| THIS N' THAT July, 2010 |
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| Well, July is here and with it the second half of our show season begins. I hope that those of you who are showing are pleased with what you and your equine partner/s have accomplished this year and that you’re looking forward to and preparing for our 41st Annual MeApHC State Show scheduled for August 27th – 29th in Skowhegan. You’ll find the show class list and entry form along with the stall reservation and class sponsorship forms in this issue of the Spotted News.
Once again we’ve scheduled the Cheese & Wine Social for the Friday afternoon break, and of course our “famous” Lobster & Chicken Feed will be held Saturday evening. You should get your reservations in for this as early as possible. We’ve fixed the computer glitch that occurred in May when the Youth and Open Class National fees were not included on the exhibitors’ bills. We owed the ApHC a little over $1800 in Point Fees, and had collected/billed out about 20% of this! You can understand why we needed to print and mail out revised bills to our exhibitors. We apologize for the inconvenience and want to thank those exhibitors who responded promptly when notified about the error. Your prompt payment is allowing us to keep the show’s “bottom line” out of the red ink! I would like to make a couple of points concerning our shows. We did have some problems in May with horses/riders who were not included on the announcer’s class entry sheets entering the ring. Please, when you first visit the Secretary’s Booth check to make sure that all the classes you intend to enter were included on your original entry form. If they weren’t, you need to complete one of the “Add Class” sheets. If you decide to enter a class later during the show, please go to the booth and complete one of the forms. The same goes if you decide to scratch out of class previously entered – go to the booth & fill out the appropriate form. This will insure that information for you and your horse gets recorded, and that the gate keeper and announcer will have accurate info when the class is assembled. Also, we’re having some problems with our Exhibitor Numbers. It’s somewhat distressing to find these numbers thrown into the trash or left around the barns following the show. We, of course, have to pay for these double sets of numbers. If they’re trashed or destroyed, this is an added expense for us. We currently are not charging an exhibitor number “deposit” fee, but if we keep losing these numbers, we may have to do this. We would appreciate it very much if all exhibitors would return these to the Secretary’s Booth after their final class at the show. We want to congratulate our members who have been competing at the National & Youth World Championship Shows. They’ve done a splendid job representing New England and our regional club! We’ll look forward to hearing more about their experience in a future issue of the newsletter. Margo Carter Condon President, MeApHC APPALOOSAS . . . Our Breed of Choice! |