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End of Season Approaches
Area IV Championships & Dunnabeck Horse Trials
KC Area XC Courses Open for Schooling this Weekend
Chris Irwin Clinic: October 30/31
Catalpa Corner Clinics & Schooling Event
John Staples Clinic: October 16/17
Missouri Wine Country Schooling Horse Trials: October 16/17
Cindy Burge Memorial ICP Grant for Instructors
John Staples Clinic: Nov 6/7
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The End of the Season Approaches
 
"XC more challenging than the AECs" - "People couldn't have been nicer" - "Beautiful (stadium) jumps" - "Have another show during the year". Praise indeed for our Area IV Championships at Dunnabeck. This must have been a great show both to ride in and help run. Organizer Brian McElheny and Secretary Kathryn Kraft are to be congratulated on leading a great team of volunteers.

Looking forward to 2011, we have a full calendar with events running from early May right through to late October. Our only "open" weekends are opposite National events such as NAJYRC and the AECs.

After losing some shows, it's great to announce that we will have two new venues both in the north of our Area just west of Minneapolis. Roebke's Run will host two events over a new John Williams designed course while Steepleview will take over from Trott Brook and use a lot of the same jumps and organization from that venerable event.

Otter Creek will host our 2011 Area Championships which brings the possibility of an Intermediate Championship division.

But our current season's not over yet. There still time to enter our last Area IV event of the year at Briar Fox Farm near Wichita, Kansas with its inviting, move-up courses.

See you there!
John Clarke, Area IV Chairman
Area IV Championships & Dunnabeck Horse Trials Results
Dunnabeck Horse Trials
Congratulations to all the participants and especially the winners of Area IV Championships and Dunnabeck Horse Trials. The weather was sunny and warm and the courses were challenging. Dressage and cross country were amazingly on-time without having to hold even one rider on course.

A special thank you to all our volunteers. We could not do it without you.
And it was wonderful to have the Big Blue Trailer there for all our shopping needs, as well asthe photographers, Go Photo, Dave O'Melia, and Express Foto.
May you return every year!!

For the complete results and also information on contacting photographers
go tohttp://dunnabeckhorsetrials.org/pages/results.htm

Preliminary Horse Trial: Brad Hall & Puma 44.7
Preliminary-Championship: Melissa Miller & High Finance 44.8
Training Horse Trial: Bailey Neher & Allegra 35.9
Training Championship:  Brad Hall & Eva 23.6
Novice Horse Trial: Sarah Hartmann & Macchiato 29.0
Novice-C Final Scores Heather Jans & Rickoshea 20.5
Beginner Novice Horse Trial: Maureen Prunty Darth Vader 29.5
Beginner Novice Championship: Lisa Barr & Chester 31.6

Finally, congratulations to Heather Jans on Rickoshea for winning the Area IV Adult low score award!

Kansas City Area XC Courses Offer Schooling Opportunities October 9/10
Mission Valley Pony Club is offering cross-country schooling at Longview Horse Park in Grandview, MO on Saturday, October 9th and Sunday, October 10th. Gates open from 8am-4pm each day. $40 per horse/rider. Additional horses with same rider: $30/horse

More Information on Schooling at Longview:
http://usea4.org/News%20Articles/LONGVIEW%20XC%207-1-10.pdf

The Mid America Combined Training Association is offering cross-country schooling at Heritage Park on Saturday, October 9th from 9am-3pm. The fee is $50 per horse/rider for non-MACTA members, $35 per horse/rider for MACTA members.

More Information on Schooling at Heritage:
http://www.macta.info
Chris Irwin Clinic: October 30/31 in Illinois
Internationally acclaimed horseman and best-selling author of Horses Don't Lie and Dancing With Your Dark Horse, Canada's Chris Irwin is coming to Illinois!
  •  Learn evolved equine psychology and body language cpmmunications skills
  • Experience compassionate and user-friendly methods for
    starting young horses for saddle or harness
  • Discover enlightened problem solving techniques that
    resolve challenging behavior issues with horses or the
    deepest levels of cause
OCTOBER EVENT with Chris in Illinois
October Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st
King City Saddle Club
Mt. Vernon, Illinois

Clinic fee: $175 per day
Spectators Welcome - $25 per day or $40 for the weekend.

To register as a participant, spectator, or for more info. on
Chris's upcoming events in Illinois, please visit www.chrisirwin.com
or contact Louise Clarke at serendipity@riversongretreat.com or
phone: (780) 706-5500
Catalpa Corner Clinics and Schooling Event October 9/10th
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Catalpa Corners in Iowa City, Iowa is offering a great weekend of activities for eventers, dressage riders and show jumpers!

On Saturday October 9th, we'll have two ICP-certified instructors and a grand-prix-riding dressage judge available to help you shine up your skills in all three phases! Then turn on the newfound confidence on Sunday at the schooling horse trial, held on the same grounds.

Anne Cizaldo, of Anne Cizaldo Dressage http://www.annecizadlo.com/ will be coaching dressage Ride-A-Tests.  Camie Stockhausen of Field Day http://www.camstock.net/ will be doing Ride-A-Stadium Courses. Benard Morauw, of Versailles Equestrian http://versaillesequestrian.com/ will be coaching on the cross country course. All phases GAG through Prelim. Ride-A-Test and Ride-A-Stadium Course sessions will have riders riding their test in front of the coaches, followed by the coaches providing feedback and a short lesson and then repeating the test for the judge with comments.

More Information/Enrollment Forms
John Staples Clinic: October 16/17
Windermere Stables Feather Creek Farm in Norman, Oklahoma is pleased to offer a 2-day clinic with John Staples on October 16th-17th, 2010

John Staples has competed through the Advanced Level including a 5th place finish at Rolex CCI*** in 1987. He was also selected to be an alternate for the 1988 Olympic Team and long listed for the 1992 and 1996 teams. John has earned his Level III Instructors Certification from the USEA and coaches riders from Beginner Novice through Advanced levels. John also serves on the USEF Safety Committee and spearheaded the GPS Cross-Country Speed Study

Saturday, October 16th: Show Jumping and Grid Work
Developing the proper balance and rhythm for a successful show jumping course.

Sunday, October 17th: Cross Country Schooling

John will work on teaching proper galloping techniques and how to handle cross country fences at different speeds including jumping out of the gallop.

There will be 4 riders per group and will last approximately 2 hours each day. We also have access to an indoor arena if necessary.

Cost of the clinic:
$170.00 per horse/rider combination.
$25/horse per night for stabling

Clinic Enrollment Form will be available at http://www.feathercreekfarm.com/
Missouri Wine Country Schooling Horse Trials: October 16/17
The 12th annual Missouri Wine Country Horse Trials will be held October 17,2010 at Cedar Lane Farm in New Haven, MO. Formerly a USEA recognized competition, it has thrived and a building block for entry level riders from the greater StLouis and Mid Missouri areas. Full three phase horse trials offered from Green as Grass to Training Novice. Our judge will be Jennifer Kaiser, USDF L graduate with distinction and USDF Gold medalist, has trained her own TB/Warmblood/Percherons from foals to FEI levels. Should be a fun and positive learning experience. Contact: Nancy Roth,organizer crowflys@fidnet.com. Event fills quickly, entires are limited!

Cindy Burge Memorial ICP Grant for Area IV Instructors
Area IV Adult Riders

The Cindy Burge Memorial ICP Grant is offered each year by each USEA Area's Adult Rider Program to one of its Area's instructors who meet the grant's qualification standards and is selected as a recipient.  These qualification standards include merit as an instructor, service to the sport, potential to provide future benefit to the sport, and demonstration of compatibility with the educational goals of ICP and intention to be assessed for ICP certification.

Area 4 will be awarding one $250 grant this year to be used toward the Assessment Fee.  If you are planning on taking the ICP Assessment this year, held at Carriage Station Farm, Lexington, KY on October 26-29, please read the Cindy Burge Memorial ICP Grant page on the USEA website: http://useventing.com/education.php?section=adultriders&id=743

Submit your application to the Area 4 Adult Rider Coordinator, Kathy Kerns, at adultriders@usea4.org

Include how you plan on giving back to the Adult Rider program with your responses to the categories listed on the web page.

If more than one candidate applies for the grant, the Area 4 Council will judge the entries.  Entries are due by September 26, 2010.

Reminder: If you're planning on taking the Assessment, your application has to be in to the USEA 60 days before the date of the Assessment.

John Staples Clinic: November 6/7 in Iowa
John Staples We are very excited to bring John Staples to Iowa! 
 
John Staples is a USEA Level III Certified instructor as well as an Advanced Level competitor.  John was longlisted for the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Teams, and was named as an alternate for the 1988 Olympic Team.  He helped initiate the XC Speed Study which is investigating the rate at which horse/rider pairs negotiate cross country obstacles and the impact on safety. John also serves on the USEF Safety Committee.  Please mark you calendars for this special opportunity.
 
November 6/7 at Bill Coester's Farm - Winds Reach near Iowa City, IA. Please  complete the entry form, send Coggins, payment and sign the release  form to hold your lesson time. Deadline is Oct. 22nd. Thank you and we  look forward to seeing you in the fall.

Gerry Jones, DC
Timber Ridge Pony Club
 

Clinic Enrollment Form
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Cynthia Wiseman
USEA Area IV