owners should consult with theirveterinarians to vaccinate against thesethree viruses.

most mosquito species are active fromsundown into the night, but a few can beactive during the daytime, too. mosquito

larvae grow in pockets of still water withdecaying leaves and algae, including rainfilled depressions, naturally occurring treeholes, permanent to semi-permanentswamps, and artificial containers such aswater troughs, old tires, and other man-made containers.

Control of aquatic biting flies

relief from black flies, horse flies, anddeer flies can be obtained through avoid-ance, by keeping horses indoors duringdaylight hours or by allowing access tobarns or other areas with deep shade.scabby lesions from black fly bites can besalved with petroleum jelly to reduce fur-ther biting and help heal the lesions. un-fortunately, commercial repellents are notvery effective against black flies, horseflies, or deer flies.

horses can be protected from mosqui-toes by housing them indoors, or behindscreened doorways and windows. on-sitemosquito breeding should be prevented bycleaning water tanks and garden contain-ers to remove leaves and algae. Dispose ofold tires, drill drain holes in tire swings,and overturn or discard buckets and allother containers that could hold rain waterfor more than one week.

several types of traps are marketed tocontrol aquatic biting flies. aquatic bitingfly traps are likely to kill only a small per-centage of the flies that are actually pres-ent around horses. use of traps has notbeen shown to reliably improve horsecomfort or protect them from mosquitotransmitted viruses.

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racing & steeplechasing2018 IroquoisSteeplechaseBy Nancy & Tommy Brannon

the second saturday in may (12th)turned out to be a hot one for thehorses at the 77th annual Iroquois stee-plechase at percy Warner park innashville, tennessee. With temperaturesin the mid 90s, ice, cold water, and mistingfans were a necessity to cool the horsesafter running 2 to 3 miles over “nationalfences” (brush) or timber. new this yearwas a clever innovation: ice wraps aroundthe horse’s shoulders, made from plasticgloves.

Jockey ross geraghty rode Zanjabell tovictory in the calvin houghland Iroquois,the richest race on the national steeple-chase association’s spring schedule. In thepaddock parade prior to the race, hand-some mr. hot stuff won the best turn out.he, along with modem and all the WayJose were the favored horses. but Kremlintook the early lead and led the pack for thefirst mile of the race. then all the WayJose way took the lead, but fell coming offthe tenth fence (neither he nor jockey Dar-ren nagle were injured), allowing modemto take over first position heading to thelast fence before the finish.

but clearing the last of the 18 brushfences, Zanjabeel came on strong, beating

modem by five lengths. third placed Ja-marjo finished 10¾ lengths back, and mr.hot stuff was fourth. Zanjabeel, a comingfive-year-old, was the youngest horse inthe field of seven.

Other races of the day:

the Green Pastures Hurdle: first, lordJustice (Ire), ridden by sean mcDermott,trained by Jack fisher. second: Whitman’spoetry; third: Down royal; fourth: lastshani.

the Bright Hour Hurdle: first, threeKingdoms (Ire), ridden by Kieran norris,trained by Julie gomena. second: sc-hoodic; third, orchestra leader; fourth:able archer.

the Marcellus Frost Champion Hurdle:

first, Iranistan, ridden by Darren nagle,trained by Jonathan sheppard. second:gibralfara (Ire); third: barnacle bill(Ire); fourth: lachares (Ire).

the Margaret Currey Henley Hurdle:first, sarah Joyce (Ire), ridden by JackDoyle, trained by elizabeth voss. second:Inverness; third: for goodness sake(Ire); fourth: get ready set goes.

the George Sloan and John Sloan Sr.Hurdle: first, cite, ridden by Willie mc-carthy, trained by Jack fisher. second:belisarius (Ire); third: Jump to Juneau;fourth foxhall Drive.

the Mason Houghland Memorial Tim-ber Stakes: first, plated, ridden by JackDoyle, trained by Jimmy Day. second:

shinobi (ger); third: two’s company(Ire); fourth: cornhusker (gb).

Jack Doyle received the 2018 leadingrider of the Day award. he accumulated14 points at this year’s Iroquois, winningthe margaret currey henley stakes onsarah Joyce and the mason houghlandtimber stakes on plated; placing secondon modem in the calvin houghland Iro-quois, third on barnacle bill in the mar-cellus frost, and fourth on last shani inthe green pastures hurdle.

the Iroquois steeplechase would not becomplete without the hat contest, follow-ing the third race. hers was a hat thatwould have made Klinger (fromm*a*s*h) proud. Inspired by carmenmiranda, the late actress known for herlarge fruit basket headdresses, carolynsmith bryant wore her version of theiconic hat proudly. the oversized greenhat sported a variety of artificial fruit, in-cluding lemons and bananas, mixed withgarlands of red flowers, sunflowers, a but-terfly, green and red feathers.

for the youngsters, there were threeheats of the ever-popular stick horse racefollowing the second steeplechase race.

the official charity of the Iroquois isthe monroe carell Jr. children’s hospitalat vanderbilt.

a full staff of veterinarians from ten-nessee equine hospital was on hand to as-sure the health and safety of the horses.

find more at: www.iroquoissteeple-chase.org and on facebook.

In the Calvin Houghland Iroquois, Zanjabeel (#4) leads over last fence before the

finish, followed by Modem (#3). Zanjabeel won and Modem finished second.

(photo by Nancy Brannon)

After the finish line, there were plenty of staff to help cool the horses with water

and the innovative “ice wraps.” (photo by Tommy Brannon)

Topper, Jim Sullivan’s Nashville

Metro Park Police horse, thoroughly

enjoyed the misting fans!

Carolyn Smith Bryant and her Car-

men Miranda-inspired hat.

(photos by Nancy Brannon)

Sarah Joyce (#8) and For Goodness Sake (#9), after the last fence, battle for the

win of the Margaret Curry Henley Filly & Mare Stakes. Sarah Joyce won.

Plated (#4) leads the pack over last fence before finish to win the Mason Hough-

land Memorial Timber Stakes. (photos by Nancy Brannon)


Compiled by Nancy Brannon

oh, the sun [did not] shine bright onmy old Kentucky home… In fact,the driving rain increased just as “my oldKentucky home” was being sung by thecrowd at churchill Downs in louisville,Kentucky. the 144th running of the Ken-tucky Derby, saturday may 5, 2018, wasdeclared by the national Weather serviceas the wettest in history, with three inchesof rain falling on the crowd of 157,813 inattendance.

Justify became the first horse sinceapollo in 1882 to win the Kentucky Derbyas a three-year-old - without having racedas a two-year-old. Justify also ran thethird-fastest half mile in Derby history inthe pouring rain on an extremely sloppytrack. final time was 2:04.2 for the 1¼mile race. Justify remained undefeated inhis four career starts.

at 52, jockey mike smith was the old-est rider in the field – also the cleanest atthe finish – and won his second KentuckyDerby, with trainer bob baffert winning

his fifth Derby. smith had plenty of praisefor the horse: “amazing horse! he’s gotthat ‘it’ factor. he is so above average; he’sgot unbelievable talent and a mind to gowith it. he was loving this stuff!”

baffert was pleased that the horse “gotaway clean” out of the starting gate. Jus-tify came out of the number 7 spot runningstrong, and smith settled him into secondplace behind promises fulfilled, who setthe pace early, avoiding the mud and thetraffic of the 20-horse field. the twohorses set a blistering pace, going the firsthalf-mile through the muck in 45.77 sec-onds.

then came the challenge from goodmagic, trying to close in on Justify’s lead.but once smith asked Justify for morespeed, the horse responded like a freighttrain. “supercharged,” is how baffert de-scribed it. going through the final turn intothe straightaway toward the finish line,Justify took the lead and went on to winby 2½ lengths.

baffert ranks Justify “up there with mytop ones” such as american pharoah.“these are great horses and it took a greathorse to win today,” he said.

order of finish: Justify, good magic,audible.

Justify X 2 inthe MudCompiled by Nancy Brannon

track conditions for the preaknesswere much like those at the Ken-tucky Derby: muddy and sloppy. saturday,may 19th was the eighth consecutive dayof measurable rain around the baltimorearea with totals topping 5 inches. thickfog obscured the view of much of thetrack, making race commentary difficultfor sports casters. but out of the fog, racedDerby winner Justify to win the 143rdpreakness stakes at pimlico race coursein baltimore, maryland.

Justify broke well from the gate andedged to the front to take an early lead. butso did good magic, who had challengedhim at the Derby. the two ran neck andneck in a close “match race” for about ¾of the course. then bravazo and tenfoldmade their moves to the front, challenging

Justify every stride of the way. but Justifyfound that extra “turbo boost” to send himunder the wire as the clear winner, defeat-ing bravazo by half a length. It was a tightgroup at the finish, with tenfold (3rd) tothe right of Justify just a neck behind;bravazo (2nd) to tenfold’s right, just halfa length off; and good magic on the rail,a neck behind tenfold, putting him infourth.

“It was a nail-biter,” Justify's trainerbob baffert told nbc sports. “they put it

to us. It was like they had their own pri-vate match race, (but I'm) so happy we gotit done. such a great horse to handle allthat pressure and get it done!”

Justify is now the 24th horse to winboth the Derby and the preakness. Despitethe rain and mud, a crowd of 134,487turned out to watch the Derby winner takethe second jewel in the triple crown. el-mont, nY and the 150th running of thebelmont stakes are next on his agenda,June 9, 2018.

Justify, ridden by Mike Smith, wins the 144th Kentucky Derby. May 5, 2018

(Photo: Scott Utterback/Courier Journal)

Justify and Good Magic ran neck and neck for nearly 3/4 of the Preakness.

(Photo: Tom Horan/Associated Press)

By Nancy Brannon

southern reins center for equinetherapy hosted its third annualfundraiser Jockeys & Juleps Derby partyon may 5, 2018 at their new location: 916billy bryant road, fisherville, tenn. Wel-coming the nearly 800 guests, many inelaborate hats, at the entrance were lon-green foxhounds huntsman susanWalker, mfh and Whipper-In chip car-ruthers, mounted on their hunt horses.

there was plenty of Derby fare to enjoyfrom several area food sponsors. guestsreceived a julep cup with their admissionfee; there was live music by the riverbluff clan, and therapy horses were avail-able in the barn for guests to meet.

there was a live auction, with guestauctioneers valerie calhoun and Darrellgreene of foX-13 news, and a silent auc-tion of equestrian art in the massive “tro-phy room” of the house.

the covered arena at southern reins’new location came in very handy for theday’s event, as showers were the weatherof the day, just like at churchill Downs.

Valerie Calhoun

Melanie Smith Taylor & niece Elena

A guest pets a therapy horse

Still the BestWeekend AllYear: KY3DEBy Grace Netter; photos by Brenda Black

after 37 years, the Kentucky three-Dayevent (KY3De) has a new title spon-sor, and after three years, a new reigning cham-pion. land rover automotive is the newest titlesponsor and namesake of the KY3De. thisyear also knocked crowd-favorite michael Jungoff his three-year throne with a new victor.

In one-stadium-rail upset, first place went togreat britain’s oliver townend riding cooleymaster class, who finished on his dressagescore of 28.7. he was one of only four ridersto not add any penalties to their dressage scoreover the whole competition. this is a first-timeKY3De win for townend, and it was hishorse’s 4-star competition debut. out of the$400,000 prize, townend was awarded$130,000 and a 12-month lease on a landrover Discovery. townend was also eligiblefor the rolex grand slam of eventing afterwinning the burghley horse trials and now theKY3De. however, as of may 6, townendcame in second to Jonelle price of newZealand at the mitsubishi motors badmintonhorse trials, just missing the gram slam title.

second place at the KY3De went to 3-yearreigning champion michael Jung of germany,riding fischerrocana fts, only adding 0.4penalties on cross country and an unlucky 4penalties in stadium. he brought home $62,000and a chance to try again next year.

american marilyn little, riding rf scan-dalous, finished in third place with a score of32.8, earning $45,000.

fourth place went to phillip Dutton, (usa),riding Z. they scored 33.7 total points, finish-ing on just their dressage score. he wasawarded $38,000.

the 6th annual Dubarry of Ireland nations’team challenge was won by team germany,great britain, australia, and poland with a totalscore of 102.7. I n second place was team usawith a score of 108.0. In third place was teamcanada, with a score of 244.2. the $20,000cash prize was divided among the winners.

Dressage – April 26-27:following the morning jogs, 46 horses were

on line to show their stuff in the dressage arena.overnight, one horse was withdrawn fromcompetition, and one horse did not pass the firstinspection. many of the riders were using theKY3De as preparation for the feI Worldequestrian games, to be held this septemberin tryon, north carolina. this is the first yearthat the 1.5 scoring coefficient was not used, sothe dressage scores were considerably lowerand closer together than they have been in thepast.

on thursday, as expected, michael Jungand fischerrocana fts shot to first place witha score of 27.1, giving them a sizeable lead.following in second place sat boyd martin andtsetserleg with 31.2. tamra smith and 4-starfirst-timer Wembley rode to third place with apersonal best score, 32.1. but on friday, Jungwas overtaken by marilyn little, putting in abrilliant test and earning 24.8. christopher bur-ton rose to the third place position with a scoreof 27.9, putting him only 0.8 behind Jung.

Cross Country –

April 28:a first in four years,

the sun shone upon thecross-country courseon saturday. With atough but fair course, itwas nice not to worryabout slippery footing.prior to the start, threehorses were withdrawnfrom the competition,bumping the fielddown to 43 competi-tors. this year’s coursewas once again de-signed by Derek digrazia, who is also designing the course for the2020 tokyo olympics. although he has de-signed for the KY3De in the past, this coursewas completely redesigned and even reversedfrom start to finish. the head of the lake fea-tured two routes this year, direct and indirect.With the optimum time of 11 minutes and 3seconds, the course encouraged a forward ride.

out of the 43 competitors to set out oncourse, only 36 finished. along the way, fourriders retired, and three riders fell from theirhorses. no one was seriously injured. the headof the lake proved to be the most difficultfence of the day, garnering many of thosemishaps. the optimum time also proved hardto achieve, with only ten riders being able tomake it with no time penalties. there were onlyten who completed the course without time norjump penalties. tim bourke and luckaunquality had the fastest round, completing thecourse in a staggering 10 minutes, 43 seconds.michael Jung came in only one second past thetime, tacking on a 0.4 penalty to his score. Withthat, Jung still rose to the top after marilyn lit-tle got 8.0 time penalties, tying her in sixth

place with boyd martin. going completelyclear, christopher burton moved up to second,and oliver townend climbed to third.

this year was a very safe cross-country day,with only three rider falls and no horse falls.this is a significant improvement, linked to theapplication of breakaways and frangible pins,allowing knocked fences to fall, instead ofcatching the horse’s legs. there was, however,controversy when blood was seen coming fromthe mouth of marilyn little’s mount, rf scan-dalous. further review found that the horse hadcut its lip in warm-up before going out oncourse.

Stadium Jumping – April 29:going into stadium jumping, just one rail

down would shake up the top five. overnight,three horses were withdrawn before the secondinspection, and one horse did not pass inspec-tion. this left the field at 32, with prizes andribbons being awarded to the top 20.

With a challenging stadium course by an-other past designer, richard Jeffery, rails werebound to be costly. In the end, only eight horseswent without any penalties. With an optimumtime of 87 seconds, the average round barely

squeaked by 86.6 seconds. as expected, the top places were shaken up

by the demanding course. second placed bur-ton and nobilis 18 knocked two rails, adding 8points and pulling them down into 9th place.little and rf scandalous went clear, bringingthem up from 6th into 3rd, and making her thehighest placing american. When townend fin-ished clear, he knew he had done his best andthrew his fist in the air. as Jung entered thearena, there was only silence, wondering ifhe’d be able to complete a fourth consecutivewin. When his horse pulled the last rail in thetriple bar, a collective gasp could be heard fromthe crowd. When townend returned to thearena, he was tears, smiles, and waves as thebritish national anthem played. after receivinghis prizes, he did a victory lap - not only on hishorse, but also in his new land rover Discov-ery.

In addition to numerous trade fair vendorsand equine demos going on throughout theweekend, there were other activities at theKY3De. friday hosted a 5k race and 1 mile funrun, the heads up heels Down 5K, with partof the proceeds donated to the 2018 KY3Deofficial charity, Junior achievement of thebluegrass. also on friday, the rolex stadiumhosted the Kentucky Invitational csI3*$35,000 Welcome speed cup 1.45m, part ofthe split rock Jumping tour. following thespeed cup, the $225,000 Kentucky Invita-tional csI3* grand prix was held on saturday,bringing grand prix show jumping to theeventing stage. also held on friday and satur-day were the prince phillip cup games com-petition for mounted games. (see page 20)

full results and further information on the2018 KY3De is available at: www.kentuck-ythreedayevent.com, and all official socialmedia platforms. total weekend attendance forthe KY3De was 61,778.


dressage & eventing

Oliver Townend and Cooley Master

Class, winners of the 2018 KY3DE

Marilyn Little on rF Scandalous,

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Michael Jung on Fischerrocana FTS

at fence 27A, Cabins and Boathouses

Pawel Spisak on Banderas through

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Michael Jung on Fischerrocana FTS

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Buck Davidson on Carvelo over fence

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Michael Jung at fence #7, the Keepers Brush


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Memphis inSpring Time Article & photos by Nancy Brannon

It really was spring time in hernando,mississippi for the mid-south Dres-sage academy (mDa) usDf show onmay 5-6, 2018, with warm temperatures –albeit intermittent rain on saturday. ownerelizabeth clifton welcomed back judgemaryal barnett, whom she says is a fa-vorite, and tD michele King. entries wereup and the show attracted quite a few “outof towners.” elizabeth commented on thegood weather and the overall delightfulshow atmosphere.

this was a special show for Jennifervan De loo, who earned her usDf gold

medal on saturday! she showed herlanzelot 99 in feI grand prix adult am-ateur, scoring 62.935% on saturday and64.348% on sunday. a usDf gold medalmarks the highest level of accomplishmentin the sport of dressage. elizabeth ex-plained its importance: “In order toachieve a gold medal you need two scoresat Intermediate of 60% or higher from twodifferent judges and two scores at grandprix of 60% or higher from two differentjudges. the grand prix test is the mostdifficult Dressage test and is the same oneused in all international competitions, i.e.,olympics, World cup, Weg, etc. so thisis quite an accomplishment for an adultamateur! I think that there are 1437 goldmedals that have been issued in the ussince 1979. Jennifer will be #1438.”

Kim gentry brought three horses to the

show: frasier, leonardo, and fine art,who scored 73.415% in second level test3 open. leonardo won the feI grand prixand grand prix freestyle with a score of70.900%. frasier was first in feI prix st.

georges, scoring 68.529%.alexandra Du celliee muller also

brought three horses, with Imperial Wrfscoring 75.000% and 75.909% in his tworides in training level test 3 open.rumba was first in feI prix st. georgesopen with 67.500% and first in feI Inter-mediate open with 71.176%. and sorjarc scoried 69.091%.in training level test3 open,

Kathy massey rode north fork’s ladyZoe, who looks like a miniature friesian,in the training test 1 – pony adult ama-teur, scoring 66.739% on sunday.

caitlyn massey scored an astounding81.000% in Dressage seat equitation onher Zassafrass on saturday. the pair alsorode second level test 3 Jr/Yr, scoring64.268% (sat.) and 68.415% (sun.).

full results are at www.foxvillage.com.

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Kim Gentry on Fine Art Daniel Patterson on Sacred Show-

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Kathy Massey on North Fork’s Lady

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WTHJAMemphis inMay Shows

By Nancy Brannon

the second in the series of springshows hosted by West tennesseehunter Jumper association (WthJa)were the memphis in may shows, may 3-6 and may 10-13, 2018. Weather was greatfor both shows, with warm temperatures,easing upwards in the 80s for the secondshow. class numbers were up and theshows attracted riders from a wide swathof the mid-south: mississippi, nashvillearea, st. louis, alabama, and, of course,west tennessee.

hospitality was brimming at bothshows. the free breakfasts on sundaymornings were a hit again, thanks to ein-stein brothers bagels. and at spring millfarm’s barn area, folks said they plannedto party all day on may 5, cinco de mayo.“In between mint juleps, we’ll find a littletime to horse show,” quipped trainer Dave

pellegrini.at the Memphis in

May I show, sunday’sfeature classes werethe WthJa Derby andthe low Derby. gisellegrench and casinotook home the blue rib-bon in the WthJaDerby, with Kam mc-Donald and lysandrein second. charles gilland my 401K won thelow hunter Derby,with Kakki Wright andcomaraderie comingin second.

In the 1.20/1.30mJumper classic, marymielenz took home the blue on shannabeyer’s Invictus.

In the pony hunter classic, rainesJernigan was top pony with fly With me,as Jane head and Dreamsicle were second.

tate allen and golden were champions

in the Jr./ao hunter classic, with marygrayson fauser and captivate in second.

the $10,000 WthJa Derby was thesunday highlight at the Memphis in MayII show. amanda thomas and mtm firsttake won the top prize of $1500 and theblue ribbon. Jason schnelle and capisce

were second.savile row and grace hutson won the

Jr/ao hunter classic at the may II show.golden and tate allen were second.

ava swords and my Way earned thetop spot in the pony hunter classic. JuliaKing and copperfield placed second.

In the ushJa adult am/ children’shandy challenge, addison bihm and for-ever won the blue, with margaret Weaverand vuitton taking second.

WthJa’s germantown charity horseshow princess rachel sutton was verymuch en vogue at the memphis in may Ishow, sweeping the large children’s ponyhunter division championship with a firstin all five classes on, who else? en vogue.she rode solo con te 2 in the Junior/aohunter 3’3” division; she rode virtuoseDu ferlo in five jumper classes, as well asthe low child/adult amateur Jumperclassic, placing third. her trainer is Jasonschnelle.

full results of both shows are at: horse-showsonline.com

hunters & Jumpers

Chara Short on USA D’Horset in

1.20/1.30M Jumper

Stillwater, Genevieve Munson the rider, reserve champion in 1.20/1.30m Jumper

Classic, first in 1.20/1.30m Am. Owner Jumper (photos by Nancy Brannon)

Golden, Tate Allen riding, Jr./AO Classic winner and Jr. A/O 3’3” Hunter

Champion. (photo by Nancy Brannon)

Miss rachel Sutton is the 2018 Ger-

mantown Charity Horse Show Princess

representing WTHJA

(photo by Tom Brannon)

Brianna Wylie and Simply Hamilton

(photo by Tommy Brannon)

Kate Barton on Alleghany


Casino, Giselle Grench riding, winner of the WTHJA

Hunter Derby and the Dover Saddlery/US Medal


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This year is going to be busy at Meridian! We will be hosting 6 trail obstacle challenges on3 dates through Equine Trail Sports; 2 openbreed Western shows; and a new 4-show hunterand jumper series. The hunter series will be co-hosted in partnership with Lucky Fox Farmand 2 of the shows will be MTHJA shows.

We are excited about the 2018 show season! It is going to be a lot of fun, and we hope to seeyou all there.

To register for any of our events, please go tothe Events page at www.MeridianEquine.com

**Every event hosted at Meridian Equine helpsbenefit our IEA Team and our Therapeutic RidingProgram**

2018 EVENTS AT MERIDIAN EQUINE

June 30 – Equine Trail Sports Summer FunObstacle Challenges I & II

July 21 – Equine Trail Sports St. Patrick's Day Challenge Makeup Date

August 11 – MEEC/LFF Hunter Series IIIdouble points show!

September 15 – MEEC/LFF Hunter Series IV

September 22 – Equine Trail Sports Fall Harvest Obstacle Challenges I & II

October 13 – Autumn Classic Western Open Show

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MeridianHunter ShowPhotos by Pamela Parton Photography

meridian equine education center,in conjunction with lucky foxfarm, held their spring hunter show onmay 19, 2018 at their facility on murfrees-boro road in lebanon, tn. “our showwent really well on saturday. We had over200 entries, beautiful (although hot)weather, and we received a lot of positivefeedback from exhibitors,” said cristinJordan of meridian equine. “It was a greatday of horse showing with really amazing

people and horses. pamela parton photog-raphy was our photographer. It looks likeshe got some good photos. she said shefilled up 7 sD cards! We can't wait to seeyou all at our next show on august 11th.”that show will be an mthJa approvedshow, as will their third hunter show onseptember 15.

classes offered included mini stirrup,walk/trot hunter, green rider, beginnerrider, short and long stirrup, pre-children’sand pre-adult hunters, amateur adulthunter, children’s hunter, and equitationclasses. some fun classes were the puddleJumpers 2’, over the moon jumpers 2’6”.

short stirrup hunter u/s champion andequitation champion was ava satterfieldon spanky. special hunter champion wasleonetta tate on twinkie, and tate wasalso pre-children’s hunter champion onKingston. pre-adult champion wasalley’s Kid, ridden by lauren brown.looks like no one could top this, withlauren alexandra terakawa riding toopen equitation champion and to reservechampion in over the moon jumpers. exitstrategy was champion in over the moonjumpers, with brieanne butler riding.brieanne was also champion in the puddleJumpers division on baron.

In addition to hunter shows, meridianequine offers a variety of other shows,such as trail obstacle challenges and west-ern shows. find more information athttp://meridianequine.com and on face-book at meridian equine education cen-ter programs and events.


The VersatilityHorse, Rider,and ClassBy Michael Tokaruk

In this day and age of specialization inthe horse show world, it is increas-ingly rare to find horses, riders, and eventsthat call for versatility. Just take a walkdown the barn aisles at gchs and I’msure most of the trainers could give you aquick description of their stock that mightgo something like this: “cloudy is a per-fect children’s hunter;” “Darcy is an amaz-ing junior jumper;” “logan is a totalpacker in the equitation;” “greg is a superpre-adult horse”… as trainers, we putthese labels on our horses based on theirbiggest strength and focus much of ourtraining developing that strength. Why?because if “cloudy is a perfect children’shunter,” then we want cloudy to be thebest children’s hunter he can be! and so,training cloudy to do jumper classesmight impede his progress as a hunter.

Keepsake, the wonderfully versatilemare who is immortalized with the Keep-sake memorial versatility challenge classat gchs was different. she wasn’t just a

hunter or just a jumper – she could do itall! and while some horses are labeled a“jack of all trades,” that usually meansthey are a master of none. that mare couldmaster any ring – hunter or jumper – andthat’s one of the reasons she was so spe-cial.

a good “versatility” horse means theymust be brave and intelligent. brave be-cause the types of fences they will see arevery different in the hunter and jumperrings. hunter fences have flower boxes,brush, walls, gates, and are generallysolidly built. Jumper fences are often

striped, more “airy,” and perhaps evenhave a liverpool underneath. an intelli-gent horse will be able to listen to its rider,walk into the arena, and understand it istime to go around the course at a smooth,slower, hunter pace and not rush to thefences. this same horse, when asked to doa jumper course, must know how to gofaster, turn tighter, and jump demandingcombinations – without knocking the railsdown!

White lightning is a horse with whomI had the pleasure of winning the Keep-sake versatility class a few years ago. he

is a perfect example of a horse who canjump all types of hunter fences in greatstyle and also “turn and burn” when theclock is ticking for the jumper round – andstay careful enough to jump clear!

I’ve had the pleasure of riding countlesshorses in my lifetime, but only a smallnumber of those are great “versatilityhorses.” as a trainer, I could say the sameabout the riders I see at the shows andteach in my own program. very few canseamlessly transition from the hunter ringto the jumper ring – and be successful. theskill sets are just so different that mosthorses and riders simply gravitate one di-rection and stay there. earlier in my careerI rode a lot of hunters, while over the lastten years I have consciously made a deci-sion to gravitate towards jumpers. I stillride and train a few hunters, but my pas-sion lies in the jumper ring and jumpinggrands prix.

everyone is different, though, and Ienjoy helping any rider who is serious andpassionate about riding – whatever the dis-cipline. What’s important is understandingthe feel, the skills, and the dedication re-quired to perfecting your “craft” – whetherthat’s in the hunter, jumper, or equitationring. and if you want to do all three, evenbetter! It just might take a little longer tomaster them all – but believe me, I’m stilltrying to hone my craft every time I get ona horse. maybe someday I’ll find masteryin one, two, or three rings at the horseshow!

Michael Tokaruk on White Lightning, GCHS Versatility Class winner (2015)



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GCHS ProgramCover Artthe artist for the 2018 germantowncharity horse show program cover

is samantha sherry, who lives in german-town, tennessee, but grew up in mountainhome, arkansas.

“like many young girls, I was obsessedwith horses. I dreamed about horses. Idrew and painted them. I pored over booksdedicated to them. eventually, my weeklyhorseback riding lesson evolved into horseownership,” said “sam” as she is nick-named. sam grew up riding in rodeos, andwhen she graduated from high school, shegot a rodeo and an academic scholarshipto arkansas state university.

In college she took painting as an elec-tive class for fun. “but I fell in love withart,” she said, and she began taking moreart classes and fewer animal scienceclasses. she has earned a bachelor of finearts in studio art; a masters of fine arts(at memphis college of art), and a masterof arts in teaching. now, she paints fulltime.

her latest project was the painting forthe gchs program cover.

“It was a huge honor to be asked to cre-ate this year’s painting and program cover.

because this is the gchs’s 70th anniver-sary, I felt that it was important to refer-ence the show’s rich history. after severaldays of research and sketching, I createdfive watercolors for the committee to re-view. eventually we settled on an imageinspired from a photo of W.n. (sonny)foster and his horse “Kettle Drum” takenin 1953. sonny was on the original boardof Directors and in 2005 the “bowl” at thegermantown charity horse show namedin his honor,” said sherry.

find more information about her atwww.samanthasherry.com and on face-book at samantha sherry fine art.


By Shelly Mann, USPC

attendees of the Kentucky three-Day event at the Kentucky horsepark were treated to all things pony club,including demonstrations, prince philipcup games, educational opportunities,and more.

In its 18th consecutive year at the Ken-tucky three-Day event, four teams com-peted in the prince philip cup games,sponsored by hero Kids foundation. theriders kicked off the games competitionwith a celebrity games round on friday,april 27th. pony club alumni clarkmontgomery (brazos valley pony club),ellen Doughty-hume (a, trinity hills IIpony club) and elinor macphail o’neal(c-2, hunter run pony club) saddledtheir ponies and took turns runningthrough the games with the prince philipcup competitors.

after two hotly contested rounds in thereal competition, the sunshine regionbutterfingers were the winners of the cov-eted trophy. on sunday morning, all fourteams entered the rolex stadium for theirhonor round before a cheering crowd.

final placings for the prince philip cupgames were:

First: Sunshine region – Butterfingers

carolyn lokay on ginger snap cookielaci eiseman riding KaratZina grechniw riding marquisnatalie tanski riding sheldonKali Walker riding holly

Second: Midsouth region – Pickles

Jessena Defler riding sparrowbibiane crane riding bulletlaney hardeman riding clancyZoe love riding Whinnierachael volk riding roma

Third: Eastern Penn. / Old Dominion/

Tri-State regions – Switch Blade

margaret buchanan on sky is the limitJesse bradley-Johnson riding rudymolly brown riding travellermacKenzie raniowski on bittens pridemaddie Zaun riding sunflower power

Fourth: Sunshine region – Yellow Jack-

ets

Kani schram riding preciousmaggie bennet riding parkerava geraci riding miss sparklestahlia Ionno riding Dominoginger martin riding ZipperOther Pony Club activities at Ky3DE

thanks to equestrian events, Inc.,event officials and pony club alumni,uspc members had several chances togain first-hand knowledge of what it takesto run the only ccI4* event in northamerica. two pony club members, Is-abel brunker (h-b, Keeneland pony club)and Kaila mccormack (h-b, metamorahunt II pony club), were selected fromtheir essay submissions to serve as mediainterns in the land rover Kentucky mediacenter under pony club alumni ann

haller. “I had a great time being a mediaintern at the land rover Kentucky three-Day event. I got to see what goes on be-hind the scenes of the event, as well aswhat it takes to get the information, quotesand pictures for the articles we all see afterthe event. It was a wonderful learning ex-perience and I got to meet so many greatpeople!” said mccormack.

on friday, ten current member’s nameswere drawn randomly to take part in thesecond “meet and greet” with currentpony club alumni involved in the event.competitor colleen rutledge (a, fredrickpony club), feI steward Kathy barker(pony club volunteer) and Will cole-man’s groom lucy beard (c-3, big skyregion) spent time with the members andprovided insight on how pony clubknowledge helps them in their roles. Withthe introduction of the split rock tourKentucky csI3* Invitational grand prix,course Designer guilherme Jorge gave anin-depth tour of his course and designingdecisions. on sunday, richard Jeffery,pony club alumni, and marc Donvan (a,meadow brook hounds pony club) ledthe popular pony club stadium coursewalk before the final phase of the event.

the local midsouth region was well-represented at the Kentucky 3-Day. mem-bers of Keeneland pony club showed adaily quadrille demonstration; many mem-bers volunteered as gate crew for Dres-sage; and nine uspc riders carried flagsfor the opening ceremony on sunday be-fore the stadium Jumping phase.

Young riders

The winning Butterfingers team take their Victory Gallop in the rolex Stadium

prior to the Show Jumping phase of the Kentucky 3-Day. (photo by USPC)

(below) Prince Philip Cup Games photos from Lidia Olyha: MidSouth region Pickles


From Carrie Wirth, EQ Media

harrisburg, penn.—the 2018 Inter-collegiate horse shows associa-tion (Ihsa) championship began withWestern and reining competition friday,may 4, at the farm show complex in har-risburg, pennsylvania, featuring aqhateam open reining and Individual openWestern horsemanship.

Friday Highlights: the university ofWisconsin river falls notched their firstwin in aqha team open reining withDanielle paulson the leading rider. In sec-ond place in open reining was the middletennessee state university team, withmary Wade the leading rider.

Saturday Highlights: morgan Knerr,from the university of findlay, won thenrha Individual open reining. Knerrand her best friend, tyler Kirby from ohiostate university, were tied at 148 pointseach after their first reining run. thejudges asked the two top contenders toswap horses and return for a showdown.Knerr, who rode Karen black’s brie in thefirst round, mounted up on gunny, alsoowned by black. In the end, the judgesgave Knerr the top prize.

Sunday Highlights: the university offindlay was awarded the aqha teamnational championship and took homethe trophy after a stunning victory over tal-ented teams from across the country. ohiostate university was named reservechampion. connor smith, the st. andrewsuniversity senior from gastonia, northcarolina, won the team open Westernhorsemanship and earned the aqha highpoint Western rider.

Western Special Awards: harley, frommiddle tennessee state university, wasawarded the smartpak most popularWestern horse award.

Mid-South riders Wrap Up

Intermediate Western Horsemanship(team) - third: luke brock, middle ten-nessee state university

Advanced Western Horsemanship

(team) - fourth: steven todd, middletennessee state university

Advanced Western Horsemanship (In-dividual) - mary cornett, mississippi stateuniversity, ms

Open Reining (team) - second: maryWade, middle tennessee state university

Open Reining (Individual) - fifth:alexandra britt, university of tennessee– Knoxville, tn

Alumni Western Horsemanship - sixth:emily Kopko, middle tennessee stateuniversity, tn

Alumni Reining - fifth: emily Kopko,middle tennessee state university, tn

the ISHA Hunter Seat Champi-onships began on thursday may

10, 2018, also at the farm show complexin harrisburg, pennsylvania. nearly 450students from across the u.s. and canadaqualified to compete at the event.

Thursday Highlights: In open equi-tation over fences. centenary universityjunior michael andrade earned the na-tional championship aboard skidmorecollege’s clay.

Friday Highlights: the first two phasesof the usef/cacchione cup, equitationover fences, and equitation on the flattook place. In the usef/cacchione cupequitation over fences, mollieKowalchik, captain of the mount holyokecollege team, produced the leading roundaboard collins, owned by cazenovia col-lege.

going into the flat phase, Kowalchikwas two points ahead of the pack, withhalle Kutsche from Kansas state univer-sity in second. both riders maintainedtheir positions after the flat phase withonly one point separating their scores.

Saturday Highlights: the top 10 ridersreturned for the work-off phase. the skid-more college thoroughbreds maintaineda lead throughout the show and finishedwith 30 points, taking the collegiate cuphome to saratoga springs. reserve cham-pions savannah college of art and Designwere just two points behind, and stanforduniversity was third with 22 points.

sweet briar college’s makayla ben-jamin won usef/cacchione cup underJudges Diane carney and tony sgarlata.In a challenging course over fences,makayla benjamin, a senior at sweetbriar, went from eighth place in the top 10to win the championship. she drewcollins, who was reserve champion mol-lie Kowalchik’s draw in the first phase.

michael Janson, from boston univer-sity, nabbed the win in the collegiate cupopen equitation over fences.

Mid-South riders Wrap Up

Novice Equitation Over Fences (Indi-vidual) - sixth: erin buckley, maryvillecollege, tn

Intermediate Equitation on the Flat (In-dividual) - tenth: emory barnes, univer-sity of mississippi (ole miss), ms

Intermediate Equitation Over Fences

(Individual) - fourth: emory barnes, uni-versity of mississippi

USEF/Cacchione Cup - phase I: Kelseysloan, mtsu – 69.00 points. phase II:Kelsey sloan, mtsu – 84.50 points; total153.50

In hunter seat standings, savannahcollege of art and Design, ga was cham-pion team in Zone 5.

In Western standings, middle ten-nessee state university was championteam in Zone 5.

at Ihsa nationals, middle tennesseestate university was third in aqha tro-phy Western team.

for more information and full results,go to Ihsainc.com

2018 National Championships

WesternSemi-Finals Photos by Allison Lail

the Interscholastic equestrian asso-ciation (Iea) held its 2018 Westernsemi-finals a on may 26-27, 2018 atroane state community college in har-riman, tennessee. Judges were DebbieKail, aqha, nsba of scottsdale, ari-zona and cyndi hershey brown, aqha,nrha of purcell, oklahoma. the compe-tition included horsemanship and reiningclasses of various levels of rider abilityand qualifications. mid-south states ten-nessee, mississippi, alabama, georgia,north carolina, south carolina, andflorida are in Zone 4 of the Iea Westernregions.

the Iea promotes teamwork, developsthe ability to ride various horses, providesaffordable coaching and opportunities forriders who have a passion for horses, butmay not be able to bear the expenses or fa-cilitate their own show horses. the Iea isan organization similar in design to Ishafor students of middle school and highschool age. owning a horse is not requiredto participate in the Iea; the teams andbarns provide horses and equipment forthe competitions. now in its 16th season,Iea membership is nearly 14,000. look-ing forward to the 17th season, co-founderroxane Durant says, “It is a wonderfulsense of community among those associ-ated with the Iea.” and she hopes thatcommunity continues to grow.

results of Western Semi-Finals A:High Point Rider in the Upper School

division was ellexxa maxwell of autumnrose farm equestrian team. reserve wasalexandra orzo, also of autumn rosefarm equestrian team.

High Point Rider in the Middle School

division was mason Dorsey of concordequestrian center. reserve was cadenceeger, also of autumn rose farm.

Sportsmanship Award went to hannahbrooks of the hill country sliders.

Horse of the Show award was earned byDixie, from the forsyth central equestrianteam.

full results of the show in both Indi-vidual and team categories are availableon our website.

the Western semi-finals b is June 2-3at the university of findlay Western farmin findlay, ohio.

find more information about theseshows at: www.rideiea.org/western/semi-finals.html

If you are interested in joining Iea,membership for the 2018-19 season opensJune 1st. find information about how tojoin at: www.rideiea.org.

Performing a spin on Dually is

Cameron Montgomery of Autumn rose

Farm Equestrian Team

Showing a sliding stop on Chubs: Ad-

dison Paulsen of Lone Star Equestrians

(below) Individual Junior Varsity Be-

ginner Horsemanship


training & performanceBad Horse!How aboutBad Rider? By Jochen Schleese CMS, CSFT,

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many training articles advise “howto slow down the rushing horse;”“how to ride the stumble out of yourhorse;” “how to make your horse go for-ward;” how to, how to, how to. negativeand unwanted behaviors of your horsemay actually be due to a poorly fitting sad-dle, which impacts the reflex points andcauses simple instinctive reactions, ratherthan conscious behaviors. these articlesall seem to point to the fact that these in-dicators are a result of rider error, and at-tempt to address corrections by eitheroffering solutions to change rider behav-iour, or – more drastically – calling in a vetto administer pharmaceuticals to addressthe issues.

obviously sometimes there are ab-solutely valid psycho-somatic reasons be-hind some of these behaviors, or actualillnesses causing these kinds of behavior

(or even lameness). but before you resortto expensive veterinary or ‘neuroscien-tific’ treatments, you may want to investin a simple diagnostic evaluation of yoursaddle fit, using a qualified saddle fitterwho understands equine biomechanics andanatomy and the ramifications to yourhorse if the saddle doesn’t fit properly.

many people agree that horses do notconsciously behave badly. they react tooutside stimuli – either a poorly fittingsaddle or an incompetent or untrainedrider who can cause these kinds of behav-iors. how and where a rider’s weight iscarried can make a huge difference. Dan-gerous horses can be created when aids aremisunderstood or mishandled. horses maydevelop resistant or evasive behaviors be-cause the handler does not know how toget what he/she is asking for. but remem-ber that this does not make a ‘bad horse’ –it is simply a horse behaving badly! (al-though – just like there are simply meanpeople on this earth, there is the occasion-ally encountered simply ‘mean horse.’)some of the strategic behaviors that horseshave adopted have developed into whathumans denote as stereotypical – but theseare not vices, as vices would infer that thehorse is at fault.

If the saddle puts pressure on the reflexpoints along the spine because of a gullet

channel which is too narrow, or because ittwists during movement because of natu-ral asymmetry, the horse will reflexivelylower its back to escape the pressure/pain.the goal to have the horse engage its backor bring it up during riding is unachiev-able. the forward impulse and momentumis lost, defensive behavior from the horseand not going on the bit, and a rider out ofbalance are just some of the other ramifi-cations. this results in a frustrating expe-rience for both horse and rider. the horsewould like to respond to the aids the ridergives him, but the pressure on his reflex

points inhibits his ability to do so. thinkabout your knee reflex: even if the doctortold you to refrain from kicking him whenhe taps your patella, you would kick any-way and there would be nothing you couldconsciously do about it.

finding the cause of a horse behavingbadly under saddle requires a systematicinvestigation of all the possible factors -beginning with proper saddle fit.

Horse reacting to being saddled.

(Photo courtesy of Karen Loshbaugh,

CSE)

Horse rearing possibly due to an un-

comfortable or even painful saddle fit.

(Photo: Shutterstock)

Legacy ofLegendsScholarshipBy Lisa Sparks

alegacy of legends is a colt start-ing event of training from thehorse’s point of view. It is also an invest-ment in the next generation of horsemenand horsewomen through its scholarshipprogram. the scholarships pay for the re-cipient’s instruction, room and board, andtravel expenses. successful applicantsspend three months training with a horse-man skilled in the philosophy of tom Dor-rance and ray hunt, which is rooted in thevaquero, the horse-mounted livestockherder that originated on the Iberianpeninsula, manifesting the spanish tradi-tion of working riding that became thefoundation for the north american cow-boy.

these basic fundamental principles ofriding and training are preserved in thephilosophies of these two men, who claimno fame or fortune, but hold them to betrue for what gentles a horse and paves theway for a lasting relationship. there are noshort cuts or economic gain directly re-lated to their philosophy because the horsehas a brain that operates from unchange-able instinct. the vaqueros observed this

and used the self-preservation of the horseto form this partnership. patience andknowledge are the keys, and the followersof this style of horsemanship recognizethat it is necessary to learn it from the mas-ters. ray hunt and tom Dorrance are themasters that buck brannaman and othersfollow. When ray and tom passed away,ray’s wife carolyn partnered with buckbrannaman to carry out this timely tradi-tion. no amount of book reading or videowatching can produce this touch with themasters.

attendance at a legacy of legendshelps the legacy of legends scholarshipprogram award learning opportunities foras many applicants as money raised anddonations allows. funding for this pro-gram comes from the gathering and gen-erous sponsors. buck brannaman states,

“the idea for the next generation of horse-men is to be able to ride with good handsthat we think are portraying ray’s andtom’s vision for the horse. We want tohonor the legacy of ray and tom by en-couraging people to have a life that is ful-filling and rewarding, and offers a betterdeal for the horse.”

I interviewed two scholarship recipi-ents, one who is currently participating inthe training and one who received a schol-arship for 2018. these horsewomen recip-ients are emily sholtec, 24, from Iowa andfrancesca green, 24, from australia.

francesca green grew up in southwestqueensland liking horses, but was onlyable to ride with grandparents and neigh-bors. she took ballet for nine years, but herdesire to ride never waned. Inspired byBuck, the documentary, she pursued a job

working on a big ranch where she met an-thony Desreaux. she felt clueless at first,but learned to ride well enough to partici-pate in racing and eventing. Desreaux rec-ommended her for the scholarshipprogram, which gave her the opportunityto pursue a career path for which she hadpassion and drive, and to some day ownher own horse.

emily scholtec from Iowa received herscholarship this year after a third try. sheis a college graduate with a liberal artsdegree. she was acquainted with “horse-manship through feel,” but tried someother approaches. It was when she tookher troubled mare to one of buck’s clinicsthat she began to focus on a career in coltstarting, along with helping people finishtheir horses and working with horse res-cues.

to apply for the scholarship program,you have to submit a video of you riding ahorse, an essay about yourself and your in-terest in horses, and three letters of rec-ommendation from people not related toyou. You do not have to come from aworking ranch, but must demonstrate in-terest in the horse and a commitment tolearning. applicants must be at least 18years of age to apply. the goal of thescholarship program is to preserve thelegacy of these two great horsemen and as-sure that future generations continue tolearn from them.

find scholarship information at:www.alegacyoflegends.com/scholarship-program.html

Emily Scholtec from Iowa Francesca Green from Australia


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MemphisShowdownBy Nancy Brannon

folks knew there was constructiongoing on at the show place arenain memphis, tennessee, but over theweekend of may 5-6, 2018, the indoorarena looked like tDot had converted theindoor arena to a construction zone. no,there wasn’t road construction. It was theobstacle course set up by the Dixie out-laws, a new eXca club in the midsouth.

eXca, the extreme cowboy associa-tion, and with it the extreme cowboyrace,™ was originated by craig cameronto challenge horses and riders to negotiatea wide variety of obstacles. the majorityof obstacles that riders encounter at a sanc-tioned eXca event are things that onewould routinely encounter on a trail rideor daily work on a ranch. however – thereare exceptions for creativity!

sherry garman, member of the Dixieoutlaws advisory board, explained thatthe obstacle courses usually have“themes.” for example, this weekend’s in-door arena was set up with a “construc-tion Zone” theme. another course was the“outlaw arena,” set up like an old westtown. another was the “Dixie playland,”with kiddie pools, swim noodles, inflata-bles, and hanging noodles to walk through.“the courses are always different. It’s theconfidence and trust between horse andrider that allows the team to successfullynegotiate the obstacles,” sherry explained.all breeds of horses and riders of all lev-els are invited to participate. horseman-ship and equine partnership are judged asthe horse and rider team negotiate theirway through obstacle courses in a timedevent.

this is the first event for the new cluband their first time in memphis for thisevent. the members were pleased with thefacility and the turnout. they like the cen-tral location of memphis and all theamenities that are available within a shortdistance of the venue. the show attractedaround 95 entries from “all over,” sherrysaid. riders came from Kansas, southcarolina, Indiana, ohio, and tennessee.

the Dixie outlaws were the first groupto use the newly completed Warm uparena with its covered front porch, partyrooms, and office space. on friday night,

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After donning the “safety vest,” one of the obstacles riders negotiate is the “nar-

row bridge.”

In this obstacle, the rider has to back the horse around the barrel

inside the construction fence.

Carefully crossing the teeter totter

Over the teeter totter

the “party room” was put to good use forthe Welcome party, with special guests:nashville singers/songwriters Joe hashand scott southworth. earlier in the day,the group offered two sessions of a leehart horsemanship clinic. plus, therewere plenty of raffle items donated fromtheir sponsors on which riders could bid.

then on saturday, the races began, withnine divisions competing: green horn,Young guns, Youth 12-17; novice 18 &

older; green horse; Intermediate; non-pro; ride smart; and pro.

on sunday, the top ten from saturday’sraces came back for the showdown cham-pionship.

Judges for the event were: lee hart,head judge (level 4) and course designerfrom topeka, Kansas; Johnie clem, level3 judge from turners, missouri; Jim ochs,level 1 judge from gridley, Kansas; Juliemurphy, level 1 judge from mooreville,

mississippi; bret lambdin, level 1 judgefrom mount Dora, florida; and rickpeniston, level 1 judge from mint hill,north carolina.

there are more eXca events to come.the extreme cowboy race nationalchampionships is June 2-3, 2018 at themorgan county celebration arena in De-catur, ala. the Dixie outlaws’ tennesseestate championship is at circle g ranchin lynnville, tennessee, July 21-22, 2018.

Through the “road narrows” obstacleThrough the “key hole” at the Dead End


By Ryne Rickman

martin, tenn. – the ozark regionqualifiers for the college na-tional finals rodeo have been announced,and seven university of tennessee at mar-tin cowboys and cowgirls will compete fora national championship on June 10-16,2018 in casper, Wyo.

the ut martin men’s team compiled3,908.33 points on its way to finishing sec-ond in the ozark region this season. thesquad enters the cnfr ranked no. 17 na-tionally and includes by cord barricklow(steer wrestling), colton matthews (steerwrestling), ryan mcDaniel (bull riding),ross mitchell (team roping), chasethrasher (tie down roping) and JonnyWalker (bareback riding).

Kenzley Wilson from the ut martinwomen’s team will compete at the cnfrin barrel racing, earning a trip to thecasper after serving as the regional stu-dent director.

this is the second career cnfr ap-pearance for barricklow, who also com-peted in the 2016 event while he was astudent-athlete at southern arkansas. the

graduate student from lebanon, Ind. ranksfifth in the ozark region with 320 pointsin steer wrestling.

matthews makes his cnfr debut, asthe junior out of homeland, fla. is fourthin the ozark region in steer wrestling(420 points).

a junior from Yuma, tenn., mcDanielmakes his second consecutive cnfr ap-pearance for ut martin. he currentlyranks third in the ozark region with 320points in bull riding.

making his second career cnfr ap-pearance is mitchell, who is a header inteam roping. the sophomore from boli-var, tenn. ranks 16th in the national In-tercollegiate rodeo association and fourthin the ozark region with 555 points. theduo of mitchell and east mississippi’sethan Wheeler won the short go and fin-ished second in the nation in team ropingat the 2017 cnfr.

thrasher competes on the cnfr stagefor the first time, as the freshman from co-lumbia, tenn. ranks 13th nationally andsecond in the ozark region in tie downroping (530 points).

a junior from Wildersville, tenn.,Walker also makes his cnfr debut thismonth. he currently ranks ninth in thenIra and second in the ozark regionwith 1,000 accrued points in bareback rid-ing.

Wilson is set for her second straightcnfr appearance for ut martin, as theblack oak, ark. na

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