Driving Lines. Welcome to 2015! C O L O R A D O D R I V I N G S O C I E T Y

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1 Volume 22 Issue 1 January 2015 Driving Lines C O L O R A D O D R I V I N G S O C I E T Y M A R K Y O U R C A L E N D A R Jan 8 Jan Jan Feb 7 Feb 12 Feb 21 CDS Board of Directors Meeting Franktown Firehouse Franktown, Colorado 7:00 PM NWSS Open Driving Classes National Western Complex Check the NWSS Website for details and times NWSS Mule & Draft Show National Western Complex Check the NWSS Website for details and times CDS Beginner s Clinic Roxborough Public Library 8357 N Rampart Range Rd. Suite 200 Littleton, CO CDS General Membership Meeting Franktown Firehouse Franktown, CO 7:00 PM CDE Overview & Marathon Navigation/Rules 10:00 AM E Cherry Creek Rd Elbert, CO Time to Renew Your Membership for 2015! Please fill out form at end of newsletter and make check payable to: mail to: Welcome to 2015! We have a great year planned and hope to see you at many of the exciting events we have on tap. Please check the tentative schedule on the next page for what is lined up for You will see that we have some events scheduled and the event coordinator slot has to be determined listed. We need some additional event coordinators to make the events happen. Please contact Pat Lamprey if you are interested in helping or hosting an event. We need your help! c/o Marie Harrity PO Box 1565 Elizabeth, CO 80107

2 P a g e 2 CDS Tentative Schedule for 2015 Please check the CDS website and monthly newsletter to confirm event details Month Day Event Location Coordinator Jan 8 CDS Board Meeting Franktown Firehouse Fred Wehrli Feb 7 Beginner s Clinic Roxborough Public Library Jim Rihanek Feb 12 General Membership Meeting Franktown Firehouse CDS Board Feb 21 CDE Overview Marathon Navigation Rules Wiedenhues Residence Ingo Wiedenhues Mar 12 General Membership Meeting Franktown Firehouse CDS Board Mar Rocky Mountain Horse Expo National Western Fred Wehrli Mar 21 Ground Driving Clinic Clayton s Ranch Lani Piper Mar 28 Ground Driving Clinic Snow date Clayton s Ranch Lani Piper Apr 4 Easter Egg Hunt Indiana Equestrian Nina Shilodon Apr 9 General Membership Meeting Franktown Firehouse CDS Board Apr 11 Easter Egg Hunt Snow date Indiana Equestrian Nina Shilodon APR 26 Cones Clinic Salisbury Marie Harrity Jim Rihanek May 9 Greenland Open Space Drive Greenland Open Space Bob Ripple May 14 General Membership Meeting Franktown Firehouse CDS Board May 30 Derby Driving Salisbury TBD June 7 Dressage Clinic format and clinician TBD TBD TBD June 11 General Membership Meeting Franktown Firehouse CDS Board June 14 Highlands Fun Drive Highlands Wilderness area Carla Baca June 27 Hazards clinic Salisbury TBD July 9 General Membership Meeting Franktown Firehouse CDS Board July mile setup Salisbury Susan Tyler July Mile HDT Salisbury Susan Tyler Aug 8 Pleasure Driving/Reinsmanship Clinic TBD TBD Aug 13 General Membership Meeting Franktown Firehouse CDS Board Aug 30 Non-a-Thon Salisbury Fred Wehrli Sep 10 General Membership Meeting Franktown Firehouse CDS Board Sep 13 Greenland Open Space Drive Greenland Open Space Bob Ripple Sep 26 Blue Jeans Show Salisbury Susie Haszelbart Oct 8 General Membership Meeting Franktown Firehouse CDS Board Oct 11 Highlands Fun Drive Highlands Wilderness area Carla Baca Oct 31 Halloween Poker Run Drive Salisbury Heike Bartlett Nov 14 CDS Planning Meeting TBD CDS Board Dec 12 Parker/CDS Christmas Parade Parker Parker/CDS Dec 13 CDS Christmas Party TBD CDS Board

3 P a g e 3 Carriage Driving 101 Clinic Presented by Jim Rihanek for the February 7, AM - 4 PM Roxborough Library 8357 N. Rampart Range Rd. Suite 200, Littleton Carriage driving is more than just a big draft horse pulling a bunch of sightseers around town. Carriage driving is one of the fastest growing equestrian sports today, and can be as difficult or simple as you choose to make it: A simple picnic drive with friends, a trail ride through a park, an exhilarating cross country marathon, a challenging obstacle course, a dressage test as sophisticated as the highest level of ridden dressage. You can drive any size horse or pony, from miniature to draft, or drive a mule or donkey instead. Put that lawn ornament or out-grown pony to work! Put those poor tired hips and knees of yours on a carriage seat instead of making them straddle that horse! Just as with any other equestrian discipline, it can take years to become a really successful carriage driver, but this clinic can get you started. This is a clinic for first time and existing drivers. This is a NO HORSES clinic covering harness parts, harnessing and bitting, carriages, and basic driving styles, and starting the horse. There is a $10 fee for materials. Please bring your own lunch. Make Checks payable to Please mail registration form (on page 4) and fee to: Pat Lamprey 7231 Eaton Cir Arvada CO, For more information contact Pat at or pat.lamprey@gmail.com

4 P a g e 4 Carriage Driving 101 Name: Address: City: State: ZIP: Telephone: (H) (C) Number attending: Total enclosed Combined Driving Event Overview Marathon Navigation and Rules Name: Address: City: State: ZIP: Telephone: (H) (C) Number attending: Total enclosed

5 P a g e 5 Combined Driving Event Overview Marathon Navigation and Rules Presented by Ingo Wiedenhues & Al Senzamici February 21, :00 AM E Cherry Creek Road Elbert, Colorado A Combined Driving Event consists of three competitions Dressage, Marathon, Obstacle/Cones that are held over one, two, or three days. The sport intends to showcase the versatility, training and talents of both horse and driver. In this session we will provide an overview of the different types of combined driving events, the different levels within a CDE and then focus our attention specifically on the Marathon portion of a combined driving event. We will show different horse and carriage and cart configurations. You will learn important information about marathon sections (they have changed names) and section timing. We will walk through an example to calculate your minimum and maximum time for a specific marathon section. Become familiar with some of the signs you will see along the way in a marathon. Get acquainted with some of the key rules in the marathon. You will even see examples of timing sheets and other documents you can/will use when out on the marathon course. This is a No Horse and Carriage presentation and classroom setting only. There is a $10 fee for the training for you and your navigator if you bring her/him along. Make Checks payable to Please mail registration form (on page 4) and fee to: Al Senzamici Oak Brush Loop Peyton, CO For more information contact Ingo Wiedenhues at wiedenhues@aol.com or Al Senzamici alsenzamici@q.com

6 P a g e 6 Some Key Links to Carriage Driving Websites and Information Associations & Organizations: The American Driving Society The Carriage Association of America The Carriage Museum of America FEI Driving NARHA Pony Team USA USEF USEF Combined Driving Combined Driving Links: ADS Rule Book ADS Dressage Tests Colorado Club Links Rocky Mountain Carriage Club Volunteers Needed If you are interested, there are items where you can use your talents to assist the club throughout the year. You do not need to be on the board to assist in these areas. If you have interest in any of these areas please contact Pat Lamprey pat.lamprey@gmail.com. Newsletter Editor Membership Website Administrator Facebook Page Administrator Marketing Events Coordinator Education Coordinator Elections Equipment Manager

7 P a g e 7 Event Organizers: Please see information about organizing events (budgets, notification, etc.) on the CDS web site. Please send results and a report about your event to the newsletter editor: alsenzamici@q.com or Al Senzamici Oak Brush Loop Peyton CO Sending a few pictures is very desirable! If you incur an expense that needs to be repaid out of the club s checkbook you will need to provide a receipt. There is a form available for this and we will have them at the membership meetings. We will also provide copies in the Organizer s Packet that we are putting together. Receipts are required to keep our books in order. Items that are donated require a receipt for the value of the item and the word Donated written on the receipt for tax purposes. This can include judge s fees if the person judging normally charges for their service. Board Members Pat Lamprey 2015 Fred Wehrli 2015 Andrita Ficklin 2016 Marie Harrity 2016 Heike Bartlett Susan Tyler Cathy Allen-Shinn Ruth Johnson Officers President: TBD (303) Vice-President: Fred Wehrli (303) Treasurer: Marie Harrity (720) Secretary: Pat Lamprey (303) Committee Chairmen: Equipment: TBD (303) Event Coordinator: Pat Lamprey (303) Membership & Elections TBD (719) Newsletter & Websites TBD (719) Marketing: TBD (303) Charges for each issue Advertisements Members Non-Members Ads up to 50 words Free $10.00 Ads over 50 words, up to a quarter page Free $20.00 Half Page $12.00 $30.00 Full Page $24.00 $48.00 Charges for one year Members Non-Members Business Card $ $ Half Page $ $ Max two free ads per month per member. Each ad will run in two consecutive issues unless notified otherwise. Send ads and check made out to to: TBD Please have your ads in by the 1st of the month Driving Lines is published by the

8 P a g e 8 Check Out Jack s Website at Jack driving a 4 up of Minis Jack driving Amigo in CDE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF JACK S 30 YEARS OF AWARD WINNING LOCAL AND NATIONAL DRIVING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Contact Jack for consultations, lessons and clinics Business Cell jjbloss.1982@yahoo.com

9 P a g e 9 Hello Everyone; I m happy to announce that Freedom Carriages is now open for full time business! Freedom Carriages is a complete carriage shop, specializing in manufacturing carts and carriages that fit you and your horse. We build carriages for CDE competitions and for pleasure drivers alike. We also build carriages for people with special needs. If you already have a carriage, we can modify it to fit you and your horse better or make it easier to get into. We also offer carriage restoration services, harness sales and fitting, lessons, and training. Some of the services we offer are: New carriages and carts from miniature to draft size Competition vehicles of all types Pleasure driving vehicles Custom fitted adaptive vehicles Restoration and repair service Body repair Refinishing repainting touch-up Upholstery replacement Replacement wheels Wheel rubber reset or replacement Custom welding and metal fabrication service New custom gates Replacement stall fronts Additional tie downs for trucks and trailers Trailer repair The new driving season isn t too far off. To get your carriage ready, we re offering a Safety Check Special, $50.00 for Carts and $ for Carriages. It includes cleaning and checking brakes, cleaning and repacking bearings, and cleaning and greasing fifth wheels. [Replacement part cost not included in the special price.] Remember that your carriages should have their bearings cleaned and repacked every couple of years and be checked for damage and adjusted annually. Especially if the carriage is used frequently or has been in an accident. Please let us know what we can do for you. Freedom Carriages Joe Johnson j76johnson@gmail.com

10 INTERESTED IN CARRIAGE DRIVING? COME JOIN US!!! COLORADO DRIVING SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION / RENEWAL Name Address Phone Home Work Fax Please send my newsletter by by US mail ($10 additional membership fee) I am interested in: Clinics Shows Combined Driving Picnic Drives Fun Days Meetings Just Helping Out Other Individual, $25 Family, $30 Dues are for the calendar year. Make checks payable to: Mail to:, c/o Marie Harrity Please have someone call me. PO Box 1565, Elizabeth CO Oak Brush Loop Peyton, CO 80831