Newsletter. June Laidley Walloon Quarter Horse & Performance Horse Ass. Inc. Lwqhpa.webs.com. DEADLINE 29 th June 13

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1 Newsletter Laidley Walloon Quarter Horse & Performance Horse Ass. Inc. June 2013 Lwqhpa.webs.com PRESIDENT Donna Lucas Ph: Mob: VICE PRESIDENT Karen Green Ph: Mob: SECRETARY Julie-Ann Curry Ph: ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEMBERSHIPS Bryanne Cairncross Mob: TRESURER Danielle Vandenberg Mob: SHOW MANAGER Michele McCoombes Ph: Mob: ASSISTANT SHOW MANAGER Karen Green NEWSLETTER EDITOR Bryanne Cairncross Ph: TRAIL RIDING CO-ORDINATOR Kerri Cook Ph: WEBSITE CO-ORDINATOR Bryanne Cairncross Ph: QUARTER KIDS CO-ORDINATOR Corina Foster Ph: COMMITTEE Robyn Hall, Kerri Murphy, Lise Gossow, Anita Demmers, Brett Schonknecht, Rodney Suter If you would like to advertise or Have any news please contact DEADLINE 29 th June 13 To all our IGA ROSEWOOD shoppers collect your tokens from the checkout and pop them in the LWQHPA box or GATTON IGA quote the clubs number 13 at the checkout. For every token or dollar you spend the IGA will donate money back to our club. NEXT Meeting on June 27th at the Clubhouse at Swan Road Bring a plate of food to share Quarter-Horse-and-Performance-Association- Inc/ For LWQHPA arena hire prices & bookings please contact mmcqt@hotmail.com

2 Show & Clinic Dates If you would like to sponsor a class at our A or B shows for the year or a day please Michele mmcqt@hotmail.com Program s available on our website LWQHPA A Show Regency Downs- Program out now 23/6-13 Advanced Lisa Gossow clinic LWQHPA Beginner and B Show - Regency Downs 17/8/13 Beginner Show - Regency Downs 18/8/13 A show - Regency Downs 31/ 8/13 Car Boot sale - Regency Downs 14 & Western Spectacular Show Gatton Arena 19/10/13 Pajama Party Fun Day LWQHPA Beginner and B Show Regency Downs

3 NEWSLETTER EDITORS REPORT Wonderful to have you all reading and interested in the event of the LWQHPA. Once again we have had a super month of shows and meetings and this month we have even more exciting events. A huge thank you to all who have advertised and given us stories making our newsletter great. News for the newsletter please contact 2bquarterhorses@gmail.com DEADLINE June 29 th

4 PRESIDENTS REPORT SHOW TALK Hi all, Just a few things to mark down in your calender for up and coming events! Lise Gossow has once again kindly donated her time to do another clinic for the club. This time it is aimed at the more experience rider. It is mainly a pattern clinic covering Trail, Hunt seat Equitation, Hunter in Hand and Horsemanship, and is limited to 6 riders only. Contact myself for the details. And please note that this is a ridden clinic only. We have a Car Boot Sale coming up at the Regency Downs grounds on the 31st of August. Cost is $10 per site and it is from 8am to 1pm. So come along and sell all your unwanted saddlery, clothing and rugs. Show Talk Thank you to everyone who supported our May Show and a special thank you to Casual Performance Horses for their generous sponsorship of an Open Western Pleasure Class and an Open Trail Class on the day. Our next show is an A Show to be held at Regency Downs on 16 th June. Lise Gossow will also be holding a clinic at Gatton on the 23 rd June please check the website and Facebook for details they will be out shortly. Happy Riding Michele On the Saturday 17th of August we have now scheduled a Beginners Show and on the 18th we have an A approved show at Regency Downs, program to come out soon. And on the 19th of October come along and join in our PJ Party Fun Day, so wear your best jammies (both horse and handler) and come along and have a great day, more details to come soon. Happy riding! Donna

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7 Quarter Kids For more information on Q-Kids please contact QUARTER KIDS CO-ORDINATOR Corina Foster Ph: Walloon-QHPA/ ?fref=ts

8 A SHOW 19 th of MAY 13 Thank you to all the people that take pictures at our shows. We would love to see them and put them in our newsletter. If you have any show pics you would like to share please them to

9 Open Trail Congratulations Winner of Open Trail was Neil Perrett on Casual Lil Mys A big thank you to Casual Quarter Horses For her Sponsorship of $50.00 Western Pleasure Congratulations Winner of Open Western Pleasure was Sharon Gillard on Wakoda Ooh La Lah A big thank you to Casual Quarter Horses For her Sponsorship of $50.00

10 LWQHPA All Age Members Only Halter Congratulations IRV. Kosciuszko Kid winner of the first members only all ages halter class. This is a great new class FREE for all of our LWQHPA members. Want to be an LWQHPA member? Please go to to the forms page to download the membership forms.

11 For Sale Quarter Horse Contact: Mythical Qualitys (pending) aka Eric. Chestnut with lots of chrome quarter horse colt mature 14.2hh. REDUCED to $1000 if you get him registered $2000 if sold registered. Payment plan till weaned Dam: Assert N Quality Q Sire: Urban Myth Q Appaloosa Contact: 2bquarterhorses@gmail.com Excessives for sure weanling AAA registered colt mature 16 plus hh Dam: Sirrahvale Sure to Roll Sire: Excessive Mickey is a serious riding horse prospect at its finest, English, Western, Trail, lunge line this big boy has the potential to do it all. Has been shown and is in prep for a great yearling lung line and led trail year. Maturing quickly and is eligible for the Ganalda sire futurities. $4000 open to offers by serious show home payment plan avaliable. Quarter Horse Contact: 2bquarterhorses@gmail.com Possum (rego is pending) is a beautiful chestnut quarter horse filly she is expected to mature around 15.2hh. Very correct filly that will make a super ridden horse and in the future an exceptional broodmare. $3500 ono Payment plan till weaned Dam: Assert N Sophictation Sire: Urban Myth Aanuka Park Phone or NO TEXT MESSAGES PLS 4 Mares in foal to A.P.S. Justa Lil' Dream & 1 mare empty ready for early service this season. Appaloosa mare, A.P.S. Hot Priority, Chestnut, 15h, Blaze and stockings. Q/H Mare, Miss Concent, Brown, 15h Q/H Mare, Days Dark Diamond, Smokey Black, 15.2h Q/H Mare, Trades Lady Grande, Bay, 15.3h Q/H Mare, Miss Priority, Brown, 15.1h. (empty) We offer Guarantees that all foals sired by A.P.S. Justa Lil' Dream from the above mares will have appaloosa characteristics and will be black base coated. Prices start from $3500

12 Buckskin Quarter Horse Maureen: Buckskin Quarter Horse colt q for sale $4,500. Sire OBSESSION SEEKER dam JUSTA PARR T GIRL Quarter Horse Mare Casey's Brown Sugar Q DOB: 25/10/1999 SIRE: SALAMANDA BINGOS PISTOL, DAM: CASEYS FANCY GIRL $3000 Contact: Maureen mptmccann@hotmail.com AGISTMENT AVAILABLE Murphys creek. (flat flood free paddock with shade trees). LARGE PRIVATE PADDOCK - Plenty of grass New Fencing with stand off electric. Fantastic facillities, 60 x 40 arena, wash bay, stables, round yard, tack and feed sheds. 1 position available only $50 per week. Phone Evelyn or evelyn.hamilton3@bigpond.com Western saddle $350 Brand: Pro tack Used only a hand full of time, 17 inch, light coloured, Great practice saddle or to use at B & A shows. Contact: 2bquarterhorses@gmail.com Jumping saddle, made in argentina, 17in good condition $100 ono Contact: boudette56@hotmail.com

13 Blue leather western, 17in, good condition $100 ono Contact: TAIL BAGS FOR SALE TAIL BAGS- SMALL - $8.00 LARGE - $10.00 TAIL WRAPS- SMALL -$18.00 LARGE -$20.00 TAIL TUBES- SMALL -$20.00 LARGE -$22.00 MADE FROM FLEECE FOR SUPER QUICK DRYING. KEEP YOUR HORSES TAIL CLEAN,MOISTURIZED,LONG AND HEALTHY,JUST PLAIT AND BAG. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR HORSES IN BARB WIRE PADDOCKS. MAIL ORDERS WELCOME PHONE CAN ALSO MAKE TO SPECIFIC ORDERS. dressage saddle Tekna 18" dressage saddle with medium wide interchangeable gullet in Near New perfect condition, only ridden in 3 times.. fully mounted with red saddle cloth...suit new buyer $550 Call Kaz on or located at Laidley.

14 Rug 6'3 Caribu mesh hood and rug set with long gusset, good condition..used a couple of times but wasn't happy with it on in our very treed paddocks. Paid $79.95 open to offers Call Kaz on or located at Laidley. chaps Size 8-10 suede good entry level chaps $80 can bring to next show/ laidley gatton. Or buyer pay postage Phone leave a message or peppercreekquarterhorses@gmail.com New Trophy Saddle -14" Southern Cross Saddlery Half Breed Saddle. Basket Weave on skirt, Fender and Top Flap. Sheep Skin Lined ( not Synthetic), double rigging, Rough Out Seat and more. Retails: $3,500 without double rigging and extras sell $3,000. Ph: Paint Gelding Registered Paint Gelding Rising 2yo. Good bloodlines Been out to shows, beautiful western movement. Bare foot trimmed every 6 wks Rugged, stables, good doer and floats well Some natural horsemanship ground work and lunge training established. $2500 Phone Mike or Jocelyn Williams or

15 western work saddle 16 inch western work saddle Great Australian made saddle by Chris Bailey $950 plus postage Contact Ted Show saddle 16 inch Geoff Hudson western show saddle $1500 plus postage Contact Ted Equitation saddle 16 inch Equitation saddle $500 plus postage Contact Ted

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18 Make your own rope halter Making your own rope halters is a rewarding process. You get an extra feeling of accomplishment knowing that your horse is responding to something personally made with your own hands. The first time that you attempt to make a halter, you may spend a few hours tying and untying the knots, studying the instructions, and thinking about all the money you are saving making your own tack! Don t get discouraged if you make mistakes or have to start over from the beginning -- each successive rope halter that you make will be a little bit easier, until you have it down to a 10 minute process! These are not the same techniques that are used to manufacture Natural Horse Supply rope halters. These are instructions for a simple rope halter that can easily be made by the average person. Durable and safe rope halter that you can use to train your horse. Materials List: Depending on the size of your horse, these are the materials you need: Size of Horse Small Pony Medium Arab Large Horse Extra Large - Warmblood Extra Extra Large - Draft Amount of Rope Needed 18 Feet 20 Feet 22 Feet 24 Feet Feet We use ¼ nylon double braided nylon. This is an ideal choice because it has a braided nylon sleeve over a braided nylon core which makes for a very soft rope. You can find this type of rope at a marine supply store, hardware store or mail order it from many sources. Many people use ¼ or 3/8 nylon or polyester rope to make halters. It really comes down to a personal preference. And, you may just have to use what you have available. You ll also need a sharp knife or single edge (safety) razor blade to trim the ends of the rope and a lighter or matches to melt/seal the ends of the rope when finished. Knots Even a good Cub Scout knows a thing or two about knots. Fortunately, you don t need to master too many in order to make a rope halter. You may want to practice these knots before you start making your halter to lessen the frustration level The Overhand Knot This rope halter relies on an overhand knot as the basis for making your halter. This is what an overhand knot looks like. If you can tie your shoes then you can tie this knot! Tying the overhand knot is simple, the hard part is tying into this knot to create a double overhand or blood knot. The Double Overhand Knot The double overhand knot is tied by threading the end of the rope through an existing overhand knot and back around to form a double knot. This is an attractive and durable knot which is extremely difficult to take apart once it has been used on a horse. It s also difficult to

19 learn to tie because you come at it from different directions on a rope halter. This knot takes some time to perfect, but is ideal for the rope halter because there is no flat portion of the knot. Tying the Double Overhand Knot Step 1: Loosen the existing overhand knot and feed the loose end of the rope through the middle of the existing knot. Make sure that the rope goes into the center loop of the existing knot on the same side of the loop as the rope on the first overhand knot. Step 2: Take the end of the rope over the top of the overhand knot, crossing directly in the groove or V of the knot and back behind the two strands of rope. I find it easier to turn the existing double overhand knot to the side at about a 45 degree angle this makes it easier for the next step. Step 3: Bring the end of the rope around and through the middle of the overhand knot. Take the rope through the new overhand, tighten the rope and take up the slack. Turn the knot over and you ll have a wonderful double overhand knot! TIP: Knots for the Knot Challenged For those of you who are having a hard time getting the double overhand knot to work out, you can simply tie into the knot following the path of the rope through the existing overhand knot. This is not as effective for training because it lays flat on the horse. Also, not as pretty as the double overhand -- but it s not very hard to tie either It works! Making the Halter This type of halter requires that you tie the overhand knot at the correct location on the rope. The distances are measured from knot to knot and do not include the knot in the measurement. It s important not to tie these knots too tight at first because you are going to go back to tie into the existing overhand knots to finish the halter. Step 1: Determine the size of halter you want to make. Take a measurement around your horse's nose just below the cheek bone. Note: the average horse is about 24" around the nose. Use a string to get the length of these measurements and lay the string out against a yardstick or tape measure. DO NOT USE A METAL TAPE MEASURE TO TAKE THESE MEASUREMENTS ON YOUR HORSE! Small - fits ponies/yearlings, etc. Approximately 20" around the nose. Medium - fits cob/arab size horse heads. Approximately 22" around the nose Large - fits the average size horse head. Approximately 24" around the nose. Extra Large - fits the large horse i.e. warmbloods. Approximately 26" around the nose. XXL - fits the VERY, VERY large horse, i.e. Draft. Approximately 28" around the nose. The following table shows the measurement between knots for different sizes of horses: Point Location of Knot Small Medium Large XL XXL A End of Rope to Right Ear Knot 28 inches 30 inches 32 inches 34 inches 36 inches

20 B Right Ear Knot to Right nose Knot 7 inches 8 inches 9 inches 10 inches 16 inches C Right Nose Knot to Left Nose Knot 8 inches 9 inches 10 inches 11 inches 12 inches D Left Nose Knot to Throat Latch Knot 29 inches 31 inches 33 inches 35 inches 37 inches E Throat Latch Knot to Tie Loop 8 inches 9 inches 10 inches 11 inches 12 inches F Tie Loop to Left Nose Knot 8 inches 9 inches 10 inches 11 inches 12 inches G Left Nose Knot to Right Nose Knot 8 inches 9 inches 10 inches 11 inches 12 inches H Right Nose Knot to Throat Latch Knot 29 inches 31 inches 33 inches 35 inches 37 inches I Throat Latch Knot to Right Ear Knot 8 inches 9 inches 10 inches 11 inches 12 inches J Right Ear Knot to End of Rope 28 inches 30 inches 32 inches 34 inches 36 inches Note: This is a recipe for a rope halter you may have to adjust the suggested measurements to fit your horse. These instructions suggest enough rope for the average horse of each size. This should leave you enough margin of error to have a bit of rope left over. You ll appreciate this if you go through all the effort to make a halter and it comes up short! If you have to decide on a size -- It's better to have a halter that is a little bit too big than one that is too small. Step 2: Using the diagram below, tie overhand knots in the rope at points A, B, C, and D using measurements from the table in step 1. You may find it easier to label the points on the diagram with the measurements from the table to keep things straight. Step 3: Using the diagram above, tie the tie loop in the correct location by holding the rope in a loop and making an overhand knot. Make sure that the measurement between the tie loop and the throat latch (point E) is correct from the table in step 1. The tie loop should be about 4 inches in length. You may need to flatten the knot if the ropes get over each other. Take a second to look at this now, because it will be difficult to fix later. Step 4: Using the diagram below, tie into the left nose knot from the tie loop. Remember to use the measurement from step 1, point F on the halter. This is your first opportunity to use the double overhand knot. You are going to use the double overhand to tie into the left nose knot. Step 5: Using the above diagram, tie into the right nose knot from the left nose knot, point G. Again, you will use the double overhand knot to tie the rope into the right nose knot. When you are finished with this step, your halter will have two parallel pieces of rope tied between the left and right nose knots. These two pieces of rope should be the same length. Step 6: Using the diagram below, measure the distance between point H from the right nose knot to the throat latch knot and tie into the throat latch knot using the double overhand knot. Make sure that the distance between the left nose knot and the throat latch knot are the same points D and H need to be equal. Now is the time to correct any difference in length.

21 Step 7: Your halter should be taking shape now. Arrange the halter so that it looks a bit like the diagram below. Tie into the right ear knot from the throat latch knot, point I -- using the double overhand knot. Congratulations, that was the last double overhand knot you will need to tie on the halter. Verify that all of the measurements are correct. Step 8: Using the above diagram, hold the two long sections (D and H) together and tie an overhand knot in the bottom. This is the knot that the lead rope goes into under the chin of the horse. This knot should have two loops about 4-5 inches in length. Don t tighten this knot until you can fit the horse correctly. This is where you will adjust the halter to fit your horse. Step 9: Trim the rope ends to be the same length and melt them with a lighter/match to seal the ends. Many people will tie the ends together with a piece of leather while others leave the ends loose. Again, this is a personal preference thing. We splice them together to make one single piece of rope. Step 10: Adjust the halter to fit your horse. If you didn t tighten the knots too tight you ll have the ability to move things around, take up slack, give more room etc. If you need to adjust the size, slip the knots up or down the rope or adjust the size of the tie rope under the chin. If you are going to ride with the halter you may need more room above the tie rope at the chin -- we recommend a 2"-4" space above the knot that ties the lead rope into the halter to leave room for the lead rope. Tying the latch knot Bring the tie strings through the back of the loop. Hold your fingers below the loop, bring the strings around the back of the loop, through and under the strings. This is the best way to tie the latch knot. It won t come loose and it will come apart easily when you go to take the halter off. Important: These halters are great training devices, but aren t very forgiving the breaking strength on the rope is so high that a horse won t likely be able to get free on their own if they get into trouble. Do not leave a rope halter on your horse when you are not using it. Do not tie your horse in a trailer with a rope halter.

22 Kids Page Horse Cookies 1 cup uncooked oats 1 cup flour 1 cup shredded carrots 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon granulated sugar 2 teaspoons vegetable oil 1/4 cup molasses Mix ingredients in bowl as listed. Make little balls and place on cookie sheet which has been sprayed with oil or Pam.) Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Can you spot all the differences?

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