CO NTENTS 2 On the Cover 3 President’s Message 4 2013 Board of Directors 5 2013 Gold & Silver Sponsors 8 2013 AAHABC Year End Banquet 9 2012 AAHABC Highpoints 15 Region XVII Show Chair Letter 16 2013 Region XVII Championships : Back in BC! 17 AAHABC May Classic 18 AAHABC Dog Races 19 AAHABC Fall Frolic 20 News 23 Liz Bentley Clinic by Ashleigh Clark 29 Scottsdale 2013 by Lyle Osberg 30 2013 AAHABC Scottsdale Results 34 Ponoka Pony by Bonnie Schneider 40 Jibbah 2013: Dates & Deadlines 41 AAHABC Membership Form 43 AAHABC Scholarship Form 45 AAHABC Sponsorship Form 1 ON THE COVE R 2 PRESIDENT’S M ES S AGE Welcome to the 2013 AAHABC Show Season. We are looking forward to our Annual Classic Region 17 Double Qualifier at Thunderbird Show Park, in Langley, May 9 to 12. Thank you for your generous support in getting our classes sponsored. We are looking forward to seeing all of you at the show. We will be holding a ‘Dog Race’ on Friday evening May 10, near 6:30 pm and our halter classes will follow the Dog Race. Bring your dogs and participate or come on out and watch. The Region 17 Show Commission for the Championship Show visited TBird on April 5th. They are looking forward to hosting the show in Langley. On April 6th, your AAHABC delegates, Brenda Driediger, Nicki Muller and I attended the Regional Meeting held in Richmond, BC. This year, the Regional Show will take place at Thunderbird, July 22 – 28th. For this year, Sport Horse In Hand will be split by type (dressage and hunter type) and you may cross enter. Please have a look at the Region 17 web site. There is a survey designed to find out what the Region 17 members want for their Championship prizes in the future. Please participate and give your opinion. There is a new facility being built in Calgary, the Western Event Centre at Stampede Park. The completion date is July 2014 and it will be the new home of the Region 17 Championship Show in 2014. Each year, we have teams registered in the AHA Regional Youth Team Tournament. This year the Reserve Champion Team is AAHABC Team #1. Their Team Coach is Brenda Dreidiger. The teams members are: Natalie Alves, Rebecca Alves, Cheyenne Cook, Sarah Burke, Cassie Bosworth, and Mackenzie Lycan. Their recognition awards will be presented at the May Show. If you have a group of youth that would like to register as a team for the 2013 Show Year, please have them registered by May 1. Because so many of our members will be participating in the 56th Annual Canadian Nationals Show, in Brandon, Manitoba, August 12-17, AAHABC has agreed to sponsor a Canadian National Championship Class plus five National Champion Garlands. The AAHABC Year End Awards Banquet was held January 26th at the Rondezvous Greek Restaurant. It was a very successful evening. A BIG thank you to the Banquet Committee. I believe it to be one of the most successful banquets we’ve had. Mark your calendars for January 18, 2014 for next year’s celebration at the Rondezvous. Kimberly Toye 3 20 13 DIRECTORS President: Kimberly Toye Vice President: Nicki Muller Treasurer: Berni vanLieshout Secretary: Lori Osberg Directors: Lyle Osberg Joan Arnett Brenda Driediger Maureen Gough Erin Oberman Arron Oberman Doug Archibald Tamara Alves Tony Alves Linda Picul Dolores Roberts Sandra Mann Alternate Director: Gerda Hill Jibbah Editor: Ashley Lauren Toye 4 20 13 GOLD & SILVE R SPON SORS Please consider joining this elite group! Contact [email protected] for further information Gold Sponsors Excelsior Stables | Nicki Muller Training - Nicki Muller Driediger Farms Arabian Show Horses - Brenda Driediger Paul Quinn –RE/MAX Colonial Pacific Realty Northridge Farms – Steve & Michelle Dixon Christyhill Farm & Boarding Stable – Wayne, Gerda & Stacey Hill STLA - Sky’s The Limit Arabians – Sandra Arabsky & Herman Steunenberg Silver Sponsors Dixon’s Farrier Service – Steve, John & Keith Dixon West Coast Training & Horesmanship – Jim Greendyk 5 8 20 12 AAHABC HIGHPOINTS ARABIAN SPORT HORSE IN HAND ATH ARABIAN HUNTER AATR CHAMPION | VERSACIA+++/ & NICOLE QUINN CHAMPION | PSONIC+ & JULIA POSTILL RESERVE CHAMPION | DC PSYLHOUETTE & RESERVE CHAMPION | GSF MAKIN A FORTUNE DEIDRA MORRISON ++++// & ASHLEIGH CLARK TOP FIVE TOP FIVE APACHE PRINCE SA & SELEYNA HARRIS ANYTHING BUT SHY & CORI WILSON GH MADDOX+++/ & JOANNA BURKE BIT O ECHO+// & BONNIE SCHNEIDER GSF MAKIN A FORTUNE++++// & ASHLEIGH CLARK UA UNDENIABLE CYTE & JESSI STEVENS HALF-ARABIAN HUNTER JTR HALF-ARABIAN COSTUME & SIDE SADDLE – OPEN CHAMPION | HANDYMANN+++// & CHAMPION | SHAKE IT UP BABY+ & NATALIE ALVES LAURA LEITCH RESERVE CHAMPION | TOLSTOI+/ & RESERVE CHAMPION | CHUBASKSKO+ & MACKINLEY WILSON LAUREN ROSS TOP FIVE TOP FIVE ULTRA V LIGHT+// & EMILY FAST SS MAZARADY BAY++/ & CASSIE BOSWORTH MIMOSA LOA+/ & SARAH KAVANAGH JM OH SO FINE+// & SACHA KAZAKOFF JM OH SO FINE+// & SACHA KAZAKOFF IM SO EXCYTED PPA++ & JAN MITCHELL DA SOBASTIAN+ & LAURA LEITCH ARABIAN COSTUME & SIDE SADDLE OPEN CHAMPION | CC TENANGO & NANCY ARABIAN HALTER – GELDINGS AND STALLIONS HOOLSEMA CHAMPION | GH MARKAINE & FRAN FISCHER RESERVE CHAMPION | FV MAJESTIC RABBA & RESERVE CHAMPION | VARGAS JCA+ & LINDA PICUL REBECCA ALVES TOP FIVE TOP FIVE ES STALLONE & NICKI MULLER ERMANNO RE & JADRIAN SCHEU ROL INCYNK & MARILYN MORRIS FF SANTANA & VERA SUTTON VERSACIA+++/ & NICOLE QUINN SSHAQ+++/ & DEBBIE CANADAY HALF-ARABIAN SPORT HORSE SHOW HACK HALF-ARABIAN GELDING SPORT HORSE IN-HAND CHAMPION | STARLORD RHYTHM++++// & CHAMPION | INCYTE+++// & MICHELLE DIXON DANIELLA GRAY RESERVE CHAMPION | HANDYMANN+++// & RESERVE CHAMPION | STRIKES BRAVEHEART & LAURA LEITCH KATHLEEN FRYER TOP FIVE TOP FIVE HANDYMANN+++// & LAURA LEITCH SS MAZARADY BAY++/ & CASSIE BOSWORTH ES YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN+ & BERNI VAN LIESHOUT CAMERA SHY & CORI WILSON DA SOBASTIAN+ & LAURA LEITCH BLOND JAMES BLOND++ & MARLA PATTERSON 9