North American Working Equitation Championship Show comes to California

Special to the Horsetrader

DEL MAR—Seventy-seven entries from across the nation descended on a beautiful Southern California weekend at the Del Mar Horse Park Oct. 10-13 for the 2019 North American Working Equitation Championships, an A-Rated show licensed by WE United.

New dates. New season

One of the fastest growing expos in the United States, California’s Western States Horse Expo in Pomona, is a must-attend event for any horse owner. In three short days, you can catch up on the latest training and education, shop the nation’s premier equine vendors and connect with your horse friends. Attending the expo is a low-cost, high quality way to stay engaged in the horse industry, making sure you have the tools, knowledge and products to help make the most of your investment in the horse owning lifestyle year round.

SCRCHA season-ender at Green Acres is a wrap

From Horsetrader staff reports

TEMECULA—The Southern California Reined Cow Horse Association wrapped up a super 2019 season with its September Classic and Year-end Awards Sept. 20-22 at Green Acres Ranch.

In Open Bridle, Roy Rich took both the Champion and Reserve Champion spots on a pair of Rocking J Ranch horses. Competing in 10 shows aboard Soula Shining Star, Rich accumulated 49 points to earn the top spot and its $1,875 payout. The Green Acres-based trainer also rode Very Smart Luck to 31 points in five shows to earn another $755. In the Open Two Rein, Rich also took first and second, taking the title on Siegfried Schmueckle’s Ruby Merada (10 shows, 49 points) and the reserve on Rocking J Ranch’s Cat From Ipanema (10 shows, 41 points). The horse’s respective earnings were $1,560 and $865.

By Daniel H. Grove, DVM

In the United States, we have two viruses that are currently a hot topic for those of us traveling with our horses. The first is Equine Herpes Virus. I have discussed this previously in this forum. It is a group of viruses from the herpes family. There are nine different known varieties, but three of them are the most important, 1, 3, and 4. They can cause respiratory disease, neurological disease, venereal disease and abortion, depending upon which one you are dealing with. There are vaccines available to protect our horses. Vaccination along with bio-security are your best tools to prevent this being an issue for your horse.

By Sheryl Lynde | Horsetrader columnist

Character is forged when you dare to leave your comfort zone. It is built by being aware and true to who you are, by reaching to be better than you were yesterday, by having a willingness to grow, and by doing the right thing even when no one is looking.

Working with horses has always been a source of inspiration to know better, to be better. As quoted by Robert Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Company: “to know what I don’t, and trust what I do know.”

From Horsetrader sales staff

Horses make us feel good—and at times they can make us LAUGH! Have you caught your horse’s funny moments on video? If so, enter the Horsetrader’s Horse Expo Funniest Horse Video Contest and be in the running for $2,000 in prizes. There will be FOUR “Shopping Spree” awards where you can win $1,000, $500, $300 or $200—and then take a shopping spree around the Western States Horse Expo Holiday Edition at Pomona. Go to Horsetrader.com to enter—and vote! If you sign up and vote for a winner, you’ll get a 2-for-1 voucher for admission to the big event at the L.A. County Fairplex on Nov. 8-10.