NEW! Recognition Program for Canadian Pony Club Members who ride Cleveland Bays The Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America (CBHSNA) is excited to announce the initiation of a recognition program for Canadian Pony Club members who participate in Pony Club on a purebred or partbred Cleveland Bay horse for 2009.
M. (Gabrielle) Gordon is the energetic Cleveland Bay/Pony Club promoter and committee head for this project who has worked hard to see this program, in the USA and then in Canada, spring to life. Gordon says, "This is the first CBHSNA program dedicated specifically to Canada. The program is free, and there is only a short time left in the year to submit an application. I am thrilled that we have only just implemented the US and Canadian program and already we have two inquiries with one full application already received from a US Pony Club member."
Gordon has worked with the Canadian Pony Club through Val Crowe, national administrator, and states that "Val has embraced the program wholeheartedly and is promoting it enthusiastically." Besides receiving a certificate of recognition, the Pony Club member's name and photo will be published in the BayWatch, the official newsletter of the CBHSNA, and on the CBHSNA's website. The CBHSNA is actively gathering donations of prizes for the Pony Clubbers, both in the USA and Canada. At this time it is possible for at least three qualifying Canadian applicants to win a $50 gift certificate at a tack store just for signing on to the program.
The purebred Cleveland Bay, an endangered breed, has long been recognized as having the heart, stamina and movement to make a winning sport horse. In addition, the purebred Cleveland Bay is noted for its ease of training and wonderful disposition which makes it a sought-after mount for children. Because of the prepotency of the breed, when crossed with any other breed, the resulting partbred often portrays the intelligence, kind disposition and unflapability for which the pure Cleveland Bay is noted, as well as inheriting the tremendous bone, feet and substance of the Cleveland Bay.
To be eligible for this program, · the applicant must be a member of The Canadian Pony Club; · the horse must be at least 1/8th Cleveland Bay blood, and be CBHS (UK) or CBHSA (Australasia) registered; and · the horse need not be owned by the Pony Club member, but the member must have written permission from the owner to participate in the program.
The 2009 completed application must be received by December 15th, 2009. Pony Clubbers can learn more about the program from their CPC regional and district directors. The CPC will send applications to the applicants.
If an applicant wishes to speak directly to Gordon about the CBHSNA program, she can be contacted via e-mail at gaby@ggzoo.net.
To learn more about the Cleveland Bay horse, check out the CBHSNA website at
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