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16 MONTH membership forms are now available for purchase for new or lapsed members. Membership under this option expires December 31, 2013. Click here to download the application form or renew online.
ALSO: Look for your personalized membership renewal form in our fall mail out of Alberta Bits (1st week of October)
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AEF Director- Laura Stenhouse at the Wild Rose Ride Photo Credit:Amber Perry -Just for KiX Photography
The AEF is always looking for photos of its members and their equine partners. Send us your photo and it might be featured in an upcoming publication!
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| Danger Detective: Farm Safety Activity Booklets Available
If your group would like a fun, educational magazine which focuses on safety for your young riders, please contact our office to arrange for pickup or mailout of Danger Detective. (Payment needed for mailout requests)
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| P'Tit Trot Workshop
Come join the AEF on October 6, 2012 for our first ever English P'Tit Trot Day Camp for children!
This will be a fun filled day for children who want an introduction to the English Equestrian world! The "P'tit Trot" program, a lavishly illustrated workbook for ages 6 and up, devoted solely to the initiation of equitation and to the horse world. This program is a great introduction to the English Learn to Ride Level 1-8 program. Parents you are welcome to stay for the day too!
Details:
Date- October 6, 2012
Location- Sunrise Meadows Stable, Okotoks
Facilitators- Sadie Turko & Sharon Heschl
Lunch and P'tit Trot Workbooks included
COACHES: Take advantage and come audit the day and learn how to execute the P'tit Trot Program with your younger students!
For more details and to register
please visit our website: http://www.albertaequestrian.com/Coaching-Ptit-Trot.
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NCCP Fall Equestrian Theory Courses
Calgary September 29/30, 2012 (AEF Office)
Edmonton October 27/28, 2012 (Whitemud Equine Learning Center)
This course is a great course for equestrians who want to learn more about the following modules:
- Equestrian Teaching and Learning
- Planning an Equestrian Lesson
- Analyzing Beginner Equestrian Performance
- Making Ethical Decisions
The course is a 2 day classroom based course taught by our highly certified Learning Facilitators. It is open for anyone to attend.
Participants will receive a workbook, reference manual and certificates of completion.
It is also highly recommended as a training course for those wishing to receive future Instructor and Coach certification.
Please contact the AEF Coaching Administrator if you are interested in registering at coaching@albertaequestrian.com or 403-253-4411 ext 3.
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NCCP Competition Coach Workshop
Lethbridge November 24/25, 2012 (Lethbridge College)
This course is a more advanced course for equestrians who want to learn more about the following modules:
- Designing an Equestrian Sport Program
- Managing an Equestrian Sport Program
- Training Mental Skills for Equestrian Sport
The course is a 2 day classroom based course taught by our highly certified Learning Facilitator, Lorraine Hill. It is open for anyone to attend. Participants will receive a workbooks and certificates of completion.
It Is also highly recommended as a training course for those wishing to receive future Instructor and Coach certification.
Please contact the AEF Coaching Administrator if you are interested in registering at coaching@albertaequestrian.com or
403-253-4411 ext 3.
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AEF Provincial Dressage Judges Clnic with Lorraine MacDonald
Date: October 27, 2012
Location: Trakehner Glen Stables, Priddis, AB
Registration Deadline: October 12, 2012
The AEF Provincial Official's Program presents a one-day provincial dressage judges clinic with FEI judge, Lorraine MacDonald, at Trakehner Glen Stables, October 27, 2012.
Priority will be given to the April clinic applicants, but this clinic will also provide an educational workshop for coaches, competitors, EC judges and anyone interested in learning how tests are scored.
AEF membership is required.
Cost: $110 (incl. GST) Click here for the Registration Form |
 Alberta Bits is the Alberta Equestrian Federation's official member magazine, serving the entire equestrian community of horses and riders of all ages, interests and involvement, as the voice of equine Alberta. It features articles on AEF's equine community, ranging from important issues on safety and programs, to providing information on horse ownership and training for newcomers to riding. Along with promotion of active youth and riding, and highlights of competitions will be featured. Alberta Bits magazine is sent 4 times a year (Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter) to all current AEF members.
If you have an interesting story, idea or feel like trying your hand at writing please visit our website here for more details.
If you are interested in advertising in Alberta Bits and would like to reach more than 14, 000 members please visit our
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Start your Christmas Shopping early!
Horse Savvy now available - $30
Order through our online store or with your 2013 AEF membership renewal.
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To have your Alberta Show added to the AEF Show Calendar please send your request to
To have your Alberta Event added to the AEF Events Calendar please send your request to Nicole Worthylake. |
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Alberta Equestrian Federation
Suite 100, 251 Midpark Blvd SE
Calgary, AB T2X 1S3
403-253-4411
1-877-463-6233
Fax: 403-252-5260
www.albertaequestrian.com
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Thank You to all that came out to the AEF Wild Rose Ride on September 16, 2012
 The 1st Annual AEF Wild Rose Ride held at Rafter Six Ranch Resort September 16th 2012 was a huge success!! We want to thank all of the participants for coming out and enjoying the beautiful weather and gorgeous scenery. We also want to thank all the volunteers and staff for making the day run without a hiccup. And a very special thanks goes to the Cowley family and their great staff and trail guides at Rafter Six Ranch, we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful facility to host our first trail ride.
This trail ride raised money for AEF affiliated Therapeutic Riding Assocations and we are most honoured to be able to help these groups that generously assist mental, physical and emotionally disabled people enjoy the world of horses.
Thanks so much to everyone and we will have lots of photos coming soon!    Photo Credit: Amber Perry - Just for KiX Photography |
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Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships September 21-23, 2012 in Bromont, Quebec
Ottawa, ON, September 20, 2012-The Canadian Interprovincial Equestrian Championships (CIEC) is a sanctioned Equine Canada competition happening September 21-23 in Bromont and Blainville, QC.
The CIEC is a collaborative event between the national and provincial sport organizations governing equestrian competition, with the provincial and territorial sport organizations (P/TSOs) fielding combined adult/junior teams in three different disciplines dressage, jumping and reining for a total of 65 competitors from across Canada.
The following riders have been named to represent their province at CIEC.
Dressage
Rider / Hometown and Province
Alison Zabik / St Johns, NL
Heather Mitchell / Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
Abbey MacLellan / Pownal, PE
Ambre Tawil / Warren Grove, PE
Anna Osinga / South Granville, PE
Tia Tawil / Warren Grove, PE
Keirstan MacDonald / Pictou, NS
Kerri Rafuse / Chester, NS
Latisha Benoit / New Glasgow, NS
Shelly Mills / Langley, BC
Sarah Sewell / Langley, BC
Alysha Russell / Squamish, BC
Halle Nash / Surrey, BC
Renée DeGarie / Quispamsis, NB
Tiffany Hamilton / Saint John, NB
Lexie Leblanc / Shediac, NB
Haley Greenbank / Fredericton, NB
Allie Schmidt / Campbellville, ON
Mélissa Jodoin / St Hyacinthe, QC
Pascale Trudeau / Montreal, QC
Audrey Philibert / Mascouche, QC
Camille Gosselin / Blainville, QC
Tyler Chiddenton / Regina, SK
Megan Kornder / Saskatoon, SK
Twylla Newton / Yorkton, SK
Jumping
Rider / Hometown and Province
Jaime MacDonald / Charlottetown, PE
Pearl Mac Gregor / Hunter River, PE
Lexy Paynter / Richmond, PE
Katelyn Murnaghan / Charlottetown, PE
Erin Cecchetto / New Port, NS
Evan Phinney / Halifax, NS
Dara Pelkey-Field / Truro, NS
Nikki Meyer / Windsor, NS
Richelle Cornell / Langley, BC
Alex Jamael / Mactaquac, NB
Alix Schoenberger / Armstrong, BC
Patti Forgeron / Quispamsis, NB
Melissa Martin / Welsford, NB
Benjamin Eyles / Mississauga, ON
Helen Chambers / Oakville, ON
Dylan Sambasivam / Toronto, ON
Denis Sweeney / Peterborough, ON
Isabelle Casgrain / Montroyal, QC
Alexandre Gonzalez / Val David, QC
Ann-Félixe Leblond / St Redempteur, QC
Camille Lafortune / St Bruno, QC
Alicia Arnold / Saskatoon, SK
Helen Isle / Saskatoon, SK
Lanai Seigo / Edenwold, SK
Heather Brodsky / Saskatoon, SK
Alanna Marsden / Edmonton, AB Meagan Beunder / Calgary, AB Augusta Marit / Cochrane, AB Kristy Mytrash / Cochrane, AB
Reining
Rider / Hometown and Province
Katrina Butler / Conception Bay South, NL
Kaitlyn Harding / Shelbune, NS
Kaleigh Bennicke / Shelburne, NS
Mary-Ann Cranton / Cape Breton, NS
Lesley Higgins-Elchuck / Trenton, NS
Whitney Watson-Wilson / Salmon Arm, BC
Darcey Woods / Barriere, BC
Laurianne Gagnon / Brossard, QC
Stéphanie Briggs / St Télesphore, QC
Marjorie Loranger / Saint Paul, QC
Raphaël Bourdeau / Napierville, QC For more information and updates visit: www.cec-en.ca
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AEF CONFERENCE NEWS
SILENT AUCTION:
The Alberta Equestrian Federation (AEF) will be conducting a Silent Auction during our Annual Conference November 16-18, 2012. All the proceeds from the silent auction will go toward supporting our youth Live Outside the Box Program. This program encourages youth to spend less time in front of the TV and computer and spend more time outside being active!
Businesses, associations and individuals alike are invited to please consider a donation to the Auction and help support this program. Suggestions for donations could be your products, gift certificates, riding gear, clothing, gift baskets, riding lessons, original art, paintings etc. All of the silent auction donors will be recognized at the conference.
This is a great way to get our members familiar with your company and products and to support a great program.
To register to donate an item please complete this form and
return to the AEF office by October 31st, 2012.
Click here to donate
All donated items must be to the AEF office by November 16, 2012.
Thank You to our Platinum Sponsor:
 The AEF is in need of more sponsors for our Conference, for more information please click here
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OLDS COLLEGE NOW OFFERING $2000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION REGARDING RECENT STALLION DEATH
 MEDIA STATEMENT OLDS, ALBERTA, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 Late at night on Saturday September 9/early morning Sunday September 10, several stallions were purposefully released into a common area by an individual or group of individuals, and a fight ensued between those stallions, resulting in the death of one and serious injury to another. This senseless act of animal cruelty represents a significant loss for the Olds College Equine Program. Incidents such as these are very rare and Olds College is deeply saddened by the news. Read the full article here |
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Ride and Drive Program
The Ride and Drive Program is a great program to keep equestrians motivated and staying active! Simply register for the program and receive your very own Ride and Drive Log book, pen, welcome certificate and letter and start logging the hours you spend in the saddle and or driving your horse to win some great prizes! The hours you log never expire as long as you keep your Ride and Drive subscription active. There is no age restriction for this program - It is for the young and the young at heart!
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FREE program available to AEF members between the ages 7-15. REMINDER: To all the Live Outside the Box Participants - September 30th is quickly coming, and this means it is the last month that you are able to submit your hours for the program. Make sure you get them in ASAP to win some cool prizes this year! For more info visit our website here |
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Equine research at Guelph could be slashed by 50% in 2013
Funding for equine research at Canada's University of Guelph will be slashed as much as 50 per cent in 2013 due to the Ontario government's decision to end the Slots at Racetracks program, says Dave Briggs, publisher of The Canadian Sportsman magazine.
On Sept. 6 in Briggs' weekly harness racing column in the Guelph Mercury newspaper (www.guelphmercury.com), Dr. Jeff Thomason says 80 per cent of Equine Guelph's research funding comes from the horse racing industry. Much of that money will disappear once slot revenue is gone.
Here is the column as published:
Equine specialists studying at University of Guelph wonder whether jobs will exist.
As students head back to the University of Guelph this week, those pursuing a career in equine medicine or other equine-related pursuits are faced with a less-certain future given the government's decision to cancel the Slots at Racetracks
program.
When the slots program ends next March, some 30,000 full-time equivalent jobs will be at risk within the horse racing industry itself. A severely diminished industry will also mean there will be fewer horses requiring veterinary care.
Read the full article here: www.guelphmercury.com
About The Canadian Sportsman:
The Canadian Sportsman has been continuously published since 1870, making it the oldest harness racing magazine in North America and the oldest magazine of any kind in Canada. The Sportsman is published monthly in Straffordville, ON. Publisher and editor Dave Briggs can be reached at dbriggs@canadiansportsman.ca.
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About Us The Alberta Equestrian Federation (AEF) is a member driven, nonprofit Provincial organization responsible for organizing, coordinating, sanctioning and administering equine sport and recreation in Alberta since 1978. Membership is in excess of 13,000 individual members as well as over 200 member equine Provincial organizations and industry partners. The AEF is the only Equestrian Body recognized by Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation. As such, we are the only body to directly receive funding and to have a voice within the Alberta Government on behalf of all equestrians in Alberta.
Vision
The Voice of Equine Alberta. The premier source for education, information and support for Alberta's entire equine community.
Mission
To assist in creating a positive environment for the enjoyment of equines through leadership and a proactive approach we promote, facilitate, and coordinate equestrian related activities in Alberta. |
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