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PShR Newsletter Summer 2012 Page: 2

Table of Contents:

Cover: 1

PShR Board of Directors and Committee Information.

2

Letter from the President 3

PShR Press Release 4

PShR Five Year Plan 5

Shagya Display and Breed Presentation

6

A Weekend with Buck 7

2012 FITS Endurance Festival 8

What is a Shagya-Arabian? 9

Photos: Shagyas on the Trail 18

Member News 19 - 21

Photos: PShR Members & Friends in Action

22

Memorials 22 - 23

Advertisements 24 - 25

Classifieds / Farm Ads 25 - 29

SCIDS Info Newsletter & PShR Info.

PShR Membership Form 31

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PShR Board of Directors: Lori Baker - President Shelley Housh - Vice President Holly Kemmis - Treasurer Kathy Johnson Anke Brander Julie Jackson-Biegert Lisa Fiano Libby Fletcher-Henderson

PShR Committees:

European Liaisons Anke Brander Eric Nelson

USDF Liaison Lisa Fiano

AERC Liaison Olivia Rudolphi, DVM

Annual Awards Committee Libby Fletcher-Henderson Lisa Fiano, CT Arabian Horse Association Liaison Eric Nelson Julie Jackson-Biegert Registrar Linda Rudolphi Assistant Registrars: Shelley Housh Anke Brander Facebook Page Lisa Fiano

Website Committee Holly Kemmis Linda Rudolphi

Membership Committee Kathy Johnson Linda Rudolphi Becky McCarty Julie Jackson- Biegert Eric Nelson Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship Committee Shelley Housh Judith Moore Shannon McCracken Kathy Johnson Lori Baker Julie Jackson-Biegert Licensing Committee Eric Nelson Linda Rudolphi Judy Moore Hallie Goetz Holy Kemmis Lisa Fiano Olivia Rudolphi Shelley Housh Julie Jackson-Biegert Marty Power Libby Fletcher-Henderson

Welfare the Horse Committee Lisa Fiano Newsletter Lori Baker Hallie Goetz

PShR welcomes Volunteers and Committee Members! For more information or to contact PShR see:

Lori Baker at [email protected] or Shelley Housh at [email protected]

PShR Newsletter Participation:

All are welcome to submit material for the PShR newsletters.

Please send articles, photographs, farm,

performance and Shagya news to:

Lori Baker at [email protected]

Newsletter Produced by Hallie Goetz [email protected]

Cover Photograph: Ali Mahloch riding WineGlass Vino (*Budapest x WineGlass Vintage, ox) owned by Holy Kemmis, at the Otter Creek Horse Trials a 2 Day, 3 Phase Event.


Hello, Members and Friends

I’m sending out a big “thank you” to all of our members, friends and volunteers for helping make 2012 a super year for Shagya-Arabians! I also want to congratulate the PShR Board of Directors and committee members who worked hard to make sure that PShR stayed directly in-line with the ISG requirements. Be-cause of all your hard work and dedication, PShR was accepted as an ISG member registry during the July 2012 ISG meeting. We are all extremely happy about this decision and are committed to providing a great service to Shagya-Arabian owners.

Ground training Nobi (Shagya gelding by Evan)

Lori and Evan (Shagya-Arabian stallion)

Now that PShR is an ISG member, the next phase of work begins. We are looking forward to getting more horses registered, inspected and licensed for performance in the future. There is so much more work to do!!!! We are just getting started.

We all realize that it takes years of dedication to reach our big goals in breeding, training and competing with our Shagya-Arabians. PShR has developed many avenues for recognition and will continue to grow; we have a lot of great ideas for the future! I hope you take some time to review our website to better un-derstand the opportunities for awards and performance licensing that await you. We believe that every horse counts and PShR will keep working to help all Shagyas and their owners shine brightly in perfor-mance and pleasure.

The summer is going by quickly and it has been so inspiring to hear about new foals, training and events. Keep posting your photos, video links and stories on Facebook, we want to continue hearing from every-one around the world. And remember, tell your Shagya friends to join our Facebook Page – keep the Shagya network growing! As always, we appreciate your comments and ideas to help continue to improve our registry. And re-member that fundraising helps to keep PShR going strong. Take a look at the hats, mugs and jackets that are available.

Enjoy this lovely newsletter!!! Lori Baker, PShR President

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Press Release: The Performance Shagya-Arabian Registry (PShR) of the United States and Canada is proud to announce its acceptance into the Internationale Shagya-Araber Gesellschaft (ISG) as of July 2012. The ISG is the umbrella organization for accepted Shagya-Arabian registries around the world, including the historical State Studs such as Babolna, Hungary; Radautz, Romania; and Topolcianky, Slovakia. To be recognized by the ISG, a registry must submit an accurate pedigree for all registered horses along with documented breeding guidelines and practices in compliance with the ISG standards. The Shagya- Arabian breed was first recognized in 1986 by the World Arabian Horse Organization thanks to the efforts of the founding members of the ISG. Since that time, the goal of the ISG has been to preserve bloodlines and ensure the original breeding goals used to develop this magnificent breed as a mili-tary horse in the late 1700’s are being uniformly practiced. These goals include inspections of breeding stock for conformation, rideability scored by test riders, free jumping and perfor-mance testing of both the physical and mental aspects of the horse.

What will this acceptance into the ISG bring to the USA and Canada? To align with the world-wide standards, the PShR will be implementing and aligning with the ISG, some of the most obvious changes will include:

Registered horses in the PShR will be placed into

a Studbook format The terminology of Part-Shagya, Shagya Sportlo

and any other labels are not recognized by the ISG

PShR inspections will include veterinary exami-

nation on site for stallions From July 2012 forward, all PShR Shagya-

Arabian stallions, not already placed in Book I or II, must be performance tested for them to be ap-proved as breeding stallions.

PShR Shagya-Arabian stallions are not to be used for breeding until they have passed their performance testing criteria

The PShR also includes Books III & IV for horses with at least 25% Shagya-Arabian bloodlines

The PShR is developing a 5-year action plan to determine the number of horses and sites for in-spections among other tasks. To identify the needs of the Shagya-Arabian community, input from Shagya-Arabian owners, breeders and admirers throughout the USA and Canada, the PShR Board of Directors is developing an online survey. To participate visit our PShR Facebook page and website at: www.performanceshagyaregistry.org Join us!

A New International Shagya-Arabian Registry in the USA and Canada

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PShR 5-Year Action Plan

I. Registry a. Implement DNA and other testing b. Stud book placement c. Printed studbook

II. Education a. Write and disseminate the following infor-

mation: i. Explain studbook system ii. Include placement of horses in stud-

books I, II, III, IV iii. Explain performance testing criteria iv. Explain performance based inspections v. Explain Specialty/Specialty Plus pro-

gram vi. End of Year awards (PShR, USDF,

others?) vii. Detail guidelines for inspection process

b. Develop the follow media sources: ii. Press releases to publications iii. Website iv. Update breeding guidelines v. Update Specialty & Specialty Plus vi. Detail guidelines for inspection process vii. Update studbook guidelines viii.Professional brochure ix. Online magazine/info x. Newsletter

III. Implement inspections

a. Determine number of horses next 5-years i. Upcoming young horses ii. Geldings standing for evaluation iii. Book III & IV horses

b. Evaluate possibility of an annual inspection at 2 to 3 sites

c. Determine possible locations for next 5 years

i. Closest Airport Indoor arena ii. Stabling Parking iii. Equipment (jumps)

d. Detail guidelines for inspection process i. Conformation ii. Interior Test iii. Free jumping iv. Ridden under saddle v. Test rider vi. Report of completed performance vii. Vet exam

e. List of possible European Judges i. Times they are available ii. Judges with performance background iii. Judges willing to talk in educational ses-

sion f. Provide educational session and open house

at inspection sites i. Draw in new people ii. Meet and greet existing members

g. Getting a Shagya brand i. Where do we get a brand? ii. Someone at each site to brand iii. Equipment to heat brand

III. Marketing

a. Contributing Sponsors for website/awards b. Outside Advertisers in newsletter/website c. Logo items

IV. Performance Testing

a. Track Specialty/Specialty Plus horses b. Update website


Shannon McCracken and *Olivero (Taib Gazlan x Obeya) participated at the Can Am Equine Event and promoted the Shagya-Arabian.

by Chris Evans The annual Can Am All Breeds Emporium at Western Fair grounds in London Ontario was held on St. Patrick’s Day week-end , March 16,17,18. With over 30 clinics and demon-strations, we simply don’t have enough Shagyas in Ontario to par-ticipate in the all-breed competi-tions. With that in mind, the obvi-ous approach is to introduce peo-ple to the breed so that we can build a future and stronger base of support for our Shagya Arabian horses. So Shannon McCracken of Stirling Ontario decided it was time to pro-mote both her imported Shagya stallion Olivero ( Taib Gazlan x Obeya, by Navarra) and introduce

the breed at the same time. Shan-non and Georgie Jones of Rohan Meadows Trakehners and Sport Horses , spent the winter months ( which felt more like spring in Ontario this year) preparing for the London All Breed show and their four times a day Stallion Avenue presentations. As the photos will indicate, Shan-non and Georgie tastefully pre-pared matching red/black/white “Shagya Araber” logos for the stallion stall, our comfy folding black lawn chairs, saddle cloth and booth panels. One side of the back panel was an attractive collection of Shagya photos including Oman, Puschkin , Hungares, Bahadur and of course Olivero, and also his first foal Sahara SM. Famous sporthorses from Shagya lines completed the opposite side with

Habicht, Windfall, White Girl, Peron, Gallion, Rembrandt, Con-dus and Ramzes. Shannon and Georgie had also provided matching Shagya polo shirts and caps to continue this very professional presentation. From our experience at the promo-tional booth last fall at the Arabian Sport Horse Nationals it was antic-ipated that a similar promotion in Canada would meet with similar reactions : “ What is a Shagya? “. This, again, was the common theme so Shannon, Georgie and I spent most of the three days speak-ing with everyone that dropped by that expressed interest in the breed and Olivero himself. The show has become predominantly Western themed with many Quarter Horses and Paints (continued page 10)

Shagya Display and Breed Presentation - Can Am Equine Event


By Shelley Housh Ramius , my coming 4 yr old An-glo-Shagya gelding (Sterling Sil-ver x Rondinexx) had just spent a few months with a natural horse-manship trainer, Bill Ortamond. Bill had done about 30 rides on Ram. Was I up to this? I used to be such a confident rider as a child, now age is setting in and I realize I cannot afford to get hurt. A 4 day clinic with an extremely green gelding - Is this a good idea? I had watched a Buck Bran-naman colt starting clinic last year. Did not look so bad. No colt start-ing class this time, though. I had to step up to the horsemanship class and I had done very little rid-ing in the past year. Buck has become a household name since his well publicized movie “Buck” came out last year. The crowd was quite large at the Rose Bowl Riders Equestrian cen-ter in Pasadena for the event. I knew Ram would feel my nerv-ousness. I hauled him in the night before so he could settle in, but I was driving back to the ranch nightly waiting for Tina to foal. Did not get much sleep those 4 days. Luckily he had us only do-ing groundwork for the first 2 days. Yes, lots of repetition, but good for the both of us. Ram was getting more and more supple with his turns . He would plant his front leg and no matter how many turns we went around, it would not move. Day 1 was an eye opener for me. My normally calm, sweet gelding was like a little Mexican jumping bean – would not stay still. I was on the side of the arena with the

big crowd and bleachers, complete with an awning blowing in the wind. My trainer finally pulled me aside half way through the class and told me just to breathe – it helped us both. We got through day 1. Day 2 started out with more of the same exercises, then he added to it little by little. Ever try to back your horse the length of your are-na just by subtle pressure on their nose?....and do it straight? Ram was calm, cool and collected. I kept him on the quieter side of the arena that day and he did beauti-fully. Day 3 started out with basic groundwork, then he gave us the green light – “riders up!” Ram is a very sensitive boy, despite his huge size. I can feel as he is get-ting nervous or about to do some-thing. The first thing Buck taught us was a 1 rein stop (our “emergency brake” as he called it). Yeah – like I can remember to do it as all h**l is breaking loose! Ram kept tensing up at the far end

of the arena near the port-a-potty. Sure enough, he bucked and by the second buck I had lost a stirrup and decided just to haul off ( I be-lieve Buck called it being a “lawn dart”). I heard later that Ram con-tinued to buck all the way down the arena! No problem to catch him and aside from a sore bum, only my pride was injured (all this in front of close to 200 people!). Day 4 – man, I was nervous, just shy of tears. What had I done wrong? Did I somehow screw up all his training thus far? I man-aged to chat with Buck just before class. He basically said not to worry, that Ram probably thought I had to get off quickly. I took a deep, relaxing breath and mounted up. We had an absolutely fabu-lous ride! I did not do much trot-ting, but the nervous tension in both of us had disappeared some-where along the line and we be-came a team. Ram received many compliments from people in the crowd who had seen our improve-ment over the 4 days! I was extrem-(continued page 11)

A Weekend with Buck


The Fun In the Sun, FITS, endur-ance festival was held again this year from March 1 - 4 in Willis-ton, FL. The ride camp, start and finish lines and all vet gates were located on the Florida farm be-longing to the twice Endurance World Champion Valerie Kanavy. Several riders I met two years ago were again attending the annual FITS ride. All three days of the event had riders from USA, Ger-many, Canada, Japan, Romania, Lithuania, Belgium, Sweden, Puerto Rico, South Africa and me from Denmark. As always, the ride is very well organized, with a lot of volunteers and beautiful trails in the soft sand. The sand was, however, this time a little deeper than last, so many had to be careful not to ride too fast. This year I rode on 2 rides; the 75 miles (120km) on Thursday and 100 miles (160 km) on Saturday. I

rode Halsteads Firesky (AriBerry x Deebies Desiree by Bask Flame) belonging to Julie Jackson-Biegert on the 75 mile ride. “Sky” is a lovely, big framed 11-year-old gelding. He completed the WEG Kentucky test ride with Julie in 2009. For the 100 mile ride I leased Bey Gibby (Gibsonn Bey x Paloma Grande x Padron Hallelu-iah) belonging to Kathryn Downs, also an 11 year old gelding with a great deal of heart. Both were incredible horses. Firesky has a nice big canter; however, I was not able to take advantage of this stride due to the saddle I was using. I borrowed a western saddle to help me make the weight minimum. The fenders of the saddle were too long for my legs and I was unable to use the stirrups without twisting my knees and ankles. I had to ride at the walk and canter without stirrups since I was developing so many raw spots on my legs, it was not possible to trot without stirrups. We tried changing saddles for the second loop and I carried a back-pack with weight. This was worse so we changed back to the western saddle on the third loop and I contin-ued the ride despite the discomfort and dislocat-ing my ankle. Fortu-nately, Dr Olivia Ru-dolphi was a college vol-leyball player, so she was able to tape my swollen ankle. It was a tough 75 miles with deep rubs on my legs, no stirrups,

swollen ankles and the humidity becoming dangerously high in the early afternoon. Several horses were unable to make parameters and were disqualified in the after-noon. The ride was divided into 5 loops (20.7, 16, 11.5, 16 and last 12 miles) to allow time in camp to cool the horses and riders. The breaks were 50, 50, 40 and 30 minutes respectfully. Fortunately, the moon made it possible to see the trail along with the glow lights hung at the turns. Julie rode her Arabian gelding Ni-tro, they have completed ten 100-mile rides and are recipients of the AERC Decade Award. Way to go Julie!!! Julie and I rode also the last loop in the dark; we could hear alligators and hogs in the un-derbrush. To scare the wild ani-mals, including the snakes Julie convinced me were hanging out of the trees and Florida panthers, we sang the American classic – Oh Susannah! as we rode down the trail. Despite everything the ride turned out (continued on page 12)

2012 FITS Endurance Festival By Christine Pedersen

Julie Jackson Beigert and Nitro

Christine Pederson riding at FITS Photo courtesy of Chad Larsen who also provided the hoof boots.


Part 1 I was invited to speak at the Re-gion XI Arabian Horse Associa-tion member, ARAB, Inc., annual spring meeting on “What is a Shagya-Arabian?” The ARAB, Inc. members were somewhat fa-miliar with the Shagya-Arabian through their members Dr. Rachel Boyce, Kayla & Carolyn Reimer, Sherry Minor, and Julie Inghram and their respective Half-Arabian/Shagya-Arabians taking home nu-merous ribbons from the area competitions. It was a great chance to discuss the similarities yet differences unique to the pure-bred Arabian and the Shagya-Arabian. The invitation to speak to my peers prompted the need to go back to the books, revisit docu-ments, and explore new avenues, a quest I probably would not have taken the time to venture if I had not been asked to make a presen-tation on one of my favorite sub-jects – the Shagya-Arabian. For those of us involved with the Shagya-Arabian over the past few decades, we have honed our ex-planation of the breed and have a canned speech ready to play at the drop of a hat along with copies of old magazine articles for handouts. Upon my acquiring the Shagya stallion *Budapest and standing him at stud, I soon learned the associated obligation I had also acquired was to educate numerous inquiring phone calls about this uncommon breed in the US. The top three questions in-cluded: 1) the pronunciation of the name, 2) was this a Shaggy or Bashkir Curly, and 3) was this a purebred Arabian strain? The pro-

nunciation of the name “Shagya” or sometimes “Schagya” as it is sometimes referred to in historical documents is: “Shag’ – yah”, not “Sha – gay’- ah”. Second, I dis-appointed several phone callers when I explained the Shagya is not a “Shaggy horse” (except in the winter), an amusing miscon-ception at that time on my part. However, according to archeolo-gist S.J. Crouthamel –

“In Iberia (Spain) the initial domestic horse was brought by Celtic peoples and was a medi-um, sturdy, and shaggy horse built to pull chariots in battle.”

Perhaps the callers did know what they were looking for! And final-ly, the Shagya-Arabian is not a strain of purebred Arabian, it is a breed of horse specifically devel-oped using a significant number of purebred Arabian bloodlines in the foundation. The term in Europe is “Shagya-Araber”, Araber mean-ing “of the Arabian race”. Trans-

lated to English it becomes Shagya-Arabian. For my presentation, I decided to update the standard response and focus on four topics to explain the Shagya-Arabian: 1) why was the bred developed and what was the purpose; 2) examples of purebred Arabian bloodlines used to devel-op the Shagya-Arabian; 3) how to distinguish Shagya-Arabians in a pedigree and the nuances of the Hungarian naming system; and 4) the influence of the Shagya-Arabian on internationally ac-claimed sport horses of various breeds. My goal to relate to the breeders and owners of purebred Arabians was still missing a link. How could I get my audience to appreciate the similarities and dif-ferences of the two breeds and al-so understand the importance of the selection of purebred Arabians in the development a new breed? Then I found (continued page 14)

What is a Shagya-Arabian? By Linda Rudolphi


Can Am Shagya Presentation (continued from page 6)

although there were representatives for the Friesian, Thoroughbred, Miniature, Mustang, Canadian, Gypsy Vanner, Morgan, Curly and Haflinger breeds along with our sole Shagya, Olivero. While Arabian owners and breeders dropped by, very few had even heard of the Shagya, although they were familiar with so many of the Arabian bloodlines used in the formative years in Austro-Hungary and the modern use of many Arabi-an horses. One enquiring gentleman was very much familiar with the Shagya and its’ lines. He introduced himself as Peter Cameron. From there he needed to offer no further explanation as he is THE most re-nowned and respected Arabian judge in North America – perhaps the world! Quite the honor to have

been privileged with his visit to our first ever Shagya presentation in Canada ! Mr. Cameron , viewing Olivero’s ring presentation, willing-ly expressed his opinion that this Shagya stallion would make a great cross for anyone looking for an en-durance or sport horse, especially noting the substance and bone.. Some visitors DID recognize the breed from their general horse inter-est and reading. . One actually said she had come to the Can Am specif-ically to see her first Shagya , as she had seen the exhibitor list and no-ticed the Shagya inclusion. Another gentleman had ridden at Pompadour in France where the speciality is the Anglo Arabian , therefore he had a keen interest in and appreciation of the European breeding programmes. President of the national ATV/

motorcycle company KYMCO Canada, Walter Heilman became smitten with Olivero and the breed that also has roots in his homeland within the former Yugoslavia. The day may soon come where he trades in his cycle for a quieter ride ! In conclusion Shannon McCracken is to be congratulated for her excel-lent effort and representation for the Shagya Arabian breed. Olivero must also be commended for his professional conduct and behaviour as a calm, well dispositioned mature breeding stallion. This was his FIRST appearance in Canada out-side his home paddock ! On the chance that our Quarter Horse stallion exhibitors surround-ing us at the show will not see this Newsletter, (continued on page 11)


ely impressed with the young 4 yr old filly Buck was riding. He had less rides on her than Ram had, yet she was so willing, obedient, and most of all – relaxed. I cannot wait till I can train a horse to be like that! The clinic brought an array of rid-ers from all disciplines. One night after the clinic there was an excel-lent catered dinner at the Flintridge Riding Center. The man I sat next to looked familiar. We spent the evening chatting. Later I was told that he was Will Simpson – the Olympic rider! He

was in the afternoon clinic for ad-vanced riders. Nice, nice guy. We chatted every day thereafter between our classes. He was so open to learning a new way of do-ing things, despite being an eques-trian of the top caliber for so many years. He was becoming a Buck convert and it was great to see! Another familiar face was seen in the crowd – Cesar Milan, the Dog Whisperer. He brought his kids and was busy signing the collars of the many dogs there. There was definitely a different

feel to this year’s clinic as com-pared to last. We would sit around chatting last year with Buck after the classes every even-ing as he worked on making his reatas. He has a genuine, gentle nature about him and is a wealth of knowledge. I missed spending more time with him, but the crowds were enormous this year. One could see the difference the movie has made with his life. I hope to do another clinic next spring with one of my mares. Hopefully there will be no “Lawn Darting” next time….

A weekend with Buck (continued from page 7)

I’ll add that Olivero’s demeanor and temperament in the ring presentations really put these suc-cessful (even world champion class) horses to shame. It is no ex-aggeration to say that Olivero ab-solutely showed the class of the Shagya Arabian when compared to many of the most successful hors-es in North American show rings. Side note: an “up and coming’ horse whisperer, Brittany Buchan-an of ww.EquineLingo.com put on very impressive clinics dealing with horses, and she said that Oli-vero might be the best young stal-lion in disposition that she has ev-er handled. Brittany’s home is near Ottawa ,Ontario , but very worth-while for any horse behavioral clinics or requirements. ( Just a tip before she becomes world fa-mous!)

Can Am Shagya Presentation (continued from page 10)

Epilogue: This endeavor went so well that plans are already in the works to follow this up with an Olivero and Shagya booth presentation at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto in November. This event is one of the premiere horse shows in North America with Olympic/World Cup riders and horses, so it annually attracts the cream of the English and Sport Horse disciplines. We cant wait !


well, we finished #8 and #9 out of 17 starters with a time of 11:17. Only 13 finished the ride. Friday, was a much needed rest day for me. Jacob helped to crew for Julie and her husband Doug on the 50 mile (80 km) and also for Kathryn Downs who owns the horse I was riding on Saturday. Our American super crew with Dr. Olivia and Linda Rudolphi and Marty Power also helped Julie and Doug on Friday’s ride. Again, the weather was very hot and humid. Out of 28 starters, only 15 fin-ished. Doug finished in 8:30 on Tango giving Tango his FEI 2** ranking. Unfortunately, SHF Sunday Streaker (ZT Raashaqa x ENM Delight X Baszadin) bred by Dr. Beecher twisted his pastern the last 2 miles. Julie said she could feel him take a wrong step. He was pulled at the final check after finishing 75 miles, one of the hardest things that can happen at an endurance ride. Kathryn Downs on her horse was also pulled for lameness. Jacob and I also brought Bey Gib-by over to the ride to check in for Saturday’s 100-mile ride, Gibby lives walking distance from camp.

We made him a pen next to Julie and Doug’s horses for the night; Gibby settled in like a pro in his new camping site. The 100 mile ride was divided in-to 6 loops, 21, 21, 13.8, 20.7, 11.5 and 12 miles with 40, 60, 70 50 and 30 minute breaks respectfully. The ride started at 06.30 on Satur-day morning, a little late in Danish standards, but nice as it was not dark. With all the rides, (the 50, 75, and 100 mile), starting togeth-er we had about 80 horses and rid-ers. It was somewhat chaotic with some bumping around. Fortu-nately, Gibby was easy and quiet, but we rode a little harder at first than I would have expected. Get-ting through the first vet gate was a welcomed break. Jacob and Olivia took Gibby through the vet check; they work well together as a team. I had borrowed one of Valerie Ka-navy’s saddles for Gibby. I was familiar with the Kanavy saddles from my previous rides in the US, it was much better than the west-ern saddle with my short legs. I unfortunately had heat stroke on the second loop, something I was not familiar with at all. The

weather was very difficult for someone accus-tom to long cold winters. The en-tire se-cond break was de-

voted to drinking plenty of water and energy drinks. My crew put ice packs and ice towels on the body and head. It helped, thanks to my American super crew. The third loop was much better for me, but the sand was very deep for Gibby. We slowed our pace a great deal. Also, since I had drank so many fluids on the second loop I had to keep getting off to pee in the woods. This turned out to be a problem also, as I soon learned about fire ants! They bite and it is very painful, and the bites become red and sore – the ants have claws! It was very irritating on top of the bad ankle and raw legs from Thursday. It took a lot of mole-skin to get through the ride! We made it through the third vet gate and break without any problems. The fourth was the longest loop of the day. At this point, there was again unbearable heat. Fortunate-ly, I drank a lot and felt okay; we returned to vetgate 4 at dusk . The last two loops were 11.5 and 12 miles. This time we hung glow sticks on the horses, the moon also helped a little, but it was starting to blow up a storm. The weather forecast predicted if we were in camp by 01:00 am, we would fin-ish before the storm arrived. I rode with rider from South Africa. We also sang a great deal to scare the animals and keep our minds off the coming storm. I now know the US national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” very well. Gibby perked up on the next to last loop so we rode a little faster again. Probably because of the weather which was cooler and made it comfortable at this time. We finish- (continued on page 13)

2012 FITS Endurance Festival (continued from page 8)

Photo Courtesy of Chad Larsen who also provided the hoof boots!


ed in 6th place out of 18 starters with a time of 13:45. Gibby acted wonderfully fresh and was a lively horse at the end. Out of 18 starters in the 100-mile division, only eight completed. Most were pulled for metabolic reasons. And as for the storm, in camp the next morning all the porta-potties had been blown over. My first 100-mile ride!! HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY! A super nice but tough ride. The feeling of hav-ing completed 100 mile can not be described. Bad ankle, fire ants, sores and heat stroke were all for-gotten. A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all of to my American

super crew: Linda, Liv, Marty, Julie, Doug and Kathryn. And of course - Jacob. Olivia is also a 2** FEI vet, it is very nice and good to have a vet on your crew. YOU GUYS WERE AWE-SOME!!!! Also, a big thanks to Roxi Welling and Cody Boysen for their help and for letting me borrow the weight packets, and Chad Larsen of Renegade Hoof Boots for Gib-by’s boots. Also, to Valerie and Larry Kanavy for loans of equip-ment and saddle, AT HorseCare for support from Denmark, and the Danish equestrian Federation of apparel to the American super

crew. And most of all, to Julie Jackson and Kathryn Downs for the loan of their beautiful horses BEY GIBBY and FIRESKY. A great trip with lots of sweet and friendly Americans. We will defi-nitely come again. Thanks to the organizers for another great ride in one of the coolest terrains in the world. Thanks also to all the oth-er Americans who cheered for me. You truly are some amazing people. And below, finally, a salute to all my American friends:

The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics By Francis Scott Key 1814

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:

'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country should leave us no more! Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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this bit of information in Wikepedia:

“Carl Reinhard Raswan (b. 7 March 1893, d. 14 October 1966), born Carl Reinhard Schmidt, was one of the greatest connoisseurs and patrons of the asil Arabian horse. He was a writer and author of numerous books on Arabian horses and the Bedouin people. He was also a scholar of desert Arabian horse bloodlines, publishing the Raswan Index, an extensive compilation of pedigree and strain information. Matter of fact, it became a project of pas-sion and new found questions. At the age of five, Carl Raswan first came into contact with horses when he received a pony named "Philie" as a gift from his father. When his father pur-chased property in 1898, Carl and his pony gained the oppor-tunity to take large excursions in the Dresden area, without the need to cross the Elbe River. Carl spent his school holidays with his pony, often in the com-pany of his uncle Bernhard Schmidt, a forester. During one of those holidays, Raswan ob-served the young Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony, who was riding a Shagya Arabian. Ras-wan observed that the horse ap-peared to recognize its own re-flection in the water and played with it. This experience, suggest-ing a high degree of animal in-telligence for a horse, awakened his interest in the Arabian horse and he later described it as a key event in his life.”

That was the link! The fascination and devotion people have for the

Shagya-Arabian – just as the fasci-nation one of the great students of the purebred Arabian breed, Carl Raswan, experienced – horses por-traying a high degree of animal in-telligence, was the link between the purebred Arabian and Shagya-Arabian. For me personally, look-ing into the kind and expressive eyes of my Shagya stallion *Budapest must have been the feel-ing Raswan experienced and lead him to his lifetime quest of learning about the Arabian horse. All Shagya-Arabian sire lines trace back to purebred Arabian founda-tion stallions. The Shagya-Arabian is often mistaken for a “strain” of purebred Arabian; however, the Shagya-Arabian is a World Arabian Horse Organization recognized breed. For over 200 years it has been carefully developed for a pur-pose with a clear breeding criteria through the selection of excellent bloodlines and horses capable of reproducing a predictable pheno-type possessing numerous purebred Arabian characteristics and yet dif-fers in physical structure from its’ Arabian cousin. The Shagya-Arabian was not an ac-cidental result of crossbred horses; rather the Hapsburg Royalty and Joseph I regarded the Shagya-Arabian as a versatile, untiring rid-ing and cavalry horse for military and agriculture. The Austro-Hungarian breeding system was developed to fill the demand for horses in an empire at war every 20 to 30 years resulting in demand exceeding the supply. To provide quality horses the Hun-garian national breeding system practiced careful and strict culling

in addition to performance testing using advanced breeding principles still relevant in animal husbandry today. The US Army Remount modeled their breeding program after this advanced breeding system. The Austro-Hungarian military de-veloped breeding stations through-out the empire, each with a distinct purpose and responsibility. Me-zohegyes developed a more sub-stantial horse used to pull the heavy artillery, using infusions from Kis-beri to maintain endurance and stamina. Breeds developed include the Nonius, Furioso, Fenek and Normandy horses. Kisber devel-oped the Kisberi Felver, a careful blend of the Shagya-Arabian and English Thoroughbred for the cav-alry. An infusion of Mezohegyes bloodlines were periodically used to develop horses suitable for the pull-ing of lighter artillery. The Babolna State Stud was respon-sible for the purebred Arabian and Shagya-Arabian breeding programs, both were popular with the officers and driving horses for the aristocra-cy. Piber was famous for the Lip-pizzan and Fogaras in Transylvania is credited with the improvement of the regional mountain horse. Other farms throughout the empire were set up as nurseries for young stock. The history of the Shagya-Arabian, a valued cavalry horse throughout Europe, starts in the year 1769 with the founding of the Austro-Hungarian State Stud in Babolna. Meticulous records were kept from the very beginning. Original foun-dation mares can still be traced back 21 to 23 generations in the present day dam lines going back to 1755. Most of the original mares were Arabian-bred or light domestic

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horses from the Transylvanian ar-ea selected carefully for their har-diness, type and refinement. These domestic mares were named after their area of origin, for example, the Moldauerin mare line is recorded back to the 1700’s and comes for an area now located in Romania. Great care was tak-en to keep the female tail lines the best by replacing brood mares with their best daughters using a strict program to keep the strains established. Proven mares out of military stud farms were crossed with desert Arabian stallions. The occasional use of Thorough-bred and Lippizzaner stallions was allowed to help maintain the de-sired phenotype; the resulting horses being permanently selected for size, bone and riding qualities. In addition to regional foundation mares, desert bred stallions and mares were brought back from expeditions. From these importa-tions, the purebred Arabian stal-

lion named SHAGYA db born in 1830 and imported in 1836 to Ba-bolna became the flagship for the breed. According to the Raswan Index and Handbook for Arabian Breeders, Limited Edition, Vol. V, 1962; “SHAGYA 1830 was a dap-pled, golden stallion of the Koheil Siglavi strain and was acquired by Baron Herbert for Babolna, Hun-gary and shipped from Syria to Hungary in 1836.” In the German Studbook for Pure-bred Shagya’s, Vol 3 (1983-2001), the horse SHAGYA is described by Furst Puckler as, “strong built and of greatest harmony in all parts”. The Studbook goes on to say, “(SHAGYA) turned out to be one of the most influential founda-tion sires of the breed and can be found in most of the pedigrees. Each and every officer counted himself lucky, if he was allowed to ride a Shagya.” According to the Arabian pedigree student Betty Finke in the Arabian Horse World,

April 1983, “….SHAGYA (the horse) was quite tall, around 16 hands. Although SHAGYA db stood at Babolna for only three years, he founded a dynasty which quickly spread throughout Eastern Europe.” With the recognition of the Shagya-Arabian as a sustainable breed in 1978 by WAHO, the ISG, Internationale Shagya-Araber Ge-sellschaft, was formed to coordi-nate the national Shagya-Arabian breeding associations in Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, France, Neth-erlands, Norway, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, USA and Canada, Ven-ezuela, Israel as well as with the national studs Bábolna (Hungary), Topolcianky (Slowakia), Radautz (Romania), Kabiuk (Bulgaria) and the State Stud Mangalia (Romania). In addition, the ISG is working with active breeders in Croatia, Spain, Greece, Italy, Aus-tralia and Ireland. The purpose of the ISG is to over-see the consistent implementation of breeding principles and inspec-tion criteria between member as-sociations. The ISG is responsi-ble for the coordination of Shagya-Arabian breeding in the member countries insuring a unified breed-ing goal, preservation of pure breeding and furthering of the Shagya-Arabian race. The ISG advocates the interests of Shagya-Arabian breeding internationally. The ISG describes the breeding goal in selecting breeding stock in the 2007 ISG Judging Course and Judge’s Seminar in Babolna Man-ual: “The breeding goal is a large-

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framed Arabian horse, suitable for everyone as an elegant riding and driving horse. A Shagya Arabian should (be) beautiful and harmo-nious, with an expressive head, a well-formed riding-horse neck, a well-defined topline, long hind-quarters, a tail carried high and gaily, and with strong, dry, correct legs. Free, elastic, and correct action in all three gaits is very im-portant. Wither height should be at least 14.3 to 15.3 hands and cannon bone circumference should be at least seven inches.” The ISG Judges Training Manual goes on to explain desirable traits, summarized examples include: It should be possible to distin-

guish the breed and sex type of a horse, not only in head, but also within the entire horse,

The standard throughout the traits should distinguish the horse as suitable for riding or driving, a halter horse is not of concern,

The horse should exhibit drive through the hindquarters,

Stallions should look mascu-line and mares should look feminine,

Legs should be well defined and strong with a clear defini-tion of the joints,

The head should show Arabian features. The profile should not be an extreme dish; a straight profile is preferred by some.

The walk is regarded as the most important gait with the hind footstep landing in front of the foreprint.

The trot should have move-

ment in the shoulder and pro-pelled from the hindquarters with a clear beat. A stiff back in undesirable.

The canter should be elastic and a distinguishable three beat.

Feet with contracted heels should be scored low.

Pictures of historical Shagya hors-es are provided in the 2007 ISG Judges Training Manual with a critique to help teach the goals of the ISG breeding principles and goals. I choose three examples from the manual for my presenta-tion: Bartok, 1971; Jussuf IV, 1918; and Gazal II, 1922. The following pictures and de-scription come directly from the 2007 Judges Training Manual:

Powerful Shagya with charisma, he has a lot of personality.

Very expressive, huge topline and a correct and well-carried neck.

Stands a bit close to the grain feeder.

Humerous is a bit steep and the middle of the body is a bit too long.

Good depth of flanks. The depth of flank is the scale for the digestion, indicating space for the digestive organs.

Harmonious hindquarters.

The head could be a bit more Arabian, that means the mark would be “good”.

Impressive horse with big muscles. It must be said that there are Shagya Arabian

Breeders who do not like this large-framed type for a horse; they say that they look like Warm-bloods. In the Shagya-Arabian breed there are some variations in types, just as there are riders of different heights and weights. Bartok is a repre-sentative of the heavier type of Shagya.

BARTOK, 1971



The conformation of Gazal II is nearly perfect.

He is entirely harmonious.

Long pelvis or hip provides ade-quate frame for hindquarter mus-cles.

Well muscled fore-arms with

clearly developed, well formed knee and hock joints, short dry cannons with visible ten-dons.

Medium long correct pasterns that match the an-gles of the hoofs.

He exhibits a wonderful correct frame, which is schoolbook perfect.

Poll is the highest point of the wonderful functionally-formed rid-ing-horse neck with a fine throat-latch and straight underline.

Topline of his neck connects to his withers, which could extend 2 or 3 cm’s farther into the back,

although he has a sure position for the saddle.

Well muscled shoulder with suf-ficient muscle over the elbow, a slightly steep upper arm or humerus, a free elbow that does not press into the body.

His frame forms a slightly hori-zontal rectangle, a bit longer from the point of the shoulder to the point of the buttock, than from the ground to the withers.

Adequate depth of girth and well-sprung ribs, as well as good depth of flank for internal organs and efficient digestion.

Head could be a bit more Arabi-an, or “kindlier-looking”. “He was a vigorous civil servant, who put up with nothing” – you can see this in his facial expression.

Jussuf IV, 1918 Has an Arabian face with a nice big eye.

Neck is elegant; withers are reaching far into the back.

Elegant stallion but seems a bit thin. He was an excellent riding horse with visible “bounce”.

In summary, it is evident the Shagya-Arabian was developed to become not only an important instrument in se-curing the Austro-Hungarian empire; he was developed to be a riding and driving horse. These goals translate well into the qualities of a present day sport horse and faithful companion. In future articles I will share the re-maining topics of the presentation in the PShR newsletter. Part II, will focus on some of the purebred Arabian bloodlines used to develop the Shagya-Arabian.

Gazal II, 1922 – Sire of Gazal VII known as the Stallion of the Century



************* PShR Horses out on the Trail ************

Brothers! WineGlass Debonair (left), owned and ridden by Chris & Marty Power, bonding with older brother WineGlass Dubonnet (right) , owned and ridden by Dr. Olivia Rudolphi. Both geldings are sired by *Budapest and are out of the Arabian mare Wine Bint Darnefti.

Debonair started off the 2012 endurance season with 3 fifty-mile rides and 3 best condition awards.

The Shagya gelding Renoirr, sired by the imported Shagya-Arabian stallion *KS Rubin, owned by Kathy Voyer and

ridden by Frances Chase-Dunn.

Ninja PFF, sired by Sarvar, and his owner/rider Dale Scoleville.


************* Member News ************

Sterling Silver Sporthorses By Shelley Housh Sterling Silver has 2 new Shagya foals - a filly, Nefertari Silver SH out of Nicolatina Star and a colt, Sterling's Brigadier SH out of Brook (Bold Bravo x Bridget). Brook is a gorgeous, substantial mare leased from Hallie Goetz. Both foals will be grey and both are for sale. The good news is that Sterling will soon be started back under saddle after 2 yrs recovery post surgery and stem cell therapy. I hope to have him back on the trails by fall. I also hope to get my 2 broodmares finally under saddle this summer. Where to find the time for it all??? I took Ramius (Sterling Silver x Rondine xx) to a NATRC clinic

last month. He did beautifully on the 7 mile ride and I could not ask for better P & R's. He is not yet old enough for an actual NATRC ride, but this was an awesome experience for him. I will be hosting an inspection site here in CA for the 2012 Shagya breed inspection on Sep-tember 8, 2012. All are welcome to come and enjoy the horses. WineGlass Farm By Olivia Rudolphi What a busy spring it has been at WineGlass Farm this year! Usu-ally, spring in southern Illinois consists of monsoon-like rainfall and mud up to our ears, but the weather cooperated this year al-lowing us to start conditioning the “crew” early. Linda and Olivia started the endurance com-petition season in mid April and have been fortunate to participate in 4 rides thus far. WineGlass Dubonnet, 16, Wineglass Sherry, 13, and WineGlass Lambrusco, 18, have had a 100% completion rate and all but one ride they fin-ished in the Top Ten (the other was an 11th place by literally 2 seconds…talk about wishing you would have walked just a tad bit faster to the timer gate, but that’s the nature of the sport). H. Wineglass Syrah will begin her competition season at the end of June. She completed her first novice ride last year and is prov-ing to a very independent mare with a “Let’s get it done” atti-tude! Not only has it been great to have our own horses doing well, but it has been just as re-warding seeing Wineglass horses

and other Shagya’s at each ride representing the breed with true athleticism and success. They are turning heads of those unfamiliar with the breed…this goes to show that demonstrating the ability to perform can be one of the best methods to promote the breed! Before our rides even started, Marty Powers, the infamous Dr. Beecher and both of us packed up the truck and headed south to the FITS Endurance Ride in Florida to pit crew for Julie Jackson-Biegert, Doug Biegert and Chris-tine Pederson (from Denmark). What a great trip with stories to tell for years to come! All riders did fantastic, including dodging the wild hogs and alligators on the trail. Christine finished her first 100-mile ride on a leased horse from Kathryn Downs. A few weeks after FITS, Julie-Jackson Biegert, Linda and Olivia headed south again, this time to Texas for the first preliminary trial in selecting the team of 5 horse/rider combinations for the World Endurance Championships taking place in London in Au-gust. We were part of Legacy Farm’s pit crew team (Owner Roxy Welling of Iowa). Out of 49 starters, only 19 finished, in-cluding one of the horses we tended to, who placed 6th. The next step for all finishers is to complete a Fitness Trial this sum-mer and then the final 5 will be selected to head across the Atlan-tic. Congratulations to Marty and Chris Power on the purchase of H. Wineglass Soave, a 4 year old 15.3 gelding (*Budapest x H. Wineglass Sonoma). He was on Ramius and Shelley, NATRC Clinic


Member News (continued) the Not For Sale list......, but we know he has a great new home. Soave and his buddy Wineglass Vivant have spent the past 2 months at “camp” with trainer Ty-ler Spivey. We look forward to seeing Marty and Soave on the trails this year! Congrats also go out to Holly Kemmis on her purchase of Wine-glass Remeny (*Budapest x Faith), 4 year old gelding. Originally, Holly took Remeny as a “project” for the winter, but could not resist Remeny’s (aka “Velcro”) desire to work while also trying to be the horse that would sit in your lap if you allowed him. She will also be taking Remeny on his first com-petitive ride this summer. H. Wineglass Gideon, 4 year old 16 hand gelding, (*Budapest x H. Wineglass Glory) will be spending the summer with Dr. Rachel Boyce, who has proven to be suc-cessful in the dressage ring at First Level with her gelding Wineglass Victory. Rachel will be starting Gideon under saddle and in the dressage ring. Best of luck to both of them! While we went another year with-out any foals on the ground, we have a rambunctious and playful group of 2 and 3 year olds that are growing like crazy. As most of you are aware, our beloved *Budapest (Shagal x *Biala) bred by Ulla Nyegaard in Denmark was laid to rest in May. And while we miss him greatly, we are fortunate to have so many of his progeny to remind us of his kind spirit. The busy schedule continues into July when we travel with Holly Kemmis to the ISG meeting in Austria. Once we return, we then

head to Lexington, KY for the FEI Young Riders Endurance Champi-onship. Linda has been working on becoming an FEI Steward and will be finalizing all requirements needed to be official this July when she completes a final ap-prenticeship. This will be Linda’s 2nd and Olivia’s 3rd year in partici-pating as a volunteer and treatment vet respectively for the endurance portion of the Championship. We are praying for rain in this part of the country at this time. Pas-tures are starting to brown and we are holding off on planting soy-beans until the ground softens up a little bit. Fall brings a busy endur-ance and competitive ride sched-ule once again. Good luck to all of you out there and keep promot-ing the Shagya!

Northeast Shagyas By Hallie Goetz

We welcomed a grey purebred Shagya-Arabian colt by the Shagya-Arabian stallion *KS Ru-bin out of our Shagya-Arabian mare, *Lutka-62 (by Lumbusch, Topolcianky) on June 8, 2012, who we have named L’Amor. He is for sale. This past May three horses that I

bred attended the same competi-tive trail ride. It was great to see them together and competing un-der saddle . Everyone got a good laugh when one of them rolled in the mud after the final vet check. A few weeks later Neddora SHG and I managed to score well enough to place 2nd at the HRC 15-mile CTR … talk about a great and unexpected surprise! Please feel free to stop by our farm in Vermont on September 16, 2012, when horses from the area will be officially evaluated and/or inspected for “Shagya-Arabian Breeding Approval”. All are welcome to attend and experience this unique tradition of the Shagya-Arabian breed. I have enjoyed helping PShR and its membership create an enjoya-ble newsletter, but I now need to focus on other projects. If you are interested in helping PShR with their newsletter, please contact Lori Baker at [email protected]. Serenity Acres By Kathy Johnson Blood When I decided to take on the re-sponsibility of a weanling Shagya I knew that it would be a commit-ment for many years to come. At the time I had been taking riding lessons with a dressage instructor with my other Shagya mare, Ciara. But she only provided riding les-sons and not actual training of young stock. So the story begins with reflecting back on a beautiful Arabian farm in Minnesota where I purchased a five year old Arabi-an mare in 1990. That little mare was 5 at the time and is 27 years


Member News (continued ) old. I have always been impressed with that little mare and her over-all training. So a year ago I found out that the man who trained her was still in the Arabian world and living in Wisconsin as well as still doing training. So I contacted him and he indeed would be willing to work with my Shagya when the time came. I had decided that she would not be sent out for any training until she was 3. But then a friend of mine encouraged me to become involved with the Parelli program and introduced me to a trainer by the name of Gretchen Arndt. She was one of the trainers at the First Horse Farm in Oregon, WI. What a gift to have found such a wonderful professional trainer. She took her for a month and just worked with her on the ground. My friend also had her horse in training at the same time so we made a weekly trip to the First Horse Farm for our lessons. Each week I was impressed with this trainer more and more and her incredible ability to work with horses and the quietness that she exhibited in her training. During the first week of training Lily bonded with my friends geld-ing. When we arrived at the farm for our first lesson with our horses, both horses were loose in this huge arena running around and playing. My friend Deb had her lesson first and was working her horse in a round pen inside the arena. Lily was outside the round pen and trying to figure out how she could get in by her buddy. She would come stand behind the in-structor and I and when we didn't pay attention she just decided to tear around the arena and put on a scene. Interestingly I thought the instructor would have me put a

halter on her and hold her but ra-ther she just calmly said “no, she’s fine.” We just left her run around and it really was quite funny to watch her behavior. She finally settled down and patiently waited her turn. I learned so much about this little 3 year old. She is a left brain introvert and Gretchen taught me things about this per-sonality I did not know, but when she would explain how they are, I could clearly see what she was saying. Wow talk about changing your thought pattern but for a good way. While Lily was a little argumentative the first week when we arrived for our lesson in the second week, it was clear that she had progressed with an attitude of “what can I do for you today.” By the third week Gretchen and I sat down and talked about short and long term goals for both Lily and myself. We also worked on the 7 games. The hardest part for me it seems is to learn how to han-dle the ropes differently. Our natu-ral instinct is always to grab and put up a wall and in this method it is quite the opposite and truly less of any type of pulling game. I hardly know that I even have a horse at the end of the rope. And letting it slide through my fingers rather than gripping has an amaz-ing effect. They are so responsive as we learn to move more into their world and language. She is three years of age this year and will return this next spring for her saddle training. She will also go back for a two week touch up late this summer, early fall. I have horse friends who still insist on riding two year olds and I just keep asking the question “what’s your hurry and who of us is going to the Olympics?” At the end of

the lesson Lily walked up to Gretchen and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Then she did the same to me and also to my friend. What a sweetheart she is. Thus the commitment to train this horse in a “natural way” has so far been an incredible journey. When I think back on the ways of train-ing that I witnessed years and years ago I could cry for what horses were put through. If only we would have known then what we do now. And of course we all know the place to lose our pa-tience quickly is in trailer loading. What an amazing difference to ask my horse to get on the trailer ra-ther than to force her. I will also be working with my other three horses at home with the same techniques. And what a founda-tion we will have built in that year! Since her time at the First Horse Farm we have continued with a couple more lessons with Gretchen and have another one coming up in July. I took both Ciara and Lily to a lesson together and during the evening session Gretchen held Lily during the en-tire three hour presentation of trail riding information. She used her to demonstrate things while I worked in the group with Ciara. Then when all was said and done at the end of the night, Lily and Ciara loaded right up into the trail-er in the dark (of course I have lights in my trailer) but they just stood in the trailer eating supper while we gathered for a snack with the others in the group. People have been very supportive of teaching her this method and com-mented on what a nice way to start a horse from the beginning of her training.


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Hope, the Edge of Freedom By Linda Rudolphi Hope [Aurora AF], a 1992 Shagya mare (*Shandor x *Aminah), passed away earlier this year. Hope was everything you wanted a Shagya mare to be – honest, dependable and a friend. As a yearling, Hope was purchased along with the Shagya mare Faith by one of the original Shagya enthusiasts, Karen Mullin in PA, to become a driving team. Hope was more than willing to drive or do anything asked, including quietly posing all day for a fencing advertisement without a halter and never offering to leave as she enjoyed the attention. When Karen was diagnosed with cancer, Hope became an angel help-ing Karen through many tough days. She was often the lucky recipient of bubble baths, therapeutic for Karen and pure enjoyment for Hope. Just a month before her loss to cancer, Karen weakly rode her be-loved Hope one last time here at WineGlass. Hope never took a wrong step. Hope had one colt by H. Bikaver in 2001, H. Wine-Glass Honor now owned by Allison Boswell and Eric

Nelson. I knew Hope still needed to fulfill Karen’s lifelong passion of helping others. With the help of Becky McCarty, Hope arrived at the farm of Carolyn and Becki Lane in Ohio on a cold and icy day to be-come the personal riding horse for Becki, a sight im-paired rider. Hope and Becki became a real team, confidently riding wooded trails with friends, often leading the way. You can see more about their amazing farm at www.edgeoffreedom.com. Thank you Hope.

Cameo - A buckskin filly sired by the Shagya stallion Evanescent Start AF. Cameo is happily owned by Susan Derr.

On July 20, 2012, Szigfrid AF (*Shandor x Sapphire by *Oman) owned by Lisa Fiano and ridden by Gretchen Geromin, won the High Score Award at ERAHC Dressage Classic with a 73.571 from judge Willette Brown, on Training Level Test 2. The ERAHC Dressage Classic is an all breed, USDF recognized dressage show.


The Traditional Chinese Medicine View By Deb Teubert, Animal Holistic Practitioner Recently I had the pleasure of doing an assessment on a 3 year old Shagya horse owned by Kathy Johnson, Wild Rose WI. Lily had recently become infected with blood sucking mites. After three doses of Ivermectrin, she still had sores near the base of her mane and was still scratching her neck on various things around the pad-dock. The mane was very dry and Lily would not allow grooming or even touching of the neck for that matter. Some would say this had now become a behavioral problem but it became apparent that this was, in Traditional Chinese Medi-cine (TCM) a pattern of imbalance in Lily’s body. So how did I come to this conclusion? First Kathy filled out an extensive questionnaire form and sent it back to me. This gives me the basic insight as to what is going on, and a guide as to what TCM element or constitution the horse might be. There are five basic TCM elements and six con-stitutional types. To go over all of them would require several more articles. Lily is of the Shao Yang (Wood/Fire) constitutional type. The Shao Yang are elegant and agile horses. The competitiveness of the Wood element combined with the high self esteem of the Fire element makes these horses unbeatable in the show ring. They are job oriented and have a mind of their own. They can tend to be bold and pushy from the Wood influence and emotional from the Fire side. While a straight Fire ele-ment needs plenty of praise and attention, a Shao Yang will do fine

with little. This horse has plenty of self-esteem and thinks the world revolves around them. The good news is that they generally have the talent to sup-port this attitude! The next step is dowsing which helps to really get to the root of what is going on with the horse, and it shows me which of the twelve meridians are exhibiting an imbalance. The me-ridians are like a set of super high-ways running through the body. When all the traffic on these high-ways is running smoothly, there is wellness in the body. But when there is an accident or a traffic jam on one of the superhighways (meridians), then the body shows symptoms of disease or unwell-ness. Lilly showed an imbalance in the Triple Heater (TH) Meridi-an, which includes the thyroid. When this imbalance exists, the skin can be very itchy and sensi-tive to the touch. The horse can become a bit anxious and groom-ing is often impossible. The im-mune system is also not as strong as it should be. The TH meridian runs through the neck so this is most likely the reason there is sen-sitivity there. Once the imbalance is figured out, essential oils are chosen to help rebalance the me-ridian that needs help. Essential oils are very po-tent extracts of aromatic plants. For the most part, they are steam distilled from leaves, flowers, seeds and roots, wherever each plant chooses to store its essential oil. Each plant uses its essential oil to protect itself from disease and predators, to heal wounds and as phyto-hormones, which are chemicals to regulate plant growth. These are the unique and wonderful qualities that they offer

to our animals and us as well. Each essential oil has af-finities for helping heal one or more meridians. For Lily, the es-sential oils that would balance her Triple Heater meridian, and help her deal with the mites were Neem, Lemon and Seaweed abso-lute. Neem is a natural pesticide and insect repellent. It not only deals with the mites naturally, it also soothes the skin, numbs the pain, and relieves itching. Lemon helps reduce the anxiety associat-ed with the excessive itching and boosts the immune system. Sea-weed is good for chronic condi-tions, especially those related to the Triple Heater meridian and thyroid. It has a cooling, soothing and nourishing energy for those who are a bit anxious. The essential oils were of-fered for Lily to smell. They often do not even need to be applied to the horse. Lily showed a lot of interest in all three of these but would not let the oil be applied to her neck. We respected that wish. However as we finished up the session, and talked, Lily allowed Kathy to touch her neck without even flinching. Kathy was aston-ished since she had not been able to put her hand anywhere near her neck for a couple of weeks (continued on page 25) At the second session she was again very interested in the smell and also did allow Kathy to apply the essential oils on her neck. As the essential oils healed the Triple Heater meridian, the mites and the sores on Lily’s neck disappeared, and the neck sensitiv-ity no longer existed. The Author, Deb Teubert, is an animal holistic health practitioner, who blends essential oils and utilizes tradi-tional Chinese medicine, acupres-

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sure, energy healing and Photonic Light Therapy to remove blocks to facilitate healing for animals. She uses these modalities, along with

a sound knowledge of animal be-havior and species appropriate diets, to facilitate health and whole-animal wellness. For more

information: ww.debteubert.com, 920-229-8127 or [email protected].

The Taditional Chinese Medicine View (continued from page 24)

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Beautiful bay mare - 16 hands. Shows talent for Dres-sage, Trail, Competitive Trail and LDR. Super friendly

horse that is looking for a best friend. She would love to go to shows & events. You will get a lot of attention, as

she is a flashy mover with a gorgeous flowing tail. She is still green – but very willing and learns fast. She has

been out on the trail and starts jumping lessons soon. Since she is fancy and super sweet – only the best homes will be considered. Echo Daal daughters are

known to throw big beautiful foals.

Contact for Price email Lori Baker [email protected]

or call 509.276.1419

Echo’s Eroica AF (Shagya Royal AF x Echo Daal)

Evanescent Star AF “Evan” (Starwalker x Empress Estelle AF)

2004, 16.1 hand, ISG Inspected & Approved Shagya-Arabian stallion at Stud Registered with PShR, NASS & ASAV

SCID Clear Limited Breedings for 2012 - $700.00 plus $150.00 Booking Fee

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A great way to stay warm

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Severe Combined Immunodefi-ciency (SCID) is disease which is fairly common in Arabians and Arabian crossbred horses. SCIDs is always fatal because an affect-ed foal is born with no immune system. PShR requires that all breeding animals be tested and recom-mends testing with the hope it will help owners avoid major losses and heartache, and to pre-

vent morbidity in the animals. VetGen offers breeders equine DNA disease testing as well as other services. Utilizing these DNA disease tests allows in-formed breeding decisions. This test unequivocally deter-mines if an animal is affected, a carrier or clear of the mutant gene. Testing is easy and highly accurate, and can be performed at any point in time in the life of the

animal with pulled hair, whole blood, in EDTA or bristle style cheek swaps. For more information, about SCIDs and other genetic testing including instructions and test forms, please see VetGen’s web site: htttp://www.vetgen.com/equine-services.html

Severe Combined Immunodeficiency "SCID"


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