Eastern Montana Horse Show Circuit

I truly admire the show managers, Jody Sept and the office workers for implementing the computerized system. This is no small change so understandably it can cause concerns. My questions have been answered very courtesy and patiently. Thank you.

Matt, Bailee and I want to thank the O’Connors and crew for a wonderful show in Wibaux. Donna is also an amazing cook her BBQ beef on a bun was simply wonderful! We got to visit the brewery too and tasted the stout and Bailee got a rootbeer…very neat place! It was nice seeing Heidi again…prayers go out for Krista and Marge for quick healing and to anyone else we may have missed. Thank you again for a great time and good company.

Do you have the results for the Novice and Jackbenny Trail? There was some confusion with them and the results weren’t announced? Looking forward to the Wibaux Show!!

I would love to see the show results posted. I was not able to make it to Broadus and would really like to see how everyone did.. The same goes for alot of the halter/showmanship classes I miss getting ready:).. Those braids take a while:)

Take care Marge, I’ll be thinking of you and hoping you feel much better soon.

Jacque

Anyone from Glendive going to one of day of the Broadus or Baker show? I am looking to catch a ride. I want to bring my horse and just go for one of the days instead the whole weekend.

Hi everybody,
I finally got internet at home (since I am retired now)so I can get on the website. It looks great Jody!
I have a new granddaughter. She is beautiful! She was born April 3, weighed 8 lbs 8 oz and measured 20!/2 inches. She has dark hair and olive skin. Her brother is so proud. He is
3 1/2 years old and he loves her!!! Her name is Kenadee Ann Simac.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone. I sure hope my show dates work for everyone. I traded mine with Donna O’Connor because she traded with Broadus and then couldn’t get the arena the 2nd week-end in June. My dates are now June 13th and 14th.
Deb and Sterling Brown I sure hope that you are going to be able to make at least some of the shows. We miss you!!!
Marge Griebel

Hi Deb,
We do still have our trailer. You can call us at 234-3135 or email me at sept@midrivers.com. Thanks

Hey paint people I have an awsome black adn white tobiano yearling stud colt that is not gelded YET but very SOON. He is a poss homyxgous and at 1 yr he is above 13.2 hands high and requires A 17.2-17.4 blanket on him, he is bread to death with numerous race greats and english juming greats to his grandfaters name. I am asking 2500.00 bu that is firm…

Hi Everyone!
I am hoping to get out to the shows this year again. I haven’t fallen off of my horse yet, and no longer have a head injury. Hehe watch out Flags here I come! There are a couple of things I need if anyone has a lead, a super dead broke kid horse for my nephew to ride for 3-4 weeks while he is here. Here is the hard one, a 3 horse trailer. I hope to see you all really soon!
Erin 406-377-4931 or 406-941-0747

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to let everyone know that we are implementing a new software program for our circuit. Hopefully this program will make the bookkeeping end a little easier for the show managers and helpers. It also would be very helpful if everyone would send in their entry forms early, as it is going to be a challenge to get everything in the computer for the first show in Wibaux.

Also new changes are being made to the website, mostly by accident, lol. I have now taken over Julie’s duty of updating the website, eek! I have pictures from the last show season that I am going to post, as soon as I can figure it out. I would also appreciate any suggestions that you might have or would like to see done with the website. I will try my best to implement although, I definetely know it will not be as nice as what Julie has done.

Looking forward to seeing everybody this year

I’m excited to have the dates decided on for 2009. We are really looking forward to making most of the shows this year-as long as fuel stays down a little bit. This board has been really quiet for the last few months. Where is everybody?

Looking forward to seeing everyone Nov. 9 in Wibaux for the awards ceremony.

More on Deb Brown’s French Cash Yawl: at the Badlands Circuit PRCA finals a couple weeks ago he won the first go, 3rd in the 2nd go, 8th in the 3rd go and went in leading the average but tipped a barrel. Not bad for such a young horse. Deb had some semen pulled before they gelded him and think there is some left. But hopefully not a whole bunch since we have a 2 yr old gelding with tons of speed that we’re hoping only continues to increase in value. Sharlet jo_sr-teigen@hotmail.com

French Cash Yawl, the gelding Deb Ryan is talking about, is really something! He was the yearling versatility winner in EMHSC 5 years ago. Deb & Larry had semen pulled so there is a limited amount available. We have a 2 yr old son of Cash’s – he’s going to be a barn burner for speed! Deb and Larry’s horses also made a very good showing at the SD Reined Cow Horse event a couple weeks ago – 2 going on to Reno! Info at http://www.northernplainshorses.com.

Deb R, I took some pictures at the shows sent a few in to Julie to post here so I bet you will see them soon. You can email me too if you want me to send some to you personally. I dont know who I got, took mostly pictures of the kids and the buggys/wagons.

Oh come on you guys I know someone took some pics at the shows this year.. At least if I couldn’t make it I sould be able to look at the pics of all the fun everyone had without me..
Deb

Hi all,
Great show in Baker. Every one did a great job.
Sorry for all those that were not able to make it.. I sure will miss seeing you all..

I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU… To Leanne, Julie, Jackie, Ann and Aimee.. For lending me the clothes and other items needed to show.. For those of you that missed the excitement, at least my excitement I forgot
my show clothes and didn’t realize it untill one event before my class.. Boy did I ever scramble.. Thanks to all of you..

That is what true sportsmans ship is all about. I would also like to say a Big thanks to Jackie Sprankle who Lent me her bridle in Glendive.. You guys are the best.. I am looking into getting Cree a western pleasure bridle so that will not be a problem again.. Of course unless I forget it:). Have a great rest of the season.
Deb

Last weekend in Baker was a great show, as usual. Marge and all her workers did a wonderful job! I’m sorry the shows are over for the year. Deb and Sterling, we missed you guys. Hope to see you (and everyone) at the shows next year. Again, thanks Marge and all the show managers for an awesome show season. Even the weather cooperated this year!

I would like to say a big thanks to sandy and the rest of the great help she had.. you all were outstanding..

If you were unable to make it you missed quite the freestyle reining custome!!!!! Teri can tell you all about it.. Or better yet we have short camara video..

It was fun having Marie there to give me sooo much grief, like I am one of her own… Tina stopped by later on saturday and we had a great meal at the boardwalk.. We also ate at that new rib abd chop place.. I thought It was really good…

Of course my horse had to be a stinker because both his old owners were there. They probably think he still has never changed his ways.. SO I am sure they think I am telling them tall tales when I go on and on about how great he behaved and performed at some of the shows thay have missed… That Cree just wants to make a liar out of me… :) .. Hope to see everyone is Baker… Here we come Marge…
Deb

Congratulations to Sandy Lee and all her helpers at the Miles City shows. They had two successful very fun-filled days of showing. Beautiful weather and lots of people. I had a great time. My dream came true – my daughter, Angie, and grandson, Jacob came and he was in the lead-line class!! Thanks so much to Judy Askin for setting him up with a pony and saddle. He had so much fun! Having Angie and Jacob there made it so special for me.
Hope to see all of you in Baker July 12th and 13th.
Marge Griebel

A belated note of appreciation for everyone behind the scenes at the Wibaux show. Maybe next year we can use the arena. Donna, what is your secret for all the energy and keeping cool when everyone around you is throwing questions a mile a minute?

This was the first show for my granddaughter Rebecca Russell and she made some wonderful friends plus gained some valuable confidence and experience.

See everyone in Miles City … this time I think we can get there without John having to “halter break” the pickup and trailer behind the 4WD tractor for the first 12 miles of county road.

Well we have made it to Glendive (great show again Brenda and her crew wonderful awards and many thanks to your hospitality)and so far our warmest show, Broadus great as usual too, Julie (and crew) you are talented to show and run a show at the same time (reminds me of my friend Maria at the Bozeman APHA shows) and finally just back from Wibaux, Donna and crew amazing job you do with the added adversity of a muddy fairgrounds. Somedays we just have to smile and wade through the mud.. I told my daughter, Erica, she would love this circuit and the wonderful people in it and she DOES! I had a great time visiting withe everyone again. Thanks to all and hope to see you in Miles City.

If you missed the Broadus show you missed a good time. They had great help, everything went very smoothly, and we had a lot of fun. Was nice to have the indoor arena when it was pouring down rain. It is so good to see everything so green and pretty and it didn’t slow down the show a bit. The professional photographer was an added plus. They Thanks to Julie, JT, and helpers – we loved it.
Marge Griebel

To Brenda and Ann:
Thank you for a very nice show. It was a lot of fun. You had a lot of very good helpers and it ran very smoothly. The first show is always a little more work because people don’t have their numbers yet and some haven’t joined yet. The weather was great and things run very smoothly. There were some awesome prizes. Thanks again. We appreciate you.

Also thanks to all of you who sent their memberships to me early. That really helps out the first show.
Marge Griebel

I just want to let Marge and the rest of the Show managers that I’m sorry if we hurt anyone’s feelings, our post was never meant to do that. We enjoyed the show circuit and all the friends we made and we never intended to slam the circuit. We heard that there were just a couple of people who opposed the speed events being held in the morning and it’s sad that everyone followed their lead. We were hoping to make the Baker show, but with gas prices so high and the distance we have to travel, it doesn’t seem likely. We miss all of our friends and hope you have a good show year.

Congratulations to all the “mothers” on their new babies! Spring is definatly the time for new life.
I just want to invite everyone to Glendive for the horse show on June 1. We have over
50 DOOR PRIZES and 45 HIGH PONT, RESERVE, and CLASS prizes!! Our early entry prize is a hand tooled CD case made by Tom Crane (beautiful). We will also have the Red Hat Rider class to benefit breast cancer again. We have a gorgous gift basket from the Book and Bear that will be randamly given to a participating rider…
ALSO, don’t forget that we will have RADA knifes for sale and also a TACK SALE if anyone wants to bring any new or used tack or clothes. (please have them clearly marked with name and price) I will be bringing several items from my store at DEEP DISCOUNTS as I am going to be closing out…
Again, hope to see you in Glendive on June 1st at the indoor arena!!!!

I believe Julie Korkow is looking into the AQHA/Open show requirements.

The winter storm sure brought a lot of moisture–over 7 inches!!!!! All the dams are filled and the grass will be amazing once we get some sunshine.

We are still without electricity at the ranch–14 days…and counting! Hopefully, we will have electricity by the end of the week–but I’m not very confident. We are very thankful for the generator!

Congrats on the new babies!

It would be nice to be able to show for AQHA points, but the requirement of having to secure and AQHA judge for each show might prove to be too much of a hardship. It’s a novel idea, though.

Hey I forgot to tell you all the color and such…
It is a paint tobiano colt. Large in stature. could be bay or balck and white. He is probably homozygous… He is mostly race bred and that is a somewhat rare trait with this type of bloodlines… so he will probably be showing in the stallion class. He is 75-85% white… Anybody want to help clean him to be show ready ???? should only take several hours…….

Hi,
Well our new foal is here and he is beautiful! He was 18 days overdue, but he is big and healthy. He is a sorrel with 2 stocking hind legs and a bald face. Such a relief when he was born and both mare and foal are okay. See you at Glendive show.
Marge Griebel

I can’t wait to shart showing in my first show season! Im so excited! Since I dislocated my knee in March, my working with my new horse, Mary has really slowed down, but luckily I did accomplish something. Leanne showed me how to lunge Mary to work her and now we are almost pros. I have been working hard on my exercises and my knee was strong enough i was able to ride on Friday. I am so happy. Everything went smoother than i thought it would. I can’t wait to meet everyone. See ya in Glendive!

Hmmmm…..wow i haven’t talked in a while. But i guess im just saying im excited for the shows i can make. so cya people.:)

Hi Deb,
I am glad to hear someone else is anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new baby (horse that is). We still have Angie’s mare here and she is overdue by a few days. I have been keeping a close eye on her, but don’t have a video cam. That is awesome. Enjoy it!

I, too, am eager for the season to begin. Although as usual I am not prepared. I did have a wonderful time when I went to the Houston Livestock Stock and Rodeo with my sister and brother-in-law who live there. It was so exciting. I got to see one day of the Paint Horse Show and the roping and reining of the AQHA horseshow and two nights of rodeo. I got to see Cody Ohl and Trevor Brezille and Jesse Bail and Billy Etbauer! Then the evening of my second day there my brother-in-law got a phone call that he father had passed away (in Baker, MT) so our plans changed and I flew out the next morning to Boise to visit my brother and sister-in-law there. When I got home a lot of family was here for the funeral. Angie and Jacob got to be here for 4 days. Guess how excited Grandma Marge was to have Jake for a few days! He is definitely a cowboy in the making.
Looking forward to seeing all of you.
Marge Griebel

yeah i had a brain fart and forgot about babies and shows is not such a good idea, haha. If Lunch is like India she won’t foal until no one is in town…haha.
I’m excited to play with a horse i actually enjoy riding this year to! I miss riding so much i was volunteering a few times with a horse shelter down here and even the old cowboys are more uppity.
I get more excited every day!
-Kathy

Hey there Kathy,
Do you mean Lunch the horse or Lunch the food ??? haha.. It’s always so confusing.. No only kidding I am going to bring the Josie girl… Miss Attitude herself.. I am waiting for Lunch ( the horse to have her little lunch baby any time now) can’t wait… I will be excited for you to go and have some fun with your good girl jackie..

Hi everybody,
Hope you all had a good winter and are looking forward to riding as much as I am. I hope to make most of the shows this year but really need to start riding my new green horse!! Hey, I’m wondering what happened to some of the comments recently. I’ve been following all the interest in the speed events and suddenly the comments are gone. How did they diisappear? See everybody soon.
Jacque

o.k….I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE YOUTY AGE GROUP.YOU HAVE THE 9 AND UNDER THEN YOU HAVE 10-19 YO CAN YOU IMIGANE WHAT WILL GO THROUGH A 10 YO’S MIND HAVING TO COMPETE AGAINST A FRESMAN OR SOPHMORE IN COLLEGE… THINK ABOUT HOW DISCOURAGED THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO GET AFTER SO MANY YEARS OF GETTING THERE BUTTS KICKED. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE..LETS
BREAK UP THE AGES A LITTLE BETTER AND SAY 10-16 OVER 16 CAN BE ADULT. WE HAVE THESE AGE GROUPS IN
OUR BARREL RACING CLUB BECAUSE IT FITS A SMALLER SHOW BASE TO GET THE PEOPLE TO COME ON OUT AND HAVE SOME FUN WITH THEIR KIDS..

I MEAN LETS LOOK AT THE GOEGRAPHICS OF THE AREAS WE LIVE IN. WE ARE NOT AN AQHA CLUB,WE SHOULD FOLLOW RULES ABOUT TACK AND HORSE TREATMENT, BUT ALOT OF THE OTHER ISSUES SUCH AS AGE RANGES. we AS A CLUB DO NOT HAVE THE VAST NUMBERS IN MEMBERSHIP THAT THE BIGGER ORGINATIONS HAVE AND WE AS A SHOW ORGINAZTION NEED TO TAKE THESE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION. THE AQHA HAS MANY YOUTH DIVISIONS. 9 AND UNDER, 10-13, 14-16, 17-19 THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW AND I CAN BE WRONG…
I AM JUST LOOKING OUT FOR ALL THE KIDS.

LETS TRY TO STAY FOCUSED ON OUR CLUB AND NOT SOMONE ELSES
IT IS GREAT TO TAKE IDEAS BUT JUST
BECAUSE THEY USE THOSE RULES,DOESN’T MEAN THEY ARE GOING TO RIGHT FOR OUR CLUB. PLEASE REMEMBER THIS IS NOT TO UPSET ANYONE. WE ARE A GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE ADN EVERYONE THAT HAS SHOWN WITH USE SAYS THE VERY SAME THING.

EVEN IF SECRETLY WE DO WANT TO BEAT THE OTHER PERSON :):):):) ……………….

I CANT WAIT TO SEE EVERYONE AND SHOW OFF MY 4 YO
PRETTY PAINT… OH YOU WILL LIKE….. MAYBE HALTER, SHOWMANSHIP….. OH NO SOMEONE NEEDS TO SHOW ME WHAT TO DO. I HAVE ONLY DONE SHOWMANSHIP 1X MY ENTIRE LIFE THAT THAT MEANS I CAN DO NOVICE??? THIS IS FOR REAL..

To Vicky and anyone else…yes I understand your frustration over patterns and most of us have had similar experiences through the years ( I know Sara has but it was with Western Equitation) However, even though it can be extremly frustrating, the bottom line is that the judge has the final say in all of the classes. As show managers, we can only point out the rules as they are written and be available if they have any questions. As far as I know, EMHSC doesn’t have a written “standard” for point deductions or disqualifications in trail. The AQHA handbook does however give standards for deductions and I do think that as show managers we can have that information available for the judges to reference. But, alas, the FINAL word ends with the judge and no matter what is available for them to reference, we can’t MAKE them. Our only recourse is not hiring them again and that would have to be up to each individual show manager,

I have a question for all show managers. I noticed in the EMHSC shows for 2007 that having patterns didn’t seem to make a difference because someone could break the patterm and still place above someone that did the pattern correctly. I am talking mainly about the trail pattern. At one show only 2 people performed the pattern correctly and one of these did not even place out of 7 or 8 horses. If this keeps happening then there is really no reason to have a pattern in a class. Patterns need to be followed and if a pettern is broken then the exhibitor should be disqualified or at the very least not place above someone who performed the pattern correctly. I would like some feedback from the show managers.

Thanks for listing the 2008 show schedule! I’m terribly disappointed that we can’t attend the Broadus Show–Sterling has Regional High School Rodeo (only opportunity to qualify for state). This is such a great show! I’m pleased to see the trail at Broadus is extended to 5:00 pm–Sterling couldn’t make it to trail last year since he didn’t have a class break!

The Baker show might be a problem, too–AQHA show in Rapid City…but we’ll see! It looks like Glendive, Wibaux, and Miles City are going to work for us!

I was just wondering when the show managers are having their meeting to decide show dates? Both sides of my family are planning family reunions this summer so I was hoping to know the dates so that I could maybe influence reuion dates not to be on the same weekends. Thanks, Val

Well, we got Layton a horse! Now we need to haul her (TMC Dandy, a 7 year-old gray QH mare) from piller to post this summer so we are shopping for trailers! 3 horse mid-tack with LQ look good but we are thinking of getting a 2 horse bumper pull with dressing and tack room to start. Give us your input on what you have, what you have seen, and what to stay away from! Does anyone in Eastern Montana have a Brenderup or know someone who does? They are supposed to be easy to pull and easy on the gas gauge. Wadda ya know? Thanks, Amber Hrubes

Pat Mitchell will be giving winter & spring clinics. Clinics will be held at the ranch located northeast of Shepherd. Clinics will be the first weekend of the month starting in January, and will be held for two days.$100 per clinic limited to 10 riders. Stalls are available.Reserve your spot & get directions.Call us @ 406-373-1952 or e-mail us at pmphmontana@cs.com

I would like to thank all of you who attended the 2007 EMHSC Awards Banquet. I hope you all enjoyed the food and the great prizes. To those who could not attend we missed you. Hopefully you will be able to come next year. The weather was so beautiful and it was a special day. To Brenda Fisher and the Twitchell family we appreciate the nice thank you cards. Some child left a small appaloosa horse sitting on one of the tables – I don’t know if it was a trade for the horse on the table or if it was forgotten, but whatever I have it. If anyone knows who it belongs to I will get it back its owner.
It won’t be long until we will be meeting to plan next season’s shows. If anyone has any suggestions, please let one of us show managers know. We are always open to suggestions. I am already looking forward to next year and I hope all of you are too. Until then Happy Holidays (can’t believe it is nearly Thanksgiving).
Happy Trails! Marge Griebel

I would like to thank all the show managers for a great awards banquet. Thanks I think we all enjoyed it and I know I am looking foward to 2008. I am going to put in my requests for time off next week so I will have them in first…. Thnaks for all that you guys do to make the shows run smoothly… Deb Ryan

Hi all!!!! Is everyone ready for the banquet ???? I am looking foward to seeing everyone and getting to talk about horses.. Yeah….
See you all tomorrow…
Deb

Julie:

Please reserve 4 slots for me at the reining clinic (myself and 3 high schoolers). I will also need stalls for 1 stallion & 4 mares. Please confirm reservations ASAP since I will need to make arrangements for lodging.

Please call: 605-797-4514 (Ranch); 605-381-6493 (Cell); or 1-800-989-3738 (Home Health Office)
Leave a message if I’m out!

Thanks!!!

I would like to thank everyone in the circuit for their support during this time. I am still having a hard time with Mike’s death….hardly believing it…but I thank everyone for their prayers. We are trying to hold it together and with the help of my family and good friends it hopefully will get easier. Brenda

I would like for all of us to keep Brenda and Sara in our hearts and prayers due to the recent loss of both Brendas husband and Sara’s Father, Mike Fisher. HE WILL BE MISSED…. Words cannot express how sorry I am for you both..

Marge, you and your family are in our prayers. We are saddened by the tragedies your family has endured.

Deb, Larry & Sterling

It looks like the year end awards banquet will be Oct. 28th at the Plevna Bar and Cafe in Plevna. I hope this date will work for everyone. If there are problems with the date please let me know. I don’t have a menu or price yet for the meal. Things have been pretty hectic and stressful here this week. My step-grandson was killed in Iraq. It was something we were all so worried about but prayed that it wouldn’t happen. That was Monday and on Tuesday we got word that my nieces infant daughter was not going to make it. She was born premature the first week in July and at first things looked so good. She was gaining weight etc. Then about 3 weeks or so ago she was air-lighted to the Denver Children’s hospital. She passed away night before last. Please keep all of our families in your prayers.
I hope to get letters out to everyone within the next week with the information about the banquet. I sure hope the date works okay.

Marge Griebel

Has the date been set for the Year End Awards Banquet? Please let members know ASAP since our schedules are getting tight!

It’s hard to believe the summer is nearly gone. Sterling started school on Monday, 08/20/07–his freshman year of high school! He just turned 14…I’m not sure where the years have gone. It seems only yesterday that he was 6 years old and riding in walk-trot classes!

It’s been a awhile since I’ve visited with anyone so I’ll take this time to do a little update on what we’re doing.

We probably won’t be able to make as many EMHSC shows next year due to South Dakota High School Rodeo schedule, cutting, reining, and working cowhorse events. (Boy, do I dread the amount of driving ahead of us!) We do, however, plan to attend as many shows as possible. We have been in the circuit for 7 years and would really hate to miss seeing all of our friends!

Sterling, Larry, and I really enjoyed the CCQHA-sponsored Ranch Horse Competition in Miles City earlier this month. What a great group of people! Sterling was in the Youth Limited Division riding Sir Fred Von Freckle (the Freckles Playboy stallion we recently purchased from Justin & Kelcie Lawrence). He had a blast and is totally hooked on the cow events! It was a lot of fun to watch our two horses that Justin is showing. Dual Feature, a 3 year old mare, is heading for the Reno Snaffle Bit Futurity in Sept. Spark Plug Cat, the Shining Spark mare I purchased at the Weaver Sale two years ago, is in two-rein cow horse classes. She was just going to be a broodmare but is such a neat horse we decided to put her in the show pen.

I’m taking my first real vacation and spending all Sept. 22-Oct. 7 at Reno, NV, I’m excited about going and really looking forward to watching all those great horses compete!

We will also be going to several barrel racing futurities this fall to watch our two Frenchman Guy horses compete. One of the horses is “Cash” who won the EMHSC yearling versatility award 4 years ago. He’s won two barrel futurities this year (7 Downs & Cruel Girl Classic) and will be running PRCA barrels this with Pam Rolph when the futurities are over. Pam says the EMHSC shows helped him tremendously since “nothing bothers him.” The other horse is “Socks,” the little mare Larry used in the Men’s Cowboy Pleasure classes this year.

We are really enjoying the cooler days. We plan to wean our two March/April foals this weekend–so much for peace and quiet!

I hope all of you are doing well, staying healthy, and have a wonderful time.

Deb Brown

Does anybody know where we can buy a 2-3 horse trailer with a tack room and dressing room that is in good conditon and under $5,000. If we find one, we can do the curcuit next year.

Yes if anyone knows i will need to know dates at least two – three months ahead of time so I can put in for days off. Because once the schedule is made out it done….. I of course would really like to go weather I am up for awards or not. thanks to all the show managers again.. we all would have nopthing if it weren’t for all your hard work….
Deb Ryan

I would like to thank everyone who attended the Baker shows. You all helped make it a great week-end. It was so hot and I really appreciate you coming. I hope you all enjoyed it. The potluck was wonderful!! I really appreciate all those who helped. The shows run smooth because of you. You are a godsend!! Thanks Again!! Marge Griebel

Hello everyone. We really missed being able to make it to the shows this summer and even though it is a year away we are hard at work making plans and getting things set up here to be able to make it next year. One of those things is selling our blue trailer as we have purchased a smaller one. If you know anyone who may be interested, it is a 1995 Trailmann 4 horse. It has a large carpeted dressing room and a mid tack with a 4 foot short wall. We had an electric hook up installed a couple of years ago and added lights and plug-ins to the dressing and tack rooms. We are asking $7500.00 for it and can be reached here at 967-3193.

Thank-you to all the show managers. GREAT SHOWS this year. I enjoyed the shows so much and I hope I didn’t give the flu to anyone in Baker.
Sterling give your mom a break your the weird one.
LaCee

Hi All !!!
Can’t believe we had our last show… They were all great and everone did a grate job… After I get done relaxing ( YEAH RIGHT) I know I am going to want to go show some more. I do like spending time with mt horse and all my friends. now it is back to the grind work and overtime. Be on the lookout for my new paint mare. My lunch money!!! She looks like a hunters dream ( if you like color) So When are the awards banket this year ???? Am I rushing things ??? Hey Sterling I am going to keep my EYE on you.
Deb

Have you guys seen what the temperature is going to be this weekend in Miles City. It is going to be insane! 102 both days, boy are we going to have some kind of fun.

Hi everyone. I would just like to thank the wibaux crew for a job well done… It is hard to please everyone and you made a bad thing ( the arena ground underwater) work well. thanks for everyones hard work. We do appreciate it..
Deb

Sorry Emily and I missed the Wibaux show. To much lawn to mow, but thankful for the rain. I’m glad the Red Hat Riders class is being created for us old gals and proceeds going to breast cancer-something my family has delt with. THANKS for getting the PAC approval! Well hope this goes through this time. I’m not very computer savy but maybe I hit all the right keys!

I’m finding that terms have changed a lot over the years. When I was younger we called the electric timer an “electric eye.”

I was telling Sterling about Deb Ryan’s new electric eye. There was a little silence…then he starting asking what I thought were odd questions. Evidently, he thought Deb R. had just purchased an artificial eye (for vision) that ran off electricity!

It’s no wonder communication is often difficult–we don’t always speak the same language as our children!

Yes, i told my mom to quit being WeIrD! Just hope she isn’t like that for the shows. Srry mom just a joke!

A “GREAT BIG THANKS” goes out to the Baxters for getting the EMHSC accepted into the PAC program.
Marge, thanks for posting the good news on the blog. Jackie Sprankle

Thanks to all of you for putting in the work to get our shows APHA PAC approved. Yeah… I have a pain t horse i am starting to show thios year and am excited about having it approved for PAC points..Thanks again.

I have received word from the American Paint Horse Association that EMHSC has been approved for PAC credits. All of our shows may advertise that we have been approved for APHA PAC credits. This should be good news for paint horse owners.
Marge Griebel

Yes, the points will count for year end points for the horse as long as your husband is a member. If you have an individual membership and not a family membership then the points would not count. However, your husband needs to have a different number than you have for that same horse. Each number is for a separate horse-rider/handler combination. Even though the points will count toward the year-end for that horse the number needs to be different. In the halter classes the points count toward the horse as long as everyone who exhibits that same horse belongs to the EMHSC. For instance, if someone regularly shows the horse (in yearlings, stallions, mares, geldings, or pony) and then at some show that person can’t (maybe that person has two horses to show in that class, etc.) – that person can have someone else who belongs to the Circuit show the horse and the points will count for the horse. If that person has someone who is not a circuit member show the horse then the points do not count for the horse. This is only for the halter classes. All of the other classes are rider/handler-horse combination and if two people use the same horse it is two sets of points. In riding or showmanship classes if more than one person use the same horse they need to be listed on the eligibility sheet – the person’s name can be added mid-season if needed.

This was sent to me by Marge Griebel to be posted…..

I also would like to know for sure on Debs question. Cathy got a young horse and we were under the assumption that she could ride her two handed because she just turned 5. Deb, I don’t think any of us would have wanted to trade places with you. I understand there was a huge amount of snow down there. Hope all went well.
Val

With all the items I’ve posted in the blog today everyone probably thinks I never go to work! There is some truth to that; but day I’m snowed in at the ranch. My main responsibilites for the day appear to be warming chilled calves! My porch will never be the same!

A big thanks to Julie Korkow for the wonderful website!!!! Sterling & I are really looking forward to the shows again this year!
Deb Brown, Camp Crook, SD

Could you please lighten the background up? It is really hard to read with the black.
Thanks