Iowa Draft Horses and Mules
Iowa Draft Horses and Mules
South Central
Iowa Draft Horse and Mule Association
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6/9/10
Thanks for all you do to help the draft horse industry!
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6/9/10
Doc
Hammill (dochammill.com) is having another draft and driving horse clinic
at the Natural Gait(www.thenaturalgait.com) on
June 25-27. I have been to several of his clinics both at the Natural
Gait and at his ranch in Montana. He is an outstanding teacher, his
classes are small and everyone attending gets personal attention. I have
benefited greatly from his classes.
There
will be two experienced drivers there helping. Steve Wood(www.wildwoodsleighandcarriage.com)
a driving trainer from Mn has many years experience training driving horses and
driving people. Theresa Burns has been driving in carriage competition
since 1978. She will be giving participants the opportunity to drive her
carriage and hear about the sport of carriage driving.
This
is an excellent opportunity for new drivers or those who may want to get into
driving.
More
experience drivers may bring their horses. Auditing is accepted.
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5/27/10
Check out this web site for the "Historic Brown Farm - Central City, IA"
www.brownfarmiowa.com
This is a very interesting place and well worth stopping if you are in the area. They're having "Pioneer Day" 10:00AM - 5:00PM July 18th and it looks like a great time for all!
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5/27/10
Reminder notice! Iowa State Fair Draft Horse Show entries are due by July 1st.
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5/27/10
In conjunction with the Iowa Draft Pony Association, the Top Rail Saddle Club invites you to a hitch show on Sunday, June 6th. This the Pony Association's Club show but the draft horses will be strictly informal. Very small, if any, entry fee and no prizes but I guarantee a great arena to show in and plenty of space. Our Saddle Club has committed money for advertising to hopefully get spectators.
If anyone needs to come the night before or stay over, we will make stalling arrangements at our farm about five miles away.
We are also willing to add classes as exhibitors may request. A potluck supper is planned with the pony people, draft horse people and our Club members. We want to make this a fun horse event (of course, all of them are fun to me if they include a horse).
Please call or email me if you have questions or suggestions.
Nancy Janssen
Wildcat Ranch Belgians
712/830-8610 or 712/688-2410
1476 370th st.
Auburn, IA 51433
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5/24/10
Andrew County Fair
Savannah. Missouri
Saturday June 19th
Fair
Parade............................... 10:00
Draft Horse Obstacle
course.........2:00
Draft Horse
Pull...........................5:30
Contact Wayne Duncan 816-390-5298
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5/17/10
Friends,
Just a reminder about the South
Central Iowa Draft Horse & Mule Association draft horse show and clinic on
June 5th at the saddle club arena in New Virginia. We still need some
volunteers to take entries and an announcer. Dad and I will take up
several wagons for people to use at the show. We know how hard it is to
haul both wagons and horses to an event. We will have our
normal clinic in the morning with harnessing demonstrations and driving
lessons. In the afternoon we will have a all hitch show (we have moved
our farm type classes to the fall). We have lost several draft
horse shows around the state and this is one of the few that
are left. This is a low-key show with no entry fee or prizes! (we do
give trophies for our youth classes). We are having the
show early in the season in hopes that some of the show hitches in the
state would like to come down and get in a practice session before the
main show season starts. Maybe try out a new horse or let the support crew
do some driving. I've attached the show bill. If possible, please
print it out and post it at your local feed store or convenience
store. You never know where the next draft horse enthusiast may
come from! I hope to see you at the show.
Thanks
Jim
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5/1/10
South Central Iowa Draft Horse and Mule Association
Meeting: 8:00 P. M., on Tuesday, May 4, at the Lions Hall in New Virginia. We will discuss the Iowa Horse Fair and the June 5th New Virginia draft horse show and clinic. Please return any Draft Horse Videos you may have borrowed so we can keep them in circulation. Check out our Web site at http://www.iowadrafthorse.com/. Jay's got a lot of new stuff on it! If you are wondering if your dues are paid up. just contact me and I'll check my records.
Thanks
Jim Stuart,
515-971-1254
4/16/10
I am parade chairperson for Thornton's Quasquicentennial Parade to be held on July 10, 2010...do you know of any draft horse teams that march in parades and if so would you send me names and phone numbers or email addresses...we had the sparrow 40 hitch in our centennial parade and would love to have some horses in our quasqui parade...thank you for your time and effort ahead of time....
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4/14/10: Several members of the club were at our booth during the Iowa Horse Fair to promote the club and the draft horse industry in Iowa. Thanks to all of them and the teamsters who brought their horses for rides during the event and all who helped out with the harnessing demonstrations. These people gave up a lot of their time over the weekend to share knowledge of draft horses with others - GOOD WORK! There are some pictures of the event on the photo page.
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2/3/2010: As many of you already know, the 2010 World Percheron Congress will be held at the Iowa State fairgrounds in October of this year. Some of the Iowa Percheron breeders are listed on a new website listed below - check it out!
www.iapercheroncongress2010.com
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