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...Current News - Dec 31, 2006

The Unwritten Rules of Eventing - This is a MUST READ for everyone involved in the sport. Please read and take this to heart! It is WONDERFUL! Author is Denny Emerson, and is featured in www.chronofhorse.com

The WREA newsletter was emailed to each valid email address that we currently have. The following folks either had no email address listed or one that "bounced back" when emailed. If you are one of the folks listed below, or know the email address for one of the folks listed below, please click-here to let us know. Also, if your snail-mail address has changed, please let us know that too. We'd like to be sure everyone gets a banquet invitation! Thanks :) Kerry Duncan Darcy Conklin Harriet Stephens Kitty Ferguson Mary Ann Miller Robin Sundeen

Thermo Bucket - new product to keep horse water from freezing looks promising, and no electricity is needed! Liz Elias has had good results with this up in the cold country of Summit County! Details on this product can be found here.

NOTICE - The Moonrock, WY Event for June 8-10 has been cancelled. Please see their website for details. The other Moonrock activities are to proceed as planned.

Important EVA Update from Utah's state veterinarian. Also a public EVA information session is to be held on December 12th. Please Click HERE for details.

MEMBERSHIP- The WREA Board would like to double check the 2006 Membership Roster. Please click here to verify that your name is listed, if you joined WREA anytime in 2006. Thanks!

2007 is already looking like a wonderful year for the sport of Combined Training and for WREA. The official Area IX calendar is now available, plus many schooling events are already scheduled for our locale. Check out both on the WREA Calendar page (click the link to the left). Many good things are in the works for WREA. News and Developments will be posted soon.

Year End Points for Awards are due by Dec. 31st. Reports received after that date won't be tallied. Please submit your reports as soon as possible. Forms are available by clicking the link on the left. Also, for anyone who competed at Windy Wyoming in the BN division, the official results haven't been posted to the USEA web site, so please be sure to include your placings, etc. from there.

Enjoy a few pictures from the Pumpkin Event by clicking here. Pictures were contributed by Will Rottgering. If you have pictures to share, please email your webmaster.

MEMBERSHIP MEETING Minutes - There was a general membership meeting on Monday, Oct. 30th at 7PM at the home of Sally & Kevin Shannon. Click here to read the meeting minutes.

EVENT SEASON WRAP-UP - Although it was sad to see our abbreviated eventing season come to a close last Saturday, The Great Pumpkin Event was a smashing success! About 40 riders came out to enjoy a spectacularly beautiful day! I hope that some of you will submit pictures I can share with the membership. Please email your webmaster

The summer 2 phase series has just finished. Results are posted on the JBE website. A big thank you goes to Bonnie East for doing that series again and providing local, low cost opportunities for new (and some Old) riders to get some competition experience... Pete

Golden Spike Horse Trial refund checks were mailed Monday, October 2, 2006. All riders received $106 of their entry fee, stabling fees in full,and USEA/USEF fees in full, less late fees, change fees, and office fees, and any over or underpayment as appropriate. As stated in the omnibus, refunds were given after expenses. Expenses deducted from entry fees included airline fees, travel fees, official fees, omnibus listing fees, etc. Ribbons, prizes, and the facility deposit will all be used next year, so those charges were not counted as expenses for this year. No costs associated with facility improvement or maintenance were included as expenses either. Call Trisha at (801) 556-6221 if you have questions.

Here is an update on some very nice improvements to the Colorado Horse Park. Please click here to check this out.

World-Class Clinics with Jan Bynny (10/28 weekend), Eric Smiley(11/10 weekend) and Wayne Quarles(11/10 weekend)will soon be here. Please check the Calendar Page for details.

EVA Update - The virus has been diagnosed in some new locations, including at least one outside of Salt Lake county. If you are traveling anywhere with your horse, it is wise to call ahead to check the EVA status of the facility. As of now, several stables are once again under quarentine, which means horses don't come in or go out. Some facilities without EVA cases are requesting that outside horses stay away, to reduce the chance of exposure. We can hope the upcoming cold front will slow or halt the progression of EVA, but in the mean time, we all must do what we can to stop the spread.

Debbie McDonald Clinic - WOW, What a Wonderful Experience - click for a review

Golden Spike Horse Trials - After consulting with the state vets, the organizers of GSHT have elected to CANCEL this event, due to EVA concerns. A letter from the show organizers can be read HERE. A second letter has just been posted pertaining to some follow up issues which can be read HERE. Please direct any questions to Ann George - annmgeorge@yahoo.com The Lynnleigh Farm Show and Used Tack Sale for Sept. is also CANCELLED.

Megan Palmer and Danielle Marquis show us how its done! Windy Wyoming HT pictures - provided by Amii Harmon www.TWSphotos.com

Windy Wyoming HT - Many WREA riders participated last weekend in the HT at Laramie. In spite of some rain, it is reported that all had a very enjoyable outing in a lovely place! More details will be added, as they become available. The event organizers were delighted to see a sizeable group from SLC, which included: Bonnie East, John Files, Dale Woolsey, Danielle Marquis, Megan Palmer, Covi King and Carolyn McLean. If anyone else out there can provide any additions or details, please email them to the webmaster! Results of the HT should be posted soon. Click here to access the Event web site.

Gold Medal Ride - Lauren Shannon from Park City, and her "under-21" British team members won the Gold Medal at the recent European Championships in Pardubice, Czech Republic --- Way to go Lauren!

EVA - by now, most of you are aware that the Salt Lake area is experiencing an outbreak of Equine Viral Arteritis. Although this disease isn't a major threat to most riding horses, it is extremely serious to any breeding stock. Up to 60% of pregnant mares that get the virus, will abort their foals, and infected stallions can pass the virus. Until the outbreak quiets down a bit, many shows are being cancelled or rescheduled. Wasatch Pony Club has rescheduled their popular Pumpkin Event from August 19th to October 21st. Please see the WREA Event Calendar page for details. Also, be sure to check with any show or clinic organizer before traveling during the next few months, and be cautious about letting your horse visit with other horses or sharing feed pans, bits, etc.

News From Rebecca Farms - WREA's Novice Purple Eggplant team finished an impressive 3rd in the Chronicle of the Horse Adult Team Challenge. Not even the sweltering 100-degree temperatures could skew their impressive performance! Kudos to the team members: Ellen Guthrie, Kim Henneman, Timmie Kent and Julie Taylor! For those of you who didn't make it up there, be sure to take the virtual course walk on the Rebecca Farms web site; it is most impressive! More good news on Rebecca came in on 9/21... Here it is! America’s Favorite Cookie team won 2nd in the Training Division of Chronicle of the Horse Adult Team Challenge! On the team were: Ann MacDonald on Chances Are; Mari Heybroek on Chip; Erin Hofmann on Macchiato and Kate Swain on Starvin’Marvin. Erin and Macchiato also took the individual sixth place. Robin Sundeen on The Dark Horse, owned by Mary Lou Hamill, took first place in the Open Training Division, finishing on their dressage score. Thanks to everyone for their input on this! If there is anything missing, just let me know.