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Heads Up!
September 2011
9/1...4-H Meeting 6PM
9/1-4...Greensboro A
9/2,3,4...Consignment Tack Sale at the Fairgrounds
9/3,4,5...NO LESSONS ON SCHOOL HORSES
9/10...Video Clinic
9/10...Pony School Clinic
9/10...Lunging Clinic 3-6
9/11...NCDCTA at MCA
9/15-18...Greensboro A
9/17-18...EHA Williamston
9/17...Saddle Up 3-5
9/17...Leasing Clinic 3-5
9/19-21...Track Out Camp 9-12:30
9/24...Hill Work Clinic 3-5
9/24...Cloverbuds
9/25...Hunter Pace at MCA
9/28-10/2...Culpepper AA
9/29...4-H Club New Members Meeting 7PM
9/30...Pony School Clinic (teacher workday)
more information about our Programs
MCA calendar
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the Word from the Herd
Some reminders...
When you arrive at the barn for your lesson, check to see who you're riding. I hope it's me!
Go get all my tack & put it outside my door. Check my groom bucket to make sure everything you need is there.
Have your equipment right there, too: helmet, gloves, crop, water bottle, etc.
Now, you can go get a halter for me. If an instructor is there, you can come in my stall - try not to startle me & make sure I see you before you approach. Give my shoulder a scratch & let me snuffle you. After we've said hello, you can put me on cross-ties & start grooming.
Pick my feet first so if I'm missing a shoe you'll know right away. My body language will tell you whether you are grooming me too hard, too soft or just right. Don't forget to use the soft brush on my head.
Also, tighten my girth by increments - not all at once! - & put your helmet on before you bridle me.
Ready? Let's go ride!
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 MacNair's Country Acres is proud to acknowledge its 2011 Horse Show Sponsors Apex Veterinary Hospital Equine www.apexequinevet.com Aquatise www.aquatise.com Bartlett Tree Experts www.bartlett.com Baxter Johnson Contracting, Inc. www.baxterjohnson.com Commercial Pine Straw www.commercialpinestraw.com Dover Farm LLC Earthwise www.earthwiselife.com Edward Jones www.edwardjones.com Linda & Rufus Edmisten Logic Limo www.logiclimo.com M & M Tack Shop www.mmtackshop.com M Theresa Brown Portraits www.mtheresabrown.com MacNair-Petty & Womble Realty Group www.legacyfarmsandranchesnc.com MacNair's 4-H Club Paraklete Financial, Inc www.parakletefinancial.com Pendleton Financial Consulting, Inc www.pendletonfinancial.com Ragsdale Liggett PLLC www.rl-law.com Sperandeo Hoof Care Triangle Farms Horse Show Management www.trianglefarms.com Wheels 4 Hope www.wheels4hope.org WJH Property Management hasselljohnny8@gmail.com show sponsor information |
Did you know?
Horses' teeth continue to grow throughout their lives. They need to, as the nearly constant chewing grinds them down. However, sometimes they wear unevenly or develop sharp edges. The horse dentist then files them down so they're smooth again.
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Get well soon!
Everyone at MacNair's Country Acres wishes Lily a speedy & uneventful recovery.
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Hunting Season
Hunting season in Wake County usually begins in mid-Sept. If you are trail riding, please wear something in blaze orange, ride with someone else & speak loudly or sing to alert people to your presence.
Remember, blaze orange is the color this fall. If you don't already have a fashionable blaze orange garment, see if you can borrow Laura's 4-H polo wraps.
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MacNair's PhotoSite
you are welcome to download photos to print
(registration is easy & free)
MacNair's Calendar  | | It's September - feel that frosty nip in the air yet? Me neither. |
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Dear Friends of MacNair's,
MacNair's Country Acres would like to welcome Lauren Wiggins & her horse Remington as well as Catie McVey & her horse Capitan! As some of you've heard, Julie will only be here part-time after 9/3 but will still be instructing & doing various clinics. Those of you lucky enough to be Julie's students & those of us lucky enugh to be her co-workers will miss her tremendously & wish her all the best in her new endeavor.
Riding School classes began 8/26. Welcome back everyone! Please let us know if you (or a friend) still need registration forms. If you can ride before 2:30 on a weekday, check with the office - those lessons are discounted. NCSU IHSA Hunt Seat Team try-outs were held here on 8/24. Congratulations to all who made the team! For the rest of you who thought that riding was really fun, please check with the Main Office to get details about lessons. 919-851-1118In the interest of saving trees (& postage) please remember that all invoices will be emailed this year. If you need a paper copy you will need to let Nancy know. We will be holding a Video Clinic on 9/10, the day before our NCDCTA Show on 9/11. Please register early, the last one was very popular. Overnight stabling is available. Our first Hunter Pace will be 9/25. entry formWe have added some new activities this year & have set some dates for those that proved popular last year. We hope you find one or more that interests you. Let us know if you want to do something not included - chances are someone else is thinking about the same thing. For boarders, we are offering a new service for those of you who would like your horse ridden while you're out of town. An Exercise Ride at $30/ride will keep your horse ridden and happy till you return. Please see Thom for details. Nancy
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the Riding School
Welcome! We're glad you're here!
For those of you new to the Riding School (or if you want to re-fresh your memory) we have put together some Riding School FAQ's.
There will be no lessons on school horses 9/3, 4 & 5 (Labor Day). The horses will get a little R & R.
Here are a few reminders specific to the Riding School.
Only staff is allowed to drive past the fence-line next to the Main Office. Past that point you are entering the Realm of the Unexpected (also known as children, ponies, horses, cats, dogs & instructors who are wondering why you aren't parked in the parking lot.)
If you can get to the barn on a weekday before 2:30, lessons will be discounted by $5. We are putting together groups for children & adults; check with the Main Office.
An instructor must be present for you to enter a horse's stall. Students must cross-tie horses before grooming, tacking or anything else.
The school horses are not allowed to jump & will do flat work only from 8/26 till 9/9. This will assure that everybody (human & equine) is in suitable shape to take on the physical exertion of jumping. Three of those days they will be on vacation anyway (see above.)
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Showtime
August results
NCDCTA Show 8/7
Thanks for coming! Our next NCDCTA Show will be 9/11.
NCDCTA Results
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Triangle Jumper Series Show 8/13 Originally slated for 8/6, storms forced us to move to the next weekend. Riders are accumulating year-end points. Triangle Jumper Series Results Triangle Jumper Series photos  | | Triangle Jumper Series |
Culpepper AA 8/24-28
Five horses & riders made the trip to VA & were outstanding against some of the toughest competition in the nation.
Culpeper photos courtesy of the Culpeper attendees
Culpeper News & Results
 | Sarah, Laura, Cam, Thom, Mary Copeland, & Emma in Culpeper
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A Couple Reminders...
for September
Check the Heads Up! column on the left: Lots of great stuff going on this month as well as upcoming months. Check Programs below. If you can't find something that looks fun in that list, you just aren't trying!
note: The dates for the Lunging Clinics are as follows: 9/10, 10/1, 11/5 (NOT 10/5 as listed in the email!), 11/26 & 12/10. Sorry for the typo.
Labor Day / Long Weekend - there will be no lessons on school horses 9/3, 4 & 5.
Country Acres will close at 5:00 on Labor Day, 9/5.
School horses will do flat work only from 8/26 - 9/9.
Healing Touch for Animals: Most horse people are animal lovers who not only have horses but other pets as well. On 10/7-9 a two and a half day course will be offered here in Raleigh to help bring people & their animals closer. Please go to Healing Touch for Animals to get details on this program, or call Jane Templeton at 919-604-2327. Early registration will take place through 9/9. (The equine part will be here at MacNair's.)
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4-H News 
for Septemeber
9/1... 4-H Club Meeting 6:00 PM in the Country Acres lounge 9/29...New Members Meeting will start at 7:00 PM in the Country Acres lounge. This is an informational meeting. Questions are encouraged. Everyone is welcome! If you missed the end of the year news from MacNair's 4-H Club you can catch up here: 4-H News |
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Programs
for 2011 - 2012
Healing Touch
Hill Work / Riding Out Clinic
Horse Shows
Horsewise
Hunter Pace
Independent Riding / Leasing Clinic
Lunging Clinic
MacNair's 4-H Club
Pony School clinic
Saddle Up
Track-Out Camp
Trail Riding Clinic
Video Clinic
more information on the above programs
Note that the 10/5 date for the Lunging Clinic is not 10/5 - it's 11/5!
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| Wildlife Watch
Fantastic Mr. Fox has been spotted around the farm the last few weeks, especially at dawn & dusk. Also, there was a note pinned to the office door that said, "Thanks for scheduling a Hunter Pace instead of a Hunt."
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Quote of the Month
"It is what it is, but it becomes what you make of it."
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We hope you're enjoying being back in school. You really missed that cafeteria food, didn't you?
We love hearing from you. If you have a suggestion, an idea, or something we should be aware of, please take a few minutes to tell us.
If you have an item (or picture) that everyone should see or hear about, please post on our Facebook page! (It may show up here, too.)
Sincerely,
the Staff at MacNair's Country Acres
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