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volume 1 issue 1 newsletter date the final round for the goulburn valley reining horse association `ride slide to america series 2011 was held at tatura park indoor arena on sunday 17th july winner goulburn valley reining horse association intermediate open non pro august newsletter keiran moses little gambel lena photo by amber dunnachie winner rookie level 1 khris martin tamkaura promise of glory photo by georgia mundie inside this issue `ride slide to america series results g.v.r.h.a member photos pard s western store $1,000 shopping spree g.v.r.h.a member photos sponsor spotlight members birthdays equitana reining event sydney 2011 ra affiliate championships futurity 2011 sponsors 2010-2011 g.v.r.h.a contact information 2-6 7 8 9 10-12 13 14 15 16-21 22 special points of interest `ride slide to america series results pard s $1,000 shopping spree gvrha member photos equitana sydney ra futurity sponsor spotlight gvrha member birthdays agm high point presentation 2011

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`ride slide to america series intermediate non pro the final round for the goulburn valley reining horse association `ride slide to america series 2011 was held at tatura park indoor arena on sunday 17th july the rookie l1 and intermediate open classes were a very close finish whilst the intermediate non pro saw runaway leader keiran moses on little gambel lena take home a return flight to the nrha futurity held at oklahoma city in dec 2011 the package includes box seat tickets proudly sponsored by nrha national reining horse association 2nd place in the intermediate non pro was the eyecatching sonya taylor receiving a $600 gift card for a tom balding bit from pard s western store www.pards.com and a gift voucher from kentucky equine research ker www.ker.com on her stunning gelding whizzel with me in 3rd place receiving a silver engraved g.v.r.h.a trophy bridle was brett mcdonald on his stallion slippery lil badger 4th placing saw brett hands on the talented mare `miss congeniality picking up the custom engraved g.v.r.h.a wooden trophy stirrups `ride slide to america series intermediate rookie level 1 gvrha members had to compete in 3 of the 4 affiliate rounds to qualify and the top 3 scores counted for the high point tally the rookie l1 montana silversmith buckle proudly sponsored by national centre for equine education www.ncee.edu.au and 12month subscription to shawn flarida s personal training video series www.thegreenshirt.com was anyone s game but the girls dominated the placings going into the final round the leader throughout the series sue learey riding smart with style was pipped at the post pushing her into 3rd placing receiving a yucca flats saddle blanket proudly donated by denny from yucca flats company khris martin on her stallion tamkaura promise of glory took out the rookie l1 series by ½ point over jenny holmes on roy o bannon jenny took home a silver engraved g.v.r.h.a custom designed trophy bridle in 4 th place was susie farquhar riding glenray angeline receiving g.v.r.h.a engraved wooden trophy stirrups page 2 august ne wsletter

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ride slide to america series intermediate open the premier event for the `ride slide to america series was the intermediate open in which competitors were vying for the ultimate prize a 3 day stay with tuition from shawn flarida shawn is the highest money earner in the sport of reining 4 million dollar rider and in june this year was inducted into the nrha hall of fame leading up to the final round keiran moses scott glover were tied on equal points and sitting just behind was brett mcdonald ridding slippery lil badger and brett hands on miss congeniality the two brett s were chomping at the bit for a chance to win the once in a life time opportunity tuition with shawn scott glover marked a 68 on his stallion ruff major keiran come out and scored an equal placing with brett hands on 69.5 brett mcdonald just behind on a 69 these results made things a little interesting the top three scores from the qualifiers finished seeing keiran moses on little gambel lena winning the major prize scott glover on ruff major receiving the 2 nd prize a $600 gift card for a tom balding bit from pard s western store www.pards.com and a gift voucher from kentucky equine research ker www.ker.com 3rd prize the silver engraved g.v.r.h.a trophy bridle was brett mcdonald s on his stallion slippery lil badger and 4 th placing was brett hands on miss congeniality receiving a yucca flats saddle blanket proudly donated by denny from yucca flats company g.v.r.h.a thank you to sponsors g.v.r.h.a would like to thank all their members for the support shown throughout this exciting series and a huge thank you to our sponsors without whom the series would not have been run a big thank you goes out to shawn michelle flarida and the greenshirt team for supporting reining here in australia mark butzow from pards western store shows generous support for g.v.r.h.a and reining australia luisa wood marie kukawski from kentucky equine research ker for their generosity for the past 2 years denny from yucca flats company for their wonderful hand woven new zealand wool saddle blankets mitavite for their contribution to the placing prizes and the national centre for equine education www.ncee.edu.au for the continuous support for g.v.r.h.a yucca flats saddle blankets always original page 3

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standings tamkaura promise of glory roy o bannon smart with style glenray angeline mr cool dually talk about rosey khris martin jenny holmes susan leary susane farquhar glenn hurst glenda tjepkema 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th yucca flats saddle blankets always original page 4 august ne wsletter

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standings little gambel lena whizzel with me slippery lil badger miss congeniality badgers lil gem ep sacromentos playboy keiran moses sonya taylor brett mcdonald brett hands brett mcdonald debra versluis 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th page 5

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standings little gambel lena ruff major slippery lil badger miss congeniality roy o bannon cl pretty vegas keiran moses scott glover brett mcdonald brett hands jenny holmes brett mcdonald 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th yucca flats saddle blankets always original page 6 august ne wsletter

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l winner rookie level 1 khris martin tamkaura promise of glory r 3rd place rookie level 1 sue learey b 4th place intermediate open non pro brett hands l 2nd place intermediate non pro sonya taylor r 2nd place rookie level 1 jenny holmes b right 3rd place intermediate open non pro brett mcdonald b left 2nd place intermediate open scott glover ruff major page 7

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to enter the contest please go to www.pards.com fill out the form to win the $1000 shopping spree all winners will be contacted by e-mail no later than september 9 2011 enter july 1 august 31 online you can submit as many entries as you would like and there is no age restriction if you are the lucky winner the shopping spree must be used by december 31 2011 martin larcombe on who whiz jack page 8 august ne wsletter

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photos by amber dunnachie left brett mcdonald on slippery lil mil below brett hands on miss congeniality left khris martin on tamkaura promise of glory page 9

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sponsor spotlight page 10 august ne wsletter

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gvrha to the usa u tube file.wmv page 11

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sponsor spotlight welcome to yucca flats where we ve been weaving outrageous rugs and saddle blankets since 2000 that year we introduced our line of unique and colourful saddle blankets at the national cutting horse association futurity in fort worth texas our saddle blankets and rugs are hand-woven from new zealand wool at our production facility in eastern europe we dye our own wool which accounts for our rich colours and vintage look our popular saddle blankets measure 34 x 38 inches and weigh approximately 5 lbs each our weavers are highly trained and as you can tell from our designs our artists are second to none contact denny info@yuccaflatsinc.com www.yuccaflatsinc.com yucca flats saddle blankets always original page 12 august ne wsletter

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members birthdays july 8th raymond rowett 27th suzanne sims 30th bruce mundie august 4th bernadette devries 12th deb versluis 19th martin larcombe 26th sophie harris september 8th natalie plain 11th stephan elenius page 13

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thursday 10th november equitana australia open reining championships the dome arena 7.30pm 10.30pm the equitana australian open reining championships will be a gripping world class event featuring the top 20 australian reiners the top 30 scores achieved by each horse and rider combinations at four specific qualifying rounds held throughout the year will compete in the australian open reining final with one combination crowned the champion for more information contact reining australia secretary barry humphries phone 03 5433 2054 email barry.nrhaaust@bordernet.com.au website www.reiningaustralia.com.au

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reining australia 2011 affiliate championships and futurity show tamworth nsw 18th to 21st of august 2011 schedule of events monday august 15th pen open all day tuesday august 16th paid warm ups 6am until 6pm 5 minute slots hall of fame dinner 7pm wednesday august 17th paid warm ups arena management classes commence 9:00am thursday august 18th arena management classes commence 9:00am friday august 19th arena management classes commence 9:00am saturday august 20th horse sale 8:30am arena management classes commence 10:00am welcome ceremony after show entertainment

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