Iowa Draft Horses and Mules
Iowa Draft Horses and Mules
1/11/12:
South Central Iowa Draft Horse and Mule Association
Our annual potluck dinner will be held at 1:00 on Sunday, January 15, at the Community Center in Woodburn. Please bring a dish to share and your own table service. If you would like to donate a small item to be given as a door prize, please bring it to the meeting. Names will be drawn from a hat to distribute the door prizes.
Membership dues are $10 per family. If you cant make it to the meeting, please send dues to:
Jim Stuart,
1121 G76 Hwy,
New Virginia, IA 50210
For more information call 515-971-1254 or email jstuart@iowatelecom.net.
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12/20/11:
Heavy horse farrier ready for business. This is a much needed service in this central Iowa area:
Yoder's Horse Shoeing/Samual Yoder
Shoeing and trimming of all sizes
Newton, IA
641.521.9240
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12/16/11:
The Iowa Percheron Association: Organized in 2012, this new state level group was pulled together to promote Percherons in Iowa: Iowa Percheron Association
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10/19/11:
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9/27/11:
The 2011 trail ride will be held on the farm of Jim Criswell. Jim's farm is located Northeast of Montezuma and Southwest of Brooklyn. We are planning on Saturday, October 15th with a backup day of October 22nd. I use the term backup day due to the fact that we may get rained out on the 15th or in the event that we get too much rain prior to the 15th for Jim to get his crops out. We are planning on staying in the fields as much as possible and should have minimal time on the gravel roads. There are several small streams with rock crossings that we will try to incorporate in the ride, however most if not all are likely dried up due to lack of rain. The farm is divided by the English River and some of the ride will follow it. The plan at this time is to start mid morning, have everyone bring a sack lunch and stop somewhere along the ride to eat, then serve a chili supper around the campfire. There is a good sized pond for anyone who wants to bring a pole and go fishing. There is a large arena where folks can work with there horses, pin there horses, etc. There is plenty of parking for trucks and trailers/campers. Everyone is welcome to camp and stay Saturday night and I'm sure we could cook up some iron skillet breakfast of some kind in the morning. There is the possibility that the double wide trailer at the farm might be empty by the time of the ride and be able to be used by those who would want to just throw a sleeping bag out on the floor instead of bringing a tent/camper or just staying in your horse trailer, etc. Jim has recently purchased another house and it's just a matter of if he has moved out by then. We will try to let you know a few days in advance if this is going to be an option.
Directions
From Interstate 80 take exit 197 (Brooklyn) south. You will be on county highway V18. You will go south approximately 4.5 miles to 460th Ave. Turn right and head west on 460th (gravel). Turn right at 155th St. (the first intersection you come to). Go a couple hundred yards and turn right into Jim's driveway. His address is 4589 155th Street, Monetzuma, Ia 50171.
From Highway 85 (the highway that runs east and west through Montezuma). East of Montezuma turn north on county highway V18 and go north several miles to 460th Ave. and turn left. Then follow the rest of the directions as stated above.
There are other ways of getting there, but these are the ways easiest to explain and have the least amount of gravel.
Any questions just email me at brad@iowadrafthorse.com or call me at 515-202-6906.
Thanks,
Brad Criswell
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9/25/11:
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9/19/11:
New Virginia Draft Horse Show Results:
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9/6/11:
South Central Iowa Draft Horse & Mule Association
I will have the September 6th meeting at my home. I plan on hooking a 6-up and letting anyone that wants to have a chance at driving them. I?ll hook up at 5:00 and we can have our meeting around 7:30. My place is just west of the New Virginia exit off of I-35 (exit 43), first driveway on the north side of the road.
We will discuss our show and clinic coming up on Sept. 17th. The clinic is from 9:00 to 11:30; the farm hitch show starts at noon. We will have an obstacle course, log pull, barnyard pull, and feed team race.
We will discuss a fall wagon train ride at the meeting. If you have any ideas of a place to go, please let us know at the meeting.
Jim Stuart
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