The Road Apple. Spring Is Here at Last!! Let s Saddle Up and Ride!! See the Revised Clinic Schedule on the Calendar on Page 2. Have a Horse for Sale??

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1 The Road Apple Spring Is Here at Last!! Let s Saddle Up and Ride!! After a spring of unprecedented wet weather, when trail rides, clinics and threats of an equine virus pandemic, and even our first gymkhana had to be cancelled or rescheduled, the arrival of real spring weather is a welcome invitation to get the club s schedule of summer activities underway. (LEFT) Club riders rally for the Mother s Day trail ride at Snell Valley Ranch. See the Revised Clinic Schedule on the Calendar on Page 2 Clinics are for PVRR Members only and are provided at no charge. Normally held on second and fourth Wednesdays, 5:30 pm, at the Arena unless otherwise noted. Members are encouraged to make this a regular practice day and bring your horse or just come to participate, watch and learn. Chair: Barry Kessey Have a Horse for Sale?? If you are a member of PVRR, you can list the horse or horses you have in our monthly newsletter. If you are looking for a horse, you can list that too. No charge if you are a member. Just mail the text and a photo (if possible) to me at rthagar5611@me.com. before the beginning of the week before the monthly meeting. A donation of $5.00 per ad would be gratefully accepted by the Road Apple although you may place the ad for free if you d like.! PAGE 1

2 Calendar of Events for 2011 Club Meetings Farm Center October 14th November 4th Christmas Party is Dec. 10th Board Meetings Gymkhanas: (Sundays) June 12 th July 10 th Arena June 10th July 8th August 12th September 9th June Kimseys August Rioses August Bickfords October Burtons November Thompsons November Hills Trail Rides: July 17 th Bodega Bay Aug 21 st Angwin Sept.24 th / 25 th Point Reyes Oct. 9 th OR 16 th Oswill Ranch Nov 6 th Angwin Wednesday (mostly) 5:30 Clinics Wed Jun 22-5:30pm - Roping Clinic Lets put the ROPE in Ropers and Riders Antonio wi! demonstrate roping techniques and provide hands on instruction to participants. Bring a lariat if you have one. Sun Jun 26-9am - 4pm Horse Carriage and Roping clinic Judy (Wilson) Barrish wi! demonstrate carriage driving while husband Michael performs a roping demonstration. Lunch wi! be provided by Dale & Roth. Wed Jul 13-5:30pm Shelia Rios - Horsemanship from the ground up Shelia is a Horse/Human Relationship Specialist who wi! provide hands on training tips to participants. Bring your horse. Cattle Work in Arena: Saturdays Heide Ranch 2060 Pope Canyon Rd. 9:00 2:00 June 25 th and July 23 rd Community Events Fire Department BBQ/Dance July 16th Turkey Shoot October 16th Wed Jul 27-5:30pm Michael Williamson - Barefoot Horse Michael wi! give a Farrier's account of the pro's and con's of riding your horse without shoes. Wed Aug 10-5:30pm Dale Roth - Trailer Backing Secrets Dale wi! coach participants in a fool proof way of getting your trailer to go where you want it when backing up. Bring your trailer.! PAGE 2

Pope Valley Ropers and Riders General Meeting Minutes May 13, 2011 Call to Order: Chris Thompson at 7:10 Present: Phil and Betty Bickford, Phil and Mary Burton, Roy and Susan Hagar, Chris and Marge

Lettie (ABOVE) Club President Chris Thompson conducts business at the May meeting. (BELOW) Member Phil Bickford and daughter Sandra at the May meeting.

3 Pope Valley Ropers and Riders General Meeting Minutes May 13, 2011 Call to Order: Chris Thompson at 7:10 Present: Phil and Betty Bickford, Phil and Mary Burton, Roy and Susan Hagar, Chris and Marge Hill, Lynn and Jim Jenkins, Bob Kaufman, Barry Kessey, Paul and Sally Kimsey, Alejandro Maldonado, Nancy Mc Namara, Claudia and Antonio Montanez, Lisa Paulson, Dale and Sherrilyn Roth, Hendrik and Lettie (ABOVE) Club President Chris Thompson conducts business at the May meeting. (BELOW) Member Phil Bickford and daughter Sandra at the May meeting. Smeding, Joe and Blaine Sullivan, Chris and Megan Thompson. Guests: Julie Lase (Bickford s niece) Sandra Bickford. Pledge of Allegiance Approval of Minutes. MeganThompson, Marge Hill Treasurer s Report: Checking: $8, Savings: Income: $1585. (Cattle Work Day, Donations for Gymkhanas) Outstanding Bill: Tree work for $1500. Committee Reports: Gymkhana: Mary Burton reporting. There is no announcer for the gymkhana, Larry Bettinelli will be asked. We need water for event. Jim and Dale to work on this. We need to drag arena a day before the event. Reminder from Burtons: When using arena, please put their horses in round pen if they are bothering riders. Cattle Work Day: The last cattle work day was good. Fee is $25 per person, four more people came. We need to pay Dave Heidi. Next date, May 28 th, 9am. Thank you to Tanner for putting panels up.! PAGE 3

Old Business: Annual Liability Forms must be signed by all members. New Members approved: Jessica Smith and Bergen Smeding. Other Business: Get Well cards to Kvendsets, who both had surgery.

(BELOW) Tanner Roth passes out liability forms to Member Antonio Montanez. Work Day/Arena: May 14 th 9-12, BBQ lunch provided, and May 21 st.

4 Old Business: Annual Liability Forms must be signed by all members. New Members approved: Jessica Smith and Bergen Smeding. Other Business: Get Well cards to Kvendsets, who both had surgery. to be sent by Marsha. 4 th of July Parade: We need to send in form. This event may not happen. (ABOVE) Member Salley Kimsey at the May meeting. (BELOW) Tanner Roth passes out liability forms to Member Antonio Montanez. Work Day/Arena: May 14 th 9-12, BBQ lunch provided, and May 21 st. Clinics: 1 st Clinic, Sally Kimsey was held before this meeting. Next Dates: May25 Trailering tips on backing up. June 8 th Horsemanship, Jun26 Carriage Driving and Ranch Roping (Judy Wilson, Michael Bardsin, July 27 Barefoot Horse by Michael Williamson. Trail rides: June 5 at Oswill Ranch! PAGE 4

New Business: Moore Creek project update presented by Barry. Smell Valley ranch reports on Trinchero donated land. Can Guy Kay come to meeting? Yes.

Bragging Rights: Lettie has taken a horse to Idaho and will trade or bring back another one. Good horse-trading, Lettie.

5 New Business: Moore Creek project update presented by Barry. Smell Valley ranch reports on Trinchero donated land. Can Guy Kay come to meeting? Yes. 50 th Anniversary: Pope Valley Ropers and Riders will celebrate our 50 th anniversary in December, the club having started in December of Bragging Rights: Lettie has taken a horse to Idaho and will trade or bring back another one. Good horse-trading, Lettie. Joe Sullivan reports a new (ABOVE) Member Lisa Paulson and (BELOW) Member Lettie Smeding at the May meeting. treatment for Blaine s arm that is successful. Chris Hill (unclear from notes). Respectfully submitted: Marsha Bettinelli, Secretary (Notes taken by Megan Thompson in Marsha s absence)! PAGE 5

6 Members Celebrate Mother s Day with Ride and Breakfast at Snell Valley Ranch. Member Martha McGettigan serves herself sausage and eggs from the Mother s Day breakfast buffet while Members Phil Burton, Hendrik Smeding and Paul Kimsey man the outdoor kitchen.! PAGE 6

Mother s Day Riders Enjoy the Green Meadows and Lakes at Snell

pause at the lake during the Mother s Day ride, while (below left

7 Mother s Day Riders Enjoy the Green Meadows and Lakes at Snell Valley Ranch Members Bo Rideout, Nancy McNamara, and Sandy Bickford pause at the lake during the Mother s Day ride, while (below left and right) riders trail across new spring meadow grass at Snell Valley Ranch. Riders (below right) are L to R: Bo Rideout, Sandy Bickford, an unidentifed rider, Martha McGettigan, and Nancy McNamara.! PAGE 7

Members ride the trail along a fench line on Snell

8 (ABOVE) Members Dede Rideout and Nancy McNamara are mounted up and ready for the Mother s Day ride. Members ride the trail along a fench line on Snell Valley Ranch. Riders Enjoy Mother s Day Ride at Snell Valley Ranch! PAGE 8

Member Martha McGettigan is ready to ride on Mother s Day at the Snell Valley Ranch. Trace Your Horse s Family Tree This article was originally published in the March 2007 Road Apple.

9 Member Martha McGettigan is ready to ride on Mother s Day at the Snell Valley Ranch. Trace Your Horse s Family Tree This article was originally published in the March 2007 Road Apple. It is still a wonderful place to check out your horse with the registered name. My Carlos registered name is Highlands Candy Man, so if you need a registered name to see how this works, try it. I love it. Thanks to Sherrilyn Roth! Trace Your Horse s Family Tree From Sherrilyn Roth I found a cool website for researching equine pedigrees. It is found at If you enter a registered horse s name, it will show 5 generations. Click on the 5 th generation name and presto, you get 5 more generations. I was able to trace my mare Paloma s sire line clear back to one of the three founding Arabian stallions of the Thoroughbred breed. She is Oldenburg, but her sire line eventually goes back to a Thoroughbred, the breed historically used to refine the native coach horses into riding horses. I did the same for my neighbor s Quarter Horses whose lines can be traced to one of the three founding stallions. They are all related if you go back to the 1700 s! The website explains that Pedigree Online s All Breed pedigree database consists of more than 1,400,000 horses from around the world to cover all breeds of horses. If this is your first time visiting the site, you can pull up the pedigree for any horses in the database by simply entering its name in the form above and clicking the Horse Query button. For more about using this site or reading pedigrees, make sure to check out the Help menu. Parts of this site are free, while advanced options and features require you to be a subscriber.! PAGE 9

Work Day Prepares Arena for June Gymkhana Scattered showers and below average

Arena for June Gymkhana, scheduled for June 12th.

and fiance pose for a picture at the lunch table.

10 Work Day Prepares Arena for June Gymkhana Scattered showers and below average temperatures for June didn t stop the crew from putting final touches on the Arena for June Gymkhana, scheduled for June 12th. (ABOVE) Members Chris Hill, Chuck Ross, Phil Bickford, Mary Burton, daughter Tara and fiance pose for a picture at the lunch table. (LEFT) Phil Bickford and (RIGHT) Phil Burton assemble the shade cover over what will be the food servie area at the Arena during the Work Day.! PAGE 10

11 Members Work on Stormy Saturday to Prepare Arena for June Gymkhana Member Chris Hill in his rain slicker chooses the right drill bit to assemble the food pavillion for the June Gymkhana.! PAGE 11

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14 2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President!! Chris Thompson! Vice President!Sally Kimsey!! Secretary!! Marsha Bettinelli! Treasurer!! Marge Hill!! Ranger!! Dale Roth!! Board Member!Betty Bickford! Board Member!Nancy McNamara! Board Member!Shelia Rios!! Newsletter Editor Roy Hagar June Calendar June 10th Arena 6:30 p.m. Welcome 7 p.m. Dinner Meeting June Gymkhana Sunday, June 12th 9 a.m. at the Arena Roping Clinic Wedneday, June 22th at the 5:30 Horse Carriage and Roping Clinic Sunday, June 26th 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Arena July Board Meeting Monday, June 27th at Kimseys Pope Valley Ropers and Riders PO Box 1 Pope Valley, CA 94567

The Road Apple Member Antonio Montanez Leads Ropers and Riders at June Clinic

The Road Apple Member Antonio Montanez Leads Ropers and Riders at June Clinic RIGHT: Member Antonio Montanez demonstrates his skill with a lariat at the Roping Clinic he led at the Arena in June. ABOVE: