October 2006 Newsletter
In this newsletter:
- Jac Wonders Who - NRHA Germany Open Futurity Winner
- September Caption Winner
- Stud
News: What’s going on here
and general news
- Ilan
Rosenberg – DQHA Reining Futurity Champion
- Clinics and Events
- New Bob Mayhew Seminar and Clinic
- New Sylvia Jäckle Clinic
- Germany Trip dates and itinerary
- Goodbye
but not farewell from Nina - "Over The Hill"
- Congratulations to Lisa - Western Riding Lessons at The Mendip Stud
- Autumn Review by Jan Rogers B.E.F. on 'What British Breeding Does For Studs & Breeders'
- 'The Club' News
- David Dellin & Ilan Rosenberg DVD's - did we miss anyone?
- Welcome to new readers
- Caption
Competition
Our
New Stallion 'Jac
Wonders Who'
Wins NRHA Open Futurity
German NRHA Breeders Futurity Kreuth 2006
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Saturday night in the Ostbayern Hall in Kreuth the latest addition to our
stallion barn Jac Wonders Who – the
‘yella fella’ won Europe's premier futurity…….. In the 1st go round Morey and Jac scored a 213.5 ending up in 17th place. Morey needed to score well in the second go and came home with a 21.5.5 giving a combined score of 429 – ninth equal place and a spot in the Saturday final. Finals night was tense – 4000 spectators – 15 great horses and riders - that tangible air of expectancy that washes over any major sporting event. Ann Poels On Little Steppin Lena set the standard with a 218 as the second horse to go immediately followed by Nico Horman on Peppy San Smart with a 216.5…. |
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Unbelievable and fantastic…especially when you consider how it came about.. A few weeks ago an opportunity came up to purchase a futurity prospect……….after a long restless night we took the chance to buy Jac who had never shown before on the basis of an opinion and recommendation from good friends who felt the horse could, if things went well, make it to the finals, and then, if then they went better challenge for a podium position. Last weekend the long shot and the fairy tale paid off in a way that still feels unbelievable. Thanks go to Walter and Dunja Wehner, Jac’s breeders, who were there to enjoy the success of their baby and breeding programme. But above all Morey Fisk and his team – Sandra, Daniella and Guy along with everyone else at Morey's yard………….They put the work in over the last 8 months since the horse has been in training – the credit for the long days, the professional skill and preparation goes to them and them alone. Lou and my thanks, gratitude and respect and go to them all. Irrespective of metaphors and clichés this week has been the experience of a lifetime that could not have happened or been so enjoyable without encouragement, messages of support by text and voicemail, e-mails and calls from our friends both at home and in Kreuth– you have all been awesome and we want you to know how much your support means and matters. A special thanks to our lucky mascot – She knows who she is ☺. That leaves me with only one to thank the ‘yella fella’ – ‘Wonder’ himself ………we are so lucky and proud to have this amazing athlete in our stallion barn …….his temperament, his ability, his honesty and spirit are incredible. He will stay in Germany with Ilan, closely watched by Morey I’m sure, for the foreseeable future where his training will continue and plans will be made for the 2008-breeding season. Truly a Champion and for us a Wonder Horse ! |
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This months winner is Christine Ellis Winner: "Eyes forward lads. Highly trained agents such as yourselves should not be distracted by a little pussy!" Congratulations Christine! You've won a Mendip Stud tack bag, T-shirt and baseball cap.
Runner up: 'The first one to
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Stud news
What's been going on?
And what's planned……..
Ilan
Rosenberg wins 2006 Reining Futurity of the DQHA
(German/Deutsche Quarter Horse Association)
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congratulations to Ilan on winning the DQHA Reining Futurity his second
time. Ilan riding Freddie Benko’s Karat Valentine. The four year old Red
Dun Stallion had a beautiful run, with great speed and superb manoeuvres
and came home in 1st place against 26 other at the Q6, the
European Championships of the DQHA in Aachen last week and became with
this performance the 2006 Reining Futurity Champions.
The result was very special to the Rosenberg family as the horse was bred and raised by Ilan and Niki and Ilan has been responsible for the starting and training of the horse all of his life and to take him to a major win in the very tough European circuit is a huge achievement and ambition fulfilling moment for Ilan. The Stud horse was sired by Fourteen Karat Jac, by Chrome Plated Jac. His dam was a full sister to Surprise Enterprise, who unfortunately died last August, shortly followed by her full brother and her father, brining and end to this great lineage. |
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New
Clinic Programme
Shows for 2007 and Our Western Week
It's very hard to believe that the 30 days of clinics we put up on the website towards the end of of last month are nearly all full and only a few remaining spaces left. It's left a dilemma as to what to do next and how to accommodate the demand for clinics with established and desired trainers. We are currently trying to put dates together to enhance and expand the teaching and clinic programme. We are announcing a two day clinic with Sylvia Jäckle today and are in the process of arranging dates with other International trainers.
We are planning on a t least two shows here next year and a five day western week ………..with clinics, workshops, BBQ's , fun evenings, bar of course and Lou's great food. etc……..more details will be available in the next newsletter.
Improve
your chances of success at shows – learn what the judge is looking for and
what’s expected of the competitor.
Following
Bob’s very successful ‘Judging day and evening’ and as a direct result of
many requests to enlarge upon the day and to cover many more aspects we are to
hold a two day seminar in the spring….the format will be an 11.00 start
on the Saturday – followed by light lunch and an afternoon session with
tea and coffee break finishing at 6.00. Day 2 – starting at 10.00 following on
from the previous days lecture – light lunch – DVD clips –participant
judging session followed by analysis of your judging performance by Bob.
Bob will be covering Reining, Western Riding, Pleasure, Halter, Trail.
Tickets are £50.00 for both days including lunch – youth and students £25.00
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Sylvia
Jäckle Clinic
2 day - All around clinic
specialising in Western Pleasure, Hunter under Saddle and Horsemanship
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pleased to announce a two-day clinic with Sylvia Jäckle on Saturday the
9th and Sunday the 10th December. Sylvia is one of Europe's most respected
western riders. With 8 European championships, 2 in hunter under saddle
and 6 in Western pleasure under her belt this is an opportunity to work
and train with one of the most successful trainers in Europe today.
Recently Sylvia rode our own Zip Chip Leaguer to victory in Americana European Open Senior Western Pleasure and only last weekend won the Dutch Maturity on Impressive N Glow. |
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The clinic will be limited to 10 people and will be on a first come first serve basis. We will be holding the clinic at a member's new indoor facility close to us in Bridgwater. Costs are £250 for the weekend - £225 for Mendip Stud Club members.………stabling available at the Mendip stud. Overnight accommodation also available.
Places will go quickly so please ensure you are not disappointed register your interest early.
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Germany
Training Tour and Show 2007
Dates for the Germany tour are from Saturday the 10th March to Monday the 19th March. We will be sending out a tour-cost pack towards the end of the month but in the interim would ask you to pencil these dates into you diary. Thank you to all those who have registered their interest. Spectators and supporters are also welcome - please let us know if you are interested.
If you have not registered your interest please do so now. Places will be allocated on a first come first serve basis with a limit of 10 horses in total ………………Please contact me by e-mail on john@themendipstud.com
Recollections of a summer's work experience at The Mendip Stud by Nina Scholmann
| When I told my friends that I was going to spend another one of my semester holidays working with horses they could not believe it. "What the hell makes you choose shovelling shit, getting up at stupid o'clock in the morning and getting your hands dirty over partying four times a week, sleeping long, hanging out at the beach and simply do nothing???" Answer - it opens up so many possibilities for me and this summer it meant I could go and live in England for 2 whole months. When John and Lou agreed to having me live with them and work for them I could not believe it. I was scared and excited at the same time: What if they did not like me? What if I was not what they expected? What if…? A thousand questions and doubts were occupying my head on the day I was supposed to enter the plane and fly to England and I nearly chickened out of it (Thank god I did not do it!!). |
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One week later I was trying to persuade my boyfriend to move to England with me. I loved it!!
Everything I did or saw was just fantastic: the amount of tea we drank everyday (just like they tell you in the schoolbooks), the work with those wonderful horses (T.C., Bentley and of course my Baby J - I hope they have all learned to swim so that I can pick them up in Calais) and above all the people I met. Everybody was really nice and very open and within days I felt like I had worked at the Mendip Stud forever.
When Lisa offered me to ride Jarvis I was absolutely "over the hill" (my very own expression for so, so, so happy) and when I thought it could not get any better I found myself competing in Badgworth -one of my absolute highlights - taking part in every clinic that was going on and riding even more horses.
There are so many things I have learned during my stay at the Mendip Stud. Especially the work with the foals and broodmares was so interesting as I have never worked on a stud before. There is always something going on and to participate in the clinics of the various trainers was fantastic.
This has been the best summer ever and I cannot wait to come and visit. Thank you, John and Lou, for making me feel so welcome and for giving me this opportunity. I was so lucky and I have made wonderful friends. There is no other way to say it: It was 'beep beeping'* awesome!
Nina
Everyone who met Nina was impressed by her wonderful attitude and joie de vie - everyone who comes here regularly will miss her - everyone wishes you well and hopes you'll come back before you are ' over the hill' - ed J
*Censored by consent of author!
Lessons
and Instruction
at The Mendip Stud
Congratulations to Lisa!
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congratulations to Lisa on gaining her WES instructors certificate - Lisa
has been involved in the industry for the last eight years, four of which
were spent working as an apprentice to Susannah Anderson in East Sussex.
Lisa has already established herself as the life and soul of the party and
when her natural charisma, considerable horsemanship and instruction
skills combine make for some interesting and wonderful lessons. If you'd
like to join in with some of Lisa's trail classes or horsemanship classes
or just have a go at western riding give here a call on 01934 751258 or
fill in an information request/form on the website.
PS - in Lisa's case a supply chocolate biscuits do endear you to the teacher ! JJ |
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Lessons on Western trained Quarter Horses now available - riding school licence and registration gained.
Unless they are western trained horses it is difficult to give first time riders and clients a really good insight into our sport especially within the confines of a hour or so's lesson - to that end we have spent a long time sourcing horses capable of fulfilling that need and at the same time have been working towards obtaining our riding school licence and registration. We are pleased to announce that was obtained a few months ago. We can now offer lessons on quarter horses in the knowledge we have climbed the hurdles and satisfied all the requirements of the red tape brigade.
Anyone interested in lessons should contact Lisa by e-mail on lisa@themendipstud.com or by phone on 01934 751258
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The Mendip Stud is licensed and registered as a riding school Reg. Nr 6443
What
British Breeding Does
For Studs & Breeders
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of the Breeder's Quality Mark (BQM), the British Equestrian Federation's (BEF)
British Breeding seeks not only to improve the standard of studs and stud
management in Britain, but also to facilitate the continued improvement in
the standard of the British bred horse and pony.
Without doubt the two go hand in hand and in examining and setting straight internal processes, procedures and policies under the guidance of the BEF, studs awarded the BQM can achieve a higher standard both in terms of management and in terms of breeding. |
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Information is the key to
improvement. If establishments can obtain access to information easily, it will
help to inform the decisions they make. If it is easy to find which stallions
consistently produce good progeny (carefully bred with a distinct purpose in
mind) in combination with which mares, then the overall standard of horses and
ponies bred in the UK will improve. This is what the National Equine Database
(NED) is all about. Due for launch in the early part of 2007, this web based
data management system will enable users to view equine records and run detailed
reports on their breeding and their performance in combination with that of
their progeny and kin, helping to build up a scientific picture of what crosses
are more likely to achieve long term competitive success. Countries on the
continent have had the benefit of similar systems for years, enabling them to
establish a greater market share in certain sectors. British breeders, having
access to this information from next year, will hopefully be able to make use of
its accessibility to continue to improve the standard of their stock and
eventually the financial rewards which at present are often hard to come by.
British Breeding seeks to support British breeders by making information available through its own programmes and initiatives and its active support of NED. For full details please visit www.bef.co.uk and look in the British Breeding section or contact Jan Rogers direct.
| Jan Rogers Head of Equine Development and Breeding British Equestrian Federation Tel 07725 332595 Email janrogersequine@aol.com Web www.bef.co.uk |
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The Mendip Stud Club - 'The Club'
10% discount - The Western Boot and Saddle Company……….
All full members are now entitled to a 10% discount from Don Fechner's Western Boot and Saddle Company. This discount is available only to members on production of a valid full membership card. Please show Don your card prior to purchase being made - discount cannot be given retrospectively.
Full Membership
· Club afternoon and evenings - Access to facilities
40 times a year at a cost of £1.00 per visit. Full members only ***
· 10% off all clinics - excepting those outside of the UK and/or Clinicians
visiting from abroad.
· 5% off all clinics with clinicians visiting from abroad.
· 10% off all items purchased through our online shop (Postage & Packing at
non -discounted rate)
· Club member's special prices on all Mendip Stud Feed mixes, shavings, and
special offers.
· 48 hour Privileged Booking - all full members will have access and be able to
book clinics 48 hours in advance of general publication. Non-members cannot book
until after 48 hr preview.
· Two 'The Club' shows - each section Western and traditional.
· 10% off all 'pay to enter' non 'The Club' events at the Stud excepting
educational lectures.
· Reduced entry prices on our BBQs ……………
· Access to 'The Club' - merchandise - hats, jackets, tack bags, and other
items.
· 48 hour advanced Newsletter preview.
· Free spectator pass to all Clinics. - Food and drinks excluded.
*** There will be 40 afternoons and evenings - 5 hours
- put aside on different days for both western and traditional members. It is
likely these will be Wednesdays for Western and Mondays for Traditional. These
will be confirmed in due course.
Junior and Student Membership
· 10% off all items purchased through our online shop.
Postage and Packing as normal.
· Club members special prices on all Mendip Stud Feed mixes, shavings, and
special offers
· 10% off all 'pay to enter' non 'The Club' events at the Stud excepting
educational lectures.
· Reduced entry prices on our BBQs ……………
· Access to 'The Club' - merchandise - hats, jackets, tack bags, and other
items.
· 48 hour advanced Newsletter preview.
· 10% off all clinics - excepting those abroad and/or Clinicians visiting from
abroad.
· 5% off all clinics with clinicians visiting from abroad.
· Two 'The Club' shows - each section traditional and western - including a fun
pairs show a year
· Club afternoon and evenings - Access to facilities 40 times a year at a cost
of £1.00 per visit juniors ONLY when accompanied by a Full member.
· Free spectator pass to all Clinics. -Food and drinks excluded.
Associate Membership
· 10% off all items purchased through our online shop.
Postage and Packing as normal.
· Club members special prices on all Mendip Stud Feed mixes, shavings, and
special offers
· 10% off all 'pay to enter' non 'The Club' events at the Stud excepting
educational lectures.
· Reduced entry prices on our BBQs ……………
· Access to 'The Club' - merchandise - hats, jackets, tack bags, and other
items.
· 48 hour advanced Newsletter preview.
· Free spectator pass to all Clinics. -food and drinks excluded.
Full membership £104 a year *** only £2.00 a week
Junior & student membership £ 52 a year** only £1.00 a week
Associate membership £ 25 a year only £0.50 a week
***Payable either in one payment at £100 or two
payments of £52
** Payable either in one payment at £ 50 or two payments of £26
Membership…….from October 1st to September 30th - full payment is for those
joining up to the 31st March 2007 and 50% form 1st March to 30th September 2007.
Winter 2006/spring 2007 prices
| Non Members | 'The Club' members | |
| £35.00 per hour | Individual Lessons Lisa and Celia. Also for individual lessons with Shane, Lee or Bruce | £30.00 per hour |
| £27.50 per hour | Double Lesson - two people together | £22.50 per hour |
| £10.00 per hour | Hire of TMS horse | £10.00 per hour |
| £50.00 per day | Regular clinic by Shane, Lee or Bruce** Western section | £45.00 per day |
** Specialist clinics and
clinics by anyone other than those above will be charged as advertised.
Prices for Clinics for traditional section to be agreed. E&OE
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Happenings planned over the next 12 weeks
| Monday 23rd October | Bruce Lawrence Individual Clinic |
| Saturday 28th October | Blackdown RC Dressage training |
| Thursday 2nd November | BHS stage 1 |
| Thursday 2nd November | Ilan Rosenberg Clinic (a) |
| Friday 3rd November | Ilan Rosenberg Clinic (a) |
| Saturday 4th November | Ilan Rosenberg Clinic (b) |
| Saturday 4th November | WRC dressage - small school |
| Sunday 5th November | Ilan Rosenberg Clinic (b) |
| Friday 10th November | Bruce Lawrence Individual Clinic |
| Thursday 16th November | BHS stage 1 |
| Saturday 18th November | Shane Borland Individual Clinic |
| Saturday 25th November | Shane Borland all day Clinic |
| Sunday 26th November | Shane Borland all day Clinic |
| Thursday 30th November | BHS stage 1 |
| Sunday 3rd December | WRC dressage |
| Friday 8th December | Bruce Lawrence Individual Clinic |
| Saturday 9th December | Sylvia Jäckle Group Clinic |
| Sunday 10th December | Sylvia Jäckle Group Clinic |
| Thursday 14th December | BHS stage 1 |
| Saturday 16th December | Issobel Wessels - FEI dressage and GP rider Clinic |
| Sunday 17th December | Shane Borland Group Clinic (Jingle Bells Fancy Dress) |
| Saturday 23rd December | 'The Club' - mince pies & Ghluwein day (12:00 - 16:00) |
| Saturday 6th January | Lee Rutter all day Clinic |
| Friday 12th January | Bruce Lawrence Individual Clinic |
| Saturday 20th January | Shane Borland Individual Clinic |
At The Mendip Stud unless stated elsewhere
The perfect Christmas gift
Sculpture weekend with
Gill Parker
A personalised voucher in a gold envelope for a sculpture weekend with Gill could make the perfect Christmas gift for the art lover in the family.
The topic for this weekend will be 'The Horse'. Places will be limited to 10 maximum at a cost of £250 per person for the weekend. (Finding subjects wont be a problem - getting them to hold a pose may cause a few interesting moments.) Included in the package will be lunch on both days - basic materials -16 hours tuition with one of the world's most respected equine sculptresses. To view some of Gill's work go to www.gillparker.co.uk
If you are interested please contact the office on 01934 751258 and we'll arrange to get the voucher to you secretly so the gift remains a surprise for the 25th ………….
There are only 10 places on the weekend and only four remaining.
Amateur artists only please.
David
Dellin & Ilan Rosenberg DVD's
Did we miss anyone?
Hopefully by now all of you who ordered your DVD from the clinic you attended have received it. However if you didn't order one at the time but would now like to get a copy then please let us know.
We had intended to produce a DVD that was unique to each person but the constraints of our hardware and software combined with filming 10 people who at times were all moving together meant that proved impossible. We will be working on improving our capabilities in the future but I'm sure the complete footage you received served as a useful reminder of the day and the fabulous instruction offered by these outstanding clinicians.
A warm welcome to the following new readers:
| Alison Lewis | Devon | Stacy Alford | ||
| Sharon Hutley | Southampton | Sandra Martin | Germany | |
| Ashley Gibbons | Jim Dobson | USA | ||
| Fran Conabeare | Devon | Sarah-Jayne Davies | Devon | |
| Judi Harvey | Southampton | Michael Schöberl | Germany | |
| Susan Pomfret | Lancs. | Gianni Matarazzo | Germany | |
| Katyayini T Angre | India | Morey Fisk | Germany | |
| Micheel QH | Germany | Eva Sheppard | London | |
| Dunja & Walter Wehner | Germany | Mark Pannes | London |
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Try our Caption Competition Win a World Equestrian Games baseball cap and key ring from Aachen 2006 courtesy of The Mendip Stud. Send in your thoughts - Closing Date November 5th.
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Just some thoughts.......
Did Noah keep his bees in archives?
How come you play at a
recital, but recite at a play?
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