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Had a hard day at the barn or sore from riding horses all day? Relax in a nice warm bath with a homemade bath bomb filled with essential oil and muscle relieving elements!
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Read the monthly dish in the Arabian horse industry.
Did you know that horses are included in one of the biggest St. Patrick's Day Parades in the world? New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade draws over 1 million spectators and turns downtown NYC green for the day. Is your horse ready to turn green for St. Patty's Day?
AHA sat down with Arabian horse breeders to learn more about the different breeders' programs and to gain more insight into the breeding industry. The second interview released from the Breeder Interview Series is Larry Jerome. Jerome has been in the Arabian horse industry since he was a small boy. He was fortunate enough to learn from some of the most well-known industry leaders and has taken their wisdom and created a breeding program that is known to many.
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AHA Corporate Partners & Sponsors
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AHA Board Of Directors Meeting
Aurora, CO
March 31, 2017
Halter Futurities (Re-Nominations Only) Due
April 6 - 9, 2017
Equine Affaire
West Springfield, OH
April 21 - 23, 2017
Midwest Horse Fair
June 1, 2017
Performance Futurity/Maturity Nominations
Club Nominations For Board-Elected Positions Due
June 30, 2017
Final Club Membership Count To Annual Convention Due
July 1, 2017
Performance Futurity/Maturity Nominations
August 1, 2017
Performance Futurity/Maturity Nominations
August 4 - 5, 2017
AHA Board Of Directors Meeting
Aurora, CO
August 15, 2017
Convention Resolutions Submission Deadline
Club Excellence Awards, Awarded At AHA Convention
August 31, 2017
Regional Volunteer Service Award Nominations Due
For a full list of dates and deadlines click here.
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Every month, the AHA Insider showcases one of our employees. We want to give our readers an insight as to who works for AHA and what they do for the association.
DeEtta Houts-Schey
I've been with AHA since October, 2016 and am looking forward to many years to come. I am originally from Central Minnesota and grew up in a small town of 3500 people called, Staples. I needed a change of weather (Minus 20 degrees is NORMAL in the Winter), so I packed up and moved here! My family was not a horse family but I started riding with a friend at the age of 11 and was hooked! The first Arabian I fell in love with was a Mahogany Bay gelding named, Zhar at a local camp ranch I visited during the Summer. He was strictly reserved for camp guides but I was lucky enough to be allowed to ride him once and it was the most fun I'd had on 4 legs! Less than a year later I bought my first Arabian at a cattle auction for $350 and we went everywhere together.
I've lived in Scottsdale and been a groom for some Arabian horse farms, near Philadelphia working with Thoroughbred race horses and have also run my own graphic design business from home since 2007.
I don't ride anymore but loved spending time with my horses in Minnesota just hanging out and grooming them. In my spare time, I am enjoying all there is to do outdoors here in Colorado like hiking and snowshoeing, I love going to rock concerts and I also paint watercolor and acrylic paintings of Arabians. I am owned by two dogs, Turbo the German Shepherd and Matty the Aussie and have one son who is now 18 and lives in Minnesota.
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Get all of your official AHA gear here!
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Do you like to ride or drive your Arabian or Half-Arabian horse? Now you can get rewarded for your hours in the saddle or buggy. Log your non-competitive hours you are riding or driving and when you reach hour milestones, AHA will ship YOU rewards!
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Become an AHA member and get the NEW AHA magazine.
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Show Season Has Begun
Renew your membership now to avoid the last minute show rush. Click
here to log in as a member to process your renewal. If your membership has lapsed select
this option to update your expired membership today.
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Looking for a Job in the Equine Industry? CHA Job Postings Board Available
One of the most important aspects of the Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) is how the organization helps its members run successful businesses in the horse industry. CHA helps its members with professional certifications and site accreditations, continuing education, networking with other professionals, and many other programs. One of CHA's member benefits is the ability to add job postings online for free on CHA's Job Opportunities board at
http://cha-ahse.org/store/pages/43/Job_Openings.html
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The job openings page on the CHA website features job openings for riding instructors, assistant riding instructors, riding camp instructors, therapeutic riding instructors, camp directors, equestrian program directors, volunteer managers, farm caretakers and supervisors, ranch staff, grooms, interns, etc. Anyone seeking a position in the equine industry is encouraged to check out the job postings offered through the Certified Horsemanship Association. However, only CHA Program/Business members can add postings to the board as a part of the member benefits package. CHA also does a monthly e-blast newsletter for its members and CHA Program/Business Members can also run job openings in these for a small fee.
CHA Program/Business membership, available to any equine business or association, is $200/year. CHA Accredited Sites receive a discount of $25/year. The job posting membership benefit is especially helpful for Business/Program Members that are seeking to hire additional staff.
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CHA Produces More Professional Safety Videos That Can Be Found on YouTube and Uploaded to Your Own Websites
The Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA) recently finished five more 3 - 10 minute safety videos that can be added to the many that have been produced so far. They can be found on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/chainstructor
or at
http://cha-ahse.org/store/pages/212/CHA-Horsemanship-Videos.html
The topics of the new videos include:
- Showmanship Tips with David Dellin Director of Judges at American Paint Horse Association
- Long Lining a Horse Safely and Effectively with Mitzi Summers
- Bit Adjustment for Direct and Leverage Bits with Christy Landwehr
- Reading Horse Behavior with Dale Rudin
- Lengthening and Shortening of Strides with Anne Brzezicki
Some of the ones produced in past years are:
- How to Introduce Your Horse to Fly Spray Safely - thanks to Pyranha, Inc.
- Exercises on Horseback to Improve Rider Position
- How to Safely Introduce Your Horse to a Fly Mask
- How to Pony a Horse
- How to Lead Safely
- How to Safely Paste Deworm Your Horse - thanks to Bimeda
- Half Seat and Two Point Explained
- How to Safely Hold Your Horse for the Vet or Farrier
- Walking Lines in a Jump Course to Figure Out Correct Striding
- How to Safely Adjust Your English Stirrups and Girth While Mounted
- How to Perform a Safety Tack Check
- How to Saddle Correctly
- How to Bridle Safely
- How to Mount
- How to Fit a Helmet for Horseback Riding
- How to Pick a Horse's Hoof Safely
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Fitting the Breast Collar and Back Cinch Correctly
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How to Use a Mounting Block Safely and an Alternate "Leg up"
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Horseback Riding Rein Holds - Split rein hold, Romel rein hold, Direct rein hold and more!
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Blanketing Your Horse
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Equine Vital Signs and How to Take Them
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The Emergency Dismount
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Danger Zones on the Ground
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The Emergency Stop
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Martingale Adjustment
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Correct Riding Position
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Fitting Boots - Sports Medicine Boots, Split Boots and Bell Boots
- How to Correctly Put On a Rope Halter
- Catching and Leading a Horse in a Herd
- How to Put on Polo and Standing Wraps
- Many more....
"These professional videos were produced by CHA for the horse industry and the general public," says CHA Chief Executive Officer Christy Landwehr. "Please feel free to embed them onto your websites, free of charge, so that we can all help spread the word out about how to have fun safely and effectively with our horses."
CHA Changes Lives Through Safe Experiences With Horses. The purpose of CHA is to promote excellence in safety and education for the benefit of the horse industry. CHA certifies instructors and trail guides, accredits equestrian facilities, publishes educational manuals, produces educational horsemanship DVDs and hosts regional and international conferences. For more information on the Certified Horsemanship Association and how to host a clinic, become certified or have your facility accredited, please visit
www.CHA-ahse.org
or call 859-259-3399. To find a certified horseback riding instructor or accredited equine facility near you visit
www.CHAinstructors.com
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AHA Convention
Mark your calendars! The 2017 AHA Convention will be held November 15-18 at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. Hotel reservation link and more details coming soon!
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Scholarship Deadline April 1!
Don't forget to get your general scholarship application into the Arabian Horse Foundation by April 1. They offer a number of scholarships and you only need to submit one application. The application form can be found here
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AHYA Board Scholarship Program
AHYA is working to find a new way to encourage youth to participate on the AHYA Board of Directors. At Convention, it was discussed to try to fund a scholarship program for those individuals that are serving on the board. The idea behind these scholarships, is to encourage the youth to participate and have an active role in AHYA, as well as develop them as future leaders.
With the right funding, we would like to award a $1,000 scholarship to each Regional Director. We are hoping to start this scholarship fund with $22,000 - so far we have raised $7,700. Please consider having your region donating to this scholarship fund. We would like you to join us in providing opportunities to reward those outstanding youth members who are the future of our breed.
If you have any questions or would like to donate email Brenna Whitlock at [email protected].
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American Youth Horse Council Symposium
 Learn and share what is happening in the youth horse industry through networking, workshops, tours, round table discussions and demonstrations.
Why Should You Attend The Symposium:
- Internationally and nationally respected presenters
- Keys to successful youth horse programming
- Non-breed specific curriculum
- Knowledge that transfers from the book to the barn
- Take-home tools to teach safe, effective horsemanship
- Connect with resources and referrals
Don't miss out on this amazing networking experience! Find out more at ayhc.com.
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Watch the First Leg of the Triple Jewel LIVE Saturday, March 4
 On March 4th, the first leg of the 2017 Triple Jewel will kick off at Sam Houston Race Park (Houston, TX) with the $50,000 Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup Amethyst Jewel (G1).
The annual tradition at Sam Houston also includes the year's first USA rendition of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies IFAHR race, along with popular camel and ostrich races which never cease to be crowd favorites.
But the Amethyst Jewel is certainly the highlighted race on the card that day, and one that people will be watching from around the world.
The Amethyst Jewel will be featured on AJC Facebook LIVE in real-time, plus candid interviews and behind-the-scenes sneak peaks. Stephanie Corum, publisher of Arabian Finish Line magazine, will be hosting viewers on AJC LIVE throughout the evening.
Coverage will begin 6:30pm CST on AJC Facebook LIVE, generously sponsored by Mandolynn Hill Farm, Michelle and Mickey Morgan. Mandolynn Hill Farm stands leading race sires and is one of the premier breeding farms in the Arabian racing industry.
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30th Annual Darley Awards Will Honor the Best Arabian Racehorses of 2016
Mark your calendars for the 30
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rendition of the highly coveted Darley Awards HOLLYWOOD 2017 to be held March 31
-April 1
in a weekend of activities dedicated to the Arabian racehorse.
The Darley Awards will be held at the historic Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA just a few weeks after the Academy Awards take the same stage. The black tie affair elevates the international sport on the highest level with Arabian Racing Cup's partnership with the HH Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nayhan Global Flat Racing Festiva and the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak International Ladies in Racing Awards. Guests will enjoy a true Hollywood experience, complete with the same red carpet walk as the Academy Awards.
The next day, guests head to nearby Santa Anita Park, one of the most beautiful panoramas in horse racing. The featured race on the card is the lucrative $100,000 HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Darley Stakes (G1), which attracts the best Arabian racehorses in the country.
It's an unforgettable weekend, and you are invited to attend!
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Subscribe FREE to the AJC's Global Arabian Racing E-Newsletter
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friendly and more affordable than you might think! Subscribe to the FREE AJC Global Arabian Racing E-Newsletter to receive the industry's latest news and events on Arabian racing in America and abroad.Sign up
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Members Tales
A Story of a Love Being Gone, But Not Lost
Lisa Gaudio fell in love with horses at an early age. She got her first Arabian horse at the age of 24 and never looked back. Over the years, she gained a few Arabian horses, but due to personal reasons, she ended up selling all of her horses except one, an older mare who was the great-grandmother to a beautiful mare called Kyrie Eleison. Lisa had to sell Kyrie but the mare would eventually find her way back to Lisa and be responsible for a miracle that no one thought possible.
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Epona Elleison at 1 hour old
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Eventually, Lisa reached a point where she wanted to find the horses she sold and have them back at home. Kyrie in particular had a soft spot in Lisa's heart because she had raised her from a foal. While at the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show in 2013, Lisa, with the help of Registry Services Representative Kelly Huston, was looking on Datasource at the AHA booth looking for Kyrie. Unfortunately, there were two Kyries in the system but the woman standing next to them happened to overhear their struggle and said she knew the current owner of Kyrie. The owner was immediately contacted and Lisa was finally reunited with Kyrie.
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Elle Vitorina at 12 hours old
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Kyrie had to spend a year in rehab because she had been diagnosed with laminitis. Eventually, she was flown to Lisa's farm where Lisa was able to care for her herself, along with the professionals at UPenn New Bolton. During this time, Kyrie had ups and downs with her health which got Lisa thinking about how to keep the "spirit of Kyrie" around for a long time. She mentioned this to her vet and her vet ended up researching the possibility of harvesting Kyrie's ovaries when she passed to use in breeding offspring. It is not a very well-known practice, only three places will perform the procedure in the country and only a handful of the equine procedures have been performed - but Lisa decided she had nothing to lose from the procedure and that when the time came, they would harvest Kyrie's ovaries and would use the stud Vitorio as a sire.
On February 10, 2016 Kyrie decided it was time to walk over the
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Big Man in Town at 2 hours old
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rainbow bridge to the great ranch in the sky - with the endless green pastures and plenty of shade to take an afternoon nap in. The whole UPenn team was there when Kyrie was put down because they all played such a pivotal roll in Kyrie's health journey. Once Kyrie had passed, her ovaries were immediately harvested. The ovaries were sent to New Bolten's reproduction center at Penn Vet. From there, Dr. Tamara Dobbie was able to recover 16 eggs. The eggs were shipped to Texas A&M where the process of injecting a sperm cell into each egg (invitromaturation) was performed. Four embryos came from the procedure and were eventually transferred to recipient mares.
Lisa and her husband Jimmy were ecstatic! They couldn't believe that not one, but four viable embryos came from the procedure!
The waiting game had started for Lisa and Jimmy to see how many of the embryos would survive. They did lose one embryo, but after a long wait, three beautiful foals were born - two fillies and a colt.
- Epona Elleison (filly) was the first born and was named after the Celtic Greek god Epona who is the caretaker of donkeys, mules and horses and was the spirt of the afterlife.
- Big Man in Town (colt) was the second born and was named after the song "Sherry Baby" which Lisa's father wrote.
- Elle Vitorina (filly) was the last born was named as such as a way to pay homage to Vitorio.
All three foals and their recipient mothers are at Lisa and Jimmy's farm. Lisa has purchased the recipient mares and they will eventually all go to the trainers to start their possible riding career. The foals are loving the chance to explore the outdoors and learning exciting new things on a daily. Not only are the foals considered a miracle, they are a gift from God to carry on Kyrie's legacy a little longer.
Thank you Lisa Gaudio for letting AHA share this incredible story and for giving insight into this little-known equine medical procedure.
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"The most incredible thing about miracles is that they happen."
If you or another AHA member has a story that you would like to share in the AHA Insider, please email Mikayla Boge at [email protected] with the subject line: Member's Tale Story.
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