Horse clinic rescheduled due to weather!!

Tonights clinic with Rose Dykstra on natural horsemanship is going to have to be cancelled due to the severe weather heading our way.

We will reschedule for thursday this week June 3rd  5:30pm at the Cresco Saddle Club arena  -

ALSO we will be watching the weather for tomorrow nights workout as well..

We do have a mock clinic/show scheuduled for next week wednesday June 9th during our regular work out time.   We will have a visiting judge here to help us with that. Her name is Aimee Rieland, she has shown and trained pleasure horses for many years and is an excellent resource for us!!

barrel Clinic

We had a wonderful day at the 4H barrel clinic today (Saturday May 22). Lots of new techniques learned, and some nice barrel runs.  The weather was awesome and we had a great turn out of kids. Thanks to Wendy for all her help!!  The fastest time turned in on the second run was by Kate Grover, the most improved rider/horse of the day was Shianne Throndson, with the runner up as Steph Riecks.

The link to the barrel runs are below. - These are posted on YouTube under user name Howardcountyiowa.
have a look..
http://www.youtube.com/user/howardcountyiowa

See you all on Wednesday night at the Cresco Saddle Club Arena - there is new sand in the arena and it looks great!!
Drill team - 5pm
everyone else 6pm

Horse Workout Wednesday 5/12/10

Well – I think it is a little too wet and cold for horse workouts tonight …


I would like everyone to come for about an hour of rock picking(without horses) – we have one more round of picking to do and then the saddle club will put on a layer of sand on top of the current sand in the arena – if we get them picked now, they won’t keep popping up on the new sand!!

So – hopefully I will see all of you tonight at 530 or 6 for a short rock picking night.

Hope for better weather next week!!

Darlene Vsetecka 641-330-7187

Celebration Party!!

For horse learning workshops participants and familes!!

Wednesday April 14th at Mabes Pizza in Cresco
5pm-?
All you can eat pop and pizza buffet $6 for adults, $5 for kids 12 and under

Bring your ribbons from the Jamboree!!

featuring a quiz bowl between parents and kids!!

Winning photos

Emi Frohn - Junior 1st place

Steph Reicks Senior 1st place

Horseless Horse projects Jamboree 2010

Autumn - Model Horse Show

Seniors - horseless horse projects

Junior Horseless horse projects

Hippology teams

Junior Howard County #1

Junior Howard County #2 - 4th place!! and Thea - 5th place individual overall! wow!!

Senior Howard County

Horse Jamboree Results!!

Well a big congratulations to EVERYONE who participated in teh horse jamboree 2010!!

The following is a list of results
Juniors


Abby Kennon 5th place in hippology team and quiz bowl team, Blue ribbon in individual demonstration, photography, and poster

Autumn Crofton Particpated in the model horse show earning 2 first place, one 3rd place, and two 4th place ribbons

Emi Frohn 5th place in hippology team, 3rd place individual hippology, participated in quiz bowl team, 1st place in junior photography, 1st place in junior poster

Judd Grover 4th place in quiz bowl team, blue ribbon in drawing beginner

Karisa Stika Participated in hippology, 4th place in quiz bowl team, blue ribbon for creative writing beginner

Kate Grover 5th place in hippology team, participated in quiz bowl, 1st place in junior individual demonstration

Natalie Knobloch 5th place in hippology team and participated in quiz bowl team 1st place in junior crafts and woodworking division, 1st place in junior poster, blue ribbon in crafts, and woodworking, red ribbon in junior individual demonstration

Skye Meinecke Participated in hippology and 4th place in quiz bowl team Blue ribbons in junior photography and poster

Thea Hartzel Participated in hippology team, 4th place quiz bowl team and 5th place individual in quiz bowl, red ribbon in poster



Seniors

Andie Vsetecka Participated in hippology and quiz bowl team, 1st place in senior poster, 1st place in senior public speaking - earned a trip to western national round up

Lindsey Anderson participated in hippology and quiz bowl

Maddi Friedrich participated in hippology and quiz bowl team, 3rd purple in senior individual demonstration

Rachel Stika Participated in hippology and quiz bowl team, 1st place in creative writing senior

Shay Peckham Participated in hippology, blue ribbon in senior photography

Steph Reicks Participated in hippology and quiz bowl team 1st place in senior photography, red ribbon in senior painting

Jamboree Registration forms

Reminder that you need to complete entry forms and pay $6.00 per entry for ALL activites that you will be participating in at the Horse Jamboree on March 27 &28.
These includes:
Creative Writing
Drawing
Essay
Petry/short story
Painting
Photography (reminder this needs to be sent in by March 1 - please bring them to the meeting)
Model horse
Posters
Woodworking
Demonstration (individual or team) - with visual aids - like an educational presentation at Spring Fair
Public Speaking - no visual aids

The Hippology and Quiz bowl also require $7.00 each event and an entry form completed  - I will complete the entry forms and put the teams together and let you know next week which team you will be participating on at the March 1 meeting

Remember that all entry forms require payment -
indiviual activities listed above are $6.00 per entry
Hippology and Quiz Bowl are $7.00 per entry
Please bring money to Monday March 1 meeting so that we can get you entered into the events offered

See you at the Extension office - March 1 6pm-8pm for more horse fun!

Horse meeting re-scheduled to Thursday 6-8

Due to weather (AGAIN!! YIKES)
meeting re-scheudeld to Thursday 6-8 at the Extension office

we will be having stations on different parts of the horse, tack, lots of fun activities!!

in the mean time - practice those flash cards!

Also remember
think about the events you want to enter by next week
AND
the horse clinic this saturday in Cedar Rapids

WEATHER AGAIN!!!!

Due to the weather - we will have to cancel the horse meeting scheduled for tonight.

Again - please use this time to review your flash cards and the links on this page to review horse parts etc.

Next week we are going to try to have a practice quiz bowl so come prepared!

I will also be asking for official names and events you want to enter at the horse jamboree.

Also VERY IMPORTANT - the Iowa Quarter Horse event in Cedar Rapids will be held on February 20 and 21st - we have some members that will be bringing horses, but I need to know ASAP if you are planning on attending this event and if you are interested in having a horse judging team!
Please call me or send me an email at darlenevsetecka@gmail.com if you are interested. we will be needing adult drivers too! There is an open show on Sunday and those bringing horses should plan on participating - there is a fee for entry see the link on the right for details.

WEATHER ALERT CANCELLATION

Due to the winter storm advisory tonights (1/25/10) horse project meeting is CANCELLED

please use this time to review the information in your notebooks! and dont forget to practice the parts of the horse available on the links on the right.

I have the flash cards printed and we will plan on getting started using them next week.

the flashcard sets cost $11 each set. I would really like each member (or family) to get a set to practice with. I know this is a cost we werent expecting, so we need to discuss some possibilities on how to pay for them. Please come to the meeting next week with some ideas on how we can raise some $$ to pay for the cards. (bake sale, raffle, donations etc.)

See you next week!

Horse Jamboree Practice starting in January

Tentative dates and times for Horse Jamboree Practice meetings:
January 11 6pm-8pm Farm Bureau Building
January 18 6pm-8pm Howard County Extension Office
January 25 6pm-8pm Howard County Extension Office
February 1 6pm-8pm Howard County Extension Office
February 8 6pm-8pm Farm Bureau Building
February 15 6pm-8pm Howard County Extension Office
February 22 6pm-8pm Howard County Extension Office
March 1 6pm-8pm Howard County Extension Office
March 8 6pm-8pm Farm Bureau Building
March 15 6pm-8pm Howard County Extension Office
March 22 6pm-8pm Howard County Extension Office
March 27th and 28th Iowa Horse Jamboree in Ames Iowa

See you all on January 11th at 6PM!!
Happy Holidays!

Horse Jamboree

Many of you have asked when the Jamboree will be scheduled - as of yet we do not have a date however it will likely be held in late March or early April. More to follow on that!
the jamboree consists of many events - Hippology, quiz bowl, speech, presentations, posters, photographs, and others

We will start our preparation at least 2 months prior to the date set for the jamboree so tentatively Mid to late January

remember to invite your 4H friends to this - even if they don't want to compete - it is still a great place to learn more about horses!!

Horse Judging Results 2009

WOW!! and WOW!! again
I am so proud of all of the participants at the horse judging competition!!
You all acted very professional, were confident and did AWESOME!!
so lets note some big accomplishments!!
Junior Team
1st place reasons
2nd place placings
1st place OVERALL
Junior Individuals
Kate Grover: 1st place reasons- 6th place placings- 2nd place overall
Emi Frohn: 2nd place reasons - 7th place placings - 3rd place overall
Abbi Kennon: 4th place reasons - 4th place placings - 5th place overall
Jordan Grube: 6th place reasons - 13th place placings - 10th place overall
Shianne Throndson: 10th place reasons - 12th place placings - 11th place overall
Natalie Knoboch: 8th place reasons - 18th place placings - 12th place overall
Skye Meineke: 3rd place questions - 8th place placings
Senior Team
5th place reasons
4th place placings
5th place overall
Senior Individuals
Courtney Reinhart: 19th place reasons - 4th place placings - 14th place overall
Andie Vsetecka: 15th place reasons - 16th place placings - 15th place overall
Stephanie Reicks: 18th place reasons - 13th place placings - 16th place overall
Lindsey Anderson: 20th place reasons - 19th place placings - 19th place overall

just an FYI to all senior team members - one member mismarked her card in trail or the senior team would have ended up 2nd in placings and 4th overall!!! - a good learning experience - double check your cards before you turn them in!
You all did an amazing job - remember we are all still new at this competition and are continuing to learn as we go...

congratulations on a really good showing for everyone!!

September 28th horse judging practice

LAST MEETING before the competition!!

Please bring your binders and a notebook to practice taking notes on the horse judging classes

We will be practicing a number of classes for placements and oral reasons
We will also be going over instructions for the contest
what to bring
rides
what to wear
etc.

see you all Monday!

Horse judging meeting September 21 at the extension office from 5:30PM-7:00PM

Agenda:

1. Review English Equitation and English Pleasure (Hunt Seat Pleasure)
2. Review transition words to use in oral reasons
3. Practice giving oral reasons with different transition words
4. Review halter

websites for transition words..

Thank you to Stephanie Reicks for geting this list together!! please have a look at some of these words to use in your oral reasons
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/trans1.html
https://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/135/transw.html
http://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p2289oral.pdf
http://cimc.alcaweb.org/ag/1001/instructor/08-resources/08-terms.pdf
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/an_sci/extension/horse/PDF%20Files/Intro_Horse_Judging_Manual.pdf
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/4H056

Monday September 7th

We will be reviewing western horsemanship and reviewing your reasons, then starting on showmanship
see you at the extension office at 5:30PM-7PM

Horse Judging is BACK!!

The Horse Judging competition will be held on Saturday October 3rd at Jester Park this year.
In preparation we will be holding weekly meetings starting

Monday August 17 at 6:30 PM at the Extension office.

Returning members please bring your binders and materials
New members please bring a 1 1/2 inch white 3 ring binder to put materials in

Looking forward to seeing some old and new faces! tell your friends how much fun we had!

See you Monday August 17th!!