The Wrangler Horse and Rodeo News

HORSE SHOW Alicen Hardy Competes in the 2013 Pinto World Championship Horse Show Rocky Mountain BETHANY, Okla., — Alicen Hardy of In addition to equine performances, Breeders Riverton, Wyoming, competed at the 46th Youth and Amateur exhibitors showed Annual Pinto World Championship Horse their competitive spirit outside the show Association Show in Tulsa, Okla., that took place June ring in horse knowledge tests and the 10-22, 2013. Hardy achieved great success at this year's Pinto World Championship placing in the top 10 in Novice Amateur Western and placing under individual judges in Disciplined Rail English, Amateur Novice Western Horsemanship, Amateur Western Showmanship, Amateur Senior Disciplined Rail Western, and Amateur Novice Disciplined Rail Western. Hardy would not have been able to do this without her amazing horse Emerald Surprise or her loving and supportive husband Bill. When Hardy has spare time she enjoys trail riding, fishing, cooking, and going to nursing school. Each June, the Pinto Horse Association of America, Inc., hosts the world's largest gathering of Pinto horses, ponies and miniatures at the Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex in Tulsa. The 13day competition showcased talented equines and exhibitors in a wide array of disciplines including jumping, reining, driving, pleasure and halter. Team Tournament competition. Breaking even more records this year, exhibitors from 46 states and three countries converged on the Pinto World Championship Horse Show with 2,262 Pintos of every size making up nearly 33,000* judged class entries; a increase of more than fifteen percent over last year's growth. Incorporated in 1956, the Pinto Horse Association of America was formed to encourage the promotion of quality horses, ponies and miniatures with color and to establish a registry for maintaining their pedigrees and records. Currently, the association serves approximately 12,000 members and boasts more than 145,000 registered Pintos. For more information about the 2013 Pinto World Championships Horse Show and a complete list of the show results, please visit www.pintoworld. com. To learn more about the Association, visit www.pinto.org or call the PtHA Headquarters (405) 491-0111. President: Ron Burns Burns Ranch QH 40 Canyon Ranch Rd White Sulphur Springs, MT 59645 (406) 547 2165 - drburns@ttc-cmc.net First Vice President Pete Stiles - (406) 443-2317 215 Jackson Creek Rd Clancy, MT 59634 lazyt6@hughes.net Secretary/Webmaster: Gail Morris - 406-866-3434 P.O. Box 129, Ulm, MT 59485 info@montanarmba.org OR gail@flyingmpaints.com TREASURER Susan Ostler P.O. Box 115, Drummond, MT 59832 Newsletter Lucie Murphy - 406-581-4316 171 N Boulder Rd. Deer Lodge, MT 59722 cielo@3rivers.net Weekend Seminar with Vanessa Helvey September 14 -15 Pavillion, WY $395.00 - You may bring one horse of your own, or there will be others available. Sign up at www.mastersonmethod.com RMBA News Limited spots! We don't like to do it, but sometimes the smarter thing is to know when to register earLy get off the horse and not "push thru the situation"!  So we are reluctantly going to CANCEL the upcoming July 25-28 weekend at Circle L in Belgrade, which was to include a second 3-day Ken McNabb Horsemanship Clinic, a second Round Pen Shoot-Out, and culminating with a regular Ranch Horse Competition. In the meantime, before this Wrangler hits your mailboxes, we will have completed another Ranch Horse Competition on July 17, the fourth in our 2013 series, also at Circle L.  Rod Cline is always a great host, and we thank him for his support over the years. Next on our calendar we'll be back in Ronan on August 9-10.  Friday and Saturday evenings will be a RoundPen Shoot-Out.  This is always a fun event to come and watch, as three trainers all try their hand at choosing, wrangling, haltering, saddling and mounting previously-unstarted colts, culminating with taking them thru an obstacle course at the end of the second evening.  As well as the announcer's educated commentary, the trainers themselves always get the chance to talk to the audience and explain what they are trying to accomplish and how they are progressing.  There's usually a little bit of unscheduled action, but hopefully not too much for their sake!  Also, on that Saturday, August 10, is another of our Ranch Horse Competitions. All of this is leading up to our big weekend of the year, the RMBA Performance Horse Sale, on Saturday August 24 at Deer Lodge.  We'll be telling you more about that as the time approaches, but for now be sure to mark that date on your calendars!  We have almost 60 primarily Quarter Horses consigned, from weanlings to well-started horses to bred mares. Always remember, if you're looking up and seeing a cinch, it's probably going to be a bad day! FMI or demonstration contact Christie Hebert chebert16@gmail.com or 307-247-5359 Jim Masterson, Equine Massage Therapist for the 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012 USET Endurance Teams, and for equine clientele competing in FEI World Cup, Pan American and World Games competitions, teaches a unique method of equine bodywork to therapists and horse owners, in which the practitioner recognizes and follows the responses of the horse to touch to release tension in key junctions of the body that most affect performance. When he first became interested in equine massage in 1997, Jim recognized that the horse exhibits certain neurological responses to touch as it releases tension in the body. Using those responses to guide his work, he developed a system in which the horse participates in the process by showing the practitioner where tension has accumulated, precisely how much pressure is needed to release it, and when it has been released. The result is an effective method of bodywork that anyone can learn to use, to improve performance while at the same time opening new levels of communication and trust with the horse. 74 The WrangleR, Horse and Rodeo News • July 20 - August 4, 2013 Thank You! For your continued support and business The WRANGLER Horse & Rodeo News 800.927.7578

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