MAY 2011

Hoof Prints Wandin Park Adult Riders Club Inc. Association No. 1218P

President Meg Stafford

Vice President Jenelle Martin

Secretary Veronica Harris

Treasurer Julie Hanssen

General Committee

Rally Bookings Jenelle Christopher

Club Uniforms and

Green Book Anita Nathan

Instructor and Judge

Bookings Narelle Walker

Ribbons, Bows and

Prizes Peta Elstrek

TTT Co-Ordinator

Meg Stafford

Newsletter Kathy Smith

Website

Administrator Jenelle Christopher

Morning Tea & Lunch Jenelle Martin

Sponsorship All

TTT Horse Trials

Event Directors Nicole Gilbert Sharyn Symonds

Congratulations to all riders who compete at TTTCT - a full report is on page 9.

TTTHT 2011 looks to be warming to be a BIG

one, refer to page 11 for a subcommittee update and peruse from pages 12—18 for all of our

wonderful sponsors.

June Rally cut off date for payment : Wednesday 25th May.

For bookings please contact Jenelle Christopher ASAP

at jenelle@jpassoc.com.au

Instructors are : Viv Axton—Dressage Sue Tufnell– Jumping

Its our Last rally at Wandin Park until November!

Kim Anning is the NEW OWNER of the The Saddlery Shop

Seville. Kim will be officially “taking over the reins” on 30th June and wishes to extend a 15% discount on all purchases to Mem-

bers of Wandin Park Riding Club for Adults.

Kim is also a proud new sponsor of TTTHT 2011!

IMPORTANT— FROM JULY 2011 RALLY FEES WILL INCREASE $30 FOR 1 LESSON, AND $20 PER SUCCESSIVE LESSON PER HORSE

REFER TO RALLY SCHEDULE FO FURTHER INFORMATION

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President’s Report

H O O F P R I N T S

I N S I D E H O O F P R I N T S

T H I S M O N T H

President’s Report

2

Showjumping Rally Report 3

WPRCA Calendar 2011 4

Member Profile—Bianca

Frazer

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20 Questions—Bianca

Frazer

6

Member Profile—Serryn

Tacey

7

Members Results 8

TTT CT Wrap Up 9

Special Report—Would

You ride in your Float?

10

TTT HT 2011 Subcommit-

tee Report

11

TTT HT 2011 Eventing

Masterclass Flyer

12

TTT HT Sponsors 13

TTT HT Sponsors 14

TTT HT Sponsors 15

TTT HT Sponsors 16

TTT HT Sponsors 17

TTT HT Sponsors 18

Stable Gossip 19

Cooks Corner 20

Green Book 21

Advertising 22

Club Merchandise 23

I hope you are all managing to fit rides amongst the darkness

and wet weather. No daylight savings can make things a little

tricky at times!

TTT Combined Training is over for another year. It was a really

fun day with some highs and lows for our members – all the gos-

sip and results are in the report further along in the newslet-

ter.

The last rally ran smoothly. It was a lovely day weather wise,

with the sun coming out to play. To add a little chaos, Hurst-

bridge Pony Club was holding their annual camp so Wandin was

overrun with little people and fluffy ponies. Certainly made

Cross country quite interesting with groups of honing ponies

passing by from time to time!

Entries for TTT Horse Trials open on the 20th of May, so get

your logs filled or cards verified and get your entries into me

asap. Send to 70 Harberts Road Don Valley 3139. The actual

competition is on the weekend of 30th and 31st of July. The

competition will run over TWO days so make sure you mark

them both off on your calendar. Now is the time to be getting

our horses fit, not just arena fit either!! Do some gallop work

and endurance work to give them a fighting chance on the day.

On my front, I have now completed two horse trials events with

Archie in the last month. He placed 7th and 6th which is a huge

achievement seeing as these are the only horse trials either of

us have done in our lives!!!! I think he is really enjoying the

jumping side of things.

Andy has been training solidly and I am feeling confident that

he is finally mentally maturing. Still a few little bumps to iron

out here and there, but on the whole looking good!!

The recent General meeting was a fairly poor show of numbers

from our members which was a shame. We discussed some im-

portant issues some of which will be brought to the table again

at the AGM in October. Please try to attend that meeting.

Until next time happy riding,

Meg

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H O O F P R I N T S

Rally Day

9th May 2011

Jenny Parlevliet was my in-structor for my showjump-ing lesson in the April Rally, the others in my lesson were Katie Classon and Kendal Etches. It is only my second Rally and i haven't done showjumping properly for quite a while so I was excited. We started off with a warm-up and trotted over a few x-rails. It was the end of the day so Sooky was feeling very lazy and lethargic along with the other two horses. Sooky likes to do a few little bucks at the beginning of a lesson just after I've saddled up so after he got his bucks

out Jenny popped the fences up a little higher. All three of us were jumping really well and after a while we started doing little courses. It was really great to be jumping well and I was feeling pretty confident, Jenny was a great instructor and we all finished on a good note. I need to work on a few things like not pulling Sooky up so much before a fence and being more confi-dent when approaching the fence. Overall I had a good lesson jumping and want to thank Jenny for her help!

SHOWJUMPING WITH JENNY PARLIVLIET

WRITTEN BY

BIANCA FRAZER

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WPRCA CALENDAR DATES 2011

Sunday 5th June 2011

Club Rally at Wandin Park Dressage / Show Jumping / Cross Country Instructors : Dressage: Viv Axton

Jumping: Sue Tufnell

Sunday 3rd July 2011

Club Rally at Glenbrae Dressage / Show Jumping

Instructors : Dressage: Leanne Williams

Jumping: TBA

Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st July 2011

Club Hosting Kentucky Equine Research 2011 Top Team Trophy Horse Trials

TTT Horse Trials Competition at Werribee Park National Equestrian Centre

Sunday 7th August 2011

Club Rally at Glenbrae Dressage / Show Jumping Instructors : To Be Confirmed

Sunday 11th September 2011

Club Rally at Australian Sporting Equine Academy—Yarra Junction Dres-

sage / Show Jumping Instructors : To Be Confirmed

Sunday 2nd October 2011

Club Rally at Glenbrae Dressage / Show Jumping Instructors : To Be Confirmed

Wednesday 19th October 2011

Club’s AGM at Lilydale La Porchettas

Sunday 6th November 2011

Club Rally at Wandin Park Dressage / Show Jumping / Cross Country

Instructors : To Be Confirmed

Sunday 4th December 2011

Club Rally at Wandin Park Christmas Rally

Fun Club Day and Christmas Lunch at Club Rooms

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H O O F P R I N T S

Bianca

Frazer

Member

Profile

Your Age: 19

Your Occupation: Apprentice Cable Jointer

Your marital status / kids / partner: Partner

Nickname?: Anc

Other Hobbies / interests: Seeing friends, exercising and shopping!

Your horse’s name: SnowView Talahatchie (Sooky)

Your horse’s Breed & Age: Holsteiner x Thoroughbred, 14

How did you come across this horse and how long have you had your horse?

I’ve had Sooky for about 6 years, my mum and I

found him in Chaff chat!

What level do you ride? Level 3

What’s your background / experience with horses?

When I was very little I used to plait up mums horse with ribbons and bows, and then one day

started riding my brothers horse and been hooked ever since!

Do you have a particular ‘goal’ or ‘dream’ with your horse?

Nothing long term, just learning as much as I can

and becoming more confident!

What’s your favourite thing to do with your

horse? X-Country, amazing fun!

Is there anything in particular you would like to do at a rally at some stage?

Not that I can think of!

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H O O F P R I N T S

With: Bianca Frazer

20 QUESTIONS

RANDOM

Get a deeper insight into our Members...

1. List 5 Likes; horse riding, chocolate, summer, being outside, friends and family! That might have been 6! 2. List 5 Dislikes; spiders, cold mornings, steeplechasing, having to fill up with petrol and fish 3. If you could be someone else, I would be; Mr ed 4. My dream car ; Range rover 5. I plan to accomplish the following 3 things this year: finish the first year in my apprenticeship, save lots of money and go on a holi day 6. Your favourite band. What makes them great? I like all music! 7. An experience that taught me something important about myself; a few weeks in hospital 8. Have you ever met a famous person? Who was it? Nope 9. Your favorite food / wine? I love nachos 10. Write about a time when you tried to help and ended up making things worse? 11. Have you ever brought stray animals (or people) home? Haha no 12. What is the best birthday present you ever received? I went away for a weekend this year which was so much fun 13. What is the best birthday present you could receive? Anything is fine! 14. Is The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence? Nope 15. What makes you laugh? Anything! 16. The most exciting amusement park ride you have ever ridden? The giant drop in qld! 17. If I were invisible I would... play pranks on people 18. Is there one place that you love to go? home! 19. What’s your favorite movie of all time and why? Pearl harbour... its a good movie! 20. If someone wrote a book about your life, what would they title it? I have no idea!

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H O O F P R I N T S

Serryn Tacey

Member Profile

Your Age: Just a baby at 18

Your Occupation: Student

Your marital status / kids / partner: I have a boyfriend of 2 years

Nickname?: Ser, Erin with an S, and a few less appropriate names.

Other Hobbies / interests: Between riding, Uni and work, there isn’t a whole heap of time left

for other interests! I do take my German Shepherd Clancy to obe-

dience training on Sundays which are comp/ARC free, and love to

water-ski when I can. Also a big music fan.

Your horse’s name: My current riding horse is Doug

Your horse’s Breed & Age: Thoroughbred, 14 years old

How did you come across this horse and how long have you had your horse?

We’ve had him for 5 years, purchased as Mums horse. I just stole

him.

What level do you ride? 3/4

What’s your background / experience with

horses? Grew up with Mum having horses, got my first pony to share with

my brother when I was 2. (Still have her 16 years later!)

Do you have a particular ‘goal’ or ‘dream’ with your horse?

To have fun? He’s already had his career racing, we’re just here to

enjoy ourselves now.... which translates directly to jump lots and

trail ride! I’d love to do a 6 bar one day, and take him on a hunt.

What’s your favourite thing to do with your horse?

Jumping, or going for a nice plod around the block.

Is there anything in particular you would like to do at a rally at some stage?

Is a 6 bar at a rally asking too much..?

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H O O F P R I N T S

Member’s Results Submitted by Club Members from the Competitions attended

Mardi Trease :

Woody and I competed at Ayre Hill dressage Jackpot 3rd of the Series. Came 6th Test 1A and equal 4th Test 1B

Tina Davey

Bailey and I came =2nd in the level 4 combined training at the Mans-

field Combined Training and Dressage Day on 22nd May.

Meg Stafford

Archie 6th at Echuca Horse TrialsL3

Archie 7th at Mansfield CT L3

Andy won both level 1 tests at Mansfield and got the jackpot.

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H O O F P R I N T S

Member’s Results Submitted by Club Members from the Competitions attended

TTT COMBINED TRAINING WRAP UP REPORT by MEG STAFFORD THE CHEERS AND THE TEARS!!! In the lead up to the event, we had 3 teams of 4 competitors, but 2 weeks out from the event Sharyn Symonds was laid up in hospital with an infected leg, so we ended up with one of our teams 1 man down. Kris Allsop and Sky blink did a great dressage test; however had 10 penalties and a lit-tle time in the show jumping. They finished in 6th place – what a great start to the day! Anita Nathan and Baron were 6th after dressage. Although I personally did not see the test, one comment from an onlooker was “it was a pleasure to watch” – the judge obvi-ously agreed! One rail show jumping and they crept up to 5th. Barb and Shelly again did a super dressage test, finishing 4th after that discipline. The common sound of the day, 1 rail and unfortunately they dropped to 7th place. Sue and Harvey did a blinder of a dressage test with the judge agreeing sitting them in 2nd place (yep I think you can confidently say that you have dressage licked with this horse Sue). Clear sj meant they got to stay there! Greg and his big chestnut hunter were sitting midfield after dressage, but a clear round saw them climb to 8th place – well done. Archie and I did an ok dressage test, sitting midfield, but again one damn sj rail and we popped down to 12th place. In the dressage warm up, Peta’s horse Jimmy looked fit, and dare I say it, a tad hot? He got his mind on the job though and put together a really nice test. The judge, however, was a little stingy with her marks and had them sitting mid field after dressage. After a super clear round though, they finished in 4th place! Ian and the whore (as she is affectionately known!) did a superb test, but unfortunately were eliminated in the show jumping. Lucy was midfield after dressage and picked up some time penalties and a rail show jumping which pushed them to 13th place. Nicole and Tremayne started the day well sitting in 7th place after dressage. A show jumping round that they would both prefer to forget I am sure and 6 rails down put them down to 14th place. Julie and Dougie also didn’t have the best day. They were sitting midfield after dres-sage and then were eliminated in the show jumping after a mishap with a jump. The end results for our teams were The Russian and her Dolls were eliminated, The Wandin Park Late Great Ones were 36th and Spot the Odd One Out were 8th. Well done to everyone who competed. The day was a fun one and you all did the club

proud!

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We all take great care with our health and our animals health, we have our cars serviced regularly but how

many of us check the health and safety of the float that we regularly ask our trusting friends to travel in. I would

like to share a little story with you all if I may.

I am married to a very pedantic Dutchman who often drives me to distraction but who I love and wouldn ’ t be

without, his name is “ Alex ” , this story involves him.

Many years ago I took delivery of my first pre-loved float, much excitement on my part and head shaking on his.

It was sound but had seen better days cosmetically. Alex arrived to do an inspection and make up a list of work

required to bring it up to scratch. First and foremost on his list was a ride in the float, I was sure he was having

me on but no this man who knows nothing about horses insisted that if I intended putting horses in “ that

thing ” he needed to make sure it was comfortable for them. There were to be no rattles, squeaks, gales blow-

ing in or any strange noises of any sort along with a good solid floor so that they would feel safe.

So of I drove with Alex hanging on to the centre divider, well he certainly had a list after that trip, short though it

was, I must mention he drew the line at wearing the tail bandage, the float boots were as far as he was pre-

pared to go. I couldn ’ t resist a bit of fun either, so had him hanging on for dear life on a couple of occasions,

but made sure I was on a nice quiet road, I didn ’ t want to kill him after all, who would fix the float then!

Alex ’ s comment after his trip “ I couldn ’ t stand it in there for any more than 5 mins how can you expect a

horse to cope with that! ” , how many of you actually know what your horses have to cope with when they are in

their float often for quite long trips.

No horse was going anywhere till that float was draught free, rattle free and squeak free, thank god for Clark

Rubber they have a great range of rubber thingy ’ s that are great for this.

Trust me that was the first of many trips for him to see how his handy work was going, I soon got over the ex-

citement of having a float, hearing that familiar yell from the garage ” Jules come on let ’ s go ” but my horses

must have thanked him every time they got in it.

So come on guys and check out your float for the comfort and sanity of your trusty steed and ask yourself

would I like to travel around in that, would I feel safe and secure, or would I feel like the floor was going to col-

lapse at any moment or that I was going to get blown away by the gale force wind coming in through broken

windows or side panels.

OUR HORSES GIVE SO MUCH TO US,

LET ’ S GIVE BACK A LITTLE.

HAPPY RIDING

Julie

“WOULD YOU RIDE IN YOUR FLOAT?”

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Please contact either Nicole Gilbert or Sharyn

Symonds if you can commit to helping out the Club with its

endeavours of putting on the Best Event possible in July

Nicole Gilbert

canine_caper@yahoo.com.au 0412 110 803

Sharyn Symonds sharyn.symonds@gmail.com 0425 778 192

www.tttht2011.webs.com

Kentucky Equine Research

2011 Top Teams Horse Trials

Subcommittee Report

As you read this edition of the newsletter entries for this event have now opened. Last month I asked you to advise us if you are going to ride at the event and to date there have only been a few responses. If you are planning on riding can you advise us ASAP as we need to advise Werribee of our own club numbers so that we can set an area aside before they start allocating yards to other competitors. The other thing we would like from all members is a prize of some sort to go in the lucky envelope competition. Rather than a traditional raffle we are going to have 400 envelopes each with a prize inside. The cost of each envelope will be $10, so this competition will raise $4000 in funds for our club. Just bring your contribution to the rally and we will have a box for you to put your item in. Please don’t just ig-nore this request. It is $$ in the bank that will help to keep your lesson costs at rally to a minimum so if everyone contributes we would be very appreciative. Since the last report we have secured further sponsorship. See the official website for a complete list of sponsors. Money from sponsors is hard to get but we have se-cured some fantastic products for prizes and the lucky envelope comp. Given the huge amount of sponsorship to date the showbags for competitors will have plenty to go into them. We have organized a showbag packing night up at the clubrooms (woolshed at Wandin park) for Friday 22nd July. This is the only opportu-nity for members to get the $25 working bee levy back if you are not planning on coming to werribee to help run this event. More details in the next newsletter but pencil it in your diaries so you don’t double book. If you are planning on coming to the event and staying down there Nic has got onto some great accommodation for around $50 per night. If interested contact Nic by email or phone. Well that’s about it for now…….if you are still wanting to get on board and give us a hand to help run the event just let us know, the more the merrier!! Look forward to hearing from you all with your contributions to the lucky envelope comp and entries to the event. Happy riding and training Sharyn & Nic

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SPONSORSHIP... WPRCA thanks .......

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Roberts Feed Bins ANZ BANK

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Written by our girl in

the know, the

Written by our girl in

the know, the

original Gossip Girl

original Gossip Girl -- Kathy Smith!!

Kathy Smith!!

Email: kathyjo@live.com.au

New Members for April 2011 Please make Welcome our NEWEST member who has recently joined

our great Club.

Simone Gracey

We currently have 77 Members for the 2011 HRCAV Season!

Dirty Laundry any-

one?? Apparently his name is now Goblin.

Wonder how long that

will last??

With the wet weather now upon us, I have heard a few rumors of members quitting riding?? Have you heard of an indoor?? Or perhaps a Jacket,

thick socks?? A stiff drink after the ride, or maybe before??

I know its cold, wet windy, short daylight hours. Really? Quit riding because of a bit of winter

weather? Disappointed.

What happened to being hardy.. Nikes slogan.. ‘Just Do It”. Or maybe ‘Suck it up Princess”

At least we cant complain about it being too hot.

COOKS CORNER

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Souper Douper Winter Warmer Soup

1 BBQ chook, shredded (yep chuck the skin in too)

1 crushed clove of garlic (or a teaspoon, or maybe even more, of

minced garlic)

Spuds, Carrots, Celery, Parsnips, Beans, Pumpkin, Onion, Zuchinni,

Broccoli, Cauliflower...basically any veges you love but make sure

they are FRESH!!

At least one litre of chicken stock, and enough vege stock to cover

all the ingredients.

Throw this all in a slow cooker and let her rip for at least 8 hours on

the low setting (add the zuchinni in the last 2-3 hours of cooking)

When the root veges are lovely and tender, throw in about 300g of

soup pasta, and cook for a further 2 hours or until the pasta is

cooked.

Serve with beautiful bread rolls...with lashings of butter.

Oh and you'll need to eat this with a fork, not a spoon....perfect rainy

day dinner!!!!!

Thanks to Peta Elstrek and Reen Lidden for their Cooks Corner Contribution!

Champion Club Member

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Description Points

Attendance at AGM 100

Attendance at General Meetings 50

Attendance at Working Bees 30

Helping out at WPRCA Competitions 30

Helping out at WPRCA Rallies 5

Official team helper at HRCAV Team Event 25

Attending rally mounted/unmounted 5

Competing at our competitions 10

Newsletter Contributions 5

Competing at Official HRCAV Events 5

Champion Club Member Championship Points

The Green Book

Members please remember to complete the ‘Green Book’ at each rally to ensure you accrue points throughout the year towards a free chaff chat or free entry to a TTT event/s the following year.

The person with the most points at the end of the financial year (October) will receive a trophy and a free WPRCA Membership for the fol-lowing year as well as the ‘Champion Member’ title.

You can earn points by just attending club rally days (either mounted / un-mounted), helping at rallies, writing for the newsletter, competing at official HRCAV competitions, or helping at our competitions, attending the AGM and General Meeting during the year.

At the end of the year, Members who earn:

h200-300 points will entitle the member to either a chaff chat or a TTT entry;

h301-400 points 2 x TTT entries paid for;

h400+ points 3 x TTT entries paid for

The Club Champion will receive free WPRCA Membership for the following season.

This rule is assessed annually.

Committee Members DO NOT receive points for the committee jobs they do. Any member can earn the same amount of points as each

Every WPARC Member has the opportunity to win

this award!!

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NAME TOTAL

MEG STAFFORD 315 1

JULIE HANSSEN 305 2

SUE SYMONDS 290 3

VERONICA HARRIS 285 4

ANITA NATHAN 275 5

SHARYN SYMONDS 240 6

JENELLE MARTIN 230 7

BARBARA GEOFFREY 225 8

ADRIAN KOLAVCIC 220 9

KATHY SMITH 210 10

Got Something to sell....

Stubben Juventus jump-ing saddle, brown, 17

inch, lovely comfy sad-dle that you just sit in

and off you go!!! Comes fully mounted

$1200 Pictured above

Please call Peta on 0427 500 865 or

email

Bates Show/Dressage saddle, covered buttons, black, 17 inch, medium gullet, used twice for TTT showing & Barastoc last year, comes with Olympic saddlery stitched stirrup leather’s, stainless steel irons and white wintec show girth. $1800 Pictured

below

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Soft Shell Jacket—$78.00

Polo Neck T-Shirt—$ 40.00

Polar Fleece Vest—$43.00

Polar Fleece Jumper—$50.00

Rugby Top—$36.00

Soft Shell Vest—$61.00

Knitted Scarves—$15.00

Peaked Caps—$12.00

Military Style Cap—$20:00

Bucket Style Cap—$20:00

Knitted Beanie—$12:00

Stock—$35.00

Uniforms are available to order through

Anita Nathan.

We have many members out and about in

the new uniforms and they do look very

smart.

Contact details for Anita are Home:

5964 4735 or Mobile: 040 8 945 171

Email: ggryder@bigpond.com

Club Merchandise..

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NEW ARRIVAL:

For the dressage people, this

lovely satin Stock is hand

made in Teal and White with

gold embellishment.

Easy to put on with a Velcro

fastener.

Matches our existing uni-

form.

Contact Anita Nathan for

any enquiries or for pur-

chase.

Cost : $35.00.

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