SUMMER WRAP-UP 2011 Newsletter
Summer
2011 Wrap Up Newsletter It’s hard to believe that only four months
ago we were still shedding out and battling the spring winds at our first show in Belen and here we are at State Fair time!!
It has been a great summer for NMPHC and here are some of the highlights. The Green Chile Classic held in July was our biggest show success to date with 37 Paint horses
and 146 total Paint entries. We also had a good number of All Breed Exhibitors with 12 all breed horses.
The
weekend kicked off with our traditional Margarita Party, a pot luck affair with plenty of good food. It
was a chance to catch up with old friends and make the acquaintance of some new ones. We had exhibitors
from as far as Texas, Kansas and Arizona. Thank you to Kim Murusky who donated a goodie basket for the
exhibitor that traveled the furthest.
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We like our shows to have something for everyone!
All the little touches that let exhibitors and support staff alike how important we think you all are!
The 50/50 drawing gives everyone a chance at extra cash. The Random Prize table has goodies for
exhibitors that are randomly drawn during the day. The added money Halter drawings hopefully inspire people
to enter a Paint halter class with perhaps the chance of winning another random drawing. Our Halter Grand
and Reserve Champions are given beautiful neck sashes. And of course we have our Participation Award Program for each show;
become a member of NMPHC and every class you enter is a chance to win the award for that show and ultimately a year end Participation
award as well.
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The winds kicked up a bit on Friday night causing Candace Thompson of Farmington to have a small misstep.
Unfortunately she ended up with a very badly injured foot and was not able to show for the weekend. We’re
sorry that you missed your classes Candace. She managed to keep a smile on her face as she cheered on her
posse, the Farmington group. She did win the 50/50 drawing so at least Candace went home with a little
extra cash. The drawing is something new that we have for 2011. Tickets are $5 with
the drawing held on Sunday; half of the money goes to the club and the other half goes to the winner of the drawing.
Another incentive drawing added to the
2011 show season was the $100 added money for Paint Halter Mares. Congratulations to Cindy Cook and Real
to Reel on winning the $100! Classes ran until almost 5:00 on Saturday! Nice
to finish up with a full day and lots of horses! Even our Longe Line class was a pointed class with 6 entries.
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On Saturday evening our Youth group had their
traditional party. Serina did a great job of keeping the party going with lots of inspiring and fun games,
including some leadership team building activities. Serina donated great prizes for the youth party. Todd
Cleveland manned the grill and kept everyone fed with awesome burgers. There was also Green Chile Stew,
thanks again to Kim Murusky for a theme meal for the show! We also had a paid Trail Warm up on Saturday
night. All proceeds from the warm up go to our Youth. Trail warm up is a great opportunity
to do a little schooling before the Trail classes which are first thing Sunday morning and support our great Youth!
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It was nice to end our day on Sunday with our
high point awards and our Participation Award Drawing. The Participation awards for the Green Chile Classic
were two beautiful English Headstalls very generously donated by our sponsor Paul’s Veterinary Supply on Osuna.
The lucky recipients were Hannah Murusky and Sue Bragg.
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The high point winners for the July Show are
as follows:
PAINT Paint Youth High Point 13 & U--Alyssa
Paint Youth Reserve High Point 13 & U--Hannah
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Paint Youth High Point 14-18--Tamara
Paint Youth Reserve High Point 14-18--Serina
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Paint Amateur
W/T High Point--Karen Kennicott
Paint
Amateur W/T Reserve High Point--Kimberly Murusky
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Paint
Novice Amateur High Point--Sue Bragg
Paint Novice Amateur Reserve High Point--Glenda Young Agee
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Paint Amateur High Point--Cindy Cook
Paint Amateur Reserve High Point--Nicole Dalton
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Paint Open High Point--Deelite To Be Me (Kristen Gottsacker)
Paint Open Reserve High Point--Slicks Gal Legacy (Lynn Saunders)
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ALL BREED
All Breed Youth High Point 18 and Under--Saige
All Breed Youth Reserve High Point 18 and Under--Brynn
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All Breed Amateur High Point--Bailie Guido
All Breed Amateur Reserve High Point--Judy Parsons
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All Breed
Open High Point--Loksa King Looker (Judy Parsons)
All Breed Open Reserve High Point--RC Play With Menow (Serina)
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On
August 6th we had our second annual Garage Sale at Dan’s Boots and Saddles on Fourth Street in Albuquerque.
A very special Thank you to Melanie and Larry from Dan’s for letting us invade your parking
lot! Dan’s has been a great sponsor for many years and we really appreciate their support.
Thanks also to everyone that contributed to the sale, especially Jennifer Mortus, Glenda Young, Patti Disert, Chris
Theiler, Kathy O’Neal, Marilyn Novat, Nancy Creel Unis and Lillian Creel, Charlene Johnson and Bridgette Honea of Bar
Lazy J, Dottie Cleveland and Sue Bragg. We had not only horse tack and household items but toys, books
and clothes.
A special thank you to Reed Bruce for donating about 40 brand new stuffed animals; they were
a huge hit with the little ones, Melanie even got some for her Toys for Tots program. We also had some
fine consignment show clothes for sale. Dottie, Patti and Sue ran the sale which went from 9 am to 3 pm. It
was a chance to not only make some income for the club but also to do some public relations as well. There
was a table set up with APHA flyers and information as well as a photo board of NMPHC events and members.
We made over $400 at the sale.
There were some items that were left over and these were donated to the Walking in Circles Horse
Rescue Thrift store in Edgewood called Hug a Horse. A
huge thank you goes to Berniece Zielke for the amazing job she did in applying for the APHA Clubs of Distinction. Berniece
spent hours compiling information and assembling it into a comprehensive well documented account of our clubs activities and
good works. We hope that we are successful in attaining this distinction among APHA Regional Clubs.
New Mexico Horse Council
will have their booth set up outside of the Horse Arena during State Fair again this year.
Paint day will be Saturday September 24th. Be sure to stop to
visit. We will have one of our own Paint horses to meet and greet the crowds as well as members of NMPHC
to promote our breed, our parent organization, APHA and our local club.
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The Red
Chile Fiesta held in August was another successful show at Wrights Arena in Stanley. Although not as big
as the Green Chile Classic the Red Chile Fiesta held its own. Stronger and better attended than last year’s
August show it is clearly building. It takes a few years for people to recognize a show and its merits.
We know that each year will bring a bigger and better Red Chile Fiesta.
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Thank
you to the New Mexico Palomino Exhibitors Association for joining forces with the New Mexico Paint Horse Club to bring a full
slate of Palomino classes to this show. NMPEA continues to support and promote the Palomino horse in New
Mexico. Not to be out done by the Green Chile Classic we had another outstanding exhibitor party on Friday
night of the Red Chile Fiesta. Featured was an awesome beef brisket prepared by Jennifer Mortus’
dad. Great barbeque and great sauces, we are hoping he takes our advice and opens a restaurant in the East
Mountains!! ~~~~~
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The show schedule was basically the
same for this show with the Youth Party concluding activities on Saturday evening. Our Youth President
Serina was not able to attend this show so our second in command Hannah stepped in to lead. She did a great
job having learned much no doubt working with Serina on other youth activities. They played games and enjoyed
the evening while trail warm up took place. In keeping with the New Mexico theme there was an unbelievable
Posole made by Kim Murusky. Thank you again to Kim for making it a special evening!!
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Walking in Circles Horse Rescue of Edgewood had a booth at the show to raise awareness for their cause.
They also had crafts to sell. They are a worthwhile cause that continue to do good works in New
Mexico for the Horse Community. The winner of the Participation award for August
was Marilyn Novat. Paul’s Veterinary Supply on Osuna in Albuquerque donated a beautiful Western head
stall for the show. Congratulations to Marilyn. Thank you so much David for supporting
our organization! Ron Morris won the 50/50 drawing this time. Our $100 added money
Paint Gelding winner was Judy Parsons.
And here is a list of our High Point winners for the Red Chile Fiesta:
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PAINT Paint Youth High Point 13 & U--Hannah
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Paint Youth
High Point 14-18--Colleen
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Paint Amateur W/T High Point--Karen Kennicott
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Paint Novice Amateur High Point--Sue Bragg
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Paint Amateur High Point--Bonnie Giffin
Paint Amateur Reserve High Point--Marilyn Novat
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Paint Open High Point--Slicks Gal Legacy (Lynn Saunders)
Paint Open Reserve High Point--Much A Jackie (Bonnie Griffin)
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Solid Bred--Jennifer Mortus
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ALL BREED
All Breed Youth High Point 18 and Under--Philip
All Breed Youth Reserve High Point 18 and Under--Becca
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All Breed Amateur High Point--Bailie Guido
All Breed Amateur Reserve High Point--Judy Parsons
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All Breed
Open High Point--Loksa King Looker (Judy Parsons)
All Breed Open Reserve High Point--(Bailie Guido)
Many thanks to everyone who helped to make our shows a success this year, our hardworking volunteers,
our dedicated and motivated Executive Officers and Board, our families and our friends and our trainers and most of
all our wonderful horses!! See you at the Fair! ~Sue
SUMMER 2011 Newsletter
SUMMER NEWSLETTER
New Mexico Paint
Horse Club Newsletter
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NMPHC kicked off the show season for 2011 with a well attended show held on April 17th at the
Valencia County Horseman’s Arena in Belen New Mexico. Our judge for the event was Martha Sayles.
Thank you to Martha for not only coming to judge our show but for always providing constructive comments to our exhibitors.
We also had apprentice judge Lindsey Berbee at our show.
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Our list of volunteers includes Jim Sells and Dottie Cleveland helping at the Paddock,
ring stewards were Lynn Saunders and Reid Bruce. The success of any show hinges on the efforts of
the Show Manager and his team so a big Thanks John Bloomberg for working so hard to make it a smooth running show and to our
wonderful office team Nancy Creel Unis and Lillian Creel. Also thanks to Kathy Niebert for her usual awesome
announcing! Ron Morris and Berniece Zielke provided Pattern books which were for sale in the office and
a real bargain for $1.00!! Thanks also to all the behind the scenes help from friends, spouses and significant
others.
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The family atmosphere is one that makes our shows fun and you can always find a friendly face
or helping hand. Our High Point
award winners for the April show were: Paint Open Horse--Slicks Gal Legacy, owned by Lynn Saunders and shown by Dolly Wallace
of Bosque Farms. Reserve Open--Much A Jackie owned and shown by Bonnie Griffin of Los Lunas.
Paint Solid Bred-Justa Cool Essence owned and shown by Jeanne Marotta of Edgewood. Paint Amateur-Bonnie Griffin on Much a
Jackie. Paint
Walk Trot Amateur-Karen Kennicott of Corrales on Just Dot my Spot. Reserve--Kim Murusky of Aztec on Cherokee Badger. Paint
Youth 14-18--Colleen on Just Dot my Spot. Paint Youth 13 & under-Hannah of Aztec on GM Hitch. Reserve-Jenna of
Corrales on Brother Can I Zip. All Breed Open- I’m Just a Sandman owned and shown by Bailey Guido
of Bloomfield. Reserve-Samuel shown by Ron Morris of Belen. All Breed Amateur-Bailey Guido on Just a Sandman. Reserve-Robyn
Koerschner showing Chakeenah. All Breed Youth 18 & under-Hannah on GM Hitch. Reserve-Madison on Playing Diamonds. Our
winners received a $20 gift card from Old Mill Farm and Ranch Supply located in Los Lunas and Belen, Reserve High Points were
$10 gift cards from Old Mill Farm and Ranch.
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The Participation Award for the April
Show was a beautiful Show Halter sponsored by Marilyn Novat. Kim Murusky was the lucky recipient!
Congratulations Kim we’ll look forward to seeing that on Badger at the next show! Our
Participation program is a little different for 2011 as we will not only have a drawing at year end for one prize but will
have an award for each show as well. The rules are simple, join the New Mexico Paint Horse Club and each
class that you enter puts you in the running for the award! You can join in advance or at the show.
Also our Poker Hank winner was Robyn Koershner! The details on both programs can be found on our
web site. For those of you that are not aware NMPHC now has a Facebook page. Kim
and Ferol Murusky have started the page and we invite you all to be friends!! As we know Facebook and social
media is the cool new way to communicate with friends and community. We invite your participation via comments,
photos etc.
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Thanks to our Clubs of Distinction committee,
Berniece Zielke and Karen Kennicott. APHA has a classification for a regional club which is called Clubs
of Distinction. It is an application process that runs from June 1st to May 31st.
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Coming Attraction
for this summer will be our Second Annual Garage Sale on Saturday August 6th. Thanks to Dan’s
Boots and Saddles on Fourth St. They are letting us have the event there again this year. Last
year the club made around $300, we hope to double that amount for this year!! Last year we also donated
the remaining items to Joy Junction. So here is our all call for whatever you can donate to the sale.
We will be happy to come collect whatever items you have and remember it can be anything
from tack to clothes to household items, tools, toys, etc. One of our hottest items last year was Peacock
Feathers that Patty Disert donated!! So it doesn’t matter what it is, remember one man’s trash
is another man’s treasure. We have two months to gather items for the sale. If
you have something you would like to donate contact Sue Bragg at sbragg41@att.net or call her at 505-307-8876, our Garage Sale Coordinator! Or haul it to
the next show. ~~~~~
Hope you all are
getting geared up for our next show, the Green Chile Classic in July. We will have our traditional Friday
evening exhibitor party which is always lots of fun. The trail warm up has been a big hit so we will have
that again as well on Saturday evening with the proceeds going to our Youth Group. On a very sad
note the horse community has lost a much loved member, Nola Gearhardt of Tijeras New Mexico. Nola passed
away recently from injuries sustained in a fall this winter. Our hearts and prayers go out to the Gearhardt
and Carey families in this very tragic loss.
Thanks, Sue Bragg
