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Contents Oh
What A Wonder-foal Day! A
Bit About Me Cooper's
Story Easter
Youth Clinics Stallions
& Breeding The
Mendip Stud Club West
Coast Circuit Shows Lesson
Horse of the Month Traditional
Riding Santa
Cruz Whiz - Go Santa Go! Inaugural
Club Show Zip
Chip Leaguer wins in Nümbrecht West
Coast Circuit Sponsors The
Saga's on tour in Germany West
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Congratulations!
Claire has worked at the Stud for a year now and is working towards her AI technicians certificate and becoming Lou's assistant. Claire will be taking this examination in the early part of next year. |
Go Santa Go…………….!
Our good
wishes
go to Graham
and Lita from Oakridge and their
stallion Santa Cruz Whiz at the Italian Reining Derby. "Ilan, ride it like you stole it!" ☺ed. Picture: Graham, Lita & John |
Tally Wade will be issuing the first edition of her new magazine FreeRein in the next coming months. It will be sent free to members of Western equestrian associations and breed societies for 2007, FreeRein has news and views from all corners of the UK’s Western horse industry and is the only publication to include all Western breeds, disciplines and activities. For more information, please contact Tally Wade at info@freereinmagazine.co.uk |
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Oh What A Wonder-foal Day!
It's baby time again and the 2007 season started with a bang! 6 mares on deck, all fat and ready to foal at any minute. Our first to foal was one of 3 Connamaras owned by Lesley Payne. Bridie produced a big Dun Colt Foal.
Second to go was one of our own mares, Mos Likeable (you can read an interview with her sister further on!). She was in foal to Studley and gave us a huge filly foal. A true clone of her daddy in every way. Carrying the trademark 'Studley Blaze', there was no mistaking who she belonged to. We soon named her 'Lovely'. After more Connemaras and more Studley babies we cleared the decks for the next round. |
Our Riker baby is a sight to behold. Dolly is a chestnut roan blanket. We are all convinced she has been here before. Calm, unflappable and confident in her manner, she is a fine example of what a top class appaloosa should be. On deck now are more mares in foal to Zip Chip Leaguer. One of which is a paint. We are all looking forward to seeing what we get!
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Our Beuno Chexnic mare Doc's Wizzin Chic delivered a beautiful Palomino colt sired by German Derby winner Doctor Stream. The foal is called Eden and has already been purchased and will be on his way back to Germany at weaning. In America we are proud to boast yet another Smart Spook foal from our classy money winning mare Jessie's Wright On.
Should anyone require colostrum or powdered milk for use in emergencies, we are always on the end of the phone if help is needed in our area. We are registered as a stockholder of these products for the National Foaling Bank. Keep an eye on the website as new pictures are posted as soon as we get them. Bye for now, Lou |
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A Bit About Me
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Two years later I bought Joiners Southern
Comfort the now infamous Section D Welsh Cob who entertains the spectators
and fellow competitors alike at the events we attend throughout the UK.
My involvement with WES started in 1992 and I became Area Rep for North Wales and North Midlands around 1995. Since then I've organised too numerous events to mention and was responsible for starting both WES News and WES ENews, organising the first Northern two day show and the Show Managers Seminar. My vision for WES? To promote it's growth and the growth in Western in a more commercial way over the next couple of years but maintaining the friendly relaxed atmosphere it has for its members and competitors. |
There is still a great potential for Western
within the UK and WES is very much in tune with the grass roots. These are
the people we have got to attract to the sport in order for it to grow. We
also need to work more closely with other organisations involved in
Western as it is only by working together are we going to achieve anything
like the potential we have as a discipline.
My ultimate vision would be for us to be in a situation where Western Classes were an option at every major horse show within the UK until then we just keep trying.
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This is a story that anyone involved in breeding or young stock
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Cooper's Story by Christine Richards A couple of weeks ago now, I was in happy ignorance that some things would never happen to me. Be warned! Maybe I knew that Mendip Stud had a long
standing continuing 'interest' in the National Foaling Bank and it's work,
but I always quickly pressed on the 'For Sale' or 'Foals' Button without
any further thought. Just as Hence the email. I sadly lost a very precious much loved mare in foaling, a more dramatic, gory, mind numbing, desperate event I do not want to experience again, fortunately the foal was alive - for that moment. A friend contacted the NFB (Johanna Vardon) and the very welled oiled cogs that Johanna had oiled for so many years started to turn. A very long story, but the ending was superb, |
after a lot of hard work and valuable friends
helping and only, and I mean, only with the help of Johanna we succeeded
to find a suitable mare and carry out the long process of successful fostering. She was available all through the day and
night, without so much as a "Oh. it's you again!" or "Why
didn't you listen better the first (and possibly second) time I told
you?", she bolstered all of us involved through a very difficult,
supersonic learning curve to make sure the fostering went as smoothly as
possibly for the maiden mare and orphaned I have had so much response from people I do not know and everyone has been so kind and interested in how little Cooper and his new mum Pasadena are doing. I would publicly like to thank everybody who went through this ordeal with me, physically and mentally, all the support everyone gave me - it was the spur to keep us going. Most of all naturally, I would like to Johanna Vardon of National Foaling Bank. Please could I ask people to consider helping the NFB in whatever form they feel fit e.g. donation, sponsoring Mendip Stud in their cause. |
Not just you breeders, everybody, when you are
riding your beloved horse, looking at him/her grazing contentedly out in
the field, contemplating buying that new horse which will take you to the
top and those elusive blue ribbons - maybe - just maybe the National Foaling Bank has helped that happen along the way somewhere or will do so in the future. Only your involvement in this will help Johanna continue this invaluable work and keep those cogs well oiled for the future generation of all horses, let alone our precious Quarter Horses. I for one, am a total convert It really is a matter of life or death. Christine
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West Coast Circuit and The Mendip Stud are proud to present the Vardon Trophy |
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are proud to have had the National Foaling Bank as our charity of choice
for a number of years now. Johanna Vardon is one of life's true treasures
- opinionated, forthright and passionate about her work, and the World's
leading authority on mare and foal adoptions. Having read Christine's
story of Cooper we have decided to take a very pro-active approach to
raise money for this wonderful charity. We will be dedicating 3 classes at
both of the West Coast Circuit shows (6 in total) this year to the
National Foaling Bank and are inviting all breeders, mare owners and every
equine enthusiast to consider becoming involved by either joining the
National Foaling Bank directly or by helping in becoming one of the
sponsors of these classes. All entry fees for these classes will be
directed to the charity. These classes are Amateur Trail, Amateur
Horsemanship and Amateur Pleasure. Points will be awarded up to 6th place
and the amateur rider with the highest score over both shows will be
presented with the Vardon Trophy presented by Johanna herself at the end
of the Summer Show.
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Easter Youth Clinics by Lisa John At 30 years old and having made the decision not to have children of my own still firmly in place, I surprised myself when I decided to hold a youth day in the Easter holidays. With only a brief mention of the forthcoming event in the monthly newsletter, you can imagine my shock when I had over 22 children begging for a place. One youth day quickly turned into a youth week - with me on the scrounge for more small saddles and as many helpers as we could muster.
Sussannah Anderson and Jan Smart came to my aid with smaller western saddles. Thank you so much both of you. Alison Hill, a former school teacher and regular at the stud, offered to help with crowd control! With the first day rapidly approaching I was as ready as I could be for 22 kids, their entourage of parents, nannies and guardians. What had I done?! |
The April 3rd day of reckoning was upon us and
at 9.30 the first troops had arrived together with Lilly Fry who had
popped in to help and demo on her Pleasure horse Angel. After tea and lots
of biscuits supplied by Ellie Beynon during which we had our safety
discussions, the merry band of Saffie, Ellie, Melissa, Tymara, Ella and
Lucy got the horses all ready for their morning of showmanship. All my
concerns and doubts about the younger community were dispelled from that
first morning.
The next day brought Sue Woods and her team of four. Marley, Jessica, Vicky & Kyle were good fun and really knowledgeable and easy to work with. They rode all the horses very well and at the same time the horses went really well for them too. So far so good 10 down 12 to go! ☺ The Thursday was as positive and pro-active as the first couple of days. Tom, Ella, Bella (from Ireland), Katherine & Toby took the day and their riding very seriously. We started late because the plaiting bands, baby oil, hoof black and scissors were out. With hindsight I am now convinced that the parents were as, if not more, enthusiastic than their offspring. The atmosphere was electric as the kids pushed for harder and more complicated patterns. At the end of that day Nina, our German friend and instructor, gave a great reining display with 6 kids and 12 mums & dads sitting on the fence whooping n hollering for more turnarounds and longer stops. |
A few days later, last but not least, Rachel, Sophie, Lizzie, Eleanor, Jasmine and Olivia arrived. Once again all of them worked hard, listened and attempted to put into practice everything they were being taught. We had another fantastic day and although I was relieved that my youth week had been a great success, I was saddened that it was all over. I would like to say a massive thank you to Nina, Alison and Ellie for helping with crowd and horse control, Lou for yet again putting the 'F' word back into cooking. That's 'F'abulous before anyone thinks differently! More importantly thank you to all the riders who were all without exception, kind and respectful of our horses, good fun to be with, polite and well behaved. Last but not least to all the parents thank you for all your support and as promised more youth day dates will be posted shortly on the website in time for the summer holidays. See you all soon, Lisa xx |
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Louise
Talintyre - Following a good response to last months reminder about stallions and breeding we would urge you to make contact with Lou as soon as possible to book in your mare. Many thanks to all those of you who booked last month.
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Obsesed To Boogie APHA - Homozygous Black Tobiano. This exciting young stallion will Standing at the Stud for the 2007 season. Owned by Claire Ward - Kingslea Arabians |
All our stallions are swabbed,
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The Mendip Stud Club 'The Club' We are looking forward to seeing you all this coming Saturday for our first 'Club' show. Lunch will be provided and we will be having a small champagne reception before the BBQ when we will award the trophies to our Club champions. We hope you will all come and enjoy the day. Don't forget that Club Members get discount with the following suppliers: Western Boots and Saddles Company 10% on all products except saddles where 5% is available. Stockists of Cattleman's Saddles, Stetsons, all types of Western tack including show halters, spurs & straps and other show equipment and accessories.
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Arizonas 10% on all products including saddles. Stockists of Bob's Custom Saddles, Weaver Saddles, Kensington Horse Rugs, Resistor Jeans, Justin & Ariat Boots and Montana Silver.
Somerset based manufacturers of unique hand carved wooden rocking horses as well as wonderful hand made oak furniture. Members are entitled to a 5% discount.
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March Horse N' Tack Ltd Our thanks to Jeannine March and March Horse N' Tack Ltd. who will offer 10% discount to members for 2007 on all clothing, rugs and other equipment. Saddles - 5% for saddles up to £2000 and 10% for saddles over £2000. Members discounts do not apply to special offers, items on sale, discount shopping days.
Suppliers of specialised western tack and saddles selling high quality western riding equipment including top brands such as Equiflex, Professionals Choice, Continental, Pullman, Wrangler, Bobs, Davies and many more. You can visit Jeannine
March's shop in Dunstable, Beds. any time or have a browse at her websites: |
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| For those of you planning to come to the June show please remember that there are only 2 days left in which to get your entries in to Jane Muir and qualify for stables BBQ tickets at discounted rates. Please send your completed entry forms to Jane Muir as soon as possible and pay the lower stable rate. Stables will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2007 West Coast Circuit Premiere Show 8th -
10th Two-day show at The Mendip Stud. NRHA, BR, AQHA including open super horse Class. For further information contact Jane Muir at quarterhorseshows@aol.com or call 01934 751258
Both shows will be affiliated to AQHA, NRHA and BR plus we will also have an open superhorse class. We will have sites for pitches from tack companies and commercial suppliers - these will be available for a modest fee - please contact us early for details. Stables allocated on a first come, first serve basis. Schedules will be emailed shortly by Jane Muir and will also be available to download from our website and the new website currently under construction for all West Coast Shows www.showwestern.com. You can also use this form to register your interest. |
Download Schedule
Sponsors Many thanks to all those who have put themselves forward as sponsors for classes at both shows. There are still quite a few classes left and available for anyone else wishing to sponsor as well as pages available in the programme. Please click here and register your interest in becoming a sponsor. |
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An
interview with 'Mo' from Name:
Mos Friendly How
did you come to live at the Mendip stud Mo? |
How
long did that relationship last? How
did you become a lesson horse? |
What
is your favourite western discipline? What
do you hope for the future? |
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Intensive Training Weekend Other local instructors
Basic Itinerary Friday 29th June |
Saturday 30th June Full day of lessons, flatwork, show jumping, lunging, position work etc. Also, 'have a go' at Western riding incorporated into the day. Groups of 3 to ride Western trained horses. 1pm - 2pm Lunch - included. 7pm BBQ - Included to those on weekend course. All others welcome at £15 per head. This is no ordinary BBQ. Huge range of food, licensed bar available. Tickets only please, numbers at least 3 days before if possible. Sunday 1st July Morning of lessons (if hangovers not too bad!!). Test riding techniques and show jumping. Lunch - included. PM Friendly competition - Groups will be split into teams, a dressage test will be ridden and judged and also a show jumping style competition for those who want to jump. Scores will be added together and prizes given…5pm - Pack up and go home.. Total price includes stabling for horses
including bedding on Friday and Saturday night. This will be in temporary
stables at the Stud. Lunch included on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and BBQ
on Saturday night. At least 5 hours instruction on own horse + riding
others, lunging, stable management, join up practice and Western riding. |
This is the price for the whole weekend or can
be broken down as follows: Friday - instruction only = £50. Stabling - £15 per night Saturday - instruction only = £65 Sunday - day only, instruction and friendly competition = £60 Limited accommodation will be available in the farm house by separate arrangement and camping will be possible in the lorry park. For booking please send 10% of total amount payable together with details of your name, address, horse age, breed and experience and any stabling required: by June 15th. Please also state which days you would like to attend if not the whole weekend and how many you will bring to the BBQ. Additionally let us know if you would like to jump and dressage or just dressage? Finally, tell us if there is any subject, stable management or training that you would like covered over the weekend? Please make cheques payable to 'J Wheway' and send with completed form above to C Gadd, Westside, Bow Farm, Badgworth, Somerset BS26 2QA There are some dates booked already for
lessons later on in the summer so if anyone is interested then please ring
Celia to book your place on 01934 751171 or 07779 716826 or you can send
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An Elegant Glow 1992-2007
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Very sadly in March our superb pleasure mare An Elegant Glow was struck and killed by lightning whilst grazing in a field in Gainesville, Texas. To compound the loss she was 10 months in foal to Blazing Hot. Glow has been one of those exceptional brood mares, in fact the best pleasure mare that we have had the good fortune to own. She produced great progeny and this year one of her sons Hot |
Nuff To Glow will be ridden by 3-time World Champion David Dellin at the Reichart Celebration on August 17th in Tulsa. Last year she delivered another stunning colt, again from Joan and Robbie Schroeder's Blazing Hot. This colt which David calls Jonny Jnr now resides in his barn. On hearing of Glow's sad demise David said "She may well have saved her best for last." |
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Easter Egg Competition Winner
Congratulations to Sheena Atkinson from Bridgwater in Somerset who wins a bottle of Champagne and passes for 2 to the sponsors tent at the 2 Mendip Stud shows this year. |
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Santa Cruz Whiz 'Go Santa Go' Following on from the story in the May newsletter our friends Graham and Lita's stallion 'Santa' - Santa Cruz Whiz did himself proud in Italy this last weekend. Scoring a 214 he narrowly missed making the cut for the Derby Open final but we are delighted to report that on Saturday night he was brought home by Ilan Rosenberg scoring a 215.5 to take third spot in the Intermediate Derby Open final. Congratulations to them all. (see www.itrha.com for full details.) The IRHA Open Derby this year was won by Nico Hormann riding Doctor Zip Nic owned by Brigitte and Mathias Inndorf scoring an impressive 225.5 |
Our Inaugural 'Club Show'
What a great weekend………..with twenty-three horses entered we had a fantastic show. The atmosphere was wonderful and despite a few drizzly showers the weather really behaved and we ended up with a beautiful West Country day.
A full report and gallery pictures will be posted on the website in the next 48 hours. Thank you to all who attended and especially to Shane Borland our judge who gave his time and advice throughout the day. |
Zip Chip Leaguer wins in Nümbrecht
Our pleasure stallion Zip Chip Leaguer (Studley) brought home blue ribbons in the AQHA show at the Nümbrecht show this weekend. Studley has been in Europe for nearly two years now and is the current European Open western Pleasure Champion - a title he won at Augsburg's Americana show last years - the show at Nümbrecht is used by many as preparation for this years' show campaign. Sylvia Jäckle could not have been more pleased with his performance and the result and said of him "…………despite being away for nearly six weeks with his stud work he has come out again for this season with his wonderful temperament in tact and got on with the job……he really is amazing" (see www.wittelsbuerger.com for full details) |
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West Coast Show
Sponsors
A big thank you to all of you who have
agreed to be sponsors in the various classes at the West Coast Circuit
Shows this year. There are still places left for those who would like to
take up sponsorship offers. If you are interested You will all be sent a letter this week confirming your sponsorship arrangements together with details for inclusion within the programme. For those of you wishing to prepare in advance, the sizes are as follows:
All artwork should be supplied as 300dpi PDF files. Deadline for supply of artwork is 31st May. |
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A personal
retrospective - the pre season training tour of Germany - the non ridden
version ☺
By Penny Brommesma The Saga's on tour in Germany The tour was set and we were to visit Ilan and Niki Rosenburg over in Elsenz. Even with the aid of a map I was not able to narrow down our destination to anything more precise than Germany. Luckily my trusty navigator Sally was at hand to guide me while my mind was left to higher matters like the wonderful job she had done cleaning my fridge. Gill Parker was joining us for the adventure and was able trump my glee as she had just bought a new fridge! So off we set across Europe marvelling at the wonders of our respective mobile kitchenettes. By nightfall we were in Luxembourg - weather report: bloody freezin'! Luckily there was a nice restaurant in walking distance so we were able to take our minds off the wind and ice. While we had been in the warm our lorries had definitely been feeling the chill! Gill's wonderful new fridge had fused all her lights and every water wielding appliance in mine had either burst, split or frozen solid. I spent all night fully clothed wishing I was either warmer, younger or drunker! By the time we arrived on Friday Sal and I were so excited that Ilan's best friend was keen to get a shot of whatever we were on and made it clear that he was prepared to pay good money! David Brimson arrived later and appeared to have picked up some 'eau de burnt clutch' in the duty free. Just teasing David, it was great of you to ferry us around the whole time! Peter, Gill, David and I trained all of Saturday but then flew back to the UK in the evening to |
celebrate Julia Stevens becoming Julia Atkins!
In Frankfurt airport Peter was starting to get a little uneasy about the
somewhat laid back approach that Sal and I were taking to all those
'plastic bag this, 100ml that' rules they have around customs. As we drew
closer to the officials it dawned on us that we were the only ones who
thought that international-party-going-jet-setters, like ourselves, were
an exception.
Ten items per person was clearly not enough - unless you were Peter, of course, who did not appear to have any… The customs officer peered down at the clear bag full of creams, mascara and lipsticks, "These yours sir?" Peter confirmed they were with a pout and a flutter of eye-lashes before mincing swiftly on. We were back by Sunday and spent the evening in the bar catching up on the gossip before heading to bed to get ready for our day of training on Monday. Tuesday night we were given a little treat The treat in question, John Calder told us, was a wine tasting event. On arrival we were met by a charming old gentleman who was proud to inform us that a famous author, a friend of his, was going to be giving us a talk that evening. Half way through the talk our translator Nikki had to visit the lady's room so Sally volunteered to take over. Very soon the topic of the lecture appeared to change from life, philosophy and pressing world issues, to sex, ping pong and the moral dilemmas posed by lady boys. The audience began to liven up as matters closer to home were being discussed and the learned author had the wisdom to wonder off silently taking his high brow insights with him. Patricia Greaves was polite enough to take the time outside to listen to him talk at length about many of the things on his mind. Unfortunately she had never taken the time to learn German - convincing nods, smiles and enthusiastic murmurs seemed to be enough to fool both him and Sally. |
Back at the wine tasting Peter was
appreciating each new glass with increasing enthusiasm. Holding the desert
wine to his nose he listened to the description of its signature bouquet,
took a sniff and loudly voiced his agreement. Holding it to the light he
nodded and murmured while closely inspecting the subtle colouring. Finally
tasting it and he gave his full approval before turning to hear the
opinions of his fellow wine tasters who politely informed him, "Peter…
that's your water you idiot."
Thursday we all set off for Kreuth. It was fantastic, everybody should go! The Brits turned up to support us which was really nice. Nikki and Ilan ran around making sure we were on time for our classes and the horses were warmed up. They always had a kind word and a smile for us which really helped keep spirits up. I would like to end with some winning tips from Lita Pocock - it's all about presentation. Shortly after lending me her chaps Lita disappeared, presumably to prime her secret weapon. When she arrived at the gate onlookers were impressed by her dramatic appearance all in black and all eyes followed her as she began her pattern. The ride was good but the cherry was still to come as she began her spin and wowed both the audience and judges alike. Turn by turn, button by button horse and rider worked in unison to win some well deserved points. Next time I think I will have to borrow her shirt as well as her chaps! I hope John organises another trip soon, the only good thing about getting older is that finally you can afford to go on these adventures. Thanks John it was great and so were you. |
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West Coast Circuit
Shows Overnight Accommodation
There will be a lorry park and a tent city available to all those wishing to stay on site during the forthcoming WCC shows. All the rooms in the B&B here at the farm have been taken. We would however recommend the following local hotels: |
The Webbington Hotel
& Country Club Sidcot
Premiere Travel Inn |
Brent Knoll Lodge Janey's Bed &
Breakfast See our accommodation page for more details on each of these establishments. |
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To
our own Claire Bacon on achieving success at Twemlows Hall Stud Farm in
both her Foaling and in Care of a Foal in its First Year Courses. 
'Santa' will be
shown by Ilan Rosenberg at the prestigious show that takes place this
week. We wish Ilan and Santa all the very best and hope that we will all
be cheering them on to victory over the live stream at the finals this coming Saturday night.
My
involvement with Western started many years ago when I joined Tab Ryders
Rodeo a touring show team who entertained the crowds at County Shows and
other outdoor events. My interest in Western took a serious turn when I
met Jim Chapman and Evelyn Dash some 20 years ago whilst they were doing a
demonstration at the Royal Norfolk Showground and it was Jim who persuaded
me to buy a horse to train myself.
ApHC
The Mendip Stud
Chief
Instructor and Organiser: Celia Gadd
please read more details on 
