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From The President We had a successful show in Clemson. Thank you Gayling and Milda for all of your hard work. We had approximately 100 horses which was up from last year. All the invoices are not in yet, but we will show a profit this year on Clemson. The Asheville is fast approaching and will be here before you know it. Remember our “Black Tie and Boots Dinner” is usually a sellout, so go ahead and call or e-mail and make your reservations now. We are still looking for sponsors so if you can do it, please let Jill know. Jill and her group have been working on this show since this time last year and it again promises to be one of the best shows of the year. We all need to support it in any way we can. Remember the Youth Scholarship Applications are due by June 1, please either mail them to me at:
The application is on our web-site and can be downloaded, and in the May 2012 E-News. Take care and we will see you in Asheville,Ali
Asheville Show News FUTURITY SHOW: Get Your Horses Nominated to Compete at Asheville ALIVE 2012 by June 10th. Visit: Piedmont's Futurity webpage for details. "Black Tie & Boots Extravaganza" Friday Night - June 22, 2012 Tickets are on Sale Now!
http://www.ashevillealive.com/ Piedmont PFHA Members: Register Early & Chance to Win Gift Card! Submit Show Entry before May 31, 2012 and be entered to win a $40 gift card to Biltmore courtesy of the Asheville Convention & Visitors Bureau. The gift card can be used toward ticket purchase, restaurants, shops and specialty tours on the estate. The Asheville CVB looks forward to hosting the 2012 Paso Fino Horse Show! Be sure to visit ExploreAsheville.com to help plan your trip. Connect with us before you travel to Asheville ALIVE 2012 to get insider tips on ways to make the most of your time in the mountains - Check us out on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Contact the folks over at the Convention & Visitors Bureau to assist in all your travel & tourism needs. http://www.exploreasheville.com/ Show Ribbon Presenters Needed! Thursday, June 21, 2012 Saturday, June 23, 2012 Friday, June 22, 2012 Sunday, June 24, 2012 Piedmont Futurity News The Piedmont Breeder's Futurity is a positive move towards the future of our Association. The Futurity must promote the Piedmont Association in our regional shows, not only as an added show attraction, but also as a means of bringing new people into the Association. As a showcase for the most valuable breeding stock in the Paso Fino industry, the Piedmont Breeder's Futurity is designed to provide monetary reward for breeding, raising, and showing quality Paso Fino horses. New 2012 Rules and Forms are now available for download. Nominations for stallions and offspring's deadline is June 10th! Piedmont Trail Riders News The 2012 Piedmont Trail Ride Events Calendar is available to download, print, and post it on your frigerator or office. See more trail and recreational rider events on the Trail Rides page. The next Piedmont Trail Ride is June 2nd at Dupont State Forest in Brevard, NC. If you are planning on attending, contact: Candace Link, trail boss ph: 336-940-2936 or pasolink@yadtel.net. Website: http://dupontforest.com/equestrian.html Piedmont Member News Piedmont congratulates German Higuera and his new bride Bridgette on their recent marriage. Piedmont member Staige Debenedetti is sponsoring a true dog and pony show in Camden, SC on June 2 featuring Paso Fino Horses from Staige and Johnny Lanier and Vickie McQuinn of De Los Mejores another one of our members! Paulette Denault-Bryce will be announcing the event and invite one and all to come view! http://www.atruedogandponyshow.com Gaston Farm Road Equestrian Center announces their 2012 show schedule (see events page) in Chester, SC. Throughout the year, our Open Horse Shows are the 1st Saturday of each month, March through November (gates open at 10am, show starts at 11am). Our Game Shows are the 3rd Saturday of each month, March through November, excluding July and August (gates open at 10am, show starts at 11:30am). Hope you can join us for family fun with your horses. If you have any questions, please let Beth Gaston know, phone is 803-374-6255. Paso Fino Horse Association - Notices PFHA Amateur Owner of the Year Nominations are due May 18th. Go to the forms page at www.pfha.org. For the first time in its 40-year history, the Paso Fino Grand National Championship Show is coming to Lexington . And though Paso Fino horses might be small when compared to thoroughbreds, their economic impact is something that can be felt all around the area.
Lexington, Kentucky area hotels - make your reservations early. We have selected hotels in Lexington, Kentucky and Georgetown, Kentucky as our host hotels. The majority of the hotels are within 6 miles of the Horse Park. I would suggest that you make your reservations as early as possible as there are several events occurring in Lexington and the surrounding area that will compete for hotel rooms. The Keenland race track will start their winter meet on October 3, 2012, the Vice Presidential Debates will take place during the same week as our show in Danville, Kentucky, (Danville is just south of Lexington), and there is a University of Kentucky home football game. The Kentucky Horse Park will have two other competitions at the same time, a carriage competition and a dressage competition. The hotels have guaranteed a certain number of hotel rooms until their cut off date or until the reserved block of rooms has been filled. Don’t wait to reserve your rooms.
Preparations are underway for the 2012 Grand National Show, and we’re happy to say that the Farm and Class Sponsorship Form is ready for you! We really appreciate our sponsors and all those that support our National Show, whether as exhibitors, volunteers, staff, or sponsors. Thank you! If you’d like to be a Farm Sponsor at this year’s National Show in Lexington, KY, please look over and fill out the attached form. I’ve also attached an aerial view of the Horse Park grounds and have circled our stalls. The last attachment is a view of the box seating chart in the arena. Please note that stall and box seating location requests will be taken based on sponsorship level and then a first come, first served basis. Please note your requests on your form. Requests can be reserved with a completed sponsorship form and a 20% deposit. Please fax, mail, or email (cking@pfha.org) your form and payment to the PFHA office. If you have any questions, please let me know. ... Catherine King USEF MemberPerks: PFHA has joined with USEF to have Paso Fino Horse Association Members become part of the USEF MemberPerks Program. PFHA Recreational Rider News: The PFHA Recreational Rider Committee has several important updates to share with you. The Ticket to Ride Program has been revamped so that a PFHA/regional activity can now be counted twice on the Ticket to Ride form. Non-regional activities will continue to only count as a single event. This means that if your region schedules a trail competitions, parade, drill team, etc., members may now count as two blocks on their Ticket to Ride form for this activity. We hope that this revamp will help to stimulate more participation in your region. Please keep track of your activities that qualify and submit your completed tickets for the drawing of cash/prizes at the 2012 Nationals in Lexington, KY. Members need not be present to win. We are working towards developing a Recreational Horse Certification Program. At present, our vision is to develop at least two levels of certification that would verify the level of training a horse has completed. This will be especially important for prospective buyers. The new 2012 RRC Chair is Carol Garcia. We welcome your continuing support. PFHA Recreational Riders Committee Piedmont
PFHA is now on Facebook You will need to be a Facebook member to post and comment. 75 people have “liked” Piedmont’s page as of May 14, 2012. Many are past members, from other regions, are exhibitors from other areas; it is a good social media to reach out to all Paso Fino friends who have a similar interest – the Paso Fino horse. Admin's at this time are Lynn Gallup, Paulette De-Nault Bryce and Lori West. You do no not need to be a paid Piedmont member to see the page. It should bring more awareness to Piedmont’s activities and membership opportunities. 2012 Piedmont Membership Perks 2012 Piedmont members will get a complimentary Piedmont hat. 2012 Members will get a free classified text ad for the Piedmont website. Ad includes 25 words, contact name, phone # and email. HAT NOTE: Regarding the hat, we are not mailing them out. We are giving them out to those members that did not get them at the October NC State Fair Raleigh show and Membership Banquet at our next member events such as our spring clinic (TBA) and Clemson and Asheville shows as well. Members can attend a free Piedmont Training Clinic with a meal. Being a part of Piedmont region is a way to express how we want our Paso Finos to be seen by the National Organization PFHA and to have a good time with our Paso Finos at the Piedmont regional level. Piedmont offers so many programs and events: shows, trail rides, clinics, monthly e-news updates, etc. Make a difference, join, rejoin, become involved, and have fun with your Paso Finos with others who feel the same.Be a part of the Piedmont Paso Fino family! Download and print Piedmont 2012 Membership Form Make checks payable
to: Piedmont PFHA Piedmont Website Advertiser Notices Members can take advantage of Piedmont's reasonable and discounted website advertising: Paso Fino Horses and Related Items For Sale; Categories are: Geldings, Mares, Stallions, Fillies, Colts, Tack and Equipment, Services, and Wanted. Send your ad info to Lynn Gallup info@gracewoodpasos.com after you renew your membership. For those with current ads, when you sell a horse or item, please notify Lynn Gallup so it can be marked SOLD! It is your
responsibility to note when your ad expires (1
year time), and either renew and pay for the ad(s) to
the Piedmont Treasurer or the ad may be deleted if no notice is
given to the webmaster to renew it. You can always pay for your
ad wen you renew your dues, if that is easier, and 1 year will be
added to the ad's run time for Sale Barn and Stallion Row Ads.
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Southern States Feed Program still gives Piedmont money back on every feed bag coupon that is sent in and for bulk deliveries, which supports the Piedmont Futurity. If you feed "bag" feed, please take the time to clip the coupon (in dotted lines) off the back of each bag. Piedmont gets $.25 for Legends or Equitech bag and $.10 for every Reliance bag coupon submitted. Piedmont also gets credit for 50 lb. for bulk deliveries, so save the pink weight slip. Thank you for taking the time to support the Futurity through this program. All coupons and weight tickets can be turned in any time to: Joe & Eileen Wilhem, 1285 Stony Ridge Rd., Pinnacle, NC 27043.
Country Supply's online "donation program" Country Care, donates a portion of a customer's payment to a non-profit group of the customer's choosing. The Piedmont Futurity is the non-profit group we can contribute to. The Piedmont Futurity will get up to 5% of purchases back (excluding dewormers and shipping costs), much like a Discover Card gives cash back. In order to participate, all you have to do is make an order with www.countrysupply.com and after you put in your credit card information, you will see a box for "Country Care Code." In this box you should type PiedmontFuturity written without a space between words. Country Supply will tally our corresponding purchases and send us a check monthly to benefit the futurity program. Any of you who have shopped through Country Supply probably know that their prices on grooming supplies, barn tools and supplies, and horse care items are the best around. Please consider using them if possible and remember to type "PiedmontFuturity" as your Country Care Code. Pass this along to any of your friends who shop for horse supplies and ask them to help us out by shopping at Country Supply. |
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