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Club
News
For
April/
May 2008: (click
on the link below to see more info on the topic)
* New foal arrival - Congratulations are in order!
* Formation of the "National
Pony Society of America" (NPSA)- an approved area chapter
of the NPS in the UK!
* National
Highland Pony Stewardship Awards of North America
- the first "national" Highland Pony Show in America!
 Congratulations
goes out to members Sally, Taylor, and Ava Orr of Whitney Creek Ranch
(NPS
prefix "Big Coulee")
in Montana! Sally reported the arrival of a lovely filly by Lieutenantof
Whitefield out of Kenzie of New Skye.
Pictured at left: Kenzie, the new filly and Sally's daughter, Ava.
This
filly is the only foal known to be expected for 2008 by our membership.
One other foal was born in California earlier this year. If anyone
knows of any others, please pass along the information to the
Webmaster.
Special
Announcement:
In January, The National Pony Society (NPS) in the
United Kingdom authorized the formation of a new area chapter. There
is now a "National Pony Society America"!
Kathryn Rayner Freeman of California is Chairman of NPS America and
is undertaking the ENORMOUS task to bring the American populations
of British Native Ponies and the British
Riding Pony together. Kathryn is an owner/ breeder of Connemaras.
Click here to read an article
from the NPS America Chairman to find out more of what this new
organization is hoping to accomplish. NPS America
also has a fledgling web site - www.NPSAmerica.org.
The HPECA sends out a big "WELCOME" to the NPSA!
A
reminder about our First National Highland Pony Show in North America!
The
National Highland Pony Stewardship Awards of North America
will be held
as part of the "Festivale of Endangered Breeds"
at Kentucky Horse Park, Sept. 5th - 7th, 2008. All Highlands
in America are invited to participate in the show on
Friday & Saturday, Sept. 5 and 6. Click
Here for links to entry forms and information.
Several HPECA members are busy getting ponies and themselves ready
for this event to showcase the Highland Pony. The club is going to
have a display table and we're collecting photographs to use in a
slide show on a laptop. If anyone has pictures they would like to
donate, please email Lee
Ann. Go to the Events
Page for dates and general information about the show, the Festivale,
and our 2008 AGM. This is a BIG event for our club!
March
2008
The HPECA has decided the Festivale
at KHP will be an excellent opportunity to have our first official
Highland Pony Show. This show will be open to ANY Highland Pony owner
in America, and quite a few HPECA  members
are planning to get their ponies to this event. The
Highland Pony Society is providing a special rosette for the best
over-all Highland Pony. The Equus Survival Trust will be accepting
entries from April thru August. There'll be a National Pony Society
M&M judge to evaluate the British Native Ponies in both in-hand
and performance classes. More details and links on our Events
page.
More opportunities are emerging for
our members to get their ponies out in the public with the increasing
popularity of Mountain & Moorland classes (M&M) in America.
Many of the British Native Pony breeds are few and far apart, similar
to our own situations. The more prolific breeds - namely Welsh &
Connemara - have found it appealing to bring in as many different
Native Pony breeds as possible at their events. The Welsh Pony &
Cob Society of America is holding authentic M&M classes at their
National Shows in California. This provides an excellent opportunity
for our west coast members to be able to show their ponies! Click
here to read an article from the NPS America Chairman.
 Pictured
at right (March 2008): Captain Moonlight of Moonshine Glen is a coming
four year old stallion, licensed with the HPS (Sire: Clandon Moriarti,
Dam: Heidi of Whitefield). He's owned & bred by Jill Mueller of
Nevada, who states he's been under-saddle since August 2007 and doing
very well.
December
2007
Please
Note: The date of the Rare Breed Event at Kentucky Horse
Park has changed to September 5 - 7 (Friday thru Sunday). The HPECA
will be participating in this event by invitation from the Equus
Survival Trust. Several members have already pledged to bring
ponies. Anyone interested in attending - either with or without a
pony - please contact Lee
Ann Bunn, event coordinator for HPECA. Our AGM will be held during
this event on Saturday, Sept. 6th. Other things are in the works regarding
this event. Keep checking our Events
page for updates in the coming year!
PEOPLE
& PONIES: Many were out enjoying their ponies Fall 2007...
Members George & Cameron Clardy with their Highland
Pony driving pair, Heath
of New Skye and Carnegie of New Skye (pictured below),
participated
in the Brandywine Valley Driving Club's "Teddy Bears Picnic"
in November 2007. They successfully completed Dressage, Cones, and
Marathon stages of the event & had a wonderful day with the ponies.
 Member
Lee Ann Bunn & Highland Pony friend, Kellwould Tilly (pictured
at right), spent a week trail riding with friends along the South
Anna River in Louisa County, VA . It was Tilly's first serious riding
out with diverse terrain & many obstacles. Lee Ann & Tilly
both had a wonderful time seeing some very lovely countryside.
Members
Leif Erickson, Debbie Coburn, and Andrea Martel with ponies, Circle
H Glengarry, Kerrera Jeanie, & Sharian Primrose (respectively)
participated in several long distance, group trail rides in N.H. All
had a very good time enjoying the camaraderie of both ponies &
people. Pictured below: Andrea & Primrose try to determine which
way to go next??!
Members!
Send a picture and let us know what you're up to! We'll post it
on the "news" page.
November
2007
The
Equine Journal & Highland Pony Article
The
HPECA submitted an article about the Highland Pony to the Equine
Journal & it will be appearing in the November issue,
All Breed, All Discipline Supplement. The article is part of the HPECA's
affiliation with the Equus
Survival Trust. Each year we will have the opportunity to submit
an article about Highland Ponies & have an advertisement for the
club (View HPECA members' benefits
as part of this affiliation).
October
2007
Website
GO-LIVE!
Our
Website, www.hpeca.org,
is LIVE! Members can provide any news of their activities to our Webmaster,
Lee Ann Bunn. Classifieds
& advertisements from our club newsletter will be included on
our site. Pictures of your ponies will always be welcome! If sending
a picture, please state who took the picture and anyone in the picture
(including ponies!). This information will be included along with
any picture we post. Make sure to get permission if you did not take
the picture yourself.
New
Club Treasurer
It is with regret
that we announce the retirement of our Treasurer, Nadine Bunn. Nadine
was one of our founding members & was instrumental in getting
our paper-work filed for our non-profit status. She dedicated herself
to maintaining the club's finances & records for the last 3 years.
Her daughter, Lee Ann, will take over Treasurer duties until a permanent
Treasurer can be appointed. Please make all checks for club
dues out to HPECA and mail to: Lee Ann Bunn - Treasurer, 181 Tater
Lane, Bumpass, VA. 23024. Thank you.
Sept
2007
Rhum at Dressage at Devon
Ashley
Myles & Highland Pony gelding,
Rhum of Glendoll,
placed third in the "Junior Handlers" class at Dressage
at Devon on Sept. 26th. Overall impression was an 8 and comment on
Rhum was "very well mannered horse". Rhum is owned by HPECA
member Sue Murphy of Pennsylvania. Congratulations Rhum, Ashley, &
Sue!
August
2007
2007 AGM
The 4th
Annual General Meeting & Highland Pony Study Day 2007 was held
in Gilmanton, NH on August 11. Our hosts, Leif & Mary Ellen Erickson
of Varney Hill Farm, and their friends Bob & Debra Coburn coordinated
a beautiful day spent with Highland Ponies.
Click here for pictures and details.
Ashley
&
Rhum of Glendoll
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