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Piedmont members Shaw Laney and Paulette Denault-Bryce doing a live interview for the 2010 Clemson Paso Fino Horse Show


August 2010 - Piedmont News

From The President

There is not a whole lot to report on. We are still reconciling the Asheville Show. There are still some things to be finished and we will be having a complete financial report in September’s Password. I have requested a Board of Director’s Meeting for the latter part of August. Once I have the date confirmed, it will be added to the website and any member is welcome to attend. If you have any issues to be discussed, please e-mail me at Aliwcasey@aol.com.

Remember the NC State Fair show is coming up and it will start the points over for the coming year. The Paso’s will show on October 18th, 2010. This is on a Monday and check-in for the horses is on Sunday afternoon on October 17th. Flat Rock Farm will again be hosting a “Pig Picking” for all the Paso people so make plans to attend.

To all of our members who will be attending the Grand National Show in Perry, Ga. Good Luck, do your best and have fun. Also remember that New Officers will be elected in November at the Awards Banquet. Think about who you would like to have as your Officers for the coming 2 years. We need people who are committed to our breed and want the best for our association and they must be willing to devote a lot of time to the position. There will be a nominating form in the next written “Password”. Take the time to fill it out and send it in. Jill Graff and Rhonda Moreen are on the nominating committee.

Thanks,
Ali

Ali Casey
Piedmont President


Upcoming Piedmont PFHA Events

Late August: Piedmont BOD meeting.
Contact Ali Casey Aliwcasey@aol.com

Sept. 11:
South Mountain, Connelly Springs, NC
Please refer to the website http://ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/somo/home.html
Contact your trail host
Candace Link, 336-940-2936 or pasolink@yadtel.net to sign up for the ride.


October 18: NC State Fair Piedmont Paso Fino Horse Show

The Prizebooks should be out in early September. As of mid-August, the horse show info is not online yet, but will be available at: http://ncstatefair.org/2010/Competitions/HorseShow.htm

The NC State Fair Paso Fino Horse Show is being held at the Hunt Horse Complex in Raleigh, NC during the NC State Fair. This is always a fun first of the new show season Piedmont double pointed USEF and PFHA and Piedmont pointed show. Besides good Paso Fino fellowship, you can win prize money for your placements, and get great fair food!

Judges are Carmen Micheletti and Alice Page for 2010. PFHA/USEF Steward is Fred Moretti. Show Manager is Dale Barnett. The 2010 Paso Fino show will offer the same classes as in 2009 on Monday, October 18th. The fair is going to continue with draft hitches and draft under saddle classes mixed in with the Paso Fino classes in the evening. The draft horse hitch classes always pulls in a good evening crowd!

Piedmont exhibitors -- please support this fantastic show, please let Ali Casey or Lynn Gallup if you have any questions.

Lynn Gallup
NC State Fair Paso Fino Show Chair
info@gracewoodpasos.com


Piedmont Members News and Notices

Piedmont Membership Drive for 2010-2011
Again for the new upcoming membership year for Piedmont … renew your membership received by Piedmont by October 1st and get one FREE Classified For Sale TEXT Ad on Piedmont’s Classified Sale Barn website page. This is a $25 value.

You can advertise: 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. New Ads will be posted for the October website update.

Congratulations to Micah Furr and Castile Centellas for winning the non-trotting pleasure Reserve Championship at the Southern Regional 4-H Horse Show, held in Clemson the last week of July, 2010. Over 500 youth riders from 13 states took part in this all discipline equine extravaganza. All ages from 9 to 19 compete together and no adults are allowed to school the horses, as in all 4-H shows. The pleasure class had 27 entries and contained all the gaited breeds. Micah of Rowan County also placed 4th out of 15 in showing for mare conformation and made the final cut for showmanship out of 46 entries. It really was something to see, as every stall was filled and every trailer space taken! Please see your county extension agent if you would like to be involved in showing in 4-H. It is very reasonable cost to show and well -run, with good manners and safety being the primary concern.

Crosby Reed of Burke County showed with her Peruvian Paso "Rico". Crosby won all phases of the Southeast Region Hippology contest.

Dr. Ann Furr


PFHA New Address

PFHA's new address is as follows: PFHA, 4047 Iron Works Parkway, Suite 1, Lexington, KY 40511


Piedmont Futurity and Southern States - Coupon Clip Program

Remember to CLIP those coupons from your Southern States Feed bags, and send them to Joe Wilhem to benefit the Piedmont Futurity Program. It doesn't take that do, and a little effort can go a long way if everyone participates! Here is the SS Fact Flyer (to download) with info about the Southern States Coupons to Earn $$ Program.


Go to Asheville Alive Show pages

Asheville is Alive! ... After The Show

Thank you to everyone that attended and supported Asheville ALIVE 2010!

The concept of Asheville ALIVE 2010 had been in the works for over a year and is the foundation to build upon for future years of Asheville ALIVE ! We welcome your comments and suggestions, please send to our email: Ashevillealive2010@yahoo.com

Mark your calendars for June 23 – 26, 2011 – 29th Piedmont Classic Paso Fino Horse show in Asheville!

Don't forget to vote on www.USEF.org for Best Event - Cast your vote for Asheville ALIVE 2010.

See Photos and Videos of Asheville Alive 2010


NC Horse Council ACTION ALERT:
Renovation Funding for the Hunt Horse Complex Is In Jeopardy!!

It has come to the attention of the North Carolina Horse Council that The NC General Assembly has seized funds in the amount of $1,000,000 from the NCDA & CS general reserves generated by the NC State Fair for use elsewhere in state government. The State Fair’s revenue and expenses can be segregated into three principle areas: year-round operations, the Annual State Fair, and the Hunt Horse Complex. While the Hunt Horse Complex (HHC) generates revenue, its expenses often exceed their revenue and the HHC relies on the dollars from the NC State Fair to sustain and improve its operation.

The NC State Fair is an enterprise operation which means it is self supporting and receives NO STATE APPROPRIATION for its operation which includes the HHC. All the desperately needed improvements at the Hunt Horse Complex the last two years are a direct result of the State Fair utilizing money from the cash balance to fund projects at the complex, projects that are vital to attract large revenue generating equine events. Should this decision fail to be reversed in a technical corrections bill, some of the major projects targeted for start-up will be put on hold!

This is not the time for progress to be slowing down! We are asking those of you who are represented by the legislators listed below to please contact them and urge them to help reverse this action. In addition, the North Carolina Horse Council will be contacting key members of the General Assembly to remind them of the impact of this decision on the $1.9 billion equine industry in our State.

Let them know:

  • The NC State Fair is an enterprise operations which means it is self supporting and receives no state appropriation for its operation which includes the Hunt Horse Complex.
  • The State Fair must maintain an adequate cash balance to deal with the unforeseen such as bad weather and low fair attendance or other natural crisis which produces low revenues.
  • With the economic situation as it is in NC and throughout the country, having a cash balance to offset any drop in facility utilization is even more critical until we recover.

The State has just raised rental rates at the Fairgrounds, effective January 1, 2011. This includes raising the Hunt Horse Complex indoor arena rate from $1000/day to $1200/day. Stall rates fees have also been raised. Horse owners and show operators are willing to pay these fees because we believe it will go back into the operation and maintenance of the facility…NOT the State’s General Fund…from which no dollars are received to help fund the HHC.

Simply put, this appears to be taking dollars from the users of the NCDA&CS facilities and does not seem fair and equitable to the Agricultural and the Equine Community.

List of Key Legislators and emails

Martha Alexander: NC House of Representatives
- Martha.Alexander@ncleg.net
Marc Basnight: NC Senate - Marc.Basnight@ncleg.net
Jim Crawford: NC House of Representatives - Jim.Crawford@ncleg.net
Linda Garrou: NC Senate - Linda.Garrou@ncleg.net
Joe Hackney: NC House of Representatives - Joe.Hackney@ncleg.net
A.B. Swindell: NC Senate - AB.Swindell@ncleg.net
Joe Tolson: NC House of Representatives - Joe.Tolson@ncleg.net


Piedmont Info Submission Deadlines and Guidelines

Piedmont PFHA Website and E-News Deadlines
The 25th of each month is the deadline for getting new information to the webmaster with a target date around the1st of each month for page updates to be online. Email information in MS Word or text, or notepad format if attachment or within the email message to Lynn Gallup webmaster email . News and Event photos should be resized to 72 dpi (save for web) with the longest side at 400 px before emailing.

Piedmont Password Deadlines
Email or send your Password news to Ali Casey. The Password willbe coming out quarterly from now on in 2010! The deadlines are the first day of the following months: January, April, July, October. It is mailed around the 10th of the stated months.

Regional News
Do you, your child, or a friend, have an accomplishment with a Paso Fino that you would like to share with the rest of our members? Would your child enjoy seeing their photo and name in print? Did you enjoy a Piedmont event? How about taking the opportunity to encourage a new Paso Fino enthusiast publicly? Please send your news and photos to
Lori West. Your info and photo might also appear in the regional equine news magazine "Saltblock Gazette". Send news to: Lori West, 7613 Old Hwy. 19, Columbus, NC 28722 or email to lorihwest@yahoo.com. Lori's new phone/fax is 828-894-2905.


Piedmont Futurity Sponsors

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 Care donation program

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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