THE HORSE OF THE AMERICAS Essay Contest
The Horse of the Americas Registry, Inc. (HOA), has
announced an essay contest for all ages to benefit the
HOA Youth Program. The winner will be awarded a
beautiful two year old Colonial Spanish gelding,
"Cara's Spitfire", generously donated by Tom and
Della Norush of Attica, Indiana. The winner will be
announced at the annual HOA meeting October 11,
2008 to be held in Suffolk, Virginia. Entries will be
accepted until August 31, 2008
Contestants are asked to write a 500-750 word essay on
all of the following topics: How have horses have
impacted your life? What trainers (living or deceased)
do you admire and why? Why would you like to own a
Colonial Spanish horse and what would your goals be
for the awarded horse? How will you make a positive
contribution to the promotion and preservation of the
Colonial Spanish horse?
An application which includes listing personal and
equine professional references along with a $15.00
entry fee is also required.
All entry fees will go directly towards enhancing the HOA Youth Program. Funds will be used for
purchasing year end youth awards, and scholarships for our youth members to attend activities with their
horse which will enrich the youth and their Colonial Spanish horse.
President’s Message 2-22-2008:
2007--The Year of the Colonial Spanish Women.
What can we say? From the East to the West,
North to the South, the Ladies did it all. Thank
goodness we had Steve Edwards to hold up the
men’s part. It’s been a great year. The good
things resulting from the inspection trip to the
Carolinas continued on for the year and rolled
over into 2008. I won’t list all the things that we
(HOA) did-- or at least was represented at with
our Ladies standing in for each of us. We thank
all of you for what you have done.
Financially it’s been a little tough for
the Registry, The Economy is hurting as are a lot
of people all over this country. Kim Weil saved
us again this year with a very generous
contribution, as she has done every year since the
beginning.
The horse economy is very soft. We all
need to look at ways we can do better for
ourselves and our horses. We are having a lot of
discussion about AI. This will allow us to breed
to different stallions; we are no longer confined
to the stallion down the road. The quality of our
horses is more important now than ever before.
Needless to say, our membership is
growing at a great rate. We are registering
horses, working poor Gretchen’s fingers to the
bone. We have re-done the Awards program,
hopefully making it simpler and more userfriendly. You’ll find a copy in this issue of that
new program. Kathy Peacock and her daughter
Hanna will be collecting the information/points,
etc., and keeping a running total. They are also
handling the Youth Award program. I have
really worked the Peacocks to the bone this year.
Kathy and Hanna, Thank You so very much.
We are starting an essay contest to raise
money for the Youth Awards as you can see
from our lead story. If this is successful, we are
looking at having this every year or so. We had a
great group of ladies working on the Awards
Program and the Essay Contest: Stephanie
Lockhart, Linda Gasparini, Dianne Wolf,
Annette Gonzales and Kathy Peacock.
We are changing our meeting date to
the 2nd weekend in Oct. This year we will be at
Sharon Sluss’s in VA. We will have more
information as we get further into the year.
I want to THANK all the membership,
without you and your support, we could not do
all this. It shows what can be done when we
come together for the horses.
“The Horse of the Americas is a dream.;
not only my dream, nor just the dream of the
four incorporators. In fact HOA is more than the
dream of Robert Brislawn and Jeff Edwards,
who founded it so many years ago, more than the
dream of John Fusco who bought the registry
and returned it to the hands of the people who
needed it the most. Certainly each of those
people plays a role in the dream but it isn’t
exclusive property of any of us. This Dream
belongs to each of you--and to America’s first
true Horse.”
Vickie Ives wrote the above for the
2001 newsletter. And the Dream lives on in and
for each of us. Let us come together to enjoy the
common bond of our Spanish Horses and be big
enough to over look our minor differences.
Tom Norush, President, HOA
Colonial Spanish Horses Attend Equine
Affaire
by Stephanie Lockhart
The Colonial Spanish horses from the eastern
region were well represented at the 10th annual
Equine Affaire held November 8-11 in
Springfield, Massachusetts. To my knowledge,
this is the first time the historic breed has been in
attendance at this well recognized event. I
brought three horses, Morado, Adelantado and
Ringo, from Red Road Farm in Morrisville,
Vermont. Driving up from Suffolk, Virginia,
Sharon Sluss from Rainbows End Farm brought
her stallion, Cayuse Gold, and two young fillies.
Kathy Hobart from Belvidere, Vermont and her
mare Wish Upon A Star spent the four days with
us also.
Many CS horse owners from the New England
area volunteered their time and energy in support
of promoting this rare breed. Many thanks go
out to Joanne Leonard, Nancy Bates, Dierdre
O'Malley, Kathy Hobart, Nana Boffa and Jaeme
Ahern. Also, we send a big thank you to Tory
and Eliza Lockhart, and Sydney Lawton, our
young helpers who spent endless hours over the
course of the Equine Affaire helping with the
horses.
In the main coliseum on Thursday our official
breed demonstration was held. While riding to
the music from the SPIRIT: Stallion of the
Cimmaron soundtrack, Tory, Sharon and I rode
our horses to show their rhythmic gaits and the
natural beauty of the horses. The other four
horses were shown in hand, displaying their calm
dispositions. This was the first time three of the
horses had ever been at an event, and dealt with
the electric environment like seasoned show
horses, a true representation of their mild
temperaments.
Earlier on Thursday, Sharon's stallion was
chosen to be in a clinic showing body
development, and rating fitness of each horse.
Many complimentary comments from the
clinician were given to Cayuse Gold, known as
Cisco, noting his well balanced conformation.
Cisco seemed to enjoy being in the spotlight and
stood proudly and quietly for his pictures to be
taken by the audience.
Wish Upon a Star, a three year old mare, was
asked to join Monty Roberts on Friday in one of
his clinics. He was looking for a quiet horse to
discuss communication with to his audience, and
Wish was so quiet that Mr. Roberts was unable
to get a flighty response from her when he
rubbed her with a plastic bag attached to a
training stick! We were all very proud of Wish,
considering this was her first time away from
home. She had her own fan club visiting at her
stall the remainder of the day.
My 5 year old gelding, Morado, and I were
accepted to participate in the Versatile Horse and
Rider competition held on Sunday. Of the 32
entries, Morado was probably the youngest horse
to compete. Over an obstacle course of varied
items, Morado showed his true character of
willingness and curiosity. Given the chance to
assess the spookier obstacles, he would proceed,
negotiating each one carefully. His wonderful
attitude amidst the cheering crowd and bright
lights of the coliseum was the most important
aspect of the competition to me, regardless of our
final placing. It was a great opportunity for
people to see a Colonial Spanish horse in action.
Although we all left the Big E Sunday tired, cold
and ready for our own beds, the exposure that the
HOA AWARDS PROGRAM
HOA’s awards committee has
just revised our Awards Program. Here
is our new program and procedures to
turn in your CS horse’s
accomplishments for HOA recognition.
All horses participating must be
registered with Horse of the Americas
Registry.
The Horse of the Americas Awards
Program is designed to promote and
acknowledge the accomplishments of the
HOA MEMBERS and their Colonial
Spanish HORSES through shows, trail
competitions, parades, farm and ranch
work and various horse activities.
ACCUMULATIVE AWARDS:
Points earned may be carried over into
consecutive years until points are
reached.
BUCKAROO AWARD:
Awarded to the HOA MEMBER 18
years and under, for 50 points in any of
Colonial Spanish horses got from such a large
venue was worth every minute. We are already
planning for next year’s Equine Affaire and will
look forward to answering more questions,
showing off the horses, and meeting new friends.
the accepted categories. Points
may be earned on different horses,
but horse(s) must be HOA
registered.
SUNDANCE AWARD: Awarded
to an HOA registered HORSE for
300 points from any of the
accepted categories.
LEGEND AWARDS: Awarded
to the HOA registered HORSE for
500 points in a SPECIFIC
category.
1.) Legends in Show (Show &
Halter)
2.) Legends in Trail (Competitive/
Endurance)
3.) Legends in Time (Timed Events)
4.) Legends in Farm & Ranch Work
CABALLOS de CORAZONE:
Awarded to the HOA registered HORSE
for 1000 points. Points accepted from all
categories.
ANNUAL AWARDS:
Awarded each year, for MOST points
accumulated by an HOA registered
HORSE from September 1st to Aug.
31st.
PLEASURE TRAIL HORSE OF
THE YEAR: Awarded for points earned
during pleasure or organized trail rides.
SPORT HORSE OF THE YEAR:
Awarded for points earned in all English
disciplines including driving, jumping,
dressage, hunt seat, etc.
SHOW HORSE OF THE YEAR:
Awarded for points earned during horse
shows.
( halter, pleasure & western classes)
(does not include sport horse or timed
events)
PERFORMANCE HORSE OF THE
YEAR: Awarded for points earned in
timed events during horse shows.
ANNUAL AWARDS:
Awarded each year, for the MOST
points accumulated by an HOA
registered HORSE during the
CALENDAR year from January 1st to
December 31st.
*COMPETITIVE TRAIL HORSE
OF THE YEAR: Awarded for points
earned during Competitive trail rides.
*ENDURANCE TRAIL HORSE OF
THE YEAR: Awarded for points earned
during Endurance trail rides.
POINTS FOR HORSE AWARDS:
Riding Lessons (1 hour min.) 1 point
per hour
(4-H, FFA, clinics, private or group
lessons)
Camping Trips (per day)
2
points
Ranch work (3 hours+ ½ day)
3
points
Participation in pleasure & organized
trail ride
(1 hour minimum)
1 point
per hour
Placing in Show & Timed Events
5 or more in class 1st=6 2nd=5 3rd=4
4th=3 5th=2
4 or less in class 1st=4 2nd=3 3rdd=2
4th=1
(point system applies to show, ,timed &
sport awards)
Placing in Competitive or Endurance
Rides:
1st=10 2nd=9 3rd=8 4th =7 5th =6
6th=5
Completion of Ride
5
points
Best Condition
10
points
Buckaroo Award
5 points
Sundance Award
10 points
Legends Award
points
20
CAROL STONE AMBASSADOR
AWARD Awarded to the HOA
MEMBER who accumulates the most
points in the PROMOTION category
during the year from September 1st to
August 31st.
POINTS FOR CAROL STONE
AWARD
Promotion to the Public (Local) 5
points(day)
(Schools, library, youth groups, parades,
etc.)
Promotion to the Public
10
points(day)
(expos, fairs, festivals, state or national)
News Article (local or area)
10
points
News Article (national)
15
points
Media Advertising (promote HOA) 1
point
(ads, flyers, brochures for expos)
Each photo in article
1
point
Both Youth and Adults are eligible for
listed awards.
Award forms available online at
www.horseoftheamericas.com . Please
submit completed award forms before
September 15th of each year to:
Kathy & Hannah Peacock
5762 Nugents Road, Coggon Ia. 52218
Or e-mail your points as you earn them
to: kmhranch@netzero.com .
T-P Ranch
Home of “Tambourine Man”
Amber Champagne Overo by Choctaw Sun Dance out of Kiowa
Morning Song. NATRC National Champion Sire. 2008 fee: $350.
Gretchen Patterson
202 Forest Trail
Marshall, Texas 75671
Phone 903-938-2908 or
(cell) 903-407-3260.
Email:
tpranch@marshalltx.com
Webpage:
www.horsemassage.com
“Helping hands for your horse.”
Karma
Farms
7925 US Hwy 59N
Marshall, Texas 75670
903-935-9980 or 903-407-0298
World’s Leading Breeder of Colonial
Spanish Horses
REAL Colonial Spanish Horses registered in HOA and AIHR “O”. Some recorded
with SMR, and SSMA. Our CS
Horses are proven performers
with
trainability
and
conformation. More champions
than any other CS breeding
farm. Horses for sale from
weanlings to horses started
under saddle.
Pictured: AIHR 2007 Overall
National
Champion
Meet
Virginia (Rowdy Yates/Buck’s
Girl) and owner Tomlyn Speir
Email:
karmafarms@marshalltx.com
Website:
www.karmafarms.com
Horses for Sale
Guided Trail Rides
Stallions at Stud
Clinics
Riding Lessons
AIHR/HOA/SMR Judge
Book your good mares to our champion and champion producing stallions.
Standing for 2008: Rowdy Yates, Building A Mystery, Locomotion, Brother
Love, Cactus Jack, Tambourine Man and introducing to Texas: Under the
Sun, red dun overo stallion by Locomotion out of Lady Madonna. “Sun “is a
colorful high % Jones breeding stallion, strong dun producer, and such a
gentleman. He is just home from standing at the Baca’s Caballos de Colores in
NM.
Why not the best?
ADOPT A COLONIAL SPANISH MUSTANG!
Versatile. Athletic. Intelligent. Affectionate.
Easy to train. Easy to keep.
Great endurance horse!
Help conserve a threatened breed. All Corolla horses
are eligible for registration with HOA! Adoption fee: $600
www.corollawildhorses.com
252-453-8002
Crooked Fence Acres
Tom and Della Norush--Doug and Dawn Norush
2295 E. 1230 N.
Attica, IN 47918
Phone: 765-762-6628
email: tomnorush@horseoftheamericas.com
Standing “Dancing Fire” by out of
Little Star Sparkling. Sire of color,
temperament and conformation. His foals
include the HOA essay colt Cara’s
Spitfire.
We like the East/West cross and often have nice
weanlings and other young stock for sale by
Dancin’ Fire and Yellow Thunder. Our
broodmare band is selected for sweet-tempered
people-oriented horses like Wind-Blown
Flame, dam of Cara’s Spitfire, seen here with
her May 2007 filly.
Registrar’s Report
January 28, 2008
The registry continues to grow, both in
membership and number of horses
registered. We have 670 horses listed in the
Stud Book and I am at #1671. Many of you
still need to register your horses and I want
to encourage you to sit down, do the
paperwork, take those pictures and put everything in the mail. HOA offers lots of
exposure to our breeders and we want your horses recorded with the Registry. Now is the
time to get into HOA; the revised Awards Program is beginning to take shape and we
encourage everyone to turn in their points for 2008.
One of our registration innovations was to print each horse’s picture directly on
the certificate. Each certificate has two pictures on the back, and the face is printed on
the front of the certificate. Horses with unusual white markings or facial markings will
have those features recorded as well. You may submit pictures in one of three formats:
regular photographs; digital scans on photographic paper or via email. I would like to
stress that digital pictures must be printed on glossy paper. I cannot use pictures that
are printed on regular copy paper.
If you send pictures via email, they should be no larger than 400 kb and should be
saved as a .tif or .jpg. Picture files saved as a .gif extension have been compressed and
do not reproduce well. If you send me pictures by email, please notify me in advance
that you will be sending picture file attachments.
All photos should be taken in open space, preferably in the morning or early
afternoon. Pictures with lots of shadows do not scan well, and the horse’s true color is
difficult to reproduce. Trees or other busy landscape should be out of the background
whenever possible. I require pictures of both sides as well as a front and a rear as well as
a close-up photo of the head/face.
For more information, please contact Gretchen Patterson, 202 Forest Trail Rd., Marshall,
TX, 75672 or by email: tpranch@marshalltx.lcom My night time telephone is 903-4073260.