MHAO Stable Sheet -

October 2024

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From Your Board Of Directors

This is my final year as your club president. I have greatly enjoyed serving you. I love the Morgan breed and all the Morgan people I know and have met. You are all very special. I will continue to serve on the Board for at least another year, but after that I need to start slowing down. That means we need someone or a group of people to take over the publication of the monthly Stable Sheet, someone to pick up the management of our Stallion Service Auction and someone to manage our Futurity. Any volunteers? This year you can join one of these committees as a volunteer and I can mentor you if you like.

Clubs play an important part in preserving and promoting the Morgan breed. Not only do they serve their membership, they work to promote the breed in a coordinated way, and to bring in new Morgan horse owners to our community. MHAO is also the keeper of the only remaining Morgan horse show in Oregon. I hope more of you will get involved in any way you can. You are needed. The Stable Sheet is an important way to promote communication and involvement among us. One way to help keep our newsletter going is to place ads or your business card into this publication. Rates to do so are very reasonable. That helps us to offset our cost for using the Constant Contact program. It is a way that MHAO can encourage inner trade within the Morgan community. Let others know what you do. Another is to sponsor a program or be a sponsor of the Oregon Morgan Classic. If you have ideas of other things the club should be doing, I hope you will step forward and let your voice be heard.

Ballots should be hitting your email address very shortly if they have not already. We need you to vote. Doana has made it very easy for you to vote right off the email you will receive. The results will be announced at our Award Banquet on November 10th. We hope to see you there. More information about the banquet can be found later in this Stable Sheet. We will provide your meal at the banquet, and this year we want to celebrate in more of a party atmosphere. Bring a dessert for the Silent Auction and.....

Come Join Us! Let's party!

Here is our latest list of members as of August 11th. If you have not renewed yet, please do. If you know someone who owns a Morgan horse but is not a current member, please ask them to join. We are stronger together. Our local Morgan community needs MHAO to help with the preservation and promotion of this wonderful breed. MHAO offers a full array of programs for our members which can be seen on our website - www.morganhorseoregon.com. MHAO needs members and their voices to remain a viable and highly valued organization here to serve the Morgan community.

Individual Membership - $30 (gives you 1 vote)

Family Membership - $35 (gives you 2 votes)

Dues received in September or after cover your 2025 membership year

Another way you can help: if an MHAO member sells a Morgan horse to a first time Morgan owner, that new owner can have a free MHAO membership in the year of purchase. Just fill out a membership form with them and send it to Karen Breckenridge as outlined on the form. Where it asks for payment information write "First Time Morgan Owner", who you bought the horse from, and sign your name. It will be our job to earn their paid membership thereafter. Send me their email address so I can add them to our distribution list for the Stable Sheet. sunstonemorgans@comcast.net

The membership form is also available on our website

www.morganhorseoregon.com

Calling all members who offer a service or product in any industry

Do you have a business card? You can put it in the monthly Stable Sheet newsletter for just $10 per year. Let MHAO members know what you do, and give them an easy way to contact you! Ads are also welcome at very reasonable rates.

Contact: Gay Adams,

(503) 936-4276

sunstonemorgans@comcast.net

Advertise With MHAO

MHAO Foal Photo Contest

• Anyone can enter. You do not need to be an MHAO member.
• Each entrant can submit up to 4 photos
• Photos can be from any year
• Foals do not need to be entered in our Futurity
• If your photo is by a professional photographer, I need written permission to use the photo for the contest and as the cover shot for the 2025 MHAO Breeders' Cup Futurity Booklet.

First

place photo wins $100

Second place photo wins $75

Third place photo wins $50

Only a few photos received so far. Please get your photos in by October 31st! The winners will be announced at the MHAO Award Banquet.

This is a great way to promote your breeding program or foal, and to support the MHAO Futurity. Use this form to enter. For any questions, contact:

Gay Adams, (503) 936-4276, sunstonemorgans@comcast.net

Click here to download the 2025 flyer and submission form

Follow the instructions on the form. For questions contact Sandi Humphfres

or Karen Breckenridge.

Sandi - firemed13@yahoo.com

Karen - wylieriley@aol.com

Ride/Drive Program

Close date is October 15th for the current year

Click here to download the program and forms needed

If you ride or drive a Morgan horse anywhere, even at home, you need to be enrolled in this program.

For questions, contact Sandi Humphfres - firemed13@yahoo.com

Fees:

Initial Nomination Fee - $45

if paid by December 31st in the year the foal is born.

Annual Renewal Fees - $25

thru the foals 4 yr old year if paid by March 31st

If a nomination fee or renewal fee is paid late,

$100 per fee

Class Entry Fees - $25 per class if paid by June 1st,

$50 thereafter

Halter classes offered thru the foal's 2-yr-old year

in 2 divisions - Traditional & Sport/Western

If they win 1st or 2nd in their halter class, they

qualify to go on to their associated Sweepstakes class

A full array of Futurity performance classes are offered for 3 & 4 yr olds.

3 yr old saddle classes are walk/trot

Prize money offered in all classes.

The 4-yr-old with the highest number of points through their

5 yr program will win a Futurity High Point Award

Bonus payments go to the stallion owner and the mare owner

for MHAO Stallion Service Auction get that win

Sweepstakes Champion or Sweepstakes Reserve Champion

The dam of the Sweepstakes Champions or Reserve Champions

will be honored on our website, in the next year's Futurity Booklet and at the next year's Oregon Morgan Classic.

Click here to download a copy of the Futurity Rules

Click here to download a 2024 Nomination Form

For questions or assistance, contact Gay Adams

(503) 936-4276, sunstonemorgans@comcast.net

For questions or to add names to our distribution list for

the Youth Newsletter, contact:

Camryn Nicholson, camrynnicholson7@gmail.com

Kyndle Cummins, moorekyndle@gmail.com

You Are Invited to a very fun event! Don't miss out on the chance to mingle, play some games, and win some great door prizes!

Lunch provided by MHAO!

Bring a dessert for the Silent Auction. Proceeds will go to support club activities.

Click here to read the latest issue.

Let Shelley Bullard know if you would like to be added to her distribution list. skedling@aol.com

1973 AMHA Board Meeting in Portland - Youth Momentum table.

Left to right: Susie Loomis, Carol Weed, Kirsten Van Dyke, Lyneil Chase, and Nancy Eidam.

We will try one more time.

 Who is the rider &/or horse in this picture?

Articles:

• How Veterinary-Directed Rehabilitation is Returning Injured Equine Athletes to the Highest Levels of Competition
• Move Over Microbota - How Gut Health Supports Immune Health
• Beyond The Blood - Exploring Anemia In Horses
• Equine Herpesvirus (EHV-1) - Going Viral
• Equine Sarcoids - Understanding Potential Causes, Transmission, and Treatment Considerations



As a regular feature, I would love to start including information in this newsletter about breeding programs, stallions and mares out of history in the Northwest. Also about local stallions now and in the past, or stallions who may have been located elsewhere but were used a lot for breeding in our Western Region. Do you have pictures and information or a story you can share?

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/sonoma5

• Does Feeding Sulfur Help The Hoof?
• Video: What Are You Feeding Your Horse?

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Share YOUR Grand National Experience!

Click here to read the 9/23/2024 News Brief from AMHA

Available now to order online and at Nationals

Article from AMHA:

• Wills & Directives: Safeguarding the Future of Horses We Love

ADS members are gathering October 9–13, 2024, at Big Sky Farm in Southern Pines, North Carolina, for four days of parties, education, driving, and camaraderie. Members may attend with your without their equines; there will be a full schedule of events for all including various drives, competitive cones courses, a golf cart cones course, a dressage clinic with Tracey Morgan, tours, and more. And, there will be the 2024 Annual Meeting of Members and ADS 50th Anniversary Gala & Awards Dinner, too!

For questions, call (608) 237-7382 M (9-5 Eastern), T (9-1), Th (9-1), F (9-5).

Members may also attend the Annual Meeting via Zoom on October 12, 2024, from 4–5 p.m. (Eastern) via Zoom. Registration is free for all members.

Click here to learn more or to register.

What is School of Ranch?

 School of Ranch is a Central Oregon based 501c3 nonprofit. We hire experienced locals to teach practical and artisan skills, live and in person. Beyond teaching skills and creating paying gigs, we help strengthen our community by bringing people together in person and helping them find common ground, the basis for a strong community.

It's that time again! I'm happy to promote your events and news for in our newsletter. The list is now 1700+. We also can - space permitting - include you for free in our Facebook/Instagram advertising program. Deadline for newsletter is the end of each month. I can run ads any time. We update the ads every Saturday.

Newsletter Items Submission

 Please format items as follows for events:

September 21. OSU Extension presents, "Pastures and Grazing Management," produced by School of Ranch.  Topics at this workshop include the sins of overgrazing, techniques for rotational grazing, pasture grass species, and a brief talk about poisonous plants in pastures. If you are an aspiring pastoralist, please join us to avoid the sins of overgrazing, gain the benefits of windbreaks, visualize rotational grazing, be able to identify poison and water hemlock, and take an interesting farm tour.

Price: Contribute what you can

Time: 5:30pm to 8:00pm

Location: Ghost Rock Ranch, 23525 Bear Creek Road, Bend

Get Details:https://schoolofranch.org/w-osu-soil-pasture

Mark Gross

Founder, School of Ranch

650-224-6750

www.schoolofranch.org

Please join School of Ranch. We rely on your support. School of Ranch is a member of the Oregon Horse Council.

Articles from The Oregon Horse Council:

• Now Is The Time To Prepare Fall Pastures
• Hurricane Helene North Carolina Equine Disaster Relief
• October Edition NW Horse Source Magazine
• From NW Horse Source: Equine Wellness - How Low Light Affects Our Horses
• No On Oregon IP28 (2026 ballot)

Click here to see how the Oregon Horse Council has worked for our industry in watching what is going on in our Legislature.

The 2024 Oregon Outdoor Recreation Summit continues to bring together two of Oregon’s premier outdoor recreation events: the Oregon Outdoor Recreation Summit and Oregon Trails Summit. The summit combines fun and high-impact in-person networking opportunities with conference programming on the important issues of the day, educational content, trails stewardship work parties, and in-field tours and workshops. The summit will convene Oregon’s diverse outdoor community to learn, build relationships, and find solutions to the challenges in developing and elevating outdoor recreation opportunities for all.

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If you require financial assistance to attend the Summit, please complete a scholarship application before October 15, 2024.

We have a general scholarship fund for anyone who needs one and a Tribal and Rural Leaders Scholarship Fund made possible with the support of the Roundhouse Foundation. 

Continuing Education Credits are offered for approved sessions through our partner, American Trails. Learn more on our logistics page.

We value your participation! To request an interpreter or other accommodations, contact steph.noll@oregontrailscoalition.org.

Event address:

17600 Center Dr, Sunriver, Oregon, 97707

For more information or to register, click here.

Let's keep our equestrian trails in the picture. Please attend if you can and let your voice be heard.

September 8, 2024 by American Association of Equine Practitioners

Summer and fall are the peak time for arbovirus infection as these diseases (which include Eastern Equine Encephalitis [EEE], West Nile Virus [WNV], Western Equine Encephalitis [WEE] and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis [VEE]) are transmitted by several different species of mosquitoes and biting insects.

With more states reporting cases of West Nile Virus (28 cases have been reported in August as of today), this is your reminder to keep your horses up to date on vaccinations with the guidance of your veterinarian to best protect your equine friends from infection.

Learn more about West Nile Virus and find downloadable resources on the Equine Disease Communication Center‘s website at: https://www.equinediseasecc.org/west-nile-virus

OHC is the primary sponsor and host of Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue courses taught by world renowned expert, Dr. Rebecca Husted. These trainings are open to anyone, but are specifically geared towards fire department personnel, first responders, veterinarians, search & rescue members, animal rescue specialists, livestock breeders, horse trainers, and any large animal owner that wants to be more prepared.

This intense training will show you the proper ways to respond and prepare for large animal emergencies. The TLAER training courses introduces the latest concepts, techniques, procedures and equipment being used today – to learn to work together on a scene and build a great incident action plan, then extricate the animal safely for both the animal and responders. All who attend the whole course will receive a certificate of completion.

**The TLAER courses produced by OHC qualify for 16 Oregon Vet Board CE Credits. **

The instructor communicates and networks with people all around the world to develop innovative tactics, techniques and procedures to share with their students. TLAER, Inc’s ongoing research and development focus on simple and practical applications with student-suggested improvements. Courses are updated constantly, allowing students to learn the most current methods and equipment in each course. Instructors are horse and cattle people so they know about the behavior of animals and people and how that applies on-scene.

Click here for more information or to register.

The only statewide equine resource in Oregon!

Distributed throughout Oregon at:

Feed Stores – Tack Stores – Equine Events and Shows – Veterinarian Offices – Annual Association Conferences & Banquets – All OHC booths.  Also available as a .PDF and a searchable directory on our website.

SUBMIT YOUR 2025 LISTING HERE

All Equine Related Businesses and Organizations can receive a FREE Classified Listing!

PREMIER classified listings are included with memberships starting at $50 per year.

Ribbons of Service is open to all youth members who compete in equestrian competitions in many divisions, including Morgans! Participants in the UPHA Ribbons of Service program have raised thousands of dollars each year for St. Jude and other charities. The program teaches youth members the importance of community service by donating their time to those in need. Through this program, kids learn the value of helping those less fortunate.

Their service year runs November 1 through October 31 of the following year. So, the kids are about to wrap up their 2024 season. If you have Ribbons of Service participants in your community, please be sure to support them through this final month of their exceptional endeavor.

And there have been lots of updates to the www.MHCWS.org webpage, too!

Take a look!

To advertise in the Stable Sheet, contact Gay Adams - (503) 936-4276 or

sunstonemorgans@comcast.net

Click here to track results! Our Northwest is well represented!

1,039 Horses entered

766 Owners sending horses

These numbers are off entry information.

No affect of the hurricane/s is included in these numbers.

The 52nd Annual Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show® is well under way, but there are still a few days left to enjoy...including Championship night! Live coverage runs through Saturday, October 12.

All four rings will be produced and live streamed by Richfield Video Productions. You can access them live for $35/day or $175 for the entire show. After you have made your purchase, return HERE and click the link to login to your account. For technical assistance, please contact Richfield Video.

For the class schedule, click HERE and ENJOY the show!!!

Thursday 10/10

·    Breyer Fun Day - Breyer Youth Center

·    9:30 to 11:30 a.m.- Paint your Breyer Horse

·    1 p.m.- SHOW your Breyer Horse!

·    Carriage Exhibitors' Meeting - Barn 3 Sales Arena, 30 minutes after the last carriage class of afternoon session in Barn 8 Arena

·    Shopping Extravaganza - 6–7:30 p.m. Coliseum Concourse. Shop at the Commercial Exhibitors with refreshments. Register to win a $250 gift certificate for Commercial Exhibitors.

Friday 10/11

·    Costume Classes - Barn 1 Warm-Up Ring, following the last class of the Coliseum's morning session (not before 11:30 a.m.) Sign up at the gate! Two classes: one with horses, one without.

·    First Time Exhibitors Photo - Coliseum at 6:15 p.m.

·    John & Georgie Green Hall of Fame Induction - Join us in honoring inductee Sherry Cole during the evening session, after class 213 in the Coliseum.

Saturday 10/12

·    Reining/Ranch/Trail Exhibitors' Meeting - Barn 8 Stands, following the last reining class of the morning session in the Barn 8 Arena

Around the Ring Refreshments - Food stations will be set up around the ring in the Coliseum during the evening session. Come celebrate the last day of the show!

The World Morgan Futurity Stallion Service Auction is a definite WIN-WIN for everyone. Through a great partnership, The Morgan Horse Foundation, Inc. and the World Morgan Futurity have been able to generate many thousands of dollars each year for the betterment of our beloved breed.

• There is no minimum bid guarantee by the stallion owner.
• The stallion will automatically be nominated to the World Morgan Futurity.
• Auction bonus multipliers – win up to $40,000 by winning a World Championship in the World Morgan Futurity with a resulting foal from the auction.
• Bidding will begin during the Grand National & World Championship Morgan Horse Show® with the top 10 bids moving to a live auction Friday, March 7, 2025, at the AMHA Annual Meeting & Clinic.
• All remaining contracts will be sold Friday, February 28, 2025, at 6 p.m.
• AMHA will be on-site and accepting bids during the Superior Morgan Horse Sale.

 The AMHA Hall of Fame, AMHA Person of the Year, and AMHA Professional Horseman of the Year awards will be distributed at the UPHA National Conference, which will take place January 8-11, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. All other awards will be distributed at the AMHA Annual Meeting & Clinic Weekend, which will take place March 6-8, 2025 in Newark, Ohio. The three AMHA awards given at the UPHA National Conference will still be recognized at the AMHA Annual Meeting & Clinic Weekend. Visit UPHA's website for more information on the UPHA National Convention, and stay tuned for more information on the AMHA Annual Meeting & Clinic Weekend!

Included in the next Sections:

Section 2:

Pictures from Nationals

Section 3:

Classified Ads

Advertising Thru MHAO

How to become an MHAO Member

Oregon Horse Council News

USEF News

AMHA News