Nebraska Pinto Horse Association Newsletter

have Inside this issue: 2017 Show Schedule 1 & 11 Officers, Board & Yth Officers 6 Yth Meeting Minutes & News 7-9 General Membership Meeting 1 Try a New Class 3 Monthly Newsletter January 2011 2017 Show Schedule Mark Your Calendars and plan to attend! *****MUST SHOW TO 7 JUDGES ***** TO QUALIFY FOR YEAR END AWARDS Nebraska Pinto Horse Association Newsletter March 2017 Nebraska Pinto Spring Meeting & Pot Luck May 20 th SPRING INTO PINTO SHOW Fremont - 3 Judges Manager: Jean Andrews May 21 st LET S GET SPOTTED SHOW Fremont - 2 Judges Youth Sponsored/Manager: Jamie Yeager July 22 nd BEAT THE HEAT SHOW Lincoln 2 judges Managers: Jamie Yeager/Kate Knapp September 9 th LAST BLAST PINTO SHOW Fremont 3 judges Manager: Glenda Masteller Enjoy food and friends at that the Nebraska Spring Pinto Meeting & Pot Luck on March 12th. Bring your favorite dish and gather with fellow members while having your opinion heard and be a part of the decision making process for your Nebraska Pinto Club. Make your way to The Lily Pad, 412 E 1 st Street, Fremont, NE Pot Luck - Noon Youth Meeting 12:30pm General Membership Meeting 1pm September 10 th AUTUMN SPECTACULAR Fremont 2 judges Miniature Sponsored/Managers: Linda Yeager/ Donna Freeman/Stefanie Callahan Out with the old, In with the new to you! If you have items for sale you can bring them to the General Membership Meeting on March 12 th. There will be a clothing rack to hang items and if you have larger items or tack you can bring them also. 1

Pinto World Championship is just around the corner! Entries are due April 25 th! Blast from the past.. Does anyone remember this girl? If you guessed Kari (Freeman) Reeg you are correct. Miss Nebraska Pinto 1994 Please do not hesitate to email worldshow@pinto.org with any questions, comments or concerns. Don t forget Daylight Savings Time is March 12 th! Did You Know? Horses have bigger eyes than any other mammal that lives on land. Because horse s eyes are on the side of their head they are capable of seeing nearly 360 degrees at one time. This means more daylight for riding time! Shop at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will give to the Pinto Heritage Foundation! 2

Try a new class! We will be spotlighting an Approved Pinto Class each month in hopes that our members will be inspired to try a new class this year! Pony or Miniature Trail in-hand A. General 1. Pony or Miniature to be shown in a halter with appropriate lead. Chain on the lead is permitted under the chin of the animal. Exhibitor must maneuver the Pinto using the lead shank of halter only. Pinto may not be touched by the exhibitor unless the judge or course designer instructs or if side passing is required. Whips or crops are prohibited. Exhibitor may be requested to lead from either side. An exhibitor may show more than one (1) entry in this class. Tying up of long tails is permissible in this class. 2. In Miniature Trail In-Hand, baiting to encourage a Pinto to perform obstacles is not allowed and shall result in a disqualification. B. Course 1. Trail In-Hand animals are required to work over, under and through obstacles. Failure to attempt to negotiate obstacles in prescribed order will result in disqualification. 2. Obstacles should simulate conditions normally encountered at the ranch, shows, open trails, or parades. Unnatural or horror obstacles should be avoided. 3. Course to include a minimum of six (6) and maximum of ten (10) obstacles, with a minimum of one (1) obstacle from three (3) different categories listed below. 4. Course designer must keep in mind both the size of the Pintos as well as its safety. Care in preparing the course should be exercised to prevent direct advantage to either a small or large animal. Ingenuity in adapting and combining various obstacles will lend itself to courses pleasing to both exhibitors and judges. To include a walk and jog of suitable duration to determine the way of going. Lope or canter may also be included in Miniature classes, but are not allowed in Pony classes. 5. Speed is not to be used to determine placing, though excessive delay while approaching obstacle is to be penalized. Judges are encouraged to advance on to next obstacle any entry taking excessive time at an obstacle. A time limit may not be placed on the course as a whole or individual obstacles. 6. Entries will be evaluated on responsiveness, willingness, and general attitude. Entries should demonstrate the control, calmness, and sensible attitude of the ideal Trail Pinto. 7. All poles used on course raised off the ground shall be made of PVC pipe with a minimum diameter of 2. 8. The Judge and Course Designer shall walk the course with the Exhibitors. C. Categories Of Suggested Obstacles 1. Overs/Work Over a. Bridge b. Tarp c. Water d. Single horizontal pole with maximum height of 8 e. Deflated inner tubes (may choose to step on or in) f. Multiple walk-over poles with 6 maximum individual heights Nebraska Pinto Offers Open, Amateur and Youth Miniature Trail Classes! Mandi Pflasterer and Boots Galore show off their skills in the Open Miniature Trail class. You can watch a Miniature Trail class below: https://www.facebook.com/vicki.pflasterer/videos /10205786824163352/ 3

Youth and Amateurs this out! The Team Rivalry This program was designed to promote camaraderie between local shows and charters. It is a year long Team Tournament between PtHA Youth and Amateur members in teams of four. The top team in each zone will receive a certificate and the top over all Youth and Amateur teams will receive Gist belt buckles. For questions, contact Shauna Ford at 405-491-0111 ext. 221 or sford@pinto.org. (*Open, PWC & CBC points do not count) What color is your horse? Spots? No Spots? Sorrel, Black, Bay, Palomino, Buckskin, Gray.?? No Worries you can still come and show at the Nebraska Pinto Breed Shows! Would you like to show and have fun with your horse, pony or even miniature horse? Do you want to have fun, need or want some extra practice? We invite you to attend the Nebraska Pinto Shows to show in the All Breed Classes! By showing you qualify for Year End Awards! PtHA Internet Equine Sale Let s talk at the General Membership Meeting in March about getting at least one Youth and one Amateur Team competing this year! If you cannot attend the General Membership Meeting but want to be on a team contact Vicki Pflasterer at vpflasterer@yahoo.com. Looking for your next show horse? Check out horses that are available for sale on the official PtHA website at www.pinto.org. Are you selling a Pinto? If so, advertise on the PtHA website. Form more information, contact the Marketing Department at (405) 491-0111 ex. 219 4

Ever wonder what your Pinto National Points get you? PtHA's point system provides awards ranging from the Register of Merit to the coveted Superior Champion, the highest honor awarded. The award is based per unit, which is one horse and one exhibitor. Depending on your placing and the number of entries, you can earn points simply by exhibiting your Pinto at approved shows and events. This can make your Pinto worth more money if you are thinking of selling him or her or just some bragging rights with friends! We will explain a few each month! CERTIFICATE OF ABILITY Pintos, Amateur units and Youth units are awarded a Certificate of Ability when they have earned a ROM in four separate performance events. CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT Pintos, Amateur units and Youth units are awarded a Certificate of Achievement when they have earned a ROM in six separate performance events. CERTIFICATE OF SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT Pintos, Amateur units and Youth units are awarded a Certificate of Superior Achievement when they have: Open Horse: earned a ROE in six separate performance events Open Pony/Mini: earned a ROE in four separate individual performance events AM and YA unit: earned a ROE in six separate performance events, including Showmanship, Equitation, Horsemanship and Reinsmanship. Things to Remember! Nebraska Pinto Spring Meeting & Pot Luck March 12, 2017 - Fremont Daylight Savings time is March 12 th! Wear green on St Patrick s Day! Renew your Nebraska and National Pinto Memberships! Invite someone to come and show at the All Breed Classes this summer! Keep updated on the NPtHA on the website @ http://www.nptha.com/ and Facebook Must show to 7 judges to qualify for yearend awards! Deadline for Pinto World Show Pre-Entries April 25, 2017 Pinto World Show June 12 th 24 th, 2017 Tulsa, Oklahoma Spring is on the way! 5

2017 NPtHA Officers & Board Members President: Jean Andrews dodgecountyzoning@hotmail.com Vice President: Donna Freeman dffarrier@hotmail.com Secretary: Linda Yeager yeager.linda@gmail.com Youth Officers President - Jocilynn Behlen Vice President - Cynthia Yeager Secretary - Mackenzie Daniels Treasurer - Aubrey Hayes Historian - Paige Bunn Treasurer: Glenda Masteller grm@bellevue.edu Board Member: Stefanie Callahan stefshorses@gmail.com Board Member: Jaci Behlen jbbehlen@frontiernet.net Board Member: Hope Bunn hibunn@wildblue.net Board Member: Kim Bowen kgbwings@yahoo.com Please submit newsworthy items for the newsletter to Vicki Pflasterer at vpflasterer@yahoo.com or Jamie Yeager at backroomdesigns01@gmail.com Board Member: Kate Knapp gatemaster93@yahoo.com Board Member: Renee Stouffer renee@gottsch.net Past President: Jamie Yeager backroomdesigns01@gmail.com 3 months until the first show! 6

Youth News Roundup Hello JNPtHA! I hope you are all getting excited for the upcoming show season. We had a great youth meeting on January 19 th, 2017 in Fremont. We had 11 youth attend the meeting including a new member, Jenna Glidden. We covered a lot of information, and I am also including the minutes from the meeting for anyone who could not attend. Here is a list of high-lights but I do encourage the youth and parents to read the minutes of the youth meeting and look through all the forms. Don t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Jamie Yeager backroomdesigns01@gmail.com or 402-719-8923 Logo Contest The Logo contest is going to be ending soon so a winner can be chosen and the new logo can be shown at the Spring meeting March 12. All NPtHA members are encouraged to send in at least 1 drawing for the logo, including youth. In the new service project the youth committee has approved participating in the logo contest will earn points towards each youth s year end achievements. JNPtHA Taking the Lead Service Project Program This new program was set up to help youth not only get involved with their youth club and their parent association but to also look outward into their community to see where they can be of service. There are many different things the youth members can do no matter their age, their time schedule, or their geographic location. Included is the information for this new program as well as the sheet you can print out to keep track of your successes. This is a great way for our youth to do good not only for their organization but also for their home community. LETS GET SPOTTED YOUTH SPONSORED SHOW There is much going on during the first weekend show being held May 20-21, 2017 in Fremont, NE. We will be doing horseless fun games that the older youth will be helping the younger youth participate in. This will be going on while the Pot Luck dinner is started and the meats are being cooked. We will also be having a few contest that the kids can participate in. 1. Stall Decoration Contest 2. Herdsmanship Contest 3. Poster Contest. Youth can participate in 1 or all 3 and these will be broken down into age groups. Lastly, we are bringing back the 10 for $10 Sponsorship program for the youth show. This has been a great money earner for the group in previous years so we decided to bring it back. Each youth is asked to find at least 10 people willing to donate $10 for help with you show/club. There are options for those who would be able to donate more and of course if youth want to seek out more than 10 sponsorships that is wonderful too. The more we can get donated better it is for our club and our horse show. Forms are also included for that and we will have a special prize for the top earner in each age group. That is the majority of it. There were a few other things we talked about and those are listed in the minutes. I can t wait for our show season to get kicked off so please be out there enjoying those horses during these wonderful days and I look forward to seeing you at the Spring Meeting March 12 in Fremont at the Lily Pad 412 E 1 st St, Fremont, NE. Contact Jamie Yeager with questions. 402-719-8923. 7

Youth Meeting Minutes JNPtHA YOUTH MEETING FEBRUARY 19, 2017 MINUTES Meeting was called to order at 1:15 Youth members present were: Jocelyn and Bo Behlen; Lisa Glidden, Cassie Godden; Josie, Zach and Cody Muhsmen; Kelsey and Paige Bunn; McKenzie McDaniels and Cynthia Yeager Minutes and Treasurer s report not available Old Business: Casey s Pizza Fundraiser was tabled until another time. Youth s decided so many other things were going on they will look at Casey s down the road if they feel they should do another fundraiser beyond what we have planned. All Breed Shank-less Showmanship and all breed Walk Trot will be added to the youth show for a class cost at the gate of $5.00 per exhibitor winner will get half of the proceeds and the youth club will get the other half. We are looking onto getting a sponsor to donate $50 for each class to increase the award payout. Logo Contest deadline is March 1 st and we are still looking for entries, winners will get a FREE stall for Friday and Saturday night and two bags of bedding at the last show as well as a FREE shirt featuring their logo. We will have NPtHA clothing items for sale on the web site once the logo has been decided on. New Business: We would like to do some Community Service activities as a group such as visiting the Children s Hospital; taking some Miniature Horses to some area nursing homes, etc. Youth advisor will contact youth members with dates at a later time. We also talked about doing some fun group activities such as movies or bowling no details were set at this time. It was decided that it would be easiest to send out some prospective dates through doodle.com survey to see which dates would work the best for the most youth members. We will have all youth who want to participate do Stall Decorating at the Youth Show as well as a poster contest and herdmanship with prizes for the various age groups. Youth are encouraged to decorate their stalls and have their posters up at all shows but they will only be judged at the youth show. We handed out a JNPtHA Take the Lead Service Project information sheet as well as the point system chart that each youth that participates will fill out. This starting year this activity started February 19 with the youth meeting and will end October 31. The charting sheets will need to be turned into Jamie Yeager by November 10 of 2017 to be eligible for awards at the 2017 Awards Banquet. Youth can do as much as they want with prizes being awarded for each age group at the fall banquet. The youth club is bringing back the $10 for $10 Youth Show Sponsorship. Forms were handed out as per the attached copy. Each child will strive to achieve a minimum of $10 for 10 different sponsors to donate towards the show/club. Lastly, Youth will be laminating show numbers for $5 a set at the Spring Meeting and the first weekend show. Other events to help spread the word of Nebraska Youth were also discussed such as the possibility of Royalty handing out ribbons at the Columbus Horse Races at one of their races, or all youth who wish to participate handing out information concerning Nebraska Pinto at Bomgaars or TSC when they are having one of their big sales. We also are looking into having Nebraska Pinto represented at the Seward Parade this summer, Jaci Behlen is getting the information on this. Meeting adjourned at 2:45pm DRAFT ONLY MINUTES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED Any questions on Youth News please contact Jamie Yeager backroomdesigns01@gmail.com or 402-719-8923 8

Junior Nebraska Pinto Horse Association LET S GET SPOTTED! Youth Horse Show Sponsorship Form Hello! My name is and I am a member of the JNPtHA Youth Club. I am looking for sponsors to help my group put on our annual Nebraska Pinto Youth Horse Show that is being held May 21, 2017 this year at Christensen Field in Fremont. This show is called LET S GET SPOTTED! A little about JNPtHA The Nebraska Pinto Youth Program is a wonderful non-profit association that along with showing horses throughout the summer offers much more for our youth, our club, and our community. Currently this year we have many activities planned as a youth club. They range from fundraisers, community service projects including visiting the Children s Hospital as well as Senior Centers, hosting a Logo Contest for the NPtHA Club, Stall Decorating and Special Class Contests, and Charity work to help places like the Low Income Ministry in Fremont or the Dodge County Humane Society. We also are promoting youth to do some community service or charity work on their own outside of the JNPtHA in which they can earn points towards special awards at the end of the year. Lastly, we offer a Royalty program for 3 different age levels of girls in the association. These 3 categories are NPtHA Sweetheart, NPtHA Princess, and Miss Nebraska Pinto and to earn these titles our participants have to show knowledge, responsibility, kindness, and generosity. What I, as a JNPtHA Youth would like to ask of you With all we are working to achieve this year, we are bringing back our 10 for $10 Sponsorship Fundraiser that we had several years ago. Each youth is working towards meeting a goal of a minimum of 10 sponsorships of $10 each to help us with our show and meeting our goals with all we would like to achieve this year both in and out of the arena. There are also other levels of sponsorship if you would like to donate more than the $10. All youth who participate will be up for prizes at the NPtHA Fall Awards Banquet in November for achieving different levels of sponsorship. I thank you for helping the Junior Nebraska Pinto Horse Association as well as helping me in my personal goal of achieving in total sponsorships. Sponsorship Levels: $100 Sponsorship Announced throughout day of LET S GET SPOTTED Youth Sponsored Show, listing in the LET S GET SPOTTED Youth Sponsored Show Pattern Booklet for all exhibitors, listed on the NPtHA Website with link to email or website, listed in the 2018 Nebraska Pinto Horse Association / Nebraska Paint Horse Club Directory on the JNPtHA Sponsored Page. $50 Sponsorship - Announced throughout day of LET S GET SPOTTED Youth Sponsored Show, listing in the LET S GET SPOTTED Youth Sponsored Show Pattern Booklet for all exhibitors, and listed on the NPtHA Website with link to email or website. $25 Sponsorship Announced throughout day of LET S GET SPOTTED Youth Sponsored Show and listing in the LET S GET SPOTTED Youth Sponsored Show Pattern Booklet for all exhibitors. $10 Sponsorship** Announced throughout day of LET S GET SPOTTED Youth Sponsored Show. Questions? Contact JNPtHA Youth Advisor Jamie Yeager 402-719-8923(call or text) or backroomdesigns01@gmail.com JNPtHA Youth - Cut Here and Keep with Payment to turn into Youth Advisor Name or Business Address City State Zip Email Website $100 $50 $25 $10 Check# Cash Youth Member Name 9

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2017 NPtHA Membership Form Youth - $15 Individual - $20 Family - $25 Name Address City State Zip Phone Email Please list names of all youth along with DOB. Mail to: Glenda Masteller 315 E Linden Fremont, NE 68025 14