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GKCAHA Hosts Trainer Clinic in January!!

The Greater Kansas City Arabian Horse Association is starting 2012 with a big event which will bring two nationally-known Arabian trainers to Missouri.
Chris Culbreth and John Rannenberg will participate in a trainer clinic sponsored by GKCAHA on January 28 and 29.

Chris Culbreth is located in Scottsdale, Arizona, and is the owner of Culbreth Equine Training and Management LLC. He began training professionally in 1979, and before establishing his own business, was the head trainer at Wolf Springs Ranches, Inc.
Chris and his clients have garnered many National and Reserve National Championships.

Areas of success include English, Western, Hunter Pleasure, Park, Show Hack, Driving
and Equitation. Chris’s level of experience in the Arabian horse community encompasses more than just showing horses. 

It has always been important to Chris to get involved ona higher level and ensure the future of our Arabian horse. He has been President of the Arabian Professional and Amateur Horseman’s Association, and Chairman for the Professional Horseman’s Committee of AHA.  Chris has been a licensed judge since 1982.
Judging assignments have included U.S.n Nationals, National Show Horse Finals, Renai World Championship, Canadian National Championships, and Australia’s Pan
Pacific
Championships.

John Rannenberg is the resident trainer for Rohara Arabians, one of the nation’s premier equestrian facilites, located in Orange Lake, Florida. Prior to his current position, John was the resident trainer for singer Kenny Rogers’ Beaver Dam Farms. John joined Rohara Arabians in 1985, and has been awarded six Arabian Professional and Amateur Horseman’s Association Awards. He and his clients have won numerous national championships in halter, English pleasure, Country English Pleasure, pleasure and country driving, informal combination, western pleasure, hunter pleasure, show hack, native costume, park, and equitation.

John has also established a prestigious breeding program of purebreds and Half-Arabians, which has produced more than 20 national titles. Many times he has enjoyed being the breeder, trainer and owner at the time of the win! John holds the highest level USEF judges license at the regional/national level. He has judged at every level, national, regionals, and also internationally.

Both these trainers are experienced clinicians, and bring a wealth of knowledge about breeding, training and exhibiting Arabian horses at the highest level. Since both are also
judges, their insights will be invaluable to everyone participating in the clinic.

Both Saturday and Sunday clinics will begin at 10:00 a.m., and will be held at Glass Horse
Farm, a new facility located on the south side of Raymore, MO, at 1012 S. Madison Street.

The barn is heated and provides a great place for viewing the clinic and the horses.
Coffee and donuts will be provided each morning to participants.

The schedule for the clinic is:

Saturday, January 28—10:00 a.m—Price for the Day: GKCAHA member : $20, non-member: $35
Morning Session Presentation by each clinician

Lunch will be available for purchase

Afternoon Session—ending by 4:00 p.m.
Question and Answer sessions by each clinician

Sunday, January 29—10:00 a.m.- Price for the Day: GKCAHA member: $50 non-member: $75
Individualized instruction for riders with their personal horses-length of lesson
to be determined by the number of riders that can be accommodated during the day.
Anyone interested in lessons should reserve time ASAP so that a schedule can be
planned.
For more information or to reserve space, please call 816-651-7424, or 816-223-1786
or check the website: www.gkcaha.com

USEF National Champion Arabian Halter Horse 2010

Klapsych Elegance (SF Psyche Cynead x Klasic Atracshahn) was recently honored at the United States Equestrian Foundation Banquet in Lexington, KY, as National Champion Arabian Halter Horse 2010. 

She was bred and raised by Karen Heeb and shown in this picture by Kristin Moore of San Antonio, TX.  During 2010 "Elle" was shown throughout Regions 8 & 11 to numerous Championships by junior owner/handler Krisitn Moore and trainer Kevin Jochens of Equestrian Heights.

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Picture submitted by Karen Heeb and Kristin Moore.

 

GKCAHA is 45 years old!

The Greater Kansas City Arabian Horse association turned 45 this year.  We thought we would start off with a little trivia.

When was the first GKCAHA show? June 22-23, 1968 at the American Royal

How many classes were held?  There were only a total of 66 classes for the entire show

What current GKCAHA board member exhibited in the 13 and under at the 1970 show?  Kevin Jochens

Does anyone know the answer to these questions?

What was a masquerade class?

Who designed the cover of the first show book?

Stay tuned for additional trivia and other questions along with some copies of old show programs from the early years of GKCAHA!

 

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GKCAHA Awards Banquet Info!

Saturday, Jan. 28, 6:30 p.m.—GKCAHA Midwinter Celebration & High Point Awards—Glass Horse Farm—Stay & Join Us!  

The dinner will be catered at no cost, just bring a dessert!

New 2012 GKCAHA Membership form now available!

Click here to download the latest membership form in a .pdf format to join or renew your membership! (you need adobe acrobat reader to open this file, click here to download the latest version of adobe reader!)

HELP Humane Society

507 Main St., Belton, MO 64012
816-318-4357 www.helppets.org

Charity of the Greater Kansas City Arabian Horse Association
You can donate any of these items to help this no-kill animal shelter take care of the many cats & dogs it has taken in.  You can take items to the shelter or bring to Glass Horse Farm.

Daily Supplies:
Laundry Soap, Paper Towels, Bleach, Toilet Paper, Hand Sanitizer, Glass Cleaner, Dish Soap, 55 Gallon Trash Bags, Tall Kitchen Trash Bags, Small paper plates, Disposable gloves - non-latex, Scrub brushes or sponges.

Animal Supplies:
Bath sized rugs, Baby blankets, Scoopable cat litter, Dog and cat toys, Cat nip, Cat scratching posts, Pet carriers, Cat and dog beds

Food:
Fancy Feast Classic Canned food, KMR-Kitten Milk Replacement, Friskies or 9-Lives canned food, 
Canned tuna Small envelopes
Target, Walmart & Petco gift cards
AA batteries

Office Supplies:
Printer paper, Postage Stamps, Thank you cards, Small envelopes, Target, Walmart & Petco gift cards, AA batteries

Medical Supplies:
Digital Thermometers, Triple Antibiotic cream, Syringes (including diabetic), Bandaids, Cotton Balls, Rubbing Alcohol

Volunteers Always Needed!

GKCAHA extends sympathy                       To Mike & Chris Norris and their family on the recent death of Mike's father.

We also extend our sympathy to Carol Baker, whose father, Robert Ross, passed away in early December." Services were held at the Leavonworth National Cemetery.

Arabian Horse continues to amaze!

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Horses in general are amazing creatures. And my horse is no exception to the rule. He loves his job and has very high expectations from me to help him do his job the best he can. His name is S-Pars Akubra. He is a proven Region 11 Top 5 Two-Year old Gelding and Region 8 Champion. He is also a Region 11 Top 5 Western Pleasure Champion. He has proven himself as in the Dressage arena with scores of 69.231, 68.75, and 67.143 earning first places in his class. He is a wonderful Hunter Pleasure horse with too many first places to mention. You might be asking yourself, why all the bragging. Well, Akubra is 23 years young and is still competing and loving every minute of it. My favorite part of getting Akubra ready for a show is showing him the trailer and watching him snort, flare his nostrils and puff up. When he walks into a show he arches his gorgeous Arabian neck and flares his nostrils as if saying, “Akubra’s in the house and look out because here I come.” He is quite the showman. This horse loves his job.
Akubra is a very demanding horse. He expects to be worked everyday and everyday should be different, because he does get bored. If we go on trail rides we must take a different route then maybe the day before. If we do arena work, we must change it up from hunter pleasure to western pleasure and throw a little bareback time in there too. So, Akubra keeps my mind working too since I have to come up with creative things for him. Most horses would love to have a day off, not Akubra. He shows me a lot of attitude when I give him one. Many people say Arabians have a very kid like personality and are young at heart, that is true for Akubra. My trainer Liz Laabs, just shakes her head and says, “That’s our Akubra.” Akubra is a Crabbet Arabian with lines to Azraff, Raffles and Ferzon. He is simply an amazing horse.
As Akubra has gotten a little older I always wonder if he is still able to compete at a higher level, like the class A shows. This year he showed me he still has what it takes. He just competed in the American Royal Arabian Show and did an outstanding job. He competed in four Hunter Pleasure classes and came home with 8 ribbons that consisted of four second places, three third and one fourth. I am so very proud of my horse and all he does. I know he will continue to do what he loves for a long time. Akubra's future looks bright because his dam Coalicia, a beautiful Natez x Chloette granddaughter, just passed away at the age of 32. His sire, Ramport who is a double Azraff stallion, may be the last
producing Great grandson of Azraff at age 29. Akubra is a credit to the breed.

Robin Green

Pictures from GKCAHA Pony Express Show!

Annette Turnbaugh has graciously supplied us with an abudance of pictures she took at the Pony Express Show in August.  You can view them all by going to the Photo Gallery page!  Thank you Annette!

New GKCAHA Advertising Opportunity

Would you like to reach at least 200 horse lovers to advertise your horse or maybe a trailer or tack for sale?
In one easy step, an advertising e-mail blast can be sent from the GKCAHA website for the bargain price of $25 if ready to send, or $50 for composition
work.

If you are interested in advertising on our website you can click here to check out our rates.

Contact the webmaster at the GKCAHA website.

Did you know?

Where did the word "canter"  originate?

Canter comes from Canterbury or Canterbury gallop.  The story is that in 1170, Thomas of Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral.  Almost immediately, Beckett's grave became a major pilgrimage site.  The popularity of the pilgrim destination grew greater still when Beckett was canonized in 1173.  According to tradition, riders would approach Canterbury at a slow gallop, which became know as the Canterbury gallop.  Eventually the shortened form canter was used for the gait.  Canter later became a verb, meaning "to ride a horse at a canter."