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Fall
2011:
Highland
Pony at M&M Show in California -
Captain Moonlight of Moonshine
Glen won big for his breed at the NPS America Mountain & Moorland
classes held as part of the Pacific Coast Classic Welsh Pony Show,
held Sept. 17th. Captain, owned by Jill Mueller of Nevada, was second
in his In-Hand class. He then went on to win Over-All Reserve In-Hand
Pony. Then with Michelle Foster of Trinityglen Highlands riding, he
won his M&M Ridden Class and went on to win the Over-All Ridden
Champion! Jill is justifiably very proud of her pony.
Highland
Pony in BC goes "pony viral" on You Tube-
Circle H MacDougal of Vancouver,
BC has a video on You Tube that's getting many hits - over 1600 as
of September! Owner Debbie Bailey submitted the video of Dougal and
his rider, Mirriam Grob, doing a run of their future Dressage Musical
Kur (photo left is a clip from the video). He looks fantastic and
you can see all the hard work put into their performance.Take a look
at this 7 minute video:
TREC Clinic Benefits HPECA and USNETO - The 2011 annual trail riding clinic held every spring at Horseshoe Farm in Louisa, VA was an introduction to the sport of TREC. TREC has three phases including orienteering using maps and compass, an obstacle course, and a control of paces corridor. President Mary Harcourt presented the clinic to an enthusiastic group of riders on a very iffy day of weather. Everyone had a wonderful time and learned a lot about this sport - which any breed can excel at any level of ability. Proceeds from the event benefited HPECA & USNETO, and HPECA is listed as an affiliate on their website.To learn more about TREC and USNETO visit www.usneto.org. They're working on a team to represent the USA at the World Competitions to be held in Portugal, Sept 2012. Pictured left: Circle H MacKenzie and rider Judy Brescia navigate the stairs obstacle.
Spring 2011:
New Breeder in Nevada - One of our newest members and breeder in Nevada is Michelle Foster of Trinityglen Highlands. Michelle is standing the HPS Licensed stallion, Circle H Glen Livit (call name "Whiskey") and also owns the HP mare Bridget of Moonshine Glen. She should be expecting her first foals in 2012. Michelle is an experienced equestrian in a variety of disciplines including being the 2008 WNHA Gymkhana year end Highpoint Champion, Three-day Eventing to the Intermediate level, competed on the "A" Circuit in A/O Hunter/Jumpers, and more. See her ad on our updated Ad & Links page and her website at www.trinityglenhighlands.weebly.com.
HP Yahoo Group - HighlandPonyNA - Join Up! - A Yahoo Group has been formed for HPECA members and any other North American HP lovers or owners to join in. Need advice? Have a question? Want to share photos or stories? Go to yahoo.com, sign in or create a log-in to Yahoo Groups at 'HighlandPonyNA', and send a request to join to the moderator, Judy Brescia. Board members and officers will be using the group on August 28th at 7pm EST to have a 'town hall' type meeting after the AGM. Join the group in advance so you're ready to attend. Other meeting times will be arranged in the future.
HPECA Secretary Contact Information Change - Please note that Suzi Newport's phone number has changed slightly as:
Suzi Newport - HPECA Secretary
First
HPECA Photo Contest WINNERS!
Over-All Reserve went to Mary Ellen Erickson and her photo of Kerrara Jeanie. See the other winners of categories"Action", "Scenic", and "HP Character & Personality". Congratulations to all our winners and those who provided the other entries. You did a great job and the competition was tough! Write-up of the whole contest including the photos will be in our next newsletter.
2010 Mountain & Moorland classes - NPS America has been busy organizing Mountain & Moorland classes for 2010 all over the United States. Go to our Events page for a complete listing. See if there's something in your area that you can go and introduce the Highland Pony to other Native Pony people! Congratulations are in order for member Sandy Mairs and her pony, Ailsa of Glenlomond. They placed in the top 10 of the 2009 HPS Performance Awards for England/Wales area! This is the second year they placed in the top 10 - in 2008 they came in third! Sandy, who was club Secretary for our first four years, has spent her time since stepping down actively & successfully campaigning Ailsa in England. They competed in many shows to accumulate thousands of points for the performance awards. To see the entire list for the England/Wales area, plus the top 10 placings for Scotland, go to the Highland Pony Society website, click on "HPS News" in the navigation bar, then "Current News".
2009 Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 14, 2009 as part of the 12th annual Equine Affaire in Springfield, Massachusetts. Many of our East Coast members were in attendance. Everyone congregated at the Storrowton Tavern restaurant, located on the EA grounds, for a lovely lunch, the official AGM and lots of Highland Pony talk! It was a wonderful opportunity for many to put faces to people we've only talked to on the phone or via email. Members in attendance were: Donald & Pat Wright of Maine, Leif & Mary Ellen Erickson of New Hampshire, Bob & Debra Coburn of New Hampshire, Bob Hatch of Massachusetts, George & Barbara Clardy of Pennsylvania, Pat & Judy Brescia of Virginia, Lee Ann Bunn of Virginia, and Suzi Newport of Tennessee.
Don't forget our Photo Contest! Please submit your pictures of Highland Ponies taken in 2008 or 2009 by Feb. 5, 2010 to Lee Ann Bunn, Newsletter Editor - either via email (in jpeg format to leeann@cvalink.com) or mail to 181 Tater Lane, Bumpass, VA 23024. Winners & prizes to be announced in the winter newsletter. Categories to be: Action, People & Ponies; HP Character & Personality, and Scenic. Submission of photo for the contest is permission to be use it for HPECA publications. Click here for a submission form. |
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Highland
Pony Enthusiasts Club of America (HPECA) |
Club
News 
East
Coast Group Ride in West Virginia -
A group of east coast riders
got together for a lovely four day ride in July at beautiful 
Awards
were announced in January. The list represents the people and ponies
that went out to participate in public activities with their Highland
Ponies.
Our members were very active in 2010 - Well Done! 
For
Summer 2010:
Rosette
Award Program Reminder:
Don't forget to report any public activities you & your pony participated
in for 2010 in order to get your rosette! Our very own HPECA Rosettes
will be awarded to pure and part-bred ponies registered with the HPS,
who 
For
Spring 2010:
HPECA
had ponies & display tables as part of the Equus Survival Trust
at 12th
annual Equine Affaire in Springfield, Massachusetts - November 12
- 15, 2009. Our club
Treasurer, Judy Brescia, did a fantastic job of organizing the club's
participation at this event. The
club had four Highlands and one part-bred in the Breed Demonstration
on Saturday, and each of the four